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jSrrajws and jgarts.
? A reduction of about 5465,000.000
in the public debt during- October has
just been announced by the treasury.
The total public debt on September
30 stood at $23,924,10S,125.0? while
October 31 the total was $23,459,148,496.59,
making a decrease for the
period of $461 959,628.47. The heavy
decrease in the national debt during
the last month, officials said, -wa?s accounted
for by heavy redemption of
government securities. Nearly $400,000.000
worth of treasury certificates
were retired while the usual treasury
financing was omitted October 15 and
nodiew certificates issued until 'November
1.
?irteduc^ions of one per eei^ in rediscount
rates of Federal RestVve
banks at Chicago, St. Louis, a.nd
Kansas City and of one half per cent.
? * ? Vn?L*
at the Reserve Danas at ?nv
Philadelphia. Richmond, Atlanta and 1
Saji Francisco have been announced bj" 1
the" Federal Reserve board. New rates i
at-jjhe eight banks making reductions 1
are as follows: Four and one-half
per cent., New York and Philadelphia:
five per cent., Chicago, St. Louis.
Kansas City and San Francisco and
five and one half per cent., Richmond and
Atlanta. The rates in force at the j
banks which have not been changed as
yet are: Five per .cent., Boston; five
and one-half per cent., Cleveland, and six
per cent.. Minneapolis and Dallas.
TBe reductions were accomplished
through applications made by the various
banks and the directors of the
BOston, Cleveland, Minneapolis and
Dal'as banks are expected soon, to file
such applications. Conditions of the
reserves of the banks and the general
situation "in the money market were
said to be responsible fo- the reductions.
? Wg^hington, November 1:?Sales
tax proponents in the senate claimed
tonight to have close to the neces
saJry majority to put through one of I
th<? three alternate plans offered by .
Sepator Smoot, Republican. Utah, as j
a substitute for the miscellaneous exi
cises contained in the pending tAx
h revision bill.. Canvasses of the senate
^ made tonight while the luxury and ]
nuisance taxes were under debate, [.
were^said to have shown at least half
of tne .total Republican membership !
prepared to support the sales tax. j
Senator ^>npeot claimed also a number
of "Democratic supporters. Those be- |
hind the Smoot plan said their calculations
tonight gave assurance of not i
less than 42 Republicans and three
Democrats, or only four short of a
majority of the senate. Counting the
number of senators now -111 Washlng
ton, they claimed to have close to
enough votes to carry them to victory.
A more official, but incomplete canvass,
of the Republican membership, .
showed 29 for the sales tax, and only 1,
seven against, with five doubtful.
Sales tax advocates have been conducting
a quiet but earnest campaign 1
'in the senate for several days. This!
was followed tonight by a charge from |
Senator King. Democrat/ Ct;ih. that
the tax bill was being stripped of the
miscellaneous excises with a view to
making a sales Uix more logical.
7-Great Rriiain, it was indicated in ,
authoritative quarters Wednesday, according
to a London dispatch, will
reply to the recent note of M. Chicherin,
foreign minister of Soviet Russia,
offering conditionally to assume
the debts of old Russia up to 1914, by
the dispatch of a note pointing out
t^nt th^ Soviet's offer mentions only
the imperial state debts which are
only a part of the Russian total, it
will also set forth that the conference
to establish peace, desired by the
Moscow government, would be possible
dnly after an allied or preferably an
international consensus of opinion was
obtained regarding the policy to be
pursued toward Russia's indebtedness.
The British note, which will be forwarded
this week, will ask for further
details as to the general character
of the Soviet offer. In official
circles it was asserted today that the
offer from Moscow had not resulted in
a spirit of hopefulness regarding the
Russian debt but was taken as merely
another step in ihe steady progress
toward re-establishment of AngloRussian
relations, which started with
the signing of the trade agreement.
Great Britain, it was stated, \yill continue
to co-operate with the other na- J
tions regarding the debt and will ad- j
here to the decisions of the recent j
Brussels conference which, it is declared,
the Soviet has misinterpreted, j
? At ils national convention in Kan-j
sas City, .Mo., this week, the American
Legion elected Hanfoi d McXidpr of I
Mason*City, Iowa, to bo national com- i
render, vice John G. Emory of Grand I
Rapids, Mich., who succeeded to the'
position on the death of F. W. Gal- |
mav irtuotinf *?f thf con- !
UjaillJ. A UC iUAb i??vvv,..n J
vent ion is to be held in New Orleans.!
A resolution was adopted declaring for 1
compensation for ex-service men. Also,
the convention went on record with a
demand for the return of Grover Cleveland
Bcrgdo'l, and opposing.the pardon
of Eugene V. Debs. Colonel George
Harvey was discussed at some length, '
lntt resolutions of severe censure were
voted down or the strength of a statement
of a member who said that he
had heard Harvey's speech and that
the speech had been misquoted. This
member claimed that the sense of Har- i i
v'ey's speech was that we went into the .
war when we dfd because we realized ',
that otherwise we would have to light
Germany alone after the Allies had 1
been licked. Following is the text of 1
the substitute resolution that was ,
adopted.: "That the sentiments ex- .
pressed by George Harvey, United j
States ambassador to Great Britain, in j J
his Pilgrim day speech, setting forth j
the reasons for America's entry into i ,
the world war and the cause for which
,'America fought, does not represent the!(
true American attitude as interpreted *
by the American Legion; and let it be \
known for all times that America
fought not only for the maintenance of
America's rights, but for the freedom i1
of the world and that a copy of this <
resolution be sent to the president of f
the United States."
? Washington, November 1:?The j
Democratic party chose former ltep- j ,
resentative Cordell Hull, of Carthage, j>s
Tenn.. as chairman of its national i '
committee to succeed George White ' j
of Marietta. Ohio, who retired 1o the
party ranks, "to help in the struggle I
for the ideals of Democracy." The |
change in leadership, which had been ! j
held by Mr. White since June. 1920.
when he assumed the chairmanship at j
the call of former Gov. James M. Cox, ! r
of Ohio, the jtarty's nominee for presi- t
dent, was assured early today, when, v
after a lengthy conference, it was announced
that all elements, of the party "
had agreed upon either former Assist- d
ant fjecrctary <d' Slat" Hrcek in ridge t
Long or Mr. Hull. Mr. Lord's ultimate
sr|ctfUon was contingent how- ,s
ever, upon the resignation of Kdward "
K. CJoltra of St. I.ouis. comniitteeman p
from Missouri. Mr. 'loltra said he |
would not resign in Mr. Long's favor,
Mr. Hull then was announced as the j
agreed eandidntc for the chairman- p
ship. Mr. White on his arrival here <-,
yesterday announced tie would not resign.
regardless- of the opposition of! 1
certain party elements to him unless tl
a man could ho found on whom all n
could agree. Mr. White and his sup- j t.
porters took a stern position and
showed signs of light. \ dnfereii"?*' '
vas arranged at which it is understood
the White opposition led by
Senator Carter Glass of Virginia,
showed its hand displaying a mininuin
of G6 votes either present in
person or by proxy out of a total of
eso than 100 votes expected to be
present. The names of Mr. Hong and
VIr. Hull as compromise candidates
ire understood to have been put forvard
by the opponents of Mr. White
ind were declared acceptable by ,
Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi as '
Chairman White'? representative. The <
'etiring chairman announced that Mr.
Hull's selection was a "very happy (
me," asserting that he had not been
closely allied "with any of the' candi- 1
lates at the San Francisco conven- I
tion. Reports that Daniel C. Roper, ,
former internal revenue commission- ,
sr. is to be made chairman of the national
executive committee in accordance
with the compromise agreement
on the chairmanship could not
be verified tonight. The new chairman
said he expected to announce the
persorfnel of the executive committee
probably from Washington within a
few days.
(Tlir \torrtmilc (Enquirer.
Sntered at the Postofflce at York, as
Mail Matter cf thi Secom Class.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1921.
The senate has passed a house resolution
to make Armistice day a national
holiday and the president will
issue his proclamation soon. It is expected
that each of the states will
follow the lend of the national government
in this matter.
Representative Brennan, of Michigan
is pressing his bill to legalize the
sale of beer and light wines, and is
seeking support for it through a
scheme to pay the soldier bonus with
the revenues derived from license
taxes on the same.
According to the view of The Yorkville
Enquirer the disarmament conference
will be largely a renewal of the
Paris peace conference. The achievements
of the peace conference were
broken up by America for political
reasons. Now it is realized that there
is no other way out of it except along
the lines agreed upon at Tal is, and the
peace conference will cither reach conclusions
along those lines or break up
in a row. If the conference does not
result in a league of all nations it will
result in a new alliance of sorue of the
nations.
No man who fails to pay his honest
debts can enjoy the fullest measure of
self-respect or the respefct of his fellow
man. It is not intended to reflect
against the man who is In debt. The
man who does not from time to time
have beeasion to use his credit is a
very poor man. Ail good men use their
credit both as a matter of convenience
and of necessity. Hut no pood man
will swindle his creditor. He will
cither pay his debts in full when due
or relieve his creditor of all ground for j
the slightest apprehension as to the
honesty of his intention to pay. The
man who pays or honestly intends to
pay is the equal of any man. But the
man who deliberately dodges his honest
debts is no man at all. Everybody
knows the fact and he knows it as well
as anybody else. The man who does
pay his honest debts, or if unable to
pay, so conducts himself as to retain
the confidence of his creditors stands
higher in the estimation of everybody
in every way, even than does the man
who never has occasion to owe anything.
If Senator Thomas E. Watson had
not succeeded in stirring up something
unusual in the senate, the country
would have been surprised if not disappointed.
But the senator lias not
left any further room for surprise. He
says that lie lias proof that men who
volunteered for service in the world
war and men who were conyripted for |
such service were hanged like dogs
without the semblance of trials; but j
were strung up at daylight on authori- j
Ly of officers. The charge was denied
t>y other senators and a committee
was appointed to investigate Watson;
lut Watson refuses to be investigated.
C-T*. l-ovo )-???* tirnnf nlpntv of :
' ' ' * --1
iroof and that he will give it from the (
loor of the senate so that the whole
country can know the facts. It is a
shaking situation of course and in
vhicli the truth will never be oficially
admitted; but people who have
alked to service men are led to believe
ither that there is good foundation
or the charges that Watson makes or
hat among the service men there are '
ots of conscienceless liars. That Wat1011
has the goods is very probable;
iut that he will ever be allowed to1 '
trove his charges is quite doubtful.
The office of the criminal law is to
uinish offenders against their fellow ^
nen and against society. There is;,
luthing the matter with the law; hut j t
hero is something terribly wrong '
lit It its administration. Take the case J
I lliose in rev mi Ulf ni'.iiMn mm niui- u
ered that poor taxi drivei in Lexing- a
on county, recently. The, circuin-1 '
lances were .so clear that there wasL
o need for a trial except for the pur- j i
ose of complying with the very proper I 1
revision of the constitution which
uarantces that no man shall ho de-! p
rived of life, liberty or property ex- j \
ept by due process of law. But it'
urns out that due process of law is in j
ic discriniinati m of men who havej h
o regard for justice. These men have, h
ik< n advantage of the very safe-;
wards that were provided to protect I v
he right in order to perpetrate a J
ivrong. They knew what they were
loing and did it deliberately. Take
:he case of Tom Harrison, that low ^
lown brute of Greenville who killed -j
his wife in order tliat he might have
ier sister. Everybody in Greenville *
jnderstood the case perfectly. Except
Tor a fearless upright judge his paid (
awyers would probably have established
an acquittal on the foundation of a
transparent lie. But even after his
conviction this man was allowed a new
trial under the forms of law. His at- 1
Lorneys for money became accessories
with hiin after the fact. Now, since
his release from the penitentiary he (
has confirmed the alleged motive of ^
the murder of his wife by living with ,
his wife's sister. Very likely the case
will go on until he is acquitted by "due <
process of aw." There is nothing the
matter with theJ#?<V, but there Is some- ,
thing the matter with a system that
allows lawyers to become parleeps .
crimlnls with criminals without subjecting
the lawyers to the same punishment
that is provided for other people
under the same circumstances.
MCTunrMcre IM rnyrrRFMCF
% 1 .
This Year's Upper South Carolina
Conference Being Held in Lancaster.
The Upper South Carolina conference
began its session in Lancaster at i
9 o'clock Psi Wednesday morning ,
with sacrameiS j.nd prayer by Bishop
U. V. W. Darlington, presiding bishop.
After roll call and election of Rev.
B. R. Turn^pseed and the Rev. W. B.
Garrett, secretaries, the conference
sessions began.
I)r. John O. Wilson read a resolution
memorializing the general conference
to giv? diligence in and interest
to the unification of the Methodist
Episcopal church, South; asking
that a joint spirit be cultivated between
these two bodies and not stop
until every effort for union with the
Methodist Episcopal church be exhausted.
.
Under the questions of the call for
the supernumerary and superannuate
preachers, M. G. Latham remained supernumerary
and of the superan- :
nuate two have died, the Revs. Marion
Dargan and J. N. Isom. Others
were the Revs. J. F. Anderson, M. M.
Brabham. J. W. Bailey, J. R. Copeland,
L. S. Inabinet, J. W. Neely and ;
J. B. Tr; ywick.
The Reverends Anderson, Traywick
and Brabham spoke feelingly of the
work of the ministry. Mr. Anderson
said he had rather be a well old man
than a sick young man. Mr. TrayAvick
was referred to in the conference
body as 'a grandfather in Israel." He
touched a life ^hich in turn touched
other lives. He was active in preaching
54 years. After Mr. Traywick's
remarks a stanza of a hymn was sung
"Even down to old age."
Privileges of the conference floor
were extended to members of the
South Carolina conference of which
the following were present, the Revs.
J. H. Noland, A. D. Betts, D. M. McLeod
and T. E. Morris. Dr. E. H.
Rawlings of the mission board was
also In attendance today.
The six presiding elders reported
much progress in their various fields.
A net increase of membership in the
church of about 3,500 was reported.
Finances in the lower districts as to
latitude'were not so good, but there
will be possibly between 93 and 95 per
cent, of full collections in the entire
conference.
The classes of undo-graduates were
called and the four classes were passed
to their respective higher classes.
The Rev. James Write was located
at his own request.
The following c<*nn-itteos were
chosen:
Committee on memo rs: The Rev. J.
B. Traywick, Dr. John O. Willson, the
Rev. J. K. Walker, the Rev. A. N. ,
Brunson and Dr. R. E. Str.ckhouse.
Committee on public worship: The
Rev. CJ. C. I/eonanl, the Rev. E. ItMa
son and Maj. J. M. Riddle.
Committee on conference relations:"
The Revs. E. W. Mason, S. K. Booth,
J. E. Mahaffey. D. W. Keller, Henry
Stokes and S. T. Blackmon.
? ... ? ,iin(?i/.f iinnfprrnpp I
cranmuipv <>u w.....w ,
journals: The Rov. J. W. l^ewls, the
Rev. R. E. Sharp. J. F. Golightly, L 1
M. Moore, -A. W. Love and J. F. McElvey.
Committee on Sabbath observance:
The Rev. J. 15. Connelly, the Rev. D.
E. Jcffcoat, the Rev. C. \V Watson,
J. A. Cely, E. 1). Easterling and S. C.
Carter. ,
Committee on memorials to the
general donferenre: Dr. R. E. Stackhouse,
the Rev. 1'. F. Kilgo, the Rev. '
L. P. McGee, J. L. Qulnby and J. C. i
Smith. (
Vacancies on boards, Sunday school
board; The Rov. R. F. Morris, in 1
place of the Rev. A. E. Holler. 1
Committee on admissions: Dr. R. E. |
Sackhou.se, in place of the Rev. A. E.
ii.<
Committee on examinations: The 1
Iter. J. E. Mullikin, in place of the <
Rev. A. K. Holler. j
Christian literature: Prof. A. M.
Do I*re, in place of E. G. Potter.
Dr. Luther E. Todd spoke on the 1
"Superannuate Endowment" this af- i
ternoon. lie pave a very hopeful .
prospect in this undertaking of the
whole church, South. 1
f
? The Enterprise Bank, of Charles- ^
ton, of which Lieut. Governor Wilson ^
n. Harvey, is president, closed its ^
floors Tuesday, according to press dispatches.
On the doors are taeked
notices to the effect that the bank j
found it impossible to realize rapidly ^
enough on loans and deposits having
tieen shrinking. Policemen artf guard""
<lir> iinnk huildintr. which is tcm
porarily in tl?o hands t?f the state ex- (.
uniner. The employes left the buildng
in taxi cabs and a crowd soon .
gathered. Tlie bank was opened for j ^
ibout an hour this morning. j j
MERE-MENTION.
James Thompson, aged 102, and his
rife, Mary, 00, celebrated tiie 70th anliversary
of their wedding at Dayville, ^
'mm., last Tuesday The total
>ctided indebtedness of the world, as v
stimated by New York financial ex>erts
is $383,Utn>,oO0,0U0, as against $43,00,000,00(1
in 1013. Senator Thoms
J. iieflin has introduced a bill to ap- j '
ropriate $50,000 for the erection of a j
iionumcnt to Major tieneral William!
(lorgiis, late surgeon general of the I'
.'tilled Stales army More than I
3,ooo Xew York city milk drivers arcjv
n strike It is announced that on J Li
anuary 1 next the White House will j
io thrown open for an old time New q
'car's party, tlio tirst lti many years. , v
Lloyd ricorRp, Avho was to have |
ailed on Xovember 5 to attend tho I .
isarmament conference in America,!X1
as announced the postponement of I(
is trip. He says he may sail later.
lore than 25,000 ex-service men ?1
larched in the American Legion re- F
i>-M at Kansas t'ity, last Tuesday.
local affairs,
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
rhe Ladles Shop, Rork Hill?C~ats,
dresses, suits,
fork Hardware Company?Why be
caught napping.
fampbell-Hicklin Live Stock Corporation,
Sheldon, S. C.?breeders of high
class hogs.
Jreenville Community Service and
Chamber of Commerce?Come to
Greenville November 11. ,
famison's Bakery and Cafe?Announcement
of opening on December
1.
?eoples Bank and Trust Company?
The great war is over.
Jewell & Thompson?Now is tho time
to buy a Chattanooga Turn Plow.
Carroll Bros.?Sixteen per cent, acid
for grain,
fork Supply Company?Sow grain.
The Cash and Carry Store?Save your
money on groceries,
clover Drug Store, Clover?Biggest
bargain in soap that we have ever
offered.
3. F. Gordon and Others?Warning to
trespassers.
T. T. Crawford, President?Notice to
stockholders of the McConnellsville
Telephone Company.
John A. Marion, Referee in Bankruptcy?Notice
in the matter of Shannon
& Plexico.
The Star Theatre, J. Q. Wray, Manager?Pearl
White today in "Know
Your Men."
A. T. Hart, W. M.?Regular Communication
next Tuesday evening.
If you Have not done anything about
sowing some grain why have you not
done so?
The cotton has been pretty well
picked ^ut between Yorkvllle and
Rock Hill and thVre is very little
more to open.
Armistice day is Just one week off?
next Friday, and, if there is not a general
suspension of business there
ought to be.
There is lots of baled cotti^n lying
about on the ground over the county.
It should be under shelter. It is costing
more by way of deterioration than
shelter would cost.
There should be a good hard-surface
road between! Yorkville and Rock
*rati cy u ~ ?? a i?
Xi.ilI* OUU11 U, lUciU 10 nvtucu buvi v f
more than anywhere else in, the county,
and the whole county Is interested
in the building of such a road.
Up to date, since the opening of the
club offers two weeks ago, more than
150 new names have been added to
The Yorkville Enquirer's mailing list,
and speaking off hand without going
back to look up the actual figures we
will say that this is a record.
Parts of the Yorkville-Rock Hill
road were put in real bad condition
by the rains of Sunday and Monday,
especially between Newport and Tirzah;
but the road men were after it
with their plows and scraps and were
calculating on getting it in fine shape
for the winter provided the weather
was suitable.
I
There are lots of people who can be
induced to subscribe for The Yorkville
Enquirer if clufefnakors will only approach
them and tell them what kind
of paper ^he Yorkville Enquirer is
and offer to forward their subscription
for the club price of $2.25 until January
1, 1923. The wny to get a good
club is to go after it, and clubmakers
who will do thip will find that they j
will make good wages for all the time
and effort they put forth.
C. E. Spencer, Esq., who passed
away in Columbia Wednesday evening,
following a stroke of nppoplexy, has
long been recognized as one of the
most highly esteemed citizens of this
section. He came to Yorkville in 1870
as a member of the faculty of the old
Kings Mountain military school, under
Col. Asbury Coward, shortly after his
graduation from the South Carolina college.
He served in that capacity about
six years, giving a part of his time to
Ulli pmciice UL liiw. ljaiui lie vnvvricu
upon a law partnership with the late
L D. Witherspoon under tlie firm name
a.*! Witherspoon and Spencer, . and
fiom thence onward gave his entire
time to his profession, in which he attained
a high degree of eminence. All
of his life he has been a very busy i
man; but nevertheless he has been i
rery much interested in public affairs,!
to the advancement of which he has
jver been willing to devote both time
ind money. He was a trustee of the
South Carolina University over a perod
of twenty years, and has long been
i deacon in the Presbyterian church of
rorkville. In his office, where he was
ill business with everybody, he was a ;
lard and steady worker but socially;
le was full of life and fun, and was,
generally esteemed as most excellent
tompany. Another thing about him,;
xemplified through years of practice,
vas his sincere practical sympathy |
vith distress of whatever nature. He
jave liberally to every worthy cause
(resented to him by those in wnom ne i
tad confidence, and he hunted up
vorthy objects of assistance on his
iwn account, and where possible renained
unknown to the beneficiaries
if his gratuities. No doubt Mr. Spener
made mistakes as all of us do; but
(robably not as many as most of us.
imnng those who knew him, and that
ncluded thousands, the common ver- (
let is that liis life was worth while. ;
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ABOUT PEOPLE
Mr. .T. H. Quinn, of Smyrna, was in
'orkville, yesterday. '
R. If. (5. Caldwell, of Sharon was a 1
isitor in Yorkville yesterday.
Rev. Carl MeCully of Shurotj, was !
mong the visitors in Yorkville, yes-' (
erclay. I (
Mrs. T. M. Whisonnnt Is reported in ! j
serious condition at tlit* FcnneM in- j
rm.uy, Rock Hill. I
Mrs. X.'J. N. llowen of Yorkville is ?
tatting the family of her son, Dr. J. j c
llowen in Washington. I i
Messrs. C. M. Dickson and Thad l\ I 1
linton of Clover, were among the t
isitors in Yorkville, yesterday. t
1 i
Mis. AY. ! '. Marshall who has been ( '
isitir.g relatives at Inman. S. C., has
tinned to her home in Yorkville.
Mrs. F. C. Riddle of Yorkville, was j t
[lerated on for appendicitis at the j N
en.vl' Infirmary, Rock Hill, Monday. |j
Robert, son of Mr; and Mrs .1 s'i
Brice of Yorkville, was operated on for
appendicitis at the Fennell Infirmary,
Rock Hill, on Wednesday.
Miss Hattie Wood, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Lyttle Wood of York No. 6,
underwent an operation for appendicitis
at the Fennell Infirmary, Rock
Hill, last Tuesday.
Rev. W. H. Quinn, of Lexington, Va.,
has been making a short visit to his
father, Mr. J. H. Quitjn, of Smyrna. He
left today for Charlotte, where he will
remain until Tuesday, before returning
to Virginia,
Mrs. L. G. Baber who has been quite
sick at the home of her mother, Mrs.
R. L. A. Smith at Hickory Grove for
several days prst has returned to her
home in Yorkville. Her condition is
much improved
II. P. Stowe, prominent merchant of
Gastonia, was among the visitors in
Yorkville yesterday. Mr. Stowe who
is a former resident of Yorkville, said
that business is fairly good in the
Gaston county metropolis. "Farmers
are selling their new cotton," ho said,
"and holding on to their old crop."
Mr. Sep Huey of Sharon' has moved
his family to Yorkville and they are
making their home with Mrs. Senora
Carroll on South Congress street. Mr.
Huey has assumed his duties as night
policeman foi 4he town. He succeeds
W. T. McClaiti who has been serving
temporarily.
Mr. Wade II. Jllcklin, formerly of
Guthrlesville, was in Yorkville last
Wednesday, the guest of Mr. J. T3.
Scott. Since leaving York county'
about 20 years ago Mr. Hicklin has
been a citizen of Georgia; but is now
a resident of Beaufort county, where
he has been living during the past
year or more. He is now engaged in
the hog business at Sheldon, about 20
miles from the city of Beaufort. He
had been in this business for quite a
while in Georgia; but was attracted
back to South Carolina by what he
considers to be the superior advantages
of the Beaufort country.
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Since the last publication of the record
in The Yorkville Enquirer, real
estate transfers have been indexed in
the office of the county auditor as follows:
Bethesda?J. Webb White to J. M.
Proctor, 63 acres, $6,300.
Broad River?R. W. Buice to W. H.
Wallace, 116 37-100 acres, prices not
stated.
Bullocks Creek?John T. Latham to
Walter R. Lathani, 8 7-10 acrop, $174.
Catawba?W. H. Cross to Mrs. Lucy
F. Drrby, 1 lot, $1,800.
York?Quinn Wallace to J. H Lowry
57 3-4 acres, $4,620.
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WITHIN THE TOWN
? Big, fat o'possums were sold on
the streets here this week at $1 each.
? Large frying chickens were being
sdld on the streets at three for $1 this
week.
? E. G. Brandon, has moved his
family into the Bratton Building at
the corner of South Congress and East
Jefferson Streets.
? Ijess than fifty bales of cotton have
been sold on the Yorkville market
since Monday according to R. E. McClure
public weigher.
? York Lodge No 116, Independent
Order of Odd Fellows now has a total
membership of 150, according to Secretary
R. C. Blackwell. Four candidates
were given degrees at the meeting
held Wednesday night.
? The annual flower show and bazaar
conducted by the ladles of the First
I Presbyterian church was held yesterday.
Dinner and supper were served
| and candies were sold. Many handj
some flowers were exhibited.
? City Clerk and Treasurer J. Frank
I Faulkner has received Clothing samples
with a view to ordering the winter
uniforms of the policemen. Each
officer is given two suits, of clothes a
year by the town.
? Having recently completed the
erection of two handsome cottages on
Charlotte street, Mr. J. B. Deal, the
well known lumberman of Bethany is
now arranging to build still another
handsome dwelling on King's Mountain
street.
? Receipts of police court fines and
forfeitures for the month of October
totaled $302, according to the monthly
report of Chief of Police R. E. Steele.
This is a sum sufficient to more than
pay the expenses of maintaining the
department monthly.
? Seven candidates were initiated into
Yofk Jyodge No. 1061, lx>yal Order
of Moose at the semi-monthly meeting
held Tuesday evening. The meeting
was said to have been one of the
largest and most enthusiastic meetings
i*i lilt? iuh ii a j UUH5COi, ii uivi 1111 j
held.
? Undaunted despite the fact that
they have lost every game played this
season the Yorkville Graded school
football team has high hopes of defeating
the Kershaw school team in a
game to be played on the Yorkville
field this affernoon. Fort Mill defeated
Kershaw last week.
? The funeral of Mr. C: E. Spencer,
who died in Columbia Wednesday
evening, was held from his late residence
on King's Mountain street at 11,
o'clock this morning, conducted by his;
pastor. Rev. E. E. Gillespie, D. D., of
the First Presbyterian church. The
interment followed in Hose Hill cemetery,
a large number of relatives,
friends and acquaintances from the
town, county and state attending.
? Indications are now that the West
road is coming into Yorkville by the
King's Mountain road, striking that
road above the home of D. D. Thomas.
It is reported that the town authorities
have been unable to obtain the
necessary right of ways to have the i
road enter Yorkville by the jail and |
that the expense of lowering the water
mains there would be too great for the 1
town to bear. While the matter has
not been definitely settled, it is saia
that it appears now that the King's
Mountain road will furnish the entrance.
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? This town uses enough commercial
bread to support a large bakery
quite handsomely. The town buys
bread from Charlotte, Hock llill, Gastonia,
Spartanburg and Chester. It
has been in sore need of a bakery for
quite a while, and everything else being
equal the home enterprise is entitled
to liberal support. Money spent
in patronizing the home institution
will be kept at home, and one way
ir.d another the patrons of the local
!>akcry will ret back what they spend
m it. Hut anyhow tli?? town is to be
ongratulatrd on the prospect of having
its own bakery. '
? Eighteen contractors submitted
>ids to build tlie proposed new graded
school building Wednesday and six
ontractors entered bids for the heatng
contract; but neither contract was
et because of the fact that all of the
iids submitted were far in excess of
he amount available for the building. [ '
The trustees and contractors wrestled [ i
vith the proposition all day Wednes- i
lay. All but three builders were eli-11
niriatcd, at the end of the day and the
i listens were engaged with these three 1
esterday and although the original ]
?l*jiis of the architect were changed i
naterinJIy it was impossible for any i
one of the three to submit a bid within
the money limit of the trustees. The
contract is still open and the understanding
is that it may be let at
another meeting to be held tonight.
? Higli officials of the American
Federation of Labor and the United
Textile Workers of America addressed
o umnii oii/iionno r\f tovHlA wnrlfArs in
the courthouse last evening. Attendance
was unusuAly small although ]
those present heard the several speak-'
ers with interest. G. J. Reece, acting
president of the local union presided.
The speakers were Frank McKosky,
vice president of the United Textile
Workers; A. Gordon, representative of
the American Federation of Labor and
Edward Calahan, textile union organizer
for North and South Carolina. The
three speakers told of the value of organization;
referred to the growth ot
textile unionism in the south and predicted
that the time would soon come
when every textile worker was a union
worker. They appealed to their
hearers to stand by their local union
and to devote their time and efforts
toward Increasing its membership and
efficiency.
I ? Harvey E. Ferguson. Jr., aged 10,
son of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Ferguson
was seriously injured this morning
when he was struck by an automobile
driven by Miss Margaret Marshall, a
teacher in the Yorkville Graded school.
The accident occurred in front of the
residence of Mr. W. B. Moore on North
Congress street as the little fellow who
was riding his pony vns on his way to
school. It s^bms that he was following
an automobile driven by J. S.
Mackorell while Miss Marshall with
her aunt, Mrs. W. W. Dixon was on
her way to the Church Home Orphan
age. The jittie Doy punea nis puny
from behind the car and Miss Marshall's
car crashed into him, knocking
boy and pony to the ground, badly injuring
the boy's head and bruising his
body while the pony received several
deep cuts. The automobile windshield
was broken and the car was otherwise
damaged. The lad was rushed to the
home of his parents on King's Mountain,
street where he was given surgical
attention, numerous Pitches being
required to close the wound In his
head.
LOCAL LACONICS
Chaingang Moved.
Thet moving of the chaingang plant
from the old location just west of
Lcsslie station to a point near Black's
mill about two miles west of Yorkville
was completed yesterday. The start
was made early yesterday morning,
and the outfit began moving at about
9 o'clock, passing through Yorkville
yesterday afternoon shortly before
dark. The new location was reached
about 7 o'clock.
Liquor and Still Captured.
Three quarts of liquor, a quantity of
mash and a complete still in operation
at the time of capture fell into the
hands of prohibition officers who made
a raid on the Barber place north-west
of Clover last Friday. A white man
who was engaged in operating the still
when the officers came made his escape.
He was identified and it is expected
that he will soon be captured.
The raiding party included A. J. Quinn,
| H. L. Johnson and Frank Morrow.
Parole for Adams.
Andrew (Buck) Adams, ex-service
man of Rock Hill who was serving a
sentence of two years on the county
chaingang following his conviction of
grand larceny IYi the court of general
i sessions last year has been paroled
I during good behavior by Governor
Cooper. Adams served in France and
Belgium as a ihember of the 118th
Infantry of the 30th Division. His
father is a promipent citizen of Rock
Hill.
Shot Into Negro's House.
Roosevelt Tayloi^ negro, was committed
to jail yesterday charged with,
shooting iato the home of Buddy
Leech, colored. Roosevelt admits the
shooting. He told officers that Bud
I dy who is married took lus (KooseI
velt's) girl to church and he raised n
I row with Buddy about that. Then
Buddy "road laid" him and hit him in
the head with a rock. Then he got
his single barreled gun and shot into
Buddy's house. Buddy heard him coming
ahd went up in the loft and was
unharmed. Roosevelt is looking for a
bondsman.
Halloween Entertainments.
The Union School Improvement Association
entertained at a Halloween
party at Union school house Friday
night. The sum o't $37 was cleared.
The Filbert School Improvement Association
entertained a large crowd
at a hot supper* at the school house
Saturday night. Short talks were
made by Superintendent of Education
John E. Carroll and Senator John R.
Hart. About $100 was cleared for the
benefit of the school. The Philade'phia
School Improvement Association entertained
at a Halloween party on
Monday night, clearing a good sum.
Insurance Fees.
York county gets $2,065.63 in insurance
fees for half the current year up
to June 30, according to figures made
public by Insurance Commissioner McMahan
last Wednesday. The insurance
companies doing business in South
Carolina are required to pay a tax of 2
per cent on all premiums collected in
the state and one-half of this tax goes
to the counties in which the premiums
were collected in proportion to the
amount of those premiums collected in
each county. Charleston county leads
the list with $9,133.20. >
Chester Annexation Case.
The case of W. L. Abernathy et al?
appellants, vs. Samuel M. Wolfe et al? 1
respondents, familiarly known as the
annexation case, was heard Tuesday |
before the supreme court. This case
arose out of an attempt of a section of
Chester county to annex to York. The
election for annexation carried, but the
Chester board of canvassers declared
the election void due to the votes of a
number of men who had not paid taxes
as required by law. The state >oard
of canvassers affirmed the action of
the county board and an appeal was
taken to the supreme court.
?'The death house at tho state penitentiary
is overflowing. There are six
cells in tho death house and there are
ten men under sentence of death and
two more due to arrive at the penitentiary
ir. a few days, to bo held for
their execution day. The men in the
death house are the most desperate
of the capital cases. The others arc
civen apartments in the main build
ir.g of the bastilc. Harvey Whaley,
negro of Calhoun county, is the tirst
of the dozen who will die, it now appears.
He will he electrocuted Friday
of this week, for the murder of 1
Earl Wadfovd, of Lone Star. Wi'l
Hood, colored, of Greenville, is schedu-: (
led to die on November IS, for the ;
niurdcr of G. W. Smith, a night watch- J ;
man of Greenville. He will likely he |
brought to the pen in a few days, '
though he is not here yet. El Culbrcth,
a negro, who was to have paid !
the death penalty on November 4, for !
the murder of Deputy Sheriff Webber .]
Edwards, of Saluda, but his appeal 1
lias stayed the execution. Tillman I
Ro.ie, a Spartanburg negro, is i
to die fin December 2 for (
rlmlimj n^snult on :i whlto \yoinan.'' <;
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He has not as yet been brought to
the penitentiary, hut win iiKeiy arrive
soon. He was convicted and
sentenced only last week. William.
Thompson, of Greenville, who killed
Policeman Burroughs, is in the death
house, under sentence of death, but an
appeal is postponing: his doom. Edmund
Bigham, of Florence, champs *
at the bit on one of the death house
cells and declares his innocensc. He
was convicted of killing his brother.
S. J. Kirky, C. O. Fox and Jesse
Gappins, the famous "murder trio,"
who killed William Brazell, a Colum- v
bia taxi driver, are under appeals and
will die when these are decided, unless
the supreme court saves their
lives from a self-confessed crime.
Abrahum Williams, of Orangeburg,
county, is due to die on December 2, 1
for criminal assault on a young white
girl. Cliff Hawkins, of Greenville, is
in the death house, for murder, but an
appeal which stayed his execution
has never been perfected, and he is
now due to be resentenced. David
Brennan, of Orangeburg, convicted in
1918 and sentenced to die, is still alive,
In the desjtb house, awaiting the settlement
of his case by thd courts. His
appeal has been in the courts for three
years. ,
AT THE CHURCHE8
FIRST BAPTIST
Sunday Worship?Sunday school at
10 a. m. Morning service at 11 and
evening service ut 7.30 by Rev. J. F.
Moore.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN
Rev. E. E. Gillespie, D. D., Pastor..
Sunday Services?Sunday school at
10 ai m. Morning service at 11. Junior
C. E. at 5 p. m. Ydung Peoples C. E.
at 7 p. m. Evening service at 7.30.\
TRINITY METHODIST.
Rev. J. K. -Walker, Pastor.
Sunday Services?Sunday school at
10 o'clock. Morning service at 1L
Evening sen-ice at 7.30.
CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD.
Rev. T. T. Walsh, Pastor.
Sunday Service?Sunday school at
10 a. m. Morning service at 11.
' ASSOCIATE REFORMED
PRESBYTERIAN.
Rev. J. L. Oates, D. D., Pastor.
Sabbath Service?Sabbath school at
10 a. m.
, CHARLOTTE STREET BAPTIST
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Rev. p. A. Liles, Paator.
Sunday Services?Sunday school at
10 o'clock. Morning service at 11.
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Special 2Jotin&
Clover and Union.
Clover?Surlday school at 10 a. m.
Preaching at 11. Union?Sunday
school at 3 p. m, Preaching at 3.30
p. m. N. A. Hrmrlck, Pastor.
Clover Circuit.
Kirtg's Mountain 'Chapel?Sunday
school at 10 a. m. Preaching at 11. St.
Paul?Preaching at 3; p. m. Clover?
Preaching at 7 p. m. *
' J. G. Huggin, Pastor.
At Bullock's Creek.
Preaching at \i CT. tfc Sunday by Rev.
Mr. Cobb, of Columbia.
C. B. Ratchford, Clerk.
GREAT MASS OF PROOF
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Reports of 50,COO Cases of Kidney .
Trouble, Some of Them York Case?. *
Kach of some 6,000 newspapers of
the United States is publishing from \
wjLk to week, names of people In its
pajicular neighborhood, who hav$
used and recommended" Doon's Kidney
Pills for kidney baikache, weak
kidneys, bladder troubles and urinary
disorders. This mass of proof includes
over 50,000* recon*nendations. Hei ?
is one of York's eases.
W. F. Putnam, Soifth Main street,
says: "A good many years ago I had
symptoms of kidney trouble. I suffered
with terrible Jteadaches and this
was a source of dvnstant annoyance.
It has been a long time since I have
been bothered now jitid all I can say i3,
l)oan's Kidney pill* .'cured me of that
complaint and I haven't had any need
of a kidney medicine since, as my
kidneys are in fine condition."
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy?get
Doan's Kidney Pills?the same that
Mr. Putnam had. Tester Milburn Co,
Mfrs. Buffalo. N. Y.
OBITUARY. " i
DIED?In Rook Hill, Tuesday morning
at 5.30 o'clock, Airs. OWENS, widow
of the late R. D. Owens. She was
born in XorkvMle, the daughter of the
late Thomas and Pauline Woods. She
is survived by three children, Mrs. D.
E. Flncher and Mr. Manlius Owens of
Rock Hill, and Jennings K. Owens,
Esq.. of Dennettsvillc. She is also survived
by three* sifters, Mrs* B. W.
Creed, Misses Buena Vista and Carrie
Wood, of Rock Hill. She was married
to her late husband in 1870. /Interment
in Laurelwood cemetery, Rock Hill.
At the Jeffenson hotel, In Columbia,
Wednesday night at 9.30 o'clock, C. E.
SPENCER of Yorkville, aged 72 years,
3 months and 6 days. The deceased
was a native of Sumter county and
came to Yorkville in 1871. He was
twice married, his first wife being Miss
Sallie Clawson, of which union two
children, C. W. F. Spencer of Rock
UiH on/1 \tno t T1 \f(>nnw(>ll nf York
XJ.U1, uuvt i.*i ?"f? -
ville, survive. The second wife, who
was Miss Agnes C. Moore, survives
with the following children: Edward
Spencer of Henderson, N. C., and Donora
Witherspoon Spencer, at tho South
Carolina university. He is also survived
by two sisters, Mrs. J. B. Crosswell
and Miss Rebecca Spencer, both of
Yorkville.
In Appalatchian Hall Sanitarium, in
Abbeville, N. C., on Wednesday, L. M.
DAVIS, aged 83 years. The deceased
was for many years a leading business
man of Rock Hill, where he was held
in high esteem. He was a Confederate
veteran and an enthusiastic member
of the United Confederate veterans, in
which organization he held the rank of
lieutenant colonel. The interment was
in Laurolwood cemetery, Rock Hill
yesterday.
At the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Mary Ferguson, in Chester on last
Sunday night. JOSEPH MARTIN,
aged 82 years. 8 months and 17 days.
The deceased wns a soldier of tho
Confederacy. He leaves four children:
Mrs. E. M. Bobbins of Rock Hill. Mrs.
FF. R. I'*ergtisgn of Chester. Mrs. W.
\r. Atkinson of Lando, and John Margin
of Richburg.
Ir. Rock Hill, Tuesday afternoon folbwir.g
a long illness. Miss LENA
STEELE, a Ted 17 daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Marshall Steele of Rock Hill.
>he is survived by ber parents and a
)r other, Crosby Steele. Interment
vaa In* Latlrelwood cemetery, Wedneslav
following funeral services con
JnctCil W) F'of, J. P. T?ek?r. ' . *'
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