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?crnp? ami ^ncts. ? Charleston, November 23:?Judge R. W. Memminger has ruled that the clerk of court ol' this county shall issue a license to a carnival show proprietor who recently made application for one, J^idge Memminger holding that the law which prohibits licensing carnival shojws in" certain counties of the state, including Charleston, is unconstitutional. His order was issued following a hearing on a petition for a writ of mandamus!' ? ~ ?jiving ueorge accuruing m a uwiuuh dispatch, has approved the granting1 of a charter to the Empire Cotton Grqwing corporation which is a permanent body set up to carry into effect the recommendations made"" by the! Empire Cotton Growing Committee, This committee was appointed to jnquire into the possibilitieis of cotton growing within the British Empire. The corporation will have power to assist in the enlargement and strengthening of the agricultural depaiHments of the dependencies and colonies, and to provide facilities for training men for posts under these departments. It will establish a bureau for the dissemination of information on cotton growing, and to issue a journal containing information on the subject. It is authorized to undertake the marketing of crops where this will prove of assistance to the local government. ? The nonination of Henry Lincoln Johnson, negro Republican national committeeman from Georgia, to be receiver of deeds of the Distriet of Columbia was rejected by the senate late last Tuesday. Senator Watson (Democrat) of Georgia.'who was understood to have led the ttaTit against the cortfirmation. was said to have laid liefore the committed sworn statement? <tf incidents in the nominee's cared which the sopulm?. (|eclared warranted his rejection.. ?Xhe nonination was taken up when" it was reported favorably from the^ypwnittpe to the senate The nominal uas aiso opphm-.i from the flout. i?v Senator Herri> (Democrat) ??f (Jeorgiu. who declared that the nomination was personally obnoxious and offensive to both him and Xonatqr Watson.* ? D. A. ^Wwtmns, n farmer living near Independence, Kansas, was sentenced Wedtiteduy-Jn Federal Court t< serve a year and a day in the penitentiary and pay o fine of $."00. Watkins pleaded guilty in Fort Scott, a week ago to an attempt to extort $10.000 from A. H. Shultis, a banker of Independence,, r^Vatkins said he thouehl up the plan of'ex Parting money after Shultis had been robbed last February. A few days later, the bj nke?\ a frie'nd of Watkins, remarked in Watkin's Hearing that he wn?]d rathei have given the bandits S*'0.rt00 thar have his wife go through 'lie npivout shock she had suffered. VTt'ins decided to take the banker at his word He sent three threatening letters t< Shultis demanding $10,000. The money was to be placed in a bucket undei a flat stone near Tndeponder.c". Tin banker put a dummy package of money in the bucket and detectives capture*! Watkins. ? Figures made public by the I'niter States Railway Labor Hoard nt Chiwill" take up the petitions of railroad.* fcr'fcetniijeion to reduce wages mucli sooner than was expected when tVw threhtened nation-wide strike was called off on October 28. At that tinu the. rail unions believed the van lioard could not clear its docket, ol other matters short of nine months during which period present wages and" conditions would continue. Tin wagjr boarvl announces, however, thai it hp* disposed of cases on hand si? time* as fast as formerly and that th( dooljet will he clear in a few months It is known that the railroads will as! a ftfrther reduction of 10 per cent, ir wages as soon as there is a possibility of getting action, and this mavi precipitate apothem?threat of a general strike. c ' / ? AdmiralBaron Kato. of the Japanese delegation, enjoys possibly a greater advantage than any of th< distinguished vWtors who submit themselves to thy ordeal of an inter -'feels that the time is ripe. He also ' | pointed out that Russia eouhl raise an ( army of many millions and represent\ i ?1 (h i many as heinK able to muhilizc all tin- j?o\v? r of Russia in the prose1 | eution of (b riiiau plans. He claimed that the (humans do not consider that' they have been conquered; but arej r merely waiting a favorable opportunity; ' to renew the war. He admitted that * i the present government of (b-rinany is 1 peaceful enouuh; but he claimed that 1 i it is weak and only a temporary affair j to be swept aside whenever the mill ,-i tary crowd K' ls ieady. He also'sharpI ly antagonized the lSritislr suKaestion j. that lIn i'v should b an arrest yf furC ther development of submarine (ai mail mints, uruiiiK that while I-'r*nc.fe cures > i nothing for great battlesliiffs* she miist I he allowed for difelisive pin poses to? , I build last cruisers and niiniyi.ous^syjj;,!. rotation I?> lll?" Kmunnt ii W. .... ,.. ..... accord ins to the Washington I'erald He understand' 'tfnglish (mite wel and can converse jin it. or so it is sait i?y a number ol* writers who profcst to have talked xyivh him without th< aid of an interpreter. But in his conferences he tfsts his native language It gives him, fhe opportunity to wel consider his reply 'before.making it, 01 of frequently interpolating a romarl while his rqplr^s being transformer \ into Knglish. But even this rtnownet diplomat, who dnring lliis conference at least, has shown no disposition t< converse in anything but bis native tongue, and who wears a most jih readable expression, has great ttifficulty in concealing a smile when somt of the writers ask questions which art calculated to excite his rather keel sense of humor. ? The tax revision bill became lav late Wednesday, President Hardin? signing it at the capital during tin ( losing hour of the special session o congress. The executive signature \va; attached within less than an hour after the senate had completed enact ment of the measure by agreeing it the conference report by a vote of 8! to 29. Six Republicans. Borah. I.add IgiKOllette, Moses. Nordeek and Xor lis. voted against the report and out Democrat. Broussanl, voted for it This is the bill which repeals the execs: profits and transportation taxes doe: away witl) most of the socalletl nui sance and*luxury tuxes. reduces iudi vidua 1 tuTep all alojif; the 1 in?? anil in creiiSes the corporation ineoiue ta: from 10 ppKctnt. to 12 1-2 per cent Vow if any senators supporting tin measure xvei"e entirely satisfied will all of its scc.tions, hut they took tin view that" it contained more good pro visions than had ones. The incasun in generally conceded to lie only temporary one and the undcrstandim now is that : new revision 1 >ill wil have to lie framed in a day or two. I? the four hours of debate whieh pre eedod the senate vote the bill receive! little of commendation and mueh o .condemnation, Kvery senator wh< spoke?and there were nearly a dozen ?had some complaint to make whili several sharply criticised the lull as ; whole. ? The first, and special, session of tin sixty-seventh congress ended la V Wednesday after I'resident Hardin: had ."visited the eapitol and signer measures enacted in the closing hours Tlic housfr was the first to close ip shop, adjourning sine die at 4:01, am at 4;?< oi'iucK in** <iun. \ in. JinnylK (he tnc*asur?*s sinned l?y .Mi won* th*.*. tax revision am muier?it> bills. After tliiallv dispos inj; of the tax hjH, the* senitte tump* to iJi'an up some five hundred ?>?1< president u^nonQi nations. l?ut 'It .*li< r.ot fompleLo 'Hi" job. Xeufrly half <> the number w< r iet'tlto die under llu law. Musts of those. upon whieh n< action was taken were minor post mastership appointments, it wns un tlerstoo*l tiiat attempts t<> put tlnoiml : **0<4 ? ???. . , |J the last minute negotiations had been ! n blocked largely through charges of a several senators than an effort was Vicing made to "railroad" the appointj mer.ts. Meanwhile, the house was t i marking time, awaiting announcement -t that the president had signed the tax ^ i and maternity bills and had no other i communications and when so inform- 8 ! ed adjourned. The senate furnished s its executive business and plunged into y i a heated controversy over the resoluI tion by Senator King. Democrat, of 1 ' t'tah, calling for an investigation of t t?w. i.f interests favorinc an s embargo on imports of dyes and cliom- j i icals, but could not hold a quorum ! and adjourned. A | ' <?hr ilorhiiUc inquirer. Entered at the Postofflce at York, as ' I Mail Matter of thj Seconi Class. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 25. 1921. Speaking of Russia, H. (!. Wells calls attention to the fact that if it had not been for the valor and sacrifices of the Russians in the early years of the war, I j 1 Germany would have overrun France 1 and swept the little Ilritish .army into ' the sea before the World war was a j ' year old. Russia prevented the con-1 I , quest of Europe in the beginning, just1 i as the United States did in the end, and ! ! the cost to Russia in lives was many J! times the cost to the United States. | 1 I j Rut now that Russia is making gov- ' i crnmental experiments that we don't j like, we have absolutely no se lor; i Russia. i ? ' We are glad to print the letter of j Tax Commissioner Derham in another i column setting forth a fuller analysis ; of the York coiftity lax figures as pub- 1 lished in Tuesday's issue of The York- j ' ville Enquirer. While there is no: . | question of the fact that there has' i . been progressing increase in the i amount of the levies as well as of . I taxable property since 190i>? the bulk | of^he increased tax?s has gone for local rather than, for state purposes, j and also by far the greater part of this i?iu "(,nu. :?Iiiiiit tlirouirh the I i j voluntary action of local taxpayers, j 'Piicn* is no desire to deny these facts; i lint it is iniportatil that they be called | i to public attention from time to time, for otherwise there is danger of niis, leading confusion. ^ : We agree with Judge Rice in the! I hopelessness of a jury which will sus- ' . j lain a pka of self-defense where the 1 < ev-identH*. iiiiiiws- that ilv*- defendant ! shot his fleeing victim in the back. Of ' I course such a jury is not fit to try any I kind of a case; but that Judge Rice ' ; should have recollection of more than one such case is hardly to his credit. A jury tried that on Judge Memmins I ger once, and only once, lie ordered ' the immediate discharge of the, panel, . saying that he would not preside over a court composed of such men. And it is not of record that he ever had the ( same experience again. v f I | We would like to see disarmament j and we would like to see peace; but we have very little hopes of either. The l | United States is great, broad and ' charitable. It is not afraid; but if the 1 United States were less powerful, we are afraid it would be exhibiting less . faith. With the distribution of (Jerj man militarism, France is the most . i powerful country in Europe on land. I She is probably willing to junk a part ! of her surplus war strength; but she j i is not going to bring it down on r equality with the others. She can ; easily make herself as objectionable to1 J tlie balance of Europe as (lermany has been and she is just as apt to do it.: Even England is now dubious of the - - -i- MM. power or me rreneii. me * h??vm Slates sees a possibility, aye, even a ? probability of war with Japan, and that s it seeks to aver^ There may be some 1 good understandings at the armament eonferenee; but they will be only tem'r porary. There will be other wars within the next twenty or thirty years, l if not before and sooner or later there * will be world wars that will be more ruinous even than was the last great > war. ;t _ Premier itriaml, of France, has > stirred things up by a great speech at ! the disarmament eonferenee the other ^ day. It was for the especial purpose! . ' of making this spiech that he came l<?, - America. The burden of the speech j " was to show that since the peace of! Europe depends upon France, France i4 must be in a position to handle the 1 situation when the necessity comes upon her. He represented (Jcrinany <ts j . potentially as well organized, as she 1 j lias ever been and claimed that tho , j ' question of arms was one that tier- i , | many could easily solve wli' n slicj larines. The German press has set up . loud protest that Premier Briand's ddres is full of misrepresentations; hat Germany has no thought of war: hat she has no organization available or war; that she is being held down o tightly that she could do nothing if he wanted to. And the British press las set up a similar note of suspicion, browing out ^he idea that France - flont ol* QiihmariniS vunta <i jiu^ctiui iiwi. w*. ? igainst the time when she might find t convenient to attack England with a riew to making herself master of Eu ope, American statesmen have unlertaken to assure France that Amercaf can be depended upon to protect ler against unwarranted German agression,, and Great Britain desifes it mderstood that she also can be depended upon to act as she has acted leretofore, making it unnecessary for ^rtfftce to assume that upon her diouldert* rest* the whole burden of preserving the p .ace of Europe. It is beginning to look like th<^ staid old Congressional Record is badly in need of another editor. For many years this publication has been unique ii several particulars. For o..e thihg it has been the only daily paper in America that has been able to exist without advertising. For another thing it has been the most privileged publication in America, privileged to publish whatever came its way without responsibility to anybody and privileged to go through the mails toll free. The sole purpose of the Congressional Record was to give the facts about all happenings in the house and senate, what the members said and what they did, mainly for the benefit, of the members, but also for the public. The theory was that the Record would not only tell the whole story, hut it would i..11 tiT.t etftrv in such a ur.v thai, there could Ij?* no question us to its accuracy. Hut the Congressional Hedord seems to be losing its reputation'. Three times within the lust month it lias bee 1 necessary to expunge from its pages a faithful record of its proceeding.!. All unknown to the house, Congressman Hlnnton got in some stuff that .'was afterward declared indecent. It does not appear, in the permanent volumes. Then last Monday Senators Watson of Georgia and Williams of Mississippi, said some hard tilings of each other and no sooner had an end come to then quarrel than it was decid -d to leave it all out of the Record, even without anything to show that it had ever occurred. Next comes Senator Reed of Missouri, and requests that certain things he said of Mr. Volstead last August be blotted out forever. Tluy call the Congressional Record a dry old publication; but in the light of recent developments it does not appear to ho so terribly dry alter all. Hut the worst part of it is that tin; old publication Is losing its' reputation for inexorable truth, and that is a pity; because aftoi all, if the Record is not true, what is it worth? Yes, tic Record, seems to need an editor, but in view of known, facts no competent man who knows his business would dare take the job, for since it lias come to the point where the members shy at the everlasting truth, no real editor could ever be Certain "where he is at." Flirting With Justice. The postponement of the trial of the eases against Zimmerman and Mrs. Muggins is significant mainly as one of those incidents which tend to destroy public respect for the law as a vindicator of* justice. There was no irregularity in the procedure probably. As a ma'tor of "due process" it was alt right; but as to subserving the ends of justice, that is another matter. We are told that these defendants are poor. Sure; but if being poor?ls an excuse for murder, why have a trial about it at all. We are told that these defendupts were forced to trial on such short notice, and there was a conviction, the supreme court would set aside the verdict. Yes, that is so; but what justice would there be in that? We are told that were these defendants forced to trial on such short when a midnight murder is committed in a law-abiding community, is it wrong that the people should get as much information about it as possible? Js the fact that the public knows more or less about the case any reason why trial should la- postponed? Or is murder a little private snap between the murderer and the victim, with which the public has no business.' We are told that these defendants have no money. That is probably true, and on that account they are in a bad way. for unless they can get up some pretty good money between now and the next term of dm court, they :ir<> u??t going to have much more defense than they have now. "What the solicitor says ahout having all his witnesses in hand now or enough of them to prove his cast, while if there is a postponement, it t lay he difficult to get these witnesses together again, is decidedly in favor of the defendants. It, however, suggosts, that although if the defendants are guilty now they will lie just as guilty next spring; hut because it may not be practicable to prove their guilt as readily next spring as it is now, they may escape. Since, as the public sees it, the murdered man did not deserve much sympathy anyway, there is no excitement on this matter?only a. considerable amount of popular disapproval?if the murdered man had better claims 011 | M11111 c syiil|ja i ny, 111 > |iii>im ?<>uiu ni\tly be more demonstrative, to say the least of it. While the proceedings tire regular enough, there is eause for regret that regular proceedings should not have more regard for the ends of justice? the protection of the public as well as JJic comfort of the defendants. LOCAL AFFAIRS, NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. John E. Carroll, Superintendent of Education?School week, December 5 to 10. Star Theatre, .T. Q. Wray, Manager? Shirley Mason in the Lamplighter today and Juno Caprice tomorrow. E> A. Montgomery. Superintendent Yorkville Grad9d Schools?Compulsory attendance. Quinn ,\Vallace?Warning to tre:;pasSfl'fi Johnson's Paint Shop, Hock Hill?Still * they come. York Supply Company?Cheese and sugar. \V. H. Sherer, Clover?Cold weather. Carroll Bros.?16 per cent, acid for ; grain. J. C. Hardin & Company, Rock Hill? Speaks for itself. Sutherland- Wakefield (*n. Charlotte .?Who should consult us? Kirk pa trick rBelk Company <-7 Cotton | goods;- wool goods. . Judge Rice has about the right idea as to dealing with liquor, and it is a pity that he lid not have"before him more cases out of which to make objecf lessons. Referring to the paragraph in The ' Yorkville Enquirer recently calling at! tention to the stock of Bibles being kept in the lobby of the Peoples Bank i and Trust Company, Depositary C. W. McGee, of the American Bible Society ' mentioned incidentally to the'reporter | iceently, that on account of this para- I I graph, he had received i n inquiry for 1 ?. Bible from Texas. . Mr. McGee was a I little surmised: but of course the re ! porter was not for there are a number; i of subscribers to The Yorkville En- | : ijuirer not only in Texas but in many other ^states of the union.* Hut the object of the paragraph was not so much to advertise The Yorkville Enquirer as it was to advertise those Hiblcs. There is a steady deuipnd for,Bibles?not as, big a demand as theivs should be?but nevertheless a steady demand, and as I Hibles are not generally kept in stock I y the smaller book stores, people desiring them often have trouble finding out where to get what they want. ! These ltibles have been on haAd by the i depositary of the York County branch i of the American Bible society for | many years; but as there is only one j meeting1*of the Bible society each year, the spread of information > about the books and their being available almost at cost is slow. Bt/t people who want Bibles can always got them from Mr. McGee, and if he does not happen to have what they want in stock he can get it for them?a Bible of almost any size print, great variety of binding and at almost any price the would-be purch tiu.r desires to pay. It might be mentioned also that dn case a really I worthy Individual who desires a Bible 1 is unable to pay for the same, it may ! be had free of 'cost. There has been quite a lot of local 1 comment on the action of the court in the Cpso of tho Stale vs. Robert McOinnis, charged with assault and batteiw with intent to kill, his victim bei ing 1<\ L. lllnnant "of the Palmetto Monument company. McGinnis, according to those who know him best, is a well-behaved; likeable kind of a fellow when sober; but when drunk, according to his own confession, and sevoivil woll.ciihutSnt later! cases in lioint. develops a mania to shoot and kill. It was in a drunken frenzy that he shot Mr. Hinnant so dangerously that his life was saved only by the remarkable surgical skill of Dr. Fennel!. McGinj ijis was arrested on a warrant sworn | out by Mr. Brown, Mr. ilinnant's j brother-in-law, immediately after the j shooting, and was subsequently releasi ed onja nominal bond. Upon his return from the hospital Mr. Hinnant j was at a loss us to what to do about J the matter. He felt that it was his duty to the community that McCiinnls should be punished; but reasoning that a tine would only be punishment for the man's wife, who would virtually have to pay it, he was not inclined to I push the case without knowing what : would be done. His friends argued ' that unless something was done, MeGinnis would probably shoot somebody else under similar circumstances. He therefore asked the solicitor to arrange for a chain gang sentence, to be suspctided on condition that MeGinnis leave the state., .The solicitor objected to this on the ground that he was unwilling' to put a man like this on some other community. It being a foregone conclusion that MeGinnis would be convicted in the event the case went to trial, it was arranged between the solicitor, the defendant and his counsel, that MeGinnis,plead guilty and take a chain gang sentence, to be suspended until he should get drunk again. Mr. Hinnant consented to this arrangement, not as entirely satisfactory; but as the best way out of the matter. ".Nothing that can be done," He said, "will restore my destroyed kidney, and all I want is whatever is best for the public welfare. As to whether the disposition decided upon by the court is wisest, time alone will show. I consented mainly because there seemed to lie nothing elsp to do; but if It does not turn out for the best, I do not think ' >--- i ? ii" i?1.1 I.lumn " inai i can in- ju.-x.ij iicin iv, DINNER FOR CHAIN GANG Ladies living on the ''Lower West Road" provided a most bountiful Thanksgiving dinner for the prisoners on the York county chain gang yesterday. There was an abundance of chicken and turkey and sausage and beef and plenty of pies and pastries and other things that go to make up a good dinner. The uieal was served shortly alter the noon day hour and it did one good I to note the way the white and negro! j convicts went after the food provided | by the good ladies living in the eotnj muuity in which the stockade is located. ) Those ladies who provided the meal; I for which the convicts were very , thankful included: Mrs. K. M. Dickson. Mrs. N. S. I Mack, Mrs. U. }I. 1\ i Robinson. Mrs. John T. Feenister, Miss Zula Stephenson, Miss Corrie Neil, j 'Miss Ahftie Neil, ^Jrs. S. 1'. N'ciJ, Mrs.1 VV. T. McClain, Mrs. C. M. Innian, Miss Daisy Robinson, Mrs. J. R. Stephenson. HERE AND THERE Asked Sheriff Quinn yesterday if he was going to give his prisoners a Turkey dinner for Thanksgiving. ''Will give them what I have myself," said the sheriff, "and if we have any turkey down at our house I don't know it. I reckon they wont get nny turkey today." "I haven't known ordinary labor to be as plentiful in a number of years as it is just now,''xremanted Frank Feemsier, earpenter-contraetor of 1 lock Kill yesterday. "I suppose I have been having 100 applications a week for jobs irom day lanorers. rney aonii ask about the nature of the work but j they simply come to you and tell you I they w;*nt a job." Mr. Feemster said J that day laborers were being paid at! the rate of $1.50 a day in ilock Hill. | "Congressman Stevenson is hand- j ling a good'many cases for disabled j ex-servicp men of the diStHct who are entitled- .compensation,'1 said A. E. Hutchison, -secretary to the congressman the other day. "Of 'course Mr. Stevenson is glad to handle all such cases," said Mr. Hutchison. "However all ex-soldiers who have becottlc disabled since being discharged from service must remember that before making a claim for compensation they should be in position to show that they u^re not in good health at the time of discharge." ' HUNTING SEASON OPENS Ushered In by Thanksgiving day, scores and scores of hunters, residents of all 'sections of York county spent vooiiirriav the first dav of the hunting season, in the fields after partridges, squirrels and rabbits. Some of them in telling of their experiences last night reported that they killed fifteen partridges all that the law allows in one day. The fact that so many farmers have | "posted" land against hunting did not prevent a great crowd of killers going ; out because they found pl'-nty of lands that were not prohibited to hunters j and other trespassers. Erwin .Moore of Yorkville, who was hunting in the Guthriesville section with a fine pointer dog came near loosing the dog when the animal ran into a barbed wire fence, severely lacerating its shoulder and otherwise injuring it. Quite a number of hunters who came back to Yorkville with birds last even: ing stated that they were going to examine the crops of the birds with care for bolt weevils and if the weevils ] were found there they would hunt no , more. None of these had reported this I morning. Several hunters reported that they j were out of luck yesterday because of the fact that the weather was too warm for their dogs to get scent of birds. One young man returned late -yesterday afternoon with a lope rabbit after spending the entire day iir the fields. The rabbit was so badly shot that littlje remained save bits of fur, a couple of ears and a cotton tail." "Going to cat it?" he was asked. TSure I urn going to eat it," he replied holding up the remnants?"think 1 am going to walk nine miles after this and not eat it." The hunting season closes February l. Until that time one may kill fifteen ! partridges a day and as many rabbits j as one can find. 4 a WITHIN THE TOWN ? Members' of Yorkville tlamp No. 3S, W. O. W. enjoyed a smoker and luncheon in tne camp ioresu m oin/uj. hall last evening. There were about fifty members present for the occasion. J. Forest Smith presided over the exercises of the evening. The piogramme was one whicli was very much enjoyed by alL present. ? Mr. Edward Hayes and family of Blackville, S. C? have arrived in Yorkvllle. Mr. Hayes who is a linker of i many years of experience is to have charge of the bakery to be opened here about December 1 by W. L. Jamison, proprietor of the Shandcn Hotel. Mr. Jamison has given up the idea of installing an electric bakery since he has learned that the electric outlits do not give the satisfaction that the more popular wood and coal furnace bakeries giVe. The Shandon Hotel restaurant will not be moved into the same building with the bakery as was originally planned. ? Nine candidates were initiated into the mysteries of York Council No. 256, Jr. O. U. A. M. at a meeting hold in the council chamber at the Cannon Mi'l Monday night. Fourteen members of the crack degree team of Clover council were present for Mie purpose of assisting in initiating ihe candidates. In addition to the candidates initiated eigl\t applications for membership were deceived. The council is steadily growing in membership during ihe drive for new members now in progress. Dan Whitenor is councillor and \V. F. J'utnam is secretary. ? Union Thanksgiving service was hckl at the Episcopal church yesterday morning, the sermon of the occasion* being preached by ltgv. J. K. Walker, pastor of Trinity Methodist church. There was quite a large congregation out for the service. Thanksi giving was observed generally yesterday in the town. The local banks and other business houses were closed; the postofHce observed Sunday hours and practically all commerce and industry was at a stand still. Many Yorkville people left town to spend the day with | relatives and friends e'sewherc while I on the other hand there were quite a J number of visitors here from other j towns and cities. ? I ? People who have not contributed I to the fieri Cross should do so at once. To excuse negligence on the ground I ^haf nobody has made a personal solij citation is not especially creditable, when it is so easy to send a dollar direct to Mrs. W. D."(Henri for membership enrollment. On the Other hand, the lied Cross chapter can hardly hope for very general renewal of memberI ships unless it makes a thorough can; vnss. The canvass so far has only ! been partial. It should be complete. | The ltcd Cross is well worth while, j There seems to be no special need for j the organization at the moment; but every person of reasonable intolli' genco should know that the need is likely to arise at any time. It has been so in the past, and it will be no in the j future. So let the community he thorI oughly canvassed, (live everybody an opportunity to contribute or refuse to i ? Discussing the matter of mailing Christinas parcels and packages, Mrs. M. K. Nichols, postmastei' at Yorkvllle offered the following' suggestions yesterday. "1'repay postage fully on all pa reels; also prepay full the internal | revenue stamp tax on parcels subject to -l~> cents or more postage. Address parcels fully and plainly. Place name and address of sender on all matter. Pack articles carefully and wrap them I | securely, but do not seal them, as sealed parcels arc subject to postage! at the letter rale. Mail parcels early; they may he marked 'Do not open until j Christmas.' Insure valuable parcels.' j Written inscriptions such as 'Merry ' Clirislnms,' 'Jlappy .N'cw Year,' 'With' Best Wishes,' and numbers, names j ( or letters for purposes <>f description i afe permissible additions to fourthclass (parcel post) mail. Books may bear simple dedicatory inscriptions < not of a personal nature. Other written additions subject parcels to letter post- i age. Communications prepaid at first class rate n?ay be sent with parcels prepaid at fourth class rate, provided tljey are placed in envelopes securely attached to outside of parcels." ? Plans are practically complete forf the staging of a smoker and get-together meeting for ex-service men of talc uPf>Hnn u-hirh is to be held in the American Legion club Tuesday evening under the auspices of Meech Stewart Post Xo. 66 of the American Legion. Morris. C. Lumpkin, commander of the South Carolina department of the American Legion is expected To arrive from his home in Columbia Tuesday evening at 7.05. Invitations have been extended to the commanders of American Legion posts at Rock Hill, Fort Mill and Hickory Grove? to be present and make short talks. Other speakers who have been invited include W. G. Finley, Esq., T. ?M. Ferguson, W. S. Moore and G. C. McCelvey, Yorkville; R H. Cain or Sharon and Prof. W. S. Reld of Clover. Jim Johnson, guitar and harp player | extraordinary of Yorkyille has consented to entertain the soldiers with music and song. SandwicJies and other "eats" are to be served. Preparations are being made for more than 200 men. The committee in charge' of arrangements includes: William Benfleld, E. G. Brandon, H. H. Barron, J I. R. Mackorell and J. Albert Riddle. Various si>eakj ers will tell the ex-s<Hdiers what' a | good thing the American Legion is and [ why every man who served, should become a member. t ABOUT PEOPLE Frank Feemster of Rock Hill, was a visitor in Yorkville, yesterday. Paul R. Bratton, of Columbia, spent yesterday in Yorkville, with his mother, Mrs. Paul R. Bratton, Br. Mrs. Luther G. Thompson and chil- ' drer. of Yorkville spent yesterday with relatives at Bowling Green. Mrs. P. T. Woods of Yorkville. is I I visiting relatives and friends in HuntI ersville, X. C. Mrs. Paul Fails and children of Rock I Hill, visited relatives at Hickory Grove, this week. Airs. K. Al. israuon nas returned id I her home in Yorkville after a visit to j her brother Dr. C. S. Bratton, in Pal| estine, Texas. Mrs. J. K. Alston has returned to I her home in Yorkville after a visit to relatives in Spartanburg and Greenville. "v. Masses M. Inabinet, Mary Sweney, Beatrice Bell and Carrie , Robinson spent Thanksgiving with the family of Mr. R. L. Robinson, on York No. 1. Rowe M. Inman has sold his Interest in the City . Service and Repair Station of Yorkville k> his partner, C. H. Siebenhausen. Mr. and Mrs. William Dunlap and children of Charlotte, were visitors in i Yorkville yesterday, the guests of the j family of J. S. Mackorell, Mr. and Mrs. R. Y. Grist and Mr. J. W. Grist, of Columbia, spent yesterday with Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Neil, in Yorkville Lindsay Parrott, a student at Wofford Pitting School, Spartanburg, spent Thanksgiving with the family of his father, Mr. J. C. Parrott, in Yorkville. Quay Stroup. son of Mr. J. M. Stroup of Y'orkville, who is.ill at his father's heme with scarlet fiyer is reported getting aJong nicely. Miss Slaud Stroup, of Yorkville, who recently underwent an operation for I appendicitis at the Fennell Infii'mar?, I Rock Hill, is getting along nicely. Miss Beha Saunders of Yorkville. who has been confined to her home for several weeks on account of illness i is able to be out again. Mr.'and Mrs>? L. V. McMackin and I Misses Nannie and Helen Connelly, of f Rock Hill, spent yesterday with the family of J. R. Connelly, near Y'ork| ville. Mr. and Mrs. John S, James and children, of Galax, Va., for some time past have returned to Y'orkville, for a I stay of Several weeks during which j time tht-y will make their home with j the family of Mr. H. B. Jamc::. Among the Yorkville people who went to Greenville yesterday to .see , the Kurman-Davidson football game | were the following: T. M. Ferguson, ' E. Grist, J. E. Stroup, Lesslie Cain, C. I R, GiUam, J. A. Tate. H. It. Mackorell. , It. H. Moore, J. 11. McMackin, W. M. I Allison, Misses I.ouise and Wilma I Quinn and Loula Allein. Several YorkvfUe people saw the University of South Carolina tlefeat the Citadel at foot ball in Columbia yesterday by a score of 13 to 0. Among those who were present at the game were: .Messrs. Paul G. McCorkle, J. A. Marion. G. C. McCJplvey, }? *' Wnley, J. W. Marshall, William Marshall and John A. Marion, Jr. GENERAL SESSIONS. After disposing of thirty-six of for-' ty-4?ne cases in the criminal docket in two days and one-luilf, a record which was Characterized by Judge Hayne P. llice as remarkable, the November term of the court of general sessions adjourned sine die Wednesday afternoon at 1.30 and the judge and Solicitor Henry returned, to their respective homes last Wednesday afternoon. The last case taken up Wednesday was that of the state against Nelson Haynes, a negro, who pleaded guilty to a charge of grand larceny, despite the fact that the grand jury had not even inducted him for the offense to which he plead. Haynes entered the store of G. T. Seizor, merchant of Rock Hill, last August, in broad daylight and rifled the cash drawer of checks and cash totalii g more than $100, while Mr. Sotzer was sitting in the back of 'the store ; reading. The negro fled to Cherokee j county, where he was captured through j the efforts of Tom Paris, son-in-law of. Mr. Setzer. He was brought to jail in Yorkville Tuesday night, but the grand Jury had already been discharged. The negro had admitted his guilt and when it was explained to him that he would - ... j.,11 SI thn An. it liavo n> n nrun 111 j-iii ....... i term of court to await trial he readily | ^agreed to waive all preliminaries and to plead guilty. "Jedgo," he told the court, "I is guilty. I ain't never been in no co't befo\ 'eept fo' skinnia' and I begs de mucy ob de co't. I Je.-f decided to plead guilty 'cause de jedge an' de grand jury j next April might be mad at mahself. I axes yo' all to b light on nie an' I promises you I is gwine to be er good 1 niggah when I gits outcn dis." Judge I lice wanted to know why Haynes had stolen the money from Mr. Seizor's store and the negro's reply was I lliat he was in hard luck at the tin*. [ Ir was learned that he had sent back j tlie checks which he found in the cash | drawer to Mr. Setzer, telling him that he had no use lor them. The ssetitencdl t > . af the court was that Hayncs serve * ane year on the chain sang:. If Hob ^IcGinnis, employe of the Lock more mill in Jforkville, and former watchman for tne Southern railway's Columbia train in Yorkville, ever gets dlunk in South Carolina again he must serve a sen^erice of 'eighteen months on the roads* He plead guilty Tuesday afternoon to a charge of assault and battery with intent to kill, growing out of his shooting of F. L. Hinnant, one of the proprietors of the Palmetto Monument company of Yorkville, on Friday morning, September 16. It was o 4 An e tViA nVioin r/ft m tt ffftnttltino cif-yi tcu niai cue: ciuun ^nii5 awtiiVMvv should be suspended so Ion? as MeOlnnls remains sober,' but if he ever gets drunk in South Carolina again and the fact Is proven tQ any circuit judge, the suspended sentence is to become effective immediately. Arthur Edwards, a negro, was sentenced to eighteen months on the gang Wednesday morning, following his conviction on a charge of stealing an over-< coat froki a Rock Hill clothing house; The state no! presked the cases against E. A. Moss, Sid Clyburn and Ban Hunter, white men of Rock Hill, who were charged with violation of the. prohibition la\ys uppn the payment of $100 by each, r * Carl Allen, negro boy, was acquitted * of a charge of assault and battery with ifttent to kill. He fell out with Wallace Blair, colored, and carved Blair's neck up with a razor, but the evidence showed that Blair was as much if not more to blame than Allen. Charles Briggs was acquitted of a charge of violating the prohibition laws. . Mack Lunien,' a young white man of , Hickory Grove, pleaded guilty to a charge of larceny and was sentenced to serve thirty days pn the chain gang. Lanier entered a store in Hickory Grove and 'stole a quantity of tobacco and underclothing therefrom. He is married and is the father of a child. George. Davis was- acquitted of a charge of assault and-battery with intent to kill; * 4 Wallace McCarter and George Mc Carter pleaded gtiilty to assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature. Each wart sentenced to pay a fine of $50 or serve ninety days on the chain gang. Both paid their respective fines. ! James Crosby was convicted of violating the prohibition laws and got six months on the roads. David Canndn was tried in his absence on.a charge of violating the pro- ? hibitlon laws. He was convicted and a sealed verdict awaits him whenever he shows up. ? Frank Walker, a negro, was acquitted on a cl^grgg of disposing of property under mortgage. The case was brought by Truman Turner, who sought to show that Frank sold two .loads of corn on which Turner held a mortgage. Frahk was his own lawyer ' and he proved himself-a good lawyer by having litt'e to say. He persuaded the jury that he used the corn to feed his family and himself and the twelve let him go. The following six hold-over grand jurors were drawn to serve again next ycdr: V. C. Stroup;>iC. F. PleXico, S. L. Love, Arthur Qujnn, J. P. Williams, A. C. Sutton. ' LOCAL LACONICS t Training School is Champ. Winthrop Training school won the county high school football championship yesterday when she defeated Rock Hill High sohool 21'to 0. The game was witnessed by a large num- ? ? ber of foot ball fans. ' . Supper at Cotton Belt. v Many friends and patrdns of Cotton Belt school, four 'miles north-west of Yorkville attended a,,box supper given at the school house Wednesday night for the benefit of the school. Cotton Belt' is directed this year by Frank Grayson a teacher of several years' experience. Enrollment is increasing and good work is being done. Smallpox at Lowryyiile. Chester Reporter: Two cases of smallpox among negroes at Lowryville this week have thrown a genuine scare into that community, and Dr. Hayden, of the state board of health, was dispatched to the,(8cene. The town was ordered to appoint a board of health, and a wholesale campaign of vaccination was put on, Drs. Hayden, Wallace, and Abel!' vaccinating a total of 267 persons. The Smallpox patients % have been well-quarantined and it is - > hoped there will be no further trouble. I Negro Died of Wounds. Jake Collins. McC.onnellsvllle negro ? who whn hii<)(|iii nit- 11:15 wiin u, iuau ui birdshot by Mann Burris also colored and a resident of the same sebtlon last Friday night, di?d in a Chester* hospital ofw his injuries early Wednesday morning. , A coroner's jury of Inquest over the remains of the negro held at * , McConnellsville Wednesday held Burris responsible for the killing. It is said that thte two negroes quarreled [ about a woman. Burris 13 in the [ county jail where he will remain until j the April term of court unless he suc[ oeeds in obtaining bond. Fort Mill Church Completed. After many vexatious delays in se[ curing matertnl, the new church edl' fice, which hits been under construcj tion by the congregation of St. John's Methodist church of Fort Mill, since last spring, is about ready for occupancy,, and it is expected that the services will be conducted in it next Sunday. The edilice is located on Tom Hall street, is a brick veneer construction. commodious and modern in every respect, having a steam heating plant, a large auditorium, a ntimber of Sunday school class rooms, dining room, and kitchen. In appearance the structure is very handsome, and with, the modern parsonage located on the same corner lot, represents a plant of which the "congregation is justly " ' proud. ^ ' Weoails In Corn. Mr. C. II. Smith, carrier on York No. 4, reports that his ear corn is badly lnfacted with black weevils. He made the discovery Wednesday while shredding, and brought some specimens of the corn to The Yorkville Enquirer Qffice, shucked and slip-shticked. In the slip-shucked specimens there were a number of weevils between the shuck and grain. Many grains in the ear had been punctured; hut the puncturing seems to have been done from the outside, for when apparently sound grains were cut open with1 a knife, weevils were found inside. The conclusion seems to be that they make their holes as they come out. Mr. Smith says that he has seen the black.weevil in old corn; but this is the first time he has ( run across it in new corn. He says that his neighbors are having the same experience. He is sending some of the ........ f CnnraHl :it r!r>miinn in the hope of getting light as to possible means of exterminating the weevil. Fort Mill Road Bonds'Sold. At a meeting of the board of township highway commissioners of Fort Mill township, composed of Col. Thomas B. Spratt, \V. B.. Meacham, ancj C. P. Blankenship, held Monday morning, bids were opened for the purchase of <'