Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, January 25, 1921, Page Page Four, Image 4
Jtoaps ami $tct.s.
? Whiskey consumption in the United
Suites decreased from S9.C-il.9S5
gallons in 1917 to 5.5S1.553 gallons in
1920, the first year of prohibition tin- j
der the constitutional amendment, ac- j
cording to figures announced Sunday
by the Anti-Saloon League of
America. Consumption of alcohol iu
the same years decreased from 71.0S1121
gallons to 22,639,355 gallons, the
figures showed while beer consumption
dropped front 60.S17.379 barrels to 9.231,2S0
barrels. "Granting that many j
million gallons of alcohol and whiskey '
withdrawn for non-beverage use have j
been diverted to beverage use." said !
an accompanying statement by the
league, "and granting that many mil- [
lion gallons of beer have been made j
and consumed illegally a conservative i
estimate shows that the people of the
United States nave saved over one j
billion dollars previously spent for j
beverage intoxicants."
? Speaking before the Virginia Press i
Association at Lynchburg. Yn.. one j
day last week, Senator Carter Glass ;
defended the Federal reserve banking'
system from hostile criticisms, especially
as to responsibility of harsh criticism
for extension of credit to farmers.
He declared there has been all j
too little deflation. He scored stock >
gamblers as a class of society pari- '
sites who live without working.
Speaking of conditions among tobacco ,
farmers Senator Class said they did !
not need credit but a market to sell
in. He reviewed legislation fur the i
cure remedial legislation for the j
farmer, declaring that many so-call- I
ed. friends of farmers are their worst;
enemies. He said that anybody who
thinks that high tariff wheat will put
a farthing in Vjie farmer's pocket is too
innocent to be abroad. He said the
idea of making Liberty bonds legal
tender was an idle dream and could
only cause a disastrous run on the national
gold. The delegates were entertained
by Glass at a luncheon at |
the country club this afternoon. The I
association declined to join the Na- :
tional Editorial association.
? Guy Kyle. 3.1, minister, of Mount:
Vernon, D. C. announced he would j
plead guilty to complicity in the theft j
at Mt. Vernon on Friday of 31 pack- !
ages of registered mail containing j
more than $185,000 in ash ami i
$27,000 in securities and woukl throw j
himself on the mercy of the court. Ho I
denied he participated in the actual i
theft of the packages hut said he he- j
came a party to the rohbery after the |
packages were brought to a garage, of i
which he was half owner, on the af- j
ternoon of the day of the robbery. J
The packages were in four mail sacks.:
and were stolen from an express wag- j
on, in front of the local postotlice |
shortly before 7 a. m. Kyle furnished j
posto.Tice inspectors w>th the name of j
the man he said brought the sacks to j
the garage but the inspectors asserted j
they believed the man innocent and |
that Kyle was attempting to implicate
him because he had been instru.
mental in clearing up the mystery of
theft. The actual amount recovered
was $1 SS.lS-1.34. it was announced. "I j
had nothing to do with the robbery j
until tne sacks were brought to the,
garage, and then T yielded to temnta- |
tion," said the former clergyman. "We !
planned to take the money to my home |
and bury it until the matter passed j
over. I will plead guilty and throw
myself on the mercy of the court. I
wish the money had never been
brought to me." Torren Williamsion. .
Kyle's partner in the garage business. :
who found $75,000 of liio money in or.o :
of the two garages, and whose report
of the discovery led to Kyle's aires'.,
stated he would claim the reward of
$5,000 and 10 per cent, of the money!
recovered which the security coin[>uny
offered. The reward will total more !
than $23,000.
? Two negroes. Alfred Williams and j
Plummet' Bullock, were taken from ;
the Warrenton. ,\. ?. .. jiiu oy a iium j
of while men at an early hour yes- j
terday morning and shot to death, i
The lynching grew out of had feeling' j
that had been growing sineo last ,
Tuesday, when 1 Mummer Bullock, 1
went into the store of J. I*. "Williams!
at Norlina and bought ten cents j
worth of apples. He complained at i
the kind or quality of apples that
were given him and the clerk, Brady j
Trailer, gave his money hack. Then,
it is said that the negro cursed Trail- 5
er. and threatened him. As the result
of the trouble hoth whites and negroes
began to prepare for developments, t
and when a crowd of negroes gathered 1
at Norlina on Sunday. word went out j
that they were preparing to make good j
Plummet* Bullock's threat. Baby
Tniiler, brother of Brady, went to !
Matthew Bullock, hrother of Bluminer ;
and asked him what the trouble was j
about. Presently Jerome Hunter, a '
negro, walked up to Bahy Trailer and !
shot him. Trailer fell and soon the !
tiring became general and by the time \
it was quieted down five white men !
and three negroes had been wounded, j
some of them quite seriously. Thirteen 1
negroes were arrested and placed- in
jail at Warrenton. The governor was j
asked for troops and orders were is- j
sued to comply with the request,
ivo-ino- Snml-iv nichl :i liuth gathered !
"*n r
broke open (he jail and took out the i
two n ok rocs who were regarded as
ring leaders and riddled them with ,
bullets. The other. eleven negroes
were tinmolested. .\ll the white men j <
save W. J. Upchtirch and Isneoe are
in the Henderson hospital where phy- j
sicians stated that It. ! >. Trailer's eon- j
dition is critical. .Jerome Hunter the!
negro most seriously hurt, is in a hospital
at Raleigh, whore small hopes
are entertained for his recovery.
Robert Moss, slightly hurt, is in jail i
and Claude .Junes is at his home under
guard.
? Soviet Russia's ollieial faini'y in
the United States?15 persons in all? <
left this country last Saturday amid
cheering from hundreds who sytnpa- '
thisce with the Moscow government.
(in the same steamer were tin score
radicals deported from Kilis Island. ' ,
but the two groups did not mingle, j '
^ The Kilis Island contingent was hud- 1
died into the sic to go. while the do
ported 'ambassador." laid wig ('. A. K :
Martens, led his otiieial party to tie
deck, with his wife. the suite j 1
de luxe, while his staff and associates
provided themselves with cabin accommodations.
Some of th"se in the I
Soviet government party departed voluntarily,
while others sailed away at
the stern command of Uncle Sam. All
but one of them beamed with smiles ! ,
tliaii- eliin .:t, .1 I i,M?l 111,, Spoil!"
of Liberty and out Int the ?:i. Tli?- ; :
only tears were dropped from the eyes !
of three year old Svethana Martens,
horn in Hrooklyn. at the failure of the
deported "ambassador." I ted (lowers,
sonss from the Soviet and shouts of
encoiirattement burst forth everywhere
on the crowded piers, but only one red
flasr eaine into view. The man who
waved it soon lost both the bnnn.r
and his hat and acquired a black
and an injured, nose. Alter live vomer ' .
Americans ca until him luitside the pier !
ho predicted that lois of red Hairs '
would flourish in the failed States
some ilay. This thoimht was shared
by the departinir Itnssians and many
of the hundreds who showered them
willi kisses and cries of "e<utierad?*"
as they stepped off American soii.
"Ambassador" Martens, just before
railinir. said his absence would be ,
temporary and would be "wondered at
in the near future, when the fiiiled !
States and Soviet Russia get together
on friendly terms/' He expressed no
satisfaction in leaving- the country
which for more than two years disdained
to recognize him officially and
then ordered him to depart. But he
insisted it would be only a little while
until he or some other "ambassador"
would come to America from Soviet
Russia. The steamer Stockholm, on
which he sailed, will take the Russians
to Cothenburg. Sweden. From there
they will go to 'Lilian in the Latvian
republic, and then journey overland j
to .Moscow.
(the ^mltviUf dhtqmvct. j
Entered at the Postofflce at York as j
Mail Matter of the Second Class. j
TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1921.
The destruction wrought by mis
amounts to thousands of dollars each
year, liat damage increases in proportion
to the increase of valuable foodstuffs
they can destroy. The destruction
of rats is a dutiful act of property
protection, l'cople do not give nearly
so much attention to the destruction of!
rats as they should give. Think about
the matter.
Information from Great Britain is
to the effect that there is threatening a
new struggle between capital and labor
that promises to be long and bitter.
Capital is dcm.Tmling a reduction of
the wages that are being paid to labor,
on the ground that Great Britain is unable
to compete with Germany and
Belgium because of the lower wages
that are being paid in those countries
and because the*wage scale is rapidly
decreasing in the United States.
Spokesmen for capital arc urging thatj
unless there is a materia! reduction of J
wages, British industry will have to
come to a standstill. On the other
hand representatives of labor are urg- j
ing mat iani?r must noi. sunvuuvi mv i
higher standard of comfort it li:i4> earned
within the past, iew years, and if
British industry is really at stake. it is
not fair to ask labor to riiake saeril'ees
to save it that capital is not willing to
make, and therefore there should be no
decrease in wages until there has been
a decrease in profits.
A committee of women who are giv-!
jug their approval to a proposition to j
have women exempted from jury duty!
arc allowing themselves to be hood- [
winked without knowing it. Of course I
there is no question of the fact that as j
things now stand, women are entitled j
to the privilego of sitting on juries.
This is really a greater and more important
privilege than is the privilege,
of voting. "Who interprets and executes j
the laws is of manifestly more import-a
nee than who makes the laws. Wo-,
men may vote for and elect lawmakers!
from now until doomsday; but unless
they insist on their right to sit on juries
they will never get anywhere, it
?- -i .. l.,..,,,.!
is very wen unnmiwu tuui. it mint
per cent of the belter educated classes
in Soutli Carolina like preachers, doctors.
ni .vspaper men and the like, arc
exempt by law from jury duty; and another
law per cent, including most
men of large affairs arc able to get
excused." This leaves a comparatively
small per cent uf really desirables to j
choose from. With the exemption of;
all women front this service the chances!
of getting honest and just verdicts will!
bo still further diminished.
?
There was considerable jubilation in j
New York mercantile circles last week!
because of the largest influx of buyers, '
?' .11.. I-....,., tlx, Itv.-f t It -I I til/, filv
C^JJCUUI !l%> U will ciiv I) Vi?i, viiii v VI*V ,
h:is known for quite a while, says n j
dispatch, and jobbers. in the exuber- j
nnce of their enthusiasm lnw.n raising
prices on tiieir Roods from r> to !!:?|
per cent. The visiting buyers were j
quick to eateli on to the situation and
withheld the purchases that they were ;
intending to make to an extent which
caused inquiry of mercantile bankers,!
with the result that some of the bank-!
its promptly began Riving some of the;
joblieis some very significant tips.']
which tips had the effect of changing j
the situation back to its former status.
The statement, however, is that the!
western buyers did not leave orders for j
more titan *> per cent of the stuff they
were expecting to buy. In the meantime,
it is claimed, prices have gone
bark to the levels of a we' k ago. This j
information, all of it. cones from the:'
financial page of the Washington Daily;
Herald, as responsible a newspaper as!
there is in the country., and if it is true, j
us it no doubt is. it is quite a signitiranl
commentary on that propaganda:
which lias been trying to lix the re- j
sponsibi'ity for high prices 0:1 the re-I
toiler.
Although The. Voikville Knqiiircr is!
fully mindful of the fact that many of!'
the movie pictures are too low and j1
vicious for wholesome intittenee. it is.
.... i <
>.?v<I to tin- idea of establishing ;i j
< t: 11 v board ??f'censors. .hist where of,
vviili whom this idea originated, Tim',
Vnfl;villi* Kmiuirer does not know, ami;
t: it her dm s it know who is behind thej
!! 1 iUU": l?:tl it believes the whole iliin.it; j
is wfun.it in I'fineijile ami that it will
IM'ove haniil'tii im fact. U liu is ijitaliliuii
! say wital pictures shall h ;
shown and what piet i.ivs siniM not be
shown'.' To be sure ihe law bars lewd
illi! obseelie JiletllliS, as il should; bt|t
litis e nsorsbi|i business will .no further 1
than that. II will leave the showing of
any jiietnrc to the atitoeniliit whim of
lite censors, who ean condemn a rcli.u'oiis
|ije',nie on the ;;ro:tud that il is
sjieriliifimis and tind merit in a (Inliranily
salacious picture bc'causo the:
linale |n iife.-ses to teach a wholesome i
lesson. In the view of 'Die Yorkvillc
Enquirer any kind of ;i censorship
board would necessarily bo too small
and narrow to lill a field so broad, and
the best thins1 the legislature ran do
is to leave the whole business alone.
Must any community that can furnish
sufficient patronage to support a picture
show has enough of the sense of j
decency to keep that show fairly
wholesome.
m
A charge of Senator Franco, or1
Maryland, to the effect that the British I
government is influencing the policy of j
the United States in keeping out of i
Russia while British merchants arc go-:
ing in and reaping rich profits fori
themselves, provoked a heated debate
in the United States senate last Sat- |
urdajh. Senator France denied that he j
fav&rcd recognition of the Soviet re-;
public; but insisted that if there was j
any profit to be had out of trade with;
the Russians the United Stat-s might!
as well get its share. Senator Moses
of Xew Hampshire, told Senator France
that if he could substantiate the charge
that Great Britain was influencing the
policy of the United States, ho should :
make the fact known. Senator France 1
said that evidence would be submitted i
to the committee on foreign relations:
t?i show that Great Britain was sending!
millions of dollars worth of goods to j
Russia and getting millions or miliars I
of Russian gohl in return. Senator j
Moses pointed, out that although this
may be true, it did not argue that Great j
Britain had anything to do with American
policy. Several senators, both
Democrats and Republicans, pointed
out that any kind of recognition or
Russia would mean that America would
have to admit a greater or lesser number
of soviet propagandists.
During the consideration of a bill last
Friday, making appropriations for the
agricultural department, Jlon. AW F.
Stevenson took occasion for the enlightenment
of the members to make
an address on cotton, giving the whole
Muim.f nf ihn / mil from the lime tne
farmer borrows the money with whicn
to plant, fertilize and. cultivate it, until
he sells the cotton for less.than enough
to pay the expense of production.
There is very little in the address that
is of practical value to our own people
so far as telling them anything about
raising cotton is concerned; but for the
purpose for which it was intended, the
enlightenment of the hundreds of representatives
in the house who never
saw a stalk of cotton growing and who
do not know whether tlie lint trom
which their socks and shirts are made
grows wild in the woods ami along the
streams, or in Wall street, New York,
it is certainly worth while. Yes, wnatever
put it into 1 lie congressman's
head to make such a speech, the like
of which has probably never before
been made on the floor of the house, it
was really a brilliant idea. As already j
stated, there is not a great deal of in?
formation in the speech for cotton
growers?information that will contribute
to better methods of raising
cotton or anything of that kind; but
nevertheless it will be published in full j
in the next issue of The Yorkvlllc En - j
quircr. One object in publishing the,'
speech will be to give Mr. Stevenson's!
constituents an opportunity to see how j
much lie knows about raising cotton I
and another reason will be the hope!
that some cotton raisers might be induced
to realize bow utterly futile 1st
such hope as they might entertain of J
over being' able to get anywhere!
through devoting their lives to cotton i
production.
Business Honesty.
Tu the early incipicney of the busi- 1
11 ess depression which has been weigh-1
irig down ov<-r ^the whole country dur-j
ing the past several months, there was
published, in the Views and Interviews!
columns of The Yurkville Enquirer, an
expression from a prominent local bus- j
bless man which read in effect as fol
lows:
"Look out. now for till kinds of ra?- j
calit.v. Most people are straight and '
honest in times of prosperity; but in
limes of depression all men are xuhjeeted
to the severest of tests and j
only those who are constituted out of i
the real stuff nvastire up. If this!
tiling keeps on many of those who sire:
now passing as ail right men will fall
by the wayside. In other words, we j
are going into a test of who's who." !
This expression was quoted, been use >
liie editor of The Ynrkviile Enquirer
recognized not only its truth but its
timeliness, and renewed attention Is j
being ealleil to it now as a reminder to j
those who may be interested In toon j
around and see how nuieli wisdom j
there was in the observation.
There are ali kinds of men with ail
kinds of views as to what kind of eon- j
duet is justifiable under given cireimi- \
"" --....I.I.-, \elt.i under- '
stances. .1 m ic inv i>v-|..v
take tn justify lyiisir. stealing and ??tI??*r j
vices; lm.t :is :i matter of fact there is
mi real difference of opinion on tills I
subject.
An Innicst mail is lioaost under all ;
I'iretimstaiie s. and a man who fails to j
measure up to his honest oldiga i ions :
under any circumstances is not honest, j
That is all.
To he sure it is not uncommon to see!
men sidi.stejj and yet away with it
without hehi-g put iu jail, and some of j
tin m really tliinl: they are "smart" in:
"pulling uv.-r" a thing of this kind, hut j
they are not. No man who prefers a
little money at the expense of his own!
sell'-respo.-.t can he smart.
on the authority of Holy writ we;
have it that the l.onl loves tin' man
"that swearctii to his own hint and I
rhangcth not.**
? .Mrs. .lames l.ovctt. 7-. of Charles-j
ton. was killed Sunday afternoon, and
her daughter, .Mrs. C. It. Ilinson, wasj
seriously injured when a motor ear in >
which they wen- passengers, overturned
near a. bridge- on the road to Sully
Island. ji Leach pesorl near Charleston. I
LOCAL, AFFAIRS,
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
J. C. Wilborn?Three lots in the town of
Clover.
J. St a 11 hope Love?Time to pay.
Tims. ! '. McDow, Attorney T'arn^ for rent.
W. Oates St roup. Administrator?-Notice to
debtors and creditors of estate of Dr. B. G.
Black.
J. Q. Wray. Manager? Programme of the Star
Theatre, beginning with Alice Brady today.
E. A. Hall, Mayor?Ordinance relating to
" display of state license on automobiles.
.J. E. Jackson, Proprietor Shady Nook Poultry
Farm?Why pure brcds instead of scrubs.
J. D. Nope, Sharon. S. C.?Groceries.
Kirkpat riek-Bolk Co.?White sale continues until
January 29.
Sam M. Grist. District Agent?Mutual Benefit
Policy holders.
.111.1 stnvm.ro Tlnnk?nfficors and di
reclors.
Farmers Hardware and Supply Co.?York
Hardware Needs.
Bolhcl Fifth Sunday Meeting?At Clover
Presbyterian church.
Sanitary Market and City Market? Cash!
Cash! Cash!
Mrs. V/. II. Ilerndon. President?Winnie
Davis Chapter to meet Friday afternoon.
The indications of the present moment
are that there will be a sharp reduel
ion in the cotton acreage of York
county this year.
With the exception of a hundred
yards of hog just without the corporate
limits of Yorkville, the road between
Yorleville and Rock Hill is very good,
and it is easily practicable to make the
distance between the two towns in forty
minutes.
The Yorkville-Rock Hill road has
been impassible to automobiles for
some time past over a distance of about
one hundred yards just west of the
' mile branch," and about half a mile
without the corporate limits of Yorkville.
The trouble is due to failure of
drainage and drying up after the place
had been plowed by the state highway
mfay commission some time back.
Horse ijrawn vehicles can get through
the place with more or less difficulty,
but automobiles find it safer to get
round by going out East Madison street
and coming into the Yorkville-Rock
Mill road at the county home. Several
cars have been stuck in the mud while
trying to get over the place mentioned.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
T'io following real estate transfers
have been indexed in the office of
the conn fry auditor since the lart publication
. the record in The Yorkville
Enquirer:
Broad River?Roberts and Hughes to
Robert McCaw, 27i> acres, $6,000.
James 51. Haiti in to AY. Dargan Hardin.
125( 1-4 acres, 11.0U0 (and support
during rest of life);
Catawba?.lanit R. Ballard to Marccllus
Griffin, 1 lot, $1.
Ebenezer?\Yrrt ; J. Cherry to L. R.
Barber, 1 lot, $.">00.
Wm. J. Cherry to AY. C. Meek, 1 lot,
$500.
> .
THE MARRIAGE RECORD
Since the last publication of the
record in The Yorkville Enquirer, the
following mart Inge licenses have been
issued by the judge of probate:
Jan. IS?Elijah Irvin, "6. and Mary
DowePjs 21, colored, Rock Hill.
Jan. 10?Charlie Agurs, 58, and Sallie
Smile, 3Ji, colored. Rock Hill.
Jan. 22?John X. Held. 311. and Mrs.
Maggie aRiney, 35, Rock Ilill.
Jan. 22?David 11. Hinds. CO. BulCreek
township, and Rena Smart,
2f.. York township.
.Ian. .'2?S. KclK.tr Carol hers, 27, and
Lucy Johnson, 29. Rock Hill.
Jan. 22?Alf Jfif.os, 20, Rock Hill, and
Sarah Johnson',' %?, colored, Clover.
Jan. 22?Charlie <4. Rockholt; 24.
Ran do, Chester county, and Lucy Ruth
Mines, IS, Chester.
WITHIN THE TOWN.
? What ho you think of thai idea of a
common lunch for the children at
school anyway?
? The Sabbath school of the. Yorkviilo
Associate Reformed church has
contributed $100 to tlie Near East relief
fund.
? For tlio first time in a number of
weeks all four of the local cotton mills
are running on full time. The respective
managements are hopeful that the
situation can continue, although it is
altogether contingent upon the securing
of sufficient orders. Reports from
all sections of the country indicate that
the textile industry is rapidly getting
back to normalcy.
? Members of the local Woodmen
camp yesterday expressed the hope
thiit there would be a large attendance
of Woodmen upon the dutch supper to
be held in the. Woodmen halNin the
Slroup building next Thursday night,
upon the occasion of the visit of M. W.
I'Solio, of Spartanburg, slate manager.
Utlier well known speakers tire on the
programme of the evening. It is hopepl
that the meeting next TJiursdav evening
will have the effect of enlivening
in tin. order which has been
I;ififing lor some time past.
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Miss TIh-m Young "I I'nion is visiting
Mrs. S. M. AlcNeel in Yorkvillc.
Or. W. C. Krwin of Yorkvillc was a
visitor in Charlotte last. week.
It. !t. Alicia of Columbia, visited the
family <>f his mother. Mrs. It. C. Allcin,
in Yorkvillo, last week.
I Jr. \V. A. Ilood of Hickory f I rove,
was a visitor in J took J J ill last SSalurday.
Mrs. W. It. U'ylic and Miss Itneliel
Wylio of Yorkvillc. sjicnl Saturday and
Sunday with relatives in Itnek Hill.
i'r. McCain Nichols of Jtock Hill,
spent Sunday in Yorkvillc, with iiis
mother. Mrs. M. K. Nichols.
I'r. T. I,. Hlciin of Italeigh. N. C.. recently
visit's! the family of his mother.
Mrs. \V. I). (Ilcnti. in Yorkvillc.
Miss Alta He well of I tuck Hill, was
a recent visitor in Yorkvillc, the guest
of Mrs. N. .1. N. I to wen.
Mrs. It. N. Wliilcsldcs of Hilburt No.
1. is suffering from a broken wrist as
the result of a fall several days ago.
M. /inker of Pennsylvania, is visiting
.his parents. Mr. and Airs. II. J.
/inker in the unit Itidge section.
Mr. T. \Y. Jackson of Newport, was
aniont the visitors in Yorkviilo y-.sleidax.
Messrs. \\". I.. ||o;;t:e ami Herbert
Jackson were among I lie Clover people
who were visitors in Yorkvillc,
> esleivlay.
Messrs. John Crawford ami \Y. <?.
Ilarsliaw were among Hie Alet'onm lisvilio
p|c. who were in Yorkvillc
yesterday.
Messrs. .las. A. I'age. C. N. Alexander
and .1. ( ', I'ursley of Clover were
among the visitors in Yorkvillc, yesterday.
Mr. anil Mrs. Joe Moore, Airs. Oscar
Monro and Miss Nellie Moore of McConnellsville,
were among' the visitors
in Rock Ilill last Saturday.
Miss Ellen Fcemstcr of Rock Hill,
spent Sunday with the family of her
father, Mr. Jim Fcemstcr, on York
No. I.
Mr. W. T. Cain and family, for a
number of years residents of York No.
1. have moved to the Sturgis place on
York Xo. (J.
Mrs. "William Chris!man loft Saturday
for Spartanburg, after visiting the
family of her father, Mr. M. C. Willis,
in Yorkvillc.
Rev. and Mrs. O. L. .Tones and O. L>.
i Jones, Jr., of Clover, left yesterday for
a two weeks' visit with Mrs. oJnes's
a two weeks' visit with Mrs. Jones's
at Parrott, Ca.
W. L. J'imioson of Yorkvillc, was
called to Greenville Saturday evening
on account of the serious illness of his
brother, M. C. Jamicson, with pneumonia.
Mrs. E. B. Clements and children,
j who have for soma time past, been
I making: their home With Mr. and Mrs.
j J. M. Ferguson in Yorkville, left Sunj
day for Orangeburg, where they will
reside in future.
Dr. Howard White, medical service
j United States navy, is visiting: his
! mother. Mrs. W. CI. White in Yorkville.
Former Senator W. H. Stewart of
I York county who is now living- in Char!
lotte, X. C., was a visitor in Yorkville
today.
Among the candidates for degrees at
the meeting of Chester Commandery.
No. 7, K. T., in Chester Thursday night
were Messrs. A. A. Barron,, W. D.
Thomassun, J. M. Ramsey, and II. R.
Mackorell of Yorkville, and Messrs. W.
j E. Ashe, J. P. and J. M. Williams and
C. E. Porcher of McConnellsville. Messrs.
R. S. McConnell and A. E. Correll
of Yorkville, also attended the meeting.
Thn following from the Greenville
i Piedmont of Monday will bo of interest
'in York county where Mr. Ikfrber has
relatives and friends: Walter I. Bar-*
her. Stone avenue, manager of the
ladies-ready-to-wear department ^of
' Relk-Kirkpatrick company, was pam|
fully injured Monday morning at the
intersection of Coffee and Richardson
streets, when an automobile driven by
a young woman struck and knocked
him down. Mr. Barber's car was parked
in the street, and he had stepped
out when the other car hit him. The
driver said she tried to swerve the car
to avoid striking him, and ran into a
truck. Mr. Barber Avas taken to tire
City Hospital where a diagnosis determined
that his injuries were not serious.
?
GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY.
The jury commissioners this morning:
drew the following: thirty-six petit
jurors jo serve (luring the llrst week
of the February term of the court ot
general sessions, beginning February
1 lib:
K. C. Bigger Bethel
Clair Harper _... Bethel
(5. IX Flanagan King's Mountain
R. K. L. Ferguson Bethel
W. <i. Duncan Catawba
S. L. Brown York
I \V. A. Anderson Catawba
! \V. \V. Boyce Fort Mill
.1. C. Li go 11 Bethcsda
C. A. Westerland Catawlia
\V. C. Cor/.ine Catawba
.lames X. Benton Catawba
R. L. Yarnadorc York
R. II. Dens Catawba
I it. I'. Jackson York
.1. M. Love Bethcsda
\V, C. Cnrnwell Catawba
j L. \\". Itobinson King's .Mountain
J. A. Kalterrce King's .Mountain
K. X. Miller ~ Bethel
IX L. McDonald Ciilawba
\V. B. Flanagan King's Mountain
M. M. Jones Bullock's Creek
W. T. .Moore York
G. M. Mitchell ...York
II. K. Me Daniel Broad River
I J. E. Russell , l?ethes?i.i
I C. I'. Rodgcrs, Jr Fort Mill
O. M. Dossier Cola*.vl :?
R. Ij. Whisonnnt Kind's Mountain
\\\ H. Gladden Catawba
"N". B. Bigger Beihesda
O. T. C'ulp Fort Mill
.J. \\*. Gunn Fort Mill
Edd Henlon Catawba
J. D. Smith Bullock's Creek
- LOCAL
LACONICS.
| Conferring With Delegation.
County Treasurer H. E. Xeil and Supervisor
If. G. Brown are in Columbia
today conferring with members of the
Vork county legislative delegation in
regard to the county budget.
i Many Pay Taxes.
Many citizens, residents of various
sections of Vork county, have been into
the office of the county treasurer
during the past few days for the purpose
of paying their taxes before the 2
| per cen' penalty becomes effective on
j February 1. It is expected that hun
drcds of tax payors will pay between
I now :i iirl Fobruui'V 1.
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Many Prisoners in Jail.
There arc eleven prisoners in jail ot
' the present time, the largest number
i that Sheriff Quinn has had in his keepi
ing in a long while. Of this number
! nine are charged with burglary or
i housebreaking and larceny. They will
, all he tried at the February term of
| the court of general sessions.
Win for Yorkville.
! In a fast ami snappy game of bnsktethalJ
played on the Fort Mill court
J last Saturday the girl's basketball
' team of the Yorkviile graded school
defv. ted the Fort Mill girl's team, 30
i In IV .Ahunt fifteen girls of the York|
ivlle school, chaperoned, by Misses
i Zeinp and Marshall of the faculty aeeompaiiied
the team to I'orl Mill and
spent a most enjoyable day there as
t giie.sts of the Fort Mill girls.
Loan Association Pays Dividend.
j At a recent meeting of the People's
* Farm Loan association held in York.
! villi- a 3 per cent, dividend on the cupjital
stock of $r.,r>!M) was declared. Ofi
licers were ( Icctial as follows: C. M.
I Inman. president: J. M. Hrice. vice
president: .1. A. Marion, secretary and
! treasurer: director*?J. M. Hrice, <*.
M. Inman. Dr. K. A. Crawford: Dr. D.
, I.. Sliieder: F. I'orcher. The assoeiation
has a memhership of 17.
i l.nans diitstainliiig aggregate approx
, imately $ lot!,000.
Clli'cer's Got Distillery.
I Deputy Sin riff Tom Qninn si ml
; f'onsiable II. I., .lohnson foil ml ; pa!
jva nixed iron dist "tilery in some honey
suckle vinos nonr Philadelphia church
yosloriluv morning. Th" vessel which
j wns of : I-oni Til) gallons capacity was
. sail I by the oflicers to have been oil"
of the best they have taken in a
j 11?nu" while. Jt had evidently been
i used before. Theory is that il had
been placet I there by the owner
ja-rainst lite time when lie would litvl
i it ctinvenienl to move it away to .set
I tip for making moonshine.
Sale of Licenses Off.
' Tints far ilmitta* the season of 1 !Ut>i'JI
agents of County C.ame Warden
j Pan T. W'ootls have sold hittiliti.-r li!
censes in York county I ? the amonnt
| of $-.ns:!.i'7. This sum is far sitorl of
stiles reported up to this date last
year, according to tiie jramo warden.
A number of agents have nut yet made
5
J
reports on sales. Vines fixed by <
magistrates of the county this season ;
for (hose who have been convicted of i
violations of the game Jaws total i
We i Known Necjro Teacher Dead.
Rock Mill Herald: Richard II. ,
Comer, who was a teacher in the negro t
schools of York county for more llian ;
30 years, died last Tuesday morning.
Fur the past several years he was a (
teacher in the Clinton Institute. Tie
was a teacher of the "old school" and
rendered a very valuable service to
the negro people of York county. He
has been in charge of the public night
school in Rock Hill, conducted ai !
Clinton Institute, for the past several
years. He was always faithful and
diligent in his work. Richard Comer
| was held in high esteem by both white
: and. colored. The funeral was held on
Wednesday at the Zioi) Methodist
church, oJ' which lie was a member.
Carharrt Strike Settled.
Governor Cooper has received a copy j
; of the agreement reached between the!
Hamilton-Carhartt cotton mill of jiock j
Hill and the United Textile Workers' j
union, by which the ten remaining em- j
ployes on strike are to return to Work j
at the sortie salary ami in their same
positions or positions as good as the
ones they formerly held. This agreement
was brought to the governor by
H. E. Thompson, chairman of the state
board of conciliation, and in'a note to
the chief executive Mr. Thompson says
that the Carharrt mill is to become a
union plant throughout. Hamilton
Carhnrtt, Jr., signed the agreement
for the mill and John Golden for the
textile workers. The agreement provides
that the ten striking employes!
must apply for work within five days j
or their jobs will be declared vacant. In
his note to the governor Mr. Thompson
gives the names of the strikers as
follows: It. McDougal, Columbia: T. M.
Herndon, Columbia: W. H. Stebbins,
Columbia; C. E. Jonts, Batcsburg; J.
R. Unger, Batcsburg: T. I-I. Hendrix.
' Leesville: H. B. Wilson. Abbeville; W.
; J. Moorer, Charleston; T. B. Kennagham.
Batesburg, and J. X. Hurling, Co- j
lumbia.
Clem Crawford Again.
Chester Reporter. Jan. 24: Clem!
Crawford, the Smith's Turnout negro'
desperado with whom Chester and j
i York officers had a lively duel about
i six weeks ago, turned up at Rodman
Saturday night, and proposed to Mr.
Will Rodman to give himself up in
three clays, if Mr. Rodman would go on
. his bond. As excuse for not surrendering
at once Crawford said, he had some
money owing him, which he wanted to
collect and apply on a debt that he l
owes Mr. Rodman, and also wanted to
make definite arrangements in regard
to bond. When Crawford tapped on
the door of the Rodman home SaturJ
day evening, and in response to the
knock was invited to enter, Mr. Rodman
and family had no idea, of course,
that it was the negro who has flouted
the law and on two occasions resisted,
officers that went out to arrest him.
As the negro entered the room he kept
one hand on the door knob, and the
other on his revolver, the handle of
which could be seen protruding from
his pocket. Crawford said lie had been
lying out in the woods since his battle
with the officers, in which he was
wounded in the leg, but had decided to
surrender, provided he could arrange
bond and was guaranteed safety. He
said, though, that he wouldn't allow
himself to be taken prisoner without a
battle, and tapped himself on the chest
I significantly as ho said this, and declared
that lie proposed to take care of
j himself. Mr. Rodman told the negro
j that it didn't suit him to become
! bondsman, but so far as being treated |
kindly and given a fair trial wys con- <.
corned, lie was perfectly willing to'
vouch for that. Crawford then left, [
after saying that he would give himself
up in three days, if he succeeded
in arranging bond. Crawford's appearance
was reported to Sheriff Anderson.
who left at once for Rouman
with deputies Saturday evening; but
Crawford had left that section or
secreted himself successfully, as nc
was nowhere to be found. Another
negro who was thought to have been
acting in concert with Crawford Sat-!
urday evening ami helping to protect j
him from arrest denied the charge
vigorously. i
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.
I ?The indications are that the general I
assembly is going to extend the time j
for the payment of taxes. Discussion i
during last Friday indicated that both
the house and senate were in favor of]
, i the extension; but they were not in ox- |
I act agreement as to details. The house I
adopted a measure providing that a I
penalty of 1 per cent should accrue on i
taxes paid in January, of 2 per cent in |
i February, of 3 per cent in March, of -1
per cent in April and of 7 per cent he- [
twcen May 1 and May In, executions,
being handed to the sheriff on tiie last j
a TIiIm u?iu r, vulwH- !
; tute to tliu Evans-Owens resolution. i
exempting the penalties up to April 1, i
this year.
? .Mr. Wolling lias introduced a bill in |
the house of representatives amending |
! the law governing the appointment of
county game wardens so that they
j shall serve for a period of four years I
i instead of as at present, during good j
| behavior at the pleasure of the gov
ernor. The governor is still given the I
j appointive power upon the reenmmen- i
j dation of the county's legislative dele- '
I gal ion. The hill was referred to the
j committee on fish, game and forestries,
i ?Mr. Owens of Marlboro, has introj
duced in the house of representatives a ,
| bill prohibiting the sale of firecrackers,
cannon crackers and other explosive,
crackers exceeding three inches in1
length and one-half inch in diameter.!
or any other kind of explosive cracker j
or container of dynamite or other in- I
grcdients poisonous to a human being.!
The penalty is a fine not exceeding $500 '
or imprisonment not exceeding one
year or both at tlu? discretion of the
trial judge upon conviction.
? A bill providing a method for the ^
establishment of tuberculosis sanato|
rimns in various counties of the state
j li:is boon introduced 111 the iinu.se ny:
i .Mr. S:i|?i> "f Kiehlaml. It was referred
; to the committee mi medical affairs,
i The bill provides thai when one-third ;
of tiic qualified electors of the county |
i petition the board of county commis- .
j sinners for an election on the question !
; of a levy for a tuberculosis sanatorium;;
i it will he the duty of such hoard to call j
I an election in the manner now pre-1
scribed by law and prescribe the addi- j j
| tional tax levy for such a hospital. If ,
I the election carry, thou the governor!,
i will appoint a hoard, of two tuberculo- ' |
'sis eommissioncrs, one of whom shall!
j lie a physician, on the recommendation'* ,
of the legislative delegation. The ei 111- ]
j missioners sliall serve a period'of four |
j years without compensation and will;]
have eoinpli te charge of direct ing the']
i hospital, of its maintenance and of it^ : ]
1 operation. The hoard will he required,
! to make annual reports on the coitdi-1'
jtiou of t lie hospital to the legislative''
: delegation and to the state board of
j health.
j ?The house has killed a bi'l provi'.l-i ,
.ing for eliaingaiig sentences in lieu of ]
| lines for violation of the prohibition j |
' laws. This iiill was in line with the re- j ,
rent recommendation of the i o:k eotin- ]
j ty grand jury and, was supported by!.
' tiie York delegation.
! ?Tomorrow at noon the two bouses I .
1 will begin a joint session to till vacant I >
offices, beginning with the election of
in associate justice to till the place of
the late Daniel Edward Hydrick, who
:lied ten. days ago.- Several other important
officials are to be named, including
a superintendent of the penitentiary.
a state game warden, directnrs
of tiic medical college, four circuit
judges and directors of the penitentiary.
Already seven candidates are in
the field to succeed Mr. Hydrick. In
raise of a deadlock a '.'dark horse" may
be placed in the running. Talk of one
"dark horse" lias already mentioned a
well known member of the assembly.
PAY OF STATE EMPLOYES
' f.
Budget Commission Recommends
Some Substantial Increases.
Carried in the 1921 state budget as
iroin. ro me uiiaaei,
from $52,462 to $58,450.
Deductions' are seen in several departments;
Clemson college, from
$189,590 to $137,707 and the board of
health from $125,251 to $110,159. In
the case of Clemson college the salaries
of the instruction department are
paid from the fertilizer tax and therefore
not included in the budget. The
State Negro college's salaries are also
not included in the budget, being,
paid largely out of federal funds. ' i
If the various salary increases are
granted as recommended the basic
sa'ary for the greater majority of the
state officials, now $2,500. will be increased
to $3,600. The largest individual
increase is that of the attorney
? Clarence Dovle. a young white man,
is under arrest in Darlington charged
with the theft of a ring valued at $450
front the han.il of Hal Scarborough, Xorcniber
2 last, after Scarborough had
been killed in an automobile wreck.
Doyle, it is alleged, was also in the automobile
at the time of the wreck near
the fair grounds in Florence.
? Cotton ginned prior to January 10
unomitod to 12.01(5.4(55 bales, exclusive
Lo Hnters. and including 201,024 round
hales, 7:5.!S1 bales of American-Egyptian.
and 1,(5(54 bales of sea island,
' inning prior to January 1(5 last year ,
iinnunicd to 10.307.120 bales including
I1.X73 round bales, 43,023 bales of
American-Egyptian and 0,712 bales of
it-a island.
general. whose salary would be raised
from $2,500 to $4,500, Another noticeable
raise, recommended by the governor.
is for the state highway engineer,
who is now paid $4,S00 to receive
$G,000.
Gets Like Increase.
The secretary of state, now receiving
$2,500, requested an increase to
$4,500 and was recommended for a
salary of $3,000. A like increase to
$3,000 was also recommended by the
governor for the comptroller general,
the adjutant general, the superintendent
of education, the superintendent
of the state penitentiary, chairman of
the tax commission, "the insurance
commissioner, the threes-railroad commissioners,
the chief game warden,
the commissioner of agriculture and
the stale electrician, all of whom are
now receiving $2,500 per annum. The
state treasurer requested no increase
in his salary of $2,500 and was recommended
for a raise to $3,600 a year.
The attorney general, now receiving
$2,500 a year, asked for a salary of
$6,000 per annum and was given an
increase to $4,500. The assistant attorney
general was recommended for
an increase from $2,400 to $3,600 on a
request for $4,500 per annum. The
state highway engineer requested and
was recommended for an increase
from $4.$00 to $6,000 a year. The
warehouse commissioner and secretary
of the sinking fund commission,
secretary of budget commission, all
of whom now receive $3,000 a year,
were recommended f<ir increases to
$3,600 a year while thfe salary of the
secretary of the board of public wel
i a re, now sa.buu to place it on a parity
with the basic salary.
The increases recommended extend
through the entire length of the
state's payroll to embrace, numbers of
departmental clerks; stenographers,
bookkeepers, inspectors, subdepartmcnt
and bureau heads, guards, physicians.
instructors, teachers and professors.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? A flour mill has been established at
Landrutn, Spartanburg county.
? Itcv. A. P. Turner, for the past five
years pastor of the AVolfe Creek Bap- fit
tist church at Landrum, has resigned.
? The mattress factory at the state
hospital in Columbia, was destroyed by
tire last Sunday, entailing a property
loss of about $2,000, covered by insurance.
? E. G. Mayberry. white man of the
King's Creek neighborhood in Cherokee
county, has been arrested, on ropiest
of Shelby, X. C.. officials charged
with selling liquor, lie gave bond in
rlir> sum tit S-illll
recommended by Gov. R. A.' Cooper,
in transmitting" the report of the budgot
commission, are numerous salary
increases to state officials, clerks', stenographers
and other employes, the
grand total of which will approximate
$350,000. In some instances departmental
salary budge'tfe have been
swelled by the addition of new employes
while in other .cases individual
salary increases have--been offset by
reductions in the office'force.
The total salary "expense of the
governor's office, as recommended for
1921, will total 512,200; as compared
with $10,100 last year. 'The salary of
the governor himself remains at $5,000
while the secretary to the governor
is recommended for. an increase
from $2,-tOO to $3,600 a y%ar. The recording
clerk and the fetenographerclerlc
in the office are each recommended
for an increase from $1,500 to
$1,S00.
v In Many Departments.
The increases in salary accounts of
the following departments of the
state government, including in some
instances .salaries 101* newiy creaiea
positions, indicate the general trend
of the increase; secretary of state's
office, from $S.350 to $10,900; the
comptroller general offlee,. from $11,020
to $15,700; the attorney general's
otlice, $7,300 to $12,300; the state
treasurer's office, from , $10,855.65 to
$11,500: adjustant general's office
from $10,300 to $14,S60; various departments
of office of department of
education from $107,700 to $143,400;
state hospital, from $1SS,0SS to $227,728;
state penitentiary, from $11,470
to $14.S00; state hoard of public welfare,
from $17,320.76 to ,$24,700; state
training schopl for feebleminded from
$5,490 to $14,200; state industrial
school for boys, .from. $24,422.83 to
$28,740; state reformatory for negro
boys, from $12,160 to $14jll2; state
tax commission, from $14,650 to $25,000;
insurance commissioner's office
from $9,500 to $13,000; state bank
examiner from $D,619.S0 to $12,000;
railroad commission from $11,100 to
$15,600; chief game warden's office,
$5,200 to $6,900,; commissioner of agriculture's
office' from $43,990 t9,$56,740;
state highway commission from
$102,182.76 to $127,900.
In Educational Institutions.
The educational institutions are
also included in the salary' increase
recommended among 'them: The University
of South Carolina, from $109,933
to $134,147;; Winthrop college