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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-10-04
NEW FORM OF SWINDLE

If Davo Wright, negro, %, had been
permitted to pursue certain form OF
traffic in cotton or rather in cotton
tags which he started on the premises
Of Hill & Company at Sharon, Satur-
day afternoon for any length of time,
he would have soon made Wall street
gamblers and other sharks and shys-
ters look like pikers. Because the
game that Devo tried to play and at
which he was caught at an early hour
Sunday morning is one entirely new IN
this part Of the country at least.
Dcvo went to the cotton cashier OF
the Hill IL Company Saturday after
noon with duplicate cotton tags Tor
three bales of cotton duly initiated by
J. c. Bankhcad, cotton buyer for the
company. Weight and amount were
correct and Brown Baird, cashier, duly
issued him q check for $3lI Tor three
bales Of cotton.
Then Dcvo carried the check over TO
the First National Bank and told
Cashier John $. HartnesS that he
wanted half the money in cash and
that he wanted to leave the other half
on deposit in the name Of Bessie Mar
tin of Yorkville, "a lady friend OBJ
maSsf."
The transaction was completed and
then Devo went back over to the Hill
store TO do some trading on the Hill
money. He bought himself Il hat and
a cap, silk shirt and some socks,
Signet ring and mCckties and brooch
and silk stockings fer Bessie. Then he
came to YOrkvillc and bought some
more articles including a pair of hair
II; vic tn
barber business.
Saturday night when the Hill COM
pany checked up, the warehouse was
short three bales of cotton and DeYo'S
fraud was discovered.
Payment on the check was stopped
and the First National Bank was noti-
fled.
Officers and friends Of that institu-
ton Immediately began search for
DevO
The trail led to the home Of Messrs.
G.aks'y and Eby McGi.l near Hickory
Grove. where DCvp had been working.
but he Was not there. Then the party
ii rsa"chCrs which inc.ud, q MesSrs. j.
:. IIariECss. J. II. SIyc, PaI. Fcrgu-
son. Oscar Burgess, B!akely and lrby
McGill and W. II. Sims, came on to
Hurkvillc. where they aroused Deputy
Sheriff Tom Quinn.
They felt reasonably certain that
Deyo was baSking in the moonshine Of
the smile of the woman, Bessie Martin,
in view of the brooch and the silk
stockings. Bessie lives in a colOred
settlement in YOrkville, and sure
enough there Dcvo was.
\ suit case full of clothing was
taken from him and $50 in money was
carried back To Sharon and DevO was
carried to the county iail.
He readily admitted his guilt, say
ing that he had gotten the cotton tags
from Andy Tate negro who works on
Mr.. George PlcXico's place in Sharon.
Tate, he SAID. told him that he had
worked the same game on the Hill
last year for bale and was
going to take Il try at it again this
week. He didn't want to keep the !
bonanza all To himself 50 he put Devo
on.
How Tate managed To steal the .
duplicate cotton tags is Il mystery to .
the officers.
Devn Wright is a farm hand who up |
until the past two on three years has
borne Il good reputation. He has re-
Gently worked for Nh. oscar Burgess
md McS%rS. MCGill.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-10-04

teachers: Misses Marie Walker Mar
garet Robinson, Ethel Burns. A new
room has been added to the school
building during the summer.
For School improvement.
At n meeting of interested patrons
held at the school building yesterday
morning the F'ilbert School Improve
ment association was organized with
the election of the following officers:
Mrs. w. l.. Pursley, president; Mrs.
J. A. Carroll, vice president; Miss
Marie Walker secretary and treasurer.
Patients Improving.
Approximately twenty negroes liv-
ing in the vicinity of McConnellsville
who have been suffering with small
pox for several weeks are improving
and are considered out of danger ac-
cording to information coming from
that section yesterday Several hum
dred white and colored people living
in the McConnellsville area have re-
Gently been vaccinated to guard
against further spread Of the malady
it was said.
Official Cotton Reports.
Cotton ginned up to September 25
aggregated 2,907,750 bales, slightly
less than was expected and the condi-
dition report was 42.2, including O.
/ yield of 6,537,000 bales, or a decrease
Of about 100000 bales since the report
of condition on August 25. The future
market advanced excitedly on the pub
| lication of the ginners report, went
down with the publication Of the con-
dition report and closed around the
opening. The yield of South Carolina
: Of laI
cent. of normal. The ginnings up to
| September 25 of last year aggregated
2,239,606 bales.
Glover School Opens.
The Glover school opened yester-
! day morning with an enrolment of
approximately $50 pupils, Prof. w. s.
| Reid, ST perintendent in charge. Be
cause of crowded conditions, since the
new school building viii not be ready
| for use for a month, the school is be-
! ing conducted for the present on
double shift" Primary grades-as-
semble at $50 a. m. and are dismissed
at 1890. intermediate grades go at
1890 p. m. and are dismissed at 4.30
p. m. The arrangement does not in
terfere with the regular schedule of
! high school students. Practically all
| the members of the Glover school
faculty are residents of Glover.
Gypsy Smith Meeting.
Gypsy Smith, noted evangelist, open
ed a three weeks meeting in Rock
Hill Sunday night, with hundreds OF
people in attendance. The meeting
will continue through October %, with
services each night, excepting Monday
nights. With Evangelist Smith are c.
F.. Allen, song leader, and Miss Lucille
Abernathy, pianist. Mr.. Allen has Or
ganized a choir of 200 voices and the
singing will be feature Of each SER
vice. Services are held in huge tent
with a seating capacity of about 5000.
The tent is located in the most central
part of the city, and is easily accessi-
BILE. 1t is on the property recently pur-
chased by st. Johns Methodist church
on which = modern church building is
! to be erected in the near future, the
congregation having far outgrown its
present quarters.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-10-04
Ghr alurkrille Gnquirer.
Entered at the Postoffice at York, as
Mail Matter OF the Secon1 Class.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER q, 1921.

After seemingly endless hair split
ting the Scin Fein element Of Ireland
has accepted Lloyd Georges invitation
to a conference with the British gov
ernment as TO Ireland's future relation
with the British empire. The confer
encc is to be held on October II, with
out any special regard to the status of
the Irish delegates as representatives.
of an Independent sovereignty.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-10-04
THE MARRIAGE RECORD

Since the last publication OF the
record in The Yorkville Enquirer. the
following marriage licenses have been
issued by the judge Of probate to the
following:
Oct. 1-Wi'lam Propst. %. and Mrs
Della F,stclle Propst. ~, North, \. {;
oct. William Powell 10 and Dol
lie BlayloCk, IS, YorlNillc.
Oct. Golden Castle, ~ and Bes-
sic Starr, colorcd, Rock Hill No. 4.
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Since the last publication of the re-
cord in The Yorkville Enquirer the
following real estate transfers have
been indexed in the office of the YORK
county auditor:
Bethesda-C. +. POrchcr to j. T..
Crawford. 12j II acres, 81, and other
considerations.
Kinq's Mountain. j. MCCarter y.
+. paTrott and w. B. Kcllar, TTus.
Dis. No. Il, 45-1OO acres 81.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-10-04
New Compulsory Attendance Officer.

Mrs. Crawford Dunlap of Rock Hill,
who was recently elected compulsory
school attendance officer for York
county by the county board of educa-
ton to succeed Miss Alice Garrison, re-
signed, entered upon her duties yes
tcrday. Mrs. Dunlap is a teacher Of
several years of experience.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-10-04
loon.1oIca CT the law.

Loopholco CT the Law.
The Grecnvillc Piedmont, the editor
of which is an accomplished lawyer,
! once a practicing attorney and now
one Of the foremost editorial writer's OF
South Carolina, quoted with approval
last Saturday what The YOrkville En-
quirer had to say Friday on the sub
ject of the abuse of the right of ap-
neal. and went on to say with reference
to the appeal of Gappins and Kirby:
That these indisputably guilty muir
del'erS should obtain Il stay of eXecu-
tiOn is Il damnable outrage against the
State Of South Carolina. Yet, under
our system of law there is no way to
prevent it.
The mob spirit will be encouraged
and strengthened just so long as Such
pelvcrSiOnS Of justice as this are sane
toned under the forms of law. These
men are guilty beyond any doubt.
Then why not punish them swiftly?
But they are not punished speedily and
so popular impatiencc with the slow
movement Of the machinery of justice
and popular inclination to take rcd
handed criminals out Of the laws
hands and put them quickly 10 death
grow greater.
In his charge to the grand jury Of
PickcnS county this week Circuit
Judge II. WithCrs Memminger sharply
criticized the appeal in the case Of the
murderers of BraZell and contrasted
our system OF appears uhl'tVpIaply
". ~ haord o,d Tncidod vow, coon aftn II
is made. judge Mcmingcr, one of the
Ihlgst and lCct iulppS this state.
r III H. omnS e,r' -
What is the remedy? Nothing can
be done in this case, but it is the clear
GulE "l 'ie GolitLal assembly ot noutn
to b" heard and decided within a very
snort llinr ai'Gr '"hNlc'ioh. II can pe
Tnc south Carolina Bar Association
has done very little to promote the re-
form OF law IN TINS state, but mere IS
to La SUluei Sn, it oor ct,d ~ t
TENS under which appeals may be
quickly settled ana then draft ana
~ ~. nnXt s",eion rTonosod Iayv. ~.
constitutional amendments which, if
enact d. will render it impossible for
,ltiaiL ri.iilIi'',S 10 tahe auH'htase ~
cane. their doom.
This same question has been up for
discussion half a dozen or more times
within the recollection of the present
writer, with the result that the points
above have been emphasized as the
Piedmont has so strongly emphasized
Il Il
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Bankrupt Stock Sold.

The bankrupt stock of the Farmers
Hardware company of YOrkville, was
sold at auction Saturday morning to
j. r.. Harris of Fort Mill, for $3,025.
The store fixtures were sold to the
same buyer for $50. 4 Ford delivery
truck, the property of the hardware
WAS sold to Nivens Brothers of York
willie for Sll3
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LOCAL LACONICS
For York County Convicts.

Petitions are pending before the
state pardon board asking for elem
cncy for James Pelzer Furr, William
Copeland and Andrew Adams, York
county convicts. The board meets to-
morrow
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Diphtheria at BIairsviIIe.

There are three cases of diphtheria
in the Blairsville neighborhood ac-
Cording to DR.. J. II. Saye OF Sharon.
y child of Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Sad
Ter has the disease and IL child of Mr..
and Mrs. John l.. Blair is recovering
from an attack. A negro in the COM
munity also has diphthCria.
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Filhert School Opens.

With 80 pupils in attendance the
Filbcrt school entered upon the 1921
>" session yesterday morning with ap-
propriate exercises. Short talks were
made by Rev. J. l.. Oates, d. D.; Su-
pCrintcLdent of Education John l..
Carroll and Senator John Il. Hart Of
YOrkvillc and Rev. j. Il. Berryhlll, Of
Glover. Prof. }. Roy Grayson is prin-
cipal Of the Filbert school this year
and is assisted by the following
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-10-04

The Chester Ledge Loyal Order of
Moose has gone into an arrangement
with the Commercial club. by which it
will purchase the Commercial clubs
furniture and occupy lis rooms.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-10-04

The school at Itichhur". Chester
county. has boon closed for the past
week ON account of dIphthciia.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-10-04
WITHIN THE TOWN

-- Eov. w. VI. Whitosidcs. superin-
tcndent Of the BAPTIST Hospital III Co
lumbiq, preached ~. the. congregalI9n
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teachers: Misses Marie Walker Mar
garet Robinson, Ethel Burns. A new
room has been added to the school
building during the summer.
The Delta independent., 1921-05-27
BUSINESS MEN TO GIVE NICE
PRIZES TO STUDENTS

The following business men win
give medals at the commencement
exercises of Delta high school to the
first and second winners OF the
five rhetorical events: Carey B.
Adams, Stockham Brothers Hard
ware Company. the Davis Clothing
Company Delta National Bank, The
w. J. Hollands Company, The Delta
Hardware Company. Remington and
Elliott, Dunbar's Drug Store, The
Colorado State Bank. and Warmers
Variety Store. The events calling for
first and second winners are: mem
orized Grafton. dramatic reading, hui
morous reading original Grafton and
argument
Luke E. Myer. the ieweler, will
watch to the boy making the
the highest grade on four year
average in the Delta high school.
VIII H. Mathers will give a gold
gold watch TO the boy making. the
highest grade on the four year av-
erage in the Delta high school. Allen
& Son will give a ruby ring to the
boy making the highest grade in the
Junior High school.
The Delta independent., 1921-05-27
siLo EXCURSION HERE
ON NEXT FRIDAY

On June Bird Professor E. J. May
nard, of the State Agricultural Col
lege. and Professor W. II. Olin. ag-
riculturalist of the Denver and Rio
Grande Railroad, will be in Delta as
part of the silo committee who are
out for the purpose of discussing the
need of ensilage as an adjunct to
our alfalfa While alfalfa is the
greatest feed in the world, it is not
a complete balanced ration, and the
silo is the one great necessity to
make the most economical combina-
tions of feeds grown in our country.
Preparations have been made for
an auto excursion to 4 number of
using silos and are sched-
uled to be at the Artt Brothers
ranch at p. m, where the principal
talk of the day will be made by Pro
fessors Maynard and Olin. Twenty
five autos will leave Delta at l p
m, and as many others as possible
are asked to join at any convenient
point on the circle and hear what is
TO be said on this subject.
The Delta independent., 1921-05-27
EMERY DETER DIES AFTER
VERY SHORT tLlNEoe

On Saturday. May 3lst, Emery
Deter. son OF George Deter. passed
away at his fathers home whero he
had been brought few days prsvious.
following an iliness Of about three
wesln. AsatA being aDe - HDoan1c
poisoning.
The deceased was born in Penn
sylvania on the 30th day Of January.
1876. and was IS years 3 months and
p days OF age at the time Of his de-
mise. He is survived by his father
and stepmother; his wife and two
sons. He was a member of the Fra
ternal Order of Eagles, at Pittsburgh.
Pennsylvania.
Funeral services were held at the
Methodist church Monday afternoon
at 200 o'clock. attended by large
number OF friends. and interment was
in Garnet Mesa cemetery.
The Delta independent., 1921-05-27
/. DOYLE INJURED
WHEN CAR TURNS OVER

While riding on the top of box
car which was being switched in
the Hotchkiss yards Wednesday at
about l2:3 30 p. M. L. Doyle of this
city. known to his friends as "Biddy,"
Aet with an accident which, while
eorious enough, might have cost him
~ life.
The car jumped the track. faning
'nab5 jtH-side, ana HidAy was pinned
underneath, up to his neck in an ir-
rigating ditch. His predicament was
discovered by his fellow trainmen.
who at once started to extrfcate him.
but owing to the lack OF emergency
equipment, their work was necessar-
lily slow. A special train was at once
made up and he was brought to the
Delta hospital where his injuries
were attended. It was found that
his collar bone was broken, but 9TH
erwise no serious results are antici-
pated. He is receiving good care
and his family and friends await
with interest his return to health
which at this time seems assured.
The Delta independent., 1921-05-27
LEGION WILL HAVE
CHARGE MEMORIAL DAY

Automobiles are needed to take the
G. A. R. and w. r. c. to the ceme-
terry on Memorial day If you have
a car you can drive or let us drive,
please have it at the corner of Fourth
and Meeker at $3.50 Monday morn
ing.
II you have fresh grass please pile
it in front of your house where the
Legion can collect it Saturday after
noon
According to a new ruling by nat
ional headquarters. all honorably
discharged men from the S. A T. c.
are eligible to membership in the
Legion. We need you and you need
the Legion.
A picnic dinner will be eaten by
all who wish, on the court house
lawn on Memorial day and the Legion
will serve free coffee. The Pea
Green band has kindly offered to do
nate their music for the day.
The Delta independent., 1921-05-27
M. SAYRE PASSES
AWAY AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS

1t was with genuine surprise and
sorrow that the word was passed
around that Harry Sayre of Ash
Mesa had been called by death at
$50 O'Clock Tuesday morning.
Short was his illness and little did
his family and friends realize his
true condition. Mr.. Sayre had been
confined to his bed but about two
weeks, and it was only a few days
before the end that the true state Of
affairs was known. Death was due to
pernicious anemia
The deceased, Harry NJ Sayre, was
born in Henry county, Illinois. on
April 4, 1886. He was married about
ten years ago to Miss Margaret
Newton. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
W. w. Newton, Sr., of Ash Mesa
The couple have continued to make
their home on Ash Mesa and their
home life was blessed with four
boys, Ralph, Earl, Morgan and
Charles, all of whom with the
mother and other relatives are left
to mourn his untfmely loss. Mr..
Sayre is also survived by his pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. e. c. Sayre Of
Fort Collins; four brothers, Ford
and Royce of Delta; Edgar of Los
Angeles, and Lawrence of Chicago,
and one sister Mrs. Bertha Liggett.
of Fort Collins. He passed from life
May "a. 1921, aged 80 years, 1 month
and 90 days. He was kind husband
and father, and an honest neighbor
and friend. His loss will be keenly
felt by all who knew him, and to
his family especially We extend CON
dolence.
The funeral service was held yes
terday afternoon from the family
home on Ash Mesa, by Rev. A
B. Parry of the Baptist church. The
high regard in which Mr.. Sayre was
held by his friends and neighbors was
evidenced by the large number of
persons in attendance at the funeral
service, and the beautiful flowers. In
terment was at Garnet Mesa.
The Delta independent., 1921-05-27
WELL KNOWN EckERT
LADY DIED WEDNESDAY

On wednesday. May 25. Mrs. Adah
l. Addleman of Eckert closed the
book of life and passed to her heav'
emily reward. The deceased had
been an invalid for the past three
years and her death was not unex.
pected, even though loved ones al.
ways cling to that thread Of hope
while life exists.
Mrs. Addleman was born at Law.
renceburg, Indiana. on June 6, 1858,
and therefore needed but twelve
days to have reached her 6Sth year.
The family moved to Eckert about
fourteen years ago, and on Febru-
ruary 13. 1910, the husband passed
away. The family was blessed with
eight children. six of whom still sur
vive. The living are w. B. Addleman
OF Petaluma, California; Mrs. T. NJ.
Joi dan OF Spokane. Washington; F.
p. Addleman. j. F.. Addleman, T. l..
Addleman and Mrs. ]. w. Watkins,
all of Eckert.
Funeral services will be held at
the home Of Mrs. J. w. Watkins to-
morrow morning at $3.50 O'Clock. and
the remains, accompanied by Mrs.
Watkins and T. L. Addleman will be
taken to Denver and inferred in the
family plot at Fairmount beside the
husband. son and daughter.
The Delta independent., 1921-05-27
JOHN DAVIS AND GEORGE
PARK FLY TO JUNCTION

Almost anything nowadays seems
possible. Would you believe that this
county had so advanced that it wo I'D
be necessary to place an order for
our merchants to employ an airpiane
to make a selection of goods? Well,
this very thing happened Tuesday.
1t came about this way. An aviator
notified Mr. Davis, who is the chair
man of the Fourth of July celebra-
tion, of his starting from Durango
Tuesday morning for Delta and he
would stop at the landing field here
for business chat. According to
schedule the bird man arrived early
in the forenoon.
In the course of the conversation
Mr.. Davis said he was going to
Grand Junction that afternoon to
meet a representative of an eastern
house who was 10 be there. The av-
iator said: Ride with me Mr.. Davis,
it will not cost you a cent" This
was indeed. surprising to Davis, but
he wondered how about George
Park, the leading clothier of Hotch-
kiss, who was to make the trip with
him in the Davis car that afternoon
81 thank you kindly. sir. but 1 have
a merchant friend at Hotchkiss who
is going with me-" replied Mr.. Davis.
Il can take both of you," replied the
aviator. George Park was gotten on
the phone and he was in Delta in a
very short time
Speaking of the trip Mr.. Davis
was his first ride" in the air. The
Journey was made from the Delta
field 10 the Grand junction field in
thirty minutes.
The Delta independent., 1921-05-27
DELTA TAKES TRIMMING
AT HANDS OF PAONiA

There was n lively bunch OF root
ers out to witness the opening bat
and ball contest OF the season be.
started with n man named Orell as
pitcher, but after he had filled the
bases with men who walked" the
first three up. he was pulled out and
J. Bohnet went n few whirls. He
was removed in the sixth and PAUL.
check finished. Pete Atkins did the
catching. For Delta Sampson pitch
ed the entire game, ten innings
Nicholson catching.
There were lot of funny situa.
tions. Delta had the best of It until
the seventh when Sampson lost his
grip and allowed the visitors to make
five runs. Delta also had her inning
in the seventh. getting four runs.
Neither side scored in the eighth
and the score was s to 10 In Deltas
favor. Fans began moving toward
the gate and It looked rs II every.
thing was over; But "Stuffy" Red.
man went In In the ninth and saved
the day, tying the score. In the
tenth the visitors made one more
score. giving them one to the good.
Well. everybody was good natured
and nobody ragged the umpires very
much, and Delta is anxious for n re.
turn game when they can come back
at Paonia.
Umpires were Thorp OF Delta and
8. Bohnet Of Paonia. The time was
somewhere between two and three
hours.
Decoration day Palisade will play
Delta on the local grounds.
The Delta independent., 1921-05-27
PLENTY OF ACCOMMODATION
FOR STUDENTS AT COLLEGE

School teachers from Delta and
vicinity who are planning to attend
the summer school at the Colorado
Teachers College need have no
worry over the possibility of se-
curing rooming and boarding accom-
modations. Extraordinary prepare.
tions have been made by the college
and the city of Greeley. through its
clubs. to provide accommodations
for the visiting teachers.
The enrolment at the Summer
School this year promises to be the
largest in the history of the institu-
tion, and foreseeiug this, the college
authorities have secured list OF
available rooms sufficiently large to
meet the demands.
Miss Grace Wilson. who is in
charge of this department. says that
every teacher who comes will be ac-
commodated.