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ESTABLISUED1855 " " 7 ; YORK, S. C., TIJESD^Y,^EBRUARY 8, 1921. , , NO. 11 f?
VIEWS" AND INTERVIEWS.
Brief Local Paragraphs of More or
Less interest.
PICKED UP BY ENQUIKER REPORTERS
Stories Concerning Folks and Things
Some of Which You Know and
Some You Uon't Know?Condensed
For Quick Reading.
"I was in Rock Hill today," commented
Mr. M. L. Ford, of Clover, in
Yorkville Saturday evening, "and. 1
was surprised at the number of farmers
of that vicinity whom I heard say
that they didn't expect to plant a single
seed of cotton this year. It was
quite evident that they were very much
in earnest about it."
Playground for Children.
"We are hopeful that people of the
town and community will liberally patronize
the entertainments that we
propose to hold this year through the
Alkahest Lyceum company," said Mrs.
R. A. Bratton. president of the Mothers'
Club of Yorkville, the other day.
"We propose to use the money that may
be gained from this entertainment for
improving the play grounds for the
children at the Yorkville Graded school.
It is a matter in which every mother
should be interested."
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A father and his two children were
on a train out of Rock Hill coming toward
Yorkvillc the other evening. The
conductor came around calling for tickets
and the father handed the train man
a whole ticket and a half ticket, with
the explanation that the younger child
was just about five years old and therefore
entitled to ride free.
"No, sir, daddy," chirped Vie youngster
smilingly, "I'm going on eight."
The conductor told Views and Interviews
the story.
Veteran In Service.
Mr. Sam V. Aycock, of Sharon No. 2,
was in The Enquirer office yesterday
for the purpose of paying some subscriptions
to The Yorkvi'le Enquirer,
and during his stay he remarked an interesting
circumstance that had come
to his attention during the morning.
"I have been standing around that
sale down at Allison's for .a while,
a 1 ~ T ikf.ro
ana aurins uiv nmc ?
put up a mule that sold for $25. The
Lindsay boys, who were \yith me, called
my attention to the fact that this was
the same mule that I had bought from
Kimball at a similar -auction here in
YorJtvillc last December twenty-four
years ago."
Not So Much Ico.
"1 don't think that wc have as much I
icc in this section as we had in the old i
days," remarked J. W. Dobson, one of
the older citizens of Yorkville, who was
discussing the weather a few days ago.
"Fifty or sixty years ago." Mr. Dobson
went on to say, "it seems to mo as
though we had more natural ice in this
section than wc have now. In fact, artificial
ice was practically unknown.
Certainly it was not offered for sale
around here. I recall how my father
used to cut icc out of the frozen ponds
and bring it to Yorkville for sale. He
made a fairly good thing of it for a
while."
In Harness Again.
I' When I got out of vh*f township su- j
pervisorship two years ago," said Mr.
\V. S. Wilkerson, of Hickory Grove,
yesterday, "I thought I was done with
it. At least I honed so; but since they
have put me back on the new commission
I am going to try to do the best [
fnr :l while. I find, how
SH i ver. that I a in somewhat handicapped.
Hi was o?t cf a horse or mule to drive,
^Haml of course you know it would not
do to try to run my heavy automobile
over those roads in the township that
H need attention worse. So this morning
n 1 bought a cheap horse at the auction
W and now I thiita 1 will go after a secr
ond liand buggy and harness. That is
r about the cheapest and most conveni|
cnt way I can think of to go about uftT
or this kind of work."
Remembered the Incident.
"I read that story of Dr. Bratton'si
experiences and the Ku Klux Klans, in j
The Yorkvillo- Enquirer t!ic other day J
with a great deal of interest." remark- i
i d Mr. Sam Carroll of Rock Hill, last;
Saturday. "I remember the incident of!
the lynching of .Jim Kuiney very well, j
In fact I was at Wheeler's old btigg> |
factory in Yorkviile and 1 heard Rainey
make remarks that he should not have
made. Activities of tjjc Ku Klux
Klans were under d isr^ tglon at the
time and I heard Eair. say that lie
wished the Ku Klux would visit him
and that he would guarantee if they did
come lie would give them a warm reception."
Mr. Carroll was himself a mamuer ?<i
the original Ku Klux Klaus', being connected
with J. \\\ Avery's klan.
"I've heard it said, Mr. Carroll," inquired
a Rock Hill man, "that you were
the man who pulled Captain .Jim Kainey
out from under the bed the night
' that he was hung. Is that so?"
"I'm not saving anything," returned
Mr. Carroll. "You are doing the talking."
When Greek Meets Greek.
\ The smooth, oily salesman selling
> fertilizer stock, approached, a Clover
' citizen.
"Howdy do sir," said lie, introducing
himself. "I understand that you use a
good deal of fertilizer on your farms.
JIow would you like to buy that fertilizer
?ir, a ton cheaper than you.have
been buying it."
"Well. I'd like it nil right/' reiur'ned
the Clover man. "Of course I would."
The salesman got out his book of
facts and figures. "Now by investing
in this stock," he went on to say, "you
will got your fertilizer at manufacturer's
price. | You'll save at least $15
a ton."
"Man alive," exclaimed the Clover
citizen. "You arc doing a wonderful
work. What I don't understand, is why
you haven't offered this plan all these
years when we poor farriers have been
paying out so much money for fertilizer.
Y'ou would have long since been
regarded as a benefactor of mankind."
The salesman was pleased. Furthermore,
he was sure that he had sold
some stock.
"How many shares-' will I put you
down for?" he inquired.
"None," returned the Clover man, "I
haven't got any money."
"Oh, that is all right." returned the
salesman, "I'll just take your note."
"Mister," said the Clover man, "your
stock is all right, I reckon; but a good
many years ago Ijiromised myself that
I'd never give my note for anything but
bread, and meat."
The salesman went away in a good
humor. The Clover man was in a good
humor. ^
It is said that there are now in
King's Mountain township numbers of
farmers who gave this same salesman
their note for a total of about $30,000,
and that many of them are wishing
they had handled him just like the Clover
man whom Views and Interviews
has quoted, handled him.
HORSE LIVES HIGH
Man O' V/ar Has Private Groom and
Private Pasture.
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Every luxury lavished on royalty is
to he the portion of Man 0' War, world
champion thoroughbred, at Hinata
farm, near here, where he has been retired
to the stud, says a Lexington, Ky.
dispatch.
A private groom, private feed tubs,
a private pasture, where he is allowed
to run loose, these are some of the
things that are being provided by his
owner, Samuel D. Riddle of Philadel*
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pma, a.nu iuiss i^u^iuciii j^anibvi uviu
noted woman breeder of thoroughbreds,
under whose care he has been
placed.
Animals such as Man O' War are
not allowed, to do the many things
their plobian brothers and sisters do
that might expose them to danger.
When the famous racer left the farm at
Berlin, Mao-land, where he was stabled
after his return from his triumph over
in Barton at Windsor, he was placed
in a padded automobile van and hauled
to the express ear. On his arrival
in Lexington lie was unloaded into another
van and taken to the Kentucky
Jockey Club race track for exhibition
to admiring thousands of Kentuckians.
When he was taken from the track
in Tinata farm, a distance of six miles,
he was again placed on a van and hauled
over the smooth highway to the
farm. There he was unloaded and
placed in a stall specially prepared for
him. with the companion of all his
travels, Mayor Treat, the old steeple
chase racer, on one side and Golden
Broom, Mrs. Walter M. Jefford's fcuryear
old stallion on the other. For
Man O' War loves equine company and i
he is to be kept satisfied by having
his chum with him as well as anuinerj
highbred animal.
Although Miss Daingerfield. whose
reputation as a breeder of race,horses
is second to none hagsaid that "a horse
is a horse and Man 0' War will just
have a stable." she told the representative
of The Associated Press that she
had remodeled a barn on the farm for
him. The box stalls prepared for Man
O' War and Golden Broom are large)
and roomy, giving them plenty of room
in which to turn and lie down at will.
Feed tubs for Man O' War hayc.becn
specially built by a Lexington tinsmith,
that the famous racer cannot injure
himself. The stalls in the barn are
much like those in the barn of
any thoroughbred breeding farm, and
through and about the barn at all
hours of the night a watchman makes
his way to see thai 110 harm befalls any
of the racers.
ONCE OVERS
Pithy Paragraphs Containing Point
and Pdp.
It's as easy to talk as it is difficult
to say something.
j Don't stop to pit'k up tut* mini
i words you drop.
Th<* love that, never grows less is
; tin* love for money.
Never argue with a wasp; it always
I carries itsi point.
j After puttin? up a bluff a man is
1 sure to stumble over it.
Many a man's early training has
, kept him from making good,
i Gray matter is all right in its
| place?ami so is the long green.
; . Love makes the world go round, but
i matrimony ghes it the flat-wheel
i motion.
: Kvon the man who carries chips on
both shoulders doesn't necessarily
walk upright.
If a woman is heartless it is the
fault of some man.
j Kvery man thinks he is more important
than his neighbor.
! It's easy enough to give advice, but
I it is a diflieiilt matter to get people
to have faith enough in yon to use it.
They tell young men newspaper
work never pays, but look where
.(larding got from hitching his wagon
to a.Suir.? Philadelphia-North Anieri?:n.
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FIDDLERS IN CONVENTION
Packed Audience Heard Musicians
at Performance Friday Evening.
ENTERTAINMENT FOR LEGION BENEFIT
One Musician Rode Fifteen Miles to
Attend Show?Music of All Kinds
and Each Performer Given Freedom
of the Floor?Programme Included
New and Novel Stunts.
Fiddlers of wide repute, banjo pickers.
artists with the guitar, mandolin
and harp and buck and wing dancers
assembled in the courthouse in Yorkville,
Friday evening, entertained a
packed audience of Yorkville and the
surrounding country with music, songs
and dances for an hour and a half. The
convention was held under the auspices
of Meech Stewart Post No. G6 of the
American Legion and according to announcement
was the first of a series of
Legion benefit performances that the
Post proposes to stage during the coming
spring and summer. 1 /
Although several prizes were offered
for excellence in the various classes of
the evening, the musicians did not
compete so much for prizes as they did
out of a desire to help out. Each contestant
was allowed all the time he
pleased and was invited to go to it.
Packed House.
Long before the hour for the opening
of the convention the auditorium
proper was filled with spectators and
the balance of the crowd found seats
in the two jury boxes along with the
musicians. Even the two witness
chairs and the prisoner's dock were
utilized for the purpose of seating
spectators.
Messrs. T. K. Thomasson and E. M.
Williams and Mrs. L. G. Baber were
n.imori ns? iudtres for the several conr
tests of the evening and the convention
opened with two selections by two
fiddlers, Messrs. J. J. J. Robinson and
H. B. McDaniei, accompanied on the
banjo bv Mr. J. N. Strain and guitar
by Mr. O. McDaniei.
Then the fiddlers contested individually.
Mr. H. B. McDaniei, Mr. J. J.
J. Robinson and Mr. R. J. Morrow.
Two dancers, Messrs. Andral Sherer
and Lesslie Cain entertained the audience
with fancy buck and wing
steps tp the delight of the crowd and
the general opinion was that either of
them could command a job with almost
any mistrel company.
Composed Own Song.
Two decided featured of the evening
were the performances of Messrs.
James CI. Johnson and R. R. Harper
with harp, guitar and mandolin. The
former to his own 'guitar accompaniment,
sang several songs of his own
composition which brought down the
house with laughter. His stunt of
playing two harps alternately and of
playing "Casey Jones" on a harp by
blowing through his nose instead of his
mouth was also a new stunt to most
of the audience.
A decided novelty of the evening
was a stunt offered by Mr. I\. R.
Harper of the Point section of York
county, playing three instruments?a
guitar, mandolin and harp at one and
? lite I
the same time, wnn ine imuij m ...o
mouth, the mandolin in his hands and
the banjo fixed between his legs the
i musician managed to play all three,
never missing a note. Mr. Harper is a
J musician of note, and has won many
prizes at fiddlers' conventions in a
number of surrounding* towns. His
performance excited much curiosity I
and interest and many people arose in j
the audience with a view to attempting
to learn just how he played the three '
instruments at one time. Sir. Harper
rode fifteen miles to attend the convention.
Sermon a Feature.
While the judges, were in the ante
room engaged in making their decision.
"Reverend Isaac Ernest Erasmus
Johnsing," known more generally to
his friends and associates as Mr. Clyde
Plexicj of Sharon entertained the auI
diencc with a sermon, having as his
| text. *t'Get on Board that Ship of
| Faith." The "reverend" proved tiiat he
j was an orator of no mean ability and
I that he was thoroughly familiar with
j his subject. He held the amused alj
tention of his audience throughout the
j discourse. At the conclusion of his
j sermon in* response 10 n-iicimu v..!
cures ho delivered, a sermonette "A. B.
C.t" taking occasion to tell his audience
that "I hardly ever deliver two sermons
in the same day in a town the
; size of this; but generally confine my
greater efforts to places as large as
Newport."
Award of Prizes.
First place in the tiddlers' contest
| was awarded by the judges to Mr. .J.
j.I. .]. Robinson for superior skill with
: his famous fiddle. "Mary Ann." Jt was
| announced that; Mr. II. 13. McDaniel
, was a close second.
First honors in the banjo contest
I were awarded Mr. J. X. Strain. The
'judges wore unable to decide between
the guitar and harp players; hut
.agreed that Messrs. Johnson and Harper
wore tic-d. Equal awards were
also made in the dancing contest between
Messrs. Sherer and Cain. Cash
!
prizes were awarded the respective
winners.
Noted Dancers Declined.
: During the evening the. chairman an[nounccd
that he understood there were
j in the audience a number of gentle'.nicii?ivho
in their younger days had
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cut many a graceful figure at round
dances throughout the country side.
Messrs. Fred E. Quinn, H. E. Nell, B.
M. Love, J. O. Allison, J. H. B. Jenkins,
Jr., and any others "who felt inclined"
were invited to come forth and take
part in the dancing contest; but all of
them declined.
According to Pink 4. Smith, adjutant
of Meech Stewart Post, the gross
receipts of the evening i were $152.70.
This money will be devoted to purposes
of the Liegien.
HIS INCOME TAX HEAVY
Harding Must Pay Federal Government
More Than $18,000.
Warren G. Harding', as president of
the United States, will receive something
like $18,000 less compensation
from the government annually than
Woodrow Wilson has received.
The treasury will pay Mr. Harding
the same amount that it paid Mr.
Wilson?$75,000 annually?but -internal
revenue bureau officials say that Mr.
Harding must return nearly one-fourth
of this in income tax.President
Wilson was exempt from
the income tax under a supreme court
ruling because he came into [office before
the enactment of the 191a revenue
laws under which taxes ^efe sought
to be imposed on the salaries of the
president and of federal judges. The
supreme court held that the ;tax could
not be collected in the case of incumbents
because of1 the constitutional inhibitation
against the reduction of the
salaries of the executive and Federal
judges during their term of office.
The solicitor general has ruled that
the tax could be collected from officials
taking office after the law became effective
because that would not bring
about any reduction in salary during
the term of office.
Revenue bureau officials say that Mr.
Harding, of course, will be allowed the
usual exemption of $2,000 a year for a
married man and may claim certain
business exemptions. Placing: ms exemption
at $2,000 yearly, however, they
figure his normal Income fax at $5,480,
and his sur-tax at $12,940, a : total oi
$18,420.
President "Wilson is understood to
have paid some taxes under the 1918
law before the supreme court ruled on
the section which a federal judge attacked,
but revenue bureau officials
will not say how much nor whether it
was refunded, holding that under ,thc
law euch matters are confidential.
AFTER BACK TAXES '*
Government Will Try to Collect $500,000,030
Due in 1918.
The government expects to collect
more than a half billion dollars back
taxes for the year 1918, it was revealed
recently, with the introduction into the
house of the first deficiency appropriations
bill of the present session.
The information was given in the report
of the house appropriations committee
which recommended ,an appropriation
of $8,000,000 to expedite the
audit of tax returns for the year of
1918 and 1919.
It is estimated, said the report, that
the .additional revenue resulting from
a careful audit of the returns is approximately
$3.!,000,000 a month and
that this sum can he considerably increased
when the 191S returns arc
reached.
The bill also carries an appropriation
of $1,000,000 for the enforcement of
prohibition up to June 30 next. This is
I in irlrlitirin to 1 )lf? S3.000.000 aDPI'Opi'ia- '
tion for the prohibition work at the last
session of congress.
The total carried, in the bill is $203,203,476.72.
Included in this are a little
more than $48,000,000 for subsistence,
transportation and pay of the army
and $G1,460,655 for the navy, which includes
$400,000 for the dry dock at
Philadelphia.
The sum of $57,561,94S.39 is given
the postofiice department to care for
increased salaries granted by congress
last session.
BACK TO THE LAW
Five Members of the Present Cabinet
Will Resume Legal Practice.
Five of the present cabinet members
will resume the practice of law
when the administration changes
March 4. The attorneys and the cities
in which they will practice are:
Secretary of State Cobl.v, New'York.
Secretary of War Baker, Cleveland.
Attorney General Palmer, Washington.
Secretary of Commerce Alexander,
Gallatin. Mo.
Alexander may run for the senatori
i?il nnmiriMI inn in onnosition tO Jim
Reed next year.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels will
edit his News and Observer at Raleigh,
N C. Ho says he will have fun
doing it.
Secretary of Agriculture Meredith
will manage his farm maga/.ine at
Des Moines.
Secretary of Treasury Houston probably
will take some educational post.
Secretary of "Labor Wilson will occupy
himself with labor matters.
And Postmaster General Burleson
will take it easy on his ranch in Texas.
? A man who recently died in
Wheeling was rejected by a recruit'
ing officer when he sought to enlist
for I he Civil war because of his advanced
age a I that time.
KILLED BY A TRUCK
Freight Depot Agent Fataliy Injured
by Heavy Automobile; '
WAGES OF LABORERS REDUCED
Farmers Feeding Cotton Seed to Gbws
?Many Planters to Abandon Cotton?No
Foundation for Fort ; Mill
Annexation RumorChamber ' to
Stage Get-Together Meeting?Shortage
of Eggs?Other News and Notes
of York County Metropolis.
(By a Staff Correspondent.)
Rock Hill, Feb. 7?Mr. C. V. Hardin,
freight agent for the Southern railway,
was almost instantly killed about
noon Saturday when he was struck by
an automobile truck, the property of
the Catawba Lumber Co., driven by
Sam L. Pursley who was accompanied
by J. L. Rhea and J. D. Boulineau.
The accident which occurred at the
corner of Main and Reid streets, was
entirely unavoidable. Mr. Hardin was
on his bicycle en route to dinner. Mr.
Pursley driving the heavy Reo truck
was going east and seeing Mr. Hardin
approaching, turned to the center of
the street to pass him. At'this time
Hardin turned to cross into Reid
street, not knowing of the closg proximity
of the car following. Pursley
then cut sharply into Reid street ^o
avert a. collision and. unaware that
this was Hardin's objective also. The
car struck the curb and -the impact
threw the heavy truck against the
cyclist although the'brakes were , applied
and both rear wheels stripped.
Mr. Hardin's skull was crushed and
he received bodily injuries'from which
he died a few minutes after the acci
aem. x ne ueceaseu wuu w&n ?i jiative
of Grover, N. C.- came to Rock
Hill from Spartanburg, little more
than a year ago.' The body was carried
to Spartanburg for interment
The deceased is survived,-by his widow
and two children.
Moves to Rock Hill.
S. C. Clinton for several years past
a member of tjie firm.of Clinton Bros,
and later the Farmers Hardware &
Supply company of Yorkville, has moved
to Rock Hill and accepted a place
with the Metropolitan Life . Insurance
company here. Mr. Clinton expects to
move his family to Rock Hill as soon as
he can; get a house.
To Hold Annual Meeting. .
Secretary Marie. Fewell of the Rock
Hill Chamber. of Commerce has completed
arrangements for the annual
membership get-together meeting arid
dinner to be held in the chamber of
commerce hall here Friday evening.
A. well known speaker has been engaged
for the occasion and rfiusic will
be furnished by thfe Rock Hill orchestra
and the Chamber of Commerce
Quartette. It was the original plan to
hold the annual get-together meeting
several weeks ago; but for good reason
the meeting was postponed until
Friday evening.
\A/i!l Wrtf \/?ei+ Winlhrfln.
Although this is the year for the biennial
visit of the general assembly
to Winthrop college, the lawmakers
will not come this year, according to
information received Saturday. It is
understood, however that an invitation
to a number of members of the
house and senate . has been extended
by President Johnson of Winthrop and
those invited will probably accept the
invitation and come here to inspect
the state normal college.
Pleased With New Commission.
People of Rock Hill and Catawba
township are pleased with the action
of the county legislative delegation in'
changing the township road system of
tluvcounty so as to provide for three
road commissioners in each township.
Catawba township has between $3,000
and $10,000 to spend on her roads each
yean and the new commissioners,
Messrs. J. B. Johnson, C. D. Reld and,
W. Hall Spencer already have under
consideration plans whereby it is proposed
to get the most possible roadwork
for the money. The commission
proposes to mploy a road overseer at
n salary of $100 a month who will devote
all of his time to those roads in
the township that the commission will
be expected to keep up. Leaving: aside
those main highways in charge of the
state highway commission, there are
in Catawba township about 140 miles
of roads that will be in charge of the
commission. The road supervisor will
be instructed to use the road-drag
first last and all the time. The three
members of the commission who live
in widely separated sections of the
township propose to see that this is
done through personal inspection.
"What we propose to do," said one of
the commissioners Saturday, "is to
keep the roads dragged, rounded and
the ditches and drains clean. It is going
to lake five years to do the work
that we have in mind: but at the end
of that time Catawba township will
have roads worth while."
Fight is Not Ended.
Although the state hoard of election
commissioners has upheld the Chester
county commissioners in the YorkChester
annexation case and declared
null and void the election field January
11. the fight is not yet ended, according
to several Rod; Hill citizens.
There is a belief here that the people
of Landsford township in Chester
county in the proposed area- to lie annexed
want to come to Rock Hill and
there is no question of tire fact that
the Rock Hill people want them. Tl
is said that the majority of them regard
Rock TI ill as their logical market
and do most of their business here and
Rock Hill will not be satisfied until
they^are brought in.
An amusing incident in connection
with the recent election was told here
Saturday by a member of the Rotary
Club. A meeting of the Rotary club
was held here shortly after" the election.and
a member made a motion to
the effect that the president and, secretary
of the organization write a letter
of congratulation and greeting to
the new comers. The motion was
carried. Then it developed that the
election would be contested and the
officials did not write the letter of
greeting.
Feeding Cows Cotton Seed. *
A number of farmers in Catawba
township are feeding their cows on
cotton seed alone and while they say
that the milk Is not so plentiful as a
result of the cotton seed feed, still the
cows are doing very well. There are
quite a number of farmers feeding
cotton seed who are taking the posi
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LlOIl lllUt LJiey nn; muic vuiuauic oa
feed, than they are as a product for
sale. H. F. Bookout, Oran S. Poe and
several other farmers were discussing
the feeding of cotton seed to cattle
Saturday. "I told my overseer some
time ago to begin feeding cotton seed,"
Mr. Poe went on to say. "He came
back with the statement that the cows
wouldn't eat them. 'All right,' I returned,
'let them do without eating.'
The cows are eating the seed right
along."
Will Plant No Cotton.
There are scores and scores of farmers
in Catawba township who do not
propose to plant a seed of cotton this
year and indications are that the
number who are coming to this point
of view is on the increase. Congregated
6n the streets here Saturday
were numbers- of groups of farmers
who were discussing the situation and
many of whom declared that they expect
to plant no cotton whatever. "I
do not expect to plant a seed of cotton
on my f^irm," said Mr. John T. Roddey
who was discussing the outlook with
the correspondent. "I cannot see
where I can grow cotton this year at
a profit and I do not propose to try
it."
Roadc in Bad Condition.
People from the Lesslie section who
were visitors in Rock Hill last Saturday
reported that the public roads in
that section were In 9 very bad condition
as a result of the rains and
snow of the past ten days. According
to Mr. Grier Lesslie.' if the rainey
weather contlnues-much' longer,-' roads
down his way will be well nigh impassable.
The' chairigang IS still encamped
near Roddeys and is putting
in all time possible.
Negro to Jail.
Hezekiah Garner, young negro, was
committed to the county jail at Yorltville
last Saturday by Magistrate
Wingate on a charge of larceny. Garner
had recently completed a thirty
day sentence on the city gang following
his conviction of a similar offense.
He was carried to Yorkville Saturday
afternoon by Supervisor Hugh G.
Rrown who was in the city for the
day on business.
City Has Egg Shortage.
Rock Hill faced an egg shortage
nrrca nro still JlhOllt ZLS
lUOL ??CCJ\ UUU ? ?
scarce here as they ever gee to be. One
of the local restaurants was withoul
eggs last Friday and housewives whe
sent to the markets and stores foi
eggs were denied because there were
none. In addition to farmers of the
surrounding f countryside, Rock Hil!
depends largely upon .neighboring
towns for her egg supply, particularlj
Lancaster, Heath Springs, Rutherfordton,
N. C., and other places. Dealers
in those towns informed wholesalers
last week that the supply was
scarce because the bad weather hac
prevented farmers from bringing then
In. *
Without Foundation.
' There was much interest manifes
h$re last Saturday in a report cominj
from Fort Mill and published in :
number of nev. ^papers to the effec
that the people of Fort Mill townshi]
were discussing the matter of annex
ing themselves to Mecklenburg coun
ty, N. C. There were those who talk
ed about the matter with a feelini
that it was all coming about in a fe?
days and there were others who look
ed upon it only as a!remote possioilitj
A Rock Hill banker called Mr. J. Le
Spratt of the First National Bank o
Fort Mill over the telephone Saturda;
afternoon about it. Mr. Spratt in
formed him that he had heard little^o
no discussion of the matter. "Further
more." he said, "not ten per cent o
the citizens of Fort Mill townshi;
would be willing: to join Mecklenburj
county pven if the Mecklenburg peo
pie would agree to exempt them fron
all taxes."
The Fort Mill-Mecklenburg annex
ation bubble has burst.
Laborers Reduced.
Wages of day laborers have been re
duced. Laborers employed on th
street work in progress here are bein,
paid $1.50 a day for their services am
. the laborers are plentiful at that fig
ure. No further wage cut, howevei
is anticipated for some time.
No Word of Major.
Still there is not the slightest trac
of the whereabouts of Pat W. Majoi
Rock Hill citizen who disappeare
mysteriously several weeks ago. Ther
are those here who believe that Majo
met with foul play. There are other
who are under the . impression tha
Major met with financial reverses an
being unwilling to "face the music,
1 (Continued from Page Two).
HE GETS THEM TOLD
Charles G. Dawes Launches A
, Secostf Broadside.
MAKES HIRING VERY INTERESTING : "|
?
Cussing. Brigadier Tells Congressional
Investigating Committee WJiati;H&i. .
Thinks Without Mincing' Wordsr-\
Charges Attempt to Blacken Ns'fheV
of American Army. ,'J.
Another broadside was let loose v- ife
Charles G. Dawes last Thursday;inWashington,
against the congressional*'' ' Q
methods of investigating the condi^lt^' *.Jn
of the war. ']<. ' r
Attacking what he characterized aa' * 1 '
partisan attempt to blacken the na^e;
of the whole American army because'; ; yj?
of the blunders of a few, the farm#?."' A-^b
brigadier general in charge of supply:' /{:
and procurements In France, declared: . Ik
house committees could serve a more ,
useful public service by turning the ~'-0,
searchlight upon the waste of millions #
of government dollars right under their.nose.
A
group of women in the crowded " .
committee room failed to prevent Mr.-Dawes
.from swearing like a "buck" ;y|
private. He strode around the commit-.
tee room, hitting harder than hej w4?- '
hit, and swearing madly every time tieconstrued
the questioning as reflecting
on any part or parcel of the fighting
outfit of which he was a part. Choir- \
man Jorfnson, himself a former service \ -*J' -.
man at the front, told Mr. Dawes at the
end of the hearing he wished there had "r'rA'\
been other witnesses as truthful and as' ; .V
* . . * ' ' *7..!,
unafraid to speak out in meeting. * ; -
Mr. Dawes made no attempt to cohr t
ceal the feeling that he was having'**-,
very good time. At times the room'wils
In an uproar of merriment, and the
echo of oaths swept down the long cor- .
ridor of the big building as he turned,
his wrathful language Upon critics- of.
the war who stayed at home. '* \
' * :*." . %/ J , \ Sick
of Investigations \ T-.'
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Referring to numerous lnyestigutiojia
by the house, Mr. Dawes - said - he ^
thought the people were Sick of theiji.
"Why, there is no longer;any newji;-jn
it,'' he shouted. "If I wasn't here^'stvut-' . / v " ?;
ting arbund and swearing^
be no news In this. 1 '>:$$
It was an American war, npi;.a Repli^;
lican?or Democratic --war-andr^th
ord. of ithe glorious, workvO^tOUr^ftJ^-5
. committee is dead' and gone a?id:|$y|gotten."
i Whon tha name of General Pehrhinir
i was brought into the discussion,';
' Dawes could, scarcely control
"There were hounds in th}9^^hfyy<?'
he declared, "who tried to spread t)ie
false news that Pershing was at d.
atre the night of the armistice, lie tta?'there,
like hell. He was at his. office,
starting the work of cancelling vast ;
war contracts to save money, tt
, take 25 or 50 years for Pershing to ^8? ">.
his place in history, but let me tell ypu>
the time, will come when every ddiilm*..
, boy overseas will be jjroud to .
, was one of Pershing's men.'
Doesn't Mind Kicks. -f/V: V .
"ITou can try to give me all the.-h^u":":
| you want?I like it. You kick bddkli|$];
I sold a lot of second hand Junk tp:tl\?r
| French government for $400,000,000,. Cn|
stead of keeping 40,000 soldiers there .tb''
guard it while we tried to peddle U?'.;
' My conscience hurts me sometidiir
when I think we charged, theni ida
much." "Ufitfr'.
Mr. Dawes said he was a Republlc&n,.
but was broad enough to give the
l department full credit for its work:?r:
getting more men to the-front thdit -:
France arjd Great Britain put there in
the same period. Then he jumped ufcit
on the department and denounced it for
its refusal to permit promotion of ihdh
' in the ranks?for privates and sergeants
!" I who had the grit of generals. The rtije
1 by which men, eager to go overseas,
3 but kept at home, were required . to
wear silver stripes was. characterised
as one of the disgraceful acts of.the
war. _ j
* The award of distinguished service- j
medals came in for a fierce attack.' :Jt
? broke more hearts, Mr. Dawes said,p
than anything else because thousand
f of men entitled to the medals were
. passed by. Mr. Dawes said it was alt
right for congress to go ahead and try
to find and punish men who made mUftakes
in the stress of war, but told tile
f committee it would get no wher^ and
that the public was not concerned >*ith
' those mistakes now. . ,
"And they are trying to say thatPern
shing permitted the sacrifice of th'ouj
sands of lives on Armistice day. ^ts
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[ the most damnable lie ever uiierea ?uiu
its all right to sit back, here viewing
from a partisan standpoint tlje work
overseas, when if you people so free to
condemn had been there you might
v have done just as we did or worse, Liquidation?
Why, hell men, we liquidated
everything. There wasn't any wil.
ful destruction of property in France as
this committee has tried to show. The
junk we could not sell was given away
?it was cheaper than burning or buryr
ing it. They pinned one of those med^
als on me, but it had a damned sight
e better gone to some poor devil in the
? ranks who better deserved it."
r
Judge W. B. Parker, who had much
"t to do with the liquidation job in France
and who was described by Mr. Dawes
? as a "hard boiled *egg" as an army
trader, was to be heard Friday by the
committee.
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