Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, August 05, 1921, Page Page Four, Image 4
Straps and ^acts.
? The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan,
a corporation, has brought suit for
libel against, tjie Los Angeles Express
Publishing Company, a corporation
demanding $150,000 damages for the
publication in three Issues of an article
over whiqh appeared lines read<
-u.. i?*i*,v "k'li
lug. UiCai JVU l\iUA V/UVMS v...., ,
Klux Terrorize-South," and "Ku Klux
Reign of Terror." The article, which
set forth in full in the complaint filed
in the superior court at Los Angeles,
Wednesday, credited certain raids in
southern states to Secret organizations
similar to' that <rf the Ku Klux
Klan ?f reconstruction days." The
complaint recites that the Knights of
the Ku Klux Klan are organized as a
"fraternal, patriotic and ritualistic society
of national scope" and states
that the corporation's purposes are to
promote patriotism ^and .insure protection
for the happiness of the people,
among other things. 1
? After five hours of debate a senate
bill authorizing distribution to states
and municipalities of cannon and other
war material captured by the Americans
from the Germans was recommitted
by the house Wednesday to the
military committee by a vote of 103 to
99. A section appropriating $400,000
for the expense of . distribution was
eliminated on a point of order by Rep
resentative Garrett of Tennessee, acting
Democratic leader, but the house
by a vote of 126 to 120 immediately rejected
an amendment by Representative
Roach, Republican, of Missouri, to
' require communities receiving the captured
articles to pay all transportation
and packing charges. Representative
' Mann, Republican, of Illinois, held that
the biU as altered required the Federal
government to pay expenses, but provided
no fund3 and made the motion
to recommit. Before the motion was
adopted the bill, which provided that
.states should share in the distribution
in proportion to the number of troops
furnished during the war, was amended
so that the distribution would be
made by congressional delegations instead
of by governors as the senate h;id
decided. Chairman Kahn of the military
committee, reported that 84,000
trophies, including 70,000 rifles, 10,000
machine guns and 2,200 field guns and
mortars, were in storage in New Jersey.
? Federal officials in New York
claim to have evidence of a rum-running
conspiracy involving prominent
persons in various cities along the Atlantic
seaboard which would go fai
toward cleaning up the mystery of
phantom ships for several months r<>- [
ported bobbing up outside the threemile
limit. This claim was made af- I
ter the liquor-laden schooner Henry |
J. Marshall'had been seized off Atlantic
City and brought into this port
A with four of her crew by the coast '
guard cutter Seneca. Her captain and
mate escaped in a swift motor boat.
Federal agents declined to reveal the
nature of the evidence at their command,
but intimated that more than
; one vessel was engaged In landing
liquor along the coast from Maine to
Florida. Firm belief was expressed
that these were the lightless crafts
which mariners had declared on reaching
port had been sighted at sea but
Jiad remsea 10 answer signal*. ^*u
specific complaint thus far has in en
lodged agfl&ist the schooner Marshall,
which \wit^n?t*Vargo of r-.orr than 1.600
cases of liquor is being held by (
armed guards pending further investigation.
Her cook and three seamen
ere being detained as material witnesses.
Although the sehoom r was
outside the three-mile limit and was
flying the British flag when she was .
seized federaJ. officials asserted they i
/ were justified in taking charge of her i
by the evid^qp of conspiracy in their
possession.
? General decadence of agriculture, |
decay of transportation and decrease of
industry in general of over ".to per cent
of the ptewar output are held responsible
by Secretary Hoover for the food
shortgage in Russia. In a formal
statement Monday night, (lescrihing
the economic situation in that country,!
Mr. Hoover {tainted a picture of virtual
collapse of th . productive activities of
the farmers and urban population under
the soviet government. The most
acute famine area, lie said, covers the
Volga valley from the Caspian sea
northward. The drougl;'. there, he
added, would not be so fatal were it
not for the reduction in the surplus 1
crops in othi r jegior.s and the difficulties,
due to transportation, of moving
such surplus as do exist. Mr. Hoover
citied reports showing the reduction of
acreage under cultivation num i"u |ht
cent reduction in the province of Kazan
to only. per cent in Samara oi
the acreage cultivated last spring. As
indicating the diminished grain crop
in 1921, Mr. Hoover cited the quanti- l
Jies estimated to be requisitioned fori
taxes by the soviet government, showing
for all soviet Russia, except the
Ukraine and Turkeston, 4,320,000 tons
of grain, as against 7,614.000 tons re- i
quisitioned in 1920, while the potatoes I,
estimated for requisition totaled 1,080,000
tons as compared with 2.01C,000 '
last year, and 216,000 ton:: of oil seeds 1
against 432,000 in 1920. "The decad- ,
ence in fat production," he continued, j
"is even more general and more acute
than breudstuffs, owing to the requisi- 1
tion of animals and the diversion of <
animal feeds to breadstuffu. Consequently,
children aie suffering more
acutely in many sections than adu'.ts."
? Policies of the federal reserve '
board during the past IS months or i
more were attacked Tuesday before a ;
joint congressional committee by John |
Hkelton Williams, former comptroller
of the currency, who charged that the 1
board had displayed undue favoritism <
in lending to New York banking ,
groups while southern and western
borrowers were unduly curtailed. 1
There was "abundant ground for com- '
plaints of discrimination by fanners |
generally," he added. The eongrcs- ,
sionul committee was appointed to in?Iuire
into the agricultural situation '
pnd summoned Mr. Williams in con- i
jiection with its investigation into i;
credit facilities for farmers. Many of j,
Mr. Williams' assertions were dial- :
lenged in cross examination by Hep- ; i
resentative Ogden Mills (Republican) t
of New York, a commission member .
who was armed with volumes of statistics.
The clashes required commis- j
sion rulings time and again. During
the examination (Jovernor Harding of
the reserve board and several other of
its officials were present. In Decern- | 1
Iter, 1019, Mr. Williams said, one New
York state banking institution which 1 |
he described as "known for speculalive
activities' borrowed $130,000.oon
through the New York federal reserve i
1>ank. No law was broken he said, but <
several other New York hanks, "in hard ,
and good times," were allowed to hold,
out large amounts of reserve loans,
vvrnif iri'sin it hum i.. . >.
ers were being1 pressed to reduce loans. (
Mr. Williams read memoranda and
letters interchanged between bimse'f i
and (lovernor Harding over the situ- :
ation, of which he complained. The
.board, adopting the polic\ ol forcing ;
tip interest rates, he said, was indirectly
responsible for 30 per cent, in- i
terest charges prevailing on the New
York money markets, and this "drain.
ed off funds from tie- farming sections."
Mr. Mills met hint at this
stage with a series of statistics tending
to show that liiclunond. Minneapolis,
Dallas, Atlanta, Kansas City]
"
and St. Louis banks were borrowing
much greater sums proportionately
than New York institutions. "You've
seen the figures haven't you?" Mr.
Mills demanded during interchanges
in which Mr. Williams told him to "go
to the reserve board for the state
ments. une norrower or can money i
had lo pay 200 per cent, to get a $1.- I
000,000 loan. Mr. Williams said, although
Mr. Mills insisteil he had mis- |
interpreted the arrangement, and the j
charge was 25 per cent. At the same j
time, he added, western institutions j
rediscounting were "obliged to put up
collateral of 100 to 200 per cent, in excess
of the amounts they got." "Give
us one example of that," Chairman
Anderson instructed the witness, but
after an interchange, Mr. Williams'
repeated response "Get it from the '
reserve board" was accepted as final.
Mr. Mills likewise went into rules established
by the board for credit control
and the creation by it aB a "Hasic
line" which determined a bank's borrowing
limit.
ithc ^orlniUc (Enquirer.
Entered at the Postofflce at York, as
'Afntl am a* fV?<\ CJnnnn ^ P lo oa
man manci vi ma uvwiiu viuuu.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 1921.
The most serious trouble with Russia
is that she is trying to get along
without God; but she will get over
that. "*
It is stated on what seems to be good
authority that Lenine and. Trotsky are
about reaching the point where they
are willing to acknowledge Russia's
national debts and pay the same. If
this be true, and the good intention being
arrived at is made good, Russia
will soon resume her place in the sisterhood
of nations.
As The Yorkville Enquirer sees it,
the prospects for a better price for cotton
are growing brighter and brighter.
And the country certainly needs a better
price, if its already heavy losses are
to be lightened. But there is one thing'
about the situation that should be considered
with grave concern, and that is
that no matter where the price.gocs to,'
we should raise still less cotton next j
war. Cotton ^s a "money crop" all i
rig-lit; but there is precious little money
in the crop for the actual producer!
thereof.
The Federal Reserve board would]
like John Skelton Williams better if lie
were more reluctant about telling
what be knows. But John Skelton is;
not concerned about the good opinion!
of the Reserve board. He thinks that
the I'edt ral Reserve bunk rhotild be
rut; as a national her. lit rather than
as a personal snap, and lie cannot understand
why the larger interests of
tne toiling masses among the whole
people should not receive more con-[
sideration than the comfort, convenii
nee and desires of a small, irresponsible
undercircle. And John Skelton is en- ,
tirely l ight. No man connected with |
the Federal Reserve government
shou'd think of anything before tingreatest
good to the greatest number.
Though sti'l constrained to regret1
what we regard as the untoward circumstances
that led to the resignation j
of Dr. J. S. .Moffatt as president of Era- J
kine college, it gives The Yorkville En-'
ijuirer pleasure to say that it most
heartily approves the choice of the |
hoard of trustees as to Dr. Moffutt's j
successor. It. C. Crier is a man of un- j
usual character and ability. Such pros- !
tige as might have c< me down to liini ;
fnun illustrious grandfather and uncle!
is not to l?e ignored nor neither is it to
he l-oirarrled as a deciding factor. Rut !
he has not been chosen on any such |
iccount. In spite of his youth he lias
already made a reputation of his own, |
and it is a reputation worth while? j
one that lias identified him as a chip j
of the old block and a leader amunj;
men. He will prove equal to the great
honor and responsibility that have
;-ome to" him and he will make good.
That leading Republicans should be
grievously disappointed at the provisions
of the Fordncy tariff bill is not at j
ill surprising. A protective tariff that
benefits one class of citizens necessari- j
ly discriminates against some other j
lass, and those Republicans which
epresent constituencies that will get
none of the pie have a right to gnash
i.ta.- k.i.tii winn tin. Wt stern Re-;
publicans learn what expert skinners I
lie Eastern Republicans are along
Itrotectiun lines, they will begin to s*'0 j
ivliy and where their political interests
ire identical with the interests of the
iouth. Except for what they can get
in the way of protection and other
craft Eastern Republicans have no inii
rest in national legislation anyway. J
? The cotton new year, with its an-j
nual statistics and rush of excited
trading, says a New Orleans dispatch;
was marked Monday by an advance in !
price which experts estimated would,
bring southern planters $41,fina,no0 j
more for their crop. The day's devel- :
upmcnls put the price up a cent a;
pound. Interest was centered mainly
in the item of the carry-over, which
was placed bv 11. <V Hester, secretary;
>f the New Orleans cotton exchange, I
it hales, the largest carryover
crop on record. Secretary Hester j
announced the eommercial crop for the
Vfiii- ending .inly ;;u. ui n,.iii,.sn? nau^,
it decrease under year before hist of I
and a doereiise under 1 !t 17-1 -S i
uf Si'!i,i!f?7. Southern consumption, j
which he stated at 3,tlll6,.att-l bales, .Mr,:
Hester says indientes a decrease of j
r>!)4.r>ot ba'es compared with last year |
and a decrease compared with year before
last of 4:t7.-7:>. .Mr. Hester estimated
tin- world's consumption uf
Americ an en! toil at bales.
X.OCAL AFFAIRS,
NEW ADVEFtTISEMENTS.
Dr. T. O. Griggs, Dentist?Professional
card.
The City Market?"Jimmie's No. 74."
Williams Optical Company?Heador?hr>a
r?fln lif> Pll ! ?<!_
Cash and Carry Company?What do!
you think of good eats.
The Star Theatre?William Famum
today and King Baggot tomorrow. |
L?oyal Order of Moose?All persons in- ,
terested in fraternal work are in - |
vited to meeting at the courthouse I
Wednesday.
Entering the town of King's Mountain
on his way to the Linwood conference
yesterday, a rt presentaitve of The
Yorkville Enquirer came upon a sign
reading: "Drive slowly and see our
town; or drive fas: and see our Jail."
The representative of The Yorkville
Enquirer saw the town only.
All of the York county veterans who
can arrange to do so will no doubt at
tend the biennial meeting called for
next Monday for the purpose of reorganizing
the county pension board. The
work of the board, of course, has been,
and is, entirely satisfactory, and there
is no probability of a change unless
some one or more of the present highly
efficient membership should decline
further service. Nothing of that kind
is anticipated. There is not a member
of the board who would not rather [
have somebody else in his place, but
each one stands ready to perform every
service in his power for his comrades
without ever thinking for a mo-1
ment that he has done enough to entitle
him to exemption from further ser- 1
vice. But the present board is entitled
to the consideration involved in a full
turnout of veterans, and if any who1
should bo here next Monday fail to |
come, they will be able to offer good '
explanation for their absence.
W. Frank McGee of Anderson, has
been spending the week at the Linwoud
conference, having a p'easant time and
contributing to the pleasure of others.
Mr. McGee is one of the most remarkable
men in the state. As the result of
a tragic accident in a cotton press fire
when a boy, he has only one hand and
one eye, and his face is badly scarred;
but to him these are small matters. He I
is the president of live banks, owns,
wholesale and retail mercantile estab- J
lishments and has other interests
enough to keep several men busy; but'
notwithstanding he finds time to do a
lot or hOlplUl Writing" iur me Aiiuv>ii??
Daily Mail. He sues where he p'ealses
in his automobile, always doing1 his
own driving, and when friends show
surprise at his remarkable skill and
ability in spite of his physical handicaps,
^e explains that he formerly had
twice as many hands and eyes as he|
meded. That he has the-secret gripj
and latest pass word of the Seceders,
goes without saying, as otherwise he
would not have been at tlie Linwood!
conference.
CATAWBA BRiDGE CONTRACT
The Hardawrfy Contracting Com-'
pan.v is to build the York-Mecklen- J
burg bridge over Catawba River, at
the I luster Iloyd site for $!IO,fi44.
The contract was let in Charlotte,
yesterday at a joint meeting of the
York and Mecklenburg authorities, all
of the members of the York county
board of commissioners being present,
together with Attorney J. S. Brice and i
Kngineer W. W. Miller.
The bidding for the contract was
quite keen, there being a number of
bidders after the job and the proposals
running on up to $120,01)0 for!
the completed job.
The brige is to cost about $10,000;
more than the lowest figure at which j
it could have been built because of the I
requirement calling for the use ul'i
creosoted floor timbers, etc.
The contractors are to begin work al
once and turn over the completed
bridge in 250 working days.
Agreement was entered Into unaer
which Mecklenburg county agrees to
be responsible for muintainance in the
same proportion as erection, paying
.two thirds of the cost thereof.
LINWOOD DEAL OFF
That the Synod of the Associate lieformed
Presbyterian church will not
purchase Linwood college and cstab-|
lish an orphanage there in connection
with the college wart learned at the A. |
It. P. conference at Linwood College, |
.V. C., this week.
Synod appointed a committee last j
year to investigate tie possibilities of J
Lin wood as a church property, the;
committee having power to act. The
original idea was to purchase the
property from Itev. A. T. Lindsay,
owner of the estute and president of
the college, for the sum of $125,DUO.
Synod's committee announced its;
willingness to furnish $50,000 of the
amount provided residents of the community
surrounding Lin wood would
raise the other $75,000. in addition to
improving the college it was pioposeu
to establish a second orphanage of the]
denomination there. The Linwood com-1
inunity, was unable to raise the ncces- j
sary $75,000 however, and the proposi-|
ti?n fell through.
It was stated Wednesday that Lin- j
wood College may be taken over by
other interests. President Lindsay is
said to be in bad health and is de- j
sirous of getting rid of the respon- ;
sibility of Linwood and to go to Ten-'
nessee where he would live on a farm t
until he recovers his health after |
which he would re-enter the ministry
of the denomination.
The enrollmt nt of Linwood College
is said to average about one hundred
st udcnts.
ABOUT PEOPLE
.1. Kimest Stroup of Yorkville, was a
visitor in Columbia, yesterday.
.Mrs. .1. .M. Kodtnan lias returned to1
t'liester after spending some time with'
.Mr. and .Mrs. J. |<\ Carson in Yorkville. j
Mrs. J. L. drier of West Palm
1>1\'U"I1. r lil., \ I IK" Kinn ,
Mrs. \V. II. Mrfonnell in Yorkville.
Mr. iiml Mrs. II. I). Wolfe it ml rhi!ilren
of IVtersliiirjr. Vn., are visiting
lhe family of J. K. I.owry in Yorkville.
Miss Thelnri .Johnson, of Yorkvil'e. i
is visiting in North Carolina and Virginia.
Mrs. ('. I>. (Sentry of Knoree. is visiting
Iter parents, Mr. and Mrs. \V. <!.
Crown in Yorkville. !
Miss Catherine Wylio and Bob and
Brown Wylle, of Yorkville, are visiting
at Guthriesville.
Messrs. L. J. and A. B. Carson have
returned to Alabama, after spending a
few days with Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Carson
in Yorkvi'le.
\r,.finn|u M>tiirnn<l In
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dleman, X. C., and Walter McGinnis
to Havre de Grace. lid., today after a )
visit to relatives in Yorkville.
D. P. Lattimore. of Hickory Grove,
was a visitor in Yorkville, on Tuesday.
J. H. Glenn. Esq., of Chester, was a
visitor in Yorkville, Tuesday.
Miss Blanche Watson, of Charlotte
and Master James Watson, of McConnellsville,
are visiting the family of]
Mr. W. J. Watson, near Hickory Grove.;
Miss Lassie Witherspoon of York- j
vllle was a recent visitor in Lancaster |
where she attended the funeral of Mr
Hazel Witherspoon.
A. Carroll Grist, has returned to
Chattanooga, Tenn., after a visit to the
family of his mother, Mrs. O. E. Grist,
irr Yorkville.
Katherine, little daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J* C. Parrott, who has been quite
i'l for several weeks with typhoid
fever was reported some better yesterday.
The followinng young men of Yorkville
have recently returned from a
camping trip to Patterson, X. C.,
which is ten miles north of Lenoir:
John Steele Brice, Kershaw Walsh.
Ottls Boyd. Edward Marshall, Alf
Carroll, Mason Carroll.
Announcement was made yesterday
o le engagement of Miss Susie Hart
ness. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
S. Hartness of Sharon to Jns. D. Grist
of Yorkville. the wedding ceremony to
take place at Sharon on the evening
of October 3.
Dr. T. O. Grigg, of Fort Mill, formerly
practicing dentistry in Pineville, has
peimtnently located in Yorkville, with
his office on the second floor of the
peop'es Hank and Trust Company
building. He has not yet moved his
family to Yorkvil'e, but expects to do
so as soon as he can find a suitable
residence.
~ THE SINGERS* CONVENTION.
Musicians and singers for thirty
miles around came to Yorkville yesterday
to participate in the old time
singing convention held in the court
house. They had a most enjoyable
day of it and the rather novel entertainment
furnished delightful entertainment
for many people, who unable
to sing themselves, yet have much
music in their respective souls and
who found pleasure in sitting in the
auditorium and listening throughout
j the day.
With Mrs. J. Roy Grayson of FilI
bert, noied singer and pianist presiding
at the piano, the singing convention
opened shortly after 9 o'clock
[yesterday morning with (piite a number
of persons in attendance while
others continued to' come in as the
exercises progressed.
The American Tune Hook was used
and the singers sang the old time religious
songs with fire and with zral.
the air of music resounding in the
territory surrounding the court house
and attracting the attention of numbers
of people ?vho perhaps did not
know before; that the convention was
in p'ogres#, j
With Mr. M. Dickson of York N'o.
I 5. directing the convention and
.\Yessrs. Mason Stowe, M. L. Carroll.
Thompson Jackson and others in the
lead, song after song was entered into
with spirit and with zeal and it
continued until late in the afternoon.
Shortly after noon the singers went
to the dining room in the Sunday
school room of the First Presbyterian
church where a picnic dinner was
served, the dinner having been
brought by the singers anil their
friends.
People present yesterday noted the
absence of I'rof. Robert Moss of
Smyrna, famous singing master who
was unable to be present because of
the fact that he is leading the singing
of a piotracted meeting' at I Hackstock.
Rut there were plenty of other instructors
there anii interest never lagged
for a moment throughout the day.
It was all the plain, healthy variety
of singing "without anv frills and furbeloes."
as one enthusiast described it
and "high brow singing" was conspicuous
for its absence. At the convention
yesterday both men and women
opened their mouths and just sang
and sang and sung.
Refore adjournment yesterday afternoon
an invitation was extended to
hold the next year's convention at
Woodlawn Presbyterian church, Sharon.
The invitation was accepted.
Among those present yesterday were
the following:
Thompson Jackson. King's ATonntain.
N*. C.; J. A. C. Rove. Plover No.
t: R. It.* T. Rowen, Yorkville; Mrs. J.
M. Davidson. York No. 3: Mrs. Kalnb
Oates, Tirzah: AY. D. Anthony. \\\ \V. j
Whitesides, J. It. Foy. J. It. Anthonv
fiastonia: O. AY. Martin. Sam Shil- I
linglaw. I. p. Rovd, York No. 7: It. M. j
P. ltobinson. Mrs. Julia Robinson, i
York No. !?; I,. H. Pasties, Filbert; K.
It. Moloney, P. (5. Sherer, A\". S. I.ove, I
J. A. Malonev, Mrs. John Stevenson, j
Mrs. M. II. Stevenson. Sharon: J. L.
Templeton. \Y. P. Quinn. J. \Y. Quinn. j
A. K. Rurns. Miss Sialic Rolin. Smyrna:
R. A. Foster, ltock Hill No. 4; H. (
N. Whiteside. Filbert; li. (!. Thomasson.
J. M Pamnbell, Tirzah: A\\ N.
I.aekson. AY. Knox. Plover: Misses
Janie and Lola 1/ive, York No. 2; J.
Darby Smith. < . M. Carroll. R. N
Plaxco, York No. 1: Jas. A. Ashe. AY. |
A. McAfee. J. R. Plaxco. Mrs. Alex
Fewcll, M L. Carroll. A'orkville.
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W11 Ml H inc. iu*vm
? Chief Steele received a telegram
from the sheriff of .McDowell county,
X. C., a few days ago, asking for the
arrest of John Hubliard of Marion, for
criminal conduct. Willi the he'p "f
Sheriff Quinn, Hubbard was located at
the Neely Mill, arrested and sent to]
Marion, X C.. Wednesday morning.
? Mayor TIali was as much interested
in the baseball game with Itock llill as
anybody. "My family is going," he
said yesterday, and 1 am going mysell
if I possibly can. Anyhow 1 am going
to send Chief Stee'e as an official
representative of the town."
? J. Andrew Wilkerson, who for a
number of years has been conducting j
the <). K. Hurbershop in partnership,
with H. II. Ilarron has so d his interest
to J. It. Kelly and left this wei k for j
It'aekstone, \"a., primarily for a rest
and m the interest of Ids he:.lt'\ I; is
Mr. Wi'ke son's intention to li gone
prolialiiy three months when he <
peets to return here and be eonaee'.1
?t... v'n.-b l-'n ; n i t in <? C7n._ ill
which concern he h:?x a larfjc interest.
? W'atcrmelons and cantaloupes have
practically K"lte I?? Kj-Ti"*?n tl.e local
market this week, hie.iu.se ef the over'
.ihiiixhint supply. S <?: ? s ef fatm-rs
from the s.irriiundinK country side who
have hrmixht melons into the town
have heen uiiahle to sell thi'in at any
price hut were compelled In carry them |
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home to feed to their hogs. Large,
luscious cantaloupes were offered this1
week at five for a quarter. The market
has also been overstocked on tomatoes
with the result that fine specimens
have been sold for virtually nothing by
the producers who considered it better
to take what little they might get
rather than carry them home.
? Thirty-eight applications for initiation
in the Loyal Order of Moose
Lodge which it is proposed to organize
in Yorkville, had been received up to |
this morning, according to figures oh-I
taincd from .las. D. Grist, temporary i
secretary of the lodge. It was stated;
that a number of other applications)
would be submitted within the next I
few days and confidence was expressed '
that the applications wou'd grow toj
100 before the new Order was gotten j
under way here. Plans have been perfected
for a public meeting to be held I
in the courthouse next Wednesday
evening at 8.30, when Mr. W. B.)
Stuart, fraternal editor of the Char- j
| lotte Observer and one of the best|
[ known fraternal men in the Carolinas
will deliver an address on Moose heart.;
Short talks will also be made at the1
meeting by other speakers who are interested
in fraternal work. It is pro-1
I posed at the meeting Wednesday even- 1
' ing to appoint a committee whose duty)
| it shall be to obtain quarters for the j
social c!ub which the Moose will establish
in Yorkville, and to nominate!
officers of the new lodge who will be
I appointed by the Supreme Lodge.
i ?"I think it would be well to call at;
tention to the menace to which pedes-?
trians are being subjected oh account
of dead overhanging limbs on the
I trees," said Dr. \V. E. Erwin to a re- !
porter for The Yorkville Enquirer
I yesterday. "There are a. good many
dead limbs on the trees, and from time!
i to time they are falling to the ground. [
I saw a heavy one fa'l on the sidewalk
! along the Latta property a day or twoj
ago and if it had struck a pedestrian it1
! would have inflicted serious injury to I
I say the least of it." A big dead limb
j fell among some gentlemen sitting be- I
I fore the Shandon hotel a few days
ago; but fortunately'nobody was hu t.
Examination of the rows of shade
] trees on both sides of the streets disj
closes many dead limbs that look like
; they might fall with but little inter ;
ference and a survey of the town after
la heavy wind always shows many dead t
limbs lying about in the streets and on;
the sidewalk. Dr. Erwin is of opinion
that careful examination of the
trees for dead limbs, and the removal
i of such dead limbs as look like they
I might fall at any time will be a wise
precaution. Citizens of the town can;
help the situation by leporting such |
dead limbs as they know of and which!
appear to thieaten possible harm to
| pedestrians, to the police.
I ?Howard McMackin, American Le!
gion spit-ball, slow-ball pitcher ex!
traordinury, had the Cowpens bunch
I eating out of his hand Tuesday afternoon
and the ex-soldiers shut out the j
I visitors, 6->). Five costly errors made!
j by the Cbwpens lads and their inability
to solve "Mister How'd" were re- j
sponsible for their chut out. The game,
started off good and for three innings!
neither side scored. In the fourth in- J
ning "Dody" Phillips, Legion third
baseman, Hit. one to center fleld for a
hon\e run. A collection was taken up
among the fans who decided thi ,. the
' blow was worth at least $26.33 which
I amount was turned over to Phi'lips. I
I Vic Martin, Legion lcl t fielder, ais'?
starred with the willow, getting a
| couple of three baggers one of which
'could easily have been stretched into
a homer but Mr. Martin very, wisely
decided that there was no necessity for
j over-exerting himself. Fowler, who;
pitched for Cowpens on Monday also
tried to pitch again Tuesday, but he
'couldn't pu'l the "Iron man" stunt.
Hi- T.aminers finding him for a total
I of eleven safeties whi'e McMackin al;
lowed only six hits, two of which were
I scratches. Kill Saunders of King's J
| Mountain substituted behhid the plate
| for Rube Agnew who had been knocked
out by rating cantaloupes. He]
caught a great game and was also!
there with the stick. Batteries: Cowpens?Fowler
and Patterson; American
Legion Larrupers?McMackin and
Saunders. 1'mpire, Paul Moore. Sener,
William Inman. Attendance, COO.
SIDE LINE STUFF .
? SEVEN! ,
? Shelby's team has blown up.
? Well All Stars, three in a row from
j you.
? The All Stars pulled two fast
j double plays yesterday.
? Ycr couldn't rattle "Oojsc 'Em ow r :
I How'd" with a barrel of snakes.
! ?That chap Oran Poo made a beau-'
tiful catch for Kock Hill in left-center.
? "President" Andy Jackson had his)1
batting eye with him last Tuesday and
yesterday.*
? Church Carter, of Chester, was nut
in Rock Hill yesterday. He knew how j
it would be anyhow.
| ?The Larrupers will probably go to j
Sumter and Charleston, for four or five
games week after next.
? Fowler, Cowpens hurler lost two
games to the Larrupers, but he never
iost his smile.
? A game, peppery bunch that Cowpens
crowd. It's a pleasure to play a ]
team like that.
? "Red" Ormond p'ayed a great
game at second for the Legion last
Tuesday and yesterday.
? Well, almost everybody is agreed
that the baseball team is a good thing
for the town.
? A special issued yesterday by the
management stales that the team is
holding its own financially.
? Real baseball is genuine sport, andj
to be able to appreciate genuine sport
is evidence of real manhood.
? Speaking of the "never say die"
spirit, that hall headed Rill ltudislli
was born with it.
? A feature of the game was the surprise
to the Rock Hill fans when Kill I
Rudisil! removed his hat.
? "Mayor" Fred Smith apd the Tirx,;:h
delegation were out for the Rock
Hill mop-up yesterday.
? Lots of folks like Meech Smith of
Clover had "business" In the metropo
iis ycsieru.iy.
? Hill Hyers said yesterday. "I am
not interested in baseball; but he did
not say it until after the sixth inning.'
? The Legion got $117,as their part
of the receipts at Itock Hill yesterday.:
Had management on the part of ltoek
Hiil, that's all.
? Well, "Ooze 'Kit. Over Iliw'd" was I
there with the goods again Tuesday
afternoon. Three straight victories,,
for that thap.
-r- "Rube" Agn< w v.as put nut by a
piece of intaloiipc Tin day afternoon. '
and "Hill" Saunders caught f ir the .
l/'iTtipers. lie caught a great game.
? Vic Martin, hgio.i left fielder, who
by til il l) n.'i <i t< live at Oowpens,
couldn't ii id I'.uvli r on Monday. Hut
iic ;; >t two three-baggers on Tuesday.
? Tom Met Haiti is being employed as
i special po'.ici man to keep tli" deadheads
and bums out of the Vorkville '
diamond. And he is wortii the money. | 1
? Hand it to Casscll, thiid baseman.
Morris I'rew ealeher and Oran i'oe.j
left fielder. Tliey are the real stars',
of tb.it Itock Hill aggregation. I I
? (irapf vine lias it that si vital Rock |?
" ?. .1 ..... ,1... | 'C..vi li" I.
I 111! r.: i s? i"i ?... -* j.
team and put their ducats on the
Lairupers. Wise Rock Hillians, those!
? Right around1 a thousand fans from
YorkvH'.o and Clover and Sharon and
Tirzah and the surrounding country
over for tne Rock ilill same.
? If all the gate keepers had been
strictly on the job and the Rock Hi 1
management had looked alter it closer,
Kate receipts would have been larger.
? By the way, how many people does
*-' " 3 ?i_,1 U ,ld
I run rail' urouuu gi anuauuiu jiuiu,
anyway? Nobody in Rock Hill was
able to give the information yesterday.
? CJuthrie chawed his 'baccer
And his lips he bit.
Iiut the more he chawed
The harder they hit.
? The fans who were doubtful about
Mr. How'd's pitching because they
could not understand it, have become
.mpressed with the fact that opposing
butters can't understand it either.
? That was a pretty fair combinatiQn
of umpires yesterday but they called
several plays that didn't look right tc
the side lines. Iiut still they might
have been right.
? Don't forget to flivver up to Clovet
tomorrow afternoon to see the "Town
Rounders" mop up with the Rank
crowd. We owe a big debt to Clover
you know.
? .lake Perkins and several othei
Chester fans were over to Rock Hill
for the game. "No use to bring that
Legion team to Chester," said Mr
Perkins. "We can't handle 'em."
? Charlie Cobb and Rill Dyers nnc
Bill Hope and Torn Huey and Olenr
U'iliiami'An ami vu'vpral hundred othei
good Hock Hillians didn't like it a bit
But how could'they help it?
? Captain John Logan had the hare
luck to split his right thumb last Wednesday,
but he played a - great gam:
against the Rock Hill All Stars yesterday
just the same.
? Several Rocit Hill scouts were ovci
for the game against Cowpens Tuesday
afternoon in order to report bad
to the All Stars. Grapevine has it thai
the report was very bearish.
? Jimmie Helton was there with th<
goods yesterday in tne Good Town
Xo hits and only one man to reach
second and that in the lucky seventn
What d'ye know about that?
? Here's the probable schedule foi
next week: Belmont at Yorkville, Monday
afternoon. Itanlv at Yorkville
Tuesday afternoon. Rock Hill A1
Stars at Yorkville, Thursday afternoon.
? When "Dody" Phillips wis presented
with the fan's purse of $26.23 up ii
the American Legion club Tuesday
afternoon he remarked: "Good S'co'ts
that's the most money I ever had ai
one time in my life."
? Rock Hill will claim that Jo<
Roddey got a hit to right in the las
frame. But Saunders, Legion centci
fielder got his hands slap on the ba!
and then turned a somersault an<
dropped it. It was a hard chance bu
has to go as an error for Saunders
Get the rule took.
? Speaking of umpires lots of th<
Yorkville fans thought Mr. Comei
couldn't see the Legion at all. Then
was a decision on third in calling i
Legion man out that didn't sit righi
I and there were others. Vic Martin
who ordinarily is quiet as a mouse, go
| the umps told alter the gam *.
LARRUPERS VS ROCK HILL
Playing a Diana 01 onsi-u;tu mat
simply unbeatable, the American Le
gion Lanupers of Yorkville shut ou
the Kock Hill All S am at the Fail
Grounds in llock Hill yesterday afternoon,
2 to 0, in the presence of 2,00(
people, at least half of whom wem
over from Yorkvl le and southern
western and northern York county
The outshining star of that same wai
one Jimmie Helton, American Legioi
pitcher, who.did not allow a single hi
in the nine frames and who furnisher
the greatest exhibition of basebal
tossing seen in this section in years
Possessing control, speed and curves
the left-handed lad was simply ther<
with the goods. So fast did they comi
over the plate that "Rube" Agnew. Legion
catcher who played a great game
was several times knocked half way
round by the force of the balls.
Only one Rock Hill runner reachec
recond base during the nine innings
tnd he was thrown out at third bast
when he attempted the theft of tha
sack. Onfy three balls were hit out ol
.he inside lot, two of thim beinn
caught while Saunders, Legion ccntei
tie'.der booted the third after a mighty
effort. The ball, which was a'most a
nit. came from the bat of Joe Roddey
ninth inning pinch hitter; but the
official scorer William Ir.man market]
it as an error against the fieldei
rather than a hit off Helton, Fieldei
Saunders Insisting that it was his
error.
"Bad Eye" Guthrie II, pitching for
the All Stars, was hit hard, th6 Larrupcrs
getting a total of eleven clear
hits off his delivery, one of them a
three bagger by the mighty "Dody"
Phillips. Other Larrupers who did
considerable larruping were Agnew,
Ormand and Rudisill.
It was a game full of interest from
tlie very start. KOCK mil iuns were
smiling and confident and they kept
the oiil courage up until"the very last.
I'.ut the American Legion backers were
there just as strong as were the Rock
Hill boosters und they were evidently
not worried at any stage of the game.
Messrs. Comer of Rock Hi'l and McConnell
of Chester, umpired. Umpire
Comer suffered an injury to his arm in
the fifth frame when he inadevrtently
stepped one of Rube Agnew's rifle
shots to second; but the injury was
nut serious.
The box score:
LBCIONAIRES AH R H TO A E
Saunders, c. f 4 0 10 11
Logan, lb 3 1 oil 0 0
Rudlsill, s.s 4 0 2 0 4 0
Ormand, 2b 3 0 2 0 1 0
Phillips, 3b. 4 1112 1
Martin, i. f 2 0 1110
Jackson, r. f 3 o l l l o
Agncw, c 4021110
Hilton, p 4 0 1 0 4 0
31 2 11 25 15 2
ALL STARS AH R II PO A E
Cassell, 3b 4 0 0 1 4 0
l-'erguson, s.s 2 0 0 0 0 a
Mason, 2b 3 0 0 1 2 0
Angel, r. f 2 a o o 0 0
K( nnett, lb. 3 0 0* 3 0 0
Hoc, 1. f 2 0 0 2 2 0'
Frew, c .. 3 0 0 7 1 0
Moore, c. f, 3 0 0 0 0 o
flu hrie, p. 2 0 0 0 0 0
x Rlair - 1 0 0 0 o 0
Rivers, r. f. 1 0 0 0 0 o
? Roddey looooo
r. Jeter 1 0 0 0 0 0
28 0 0 14 a 0
Summary.
American Lotion?Three base hits.
Phil ips; two base hits, Ormund; sacrifice
hits, Jackson, Martin; hit by
pitcher, (trmand: struck out by Helton,
11; left on bases, American Legion,
8; bases on balls off Helton, 1;
earned runs, Legion, 2; stolen bases,
Kudisill and Logan.
Rock Hill All Stars?Struck out by
jfuthrie. 7; left on bases, 2; bases on
balls off Guthrie, 2: stolen bases, Foe;
louble p'ays. Mason t<> Kennett; Cas-1
sell to Mason to Kennett.
LOCAL LACONICS
McConnellsville Teachers.
I Mr. and Mrs. Joe Moore and Miss
Violet Anderson, have been re-elected
. ten fliers af .\fcConnellsville school for
I the 1921-22 session.
Lay-by Schools.
Many new pupils have been enrolled
i in the Lay-by schools of York county
j since Monday, according1 to reports re'
ceived by Miss Ina I. Ashe, of McCon[
nellsville, county supervisor of adult
! schools.
Hail Being Repainted.
The city ha'l in Rock Hill, is being
j repainted. The interior of the building
j is being reworked and the painters are
going over tHe framework about the
windows on both floors. Federal court
[ is held at the city hall in Rock Hill.
Verdict for Rock Hill Woman.
A verdict for the plaintiff in the sum II
of $12,000 was returned in the Cleve?
land County Superior court at Shelby,
this week, in the case of Mrs. H. A.
Davis of Rock Hill vs. the Southern
I Ral'way. Mrs. Davis sued the railroad
, because of the death of her husband, a
, rauroaa nugman, wno was Kiuea ai
Ruiherfordton, N. C? in 1917, when
caught between the bumpers of two
. I cars. The plaintiff si/ed for $40,000.
i Reunion of the Long Family.
c' Sixty-five relatives and acquaintances
attended a family reunion at the
; home of "Mr. John Long in th? Nannie's
11 Mountain section of Bethel township
i ..yesterday. The occasion was the cele- ,
* i bration of the 87th anniversary of the
.J biith of Mr. John K. Long, one of the
| oldest citizens of Bethel township,
i Present yesterday were five of Mr.
. | ling's children, fifteen grand chii>
I dren, and twenty great grand chil.
dren. Short talks were made at
I the re-union by Rev. W. R. Artnr
j - mr* C'o^er and Rev. lUlbc of
. Rock Hill. A bountii'u". picnic dinner
[ ?as serxed in the yard at the homo.
L Despite his advanced years, Mr. Long
is in fairly good health and his many
relatives and friends wished for him
' .yesterday many more birthdays and
|ni? presence at many more family re1
unions.
Fight A bo ut^ Poisoned Dogs.
r1 Dr. W. G. Stevens, a physician of
-| Rock Hilt, and a councilman of that
, I city, suffered a rather severe attack at
I the hands of Oran S. Poe, Jr., on the
- street in Rock Hill, Wednesday morning.
It appears that'the fight between
Dr. Stevens and young Poe was the
, result of the poisoning of several dogs
belonging to Poe, tne latter -claiming
' that Stevens had poisoned the dogs.
i Several dogs belonging to Poe It is
said have died sudden'y under mys- 1 '
terious circumstances recently. The
last dog died a few days ago and a
friend of Poe's telephoned to him at
Montreat, X. C., advising him of the
! circumstances. Poe immediately got
: into his machine and drove to Rock
Hill, arriving Tuesday. He mef Dr.
! Stevens on the street Wednesday and
| Dr. Steven* denied poisoning' the dogs.
i Other words followed and then the
r fight. Toe striking Stevens in the face
JI several times. The encounter lasted
11 only a few seconds. Both men are
' ! prominent in Rock Hill.
? . -CURE
FOR PELLAGRA
Patient Can Do Most for Himself By
Giving Intelligent Treatment.
31 Agitation over the spread of pella",
gra in the south, besides being exag1
i geratc.l in so far as the state of UeorI
gla is concerned,.. has led. as pointed
out in Atlanta, as agitation often does
' i to a mistaken impression regarding
1 the disease.
A menace it is when allowed to
. oursue its course unchecked, but so
5 is any disease. Pellagra, according to
(jeorgia health authorities, should not
I be regarded with the fear in which it
t; is often held, for science lately, deII
clnrcd Atlanta doctors, has robbed it
i of a large measure of its deadliness by
' | revealing just how successfully it may
* | l>e combatted before and after its ap[;
pea ranee.
i i ."As a matter of fact, pellagra is less
. ! dangerous than many another disease
| and victims or potential victims need
.' I only lo be educated in the proper
j treatment to escape it," said local
I; physicians.
. "At first ascribed to bacteriological
, J developments in tainted corn meal
t ind to other micro-organism, in food,
I stuff:; of one sort or another, pellagra,
r it is now disclosed by research work
' >f the government and health author.
I tics, is induced simply by a diet comt
j posed of too much cereals, even whole|
some cereals. In short, it is akin to
I! skin scurvy and is the outcome of an
I unbalanced ration rather than an
. inadequate ration.
"Where people, it is shown here,
, subsist mainly on a diet of biscuit,
| corn bread, grits, gravy and syrup,
.Iwith litt'e or no milk or lean meat,
| there pellagra may develop, for, it is
! declared, they have too much cereals,
! starches and fat and too little essen-1
tinl protein and fresh fruits and vege;
tables.
"Pellagra, in the south, it is stated
here, appears to be due to several cir!
cumstances, any one of which may be
corrected. The southern population
is largely rural, and in many ?small
communities the problem of milk supply
is serious. The lack of large dairy
herds, inadequate methods of milk
dlsti ibution, climatic conditions that
(hamper the keeping of fresh milk and
'dearth of refrigerating facilities, all
tend to reduce the milk consumption.
"While the south can, and doubtless
' will, undertake measures which will
j reduce the number of pellagra victims
immeasurably, the cure lies largely in
| the hands of the individual," says one
statement here. "When, by education
and the installation of more dairy and
truck farming products, diet is placed
on a more balanced basis in remote
sections and crowded districts in the
city, pellagra speedily will be wiped
out"?Atlanta letter.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEW8
? Distinct Attorney Cochrane has received
his commission and assumed
charge of the office. He will serve at
the term of court that convenes at
Rock llill on September 13.
? Chief Justice Gary has called an
en banc session of the supreme court
for October 10 to hear the Carlos A.
Corbett case. The court was divided
as to certain constitutional points and
this necessitated the en banc session.
The C'orbett case is one of the most
i interesting in several years and the
decision of the court is likely to have
| considerable effect on future cases of
i its kind. Corbett killed three men
i near Salloy and seriously wounded a
j fourth. He was tried for killing one
of the men and acquitted. Upon bein..
I.In#.*..I tri.nl f#n- thf> killimr of
! ihi' second man attorneys pleaded
| former jeopardy and the presiding1
judge upheld this plea, dismissing the
other cases. All deaths occurred at
one time, the three men being killed in
front of th4 Corbett home. The prosecution
was not satisfied with the riilj
ing of tlie circuit judge an1 appealed
tr the supreme court. The court
heard the arguments last spring, but
no decision lias been announced and
will not be until after the en banc sesI
sion. Cole li. Mease is leading council
I for the defendant.