Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, February 01, 1921, Page Page Four, Image 4
Jcraps awl -facts.
Disasters in the United States in
Jf>70 cost 425 lives and injury to 2,700
persons, according1 to.- the American
Red Cross. Fifty-seven "major
disasters" affecting 159 communities
swept away $11,250,000 worth of property
and caused S7S0.000 additional to
v l-e spent- in relief work in addition to
*.">00,000 expended at Corpus .Chrisli,
Tex., last year for the disaster there
late in 1919. Tornadoes were unusually
numerous, the Red Cross said,
and caused 11 disasters, wh'i!c; twonty-two
relief expeditions followed tig
ores. One relief expedition succored
7; grasshopper plague in North Dakotii.
> Besides domestic aid, emergency
ivlief was given to famine sufferers
in China and earthquake victims in
.Mexico and Italy, the report said.
? Balances of the United War Fund
' -suiting from the drive of November.
I x IhlS, and remaining in community
chests' will be turned over to Herbert
Hoover's European Relief Council
pending, a decision from the president
i :?s to the disposal of the $3,500,000 of
II <he~United War Fund in the hands of
the committee of eleven. Following
a the lead of the Knights of Columbus
- board of directors in voting that organization's
share of the fund balance
? to the Hoover fund other organizations
have. intimated their willingness to
surrender claim to the $1,500,000 of
the total $5,000,000 balance of the war
fund now in community chests. "We
? have been assured by Air. I-Ioover thai
starving children in Ireland will he
X eared for by his council." said Supieme
Knight James A. Flaherty.
? Secretary Daniels on Friday officially
welcomed the seven little Rus*
sinn orphans, adopted by Rear Admiral
Newton McCuIiy. into "the navy
> family." The admiral called at the
Vpartrnent and for half an ho?'r the
usually quiet office of the secretary
j looked like a Russian kindergarten.
Mr. Daniels said afterwards that
while qualified as an expert interpreter
of "baby talk." because of his own
large family, he found some difficulty
5 in' understanding it in Russian. DurZ.
'Ug a picture taking ceremony all seven
youngsters insisted on sitting ;on
dther the secretary's or the admiral's
hjp and the pair were literally swamp"d
in Russian children. It took strat~
on-v tn lot the nhotocranhers get their
pictures. Admiral McCully will keep
r the children here until formal' adopv
tion proceedings have been completed,
7 Then take them to his home in AnderZ
son, S. C., where they probably will
"" reside permanently.
? Motherhood is safer in any 17 for
t-ign countries than in the United
Z States, and babies in ten other coun'
tries have a better chance of living
ihrough their first year, according to
i lie house commerce committee's re,jp
port on the Sheppard-Towner bill to
appropriate $1,480,000 for safeguarding
the health of mothers and babies. The
report classed the bills as emergency
legislation and said there was practically
no opposition to it. The'committee
found, it is said, that maternal
rnAi'illtv in 11m Unitoil
Sr.)tea was not decreasing, statistics.
La-fore it showing a 15 per cent, inrivnse
in deaths from child birth bo-tw.'on
1919 and 1920. Infants under
liiie year of age are dying from preventable
ailment at the rate of 250,000
a year, the report said. In rural
w-dtionsi studied, it was ascertained,
the report added, that SO per cent, of
mothers -received no advice or trained
are preceding the birth of children.
? Two men held up Cashier E. F.
Smith at the American Railway Express
company's main office at the union
station at Tampa Fla., last Friday
afternoon and escaped with a confederate,
in an automobile. It is said
Limy obtained S19.700 in cash and two
packages of merchandise from the
-af?\ According to Smith, he was acla.-stod
by two neatly dressed men who
re 1 nested a money order (illicitly. A*
^mith was in the act of opening his
f.'ige. one of the men thrust a revolver
against the back of his head with
the order: "If you make any noise. I'll
liPivv' your brains out." Smith was
lh*'*n thrust through the door, handcuffed
and compelled to lie behind a
counter'. While one man -guarded hitu
ti!<- otner gauiereu up uot.-e
" currency from the safe and two
packages of merchandise from a desk.
The men then slipped quietly out of
the building, joined'a confederate in
: waiting automobile andVspod away.
\ few minutes later a follow employe
iearned of Smith's predicament. The
express company, it was announced by
,\?;nager Eve, offered SI.000 reward
r the apprehension of the alleged
robbers.
^ ?--Sgnator Kcnyon. of Iowa, has in*"
tr'oduced in congress a bill to establish
a'rural credit system to stnnrinrri,
productive farm credit paper in
the open market. The bill creates two
orporations by special charters,
namely a rural credit society and
general insurance league. The credit
oojpty will consist of one central
in ink of Sl'5.000,000 capital to be furnished
by the government without in-'
forest, which will be retired by a sinkf
:ug fund1 created by the hill. The credit
also will consist of forty-eight
j branches, one for each state, with
? 000 capital each to be furnished by Hie
insurance company accepting tlie Kod _
eral charter created l>.v the bill. This
f tock will be paid a 0 per cent, cum
illative dividend ami become a ;rnar- i
?. anty against I he loss of the government's
capital. Any number of community
associations or comniimes may
T. bex organized by fanners with not less
than seven members each. This commune
stock will be owned by farmer
members and divided into shares of$S
each. Three commissioners are to be
appointed by the secretary of ngrienl
ture to negotiate willi one of the large
life insurance companies, lor the pur
pose of inducing it to accept, .such federal
charter in lieu of its state charter
and make an investment in the credit
society aggregating $7.-00.000 and
choose the society's auditor and deputy
auditors. The. fart, that the capital
of- such an insurance eoinpanv
becomes a guarantor of every piece
of that rural credit paper and the insurance
company is placed in a position
to acquire accurate information
as to the conduct of the credit society's
business is bound to inspire
the confidence of inventors in sucn
paper.
? A strongly nationalistic foreign
policy says the Kansas t'itv Star, is to
he initiated l?y I'rosidetit-elect Harding
iirunediatcly upon assuming office
'^'according to senators returning from
the final conference at Marion. To
help ourselves .as well as others-in
contrast with the Wilson policy of
helping others and not ourselves?is
said to he the keynote of the policy
Senator Harding plans to pursue.
The information the president-elect
has received concerning the state of
affairs in Europe has convinced him ,
it is nothing short of providential that |
America has heen saved from en- I
tanglement in the rivalries, jealousies. I
t , agreed, imperialistie designs and in- I
ternal concerns of European states. |
... such as would have heen produced l?y
ratification of the Versailles treaty
and league of nations without change.
Mr. Harding is represented as more
strongly than ever of the opinion that
America should keep clear of participation
in European affairs and stand
pat on the principle of the monroe
Doctrine tliat European nations should
keep hands off the affairs of the American
continents. Under, the circumstances,
therefore, the president-elect
doubts that it is feasible to accept
the Versailles treaty unless it should
be modified very materially, not only
in respect to the League of Nations
(Covenant, which in any event it would
be necessary to eliminate, but in respect
to the peace terms proper, front
which it will be necessary to exclude
provisions for the participation of the
United States in the multitude of commissions
which arc to regulate the affairs
of Europe for. years to come: He
still is intent however, upon ending
the fictitious stale of war with tiermany,
and. therefore, morn inclined
than ever to favor the restoration of
peace by legislation, such as the Knox
resolution vetoed by President' Wilson.
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Entered at the Postofflce at York as
Mall Matter of the Second Class.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1921
There is no getting away fiom*the
proposition that we have got to build
our roads. If we expect to slay in this
country, we must make it fit to live in.
The probability is that Atkinson of
Spartanburg, will be elected speaker of
the house, and while he is a very good,
man, The Yorkvillc Enquirer would
prefer to see the place go to Owens of
Marlboro.
It has not required a high order of
11 iJtiiiVJic! 1 timing LU U1111& auuiit ouvii
deflation as lias been brought about up
to this time by the Federal reserve
board. The board has simply shut
down on loans and taken a holiday.
Wish some o? the big fellows who
have never performed a stroke of manual
labor in their lives and who think
how easy it is to ntake cotton, could
be compelled*to work a crop on shares
one year. The .experience would, teacii
them that the laborer is worthy of his
hire.
According to Mr. Stevenson's figures,
at 20 cents a pound for the product the
south loses $G5,55(1.000 on jts last year's
cotton crop, the loss falling upon the
people who furnisdt..the land and upon
the people who furnish the toil. Somebody
has certainly benefited by that
loss of the landowners and laborers.
Thfe $50,000,000,000 in gold reparations
money that the Allied supreme
council has fixed upon Germany, is not
nearjy so sign mean i as ine u per cem
tax tliat is to be required on exports:
That tax is to be in the nature of a
protective tariff for the benefit of competitors.
Germany has long since demonstrated
her ability to turn out most
kinds of manufactures cheaper than
any other country, and the Allies want
to give her a 12 per cent handicap.
Mow it is going to work out remains
for the future; but the probability is
that before a great while the Allied
council will be chagrined to find that it
has made its burden too light.
What is known as the "Norfolk Idea"
has gone into the hands of a receiver.
Last July when 2!) ship repair shops of
Norfolk adopted the open shop, workmen
opposed, to that principle undertook
to conduct a closed shop on their
own responsibility. With about $-10,000
advanced by the International Association
of Machinists they establish
ed a plant r>r tncir own. only strictly
union men were employed. The business
slump came on, and then also the
"Xnrfolk Idea" people found it diflicult
to buy materials or pet work from people
who were not in sympathy with
them. The business was finally run to
ruin for lack of patronage, as much as
for lack of proper management.
It seems to be the well-nigh unanimous
view of the gene-ally recognized
financial experts that the final fixing
of a definite amount for I lie Germans
lo pay as reparations will have a
stimulating effect on the business of
the world, and that from now on things
should begin l" look up. The principal
difference between the international
conferees at Versailles is now known to
have hinged around this reparations
question. Both Lloyd George and
Clcinenccau had promised their people
that Germany would have to pay all
the costs of the war to the last farthing:
but AVilson, recognizing that this
was impossible, and demanding nothing
whatever for the United States,
persistently insisted upon the fixing of
a definite sum thai was in reason. The
common smise of the situation was
that if the demands of the allies were
of a nature that would threaten to
hold the Germans in bondage forever,
they would make no effort to pay at
all. They couldn't; but in the light of
a thorough understanding of what
would be required of them, I hey could
have some encouragement to get toiretlier
and make the effort to dis-j
charge their Ui.sk. II is yet for the
Ciornuuis to decide whether they will
undertake t?> pay tin* reparations liill
that is rcipiircd of them bin the probability
is that they will accept the
situation and get down to work. It is
not difficult to understand, however,
that if flerniany docs gel down to a
business and industrial organization
that will enable Iht to pay this debt,
by the time the debt is discharged she
will be more powerful economically
and financially than she has ever been
and by that time also she will be in a
position to levy on the allies such industrial
tribute as she may see proper
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| to require. If the reparation bill is
icver paid, it will be at best only a loan
| that will have to be returned at compound.
interest. It is because of this
fact, no,doubt, that/the French were
so anxious for agreement on a plan
that would hold the Germans in perpetual
bondage.
To a good many people that address
of the Hon. James Hamilton Lewis to
the South Carolina Bar association will
sound like crazy talk; but in the opinion
of The Yorkville Enquirer those
people who study the address closely
and take the speaker seriously will not
badly deceive themselves. It was the
late Cecil Rhodes, the creator of the
great empire of South Africa, who had
r,f ,\tir*ln-Sinvrin unitv through
out the world, and who declared thai
for the sake of such unity he would not
make tiny complaint if Washington
were selected as the capital; hut Great
Britain does not share and never will
share the sentiment of Rhodes except
on a basis of establishing the capital in
London, and the centre of government
in the British parliament. London
knows that this is impossible, of course,
and British intelligence realises that
ahout the only way that Great Britain
can ever hope to dominate America is
through the domination! of the balance
of Europe and perhaps of Asia. The
traditional policy of Great Britain in
every European war since the days of
Cromwell, has iSecn to align itself on
the side of the weaker power against
the stronger power, not exactly out of
sympathy with 1he oppressed as
against the oppressor; but rather to
maintain her own position of supremacy.
When France joined, Austria
against Prussia through fear that Prussia
might supplant her as the dominating
power of Europe, Great Britain
threw her lot with Frederick the Great,
not openly, but secretly with her money,
and with regiments that did not
even have the status of belligerents.
Her attitude in the Napoleonic wars
was the samcSexccpt that necessarily it
was more open. The sole reason of the
Crlmeari war, fought ostensibly out
of "sympathy" with Mohammedan
Turkey, was for the purpose of thwarting
the ambition of Russia t' become a
world power, and in this France was
irsed as a tool and ally. Great Britain
went into the recent world war because
she knew that German conquest of
France meant German domination of
Europe followed by German domination
of the world, and America was brought
in only after it was made clear tiiat
Great Britain and Franco could notturn
the trick without her. At this
time Great Britain will not stand for
I France doing what she wants to do
with Germany, because that will mean
that Franco will eventually attain her
former prestige, a thing' fur which
Great Britain could never aland. LJtil
somehow, The Vorkville Enquirer in
unable to imagine a very dangerous
enemy of the United States in a united
Europe so long as that Europe contains
a Great Britain. Great Britain-jis
capable of uniting almost any combination
of European countries against
any other combination of European
countries, but it does not seem possible
that she could unite with all Europe
against the United States in such a
way that the United States could not
break up the combination. "Perfidious
Albion" may not be any more perfidious
than any of the rest of them; but
since all of thein know how quickly
Albion would, throw down any of them
in order to advance her o\yn interest
over all of them, there will always be
some who will lake a chance on proposals
that seem to promise a possibility
of getting the best of her.
? The recent attempt of two al- |
b-ged Americans to kidnap I trover (*.
Ilergdoll and his. chauffeur, Isaac
Statelier, al Eherliack, Germany, has
created sensational interest thronghout
the country and the circumstance
is Inking up large space in the jwipers.
It appears that Hergdoll had |ieen at
Eherbach for some time, and among
tlie people he was looked upon as
quite a hero. 1.hc more" especially heeanse
he was of German deccnl and:in
full sympathy with Clermany that he
dodged the draft. Then also he has
plenty of money with which to make
himself otherwise welcome. Two men
ol'tierman names: Carl Nonfatal h'ran
Ziinmor, hut representing themselven
as Americans sought to pull down the
big reward that is hanging over Uergiloll
asul at tlie same time get a good
deal of notoriety lor themselves by effecting
his arrest through Wild West
methods. They made the attempt as
Hcfgdoil and Stetcher wore on their
way to some kind of popular gathering;
Init the. Merman police wore
prom|illy on the scene and the would
l>e captors, were captured instead.
They at first represented themselves
as agents of the American secret service,
and claimed that they entered
linden from the American occupied
zone. The state department, however
' - n,,. ?t_ |
Ml nil If ;uiy rt^|>uiininiin(> ?#* %.nv ?.?
mpl and refuses to k:iiic:tlon it. saying
thai there are no duly accredited
\ ui( l ira a secret service men oulsidc
lot" America. As to whether the
American authorities in the occupied
/.one had anything to do with the attempt
lias not yet been made clear.
On the failure of the attempt at kidnapping
Mergdoll sent a cable to
American papers advising his friends
of the situation and crowing a little
over the affair. Also he gave out an
interview in which he threw a little
light on the manner of his csacpe. lie
said he gave it out that lie had $100.000
in gold hidden in the hills somewhere
near Philadelphia and it was
arranged thai lie could go after it under
an understanding of a partial
divvy. This is only implied, lie was
accompanied to his home by two noncommissioned
officers, and his chauffeur
promptly proceeded to (ill them
with whisky with I he result that tliey
were rendered harmless. Then, accompanied
by Steteher, I'ergdoll made
a run for it; mil he was unwilling to
tell at this time exactly how he got
out of the country.
? Senator .T. IT. Marion of Chester, is
announced in the Columbia Stale of
yesterday as a candidate for governor
in the campaign of X922.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
Sliacly Nook Foullry Farm, J. E. Jackson,
Proprietor?How to*gel eggs.
J. Q. Wray, Manager?Programme of the
Stui Theatre. ,
York Drug Store?Iron and Cascara tonic
v. ith Celery.
D. M. Pitrrolt, Clover?It will pay you to
trade with this store.
J. A. Lowry?Will saw tiny thing except oak
at SI per hundred.
J. T. Fcemster and A. L. Black?Call for a
meeting of York County stockholders of tho
Fisheries Products company.
J. L. Houston, Probate Judge?Notice of application
for letters of administration of the
estate of John/ R. Logan, deceased.
Mary McConnell Ix>vc?Executrix's sale.
E. \V. Dnhbs'nud Others, Committee?Call for
meeting of the taxpayers of York county in
the courthouse next Monday..
J. A. Marion, Referee in Bankruptcy?Notice
of-first meeting of the creditors of Minnie
, A. Hood, bankrupt, i . it
J. A. Marion, Referee in Bankruptcy?Notice
of first meeting of creditors of W. 0. Harsliaw
(&. Co.
J. M. Stroup?33 1-3 per cent, off on all high
shoos.
A. M. MeGill, York No. 1?Thursday, Friday,
. and Saturday.
Mackoreli Drug Company?Engraved cards.
Kirkpntrick-Belk Company?Here you can buy
goods at right prices.
J. II. Bigham. Clubmaker?Subscribers to The
Yorkville Enquirer on his club arc requested
t tv j/i*/ OW V)|?,W.
South Carolina comes second to Texas
in the number of bales of cotton
ginned,up to January 1C, 1021, for the
year 1920. Texas ginned 3,862,354 bales
and , South Carolina 1,506,752 bales.
This is a somewhat surprising record,
with which the boll weevil prbbably
had something to do. Also, it is not to,
be forgotten that Jjlouth Carolina used
lots of commercial fertilizers, while
Texas used so little that it is hardly
worth counting. .
This on a card from W. H. Crook of
Fort Mill.is the kind of encouragement
that makes life worth living to the
publisher: "Put D. G. Kimball back
on the list. He soys that The Yorkville
Enquirer is the best paper printed
and he cannot do without it. A. Ii.
Mcrritt says lie is going, to take The
Yorkville -Enquirer as long as he lives
no matter what the price. Enter F. W.
Dickson, R. F. D. 3."
The Enquirer was in error in the
statement that Mr. J. O. Alliison, carrier
on York No. 2, did not start upon
his route last Wednesday because of
the heavy snow fall. Mr. Allison said
Saturday that he did start; but turned
b^ck when he reached the home of W.
W. Alexander fur the reason that it
was impossible to go further.
THE MARRIAGE RECORD
Since the last publication of the
record in The xorKyme rjmiuucr, wu
following marriage licenses have been
issued by the judge of probate:
Jan. 23?\\'i!lie-?Slinson, 22 and Mnrgaret
GUI, 22. colored, Rock Hill.
Jan. 20?GiIos.jJ,*loyd. 21, and Sallie
Harnett, 20, colored. IJethel township.
Jan. 27?II. Lessliu MeOorkle, 22.
York tnnwship pil Lena 13. Howell,
30. King's Mountain township.
Jan. 21)?James It. Wallace, 2S. and
Annie L. Chambers. 22, York township.
Jan. 29?James Hatch ford, 23, and
Sarah Simpson,. 21, colored, Rock Hill.
TOWNSHIP COMMISSIONERS.
On recommendation of the legislative
delegation the governor has appointed
township commissioners for York
eoifrity as follows:
Bethel?J. P. 11. Currence, S. S. Glenn,
13. M. Miller.
Bethesda?13. C. Lindsay, L. L. Ware,
W. T. Mollis.
Broad River?W. S. Wilkerson, J. S.
Rainev. J. S. Quinn.
Bullock's Creek?Ir. J. Shcrcr. E. M.
n.inkhoed, H. C. Gourlcy.
Catawba?.1. . H. Jolmson, W. Hall
Spencer, C. P. Keid.
Ebenezer?-J. R Williams, K. F.
(tales, T. S.' liarron.
Fort Mill?A. J. Usiilcs. X. M. White,
J. 'J'. Garrison.
u r?
King s Mountain?.1. iauuj cuntu,
S. Qui nn, W. T. Renmguard.
York?A. Ij. Black, W. B. Keller. W.
I?\ Jackson.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Tlie following' real cstAte transfers
have licon indexed irvthe office of
the county auditor since the last publication
of tho record in The Yorkville
Enquirer:
Bsthesda?It. F. Lee to James M.
Darwin, 03 acres, ?9.riG.
Broad River?J. 1-1 Westmoreland
to ,\V. M. McKcc, -I 23-100 acres. $300.
John Aloek to \V. 1'. Youngblood,
12S acres, $3.SI0.
Catawba?Mrs. Cecil Arudt to C. I..
Williams, 1 lot. $350.
J110. It. Williams to Ed. M. Kimbrell,
1 lot. $1,250.
A. I'. Lineberger to W L. Boone, 1
lot $000.
Ebenezer?.Tno. R. Logan, C. C. C.
I Ms to Koddey Trust Co., 2 lot price*
not given
Fort Mill? William White to Butler
While, 1 lot. $00.
King's Mountain?W. H. Soberer to
K. Jj. Barber, f?S acres, $5,800.
York?E. J. Wylio to John Meek.
Ill acres,- $1,700.
WITHIN THE TOWN
? John Dean of Rock Hill, textile union
organizer for South Carolina, delivered
an address before the local textile
union last Friday evening.
? Despite the fact that January is ,
usually an off month with them, the '
Yorkville police, department was quite
busy during tho month just come to a
close, according to Chief of Police J. '
Cal Steele, Receipts from lines and
forfeitures for the month totaled considerably
more than $200. * I
? Indications are there will be a. large 1
number of contestants, both musicians
and dancers,, attendant upon the l-'id- 1
(Iters' convent ion to ne neia in me
courthouse Friday evening, for the
benefit of Mooch Stewart Post, American
Lotion. .An interesting programme
has been arranged and post officials
and their friends arc hopeful that there
will be a large audience in attendance.
The entertainment Friday night is the
first of a scries which the post proposes
to hold during the coming spring
and summer for the benefit of the local
legion.
HERE AND THERE
County Treasurer li E. Neil and his
clerks, Misses laic in ITeid Ewart and
Georgia p,ration had a very busy
day of it yesterday in issuing; receipts
for- lex.pnyorsj since many people
came in to pay in order to escape the
2 per cent, penalty for non payment
which becomes'effective today, There !
;ire still thousands of dollars in taxes
on the hooks that remain unpaid and
the outlook is that Sheriff If red
Quinn is going to have more executions'to
handle this year than usual.
"Paid my taxes today," said a Bethel
township innn in Yorkville yesterday.
They totalled $1S0?just $70
more than last year. What they will
lie next .year and .whether they will
be higher than they were this year,
the Lord only knows. But I am rather
expecting they will."
Reports from the rural schools over
the county indicate that the epidemic
of mumps whfch has been prevalent
in all sections during the past several
weeks, continues to rage. So far as
the school authorities have in formation,
there is. no influenza among
school children % in any section of the
county. *
"There's a probability that 'the
hmiuo <?r?11 lioi'ft tlm nrinrnni'intinn
bill in its hands by .the, latter part of
the week although, it' is not altogether
certain," said.yesterday a York county
member of the house. There .is going
to be quite a fight over the appropriation
bill this year and no mistake
about that."
"So called tight times have- no effect
whatever on the moving picture
business in Rock Hill apparently,"
said yesterday a Yorkville man who
was in Rock Hill Saturday. "I just
happened to notice the crowds trying
to get in the moving picture show on
Railroad street. Pretty'nearly all the
afternoon there was a large crowd
standing outside awaiting an opportunity
to get a seat. They believe in
the movies, those Rock Hill people
do."
GROWING APPROPRIATIONS.
"No, we have not dropped our'demand
for a material reduction of taxes
in South Carolina," said Mr. John L.
Raincy of Sharon, yesterday, "and- we
are not going to drop it, either." Mr.
Rainey was in Yorkville to meet with
the committee appointed at the mass
meeting held in the courthouse on January
6 to review the appropriations of
past years' with a view to making recommendations
to the legislative delegation
as to where the pruning knife
might be applied.
"I understand," said Mr. Rainey,
"that meetings have been called to be
Held next Monday in all the courthouses
of the state to elect delegates to a state
convention to be held in Columbia on
next Wednesday week, and hope there
will be a good attendance on the meeting
to be held in York county. If I am
not there myself it will be because of
providential hindrance.
"I have just procured/' Mr. Rainey
went on, "a statement of the annual
legislative appropriations, back to 1907,
and the figures tell their own story. I
would like to see the statement published
in The Yorkville Enquirer for
the benefit of those who are concerned
in seeing where we are going to."
The statement referred to by Mr.
llainey is as follows:
' 1907 $1.467;720 14
1908 1,647,882 61
1909 _.... 1,631,949 19
1910 1,847,553 32
1911 - 1,939,042 30
1912 1,993,677 95
1913 1,859,077 06
1914 '2,146,253 04
1915 2,463,759 82
1916 2,486,140 29
1917 2,989,504 78
" ( *J7i: 1 qn QS
l!il\) Z..." 3,'x!I2,'gS2 7S
11)20 - 0,01)1,241 31)
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* ABOUT PEOPLE
Lee Pursley of Clover No. 4, was a
visitor in Yorkvillo yesterday.
Clyde Plexico of Sharon, was a visitor
in Yorkville yesterday.
R. S. Riddle of Clover No. 2, was a
visitor in Yorkville yesterday.
Mrs. J. B. Bratton of McConnellsville,
was a visitor in Yorkville today.
D. Edward Finlcy of New York, was
a visitor in Yorkville this week.
\V. C5. Adams of York No. 1 was a
visitor in Yorkville yesterday.
Carter Jackson of Rock Hill, was a
visitor in Yorkville last Sunday.
Magistrate .T. R. Hailc of Fort Mill,
was among the visitors in Yorkville
today.
Dr. B. N. Miller of Hickory C.rov?
was a visitor in Rock Hill last Sunday.
Mr. Charles Simmons of Mayswori.li.
N. O., was a visitor in Yorkville, Sunday.
Mr.' W. M. Wallace of Smyrna No.
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C, W.IS il V1SUUI" III lurniuit' tuai. kani.urday.
Mr. John L. Rainey of Sharon, was
;imons the visitors in Yorkvillo, yesterday.
Mrs. John Warren Quinn is visiting
her daughter, Mrs. E. W. Long, in
ChnHottc.
Mr. R. M. Harnett of Bethel was
among the visitors in Yorkville yesterday.
W. L. Adams of the Bethel section
was among the visitors in Yorkvillo,
yesterday.
Mr. J. Jf. Brice has been quite sick
at his home on York No. 4 for several
days past.
William Wood of Rock Hill spent
Saturday and Sunday in Yorkvillo
with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Whitesides of
Sharon, were among the visitors in
Yorkville yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Jackson of Clover,
are spending some time with relatives
in Mississippi.
John R.oiney Save of Rock Hill recently
visited the family of his father
Dr. J. H. Saye at Sharon.
Miss Eleanor Ilalliday of Riverside,
Lancaster county, recently visucu. iuissi
Maud St roup in Yorkville.
Miss Liicile Hopper of Gastonia,
was. a recent visitor in Sharon, the
guest of Miss Susie Hartness.
Ardrey Tnman of Spartanburg, spent
Sunday witli the family of his father
Mr. C. M. In man on York No 1.
Miss Elizabeth Wilborn has returnid
to her home in Yorkville, after a
visit to relatives in Chester.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Scoggins and
ronng son of Smyrna, recently visited
relatives and friends at Clover.
J Vol". L. W. .Jenkins of Spartanburg,
recently visited his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. \Y. \V. Jenkins in Yorkville.
Miss Mary Maud Wylie of Winthrop
ml lege, was a rccent'visitor in YorkviHe.
the guest of Miss Julia "Williams.
Mrs. M. V. Davis of Clover No. 4,
eeently visited her daughter. Mrs. W.
M. Faulkner in the King's Creek sec.ion.
Mrs. G. F. McFarlnnd lias returned to
ler home on Clover No. J, after being
iperaled on for appendicitis in a Casual.!
hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Co they of Gas.onia,
recently visited Mr. and Mrs.
'. 1'. Shirley and other relatives on
.'lover No. 4.
Miss Pearl TJncberger has returned
Jo her liome in Onstonia after a
risit to relatives and friends in the
ielhany section.
Mrs. B. Tl Jlorton and children of
Sharon No. 1, recently visited the
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family of-Mrs. M. P. Faris in the
Bethany section.
Rev. and Mrs. W. S. Patterson have
returned to their home in Lancaster,
after a visit to the family of .Mr. J.
M: Stroup in Yorkville.
Mesdamcs I-I. W. Cummings and A.
H. Collins of Columbia, are visiting
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. John C.
Dickson on York No. 1.
Mrs. James A. Chapman (nee Miss
Martha Marshall) of Jnman, S. C., is
visiting the family of her mother, Mrs.
W. F. Marshall, in Yorkville.
Senator Hart and Representatives
Pursley, Carothcrs and Bradford returned
from Columbia Friday evening,
going back to Columbia yesterday: aftcrnoqn.
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V.KI I KSLUl iVI'JUUW, .it aiuuuill HI. lliv."
Hastoc school, Spartanburg:, spent
Saturday and Sunday with his parents,
Air, and Airs. Thos, F. AIcDow
of Yorkville
Little change is noted, in the. condition
ot' Airs. Violet Mcllwalne who'
lies almost completely paralyzed at
the home of her son, Air. John Alcllwaine
on Rock Hill .No. 1.
AI. S. Dickson has returned to the
Presbyterian Coll9ge. Clinton, S. C?
after having been called to his home
on York No. 1, because of the illness
of his mother, Airs. John C. Dickson
Air. and Airs. Fred Buggei announce
the marriage of their sister, ,Mrs. J
Alaggie L.\Ross Brabson to Air. William
Edward Alarks of,. Limestone, I
Tenn., -fit St. Timothy's Episcopal
church, Columbia, ? Jan. 27. Air. and
Airs. Alarks will make their home at
2100 Alain Street,Columbia. i
Gastonia Gazette, Thursday: The
many friends of Aliss Edith Jaqkson,
of AIcNeely's, will be delighted to hear
that she, her sister, Aliss Bess Jackson,
and mother, Airs. AI. L. Jackson,
of Cloyer, are planning to, move to
Gastonia to live. They expect to be J
here by February 15, or as soon as
they can purchase a home Mr.
and Airs. Wade S. Buice returnedSunday
night from a visit of two or.
three days to Air. Buice's, home at
Hickory Grove, S. C Air. Buice went
down for a-two-day squirrel hunt, but
the snow and ice frustrated his plans.
He reports that the faN of snow there
was three or more inches less than in
Gastonia.
Capt. George W. Williams, director
of submarines, United States navy,
spent Saturday in Columbia with his
mother, Mrs. Alary E. WilliaOw, 911
Sumter street^ leaving early Sunday
morning1 tor wasmngton. tic was returning
from an inspection trip which
took him, first to the Canal Zone and
then to Key "West. Jie came to Columbia
from Key West arriving early
Saturday morning. Captain Williams,
a natjVe of Yorkville, has a distinguished
record in the navy, having
had a large number of choice assignments.
He was appointed to the naval
academy froip Yorkville, and while
he has been able to spend but littjle
time in South Carolina since entering
the service, he has many friends who
alwa.ys welcome him to his home
state. I-te is a son of the late W. B.
Williams, for years auditor of York
county. .
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LOCAL LACONICS
For Benefit of School '
About ?30 was raised for the benefit
of the school library as the result
of a piny presented by Ninth grade
students of the Clover High School in
Smith Bros.'s opera house at Clover,
lust Tuesday. . , .
Auditor in Rock Hill
Hundreds of tax returns were taken
A xr T f\\'rk .Itirinrr
y ai1u1LU1 ijiumuo ATX. jjv? t uui
his stay in. Rock Hill last week, anil although
the auditor put in a full week
there were a number of Rock Hill people
who failed to come to see him.
Under the law all tax returns must
be made by February' 20.
Voluntary Bankruptcy Petition.
Greenville Piedmont, .Saturday: A
petition asking: voluntary bankruptcy
judgment was filed in the United
States District Court today by Mrs.
.Minnie A. llood, of Hickory Grove..
Mrs. I-Iood, who conducts a general
merchandise business, gives her liabilities
as ?G,349.50 and assets as $5,705.52.
ifork C cunty Magistrates.
Magistrates for the various townships
of York county, nominated in the
primaries of last summer, have been
appointed by the governor as follows:
.1. it. Ford, Bethel; E. A. Crawford,
Bethesda; J. L. Duncan, Bullock's
Creek: R. L. A. Smith, Broad River: J.
F. Wingatc, Catawba: J. R. Haile, Fort
Mill; T. B. Glenn, Ebonezer; A. J.
Quinn, King's Mountain; Fred C. Black,
York.
Got Part of Distillery.
Officers Tom Quinn and H. L. Johnson
operating in King's Mountain
township yesterday found a part of .a
distiller's outfit on the MeGill lands
about two and onevhalf miles south-1
west, of Bethany church. A sugar
barrel and a coffee box filled with
maeh that had not soured was poured
out by the officers. It was evident
that a distillery had. been operated
there but had been carried away.
Sold by Court Order.
In accordance with a decree of the
court of common pleas in the pn.se of
S. A. Lee, plaintiff vs. T. B. Ramsey,
defendant, an Overland automobile,
the property of Ramsey was sold at
auction by Sheriff Quinn at Clover,
Saturday. The car was bid in by J.
\V. Smith for S. A. Lee l'or the sum of
$100. Lee brought suit against Ramsey
for damages at the last term of
the court of common pleas because of
alleged injuries to his automobile in a
collision with Ramsey's machine.
Condition of the Roads.
Information is that a number of the
roads of the county are not in as bad
condition as had" been expected as a
result of the heavy snow of last week.
King's Mountain township roads are in
pretty fair condition, according to
several people in Yorkvlllc yesterday.
Several Sharon people were in Yorkville
yesterday, making the trip by
automobile. The Yorkville-Sharon
road was reported in passable condition.
Living Expenses in Columbia.
Board and lodging in Columbia goes
up in price as soon as the general assembly
convenes, according to a York
county mem?er ol ine nouse. l-uvaie
families who take in legislators during
the session charge $30 a month
for a room. Many of the legislators
take their meals at Columbia restaurants
because it is more convenient
for them. They can get along with
an average meal cost of GO cents.
Most of the legislators spend the
week-ends at their respective homes
throughout the state, since they find
that it is'choapor to come home than
to remain in Columbia.
Charged With Burglary.
Floyd Hunter and Paul Sistare.
young white boys of Rock Hill were
arrested in the wholesale grocery store
of the P.lankenship-.Iobnson Company
of Rock Hill last Saturday and will
face charges of burglary in the court
of general sessions in April. The two
boys were arrested in the store by
Frank..,Aden,. 17-ycar:qld..son of. Coil-1.
r
stable Frank Allen of Catawba' township
who with his older brother had ' t
been sleeping in the store for several
nights in- the hope of catching ^parties
who have broken t into the place on
several occasions. .When feistarc and
Hunter entered the store Saturdaynight
young Allen pointed a revolver
and ordered them to! hold up_ their
hands. One .of the boys held a "flash- *
light-in Allen's face blinding him
temporarily; but tlied-llght was withdrawn
when the boy ^threatened to
shoot. Young Allen -alien telephoned
Albert Jolmsbn . of the firm who soon
arrived with officers dnd took Sistare
and Hunter-into custody., * - '
'?: MERE'MEtiTidN . I
Petition?" for the pardon of Eugene
V. Debs, serving a te?Tmin the. Federal ^
prison in Atlanta for violation of the
espionage laws are to)vreccivo the" consideration
, of President Wilson' this
week; but so far there has been no
intimation as to whdt th^ president,
vylll do.'..'!?. .A' man 'Jj'y the name of'
Evans Bowman Thompson was killed
in a battle with Polddeman Collins in .
the police court 'at''Glassgow, Ken{tucky,
last Saturday.f, The, policeman
had taken one revolver from "the pris
oner and the prisoners atterwara wmp"ped
out an'other revolver and commenced
firing! ].'.Ttie great ocean
blintp It-34, withjjiwhich the British ,
twice crossed Atlantic was blown out '
to sea after a bst'd. landing on the
Yorkshire coast a' few days ago' and
so badly injured tpat it cannot be repaired
..The department of labor ,
has decided tha!t 'Donal O'Callaghan,
mayor of Cork', who came to America
,as a stowaway recently, must reship ^
as a sailor on or before February 11
or be deported. .O'Callaghan is now". ,
in New York, and said Saturday that
up to that time he1 had not been officially
notifiedsf.the orders of the department
Hon. W. 'J. Bryan is quoted
as saying~that lie will not submit to \
the reorga.ni z at iorf <" of ~ the' Democratic'
party under the'-leaid'ership. of Mr. Cox. >
?.Henry Beatty'/ a farmer of.Tamaha^vjt,
N. C., believed so thoroughly
in the movement' for the relief of
starving European children' that he
sent as a contribution to local headquarters
at '-Kndxvllle; .Tenn., his late
wife's engagement ring.'. More than
60,000 checks on .the national'.'treasury
for retainer's pay Xorjiaval reservists
are unclaimedfat. the.navy department.
Simple .ceremonies marked the
permanent entombment of a "soldier
of France*' representing the French unidentified
war dead under the Arc De
Triumphe in 4Paris last Friday? ...
Thirty-three horses and'mules, prop
eriy 01 me uuuce ^wi?.bvtciih<i?...
were removed from box cars at "Raleigh,
N. C;, Sunday, having been
smothered "to deathrbetween Norlina
and* Raleigh while >they were en route
from Cany) Lee?, Var., to Camp Jackson,
Columbia Eleven persons were
burned to death in a hotel Are at
Hoboken, N." J., last.' Sunday... An
unidentified "hegro' who is alleged to
-have attempted to strike Chief of Police
Tyson of Broxton,. Ga., over the.
head with an axe Saturday night was'
shot and killed by "the chief _.A
yelping puppy on a cake of ice' floating
down the Hudson "river last Friday
halted the Fort L^fc ferry boat?Edgewater
in midstream while a rescue"
was effected -Joseph Arlington,
a tobacco farmer living near Galliopolis,
Ohio, reported last Friday that his
tobacco barn, containing 10,000 pounds
of hurley leaf tobacco had been burned
by an incendiary. Authorities believe
the fire was started by persons .
opposed to the sale'of the 1920 crop
because of prevailing low prices.
Three children were' burned to death
at Perth Amboy, N. J., Saturday when
flames destroyed the home of Frank
Miller their father..'..,::. The Japanese
sentry who shot and killed Lieut.
Langdon, American naval officer has
been found guilty by the preliminary
court inquiry, which has reported to
the court martial chigf, according to a
Tokio newspaper.
War Loan To Greece.?It is rcportoded
in th6 newspapers that the treasury
is preparing to advance $5,000,000
as a loan to Greece itbe moment the
department of state' recognizes the
Constantine government. The money
is to be advanced under the authority
of the law passed when we entered
the war to assist in the financing 01
our allies. k
The treasury has succeeded in discovering
technicalities' which permit
it to withhold payment of guarantees
given by the government to the railroads.
The ,'treasury, has devoted its
utmost powers to the prevention of
the rehabilitation of'the War Finance
Board on the ground, anjong others,
that no funds are? available. The
treasury has held up its hands ifc horror
at the mere Suggestion of any advances
to American' farmers to save
them from impending ruin. Yet this
same treasury, Although the war is
over, and although " money advanced
to Greece would hot be for the benefit
of any ally, but;'for the advantage of
a monarch whfT devoted his every cfj
fort to the defeat of thd allies and of
the United States, seeks, under an old
grant of authority, to send American
money to 'the exchequer at Athens!
The thing is typical of the sort of
financial direction we have had in
America these recent months. The
wonder is not that Mr. Harding received
a plurality ot^ 7,000,000 in the,
November election, Taut that a candidate
standing for the retention of .
such administration as we have had
recently received- any votes at all.
Perhaps it merely went to show that
Lincoln was light when he said you
can fool some of the people all the
time.?Manufacturer's Record.
? After a conference of several days
in Chicago last week it was given out
unofficially that the Association of
Railway executives had given out information
to the effect that a reduction
of wages of railroad workers had been
agreed upon. But the outlook is that
there will be no reduction of railroad
wages without some fighting. W. G.
Lee, president of the Brotherhood of
Railway Trainmen; W. S. Carter, president
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive .
Firemen and Engineers, and L. E.
Sheppard. president of the Order of
Railway Conductors, made this declar
ation in formal statements at Cleveland,
Ohio, last Saturday. A similar
declaration was made Thursday by
Warren S. Stone, grand chief of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
All the brotherhood executives declare
that reports of decreases in the cost of
living are not borne out by actual conditions,
but are the result of propagan- /'
da; that the wages of railway employes
did not increase as the cost of living
or as much and, that railway men are
not receiving as high a standard of
wages as are paid* in many other industries.
Mr. Lee asserted that, in his
opinion, "some, if not the greater portion
of the business 'depression has
been brought about solely, for the purpose
of prejudicing tlie public in the
interest of reduction of wages generally."
Mr. Carter declared- that "notwitligtiULding
./ajUiUieincreases