w ? A bolt of lightning struck down a
"Sturdy tree on the banks of the Dela-ware
river, then leaped a distance of
10 feet to the porch of the summer
home of Mrs. Thomas A. Berkey. of
-fiaston, Pa., and instantly killed her.
A friend to whom Mrs. Berkey was
"talking at the time, seated but two
?feet from her, had her shoe and
stocking ripped from her foot and
leg, but escaped with a burn oil the I
heel. The lightning bolt struck Mrs.
Berkey in the head. She was 29 years |
old.
? Illness of Viscount Northcllffe,
feared to be dying from a complication
of diseases developed following an
incognito trip through Germany, has
reached a critical stage. The famous
British publisher whose physicians remain
puzzled n1 the strange turns
taken bV his disease, is lying perilously
near death. A general break "
1,,? *n nvammrk has been com
their arrival at the penitentiary pursuing
automobiles begun to arrive.
State troops were called out and the
penitentiary was not attacked. The
condition of Mr. Ketchen is very seri?
ouf.\
? A mistrial was ordered Saturday
at Shelby, N. C., in the Southern
Power company rate case being: heard
on appeal from the corporation commission
before Judge Bryson in special
term of court, which has been under
way for twe weeks, after the jury had
deliberated for twenty-seven hours.
The jury was called into court at 3
o'clock and when Judge Bryson learned
from the foreman that they were in
a hopeless deadlock and each juror for
himself and others declared that further
deliberation seemed useless, Judge
Bryson, after calling attention to the
importance of the case, expressed disappointment
for himself and others
that the matter should still remain in
doubt, and made the mistrial entry.
The Jury stood seven to sustain the
commiHsinn and five to overturn its
order. This was the standing- of the
jury on the first liallot soon after they
took the case Friday, and all subsequent
discussion, deliberation and balloting
failed to reveal any change in
their standing. This is one of the biggest
cases to go before a North Carolina
jury and one of the few rate
cases ever appealed from the corporation
-commission. It is the first in
seven year3 that a Cleveland jury has
failed to agree in a civil action. It is
presumed that the case will be retried
in Cleveland at a later date to
be agreed upon by the 22 cotton mills
and the Southern Power company.
? Belief that Governor Harding, of
the federal reserve board, had specu1
fctttT xxrsonalty *in 'cottofl while directing
the alleged deflation policy of
the board in 1920 was expressed in the
senate Saturday by Senator Heflln,
D#mocrat, Alabama, in another speech
against reappointment of .. Governor
Harding. "Lots of people, and I'm
one, of them," said Senator Hefdn, "believe
that the governor of the board
was speculating himself in cotton at
the time of this deflation. What other i
motive could he have had?" Senator
Heflin also reiterated charges that
Wall street was behind the alleged
deflation policy and that portions of
the press were suppressing speeches
against Governor Harding. "A. large
portion of the press is clean and I
respect it. but a large portion can be
bought like sheep," said Senator
Heflin. He gave notice that if President
Harding should reappoint Governor
Harding he would ask fcr open
senate consideration of the nomination
and ftgnt Rtto the last. Reappointment,
Senator Heflin said, would
be endorsement by President Harding
of the acts and policies of Governor
Harding, and added that senators who
should vote for confirmation should be
defeated. Senator Heflin said he'
would make public a letter he had
written President Harding, making
charges and protests against reappointment
of Governor Harding,
should the governor be renominated,
together with other documents, including
a statement of the alleged
"dummy ?loan" by the New Ya k RerOpva
Rnnlf nf ftOft OHO trv Wlltiom
Boyce Thompson, Republican treasurer.
That "a very wealthy man" had
been advised in advance of the board's
alleged deflation policy also was
charged by Senator Heflin. who also
said that he had reports that Governor
Harding had been offered a position
pe.ying $100,000. Senator Htvf.in
added that Wall street desired Govor nor
Harding retained and said he wuf; informed
that promises of large ti'iancial
support had been made for an / political
paHy which would retain 'Governor
Harding.
? Secretary Hester's annual report
on the commercial cotton crop of 192122.
announced in New OrVxttjs. Saturday,
put the total eommetrcial crop of
1921-22 at 11,053,133 bales, an increase
of 277,815 over 1920-21, and a decrease
under 1919-20 of 790.047 bales. The
commercial crop of Texas, Secretary
Hester said, isf 942,000 bales under last
year. The group of "other states."
embracing Louisiana, Mississippi.'
Arkansas, Tennessee, OkVahoma, Arizona,
Missouri, California.. Kansas and
New Mexico have 390,00f >, while the
Atlantic states, includ'.ng Alabama,
North Carolina, South 'Carolina, Georgia,
Florida, Kentucky and Virginia
have increased 1,014,'jOO bales. The report
nolntcd out thr v ir><. ?
. - - - - x mvn.f,*. e? """
was middling and tJha' the year's production
was one of the most oven
runnings growths, or. record, due to
rapidity of picking and ginning. Mr.
Hester said he hcd ruade an extensive
investigation into the. character of the
carryover, his inqtiii tea being of about
July 15. He said Tnjxas has little nondescript
cotton anc. that there were
practically no "hollies** in this year's
crop. Oklahoma Mas been pretty well
combed of everyt hing belovr strict low
middling to middling values, and the
supply remaining in that state is gocd
splnnable cotton, showing a higher
average in grc.de than at any end season
f<*o the last, ten years. Louisiana
hjaf;; httle or 1.10 uiynerchnn table cotton.
Arkansas reports not over 1 per
cent of unrru-rchaotable catton. Mississippi
reptvts nrv ist of its carryover
of fair grade spin'.mble cotton and the
Atlantic states sh ow a very small per jenuige
of und >sirable descriptions,
'fhe rei*?l placed the exports of cotton
to foreign ports at 6,325.470 bales,
*guhtst 5.797 ,:>90 last year and 6.588,year
be^oi-e last, an incre se over
last year of^ 4'J4,880 and a decr? i.se un
der ithfl year beforo of 265,621 -bales.
Cotton consumption in the South was
placed at 3.942,000 bales of American
cotton, while consumption in the North
is given as 2,293,000, total of 6,234,000
bales, including linters. In addition
the report said American mills have
consumed 298,000 bales of foreign cotton,
making the total consumption of
American and foreign growth by American
mills of 6,532,000 against 5.399,000
last year. Mr. Hesi.er put the world's
consumption of American cotton at 12,804,000
bales against 10,330,000 last
year and 12,670,000 the year before.
\|orhviltc flhiquiw.
Entered at the Postofflce at Tork, as
Mail Matter of the Second Class.
TUESDAY. AUGUST 8, 1922.
The Republicans of the senate declined
to ' agree to the Democratic
challenge for a vote on the tariff bill,
thus assuming full responsibility for
further delay.
? J
If platforms count for anything, then
William Coleman of Union, ought to
get lots of votes for governor. Mr.
Coleman has a good platform and he is
a good man with it. He is not supposed
to be in the running for governor.
Why?
The rent that the state of South
Carolina pays for office buildings out_!j_
?v-~ oommitM n lnrirer
aiuts ill l liC V CI J<i 1 v?, UDO' ? w
amount than would be sufficient to
erect necessary office buildings on the
state house grounds. It Is not difficult
to understand why many influential
Columbia people are opposed to enlargement
of the capitol.
The wet and dry issue has been
playing an important role in the primary
campaign in Ohio, which is be-(
ing wound up with the election that is
being held today. The issue is modification
of the Federal prohibition laws
so as to permit the sale of "light" wine
and beer. The Anti-Saloon League
is running the so-called dry end of the
fight, and it is cutting quite a figure in
the matter.
Kershaw county charges toll for
crossing over the Wateree near Camden?CO
cents for an automobile or |
two-horse wagon; 25 cents for a onehorse
wagon or man on horseback and
10 cents for a footman. All precedent
up to this time In this part of the
country has been along the line of
free bridges, and that is right?for our
own: people; but it seems to us that it
would be just as well to charge toll on
inter-state travel to make it help keep
the roads in order. Why not?
Why do the railroads hold out
against seniority privileges? Very
simple. The longer a man serves the
more proficient he is and the higher
his rate of pay. Take back the strikers
as beginners and the earned increase
is forfeited. It is money for the
railroads, of course. So far as loyalty
to the men who came to help the
roads in time of trouble is concerned, J
that is bosh. The men can be loyal,
and most of them are. As to the executives
however, there ain't any such
animal as loyalty.
\X*Ki1n r\f frmi run it to tVlfit
the coal situation may grow a little
brighter later on, it is anything but
bright now. According to information
gathered by Governor Harvey, the coal
using manufacturing plants of this
state, have on hand less than two
weeks supply of coal. The domestic
supply on a cold weather basis, is less
than that. The outlook now is that
many people in this section who have
heretofore been depending upon coal
for winter heat, must use wood this
winter or go cold. The man who has
good firewood to sell a little later will
find a market for it.
Senator Heflin charges that W. (?. I'.
Harding made his money out of cotton
sjicculution during deflation, and is
fighting his reappointment to the governorship
of the Federal Reserve board
oil that, among other grounds. It is
reasonably certain that Harding will
be re-appointed, and Senator Heflin
promises to raise cane over his conif
iu U'hpf hop 1 111 ivl i llfr
speculated in cotton during deflation,
of course we do not know; but that he
was unaware that deflation would set
cotton to tumbling is unthinkable, lie
was bound to know that such would j
have been one of the results, and i
whether he speculated on his own be- J
half or not, it is reasonably certain
that the redaction in the price of cotton
was one of the reasons for deflation.
But what is to be gained by
kicking Harding off the board we do
not see. It sounds like child's talk. If
Harding is allowing iiis policy to he
dictated by big business, and he is,
why will his successor not do the same
tiling? The fact is. he will.
But we wish Mr. John Gary Evans
would also declare for the election of
judgtss by the people. He Is eminently
correct when he deplores the scant
reprfsv ntation the people have in the
government; lnit he fails to emphasize
the fact that the man who interprets
the laws is more powerful than !
the man . who makes them. As things i
stand now the judges are elected by
the legislature, and that means by the
lawyers of the legislature. Because In
this state the judge has to be a lawyer,
the average lay members take the
position that he is not well enough ac
quainte&TVith the capacity and fitness
of the different lawyers to vote intelligently
and he has to depend upon the
lawyers for information. The lawyers
generally split nnd of course that
split? the legislature, each side being
led by two or three lawyers. And the
elected judge is naturally more deferential
to the lawyers who may have
led the fight than to the lawyers on
the other side. That sometinies means
that cases are decided more along the
line of these contests than along the
lines of the law. In such cases the
people do not count. It is all right to
confine the elligibility to judgeships to
lawyers; but the election of the particular
lawyer who is to be the judge
should be the prerogative of the people.
Under this arrangement we
would have better law and more justice.
And with the judges dir?:tly responsible
to the people it would not
make as much difference as it now
does as to who makes the laws.
Tn another column will be found a
summary of the campaign speech that
the Hon. John Gary Evan? made at
New Prospect, Spartanburg county,
last Friday in behalf of his candidacy
for the house of representatives. We
have previously commented on the
probable motives of Mr. Evans in offering
as a candidate for the house of
representatives. Our comments embodied
what we thought and what we
think. Nevertheless, we have no hesitation
in saying that it is some
mighty fine truth that Mr. Evans is
giving the voters of Spartanburg
county. The financial affairs of the
state have been badly managed, and
there is need for the best men of the
state in the legislature to get things
? J rrV* 4 In n font 1 1if? I Alii* *\i*oonn lu v
system is based on negro slavery and
large plantations,'and it Is a fact that
our fanners should be relieved of a
large portion of the taxation burden
they are now earying. We agree that
the legislature should meet only once
every two years. We agree that there
are too many boards and commissions
elected by the legislature, and the government
is too far removed from the
people. We agree that it is too easy to
get into the asylum and too easy to get
out of the penitentiary. We agree that it
is desirable to do something in the direction
of putting the expenses of government
on those best'able to bear the
same. We would agree to tax bonds
and mortgages if it can be shown that
it can be done without putting the burden
on the people who pay the interest
on these bonds and mortgages. But
taken altogether John Gary Evans is
talking right, and if he goes to the
house and helps make good along the
line of his talk, he will be deserving of
more than he has yet received at the
hands of the people of South Carolina.
. Whether it thinks it is printing facts
or is simply being imposed upon, we
do not know; but the Charlotte Observer
is lending itself to anti-Blease
propaganda in a way that puts it in a
class with the Columbia State. For
instance in last Saturday's issue is an
article that is colored to make it appear
that Blease got a frost at the
state campaign meeting at Filbert.
Previous articles had attempted to represent
the occasion as practically a
Blease rally instead of the state campaign
meeting, and then the article referred
to seeks to draw significance
from the fact that Blease did not monopolize
the meeting. The truth of
the matter is that all the candidates
were accorded all the courtesy and re
spect to which they were entitled at a
meeting held under the auspiees of the
Democratic party, and Blea.se got just
about the same reception he always
gets, which included a little more applause
than any of the others. Then
this writer says. "And Blease's drawing
power is open to question, for the
crowd was much smaller than was expected."
Who expected? Than the
writer of this stuff, or the people who
had been told by the Observer what
to expect? Jennings K. Owens, candidate
for lieutenant governor, without
any thought of factionalism, told the
editor of The Yorkville Enquirer la-st
Wednesday afternoon, that at the
three meetings at Fort Mill, Rock Hill
and Filbert in York county, the candidates
had spoken to more people than
at all the previous meetings in the
utitn Tho Vnpkvillu Vrwilll
rcr asserts of its own knowledge that
Hlease got more'applause at Hock Hill,
Fort Mill and Filbert than, did any
other candidate, and it asserts further
that it believes that any fair-minded
man or woman who was at any of Hie
three meetings will corroborate this
assertion. Anybody present who desires
to assert the contrary in these
columns over his own signature, has
the privilege of doing so. None of
thtse York county meetings were intended
as Hlease picnics; but all were
intended as state campaign meetings,
with the programs in control of the
state campaign party. Of course none
of the Observer's many readers on this
side of the line will be deceived by any
such stuff as it is printing; but a good
many of them will wonder why the
Observer will print such stuff when it
is so obviously misleading.
Taxing Bonds.
There are signs of a country-wide
movement to amend the constitution
of the United States so as to provide
for the taxing of bonds of whatever
nature by the Federal government.
At the present time the Federal
government does not attempt to tax
state or municipal bonds, under which
last named head are classed county,
town and school district bonds, and
neither are farm loan bonds subject to
taxation.
There are those who hold that all
these different issues may be taxed by
a simple act of congress; but there
are others who dispute this proposition
very strenuously, and it is prob- ,
able that-if the faxing1 movement gets
strong enough to fcrystalizo in an attempted
statute, that statute will have
to run the gauntlet of the supreme
court, and If the supreme court turns
it down, the movement will be pushed
on further in the form of a proposed
constitutional amendment.
While the idea of taxing bonds can
be very plausibly presented to the average
man who is not a bondholder,
we want to tell the non-bondholder to
don't. The bondholder don't care, or
more correctly speaking, he would a
little rather.
A tax on bonds means double taxation,
both ends of it falling on the
debtor. Sounds a little funny to the
uninitiated; but all the same it is a
fact.
Here is the way it works. Of course
a taxable bond has got to carry a higher
rate of interest than a non-taxable
bond. The fact that the bond has to
pay taxes raises the interest rate.
Then the bond owner gets his property
out of sight of the tax collector by hiding
it.
It is all very well to talk of making
the bond non-collectible except with
evidence of all taxes assessed against
It having been paid; but that simply
cannot ne done except unaer an arrangement
that will make the borrower
foot the bill In the shape of increased
interest charges.
There is reason to believe that this
bond taxing agitation Is directed
mainly against farm loan bonds. Hefore
the passage of the farm loan act,
the farm mortgage was the choicest
pie that the money lender knew of.
To begin with, he was able to exact
all kinds of commissions, and then he
had a way of making an extra charge
for renewals?anywhere from one-half
of one per cent up.
The farm loan act put a stop to this
pie by limiting the rate of interest to
he realized on loans to f> per cejit, and
limiting the gross profit to bonds issued
against sudh loans to one per
cent. ,,
This means that the millions and
billions of money heretofore loaned on
farm mortgages at 7, 8 and 10 per
cent interest, must now seek investment
for 6 per cent or less.
But if the thing can be arranged
that farm loan bonds can be taxed,
the rate of interest will have to be
raised to pay the taxes, and of course
the bill will have to be footed by the
fellow who is using the money.
A Federal tax on all kinds of state
and municipal bonds will be, In effect,
double taxation on the borrower, with
the additional charge going to the
creditor rather than the government.
There is no immediate danger of the
proposed change. ' At least the change
cannot be effected Immediately; but
eternal vigilance, \fill be required to
prevent it eventually, and in the meantime
people who believe in low rates
of interest will do well to continue on
their guard.
STATE ENROLLMENT
Figures Compiled to Date Show a Total
or ion,dad wen and women.
Thirty-four Soutji Carolina counties
out of a total of forty-six who have
reported their respective enrollment
figures to H. N. Edmunds of Columbia,
secretary of the state Democratic
executive committee show a total of
161,393. The total Enrollment for 1920
was 152,035. Following are the thirtyfour
counties that have so far reported.
Abbeville t 3.264
AJlendale 1,587
Anderson .... 11,250
Bamberg ? 2,080
Barnwell 2,766
Beaufort 1,172
Berkeley 2,279
Calhoun 1,469
Charleston 12,841
Chester ? 3,472
Chesterfield 5,383
Clarendon 2,906
Dillon 3.256
Dorchester ? 2,756
Fairfield 2,225
Georgetown 2,393
Greenville .. 16,131
Greenwood '. 5,134
Hampton 2,704
Jasper 715
Kershnw 4,130
Laurens 9,801
Lee 2.932
Lexington 5,517
Marion
Marlboro ' 3,807
Newberry _ 5,874
Pickens 5,641
Richland 12,609
Saluda 3,201
Sumter , 3,331
Union 5,554
Williamsburg 3.648
York 6,275
Total 161,393
? Thirty-eight persons were killed,
and 137 injured, 25 of them seriously,
because of a rear-end collision on the
Missouri Pacific railroad at Sulphur
Springe., Mo? last Saturday night.
Vestibuled train No. 4, consisting of
all steel cars, crashed into Local No.
32, consisting of live wooden ears, an
express car and a mail car, as the engi
no was taking water with the coach
es stretching over a Tresne. i wo m
the local coaches were hurled, down a
lifty-foot embankment, and the others
were telescoped, a number of passen- |
gers .being crushed to death in their I
seats. The fast pasesnger was carrying
ISO passengers and the local was
carrying 100. Both trains were behind
time. The engineer of the fast train
"passed a block signal while reading
liis orders and this caused the wreck.
Matt "Ginger" Glenn, engineer of the
fast train, jumped just before he
struck the local and was killed. The
fireman stuck to his post and was severely
injured. The dead and injured
were spread over an area of several
city blocks, and chicken crates, auto- j
mobile cushions, baggage and the rail- j
road trucks constituted their couches.
The little village of 150 inhabitants
was unable to rare for the injured, I
and they, along with the dead, were j
taken to St. Louis and De Soto. Dr. ;
\V. \V. Hull was the only physician ad- i
ministering to the injured for several j
hours until relief trains arrived. "Had i
I had some assistance we might, have j
saved some of the dying," Dr. Hull
told a representative of the Associated j
Press. "At one time I was trying to j
treat twenty-live persons simultane- I
ously."
LOC AL. A.FFAIRS,
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
York Furniture Company?August
furniture sale.
James B. " Swinnie?Candidate for
magistrate in Ebenezer township.
Liberty Service Station?Always the
best gasoline, oil and greases.
E. M. Dickson and It. M. P. Robinson?
Old time singing at Woodlawn.
York Drug Store?Kodaks.
J. C. Wilborn?Real estate offerings.
Cash and Carry?Save the difference.
Star Theatre, J. Q. Wray, Manager?
May McAvoy today, and. a Universal
attraction tomorrow.
J. M. Brian Company?Hogshead of
cups,- saucers and plates at 10 cents
each Saturday.
Sherer & Quinn?Melrose flour.
tr irk na trick-Re lk Comnany?Sale of
silk hosiery.
Bank of Clover?Five dollars in gold
for the first bale of new cotton.
Loan and Savings Bank?Use our facilities.
Nathan Feinstein's Department Store?
Just a few of the wonderful values.
Peoples Bank and Trust Company?
Your very best wealth.
Henry R. Merritt?Candidate for county
commissioner.
J. W. Shillinglaw?Is a candidate for
county commissioner.
S. S. Glenn and Others?Candidates for
township commissioners of Bethel.
Senator Hart has the thanks of The
Yorkville Enquirer for a copy of the
1922 Acts, just out.
The Yorkville Enquirer is always
appreciative of news information
sent in by subscribers or others. It is
especially interested in getting notes
about people coming and going.
This information may be communicated
over th? telephone or through the
mail. Many people favor us in this
way. But however the news is com
municatcd, it is important that we
know where it comes from. The
sender must always Rive his or hei
name as an evidence of Rood faith
During the present week we have received
no less than six anonymous
communications, bringing notes aboul
people. In each case we would havt
been glad to publish the notes; but
under the circumstances we could not
do so simply because the senders failed
to give us their names.
THE MARRIAGE RECORD.
Marriage licenses have been issuec
by the judge of probate as follows:
Aug. 1?William E. Hanson and
Sarah Eugenia Henderson, Huntersvllle,
N. C.
Aug. 5?Fred Sadler and Maggie
Magill, Clover No. 1, (colored).
Aug. 5?Emmett Newman McElroy,
York No. 1 and Mary Elizabeth Engle,
King's Creek No. 1.
Aug. 5?Morris l'aysour and Roxic
Wilson, Clover, (coioreu;.
Auk. 5?Clarence Howell and Maybelle
Whitaker, Hock Hill.
Aug. 5?Lee Dellinger and Leila
Richards, Gaston count, N. C.
WITHIN THE TOWN.
? There is not a great deal of business
in the treasurer's office these
days except that somebody must be
there all the time, and Treasurer Neil
is holding down the job all alone.
? The state campaigners who had
not been in Yorkville before, were
struck with the novelty of shade trees
bordering paved streets.
? The country market is doing fine
so far; but its life and future usefulness
will depend upon faithful cooperation
of those who will continue tc
stick after the novelty wears off.
? nt the "country store"
promoted by members of the Woman's
Home Demonstration Clubs of this
section were greater last Saturday
than they were the previous Saturday
when the market was Inaugurated.
There was more produce offered for
sale last Saturday than on the opening:
day and while the demand was
great the supply was greater with the
result that somr ot" the farm women
had to carry some produce back home.
Sales for the morning totaled $46.90,
according to Mrs. W. D. Glenn of
Yorkvillc, v.'ho is secretary of the
market. Members of the Dixie
Woman's Home Demonstration Club
were in charge last Saturday although
club members from Cotton Belt, BethShiloh,
Sharon and McConnellsville
clubs were present with articles for
sale. Chickens, eggs, ham, cakes, pies
and sweet milk and butter milk were
offered for sale in addition to vegetables.
The schedule of prices for vegetables
was about the same as that
prevailing the previous Saturday, although
eggs were 5 cents a dozen
higher. Eggs sold at 25 cents a
dozen last Saturday week" and were
ready sale at 30 cents on last Saturday.
It is very likely that after this
week the "country store" for Yorkvillc
will be open two mornings a
week?Wednesday and Saturday instead
of Saturday alone. There is a
feeling on the part of those interested
that Wednesday would prove quite
as good a market day as Saturday, if
! not better.
,
BY THE WAY
"The boll weevil appears to be making
headway in several sections of
Fort Mill township just now," said
Hon. S. II. Epps, Sr., of Fort Mill
township who was in Yorkville, yesterday
attending a meeting of the executive
committee. "I atn afraid that
the weevil is going to do a lot of
damage in our section within the next
couple of weeks." Mr. Epps went on
j to say.
"There'll be a good crowd of voters
J of the Aragon and Mine Hackle Mills
I out to hear till candidates for county
offices who care to speak to them
| Friday night." said F H. Cotton, executive
committeeman for Aragon;
Mine Hackle Mill precinct, who was in
Yorkville yesterday. "Many of the
voters at the two mills," Mr. Cotton
went on to say, "can't very well arrange"
to hear the candidates at a
regular meeting and therefore that is
why we have invited the candidates
tn come out and present their claims
lor suffrage at a special meeting. I
dure say that the candidates won't
find the people over our way Inciting
in political interest."
Theodore Mackorell and J. It. Grant,
Yorkville hoys who lel't here last
March in a worn out automobile which
they dubbed, the "Boll Weevil Special,"
ami who drove the automobile through
numerous states winding up in North
Dakota, have sold the old "Boll
Weevil" to a North Dakota junk dealer.
Ymtng Mackorell now has a job
in Fargo, North Dakota while Grant
is a hotel clerk for the present in a
Minnesota town. Joseph llerndon
who left Yorkville with the hoys in
the "Boll Weevil" is still in Monroe,
I,i., where he has employment. Mackoreil
writes relatives in Yorkville that
lie is now about ready to start working
his way back home and lie ex
i pects young ('.rant is going to do the
' same thing. The boys think the "Moll
| Weevil' gave them good service. They j
bought the old automobile originally
for $10 and after driving it several
thousand miles sold the remains for
$20, which they consider good business.
The two boys expect to "blow"
into town one of these days with a
long story to tell about their experiences.
Mr. Albert M. Grist of Yorkville, received
a telegram yesterday morning
announcing the death Sunday night
at Xorthboro, Mass., of his friend
John W. Kellette, in the 49th year of
his age. Mr. Kellette had been in bad
healtii for a long time and his death
was not unexpected. He is survived
by his widow. Mr. Kellette, who was
a versatile man, was the author of
the famous song "Bubbles," and he
amassed a considerable sum from
royalties from sales of copies of the
song. He was an artist with crayon
ana orusn ana was tnc winner 01 a
number of art prizes in the East. He
was also interested in moving pictures,
writing many successful scenarios and
for a time was employed as a director
by the Fox Moving Picture Corporation.
While . visiting in Yorkville
several years ago Mr. Kellette learned
the keyboard of the linotype machine
under the instruction of his friend,
Mr. Crist, and within a short time
had a reputation for being one of the
fastest linotype operators in the world.
His life was described by the lines of
his famous song, "I'm forever blowing
bubbles?pretty bubbles in the air,"
and foe passed away as he had lived?
: a smile on his lips, no evidence of
care showing on his brow, a gentleman
and unafraid.
Mrs. It. 1). Calbraith, formerly of
Yorkville and now of Spartanburg has
a tea cup that oneo belonged to John
Marshall, famous justice of the United
1 States supreme court. The Spartanburg
Herald has this to say about the
cup: Mrs. It. I). Calbraith, 43S East
Main street, is the possessor of a high
: ly valued tea cup that was presented
' to her father, the late John M. Oreg.
ory, at one time governor of Virginia,
by the eldest daughter of John Marshall,
the Urst chief justice. A Herald
1 representative was pemiitted to view
t this historic cup by Mrs. Gnlbrnith at
> her homo, and in displaying it she re-?
marked: "Although it is aged and
cracked, it will still hold water, but It
is not used for drinking purposes. The
cup is designed along the lines of the
old time southern hospitality?its dimensions
being of most generous proportions.
In other words, a cup of tea
served from it. would indeed be a cup
. of tea and not a few spoonfuls. It is
of the linest China, with gilt border,
and the handle folds over In an "S"
I extension to better emphasize its
. splendid carving. "A whole tea set,"
Mrs. (lalbraith said, "was given to
Chief Justice John Marshall, by a
* friend in London, England, whose
, name I cannnot recajl. It was when
my father was living across Clay
street from the Marshalls in Rich
mond, Va., that there sprung up an
intimacy between the Marshall and
Gregory families which lasted for
years afterward. It must have been
, in the severities that the tea cup was
given my father, who prized it very
highly and who gave it to me for
keeps when the family property was
divided among the children. I care for
this heirloom very highly because of
| the Virginia history connected with
' it." The late John M. Gregory, father
' of Mrs. Galbraith, was born and reared
around old Williamsburg, Va., and
took a law course in William and
Mary college. It was the law practice
' that carried him to Richmond and it
was there that he became intimate
with the Marshall family. In 1842
John M. Gregory was elected governor
of Virginia and afterwards was
. appointed judge of the eastern section
, of Virginia.
CANDIDATES FILE PLEDGES
Pledges of two announced candidates,
J. L. Spratt of Fort Mill, who
seeks a seat in the house of representatives,
and E. W. Guy. who has announced
for treasurer, had not been
received by the clerk of court when the
time for filing entries closed at 12
o'clock today. It was thought probable
that the two pledges were in the mails.
Following are the candidates for
York county offices who had. filed their
pledges with the county chairman and
j clerk of court and had paid their
assessments when the time for entries
expired at noon today:
County Commisioner?John C. Kirkpatrick,
J. W. Shillinglaw, Ladd J.
Lumpkin, H. R. Merritt.
i House of Representatives?W. R.
Bradford, Erwin Carothcrs, E. W.
Pursley, J. E. Beamguard, W. J. Talley,
P. hi. Kennedy, W. A. Bolin.
Treasurer?A. T. Hart, Geo. W. Williams,
W. D. Thomasson, William A.
Douglass, Lucia Ewart Quinn, M. C.
Willis, J no. R. Logan.
Superintendent of Education?John
E. Carroll, W. T. Slaughter.
Supervisor?Hugh G. Brown, Thos.
W. Boyd, J. E. Latham, John F.
Gordon.
Probate Judge?Ralph H. Cain, J. L.
Houston, J. D. Gwinn, G. P. Smith.
Auditor?B. M. Love.
Magistrate, Bethel?J. D. Boyd, John
M. Ford.
Magistrate, Bethesda?W. R. Harper,
If.' \l Cn.wllfA..
Magistrate, Broad River?R. Jj. A.
Smith, It. J. Caldwell, I). P. Lattimore.
Magistrate, Bullock's Creek?J, L.
Duncan. |
Magistrate, Catawba?J. P. Wingute,
E. Gettys Xunn.
Magistrate, Ebenozer?T. O. Blackmon,
.las. B. Swinnie, John It. Poag. J
Magistrate. Port Mill?E. S. Parks,
J. It. Ilaile.
Magistrate, King's Mountain?R. E.
Love.
Magistrate, York?Fred C. Black, \V.
S. Peters.
Supervisor Bethel township (three to
be elected)?S. S. Glenn, S. S. Baird,
Arthur C. Burnett.
ABOUT PEOPLE
William MeCorkle of Yorkville Is
spending some time In Darlington,
j Miss Janet MackorcII of Yorkville,
. is visiting relatives in Rancastor.
Master Tommy Divon of Yorkville
is visiting in Spartanburg.
Miss Sudie Allison has returned
from a visit to AtlantaMiss
Harriet Thompson of Charlotte, !
is visiting friends in Yorkville.
\Vm. Denver Little of Great Kalis |
was a visitor in Vorkville recently.
Mis Dubose Jones of Columbia is 1
I visiting Mrs. J. K. Alston, in Vorkville.
Miss Elizabeth McNeel of Union is 1
[visiting Mrs. 15. X. Moore in Yorkville. i
Clyde Smitli of Yorkville is spending
his vacation in North Carolina.
Mr. and Mrs. Hal Ingram of High
I Point, X. are visiting the family
j of Mr. J. M. Starr, in Yorkville.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry James and j
; family are visiting relatives in Galax, I
! Va.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Inniun of Florence,
were visitors in Vorkville, last
week. [
' Miss Margaret McConnell of Green- '
ville, is visiting Miss Esther .McConnell
in Yorkville.
Mrs. James A. Chapman of Spartanburg,
is visiting her mother, Mrs,
W. I*'. Marshall, in Yorkville.
Misses Marie and Alberta Pegram
have returned after a visit to Savannah,
Ga.
Dr. J. D. McDowell has been ill at
his home in Yorkville for the past few
days.
John S. Wallace of Pagelund, visited
the family of his father, Mr. Geo.
R. Wallace, on York No. 2 last week.
Miss Annie Pegram has returned to
her home in Yorkville, after a visit to
Greensboro, N. C.
Mr. ami Mrs. W. E. Ferguson and
family of Yorkville spent Suhday at ,
Clemson College.
Col. and Mrs. W. W. Lewis of Yorkville
are in Hendersonvllle, for a few
days.
Miss Esther Springs of Charlotte, is
visiting: the family ot Thou. F. McDow,
Esq., in Yorkville.
I)r. and Mrs. McCain Nichols of
Rock Hill spent Sunday in Yorkvillo
with Mrs. M. E. Nichols.
Misses Mary White and Apnea
Moore of Rock Hill are visitinp Miss
Mamie Louise Brntton in Yorkville.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Ferpuson of
Yorkville spent Sunday in Hendersonville.
Miss Frances Williams of Yorkville,
is visitinp Mrs. Lnwton Ashe In
Oranpeburg.
Miss Annie Ashe of New York city
is visitinp her mother, Mrs. S. C.
Ashe is Yorkville.
Miss Marie Brice has returned to
her home on York So. I after a visit
to Spartanburg.
Miss l/ouise Nichols of Rock Hill Is
visitinp the family of W. W. Barron in
Yorkville.
Mrs. W. S. Currell and Miss Mary
Curroll of Columbia, are visitinp Mrs.
FivinL- Wlm.-?1I in
Robert Finley of Washington, D. C?
visited relatives in Vorkville, this
Week.
Mr. and Mrs. Orear Plexico of Clio,
S. recency visited the family of
Mr. M. E. Plexico, in Vorkville.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Oscar Allison of
Vorkville are visiting relatives in
King's Mountain, X. C.
Mrs. Bruce Saunders has secured a
stenographic position in Ensenada,
Porto Rico.
Dr. and Mrs. S. K. Lowry and
children of Vorkville are visiting relatives
in Columbia.
Mr. W. E. Ferguson and family of
Vorkville, spent Sunday with Miss
Reulah Ferguson at Clemson College.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Ernest Stroup and
children of Vorkville, were visitors in
Spartanburg and Glenn Springs on
Sunday.
Mrs. D. C. Clark has returned to her
home on York No. 1, after a visit to
her daughter, Mrs. Margaret Hughes,
in Gaffney,
iurs. a. v. ?nen of Jacksonville,
Fla., Is visiting: the family of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs, tl. W. S. Hart,
in Yorkville.
Mr. and Mrs. P. S. Osborne and
children of Washington, D. C., are
visiting Mrs. J. A. Shannon on York
No. 4.
Mrs. Sam Smith of Yorkville who
recently underwent an operation for
goitre at the Fennell Infirmary, Rock
Hill expects to be able to return to
her home today.
Mr. artd Mrs. J. S. Riddle of Clover
R. F. D. Ncr. 2, left yesterday morning
for an automobile trip to Dandridge,
Tenn., where they will be the guests
of Mrs. Mary Fain.
Misses Annie and Mary Wray,
Messrs. Rush. William and Garrett
Wray and Mr. Watson Williams, are
visiting the family of Mr. J. Q. Wray,
in Yorkville.'
Mrs. Paul N. Moore of Yorkville,
who recently underwent an operation
for appendicitis in a Charlotte hospital
is reported getting along quite
nicely and expects to be able to return
home within a short time.
Miss Elizabeth Grist of The Yorkville
Enquirer staff is visiting her
cousin, Mrs. H. H. Crossland, of Bennettsville,
and Mis3 Alice Inman of
Yorkville, is filling her place in the
Enquirer office during her absence.
T. W. Anderson for several years
past overseer of weaving at the Cannon
Mill in Yorkville has gone to
ivannapons, in. *j., where he has secured
a position. Mr. Anderson's
family expect to move to Kannapolis
within, a short time.
Mr. Marshall Sandifer of the Delphos
neighborhood, left for Hot Springs,
Arkansas, this morning. Mr. Sandifer
has been a sufferer from rheumatism
for a number of years, and has
spent much time under treatment
without relief. He is hopeful that he
may get some benefit from the Hot
Sprihgs waters.
The many friends and acquaintances
of Dr. E. W. Pressly, formerly of
Clover but now of Greenville, will be
pleased to learn that he has decided to
return to Clover to make his home. Dr.
Pressly was in Clover and Yorkville
yesterday and announced to his friends
his intention to return to Clover with
| his family to reside. Dr. Pressly who
was a resident of Clover for about
thirty years left there In September
j IJ17 to enter the medical service of
the United States army. Commissioned
a lieutenant in the medical corps,
promotion came to him steadily and
J when the armistice came he was commanding
officer of the Base Hospital
at Camp Sevier. After his discharge
uom uie service no lucawu in wreenvlllc
as a consulting physician and
diagnostician. His health has not been
very good for the past year and he
docs not intend to engage in general
practice upon his return to Clover.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
At a meeting of the York County
Democratic Executive Committee held
1 in the courthouse in Yorkville. yesterj
day morning, it was decided to extend
the time for those who had improperly
signed the club rolls until Thursday.
Each executive committeeman was
given a list of those voters at his
precinct who were improperly enroled
and was instructed to inform them
that an affidavit covering the improper
enrollment must l?e in the
hands of the county chairman at
Yorkvillo lint later than Thursday.
Several <>f those imporperly enrolled
were present at the committee meeting
yesterday morning in person while
others presented affidavits. The
names of Kva Karris Ferguson and
Ethel May Ferguson were ordered
stricken from the Forest Hill club
roll. ft. K. J.. Ferguson, husband of
Mrs. Eva Karris Ferguson and father
of Miss Ethel May Ferguson, appeared
before the committee and stated
that he wrote the names of his wifo
and daughter on the club roll while ho
was writing his own. He said that
they did not appear before the committee
to explain because they really
didn't rare whether they voted or not.
Several women whose ages appear
on various club rolls as "21 plus" must
either explain the "plus" or else have
their names stricken from the rolls.
I HOW II, UUt fcVT v? V? .. .. ...
plicated by a strange poison which
lias Attacked the "thunderer's" system,
is the belief of the country's leading
medical men.
? The camp of Mr. and Mrs. A. E.
JCetchen, of Miami, Fla,, en route to
New York, was ihvaded by three
negroes at Southern Pines, N. J? last
Friday morning. They had pitched
their tent by the railroad and spent
the night there. Early in the morning
according to Mr. Ketchen, the negroes
appeared and demanded money. He
reached for his revolver and one of
the negroes shot him in the breast.
He was unable to give further assistance
to his wife to whom the
negroes then turned their attention.
The negroes were shortly afterward
captured' however, and the sheriff
succeeded in running them off to the
nonitentlajrv at Raleigh. Shortly after