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jscvaps and Jacts, ? Congressional investigation to determine whether Jiulge Landis is per-1 .emitted under law to continue as fcd" " eral judge of the Northern Illinois dis.triet while acting as "arbitrator of organized baseball" at a salary of !. $42,500 is proposed in a resolution introduced by Representative Woltry. Depocrat, Ohio. The house jiid.eiary . committer would la? authorized by the resolutiort to conduct the inquiry and to determine whether any action should Itfc" ' taken by' congress. The measure mentioned that Judge Landis would receive a combined salary of * $50,000 a year from his duties as judge and baseball arbitrator. < ? President W'ijson is expected to! issue soon on request of Presidentelect Harding a call for a special ses- I sion of ilfie new senate for March J , r to act oh! Mr. Harding's nominations of cabinet and other important officers. - Such a special session is j customary at the change of eacn administration - and usually lasts only a few days. Mr. Harding's request.that the president call the new senate together was contained in . a* telegram to Senator Hodge, ofMassachusetts,, the Republican leader, and was transmitted to the WhiteHouse today by . Senator Underwood, the Democratic leader, acting at the behest of Senator Hodge. Presidentelect Harding will issue after'^is inauguration a call for a special session of the full congress for early spring, but; he desires to have the more impor- ; tant of his official appointments con- i firmed before that timC so that the administration machinery can be per. manently established with the least possible delay. / ? The inspirational appeal of the slogan "net's Go!" was responsible in a great measur^ for the successes of American troops in the,world war. This is the belief of Col. Edward L.' *. i Munson, chief of the morale branch. ??on.l n (lonn ?tlldpnt of i?CilClvlJ OlUli, ?v __ . soldier psychology. "The appeal 'Let's ! Go!' combines all the necessary psychological elements of a military slo- | gan," said Col. AJunson yesterday. "It ! implies action and therefore stirs the j instinct of self-assertion, it contains j no word of command, no stern ad? monition: it does not impose itself i * upon the will of the hearer. It calls j rather for companionship, for volun-i tary action and contribution on the part oC the soldier, for a concerted movement prompted by mutual .desire, i 'Where do we go from here?' was-not | an unusual sentence and eye-witnesses j teil us that the song of that name was j sung quite cheerfully as the transport . Tuscania sank in the English Chan-J nel. 'When do we eat?' 'Who won the war?' and 'Where are the ships'." were many times repeated by American soldiers, but usually in a satirical vein, forming an outlet for the dis- j tinnf and individual humor Qf our j troops. But for every-day use. in j rest, in battle, "Bet's CSo!' stands foremost as , the strongest stimulus to i* mind, and hence to bodily effort." ? It will be impossible for Germany!, to pay the amounts fixed for her reparations debt to the allies by the su- ' preme allied council at Paris last week i says Professor John Maynard Keynes, principal representative of the British treasury at the Versailles peace i*inference. He arprtios that Germany, to I have surplus exports worth 200.000.- ' 000 pounds sterling must have tot il j exports worth at least Ton.imn mm pounds sterling:. Twelve per cent, of, this amount would be M.oon.oon j | pounds Kterlimr," nod' therefor-he says ; | Mo'tv. Tfift onrt fiftn ill* f'vnorfs vc*:irlv ' against 500.000,090 in imports she 1 could just pay a fixed sum of 110.000.- 1 000 pounds sterling plus Si.000.000. 1 making a total of 200.000.000 pounds j | sterling. 'That is to..say," lie eon- { , tinues, "trade on this vast- scale would j be required to pay the minimum an-if nuity ot" 200.000,000 pounds st'Tling j plus the export percentage. If the ! Paris proposals are more than that! they mean a complete re-organi- ; ' zation of the channels of inter- i i national trade. If anything remotely j ( like them, should really be intended j to happen the reaction on British j ' trade and..industry would l?e incalcti- j i lablc. It is an outrage that the allied j t leaders should have dealt with each i. other by using the methods of a poker j party." j 1 ? George White, chairman of the!" Democratic national committee has j * appointed an executive committee of J t the national committee and called it , to meet in Washington February 17 for the purpose of obtaining, its "ad-j ' vice and counsel" in the re-organiza- i t ?tion of the party's machinery. The j , executive committee is composed of 10 members as follows: W. T. Sunders, j r Alabama: Homer S. Cummings. Con- j ! necticut: Miles CP Saunders. Odora-jc do; Miss Julia K. Joinders. Indiana: ; .Mrs. Campbell Cantril!. Kentucky:!* at? i..v. it A1......I., .,,1. WM_ i I .j Uilil n? I? I ISv. mi * !?*??'(? , liam F. Connolly. Michigan: .1. Ttrnco j < Krcmer. Montana; Norman K. Mack. |. New York: Mrs. Iter nice S. Fyke. | . ? Ohio; Mrs. D. A. McDougal. Oklahn- j 1 ma; Mrs. Rose lleil'lin. Oregon: j' Joseph F. Guffcy, Penn.vslvania: Cor- ! i dell Hull. Tennessee; Senator Carter!., Class, Virginia, and Antrus \\*. Me-j' Ream North Carolina. .Mr. White. as ' 1 chairman. Wilbur M. Marsh, of Iowa. I as treasurer, and E. G. l-loft'man. of ! i Indiana, as secretary of the national! committee will act as ex-officio mem-:' hers of the executive committee. ! i Chairman White, is announcing the * appointments and the call for the j meeting, gave no details of the mat- ; ters likely to be brought up. merely stating that he desired "to have the | benefit of the counsel of the executive I v committee in planning for tin efficient organization of the national commit- ! tee." , 1 ? Eugene V. Debs. Socialist leader . ' now serving a ten-year sentence in j b the federal prison in Atlanta tor vio- . i lation of the espionage law. was not ^ surprised nor disa]ipointtii" over the i president's refusal to commute his ! v sentence, accord in.a' to a statement he j t issued last Tuesday through his coun- i v sel. Samuel t'astleton. of Atlanta.', "It was my only fear," the statement !"' said, "that I miirht he indebted for my (liherty to Woodrow Wilson. ??1 y re- c cord, stood or had. is at least consis- ! , tent and that is the only way it could i have been smirched." The statement v refers to the president as the "most ;< pitiful tisane in history." "No man in -j public life in American history." it said, j j 'ever retired so thoroughly discredit- ' ed, so scathingly relinked, so over- t< whelminsly impeached ami repudi-ic ated as Woodrow Wilson. Shortly nf- j. ter the November election his private secretary made a pitiful plea for him. 11 saying that all In- craved was the love o of the people. This pi "a was stumped a hy the American people with the one , word 'denied.' the one word he wrote *' on the hack of the recommendation ? for my pardon." After statins; that 'I ])oh.s was "never in hotter physical',, condition in my life than I am at this, hour," the statement continues: .Mr. I'aimer called attention to the fact p that I shall he elisihie to pnro|?> Ans- ;i list 11 1!>L'J. In answer to this I linee to say that I shall not apply for parole nor accept it. I shall s a ve my term i: to the last day or leave here with an ' unconditional pardon. I came for m> convictions and I shall not betray ] litem for any paltry consideration j such as a parole. | may in prison, j hut unlike the man who keeps me I 1 hero. T am not an oxile from my own country. When f leave the prison I shall jro unropentont. Senator CapV>er showed the other day that out of Jour millions annual expenditures for this country that i>7 per cent, is spent on war, the result of war and preparation for war and that 3 per cent, is spent on education and constructive work. That's where Wilson stands. I stand for construction instead of destruction and devastation." (site (llmtuiver. Entered at the Postoffice at York as Mail Matter of the Second Class. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY-4, 1921. After all, how much better off is Ireland tfian was Belgium? \ m | * Although we hear more or less fair talk about reducing appropriations, it is better not to build up any expectations along that line. The people who control the general assembly pride ' themselves on their deafness to popular clamor along that line. Fellow citizens, we need better roads. We needs roads upon which we can travel at any time. We. can hope to gei getter roaos oniy at great expense. But the expense oC building1 the roads is not as great as the expense of leaving them as they are. We cannot have everything we need all at once. There is this much about the taxpayers' convention to be held in the courthouse next Monday. Unless the people get together and get an intelligent idea of what they arc talking about, they have very little right to grumble. There is very little hope of getting rid of any trouble without first locating the cause thereof. If this deflation period does not fig- j urc in some pretty hot campaigning! some day, then there is 110 truth in the proposition that history repeats itself. Deflation would be all right if it could be made to hit /ill alike; but where it UUiJUieS LI1C WfillLII U1 IIIO ICtt w LUC ruin of the many, there is goingf to he iifficulty about satisfactory reconciliation. The proposition to investigate the [itne.ss of Judge Kcnnesaw Mountain Landis to continue in the position he Is holding is imt surprising;. That Landis is right smart of a freak is pretty common^' accepted, and while there" could have been no reasonable bjeetion to his resigning his judgeship to so into the baseball business, when te undertakes to accept $IL',000 baseKill salary- and still hold on to his j judgeship, it is about time for congress % .o (act, Senator Lightscy lias introduced a . ill to punish as a misdemeanor the ( naking: or circulating of false slatenents relating to the solvency of janks, etc. It is regrettable that there i s necessity jnr sucsi um i .lint there is necessity, there is very iltle iiuestioii. The offenders sire of t'sirious hinds stud for various resist ins. ometirnes people who sire disappoint* :d because of failure to receive credits o which they sire not entitled, emilide j o others thai the hsink has no money,. r is sil?otit to dose or something ot | hat kind, with the result oT causing "si J uu" or preventing the timid from miking- deposits. Then sometimes penile toll as facts things that they have inly imagined, through piijue. jealousy ;r other estuse with the result of set'1 ing irresponsible tongues on the wag. >f course people have si fifclit to tsilk ihout banks'! if they-want to sind they j lave a right* to ssiy unpleasant things | f tlu-y want to; but they have no iglil to lie about such an institution my inorb than about smy other instituion, sind in this regard it is important hsit banks should, hsive as much procction sis sin individual, even. There tre statutes in a number of states like into that proposed by Senator Ligiit;cy. aniV there should be such si statute j n this state. | m About half, or a little more than j mil mi wif uinj.twu i:i:it is uemxi sked for the Hoover Child Feeding : und for Control Europe and tho Ualtlcj irovincos has boon raised, and it is ioj?ed that the balance of the fund will : )(_ raised by tho middle of February.! 'lie L.iterarv Digest of New York, vhieh has done a wonderful service in his connection has announced Hint it rill be unable to continue the acknnwrdgmeni ,,f contributions through its; olumns; but of course it will ee to it olumns: but of course it will see to it hat all contributions that come to it rill go to the proper authorized re-j eiving agency, Franklin 1\. Lane, j Ycasurcr. The Yorltville Kn?|tiiit*r cgs to announce that it will continue' o acknowledge and forward any { hecks that may be sent to it. The j hoiuirer prefers that such chocks he'j lade payable to Franklin K. imno: but j f course if tiny are made payable to! 'he Enquirer. they can be enclosed to !' . La no and ia either ease the paid1 heck will serve as an adequate receipt.; 'lie minimum quota for South Camilla is ,*ia. 1 of this amount it is; stimatod that close to $|o,immi has been aid. Although e>:oet liauii'.s an' ind vailable. it is reasonably certain that, 'ork county has already contributed) uore limit one thousand dollars. o contract was let ihis week for) he remodeling: of tho jail and court.-I louse at St. 'h-orye. I.Joivhester conn- j LOCAi.,. EfcS* ; NEW ADVERTISEMENTS J. K. Allison-Time lo pay subscriptions to The Yorkville Enquirer. Thonntsson Repair Shop I'ricc of horseshoe- | in* "S1.25. A. T. Hart. W. M.?Regular Coniniuuication. Quinn Wallace, President-- Notice to sub- 1 servers to capital stock of Masonic Uuildin>: j ami Loan Association. ' * < Philadelphia School Improvement Association --Noliccw of hot supper next Friday nijiht. ' Fepusoli & Younyblood-Have just unloaded | another car of flour. t Shadx, Nook Poultry Farm. J. E. Jackson . proprietor?Few pure bred cockerels at SI ( and SJ. I First National Bank of Sharon?With large | resources will welcome your business. i R. T. Allison-AOjiening sale at new barn. Betty Link. Rock Hill?Chiropractor, diseases i ~f .1? l>. "i ... , J. Q. Wray, Manager?Programme of the j i Star Theatre: - > ' I McConncll.' Dry Goods Company ?One and two dollar cofscts to go Saturdt.y fo^ 10 cents. s 1 Miss Sallic McConncll?Wants subscribers on | her club to pay up. I Carroll Brothers?Cement. Sam M. Grist?Don't .blame the agent. ( First Baptist Church of Yorkvillc, Rev. B. H. 1 Waujrh, pastor?Will preach on "Advertis- | ing" next Sunday night. I Footer's Dye Works. Cumberland. "Md.? . Wants to open an agency for high grade j service in cleaning and dying. A. H. Bynum, Rock Hill?Agency for Ashpoo 1 Fertilizers. S. L. Courtney?Announcement. J. L. Houston. Probate Judge?Citation in re. | estate of Tom Henderson, Deceased. The Ladies Aid Society of the Bap- f J tist' church of Gastonia is in distress ; about inability to get. some badly < I wanted turkeys in Gaston county and is wondering whether they are to be bad ' in York county. Business people and others continue 1 to experience inconvenience and delay because of the change in the name of the town of Yorkville to York, much < i freight and mail intended, for this place (Wing sent to York, Pennsylvania A Pout tne oest tning mat mere is iu | be done abouf a serious mistake is to < correct it. The Congressional Record murdered Congressman Stevenson's . address on ' cotton by making him say that the j average yield of lint per acre in fertilizer using states was 17 pounds when \ he actually said*175 pounds, and in ( makingj'him say that the loss to the south at 15 cents compared with 30 j cents was $S1,000,000 when .$4S6|631;000 t were the figures lie actually gave. ^ "No. 1 do not see any. reasonable hope for better prices for cotton," said Mr. John T. Rodde^ in Kock Hill, the other daw The outlook is that we , f 1 will carry over from August 31, about s the equivalent of the entire crgp of ( this year, and with a year's s'upply s ahead, not counting what will he pro- ( dut'cd this year, what is there to make % it bring a-better price?" "There was many a worse man than I .'ISee' Molin," is the comment of nc- s quaintanccs of Mr. .1. I. I'o'.in, who died t in the Fcnncll inlinnaiy Wed in silay ! evening, after a long and painful illness with diabetes. Mr. T'.olin grew to e manhood under circumstances that of- e fered but few educational opp'ortuni- t ties; but whatever effect this may have t had or failed to have had on his after I life, lie lacked none of the qualities that \ go to make a good citizen, for he was a e gftod citizen, a kind father and a help- s II ful neighbor, who enjoyed the respect j and esteem of all who knew him. v s This year's cotton crop is going lo he ^ reduced -iii per cent., as compared witii lust year's crop, said Dr. J.Jt. Johnson. 1 president of the York County hrancii J of tlie South Carolina Division of the Jt \ f.iitm ??n'i!irimi. Wednos- i day. "I estimate that there will be a '' 15 per rent, reduction because ol' that j nnieh eul in the use of commercial v fertilizers, another 15 per cent, because s of appreciation of the fact that the main effect of another crop will be to ^ cut down the value of the crop we now have on hand, still another 15 per a cent, because of inability to get money ' or supplies. J would, like however, to "r. see a still more drastic reduction than v that.1; e Treasurer Neil and Auditor hove do not have to take all the rough house .\ that is being raised about high taxes. M A number of bankers throughout the county make it a business to attend to the payment of the taxes of such of 1< their patrons as desire the matter looked after. Ja fact some of the banks secure copies of the auditor's duplicate and collect the taxes of all who desire j k td pay, making settlement with the <5 treasurer before the expiration of the : c; time limit. One of the. bankers de- j" scribed his experiences to a rcpresen- j11 tative of The Enquirer on Wednesday. i ? and experiences described are exactly jd the same as those that Treasurer Neil si .. ?i. 11 rind Auditor Love are going tnrougn Ll with all the while. | ' '? FOOD FOR THE HUNGRY. I'iv-vioiis :ickno\vlodged 00! tiiii'.s 11. Adams. Treasurer How- j ling (Jreeii Presbyterian Sunday school 100 00 : " j Total $2f?2 00 ' Js.' The foregoing relates to the suli- j 1 scriptions to tin- Literary Digest Child 1' Feeding Fund, sent directly through!* The Yorkville Kmiuircr. The subscriptions to the Near East I' ' Relief, sent directly through The York- | ville En?|uirer aggregate $0S. i The suhscriptions to the two funds j have aggregated YORK COUNTY BILLS Senator IJart has introduced a hill to j rei|iiire the drainage commission "'"j,, Turkey Creek drainage district of York w and Chester counties to pay to the' county treasurer the assessments made j.',* against lands in the said district fori' tin- year r.Hiu. i (| Senator Hart has also introduced ;i ; ti liill to allow each auditor and treasurer ! o: of a county in whicii there are drain- j n ago districts,In receive one dollar for i ti eaeli j son or linn or corporation ! ;n ac iinsl whom assessments are made j i: |o|- tlie drainage districts. j A resolution introduced by ltepre- < [; setthilive Hradford of York county to j w authorise the trustees of U'inlhrop h; College to borrow money for the opera- jet tion of Winlhrop College until the 1U21 n appropriations are available, has been n passed to third reading by the house, m That, hudy refused an amendment tl which would have limited Uic money to l?c borrowed to $25,000. - WANTS A FEDERAL OFFICER. Magistrate 11. L. A. Smith-of .'Broad Itiver township. -\rln> was in Yorkvillc rcsterduy, saic| Hiat lie proposed to solicit signatures to a pctitioh to Congressman W. F. Stevenson asking the joiig^essihan to do what he could toward having a Federal prohibition enforcement. officer assigned to York ounty with headquarters in Yorkvillc. "i have consulted. Mr. J.-S. Brier, ?omity attorney,..about ,it," Magistrate Smith went on to say,;"{iiuT he tolls me Hint that is the proper way to proceed. So I am going to get busy right away. "I've got no criticism to make of the ifticers we now have." said Mr. Smith; 'but"I think we should have another, man added to the force and I think the mnn cliniilrl nnr-mlo Under tllC United States government. "There are' Forlorn! officers with leadquarfers in Greenville and Spar- I lanburg. and the need is just about as bad in York. , "Moonshiners/* concluded the magistrate. "are afraid f?f a raiding offlcier ivlio is working under the direction of L'ncle Sam. and T believe that such an officer (located in York county could lid materially in breaking up the traffic in this county." ? > ' ? \ REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. The following real estate transfers lave been indexed in tlie ..office . ot the county auditor since the last pubication of lh^record in The Yorkville i Snqiiircr: i Bethesda?M. B. Clinton to E. Alex Crawford, G3 acres, $(1,500. Catawba?Pride Rattefree to A. C. Fennell, 11S 1-2 acres ?5 and other jonsiderations. . AY. E. Simpson to Mrs.' Fannie I\ Ftodde" 1 lot. ?3;'67o. D. C. Johnson to Peter Ihrle, a lot7$l ind ^tlier considerations. Miller-Roddey Realty Co., to Robert Watts, 1 lot, $S0. Mrs. J. M. Dossier to A. C. Fennell, 1 ot. $5 and other considerations. ; Thomas J. Hutchison et al., to A. C. fennell. 51 3-4 acres, $S20.21 and 13 3-4 acres. , Ebenezer?Jno. R. Williams to A. C. fennell, 23 1-4 acres $750. First Trust and Savings Bardic and f. S. White, Exrs. and Trustees to lohn Jj. Currence. and. J. D. B. Qur ence 13 0-10 acres, $3,SS9.G0, ' Fort Mill?Elizabeth B. Withers, et li to J. J. Utiles. 57 1-2 acres. $100. York?AY. C. McOinnis et al to Alena Davis, et al., 1 lot, $500. E. B. Dowry to Mrs. Florence Hen ling I-owry, i lot ?l?love and affec- [ ion. T,. W. Ollis to Sirs. Kate Edmunds, . lot, ?20p. MAY GET A REFUND That several York county meriliants who subscribed for shares of itock of the Merchants! Wholesale Iroccry Company of Charlotte, X. C. laid to have been organized by one Joo.' ?\. Shaw and associates and vhich turned out to be a fraud have I chance to get a liUle of their money ack is the belief of several subcribcrs to the company. Just how inich of the stock subscriptions will so refunded none of them know. Shaw sent representatives into York i ount.v in 1919 soliciting stock to his ompany. painting attractive pictures o merchants of the great saving in he cost of groceries and other supplies irovided they would go intu the vholosale businessfthemselves. Scv'ral felt for ihe scheme which they ay would liavc prr>Yed a paying prop-, isiiion had ir been honestly managed. , m.mrr 1 tin York- count V sil!iserilifl'S rcre I'. K. Smith,j Wood* & Pursley. Shannon & I'lexico. Carroll Supply lompany and Carroll Pros. One of the stockholders wrote \V. I. Twltty vice president asd cashier >r the Charlotte Vational Hank at 'harlotte, X. C., risking information in egnnl to the stfitus of Shaw and the oinpany and the following is Mr. 'witty's reply: "(loo. A. Shaw {was tried sometime ist fall or winter and convicted cry promptly and was sentenced to even years in the penitentiary. His iwyers took tin appeal and the appeal /as llnttlly arranged by Shaw's friends nd he is now out on bail. The case gainst Shaw was very strong one nd die jury consumed very little ime in arriving tit a verdict. 1 cannot I'd now it is possible for him to csape punishment on any grounds . hafever, and T hope he will got IWII-I'I 111 mr i< mniliir tn -Mlldl mi (Us. f "As you know, the affairs of the j? lereliants' Wholesale Grocery Co., ,oro placed in Mrl Robinson's hands ; s receiver, and of course ho look harp* as receiver.;of all funds of Hie onipany. He has; not, to my know- , dye, distributed anything yet." GROUND HOG DAY Mis honor, Mr,. Aretoinys Alona.v now:i to every day folks as "Old Alan . Iround Hop" crawled out of his hole nrl.v "Wednesday morning and looked , II around for his shadow; but it was i ot to be seen anywhere. In fact there 1 as no sun to lip seen until Wed lies- J i ay afternoon and the general implosion of weal her prognostlcators was 1 lat if there is anything in the old [ gend about the ground hog there will ; e forty days of good weather be- i Inning now and there will come along > illi it an early, spring. '< If the ground hog sees his shadow? 1 ) the legend goes?he wiLJ crawl hack do Ids hole, anticipating some hard ' catlicr and a late spring. J hit if the 1 iin fails to shine during the hours the ^ round ilog is supposed to come forth 11*1 il't SIIUUOW IS 111 UVIUL'lllf, lit- 11 I I ml I forth for proud, knowing well that i 10 rest of winter will lie mild and ! i pring will lireak Iter blossoms early on ! 1 le hills and dales! ! ' There are lots (>f folks who believe ! t lat the ground hog story is all bunk | < nyhow. and there are just lots of J ? Lhor folks who firmly believe in the j I gelid. j : "I never saw a. ground hog and never t ope to see one," said a non-believer. | < fedncsday. "Moreover I never saw a j < i;i ii who ever saw a ground hog or j i ho ever saw another man who ever ' < iw a around hog. To be brief, it's; II hunk." i Those who believe in the ground hog | | ave a difference of opinion regarding'; te time that lie is said to mine forth j a February 2. Some say lie prome- j ades out of his hole at !l o'clock in re morning. others sny 111 oVnek nd others say that he never shows tip! i ntii iiooii. | \ I lev. it. (!. J'ressly. pastor of tile A. i *i . I'. church at Hickory Hrove. who | as discussing ground hog. his t a'oits and effecl upon the weather in!, mversati>>n within, reporter last Wed- t csday, said tlujl the ground . h.og .1 lines out between if) a. m. and 2 p. i. i., according to bis understanding of t ic legend. Jf the ground-hog" ssffs-his shadow between those hours why the weather is going to be fearful for forty days, if not it will bo good. If Dev. Prcssly's version is correct, then it is assured that the sun will' shine and there will be no snow arid sleet.and severe cold during the next forty days. , Mr. Hog didn't have a shadow of-a'chance to see his shadow between 10 a. m. and 2 |>. in., last Wednesday because bis Majesty Jupiter Pluvius had apparently crawled into a bole and pulled the hole in on top of him. , Th'o sun did shine later on in''the j afternoon? but that fact would not affect the ground hog,and the weather because of the lateness,of the hour. Didn't a minister say so? : WiTHIN THE TOWN ?;Thc subscriptions to the increased capital stock of. the Peoples Bank .and. Trust company, aggregate something over $80,000. said Active Vice President Jenkins yesterday. ? Business is looming up locally, according to several merchants who were asked about the situation yesterday". Several merchants said tnat iney naa had inquiries this week about fertilizer. "I sold 70(1 pounds of flour today," said another, "the largest lot that I have handled in a long while. The purchaser paid cash for it, too." ? "Roosler" is dead. The old gray horse, for the past sixteen years a familiar figure oh fhe streets of Yorkville as he pulled the dray wagon of Carroll Btos., passed away yesterday morning and has gone to the land where all good and-faithful horses go. "Rooster" became ill Wednesday with colic. Those in whose service he had been employed for sixteen years sat up with him a goodly portion of Wednesday night in the hope of alleviating his suffering. He came out of his stable yesterday morning and lie was apparently better. After remaining in the open a little while he returned-to his stable to lie down. Shortly thereafter he was found, dead. The faithful old horse had. hauled-hundreds , of tons of freight front .the two'depots'here lo'the .store of his-owntrs in his day. Many colored drivers had been employed fri that sixteen years to drive him. Old Rooster stayed on the job all the time. He was about four years old when he was purchased, by Messrs. Carroll Bros., and he worked for them sixteen.years ?twenty whfen ho died?a long term of service for a dray horSe. ? Members of 'Mcech Stewart Post No. 6<>, the American Legion, in charge of thfe nrogramme for the Fiddlers' Convention to be held in the courthouse here this evening for the benefit of the post, say that they have lineal up a number of pood musicians and dancers and believe that the programme will be interesting and attractive. The entertainment this evening is the first of a series that the post expects to provide durjng the spring and. summer. Among the well known fiddlers who have announced their intention of being present and taking part in the entertainment this evening are Messrs. J. J. J. Robinson, R. R. Harper,- Chief of Police J. Cal Steele, Jas. G. Johnson. E.. M. Shillinglaw, R. J. Morrow and W. .T. Morrow, all of them well known musicians. Svercal others are expected to come. A- number of j good buck and wing dancers have, also been lined up for the evening, among them being Messrs. Clyde Smith. Losslie Cain, .Tap Stowo, 0.* Andrnl Sherer. Clyde Plexico, one of the best amateur comedians in this section is to have a place on the programme and there will likely be other, features. Small prizes are offered by the legion for the best performers and judges are lo be announced prior m n.c opening of the entertainment this evening. Doors open at 7.30 and the performance is scheduled to start promptly at S o'clock. ? ABOUT PEOPLE ^1r. .1. E. Hriron of Clover, was a visitor in Yorkville on Tuesday. Roy M. Xcil of Rock Hill, was a visitor in Yorkville yesterday. It. E. Love of Clover was a visitor in Yorkville yesterday. Miss Margaret Gist is quite sick at her home-in Yorkville. | Mrs. John Warren Quinn has re- | turned to Yorkville after a visit to relatives in Charlotte. Mr. T. AY. Wilkcr.son of Hickory Crove. was among the visitors in Yorkville .this week. NY. 15. Ashe of McConnellsville, was anions; the visitors in Yorkville, j**eslerdav. AVilliam Inman, son of Mr. C. M. Inman of York No. 1, has a broken right. arm. * / liev. T'.. ft. Tress ly of Hickory CI rove was a visitor in Hock Hill'last \Yodnesilay. Mr. James M. Starr of Yorkvillo, is nl?le to lie about again after an illness !> of two weeks. AY. O. 1 larshnw. of McConnellsville has a position as salesamn with-/. M. SI roup in Yorkville. Magistrate It. L. A. Smith and Mr. S. Moorehead were among the Hickory Grove people who were in Yorkville, yesterday.- . * Airs. J. J. Gaulden of York No. J, has 11 returned home after spending some I time with Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Gaulden n Hock Hill. Information from Capl. Gen. ('. Me- J | Helvey, principal of the Yorkville | [traded school who is undergoing , loatmenl in Walter Heed Cteneral | Hospital. AYlishington, II. t'.. is L*.the | :(Teet thai he is getting along ,guile , nicely and hopes to be aide to ucsume \ tis duties within a short time. I . Lowell correspondence Gaslonia Ha- i cette: Miss Edith Kobins'in and Miss! I Margaret Hudson were Yorkville visi- I; ciihj last week, the guests of M iss Alline i Stephens Mrs. J. K. Tttman had ? is her week-end visitors last week her ; ' ' - "! - v?n 'I'iiirmii of the I i tailglllOlS, rrnded school faculty of Hickory j . trove. S. Clara Titman. siennprraplt r for the I'. & freight office, Croon- J ille. S. (J., anil Istn Titman, who is in j ' mining at lite Presbyterian Hospital, j 1 Jliarlotto. j 1 Itev. .1. K. Walker, pastor of "Yin- j ty .M. K. c hurch, Vorkville, says that I (i lie ground hoe: comes out exactly at j ( 2 o'clock on the second day of Kelt- L nary and if lie does not see his shad- j t, ?w. ne takes a ramlde for tile dui-ation i ^ if one hour, and still no shadow* aptearing he deserts his winter refuse % iltd takes no further concern for had t veatiter. If he sees the shadow, how>ver on Itis lirst emerging; from 11is t len, or within an hour afterward, he mmciiiatcly returns to his warm bed j ind remains there for forty days. Mr. M. I.. Thomasson. of York Xo. 2 eturned last Saturday from Tampa, 'la., near which place lie has an or- c mite grove and other Interests. He id sterdav that the slump wsis hong: felt as badly down that way as in 1 dniii aini the people are ipiiie a floomy over the matter. Strawberries ( nat wore .selling' at Sl.iid a basket a | f >enr ago are being liiiwked around Tampa lit oil cents a basket and they j " red vr lie?"-in?' at. that. Oranges t hat wire worth ?-.50 a crate a year i,,.j ait now being' left to r-.t on the ^ roes because the contractors who uivo. bo\ight them dip. fiud. themselves /' inahie 'pay 7;"? -eenls ;i. crate for h he Jtjcxlny. - "1 had some oranges r ihfpperff to'fTric not'long hgo''sSM Mr. I i, s I. Thomasson and they cost me $2.35 a crate for the express." York county.friends' and acquaintances of Rev. Raxter IV McLendon, (Cyclone Mack) will' be interested in the following from the Asheville Citizen: Announcement that he would conduct a six weeks' revival in Asheville beginning May ft. was made to The Asheville Citizen. last night by Rev. K. IV McLendon, 'noted evangelist following a conference with members of the Asheville Ministerial association at JI o'clock yesterday morning in the Y. M. C. A., at which time the invitation extended to him by Re?. Dr. \\\ . J?\ l'owcll, of the first'Baptist church was made unanimous.' Decis--; inn was reached by Mr. McLendon to hold the. gigantic revival 011 the lot owned by the Yoiing Men's Christian association surrounded. 011 four sides by (headway, _ Rennett, Wood fin and' South Liberty" streets, affording excellent extran'ces from each direction and parking places on all sides. On this lot will be raised t'or the first lime mo largest meeting tout in uuworld, 10x200 feet,* a tent so large it requires four cars for transportation. From eight to nine thousand persons may he comfortably housed under the huge canvass it was said. Mr. McLendon's staff of 12 persons, will arrive here about the first of May naving the way for the big tent revival. LOCAL LACONICS York County Cotton. York county ginned 41,790 bales of cotton prior to January 25, 1921 against 44.111?*i>rior to the same date Oast year. There is a probability ihat the 1920-21 crop will' be as large as the 1919-20 crop. Given Heavy Fine. Following his conviction before the recorder of Fort Mill last Tuesday, on charges of disorderly conduct, drunkenness and disturbing the peace Roller Gordon,^proprietor of a lunch stand neair the.' Southern railway. depot i^i Fort'Mill,'-was fined $7.5. He. gave notice of !an/ippeal. - ' \. Judge Wilson to Preside.-.. > Judge John S. Wilson is to preside over the February term of the court of common pleas for York county which convenes in the court house in i Yorkville, February 14. Jurorb for | only once week have been drawn and there is a probability that" the court will not be in session an entire-week. Committed to Jail. Floyd Hunter. 18, of Rock Hill who with Paul Sistare was arrested by Young1 Frank Allen last Saturday night while in the act of burglarizing the wholesale grocery firm of Blankenship-.n>hnson in that city has been committed to jail in Yorkville. Sistare managed to give bond. Automobile for Johnson. A number of York county citizens have signed and sent to. Governor Cooper a petition asking that Horace L. Johnson, a special deputy appointed by the governor be supplied with an automobile so he can better conduct his business. The petition sets forth that other special constables are supplied with automobiles and the York citizens believe Mr. Johnson should have a machine. Johnson furnishes his own automobile at the present time. Large Let of Cotton Sold. Claud M. Inman. well known farmer living on York No.. 1 on Wednesday sold more than 400 hales of cot...? i?....i V "\ 1 r>ni. ion buyer. Moore bought the cotton for the Cannon interests and the understanding is that the cotton will be shipped away from YopkvUle to various mills of the Cannon chain. The price paid ranged from 14 1-2 cents to 10 cents a pound. R. E. !McClureJ public cotton weigher for Yorkville yesterday began tlie tusk of weighing the cotton. ^ Contract for New School House. M. T. Turner, contractor of York-, ville has been awarded a contract tobuild a new school house in Union district Xo. 53. Turner's bid was $2.920. Six bids wore submitted as follows: \\\ U. "Wallace. $3,200; SanT Smith. $3.4S5.75: \V. A. McKinney. $3,000; York Supply Co., $3,150; Jf.. S. Turner. S2.920; \V. T. Bcamgnard, $3,3j)0. Several bids were submitted for the building of this school house a year ago, the lowest bid made at that time being $4,500. Trustees- of the school district are \Y\ W. Jackson, T. l\ Younghlood; George Turner. Fort Mill Methodists To Enlarge. . Fort Mill Times, Thursday: A contract involving an expenditure of $1(1.-* 000 was awarded Friday evening by the building committee of St. John's Methodist church to the Fori Mill Lumber company for remodeling and enlnrgiug the church edifice according to plans adopted by the committee some time ago. The work on the building is to be begun as soon as the weather will permit and it is hoped to have it completed by August 1. next. The lowest bid received for the work a few "months ago was $21,000. Ait additional expenditure of $2,000 is iosbe made on the steam heating plant to be installed in the church. Would Abolish Attendance Officers. Senator John K. Hart would abolish the office of compulsory attendance oflicers and 'rcguirc the county superintendents of education and the school trustees to do the work now being lone by the attendance officers. However, ho would not abolish the offices antil June :ti?, and he offered an amendment to the. Wight man hill abolishing tlie office to that effect in thfc senate hst Wednesday. His amendment was ejected by a big * majority. Senator 'lart was among .those who voted igainst striking out tiic enacting word if the Wightman bill, abolishing the iffice of compulsory attendance officers ind the bill was passed to a third readtig by a vote of 2n to Hi. Mo Decision Reached. Alter hearing arguments of attorle.vs and taking evidence, the state! .ward of election canvassers in Col-11 imbia yesterday failed to reach a do- J ision in the Chester-York nnnexa- |1 ion case. The election commission- r< rs of Chester ordered null and void 1 PC PIPCIIOU F'l'Ml .lilllll.I l .? j i. 1U in. - j ermine whether or not a portion of :asl Chester county would annex toll rork county. The election carried, but, ' he county hoard of Chester declared it j1 oiil on account of irregularities and | hen tho York faction and the faction I ( 'otin? for the annexation appealed to > he state hoard of canvassers. In all . >rol>al>i!ity a decision will be reached | n a short time. ( I ? A lijrht to reduce the number o! ( oinmissiuneil officers in the army s ante lo Hie surface in tlie house late j oda.y during consideration of the I rmy appropriation bill. Represenla- \ he Kick Is Dumoctiti, Kentucky, of- } cred an amendment to cut the com iissi<>ned personnel by one-third and f o reduce the appropriation for their j' ay from $12,000,000, as recommended ( y the committee, 4o $30 000,000. lie xplained that such a reduction would ' c" propbitioned to^the decrease, .in the * n 1 isted rrien~'to "150,000 as -proposed a ri the "bill. Representative McKenzic t : . . N * Republican, Illinois, ' opposing the amendment, declared it' would strike a body blow sit military preparedness. Advocating the combination "of the air branches of the army and, navy under one head, representative Mann, Republican, Illinois, said that the United States with intelligent effort could so develop her air service as to control the air in any future war. England, he said, is now giving the most intensive study to this subject and is not paying so much- attention' to naval construction.- . . ======================== AT THE.CHURCHES ' ^ -xff FIRST BAPTIST Rev. R H. AVaugh. Pastor. ,. * Sunday Worship?Sunday school at * 10 *a. m. Morning service at* 11; Evening service at 7 o'clock. ' * ' >|J FIRST PRESBYTERIAN Rev. E. E. Gillespie,' Pastor. Sunday Services?^Sunday' school at 10 a. rri. Morning service at 11. Junior C. E. at 4 p. m. Young Peoples C. JZ. ... G.30 p. m. Pleaching at 7.30 p. m. 1 TRINITY METHODIST. Rev. J. K. Walker. Pdstor. *" Sunday Services?Sunday school at 10 a.m. Morning.service at'-11. Evening service at 7 o'clock.' .j - ''* J. . CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEP- ' >\ HERD. , Rev. T. T. Walsh, Pastor. ' . Sunday services?Sunday school at \ y~ 10 a. m. Morning service"'at 11. Even-: ing service at 7.30. if .. " ASSOCIATE REFORMED / PRESBYTERIAN. ' Rev. J. h. O^tes, Pastor. ^ Sabbath Services'? Sabbath school at f - ( 10 a.m. Morning'service at 11. Evening service at-7430'.. , " '> '? J . r,;'J ^ .'Vy ' .! I /.- ' S , " J= tyrj >; Sgpqmr||bj^X; ' /?. . - At Olivet,. Sunday school at 2.30 p. m. Preaching at 3 p. m. J. K. Walker, Pastor. .* Services at Beersheba. t " Preaching at Beersheba Sunday morning at 11 a. m.-,- by Rev. Henry B. Stoneham. .. , . r. . . L_ : ' / ' ' - -V '. . (llounr flippnit. King's Mountain Chapel?Sunday school at 10 a. m. Preaching; at 11.' ... St. Paul?Sunday school- at 2 p. rri. Preaching at 3 p. m. Clover?Sunday school at 10 a. m. Preaching at 7 p. m. J. G. Huggin,/Pastor. Clover And Union. Clover?Bible school at 10 a. m. . Preaching at 11 a! m. Union?Bible (School at 2 p. m. Preaching at 3 p. m. '-0. L. Jpnes, Pastor. Card of Thanks. We wish- to extend our heartfelt thanks to our friends and. neighbors, .and especially to the doctor; for their many acts of kindness to us^ during the / illness and death of our.loved one, Em'--' ma Gardner Crenshaw. May God bless you all. Husband, Mother, pothers'and Sisters. Tirzah A. R; P. Church After a month's .vacation-with our people in Newberry and. L.aurens, we. ' , ' are now comfortably located in the par-sonage here and these good people have shown their appreciation in a number of ways bub'especially in the * " . handling of our goQfJs .Tvjjeji.they arrived from Virginia.'V. They have dn"r deared themselves to. usTV"already in their kindness and:'s tHoughtfulness. t We are greatly indebted to them' vfo'r , the well-filled pantry, heaping wood- , pile and nice poultry which they have given us as a token of their appreciation. Our sincere thanks is extended to each and all in this public way. We have been honored by being the first pastor of this people for full time and also we are the first to occupy * a parsonage owned by this church. . Wo extend an invitation to one and \ all to visit us in the nice parsonage and share of the pleasures that you have made possible for us. Now our nrayer and desire, is that we may minister to you in spiritual things in the nam*: npjiu winuii iicis jJiuiupmu yuu to do so muQh, for us in tempox-al things. Wo \vill have preaching every Sabbath morning at eleven o'clock and the public is cordially invited to . worship with us each Lord's Day. Rev. and- Mrs. ft. D. Byrd. . OBITIJAEY ; DIED?Saturday. January 29. at the home of her sister, Mrs. G. J. Reese in Yorkville, after a long period of illhealth, Mrs. EMMA GARDNER CRENr- > SHAW, in the 28th year of her age. She is survived by her husband and. one child. Her mother and the following brothers and sisters, also survive: Messrs. J. C.. T: E. and W: L. Gardner, and Mesdames J. R. A. Wallace and G. J. Reese, of Vorkville. and Mrs. G. W. Meek, of Rock Hill. Interment was in Rose Kill cemetery Sunday afternoon, after funeral"- services conducted by Rev. J. K. "Walker. ; . At the home of her daughter, Mrs. Sidney Clinton near Edgmoor Tuesday afternoon following an illness of several weeks, Mrs. KATIE WILLI FORD in the 92nd year of her age. Interment was in the cemetery at Xeelv's Creek Wednesday afternoon following funeral services conducted by Rev. R. F. Carmicheal, assisted by R. 1.. Holreyd. Mrs. "Williford was born in 1830, the daughter of* Matthew and Elizabeth Williams, of the Neely's Crock section, and would have been 92 years of age on April 7.;.next. Shi> was married to'the late James M. WUIifurd. who died a score of years ago. Surviving are eight children! 36 ?rand-children, 69 great-grand-childIrert and four srent-great-grandchildren. The children' are, Mrs. Fannie Rphertson, of Edgemoor; Mrs. W. T-. Pong- of Uock Mill: .John M. Willlfocd, i'ork: Mrs. Mncgie. McFaddeh. .Rock FT ill: J. Alex Williford. Rock Hill: S. V\\ "Williford and Mrs. Sidney Clinton, ,vho live near Edgmoor. .' , In a Uoek Mill hospital Wednesday evening following: n long period 'of differing with a kidney disease; Mr. Jacob Irving Holin, aged CS years. Interment wijl he in the cemetery at 'annan today following funeral" services conducted by Rev. B. O. Pressy. The deceased had lived practi:a!"y all of his life in the New1 Zion section. Ho was a member of Smyrna. \. R. P. church. He is survived by his vidow, two sons, Messrs. Howry md Pressle.v Holin and six daughters, desdames R. M. Wallace. Edna. Neil, llacie McWhirter and Misses Annie, Vmanda and Jennie Lind TJolin. Funeral services for the late Hugh 7. Caldwell who died Monday mornm: in Van Austin, Tox'as following a >rief illness were held this morning it Beershoba church, conducted by to*-. j. Oales and the interment allowed in -.the ccmc^acy.^at.1 }hat dace.- A -larg^-number.-^or relatives md friends^of-~Uie~deceasedr attended he" .