Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Scraps and Jacte. ? Cotton ginned prior to January 1 amounted to 7,884,272 running bales, including 123.320 round bales, counted as half bales; 30.093 bales of American-Egyptian and 3,106 bales of sea iBlaud. To January 1, last year, 11,354.648 bales were ginned, including 202,127 round bales; 64,262 bales of American-Egyptian and 1,440 of sea island. (Sinnings by states to January 1, this year, were: Alabama, 584,33G; Arizona, 35,304; Arkansas. 781,203; California. 23.569; Florida, 12,098; Georgia, 817.263; Louisiana. 281.773; Mississippi. 811,830; Missouri, 67,919; North Carolina. 783,698; Oklahoma, 476,279; South Carolina, 770,558; Tennessee. 295.360; Texas, 2,117,938; Virginia, 16,078; all other states, 8,547. ? New York city, has been swept by a terrific gale, which centered over northern Alabama on Tuesday night, and which went out into the Atlantic Wednesday morning, reaching Sandy Book at about 2 o'clock in the afternoon. The force of the gale was about 90 miles an hour when it reached New York, and that is well into hurricane proportions. Quite a number of smoke stacks and a good many chimneys | were blown down in New York and J Brooklyn. Rain fell in torrents, and I pedestrians were swept from the sidewalks into the streets, especially as! they were struck by the side-swiping J winds that hit the main thoroughfares from the sea. Trolley lines were put nnt nf business by tangles of wires j and traffic generally was badly confused. ? Tentative agreement for an investigation of wholesale and retail prices throughout the country to be carried on by the departments of justice, commerce and labor has been reached. Attorney General Dougherty said Tuesday. At a conference with Secretaries Hoover und Davis Tuesday, Mr. Daugherty said, it was virtually decided to broaden the retail price investigation of the justice department to include the costs-of various commodities from their origin to the consumer and to make the survey jointly by the three departments. A committee composed of a member from each department, he - added, would be appointed to conduct the investigation. More extensive investigation is necessary, Mr. Daugherty declared, in order that the public may know the "cost of the egg us it travels from the hen to the breakfast table," and the government plans to study the whole field of prices and costs of manufacturing ana proaucwon. . Just what commodities will be covered in the investigation, he said, have not yet been determined, but indicated that clothing, food and fuel wo,-ld be included in the survey." ? Secretary of Agriculture Wallace is considering a tentative draft of rules and regulations for administration of the federal highway act, under which J75.000.000 is made available for construction of federal aid roads, it was announced today. In formulating these fundamental rules, it was said, the department is consulting the stato highway officials, who will have much to do with carrying out the purposes of I the "act, as representated by the exe-1 cutive committee of the American Association of state highway officials. J Each state highway department, according to the announcement, has been requested to submit to the department a tentative map showing routes proposed for primary and secondary systems of roads to be constructed under the act. In considering these recommendations, it was said, special attention will be given to social and economic questions involved. Meanwhile, pending definite decision upon details of the federal highway system, each project submitted t>y tne states is to be closely studied by the bureau of public roads to determine whether the proposals will fit in with the general system as finally worked out. ? The Republican party will make large gains in the south in the next congressional campaign unless the Democrats abandon the doctrine of free raw material as applied in the Underwood tariff act, John H. Kirby, president of the Southern Tariff association, declared in Washington Wednesday, ufter adjournment of a two day session. "As the head of an organization that was formed as a protest against the pernicious doctrine of free raw materials,'' said Mr. Kirby, "I feel com-i missioned to warn the Democratic lead- I ers and members of the senate that, j unless they repudiate the tariff policy I announced by Minority Leader Kitchinj on the floor of the house, April 14, 1921, i and accepted by a large majority of the J Democratic members of the house, the solid south will be broken." Quoting Mr. Kitchin's address to the effect that "a sensib'e protectionist will go to the party that has taught and practiced protection for fifty years and not to the party who has always opposed it," Mr. Kirby declared that "against this an nouncement we place the demands of j every productive industry in the south: for a protective tariff on raw material) and the signature of eighty per cent, of i the bankers of our leading: southern) states." ? Official announcement is made i that the supreme council ut Cannes [ has approved the plan for the International Finance corporation, decided j upon by the Economic committee. It : was agreed to appoint immediately a j KUb-cbmmittee. composed of two I French and two British represent.!- j tlves and one Italian, one Belgian and j .one Japanese representative to organize the corporation. The governments represented at the Cannes council undertake to furnish ?10,000 for the organization expenses and will give the ?ub-committee. as well as the corporation when it is established, all the aid and assistance in their power. The International Finance corporation would have a capital - of ?2.000,000 (normally about $10,000,000). Its j seat would be in London, with a board j of directors nominated by affiliated 1 companies in each interested country. These countries, including the United States, would organize corporations, for promotion only, with a combined i equivalent of ?20,000,000. To serve as ? mediums for credit transactions and facilitating the activities of private enterprises in all countries where the business field is now obstructed by lack of credits and disorganized finances would l>e the object of these corporations. ? The Muscle Shoals plan of Henry Ford contemplates one. of the greatest undertakings in the history of industrial America and if the Detroit manufacturer ohtains possession of the project in Alabama he will take immediate steps to make that part of the South one of the greatest industrial centers of the country, the Associated Press learned Wednesday. His plan, it became known, includes development of the property as a model to he extended eventually to many other parts of the country. Mr. Ford's proposal includes the building of a city 75 miles long in the Muscle Shoals region. It would be made up of a number of large towns or small cities. This is in line with the manufacturer's | view that men and their families should live it; small communities | where benefits of rural or near rural' life would not be entirely lost. His | proposal to the government includfs leasing of the property for 100 yeorfc. Hut before the expiration of half t'.iat time he proposes to turr the complelcd project over to the people of the 1 district or to the government in such a way that no one in the future will be able to make a personal profit from the undertaking. He will arrange that neither he nor any of his heirs may realize any monetary benefit from the Muscle Shoals plants or the power developed, it became known. Mr. Ford proposes to make the project, if the government gives its consent, the outstanding achievement of his career. The Muscle Shoals project is. however, only the start of a greater pro gram. it became known. This includes the development of water power facilities in many parts of the country by which persons in those communities would derive power to run manufacturing plants, light their homes and run machinery on the farms. One detail of the plan is the harnessing by farmers of every creek and brook that crosses their property. ?hf Uorferille tfnquirrr. Entered at the Postofllce at York, as j Mail Matter of thj Second Class. . . ' - FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1922. * 1*1 ? ? A tM j The general assemoiy win pui m jum | about one-third of its time at work. . What is your guess as to how much reduction there will be in the appro! priations? . ? . j The people can reduce those approj priations if they will go after them in 1 the right way next summer. There ought to be an inheritance tax law, not so much for the purpose of raising more money as for the purpose of lightening the taxation on visible property. There never has been a timo when flocks and herds were not a source of ! wealth, yes, wealth itself, and there never will be such a time. But tho man who would realize wealth from flocks and herds must own them in his own right and not on credit. ml-- ?-J-? - * nn.? i x lit* ruduern ui inc iuiuvuic quirtT are noting considerable improvement In the mechanical appearance of the paper, and the publishers ; are pleased to be able to promise very ! much more Improvement wit hin the ! next month. There is a growing conviction among Intelligent people eveiywhere that the payment of the reparations demanded of Germany in gold Is Impossible. There is not enough gold available, and It is doubtful as to whether any country In the world, even the United States, could meet the requirements that have been made of Germany. Governor Cooper's message to the general assembly is in the main a follow-up of the taxpayers conference held in Columbia on December 12. The main object of that conference, no doubt, was to help bolster up what the governor was to say later in his message. The conference, of course, had little to say of appropriations, except to suggest some retrenchment, ard the governor in his recommendations has proposed some slight reductions. The big thing about Henry Ford's MlHtpU Khr.nlu nlnna unnma t rv Via thnt he wants to create and develop wealth J that has heretofore existed only in a. potential state, and the oppositionl seems to be coming for the most part | from those who are concerned mainly I about their chances of being able to! continue to fatten on the wealth already created and developed by others, it is those who help the world to move | forward who are really worth while. After the case had been made up against Truman H. Newberry, charged with having bought his way into the United States senate, Mr. Newberry stood up before his colleagues on Wednesday and calmly told them that if! there had been done an unlawful thing) in furtherance of his candidacy, it was I done without his knowledge or consent, j Among the Democrats who replied was John Sharp Williams, and he wanted to j know if there was a single senator within the sound of his voice who be- j lieved a word that Xewborry had said. Then he declared that the statement of i the Michigan man was as false as! h-1. Old man Geuf.ges Clemenceuu, known | in French politics as "the Tiger," has j started anotli|er newspaper, the llfth of j his career. ft is to be a political news-1 paper; but fcince nobody seems to think that the o*l man has any ambition for, further political honors himself, the. common belief is that he will use his j paper principally for the purpose of1 raising cain. Except for Briand and aj few of Briand's friends, Clemenceain wouVd probably have been given the presidency of France as a partial reward for his services as war premier, and Clemenoeau is supposed to be desirous now of showing that after all: Briand is not so many as lie thinks! himself. It is believed that Clemenceau j will make an effort to overthrow thej Briand government as soon as possible.' S- ">uth Carolina does not need any mov/ing picture censor. The bill pending; for the purpose, merely means the! creation of. another useless office that; '/omabody is itching to get into. The! variows municipalities and the various; communities are competent to keep1 movies as clean and as uplifting: as! will any censor or committee cf censnr^i. No matter who is censor he will either admit some questionable pic-1 tures or kill the business. And almost i any censor is likely to admit pictures I that communities will not want to I stand for. The censor will necessarily j be an autocrat to a very large extent. ' But leave the thing just as it Is. Arthur Griffith, president of the Dail Bireann, and recognized head of the provisional government, who is to carry out the provisions of the British-Irish peace treaty and organize the Irish free state, has called^ a meeting of the South Ireland parliament to convene in Dublin tomorrow. The British govern- j ment has about completed the ?vacua- j tlon of Dublin castlo which has for centuries been to Irishmen the symbol of British control. De Valera says that lie will not accept the treaty and will never take tho oath prescribed therein; but will continue to fight for the republic in the elections to be held within the next eight or nine months. Hf insists that Ireland is and of right ought to be free and independent. If the legislature would take a proper view of the higher educational future of the state, it would take tho matter of appropriations for state colleges in hand and fix them on permanent reas onable basis. As matters now stand the colleges of the state have formod a powerful offensive and defensive com bination having for Its object the getting of the largest possible appropriations for each. About the only condition necessary for one institution that wants an extra $50,000 is to agrco that the others should have extra also. Thus the college combination has become the most powerful political combination In the state. Tho legislature should fix a definite allowance for each of the colleges with a view to putting an end to the annual wire pulling. The one thing needful to promote ihe highest material prosperity of this country Is inoro thrift. Too largo a per cent, of the peoplo seek money only that they may waste it. People are too slack about paying their honest, debts. They aro heedless about going into debt, and careless about trying to get out. Credit is too cheap, for which situation the creditor is as much to blame as is the debtor. There are not enough savings accounts at the banks, and such savings accounts as are Ihere are too small. It is time for people to call a halt on unnecessary expenditures. It Is time for both creditors and debtors to tighten up on credits. Loose -*?a ?~ no Kormfnl fift creditors uro UUIIugi an naiiiu... raroless debtors. But anyhow lot there be more thrift That article on the tax question In another column by Senator John It Hart is commended to the careful consideration of all thoughtful citizens of York county. The article was written at the request of the editor of The Enquirer, who was prompted to make the request out of the knowledge that In the first, place Senator Hart has been giving the tax question careful and painstaking study, and in the second place the views of the county's chosen representative in the senate on this question should command especial consideration at the hands of the people he represents. It is understood, of course, that the views expressed are the views of Senator Hart, and are to be accepted as such. Whatever else may be said about the article, It leaves no reason to question the fact that Mr. Hart has given a lot of careful study to his subject. Among the measures of state wide importance introduced in the house was a bill, of which M. C. Foster is the author, to regulate the maximum prices to be charged by telephone companies in the state. Under the provisions of tho bill the maximum charge for a one party business telephone line will be $5 a month, and for a one party residence telephone line $11 a month. The maximum charge for duplex lines will be fixed at $4 for each business telephone and $2.50 for each residence telephone. The bill carries a penalty of $50 for each violation or attempted violation, the penalty to be "recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction in the state at the instance and on behalf of the aggrieved party or parties." The bill was referred to the house judiciary committee, which will hold a hearing on the measure, at its meeting this afternoon.?The Columbia State. That looks to us like one of those joker bills. Apparently it is for the protection of telephone patrons. Actually it is to enable telephone companies\ to raise rates generally to ho figure indicated in the deadline maximum. There will be no immediate advances, j of course; but later on tho advances j will be made and when the patron kicks he will be answered with the argument "that we arc not even charging as much as the law allows us to charge." Hut the hill will very probably get through all right enough. Bills j like that generally have behind them j the interested influences that will put | them through. ? Calling on the citizenry to aid of-1 fleers in the enforcement of the prohibition law, Judge C. C. Featherstone] declared in his charge io the grand] jury in the Greenwood county court Tuesday, that many citizens who knew) where distilleries were in operation] would not aid officers in. finding them because they did not want to disturb the source of supply or were afraid of] the law breakers. Judge Featherstone declared that there would he no adequate enforcement of the prohibition1 law until citizens generally united in cooperating with officers in enforcing this law. Considering the newness of the law, it is remarkably well enforced.] Judge Fcath?rstone said. He declared] that it would be foolish to ever hope toj completely eradicate bootleggers tsi long as men still had a thirst for liquor, hut conditions were now incomparably bettor than they had been under the former system of legalized liquor traffic. In proof, he. cited the example ofi Greenwood on Foch day when 15,1)00 or! 20,000 visitors crowded streets without j a single arrest being made. LOCAL AFFAIRS,' J NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Bank of Clover, Clover?No man gets i ' rich unless ho saves. J. M. Stroup?Clothing coming down, j The Planters Bank, Sharort?The New | Year is here. Wc-nted?All automobile owners to i read that I hava secured the agency | for the famoui Philadelphia Grid | battery. Mackorell-Fergrson Company?Notice of surrender of charter. Star Theatre. .T. G. Wrav. Manacrer? I Earl Williams in the "Romance Promoters," todr.y. J. C. Wilborn, Iteal Estate?Additional offerings. First National Bank of Sharon?The most overworked word. York Suply Company?Groceries. C. S. Pratt. Sharon?You will find. Mackorcll Drug Company?Stop, look, listen. J. C. Hardin & Compary, Rock Hill?j Earl Hods is now In charge of thfe pr.int shop. Parker-Smoak Clothing Co., Rock III11 ?Special sale on suits and overcoats. McConnell Dry Goods Company?198 sweaters at 7G cents, and other extras. 1 _ i Newly worked roads were badly torn j up as the result of the heavy down. pour of Tuesday night. The temperature has been around and below the freezing point this week, particularly on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings. Man came in the other day to ndvertise that he would exchange a good auj tomoljile for a good mule. lie said that i while he knows it is hard for anybody but a dealer to sell a inule to advantage, It is the same as to automobiles and just now lie is needing a good mule more than be is needing a good autoniobllo. He was of opinion that there are some mule owners who would ratli' or own an automobile, REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. Since the last publication of the record in Tbo Yorkvillo lCnquirer, real ' estate transfers have been indexed In | the office of the county auditor as follows: Broad River?Mary A. H. WllkerRO)i et al. to fl. W. Wilkerson, 190 52101) acres, $1 and premises. Catawba?Catawba Real Estate Co. to Miss Mary E. White, l lot, $5 and other considerations. King's Mountain?R. A. Jackson to W. K. McOlll. 1 lot, $500. York?B. M. Lovo to School District of Yorkville. 1 lot, $8,000. W. L. Williams et al. to J. Ross Cannon, 1 lot, $9,000. WITHIN THE TOWN ? Friday tho 13th, thermometer 25 degrees Fahrenheit this morning at C o'clock, and snow falling since. ? R. E. Montgomery has purchased from W. L. Williams ;?j>d J. F. McElweo the old Law Range building iu tho rear of tho court house and expects to tear It down and move it away within tho next few days. Mr. Montgomery estimates tliat there are j about 30,000 feet of good timber In the building. ? Muyor Hall and Aldormon J. H. Carroll and W. M. McConnell are working up an attractive program to he carried out In connection with tho formal opening of tho new city hall, which is to Lake place In tho near future. It is proposed to invite people of the b.wn and community to inspect the new building and talks will bo made by a number of local people. Very likely a well known out of town i speaker will be socurod for the oecaI sion and also an orchestra which will furnish special music. WILL SEEK INCENDIAHY. Pnnvlneed that the bumlmr cf Miller I school house in District No. 18, several weeks ago was the work of an Incendiary, M. J. Miller, secretary of the state sinking fund commission, which insures rural school buildings, has notified the school district trustees that a special detective will bo sent into the district by the sinking fund commission, to try to locate the person or persons who fired the school building. : It will be recalled that Harmony Presbyterian church, located a short distance from the burned school building, and which was being used as a school building after Miller was turned, was also destroyed by fire n Jew days after the burning of the school house. While practically every person llvI ng in Miller district is convinced that he two buildings were fired by some ; incendiary and while there has been | nuch talk and speculation as well as some investigation, there are no clues | to the guilty party or parties. What motive nny person should J have for firing the school home of the , j listiic-t the trustees arc at loss to nn- | lerstand. I NOBODY HOME. A rather old colored man walked up. to the front door of the courthouse I ho other day. IIo had the appearance of one who hadn't been around much in his life lime and certainly not of late. lie didn't try to ope n the front door, j but walked up on the stone porch. Kvidcntly he didn't know that it j was a public building to which every- ' body had access, hut appeared lo think that an attendant must appear j I to invite him in. "Hello!" ho called. There was no answer, j "Hello!" he called again, and still j there was no answer beeau.se officials j at the courthouse ordinarily have, ; much more to do than to listen for j | noises on the outside.. "Hello!" he railed a third time and j j it happened that one of the officials heard him and cam? out. J "What do you want, old man?" ho ; ! Inquired and the colored man told him j he was looking for the man who col- j lected taxes. "Why didn't you come In?" inquired > the oftlclal ami the reply of the old j negro was that he "nevah went In uo j man's house widout hollerln." "But if you pay taxes this is as. ; much your house an it Is that of any- ! body else," replied the official. "Well suh, dat might be, but ah flon'i Know nninin crnoui n : khuhvu t ho old negro. "Didn't know lho.ro was anybody that lpmornni. in York county," said I I ho official who told the'story. DO YOU REMEMBER? * Talk of tho loafers around the warm fire in a Yorkville grocei-y store ho- ; camo rather reminiscent after the opinion had been expressed that the legislature wouldn't reduce taxes and ' that I he soldier bonus would lie p.us- | ed; that some of the county officials j who must stand for re-election this | v summer would soon begin mending j 1; fences and on various other subjects. I I Members of the party of grocery store | g loafers asked each other among other | a things: fc Do you remember when V. Brown r McFadden, of itock Hill, the first I UI~K UUUIiy mail tu uuj au auwuivi/uv, I I pot bis machine? s Do you remember when the grocer I \ sold you a l>ox of sardines for a nickel, | c opened them, gave you crackers arid a i' < box to sit on? i j Do you remember when the Parish j j hotel in Yorkville, was destroyed by ' j Arc and the flames were so hot that j ^ plate glass windows across the street! wero cracked? , Do you remember when there was j an opera house on tho second floor of ' the building now occupied by the York Furniture Co., which btaged nbout tho J best theatrical performances ever ' staged in Yorkville? : Do you remember when the Caro- ; Una & North-"Western railroad chang- . ed from narrow gauge to standard J gauge and the big crowd that came to j the station in Yorkville one evening to [ see the first train pass? Do you remember when men and women rode bieyclos on the streets In Yorkville? Do you remember the old baseball park on Charlotte street in Yorkville, : which was the best park the town ever !, had? Do you remember old man John R. | Schorb tho only photographer who ( ever ' stuck" in Yorkville? I)o you remember the groat commo tlon that was caused when Jteece and | Lucky got out of the county jail? Do you remember tho old dispensary I that was located at several ditTerent | I places in Yorkvillc? | Do you romembor when tho old j j Yorkvillo Graded school building, call- i I ed in those, days "the college," was j I destroyed by fire? Do you remember when the Cnrn! Una & North-Western depot was burned? Do you remember the Dishing Creek wreck ? | Do you remember Pearson, tho oon( fectionery store keeper who used to : have a lot of monkeys and parrots and othor birds as pets? 9 THE COUNTY BUDGET. That it will bo necessary to raise J $100,012.00 by taxation to run the | county government this year is tho | estimate of tho county board of commissioners who have made up their annual budget and submitted it to the county legislative delegation. The (commissioners estimate that a total of $109,042.90 will be required, but it is expected that $3,000 in revenue, will be j obtained from fines Imposed in magistrate's courts and the court of general sessions. The commissioners ask for $G00 for the farm demonstration agent this yeor and $1,200 for the woman's home demonstration agent. They I also request the delegation to give them | authority to borrow $30,000 if so much I be necessary ror ordinary county pur- | poses, and also request that the delegation writo In the supply act authority to ollow them to use unexpended balances In various departments. Following Is the estimate of expenses for the fiscal year 1921-22. Roads and Bridges. Cross county roads $ 20.000 00 Convict* and maintenance of road working organization .... 22.000 00 j ChaJngung equipment 6.860 00 County engineer _ ?.. 1,200 00 Salaries. Clerk of coort ? $ 200 00 Sheriff - 1,600 00 Deputy sheriff 1.000 00 Treasurer j 800 00 Clerk to treasurer 1,000 00 Auditor . 800 00 Clerk to auditor 1.000 00 Superintendent of education 2.400 Oo | Attorney 200 00 | Physician 1,000 00: Coroner 100 00! Janitor of courthouse 780 00 Supervisor 2.000 00 County commissioners at $200 each 600 00 Clerk of board of county commissioners 600 00 Judge of prohalo 200 00 j Farm demonstration ngent 600 00 | Superintendent of county farm 720 00 ! Magistrates and constables 7.635 00, Board of education 100 00 | Board of equalization 1,200 00: Jail, Courts, Etc. Jail expenses, including dieting of prisoners $ 3,000 00 Jurors and witnesses 6,500 00 i County home, poor house and poor 7.000 00 j l'nsi inoiiems. inquests and lunacy 800 00 j Other Expenses. Public buildintrs. including water. furl. light and insurance R.000 00 \ Printing, postage and stationery .1.000 00 Miscellaneous contingent 1,000 00 Vital statistics 525 00 Telephone and telegraph '100 00 | Sheriff's conveyance of prisoners.... 200 00 j Mileage of constsbles 220 001 Woman's home demonstration agent 1.200 00 i Interest on county indebtedness 1,000 00 j Special Levies. Special levy. Catawba township l>on<l?. 1 i mill. 1-2 mill sinking fund ; special levy Khen-1 C7.i-r township bonds, ft-1 mill interest, 1-2 mill! sinking fund; six-rial levy York township j bomb. 2 l-I mills, 1-2 mill sinking fund; levy 1-2 mill on :.)I county property for interest on ! courthouse bonds. Levy of 1 mill for bridge I 1 over Catawba river. i 1 ( rand total $100,012 'j6! Estimated Revenue. j ( Fines and licenses, clerk of court ...$ 1,000 0>i j . Fines ami costs, magistrates 2,0o0 00! $ .1.000 00 j Amount In I*' raised by taxation. $100,012.90. j , ' t ABOUT PEOPLE j| W. Einley. Esq. of yorkville, \v;ts j ' a rtcent visitor in Washington. | J Raymond Barnwell, of yorkville, ' \ was a recent visitor in Colinnhia- | | Mrs. John R. Pnndifer is quite sick | | at her hmno in Yorkville. I < Dr. M. .T. Walker of Yorkville. in re- [ < ported lo he quite ill In Charlotte. Mr. Raymond A. Darnell, of Roclc i' Hill, was In Yorkville Wednesday on < business. Miss Eliza Bigham, v.*ho lives with 1 Mr. J. 1C. Bighaiu, at Sharon, suffered t a stroke of ai>oplexy Wednesday. < Mrs. J. It. Cannon, of Yorkville, is in J tho Eon noil Inilrmary, Rock Hill, for ' treatment. ( Mr. Parks Smith of Clover, has been J quite sirk at his home I here for several days past. Mr. and Mrs. Harry TWinnev have j returned to their home at Ituh-igh, N. | after sl visit to the family of Mr. ? it. L. DeVlnney, on York So. .'t. I ( Miss Eds Jaekson, d;iUirlit?T of Mr.j ' It. C. Jiiekson of 1'lrzah, who has heen I iil wllii typhoid fever for live weeks;n past, is slightly improved. j * Miss Oetavia. Ni.v. who has: heen ! ! spending some time with her sister, } ! Mrs. Senora Carroll, in Yorkville, is . visiting relatives in Jaeksonville, Kin. . Mr. Itaymond (larroll ami family, i who have heen living on the W. h j j Williams farm on York No. 4. will live ., this year on the farm of Mrs. \\\ ft. j Carroll, in the Turkey Creek seel ion. j. Jn n letter from Sehooltield, Va.. re- ; newing his subscription to The York- fc ille Enquirer, Mr. L. O. Nunn, former- i y of Itock Hill says: "I must say for i took Hill tliat she is better equipped to :ive her children an education than my place I have been. I believe that South Carolinians have reason to feel iroud of their state wherever they go."j Dr. Geoivo Walker, lecturer on the i acuity of Johns Hopkins medical chool in Baltimore and a specialist on i renereal disease control, was the prinipnl speaker at the session of the south Carolina public health institute n Columbia this afternoon. His suba l>cnnWvlr\v 1 a nf Vnnri'A.11 v\it ? aa i uv a i u|/tijm*iu ?j* ? ? mt... Diseases." Dr. Walker is a nr.tlvo of rorkvlllo. Mr. B. Bnrnctt and family, who, lave been living on Charlotte street, i mve moved to the C. F. Sherer house I >n East Jefferson street, which they ) urehasod some time ago. Mrs. Law ence Robinson and daughters of York Vo. 1, have moved into the houoo on Charlotte street, vacated by the family of Mr. Barnott. Mr. W. P. Noll's family, who have been living in the j Sherer hour.e on East. Jefferson street, i liavo moved to the home of Mr. O. C. i Orinand on York No. 6. LOCAL LACONICS York County Ginning. The total ginning In Ycrk county up to January 1 was 41,092 bales against 40,073 up to the same date last year. Cherokee Representative Resigns. Representative Drown of Cherokee county has resigned. T. K. Vassoy, Claude Fort and C. D. Meadows of C.nfTney are mentioned as prospective candidates to succeod him. School Building for Negroes. Negroes of Center school in the Santiago section of King's Mountain township are building a new two- , room school house. Construction work is well under way. Banks Hold Meetings. Meetings of the stockholders of the three Rock Hill banks were held on Tuesday. The reports or the ofticers of each Institution were most gratifying, showing that steady gains had been made during the past year. No changes were made in the directorate or officers of the banks. Fort Mill Trustees. An election to fill expired terms and resignations on tho board of trustees of school district No. 2X, which comprises Fort Mill and its adjacent territory, was held Tuesday with the result of the election of the Rev. J. W. H. Dyches, Th. D. Dr. J. B. Elliott and C. 8. Link. Appointed to Conference. J. Rkottowe Wannamaker, president of the American Cotton Association has appointed Dr. J. B. Johnson, of Rock Hill, a delegate to the agricultural conference called by President Harding, to consider means of providing relief for the farmers of the United States. The conference meet3 on January 23 and Dr. Johnson will in all probability attend. Fort Mill Cuts Cop's Salary. Arthur C. Lyttle, ex-service man who was recently nominated mayor of that town over two opponents was sworn into office last Tuesday night, tho oath of office being administered I"' V V Aivlfr?v <ha mtlrlnir mnvor. The first action of Mayor Lyttla and his council was to reduce the salary of the policemen from $140 to $100 ft month. Attendance Law Violations. Five cases against patrons charging vlolotion of the compulsory attendance laws have been brought by Mrs. Crawford Dunlap, compulsory school attendance officer for York county. Warrants charging parents with falling to send their children to school under the terms of the compulsory school attendanco law governing child- j ren from 8 to 14 years old, have been I sworn out before magistrates In BuJ- I lock's Creek. Bethel, Fort Mill, King's I Mountain and Bethesda townships. I In New Building. Clover High school pupils who have been in very cramped quarters since school opened last fall have moved into the new high school building of that town which has Just been completed. While a few finishing touches remain to lie put on the new structure, to all practical purposes It is complete according to Superintendent W. S. Reid, who was In YorkvlIIo Wednesday. There are twenty-three pupils | In the eleventh grade of the Mehool [ this yea r. Daniel Given Hia Freedom. Kinmantie.l Daniel, the negro trusty on the York county chaingung pardoned by Governor Cooper for his act In holding twelve, convicts at. hay after John Reid, a negro convict had struck Guard Jim Robinson with an axe, was given his release Tuesday afternoon, and according to Supervisor Brown, he lost no time in getting away. Daniel had only about three months more to| serve of a twelve months sentence, fol-! lowing his conviction of forgery. No Meeting of Tax Payers. York county tax payers apparently were not'interested in the tax payers contention called by Dr. J. H. Saye of Sharon, to be held in the courthouse this morning at II o'clock. J'rof. Alct'liftchroii of the University of South Carolina who was to deliver the principal talk failed to show up. Four j people appeared at the meeting?the chairman. 10. .M. Dickson, J. D. l*tnd ' !t'd a representative of The lhiqitircr. ' Xo meeting was held. To Build Residences. Reports from Clover are that several i itlzens of that town intend to build j residences this year and that in one ; it two. instances contracts are to be let immediately. in por port ion to population Clover built more houses j (ban any other town in the county last, year, but not nearly enough wore liuilt to supply the demand. It is reported that there are at least a half iozen families who want to move to .'Jover now hut who are unable to do ?o for the reason that they have no >laee to live. Celebrated President's Birthday. Ton otiiSmitq in I (lie faculty of I IVinthrop Oollego united. Tuesday light in celebration of the Cfith birthlay of President f). It. Johnson. The drthdny "party" was given at the colego at the usual supper hour, 6 )'cloek. when the huge dining hall was hrown open to receive the whole slalom body, all gowned in white; the nrmbers of the faculty an?l their loin.eholds. President Johnson and his 'amily and a few invited guests. The acuity presented the president with >1?5 in gold pieces as a birthday gift. Starnes Badly Burned. Clark Slamc, a well known citiztn ind Ccnfed"mto veteran of Itock Hill VH seriously burned at the Sumner) ins pita 1 in Rock Hill yesicrdny mom- j ng when his clothing caught lire while i io was sitting before the open tire in j lis mom. Mr. Starnes has been in ! >n?l health foe a number of months, J ; icing critically ill for a long period. I i (ecentiy he had slioweil improvement j i nil was able (o sit up before the lire I n his room yesterday morning. l>r. R. 2. Sumner was painfully . arned in n effort to put out the lire when Mr. i Uarnes called for help. Mr. Starnes's clmucet. for recovery are said to bo slight Johnson Elected Mayor. Dr. J. D. Johnson of Rock Hill was elected mayor of that city yesterday defeating Dr. David Lyle 243 to 191. J. E. Darker and J. Webb White Were elected councilmen, Darker getting 247 votes and Whito 281 rotes. Defeated candidates for councilmen were W. O. Stevens whoi rocelvcd 208 votes and Rev. S. P. Chapman who received 117. W. H. Hardin, J. E. Gettys and J. C. Cnuthen were elected school trustees without opposition. A total of 443 voles were cast In the election for mayor. Many voters were disfranchised through falluro to pay their taxes by January, 1. Store than 100 women voted. Fort Mill Farm Loan. Tho annual meeting of the stockholders of the Fort Mill National Farm Loan association was held Tuesday afternoon and, niter routine business, elected a board of directors for th? coming year, composed of S. E. Ha ilea, J. J. Bailos, VV. It. Crook, W. II. Jones, D. O. Potts, C. S. Armstrong" and K. II. Sutton. Following this meeting tho board of directors elected S. E. Hallos, president; W. H. Crook, vice president and C. S. Link, secretary-treasurer. The territory covered by this association comprises Fort Mill township in York countyfc and Indiun I .and township in Lancaster county, and tho annual report shows that there are now 3d members who have borrowed under the federnl farm loan act the sum of $82,000, and have pending 13 applications for ubout $25,000. The association has suffered no losses sinco its organization in 1917, and no reports of delinquency in mortization ipayments are reported. Deaf and Dumb Man Shot. Tho physical infirmity of Olin Snipes, a deaf and dumb young man of i^uicastcr, caused him to get shot Monday evening by R M. Branham, who lives on Wilson street, Rock Hill. Snipes recently came to Hock Hill < front Lancaster for a visit to ids unj ele. Mr. Howell, who lives on Wilson | street. The S'oung than went uptown Monday night and upon his return I entered the home of Mr. Br or ham .by I mistake. He was entirely unknown I by Branham and when told to stop I and not enter the house ho of course I could not hear the command. Instead he continued his walk into one of the I rooms when Branham fired on him, i the bullet striking him in the neck. | He was taken to the Fennell Infirmary, where medical attention was giv! en, and where it was Btated that the wound while painful, was not serious. Mr. firanharn naturally greatly regretled shooting Snipes when he learned the facts about the young man A * I kl O^LLAU niu Tor ncyrg gwiiuvis. J. II. Felton of Columbia, state agent for negro schools, has written Huperinter.dent of Education John E. CarroiL stating' that ho has been promised through the Jeanes Fund some'money to aid in equipping some of the negro rural schools. This equipment will consist of a teacher's desk and chair and a limited amount of blackboard, the fotal amount to be given to each colored school being $20 from the fund. However, the colored school districts cf the county must give half of the $10, that might be spent in each school for additional equipment There are further conditions. Tho colored school building receiving this aid must be in fair .'ihnpe. that is, it must bo a building that does not leak and must be I locked at night so that tho furniture wilt not bo abused when the school is not In setislon. "if you could raise one-half of this amount locally, we could secure the other half from the Jeanes fund," writes Mr. Felton. "It might be that tho people could raise $10 and the county give $10 and we could give $20." SOUTH CAROLINA NEW8 | ?Balloting was resumed in the general assembly yesterday to elect an associate Jus.i^e to flil the unexpired term of Judge G. W. Gage. The long drawn out dead lock of last year broke all records of general assembly elections. Jesse F. Carter, of Bamberg, took the lead of ten candidates and I new K ior tniriy uauuu?. ai iuc nmu I up the other candidates havvng dropped out the vote stood as follows: Jesse F. Carter 48 votes; Senator M. L. Bonham, of Anderson, 46 votes; Senator J. Hardin Marlon of Chester, 30 votes; Judge S. W. O. Shlpp, of Florence, 24 votes. ? At the close of business for 1921 a total of $4,944,381.56 in taxes for that year remained to be collected, according to .Tfinancial statement prepared ty the comptroller general. Te.xos levied for 1921 amounted to $5,429.887.20 and qnly $485,605.64 had been erHeeled at the end of December 31, the statement shows. The cash balance as shown by the books of the comptroller at the end of the year wns $743,561.85 and of this total $313,511.14 was not available for ordinary expenses of the government, being special funds. Cash available for ordinary expenses at the end of the year was $130,050.71 while notes and outstanding inteiest were given as $4,179,850. The estimated revenue for 1922 other than taxes is given as $931,010. A rate of 11 1-2 mills would bring in $5,203,641.90 on a total taxable property of $452,490,600. A rate of nine mills would bring in $4,072,415.40. ? Fifteen banks of Charleston, members of the Charleston Clearing House association, announced Tuesday that on and after April 1, 1922, a rate of 4 per rent., Instead of 5 as at present, will bo !- ooinnm. |/;im t?n in iiivu mvnartmenls. Fur nearly two yours the local l>anks have been paying 5 per cent, on savings deposits, the increase from 4 having been put on the latter part of May, 1920.' The 4 per cent, rate for savings had. l>ocn paid previously, since July, 1901, when this rate was resumed, after 3 1-2 per cent, had been paid as interest op thrift funds for a year and a half. In 1880, a rate of 5 per cent, was paid here on savings in amounts under $1,000 and four per cent, fur $1,000 or over. In 188G, the flat rate of 4 per cent, went into effect, continuing to January, 1900, when 3 1-2 per cent, was offered. Tnia was increased to 4 per cent, in July, 1901. ? Governor Cooper's annual message to the general assembly read to the house and senate last Wednesday is devoted mainly to the subject of taxation. Some change in the tax system is imperative and the change must dome at this session if a backward step is to be warded off, the chief executive saH. in recommending new sources of revenue. "Any tax system which is not based on the principle of ability to jvay is fundamentally wrong," the governor declared. Home paragraphs from the governor's message glvo an insight to the need for additional tax measures. New revenue measures proposed by the governor are: An Income, tax, an inheritance tax, a gasoline and petroleum products tax, an occupation and privilege license tax, n luxuries tax and a small hyuro-oieciric power uix. In addition be favors proposed amendments to the constitution to give the state a Just tax system. In his message the governor gives his recommendations for state appropriations for this year. These recommendations have been taken from the budget and the figures show that the governor recommend.'-, a total appropriation far 1922 of $6,466,210,15. This is a slight .-I,;