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S^t-O. ,V ( ' '* tV.> HPr' ./ y'~\r- rv^"~ ~ ~ * . . Established 1891. INTERESTING NEWS ITEMS FROM OVER 1 HE COUNTY Clem F. Gordon, former supervisor of York county, has been appointed road supervisor for Bethesda township and is planning to do considerable work in putting the roads in his township in first class shape. Miss Juanita Ncely, county home demonstration agent, announces that much interest is being taken in the buttermaking contest which she plans to inaugurate in the county vtithin a few weeks. *The obiectvbf this con test is to arouse renewed interest in grade gnd pure-bred milch cows and the indications are that theft will be a large number of contestants enrolled. Considerable alterations and repairs are being mnd?v in the building of Bethesda Presbyterian church, one of the oldest and moat historic religious edifices in York county Bituated nine miles south of York. An elevated floor, vestibule and new heating system are among the interior improvements, while some repairs are being made on the exterior. The establishryent of Bethesda church dates back to the period preceding the American Revolution, when York county was sparsely settled and virtually the entire population consisted of Sootch-lrish Presbyterians. The immersion in the muddy waters of the Catawba river of the coffln containing 'the body of Adger Hudson wKtlo onrniTfo f k/mm Van \U Tirzah for burial may cost York county some money, heirs of the dead man having sued for damages in the sum of $500. The truck bearing the body v, was precipitated by a Catawba Indian in the employ of York county at the ferry on the river a few miles from Fort Mill, it is alleged. 'Part of the ^ sum asked of the county is for the expense, it is alleged, incurred In getting the truck out of the river. Yorkville Enquirer. Textile operatives at one of the leader ing mills in Rock Hill are seriously considering the matter of going on strike if their demands for a wage increase are not met by their employers, ?. it was learned Tuesday. Operatives, it is said, claim that they cannnt make ends meet on the wages they are receiving at the present price of necessities. The next meeting of Bethel Presbyterial, auxiliary of Bethel Presbytetyf will be held in thh First Presbyterian church in York^ttle, it was announced this morning. Arrangements have been made for the holding of services regularly at the county ja?l in Yorkville and at the police station in Rock Hill, with occasional services at the enuntv rVinincrancy The Blue Buckle Cotton Mills company of Rock Hill, which- purchased the Manchester Cotton mills some time ago from John R. Barron and associates, is now making improvements and enlargements to the property that will cost in excess of $1,000,000, it was learned Tuesday. The company is, building a large addition to the mill and is erecting more than 100 houses in the mill village. Horace L. Johnson has purchased a Ford automobile from the town of Yorkville. Constable Johnson proposes to use the Ford in his work as a x State law enforcement officer. 'I he town council purchased a Ford some time ago from S. L. Courtney, local dealer, but sold the car to Constable Johnson when it became apparent that the town could get along about as well without it. Miss Alice Garrison, one of tha-two compulsory school attendance Officers for York county, has eworn out warrants before Magistrate R. L. A. Smith of Broad River against Hampton Myers ana Mrs. M. E. Cobb of Smyrna school district charging them with violation of tbe< terms of the compulsory school attendance act. It is alleged that the two parent* kept their children out of school without legal excuse. Page another advance in the coet of drinks. Bratton Hughes, Hock Hill man who was in Yorkville yesterday, said that druggists In that town .ware , * now charging ten cents for coca cola * over the fountain and the indications are that there will be a general ad-' vance in the price of soft drinks. Coca cola and other cola drinks are now selling for 6 cents, one cent of which is war tax. A York county druggist said yesterday that while dealer* had been paying $1.65 for. sjrrup. the pricf had recently been advanced by the manufacturers te $8 a gallon. Marshall Gettya and Sam Gettya, negroes, arrested several days ago charged with complicity in the theft of jewels valued at approximately $100, ' *5 ' ' ? The F STREET IMPROVEMENTS APPROVED BY CITIZENS At the Bpecial election held in Fort Mill last Friday to determine whether the town should issue bonds in the sum of $30,000 for street improvements 2fi of the 70-odd Citizens qualified to take part in the election voted lor the issue while only two voted against it. This amount the street commission, composed of L. A. Harris, chairman, Dr. J. L. Spratt and N. L. Carothers, is assured by the State highway department will be supplemented by $10,000' from the State's apportionment of the Federal road fund, giving- - the town in all $40,000 with which to undertake the improvement of the streets. The commission hoped to put down permanent paving oxer a stretch of a mile and a half with the amount to be derived from the bond issue and the monev to come from the Federal treasury* but recently the cost of material for road work has increased to such an extent that the commission may find it impossible to do bo much paving with this sum. Yesterday Mr. Harris said his idea was to put down first-class paving, paving that will last, and if possible to eliminate at least a part of the profits some contractors are known to be making by having ?he work done on another basis. The commission is expected to hold a meeting within the next few days, although it is known that some time will pass before the bonds can be sold and the money the commission is promised Bccured from the. Federal government. The bonds are to run for 40 years and are to bear a rate of interest not.exceeding 5 1-2 per cent. IRISH WARFARE CONTINUING WITH BULLETS, STICKS, STONES Belfast, April IS.?Sticks, stones and iron bars were freely used and revolver shots occasionally were exchanged in a live-hour melee at Ix>ndonderry last evening. Three separate attacks on soldiers were made by civilians and factional lights occurred between unionist* and Sinn Feiners. There necessitated frequent cliurges by the police and military, in which 12 persons were injured.' Their wounds were treated at tins local infirmary. The police barracks nt Rossville were considerably damaged by^ a mob. Two arrests were made in this connection. AMERICAN AIR UNIT WITH - 90LE&-RAID 4>HE RUSSIANS \Vith the Polish at the Front, April 18.? (By Associated Press.)?-The Kosciusko squndronT, the American air unit operating with the Polish forces, today fiew 1)0 miles behind th? holshevik lints and ruided the Jitomir railroad junction, southwest of Kiev. The Americans flew low and attacked the railroad yards crowded with troop trains, dropping bombs and using their muehine guns. 1. 000, from Hamilton Carhartt, overall manufacturer of Rock Hill and Detroit, Mich., have been released. -Detectives warking on the case are tjuite positive that the two negroes had no connection with the alleged robbery. Rosa Wil liuma, negro woman arrested because of her connection with the theft, is still under surveillance. Detectives working on the case told a reporter for the Yorkville Enquirer last Tuesday that they were very much "up in the air" about the case. The spring term- of the coOrt of general sessions for York county adjourned Thursday morning following the announcement of the verdict in the Giles case. It had been intended to try Cora Rainey and Kirk Lowry. negroes charged with the killing of Joe Jones in "Kingtown," suburb of Yorkville, last fall. Base use of the absence of Viola King/-witness for the State,, It was necessary to continue the cone, solicitor Henry told a reporter for the Yorkville Enquirer yesterday morning that a bench warrant-* woald be issued for her. Judge Townsend and Solicitor Henry returned to their respective homes yesterday. All the jurors were out of town by noon. York county has paid to Mary 'A. Sims, negress, widow of the late Rev. W. T. Sims, negro preacher who was done to death by a mob, the sum of $2,000- -amount of a verdict directed against the county by Judge Sease st the fall term of the court of common pleas lost year. The widow of the deceased negro brought suit against the county fbtffcOOO under a statue which provides that where a person is lynched by s mob the State shall pay to that person's estate not less than that sum. Sims, it will her remembered, was pastor of s colored church in the Locust Hill section, near Sharon, and was shot and beaten to death by a mob. All of thoae charged with complicity in the killing were acquitted in the court of general sessions. !V.J m 2 'ORT 1 '? tFOEt MILU s. C., THUI i REUNION PLANS ALL MADE FOR "OLD HICKORY" SOYS Cot T. B. Spratt returned Saturday from- a-meeting of the executive committee, of which he i*one of two'of the South-Carolina members, of the "Old Hickory" Division association -held in Asheville Friday night to plan 'for the annual reunion of the division' ?td be held in that city on September '28 and 29, next. The committee is preparing for between'16,000 arid 20,000 veterans at thq-reunion. Asheville was selected as the reunion city far its accessibility and desirability as a summer meeting place. Free meals and free lodging are promised members of the association by the Asheville committee. Every State in the Union, with the* exception* of Utah, is'expected to be represented at the reunion by one or more world war heroes. PROMINENT SURGEON KILLED IN A NEW YORK CHURCH New York. April I8.a-Dr. .Fames Markoe, a well known surgeon, was shot am! killed today while taking up the ottering at the morning service in the faahionuble St. George's Protestant Episcopal church, I5tli street and Stuyvrsant place, in the old aristocratic district of New York. ^ His assailant was Raptured after a short chase by a group of parishioner*. The prisoner gave his name first ' ah Thorn sd \V. Shelley and later as Thomas \V. Rhnpkin. The police said he told them lie had escaped Thursday from the Kastora State Hospital for the Insane at Williamsburg, Va. I)r. Markoe, a wealthy vestryman of tlio church, was a friend and personal physician to J. P. Morgan, also a jtHrishioner there. He waa 56 years'old. The church-was crowded with parishioners,/ many of thera representatives of-the wealthiest families in New York, when'the shooting took piece. Dr. Murkoe was walking down the left nisle taking up the collection while the choir was singing an anthem. As he reached the 12th pew f*>m the rear and loaned over to pass the plate. Simpkin, who was seated next td the aisle,-trMpped out a revolver and fired at the-physician it is said. The bullet struck* biin over the left eye, and he collapsed in the-aisle. Several women screamed and men rushed from their seats some to the aid of the physician and others in pursuit of his assailant. Simpkin, with the revolver iti'hwshaad, leaped over the )>ody -of -ilea phyuicianmnd started to run out vtf the church. Thd choir, led by Charles SitfVtrd,*"SMuttnue&'< singing in an effort to jspiii t >the congregation. -Mimpkin continued shooting. Hit second shot, directed at members of tlie congregation who were pursuing him went wild. John C. Tiedman, the aexton, dropped to" the floor In time to escape the third bullet which grazed the cheek of .T.'Morgan Jones. Simpkin then ran from the church into Stuyvcaant square. George ?. Brewer. M. D.,- was the first man to reach him. Ho grabbed the man's mriq but- Simpkin managed to wriggle himself loose 'to fire another shot, which gnitcd Dr'. (Brewer's thigh. By that limp MPVnr.ll nlKor momkow grcgution had thrown Himpkin down when A poliretuan arrived, handcuffed the prisoner and took him to the patieo station. Meanwhile Dr. Markoe had been ;fcar-, ried out of the chureh and placed in an automobile. A? ha was being lifted into the Car he regained consciousness long enough to any: "I will be all right" and then collapsed. He .waa rushed' to the Lying-in hospital but wan deail wiicn brought into that institution. Stinpkin freely admitted that he-had hot Dr. Mnrkoe. according to the police. "There are a lot more who are going to get It too," he ia reported to have said when quostioned by detectives. - *+ m SEVERAL KILLED I IT FIGHT ' AT WALNUT COVE SUNDAY Winston-Salem. April 1R.?Ex-Sheriff 1/ec Joyce waa killed, Jim Matthews, special* deputy, >'WXd 'shot through the neck probably fatally wounded, and three negroe* were killed in a< fight be-' I ween olUeern and negroes at Walnut Cove, N. C., I& utiles from this city, late this evening. According' to reports - received hero the ofllcera attempted to break up a curd game >suid to have been progress in a -rcstaiilaiit operated by Nick Hairston, a negro. When the oUlcers entered the restaurant the negroes, according to the report received here by the police, hrggp shootiiig. Ex-Sheriff-Joyce is said to have been killed immediately and In id dition to the neck wound Matthewa wan badly beaten. A race riot is thought to be Impending. Washington,- April 1ft.?The grand ' stand of the flrnnd Canyon, the area on the rim of ike canyon- affording the teat view of the aeenic wonder, ia government land, the auprvme court today held. This decided efforts of private 1 intercuts to obtain ' the fit?- for fightsteing value. % &M<P%- ' Mill ' f ^ ... - -' * ,-lX .J ' " . '? : LBBAY, APRIL 22, t92a ' SUMTER WOMAN REJECTS FUTURE PRESIDEffT^SUIT Referring to the etory printed in The Times last week about the ttoyhood days of'Andrew Jackson iq- the W??haw settlement on the line between North Carolina and South Carohua, Mr. C. C. Mcllwain of Fort Mill related another interesting atory of a president of the United 8Bates. "Did yon know," aeked Mr.'Mcllwain, "that Andrew Johnson, who succeeded to the presidency upon the death of Lincoln,' was once a resident of South Carolina? Well, he was, and an incident occurred in his life while be was making his home in this 8tate that may be worth telling. Johnson, as all know, was a tailor. About the time he reached his majority he moved from llaleigh, N. C., to Sumter and set up in business for himself. He was a good looking, affable young man with a bright mind and consequantly made friends quickly in his new home town. Among the number was an especially attractive young woman, a member of one of the community'? highly esteemed families. She en-1 couraged the attention Johnson wished to show her and in a short time their friendship had developed to the point which often leads to marriage; but like a dutiful daughter the girl told her parents of the feeling she and the handsome young tailor had for each 1 other and sought an expression of their wishes in the matter. "Johnson's social status and his occupation did not appeal to the girl's parents, tout they hit upon a- better I .plan of convincing her that he was undesirable as a husband by tailing her he was an ignoramus who could not even read or write. The. thought of becoming the wife of an illiterate man Iivv aw ail BWUOkUTC Ul UIO girl, BV she made up her mind to learn whether her parents had been misinformed. The next time Johnson called to see her she discovered by a simple little ruse that it was * indeed-true that he could neither read nor write. The fact so impressed the girt- that she did not lose much time in telling him that he need not press his suit further. "Shortly afterward Johnson closed his tailor shop in Sumter and returned to Raleigh, where he found the future Mrs. Johnson who taught him to read and write after their marriage. And behold!?a future president of the United States. "The career of Andrew Johnson is t one- ofj the moat remarkable!: in the history of the aountry. He-'waa a strong man ?nd bad a wonderful memory, otherwise he never could have reached the highest office in the gift of the American people. Johnson was not popular in the South* because he was a Union mam at the time the Union was decidedly unpopular in this AetlAn kil t Ka mra r? ? ? - * OVVMVII| MV? V IIV TTMO IICVC1 UIOICSO a 111 Mil of unusual mentality. - I have often wondered in what esteem the Sumter girl and her parents held their judgment in rejecting the friendship of the handsome-young tailor. v If he thought of the incident at all in after years it was perhaps to thank the good Lord for leading his footsteps to the woman who as his wife helped and encouraged him as few women could have done." Long Session for Sckool Board. A prolonged session of the board of trustees of the Port Hill graded schoQ was held Monday evening at which many matters looking to the welfare of the school were considered. Besides planning for the completion of the auditorium of the Bchool and the erection of several class rooms and other improvements to the buildings the trustdtos took up the matter of tAii>li?r comnena*tinn fnr tha ??inn to begin next September. If the State id promised under an? act of the General Assembly passed at the session this year is forthcoming, between $3,000 and' $4,000 will be received by the school from this source, which*will enable the trustees to pay the minimum salary of' $90 per month to the teachers, and increase the corps to IT In all. Another meeting of the board is set-for next Monday evening. ? WART CONVENTIONS TO TAKE ACTION FAVORABLB TO WATERWAYS St. Louis, April 10.-^RepubKcan and I)eino?Tutie national conventions will be called upon <to insert plunks in their platforms demanding that Congress en act comprehensive legislation for waterways improvements, according to delegates arriving here for the third annual convention* of the Mississippi Valley 1 Waterways* Association. Among the speakers at the eonven tion will be Representative Jbhn H. Small, of North Carolina, president of Mm Notional Hirer Midi Harbors Om-i greas. V ' "V ~" . - MBHgi |4HM| ,* 'Ji&Bkt ' j I' Times jj ?4 . ' ' * 1 ' ' % d fl 1 SENATOR DIAL URGES 1 ^ECONOMY ON COUNTRY ? Wellington, April 19.?Declaring'that In haa nu love for dudeA, Senator Dial, g of South Carolina, today in a Bpeech in t the senate applauded the "overall' and ^ calico- revolt against the high cost of ( clothing. y f "Let us wear old clothes and refrain j, from purchasing anything we can do ? without, and tho country will soon be r -in joint again," suid Mr. 'Dial. "Let us t take the advice of the former secretary c of the treasury by getting out our old shoe* nnd have tliem halfsoled and have patches put on our trousers." ; SITE C1TT VPTVn PflD tub MEW CHICORA COLLEGE v Columbia, April 19.?South Carolina j Presbyterians are interested in the'an- t nounceinent made by Dr. S. C. Hyrd, } prresident of Chioora College for Wo- r men, in Columbia, that the college ( trustees have selected the Burney site, \ in the Shandnn -section of Columbia. , between Shandon Annex and Wales Gar- { den, as the site for the new Chicora | ollege. Plans have been prepared for | a college plant to include 16 or 18 ; buildings, and Dr. Byrd says the nim of the trustees is to have an institu- T tlon that will accommodate all Ithe i students who desire to enter it and i which will be in keeping with the aims of the college for the education of 'the t Presbyterian young women of the state. t ' The new site contains 60 Acres and is | one of the finest locations in or around Columbia. It is in the l>est residential ^ section of the community. * The trnct will be adopted as the new college Site on the condition that the money for its purchase be raised by Columbians and the proper presented to the col- * lege by December 81, 1920. LAWYERS OF STATE MEET 1 IN COLUMBIA THIS WEEK J Columbia, April 10.?l^ominent lawyers from all parts of South Carolina 4 are expected in Columbia the hint two day*-of t)ih> week for the 27th annuul ' convention of the South Carolina Bar association,'the dates for which are April 23 atid 24. This promUes to be one'of the best conventions the lawyers have ever held within the state. The chief speaker for the gathering is Italted States Senator William <11. King, of Utah, who will deliver the annual address on Saturday night, lm- " mediately following this address the an- r nual banquet will be tendered nt the ' Jefferson hotel. At this time a number of the leading lawyers of the Btate will ' respond to toast* The lawyers of the state are being Jj urged to bring tlieir wives with them. On Filday evening a reception will be J given' at Ridgewood club, especially for " the litdies attending the convention. - A -committee of prominent Columbia ' lawyers, headed by \V. D. Melton, is iu M charge of plans for the convention, P. A. Willcox, of Florence, is preai- ' dent of the bar association; C. 8. Monteith, of Colombia, is secretary. U. S. INFLUENCE BEING FELT IN TATIN AMERICA Rio De Janeiro. March 29.? (Hy Mailt ( ?The influence of North America on ^ South America is steadily becoming) , | more evident, even in the Mardi Urn* t of Rio de Janeiro. Among the throng* j of tnnaqueradera during the lbJO carui- i val season were many "Carlitos," a* ( Charlie Chaplin ia called in Portugese. There were score* of < owboya with t broad-trimmed hat*, cartridge belt and bandanna handkerchief in true imita- ( tion of the movie hero ui the American ( wild and woolly wc*t. Film vampire* : hounded, with penciled eyebrow* and ^ low-cut gown*. 4 The Immigrants to llrazil from Portugal, 8pain, Italy and France?the-four .treat carnival countries of Ruro|>e? have brought their carnival tradition* nid custom* to South America. In year* ' l>a*t the color of Lisbon,, of Madrid, of : Genoa and of Nice ha* mingled in the ! tuo a? ^nneiro imuctay season. Now < the spirit of New York', Chicago anil < Frisco is tumbling into this blend. < WILL DISCUSS 'FORMATION ! OF FINANCE CORPORATION I Columbia, April 19.?The formation i of a state cotton finance and export . orporation will be discussed at the semi- i annual meeting of the South Carolina i Cotton association in Columbia May 5th, which will be attended by promi- i uont planters from every county in ? South Carolina. A large attendance is expected for thin convention, aci-nrding , to an announcement made today by R. Vf. Mixson, president of the association. ( Another matter that will be discussed by the farmers at the meeting May fttli ( will be the question of erecting ware* houses all over the state. Reports will also be made of the meeting of the ( American Cotton assoeiation held in Montgomery last week. A number of I prominent men are on the program for the stat* meeting of the cotton planters. ' At a meeting of the York county leg ' islative delegation in York Monday , momitag Paal' McCorkle was recommended to the governor for appoint- < ! nwrnA-aathe sattmmpr to the late J. II. j McManua as county coroner. i | . ' ' 1 $1.25 Per Year w " ' _ TWO STATEMENTS' MADE ABOUT RAILROAD CLAIMS Columbia, April 10.?Shippers of iouth Carolina will be interested in wo announcements just made regurdng freight service in the Southeast. >ne- of these announcements is by the ederal government, regarding the colection of claims against the railroad dministration prior to the return of the oads to private ownership; the other by he Southern railway, regarding the onciliation of freight claim offices. The'government announces that claims .gainst "the railroad administration, havng been made prior to the return to irivate ownership, will hereafter be tandled through regional agents, except vhere the claims are for less than $500 aeh. A claim less than $500 will be tandled by the shipper with the local mint agent. A claim for more than ISOO will be handled through n regional lalm agent. Claim ngamut the Atlantic >>ast Line in South Carolina will he tundled with Victor I .a mar, regional -laim agent, in Atlanta. Claims against .he'Southern and the Seaboard, dating tuck to government operation, will be utndlcd with a regional agcut in Washngton. The Southern railway has just anlOuneed tliut its claim olliccs in Charotte. Richmond, Atlanta. New Orleans, [joniaville, and Cincinnati, have been ibnliahcd and hereafter claims for this erritorv will be handled at one central tlaim office in Chattanooga. Thia plan ana me effective'April I. :LEMSON METHODISTS WILL HAVE NEW CHURCH EDIFICE Clemson College. April 19.?South Carolina Methodists are to build a good hurch at Clemson College, one that will ulequatcly meet the needs of this iminrtnnt point for the religious training ?f the hundreds of Mctla?diHt boys who >ass through the institution everj^-year. This is the decision reached by the joint omniission from the two Methodist eon erences ui a meeting here recently to onaider the need* of the situation and ,ake steps to meet those needs. The joint commission, consisting of .he Rev. .1. C. Roper, the Rev. J. W. Ctlgore an(l Mr- M. M. ltoddey, of the ipper eonferenee, and the Rev. C. C. >erriek, the Rev. II. O. -Hardin "and dr. Thomaa O. Lawton. from the South .'arolina eonferenee, met here April 8 ihd eleeted the Rev. J. C. Roper, chairnan, the Rev. A. E. Driggers, the local inator, secretary and Prof. S. M. Martin, reasurcr. After a thorough examinuion o' the situation it was the unnni- ' nous deeiaion of the commission that a hurch plant, coating approximately 1100,000, with a seating capacity of ibout 730, i? necessary to meet the needs if the situation, and it was decided to iroeeed at once with arrangements look-4 ng towards raising funds and erecting Ueh a plnnt, which is to contain all the iccessories, such as Sunday school ooms, social hall, diningmom and eitehen. JWEDEN WILL NOT GIVE UP DR. KAPP TO THE GERMANS Berlin, April 17.?The Swedish gov rnment has decided that it will not (rant extradition of Dr. Wolfgang Kapp, euder of the German reactionary revolt >f Mnrcli 13, in the event such action h requested by Llcrmany, the newspaper i'orwaerts has learned from an uuhoritative aource, The government taken the position :hat the offense of Dr. Kapp, who wan irrested nt Soedertelje yesterday, la not extraditable. The newspaper expresses he hope that the tierman government will be able to find some means to present I)r.' Kapp "from brewing further niaehief." Gary Would Control Labor. New York, April IV.?Lultor sliouhl be subjected to governmental control md regulation the same as other organizations, .lodge Klbert 11. tiary, hairman of the United States Steel rorporation, said today in outlining tha ompany's stand on unions at the anDual meeting of the stockholders of the orporation. Discrimination by favor against any particular class is detrimental to the uitercwie ui th?* pnvral community, ludge (Jury aaid. "It contradicts the fundamental prinoiploa of our government." The speaker reiterated the intention if the eompnny to nmintnin an opi*n hop. Judge Defines "Condonation." fllaagow, (Dy Mail.) ? In u divorce *aae heard recently the question arose ?a to the difference between "combination" and "forgiveneaa." The judge decided that in n ( l.riwthin, la well an a lay, Hcnac it waa aaHiimeil that every man had a alate on which wan written the faulta of hia life. Then forgiveneaa would be the complete wiping off the elate of the record. In condonation there wua no blotting out. The rei-ord remained on tho elate end was only covered over with u piece of paper with the remark: "That will obscure the record until another matrimonial offense o?*ciira." Then the paper would be raised and the record and the marital ain waa still there.