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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-10-10
THE eAsToN COUNTY FAIR

Opening, its gates Tuesday night to
an immense crowd the Castor county
fair has been attended this week by
the largest crowd in Castor fair his
tory, hundreds of people from not only
all sections of CASTOR county but from
York, Cleveland, Mecklenburg and
other counties surrounding being in
attendance Officials connected with
the fair and who have devoted untir-
ing energy to make it a success are
well pleased with the showing made
and It is the opinion Of Gastonians
and people generally that the fair was
one of the most successful ever. held.
\ representative of The Enquire.
visited the fair Wednesday evening
and spent an hour or two visiting the
various exhibit halls. The agricul-
tural exhibits display the progress OF
CASTOR county farmers and excited the
interest of hundreds of people who are
not only farmers but people of other
professions. The live stock exhibit .
this year are unusually large and Il
collection OF the most magnificent
animals ever seen OF fair in Castor
have been on exhibition. ~
The woman's building presents an
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-10-10
ABOUT PEOPLE

s Col. George Walker of Baltimore
Md, is visiting his sister, Mrs. G. H
O'Leary in Yorkville. ,rt .ga.,s.
Mrs. C. e. Weatherly and children
have returned to their home in Ben
nettsville, after q visit to the family
of Mr.. Sam NJ. Grist in Yorkville.
Miss Margaret Clark of Yorrvillc
left this, week for Camden. to take
position with the Western Union
Telegraph Company at that place.
Mrs. d. H. Means, of Columbia
spent the week end in Yorlville, with
Misses Annie McPheters and Gather
inc Dickson.
Mrs. Will Dickson and child o.
Yorkville and Miss Beaulah Gardner
of Columbia, are visiting their parents
Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Gardner, on Rocl
Hill No. 1.
Howard McMackin, 4Sth Infantry
Camp Jackson, spent Saturday nigh
and Sunday with the family. OF, hi
father, Mr.. T. Z. McMackin, in th'
Bethany section.
Mr.. Thos w. Boyd, county supervis
or, never misses a Confederate re-
union II he can help 1t, and he at
tended the reunion in Atlanta thi
week.
Deputy Sheriff D.: T. Quinn, Mr.. ant
Mrs. b. NJ. Love, Rev. and Mrs. 10. +
Gillespie, and Misses Bessie Sandifer
Willie Williams, Pearl and Annie Wal:
lace, Margaret Love. Bessie Thomas
son, Mabel Berry, Lucia Reid Ewart
land Elizabeth Grist, of Yorkville. at
tended the Gypsy" Smith meeting il
Chester last Monday evening.
]. E. Johnson, superintendent of tn
Neely and Tavora Cotton Mills ha'
been appointed a delegate to tn
Worlds Cotton Conference which con
venes in New Orleans, next week. HI
expects to attend the convention ant
will be accompanied by Mrs, Johnson
Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Leslie Of Leslie
have announced the approaching mar
riage of their daughter Miss Lois t.
Mr.. Bryson AnasSpp$ Arnold, TIT
ceremony TO take place at the home o.
the brides parents, October 90.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-10-10

array of booths exceptionally beautiful
in design and workmanship. To the
right as one enters, is the booth Of the
American Red Cross. CASTOR chapter.
in charge of Miss May Tatlock. This
booth illustrates the home service
rendered by the Red Cross. Follows
then number of collective exhibits of
painting, needle work and cooking from
schools and individuals. Occupying the
whole western length of the building
is the display from the Gastonia Wo-
mans Betterment Association, headed
by the Health booth. Community
workers give daily demonstrations Of
their work. One of the most interest
ing features Of this booth is two minia7
ture houses, the one illustrating badly
kept yard and surroundings unscreen-
ed windows dirty floors, the weekly
wash hanging on the front porch, the
pig pen in the back yard, 1.-the other,
the model sanitary home.
The library booth in charge of Miss
Lottie Blake is very attractive. Shown
here in the foreground of the booth
and attracting universal attention is a
model of Gastonia's Public Library
that is to be. All the exhibits by the
women. are exceedingly well. prepared
and show great deal of labor on the
part of those in charge. Other ex-
hibits in this building include exhibits
J of the city, the Jersey cattle booth un-
c. Lee Gowan, county agent and
numbers Of individual displays Of sew
ingfancy work and canned fruit and
vegetables.
Among the agricultural exhibits i'll
the other building ? the display from
Sunny side is the outstanding feature.
Practically every farm product that
lean be raised on a CASTOR county farm
is here shown, and the exhibit is one
that would do credit to any state fair.
The army display in this building
under the supervision of U. S! army
recruiting agents contains exhibits that
are especially interesting to the lay
man. Both German and American
machine guns, the Maxim and Brown
ing are shown, trench mortar, an
American one FOUNDER, light Brown
ing automatic and Springfield rifles
all familiar to the ex-soldier are
shown. Types also of shell and shrap-
: mel, the S-inch, corresponding to the
French rs and the -four point seven,'
with their. deadly charges of high ex-
plosive are all interesting to those who
have heard of these from returned sol
diers. -
+. The midway" or carnival doing
business at the fair is about the aver
age and is we'll patronized. Vendors
of confetti and sport whips are selling
hundreds of dollars worth of their
wares while the candy wheels and
other like enterprises are having a
good week of 1t.
It was an unusually large crowd in
attendance upon the fair Wednesday
evening, all of whom were in good
humor. There was little disorder dur
ing the fair, few arrests and little
| liquor in evidence.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-10-10

- The first inter- scholastic football
game of the season will take place in
Yorkville, this afternoon when the
Yorkville Graded school eleven will
play the Rock Hill high school squad.
The local eleven has some good ma
terial this year and has been practic-
ing hard while Rock Hill ALMOST al
ways has a good team, and therefore
an exciting game may be expected. II
is proposed to call the gdme about 4
O'clock. ~ -. y, -
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-10-10

OF course it gives us pleasure to al-
low space to those who desire to dis
cuss the pension boards regulations
claims. The communication published
last Tuesday was interesting and so is
the communication that is being pubs
lished today. To our mind it is incon-
ceivable that there should be an iron
clad rule requiring each and every ap-
plicant for a pension TO back up HIS
or her claim with the testimony of n
living comrade. There are no doubt
many Confederate veterans who have
,outlived all witnesses who would be
capable of backing up their claims
from actual knowledge. Also, no
doubt there are claimants of pensions
whose claims look much better now
than when there were among the living
more people who knew their exact
status. But veterans and their widows
should not be misled by this discus
sion, to abandon their just claims.
Every veteran and every widow who
has claim and who has not yet taken
that claim into the probate court,
should do so without a days unneces-
sary delay.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-10-10
II Y M E N e A L

MARRIED-At high noon Wednes-
day in Glover in the presence of n
large number of friends and acpuaint-
ances, Miss NELL NELL. daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. q. NJ. Mel to Mr.. JOHN,
ABELL of Lowryvi' The ceremony
was performed by Rev. w. p. Grier OF
Clover assisted by Rev. f. Ray Riddle
of Lowryville. Immediately after the
ceremony Mr.. and Mrs. Abetf left tSr a
short wedding trip after which f3heYp
Miu return to Lowryville torssldesu 10
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-10-10

or course no reasonable man is go
ing to hold the negroes of Greenville
responsible for the murder of those
two policemen. The murder was COM
mitted by a disreputable negro gam
bler, and the negroes Of Greenville are
no more responsible than the whites
would have been if II had been a dis
reputable white man instead who had
committed the murder. The reSpecta-
bic negroes of Grecnville held Il meet
inS the other day and disclaimed the
ruffian and all sympathy for his act.
This, though unnecessary, was COM
mendable, because by this act the ne
groes gave it to be understood that
they also desired that this outlaw be
punished and brought to justice. And
unless we are very much mistaken this
is the better sentiment among the ne
groes everywhere. Just us among the
whites, lawlessness among the negroes
is confined mainly 10 the low and vi
cious classes, and to hold the whole
race responsible for an irresponsible
member of it IS both unwise and un-
just.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-10-10

vain. Some voluntarily took hold OF
the flag and buried their faces in It
The men were then informed that
they must leave town. Again there
was protest from many, but they
were escorted to the town limit new
ertheless and ordered to leave. 1t Is
claimed most of the men were funace
workers and that they came here from
Woodiawn, Pa, near Pittsburg, a few
days ago. The record of the men al
Wood1awn is being investigated by
statetand federal authorities.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-10-10
LOCAL. AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

o. L. Jones. Co. organizer-lnvites members
of Clover. Union and Charlotte st. Baptist
churches and their friends 10 First Baptist
church of Yorkville on Sunday night.
Ferguson & Youngblood-Ask you to see then,
for -four. Vulcan turn plows and repairs and
for feedstuffs.
Star Theatre-Offers Earle Williams today in
"a Gentleman of Quality" Mprie Walcamp
and comedy on Saturday.
Sanitary Market-Wants you, to try its good
L beef. Fish on Fridays and Saturdays. Green
hides wanted mt 20 cents pound.
Susie H. Carroll, AdmrS.-Reqnests the dep1-
ors and creditors of estate of Wm r. Carroll.
deceased, to make settlement with j. >.
Brice, ESQ.,. attorney or herself.
w. Francis Pressly, EXer. Requests debtors
and creditors of estate of Mary L. Boyd, de-
ceased, to make settlement with j. 5. Brice
Esq. attorney.
R. LA Smith, Pres.-Gives notice of meeting
of Broad River Improvement association on
October "a. Addresses by COL w. w. Lewis
and J, A; Marion, Esq; .. c,ovsr
will sell at auction the household effects OF
DIR. E. w. Prcssly.
Mrs. J. R. Cannon. Pres.-Gives notice that
: lyceum tickets for the Redpath course will
be on sale today by ladies OF the Mothers
]. S. Brice, Plfs.' Attorney-Publishes sum sum-
mons for relief in re Horace l.. Bomar. Pm
VS. Catherine M. Whitesides and Mary Lu-
w Francis Pressly, Exer.-Gives notice of sale
Of tSe Mary L. Boyd plantation, Ebene7er
township, on salesday in November. :,
lJ w. Smarr-Invites public TO an all DAY
singing at Hopewell school house next Sun
day. Ia, =,
Kirkpatrick Delk Co.'s showing big hne o.
new fall clothing for men and boys and can
suit all comers in quality and prices.
I NJ McGill Sons Co., Hickory GroVe-haVe
n big stock of goods and have reduced prices
in order to turn the goods into cash quick
Have many attractive offerings.
Farmers Hardware & Supply Co.-Want you tc
| zee II before buying foodstuffs. ana also iof
flour. sugar and other heavy groceries. .,
PEOPLES Bank & Trust Co.-Ask farmers oe
hrin0 II their cotton checks on any bank ane
II will cash them. Money to loan on cotton
Peoples Furniture Co.--Makes its initial bow u
Epouirer readers and promise fair and I'D.
oral treatment and efficient service In all oi
lines. Invites you to Gallo 1t.
T. M. Stroup-With big part OF ms ciothine
stoek now in invites you to see what ne mas
To offer in quality. style and prices. otheI
goods that are seasonable.
Williams & Co.--Suggest to farmers tnat Ihes =
store cotton early rather than let " sIana ~
| the winters rains. Store In the feop'e'
L., warehouse. a -l~e q -,
Iigeett G. Myers-Gives you more reasons why @
Piedmont cigarettes are Of such high quaht'
and SO satisfying. .
j REYNOLDS Tobacco Co.-Call attention %
~.Sa Goodness of Prince Albert tobacco foi
? CIGARETTES as we'll as as for the pipe.
Robert T. Allison-Sells the standard Do lncn
vnuye International wagons. Wider wagons
are out of date and cumbersome.
York Furniture & Hdw. Co.-Seiis FISK NJ M
and tubes and suggests that you buy risf
when next you buy.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-10-10

Mr.. j. 3. Johnson, of Rock Hill. IS
a good speaker. He has something 10
saw when he talks, and he says 1t well.
That was a fine gathering of rep
resentatiye men in the courthouse to
hear Senator McLaurin last Wednes-
day. Altogether they must have rep
resented several thousand bales OF
cotton, and considering the stress OF
the times from the standpoint of scar
city of labor! etc., the gathering was
an unusual one.
a would be Wiling to risk few
bales of cotton on Mr.. McLaurin's
proposition for direct trade with Ger
many in exchange for potash even If
I lost It," said Mr.. w. L. Gettys, a
large farmer of Tirzah yesterday.
THAT was an able. address that Mr..
McLaurin made. He knows what ne
is talking about
Or. D. n. Hill, Of Raleigh, and DR..
Lee Davis Lodge of Limestone COL
lege are to be the speakers on the
occasion of the unveiling of the monu-
ment and marker at Hills old iron
works in the Clay Hill section, during
the latter part of the month under the
Joint auspices Of the Winnie Davis
chapter u. D.. c., and the Kings
Mountain chapter d. A. r.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-10-10

: : Columbia, October s.: Because OF
bi-racial tenseness at Anderson. Gov,
ernor Cooper has authorized the for
nation of a company OF reserve mill.
tia there to be commanded by Col. p,
K. McCully, formerly commander Of
the 11sth Infantry, Thirtieth division,
The, command viii be known as Com
pany A, First South Caroline reserve
militia. Although according to adyices
from Anderson today there is little
anticipation of a radical outbreak, yet,
the governor and the adjptapt gem.
eral thought that the Piedmont city
should be prepared for eventualities..
Ammunition and arms were forward,
ed the company today, It appears
that idle rumors among the negroes
and certain boasts made by at least
one negro preacher, said to be from
a northern state, Is responsible for
the feeling. Governor Cooper stated.
tonight that he does not anticipate any
trouble nor, he said, do the leading
citizens of Anderson think there will
be anthing like race riot. Maj. F.
w. Glenn, Of the adjutant generals
department, left for Anderson this
afternoon to muster In the company.
y ! .
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HERE AND THERE.

Tho many friends or DR.. "A. Nj. Bar
nett, formerly of Yorkville, but now
of Gastonia, will be interested to know
that he is going good in Gastonia.
Dr. Barnett is in the drug business
| in Gastonia, having an interest in the
drug firm of ]. H. Kennedy & Co.,
and he is always just as busy and just
Fas popular as he. was in Yorkville.
I'VE have great town here" said DR..
Barnett the other day, and business
is good. These are n broadminded,
generous and happy people here, and
1 am much pleased with my surround
ings. But somehow / can't help 4hav-
| ing kind of hankering for Yorkville
still"
Lieut. Joseph G.. Nichols, Yorkville
boy, who is in the regular army of
the United States, was in Omaha,
Nebraska, recently at the time an at
tempt was made to lynch the mayor
of the town by mob who became in
furiated when the mayor attempted to
get them to desist from their efforts to
lynch negro charged with assault up
on a white woman. In q letter to his
mother, Mrs. M. E. Nichols here the
other day, Lieut.. Nichols graphically
described conditions in the city at the
time Of the occurrence.
That the Catawba Indians living on
the reservation in Catawba township
will leave their reservation next year,
leaving it to the state to do with what
soever it will, Is the information Sc
cured by a young lady Of Yorkville
who recently visited the reservation
on official business. "The Indians say
that they believe they can get along
better and live more comfortably else
where" the young lady said. They
say that their reservation of about 625
acres is the poorest land in the town.
ship and that they are very much dis
satisfied. Furthermore they want the
rights Of citizenship and do not pro-
pose to longer be wards Of the state. 1t
is not improbable that all will move
away next year."
Relating the fact that the Lockmore
Cotton Mill of Yorkville paid SO per
cent. dividend the other day a former
Yorkville man in talking it over with
Here and There said: well that is ono
time / didn't back my judgment. 1
owned a bunch Of that stock one time
and let her slide for sixty-two and a
half. 1t didn't look bit good to most
people then but somehow or other it
did to me provided that / could hold
on and buy some more on top CT 1t.
A friend of mine in Yorkville and my
self started to borrow $4,000 from
Yorkville man and buy some more. /
was finally talked out of it. however
and let what / had go. If l had bor-
rowed that $4,000 and held on until
now / figure / would have cleaned
up $4,000 for my part of it, | am
not belly aching bud, am just telling
yer"
I'VE are working with n view to
eliminating every mill school in South
Carolina where there are mill schools
in towns and cities ana consolidating
them with the town schools" said Prof.
W., a. Shealy. state supervisor CT mill
schools, who has been in York county
this week on e tour jaspsstiloR ssl 7
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-10-10
THE MARRIAGE RECORD

Marriage licenses have been issued
by Probate Judge Houston as follows:
Oct. G-Robert Hampton to, George
Garvin, Rock Hill, (colored).
Oct. 6-Frazier j. Allen to Mary
Cline, York.
Oct. 6-Grant Dunlap to Bel
Phillips, Rock Hill, (colored).
Oct. Twill Morrison to Maggie Bel
Heath, Fort Mill, (coloreO.
Oct. 7-Lyles l.. Estes to Sarah w
Poole Wilkinsville.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-10-10

"That Is, we want the mill schools con-
solidated with the regular state sys-
tenn and we balieve that some of these
days this will be accomplished. In
some sections there is considerable
class feeling between mill people and
other people although there shouldn't
be and the state of South Carolina Is
working on a policy Of gradually
abolishing all mill schools where there
are good city schools with a view to
finally eliminating all of this feeling.
1t is this feeling that breeds Bolshe-
vism and bad state of affairs gem
orally"
Messrs. il M. and SThos.s Fl. McGill,
of the j. N. McGill's Sons Company,
of Hickory Grove, largest dealers in
general merchandise in Western York,
probably except the Hill Banking and
Mercantile Company of Sharon. were
in; Yorkville Wednesday on business,
including attendance on the meeting
of the York County Cotton Association.
For many years the McGills have been
doing an extensive credit business;
but they say that from now on they
intend to get out Of this as much as
possible and do business for the most
part on q cash basis. "a man cannot
very well do a cash and credit busi-
ness without having two prices on the
same goods, said Mr.. Meek McGin,
"and this is necessarily confusing and
unsatisfactory not only to the merchant
but to his customers. We've got q
big lot of stuff, good stuff, that we
bought right and we have decided to
convert it into cash, and prices that
will make it go. We think that from
now on we will sell mostly for cash."
Hon. John l.. McLaurin was very
much pleased with his visit to York.
vile Wednesday. He came by way
of Gastonia, Tuesday evening, spent
the night with Mr.. w. d. Grist, and
went back home by way Of Rock Hill
and Charlotte. He said he did not ex-
! pect very large audience, con-
sidering how busy the farmers gen.
orally are at this season, and he was
surprised to find the audience as
large as It was, notwithstanding the
fact that he has many personal friends
Throughout the county. "It did not
suit me very well to come he said.
"and / hardly believe could have been
induced to go anywhere else than to
York county just at this particular
time; but decided that II Il could do
any good, would strain q point and
come anyway" Mr.. McLaurin Is not
farming this year. He has his farm
rented out for q fixed rent. and is not
worrying about 1t; but he has many
] other interests that keep him quite
busy. He was offered s400 an acre for
his 1000 acre farm not long agoI but
he would not sell, mainly because he
is very much attached to the place
and is unwilling to part with 1t for
any price. "But would hate to be
the man who would undertake to pay
for that place by digging the money
out of the ground these times. am
afraid / would never make it." But
he did sell another plantation Of
several hundred acres he owned a
few miles away. It was sold at auc-
ton on the day he was in Yorkville.
and he had not heard the price realiz-
ed at the time he left, though he was
expecting to receive q report during
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Friday, October 10, 1919.

killed ard about twice that number
wounded on October 7th last year.
Among the number killed was Ser
geant Frank Roach. whose death oc-
CURED during the afternoon Of that
day. ~,
Value Of Winthrop College. Z,
The plant equipment and lands OF
Winthrop College, at Rock Hill. are In
ventoried ct s2.o2s, ,3e6s76 j according to
the report made by Dr.. d. b. Johnson,
president of the institution to the
South Carolina budget commission OF
this amount s1,1S1, 500 is for college
buildings. s424,645 for lands. s401,721
for equipment and ;21,5Oo for farm
buildings In a letter to Governor
Cooper, Dr. Johnson explains that the
inventory does not include the new
dormitory and y students buildings,
which are in course of construction:
He likewise shows that since the
schools foundation In 1885 to June 80,
1919, the state of South Carolina has
appropriated only s4s7.so1.17.
Backing Booze. 3,
Delio Phillips was arrested by
Deputy Sheriff ]. E. Watkins few
days ago charged with violating the
prohibition law. by having in her pos
session four and a half gallons OF
contraband booze. 1t is said by. the
officers that the woman has been go-.
| ing to the mountains of North Caro-.
lima by automobile and bringing back
the contraband which she would dis.
pose Of at fancy prices, thus making
a handsome profit from her invest
ment. The officers say that there's is
an organization backed by On infiuen-
tial citizen who furnishes the funds
for the nefarious enterprise. She was
held by local magistrate in o bond
OF $500 for her appes- -snce before the
next term Of the cours,of general ses-
sions- -Gaffney Ledger II
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-10-10

The latest news from President Will
son is to the effect that he is better
than at any time since his illness over
came him two weeks ago. His appe-
tite is getting better, and he is i'm
patient because his physicians viii not
allow him to attend to business.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-10-10

England has already commenced to
pay back some. Of the large amounts
loaned to her by America, and when
the other nations begin to pay, 1t would
seem that America would be in con-
dition to commence the reduction Of
heavy war taxes.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-10-10

The country has been going to ruin
ever since we have been observing
such things; but we are glad to note
that it has not gone there yet. And
somehow, we don't believe it is going
to ruin in the future, either.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-10-10

;of course the tUnited States. ought to
have a big navy, anyway, as long as
any other country has one; but If the
treaty-is rejected, big navy will be
absolutely necessary.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-10-10

The present decentralization Of busi-
ness is due to too much. rather than
too little prosperity. The demoraliza-
ton that followed the Civil war came
out of adversely mainly.