Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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?"Investigation fef the double murder of Rev. Edward Wheeler Hail and his choir leader at New Brunswick, N. J., now seems to be centering around a mystery car that wan seen near the place where the bodies were found on the night of the killing. A. E. Sopor, a retired business man,- who lives in the vicinity, said he saw a sedan car thai night in which there was a woman and two men, the woman wearing^ a light colored coat. The car is sail to have been similar to the one owiied by Mrs. Hall, and it is known that Mrs.. Hall wore a light colored cojl Although mi one has- been charged'"SWith the killing- . b theory * - ' -I 4 A se^&is ttp De developing aau "?vth$ flak's peoplo vere on to an inte^Jeii dopement of Mr. HaU ard Mrs. Mills.; It had gotten out In sone way that they were going to Japan. It i? flghred tty sorap too that members of Mr*. HaU's family, including Mrs. Hall, kn$w of-what was doing, and were not far away when tho killing occurred. There have been no open charges of ?- Afrs.'*Thos. E. Watson, having declined tp ^fccept appointment as United St$te^ senator to succeed her recently deceased husband, Governor Thos. E. Hardwick tendered the place to Mrs. W?l?"Felton who accepted. The reason given for Mrs,- Watson's declinatiCBi was ill health. Mrs. Felton is tht widow of th^lau Dr. W. H. Felton, of^Cartenrville, jjrv!rt jforved several terms in conjreslf sTib has been prominent in the public affairs of Georgia for more than fifty years, being: noted as a writer and public speake?4. She*had beMi knotvn foi> ? art oHliorr>nt nf the latC many jcaio wo ???. v.? Senator Watson, and it is said that during the recent campaign she Was a , supporter of Governor Hafdwick for re-election. It- is .-not.certain that she will be able to. take Jier seat for the reason that tttere will be a regular election of Senator Watson's successor before the next session of the senate. Governor* Hardwick has announced himself a candidate for Watson's seat in the regular election. The probability is that Hoke Smith and others will be among the contestants. ? The towns of La Belle, Goodno, Bare Beach, Okelanta and Clewiston, in the Lake Okeechobee district of Florida, are inudated as a result of ' high waters in the Everglades, according to., reports from Moorehaven. Sbuthwest of Moorehaven, the advices said is a bodv of water 40 miles long atid "half a mile wide. The high water is due to excessive rains which have fallen during: the last ten days. The Kissimee river, which flows into Lake Okeechobee from the north wag declared to be "a mile wider" than ever before, and reports from the Everglades were to the effect that the water generally was rising? at- a. ratc.oC.. approximately one inch every 24 hours. F. C4 Elliott, chief engrineor of the state internal improvement board, entered the Everglades recently to investigate the situation. All of the 100,000 acres reservation of the Seminole In ulans in the Everglades of the southeastern part of Lee county is under water as a result of excessive rains. Vast stretches of the Everglades are inundated. t- Eighty-three railroads of the Upifc^d.fctetes, operating approximately 6f?,000 'ltifles and employing between 12?,()i)0 and 130,000 members of the federated shoi>crafts have settled the sbopcrafts strike with their system federations, according to a specia' bulletin sent out from Chicago Wednesday; to all members of the organizatyn over the signatures of B. M. Jewell, ]>resident. The latest addition ti^he settling road-; were the Fourth Smith & Western, the Georgia, Florida ^ Alabama and the Chicago Great \t"Mtern. Replying to numerous requests for an interpretation of the I*afiinore plan, the circular states tfirde reasons actuated the executives id*accenting the agreement basis. It glvds, first, a split in the association of litytray executives?one group agrees ti rttie settlement and the other bent on destroying these organizations; second, willingness of the liberal group to n^otiate national agreements and lay down a basis for settlements on other roads, fhird, that no justification could bfe found for keeping 125,000 men on strike who could return- to work and assist in financing those who remained idle. Justification for the action of the policy committee, the circular dcctared, is seen in the fact that 31 other c4#i?ors in addition to the original 52 have agreed to the Baltimore plan. A s^c*yid special circular to the membership contained in detail an interpretation of Federal Judge Wilkerson's decision on the injunction filed against the organization bv Attorney General n? Daugherty. -?-?Columbia, October 4: As another step? toward. solving a crime which baffled the Columbia police and detectives for exactly twenty months, Atidrew Roberts, Jesse F. Cooper, J. Ro#S Davis and Collio E. Hinson were I tonjght bound over to the criminal court by a coroner's inquest which cli^rged that the four men were responsible for the death and were implicated in the murder of C. U. Canndn, negro transfer driver, March J, 1921, near the union station. Confessions alleged to have been made by Roberts and Cooper to Sheriff lleisc aryl,Rural Policeman Runaway were j dircut 1 in an effort to absolve each of these two men of the crime. Cooper however, later denied that he was in the car and implicated Hinson andj Davis. The cause of tho murder of Caapon, asi brought out iiv the con- , feisions of-the men wgs their inability I to,pay the fare demanded by the negro j wfi& jiad been engaged to h.aul a load of licjdor to the city. As the car neared thp'eity. the driver announced that in; j would .turn'.the men oyer, to the^ police I Utithe uttttn stittUtl, and It wsuf ttillowtJ! rng this statement-that the driver was murdered. Sheriff Heise learned of Cooper's alleged connection with the crime and located him in Rock Hill about ten days ago. He was brought to Columbia and in the presence of Roberts, who is serving a sentence of eight months for larceny, charged that Roberts flred the fatal shots, Roberts denied the charge and said that Cooper was the man who did the shooting. Cooper tonight denied the confession said to have been made in the presence of Sheriff Heise and Officer Dunaway and made statements concerning Hinson which were denied.a. few minutes Jater by Xlinspn, who sr id that he was the 'ean .'Copjjj&t- was ; rtatoled by ITocmer Governor Manning several years ago after Conviction for highway robbery,,.At the conclusion of the in^ quest th6 four men were remanded td the Richland county jail to await trial. County officers are beinj? highly complimented on running clown the men connected with the murder of CannonJ a case which at one time was deemed I nf cnllll inTl nil\t\Jom Vi aviuvw... (The \|orkviUr nquiw. Entered at the Postoffice at f ork, as l Mail Matter of the Second Class. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1922. There is plenty of business for those who will go after it.' Wonder what it would feel like if wc should run into a condition where there were none to keep up the age old cry of "hard times!" The biggest objection to the farm loan bank system is that too often the neccsiit> for a loan has passed before the appraisers can get around to pass on the security. It Is a beautiful fall for oats sowing, provided the work is not too long delayed. No, oats is not a "money crop"; but nobody ever has too many oats. The economic changes superinduced by the boll weevil call for the exercise of more intelligence and more industry and the exercise of more intelligence and more industry will necessarily develop a higher standard of living and more wealth. It is the finest COtifity- in ttaeCXviwltf Chat -we have. The demonstration agents throughout the cotton belt are urging a general plowing under of cotton lands as the most effective means of keeping down the weevil. It is claimed that experience everywhere has demonstrated that fall plowing is of great value in this direction. The probability is that the advice is good; but whether or not fall plowing has any effect on the weevil, there is no reason to doubt its benefits to the next year's crop. So since the failure of Great Britain's mighty bluff to retain possession of the Straits ancl Constantinople even if she had to go it alone, it appears that Mustapha Kemal is to get back practically all that he demanded. His demands included the return of Eastern Thrace, guarantees of equal rights for Turks in Western Thrace, internationalization of the Straits and Constantinople under Turkish sovereignty. The long and short of it is that Turkey is to remain in control of the international waterways and of th^ir ancient capital instead of turning that control over to the British. I I ? Tlic outstanding feature of the proceed inps of the annual convention of the American Hankers' association, j held in New York this week, beginning j Tuesday, was a manifestation of senj timent in favor of cancelling the Al| lied debts to America. Twenty-three thousand American banks were represented in the convention by 10,000 delegates. It was Thomas \Y. Lamont, associate of J. 1'. Morgan, who gave voice to the suggestion that created the stampede. The house of Morgan is the recognized representative in America of the international financial i control that centres in London. International tlnanco lias been crippled for | some years by reason of those tremendous debts that the foreigners owe America, and these debts must be .taken card of before the functioning of international finance can be restored j to :i pre-war basis. It Is the task of j .Morgan . ?fc Company to secure the ' cancellation of these debts. Mr. La; moiit made a preliminary suggestion I in that direction in the American i Bankers' convention of a yvrtr ago; but the idea did not take so well. It appears that the propaganda work of the past few years is now finding cxI pression, and the outlook is that America will be induced to surrender j the advantage she secured during the j period she was left free for bu -iness j while the others were fighting for their existence. Although very much of a stormy petrel in character, Thomas K. Watsou who died last week, lived a 11 fo that was worth while. That ho was a mrtn of rtmnrkab!" ability no one need try to deny, and while he was probably not always right, there is little question of the fact that he was always sincere. ?lf Tom Watson stood for one Itliing more fHaiP, dtfoehoV for JefTcrsoniao' ^niVjaciy ' p$ !qo\riprchended in constitutional liberty. His knowledge and experience were of a character that enabled ?him to smell out and keep close tab on those who undertook to do things in ways that were not regular, and his mission in life was to call all such to time. He felt indignation at the manner in which "big business" trod under foot the rights of the masses of the people, and there was in him that which kept him fighting and fighting. As to whether he was really opposed to Amcr^an participation in the World war, there may be room for doubt; "but persuaded as.bo was that the government had no constitutional rigjit to conscript a single man for service beyon? the boundaries of the United .States, nothing cofId inducel him tt> budge from that belief. His courage in standing up for his convictions was unsurpassed bv any" American; of-this or: any ' other generation;, but .as dp. whether he lias succeeded'in lettving behind any completed achievement that will keep alivo his memory, tnere is not much reason to hope. PRESBYTERIAN SYNOD. Dr. Melton of the S. C. University Elected Moderator. With a record-breaking1 attendance of ministers and delegates the Presbyterian synod of South Carolina convened at Purity rresbyterian church in Chester, Tuesday night, with Rev. 1S. C. Byrd of Columbia, and a former moderator, acting as temporary moderator in the absence of the moderator, Rev. W.- IL Hudson, who recentlyreturned to his missionary field. In an interesting election for moderator between Rev. Alexander Martin, D. D., of Rock Hill, and Dr. William Davis Melton, president of the University of South Carolina, Di*. Melton was elected moderator of the synod. Dr. Melton was happy in his "speech thanking the synod for the high honor conferred on him.. He is a native of Chester and his election met with much happiness among the hundreds of Chester folk ill t'SCill. The annu>il -moderator's sermon was delivered, by Rev. Dr. Green of Columbia, professor of theology of Columbia Theological seminary. Hi3 text was from John 17: 17-19: "Sanctify them in the truth; thy word is truth. For their sakes I sanctify myself that they themselves may be sanctified in tho truth." His theme was "the sanctification of preacher and people, or teacher and scholar, or parent and child." The sermon was a masterpiece, indicating much preparation and was delivered with ability and eloquence. Dr. Law III. Much sorrow was expressed over the indisposition of the stated clerk and treasurer, Rev. Thomas H. Law, D. D., of Spartanburg, who recently underwent a serious operation and was unable to bo present. In the phayer led by Rev. II. Tucker Graham, D. D., of Florence, Dr. Law was specially remembered. This makes only twice that Dr. law has beep absent from a synod in forty-seven years. Synod unanimously voted to send a telegram tonight to Dr. Law expressing the synod's love, prayer and sympathy to him in his illness and wishing him a speedy recovery. Justice J. H. Marion of the South Carolina supreme court, welcomed the commissiohers to the city in behalf of the chamber of commerce and other interest^ of (^l^estor, -\\hile Rev. Flournoy Sheppcfson, D. D., pastor of Purity church, delivered the address of I welcome in behalf of the church. The musical program was unusually fine, ; the big choir containing singers from 1 Rock Hill as well as Chester. An attractive feature of the evening and one which was vigorously applauded was the singing of the Shorter Catechism by a choir of orphans from Thornwcll orphanage. HALT AT MUDANIA Conferees Came to an Abrupt Hitch and Separated. There was a sudden weakening up of the conference at Mudania yesterday ' afternoon. The object of the eoiifereneo is a preliminery agreement on tlie matters to be discussed at Hie general conference to be held later at Venice, or some other point, provided the preliminaries get that far. hut according to dispatches of yesterday, tlie conference struck a snag early in the proceedings. The exact cause of the trouble was not given out; but gossip had it that it related to evacuation of Constantinople, or possibly the participation of llussia. The Turks made a proposition looking to the immediate evacuation of Constantinople; but the Hrilish were not willing to agree to this evacuation until further understanding had been reached. The Italians pgreed with the Ilritish and the French with the Turks. Anyhow there was a general breakup with the British and Italians re turning to Constantinople. Another cause of friction, it is pretty certain, is that the Turks are insisting on the participation of the Russians in the conference and that neither the : Uritish, French nor Italians arc willing for this at this stage of the proceed- 1 ings. 1 The dispatches of yesterday seemed 1 to promise that there would lie an un- < derstanding by which the conference J would he resumed. 1 - t , ( ? Charles if. Gerald, of Columbia, ' has been appointed chief clerk of the ' engrossing department of the state 1 leglsia tare. Attorney General Sam M. j'' Wolfe has announced. Mrs. C. AT. j * Patrick, of Anderson, has been named 1 general desk clerk to pueceetl Miss 1 Ida -Grove*5; X^CCC OJU. 'AF&AXXtS* NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. J. M. Stroup?To be sure we have them. W. F. Jackson?Purina feed. McConncll's?The greatest lino of shoes. Nathan Feinstein's Department Store? Look these prices over. Loan and Savings Hank?Solid growth. A. M. Grist, W. M.?Regular communication next Tuesday night. I. J. Campbell, Trustee?Notice of sale of accounts. W. L. Wallace?Do you figure? Nivens Brothers, York and Clover?We buy for two stores. York Candy Kitohqn, Peter Colgin proprieto r?Ka t. M. L. Ford & Sons, Clover?It's that time. Logan Lumber Yard?Labor is efficient and at normal prices. First National Bank of Sharon?Now's tsnrxr tuVioflt n lid OH t?_ 111*3 IV pvi* Yol k Stfpply' Company-?Fresh creanh cheese. The Star Theatre, J. Q. Wray, Manager?"The Old N-est'/-today. , Tillman Johnson?Bee/. : Royal Cleaning and. ^.Pressing Club? Let us dye fbr you. John E. Carroll,' Superintendent of Education?Take notice. Coal 'is moving quite freely of late, passing over the various roads In cars and in solid trains. They are putting a new coat of topsoiling on the Ebenezer end of the Yorkville-Rock Hill* road. It is the present crop of weevils that that is most dangerous?the weevils that hibernate through the winter. These are the weevils that should be killed at almost any cost. It is estimatecj that more than 75 per cent of all the cotton that is being picked, now is going on sale as soon as it is ginned. They are turning it loose. That has reference \o all the cotton that is not under the control of the Cooperative Marketing association. This cotton is going to designated warehouses within the county and to concentration points ltke Spartanburg, Greenville, Columbia, etc. The own| ers of this cotton are allowed 15 cents a bale for shipping it, and after it has been shipped they are" allowed an advance on it of 12 cents a pound at 6 per cent interest. Where they require no advance they a -e puid 6 per cent interest on 12 centi a pound. This to even up. The corimon feeling among cotton men is that prices will go higher in the winter and the members of the Coonerative Cotton association will make a killing:; but as to how that will be, of course, can best be told after the pending; transactions have been completed. FARIES WANTS BACK. William C. Faries, hbld in the state penitentiary in Columbia on a charge of slaying four members of the Taylor family at Clover, _ September 6, wants the authorities to bring him back to the jail at Yorjcvillc to be confined here until he is fried for his alleged crime, it is Stated. Chief of Police John A. Jackson of Clover, said Wednesday that Farieai had stated that he was not given the attention ho thought no deserved by the authorities in tha state penitentinrv nnd th.nt ho fpnrpd hp wnilhl dip unlfcss Ills surrouncUd?''were Changed. ITis idea was that he. would be taken care of better in the York county jail and he would have the satisfaction of knowing that he was nearer his relatives and friends. While there is no certainty that such is a fact, it is expected that the case against. Farles will be brought to the attention of the fall term of the court of general sessions which convenes on November 20, with Judge James E. Peurifoy of Walterboro, presiding. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. Real estate transfers have been indexed in the office of the county auditor as follows: Bcthesda?J. P. Barnes to Nancy Harshaw Barnes, 59 3-4 acres, $1 and other considerations. Catawba?W. A. Hall to T. J. Pearl, 1 lot, $1,800. 11. S. Hammond to George Beach, 1 lot. $307.SO. Ebcnezer?E. R. Langley to Lewis an<l Sarah Thomas, 1 tot, $4 10. (C. A. Hoone lot). A. W. and Nancy V. Parsons to A. E. and CJraco V. Doskan, "1 1-2 acres, $500 and other considerations. Nannie J.oo Ilrynnt to Nannie II. Sowed, 1 lot, $3,500. Fort Mill?T. E. McMackin. O. C. C. i l'ls., to O. J. Corpcnlnff, Trustee, 41 acres, $250 and other considerations. T. K. McMackin, C. C. C. IMs., to Consolidated Trust Co., 4S1 acres, $1,700. (J. A. and Ella Clood tract). King's Mountain?C. A. Mullinax and S. It. Anthony io C. M. l'cole, 2 02-100 acres, $146. MONEY SAVED COUNTY No less than $3,000 was saved to York county l>y the removal of the old Itoddey's bridge from its position in Catawba river and using: the bridge ' materials to build a bridge over Crowder's Creek at Riddle's Mill in Rcthel township which bridge has just been completed. The bridge at the mill is about 187 1-2 feet in length and it could not be built new for less than $5,000 while the cost to the county for the whole job was not more than $2,000. It took a force from the chain gang about eight days of working time to hoist the steel girders and other parts out of Catawba river at the site of the old Jtoddcy bridge and transport it to < Riddle's. I'eople living in the vicinity ] >f the old Koddey bridge site raid it : ;ouldn't he done. They argued that n<> ' loss than three contractors had come I lo tiie bridge site since the bridge i washed into tho river several years t igo with a view to moving it; but 1 ifter viewing the over-turned bridge ' which lay on its side gave it up as a lad job. I, | . . 1 P.yt the chain pang, according to ( Supervisor Hush Brown, hart no i great difficulty about it. The his task was in sera pins off the rust and setting the big steel pieces in proper shape. The bridge was re-erected without accident and is one of the best structures of its kind in the county, despite the comparatively small cost of its erection. NO BILL RETURNED. It was reported this morning that the grand jury at Warrenton, Ga. had returned a '.'no bill" in the indictment against W. T. HalJ, a faflroad gitartl.' and another guard named Allen, \Vho were charged with shooting and killing Dan Lattimore, Jr., and Bratcher Lnttlmore, son of Dan P. I_.atti.morc of Hickory Grove at Cnmak, Ga., about 1 o'clock, Monday morning-, August 28. Friends and relatives of the two young men sought to establish the fact that they were killed by the railroad property guards, who had robbery as a motive and it was claimed that a large sum of money which Bratcher Lattimore had on his person was missing when the bodies were found dead on the railroad tracks, each man clutching a cigarette between his flnS gtrs. Dan Lattimore, Jr., had been living at Camak, Ga., for several years, anl his brother, Bratcher, had .fust gone down to visit him and to go hunting. It was stated following the alleged murder of the two young men that they had dined in a restaurant in Camak, late at night, and that they were Avalking up tho railroad track when they were shot down. The rnilronrl cmnrrl W T TToll o/l_ milted when arrested, that he had killed the two young men and claimed self defense. According to reports received in Yorkvillo this morning the Georgia grand jury at Warrcnton, the county seat of the county in which the dual killing took place, exhonjrated him. MAN AND WOMAN RELEASED Saying that she believed her husband had "got religion" since he has been conlined in the fork county jail and that she is always willing to help "anybody who is trying to do better", Mrs. Henry McMahan of the Santiago section of King's Mountain township nnmA to VnHbi'illA ^auiw IU 1 JUU TV CUUCOUUJ' iliUl JIIIl^ and. insisted upon the release from jail of her husband Henry McMahan and a young woman, Viola McMahan, 18, who claims to be the sister of Henry McMahan. Mrs. McMahan had the two committed to jail several weeks ago on a warrant in which she charged incest. Magistrate Fred lllack released the two on their own recognizance and the three left the courthouse together for their home in King's Mountain township. Whether there was or is any basis for the grave charge that the wife made against her husband and her alleged sister-in-law is a matter of doubt in the minds of the authorities. One of the Yorkville ministers is said io nave lnieresieu nimseu sunmwuui in the plight of the young McMahan girl and the suggestion was made yesterday that it might be that he brought influence to bear on Mrs. McMahan to withdraw the warrant. While Viola McMahan steadfastly insists that she is the sister of Henry McMahan, and Henry insists the same thing, officers have expressed some doubt about it. It is said that there is little or no physical resemblance between the two and the wife is alleged to have said that she never heard that her husband had a sister until the young woman came to live with them. The McMahans are tenant farmers living on the farm of a well known farmer of King's Mountain township. Officers who made the arrest of the t\\;o some weeks ago said that the wife was "the maddest woman" they ever saw at the time the arrest was made and they were greatly surprised when she came to town Wednesday morning and insisted that the two be dismissed. GIRL IDENTIFIED. A young woman arrested in Spartanburg this week and identified as Rosa Sealey of Rock Hill, for whpm a Roek Hill detective agency has been searching for some tinie, may face charges of complicity in violating the Mann White Slave act in Federal court. The Spartanburg Journal of Wednesday afternoon tells the story: Ollie R. Moser, young white man j being held by the local police in con- i neclion with the explosions that wrecked the safe in II. D. Water's s tore on Howard street Sunday night, must face a charge of violating the Mann white slave act, it was announced by Chief of Police J. H. Hill today. A telegram received from S. H. White of tho Palmetto Detective agency, of Hock Hill, S. today, said: "Hold Moser and Rosa Sea ley. Not married. Will advise fully today and expedite matters here." The telegram from Detective White confirmed the belief of the local police m:it moser and ins companion are not married, Chief Hill said. Chief Hill ' has learned, he said, that Moser left ' Rock Hill with the young1 woman some ' time ago and went to King's Mountain. X. C., where they stayed a short i lime. j 1 A letter from 1. M. Allen, chief of 1 police of King's Mountain, was receiv- ; t id today l?y the Spartanburg chief of ; police. The King's Mountain officer , * aid that Moser and the young Sealey < woman stayed there for a short time, I . hoarding or rooming with a man r lamed Wooten. The letter alleged > hat Moser and his companion left I King's Mountain without paying their j a loanl hill. . . ! Rosa Sealey's mother, who lives at > lock Hill, today notified local Red 1 rross officials that she Is willing to h take her daughter buck Into-her home. The mother said she wants her daughter to return to Rock Hill as soon as she is released from custody. The police said today they have discovered that Moser in reality is redhaired, but had dyed his hair. They allege that he now has a wife and several children living at Monroe or Shelby, N. C. The Rock Hill detective agency, at ! the request of the mother of Rosa \ Sealey, has been attempting to locate j the young woman and Moser for some ! time, the local police say, but had been | unable to obtain any trace of the cou- j pic until their arrival here. ABOUT PEOPLE J. E. Latham of Sharon No. 1, was in Yorkville yesterday. S. L. Blair of Sharon Xq. 1 was in Yorkville yesterday. R. H. Hawkins and familyof the Tirzah section have returned from a trip to the Mountains of North Carolina. Mr. and Mrs. John Hughes of Gaffney, recently visited the family of Mr. D. C. Clark on York No. 1. J. E. Harshaw of McConnellsville, was among the visitors in Yorkville yesterday. Roy Marley of Spartanburg, recently visited the family of his father Mr.' B. F. Marley on York No. 2. Captain C. A. McGeo of Greenville, is visiting the family of his son, Mr. C. W. McGee, in Yorkville. The press bureau of Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Ga? announces that Miss Margaret McDow of Yorkville, who is a student there has been elected a member of the Pi Alpha Phi Debating Club of the college. R. M. Erwin of Fort Mill has been elected president of the Clemson Tex tile society, vv. ?1. uner or iron lum has been elected treasurer. Mrs. J. S. Gladney has returned to her home in Atlanta, Ga., after a visit of. several weeks to her daughter, Mrs. C. W. Carroll, in Yorkville. Miss Dora Wallace who has been j critically ill at her home in the Cannon Mill Village, Yorkville, showed some improvement yesieroay. William Darby Glenn of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N. C? is visiting the family of his mother, Mrs. W. D. Glenn, in Yorkville. The condition of Mr. John R. Hogue, aged Confederate veteran who has been ill at the homo of his son-in-law, Mr. W. E. Gcttys at Tlrzah, for some time past, remains unchanged. Messrs. Frank M. and Lewis M. Harrison of Spartanburg county, passed through Yorkville yesterday on they way home from Chester, whore they had been as commissioners to the South Carolina synod of the Presbyterian church, H. T. Williams and R. J. Mackorell for about twenty years residents of Yorkville, have purchased a furniture business in Hickory, N. C., where they will reside. Mr. Williams said that he man loavlnf vestordav while the familv of Mr. Mackorell expect to move to Hickory within a short time. Dr. R. R. Calhoun who recently sold out the Calhoun Drug Store in Yorkville will not leave town for a few days yet. During1 his residence of nearly three years in Yorkville, Dr. Calhoun has made many friends who will regret to see him leave. He expects to personally retire from business. Mrs. lamia Ewart Quinn, for six years chief clerk in the office of County Treasurer H. E. Neil and a candidate for the office of treasurer in the recent primary election leaves tomorrow with her infant son, R. E. Quinn, Jr., for Columbia, where in future she , expects to make her home with her sister, Mrs. C. B. Drafflr.. . WITHIN THE TOWN ? J. B. Miller of York No. 6, has purchased the house and lot on Lincoln .Street owned by C?. H. Ilart and occupied by the family of Edward Shillinglaw. It is stated that Mr. Miller has not decided definitely whether or not he will move to Yorltville. ? Tuesday was pay day with the town officials, the town clerk and treasurer bavin# the checks of the various employes ready as they should come around. Members of the town council draw the munificent salary of $5 per month each. ? J. \V. Marshall, councilman for Ward 3 in Yorkville, has tendered, his resignation as a member of the council. Marshall who for some time past has been in the employ of a local .grocery, has obtained a job with the Southern Power Co., which will necessitate his changing his residence, hence the resignation. ? Not more than 60 bales of cotton were sold on the local market the first ' four days of the week, according to a statement made yesterday afternoon! y It. E. MeClurc. public weigher. Mr. j McCluro said that lie had never known j as many heavy bales of cotton to be |1 irouglit to the scales this year, most ' ?f them weighing in tiic neighborhood ' >f FiOO pounds and over and a 400 ' tound bale being a rarity. ? Considerable improvements are f low being made and have recent- ( y lieen made to residences in va- v ious sections of the town and ccnabactors tell of other residents who . ire contemplating improvements of a ( imilar nature. J. S. llricc is re- v nodeling his residence on Wright r enue. J. F. IlcElwee has recently L e-painted his residence oil C'o!leg" Street. .1. M. Stroup has recently re- p ainted liis residence on East Liberty treet. The residence on Lincoln ttreet oeenpied by the family of J. Z. towe is being recovered. Mrs. a 'ho'be Willi erspoon is repainting . er residence on South Congress Street and C. W. Carroll who lives on the same street recently remodeled hia residence. H. E. Ferguson who lives on King's Mountain Street is painting his residence and R. E. Montgomery who lives on West Liberty Street has but recently moved into a new dwelling. ? "Hot stuff" on the wires Wednesday afternoon caused a fire to break out on a cable in front of the office of the Piedmont Telephone and Telegraph Comparty and for a few minutes it burned fiercely and threatened to burn a telephone pole. Manager N. C. McCorkle soon had a fire extinguisher working and the blaze was out. The cause of it all was the snapping of a 44,000 volt wire of the Southern Power Company at a sub station near Clover, the broken current affecting the telephone toll line between Yorkville and Castonia. Fortunately.no great amount of damage was done. ? Lcv.al Interest in radio telephony appears to be on the increase and it is stated that there are several people in the town and community who are installing radio outfits of their own get-up. R. C. Blackwell who lives off King's Mountain street is devoting a part of his spare time to building a radio outfit to suit his notion and while he has not yet been able to perfect it, he has reached the point where he can catch signals from government wireless stations.' His expense so far has been about $7.50 and he expects within a short time to be in position to near witn ease concerts mat are conducted by radio in Atlanta, Ga., and Pittsburgh, Pa. Ho recently wrote to the radio engineer ot the Atlanta Journal requesting Information as to how to wire his station and yesterday received the desired information. Lamar n Black who lives on Lincoln street is also setting up a wireless station. Bratton Land who lives on York No. 1, several miles west of Yorkville has a complete radio receiving station fitted up at his homo and each night entertains himself and his friends by listening in on concerts that are being held in Atlanta, Ga., and Pittsburgh, Pa. ? For some time past there has been talk of friction between tho Smith Brothers and tho town: council over the matter of right of way for the West roadvinto town. Messrs. Smith Brothers own a considerable plot of land lying between and fronting on West Liberty and West Madiscn ? - r*.i xx - 0 IXfAof streets. rteiucuuuu ui uis ? mv road as desired, will go several feet over on the Smith lands in places, and in places the Smith land will gain pretty nearly the width of the old road bed. The Smith brothers forbade the entrance of the road workers on their property. Asked as to his attitude in the matter, Mr. Harry Smith, one of the owners of the land, explained his position .about like this: "In laying the sewer line into our property on West Madison street, the town leit the wntor wnv in simh qhnno as to leave an ugly wash that continues to do us damage. Written requests for relief to which we are entitled having: been igrnored bv the city council, we are not inclined to permit any further liberties with our property if we can help it. We have proposed to the city council that we will allow it such right of way as it requires bn the West Liberty street side if it will repair the damage It has caused and is causing on the East Madison street side." It is presumed that the controversy will be settled either on the basis of the foregoing proposition or by condemnation proceedings. ALONG THE WAY Something is going to have to be done to improve conditions at the chain gang, Supervisor Hugh G. Brown said yesterday. Because of the constant increase in the number of prisoners the housing facilities and other facilities there arc inadequate and it is beginning to look like York county is going to have to put out a large sum of money for increased facilities. There are about CO prisoners , on the chain gang now. From the size of the docket that is to be cleared at the November term of the court of general sessions it is a pretty sure thing that a number of recruits for the chain gang will be obtained. In discussing the matter yesterday the supervisor said that his policy in the past had been to take pretty nearly all convicted prisoners for work on the gang, he was of the opinion that in the future the best policy for him to pursue would be to take only the most likely convicts for county road service and have all others turned over to the state penitentiary. Yorkville High football eleven is in Fort Mill today for the first game of the season to be played this afternoon with Fort Mill High. The eleven across the Catawba has already played two pamcs this season, defeating the Charlotte University school and Winthrop Training school with ease and the locals are fully aware of the fact that the afternoon's entertainment is ?oing to be an extremely busy one for Ihcm. Coach Gressette gave his eleven i hard work-out on the graded school told yesterday afternoon ard the team vent to Fort Mill today not too sanguine of victory; but determined to give he best account of themselves possi ihle this afternoon. While the team is >retty light, every man is enthusiastic ind interested. There are a number f fellows on the second eleven who are (training every bene and sinew to nake the "varsity" and the result has icon the creation of an atmosphere :alculated to make the Yorkville li ven a lighting bunch. Will business in Yorkville be as rood this fall as it was last? That is question that local merchants are (Continued on Page Eight.)