Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, January 17, 1922, Page Page Four., Image 4
. Scraps ami Jacts.
? A decrease of nearly $1,000,000,000
in the favorable trade balance of the
United States during 1921 was indicated
in the foreign trade statistics for
December, issued Thursday by the
Commerce Department. Exports decreased
In value in 1920 by $3,743,000,000
and imports by $2,777,000,000 the
rbjfort said, attributing much of the
reduction to the material decline last |
year in prices of commodities which i
made up the bulk of the country's ;
foreign trade. 'The lowest values of
imoorts and exnorts in 1921 as com
pared with 1920 and previous years," '
the department said "do not represent I
cgirresponding declines in volume of |
trade hut are to a great extent due to i
the fall in prices." During the year
19fl exports amounted to $4,4S5.000,OQfl
as compared with $S.223,000.000 i
during the previous year while im- I
p<*ts aggregated $2,50S,000.000 against
$547S,000,000 in 1920. Exports in Decei?ber
totalled $295,900,000 against
$:M.OOO.OOO in, November and $720,OOfcoOO
in December 1920 while imxnjts
amounted to $230,800,000 against j
9Stl.000.000 in November and $260,000,000
in December a year ago.
Cotton consumed during December
amounted to 511,80.0 bales of iint and
41,698 of linters, compared with 295,292
of lint and 27,287 of linters consumed
in December a year ago. the
census bureau announced last Saturday.
Cotton on hand December 31 in
consuming establishments was 1,737,771
bales of lint and 167,S62 of linters,
compared with 1.251,122 of lint and
238,311 of linters and in public storage
and compresses, 5.177.266 bales of lint
and 171.303 of linters compared with
E-K2S (Mti of lint and 337.19S of linters.
Imports Tor December were 60.996
bales compared with 25.S90 a year ago.
Exports In December amounted to
639.8ns bales, including 4.391 of linters.
compared with 7S8.57S bales, including
3,199 Of linters in December a year
ago. Spindles active during December
numbered 3I.4SS.640, compared
with' 29.914,514 in December a year
ago. Sta tistics for cotton * growing
states follow: Consumed during December.
304.285 bates compared with
193,385. On baud December 31 in
consuming establishments. 922,991
bales compared with 622.074 and in
public storage and at compresses 4.807,823
bales, compared with 5.266,147.
Cotton spindles active during December
numbered 15,509.256, compared
with 14,482,640 in December last year.
? A memorial of 62 Princeton men
who were killed during the Confederate
war has been completed by ihe
university's authorities with no distinction
between the men who served
in the Confederate and the Union armies.
So far as is known this is the
first time that the names of the soldier
dead haVc been set down alphabetically
without regard for the yniform the
men wore. Strangely enough there j
are 31 from each side. It is probable j
that more sons of Old Nassau were j
killed during the struggle but the do- !
struct ion of records har; mc.dc it near- j
ly Impossible to obtain a strictly ae- j
curate list. The names have been In- I
seribcd in the war memorial room in-1
Nassau hall on the west marble panel. '
On the south side of the room are the
rihmes of the 114 Princeton men who
were killed in the World war and on
the east side is a panel for the names
of those who died in the Revolution.
Owing to the difficulty in collecting
data on the heroes of this war the
work is progressing slowly and will
not be finished for some time. Secretary
V. l,;pnsing Collins, who has
charge oruitf'tvdrtl. ha% r.Yr&WjV'fbund
H Prittcetonians who died in the
struggle for freedom, however. Forty six
of the men whose names appear
on -tne Confederate lists were officers,
15 were privates and tue was a sur- ;
geon.
? The provisional government of the
Irish Free State is now a functioning j
body. Final formalities of approving j
the treaty with England were carried ;
ont late Saturday when, after an his- j
toric meeting in the mansion house of '
representatives of the Southern Irish j
constituencies, who formally ratified
the treaty, Kamon J. Duggan took to
Dublin Castle a copy of the treaty
signed by the members of the new
government as provided for in the
terms of the peace pact. Sixty-five
members elected to sit in the house
of commons in Southern Ireland, at
tended the morning meeting. No womao
representatives nor any of the
other adherents to Eainon De Vnlera,
former republican president, were
present. First on the list of eight
men; appointed as constituting the
provisional government" is the mime of
Michael Collins, and it is assumed he
wij) be made the nominal head. As ji
mfttcr of fact, however, the eorrespatidcnt
is authoritatively informed
thai Arthur (Jriftith, as president of
the Dai I Kireimn and ehairrnan of Ihe
delegation that negotabil the treaty,
will be looked lo as iis supreme authority.
The ministers appointed to |
administer the provisional government
include, wiih two or three exceptions,,
atf-the members of Mr. Griffiths re- j
pBliean cabinet. There is no room
in*the provisional government for the
raiuister of foreign affairs. George1
Gavan 1 >uff>. because foreign affairs
are outside its seopo. Hut Mr. Collins,
Mr. Duggan and William T. Cosgrove.
as well as other departmental heads in
the republican government, will head
the departments in the provisional adrriinistrat
ion.
? Intention of Postmaster General
. r ,u
Jtctja 1U 1 Villi- I I * Fill IIIV < .UJHI- 1 III IHV I
near futiiVe to become the directing |
head of an association of motion picture
producers and distributors, was 1
announced Saturday at the White j
House at the conclusion <>f a confer- j
ence between President Harding and i
the postmaster general. President I
Harding, in a statement, declared he
could not "well interpose any objection
to Mr. Ilavs' retiring front the
cabinet to take up.a. work sy import - ;
ant," while Mr. Hays, stating he had j
decided to accept the offer of the mo- j
tiop picture ^intcrests, made it clear'
that as ytt'no contract had been ex-j
celled. Tne postmaster general, how* !
ever, expressed confidence that a sat- !
i^etocy contract .could be ngrped ;
upon. Representatives of motion pic- j
ttrrc producers and distributors have |
been negotiating for the services of'
tbSfcJOStmgster general for some time |
and are understood to have outlined !
to Mr. Hays what they wish him to
undertake. Within a few days he ex- J
pects to confer again with them, prob- j
ably in New York, anil unless some- j
thine nnforseen develops, it is expect- j
t*U null il l,i;iliiav t n III uc. uv
the meeting. The date of his retireinent
from the cabinet. .Mr. Hays said.!
would depend largely on the wishes of
his prospective employers. He de- I
o la red. however, he would not give up j
his government duties until the prcsi- |
dent has had time to select his succes- i
aor. it was said at the White House i
that nothing would he done toward J
selection of a new postmaster general )
until Mr. Hays formally tends his resignation.
??Government tinancial operations |
since the country's entrance into the j
World war involved more than L'OO,- ;
000.000.000 dollars, according to figures
compiled today by the treasury on the
basis of daily statements from April ??. |
1917. to December 81. 1981. This siupendou.t
suni , consisted of receipts,
both rVfttfufrt'^ind WiblV; or mdie than
$99,000,000,000 balanced against disbursements,
of both classes of a like
total. Starting on the eve of the war.
April 5, 1917, with a net balanoe in the
general fund of $92,000,000, receipts
exclusive of principal of public debt,
from April 6, 1917, to December 31,
1921, totalled $24,018,000^000. while
public debt receipts during the same
period amounted to $75,613,000,000.
Disbursements, exclusive of public
debt, for the period aggregated $45.783,000,000,
while public disbursements
totalled $33,481,000,000. and on. December
31. 1921, the net balance in the
general fund was $488,000,000. For the
....... nariml Ihp PYCPSS Of disbUrSO
??,. .....
ments, exclusive of principal of the
public debt, over receipts of the same
class was $24,000,000,000. Over the
same period the gross public debt increased
by $22,000,000,000, and from
$1,000,000,000 on April 5, 1917 to $23.000,000.000
on December 31, 1921. Exclusive
of foreign loans of $9,597,000,000,
ordinary disbursements of the
governmentt from April 6, 1017, to the
end of the past year aggregated $36,-1
187.000,000, these amounting to $330,000,000
from April 6, 1917, to June 30,
1917: $7,93S,001),000 for the fiscal year
of 1918, $15,035,000,000 for the fiscal
year of 1919: $5,982,000,000 for the!
fiscal year of 1920; S5.042-.000.000 for,
the fiscal year 1921 and $1,837,000,000;
from July 1, 1921, to December 31,
1921.
She ^jorkvillf <?nquiro.
Entered at the Postofflce at York, as
Mail Matter cf th* Seconl Class.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1922.
It may ,be all light for Postmaster
General Hays to resign his position in
the cabinet to become a figurehead in
the moving' picture trust; but how any
purely private business at any salary,
can be considered more Important or
more honorable than a seat on the executive,
board of the greatest government.
on earth is difficult to underI'nnfpss
that we are
sianu. ?? c iimini.
unable to reconcile the matter.
Representative) Kitchen, Democratic
loader of the house, Mho base been ill
at his home at Scotland Neqk, N. C.,
has issued a strong denial of the allegation
that ho has ever advocated free
raw materials as a basis of the Democratic
tariff jMJlicy. "I have frequently
advocated and favored that certain raw
materials be put on the free list,'* he
says, "as have four-fifths of the Democrats
in congress and out of congress
for the last ha^f 'century; but I have
never by spokeft or written word advocated
the principle of free raw materials
ah a party policy."
As to whether JfWiry Ford "made corrupt
use of- money in his race with
Newberry, for the United States senate
we Vlo not know add-neither do we know
whether Newbcfvy would have been
elected over Ford if thq issue had been
left to the uninfluenced choice of the
people; but that there was unlimited
corruption for and in behalf of Newberry
there is 110 question. It is Inconceivable
that there could be a single
intelligent man in public life who is not
cognizant of this corruption. The facts
are as plain as day. As to how many
Democratic senators voted against
Newberry because he was a Republican
rather than because of the corruption
and fraud in cormection with his
election, we do not know. No doubt
there were some. Ryt however, all this
may be, it is quite certain that Newberry
w.as .seated solely and entirely
because he is a Republican grand rasoal
in.stCad of a Democrat grand rascal,
and because? the Republicans had the
most votes. As to what the Democrats
who voted against Newberry would
have done if the shoe had been 011 the
other foot, it is hardly worth while to
speculate; but with it all, we desire to
accord all deserved credit to those Republicans
who sought by their votes to
uphold the honor and decency of the
most august legislative tribunal in the
world.
That direct appropriation of $20,000
for the West road was a good piece of
legislation, broadly conceived and
cniimn'iuMm rnwl what is more, accord
ins to the opinion of The Yorkville
Enquirer, eminently just. We are not
disposed to base our justification on
the ground that the people of that section
of the county arc especially deserving
of this assistance. They arc ab
deserving as any other section, and no
more; but that is not the point as we
see it. The best interests of the whole
comity?north, east, south and west?
call for the opening -of this particular
section, and there was no other wan
by which the. work could be neroni*
pllshcd except through just such ati!
appropriation. While Western York
will be the first and immediate boneti
. . ?
ciar.v of this improvement, we think
we can see other benefits sufficiently
far reaching to justify every dollar of
the expenditure, regardless of the sections
from "which the greater'part of
the money may have been derived.
That Western York herself properly
-.1....... ,1... ..re .? ,.e . i... ;,,
ailJM CUtllCB HIV IIU'I IS I'L uu- VVUHV^ Iti
her behalf is evidenced by her action
in spending from $-.*u to in tlie improvement
of her roa<ls, where the
county spends one dollar. And again,
while Western York is no more deserving
than any other section, there
was little question of the greater need
of that section.
Itcprescntative Ury.son of Greenville,;
has a bill to submit to the voters of the
state a constitutional amendment providing
for bi-ennial sessions of the leg-J
islature. He points out that the legislature
of forty sta tes meet only, once I
very two years and he claims that the)
change would result in a saving to thej
state of $.tiuO,odo'a year. Th^YorJtyflle;
Enquirer' is nfost Heartily jh favor of
the proposed change, believing that it i
would "save not merely *200,000, but
millions, the principal savins to be!
realized through the more mature c< j
sideratlon that would be insured for!
legislation of whatever nature. But the
question about which The Yorkville
Enquirer has doubts is as to whether
I the people of south uaronna win oe
permitted to make such a change in j
their constitution. Changes in the
constitution are supposed to be effected
[by a proceduro under which first,,the
i genera' assembly must submit the pro||iuseii-r:hanBt'?tb'tiny
electors, and if the
Selectors.are favorable thea the change
Jus-efffcciivii upon ratification by the
jt-general n^cmbiy/> Thifl biennial sesJsion
question was submftlod' to the
fvotevn along about 1904 or 1906, and the
fproposition was endorsed hy a subLstantial
majority; but when it came to
jjratifyipg tlitf actjoh Of Uif popple'the
{ legislature balked. The real ronson for
Tthe failure of the legislature to ratify!
j the will of the people in the mattey has<
i never been exactly clear; but the most,
plausible explanation of it is to the ef-j
feet that Columbia influences, which;
did not like the idea of giving up one j
session of the legislature each year,
mainly because of the loss it meant to
various Columbia interests, the hotels,
b nrding houses* printing offices, etc.,
got to work and had the vote of the
people nullified. There is very little
reason to doubt that the people will
promptly approve a proposed amendment
to the constitution to provide for
biennial sessions instead of annual sessions
of the general assembly, but we
doubt very much whether the legls ature
would be allowed to ratify any
such change even after it should bo
made. ^
Agricultural Conference.
As to whether the agricultural conference
called by President Harding, at
the Instance of Secretary Wallace, to
j be held in Washington, beginning January
23, is going to amount to anything,
remains to be seen; but whether it does
or not, all reasonably well informed
people know that the potential possibilities
of the field are without limit.
Of all pursuits in the world perhaps,
agriculture,is tho most important and
essential to the maintenance of the
whole fabric of civilization, and there
is no other pursuit known to man
which gets less artificial encouragement
along political, finan:lal and otherwise
organized economic lines. Agriculture
is not only the basis of every
other pursuit; but it is the prey of every
other pursuit, and the situation has
reached a point where unless some of
the insidious cleverness of which the'
agriculturist has always heretofore j
been the victim is brought to bear in j
j his behalf, the agriculturist is going to j
[smash and along'with liim all the suj
perstructurc that has been builded up-'
j on nis oacx.
It follows, as a matter of. course, that
! if anything is really done for agriculture,
it will consist very largely in taking
away from others much that they
are now unjustly enjoying at the ex- j
j pense of the agriculturist, and it is this
| fact that will make the problem o;' ad-1
I justment difficult, if not impossible.
There will be lots of talk at this con-j
j Terence; but if the conference is to
'yield any. real benefits it will be as the J
result of something mor-s than talk.
' * ' j
Constitutional Convention Talk.
It's high time the state of South Carolina
had a new constitution. The one
I we are now using, as everybody knows,
j was drafted in 1895. In the twenty-six
j years that have elapsed since this doci
ument came into being, the state h&s
made rapid strides in many directions;
I its industries have grown; its cities
i have become more populous, and there
are a thousand and one situtions needing
proper legal attention that were not
even dreamed of when the constituitional
convention of 1895 was mouldling
the document upon which our law
I milking or today is nasea.
The fact is evident when we examine i
i that great number of amendments -that |
j have been stuck into our constitution.
I at nearly every conceivable place. The
j constitution, as it exists today, reminds!
| one of a crazy quilt, it is patched and
| darned with all kinds of inharmonious
I provisions throughout and one might
almost say that authority for almost
anything, or prohibition of almost anything,
can be found within its covers.
And there ar esonie present day situations
with which it does not attempt to
cope, and with which our lawmakers
are free to deal with at will.
The constitution, of course, isn't ini
tended to be a code of law, but merely
a statement of fundamental principles, |
j but even these need to be revised and
j rearranged every now and then. A constitutional
convention has been sugI
gested several times during the past
I few years, and perhaps the legislature
J will give this serious thought and nvake j
j the necessary provisions for permitting I
i tlie people to call a constitutional con-J
, ven'ieii.?(Jrcenville News,
j Thai sounds very much like what is
t.'MtiniL'niJ UiKiersiouu in mis nay <ijiu <
tinm ns propaganda, and while if is ev-!
ident that I In* News thinks if wants a J
i constifiitinna{ convention, there is not
I in what it says I!ic slightest hidict-tloii j
that it cvni thinks it knmvs what it i
wants ,sunh a. convention for.
" : . V I
Ono njijwtibn Urged against thet
'Constifiitfon wt? tiro1 now using." is
i that it is "twenty-six years old," and
j that there are a thousand and one situations
needing attention that were not j
dreamed when .this constitution was in j
| the making. This sounds very formid- j
| able, but our al?le contemporary does
I not specify a single shortcoming.
Then again, The News tolls us that
the constitution lias been patched and
darned with inharmonious amendments '
until it reminds one of a crazy auilt. It j
- I
| is true that there have been a number
if amendments; but it is not true that!
j
I liny of ilwm are inharmonious, nor
; neither is it true that it contains prohi-1
| bition against almost everything and
[authority for almost everything.
I We say tlmt the statement .of The.
Wwa is., sibstird, and if The News Willi j
insist otherwise, we will ask it to please1
speoify. If. f<?r the sake of argument, '
it were admitted that what The News! |
says is true, then it w??uld he in "order(|
to ask \^lrat U^Wantfj a'.constitutional
convention, for aa/yay. <'
The truth of the matter is that there
was no use for the constitutional convention
of 1805. The constitution then
evolved is but little different from the
constitution of 1868, und those differences
could have been just as easily
secured, and much more cheaply by
amendment.
ine present constitution necas to oe
changed so as to provide for the raising
of revenue through process of
"painless extraction," that will relieve
the burdens on a isible property; but
that can be done by amendment much
more readily' than by a convention.
Nobody thinks a constitutional convention
can be held for less than $150,000,
and the probability Is th&fcit would
cost between $300,000.and a half a million
before it' is oVer, and rather than
have it at all the state could .probably
afford to pay $2,000,*1)00 for the exemption.
Of all the 'things ii^ the wcrld that we
don't need jUst now,/nothing Stands out
more clearly than a.constitutional convention.
CO-OPERATIVE MARKETING
Lawmakers Urge Cotton Growers' to
Sign Contract,
Co-operative marketing of cotton
was strongly endorsed in a resolution
passed by the house of representatives
of the South Carolina legislature, Saturday
and every farmer in the state
was urged to sign the contract^ The
extension rorces of Ciemson College
were requested to continue to lend
their full co-operation.and assistance
in the movement, ris were the bankers,
merchants and business men of
the state.
Tho text of thf\ resolution, which
was introduced b^ Representatives
.Tackson, of Sumter and McKay, of
Dillon, follows:
"Whereas, a campaign is now being
conducted in the state of South Carolina
for the formation of the South
Carolina Cotton QrpwersC . Co-operative
association, td toe composed of
South Carolina cotton growers, landlords
and tenants, and to be formed
for the one specific purpose of selling
their cotton crop eo-'operatively; and
"Whereas, the formation of such a
co-operative marketing association
will tend to eliminate many of the
evils which now surround tho marketing
of our principal crop, such as
country damage, under-grading and
dumping of a great portion of tho crop
on the market in a few weeks' time,
and will result in tho stabilizing of the
market and insure the farmer of the
fact that his cotton will be properly
warehoused, graded, stapled and sold
at the best possible figure:
"Therefore, bo it resolved, by tho
house of representatives, the senate
concurring:, tnat we uo noreuy endorse
most heartily the movement for
the organization of tljo South Carolina
Cotton Growers' Co-operative association:
.
"That wo urge every farmer to sign
tho contract at the earliest possible
moment;
"That we urge the bankers, merchants
and business men of the state
to assist in tho cjamr^lgn f<h\ the necessary
number of signatures to make
the contract operative; and
"That we. urge the extension forces
of Clemson College to continue to -lend
their full co-opcra^ion,and aasistanco
in this movemerit, bolieving that they
can be of no great service to the
state at this time than in tho vigorous
prosecution of this campaign.
PROHIBITION PROGRESS.
Commissioner Hayes Makes Public
Important Facts and Figures.
Facts and figures together with an
even dozen unquestioned points in
1 root that liie Eighteenth amendment
is being enforced "were made publjc
Saturday night by Prohibition Commissioner
Hayes in a formal statement
on the eve of the second anniversary
of tho national prohibition act, which
became effective January 11, 1920.
The 12 points cited as "so outstand
ing that no attempt can oe inaae in
denial" follow:
1. Disappearance of the open saloon.
"2. Abatement of open drinking in
public dining rooms.
"3. Passing of the treating evil,
which was recognised as the greatest
contributing agency in the development
of a liquor appetite.
" J. Closing of whisky cure and similar
institutions.
"5. Increased saving accounts.
"f>. Record breaking Christmas business..
"7. Decreased drunkenness.
"S. Prohibitive prices of 'bonded'
liquor for beverage use.
Dangerous character of illicit
whisky. .
"10. Kurrcptitiousness of present day
drinking.
"11. Wail of howling minority who
would go to the length of undermining
the constitution in order to nullify an '
amendment which their action demonstrates
is in actual effect.
"12. Changed attitude of former
hostile statesmen, political leaders and
the press."
Mr. Hayes said (hat the prohibition |
amendment was i>emg emurcvu 10 kh
even greater extent than had been anticipated
and predictions of opponents
had not been borne out by actualities.
? S. ){. Turner, a veteran of tho
World war felt dead on tlie street in
Hirmiughani, Ala., last Tuesday. Suffering
from tuberculosis and without
funds and friends ho applied for admission
to the county poor lions* last
Wpnday. lie was denied admission.
They said there was 110 room. He
went to tho Ited Cross authorities and
lold his story. Tlipy were sorry, Ilunsaid;
but they could do nothing for
him. Foot sore and weary, hungry
and suffering from pains that wracked
his diseased lungs, he wandered about
tho streets. No one spoke .to him. So
one showed any interest in him. He
tell in a faint on a prominent street
and in a short while expired. Then an
investigation of his death developed
the, farts stated above. Ex-service
ru..n W'rti'lil tviii*
illl'Il Ul UIC v.. I M1 \> t? ? f kiiu ??# %* .....
and the Spanish-American War sot
tosether and decided to give him a
sreat funeral with military honors. Althoush
there was no one to contribute
a dollar to relieve his suffcrins while
livins. there were hundreds who save
a dollar to bury him. The burial was
held in Birmingham Sunday. In a |
strange, spontaneous demonstration,
staffed both as a mark of respect for j
the. dead soldier and as a protest
uffainst the conditions under which h<died,
15.000 persons participated in the
funeral. A thousand veterans of three
wars marched behind the bier three
miles to the cemetery where the shell
of a man who was once, rosy and
Itea It he and alive to his linger tips,
was placed under the sod while, flow- [
irs that cost hundreds and whose price j
would have made him happy-.if-giveny)
liim while ?Jive were piled high over
lis grave. .
I^iCAL Ar^AIRS.1
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
1 T.oan and Savings Bank*-?We invite !
your business. .
York Drug Store ? Times have j
i changed.
I J C. Hardin & Co., Rock Hill?Earl i
Ilovis is now in charge of our paint
The Star Theatre. J. Q. Wray, Manager?Lois
Wilson in What Every
Woman Knows.
Parker-Smoak Clothing Co.. Rock Hill j
?Look at those low prices.
Johnson's Pnint Shop, Rock Hill?Au- j
tomobile tops that protect.
W. F. Jackson?Announces to the !
public that he has bought the business
of the Mackorell-Ferguson
company. , j ,
j Cloud Dry Goods Company. Rock" Hill
?is headquarters for-the* best 'farnishings
for every member of the
I fiunily.
! First NatlonaJ Banking,3harori;7'.$.i*V
Hartnees, CasntaM^Brbad- - - Plyer
Township has entered upon her
building programme.
York Supply Company?Building Materials.
! A I '\ s
Kirkpatricjc Belk- Qompdny-t-White
sale begins. Jan. 19 and Continues to
Jan. 23.
J. C. Young. Hopewell?Cake walk and j
Hot Supper at Hopewell school
house next Thursday night.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
i Real estate transfers have been inj
dexed in the office of the county audlj
tor as follows: /
Catawba?Mrs. Roxic Baker to W.
I -r% ~t ft lAt? *?4e
\\ . OlOURS, o IU13, fgiio,
T. A. Moore to Mrs. Lucy I). Moore,
1 lot, $2,362.50.
Mutual Investment Co., to W. M.
Padgett, 30 lots, $1,550.
Ebenezer?B. F. Massey to Henry
Massey, 250 acres, payment of outstanding
mortgages.
THE MARRIAGE RECORD
Since the last publication of the
record in The Yorkvllle Enquirer, the
following marriage licenses have beon
issued by the judge of probate to the
following:
Jan. 10.?Jim Stevenson and Mary
Dye, Rock Hill, (colored).
Jan. 1).?Thomas B. Bolin, Filbert
and Mattio J. WrdLy, Hickory Grove.
Jan. 12.?Emmanuel Daniel and
Catherine Rivers, Rock Hill, (colored).
Jan. 14.?Bert F. Bealy and Jennie
R. Hill, Gaston county, N. C.
Jan, 14.?Jeno Ball and Bertha
Borales, Mooreavllle, N. C.
VITAL STATISTICS
. There were a total of 1,178 births
and 533 deaths in eight of tho nine
townships in York county last year
according to tho annual reports of
registrars of vital statistics in eight
i townships which reports have boon
filed with Clerk ot court aicaiacmn.
Tlio reports of births and deaths in
Bethesda township had not been filed
with the clerk of the court yesterday.
The law provides that all such reports
shall bo filed by January 15. The j
greatest number of births and deaths j
occurred in Rock Hill where there
were 300 births and 142 deaths during
the year. Fort Mill made the greatest
gain in population of any of the
townships according to the reports.
In that* totftiship' tjtere- were oipy 3KJ
deaths during the year whfle 1*12
babies were born. The smallest number
of births in the county for the
year occurred in Bullock's Creek township
which reported 79 births. Following
wore the births and deaths in eight
townships luring 1921:
Births Deaths
Broad River 127 48
Bullock's Creek ? 79 41
Catawba ? 153 76
Rock Hill - - 300 142
Fort Mill 112 . 30.
Ebenezer 130 67
Ring's Mountain 111 51
York 106 72
T.itn l 1.178 533
ABOUT PEOPLE
Mrs. John S. Sandlfer, who is ill at
her home in Yorkville with bronchia!
pneumonia, is improving.
Harry Miller of York No. 6, is in the
employ of the Peoples Furniture company
in Yorkville.
Dr. George Walker, of Johns Hopkins
University, Baltimore, Md., visited
relatives in Y'orkvillc this week.
Mrs. F. E. Quinn of Yorkville, is in
the Fenncll infirmary, Itock Hill, for
treatment.
Miss Willie Parish of Charlotte,
; spent Sunday with relatives in Yorkville.
Mr. M. I,. Smith of Clover, spent
Sunday with the family of Dr. E. W.
Pressly in Greenville.
Mr. A. C. McGee of Greenville is
I visiting the family of his son, Mr. C.
W. McGee in Yorkville.
Messrs. W. G. wnito ana joe Jierii- i
| don have returned to Yorkvllle, after
spending several days on a hunting
trip in Georgetown county.
I Kev. O. C. Epps, of Fort Mill, filled
the pulpit of the First Baptist church
of Yorkvllle last Sunday morning and
; evening.
Mrs. John S. Jones of Bowling Green
and Miss Sarah "Jones of Wtnthrop
College, Hock Hill, spent. Saturday
and Sunday in Yorkvllle.
Mr. Sumptrr Cain and family of i
York No. 1, left last week for Tampa. (
Fla.. where they expect to make their ,
homo in future.
Mrs. J. R. Cannon, who has been un- 1
dergoing treatment, in tJio Fennell in- '
tlrniary. Rock Hill, has returned to her i
homo in Yorkvllle. V %fi <
Dr. Miles J. Walker of Yorkvllle, who
lias been quite ill at the Tranquil Park |
sanatorium, in CharloUe, for several ,
days past, Is reported to be Improving! .
Miss Eunice McConnel! and Mr. It. S. j,
McConnoll, who have been quite nick! i
at their homo on College street, York-.i i
villc, for several days past, are im-?J J
proving. . h
Miss Margaret McDow, a student atn
Agnes Scott college, Decatur. Ga., was I 1
ouerated on for anpendicitis last week.'s
Her parents. Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Mc-j!
Dow of Yorkvllle, were summoned to i .
her' bedside. j
Rock Hill Herald: The friends of J. L
Y. Scruggs will be glad to know that
lie is now much better, following :in |!
illness of ten days or more, at the|
residence on Marion street. f. H.
II In.. I-in.. C.. I, >.' ui,.lr t'n,? until,, i 1
r!:tvs with influenza and erysipelas. His 1
condition is better. .Mrs. Jenkins and
lior daughter. Mrs. \V. C. Riggers, are j.
suffering with grippe.
J. H. P.. Jenkins, Jr., executive head!
of the Peoples Hank and Trust com-!*
pany, < :' Yoikvi!le, spent a part of last j
work in Richmond, Yu., on business-g
with the Federal Reserve bank, lle'fi
reports that he. had the pleasure of C
meeting' all the exeeutive officers of tlu? e
lug Richmond institution, and had no ti
trouble whatever in getting all he went j II
for. Mr. Jenkins cune back with a bad j >1
cold that kept him confine.! to his'f;
I
l oom for :i day or two, but ho Is now ,
much better.
WITHIN THE TOWN
? The Lockmorc Cotton Mill of York- j
ville, has given notice of a two weeks' i
suspension of operations after next1
Saturday. The mill has been running ]
both day and night since Christmas, j
No reason was given for the suspen- i
sion.
? Police court lines and forfeitures'
during the year l'JL'l totaled $3,003, >
according to figures compiled this i
morning by J. Frank Faulkner, city j
clerk and treasurer. During the year j
warrants were issued for .285 persons
and of those arrested 35 were commit- [
ted to the county jail. The amount !
collected in tinea and forfeitures was j
more than sufficient" to pay the salaries
of the two police officers.
? Robin Red Breast is here. His species
have not made their appearance in
large numbers as yet. People going to
church Sunday morning heard his notes
in the big elm trees along East Liberty
street and glancing up into the
trees they saw his darkish red top eoat
and his waistcoat of red. Observers
say that lie Is making his appearance
here this year a little earlier than usual.
? York Council Junior Order United!
American Mechanics which was recently
organized here and which has
been meeting in Fraternal hall at the
Cannon Mill, has moved its quarters
to the W. O. W. hall in the Stroup
building on Main street. The first
meeting of the council in the new hall
was held last night when a number of
candidates were initiated. Three fraternities
now have their meetings in
the hall in the Stroup building?
Woodmen of tho World, Loyal Order
of Moose and Junior* Order United
American Mechanics.
? J. E. Lowry of Yorkville, was
showing his friends an interesting relic
in the shape of a charge for the old
Enfield rifles used during thoWar Between
the States. The powder and ball
of tho old charge were not encased in
a brass shell, as for the modern Enfield
rifle. Instead it was wrapped in
heavy paper and was rammed down the
muzzle of the rifle, and ignition was
effected by means of a percussion cap.
Mr. Lrowry ran across the ancient cartridge
tho other day whllo' going
through some old records and papers.
He said that he also has in possession
one of the famous "Scott rifles," taken
away from the negroes during KuKlux
days as well as another rifle that
saw service during the Revolutionary
war.
? Indications point to a large attendance
of members on the annual meeting
of Meech Stewart Post No. 66 of
the American Legion, which meeting is
to be held In Legion hall tomorrow
evening. Mr. Ben E. Adams of Char.leston,
chairman of the state executive
committee of the Soulh Carolina Department
of tho American Legion, has
accepted an Invitation to bo present
and deliver a talk on the aims and objects
of the American Legion. At the
meeting tomorrow night tho annual reports
of Jaa. D. Grist, post comindnder,
and T. M. Ferguson, post finance officer,
will be received, and officers to
serve during l'jzz win ?e eiocica. xnc
present post commander stated this
morning that he would not be a candidate
for re-election.
? Municipal officers for Yorkville to
serve for two years will be elected in
May and it was Intimated yesterday by
a member of the present council .that
all of tho present officers will likely
stand for re-election. Mayor Hall is
quoted as saying that he is willing to
serve again, provided the six aldermen
will stand for re-election. While the
member of the council who was interviewed
yesterday, stated that he wasn't
interested personally in holding hi3
job another two years, still he thought
that all the members would offer for
re-election because there were a number
of matters outstanding with which
the present council was quite familiar
and they therefore feel It their duty to
carry on. It is understood that the
council has had in mind for some time
past the idea of extending the electric
light wires and water lines into several
areas that have not this service at 1
the present time. They have not been
ab'e to do so heretofore for lack of |
funds.
LOCAL LACONICS
Flivver Sold Cheap.
A Ford automobile of 1916 model, the
property of L. S. Niswonger, offered
for sale before the courthouse door yesterday
morning by H. L. Johnson,
through power of attorney vested in
him was bid in by F. C. Dlack for $115.
Smyrna Still Taken.
A distillery of 40 or 50 gallons' capacity
was found by Magistrate It. L.
A. Smith of Broad River and other of-'
fleers about 150 yards north of Smyrna
last Saturday. Tho still was discov- i
ered under a brush heap and gave evidence
of having been operated recently.
Rock Hill Business Change.
Messrs. 8. R. Smoak of Rock Hill
and \V. A. Bryan of Sunjter have sold
a half interestlin the Parker-Smoak
Clothing Company of Rock Hill to T.
H. and H. E. Parker of Sumter. Mr.
S. R. Smoak who has been manager
of the Parker-Smoak Company, in
Itock Hill, has not decided upon hivt
fntnro nl;nm
Charged With Beating Board Bill.
Charged with issuing a bogus check
in payment of a board bill due Ed
Strickland of Yorkville, warrant bus
been issued for tho arrest of J. E. Wilson,
whose headquarters are said to be
In Greenville. Wilson was in Yorkville
several weeks ago representing the insuranco
department of a prominent
fraternal organization. Tho magistrate
said this morning that he had
been unable to get in touch with Wilton
in Greenville.
Warrant for Rector.
Alleging that he has failed to send
lis child to school in accordance with
the requirements of the compulsory
it tendance law. a warrant was sworn
>ut before Magistrate ltlack yesterday
for the arrest of J. 11. Hector, white. (
doctor lives in Yorkville oil the Charotto
street road. A warrant has also
>ecn issued for Rector charging him J
villi an assault upon his wife one dny ,
ast week. Trial of this case.has been
set for the mayor's court tomorrow ,
norning.
Daniel Got Married.
The first thing that Emmanuel Danel,
negro convict, pardoned by Govern ir
Cooper last week, did after securing
lis release from the chaitigang. was to
btain a marriage license. Daniel was j
mrdoned for holding twelve convicts ati '
?ay after John Reid, a convict, struck (
uard Jim Robinson with an axe sev- ?
?.. .1 111 |I?1 mil. I (
rat uiij ?t si*-# in mi v
>a 11 iol. whoso homo was In Rock IIIII. 1 4
tarried a colored woman of that city. |
^ali Extended to Pastor.
JJt-th-Shiioh and Bowling Oreen con- i
rogations on Sunday extended a call t
ar the pastoral services of Rev. II. D.' 1
orhett fcf St Matthews. S. C. Ill the J
vent that Rev. Corbett should aeccpt.it
ie plan is to have him preach to thcid
inth-Shiloh congregation every Sun-1 I
ay afternoon and to the Bowling j y
Ireen. congregation every Stindttylh
morning. IJev. Corbett preached to the
two congregation# severn 1 weeks ago
or*' hey were pleased with him.
Send Cannon to Penitentiary.
Slowly dying with tuberculosis and
unable to work steadily, as well as being
a menace to the health of pther
convicts, Dave Cannon, a white man
on the York county chaiogang, will bo
sent to the state penitentiary at Columbia.
Cannon was convicted during
his absence at t|te November term of
inc court ui ^enrrni srcaviuuo miu wua
sentenced to serve twelve months 011
the chaingang for violation of ine prohibition
laws. ,H?.was apprehended at
Winston-Salem, N* C-% a short time later
and brought to York county. Cannon
is an ex-soldier and he told Supervisor
Brown the other,day that he was
treated in a, government hospital for
his disease after his discharge from the
service; but that the jriedifcal authorities
were unable to give him relief.
The man will in all probability be taken
to the penitentiary thlS'week/
Married In Stripes.
Appearing before the probate Judge
[ in stripes,' Qllmoref Deas; a white'Con*'
vict of the county chaldgang, was mart
ried Saturday to Mis* Swink, of Rock
Hill. Deas pleaded guilty at the July
term of the court of general sessions
last year of car breuking and larceny,
and was sentenced to serve two years
on the chain gang. He was alleged to
have bcenf'the master mind of a band of
criminals in Roclc HHl, who stole goods
valued at hundreds of dollars from the
Southern railway. It is said that prior
to the time of his arrest and conviction
Deas and Mies Swink were sweet
hearts. The young tvoman came to
Yorkville Saturday with her father.
Deas was brought -tn ftrom the chain
gang in custody of a guard and the
two were married, Mrs. Deas returning
to the home of her father la Rock Hill,
and Deas going bqckto his work pn the
chain gang. ' According to Supervisor
Brown, Deas has made a good prisoner
since ho -was Committed to the gang
and has given no .trouble. /
SOUTH CAROLif^TNEWS
? Daniel R. Taylor of Cleveland, O..
accompanied by Mr. Hcrringtdn, a civil
engineer at International deputation, is
visiting Beaufort to make Investigations
in that, section of the trucking Industry
ana the advisability of developing
a large tract of land for colonists.
Much interest 1ms been manifested
throughout the state and tho .
United States aq to the possibility of
co'onles being formed, and it.ls entirely
.probab'e that'such 'developments willhe
made op account of the opportunities
and advantages offered by that
section. The present mode Of agriculture
is a com pie te transformation from
the o'd time cotton growing.
? Fire which' It Is 'supposed' originated
from the furnace Iri the building, completely
destroyed the New Prospect
Baptist cjiurch, about. . twenty miles
from Sparta'nbtrrg last Thursday morning.
It Ib thought that the Are broke
out at about two o'clock.' Tho church,
which is over. 1,00. years old, was well
known throughout tho country as .the
rhlldf'll tt'knwi P/>v T a1 i m f~l T nn^rit'm
served as pastor for 49 consecutive
years. The walls, of the church, as it
stood before the Are, were built In 185?,
whilo the Interior was rebuilt and made
modern in every respect in 1913. It
was valued at about $20,000. There was
no insurance on the building*and nothing
wa3 saved aa/the flrc was discovered
too late to sftvd it. The building,
i in addition'to the main worship room,
contained eight Sunday school rooms,
the pnstorX.stwdy. And..the ladies' parlor.
A protracted meeting ha<| been,in^
progress at the churOh, conducted by
Rev. J. J. Beach and services had been
held in the church the. night befbre/ . /
? Fountain -Inn,.-January 13: The
town of Fountain^nn,was greatly
I shocked this morning when the news
spread that Brooks Ci Huff of Sumter
had committed shield* at 8:C^ o'f;ii>ck
at the home of hjs wife's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. H. Taylor, Mr. Huff used
a .38 calibre Colt's pistol, shooting
himself through thb head, the ball entering
his right temple and passing
entirely through his head. "While Mr.
Huff was washing his face an t hands
for breakfast the door'bell rang and
Mrs. Huff,-wife of the'deceased, went
to the front door tp answer the call
and befor.e she returned to the room
she heard a pistol shot from the room
occupied by Mr. Huff. Upon entering
the room she found her husband lying
on the bed dead, from the effects of the
bullet. So far as. can be ascertained
no cause for the rash act has been advo
nnorl Vf i? Mn#' of nnn (roo wnu
I Co., having moved from SimpsonCo..
having moved. prom Simpsonvillc
here. After marrying Miss Lidia
Taylor, daughter 6f Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Taylor, he moved to Sumter and entered
the banking business, being '
cashier of the Sumter Sank and Trust
company. He was .also connected with
the automobile business.
? Census figure's for 1920, which have
just been published show that South
Carolina leads the Union in reducing
her illiteracy percentage from 25.7 per
cent, in 1920 to 18.1 per cent, in 1920.
In rank among the states South Carolina
still maintains the next to bottom
place, ranking below every state save
Louisiana. In white illiteracy the
state has climbed from third place
from the bottom In 1926 to sixth place
in 1920, now ranking.above New Mexico.
Louisiana, North Carolina, Tennessee
and Kentucky. In' negro illiteracy.
the state ties fc*ith Mississippi
for third place, maintaining the same
position of 1910. While thli record
testifies to the work which the public
schools and the schools for adults
have been doing, there is yet much
work to be done before South Carolina
can rank v^th many of her sister
states. Iowa records the lowest illiteracy,
l.l per cent, while Louisiana
rerntvla the area lest. 21.9 nor cent. In
nino states less* than 2 per cent. of the
population was illiterate -while in ten
states (South Carolina Included) tbo
per cent wak ten and over. # The state
department .of education, assisted by
the illiteracy comtnisflion, has madfr,.
and is malting, a vigorous fight against '
Illiteracy in South (Tatdlina. Pickend
county now registers the least illiteracy
in the state, 10.7 per cent Greenville
county conies second with 11'per
cent., while Berkeley .registers the'
highest illiteracy, 3S.4 per cent., with
Jasper evunty next highest 33 peiv>
cent. T\io data for Richland county
:iro ns follows: Total number illiterates.
S.37S. or 13.7 per cent. 'Number
white illiterates, 1,285, or i per cent.
Number negro illitcratps, 7,010 or 25.1
per cent.
? ' J
MERE MENTION
Christopher Minor Spencer, Inventor
of the famous Spencer rille, died
n Hartford, Connecticut, last Saturlay.
aged 88 years....* In Detroit,
Mich., two men, one seventy and the
>ttier sixty-four, got in a tight Satur- .
lay over an argument as to which was
Jie best man. and one of them landed
n the hospital while the other went to
ail Four people were killed and
me was seriously wounded when a
niin struck an automobile at Kdin)iirfr.
Indiana, last Sunday. Troy
>1. Bibee. of Spray, X. L\, is believed
o have beer, consumed, in the fire that
lestroyed the Blackstone acadamy, at
JlackstonP, Va.. last Saturday. Up to
estorday his father had not heard of
irn *inoo Jha fire.