Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, December 20, 1921, SECTION ONE, Image 1

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' / ' -rm \ ' ' : . ^ "ft-3 SEMI- WEEKLY. ^ ^^^^^?~?????^^^^^?^?^^^___??___?^^??? L. M. GRisrs SONS, pubiMw*. jl djamitj fMesjaptr: rfor the promotion of the political, ?ociat, 3jricultur,at and Commtrtia! Jnterijsts of th< jjjtojty. ESTABLISHED 1855 YORK, 8. C.? TUESDAY, DECEMBER -20,1921. n ISTO. 101 VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS * Brief Local Paragraphs of More or Less Interest. PICKED DP BY ENQUIRER REPORTEBS Stories Concerning Folks and Things, Some of Which You Know and Some You Don't Know?Condensed For Quick Reading. "R. B. Oates. custodian of the Tirzali warehouse has cotton packed and arranged in the warehouse in a manner that is good to see," remarked Fred Smith of Tirzah the other afternoon. "And I understand," went on Mr. Smith, "that he has about all the cotton in that house that will go in there. The capacity of the warehouse is a little more than COO bales and there is about that much cotton in there now." Warehouse la Full. "The Clover warehouse is packed to its utmost capacity," suid Mr. V. Q. ilambright, cashier of the First National bank of Clover, the other day. "Farmers have been piling in the. cotton here of late. Still a good deal of cotton has been sold on the Clover market the past week or ten days?I expect an average of twenty-five bales or more a day. The cotton that is being sold is the last picking, however. There seems to be a general tendency to hold on to the better grades." Baseball. "If Yorkville is to have a baseball team next summer as good as that one she had last summer, it is time that u,.mciuviu wmu foftinir Iuihv and linimr thii^s up," remarked a baseball fan the other day. "I'd like to see some of the fans get together and discuss the proposition?agree on a manager and map out a campaign for the raising of funds. That baseball team last summer was a "good ad for the town and it afforded pleasure and pastime for lots of people. Let's start something pretty tiuick." Stopping th? Speeders. "Speaking of automobile speeders and making drivers stay within the law it is really a problem to know how to handle the situation," remarked Chief of Police Ed Steele of Yorkville the other day. VI sometimes think that the best solution is to give every ofllcer the power to shoot the tires when the drivers of cars won't stop when ordered to answer speedingcharges. And yet that is dangerous because when one shoots a pistol one really does not know where the bullet is going." Doesn't Know the Gent. "Rabbit" is the name of a little negro with big eyes who shines shoes for the public in a Yorkville barbershop. Rabbit can shine shoes beautifully when he wants to, and when he doesn't want t<> he can make a botch of it. "Wiv.i'c ftintn Pimm cointr to bring you Christmas, Rabbit?" inquired a patron of the barbershop the other day. "Xuthin* boss," returned Rabbit. "To tell yo* all de truf dat man ain't neither fifvored me with no Christmas appreehashun since ah had been able to know whut was gwine on eround." The Chester Creamery. "I d like to see the farmers of York county who have more milk than they can use at home patronize that Chester creamery which has recently been organized," remarked John R. Blair, York county farm demonstration agent, the other day. "There's money in it," Mr. Blair went on to say, "and the more milk the creamery gets the more it will be able to pay for milk. It takes a great volume of patronage to run a creamery. I doubt if a creamery located anywhere in York county wou'd pay and 1 doubt if the creamery in Chester would be able to make it if it were to depend upon Chester alone. These people are looking for .support from York and other counties and I believe if York county farmers will investigate a little they will lind that there is 'money in it for themselves." Hair Cuts. "Funny how styles and customs change," observed the barber as lie hacked on a two days' growth of stubble on the customer's face the other day. "Take the matter of hair cuts, for instance. JJefore the World war I didn't have more than one call in ten for a feat her-edge hair cut, and now nine pcop'e out of ten want their hair cut in l'cathcr-edge style. The war did it. You see most soldiers wear their hair cut feather-edge. When they got out of the army they kept it up and people who were not in the army patterned after those who \vej*e there. Hi this particular the electric clippers, with which all barbershops arc equipped now, come in mighty good. If it wasn't for the clippers 1 don't know what barbers would do. They simply couldn't hold out in dipping .so many heads of feat her-edge style by hand." Coons Around the Knob. "Coons are showing up around Henry's Knob and in the vicinity of I'cthany." said Mr. Meek McCarter ol that section who was among the visitors in Vorkville last Saturday. "Sev< ral coons have recently been caught in the vicinity and big tracks are t< be found along the creek banks every morning." From whence come thr coons Mr. McCarter does not know Thirty years ago conns were plcntifu in the vicinity of the knob but they were either ail killed 01 driven away until here recently when they begar to show up again". A coon's hide j.< worth about $7.50. "Hunters have been combing the knob this season for rabbits," Mr. McCarter went on to say; "but they haven't had much luck. There are scores and scores of rabbits on the 110 acres that comprise the knob; but as soon as the dogs jump them they make a bee line for the top of the mountain and then disappear into one of the numerous crevices. The j only chance that,a man has to kill a rabbit on that knob is to shoot mm as he gets up because it is all off after that." Tax Reduction Talk. Commenting last Saturday on that tax parley that was held in Columbia last Wednesday, former Senator Beamguard said, to Views and Interviews at Clover last Saturday: "According to my view of the matter Crouch of Saluda, is about the only man in that conference who said anything to the point. He"knew where the shoe is pinching and he said so. It is easy enough to find ways and means of raising more taxes; but the thing we want is to get rid of some of the taxes we already have, and we can do that only by cutting off some of these appropriations. s "But they are not going to cut off any appropriations at the next session of the legislature. You mark my words. It is going to bo a long session and there is going to be lots of talk; but the people who went to save the appropriations are going to wear down those who want to cut the appropriations and-when it comes to summing up at the last you arc going to find that next year's appropriations' bill Is going to be Just about as big as the bill of last year. "Out of that list of proposals by the ; tax conference, you will find that the : legislature will probably adopt the gas0 ine tax and the inheritance tax; but 1 don't look for it to go beyond that and whatever new taxes it puts on, I don't expect it to take anything off. "No, sir, the only way you'll ever get 'a reduction of appropriations is by | electing a legislature on that issue. I You've got to put it up to the candidates in the primaries, tell them that y,ou are sending them there to reduce expenses, and see that they do it. It is going to take a general cleaning out of the legislature to get your taxes down." Making Tax Returns. Broadus M. Love, county auditor was discussing tax returns with a [jiarly in the..shci'iff s office the other morning apropos of tho fact that the time for making returns opens on j. January 1. "At what figure does the average man return his household goods?" Mr. ! Love was asked. "About $115," he rep'.itd; "but under: stand, that average may be too high. , There is no uniformity about it. , "Nobody returns household furniture jand fixtures at actual value any more," the auditor said. "Some make return ' higher than others especially some ipf j the preachers, but now they are learn1 ing to do like other i>cople do. "I recall the case of one minister I who no longer lives in York county; I hut who returned his household prop-: ; erty one year at about $GoO. I told him that his return was several times too high and that the thing to do was to mai hi? rot urn in keening with that i of other people in his community. He I went on to say that the law required that property sliould be returned at its I market value and that his conscience I wouldn't let him do otherwise. "Well, sir, when time to pay taxes i came that fall that preacher's taxes were higher than those of a lot of rich land owners, lie raised cain about it. And the next year?well he had learned , a few thing3. "There are some who return their: I household property at much less than j j $23. Last winter one citizen of the county returned his household at $1. I He said that the market value was * more than that?and that in fact it had 1 no market value. Well the equu'iza- I tion board raised him considerably and he raised a row; but he paid the increased assessment. "This tax system of ours is certainly a beauty," remarked the auditor In j conclusion. VERDICT FOR LEA. Physician Gets Damages Against Autocratic Lumber Co. Tin* defamation of character suit 'asking damages of $35,000 brought byj | Dr. J. o. Lea against the Savannah, Itiver Lumber Company, after occupy- j ing the attention of the United States District Court here Tuesday, resulted j yesterday in a verdict of $3,250 for the plaintiff, says the Charleston News and Courier of Thursday. The suit was busi d ?m a letter written by C. K. Tucker, superintendent of the Wiggins plant of the defendant concern, in the tuirtmi l.tiMilicr Coiimanv. North Char-! h-ston, stating thai Dr. Lea had been <li.sehari;i d from th<- employ of the, Savannah River Lumber Company at his instanee because the plaintiff had been guilty of talsilving, manufactur- ( ii)KT illicit lii|iior and disposing of tht-i same. j The plaintiff was represented in the , suit by Attorneys John I. Cosgrove and Harry Snnonhoff, it being alleged that Superintendent Turk or aciid as the ' agent til the Savannah River Lumber | .; Company in wrilting the letter to an! I offieial of the Rurton Lumber Coin-j jpany. The defense was represented by' Col. James (5. l'adgett, of Walt'-i-boro,j i and Attorney R. A. Ilagood, of the ; local bar. I i TAXES ANDJORE TAXES Governor Cooper Has Ambitious Plan ' for Road Building. SPEND $34,000,000 IN SIX TEARS Proposition to Build Four Thousand .Qnft Surface Roads and Six Hundred Miles of Hard Surface Roads Without Increasing Property Tax. , Columbia State, Sunday. Without increasing the present property tax one cent the state of South Carolina may spend approximately $34,000,000 on a six year road improvement programme that would result in [ a state system of 4,000 miles of improved roads, (5,000 miles of which would he hard surfaced, according to a plan an- j nounced yesterday by Governor Coop-I er, following- a consultation with the state highway department. Governor Cooper gave out the plan J himself and is very much in hopes that! the general assembly will seriously consider the proposed six year programme. Uncjer the plan announced by the governor the state could complete a system of Improved highways, hard surfaced and sand clay, top soil and gravcli that would be a credit to the state. Under the proposed programme each county would not only retain its own money but get back more than it puts in for the construe - - - ?*- ' tion and maintenance 01 na aune ui6?jways and bridgc9 Briefly the new programme contemplates six methods of getting the $34.000,000 as fol ows: Federal aid for six years to be $3,600,000; an increase In the automobile 'icense fees so as to bring in $1,300,000 a year, or $7,800,000 in six years; approximately $6,200,000 from the two mill property tax now effective; approximately $3,100,000 from a gasoline tax imposed for six years at one cent a gallon; a state bond issue of $10,000,000. Large Sum for Road3. Under the programme 3,000 miles of soft surfaced road would be constructed to cost around $10,000,000, including minor bridges and culverts; 400 miles of hard surfaced Yoads, including grading, minor bridges and cuherts, etc., to^ cost around $10,000,000; oil the state highway bridges not yet provided for would be built at {tpproximately $5,300,000 for the six >?enr period; provide n sufficient* maintenance fund- of about $5,300,000 for the six year period; provide around $1,500,000 to maintain the state highway department for six years and interest and sinking funds of $1,800,000 for tho bonds. In this $34,000,000 programme the amounts to he received out of the $20.000,000 road construction fund alone would be as follows for the following live counties: Charleston, $1,180,000; Greenville, $1,140,000; Klchlund and Spartanburg, $1,100,000 each; Anderson, $920,000. Some of the major bridge projects provided for under the proposed programme include four over the Great fee.Dee, four over Lynchers river, two over the Santee, one over the Wateree, one over the Catawba one over the Congaroe, two over the Broad, two over the Pacolet, two over the Tyger, two over the Enoree, six over the Saluda, fouK over the Edisto, one over the Ashepoo, one over the Combahee and two over the Savannah. ' During the next few years South J Carolina will be confronted with an' unemployment situation, incident to the necessity of reestab ishing our agriculture," said Governor Cooper in an -: nouncing the new six year proposed programme. "It is important that employment be found for our surplus la- j bor during this period, because, while j we shall have reorganized our agriculture, we will have a shortage'instead of i a surplus of labor. Unless something is | done to give the unemployed labor dur- ' ing the transition period there will be; an inevitable emigration," the governor dcc'ared. "South Carolina needs to continue the building of public highways of a permanent character. After consulting j with the state highway department, the, following is submitted as a tentative programme, in tiie hope that all of our people, especial y meniberSjOf the gemoral assemb.y, will give the subject serious consideration and arrive at a wise conclusion." The proposed programme was an-' nounccd as follows: I Proposed Programme. Without increasing the present prop-] crty tax one cent the state of South Carolina may spend approximate-1 ly $34,000,0o0 and complete within six years a system of improved state highways comprising about 4.000 miles, more than GOO miles of which would bo hard surfaced, and the rest surfaced with sand-clay, top soil or gravel; and under this plan each county will not onlv retain its own money; but get) more than it puts in for the construction and maintenance of its state highways and bridges. The inotn y can bo raised as fellows: ; 1. Federal aid from the national government at present rate of about $1,100,000 per year for six years, $6,600.000. 2. The automobile license receipts.! If the license fee is increased to corro- j spend with tlx- average in the Unitedl States, whieli, fur example, would j change the fee of a Ford car from I $0 per year to $s per year, and for a i Cadillac from $16 per year to $2?. perl year, this source would yield on an av-| erage approximately $1,300,000 per year, or a total for six years of $7,800,000. 3. The two mill property tax now effective would yield an average of slightly more than $1,000,000 per year, ni* ohrvnt If! 9AA HAH fftr tho qIv vPfirq 4. A tax of 1 cent per gallon on motor vehicle fuel could be imposed without appreciable burden and would yielil an average of between $500,000 and $600,000 per year, or say $3,400,000 for the six year period. 5. A state bond issue of only $10,000,000 would bring the total fund up to $34,000,000, and this issue would be so arranged that a part of the tax revenues above suggested would take care of it during and after the six year period. This $34,000,000 fund would be sufficient to carry out tho following described programme -of road improvement: 1. Construct 2,000 miles of soft surfaced roads, including minor bridges and culverts, $5,000 per mile, $10,000,000. ? 2. Construct 400 fniles of hard surfaced roads, Including grading and the minor bridges and culverts, $25,000 per mile, $10,000,000. 3. Construct all- of the important bridges on the state highway system not already provided for at a cost of $5,500,000. f 4. Provide annually a sufficient amount to maintain all state roads previously constructed varying from $400,000 per year at present to about $1,500,000 per year when the state system is complete, or about $5,500,000 for the six years. 5. Maintain the state highway department at a cost of about $200,000 per yoa., or $1,200,000 for tho six years. C. Provide interest and sinking fund of $1,800,000 for bonds. Interest and sinking fund, after the six year period, cou.d be provided from tho same revenues with a substantial balance for matching subsequent federal aid and continuing the construction of hard surfaced roads Miles in Present System. The state highway system as at present planned contains about 3,500 miles of road, of wh.ch more than 1,600 miles will be completed or provided for by the end of 1921, including more than 200 miles of hard surface. The 2,400 mites provided in the above programme would therefore complete the system and enable the additioft qt some 500 or 600 miles to the portent layout The inn miifn flddftfoh hard surfacing would a'so take care of practically all parts of state roads where the traffic Is too heavy for the soft surface and where the counties have not already made arrangements for hard surfacing. The expenditure of the $20,000,000 proposed for road construction can be equitably distributed among the counties according to any reasonable schedule and adequately complete the highway system as above stated. If the distribution were based, for example, one-third on land area, one-third on assessed valuation and one-third on motor vehicle license receipts for 1921, no county would receive less than about $180,000, 'and in each case the county's proportion would be sufficient to complete the state roads within its limits, due regard being had for the type of surfacing which tho present traffic wou'd warrant. As examples of how a distribution of this kind would work out, consider a few of the counties at random: Orangeburg county would receive about $740,000 nnd has 180 miles of road in the state system, of which about 75 miles will be constructed or provided for at the end of the present year. Tito remaining 105 miles could be graded nnd surfaced with sand-clay at a cost of not exceeding $525,000, which would leave at least $215,000 for constructing several miles of needed hard surfacing. Besides, a much needed bridge across the Santee river between Orangeburg and Clarendon counties could be provided from the bridge fund. Would Aid Counties. Chesterfie'd couniy woum receive, $330,000 end lias 93 miles on tho state highway system, of which about 23 miles have already been constructed or provided for. To construct the remafhing SO miles with sand-clay or gravel surfacing would cost some $350,000, which would leave a margin of $30,000 for constructing additional mileage that might be added to the state system. Chesterfield county has no state roads at present requiring a hard sur- j face. Greenville county would redeive about $1,140,000 and has a total of 131 miles on the state system, a'l' except ! about ten miles of which has already, been improved. At least $1,000,000 is needed in this county immediately,! however, for hard surfacing those roads on which traffic is too heavy for the existing top soil surfacing. Richland county would receive about $1,100,000 and has 79 miles on the state highway system, which is practically' all provided for under the $2,000,000 1 bond issue for pavements already available in that county. The state fund cou'd therefore be applied to the construction of roads to be added to the system or in retiring a part of the county bonds. Tn like manner every county in the j state would receive a .sufficient fund to take rare of the immediate needs so far as the state highway system is concerned, and due to the federal aid, each would receive more than it contributed. It is true that the needs would increase (Continued on Page Two.) NEWS ABOUT CLOVER Many Heavy Hogs Have Been Slaughtered In Past Few Days ??k? MINSTREL SHOW DREW DIG CROWD Hawthorn Mill to Build Largo Community Houso?Chock Out for Nine Years Brought in for Payment? Other News and Notes of the Metropolis of Northern York County. (By a Staff Correspondent.) Clover, December 19.?The reputation of various residents of the cotton mill villages here for raising big hogs every year is up to par again this year. During the past week q ' o a number of big porkers have bee killed and there is an abundance of sausage and spare ribs and cracklings and other pork meat in both villages. So f.T Mr. Campbell Henry l.olds the palm for having tho biggest l-.og of the season at either village. His hog, which he killed recently netted 533 /pounds. Georgo B. Wallace killed one a few days that netto-.l 492 pounds. J. A. Deas's hog weighed 465 pounds and James Faris killed one that weighed 47C pounds after it was dressed. Robert Price's hog which he re cently killed for Christmas netted 474 pounds and Will Barrett recently killed one that netted 404 pounds. M. M. Pendleton who lives near Clover killed two big pokers recently, one netting 455 pounds and the other 450 pounds. There aro numerous other people in the town and the surrounding country who have whaling big hogs that have not yet been killed. But nobody will hardly beat the Campbell Henry hog here. To Build Community House. The management of the Hawthorne Mill hero is laying material on the ground preparatory to the erection of a community house for the benefit of operatives of the mill. The community center will be located near the baseball park which was erected by 'the mill management lost summer and will fill a long felt want in the village. The community house which will be a largo building will be of brick construction and the work will be pushed to completion as rapidly as possible. Minstrel Big Success. So large was the xrowd desirous of seeing tho minstrel show put on by local talent which played in the opera house hero last Tuesday night that it was necessary to put on two performances. The crowd was said to have been the largest^ in attendance upon a show or entertainment at the opera house in several years, receipts from the sale of tickets totaling $112. The minstrel which wa3 directed by one of the teachers in tho Clover school was presented under the auspices of the " * 1 n u?nr in - Clover ?cnooi iui|>iu<?uiE.? tion and' the understanding is that the money received from sale of tickets will go into a fund being raised for the purpose of providing a library for the school. At the present time the school is without a library and the need for one becomes more and more apparent every day, according to W. S. Roid, superintendent of the school. The library fund now totals a goodly sum and the school children will have a number of valuable reference books and other works at their disposal soon after Christmas. Debate Tuesday Night. Considerable local interest centers in the debato to be given by high school pupils in the graded school auditorium Tuesday evening on the subject, "Resolved, That the United States Government Should Provide Adequate Compensation for Ex-soldiers." The debate which is to be held under the auspices of the literary society will mark the first gathering of Clover people in the new high school auditorium which is nearing completion. High school pupils interested in the debate have been working hard in getting all the facts and figures possible that are calculated to uphold their respective question. The subject Is an interesting one and it is believed that the high school debaters will present arguments pro and con that are well worth while. Unusual Record. Mr. \V. A. Barrett Is now rounding out the 29th conscutivc year of his residence at the Clover mill village here, a record considered further remarkable by reason of the fact thati he has been living in the same house during rll those years. The 29th year of his residence ii. the mill village expires on January 11. While Mr. Barrett holds the record for consecutive resilience at the mill, there arc others there who have been identified with it longer than he has. Among them are Messrs. J. It. Parrish and \V. F. Ritch although l)oth have moved away at .times and returned later. Christmas Trees This Week. There are to be at least three Christmas tree entertainments in Clover this week and the understanding is that there are to be others in the community surrounding. Roth the Methodist and Raptist Sunday schools are going to provide a Christmas tree for the little folks and the school is also going to have a Christmas tree in connection with the suspension of work for the Christmas holidays next Thnrsilav. Old Check Paid. This is the story of a check that was lost ar.tl then found aprain and paid despite the fact that it was nine j years old, a fact remarkable because most people who have checks cash them before the ink is good dry in the , interests of "safety first." According to Mr. James A. Page, cashier of the Bank of Clover, Mr. M. Ln Smith, then general manager of the Clover Cotton ifanufacturing company sent a lady I in Winnsboro a check for $20 in 1912, that being the dividend on $200 worth of stock she held in the mill. Weeks passed and then months and the check did not come into the bank for payment Mr. Smith remembered that a pheck for $20 was out standing but he could not recall what the check was for or to whom it waA issued. Two years ago the Clover Cotton Manufacturing Company sold out to the Clover Mills company. With the deal was made a balance of $20 which was left in the bank to the credit of the Clover Manufacturing company. The manager knew that the books were out of balance $20 and that there was a check for that amount outstanding but try as he would he could not loCc.te the account. *But the books balanced just a few days ago when ,a check for $20 dated in'1912 came in for payment from a Winnsboro bank. Inquiry developed that the lady to whom the check was sent nine years ago had misplaced it and didn't find it until recently when she decided to try to cash It although she was not sure whether she could collect or not because of the check's age. But the money was there to take care of the check despite its age, and the account of the former manufacuring concern has at last been closed. People are Moving. Clyde Faris of Clover No. 1 has moved his family to Clover and is occupying the Qoforth house. J. H. Sistar and family who have been living here for some time past have moved to thp Goforth place at Bethany. Mr. Gregg Howell and family who have been living at the Goforth place at Bethany have moved to the farm vacated by Mr. Clyde Farls and family. COTTON FIGURES OFF Dial Says Government Estimates Calculated to Hurt Farmer. The cotton situation was aired in the senate last week by senators from South Carolina. Senator Smith obtained' adoption of a resolution calling for a definite statement of the amount of cotton ginned, while Senator Dial criticised reports of the department of agriculture as to the amount of the cotton crop. He contended that the reports have been misleading, and fears they may effect the market price. Senator Dial said he had received a bitter complaint from his state about the seeming inaccuracy of the reports. He said: "In June, 1920, the department estimated that there would be 10,000,000 bales of cotton raised, and that year there were" 13,340,000 bales produced. This conntltutent calls my attention to the fact that a day or two ago the department gave out an estimate of 8,340,000 bales being raised this year whereas some two months ago it gave out an estimate of 6,500,000 bales. He called my attention to the fact that twelve cotton firms in the unitec States made an estimate of the crop recently, and their combined estimate was 7,926,000 .bales. And yet the government estimate is 8,340,000 being 414,000 bales more than theirs. "I very much regret to see a situation where the people of our country have no respect or confldeice in the accuracy of our departments; apd it does seem to me that the time has come when this department should be overhauled and reorganized, or looked into very thoroughly. All of these reports operate against the producer. "There has arisen a system of publishing the reports?though the government is not responsible for that?it is done on the part of the manipulators in such a way as to combine, foi instance, the quantity of linters on hand with the quantity of cotton. "A short time ago I saw where they had reported in Charleston 130,000 bales of cotton on hand. I was satisfied that there was an error, and I wired back that they had about 20,000 bales of cotton on hand, and 160,000 bales of linters. Those reports are allowed to go out to the public, and the people believe that there is a great quantity of cotton' on hand, whereas, that is an error, and is misleading. "I cannot understand how reputable newspapers will publish statements of that kind. They certainly can get the facts from the agricultural department if they would ask, and the department separates linters from actual cotton; but they will persistently do it, and if you will watch in the morning papers you will see where they combine these linters with cotton and count it all as cotton. "My conslitutent says our people are suffering greatly by reason or these manipulations. I think we ought to take some step to correct the ! oilimliAn "I might say that hut few if any people have confidence in the last government estimates." Not Fussy.?The magistrate gazed sternly at the youthful defendant. "You come from a good family," he said. "When you stole this watch, didn't you know it was wrong?" "Sure," said the prisoner nonchalantly, "hut it was only about five minutes out pf the way, so I swiped it anyhow." ? ROCK HILL NEWS BUDGET / U. D. C/s Get Subscription Balance Needed for Nonament t I EXTRA HONOR FOR MAJOR DOZ1EI Business Mtn Want Seaboard to Com* In?Aragon Night School Hat Large Enrollment?Other Newt and Nottt of the Metropolit of York County. (By a Staff Correspondent.) Rock Hill, December 19.?Rock Hill members of the United Daughters of the Confederacy have had no trouble in raising by public subscription the sum of $1,800 which is the balance due on the new Confederate monument, which is ready to be set up. Canvaasers were busy two dayt last week soliciting subscriptions to a fund to make up the deficit and they met with a generous response from the Rock Hill public. Up to Friday afternoon the sum of $1,500 had been raised, and the canvassers expressed themselves as being confident that the entire $1,800 would be raised without trouble. Want 8eaboard to Coma In. Some of the merchants are agitating a movement to try to get the Seaboard Air Line railroad to come to Rock Hill. The railroad, taps the extreme eastern edge of York county some nine miles away from Rock Hill and it is argued that while the cost of coming into Rock Hill would be great, business that would be obtained here would in a short period of time offset that cost. "The coming of the Seaboard into Rock Hill would mean more to the city than any other one thing," said a prominent merchant In discussing t^e matter the other day. "I for one would be glad to do anything in my power to bring the . > Seaboard here and I have talked with many other merchants and other business people here who feel the same why about it. I think that you will see a flattering offer made to the Seaboard within the next few months to come into the Good Town." 1 Night School Banquet. The annual banquet of the Aragoa Mill night school was held in the community building at the mill Wriday} night, with all of the pupUa present and a number of invited guests. Miss Eva May Hlte, supervisor of schools for adult illiterates, presided, and short talks were made by R. <E. Melt, A. R. Marwlck, Erwln Carothers, J. N. Ben* ton, O. K. Williams, A. T. Quanta, J. C? Cauthen, Superintendent Jordan of the Aragon and Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Long. The Aragon Mill night sohool has an enrollment of 108. School is id session on Monday and Thursday nights of each week and the averagd. attendance has so far been about 84? Miss Eva May Hite, night school su* pervisor, is in charge, with Ave additional teachers?A. R. Barrett, W. C* Holroyd, Misses Goldle 8anders, Mattie Thomas and Ellie Baugh. Kiwanians Held Masting. There were about 160 people in at* tendance on the "Ladles' Night" cele* bratlon and banquet of the KlwanlS clftb of Rock Hill, held In the Chamber of Commerce hall Friday night. Jameg C. Hardin, president of the club, pre* sided, and short talks were made by J* '. T. Fain, H. M., Dunlap, J. M. Dye, and x? Uaa??o Gotmrat miiairvnl flAJ UY. UI CU iUvvic. wvvvui lections also featured the programme. Honor for Dozier, Major James C. Dozler, holder of the Congressional Medal for courageous conduct overseas while serving as at member of the ',0th Division, will have the war cross of Italy bestowed upon! him in Washington tomorrow by the Italian government. Major Dozier, to* gether with Gary Evans Foster of In* man, S. C., and Richmond H. Hilton of Westville, S. C., and fifty other hold* ers of the Congressional medal living: in the United States, have been Invited to go to Washington to receive the highest decoration of Italy. The ItaH ian "war cross" will be personally pre* sented to each of the American heroes by General Vaccari, chief of staff of the Italian army, the ceremony to takef place in the Italian embassy. Girls Go Horns Wednesday, Wlnthrop college girls will go to their respective homes for the Christmas holidays next Wednesday, and the great institution on Oakland avenue will be practically deserted until January 2, when the girls return. Most of the Winthrop girls do their Christmas shopping in Rock Hill and they have already completed most of it, having been given permission to come to tow a/ to shop several times of late. Training School Wins. Winthrop Training school defeated Fort Mill High school at basket ball here Wednesday by a score of 33 to 20. Quiet With the Police. Members of the Rock Hill police force have had an easy time of it recently, according to Assistant Chief Merritt. Few burglaries have been reported of late and in fact about ail the police have had to do is to round up a few drunks. While things may Uvea up this week because of the fact that It is Christmas week, the assistant chief is rather inclined to believe that It is going to be a mighty quiet Christmas and that the police are going to have an opportunity to enjoy the day along with other people. ? An Anderson correspondent men* tions the circumstance of new cotton blooms still appearing in the fields at the county. There has not been suf^ ficient frost as yet to kill the stalks. , - ?