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In hfs speech at the final sessi a
of the conference, Lloyd (leorge said:
"We have signed a pact of peace. It
la a provisional one. Is it for months?
Ah, no; it is more than that. We
have decided upon a peace among
warring nations, and once you es|
tablish it nations are not going back j1
on it. We have decided to give peace \
a trial jupon our hearthstones, and
when she has been there for several j
months, we will not turn her out <
again." /
? Dr. fleorge T. Harding, jr., physician
of Worthington, Ohio and brother
of ^resident Harding, who is at- (
tending Hhe World Conference of'Seventh
Dafr Adventlsts in San Francisco
predicted last Thursday that the en("
of the world is near at hand. "Indications
^ronv. conditions in tvhe world ,
today ah point to the fact that we
are living in 'thc'tlttta predicted by the
prophet^" said Harding, "This, time
will immediately precede the second
coming of Christ, in which all Adven
tists tirtfely believe. 'No one knoweth
the day'- nor the hour when the Son
of Man* cometh.' The end of this
phase at our existence is so near at
hand that we must 'work rapidly, for .
1 our tin\f is short." Dr. Harding refused
to' predict positively that the
world would come to an end before
j President* HardlAg finished his .term' of
office. He indicated, however, that it
is more than possible that such will
be the copo. Dr. Harding is seventeen
years younger than the president, and j
was taught the Seventh Day Adventist
faith- by his mother, who became a
convert in late life, he said.
Ir ? Nearly 100 persons perished last
Saturday night when the Peninsular i
and Oriental line steamer Kgypt sank ,
' off the island of Ushant after a col,'
lision with the French freight steamer 1
Seine. The Kgypt was sailing from 1
London for Bombay Friday with 14 j
passengers an l a crow of 290. A roll
call oo board the Seine, after the disaster
showed that at least 15 of the
passengers ttnd 80 of the crew of the 1
Kgypf were ' missing. The * collision (
occurred duNng a dense fog within
22 miles r>* the Armen lighthouse.
The dinner gong was about to he 1
sounded on board the Egypt- Many <
of the passengers and most of the j
e^ew were on deck. The shock threw
several persons into the sen; others 1
jumped and a number went down withthe
ship, which sank in 20 minutes.
The Egypt ,was rammed amidshlp on <
portside. The Seine, badly damaged,
reached Brest on Sunday with 29 I
rescued passengers, more than 200 of 1
the crew and the bodies of 20 dead. ]
The captain of the Egypt was among f
the saved.
? Historic Mecklenburg county gave
a great greeting to General Pershing
when he arrived in Charlotte at 9:30 t
Saturday morning to spend the day j
in the celebration of the signing of j
the Mecklenburg declaration of independence,
May 20, 1775, the 147th an|
nivereary of that event. General
j Pershing was accompanied by Han- f
ford MacNider, national commander
of the American Legion and General r
Julian S. Carr, commander in chief of I
the United . Confederate Veterans, a
Members of the looaP post. American
Legion, headed by Mayor Walker,
welcomed the distinguished,visitors at r
the station and escorted tKem to the a
Southern Manufacturers' club, where j
Governor Cameron MorrisOn and his
entire staff added the welcome on behalf
of the state. After a brief stay v
at the club, General Pershing, acoom- d
panied, by locaUymilitury <^tfitsy|nd j
the SArine banfT was ft-ivJn severt#
blocks through a seething, surging 1
mass of cheering throngs, to a point a
where he took a position eft the head p
. of a three-mile length parade which a
went through the principle streets of
the city. The terminal of the pageantry,
which consisted of 6,000 former
soldiers in uniform, cavalry troops ^
from two North Carolina companies f
and a multitude of gayly bedecked
floats, was at Independence park, P
where at noon General Pershing and ,e;
Mr. MacNlder made brief addresses, jj
? The suit of Mrs. Nellie R. Nelson, li
nee Rudisill, of Lincolnton, N. C., j,
against the parents of her husband,
Romen W. Nelson, at Windsor, Ver- sl
mont, last week, was full of dramatic w
interest. Mrs. Nelson wanted $50,000 p
damages for alienation of her husband's
affections. Her story to the
court was that she first met young
Nelson at her home in Lincolnton in, il
1913. Later when Nelson came to w
Camp Greene in Charlotte in 1917, the
acquaintance was renewed/and Nelson
made ardent love, as the result of r<
which the two were married- But w
shortly after young Mrs. Nelson got I
into the home of the senior Nelson's, "
Mrs. Nelson. Sr., began making: life
unbearable for her, telling her rtpenl.v
that she was not fitted for her position,
and the husband, presumably undet* m
the influence of his mother finally ad- rr
vised her to go back home, which she
did. The courtroom at Windsor was
crowded with women of fashion and
women of the farms to hear the trial pi
and when young Mrs. Nelson told all a<
this and some more the jury showed
tremendous interest and the judge
shed tears." Mr. Nelson. Sr., said that ls
without questioning the truth of any- el
thing that had l>een testified to, he had m
never heard of it,before, and he umler- j
took to make it clear that he did not
'stand for the treatment his daughter- "1
in-law had received. When asked by ! 'p
the judge as to whether she still loved
young Nelson the young wife shouted:
"He is my husband, and I love him lo
with all my heart and soul." in a way ai
that thrilled all 'who heard. The do- jy
fensc is now presenting its testimony. "v
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? Silver by the ton, gold by the
hundredweight, pearls by the bushel
and diamonds l?y the peek, dumped hi
into wooden boxes, jute sacks, paste \\
board cartons or merely wrapped
in parcels, all this treasure hoard
awaits opening pad sorting at the re
storehouse for "Valuables confiscated
by the soviet government from three
churches and synagogues of Russia
for the benefit of the famine sufferers. ,p;
The correspondent of the Associated
press was a few days ago permitted
to visit the five story loft building ar
which constitutes the store house ut tv
Moscow, by consent of M. "I. Kalenin. m
peasant president of Russia and hem! .
of all the famine relief organisations.
One floor of the building, about 100
feet long and 45 feet Wide, is already dc
nearly filled with the articles confls- nt
cated.dn Moscow alone, these amount- ,.
ing'to more than 00,000 pounds of
silver, several hundred pounds of gold or
ar.d over ten thousand precious stones, i tr
mostly diamonds. Requisitioned ar- j J)a
ticles from the provincial churches | .
are to l?e stored on the other four a
flooys. Each of the 624 packages in C;
this big room is sealed, and they are is
stacked in tiers reaching almost to
the ceiling. The yield from some of
the monasteries which was too large ''
for a single package, overflowing into E?
smaller boxes stacked beside them, t cr
A rough list of articles confiscated j
accompanies each box as it is brought, | ,
under heavy guartL to;the storehouse.| ^
!>ut the exat tj value ,$nlv .will I e-, known | ^0
when appraisers open thH'.pan&s and I ha
sort their contents. These experts, J
and also the workmen who will un- j
pack the boxes, are to be stripped of M':
their ordirtarj* clofliing and provjdeilllht
tfffrh Irsy milts- itWfi tlrtlf of
sorting begins. Motor trucks fairly
bristled with bayonets of the soldier
asc^rta driven >uji by the i treasure:
houses all through the day and night,
bringing boxes from the churches.
From the outer gates to the roof the
building swarms with guards- To get
permission to enter at all, one must
ffrst visit another building where
some other state treasures are stored,
and where soldiers even prevent pedestrians
from walking on the side of
the -street on which the building
fronts.
She \torhvillc tfnquiur.
Entered at the Postofflce at York, as
Mail Matter of the Second'Class.
TUESDAY, MAY 23, 1922.
"Wouldn't it be funny If everybody
believed everybody?" asks the Charlotte
Observer^ Yes, it would certain
ly be funny, and everybody would be
rery foolish to do anything of the kind.
All kinds of storks continue to soar
under the influence of reduced rates of
discount. The people who deal in
margins see another era of expansion,
find they arc disposed to rush it into
mother period of wild speculation.
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The sentiment of the country seems
to be that the Republican party antagonized
the League of Nations solely in
:he pursuit of political advantage, and
that after all, whether the best thing
or not the league of nations should
oave been adopted in the interest of
he world's peace and harmony.
The now fast developing period of
xpansion will be-all right if the peoole
will take advantage the >opporfunitj
it will afford to pay their debts.
3ut unless the people have learned
rorp past experience, and will keep in
nind the fact that (lelTution always
tears hardest on those who owe.money,
his (oming period of expansion is not
foing to be of much help. The fact is,
t will do harm.
Gilford Pinchot, who has just secur d
th2 Republican gubernatorial nomilation
of Pennsylvania, in spite of the
Republican machine, attributes his
mccess first, to the women of the state,
nd second, to the Progressive sentinents;
but insists that it is in no sense
i rebuke or .tven a reflection on the
larding administration. He promises
vith full confidence that Pennsylvania
rill, as usual, send a full Republican
lelegntion to the house. It is claimed
11 Wusliipgtpii ilV fche neyuu vote
ilayed a large pan In both Indiana .
nd Pennsylvania and that it went
rincipally to Beveridge and Pinchot
gainst New and Alter.
In winning the Republican nomina- (
on for governor of Pennsylvania G?fird
Pinchot has smashed the old Re- i
ubliean ring headed by different bosss
during several generations,"Vith the |
tte Senator Penrose as the last of the <
HTKIcs mnnni! a nnmnloto VPfirMn- i
sation of the Republican Rfirty in the ]
tate'along the progressive lines of >
hich the late Col. Roosevelt was the i
adcr. It seems to indicate too, as did :
i<? election of Beveridge over New in 1
idiana, the old guard crowd is stead- ]
y and surely losing its grip; but I
whether it pressages another split in
le party at the next general election 1
?mains to be seen. Many political 1
riters believe that is being foreshad- 1
kved with more or less clearness. <
r ?
Although Great Britain has adlittefi
women to equal rights with 1
len Ui all other fields of politics, the '
idications arc that it will still be a '
ng time lief ore that stronghold of v
rivilege, the house of lords, will come '
ross with any concessions. Lady c
hondda, whose standing as a peeress
beyond question, and against whose
aim there can be offered no argu- '
lent except that she is not a man has <#1
?en rejected on the ground that the '
;>eenige is not a public function." '
here has been Ion# sustained agitsi- '
J
on for the abolition of the house of
irds on the ground that it is hugely
t unnecessary fifth wheel, serving onto
scotch democratic government in
ctreme crises. It is possible that this
jecfion of women t?> equality in the J
ghest special privilege known to the
ritish system, may eventually lead to
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volition of such legislative power as
mains to this unusual body.
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The state of Michigan has put some (
ttyol boats on the Detroit river to
?erate against the bootleggers who ^
e smuggling liquor over the. line be- h
. ten Canada, and the Ottawa govern- 11
(*
ent is discussing the idea of protest
CjiLsc of alleged violation of the
eaty following the war of 1X12. Un- ! h
r that treaty it was provided, that j j!
ither Great Britain nor the United ^
ates should maintain armed vessels n
t the waters dividing the two coun- li
ies. The Detroit river, which is a
rt of th'e international boundary, is
necessary avenue for the entrance of j Cl
mada liquor into Detroit, and so easy (
it so get across with the wet goods 11
at prices are not much higher in I)e- ?
>it than they are in Canada. Thej|'
deral government has not seen prop- | v
to put armed boats on the river; I e<
t the state of Michigan is willing to'tj
<e the resixinsibility. Kventuallv, !
* it
worver, the" deral government will I1(
ve to settle the qtfestion with the ec
tawa government- And the only i P(
(sensible settlement seems to be that , '
; Ottawa government must eithcr|0|
ke^> their smugglers home or leave
th^jri to take the consequences with
the United States.
Governor Cooper signalized his departure
from office by the pardon of
eighteen convicts. We have no doubt
that he was moved in every case by
the personal solicitation of political
friends, and some of the cases were so
raw that he would hardly have touched
them except for the fact that he is
now out of d<yiger of punishment. But
we.are not at all horrified. The truth
of the matter is that every governor
since Hampton, with the exception of
Hagood, has made free use of the pardoning
power mainly in the interest of
hia friends. There has never been
much of an issue made <on the question
except in the case of the pardons
of telease, and in that case the issup
was emphasized mainly by men whose
real grouch was the fact that Bleasc
had it in his power to do the pardoning.
However, we do not approve the
free and indiscriminate use of the j>ardoning
power by anybody, except from
considerations of justice and mercy*
Rut the main point we desire to emphasize
is that Rlease has not been
fairly blamable more than the rest of
theip. Indeed, he is entitled to commendation
along this line in being
about the only governor the state has
ever had who has taken, the trouble to
investigate circumstances of a conviction
and punishment on his own motion
and issue a j*ardon solely ltec^use
he thought the pardon just and right.
The War Fraud Qases.
They have a nasty mew on in Washington
in connection with the proposed
investigation by the administration
of war fraud cases, for the prosecution
of which an appropriation of $500,000
was made recently.
Senator Caraway of Arkansas,
charges that the prosecutions have
been instituted by Attorney General
Daugherty because of the fact that C.
W- Morse, one of the principal alleged
offenders against whom the prosecution
is directed, owes Daugherty a
lnrmrt hnlnrice on n 525.000 fee tll.lt he
was to have paid Daugherty for his j
services in getting Morse a pardon
from the Atlanta penitentiary.
According to Caraway's story, Thos.
B. Felder, the same smooth lawyer who
got such fine pickings from South
Carolina in connection with the winding
up of the old state dispensary, was
the leading counsel in the case;! that
Felder having secured from Morse a
contract whereby Morse was to pay
$25,000 for his release, took on Daugherty,
who was then campaign manager
for President Taft in his fight with
Roosevelt for re-clcction, and Daugherty
was able to turn the trick with
Taft on the representation that Morse
was an ill-used invalid who could not
live .but a few months longer anyway.
Caraway, having in some manner not
yet explained, gotten hold of the original
contract between Morse and Fcldder,
under which contract Morse was
to pay $25,000 in the event of Feldefs
success, had it printed in the Congressional
Record, Senator Watson of
Indiana, hftving in the meantime quoted
attorney General Daugherty as
having denied all knowledge and connection
with the Morse pardon.
Thos. B. Felder has come out in the
papers with a full and free admission
af the correctness of the Feld'er-Morse
Contract.; out Claiming Ii wan ptiiwily
regular and proper in every respect;
but at the same time claiming
that Morse had paid him partly in cash
ind partly in stock that turned out to
ae absolutely worthless and that Mr.
Daugherty had refused to receive or
lave anything to do with this stock.
Senator Caraway stated that he had
ieen to Chief Justice Taft for a statenent
in connection with the matter;
?ut that Mr. Taft had replied that ho
lid not care to get mixed up with it.
Tom Watson, of Georgia, took occasion
to denounce Felder asjlhe "slimiist
serpent that ever crawled and the
ilthiest vulture that had ever flopped
i wing, and Felder came back at Watson
in the papers With a statement that
te was "a man without character,"
itc.
Senator Caraway claims that he has
itill other, documents as interesting as
hose that have already been printed, <
ind he announced that if Daugherty
could save the Harding administration
rom further embarrassment on acMurso
.-mil-other matters.
le will step down and out.
Daugherty and his friends claim that
he Democrats -are inertly trying to
nuddy the water so as to stop proseutions
and Daugherty is represented
is saying that if he cannot get what
ic considers a competent attorney tv
inndle the fraud cases in the courts
le will handle them personally;
? Saluda, May 20: H. Arthur Mrynn,
highly respected farmer of the Mays
"ross Itoads section of the county,
ook his own life early today at his
nine by blowing off the top of his
end with a shotgun. Worry over tianeial
troubles must have been the |
ause of the deed .as he talked a good
eal of late to friends about his finanial
affairs, fie had made his home
ere for several years up to about a
lonth ago when he married Miss Sale
Mae Douglas, a young woman of
aluda. and then returned to his place
t the western part of the county to
ve.
?,
? W. It. Hrndley, the retiring acting j
nllector of internal revenue for South t
arolina, has liecome director of the
iconic tax division of tin- South Carlinn
tax commission. Mr. Bradley
li ned .over the office of collector of v
iteinal revenue to Maj. John K. Jones
esterday. Mr. Bradley was appoint- ''
1 to his new position by Chairman i
uerry, of the tax commission, anil i |.
le tax commission is congratulating | :v
self on his acquisition to its staff. ,\
at only on account of his generally p
>nceded efficiency; hut the more os- s
[ cially liecause of his knowledge and t<
cperienee in connection with the
aeration of the federal taxing ma- e
linery in this state. cl
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LOCAL ArFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Jeptha I). Owin?Candidate for probate
judge.
Joseph G. Dicksin?Candidate for alderman,
Ward 1.
John I. Barron?Candidate for alderman,
Ward 2S.
I.. Steele?Candidate for alderman.
Ward 5.
W. C. Sandifer?Candidate for alderman,
Ward 6.
Joseph E. Hart?Candidate for trustee
Yorkville school district.
B- A- Correll?Candidate for trustee
Yorkville school district.
Registrar Clemson College?Regular
session begins September 6.
Southern Railway System?Week-end
fares to resorts.
Lpan and Savings Bank?Our purpose.
Carroll Bros;?A stitch in time.
v?i. c<..nn|,, rv, c<im,.
i urn nujijii; vw. 1- ivui .
Sam M- & S- E. Grist-r^. few questions.
,
Mrs. J. M. Ferguson?Yes, ladies.
Star Theatre?"The Speed GirL" today.
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Redpath Chautauqua?Notable lec|
tures.
Feinstein's Department Store?Latest
arrivals.
Peoples Bank and Trust Company?
Proud of the job.
York Hardware Company?If it is
awnings you want.
First National Rank of Sharon?Our
enemy, the boll weevil.
J. M. St roup?The hot summer days.
Gillette Safety Razor Company?A
faithful blade.
York Drug Store?For the graduates.
Clover Drug Storl\ Clover?Kreeo dip.
No. 1. g
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Thare has been a noticeable picking
up in the automobile sales of late, esur>(>i;illv
Fords Thp fact is obvious to
'.'iny observer who watches the cars as
they pass along the streets New
Fords are more in evidence than other
ears; but higher priced, cars are maintaining
about their usual ratid. A
dealer in a nearby town said to the editor
a few days ago: "Wo sold eight
Fords in (Tnc day last Saturday, and
also two tractors. The demand is very
strong and we are having trouble filling
orders, especially for sedans and
coupes. We have not a car on the
floor at the present time; but we are
in hopes of having a new supply now
shortly."
It will be a good while yet before
there is a smooth and comparatively
easy highway into western York by
way of Sharon: ?but people who are familiaf
with the heartbreaking ups and
downs between Black's mill and the
home of R. B. Hartness can find material
for pleasureable anticipatic n by
looking over what has b$cn done. The
old Howell's Ferry road is not the
meanest or roughest road in the countv
hut it has been mean and rough
enough and people who were familiar
with it in the. old days could never
picture much of a future for the country
through which it passed. Most of
the hills out that way a"re low-gear
hills, and neither truck nor mule team
could get over tljem With an ordinary
load. The transportation problem of
that whole country seemed well nigh
hopeless. Rut the new road is making
things look better. The vision a few
months hence of a 10r1>alc truck load
of cotton or other commodity of equal
weight negotiating this route as easily
as the ijoad between' Yorkville and
Rock Hill, is not unreasonable. , It will
easily put Hickory Grove within twenty-five
minutes of Yorkville, and within
but little over an hlur of Rock Hill
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It will open up a nne country n.nwi
has heretofore been badly handicapped
for outlet,-and it will mean much in
general development. Work on the
West road generally is moving along
well, considering the weather and other
handicaps.
THE MARRIAGE RECORD.
Marriage licenses have been issued
by the judge of probate as follows:
May If.?C. Talley Crow and Artie EWagner,
Rock Hill. ,
May 1C?Frank L., McElwee and
Mary Mildred Parrott, Clover.
May 16?Leonard Gardner, Gastonia,
and Annie Lee Boyd, Bethel township.
May 18?George W. Adkins and Janie
M. Wilson, York township.
May 19?J. Hugh Stevenson, Rbek
Hill, and Carmilia Stacy, Louisville,i
Ky.
May 20?Willie Stowe, BelniqnL N.
C., No. 1, and Gracie Erwin, colored, '
York No. 8.
May 20?William .V Reid, Charlotte, '
N. C., and Mae Whlsonant, Smyrna.
May 20?Riley TjnVer and Minnie j
Childers, Hickory Grove*
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FORT MILL TO CELEBRATE.
Eli Bales Post of the American Loidon
of Fort Mill, has begun laying (
plans for a great Fourth of July cele- t
In-ation in that town under the auspices
of the post, according to Mayor
Arthur ('. Lyttlc of Fort Mill who ^
with Mr. George W. Potts, also of I
I'ort Mill, were visitors in Yorkville j
yesterday. The Fort Mill post, ac- I '
wording to Mayor Lyttle who is also |
) member of the American Legion }
uts extended an invitation t?? Con- |
rressman W. F. Stevenson to be pres- i |
nt and deliver the nrincipal address | |
if the occasion. *_ ' :
It is planned to have a sha-m bat- i
Ic between the Hock Hill nrrd Fort ^
VTill companies of the National <3n:iA-d. |
ifembers of various American "Ijcgion :
'osts over the county will be invited j \
o be present for the day. A number
>f interesting features are bef.ng ai- t
nnged for the Fourth of July cele- i
>ration and the Fort Mill post has 1
ippointed committees to have charge |
>f the various details. \
Mayor Lyttle said that morning that \
>ne good hand and probably more
mold l>e secured. The principal ex- >
reises of tite day will take plaee at i
tpratt's Spring, which is an ideal pic- t
lie ground. Fort Mill people will make *
11 effort to attract people from all secions
of York and counties adjoining j
0 Fort Mill for the Fourth.
BLAIRSVILLE SCHOOL CLOSES. I
Commencement exerciser, of Hh'.irs- J ;i
ille school occupied the. attention: of '
upils and patrons of the school J.nrng
last Wednesday. Thursday sind t
1 iday evenings. Three pupils. Misses i
lay Moloney and Essie Ihown ajid s
fr. Hoy Moloney were presented ?li- 1
lomas on Friday evening, having I
iiecessfully completed the work of the f
nth grade. t
The feature of the opening exerises
of comtnencement was a de- i a
la mat ion contest for a inedal on ? >
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Wednesday evening, the contest being
Open to pupils of all classes. There
were twenty contestants as Follows:
Alary Catherine Blair, Margaret Ida
Hlalr, Sarah Holin. Joe S. Uusse'l,
l'earl Maloney, (leorge Uurgessf, Marie
Brown, Bell (iood, Shirley Sherer,
Limar I Mexico. Harris Blair, Ethel
Blair, Taicile Sherer; Robert S. Mitchell,
Edna Duncan, Evelyn Russell,
Ruby Sherer, Essie Brown. Ix-wis
Russell, Roy Maloney. The judges
Mesdames A. M. Erwin and R. Brandt
and Mr, Brown Baird, awarded the
medal to J. Lewis Russell, while Harris
Blair and Essie Brown received
^honorable mention ir> the order named.
The programme Thursday evening
consisted of several songs by girls and
boys and a patriotic flag drill, the
pupils taking part in costume. So
pleasing was this drill and so well did
those taking part personify various
patriotic emblems that the drill was
repeated on the closing night.
Rev. E. B. Hunter, pastor of Sharon
A. R. I'. church delivered the address
td? the graduating class on FYiday
night. Music was furnished by the
Btairsville orchestra. Mr. Ralph Cain,
principal of the school made a short
talk in which he thanked the school
patrons for support and advised the
young graduates that their battle in
life was just beginning; but that success
would crown their efforts if
they worked hard, played fair and
nvi-o menu. uunng me unai exercises
the band played several selections
which were much enjoyed as
was also a vocal musical programme
by, a school chorus.
ABOUT PEOPLE
Lewis M. Crist of Yorkville, is spending
several days in Charleston.
.Mi-, and Mis. VV. T- Barron of Fort
Mill, spent Sunday with relatives in
Yorkville. f
Mrs. C. C. Owens of Barnwell, is visit
ing her father, Mr. M. E. Plexico, in
Yorkville.
Tlios. VV. Quinn of Winston-Salem.
N. C., spent Sunday with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. John Warren Quinn, in
Yorkville- _
t Mrs. Paul Tt. Bratton has returned to
Yorkville, after a visit to hfr parents,
Col. and Mrs. Asbury Coward, i$ Orangeburg.
Engagement of Miss Frances Adickes
of Yorkville, to William S?. Moore of
Yorkville, the wedding to take place
here, June 15, jias been announced.
Ernest, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. A.
Correll of Yorkville, was operated on
Saturday for appendicitis at Penned
Infirmary, Rock Hill. He is getting
along ?nlcely.
Mrs. VYiniam Benfleld of York No. 3,
who has been undergoing treatment in
a Chester hospital for some time past,
is reported as getting along quite
nicely.
Dr- J. D. McDowell, who has been
quite sick at his home in Yorkville for
some time past> is so far improved as
to be able to sit up a little.
ht. or, a \t,.u w n W-n-fn?>?? of Xhel
by, X. C., visited the fumlly of Mr. R.
B- Hartness on York No. 5, last Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Bigham and
daughter of Huntersville, X. C-, and
Dr. and Mrs. C. B. Dhal'fin of Columbia,
are 1n Yorkville on account of the
death and funeral of Mr. R. E- QuinnAt
the meeting of the 132 Council of
the Episcopal Diocese, held in Charleston
last week, Rev. T. T. Walsh of
Yorkville, wag elected an alternate to
the general convention of the Episcopal
church to be held at Portland, Oregon.
FARMERS ELECT.
At a meeting of the York County
Cooperative Cotton Marketing association
held in1 the courthouse at noon
today, seven delegates to the meeting
01' the district council of the South
Carolina Cooperative Marketing association,
to be held in Rock Hill, May
30, were elected as follows: J. B. Johnson,
T. B. Spratt, C- M- Inman, W. L.
Hill, W. B. Wilkerson, R. S. Poag, T.
M. Oates. Alternates were elected as
follows: J. L. Spratt, S- S. Glenn, R.
L. Sturgts, J. L. McGill, R. A. Barnett,
J. I J. oriiiin, i, *vi, wa ico>
Several seprc farmers, members of
the South Carolina Cooperative Marketing
association, gathered at the
courthouse this morning for the purpose
of effecting a county organization
and electing delegates to the meeting
of the district council: J. ?B. Johnson
of Rock Hill, called the meeting to order.
J. T. Crawford of McConnellsville,
was elected permanent president
of the county association, and \V. - B.
Wilkerson of Hickory Grove, was elected
secretary. J. L. AlcGill of Bethany,
was elected vice president. A nominating
committee consisting of \V. B.
Keller, K. H. Cowan, R. S- Riddle, J.
F. Williams and J. C- Kirkpatrfck was ,
appointed by the president to recommend
names of suitable men for election
as delegates to the district meeting.
Seven of those recommended by this
committee were elected by ballot and
seven others elected alternates by acclamation.
The county association also elected
an executive committee by townships
as follows: Bethel, S. S. Glenn: Be- j
thesda, J. Frank Ashe; Broad River,
Grover W. Brown; Bullock's Creek, J.
E. Latham: Catawba, R. S. I'oag: '
Ebenezer, R. A. Harnett; Fort Mill, W.
II. Crook; King's Mountain, J. D. 1
Smith; York, C. M. Inmdn. ;
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VICTIM OF ACCIDENT
i.'uncral services for Rober* E.
ljuinii, St, yard superintendent of the j
Yorkville Cotton Oil Company who j
ivas almost instantly killed l?y an elee- I
:rie shock about 5 o'clock yesterday '
ifternoon while working outside the '
new ice plant of the company are to
>e held from the Associate Reformed 1
Presbyterian church at 1 o'clock this '
ifternoon and the interment is to lie f
n Jlo.se Hill cemetery. The funeral t
services will be conducted by Rev. J. <
Ij. states. D. I), his pastor; and Phil- 1
inthroj.ic LQdge No. 12,' A. K. M. of <
ivhich he was a member.
.Misunderstanding of an order on ' >
he part of William Dickson, a ybuth- j <
ill assistant is said to have cost the i i
ife of Mr. CJuinn yesterday afternoon. I
le was engaged in wrapping a ground *
virc outside a window of the ice *
>lant. He is said to have remarked 1
'hand me the tape" and young Dick- c
ion. who was inside the building, be- '
ause of the din and noise made by
Machinery understood him to say,- s
Turn*on,the switch." d
The switch was placed in proper j c
>osition and 550 voits of electricity \
a.ssed into the body of Mr. (Juinn. i
1'he ground on which he was stand- J
r.g was unite wet, increasing the ;
bice of the current. According to t
in eye witness, an employee of the oil y
iiill. Mr. tjuinn merely gasped for o
reath a few seconds and died.
News oft tin' accident was quickly ! h
ransmitted up town and Dr. R. A* 1
Jratton and others arrived on the i a
cene in a few minutes. Dr. Uratton j H
lev. J. L. nates. D. P.: BroadU8 M. I u
.ove and others worked strenuously b
or a half hour or more in a-n effort w
it restore life, using every known J
I ..I ...cuiutiltiliiirt lull all to. .no !
vail. Th?*r<* was in-wr ;i sWn of ifo* j'p
flier the unfurl una It* young man col- I \*
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lapsed beside the^ ground wire that !
he was attempting to make more se- ! '
cure. !1
Having been working practically all '
day on tiie damp ground, his clothes '
damp and his shoes quite wet whih\ I
the ground on which he was standing j
at the time he received the shock, was 1
also wet. the whole formed a perfect 1
ground for the 550 volts of current '
which was increased because of the
dampness. There were no marks on :
his body.
Mr. Quinn had been in the employ
of the Yorkville Cotton Oil Company '
practically ever since his return from
military service during the late world ;
war. He was in charge of the ginnery I
of the company in season and at other
times was general yard superintend- !!
ent of the plant, enjoying the confi- 1
dence of his employers and the general
public.
He was a native of the Bethany I
section where he was born little more j
than 34 years ago, a son of Mr. Felix
Quinn. He is survived by his widow.
T n?i.i i' ... I
?II r?. ijiii-i.i item Dwuri Ljuirin HI i
whom he was married July 2, last,
his father, one sister, Mrs. John. Q. !
Hall of York No.- 1 and six brothers I
*?s follows: Sheriff Fred E. Quinn and
Deputy Sheriff Tom Quinn of YorkviUe
and Messrs. Chote, John \V., Al- i
hert and Denver Quinn.
f The deceased was a member of i
Yorkville A. it. P. church, Phllanthro- I
pic Lodge Xo. 32, A. F. M. of York- !
ville and Meerh Stewart Post of the I
American Legion, Yorkville.
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WITHIN THE TOWN
? A representative of the Ftedpnth
Chautauqua Company was here yesterday
distributing advertising literature
in connection with the en- !
gngement of fthe Chautauqua which I
opens here June 13.
? The annual meeting of the York
County Bible Societ> was held in the
First Presbyterian church here Sunday
evening. Itev. T. Tracy Walsh of
the 'Episcopal church preached the
sermon of the occasion. Itev. E. E.
Gillespic, I). D. was re-elected president"
of the Society and Reverend? J.
L. Gates, D. IX; J. K. Walker, T. T.
Walsh and I). I* Hill were elected
vice presidents. J. A. Marion was .
ejected secretary and C. \V. McGee.
depositary. J. S. Price, Esq., was
elected a life member ot' the American
Bible Society.
? Local people are not taking readily
to the purchase of radiophone-outfits,
aocording to W. W. Barron, dealer in
electrical supplies, who also has the
agency iur rauiupmuien. ? n?tcu i
been trying to push the sale of radiophones,"
said Mr. Barron yesterday,
"because deliveries are slow up to this
time. However, if there is any demand
for outfits to be installed, either
in public places or private homes here,
I am not aware of it."
? There's a probability that Yorkville
will have some good amateur
baseball this summer. Howard McMackin.
Hal Mackorell, Carl Oaulden
and others or last year's American
Legion baseball team have been practicing
a little here of late and expect
to do more of it this week and next
with a view to seeing what can be
dope in Ihe way of a baseball teant
Several of the college boys who play
a pretty fair brand of baseball are
expected home within a week or two
and thope who have started the thinggoing
are quite confident that a good
amateur team can be gotten into
shane.
? A number of the younger pupils
of the music department of the Yorkville
Grnded School of which Mrs. E.
A. Montgomery, wife of the school
superintendent is director, gave a
musical recital in the city hall auditorium
last evening., The recital (
was a, part of school commencement
exercisps now in progress.* Following
were the pupils taking part: Mildred
MeJvOud, Annie Roth. Emma Nivens,
Pauline Moore, Blanche Carroll, Nancy
Burge, Rose Carroll. Frances Grist,
M a ry Moore, Geraldine McConnell.
Gladys Neil, Dorothy Courtney, Melba
Pannell, Vera Dorsett, Sarah Car- .
roll, Nellie Pannell, Sallie Faulkner,
Lois Gillespie, Martha Pegram, Rocky J
McDowell, Rernice Patrick, Alberta
Pegram.
? Commencement exercises of Jef- '
ferson Graded School (colored) of
Yorkville, Rev. R. J. Crockett, acting 1
principal begin tomorrow evening and <
extend through Monday evening. I
Exercises tomorrow evening are to i
bo given over to primary and gram- t
mar departments. On Thursday even- i
ing the closing exercises of the Or irri- ]
mar Department are to lie held and ,
on Friday evening class day exorcises
nre to i>e new ny too 'renin Krone.
Rev. Hazel \V. Davis, A. M.; D. D.: '
of Rock Hill is to preach the sermon I
Sunday. The annual address is to he 1
delivered by Rev. J. K. Walker, pastor *
of Trinity M. E. church Monday even- (
ins- while awards are to bo made by '
Prof. E. A. Montgomery, superintend- >
ent of the Yorkvilb* Graded schools. Exhibits
of industrial pupils nre to be '
seen Thursday and Friday evenings. 1
? The annual commencement of the .
Yorkville Graded School was ushered
in last Friday evening with a three j
net comedy in the city hall auditorium ?
entitled "All on Account of Polly."
The play was presented by pupils of j
the higher grades under the direction : |
if Miss Alice Hare, teacher of ex- j j
pression and aesthetic dancing. The .
play was presented to <l?te a large ; j
ludiehce who were well pleased with ^
I he perform.') dee of the young poo- ^
|)le. The following voting people had ' j,
i part in the play: Grady McFatland. ;
Paul Whisonant, Margaret Love. H
Thelma Johnson, .1. Q. Wray, Jr., Eveyn
Shieder, Flay Plexlco, Ruth 1'lex- j,
ico, Irma Ferguson, Eunice Cain. ^
Krank Atkinson, Aileen Hall, Frances 0
Srist. Tommy Dixon. Alice Intnan. El- I ?
tie McDowell. 4j j,
? Chief of Police R. Kd Steele has | v
Ijoen going gunning for red-headed j ?
woodpeckers here lately with a .221 n
jaltbre rifle and some twelve or fifteen | ?
??* tlm i-o/l.br.o lioi'n llttn tlw? i T
uii i tu_n\.auf? licit v. itinvii i" in' I
hief's pun. Considerable complaint o
las come to the police department be nuwo
of the attacks of the red-heads S(
?n telephone and telegraph poles, g
iteeples and the like. Sheriff Fred j>
Juinn was out with the police chief g
yesterday after the birds and if any- w
>ody who noted the two with guns "p
vere under the impression that they p
vere after some desperate criminal jc
hey were bildly mistaken since the ^
ulprits being sought were only red- p|
leads. ' ? |.*
? While definite plans have not taken si
hape as yet, there is talk of and evi- 01
lence of a desire to stage some kind si
f Fourth of July celebration in York- S
ille this year. Many people, recall- s
ng the great crowd that was here July k
. last, are anxious rfiat there be du- u
ilication of that crowd and other aj- 1 n
ructions at the county seat again this
ear. (iftieers and leaders of several .\
rgani/.alions have been approached j it
n the matter and requested to take a
old and soMreral business men have |,i
xpressed themselves as being heartily | l>>
n favor of sueh a plan. It is felt that (|j
r anything In the way of a celebration |:;
i to be attempted there is little time te
a he lost and very likely .something |>
ill be started In that direction within sr
ie next few days. M
t-A monster hoot.owl has been the ilk
iMnoipal fittrncMh in One of the show M
dndows of the Yorkville Hardware I co
stoic for several dnvs pa*t. The owl
which was caught near a chicken
roost in the New Zion section of the
county last week has been an object
L?f in Iciest to many |iassers by. Ho
l?resents a rather grotesque appeariince
as he sits stolidly on a small
cask or other object in the show window
occasionally rolling his great eyes
of yellow and black. When Floyd Al- ,
lison, an employee of the store got
hold of an English sparrow yesterday
morning and held it in front of the
beak of the 'hooter", thinking he
would be kind enough to hold it while
the owl peeked at the bird at leisure,
he got quite a suiprise, as did those
watching from outside the show windew.
Instead of eating the sparrow,
slowly the owl opened his great
mouth and promptly swallowed the
sparrow, feathers and all at one gulp.
Mr. Allison not having the time and
inclination to feed birds to a larger
bird of such great appetite, did not
seek further sparrows io satisfy the
appetite of the owl.
? Dr. Lee Davis Lodge, president of*
Limestone College, Oaffney, has accepted
an invitation to deliver the address
to the' graduating class of Yorkville
High school, Friday evening.
Four medals are to ho awarded pupils
for excellence. One offered 'by the II.
D. C. fOr the best essay on a given
subject will be presented by He*'. J. K. |
Walker. A medal offered '.#/ 'he D.
A. R. for the best essay on a given
subject, will be awarded by Mrs. M. LCarroll;
Rev. J. L Dates, D. D., will
awarded the declamation medal and J.
A. Marion, Esq., is to award the ifiednl
offered for the highest scholarship.
Diplomas are to be presented the
graduates by Thos. J>\ McDow, chairman
of the board of trustees of the
school. Class day exorcises by, the
eleventh grade are to be held at the ?
city hall auditorium Thursday evening;
The programme is as'follows:
Class history. Miss Aileen'Hall; class
newspaper. Miss Ruth Rloxico; class
ijiujjnecy .miss .\nrr? ininan: cmss
statistics, J. <i. Wray; claps criticisms.
Miss lima Ferguson: class poem. Miss
Elsie McDowell, class gifts, Miss
Margaret Lovr; Class will, -Miss Evelyn
Shieder. ' i
? With the members of the class
occupying a reserved section in the
auditorium and an audience present
that took every available seat, Rev.
T. Tracy Walsh, pastor of the Qhurch
of the Good Shepherd (Episcopal) of
Yorkville preached the annual sermon
to the graduating class of Yorkville
Ifigh School in the A. Ft. P. church
Sunday morning. Rev. Mr. Walsh
spoke on the subject of "Reliability,"
a quality he said that any boy or girl,
man or woman must have to gain success
in the world, to obtain th(f respect
of their fellows and to receive reward
in heaven at the close of life. In the
course ol' his sermon Mr. Walsh advised
his hearers that they were just
beginning to climb the ladder of life
and he urged them to re.member always
that the*J' must be steadfast over
and under no circumstances depart
from the practice of doing that which
was! right in the eyes of-God and man.
Reliability, he sifid, was a more or
less general terra which embodied a
number of qualities and that some at
least of these qualities are embraced in
the make-up of every great ma/i and
v.oman. 1 ou young peopie, ne smci, see
about you now and will continue to
see about you as youggrow older men
and women who possess certain goo<^
riuulities?who are so weak and inllrm
in matters of principle and occasions
where necessity for steadfast- f
ness and reliability presents that
their good" points are always overshadowed
by their bad.# Me strong,
(></ firm and be dean, and yours will
be success in life. Rev. Mr. Walsh
was heard with attention and interest
by his large audience.
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LOCAL LACONICS
Charged With Robbery.
Charged with entering and robbing
the office of the Port Mill Manufacturing
Company in Port Mill, Ernest
Burrage and Horace Chapman, white
boys have been arrested and lodged
in the county jail here. It is alleged
that (he boys stole electric supplies
inu utnur illni'ira Miiucu ac fi.01,
Miss Fewcll Woman's Agent.
Miss Margaret Kcwell of Rock Hill
has l>cen appointed womans home
demonstration agent for York county
0 succeed Miss Juanlta Neely who
resigned to t*ake n place in the poul:ry
division of the extension department
of the Federal agricultural department.
Rock Hill School Closes.
Rev. It. C. drier, presidenV of Ers- ^
cine College is to deliver the princi>al
address to the graduating class
>f Rock 'Hill High school op Friday
vening. The following are .members
)f the graduating class: Elizabeth
\ndrews Ryers, Margaret Isabel Brice,
>arah Claud, Henrietta Creed, Lucile
\nnie Dacus, Allen Ramey Fain, Joe
Raskin Gaston. Alma Ethel Howie,
Robert Hope, Josephine Mangum Hull.
'rank 1.. Holroyd, Sarah Katherine
lamniond, Marjorje Cammilla Johniton.
George l.ut!?r Kirkpatrlck, Matie
lioddey Lesslic, Ernest .Ling. Leila
strong I .ess lie. Will May McDowell,
dary Elizabeth *MeFadden. Catherine
lailc Massey, .V. A. Neal, Bess in??
'atton, Susie Phillips, John James
tagin, Martha Ella Simpson. Ella
tilth Sanders, Mildred Ixmise Sistate,
tobert Scaly, Callie Mayre Thomas,
lay Tatham, Mary Lucile Williams,
'ophie Eliztibeth Thompson, Charles
Sugene Watkins. ?
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Sethany Closes.
Six young people were awarded dilomas
from Bethany High school
avlng completed the ten year course
1 studv in the school, at commence
lent exercises. held last evening. An
uteresting commencement programme
;ns held- in commemoration of tlx*
chool closing and there were a large ? I
uinber of patrons and friends of the
rhOQj in!attendance on the exerciser;.
he principal features of the evening's
ntertninment were a play, "A 1'oor
farried Man:" a debate between high
ch'ool pupils and an address to the
racfunting class by Kev. \V. I(trier,
astor of Bethany church. A pro
rarnme consisting of recitations, eta.,
as also presented by primary pupils.
'upils taking part in tbe play, "A
-or Married Man," were:' Ruth l'nrs y,
Lena McC'urter, Kinnie I/oek ridge,
usie tflier Plaxco, Cohen Davidson,
larley McMaekin, Frank Smith. Hugh
arris. The upholders of the negative
de of the argument won the decision
f the judges in the debate on . the
ibject, "Resolved. That the State
hould Furnish Books for Public
chools." Affirmative debaters were
ulh Met'arter and Brennie Plaxco
hile those on the negative were
ugh Karris and William Smith. Ksivs
were road i?y Nannie McCsirter,
(iilic and Eunice Harry aptl Emma
lack. Recitations were delivered by
Inta Smith, Susie (drier l'laxco nnd
uise Howell while jokes werd told
>- Asm s McGill. Thbse who received
ploinas were: Ruth McCarter, Addle
irry. Kinnie Lock ridge, Lena McCarr,
Harley .Me.Mackin and Cohen
ividson. Teachers in charge of the
hool during the past year were: It.
. Love, principal; .Misses .Maggie .
.11 McCarter, .Many Suinmerford and
l*. Lee CJottys. The present teaching ,
rps has been re-elected.