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. : " . ..... .. {?? > j t- Declarations that tangible clue9are i being followed which are expected to lead to arrests for ct>hiplicity In the , flogging Monday night of last week of F. T. Ethridge were made by city and . county officials at Dallas, Texas, Frii day. Announcement that the federal i departntent of justice is assembling in' formation on the case was made by ^District Attorney Murray Hughes. He {declared that similar Investigations are 3being conducted In other flogging cases v ovbr the south and that the information will-be forwarded to Washington. Fed.eral agents in various states are awaiting advices, from the attorney general's 'office concerning the validity of a law {passed shortly after the civil war, on < which prosecution in such cases may . be^based, Mr. Hughes said. ' ?Belief that.the "valor and Ameri4 ? Ka i-irtlrti'drt luiVfl in thA Wflr " , CttUlSIII VI buc LViyivu. v ... . ^should be recognkecT was said Friday 1 tfby Representative Ansorge, (Kepubll- ! ?, can) of New York, to hive prompted 1 ' bint to appoint Emil Treville Holley, ' negro, of New York city, as a candi- 1 "date for-entrance to the United States { naval academy. Holley, who Is a ( freshman In the College of the City of I New York, the New York representa- 1 tive Said, has been appointed by him < toge^fcr. ffth three other principals J and elfeWt alternates. He will be re- i quired to take a mental and physical examination with the others on April 19, and in event he fails to pass one of the alternates will be chbsen. Secretary Denby declined to discuss the ap- pointment of Holley who, it is under- ] stood would, If successful in the examinations, be the first negro At the naval academy since the days of reconstruc- ; tion. . ' ? A bottle containing- a note purporting to be signed by an engineer aboard the navy collier Cyclops, which disappeared at sea in 1917, was picked up Saturday, northwest of Cape Lookout lighthouse, near Beaufort, N. C. The note stated that a German submarine was close by, that all hands had been ordered on board the U-boat and that the ship ?w*s tfcen to be torpedoed. The nbtp. was. smirched w ith grease and the bottle whs stopped with a rubber stopper and was covered with sea. brine. The Cyclone was bound frona" a Chllfehn ;*pont for the?-tyntted . States with a 'cargo of, nitrates when ] she disappeared. .An extensive search \ ,k was conducted for her but no trace eVer was found, "ft been generally believe^ that she went down suddenly off the Atlantic eoast in a heavy squall j or storm,- although no nearby ports , reported any disturbance at the time ? and no wfreless message was received j from the vessel ihdicating any trouble, i, ?Adoption of the-40-hour week as a , $ permanent policy in all plants of the ?Ford Motor company was announced 1 2 Friday by Edsel B. Ford, president of i the company. Under the new plan the . ^ * * V.-. olAnKfl Co IMI'/IQ V' {lactones Will W Uiuuni Ull oavuma; 'and Sunday and about 3,000 will bo added to the force. The change will affect approximately 50,000 employes, i who will continue to receive the mini*; mum of $6 a day. New employes, how- 1 j l ever, will receive a minimum of $5 ] 11 daily, the pre-war scale. In making ( , the announcement, Mr. Ford said he ( i had reached the conclusion that the 40- ! i [hour week was practical, that the addi! i tional day of rest would prove a bene. fit" to the workers and that the produc. tion schedules of the Ford industries | J could be so arranged as to maintain , th/e present output on the curtailed ' working- week. Mr. Ford said he be- ' lieved a greater demand for motor ve- ! ! hides, particularly commercial, was an ^ -J indication of improvement in business < generally. 9 ?A mew development in radio by JJwMcn m'u(/\c? *'n^Vi,' iedtuwca -'ahd <bther | i forms of speech catt be received by at- J tachlng the usual receiving instrument to the electric latpR.and eliminating the < antenna as well ae relieving the oon- | gestion of wireless broadcasting in the , air, was announced from Washington Y FHday by Major General Squire, its 1 ^mveritor a'tid chief ^tgnal corps officers 1 -oft the army. The first public demon- j stration of the "new wired wireless" was held in the signal corps headquar- ' ters Friday. The whole operation of i installing the device for receiving consisted merely of removing a bulb from lamp on General Squier's desk, in' jj^rting the receiving plug in the same ? - ? fonu vftpiinm maniier*?? mr ckvh.v >u.?, cleaners and flat irons have been attached to lighting circuits. The broadcasting station, it was explained, was connected with the lighting circuit through a lamp receiver at another point. The invention is believed by signal corps officers to offer a great utility to owners of electric lamps everywhere and the general said could bring to every home where there is an electric lighting system the concerts which previously have been broadcasted through the air and received through the antenna. Another advantage claimed by the inventor is the relief of congestion of the air which it offers to a modified d^gVee and which Secretary Hoover recently called upon the national wireless- conference for a solution. Broadcasting over great distances by use of the invention is believed to be possible, but this use has not been attempted as yet. The idea was conceived less than a week ago, General Squior said. ? The American government has sent to the 'allied powers another note supplemental to that recently dispatched and designed to support its , claim for equality with those powers in the payment of costs arising from the Rhinelnnd occupation. The new < note, copies of which were presented < Saturday to the British, French, Italian, Belgian and Japanese governments by American diplomatic officials in the capitals of those nations, declared that whether or not there should be a deficit in the French account for its occupation army costs as of May 1, 1921. the claim for equality on the part of the United States would not thereby be affected. The American government in its supplemental note in words characterized by one official as plain, if not diplomatic, notified the allied governments that no juggling of bookkeeping as regards the ftthipelawl occupation costs will d^ter tJTe Ltyiltfcd States fro'fn pressing what tit^considei'M a just claim. High state jg&partment officials, in making public the new note, explained that the original identical notes delivered to the .five allied'powers "early, this week >,stated that according to information and accounts in possession of the "American government it appeared, that 'the amount due to France for its occupation army costs to May 1 had been paid in full as had costs of the armies of Belgium and Italy. Recent ^dispatches from France, it was said, .had intimated that the American gov ernment made a mistake in saying ; that France had been paid in full and ] the supplemental note was designed A A_,, ?U ..... ...? , TO ioresian unj sum oufefei-ouiuio. ? First units of the now prohibition navy are in actual operation some- i where along the Atlantic coast, it was | learned Saturday on high official au- j thority, according to a Washington dispatch. Officials continue to with- ' hold plhns for the sea attack on rum- i smugglers by the submarine chasers operated by the prohibition bureau. , but it was declared that several vessels are now on duty in Florida waters i find that others were cruising turther I north.' Qtflcials indicated that as . (apidly as additional subchasers ob- * tuined from the coast guard can be 1 >ut into'commission they will slip out o sea under sealed orders to join In he proposed rum patrol along the Atlantic coast. Lieut. R. L. Jack, of he coast guard, the admiral, of the irohibition fleet, is to have direct rharge of the operation of his miniaure warships, it was stated, officially, >ut he will function under E. C. fellowley, chief of general prohibiion agents. Commissioner Hayes, it vas understood, was waiting until the lew prohibition enforcement arm was n full swing before making any siaienent in order to avoid the possibility >f information reaching the ears of he liquor-laden enemy. Two plans ire being considered by the treasury 'or extending the sphere of operation ?f the prohibition fleet beyond the hree-mile limit. It is proposed, ac:ording to high .officials, either to nake the prohibition agents aboard he subchasers special customs agents ir tp assign regular .customs agehts iboard each of the prohibition ships. Secretary Jifellon, It was thought, would probably favor The latter netliod and authorize the customs division to designate a man for duty tbpard each o{ the rumchasers. Wi.th>ut customs authority, officials explained, the prohibition fleet could tot operate out of the three-mile limit. Customs agents, however, are employ;d to board ships bound for this coun ;ry nrter lz miies at sea. She ^orkviUc uquim. Sntered at the Postofflce at York, as Mail Matter of the Second Class. TUESDAY, MARCH 287l9^.^ The liquor traffic cannot be suppressed without severe enforcement of the laws on the subject. Looks at times as if the United States Js going to be forced into the league of nations whether or no. : t i , Fashion has decreed the lengthening of women's skirts, and there is protest all along the line; but nevertheless the decree of fashion must be Dbeyed. Now there is doubt as to whether France is going- to ratify the fourpower treaty. If not the agreement provided therein wHl narrow down to Great Britain, Japan and the United States. But if the reparations commission Is not willing to allow the \ United States the $241,000,000 she olaims, .as expenses for keeping her army on the Rhine, the question is, what is the United States going to do about it? Those who have vision should k^ep :'heir eyes on that-'highway-between Forkville and Rock Hill. It has been :oming slowly maybe; but it has jotten fuyther along than mos^t people realize. It will not be many years nore before this ,highway is as thickly lined with residences as Ebenezer Is now. There is every reason why ;his road should be built up and no ecson against it. This law against the transportation jf liquor and against the ownership 3f illegal whisky, is the law of all the people of the United States. The officers engaged in the enforcement of law nrc the dulv accredited agents )f the people?of all the people. The afflcers are employed for the purpose )f getting: results. It is extremely innoylng to Individuals to be held up >n suspicion of being engaged in vioation of the law; but there is really 10 harrfi to sucli individuals if they ire innocent. Individual citizens must submit to this if they would have the law enforced, for it must be remembered that all who are not for the law [ire against it. And if a man be igainst the strict enforcement of the aw, he is really not much better than [he man who is engaged in violating :he law. As to whether the Southern railroad tvill ever acquire the C. C. & O., or the 2. C. & O. will ever acquire the Marian and Kingville division of the Southern we don't know; but either way would it not be great? The dream of i through line from the South Atlantic j x, ?. seaooaru iu ine great, umco ia gene*.... :onsidered to have originated with Robert Y. Hayne. If it could have been carried out back in that day Charleston, S. C., would have been a greater city than New York, and all this Piedmont country would have been about a hundred years ahead of svhat it now is. Put commercial strategy and political finesse have sent development to the northeast. Mr. Hayne, however, saw things .dearly. The northwest and southeast line is the natural one, and sooner or later it will have to come. The progress of the country demands it, and it is inevitable. , , Merchant Marine. in the senate last Saturday, senator Handell. Democrat, of Louisiana, r.ude an earnest appeal to southern Democrats to stand by the pending legislature intended to build up an \mcrican merchant marine. We are glad to see such a stand by x southern Democrat, and we hope that his appeal will have its influence in enabling southerners to realize tl?e rue interest of the country in this regard. The greatness and power of every European country that has ever attained greatness and power have been !>uilt up through foreign commerce, ?nd no European nation has ever been lhle to build up any considerable for eipn commerce without liberal governmept support. > Never., has America been made to feel her weakness in ships more dis- ] t roaa ine-lv than duriner the world war. | Our shortcoming lathis regard came to us with .distressing force while we j were still neutral, and after we got Into the war the situation became so desperate that we had to spend bil- , lions in the effort to make up the deficiency. 1 Now jve^flnd ourselves with hundreds of ships on hand that we are < unable to operate, simply because the other countries are underbidding' us, ?< and we are allowing our oppuriumuco to slip by simply because we will not use the means (ta prevent. ' We are even now subsiding foreign ( shipping at a tremendous rate, to the prejudice of our own interests. | It (e plain that there is no way of 1 I developing our foreign trade except by means of American ships and we are Standing in our own light not to no it. Also, we are failing in our duty to the world. As the situation stands at the present time the Republicans have the power to revive the American merchant marine and they are going to do it regardless whether the Democrats help or not It is small and short- 1 sighted, indeed for the Democrats to stand against a proposition of such ; obvious merit "and they will do well for themselves and well for the country if they will face about and help along with the great opportunity now presented. ? Forty-six men were killed and 109 wounded on the German side during every hour the World War was raging, according to an estimate arrived at by General von Altvock, a statistician of Berlin. This was made from a study of official records. Germany's losses totalled in dead 1,808,545 and in wounded 4,246,779. Men to the number of 13,000,000 were under arms during.the course of the war, of whom about one in seven were killed in battle. The officers corps lost 33,000 men killed and 96,000 wounded. German soldier and civilian losses through death caused- directly or indirectly by the war were estimated by General von Altrock at 12,000,000. ? The Mississippi river is in flood stage from Cairo, Illinois, all the way down to the gulf, with the water steadily rising all along the line. The gauge showed 53.6 feet at Cairo, 41.5 feet at Memphis, and slightly over 44 feet at Vicksburg. Forces of men are at work all along the river, and patrols are covering every five miles of the levees in automobiles looking for danger places. .Where seepage or breaks occur men are rushed to the rescue with sand bangs. Back water from the.streams that empty into the Mississippi is giving trouble at many places, the surface of the river being so much higher than the tributary TKa /InnrrAK lino a roOoKoH aii caiiio. x nc; vian^ui nuc ??uo vtivuvv* at Vicksburg, Sunday. Thousands of acres of farm lands are under watef around Vicksburg and the farmers have been compelled to move to higher ground. Heavy rains in the different river , Valjeys above indicate still further rises and ft is not known whether or not disastrous breaks are to be expected in the levees; but everything that is possible to secure safety is being done. ? Harry Shuford, young man of Gaston county, thirty years of age, and brother-in-law of State Solicitor George W. Wilson, was found dend In his bed in a room in a hotel in Bessemer City, last Saturday morning. A steel jacket bullet from a .25 caliber pistol had passed through his head and his skull was crushed. There was blood on his face and pillow where his head rested and the pistol lay near by. The door had been locked from the inside and the key was in the door. There was $30 in cash in the young man's pocket and some other papers. There were more or less indefinite statements of a light in his room in the early morning and parties having been seen there. Shuford had been in Gastonia the day before, and had purchased an automobile and paid a number of bills. Friends who saw him safcl that he appeared to be in his usual good spirits. The case looked very much like suicide; but from the crushed skull it is argued that he was killed by a blow. Shuford's wedding engagement had just been announced. After deliberating over the case for two days the coroner's jury reported that the young man had come to his death at the hands of parties unknown to the jury. There is evidently a good deal of mystery about the case. Physicians who performed the autopsy say that it was Impossible that the bullet which passed entirely through the head could have fractured the skull. There are those who think that Shuford was killed outside and carried into the hotel; but there was no blood except as stated. ? The owners of coal mining properties, both anthracite and bituminous. are forcing1 a general strike in union mines by their 'autocratic attitude" and that the reason for their attitude can he found in "domination of the coal industry by financial interests," were charges made in a statement issued Sunday by Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor. He supplemented these charges with statistics which he declared showed that real ownership of many bituminous coal properites lay in the hands of the steel industry while anthracite, miners were arrested to he "largely adjuncts to railroad operations." Mr. Gompers asserted that control of the mines was thus taken "to an effective degree from the hands Qt actual operating men and pla.ced in the hands of financial interests." Coal miners have merely become "wheels in a great profit making machine." he said, operated by men for whom "all things must give way "to profits." As to the anthracite field, Mr. Gompers said that congressional investigation and federal proceedings had disclosed "seven railroads controlling 96 per cent, of the output." He named the ryada as the Heading, Delaware, Ijackawanna and Western Lehigh C'oal and Navigation companies. A result, he asserted, was that "profits from coal operations are not found in the coal mine reports but in dividend reports of the railroads," where 1 they are "manipulated so as to appear : moderate, or at a loss, in order that miners' wages may he retained at the lowest conceivable level." In the hitu- \ miitous fields, he said, "the United fitiifou Stofl cornoration controls vast interests." and in southern territory, . other "steel interests control vast deposits." making it "impossible for , practical coal management to have any effective voice in the making of policies." . LOCALAFFAXRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Kirkpatrick Belk Company ? Dollar day coming March 30 and, 31. fork Hardware Company ? Special Dollar Day prices. Kathan Feinstein?Dollar Day Bargains for Thursday and Friday. fork Supply Co.?Twenty pounds of brown sugar for One Dollar. W". D. Thomasson?Announces as a candidate for county treasurer. D. L. Shieder?Announces as a candidate for county treasurer. I. S. Brice?Moore residence for rent. j. H. Greene?Sampson tractor for sale at auction at McConnellsville. Star Theatre. J. Q. Wray. Manager? . Dorothy Dal ton today. W. D. Thomasson, Clerk?W. 0. W. meeting. Barnes Klectric Company, Rock Hill? Water, Power and Lights. Clover Drug Store. Clover?It js time you were getting ready for your garden. % .? ; * Cash & Carry Company?All Eyes are on Cash and Carry' Windows and counters. Loan and Savings Bank?We invite yuui UL'tyuni, York Furniture Company?We want to serve you. ,> 7 Business Folks of* York?A festival of bargains. ' ; L. M. Grist's Sons, Publishers?Ninety cents gift. Mnokorell Drug Company?We offer a liberal reduction collar day on everything we carry. City Auditorium?Ada Jones coming April 1. W. F. Jackson?Dollar day specials. McConnell Dry Goods Company?kjreat value in our barp-ains Dollar Day. Shady-Nook Poultry Farm?I've been listening. First National Bank of Sharon?They are proud. The Millinery Parlor, Mrs. J. M. Ferguson. proprietor?Ladies here is your chance. A. M. Grist, W. M.?Corner stone laying programme. J. F. Faulkner, To.wn Treasurer?Notice as to license for chauffeurs. W. E. Ferguson?Will be there Dollar Day with bells on? Out of approximately thirteen hundred ex-service men in York county only about 75?50 whites and 25 negroes have takem advantage of the offer of the clerk of the court to record their honorable discharges, notwithstanding the -fact that the clerk is doing the work Without" cost. In the case of a lost certificate, the record of an honorable discharge on the clerk's book might be invaluable to the service man. There ik h record at Wash Ington, it is true; but the Washington authorities must have certain information to be able to And that record. The name of the soldier and the county from which he hails is not sufficient. * ' ^ I REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. Since the last publication of the record in The Torkvllle Enquirer, real estate transfers have been Indexed in the office of the county auditor as follows: Catawba?Dora Barber to W. A. Sharpe, 1 lot; $110.*-* J. A. Willlford etfdl. to L. G. Harris, 1 lot; $1. Eliza J. Hendersoh to Eddie A. and Lizzie L. Stewart, lj lot; $95. John R. Willi&mb, Trustee, to E. L. Barnes, 1 lot; I Ebenezer?R. T. Fewell to Karl G. Faris. 1 lot; $475. ' King's Mountain?Margaret Jane Knox to George ROss McCarter, 135 acres; $320. I. T. Reese to Giiorge A. McCarter, 25 acres; $400. GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY The jury commissioners this morning drew twelve grand jurors and thirty-six petit Jurors to fill out the panel of eighteen to serve during the next twelve months following the April term of the general sessions, which convenes Monday April 17, with his honor Judge I. W. Bowman presiding. The drawing resulted as follows:. Petit Jurors. Claud A. Jones Broad River J. T. Roddey" I Catawba W. A. McManus Catawba W. A. Stine Catawba W. S. Mitchell Catawba J. K. Allison Broad lUver Tom Cartwright Catawba W. Cr. Davis Bethesda W. S. Lesslle, Jr. Citawba C. E. Colter Ebenezer C. Y. White York J. W. Pursley King's Mountain Levi Whitener ?.. York W. H. Adkins Ebenezer W. C. McClure York J. M. Plexico Broad River W. M. Lucas l Bullock's Creek S. L. Goldman Ebenezer W. M. Barrett King's Mountain J. R. Hope Broad River S. B. Bea*"~Uard King's Mountain J. H. Witherspoon Catawba G. D. Pearson Bethesda K. F. Nims Fort Mill T. G. McGill Broad River J. S. Wallace Bethesda W. T. Beamguard, King's Mountain S. L. Thomasson Bethesda J. C. Workman Catawba H. T. Williams York J. R. Currence York J. M. Lindsay Bethesda J. D. Whitesides Broad River J. A. Harshaw ... Bethesda F ?e Bennett Fort Mill John J. Knox King's Mountain Grand Jurors. R. J. Maekorell ..' York, G. J. A. Clinton .... King's Mountain W. I. Witherspoon - York T. W. Jackson .*...... Ebenezer McBride Gaston i Ebenezer X. B. Williams ? Catawba M. J. Adoock 1 Fort Mill J. P. Allison Broad River C. H. Hollis ..., Bethesda R. O. Clinton - Bethel W. B. Flanagan King's Mountain J. P. Ramsey Broad River The "hold-over" grand jurors are as follows: V. C. Stroup, A. F. Fiexico, ts. L. Love, A. C. Sutton, H. A. Quinn, J. P. Williamson. ABOUT PEOPLE. Mr. F. Harle Gauldcn of York R. F. D. No. 3, left yesterday for Laurens, S. C., where he has taken a position. Messrs. T. P. Moore, Jr., and H. E. Moore of Charlotte, spent Sunday in Yorkville. Herbert Laws, student at Presbyterian college Clinton, is spending several days at his home in Yorkville. Mrs. W. F. Marshall and Miss Annie Wallace Marshall, of Yorkville, spent the week-end at Inman. Miss Maggie Moore, who has been visiting relatives in Columbia, has re- | turned to her home in Yorkville. Miss Veola Johnson, student at Women's College, Y?ue West, spent the kveek-end at her home in Yorkville. Mm. O. E. Wilkins and daughters, Misses Sarah and Marjorle, of Char- < lotte, have been spending- a few days in Yorkville. Miss Eunice McCelvey, student at Due West, spent the week-end in Yorkville. with her brother, Mr. G. C. McCelvey. Mr. John Jenkins, of New York, is spending- several days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. \V. Jenkins, in Yorkville. Mr. and Mrs. Barron Kennedy, of Rock Hill and Dr. J. 13. Kennedy, of Clinton, spent Sunday with relatives in Yorkville. Miss Eleanor Herndon. student at Converse college, Spartanburg:, spent the week-end in Yorkville, with her mother, Mrs. W. H. Herndon. Mr. W. S. LeBslie, of Lesslie, wlio was sick during the greater port of the winter, has been noticeably improved during the past several weeks. Mr. and Mrs. John Williams and Mr. and Mrs. Warren Whisonant of Rock Hill, spent Sunday in Yorkville with the family of Mr. Geo. W. Williams. Miss Olive Gaulden, has returned to her home on York R. F. D. No. 3, after spending a week at the home of her brother, Mr. D. H. Gaulden, in Rock Hill. Mr. J. Si Glasscock, of the Harmony neighborhood, is riot getting along very well at present. Mrs. Glasscock, however, is home again after having spent some time in the Fennell Infirmary. Mrs. E. W. Long, of Charlotte, has been suffering with a severe case of influenza. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Quinn, of Yorkville, have been over to see her during the past few days. The latest information is/that she is getting along very nicely. Mr. Robert J. Love, who has been spending a part of the winter at Smyrna, with his daughter, Mrs. J. E. Scoggins, is in Yorkvillo with his son, Mr. Broadus M. Love. Mr. Love, as his friends and acquaintances know, is now entirely blind; but otherwise hi* health seems quite good and he continues to take as lively an interest in pressing events as when in other days, he was an efficient county commissioner. He used to be "Bob Jack" to everybody and to all of his old friends he is "Bob Jack" yet, the same Old "hod jacK. CONFEDERATE PENSIONS No Confederate veteran who has a net annual income of $1,000 or more will receive a pension this year under the terms of an amendment to the pension law passed by the recent general assembly. With the exception of this change the pension law stands as it did in 1921. The amendment to the pension law reads: "Provided, That no pensioner having a net annual income of $1,000 or more shall participate in the distribution of the pension fund, but this provision shall not be construed to remove from the honor roll any pensioner now entitled under the General Pension law to remain thereon." The general appropriation act as passed by the general assembly carries a total of $508,497.50 for the pension bureau. Of this amount $500,000 is to be distributed among veterans and I widows of veterans in the form of pensions. The appropriation includes [ $2,300 for the salary of the pension clerk; $5,400 salaries for the members of the pension board; $550 for the traveling expenses; $85 for telegraph j and telephone tolls; $200 for office supplies and $12.50 for insurance (premium on bonds of officers.) Inquiry at the office of the comptroller general by a representative of The Yorkville Knquirer has* developed the information that there are very few Confederate veterans in South Carolina who have a net annual In come of $1,000 and therefore there are only a handfull who will not receive a pension because of the new provision. There are a number in York county perhaps who will not be entitled to a pension because of the amendment to the law. In Chesterfield county there lives one veteran who has an annual income of something like $50,000 and there is at least one in Richland county, while there are others in other counties. It was stated however that most of these never did draw the pension provided for them by the state anyway. The pension money will bo distributed by the probate judgeB of the several counties this year as has been the practice for several years past and 1 the pension money will be available for distribution at the usual time, the probate judge to give notice. The latest record available relative to the number of pensioners is the report of the Pension Department of the office of the comptroller general for the fiscal year 1921. According to this record a total of 9,858 veterans and widows of veterans drew pensions last year. Of this number 4,236 were veterans and 5,622 were widows of veterans. The report shows that 122 veterans and 163 widows of veterans drew pensions in York county last year, the total amount paid them being $17,080:56. However since scores of veterans and widows of veterans over South Carolina have died since the past payment there will possibly be very nearly as much money for distribution this year as there was last year despite the fact that the appropriation this year is nearly $100,000 less than for 1921. MISTAKEN FOR BOOTLEGGER. Because he mistook.the officers of the law for highwaymen and fought and ran, when he should have quietly submitted and seen it out, M. A.Cohen, Fort Mill business man got a bullet in his leg on the highway a few miles out of Fort Mill last Sunday morning at about 3 o'clock. The officers hall information that there was to be an automobile load of liquor down from Charlotte to Fort >lfll and Rock Hill some time during Sunday morning. They were not told who was to bring the liquor, or in what kind of a car it would be carried; but the information had come from sources that had been proved to be reliable and they had taken up their station at the forks of the road near Philadelphia church. Sheriff Quinn, Constable Johnson, Magistrate Black, Constable J. M. Patterson and Policeman V. D. Potts made up the party, which was out in two cars, Johnson and Potts in one and the other three in the other. Having taken up their positions in their cars a hundred yards or so apart, the officers paid no attention to cars going in the direction of Charlotte; but when a car came from the direction of Charlotte, they threw the lights on the car up that way, and if the approaching car did not stop to inquire if it could be of assistance, they held it up until they could get something about its business. When the Cohen car came a'ong at a pretty food speed from the direction of Charlotte, ConstabB> Johnson and Policeman Potts, the latter in full uniform, standing in the light of their own car, shouted to the stranger to stop. But the stranger kept right on, and a little further down the road, he crash ed into the car occupied by Sheriff w Quinn, Magistrate Black and Consta- ki hie Patterson, and fired a shot through w the windshield. H Without loss of time the occupant b< of the car jumped out and started to j< running and the officers in the car opened fho. They thought they were dealing with a whole load of bootleggers. Several shots were fired at the retreating Cohen. , After examining the car and learning . the name of the owner from the tag on his key ring, the officers followed Cohen into town and learned that he . had been shot in the calf of the leg. Cohen claimed that he thought he n was being held up by highwaymen, ^ and had no thought except to get away. 1 Ho claimed that he had no pistol and that he did not fire into the sheriff's " car. . The officers say that they did not *]' fire a shot until Cohen had fired into the car occupied by Sheriff Quinn, ti Magistrate Black and Constable Pat- v x rio?o?oV\1o lAhnvi/^n find PO ILTNUII. v^uiiaiuu.o ficeman P? '9 say they did not fire at ^ all, for to Ik. /e done so would have endangered. the party of Sheriff Quinn, a between , them and the fugitive. y ? o SPRINGS-JONES QUARREL (\ d In its issue of last Friday, the Lan- ^ caster News prints the following re- C view of the case of the state vs. Chas. t D. Jones: , The five prosecutions brought by f I^eroy Springs and John T. Stevens 1 against Chas. D. Jones on December 3 19, 1921, charging hlin with breach *of ? trust with fradulent intent, came to ^ a sudden ending in the criminal court u here Thursday morning when Solici- p tor J. K. Henry, the oldest solicitor in " ooi-vi in this state, he having serv- ^ ed more than 24 years, moved the pre- J" siding Judge that they be nol prossed. * Associated with the solicitor in the h prosecution of these cases were J Messrs. William? and Williams and * R. E. Wylie, Esq., of Lancaster bar, j" ex-Judge M. L. Smith, of the Camden 11 bar, and D. W. Robinson, Esq., of the Columbia bar. Solicitor Henry's duties in connection with the legislature had prevent ed his being hero until Tuesday, and when he came Jones' counsel moved that all of the charges against him be ' put in one indictment and tried at the ( same time. This challenge was de- c clined by the state but it was agreed 1 that the strongest case against Jones i should be tried first. Accordingly the one charging him with misappropria- , Hon of $7,500 of the funds of the Lan- ^ caster'Mercantile company in that ho ( used such funds to pay for losses , arising on cotton contracts, bought by , him for his own account, and after- , wards' charged by him to the Lan- j caster Mercantile company with fradu- 5 lent intent, was called and a jury was j erapannelled and charged with the 1 trial of the case on last Friday morning. The trial, arguments and judge's j charge lasted until Wednesday even- ] ing at 5 o'clock when the Jury retired j for their deliberations. They failed j to agree and Judge Bowman came j from his hotel about 3 o'clock a. m. I Thursday, discharged them and order- 1 ed a mistrial. It is understood that ; the Jury stood seven for acquittal and ; Ave- for conviction. 1 Upon the reconvening of court at 9:30 o'clock Thursday morning Solid-* < tor Henry, who had taken no active ] part in the case, but who had listened 1 most intently to every word spoken in . it, addressed the court and said in ef feet: "Your Honor?i wisn 10 emer a nol pros in the case against Chas. < D. Jones that has just been tried. If 1 I had known the true facts in this 3 case before trial, I would not have permitted it to be tried. There are also four other cases/pending against the same defendant for similar charges. It has been brought out in the evidence here that the receiver of the I^ancaster Mercantile company will also be asked by the prosecutors here to bring his actions in the civil courts against Mr. Jones on the same charges it is sought to try him on here. I do not think the state, under these circumstances, should continue the trial of these cases here and I am going to move your honor to enter a nol pros as to all of the five cases against Mr. Jones." Judge Bowman replied, "And it is so ordered." All of the much noted criminal cases J against Mr. Jones, which have been 1 pending since December 19; 1921, were | thua stricken from the calendar of the court and cannot be renewed except ' by the prosecutors themselves or, J others for them, swearing out new ' warrants and beginning the whofe matter over again. It would not be the policy of the ' state to permit that unless stronger 1 evidence could be adduced by the 1 prosecutors than was disclosed in the ! tliot hn/1 1 WITHIN THE TOWN ? Policeman Broome caught six ne- ' groes in a crap game' in a house on ' King's Mountain street Sunday night, 1 and got them for $10 each?$60 in all. 1 ? Again lots of people in town last s Saturday, after a rather dull week, ( during which the people of the farms ? and mills were more or less busy. r ? When those Yorkville people get s roused up on the dollar day question t they generally make good. From the t announcements published today it is s evident that the coming dollar days c will break all records. t ? The crushing plant of the York- J ville Cotton Oil Company will close 1 down this week for the season after a having produced 22 tanks of oil against 30 tanks last year. The decreased out- n put has been because of inability to s get seed, which were simply not to be '' had. ' ? Milus Tate, colored aged about 24. was arrested Friday afternoon and j, committed to jail, charged with break- ^ ing into the store of Rev. Jennings, col- . ored. in the southwestern part of j( town some time previously. There . was found in the house where Tate Js was staying some canned tomatoes and other articles identified with j, articles kept in stock by Jennings. ? There are still a number of c packages of garden and flower seeds at The Enquirer office which may be _ had upon personnl application. The ^ seeds are free, having been sent here (by Congressman Stevenson; but ap- w 'plicants must apply in person. Those jj who desire the seeds sent by mail " should address their applications to ?, Hon. W. F. Stevenson, M. C., House *' of Representatives. Washington, D. ? C. He will forward the seeds by mail free of postage. / " ? Supervisor Brown wants to All the j, hole that was formerly the cellar of ... the Law Range now removed. For ]j the purpose he would like to get the jt necessary earth as close as possible. He would like it if he can get what is ^ desired within the town. It is quite possible that there are property owners s) who would be glad of the opportunity il( to get rid, without charge .of earth that jr might be in the way. In such event v, ?h.-> snnnrvisnr should be seen about the matter at once. . u ? Mr. Joe Fecmster was painfully a hurt last Saturday afternoon by being: (1 thrown from a buggy which was si traveling at a high speed around a r sharp turn in the Chester road oppo- ei site the home of Mr. C. H. Keller, on ei South Congress street. The buggy si as broken and Mr. Feemster was locked insensible by a face forard impact with the hard ground, e recovered, however, shortly after sing taken into the residence of Mr. eller. No bones were broken so far j could be ascertained. ? Mr. W. W. Barron is investigating le practicability of establishing a idiophone receiving station in Yorkllle/ He expects to have an expert are this week who will be able to ive all necessary information that ay be desired. The cost of a firstass station Mr. Barron .understands ins up to something like $250 acarding to how complete it is to be. he radiophone may be installed in me public buildiag for the use of ie public on tVe payment ot admission or in private hemes, l^iless, owever, somebody is willing ro unurtnke the establishment of the staon as, an investment, either Indlidually or in' company with others, he ohly way for It is by chipping In rlth private subscriptions.' * ? The principal significance of the r.t amending the act under which the orkville Graded school has been peratlng is to regulate the method of istributing the funds of the school Istrict. For a number of .years after he establishment of the YorkvJlle Sraded School district, the funds of v he dfstrict were paid out by the reastirer on warrants from the secreary of the board. T'iat is all the und3 raised by taxation were so paid. "he board has actual custody only of uch funds as were raised for inciden ai expenses, in me course or ume, lowever, there grew -up a custom inder which the board drew upon the ounty treasurer for all the funds he ad to the credit of the district and hose funds were transferred to the secetary. and treasurer of the board of rustees. That, official was not under iond. Under the new a<;t the board ?f trustees will'have legal authority to ake charge of these funds, and the ecretary and treasurer will be under iond. The understanding is that the >ond will be fixed at fiO.QOO. ? LOCAL LAC0NIC8 ' Treasurer Gets Funds. Treasurer H. E. Nell has received rom the state superintendent of education a warrant for +<,900 for York :ounty'B part of the rural graded ichool fund now being distributed. Automobile Registration. The total automobile and ti;uck reg stration in York county up to March [3, was 2,063 automobiles, and 144 irucks. The figures last year were 2,192 automobiles and l'JO trucka The :otal registration in the state is 63,249 lutomobiles and 5,340 trucks this year, igainst 83,349 automobiles and 7,197 rucks last year. W. Latta Massey Dead* News was received here yesterday afternoon of the death of W. Latta Massey on his farm near "Lincolnton. He went to his farm about 11 o'clock and his dead body was found at about 3 o'clock under circumstances which indicated that he had stabbed himself ' to death with a paring knife. Mr. Mrxsey was a son of the late W. T. Massey, formerly of Tirzah, end was about 38 years of age. He lived In Torkvllle until about two years ago, when on the dcath"6f his grandmother, tie moved to Lincolnton, which place tie has since been making bis home. The Vaccination Law. . Two negro school teachers recently arrested on warrants charging them with violating the state law, which would punish school officials for permitting the school attendance of un racclnated children, were bound over to appear before Magistrate Black aext Friday. The case has been instituted by the state beard of health, it the Instance of Dr. John I. Barron, mil is in the nature of an important test. The vaccination law is not genorally observed in this section, and if the negro teachers are convicted, prosecutions will no donbt be instituted against many white teachers for the same offense. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS ? Darlington, March 25: R. J. Scarborough and Lewis Windham, both of Lamar, are seriously wounded in fa Florence hospital tonight, following a shooting affair which occurred in Windham's store at Lamar; Scarborough is a rural policeman and. attempted to search Windham's place for whiscey, it Is alleged, and Was shot. L D. Fields, a Lamar policeman, who was issLstipg Scarborough in the alleged search, Immediately fired on Wlndhara seriously wounding him. Windham is not expected to live. Mr. Scarbor>ugh'? condition is very serious, but it s expected that ho will recover. ? The. Cherokee grand Jury in its ilnal presentment last week had the 'olloWing to say with regard to punshraent for violation of the liquor aws: . "We notice that in some cases ivhere true bills are found in two or nore cases for similar offensed com"4 * ? 1 ^Imna n/vainat tVlA nilieu lit uiiLcmn viiuco ??v tame dcfendjints that said cases are :ombJned and only one acted upon, md a nominal fine Imposed; with due espbct to the solicitor's Judgment in mch matters, we believe that ip Jusice to our prohibition officers that his is a mistake and that such cases ihould be tried separately on the evilence presented. We beg to call atentipn to the fact that we are inform'd that upon a defendant's being irought into court and convicted on a econd offense against the prohibition aws that the statutes provide for no lternntive sentence, but only for a traight chaingang sentence, and we ecommend that this statute be conormed to In every particular. It is loticeable that trafficking in liquor Is >n the increase, and while we stiongy commend our prohibition officers or their vigilance and honest efforts o control and stamp out this form of awlessness, we believe that the udgos have the master key to the ituation. If punishment is a deterent to crime, then much severer punshment, not alone in dollars, but in ime should be meted out to theso riminals." ? After 17 minutes* deliberation, the Ireenville jury in the case of Jeff nanuier, cnargea witn kuuhk rife and mother-in-law, here Februry 25, returned a verdict of guilty of rat degree murder at 3:48 Friday ftcrnoon, after which Judge Frank Gary sentenced Chandler to ie in the electric chair on April 21.* It is hoped that God will show you lore mercy than you showed your ictims." said the court in pronouncik sentence on the convicted man. The evidence shows that you took the ves of your victims in a most lieart;ss manner. You yet have time to lake peace with your Maker. May od have mercy on your soul." Only .rce witnesses were placed on the :and before the arguments in the case egan and no testimony of any great nportance was developed. The case as started last Tuesday in criminal >urt. When sentence was passed pon Chandler, who claimed insanity, smile lighted his pale face for the rst time since the trial began. The nile then was faint and of short dntion. Beside him stood his broth* T A Phinrllftr whn Kou _ J faithfully and stood by him constently since the trouble started. *