Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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, . a -? " 1? Richmond, ya., June 10: Can' E?hes, serving a 30-day term In the Petersburg jail, following his plea of Zijglty on a charge of bootlegging, tod93 owns an automobile confiscated in a Whiskey raid and sold at auction by the sheriff of the city. The sale took place in front of the city hall, which is'" opposite the 'jail. Bidding was moving along slowly \vhen a voice v from the . upper window of the jail chimed in. Then it became a bit more li<ft?ly and stopped at $160, which was tlttt la'st figure ' called by Eanes from h|j prisqn cell. It was finally "kpocke^T down" to the prisoner, who paid (\-ijih god ordered the automobile sent to?a garage to await his release. Beaumont, Texas, June 10: Tom Garner, j sheriff of Jefferson qounty, w$s found guilty of official mlscor-' djat and (Ordered removed f^orn office inhn instructed verdict returned b? a jury in district court here ,todny. Jttige Robert G. Steel, in instructing f4l a verdict for the removal of the sftp rilf,; paid the fact that the officer hfid become a member of the Ku Klux man was in contravention to the oath lu? took as sheriff. Counsel for the sfjerifT protested mat mere was uuiiing in the Ku Klux's oath ih conflict ytJth the duties of a sheriff, but the court declared the oath of the klan vffts in effect to "deceive the ignorant and unwary." The case will be appealed, counsel said. ^-The plague of seventeen-year locusts, predicted by government ex? peits some time ago, says a Chibago il^ppatch, has reached Northern Illinois. Residents of North Shore, t^wns and cities and farmers over the entire district say the locusts rue farming by millions. - So far they have attached themselves to trees and hltW hiade no serious inroads upon grain and other crops. At Aurora, a great drive has been inaugurated by tfa?" citizens, who brush them from the trees to prevent them from lay ng e?gs. , Cartloads of them are brought down by sprayevs and burned. Throughout the Kox River Valley the fobugts are said to be so thick that all ordinary sounds ^re drowned out by t^e din of their wings. They are mov ing irom west tp eacn otu experts say the invaders will all be dead within six weeks. The wings* of ,nll of them tjcre the letter "W" which formerly was thought to be a sign that war tmpynds. V-The last of the famous mounds, which (Skirted the Mississippi river in hforth Si. Louis, and which gave this city the sobriquet, "The Mound City," li? being levelled to make way for an ifce plant. This last of the old mounds, Shich. are supposed to have been built prehistoric times, is about 500 feet in length arid about 300 feet wide. The arrowheads and peculiarly shaped pfebbles are found in the mounds, which in time past have been the sites of homes of early St. Louislans. Wheq Sft. Louis was founded there wore 27 of these mounds leading from the iktle city on what was called by seien Nets the "second tyank' of the river. They were striking: parts of the lnnddjfcipe in tfle neighborhood and impressed visitors to the place. The'city 5came n smalh town, the mounds used it to be called "Mound City," although the growth of the town has obliterated most of the traces of the aYtitigial earthworks. ? Daily Trade Record '(New York) carrlecf a dispatch from Charlotte follows: "Tentative plans for the organization of an enormous cotton mill comt?Jiy, which propose^ to build and op^rcftv'a chain of mills having a total eqYitjttnent of 1,000,000' spindles, are being seriously considered by a group of mill men and capitalists, according to persistent rumors here, the nature of the reports show that there is enough basi/ for them to indicate that the project has passed the dream stiigur- R is rumored that the promised company is to be headed by one of the liiVfl wi (? n/vt*An ?V* ? e * l iimuil IUUIHI1UI. LUiri B (II I Tit.' S^uth and financed through a group of cApitalists. Charlotte Is to he headcharters for the, chain, according to the reports, While It can not be definitely asserted when the plans as outlined above will assume definite form or that they will be carried through to conclusion, available information tends to the belief that there are good prospects for the early organization of the company. The men whose names are linked with the reports are amply able to finance and o\)eratd "a chain of mills of 1,000,000 spindles." . v-Columbia State, Sunday: The National 'Society Sons of the American He volution hojH'S to awaken interest in. its aim and purpose in South Carolina and at the recent congress of the society held at Springfield. Mass., MajJdhn If. Jones, the collector of Internal revenue for this state, was unanimously elecfed a special organizer for the society for North Carolina and South Carolina, according to information r&tching Columbia. The pur|>oso and objects of the society are declared to be patriotic, historical and educational, intended to preserve the memory of those who helitcd achieve the imu.iipn.i eaoe of the American ^people, to unite ah'd promote fellowship among tiieir descendants and to inspire a profound reverence for the principles of the govefViment founded by the forefathers of the people. Any man Is eligible to membership who is 21 years of age, of good repute and a lineal descendant of an ancestor who rendered service in the cause of American independence. Major Jones said yesterday that while he hails from the state o* activity, he tWxls use for the most of his time in his new position. However, hi; appreciation of what the society is doing iiir nearly every other state in the j union makes him willing to devote so much of time and effort as may be called for and he hopes to get in touch with sons, and others who would like t<Jl, know more of the society and its purpose. Hpsaidhe would like to hear from those interested by mail or to have them call uuon him at his office or at the Imperial hotel, where he resides.** ? Norfolk. Va., June 10: Approximately1* 1.000 quarts of liquor valued ni, $10,000 were seized by marine guards of the jmvy yapd today in a raid on the naval transport Sirius, under orders of Hear Admiral Philip vui.imiiiiMiuu or ino iNorroIk ngvy \iyrd. Officers and men ol' the whip are confined to their ship under gilard. Ifhc Sims is commanded 1 ?>Ctymndr. YV. K. Kelton, U. S. N. H.F. and Ensign Harry C. Mechtold, pa.v# master in charge of cargo aboard the j SHrius. 'Both Commander Kelton and Ensign Mechtold were among those rwuined to the ship at the time of the raid, but Admiral Andrews announced tonight thai they, with some other officers and men, had been permitted to h*ive the vessel. Both Admiral Andrews and Admiral Hodman, commjindant of the Fifth naval district, announced that a searching investigation wonld.be made under the tUreqtfon of Aduimth1 AfoflrtAvV* ltift>rni?tion came th tAirrj|invJi Andrews'that tt strong smell of whiskey was eyident iivcargo |>eipfg uploaded fruifr the Siriu& on to barges alongside for shipment to tlie^ rsupylyrstaA,.ioiVr ut ilh* 'HttttfT'bAtfoJ Wtiitirijr Hfatil itbe barges had been goaded, Admiral Andrews. ordered a search of the contents of the shipment and then had the ship thoroughly searched' by the marine guard. Guards were placed on board the transport and alongside the vessel. The Sirius returned to Hampton Roads about a week ago from the West Indies and has been at the navy yard since. The whiskey, according to information received from Admiral Andrews, was put aboard the vessel as cargo at one of the West Indian ports. The commanding officer of the Sirius, according to Admiral Andrews, was detached from the vessel today and ordered to the receiving barracks at the naval base. A board of investigation has been convened. ? -! - a . i i . <E!w ^(orlu'iUc (Enquirer. Entered at the Postofflce at York, as AJ.au Matter or rne second uiuss. TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 1922. That fellow Bigham, who has been re-sentenced (to l>e elect! ocuted, has again given notice of appeal. To be sure.' Who's going ^o take such medicine as has been prescribed in this case as long as he can stay execution on the ground of alleged after-discovered evidence? It makes the administration of the law a joke. John T. Duncan has ngain filed his j pledge and paid his assessment as a j candidate for governor. That Mr. Dun>can has as mueJytight to run for governor as any man in South Carolinn, no man can deny; hut in view of his past experiences, why he should want to run, no man can understand. He has run and has never gotten anywhere. Whether he io a normal n an or a crank, there is difference of opinion; but granted that he is a normal man the people are not willing to take him seriously, or if they 'aje willing to take him seriously, they are unwilling to vote for him. While there is no way to help it, it seett.s a pity that he should be allowed to fritter away time which, so far as the average audience is concerned could be more acceptably employed by some one clre. ? ' > There are more good, sound eatable In Vnnlr rnrtnfv fit thp aw^ci jn?^uiuvo *?? in WUMV ?present time than hns ever before b&en known of the previous season's growth in "June. The potatoes generally are samewhat dry and pethy; but nevertheless quite fit for food. It is not to be understood that the potatoes are on hand in large qualities; but still th($'* are sufficiently abundant to supply such demand as might exist at from $2 to 12.50 a bushel. The potatoes are h^re at this season by reason of thfc potato houses that have been greeted in this county during the past few years, and the principal lesson they suggest is that now since there i^i no question of the practicability of saving; potatoes through the winter economically, persistent intelligent attention must be given to the. development of marketing facilities. Representatives Walsh and Luce of Massachusetts a few days ago opposed a bill under discussion to prolong the life of War Finance corporations, on the ground that the government's process of borrowing money for 3 1-2 per cent and lending it to the farmers at 7 1,-2 per cent., n eans clear benefit. Representative Stevenson, however, , pointed out that it was the farmer who dug up the security upon which the bank was able to get the money from the War Finance corporation, and really he could not see wherein the farmer was being unduly favored. Also in reply to the suggestion of the Massachusetts statesmen that possession of automobiles and electric lights by the farmers, indicates that this ylass is faring quite sumptuously, Mr. Stevenson wanted to know why iho farmers were not as much entitled to these conveniences as anybody else, and whether the objectors to the continued operation fo the War Finance bill wanted to forever confine the farmers to tallow candles and ox carts?what they were willing for the farmers to ' have anyway? Club Enrollment. All voters whether men or women, who cviiiiel to t.-iko nnrt in tlu> nrlmai'V elections of this summer are reminded that the.* cannot vote unless they write their names on the enrollment < books of their respective clubs. The enrollment books are in the i custody of the duly appointed committees whose names were officially published last week. Kaeh voter must write his or her 1 name, give age, mail address and occupation. Where the club member : cannot write the name may be written l by one of the managers, but the voter must make a "mark" duly attested. ] The importance of this matter of i signing the club roll is very great and i it should not be postponed an unnecessary minute, for the reason that when I the time arrives for the closing of tlie hooks the books must be closed, and i all the campaign excitement comes 11 afterward. An nlhcigyise qualified voter who < now considers that lie or she is indif- : ferent to the election, and who fails to ; register on that account is very liable i to have occasion for regret later on. Let everybody enroll and enroll now, i and thos$ who njuy not race to parti- ; cipute in the priinui'y, -if < any such i there be, will be at liberty to remain ;s away fro/n the polls. * ji ?>'obody is compelled fu vote evenJ though $hrdtle<i; )>u\ those who fail to enroll will not be allowed to vote. _ % Two Political Parties. There is sore need in South Caro lina for division of the whites between two political parties?one Democratic and the other Republican; but how such a division can be brought about in a manner that will not threaten the present peace and well-being, as well as the future civilization of the state, is a problem that the wisest thinker has .not yet been able to solve. Whatever it may have been in the past, and most well-inforrped people understand what it was, the Rcpfibli[can party is now as much of a national party as the Democratic party ever was, and the welfare of the countrv is Ias safe in the hands of the Republican party as it is in the hands of the Democratic party. There are few fairminded yeople of either party, who do j not recognize the absolute truth of this i -proposition, and of the people of .a shade of political opinion wno are j broad enough to view the subject calmy and dispassionately there are stllf fewer who are fair to recognize the certain danger of turning the permanent political control of the country over to either, party. After all has been said that chn be said truthfully, there is no escaping the fact that all politics, whether Democratic or Republican, is based on the struggle of the outs to get in and I the ins to stay in. It is a matter of keep the rascals out and put the rascals out. The umpire in the struggle is the public, which, actuated by the great principle of self-preservation, decides against one or the other on a basis of its record of past stewardship or promise of wiser and better future policies. Because South Carolina is all one wayi she has received hut little pon shteration at the hands of cjmer party and her Interests generally suffer at the hands of both parties. For instance when it comes to a matter of developing our rivers and harbors, erecting public buildings, or spending public money for experimental purposes, a Democratic administration will overlook us because it figures that it has nothing to lose anyway, and a Republican administration will leave us %out of consideration because it realizes that no matter what it might do, there is nothing to be gained in this quarter. To be sure there are altruistic? people who think that this is all right; that neither party should be guiAed in its action by selfish purposes; that whatever is done should be done because it is right and for no other purpose. But these people have no appreciation of practical politics, an^| ctill leas appreciation of the fact that* whether the government be Democratic or Republican, under Wilson or Harding, it is always* directed by practical politicians and it will always be so. i When the Wilson administration wont into power at the close of theBleaso administration, the Munning party, led by W. E. Gonzales, repre-, senting themselves as the only Democrats, saw to it that no man who had bepn a supporter of Blease got any recognition vhateveu, even to the right of being allowed to (Jemonstrate his fitness tor a commission at a training ? ?wl nvnnnt in rn rn r?Q UOQ wVl PI'P <<WI1J', UIIU CAVVI'V 11^ IU( V vwovu .... there was no way to help it, all of them were denied all show at public patronage. The majority of tfie white Democrats were thus punished because ( they had elected Blease for governor, and so fur as -anybody has been able tc make appear, for no other reason. Because there is only one party in South Carolina, wo are now confronted with a condition under which all the vast Federal governmental machinery of the state is under the con- i trol of a few representative Republicans who have not enough followers ! of their affiliation to efficiently fill the offices absolutely 'necessary to con- < duct the local business of our government, and the all-important question is. What is to .be done about it? , The problem of poursc, is mainly up. ! to .\lr. Joe W. Tolbert and Major John 1 F. Jones; but to claim that the rest of ( u?/ are not concerned about wliat the* | HO IS, iu Sily ini- It-ual, veiy o?ny. It is not ours to offer Messrs. Jones and Tolbcrt any advice. So far as we , know, there is no newspaper in the state that can lay claims to the right 1 to speak for tlie rfior that desires that | right; but that tliey have on their < hands a tremendous problem, pregnant < with the future weal or woe of the ^ state, is a very dull observed who | cannot see. * I Those men are in tlie position of being leaders without a. party, with he- i ing possessed of an immense amount * of Federal patronage with wide dlsere- j lion as to the disposal of it, and plenty , of people who are ready to take it; but i tremendously hampered as to how I ' they should proceed to the best inter- ' est of their state as well as* tlie party -} |or which they stand. 1 Representation in the Republican 1 national convention, heretofore secured , by tlie collection of a motley aggrega- < lion of whites and negroes, professing j < party allegiance, is now conditioned on ' the polling of 2.500 Republican votes in j i*uch congressional district. That slm- i ply cannot be done?certainly not at ' Ibis time. Tlte most obvious method of supply- . ing the deficiency would be by stirring i up the negro vote; but to those whol' know, it is equally obvious that" this ( would never succeed, and there is rea- 1 son to believe that both Mr. Tolbqrt .uid Major Jones understand thuif if j j (here is ever a Ilcpublieao party In j ( South Carolina, partieijiating in the' < internal affairs of the state, it must be ^ t white Republican party; that al- ^ 1 hough whites and blacks can get i ilong amicably as they have been do- 1 ing in their industrial, business and 1 veil their limited social relations, to j } tho steady improvement and uplift of the blacks, the time when whites and blacks can go to the polls on equal terms is a long way off, if indeed it can ever come. If so be that congress shall decide to cut the representation of South Carolina in congress unless the blacks are allowed free and equal representation in the Federal elections, it is our deliberate opinion* thut South Carolina will suffer the cut without a murmur, and it seems to us that men who understand the situation in this stateas well as do Maj. John F. Jones and Joe W. Toll>ert would be content to forego full representation in the National Republican convention, rather than try to secure the same by resorting to the black vote. MERE MENTION The American Cotton Exchange of New York, \?is convicted last week of all/.tttin {? itttPnomKnpu to "hllfkot" Ol* tiers and was lined one thousand dollars The soldier bonus bill as presented to the senate last Thursday was accompanied by a report in which it is. estimated thnt the cost of the bonus will be $3,845,659,481 spent over a period of 43 years from next January A French financial mission is scheduled to sail for America on June 24 to negotiate for the settlement of the French debt to the United States Cotton made another new high record for the season last Friday when contracts sold for 22.17 Nick Oblizale* convicted of the murder of Marcus La us, was legally executed by shooting at Salt Lake, Utah, last Friday. His accomplice in the murder Steve Maslich, was executed on January 20 for his part in the crime By authority of a senate resolution the War Department has loaned 1,000 army cots for the use of the Confederate veterans at the Richmond re-union beginning June 20 The Internal Revenue Department1'and the Department of Justice are considering the idea of creating the office of solicitor of prohibition and it is said that J. J. Rritt. of North Carolina, "will probably l>e elected for the place.. Mrs. L. F. Arl ington, pfomlncpt club woman, and wife of It local business man, has been made, chairman of the Civil Service commission 1 of Augusta, Ga., and by virtue of the position she becomes fhe real head of the police and fire departments' of the city Nearly five thousand, carrier pigeons were released at Augusta last Saturday morning for a trip back to Haitimore. On their way down from Haitimore by train the pigeons laid nearly a thousand eggs..: Richmond, Va., is expecting V entertain five thousand veterans at the Confederate re-union next week from the 19th to the 22nd. The international banking Committee, which has been, in session in Paris trying to untangle the reparations problfem has been? unable to find a satisfactory solution The bituminous coal production of the last * r* Altar ? flfMl DOA tnn? according to the sreolidft-ul survey It is stated that the Upited States railroad labor board has^decided to order a reduction of' $40,OQ|?;0#0 in the wages of 355,000 railway clefMs, the' reduction to take effect July l._ A Washington dis])atch says that | the Republican National committee ^ias decided to raise a fund of $500,000 for the purpose of making sentiment in favor of the re-election of the Republican congress..-.. Atlanta hanks have 'agreed to furnish $5,000,000 t'dward financing the Georgia Cooperative Cotton Marketing association 4. The Birmingham Bar association has agreed to send a questionnaire asking if candidates in the August primaries are affiliated with or approve of the K. K. K. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS ? A. Gilfus, Spartanburg baker, itas brought suit against the city of Gaffney for the recovery of $400. by which amount he claims to have been overcharged for the rierht to do husiness in the city, other bakers he claims, having been charged less. ? Members of the legislative committee of the South Carolina Cotton Growers' Co-operation association met in Columbia Friday and counted the ballots for directors of the organization. The committer declared the following elected: E. Wallace Evans, of Itannettsville, for district No. 1, comprising counties of Marlboro and Chesterfield; J. Wade Drake, of Anderson, for district No. 2, comprising counties of Greenville, Pickens, Oconee and Anderson; J. S. Craig, of Laurens, for district No-. 3, comprising counties of Spartanburg, Laurens, Union, Newberry and Cherokee; J. P. McXair, of Aiken for, district No. <1. comprising counties <>f? Abbeville,'Greenwood, McCormiek, Edgefield, Saiuda, Aiken, Barnwell and Allendale; B. F. Williamson, of Darlington, for district No. 5, comprising counties of Darlington and Lee; A. Victor I'.ethea, of Dillon, for district No. 6. comprising counties of Dillon, Marion, Florence, Horry and Georgetown; R. C. Hammer, Eastover, FV%?? rllctrint Vn 7 nntni risini? rmiritios af Richland, Lexington and Calhoun; Dr. A. R. Johnson, of St. George, for ilistriet Xo. 8, comprising counties of Orangeburg, Dorchester, Colleton, Bamberg and Hampton: L. D. Jennings, of Sumter, for district Xo. 9, comprising counties of Sumter, Clpr onion and Williamsburg; Dr. J. It. Johnson. of Rock Hill, for district Xo. in. oniprising counties of York, Chester, Lancaster, Fairfield and Kershaw. Harry <3. Kami net*, of Gadsden, has >eon appointed a member of the board tiy Governor Harvey. ? Camden, June 10: Mayor H. G. Carrison, Jr.," turned a clever" trick I his morning. A stout, well dressed man, who gave his name as Ward, ' ailed upon him at the Rank of Cnmlen, where MnQCarrison is the cashier. and told him that his name had lieen given him by a friend who thought that he might like to buy some Scotch whiskey. Mr. Garrison inswered in the affirmative and told aim he had a friend who would like to get some, and invited him to go ivith him. They walked up the street together for a short distance until Mr. Harrison located a policeman'.and ehllulthe officer. The alleged vender of teoti-h wares asked him if he were i'oing to put a polieemnn on him. Mr. i'orrison told him that was exactly i what he was going to do for him; that ie was the mayor of this town. Ward j darted running, the officer right l?e"lind liim. As ho reached DeKalh ilreet. Ward called to a confederate n a car to move on. Sheriff Welch inppencd to he crossing the street at he time and caught Ward and he was ! akttn in charge by the policepwn and I ocked up. He said he was from \ikcn. His confederate was caught n Columbia. Officers will go to Colimbia and bring him back and the wo will be tried here in the cireuit lourt. These fellows <lid not fare as veil as one did here a few days ago 1 vho went around quietly and took tome orders and received the cash for be. goods and then left for parts un- n cnown. Mr. <jprrisrfri' i* being con- i rrntulated by his friends'for the clever ! s.rtelio plaved in turning up these 1 etldws.* a1 . LOCAL,, AFFAIRS, NEW ADVERTISEMENTS J. C. Wilborn?Has added life insurance to real estate and will be glad to serve bis friends in either line. | Johnson's Paint Shop??Repair and protect your car. Southern Railway?Summer camps for | boys and girls in the mountains. | J. M. Stroup? Re good to your feet. l.N'oithnn Feinsteln's Department Store ?Just received by express, j York Furniture Company?Summer | Comforts. E. A. Hall, Mayor?Ordinance providing for an election to be held in Wards 1. 2 and G. Star Theatre, J. Q. Wray, Manager? Constance Binney today. York Supply Company?Fertilizer. W. F. Jackson?Firestone tires. Gillette Razor Company?Now $1 boys the genuine Gillette. ' i Mr. J. C. Burge, carrier on York No. .1, brings information of the maturing of cnnklp hurs down in the Delnhos neighborhood. Mr. Hinge is a fanner of wide experience and he says he has never before known cockle burs to mature so early irf the season. A. L. Gaston, Esq.,.is presiding over the summer term of the court of general sessions for the Sixth Judicial district because of the indisposition of Judge Moore. He opened the court at Winnsboro yesterday, and whether he continues on around the circuit will depend on whether Judge Moore shall he able to resume his duties. THE MARRIAGE RECORD. Sinco the last publication of the record in The Yorkville Enquirer, the following marriage licenses have been issued by the judge of probate to the following:. Juno 7?J. Carl Stowe and Nellie L. Henry, fJastonia. June S?(been nigger, Ttethel town Mi! J) !IICI Dliiry l>C.TIJ, C'UIUIUU, V..IOtonia. ? June D?Albert D. Haines, Columbia and Ttuth I'. McKinney, Canton, O. June IF?Albert Floyd, Bethel township and lflanche Fowell, colored, Clover. June 10?J, Clifford VcElhancy and Alice Patterson, Fort Mill. June 10?Dock Anthony, Loner Shoals X. C. and Irene Kiser, Lincolnton N. C. June 12?Fred Threatt and Dora Decse, Hock Hill. BOYD'S FERRY BRIDGE Although the presence of quick sand in the river and on the river banks has proved a set-back to construction work on the Boyd's Ferry Bridge nowbeing built across Catawba river in the extreme 'northerrf part of York county by York county and Mecklenburg county, X. C., the work is nowgoing on at a satisfactory pace according to W. W. Miller, York county engineer wno was-. asKeu uuuui mc bridge project yesterday. Piers on the river bank both of th? York and Mecklenburg county sides have now been constructed *:to water level. Mr. Miller said. Practically all of the steel and other materials have been laid on the site of the work and their erection will begin shortly. Although the entire length of the bridge is 1,300 feet and eleven spans are necessary there is no span in the river proper. The width of the channel ip only 300 feet and it was not considered necessary to build a span in ItJje river. Quick sand, however, has caused the work of'building the big bridge to be slow and tedious, the quick sands time after time rushing in and filling up the work of building piers that it was believed had been placed on firm foundation. While there is a good road on the Meckjenburg side of the Catawba leadinff toward Charlotte there is practically no road on the YOrk county side for a distance of about one mile ami one-half and it will be necessary to construct a practically new road on the York county side to connect with the Bethel township road. The county engineer said that the board of commissioners would probably receive bids at their July meeting for the construction of this road. It is proposed to build it during the lay-by time this sumnfer and It is believed that it can be completed in a month. As matters stand just now, however, York county is in the position of almost having irv her possession an interest in a fine bridge over Catawba with no way to get to it by a mile ancV a half. * BAD CHECKS INCREASE That worthless checks are increasing in number rather than decreasing despite the fact that the recent gen- | era! assembly passed a law supposedly j with "teeth" in it, relative to the matter is the opinion of various York county magistrates and business men i interviewed relative to bad checks yesterday. When the reporter inquired the whereabouts of a prominent business man he was told that "He is out in the court try trying to collect some bad ; checks given him recently in payment ( for goods." And the clerk went on to say: \ "Really, it is getting so bad that we i are almost afraid to cash anybody's! check. You have no idea how bad it I is." j A young man of Yorkville, bright and ambitious who makes spending money by clerking in a local store I Saturdays, learned his lesson well last j Saturday relative to cashing checks! for people he does not know. A farmer came into the store and purchased somo goods, tendering a check for $2.50 whi?h the young man cashed. The farmer went out and the young clerk went back with the cheek to the boss and asked if it was all o. k. "Take it to the bank and find out." said the proprietor who knew full well that the chuck was not worth the paper it was written on. It was a crestfallen young clerk who returned :i lew minutes laier wun me information that the* check was no1 good. Determined to find the farmer 1 who had {riven him the check if possi- | ble, lie rushed out into the street and I began searching for him. There were many farmers on the street^ Saturday hut the farmer wiio had issued ttint cheek was not among them and the clerk is out $-.50. In discussing the matter the other day one of the magistrates gave it as his opinion that some people were deliberately passing worthless checks rather than attempting to borrow money from a bank. "In nine cases out of ten where a man gives a bad check for say $")? ." said the magistrate, "all the merchants or persons to whom it is given wants his money hack. Thus a person may give a check, keep the money two or three months or maybe a year and then settle for the prinrii*)! without inter- ' st. Numbers are working that game." but the prize cheek 'Jlhslihlg story *. I of hist week comes from the Reerslieba section. A Kock Hill man who goes | about the country buying chickens i from the farmers which chickens he resells, stopped at the home of a farmer in that neighborhood. A rather garrulous fellow, he talked about things in general, and among other things he deplored the fact that so many people were giving checks without sufflcfent funds to cover. His argument was tteit such a practice should he stoppeW and that all people who do such* things should be put in jail. ' Then he purchased some produce from the farmer and gave his chock in payment. Then he went his way. The farmer still has the man's check returned from the hank marked, "Insufficient Funds." FISHING WITH FEET Ever hear of anybody catching cat fish with Jheir feet? ? Clair Harper, well known farmer and fisherman of Tirzah does it, according to his friend John Sadler, of Tirzah who is also an ardent fisherman and who does a lot of fishing with Mr. Harper. laist week, according to a story that Mr. Sadler told the reporter yes* terday, he and Mr. Harper were fishing in the back waters between Big and Little Allison Creeks in the MeCaw's charters section of Ebenezer township. Harper who is 6 feet, 7 inches tall, weighs 225 pounds and wears No. 13 shoes. When he goes into the water after fish he takes off his shoes. Well, anyway, according to Sadler, Harper was in the . water last week, and the water was so deep that he had to stand almost on tiptoeS to keep ins month above. There was plenty of eat fish there and Harper felt several near his feet. Mi- put those AO, iss on a nsn unuer each foot. "All right, Sadler," he called. "I've got 'em fast; now you dive under and get 'em." ? ^ Sadler is like a duck in^^e winter. He made a dive for Harpers feel and came up in a few seconds with two big eats which had l>een held under the feet. The "stunt" was repeated until the fishermen had plenty of fish to make a pot of fish soup. % If these fishermen who never fish with hook and line fail to chtoh them with Harper stepping on them and Sadler diving after them, they never fail to find fish in hollow stumps under water, it is said. They hit the water and begin gouging stumps with their hands. A mess of fish is always the result. "No, there wasn't a chance of those catfish cutting Mr. Harper's feet with their sharp fins," said Mr. Sadler in telling of the incident. "Why man his feet are as tough as whit leather. "And they are not such big feet eithpr. Remember he is 6 feet 7 inches tall." PRESIDENT OF ERSKINE Friends of Erskine college and of its talented young president, Dr. R. C. *?ri11 ho i n t orocip/1 in tho IIP* count of his induction into the office of president as. a part of the 83rd commencement held last week. President Grier was given the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity by the Presbyterian college at Clinton last week. Following is from the associate Reformed Presbyterian: This being the -4irst commencement after the new president took charge of the* college, his public inauguration now took place. In these exercises Dr. E. B. Kennedy presided, administered the oath of office and addressed to the incumbent some appropriate remarks, especially expressing the hope of every one that he might have 'a prosperous administration. Dr. Grier';* reply was along the line 61' the heritage which the friends of Erskine have iir ?he instruction, example and self-lncrifice of those who have gone before us. He urged us to hold fast that which is good. The other colleges of the iftate had been asked to send representatives to convey the greetings of their institutions on this occasion. There were representatives from five of these who spoke in thdVfollowing order: President \V. S. Currell from the University of South Carolina, Prof. Mark Bradley from Clemson; Dr. O. O. Fletrher from Fufman University, President D. M. Douglas from the Presbyterian college of South Carolina, and Prof. J. (1. Clinkscales from Wofford. East of these gentlemen spoke of the warm fraterhal feeling th^ir institutions had for Ersklne and their appreciation of the splendid work she is, doing for Christian education and tlie hope they entertain for its enlarged usefulness nnaer th^administration so auspiciously begun. # Tlie following honorary degrees were conferred by the board, of trustees on this occasion: D.^ D. on Rev. , H. 11. Illakly, Sr., of Vayettevillu, Tenn.; Rev. S. \V. Rcid of Atlanta, Cla.; and Rev ,\V. T. Waller of Cen-' terville. Ala.; Lit. D. on Prof. J. B. (lame of tlie Florida State college for Women; I,L. D. on Mr. W. J. Roddey or kock mil is. c. Tne hoard had conferred the degree of LL. I). on Superintendent of Eduantion J. E. Swearingen at the last commencement and Dr. Swearingen was present to receive his certificate to this' effect. , In receiving it he spoke in high terms of the efficiency of Krskine's , graduates as teachers. He had never yet been disappointed in one of them and 1 added that there was a gieat field in South Carolina and the south for the character of work done by the small ' christian colleges. The Kirkpatrick medal for the best i original oration was awarded to Mr. M J. C. Iteiil. Jr. The Elliott medal for- i' merly known as the Mower medai, for 1 declamation, to Mr: J. H. Marion, Jr.; ricdals for the four best debaters j < given by Messrs. \V. J. Henry of CIas- i ter and T. S. Harris of Columbia, to < the four lu'St debaters, went to Messrs. ' J. C. Iteid. Jr.. J. M. Dale, V. M. Hi yce I and J. It. Thompson. , i m i ABOUT PEOPLE. Miss Esther MeConnell, of Yorkville, is visiting relatives in Clinton. \V. G. Finley, Esq., of Yorkville, was t a visitor in Edgefield, last week. ! , T. J. M. JJolin, for the past six years t in the employ of the Lockmore Mill 11 here has moved to the Cannon Mill. j \ .Miss Heulah Ferguson, of Clemson \c College is visiting her parents, Mr. and ! :| Mrs. \V. E. Ferguson in Yorkvilie. :1 G. C. MeCelvey, principal of the"1 Yorkville Graded school is spending!, some time at his home at Mount Carmel, S. C. :s Miss Marion Meek who has been Q visiting Miss Rachel Wylic in Yorkvillc, has returno# tu her home in H Warren, Ark. i r George H. Estes, formerly of York t y county, and graduate of Clinton Col- '1 lege, has been elected principal of thole city schools of Laurens. "? Mrs. J. K. Alston and Mrs. L. W- '1 I'errin, have returned to Yorkville,' after an extended visit to relatives in New Orleans, l<si. ' . Joseph Moss, student at Erskine College, Due West, has returned to the home of his fathfc, Mr. J. L. Moss, on York No. 3. Mr. and Mrs. Quay McElwee of New Orleans, La., are visiting Mrs. Agnes McElwee and Mr. and Mrs. J. 1?\ McElwee in Yorkville. Mr. J? W. Dobson of Yorkville, is spending a few days in Gaffney, on a visit to his brother Mr. Wddiam Dobson and other relatives and friends. W. R McCleave who has lieen coi^ lined to the home of Dr. R. A. Brat ton in Yorkville, for several weeks on account of illness is able to be out again. Miss Alice Inman and Mr. ?Orady McFarland, of Yorkville represented the Yorkville Christian Endeavor Society at Clinton, this week. Mr. and Mrs. John N. O'Farrell, of * Atlanta, Attended the funeral of Mrs. Malevia A. Campbell of Uastonia yesterday. Mr. O'Farrell came down to Yorkville last night and Mrs. O'Farrell is expected to come tomorrow Announcements reading as follows have been received here: Mr. Morton A. McFarland announces the marriage of his daughter, Mary to Mr. Archie Cox, on Wednesday the seventh of June, 1H22, Roanoke, Virginia. Ii.H.iunrl Totum I % If.iMbnsn county "are /paying one-half cent each for boll -weevils pfcked from cotton on their res|>ective furms,' according ?to William Gibson of Tatum who with His family recently visited Magistrate K. L. A. Smith and family at Hickory Grove. Miss Veola Johnson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Johnson, of Yorkville, graduated from the Woman's College, Due West, last week (vith the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Miss Johnson also received the degre of Bachelor of Music and certilicntes in Voice .and Public School Music. Dr. Joe Sims, well known.pharmacist of Sharon, was run over and painfully injured by an automobile said to have - ' been driven by Paul White at Sharon, Sunday night. Dr. Sims was struck by the automobile while Crossing the street near J. L.,, White,sidop's store. He suffered a badly sprained ankle and othjr bruises. Theo Ma?korell and J. B. Grant, Yorkville boys Avho left here several months ago in a tumbled down Ford A WITHIN THE TOWN. ? Mr. B: H. I rough has purchased the corn mill of W. O. Brown in the rear of the post office and u^ll continue to operate the same. ? Twenty arrests, were made here luring the month of }Ia? according to the monthly report of R. K. Steele, chief of police. Fines and forfeitures in the niatror's fcourt for the month totaled $276. * ? Rev. Dr. R. C. Grior, president of Erskine College, Due West, occupied the pulpit- of VorkvUle A. R. P. church Sunday morning and Sunday evening. Dr. Grier wasMhchrd by large congregations at botn services. ? Can anybody else get Into those Aldermanic elections called by the city council for the 20th? Sure. The first attempt seemed to result in no election, and the election called for the 20th is as open as the other one was. This could not have happened under a primary system. ? The Chautauqua tent has been * erected on the site of the old Associate Reformed Presbyterian parsonage. The programme will be opened this afternoon by the Ncvin concert company, . and by request Dr. Ott will on tumor- V row night deliver his famous "Sour Granex" lecture ' inssteri/l of the "Victory" lecture as previously adit rtised. ? Will Sm^th, colored, who lives 011 California street, near A. M. E. Zion ihurch waked up about midnight Friiay to find that his house was on fire. The fire was on the outside at the >uck and was extinguished after some iifflculty. Will believes that some nemy attempted to fire his house; but te has been unable to put any proof lefore the authorities. > 4 ? How would you like to be a policenan and among other duties having l\at of chasing chickens off a person's ard when that person kicked about he chickens being there? That is one >f the duties of a policeman in York.*i 11 e and almost every day somebody ills up the city hall with a complaint ibout the neighbor's chickens. A few lays ago a lady who was very mad ibout it called up the police departnent to say that the chickens of one of . he ministers* of the town were in her ard and wbuldn't the cop arrest 'em or omething. The policeman got them IT. Hundreds and hundreds of hiekens are raised in Yorkville each pring and summer and it is evident ight now that the crop <>f fryers this ear is going to lie larger than ever. ? 'here is a town ordinance prohibiting hiekens s unning at large and when nyhody complains about' the neigh>ors chicks it's up to the policeman. ? At a congregational meeting in the t. which they dubbed the"Bpll Weevil Special" are now at Cheyenne, Wyoming. according to tnformaiion received here by K, J. Maokmell. Tiie two r ? boys, according t?? .Mr. Maok'orell, are still touring the west in the old "Boll Weevil." .Jo* Herndon who left here ? with the other two hoys stopped off at .Monroe, La., where ho is now at work according to information received by his father, Prof. it. J. Herndon. That there is less corn planted in Bethesd'a tbwnship at this time than there has iKicn at a similar period in years, is the .opinion of Mr. Will Aycock ofBethesdn township who was in ?prkville, "yesterday. Mr. Aycock said tnat he had recently received a letter from his brother Mr. Ed Aycock who lives in Ellis County, Texas, saying that ten' inches of rain fell in twentyfour hours m his section of Texas last week and that hundreds of acres of ' cotton ahd other crops w*ere washed away. ' >? ' " * Ben Faris, former service man In the \V orld war, has recently returned from Savannah, where he underwent an operation in,a.! jjpvefnment hospital. Mr. Faris was taken Into the service with bad tonsijs, and* kpfent three ? weeks in an army hospital on account of tonsilitis; but fur# some reason the surgeons failed to give him prope^ attention. and since his discharge Ita-has continued to suffer and pay doctor's bills, until at last the service officer of the Meech Stewart post, American Le- gion, succeeded in getting the government to recognize its fluty toward him to the extent described. Mr. and Mrs. George P. Hare and their sop Roger, are at the home of Mr. W. D. Grist in Yorkville, having stopped over on their way from St. Petersburg, Fla., to their home in North bakota, to pick up their daughter Miss AJice Hare, who has been in Yorkville since last October. The Hares are traveling in a Dodge automobile, and taking along with them a camping outfit ttyit enables them to stop wherever they,happen to he overtaken by night. It is their purpose to go from here up to New York city and after spending some weeks in New York state to strike across the country fdr North Dakota. They left St. JMershurg last Wednesday morning and they expect to be on the road for several weeks yet.