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r'?a,i|>vnnll jl ? Henry Ford spent several hours in "Washington last Saturday talking over \' the Muscle Shoals proposition with < Secretary Weeks and Secretary Hoover. Most of the talk was with Hoover. Weeks ^is confined to his bed. After the conference Ford gave out a statement in which he sajd that he felt sure that his proposition would be accepted. He left Washington for Xew York, where, it was understood that he was to confer with Thomas Edison, who is again to go over the plant with h}m and assist in ascertaining the cost t of the construction work that , the gov- j epiment will have to Complete. Ford fetid that if he could not * beat the I Ohilcr.ns producing nitrate ' !-e ought to quit. "\Vhil?f in Washington he toldi. the president h? would be glad-to : buy the scrapped warships for user in lUs business. This was by way of pleasantry, but Jie said that hty would ' able'to use''the ships all right. ? Th?< question as to whether Truman Hi, Newberrv shall be allowed to fake his seat as United States senator from Michigan, is to be settled betweengChristmas and the New Year, JW cording to Washington dispatches. The Democrats, with the exception of ; Shields, are said to be solid against Newberry, and six Republicans are known to be against him. They are Borah, Ltudd, LaFollette, Xorris, Kenyon and Johnson. Six other Rcpublienns, Mj N'ary. Capper. Jones of Washington, tin rrokl. Xqrbeck and France iire wavering. This makes 47 votes or two loss than a. majority. There is no question of the fact that the ballot i boxes of Michigan' were stated for | Newberry: but investigation did not j show sufficient of this stuffing to war- ' rant giving the election to Ford. Still be election was notoriously rotten and h is thought possible that the senate I Amy l>e unwilling to stand for it. T?An enormous natural gas field, xtith production potentialities "unsur- ' passed in the history of the natural gas industry of the country," has been 1 uncovered in northern Louisiana, ac- j cording to a report made public in New -Orleans* Sundnv night by engi- j nccrs of the United States bu- I reau of mines following an investiga- j tion, conducted for the state at tlie re-.' nuest of Governor Parker. A productive arc-a of 212 square miles, or approximately 13f>,000 litres in a solid | Mock- located In Union. Ouachita and ! Morehouse parishes, near the city of Monroe and designated as the Monroe gas field. is outlined in the report of the engineers. Although over 90.000,IJOO.OOO cubic feet of gas has been removed since the "discovery well" was drilled in 1916. the engineers estimate j the total amount of gas remaining in i the reservoir at approximated 4,7r?0.- j OOO.OOO.OOG cubic feet, with indications thfrt the volume is much greater be- I pause the limits of the fie'd had no' been finally determidtd rt tfe. time : their investigation was ccrclufrd. ? Xew York. November Marshal 1 Foch will visit Charlotte X. C.. and j Spartanburg. S. ('.. during his swing | about the continent Which began to- i night, "hot to end until December 13. ! when he returns to this city to sail the next day for France. The itinerary, i announced tonight by the American Legion, his host on the American visit, indicated that the generalissimo will JUavel more than 12.000 miles and, visit i 23 stated aha4C^inaHa TVf th?*-M tlay* . allotted to the tour. The trip will ; take him to the Pacific coast by way i of the northwest and back again to i "Washington bv a southernly route, j thence fnto Canada and back to Xew ' York through Xew England. The j marshal left tonight for Washington whence the swing will he started in earnest Tuesday night. He will visit Richmond Wednesday. Other points in the south* Marshal Foch will touch on his cross continent run from the Pacific are Houston. Xew Orleans and Atlanta. ? Exports of cotton and cottonseed oil advanced sharply in volume, but declined in value in October as compared with the same month a year ago, according to foreign trade reports issued Sunday night by the commerce department. Exports of breadstuffs. meat and dairy products and mineral oils during the month decreased considerably as compare 1 with October. 1920. total. Cotton ex1 ? 'x * - ?? . 1 V f llilil I>orieq in unuucr iuiiouiiK-.i in .in,..v.. hales valued at $91,028,000, compared with 583.000 hales worth $91,247,000 a year ago. For the ten months ended with October the total was 5,000,000 iKiles. valued at SIOS.OOO.OOO, against 4,000,000 hales worth $952,000,000. Cottonseed oil exports for October abrogated 10,000,000 pounds valued :it $931,000 againSt 7.00O.000 pounds worth $1,000,000 during the same month last year.. For ten months cottonseed oil exports totalled 230,000.000 pounds, valued at $22,000,000. against 120,000.000 pounds worth $20,000,000 in the same )>eriod of 1920. ? The first week of the Washington conference ended with optimistic* views, expressed by several delegates. | prominent among them Premier Hriand of Franco, that soon the principles for tne limitation of armament and the settlement of the Far Kastern question may be definitely agreed upon by all. Prince Tokugawa of Japan, added a note of caution, however, saying that matters must not bo hurried and the delegates must not become impatient, especially as "there is no doubt the conference will not last so long as was originally thought." The opinion is gaining ground with some delegates that other oonforenees\uty follow the present one on account* of the new conditions which will arise especially in the Far East. "Thus," one prominent European statesman observed, "America. thrpugti the. noble initiative of President Harding and the courageous and far reaching programme of Secretary Hughes, will become a solid bridge between eastern and western J civilisation, making them harmonize " Some delegates have sug- j gested the convocation of an economic I conference. as they maintain that the j establishment of a complete and lasting peace is not possible until the linancial and economic equilibrium of the world is restored." ? The house on Saturday passed in amended form the Shepperd-Towner maternity bill, previously aproved by , the senate. The measure now goes to conference. The vote was L'79 to 39, and a group of women who had been : watching progress of the I.ill from the galleries, applauded when i^> result was announced. Opposition to the measure was voiced chiefly on ticground that.it would infringe on state rights. During debate Saturday Miss Alice AT. Robertson (Republican) oft Oklahoma, only woman member of the house, urged the defeat of the bill, while its passage was advocated by I , Representative Mondefl, Republican leader. The bill provides for coopora lion between tne reaerai go* > < -u? and states in the protection of inater- . nity and infancy. Administration of | its provisions would ho by ,tho children's Korean.with ait advisory hoard j1 consisting of the chief of the lmrcau. < the surgeon general <tf the public , health service and the t'nited States I commissioner of education. Jt pro- | ' vidfis that $10,000 ,of> il-ieQtml' funds-, shall he turned over to each state he- , fore next July 1 and that annually thereafter for five years $1,240,000 shall he available. The Federal gov- 1 eminent would contribute outright ( $5,000 each year after next. July 1, to each state and an additiona' $5,000 - - . _ H|.? | provided tne siaie comrimues a hmamount. The balance of the annual | sum would be distributed among states | according to population with each state I required to match the contribution of j the Federal government. Miss Rob- j ertson in her speech torfk a fling at . club women, who, she said, sit at ease | in comfortableHiomes worrying about other people's children and get thrills \ over tea cups by passing resolutions j designed to bring about a new order in governmental affairs. She declared 1 that the bill would interfere with efv fective work now being done by indU'.t viduals and by state, municipal and i piiVnte agencies. "I'm r.ot a mother yoQ know," she said, "but God has given me a mother's heart." She was frequentl.v'appjauded by both proponents 1 and opponents of the bill. *i (the \tovluiUc (Enquirer. Entered at the Postofflce at York, as Mall Matter of tin Seconi Class. -,wj? - - ?- ? ** ^ TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1921 Although the Hughes proposition as to disarmament took away the breath of all the powers for the time being, each is now pressing its own particular interests and ambitions. t'nless the powers in conference in j Washington can agree to disarm they wilr at once enter a free for all race to see which can build the most ships and l lie most powerful ships. And according to the papers, they are making politics out of the peace conferenc*. The "Old Guard" faction! of the Republican party to which j Mai ding is said to belong is fearful; that if the Hughes proposition gets ae- i ceptance, Hughes will loom up as a j powerful presidential possibility. There are those who argue that raising the assessed valuation of taxaide property necessarily operates to low. r the levy. Hut this theory is not borne out by the figures in another! column giving York county assessments anil levies since 11103. There j has been a steady growth in property! and property values and the levy seems | to have kept pace with this grow th ; quite nicely. . m 1.1 , The M unit fuel uher's Record is dr? j munding that ~W. G. P. llarding be; kicked out us governor of the Federal j Reserve banking system. It holds Harding responsible for the deflation 1 disaster and argues that although that | gent.'eman lias reversed his ruinous \ policy the Federal Reserve system can j never regain the confidence it lias lost! so long as Harding remains at the head of it. The railroad commissioners have sent out a notice to road authorities throughout the state advising of the danger of covering up rails at grade crossings with dirt, there having been several derailments on this account. To be sure proper care should be used against derailments and its consequences on this account; but the really .sensible way to deal* with this problem i is abolish the grade crossings. Where tlie highway cannot go over the rail- ' road, some means can generally be worked out by which it can go under. The lives of railroad travelers are very' precious and so also are the lives of j the travelers on the highways. It will be quite a lively race fori governor next summer if the entrants include all that bunch named in the | paragraph published, in the South Carolina news department elsewhere in J this issue. The list includes a numberl of most excellent men; Hut it occurs; to us that if they are to have anything! like a fair show i 11 presenting their respective causes to the public it will have to be under some other arrangement than has prevailed heretofore. Six hours at a meeting will allow them less than half an hour each and that is hardly enough for a mail to introduce himself. Roth Kngland and Japan promptly1 accepted tlie Hughes plan of disarmament "in principle,'' but that merely means that the acceptance was only' a preliminery to gain attention while I t hey were telling why they don't ac- 1 cept. Japan lias since said that she J will go into the arrangement if she is! allowed another big war ship that will increase her proportionate strength! about 10 j?er cent, and Great Britain 1 has suggested that she would prefer to do away with submarines altogether. Since then Croat Riitain has with drawn her objection to submarines, not because she is reconciled; but rather because she sees that she cannot have her way. - Sen;itor Smith, of South Carolina, has introduced a proposed amendment ! to the Federal Reserve act tinder j which it is proposed that the farmers must always have representation on the board, and under which amend- j ment the next appointee will bo a farmer. There is certainly nothing' wrong with the idea that the farmers | should have representation on this ( board. We will go further and say, [hat the farmers shoulil have representation i<m the supreme bench of very state in which agriculture bears , ). proportion of something like one third of the productive interests of the state. But when wo say "farmer," of course we mean a man who is fully capable of representing the pursuit of agriculture in all its just and righteous economic interests, and who also ! has the ability to represent such in- i terests justly and rightfully. But we are afraid that the senator's proposed amendlnent will not count for a great deal even though it should become a law, because regbrdless of the restrict- i ion the law- migty attempt to prescribe ; as to eligibility, the appointing pow er will hardly bo any more circum- ! scribed than it now is. Indeed it wouhj-not be. surprising ft a majority of the "members of the present board could qualify as farmers. . - . . i The Chinese question has been1 injected into the disarmament conference as wp? generally expected; but the injection has come from Chinese repre- j sentatives. China is the real bone of j contention in the east. She is the most populous country of the Vorld and Is pretty highly civilized. Not only this she is? probably the most attractive centre of trade. China is virtually in j the position of a conquered country.! She is certainly a looted country. Different sections of the country have beT-n appropriated by England, France and Japan. Each of these iutions have compelled the Chinese to acknowledge the immunity of their nationals from Chinese law. Foreigners in China have the right to submit till their differences with the natives to a special foreign court. .China has be?n deprived of the right to levy such tiirifffc as she deems proper and must follow schedules laid down by" foreigners. The Chinese have asked, for the establishment of the < pt^i door in China so far as foreign trade ig concerned; but that otherwise the foreigners relinquish control in their present selfconstituted spheres of influence and irix .. ! >?. i>riiiii(i'v iLii.k to nntivo govern men t. The United States has made no hesitation uhout acceeding to the justice of these demands and England, France and Japan say that they are agreed "in principle." In the meantime poor China continues prostrate [ and a prey to the greed of foreigners. The Late Ben Abney. Tn the Columbia State of last Sunday appears the following tribute to the kite Bon Abney from the pen of Hon. \\\ F. Stevenson: i note an article from a correspondent in The State in reference to my late friend, Ben L. Abney. He overlooks one of the great tights (probably the greatest of his life) in which Mr. Abney engaged?the contest between the liquor houses and the state of South Carolina. There was more at stake and more difficult questions involved and greater necessity to break up friendships of a lifetime than in any other contest I have ever known him! to engage. Mr. Abney could have been on the side of the liquor j>eople on his own terms but he refused to be enlisted against the interest of his state and for a mere pittance of what he could have had on the other side, he served his state with consummate wisdom and fidelity until her triumph was comnlele. I was associated with him in that contest for five years and do not hesitate to say that lie was the ablest counsellor and the shrewdest tactician in conducting a pase with whom I have ever been associated ii litigation. People have not generally appreciated the depths of his loyalty to his state, it was more than a mere sentiment with him. It was something of a passion and yet it was only to people intimately associated with bin that lie ever showed this passion. With a wonderful and highly cultivated mind, with an undivided devotion to Ids profession for 40 years, he attained a standing at the bar which few may attain and only the phenomenally great may ever surpass, fie was my friend and 1 deplore bis departure as a personal loss and a logs to the state which had his undivided loyalty : nd love." That is indeed a pretty and well deserved tribute to a great man, whose true worth will nevcis be proj^erly appreciated, because he was never what [ l.-.... ., rwitm) e . .1 ;ie.il indeed I could not be. To the general public Mr. Abnoy was a grim old lion to whom his opponents were hyenas, jackals or mice.. In the legislative halls, in the council chain her, at the bar or elsewhere, lie asked 110 odds of any man. lie relied solely on his own giant intellect, and there was no compromise in him. lie bowed to his opponents only when they had truth 011 their side and the ability j to use that weapon. .And there were I few men in his day who were better j able to see the truth and at the-same time to decide whether it was in competent hands. The most serious cloud on Mr. Abney's career was the cloud that came as the result of his being called upon to resign as division counsel for the Southern railway by the then director general of railroads. His close friends with whom he was intimate, say that he was as loyal as any mtjn in America ami that may j well be believed. War work solicitors for a cause to which lie had already contributed, came at him in aniottensive manner, and he repelled them. He j Was a very wealthy man, hated and j feared by certain elements, and it was , represented that be had showed con- | tempt for the work, when us a matter, of fact lie only sought to defend his * " > i..s.i 1.,. SCII - 1'CSpeCl. I III" Ill<tll<l Miin I.mi fort- the director general of railroads, and as the railroads did not h:ip|>cn to need legal knowledge and ability un- j der government ownership, Mr. Abney w: s asked to resign. Although thor- i oughly understanding the motive of it all, the old lion did not even try to explain beyond a dignified statement of facts. Mr. Abney was as loyal as anybody and did as much as he could for his i^untry under the circumstances; but lie was not yielding to others the right 1o tell him what to do or how to do it. And knowing the impossibility of vindicating himself in the, atmosphere Ihct existed at the time, lie left the Ipublic to think as it pleased, as ho knejv it would do anyhow. j LOCAL,, AFFAIRS, NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Farker-Smoak Clothing Company, Rock Hill?Fine winter overcoats made by Hart, Schaffner & Marx. J. M. Stroup?Buy ladies' shoes now. McConnell's?Gigantic stock reducing sale. ' E. M. Williams and Others?Warning to trespassers. Star Theatre, J. Q. Wray, Manager? Katherine McDonald today. York Supply Company?Oyster sholls. Ferguson & Youngblood?Flour, flour. J. H. Carroll?Big reduction on Goodrich tires and tubes. Cash and Carry Company?Since the days of the Pilgrim Fathers. Feinstein & Krivis-rDo your Christmas shopping early. W. E. Ferguson?Thanksgiving Day. Alice Hare?Expression and aesthetic dancing. , C. Y. White, 1\ p.?Odd Follows. Cotton Belt Schftol?Box supper. J. A. C. Cove and others?Notice to trespassers' H. W. Witherspoon?Warning to trespassers. E. A. McCarter?Warning to trespass< '?>. i 4 ' G. Scott Cold,) and others?Notice to trespassers. J. Q. Ha'l and others?Notice to trespassers. Mackorel Drug Store?Promptness and accuracy. S. L Courtney and Campbell & Quinn, Clover?Fordson tractors. Lyon .Manufacturing Company?Mustang liniment relieves pain. R. L. Vincent of Bullock's Creek, was in Yorkvillo yesterday, principally for the purpose of procuring some alcohol , 1.1? roser,,.-/! lor external umj uh ma ovu, v n.v>v?, who has been under treatment for many months because of an unusually baffling disorder of the blood. Young Clifford has been having a dr.ngerous time, of it; but Is getting along bolter at present. 1 . With the assistance of Senator Overman and Congressman IJulwinkle, the Qpstonia ('hpnber of Commerce is trying to arrange to have Marshal Koch stop off at Oastonia a few minites on his return to Washington from San Francisco, early next month. It is pretty certain^ that the marshal will stop unless theme is some change in the route over which he is now scheduled to pass. "Now you just believe we are not going to prosecute if they disregard our notice against trespassers,",said Mr. W. S. Wilkerson of Hickory Grove, yesterday. "Of course it won't be pleasant to lpve to take neighbors, relatives or friends into court; but we believe that the partridges do their part in dc^roying the boll weevil. Of course we don't care anything about fishing, and we.do not care anything about rabbit hnrtting; but when a man comes on your place with a gun he is apt to shoot anything that seems to offer temptation. There is only one way to stop it tujid that is to prosecute trespassers. And if you don't believe that the men wjose names are signed to this notice./jvjll do what they say they will, you just try 'cm." It is only a kind of half tolerent respect that thet avterage individual has for the weather man anyway. To be sure a large per cent, of the readers of the daily newspapers look up the weather forecasts first tldng; but they merely glance . at it and give it no more concern except to answer some casual inquiry as to "what Jojo said this-qiorning." When the dispatches of last Saturday morning annuunccu the coming of a cold wave to arrive in this section during Sunday the people were skeptical. The mercury stood at 70, and. there was a warm oppressive moisture laden wind from the southwest. Even the children knew thai there could he no cold from that direction. Jiut the weather man said he had a tip to thf%effect that there was a blizzard over Hake Huron, coming in this direction from the country in which the cold is no joke. Within a few hours observers began to notice that the southwest wind \Vas shifting around, accompanied by rain coming llrst in the form of a mist, then as a* drizzle, and by Sunday morning, there had been an almost complete reversal. The wind was coming out of the northeast. The monAiry had dropped some fifteen degrees, and yesterday morning it was down to forty. During Sunday, although professing pleasure at the change, the old experienced ones were also suggesting good advice. "Changes like this?cold weather following a warm spell after you have put on your heavy underclothing and commenced eating winter food, are trying on the system. It i* a good time to watch yourself and take medicine, if you need it," they said, "for you are liable to colds and other, disorders." THE MARRIAGE RECORD Since the last publication of the record in The Yorkville Enquirer, the following marriage licenses have been issued hy the juu^e 01 prouate eo me 1 following: ? Nov. 1 f??Alvin Bomell. 36 . nil Minnie A. Dnnnhve, 33, Fort Mill. * ; Nov. 17?Perry Fa rot hers, 2> and | Sal lie H. Anderson 19, colored. Bethel township. Nov. IS?Aaron Sowell, 32 and Bertha Miller 22, colored. Rock Bill. Nov. 19?Frank Robinson, 21 and : Sadie Johnson, 19, Rock Bill. Nov. 19?Andral Adams, 23 and Ethel Lee Parker, IS, colored, Hickory ! (irn\e. Nov. 19-?John pavis, 60 and Alice Lands, 40, colored, Yorkvillc. 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: Bcthcsda?W. S. Perclval to W. B. Byers, f> l l-loO acres, full value. \\\ B. Byers to \V. S. Percival, 5 14-10(1 acres, full value. Catawba?SJara Bovd to Sara Miller. 1 lot $.7. Sara Miller t<> Syra Boyd, 1 lot, $7.' Mrs. Irene ('. AYhite to Sep Mas.se>' 1 .7-6 acres. $377.66. K. H. Oeas to Rock Hill Lumber Co.1 1 lot, $5 and other considerations. Ebcnezcr- Charles A. Stewart to Tom Roach 131 acres, $6,700. I Jas. S. White and First Trust & Savings Bank, Exors. and Trustees to N. B. Williams, 1-10 acres, $0,025. II. A. Dabney i to E. R. Caldwell 1 lot, $400. Kings Mountain?Wood Crawford ' and Fred Sadler to J. E. Beam guard, 1 lot $380 and other considerations. ABOUT PEOPLE. Miss Ollie Ferguson, has -returned from a visit to Miss Mamie Worthy of Rock Hill. Mrs. Bruce Saunders and Miss Leila Belle Caves, of Sumter are spending the winter with Mrs. E. R. Shannon. I Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Quinn of Yorkville spent Sunday with, relatives in ] Clover, Mesdames G. W../S. Hart and C.'H. 1 Hart of Yorkville are visiting relatives in Jacksonville, Fla. Messrs. Joe Smith and W. H. Stowe' of Bethel were visitors . to Gastonia lost week. Mr. ami Mrs. Paul Ferguson of Sharon spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs'. H. E. Ferguson in Yorkville. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Brice have returned fr6m a visit to M rs. Brice's mothe.*, Mrs. M. B. Crosby in Spartanbuig. Misses Mary and Elizabeth Wade and Miss Margaret Gregory of Chester were recent visitors of Mrs. J. A. Shannon. ' Emily, little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Davis, who has hi en quite ill with pneumonia at her home on Clover No. 2, is improving. Mr. Leroy Moore of Spartanburg, 'formerly principal of the school at Sharon was a visitor in Yorkville, yes' * * ? T r _ * ?? hv hi? leruay. ne i<.vuni|>u.i.?u brother M.r. Sifty Moore. Atr. Moore is now practicing law in Spartanburg. There is little change for the better in the condition of R. S. Hartness son of It,. B. Hartness of York No. 5 who is ill with influenza und pneumonia vin Gustonia. Little hope is entertained for his recovery. Dr. William E. Erwin oldest white male citizen of Yorkville * celebrated his eighty-fifth birthday yesterday. Dr. Erwin has lived eighth-two of his eighty-five years of life here. H*e was* born November 21, 1S36, and was graduated in medicine from the Charleston Medical College in 1861. He served in the War Between the states as a first lieutenant in the First South Carolina Artillery, having been commissioned by Governor Pickens. He lost a leg in the service. Dr. Erwin is hale and hearty and he has aji open challenge to one legged men of his age any where in the United States for a foot race. H e was the recipient of many congratulations yesterday upon the occasion of his birthday. THE HUGGINS CASE When the court of general sessions convenes tomorrow morning Solicitor Henry will call the case of the state against Albert Zimmerman and Mrs. Efflc Huggins charged with the murder ot Pink Huggins, husband of the woman. The dead body of the husband was found on Charlotte road about a mile and a half north of the courthouse'on .Monday morning, November 7. The grand jury returned a true bill against the two yesterday morning. T. l<\ McDow Esq., counsel for Mrs. Hug | Bins and W. R Wilson, attorney for j Zimmerman waived arraignment yes| terday afternoon when the solicitor started to put the pair in the prisoner's dock. Mr. McDow told the court that counsel would probably have a motion to make when the case was called tomorrow morning although he did not state the nature of the motion. It was reported in the court room yesterday afternoon that counsel would probably seek a change of venue on the ground that so much publicity had been given the case that it would be impossible for the defendants to get a fair triai in York county. It was also talked around that Zimmerman's plea woulci be self defense. The two defendants were not brought into the court room until yes- I terday afternoon. Zimmerman wjs neatly dressed, wearing x blue suit of clothes, his black hair brushed smoothly l?ack. Mrs. Huggins, a *111110 red haired woman, occupied one of the seats in the section within tlie rail reserved for grand jurors. She wore dark clothes and she wore a, listless expression on her face, apparently taking no interest in the court proceedings. Occasionally she glanced ;it Zimmerman but her alleged lover gave her no sign of recognition. Zimmerman appeared to take some interest in what was going on. From time to time he turned to whisper to the two white male prisoners seated beside him. He frequently rubbed his chin with his hand and occasionally he turned to see if there were any friends or acquaintances in the audience that he recognized. The two defendants who are charged with murder attracted considerable attention from court spectators. .Both whites and blacks craned their necks to get a glance at the two. The woman was the center of attraction. She did not return the stares. She did not pretend to see anybody. The expression that she wore during the long afternoon was a rather set one?a stony stare us it were, that seemed to take in nothing. It was a rather miserable afternoon for both defendants and they appeared relieved when ordered back to jail. When Clerk of the Court McMackin read the indictment returned by the grand jury holding them both for the alleged murder of the crippled store keeper of Charlotte street, they gave little sign that they had heard. Zimmerman twisted in his seat their and | folded his hands. The woman did not move. 9 WITHIN THE TOWN r ,lwv \ri?s0f0t.lal ! 'Al it C?IUCI UIIIC Ui lilt .Uiiiiniv..... Union hold in the oftlco of fhe.probatc judge 011 Thursday of last week, it was arranged that Union Thanksgiving, services he held iu the Episcopal ' church next Thursday morning, Rev, J.I K. Walker of they Methodist church to; preach the sermon of the occasion. ? The annual "Work Day" offering of the First Baptist Sunday school for the benefit of the Connie Maxwell l^aptist orphanage at (ireenwood, last Sunday, totaled $111.20. Owing to the threaten-ij ing weather the Sunday school attend- ' ance was only 58. In addition to the' cash there was donated a handsome! <Iuilt to go to the orphanage. ? While there was only a small audience present for the entertainment pre- j sen ted in the courthousfe Friday even-1 ing by Miss Lois Oregg Secor of Lime- i stone college, Oaffney, who appeared j under the auspices of Moeeh Stewart, Post, No. Gfi, of the American Legion, those who were present were much pleased with her interpretation of the I famous Htm\v, "Peg O* Sly Heart/' Miss; Stcor, who is a graduate of the Leland sa-iiimi ,,f Dramatic Art. and teacher of expression at Limestone, presented a wonilerlul interpretation of the sweet Irish girl, J'eg, and her audience was carried from pathos tyi laughter and from realms of sorrow to j those of gladness in following J'eg in I her domestic life In the homo of the J Chichesters. That Miss Secor is an' irtist in dramatic expression and recital j was forcibly impressed upon all who I heard her and her programme was one j of the most enjoyable that a local au- , dience hag had the opportunity of witnessing in a long while. ? Morris C. Lumpkin of Columbia, commander of the South Carolina Department of the American Legion has ! accepted an invitation to deliver an address at a meeting of Legionaires; and ex-soldiers to be held in American | Legion hall, Yorkville,' under the auspices of Meech Stewart Post -next j Tuesday evening. In a letter to tne; commander of the post received this ; morning, Commander Lumpkin said: | "I "have your letter of November ISth ; inviting me to be present with you on i Nov. 29th, and I will be with you on J that evening unless something unforseen happens." The committee In charge of the "feed" and Get-together meeting to be held next Tuesday is going ahead with plans and it is expected that there will be a large number of ex-soldiers present for the occasion. ?>The private school for aesthetic dancing and expression established by Miss Alice Hare some weeks ago is growing in importance and patronage as the parents of the little girls of the town realize its value and efficiency. Miss Hare, who has had the advantage of the best instruction in her art to be had in the country, was induced to come here from her home in North Dakota, because of the enthusiastic insistence of several of the yowig girte of the town who w?re impressed with the work she was doing in conroction with the chauuiu<iua entertainments last summer. Her art and science have to do with the development of the physical graces of the body and to give added clearness and effectiveness of expression. 1 more especially seeks to correct in youth faults of carriage and expression that are likely to mar what might otherwise become more perfect maturity, and continue through Hie. Already this little school numbers more than twenty pupils, not counting two additional classes that are being conducted as "story hours" for smaller ' " ' ? w ?1 - LVi/lr?.ia cnnurt'll un 1 U' suuj m uiiu rnuuja, PROPERTY-TAXES. The l.-ill of the State of South Carolina and the county of York against the taxpayers of York county for the year 1921 according to Auditor Love's abstract of the duplicate he turned over to Treasurer Neil last week is $632,740,427. Last year's tax bill amounted to $606,039,452, and the bill is larger this year by $26,700,985. The total assessed valuation of the taxable property of tbe county this year is $13,816,094 against $13,193,551 last year, an increase of this year of $632,543, which, of course, does not include the polls. The aggregate assessed valuation of the personalty this year is $7,267,587 against $6,691,509 last year, an increase of only $56,455, the lotal valuation this year being $5,515,2 45 against $5,458,890 last year. Following are the different puppdles to \<tiich the taxes to be collected are to be applied and the amounts to be applied to each purpose: State L $165,793,128 Railroad Commission 20.000 Ordinary county 82,896.564 Special county 27,632.188 Road purposes 27,632,188 Interest of local bonds ... 42,320.685 Schools (constitutional three mills) :.... 41,448.252 Schools (special and local) 236,338.702 Schodls (poll) 8,658.000 The pol. tax this y<jar as compared with last year shows an increase of only $216. The total assessed valuation of the property of the various townships is as follows: Bethel $ 519.230 I Bothesda I 730,660 I Broad River ? 629,569 Bullock's preek v 571,260 Catawba 4,098,686 Kbenczer 2,04$,057 Fort Mill 1,065,437 I King's .Mountain .. 1,335,725 York : 1,684.591 The total number ' of polls in the * '?- n ?.n no f/t'lnu/c * ITipei'UVV iunii?iii|? Hit H.I 11/..-,.-. Bethel .. 509 t Bethesda 804 Broad River 521 Bullock's Creek 1 573 Catawba 2,312 Ebenezer 1,015 Fort Mill 719 Kind's Mountain 1,003 York 1,402 Through the courtesy of Auditor Love, who put himself to considerable inconvenience to get the information, The Yorkville Enquirer is able to present the following statement showing the steady increase of the assessed valuation of the taxable property of the county since 1905, and the equally steady increase of the tax levy for general purposes: Year Levy Asses. Val. 1905 _12J mills $ 7,061,326 1906 12 mills 7.938.973 1907 il| mills 8,291,076 1908 15 mills 8.708,848 1909 14:7 mi Its. a 8,754,504 1910 151 mills 8,909,328 1911 J, 16 mills 9.113,464 1912 16 mil's 8.944,761 1913 ...177 mills 9,200,120 1914 13 mills O.lHe.Y.lS 1915 197 mills. 9,242,249 191G 19 mills 9,240,720 1917 21} mills 9.113.598 1913 203 mills 11,010.810 1919 21J mills 11,804,897 1920 27 mills 13.183,551 1921 23 mills 13,816,^94 GENERAL SESSIONS. With Judge Hayne F. Rice of Aiken presiding. Solicitor Henry, Clerk McMackin, Stenographer Wood and the other court officials in their accus r-- . tomed stations the November term of the court of general sessions convened yesterday morning at 10 o'clock. There are plenty of cases on the criminal docket to keep the court engaged all week although Thursday will be an off-day on account of Thanksgiving. Mr. C. J. Henry, foreman of the grand jury thinks that body will complete its work today. The following jurors were excused yesterday morning from further attendance for various reasons: \V. T. Nenl, \Y. IT. Dunlap.'A. M. liiggers, J. M. Gamble. John Jackson a negro and his j daughters Eunice and Gladys Jackson ! wore the first defendants tried. They were found guilty of assault and bat- : tery of a high and aggravated nature | and the father was sentenced to pay ; a fine of $50 or serve thirty days' im- ; prisonment while the daughters drew a sentence of $25 or 30 days each. John Kirk, notorious negro blind j tiger of the Hethany section was found ? I.. *!.%?* Uw hi1\(t ion i-; H I 11 > UL \ VI iiiv j/? v/otutk.v.. laws. Bit ford Brown, a negro pleaded guilty to two charges of disposing of property under lien. He was sentenced to eighteen months cn the roads. t.'ordie Smith and Harry llill pleaded guilty to larceny. They got sixmonths each on the chain gang. Fred Tate, a negro pleaded guilty to blockading. He was sentenced to serve six months. Tillman H(tyes, a negro, convinced a , jury yesterday afternoon that the mash which was found in his house was a mixture for hogs and not for use in' making moonshine liquor. He was therefore acquitted of a charge of violation of the Drohibition laws. John Lester MiUs, a 16-year old negro pleaded guilty to house breaking1 and larceny and was sentenced to serve a year in the reformatory for a colored youths at Lexington. Mills was released from the reformatory only a few months ago. Judge Rice tried to find a statpte under which he could commit the boy until he was 21 /years o'd but was unable to do so. He gave Mills, a kinky-headed, big eyed negro, a lecture and warned him that unless he mended his ways he was going to spend all of his life working for the state without pay. John Lester was smiling and giggling as he took his seat. John Rekl, negro, pleaded guilty to assault and battery with Intent to kill. ' He shot a negro woman. He was sen^i encod to three years on the chain gang. A sealed verdict was returned in the case of the -state* against Nell Abernethy, charged with transporting liquor. Abernethy is now at Hilder brand, N. C. He put up a cash bond recently when arrested at Hilderbrand by Sheriff Quinn and Constable Johnson and he told tl)e officers when he handed over $200 that he would not appear at court because he was nursing one of his children who had a " * broken leg. It was his expectation that the cash bond would settle the case but it didn't. He must serve I 31*11 iviH'i; Hi auuiuuii 11 caugut. AUCI nethy is alleged to have beefi part ownef In a barrel of whisky found near a saw mill In Fqrt Mill township several weeks ago.*:' When the indictment charging Frank Pannell alias Frank Caldwell, white, was read this morning charging him with bigamy it was found that the ? alleged- offense occurred in Chester county instead of York and that he mustjjo tried in Chester county. Cald-, well was already spent four months In the York county Jail, because he was unabk- to raise a bond of $300 and now he must wait until the next term of court in Chester. ' Wi . .No. 1 whom he Is alleged to have married in Shelby was present to testify against him and Wife No. 2 who is a resident of Bethesda township and whom he is alleged to have married in Chester was on hand to testify for him. Caldwe'l claims Wif6 No. 2 but denies marriage to. No. L The former, j a tall, black headed woman, nicely dressed was all smiles for everybody except Caldwell "who did not recognize her. Wife No. 2, a, meek little woman, talked to the prisoner and smiled at^him. Wife No. 1 now lives in Cha/lotte, it is said, while No. 2 lives with her father in Bethesda. Unless a bondsman appears Caldwell must languish in the Chester Jail for several months now on account of his matrimonial' difficulties, while one alleged wife who wants to get him in dutch and another who wants him out of trouble must spend considerable more time attending court. _ KIWANIAN8 BROUGHT 8UNSHINE Sunshine and joy and gladness was brought to the hearts of inmates of the. countv home, the Church Home (lirphanage^ Yorkville, and the county chaingang camped ttyo miles west of town Sunday afternoon by members of the Kiwanis C!ub of Rock Hill, tbelr wives and sweethearts. That, despite the fact that jthe afternoon was cold and there was a drizzling rain and the ' roads were slippery and muddy. ^Kiwanians of Rock Hill came bringing / gifts oj fruit and candy and tobacco to "their less fortunate fellows. There were eleven automobiles of Kiwanians an dtheir friends who came to bring little tokens of friendship and good cheer in remembrance of Thanksgiving which comes next Thursday. ? The first stop was made at the county home, where a little meeting was held presided over by B. J. White, Esq. Mr. White made a brief talk in which he stated to the white and colored inmates of the home that it was the desire of the club members to remember thoso less fortunate. Several hymns, those that were used in the recent Gypsy Smith meeting were J .sung, anfl then the inmates of the home sang hymns after which fruits, candies and tobacco were distributed. Driving on into Yorkville the Kiwanians went to the Church Home Or- ^ phanage (Episcopal) where the orphan children were greeted in an assembly room. G. H. Greene presided over the meeting at the orphanage. He told the children that the word Kiwanis was an -^HERn India 0 word and that it meant "to build" and 'that it was the desire of Kiwanians to build hope and sunshine and joy and gladness and to show that they were ..thankful and appreciative of the many "blessings that had befallen them by bestowing some little gifts up- OhB on others less fortunate. Two of Gypsy Smith's hymns were sung and the or- Sg j phuu children joined in me cnorus una , u'so sang u verse of the state song? '%& "Carolina." Herpr)fruits and candies 8| w. r<> distributed and the superintend- V ent of the orphanage was requested to a let (the children e^t as much as they 1 wished regardless <t>f the possibility of stymach ache. Following the distribution at the orphanrlge, the superintendent, Rev. T. P. Noe made a short speech in which ht^ expressed appreciation for the Interest shown by the Kiwanians. * Thence the sunshine trail led to the chaingang stockade near Black's old mill pond over a bit of road that was soft and miry and slippery, the eleven automobiles slipping and sliding eve ^oot of the way but keeping well with the pilot car. Since it was Sunday the convicts , were housed in tho main stockade, the \ whites on one side of the room and the negroes on the other. The Kiwanians carried a smftli hand organ with them and this was carried into the stockade while the party crowded arourfd. ?Faces of whites .and negroes lighted up as the i>arty entered. Col. Chas. L. Cobb, presided and the brief meeting that he held was one that was interesting, entertaining and worth while for visitors and visited. "Men," said lie, addressing the convicts, "we are members of a club over at Rock Hill called the Kiwanis club and we have just dropped over here this afternoon to speak to you fellows, to tell you that we are interested in you and to bring you a few little presents in remembrance of Thanksgiving." The smile on the faces of the convicts broadened as Col. Cobb proceeded. "I Just want to say to you fellows that I know if you are model prisoners and behave yourselves it will be easier for you here and you will get off earlier. We are your friends. We feel sorry for you and we have come to t"ll you that-wc know it is best and wisest for a man to fear God and keep his commandments whether he is on the chatngang or where. You are here because you have broken the law. We want to say to you that we hope mat you will break no more laws. "How many of you fellowsr are gbing to go straight when you get off of . V .