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ESTABLISHED 1855 YORK, 8. C.. T UESDAY\APRIL 11, 1923; NO. 29
VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS
Uriel Local Paragraphs ot lore or
< Less Interest.
PICKED IIP ST fftfCIKEg KEPQSTEBS
8toriea Concerning Folks and Things,
Soma of Which You Know end
8ome You Don't Know?Condensed
For Quick Reading.
"Lea Hogue, mechanic at Qie Hawthorn
mill here has made a number of
mighty fine baseball bats recently,"
?'A toorrioh wall WnnU'P bfl3e
ball umpire of Clover, who was talking
baseball and things the other day.
"Mack McCaiter, who lives near Henry's
Knob recently brought Mr. Hogue
a large supply of second growth ashe
which is the best wood known to
make baseball bats. Hogue recently
made a bat for 'Dody' Phillips who
played such great baseball around
here last summer. Phillips Is now
coaching the Erskine College team.
Ho also made a bat for young Jim
Page who Is playing with Erskine."
Building Operations.
"I am inclined to think that the cost
of building, both as to materials and
labor, is pretty close down to rock bottom
now,'' said Erwln Moore, of the
Logan Lumber Yard, yesterday. "The
price of brick is now pretty close to
pre-war figures, and lumber is, I think,
about as low ai it is going to be soon.
There is a considerable amount of
building going on in Rock Hill, Chester,
Clover and elsewhere immediately
around us, and our concern has about
all the work it can handle. In fact, almost
everybody in the building line is
busy, and when you come to think
about it, these activities are helping
things generally. If it were not for the
money being paid out for building, the
situation would be duller than it is."
Othsr Late Plantings.
"Yes, we have been this late before,"
said Mr. T. M. Allen of Harmony, the
other day, "a number of times within
my recollection; but I could not give
you the dates ofT-hand. I remember
particularly, however, the season of
1899. That was a wet spring, and there
had been no plowing up to the 7th of
April and for several days after. That
was the date of the death of our old
friend, Matthew H. Williams. But
when we did get at it, we certainly
tried to make up for lost time. That
- Is the way It will be '.his year, I presume.
We have not got the stalks out
yet and we have a lot to do. It iB safe
to predict that there will not be much
fixing of the land. We will Just break
it up and plant without much preparation."
Outlook More Hopeful.
"There is a more hopeful and buoyant
spirit among the people now than
there was a few weeks ago," said J. H.
B. Jenkins, acting vice president of
the Peoples Bank and Trust com panny,
yesterday. "I can see it quite
plainly. ' A few weeks back the gloom
was so general and oppressive, that it
seemed difficult to keep from catching
it, something I never allow myself to
do. There is nothing more fatal to
business than that. But immediately
after the farmers got to plowing you
could see the difference. I have seen
them in worse spirit many a time than
thev are now. As I see it nobody is
going to take any big risk on an all
cotton crop this year. I'm not; but
still I am here to help, and I am going
to do my share as I have always been
trying to do.'*
Bumper Crops.
Of oats and rye
And all such stuff,
We know we'll have
More than enough.
?New York Sun.
The tourist crop
Is ripening here;
'Twill be a whop?
Ping crop this year!
?San Francisco Chronicle.
Boll weevils are
To be our guests;
In countless droves
Arrive the pests.
Charleston News and Courier.
Our number of pessimists
Is still very great,
And there's little hope
Thdt it will abate.
Cooperative Marketing Canvas.
'"We signed up 1,200 bales at the
meeting in the courthouse last Friday
afternoon, and 800 bales in Rock Hill
.during the morning, making 2,000
bales as the result of Mr. Clarence
Poe's visit to York county," said Mr.
W. B. Wllkerson, one of the chairmen
of the cooperative marketing drive in
York county.
' "That gives us about 4.000 bales
signed up so far," Mr. Wilkerson continued.
"and we are hoping to get at
least 6,000 bales more during the
month.
"A number of people who have signed
up have promised to assist with the
canvass, and I think if we will all
make a good hard pull during the
balance of the month we can put the
thing over. All that is necessary is
for the people to understand the proposition.
"I have run across some people who
think that they must necessarily put
up the $5 membership fee now; but
when Mre explain that we will take
.? iiirir nuir? lur imyauic ?ui mr
vj.v*#1*8* cotton they market, they come
across, especially after they understand
that if they do not make any
cotton they do not have to pay anyi
thing.
"There are a good many people who
have been promising to sign; but who
have been putting us off. Why they do
it I don't know.
1 "We've been getting many signers
all around except in Bethel and. in the
Ncely Creek country, and I can't understand
it. There are many prosper
ous, Intelligent farmers in both sections,
and why they, of all others,
should hold back in a proposition like
this is beyond explanation.
"But I am still hoping that all of
them will come across with the others,
and put York county over the top."
Must Pick Up ths Squares.
Spent a while with Mr. J. S. Glasscock,
near Harmony, a few days ago.
Mr. Glasscock has been in bad health
for some time past; but seemed much
better than I expected to find him. He
is able to walk about in good weather
and is glad to talk to his friends when
they call to see him, and he has lots of
.them.
"About eight acres to the plow is
what I have been telling my hands, and
if they do not keep the boll weevil killed
cotton squares picked up until the
first of Auerust. no supplies after that
date?not even a pint of meal. I tell
you It la a big risk anyway. I am thoroughly
familiar with what the boll
weevil did down in Sumter county last
year. Year before last it was just
about like it was in York county last
year, and last year they did not make
two bales where they should have
made ten. There is no hope of making
anything unless they pick up and destroy
the shed squares, and so far as
my places are concerned that's got to
be done."
Warning to Farmers.
From Beaufort county where the
boll weevil has already destroyed the
cotton growing industry comes the
warning to York county farmers to
watch out this year. Mr. H. H. Lake,
well known citizen of Beaufort, writes
Views and Interviews: "I hope the
people of your section will not make
the mistake that many sections have
Sono in nlnntinir n. tremendous cotton
crop on the first arrival of the boll
weevil. If they do under normal condition
there will be a great many who
would like to make a change at the
end of the year; but most of them
will find that their financial condition
will not allow them to do so."
That the truck growers down state
have begun shipping vegetables and
selling them north and cast at good
prices is indicated in Mr. Lake's letter
when he says: "The outlook for
this section is extremely promising.
Several hundred cars of lettuce have
been moved from this section at a
good profit. Indications are that the
crops generally will be good and sell
at a good price."
Confident State Will Go Over.
"I am quite confident that with the
united effort of agricultural leaders
and farmers that South Carolina will
go over the top in getting its quota
of 40.000 bales of cotton signed up for
the South Carolina Cooperative Cotton
Growers Marketing association,"
declared Dr. Clarance Poe, editor of
the Progressive Farmer in discussing
the present campaign of the cotton
growers with Views and Interviews
Friday afternoon. "We didn't have a
great deal of trouble in getting our
quota in North Carolina," said Dr.
Poe, "after the fanners began to understand
the plan. It was a little
hard to get started and of course
there were those to predict that it
[ would never be done. I feel sure that
South Carolina will be equally successful."
Dr. Poe who is a practical
as well as a "book farmer" was the
first man in North Carolina to sign a
contract to market his cotton crop
through the cooperative marketing
plan. He left Yorkville Friday afternoon
for Anderson.
PATAGONIAN MONSTER
Governor of Province Forbids Interference
with It.
The plesiosaurus says a Beunos
Aires dispatch is out or danger, ino
word has been received from Prof.
Onelii's expedition since it was reported
to be encamped at Barilocho
trying to decide whether to proceed
north or south in pursuit of the antediluvian
monster. The fear was getting
general that the plesiosaurus
might have exterminated the hunters,
but it now develops that their silence
wa3 due to grief and rage.
Upon their arrival they were served
with an edict from the governor of
the territory of Chubut forbidding the
capture or killing of the plesiosaurus
or any other prehistoric monster
which might exist in Chubut. The expedition
also was informed that the
governor has ordered the territorial
police to ta.ke any means necessary
to enforce the edict.
The governor's orders are the rosult
of an appeal of the Argentine
Society for the Prevention of the
cruelty to Animals. j ne society
maintains that if the monster exists
it must be the last of its species, and
therefore the scientists should be
compelled to study him in his natural
surroundings instead of amid the comfort
of the Buenos Aires Zoo, where
it was intended to intern the creature.
The governor's orders do not prohibit
the expedition from continuing the
hunt for the animal, but if he is found
the hunters must he content to merely
look at him.
THE "BOLLWEEVIL SPECIAL"
Mackorell Writes Interestingly of
Long Trip by Automobile.
BOYS BAYE TRYING EXPERIENCES
Yorkville Tourist Keeps Daily Diary of
His Trip?Trio Spent One Night in a
Cemetery and Hard Luck Followed
?Fell Into Hands of Louisiana 8her
I iff, but Were Soon Out of Trouble.
(By Theo Mackorell).
"This is a fine country and we are
getting along fine. None of us have
been sick so far. We are a little lonesome
and wish you would send us The
Enquirer once in a while." So writes
Theodore Mackorell to his father, Mr.
R. J. Mackorell of Yorkville, from
Hayne, La. Young Mackorell is one of
the trio of Yorkville boys who left here
about three weeks ago for a tour of
the West, in a patched-up Pord that
was dubbed the "Boll Weevil Special."
The other members of the trio are J. B.
Grant gnd Joe Herndon. Mackorell has
been keeping a diary of his progress,
and it is given here as it stands to the
date of his last letter:
"March 13?On Monday, March 13,
about 12 o'clock the 'Boll Weevil Special'
started out of York, S. C., on its
trip for the West, with its three owners
on board. The three owners are: J. B.
Grant, Joe Herndon and myself. About
twelve miles out of York we had a
puncture. We took the old tire off and
threw It away and put on a new one.
About 2 o'clock we arrived In the city
of Blacksburg, and the roads were so
bad In that city that we had hard luck
and twisted a drive shaft off. We grot
to work and fixed It and about 6
o'clock left there for Spartanburg. We
arrived In Spartanburg about 7 o'clock
and went around to Bee Bill McDow.
He asked us to spend the night with
him, so we spent the first night in
Hastoc school.
"March 14?We left Spartanburg at
about 8 o'clock a. m. About five miles
out we stopped and cooked breakfast.
We then started out again and about 7
o'clock went into camp outside Athens,
Ga, We did not put our tent up for it
did not look like it was going to rain,
but about 11 o'clock it sure did pour '
down and we did not get any more
sleep that night.
. "March IB?We cooked breakfast '
early and started out for Atlanta, Ga.
We arrived in Atlanta about 12 o'clock
and went into camp at the tourist
camping ground. We found a house
with some beds in it out at the camp, 1
so we occupied it instead of putting up 1
our tent. We had supper and went to 1
bed early as we were tired out.
"March 16?We slept so sound last
night that we did not woke until 10 1
o'clock thi^ morning, we got Dreaa
fast in a hurry and packed up and <
started on. We rode steady until about 1
7 o'clock and then went into camp
outside of Tallapoosa, Ala.
"March 17?We got up early this <
morning and started out again after
eating a good breakfast. The roads 1
started getting rough and almost im- I
passable, so we had to take it very 1
slow, and so we did not get very far 1
that day. We camped on the other side I
of Anniston, Ala, '
"March 18?We made an early start '
this morning and about 11 o'clock ar- 1
rived in Birmingham, Ala. We stayed !
around there for two or three hours 1
shopping and trying to And the best
route out to Texas. We were told that J
we would have to go up into Tonnes- '
see and across Arkansas. We did not 1
want to go away up in there so we just 1
headed straight west like we had 1
started. The roads were as rough as <
they could possibly be, so we could not <
make much headway. We made it to *
the other side of Tuscaloosa, Ala., and
went into camp in a graveyard.
"March 19?Camping in the graveyard
must have given us bad luck for
it rained so hard that night and all the ;
next day we had bad luck. We did not
cover much territory today. By night
we have gotten as far as Demopolis, '
Ala., where we are camped, for the
night. ' 1
"\inrrh 20?We started out this | '
morning about 8 o'clock and rode all 1
day over some roads that were 'ell. We '
went into camp in York, Ala., early <
that night and we were worn out. I
"March 21?We crossed into Missis- '
sippi today after going over some more {
rough roads and having trouble with <
the 'Boll Weevil.' We can say this
much for Alabama: She sure has not I
got any roads. We went into camp ]
for tonight sixteen miles this side of i
Jackson, Miss. <
"March 22?We started early this I
morning and went into Jackson and on <
to Vicksburg and crossed the Missis- i
sippi river there on a ferry that took i
one hour to cross the river. When we i
landed on the other side why we were
in Louisiana. We landed in the most
deserted part of Louisiana. For miles
and miles we did not see a thing but
swamps and barren lands and then for
miles and miles we did not see a thing
but negroes. About every five miles
you would see a white man's house, i
We went into camp tonight among the
negro settlement. The negroes were
very polite.
"March 23?Today when we started
out we found out that two towns between
where we were and Monroe, La.,
were under water, so we had to make j
a detour up into Arkansas and then
come back into Louisiana. We went
up to Lake Village, Ark., and then
started back down toward Monroe, La.
We found the roads Just fine ana we
made good time. We camped for tonight
about fifty miles this sid^ of i
Monroe, La.
"March 24?When we started out this
morning we were out of oil for the motor
and we could not get any until we
cot into a little town named Riatron.
La. But by the time we got there the
motor was knocking Bome fierce. Well, '
we drove Into town and got in a back
lot near a garage and tore the motor
down, ground the valves and flxe<i her
up and put plenty of oil in it. We then
drove on into Monroe, La, We found
a tourist camping ground there, so we
pitched camp. We had supper and
went up to town to look around. We 8
got in with a fellow from Detroit, r
Mich., and he said we could get a good c
job there until the wheat harvest be- f
gan. So we stayed around the next r
day to try for a job. That day Joe i
Herndon met some boys that were In a
college with hint and. they said we e
could get jobs, so ,wc thought we would d
hang' around awnne and see. We stay- a
ed around there doing nothing but eat- t
Ing and sleeping until the twenty- k
eighth of March when we thought we i
had better go on a little further; but d
that very day one of the boys Joe met o
got him a Job and he went to work the t
next day. They told us to hang around e
and they would get us a Job real soon, ii
Well, we thought we would get a Job, p
so we hung around until April 2, and s
as we did. not have any job or any f
prospects of one we pulled out for n
Haynesvllle, La'.,, about sixty miles s
from Monroe. "V^e were told to go to t
Haynesvllle by some business men that a
knew what they were talking about, a
It is one of the largest oil fields in the c
world and v ? are pretty sure of get- a
ting a Job. Well,,we rode all day April t
2, over the worst roads that we have a
ever been on and when we got to a h
little town thirteen miles from Haynes- c
ville, the sheriff stopped us and said fc
we were under aprest. Well, wc did c
not know what to think. We knew we s
hadn't done anything 'wrong. When v
we asked him what for he said speed.- t
ing. Well, we thought we were in it n
Bure. He asked Us what we had in the
back of that car. We told him and he
says, 'Uhv huh! well, let me look in r
there; I bet you fcot whisky.' We said, i;
'All right, Cap, tf you find any wish n
you would give us a drink.' We show- ii
ed him that identification paper we t
had Mayor Hall and Chief Steele to n
make for us before we left York. He ii
quit searching then and said, 'Oh, well, o
boys, that's all right. I was looking /
for a load of Whisky to come through h
~.nd thought you all were the ones.' b
And he says he didn't want us for s
speeding, but that was his excuse to 4
stop us. So he let us go and we kept t
on towards Haynesvilie. When we o
were within six miles of the town one c
of the rear axles broke. We just left
the car sitting in the road and caught p
1 ride to town. When we got there we 0
grot supper and went to bed >at Mr. a
Seorge Zeign's house?a man in t;
Haynesvilie that is letting us stay p
with him until we get a Job and a place j>
to stay. p
"April 3?We got up early this morn- h
Ing and got breakfast and went to the g
parage and got a new axle and got a e
fellow to take us back to our car. We a
worked on it until about 1:30 and we b
^ot it fixed all O. K., and drove back o
to town and put up around at Mr. a
Zeign's house. We met a man here tl
that says he is going to get us a job t
ind told us to came back to see him
tomorrow. tl
"April 4?Well, we got up early this a
Homing and went around to see him; ti
but it was raining so bad that we'could n
not go out to the oil fields and so we o
will have to wait until tomorrow. We y
looked around town until 12 o'clock, y
ind came down to the house to rest n
ind to write this letter. Well, that is 0
ill up to this minute." b
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MINE MULES SEE LIGHT. r
11
Strike of Coal Miners Means Treat b
for Hard Worked Animals. tl
One hundred and fifty-five thousind
idle mine workers in the anthracite
fields of Pennsylvania are not c
alone enjoying the holiday brought c
?bout by the suspension order, says a y
Wiikesbarre, Pa., dispatch. The mine t]
mules, many of which had not seen ^
daylight for years, also are enjoying b
It. And if the capers they cut ahout e
their enclosures are to be taken as re- s
lections of their feeling, they are 0
aven more joyful than the miners. {,
Certainly these humble beasts of v
burden are not worrying about the
probable length of the suspension, for
everything has been done for their p
comfort. Thousands of them were s,
brought from the dark levels in board- jj
ed enclosure. To watch them romp- ]j
ing about, kicking and biting at each c
other good naturedly, was evidence |j
enough that they welcomed the chance 0
again to get into the sunshine and r
air, free from coai gases. mu mere
was even stronger evidence that the
mules disliked their gloomy subtcr- ()
ranean existence when an effort was t
made to lead or drive them toward a
a mine opening, invariably there was t
rebellion. ii
It was in the deep recesses of the i;
mines where trolley lines cannot ii
penetrate or where the sparks from t
electric wires might cause gas ex- b
plosions that the mules are employed, o
After once taken into the inner wrork- p
Ings they are never removed except in li
cases of strike or other trouble. Their g
average life underground is about 15 v
years. c
POE TO THE FARMERS
Voted Agricultural Editor Discusses
Cooperative Marketing.
JARGE CR8WD HEARD {HIS ADDRESS
Representative Audience of Farmers
and Business Men Listened to Able
Discussion of Timely Subject?Many
Joined the Association?8peaker
Does Not Regard Plan as Cure-all,
' But Is Confident It Is Great 8tap
Forward.
"Labor unions in their final analysis
ire'in reality nothing but cooperative
narketing associations and the same
irganizatlon that has been responsible
or increasing the wages of laboring
nen will d.o the same for the farmers
? * 1? ?1# tViA nl/v (ft
n inn t>iuu ul imiuu, u mc >? mvi^iv (
pplied,'' declared Dr. Clarence Poe, ,
ditor of the Progressive Farmer, adIrcssing
a large audience of farmers
*nd business men in the interests of
he South Carolina Cooperative Mar;eting
association in the courthouse In ,
forkville, Friday afternoon. The aulience,
which was quite representative
f many sections of York county, was
ho largest in attendance upon a farmrs'
meeting here in many months. It
ncluded a1 number of women who ap- I
reared to be much interested In the
peaker's subject. A number of colored :
armors were also there, as well as i
aauy professional men. In fact, every <
eat in the court room was taken and <
he seats within tno enclosure were
.180 filled. Dr. Pr>e spoke for more than I
n hour, explaining the principles of <
ooperatlve marketing in detail. His I
ddress was a matter-of-fact talk, In- i
erspersed with humorous anecdotes,
nd he held the undivided attention of !
lis audience throughout. After he had 1
oncluded officials of the York county 1
iranch of the American Cotton asso- 1
iation called upon farmers to sub- i
cribe to the association and there 1
rerc quite a number who contracted i
o sell their cotton' production for the 1
ext five years through the association.
Large Crowd at Rock Hill.
Dr. Poe spoke in the Federal court i
oom in Rock Hill Friday morning to a i
irge audience of fawners and, business
nen of the eastern section and follow- '
ng his explanation many farmers <
here agreed to accept the plan. At a i
neeting here Friday afternoon he was i
ntroduced by J. B. Johnson, president 1
f the South Carolina division of the
Lmerican Cotton association, who In a
irief talk outlined the *work that had
?een done in South Carolina so far in
ecuring pledges toward the quota of
00,000 bales of cotton to be marketed 1
hrough the proposed association and
utliaed the value of the scheme to the
otton growers. I
Dr. Poe, who was received with ap- i
ilause, expressed his pleasure at the i
pportunlty of addressing such a large i
" ^ A# Vril'lf Arilln. 1
iiu itpi coumau uuu/ v/i a vin w?i?
y farmers and said he was especially
leased to talk on such a timely subset.
"I know what you farmers have
assed through In the past two years,"
e said, "because I passed through the
ame thing in the late eighties and
arly nineties when cotton was selling
round 4 and 5 cents a pound. I am
ringing your attention to the principle
f cooperative marketing, which is not
theory but an established fact since
he plan has been tried In Europe for
wo generations.
"There Is no question of the fact
hat there is something wrong with our
gricultural program and It is bound
? be in the marketing end. Governlent
statistics show that In 1920 two
ut of every five farmers were tenants,
rhile in 1880 only one out of every four
ras a tenant farmer. This shows that
mny have had to give up a part or all
f their property in oi^der to stay in
usincss. And while I would hold coperative
marketing out to you as a
emedy, I'm not going to tell you that
t will prove a cure-all. But I do beeve
it is the longest step that has yet
een put forward in the interests of i
he farmer.
A Change In Syatem.
"It was my privilege and pleasure,"
ontinued Dr. Poe, "to attend the reent
national agricultural conference in
Vashington and the outstanding
hought of that conference was the
hought of getting agriculture on a 1
usincss basis. The pioposal of cooprative
marketing is to substitute a
ystem of merchandising cotton in lieu i
f the present policy of merely dump- i
ng it on the market. I would have
on remember that fact if you forget
Ise I tell you.
"Cotton and tobacco are the princi>al
crops of the Carollnas. Thofe '
ame two products are the principal ar- i
Ic.les of manufacture in the two Caro- <
nas. But the manufacturers of the I
ommoditics you raise arc nothing <
kc as careless in their selling meth- 1
ds as are the producers of the raw
iroducts." i
Value of Organization.
Referring to organized labor by way 1
f illustration the speaker declared
hat labor unions in their last analysis 1
re cooperative marketing associaions.
"The laborer has one commod- i
iv ?f\ii?his labor and he has oreran
&ed or joined with his fellow laborers
n selling that because he realizes that
hrough organization he could get a i
letter price for it. As a result of that <
rganization union labor is getting 99
icr cent above pre-war prices for its
ibor, while the unorganized farmer is
ettihg only 15 per cent above preen
r prices for his products. And the ]
nly way that the farmer is ever golng^i
to grain independence is by pooling his
product with that of his fellow farmers.
"While ft is a fact that the farmer
has been working hard all these years
for nothing," declared Dr. Poe, "it ie
his own fault. All other classes and
professions are using business sense
and horse sense in selling their labor
or their products, while the farmer is
still going around asking, 'Please sir.
what will you give me for this?*
"I believe that in the future we will
thank God for the hard, years of 1920
and 1921 because as a result of our experiences
and the trying ordeals
through which we have passed weiiave
determined to wake up and market our
products on a business basis. We are
realizing that it is high time w? were
changing our position.'*
Mentioning Oklahoma, Texas, Mlsslssipi,
North Carolina, Arkansas,
Georgia and Alabama, as cotton growing
states that have accepted the cooperative
marketing plan and subscrib9d
their respective quotas, the speaker
said that South Carolina and Louisiana
were the only cotton growing states
lacking to present a solid front for the
plan to make farmers sound in their
own interest.
Principle an Oid One.
The principle of cooperative marketing,
said Or. Poe, is an old one and has
been in practice in foreign countries,
notably France, Belgium, Italy, Ireland
Etnd Denmark for more than two generations.
Farmers of Denmark espe
daily have become all powenui
through cooperative marketing, while
In this country the highest development
in farming has been reached
In California, largely through the result
of the marketing system.
The agreement that the farmers of
South Carolina are being asked to sign,
he said, is the same contract that the
farmers in other cotton growing states
have signed. The matter is one of
great importance not only to farmers,
but to the public at large, because in
an agricultural state like South Carolina
all are dependent upon the farm.
There is no chance for profiteering
through the coope^kive marketing
scheme, he said, becarttee it Is so arranged
that ail members share alike.
Nobody but those who actually grow
cotton may become members and each
cotton grower must pledge himself to
market all his cotton through the asBoclat'-m
for five years. Provision is
made in the contract for any act of
perjury or perfidy on the part of any
member; watchful care will be taken
to guard agaipst wpofcf gpd QflJ* ibe
best experts and the most reliable and
trustworthy men will be employed, to
market the cotton of members.
Overhead Coets.
Discussing the objection that has
been offered by those unfriendly to the
scheme in some quarters that big salaries
would be paid those in charge of
cotton sales, Dr. Poe declared that It
was the Intention of the association to
employ only the most efficient and the
biggest men that could be employed.
The cost of marketing, however, will
be nothing like as great as it Is now to
farmers who support hundreds and
thousands of cotton buyers, many ui
whom are unnecessary and some of
whom are dishonest, their Idea being
to buy the cotton of the farmfer as
:heap as possible and having no knowledge
of cotton grade and, no inclination
to buy on grade if they knew..
The plan must be all right, declared
Dr. Poc in concision, because the War
Finance corporation has long slpce
?iven its endorsement and has offered
the Texas association all the money it
wanted. It is not necessary to go to
the War Finance corporation, because
ill of the leading banking institutions
ippreciate the plan and are willing to
?ive it financial backing. It is merely
i big business proposition and a sound
me at that?a proposition that will put
the farmers of the South on a sound
financial footing and will aid materially
in bringing prosperity to the Southland.
And the best time for the farmers
of this section to enter into the
plan is the present.
TIRZAH NEWS NOTES
Big Agricultural Picnic Will be Held
This Year as Usual.
Correspondence The Torkrllle Enquirer
Tirzah, April 8.?People of Tirzah
plan to hold another large agricultural
picnic In Oates grove here this
summer and they plan to have something
on a much larger scale than
they did last summer. Receipts from
the last picnic were more than sufficient
to pay all expenses and it,is
understood that there is still some
money in the treasury of tho picnic
association. Hon. J. Skottowe Wan
namaker of St. Matthews, president
of the American Cotton association
has written that he hopes the people
will decide to hold the agricultural
rally this summer as usual and that
he hopes to be present. It is also
likely that Mrs. Matthews, well known
woman farmer and speaker of Alabama
who spoke here two years ago
will be invited to come to Tirzah
again this year.
Many Heard Poe.
Many farmers of the Tirzah section
heard the address of Dr. Clarence Poe
Fit the court house in Yorkvillc Friday
afternoon and were very much
Impressed with what they heard.
Several farmers of the community
have already signed cooperative
marketing contracts and it is quite
likely that a number of others will
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ROCK HILL NEWS BUDGET
It is op to tts Ministers to Get the
Young Folks to Onrdi.
VUTHIOP NT 181 TIE C88TOT
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... ? b?i- uiu U.k Will Ma(
WOil r\nown nogR nm m?u v* ? ?
Ba in Rao* for Treasurer?City Prspared
for Coming of ftats Medio*I
Aasociation?Daughters of Coitfad*
eracy Make Plane for Laying Cornerstone
of New Monument.
(By a Staff Comepoodeat)
Rock Hill, April 8?"Now since city
council has passed an ordinance r&otrlcting
Sunday sales it is up to the
ministers and others to got the peoole
?especially the young people, to, go
to church," said Mayor Jbhnson in
discussing the subject this morning.
"And it is a great bjg problem that
we have on our hands," ,the mayo*
went on to say. "Young people of this
day and generation are quite different
from those of a. generation or sd
w"'l??arm different and
UIM/IV VIIV?? uvuw ? ? ? ? they
must be handled differently."
The mayor expects to see lncreasdd
church attendance In Rock Hill slnQf
the passage of the new ordinance relative
to Sunday selling.
Expert Addressed Merchants. 'i
J. W. Griest of Chicago, a representative
of the Retail Merchants Instfi
tute of Chicago, addressed a meeting
of the Rock Hill Merchants' assocU;
tlon and their sales people in the ?|
Chamber of Commerce hall here ladt
evening. There was a large, attendance
of merchants and salesmen and
the audience heard the address of the
expert with Interest.
Not a Candidate.
"No I am not a candidate for treasurer
of York county and I do not In- ' . <
tend to be," said J. Dixon Lasslie, well
known young citlsen of Rock HiU
when asked this morning concerning
rumors that he would be in the rsc^
"While & number of my friends have
been to me urging that I enter tb$
race I am not in it," said Mr. LessU$, .
York County's Quota. >: J
York counttfs quota of fcotton to b^
subscribed to the proposed South Carolina
Cooperative Cotton Gsowers' Association
is 10,900 boles, it was stated
here today, headquarters of the York
county branch of the South. Carol
Cotton association. Confidence was
expressed that the amount would U| ,,
subscribed easily. r>rortra i
Hlli and yftttty "IrB pfjrrfnr tlpejf
names readily to cooperative contract
a and very WW are refusing.
Riinn Built.
Several residence* are bAihg erected
In Rock Hill at this time and informa.tlrn
is that a number of people contemplate
building during the summer.
Inquiry amdhg real estate men.
however, develops the lnformatlom Jj
that few lots are selling Just now and
in fact there Is & decided lull lb all
branches of the real estate business
here.
U. 0. C. Elects Delegates.
Ann White Chapter U. D. C. of
Rock Hill has elected delegates to the
district conference of United Daugh- j
ters of the Confederacy to be held in
Winnsboro, May 5 as follows: lira.
O. K. Williams and Mrs. A. EI Smith.
The chapter has also completed plans
for the laying of the cornerstone of
the new Confederate Monument la
Confederate Park on April 18. The
ceremonies will be in charge of the
Masonic fraternity and at the same
time the chapter will unite with the
S. D. Barron Chapter in giving the
annual dinner to Confederate veterans
and their wives of the community.
Mills Running Steadily.
With the exception of the Helen, aQ
of the cotton mills of Rock HiU are
now running on full day time, it was
stated today and the indications were
that they would be able to keep the
pace indefinitely. .
Ready to Entertain Doctors.
Secretary Fewell of the Chamber of
Commerce said today that Rock H1H
was ready to entertain the state convention
of the South Carolina Medical
association which meets here April
18, 19 and 20 when oeveral hundred
physicians of the state are expected
to be present. The March number ,ef
The Journal of the South Carolina '
Medical association is designated tue " |
the "Rock Hill Number," aad'the editorial
page contains an interesting
article under the caption, "Rock HIU
as a Medical Center." The article
is accompanied by a number of illustrations
of interesting scenes cf Roofc
Hill. 'cliffi
Rock Hill Lad Won.
Winthrop training school student
were Jubilant today ov$r the fact tlu$
Bruce Fewell, Winthrop Training
school declalmer woi. first place Id
the annual declamation contest of the
Catawba Oratorical and Athletic al*>
soclation in Chester last night Young
Fewcll's subject was "Belshaxzaty
Feast." Second place went to William
White of the Chester High
school whose subject was "Should
Lee's Statue Stand in the Hall JK
Fame," the third place was won'^Sy
Crosby Steel of the Hock Hill High. .3
school whose subject was "Lay Down
Your Arms."
Triad Horn* Brew on a Turtle.
Speaking of the manufacture of
home brew which is said to be more
or less common among some Rock
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