Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, February 24, 1922, Page Page Four., Image 4
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' ^frajjs and Jacks. 1
? Eleven airplanes, operating as a
( prohibition enforcement squadron,
seized the British schooner Annabella
at tjie point of machine guns off the
coast forty miles south of Miami Fla.,
on Monday A cargo of 11,500 cases
of Whiskey was confiscated and the
crew <?f ttventy-one men were taken
into custody. The value of the liquor
seized is estimated at $3,000,000. The
schooner was anchored under guard
off Jewflsh. The Annabella was first
sighted by a submarine chaser. The
commander wirelessed Its location to
tho air squadron, which quickly assembled
. and swooped down on the
schooner in battle formation. No resistance
woe offered. Each of the airplanes,
was equipped with a machine
gui- firing 400 shots a minute and with
wireless apparatus employing a wave
/ code other Instruments cannot interpret,
^'according to Capt. L. P. Johnson,
piiot of one of the planes.
? Three alternations in the proposal
made by Henry Ford for lease and purchase
of the government's nitrate and
power projects at Muscle Shoals, have
been agreed to by the Detroit manufacturer.
They are: 1. To write into
the proposed contract a definite guarantee
to produce fertilizers in their finished
form at a given annual minimum
tonnage. 2. To capitalize the operating
capacity which is to be created for
the purpose of supplying the Muscle
Shoals operations. 3. To revise the
language of the so-called farmers'
clause in order to insure the delivery of
fertilizers from the producing plant to
the consumer at a profit not exceeding
' * J nf munii
6 per cent, oaseu <ju hr twoi v.. .......
facture. Mr. Fora's approval of these
modifications was announced Wednesday
by W. B. Mayo, chief engineer for
the Ford company, upon his return to
Washington from Detroit, where he
went last week to confer with the Detroit
manufacturer. Formal announcement
to the house military committee
? members who are investigating the offer
in congress will be made by Mr.
; Mayo probably today or tomorrow.
? Approval of final plans for a maglii^cent
building in honor to Wr-shtng4
ton to be erected by the Masons of the
United States at Arlington, Va? seven
* miles from Washington on a ridge
commanding a view of the capital was
given Tuesday nt the 12th annual
meeting of the George Washington
v National Memorial association. The
structure and 'surrounding grounds
s, will cost approximately $2,000,000.
Rising 200 feet above the ground the
memorial building will be in plain
?view of the national capital, and will
be passe.! by all who make the pil-*
^.grlmage ..from Washington to the
Mount Vernon nome 01 me ruwci ui
His Country." The proposed memorial.
with its collection of Washington
heirlooms, is to be the result of a
movement begun more than 12 ycr.rs
ago by the Masonic lodge at Alexandria
of which Washington at one time
w:a master. The lodge now known as
Alexandria-Washington lodge No. 22,
A. P. and A. M., was lodge No. 39 in
Washington's day, Among its souvenirs
of the first president is a. letter in
his own hand written at Mount Vernon.
Primarily the building is to be
a memorial to George Washingtori, the
man of the Mason. The plan of its
form was inspired by the great memorial
monuments built in the ancient
, days of^'Greece and Rome at harbor
/ entrances and some whose summits'
burning, flares pointed the way to incoming
mariners.
? Thidty-four out of the forty-four
passengers and cfey, of.. Ihe Ualian
, built airship Rcfma fonj tnfeir liv^s during
a trial trip at Hampton Roads last
Tuesday afternoon. The great airship,
. the largest of its type ever constructed,
was received in America some
weeks ago, and army authorities
thought it would be better with Libert
y Jh<HftrS>, than with the Italian motors
Jjvljn) which it was equipped. The
change YiltVing been completed, the
trial > trip was attempted Tuesday.
' After the ship had reached a thousand
<eet or mors, however, something went
?wrong with the rudder and pointed the
nose of the ship downward. Attempts
were made to rectify the trouble by
changing ballast, but without appreciable
result. The big ship went on to
earth, struck an electric wire of tremendous
voltage and bursted. The
hydrogen gas with which the big hag
410 feet long was inflated, immediately
caught fire and flames shot up a
height of 800 feet. Observers from the
ground quickly saw the plight of the
big ship and they observed men dropping
out. map started with a
parachute; but 'tjhe parachute failed to
open and the hiati was smashed to ?.
jelly on the grouatd. All that jumped
of course were killed. Firemen fought
the flames for several hours; but of
course, without result. Less than a
dozen men ^-escaped with their lives
and th?;se wore so badly burned and
bruized as to leave but small hope for
their recovery.
' ?Ultimate pur|iqipation in the Genoa
ecohcmic< cbhference by the United
States was intimated by D. R.
Crissinger, Comptroller of Currency,
a few days ago. He spoke before the
New York chapter of the American Institute
of Banking. Stating that the
financial community must consolidate
the "good beginning" of the Washington
arms conference, Crissinger said:
"Already we are looking forward to
the conference at Genoa in the hope
that it will make as good a start on
the economic and fiscal side as Washington
made on the political. There
are times in which it is dangerous tc
be contending with the narrow and
provincial side. Great forces are at
work in the world which no matter
how insistently we may wish to t ke
the narrower view, absolutely prohibit
us from doing so. We arc compelled
to regard banking in the light of its
world-.wide concerns?we recognize
that it is inevitably interrelated with
the fiscal and financial concerns
bvort'U'h ora tn nn/loreto thnt u*o
can not block ourselves off from intif
mate associations and relationship
with the leade--s of business, of government
of financial operation, everywhere."
The financial world also must
confront the task of beating off the
^onslaughts of Bolshevism on Western
civilization, Crissinger declared. Bol
shevism, having failed in its attacks
, .on Western Europe and America, has
turned its energies toward the East,
seeking to arouse antagonism and
hatred for the West, he declared. The
most effective counter-measures, he
said, are international trade and better
social relations. Establishment of
the gold monetary standard as a universal
system was urged by Crissinger
as a means of re-establishing and put.ting
world trade on a solid footing.
?The Citizens Welfare league, says
the Charlotte Observer is concerned
about the many eases of disorderly
conduct In automobiles along the
rural highways and in secluded sections
of woods that a.c being dally
brought before the various magistrates
and of late, the number is said to be
or the incease. Particularly it is
said that the number of young girls
of the city between the ages of 16 and
19, who arc being found to be delinquent,
is farming and in this connection
the' Citizens Welfare league alleges
laxity on the part of many parents
who permit their daughters to
ride- until late at night in automobiles
throughout the > county wtth? young: f
men of early acquaintance. In this ]
connection it la stated that a girl of
about 17 years of age was apprehended
on a rural highway near midnight in s
the early part of last week in the c
company of a man several years her g
senior. They were brought into the
city by Jim Paxton, rural policeman, 8
and ordered to appear before Magis- f
trate Stokes at 9 o'clock the next *
morning. When they appeared in ans- *
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wer iu me ciiuikc ui uioutucnj w..
duct on a public highway they gave 4
assumed names to the magistrate, t
which was found out after the man (
had gone to a lawyer's office to secure .
legal advice in fighting the charge.
The lawyer, when he entered the court, (
read the warrants and admitted that
the names given by the two were false.
This incident incensed 'Squire Stokes ,
to a considerable extent, particularly J
since the name given by the girl was ,
that of a married woman of Charlotte
who would have suffered ill repute by j
connection with such a case. The man ,
was found to be married and the father
of three children. Magistrate '
Stokes bound them over for their apt
pex^rance in superior court under $100 (
bonds.
Site ^odtviNe (Suqturcr. :
Entered at the Postoffice at York, as i
Mail Matter of the Second Class. J
FFRIOAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1922.
The senatorial farm bloc Is strongly
against the sales tax method of raising
the soldiers bonus on the ground that
this method aims to saddle the burden
on those least able to bear it. Senator
Borah, of Idaho, one of the strong men
of the senate not heretofore prominently
identified with the farm bloc, says
he is with the organization on this j
proposition.
One of the most miserable individuals
in the world is the man or woman
who puts in or her time carrying1 false
yarns and making people miserable by
breaking up friendships. There are
not many such people and for this all
should be thankful. Only two or three
in a community can do enough harm
for a multitude. While of course all
who aye afflicted with this terrible dis- '
position sooner or later ceme to grief
by losing the confidence and respect of
all who come to know them, the harm
they may have done in the meantime is
rarely ever corrected.
Abraham T. Hardin, vice president of
the New York Central railroad, who
died Tuesday, was a native of Blacksburg,
a son of the late Ira Hardin, of
that place. His ancestors for more
thai1 150 yeaus w?ne>*intives of 'York <
county. Mr. Hardin began the railroad j
business as a telegrapher for the
Southern railroad, and while still a
young man went north. He became
assistant to the late A. H. Smith, president
of the New York Central, and
several years ago was promoted to the
vice presidency of that gigantic organization.
The friends of Secretary of the
Treasury Mellon answer the arraignment
of.Senator Tom Watson that the
secretary is holding his office in violation
of the law with the claim that
while the secretary is a stockholder In
many corporations he is not the technical
owner of uny business. The law
provides that the secretary of the
treasury must not be engaged in private
business. Secretary Mellon Is one
of the wealthiest men in the United
States. There are those who say that
he is even wealthier than John D.
Rockefeller.
There has grown up a big difference
between the Rritish Federation of
Transport Workers and the Rritish
brewers on account of the high price
chairman of the senate finance com- 1
mittee suggests a possible frame-up
with reference to next summer's political
campaign. Mr. Christensen is a
conspicuous leader of the dominant
political faction; strongly backed by the
Columbia State crowd, and regarded
by many as the best bet of that faction
for the gubernatorial nomination. That
he is a man of great ability and wide
political experience there is no question
and that he and Cole Blease have
long been political rivals between whom
reconciliation is logically impossible, is
known of all men. Neither has ever
lost an opportunity to strike at the
other. But Christensen's county Beau- ,
ort is a small one, and being from the J
6w: country Is something of a handi:ap
In the gubernatorial race. To be
iucceBsful from that section a candi- j
late must have an issue that will overihadow
his sectionalism, and this
icheme of martyrdom in behalf of the ,
r
armer seems to be about the right
itunt. From what some of the sena- I
ors said, the way they said it, and the
feneral hullabaloo that they made of j
vhat otherwise might have been passed
off as an insignificant incident, it is
Ufflcult to avoid speculation as to the '
a use of it all.
1
A thorough knowledge of historical r
ind geographical facts of Gaston coun:y,
it appears to The Gazette, ought to
t?e part of the course outlined in the (
r)ubiic schools of the county. Hundreds |
it the county's school children, tec in
stance, can tell you a whole lot about
Afghanistan and Paraguay, but how
many know the population of the '
county? They can tell you the altitude
af MU Everett, but can they give you j
the heights of Crowderk' and Spencer ^
Mountain? (1) How many school
children know the area ol Gaston
county? (2) Name the townships, giving
the size and location; (3) How
many acres of land are under cultivation?
(4) What minerals are found in 1
the county? (5) What trees grow i
ufhot i'rn.? nre crown? (6) l
How many different kinds of manufacturing
enterprises in the county, and 1
what amount of available waterpower 1
is being used? (7) What rivers and j
creeks flows in or through the county? ,
(8) How many mines have ever been
worked in the county? (9) What is '
the highest peak in the county? (10) i
What is the population of each town j
and township? (11) How many miles ,
of railroad in the county? (12) In the
manufacture of what does Gaston '
county excel? C13) How many cotton i
mills, operating how many spindles in
the county? (14) What is the illiteracy
rate in the county??Gastonia Gazette. '
All are familiar with the story of '
the astronomer who while engaged in <
looking up at the stars to which he I
could never hope to attain fell in a ]
well under his feet,' and the point of '
the comments of the Gazette is that <
the reader, should try to avoid a '
similar misfortune. In this connection '
we are reminded-of a story told, by the '
late Dr. Robeft Lathan, the first school i
commissioner of York county, after i
reconstruction. A candidate for per- i
mission to teach a public school came :
to him after the examinations had i
closed, and with excuses for why he
had not been present sought to be permitted
to teach. "Trace Broad river 1
from source to mouth," said the prac- !
tical old educator, "and I'll give you a i
first grade certificate," but the candidate
was unable to make good.
Rice and Pindere. (
In our column ot Views and Interviews
today we are printing a rather t
vigorous letter from our friend, James ]
Henry Rice,. Jr.,. on the subject of pindcr.s
and ovher things.
It was a private letter, not intended (
especially for publication, but as our
friend Rice docs not generally say anything
in private that he is unwilling to 1
make public from the housetops, we
have no hesitation in giving the letter
to the public.
nr r>o?rse The Yorkville Enquirer has .
not undertaken to guarantee fortunes in
the planting of peanuts; we have not |
told anybody that pinders planted in .
the spring will insure a crop of greenbacks
in the fall.
Unless it is tobacco, there Is no othsr
crop as easily converted into money ^
is cotton; but most farmers are willing
to agree to the proposition that it is almost
as difficult to sell a crop of cotton
as it is to make it, and this is even
more pronounced with reference to
peanuts.
There is no established market
n this section for peanuts, and if
aur people go extensively into peanuts
they are not going to be able to market
them satisfactorily without a great
ieal of preliminary intelligent organi- :
sation in that direction.
It mav be true that hogs fed and fat
tened on peanuts are not fit to eat or 2
to sell. In fact we are more than willing
to take Mr. Rice's word for that,
for he is an acknowledged authority on
whatever he sees proper to speak about.
But everybody knows that a few weeks
good, sound corn will make good *
pork of any hog, regardless of what it
pad been raised on previously. And
then again, hogs are sold by weight, I
with few questions asked anyway, 1
whether in the local or general market. 1
As we see it, it will be a sensible
thing for the people to experiment with
peanuts, along with other things. Of
:ourse we would not suggest that just ,
iny and everybody should plant great !
lelds of peanuts, until they have some 1
dea as to what they can do with them. ]
But peanuts are good for feeding all i
dnds of livestock and also peanuts j
rield a most excellent oil that is available
for many and varied.purposes.
And this we are going to guarantee: i
For every man who raises a crop of
peanuts for which he gets no return, '
we will show from three to a dozen
who have had the same experience with
?otton.
? Governor Coooer has signed a bill |
to prohibit the use of a cutout on nny
motor driven while on the public high- ,
,vay. The penalty for violation is not
less than $25 nor more than $100.
? Benncttsville February 23: Rev. ,
Raxter McLendon, better known as j
'Cyclone Mack," said to be by many i
the greatest evangelist the south has ;
produced, closed a campaign in Cori)in,
Ky., last Sunday, preaching four
times on the last day to a crowded
nouse and thousands turned away. His
next campaign opens at Pasadena, (
2al., February 26, in one of the largest (
churches on the Pacific coast. He and .
tiis party are already on route. His J
next meeting will be at Fort Worth, '
Texas, with Dr. Frank Morris, in the j
Pirst Baptist church, one of the larg- ;
?st churches in America, with a mem- (
net-ship of about 6,000. Dr. Norris will j
ne at Calvary Baptist church in New 1
Vork city, conducting a meeting for ;
Dr. John Booke Stratton, who has 1
created such a sensation over the na- i
lion in his fight against popular evils. I
\fter Fort Worth "Mack" returns to (
North Carolina, where he will hold u
nnion meeting at Kannupolis. i
LOCAL AFFAIRS* |
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
. L. Houston, P. J.?Notice of application
to: letters of administration
estate of A. J. Quinn, deceased, P. E.
Quinn applicant.
Jathan Feinsteln?All merchandise is
now advancing:.
rirst Baptist Church of Yorkville?
Kveryoody invited to attend protracted
services.
'irst National Bank of Clover?Meeting
of Clover Peanut Growers Association.
Grkpatrick Belk Company?Our buyers
just back from the'New York
market.
loe M. Inman and C. II. Siebenhausen
?Dissolution notice,
rhe Star Theatre. Q. Wray, Manager?Antonio
Moreno .today.
Fampbell-Quinn Company, Clover?
Ford dealers. .
^herer & Quinn?Seed Irish potatoes,
i'ork Drug. Store?Rexall every day
tonic;
First National Bank of Sharon?
Roosevelt used .to say
Fash and Carry?We pay extra.
It. E. Allison anA Mayme C. Allison,
Administrators?Notice of application
of final discharge.
"It is a rattling good road we have
iiraon IT inb/>?Mr Csnn/i nnd CJm Vl*no
jiivxvin jr Uiuvc auu wiujiiin
low," said Mr. John K. Allison, of
rlickory Grove yesterday. "We could
lot break any speed limits over that
.vay before the completion of the road,
f we had wanted to, but I guess we
will need watching now. And if we
3on't speak to you when we pass, don't
lold it against us. To have a road
tike that when we have never hud anything
before is calculated to make anybody
proud. You will have to give us
i little time to get used to it."
"Pork raised on peanuts is not anything
like equal to corn fed pork," said
C. F. Sherer, former proprietor of the
3ity Market, yesterday. "I used to
have a customer who sold me such
pork. You could not see the difference,
of course, until the hog went to the
cutting block. Then you noticed that
the meat was soft and flabby and It was
not as desirable as corn fed pork. But
while this is true, neither the wholesaler
nor the retailer concerns himself
lbout anything except the condition
-a T f (a an
ana ine weigni 01 iuc uu^. n 10
much a pound for either. But this Is
also true. No matter what a hog may
have been raised on, even to the offal
of the butcher pen, feed him on corn
for from a month to six weeks before
killing, and the difference is not to be
discovered/'
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Since the last publication of the record
In The Yorkville Enquirer, real
estate transfers have been Indexed in
the office of the a.tyinty auditor as follows:
Betheeda?Cornelia K. Pressly et al.
to W. G. Darby, 70 3-10 acres; $500.
C. L. Moore to Mrs. Hattie W. Moore
?t al., 100 acres; $1.
Broad River?J. S. WhitesideS to
Martha I. Whltesides, 1 lot; $1, love
and affection.
Catawba?J. Lee Garrison to The
Peoples Trust Co.flOO acres; $5.
J. B. Johnson to John B. Nicholson,
1 lot; $825,
Ebenezer?N. M. Bagley to N. B.
Williams, 85 4-10 dcres; $5.
King's Mountairv?G. W. Knox toVirrie
B. Jackson, 1 lot; $600.
York?Paul N. Moore to Hal It.
Mackorell, 1 lot; $1,500.
MORE THAN FORTY YEARS^ (
So far the following responses have
been received In compliance with the
equest for information about subscribers
who have been taking The Yorkville
Enquirer for more than forty
years:
T. E. Harper, York No. 8, 67 years.
S. H. Epps, Sr., Fort Mill, 55 years.
M. S. Carroll, Filbert No. 1, 55 years.
J. B. Wood, Clover, 53 years.
A. H. Merritt, Fort Mill, 52 years.
K. A. Patrick, White Oak, 52 years.
H. J. Sherer, Sharon No. 2, 52 years.
J. N. Roberts, McAdenville, N. C., 52
^ears.
W. J. Gordon, York No. 6, 50 years.
W. S. Lesslie, I^esslie, 48 years,
j. J. Matthews, Rock Hill No. 4, 45
>'ears.
J. M. Brian, Yorkville, 44 years.
S. I#. Pursley, Clover No. 4, 42 years.
J. M. Williford, Yorkville. 42 years.
L?. R. Itoddey, Catawba, 41 years.
G. R. Wallace, York No. 2, 41 years.
OFFICERS GET STILLS
Four distilleries complete with the
ivorms were found hidden in the
ground on the Wilkes place just over
*? r?*w1 nhnnt
the line in unesier cuum* .?
nineteen miles southwest of Yorkville
yesterday morning by Constables H. L.
Johnson and Carson Hedricks of York
county and Sheriff Anderson and
Deputy Sheriff Howze of Chester
county. Two barrels filled with mash
ind ready to be made into liquor were
tlso discovered.
The officers suspected John Coleman.
a negro living on Turkev Creek,
of having some knowledge of the stiMs
and they undertook to search his
house. Coleman didn't like it and
cursed Jearn Gregory, a member of
the searching party. Then he made
at Gregory with a shoe knife and it
was necessary for the officers to handle
him a bit rough.
Coleman was brought to jail in
Yorkville where he is held on a warrant
charging him with assault and
battery with intent to kill.
Constables Johnson and Hedricks
raided a still on the Dickey place in
King's Mountain township Wednesday.
The distillery was in operation at the
time and was taken complete. The
copper boiler was of about eighty gallons'
capacity. Fifteen fruit jars and
a number of other receptacles for
liquor were found about the place.
While none of the operators were at
the still several white men ere found
nearby who were unable 10 give a
imttsf.mtnrv amount of their presence.
\To arrests were made, however.
DUMB MUTE ARRESTED
Charged with issuing checks without
funds to cover, E. B. Craven, a
leaf and dumb mute who live3 in the
McConnellsville section, was arrested
this week and lodged in the county
iail on warrants sworn out before
Magistrate F. C. Black. Fifteen "turnid
down" checks totaling ubout $90
ire held as evidence against Craven
?y the magistrate; and it is understood
that there are a number of
i'orkville business people and others
ivho hold checks marked "insufficient
'unds" given them by "Dummy" as
Graven is generally known.
Craven is the first deaf "and dumb
nan to be confined in jail here in a
long while. Information of the mag- r
istrate Is that he has been issuing e
worthless checks 'or quite a while and J
lias made no effort to make them good.
Communication between the magis- t
trate and Craven has of course been I
by correspondence. Shortly after
Craven was placed in Jail, the magis- j
trate wrote on a slip of paper: You II j
have to make these checks good or It j
will be necessary for you to go to the }
chaingang."
Craven wrote back: "I don't know
just what about that; my health is not
very good."
The check flasher has two boys who j !
live with him in the McConnellsville >
section. It is understood that ar- | i
rangements are being made to send l
the older of these to the state reformatory
while the younger will bo placed ]
in an orphanage. It is said that he ,
has neglected his children a great deal
and that people of the community
wanted to put both boys in an orphanage
some time ago; but the plan failed
because he would not agree.
Craven was formerly employed as
a carpenter around Yorkville.
MILLER SCHOOL STANDS*
The tenant house on the premises of
C. A. Dellinger of York No. 4, loaned to
Miller School District No. 48 for school
purposes since the third school build
ing was burned last Friday still stands I
and the community fire bug has as yet
made no effort to burn it so far as the
authorities know. Still there is not the
slightest clue to the identity of the
persons who have burnt three buildings
used for school purposes within the
past three months.
Burning of the school buildings continues
to be the chief topic of conversation
in the school district and in the
community surrounding and, people are
greatly incensed over the matter. "If
we can locate the person or persons
who have burned those school houses,
it is trouble for him," said a man yesterday.
"No fire fiend is going to prevent
thirty or more school children
from going to school in Miller district
and that is all there is to It."
But the citizen who-talked had no
evidence tending, to incriminate any
one. Inquiry of police officers and
school authorities' drew the information
that they are about as much at
sea as they have ever been.
While the trustees of the district and
other school" officials appreciate the
generosity of Mr. Dellinger in lending
his building for school purposes and
running the risk of having it burned,
it is said that the building is not very
suitable because of the fact that it is
not centrally located. There has been
some talk of buying a tent and locating
it on the site of the building burned
last FViday; the only draw back to the
plan being- that it is feared a tent
would not provide sufficient light.
WITHIN THE TOWN
? Pupils of the Yorkville Graded
School had a half holiday on Wednesday
on account of Washington's
birthday.
? Hal Mackorell has bought a lot on
King's Mountain street between the
residences of Sam M. Grist and H. E
Ferguson from Paul Moore.
? Is it not funny that while everybody
seems to be agreed that a potato
house would be a good thing, nobody
has seen proper to go about the building
of one.
? The McConnell Dry Goods Company
had a very satisfactory dollar
day yesterday, their special offerings
stirring up considerable trade from the
town and surrounding country.
? The management of the Yorkville
Cotton Oil company has decided upon
the complete remodeling and re-equipment.of
its ice plant, and the necessary
machinery for the purpose has been
purchased. The capacity of the present
plant, which makes "white" ice, ia
between five and eight tons a day. This
remodeled plant, which, will make
.i.i" i/>/? will hp from ten to flf
. ux jaiai iw, ?...
' teen tons a day. It is expected that the
change will be completed before the
warm weather sets in.
? Theo Mackorell, Joe Herndon and
J. B. Grant have their flivver recently
purchased from Hamlet Can-oil in
pretty good running order and they
are about ready to start on their trip
over a good part of the country In the
car. They expect to go to Florida
where they will remain a while and
then start to the wheat fields of the
north-west and from thence into Canada.
It is their intention to camp by
the roadside at night and they expect
to make the trip with comparatively
little expense.
? Have you joined the Ku Klux? It
is understood that two organizers of
the Order of the Ku Klux Klan made
famous by Col. William Joseph Simons
of Atlanta and the New York World
have been in town this week and have
secured the pledges of a number of
local people to join a local klan which
will be organized in the event a sufficient
number of memberships are
secured. One of the organizers, it is
said, represents himself as a former
Catholic priest who after serving the
Pope at Rome faithfully for years came
to the conclusion that Catholicism was
all wrong and became a Protestant, I
tnirinrr nn work as an organlzerj
for the Ku Klux who It Is understood
are opposed to the Catholic church and
all of its works. It is said that the
organizers are equipped with long lists
of names of people of the town and
community who according to their information
would probably affiliate
themselves with the order and that
they are quite busy interviewing these
persons.
? "Rose of Washington Square," musical
comedy extraordinary, proved
particularly pleasing to critical York'
ville theatre goers at the performance
in the city hall opera house here Toesday
night. And Yorkville folks, whether
you know it or not are critical?
critical about anything?second nature
with them. The unanimous decision of
the court was that "Rose of Washington
Square'' was all right and that
Manager J. Frank Faulkner deserved
great credit for his success in bringing
a musical comedy of such high class
here. Having a consistent plot, the
comedy element, although unusually
strong, was softened by delightful i
touches of pathos. The company,
whose personnel included a number of
chorus girls, really good looking girls,
was free from vulgarity, coarseness
and double entendre. In fact, it was all
that a musical comedy could be, and
Miss Melinda Melville, 39, who sat
about middleways and vamped the good
looking girlies with disapproval at the
hpcinning of the show, confidentially}
express u the opinion to Mrs. DuffDufferdou
as she went out of the theatre
that "really it was most interesting
and entertaining:" There was a good (
house and the management of the theatre
and the management of the show
were very well pleased. There were a (
few vacant seats in the bald-headed ,
row; bceausc of the fact that some of ,
the bald-headed. boys couldn't scrape |
up the necessary two simoleons for a ,
seat there; but most of those who
couldn't go to the front, managed to get '
one of the seats further back that were j
sold foi $1.10. Quite a number of poo- ,
pie from Clover, Sharon, Hickory j
Grove, McConnellsville and other 8
towns around were present and they. ?
too had a most enjoyable evening. The j
"Rose of Washington Square" compa- i
ny arrived in Yorkville Tuesday after- i
loon over the Carolina & North-Westrn
in their special Pullman from
tsheville, N. C., where they played the
lay before. They left early Wednes- j
lay morning for Columbia, where they
>laycd Wednesday night.
ABOUT PEOPLE
Mrs. D. A. Whisonant of Sharon, is
spending several days in Atlanta.
J. Frank Ashe of McConnellsvllle
vas in Yorkville yesterday.
Miss Maud Stroup, of Yorkville
spent Wednesday in Hock Hill.
Mr. A. C. White, of King's Creqk No.
I, was among the visitors in Yorkville
today. '
Mesdames J. F. Ashe and J. M. Williams
of McConnellavtlle, are visiting
relatives in Yorkville.
Mrs. J. K. Alston and Mrs. L. W.
i'errin of Yorkville are visiting relatives
in New Orleans, La.
Mr. John J. Matthews of Rock Hill
No. 4, was a visitor in Yorkville on
Wednesday.
Messrs. J. K. Allison and W. S. Wllkcrson
of Hickory Grove were visitors
in Yorkville yesterday.
Miss Ellen Crawford of McConnellsville
was a visitor in Yorkville yesterday.
Mrs. J. H. Glenn, of Chester visited
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Allison
in Yorkville this week.
Mrs. Tracy ITnctor, of Surrimcrville
is visiting her parents, Mr. and Airs.
It. J. Mackorell, in Yorkville.
Mrs. J. F. Love has returned to her
home in Chester after a visit to her
father, Mr. H. T. Williams, in York..Ml
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Mrs. J. M. Stroup, of Yqrkville visited
her daughter, Mrs. W. S. Patterson,
who is a patient in a Charlotte hospital
this week.
Mrs. Jas. A. Chapman, Jr., and little
son of Inraan, are visiting the family
of Mrs. W. F. Marshall, In Yorkville.
Miss Nannie Rcid who makes her
home with her nephew Mr. Potts at
Sharon sustained a stroke of paralysis
yesterday and relatives and friends
are much concerned about her.
Mr. Arch Steele, for a number of
years past a resident of the Blairsvllle
section is preparing to move to Great
Falls. His son, J. Cal Steele is chief
of police there.
Walter O. Hayes, for a number of
years past in the furniture business
at Sharon and later in the ice business
there has moved with his family
to Great Falls.
Mrs. Daisy R. Walkup and Miss
Alice Ratchford of Waxhaw, N. C., ore
visiting the families of Mr. J. M. Sims,
Mr. C. L. Kennedy and other relutives
and friends at Sharon.
Mr. R. C. Brocklngton, or rne r-aimetto
Monument Company, Yorkvllle
who has been seriously ill for several
weeks, is now able to be up; but will
hardly be strong enough to resume his
regular work until next week. He has
had quite a serious time of it.
Dr. S. Howard White, United States
naval service assigned to the U. S. S.
Kitterie visited tho family of his
mother, Mrs. W. G. White in Yorkvllle
this week. Dr. White's boat is now at
Norfolk, Va., having recently returned
from a trip to United States naval
stations in Cuba and the West Indies
Hartness DuBose, young son of Dr.
and Mrs. L. H. DuBose of Great Falls
was seriously burned and shock d
yesterday morning when he w. s
struck by a high powered electric wiie
carrying a current of 2,300 volts. The
lad's father was also badly shocked
when he attempted to separate him
from the wire. The top of the little
boy's head was badly burned and one
of his hands. He is a grand son of
Mr. and Mrs. John S. Hartness of
Sharon and a nephew of Mrs. Jas. D.
Grist of Yorkville.
Howard McMackin, who made quite
a reputation as a pitcher with the
American Legion baseball team here
last 3ummer has received an offer of
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of the South Atlantic league this
spring. 'Mack" received an offer for
a trial with the Columbia Club of the
same league some time ago as did Carl
J. Gaulden who also played with the
American Legion team here. Mr.
Gaulden has decided to accept the Columbia
offer of a trial; but Mr. McMackin
has not decided whether he
will try to break Into professional
baseball or not.
Mr. W. T. Hope, well known farmer
of Newport was the guest at a surprise
birthday party given by his wife
and nine children Monday on the occasion
of his 71st birthday. The affair
was arranged by Mrs. Hope and
his children, each of whom accompanied
by their wife or husband reached
tho borne at Newport just before noon
Wednesday at about the same time.
Each brought along a supply of edibles
and to these were added a collection
of dainties prepared by Mrs. Hope, including
a huge cake with 71 candles.
Despite his 71 years Mr. Hope is hale
and hearty and gives his personal attention
to his four-horse farm, seeing
that his hog pasture is well stocked
with shoats and fattening hogs all the
time. He come?t from a family noti
ilea ior ineir longeviiy una nus every
reason to hope that he will enjoy many
more years of health and strength.
He has two uncles nearing the century
mark?Messrs. Thomas Hope, aged 97
of New York City and Chris Hope of
McAdenville, N. C. who is 91. Mr.
and Mrs. Hope have been married ior
48 years and of this union nine sons
and daughters survive. All of them
were present for the family re-unlon
Monday as follows: W. H.; J. R.; and
P. Earl Hope of Rock Hill; J. K. Hope
Rock Hill,. R. P. D.: T. G and Odis
Hope, Gas'tonia; Mrs. H. W. Adkins,
Newport; Clyde and Worth Hope.
Newport. Two brothers Messrs. C. C.
and John C. Hope and a sister, Mrs.
R. H. Garner were also present.
GASOLINE TAX.
Both house and senate have adopted
the report of the free conference committee
on the gasoline tax bill, and
with the signature of the governor the
bill will become a law. The bill levies
a tax of two centd a gallon on gasoline,
the tax to be collected from the wholesale
distributor within the state and
one-half of the revenue is to be used
for state purposes, while the other half
is to go to the counties in the proportion
that the taxable property of each
bears to the total taxable property in
the state. The text of the bill is as
follows:
"Section 1. That every oil company
doing domestic or intrastate business
within the state and engaging in the
business of selling, consigning, using,
siiipping or distributing for purposes
of sale within this state any gasoline
or any substitutes therefor, or combinations
thereof, for the privilege of
carrying on such business shall be subiect
to the payment of a license tax,
which tax shall be measured by and
graduated in accordance with the volume
of sales of such oil company within
the state. Every such oil company
jhall pay to the state treasurer an account
of money equal to two (2) cents
per gallon on all gasoline, combinations
hereof or substitutes therefor, sold or
;onsigned, used, shipped or distributed
for the pur' ->se of sale within this
state.
To i ax Commission.
"Sec. 2. That every oil company '
subject to the tax provided for in Section
I of this act shall on or before the
20th day of each and every month
make out and file with the South Carolina
tax commission a return under
oath in such form as may be prescribed
by the said South Carolina tax commission,
showing the number of gasoline,
combinations thereof or substitutes
therefor which ,have been sold or
eonHismed. used, shipped or distributed
for purposes of sale within this state
during the previous month and shall at
the same time remit to the state treasurer
the amount of the tax provided by
this act. And every such oil company
shall keep a record or records showing
all purchases and disposition of all gasoline,
combinations thereof or substitutes
therefor; and such records shall
at all .times be subject to inspection by
any agent of the South Carolina tax 1
commission or tho department of agriculture,
commerce arid industries.
"Sec. 3. If any oil company shall fail
to make the required monthly report or
shall fail to pay the taxes herein provided,
the South Carolina tax commission
shall rnake a return for such delinquent
oil company upon such information
as may be reasonably obtained,
assess the tax thereon, add a penalty
of 10 per cent to the amount to be assessed,
and certify the same to the
state treasurer,, and if such tax and*
penalty is not paid to the state treasurer
on or before the first day of the following
month, or if such oil company
shall fail.to keep a record of all gasoline,
combinations thereof or substitutes
therefor as required by this act
or shall wilfully make a false or fraudulent
return, then in each such event *
the oil company subject to said tax
shall be guilty of misdemeanor, and
upon conviction snan Dt? suoject 10 a
fine of not less than one hundred ($100)
dollars, or imprisonment of not less
than thirty (30) days: Provided, That *
every dealer subject to a tax under the
provisions of this act shall report to
the South Carolina tax commission
within five (t>) days after the date this
act goes into effect a trap statement of
all gasoline, combinations thereof or
substitutes therefor which such dealer
has or had on hand at the close of the
day preceding the date this act shall go
into effect, and failure to make such
report shall be deemed a misdemeanor,
punishable by fine of one hundred
($100) dollars, or imprironment not exceeding
ten (10)
"Sec. 4. It is hereby declared to be
the intent and purpose of this act to
impose a tax upon every oil company
enguged lh domestic or intrastate commerce
or business within the schedule
provided fh Section 1 of this act, at the
rate therein specified, where such gasoline,
combinations thereof or substitutes.therefor
is originally sold, consigned,
used, shipped or distributed by such
oil company within this state, but nothing
in this act should be construed to
impose such license tax upon any selling
agent, consumer or retailer, selling.
consigning, shipping, aistrinuung or
using any of said gasoline, combinations
thereof or substitutes therefor
which may have been bought from,
consigned by or otherwise billed by
any oil cOrhpany as defined in this act
which had paid the tax as herein imposed,
nor1 shall this act be held to apply
in cases of interstate commerce.
"Sec. 6. The commissioner of agriculture,
commerce and industries shall
at such times and in such forms as
may be specified by the South Carolina
tax commission certify to the South
Carolina tax commission the following:
"Names of all consignors of gasoline, ?
combinations thereof or substitutes
therCfbr, \yhen the' said products are
consigned to a resident oil company;
the names and addresses of each consignee
of an oil company and the quantity
and kind of such products so consigned.
Provided, that such information
shall be in the possession of, or on ^
file in the office of the department of
agriculture, commerce and Industries
and to the extent such information is
not in possession of said department
and riot required to' be tqere kept, no
such report shall be required.
"Sec. 6. The term 'oil company' as
used in this act shall mean and be held
to include any person, firm, corporation,
company, partnership, or association
engaged in selling or in consigning,
using, shipping, distributing for
purposes of original sale within this
state, gasoline, combinations thereof or
substitutes therefor, as specified In this
act. The term 'original sale' shall mean
the firpt sale of such products or the
first distribution, transfer, consignment,
or bailment of such products for
the purpose of sale within the state.
"Sec. 7. The South Carolina tax
commission shall, as soon as practica
ble and before the 25th day or eacn
month, certify to the state treasurer
the names of all persons, corporations,
partnerships, anil associations liable to
pay the tax herein provided, together
with the postoffice address and the
amount of the tax, and If the said tax
has not been paid when the state treasurer
receives such certification, he shall
issue a warrant or execution directed
to the sheriff of the county or his lawful
deputy", in which the delinquent
taxpayer resides or where his business
is conducted. The sheriff to whom such
execution is directed shall proceed to
enforce same in'the same manner provided
by law for the enforcement of an
execution issued by a county treasurer
ac,vinst a delinquent taxpayer. That
the taxes and hll penalties herein provided
for ?hall be held as a debt payable
to the state by the party against
whom the same shall be charged, and
all such taxes, penalties and assessI
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uil.*iii3 audit uc a iiioi lieu iti an v,aavo
whatsoever upon all property of the
party charged therewith. Provided,
that nothing contained herein shall be
construed as imposing any tax on ker- ^
osene.
"Sec. 8, All money collected under
the provisions of this act shall be paid
into the state treasury, one-half of
which shall be credited to the general
fund as used for defraying the ordinary
expense^ of the state government,
and the -remaining half of all moneys
collected under the provisions of this
act shall be distributed to the counties
to be used exclusively for the construe|
tion or maintenance of roads. Such
distributions among the counties shall
oe made by the state treasurer before
the 10th day of January, April, July
and October of each year, the amount
distributable on account of the collection
of the preceding three months being
paid to each county treasurer in
such manner that the amotfnt received
shall bear the same ratio to the totil
amount distributed as the amount of
the assessed value of property in such
county bears to the total amount of the
assessed value of property in the entire
state. , <
"Sec. 9. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent
with the provisions of this
act are hereby repealed.
"Sec. 10. This act shall go into effect
on the first day of the month after the
approval of this act by the governor.*'
LOCAL LACONICS
Extension of Return Time.
Auditor Love received notice from
the comptroller general yesterday, of
extension of the time in which tax returns.
may be made without penalty to
March 1.
Sharon Athletic Teams Win.
Sharon boyc defeated Cotton Belt
boys at basketball at Sharon Wednesday,
18 to 8 according to Clyde Flex