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k I\u. , ' : \ ' . - - \ ' . V, . J v,r ... . .. ...^iViX&S I L.r-S^-S semi- WEEKLY. ^ , .'.,,, i i i. i --.I.I.. I I., . II ?memmi II.I, I. nil I I ^ ????s^i??i???a?.?? ^^??i?i???????? ,';^ l. m. grist's sons. Publishers. ^ dfamilg Uiicspapri-: df'or ihc gromofion of flic JJoIitiiial, jsocinl, 5(jrkultui;al and (Commercial interests ?j[ flic jjpeofllq. TERIcopt.^vb^entsf^6-4'!| established 1855 ^ to.rk, s. c., tuesday^febrtjaitr 1921. * ' , . . " 3sto. VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS Brief Local Paragraphs of More or Less Interest. PICKED UP BY ENQUIRER REPORTERS Stories Concerning Folks and Things Some of Which You Know and Some You Don't Know?Condensed For Quick Reading. "Appears to me as if it is time fur the robbins to be showing up," yesterday commented one who has an interest in birds. "Although it is about that time of the year and the snow is on the ground I haven't seen a single robbin so far this year. They are evidently a little late." Puraley is Popular. "I was in Columbia a few days ago and while there took occasion to look in on the legislature and converse with members of the house," remarked Saturday a well known York county man. "1 found that Representative Pursley of York county is quite popular with the members of the house and that he stands very highly in their estimation. They regard him as a man broad and liberal in his views and he carries considerable weight with them." Reduction of Acreage. "No, I can't tell you what the people in my section generally are going to do about it," said Mr. John Mellwaine of Rock Hill No. 1 who was asked by Views and Interviews in Rock llill Saturday, as to whether or not there was going to be considerable acreage reduction in his section. "I'll tell you this," Nlr. Mellwaine went "on to suy, "1 expect to cut mine very considerably. I have just got to do it because I don't propose to have tiic responsibility of so many hands upon me another year. Seme folks in the neighborhood say that they are going to cut acreage very materially, and others say that they arc not going to cut a bit." State's Educational Programme. "The outlook is that the appropriation for education which the general assembly now in session, will be asked to make will not be out by that body to any great extent," said the other day an attache of the house of representatives who was talking to Views and Interviews about legislative affairs. Superintendent of Education Swearingen, however, lias a few enemies in the house, or rather there are a number of that body who think that he in a little tun dictatorial. Tliey may Murk his programme to sumo extent: but it j looks to me as though the state appro- j priation for the rural schools is going to no creator ttiuu n wu? ium >i-in. But then, really, you never can tell what the central assembly is suing to do." Don't Bo a Quitter. "In times like this." suggested a man yesterday, "it does a fellow good to read this buoyant hit of rhyme by Itobert W. Service: You're sick of the game. Well, now. ! that's a shame. You're young and you're brave and you're bright. You've had a raw deal? 1 know, hut don't squeal: Buck up. do your da rudest and. fight, it's the plugging away that will win ; you the day. So don't he a piker, old pard! .lust draw on your grit; it's easy to quit; It's keeping your chin tip that's hard. It's easy to cry that you're beaten?[ and die: It's easy to crawfish and crawl: But to light, and to tight when hope's j mil 01 sigiu. Why, that's tin; best ynme of them all! i And tln? you coino mu of each yrudauj I hou I, . | All broken, ami beaten and scar rod, j Just iiavo one more try ?it's do id easy J In die. It's keeping; on living: that's hard. On Flanders Field?. ' ".M"st of your readers 110 doubt," re- | marked a lady this morning, "are familiar with the poem "Flanders Fields.' burn during the lata World ! War and which :s oven now so popu-1 Jar. Hero is a new version of it wriiten by Henry l'oik i.owensloin of i Kansas City, Kansas. On Flanders Fields the sun beams t bright, Tlio silver moon looks down at nivht. J Ami clustered stars from lir.ivvn shine 1 I'non the loner-drawn battle line. From darkness to lUrnal Light! The little inoiinds and crosses white. From lowly vote to mountain height. Have marked this place a holy shrine. | On Flanders Field; ! Tbo pulseless here tlmy won ti tistli'., In that ureal battle f":- the i igiit. And now their souls in peace reeiim And rest in that Croat i -art-of.M in*-. While curtain talis without affriuht. On Fiatniors Fields! Representative Seller.-' Platform. A. H. Hutchinson. .secretary t-> Congressman \\\ ! '. Stevenson. . i*.? read-1 in^r clerk of the South Carolina liou.vc ?if representatives tells this om : "< hie of the best known members of the house of represent;!live:-; is Representative Sam Sellers of Cin stri livid county. lie Juts been in polities in Chesterfield county for sibout yearr. The slorv is bcintc told around the corridors of the slate lmu.se ti.al Ifepresentativc Sellers made lliis speech t his constituents while seeking election to th%.- 1 I'm.so lost summer: "'Mr. Chairman. Ratiics and Centh men: Attain I am before you as o candidate for tin* house "f repies. rit.itivis from Cin-sterfivld county. I am wall known to you having been in polities for thirty-two years. Tin re is no < hanj'", Id''. Chairman. 5at"Jos and gentlemen, in my platform from what it was thirty-two years ago. The platform is tlie same as that of the Pilgrim fathers. On the night the Pilgrim fathers landed on Plymouth Hock in 1492 a meeting of the Democratic party was held. They adopted as their motto that night, 'Sic semper tyrannis, aurora borealis,' which being translated means, no negro shall vote. That is my platform Indies and gentlemen upon which I would solicit your suffrage.' " Practicing Moderation. In the course of a talk to members of Woodmen of the World in the Woodmen hall in Yorkviile the other evening, Jion. J. C. Wilborn was speaking about the necessity of moderation in all things, lest over-indulgence load to j harm. "I recall," lie said, "that in 1SSX I was a candidate for the legislature from York county, having moved to York county from North Carolina a short time before. I was making tiie race primarily for the purpose of getting acquainted with the people of York. ' However, I remember that 1 was troubled with a severe boil under my arm and 1 suffered, great pain from it. I came to Yorkville and consulted the late Dr. .7. it. ]'ration about it. 'Go. down to John May's drug store, buy you a quart of liquor and put a quan! tity of burdock leaves in it. Be sure that you put the burdock in the liquor and plenty of it.,' he said. I got the liquor and proceeded to Hickory Grove to a campaign meeting. 1 spent the night with friends, who got the burdock for mc and helped me fix up the liquor. 1 took little draughts ot-it in obedience to the doctor's orders. But because of the taste of the stuff, 1 had no desire to take big quantities. The burdock had the effect of causing me to take the liquor in moderation whether I would have been otherwise inclined or not. Hut 1 remember that it cured my boil in short order." Peculiarity of People. Tho thn fivntqiirfi rrv.in In J..IV I overlook the good and see only the bud| is proverbial, and perhaps it is not altogether natural; been use so long as everything is all right, why worry about the tilings that are not right? J.?ut still, when a man is trying to do something that would hardly be expected, of him to make things better i under conditions that were accepted as a matter of course, lie should % not be blamed for feeling a little hurt at being more criticized for what he did not do than praised for what he did do. This appropos of a case noted in Yorkvllic In. :( Wednesday. Yh'oughoui all the pest, according to j the best recollection "i Views and in-j torviews, as the snow fell in this town j so it was allowed to lie. until it melt-! ?- ?!. and about ;i: 1 thai was sail! ol' it I was that it was "disagreeable under foot." on reflection, it seirns that' there was a kind of cleaning ot' the snow off a l art i f main street niong about 1S3 9 or 1900. During a uoo;. snow tin town ran out of fuel for heating. and tiie ftlaek lb'others, living two miles from town, improvised a big.snow |i!ow out of iu avy timbers and dragged along the road t ' town aiid up to what was then the King's Mountain Aeiiilemy, cleaning oft" the snow sufficiently to enable tin m to haul much needed eordwood into town. Dut outside of that nobody has ever seemed to think of cleaning the snow off the stre ts until last wo k. when Alderman I Wallace, of the strut committee, i I hitched a read scrape to an automobile I , truck and clean. a clear road through i I the snow on all the streets that are J | paved with asphalt. It made a won-J ' * --! -> - ci.. i,..i|..i- stieciollv i iUVTiUI i-'iiii i!K?: i"i ?..? , - -, j for \'f!i 1 ?r:i vul in I lie streets; hut it | j I tiji heavy riiluos ?>f snow nvor j J next i" lii" yiiters on cither side, and i j here ran::.' the criticism. So far as j Views and Interviews heard. nnhiKiy ! had anytime: to say aPout the ini| prove-mint in the middle of Use street; ! bill a ! tini who had anything la s.t> i I at ail ;ti?;in?t of the riihn s of .\nov. j }?>ver toward t!:o fruiters. People an ! neeti?:: ; aren't tii'cv*.' i ' i Progrc&s cF the Negro.?in all hi I t'iry there hnn'ly is ai.yi'.inr; in compare v.itli tiie progress of the American I is'-1o in ti e little nte.re than liftv ! i years snare emair ipaiion. An article. in a rceer.t i>;sne of the (Vinuteivial | [.rial Kinanee : innnieie says there n . j j now in the I'nitvd Stales If.iMHi.liiin , I :!"?: es. Vh?y cnn.-i it ate tnie-se\t-iil i. j i of the wor irrr ! " ; , c.: the i/?<i;i?ir . ! I I 1 ! the :: i.ine.a:: ? . 'le iifia ar: tana- j j i : :> and J.'titft.f ; .arm Int. .? ts. Kigti y ; 'per neat. of the women are iti ncces- j j sary home and iiaiasii ial ii!\ | Jit 1 Mhi :a trees in litis eoiiittrv owned aC'r i'.nus. v. eiii'ia: it a ?<? farms. I eundneti <1 ".ino businesses and had j "e.(.e>i,r.oo of accumulated wealth, it. ; li'M the uutnher oi houses hati in- j j rear-d to liuu.t'h'i. tie op. i a led farm-j ! ; ?!.'! tin- I>i;si1 ? - fijiutl : nit j it..1 v. i ; ;:!? > I .! iilitl. i \ - j; t; t : ! I >' r.'-vi j i;:i:inri<*: \ Ov-t Ifj ! i'.v:n :i ! ; 'v. 'I'lny evil 1 < > - j ; .;! < { :t:i " i "t*? -n." | j :r n> ';: ? >' j r:?l'.-l <<> !!i>- ?!:11 =:? r tin j v.-.ti- s;r.v : ;; r \ i "! I lYl'S'.-'t i ! ? A !. : i> i:t .I' m ;-i-:t- :I.< rim ?>: i .t !:iric ll? -'.?!; i i.t it.tii .1 I i-t- I X'-l . ;:S?i;t, ii ii fl-i; I "t:- I?i:: !> v ts m t is: 1:11 i? : :tn:J l!r" \\ li-r! v.'Mn 1'! !m| iii'i!- ! 1..?: . W'li-'U . : v!: 11 i *i ?. v. .is lor tin1] i nishr Mis* i;!< v.m ;-*i ; ! llir.n,':'. i! !v.i < ? ?? ! ! ! , :s. i :-.j' t;*>'i ?ni. 1 I DR. BRAWN'S ADVE MEMBER OF ORJ . EXTRAORDINARY 01 Exciting Experiences of Lat< natod Willi His Kidnap tween Groat Kritain anci ened on Account of It? 11 ic Scventie?. Jas. D. Crist, in Charleston Sunday X?.\v3. Reorganization of the famous Invisible Empire of the Ku KIux Mian of reconstruction uays which was begun in 1015, by Col. William .1. Simmons, of Georgia, recalls to mind some of the activities of the old Ku KIux Klans of the South of 1SG8-70, and more c-specially the connection therewith of the late Dr. J. 1 tufus Drattan,' who at one time was an international figure because as a fugitive Kiansman residing in Bondon, Ontario, he was kidnapped by American detectives and. carried back to bis South Carolina home for trial while under the protection of the British flag. "While tiie Ku Klu:: Klans were spread over the South like the dew during those dark days following the War Between the States when all Southerners were more or less under the control of carpetbaggers and former slaves, there was no kiansman more active and none more zealous- in the work of maintaining the supremacy of the Southern white man than Dr. Bratton. who has been in his .grave those twenty-three years. His is a story that would furnish ample material for i talc similar to "The Clansman,", Thomas Dixon's famous novel of .the reetyistruction period. Lover of Home and Stato. Born and reared in South Carolina; and York county at "Brattonsvilie," the I ancestral scat of his house, of a long line of distinguished ancestors who have figured largely in the history of tlio country during the war of the Revolution and slnre, he- naturally inherit i d an ardent love of limine and community and. slate. The owner of many slaves, his inheritance with the estate i_ .. ; , >>7 ; / ; '> ~ : . , v mm urn P ''V ' : 'f* I ' '' " ' .. .. 1 ;n-:>vi*i<-v in Tic X .v York i \ ^wpontaiiy'1 to': I Vi>! kviHc in I'-T'i-T! ijs r-nii-j STORES AS GSNAL KU-KLUX KLANS: ! . i 1 IRE EE IS RECALLED ' I i e Citizen of YorkvillUCnlini- \ ping In Canada?Break Be- 1 I United States Was Threat- \ Side-Lights on the Klaus of j j ditiens first hand. ? lie was instructed to get all the in- * formation possible about the Klans, to 1 ascertain the why of it all and the 1 names of those who look leading parts. Dut little about the personnel of the J Klans did lie learn. Not only members ' of the various Klans, but those who * were not members knew of that terri-1 blc oath for the violation of which was I "death, death, death." Carpetbaggers Take Heart. Came a battalion of Federal soldiers ' ?Infantry and cavalry?into the little * town of Yorkville with instructions to ( \ break up the organizations of Klans- t men In the town and in the county. ( They woi'e under the command of Major Merrill, a West Pointer, described by old citizens living here today who n remember him well as a gentleman c and a good soldier. For many months f. they stayed, making arrests here and j. there and gathering what evidence they f could in .regard to the Klansmen. With j. (heir coming the negroes and scalawags took on renewed courage and t boldness. They strutted around the .. main streets of the town and again bobbed up in matters political. f There were X1 half dozen companies f of negro militia in the county, organiz- j. ed and armed with Enfield rifles fur- v nished by Governor Scott. Oftentimes c did they parade through the streets of Yorkville and in other sections of the ... /-M.l livinn. ll-ell LUUiliy. V_/IU kUIACIIO liUH remember those parades. The leader or captain of one of those companies of negro militia was Jim Williams or Jim Raine.v. be being known by both names. A negro of som? intelligence he possessed great influence among the members of his race In the McConne'lsvlllc r. ' mm. ^ tte/ ,, mr*. ^r: i I ' J ' , s ? i* j ' : X ^ ,X. : * I .; 1 ^ M K ? 1 J ?.: VTTn.Wv section in which lie'resided, il was there tl::i! his company had hcadi|liar- ( tors. A soidi'T in the a: my of General William T. Sherman during the War j Itetwecn the States, lie knew something' about the business of carrying en , war. II" organized his company early in ISTli permission of Governor . Sentt. Word soon fame to him thai he , might h:iv" to answer to the K;j Klux . Kian for his depredations. AN':111 characteristic liravado and insolence a ltd with hatred ef the witile ma ttnd the white race hurtling m iiis soul, i 'ie put out I'm word to the whole euini- , try siik'. necnriliim to the testimony of the joint si'Iiti committee appointed 1 tilt1 t*11 it*.?I States riiiisfrcss In investigate affair*- in the late "insurrectionary stales," .-ittiim in Yorkville in {he fall of J XT 1: "l tell you that if ia thin flection thai is now eomin;.r off my party is not successful ! will kill front the era 'I If to ilf ftiMW and I will lay litis caimly waste. Thai was prior Io tin- cic? linn of |S7u. Williams mail.1 otiter slatr-m -uts. tic . i ft:nyr the same a uthorily, as to j what In intend' d to ?t" to i!ie wiiites in ease tii?- liopro'S a till etifprt lia ujfi t s dill not witt tin- civil elcetjon. It Was these ' \ statt meats of (' ipl. .Iit:t Williams tiiat 1 caused Dr. Unit ton to e.o to Canada, and later on to almost cause war !>eiv en Hi'at Mritnin and the t'nited j D a . es. i - -ii 11, i hi t wilm i, Dr. .1. I-:. Kit. til' 11i: ' latiic-r.-Jlio laic ! ?r. .J >1:n K. Krai - ! t"i!, sht- a in'' i '"l. \*.'iiil.tm iiratloti.t ;;nll;t!!t .snahvr (if 1 ii- V.'ani' 11:?. Kcvit- | lutiun. lie* vt ; ii iiu ni with kinrt-i iu?.ss iiit'i Kut tin' in' 'a iif a l?!at-k i nun; i.'j.!<in:r ]'nli'.it/a! aii.'i ;iful?:i< !? s? -1 i I ? 11 :j: i;with !:is fi?: sin*i- ii: -..sU:r ; n?i i!;t:: villi whit'/ lat a in sv aerai,; wan ; ) !:!:?: fsifat'.-:'; i:;i|>v.-iI?;iit>".' i.11. i. f r v. !n-::iii I'ul- i ' , 1o\v;rjt !"'ir <mi; - i !' yi y i.i the ] <" Hi" i '.i! 11\ il'.ivii'V (lut'liii; tlu*i Jivil \v:ir t!i? vi- shivos n<>; J i:j!?* 1'reo l'in niiinv nf llmni "iion'y :int.U'.'i iii.uif lit Ihi v.iii'. ? ;t:i 1 ' . i: 'itii. i y. niniilir ami p!ii.::rr, il was ' 1 :i i.;111:i;t! tsti j: i mm as In-! wi.iii-l riiil'iMi't* 1 iiic n ! :stliii.tr |?:?rt; i<i ii;. -\\ iilv Ksi Klux to !i.iv< its 'listii. i:i "!'? 11: SCO. i Kiar. Strong in York, hi ii" i-iiimty town in t!i. South; >luriii;r Ku Kin;: ikrys w::s ?K-hin; .-!inil i>- ill < 11 lii'vi: in ii ; i uv ti: ; Y". ami Yolk; K! miRii ro?;s vi.?>ls ii. V.'isiloa :.l"! !.! i < ;: ft;. - t; i; I i<. il 1 I !i<ja: . wlr : \ i ?ri. I ":*t'.rrul:sI lion" !'I V.li'r l-'ic :*<?:? ! *;s iimc!:!:::' ! i! : >ri:ii .s ill \\ iat . lurHi 1 i ...In..' !*?: ii : Klansmen Hear of Threats. Scores of Klansmen heard the threats )C Capt. Jim Williams,-of McConnells/illc. A meeting of the Klan of Yorlcrille was held in Yorkvillc one aftcrloon in March. Meetings of other Klansmen were held that same day. They rode horses and the hold Dr. Brat:on, according to testimony before the nvestigating committee in 1871, was at ho front. According to testimony givn 1871 in United Slates court by a nembcr of tiie Ku Klux Klan, who be:rayed his trust and testified, in the aiding party were: William Johnson, Harvey Gunning, Chambers Brown, -Ioibrook Good. James Neill, Sam Ferguson, Richard Caldwell, Pinckney Caldwell, Rufus McLain, Lindsay 3rown anil Dr. Bratton. According 10 he same witness on the Pinckney road 'We met the four Sherer boys, Robert Iayes, Mitchell and Elias Ramsey. I lon't remember any more; but there vere more men there." Death of Williams. They went to the home of Capt. Jim ind silently carried him out of the louse. Nearby was a forest of wliisicring pines and cedars and-black jack. V rope was taken from the pommel of lie saddel of a Klansmari. A- noose vas made. Capt. Jim's head was placed herein. The other end was thrown iver the limb of a majestic pine and he wung into eternity. The traitor Klansman mentioned while agro testified in United States :ourt in December, 1S71', describing the leath of Williams: "I asked if they lad found the black man, Jim Williams tnd if they saw him. I had stayed >ack to hold, the horses. I got no anwer and they just got on their horses o leave. I heard some man say, Mount your horses,' ana xncn tnej nounted and took across- over the once, and I got upward toward the oremost man?Dr. Bratton. I asked dm if he had found the negro. He said es. Said I, 'Where, where is lie?' Said he, 'lie is in hell, I expect.'" Klansman Bratton was in Yorkville [uietly practicing his profession when lie Federal soldiers under Major Mcrill came. Indeed, he practiced among he soldiers *until their own surgeons .rrive'd. He continued to practice here, iving quietly with his family, enjoying he esteem of his fellow citizens when he congressional investigating comnittee came in the summer of 1S71. He ven testified before that committee, heedless to say that not the slightest icintilla of evidence regarding the mere Tnvlaihla Emnirc "was ? A IS ICJ l??G UL U.U *?kT ... ? m _ ibtained from him despite gruelling1 eximinatlon. Men of his calibre didn't ell. A short time later word came to lim that a warrant had been issued for lis arrest for alleged connection with .he Ku Klux Klans. The doctor left luictly one day and when an officer vent to arrest him shortly afterward he ,vas not to be found. No man knew of lis whereabouts or if any man did here was no man who would tell. Went to Barnwell. lie went to Barnwell, S. C., to the lome of his sister, Mrs. O'Bannon, wife if a prominent physician of that place, fearing that the Federal authorities were ou his trail lie went to Selmn, Alibama, after a short sojourn in Barnwell. In Alabama he associated himself with his old friend, Dr. William Barron, originally of York county, S. C. fhere he became interested in coal and ron minis. Together with Dr. Barron 10 began making arrangements for the juiehase of vast tracts of tliesc lands vliich later developments proved would uive made him a rich man. A story is told, of him that after gong to Selmsi, he adopted the name of Simpson. One day in company with Dr. Ilarron he was invited to the home of i gentleman of Selma (or dinner. L'p>11 arriving and being introduced as I Jr. Simpson, be said to his host: "No sir, my name is not Simpson. My name is Braxton, Dr. J. Ilufus Bralton of the state of South Carolina and the county >f York. Damn it, sir, I can not break tiread with a man under an assumed tame." "Why that is all right, sir," replied iis host. "The name does not matter jntler the circumstances. Besides Dr. Barron vouches for you." Flees to Memphis. Soon after he became interested, in jnul and iron, word was whispered by Alabama Kkinsmen that the United Suites authorities were hot after him igain. He tied to Memphis, Tennessee. There he met his brother, John S. Brntiuii, also a fugitive Klansmen. It ivas a peculiar coincidence that the brother had also assumed the name of Simpson. There they remained a short time find decided that it was best to separate and seek further seclusion. Dr. liralton went to London, Ontario, Canida. John H. IJratton took another route. The Averys and other famous Kl.-insni'Mi of Dr. Brntton's acquaintmce had gone to Canada and that fact no doubt influenced him to go to the Dominion. Arriving in London he entered upon tile practice of medicine. A man of " ' * A.lii.w.i.wl *11141 i'n_ I I'lKlllg Iipi'l'ili cinvv, ciiutunu uuu i v. lined. Ik* soon mail" many friends in the Canadian town and it was not long before in' Itatl developed a large prac!ioo. An enthusiastic Mason from his young manhood and. long before his death having taken the i'L'nrl degree, he was received into the fraternity in London and held high office in Masonry there. While feeling that he was reasonably safe from rapture by the I'nited Slates authorities he was nev(Continuecl on Page Eight.) \ Kll MLUX AT ROCK HILL Rents Increase and People Turned Away Because of House Scarcity. CONSIDERABLE COTTON BEING SOLD Rock Hill Mills Running on Full Time ?Blue Buckle Soon to Resume Operations According to Report? News and Notes of Metropolis of York County. (By a Staff Correspondent.) Rock Hill, January 29.?Is there a branch of the Invisible Empire of the Order of the Ku Klux Klan now being organized throughout the south by Col. William J. Simmons, in.Rock Hill? Some people say that there is and nme say that there Is not. A Rock Hill citizen was talking to the correspondent about the matter today. "I was in I nhn^iQutnri a fow davs am and was dis cussing the order being organized by Simmons with a Charleston man. I expressed the opinion that I would like to' join the order, since my grandfather was a member of the original Kii Klux Klan. ' " 'Why you can join in your town of Rock Hill,' said he to me. 'T^iere is a branch here in Charleston, of which I am a member and I understand that a Klan has been organized in Rock Hill.' "I have been making some ihvestigution of the matter," the gentleman went on Ho say; "but so far I have been ab^e to learn nothing about the branch of the order which he said existed in Rock Hill." Mills On Full Time. With the exception of the,Blue Buckle mills, all the cotton mills are now running on full time, athough wages have been cut considerably at all of them. The Rock Hill hosiery mill is now in operation again after having been closed down for, several weeks. J. ? - ? ... _ e .4.1? UasS. Boyd ureigmon, manager ul mc ihmiery mill, recently returned from New York, where it is understood he sold all the product of his mill at a good profit. It is expected that the mill will be operated full time from now on. Information is that the Blue Buckle mills, which are now in the hands of a receiver, will resume operatipns within the next thirty days. Some Cotton Is Sold. That several large lots of cotton have been sold during January by farmers, is the information received, from a Rock Hill man who kdeps right up with the market situation." One lot of 50 bales was 30ld a few days ago and today a lot of twenty-four bales was sold. There were probably others. A number of big farmers of the community who are selling at prevailing low prices are hedging by purchases of futures and the understanding is that the practice is becoming quite extensive. Wrestling Is Popular. The wrestling game, introduced in Rock Hill several months ago by John Elliott, wrestling promoter of Char I lottc, is growing in lavor nere miu I some of the best amateur wrestlers of the south are being brought to Rock Hill, wrestling matches being held almost every Thursday night at the armory of the local National Guard company under the auspices of the guard. Kock Hill is the home of Kid Ellis, one of the best wrestlers of the Carolina's, and there is always a good crowd of fans at the wrestling matches, making the enterprise quite profitable. The militarv comna <juui['aiij iuiiu ? . ny- is enriched $10 by each \wrestling bout staged here. Could Be Worse. While Rock Hill business people admit thai business is pretty slow, practically all of them make the statement with the optimistic addition that it could be worse. There is at the present time little country trade; but the fact that the mills of the city and community are all in operation with the exception of the Blue Buckle, is responsible for the volume of business now going on. Pleased With New Mayor. That Itoek Ilill citizens are well pleased with the election of W. R. Armstrong as mayor ol' the city, is the testimony of a number. Although he has been a resident of Rock Hill a comparatively short time, Mayer Armstrong has made many friends here and is already identified with the business, commercial and social interests of the city. Under his adminiJnfi i-i ? 11 ncnnle are look ing forward lo a greater prosperity for the "Good Town." Magistrate Keeps Busy. Magistrate T. B. Glenn of Ebenozer township which township borders on Rock Hill has a territory to look after that keeps him on the job all the time. According to Constable J. R. Robinson who is working at one of the mills in Magistrate Glenn's territory, the two were called to raid a house recently where gambling was going on. When the officers entered no money was on the table?only poker chips. The gamblers protested against arrest, telling the magistrate that they could not be arrested since there was no money in sight and they were using chips. The raid occurred during the early hours of a Sunday morning. "All right," .Magistrate Glenn is reported to have returned. "1 can't get you for gambling; but I can get you for violation of ilie Sabbath," and a lino was imposed. Because of the heavy snow fail last Wednesday and the blocking of the roads thereby, there has been enmparnlively little traffic too and from Rock Hill during the past several days. J Usually there is a large crowa ox .7---^ people from the surrounding country-' In Ipck Hill on Saturday; but such , r: was not the case today for the reason that they could not get here. , Need for Houses. > Never was there a greater need houses in Rock Hill than at the pres ent time, according to well Informed-citizens. There are no vacant houses 'T$A and when one is vacated occasionally m there is always a great demand for it. Rent profiteers are as thick in 'Rdckv^j^l Hill as the smokc^from passing trains and house rents are on the incline. 7#$ rather than the decline. O. KT "Wil- . ;^^ Iiams, well known Rock Hill business man cited a case in point today: "Some days ago," he said, "I had occasion:, to try to rent a house for an employee and his family. I learned of a "house..'3^ 4-Urtf Kflan .ontlnir frtl? 497 Urt . n - jv'.iiii bllO.1 liau U&WU icuwitih 4-w* Y-Itw < ' >t?w;, - ,1 5|,lrj month which was soon to be vactea,v*&?$ and I made a proposition to the owner to lease it for twelvemonths. I was informed that 1 could have it on j'a basis of twelve months' lease for:, a I <**?2 rental of $45 a month. Needless to :4v? say I didn't rent it," said Mr. Williams. Eastern Teachers Meeting. ; f ; vj^jj Frank Ev^ns. superintendent of the ' Spartanburg city schools was the principal speaker at the meeting of the Eastern Division of the York County Teachers' association held in the high school building here today. Among' those who attended the meet- fy.'M ing were County Superintendent J*. E. ?? ? Carroll, Prof, and Mrs. E. A. Mont-- f /./A gomery of Yorkville and Miss Alice Garrison, compulsory school atten-j^'i&p dance officer for York county. . t . 'ylV,. Personal Mention. Messrs. T. M. Campbell, T. M. Gates and Tom Oates were among the JTirzah, people who were in Rock Hill, to- m day. '.f J. B. Smith of Rock Hill was a visi- :".'^^ tor in Yorkville last week. ? Mr. John Mcllwaine of Rock RiU No.a* -?A i? iu. . l, was among" Lne visuurs iu luc wiortoday. \ ;?j$j John F. "Williams of Ebenezer was among- the visitors here today. T. F. Lesslie of Efesslie was la Rock Hill today. Carter Jackson, formerly in the'.'.7^ employ of J. M. Stroup in Yorkvilte now has a place with the StandardDrug Company here. ' Little improvement is noted intthe/'^B .condition of Mr. William J. Neely,';" well known live stock dealer who >has been very ill with kidney and stom- v.^^i ach trouble for several. months. ' >V*- " A. A. McKeown returned' to' Rqck" Hill last night after spending several days at a conference of Demonstration .. % Farm Work Forces at Clemsoa' Col- ; -">2 let* g| SECRET TO SUCCESS VSj.'sS What Some Noted Mon Have to Say About it. -' -j. "Give me the young man with $50 / in the 1 bank?any bank?money he S'.V \ has earned and saved himself, and- I will show yoti a young man'who has . >";t\ started oil the road to success. I . cannot impress on employers too ' strongly the wisdom of encouraging y-i their employes to economize, to sav?. to itart a bank account."?W. R.' .' Sears. /'. . ' >M "I have seen many instances where , ^ young men who started life with'/ ^ practically nothing, through saving, -y. and economy, accumulated enough to' make them comfortable in their old -. age, but never have I seen anyone -Jt who lived to the alloted age of man and who spent all his income w;ho is tr; not a charge upon his friends or the '.~a community. My experience for years on the bench convinces me that most criminals become such because In V their early life they did not acquire the ..*? ; habit of savinir."?Wm. J. Mills. . "The saving of money usually means the saving of man. It means './X cutting off indulgences or avoiding vicious habits. The little differences y., between what you earn and what you spend is power. It often measures the . ' ? ; distances between success and fail- ' ure."?O. S. Marden. "If a man is naturally saving, he'll get along. Those who need plain talk about saving money are the' good fellows, the good livers, and good spenders. Thrift will some day save them from a nasty, bitter dose."? 'X Frank Crane. ? "We are creatures of habit. We ' succeed or we fail as we acquire good habits or bad ones, and we acquire good habits as easily as bad ones. Most ' people don't believe this. Only those who find out succeed in li?e."?Herbert Spencer. "Careful saving and careful spend- 1 ing- invariably promote success. Economy is one of the most essential elements of success, yet most wretchedly disregarded. The Ave or ten cents squandered a day, if saved, will in a few years amount to thousands of dollars. If a man is not competent to manage a small income or a small , business, he is not competent to manage a large income or a large business."?Marshall Field. "My first bank account was $3.20 at the age of nine. I have saved ever since. I would be just as unhappy in not saving money every month as I would be in losing my chance for three meals a day. in fact, I should eat only two meals a day if it came to the deprivation to save money."?Wra. R. Compton. ? Root heels originated in Persia, where they were originally attached lo sandals to keep the wearer's feet above the burning sands.