Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, December 01, 1922, Page Page Four, Image 4
Straps nutl Jiufs.
? Efforts on the lb-publican .side t<>
get a vote on the PVer ailti-lynoliing
bill last Tuesday, led to a Democratic
filibuster that promises to go on to
the end of the extra session, to the i xclusion
of all business of whatever nature
j^ven to the eonfirnthtion of appointments.
The Dyer bill, whieh has
aln^ply passed the house, contemplates
Federal jurisdiction in lynching eases,
and is being fought by the Democrats
as involving complete abolition of state
sovereignty. Ordinarily the reading of
a day's Journal involves only a half a
nsinUU- or such a matter. On Tuesday,
the proceeding consumed four hours,
without being half completed. The
Dijmamts frankly admitted what they
wJrtkgoMiig and said the .bill simply
siA^mf hot pass. The lb-publicans went
into caucus and decided to continue
fi-intr--efforts on the bill. Tin- Demo
crat* i?ropose to keep up the fight until
the extra session expires tomorrow.
The' chief developments in connection
'with the* Near Eastern Confexcivce
at Lausanlie Tuesday were:
Soviet Russia came to the support ot
America's declaration fn favor of he
open door and against imperialistic
aggression or spheres of influence. II
was- declared in Washington that
American interests in Asia Minor
would be protected in a treaty with the
ApgAra government, it was said this
tirtraty would bo similar to that negotiated
with Japan regarding the Yap
cables. The Paris Temps correspondent
ft Lausanne, writing that this
tftaty is now under consideration, prc(w-t(
d that if the basis for it is laid at
Ttausanne, the Whole course of tho conference
would be changed and Turkey
would be benefited. England backs the
American policy, officials declaring
tfterc are no differences between the
two countries in the Near East, since
American oil interests were recognized
in the Near East.
? "For reasons which seem to them
sufficient and controlling, the grand
jury took no action in the llall-.M lis
murder case and laid the matter over.
This does not mean necessarily that
the matter can not be taken up again
by this or a subsequent grand jury."
With these words Foreman Clibbs of the
Somerset county, N*. J., grand jury late
on Tuesday made known tho fact that
no indictment had been returned in one
of the most mystifying murder dramas
that has faced the country In many
years. For live days Special Deputy
Attorney (?eneral Mott had been prosciitiiiK
evidence to bolster his theory as
who killed Kev. Kilward "Wheeler
ttall ;Q)d his choir singer. Mrs. Kleanor
K Mills, on the l'hillips farm (lie ni^ht
m September 14. Today -a day replete
with drama?the prosecutor presented
Is star witnesses and then settled
Kick to await the jury's decision. Outside
the jury room some one else was
^raitim; the decision. It was Mrs.
kances N'<? 1 Unl^ti^V"-vU?'s widow,
Wio had rushed to the courthouse in
?e hope of appearing before the crand
wry and who had not been granted
She received the d -eision as
sl^. jiiis received all other developments
in tiie case?stoically, with
scarcely a trace of emotion. -\ slight
biting of the lips, a little tug at her
haudkerchh f that was all that showed
thf stress und? r which she must have
Deen mooring.
f^-JRuni-runners so thirsty for water,
(tt^'fto long enforef <1 operations offshont,
says the New York World, that
they will pay upward of $1U<> for a
clayjs jfeupply and fabulous stmts for
othtjivnecessary provisions, have created
Itlipieo problem for the Customs
authorities, who have been approached,
hv)| owners of tups and other eraft
anxious'to <!o business with lit" booze
kinysX .(Two tap owners approached
Customs officiol$> Tuesikty. One j-iiit
he had oecn told by owners of a towing
company be could pet more than
$2?>'hn hour for supplying e< rtain vesthe
three no I" limit. Itotb
smtljjjbn?;ully when ask'ed if there
wtfc\\fM^ liquor eraft. As the ol tlckils
could pjye.no definite decision on tlie
b palit.\*??{Vf.t>ti<,!i transactions, the ineji
l<ft. saying he would write to tin* seerttary
ol* eonunerce for ;i ruling. No
vessels were allowed l?> e:trry non-ile
elated supplies outside ternturia.
limits, it was said, except. when relieving
shipsl'in distress. It was saiil
f special interpretation of the law
might be neeessary. According; to ofiicials
the l?o?>y.i runiu rs are tjcnueiuly
so loaded down with ihpior that 1 "tie
nAfWR fi- h I t for other supplies. \Vi:cn
the ii<iuo'4 sale is light they have to
holdlitfl' shore lor a week or ten days.
? Planters throughout the south, ispeeially
those growflig cotton on lowyiel.Ungr
land, .ire urg*d l>y the Federal
department of agriculture to give daring
the coining season a widi in4 ad
and thorough trial of the new method*
of boll weevil control developed by <!.
D. Smith at I lie rim i la state < riment
station at (iainesville. Ida., and
recently announeed by Dr. Will ion
Newell of the Florida state plan!
board. In its first official .announcement'
on the subject the department
o; agriculture said it took great inn r<
st in the new method as .'iinonnee 1
in the Florida bulletin d< ling with (lie
experiments of Mr. Smith. "In these
< xpdrinicnls. which w-p* conduct* d in
northern Florida." "aid ?!? dep.nt
?ii'id's announeenn nt, the tie . *|
lields averaged pound.- ol ed en4
ton per acre; tie untie.Med e'n -1\>
imaged onlv !ii! pounds e! y<- d cotton
pel* acre or an average ii.?.i: < ol
. jsillil'l44 of se* (l cotton |.? r ,*n in
: ii f*sL4. 'i"ii< average en.-1 o! i e:i|!
.eni tor the entile sea; *'ti v. as !.."
i-et-*at*re. The new method eoru i- .if
t|ie removal tmd tiesli u,4lion? of : h
4 ipltlrOS on the plants : t a til v\ It
ib'><|t two siptares per plant are presi
nt.- fJjliis operation destroys a lane
1 eicfcofngc of the wci vilv and i iniir.'dipl%'y
followed by a thorough
(in.:ting to poison the terminal buds ! < i
; where the remaining weevils are*l n
forced to feed. This announcement is ! n
particularly imimrtant because it ap-',i
parontly offers a means of controlling | tl
the boll weevil on low-yielding lands j p
j on which it has so far been unproflt- j
able to use the dusting nut hod. A
very large proportion of the cotton i
crop is produced on law-yielding land
and the bureau of ? ntomology is great- h
l.v pleased that this new method has j fi
been developed, well knowing I'rofes-jr
sor Xewell's standing as a careful and e
reliable investigator, and urged a b
widespread and thorough trial of this b
method during the coming season t
wherever the conditions appear suit- e
able for its use." V
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Entered at the Postofflce at Turk, as '
Mail Matter of the Second Cias9. j1
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FRIDAY. DECEMBER 1, 1922. |
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The gasoline tax is all right except |
that the proceeds should apply to the
improvement of the roads. ,l
Cleve'and county, N. C., is felicitating
itself on not having suffered n t
great deal from boll weevil damages ,
this year. York county got by without t
tpueh damage last year. ;|
There is a pretty widespread vonvic- i
tion throughout the country with ref- .
erence to that New Brunswick, N. J., i
ease that the reason nobody is being 1
prosecuted is because the powerful so- c
cial influences of .now isrunswuu uuu i 11
want any prosecutions. The idea that i
a murder like that could he committed \
without anybody knowing Anything t
about it is simply absurd. 1
t
Tliere is no complete copy of the t
constitution of South Carolina as that i
I instrument has from time to time c
j been amended. Since the adoption of !
| the constitution iti 1S95, hardly a jro'n- i
: oral election has been held in which a <
number of amendments have not been 1
added: yet if any one should desire to 1
read the constitution as it now stands, i
it would be practically impossibly to i
do so except in tin- office of the sec- ?
retary of state. Most constitutional 1
amendments, however, arc of only (
local importance. t
. I
I York county people who have been
impressed with the manner in which '
Judge IVnrifoy conducts himself on 1
Uii? Ut'iittii a^id ejy-wluffc yill t to '
read the news of his proposed retire- '
mcnt from the circuit judiciary. Some- (
body, somewhere, sometime back, as r
descriptive of his character dubbed this '
splendid jurist us "Judge Purifier," and '
the name is generally accepted as most 1
- . i
I api)i"opriatP. That he does noi icei *
physically strong enough to hold up to 1
his judicial work is regrettable on ac- 1
count of the public need no less than '
on his own account.
The complaint of the Creeks nffuinst .
their ministers was that they dragged
the country into war with Turkey for
dynastic reasons. Constantino was un
popular and the people did not want
bint to return to (Jrecce. The ministers
figured, however, that war would turn
the minds of the people to other things
and successful war would establish
Constantino in the public heart. There
I has been many a war for no better
11
i reason,'and if tie' charge against the p
ininistors was true tliey deserved death ,
in the event of either success or f:ii 1 jttre.
Cut if liny had succeeded- liny
would have been acclaimed as the
saviours of the nation, and therefor* it '
was a crime on the* part of the people
to kill them because of their failv
inc.
r
The president lias again sent to tin- :i
n.ri>m:itimi of .loSeltll \V. e
! Tolbert to Ik* marshal f??r the Western ii
i district "f South Carolina ;>.> ! Mr. I'i.il t
il.a.s anmuiiin <1 his intention to < "?I
it ii' his efforts against eonlirnittion. |>
j Should 111*- si nate fail to art on the :i
I nomination today, Tolland can con- li
11iiiue in his office until there is .notion; :?
| hut if tin- senate should turn hhn down, ti
he will ha to stop out. The fact of r
| tin business is that Tolbert has httl
I little haekitig in South Carolina. The s
j i >emocrats. of course do not want him. h
lard the better element among the I'
I avowed K< puldieans including prlnei- ii
I pally life-long members of the party t<
| who have eonio in from oile r states, \
I would he glad to s'-o his noirinu?ion <
rejected. ' a
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That is ;i very gratifying exhibit that
'has been made by the i'|nv r I Van tit ,|
jtlrowa-rs* association, and we are unite p
'sure that the farmers of York county
o li hauli 11 to take notice, of rnurs"
I 111 OS! I'l 111' Mil" 1'eu 11':: t ill" |?i n <> | |.(
in aunts Hurtiis s li' priee ??f ' .
'other ciojim, ami it rt?" s tint necessarily i |,
' l?ii!n\v tliil will tin a;;
n -\t y .ir. I'm on tin- nli er hand i.e.. ^
:i'ii\ easily ?I?? n.ticli l??-t t r. I tut what'e\
er | lie |H n < - I |H a llll'S, keep in mi|)<|
that tun hi' liny to tie- an v. i f|i j w
i There are wonderful possibilities in ,,
I Hint ton (if hay, say nothing wlmt-lo
I ever of the iieunutu. Hut whatever ,
i:;.?iimay have Jo say. the Clover (
trowels have ?!* inonstiiit > the eaih- \
I jeaetiealiiliJy of inakiny j mi's at a <j
profit, and in this ooniieelf n !.l as .
jaiso reaientle r that there is no rtas n- ii
j ill" danyi-r < !' nverpivauotinn. T!u-;, ,
I demand for p. mut thioirh'.ut the'ra
i>untry and world is something tre- 1
k ixloiis, and thru lit it he remember- i
it loo, that if tlio regular wholesale I
tiers are-not disposed to do the right t
ling, we have the oil mills already on
lie ground. t
m t 1
II is announced from Coliunhia thai ,
li'Vei noi llarvey has instructed Solid- (
ir Harris of Anderson not to proceed
ii'lher in tlie appeal from the recent (
tiling oi Judge Prince ip the Crooks j
use. Judge I'rinee it will he romem- |
en d held, thaI although Crooks had
ren paroled during good bchavioi, (
hat ho had to behave only until th j
x pi rat ion of the number of months for ,
.high he was sentonced, irtnl tlie su- ,
rente court upheld Hint. view. Of |
nurse the governor had nothing to <
a in by puWaiiog the oas'f further; but ,
,*o would have glad to have seen |
he governor ask the supremo court ;
pass on one little point like this. At i
he time Judge Prince assumed juris- t
licion, he was on the sick list as he <
till is, and a special judge was sub- ,
titiiling for him in his circuit. Tlie
ties! ion is whether Judge" Prince was (
tiil retaining his authority or were
In re two circkiit judges exercising (
<|liul jurisdiction over (he same ciruit
at the same time. Our own view
if thi* matter is that at the time he
ndered his decision Judge Prince h id
in more jurisdiction than did Crooks
liiusclf. Of course tiiat has nothing
0 do with the merits of the ease; but
11 the same it is an interesting
lucstion.
In a speech in Greensboro, X. C., the
it her day, Rev. G. Croft Williams, forner
secretary of the state board of
harities and corrections burst out in
1 vitriolic onslaught against the tivatn<
nt of prisoners in the South Carolina
lenitcntiary and on tlie chaingangs.
\mong other things, he described the
haingang prisoners as being brutally
rented by being required to work in
hains, and said that they were horibly
beaten on slight provocation. The
repression conveyed by his remarks
vas that the prison and ehaingang auhoritics
generally were like wild
leasts with the lamb like convicts at
heir complete mercy, and his nllegaions
have since been partially hacked
ip in a report submitted by his former
ollcagues 011 the board. Governor
tarvey thinks that the whole outburst
s very unjust and so does Col. Saunlers,
superintendent of the peniteniary.
It is an open secret that to a
urge part of the intelligent better in<
rmed public, the whole thing is sotnehing
of a joke, just :>s the state board
'( charities is very commonly regarded
(1,.. niwnl,, Tlici'i. is 11(1 (toubt nllOUt
ho fact that there is more or less bruality
in the treatment of some of the
risoners on some of the chaingnngs
ind in s< mo of tie; prisons; but to
l:ini that this is Ken era! is simply
>osh. Mr. Williams and his former
olh agues are all light in the spool.il
"vYpI; "tfiey a're doing, ami in tlio roTy
f critics; but as actual responsible
r.nnagcrs of any of the prisons or
haingangs, they would hardly last
>ver a s'iiikIc day. That there has
>oen some brutality on the York eounv
ehaingang, for inslanee, we would
tot pretend to deny, although we are
lot at this moment prepared to mention
n.v specific instance; luit in the genial
management of the jail, the chaining
and the county home, we believe
here is as much humanity as there is 1
n the management of the state board
>f charities. And we will say further
r. to the state board of charities, that
inless it can be conducted with more
ommon sense ami less maudlin seiitii)<
nt, it might very well be abolished.
Governor Harvey.
Although admittedly a political r.cci
fnt. (Sovernor Wilson < J. Harvey is
ast beeoining recognized as one of
he mo I ideal chief executives the '
ate h.is known for years,
it: all (piarl' is among the people at
rge, leaving out tlx politicians and a
iige part of officialdom, but including'
ntelligent. thoughtful people every- (
i here, the governor is. coining in for J ,
oinnx ixi 11inn for the conscientious
enl with wliich lie is conducting the I,
ITai'S of his ot'l'x-e and especially be- |
a use of ti 10 enrneslness he lias shown
11 his efforts to enfor e the laws of '
he state.
I; is a mighty hard pine" to till, this
ash ion of governor, especially on the '
ttainiiieiit of the office tliroil.a;h the
i nteiiant governorship. It is the hal?of
the j?iople to divide strongly over
!. election of a governor: lait as a '
ale they pay Inn .small attention to 1
he lieutenant go\. inorship, losing '
i} lit of the fact that lie might easily
eeorr.e governor, and when it does
1111 that I:- l?eeotii"S governor it '
oes not ordinarily increase their in- 1
1
T'i" politicians and ofla i.ililom gen- '
rally look upon such a man not ox- j
etly as governor; Init as a temporary 1
lakoshift. who instead of thinking j'
bout bis duty to the people, should j'1
radily yield to whatever they might 1
esii" , and they c;m make his posiion
hsird. '
I tut in assuming the ofliee of gov- '
i nor, Mr. Harvey also assumed the *
i sponsibilities of the position andj;
ovcrnor he is. Thai is what has made j
itn unpopular in some" uonrters and,1
1 II... >. . . i_ i 1
<|iii(c <|nick to i'( i o^nisir a man : v
till who :il\v:iys approve 1)iill. <
iis?', for ii?>-1 ::?? ?*. .Mr. Il.irvcx ! 1
ol'hl Hot I",||'Inn evi l (olivict some ! '
fflcial iir (xilitii'iati \v:intnl liiui toln
i.In1! an effort has I en made to . <
rente tin- illljir<>si'iti | rit hi- ill lint
rioti in\ hody. lint ?iiivv )' liar
i'V understands thai it is as much his
lity to i uv.ain a man in si proper en
i is ! > v. it! hold a pardon in an | h
npmpi i' ease and hepatite of his earn- l
ih s r to alv.ir s riirht he will I
t hi i) "t'a.I i :i until lie thorough- ' li
y understands what ho is,doinK. And ;
rrosponslble talk to tho contrary, !
tumorous dml btlionvlse, he has j
tnntod as well as refused pardons. j (
We speak advisedb when we say
hat no governor the state has ever ! 1
tad has hern more thoroughly ae- ;
liiaintcd with tho history of every j
onviet in tlie penitentiary than is ! *
overnor Harvey, and probalily nn (
idler governor has devoted more . ^
Mistaking investigation to ail the ap- |
>li eat ions for pardons that iiave been 1
nought to liis attention.
Recently in the course of his detail<1
study into the cases of the convicts
n the penitentiary, he came upon one ;
vho had been there four years under
sentence of death, with no record as
> his present legal status, and ni date
a t for execution. Examining- into tho
*ase he found that tile fellow had been
Hurriedly convicted of alfeged rcpo on '
1 small child; tiiat the conviction was 1
I lie result of mad public clamor based
upon idle and irresponsible rumor,
with not a fact to> substantiate the
charge that had been made against the '
poor devil. And when the governor s
made knotyn his tinding, the very ju- I
rors*v v.iTq had ' rendered the verdict I
came begging him for (Jod's sake to i
ttu n tliat fellow loose as lie had been }
haunting tlicir sleeping hours ever
since. The governor has not turned 1
the fellow loose, but be lies let him '
know that he need not worry any i
more. i
Just, now among many cases with
which Governor Harvey is wrestling is (
that of a yoUng service man who took i
an ai.tomobile while under the influ- ,
ence of liquor, drove it to another
town twelve miles away, and left it ]
on the street while he leisurely pro- (
reeded to have a good time with his i
friends and. acquaintances. The irate
owner of the machine prosecuted the
young fellow for stealing: it, and he, j
not knowing: anything else to do, plead
guilty and got six years in the penitentiary.
Another man who plead guilty
to stealing and- selling seven automobiles.
is serving only one year. And in
trying 10 do the rigjat thing with due
regard to the laws c(! the land and the
integrity of the courts the governor is
suffering more real mental agony than
both of them.
And take that reeent ridiculous decision
in which the supreme court held
in effect that a. parole is not a parole,
and which many people believe was
made merely in order to show a short
term governor that the constitution td
the contrary notwithstanding, Ft. Patrick's
day is a bigger man than
Thanksgiving ever was.
According to our notion Governor
Harvey is all right. He is devoting
himself to questions that are of tremendous
moment |o the people of
South Carolina; hut P. is impossible to
accomplish much within the six short
we. ks that still rertlain of his accidental
term. It is xt pity indeed that
lie has not got a full term of two years,
for if he could serf* two years, what
he would do in showing the people '
what a real governor ought to lie
would compel them to give him two
years more.
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MERE-MENTION I
Three men were killed and six injured
when a stilt exploded at Phila- 1
delphia, Va? Tuesday night. The still, '
a 100 gallon outfit, was located, in a '
barn. Two of the nj tired men are '
said to lie fatally injured Tames
I'oiizcns, mayor of Detroit, lias In en 1
appointed to the United Ktates senate '
by Governor Alex J. Groesbeek of I
Michigan, to succeed Truman 11. New- *
berry, resigned John Wanumaker,
Philadelphia merchant and philnn- 1
Uiropist, is very ill at his home in that '
i ily. A man. ins wire and lour cnuilren
wore found dead in their home at '
Lancaster, Ohio, one day last week. II
was at first suspected thai they had 1
l?c-en poisoned by some one having put 1
poison in their food. State ehemistx,
iftrfr analyzing the stomachs of I he
victims and making other examinafions,
*fiaye decided that the family <
was a victim of ran}??n nmnox lie gas I
I ISI^I a defect iv< Sjtdjve Kxports of <
American cotton for the month of v
rich.her totaled T0S,i;i?4 hales, vnlftcri at i
?!)!!,923,UUti .. Dr. lturlcigh Kellam <
gss
was aecputted hy a jury at Norfolk, t
V'.i., Wednesday of the charge of performing
air illegal operation on a i
rnung woman of Cape Charles. The diarge-of
murder against the doctor i
is the result of tlie operation, was not i
>rcased hy the prosecuting attorney. 'J
... Two negroes were killed at ?
iuiena. \*a? Wednesday, when a truck -s
.hey were driving was struck hy an exire'ss
train on a grade, crossing i
'.audits tiring from a stolen automobile 1
<illed one policeman and fatally injured i
mother at .Columbus, Ohio, Wednes- 1
lay. One bandit was killed and two v
thcrs captured, one of them after atmilling
suicide New York hoot- >
eggors and runi runners, who have r
.rown wealthy ;.t the game, are sur- l
ouuding themselves with armed f
ruards to protect their well tilled pock
lnd Isold-trps The Mritish govrrnnent,
which has 1mm n scrapping somi1 1
varshio; that were little more than i
auk to begin with, announces that it \
vill ?lo no more snapping until some t
f li.e <i,her parlies to the Washington i
igre<men! j how signs of compliance.
.... Tin* house on Wednesday passed j o
lie ship subsidy bill by a vote of J"S to j i
*4, after cutting out all referenee to I
I'liisky. . .lane s R. Mann, noted 1l
onyressioiril leader of Illinois, died .
t hi? home in Washington yesterday, , i
allowing i brief illness . . four per- j o
mis v.vr.' killed in M"\ie?? ("by yesb .
Iiv fol'owlng a elash with the police ; e
n an iffort to invade the city hall tola
irote-d the alleged negligence of the d
ldennen with reference to the water j it
npplv. William Coedsell Ipchefcl- , h
r son of the l?te William KoekelYl- :
. and nephew of John It. ItoekolYIr.
died in his Xew York home yester- j v.
Lav of pntuinonia. . " '
LOC A J* AFFAIRS. 1
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. i
"ohm n's Minstrels?Chester opera
house, Tuesday, December 5.
r. W. Speck, Jeweler?Waches make |
appropriate Christmas gifts. i (
fork Furniture Co. -Make selections of !
Christmas gifts now, 1
Star Theatre, J. y. Wray, Manager?
Corrine (ii ii'lith today in a Woman's |
Sacrifice.
>herer & yuinn Christmas Raking,
.'lover Drug Store?Coughs and Colds. '
fork vi lie Kn?|Uirer?The Woodstock, I
best and most durable typewriter on \
the market. ,
\irkpatriek-i:elk Co.? Men's suits and
overcoats.
M. I.. Ford & Sons. Clover?Majestic
Range demonstration commencing (
next Monday.
Mr. A. E. Burns slaughtered a hog
Puesdav for his father \V. A. Burns of
(
he Bcersheba ncighhorhnoil that noted
4SJ pounds.
MARRIED FIFTY YEARS
'el... fii.Qi I'l sitonse in tlii> reouest of
Hie Yorkvillc Enquirer for information
iboiit York county couples tliat have
jeun married fifty years or more comes
from Mr. II. J. Sherer of Iilairsville, ,
,vlio tells of his neighbors, Mr. and
Mrs. J. Archie Steele as follows:
Mr. J. Archie Steele and Miss Annie
I'ool were married February 10, 1871."
rhey have four children, all living and
married as follows: It. Ed. Steele,
hief nf police of Yorfcville and his
wife, Mary Minter. They have no
hildren. Miss Rosa Steele, who married
.1. G. White. They have one child.
J. Cal Steele, chief of police of Great
Kails, and his wife, Mac Helton. They
have four children. Susie Steele, wife
i)f Krv. Hugh Woods, they have several
children. (
The difference in the ages of Mr. and
Mrs. J. Archie S,r?ele is only three
months.
COMMON PLEAS
A verdict for the defendant, Seaboard
Railroad was directed by Judge
I'curifoy Tuesday afternoon in the
case of L. I). McConnell by his guardian
against the railroad. The plaintiff
sought damages in the sum of
$20,00H claiming injuries to his health
through the negligence of the railroad
while he was employed as a baggage
messenger. The case had twice been
tried before, once in. the Federal court
in Greenville where a verdict for the
defendant was returned and last year
in the York county court of common
pleas where mistrial was the result, j
The court was engaged tliis morning
in tlie suit of A. E. Feemcter
against J. Ed Micklc, the plaintift'
seeking to recover the value of about
1.G00 pounds of cotton which lie claimed
the defnndant owed him.
The court was adjourned yesterday
on account of Thanksgiving.
PEURIFOY TO QUIT.
Hon. J.inie.s 8. Peurifoy is to retire
from (lie circuit bench in February.
This information comes from the 1
VValterboro correspondent of the News
ind Courier, who understands that the 1
judge has definitely decided upon his
resignation to take effect as soon as
liis successor can be elected.
Judge Peurifoy has decided upon
this step principally on account of his
!>ealth. He has been on the bench for
>ov? n years now and during that time
ie has been an unusually hard worker.
The application and confinement have
ie en telling on him and his physician
ms advised him to put himself in ajj
lesition where lie can take things <
asier.
Judge Peurifoy has considerable i
property interests in Walterboro and I
'olleton county and this will occupy <
?ucli attention as lie cares to devote to 1
usincss.
There are already several candidates .
"or the vacancy that will lie caused by |
lie retirement of Judge Peurifoy.
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JOHNSON RE-INSTATED
Horace L. Johnson of York, a state <
file, who was recently suspended 1
y (lovernor Harvey, was on Wednes- 1
lay re-instated and will resume his <
,voi k with the eonstahulary, it was an- i
miinccd at the executive offices, ae- :
. ording to the Columbia State of yes- '
erday.
.Mr. .Johnson has been a state consta?le
for a number of years. He was
suspended following1 charges that he
ad been intoxicated while driving a
uaebine in the roads of York county. (
I'he governor also made an investigaion
of other alleged acts of .Mr. Johnion.
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The grand jury of York county and :
ending members of the York bar rec- '
nnmended .Mr. Johnson's re-instate- '
nenl and after a conference with the '
ijlcer, at which time certain pledges '
rere made by the constable, the gov- 1
rnor announced he would remove the 1
uspension. In commenting upon the ; 1
emoval of the si:s|>ensinn yesterday, |1
lie governor said he* did not expect j '
urth r cause for complaint.
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SHIPPING PEANUTS '
The Clover Peanut association has c
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tarvcsted. withered, sold and loaded "
ts first car of peanuts, and tlie car 1
.as expected to leave Clover this at"crimon.
hilled to a wholesale cleaner i 1
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ti Virginia. i*
Tlie t'lovir I'canut association was '
n'uani/.cd last sprint; under the Initio- x
ive of V. <J. ! I.ii?thi i;rht. cashh r of the '
iist National Bank of Clover, and
>erause of the experimental nature of u
lie undcrtaUinw the members went I1
nto it lightly, (ultivatini; only from n
ne to Hve acres of peanuts each.
The lin t car load of peanuts that ; s
oes out todn> carries twelve tons, the I
r< ater part of the association's pro- p
action though c eh member is hold- d
iz hack a fp'tnter or less (piantily of t
is yield for domestic uses and for 1>
redin;; another crop.
Tin price realized on this first sale i>;
as 5 cents a pound, or Slftrt a ton. | a
nd each member of thy association! 1
s so well pleased that he has hut one ,\v
egret, and that is that he did not put ol
n a much larger crop to begin with, r;
Messrs. J. Darby and B. It. Smith,
?f York N'o. 1, were among the mem- u
? rs of the association who were in \]
lie five-acre class, and both are very jj|
nueh pleased with tiie outcome so far. j,
,Mr. B. It. Smith made *about 2 1-2 a,
tons of peanuts on his five acres and j,,
dso five tons of hay. He sold two
tons of the peanuts for $200 and is n
holding back a. half a ton. In addl- j.
lion to the peanuts he also made five (),
tons of hay that he estimates as being fl
worth easily $25 a. ton. ' ()
Mr. .1. I). Smith's yield was about jr
the same as that realized by Mr. B. Ifc
Smith, Mid he figures that lie can prel>are,
fertilize and work three acres of ^
c
peanuts at the same cost as one acre
i>f cotton, anil he thinks that under '
present boll weevil conditions there is '
no question of the fact that the pea- b
nut is the more profitable crop of the
two. J
Moth the Mersrsr. Smith expert to a
largely increase their peanut acreage b
next year, and this no doubt is also v
true of all (he other niomliers of the K
association.
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ABOUT PEOPLE. t
Mr. Starr C. Wood of Abbeville, is c
visiting friends in Yorkvillc today. g
Deputy Sheriff Tom Quinn is ill at c
his homo in Yorkvillc with influenza, r
Mrs. James A. Sherer of Yorkville, '
was a visitor in Charlotte today.
Mr. William McCorkle of Anderson,
is visiting his father Mr. Paul G. *
McCorkle, in Yorkville this week. 0
Mrs. J. Z. Stowe of Yorkvillc.. is ?
spending a few days with relatives in h
Unstonia.
Miss Wilma (Juinn, assistant to Au- ^
ditor Rroadus M. Love is ill at her *
home in Yorkville with influenza.
Mr. Andrew McCarter of Gastonia, j
recently visited his parents, Mr. and t
Mrs. E. A. McCarter in Clover. j.
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Willis and Mrs. i
J. P. White of Yorkville have been t
quite sick at their home this week with o
influenza. / I
Mr. Thomas W. Quinn of Winston c
Salem, N. C., is visiting: the family of c
iiis parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. a
Quinn in Yorkville. I
Mr. IT. J. Sherer of Sharon No. 1, 8
was among: the visitors in Yorkville c
yesterday morning. Mr. Sherer was r
on his' way to Clover.
Mr. H. L. Dickson, formerly of Clo- |
ver, now in business in Orangeburg
county, is spending . a few days with '
relatives in Cloveij.'
Rev. S. H. Booth of Simpsonville, s
S. C., who was recently assigned to the
pastorate of Clover circuit with headquarters
at Clover, has not yet moved
his family to Clover, due to illness. S
Reports this morning from the bedside
of A. C. McCartcr of Clover No. 1, t
were to, the effect that there was no o
change for the better in his condition, n
Mr. MoCartcr has been seriously ill for p
several days and it was not expected o
that he would survive the day. ^
Mr. Robert M. Mitchell, of Sharon
No. 1, who had the misfortune to lose
his house by fire several days ago, is ^
preparing to rebuild. Friends and
neighbors are, now assisting him in ^
hauling logs add other building supplies.
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Dr. W. W. Fcnnell, of Rock Hill, C
went to Charleston Monday night to
attend a meeting of the trustees of the b
Charleston medical college; but cx- s
pecteil lo nave a aay or uvo 01 uu
shooting with John Anderson, J. W. n
Roildcy, Jr. and other Hock Hill friends h
jyer in Berkeley county before his rc- S
turn. C(
William It. McCleave of MrConnells- F
rille, formerly engaged ih the cotton
business in Yorkville is n >w a patient f.
in the lT. S. I'uhlic Service Hospital in j,
rjrconville. Mr. McCleave has been in
b; ?l health for some time past and an j
xuminution showed that it was due (|
to exposure while in the military ser- p
eiec. In :t letter to a friend in Yorkrillc
yesterday lie said that he was be- ^
ing given good attention in Greenville
ind that he was hopeful he would F
soon l?e on the road to recovery. t-<
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WITHIN THE TOWN
? Pupils of the Yorkville school were ^
fiven a holiday on yesterday and to- ^
lay on account of Thanksgiving. aj
? The Yorkville Cotton Oil company, a]
k'orkvllle, up to November 25 of this p,
rear had crushed 1,950 tons of seed
A
gainst 2,177 tons up to the same date
)f last year, and compared with a
'our-year average of 4,506 tons. Re- R
wrts from thirty-seven South Caro- ct
ina mills show that they have crushed al
>9,802 tons of seed up to November G
15 of this year, against 109,920 tons in ji
922. This year's crush for the-37 ri
nills reporting is only 30 per cent, of dc
he four-year average. af
? Thanksgiving day passed off quiet- of
y in Yorkville yesterday. With few ''i
xceptions the business houses were
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justness was done. The banks wore
C(]
dosed altogether during the day and ^
lie post office observed holiday hours. ^
"nion service was held in Trinity
ra
dothodist church in accordance with .
hfi
ova nee announcement, and was very
.. I m
roll attended. The streets generally].
irosented the appearance of Sunday. !
] on
? Kev. Tlios. I*. iVoe, superintendent :
if the Church Home Orphanage, ex- m
lihited on the streets Tuesday after- ra
ioon a basket of exceptionally fine
II grown Irish potatoes. Kev. Xoe
aid the potatoes were of the Peach
flow variety and that the seed were j a
hinted on the orphanage farm on |an
intrust 10th. and despite the excep- j D<
ionally dry weather that followed thelso
lanting the seed came up to a good ho
taml and grew vigorously. Tliree i th
neks of potatoes were planted on X(
bout three-fourths of an acre. On _
i t Tuesdnj about half of the crop |
is dug1, the yield from three-eighths
' .in acre being 61 b,lshels, or at the
ito if J70 2-3 bushels per acre.
? Three members o. the family of
io late B. F. Blalock of the Lockmore
[ill village who have boen critically
I for several days with pneumonia and
ifluenza were reported this morning
a being some better. The entire family
as been stricken during the past ten
ays, the father dying Friday, the
lother on Sunday and the eldest
slighter on Monday morning. The
ther three members who were sick
tcluding the baby about five months
Id were reported this morning as belg
about out of danger.
? The Thanksgiving supper given by
orkvillc Ixidge, No. 146, Independent
rdof of Odd Fellows, at Its hall in.
he Cannon Mill village Wednesday
vening was a most enjoyable affair,
oth from the standpoint of attenancc
and also because of the menu
hat was served the lodgfe membership
nd their invited guests, quite a nura
er of ladies being included. There
mre qui?e a number of out of town
nests, including visitors'from Rock
fill, Sharon and other towns. Short
alks were made by W. B. Wilson,
Isq., of. Rock Hill, and Lewis Boyd of
he local lodge. The menu served inluded
oysters, roast chicken, dressing,
:reen peas, fruit salad, pickles, rolls,
rackers, cake, coffee. The supper arangements
were in charge of R. C.
tlackwell, secretary of the Yorkville
sdgc. .
? At a meeting of Meech Stewart
>ost No. 66, American Legion Tuesday
vening. the .following officers were
locted to serve the post during the enuing
year: Commander, William C.
landifer; vice commander, William S.
Joore; adjutant, J. Howard Mcdaekin;
finance officer, William H.
limrill; service officer, Jas. D. Grist;
ergeant at arms, Robert J. Morrow,
rlembers attending the post pledged
hemselves to do all in their power to
lulld the membership up to 150 durng
the year. It was decided further
o abandon the rule heretofore existing
>f admitting young men not American
^egion men to membership as assoiates
in the club and to conduct the
lub in future for American Legionires
alone. Every member present
dedged himself not to engage in any
:ame of chance for money in the legion
lub rooms during the year. Comnander
Sandifer announced his intenion
of callihg a meeting of the club
o be held within a few days at which
ime a number of matters affecting the
lost will be discussed. Reports of fllance
officers of both the post and the
egion showed a balance on the right
ide of the ledger.
LOCAL LACONICS
Rate and County Taxes.
The collection of siate and county
axes for 1922 was commenced at the
ffice of County Treasurer Neil this
torning. The per capita dog tax is
ayable during the month of January
nly.
faken to the Pen.
William C. Farics was taken to the
cnitentlary last Wednesday by Sheriff
\ E.' Quinn, and he is now in the
eath house cell recently occupied by
11 f* i 11 Vi noo t h n nrrrn rrr*n r? t pH n now
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rial by the supreme court.
Committed to Jail.
Charged with assault on R. L. Sherer
y striking him on the head with a
Ingle barrel shotgun following a quarel,
Clyde Price, a farmer was comlitted
to jail yesterday. The affair
appened in the Beth Shiloh section.
Iherer was painfully hurt but his
ondition is not serious.
leal Estate Changes Hands.
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Seventy acres of the D. M. Parrott
u rn on the road between Clover and
'ilbert have been sold to J. F. Purs>y
of Clover. The price paid was $3,50,
the transaction being made
hrnugh the real estate agency of C,
'rank Sherer of Yorkville.
idult School For Fort Mill.
Beginning next Tuesday night in the
'ort Mill graded school building the
ill sessions of the town's adult school
)r illiterates will be opened for two
jssions a week, with Misses Minnie
arrison and Emma Anderson as
?achers.v During the session of the
hool conducted last spring there was
a enrollment of more than 60 adults
rid the enrollment of the fall session
romises to be equally as large.
nother One for Broad River.
Constable M. M. MeKnight and Mr.
. L. White of Broad River township
iptured another big moonshine outfit
bout three miles south of Hickory
rove, last Friday. The operators had
ist fired up the still and got things
inning when the officers swooped
>wn on them. The still was a copper
fair and there were about 200 gallons
' beer at the place ready to be made
to liquor.
o Accidents Reported.
Although there were scores of York
unty hunters in the fields yesterday
rhanks^riving) not a single accident
id been reported this morning. Many
bbits and partridges occupied the
igs of the hunters. Three Yorkvillo
en who went to Ninety-nine Islands
quest of ducks succeeded in shooting
ily two. They found plenty of ducks
ere but according to their own stateent
the ducks Just simply kept out of
nge.
langes of Schedule.
The Southern railroad has announced
change of schedule on the Charlotte
d Columbia division effective on
>cember 17, l>y which No. 31 going? j
nth will pass Rock Hill about ono
ur and thirty-five minutes earlier
an at present, and No. 32 going
n th will pass Rock Hill one hour and
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