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GARNERED WITH SCISSORS News From Within and Without the County. WBENSEB FOR QUICK BEADING Some Items of Fact, Some of Comment and AIJ.Helping, to Give an- Idea of WVsat Our Neighbors Are Saying and .Doing. * 1 \ ' Rock Hill Herald, Feb. 1: There is no change iin the condition of Mrs. Katie Williford, who is quite ill at. the home of her daughter, near EJdgmoor. Announcement was made today that.-.the Blue Buckle mill would resViirie operations on February 14, work inn- day and night shifts. The plant has been Idle since the middle <>f: December, and the starting up will ; tgve- employment to several huridrod operatives who have been idle. The additional shift will also i/rovide work fur still more operatives. This news will be received with genuine interest in the city and throughout the textile industry Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Blant ton and little daughter are in Columbia. where, they will make their home | in the future.' Mr. Blanton is still with hia company, the-Atlantic InsurI a nee company While out hunting one afternoon last week Edward Mc? Coy eainc in contact with a very large I pilot snake. The reptile was almost frozen in the snow, but it tried sever-' al times to "master" the lad. f Choster Reporter, Jan. 31: Chester * police receipts for the month of Jan-, 1 nary .amounted to $1,502.50, which exceeds'*-fher December totals by about | try hundred dollars. Actual cash fines v... ,-v r>r?m in court. amounted to $J.34-2.59. and chain.gang1 hire $160, making tlie impressive total of $1,r,02.50. which smashes all records The County - Boaxd of Directors at a f meeting. Saturday organized by the eledtion of Mr. L. M. Wootan as vhairmanapd Mr. James M. Banks, as clerk. Matters coming before the , . board were of a routine nature. Mr. : H. If'., Kester, of Lancaster, who comes Chester as County engineer and Office- manager, will arrive here about * Thursday to take up his :new duties. Up to January 16th there had hoen ginned- in Chester county a' to-: Jul of 35,131 bales o( cotton, which probably means the largest crop In Tb* county's history, as there is considerable cotton to be ginned yet. The crop of 1914,,which shattered all re cords up to this time, acording to our Hii-lvrsianding, was 35.S29 bales. With bajes to. be ginned to equal j The 1 HI4 record, it seems vpry probable ihut premier honors !for cotton production in Chester county will pass i?i ' 1920 The roof of the Lloyd tlmlding at the Fair Grounds collapsed Saturday under the load of sleet and and an entirely new roof will pK.bnl.ly be required. Except at the <iils the roof is down entirely, and ihi'St uf the rafters are probably brofc' 11. The other buildings arc all right. Has the mystery in connection \ the death of Wylie Knox Creech thoroughly solved? This question is to the front again, as a result of tin' exhumation of the body at Union A. R. P. church graveyard this morning at the family's behest, it being understood that this procedure may have some connection with action to be brought in the courts. It will be remembered that this young ....... .ii.onnoapflH n little mnra than a y?';ir ago in Charleston, it being stilted at':-the time that he had been seen to . t'?i :tboard a certain ship in the harbor, iwiV'tf supposition being that he fell or met ivith foul play. ; " .About itwo months or such a matter ? ftjkrr. the body .was recovered, a strik in* ' . incidence in connection with the pui'jiortfil finding of the body being :hr' fu' t that just as the body was cii.-'i-iv. ted the steamer from which *i- iv.'o supposed to have fallen was i " sr-vming into Charleston harbor. We u?ni~r>- rand that the body was prepir?1 for burial, without being seen r* datives; and there has always lu-en some doubt as to whether the l?'.i> brought here was young Creech's some interest to know whether his body bore marks of injuries. We lout know just .what was the result of today's investigation; but undor- isitd that the matter may go back in?" the courts. Lancaster News, Feb. 1: W. C. Crenshaw and Miss Minnie Powers were eta'Tied January IS at the residence <>f i'tiii Sistarc in the mill village, Mngis *1*3 .n. >V . i>Kl Utility uiuviaun^ C !>.' Hunter and Miss Eva Beckham, daughter of Ilervey Beckham, were . married Saturday. January 19, at the i" ine of Magistrate H. \V. Malmffcy, v.*ho officiated Mrs. O. C. Black: " io;v has returned from the Kennel 1 inmmary, Rock Hill, where she has l)ccn m-dergoing treatment The News .: reliably informed that the Royal Hotel under competent management, will open on March- 1. The hotel has i"-en closed since last July, and extensive improvements will he made hefore its reopening. This announcement will be received with a great deal of pleasure by the people of Lancaster, <H well as the traveling public, and, incidentally, it is one of the big things ontained in The News program for die New Year Arthur Caristadt Williamson, a well-known and esteemed citizen of Lancaster, died at his Morhc in West End Saturday after- ' noon, at throe o'clock after an illness ' with pneumonia of only two days. His , health, however, had. been failing, for more than a ..year. He wns/Ofr years old and was born' arid spent.his life in this county.._. ...Raymond Baker, the i ; on of Mr. i'arid'-Mrs.- J. T.' Raker, .of- i Stoneboro, died at his parent's home | Thursday morning, January 20. Ray- , mond was the oldost won of Mr. and Mrs. Baker. Ho was 18 years old. He had been suffering with rheumatism and heart trouble for about two years, but was confined to his bed for only nine days before his death. Gastonia Gazette, Feb. 1: Mrs. Harry Adams has returned from Baltimore, Md., where she has been for some time at-the bedside of relatives who were critically ill ^liss Macie Potts, assisted by Miss Edith Pickens, will organize a Camp Fire a.t the Flint community house tonight. This elegant community building has just recently been completed and will be equipped for the carrying out of all community plans..! ...The big- LaPranfio fire truck for the city fire de: partment arrived' yesterday and will be' unloaded and set up Wednesday, when a nian from the factory will be here to supervise the work ......Mrs. C. Hlghsmlth has returned from St.. Luke's Hospital, Richmond, Va., where she has been a patient for the past month. Her friends will be glad to know that she has greatly improved. The Parent-feacher Circle ol' the Central school will meet Wednesday afternoon of this week at 3.30 in the school auditorium. A feature of the program will be'a talk by Miss Martha Zachman, of Fort Valley, Clu. Miss Zachman. will explain her work in connection with the Community Service program and mothers of school children are especially urged to be present. Following Miss Zachman's address an interesting parent-teacher programme will be presented. The public Is very cordially invited to attend this meeting. That Gaston county's representatives in the General Assembly are making a good impression at Raleigh, and performing creditably the duties of their offices is the opinion of Solicitor- Geo. W. Wilson, who has just returned from a business trip to the state capital. "They are a good lot of legislators, and they have the interest of the 'folks back home' at heart," said Mr. Wilson. "They want to hear the sentiment of the people of the county respecting any and all legislation that affects the people of the county," he continued. Cleveland. Star (Shelby), Feb. 1: Mrs; George Wright died Thursday of last week at her home near Beams Mill, and the Interment was Friday at Friendship .-Methodist'-Protestant church at Fallston, of which she was a devoted member. Mrs. Wright was 74 years old and a noble Christian character who will be greatly missed in her community. .....Frank Lattimore, the 13year-old son of' Mrs. Jothro Lattimore of Lawridnlc, died last week at the Rutherford hospital where lie was undergoing treatment for pleurisy. The youngstpj. was sick for two weeks,-'th6 trouble starting with pleurisy and tle? veloping into pneumonia. His father died about two years ago and lie is the oldest of seven children Mrs. Amanda Goode, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Hambrlght of York county, s. C., was born May 13, 1851, died January 27, 1921. She was first married to Mr. AVilliam Fulton. Prom 1 his union there was one daughter, Mrs. George Oatcs of Grover, who still survives. She was left a widow while a young woman. On May 1. 1877, was married to Mr. T. F. Goodc. From this union there were three sons and five daughters, of these survive, Messrs. Lee Goodc, Cherokee Falls, S. C.; Ba : Goodc. Shelby; and Byrd Goodc. Charlotte; Mrs. G. F. Wolfe, Shelbyj Mrs. II. 13. Khync. Shelby; Mrs. E. E. Abcrnothy. Cherokee Falls, S. C., and Mrs. Ralph llhyne, Shelby.. She also leaves several grandchildren, one sister, Mrs. William Byrd of GaCTriey, S. C.. tmd a brother, Mr. Bob Ilambright of Cowpens, S. C., tind many relatives and. friends to mourn her death Mrs. Viama Elizabeth Owens, CO. years and 9 months old. died Thursday of last week at her home in South Shelby Local freight offices are having a heavier freight than usual, which is an index to improving conditions. The Seaboard shipped last week a great qauiitit.v of yarn and cloth from mills in this section, one mill shipping 114,000 pounds daily. Mill men, however, say market conditions arc not so favorable and much of these shipments arc sent north on consignment because all storage space is taken up here Mrs. Lula CJrigg, wife of the late Columbus Crigg, died last Thursday at Newton, and her body was brought to Pleasant Grove for interment on Saturday. Her husband preceded her to Ihe grave fifteen years ago and she is survived by live children. ? In a little graveyard in Alexander couply, in Ihe Blue Kidge Mountains of North' Carolina, the body of Mrs. Sarah WyeholT, seventy-six will be buried beside that of her husband, Wesley, for whose murder she spent a life sentence?forty-two years?in slate prison, during which time a man on his deathbed; is said to have c??niv??pd in the killinir. absolving her and "Hol> MeCorkle,- a negro, hanged l or I ho crime, of ony connection. Mrs. WychoiT, who died at the penitentiary at Ualeigh last Monday. had refused pardons during the last twenty years from live governors, explaining that her children had all died and she had nowhere to go and was eontent to remain among her prison friends the balance of her life. Mrs. W.vehoff was tried with MrCorkle for the murder of Wesley Wychoff in 1S7S. Both protested their innocence. The negro was found guilty of murder in the first degree and his hanging was the only one that ever took place in Alexander county. Mrs. Wychoff was convicted of conspiracy and sentenced to life imprisonment. Both vvei;e convicted on circumstantial evidence. Mrs. Wychoff was seized with I iin attack of rheumatism several years | ago and since that time had been unable to walk. For years she has spent most of her time in bed and in n wheeled chair knitting, crohceting and sewing. She specialized in making! little fancy aprons which prison officials sold for her. From the money gathered in this way she had lilted out a cozy little cell in the prison and enough money -was found alter her death to pay all burial expenses. SHORT NEWS STORIES Paragraphs Gathered Here, There and Everywhere. ? Motion pictures showing criminals, in action have been barred in Chicago. ? Philadelphia has established a separate court for dealing with- bandits. . . . ..? Because of the absence of prime in .Huntington, Utah, the jail has been turned into a public library. ? The wine cellar of the WaldorfAstoria hotel in New York city is to .be made over into a gymnasium. ? In Buenos Aires there are nearly nine thousand children undor 1C years of age employed at an average ,wap 2 of 1C cents a day. ? ft is said that Yellowstone National Bark' contains more geysers than are contained in the entire remainder of the earth's surface. ? A Northern Michigan farmer reports a crop of 2.700 bushels of potatoes from 12 acres of new land. The land cost his $12.50 an acre and his first crop had a value of ?2.160. ? On February 22, two airplanes of the war department will attempt to fly' from coast to coast in 24 hours. The distance is 2,079 miles, l>ctween Sail Diego, California, and .Jacksonville Florida. Only two stops will lie made during the. flight. ? Information from Mexico is that instead of the 240,000 bale'cotton crop ivhich was hoped, for, the yield will not run above 70,000 or SO,000 bales. ? Kansas has adopted an-amendment to its constitution which authorizes the stnde legislature, to issue bonds or otherwise make appropriation for the purchase of land to he resold to farmers oil 'long time-. This is being done in the hope that thereby the tenantry of - the farm lands will get somewhat lessened. ; < VETERAN RIDES HORSEBACK. South Carolinian, 85 Years Old, Rides From Edgefield to Greenville. The day of the horse and horseman has not entirely given away to the automobile, as this news article from the Greenville News proves: Bringing to an end his semi-annual horse-back trip from his Edgefield county home to Greenville, a distance of 115 miles, Col. It. B. Waison, aged 85, reached the city yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock for a visit to his son, Major Richard F. Watson, on James street. Col. Watson stopped over in Greenwood because of the severity of the weather and resultant bad roads, mostly for the sake of his horse. Numbers of Greenvilie-arcsidents saw him as lie came into the city, sitting erect on his horse. The colonel plans to remain here probably until spring. :j} "womah' djes* in prison. Had Served Forty Years After Refusing Pardon Five Times.. Sarah WyckolT, 71! years old, reached the end of a life sentence in the state prison in Raleigh, N. G,. last week, when she died after -12 years imprisonment, having declined a pardon at the hands of live governors and having lived to learn that death-bed confession had completely exonerated, her of the charge of murdering her husband. Forty-two years ago Sarah Wyckoff 6 n to red the slate prison to serve a life sentence, as the convicted accomplice in the murder of Wesley Wyckoff in Alexander county, in the mountains of North Carolina. The convicted principal. a negro, was bunged. Three years ago from the mountains came word that a death-bed confession had absolved the woman of connection with 1 l.ftAN AND SI I YORK, Capital - - Surplus and Profits Resources - - - OFFIl | B. N. MOORE, Pre 1 J. S. BttlCE, V T. M. EER( r M. E. Mc( DIREC I W. B. MOORE 1 C. E. SPENCER. 3 W. W. LEWIS 5 J. S. 1 ] RICE I T. M. EEL | Wc cordially invite your |I iii advance of every coin* | consistent with safe bank 1 operation in the discussk I lems that may arise in yo I WE TAKE OFF OUR H. This last day of the y |j for past favors and extei I mankind for a year of hi j and assure you of our rea i! you need our services in i ! j?0EREEXALL " CITY PH a ;i.CLOVERt.., the "tragedy. oFr the fifth time, she refused a pardon, explaining that she was being treated we'll, that time had shattered all her relations with her family in the mountains, and Jthat she prcfcri'cd to spend her last days in prison. MARYLAND FARMER'S .PRICES Dollar, a Day'from Sunriec to Sunset , ?W,omen $15 .a Month. ' A. mass -meeting- of farmers was helcl in Ke^nt county, Maryland, Wednesday. The purpose of the mecitng ,was to discuss farm labor. " A scale ,of. wages considered fair both to farmers and laborers was re commended as follows: A standard- day's work on ,a farm to be from sun-up to sun-down, laborer to be ready to go to work at sun-Up and,finish his work at sundown. The maximum wage for a month laborer to bo $25 a month, with board and keep for laborer's horse, or $30 a month with board and no keep for the horse. The maximum wage for a day laborer for.regular farm work to be $1 a day and board. ' The maximum wage for a day laborer for special work to be $3 a day and board, special farm work to be construed to. mean cutting wheat, harvesting hay, filling silo and cutting, corn. . The wijge for husking cbrn ^to be 25 cents a barrel, without board The maximum wage for a woman's work in .a farmhouse kitchen, including washing, to be $15 a month, or $1,0 a month without washing. The maximum wagc 1'or a day's i. .... . work in mc Kitcnen lor.a woman 10 lie 75 cents. When a laborer is from one-half to one hour late his breakfast is to bo forfeited. The chairman was directed to appoint committees in each section of the coiinty to plafcc these recommendations before the farmers for their acceptance or rejection. ^ FOUGHT FOR ft GIRL. Winner Consented to Return Engagement After the Honeymoon. There's more than a purse of $100 at stake when the two young- boxers, John Shear and John Staple, engaged in a furious ten round-bout in Hammersmith ' Hall, London. The real prize for which thpy battled, and which Mide the fight all the more desp^ratd was the hn-nd of Miss Rosa Clarke, a pretty telephone operator, V/ho simply could not' decide which one of tlie two young men she loved the moi'e. Unable to decide the great question'lhr any other way, she finally agreed "to ' fn'arry the winner of the boxing match. r Shear cut off Staple's hopes by winning the match on points. But Staple was not ^satisfied with the referee's decision and protested. But the referee only shrugged his shoulders and said: "Tell it to the girl." In desperation Staple went to Shealr and asked for a return match. . "Righto," was Shear's :chcerful re ply. "After "the honeymoon." I _ ?. Texas led all states in November oil production. It brought In 9,4S9,99!) ' barrels.. ? Thirty-five patents were obtained by the department of agriculture. All of the inventions were dedicated to the use of -the public. I I 1 -J I ?Packages for Mexico, with the cxI ecption of motion picture films nn-.l newspapers, will not be accepted when their bulk prevents their inclosurc in United States post-office mail sacks. iVINGS BANK 1 - - S. C. | - - - - $100,000.00 j! - 60,000.00 I - - - 950,000.00 I cers 2 isidcnt j! ice President I irUSON, Cashier I Jorklc, Asst. Cashier ;tors 3 B. N. MOORR I QUiNN WALLACE 1 J. R. CANNON f W. S. WILKERSON | vGfUSON | business and assure you | tesy and accommodation 1 ing, and also of active co- | i i ,n:? i. 1|[ )n anci iiaiiumiy ui j/j uu- 5 ur business. | IWWtflIWWWtfMVWVWiftjr _ j at? ? ear to tliank our patrons id our best wishes to all ippincss and prosperity, j diness to serve you when - \ any capacity. ? ARMACY J> E.BRI80N.- I Proprietor ? m . S C B SMOKED HER CIGARETTE > Young V.'oman Sat In Train Smoker < While the Men Folks Stared. j Passengers on Train No. G Western Maryland railroad, yesterday saw a young, well-dressed woman enter the smoking car and indulge in a cigarette, relates the Baltimore Sun. ,She ' was accompanied by a man, who smoked a pipe. / : The man, - and . woman boarded the train at Blue Ridg^S^namit and took a scat in the third coach. The man suggested that he go-"to the. smoker to smoke his pipe. "I'll go too," the girl Said!' "Have you any objections IC I go to the "smoker?" she inquired of Con UUUU/1 UUUIfjC ill ^.JIIVWW. , j ,t "Go to it," replied the'conductor! The couple left the train at I-IlHen Station. ' ? Kansas leads all states'in the production of alfalfa. More than 1,000.000 acres were devoted to alfalfa in Kansas last year. Nebraska was a close second, being only 17,000 acres bchindLdier neighbor. DONT DESPAIR \ . . J If you are troubled with pains of aches; feel tired; have headache, indigestion, insomnia; painful passage of urine, you will nnd relief in G^^AL . The world's standard remedy for kidney, liver, bladder and uric acid troubles apa i National Remedy of Holland since 1696. Three sizes, all druggists. ' Guaranteed. Look for the h&mo Gold Medal oa every box and accept no imitation STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA ' \ County of York. I 1 * In the Probate Court. By J. L. Houston, Esquire, Probate Judge of York County. WHEREAS ROBERT'- T. ALLISON * has applied to me for Letters of Administration, on all and singular, the goodg and chattels, rights and credits of TOM HENDERSON, late of the. County aforesaid, deceased. These are, therefore, to cite and admopish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to be and appear before me at our next Probate Court for the :said County, to be holden at York Courthouse on the 1CTH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1921, shew cause, if any, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under Jny Hand and Seal, this j 1st day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand 'nine hundred and twenty-one and In the 145th year of American Independence. (Seal) "J. L. HOUSTON, Probate Judge of York County. 10 r ' 2t f I With 1 ONE Ml Backed up by Strong I centers this Bank is i & * I needs of its Patrons. New Depositor; I ' .. .FINANC I Every day new patrc I who find a connectio $ C. L. COBB, President I J. H. B. JENKINS, Active Vice President I SAFE . Fhe First National Bank I With its large resources will welcojvie your bank business. ' > " ,'\ , ' i" OUR BEST SERyiQE'.flS ^ . yours-for.'the ask-!: :; '' , t u r : NIBST NATIONAL BANK OF'SHARON;.3. C.;M f( J. H. SAYE. : "J. S.'HARTNESS, President. ' ' : ' Cashier / i ' *. ' YORK PRESSING CLUB "WfE solicit your cleaning, pressing, dying and. alterations. Quick service. Satisfaction guaranteed?Reasonable charges. Phone 254. SANDIFER & HART. West Jefferson St. . York,- S. C. 98 tue-fri tf. | TAKE I I If any of our customs I tiablc valuables, suck as. | ings Stamps stored in Sa I we-suggest that you tum i will give you a receipt foi I our money safe, wkick is I' BURGLAR PROOF CONTAINED THE! COVERED BY INS I But Bonds stored in our1 I as the vault is only fire pi | ting bonds in the vault. I i Please give this your I is not responsible for loss I our receipt for same. I BANK OF i M. L. SMITH, President, f ' FRANK McELWEE, SALLI | saiety ?? oausic *Sx?Xs><3xSx$>?xSx^^ Fotal Resources Exc : Financial Connections prepared to finance the i s are constantly finding :iAL STRONG ns come in and join the n with this Bank worth Bank & T J. M. STROUP. Vice President J. T. CRAWFORD, .... Vice President ? SUCCESSFUL ^ WE PAV YOB msAvr ? 1 r- l\-i "There Is ajeeling . _ jofir:'' . * .1 V "OR COMFORT-inrthe knowledge that no matter, vfjoat- theifuture has In store for you or ^rpfir .faimily, you are assured against' want by a Bank Account. You dan'enjoy this feeling by starting a BankijAccountiwith us and adding, small,.arppunts /to it at your convenience." RAWOpIickoey Uillia . /? GROVE 't.? : t . EAPfcKT'I iSo you know Wat soil erosion costs JLf the farmers >? the; U/ S., $1,000,000 every year. Let/me do-' your Terracing:, with a flrst-class instrument and by the Government method. '. JOHN Lr STACY, C. E.. 4'8t i -*:ui ' ' . 'Clover, S. C. ' ' ' ?"? J. f NOTICE j us or frieiids liave nego- | Libe^'^o^d^ "and ;Sav- | if cty Boxes in our vault, I l, them qyjpj'tjh. lis and we i same, and place them in. | AinJEVEEYTHING | IEIN IS FULLY ' I USANCE--''' - ; I' t. ir>: . . < : ; t < Fault arc liot insured and oof wci; do noi'adVise. put- j > ni I,: A. 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