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Scraps anil /acts.
? Rural credits legislation, said to
have tho approval of administration officials
and proposing to create a farm
credits department as a part of the
present farm loan system, was introduced
simultaneously in the senate
and house Wednesday by Senator
Ren root, Republican, Wisconsin, and
Representative Anderson, Republican,
Minnesota. The two bills, similar in
most particulars, would make avail
able for form loans a total of $G,ouu,ouu
distributed equally anions the twelve
farm loan banks. The present government
subscription to the twelve
banks totals only $12,000,000. The
banks would bo authorized to rediscounts
from paper having a maturity
of from six months to three years.
? The Irish Free State is now a reality.
The Irish constitution became law
on Tuesday by a practically unanimous
vote of the British parliament, only a
few "last ditchers" refusing to give it
their sanction. The king on Wednesday
issued his proclamation putting
the act of parliament into effect and
Timothy Healy appointed just before
ihe issuance of the ' proclamation is
now the governor general. Healy is
a native Irishman, a noted parliamentarian
and a lawyer of wide repute. IK
* " 1 A*-- 43 A AMlllinnf
, is saiu 10 is.* me uioi. iiiiuuvm un.'^v.
to be appointed governor general of a
Biitish dependency. All British troops
are to be withdrawn from Ireland as
soon as possible and before the end
of the present year. Tho new Irish
government is now working on a representative
basis.
? Clara Phillips, the Los Angeles,
California woman who was last week
sentenced to ten years imprisonment
for beating another woman. Alberta
Meadows to death with a hammer,
escaped from the I.os Angeles jail last
Monday night. The bars of her cell
had been sawed through and the indications
were that she had crawled out
of a window and dropped to the roof
of a small house below. She is said to
have been seen in another part of the
city on Tuesday morning; but alter
that all trace of her was lost. Her
husband. Armour Ij. Phillips, appeared
at the police station Tuesday and
denied any knowledge of or connection
with the escape. He told the
police that he was prepared to account
for his whereabouts in such
manher that there could be no question
of the fact that he was not there.
She is believed to have escaped into
Mexico.
? A precedent established early in
the history of tho republic was broken
by President Harding .Tuesday when
ho failed to deliver his annual message
to congress which was convened in
regular session, it lias liccn the custom
for the chief executives to deliver
their messages on either the first or
second day of the session and. recording
to officials at the capital, the only
time this practice has been broken
heretofore was in 1S55 when President
Pierce deferred his message until the
last day in December because of the
inability of tbe house to organize. At
that session it required 133 ballots for
the house to elect its speaker. At the
"White House it was stated Hint the
president probably would deliver bis
message Thursday or Friday. It was
understood that the executive, having
sole responsibility for his recommendations
to congfess was weighing
carefully the program he would out lino.
Pressure of public business was
believed to be in part rcs|H>nsihic for
the delay but there were also intimations
that the president because of recent
official discussions, felt it would
be the part of wisdom to give a few
more days' study to certain qiic.lk is.
? Despatches from l^iusanne indicate
that the Turks are at the point
of hesitation whether they shall join
with the Allies or the Russians. It is
pretty \v? 11 understood thai if the Russians
have not already reached an understanding
with the Turks, tiny are
more than anxious to do so with he
i?m:.i jk#:.m*'i\ i in uuiiii;' lavuu imh . nother
striking development of the situation
is that the Americans who are
supposed to he at Lausanne as somewhat
"silent observers," are really a
very dominating factor. When the
Turks made known their intention to
deport all ('.re' Us from Constantinople,
the American represents!live yesterday
took the floor and read the following:
"The American delegation is not
in accord with the proposals for new
compulsory movements of populations
unless it is clearly shown that good
purposes will lie served : : might he
the ease in the exchange of prisoners,
or of populations where, exchange is
necessary to serve humanitarian etuis.
Without discrimination between the
parlies to the negotiations for exchange.
the American delegation is t itable
to approve the movement from
Constantinople of the Crock population
of that city, particularly under
renditions which will semi an urban
people, used to artisanship and contnerc?
to a rural district. We will not
hesitate to express in pursuance of
o! r legitimate liuir.anitariaii interests,
our protest at any such dislodgnu nt
of human iieings."
? Stoek divi lends totalling $iil,5<l0,1'itO
were announced Tucsdaj by sev en
' rge indust'i i; ! corporations and banks
t t New York, bringing tie- total .stock
dividends declared in the list I \\
months to more than Jl.iiiMi.Otiii.V'iu.
Thes" sums in virtually all eas. s have
beep provided for out of iiadisi: "but d
; orpins, apparently in anticipation of
unfavorable tax legi -lation in the p Nj
congress. The Stito'"'.aker Corpoia1
ion increased its capitalization
ti'io.ooo by declaring a per n-iit.
' oek dividend. Hirer tors expee imI
!< customary annual In per cent. !i\
dead would he continued. Tie
Vacuum 'hi company distributed *tk,nes.nun
of surplus in the form < f ;t
" a |((.|- < .(.(. r.tock dividend trap :for
t iv.g $ !"?.OrtO,(lon froin tlie surplus to the
c pital s'ock. The William Wrlgley,
Junior company declared a 10 per
cent, stock dividend of $1,500,000 to !
common shareholders. The I tank of i
Manhattan company, one cf the old- ^
est in the country, increased its capital
from $5,000,000 to $10,000,000 by i
capitalizing surplus and declaring a
100 per cent, stock dividend. The!
Equitable Trust company announced ,
plans to increase its capital from $12,000,000
to $20,000,000 one-half of which
would be a 33 1-3 stock dividend and
the remainder new issue of stock to (
which holders of the bank stock might
subscribe. The K. I. Jlul'ont do '
I Demours contjKiny declared a 50 per
cent, stock amounting to $20,000,000. .
Tlic Whitenuin Mills of New lied ford,
called a stockholders' meeting to consider
a stock dividend of 5u per cent,
by increasing the capitalization from
$2,000,000 to $3,000,000.
e dlitvhrinp 41-nitirri*.
Entered at the Postofllce at York, as
Mail Matter of the Second Class.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1922.
Wh'lo sumo York county farmers
have for years been giving more or less
attention to the spraying of their fruit
trees, the practice is not general. Now >
is the time for spraying trees and the j
; work should be attended to. Peaches .
; simply wont do any good on unsprayod j
trees, and the Irmc-sulphur mixture j
properly applied always returns many j
times the cost expended on material
and labor. It is not much troublfi and
it does not take much time to look after
the fruit trees. The point is to attend
to the matter and attend to it
now. That's all.
Eamonn DcValera, head of the socalled
Irish Republic, is still irreconcilable
to the Free State ide;\. lie insists
on absolute independence for Irel
mi,! hrin sont nroelnmations Warn
ing the people of South Ireland especially,
that those who pay .taxes of any
; klml for the support of the Irish Freo
j State will have to pay again to the
Irish Republic. The Free State govj
eminent is doing what it can to run
| UeValera out of the country, and while
I it may succeed in the end, the proba'
bility is that Ireland is in for quite a
! lot more trouble before peace and
| prosperity are established.
While for a time it looked as if Great '
Britain, France and Italy could have
pretty much what they wanted at Lausanne,
it docs not look that way any
more. It is now clear that Russia and
I Turkey are in full agreement to have
what they consider to be their right or
know the reason why. Turkey claims
sovereignty over the straits, and although
she says she is willing for the
free passage of commerce, she does not
propose to stand for any warships?
ink large ones anyway. Russia feels
the same way about it. She says that
the admission of warships will give
domination to the nation that lias the
i most powerful navy and she will not
have that. The understanding is that
Russia has told Turkey that if she,
Turkey, will stand her ground as to the
straits, Russia will back her to the
limit. And in view of general conditions
in Europe it is now likely that
the European powers will act now as
they would have acted a few years ago.
Now that calcium arsenate lias j
become :is important ;i lactor in rmion
production ;is is commercial fei liliz- r,
Ihc producers of this < <?u>u111uitare
In muiiing In form combinations to
bleed the fanners out of all Hint the
traffic will stand. Last year at this
lime calcium arsenate cnitld If bought
fi r r? l-'J cents a pound and now the
i dealers are asking It) l-ii cents a!
... 1
| pound. ? aleiuni arsenate consists id a
combination of white arsenic and lime
?10 per cent, arsenic ami 00 per cent,
lime. The cost of the lime, of course
is iH irlinibi!'. Where last ytar the mixture
was sold to dealers at $!>_' a ton,.!
the present price is $100, and it may |
tto higher. The government standard
prohibits the presence of more than
i three-fourths of one per cent, soluble
1 arsenic in the mixture, as more than
I that burns and with* rs the plants to
j which it is applied, l'cports front overj,
i the state last summer evidence the I
fact that much inferior stuff had been
sold to the farmers. But the .meat j
MUcstioii is that since ealeiuni arsenate,
has now lieC'ime a n cessity in cot top I
production and the increase in the j
i price from In ? loo a t< 11 indicatesj
' wholesale rohh* r.v, is there not s'?incj
I way in which to secure reasonable '
| protection?
Almost like one crying in the wilder- ;
in s, (iinernl tVrshing continues to j
ph(I for a greater, stronger ami more !
permanent American e.rir.y establish- i
ment. To those who blindly preach (
that tliei'c will |>e no more wars, lie
j points out thai during the entire history
of our | eojile, its an indepemi* tit
11 t ion, there It: been s< ei?and ii iportant
employment for our armies
on an av> rage of otiec everj eiirliteen
| ino'itiis, and to those who cite the
T't.intie ael?i'-< I'tnents of the I'niP <1
, Si:.t. s in pretKir lion for the world
: \v: r <ei sneli . port notice, ae i (int.-:
' oi:t how this effort cost its nianv times
rncie than it ought to have cost, or i
would have cos! had v.'e Peon keeping
! ourselves in a reasonable stale of
pr-par ition all the while. Then too,
I h\ way of illustration, lie cites the
Ii.sc of the Chinese nation, potentially j
the most powerful n tion on nth, im- i
potent because of its neglect of its
obvious military duties all along. The
Chinese, like the United States, felt
that their numbers and resources were (
such they need never have any fear
from a possible enemy, and neglected
their army, ltccau.se of this neglect,
schisms developed within and in the
course of time the country was so torn
by dissensions as to l?e at the mercy
of the neighbors whose actual power
was contemptible in eom]>arison. Hut ,
(Jcneral Pershing has in mind other
thai, purely military advantage in propor
preparedness. Past experience has
demonstrated that, left to themselves, "
onr youth are inclined to fall into
physical degeneracy: that the recent
conscription showed a larger per cent,
of unfit who wore unfit simply for !
lack of the kind of training that goes
into tlie making of soldiers, and proper
measures of preparedness* will take i
care of all this. The general does not
want war and he does not seek war;
but ho wauls u tuorougniy uihiitbiuuu i
of all men that the host way to get |
what is yours without war is to be
prepared for war. That General Pcrsh- |J
ing's doctrine is sound throughout,
there is very little question but because
of tlie seeming inconvenience involved
and the seeming interference
with complete liberty to do as we
please all the while many of us arc
opposed and disinclined to. do what is
obviously best for us to do.
Thanksgiving.
Although this editorial might have
bet .t more appropriate a week ago, it
is no less timely now than it would
have been then.
The American people have more to
be thankful for than any other people
on the face of this earth, and we of
this section have as much to be thankful
for as have any other people in
America.
Almighty God has poured out his
blessings on our people to an extent
that no other people?not even his own
chosen Israel?have ever known.
We have been blessed with pence
and plenty, with health, with protection
for life and property, with revelation
of scientific mysteries, with facilities
to educate our children, with opportunity
to hear the word of God and
to join in his worship, with opportunity
and ability to feed the Savior's
sheep, and all the best that temporal
life can afford is easily within cur
reach.
Surely none who were cognizant of i
the events of the late war, have remained
insensible of the obvious parti- !
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amy uiai inn ^liuii^ni^ uuu ... ..?
America throughout it .'ill?how ho
guarded our transports on the deep and
kept safe our American boys where
others were allowed to go down to
watery graves?and how, although in
battle lie allowed some to sanctify the ,
cause with their blood, those boys as
well as we who were at home knowthat
God himself was there sword in
hand establishing the invincibility of
American arms and spirit.
It is known of all men, and testified
to by the leaders of all the Allied
hosts. that individual American
soldiers performed the most superhuman
feats that have been recorded, in
all the annals of Avar, and in doing
what they did these soldiers themselves
tell us that they were only humble
instruments under the direct guidance
and protection of God.
The question is, r.ot what have Ave
for which 1o lie thankful; but Avhal
can we do to show our gratitude for
the incomparable blessings that God
has pouredtout upon us?
We have Moses and the prophets,
and more than that ivc have Jesus
Christ the son of God, Avith the
message of eternal life.
All that God has ever asked of the
human race is obedience*to his revealed
laws.
To whom much is given, much is expected.
What a terrible accounting will
America have to make if she fails to
measure up to what God requires!
MERE MENTION
The senate having failed to confirm
the name of I fierce l>utl?T to he associate
justice of the supreme court during
the few remaining hours of the ex
tra session, il was returned by the
president lo the. regular session
('. urges Clciiienecau called on Presiilent
Harding on Tuesday but il is said
lliat ttieydid not talk polities. The
Southern Cotton commission which
for two years has been operating as an
iiaofiieial body was effected at Memphis,
Tenn., Tuesday with It. O. j
ISvorett, of Durham, X. C., as irresiclent
and Thomas it. King, of Memphis, !
as seeretary. Its purpose is to suggest |J
legislation that will bo of advantage !
to the agricultural interests of the
South Harry Ades, a Paltimore
hanker was shot, wounded and robbed '
of $4,.-12 in itallitnore Tuesday niglit,
as lie sat in his automobile in front of :
the bank with his daughter and a girl
employe. An eye glass easo and a i
number of dominion Is that he carried
in a hreast pocket probably saved his
life. Three suspects have been arrested
Four students of Colby college
in Maine lost their lives a few j
lays ago in a fire that destroyed the
building. j1
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? The Department of Justice on Tib s- j i
day advised Senator Harris, Democrat, ; '
'Jeorgia, that an agent would he nppointed
to investigate charges that;
a comhiturion ??f producers exists t?? 1
cmiiIimI the *ji?|il> and price of cal ium
arsenate, used in fl;;Minvr the
Ixtli w i vil. Special ds* isi.-'ui Im>\yIcr
advised Senator llarr.s that "the do)
>;i it ill < )] t is a uxious to ai<l tin* I'm iners
c1* Ihe South all it ;m -jr.ly 1.111 in this
matter, :ind as quickly as an npent
can lie procured a thorough investi- I
a; !inn 01' tie situation will he made. 1
Senator Uarri requested lit : ttnrnoy 1
ircneral and the Federal Trade com - I
mission to inal.e an invert!nation, hut 1
the latter said it was without funds, i.
LOCAL AFFAIRS,
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
''ash and "Carry. Wychc Elder, Proprietor?Huy
your Christmas goods
early and buy them from Cash and
Carry.
['copies -Bank and Trust Co.?Members
of the 1!)L'2 Christmas club.
Vorkville Enquirer?Shop early so as
to get the best.
Kirkpatrick-Bclk Co.?Some few suggestions
for Christmas:
lames A. Barrett, Administrator?
Notice of application for final discharge.
;. W. Knox and J. C. Boyd?Notice to
trespassers.
W. \V. Barron?Philadelphia Diamond
'.Grid Battery. .
The Star Theatre, J. Q. Wrny, Manager
? Harry T. Morey, in the "Sea
Rider," today.
Sam M. and S. E. Crist, District agents
?"We bond you."
Carroll Brothers?Red Rust Proof
Wheat at
The City Pharmacy, Clover?Valuo already
understood.
Ferguson & Voungblood?Antonio, the
"very best."
Mackorell Drug Company?Magazines.
York Drug Store?The time is Pinksule
time.
Ij. W. Cullender and others?Notice to
trespassers.
J. W. tshealey, Principal?The Venetian
trio at Sharon.
M. L. Ford & Sons, Clover?Shop
early.
Nivens Brothers, Clover and York?
Christmas fruits and nuts at our two
stores.
A. AI. Grist, W. M.?Regular meeting
night, December 12.
Mr. I. L. McCartcr, of Clover No. 1,
left some second crop June apples at
The Yorkvillc Enquirer on last Tuesday.
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The First A. R. P. church of Gastonia,
N. C., has extended a call to Rev.
Ernest Orr, of New Albany, Miss. Rev.
Mr. Orr has not yet indicated whether
or not he will accept. The pastorship
of.this congregation was made vacant
by the recent resignation of Rev. Dr.
J. C. Galloway, who has since died.
Judge Peurifoy has been receiving a
stream of letters from all over the state
since the recent announcement of his
proposed retirement from the circuit
bench. They come from his colleagues
on the bench, from prominent lawyers
in every section and from laymen?all
expressing deep and sincere regret at
his determination in the matter. Some
even go so far as to neg mm 10 reconsider,
if possible, notwithstanding the
reason he has assigned for the step he
has taken. His honor has been very
much touched, so much so perhaps,
that if lie had realized as now the
fuil extent of the confidence and
esteem in which he is held, his decision
in the matter would have beer even
more difficult than it was.
As previously announced, the Christmas
edition of The Yorkvillc Enquirer
will appear next Friday, December 15,
and it will consist of not less than
twenty-four pages. The principal features
out of the ordinary will bo pleasing
and instructive Christmas lauding,
and numerous illustrated advertisements.
Besides tlie entertainment it
will furnish in the home this edition
will be of especial value to intelligent
shoppers who know pretty well what
they want before they leave home, and
who desire information as to where to
find it. Numerous business concerns
will bo represented in this issue most
of them in a very attractive manner,
and in many ways the paper will be of
unusual interest and value to ill our
subscribers. There will be more than
tlqy r thousand copies of the edition.
? "
f-rom time to nmo inc i urnvrnt noquirer
has heard of more or less local
hostility to the oil mills in the county,
mainly in the shape of derogatory talk
and unfriendly accusations; but why
this talk and why these unfriendly accusations
it is difficult to understand.
All of the York eouilty oil mills are independent
corporations, owned hy our
own people, and having no convection
with the big corporations that dominate
the business not only here hut throughout
the south. Take for instan :e the
oil mills at Yorkville, Clove r and. Hoek
Hill. All of them are of invaluable
service to Hie farmers of the county
and the economic life of this whole
section. Ko far as the Yorkville Cotion
<?il company is concerned there is
nut an institution in the town or county
that is of moi'e indispensable material
value to the town and surrounding
country. There are people who say
that it fixes the price of seed, meal and
hulls. It does not. The prices of these
commodities are fixed hy the general
market, and the Yorkville Cotton <?il
mill buys its share in competition with
tlie big combinations, giving the farmers
a better price than if it were not
here. The small ginneries over the
county are useful and all right, and get
nlong without the slightest friction on
account of the larger ginneries; hut
without the larger ginneries, where
would we he? Would it not ho awkward
right now, as for some time past,
if tlio ginnery of the Yorkville Oil company
were not here to take care of the
lag end of the crop, and does anybody
Iliink that any small private ginnery
could afford to remain in commission
nt this time for the little bit of work
I his big ginnery is doing, to say nothing
of the fewer number of bales that
would be coming from the smaller gin- i
aery's immediate territory? This big |
oneern is frequently ginning less than !
half a dozen bales a day. Ami as to j
cotton seed meal, arc the pcoele gen- ;
crallv aware that the home consumption
of cotton seed meal is hardly l?t
per cent, of the output of this eon- 1
i rn. ami unless the product could be'
sold abroad the establishment could
n<>( !iv Well, that is true ami it is
!sn I cm* as to liulls?as true of both
's it is of oil. No. wo have not boon
..lasi to plead the ease of the oil mills.
So ' ir as we know they are not arkany
favors. Wo are quite sure
l:at til'- unfriendly talk and aoe'iraions
to which we have referred are'
lot general. Most York eoiuity people
lave too much intelligence and too
liiioh sense; but because of tile tremendous
usefiiine:.:; of tin n in titit
tions, it Rives us especial pleasure to ' <
call attention to the facts. | ^
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FOR BENEFIT OF TEACHERS 1
Plans to institute a study coy tor for 1
teachers of York county to be held at '
Clover, are now being worked out by c
Superintendent of Education John E. '
Carroll and other educational leaders '
of the county. Dr. A. P. Kourland, c
head of the extension department at 1
Winthrop College was in Yorkvllle '
Wednesday for a consultation with Mr. '
Carroll relative to the study center. Mr. 1
Carroll, by the way was a student un- *
dor Dr. Hourland at Pcabody College, *
Nashville, Tenn., many years ago when 1
Dr. Hourland was an instructor there.
The plan is to hold about twelve
sessions of the study center for teachers
at Clover during the present school t
year. The extension department of '
Winthrop College will detail two of its (
instructors to go to Clover and instruct f
the teachers from all sections of the i
county who will gather there. To all t
intents and purposes the study center '
will be just like a summer school for '
-II 1-. *?.. f*1r\ ..m. .11 All
learners, aiTuruiiiK iu un. vuuon.
of the details in connection with the
plan have not yet been worked out.
OVER FIFTY YEARS
J. N. MeDill and Mary Wylie, of HlckI
ory Grove were married, March 17,
1S70. They have four living children
I.ula S. MeDill married John K. Allison.
They have five living children. Thos.
I P. MeDill, of Greenville married Miss
Osceola Wilkie. They have two living
children. Emma J. MeDill of McCormick,
married Rev. Leon T. Pressly.
They have, one living child. Nixon M.
MeDill, of Chester, married Miss
Margaret Chcyne. They have one
child.
Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Hand.
An event of interest to a wide circle
of friends was the 50th anniversary of
the. wedding of Mr. and Mrs. A. S.
Hand of the Clay Hill section, which
was celebrated Monday. Present for
the occasion were all of the children,
many grandchildren and several great- (
grandchildren, as well as a number of (
intimate friends. Among the latter
were four who attended the wedding of ,
Mr. and Mrs. Hand, 50 years ago, these ,
being Mrs. J. M. Digger, Mrs. Ella
Suggs, Mrs. Partlow and Miss Sue ,
Mason. Not the least enjoyable feature
of the day was a sumptuous dinner,
consisting of turkey, boiled ham, .
cakes, custards, puddings and other ,
savory viands.
U/ITUIW TUC TOW M
? Cora Ralney, .colored woman of
York villi-, dropped dead at her home
in "Johnson How," a colored suburb ,
of town lust Tuesday and was buried
yesterday. The woman's death is said ,
to have been due to a fit of anger arrowed
as the result of a quarrel with .
some of Iter neighbors.
? Funeral services for Dr. Asbury
Coward who died in Helena, Montana
last Sunday will ho held from the ,
Church of the Good Shepherd, Episcopal
at 1 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, i
Interment will follow in Roso Hill
cemetery. It is expected that the body <
of the late Dr. Coward will arrive here |
tonight.
? J'erhaps the most unique trade s
made here last Monday which was
salesday for December occurred in one 1
of the back lots when one trader
swapped a 'posauni for a mule. It 1
seems that the possum was a pretty
fat specimen while the mule lxid seen t
his best days. The 'possum cost its
owner 3:"> cents and hoot of f>0 cents !
was given in the exchange for the
mule, making the entire cost of the !
mule S5 cents.
? Marked improvement in the influ- '
| enza situation lias been noted since
Tuesday, according to information ob- ;
tained yesterday from the various physicians
of tiie town. While there tire I
still numerous eases of the malady,
j still at the present time none of the
patients are regarded as being in a i
I serious condition. The three Blaloek
children who have been quite ill with | 1
influenza and pneumonia at the Loeknu?rt!
.Mill are reported, as recuperating I
rapidly. 1
? The annual bazaar given by ladies
of Trinity .Methodist church was held '
in the liralton building at the corner 1
of South Carolina and Kast Jefferson
streets yesterday. The ladies served '
| dinner from 12 m. to 2. p. in., yesterday
afternoon and supper from (5 to 8 :
o'cloek last evening. There were many
diners at both meals and the meals the '
ladies served were all that could be
desired. In addition to meals there was 1
a law and attractive stock of fancy- j
work, homemade candies and other '
articles on sale and a goodly sum for J
the benefit of the church was derived '
from the sales. .Mrs. 1'. \\*. Patrick1'
was chairman of the committee pro- j
moling the hdzanr and she was assist- | '
d by many of the ladies of Trinity j
cong rc-Kut ion.
PUNTS AND PASSES
Port Mill High plays (Jaffney High ; '
r. frame of football in Spartanburg this '
afternoon. If Port Mill which was
declared the champion team of the ^
Catawba lli?rh Athletic: Association
wins from (Jaffney, slic will play the 1
Thornwcll Orphanage team for the1'
Bp-state championship. CalTiU'y is | 1
"doped" to win from Knit .Mill til 111
Spartanburg this afternoon.
It is reported locally that there is
some probability of disbanding the
<Yi:uvb:i High School Athletic asso-| 1
i i:.tii>n I ccatisi' of all the scandal 1
about ineligible players that has been I 1
entertaining the newspaper readers of
the state. I localise of disclosures it is ^
said that there is more or less hard '
feeling among some of the schools. 1
But of course what is done about it 1
remains t>? be seer..
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The I lock I i ill hoard of education is <
pot satisfied wi'h the notion of the I'
xecutive committee of the State High
School Athletic association which
listed Douglas Xims, star plnver of
iock Hill. The committee disqualiled
-N'ims because it was proved that
lis iKiard was being paid by football
nthusiasts while attending school in
lock Hill.' At a meeting of the Rock
iill board of education held in that
lity last Tuesday the board adopted
he following resolution: "Resolved?
rhat the Rock Hill school board use
very effort available to clear Douglns
s'bus of .-ill charges of playing for contidenition
:is the board believes there
vas 110 intention in his mind of playng
for valuable consideration as construed
by the executive committee."
Johnny Logan's Rock Hill "Bear
flats" want to arrange a game with
Monroe, N. C., high. In a communiation
published in the Charlotte Ol> erver
yesterday morning, Coach Lo;an
writes: "We would like to oxend
through The Observer a chalenge
to the Monroe High school foothill
team for a game of football.
"We extend this challenge for vurous
reasons. Monroe defeated Shelby.
IVo defeated Chester and Shelby defeated
Chester. Wo would like to
>lay this game just to decide which
me of us has the better team.
"Monroe has l?een eliminated from
the High school championship race
>f North Carolina by her defeat at the
lands of Asheville. We have been
eliminated from the South Carolina
tiigh school championship raco by a
technical ruling established by several
South Carolina school officials whose
teams had met defeat at our hands.
"We might play this game therefore,
for the championship of the 'elimited.'
"Anyway, we believe that a good
football game would result from a
meeting of' the two schools, and we
therefore extend a friendly challenge
to Monroe for a game, preferable to be
played here in Rock Hill." .
REAL ESTATE'TRANSFERS
Real estate transfers* have been lnIcxcd
in the office of the county autitor
as follows:
Bethel?A. S. Hand to the First
rrust and Savings Bank, 481 1-4 acres,
(12,298.40. '
-i a:..,.4- Teuof nwrl Gnrlncro Rnnlf to A
3. Hand, G 3-4 acres, $5 and other considerations.
Bethesda? W. E. Ashe to C. B. Abell,
109 8-10 acres, $1 and other considerltions.
Geo. D. Pearson to W. C. Pearson, 79
teres, $5 and other considerations.
Bullock's Creek?J. L. Rainey to Coy
Tones, 56 39-100 acres, $846.
T. E. McMackin, C. C. C. Pis., to
Quinn Wallace, 484 acres, $1,500.
Quinn Wallace to A. M. Erwin, 484
teres, $3,622.74.
Catawba?H. B. Powell and C. E.
Tucker to J no. R. Williams, 1 lot, $5
ind other, considerations.
H. 11. Powell and C. E. Tuqker to
Mrs. Pearl J. Goodman, 1 lot, $5 and
ther considerations.
Eugenia Wright to Kattie Rosalec
Cook, 1 lot, $700.
W. M. Padgett to Mutual Investment
Co., 30 acres, $5 and other considerations.
Catawba Real Estate Co., to Powell
ind Tucker, 1 lot, $5.
Isabella W. Wilson to E. L. Barnes, 6
lota, $2,ooo.
J no. R. Williams to S. M. Barnett, 1
lot, $750.
C. 11. Williams to J. H, Williams, et!
il.t 1 lot, $1 love and affection. (
L. F. Dabney to J. M. Estridgc, 1 lot,
$1,100
It. L. Stewart to L. F. Dabney, 1 lot,
$5.
Jno. It. Williams to J. C. Cauthcn, t
ot, $300.
L. W. Fouche to Jno. R. Williams, 14
teres, 55.
Catawba Real Estate Co., to II. B.
Powell and C. E. Tucker, 1 lot, $5.
Thorn T. Morrison to W. H. Gladden,
? l<>ts, $2,000.
Ebenczer?J. H. Rudisill to Mrs.
lennic I*. Rudisill, 2 lots, $1,150. (J. C.
A'hitf ancl W. J. Cunningham lots.)
.las. M. Starr and J. F. McElwee, to
t. E. 1j. Ferguson, 103 1-2 acres, $2,138.72.
Catawba Ileal Estate Co., to II. B.
'oweII and C. E. Tucker, 1 lot, $5, and
?thcr considerations.
Ruby C. 11 ill to S. F. Soaglc, 1 lot,
12,426.
Fort Mill?Lcroy Springs and Elliott
Springs to W. B. Ardrey, 1 lot, $750.
King's Mountain?D. M. Parrott to
I*. Fitch Pursley, 70 acres, $3,150.
T. F. Jackson to George S. Williams,
lot, $500.
I. J. Campbell to G. F. Hambright, 1
ot, $800.
Mrs. Emma Thomasson to J. W.
shillinglaw, 202 acres, $1. (Right, title
tnd Interest.)
O. W. Hartness to J. D. Havtness, 45
teres, $1,200.
ALONG THE WAY
Reports from over the county have
t th.it large quantities of hog meat
evently killed is spoiling on the hands
)f the owners because the weather
vns too warm at the time the hogs
vcre killed. There are scores of hog
iwners over the county who have killsi
some of their hogs; and it is said
hat the several towns in the county |
in.- thick with peddlers of i>ork who
ire oajfer and anxious to sell it at al- !
nost any price for fear that it will '
.poll.
Discharge i?apers of a number of |
x-soMiors of York county arc in the
iffice of tlio clerk of the court ready
or distribution to their owners, Dep!t.v
Clerk Howard Me^lackin said 1
estcrday. The discharge papers were'
irouffht to the clerk's office to be re- ]
orderl. The owners requested that ]
he originals be not returned through
In- mails, sayimr that they preferred to
all for them. Some of the ox-soliers
have evidently forirotten to call
inro they have been ill the clerk's of-j
fice for many weeks. It is considered
likely that some of the ex-soldiers
have forgotten about bringing the
papers to the office of the clerk.
Thousands of dollars will be paid
out to meml>ers of Christmas savings
clubs through York county during the
next ten days or two weeks, according
to J. H. B. Jenkins, Jr., active vice
president of the Peoples' Bank & Trust
company of Yorkville. Mr. Jenkins
said that he was not in a position to
say Just how much would be paid out
through the clubs of the various banks
just before Christmas; but it would be
a large amount. Among the banks
of the county that have conducted
Christmas Savings Clubs during the
past year are the I'eoples Bank &
Trust Company of Yorkville; the First
National Bank of Clover and the Peoples
National Bank of Rock Hill. Mr.
Jenkins said that the local bank would
pay out about $7,000 to the members
of the club.
Alma Williams, negro womair, has
been taken to the state penitentiary in
Columbia to serve a sentence of five
years' imprisonment. She was recently
convicted of manslaughter in
tho court of general sessions for York
county. She killed her husband, Harper
Williams, negro of Hock Hill. Her
defense was tfiat her husband had repeatedly
"sicked" a vicious bull dog
on her which chewed her hands and
legs. One night a few months ago
when her husband put the dog on her
and attacked her himself, she killed
him with a shot gun. It was expected
that the bull dog would be brought
into court as a witness for the defendant;
but the dog was not in court
when tho case was tided. It was said
that a relative of the dead negro had
carried it to Baltimore.
The tribe of local radio bugs continues
to increase. A Hickory Grove
man who was in Yorkville yesterday
made arrangements with a local dealer
to buy a radio outfit for his home.
The number of Yorkville people who
want to "listen in" on the concerts
given almost nlghtiy over the radio
of W. W. Barron in Yorkville, continues
to increase. Lamar Black and
R. C. Blackwjell using a small radio
outfit of their own construction, using
the crystal detector, are picking
up messages from Louisville, Ky.,
Pittsburgh, Pa., and other places. Earl
Land of York No. 1 and his friends
are being entertained by the messages
that he is getting over bis outfit.
Numbeft are talking of buying large
radio outfits.
COMMON PLEAS COURT
A verdict for the defendant company
was returned in the court of
common pleas for York county last
Wednesday in the case of William A.
Anderson of Rock Hill against the
ltock Hill Uas company. Anderson
sought damages against the corporation
in the sum of $2,000, alleging that
tho company had cut off the gas in his
home in that city at a time when his
children were ill. Ho claimed also
that he (had to fell the gas fixtures in
his home at a great loss due to the
fact that they were no longer of any
value to him after the company refused
to furnish him with gas. He
admitted that he refused to pay his
monthly gas bills for three monthsbecause
he considered that he had.
been overcharged. The bill, he said,
rose from about $6 a month to something
like $25 a month. He had offered
to pay on a basis of a six months
avenge but this the company refused
to accept.
Anderson and his wife both took the
witness stand and gave their versldn
of their troubles with the gas company
about the increased bills. Testimony
for the gas company was that
the bills had increased because the
people of Rock Hill had voted to allow
them to increase the rate for gas.
Their testimony was that they had
given Anderson notice that he must
pay his bills by tyie tenth of each *
month. After he had failed to pay
for three successive months, upon instructions
from the home office in
Philadelphia, Pa., they had cut on: nis
gas supply. They denied any knowledge
of the fact that his children
were sick about the time the gas was
cut off. J. H. Foster, Esq., represented
the plaintiff in the action, while
Spencer & White, represented the defendant
corporation.
A non-suit was granted Tuesday in
the case of Mrs. Elizabeth Hammond
against the Manchester, formerly
the Manchester Cotton Mills of
Rock Hill. The plaintiff sought damages
in the sum of $30,000 because of
alleged personal injuries when she fell
down an elevator shaft in the mill of
the defendant company. Testimony
was that the plaintiff went on the
elevator after she had been warned
against such action by the company.
The motion for a non-suit was "ranted
on the ground that the mill company
was in no wise- responsible for
the accident of Mrs. Hammond.
A verdict for the plaintiffs in the
sum of $1,500, the full amount asked
\
for, was returned yesterday in the
case of J. H. and M. A. Duncan against
the Southern Railway. The plaintiffs
who own land in the Ogden section,
claimed that the defendant company
had huilt a fill across its track near
their lands which caused water to flow
over their lands, causing damage to
the amount stated.
Today the court is engaged in trial
of the case of VV. L. Hill doing business
under the name of Hill & Co.,
against the Southern Railway. The
plaintiff in his c^nplaint alleged that
on March 1, 1920, his warehouse was
burned as a result of sparks from a
passing freight engine of the defendant
railroad company. In the warehouse
at the time of the fire were 142 bales
of cotton, the bales averaging 475
pounds each. The damaged cotton
(Continued on Fage Eight.)
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