Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, April 21, 1922, Page Page Four., Image 4
Scraps and Jacts.
? Will H- Hayes, head of the Motion
Picture Producers' association, has issued
an order cancelling all contracts
of Roscoe (Fatty) Arbuckle and withdrawing
from exhibition the finished
plays of that notorious screen comedian.
This means that Arbuokle is out
'of business at least for the present. Arbuckle,
when asked about the matter,
declined to talk, declaring that he had
nothing to say until he could see further.
He said, however, that the action
of General Director Hayes had
come as a surprise for which he had
noi uet'ii iiiuniue.
? The so-called economic conference ]
at Genoa was thrown into confusion i
-Yionday with the announcement that <
Germany and Russia had signed a I
treaty under which Germany gives <
Russia full diplomatic recognition and <
although it'is not certain as to the ex- 1
tent oC the treaty, it might mean an \
offensive and defensive alliance. Inas- 1
much as the principal object of the t
Genoa conference was the reaching of <
"an agreement between the principal (
Allied nations and Germany with Russia
under which all could come to an
understanding with Russia on an equal
basis, knowledge of the treaty brought
consternation. Lloyd George became .
very angry and did not try to conceal
the fact- France, which has all along 1
been more or less isolated because of
her unwillingness to participate in the
conference on equal terms with Germany
and Russia, was also angry; but
withheld an explosion, because she
realized the extent to which Germany
. had vindicated her position in this
manifest disloyalty to the other Allies.
The nations promptly drew up a note
of censure to Germany and, the deliber- |
ations of the conference have since ,
been very much demoralized. What '
the final outcome may be is a matter
of genera! apprehension and doubt.
*?.. t\-,a marsrin of 71 votes the "
house on Wednesday night broke away
from its own leadership, stood behind the
president and passed the 1923 naval
appropriation bill with an amendment
fixing the enlisted personnel at '
86,000. The vote on the McArthur- <
Vare amendment, the big point in dis- j
pute, which increased the man force
from 67,000 as provided in the bill, was
221 to 148, with two members answering
present. Ninety Republicans voted
against the 86,000 amendment with 48 '
Democrats supporting it. A bare hand i
clap or two greeted the announcement <
by the speaker. The gdllerles, half deserted,
made no attempt at a demonstration.
With the fighting section out 1
of the way the bill was put on its pass- i
age and went through, 279 to 78. As (
amended, the measure carried a total
of $251,269,000, or about $18,000,000 1
more than the total fixed by the appro- t
priations committee, which framed it.
It goes now to the senate, with the
charge by Chairman Kelley 'of the naval
appropriations subcommittee that j
many millions will be added and which
the house will be asked to add "had 1
not the big navy men changed front at i
the last. As compared with 90 Repub- (
. licans who voted against the amend''ment,
173 Republicans voted for it,
while 16 others were paired for it. As i
against 48 Democrats who voted for \
the amendment, 57 Democrats voted (
against it, while 14 others were paired
against it. _ " * ... * (
v-?Predicting that the Mississippi 1
J'"" PTceed by one foot the f
' .highest flood stage ever-attained here,
*JDr. I. JI. Cline, forecaster of the New
'Orleans weather bureau issued a retwised
forecast Tuesday calling for a 1
Maximum iff'feSfifebt-'li^ttvefett1 'ifiaj" 1 \
and JO. The previous record, which
.was established in 1912, was 22 feet.
.The forcaster stated that recent rains ?
over the Mississippi valley and un- i
j-fcvorable winds which have retarded c
Xthe flow of the excessive volume of ,
.'fwater into the Gulf of Mexico have
:intensifled flood conditions and made
the new prediction necessary.. Tues- \
day's upward revision* of flood stages j
.is the fourth that has been issued ?
.since early in March when 29 feet was
predicted. The Southern Pacific rail- a
'road announced that service on its v
branch from Baton Itouge to La (
..Payette, Ln.. has been discontinued .
because of high water in the Atchaf- 1
iaya river basin. Viekshurg reported c
that backwater from the Mississippi t
and Yazoo rivers had flooded approx- t:
iniately 1,382 square miles of territory
in the lower. Yazoo basin. No 1
reports of loss of life have been re- h
ceived and all live stock have been re- c
moved to places of safety. Heavy
rains during the past 48 hours were
said to have increased the danger to ?
the levees in the third Mississippi h
river district but headquarters at j,
Vicksburg reported that nothing be- t
yond minor troubles had developed at
any point. I
? A demonstration typical of his turbulent
Russia, greeted General Gregorie
Semenoff, Cossack chieftain, as he
left Ludlow street jail, New York, on
Wednesday afternoon. Released in v
$25,000 bail furnished by his friends, q
the Cossack ataman, surrounded by a a
detachment of police, appeared at the
jail door and cringed into his coat col- ?
lar as the jeers of thousands fell upon r
his ear3. Ludlow street was black f
with the crowd, which had stood in a
driving rain for several hours awaiting
Semenoff's release. When his friends, a
accompanied by the sheriff hurried t
into the building carrying $20,000 in r
currency and 5,000 in Liberty bonds,
the crowd sent up a howl and moved a
closer to the entrance. Extra details 1
of police were ordered to preserve or- t
der. Hundreds of persons stood on the v
roofs of tenements and hung on fire escape
ladders. They were driven off by 1
the police who feared homo tn rowing. i
Semenoff betrayed nervousness as he ij
descended the jail steps. He kept
close to the guards and quickened his
step as the crowd, breaking through 1
the police line at one point, gathered t
around a taxicab at the curbing. He j,
entered the cab, accompanied by several
policemen and his friend, George 11
Kroupsky, his former military aide in v
Siberia, and was whisked away t
through a lane in the crowd made by ^
mounted patrolmen. General Semenoff
was arrested in New York two weeks c
ago in connection with a civil suit involving
the theft in Trans-Biakalia in s
1919 of goods valued at $475,000, the
property of the now bankrupt Yourovet
Home and Foreign Trading compa- a
ny. He was released that night on bail j;
furnished by a bonding company. This ^
company later recalled the bail and the
general was taken to jail- In the mean- a
time members of the Siberian expedi- ti
tion of the American armv preferred f
charges against him in Washington,
claiming that he caused the murder of
soldiers in the American expedition. u
? Orders to deputy commissioners f
and head of divisions of the internal
revenue bureau revising all inquiries j
ofr application for appointment in tlie .
bureau to be made through the appointment
division wore made public 1
by Commissioner Blair. The orders, r
Mr. Blair explained have been in force a
for several years and were re-issued
to facilitate a more orderly consider- v
ation of appointments. A recent ap- b
plication for an appointment as a a
l>ook keeper by a man whose qualifl- ^
cafions were those of an automobile
mechanic. Mr. Bl.vir said, had been the
occasion Tor ine re-issuance or nm or
der in order to make possible more t
efficient selection of appointees. Some s
bureau officials, however, construed c
the order as forbidding them to confer c
M . .
vith members of congress or others (
>n the matter of appointment without ^
irst obtaining the approval of Com- .
nissioner Blair or the appointment
livision. It was suggested that an ^
ippeal might be made to Secretary e
Mellon for a revocation of the order, j
Mr. Blair declared that the order did
lot prevent duty commissioners or
livision heads from conferring with <
nembers of congress regarding ap- <3
^ointments nor did it have any appli- c
sation to Assistant Secretary of the
rreosury Dover, who has re-organ- '
zed the customs service and is understood
to have under consideration a 1
lumber of changes in the internal t
evenue bureau. Mr. Blair said his
wqo <?aiipri without nnDroval of
Mr. Mellon or Mr. Dover because it c
,vas such a routine matter affecting
ir.ly the internal procedure of the
jureau that it did not appear to rejuire
higher official authorization.
Dbjection to Mr. Blair's order was
jiken in some quarters at the treasjry
on the ground that R. C. Pollock,
lead of the appointment division of
:1;e bureau, who would pass upon the
llfgibillty of prospective Republican
ippointees, is a Democrat.
florfeviUf iuj?iw.
Entered at the Postofflce at York, as
Mail Matter of the Second Class.
FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1922^
The .Russo-German development
ieema to have demonstrated the wislom
of the non-participation of the
United States in the Genoa conference.
The treaty between Germany and
Russia seems to indicate that Gernany
has already-done on her own ac:ount
what the Allies were trying to
lo for themselves. Germany got there
first; but as to whether that arrangement
will be allowed to stand without
trouble is doubtful. And it is quite
possible that the trouble may amount
i.o something serious.
The one insurmountable difficulty in
:he way of re-establishing relations
vith Russia is the unwillingness of the
Russians to agree to the payment of
lebts contracted under previous
egimes. Whatever may be the merits
>f the soviet form of government all
veil-ordered people of whatever gov'rnment
must agree that further confllence
in an individual or in a government
after a clear repudiation of hon
;st debts is impossible.
The death of Mrs. W. L. Roddey, in .
Rock Hill marks the earthly close of a
AdtAlfal and useful-life that has been i
t benediction tp those immediately 1
ibout her and a blessing to the comnunity
in which she lived and the j
;ountry immediately around her to a J
arger extent than the public can ever *
mow, especially in detail. The deceased j
vas the widow of the late Captain VV. <
j. Roddey, one of the principal builders t
if the- city of Rock Hill, materially ]
is well as spiritually. As to which a
vas the greater of the two is not for t
is to say. Though not claiming like c
ntimacy, we doubt if even the children '
ould tell. We do know however that j
he principal concern of Captain Rod- ?
ley, during his lifetime, was to find
he best ways of being of real use to r
lis fellow man without his agency be- o
oming known, unless absolutely '
lecessary, and from what Mrs. Rod- ?
ley has been doing since the death of (
ler husband, it is evident'that they c
lad been full partners in this work all a
he while. Both Captain .and Mrs- ^
toddey were Christians. t
m ?
About Bur Clover.
During a visit to Winnsboro this
i.rtoL- ?Vio oHitrir of The Yorkville En- ^
[Uirer had the opportunity of making
, few investigations concerning the
rlgin, qualities and usefulness of that
emarkable soil building and renovatng
legume known as bur clover.
While most York county farmers
re now familiar with bur clover as
he earliest and fastest growing leguite
of which they have any knowledge
nd, too, while they know it as one of
he greatest producers of nitrogen in
he whole list, not excepting cow peas,
elvet beans, crimson clover, or any of
he rest of the great family, and while
t is commonly understood that Winnsoro
is the principal source of the seed,
inless The Yorkville Enquirer is misaken,
it is not generally appreciated
hat so far as the agricultural world
s concerned, Winnsboro is the origilal
home of this. legume, and except
rhere it can be traced as having been
nought from Winnsboro, it is not
mown to the agriculture of any other
ountry in the worldJust
at this time bur clover is to be ?
een throughout the town of Winns- 1
ioro and in the country surrounding in
11 1-1,,,-v nf it? full maturity. The ?
... ">v B-? " - -- - VJ
awns and gaitlens arc covered with t
t, where it has not been plowed up, .1
md on many farms there are great I
ields of it in which it has attained its '
ull development ready to be turned (|
inder to fertilize crops of corn or any 1
>ther crops that can still wait for a I
a
ew weeks for seeding. ;
The great value of bur clover lies in F
ts excellence as a cover crop for the '
ate fall, through the winter, and es- '
lecially in the early spring, when it f
lot only makes excellent pasturage at t
i time when there is no grass; but 1
then it can be turned under to pulverfi
and enrich the soil as it is enriched (
nd pulverized by no other growing $
hing. I *
There are various theories around I
Vinnsboro as how; bur clover came L
here originally. There are oeaplc who 1
ay that it was brought there when j
Iherman's army passed through. ^
)thers say it was probably brought
here by a circus, and others say that
t has probably been there always.
The i(iost convincing explanation, how;ver
was that offered by Senator T- H.
ietchen, a third generation resident
if the town, whose explanation carried
;onviction for the reason that it was
lirect and explicit, and was backed by
:ircumstances wunin nis own uumiration.
According to Senator Ketchen, the
egume first made its aprrarance about
ifty years ago in the garden of the
ate O. R. Thompson, who could ac:ount
for it in no other way than that
t sprung from seeds that must have
jeen in a sack of seed potatoes that
lis son sent him from California. He
iad first observed the stuff in the patch
n which he had planted these potatoes
ind it was there that Mr. Ketchen had
Irst seen it.
From Mr. Thompson's garden the
:lover gradually spread over Winns>oro,
and as it spread from one garden
ind field to another, Mr. ^Thompson
md his son came in for more or less
mprecation, because so far as any>ody
was able to see this strange plant
vas nothing but a nuisance, that
irowded out other more desirable
rrowths and that no animal would eat,
)r at least it was commonly thought
hat no animal would eat it, until years
ifterward.
The late G. H. McMaster, who in his
lay was a leading merchant of Winnsjoro,
was the first man to try to draw
aublic attention to the real value oi
jur clover. He used to explain its
peculiar qualities and say that somelay
It would make the farmers c!
Airfield county rich. He wrote many
irticles about it for the News and
flerald; but for his pains he got little
>lse than ridicule and derision froir
seople who would reply through the
aaper in extollation of the qualities ol
:he cockle bur, bull nettle and dog
fennel.
There is still a common ides
throughout this section that the bui
Clover is unfit for grazing; that nc
inimal will eat it. When asked aboul
:his, Mr. Ketchen showed signs of impatience.
"Well it is a fact that 11
seems to be an acquired taste wit!
nost animals; but it is a mistake thai
:hey won't eat it. They will not only
jat it; but they are fond of it." H<
said that cattle get to where they prefer
the bur clover to any other greer
feed, and to prove what he said h<
winted to a fine Guernsey cow with a
ecord of seven weighed gallons ol
vhole milk a day while grazing on bui
:lover alone. Also he stated that there
ire many hundred head of cattle or
Dur clover pasturage in and arounc
iVinnsboro and throughout the county
MERE-MENTION.
The upper house of the New South
iVales legislature has been abolished
Lady Astor, a native of Virginia
ind the first woman to sit as a mem>er
of the British House of lords, has
irrived in the United States on a visit
md will do a lot of speech making..
tadio phone concerts from Newark, N
r., and Schenectady, New York, were
jeard in San Francisco last Wedneslay
night, a distance of 3,000 miles
dore than 1,000 Filipinos were render?d
homeless p few days ago by a fire
hat destroyed their nipa homes in
Bamilla Sacramento policemen and
iremen have been ordered to grow full
ieU* of whiskers.to be in harmony with
he '49 celebration to be held in the
ity next month More than 28.0
>ersons, families of coal miners, are
laid to be in destitute circumstances
n the West Virginia coal mining regions
The 147th anniversary of
he battles of Lexington and Concord
vas celebrated last Tuesday with a
epetition of the rides of Paul Revere
ind William Dawes, the towns on the
oute beginning their patriotic exerifses
on the approach of the riders
rhe Portuguese aviators who attempt>d
to fly from Lisbon to Rio Janeiro,
ame to grief on the rocks of St. Paul,
. few hundred miles from the Brazilian
coast as they attempted to land.
Phc airplane was so badly injured as
o leave nothing of it but the engine
rood for further use.
<*
? Ten reporters and five persons
vhn flidn't h.ivn tn nttpnrl were nres
:nt Wednesday when Commissioner
if Accounts Hirshfield resumed his
nquiry into charges that history text
tooks used in New York public schools
ire full of pro-British propaganda.
Pwo of ten critics who were schcdiled
to tell what they know about the
jropagamla plot appeared and spoke,
rhe story of a mysterious stranger
vho came to him during the Cleveand
administration with a proposal
o "make the American Revolution
ook like a family feud," in order to
arry out the British government's deire
to consolidate the friendship of
he two countries was recounted by
"harles Edward Russell, author, edior
and former socialist. Later, Mr.
Russell said, he learned that the late
tndrew Carnegie was financing a
similar movement, which resulted in
he toning down of the accounts of
he Revolution and the war of 1812 in
leveral texts. George E. Morrison, of
s'ewburgh, New York, former newstaper
man, blamed the American
look company for most of the present
listory text books, drawing from Comnissioner
Hirshfield the remark that
le had heard the American Book
umpany with a British corporation.
Piie commissioner added that he had
iought the company's co-operation in
ext book alterations without success.
? A decrease of more than $1,000, 00,000
in ordinary expenditures of
he government for the period from
uly 1, 1921 to March 31, 1922, ac comtared
with the corresponding period a
ear ago is shown In the "throeiiiarter"
statement, compiled from
Inily treasury reports made public
Wednesday. Ordinary expenditures
or the last three ?|uarters totaled $2.77.315.196.59,
while $3,7S3.771.990.74
vas disbursed in the previous period,
{ademptions and retirement of pubic
debt paper were effected to the
imount of $5,301.84S,041,92, which is
no re than a billion dollars less than
or the same period a vear ago. when
he figure aggregated $6,577,837,015.15.
Phese are classified for the period, as
bllows: Certificates of indebtedness
edeemod, $3,S32,303,950; treasury
war) livings securities redeemed.
171.467,579.75; old del it items retired.
133,592.17; First Liberty bonds reired,
$332,200; Second Libertv lionds
etired, ?4,S37,150: Third Liberty
lends' retired, $44,820,300: Fourth
.iberty bonds retired $8,050,300; vieory
notes retired $1,292,G43,650; Natonal
bank r.otes and Federal reserve
li nk notes retired, $87,359,320.
LOCAL AFFAIRS,
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
W. W. Barron?Did you know that we
can do your electrical and plumbing:
work as well as anybody?
Mothan Pofnutoln'n n?norfmpnt Stnrp
?A new shipment of men's and boys'
Pep brand hats.
Garrison-Paris Seed Company, Rock
Hill?Do you need seeds of any kind.
T. M. Wylie?Negro minstrels.
Star Theatre, J. Q. Wray Manager?
Alice Joyce in the "Vice of Fools,"
tonight.
M. L. Ford & Sons, Clover?Flies and
fly screens.
Johnson's Paint Shop, Rock Hill?
Three things that do it.
York Supply Company?Sudan grass.
Logan Lumber Yard, F. E. Moore,
Proprietor?The South has a great
future.
Carroll Brothers?Fertilizers.
First National Bank of Sharon?The
biggest worry saver.
Yorkville Camp No. 38, W- O. W.?
Barrels of fun.
, Peoples Bank and Trust Co.?Signers
of the cooperative marketing contract.
Shady Nook Poultry. Farm, J. E. Jackson,
proprietor?Get ready for the
York County Faifr'
Royal Baking Powder Company?She
discovered it, too.
; Clover Hardware Company, Clover?
Oh! There's real paint.
Loan and Savings Hank?The books of
the bank are a record.
Freight traffic over the ?jouthern
railroad has been noticeably heavier
the past several weeks as indicated by
the length of the trains passing Rock
Hill. On one day last week there pass,
ed a train of 86 cars, most of them
empties going south. The large number
of empties going south is in rei
sponse to orders that seek to take care
of the traffic out of Charleston,
I mostly truck, fertilizers and lumber.
The movement of lumber, especially, is
i growing to significant proportions,
Mr. S. B. Lathan of Chester, has
j promised to write for The Yorkville
, Enquirer soon, an article in which he
Will give his earliest recollections of
, the town of McConiiellsville, extending
, back to the time when there were only
, three or four houses within the prest
ent incorporated limits of that place.
. Although past his eightieth year, Mr.
I Lathan's memory is still as clear as a
, bell, and having been thoroughly fat
miliar with the McConnellsville counr
try since early manhood, our readers
, may depend upon it that his promised
. article will be full of interesting infor,
mation.
1 REAL ESTATE TRANSFb.no.
Real estate transfers have been indexed
in the office of the county audi!
tor as follows: *
i Catawba?Citizens Bank & Trust
I Co. to Mary Elizabeth Plaxco, 1 lot;
$500.
WOMEN AT C(JUB MEETINGS
Indications are ^Kat there will be a
I number of womeh' voters in atten,
dance upon the cltlb meetings to be
' held over- the county, tomorrow after1
noon for the purpose of electing dele;
gates to the county Democratic convention
to be held In the court house
here Mondays. I '
! Supreme Court Justice Cothran has
recently ruled that women are eligi
ble for election as delegates from the
various precincts to the county con(
ventions and are alpo eligible as dele1
gates to the state convention.
' Numbers of women "politicians" of
the county have recently received
communications from headquarters of
the League of Women Voters urging
them to attend the precinct club
s meetings and information is that a
number are preparing to be present.
, It would not be surprising if there
are a number of women delegates in
the county convention when it is
called to order by County Chairman
J. A. Marion on the rim Monday in
' May.
ABOUT PEOPLE
R. S. MeConnell is quite ill at his
home in Yorkville.
B. F. Smith of Yorkville. was a
visitor in Charlotte this week.
Miss Pearl Boyd who has been
teaching at Gaston, 1ft. C. has returned
to her home on York No. 7.
A. C. Bedford who has been engaged
in the automobile repair business
here has moved'" to Rock Hill.
^ James Faulkner of Clover No. 4, was
among the visitors in Yorkville yesterday.
-tMiss Mary Clintori has returned to
her home at Clover after a visit to
relatives in Gastonia.
-y.Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Smith of Spartanburg,
are visiting the family of Mr.
J. W. Smith on York No. 1.
p Mrs. Hugh Parrott has been quite
sick at her home on Lincoln street,
Yorkville for several days past.
Mr. and Airs- T. C. Wulling and Ted,
Jr., of Ridgewood, N. J., are the guests
of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Keller, on York
No. 1.
J. M. Ramsey, manager of the Kirkpatrick-Belk
Co., of Yorkville, attended
a meeting of managers of Bclk
^ stores in Charlotte Wednesday,
r; Miss Beulah Ferguson, who holds
a position as stenographer at Clemson
College, S. C., is visiting the family
of her father, Mr. W. E. Ferguson in
Yorkville.
Miss Kate Cody who was painfully
hurt some time ago when she fell
from the porch of her home to the
ground when a chair on which she
was sitting collapsed, is still confined
to her home.
The following girls of Yorkville I
High school will represent the school
at the Girls' Athletic meet of the
Catawba High School association in
Rock Hill today: Sara Feemster?75
yard dash. (10 yard hurdles, relay race;
Annie Wallace Marshall?shot put,
broad jump, relay race; Ada D. McElwec?discus
throw; Kathryn Met Joe
?running broad jump; Sallie Faulkner?relay
race; Fannie Belle Thompson?baseball
throw; Josie Blackwell?
baseball throw, relay race.
WITHIN THE TOWN.
? County Auditor Hroadus M. I.ove
has plans for the erection of a new
residence on East Liberty street.
? Mock Hill and Yorkville High
schools are scheduled to play baseball
at 3:30 this afternoon. The game will
be played on the graded school diamond.
lfoth schools have strong
fr?mnvi nnrl ;i frnn<l is CXPCCtOd.
? % ? n?"? o"** ?
A committee from the Business
Men's League has been appointed to
make inquiry as to whether or not a
desirable site for a park or community
play ground can be obtained in the
town. It is understood that there are
several sites in town which may be
secured. While nothing definite has
yet been done it is possible that such
a play ground may be established
here.
? J. A. Marion, York County Democratic
chairman said Thursday that
Yorkville Club No. 1 would meet at
the court house at three o'clock tomorrow
afternoon for the purpose of
electing delegates to the county convention
which meets Monday. Yorkville
Club No- 2 will meet at the city
hall for the same purpose. Club No. 1
is to elect eight delegates to the county
convention and Club No. 2 is entitled
to ten delegates.
I lie VJlliL L/CIUUICai V^UIUCUJ V/UIIIpany
which opened a week's engagement
in a tent on the Smith Lot on
South Congress street Monday night
had a tough time of it Tuesday and
Wednesday nights because of the bad
weather. However there was quite a
large audience in attendance on the
show last evening and "Bringing Up
Father" which is billed for tonight is
expected to attract a large audience.
(The company closes its week here
Saturday night and expects to leave
Sunday for Kutherfordton where it
will play next week.
? J. W. Jones, a -white man was arrested
in Yorkville yesterday afternoon
and lodged in jail on a charge of
attempting to utter a forged check on
T. M. Oates of Tirzah. Jones is said
to have appeared at the Peoples Bank
6c Trust Company yesterday afternoon
and presented a check purporting
to have been signed.by Mr. Oates.
He said that he worked for Mr. Oates
and that his landlord had given him
the check for $18 to be rsed in buying
supplies. Being unacquainted with
Jones, officials of the bank called up
Mr. Oates, who disclaimed the check.
Jones was then lodged in jail. Jones
was later identified as Will Murphy,
formerly of the Cannon Mill at Yorkville
and who once worked on the farm
of Mr. Oates. He confessed his guilt
to officers late yesterday afternoon.
The sheriff's office received informaiton
this morning from, Rock Hill that
Murphy alias Jones attempted to forge
a check on two banks in that city and
that he also gave a Rock Hill grocery
store a bogus check for $15, getting
part in groceries and the remainder in
cash- He had several dollars in cash
when lodged in jail and this was returned
to the Rock Hill store.
GENERAL SESSIONS
Frank Smith, negro, was convicted
of murder with recommendation to
mercy of the court by a jury in general
session's court yesterday morning and
was immediately sentenced by Judge
Bowman to life imprisonment. Immediately
after sentence was passed
all the members of the jury who returned
the verdict signed a petition to
Governor Cooper asking that the
negro's sentence be reduced to at least
one year in prison. The case was one
of the most unusual to come in court
of general sessions here in many years.
Smith who was tried Wednesday,
freely admitted killing Jay Jackson
because of Jackson's familiarity with
his wife. Learning that the two were
together Smith set out to kill both but
the woman escaped. Smith's plea was
the unwritten law.
In his charge to the jury Judge
Bowman flatly refused to state that
the jurors could bring in a verdict of
not guilty under any circumstances
and their only course was to render
the verdict they did. Hence the petition
to the governor. It was said yesterday
that an effort will be made to
have the governor- give Smith a
straight pardoi.
Mann Burris, a negro of the McCon
nellsville section was convicted 01
manslaughter Wednesday. Sentence
was not pronounced pending a motion
for a new trial- Burris killed. Jack
Collins, negro, also of the McConnellsville
section following a row ut a
hot supper several months ago, Collins
was shot in the leg with a shot
gun and died later in a Chester hospital.
Mitchell Bun-is, a negro was acquitted
of the killing of Joe Gill, negro
of the western section of the county.
Sessions court was adjourned sine
die early yesterday morning.
L>. N. Blanton and A. D. Lovelace,
white men who pleaded guilty Tuesday
to violations of the prohibition
law were sentenced to six months each
on the county chaingang without the
alternative of a fine. In the case of
each defendant three months of the
sentence is to he suspended pending
good, behavior.
Perry irby was sentenced to six
months on the chaingang following
conviction of violation of the prohibition
law, three months to be suspended
during good behavior.
Eliza Joiner, a negro woman who
pleaded guilty to assault and battery
of a high and aggravated nature was
sentenced to pay a fine of $30. Eliza
carved up another negro woman because
the other woman wouldn't let
Eliza's husband aloneAdam
McFadden was acquitted of
the charge of obtaining goods under
false pretenses.
Will Cousar alias Bill Cousar was
: acquitted of the charge of violation of
the prohibition law.
Sam Price, a negro who was con- J
victed of rape was sentenced to ten
years 01. he chaingang.
CATAWBA PRESBYTERY
Catawba Presbytery of the Asso
ciato Reformed rresoyieriun niuitn
ir.ct wit 1 the church at Winnsboro
last Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock
with practically all the churches represented
by thirty-five delegates, and
after four earnestly busy sessions during
which little time was lost, adjourned
Wednesday to meet in the
fall at Tirzah, with Ilev. K. A. hummus,
of Edgmoor as moderator.
The presbytery was called to order
by Rev. R. D. Byrd, of Tirzah, retiring
moderator, and Rev. Dr. l). G.
Phillips, of Chester, stated clerk, keeping
the records as secretary, and after
a sermon, by the retiring moderator,
was reorganized with Rev. S. J.
Hood, of Unity church. I Lancaster
county, in the chair. The work of
the session was gotten under way
with the announcement of the usual
committee appointments.
Tuesday afternoon was devoted
mainly to the hearing of reports of
the committees, and Wednesday tnornj
ing was given over to action on the
i same, and to various other matters,
mostly of a routine nature.
With regard to the overture from
Svnod with reference to the endorse
ment of the revised Psalmody of the
I'nited Presbyterian church, the Presbytery,
after a somewhat vigorous
discussion of the subject, voted Vj
stand bv its previous action, which
means that it will continue to hold to
the versions of the Psalms that are
now in accepted use in the church.
During the discussion it developed
that each church is now doing very
much as it pleases with regard to its
psalmody, and some of them are using
the new versions of the United
Presbyterian church that are hardly
distinguished from the hymns used in
other churches. The principal argument
in favor of the change to the
new version was the claim that the
present old version will soon be out
of print and the A. It. p. church will
be compelled to either print Its own
books or do without, which arsument
made little impression. Elder J. E.
McDonald thought that the main concern
in the matter was one of discipline.
and that presbytery would
stultify itself if it should declare in
favor of the old psalmody and continue
to tolerate the use of the new.
The presbytery reaffirmed its former
action by a vote of 27 to 6.
The overture on the subject of rotary
eldership was rejected by unanimous
vote, without discussion.
During Tuesday afternoon Presbytery
listened to trial sermons of R.
M. Dell, J. Roddey Mllier, first year
students at the Theological seminary
and sustained both as creditable specimens
of progress, and during the
evening sermons by A. K. Whitesides
and J. A. Balrd were considered as
evidencing the fitness of these young
men for licensure, the licenses being issued
next day.
During Wednesday morning an hour
was set aside to the memory of the
late Dr. J. S. Moflfatt, tributes being
tendered by Dr. D. G. Phillips, Dr. J.
L. Gates, Elders S. B. Lathan and
Matthewson.
A voluntary quartette consisting of
Rev. J. L. Oates, D. D., B. G. Pressley,
It. D. Byrd and E. B. Hunter
made such an agreeable impression
that presbytery was moved to establish
the same as a permanent institution
with Dr. Oates as director.
Kor the next meeting of Presbytery
there were invitations from Crowder's
Creek, Shiloh and Tirzah.
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
W. E. Morton J. J. McSwain
W. C. Pannell O. 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 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 Colo F. M. Potent
E. W. Hollis O. C. Childers
H. M. Mullis E. H. Moton
N. J. Dillingham T. O. 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. Lindcay
T. W. Anderson Fredrica Lindsay
W. J. P. Wylie Rose M. Lindsay
Blanche Lindsay Margaret I. White
W. S. Wood W. G. F'nley
S. M. Long Forest Childers
W. L. Wallace J; D. Grist
J. T. Quinn Susie *1. Grist
Kerr Reed JohnsonF. P. Morrison
.J. G. Gardner J. R. Barnwell
W. S. Peters Ella Cody
Ward 2
J. E. Stroup S. T. Enloe
N. C. McCorkle B. N. Moore
N. T. Baber Geo. H. Hart
C. L. Bennett J. E. Hart
C. B. Nevins J. W. Miller
Ben Faris W. B. Moore
Charley Herndon C. Y. White
Albert Ashe S. E. Grist
R. R. McCorkle Sam M. Grist
R. H. Moore J. A. Tate - *
T. J. M. Bolin M. L. Carroll
? ^ r 1i-.? TrtnnnHn T-Iornrlnn
J. U, naruiciw u^uuv^w a.w??
J. R. Cannon W. I. Witherspoon
W. H. Barron T. M. Ferguson /
Margaret A. Gist T. E. Wallace
Alex Nivens Helen R. Gardner
D. L. Shieder Reola Q. Stroup
Q. Wallace Mary C. Hart
M. E. McCorkle H. T. Williams
C. J. Youngblood J. H. B. Jenkins
H. M. Moore R. J. Herndon
Annie C. Riddle J. R. Kelly
A. Y. Cartwright J. L. Houston
Annie L. Moore Marie Moore Hart
J. D. McDowell J. Q. Wray
Mnttle McDowell
Margaret E. Cartwright
Ward 3.
A. A, Barron W. D. Crist
H. C. Smith T. W. Speck
M. L. Mitchell C. R. Gillam
Carl H. Hart L. M. Grist
J. W. Marshall S. Elizabeth Grist
B. F. Smith Edith T. Grist
C. A. Boney E izabeth Barron
W. O. Harshaw Louise Barron
J. O. Allison F. C. Wood
W. L. Jamison W. G. Brown
Lydin It. Hart G. H. O'Leary
B. P. Barron Paul G. MoCorkle
J. M. Ferguson W. F. Allison
C. F. Sherer
Ward 4.
J. M. Stroup W. B. McCleave
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. MeConnell Mary Mc. Love
C. W. McGee W. M. Kennedy
F. E. Quinn B. A. Correll
D. T. Quinn Marie C. Correll
H. I. McCaw Louis Roth
Ada L. Saunders A. J. Parrott
Ella C. Glenn J. E. Lowry
H. R. Mackorell C. S. Gordon
It. T. Beamguard It. J. Mackorell
.1. F. Faulkner M. M. Faulkner
B. It. T. Bowcn J. C. Wilborn
.1. D. Miskelley
Amanda E. Miskelley
Ward 5
W. S. Moore L. II. Castles
W. S. Willis John It. Hart
W. A. Thomasson W. R. Latimer
J. S. Sandifer J. Mc. Moore
jc. H. Keller - O. F. Grant
D. M. Murray Bessie M. Sandifer
Ward 6.
J. II. Carroll J. Y. Lucas
R. D. Alexander Jess Faris
I. \V. Johnson C. W. Carroll
B. M. Love R. D. Dorsett
J. C. Parrott Ida A. Alexander
EmnKtt Stewart W. \V. Hlidson
S. L. Steele C. M. Miller
BETHEL PRESBYTERY
The fall meeting of Bethel Presbytery
will be held with Woodlawn
church at Sharon on October 17, 1922,
the place of meeting' being decided
upon just before Presbytery adjourned
its spring meeting in Rock Hill Wednesday
afternoon.
Presbytery appointed a commission j
to visit Bethesda church and empowered
the committee to assume original
jurisdiction and settle the difficulties
which ha\e arisen in that church.
An oveiture to the General Assem- j
bly was presented by W. M. McPhecters
which expresses the view of
the Bethel Presbytery that the assembly
should withdraw its represen
I.lUYl'N 21I1U lllltl IlUlil I U1U 11 Will l He i
Federal Council of Churches. The I
overture was adopted.
The report of the Narrative Com- J
mittee, presented by the Rev. J. J.
Rrown, showed that 75 per cent, of
the church members of the Phesbytery
attend Sunday morning services
and 40 per cent, attend night services.
Eleven churches have the mid- I
week prayer meeting' service, and
these services are attended by only
10 per cent, of the church membership.
Number of evangelistic meetings
held 10. Number received into
the churches on profession of faith,
311. Number received by letter, 295.
Number coming into the churches
through Sunday school 238. Number
of homes observing family worship,
278. Number of tithers, 402.
A strong paper on Sabbath pi?
servance and family worship was
adopted by Presbytery. The effort of
commercialized sport to turn the
Sabbath into a holiday was emphatically
denounced.
Announcement waa made that a
young people's conference of the
church win oe neia in vjnnion in
June. Every Presbyterian church In
the state is expected to send at least
one young person to tMs conference.
Presbytery named the second Sunday
in May as the day for the installation
of Rev. D. H. Corbett in the
pastorates of Bowling Green and
Beth-Shiloh churches, and Revs. F.
R*y Riddle and J. E. Berryhill and C.
W. McCully and Elders Jas. A. Page
and R. Ij. Wylie as the committees of
installation.
The next presbytcrial sermon will
be preached by the Rev. F. Ray Riddle,
his subject to be 'The Final Authority
in Religious Faith and Practice.'
Commissioners were -.lccted to the
next meeting of General Assembly,
which convenes in Charleston, W. Va.,
in May, the following named being
chosen: Principals, the Revs. Alex
ander Martin and O. W. Nlckell; alternate
Revs. E. E. Gillespie and K.
Ray Riddle.
Ruling: Elders: Principals, R. I*
Wylie and T. B. Spratt; alternates, R.
E. Wylie and J. H. Miller.
Announcement waa made that Rev.
W. C- McCully has been called to the
pastorate of Beersheba church for
one-half his time.
Bethel Presbytery in session at the
First Presbyterian church in Rock
Hill during Tuesday and Wednesday
concluded its business Wednesday
night. The meeting was one of the
best attended held in years, fortyone
out of the forty-six churches being
represented. The report of Treasurer
R. E. Douglas showed that a
number of the churches had paid all
apportionments in full.
A memorial to Rev. W. W. (Father)
Ratchford, deceased written by Rev.
.T. B. Swann of Rock Hill was adopted
by a rising vote. Rev. Ratchford died
a short time ago in.the 91st year of
his age.
One of the most interesting reports
submitted to Presbytery was that of
the committee on Sunday school work
which was presented by ,Rev. R. C.
Wilson of McConnellsville, chairman
of the committee.
Frank Estes, a senior at Columbia
Theological Seminary, applied .for licensure
and preached his trial sermon.
LOCAL LACONICS
Mill School Closes.
The school at Bowling Green cotton
mill closed its term last Friday. Miss
aa feuy was me teacner.
Communion at Tirzah.
Services are being held at Tirzah today
In connection with communion on
Sunday. Rev. J. A. McKeown is assisting
the pastor, Rev. R. D. Byrd.
Schools Close Today.
Several rural schools of the county
close their sessions today for the
school year. Among them are New
Zion, Fairview, Tirzah and Santiago.
Accepts King's Mountain Pastorate.
Rev. J. M^Gacriscn*..pastor of the
A. R. P. church at Anderson has accepted
a call to the pastorate of the
A. R. P. church at King's Mountain,
N. C. .
$450 In Fines.
Few of the defendants convicted at
the April term of the court of general
sessions which closed yesterday were
able to pay fines and in liquor cases
few were given the privilege of paying
fines even if they! could have paid.
The result was that Clerk of Court
McMaCkirf collected only $450 in fines.
Yorkville-Chester Road.
That the Yorkville-Chester road is in
the best condition that it has known
in a long while is the testimony of
motorists who have recently made tho
trip between the two towns. The
Chested county end of the road is better
than the Ydrk county end; but with
a little dragging and shaping the York
county v sfde can be made just as
gcod.t However as the road is now, it
is no trouble to travel the distance between
the two towns in an hour.
, -?l~ Man
r di wig lUl vnci urxco
Hen J. Haney, convicted of housebreaking
and larceny in Cherokee'
county in July of 1921 before Judge
Iiowraan and sentenced to serve 16
months, was yesterday paroled by the t
governor during good behaylor. The ,
parole was granted on the condition
that Haney support his mother and
furnish proof of this to the clerk of
court of Cherokee county every 60
days for a period of 12 months.
Rock Hill Won Both Sides.
| Rock Hill High School won decisions
in debates last night with Chester
at both Rock Hill and Chester on
the question: 'Resolved, that the programme
of the joint special committee
on revenue and taxation offers the
best solution of South Carolina's tax
problem." Rock Hill's representatives,
Anderson Bass and tyiss Cath- *
erine Hammond upheld the negative
side -of the question in Rock Hill.
Chester's affirmative debaters at
Rock Hill were Paul Carson and Miss
Catherine McKeown.* The judges for
the debate in Rock Hill were C. W.
F. Spencer of Rock Hill and Prof. E.
A. Montgomery and Rev. J. K. Walker
of Yorkville. Debating the same
subject in Chester last evening in the
affirmative, Rock Hill's representatives,
Julian Starr and Miss Catherine
Massey won the decision over Charles
Black and Miss Marlon Boyd of Chester.
The judges at Chester were Jas.
D. Grist, of Yorkville and Capt. J.
Lyles Clenn and Major Malcolm L.
Marion of Chester. Because of the
two victories last night, Rock Hill
will participate in the state contest in
Columbia the latter part of next week.
York County Negro in Troubl?.
Oastonia Gazette, Wednesday^ Some
time was consumed at Wednesday
morning's session hearing evidence in
the case of l'ressly Adams, colored,
who was arrested some weeks ago on
the charge of having entered a number
of dwelling houses in various
parts of the city. Through his attorney.
John O. Carpenter, the defendant
entered a plea of guilty, hence there
was no jury trial. Evidence was
heard to enable the court to decide
upon the degree of guilty and determine
the punishment to be inflicted.
Testimony consisted entirely of confessions
made by the defendant to police
officers and the relation of what
took place when he was taken by the
officers to houses which he confessed
to having entered. The only witnesses
placed on the stand beside the officers
were Mrs. Moore and her
daughter. Miss Sallie Moore, whose
home was entered some time in
March. They testified as to the details
of the oecurrence and also verified
the testimony of officers as to the
negro's confession when he was taken
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