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ipry88rw'' ? St. Paul, Minn. March. 28: St. Paul's third mixed jury forced to spend a night in the same room in the coiinty jail because of failure to reach a v?f*dict, was prepared to resume deliberations this morning in the case brought by John Tossine, Benton. Ills., 'who Seeks $50,000 damages from the Illinois Central railroad for loss of an arm. Eight women and four men are on .die Tossine Jury. They begun on ? tha lata vaatarrtav afternoon and affcw. deliberating until late last night without agreeing were locked up until j morn,ing, as required by law. Criticisme which followed the locking up f of thb first two juries here had caused county officials to make better ar1 raM^mehts for partitioning of the Z juW room, and last night heavy cur^ tains and high screens were available y for the 'Tossjne- jury. Y ? Josefa and Rosa Blazek, known as % the "Siamese twins" are dead. They * passed away in a Chicago hospital yearly yesterday morning. Josefa had *been ill-for g week with yellow jau'ndice, and the disease extended to Rosa. The tjWO had been joined from birth ; by ligaments extending from the hips. . They grew to maturity in good health'. Rosa was married to a German Cap ' tain named Dvorak, and had a son who is now twelve years old. Josefa was never married. They have been in the United Suites ror many years, aim have grown quite rich by exhibiting V themselves as freaks. When Josefa became ill the doctors said that separation was the only hope of saving Rosa's life; but Rosa would not agree, and, their brother forbade the operation. Josefa died first and Rosa a few seconds later. Rosa's husband was killed in the World War. ? An Investigation by the federal trade commission into the cause of the present depressed price of cotton and . into the operation of cotton exchanges . was ordered under a resolution by Senator Dial, Democrat, South Carolina, adopted Wednesday by the sen, ate. The commission is to inquire into" methods of opera ing cotton exchanges and to decide .whether their trading fs "fair, just and legal." The commission also 1$ called upon" to make recommendations, if remedial legislation is deemed necessary in connection,with cotton trading. The resolution Calls on the commission .to ascertain the world cotton consumption for the last three years imports and exports of the United States, and the number of future contracts, together with the amount of cotton delivered on contracts. Senator Dial has been active in pressing his bill to change the number pf grades of cotton delivered on future contracts. ? The last battalion of soldier dead * | to be brought home ffom the fields of France?1,600 in all?were saluted by the guns of Forts Hamilton and Wadsi worth when the army transport Cam bria passed through the Narrows I Wednesday afternoon with her prei clous .cargo. Flags of escorting craft ""flew at half mast and were dipped in j' salute to the fallen warriors. Forty^jJlve thousand of those who made the * "supreme sacrifice overseas in the seri'jVicO 6f the United States have now i?been brought buck to their homeland, ygnd1 only about 100 more bodies await shipment from' England and France. jiAll of the others who .fell in battle or {4 filed behind the lines will continue to t treat In foreign sOil. that being the II Wish of their relatives. Commemora? tlon ceremonies for those who died in ' Uniform will be conducted Sunday in ^Brooklyn, where the Cambria docked 11 today. General Pershing'is to lead a j|parade organized by* war veterans. In it the i^pes?ien,?'ilL behigh naval and military officers, groups of senators .'and congressmen, Mayor Hylan and } 5leaders in civil life., U" f?The senate finally untangled its V parliamentary1 difficulties over the Four-Power treaty supplements Tues".datf by joining the ^'o supplementary agreements together and then ratifying'them both" by''unanimous vote. "One of the supplements, itself in the , form of a treaty, defiqes the geographical scope of the Four-Power pact so as not to incline the Japanese homeland* The other, attached to the first ' by-*today's actloh in the form of a "reservation." stipulates (hat issues which are- purely of a domestic character ' cannot be brought before the FourPower "conference." The vote on the double-barreled ratification resolution was 73 to 0, opponents of the FourPower plan joining in giving approval to the supplements because they interpreted the. two agreements as'limit- j lx\g and curtailing the operation of the principal treaty. Several attempts to attach other reservations which had 1 failed when the Four-Power treaty itself was under consideration were i -defeated by the usual pro-treaty and : anti-treaty line-up. ? Damages in the sum of $11,000,000 j are sought of Henry Ford by Edward S. Huff, Miami electrical engineer in 1 a suit initiated in Detroit Wednesday. < Huff claims that he originated fhe magneto now in use on motor cars manufactured by Ford and claims that Ford has not paid him in full for the < Invention. Huff claims to hold the patenter on the magneto used on all ' motor equipment manufactured by the ! Ford Motor Com Dan v of Detroit and asserts that he had been paid only | $10,000 in royalty on his patent. "When ( the last royalty payment was made there was attached a voucher stating 1 that the check was payment in full for i the royalty. Huff said that attorneys 3 advised him that hts cashing of the check would not jeopardize his inter- ( est in the magneto patent. According 1 to Huff's counsel. Huff was employed ( 'in the Ford plant in 1908 as an elec- , trician and it is asserted that Ford told him in the presence of Dr. W. E. 1 Sanborn of Detroit that he wished 1 Huff to invent a magneto which could < work on a flywheel adding that such ( an invention would make Huff a rich man. Huff thereupon left Fords em- 1 ployment to work on tHe invention. 1 and finally perfected the magneto now 1 in use. He said he assigned his pateal to. Ford on agreement that he was to receive fifty cents royalty on each of the first 20.000 machines manufactrir- 1 ftl. .Royalty, was paid for the first 20,- j 000 but these payments then ceased and.liuff now claims royalty magnetons ' placed on the thousands of fcara Manufactured since.' The royal- . ties he estimates .at eleven million dol- , lars or more. 1 . ? George L; (Tex) Rlcknrd, Inter- ' national sports promoter was found ' not guilty of criminal assault on a 15 ' year old school girl by a jury in the 1 minrpmp omirt of \'ou* Vnrl/ nittf day flight. The verdict was handed j down after the jury had deliberated an hour and a half. When the verdict, j was announced Rlckard, his face fnish- 1 ed, went over to his counsel, Max K Stour, and embraced him. Justice j Wasservogel's charge to the jury con- j sumed one hour and 33 minutes and 1 at the request of both Rickard's coun- 1 sol and the prosecution, he made cer-? t tain additions clarifying tfce testimony, j He told the jury there* was yto cvldence regarding1 Rick&rd's alleged relations with a woman in Nevada or that he had cheated .at cards and that < they were not to assume deductions < from questions asked Richard under , cross-examination. He a',so. advised. I the jury that they should vote for ac- '' quittal'lf there ""whs rcnSdnaMfe" dohbt in their minds. In reference to a point raised by Assistant District .Attorn&y Pecora, Justice Wasservogel told the jurors that if they believed the alibi false, they might infer guilt, provided they believed in the truth of what the girl had shid. He specifically instructed them not to draw an inference from the statements of Max D. Steur, Rickard's lawyer, that the sports promoter was in conference with Steur on the night of January 23, This was the night Rickard was supposed .to have taken the girl for a ride and had w.'.cmed her ndt to say anything. The jurors were warned that if they found a witness had wilfully testified falsely motoi-inl fnfte tho fpstimnnv was to be disregarded. The justice also < told them that they were to decide whether after Rickard's arrest, he had sent for Herman Rerch, the apartment house janitor, either through concern over his liquor as he testified or because he was more concerned at the possibility of the janitor saying he had seen him at the house. She IJorfemiU inquirer. Entered at the Postofflce at York, as 1 Mail Matter of the Second Class. FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1922. It is a difficult matter to get a high public office in York county; but to hold it afterward is mainly a matter of efficient and satisfactory service. It is always a good idea to look for the strina: that mieht be tied to any thing good, and it -will be especially worth while tomorrow. ? ? * .More rain, more delay in farm work, and more impatience; but with ?41 that, it will be all right. We have" been just as late about it before. The sessions court of Greenville has* made the remarkable record of having convicted every defendant but one who has been before it since last November. This means that Greenville is determined to become a law-abiding county. It will cost the people of the country about $3 for every $1 that the government will ever get out of the operation of Muscle Shoals. Anybody ought to know that. Henry Ford, can complete the development more cheaply, and his operation will be worth more to the people, v' . \ The highest duty of every citizen is to obey the laws of the land and to use every resource in his power to see that other people do the same thing. The administrators of the law should be backed 1n all earnest efforts in this^ir rectioh, and where necessary they should be held to the integrity of their professions. There is a big row on among Repub lican leaders, according to tne wasnington correspondent of the Charlotte Observer, to force David H. Blair, Commissioner of Internal Revenue, out of the treasury department. The reason suggested by the correspondent is that Mr. Blair is not zealous enough in giving the Democratic jobs in his department to Republicans; that he is not partizan enough. It is intimated by the correspondent that the Republicans are desirous of making oi the internal revenue bureau a ' campaign organization. Mr. Blair's opponents are also represented as objecting that he is not zealous enough in the enforcement of the prohibition .laws; but this objection the correspondent thinks, is not well founded. He represents that while Mr. Blair is enforcing the law as it should be enforced, lie is not trying to stretch it to the limits that are desired by the extreme anti-saloon leaguers. General Pershing, chief of staff, and General Harboard, deputy chief of staff, have given out to the press a statement that is in the nature of a protest and a warning against the purpose of congress to reduce the strength of the army to 115,000 enlisted men, ind 11,000 officers. They are emphatic In the warning that 150,000 men and 12,000 officers is the least that the country can get along with, and to try :o get along with fewer will be to enlanger Hawaii and the Panama canal, to say nothing of other American possessions in case of war, which in their opinion is sure to develop again sooner or later. They point out how on account of our previous policy of niggardly economy, it became necessary for us to expend $24,000,000 to go into the World war, and how with the wave of economy that is now sweeping over the country, we are in danger of putting ourselves back where we were before. Senator Dial has at last got authority for a Federal Trade Investigation Into the cotton situation and exchange methods. It is to be hoped this investigation will not be of the perfunctory nature usual in cases of the kind, and we might suggest that if the Trade Commission wants to secure a witness ivho is qualified to tell it something', it should send for Mr. John T. Itoddey, of Roc k Hill, "the best town" in Mr. Dial's awn state of South Carolina.?Charlotte Observer. 1 hat is right. John T. lloddey knows ill about it, and he is not afraid to say it. We would not say that lie was the Irst man to discover the iniquity and the absurdity of the fixing of prices through the gambling of cotton "exchajiges;" but to the best of our recollection, he is the first man in the United States who succeeded in drawing public attention tq the subject. This was more than twenty years ago. He urged acreage reduction and the hold-I ink* of cottSqn: off tbe market. lie dcnorubeed tfie. exchange operators foi the thieves and robbers that they are and did an appreciable amount of educational work among- the cotton producers of the South. And all the while Mr.. Roddey has been both honest and intelligent in what he has been doing We would, say that he is one of the best possible witnesses in the entire country to help develop the information that (the Dial resolution seeks tc develop. Cotton Market Situation. That- the cotton Industry throughout the country is thoroughly demoralized just at this time is quite evident; bul if anybody understands the trouble, it is not practicable to convince enougt of anybody else to permit applicatior of .the remedy. In the first place the trade in cottor goods is pretty nearly dormant. Th( wholesalers are not buying from th( commission men because the retailers are not buying from the wholesalers and the retailers arc not buying fron the wholesalers because the public if not buying from the retailers. The manufacturers very generallj throughout.the country are seeking t( tVit> xvneros of oneratives, be> cause they claim that they are not abl< to continue on a basis of the presen wage scale, and the operatives ure no willing to submit to further reductioi of wages because they claim that the: are hardly able to live on a basis of th< wages they are now receiving. Because many American mills an shut down, the demand for cotton i not as stiff aS it is due to be in view o the small stocks available, and prlc?* will nojt rise. The owners of the raw cotton tha has not yet' been sold are dissatlsflet with the price that is being offered,'be cause they feel'that this price is lea than the cost of production and the; are unwilling to take the loss. On the face of things generally It ap pears that the manufacturing industr; is in for a wide programme -of read justment, and the elements that stan< to lose most by such readjustment an unabe to bring themselves to conced that such readjustment is necessary. That the whole situation will worl itself out somehow is reasonably cer tain; but just how the working ou process is going to work remains fo developments. GAS AND SUBMARINES Two Important Treaties Disposed o With but Little Opposition. Washington, March 29.?The tw< arms conference treaties, limiting th< navies of the great powers and re striding the use of submarines an< poison gas, were ratified in a landslide of approbation today by the senate. To the naval limitation convenant declaring a naval building holiday am fixing a ratio of capital ship strengt) for the United States, Great Britain Japan, Prance, and Italy, the senati gave its final assent by a vote of 74 ti 1, and then, almost without debate, i accepted, 71 to 0, the pact designed t< prevent submarine operations agains merchantmen and to outlaw chemica warfare altogether. No amendmen or reservations were proposed t< either. The only negative vote was cas agairtst the naval treaty by Senato France, Republican, Maryland, wh< said he regarded naval reduction as i dangerous expedient under presen world conditions. Every other member of the "irre concilable" bloc who was present cas a vote in the affirmative, althougl Senator Borah, Republican, Idaho, tol< t V-> o trpntv n; me senate ne i c6'? ? - ? ? only a beginning and Senator Johrson Republican, California, declared h< accepted the fortifications "status quo' provisions for the Pacific with "grav< misgivings." Opposes Anti-Gas Clause. A speech assailing the poison ga: articles of the submarine and gai treaty was made on the senate flooi by Senator Wadsworth, Republican New York, chairman of the militar? committee, but before the ratiflcatioi roll 'call he left the chamber and di< not vote. The New York senator disagreed with the statement in th< treaty text that use of gas- in warfari had been "justly condemned, by th? general opinion of the civilized world,' argued that chemical warfare had no proved actually more brutal than othei accepted methods of destruction ant pledges would be violated in anj emergency. As soon as the two pacts had beer disposed of, administration leaden brought formally before the senate th< general far eastern treaty. Debate or it will begin tomorrow with discussions pointing to opposition from f small group of senators who believ< that China's interests were not sufficiently protected. It is the hope o: the leaders, however, that both this pact and the Chinese tariff treaty, th< last remaining covenant of the conference.will be ratified during the present week. ? Colombia, March 29:?Action tc determine whether the new inheritance tax act applies to undistributed estates at the time of the passage of the lav or only to estates and property where the persons have died since the enactment of the law has been started bj the tax commission, it was announced yesterday. This test action is in the form of a summons upon J. E. Reiser executor of the John E. Dowry estate to appear before the commission or April 12, with the books, records and other data he has as executor so the commission may determine the tax due the state. Members of the tax commission say that if Mr. Reiser contest.1 this action by procuring an injunctior or other court order that this will take the inheritance tax direct to the courts to determine one of the big questions of the law. The point at issue is whether or not the act applies to estates nest yet settled or not settled when the act became law on Februarj 23, or whether or not it applies onl> to estates and property where death has come since the passage of the law. Should Mr. Reiser not contest the action, another case will be selected by the tax commission to test the law. In case the court holds that tht act applies to estates not distributed or settled at the time the law became effective it would mean considerable money to the state government, it was said by members of the tax commission. The summons on Mr. Reiser, it was pointed out, might be contested inasmuch as Mr. Reiser qualified as nn fver- iitm- iipnrlv n vc.-i r niro. The tax commission is in doubt about the matter and wants the courts to determine the question. LOC AL. AFFAIRS, NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. York Hardware Company?Special prices. ; Kirkpatrick-Belk Company?Silks. . York Furniture Company?Waite's Grass Rugs. It, E. L. Ferguson, Executor?Notice to debtors and creditors of the es, tate of Perry Ferguson, deceased. Carroll Brothers?Best Flour for $3.50. ' Nathan Feinstein?Still better prices. ? Mackorell Drug Company?Spring tonics. McConnell Dry Goods Compajiy? cunee mue ?erge. J. L. Houston, Probate Judge?Notic| , ot' application for letters of adminis1 tratlon on the estate of Alfred 1 Wilkes, Georg6 Thomasson, appli; cant. ; York Supply Company?Fertilizers. J. Q. Wray, Manager, Star Theatre? Corrlne Griffith today ,t.nd other 1 good programmes to follow. Cash and Carry?Economy is easy to , practice if you want to practice t economy. ' Clover Hardware Company?Kurfees - paint. s All Bast Stores?Sure fit caps. Royal Baking Powder?From a bride. C. W. McGee, Administrator?Notice ,l of sale of perspnalty belonging to 3 estate of J. J. Glenn, deceased. Ben H. Harvin, Sumter, S. C.?Gromo r Fertilizers at low cut rate. ] REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. ; Since the last publication of the ret cord In The Yorkville Enquirer, real t estate transfers have been indexed in , the office of the county auditor as folf lows: , Bethesda?R. C. Caveny to W. H. Dunlap, 20 acres; $2,000. Catawba?J. M. Knight to John N. e Huey, 474 acres; $1. s Oran S. Crawford to Florence N. t Workman, 1 lot; $2,000. Mrs. Ella Byers et al. to Oran S. B Crawfoid, 1 lot; $1,900. A. C. Izard to Alt. Gallant Dairy t Farm. 1 lot; full value. ,, Catawba Real Estate company "to D. A. Biggers 1 lot; $2,000. Fort Mill?Nathaniel Hart to Sdms uel Fuller, 1 lot; $70. y Joe Bennett to Fannie C. Bennett, 13G acres; $10. R. F. Grier, Jr. to First National * Bank of Fort Mill* I lot; $2,700. y ? The penalty on uhpaid taxes will be * Increased to 5 per cent after today. e Tax collections have been very slow e during the past month. / Mr. J. C. Plonk, formerly of the < Cherokee Falls Manufacturing com~ pany, now of Catawba county, N. C.. has recently made a donation of $100,r 000 to be used in the establishment of a radium outfit at the Rutherford hospital. The gift has been made in memory of Mrs. Plonk. President Neil of the Yorkville Cot* ton Oil company said, in answer to a question a few days ago, that he would 5 not resume crushing after planting B time. "There are enough seed ofj fered to amount tp,anything, and it b does not pay to start up again after having closed dovvn. That has been ; our experience in the past." i The YorkviHe; Roek Hill road has i. been kept in very gnod condition dure ing the winter?in tetter condition, in t fact, than: in any bunjtcr during many a years. Following heavy rains the road t has been cut up more or less severely; | but generally it has been receiving 3 attention as soon as possible afterward, and it has been standing the 1 traffic nicely. r A i WITH THE MASONS 1 Yesterday was a much enjoyed day among the membership of Philant thropic Lodge, No. 32, A. F. M.f and i the" numerous friends from other 1 lodges in York and adjoining counties. 3 The occasion of the visit of Grand ? Master J. Campbell Bissell, Deputy I flrand Master C. K. Chreitzberg, and B Grand Secretary O. Frank Hart, was " taken advantage of in conferring the Master Mason's degree on three candidates. 5 The lodge was called to order at 3 s p. m., when the first section of the r work was put on, with A. M. Grist, , W. M? presiding. At 8:15 last night, the second section was taken up, with i Deputy Grand Master Chreitzberg. of 1 Rock Hill, presiding and the lecture . that goes with tills degree was deliver; ed by Grand Master Bissell and was . especially enjoyed by the craft, Mr. > Bissfll being especially well versed In Masonry and its teachings and a t speaker who compels the attention of P his hearers. j There were more than 125 Masons . present for last night's ceremonies, ' representing ten different lodges. i ' ??? i BOARD OF HEALTH CASE i The case of the state vs. Wentworth Caldwell and Mabel Alexander, coli ored teachers of St. James school, i charged with violation of the regula" tions of the state board of health, has ' been compromised under an agreement 5 whereby Caldwell was allowed to pay i a fine of $5. The warrant was with' drawn as to Mabel Alexander. The original warrant in the case, issued on an affidavit of Dr. John I. Barron, reads that: "Mabel Alexander and Wentworth > Caldwell did willfully violate the health laws of the state by refusing * to close the St. James District school ' when ordered to do so by Dr. John I. ! Barron the county health officer, on account of smallpox being in said dis'* trict. and all the students not being 1 vaccinated as required bv law against ; the form of the statute in such cases , made and provided." Messrs. Marion and Finloy reprel Renting the defendant and Col. W. W. I Lewis having been retained by the ; state board of health took all the facts ? and circumstances under considera. tion in conference with M^fistrate s Black and reached an agreement uni der which Caldwell was allowed to ? i.Wlnek tndav ? Upfifii i unui u maKUKiuiv - ? i and pay a fine of $5 for permitting un5 vaccinated children to attend the ) school. \ PORTRAIT OF HAMPTON r Honoring the anniversary of the i birth of General Wade Hamilton, the Ann White S. D. Barron and Wlnthrop chapters. Daughters of the Confodcr[ aey, Wednesday afternoon held a , public meeting, at which time the I portrait of the noted Confederate ' loader was shown to the public. A : large number of members of the three 1 chapters and interested friends were present for the session, which was held in the Chamber of Commerce I hall. i The portrait of Ganeral Hampton was painted by Miss Clara Barrett Strait, of Rock Hill and New York city, fur. the South Carolina division, i United Daughters of ' the Cohfederacy, and will by that organization bo pi-esentod to be hung in the Confederate museum in Richmond, Va. The exhibition of the portrait Wednesday was not official, it being desired that Rock Hill friends of Miss Strait might have an opportunity to view the painting before it was taken to Darlington for the state convention, at which time it will be viewed by the state committee, and, if accepted, formaUv, presented to the state convention by the committee, of which Mrs. E. E. Cloud, of Rock Hill is a member. Along with the-unveiling exercises in Rock Hill, which was done by Capt. J. W. Marshall, a gallant Confederate veteran, who served with Hampton during the war between the states was, an address on Wade Hampton by Captain B. Jennings White, who pave an interesting sketch of the life, civil and military, of the noted cavalry chieftain. The Winthrop orchestra assisted in furnishing the special program of music. The portrait is regarded as an excellent likeness of General Hampton, at the time he was the ranking cavalry commander of the Confederate armies, and second only to General Robert E Lee in the Confederate ranks. It will replace a small steel engraving of Gen- J eral Hampton, in the Richmond museum. The artist, Miss Strait, was presented to the audience and she briefly explained the work and expressed her appreciation of the honor conferred in selecting her to execute this commission.' ABOUT PEOPLE. Mrs. J. L. Oates, who has been confined to her bed for the past several days is improving. William Barron, of Yorkville, at the Fennell Infirmary; with pneumonia, is getting along nicely. Mr. J. W. Grist of Columbia, was in Yorkville yesterday attending .the meeting of the Masonic fraternity. Church Carroll, son of Mrs. Senora Carroll, of Yorkville has joined the U. S. army, he having left Monday for Camp Bragg, N. C. Mr. L. B. White, who has been under treatment in the Fennell Infirmary for the past two weeks, has returned to his home in Yorkville, somewhat improved. Rev. D. L. Hill, the pastor of the First Baptist church of Yorkville, with his family, arrived last night, frqm Paxville, Clarendon county and will be at home at the parsonage on Cleveland avenue, as soon as their household goods arrive, which they hope will be within the next few days. Fort Mill Times: CapL Elliott W. Spring's ot i>inca?iKr, wuu ? become a Fort Mill citizen as soon as tlie work of remodeling the old White mansion in the upper section of the town is completed, was a visitor here Monday. Capt; Springs is said to have spent something like $50,000 in the improvements which have recently been under way to the old mansion, built by his paternal great-grandfather, the late Capt. Wm, E. White, in 1832, and when he moves into the mansion a few weeks hence it will be one of the most modern homes in this section, with electrical equipment and other conveniences new to this community. Rock Hill Herald: Dr. W. G. Stevens was given a delightful surprise Tuesday afternoon and one that was greatly appreciated by him. The occasion was the presentation to Dr. Stevens who served as councilman for seven years, by the city officials, of a solid geld Shrine emblem, with the engraving on the back ' Presented to Dr. W. CI. Stevens by City officials of Rock Hill, February 1, 1922." The idea had been to have all the officials and employees who joined in providing this token to be present for the ceremony, but this was found impossible so the task was delegated to S. George Moore, who summoned Dr. Stevens to his office and then handed over the token, expressing the esteem in which Dr. Stevens was held by all the officials of the city. "I .never had a more complete surprise, nor a gift that was appreciated more," and Dr. Stevens proudly displayed the emblem to a friend. WITHIN THE TOWN ? What about the route of the West road into Yorkville? ? Let's have some more painting at least. Paint helps things wonderfully. ? Up to yesterday Treasurer Fau'kner had issued automobile licenses to the number of 171. ? "Getting about all the wotk we can do," said Ervin Moore, of the Logan Lumber Yard, when asked about business yesterday. ? Milus Tate, colored had a preliminary examination before Magistrate Black yesterday on the charge of breaking into the store of Rev. G. W. Jennings, colored, and was held for the general sessions.. ? The Neely and Travora cotton mills have cut down their working time to three days a week. Mr. W. B. Moore, the president, said yesterday that the cut in the working time was due to the condition of the markets, which will not take the output at the cost of production, and as lie has large stocks on hand, there is no certainty as to how long he may be able to continue to operate even on a basis of the reduced time now obtaining. ? The Yorkville Cemetery Association has under consideration the building of a new fence around Rose Hill cemetery. The association has a pretty good accumulation of funds on hand from the sale of lots; but in order to build the kind of fence it wants to build will probably have to get help from the outside or borrow some money. . But the new fence is badly needed. ? According1 to the latest information received by H. R. Mackorell, the "Roll Weevil Special" the private Ford of Joe Herndon, Theo Mackorell and J. 11. Grant, has crossed the Mississippi river into the Louisiana Oil Fields. The boys say their Ford went down on them after crossing the river, and they have gone to work in the oil fields until they can have their car overhauled and get the means with which to continue their journey on into Texas. ? There are a number of cases of flu | in town but so far as reported it is not especially violent. The experience of the past has it that really violent epidemics occur only every twenty years or such a matter and that sporadic recurrences are milder and milder. An estimate based on reasonably comprehensive information would not place the total number of eases now active at more than twenty. ? "Much better business than I was anticipating," said J. M. Ramsey of the Kirkpatrick-Relk company in answer Jo ii question iinoui nonur uay yesterday. "In spite of the rain, we hud a good trade. The town turned out well, and there was quite it number of people here from MeConnellsville, Sharon and the Clover country. We did fine." "We had a real good day." said Tx-wis Peinstein. "Yes, sir a real pood day. It was better than a Saturday. I am ouite delighted. Onlv 1 think we ought, to do something like that at least once a month." "Sure it was all right," declared Mnson AJcConnell, "I was not looking for anything else. You just set something out to them that's worth while, and let them know about it, and they will meet you half way every time." Inquiry of others disclosed that all had noticed more or less stimulation of trade during yesterday, and the effects were still being felt today. MUNICIPAL REGISTRATION Following is a list of Yorkville citizens who have so far qualified themselves to vote in municipal elections during the next two years: N Ward 1. Forest Smith J. E. Johnson W. E. Morton J. J. McSwain \V. C. Pannell G. W. Hill Levi Whitener F. A. Beaver Dr. M. W. White D. M. Jones J. C. Wallace E. A. Horton Aiov r>iit!?w ,T_ M. Rrian \V. M. Bigger H. T. Quinn J. C. Moore G. W. Ferguson A. C. Ramsey W. A. Laney R. C. Blackwell Dan Whitener G. W. Meek H. D. Barrett Cliff Cole F. M. Potent E. W. Hollis G. C. Childers H. M. Mullis E. H. Moton N.' J. Dillingham T. C. O'Farrell W T. Laughridge P. N. Moore M. F. Dillingham C. L. Adams G. W. White G. C. Cartwright E. A. Hall R. F. Lee Grace H. Hall J. R. Lindsay T. W. Anderson Fredrica Lindsay W. J. P. Wylie Rose M. Lindsay Ward 2 J. E. Stroup S. T. Enloe N. C. McCorklo B. N. Moore N. T. Baber Geo. H. Hart C. L. Bennett J. E. Hart C. B. Nevins J. W. Miller F. P. Morrison W. B. Moore Ben Faris C. Y. White Charley Herndon S. E. Grist a lv.ai-f aoho Shrn 1\f_ Oris! R. R. McCorkle J. A. Tate R. H. Moore M. L. Carroll T. J. M. Bolin Jeanette Herndon J. G. Wardlaw W. 1. Witherspoon Ward 3. A. A. Barron W. D. Grist H. C. Smith T. W. Speck M. U Mitchell C.-R GlllamN Carl H. Hart L. M. Grist J. W. Marshall S. Elizabeth Grist B. P. Smith Edith T. Grist C. A. Boney Elizabeth Barron W. O. Harshaw Louise Barron J. O. Allison Ward 4. J. M. Stroup W. B. McCieave Geo. A. Sherer G. W. S. Hart D. T. Woods R. F. Parrott C. T. Stroup R. F. White A. D. Dorsett P. W. Patrick G. C. McCelvey Bettie Grist A. S. Hart A. M. Grist R. S. McConnell Mary Mc. Love C. W. McGee W. M. Kennedy P. E. Quinn B. A. Correll D. T. Quinn Marie C. Correll H. I. McCaw Louis Both Ward 5 W. S. Moore L. H. Castles W. S. Willis John R Hart W. A. Thomasson W. R Latimer J. S. Sandifer Ward 6. J. H. Carroll J. Y. Lucas R. D. Alexander Jess Faris I. W. Johnson C. W. Carroll B. M. Love R D. Dorsett GRADED SCHOOL CORNER STO^E Yorkville marked a great forward step in the history of the Yorkvillt school district, an event that giver promise of being of great important to the educational welfare of the community, being the laying of the cornei stone of the new school building now in course of erection by Grand Master Bissell of the Grand Lodge of Ancient Free Masons of South Carolina. The grand lodge was called to order in the hall of Philanthropic lodge, No 32, shortly after 4 o'clock yesterdaj afternoon and was constituted as follows: ' J. Campbell Bissell, Grand Master. Jos. E. Hart as Deputy Grand Master. Albert M. Grist as Senior Grand Warden. W. T. Beamguard as Junior Grand Warden. George H. Hart as Grand Treasur-" O. Frank Hart, Grand Secretary. T. T. Walsh, as Grand Chaplain. Lewis M. Grist, as Senior Deacon. R. P. Jackson as Senior Deacon. H. R. Mackorell as Junior Deacon. W. D. Thomasson as-Junior Deacon, J. R. Barnwell as Stewart. B. A. Correll as Stewart. J. R. Lindsay as Grand Marshal. George W. Williams as Grand Pursuivant. B. F. Marley as Grand Tiler. H. F. Horton as Bible Bearer. After the Grand Lodge was constituted and opened in due and ancient form the procession was formed and the body, including about sixty Masons marched to the Graded school building, where Hiere were several hundred people of the town and community assembled for the exercises of the afternoon. A number of songs were rendered by the student body of the srhool, very much to the enjoyment of the friends of the school. The exercises were opened with prayer by Rev. E. E. Gillespie, D. D. Thos. F. McDow, chairman of the board of trustees of the Yorkville school district, acted as master of ceremonies and welcomed the audience in a short talk in which he emphasized the importance of the occasion, saying among other things that the occasion of the gathering marked the greatest day in the history of the tojvn and community during a period of fifty years. He then introduced Mr. E. A. Montgomery. . superintendent of the school. In part Mr. Montgomery said: We have met together for the greatest event in the history of the good old town of York. We have always stood for the highest and best, and in the march and progress of civilization, we may have at times apparently lagged a little; but true to our heritage, when duty calls, we respond. Recognizing that educational facilities should claim the attention of our best citizenship we have in this matter responded liberally. This unusual response has taken place, first, because our ideals and reputation demands that we be among the best in the things that stand for culture and refinement; second because our boys and girls are worthy of the best that can be had for their training, and third, l>erauso the spirit of the day demands that we rally to the home and school to stem the tide of materialism that threatens to destroy. To prevent a Frankenstein creation the soul must be placed in the body, the moral factor must claim more of our attention. To this end the home school, the publie school and the school of the masses must he developed and rallied to. It must become the heart and center of our modern life. The parent, teacher and child mur.t be brought closer together for the purpose of better citizenship. Yes we should understand the forces and power of the universe, hut we should be master of them. We should turn the engine of destruction into forces of life?make the moral factor of life at least keep pace with the material. After the singing of a song by the pupils of the eleventh grade, Chairman McDow said that the board of trustees in trying to secure a speaker for the occasion had determined to so- J cure some speaker of the very highest ? qualifications?one who.would do Justice to the occasion, and after making unsuccessful efforts some one suggested that the most desirable speaker possible to secure lived right here in this town?one who would rise to every requirement of the occasion?Dr. J. L. Oates. * After replying in kind to the complimentary remarks of Mr, McDow, Dr. Oates spoke for about ten minutes, saying in part: Education is not peculiar to the human race. The wolf packs train their young in the law of the jungle, the mother fox trains her cubs in finding their food, and the Bible speaks of the eagle that stirs up her Itcsi tlUU nuivcicm w?vi ??W? jvut>ei and men educate their dogs and their horses. Special education is not peculiar to civilized man. The Bushman trains his son to throw the boomerang, the African is shewn how to "throw the spear, and the Indian learns how to follow the trail. But this is as true as a mathematical proposition; that the higher the degree of civilization the more thorough must be the educations. Bach step of man's advance shows this?the shepherd more than the hunter, the farmer more than the shepherd; but we as a people have on our hands a large par.t of the burden of the world's commerce, the world's peace, the world's morals and the world's religion. We must therefore have the best preparations for meeting this burden; that is, the best educations. This mepns the best physical surroundings, the best teachers in point of-morals, religions, and mind. And we demand the .best things taught, all necessary truths, all possible development and upbuilding. And we shall find it here. As in a perrect circle aji parts or xne perimeter are equally distant from the center, so this school shall be the center and we ull In this perfect democracy of equal rights to all and special privileges to none shall form the circumference looking ever toward this higher center of knowledge, until such time as wo shall gather around the Christ and tind our lives complete in Him. At the conclusion of the remarks of Dr. Oates, Mr. McDow turned' the further exercises over to Grand Master Biased* of the South Carolina Masons who at once proceeded to lay the cornerstone in accordance with the cus torn of the craft. A short prayer was offered by Grand Chaplain Walsh. After placing the copper box, containing the articles usually placed in corndr stones, in position, the grand master, (using the famous trowell used by the Marquis do-Lafayette in laying the corner stone of the De?alb monunjent at Camden, In the early part of the last century) spread the cement that was to bind the stone in place, it was lowered into position and after trying the stono with' plumb.square and level pronounced it a good and perfect stone. Next he poured upon the stone the'' corn of nourishment, the wine of refreshment and the oil of Joy, and then pronounced an invocation In which the ailbounteous Author of Nature was ask eil to Dtess tne town ana communuy; for assistance in completing the structure, protection <of the workmen from accident and the building from decay and to grant to all a supply of the , corn of nourishment, the wine of re freahment and the oil of Joy. [ The public grand honors of Mason, ry were given, the working tools were delivered to W. T. Heamguard, the 1 builder, a short address was made by > the grand master, an offering was ; taken by the,craft for needy workmen [ or other charitable purpose and the ceremonies were closed with a bene[ diction by Chaplain Walsh. Contents of Box. The following is a complete list of . the articles contained in the copper box placed within the copper stone. ; Holy Bible. Proceedings of Grand Lodge, A. P. AI. Proceedings of Grand Chapter, R. A. M. Proceedings of Grand Council, R. & , S. M. Proceedings of Grand Conunandery, , K. T. List of members, officers and Past Masters of Philanthropic Lodge No. 32, A. F. M. Ic, 5c, 10c, 25c and 50c pieces and one penny Mackey Chapter No. 15, R. * A. M. Copies of Yorkville Enquirer of March 24th and 28th, 1922. Copy of Columbia State <of March 30th, 1922. Copy of News and Courier of March 30th, 1922. / Copy of Charlotte Observer of March 30th, 1922. Catalogue of school for 1911-1912 and 1912-1913?the last issued. List of York County drart lor wona War service. P'acade of new school building, i Copy of case in supreme court con-, cerning $125,000.00 bond issue, together with arguments of counsel. List of pupils, teachers and trustees of school. The Corner Stone. Is of granite and almost square. On the north face is inscribed: "J. Camp*bell Bisaeir, GPand Master. A. L. 5922-A. D. 1922." On the east face are the names of the trustees of the school district, and also that of E. A. Montgomery, superintendent. LOCAL LACONICS Cohen Talks Damage Suit. Fort Mill Times: The shooting of Mr. Cohen has caused much talk in. Fort Mill. Yesterday It was stated by a Fort Mill citizen who visited Mr. Cohen at the nospital in Rock Hill that he had eng ^ed Judge Mendel L. Smith of Camden and Messrs. Herbert Dunlap and. Walter Dunlap of Rock Hill to take charge of the case he feels he has aga'nst the county and the officers and that developments may be expected as soon as he is able to leave the hospital. May Have Stiff Leg. Dr. W. W. Fennoll said Tuesday night that A. M. Cohen, who was shot by officers in Fort Mill township on last Sunday morning under the imnression that, he was a fleeing bootlegger, may have a stiff leg. The shot took effect just behind the knee, and Dr. Fennell had quite a tedious time of it chiseling into the bone down to where he could get noia or it with his forceps, lie would not saycertainly whether Mr. Cohen would have a stiff leg or not but he was apprehensive that such would be the ^ case. He said also that Cohen would soon bo up unless tetanus should deve'op, and all known precautions had been taken against that. The Miller School. "Well, I am undecided as to what we should do,' said J. M. Brice. chairman of the board of trustees of the three times burned Miller school, Wednesday. "It looks like a pity to put up another good building only to have it burned by the same incendiary;" ho added, "and some of us have considered the idea of making arrangements to have the Miller pupils go to the Yorkville Graded school. These pupils are all suunij aiong me roau wunin easy leach, and tlie idea w<?uld probably be practicable. But there is objection to that plan and we have not come to a definite decision. I hardly think wo will attempt it." Mr. Brice said that the work of the school is progressing very nicely at the present time. %