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^craps-aud ^arto. -4-t^early one-half of the 600 affidavits produced by the government in support. of Attorney General Daughtery's bill Yor an injunction against the rail strikers will not be considered in deciding the case. Judge James H. Willterson of Chicago announced Monday ?fternoon in upholding lawyers for the unions in an attack on their probity.!'The decision affects 287 affidavits ip xffhich, the defense said, it did not af?*ar that the persons making them knew they were to be used in court apd.,that they were subject to the laws oe^dring perjury. ?jit has cortie' out within the past week that the Turks were able to overcome the Greeks by the help of FYpnch and British arms and ammunitflen supplied to General Wrangel in his xrpedition against the Soviets. It \wa? the hope of Great Britain and Fiance that a fairly large army propeth", equipped, would have little difficult* in overthrowing* the Bolshevik sroYernment. But the event, it wiil_be reAiembered, rioved otherwise. The; t*A-iet proved too much for General I Wrangle and drove him first into the I Ckfyiea and then to Savastipol. Most J of nis troops were taken off by British I a.nd French transports. He left behind immense quantities of arms. I Thdso arms were taken by the Soviets anil afterward turned over to the Tunts, who used them in whipping the Greeks. Also the Turks have been abl^ to procure immense supplies of arms and ammunition from France and Italy?all they wanted. Now the Turkic army consists of more than 300,- | , 000 men, composed of Turks, Arabians, Egyptians and men of other nationalities. ? Organized labor throughout the country is very much stirred up over the proposition to impeach Attorney General Duugherty because of his action in resorting to the injunction process to hamper the shopmen's strike., Ai|'impeachment resolution was intro(fiMed last week by Representative Kftpller, Republican, of Minnesota. Mft Knoller expected the judiciary yjjnmittee ot' the house to report the resolution at once; but instead of rzpqjting the resolution the committee reported an agreement to postpone fiuther proceedings until December. Sftihuel Untertneyer of New York, has been retained to represent Represent.'itlte Knoller before the judiciary comifiitxee. Untermeyer gave out a statement in which he said that although hd could not promise to make good as to the injunction proceedings, he believed that he could make it warm for Dili gherty because of his conduct generally, and especially because of his neglect of duty in the enforcement of the^ anti-trust laws. Following the postponement of the impeachment resolution Samuel Gompers and other la b<fr leaders announced their Intention to immediately call for labor rallys throughout the country to denounce Republican policy generally and to do all they could in aid of Democratic <fc*fcfressmen at the polls in November. Three Democrats on the judiciary committee cf the hobse, voted against postponement of the resolution. -?"Final legislative action on the tariff bill of 1922 was taken Tuesday with adoption of the conferente report by the senate. The measure now goes to President Harding and will become effective the day after he signs it. Under the.law he has 10 days in which to attach his signature. The senate veto v(gft,43 to 28 and came exactly dp# year, eight months and thirteen the "work was started" on what, will be the first Republican protective tariff law in nearly 10 years. Fjye Republicans voted against the conference report and two Democrats supported it. Three Republicans, Cameron, Cummins arid Uenroot, who voted for the bill as amended in the. senate, o'tmnspd it in the form it came from conference. Treasury experts estimate that the new act will yield about $400,000,000 a year in revenue, onehalf from these four sources: sugar $?7,000,000; raw wood $63,000,000; tobacco, $35,000,000 and laces and embroideries, $15,000,000. Joseph S. McCoy, actuary of the* treasury figures that in actual operation the effective equivalent ad valorems will average slightly below those in the famous Payne-Aldrich act. The average of the rates as written, however, is declared tf> be slightly above the average of those in the 1908 act. ? Gastonia Gazette, Wednesday: Evon L. Houser, of Dallas, prohibition enforcement officer of this district, was re-arrested here today by Deputy Sheriff J. W. Cole on a charge of assault and battery with int< nt to kill Mrs. I. 11. Miller and was released promptly on a bond of 55,000 signed by ex-Sheriff J. U. B. McLean and E. J. Rankin; of the Rankin-Armstrong company, tiolh of Gastonia. Order for Houser's arrest came by phone from the sheriff of Cleveland county and was on the order of Judge J. Sis Ray, now holding Cleveland superior court a?_ Shelby. Judge Ray's action was hiised. on the return of a true bill against Houser this mornine by the CJ^velapd county grand Jury, llouscr and- three of his deputies, John Wesson, Pearly Hoyle and Carl Short, are all under bonds of $500 each for their appearance at the October term of the Federal court in Charlotte for trial on charges of simple assault growing out i of the same incident. All gave bond. I They were originally indicted and ' placed under bond in the Cleveland j county recorder's court, hut the cases j were removed to the Federal court on j the order of Federal Judge E. Y. Webb. ! Mrs. I. It. Miller was shot twice and seriously wounded on Wednesday night, September 6, since wh'ch time she has been in a desperate condition in the Rutherfordton hospit tl. The shooting occurred at Casar, Cleveland county, and so far remains largely shrouded in mystery. The car was stopped by the prohibition enforcement officers and searched for liquor. It was in connection with this search that the shooting occurred. ?nThe marriage of former Emperor William to the widowed Prince ss Her mine Von Schoenaieh-Carolath will probably take place in November, it was 'announced after a family council of the house of Hohenzollerns held at Pofvdnrn n ffu* drive n.r,, omm _ cil was attended by all the ex-kaiser's suns with the exception of ex-Crown Prince Frederick William, who is with his father at Doom. All the sons and the ex-crown princess have consented to the marriage, it is stated. The announcement was made by Frederick Von Berg, chief of the civil cabinet of the house of Ilehenzollerns. Princess Von Schoenaich-Carolath was born Princess Keuss of the elder line. She is .15 years of age and is the mother of five children, the eldest of whom is 14. The princess owns a large estate at Sadrbor Silesia. Ever since reports of the kaiser's engagement to her have | been circulated, monarchists have j taken a contrary attitude to the match. | They have opposed it principally be- j cause the princess is not of royal birth. Her rank is what is deseri >ed as j "durchlaut," which is just bel w that'] of royal grade but still above that of j a noble lady. Before her marriage to Prince Joan of Schoenaich-Carolath, j who died in April, 1920, she carried tin- | > title of Serene .highness as princess . liermine of Kouss. Princess Hermino I' is-tall and beautiful. She has a graceful carriage and displays ?L rare qjjeen.ly dignity. She is blonde and her luxuriant hair encircles her face of exquisito sweetness. She I has been a guest at the former emperor's castle at Doorn on many occasions. It is reported that the kaiser was first impressed by the princess following her letter of condolence on the death of the Empress Augusta. It was then that he invited her to visit him. Subsequent visits followed and developed into the engagement, it is learned. IJotMUf (Enquirer, j Entered at the Postofflce at York, as j' Mall Matter of the Second Class. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1922. We gather from the dispatches that Kemal Pasha, claiming the privilege as a right is threatening to cross the Dardanelles after the retreating Greeks. France and Italy, committed with Great Britain against allowing anything of the kind have withdraw n their troops. England says Kemal shall not pass. She has on the spot a small force of troops with others coming, and her navy is there. Kemal says he will not be held back, Great Britain says that if he moves forward she will fight All indications arc that Great Britain tvlll ..A J "-Aim /I fno-.jnll/.go !1 nil iin 51UUU IIVI f,1 Wuiiv-4 f less Kemal backs down there will bo war. Tho house on Wednesday overrode the president's veto of the bonus bill by a vote of 258 to 54, and the senate sustained it by a vote of 44 to 28. The house vote to sustain came mainly from Eastern and Southern representatives and the senate vote came mainly from senators who are not standing for re-election next month. Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, who is standing for re-election in November, and whose constituency is naturally opposed to the bonus, voted to override the veto. No one thinks that Mr. Lodge would have voted that way under ordinary conditions. Senator Dial of South Carolina, who comes up for re-election two years from now, voted to sustain the veto. qHInloo thnt nro now .in pearing in reputable American newspors and magazines are impressing the conclusion that there has bepn a great deal of misrepresentation of conditions in Russia. There is no question of the fact that the country has passed through a nightmare of horror, darkened by political executions Tftthbiitl number; that famine and want have stalked through the land iand that the elements which were in opposition to the new regime fared horribly. That is all true. But now order is coming out of chaos. The former ruling class has either left the country or submitted, and the economic ideas of Lerrine and Trotsky are being accepted, with the result that life and property have become secure and prosperity is being re-established on the new basis. To be sure the element that formerly ruled the country .has not yet become recon ciled to the new order. It is hopeful, even conlident, that it will again come back to its old estate; but that is a matter for the future. In the meantime, however, it is well to keep in mind the fact that Russia is still one of the leading powers of the world, and there is no telling to what she may attain, or what influence she may yet exercise on the established social, economic and political conditions of other nations. As to whether or not the president will re-appoint W. P. G. Harding as governor of the Federal Reserve board, there has been no public decision by the president. Mr. Harding's term has expired; but the president is still holding his decision. There is strong pressure for the appointment of a "dirt" farmer. The phrase carries the idea of a man who will have in mind the welfare of the tiller of the soil rather than the more strictly financial interests. The proposition, however, is held by many .'is merely a reason for getting rid of W. 1'. G. Harding and giving the place to another. It is argued that since the financial policy of the government is dominated by big business, it makes no difference wlicth or \V. P. CJ. Harding or some one'else is appointed. There is a strong belief in well-informed quarters that Secretary Mellon is favorable to the re-appointment of Governor Harding, and that the president is only waiting until the adjournment of the senate to carry out a purpose that he has al- j ready decided uj>on. The appointment is being deferred, it is believed, because there is clear understanding of j the row that would be caused if Mr. Harding's name should go to the senate now. In the case of .an appointment after the y -ato adjourns, however, there is a probability that some of the senators who are now carrying their knives whetted will, before the next session of the senate, find something else to occupy their attention. The Bonus Bill. President Harding will come in for a good deal of abuse for his veto or the bonus lull; but not as much abuse as he would have eventually come Into if he had affixed his signature. Looking at it from a purely 'material viewpoint, there is no reason why the soldiers should not have the bonus ?110 good reason. To be sure it would cost many billions of dollars; but not us many billions of dollars as it would have cost if wo had not gone into the. war at all, or it' the war had lasted a year or two longer. But after all the bonus bill is nothing but a farce?a political football, and it was never intended otherwise. If it had been intended otherwise it would have been so drawn that it would provide real bonuses according to a reasonably defensible program of adjustment and provision would have been made for paying it by means of equitably laid taxation. There is no such thing as satisfying anybody in a matter like this, as witness the $60 per capita awarded by the Democrats, when the full responsibility rested on them. But the effect of that distribution was only a demand for "more," and the promise of the Republicans that if they were put into power they would give "more." The distribution of $500 now would only be followed by the same demand for "more." * ? i <u ivnu ixiu uuiaiuriuiu^ it'iuuif ui tuia whole controversy over the bonus bill has been the struggle between the Democrats and Republicans for political advantage. With the Republicans in the majority and therefore responsible, the Democrats could very readily argue for unlimited prodigality regardless of consequences, which they did. And the Republicans, just as. the Democrats understood had to make believe how willing they were and still lind some way of getting from under. Taken all in all, it was a fool bill that they finally got up. Roth sides knew it, and nobody expected it to secure the approval 01 the president. Now both sides, will go to the soldiers with what we tried to do, as evidenced by their individual votes, .and the Democrats will point out what the soldiers would have received except for the disapproval of a Republican president. This bonus business is likely to fig ure in petty politics for many years to come, and finally it will bo disposed of in some manner by the soldiers themselves?after the service men have become members of congress. All Should Register. Perhaps there is no danger and perhaps there is; but the part of safety requires that all citizens of South Carolina who desire to confirm the results of the recent primary election, should seo to it that they are prepared to vote in the general election on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. It must be remembered that the recent primary was merely for the purpose of nomination and that it has no effect by way of election. Heretofore, the primary has settled everything, and it may be that the primary has settled everything again; but that is not at all certain. The Republican state convention held in Columbia last Tuesday is of far more significance than usual. j-ieretoiore, since aoout isso, Kcpuolican conventions in South Carolina have been held mainly as a matter of form with the object of securing regularity for the men who desired to trade their votes in the national Republican convention for presidential nominees. * The principal inducement to these national conventions was either the cash price of votes, or the chance of controlling political patronage in the event of Republican success and the subsequent recognition of the aggregation that sent the delegates. But the situation looks very different now. The Republicans aa*e in power in Washington and tho party represented in that convention Tuesday has the full recognition of the national administration. That the organization hetuled byJoseph W. Tolbert has full control of national patronage there is no ques4 !.* ? WUll. The national administration expects the Republican party in South Carolina from now on to do more than merely distribute the patronage, and the party must do all in its power to make good. It is finite possible that the Republicans will put out a full state ticket in South Carolina and it is more than probable that they will name a man for congress in each congressional district. No enrollment is required for the general election and there is to be no Australian ballot. All that is necessary to enable a citizen to vote is the possession of a registration certificate, and no man or woman may vote without a registration certificate. Ordinarily the vote in the general election is very small, simply because it is commonly understood that all issues havo been settled in the primary. That the Republican registration in this state is small there is no question; but it must be remembered that the Democratic registration, including the women, is not up to half strength. There is only ono more regular registration day before the general election?the first Monday in October. The registration board, if it sees iirujjcr, may register people prior to I that time; but no voter may vote on a registration certificate issued within thirty clays of the election. It is very important that every Democrat in South Carolina who is not now possessed of a registration certificate should procure one on or before the first Monday in October. ? Issue of demonstrator's license plates for automobiles will probably be discontinued in the near future as a result of reports of misuse by many dealers, it was stated in Columbia on Wednesday. The demonstrator's licenses, sold at a nominal figure, are being used on privately owned cars, trucks and repair machines, according to members of the commission, who said that it was virtually decided to charge full license fees for all plates. No final action was taken, it was stated. . t._? LOQAJU, AFFAIRS, ?.?' ? NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Bank of Clover?Coupons of the Third Series of Liberty Loan Bonds. Mercantile Bureau Chester Chamber of Commerce?Dollar day, September 118 and 119. McConnell Dry Goods Company?The busy corner. Xeely Manufacturing Company and Travora Cotton Mill?Bagging and ties. Marshall Oil Company?"Marshoil" products. W. P. Jackson?Seed oats and flour. Macy McConnell Love, Executrix?For final discharge. Star Theatre, J. Q. Wray, Manager? Alice Joyce today in "The Prey." Bank of Hickory Glove?Stutement of condition. Carroll Brothers?Abruzzi seed rye. Logan Lumber Yard?It is wonderful. First National Bank of Sharon?Statement of condition. Planters Bank, Sharon?Statement of condition. Peoples Bank and Trust Company? Statement of condition. Loan and Savings Bank?Statement of condition-/. The most general report among: the farmers is that cotton will have been picked clean by the middle of October. People who notice such things are reminded that they heard the first katydid ninety days ago, and that although September has not yet gone, frost is already due. Mr. A. F. Lever of the Near East Relief, has issued an appeal in behalf of the Greeks, who have been thrown into diro distress in having to flee before the Turkish armies. All checks in response to this appeal should be sent to Mr. William Gibbes, Jr., treasurer, Palmetto bank building, Columbia. The joking reference that was made in The Yorkville Enquirer of Tuesday to that forfeiture that was exacted of 4 Governor Harvey and Mr. Mauldin in the courthouse two years ago, has provoked some little ] discussion. Most people had forgottjep all about the in cident; hut still Governor Harvey likes to refer to it in conversation with Yorkville friends. It would not he fair to say that he has ever taken the matter to heart; but nevertheless he does not think that the forfeituro should have been imposed, and he is probably rig-lit about it. Anyhow there is quite a bit that could be said on his side of the case. In the first place, the altercation developed out of the heat of a public debate being held under authority of law, In a meeting- that was being held under statutory auspices. The chairman of the meeting was in full judicial authority over it, and it is extremely doubtful as to whether the police did or could have any authority except at the request of the chairman in charge. So far-as is known the police did not witneps the affair and there was no complaint to the police. The police acted solely on a rumor that there had be#* a scrap, and the I forfeitures, were oxafcted on that basis. I They were retained because the principals to the mishap did not care to follow up the matter; but it is reasonably certain thht had they demanded a legal hearing the money would have been returned. Had a similar scrap occurred between two attorneys during a session of court, it would have been within the discretion of the court to punish the participants for contempt, or pass the matter over with an apology, which latter course would probably have been followed. That the police acted in perfect good faith, there is no reason tc question, and that our good friend, the governor, who probably never befqre ran afoul of the law, should feel a little sensitive is not surprising. But as to the return of the fines or anything like that, Nix. Although municipalities have ways of getting money and spending it, they have no way of giving it back. THE LIGHT COTTON CROP. While he admits that the boll wcefil Iw.u ,1.,,1 *? ? T t ii iiao uunv; uaiiuigC it jiivjn, > , Jll . ?i i D. Smith of Yorkvillc Xo. 1, is of opini ion that the boll weevil is not the only ! factor that has contributed to the shortness of the cotton crop. "We find in picking," he said, "that there are many stnall bolls that are not properly filled out, and the actual yield does not cornie up to preliminary estimates. In my opinion a part of the trouble is due to poor preparation, the use of less fertilizer and other causes. Hut of course, I would not have >ou I understand me as excusing' the weevil. I lie lias contributed his full share." Jlr. Smith also mentioned the fact that many bolls that appear to have been fully matured, turn out to have been ruined by the weevil. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS I Ileal Estate transfers have been indexed in the office of the county auditor as follows: Broad River?Claud A. and Henry II. Jones to W. S. Jones, 2 lots, $600. Catawba?Zoralee Simpson to Mary Barber, 1 lot, $25. Jno. R. Williams and John G. Keye to Zoralee Simpson, 1 lot, $10. John R. Williams to 11. H. Powell and C. JO. Tucker, 1 lot, $100 and other considerations. York?John C. Thrift to Frank P. Morrison, 2!) 1-2 acres, $3,100. SCHOOL CONSOLIDATION. Patrons and trustees of Dixie, Filbert and llcthany school districts have reached an agreement whereby Dixie school district is to be abolished and about three-fourths of the district tor- j ritory will be placed in Petliany dis- i trict and one-fourth in Filbert district. I The majority of the pupils of the pros- ! out Dixie school will be enrolled in I the Del tinny school in the future, with the minority going to Filbert. Dixie j district pupils who go to Bethany will i be carried there daily in an uutomo- j bile truck. The plan is one that is said to have | been practically unanimously agreed upon. While it may be necessary to I increase the number of teachers in the I future because of the addition of the j Dixie pupils, fur the present the licthnny faculty of four teachers will take j care of the new pupils. A committee has been appointed to j look Into the purchase of an automobile track for the transportation of the pupils, some of whom will travel as far as five miles in reaching their new school. Other arrangements in con noction witli the new movement will j also lie made in plenty of time for the fall opening of Bethany school. following is the Bethany school faculty: Rodney M. Love, Lee Oettys, j Misses Margaret Mc Carter, Mary Summerford. BULLOCK'S CREEK BRIDGE. Contract to erect a bridge over Bullock's creek on the Sharon-Hickory Grove road at a price slightly in ad- j vance of $ IS,GOO, was awarded the j Austin Bros.'s Bridge company of At- j lanta, at a meeting of the county com- \ mKsioners last Tuesday. Und<r the i terms of the contract the bridge must j be completed in at least ISO working days, construction work to begin as soon as the necessary bridge force and materials can be placed upon the scene. The new bridge will be about 300 feet in length, according to W. W. Miller, county engineer. This includes a steel span across the creek, 120 feet in length, the remainder of the bridge to be of creosoted trestle work. The bridge iloor is to be eouinned with an asphalt wearing surface, the driveway to be eighteen feet wide. This new bridge over Bullock's creek will till a long felt want in Broad Itiver township. It will be located at a site several hundred feet distant from the present bridge site, the site having been decided upon by the builders of Broad River township's new system of roads which have been under construction for some time past. With the installation of this new bridge across Bullock's creek, .which will 1)C of such height that it can be crossed in practically any kind of flood, Broad River township residents feel assured of the best road between Sharon and Hickory Grove and on to the Cherokee township lines that they have ever enjoyed. CONTRACT HELD UP. Because the bids were considered too high, tlio county commissioners and the West road commission, in session in Yorkville Tuesday, failed to award Ihe contract for the building of the West road from Bullock's creek trestle to Sharon, a distance of about two and one-half miles. The bid of Stewart & Jones, roarl contractors, which was lower than the bid of Stern Bros., of North Carolina, was in the neighborhood of $15,000, a sum almost ( twice the contract price for building the road from Hickory Grove to the trestle. Since the grade of the road from the trestle to Sharon is not considered materially greater than the stretch from Hickory Grove to Bullock's creek, the commissioners considered the bids beyond all reason and both bids were declined. It was stated yesterday that the proposals would be re-advertised and an attempt made to let the contract early next morth. Under the proposals submitted to bidders last Tuesday the time limit for completing the work was set for sixty days. It was stated unofficially that the contractors increased their bids over what they woultj have otherwise been because of this short time limit, which would have caused them to increase their construction forces. The county engineer said yesterday that the state highway commission, which has the matter in charge in connection with the West road commissioners, would extend the time limit In the new proposals to be published. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? Cotton receipts for the week on the local market have been about 130 bales, Public Weigher McClure said yesterday. ? R. E. Montgomery, Jr., arrested in Roanoke, Va., last week and brought back by Chief of Police R. E. Steele, to answer a charge of making away with an automobile, the property of T. K. Thomasson, has been released on bond in the sum of $300. I ?* The combination gasoline and electrical pumping engine purchased by the water, light and power department of t,he town several months ago, has been shipped from New Jersey, end is expected to arrive very shortly, Mr. J. Frank Faulkner, town clerk and treasurer, said yesterday. ? "Mister," inquired a young Gastonia man who stopped his car on Main street curb yesterday afternoon, "where does*a fellow go here to get hooked up?" He was promptly directed to the office of the probate judge, and in .a short time his two passengers were "hooked." ? Peter Colgln, Greek proprietor of i the Yorkville Candy Kitchen, ceased j wiping' the marble counter of the soda ' fountain in his placo of business for a while yesterday afternoon and began to talk of the war between the Greeks and the Turks and the European situation generally, "it Is all bad business," said Pete. "It would be no big surprise to me if it all didn't mean another big war and all of Europe in St before they get through. Maybe United States, too, eh? Now France, she is backing the Turks. England is backing the Greeks. Germany sympathizes with England and Russia with France and also Bulgaria with France. That's the way it looks to me. The Greeks after the big war started to light the Turks and if tlie big powers ! had let them alone the Greeks would have put the Turks out of Europe, and i I there's no mistake about*that. But no, Franco she must help tiie Turks. She gave them money. She gave them soldiers. She gave them big generals. Letters from my people hack in Sparta, Greece, ray that this is so. This big Turk, Mutnpha Komal not such big man after all. He is what you call 'ligure head.' Generals who are re- | sponsible for big Turk victories are French generals. Turks no good as | fighters unless they have some one to do the leading. French generals bettor I mm uroek generals and therefore the Turks boat the stuffing: out of the Creeks. Now if France keeps on sticking: to the Turks you are going to see Engl ind fight tiie Turks and the Frervh and you are gcing to see the other nations of Europe, both great and small, line up on one side or the other sooner or later. 1 stay here. I leave fSreere twenty-five years ago and have not been back any more. No going back. Maka the inon, sella the hnnnn. the rone, the steak, the eandv. No fight for me except the tight for bcczncss." COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION In company with Dr. J. It. Johnson ; of lloek iIi 11, president of tho S nitli i Carolina Cotton Association and .Mr. it. | A. Darnett of Ilock Hill, a reporter fori The Yorkvillc Enquirer -visited the( main offices of the South Carolina C??t- J ton (Jrowers Cooperative Marketing Association in Columbia last Wcdnes- J day and was given opportunity to gctp a lit tie insight into the workings of the l organization to which hundreds of I South Carolina farmers are looking;' with hope and faith, believing that it' will lie the means through widen they I ' will get a better price for the cotton | they grow. Principal offices 'f the association I are located in the old Masonic Building 1 on Main street in Columbia, and these quarters are ideally suited for the work. The office force consists of a staff of about fifty workers including the higher officials of the association and a number of stenographers and < other clerical workers. One of the most interesting features | in connection with the visit to the main offices was tiie visit to the cot- j ton grading room in the Masonic temple, a large, airy room on the third I tloor front, well lighted and painted in a tint most suitable for the import- j a'.t work of grading of cotton. In the! grading room were samples of hun- j drcds of bales of cotton that had lv en graded, the samples being carefully j separated and t he most careful systpm j of handling being practiced. The work of the organization has I been gotten in fine shape, it was stated and the business of the association is running along as well as could be expected. New members are costantly being added and the volume of cotton that wijl be handled by the association within the next few months will greatly exceed original estimates. When the party of York county men visited the offices of the association last Wednesday a number of young ladies were busily engaged in mailing copies of "Cooperation," a periodical published in the interests of the asso ciation to the members of the association over the state. The publication is issued about twice a month and every farmer who sells his cotton through the association is furnished with a copy in order that he might be kept informed of its progress. It was stated that the Cooperative Cotton Growers Association was really the child of the* American Cotton Association and because of the fact that the cotton association is sponsor for it, an effort is going to be made this fall to build up the membership of the cotton association, especially in South Carolina. Officials of the Cooperative Cotton Marketing Association said Wednesday that while there were a few little "kinks" to straighten out, farmers whose cotton they are handling had little or no fault to find with the conduct of the big business and. they felt quite confident that the scheme was going to work out well and for the best interests of all parties concerned. ABOUT PEOPLE. Rev. P. L. Ilill of Yorkvillo, was a visitor in Greenville this week. Mrs. J, S. James of Galax, Va.t is visiting Mrs. Henry James in Yorkville. Sidney Shorer of Sharon, was among the visitors in Yorkville. I'rof. James Sifford of Clover, has resumed his duties as principal of the schools at Newton, N. C. Mrs. J. E. Brlson of Gastonia, has returned home after a visit to relatives in Clover. Miss Margaret Ontes of Chester, visited the family of Mr. \V. B. Stroup in Clover this week. , Miss Margaret Grist of Yorkville is visiting her grandmother, Mrs. J. C. Blair, Sharon No. 1. Miss Bessie Mason of Yorkville, has a position as a matron in Chlcora college for Women, Columbia. Dr. and Mrs. W. C. Whitesides and children of /orkville, visited relatives in Gastonia Tuesday. Miss Nell Riddle of Bowling Green, has matriculated at Queen's College, Charlotte. Misses Alpha Harmon and Jasie Petty of Bowling Green have entered Winthrop College, Rock Hill. Mr. Alonzo Rose and. son Andral, of Leesville, S. C., came to Yorkville Monday on a visit to friends and relatives. Mrs. M. L?. Riddle has returned to her home at Bowling Green, after a visit to Rev. and Mrs. Ray Riddle in Columbia. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kelley and little daughter of Crewe, Va., are visiting relatives and friends at Bowling Ul t un. Robt. T. Allison, Jr., of Yorkville has returned to Baltimore to resume his studies at Johns Hopkins Medical | school. Mr. and Mrs. J. Cal Steele and children of Great Falls, visited Mr. Steele's father, Mr. Arch Steele, at Blairsville this week. Messrs. John A. Jackson, Sam Moore and S. X. Stacy were anions: the Clover peoplo who were in Yorkville yesterday. Dr. W. G. White has returned to Yorkville after spending: several days on a hunting1 trip with friends in the lower part of the state. Mr. C. W. McC.ee of Yorkville, and Rev. X. A. Hemrick of Clover, were amolfg the York county Baptist leaders who attended a meeting in Columbia Tuesday in connection with the Baptist $75,000,000 campaign. There is little change in the condition of Gladys, little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Dickson of Yorkville, who has been very ill for the past several weeks. S. T. En'oe and family, for a number of years past residents of the hockmore mill village in Yorkville, have moved to Clover, where they will make their home in future, Mr. Enloe having obtained a position at the iiawiiiuni iinii. Rev. James T. Oehlor, D. D.. of Palestine, Texas, Mr. M. T. Oehlor of Harrisburg, Ark., Airs. Fannie Alorrow of Gastonia, and Airs. Pelham Morrow of Hamlet, N*. C., are the guests of Ali>. Dan T. Woods In Yorkvlllc. Gastonia Gazette, Tuesday: Rev. J. M Bigham of Huntersville, Is expected to arrive in the city this afternoon, to begin a series of services at the Second A. It. J*, church on the Bessemer City road. Air. Bigham is the pastor of the Huntersville and Gile&d A. It. P. churches and is also general secretary of Young People's work for the entire synod. He will preach each night this week at 7:30 o'clock. All are cordially Invited. ALONG THE WAY Senator .John R. Hart said yesterday that he had written to the members of the York county legislative delegation proposing a conference to consider the advisability of giving a relief through j tax exemptions to those farmers of Western York county who suffered loss of a big percentage of their crops through hail several weeks ago. If the j matter meets with favor at the hands i ?'i llic 1UIII 11 it *1111 jt i III 11iv unr^aii'Mi I a meeting on the matter will be held < very shortly. A number of farmers in the devastated area lost practically I their entire cotton crop by hail and i are in a bad way financially, it is said. I 5 Yorkvilie High has the best football material this year that the school has : known in several years according to t some of the loeal football enthusiasts, t The boys realize that thev are badly ' in need of a coach and '.hey are anx- I t ious for the school trustees or other | i school authorities to provide them > with the services of an athletic di- t rector. Following are those who are ( randidntes for the football eleven: (). : G. Grist, Worth Youngblood, John t Steele Price, Daniel Shieder, Earnest t I'arroll. George Laws, Thad Carroll, i Lindsay I'arrott, Quay Parrott, Kobert s Briee, Mason Carroll, Walter McCon- f ncll, Alton AlcAIuckin, Hurley Ale- i Maekin, James Moore, Powell Patrick, Larnar Black. The lads have already had considerable practice and a number of the members of this . year's squad have had much lootball experience. They claim that they have about , all the fpotball equipment they need and with the services of a competent coach to guide them they see no reason why they should not be able to bring the championship of the Catawba Athletic Association to this town. The old game of carrying out unsophisticated young men of the town to B. P. Marley's farm on the eastern outskirts of town presumably to steal the luscious grapes that grow there; but really to scare the youngster and have a race back to town out of him is still popular. On last Monday evening one of the youny men of the town announced his perfect willingness to go after grapes and he did so acpomnnnioH hv a nnmhpr nf ntViar vnuno1 "J ? VV..V. J men who were wise to the fun. No sooner had he begun to gather the fruit than such a volley of gun shots filled the air around him that he began to imagine that the army of Mustapha Kemal or some other army was close in behind him. He made a bee line for home and it is said that he came under the rubber ahead of several high powered automobiles whose occupants had gone out to watch the race. Numbers of tenant farmers both white and colored formerly residents of the New Zion section have taken their departure to hunt work elsewhere having become disheartened over the crop prospect, according to John F. Smith, a well known farmer of that section. Mr. Smiot said that numbers of these farmers considered that the boll weevil and the drouth had gotten the most of tho crop and had decided to leave it with the landlords, assuring the latter that they were welcome to it if they would gather it. LOCAL LACONICS. Winthrop Opened Wednesday. The college year at Winthrop was formally opened last Wednesday morning with appropriate exercises. There were 1,247 students in attendance. Bowling Green Mills. The Reynolds Cotton Mills company of Rowling Green, has secured authority from the secretary of shite to increase its capital stock from $80,000 to $10,000 and to change its muue to the Bowling Green Spinning company, as it will hereafter he known. First Baptist Church of Rock Hill. Rev. Walter R. Alexander, now of Philadelphia, Pa., has accepted a call to the pastorate of the First Baptist church of Roch Hill, to succeed Rev. J. P. Tucker, who resigned last April. He will assume the pastorate within a few weeks. Where the Corn Grows Tall. Mr. S. E. Atkins of York No. ?, brought to The Yorkville Enquirer office Wednesday, two stalks of tall corn, the tallest measuring 16 feel 4 Inches from roots to tassle. Each stalk carried two ears, fully developed in the case of one, and hut one properly developed in the case of the other. Mr. Atkin3 e'xplainod that the corn, was grown on first-year new ground; but ho could not account for the unusual height of it, which he says, exceeds anything he has ever seen. Investigating Liquor Stories. On the strength of rfn anonymous letter which purported to give detailed information, Governor Harvey recently sent a prohibition officer to York county to investigate the use of whisky in the recent second primary. As The Enquirer understands, the letter specified tho individual who was to use the liquor and the particular box in Rock Hill at which it; was to bo used. The matter was looked into carefully; but the alleged Information was not confirmed. It has also come to the knowledge of The Enquirer that was not confirmed. The Miller School. "\Ve propose to build a small addition to Miller school," remarked Mr. J. M. Brice, one of the trustees of Miller district. No. 48, the other day. "The addition will not be a very laree one: but will be sufficient to make the school room a little more comfortable and convenient for the teacher and pupils." Miller school house, it will be recalled, was burned three times within ninety days during the latter part of 1921 and early part of 1922 and while it is believed that the three fires, which included the burning of Harmony church building, were of incendiary origin, detectives who were employed on the case, were never able to get evidence against any one. Synod to Meet in Chester. Of especial interest to members of the Presbyterian denomination throughout the county is the announcement that the Synod of the Presbyterian church of South Carolina is to convene in Purity Presbyterian church, Chester on Tuesday, October 3 and will remain in session through October 6. Approximately 225 ministers and elders are expected to attend the meeting. The opening sermon is to be delivered by Rev. James B. Green, D. D., of tho chair of theology of Columbia Seminary, Columbia. Rev. Dr. Egbert W. Smith who has only recently returned from the African mission field will bo among those to address Synod os will a number of others prominent in the denomination. Report on the County Home. The State Board of Public Welfare has issued the following report on the county home, based on inspections made July 15: The York county almshouse is easily one of the best institutions of its kind in the state. Tho buildings and equipment arc very good and tiie management of Superintendent Boyd is quite commendable. At tho time of this visit its condition was even b- Iter than usual because of tho presence of several inmates physically able to do some work. The food sup l/iu'ii i? vai iru, wnoiesome, una weiipreiiarcd. The quarters of all the inmates should be screened to protect them against flies and mosquitoes, in several places the concrete walls are giving way and should be repaired before greater damage is done to the permanent plant. York County Chaingang. Here is the report of the board of public welfare on the York county haingnng: "During the i>ast year the fork county chain gang has been improved by the repairing and rescreenng of (he portable house for tho prisoners and by the construction, of a screened dining room for the guards ind of a good portable kitchen. Tho uithorities have also ordered an addi:ional supply of bed ticks and clothes o make up for the present lack. The joneral condition of the camp was >ctter than it has been for soiqetime past. At the time of this visit 5i? men .ere sleeping in the portable house, he whites and ncgVoes being separated only by a wall three feet high. Only !1 beds were provided for the use of he fifty men. In addition to the overcrowding the ventilation of this shelter s far from good and on warm nights deeping in it must be far from comortable. The great need of the e^imp s for proper sleeping quarters and foe i . .. c, .1..... . .