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;i * * ??n ; |-^i I - . \\ \ hH^uBk1! i j \\ vlHBSflB?BK^s#BiBHB. \\ W^WFW 5 f jflfj ,->!<,' ?*qt* OF*TuRKEyN $ The Turks ore reported to ha ? seized the town of Ezine and f threatening Kurn Ralesi. &Ik twenty mile* distant. The mti ?ii is on the waterway itself?alm< at the entrance to the straits fr< the Aegan. ootb places bei within the neutrality zone I) down by the Treaty of Sevr which naval erpertr say will p vent the free Ingress to the Di danelles. The Allies agree grant chiu Turkish demands straits remain free, v , FIGHT ON ILLITERACY Big Reduction In State Daring Pest Ten Tears. STATE IS STILL NEXT TO BOTTOM York Enrcflcd Over 300 Pupils in Schools for Adult Illiterates Last Year?Pickens First in Rank cf Least Illiteracy. The State Department of Education, i assisted by the Illiteracy commission, has made a vigorous tight against the | illiteracy which exists in our state and j now that the census figures for 1020 ' have bewii. published a- is- a mailer 01 Just pride that South- Carolina lends the tJfifon fti reducing net4 percentage from- 25.7 per cent, in 1910 to 13.1 per cent.v'in 1920. In rank among the stated. South Carolina still maintains the next to bottom place, ranking below bwcry state save Louisiana. In . white illiteracy the state has climbed from, third placa from the bottom ;n 1910, to sixth place in 1920, now rank-, ing above New Mexico, Louisiana, j North Carolina, Tennessee and Kentucky. In negro illitemey, the state | ties with Mississippi for third place, maintaining the same position of 1910.! While this record testifies to the work ' which the public schools and the' schools for adults have been doing, there is yet much work to be done before we can rank with many of our | sister states. Iowa records the lowest j Illiteracy, 1.1 per cent, while Louisiana records the greatest, 21.9 per cent. In nine states less than 2 per cent, of the population was illiterate, while in ten states (South Carolina included) the per cfent. was 10 and over. Pickens county now registers the leastTilliteracy in the state, 10 7 per cent. Greenville county ccmes second, with 11 per cent., while Berkeley registers the highest illiteracy, 38.4 per cent,' with Jasper county next highest, 33 per cent. The data for Greenville ne. fy~vl 1 AMFt. TaIoI niimhAP tuunv/ nic oe ivuvnn, i. , illiterates, 7,173, or 11 per cent. Number Of white illiterates, 2.9S3, or C.3 per cent., Number of negro illiterates, 4,140, or 23.7 per cent. According to the 1920-21 report of the state superintendent of education. ! 11,250 pupils were enrolled in the 428' schools during the past year. Thirteen counties, (Aiken, Anderson, Cherokee, Colleton. Darlington, Greenville, Green-' wood, Pickens, Hichiand, Spartanburg, Sumter and York) enrolled over 300 i pupils. Spartanburg led the state with an eifrollment of 1,349; Anderson came next 4with 933 pupils, while Greenville took -third place with an enrollment of 735 ippils. Only seven counties in the stata reported no work. ^BRITISH TROOPS GUARI I I if 5i<v< * >V" ** ' h. gf:'* " ' ' " ^ British troops guarding one _ iKr.ia?t possible advance of the Ti % E VICTORIOUS TURKS I fclZ* 9EV ? REPRESENTATIVE OF THE TUfcK NATIONALISTS IN CONSTANTINOPi Practically 2,000 pupils were perfect in attendance. Tn the first grade there were 4,130 pupils, while 3,436 of tills number, learned to read. For instruction of these pupils tho state paid $3.85 per white pupil and $1.36 per negro pupil. Some schools were in session j throughout the entire year. During the winter the work was pushed | among the mill villages and in small towns, while the summer months were i largely devoted to the "Lay-by" j schools in country distric ts. The teach- I Ul the. wiauuvjvus principally done . by day teachers at night while during ; the summer special teachers were em- ! ployed to devote their entire time to the J work. Schools were usually taught in ; ill" TiithHr> ?rhr>?lla. olthouirh some wore hold in churches and some in homes. I Wherever a group of pupils and a teacher could meet, there a school was j formed. The llgures just given for slate and1 county demonstrate the worth of the | adult work. The fact that 2,000 pupils did not miss a session signifies the ' keen desire of the adult to acquire learning. They came to school after a hard day's work through winter's cold and summer's heat and struggled good naturedly over their lessons. Often a teacher or visitor would hear them ex-1 press genuine regret that they had: been deprived of an education in youth i but they rejoiced in the opportunity' now given mem oy me sune uou v?crt | happy in the thought that compulsory i education now makes it possible for children to grow up with educational advantages. The greatest good which is coming to the state from this work is not to be found in the fact that many people are learning to read and write but that the adult pupils are i awaking to a larger realization of tluir | duty to the community and state. They i no longer feel that they never had a chance and further their example of attending school is causing many persons with little education to pull down their books. Who. if left to themselves, would have fallen into illiteracy. The figures compiled from the report show that Greenville county ranks third among the counties of -the state in pushing this phase of education"! i work. There were organized in the county 20 schools with a tota' enrollment of 818 pupils, taught by 19 teachers. For the whites: Number of schools, 24; enrollment G89, pupils per school, 29; average attendance, 3".3; ptrfe'et attendance, 72; pupils in fi st grade, 273; pupils in second, third a:.d fourth, 29C; pupils in fifth, sixth and rove; th, f ?? )ING CONSTANTINOPLE. .11 I 1 jjl I J f>* ' i M&?? . ^?| of- the roads into Constantinople arks, REPORTED TO HAVE E * , .V ' '$"* ' ?... V- ' '' ?'? ' \ - * ir ? r<l *-;;'' (H;:-*$bA&\ -''&'' jgmam c nR MAICTKIILXS PATRICK. AMEF COLLlCfe OF 120; taught to.read, 86; taught to "write, il: term in days, C70. The 42 teachers doing this work were employed at a cost of $45.12 per teacher or $2.75 per pupil. For the negroes: Number of schools, ! 5; enrollment, 150: pupils per school, j 32; average attendance, 101; perfect j attendance, 9; pupils in first grade, 34; . pupils in the second, third and fourth, 96; pupils in the fifth, sixth and seventh, 29; taught to read, 27; taught to write 41; term in days, 144. The! teachers doing this work were employed at a cost of $25.00 per teacher | or $1.10 per pupil. VILLAGE MARSHAL QUITS ' "Its No Job For a Woman" Says Mrs. ^ Ward and Resigns. The nntion's first complete petticoat : city government is no more, for Mr3. j Bertha Ward, village marshal, has re- ' sicned because the "job was too , tough," as she explained in submit- ! ting her resignation to the remainder ! of the feminine city "mothers." Mrs. I Ward has handed over her polished star to Daniel Olson, muscular section foreman, at Des Lacs, N. D., who | now swings the lead-loaded billy and preserves order in the village. Mrs. Ward's reasons for resigning ! were concise and to the point. No. 1 was thnt her husband thought the job was too hazardous for the consideration; and second, the job was never intended for a woman of small stature. "Lack of physical prowess went a.gainst me," declared Mrs. Ward. "Drunken persons and others would just laugh at me, and I was almost helpless to do anything." Meanwhile consternation reigns j among the other women officials of | ties Lac % To the outside world they | are afraid that tlie resignation looks I ke their regime is a failure. They tried to prevail upon Mrs. Ward to remain in office until the next village election, but she "had had enough," c told them. Mrs. Ward did not make any arrests while she v.'ps in office, Phe tried to make one but tbe man who was acting in a disorderly manner jerked away from her and tan. i'he tole; hpne l to Deputy Sheriff 7\ Yand'inocver at Minol, the county seat, but when he arrived it was found that the justice of the peace did not have a warrant blank; so the sleepy deputy, I rotnwd in the middle of a night's slumber, journeyed back to Mir.ot and ! the a rest was not effected, i "it's a man's job, wit bout doubt," j declared Mrs. Ward. "I couldn't be prevail d upon again to t such a ! position." This little village, nestling cosily on the broad North Dakota prairies, lias 110; i .j : oiumr.it of pttblieii i during ^the j t lew moiithi' as a result of the rh-clion last spri:. r which swept a ' mi.letr corps of wom?n off! data into , ciij offices. The officers are i njoying | the novelty of being village officers. _ i t ; : ' NTERED NEUTRAL TOW - HV.JU ' Jp^pS^'i" ?s ' -', J HCAN PRESIDENT OV WOMEN'S CONSTANTINOPLE :k 1 WORK OF TAX COMMISSION _^^pn! , v- n. ' i Board Issues Pamphl?li'by Way of Ex' planatioiif. ' Published rather as an explanation than a defense the South Curolina tax ( commission has recently issued a i phampivlet giving in .b^ipf the duties i and results of, t'.ULt body's work. Although dealing to some extent with is ii cpmprbhtnsive survey of the work ^ that has hern done by the commission since its establishment in 1915. In a general way the concern of the commission is to properly assess the i * property lying within the borders of 1 the sta'te. In some cases it. has been that persons have returned their property as low as three-fourths of one per cent, of its values, while on the other hand another case showed that one. firm returned its property of stock at 103 per cent, of the actual value. In | such cases the commission assesses' the property on the basis of 48 per cent, on that basis. Another interesting note of the i ^ pamphlet is that of four of the largest packing co/iceyns in the United States i that the total returns of the companies ? for their property in cities of the state , aggregated $85,237.00 but upon survey | the commission has assessed the value { of these foreign concerns at $499,360, I quite an increase over the returns made by the companies themselves. Not Useless. i nc I'liurge huh ucczi uuu i? ucuij i made that the commission is an ex- ! j pensive and useless office. Taking its ' work in the city of Columbia alone? . i that is the survey it has made?suffl| cient back taxes will he collected, to . | i They are conducting their regime in a fearless and unprejudiced manner, and the remainder of the officials declare that thev intend to stay in office for i I ihe remainder of their terms. ' V c; ARMY C-2 FLYING i i "iinr^iiwiiiiiiiiiiiiiii i ^ rrr The D. S. army dirigible C-2 i Va., to Ross Field, Arcadia. Cal? *a Sill. Okla.: 6rookfield, San Antonio ; This shows the C-2 in her flight acr< attempt of a dirigible to make a cro NS. E ED|E> HANOUN.FORMER. WIFEOF !. I*SHA'S DIRECTOR GENERAL.Of HR.Y and MEDICAL SERVICE, SHE >ED FROM MALTA WHERE THE D POWERS. HAD IMPRISONED HER? . # v * pay the entire expenses of the commission from tho date of its creation up to January, 1922 and leave a balmee in the state treasury of $28,856.74, rhis is aside from taxes going into :ounty and city treasuries. If these .axes be considered, the actual revenue, n excess .of all expenditures of the commission from 1915 to and including' 1921, is the sum of $378,856.76 from the city oft Columbia alone from their real state survey. In 1922 the legislature passed an income tax law and placed the entire idministration thereof upon the tax commission. This law was approved Vlarch 13, 1922. On July 11, 1922, as tdministcred by the tax commission, 1552,911.72 had been actually paid into Lhe state treasury or $312,140 more han the entire amount collected under :he former law during the period of 10 years. In addition to the amount if inebmo taxes already collected durng practically four months of the pressnt year, the several deferred paynchts and returns of future taxes, as mrvided by law, will increase the imount of taxes to he collected to upjroximately $700,000 for the present 'ear, or about three times as much as vas collected in 20 years under the Id law. It is but fair to state, how>vcr, in this connection, that the ates of taxation provided for in the iresent law are higher than under* he oid law. Individuals Get Attention. Tt is interesting to note that indi .'id'iKil assessments of property for axes in the state receive attention is docs the property pf organized )usincs3 firms. Any person being ag:rieved on account of the taxes naced on his property may take the natter up personally with the comnission and not resort to legal repreicntation. IN WOMAN'S WORLD. 3aragraphs of Especial Interest to the Feminine Reads of The Enquirer. ? In Tibet, it is not unusual for a woman to marry three or four husbands. ? .Miss Jennie Matzkc, of Depere, is the champion bee keeper in Wisconlon. ?In Japan when a girl goes garden Ins1 she usually steps into tight trou;ers. ? The average life of men In the country is 55.23 years, as compared with 57.41 for women. ? The Socialist party in Minnesota uis selected. Mrs. Emma M. Olsen as heir candidate for Govorner. ? Lady Ancaster, before her marriage, Miss Eloise L. Breece, of New York, is a justice of peace in London. ? Mrs. Nellie Hayward, of Douglus, Ariz., candidate for Secretary of State, will campaign in knickers. ? Minnie Hauk, one time operastar, now blind, was the first to sing the role of Carmen in the United States. ? Mrs. Pauline Beldam, of San Fran\ CROSS COUNTRY, v I I ^ I mm n her flight from Langl-- Field, aking stops at Akron, Ohio: Fort ind El Paso. Tex., and Yuma. Ariz, ass tho Western plains in the first ss country flight, , , cirro, holds a unique position. She makes a. business of building personality among bonk workers. ? Queen Mary of England, is not spending more than $1,500 a year for her clothes nowadays and of this total about two-thirds is required for the necessary state gowns. ? In Corea a man U restrained by law from keeping more than one wife t in his home at one time, though he may j have as many as he likes in separate establishments. ! ?Mme. Galli-Curcl is building a home on one of the highest Catskill peak3.' and her mountain villa near Hjighmount, N. Y.. in English manor style, will cost more than $200,000. ? Miss Blanche Severyns, of Hound Valley, Neb., cow girl end ranch ownII IS WONDERFUL . t ^ , To spend money for luxuries, IF you can afford it; but the FIRST money you spend should be invested in a HOME. See us about it. LOGAN LUMBER YARD "We Strive to 8erve ?nd Sat'refy." F. E. MOORE. Proprietor See, Phone or Write to THOS. C. O'FARRELL FOR High Grade Monuments In Marble and Granite P'ant on East Liborty Street, Adjoin* no Roaa Hill Cemetery. . * i It's Here at Last. THE NEW PtRFECTION SUPERSMASH RANGE? The Kind That You Have Always Wanted?A Revolutionary Inven-, a: iL. CIIOCDfCY lUat nun?me Qvrbnr u/\ MU> IIWI Cooks as Fast as Gas, and Is Absolutely Reliable. Come In and let us show you this Range. You will like it. JUST RECEIVED SHIPMENT OF Baby Carriages and Go-Carts, Baby Swings, Baby Walkers, Porch Gates, Rockers, Etc. GIVE US A CALL AND LET U8 SHOW 'EM TO YOU. WE'LL BE GLAD TO. PEOPLES FURNITURE COMPANY Melrose Flour? HERE AT LAST. Wo have Just received a fresh shipment of that famous, ly good MELROSE FLOUR?just the very bestest goodest Flour ever sold on this market Tt is so eood that lots of folks hereabouts are never satisfied to use anythipg else. LET US HAVE YOUR ORDER NOW FOR MELROSE. Order it today. IF YOU WANT anything In the way of Canned Vegetables, or Fruits, or Meats, or Fi.sh Products, or Bottled or Loose Pickles, Bottled Fruits, or Fancy Cakes and Crackers, Fresh Vegetables?Beans, Cabbage, Potatoes?it is pretty sure you'll find what you are looking for here. Then too we have a good variety of Dried Beans and Peas and the Fat Back that goes with 'em, CHEER UP?you'll get over it if you will buy your Groceries here. SHERER & QUINN SOUTHERN RA ANNOUNCES GREATI TRIP EXCURS NIAGAR, THE FOLLOWING ROUND-TRI] GRAND OPPORTUNITY TO V TICKETS GOOD FOR EIGHTEE OF SALE York, S. C. DATES OF SALE ARE SEPTEP BER 5TH, 11TH AND 19TH Tickets Good Going only on Specia on Djys Following Above D SPECIAL TRAINS VIA BALTIMC WASHINGTON, D. C., 7:30 Good Returning on All Regular (I STOPOVERS' permitted on Re Days within final limit of Ticket, HARRISBURG, WASHINGTON A FOR FURTHER INFORMATION i 71 J ora daughter, is going to tour Europe i alone. She says she is looking for the sole purpose of flnding out if adventure is dead. : ?Lack of railways makes it necessary in Turkey to transport every; thing by wagon. The women do this I work. They drag their carta about,, and when cart* are lacking, they carry huge loads of munitions on their backs. "A FinP Joh" A. f JL 17 -V-r ^ ^ tfly -t ?>' I . ' .WAS THE OWNER'S VERDICT when he first looked at his ,newly Tainted car. SINCE THEN we have j done many good jobs and are hoping to do more. We use the REST and most enduring Paints, Oils, Vamlsh) es. applied by Skilled Painters who are ! masters of their craft, and return your old car looking like a NEW ONE. JOHNSON'S painLop JAS. A. JOHNSON, Manaflar ; Auto Painters, Body and Top Buildara, ROCK HILL, S. C. /4a -m J. C. W1LB0RN cttate 86 4-10 Aeraa?Adjoinlnir lands of Adger Huey. A fine black-lac* rarra; 6-room house, good barns. Perfectly level land. For quick sale. WllJ exchange for larger farm. 220 Acres?Eight-room residence; a large 2-story barn; double crib. Good pasture; all necessary .outbuildings. Forty to 60 acres of bottom lands; Ave horse farm open. Price, $4340.00. 114 Acres?Of land at QuthriegVillel The Air. Tumblln late residence; eight rooms; large 2-story barn, cement floor tor dairy cattle; at railrbaftl station; Jolting school grounds. For a Quick Sale. 164 Acres?Two miles pf Sharon; a I nice, new 7-room residence; 2 good l tenant houses; 80 acres in cultivation; good orchard. On the new 'Western |. oud. Price, $35.00 per Acre, 134 1-2 Acres?Property of Boyca & J. F. Faukner. Price $5,250. A beautiful farm and home. 151 1-4 Acres?The property of J. R. Watson, McConnellsville. Th!?fee good tenant houses, a beautiful 6 room house and bath. 105 Acres?J. S. Stephenson's home. Four-room residence. New house. $3,500, or I will sell 27 1-8 acres with the new house for $2,000. For Sale?A new house, 8 rooms, with 1-2 acre lot. In the town of Clover. Jack Jackson's home. Price, $3,000. Will exchange this residence for a gogd farm in the country, KWILBORN*^ PROFESSIONAL CARDS Dr. C. L. WOOTEN ? DENTIST ? OFFICE OVER THE POSTOFFIC* Telephones: Office, 128; Residence, 93 CLOVER, - - s. a 71 L 1. 6m J. S. BRICE Attorney At Law Prompt Attention to ail Lot*! of Whatrrer Nature. Office on Main Street in the ? Moore Building, First Floor, formerly oocupied by 8. E. Spencer. J. A. Marion W. G. Finley MARION AND FINLEY ATTORNEYS AT LAW Office opposite the Courthouse. ! Pi-one 126. YORK,8. C. YORK FURNITURE CO. Undertakers ? Embahners VORK. - - 8. C. fn All Its Branches?Motor Equipment. Prompt Service Day or Night In Town or Country. JNO. R. HART ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW. Prompt and Careful Attentio?i to AM Bonnes?- Undertaken. Tolephone No. 6k. YORK. 8. C. T? f.t It = ILWAY SYSTEM aY REDUCED ROUND ION FARES TO 4 FALLS \ P PARES WILL APPLY: I SIT THIS FAMOUS RESORT. N DAYS, INCLUDING THE DAY - $31.85 rfBER 13TH, 21ST, 27TH, OCTOI Train leaving Washington, D. C., ates, )RE & OHIO RAILROAD LEAVE A. M. Except Limited) Trains. turn Trip only, not to exceed- Ten at BUFFALO, PHILADELPHIA, N'D BALTIMORE. i APPLY TO TICKET AGENTS tues St