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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-18

creased amount of work and the ap-
rarently reduced number OF people
who are to be depended upon TO do it.,
Il. is we'll not to lose sight of the pos
eyble influence of the automobile and
motor truck. Consider the situation
locally, for instance. During the day
this IS being written there have been
I'm this iown of Yorkville a hundred
or more shoppers from a distance OF
ten, fifteen or twenty miles, and many
Of them remaining in town less than
an hour. Two or three hours maybe
would be the average time they were
away from departure to return. For
merly the same trip would have taken
all of a day and in some. cases some
of the people might have remained
overnight. The sight of six, eight or
ten bales Sof, cotton passing from a
warehouse to cotton mill on an auto
truck is, as common as, once was the
sight of four or six. bales on two
horse wagon, and the auto truck Will
ITlTcp OF lOuI liipo "hS' = va
wagon made one Think of 1.-The great
loads Of lumber that come in from the
sawmills ten or fifteen miles away
twice or three times a day, doing as
much work in ten hours as wagon
and team could do in a week. Then
there will come a great delivery truck
frera q wholesale grocer say in Cas-
tonia, or elsewhere, bringing crates OF
cabbage barrels of apples and potatoes
and boxes of meat, doing work gen
orally, that would otherwise be done by
people who are now doing something
else. Everybody who wants to WORK
and who is willing to work has more
than he can do, and because it seems
so hard to get anything done 1t some
times looks like it is because there are
too few people working. That there
is idleness, lots of it, too much of 1t
there is no question; but as "A matter
of fact, is there not more work being
done practically along every line, more
production at least, than there has
ever been? ...
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-18
ABOUT PEOPLE.

w. S. Moore, of Yorkville, spent Sun
day in Spartanburg. o.
Miss Lucia Reid Ewart, Of Yorkville,
spent Sunday in Rock Hill.
II. |. McCaw of Columbia, visited his
sister, Mrs. j. K. Aston in Yorkyille,
this week.
Miss Mary Love, of Fllbert No. /.
spent the weekend visiting relatives
and friends in Yorkville. &C.,.
Mrs. :. d. Mcdowell and family OF
Yorkville hav gone to Biltmere; n.
G. for the winter. ..'
Mr.. Sam Robinson Of Glover No. l,
Is spending a few days at Chase CITY,
Va. --.,
Miss Annie Gordon has returned to
Yorkville No. 6, after spending some
time in Greenwood.
Mr.. William Mitchell postmaster at
Kings Creek was a visitor in York
.l!c Saturday and Sunday.
Mr.. NJ. A. Carlisle, of Newberfy. Is
visiting his daughter, Mrs. w. NJ. Ken
nedy, in Yorkville. .
Mr.. Barron D. Kennedy, Of Rock Hill,
visited relatives in Yorkyille, Sunday.
Mr.. S. L. Courtney, of YorkVille, was
in Columbia on business yesterday.
Mr.. J. Stanhope Love and Mr.. james
l.. Love OF Yorkville, spent Saturday
and Sunday with relatives and friends
in Clover. .--- -, -.-
Miss Hattie Thomasson of Yorkville,
has a position as stenogra pher with
the Farmers Mutual Insurance Com
pany here. ,i'.'. :" - 3"
Messrs e. A. Carlisle. of Springfield.
Ohio, and Jno. r. Carlisle, Of Coium-
bia. spent Sunday with their sister,
Mrs. w. NJ. Kennedy, in Yorkville.
Friends of Morris f. Cobb. formerly
cashier of the Loan * Savings Bank
of Yorkville, and now of Lumberton,
\. c.. will egret to learn that he is i'll
in Rock Hill.
Mr.. T. II. Allison, for many years a
leading citizen Of Tirzah, having sold
his farm at that place. has purchased
home in Rock Hill, and will make that
city his future home.
Mrs. j. L. Abel of Lowryville has is
sued invitations to the marriage of her
dau :hter Lefty, to DR.. B. l.. Craw-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-18

because Of the crime of one negro.
And what have you of Illinois ever
done for the negro" Mr.. Stevenson
went on. Quietly and unostentatiously
our South Carolina legislature has ap-
propriated one hundred thousand dol
lars to be supplemented by private
subscriptions, which are coming in
generously, for the purpose of erecting
a suitable memorial to the service OF
the negroes in the world war. If you
have shown any interest or apprecia-
ton am not aware of it. Besides that,
we do not allow any discrimination
against negroes on railroad trains be-
cause they are negroes. Understand
ing the situation as we do, we know
that it is not best to put whites and
negroes in the same cars. We know
that it is not best for either race, and
without discrimination we require the
railroads to provide equal separate
accommodations for each race" SO
impressed was he with Mr.. Steven
sons presentation of the subject that
Representative Synder Republican, of
New York, declared "the interests OF
safety made it necessary to guard
against .ace friction" He went on to
say that this country is already con-
| fronted with troubles enough without
hunting more in bringing this up this
issue at this time. The overwhelming
ing defeat of Madden's amendment
shows the temper of the house on the
subject.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-18

It used to be a commonly accepted
saying among the cotton buyers that
farmers would not sell on a rising
market: but whenever prices started
down, everybody rushed to sell. That
is no longer the rule. There are still
many who sell as soon as they can get
their cotton through the gins from the
field, and there will probably always
be that kind. But the majority of~the
farmers nowadays are not selling un-
til the market reaches somewhere IN
the neighborhood of their price, and IL
after their price has been reached and
there begins a decline before they have
sold, they quietly sit down on their
cotton and wait until the price comes
up again. In the first. place there is
common realization of the fact that
there has never been such a small sup
ply Of raw cotton in proportion to the
demand and in the second place, there
has never been, not since the great
Civil War, such a large proportion OF
cotton producers who are free from
debt and in a position to sell when they
get right good ready. Where formerly
when the speculators needed cotton,
they marked down the price and
laughed at the scamper Of the farmers
to sell, now when they need cotton they
find that they must mark up the price.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-18

There is no doubt about the fact that
the price of cotton has been tremen-
dously helped by the attitude of the
Regional reserve bank toward the
staple Previous to 1914 the raising
and lowering of the price OF cotton
was largely within the province OF a
combination of New York bankers.
When the bankers put out the WORD
that cotton was acceptable as security
for loans at a reasonable rate, ETC., cot
ton got stronger and when these same
bankers frowned on the idea OF lend
ing money in such way tina t 1t could
be used for holding cotton in the
hands of the producer, the price
weakened. The first great hange in
this situation was brought a bout when
John L. McLaurin succeed I'd in i'm
pressing Mr.. Harding, chair an of the
Regional Reserve banking system first,
with the unquestioaable se curity of
state warehouse receipts and second
with the peculiarly favorable provis-
ions of the new banking |, w as to
agricultural products. Following the
showing made by Mr.. Mel Iaurin, Mr..
Harding made his PROPOSE ion to the
effect that the Regional Re serve bank
would discount at per ce 1t. all notes
taken by National banks a 6 per cent.
with state warehouse certificates as Sc
curity. Naturally and quickly this
departure resulted in the longest stride
toward financial indepen ience the cot
ton producer had ever known. That
more than any other one thi ng has
put the cotton producers beyond the
reach of The gambling exchanges and
other means of manipuE ting the price
of his products. OF late there. have
been rumorS OF purI ose to put the
thumbscrews on the farmers again
and Mr.. Harding in statement to
Senator Smith, denies any such pur-
pose further than determinatic n to
require that cotton used as sec urity
mus. be Of specified grade so there will
he no trouble about ascertaininG' its
act .ual value. As to this, Dir. Harding
is right. The grade Of cotton means
.uch to everybody except the pro-
ducer He pays no attenti on to grades
and because of his ignora Mt negligence
in this regard he is lusir 4 every year
millions of dollars that are reaped by
the people who de- pay attention to
grades.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-18
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

The following transfers of real es-
tate have been indexed in the office of
the county auditor since the last pub
lication of the record. trI
Bethel-G. C. Mcfarland to !, W. G.
Jenkins, 13 54-10O acres; consideration,
81, 500. .... i ~
Millen, 103 1-3 acres; consideration
$6,106.5O. -.,
AZ ga acres; consideration, $l,91O.
Broad River-Mrs. w. p. Hope to X
L. Bankhead. l lot; consideration
$1,025. ~ %
Plexico, / 29-1OO acres; consideration,
$500.
lot; consideration, 500. T.
Bulock's Creek-Chas. S. Warmoth
to NJ. Hafner Stephenson, 40 acres;
consideration, $3.50.
Mrs. Mary M. Foster to w. L.
Thompson, LAG acres; consideration
]. R. warmoth to c. S. warmoth. 40
acres; consideration, $243.
Mary Margaret Foster to john NJ.
Foster, 90 acres; consideration, $e,375.
Catawba-Genivieve A. McCaw to w.
B. Jones, / lot; consideration, $1,000.
Margaret s. Hammond to VIII Nc
Waters / lot; consideration, $1,000.
Henry Allen to Scala Williamson,
lot; consideration, $4,000.
Jno X. Williams to W.. E. Miller
lot; consideration, $4,000.
Jno. r. Shirley, to Annie Blake, IL lot;
consideration, $40o.
Ttrla RQJU6an NJ.
Craig, 81 acres; consideration, SO, 3o5.
Ebenezer-Nancy Hemphill TO-, Essie
Stevenson, lot; consideration, S72.
Peoples Trust Company to w. r.
Smythe and Sam T. Gordon, l04 l-2
acres; consideration, $7,837.50.
]. Edgar Poag to w. B. Williams,
lots; consideration, $137.50.
Kings Mountain-Jno. r. Logan, c.
C. c.. Pls., to F. A. McMurray, 1856
acres; consideration, $1,000. g.C4 :.
| ]. Meek Smith to Lena c. Campbell,
lot; consideration, SIS.
Jno. A and Robert ]. Latta to C.. +.
Harry and S. R. Anthony, lis, acres;
consideration, $2,3S0.
Jas. z. Jackson to T. M. Campbell,
1O1 l-2 acres; consideration, $4,000.
York;. B. Pegram to J.. H. Castles,
lots; consideration, $4,000.
II. w. Anderson to Mrs. Alma Quinn,
| 1 lot; consideration, $1,000,
j. NJ. Starr and ]. F. McElwee to 7.
w. Anderson, lots; consideration,
$3.50. -.
J. F. Adkins, to E. F. Adkins. So
acres; consideration, $500.
]. S. Brice, atty. to r. D. Hope, lot;
consideration, $1,000. ...,'
J. w. Dobson to Will Montgomery,
8 lots; consideration, $500. ,'&
r. D. Hope to n. Pearl Hope, lot;
consideration, $1,000. y ~.
]. Hamlet Carroll to. Samuel Moore,
1 lot; consideration, $400. - -, =,
Samuel Moore to ]. Hamlet Carroll,
lot; consideration, $50. .. "
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-18
McLaurin's Cotton Plan.

The safe of Georgia will probably set
up John L. McLaurin's plan for hand
ling the marketing of cotton in the in
terest of the Individual producers and
the locality in which those producers
live. ...s,.r
AS to cotton, Mr.. McLaurin has al
ways held most of the blessings that
rose from it, went not so much to the
producer as to the outside world at
large, more especially middle men,
SPECTATORS, manufacturers, ETC., and he
has always held that this was unjust
and inequitable. ,.. ..
At conference of leading financial
and economic, experts of the south held
in Atlanta, some weeks ago on the in
vitation Of Governor Dorsey, to work
out the cotton marketing problem
Senator McLaurin who is the leading
authority in the United States along
this linep gave his plan as follows:
l. Charter and bylaws for bank
and export company.
2. Present state warehouse system
amended so as to provide (a) state in
surance, (b) license for the operation
of warehouses and (c) license to eX-
port in the name of the state. Licenses
to be obtained through the state ware
house commissioner.
The whole plan had been worked out
in detail and Mr.. McLaurin thinks that
if it is put in effect the prospects o.
cotton production will hereafter go tt
the people who bear the labor ant
responsibility, rather than as hereto
fore to people who do nothing bu
manipulate values in such a way as tt
get most of the benefits for them
selves. ~ " ..
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-18

During consideration of the ESch
railroad bill last Saturday, Congress-
man Madden, Republican, Of Illinois
sought to inject the race question with
a proposed amendment providing that
there should be no discrimination in
passenger traffic against any native
born American citizen, his especial idea
being to nullify the Southern laws
seDarating the races on passenger
cars. The proposal Immediately
aroused Congressman Stevenson, who
presented the whole matter in such a
wav as TO cause the house to vote the
amendment down overwhelmingly-li
to y. Approaching clearly that the
Illinois man had in mind nothing oX-
cept to stir up race hatred, MI.
Stevenson went after him with Il
sharp stick. What have you Illinois
people ever done for the negro
quietly asked Mr.. Stevenson except
shoot him up without Il shadow OF
justification? Did you not pick Il
wanton quarrel with him in Chicago,
hunting him from one end of the city
to the other and shooting him down
only because of the color Of his skin
All negroes look alike TO you, and when
YOU get started you want TO Kill them
.an. challenge you to charge any
thing like that against the people of
the south. Occasionally it is true that
our people Kill negroes in violation oI
the law. but it is only when they are
caught red handed in the commission
of an unmentionable crime, and then
they visit punishment only on those
VINO are actually guilty. They do not
attempt To kill all negroes to be found
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-18

now subject" While believing that
the Federal Reserve system should 60
everything possible, with due regard 10
safety and to the wants and require
ments of other commercial interests in
the country" to aid the cotton produc-
ers to market their products IN grad
ual and orderly manner so that no one
might be forced to sell at a sacrifie,
Mr.. Harding said the banks should not
be used as Il medium to enable the
owners of cotton to withhold it entire
ly from the market with the view Of
forcing prices TO an unreasonable
level.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-18

49, Governor Cooper has ordered the
election Of the question OF anneXinS
33! square miles OF Spartanhurg county
contiguous to the town of Greer L"
Crccnvilic coGnty for Tuesday, Doccm-
hcr -. The. r,art ot Spartanburg coun-
ty propoS ii for annexation has a pop
ulation Of 4.2lG persons and propert|
assessed for taxation at $l.OOS,l ,lS1.
The annexation would leave Spartan
burg county with 1872 square miles OF
territory and would give GreenNln"
county Si3a square miles. There would
rc lott i'll Spartanbur% county popu-
I;tion O. 81 ISL and property the as
sesycd valuation Of which will tOta!
+2-.S3a. .7U9. Gr"cn>illc's portion of tho
public debt of SpartanhurE will asgre-
gate something over $4,000. The pro-
posed new line will b" l34 mlleS from
Grccnville courthouse.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-18
THE MARRIAGE RECORD

Marriage licenses have been issued
by Probate Judge Houston as follows:
Nov. 15-John Chism. Fort Mill
township to Florence Awner, Pine
vile. (colored).
Nov. 15-Ernest Mason. CASTOR
county to Mary Floyd, Kings Mt
township, (colored).
Nov. 17-William w. Jackson to
Virginia Mae Childers, York township
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-18

The Sixteen to One" silver agitation
of some years back to raise the price of
silver up to that of gold is now about
to be renewed so as to raise the price
Of gold to that of silver.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-18
TAXES FOR 1919.

The assessed valuation of the taxa
BILE property of York county according
to the abstract of duplicate for which
Auditor b. NJ. Love has just taken the
receipt of Treasurer Harry E. Nell, Is
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-18
THIRD WEEK JURORS.

Jurors to serve during the third
week of the court of general sessions
and common pleas for York county
were drawn this morning by the jur!
commissioners as follows:
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-18
TUESDAY. NOVEMBER, 1s, 1919.

There has been a holdup in cotton
selling since the price went below 40
cents q pound.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-18

Eggs that formerly sold on this
market at 1-2 cents a dozen are now
selling at cents each.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-18

are unable to keep up with the de-
mands that are being made on them.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-18
Taxes

The road taxes to be collected In and
for the benefit of the various town.
ships exclusive of the amounts.
charged against railroads, telephone
and telegraph companies are as fol-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-18

Total oo4,ouo.ooE
The total taxable properly Of the
various townships, exclusive of rail-
road, telegraph, and telephonesahd the
total taxes levied against each, are as
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-18

$11, ,SO4, ,S97, against $11,O1OS1o for the
year 1918, an increase Of $794,0S7, or
somewhat over three quarters Of a
million dollars.
On the basis of a general levy Of
20 3-4 mills and various special levies,
last year the duplicate called for to
the amount Of S322,7l0, and on gem
eral levy Of q 12 mills plus special
levies this year the duplicate calls for
taxes to the amount of $3S4,606, an
increase Of $61,896. ....
The aggregate amount charged
against the treasurer for collection this
| Zoo 1. l., ma de lin of the following items:
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-08-01
AUTO ACCIDENT
PER|LS GIRL CAMPERS

News Of a bad accident to Miss Edith
Carlson. who is soon to we'd DR. J. F.
Drummond. the Gary dentist. reached
friends in East Chicago this morning
Miss Carlson with a large party made
up Of her chums from Chicago went 20
the Adirondacks for a camping expedi-
tion Of the Interstate recreation faculty
where more than fifteen hundred girls
we're having a splendid time. A favcrite
p4stime was canoeing and gathering of
twenty INDUCED in this sport with the
result that whe the party reached its
destination where dancing pavilion
afforded dancing and music for the
evening. six OF the number fell indis
posed 70 return back by water and SO
the trip was commenced in an auto. In
a narrow turn of the road the machine
containing the SIX young ladies' slowed
down and sounded their horn but AN
approaching car not hearing or seeming
10 see the approach of their car ana so
ing at very high rate of speed. crash
ed into them turning their car turtle
with the occupants pinned benea h
Miss Carlson suffered broken ankle.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-08-01
RAIN STOPS
GARY FLIGHTS
YESTERDAY

heavy rain IN the morning. caus-
ing a soggy Held. prevented Pilots
raul Minor and q " ParmIey NJ
tie Interstate Air Line Company or
Chicago from making any passenger
CARRYING fights In Gary yesterday.
The failure 81 the arrival eff some
special gasoline from Hammond was
also responsible for the two bi-planes
rot lcaving the ground
IN a fifteen minute interview with
Mr. Minor and Parmley. Times re-
porter found the two air pilots. very
pleasing and interesting IL talk q
Both appeared % Sc very enthusiast
flying was business matter with
them. they at the same time derived
a lot Of pleasure out ar the game
coed Landing site.
This Is very good landing site
said Pilot Minor and If tile city Is
figuring on securing municipal land
ing site which they Will have to no
doubt in the future. | do not think
Gary could ind any better"
1T j. just far out enough from the
outskirts of the city ana close to the
street car line From every direction
one gets an open view o. the field
from a long distance III the air ana
there il ample ground Tor a good take
of and to land All that would he
needed would be 10 level the ground
in a few places. and heavy roller
would accomplish the purpose nicely
Gary should Take Action.
1T viii only BE the matter n
short time that Gary win frd itself
behind the time II II does not have
a landing field for the air ships In
another FIVE years the air viii be
common with aeropIanes and II Cary
is not on the air map. why aviators
viii not even give il the once over"
Five Years ahead
England j. 1--WE years ahead of
America ia her airship program All
important cities III the country have
landing sites and all that a pilot has
to do Is to look at his map and hecan
find it, location and whether suitable
or otherwise
This j. what We are endeavoring
u do IN America and soon ii will b.
possible for rs to get a machine al
Chicago. take a trip to Gary Michigan
City. South Bend. and other cities en-
route and land where We please. These
numerous landing sites VIII also all
in the safety Of the game. as a pilot
never knows what's going to 90
wrong with his plane and II some
thing does 20 wrong. the nrst thing
he will do is 20 look below for a land
ing site"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-08-01
WHITING PEOPLE
TESTIFY AS FRAUD
So. Chicago Lawyer Tried
in Whiting City Court
Yesterday.
ESPECIAL TO The TINES

wHITITC. Ind Aug attorney c.
H. Greenwald Of South Chicago was ar
raigned in the city court on the charge
Of obtaining money under false pre-
lenses For this ohense he was fined
$50 and costs. and appealed the case TO
a higher court. There are three similar
charges pending against Greenwald in
the Whiting city court. these being pre-
ferred against him by Elizabeth Kabaci
Joseph Lesko and John Hajduk. He is
under $500 bonds in the Kabaci case.
$500 in the Lesko and $500 ins the
Hajduk case. The Hajduk case IS book
ed for August 80
Greenwald. it will he remembered. is
said 10 have secured money from num-
Der Of Whiting people by means of an
insurance misrepresentation.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-08-01
STANDARD OIL
CO. BANQUETS
Board of Directors and
Committeeman Meet at
Fine Spread.

ESPECIAL TO THE TIMEsI
WHITING. Ind. Aug. The Boari
Of Directors Of the Standard Oil Co Of
Indiana and the members of the Joint
General Committee of the Whiting re-
fnery met at a dinner and conference
in the dining hall al the plant on Thurs
day evening. This company recently
put into effect an Industrial Relations
Plan whereby representatives, elected
BY the employees and representatives
appointed by the mana cement. formd a
committee empowered to consider any
matter Of mutual interest to employees
and management or any matter Of spe-
cial interest to employees
The Board Of Directors has adopted
a. a policy a plan for meeting with
these representatives, for the purpose Of
becoming intimately acquainted with
them and thus break down the imaginary
barrier often existing between employees
and officials of a corporation.
A number Of those present addressed
the meeting and expressed themselves
freely in regard to the Industrial Rela-
tons Plan recently adopted and in re-
gard TO other general policies of the
company. The entire evening was eN-
pressive Of "A general feeling of harmony
and cooperation.