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ESTABLISHED 1855 YORK, ^C.7FH1DAY,J A'0 ~192Q. NO. a"
VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS
Brie! Local Paragraphs of More or
Less Interest.
PICKED UP BY ENQUIRER REPORTERS
Stories Concerning Folks and Things,!
Some of Which You Know and |
Some You Don't Know?Condensed
For Quick Reading.
"Nope, there is no meeting of the
pension board 'in session today," said
Mr. S. II. Kpps of Fort Mill township,
when asked what he wus doing in
town Wednesday. "I just camo today
ilninir" Mr Enns went
on to say. He attended the meeting' of
the legislative delegation.
Going After Board of Charities.
"Will there be a fight made on the
state board of charities and corrections
this year at the meeting of the general
assembly as there was last year?" the
reporter asked Senutor llart, Wednesday.
"There will if I am living/' replied
Senator Hart.
Back In Germany.
"Well, sir when that axe struck me I
was knocked plumb loco and somehow
or other I imagined that I was back in
Germany," sAid Jim Robinson, guard of
the chaingang, who was attacked yesterday
morning by a convict. "It just
seemed like," said Robinson, "that 1
could hear the biir German Berthas
pepping around me for a little while."
- , Eggs More Plentiful.
"Sow that the Christmas holidays
are over we are having no trouble getting
a'l the eggs we need for our
trade," remarked a dealer:-yesterday.
"Funny thing about eggs getting so
scarce Just before Christmas every
year. Really 1 don't know whether the
trouble is that the hens go on strike to
such a great extent or whether the reason
is that many people hold them oft
tl.o market in order to get a better
price just before Christmas. *
Good Christmas for Poor.
"Well, the old folas at the county
home had the best Christmas Just
passed that they have ever had or
rather that they have had sinco 1 have
been there," said Mr. 1. I*. Boyd, superintendent
of the institution yesterday.
"A number of chureh societies sent
boskets of fruits, cakes, candies and
other good things and nunieryus indl- ,
?- l- 1. J . . tUnl
vimutjs seni pieacuis. 11 uiuui: mv
hearts of the paupers glnd to bo remembered
so bountifully. They still
haw a goodly quantity of the Christmas
foods left."
No Luck for Her.
Every onee in a while somebody
either brings or sends to '1'fte Yorkvllle
Enquirer a copy of a letter which was
claimed to have been written by the
Savior after his cructlixton. The letter
hns been published in The Enquirer
time and again and will hard'y be published
any more. In the letter Is the
statement that the person having a
copy who does not publish it, will have
bad luck. Tho last receipt is from
Mrs. Hlackwell On King's Creek No. 2,
who writes:
"I have got a letter here that I would
like to get pubMshcd to the world, for
1 have had this copy about ten years
and I huvc not had any good luck."
Mipht Eat tho Pot.
A colored man whose reputation for;
paying his debts is none too good.;
walked into the place of a Yorkvllle j
dealer me omer uay ana iiiquiicu.
"Cap is yo* all got any wash-pots?"
"Oh, yes," returned, the salesman,
"we have them. They are. up in the
warehouse."
"Well, I'd like to look at them if;
you ain't too busy," replied the negro. I
"I'm never too busy if there is any.
cash in sight," replied the salesman.
"But boss, ah want to pay fo* it mxt
fall," replied the negro.
"Nothing doing," said the salesman.
"We might as well not look at them.
Why don't you know I'm afraid the
bo'l weevil might carry that wash pot
off before next fall if I sold it to you j
on credit."
Work of Incendiary.
That the destruction of Harmony
Presbyterian church which was being
used as a school house by the pupils
of Miller school in District No. 4S was
the work of an incendiary, is the belief
of Mr. J. M, Briee, who lives nearby
and who was one of the first to arrive
at the scene of the fire Monday night,
"f found a bottle on the north side of
the building.that smellcd of kerosene,"
said Mr.' Bricc Wednesday. "Yet whyanybody
should want to burn that!
nn<1 n lcn Iwmcn ii'ltiph i
was burned several weeks ago is more
than I am able to figure out. The
traeher lir.d had no trouble and thoj
trustees have had no trouble. Wc are
al a loss to understand it/'
Believes He Is Cominy.
Mr. Sam Bycrs of Bcthcsda township
was among the visitors in York-1
ville last Wednesday. He was accompanied
by his son, Mr. Bolivar
Dyers. Discussing the agricultural out-;
look in his section, Mr. Dyers said that,
people were very much puzzled as
were the people in oilier sections or tnc
county and hardly knew what to do.
"Personally I believe that tlio boll i
weevil is going to do about as much
damage in York county this year as lie
did in some of the other counties down
state last (all and the outlook is not
very encouraging. Just now," Mr.
By era went on to say, "I am about as;
much interested in seeing the price of(
cotton go up as anything else. I have
two year's crop on hand and it is beginning
to hurt."
Out of tho Ordinary.
"Well the appearance of that company
of ladies before the county legislative
delegation in the courthouse
Wednesday seeking re-enactment of [
the appropriation of $1,200 for the
, support of the county demonstration
| agent makes one realize that the
women are really beginning to lake
sunte inivrrni in puuiu aimus uiuuuv*
here," remarked,a citizen following the
meeting. "I think that was the first
time in the history of York county that
a number of ladies have appeared before
the legislative delegation for any
purpose. Well, it is a big old world.
Let the women run things for a while.
They am do no worse than the men."
Dog License Tax. (
"That dog license tax certainly surprises
me," said Treasurer Neil Wednesday.
"I have not got all my mail (
worked up yet; but so far I have issued
about 3,600 dog tax tags and right now ,
it looks like it may go up to 3,800 tr
4,000. /
"I have known as many as four thousand
dogs to be returned to the auditor
in the regular manner in times
past; but invariably some Ave or six ,
hundred of thern would be stricken off
as nuua uuiiu.
"I?ut there is lots of trouble about j
this dog tax?getting it properly dis- (
tributed among the school districts. In
spite of all the talk and all the advertising
that has been done, people occasionally
give us the wrong school districts.
They may have lived In one
district last year and although moved
to another, give us the old number or.
leave it to us to do the best we can in
locating them.
"It is going to lie a tedious job to an-'
swer the questions of inquiring trustees
in some cases. Wc have Issued .
the receipts and have the stubs; but
alphabetical arrangement lias been impossible.
In fact we can't get them ar- s
ranged alphabetically until after the t
books close and that will bo in March,
you know. Most of the licenses are
distributed among the pi^opcr school
districts; but until we can get the opportunity
to make an alphabetical list |
of all tax tags we*cannot tell to just
what districts they belong.
"Don't misunderstand me, however,"
concluded Treasurer Neil. "There has
been nothing like general confusion. I t
doubt whether there are as mutiy as '
twenty-five license laxet credited to r
other than their right districts; but 8
you can see, no doubt, that it is'going
to lake a lot of tedious work to get
them straightened out."
BANKERS OPTIMISTIC J
Prospects for 1922 Hopo ul They Say 8
In Statement).
Business prospects for 192" are, in ;
general hopeful, aufcording to state- v
merits' by prominent bankers, made
public recently by the An crican Bunkera'
association. . c
The future of business and finance *
In the United States is encouraging," 1
said Thomas B. MeAdaias, president ^
of the association. 1
Ho emphasized the ii lportance of *
this country interesting itself in the f
pioblems of Europe in order that *
American prosperity may be maintain- s
ed. He said that, although some lead- 3
ii.g politicians and ncv spapers op- 1
posed extending aid to E irope at this
time "future prosperity lepended on
the way financial Amelia answers the
call."
"The time for anxiety se "ins to be entirely
past and the middle :>f 1922 should
see recovery well esta'dished,' . declared
John C. Lonsdale, president of 1
the National flank of <'nmmerce of'
St Ix>uls. 'All of the Hiings neces- j
sary to commercial betterment scan to
liuvc beer, set in motion, so that 1922
should see the beginnin; of the ora
of our greatest and most golden prosperity."
,
Prosperity among our tinners, man-|
ufneturers and merchants is directly i
affected by tho unsettb d conditions,
of finance and politics it Europe, according
to J. A. House, president of
the Trust Company I dvision and
Guardian Savings' and Trust Company
of Cleveland.
"This must bo remeclic I," he added.
"It is apparent, also that strikes for
higher wages aro ccrU ir.ly not in
keeping with the present order of
things. Enbor must bear its fair share
in future deflation.
Mr. House emphasized the need of
rehabilitation of the railroads and said
that congress should pust equitable
Lax laws to encourage tic flow cf capit:.1
through channels vhich would
moan investment.
John S. l'uslicher, vici president or 1
tln> American Hankers association, 1
said the t rend was to vards easier '
money i;ates and there was nothing to 1
in die.".to that this would not coutlnuo.
"The stroiigf-st factor hi the present
situation is the grov ing strength |'
of the banks." ho declared.
"It is our belief," declared It. S. '
lleeht, president of the State Bank '
Division of the Anierirui Barkers as- 1
soeiatioti, "tliut we will n d again have !
real prosperity in this country until 1
sonic kind of economic r st oral ion has '
been accomplished in I urope and a 1
stable basis for intern itiunal trade 1
worked out."
? Judge, It. C. Watts, <<r the supreme '
court, underwent an op -ration in a
Columbia hospital a few days ago for I
kidney derangement. The. understand- j
ing is that he will havj to undergo
another and still more serious opcrai
tion. I
BEAUT1UFL BEAUFORT
Long In Baekguound Now Forging
to the Front.
SOME OF THE SCENES! ALONG THE WAY
Truck Farmer* Are Growing Rich
Through Intelligent Cultivation?
Coast Country Offer* Opportunity to
Thousand*?Some Lands Worth More
Than $1,000 Per Acre?Climate Ha*
no Superior?Negroes Make Little
Progress?Fish, Oyster* and Game in
Abundance?Some Places of Interest
?Other Impresaions of Land of Sunshine
and Flowers.
(By a Staff Correspondent.)
En route on the South Carolina
Coast?It was about 2 p. m. on the
afternoon of December 26, that our
party left Wiggins for Beaufort, about
thirty miles, by boat, giving us opportunity
to see a number of the semitropical
Islands surrounding Beaufort
ind a four hour glance at a country,
most of which although still undevel)ped,
possesses the niQst wonderful opportunities.
Senator Noils Christcnsen
>f Beaufort county, one- of the best
tnowp men in the state, sent his sturdy
gasoline tow-boat up to the home of
Mr. Rice in order to take us to Beaumrt.
Mr. H. H. Lake of Beaufort, one
>f the. leading business men of the fair
Ittlc city and a Beaufort booster from
.ho word go, accompanied Mr. Christenlen's
boat to Wiggins and Mr. James
Henry Rice, Jr., also accompanied us
>n the riwr trip to Beaufort. The
jilot was an old experienced rivcrman.
i negro named Williams. wno
.borough1}' knows his business and his
xssistant in looking after the engine
md tilings generally was another experienced
negro sailor.
"Have no fear of the pilot," assured
ilr. Lake, upon leaving the wharf of
he .Savannah River Lumber Company
it Wiggins.- "Ho is thoroughly reliable
ind you'll not go aground."
Weather a Bit Raw.
Tho afternoon was clear although a
>it raw and the party made themselves
jomfortablc on deck in order that a
jotter view of the country might be
iffordfd. There was Mr. Itice and Mr.
!>ake to direct attention to points of
nterest and there was so much of real
ntcrcst that the raw winds didn't run
he party be!ow until just a few
ninutes before the tow-boat drew up
it the dock at Beaufort.
The thoughtful Mr. Laknjtfuibrought
pith him it bounteous luncheon, consist ng
of sandwiches, fruits, fruit cake,
3eaufort grown pecans and plenty of
oflfee which the assistant to the pilot
[own below soon had piping hot. And
iu the boat chugged-chugged her way
o Beaufort through tho winding
vi ithing, meet-yourself-coming-back
vatcr courses to Beaufort.
The Route.
Starting from the little lumber town
if Wiggins, over the new Chec-ha river
lie party passed on the left Boulder's
aland, Warren Island, Beef Island and
Vshe Island, each ono with an interestng
history and about which of each
dr. Rice had a graphic story to tell.
)n the right was Wulnilt Point, Field's
5olnt, Mqrgan Island and the old Coolaw
fertilizer plant put out of business
ears ago in the mining of phosphate
ock because the general assembly saw
It to place a heavy' royalty upon the
ndustry, thus rendering it unprofitable.!
Into Combahee River.
Then the boat chugged her way into j
Combahee river, rounding Hangman's|
'oinl, at the head of St. Helena Sound.
<Yom Coinbahee the course lay into
roosaw river with St. Helena and.
Island on the left. St. lleleual
slund* by the way, Is, a most interest-j
ng Island. About fifteen miles long,
ind six miles wide, extending1 from;
'oi*t Royal Sound to St. Helena Sound
ind swept by the Atlantic on the cast, I
t hus a population of perhaps a little [
?vtr 6.000, of whom all hut 100 are;
legroes. Imagine that, will you? One!
lundreds whites and 6,000 negroes! And,
oday ll is an island of poverty, alhough
there are perhaps no richer
auds on the coast. The lands belong!
o the negroes. Beaufort people will
ell you that the negroes won't sell forj
ovo or money. A few years ago the
s'and was exceedingly prosperous,
alslng long staple cotton, but the boll
vecvil luis long since wiped out the I
Sea Island cotton Industry and the St.
Ielena Island negroes are in a position
if poverty. They have not turned to
rucking as have the intelligent white
'armors of Beaufort, and the sea isands
have done and they are living
11 squalid poverty. The tide-water
eglon in which he lives is teeming
vith all kinds of fish, oysters, crabs,
lawns and shriinns. Yet few of them
iftVi; tl 10 energy ami get-up to llsli orj
o tako oysters.
Not Proficient in Agriculturo.
Not proficient in general agriculture
>r in truck farming it is v.lio contensus
of opinion nrouml Itoaufort that
ho negroes on St. Helena I -la.n<J are
;oitig to have to either Bell their lands,
50 to utilizing the food of the sea.
dart truck farming or starve. Some
ivill very likely starve. Poor people!
Poor and proud, with the wealth of the
ivorhl under their feet and in the water
it the edge of their island if they
vould only bestir themselves. Vet their
very lingo is never heard outside this
incient habitat.
It would seem that they are tied !o
Iho region l>y a rendition that has no!
parallel in America. After tlie War
Uctwccn the States and freedom came,
Lhc rice planters who owned St. Helena
and other islands of the sea were sa
poor they could not pay the taxes. The
district was represented by Eob Smalls,
a negro congressman. Largely through
his -influence the sold?for-tax lands
were divided by the I-'ederal government
into tracts of from ted to fifteen
acres and sold to the helpless and dependent
negroes for something like a
dollar a tract?just a nominal sum to
make a legal sale.
And yet some lands around the cltir
of Beaufort less than twenty miles off
I bring ?1,000 nn acre and even mure
and this land of St. Helena is just as
rich. It Is said that forty per rent of
the splendid land in Beaufort county
today?land so much wanted by white
truck farmers?is owned by negroes.
Such is St. Helena Island, dark
Africa of the South Atlantic coast and
the conditions there are like those of
other coastal is'es. And yet some day,
i it is predicted, it will bloom like the
country in the rear of the historic old
city of Beaufort is blooming?the country
that is becoming know as "Little1
Florida."
-Brickyard River.
Churning her way Jut of C?osaw,
leaving St. Helena Island behind, the
' ChrlstenBcn boat plo\?s her Way into
Brickyard river. Mr. rltico- calls attention
to the fact tifet there on the
right is Chlholm Island where the late
Dr. Robert Chiaolm ruado a fortune
growing olives before we War Hewtecn
the States. 7'he olive industry is no
longer carried on tlierfe,' but with the
new awakening that Incoming over the
wonderful coast country may rc"
vived because it is i>oiistble to produce
dlrnost any fruit in that wonderful
semi-tropical climate..
Rut the scenic beauties of that country?numerous
palmettos?at one point
a regular forest of palmettos; stretches
of wood'and, long festuons of Spanish
moss, graceful and pointed, hanging
from the trees arc befrond comparison.
Tho marsh grass lines the river
banks for miles and miles, flocks of
wild, duck fly up froep the grass and
pass neur the boat. If one had had a
gun and could shoot*1-well, It ?would
havo been an. easy matter to supply
half of YorH county with the tine meat
In short order. ?
Herring gulls sported around the
boat. Interesting pa#time on the trip
was to throw1 a bit Of bread or other
food into the water.. The gull appears
to have eyes all aroupd. I|e sees the
throw and he flies along over the spot
and Jives for the morsel. Perhaps he
misses his quest, Tbi herring 'gull, one
IcarnS, is a bird of grlSt patience. Loin
of persons might learn a lesson from
him. Ho swoops again and comes up
with the bread and flies into the sky.
He does not go far; becauso there
might be another morsel thrown into
the water. There is, and he Is there to
get It. And no he and his brothers
follow for miles and miles and miles. ,
This river country is a veritable
paradise for birds and water fowl. We
sec several species of tern. High above
is a big niarsh hawk looking for some?vi?
*... oe hu cast* hln sharn eves!
LI11II? C\-r Vttt au m ?
over the landscape.
There on the right is a flock of red
winged blackbirds. The belted kingfisher
flies about. The solitary sandpiper
flits along the river banks on the
edge of tho marsh; noiseless and
crafty and cunning.
Out there to the left a loon1 or great
northern diver, disports in the water, j
diving with a grace and skill that lsi
peculiar only to his species, the natur-1
alist of the party says.
One sees a great, ug'y bird?in fact
a pair of them, perched on buoys a
mile ahead. Mr. Rlee, despite the distance
away, identifies them as Florida
comorants. The boat comes clocer to
.the buoys and, the big water birds fly
away into the distance, clumsy, ungainly
looking fowls, flying low.
A dozen species of ducks are scon in
the marshes and on the rivers. The
didapper is along the river banks; a
flock of grackles parses overhead, the
kildce crying his plaintive note is seen
and heard; numerous crows pass by.
On the uver bank <>n the right a great
blue heron stands iji :i swampy place
and thinking maybe that the boat Is
coming toward him when it isn't, he
stretches his great spread of wing. He
rises like a great aeroplane and in a
shorter time than a Hying ship could
do it, he is lost in the heavens making
for some oilier place where his!
perch might not be disturbed.
Porpoise Plays.
Kearing Beaufort a great buttle noscj
porpoise bobbed up just ahead of thci
boat. Three times did he raise bis
great bulk not twenty yards away from
the prow of the boat, i>ausing for a J
moment as he came to the surface as
if to say: "You can't run over me.''
The passengers craned their necks to
get another and closer view of him;
but be bad evidently tired of bis stunt.
Just as the boat was coming almost
upon hitu he dived under the craft and
was seen no more.
And so amid numerous scenes of
natural beauty and m the abundance
of wild life and growing tilings that
thrive without the care of man but. by
the grace of the Creator, tho boat
heads into Beaufort Bay and makes
ready to tic up at the wharf. There arc
a number of small craft in the harbor.
A trim little revenue cutter Is along
side. The beautiful .yacht of Mr. Ilarry
Payne Whitney, millionaire New Yorker,
a veritable floating palace is passed.
The yacht has stopped in Beaufort .en
route to Florida. She is manned by
ncatly dressed sailors. Neatly painted,
she presents an appcaraneo of clcanli(Continucd
on Page Eight.) j
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DELEGATION HOLDS MEETING
Citizens Discuss Many Matters ol
More or Cess Importance.
NUMBER OF WOMEN WERE PRESENT
I
Brie* Would Have Law to Require
Lights on Buggies and Wagons. at
Night?Additional Equipment Needed
for Chaingang?Weet Road Wants
Appropriation of $5.000?$30,000 Asked
for Boyd Bridge?Opposition to
Mecklenburg Project.
I
Much Idle and unnecessary talk,
sporadic outbursts of fervid oratory,
presentations of claims for appropria- .
Ucns and tender of a number of suggestions
worth while, featured the
meeting of the county legislative deflation
with citizens of York county
held in the court house Wednesday
morning. All of the members of the
legislative delegation wcro present;
but there were few citizens present ,
when Senator John It. Hart called the
I
meeting to order at 11 o'clock. However
the number increased as the
I meeting progressed and thero were a
number of matters up for discussion.
The presiding officer requested that
J all remarks be brief and to tho point
1 and succeeded fairly well in keeping
r folks down to issues.
Linhts on Vehicles.
Ifon. J. S. Brico asked that the dele- ,
Ration try to put through a measure (
requiring drivers of buggies and wag- ,
oiik In tho night time to show a light (
in the interests of the preservation of (
life. It was impossible, he said, for
tho driver of an automobile to see a ,
wagon or buggy in the road until right |
upon it and many accidents resulted. |
Mr. Brico aJso discussed the matter
of grade crossings and took occasion ,
to say that tho state should require (
the railroads to build either overhead (
or underground passes at all public ^
crossings tslnco it was impossible to ?
make all travelers "stop, look and ,
listen."" ,
Opposition to State Insurance. |
W. S. Wilkcrsou voiced his oppoai- |
tion to the state sinking fund commission
which charges $15 per $1,000 in- |
suranca on rural school houses where- (
as private companies would givo the j
same amount of Insurance and in- ,
surar.ce Just us. good at $4 per thou- j
aand. Tliia matter of insurance, Mr. j
Wllkerson argued was n, big lt^m in a .1
community where it is riefcesaary to
raise much money for common school j
education and rigid economy should i
be practiced. He scoffed the claim of
the sinking fund commission that at ]
tho end of ten years it will be in posi- i
tion to insuro school housed freo of ]
churge, claiming that the profits it Is
n.aklng will be appropriated for somo j
other purposo before tho cud of that ]
period.
Mrs. J. M. Williams of McConnells- j
ville, a member of tho Woman's Coun- ,
cil of the York County House Demon- (
stration Work as the spokesman for a (
delegation of farm women of the coun- (
ty, asked the delegation to continue
tho appropriation of $1,200 to pay the t
salary of Miss Juanita Neely, woman's
home demonstration agent for York. (
The balance of Miss Neely's salary is
paid by the Federal government.
Mrs. W. R McKellar of Sharon also (
endorsed the work of Miss Neely as ^
courtly agent and said that she had ac- J
complished great things and "we want
the work to go on." ^
Bethel Has Debt to Pay. I
Mr. Bricc called attention to the fact j
that when the present hoard of town- (
ship road supervisors for Bethel took |
charge Inst winter they found on hand j
a debt of nearly $1,000 on tho to.wn- (
ship vvWen their predecessor left office.
The debt had not been paid and he (
was sure that as a matter of law the j
township was liable. R. S. Riddle sug- ?]
gcslcd that the delegation increase t
tho township levy for road purposes i
by two mills in order to take care of {
the Indebtedness. t
Equipment for Chaingang. t
Supervisor Hugh G. Brown asked (
for additional equipment for the coun- '
ty chaingang and for an additional ap- '
proprlatlon for maintenance. The T
number of tho convicts on the gang at <
present, he said, was 63 and the aver- '
age since last April has been about 50, '
whereas* tho old average was about 30. 1
Naturally more money was needed to t
run the gang. 1
He estimated that the needed additional
eqipmcat would cost $M50.
Koiii-tfon mules are needed which will
cost about $175 each, eight whcelors '
at $75 each; six wagons and extra
feed. Tic wanted to swap off six of
the chuiugong'H mules and ho estimated
that ho would have to pay a dif- '
ferenee of $100 with each mule.
Dr. J. H. Sayo ^thought the county '
should buy a small steam shovel instead
of the extra mules and woclers
as an economic measure. Tho super- '
visor didn't think, however that tho
shovel would be economical on short 1
hauls which the ehaingang wjll have ;
during the next eighteen months.
Bridges Need Painting. ,
W. \V. Miller, county engineer call- ]
ed attention to the, fact that tho Iron ,
bridges of the county needed paint- |
ins necessary to the preservation of ]
their life. He suggested an appro- j
priation of $3,000 for the purpose and j
premised to make the money go as far i
ay possible. t
Tlio county engineer also asked for t
an appropriation of $3,000 to build a t
mile and a hair of road from the Boyu
Bridges over the Catawba river in
Bethel township to Boyd's store. No
matter which way the road from the |
county seat to the bridge went that
tnuch of the route was settled. There
is no road at all on the York county
uido of the bridgo now and some ,
means must be provided immediately
to get the bridge in order to carry on
the work.
The engineer also called attention of
the delegation to the fact that appropriations
must bo made to take care of
bridges at Black's mill, a branch just
beyond and Bullock's creeK on me;
West Road project.
Boyd's Bridge Road. '
There was a lengthy discussion relative
to a road leading from Yorkville
to the new Boyd's Bridge over the
Catawtoa and a request for a county ,
appropriation for the road. Advocates
of the two proposed routed?the old
Charlotte road- way and the Lincoln ^
road were present In large numbers.
Mr. Brice stated that what was wanted
of the delegation was authority to
have a survey of the two routes with (
estimated costs authorized. Then the
delegation would be asked to provide
for the cost of the route to be deslg- 1
nated by the county commissioners.
R. 8. Riddle stated that the distance '
to the bridge by the so-called "Upper
Route" or Lincoln road, was 18 miles '
els measured with an .automobile
speedometer and that by the lower
route it was 17.4 miles. He wanted a 1
survey of the two routes made before i
the general assembly adjourned, the f
cost of each ascertained and the dele- i
gatlon to appropriate for the cheap- <
sst way. I
Engineer Miller stated for the Infor- {
m&tlon of the delegation that It would
be Impossible to make such r. survey j
before the general assembly adjourns. ]
J. A. Tato wanted, to know if the ,
road to the Boyd bridge could be built <
For less than 930,000 and the engineer |
aid not think so. Mr. Tate then asked <
the delegation for an appropriation of ,
?30,000 to build a road to the river t
with tho understanding that if the
imount be insufficient a request would
be made twelve months hence to complete
the project (
A. L. Black stated that if tho dele- '
nation was going to appropriate money
for*a road to Boyd's bridge then
ho wanted on appropriation for the
Adair's Ferry rood and he argued that 1
he had just as much right to ask for
?uch an appropriation as the Bethel 1
und York towqshlp people had.
J. Darby Smith was opposed to an '
impropriation for the Boyd's Bridge
road by the cotmty.
* -'? f D?in*v ihnnirht York and '
JIM III O. .
Bethel townships should vote bonds to
build tho road to the Boyd's Ferry
bridge connecting with Mecklenburg,
Want Aid for West Road.
Dr. J. H. Saye asked for an appro*
priation of $5,000 to complete the West
road from Bullock's Creek bridge to
Sharon. Money novr on hand he said
ivculd complete the work to Bullock's
Creek bridge and no further. Unless
:he road is constructed on Into Sharon
It will be of no value.
Discussing the survey of the West
-oad into the county seat whlqh would
five entrance Into the King's Mounlain
road Instead of the Howell's Ferry
road past the county Jail, he said he
was much opposed to such an entrance
because it was so much further.
Ho understood that entrance would
lot be into Yorkville by tho jail be:ause
the town did not have the money
:o build a road within the incorporate
imits connecting with the West road.
f this was the case he wontca me
lelegatlon to give the supervisor au- ^
hority to use the chalngang on that
>art of the road within the incorporite
limits of the town.
W. S. Wilkerson Indorsed the plea
)f Dr. Saye for an additional appropriation
of $5,000 for the West road,
rle called attention to the fact that
luring the thirty years the chalngang
lad been In existence Bullock's Creek
ind Broad River townships had the
>cneflt of Its services only about eigh,nen
months in all. The western side
)f the county had been treated shameully
with reference to road matters.
ie said and that $5,000 appropriation
vas just right. He spoke of the $50,- .
100 bond issue for roads voted by
3road River last year showing the efort
of the people to help themselves. .
n conclusion he took a friendly fling
it his Bullock's Creek neighbors, inciting
them to do likewise.
CORN FOR RUSSIA
1,000,000 Bushels Purchased for Relief *
of Starving People.
More than 3,000,000 bushels of corn *
lave been bought by the purchasing y
commission for Russian relief and one '
?hip load of 240,000 bushels left Sew '
3rleans December 31, the American '
[''arm Bureau Federation said It had *
? - - . ?? c
oeen informed by Don Livingston, :ommlsaioner
of agriculture of South '
Dakota. The corn has been bought, it ^
ivas said, for delivery on shipboard at
S'ew Orleans, Baltimore and New '
fork.
The corn is being purchased on a *
'frec-on-board ship" basis, it was ex- *
?li-incd, to eliminate the necessity of
organizing a large buying organlza- '
lion and to expedite its movements to 1
[tussla, where it is needed within six- 1
:y days. It is being shipped unground. '
ind will arrive in prime condition, it 1
s said, as long as the weather con- ^
lnues cold. The Soviet authorities r
lave agreed to transport the corn from 1
he porta to the fcanine areas.
INDIANS AKt KtSlLtSS
Would go oa War Path Except lor
Aeroplanes.
rilElTEIWIMi CONDITIONS IN 1ITAI
,
White Men and Red Men Do Not Got
On Amicably?Governor Wants the
Federal Government to 8t?p In and
Help Keep Down Trouble.
In the romance of building up the
wild places of America developments
Df the pant few weeks prove that the
days of euch romantic white and cop
per-coiorea cnaracters as uncu, nea
Cloud. Daniel Boone, Kit Carson, Sitting
Bull. Custer and Gen. Hugh L.
Scott are not wholly past aa yet.
In New York Is a governor of a fur
western state who left his native
heath to visit New York only after he
had put his state troope in readiness
to entrain on a moment's notice on a
chase after wild Indians.
More than that, this governor had
himself gone to these wild Indians in
el desolate country beyond the white Iff
man's frontier and had met ihem in
a, sacred conclave, at which they came
In full ceremonial robes, with a medicine
man at their head.
Held a Peace Powwow.
The powwow was to decide upon
war or peace. The governor who
made the journey insists that fear of
the American airplane, which con..I
-M T?ai_? ,k.? it... .A..M '
vimm llie 1 l*ulUlin Llioi um) vvuw inn
carry on their warlike depredations
'rom coyer any longer, alone swung
the balance In favor of peace. - ?i
It is expected, however, that the *
peace will be short, and one of the
most certain expectations of the executive
Is that before* <he three remaining
years of his term have expired
he will have to meet in a final
combat the lact band of America's tin- q
tamed, pillaging and marauding redikine.
\ ? /,' 6 wS
Belong To No Tribe.
The governor ia Charles ,R. Mabey, v nfl
it Utah. The Indian* still existing In
that country have as interesting a history
as any Indian band in America.
Unlike Brant'a Mohawk's who aided
the British in the Revolutionary war,
*nd the Sioux of this wee tern plains,
who fought under Sitting Bull again at
the opening of the road# into the
Dakota*, these Indians have never beonged
to any tribe.
They are a sort qf ''dre&f
western tribea Among them
irreconcilable who refused "sserva-^wg
lion life among jlhe Sioux, Shoshones,
Bannocks and Uise. As each of these
tribes in turn gad tamed a few of the
bolder and more warlike pints nea
Into the rocky lands along the San
luan River In Southern Utah.
[ They had a great stretch of wild $
:ountry. It was well filled with wild fij
leer, turkeys and antelope, but was
il?o Infested with mountain Hons J
a-hich had sate breeding places over
:he rim of the Grand Canyon of the
Colorado River. For a long time the
tadians got Into little trouble with the
whites, as their country was 140 miles
rrom the nearest railroad.
At least, however, the venturesome^
Mormon pioneers built a city called
Bluff on the banks of the San Juan
iver. There were about five nunaen
teres of tillable land In a "pocket" val- ./
ey by the river bank and iformore
lerds were sent to grate upon the fer:l)e
river plain.
That was a chance to pillage and
;he Indians could not resist. Governor
Mr.bey insists that in a mere spirit of
naraud the Indians swooped down
jpon this farthest south outpost of
sivllized life in Utah. The Indians
itole cattle, killed sheep and raided
jornfleldi- They even frightened the j|
imid settlers to a more settled counry.
Finally one of them, a bold lad
mmed Tea-ne-gat. killed a farmhand,
tn Indian war broke out. This was
he struggle that Gen. Hugh L. Scott
lettled two years ago as an emissary
rom the "Great White Father." Gen^
>rai Scott rounded up Tea-ne-g*t. and
ook him on a journey to Salt Lake
3lty. There he taught the Indian to
ealize the power of the whites and
tent him home to carry the message.
Che peace lasted for u time. Then
:attle stealing and killing were re
umea.
All Wintsd Trip.
A curious slant on th? Indian situition.
was obtained when Governor
dabey met the wild and warlike aslociates
of Tes-ne-gat in the desolate
Cottonwood Wash country. A sadly
leather Jbeaten Indian boasting the
tame of Old Poke acted as chieftain .
1
or the powwow, although the other '
r.dlans were careful to explain that
hey acknowledged no chief regularly
ir.d acted "on their own" In all their
aids. But Old Poke put the case for
res>ne-gat this way: "Tes-ne-gat kill
em boy. Get heap big ride on choo:hoo.
Have heap big food. Come back. ?
Tell 'em heap big story white man's
:ity. Other Indians think maybe beter
kill 'em boy."
But Governor Mabey wasn't the
tlnd of governor who took to peacenaking
methods by nature. In the
Irst place he had pursued Tagulogs
o and fro across Luzon as an artllery
officer in the Spanish American
car. In the world war he had comnanded
a battery of artillery at one
irae and was, much more at home
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