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Scraps and .gads,
?Houston, Tex.. Feb. U: Police efforts
to identify the men who took B.
C Hobbs, lawyer,' from his bed late
last night, drove him in an automobile
into the woods, where they tarred and
feathered him and closely clipped his
hair, had proved unavailing late tohight.
Five unmasked men forced
Hobbs into an automobile about 9
o'clock, he says'last night, drove Mm
to the woods near the city, and ap?
n/wt nf fpilth(>rS.
iai ?ei11v*. ?. wtiw _ ?
Bringing: him back to the business district
they forced-him from the autopiobile
opposite i the postoffice. ' Clad
- in his'coat'of feathers, he sought shelter
in the doorway of the building un"til
he attracted the attention of a
passerby, who notified .police of his
^plight. ..Hobbs says he can not identify
any of his abductors. He says he
was' given until Tuesday to leave the
dity or be killed. He ( says', however,
Jhe prefers to remain here.
? The joint resolution directing the
stopping of enlistments until the regular
army is reduced to 175,000 men
was passed by the house over President
Wilson's veto on Saturday night.
The veto was overridden by a vote of
271 to 16, one member voting not pres
^ ent. The president's veto message was
snot read to the house until six hours
after its formal delivery but once read,
action was swift. Representative
Mondell of Wyoming. Republican lead
7 er, said the message presented no arguments
that had not already been
before the body and that further discussion
was unnecessary. He asked
for an immediate vote. A motion t*o
adjourn offered by Representative
Wint??, Democrat, Arkansas, was
vroea down overwhelmingly. All of
' the 16 members voting to sustain the
president in the final vote were Democrats.
They were: Bee', Texas: feland.
Virginia; Campbell. Pennsylvania:
Cleary, New York; Coady, Maryland:
Eagan, New Jersey; Fisher. Tennessee;
Igoe. Missouri; McAndrews, Illinois;
Minahan, New Jersey: Pell.
, New York; Raker, California: Simms,
Tennessee: Teague, Massachusetts;
Weaver, North * Carolina, "Welling.
Utah. Lee, Democrat, Georgia- voted I
present. Those voting to override the
veto included 92 Democrats.
? The British government formally I
proposed a cancellation of all interallied
debts, but the proposals were unacceptable
to the American government,
said J. Austen Chamberlin. I
chancellor of the exchequer, in a
speech to his constituents at BirmingN
ham, England last Friday. 'To maKe
them again," Chamberlain continued,
"would be. I think, beneath our dignity
and would render us liable to a
misconception of our motive. In making
them." he added, "we sought no
national advantage for ourselves. We
proposed a solution in which Ave
should have foregone claims larger
than any remitted to us, and we proposed
it because we believed it would
be in the interests of good relations
among peoples, the rehabilitation of
national credit and the restoration of
international trade. Our great international
debt is duetto the obligation
we undertook on behalf of our allies.
If- we had had only ourselves to consider,
we should have been particularly.
free of external debt at the present
time." Mr. Chamberlain prefaced ;ns
remarks by saying that he would have
preferred at the close of the war that
the whole interallied debt had been
wiped out. so its to start with a clean
slate. There was no proposal for a
settlement of the international debt
'among the allied and" associated Powers,
whether for a total or partial remission
which the British government
has been prepared to be a party
to, he declared.
..?-The German government will lose
no time\in placing- its views on the1
shortcomings of the treaty of Versailles
before the Republican administration.
The Berlin foreign office, it was
learned in Washington Saturday on
good authority, already has submitted
these views to Ellis Loring Dressel.
United States commissioner in Berlin,
with the intimation that it would lie
"most advantageous" for both nations
to conclude a separate peace and
working arrangement. According to
the information available here, the
German government has gone so far
in its intimations as to give expression
to the hope that the Harding administration
will, be able to bring about a
situation in the relations between the
United States and Europe which will
permit ol' negotiations by Germany
and the allied powers of "a sane economic
adjustment." The Berlin authorities,
it is understood, are considering
the probable alternatives open to the
new administration, which are. first, a
declaration of a separate peace: second,
the ratification of the treaty of
Versailles with elimination of the
covenant of the league of nations and
the deletion of all references to the
league or modified reference to the
league. ^ v
? A map I*v n rlptontivp and the ncci
_ dental overhearing: of a conversation
atop a Fifth avenue bus caused raids
on two ships in Now York harbor
Sunday and the seizure of more than
$20,000 worth of drugs on the one and
whiskey, laces and revolvers and other
goods on the other. Thomas E. Rush,
customs surveyor of the port, was riding
on the top of a bus last week and
overheard two men in conversation
say it was an easy matter to smuggle
goods off ships. He found the men
were connected with the steamer Fort
Pitt Bridge, which arrived recently
from Vigo, Spain. A searching party
was sent to the ship and under several
tons of coal 5r bottles of whiskey were
found and in a cargo hold several
thousand dollars worth of laces, lin- \
gerie and other articles were stored.
The drug raid was carried out on
board the steamship Florence 1 -tickenback
after Detective Bernard Bo.vlan.
disguised as a longshoreman, is
said to hdVe gained the confidence of
Frederick Sundolf, the ship's* cpiartnrmaster,
and had told him a friend
would pay thousands of dollars for
enough cocaine to last for a year.
Sumlolf." Boylan said, let it be known
that drugs were on board the |,tickenhaek.
and later was arrested and
locked up, charged with being a drug
vender. Dr. Carlton Simon, special
deputy police commissioner in charge
of the narcotic staff, said he was certain
Sundolf was connected with an
international drug struggling ring.
The. drug- bore German stamps.
? Eighteen men and women, motoring
early Sunday morning from the i
Baltusrol golf club at Springfield. X.
J., where they had been dinner guests
of Thomas Debevoiso. former councilman
of Summit, were held up and
robbed by three armed bandits who
had blocked the roads with logs. tre<
branches, stones and oilier obstacles.
Robert S. Hughes, of Elizabeth, a
lawyer, who tried to drive off. was
shot by one of the robbers. The bullet
broke bis arm. The occupants of the
Jirst automobile to reach the barricade
were lined up <|iiick!y and their money
taken. - The robbers demanded
cash only, paying no attention in tinjewelry
worn bv the fashionably
gowned women. Similar tactics were
employed with the occupants of tleather
cars until all in tln^ party had
\ yielded their money. The tighv.nymen
then ordered James I'. Tlmnia < of
Elizabeth, stock broker to drive tla-m
away. .Mrs. Thomas was in the car.
Two got in with her and the third
stood on the running board shouting:
a iinal warning to the other victims
j to make no attempt to leave until they
were out of sight. Thomas started
his ear containing the robbers and his
I wife when Huso jumped into his own
machine and tried to start it. The
bandit riding on the running board
promptly tirpd at him. the bullet finding
its mark. Thomas increased his
speed under threats of the robbers ipitii
near Kenilworth. when he was ordered
to stop. The bandits then got
out. held n,brief whispered consultation
and disappeared in the darkness,
i'olice automobile patrols were sent
out. from Newark and Elizabeth when
news of the holdup spread, but no
trace of the robbers could be found. '
<?hc nfmlaittc (Enquire*.
Entered at the Postofflce at York as
Mail Matter of the Second Class.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1921.
Let's go!
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The progress of this country during
the past fifty years is {Jretty accurately
reflected in the condition of the roads.
It is a poor government that needs
to he kept alive by furnishing official
position to every man wno is capauie ox
making a row.
The appropriation bill as agreed upon
by the committee on ways and
means, carries about a million dollars
more than last year, and of course
there will be additions.
It would not be a bad idea to erect
a state poorhouse in Columbia. Some
of the bums for whom it has seemed
necessary to create state offices could
be looked after there at loss expense.
"World peace can be established
through the determination of the world
to do justice, and through absolutely r.c
other means. The individual who continually
studies to annihilate his enemy
by force or foul play always gets for
himself what he planned for his enemy.
Nations do the same thing. .
After all the $5G,000,01)0,000 that the
Allies seek to impose on Germany by
way of reparations, docs not seem.badlv
nut nf nrnniii'tion to the S1.000.000.00C
that Germany made France pay m 1S70,
As things turned <>ut Germany always
regretted that she had made her bill si
small. It is iiuitc probable that the Allies
will sooner or later have occasion
to feel the same "way.
Those of us who' were inclined to gel
a little too speculative in the times of
expansion, will now he inclined to
somewhat greater care. According
to the view of The Yorkville
Enquirer, America would have
very little to lose by joining in with a
general wiping out of the international
war debts. That is. let each nation
cancel all the war claims it holds
against all other nations, including
even Germany. Those debts will never
be collected without more war; and to
collect them through war will only
mean the creation of more debts bigger
than those that have already been accumulated.
A general voluntary surrender
of these debts would be a step
in the direction of real peace.
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There is now under way a vast movement'
that had its origin in the west
for the shipment of lifteen million
bushels of corn that is being contributed
by the farm?s of thirty-seven
states, on conditiod that Herbert Hoover.
of the European Relief Council;
Thomas W. Lament, of the Chinese
Famine fund, and C. V. Vickcry, of the
Near East Relief, will see that it is
transported to the hungry people who
are in need of it. There is a condition
in the offer of the farmers that the actual
corn must be transported and not
the proceeds of the sale of same. It is
a .vast undertaking; but those in
charge of the various relief enterprises
have accepted, and they will do what
they can. It has been argued that because
the corn is in clanger of spoiling
unless it is kiln-dried and because of
the heavy transportation charges, it
would be cheaper to buy the corn nearer
to the famine centres; but nevertheless
every effort will be njade to make
iroocl the whole plan in good faith.
There is ii very commonly accepted
belief that one of the principal causes
of crime is the failure of justice in the
courts. There is a good ileal to be said
in favor of the argument. Public conception
of justice is us set forth in the
ten commandments and it is sound.
Tli" legal conception of justice Is the
settlement of ilifferences by rules of
law. The just application of those
relics depend upon the personal cquaI
sion, the integrity of the witness and
the skill and cunning of the lawyer.
Often settlements are readied that arc
perfectly legal; but absolutely without
a semblance of justice. The public is
aware that justice is outraged but lias
i no patience with such an outcome nu
! matter how arrived at. Men who would
make sacrifices for justice lose faith in
j legal procedure, and are content t<i
suffer injustice rather than submit tu
| settlement for which they have no rc|
speet.
I
1 (.trover Cleveland Bergdoll turned a
i pretty trick when he hoodwinked the
! .American military authorities and got
j out of the country to Germany. Put
J (trover Cleveland Bergdoll is not smart
If he were smart lie would have kept
his mouth shut. The American people
are wood enough sports to have left
things alone as far as he was concerned,
and contented themselves with
looking after the people who were responsible.
for his escape. But now since
Bergdoll has attempted the stunt of
placing his thumb to his nose and1
wriggling iiis little finger a: us, he will
do well to remember that America and
Gcrmahy have not yet made peace, and
that Germany is not in a humor to ere- i
ate further friction merely for the
gratification of such a fellow as Bergdoll.
And. also the fact -that the Americans
who look a sporting chance at
the capture of Bergdoll failed, does not
mean that there arc no Americans who
can turn the trick.
ABOLITION BILLS
Offices Once Established Do Not Easily
Let Loose.
The one word that has marked'the
present session of the- legislature if
, there is any, one word for it, is "abolition"
writes a correspondent. The
sensation of the session has been the
number of bills to abolish various
branches of state government. Nearly
a score of state offices have come in
for their part of the attack. The one
department to be assailed a second
time is the state highway department.
Senator J. Howard Moore of Abbeville,
introducing a bill in the senate
to provide for abolition o^, the highway
department.
The state department, the tax commission,
the board of public welfare
scholarships, various officials of the
state education department, truant officers
and Ojther governmental functions
have been assailed in "abolition
: bill," but so far none of them have
! passed and none are expected to pass.
Still another bill of this kind is. being
introduced in the senate by Senators
Baskin, Casque and Walker, to abolish
the board of teachers' examiners,
created by the 1920 legislature, and devolve
the duties on the county board
of education, as of old.
s A bill aimed at "abolishing" speedi
ing on t^ie public highways is intro.
duced by Goodwin and would make
it unlawful for a motor vehicle to pass
another vehicle on the road of the
state at a speed greater than twelve
^ miles an hour, with a maximum fine of
$100, or imprisonment of thirty days.
I Senator Robinson has introduced a
1 bill to incorporate Epworth Orphanage,
Columbia, with the'present trus^
tees as directors. ' _
Representative Sapn of Richland,
has introduced in the legislature a bill
, to provide that, paving certificates, is
?"?'1 *inv ''iiv nr town, evidencing
' Indebtedness due by'abutting owners
for paving or sidewalk construction,
shall be tax free. (
Senator Laney has introduced in
the senate the same bill introduced .in
the house of Representatives Sapp, to
raise the "age of consent" from 14 to
1G years.
The agricultural committees of the
f two legislative branches have intro
duced ,l)ills establishing for South
Carolina the official cotton standard
promulgated by the United States de1
partment of agriculture, with a li,
cense for cotton buyers of $5 for the
iirst 1.000 hales and ?3 for each additional
thousand bales.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? Associate Justice G. \V. Gage of
the supreme court, is critically ill at
his home in Chester with pneumonia.
? Mrs. \V*. B. Corry,_sJ._UuXfaey,.sec'
ond woman in South"^CrrrolWtf",' to "l.?e
, commissioned as notary public, performed
the marriage ceremony for
two couples hist Saturday.
? Grover Martin, negro, was shbt
; and killed I'riday evening near Hartsville
by Thomas Wood ham, a white
- > .-I.
, man. \vin> wim uiiu^viuimi ..............
by shots from the negro's pistol. Friday
evening after dark .Mr. W'oodham
i of the Philadelphia", section of DarV.
ington county was on his> way to
llartsvillc in "his automobile. When
about live miles from llartsvillc, near
1 lee's cross roads, a collision occurred
in a sand bed between Miy Wood ham's
, car atul a truck driven by Martin.
The truck was headed from llartsvillc
and reports are that it had no lights.
There was another negro in the truck
with Martin. It appeal's that when
the cars had come together Mr. Woodliain
alighted and walked up to the
truck <piestioning Martin as to why
behind his hand in his pocket. Thereupon
Martin produced a revolver and
. commenced bring at Mr. Woodham.
Mr. Woodham returned the lire, killing
the negro. The coroner held an
iiupiest yesterday and the finding was
that Mr. Woodham was fully justified
in committing the act. as the negro
was holding Mr. Woodham's life m
jeopardy. Mr. Woodham was shot
at five times. He was rushed to an
inlirmary in Florence and is doing aswell
as could he expected. It appears
that Mr. Woodham'is highly thought
of in his community, lie is a trustee
of the Philadelphia school and* is a
planter.
MERE MENTION
Twenty-five people were killed and
forty were injured in a railroad collision
at Felixdorf, Austria, on Saturday
The output of bituminous coal j
from. the mines has been declining
considerably during the recent slump
ill business, the decline last week being
<1711,000 tons compared with (he
week previous Mrs. A. T. Summey,
wife of a prominent Charlotte banker
ran over and killed a four-year old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Sydney, j
while driving to the Alexander Children's
home Sunday to teach a Sunday-school
class. The accident was
unavoidable: but Mrs. Summey has
since been prostrated with grief
The league of nations will be called
upon to pass upon the dispute beI
tween Swceden and Finland over the
i ownership of tin* Aland, Islands
! A Paris dispatch of Sunday says J hat
! twenty-four tons of gold marks have
been received in thai city from (Jer!
many on reparations payments.
! ?More than 1150,000 gallons of whisj
key and automobiles worth $1,0110,000
art:*now in possession of the governI
ment as a result of its campaign
i aaainst the illicit commerce in liipior.
i aecordinf? to Wayne I!. Wheeler, coun!
sol fur I ho Anti-Saloon l,eafrue. To
| i?iiard this and other property seized
| I?y the government in enforcement of
proiiiliition, the sundry civil appropria!
tion bill, reported today to the senate.
1 j sot aside as requested by .Mr.
I Wheeler. Tin* seized liipior and automobiles.
accord in;? In testimony of
.Mr. Wheeler before a senate eommit'
tee made public today, are to be sold
1 by the government. In some eases,
i .Mr. Wheeler toll! tlu* committee. I'edler.al
marshals had refused to take care
I of t ho confiscated evidence. That proj
liibili'tii enforcement has been "5<l per
| cent effective in some places" was
i stated by M r. Wheeler to the commit'
i loo. lie said that no frond reason had
. yet boon found for transferrins? prohiiiiliop
en forme men! from treasury departments
to the department of jus"
tiee.
I
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
Jas. D. Grist. Post Commander?Attention
Legion aires.
| G. S. Higgins, Administrator?Notice of application
for final discharge.
j W. S. Wilkorson. Administrator?Notice of
application for final discharge. .
Jcir I). Whitcsides?Notice to subscribers on
his club that it is time to pay.
Miss Lillian Robinson?Notice to subscribers
on her club that it is time to pay.
J. L. Houston. P. J.?Notice of application for
letters of administration in re. estate of
Jacob I. Bolin, deceased.
First National Bank of Shuron?Growth and
Strength.
McConnell Dry Goods Company?Ladies' $5
and $7.50 low shoes at $1.08.
Palmetto Monument Company?Anything in
stone. ;
Ferguson & Yourigbiood?A big tobacco bargain.
'
York Supply Company?Shoes.
Betty Ling, D. C., Chiropractor. Rock Hill?
Diseases of the spine and nervous system.
(Professional Card.)
J. Q. Wray, Manager?Programme of the
Stnr theatre, beginning with the "White
Rider." today.
Shandon Hotel Restaurant. W. L. Jamieson,
VT i|,A
proprietor?iimv open tu me
Joye Jewelry Company, Rock Hill?Crash in
jewelry prices beginning Thursday.
Loan and Savings Bank?Always ready.
The time for returning property for
taxation without penalty is passing
steadily. It will expire on February
20.
The tax extension resolution, is not
yet law and it may not become law.
Jioth houses have passed the resolution;
but with conflicting provisions
and these conflicting provisions must
be reconciled in committee. "After the
resolution is reported out by the conference
committee it must" go to the
governor for .'his approval or disapproval.
That the governor will ap
prove the resolution is not at an. t?lain.
Representative Pursley has introduced
a bill to ratify tlie action of the
people of the state in voting^in the general
election of last November an
amendment to the state constitution
providing for a change of the state's
fiscal year, making it July 1-June 30,
instead of January 1-December 31, as
at present. There has been some fear
that this resolution would not be "passed
by the present legislature, and that
the ratification tof the amendment
would have to wait a year. It has also
been feared that the change of the'fiscal
year would necessitate the fixing of
a tax levy to cover for eighteen months
by this legislature. However, it has
been stated by state officials that this
will not be necessary, the present assembly
appropriating for eighteen
months, of which only the twelvemonth
portion would come from 1921
taxes. The. change of fiscal year will
remove the necessity of the state having
to.borrow money for operation during
the legislative session.
i
? ? Dcrnon
int. lYlMnriflMvj t. ni.vw.1.
Since the Inst publication of the
record in The Yorkville Enquirer, the
following marriage licenses have been
issued by the judge of probate:
Feb. 3?Alex Barron, 33, and Mary
Stewart, .24, Bethcsda township, (colored).
Feb. 4.?ErnestlB./Lipsy, 27, Chester,
and Mabel L. Wilpon, Sharon, (coLorecl).
Feb. 5?Eddie Russell, 21, York No. 5,
and Louisa Leech, 18, Filbert, (colored).
NEAR EAST RELIEF.
Previously acknowledged $GS 00
Sharon \V. O. \V. Camp, No.
105. J. H. Bigham, Clerk v 5 00
The foregoing refers to subscriptions
to the Near East Relief fund, E. O.
Black, treasurer, 211 Liberty bank
building, Columbia.
In compliance with a request from
Mr. Black, The Yorkville Enquirer has
consented to act as a central repository
for contributions from'York county.
This means that we will receive, acknowledge
and forward subscriptions
in any amount.
It is preferred that all remittances be
made to us by check, but where the
contributors have no accounts at the
bank, we will of course accept and for
ward the cash.
CHILD FEEDING.
Previously acknowledged $252.00
Reynolds Cotton Mill Union
Sunday-school. Bowling Green
Mary Alice Mclnnis, Treas. 12.42
$2(5-1.42
The foregoing relates to the Hoover
Chilil relief, and the last acknowledged
J check is made payable, as previous
I checks to the "Literary Digest Child
[ Feeding fund." The Literary Digest
has requested that no more checks or
I post office orders he mad.e payable to
I it. Hereafter checks intended for this
[ fund should be made payable to O.
Frank Hart, Treasurer, Masonic
; Temple, Columbia. Checks for the Near
j Hast Relief should as heretofore be
made payable to K. t>. Black, Treas|
urer, 211 Liberty Bank Building. Co!
lumbia. * The check acknowledged
above has been sent to "Child Feeding,"
J care Literary Digest as intended.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
The following real estate transfers
I have been indexed in the office of
the county auditor since the last publication
of the record in The Yorkville
| Cnquirer:
Bcthesda?Jos. B. Puckett to .J. B.
; Johnson, 52 acres, $4,400.
' Bullock's Creek?\V. G. Hayes to OcI
tavus McCaw et a I., 7.5 acres. $2,S00.
Catawba?.Mrs. Strauss Mills Phillips
j to Harry Friedheim, 1 lot, $1 and other
considerations.
<>. W. Kin ley to 0. CI. I-Ioi ton, 1 lot,
$400.
John It. London to John Murant, I
lot. $100.
A. C. Izaril to D. C. Johnston, 1 lot,
$ir?o.
Airs. Sara E. Oatos ct a I., to J. Ed
Oates, 20 1-4 auras. $1,087.75.
A. K. J tuff tu C. W. Ratterree, 18 5-10
acres. $1,850.
York?.J. C. Parrott to P. E. Moore, l
lot. $:t25.
J. A. Walker to Jno. It. Caldwell, 1
lot. $35.
FOUND NEST OF DISTILLERIES
Prohibition officers and assistants
1 operating near Sharon Saturday mornj
ing found a regular nest of moonshine
j li.vtures on the It. II. (>. Caldwell place.
Jim Crosby, negro tenant on the farm,
\v;us arrested, and admitted that the
booze factories wpr.c owned and. operaf
i i
ted by liim. lie was released after he
gave bond in the sum of $500. ?
According to Constable H. L. Johnson.
a five gallon can used as a boiler
was found under Crosby's house. In
the garden near the house, another
large can, sakl to have been used in
making liquor, was taken in charge by
the officers, and'two more small outfits
were found in some woods near the
house.
A fifth outfit was located on the
banks of a stream some distance from
the house where Crosby lived. The
"cap" used by the alleged, moonshiner,
was. taken in charge by the officers, but
#he "worm," used by the distiller in his
operations, was not to be found. Cros
by told the officers that ne uscci no
"wormn," but a straight piece of copper
pipe instead.
About twervty-flve gallons of beer
was poured out by the officers. tThere
was no liquor in sight.
In the raiding party were Constable
Johnson, DCputy Sheriff Tom Quinn,
Policeman Sep Huey, and Messrs. G.
W. Whilesides, C. L. Kennedy and Z>.
A. Whisonant.
STOCKHOLDERS UPSET.
\ Angered because of a request of the
company that they take theli1 stock
dividends in fertilizer instead of cash,
and because of the refusal of the*company
to accept the preferred stock of
the company in payment for the common
stock instead of cash, about forty
stockholders of, the Fisheries Products
? company of Wilmington, N\C., met in
Yorkville Saturday to see what could
be done about it. Thos. F. McDow and
J. S. Price, Esqs., represent the stockholders
in this section.
Three representatives of the Fisheries
Products company attended the
meeting and gave the stockholders assurance
that the affairs of the company
were in good shape and that they would
dcr all trial tney ciaimca 10 uo.
According to Thos. F. McDow, three
representatives of the company, present
at the meeting Saturday, denied' that
brokers who sold common stock of the
company to farmers and others of York
county last year, were authorized representatives
of the Fisheries Products
company. /
Stockholders attendant upon the
meeting claimed, that the Fisheries
Products company charged higher
prices for their fertilizer than did other
fertilizer companies and imposed conditions
that made its purchase very
burdensome for farmers. According to
- statements made at the meeting the
company requires a deposit of twentyfive
per cent with each order and all
.fertilizer is shipped order notify f. o. b.
the factory.
Stock of the Fisheries Products com '
pany totaling thousands of dollars is
said to be in the hands of. York county
farmers and others. Many ,of them, it
is said, are dissatisfied with the management
of the company.
According to several commercial and
financial agencies, the affairs of the
company are in sound condition.
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WITHIN THE TOWN" '
? Business showed a generally more
hopeful tone last week.
? The session of the Yorkville A. R
P. church has authorized the use of the
violin in the choir.
? A Baptist Yourtg Peoples Union was
organized at the First Baptist: church
last Sunday morning with thirty-two
members. Mr. C. W. McGee is president.
? The Girl's" Basketball team of the
Yorkville Graded school, defeated the
inihart, dirls in a srame on the York
ville court yesterday afternoon. The
score was 44 to 9. i
? The young people, are taking unusual
interest in the coming celebration
of St. Valentine's day. Besides considerable
stocks of. valentines being carried
by local dealers, the hand-made
kind are also receiving considerable attention.
? Several score novels and other
books have been presented to Mecch
Stewart Post, Xo. GO, the American Legion,
by Hal Mackorell of the Mackoreil
Drug company. The books will form
the nucleus of a library that the post
expects to establish for the benefit 01
its members.
? Salesday for February yesterday
drew the largest crowd of people
that has been in town in many months.
There were no legal sales, but the
large crowd of people evidently had
plenty of business to attend to. Several
merchants interviewed said that
they had a busy day of it. There were
numerous horse traders in town and
they did some business. According to
Chief of Police Steele good order was
maintained thrughqut the day. Only
one arrest was made?a drunk who had
imbibed too mucli liquid refreshment
for the good of himself ard the public.
? The Hotel Shundon restaurant
opened for business at noon yesterday,
and the management last evening announced
themselves as being well
pleased with the initial days' business.
All furniture and fixtures at the lunch
>- 1 ....,1 ihn
I counter are 01 wnuc emum-i ?m? ......
restaurant gives the anpearancc of the
most sanitary cleanliness. The hotel
dining room, heretofore run on the
American plan, has been changed to
the European plan, and guests of the
hotel as well as the public generally
who patronize the place will pay only
for what they order.' "We believe that
a good restaurant will pay in Yorkville,"
Manager Jainieson said yesterday,
"aim we are going to do all that
we can to give good, clean service at
reasonable prices."
? Lum Xeely, well known colored
man of Yorkville, died at his home at
"Liberia" colored suburb of the town
Saturday night following a long period
of ill health. The death of Xeely
offers qu ite a co-incidence following so
closely upon the death of the late
Clerk of Court John It. Logan in whose
employ he was for many years. The
malady that Xeely suffered with according
to Mr. John S. Sandifer, was
the same as that which took the life of
the late Clerk Logan. Xeely in his
young days farmed for Mr. Logan in
Dethesda township and was latfer employed
by him in sawmilliug in King's
Mountain township. Later when Mr.
Logan took charge of the Logan Lumber
Yard Xeely followed him there and
remained in his employ until a few
years ago when he got a place at the
waterworks plant. Xeely was about 03
years of age.
ABOUT PEOPLE
Mrs. 0. C. C;mir>e is quite sick at
her home in Vorkville.
Mr. Arthur Qiilnn ol' Clover, was in
VorkvilIe yesterday.
J. K. Allison was .here yesterday
from Hickory drove.
Mr. John J. Matthews of Ebenezer,
was in Vorkville yesterday.
Dr. \\". K. Man ill of Chester, was a
visitor in Vorkville last Sunday.
Mr. J. Tj. I Mexico of Hickory Grove.
I was a visitor in Vorkville, Friday.
' \\\ It. Thontasson of Darlington,
was a visitor in Vorkville yesterday.
Oran S. Crawford of Rock Hill, was
a recent visitor in Vorkville.
James McDowell of Y.orkville, was
a recent visitor in Columbia.
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Lewis M. Grist of Yorkville, was a
visitor in Kock Hill yesterday.
Miss* Sarah Wllkins of Charlotte,
visited friends in Yorkville last week.
Mr.'J. L. Brimer of Clover No. 3, was
a recent visitor in Yorkville.
Lesslie Cain of Yorkville, was a visitor
in Charlotte last Friday.
Mr. J. A. McFadden of Newport, was
among the visitors in Yorkville yesterday.
Messrs. II. M. and Andral Anderson,
of the East View section, were in Yorkville
yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. "Walter Barron of Fort
Mill, spent Sunday with relatives in
Yorkville.
Major G. S. Higgins of Camden, was
in Yorkville. last week, the guest of the
family of Mr. .T. S. ;Mackorell.
Charles F. Carroll, formerly of "Yorkville,
is now editor of the Kinston Dally
Times at Kingston, N. C. *
Messrs. J. S. Sadler and F. E. Smith
of Tirzah, were visitors in Yorkville
yesterday.
Miss Sallie Allison of the Hickory
Grove section, was a visitor in York
JCOVCIVIU,}.
It. S. Hartness of- Gastonia,) spent
Sunday with relatives and friends in
this section.
? Mrs. James H. Glenn of Chester,
.visited her parents, Air. and Airs. R.
T. Allison in Yorkville last week.
Mrs: Edward Gettys of Yorkville, is
undergoing treatment in a Chester hospital.
.Her condition is reported as serious.
Chas. B. Smith, formerly of Yorkville,
has begun publication of the Darlington
Record, a weekly newspaper at
-Darlington, ? C.
Alessrs. H. J. Sherer and R. L. Vinson
of Bullock's Creek township, were
among the visitors in Yorkville yesterday.
Alessrs. H. G. Stanton, J. B. Ford, S.
S. Glenn, Lee Campbell and J. "W. Jackson
of Bethel-r township, were among
the visitors in Yorkville, yesterday.
Airs. J. C. Blair and Alisses "Margaret
Ida . nd Hazel Blair of Sharon No. 1,
spen* yesterday in Yorkville with Airs.
A. AI. Grist,
Air. J. AI. Ramsey and AHss Kate
Cody of the Kirkpatrick-Belk Company,
Yorkville. left today for the eastern
markets to buy goods for their
firm.
Alessrs. Paul T. AIcNeel of Union,
and John'D. AIcNeel of Alontgomery,
Ala., have been spending some days in
Yorkville, visiting their sister, Airs. B.
N. Aloore, and other/relatives.
Messrs. A. J. Quinn, J."A. C. Love
Carson Hedricks, Orr Sparrow, James
Faulkner and M. L. Ford were among
the Clover people who were In Yorkville
yesterday.
Among the people of Sharon and vicinity
who were in Yorkville yesterday
were Messrs. John L. Rainey, John S.
Rainoy, J. Cal Hope, James G. Caldj
well, Jeff D. Whitesides, Sidney Sherer
S. L. Mitchell, William Mitchell.
Rush Courtney, son of Mr. and Mrs.
S. L. Courtney of Yorkville, suffered a
severe cut to his leg last Sunday while
playing with other children in an out'house
at his father's residence. It was
necessary to take several stitches tc
close the wound. , '
Clifford, young son of Mr. and Mrs
R. L. Vinson of Bullock's Creek township,
who has been quite ill for1 several
months past, is Improving. He has
been returned to the home or his parents
from Chester, where he has beer
undergoing treatment in a Chester hospital.
TAXPAYERS' CONVENTION.
Approximately 200 taxpayers of York
county, including about twenty colored
taxpayers, in convention assembled in
the courthouse in Yorkville, yesterday
afternoon elected eleven delegates to a
state' taxpayers' convention to be hclc
at the State house in Columbia tomorrow.
The convention on motior. of Mr.
C. M. In man, Tjy a unanimous vote
adopted a series of recommendations tc
"in n/inntv lfxrisintive delecntion offer
ed by Thcs. F.- McDow, Esq., chairman
of a committee appointed at a former
convention, to make recommendations
for the pruning of state and county expenses.
The convention by its action
yesterday afternoon, recommended that
the office of county farm demonstration
agent be abolished, and that a
bond issue be had to take care ol' the
matter of permanent improvements in
the way of buildings at state institutions
of learning. '
The convention recommended the abolition
of the state tax commission and
requested that the state pension board
be abolished and the duties of tne board
be taken over by the office of tne comptroller
general. Various other recommendations
having as their object the
curtailment of I he expense of government
operation were embodied in the
report.
John L. Rainey of Sharon, was elected.
chairman of the convention and Jas.
D. Grist was elected secretary. On
nominations from the floor the following
were elected to represent York
county at the state taxpayers' convention
in Columbia, tomorrow: John L.
Rainey, C. M. Inman, J. A. C. Love, T.
-M. Oatcs, H. C. Gourley, Jack Byers, A.
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J. Quniii, jonri i. nuuuci, uv?..
rion, Esif., P. B. Kennedy, J. ,S. IJrice,
Esq.
The following recommendations to
the county legislative delegation, offered
by Tlios. F. McDow, were unanimously
adopted by the convention, With
the understanding-that the information
lie placed in the hands of Mie delegation:
"We wero""appoin:cd by the chnirmnn of the
Taxpayers convention recently held at York to
urge the members of the general assembly
front York county to lend their best efforts to
the reduction of state and county levies. It
has been impossible for us to acquire sufficiently
accurate information to enable us to make r.
recommendation as to many of the items bmhraccd
in the apprppriation bii:.
"We respectfully recommend, however, that
if it is the policy of the. state to erect permanent
improvements in the way of buildings at
the state- institutions of learning, that it provide
for the^eame hy a bond issue to cover
coats of same, as we believe that those who are
to enjoy the benefits of those i>crinancnt improvements
ought lo help to pay for them, and
that it is inequitable to saddle the constantly
increasing expense for public improvements every
year upon the taxpayers, each year.
"We recommend that the duties of the state
pension commission be handled through the
comptroller general's office; that the tax hoard
L- '--.i Wii, holiovo that the
of review oc nouns.icu. .... ?
inmates of the Confederate infirmary could be
better eared for in their respective homes by
the slate and nl less ex|>ense thantney are
now cared for in the Confederate infirmary;
that of the $22,1">9.25 appropriated to the Confederate
infirmary, it appears thai only ?12,760
of this amount is spent for supplies. The
balance noes to pay surgeons, superintendents,
etc.
"We urge our representatives to give their
earnest and thoughtful consideration to the appropriation
bill for 1921, and use their fcest efforts
to secure the abolition of useless offices
and unnecessary clerical help.
"We wish to go on record as being opposed
to direct taxation in any form whatsoever, and
we hPlicve that a system should be devised
which will put nii taxable property of every
nature and description upon the tax books, and
make every class of property pay its just proportion
of the taxes, and that those who have
money loaned on mortgages, real and personal.
or on 0110:1 nolos, should bo made to return
tlicm for taxation, and, failing to do so, should
be penalized as those who fail to make proper
return of cither real or personal property.
"We also recommend that the employment of
county demonstration agents be discontinued,
as they cost moijc" than they are worth, and
that the duties of the inspectors of rural
schools, the inspectors of high schools be devolved
upon ?he county superintendents of education,
and that it be made their duty to see
to it that the teachers and trustees enforce the v
compulsory education law., - ^
"We would also like for you to sec just exactly
how many porters arc necessary in the
various state offices. We find one engaged in
the secretary of state's office.' one in comptroller
general's office, 900 in.the attorney general's
office, one in the adjutant general's o??1
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ItVCi UilU yii. JLL OVUIU LU U."? kiiui> uuw t,wu
porter could attend to the duties of all of
these offices and have a . fittle time extra to
spare. '
"We arc heartily in favor ofia liberal appropriation
for the common schools, but we think
the legislature should inquire particularly into
the accounts of all of .the departments marked
"Miscellaneous Objects," and in the department
.of education cut out the cost of inspection
of high schools and devolve this duty upon
the county superintendents of education; also
supervision of rural schools, inspection of mill
schools, the item of. enforcement of compulsory
attendance and attendance officers.
"We think the legislature could prune the
appropriation of the state ..board of health
without in any way destroying its usefulness
or efficiency. , . :
"In this department, . ,i
Under Item 2, Miscellaneous o,bjccts..S 1,515 00
Under Item 3, Miscellaneous objects.. 2,420 00
Under Item 6, Miscellaneous objects.. 2,650 00
Under Item 11, Miscellaneous objects.. 5,700 00
, 1" . 812,285 00
"So in this department alone, we have Miscellaneous
objects put down amounting to $12,285.
We think it highly probable that if this
department were told to cut-out most of this
miscellaneous expense, it would te done."
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LOCAL LACONICS
Win for Filbert. "
' The girl's basketball".team of the
Filbert school defeated the girl's team
of the Clover High school in a game
'la3t Thursday. The score was 19 to V
4 in favor of Filbert.
Called to Chester. . . ,
Of interest to York-;county people is
.the announcement tha*"Rev. R. G. Lee,
of Edgefield, has befen called 'to the
pastorate of the FIrst'Baptist church of
Chester, at a salary of $4,000'*.per an- ^
num. Rev. Lee is a fobmer resident of
York county, a native.of Fort Mill /
township. ' . .'
Private Waterworks Plant.
| Dr. "W. W. Fennell of the Fennell ; '
! Infirmary, Rock Hill,', is installing a
private water plant at the infirmary, v
work on the plant havinig begun yes- . '
terdav. It' is propose^, to erect a 60;- p
AAA AW 4-"Vi e\ Infirmnrv
\>\Jv fraiiuu CGwiiiA. \jh ****** ?* (* ?*
grounds which will be- adequate to
supply the needs of the hospital;'
9
, Registration Board Re-organized.
With the election of.N..J.; N. Bowen
as chairman, and F. E. Clinton as clerk, i
l the York county registration "board was
; re-orgunized yesterday1. F. E.' Clinton, f
the new member of the board, succeeds
i the late J. B. Barron of Rock Hill.
> About twenty registration, certificate's
were issued by the'board yesterday..
. Auction Sale Draws Crowd. t
' v Auction sale of a large number of
horses and mules at the barn of R. T.
' Allison, Yorkville live stock dealer,
' yesterday, attracted a- large crowd of
1 people from the sun-bunding- country.
Bidding on the animals at"" times was
lively, jPractically all of the animals
offered, were sold and they brought
what were considered good prices.
: Clover Mills Resume Operations.
I The, Clover Manufacturing company
i has resumed operations-after remain,
ing idle for several months. It was understood
yesterday that operations in
- all departments iWill be resumed. Duri
ing the time, that the mill has been idle v
, a'number of the operates have moved
elsewhere in search fit work. The mill
' employs more than 200 operatives
! when running full time in all departi
ments. The Hawthorne mill at Clover
is also operating on full day time.
| Killing in Fort Mill. (
j Mote Moore, colored shot and killed
- - ? ? -i * t- ~ . .f
John uienn, ooiureu a.t me aumc ui iav i
, latter about two miles from Fort Mill,
Sunday afternoon, the weapon causing
' death being a double barreled shotgun. I f
Moore surrendered following the shoo.t!
ing. Coroner Paul G. McCorkle went
to Fort .Mill yesterday and the verdict
of the coroner's jury was thdt the .
death of Glenn was the result of
criminal carelessness at the hands of
Moore. The slayer has been committed
to the York county jail.
New Magistrate Takes Charge.
Fred C. Black, nominated for magistrate
of York township by a majority
of ,the voters in the primary last Au,
srust, took over the duties of. the office
yesterday morning. He succeeds J. C.
Comer, who has held the place for a total
of sfxteen years. The retiring magistrate
said yesterday that he did not
expect to be actively engaged in any
business for some time to come; but
would take a rest which he felt he
needed. W. S. Peters, who has served
as constable during the administration
of Magistrate Corper, has been sue- ,
cccded by R. F. Lee.
Favors Farm Demonstration Agent.
R. L. Vinson, well known farmer of
Bullock's Creek township . takes ex-. /
ccpt'ion to the action pf' the York
county taxpayers' convention yesterday
in recommending that the services
of the county farm demonstration
agent lie dispensed with. "I intended '
to protest against that part of the re
tn tVin fni-m .rlomonstra
jjui u iwicuii.e ? ?? r?
tion agent adopted by the convention,"
Air. Vinson said, yesterday afternoon;
"but the convention adjourned before I
had an opportunity. The county farm
demonstration agent, air. John R. Blair
saved the farmers of., York county
thousands and thousandsvof dollars last
year and year before last through the
purchase of fertilizers, especially soda
at prices that the farmers acting individually
could, not have obtained. He
lias proved of invaluable assistance to
them in many, other ways. I think the
people of the .county .^should by all
means retain tne services of the county
farm demonstration agent."
? A bomb thrown, from an automobile
into the doorway of a four story
apartment building on the Southside
owned and occupied in part by Robert
Jackson, a wealthy negro, shattered
windows in half of the block in
Chicago last Thursday night and several
persons were injured by flying
glass. A policeman nearby saw the
missle being- hurled from the car
which he said contained three men.
He fired three shots at them before
they disappeared around a corner. The
front door of the building was blown
in by the explosion and a portion of
its stone porch was blasted away. It
was tiie second bomb to be exploded
in front of the building in a year, and
the fourth in the same block. Jackson
denied ho had received any threats
although poliee say race feeling is
responsible for the explosion. Of
twenty-two houses in the block only
two are occupied by white families.
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