Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, February 04, 1921, Page Page Two, Image 2
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.
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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
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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
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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."
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?. 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.
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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.
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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
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"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.
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA '
\ County of York.
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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.
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every year. Let/me do-' your Terracing:,
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