Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, December 15, 1922, Page Page Two, Image 2
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OARNERED WITH SCISSORS
News From Within and Without
the County.
CONDENSED FOR QUICK READING
Some Items of Fact, Some of Comment
and All Helping to Give an Idea of
What Our Neighbors Are Saying and
l^oing.
Chester Reporter, Dec. 11: Last
night at the Haldwin Mills as Evangelist
Sam T. Creech was saying a few
words of farewell preliminary to delivering
his parting message of the
two-weeks' revival, four members of
the Ku Klux Klan appeared at the entrance
of the tent, and silently filed
.1 ntvn the left aisle until they reached
the front when one of their number
handed an envelope to Mr. Creech, the
party in the meantime remaining absolutely
silent. The evangelist opened
the envelope and drew forth a check,
for $75 and a one dollar hill, also a
communication which he read to the
congregation. The letter stated the
principles of the Ku Klnx Klan, and
closed by directing that twenty-five
dollars be given to the Creech Orphanage
at Spartanburg, and the remainder
be divided equally between Messrs.
Morris and Creech as partial remuneration
for their labors, which the
Klan endorses, and wanted to go on
record publicly as approving. The
evangelist referred to the principles
fr?r which the Ku Klux stand, as laid
down in the letter, and said that wliile
he is not at an advertising medium
for the organization be approved of
the principles as thus stated, and appreciated
the aid they were giving in
carrying on the gospel, promoting education,
and furthering other help'ul
/ causes, as stated in the communication.
The Klansmcn . then silently
withdrew, and the service proceeded
along the ordinary lines A most
delightful supper, splendid addresses,
, and' the acquisition of a batch of new
members were the chief features of
Thursday evening's banquet of Chester
Post, American Legion. The Auxiliary
were in charge, and most creditably
did they acquit themselves. The
election of officers for the ensuing
vac. - i-aanltod n?5 follows! Cant. \Y. C.
"White, commander; Jas. H. Saye, of
Rodman, vice commander; Maj. J. S.
McKeown, of Cornwell, adjutant; T.
C. O'Donnell, treasurer; Stanley Smith,
service officer; Edw. M. White, historian;
Gill Gregory, sergeant-atprms;
Dr. H. M. Ross, relief officer;
and Rev. J. P. Traywick, chaplain
DcPass Brewington, a white lad aged
about fourteen, died at the Pryor Hospital
in this city Friday night from the
effect of a gunshot wound in' the right
leg just below the knee, inflicted by
Sam Kirkland, colored. Kirkland and
the boy were Mono at the time of the
shooting. As the negro fled after firing
the shot, and has made good his
escape, it is evident that the shooting
was not accidental. Young Brewington,
his brother, William, and their
Hither, Air. Pilby Brewington, were
out hunting Friday afternoon, and
from what facts are obtainable DcPass
Brewington had killed a rabbit, but
the game was claimed by the negro.
JNUI1 IMI'KIilHU, illlU n lir.i ii? ./v, .
forward to pick up the rabbit Kirk- j
lard flrod on him. The load of shot
struck just below the knee, inflicting
a gaping wound, from which the blood
poured profusely. Mr. Brewington
and his other son were over the crest
of a hill, but ran to the wounded boy's
side when he called them, and as they
came up Kirkland was in full flight
with his gun in his hand. William :
Brewington* ran to the schoolhouse I
v/here an educational rally was in pro- i
gross, and acquainted the crowd with
what had happened, and the wounded
boy was placed in an automobile and
brought to the Pryor Hospital. He
had lost so much blood, however, that
all efforts to save his life were futile. '
Xot once at any time after he was
shot did the lad wince or complain,
but bore his sufferings with true Spartan-like
fortitude. Mr. \V. J. Keller, a
Confederate veteran, on whose place
Mr. Brewington lives, and on which
the tragedy occurred, said Saturday
that ho had seen many soldiers die,
but none with more bravery than was
displayed by little Pel'ass Brewington.
.... Judge Z. V. Davidson, of Chester,
is now Potentate of Hejaz Temple, the
highest office within the gift of the
Shriners of the upper part of the state.
Judge Davidson is one of the state's
^ most enthusiastic snriners, ana win
wear his new honors worthily
The Chester High School pills' basketball
team continued their victorious
march towards the championship I'ridr-y
afternoon by journeying to Rock
Hill and defeating Winthrop Training
School 35 to S. The Chester team has
been playing on an outdoor court till
tell, whereas the gone at Rock Hill
Friday afternoon was played on an indoor
court; but this fact did not militate
in the least against Chester's
play. Friday afternoon of .this week
Chester plays at Clover, and on Tuesday,
December Itith. Rock Hill High
School comes here for a game. The
Reporter will keep the public appraised
Of the schedule, and it is hoped b
have larger crowds out in the future
for the games on the Chester court.
..Rev. Joel S. Snyder, of Faycttevillc,
N. C.. who was pastor of the
First Rapt Fa church of Clu ster pi ioi
to assuming his present pastorate ten
years ago, preached for his former
congregation here yesterday, delivering,
as lie always does, able and inspiring
messages. Rev. Mr. Snyder
said he and family will always have
a warm place in their hearts for the
people of Chest t of all denominations,
and said that i. st week as he and Rev.
Lee McH. White, another former pastor
of the Chester flock, were engaged together
for two days on eummiU-e
v.ork. tii > . gjeed that they had nevei
served more responsive folks than
those in Chester Prof. J. W.
Thomson, of AVinthrop College, and
Miss Wil Lou Cray, state superintendent
of adult schools, were here Saturday
for the educational rally, but as
t> e crowd gathered at the Court
House was rather small, the meeting
was adjourned to the College Street '
school building, and merged with the 1
meeting of the Chester County Study
Center. The County Auditor's books
show a drop in assessed valuation for
taxes of $543,934 this year from last,
in 1921 the total valuation was $9.- j
8S7.579, whereas for this year it drops j
to $9.341,t!43. Some of this, however,
we understand is nulla bonan and
! duplicate assessments, and does not
represent such a serious decrease as
ha? been suffered in many counties.
The city council met Thursday
evening. Messrs. Ceo; W. Chitty and
Arthur Davis appeared before council
and urged that the city's sewerage
system bo extended to East Hinton
and East Lacy streets. Council said j
financial conditions make it impossi- j
ble to comply with the request, unless |
I funds can be secured from a bond is- I
cue. Mr. It. It. Moffat urged that 1
ccuncil enforce the ordinance with re- |
ferenco to the selling of fruit from 1
ca'-s, and that the ordinance not be
j amended. ' Mention was made of the
j fact that there are not sufficient
I housing facilities for the street sprinlc- j
| ler and other city vehicles, and as a i
I result they have to lie left out in the
rain: and a committee was appointed j
to confer with the Chamber of Commerce
about making: arrangements to |
store some of this equipment at the J
Fair Grounds.
Gaffney Ledger, Dec. 12: William lb
Gaines, of the Merchants and Planters
National Rank, who has been seriously
ill with the flu, was reported on Monday
as being improved. His friends
are hoping for his early recovery
Joe Humphries, who was tried and j
sentenced to the chain gang for a per- j
icd of two years in the last term of j
court in connection with a charge of j
assault, gave himself up Saturday and
was carried out. All of those sen
teneed at this term of court arc now
; serving their time Everett Taylor,
Gaffney boy, who has been playing
; football for Furinan, arrived in the
city yesterday suffering slightly from :
two broken ribs received in the same j
game in which Harvey received his in- !
juries. Reports are to the effect that
1 e is not seriously injured and that he !
will be completely mended in a few j
days A mortgage for five million !
*-A/iAn/1rw1 in thp nfflPP of
( uihua WHO i wui uvu *?* v..v w...Vv ?
the Clerk of Court of Cherokee county
Friday. The mortgage was made
out in hook form and covered over one
hundred pages. The parties of the
contract were listed as the South Carolina
Gas and Electric Company and
the New York Trust Co. The New
York company is the lender of the
money?- V. rather amusing' incident
came up in the office of the prohate
judge last Friday when an ancient
darkey, giving his name as Sam
i .Johnson, applied for a marriage license
and when the time came to fill
it in had forgotten the name of the
bride-to-be. Judge Kirky said that he
had known the old fellow for a long i
time and so he proceeded to fill out the
! 1'ijonse. The old man said that the
girl had told him her name and that it
sounded very much like Mamie Mlntz.
At any rate having nothing better to
| go on that- is the way the license was
tilled out. When they turned up the
n?'Xt morning it turned out that the
bride's name was Addie Mackey and
that she and the groom had known
each other for a long time. The old
fellow admitted that he was forgetful,
but that he did think he could remember
better than that.
Cleveland (Shelby) Star, Dec. 12: A \
white jitney driver, Mike Michael was
scheduled to appear Monday afternoon
at 1 o'clock before Recorder Falls and I
answer to a charge of transporting j
whiskey. Morris Rompcy and Mac I
I ftrtlAi.A,! vniithc nrlmit!pH i
: that he carried them after a load of
whiskey, so they were charged with
retailing. Cleveland county's cotton
crop is running far beyond the expectations
of the most conservative
estimates. There were 35,019 bales :
ginntd in Cleveland from the crop of (
1922 prior to December 1st as compared
with 24,910 bales ginned prior to j
the same date last year. These are j
Ih official ginning figures gathered by |
I Miles II. Ware special agent of the t
government, it is the largest crop the !
i county has ever produced and stands
the county third in the list among the
! cotton producing counties in North j
[ Carolina. The crop of course is prac- !
j lieally gathered, but the next gin re- '
1 i>ort will probably show several hundred
bales more. The largest crop the
county lias produced prior t > this time
was about 31.770 bales. The construction
company which has the contract
to build the streets in Shelby be*
- 1 1 ?.?.K.,lt cut'
I gall yesieruay piucmg me us^ium nm - i
i face on North Washington street. Af- I
tor Kast Warren front the postoffice
| t > the intersection with the Cleveland
'Springs road and Kast Graham from
I Washington to DeKalb are completed,
i work will lie suspended for th* winter.
Yesterday was the birtnday of
! Colonel Isaac Shelby, hero of the battle
of Kings Mountain for whom the
town of Shelby was named. Colonel j
Shelby was a noted soldier and governor
of Kentucky. He was born near
I agerstown, Maryland, December 11 tit
1750 and died July ISth 1S26.
j ?Trout from Scotland have been
planted in the lee cold waters of the
I rivers around Mount Kenya, Hritish
, Kast Africa, on the equator. The fish
| have grown to endrinons size and
thousands of trout ova are being
placed in the hatcheries for planting
in the many streams in that section
j which lies east of l?ake Victoria NyInnza.
GOVERNOR TIM HEALY
(Continued From Page One.)
His hnts, it may be said, were orusho
almost each time he rose to make
platfoim speech, fn 1XS3. the City <
Alexandria, La., paid for a new ha
out of the public funds and sent
across the ocean to him.
At a meeting in Oniugh In 1895 h
publicly charged Dillon, who was o
the platform with him with bavin
agreed to.accept for his party ?200
year for each of four seats in parlia
ment, relinquishing the seats to th
English Liberal Party. The riot thn
followed is memorable even in ire
land.
"It is a question," lie once said who
opposing: the Boer war before the com
mons, "whether it is not better to be
dead Boer than a British subject."
Referring: ih the house to a series c
six British defeats in South Africa, h
said with a sarcasm that drove hi
British colleagues to fury. "Heretofor
the Boers have had only two fea.?
days in their calendar?now they hav
six more."
One of his earliest adventures in th
house was to take a leading part in
free-for-all fist fight on the floor, pre
cipitated when Joe Chamberlain, the
the Tory leader, referred to Gladston
as a "Herod." Xoses were punche
freely, eyes were blackened, Heal
himself got a bruised cheek, but sur
vived to carry on the debate and sub
sequently sent to The World, at its re
quest, an account of the fracas, whic
filled a column of type and was
masterpiece of graphic and pungen
writing.
"I have no desire to head a party," h
once said. "My temper is too shortami
I have not the talents of Intrigu
IICV C09<1I ,? .
Hut though lie lias been called "tli
Great Vituperntor," "the Professions
Irreconcilable" and "the Ishmael c
Irish Politics," he has been loved as in
tensely as he has been hated. For hi
flashing wit and absolute fenrlessnos
even the English, whom he floutet
loved him. He was cartooned in Punc
almost as soon as he took his seat 1
the house, a mere boy?and fame ca
go no further in England.
"Argument alone is useless in deal
ing with the British government." h
once said. "The English are notorious
ly deaf, unless stirred up by cojicus
slon."
"If all the Irish members of th
house, instead of being in jail, were i
hell," he added more bitterly, "th
English would only laugh."
He referred to his opponents at on
RED RUST PROOF Aj
WHEAT?Bushel
HAVE VERY little Wheat left, h
call on us before it is sold out.
BUGGIES
FULL STOCK of Steel and Rubbe
Tired BUGGIES that we will sell o
easy terms.
FLOUR
OF THE BEST QUALITY. If you tr
one sack you will come back.
WILKERSON'S HOME MAOE
MOLASSESIT
IS very fine grade.
Come to see us for G&lvanized Roof
ing.
STUDEBAKER WAGONS.
DON'T MAKE A MISTAKE
About your Plows. Tim OLIVER i
the recognized BEST.
CARROLL BROS.
Fertilizer
EVERYTHING POINTS to Fertiliz
er being HIGHER next spring. W
have some Nitrate of Soda, Cottoi
Seed Meal, Kuinit and Acid Phosphat
contracted for. If you feel like buyini
NOW, you might save some monej
and on the other hand you might los
?So you can take your choice.
FEED YOUR CHICKENS HOLLY
BROOK CHICKEN FEED?
And Pratt's Egg Producer if yoi
want them to lay.
KEEP US IN MIND?
If you need anything in the Lumbe
line. We have everything to build o
repair a house.
GUN SHELLS AT LOW PRICE.
YdRK SUPPLY CO.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF APPLI
CATION FOR DISCHARGE.
In the District Court of the Unito
States?For the Western District c
South Carolina.
IN THE MATTER OF '
J. M. McOill A: C. R. Mi Gill, Copartner
under the Firm Name of J. M. & C
R. McGill, Hickory Grove, S. C
Bankrupt.
No. B-285 In Bankruptcy.
To th. Creditors of the Above Namci
Bankrupt:
TAKK notice that on November 14th
1922, the above named hauler up
filed their petition in said Court pray
ins that they may be decreed by th
Court to have a full discharge from al
debts provable against their estate, ex
o pt such debts as are excepted by lav
from such discharge, and a hearini
was thereupon ordered and will be hai
upon said petition on December 11
I'.i22. before said Court, at Greenville ii
said District, at 11 o'clock in the fore
noon, at which time and place a]
known creditors and other persons ii
interest may appear and show cause, i
any they have, why the prayer of sail
petition shou.d not be granted.
D. C. DURHAM, Clerk.
Dated at Greenville, 13. C?
Nov. 14, 1922. 92 f 5t
FOR FINAL DISCHARGE.
'M'OTICE is hereby given that on Jan
uary 8, 1923, at 10 o'clock a. m.,
will make my Final Return to the Pro
bate Court of York county as adminis
trator of the estate of Mrs. LUCRETIJ
MOSS, deceased, and that I will tliei
and there apply for my discharge f'ron
all'further liability in connection vvltl
said administration.
JAMES A. BARRETT,
Administrator.
Dec. S, 1922. 9S f 4t
time as "a squadron of half illiterate hit
followers, led by two or throe pea- hit
| cocks." ve
- Ho was always cool. Once, while qu
d | half the house was howling at him: sei
a j "Ah," he observed quietly, "there br
I seems to ho some disturbance in the a
,t' menagerie!" St
15ut a speech for which he is es- eit
peclally remembered was that he do- be
ie Hvered one October day twenty years to
,, ago. Parliament had just opened with
p an Irish member shaking his fist under U,
a the nose of Balfour, the prime minister
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if the
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nself. Amid a tumult of shouts and
ises the Irish members wore prented
Jrom bringing lip the Irish
lestion, the premier moving: that the
wsion bo devoted to "government
isiness" alone, among which he listed
discussion of the Uganda Railroad in
?uth Africa. In the midst of wild exement
Tim Healy got the floor and
gan speaking in the gentlest of
nes:
"I rise," he said, "as a native of
ganda "
That was as much us the howl of
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laughter that arose from both sides
.permitted him to say for several minutes.
When he was able to go on he
spoke at length?ostensibly upon his
beloved Uganda but in reality upon j
tlie forbidden subject of Irish politics, I
with sardonic irony such as has seldom |
been heard in that assembly before or
since.
.Suro, isn't Tim the grand little lad!
He was close to being a Sinn Foinor
j in the last few, more tragic years of
j Ireland's history. When the young
i Republican army ran up its flag in
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Dublin in Easter week, 1916, Tim hotly
defended them in the house and laid
the blame upon England. How he will
treat their younger brothers today renin
Ins to he seen.
One fancies Tim, white haired with
his sixty-eight years, to be something
like a Michael Collin9, witty, wise and
fearless grown to maturity. Tnose who
wish well for the Free State's voyage
as it begins may see tn him a' new incarnation
of the blithe, brave spirit
that was set free when Michael Collins
died. * >
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