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ESTABLISHED 1850 YORK, S. C.~ TUESDAY, MARCH 21^1922^ NO. 33
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VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS
Brief Local Paragraphs o! More 01
Less Interest.
PICKED UP BY EMQD1KER REPOITEK
8toriaa Concerning Folks and Things
Soma of Which You Know and
8oma You Don't Know?Condensed
For Quick Reading.
Opinion of a Veteran.
Mr. M. L. Thomasson of York No. 2,
who has recently been quite sick, is
able to come to Yorkville again. He
was in town last Saturday, looking
none the worse on account of his illness.
Asked as to his farming plans,
he said that he did not propose to operate
quite so extensively this year as
usua1.
"Of course I expect to plant a little
0 cotton as usual," he said; "but there is
rather too much risk in the business to
attempt too much and I don't think
that I will do It."
Hauling by Truck.
The big trucks have practically
killed the hauling of cotton by rail for
^l?fnnrtoo oal?i a r*a llrflflH nfficifll
to Views and Interviews a few days
ago.
"Recently a Rock Hill concern
bought 250 bales of cotton at McConncllsville.
The freight rate from Rock
Hill to McConnellsville was 35 cents a
hundred. The trucks offered to do the
work for 11.50 a J>ale. The rail rate
on a 400 pound bale would be $1.40 and
on a 500 pound bale $1.75. The trucks
of course had it on us, because they
not only agreed to haul the cotton at
a lower rate but to deliver it at tne
warehouse of the mill. We could only
deliver at our side track."
Will Not Be a Candidate.
Mrs. R. E. Quinn, who has been talked
of as a possible successor of H. E.
NclPas county treasurer, will not be a
candidate. That Mrs. Quinn is competent
to fill the place there is no reason
to doubt. She has been with Mr.
Neil for many years, and she is familiar
with every detail of the business;
but she docs not want the place.
"No, I will not be a candidate," said
Mrs. Quinn, when asked by Views arid
Interviews about the matter. "I have
no idea of being a candidate. There is
too much responsibility in the p^acc for
me. It is very nice of people who have
been kind enough to assure me of their
support; but it would not suit me and
I am not going to try it." . _ . .. .
Dangerous Carelessness.
While looking through the chattel
mortgage index 'in the offlcb of the
clerk of the court the other day, the
representative of The Yorkville Enquirer
was struck with the small percentages
of old mortgages that had
been marked "satisfied."
"What does this mean?" asked the
newspaper man of the clerk. "Surely
one is not to understand that all these
mortgages for years back are still
alive."
"No," said Clerk McMackin, "it does
not mean that. It is more a matter of
careless indifference than anything
else, I suppose. It is only now and
then that a mortgagor, after he has
taken up his note, comes around and
has the mortgage marked satisfied.
Usually about the only way to get at it
is to go to the books of the mortgagee,
x Had a man to come in a few days ago
with a whole bunch of old mortgages
that had been satisfied with a request
that the satisfactions be recorded."
Dog and the Coon.
"Yes, a dog that knows its business
can kill a coon all right," said Mr. "W.
E. Gettys, of the Tirzah neighborhood,
Saturday, while he and others wore
discussing the subject over the coon at
W. F. Jackson's store, recently captured
in the Eastview section.
"Uncle John Boyd' used to say that
he would not have a dog that' cou'-d not
kill a coon. Uncle John lived in the
Neely Creek section and he was a
great coon hunter, fifty or sixty years
ago when there was something to hunt,
and he caught and killed lots of coons.
"I am not much of a hunter myself;
but as I understand It, it is a question
, of the dog knowing its business. A
coon can whip any two or three ordinary
dogs if it has half a chance, and
if it is a question of fighting in the
water the coon cai^whlp a whole pack
of dogs. But the dog that knows his
business is a match for the coon anywhere,
even in the water. He must get
a good grip on the coon at the right
place and hold on?that's all. If he
will just hold on long enough the coon
will die. A good coon dog learns that."
That State Income Tax.
There is a lot of dissatisfaction about
the income tax law passed at the last
session of the general assembly. Ol
course, the average man is not especially
friendly to any kind of a tax
Most reasonable people, however, understand
that though government is ar
evil, it is a very necessary evil, and
that it cannot be run except by taxation.
Hut even these people develoj
impatience under too much taxation
and some of them are quite hot undei
the collar about that state income tax
Here is the way a Yorkville man delivered
himself on the subject to Viewi
and Interviews a few days ago.
? "I don't mind paying my part of th<
expenses of the government. There ii
no use to mind it find 1 don't. Hut this
income tax law that the state legisla
tore has wished on us is about th<
limit according to my notion. M;
Federal income tax is no big thing
but it is hard enough to pay, and afte
I have paid it, I feel like I have done
my part in-the way of taxation. Now
they come along and say they want
f one-third as much for the state, and
I that on top or all tine otner raxes i
havo paid. It don't look right and I
don't believe it is right. For one thing
I have a feeling of disgust at law1
makers who lack the brains and
ability to get up something of their
own; but who have to copy dfter the
' Federal government.
' "But another thing that makes me
I mad is a feeling that something has
been put over on us. The Piedmont
section is going to have to pay more
than 75 per cent, of that tax. You
know the tax time was extended for
the benefit of the lqwer part of the
state that has been eaten up by the
boll weevil. Most of the cotton mills
are in the Piedmont, and but few of
the low country banks are showing a
nroflt. So thev have cut down the
property tax and levied an income tax
on us to help make up the difference.
They want to rob and make us carry
their burdens for them. If they had
brought up this proposition early in
the session, they could never have
passed it, but they killed time and
dragged along until the up country
farmer legislators were about whipped
out from the standpoint of expense and
the desire to get home and then put It
over. I am not in a good humor about
the situation, and I Imagine that as it
sinks into others they will not be in
any better humor. What can I do?
Nothing, perhaps. I am going to be
pretty careful how I vote next summer,
and Just now I have an idea that I am
not going to vote for the same bunch
I have been voting for?I mean the
crowd that put this over on us."
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Outlook That Mo.-e Cotton Will Be
Planted Than Usual,
Memphis, March 12.?Within a very
short while the shadow of the new
cotton crop will begin to cast itself,
for already plans are being made as
to acreage. Disposing of the unso>d
part of the past crop and the carryover
from those preceding it is making
slow progress, but there is absence of
anxiety and a growing feeling of hopefulness
as to prices. There is notable
absence of pressure to sell, and buyers
are finding holders very independent.
The labor trouble in New England
has tended to lessen lnquirjf for the
raw material ljut some compensation
for this has been afforded by the slight
improvement from abroad. Higher exchange
rates nnd evidence of better
conditions across the seas have helped
to induce a little business. It is not
expected that the buying at any tifhe
during the remainder of the season
will become insistent or hurried, but
It is nenevea tnai me siausucai position
is such that the available supply
will And an outlook at prices equal to
or. above those now prevailing:.
Large Acreage Possible.
It is still the general belief that
cotton acreage will be larger than it
was last season. Contributing to this
is the fact that cotton at ruling values
affords the south better prospects
of remuneration than trying to grow
other crops except to supply home
requirements, together with the fact,
that in many sections enough surplus
grain was produced last season
to last through the coming year.
However, there is going to be a strong
effort made to have the diversified
farming idea adhered to as far as possible.
Limitation of credits for the financial
ability to buy the needed fertilizers
will serve to hold acreage down,
and it Is probable that in many sections
much land will lie idle. By small
use of fertilizers will be assured lessened
chances of yield, in those sections
which depend so much on such aids to
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Weevil Are Numerous.
But over and above all, as a probable
hindrance to a large yield, is the
probability of more boll weevil depredations
than ever experienced. Backing
up the general idea as to the unusually
heavy number of weevil to
survive the winter; the figures from
the government experiment station at?
Tallulah, Bo., showing five times as
many live ones as ever known before,
have directed attention to the outlook.
It is admitted by observant students
of conditions that it is possible to
grow a fairly good crop in spite of
the weevil, but the chances arc vastly
against it, especially in those sections
where the lands are low and flat, and
the plant grows luxuriantly, as in the
Mississippi valley section.
The plan to be adopted in this section
of the debt is to try and get as
I early a start as possible for the crop.
: It has been shown that this is the most
>. effective way, for when the pest pets
numerous enough practically all the
fruit Is taken. It is feared that the
infestion early this summer will ho so
" heavy that even the early part of the
' fruitage will be affected.
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> = ?I-iurens. March IS: Guilty of manslaughter
with recommendation for
' mercy was the verdict and ten years
' each in the state penitentiary was the
sentence of the court upon Luther
- Timmons and Monroe Willard, young
s men of Clinton, who were convicted
of the charge of murder in the killing
cf Hosea O. Martin, Laurens city po?
liceman, December 14 last. The verg
j diet of the jury was returned shortly
s before 6 o'clock Saturday afternoon.
Judge John S. Wilson refused a new
" trial for the men and counsel for the
i* defense at once gave notice of inteny
tion to appeal the case to the State
. Supreme Court and asked the court to
' grant bail. Bond was fixed at $.1,000
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BIRTHPLACE OF JACKSON
Stevenson Takes Vigorous Fan Out
ot Charlotte Observer.
SPEECH WAS FOR TRUTH OF HISTORY
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Washington Correspondent Had Tried
Old Scheme of Laughing Away the
Real Facts, and Congressman Will
Not 8tand for Anything of the Kind.
The Charlotte Observer In a recent
io8ue published the following from
Congressman Stevenson:
To the Editor of The Observer:
I regret that you were misled by
your correspondent here in the statement
that the Jackson controversy
was the result of my challenging Mr.
Hammer to debate the question in the
house of representatives. I have
never made any such challenge, but
when the question was raised by the
members from other states, I stated
that I expected to make a speech and
put the proofs in The Record. I do
not think Mr. Hammer was even present,
and certainly we did not engage
In any controversy for want of something
else to do. Why your correspendent
made the statement, I am unable
to imagine. You have had quite
a great deal to say about the controversy,
but if you look at The Record
it took 40 minutes of the time of the
house, which was devoted to general
aeDaie wnicn means tnai ine memoers
talk about anything except the bill
which is under discussion. In one of
your statements you have also intimated
that the argumen was so long
that it would be impossible to print
it. I did not, and do n6t ask you to
print it, but will call attention to the
fact that the space taken up in your
editorial of March 7 could have contained
the nine letteri which I have
printed of Jackson's own composition,
in each of which he affirmed that he
was born in South Carolina, and in one
of which he affirmed that he was born
on the Crawford place, one mile from
the crossing of Waxhaw creek by the
Carolina road. In an editorial of February
22 you say: "The stock argument
that Jackson himself always insisted
that he first saw the light on the
South Carolina line has been successfully
refuted with the argument that
Jackson's mother ought to have known
more than the Infant," do you Intend
to convey the Impression that there Is
any proof that she ever stated that he
was born In North Carolina? You had
to--know that there Is no such proof,
and that statement is calculated to
mislead somebody. You concluded
that editorial by the statement that
tho D. A. R. monument settles the
question. You refrain from letting
your constituency know that as early
as 1820 the map of South Carolina was
made, and the place in which he was
born in South Carolina was designated
in large letters and published to the
wcrld, and the map was submitted to
Jackson, and he wrote a letter, which
I can produce in which he said: "I r
have received your favor of the 15th
ultimo accompanied by a map of the
district of Lancaster within which I
was born ... a view of the map
pointing to the spot that gave me birth
brings fresh to my memory many asoAolnilAwo
/Iaoh tn rv* i r hftort tho
ouuiuiiuuo uvai iu iiij iivui v v??v
crossing of Waxhaw creek, within a
mile of which I was born is still, however,
I see possessed by Mr. John
Crawford, con of the owner, Robert,
who lived there when I was growing
up and at school. I lived thero for
many years, and from the accuracy
with which this spot is marked on the
map I conclude the whole must be correct."
So if the monument put up a
few years ago by the deluded D. A.
R.'s of North Carolina estops us, how
about the legend on the map made in
1820, and approved by Jackson, and
having been a public record for 102
years, and on file as a correct public
document in the congressional library
being some evidence of an estoppel
against the North Carolina production?
It was the work of the great engineer
who designed the Washington monument.
I desire to correct a statement
which you make thnt after Dunbar interrupted
I proceeded for an hour be
fore Hammer interrupted. If you had
looked at The Record you would see
that altogether I used 40 minutes and
that Dunbar's questions were propounded
at tho end of 30 minutes.
Your report is calculated to impress
people that I was wasting a great deal
of time. I do not think you were fair
either in leaving it to appear that I
made no answer to either Dunbar or
Hammer, that is a matter, however,
for you. I desire to remark, however,
that Dunbar subsequently withdrew
his statement about the encyclopaedia
all being his way, because on inspection
none of them were his way.
"Now one word as to your attitude
of printing nothing which militates I
against your views, 1 desire to seo if
you have the fairness to print what
the "Mecklenburg Jeflfersonlan" said
about this question in 1845. An enthusiastic
public meeting was held,
and Rev. Jesse F. W. Freeman was
ackcd to deliver a memorial address
on Jackson, and on July 24 it was
delivered, so The Jeflfersonian says,
to a large crowd in the First Presbyterian
church. The resolutions adopted
were of the very strongest, but
made no claim to Jackson's birthplace.
The Rev. Freeman in his eulogy said:
"Andrew Jackson was born on the 15th
of March, 1767, in the settlement of
Waxhaw, in the state of South faro
Una," and The Mecklenburg Jeffersonian
on the ne*t day commended It
as a great historical address, which it
would have the pleasure of publishing
very soon, and It published it on
the 22nd of August, 1845, with conspicuous
headlines. If the attitude of
the citizens of Charlotte is to be
judged by the intolerant attitude of
The Observer on this question, I take
it that the Rev. Freeman would lose
his pulpit if he dared to make such
a statement now in that church. The
Raleigh Standard of June 26, 1845,
makes the same statement to which
it ac^s: "Though born in the Waxhaw
settlement, within the bounds of
our sister state of South Carolina, our
people have always looked upon him
as their son, for it was among them at
the age of 18 he selected and studied
his profession." The same paper on
July 2, 1845, gives Jackson's chronology,
the first item is: "1767, March 15,
born near Waxhaw settlement, South
Carolina." It published a number of
eulogies, including Bancroft's made in
Washington, D. C., and Judge Rodman's
made in Washington, N. C., both
of whom assert that Jackson was born
in South Carolina.
I will not trespass further upon
your valuable space. You will find
the above references in the files of
the congressional library in Wash
lngton. Really the question that concerns
me about my native state Is that
she should perhistently now endeavor
to be classed as the mother of a man
who repudiates her as his mother, over
his official signatures, as I have shewn
aboqt 15 times, reach ng the culmination
in his last will and testament.
She seems to be a b; t short on pride,
and long on claims. W. F. Stevenson.
Washington, March 11
FIGHT ON THE TREATY.
Opponents of Proposed Pact Make Sinister
Charges..
Another sustained assault was
thrown against the four-power Pacific
treaty by the senate irreconcllables on
Friday after the treaty's friends had
argued among themselves for an hour
as to whether the pact might properly
be called an "alliance."
The fight against ratification was
carried forward in turn by Senators
France, Republican, Maryland; Johnson,
Republican, California, and Watson,
Democrat, Georgia, in a series of
speecnes wmcn occupiea me senate
most of the afternoon, which drew no
reply ffom the treaty's supporters.
Senator Johnson cpnoparcd , the pact
with the Anglo-Japanese alliance in an
effort to show that both "contain a
meaning1 broader than th?ir words."
In the course of the debate charges
of "propaganda" both for and against
the treaty were made by the opposing
sides, but no one produced any direct
evidence to supportnthe assertions or
asked for any investigation of the influences
declared to be at work to control
the action of the senate.
The discussion over application of
the term "alliance" took place largely
between Senator Willis, Republican,
Ohio, and Senator Spencer, Republican,
Missouri, both supporters of the treaty.
A speech recently made by Senator
Spencer declaring the pact to be "an
alliance for conference" but not for use
of force, was assailed by Senator Willis,
who insisted that no sort of "alliance"
was contemplated and that the
speech of the Missouri senator had embarrassed
the treaty's friends.
Mr. Spencer stood by his definition
and his characterization of the foreign
relations committee's "no alliance" resservation
as "a ridiculous absurdity."
By Senators France, Johnson and
Watson it was declared that the dictionary
definition covering the treaty
mattered little and that the real nature
of the four-power arrangement must be
judged by its practical operation. Mr.
Johnson asserted that so far as actual
working went the Anglo-Japanese alliance
covered only unprovoked aggression
in eastern Asia and India and that
if it really was dangesous to the United
States, as argued by supporters of
the four-power treaty, the reason lay
between the lines. Judged by the same
process, be asserted, the four-power
pact might easily lead to many dangers
in actual practice.
Senator Watson charged that the
"money power" was behind the treaty
and remarked that Ellhu Boot, one of
the American delegates, was a great
corporation lawyer and attorney for the
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Angio-japancse ou.o??. *.?.=
that Mr. Root could be expected to
work for "a better and stronger concert"
In the far cast.
"When secretary of state he was a
party to the rape of Korea by Japan,"
said Senator Watson.
The Georgia senator also said it was
significant that Holland had been denied
admission to the four-power
treaty, although, he said, "her insular
possessions were larger than the
French."
"France was brought in because she
has the largest standing army in the
world," Senator Watson continued.
"England and Japan need those soldiers.
Holland has no military .strength
to contribute."
One of the first results of the fourpower
treaty, Senator Watson predicted,
would be cancellation of the Allied
J't4 *~ Gtntp? ITo nnintrfl
UCUl LU IIJC Ulllicu
out that a place on the new debt commission
had been given to Secretary
Mellon, of the treasury, who he said not
only was associated with Wall street,
but was holding his ofhoe in violation
of the law. He added that somebody
"ought to arrest him and send him to
the penitentiary."
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CAPITAL NEWS AND GOSSIP
Increasing Interest in Approaching
Primary Election.
FOUR CANDIDATES* FOR MAYORALTY
Senator Christensen Has no Idea of
Being a Candidate for Governor and
May Not Stand for Senate AgainAutomobile
Tourist Returning From
Florida.
Correspondence The Yorkrllte Enquirer
Columbia, March 20.?Great Interest
attaches in the approaching municipal
primary to nominate a candidate
for mayor of Columbia, which primary
Is to be held on April 26. So
far about 3,000 men and women have
registered to vote in the primary and
It Is estimated that almost that many
more will have registered by the time
the registration books close next Saturday.
Several hundred women have
registered to vote In the primary.
Thus far there are four candidates
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announced lor mayor. xney urw yy.
A. Coleman, a member of the present
city council; A. W. Holman, a lawyer;
Thomas E. Hair, a magistrate and
John W. Richardson, former chief of
police of Columbia, whose wife is
considered a shrewder politician than
he is. While there may be other candidates
it is not likely, according to
Cdlumbia folks who know something
about the matter. The strongest candidate
in the race up to date now is
said to be Mr. Coleman who has been
a power in politics in the capital city
for years and who, according to some
observers, is the mayor of Columbia
now in every thing except name.
Coleman's enemies say that he favors
a wide open town including the reopening
of the "Red light'" district
but this he denies. A poll of the taxicab
drivers, pool room habitues and
others of the near underworld at least
indicate that there are lots and lots
of them who favor Coleman.
The convention of the South Carolina
Teachers' Association held here
Thursday, Friday and Saturday of
last week proved a mighty good thing
for Columbia merchants and for the
hotels. The merchants, especially
dealers in women's wear and shoes,
put. on special sales with an additional
special discount of ten per cent, to
teachers and hundreds of dr^saea and
other articles of women's wear were
taken back to various South Carolina
towns and hamlets by delegates to the
convention. Every hotel in the city
was crowded with delegates and rooms
were at a premium.
Senator Neils Christensen of Beaufort
who resigned as chairman of the
senate finance committee during the
closing days of the general assembly,
told the correspondent of The Yorkville
Enquirer the other day that under
no circumstances would he be a
candidate for governor in tho primary
to be held in August. "I have had no
intention of making the race for governor,"
he said, "and I will most cer
tainly not be in the race this summer."
The senator intimated also that he
would not seek re-election to the
senate from Beaufort county.
Attention of lovers of sports here
will begin to center on baseball thiB
week when the candidates-for places
on the Columbia* team of the South
Atlantic League will report for practice.
Several players who have been
offered a try-out with Columbia reported
to Manager Zinn Beck last
week and many others are expected to
come in this week. Among those who
are expected to report this week is
Pitcher Carl J. Gaulden of Yorkville,
who made such a good showing with
the American Legion baseball team in
that town last summer. Mr. Gaulden
is well known in amateur baseball
circles over the state and has many
friends who hope that he will be able
to SUCK wun tne ^.uiuinuiu. uuu.
The home of J. M. Van Metre, an
undertaker of Columbia, which home
is located on Hampton Btreet and
wMch is of interest to readers of The
Enquirer because of the fact that it
was once the home of ex-President
Woodrow Wilson when he lived in
South Carolina, came near to being
destroyed by fire last Saturday. The
fire originated in a large garage in the
rear of the house and several automobiles
in the garage were destroyed.
Hard work on the part of the firemen
resulted in saving the house which
caught fire several times. The house
occupied by the former president is a
lartfe and commodious structure and
one of the most attractive on the
street. /
Columbians during me past itw
days have stopped to look at various
automobile tourists as they pass
through the streets en route from
points in Florida, where they have
been spending the winter to their
homes in various parts of the country.
The traveling quarters of some of
them are most unique. Some travel in
regular houses built over a Ford
chasis; others in small but compact
houses built over larger cars while
others make their way in automobiles
without even tops; but carrying tents
which they pitch by the side of the
road at night at whatever point they
desire to stop. Scores and scores of
these tourists have passed through the
cltv during the past several days and |
the parade will likely continue for a
couple of weeks yet.
The fact that the street cars have
not run here in more than a month
because of trouble between the street
car company and its employes is evidently
of little concern to Columbians
who don't seem to care whether the
cars are ever again operated. They
appear to bo content to walk, or if
they have a long way to walk they
simpiy mre a taxi witnoui aaoo. me
taxi cab drivers, however, have not
made a killing because of the suspension
of street car traffic. They charge
a fare of 50 cents from one point in
the city to another and Columbians
don't pay prices like that unless they
just have to. In Augusta there is a
suspension of street car traffic just
now because of trouble between the
company and, the carmen and an automobile
jitney sendee has been arranged
In that city whereby a passenger
is carried to any point In the city
for ten cents. But not Columbia.
Business people here?even transfer
drivers, believe In getting the highest
price for everything and then some if
possible.
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PASSING OF YOUNG GIRL8
Restraint of Other Days No Longer
Recognized.
Twenty-five years ago, when the
middle-aged woman of today was a
young girl, there were no movies, no
automobile no jazz and there had
been no war with its terrible - construction
days, for a quarter of a century.
The girl of that day ran on an
even keel. She was assiduously chaperoned.
Whether she needed it was
not the question. She whs, and that
was all there was to it
True she could sometimes escape for
a buggy ride, but if she came back
only a minute or two after dark she
found an anxious and perturbed mother
wringing her hands at the front
door and frantically glad to see her
daughter.
The girl of that day was hemmed in
by conventions, and she obeyed them
to the letter. If she didn't she was
frowned upon as "the fast girl in her
set." She found other girls shunning
her a little. Perhaps they had been
warned to shun her by parents or
chaperones. Even if she were popular
with the hovs and had n. better time
of it than Bome of her more careful
sisters, she couldn't be quite happy
over the sent-to-covcntry feeling that
they inspire^ in her.
Some 'of'if he' 'careful ones rebelled
some times. They knew they were not
held to be responsible human beings.
Some' ohe was constantly being responsible
for them. They were allowed
to enjoy themselves, to be happy
and gay and bright; at least that
was what they were told. But the enjoyment
the brightness and the gaiety
was cut by pattern. They dared not
be original about it. They must follow
the laws of the conventions laid
down for them.
Sometimes during the last six or
eight years the great upheavcl came
for the young girl. What started it?
Was it the automobile? The movie?
The war? Nobody knows. The shackles
of convention were suddenly struck
ofT by some means. The girl was free.
Her freedom went to her head. It
intoxicated her. She. indulged in
every wild, madcap thing she could
think of, pretending to herself all the
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madcap. She must live her own life,
she to herself, a life not cut out by
any save her own original and individual
pattern. She must think for
herself, decide for herself.
The first thing that went Into the
discard was the chaperone. Chaperones
themselves had beeu growing
younger and gayer. The girl had no
longer any respect for them, or for
the ideas they so feebly represented.
They only wanted their chance, she
felt, to be wilder and more madcap
than herself.
The experience of older women?her
mother, her aunts, her sisters?meant
nothing to her as a lesson for gi<dance.
No, ,?he must have her own experience
and not the preached results
of another's. Mothers say today that
they have no influence over their
daughters. They cannot make them
lower their skirts, or leave off painting,
or buckle their flopping galoshes.
They cannot keep them from going
with young men whpse names they
scarcely know, or prevent them from
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laiviiig luufi uuu iaic uuiui|ivuuv i iuuo,
and getting home at all hours of the
night.
It is an equally mysterious matter
how the mothers came to lose their
Influence or the whiphandle-over their
daughters. But lost it is, and gone.
Will it come back? Will the young
girl of twenty-flve years ago come
back? Will she be content to come
back?
No, not she. She has passed and
gone. In her place is a girl of poise
and determination, a girl who feels
deeply her responsibility. A girl without
sentimentality, but with good
reasoning powers. A girl who may be
reasoned with but who cannot be bidden.
A girl who will rise to the occasion,
who has a far and broad-visioned
view of life. A girl who knows
life, who hates shams and artificial!
ties.
A girl who is the girl of the future,
strong, self-reliant, four-square to the
world.
Give her room to grow.?Cally Fiylnnd
in Richmond News-leader.
JONES-SPRINGS ROW
Sensational Criminal Prosecution in
Lancaster
MISAPPROPRIATION COM PAW fUIDS
.
Manager of Moreantilo Company v ij
Charged With Uaa of Company . r
Funds in ths Pursuit of Privat*
Speculation?Bitter Partisanship In "'.! ?
Evidence and Feeling Running '
Charlotte Observer. , 2
Lancaster, S. C., March IS.?Coming
j to a cl'max to a day marked by settnations
In the trial of Charles D. Jones,
I banker and lawyer and former president
of the Lancaster Mercai tittfe com - J
puny, charged with mlsairadV&Uon
of funds and breach of truSr wtji
fraudulent intent, a threatened personal
encounter in court between Frank
H. Barrett, of Augusta, state's witness^
and Claude N. Sapp, of Columbia, of
counsel for the defense, was averted
shortly before court adjourfaed this afternoon
by the interference of the
county sheriff, who stepped between
the two men.
The witness was under cross-examination
and after a. series of clashes
and repeated matching of wits be*
iween him and the examining lawyer,
Mr. Sapp apparently became angered
by the alleged "Insolence" of the witness,
the latter resented remarks hv
Mr. Sapp and the two were about ftff
go together when tne sneritz interfered.
.
First witness for the state today waa '
George G. Scott, certified public accountant,
of Charlotte, who testified
that he was chairman of the state
board of public accountants and a dt?
rector in the national board of ac-<
countants. > Ihwi
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He tesnnea mat nu uuuo w uu- .
caster in July of last year and made
an audit of the books of the Lancaster
Mercantile company, and had his
attention called to an item of $7,500
covered by a check on the First National
bank of Lancaster on which no
satisfactory report was made; that' in
company with H. R, Rice, secretary
of the mercantile company, he 'called
at the bank and requested the cashier
for permission to see the cancelled
chock to see just how they handled ft
and that the cashier went to Jones,
who was the main banking: office, and
told him what was wanted and Jonesrefused
to let them see the check! Ri
the argument which followed, Jones
and Rice engaged in a fisticuff. .. V
Witness was asked to point out the
ei try on the check register of the mercantile
company and read pie following
entry: . . . v
"March 11, 1921, First Natlo^
bank, $7,600 charge hedge account,
order of C. D. Jones." <
On cross examination, counsel for ?
defense read two indictments. ?jor
embezzlement In the superior cotart
of Mecklenburg county Blgned by
SMSVf&HKW
company against the witness*, and
n being asked regarding thera, witness
stated that he did ?iot remember
them. >
On redirect examination, witness 1
testified that he was ' never arrested ?
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indictments, that tbcy were dismissed
and parties who bTdoght'the
suit were ordered to pay tht' eoets. V
Revere Testifies. <?
C. T. Revere, of New fork, manager
of the cotton department of
Munds, Rogers & Stackpole, was the
next witness. He testified that defendant
had had dealings with his concern
and that they had handled around 5,000
bales of cotton for
the year 1920; that the ucoount was
handled through F. H. Barrett, -of
Augusta, Ga., who had charge of all'
their southern accounts; that they
carried the account In the name of F. ?
H. Barrett, account of C.-D, Jonei;
that Jopes had 300 bales of March cotton
carried over Into 1921, 100 bought
at 22.45 and 200 at 20.35, on which he
had remitted margin of 32,500 in No*
vemfcer, 1920, and |5,000 in Dcsmber,
1920. *
Letters and telegrams bearing on
these remittances were placed In evidence.
In compliance, with Jones' Instructions,
on February 23, 1121, the
witness said, the three March contracts
were transferred to July, the
contract for 100 bales showing a loss
of $4,500 and the one for 200 a loss .of
$7,852; Jones told him one of the con
tracts was fdr someone in his office,
and on June 14, 1921, they were Instructed
by Jones to transfer the loss
of $7,852 on the two March contract*
to the mercantile company and. tP.
transfer a credit of $7,500 from the account
of Jones to the account of raer- ,
cantile company.
Witness stated that prior to June^.
1921, when the transfer was made
Jones' account of the two July contracts,
they had never had an account
with the mercantile company.
On cross examination, defense
sought to show that the transfer of
contracts standing: in Jones' name to
account of the mercantile company
was done in order to have it show in
the semi-annual statement July 1. \
Blakeney Testifies.
F. D. Blakeney, head bookkeeper. Of
Munds, Rogers & Stackpole, wa'a the
next witness. He substantiated the
testimony of Revere and went over all
the transactions in detail regarding
the transfer of the contracts from
Jones' account to tho account of the
mercantile company.
Frank H. Barrett, of Augusta, Ga^
the last witness at today's hearing, ,,1
called by the state, proved to be the . y
star witness so far produced in.this
case from the state's standpoint. All
of the alleged transactions with
Munds. Rogers & Stackpole had been
made through the office of Mr. Barrett
and on cross examination, being asked
if he had not been paid to come here
and testify, witness stated that he had
come to see justice done, that his name
appeared in all these transactions and
since the transactions were apparently
irregular and crooked he had come
here himself and brought men from
Munds, Rogers & Stackpole for the
purpose of clearing any reflection on
his name or the firm's name. He declared
these transactions were alleged
to be crooked and his natrie appearing
on them. "I would go to hell' to
protect my name," he declared.
He further testified that lie only
wanted to see justice done, that he believed
defendant guilty, but if not
guilty, he hoped he would go free.
During the cross examination coun??i
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the witness nearly cajne to blows, the
sheriff having to Interfere.
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