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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-04-15
L. TO PURCHASE OLD SHOP
House Where President johnson Work.
ed as Tailor Will be Preserved.

A dilapidatcd little building at Green
Vile, In Eastern Tennessee, upon the
front Of which once hung the sign: "A.
|fJohnson, Tailor" and which was the
place where Andrew Johnson, the man
who succeeded Lincoln as president
Of the United States, began his busi-
ness career, will be bought and pre-
served by the state Of Tennessee.
A bill was passed recently in the
Tennessee legislature providing for
the purchase of the building and it's
maintenance as a state relic. It's pic
ture has adorned Tennessee histories
for years but the commonwealth has
been slow to take steps to preserve
the building.
The little tailor shop stands at
the corner Of East Depot and College
streets In the sleepy little town where
Johnson, who was born in Raleigh, N.
c., emigrated at the age of eighteen.
Having served his apprenticeship to a
tailor. Johnson opened his first shop in
Greenville. After year he was mar
ried to Miss Eliza McCardell to whose
lot 1t fell to teach her voting husband
to write and undertake other educa-
tlonal preliminaries as Johnson knew
only his letters when he became head
Of his own house. having never attend
ed school day in his life.
Johnson's political career began as
alderman Of Grecnville He then served
as mayor. was elected to the lower
house of the legislature, then state
senator, afterward to congress-, be-
came governor of Tennessee, was elect
ed as vice president of the United
States upon the death of Lincoln. His
| final political office was that as United
States senator from Tennessee.
Johnson, while governor Of Ten
nessee, once resumed his vocational i'm
plements. He had formed a strong
friendship in the Tennessee legsla
tIre for w. w. Pepper. of Spring
field. a staunch Wing and once black
smith. Despite their irreconcilable po-
ltcal crGeds the PERSONAL relations
OF Johnson and Pepper were extreme
ly cordial. Pepper became judge of the
seventh judicial district iii 1854 and
after visit to Johnson, then governor.
set about making a present to his
friend. fashloning a shovel which he
sent with a note explaining it was in
tended as morento of a friendship
that was proof against all political diff
fcrences.
| Johnson to show his appreciation OF
the token, took up his scissors and
needle and made q handsome beaver
cloth coat which he pressed and sent
to Pepper. 1t was splendid piece
Of workmanship. probably the last OF
that kind Of work Johnson ever did, and
exists to this day. the property of w
W. Pepper of Springfield. Judge Pep
per's only surviving son. The coat was
made about. eleven years. before John
J.. son entered the White House and the
movement to preserve his old tailor
shop in Greenville by Legislative enact
mcnt has revived that story of Tho
tailor president.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-04-15

Why He. Didn't stop.-"James' do
you see that policeRan making signs
to you?" asked. the. lady. in the back
seat of the car.
"Yes. ma'am." replied the cauffeur
Probably wants US to STOP
Don't know. ma'am. don't under
stand his signs. You see, we don't
belong to the same lodge."-Yonkers
Statesman.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-04-15
dta,uarul1s department.

The Party-The manager of the
English village baseball club asked
the captain to postpone play for hall
an hour.
"Just had a wlre," he explained, "tc
say that a party of between sixty and
seventy won't be able to get here UNI
der $50. We can't afford to lose 'em. y
"Right-o," replied the captain
We'll wait" ''s' .
At $50 an elderly man appeared. :
Got my wire?" asked the Rtafl:: g.
"Yes," answered the manager. "ol
course, it is unusual to delay tho start
of a match. but as the party is be-
tween sixty and seventy we decided
to make an exception" -
Thanks" said the. elderly man.
VERY good of you"
"Eh-where is the party?". asked
the manager.
where? Here!" said the elderly
man, pointing bcnignly to himself,
I'm sixty-fiva to-day"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-04-15

Plumbing and .Depths.-So you're
studying history, my little man. Study
hard?"
"Yes'm.:' ...
What kind Of history-United
States. ancient, modern Or what?"'
II don't know yet: We've only been
at it about three months and my book
hasn't any cover on it."-Lesfon
Weekly.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-04-15
LOW MEAT PRICES
Beef May Be Cheaper But Little Hope
Eor Pork

For Pork.
Adequate meat supply with steady
or declining prices in the next six
months were predicted recently by
packing house. officials in Chicago.
Beef p:ices were expected to fall while
pork will remain at the present level,
experts believed
Frank w. Waddell, vice president OF
Armour & Co., said the hog crop this
season will be above that Of last year.
"The farmer thought he was abused
when pork prices went down. said Mr..
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-04-15

Proving up.-7"What right have you
to wear that medal for bravery in
combat" asked the officer.
Best right in the world, sir. lick
cd the fellow It was issued to."-Non-
Partisan Leader.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-04-15

The Hurry-Up Kind.-At the post
office a little girl deposited dime in
front OF the clerk and said. Please
forgot the name Of the stamp mama
told me to get. but it's the kind that
makes a. letter hurry up.'-loston
Transcript.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-04-15

Careless Doctor.-"You say THIS
doctor has large pr1ctice?'
ITS so large that when patient
has nothing the matter with him ho
tells him so."-Legion Weekly.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-04-15

Still Expecting Something.-1rate
Fathcr-in- law: az thought when you
married my daughter you had expec-
tat!ons. What are they, sir, repeat
what are they?
Son-in- law: well if you don'S
know, sir, I'm sure I don't. under
stood that you were wealthy man.
boston Transcript.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-10
Tuxedo Society's Screen
Show to Go Con Road
New Norls 10 See ''The Kick in
IT, PLAYED by Club Folk for
CHARITY. =. IS y T;ckct

TUXEDO n. Y. Oct 9.-"The Kick
in It." motion picture play written,
produced and played by mem bers Of
the Tuxedo Club. had its first appear
ancc last night in the old club, after
which there was dance in the new
building
The picture was received with gales
Of laughter, and is to be shown in New
York and elsewhere at s5 ticket for
the benefit of Mount wv College set
tlement camps and Tuxedo Hospital.
Edith Percy Morgan is the author,
of the film play, and Mrs Mont
eomery Hare and Mrs. F. Mere
dith Blagdon are the producers.
Mrs, George ST. George is the origina-
tor Of the plan. Among the players
are Mrs. Amos Schermerhorn. Bruce
Post, Amos Tuck French and Miss Lu-
cile Baldwin. The settings include
Amory S. Carhart's ballroom and the
rardens Of Mrs. Henry NJ. Tilford's
home.
Some Of those at the first showing
were Mrs. Frederic De Rham, Mr. and
Mrs. John +. Cowdin. Mr.. and Mrs
Lewis Morris. Mr. and Mrs Frederic
Foster, Mrs. Murray Mitchell and Vic
tor LOeW
New-York tribune., 1921-10-10
Cornell's Millionaire
Donor to Bare Identity
ANONYMOUS Contributor of
Chemistry Building to Lay
Cornerstone This Month

ITHACA, n. Y. oct. o.-The presi-
dents of Harvard, the University OF
North Carolina the University of
Michigan and Leland Stanford Junior
University will bring official greetings
from colleges OF the East, South, Mid
die West and West to the new presi-
dent OF Cornell University, DR. Living
stone Farrand, on the occasion Of
President Farrand's Inauguration Oc-
tober 20. Presidents Lowell of Har-
ward Chase of North Carolina, Burton
of Michigan and Wilbur Of Stanford
are among the many university presi-
dents who will attend.
More than 100 educational irstitu-
ticns have chosen delegates to repre-
sent them at the inauguration Follow
ing the Inauguration OF Dr. Farrand,
who until his election to the presi-
dency Of Cornell was chairman of the
central committee of the American Red
Cross. the anonymous donor Of Cor
nell's new s1,500,00O chemistry labora-
tory will lay the cornerstone Of this
monumental building Although it is
expected that the new building will
bear the donors name. his identity is
still unknown and it will not be dis
closed until he is introduced to per
form the cornerstone ceremony.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-10
Fosdick " arms
Of " ar Danger
For Us i'm Asia
Battle of Bis Business for
Economic Exploitation
Must &c Aversed, Says
Preshvfer;an Minister
Recently Visited Orient
Found Strong Feeling There
Against L. s. He Says,
as White aace Spreads

.po vou want your sons to so out
"a frh. the sons CT The Japanese in
ua- that viii he at bottom battle
= bi~ business Cor the economic ex
-;o.n.ion Of Eastern Asia? If you
s.a't then ie. Us all be honest, look
~. question in the face and be just
T., hose o. whom we demand justice"
This was the summing UP of SER
non delivered Yesterday by the Rev.
Marry Emerson Fosdick, pastor of the
First Pre- by;erian Church, Fifth Ave
,us and Eleventh Street, on the topic
pa We Want War in the Far Eas. ?"
Tbe sermon wss DR.. Fosdick's first
,ublic utterauce on the subject since
his return from a tour of the Orient,
during which he travelled extensively
in China and Japan.
"Of course, we don't want war" said
pr. Fosdick But whatever happens
In the Far East within the next few
years spells either war or peace, and
there is no use IN our wasting precious
cords or time in sentlmentalsm that
NAV be grounded or ideaiism, for, not
outstanding what the people may think.
the situation there is the concern of
everybody throughout the world"
There is strong feeling against
shs United States in Japan and China,
DR.. Fosdick said He lays this to the
spread Of the white ~ace over the face
Of the earth. which he spoke of as "the
most portentous movement of all his
tory
A0ne-thrd Of the earth's population
to-day controls nine-tenths OF its ter
ritory," he continued In the year
1900 the white race coupled but one
.snih Of its present area. In the SOS
Great Britain occupied but small por-
ton Of Africa, while in 1900 it had
taken possession Of 100000 square
miles Of land or that continent"
He dwelt then upon the British oc-
eupation Of India in 1856 and the sub
sequcnt ascendancy of the white race
New-York tribune., 1921-10-10
Rabbi Wise AssaiIs
Klan for Stirring
Racial Prejudices
Denounces hu-klux as An
Anti-Anerican Crganiza-
ton Which Is Contrary to
Every Ideal Of the Nation

The ku-klux Klan was denounced
yesterday by Rabbi Stephen s. Wise in
MS sermon at the Free Synagogue in
Carnegie Hall Dr. Wise declared the
Whlte robed organization was capitalize
ing racial prejudices.
by some it Will be said that Ku-
hluX klanism is merely war phenom-
enon or one Of the many depressing
postwar PHENOMENA" said Dr. Wise
Inc question. however, is whether it
is morally wse or Just to attribute
everything evil to the war.
protest against the un-American n
and antl-American character OF Ku-
hlux klanism, and it is reasonably GER
tam that many of the men who have
become mem be.s or followers thereof
arc not unconscious of the anti-Aner-
lcan force of this entire conspiracy
They know there can be no American
worthy of the name in which a consid-
cradle part Of the population is banded
together in bitter and relentless i'll
VIII as against every other part, and
the first thing of Importance to remem-
Der with respect to this loathsome APP
partition is that it is anti-American.
This is alike its indctme ent and
condemnation. Whatever else it is or
- HOL, IL is contrary to the spirit of
America, violative Of the deepest con-
victions of America, ard subversive of
those Ideals of good will and fraternity
among Americans upon which our Re
public rests
The one thing that Ku-Klux Klan-
ism is not. is Jewish question. do
rot deal with it on those grounds The
security Of the Jews in America rests
upon foundations so firm as to be un-
assailable AZ the hands Of Ku-Klux
madmen in America | deal with it AZ
an American problenl-that is, as a
great anti American organization.
The tolerance Of brotherhood is not
matter of charity or luxury in Amer
lean life, but one OF the nexorable
necessities Of our American tradition
of interracial hospitality and good
will"
New-York tribune., 1921-10-10
Parade To-day to Usher
In Fire Prevention Week
Special Exercises Will BE Held
in Schools and Drive Made
Throughout CITY

To-day is the first day Of Fire Pre-
vention Week, proclaimed nationally
by President Harding. in New York
State by Governor Miller and in the
city by Mayor Hylan. 1t will be
ushered in this morning by the blow
ing Of sirens and the ringing of bells
en- all fire apparatus tor period Of
two minutes at o'clock
There will be a fire prevention
parade, starting at 10 o'clock from
Broadway and 10th Street, in which
Deputy Fire Chief Thomas J. Haynes,
in charge Of the bureau Of fire preven-
ton, will head thirty pieces of new
motor apparatus. Twenty Of these are
gasoline propelled pumping engines
capable of delivering combined water
volume of $4,000 gallons a minute.
The Fire Department band viii play
for the parade, which will so south on
Broadway to Columbus Circle and then
to City Hall by way of Seventh and
Eighth avenues. The Mayor will re-
view it in City FALL Plaza.
There will be special exercises mark
ing the day in all public schools Dur
ing the week, by means of placards and
booklets, shops. loft buildings, garages
and theaters will be made the object of
special drive against fire On Fridar
Mayor Hylan will award to 2O2 public
and parochial school pupils medals
given for the best essays on the sub
iect of the prevention Of fire
New-York tribune., 1921-10-10
Ferris Memorial Wednesday
Services for Manufactures TO
Be in ST. Thomas Church

A memorial service for the late
Murray Whiting Ferris viii be held at
D. m. on Wednesday, October - in
St Thomas's Church. Fifth Avenue and
Fifty third Street. The Rev. Dr.. Floyd
S. Leach Will ofic;ate.
Mr. Ferris. who founded TIE Ferris
Brothers Company. corso. manufacture
crs. in 1878, was its president until the
time Of his death at the Waldorf
Astoria on October - Of iast year.
His funeral services were held in St
Thomass Church. The late bishop
Burch officiated, assisted by the Rev.
DR. Ernest NJ. Stiros and the Rev. Dt.
Floyd S Leach.
Mr. Ferris was Nom ber of the Mer-
chants Club Of New York. the Me-
chants Association of New York, the
Chamber of Commerce cf the United
Statest the international Association of
Rotary Club. the American Museum Of
Natural History, the Y. N. c. A, the
japan Society, the Sulgrave Institute
and other clubs
New-York tribune., 1921-10-10
Mrs. Andrew Carnegie
Expected in Lenox Soon
VIII Sail Next Saturday From
liverpool With Daughter
and Son-in-Law
Spec!d. Dispdtch to The Yrtbn,.

LEMON, Mass, Oct. 9-Friends Of
Mrs. Andrew Carnegie learned to-day
that she expected to visit Lenox upon
her return from Skbo Castle. She ia
to sail next Saturday from Liverpoo ol
with her son-in-law and daughter. Mr..
and Mrs. Roswsll Miller.
DE-. and Mrs. GEORGE w. W. Brewster
md Dr.. and Mrs. Daniel F. Jones, of
Boston, are at the Curtis Hotel. Miss
Ellen d. Hunt and Miss Eleanor Leroy
returned to New York to-day after
Miss Adele Kneeiand has Mr.. and
Mrs. A. Murray Young, of New York,
as guests at Fairlawn
Mr.. and Mrs. John Chever Cowdn. Of
New York. have joined Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Whites house party at Elm
Court
Mr. and Mrs. William L. McKenna.
OF New York, arc ct Heaton Hall. in
Stockbridge. Miss Minnie P. TNdcn.
who was there for the season. returned
to New York to-day.
Mrs. Thomas Reath, Of Philadelphia,
IS guest OF Mrs. D. Percy Morgan at
Bombay Hill, Stockbridge.
Among prominent arrivals at the Red
Lion Inn at Stockbridge. are Dr.. and
Mrs. Arthur W. Bingham and DR.. and
Mrs. Thomas S. Southworth. of New
York Mr.. and Mrs. James Lawrence,
Mr.: and Mrs. Harold Peabody and Mr.
and Mrs. Philips Dalton, of Boston.
Mrs. Edward Spencer has gone to
Read Park, Lucerne, Adirondacks. for
a visit with Major and Mrs. Harmon
Pumpelly Read, Of Albany.
Mrs. A. William Pollock is back at
Holmesdale, in PittsGeld, from Tuxedo
Park, where she was the guest of MIR.
and Mrs. Marshall r. Kernochan.
Mrs. Frederick Coolidge and Mr.. and
Mrs. Albert Sprague Coolidge, who
were guests Of Mrs. David H. Coolidge
ii Pittsfeld, to-day.
Mr and Mrs. Roger WolcQtt Griswold
have closed their Clifford Street house
in LenoX and rotnynod TO Eric Pa
New-York tribune., 1921-10-10
Charles ". Whitley Dies
After a Brief Illness
Pneumonia Fatal 10 American
Smelling Co. Officer. We'll
known Throughout West

Charles W. Whitley, vice president Of
the American Smelling and Refining
Company, l20 Broadway. died of pneu-
monia early yesterday morning ct ST.
Luke's Hospital lie had been III since
Tuesday OF last week. His body will be
taken to Salt Lake City tomorrow
night for burial.
Mr. Whitley had extensive business
interests throughout the West and rep
resented the American Smelling and
Refining Company in Salt Lake City
TOR many years. Three years ago he
came East to assume the vice-presi-
dency of the company. For the last
three months he had been travelling in
the West and in Mexico He lived for
mery at 525 Park Avenue, but after
his return from Mexico he stayed at
the Plaza Hotel and was there wnen
nneum mia developed.
Mr. Whitley was fifty years old. He
WAS born ii Chicago and was widely
known throughout the West He was
member of tho Sleepy Hollow Country
Club, the Engineers Club and the
Bankers Club
lie is survived by his wife and four
children. Mrs. Whitley arrived mere
yesterday morning and will take his
body West for burial
New-York tribune., 1921-10-10

in Java, China, the Philippines and
other lands of the East. He spoke of
the control now exercised by America
and european nations In these coun-
tres, laying particular emphasis upon
class was retrogressing and the poor
student class coming to the fore.
Dr Fosdick told Of conversation he
had with the Mayor of Toxic, who said
to him:
you white people have captured
pretty nearly the whole Of the earth.
In the lands where we have 400 900. 900
Of people you do not want US to have
the land we need. In Gods name and
in the name of humanity. does the
white man want the whole earth 2"
The clergyman said he thought Japan
mad become military nation for it's
own protection and The preservation
OF the tradition that white men should
never invade it,
New-York tribune., 1921-10-10
Leeds Weurs Croauo IN Final
Wedding Rites With Princess
Son OF linplate King and Royal Bride From Greek
Reigning Family Leave Houseboat Honey
moon After Elaborate Russian Church Ceremony

PARIS. Oct . (By The Associated
PressJ.-The final rites in the marriage
Of Princess Xenia Georgievna Of Rus
sia and William &. Leeds jr of New
York, were carried out to-day Two
religious ceremonies, following the
civil ceremony Of Saturday, were per-
formed. The first Of these. which was
brief and simple, took place at the
American Episcopal Church OF the
Holy Trinity, and the second. which
lasted one hour, followed at the Russian
Church. At the latter ceremonv all the
pcND and historic custom of the an
clent Orthodox Church formed part Of
the ceremony which was performed bv
the private chaplain Of Queen Mother
Olga Of Greece. At this service the
bride and bridegroom wore heavy gold
crowns. At certain times in The cere-
mony these were held just above the
11a neaas OF the bridal couple by Grand
Duke Dmitri Alexandrovi.ch. Of Russia
cousin OF the bride and her witness
and by Prince CHRISTOPHER Of Greece
husband of Leeds's mother, who acted
as best man.
The ceremony at the Episcopal Church
was witnessed by only relatives and a
few friends, but it was found impos-
slble to bar several thousand members
of the Greek and Russian colonies from
that IN the Russian Church. When the
bridal party entered that edihce the
crowd stormed the barrier and as many
persons as could be squeezed in rushed
into the church to witness the cere-
moHy. After the wedding the church
attendants literally mad to force way
through the church aisles for The bride
and bridegroom.
After the last church function the
bridal party held reception at one
Of the leading Paris hotels. Tonight
the bride and hidecrnonn Loft pa,.;c
New-York tribune., 1921-10-10

if9r tie Isle Of Wight. where house
boat on which they will s0end their
-eneymocn is awaiting then.
because of numerous deaths III tho
fl-aiily of Princess Xosa since the Boil
SceVlki came into power in Russia, all
the ceremonies incident to the mar
rlage were planned with the utmost Of
SIMPLICITY There were no attendants.
Prlncess Aenia wore simple dress
CT Liberty satin, cut along perfectly
straight lines. ana had garland OF
orange blossoms around her waist A
Iuil vel. OF tulle fell from her head.
The only jewelry the bride wore was
long chain necklace set with diamonds.
win sapphire and diamond pendant.
II was gift fro-i her mother. The
her uncle. Prince George OF Greece.
Among the Americans who attended
the wedding were Cortlandt f. Bishop
and Mrs. Bishop. the Rev Dr.. Beck
man, rector of Holy Trinity Church.
and Mrs. BeeAman; Nh and Mrs. Shell
don Whitehouse. Seth Barton French
and Mr- and Mrs. Henderson Green, of
New York, the latter an aunt of young
Leeds.
TIE royal household Of Greece and
the old Russian regime were numer-
ously represented, among those present
being Queen Mother Olga. widow Of
K NJ George os Greece and grand
mother of the bride; the Grand Ouch
ess George of Russia, mother Of the
bride; Princess Anastasia of Greece,
mother of the bridegroom; the Grand
Duke Alexander Mikhailovitch and his
sen, Prince Feodor; the Grand Duchess
Marie Pavlovna, Princess George Of
Greece and her children, Prince Peter
and Princess Eugene, who was a
train bearer for the bride, and Prince
Roland Bonaparte.
The wedding gifts, which are valued
at many millions of francs, were dis
played to the guests during the after
noon