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Straps ami Jarte.
? There was a brief display ?. * verbal
fireworks in the senate chamber
Saturday during which Senator Sm ot,
Republican, Utah, accused Senator
Sinunons, Democrat, North Carolina,
of having insulted him "at least twenty
times" and tho North Carolina senator
declared Senator Smoot had made
"a?.statement that is not true." The
' flare-up occurred during debate over
th<f effect on prices of the recently enacted
tariff law and while quite heated
ended with both senators agreeing to
let the record speak for itself. Senator
Simmons attempted to question
the Utah senator, who after answering
several questions, said the inquiries
were designed to oinbarrass him. Senator
Simmons denied he had any
intention of embarrassing Senator
Smoot, who, he added, was "too omniN
potehf to 'embarrass."
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? Nearly half the exports of corn
from the United States in 1921?or
58^582,806 bushels?went to Canada,
nccormng 10 ine u. o. ucikuhu^h v,
agriculture Much of this corn, however,
eventually went to Europe, for
Canadian statistics showed that only
12,000,000 bushels were reported from
this country for home consumption.
Exports of corn during each of the
first three months of 1922 were larger
than during any month of 1921. The
second largest foreign market for.
American corn was* the Netherlands,
where 17,843 bushels were imported.
The next largest market, in point of
receipts were the United Kingdom,
Germany and Mexico. Corn exports
for the first eight months of this year
exceeded the exports for the entire
year of 1921 by 2.48S.743 bushels, according
to the department. Total corn
exports for 1921 were 128,974,505
bushels. For the first eight'months of
1922 exports were 131.463.24S bushels.
Exclusive of 425.766 barrels of corn
meal and corn flour, the eqivalent of
1,811,064 bushels of corn.
? Gabriel Narutowicz, first president
of the Polish republic, fell before an
assassin's bullet at Warsaw at noon
Saturday, just one week since his election
and only 48 hours after actually
taking up the duties of office. The
tragedy occurred at an exhibition. of(
paintings, and the assassin was an
Mirtiat, one Nicwadomski, long regardpy
his associates as mentally
"deranged. The president had just concluded
a brief address and, accompanied
by his aide de camp and two
of the members of his cabinet, was
entering the first hall of the exhibition
to view the paintings when Niewa oinski
joined the throng eagerly pressing
abo^it the chief executive to shake his
hand. Instead of stopping In front of
M. Narutowicz, however, the assassin
circled the crowd to a position in the
rear. Then working his way so close
to 1tls victim that there was no chance
rof-Jihiksing, ho drew a revolver and
fired three tirn^fc, all of the "bullets
piercing the president's back. M.
Narutowicz, terribly wounded, collapsed
to the floor and died within a
few moments. The slayer soon as his
deed was done, turned for flight, but
was Immediately borne down by the
Imunafcd spectators, who kicked and
beat Wm unmercifully. He was rescued
\vith difficulty by the police and
taken to the police station under exceptionally
heavy guard.
? Thif British house of commons was
prorogued (adjourned) last Friday under
strange conditions. In the first
place, the "government" was exceedingly
nervous about the whole session.
Not sure of itself and very shy oi the
powerful labor party in opposition, it
rought only to transact routine business
that had to ho transacted, and
when it got ready for adjournment it
? had to manage the thing almost by
force. One of the ceremonies of adjournment
is the following of the
"black rod" to the house of Ix>rd3 to
listen the king's speech, which us
ually consists of praising the things
that h.ivc been done and holding out
promises of other things that should
"s^und welcome. Throughout the sesstrtil
thre labor members have been insistent
on having something done to
Jiolp unemployment throughout Groat
fy'ttnin. There are more than a million
and a half people out of work and
conditions aro indeed distressing. So
iMlion it cainc to adjournment, Laborite
ijiingsbury began to howl for unemploymcnt
legislation, and when the >
other members started after the "black
id*l" the laborltes refused to follow.
sQmcthing never heard of before. Af.
tea- adjournment Premier Bonar law
('."tiled a special meeting of Unionist
lrfbmbers, and among other things told
tiffin that the committee in charge
was working incessantly to find some
means of solving the fearful unemployment
problem. ,aml if there was no
other way for it,'the government stood
ready to spend large sums of various
public workers to the end of giving the
unemployed a means of procuring
bread. He assured the meeting how- 1
< ver, that the trade slump is now over
and business will be getting bettor
from now on. 1
-jt Marion, Illinois. December 1 r?: The
attack on the Herein "strip" mine, the
death march through the town with
the captives ;md the hunting down of
a jfew fugitives, was described today
bv witnesses at the trial or five men
head in connection with the killings.
AU lxit one of the defendants were
named as having been seen with a '
gun during the progress of the rioting,
' lit all the witnesses so far heard,
h;fve declared they could not identify i
ctvy persons they had seen in the act i
of" shooting at the victims. In an argument
between opposing counsel regarding
the exclusion of a portion of ;
thy testimony to which the defense i
objected. Judge I"). T. Hartwell. ruling
in ?favor of the prosecution, said: "1 i
want tlje whole thing to come out and -i
I 4? want to exclude any tosii- ,
niony qn a piero technicality." Ti.e
defendants who have been pointed out
by witnesses as having been seen carrying
guns during the rioting are Otis
Clark, Bert Grace, Joseph C.iranghi
and I/evi Mann. The name of I'eter
Miller, the fifth defendant, has not yet
appeared in any of the testimony.
Donald M. Ewing, a Chicago newspaperman,
who wrote the first account of
the killings for the Associated Press
picked out Grace from among the defendants
as a man who had threatened
him with a gun when he attempted to
bring a drink of water to two injured
men who were lying on a sun-baked
road surrounded by a crowd of armed
men just outside of Herrin. The witness
said there were six dead or
nine lvltlP* On tho I'Vlflfl -'ill Of
numiucu n.v.. ...^ __
them bound together by a single rope
tied about their neeks. "Grace put his
foot on one of the wounded men and
pushed," the witness declared, and
quoted the defendant as saying with a
curse: "You'll <get no water here."
Three other Witnesses testified as to
various incidents in connection with
the tragedy. At the close of the afternoon
session, Judge Hartwell announced
an adjournment of court over
Saturday and Sunday.
She \!orIu'iitc inquirer.
Entered at the Postofflce at York, as
Mail Matter of the Second Class.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1922.
A merry Christmas and a prosperous
New Year to everybody.
If it was necessary for the United
States to interfere as between Franc*
and England on the one hand and Germany
on the other, would it not become
all the more necessary for it to inter
fere as between France and England
France and England are about all thai
arc left of Europe Just now, and a conflict
between them would result Ir
worse chaos, even than would hav<
resulted in the conquest of France anc
England by Germany.
At a conference of government representatives
end producers and distributors
of calcium arsenate held in th(
Hotel Astor in New York, lost Wednesday,
it developed that the price ol
calcium arsenate which sold at C cents
a pound last January will sell at If
cents a pound next month. Calciun
arsenate is a by-product of the treatment
of certain ores mainly. The requirements
of the cotton producer!
amount to 12,000 tons nnd it is claimed
that there will be only 7,000 tons available
for next year's operations. A
part of the rise in the price of calcium
arsenate is claimed to l?e due tc
speculative buying and selling by certain
Japanese gamblers, who have nol
been making deliveries.
It is announced in the despatches
that Ambassador George Harvey is or
his way back to the United States, and
altnougn tne suggestion is inrowu om
that the health of Mrs. Harvey ha*
something to do with the trip, the
nowsparcrs persist in holding out the
impression of great political significance.
Intimations are coming fron
high up sources, that the administration
is at last being forced from its assumption
of absolute aloofness from
European political affairs and that
there is increasing probability of sudden
announcement that the United
States has decided to accept the role
that Great Britain, France and Germany
have all along been urging it to
accept.
There is an exceedingly tense situation
around Marion, Illinois, in connection
with the trial of the Union
miners accused of participation in the
Herrin massacre. While the Union
miners were the only active participants
in the affair, the people around?
farmers and business men?were cognizant
of all the facts before, during
and after the wholesale killings and
they are being used as witnesses. It
is understood that the miners on trial
and others in sympathy have put out
the word that they will assassinate any
witness who shall give damaging testimony
against them, and it is stated
that the farmers and others have formed
a secret organization through which
they have put out word that for every
witness who is harmed they will get
ten miners. Most of the witnesses
who have been on the stand so far
have, hern testifying with extreme re
luctancc and some have shown terror.
One man claimed Saturday that he did
not care so much lor himself; but he
was concerned as to what would bcnomc
of his family in case anything
should happen to him.
There is considerable agitation In big
business to reduce the sur tax <>n large
net incomes from r>0 per cent, to 25 per
cent, in accordance with a recent
recommendation of Secretary Melon.
The argument is that under present
conditions men of large means prefer
to invest their capital in non-taxable
bonis and do nothing rather than incur
th< risks and worries of employing
men in industry. They figure that
rather than make 10 or 15 per cent,
profit and give half of it back to the
government, it is cheaper to take
straight interest without any worry.
Business, of course, j.s the loser. With
reference, to the proposition to prohibit
the further issue of non-taxable state
:nd municipal securities, they say that
will amount to nothing, lor tiie reason
that the market is already flooded with .]
such issues to the amount of more
than $11,000,000,000, running up to 30
years or more, and at serious intima- Ft
tion of prohibition other billions will be
issued. On the other hand, it is claim- j
ed that a reduction of the sur tax to
25 per cent, will make active billions I'
of dollars that are now idle with the ^
result that the government will realize y
a much larger income than is possible
under present conditions.
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Why the Quarantine. "V
As usual, the notice of the local b
board of health ordering cloccd specified
places in which people congregate, A
like the churches, sunduy-schools,
picture shows, etc., has provoked dis- *
cussion. C
Jsome of the discussion is serious,
some humorous and some indignant. ^
In the first place, the absurdity of an y
effective quarantine in any community c
whether large or small is so obvious,
that it makes people laugh.
Why forbid tho congregation of ?
normal healthy people in the church
for an hour, and leave the cotton mill C
force composed of people in all kinds y
of physical condition to grind along
day and night?
Why undertake to stop the operation
of the picture show while the stores ^
are filled with all kinds of people from
all over the country? ^
And since nobody claims to know by j.
what means Influenza is communicated,
whether by contagion, infection or
caused within or without, why undertake
to impose any restrictions on anybody
along this line, anyway?
People ask whether the underlying
purpose of such a ridiculous travesty c
on quarantine is to conserve health or ^
to establish arbitrary authority, and (
unable to find a satisfactory answer to (
the question, they just laugh.
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The Law's Delay. 1
Viewed from the standpoint of com- c
mon sense, Ira Harrison, one of the
I murderers of J. C. Arnette, sentenced j
> to die next Friday is as guilty as he t
. will ever be and as a man could be; j
> but there is no f nd of the technical 0
. quibbles by which he can be kept out ^
of the chair so long as his attorney r
I persists in raising such quibbles. t
After all hope had apparently gone, f
, Harrison began to play o'possum by t
5 sinking into a listless stupor from
i which he refused to be aroused until
?
he had information of another delay
by reason of an attempt to get the
case into the Federal court. When
that effort failed his stupor suddenly
returned. He was In this stupor by
the way, when taken before the Richr
land general sessions for re-sentence,
and experts testified that in their ,
! opinion he was faking.
* Hut the appeal to the Federal court (
having1 failed his attorney asked Judge 1
Mauldin for a commission to inquire
into his sanity, and when the judge s
| refused,; 'ho took the maltec up to r
Associate Justice Cothran. Justice
Cothran ruled that the matter was al- *
together within the discretion of the 1
circuit judge on the ground that i
he was without jurisdiction to inter- 8
fere. f
To the layman, it would appear that I
this would settle the matter; hut no. 1
The question as to whether Justice '
' Cothran's ruling was correct is appeal- c
1 able to the entire supreme court, and o
I thy understanding is lhat this will he I
t done. v
' An appeal to the supreme court q
stays execution. That of course is o
' what the attorney is driving at. He t
does not care two cents whether Judge n
i Mauldin made a mistake in refusing n
to allow the. appointment of a sanity o
commission, nor does he care two n
i nnnfu whether .Mixtion Cothran was V
. correct in holding that the matter was v
entirely within the discretion of Judges u
I Mnuldin. All he cares for is to have t!
1 the electrocution delayed licyond next t<
Friday, for that accomplished, his man p
cannot he put to death until after the h
convening of another term of the Rich- a
land court of sessions. b
The absurdity of all this quibbling
is too obvious for controversy; but the
question is, will it ever be stopped and
how ?
q
? The drafting of the treaty of
Lausanne now is in progress. TJie ex- (<
pel ts are working, however, on clauses
that involve no disputed points and,
although the sub-commissions are
making rapid progress it seems impossible
that any complete document
can ever be made by Christmas. Rumors
now are in circulation that Jan- s<
uary 24 has been fixed as the tentative
date for signing the pact. Any E
considerable vacation over Christmas 01
c!
seemed unlikely, largely because ol
Turkey's determination that there
shall be no lull in the conference until
definite terms of peace are agreed
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upon at least in principle or until it is ~
clear that there can he no agreement.
The Turks haw insisted so vigorously ^
upon continuing work throughout the
approaching holidays that the other
delegations virtually have abandoned
plans for an extended recess. Ismet n
Pasha has been instructed by his gov- ^
eminent not to i>orinit any break in
the conference until some definite decision
is reached. Turkey has 250,000
men limlcr arm* and practically in the T
trenches. She does not propose to la
keep them in suspense unnecessarily tl
in order to allow Kuropenn diplomats r?
to spend Christmas and New Year n?
with their families. "Our soldiers arc
need"d at home and on the farms and hi
villages which must he reconstructed et
and restored," said Ismet. "We want in
to know as soon as possible whether g;
we can release them for the rocon- ti
struction Turkey so badly needs." hi
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? On the recommendation of the
chief justice, Governor Harvey has np- h<
pointed Hon. Mendel L. Smith to pre- aj
side over the court of genera! sessions
for Allendale county, beginning yes- b<
torday. I ni
[.ocaj, affairs, <
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. t
ank of Clover?By the way. r
einstein's Department Store?Holiday (
sale continues thn ugh Saturday. ^
M. Brian Company?Keep Brian in
Blind. 1
copies Bank and Trust Company? i
Smiles.
M. Stroup?Only four more days,
ork Furniture Company?Give a real
gift.
'. \V. Speck?You'll find it at Speck's. ]
I. G. Reid & Son, Rock Hill?Iloosier
makerf Christinas cheer all the year,
ork Drug1 Store?The gift supreme. \
outhern Railway?(Greatly Improved
service betwecp Augusta, Aiken, New ,
York and Washington.
IcConnell Dry Goods Company?
Beautiful Dress Ginghams. <
ork Hardware Company?Easy to select,
easy to buy.
!ity' Pharmacy, Clover?This is the
place.
V. E. Ferguson?Ready for the big
crowd.
'ork Supply Company?Thank you.
larroll Brother*; ? North Carolina '
buckwheat.
I. Ij. Smith. Clover?Overland five (
passenger Sedan for sale.
). M. Parrot!:, Clover?Gifts for him
and her.
!ash and / Carry Company ? Your
Christmas groceries right here.
I. L. Ford. & Sons, Clover?Christmas
gifts many and numerous at our
store.
E. B. Garrison?Your Xmas fruits
may be bought very cheap,
lackorell Drug Company?All ivory
goods very cheap.
'copies Furniture Company?Last call
for Xmas.
'irst National Bank of Clover?Merry
Christmas and Happy New Year to
friends and customers.
j. B. Garrison?Your Xmas fruits may
be bought very cheap.
Mr. M. L. Smith of Clover, tclephond
last night to say that the Gaston
otinty road commissioners "had decidd
to open the road from Bowling
Jreen to Gastonla from tomorrow unil
next , Monda}' night. Mr. Smith
aid that the detour from Bowling
Jreen to Gastonia was now practical y
impassable because 0f weather
:onditions the past few days.
In this last Issue of The Yorkvlllc
inquirer before the holidays, we desire
o again request our clubmakers who
lave not already done so, to get busy
ind make a thorough canvass of all of
heir neighbors. A lot can be done by
ight kind of work and there are many
?on-subscribers to The Yorkville En
luirer in York county who ougni 10
)e* subscribers.
A peculiar black cloud that overiprcad
the whole county last Sunday
norning from 9 to 10 o'clock, caused
nuch comment. It seemed portentous
>f something, It was difficult to say
sxnctly what. One had a feeling that
here should be a thunder and lightling
accompaniment; but the temperauro
was hardly low enough for that.
The phenomena was not fully des ribable;
but "Was impressive, and
)eoplc seemed to instinctively .feel that
lomething was going to happen?
lomething more than a downpour of
a in and subsequent heavy fog.
Saw an interesting old letter the oth;r
day from tho father of Dr. W. W.
YnneH, written froin Cincinnati back
n 1840, When the elder Fennell was
tudying medicine there. The older peo?le
of Chester county, especially in the
tichburg community, remember Dr.
'enneil. Ideally ho had as great a
cputatiou in his own county as a
ountry doctor as his son has through>ut
the state as a surgeon. Solicitor
lenry says of the old doctor that he
ifas the only man he ever knew to ac
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uire a morougn sen-lausin Miu?.<?hC
>f tho Greek language. In this letter
lie doctor told how ho Aid it. It was
tecessary in those days, more so than
ow, to have a knowledge of Greek in
rdor to understand the technique of
nedicino as then taught, and along
/ith his medical lectures he took priate
lessons in Qreek. He kept this up
ntil he was able to go it alone. Hut
lie most striking part of this old leter
was that in which the doctor cxrossod
his impatience to get back
omo, not to begin the building up of (
n estate; but in order that he might
e of service to his people.
WILL OMIT TWO ISSUES.
The next issue of The Yorkvillo Tinuircr
will be that of December 29.
As previously announced the issues
1
hat would otherwiso appear on Deember
22 and 26 are to be omitted.
The paper will appear as usual on
ecembcr 29.
1
OVER FIFTY YEARS.
Mrs. M. J. Neely of King's Creek, |
pnds the following: I
"Mr. A. J. White and Mrs. Mary ,
Elizabeth Robinson were married Do- ,
ember 28, istjj, ana nave iuur mm* <
tiildren.
"A. C. White married Isabella Craw>rd.
They have eight children.
"H. F. White married George Anna
lopgett. They have ten children.
"H. L. White married Lizzie Kizer.
hey have two children.
"Louella White married J. E. Bigers.
They have three children.
"The descendants of this couple now
umber four children, 23 grand-chilren
and 28 great-grandchildren."
GAFFNEY AND THORNWELL.
The. game between Gaffncy and the
hornwell Orphanage teams at Chester
st Friday afternoon, failed, to settle
le up-state football championship. It
suited in a scoreless tie?nothing and ;
otliinp.
The field was muddy and disagrerale
and the pame was necessarily play- I
1 under serious difficulties. Consider- I
ip the difficulties the excellene of the j
imo was unusual; but at the same
me while there was some pood foot - j
ill, there were also features that
ould not come up to that estimate. j
Gaffney's players were considerably j (
avier than the Thornwell boys, aver- ,
jing 1C3 pounds against 145 pounds. 1
There were numerous fumbles on
5th sides because of the wet ball: but
eveithejess there was some good work
in both sides. The outstanding feature <
towever, was tlio disappointment over 1
he fact that there was no decision, the i
lecision being especially important be- i
?ause of the arrangement by which the
vinner was to play Charleston in Coutnbla
next Friday for the state chain)ionship.
THE MARRIAGE RECORD
Mnrriage licenses have been issued
by the probate judge as follows:
Dec. 11?Otis Crosby and Katie
Pickett, Rock Hill, (colored).
Dec. 13?William E. Hinson and
Sarah E. Waters, Rock Hill.
Dec. 13?[Alien Douglas and Ilessio
[livens, Rock Hill, (colored).
Dec. 14?Joe S. Hope, Clover No. 2,
>nrl T.rmni/> ir.nwkinq. flastonia No. 3.
Doc. 15?II. H. Jones, Yorkvlllc and
Alma McFarland, Bostic, N. C.
Den. 15?Frank M. Cook atid Mary
J. Castor, Concord, N. C.
Dec. 16?Charlie C. .Carroll, Tlrzali
find Myrtle Hope, York township.
Dec. 16?YV. Herbert Threatt, Rock
Hill and Lola Wright, Lancaster,
Dec. 16?Karl Merritt and Tillie Mae
Blair, Fort Mill.
Dec. 16?J. Clarence Hammett, Cowpens
and Mabel Hambrlght, Clover,
Dec. 16?Oscar Wolfe and Geneva
Maddox, Rock Hill.
WITHIN THE TOWN
? The flu situation in the Cannon
Mill and Lockmorc Mill villages appears
to be improving, there being but
few cases of the malady in either village
at present.
? Sam M. Williford, formerly a
member of the Rock Hill police force
is serving as night policeman for
Yorkville during the illness of Night
Officer Wlshert. Mr. Williford will
also serve as an extra officer during
the holidays, it is stated.
? Friends of the Blalock family, four
members of which including the father
and mother have recently died of influenza
and imeumonia, were engaged
yesterday in raising a cash subscription
for the remaining members. The
family lives in the Lockmore Mill village.
? Merchants who sell fireworks here
at Christmas time, and there are a
number of them, say that sales during
the past few days have been as large
as had been expected. Many youngsters
have been having a big time of
it popping off little ones and big ones.
The roar will not stop until after New
Year's day.
? Ladies of the First Baptist church
of Yorkville gave a bazaar in the Brat
ton building at th<J cornor of South
Congress and East Jefferson streets
last Friday. Candies, fancy work and
dolls were sold. Despite the fact that
the weather was unusually bad sales
for the.day totaled more than $70 and
the ladies were very well pleased with
the success of their efforts.
? The drunks on the streets Saturday
afternoon and evening .were quite
noticeable, both because of the number
and the stage of drunkenness which
had been reached by some of the imbibers
of rotgut booze, medicinal
beverages, ginger, etc. Some of the
drunks carried their sprees over to
Sunday or else made a new start, sis
there was some evidence of hangover
drunks from Sunday.
? A. C. Ramsey, Southern railway
section boss, has made a decided improvement
in the crossing of the railroad
on East Lil>crty street. IVIr.
Ramsey's force on. Saturday took out
a number of the old ties at the crossing,
replacing them with new timber
and then put down heavy planking on
the inner and outer side of the rails
to the height of the steel, making the
crossing level instead of the spring
breaking crossing that it has been for
quito a while past.
ALONG THE WAY
Florida oranges, grapefruit and tangerines,
bought in Florida at Christ- |
mas time by the car loan ny enterprising
York county fruiterers and
sold in the various towns of the county
by the peck come higher this year
than it did last, according to a number
of these dealers who were asked about
it yesterday. I/ist year oranges could
be bought at 55 cents and 55 cents the
peck from these fruiterers but tilis
year about the lowest price is 75 cents
the peck. They run little more than
two dozen to the peck.
The prevailing price for Christmas
lurkeys this week in Yorkville has
been 30 cents a pound. Some people
svlio have had turkeys for sale have
obtained 33 1-3 cents a pound and
mine others have received 25 cents a
pound. However, the majority of turkey
sellers have been content with 30
3ents a pound. One of the largest
turkeys seen here this Christmas was
purchased by a Yorkville man the
Dthe day for 30 cents after he had refused
to pay 35 cents for it. The gob>ler
weighed 25 pounds.
"Yes. I have been having my hands j
'nil with the boys who persist in !
ihooting firecrackers before the time j
prescribed by the town ordinance ,
vhich is "Monday," commented yestor- |
lay Chief of Police P. E. Steele. "I j
"I"" HI.11 1111.1 !>L Wljo nil OI.UVI.IVI i
hem now nnrt have been shooting [
bom. Of course, I can't keep up with :
ill them all; but I give fair warning
hat if I catch any of them violating i
he ordinance, they are going to pay <
or it unless it should be that the I
nayor should see (it to let them off."
Duck eggs that had lieon packed in I
lay for several months, was the eu- ! 1
ious Chinese delicacy that Jim Lee. j '
he laundryman presented to members j'
f the Yorkville Enquirer st iff yester- 1
lay. With the celestials these consti- ;
ute, a choice tit hit for the holiday I
eason, and promoted by. the spirit of <
he season Jim generously divided his ! t
tore. The - eggs came direct from 1
'liipar and had .just been received. Of '
r
I
zoursc the newspaper folk were just a
littlo dubious al)Out sampling such a !
doubtful proposition, especially since
there was a suspicious rattle.to the
eggs, but Jim was excitedly vociferous
in his assurances. "Mo' lattle mo'
good," he insisted. "Hoil him twenty
minutes and eat him. Him fiine. Mellcan
men in New York eats lots of
them. Like him, give some more.
Molly Christmas and happy New
Year."
"No, we could not have hoped that
the patrons of this office would have
begun their Christmas mailing of
parcels and packages earlier," said
I'outmistross M. E. Nichols of Yorkville
yesterday when asked how the
local postoffico force was getting along
with the holiday business. "They
started this morning," said the postmistress,
"and throughout the day we
navo dccii not oniy nusy out more
than busy. Then again, we are slightly
handicapped , because James G.
ly handicapped, because James G.
out of the office by reason of the fact
that one of his children is seriously ill.
Chief Clerk Putnam has been detailed
to carry the town mail for Mr. Johnson
in addition to his regular duties
here and we are having quite a time
of it. However if patrons of the office
will mail their packages as rapidly as
possible I am sure that we will get
along."
ABOUT PEOPLE.
R. C. Howe has moved from McConnellsvilld'
No. 1 to York No. 4.
Mayor E. A. Hall continues ill at his
home in Yorkville.
J. W. Simpson is reported critically
ill at his home in the Lesslie :* ction.
R. F. Parrott, supervisor of the
street force in Yorkville, has been ill
at his home for seveial days.
Clerk of Court T. E. McMackin of
Yorkville. remains ill at his home with
influenza. His condition is improved.
Geo. H. Hart who has been quite ill
at his home in Yorkville, for several
days past continues to improve.
F. L. Hinnant is confined to his
homo on Cemetery street with an attack
of the flu.
Messrs. J. W. Shealy and Ralph H.
Cain, of Sharon, were in Yorkville
Saturday on business.
Mrs. Jas. A. Sherer has been quite
sick at her home in Yorkville with influenza,
for the past several days.
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Hartness of Gastonia,
N. C., visited tho family of Mr.
R. R Hartness on York No. 5, last
week.
Magistrate Fred C. Black who has
been ill at his home on York No. 6
with influenza for several days was
able to be back in his office yesterday.
Mrs. H. B. I jaws and son Harry
Laws who were confined to their home
on Lincoln street last week with influenza
are able to be out again.
Clyde Smith was confined to his
room at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J.
Z. Stowe on Lincoln street for several
days last week with influenza.
Col. J. R. Lindsay who has been
quite sick at his homo in Yorkville
for several days past continues to improve.
Mrs. H. W. Cummings has returned
to her home in Columbia, after a visit
to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John C.
Dickson on York No. 1.
J. It. Lindsay, Jr., oi ureenvuit:, m
spending: several days at his home
in Yorkville, on account of tho illness
of his father. Col. J. R. Lindsay.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Stroup and two
sons, James and Charles, have been
having: a siege of flu. All of them are
improving.
Miss Margaret Wray who has been
quite sick at the home of her father
Mr. J. Q. Wray in Yorkville, for several
days past is improving.
Broivn Ferguson for several years
past in the employ of tho York Furniture
Company In Yorkville, has accepted
a position with a Gastonia furniture
concern.
Messrs. Henry Herndon and Robert
Rratton, who are employed in Pittsburgh,
Pa., are at the homes of their
respective relatives in Yorkville for
the Christinas holidays.
Alf Carroll, a student at Georgia
School of Technology has returned to
the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
M. L. Carroll in Yorkville for the
Christmas holidays.
Miss Willena Neil of Clover, former
chief operator for the Piedmont Telephone
and Telegraph Company in
Yorkville has accepted a position in
Lincolnton, X. C.
Of interest to many relatives and
friends in this section is tnc appruucu- |
ing marriage of Miss Sallie Wray of
Yorkville and Mr. John K. Wells of
Columbia, which is to take place December
28.
Mioses Ixjslie White of Yorkville
and Sarah Plaxco of York No. 1, students
at the Due West Woman's College
are at the homes of their respective
parents for the Christmas holida
ys.
Mr. C. W. McC.ee, cashier of the
Peoples Dank and Trust company, who
has been confined to his homo for ten
clays with an attack of flu. is expecting
to be out again within the next few
days. Mrs. Mrf.ee is also recovering
after an attack of the malady.
Mrs. D. D. Thoracis who has been
it the bedside of her mother, Mrs. W.
it. Hartness at Lincolnton. N. C., for
some tiirte has returned to her home
in Yorkville. Her friends will be glad
lo know that Mrs. ^iartness is improving.
,
Jas. A. Barrett, for several years 1 ;
past postmaster at Clover has been
elected assistant conference superin- \
endent of Sunday school work in the i
l.'pper South Carolina Methodist con- '
"erence. Ho will assist Rev. T.. D. Cil- |
lcsple who . has his headquarters In
Spartanburg^.
The following Yorkville students of
Erskine College, Due West, returned
to thel hopes here Sunday for tho
holidays, the college having been closed
four days earlier than scheduled on
account of flu: Joe Woods, Georgo
W. Williams, Jr., James McDowell,
Joseph Moss, William: Inman.
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LOCAL LACONICS
Closes Next Thursday.
Winthrop College, Rock Hill, closes
for the Christmas holidays on Thursday.
Fort Mill Lost,
The girls' basketball team of Fort
Mill was defeated by the girls' team
of Winthrop Training school, Rock
Hill Friday. The score was 21 to 17.
Chester Masons Elect.
Chester Lodge No. 18, A. F. M., haa
elected the following officers for the %
ensuing year: J. C. Stewart, W. M.;
D. E. Estfes, S. W.T T. W. Barrett, J.
W.; A. CJ* Thornton, treasurer, and
w. n. weir, secretary.
Treasurer on the Job.
Treasurer Neil, who was kept at
home several dayi last week on account
of a bad cold, has been on the
Job again since Friday at noon. The
office is now open for the accommodation
of all comers. \
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Removed From Death House.
On being served with notice of appeal
in the case of Wm. C. Farles, on
last Thursday, the superintendent of
the penitentiary had Farles removed
from the death, house in which he had
been placed on his arrival at the penltentiafy.
Odd Fellows Banquet. ^
Odd Fellows of Keck Hill enjoyed a
banquet and later conferred degrees on
a number of candidates In Rock Hill,
Friday evdhing, Present as guests of
honor were Deputy Grand
Handske and Grand Secretary S. F.
Killlng8Worth o(f Columbia. The banquet
was served, at a Rock Hill hotel.
The Rock Hill Lodge of Odd Fellows
now bas about 100 members.
Many Prisoners Committed.
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Deputy Sheriff Tom Quinn who la
also jailor for York county said this
morning that so far thiis'year a total
of 164 prisoners had been committed
to the jail. At the present time there
are only two prisoners In Jail, one
state and one Federal. The Jailer is
hopeful that there will "be no increase
In the Jail population during the holidays.
Yorkville-Rock Hill Road.
The rains of Saturday night left the
Rock Hill road In a very sloppy condition.
The worst places are within tho
corporate limits of Yorkville, through
the village of TInsah and through Ebenezer.
Generally the best places aro
where tho rood is best drained. The
general condition of the road Sunday
and yesterday was suggestive of the
miserable conditions that are to be expected
throughout the winter, especially
if there is a great deal of rain.
Institutes Held Saturday.
The first of a series of institutes or
schools for teachers to be held in
Yorkville, Rock Hill and Clover during
the school year were held last Saturday
in each town. Attendance on the
opening institutes on the part of
teachers of the county was rather disappointing,
it was stated. In charge
at each institute were teachecs from
Winthrop College and others. It is
expected that about ten of these institutes
will be held during the school
year.
j May Retain One.
Unofficially it was learned yesterdny
that the York county legislative
delegation has tentatively decided to
retain the services of the woman's
home demonstration agent in York
county for another year and to discontinue
the services of the county
farm demonstration agent. However
it was stated that the matter will not
be definitely determined until after the
annual meeting of the delegation with
the citizens of York county to be held
in YorKv.ue in January.
Enforcement of Speed Laws.
State Constable Horace L. Johnson
said the other day that he had been instructed
by Governor Harvey to look
into violations of the speed laws on
th,. concrete highway between Rock
Hill and Catawba river. The character
of the road tempts speeding and. many
automobilists yield to the temptation.
The situation is quite generally understood,
and the governor is in constant
receipt of coipplaints, anonymous and
otherwise. Hence the instructions to
Constable Johnson.
Tatlock's Condition Grave.
Information* this morning from Mr.
Squire Tatlock of Gastonla who was
seriously injured when the steering
gear of an automobile in which he was
riding with his son Mr. Robert Tatlock
near Latta school house Tuesday
evening locked and threw him out, is
that there is a slight change for the
better in his condition. A specialist
who operated on him a day or two ago
took out a pi^ce of broken vertebrae
which was pressing on the spinal cord,
thus relieving the pressure. This pressure.
This pressure had caused paralysis.
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Change of Schedule.
rr* I- 11T Kou/itAfrtnft loovlnry
i rum i>u in, nEitiviuiv <?
Yorkville for Columbia over the
Southern railway at 7:25 a. m., has
been changed .to leave at 6:55 a. m.f
instead, connecting at Rock Hill with
trains to and from Columbia. Train
So. 118, which has been coming to
Yorkville from Columbia at 7:05 p.
m., has been so changed that It will
now reuch this point at 7:30 p. m.
Phis train will make connection with
:rnins from Charlotte and from. Co*
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