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SEMI- WEEKLY. ^ I l. m. grist's sons, Publisher.. g. ^mjlg geirspapcr: |;or the promotion of the political, Social, ^jgrirulturkal and Commercial Interests of the ?eo#ty. TER^^^^oP?5FiviNortT?^NC I ESTABLISHED 1855 ; YORK, S. C.N TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1921/ 3STQ. 7j|^ ? VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS i Brief Local Paragraphs of More or Less Interest. 1 PICKED DP BY PNQOIRER REPORTERS ? . V Stories Concerning Folks and Things, Some of Which You Know and Some You Don't Know?Condensed For Quick Reading. Lona Trio and Bad Roads. "Yes it is a pretty hard drive from * West Palm P.each to this place," said Mr. J. L. Grier, who arrived in Yorkville last Saturday, after being on the road about three and a half days; "but there is lots of interest by the way," he added. Mr .Grier is a former York county man, having been born and raised in Fort Mill township; but for many years past he has been a resident of West Palm Beach, Florida. His wile, who was Miss Bessie McConnell, of1 Yoikville, has been spending some time past with her mother, Mrs. W. H. McConnell, on Cofege street, and that account's for Mr. Gricr's visit just at this time. It is something like 700 miles from Yorkville to Palm Beach, over the public highway, and not less than 600 by air line. It took Mr. Grier J l-:? TIT AXT Ooffov u-hft I <111 u ma 11 k-iiu iui. ?> . ii. V.I...V.., came with Kim, three and a half days to make the trip; but that was largely because of the honibfe roads they encountered, especially through South Georgia. "We got along fine down in Florida," said Mr. Grier, "because generally our roads are good. It was no trouble to do the Florida part of the trip in a day; but when we got up into South Georgia and in fact all the way to Augusta, somewhere between five and ten miles an hour was the best we could do. They have no roads there, and no wonder. It is a terribly poor coyntry. You travel miles and miles along miserable trails with only an occasional sight of a' habitation, and most of the habitations are only poor little huts hardly fit for the shelter of cattle. The 'ppoplc down that way have finished gathering their crops, which have been very light, hardly one-fourth of an average; but they | have not been selling. Usually we! would see two or three bales of cotton j lying about each of the miserable Uuts i we would pass. ''o ?/? IniA Co nth PfiVrtllnfl ! v? iitri* ut f^<n iiku uwuvu v?m vmu*. | tho prospects seemed to gcj. brighter, | nn>r<> c.'?pcctally as we appronehed the j northern part of the state and bet we n here and Greenwood, the rapidity withj which the people are waking up to the need of better roads, i:; very noticeable. "Over such roads as we have in Florida and in South Carolina, we ought to have made this trip very easily Ir. about 23 hours of actual traveling. However, considering everything we got along very nicely, hiving had no mishap except one little puncture, which we were able tT fix in a short time." Farm Conditions in Texas. Several days ago Views and Interviews wrote Mrs. Llllie M. McElrcuth, of Texarkana, Texas, a well known woman writer for farm papers of Texas, asking about crop conditions J in the Lone Star State. Mrs. Mc-j Elreath has replied: "The old adage, "A bad beginning oft j makes a good ending' jniglit be j reversed as to crop conditions in Texas | thin year. "Undoubtedly there was a good lie-1 ginning for a mild winter and warm ' spring-like weather gave the farmers I nr. opportunity^ to plant and prepare ground at leasl a month earlier than usual. "In due time the young crops looked very promising and everybody felt that prospects ahead were Pngni anu tney were going to malv up much of thej losses and troubles of the past few( years. Hut suddenly, out of the clear sky cair.s cyclones and near-cyclones,) and storms of wind and hail and avalanches of rain swept back and forth j across our big state, leaving destruction j cf property and crops and loss of life in their wake. A shocked and discour- j aged inactivity insulted for a time and then the farmers went to work again. I "Large tracts were planted in corn I and other grains. Idle lands were: bought up or rented and truck gardens put in. More dairies were started up, chicken and sweet potato farms planned. Acres of strawberr'es and pea- i nuts were planted?everything that would be likely to mature and retrieve their fortunes. And the cotton fiends j also went merrily to work and they planted cotton and cotton. And then came the gentle rains and sunshine, { and everything grew and became beau-1 tiful again. The cotton fields especial-1 ly were good to look upon?having such tall heavy growth that one could rnsilv he lost in the patch. "However, pood luck would not stay with the cotton farmers. Extremely hot, dry weather for two months and the wide-spread appearance of the bollworm and weevils caused cotton to d terioratc very rapidly. No top crop and bools opening too soon and too fast. All picking is practically finished and the crop is estimated as the worst in the history of the state and as the price is low also our cotton farmers are in a bad way again. A plan suggested by Joe Bailey, a recent candidate for gubernatorial honors in TexLas'. is considered by some a good one. " ' ciy . tliiI each firmer bavin- cotton that has been stored a loner time to burn a bale. Some of it is rotting anyway and the best not worth more than $10 a ba'e if a purchaser could be found. "State Commissioner Terrell's report r?" -" ?? :? *)7 oont nf nnrmal . Iivr in w tuuuu i? *91 in i *xiu ua uvi4iiM* and in some counties an entire failure, with cattle pastured in the fields. Many pins will remain closed this season. "In plea si ig contrast to the plipht of the cotton prower is tha pood fortune of the truck grower, who is in better financial condition than for a number of years. His products were fine, and plentiful, and the market fairly pood, but prices not as he could have wished. Melons were unusual'y fine this season and fruit enough ripened for all housewives to use all they could and can all they couldn't. Chickens per head and eggs per dozen are same price?40 cents, with indications upwards. The season has been pood for | the prowinp and curing of hay, and corn was fine all over the state. "And with our farmers the proud owners of 10*0,000 autcs?tractors, included?it woyld :,cem that the old adage might prove true in our state after all?"a bad-beginning oft makes a good ending." FURTHER CUT FOR ARMY i * --i n i /-i-J i u.. iu. impui icUH vndiujca Viuuicu u/ vnw General Staff. Important changes, involving considerable reduction in the size of all branches of the army, have been ordered by the general staff, with the approval of Secretary Weeks, in placing the army on n basis of lf>0,000 enlisted men, it was learned this week. The "Changes involve not only reductions in the units, but a redistribution of troops throughout the United folates i and its possessions. Infantry regiments have been ordered reduced in strength from 1,190 to i 1.312 men, and in number from 65 to i 45; cavalry regiments from 818 to Gil men and from 17 to 14 in number; i field artillery regiments from 33 to 16 1 in number without reduction of men; engineer regiments from 13 to 7 in 1 numbur without reduction of strength; coast artillery, railway and tractor reginunt from 1.066 to 829 and 729 inen. respectively, and the latter in numbers from 7 to 2. T he number of men allotted to c^ch branch is 58,800 for the infantry, 11,184 cavalry, 19.174 field artillery 18,110 coast artillery, 10,300 air service, i 6.519 engineers, 3,000 signal corps, 11,L'oo <|imrtcrmaster corps*. 709 finance deportment, 2,976 ordinance depart- 1 ni.nl TTi; . lwmic:i I \v:i i I 'u si'rv'rc. !.- ' " 4-*i detached enlisted m< n and 8,591 medical <1 -put (mint. These allotments, however, include the I'hillippino constabulary. which is not included in the 150.000 figure. The numlter of coin bat regiments 1 available for stations in United States i including these tcmporari'y stationed in Germany, will be reduced from .'19 to "'J infantry regim< nts, 15 to 13 cavalry regiments. J?5 to 1'J field artillery r?\g- i iments, 7 to 'J coast artillery regi- f ments. MORE FOREIGN INVADERS Mexican Bonn Beetle and Velvet Bean ( Caterpillar Threaten Damage I i Two foreign tnscct pests which are likely to do much damngV are being! watched closely, says I'rof. A. ! '. Con- I i: <li, entomologist :ii cieinson. inese arc the Mexican lean weevil, which has alieady reached this state: and the velvet bean caterpillar, wliicli is rapidly working its way upward from Florida and Southern CJoorglo. The Mexican bean beetle has been rennrte-1 be government scouts at two points in the northwestern corner of this state; viz., lx?ng Creek and a point near Kns'ey. The/spread of this |wst has been no rapid during the soring and summer that it will possibly spread over much more territory before being stopped by winter. This is an especially destructive pest to all kinds of beans in the garden and to eownras. The grubs, which do j the principal feeding, are one-fourth! to three-eights of an inch long, of a i bright yellow color, and covered with spines which are branched and col- ' orod black at the tips. The velvet bean caterpillar has > been reported by the Florida onto- ! mologists to l>e spreading in central j ."n<l northern Florida, it is believed I that this j>est may lie expected in southern (Jeorgia in early September. : and may reach South Carolina by the I eiidrtle of September. Throughout ' Florida tliis insert is a rtiost serious I pest t? velvet beans. This caterpillar whim Cull rriviu-n i- iv:irlv two inches long. After it is half crown it is gen- j ernlly dark green with prominent j bright colored lines with dark borders , running lengthwise f?n the body. Many, are pale green with lines with darke-l borders running lengthwise on the ; body. Many a re pale green with lines j either indistinct or ab?s?nt. The line I nlong the side of the ody is wider I than those on the bne|; and is often' pink or brown. If disturbed it throws j itself violently until it reaches the J grown. l'rof. Conradi urges that the or- [ eurrence of any suspicious insects he renorted to the entomology division : Clemson College, S. so that steps ! may be taken to control the posts. i ? The I'tii'ed States Itnilrcod l.abor lwvrd !? : < t" Mi-died a prerodent that railroads do not have the right to discharge ? mplnyes without a just j iviii.'c, in a decision tailing that the i l.titier eonnly railroad, a 11 miles line in soullietat Missouri, must reinstate 1 wo men released because t ii? \- Peionrr- [ til to the seme union hs the men j working nn?ior them. The derision said thnt I lie hoard was fully aware its! ruling was contrary to numerous I'tilt' ed States supreme court drcis'ons on the matter, hut that it construed its duty to he to decide every question ! itistly a !*<' reasonably regardless of | | the legal rights of either side. ? , ? Thomas ' Moore, author of the I "Irish Melodies," was the son of a i I country crocer. I a. CLOVER NEWS BUDGET Attempts to Organize Local Kn KIux Klan Have Been Unsuccessful. MUCH NEW CROP COTTON WAS SOLD School Will Begin Work in October? Two New Residences for Church Street?Other News and Notes of Metropolis of Northern York County. (By a Staff Correspondent.) Clover, Sept. 19.?The Ku Klux Klan of Col. William Joseph Simmons, et al., of Atlanta, has tried to interest a number of Clover people into organizing a local Klan here; but so far there has been nothing doing in the way of organization and it was stated Saturday that there was little probability that efforts toward organization would be successful in Clov.er. While Clover is quite a fraternal town, there being strong lodges of Masons, Red Men, Juniors, etc., here, it is felt that there is no need for the Ku K'lux Klan to come in and the organizer who spent some time here recently evidently came to that conclusion himself after looking the situation over. v While the Klan organizers may come back to try again. Clover people think it is hardly likely. Much Cotton Sold. More t/han 300 bales of new crop cotton were sold on the Clover market the past week. All sorts of business felt it and local tradesmen had the busie st week that they have had In a long, long while. The general policy seems to be to sell new cotton and hold on to the old cotton. Lots of debts were paid in Clover .the past week and a good deal of money that remained over from the sale of cotton and seed was spent for clothing and shoes and other articles. Cotton in this section is opening mighty fujt and people living on the farms are losing no time in gathering it as fast as possible. Clover merchants are getting in their fall stocks and everybody is looking forward to a season of good business. Getting Ready for Wheat. The outlook is that more farmers ^f the Clover community are going to sow wheat this fall than has been the case for a number of years. Seed wheat is very much in demand and the few farmers of this section who have seed wheat for sale are having no trouble in disposing of it. Residences Being Built. N*. E. Dickson has begun the erection of a residence on Church street. P. (J. Uoy?l has a'so begun building a i- - " - - ........ K nnrvnultn t Hp IIOUSC oil ' ii in cm iiuo i heme of S. W. Turner. Baptist Meeting Closes. A protracted mooting which has hern in progress at the Clover Baptist church for some tinlc past came to a rlos" last Monday night. Services were conducted daily by the pastor, Itev. X. A. Ilcmrick, dyring the meeting. Three additions were made to the membership on profession of faith as a result of the meeting. School in October. The Clover High school will not enter upon the work of the 1921-22 term before the tirst of October, according to Prof It. S. Cochrane, principal of tho school. Opening has been delayed because of congested conditions in the buildings and it is hoped that the new building will be ready for occupancy soon after the opening of school. The exact date of the opening has not yet been determined upon. Too Many Mosquitoes. Clyde Ford, well known Clover sportsman who was one of a party of Clover men who recently spent several days hunting along tiie Kdisto river in Charleston county doesn't think that he is going deer hunting in Charleston county in September again soon. "There are just simply too many mosquitoes in that county in September for comfort," said Mr. Ford Saturday in talking about the hunt. "Th"y are big mosquitoes too?the kind that almost take a piece out of you when they bite. Whenever any of our party mounted a deer stand with a view to shooting an approaching deer the mosquitoes just swarmed around like (lies. We used mosquito lotion on our arms and other exposed parts and this kept them off; but I tell you the mosquitoes kept many a deer from biting the dust at our hands on that trip. We had a chance to shoot eight or nine different deer, hut ourxaim just wasn't any good on account of the mosquitoes." Win for Clover. The CV>wr "Tigers" defeated the Victory .Mil! team of Gastonia in a gaine of haschaU 0:1 Hawthorn Field Saturday afternoon by a score of 3 to 2. It is said that the game was the last that will l?e played at Clover this season. The "Tigers" also defeated the Victory .Mill team in a game at Hawthorn Field tii" previous Saturday. Off to College. Quite a number of young people of Glover and vicinity have recently resinned their studies at various schools and col leges over the Carolinas. They include: odis Robinson and Herbert Smith, Trinity college. Durham, .V. .lustin Smith, Hinghum, Ashcvillo, N C.; Mii'k and James lluggin, WolTford, Spartanburg; James and Rupert Page, Erskine college. Due West; Will Knox, North Carolina State college, Raleigh, N. C.; Miss Christine Smith, Cokercollege, Hartsvillc. Personal Mention. Prof. Thos. Lesslie Wilson, professor of English in North Carolina State college, Raleigh, N. O., has returned to I Raleigh with ills family, after spending the summer at the home of his father, Mr. J. J. Wilson, in Clover. Friends of Mr. J. B. Wood, venerable citizen of Clover, are glad to see him out again after an illness or several weeks. Prof. Clarence Stroup has resumed his duties as principal of the school at Lowryvl'le. Miss Lucile Iluggin of Clover, Is teaching this fall at Frecmont, N. C. Mrs. J. B. Berryhill, who has been undergoing treatment in a Charlotte hospital, has returned to her home In Qlover, much improved. Rev. J. G. Huggin, pastor of Clover Methodist church, is enjoying a vacation of three weeks. Dr. Sam Brison of Kershaw, recently visited relatives here. John M. Smith of Gastonia, spent Saturday and Sunday with his family here. J. H. Curry of Clover, who has been quite ill for some time with an injured ,leg is able to be out again. Miss Esther Ford of Clover, recently visited friends in Yorkville. LAW ENFORCEMENT In Re the Blame That Judge 'Sease Lays on Petit Juries. We agree with The Enquirer in what it says. Not only do judges allow lawyers to railroad cases through and get their clients off with nominal fines, sometimes without submitting the facts to a Jury, but after the juries have convicted, the judges often impose ridiculously small penalties. Sometimes the sentence is suspended altogether. Numbers of times we have beard judges pronounce sentencye. Then the lawyers would commence to plead for a redubtion, giving various and sundry frivolous excuses. The judge often yields to the pleas, and reduces the sentence, or suspends part of it. In one case last year we saw a sentence reduced twice by this process. Suppose that, after a jury has rendered its verdict, the lawyers should gather around the jury and beg and plead with them to cliange the sentence; and it shou'd be changed by this method? What would the14judge oil the bench say to that jury; and what would the public think of them? A Judge ought to regard it as an insult, punishable by contempt of court, for a lawyer to try to persuade nim to change his sentence, after he has heard the evidence and the arguments and dejiberately -jgiddp up his mind as to what the punishment should be. We cannot speak for other counties, but we bc-iievc tliat here in Marlboro judges are far more responsible than lories for the failure-to enforce the law. Juries usually do their duty and convict when there is sufficient evidence presented. Flut juries, police officers, and law-abiding peop'c generally are disappointed and discouraged when the judge pronounces a sentence that is no punishment at all. For instance; when a liquor seller who makes thousands of dollars a year out of his business, is fined $100 or $200 and sent on his way rejoicing at the I smallness of the tax. Judges have been criticising juries from time immemorial. A judge once told a jury that they had violated their o ths and shown themselves unfit to be jurors because they failed to agree on a verdict. If the jury was conscientiously divided, what the judge said of them would have been true of part of them if they had agreed upon a verdict. It is getting time for juries to have j something to say on questions of law I enforcement, and who is responsible ! for its failure. Especially the grand i juiies can have something to say, for they are privileged to say the truth about anything and anybody?judges not excepted.?The Pec Dee Advocate. MISCONDUCT IN COURT ?? ; Dillon Officers Subjected to Heavy Fines. Criminal court adjourned here today after a two-day session. Judge J. | E. rurifoy, of Colieton, presiding, says a Dilion dispatch of Wednesday. The | grand jury was in session all day yes1 terday and did a heavy day's work. There were a number of cases on the docket and Solicitor Spears handled the cases with dispatch, many pleading guilty. A case which attracted considerable .attention was-that of the state against Sitton, rural po^ceman: Stanley Hamilton and Ij. F. Drift. policemen of the [ town of Dillon. This case was called j this morning and a verdict of guilty J was returned this afternoon about 5 ; o'clock by the jury which remained out for some time. They were charged with misconduct in office and making an assault of :y high and aggrevated nature upon a citizen of North Carolina by the name of Miller, who was traveling upon the highway between Dillon and Datta about two weeks ago at a late bour of tin- night. They were each convicted for misconduct of office and not upon the last count. The judge imposed a. sentence upon F. D. Sition of ?r>00, and one year in the | stale penitentiary and a like sentence upon. Stanley, Hamilton and L. ! '. Britt. Except in the caw of the latter two, he imposed a tine of $250, inI stead of $500. He suspended the prison sentence on each of the parties subject to their good behavior. The judge I was pleased to note that Dillon county had a good record, and he was compli mentary in his remarks on the low rime record*in this roomy. MONEY FOR FlMERS War Finance Board Now Ready for BdslnessM "? HEADQUARTERS OPEN IN COLOMBIA /; ? .V'SH Loans Are in Charge of a Committee of South Cardlina Bankers Who Have a Complete and Intelligent Grasp of Local Conditions. ' Announcement of the opening of headquarters in Columbia for the loaning of money for farming purposes in South Carolina under the tCgricultural credits acts was made Saturday by the committee appointed for this state by the war finance corporation. Temporary hoadquarters will be located at the Palmetto National bank and all application blanks and other information can be obtained from W. Lafcta Law, Jr., secretary of the committee. Tiie committee to have charge of loans in this state is composed of the following: J. Pope Matthews, chairman: William Barnwell, vice chairman; H. L. McColl, J. C. Self, W. Latitl Law, Jr. and C. L. Cobb. Mr. Matthews is president of the Palmetto National bhnk and a direc tor of the federal international dbiiking Corporation of New Orleans and other large industrial companies in the south. He has long: been a leader In advocating new methods of financing the Southom farmers. Mr. Barnwell is president of the National State Bank of Columbia and is one of the most prominent bankers and business men in the state. Mr. Cobb is cashier of the People's National Bank of Rock Hill and vice president of the South Carolina Bankers' association. Mr. McColl is president of the Bank of Marlboro, Bennettnville, and a well known business man in that section. Mr. Self is chairman of the board of directors of the Bank of Greenwood and president of the Greenwood Cotton mills. Mr. Jjaw is connected with the Palmetto National bank and was formerly with the National City Bank of New York in New York and Havana, Cuba. Will be Loan Agency. This committee will function as the loan agency for this state of the war finance corporation and will have charge of administering Section 24 of 1 the agricultural ant, which ^authorizes the corporation to make advances to any bank, banker, or trust company in the United States, which may have made advances for agricultural purposes, including the breeding, raising and marketing of live stoek or may have discounted or rediscounted notes, drafts, bills of exchange or other negotiable instruments issued for such purposes. The committee will receive and pass upon all applications for loans. The committee yesterday made the following statement: "This method of procedure will save a great deal of time to the local borrowers and gill give the war finance corporation the benefit of the experience and local knowledge of the conditions of the bankers who tvill compose this committee. As the administration of the act is almost entirely a hanking proposition, the list of members consists of bankers, both national and state, who are familiar with agricultural conditions in their sections. Tho names of the committee were chosen on the recommendations of the various business organizations in the different districts of the state. They are unpaid for their services, realizing the opportunity for public 3eivice. "All applications for loans must be submitted in triplicate and on forms provided for the purpose by the war finance corporation. These forma and other information may be obtained from the secretary of the committee, Mr. Law, at the Palmetto National bank. Columbia. How Advances Made. "The corporation's authority to make these advances extends until July 1, 1922. Advances will mature not later than one year and loans can not be extended beyond three years from the original date of the advance. "Advances may be made against th?"' note or acceptance of the borrower or other negotiable instruments, making him primarily and unconditionally responsible for the payment of the advance. Application of the borrower must be adequately secured by indorsement, guaranty, pledge or otherwise. The corporation shall retain the right to require additional security at any time, and in the event of fjtilure of the borrower to furnish same upon demand, the loan snan ioimwun become due and payable. "The rate of interest will l>c determined from time to time by the board of directors of the corporation. Under the law a bank obtaining advances on the Ixisls of loans rnado by it for agricultural purposes, may not charge upon such loans a rate of interest greater than - per cent, in excess of the rate charged by the war finance corporation, which further warns applicants that this provision of the law should not he construed to authorize any hank lo charge a rate of interest in excess of the rate permitted by the state law. * ,1.... lo " i no amuuiu ui uu; uu <ui?.e limited to the aggregate of all outstanding advance made by the borrower for agricultural purposes, including discounts, and rediscounts of agricultural paper. "This act is of great assistance to the banks and farmers of the entire United States, and will enable many frozen credits to be liquidated. It will enable the farmer to obtain better prices for his products and at the same time relieve the banks from tying up their reserves for long terms. It means a new era of financing agricultural products and an improvement in the business of the South." THE UNEMPLOYED Are Not So Numerous ae in 1?'14 Says Secretary Davis Those who are disturbed over the 5,735.000 unemployed of today, overlook thnt in 1914 there were 7,000,000 out- of work, a larger percentage of whom are men and actual bread winners than In the present unemployed. Secretary Davis said last week in a statement \ "While we have our unemployed, let us not forget the 12,000,000 who are still at work," the statement said. k "A further encouraging /act is that $500,000,000 is now available about the country in the form of bonds already Issued or appropriated by th^ state, county and municipal governments for public works." Positive signs of business recovery have been furnished by the commissioner of labor statistics, Secretary Davis declared, adding: "Some of these signs have an aspect of their own. I put them out for others to interpret as they please. But one must have his head very much In the air, these days, not to notice the growing prevalence of silk hosiery, and the use of silks in general." "The statement had been constantly made, in the news and In the editorial columns of newspapers, that the Department of Labor reported 735,000 men boing out of work. The Department of Labor has reported no such thing. It did report that according to the best available estimate that could bo made there are 5,735,000 fewer men, wometn and children on the payrolls than were in March, 1920. There is a difference with a distinction. It Is a very different matter, from saying that there are 5,735,000 men unemployed. Must Not Stick Heads in Sand "Nothing is to be gained by sticking our heads in the sand and ignoring the gravity of the present unem(ployment situation. Neither do we profit by distorting the facts and exaggerating the figures estimated. Here is one salient fact to be kept in mind ?probably not more'than a third ef these 5,735,000 are the principal btead winners of the family. "Taking all the families of the United States, there are, on the average over two broad winners to every fam uy. If one or tnese oread -winners is unemployed, it seriously cripples, but it docs not necessarily impoverish the family. Mind you, I am not saying that there is not at this time considerable actual suffering among our people, nor that this winter may not bring more suffering unless something intelligent and effective is done to relieve the situation. I am simply calling attention to the fact that while unemployment today is a grave matter there are nevertheless about ten or twelve millions of people at work. And comparatively few families have had the only bread winners put out of a job. "Our problem here at home is all the harder to solve because it is not by any manner of means our problem alone." Labor Department Helping. Discussing efforts to relieve the situation, Secretary Davis said that the employment service of the Department of Labor was doing all it could do to place workers in positions. "During the harwest," he explained, "it sent between 53,000 and 60,000 men to the farjnn and kept moving them ps the harvest season moved northward. "The employment service is at present taking care of the threshing and corn curing situation wherever additional men are needed for this purpose. "Cotton and woolen goods already show signs of recovery, and there is scarcely a plant in the country turning out silk hosiery that is not working at full or over time. Silk fabrics are on the move. These things speak for themselves and may be' speaking the same language as the figures showing that more garages than houses have been built in recent months. Shoe factories seem to be working for t'iv liivri {Mi t # iaii\*y iy^u jn iwu women's shoes. The demand for thefe will come when the railroads and the factories arc started on a more going sca^? when the more staple grades of shoes for men will come into larger demand. That cannot be long delayed. The situation begins to brighten." ? The Charleston city board of health has passed a regulation requiring all children suffering from whooping cough to wear arm bands for the protection of the public generally. A petition that this be done was presented to the board by a numliPi' r i f rvn rnnf _ toonhnr nucAPiotinno on/1 a civifc club committee. The new regulation will go into effect in about two weeks. It is designed to keep a whooping cough patient more successfully isolated, in relation to coming in contact with children not immune to this disease. ? Benjamin Franklin was a journeyman printer, th<) son of a tallow cha^llcr. I \ \ , NEWS Of ROCK BILL Striking Textile Workers flttnltat They Gained a Victor?. CUT PREPARES TOI CLEAN OP SQOAB ? f Winthrop College Opens Wednesday ? and Many Freshmen Cam* in it** Weak?Much Cotton ie Sold and Lota of Debts are Paid?Other Newt and Note%of the Metropolis. (Br a Staff Correspondent.) Rock Hill, Sept. 17.?That they won , a complete victory by reason of the fact that under the termc of the agreement by which they returned to week the company agreed to recognize their union, wda the statement made today to this correspondent by operative* of the Highland Park Manufacturing company here who have recently jf, \ turned to .work after being out, on strike for many weeks. The company, it was stated,, agreed that the op<^% tlves go back to work at the same wage siale effective when tbey walked but and the company further agre*ght deal wiAi the employos collectively and not as individuals, the main idea in textile unions, according to the informant. Little has been said about-the A ?? ? ? in ?Im nnhllfl lerms UI UlC OCVtlCUiCUV ?U VMV press, the informant went on topgy, and. there has been an Inclination on the port of both the manufacturer tpd the textile workers to. put on the "* >& pedal." Nevertheless the . striking textile workers got what they wantsd ?recognition of the textile union,, this was the basis of the eetUeOtmfe. The informant went on to say thgjt everything is going smoothly now and that the management had promised that whenever conditions justified it there would be an increase in waged and with cotton on the up-grade and the price of cotton goods climbing up* ward in all probability there WO?#? soon be an increase in wages. > Winthrop Opens This W Winthrop College opens next nesday. Some 600 freshmen and conditional students from all sections ? * South Carolina arrived here this W<m* and axe busy getting uniforms and books and everything preparatory :4s, settling down to a hard winter's wOrtC*A Numbers of college girlies "were on tUft" streets and in thg'etores today andi^ljfci bunch of fellows who were standUm! around the drug etores this rooming I admitted that it .was.good,tpjMftttil# back in town again. The drees maksaa and cutters In Rock Hill stores were busy making changes in uniforms, etc. all day today. One young freshis frorft Greenville dropped in to ons of tWs leading dress making establishment* J this morning to have her dress $Qt down to the latest short length * 1a Winthrop style. Even the dressm?lr?? had to laugh dt the measurements which- showed 381 inches around tte hips with & length of 27 inches. "WeH, miss," smiled the dressmaker, her ar*a I akimbo, "I've often heard the expression 'broader than she is long,' AAd you're it." And the little freshis arched her penciled eye brows and shlffeA her chewing gum and replied, you know.'* Government Clean-up Squad. I Miss Kate Hutchison, chairman of the Rock Hill Chapter American Red Cross is making arrangements for tit* ' coming to Rock Hill, October 18-21 of the Government Clean-up Squad who will take up the claims of ex-service men against the government In a statement today Miss Hutchison, gave out the following information that is fl of Interest to ex-service men: "Tho fl Clean-up Squad will be in Rock him October 16-22 and all ej-service men I of York county who nave claim* I ! against the government are requested fl to meet the squad at the Red Ceo#* office in the Chamber of Commerce | hall on Trade street. Claims to be [ considered are: Compensation, voca| tional training, insurance and di*%- ' biliti'es requiring hospital treatment.,1 The government will not furnlih transportation to the ex-service men from their homes to Squad headquarters. , If #hey find a man ha* fL genuine claim, the government will provide for his board and lodging while the squad is attending to hi* claim and will pay transportation home." Much Cotton 8old. * Quite a quantity of cotton of the new crop was sold on the Rock HiU market today and according to buygft and others who keep up with cotton sales, this has been an unusually tlve week on tl^e local market. A banker stated to the correspondent this afternoon that durir.j the mornV , ing he paid out over $10,000 on cotton' checks. Quite a bit was spent In the stores, but the greater parfc.of that $10,000 went to pay old debfs. During the past few weeks there has been little, buying of dry goods. Merchants say that it has simply been too hot for people to buy and they are not expect*ing any great pick up in business for a' week or ten days. Personal Mention. * Miss Rose Hunter of Yorkvflle.'it undergoing treatment in the Fennell Infirmary here. * Mr. and Mrs. W. J. P. Wylle of York"-' vllle, were visitors in Rock Hill today. Miss Virginia Plaxco of Rock Hilt, visited the family of her father, Mr. John B. Plaxco, on York No. S, today. ? Edmund Kean, the celebrated traffpdinn, wns tho son of a atn?? penter. _ # . ? " H " ? ..