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Scraps and Jracts. ? Conditiomj at the Johnson City, Tenn., old soldiers' home, where tliere ?re former <pervice men. are so had tliat unless Tondfiess takes action at once the casualties will be proportion- \ n't el y higher than^n the late war. C. It. | Forbes, director of tin* bureau of war risk insurance told a senate committee i . i the other day. Director Forbes brought | with hjm M. T. ^clnerny, who secretly conducted nn'investigation for the bureau. The latter told the committee that he bought moonshine whiskey and extract of gkigcr containing 'J"> per cent p.lcobol on the reservation. ?J/rclared that intoxication was common among the inmates and that im- 1 moral women overran every section of the grounds. Many of the patients, i Mclnerny said, curried guns and de- ; tied the guards to'take tho arms away. Vendors of all sorts of narcotics, the witness testified, frequented the grounds and sold freely to the inmates drugs of almost every character. Loaded dice and marked cards, he stated, were supplied by "parasites" from outside and patients w'ere drained of the money from the government. ? During the last year the people of the British Isles, writes a London correspondent have spent for liquor about h:ilf the sum Great Britain owes the 1'nited States. George "Wilson, secretary of the United Kingdom, alliance, estimates the ftmount spent by Iho British people for drink last year sit 469.713.000 bounds, or approximate ly two billion dollars. John Hull owes ' Uncle Sum $4,277,000,000 for money borrowed during t!re war. Not ev< n the interest has been paid on that, to j say nothing- of the prineiftul sum. C?l'j this vjuft sum spent in drink, Wilson Mil ill he estimated 1148.5*61,000 went for spirits, f291,159,000 for beer, f30.31N,- | 000 for wines' and fl,275,000 for other Intoxicants. There were 5,948 convie- i tions for intoxication in 1919 and 95,- : 763 last year, of whom 15,426 were women. And British police are far more 1 lenient than our police were with drunken people. For over a year now many of the newspapers have been agitating for longer hours of opening of the saloons and drinking places. Under the present restrictions saloons may be opened only eight hours a day. Jf you want to quench your thirst after 8 at night, the only place you can do it is in a saloon or restaurant or hotel. You can't .buy any soft drinks Elsewhere, nor ice cream soda. You can get fruit or candy. All these shops are shut by law at 8 o'clock. ? Self defence is the claim of c. 10. Lively, Baldwin-Felts detective, held fender bond in connection a,?tn ih< shooting and killing of Sid llatfieid und Kd Chambers, Mingo tnoun taineers, in a statement to newspap'i" men at Welch, W. Vu? Saturday. '! ^jcegret laving had to shoot either of, fhese men.*' Lively said, "but it is a case of self defense pure and .simple." Lively said he had been told many times that following his ten! iixmr.y given in the Mutewan tr: il lust l-\ t, nary liatlicld had (threatened t'< iak< his life. Speaking of the Weh-it itgin. tit detective said he w.is - ttir:. < 'Haiustrade outside t1 i Mwtflfthi^.Ohamlien? and theiri wives appro-rched. "I happened t" look down the~"stepf; and tin re stood Sid Hatfie!d, and Ed Chambers with their wiv6s on the first landing. They were looking ar't,'".' and exehangid glances, nodding their heads. S.d si id something to td I couldn't hear. M aidenly they st^ipt d apart. I could see Sjd's Jaws set ,bk> a s I tiap. Both men pulled t!u?ii gurus. \s the; did so. I jumped to njy n < t ;i<i piun-ii nnm-. ' fcJld fired at me and I iinm? di:it<,'.y shot back.*' Lively continued: "1 had tjvo pistols and was using but!:. Hid staggered and f' ll, as did Chambers immediately HiTtci wards, then Mrs. Chambers attacked me wi li her um; brella. threw it awny and then walked over l?? the ol'fie. ni A. C. lllifford, parties of the peace and surrendered. The report that 1 s't into Chnmlr r's body while he was iying on the st-ps j dead is an fihtgnlule fulsclmod. ? State legismtmn converting nio: e than $:i7r?.0"(t.00o to tin ai I of world war veterans has In on passed or is awaiting popu ;>r refert ndjtii. tin Bank of Ana ru a, (New York? announced Suitds^Tiight at the eoneluiiion of a nationwide survey of the bonus situation. Veterans in J4 states already are pet-iving cas 1 bt nu-us totaling $184,'"Ki.nini and in 4 ight more states legislation providing t rash bonuses of $ 1. 1.(1 in.eon now is pending. Only Alabama, Oeorgi.t ami Miss..- pp. have failed to pass ]?'gis.ati<iii authorizing aid to veterans in exemptions ?u* benefits of some kind, tin- report declared. The bonuses range from S'I'i a month f4>r service in a number of states to $:i5 a month in North Dakota. Several states S4-t maximum rates ranging from $!"?> in New .bis v t .. $100 in Oregon. North Dakota claimthe honor of having been the first state ,1o pay the bonus, and Illinois lends the list for amount with $">.*i,0(Mt,((ini provided the bonus law passes a popular referendum. Many states whVli have given cash bonuses n's 1 mc providing aid of a practical nature, '.ri 1." States aid is offered for v-?fiti??n.i 1 education and in California a Oil! lias' been adopted providing for \ -. t i4>it; 1 i education of veterans' dt pi mtt ni Ai ijauta. C;ilif44iaiia, (ii-ian ami Smith Dakota provide aid in buying liuim s. and in Oregon the bonus is m.ale 4?|lional, with tin- privilege o; hot-rowing "|4 141 Ci 1)4141 on real estate lianii (In State. NilO' Western slates off-T assistance iii settling on fat in ami in right more \V? st' i ii stairs spi < i il boards have hern established t" l? < !; after the interests of former si i vice men. Ill fnmieet ieiil, I"\\ a, J|;|VMchusctts. Michigan. New Jersey. N'mlli J>akt?l;t, Texas ami Wyoming veinnn:ire exempted from taxation. Six en slates provide for eivil st i viee pn f ere nee in the eases of former servin men. ? An attaek on the administration gnnerulh and on the lion: way. and means eoinniMtt particularly for itbundling ot tie- tariff and tiv rpa lions is'inatle in a slat* incut issin <1 Sunday by Jt< pres illative Keller iltiilependent llepul'liea li> of St. I'alll. .Minn., author of four tax i'evision bills which have been indorsed by organizations of farm r i and others. Mi. Keller chaigcs that "tie- luudiiin-rx of government lias h< e:i eommande r< d h> a litt'e e!ii|Ue, ignorant of Hi A. It t"s of economics, wic. blind oleiii enee to Wall >'i>. K respon-.,i e fo.^ the stupid, seltisn, short sigiittd pope that is 'retarding our pro-jicii y and creating ni'oinuud distru. t and di eon tunt ili> poop o." !? vim in.; Hint must nit iiilx is <>i iiu Innr* \v to carry out tin- |n opli-' wisiu with regard to t;i x . I ion .nul mini * c imiriir <iuesti?>ns, .Mr. i> 11 i say* ;i "! ? dominant minor i . im - t I down i:i Kiifcty valve of I'l l discussion unti <nn explosion im M-nd which w i11 scatter tie i ;<1 >i I i >1 i.-; 111 pnrl;. I'lnm AI&ujc to ( nliloi ion. Tin. pi\ ?idi lit ' has assumed more power than any of] his predecessors," Mr. Keller continues. "and tells congress what hills I to pass and what not to pass. Bills] concocted at secret conferences are in- i trodueed wfthout being referred to responsible committees. The presi-' dent's advisers seem to think it possi- ! hie f<ir this country to lift itself by j its economic uooi snaps ana vasuvij promise that a half-billion dollar gift to the railroads?which in some mysterious manner is not to increase taxes ?will 'j-estore prosperity.' They would do better to busy themselves with lowering taxes, taking off the transportation tax and seeing to it that the railroads are run efficiently with a mini- j mum of waste. But that is not likely so long as railroad executives can depend upon t lie administration for, lavish gifts." Shr lUntritlc (fnqmver. Entered at the Postofflce at York, as Mail Matter of tho Second Class. TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1921. The New York cotton exchange should, be compelled to confine itself to buying and selling actual cotton. The trouble with tlie railroads is about the same as the trouble with the cotton fanners. Moth have been plundered through the specualtive exchanges. I'.iUco t'raven of Durham, and Crand Dragon of the Ku Klux in North Carolina, has given out a statement in which he announces that he has ordered the disbandmeiit of the organization in his state. He says'that lie was induced to connect himself with the Ku Klux by false pretenses and that thefo is no excuse for the organization except as a means to collect initiation tecs, dues, etc. The action of Air. Craven is no; surprising, but no one need hope that his resignation will end the matter. The mischief has already been done. In accordance with precedent, the members of the order will not he content to take the sensible view that Air. Craven has taken. Instead tin y will he led on to get worth of their money and get themselves into further trouble. There is no question of the fact that there is need for the complete re-organization of the state's icvenue system. This state g t too lar'o a proportion of its revenue t; < ni direct taxes on p opt i; . T ere are too many v. !.; h t the hardens of govcji m at without contributing to .may be a uuud deal of wasteful extravagance in the administration of tcoviTurn ti*. n o ho invi uns in ik* iiiv eas*. Hut even under the must economical administration of the j;?vernment, with all waste eliminated, there is mid for a complete re-ot ;;a.ii/.atioii of tin* stall's entire revenue system. The < xistiittf system of levying tin burdens of pivernnieiit on visible property has never been fair and it is not fair now. The Associated I'r' ss is carrying ti dispatch under a Welch. W. \'a? date line, in which K. Lively, the I laidwin-l'elts detective, tells how lie killed Sid !liltlii Id and why. II" represents that he had been told many times since his test inn.n\ at Matewan last l\bruary.that Haiti. Id htyd sworn to kill him on siitlit, irtii since tlten lie litis hei a on the lookout. H< claims ilitit when Jlatti"M and Chambers. accoinpttni'd liy their wives, approttehed him at W. !eh last wo k, Hatfield made the tirst motii.n to draw and he got in the lirst shots on both. Ilatlield's friends claim that iiis d *atli was the result of di liberal" assassination; tlitil lluttield and Chambers were not even looking for trouble; that the ' Italdv.'in-l-Vlts" d"leet ivi s eonum need firing without warning, in accordance with ti pre-arranged plan, and that there is no certainly i vi a (hat Lively got ia the fatal shots or that all the shots were lired be 0:11 man. Sum*- several years :ik < Tin* Ymkvilli Km phier ninth- promises til' ini|ir<ivi-iiH nts it wniihl inatiitiirate if its eonstittic.icy wmilh inerease its eireii'atimi t<> tin*tlnmsainl ?j.i? s P"r is tlie. Tit-- inert a se rame in III" emirse nf lime :iiii| it is It tlms v. lei Kimw Hi 111 per iinw ninl who knew it tin n to s>y whether er in.I the iliipi't'vi'im Ml> have In t ii mail" a en ding in promise. v Tiie paper ha- in t n piaeth al!v ?!??tiI !? ?l | in sixe am! lie- amount of ? i i- in:tl IJUitt i* i"! tied has h. i'!i in rue I iliereasetl. Tier- is nut a m y. atpei in Smith v'a: dilia whieii I "V" s lis I it |i| sn rt'lTIp!"'.e.\, ni' whieli ki i p ii:; e ins:iln"iiey| I il r 11111 i-1:i -11 mi " atne. !inn With what ill-- |H'ttple are saying ami dui<i& Kvcry part !' York eminty, as well at#I I'm ti ti'it<'r\ iinnnili .t !> miilyiim, isj :i." sahji i't nf* snl'tii'. .i i> fit ipa til and ettmjn i In nsive purvey ! > link- i' :il j lainiliar tn t \ i r;. ImmI.v. aial eles this. I m nil is if Tin- Kn>|Uin r a.a- n-a-St It?.: I?! \ \\.l! ilil-al ils .o tin- more* im!!? : ! i 111 a' via |UI1' Ills t ll I'a all-in al|? lllf J-t 11 < . tin- t a; I a i a 11 .III.I V'Ol'ial. I Jilt W 1 ill- * 11a |a'i !ia s of Til'' V"'l kvill'" Kl|i|liira I' fa I ! t let t I'll V MI'I' al'iillir U '"'I xv "i k. ? ? i .:-nl- r i:"' ui lit I tlnyh:i\a t" a!" jji v 1 tli< an stir that with tli IIKHC a?'tiv<- a" a-t ijicia I ia a;i aaf ils Mil I?- | iii'i> ill. . .11 make a >!i!l In iii' 1 'I 11' I IIIUIV \ . I 111 > I a| ||!'\\s|l.lji r. Till' VorkvHU I* a a 111; hukIi) in li.av a' 'a is; .-,.11011 sul>srrtlM-i'K ;i a l.asis of its' I?l'l 'a 1.1 Si '. ..'I . hilt III' publishers alia lli't H I a t > I a! 1.111 I III) t if I ll' \ <!!t 'i ia- Hull} i lib iKTila !' I, t 'i >j Vai'l III ilia l.\i''l'.i' III ll !l III'V. | a' a | a I' MS III' V a. a I a'., in , I, ill;,. j LOCAL AFFAIRS . NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Loyal Order of Moose If y?>ti should die tonight. Meeting i.. courthouse Wednesday evening. J. M. Stroup?Representative of Isaac Hamburger & Sor.s now heic to fit you in fine clothing. .1. L. Houston, I'rolmte Judge?Notice of application for letters of administration in re estate of Oscar Lee Jackson. Let ha Jackson applicant, j Dorsott's Shoe and Harness Hospital? Prompt shipment of parcels post packages. Carries Dye and Shine 11 n.,1,1.1., poiisn and i<>u sii|> cm un Heels. , II. li. I'lexieo for Committee? Fiddler's Convention at Shuroii next Friday I evening: at S o'clock. J. C. W'ilborn, Itcal Estate?Choice bargains otiered. Jas. D. Crist, J'ost Commander?Important meeting of Meech Stewart I'ost. j Feinstein & Krivis?Mattawan shirts. Carrol! Jtn.s.?Twenty-five pounds of sugar for $1.(15. 15. R. Jones, Chairman?Stinging, picnic and barbecue at Hopewell next Ft iday. York Supply Company?Now is the time to p'ant your fall garden. First National I'ank of Sharon, J. S. Hartness Cashier?The crop prospect is bright. (i. F. I'enninger, Sharon?No matter how mean your horse or mule, we have the stocks to hold him. Star Theatre. J. ci. Winy, Manager? Justine Johnstone today, and six reels of joy on Saturday and Monday. American Legion Pasebull?Another t<st with Rock Hill next Thursday afternoon on the York County Fair ' rounds, tit Rock Hill. Tirzih J'icnic Committee?J. Seottow Wannamaker to deliver great speVeh and Tirzah band to furnish the music. Everybody invited. If people would pay more attention J to the work of exterminating the rats i .. niv tliiw would escape : "I I Ml r. . , I many ills which they arc otherwise suffering'. The Hopewell people are artnnging for a great entertainment next Friday, j They arc going to hav ail all-day singing, a free barbecue with a picnic , dinner and they arc going to look after ! all their friend,s fronj cv< rywliet e. As to whether or not there will be any speaking is not definitely known at this : time; but the committee in charge is , not especially trying to have any speaking. The action of the V? . 1: county Confederate veterans at their biennial I meeting yesterday, indicates that these veterans arc entirely satisfied with the j organization of the pulsion board as it j has siood for the past s -veral years, ai:d well tJuy have a right to be, for ' i:i no county in the state has the law J been administered mAre intelligently, more impartially or more justly. Union school, near Filbert, will mike .11 unusualhystrong claim this year for the first prize offered by the State , School Improvement association for the j greatest improvement during the year. A year ago this was a one-teacher j school, miming i three months turn l a mi ;e! ible li'.tie < : -its for i sclioolliouse shaek. Now the Union | school has two teachers in charge of fifty pupils, through a seven months term, in a building that cost tine, j thousand dollars and which contains one thousand dollars worth of 4"uniiI ture. One of the most difficult thirds for people to learn is that tliev cannot get on The Yorkville Kmiuher mailing list iintii they have paid the subscription price. It is a fact, and no bluff, that the postoffiee department does net 11 low the sending f,f other than a regular paid subscription through the mails unless a one c? nt st imp has been iflixtd. ilut The Vorkville Knquirer does not hide behind this. The Yorkj villo Knquirer knows* that it is bad ; bii-.in ss to pat wouid-he stibserib is I >11 tlie mailing list uniil after the subscription has been paid, and it does not do 11. Occasionally the ptib'isli'T.s receive a letter instDieting that the paper l>e -a nt and promising to send a check on receipt ??f bill, in such easts, it is usual to send liill and one copy of the paper: but unless the cheek is forth-coming before tlie 11 xt issue th? name is not supposed to go into the ] mailing list. Newspaper subscript ions i are easii in advanee, and people havi no right to expect anything else. THE MARRIAGE RECORD Marriage licenses have been isstii d b\ the judge of jirobate to the following persons: Aug 1 Henry'* Mellowel, 17. and Ida Armstrong. 71. colored, filbert. Aug. I frank Dixon, "J. and l.illie IS* II Kolin, in, King's Creek. Cherokee count.'.. I Aug. L' IJolieil |*>e Knox. ami ( Ai'i !| fairer, is, cnlmcd, King's .Mountain t (I v.'iisliip. Ana. : ivl (SoinI, r.J and Mar> i llouell colored, I hillock's Creek low nsliip. Aug. i; Henry Howell. 73. I'orl Mill land fi llile SetZer, 7x, eolorod, Itoek | Hill. Aug. r.. I.i.mel L. Wofford, 77. \\'oi,di iiff. S. C.. and .Margaret K. !)>. l. >>n. 71. t la: tenia. .'.m'. x James L. Crown, I'll, and fill Hranon. Ieidored. t'lover. PRIVATE DICKSON BURIED. In tlie presence nf a In iii t .* > i ii'lati',1.'. friends and aei|iiaintaiiees. tin l.i. lv ii: I'ru.ile Leaniler Truman Hick m, ?'ti. r, .'I'.'L'.xl !niailt:y, Mst Mivis"ii, was inn i( il in ('aauan < nid'Tv. i near 1 iii ieys, Kisiulay : fIcriinon. fullowiin; fun 1 sii'vin s < >n< I ii< -1? <1 .ii t':i:iiiitii rliureli, un-h r tlx I nj' I lie iv??l y liluw I'l'S: III til \nii'i ii nn Siim il. Wilki i si m post eoliimailih'r. "riic limit nf !'\-t. I>irks<>n, uln> \v;i> i 11 ii in nil it'll in IVanr\ Noveliihei :t. I; \ i w11 i| i\ - lii hhv tin smniiif; o. Hi .-iriiiistn i . :ii riv il :it tin- liiltii iiis inutln r, .Mi'.s. Ninicy IhVksi'ii a". i\ intt'n (.'reek on Saturday front ('am; laeksi-a, in eliar^;- of a eorporai til tin r< pillar army. W'itli a ili'Ii eaI imi nf ill'lulu i s nl ilii'knry tlrnve I'nst ?-I' JY. Aiii?'i ; - ?i J.i "j; * 11 IC* t i tl "_C ill 1 : I li In .'l! rs till- Ii nl; V.. i : I !'? lit ; Il1 finlll III- !:ii|;l In (la rkinvii Sunday :if11 rn??? :i shortly a fid u'eliH'k. Pall bearers were tiny i'is (lis. William I'. IJimhI. IMwiiiI Smith John T. IJtiieo, W. .M. .Mitchell, .1. I? \|. 1 !:i'. 'i'!i' i- :a. ir eiinreli -Clint i'.'ii scrvim was conf licted by Rev. AT. K. Meadows,' jpastor of the Methodist church atji : 151; eksburg, and R? v 15. G. I'ressley, : j pastor o " Hickory Grove and Smyrna :' A. R. P. churches. < A brie;' eulogy'over the body of the deceased so'dicr was delivered by Jas. i ; I). Grist, commander of Meech Stewart Post, No. fif>, American Ix>gion, Yorkvisle, after which a brief committal service Mas.held at the grave. A firing squad sent over by the' Prank Roach Guards of Rock 11i 11, i tired the regulation three volleys for a | deceased soldier, and the company bu-ii gler concluded the services with then \ sounding of "taps." Privati Dickrfon, who was horn and raised in the King's Creek section, was about :to vmi's or' aee at the time of! his death. Besides his mother he is survived hy two brothers, Messrs. Porter and Stanhope Dickson, and four sisters, Mrs. Maggie HamHck, Mrs. I 1 Holm an. Miss Lizzie Dickson and Miss | Mattie D.ckson. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS J Since tie last publication of tlie record in Tho Yorkvillc Enquirer, real estate transfers have been indexed in 1 the office of the county auditor*as folI lows: Broad River?\V. T. Slaughter to M. : Martin, 3 lots, $SOO. Catawba?p. \\\ Spencer to Iiock ! ; Hill Housing Corp. 3 lots ttitle in trust). G. f\ Da moron to J. H. Creighton, 1 lot $50, and other considerations. Mary Jane 11 ill to Lunn \V. Pliarr, 1 lot, $7110. King's Mountain?W. P. Smith to Wm. M. 'Barrett, 5 acres, $1,300. M. L. and .1. M. Smith, Kxor'.s Est. W. I:. Smith to W. 'I'. Beamguard, J. A. Page and J. E. I'ursley, Trustees , School District No. 37, - acres, $1,000. M. E. Smith to J. H. Ilambright, lots. $1,100. * i'. T. Thomas t<> it. A. Jackson, 2 t lots. $950 (Kit. W. II. Smith lots). W. It. Strouji to School Trustees, Clover District No. 37, 1 lot, $500. York- W. N. Neil 1<? Trusti es Sulton Springs School, I acres. :>5'5?0. WOMAN TIES NUPTIAL KNOT. Miss Mary K. Williams of yorkvillc, I the first York county woman to per' : ? ? ff.fl hjiiii ?i iii.ii i i.i^1 ?-? 'at her .sixth wedding hi the office or the probate judge yesterday morning, when .she tied the matrimonial knot lor a colored couple of Clover, the groom being a peg logged man. .Miss i Wil'iams, who was appointed a notary public hy Hovcrnor l.'ooper some time j ago, is at present acting as prohatt ijudge during the absence of Hrohate !Judge J. L. Houston, who is taking his 'vacation in the mountains of North i Carolina. The colored couple, whom the lady notary united yesterday, came into the urobato's ofllcc yesterday morning jKvith a request for license. ' The license was duly issued and then |! the groom said lie wanted to get married right away. The colored bride, a girl of 19, with a giggle in her throat, and a big wad of chewing gum in her | jaw, said she did too, and .Miss Wil: Mains performed the ceremony. "All right fr-ou are married tight ( nougii and I wish you both much hap- , piness," she ti'd tht m after the cere- j niony. They wanti d a certificate of marriage and that was issued. Then the groom handed over $."> for ' Mi* use, certificate and lee to the noary for the notary public and with his ii in < I w.tyh that oi his bride hob-. I bled out of the "courthouse to tie* slreet, i liis peg leg causing a dull thud at ev< ry step. WITHIN THE TOWN The N'eoly Mill is standing itllc ! this week. , I ? Oran Ham. 17. got peeved at his fatlier. Hatch Ham at their hotnc in ; the \eo|y Mill village about something I Sunday. Orun Ham threw a rock at i his pater: but missed his object an I ; instead struck his sister. tSeneva, a wicked blow./ Then Oran got the" axe and v.i lit after his father with that but didn't do any damage because tin lather succeeded in getting away. The police got Oran and the case was aired in police court before .Mayor Hall Monday morning. Oran pleaded! guilty and was sentenced to pay a line of $100 or serve thirty days on tiie chaingang. Tito bo> promised to be- good iii future and on pica of the , boy's father the mayor cut the sentence down to a line of $10 the remainder to be suspended dining goo.! behavior. i ?Seven (delegates to the annual slate i .(Volition of the Soiiili Carolina 1 Department of the American Legion will be elected at a meeting of .M. celt Stewart I'ost No. .li.i. to lie held at the \m rienn l.egion club Thursday even nitf according to announcement mane. j this moniinjr l?,v I*. A. Smith, post nil- I jutant. According to tin; records of j T. Mark ! '? riruson, post finance of | lieer. Meecli Stewart I'ost now has ninety-six paid members \tyhieh c n.itlis tin* post to seven delegates ly the late convention which is to l?i* hold in New hen y Septemher S and 0. In nldition to thb seven delegates seven dtermites wili he elected. Some youni; ladv will also he elected as I'ost Spon| sor and will he asked to attend llie I Nnwherry convention with a maid to j he nppoir.ted hy heisclf. The mechanisin in the town clock. J [erected on the eld courthouse 27 years ago and which for several years past has In t-a located in a tower on i the town hall property, is as n< oil as ii ever was despite the fact that the! lock is o*it i.;' commission, according ti .1. l-'iank l-'attlkner. totvii e'erk ami !reastirer. Mr. I'aulkn**r took tin I flock down siiin'e time ago ami has I ill-ell ill Vol ill:;" his Spare tittle to I It anim; H up. Willi the > \ceptinn ol a ' few tnino,* p; i*ts which can he easily ep act d it is as good as in-v.* and can 1 he placed in the new city hall hit i Ii I ' ICS. It Stopped he. allse some hlack1 smilli hail l.et ti try in;; to oil it with! a heavy oil that canst d the en:*; wlncls lit gum up. Iiitliealiotis an- that the link, wlli h i a pt'odllei o the ilnv.'tril Watch ('?.iu|Kitiy, is g 1 for an- lliei* ipiarter o-nhirj at the very least. Ii eost several hundred dollars >i iginaliy. Tin <. I', i'raiitley, Ks*|.. of (Ir1 mm hue. II. rn v Caston of Itelmoni. V ami W. It. Stuart, fraternal j editor of the ('harlotte Observer are i o he the principal : | t akers at a in < tine In l.i- hrli! i:i tin- rinul l< t"--e i Vorkvilli- i in t?\v a v? nine pre-, i li!iiin;u \ in the >! *<;ifii>?iiinii ... :i j lo?ljfe i f tlic lyivnI (Irili-r ..i Mimun j i "r.-itei nil \ IA're- uy nlmiit i<.,; \ : !i \ ? rilizi-ns |,;sve annntineeil tin i;- in ; '.II;'mi til' ,i|.|i}_\ liu:' i' .111.*i?-. i >,i in I I:-- ii. t>- nit. - ml limn.- In11-?i s:. <| .it. on Illicit! r-: i " i will i- flfty nam . | >ii i !; - !. . :i..;i *..!11 wt i i; 1 will l.<- in:. .- '.i .l.i- Snpiei.K I.i .i-.: 1 ' 'I II Ii||.|- I'lillnv. in-' tin II. i.-l ;'!.<> in t liniisi' \Vi-lm-..>!;ij evening. ; \>>t ?>li!\ | ;i || 1.111 I:ia!it - ill;- inviii-il In ' 111 a *n?! tin- i,i. -line in tin- int. i.-t m ' I tin .Mini. I* |..i<]?(> tdin?>rniw nit:Sit ainl 1 Ii pi'i>:ni:ie i/i tint! tlx- : ; v. ? :?I ' ipank-is nf (J; ni-<--sio-i ?-.i!l l::iv> nueli in nay nf Interest tu ;.ll personsH wliai will aHi-ml. ! : Willi tie- i-?:i-|.ption "f tlireo v-ir-m- ' Li. ill i ,\i.-! iinr. Hi'- I: a -: 111 > I'm- th-,! I i I .sriM'iil fur l-'-'l 11 lia.>' l?orn completed. according to anrioiinccment made !>y Geo. W. William*, sot-rotary of the hoard of trustees. I Teachers elected are: E. A. MontgOm- ry, superintendent; Geo. C. McCelvey, | principal; .Miss Kudie Allison, first | urade; .Miss Annie Stevens, first grade; Miss Margaret Marshall, second grade; i Miss Louise Harron. third grade; Miss Rachel Wylie, second and third grader.; Miss Lou la Moore Logan, fourth grad. ; Miss Margaret P.ratton. fifth grade: .Miss Ksllur Ashe, fourth and fifth Wades; .Miss Lottie Kcll Siinril, seventh grade: high school?.Miss Louise Dates. Latin; Miss Mary Wi'liams, history. Miss Ktta Zetnp. high school teacher here.last year, and generally considered one of tin- most efficient teachers ever employed in the Yorkville (iraded school, will nut return, but will teach in the schools of her home town of Camden. ABOUT PEOPLE Miss tola Harrison of Yorkville is visiting at lilackhburg. , S. L. Courtney, of Yorkville, spent Sunday at Lake City. Mr. I). \V. Hicks, of (JafTnoy, visited re'alives in Yorkville, this week. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Ferguson, of Yorkville, are visiting in Orangeburg. Miss Marie J'egram of Yorkville, is visiting relatives at Lowryville. Mrs. M. , E. I Mexico and children are visiting relatives near Hlarkshurg. WU'iam and James Kennedy, arc visiting relatives in Newberiy. S. Karle Crist, has returned to Yorkville, after a visit to relatives and friends in Itennettsville. Mr. M.. K. I Mexico, has returned to Yorkville. after a visit to Mr. and Mrs, (). O. Mexico, at Clio, S. C. Miss Sallio Wrny, of Yorkville, is visiting relatives at Hhelbv and Burnsville, X. C\ Miss Margaret Cartwright. of Yorkville. is visiting Mrs. H. L. Wright, in Clover. Mi* ami Mr': Itriiro Draffin. of Columbia. are the guests of Mr. an<l Mrs. R. K. <Juinn. in Yorkviile. Mrs. K. 10. Gillespie pnd children or Yorkviile arc visiting relatives at Gulf, X. O. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Ixiwis and Mis* Frances Lewis of Yorkvillc, are visiting in Culpeper, Va. I.'ev. W. W. Aitowoir.l of Tazewell, Va., visited his sister, Mrs. Geo. A. I Mexico, in Sharon, last week. Mr. .John It. Carlisle, has returned to Columbia, after a visit to Dr. and Mrs. \V. M. Kennedy, in Yorkvillc. Mrs*. Itoy Wilkes and children of Fort Lawn, arc the guests of Mrs. lOd Gett.vs, in Yorkvillc. Mrs. A. V. Kne'l of Charleston, is visiting the family of Mr. Geo. W. S. JIart in Yorkvillc. Mr. and Mrs. C. 10. Spencer, of Yorkvillc, are spending some time at Blowing Rock, X. C. R. 1'. Jackson, is in Co'unibia a no Orangeburg, this week, representing the York Council, Junior Order. W. J. McCarter, of Yorkvillc, is in Orangeburg, representing the the Bethany Council, Junior Order. ' Mrs. S. 1,. Latimer, of Columbia, is the guest of Missis Georgia and Annie Witherspoon. in Yorkviile. I'. I"). White, of Bennettsville, visited his mother, Mrs. J. I\ White, and other relatives in Yorkviile, this week. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Williams, of Yorkviile. are spending several days in Malt imore. Dr. Caihernie X. Munro of the State Hospital. Columbia, is visiting friends in Yorkviile. making her henUtiuarters .it the residence of Mrs. Helen Adickes. Probate Judge J. I? Houston, is spending several days at Banner Elk. N. C. His office is in charge of .Miss Mary Williams, during his .absence, Ernest and Allen Corrcll, have relumed to Yorkville. after a visit to relatives in Salisbury and Maiden, North Carolina. Mrs. W. F. Marshall and Miss Annie Wallace Marshall, have returnto Yorkville after a visit to Mrs. Jas. A. Chapman. Jr.. at Inman. Catherine, little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Parrott, of Yorkville. who has been unite ill with typhoid fever continues to improve. Misses Wilma and Maybelle Hartne?s of Shelby, X. C.. are visiting their sister, Mrs. i>. I). Thomas, in Yorkville. Bernioc, little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Patrick, of Yorkville, was painfully sea'tied last Saturday, while (tempting to get breakfast. Mrs. Patrick was feeling bad y that morning and the little girl undertook to help with the kitchen work without Iter mother's knowledge. The scald ice urred while she was ti\vir.g to pour hot water from the kettle and extended from the knee to the foot. She is resting more comfortably, hut is still in much pain. Columbia State, Monday: The congregation of the First , Presbyterian church heard two inspiring sermons yesterday, pri aelied by the lb v. B. K. Cillespic, It. i).. pastor of ilie historic First church of Noik. At the morning serviei s Dr. tJil'rspie suck ' 0.1 "The Myst i \ of Providence" and his theme last evening was "The Suprtme Qui si ion.*' Both sermons showed deep thought and were well delivered. Dr. Ctillespic, who leaves today, is the guest of W. A. Clark at his home on E'mwood avenue. * ? emr i imc ctIicc oiuu uiku o i r r ? Li t's K?! ? I.Vnl sports?those itanln hirds! ? Wouldn't tvvii 1'iotn Sumter :m,l Iwii from Chiirlestifti sound kcihI, now? That Mope I'niik ??f" I "lover is :i iri'i'iil li- lilri- siu<I it was a l.eautilill ?atrii 1st* mailt- Sali:ril:iy. ".lawn" Mart sajs at'.'nliiur ha.sei-all sanies is a part of liis law praet iii-. one thousand fans nut I'm* llio Kami- ai t'lovi-r Saturday aIteinoon. Wlr.i'il'yii k.uiw about thai? ? (Slit In i-- may pitch fur Ijo.l; Hill ?:;ai? next 'i iiuisdny. And n^nia In lay not. AryK.ni Mi l defeated Kurt .Mill fi lt> 0 in !Jir.-k llili last Saturday. I 'a ill liraitmi of Vnrkviili- was ia thu I 'm t Mill lint- up. I tuck llill is in ikin;4 an rffurl tn nave fans nut fm- tin- Kami- Tl' X* Thursday at l-'air ?hiitinds. Can't wa lake i'Vi r l.wtHi . K.iin? (Jund spin i s, tli is llnek llill p.-ol?li-. Til. y liavi- a n-al hall li ant aisn. !.i-iK" uvi r ami t-nKiK.' in f?*i? r.dlv ivalry witli tin in. "Wniilil \ i-:-ih?-:- !<i i a Itnti: ii i-lit i>:' my |m h-t than in have 1.i,i nil u:i;- i" .Uanln tnilay." s:;HI M.ir.a a r Wll I". Sm.til after S.illiri; y's yat.K. i :..i 1111 ? i- l.'n Iliil and ri-t-air !!k :c holts in tin' l-'siir firiiiiiiils I I >r i he put u (op ;it each one with ;i ill\ uiiil t.ip "cin luviiiKlv us they itirk IIII If heat! > illli'.i'l*. lli'*kOi*J (Jl\?Ve tlefeatril KfltWl. S. in Hickory lirovc, Saturday. 'I'll i ici-ri' i-- i i |iiu tcil to have Iktu II In I. lie vi.-itiu's lit'curninp disgusted and riving it up I t l oreMhe ninth irar. . l-'loyd Stimuli of Shu mi) was a great pitcher ami all around baseball playir several years ago. Several of| the boys over there are trying to persuade him to practice up it little and gtt tack in the did game. ? !!.? iii'VOi' linnrkpit nn home run. did he Hill?" depreciatingly commented a sma'l urchin as Will Rudisill was taking a collection for that catch made by Cook at Clover Saturday. "No," replied Rudisill with righteous scorn, "but he saved the game." That was an error in this column last Friday to the effect that "Shelby has blown up." The information was [ obtained from a reliable source which was misinformed. Many of the York- j ville fans are mighty ke^t to see She!- | by on the local lot. ? John Logan. Vic Martin, Dode Phillips. Ttube Agne.v, Andy Jackson and Hill Kudisill of the American J.egion Larrupers were, included in that Clover line-up against Kanlo. Who could beat that combination, any1 how? , ?Clerk McMackin, poor fellow, is seldom able to get out to the baseball games. "Mr. How'd" simply has to g >, j i and the old man, who used to be a great | lia'l player, generally remains in the office rather than run the risk of disappointing people who come to boo him I on account of urgent business. ? The trouble with Pitcher Butter Cook of Newton. X. C., who pitched such a great game for Clover against Kanlo "at C.over. Saturday, has been that ho has not been able to get a catcher to bold himl Hut there's no longer any worry along that line, for: They came hard and crookedy Fiery and strai fht Hut the "Rube" got 'cm all j Behind the plate. ' ?Manager Luke Rivers of the Ro^k Hill "All Stars" undertook to take The Knquirer sport writer to task last Saturday for saying in The Enquirer j Friday that there Was bad manage" ! ment in connection with the handling of that 2,000 crowd in Rock Hill for j last Thursday's game. The manager ijdmitted however that no less than | r,00 people got by without speaking to the gate man about it. ' It would ap| pear from all the evidence that th" | promoters of the lacing meet held that day played the baseball management for a string of fish. ? | ?"Koine of our baseball material about here is pretty sore at tnc mun! agcment of the Clover roam." r? marked a Clover man Saturday, "because of being thrown into the discard. They ! have my sympathy in a way; but they J ought not to be sore. The responsibility for the success of a team rests with the mahagcr. He has more to lose on | account of failure than anybody else ; and bis selections are made with that knowledge. I have no doubt he would ike to play 'cm all, If he could." ?? \ LOCAL LACONICS Houee Blown from Pillars. Pining a severe wind storm last *f Wednesday afternoon the. residence of Mr. J. N. Strain on York No. 2, ("was blown from the pillars on which ; it stood. Some damage was done to | she house and the furniture was dumi aged. No one was injured. Auditor and Treasurer. The annual settlement of the comptroller general's office with the auditor j and treasurer of York county was made last Wednesday, two rcpresentatives from the office in Columbia comln; to Yorkville for the settle1 inent. They found all the hooks and records kept in a satisfactory manner. Rokbcry \n Rock Hill, floods valued at about $300 were | stolen from the store of Ceorge B. Farrah in Rock Hil", Sunday night by J roftbers who cflfictcd an entrance 1 through a transom over the rear door. Suits, pants, shirts and other articles ] of wearing apparel were carried off by the thieves, and many articles were ! 'eft by the robbers on the floor in their hurry to get out of the building. i Private Lynn Buried. The remains of Private James M. Lynn, who lived near Rock Hill, and who died in France, were interred in the plot of Frank Roach Post of the American Legion, in Laurelwood cemetery, Rock Hiil, Sunday afternoon, i following funeral services at St. John's M -thodist church, conducted by Rev. Alexander Martin. The funeral was le fl Willi military nonors a?u me u?->i i.es for the deceased soldier were atended hy a large concourse of people. Auto Destroyed by Fire. Fire of undetermined origin destroy d a Chalmers automobile, the property of C. Frank Sharer, of Yorkville, it an early hour* this morning. Mr. Sherer left the automobile in an outbuilding on nis farm about a mile and i half noith-west of Yorkville, about sundown. The fire occurred about 2 o'clock this morning. The car was I valued at about $1,500 and was insured for $!?00. Well Known Negro Dead. , i Evening Herald, Rock Hill, Monday: Rev. J. Ii. Jennings/ pastor of the; Boyd Hill and New Zion Baptist churches, died Sunday afternoon at his home on Boyd Hill, west of the city. The funeril will he held tomorrow at 11 o'clock, from the Boyd Hill church, conducted 1 by Rev. T. S. (Jilmore and Rev. M. K. .dun-ay. The burial will be at Cross Roads Baptist church, near Carhurt station. Rev. Jennings \vps an able minister and had also served for a i aumber of years as principal of the j Boyd Hill negro school. He was greati y liked by both whites and colored, rei ,'irdless of denomination. Pension Board Re-organized. \\*. S. Wilkerson of Hickory drove, S. II. Epps of Fort Mill and Dr. J. J. J Ha ems of Rock Ilill. were re-elected members of the York County I'cnsion Boanl at a meeting of Confederate veterans held in the court house yes' b nlay morning. M. S. Carroll of the '('niton Boll section presided at lh? meeting. There were no other nomi- ! nations in addition t<< those elected. I | The new hoard will hold office two i years. The county probate judge cx i i fficio is secretary to the hoard of | coun'y commissioners hy statute. Sewnlven veterans of the county at-| K-mlt <1 the meeting yesterday called | for the purpose of electing a pension hoard. Smith Gets Two More Stills. Magistrate It. L. A. Smith, of Kroadriver township, lias bagged two more stills within the past few days, one >! Saturday morning and the other on I San 'a.r morning. The first was lo; led i n the McDow place and tile . nn<! i>n the Miss Reel a Leech place, loth .-hunt 3 1-2 miles of Hickory The still raptured Saturday w.-s a 50 gallons capacity and that . .ij iuied Siiiiday was a 75 gallon capacity. The first still had not been in recent operations luit at the second, M; :istiatc Smith and his posse, con isiing of Dick Lanier. 1). It. Kay and; Haskell Mi-Knight, captured also 200 gallons of beer and a ?|iiart of whis- | !<i Ill addition to the officers just in? nti" ned. M. M. Mcknight and Frank Kauis<> were also at the capture of the still on Saturday. Tirzah Picnic. Fred H. Smith and other prominent) oitixens o! Tirzah, are working ??n plans for the lio'ding of another pic- j nic at Tiizali on Thursday, August 25, ' similar to tlio great picnic held in T. M. Oates's grove at Tirzah, last August. Hon. J. Skottowe VVannamaker of St. *Matthews, president of the American Cotton Association is to be the principal spe-aker of the occasion and music is to be furnished by the well known Tirzah Cortcert band. A crowd variously estimated at from 5,oou to 10,000 people attended the picnic at Tirzah last year and the promoters of this year's enterprise see no reason why there should not be a crowd Just as large at Tirzah this year. Tirzah has been famous as a picnic ground for years. In the old days the picnics there were purely political; but last year and this year the picnic is of an agricultural nature and the speakers of the occasion will discuss agricultural conditions solely. An invitation to the general public to come and bring well filled baskets has been extended and it is confidently believed that not only York; but a half dozen surrounding counties will be represented. Had a Private Cyclone. .Mr. Milus S. Carroll, of the Cotton licit neighborhood, was in Yorkville yesterday iu attendance on the meet* ing of York county Cpnfederate vet| erans, called for the purpose of/elect in* ii pension ooaro lor ine nexi iwu years, and in conversation with a 'representative or The Yorkville Enquirer he told of a private cyclone that he had on his fmm hurt Wednesday.'' "Had one of the p'cttiesr little patches of corn right in front of my house that you ever saw. There was just about ) an acre of it. I-aid it by within thirtynine days after it was planted .and j never put a hoe in it. I cultivated it entirely wifh the plow, except for a little thinning out by hand. It was I silking and tasseMng and looked like ; it was good for at least fifty bushels. ( 1 don't mind telling you that I was wonderfully -proud of it. During a heavy blow last Wednesday afternoon, a special little cyclone dipped down into that corn patch and whirled for ' ? about half a minute, after which the corn looked as if it had been leveled by a giant roller. The stalks have bren straightening up somewhat sipce and there is still hope for a pretty fair yield: but I am not going to get any, thing like the fifty bushels I have | been counting on. MERE MENTION The state of Missouri has decided Dy an overwhelming majority to appropria.e $15,<>o0,000 for her World war soldiers -The city of Chattanooga is anxious that the government sell Mtiscle.Shoals to Henry Ford .The Texas legislature is trying to pass an anti-secret society bih aimed, at the Ku Klux. ... There are 1,000 commissions for second lieutenants in the army to be given out apd only 126 applications The.body of Dr. W. E. Stone of Perdue university, who lost his life, while ati tempting to reach th$ top of Mount ! Banon in Alberta, Canada, on July 15, has been recovered Dural'county, F,a? jail is.being gr.aided by 150 Na| tional fluardsmen, in order to prevent ; the lynching of a negro who murdered | Mrs. J. It. Leo,1 wife of a-railroad mej chanic, last Saturday night. The ; guai dsmen are armed with machine i guns. COTTON GOING STRONG Net Gain qf from 127 to 136 Points Last Week. New CiTeanp, Aug. 7.?The low i pi ice of this j(|it week in the cotton market was made qn the opening session and the high prices on the closing. From the lowest to the highest | there was a rise of 128 to 146 points. The close was at m* gains of 127 o 136 points. At the lowest levels the active I months were 4 points under 10 5 j wins over he close of he preceding ivc-ek, and at the highest they were 127 I to 114 points over. October traded j down to 11.64, pbsc'to 13.10 and closed I at 13.01. In the spot department prices gained 125 points on middling which closed at 13.25 against 36.75 i. year ago. The opening scrsion of the week ! brought a bulge of over a cent a pound because of the bullish showing WI n;c > ci IIIIICIII rj ii?Uic;a vu un; ' growing crop and much more favorable annual statistics than expected. , The advance was kept going by the hot and dry weather in the belt, especially in the western portions, and complaints that it was causing severe Jetereoration. Hot winds were comdaincd of at times in the eastern belt, |-but during the last half of the week j-'arge areas east of the Mississippi river received showers. Extremely mt weather continued to the end of 'he week in the west, and the closing session brought official weather returns showing temperatures of 100 and above at many points. Texas rei ported temperatures up to 106 degrees and Oklahoma up to 109. The foundation for the week's adj vancc was lft Id by the government's I report of 64.7 per cent, of normal as j the condition of the crop on July 25. 1 This was the lowest percentage ol ! condition ever returned on that date I and was fully 3 points under general ! expectations. It indicated a crop of I hut 8,203.000 bales, and if these figures are realised it,-will mean that the south 1 as grown the smallest crop in .wenty-six .seasons. The outstanding feature of the anI nual statistics was the carry-over of | 9,194,000 bales, which, while the largest carry-over on record, was far un| ler expectations. The trade generally looked for at least 9.500,000 bales and there were estimates of around 10.000,000 and a few as high as 10,500,000. The commercial crop was small?r than expected, 11.377,316 bales ivalnst 12,443.ISO a year ago, but was oflVt I by the small consumption, 10,oo.uoo bales against 12.670.000 last vear. These figures related to the cotIon year ending with July. ? ? Tpwards of 17.000 names of alleged draft evaders issued by the war depurtment between June 5 and July 4 were published Saturday in the Con( ongressionnl record. The list occupied <6 printc d pages. The names of 22 men previously published in The Record ?s deserters and who have established ^hat they should not have been so classed were included in the list transmitted by Adjutant General Harris to Representative Johnson, Republican, South Dakota, who obtained permission of the house for publication of all department lists, with subsequent corrections. USE OF THE ROAD SCRAPE. Correspondent Registers Criticism of the Way Things Are Being Done. Liditor Yorkville Enquirer: The use of the road scrape, like some of the King's beautiful English, has been murdered by a villain named over-work. However unpleasant it may be to say so, jt seems that our road authorities are using very little judgment in its use. I notice that it is pulled by four mules, manned by two men. 1 notice also that it is used on lie hardest of ground?preceding plough, pick or shovel; I notice that it scarcely tears the top crust from the packed bed; I find that it scarcely cuts the green grass from its roots. Yet, I find tiiis deadly instrument of the road-treasury being used regardless of