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ESTABLISHED 1855 YORK, S. c7tUESDAY, OCTOBER 37l9-22. ^oT7&~
VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS
Brief Local Paragraphs of More or
Less Interest.
PICKED DP BT EIPIKEB REPORTERS
Stories Concerning Folks and Things,
Some of Which You Know and
Some You Don't Know?Condensed
For Quick Reading,
Here's a story that elves an idea
of the damage that was done the crops
of farmers living: west of Yorkville by
that htjul storm in August. Views and
Interviews was riding along past the
home of Mr. William Ferguson on York
No. 5 the other day and knowing that
Mr. Ferguson's crop was in the path of
the storm inquired:
"How much cotton will you make-"
"Well I had twenty acres in cotton
this year ana l ngure mai i may nm?<;
two little light bales," replied Mr.
Ferguson.
Cheaper in York County.
"Farmers of York county are getting
their cotton ginned much cheaper than
are thoso of North Carolina," remarked
a York county man the other evening.
"I was in Shelby a few days ago
and a gioner told me that the uniform
charge in Cleveland county for ginning
a bale of cotton under 500 pounds was
$3. The average charge for the ginning
of a bale in York county under 500
pounds is $2 or a difference of 33 1-3
per cent."
Went to Bridgew>fer.
"Come on and go to Bridgewater
with me today," said early yesterday
morning Mr. T. ^T. Allen, "grand old
UA..mAViv " In ovtrcmp
111*1X1 VI nai lliyi T, A MM V**V
eastern sectioft of York county.
Mr. All^d was in Yorkville before
' breakfast yesterday morning, oil his
way tpniridgewater in Catawba county,
}(. C. "I've been intending to visit
that place for a long titne and bad
never been able to get fixed to go until
today and here I am in my fliwer."
Seventy-five years lie lightly on the
brow of Mr. Allen and despite his
years when he decides to go anywhere
ho ?ust "up and goes."
Real Battler Lives Here.
"By the way," remarkokd one interested
in sports this morning: "Did you
know that we have a real, honest-togoodness
prize fighter living here in
Yorkville?"
"Well, it is a fact. He married a
Yorkville girl several months ago and
has been making headquarters here for
nmo fimo His rtnmo Id '.In .To John
son*. Hp fought Young Stribling of.
Macon, Ga., at Thomasville, Gu., last
Fiiday night and he got the stuffing
knocked out of him in the fourth round
of a scheduled ten round bout. Yes,
sir, it's a fact?regular professional
battler?Ug muscles an' everything."
The Laugh is On Charlotte.
"We've been laughing up our sleeves
at the sporting editor of a Charlotte
paper," remarked a Fort Mill man
who was in Yorkville yesterday.
"We've got a mighty good football
team in Fort Mill High school this
year and on Tuesday of last week the
team was scheduled to play the University
School of Charlotte. Just before
that game one of the Charlotte
papers, tooting the Charlotte Univer
sity school highly, which praise was
deserved in face of the fine prospects
of the team, remarked that the Tarheel
boys would 'get a good workout
with the South Carolina boys.' Well
they got it all right, because our team
beat 'em 18 to 0, and it was the Charlotte
eleven which furnished the
'workout' instead of Fort Mill."
Famous Bills.
"Speaking of 'Bills' said a member
of the fraternity of Elks who was in
jocular mood the other day, "here are
some of the most famous ones 1 know:
Bill-iOU8
Hello Bill
Bill Bryan
Bonus Bill
Kaiser Bill
Oarage Bill
Bill of fare
Bill Sunday
Bill of costs
Monthly Bill
Doctor's Bill
Hospital Bill
Plumber's Bill
Bill of lading
Bill of indictment
Bill you forgot to pay
Bill that made you cuss
Bill you promised to pay
Bill you thought you'd paid
Bill friend wife made at the store
Bill found in. last year's vest pocket.
The Saving Habit.
, "Noticed you had an interview in
Views and Interviews the other day
with a banker relative to the saving
habit," said a YorkviHe man this
morning. "Here are the brief sayings
of some of the leading men of the
country in tho past relative to economy.'
Ceorge Washington: "Economy
makes happy homes and sound nations.
Instill it deep.
Thomas Jefferson: "Save and teach
1 all you are interested in to save; thus
pave the way for moral and material
success.
Andrew Jackson: "Save your money I
and thrive or pay the price in poverty I
and disgrace."
John Tyler: "Wealth can be accumulated
only by the earnings of industry
and the savings of frugality." |
*.
Abraham Lincoln: "Teach economy.
That is one of the first and highest
virtue. It begins with saving
money."
James A. Garfield: "Experience
teaches that it is the men and women
who pay attention to small savings
that become wealthy. By saving nickels
and dimes a thrifty person lays
the foundation of a fortune."
William McKinley: "The little savings
bank in the home means more for
the future of the children of a family,
almost, than all of the advice in the
world. It gives the right start."
Theodore Roosevelt: "Extravagance
rots character; train youth away from
it. On the other hand, the habit of
savinir money, while it stiffens the |
will, also brightens the energies. If
you would be sure that you are beginning
right, begin to save."
BURIAL OF TOM WATSON
Georgia Throng Weeps as its Lost
, Leader is Laid to Rest.
The mortal remains of United States '
Senator Thomas E. Watson rests today
in the soil of his native McDuffle
county, writes Ed H. Bradley in the
Atlanta Journal of last Thursday.
Attending by a mighty concourse of
his friends and followers, and by a
representative delegation of his col- 1
leagues in the national legislative
halls, his body arrived at "Hickory
Hills," his old home, shortly after
noon, and with simple, impressive
ceremonies, was consigned to the earth
from which he sprang.
The tremendous gathering, 7,000 or 1
more, that awaited the return of McDuffle's
most illustrious son testified
more emphatically than any other
possible demonstration, the love and
esteem In which he was held not only 1
uy inuse who ciuuueu ma jrei?uiiai
friendship and espoused devotedly the
principles for which he stood, but
also by those \vhom political events
arranged against him.
Tho public square near the railroad '
station was draped in black. All business
houses were closed and the entire
town suspended its daily activities to 1
do honor to the "Sage of McDuffle." 1
Hundreds Shed Tears.
When the special train bearing his
remains drew up at the station, there
were hundreds who shed tears unashamed,
as the casket was removed
from the Pullman that had borne it i
from the national capital.
Tne Dociy was uorne reverently to (
"Hickory Hill,' where Mrs. Watson i
and her two young granddaughters, .
Miss Georgia Lee and Miss Georgia <
Watson, with the senator's brother, W.
A. Watson, and his sister, Mrs. J. H. ]
Cliatt, awaited its arrival. The crowd i
that had assembled at the railroad
station trailed back to the Watson
home, following the automobiles carry- 1
irg the senatorial and congressional i
delegations.
At "Hickory Hill" the active pall- 1
bearers, men who had been the senators
personal friends for many years,
bor6 the casket on their shoulders into
the spacious reception hall of the
typical southern mansion. 1
The members of his immediate family
were the first to view the remains, 1
and then the doors were thrown open
to all who wished to gaze for the last
time upon the features of their dead
leader, still and cold in the last long
sleep. For almost two hours they
filed, past his casket, gazing down i
upon xne nps mat naci meveo tr?ou- i
sands to tumultuous applause, upon the
eyes that had flashed with a. fcre unquenchable,
upon the brow that denoted
one of the most brilliant intellects
Georgia has ever produced.
TALK OF POLITICS
Possible Candidates of Two Years
Hence Are Mentioned.
"Although the 1922 State Democratic
primary for state offices is loss than (
two weeks behind us and the next ;
primary will not be held until August,
1924, politicians in Columbia have al- :
ready begun to talk of possible candi- ]
dates in the next race for the gov- ,
crnorship and for the seat in the Unit- ,
ed States senate now held by Senator 1
Dial, whose successor will be chosen ,
two years hence," a day or two ago ,
said a state senator from the centhal ]
part of the state. "One of the leaders
of the Blease forces, said to me within
the last week," continued the senator,
"that Blease himself would not again
be a candidate for governor, but that j
he and his friends were sure to insist
upon Congressman Fred Dominick
making' the race against McLeod two
years hence.
"Another thing these Columbia politicians
are saying is that Congressman
Jim Byrnes of the Aiken district will
enter the race against Senator Dial
and that Congressman \\\ F. Stevenson
of the Fifth district also is expected
to become a candidate to succeed
Senator Dial."?Fort Mill Times.
Money in Apples.?F. E. Ellis, of
Level Land, Abbeville county, gathered
200 bushels of apples from two trees
of the I'imson variety this year, worth,
at market prices, $150 and expected to
sell from his orchard of two acres
more than $500 worth of apples this
season. We are not surprised, but
highly gratified. It will interest a
great many people in Spartanburg to
know that the distinguished Dr. John
(1. Clinkscales, of Wofford College,
came from the Level Land country in
Abbeville county.?Spartanburg Journal.
MEET THE TEACHERS
Personal Sketches of the Faculty
Members of the Yorkvllle School.
MISS ALLISON ON HER 22D YEAR
Teaching Force is Largest in Local
School History?Fine Spirit is Apparent
Among Pupils and Work is
Progressing Nicely?New Building
Creates inspiration and Interest.
Gather around, patrons and friends, i
and let us introduce you to the members
of the faculty of the Yorkville i
Graded School for the year 1922-23.
For your information, prior to intro- i
auction let us state inai n is me
largest faculty that the local school has
ever had and while it is unnecessary to ;
say it, there is nothing wrong about 1
informing you that the staff of :
teachers is one of the most efficient ;
that the school has had in all its long
and interesting history. While the i
present school year is hardly more 1
than "settled, down to books" as it (
were, it is evident that there is a feel- ]
ing of interest, a spirit of loyalty and !
eagerness apparent among the nearly 1
600 pupils that somehow or other
appears to be finer and more genuine
than any such spirit that has ever ,
been e\idenced before. From the (
grades for beginners on up through (
the eleventh grade, with its unusually ]
large enrollment, there is an atmos- ]
phere at the school that bodes progress j
and success for both teachers and .
pupils. There is a firm belief in the (
minds of the pupils both boys and girls, j
for instance, that this is going to be
the most successful year from an ,
athletic standpoint that the school has ! |
ever naa. xnere is 1 merest among
pupils of all sizes relative to football
prospects. The larger girls have plans
us well as visions for a basket ball
team, the equal if not the superior of
any "High" in the state.
Those boys who are too "light" for
football are looking forward to next
spring when the sun shines warmly
during the lazy days and when Coach
Gressette will call for candidates to
try out for the "varsity."
Building an Inspiration.
Maybe this new inspiration which
pupils and teachers appear to have
caught results in some measure' from
the fact that the school will soon be
comfortably housed in the most handsome
high school building in the state.
According to the contractors it will be
completed in another month or six
weeks at least. Some of the airy, well
lighted, conveniently apportioned
school rooms have already been completed
and school is going on in one
room while the hammer and saw of
the carpenter are heard in another room
nearby. A little confusing: you might 5
think, and somewhat detrimental to 1
the complete mastery of "readin' and '
writin* and 'rithmetic." But not so. '
It doesn't appear to trouble.
But enough of this school gossip. 1
Wc started out this afternoon to meet
the members of the teaching faculty? (
pleasant and agreeable all. Some of '
them were born and reared here and '
have been teaching in the Yorkvllle '
school for several years. Others come
from other, parts of the state. We'll '
start at the first grade, if you will, '
md we'll learn something about each 1
and every teacher throughout the (
school.
Starting Twenty-second Year.
We enter the room of the first grade ,
and there we meet Miss Sudie Allison. j
Everybody who has been connected j
with the school either as parent, pupil |
or fiiend since 1900 knows "Missjj
Sudie," a permanent fixture by right of j
ibility and efficiency in primary school I
work in Yorkville. She is entering on
her twenty-second year as a teacher in
the graded school, the record perhaps
of the state for a lady teacher in consccutive
single school teaching. One .
who was a member of her first class ^
12 years ago grows reminiscent and
holds for a little while fond memories
of that year as one sees her surrounded
by the little tots of 1922?the same
"Miss Sudie" and the same kindly,
considerate and enthusiastic manner
of dealing with little folks that was so
noticeable twenty-two years ago.
Nearby "Miss Sudie's" room is the 1
room of Miss Annie Stevens, long a 1
resident of Yorkville who, also teaches *'
a. part of the first grade. Miss Stevens 1
is a graduate of Queen's College in 1
Charlotte, and is a teacher of several 1
years' experience. 1
The second grade this year is under '
the guidance of Miss Edith Muldrow of !
Darlington. This is Miss Muldrow's '
first year in Yorkville; but already the '
little folks in her charge have de- J
veloped a most kindly affection for
their teacher and a most successful '
vpar's work is nromised. Miss Mill- <
drow, by the way, is a graduate of the '
University of Virginia, and a teacher <
of a number of years of experience. 1
In the third grade we find Miss j '
Louise Barron, native of Yorkville, in j'
charge. Miss Bauron is a graduate of !
Winthrop College and is entering 1
upon her third year's work as a teacher 1
in the Yorkville Graded School.
In charge of the second and third 1
grade "over flow" is Miss Marie 1
Walker of Filbert. A graduate of '
Winthrop College, this is Miss 1
Walker's first year in the local school 1
although she has had considerable ex- 1
perience in other schoqls. i
We enter the fourth grade room and i
we meet Miss Margie Scawright of 1
Hodges, S. C., a newcomer in Yorkville.
Miss Seawriglit is a graduate of
tha Due West Woman's College and
has been teaching for six years.
Approaching the room of the fourth
and fifth grade "over flow" we meet
Miss Irene Grier of Columbia, who
likewise is entering upon her first
year's work here. Miss Grier is a
graduate of Lander College in Greenwood,
and has been teaching for seven
years.
C/er in the sixth grade we meet
Miss Kathleen McGee of Anderson, S.
C. This is Miss McGee's second year
as a teacher and we learn also that she
is a graduate of Lander College at
Greenwood, that she has a big class
nere ana inav sue iikcs ine worn ime
and that the pupils like her.
We find Mrs. Agnes Hunter Lawton
in charge of the fifth grade proper.
Mrs. Lawton is a native of Yorkville.
She is a graduate of Winthrop College
ind we learn that she taught here last
vear.
Directing the work of the seventh
?rade is Miss Wilmore Logan of Yorkville.
Miss Logan is a graduate of
ohicora College and has had much experience
in the teaching profession.
She has been teaching several years in
the local school.
The High School.
Our tour of the primary and
grammar school grades having been
completed, we enter the high school
iepartment. There is Miss Mary Williams,
a native of Yorkville, who has
oonHino- hnro throo von rfl ShP
:s a graduate of Winthrop College I
md we learn that the special branches '
ihe teaches In Yorkville are history '
ind English. '
There Is Miss Louise Oates, graduate !
Df Winthrop who teaches high school 1
pupils Latin?nothing but Latin. Miss 1
Dates has had several years' experi- '
ince as a teacher.
There is Mrs. P. Erwin Moore of '
Vorkville who teaches high school 1
English. "Miss Nora," her pupils call
ier, and it is learned that she has J
jeen teaching in the public schools for 1
Ifteen years or more. , '
We meet Tatum W. Gressette of St. 1
Matthews, who joined the faculty last 1
veek. He teaches science and is school
lirector of athletics. The big boys and I
the little boys call him "Coach" al- I
ready and he is very popular with '
:hose pupils of athletic bent and incli- 1
nation especially, despite the fact that 1
le has only been identified with the 1
1 it-__ ?l. mi 1
sunuui less limn u. wwn. aiic otnuvi
a confidently looking' to "Coach" to
lead, them to victory in various k'nds
if athletic moots.
Miss Mary O. Blackwell of Laurens
Is also a newcomer in Yorkville.' Miss
Ulackwell specializes in French. This
s her first year as a teacher. She is
i graduate of Winthrop.
Mrs. E. A. Montgomery, wife of the
school superintendent, is director of
nusic in the school and she has as her
iupils a number of boys and girls who
show considerable musical talent. This
s Mrs. Montgomery's third year as
nusic teacher.
We meet the school principal Mr.
3eorge C. McCclvey?"Mr. Mack" as
:he boys and girls call him. He is a
rraduate of the Citadel and has been
eaching in Yorkville for several years.
Very popular with the students is "Mr. 1
Mack," and one who is at all times I
nterested in every movement having
is its object the growth and progress 1
>f the school. <
The Direitsr. ''
Then we drop in on the general di- 1
ector or superintendent, Prof. E. A.
Montgomery, graduate of Woflford in
he class of 1902. He is entering upon
lis third yearns superintendent of the J
schools. It is largely due to his un- i
iring activity and earnestness for the !
iromotion of local school welfare that 1
he new school building long so sorely !
leeded is under construction. This <
jompletes our visit for the day, folks; t
lut before you go you are reminded
hat these teachers will appreciate your t
ntercst and your co-operation and will
je pleased to have you visit their
ichool rooms almost any time.
ALCOHOL FOR HOOTCH.
Greenwood Drug Stores Quit Sale of
Denatured Spirits.
An epidemic of poispning in Greenwood
is feared from consumption of
ootleg liquor, following purchases
ind attempted purchases of quantities
>f denatured alcohol by negroes. For
several days druggists have been
iwarnped with orders for denatured
ilcohol and are now refusing to sell
ihe alcohol except where they are assured
that it is not for illegal use. It
is believed that the negroes are mixing
the stuff with water and selling it
is corn liquor.
Grain alcohol is denatured by addng
various poisons, and druggists declare
that fatal results may follow, if t
any of the denatured alcohol has been 1
consumed. Denatured alcohol is not j a
.... .1 I. ltd no I I
but it is poisonous. Negroes in Green- <
wood have confessed to drinking the (
stuff successfully with no fatalities,
but it is regarded as dangerous for J
white stomachs.
Customers seeking denatured alcohol
have besieged Greenwood drug (
stores during the past few days, in- t
variably declaring that they want it I
to use for cleaning clothes. Substl- \
lute clothes cleaners will not be ac- s
cepted. Although no law forbids the r
sale of denatured alcohol, druggists |
have put a ban on sales for suspected 1
Illegal use. '
TALK OF POWER LINE
Hickory Grove May Benefit From the
Plant at Ninety-nine Islands.
MltTtU MMl DKUUUH1 1U KIVtK
Popular Young Couple Marry?School
?
Improvement Association is Re-organized?Patrons
Hear Prof. Taylor
?Cotton Crop Hardly Half of Last
Year's Yield?Other News Notes of
West York.
(By a Start Correspondent.)
Hickory Grove, October 2.?High
hopes of receiving all the advantages
of electric power, the power to be
supplied from the Southern Power
Station at Ninety-nine islands in the
near future are entertained by Hickory
Grove people who are very much interested
in the proposition. It has
oeen recently estimated that a power
line can bo extended to Hickory Grove
from a point where the power line
touches about six miles west of here
for a cost of $20,000 or less. And. it is
practically certain tha: Hickory Grove
will get the service either through a
stock company organised here for the
purpose or selling eiecinu puwei ui
ilse through a bond issue of the municipality.
It is stated that there are
:hose here who favor each plan. There
ire some who argue -.hat a privately
owned corporation of the kind would
prove a great thing for the stockholders.
Others argue that it would
he right and proper for the town to
issue bonds for the purpose and that
such a proposal would meet with little
or no opposition. The town tax levy is
low only three mills. Practically
?very home in town, it is argued,
vould take the electric current and the
ocal ginnery and other enterprises
tvould be mighty glad to have it.
Then again some leading citizens of
Hickory Grove have for years entertained
the idea that this town should
lave a cotton mill and it is fully
-ealized that a cotton mill can never
ae until electric power to run it is at
hand. A number of Sharon business
people have informed Hickory Grove
people that in the event the Hickory
Urove people build a power line connecting
this town with Ninety-nine islands
that it is practically assured
that Sharon would provide for an extension
on to that place. A contractor
ivho wants the job of building the line
tias been here making calculations and
there is more interest in the proposition
right now looking to practical
esults than there has ever been according
to statements of local people.
School Patrons Huar Taylor.
Patrons and friends of Hickory
Urove school heard an Interesting and
nstructive address on school improvement
from Prof. W. C Taylor of the
jaffney schools last Thursday night.
Prof. Taylor was heard with close atention
and his was an address calculated
to inspire and promote interest
n the school. At a recent meeting of
nn/i felon/To nf t ho cphnnl thp
Hickory Grove School Improvement
association was re-orgr nizcd with the
ilection of the following officials.
President, Mrs. J. W. Lewis; vice
president, R. T. Bridges; secretary,
Miss Lucille Lesslie; treasurer, J. H.
flood. The membership of the asso:iation
at present totals 74; and the
association has plans for many improvements
in the school during the
fear.
Enrollment Increased.
Enrollment in the ten grades of
Hickory Grove High school shows an
ncrease over the enrollment of last
fear, 130 pupils being on the rolls so
'ar this year. The school opened on
September 18, in charge of Superin:endend
A. Lake Brooks assisted by
he following teachers: J. H. Hood,
Hisses Pearl Boozer, Neva Hemphill
ind Lucille Lesslie.
Popular Couple Marry.
A marriage of two popular young
>eople of Hickory Grove which came
is rather a surprise to their many
riends was that of Mr. Sam Wilkerjon
and Miss Irma Hood. The young
:ouple were married in Gaffney on
["hursday evening, the ceremony havng
been performed by Rev. W. A.
rlafner, pastor of the Presbyterian
ihurch of Gaffney. Mr. Wilkorson is
he son of Mr. W. S. Wilkerson of
ilickory Grove and is engaged in busiless
here. His bride is the daughter
)f Dr. and Mrs. W. A. Hood and is a
.*oung woman of winsome personality
vho lias been engaged in teaching for
leveral years. Immediately after the
vedding ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Wilterson
left for a wedding trip to
joints in western North Carolina.
Mrs. Lutitia Childers Dead.
Mrs. Lutitia Childers died Friday at
he home of her son-in-law Brown
Dover here aged 80 years. Interment
vas in the cemetery at Unity on Saturday
following funeral services conlucted
by Rev. It. G. Pressly. Mrs.
Uhilders is survived by three children,
VIrs. Brown Dover and Messrs. Sam
md Jim Childers.
Ate Shipped Fish at River.
Hickory Grove members of the oider
)[ the Knights of Pythias had the
inique experience of eating "shipped,
Ish" on the banks of Broad river in
vhich stream thousands of fish are
supposed to abound, one day recently. <
Phe local Pythians were invited to be
iresent at a fish fry given by Pythian
edges of Blacksburg and Gnffney and
VIcCraw's Brick Yard about ten miles
west of here. The promoters of the fry
had made arrangements with a Broad
river fisherman to supply them with
100 pounds of fish from the river for
the fry. The fisherman failed to live
up to his contract to produce the fish
in time for the occasion. The Pythians
were not to be outdone by a little
thing like that. They sent to Gaffney
where they purchased fish from a
dealer, carried the fish to the river
bank where they were cooked, and
eaten with as much relish and enjoyment
as though they had been hooked
out of the turgid stream.
Ginning Will Not Total 1,000.
Leon M. Allison, cashier of the Bank
of Hickory Grove is of the opinion |
that erinninsrs at Hickory Grove this
season will not total 1,000 bales. Ordinarily
from 1,500 to 1,600 bales of cotton
are ginned at Hickory Grove and
most of the cotton ginned is sold here,
but this year the boll weevil and adverse
weather conditions have so curtailed
the community crop that Mr.
Allison hardly thinks the local gins
will gin more than 700 bales at most.
The corn crop will also be very short
it is said although there are some
farmers living in the Broad River
country who are going to make almost
if not as much cotton as they did last
year.
Residence is Sold.
R. J. Caldwell has purchased the
house and lot of the late R. H. Westmoreland
in the northern section of
town and has moved into the purchase.
Messrs. Sam and Tom Wilkerson have
just completed building handsome new
residences in Hickory Grove.
FARMERS LOSE.
Senator Smith Says Cotton Is Being
Sold Below Cost of Production.
With middling cotton bringing around
twenty cents a pound, the farmer loses
$20 to $25 a bale, United States Senator
E. D. Smith, South Carolina, declared
at Florence last Thursday, in discussing
production cost and statistics compiled,
he said, by department of agriculture
experts.
The figures show that the average
cost of producing a pound of lint cotton
this year, basing the average production
at 200 pounds per acre, which
the senator declares is a generous allowance
and one that will scarcely be
reached, is 22 cents a pound.
In arriving at this cost the department
experts have not included the increased
cost of producing cotton under
boll weevil condition^, they haven't fig
ured in the cost of picking up squares,
extra cultivation and poisoning. When
this additional cost is added, says Senator
Smith, the total average cost will i
amount to 24 to 25 cents a pound.
This, bear in mind, based on the production
of as much as 200 pounds to i
the acre. ,
"It requires but a simple calcula- \
tion," declared Senator Smith, "to see ,
that the cotton produced this year is (
selling below the cost of production, ]
netting a loss of from ?20 to J25 on ev- .
ery bale that is grown in the grea* c ot- <
ton producing belt. The figures are as ]
astonishing as they are alarming," declared
Senator Smith.
"Therefore, at the present for middling
cotton, the cotton produced in
South Carolina, and sold at present (
prices, is, according to the depart- (
ment's own figures, sold below the cost (
of production for the reason that a (
large per cent of cotton made and sold (
under boll weevil conditions is below j
middling- and yet it costs as much to
grow a pound of good ordinary, which
Is from three to four cents a pound under
middling, as it does to grow middling.
Strict good ordinary, low middling,
and strict low middling from onehalf
cent to two cents a pound. The
per cent of the crop that is below mid- '
dling will at least average one-half. 1
Therefore when the average grades are (
taken into consideration, the farmer ;
will get less than the indicated aver- 1
age price for the reason that the grades '
above middling do not increase in price
as the grades below middling decrease in
price, as compared with middling. '
"As middling cotton is now bringing 1
around twenty cents a pound, the average
run of grades of the average farm
would bring about 18 cents, so that "
cotton that is costing from 22 to 24 '
cents a pound to make, is bringing 18 1
cents, a net loss of from $20 to $25 a '
bale."
FEARS FOR LIFE.
Man With Golden Ribs Is Always
Watching for Thieves.
A young man with ribs of gold and '
platinum is working in a cigarette fac- 1
tory at Brealau, Germany.
When he was a locksmith's apprentice
several years ago, he fell from the (
roof of a house and was badly injured.
He was taken to a hospital where the
doctors found that his skull was fractured
and all his ribs but two were
broken. The youth was in the hospital
for no less than four and a half years,
and finally the surgeons undertook to 1
repair or replace his shattered ribs. 1
A metal plate was inserted in his (
skull and the fractured bones were 1
replaced by ribs of gold and platinum.
Two and a half years later the man
was able to leave the hospital, and f
since then he has been working in a 1
cigarette factory. In view of the pres- c
ent value of gold and platinum, it is
svident that he is carrying about in his
body quite a considerable amount of I
wealth, and it is stated that special t
measures are being taken to protect f
him against criminals. c
CLOVER NEWS BUDGET
Boys and Girls Conduct Devotional
Exercises at High School.
TALK OF LARGE QUARRY PROJECT
School Enrollment Shows Increase of
50 Over Last Year?Presbyterians
Look About for Pastor?Other
News Notes of the Metropolis of
Northern York County.
(By a Staff Correspondent.)
Clover, October 3.?Clover boy# and
girls who attend the local school are
being given instruction and practice in
the conduct of devotional exercises this
year, a new and novel feature that la
being introduced here for the first
time. While the ministers of Clover
rotate in conducting devotional exercises
on Monday morning of each
week, the other four morning services
are placed in charge of pupils. A
record of the performance of this service
on the part of each bov and. girl
of the advanced grades is so that
they are given credit. The exercises
consist of a prayer and Scripture reading
and the singing of a song. Then
the superintendent is called upon by
the pupil who might be in charge to
make such announcements as might bo
necessary. A few minutes' are
given to the study of current events,
both local, state and national at the
morning chapel exercises and then the
students are dismissed to their respective
classes. It is said that a number
of other schools in the state contemplate
the adoption of the method
of conduct of devotional exercise*
nrVits>V? Vi o a Kaan Kir Cimnrln _
niu^u iia9 wtcu uut vuuucu uy
tendent Reid of Clover.
May Operate Big Quarry.
A large granite quarry to be located
near Beaver Dam trestle north of Clover
and to employ several score men
is a possibility for Clover. It is learned
that quarrymen of Rock Hill and
Plnehurst, N. C., are calculating on
the purchase of a big rock crushing
and quarry plant now located at
Spencer Mountain, N. C., and moving
it to the Beaver Dam vicinity to be
used in getting out quantities of
granite rock to be crushed and used
for construction purposes. The plan
is in embryo as yet. But the crushing
plant at Spencer Mountain is for sale.
There is plenty of granite In the vicinity
of Beaver Dam which can be purchased
and the men who have been investigating
the proposition are so confident
of the profitableness of it that
they are about ready to put their
money into it.
Former Clover Man Dead.
Perry Dover, 65. a former resident of
Clover, died at Stark, Fla., last Monday
and was buried at Antioch cemetery
in Cherokee county on Friday, a
number of Clover relatives and acquaintances
attending his funeral. Mr.
Dover moved from Clover to Florida
lbout fifteen years ago. He is survived
by his widow and a daughter, Mrs,
Lee Whisonant of Clover.
Looking About for Pastor.
Talk and discussion of a new pastor
for the First Presbyterian church of
Clover to succeed Rev. J. E. Berryhill
recently resigned is engaging the at:entlon
of the congregation it Is learned.
While no definite action has yet
jeen taken toward securing a successor
;o Rev. Mr. Berryhill the concensus of
ppinion among the congregation is that
hey should not go long without a
pastor and it is very probable that
they will at least so so far as to call
i successor at an early date.
Societies Reorganized.
The two literary societies of Clover
ligh School?the Pressly and the Calpoun
have been re-organized for thejurrent
school year and the officers
ire now engaged in mappin? out a
plan of literary activities. It is proposed
to hold three Joint meets between
the societies during the school
,rear and the first of these meets the
programme for which has not yet been
,vorJ<ed out is to be held on Novemper
3.
To date the enrollment of the Clover
ichool totals 400, which according to
Superintendent W. S. Reld is about 60
ncrease over last year. Twenty-five
pupils li ring outside of Clover school
listrict are attending school here thia
year. There are eighteen pupils in
lie eleventh grade as against twenty:wo
who were in the eleventh grade
ast year. It is interesting to note
hat eleven of the twenty-twe graduitcs
of the class of '22 ar now attend
up nigner institutions ot learning.
Due to the crowded condition of the
hird and fourth grades it is proWlble
hat an additional teacher will have to
)e supplied although there will be no
such employment if it can be provent;d.
The school will be conducted eight
nonths this year.
Has Minor Operation.
Miss Veola Johnson of Yorkville vho
eachcs the fourth grade here recently
inderwent a minor operation in a
Charlotte hospital. Miss Johnson is
ecuperating rapidly.
Opens Grocery Business.
R. P. Reid, Jr., of Edgmoor has
>pened a grocery business in Clover in
he Matthews store room formerly
ccupied by J. R. Pursley.
? The ice bill of the people of the
United States is about $1,000,000 a day,
he northern lakes furnishing oneourth
of the total production of the
ountry.
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