Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, April 07, 1922, Page Page Four., Image 4
jfarapg and Jattu.
? WaH .street, according to a New
York dispatch, is arming itself against
bandits. During the last few months,
between 10,000 and 12,000 bankers,
brokers and others who handle money
in the financial district, have taken out
permits for employes to carry revolvers,
according to police department
records. The business has been so
strong that- the fee for getting a permit
has been raised from $1 to $1.50.
The police department has issued
about 25,000 permits s'ince the first of
the veer.
? A man who spent $1,800 and 1j
months looking over the country fvr
an alleged bail jumper, whose $500
bond he had signed, appeared in a New
York jnagistrate's court Tuesday with
the object of his search. Michael
Eisenstein, who spent the money, said
he tracked Louis Zimmerman to Chicago,
Boston, Philadelphia and other
cities before locating him recently in
Baltimore, on his fifth trip to that
place. He had determined to spend his
last cent to get Zimmerman, he said.
Magistrate Sweetzer held Zimmerman
without bail.
? The British house of commons on
Monday voted a resolution of confl
dence in the Lloyd George government
' 372 to 94. The main question involved
was the coming Genoa conference. The
premier in his speech again outlined
the policy to be pursued at Genoa and
made it clear that unless the house
should express its confidence in the
government, the Genoa conference may
as well be abandoned. Lack of confl^
dence too, it was pointed out, would
mean the fall of the ministry. In his
speech Mr. Lloyd George pointed out
that the government must pursue an
* attitude of sympathy and conciliation
r toward Russia, and although the Sof
viet government is not to be recogniz ;
ed without the approval of the house
_ of commons it is not to be antagonized
further. He said that Germany can
never pay her reparations except
through commercial relations with
Russia. Also Mr. George declared the
necessity of re-establishing stable exchange;
but did not undertake to say
how this could be done.
? Expressing opposition to everything
that the Ku Klux Klan stands
for, "As far as I know," Federal Judge
James C. Wilson, of the northern district
of Texas, in an address before the
Weatherford. Texas, chamber of commerce,
Tuesday night, declared that
Senator Culberson "did not miss it far"
when he said that if "permitted to continue
the klan would soon overthrow
the government." The federal judge
stated that it was nothing more than
a form of anarchism which operated by
first getting as members the sheriffs,
then the police, the trial Judges and
preachers. "It is a smooth system of
chloroforming the government under
the plea of 100 per cent Americanism."
Giving two remedies for the successful
ourhinc of the organization the judge
stated that public ' sentiment would
* force it to earth. As another remedy,
, he said, to "mob the mob." This, he
declared, could be done without violation
of the law for the constitution
Rives the individual the right to protect
his life and his property from the attacks
of another. Judge Wilson asserted
that he was as strongly against
the antl-Ku Klux Klan as he was
against the klan. "All mobs are bad,"
. l*e stated. Jn conclusion the judge
y urged the arming of all Jails with ma.
chine guns and men to man them, so
that mobs which attack Jajls to obtain
possession of prisoners cotjld be
4 thiuarfofl . .
J ? Enactment of the administration's
C ship subsidy bills without radical
k change is the hope of President Hard
ing and shipping board officials, Chair{
man Lasker told members of the sen;
ate commerce and house merchant marine
cpmmittees at the opening session
Tuesday of joint .hearings on the meas#
ure. Declaring that the shipping board
. "stands fast"' for the general principles
embodied in the program endorsed by
the president. Mr. Lasker expressed
' the opinion that "any radical change
in the proposals might result in destruction
of the whole." After he had
read a lengthy statement in which he
contended that government operation
not only had proved a "costly failure,"
but was driving private owners off the
seas, the shipping board head became
the target for a rapid fire of questions,
? most of them from Democratic members
of the house committee. Frequent
verbal clashes between Mr. Lasker
and Representative Hardy, Texas,
( ranking Democrat "of the house committee,
marked the cross-examination.
Quizzed by Representative Briggs,
Democrat, Texas, as to the board's experience
with ship operators, Mr. Lasker
said he had a "suspicion that a few
operators have purposely abused their
operation privileges" to prove government
operation a failure. The chairman
added that he would not make any
specific charges on this point.
? A drifting mine, says a Washington,
dispatch, was sighted Tuesday
* directly in the pathway charted for
liners plying between Boston and Euv
rope. Warning of its presence was
immediately sent by radio broadcast
} by the hydrographic office of the navy
* department to all mariners. The vessel
which reported the mine gave its
'-^position a$ latitude 40 degrees 18 min'utes
west; longitude 52 degrees 46
t minutes ?north. The location is south
?'of the Grand banks and west of the
junction at seat where ships bound
'from Europe to Boston leave the track
tof the Europe-New York liners and
.bear almost due west into port. Since
January 1, 1921, eight floating mines
> which drifted from the remaining
."fmine fields of the war overseas have
\been definitely reported to the hydrographic
office in the north Atlantic
;area immediately off the American
coast. During the same period two
mines were reported off the southern
Sport of the American coast. There
.were reported and charted by the hydrographic
service from January 1,
,1921^.10 March 29, 1922 no less than
i.i nuaung mint's, wnne six nuumonai
mines were reported before the 1921
Vdate. Twenty-seven of these were in
.the high sea area and the remainder
either off the American coast, in the
..Azores area, the European, the Tialtic
tor the Mediterranean. In cooperation
-with the International Mine Clearing
^company in London the hydrographic
^bot't'tco fltl'nichnc rfifrttlnr minn tm
ings anil charts to all mariners leaving
American ports. These show that
4?vast areas of the war zone are still
unswept and mines that break loose
vdrift into the channels of steamship
traffic, occasional destruction of vessels
from this cause being reported.
Navy officers believe it will be years
before the danger is wholly passed or
until the action of salt water, has finally
destroyed the mines.
? Lieutenant Colonel Paul Word
Eeck was killed in the home of Jean
P. Day. a prominent attorney and oil
man, in the home of the latter at Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma, last Tuesday
iv.ivniuh <v III1U?4CI11 I'm I/'
Beck, who was assistant ccfnmanderat
the United States aviation field at Fort
Sill, had come over in an airplane to
be present at the party. The story of
Day is that after taking1 some of the ,
jjuost;; home in his automobile, he returned
to. find Beck struggling: with
Mrs. Day.- He went up stairs, got Oijs
pistol,' returned and ordered Beck, to
leave..' Beck made a threatening motion
and pay struck him a crysh'ug
blow 011 the head with his pistol. The
pistol was discharged. Day says that
he did not intend to shoot Beck; but
does not pretend any '-egret at the batter's
death. Mrs. Day fainted when
she saw her husband enter the room.
Upon her recovery later on, she said
that after her husband left the house
Beck caught both her hands in his, put
his arm around her and made improper
proposals. It was while she was
struggling with him that her husband
appeared. She saw her husband leave
the room and after what seemed to be
a long time reappeared with his pistol,
when she fainted and remembered
nothing more except that she had
screamed. Beck had been an intimate
friend of the family for a long time,
privileged to go"and come as he pleased;
but both Mr. and Mrs. Day say
there had never previously been an intimation
of such conduct. Mrs. Day is
said to be considerably younger than
her husband. The published reports
up to this time contain no suggestions
of the possible unfaithfulness of Mrs.
Day. Investigations are in progress by
officers of the army, by the coroner,
and by the federal prohibition director,
the lrtter to see how much whisky had
been used at the party. Physicians
who made an x-roy^ examination of
Beck's head, say the p'istol bullet passed
through his brain. The coroner's
Inquest will be held tomorrow.
1 <?lrc ^orbville (Enquirer.
Entered at the Postofflce at York, as
Mail Matter of the Second Class.
FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1922.
One of the things that puzzles us is
wherein the New York cotton exchange
is any more virtuous than was the
American Cotton exchange.
The circumstance that Wall Street
confidence men are being forced to
carry pistols to defend their ill gotten
gains from highwaymen is to be taken
mainly as logical development, of the
Wall Street game. And possibly the
practices of the street may now be in
the way of reform.
Politics is a battle between me ins
and outs. The ins want to stay in and
the outs want to get in. Usually both
sides deny this; but if it were not this
way there would not be much politics.
The turning out of those heads of departments
in the bureau of engraving
and printing has raised a big row.
Sure. If the Democrats had closed out
the Republicans, it would have been
the same thing. Sure. And when the
Democrats get back in power they will
act just as the Republicans have acted.
Sure. And the Republicans will be
raising the row. Sure. And the Democrats
will cite Republican precedent.
Surif. AnjJ so it gfces^.Why not accept
facts as facts?
In the current issue of the Lancaster
News, George B. Craven, who has
been editor of the paper for the past
four and a half years announces his
retirement and Judge Ira B. Jones announces
his succession to the management
of the paper. Mr. Craven takes
>ccasion to say that the strange conditions
in Lancaster, the Springs Boycott
and the Spring3-Jones controversy
have nothing to do with his retirement,
which he says, is not only from
Lancaster, but from the newspaper
business. Judge Jones pays high tribute
to Mr. Craven and his wife and expresses
the opinion that so good a
newspaper man as Mr. Craven can
hardly remain long out of the business.
While it is not difficult for The Yorkville
Enquirer to conceive reasons why
Mr. Craven should be ready to quit, it
is not necessary to express these reasons.
Wo do not hesitate, however, to
say that in our judgment Mr. Craven
has acquitted himself ably and honorably
in his position, and there are few
newspaper men in the state who have
held his job down for so long with as
much credit.
The main interest in the Genoa conference
centers in the efforts of the various
nations to bring about with Russia
a reapproaehment whereby trade
relations may be restored. Russia is
without question the best market in
the world for foreign goods. She needs
almost everything, especially locomotives,
agricultural machinery, clothing, J
as well as food. She has many things
that the balance of the world wants,
including gold and other metals, and
oil. The form of her government is
distasteful to all other governments,
and full recognition is a proposition
over which the other governments are
extremely reluctant. But Germany
needs Russia in order to get on her
feet and the other governments want
Germany to get on her feet so that she
can pay. It is hoped that at Genoa an
understanding can be arrived at whereby
trade relations may be re-established
between Russia and the balance of
the world, and Russia also hopes to
get out of the. situation full and complete
recognition of her Soviet government.
Progress of Cotton Planting.?Heavy
rains in the central and western portions
of the cotton "belt delayed farm
work and bnt little cotton was planted
during the last week in those sections,
the government's weekly weather
and crop review issued Wednesday
said.
Planting is backward in Texas, the
review said, and little or none as yet
has been see-n in the lower Mississippi
valley. Conditions were more favorable
in the Atlantic coast states and
planting made good progress in that
area. This work has been finished in
prrts of Florida and the early planting
is up to a good stand in southern
Georgia. Planting was extended during
the week to central North Carolina
and southeastern North Carolina,
which is somewhat earlier than the
average season.
LOCAL.AFFAIRS, ?
, ?
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. \
Nathan Feinstcin?New goods at Fein- }
steins. f
McConnell Dry Goods Company?Buy
cotton goods now.
Owens Fruit and Produce Company,
Tampa, Fla,?Chickens and Eggs
Wanted.
Star Theatre, J. Q. Wray, Manager?
"The Courage of Marge O'Doone" j
today and other good programmes to
I follow.
York Supply Company?Wire fencing. Ic.
W. McGee, Administrator?Notice <
to debtors and creditors of the es- (
j tate of J. J. Glenn, deceased. .
Jamison's Bakery-^New system bread '
made under sanitary conditions.
Peoples Bank and Trust Company? j
It's only human.
Royal Baking Powder Company?Mrs.
L. writes. 1
W. F. Stevenson, Washington, D. C.? ;
| Free bulletin on boll weevil problem.
| A. M. Grist, W. M.?Regular communi- 1
j cation of Philanthropic lodge No. 32,
A. F. M. next Tuesday night.
Clover Hardware Company?Kurfees 1
| pure paint. ]
Green fields along all the sides of
all the roads indicate considerable
acreage of small grain this year; but
it is a fact that the farmers were not j
able to sow nearly as much as they
wanted to sow, mainly because they
were unable to get it in before the
rains commenced in the late fall.
You corvice bovs. whv don't you take
your discharge papers to Cleik McMackin
and have thom recorded free of
charge? Mr. McMackin has a special 1
book for the purpose and will be glad
to record your discharges. By all
means you young men should attend
to this matter.
A representative of The Yorkville
Enquirer who went from. Hickory
Grove to Fort Mill during Tuesday
saw scores of plows at work along the
read. The ground appeared full wet in
places; but the plows were going all
the same. Rain of Wednesday and
Wednesday night, however put another
stop to farm work, at least for several
days.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Real estate transfers have been Indexed
in the offlco of the auditor as
follows:
Catawba?Gib II. Greene t^ J. E.
Vaughn, 1 lot; $1,000.
York?T. E. McMackin, C. C. C. Pis.
to Peoples Bank & Trust Co., 61 57-100
acres; $2,650. (Laura E. Parish tract.)
Ebenerer?Joe M. Taylor to The
Peoples Trust Co., 2 acres; $122.71.
SCENE OF MANY BATTLES
Local negroes were very much interested
in the news of the row at
Gethscmenc Baptist church last Friday
night, on the occasion of the prayer
meeting watch of March passing out
and April coming in. '
Some particulars of the row are contained
in a paragraph republished in
another column from the Chester
News.
"Yes, sir; that's the rowinist place
as I know anything about," said a
j negro woman who called at The Yorkville
Enquirer office for information, (
and who was in turn asked as to what
she knew of Gethsemene. ,
"Gethsemene is the oldest Baptist ,
church in this part of the state, I reck
on?it is the mother of all these Baptist .
churches up this way, down in Fair- :
field and over toward Lancaster. There '
is a big congregation there, and rows '
ar? common. One negro was killed in ,
a row there about fifteen years ago,
and there may be other killings, but I '
can't tell you about them exactly. We j
most always look for some kind of a j
row when they have a big meeting at ,
Gethaemene; but sometimes it gets by j
without a row."
WITHIN THE TOWN.
? Clarence Poe is to speak in the (
courthouse this afternoon at 2:30 j
o'clock. (
? mr w. s. Willis has begun the '
erection of a residence on South Congress
street. M. L. Carroll is remodeling
his residence on King's Mountain
street.
? Numbers of local gardeners are eating
onions, lettuce and raddishes of
their own raising and some have furnished
several of the grocery stores
with supplies for sale.
? Rev. R. J. Crockett has been elected
principal of Jefferson Graded School,
colored of Yorkville, to succeed W. M.
Keck. About 300 pupils are enrolled in
the school.
? The First Presbyterian church of
Yorkville has subscribed $7,000 to the
campaign of the Southern Presbyterian
church to raise $4,500,000 for benevolences
in 1922. The allotment of the
local church was only $6,283.
? The light and power system was 1
put out of business by an electrical
storm early Wednesday night, the big
switch at the power house being destroyed.
Rain fell all during the night?
one of the heaviest downpours during
the long wet spell.
? "The new fire alarm siren is in position
on top of the town hall, all
right," said Mr. J. F. Faulkner, of the
fire department this morning; "but it
is not placed to the best advantage. In
order to do its best it should be mounted
on a tower about fifteen feet above
roof. As it is now the sound is sup
ii.uuanrl n,..irl,v nnil (Iocs not ITPt its I
proper volume until about a mile away. |
We will correct Urn later on. In the
meantime, if you will make announcement
of the fact, wo will make a test J
tomorrow at noon. I would like to have <
the announcement in advance so as to J
avoid the confusion that would be ere- (
ated by a false alarm." *
? Not often; but occasionally there (
are complaints from local subscribers i
about the tardy delivery of their papers (
l?y the carrier hoys. Such complaints (
as art reasonable receive prompt at- .
tention. We hiwe four carrier boys,
each with a special route. They are
bright, intelligent high toned boys, who
realize the importance of prompt conscientious
attention to duty. Their
instructions are *o move quickly, see
that every paper is delivered properly
and without unnecessary delay, and unless
unavoidably hindered they obey
their instructions. The cost of deliver- .
ing the papers to town subscribers is
almost as great as the entire balance of
the circulation. The town circulation
is hardly more than ten per cent, of
the whole. This cost is paid by the
publishers and not by subscriber The
routes of the carriers are regulated by
the publishers with reference to economy
of time and efficiency, and while it
would be gratifying to be able, to con
siaer tne individual desire 01 uie suuscriber
this is not practicable. It is
the privilege of any local subscriber,
who may prefer to get his paper from .
the post oftiee general delivery, without
extra charge. The postage charge for
delivery of the paper by the special
letter carriers is one cent a copy, which \
must be paid by the subscriber. There
ire quite a number of subscribers who
ret their papers through the general
lelivcry at the po3tofflce, and some
,vho pay the cent a copy extra and
lave their papers delivered by the oficial
letter carriers.
MISTAKEN IDENTITY
Error of an enthusiastic prohibiionist
of the Hickory Grove section
n mistaking a burning stump for a
nodnshine still in full blast caused
t r ? a ^ n r 4 BAtmral
>JdKlSU(UU IV. Jj. ;V. OIIIllll CI IIVA oc> ti ui
deputies a ten mile tramp In the dead
)f night recently. The story -was told
t>y "Squire" Smith while in Yorkville
resterday who explained that he was
going to tell it even though the joke
was largely on himself. 'Cut those
who were with me told me to be sure
not to tell you their names," he cautioned
a reporter for The Enquirer.
"They didn t want themselves known
is being connected with it."
"Fellow came to my house about
11:30 at night," the squire said. "I
got up after a bit and went to the
door. He wanted to know if I would
like to take a still in full blast, saying
that he knew where one was about
five miles away. I told him I'd be
with him as soon as I got my breeches
on.
"Well, I got 'em on and calling in
four other fellows, including two
young boys, we started out. Along
before we gof to the place we could
plainly see a light and I thinks to myself:
"Well, this is one time we are
going to catch 'em right on the job.
"The closer we got the plainer the
light shone out. I delegated three of
the party to go toward one outlet to
head the moonshiners off if they
should run that way and with the two
boys I elected to guard the other outlet.
"It was an ideal place for the location
of a still. One could hear the
water trickling in the little branch
and from the light which was shining
so brightly we got the idea that it
was a big plant.
"I asked the boys with me if they
had pistols. They said no, so I told
them to fill their pockets with rocks
and if the shiners tried to run over
them, to start the rock barage. I had
my old trusty shot gun with me, loaded
Rood and plenty.
"Well, suh, we got closer and closer
to the light until it just seemed like
the folks that we thought were running
the plant should break and run.
But nobody ran and we couldn't hear
anybody at work.
"After waiting a time we walked
right up to the light.
"And guess what it was.
' Why nothing but a stump of light
wood which somebody had set on fire
and which was blazing away merrily.
"The other members of tho party
were pretty well hacked; but I wasn't
because I had been fooled that way
twice before.
"The man who had first discovered
it and who came to my house in the
aeaci or nignt to lead me to the scene
five miles away was perfectly honest
about It. He was the worst disappointed
man in the lot.
"But you may be sure," said the
squire in conclusion, "that we were
not in the best of humor after that
ten mile walk to see a burning
stump."
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:
Ward 1.
Forest Smith J. E. Johnson
IV. E. Morton J. J. McSwaln
W. C. Panned G. W. Hill
Levi Whitener F. A. Beaver
Dr. M. W. White D. M. Jones
J. C. Wallace E. A. Horton
Alex Outlaw , J. M. Brian
W. M. Bigger -s H. T. Quinn
J. C. Moore G. W. Ferguson
A. C. Ramsey W. A. Laney
Ft. C. Blackwell Dan Whitener
3. W. Meek H. D. Barrett
Dliff Cole F. M. Poteat
E. W. Holds G. C. Childers
H. M. Mullis E. H. Moton
J. Dillingham T. C. O'Farrell
W T. Laughridge P. N. Moore
\r. F. Dillingham C. L. Adams
3. W. White G. C. Cartwright
3. A. Hall R. F. Lee
Brace H. Hall J. R. Lindsay"
r. W. Anderson Fredrica Lindsay
ilV. J. P. Wylie Rose M. Lindsay
Blanche Lindsay Margaret I. White
IV. S. Wood W. G. F'nley
3. M. Lnog Forest Childers
IV. L. Wallace Jj ?. D. Grist
r. T. Quinn Susie H. Grist
wara z
T. E. Stroup S. T. Enloe
SI. C. McCorkle B. N. Moore
M. T. Babor : Geo. H. Hart
2. L. Bennett > J. E. Hart
2. B. Nevins J. W. Miller
P. P. Morrison W. B. Moore
3cn Fails C. Y. White
Charley Herndon S. E. Grist
Mbert Ashe Sam M. Grist
3. R. McCorkle J. A. T.ite
ft. H. Moore At. L. Carroll
F. J. M. Bolin Jeanette Herndon
T. G. Wardlaw W. I. Witherspoon
T. PL Cannon T. M. Ferguson
.V. H. Barron T. E. Wallace
Margaret A. Gist Helen R. Gardner
Uex Nivens Reola Q. Stroup
D. L. Shieder Q. Wallace
Ward 3.
A. A. Barron W. D. Grist
:f. C. Smith T. W. Speck
II. L. Mitchell C. R. Gillam
2url H. Hart L. M. Grist
f. W. Marshall S. Elizabeth Grist
3. F. Smith Edith T. Grist
3. A. Boney Elizabeth Barron
iV. O. Harshaw Louise Barron
1. O. Allison F. C. Wood
iV." L. Jamison W. G. Brown
jydia R. Hart G. II. O'Lcary
3. 1*. Barron
Ward 4.
r. M. Stroup V/. B. MoCleave
Jen. A. Sherer G. W. S. Hart
0. T. Woods R. F. Parrolt
2. T. Stroup R. F. White
\. D. Dorsett P. W. Patrick
P. C. McCelvey Betlie Grist
\. S. Hart A. M. Grist
L S. MeConnell Mary Mc. Love
2. W. McGcc W. M. Kennedy
?*. E. Quinn Tt. A. Correll
IX T. Quinn Marie C. Correll
I. I. McCaw Louis Holh
Vda L. Saunders A. J. Parrott
311a C. Glenn J. E. Lowry
1. 11. Mackorcll
Ward 5
>V. S. Moore L. 11. Castles
kV. S. Willis John R. Hart
iV. A. Thomasson W. K. Latimer
r. S. Sandit'er J. Mc. Moore
X H. Keller G. P. Grant
X M. Murray
Ward 6.
r. H. Carroll J. Y. Eneas
1. D. Alexander Jess Paris
. W. Jolinson C. W. Carroll
3. M. Love R. D. Dorsctt
C. Parrott Ida A. Alexander
3mmett Stewart
THE MARRIAGE RECORD.
Marriage licenses nave oeen issuku
iy the judge of probate to the followng:
March 1?Albert Ervin and Mary
Vallace, colored, Yorkville.
March 'J?\V. Fennell Craig and
Pearl E. Shillinglaw, Rock Hill
March 3?Beauregard Reid, and Han- i
nah Cousart, colored, Rock Hill. i
March 4?Fur man B. Johnson and i
Clara Hicks, Rock Hill. i
March 6?Walter Anderson and Net- i
tie Guinns, colored, York township.
March 7?Albert Mobley and Laura i
Johnson, colored, York township.
March 7?Roosevelt Rainey and Lucile
Sanders, Sharon No. 2.
March 10?William L. Timmons and
Effle Waters, Lesslie.
March 11?Alexander Guffln and Ada
Bennett, Fort Mill.
March 11?Ben Briggs and Sallie
Barrett, York township.
March 11?Ernest S. Jackson and
Macie Jones, King's Mountain township.
March 13?James E. Parker, Jr.,
Rock Hill, and Jessie L. Vaughn, Heath
Springs, S. C.
March 14?Jesse Blake and Juanita
Smith, colored, Rock Hill.
March 15;?John T. Palmer, Gastonia,
and Ma-rcaret Elizabeth Allen. Chester.
March 18?Gaither Parker and Jessie
Gill, colored, Hickory Grove.
March 18?G. William Burrell, Greenville,
and Nell Amberson, Yorkville.
March 18?Edward Kimbell and Hester
McCameron, Rock Hill.
March 18?Harvey Davis Hullett and
Elizabeth Caldwell.
March 20?John White and Mary
Jackson, colored, Rock Hill.
March 20?Henry Rhodes and Bertha
Ratchford, colored, York township.
March 23?Orion Foster, Rock Hill,
and Pluma Lewis, colored, McConneilsville.
March 23?Thomas O. Dawkins and
Beulah Worley, Rock Hill.
March 24?Henry Robinson and Flora
Bryant, Clover.
March 25?William R. Gordon, Bullock's
Creek, and Lona Barrett, Rock
Hill.
March 25?James Howell and Ola
Black, colored, Rock Hill.
March 25?Arthur W. Garrison and
Eula P. Carnes, Rock Hill.
March 25?Henry Daniel and Fannie
Castle, colored, Rock Hill.
March 27?Kinnie Tate and Bertha
Mceks, colored, Yorkville.
March 28?J. Oscar Sykes, Charlotte,
and Elva McKay, Pineville.
March 29?Roy G. Williams and Annie
Jackson, Rock Hill.
March 29?O'Dell Massey and Queen
Esther Mitchell, colored. Rock Hill.
March 29?Jim Jetter and Lula Gill,
cuiureu, ouiiuck a uret'k.
March 29?J. H. Harvey and Eunice
Mae McCarter, Clover.
March 30?Hobert V/. Green and Viola
Abernethy, Mt. Ilolly, N. C.
March 30?Oron E. Fellows and Ora
Lee Simrili; Rock Hill.
March 31?Charlie Joseph and Amanda
White, colored, Ebenezer.
April 1?Hazie Cash, Rock Hill, and
Lelie Batchlor, Smyrna.
April 1?William A. Garrison and
Pearl Stevenson, Rock Hill.
April 1?Guy Smith and, Rosie Self,
Lincoln county, N. C.
April 1?Robert G. Bcchtler. Rock
Hill, and Ruth Whltaker, Clover.
April 3?F. R. Gribblc and Lila. Lee
Thompson, Charlotte.
April 5?John Bridges and Winnie
Taylor, Gastonia.
ABOUT PEOPLE
Miss Bessie Mason has returned to
her home in Yorkville, after a visit of
several weeks to relatives in Charleston.
j( !wJ4j,\i'|
i) Mr. William Barron, who has been at
The Fennell infirmary for some time
past, is now at the home of his father,
Mr. W. H. Barron, in Yoikvllle.
Clarence S. McCrorey, for some time
1 past manager of the Victory Milling
Company in Rock Hill, has resigned to
become manager of a flour mill at
Lexington, N. C.
_i Miss Kate Cody of Yorkville, who
was badly bruised Sunday afternoon,
when a chair in which she was sitting
on the front porch of hier home gave
way and caused her to fall to the
ground, is still confined to her home.
She is getting along as well as could be
expected.
Rock Hill Record: Miss Alice Beckett,
who has been head nu^se at tho
Fennell Infirmary for some time, has
resigned from this position and is
spending a week as the guest o*' her
sister, Mrs. W. E. Simpson, on Marion
street. Miss Beckett will leave next
week to spend the summer with her
mother at her home on John's Island.
Friends of Mrs. F. C. Poe will
be glad to learn that she is resting
comfortably, following a slight oper
ation this morning at the I-ennell Infirmary.
AriYork county friends of Dr. E. \V.
Pressly, formerly of Clover, will be
interested in the following from the
Greenville News: Announcement was
made yesterday that with th s closing
of the Chick Springs sanitarium, Dr. E.
W. Pressly ha.'-1 decided to locate in
Greenville for the practice of his profession.
This brings great pleasure
to his many friends who have known
him for many years and to whom he
has greatly endeared himself. Dr.
Pressly is one of the Due West
Presslys, was educated at Due West,
and after graduating in medicine,
married and located in Clover. Upon
the entry of the United States in the
war, Dr. Pressly responded, to his
country's call and entered the service.
Ho was located at Camp Sevier, where
he was rapidly promoted to the rank
of colonel and put in full charge of
the medical corps, rendering efficient
service during the scourge of flu at
the camp. At the close of Ntho war,
feeling that his service in this capacity
was ended, he associated himself
with other physicians and surgeons
at Chick Springs sanitarium,
where he has practiced since, confining
his work to general diagnosis
and internal medicine. Dr. Pressly
was at one time president of the
South Carolina, Medical association
and is now one of the board of examiners.
lie is a fluent speaker and his
services are in {Treat demand all over
the state on both medical and literary
subjects, llis work in Greenville will
bo limited to frener.nl diagnosis, heart
and lungs. Offices have not yet been
decided on, but will ze opened within
the next two or three weeks.
The following dispatch from St.
George, Dorchester county, will be of
interest here, the deceased being a
brother of Mr. I?. \V. Patrick, of Yorkvilie:
An inquest in connection with
the death of John C, Patrick was held
in tne courthouse yesterday afternoon
and the verdict was to the effect that
Willie Carr, now in the county jail, is
Hie person who fired the fatal snot.
The jury was impaneled Saturday
morning immediately after the remains
had reached. St. George from Charleston,
but adjourned until yesterday,
when the verdict was reached. The
affair has created intense intedest. The!
court room was well filled during the
hearing, which consumed several
hours. A number of witnesses were
examined and considerable testimony
was given as to statements or tne
defeased after he had been wounded,
the burning of his property, the movements
of the accused prior to and
following' the shooting, and the
destruction of boats in the section in j
which the tragedy occurred. The 11
hearing developed that the gun with i
which the shooting was alleged to have I
been done had been borrowed from a 1
neighbor and had been returned short- i
ly after Mr. Patrick had been wound- i
ed. Solicitor Hydriek cime down from '
Orangeburg to attend the hearing and
with Walter S. Utsey of St George, i
represented the state. Gen. U. S. ]
Connor and, J. Henry Behling, counsel I
for the accused, were present. The i
attorneys for the defense did not take '
a very active part in the proceedings,
and did not indicate what their pro- i
cedure would be when the matter comes
up in the court of general sessions.
N'o information has been given out as
to application for bail for the accused.
The deceased received gunshot wounds
early Saturday evening, more than five
weeks ago, when he was returning to
his home after having been to a cross
roads store a short distance away. He
was taken to a hospital in Charleston
the next morning, where he remained
until his deatu Friday evening. Since
the morning after the tragedy, Willie
CaiT has been in the county jail.
LOCAL LACONICS
Concrete Bridges.
Materials are being laid down for
two concrete bridges on the West-road,
one over Turkey creek and one over
the branch a short distance further on.
Beersheba School to Close.
Beersheba school closes its term
this afternoon. The school has been
in charge of Misses Ella Wilkie and
Lesslie Carroll.
Chaingang Force Reduced.
Expiration of sentences of a number
of prisoners has considerably reduced
the strength of the chaingang, it was
stated yesterday. There are now 3a
prisoners on the gang.
Thirty Prisoners In Jail.
There were a total of thirty prison
ers in the county jail yesterday. Twen- I
ty were negroes and ten white. "Surely
takes a lot of stuff to feed 'em three
times a day," was the comment of
Deputy Sheriff Quir.n.
Bethel Presbyterial.
Of interest to York county Presbyterians
is the spring meeting of Bethel
Presbyterial which is to be held in
Chester, April 20 and 21. A very elaborate
programme has been arranged
for both days and a large attendance
is anticipated. The sessions are to he
held in Purity Presbyterian church.
Yorkville High Lost.
Yorkville High School lost a game
to Lrfincnster High at Lancaster Tuesday
evening 15 to 6. The locals defeated
Cotton Belt yesterday afternoon 7
to 6. Clover and Yorkville are
scheduled to play here next Tuesday
afternoon.
Negro Night Schools Cl06e.
Commencement exercises of the
night schools lor colored people of
I Rock Hill were held at Friendship
College in that city last evening. J. B.
Felton, state, supervisor of negro
schools was the principal speaker of
the occasion. Each of the three negro
night schools had a part in the exercises.
Union School Closed.
^ Union School In District No. 53
closed Its term last Friday afternoon.
The school had been in session seven
months. Prof. Macon Sifford of Clover
and Miss Lizzie Wood of Filbert
were the teachers in charge. The
school was the winner of several
prizes offered by the state school imnrovement
association during the
side of the building furnishing all the
light, with the exception of the door in
the front, which must be kept open lest
Lhe children suffer from excessive heat.
The building just recently erected has
not been painted. It was built largely
as an experiment to see whether or not
the firebug who has burned three
buildings in the district used for school
purposes, will try to burn the latest
building. While it is serving for school
purposes all right and shows plucky
grit and determination on the part of
the patrons of the district to have a
school, it is in odd contrast to the
buildiners that formerly housed the
school.
Many to Attend Ccnvontion.
Representatives of the Christian:
Endeavor Societies of practically
every Presbyterian church in the
county are in Greenville today in attendance
upon the annual convention
of the State Christian Endeavor societies
which opens in that city this
evening with an address by Daniel A. p
Poling of New York City and Boston.
With a series of social affairs, addresses
by some of the leading religious
leaders of the country and numerous
entertainments at the hands
of tjie Greenville chamber of commerce
and Endeavor organizations,
the ' young people will remain in
Greenville over Sunday. The convention
will close with an address by
Rev. R. A. Lapsley. of Tarboro, N. C.,
who on May 1, becomes pastor of the
First Presbyterian church of Columbia.
Among speakers for the convention
are Dr. J. P. McCallie, of Chattanooga;
Chas. F. Evans of Chattanooga:
S. W. Denby, Chattanooga;
Dr. Don W. Richardson of Phinn*
Miss Mabel Hall. pf At Ian ta"Dr7 E. B.
Quick, of Anderson; Dt\ Stonley R.
Orubb, of Columbia; W. P. Conyers,
jf Greenville; Dr. R. F. Klrkpatriek,
of Anderson and a score of the Endeavor
leaders of the state.
Lid On in Rock Hill.
For over a year the Federation of
Bible Classes of the city has been trying
to fret the City council to pass a
rig-id ordinance tn regard, to the Sund.My
closing. At the legular meeting
of the council held Monday night a
committee composed of Mrs. J. K.
Roach, Dr. AJexander Martin, R. C.
Burts and J. TV Fain appeared before
the council and addressed it as to the
advisability and need for more strict
| observance. The ordinance passed the
i third reading and as It now stands
provides for the selling of gasoline
during only certain hours on Sunday,
the druggist can only sell drug3. The
question of. what is work of necessity
was discussed at length, some holding
that it was unlawful to let the boys
sell papers on Sunday and to let the
shoe shine stands do business. Chief
Youngblood stated that he would like
for council to rule on these two points.
There seems to be a unanimity of
opinion that shoe shine stands are unnecessary.
There was a division of
Anintnn o a + a ka on 1 a a# ytntimriut
It was decided to start off with an iron
clad ordinance. It was admitted that
the measure literally construed was
far-reaching1 and in its scope. Members
of the council pointed out to the
different organisations that the success
of the law depended largely on the support
of the general, public and that
those backing the ordinance would be >
expected to lend every effort in detecting
and prosecuting the offenders. A
law providing a penalty of not less
than $20 and not more than $100 for
a person to drive a motor vehicle while
under the influence of narcotics or intoxicating
liquors was passed.
? Dr. Geo. H. Heiptlsh, a prominent
physician of' Spartanburg, djed at his
home in that city last Tuesday, in the
63rd year of his age.
? A bronze statue of Booker T.
Washington, born in slavery but who
founded Tuskegee institute, was unveiled
at Tuskegoe, Alabama, Wednesday
in the presence of a gathering
of white people and negroes
from all parts of the nation. Funds
for the erection of the statue were
contributed by 100,000 negroes, and it
depicts the negro educator In the act
of pulling away from a crouching,
half concealed black man the veil of
ignorance and . superstition. Carved
on its base are the words: "He lifted
the veil of ignorance from his people
and pointed the way to progress
through education and industry."
Other inscriptions, from Washington's
writings, on the base include: "We
shall prosper in proportion as we
learn to oignify and glory labor and
put brains and skill into the common
occupations of life." "There is no de
fenste or security for any of us except
in the highest intelligence and
development of all." "I v.-ill let no
man drag me down so low as to make
me hate him." The unveiling, held in
connection with Founders day of Tuskegee
institute, brought together the
largest crowd that ever visited the
institution. Eulogies of the work of
Booker T. Washington were delivered
by Josephus Daniels, former secretary
of the navy; Dr. Wallace Butterick,
president of the General Education
board: Dr. George G. Hall, of Chicago;
Emmett J. Scott of Washington;
Dr. Robert R. Moton, principal of
Tnskegec Institute and William J.
Wilcox, of New York, chairman of
board of trustees. A letter from President
Harding, praising Washington
was read.
? Columbia April 6* That John E.
Swearingcn, state superintendent of
education, would havo no lack of
backing in school circles should he
cast his hat into the gubernatorial
ring this summer was made clearly ' >
evident at the meeting of county superintendents
of education recently
held in this city. The resolution,
which was adopted almost unanimously
by the county superintendents of
education, has just leaked out nnd
yesterday when Mr. Swcaringen was
asked about it he expressed the wish
that nothing be said abcut it, as he
has yet made no announcement that
he would run for governor and he
said he feared the schools might suffer
from the rumor. It has been the
icustom of Mr. Swearingen for a number
of years to assemble the county
imuimeiim oi I'uuvuuuii ill twunibia
soon after tlie close of the
legislature. so that he might discuss
v/ilh thorn the new Laws which had
been passed with regard to the public
schools. These meetings have
been found very helpful and have been
well attended. This year every county
in the state, except about 11, had
its superintendent of education at the
meeting. It is understood that at one
of the conferen'es a county superintendent
arose and proposed that the
meeting of superintendents go on record
as cnJorsing Mr. Swearingen's
candidacy for governor should he enter
the race. At 1he tine Mr. Swearingen
was in the chair and lie at once
ruled the motion out of order and it
di l not come to a vote. Late** during
tlie meeting, when S. J. Wall, superintendent
of education of Marion, took
the chair, the matter wns .umiti
broached, nnd the resolution was
adopted heartily. Since Mr. SwearinKon
had not announced any intention
of running for governor, it was agreed
according to rumors on the street, to
rr,r ke no mention of the resolution
through the public print lest the
schools should suffer.
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year.
Break in the Road.
The heavy beating rain of Wednesday
night found a soft place in the
newly built King's Mountain road
that may give trouble. The top soil
had necessarily to be laid over wet
ground that would probably have been
permanently all right after a week of
dry weather. It is not expected that
the break will make the road impassable
unless the rains continue for some
time.
Alleged White Slaver Arrested.
Rock Hill Herald. Wednesday:
Robert Phillips, of Jacksonville, Ala.,
is being held here by the police on
the charge of violating the white slave
act, pending arrival of a warrai?t from
tho federal authorities in Birmingham,
Ala. Phillips, who has a wife
and four children in Jacksonville,
came here several weeks ago and secured
a position in a mill, stating to
officials that his wife would come
later. A young woman, he alleged to
be his wife, came a week or so later
and both have been working since
that time.
Children Present Pageant.
in me presence or a jarge cruwu ui
parents and friends, pupils of the
Aragon-Blue Buckle department of
the Rock Hill city schools presented
an elaborate pageant?"The Victory
of Health" at the A^ragon Mill baseball
park Tuesday afternoon. Leading
roles were taken by pupils taking
the following characters: Queen of
Health; King Common Sense; Prince
of Demons and Hope. The health
pageant had been planned to show
how various physical activities are a
benefit to the health of boys and girls
and also to teach the need and value
of establishing correct health habits.
Worth Looking At.
Mr. Eugene Garrison, on the Yorkville-Rock
Hill road, ten miles from
Yorkville, has a young peach and apple
orchard that compels the admiring attention
of passers by. There are about
36 trees, all trimmed and pruned to
symetrical uniformity, evidently by an
expert who knows his business, and the
bodies of the trees whitewashed, evidently
with some preparation that is
intended to protect against damage
from insects. The trees are about
three years old, and all appear to be in
perfect condition. Altogether they
servo to furnish one oktlic prettiest
sights along the Yorkville-Rock Hill
road.
Road Contract Awarded.
Elliott & Sons, road contractors
with headquarters in Spartanburg;
were awarded a contract yesterday by
the state highway commission to build
about two and one-half miles of the
new West road from the corporate
limits of Hickory Grove to Bullock's
Creek trestle. They bid to do common
excavation work for 21 cents a
yard while their bid for top soiling
was 26 cents. The total amount of
the contract for the road work will be
about $12,000, it was estimated yesterday.
Thirteen contractors submitted
bids to the representatives of the
state highway commission and the
West road commission yesterday
morning when bids were received in
accoi dance with previous notice. Dr.
H. N. Miller, a member of the West
Road commission stated yesterday
that the commission not only has sufficient
funds to cover the cost of the
contract let yesterday hut to continue
the west road toward Sharon on ..he
eastern side of Bullock's Creek.
The Miller School.
A representative of The Yorkville
Enquirer stopped to peep into the little
one-room Miller school in District
N'o. 48, while driving over into the
western side of the county the other ;
morning. The little school, thrice disrupted
by fire in the past few months, J
Is now housed in a plain one-story 1
building, hardly as large as the cloak '
room in some of the larger buildings 1
n the county. Long benches, on which
:he pupils sit, are huddled together,
rhree small windows on the western 1