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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-08-29

President Wilson. interpreting the
league of nations covenant TUESDAY
for the senate foreign relations COM
mittee, declared it imposed no legal
obligation for the use Of American mi
litary forces in protecting territory in
any nation. But he added that the
covenant might involve in certain cir
cumstances an absolutely compelling
moral obligation which might be even
stronger than legal promise. Press
ed for a more exact definition by COM
mittee members who insisted that the
whole arrangement was "a rope OF
sand" he asserted that on the con-
trary he considered it as placing the
nations in IAN attitude of comrade-
ship and protection" which would
compel respect for the principles OF
justice and liberty. Meeting the com
mittee in a round table discussion In
the East Room Of the White House
in contradiction to the precedents OF
more than a century and with the
whole nation listening through the
medium Of q relay of public stenog-
raphers the president went into many
Of the details Of the peace negotiations
and touched on all the hotly debated
questions which have divided the SEN
ate in it's consideration of the treaty
Article 10 Of the covenant guaranteeing
the integrity of the league members
against aggression, he declared
would leave to each nation complete
freedom of choice as to the applica-
ton of force" Even If the American
representative on the council Joined In
a unanimous recommendation for mill
tary action the final decision for peace
OF war must rest so far as concerned
the United States with congress, he
said. Whatever advice the council
gave under it's authority to take such
action as is deemed appropriate" mus,
also be deemed appropriate by the
United States to be binding on this
government he argued, though in the
background which would be such po-
tential moral force that he doubted II
the nation would often decline to act
The president revealed that Japan's
promise to return Shantung province
| to China was reduced to writing in the
last minutes Of the peace conference
He asserted he had every confidence
that the promise would be carried ou,
| and told the senators 1t was "the best
that could be got" out Of the negotia-
tions, Japan having given notice she
would withdraw from the conference
| If her demands were refused. The
American delegates, he said, had tried
| to keep the nation free from obliga-
tions in European affairs so far as il
was honorably possible to do so, but
asserted that 1t might be necessary tc
keep some American troops in the
Rhine district under treaty for the
next Is years. He declared the natior
would be it's own sole judge whether
| its obligations had been fulfilled un-
der the disputed withdrawal clause Of
the league covenant; that purely do
mestic questions were safe from the
leagues interference; and that the
Monroe doctrine was clearly preserved
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-08-29
STATE NEWS IN BRIEF
Items of Interest From All Sections Of
South Carolina.

Will Bause, a negro was alleged to
have been caught in the act Of enter
ing a gorcery store in Columbia, early
Tuesday morning.
1t Is expected that as many as 5000
soldiers will attend the reunion Of the
Thirtieth Division to be held in Green
vile, September u, %, 20 and 80.
Plans for the reunion are rapidly as
suming final shape.
Greenville is soon to have a new
hospital costing more than 100000
which Is to be erected by the Saliva
ton Army. The plans have been COM
plsted and forwarded to the New York
headquarters Of the army for appro-
val.
The first bale Of the 1919 crop of
Anderson county cotton was sold
Monday afternoon by Luther P. Bow
lie, farmer living near Iva to the
Stringer Cotton Company for 36 cents
a pound. The bale weighed 56S
pounds.
Col. ]. Rion McKissick, editor Of the
Greenville Daily Piedmont delivered an
address on the battle Of Kings Noun
tain at Kings Mountain battle-ground
last Saturday afternoon under the aus
pices of the Bible Conference Of the
A. r. P. church held at Linwood col
lege.
Governor Cooper has received let
ter from Pinckney w. H. Lee Of Mar
tin, Tenn, in which letter the Ten
nesseean offers to send the chief exc.
cutive the skillet used by General
Francis Marion, South Cardinals great
revolutionary war leader. Mr.. Pinck-
ney who is now 80 years Of age, would
present the skillet to the state.
Rodman Law, brother of Ruth Law,
the famous aviatrix and himself q
distinguished aviator will not leap
from a mile high aeroplane in Green
Vile, Labor Day as had been planned,
according to information from the
Public Service Hospital at Camp
Sewer. 1t was stated that Aviator
Laws physical condition will not per-
NIT him to ascend to high altitude.
Mayor T. T. Hyde Of Charleston.
who was defeated for reelection in
the municipal primary In Charleston
last Tuesday by John P. Grace, editor
of the Charleston American, according
to the decision of the Democratic exc
cutive committee, will appeal to the
courts. It is not known just when ap-
plication will be made to the courts by
Mayor Hyde for a judicial review and
Of the election dispute,
nor is it known what form the appli-
cation will take. That the matter Will
be pressed vigorously and promptly,
however, has been formally stated by
Mayor Hyde, who claims that O fair
determination Of the challenged votes
would give him substantial majority.
In his statement the mayor declares
that the star chamber" hearing which
looked into the cases Of 10 odd chal-
Ienged votes last Friday high handed
and arbitrary, and that the proceed
ings in general constituted a partisan
pervasion of Justice" In his statement
the mayor outlined the complaint
which, in detail. and substantiated
with convincing evidence, he declares,
WIN f'be submitted to the court -
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-08-29
QUESTION OF sTRIKEeREAKERs
Charlotte Central Labor Union Pro
tests AGAINST Their Presence.

Meeting at Central Labor union
hall last Tuesday night, the members
Of the Charlotte Central Trades and
Labor union adopted resolutions call
ing on the mayor and board of COM
missioners to remove the arms and
ammunition now held by the present
operators of the Charlotte street cars
from their possession, and asking the
mayor and commissioners to remove
these men from the city.
The resolutions follow:
Charlotte, N. c., Aug. 26, 1919.
Whereas 1t has come to the atten-
ton Of the Charlotte Trades and Labor
union Of the city Of Charlotte. North
Carolina, that the officials Of the
Southern Public Utilities company with
headquarters in the city of Charlotte,
have imported strikebreakers and pro-
fessional thugs and gunmen from out
side Of the state Of North Carolina over
the protest Of the citizens Of this city
and state, for the double purpose Of
operating their street cars and other
wise obey their commands. and
whereas, the authorized officials
of said company have caused to be
imported into this city. and placed at
the disposal Of said employees, a large
quantity Of firearms and ammunition
and have issued orders to shoot to
kill, and
Whereas, the instructions of said
officials have been obeyed and as a
result of same, several Of the citizens
Of ! Charlotte, are cold In death, and
others are at deaths door, and still
others seriously wounded, and the
homes of peaceful citizens riddled with
bullets and the inmates forced to flee
for their safety, and
Whereas. these imported employees
are, and will continue to be menace
to our citizenship and will greatly ag-
gravate the already serious situ' ton,
therefore be 1t
Resolved, that the honorable may
or'and board of city commissioners are
herewith requested to commander
and remove from the premises Of said
Public Utilities company, all arms and
ammunition, and be 1t further
Resolved, that the above mention
ed city officials remove or cause to
be removed from the scene Of trou-
BILE, lthe aforesaid imported employees,
that they might not further aggravate
the situation or cause more bloodshed.
andSbe 1t further
Resolved, that the citizenship Of
Charlotte be requested to concur in
all Of the above and lend their assist
ance to the maintenance Of law and
order and a speedy and satisfactory
adjustment of the present deplorable
situation.
"E. R. FARES, President.
J. "FRANW PRICE, Secretary"
"Chdrlotte Central Trades and Labor
union.
Adopted this 26th day Of August,
1919"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-08-29
HoMIcIDES INCREASE
in South Carolina While They Do.
crease in the North.


Secretary G.. Croft Williams Of sthe
state board Of Charities and Correc-
tions, has been studying the preva-
lence Of crime since the war. He Is as
tonished to find that in the north and
west homicides have decreased since
the armistice was signed.
Mr.. Williams has received q letter
from the state board Of Charities and
Corrections of New Hampshire, In
which there was the following state
ment: The situation in New Hamp-
shire does not appear to be the same
as in South Carolina. The only indict.
ments for homicide in this state fol
the last year have been for deaths
caused by the recklessness Of automo-
bile drivers, while the number of COM
mitments for other offenses has been
materially reduced"
There are not a dozen counties In
South Carolina that could show such
a report as this.
From the press dispatches" Mr.
Williams said, II conclude that we
continue to keep our average Of one
homicide day in this state. Many OF
these homicides are Of brutal ano
revolving character, showing a state OF
mind that is depraved and beyond al
care for the common good. A new fac
tor in tn egrowth Of homicide Is the
number of accidental killings, these
are usually committed by young boys
that are allowed to toy with deadly
weapons.
why is it that South Carolina must
have killing day when New Hamp.
shire can thrive with a killing year;
Is it that we have some superior stun
in us that is manifested in this man.
ner, or is it because of a different
kind of machinery for the gaining oi
justice. or is it the prevalence Of 9
false notion that honor Is best satisfied
at the end of pistol? Whatever may
be the cause, the number of persons
that have died as a sacrifice to preju.
dice. passion and vengeance Is beyond
all reason. Are South Carolinians Of
such a miserable breed that it is nec-
essary for them to be slaughtered al
this rate? 1t Is time that we face this
question honestly and ask ourselves
what we Should do about ~"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-08-29

B. F. S. Austin, general superin-
tendent of the Ozark Mills Of Gastonia,
we'll known and popular, committed
suicide last Sunday with single
barrel shotgun. He had an attack OF
grippe last winter and had never re-
covered. His mind seemed to be un-
balanced and he had only succeeded
in eluding the trained nurse who was
attending him for a short time when
he committed the deed that ended his
life.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-08-29

3o31uhd u 600 I'D VIzVo0I ~ - II - -
buildings and barns. A. H LockrtdEe's
farm.
(1o). i1s Acres-l mile Sharon.
L. H. Good. Price, $1,000.
(12). 60 Acres miles Smyrna.
Price, $25.00 per Acre.
90. 81 Acres miles York.
Price. $4,000 per Acre.
(15). $50 Acres-s miles Smyrna.
Price. $3.50 per Acre.
(16). no 1-5 Acres-3 miles Sha-
ron. Price. 100000.
(17). 226 Acres-s miles Clover.
Price, 10000 per Acre.
(18). IS Ia Acree-At Filbert-on
Kings Mountain road. Price. 32,10O.
(20). 0S Acres-s miles York.
Price, $4,000 per Acre.
(22). 159 Acres-s miles Smyrna.
Price. $3,500.00 total.
(2a). 25O Acres-3 miles Sharon
Price, $500 per Acre.
(2l). S25 Acres-J. o. p. Price,
s25.O0 per Acre.
(25). One House and L0t-Near the
Cannon Mil. Price, S1,785.O0.
(26). 20 Acres-An wood. z miles
York. Price, $1,000 Acre.
Price ssvsnty-five dollars per acre. 1t
| is easily worth one hundred dollars.
The only reason that am selling 1t at
scventy-fve per acre Is that / have q
short option which expires the last OF
October. This farm can be reached
from Gastonia or Belmont by going the
Union Church road. Ask about the
reputation from any man that knows
it. The verdict Of the jury will be that
1t is one of the beet that they know.
N. Block at any Of this property
or else write for further information.
can give satisfactory terms on any
purchase. If you want q farm after
looking over the above, better phone
me at once, because am selling them
very rapidlv,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-08-29

c. H. Doetrow was shot and instant
ly killed early Tuesday morning at the
home OF his mother-in-la near
Louisa, Va, by Merritt Baber, his
brother law who later committed
suicide.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-08-29

l.. j. Oswald, we'll known real es-
tate dealer of Kingsport, Tenn- was
shot and killed in his office In that
city Tuesday by v. B. Stallard,
former restaurant dealer following
quarrel over a realestate transaction.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-08-29
GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY
venirs Of Thirty-six Drawn to Serve
at the Next Term of Court.

The jury commissioners on Tuesday
drew the names Of the following thir-
Ity-six citizens to serve as petit jurors
during the term of the court of COM
mon pleas and general sessions which
iconvenes here September 8, with his
honor, Judge Ernest Moore Of Lancas-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-08-29

tion of revised statutes and criminal
code.
After September 1, 1919, no civilian
will be permitted to wear the uniform
other than prescribed above, and in
case Of violation of this order drastic
action will be taken"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-08-29
Gaffney Ledger, Aug. 26: Local of

Gaffney Ledger, Aug. 26: Local Of
ficers, both county and municipal,
have been unusually successful recent
ly in rounding up violators Of the
whiskey laws with the result that a
number Of individuals are now within
the tolls Of the law ard will have to
stand trial at the ne term of the
court Of general sessi for having
contraband liquor in tar possession.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-08-29
j. G.. WILBORN, REAL ESTATE
YORK, SOUTH CAROLINA

1856 ga aeres-T ormerly the home Of
j. j. Matthews, joins the land Of Pur-
sley and McElwee estate, beautiful Z
room cottage, 4-horse farm open. It
is now the property of E. G. Pursley. A
very fine farm. Price SIS an acre. Lies
on splendid public highway.
81 aeres-At Tirzah station, joining
the property Of Clint Jackson. One
residence, 2 stories needing repair, also
one tenant house. Price $40 per acre
for the next ten days.
80 1-2 aeres-One residence, one
barn. one crib, with wagon shed, two
story lumber and cotton house, one
good smoke house, one good shop,
well house, well. spring. Between so
and go acres in cultivation, g. or 8
acres in bottom land. Plenty of good
timber. Price $42 per acre. Property
Of s. w. Gardner.
l have the r. N. Anderson's farm 6
miles Of Rock Hill, sand and clay road
splitting it. This farm contains 500
acres with five buildings and balm,
there Is not a better cotton, corn and
grain farm in York County and mono
better located than this farm.
$50 aeres-Formerly the home farm
of ]. l.. Currence in York County, ten
miles OF GaStonla, eight miles OF Bel
mont. The main dwelling Is painted
and finished up to date, has six rooms,
running water hot and cold through
the house, sewerage bath room, ETC.,
two barns, has one hundred and fifty
acres in cultivation, fresh land and
new ground. The oldest acre was
cleared about eleven years ago. ten
acres Of this land has been cleared
with stump puller, and Mr.. Currence
has his wage crop. his annual yield is
fourteen bales on the ten acres and the
balance will do as well as this. There
is over two hundred thousand feet of
fine saw timber on this farm. This
farm produced in one year-191S-
400 bu oats q 81 per bu....-...-.........3 10000
800 bu corn q $2.26 per rbu-.......--..--1.S $4,000
Fodder hay ETC.. 10000
Cotton seed ~ 81 per bu. ...-...--..-.---1,6 600
Total income on wheat, hoss, cows---.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-08-29
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S1&.sS6.00
"a 2-5 Acres. P. Bales farm; one
cottage, rooms.
90 3-4 Acres-W. N. CASTOR, z miles
York. Price, 100000.
Zan Carroll-Farm, 113 acres;
horse farm open-very fine--two miles
TirZah.
81 Acres-W. L. Wallace, near Meek
Williams. Price $4,200.O0.
189 Acres-Residence and farm Of
Andrew J. PARROT, Filbert. Located
on the Filbert- Glover road. VIII sell
as whole or in sections. Look II over
and make me an offer. -
% Ia Acres-H. p. Stowe farm, near
Bethel church and school. Price,
$42.60 per acre.
160 Acres-1ncluding fne Roller
Mill, Corn Mill; also 26-horse power
Engine and Boiler; / Dwelling,
rooms. About rs acres IN ttmber:
horse farm open. Price. $500 acre.
e4S Acres-Three miles Hickory
Grove. Mrs. Warth, $4,000 acre.
(3). 354 Acres-Near Bethany A. R..
p. church and High school, 10 miles
York, and about miles Of Kings
Mountain station. N. c. On road from.
Kings NQpntains N. G., to<Yerk 3oer
Andy - 91f$see % seid rod - d
acres tya5 IN balAn1e ~ NQd3;
The Meeker herald., 1919-11-15
Accidentally Shot Himself

Tuesday morsIns while out rabbit
hunting. Ralph Peltier accidentally
shot hi.hself through the right foot.
Ralph WAS in company with Leonard
Valentine. They only had one % so
took turn shooting the gun. Leonard
had Just shot the gun and extracted
the the empty shell, handing the
gun to Ralph cooked. Ralph did not
know 1t was cooked and was carry
the gun pointing downward when it
went of the bullet passing through
his foot The wound was not very
bad and unless some Infection sets
in. Ralph will be all right in couple
of weeks.
The Meeker herald., 1919-11-15
St. James Church

Nation Wide Campaign Conference
(Nov. 1620th)
Twenty second Sunday after Trinity.
Holy Communion, 7.3O a. III.
Church School, 9.45 n. m.
Holy Communion and sermon, HOO
a. m.
Evening Prayer and sermon 40
p. IN.
Choir rehearsal Thursday 80 m
The Bible Glass meets at the Rec
tory on Tuesday at 1902. m.
The Rev. Williston NJ. Ford OF
MOntrose will preach at both morn
Ing and evening Services.
Monday to Thursday.
Holy Communion 1000 II. m.
Afternoon Conference 3 to 800 p. IN.
Evening Conference except Tues
day. 13o p IN.
The Rev. Ford will lead the Con-
ference each afternoon and evening.
The following are some OF the topics
to be given by members OF st. James
church:
The First Americans, Bertha Lamb
The Southern Highlanders, Mrs.
Reynolds
Neighbors, Mrs. Garrison
The Borderland of the Pole, Alan
Smith
In the Greater Antilles, Mary 5.
Moulton
Tho Conquest Of the Continent,
Bruce Baker
Mexico, Ralph Peltier
Cross Roads of the Pacific, Richard
Lyttie
The Cross the Flag the Church
Miss McCarter
The Emergency in China, Mrs. I.
b. Linden
Japan Advancing Whittier? Mis-
Lytle
The Brotherhood Of st. Andrew
+. l.. Cunningham
The Kingdom -; the Child, Mrs. j
f. Oldland
The Ccaferen:e Is for all member
Of the parish, Everybody welcome.
PHILIP NELSON,
Priest in Charge.
The Meeker herald., 1919-11-15

NJ. Jay Casey, OF the Art-O-Graf
Film Go. spent few days in town
this week attending to business con-
nected with the company. Alta re-
cent meeting of the directors, in Dem
yer. Mr.. Casey was elected president
and general manager of the company.
A good man for the job, as Mr.. Casey
is a motion picture man of long ex-
perience. BY coming spring the Art
O-Graf features will be shown in
Meeker regularly.
The Meeker herald., 1919-11-15

that the only strong government is
the government Of the dictator and
the only safety lies IN enormous arm
ament, coupled with universal milf
tary training, the ne plus ultra OF
Germanism.
The Meeker herald., 1919-11-15

An entertainment, Christmas sale
and refreshments will be given by the
Ladies' Guild of st James Church,
at Rooney's hall, on Thursday, Dec
ember 4th, afternoon aud evening.
ni5-22
The Meeker herald., 1919-11-15

Come and hear our Glee Club Girls
at Rooney's Hall, November 25ht.
Ladies' Aid Play. Admission 30 and
30 cents. nl5-22
The Meeker herald., 1919-11-15

Neil Kimball, the talented and pat
riotic son of Editor Kimball of the
Empire, is home again after two
years of service in France.
The Meeker herald., 1919-11-15

kisth Clark, As most Of our readers
know was boru and raised here al
though the credit is never given to
Meeker but is given Denver where he
attended four or five months. Keith
left a wonderful record in football
1t was in the various contest between
Meeker, Craig and Rife that he got
started.
The Meeker herald., 1919-11-15
Former {. c. Star Plays
Quart for Harvard Today

Keith Clark, one OF the best ath-
letcs ever seen at East Denver High
College eleven. is on the Harvard
lineup and will play guard in the
game against l rinceton today. Clark
was u star on the Angel eleven as
we'll as on the track team when at
tending that school Eve years ago.
He attended G. g. until the outbreak
of the war and played on the Tiger
team.
The Meeker herald., 1919-11-15
The Real Weakness

The following timely editorial ap-
peared in the Leadville Herald-Dem-
ocrat this week:
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-09-25
SHALL THEY GO BACK?

September TO- 1919 will long be remembered by General John j.
Pershng the date which nearly million his counymen
paid visible tribute well DONE On that date he witness
ed the appreciation of the fathers mothers and sweehears for the
deeds accomplished by the who carried the Stars and
Stripes victory the baescarred fields of France The um
plant parade that date when Jack Pershng and his
marched down Fifth Avenue New York City, did not mark the finale
American pride The deeds Of these soldiers of America will live
through the pages of history to the end of time
What contrast to this picture recorded simultaneously
by President Wilson Bismarck North Dakota Here
pleading all odds for which would send the khakclad
the ohe four of the globe in defense of for
aggression against foreign jealousy While the role at
the head long lines of seasoned troops the other obvous the
pleaded for acceptance doctrine
which send these long lines of khaki back
hips fight battles and give their lives
the behe of league in which America will have small voice
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-09-25

la'ied to enter, evidently frightened
away before their intention was ac-
complished
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-09-25

neard uutIng the campaign are M
gustus q. willsona Of Louisville, for
mer Congressmat King Swope, VIII,
carried the Eighth. Congressional Dis
trict over Judge Charles Hardin, chair
man Of the Democratic State Contra
Committee Judge Edward @. o'Rear
Of Frankfort, former Chief Justice o.
the Court Of Appeals and Republican
candidate for Governor; 3. r. Franks
Of Greensboro, chairman Of the Re
publican State Central Committee
former candidate for Governor anJ
president Of the Kentucky stat
Bankers Association; Thomas d. Mo
Oregon, Of Frankfort, former Aterns,
GeneralJ Dr. Ben Btuner, ofGouiA
vile, Virgil z, Moore, prominent at
'tefney Of Madlsonville and widel,
Known as "The Little Giant" Judg,
lanes Breathitt. Of Hopkinsville, fos
mer Attorney General and many
others.
In addition to the large staff Of
speakers to be sent out under the d..
rection of the State Campaign Com.
mlttee there will be hundreds Of other
speakers in all precincts in every con.
gressional and senatorial district.
These speakers will be directed by the
local committees In cooperation with
the State Speakers Bureau.
Beyond doubt the present plans Of
the bureau to supply every nook and
corner Of the state with Republican
speakers are the most extensive ever
adopted in similar campaign.