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Judsonia weekly advance., 1921-05-12
WASHINGTON
SIDELIGHTS
Congressional Hopper

hibit strikes In insterstate commerce.
Senator Reed, Democrat, of Mis-
souri,, reintroduced resolution sug-
costing that the President ask Great
Britain whether her West Indian pos
sessions could not be ceded to the
United States. in part payment of in
debtedness.
Creation of n permanent commission
to investigate lynchings was con-
tributed in a bill by Senator McCor-
mick, Republican, of Illinois, while
Senator Kellogg, Republican, of Min
nesota, renewed his bin TO give the
State department control over cable
landing rights.
Senator Frelinghuysen, Republican,
of New Jersey, proposed creating
zeal commission, while Senator Owen,
Democrat, of Oklahoma, offered meas
ures to limit Federal Reserve bank in
tereSt charges to six per cent /; to Gre
ate a federal marketing department
for farmers, and for publication of
national bulletin on government and
politics.
A public welfare department bill
was sponsored by Senator Kenyon, Re
publican, of Iowa, who added u meas
ure for registration and regulation of
lobbyists.
Senator France, Republican, Mary
land, suggested amnesty for all per-
sons imprisoned for violations of war
time laws.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1921-05-12

cial reports showing that there were
2O,52O,177 deposit accounts. This was
an increase of 2,279,S77 There is now
approximately one depositor in the ma
tional banks for every five of our pop
ulation.
The earnings of the national banks,
both gross and net, have surpassed all
previous years. The net. earnings
amounted to $2S20S3,O0O, an increase
of $41,7l7,000 over the year preced-
ing.
The resources of the national banks
reached the highest point in their his
tory, 500, I'll ,375,0OO This was an in
crease of $2.669. 151 900.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1921-05-12

About 70 periodicals printed in Es-
peranto, the so-called universal lam
guage, are now published.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1921-05-12
Very Absent.

Very Absent.
Maid-"aIum, the garbage man is
here" Mrs. Newlywed-"Tell him l
don't want any this morning."
Judsonia weekly advance., 1921-05-12
ROOM FOR YOUNGER CRITICS
They Have Place in the World and
Duty That Is Well Worth
Performing.

The younger critics, says Haywood
Broun, are the lineal descendants of
that little child in Anderson's fairy
tale who. when the emperor was be-
ing made a spectacle of and all the
world was being fooled by the sharp
tailor, refused TO be quiet and cried
out, .He hasn't got anything on" These
young enthusiasts who have no posi-
lions to lose and no dignities to live
up to go about pointing 10 all our
literary emperors and calling attention
to the scantiness of their attire of
greatness, and refuse to be silenced
by their scandalized or terrified elders.
Good sense bids US welcome their hon
est gaze at even the sacrosanct per-
sons. 1t can't hurt anything really
fine, and it's about time we came out
of some of our illusions. William AL
len White sized it up, about right from
the conservative point of view when
he said in praising "Main Street.. "Of
course, I'm on the other side of the
street myself, but that's just the rea-
son why l like this book. 1t gives US
fellows something to answer"
Judsonia weekly advance., 1921-05-12

Ellen Price was
born at Worcester,
England, Jan. II,
1914, the daughter
of a glove manu-
facturer. In 1885
she married Henry
Wood, head of n
large shipping and
b a n h In q firm,
w h o g e business
kept them for
some 70 years in
France. Her hus-
band died In 1860,
but she lived till
Feb. 10, 1887.
Her literary ca
reer began with
q f1OO prize tenn
perance tale. She
b e x q n making
Judsonia weekly advance., 1921-05-12
Interested.

1.-THE descendants of this old family,
in selling some heirlooms. sold a
punch ladle once used in pouring a
glass OF punch FOR General Washing
ten"
"Well, WELT"
sand 1t brought $1,000"
'Any punch left?"-Lsu,sville C0u-
rier-Journal.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1921-05-12


Deutiey's Miscellany, and in 1857. after
her husbands death, she became editor
and proprietor of The ArGCsy, In which
appeared her later novels. Her first
great success was "East Lynne" In
1861, the book by which she In known
today. The vogue of the story was
enormous; 1T was translated into sew
ernl languages, and theatregoers of
an older generation In Both England
and America knew various very sue
cessful versions OF 1T. She wrote some
forty long novels and many short
tales, some of which ranked as ssbest
sellers long before the invention of
TINT phrase. Her powers ranged from
extreme melodrama to the portrayal
OF everyday life. She was perhaps
unduly prfzed In her day and il undu1y
appreciated now, but that Is the way
with best-sellers. "The Shadow of
Ashiydyat" was her own fnvorite, her
Johnny Ludlow tales are perhaps her
most artistic work. 1East Lynne"
however, In the book her name sug-
gests to readers.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-04-29

The reparations, commission has
fixed 123,000000, 900, gold marks as the;
total damages for, which reparatlon.
is due by Germany under Article 2oS.
second paragraph, and annex one, pars
eight, Of the treaty Of Versailles. The
commissions decision was officially.
communicated to DR.. Won Oertzen, OF
the German war burdens commission,
Wednesday night In fixing the total
the reparations commission made nee
essary deductions from the amount OF
the damages in order to allow for res:
stitutions effected or to be effected IN
the execution Of Article 23S, and con-
sequently no credit will; be allowed
Germany with respect to such resti-
tutions. The commission did not in
clude in the above:amount the further
obligations incumbent upon Germany
by virtue CT Article 232, ito, make re-
endorsement of all sums Belgium bor-
rowed from the allied and associated
governments up to November II, 1918,
together with interest at the rate OF
5 per cent" The verbal lcommunica-
tion will be confirmed in writing to the
German war burdens commissions.
The action of the, reparations com
mission :: is in accordance with. the
provision Of the treaty that the find
ings OF the commissions to the
amount of damage done to the civily
ian population. of. the allied and as
sociated powers and to, the property
during the period of the belliserency
of each, must be communicated to the
German government on or before May
/, 1921. According, to. the treaty Ger
many undertakes to meet this obliga-
ton. Included in the various cate
gories for which compensation IS de-
manded are. damages suffered from
bombardments,, ,,,: cruelty, violence, or
maltreatment all pensions to naval
and military Victims and their fam
lilies and dependents; allowances for
similar purposes and all levles, hnes
and other exactions imposed by Ger
many and her allies s:upon civilian pop
ulationS. - ~ 4" --..
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-04-29
JUROR WAS MIXED

An incident unprecedented in the
annals OF the court Of common pleas
for York county occurred yesterday
when one Of the jurors after listening
TO testimony and arguments for more
than two hours, inquired of Judge
John S. Wilson, presiding, rs to who
was the plaintiff and who the defend
ant
1t happened in the case OF the
Southern railway VS.. James Bros.
in which the plaintiff sought pay
for alleged cost of feeding ,of
mules shipped by the defendant. The
issue was somewhat clouded IN tnat
the defendant admitted his Indebted
ness to the plaintiff railway company
although not in amount as great as
the railway company claimed.
After Judge Wilson had completed
his charge he informed the jurors that
he would be glad to answer any ques-
tion that any one might see fit to ask.
Juror f. f. Gilfillan inquired:
Judge, what want to know is who
is the defendant and who is the plain
tiff in this action"
The information was given and the
jury retired returning after some
deliberation with verdict for the
plaintiff.
Lawyers discussed the incident yes
terday afternoon and local attorneys
as we'll as visiting lawyers said that
never before in I'LL their experience
had they heard such question asked
II have often heard rs joke OF the
juror who asked which was the de-
fendant and which was the plaintifi
in II case" Senator John r. Hart. said;
but nsvcr before until this afternoon
did such an incident come under my
observation"
II have been an attendant upon
court off and on for forty eight years,
said Mr.. Robert N'itherspoon Of York
vile who was in the courtroom at the
time; but never before had 1 heard
q juror ask that question"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-04-29

for the support Of the Volstead. Act.
Declaring that the liquor interests
were making every possible effort to
have set aside the constitutional
amendment which made the country
dry, he predicted that they would never
be successful in that undertaking, al
though he declared, "it is the duty OF
every citizen to ever be on the alert.
Discussing propaganda methods used
by the liquor people he declared that
the National Association Opposed to
Prohibition was mailing thousands OF
letters to college students over the
East, North and West appealing to
them to fight the prohibition amend
ment on the ground that it deprived
them of their personal liberties. Il am
10 years of age now" he said. Il 1nd
no pleasure in travelling over the coun
try at my age; eating at ail kinds OF
places and sleeping in all sorts OF
hotels. But my grand children ano
YOUR children and grand children neeo
guard against the insidious cam
paign that the liquor people are max
ing and that is my reason for pelne
here" His address included an appeal
for the stricken famine sufferers ol
China and he declared that it was the
Christian duty of American cltlzens
the richest people per capita on tne
face of the earth to come to their ald
At the conclusion of his address a COL.
lection was taken for the beneht OF
National Reform association and the
large sack which the lecturer carried
With him was partially filled. He ief'
this morning for Greer, where ne
|, lectures tonight.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-04-29

bill from the amount and return him
tho difference.
y verdict for the defendant was re-
turned in the case Of w. +. Rector VS..
w. +. Harris & Son.
In the case Of Paul y. Moore VS. J.
B. Payne, director general Of railroads,
the jury found for the plaintiff in the
sum Of $375.33.
A. verdict for the plaintiff in the
sum OF S49.96 was returned in the case
of the Southern Railway VS.. James
Brothers. The plaintiff brought suit
for sS4 for Il feed bill claimed to have
BEEN incurred while transporting
mules for the Defendants. The defen-
dant admitting owing the railway COM
pany $49.96 but claimed that larger
feed bill was caused by reason of the
fact that the mules were not routed
in accordance with the instructions of
the defendants and therefore they
were not responsible. ! ---,.-
The court was engaged yesterday
afternoon and this morning in the trial
of the case of r. T. Allison, Yorkville
| livestock dealer, against John Barton
Payne. director general of railroads
for S692 alleged to be due him because
of the death and injury to stock ship
ped over the Southern railway in No
vcmber. 1919, and which were improp-
erly handled according to his claim
| The case will be concluded today and
following it the court of common pleas
will adjourn sine die.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-04-29
FOR PUBLIC DEFENDER
State Should Guard the Rights OF Its
Citizens.

James Fair, a negro, pleaded guilty
Of car breaking and larceny in the
court of General Sessions in York
county last week, assigning as his
reason for doing so that he had
no lawyer. The ,/>Yorkvllle Enquirer
quotes a Yorkville lawyer as making
this comment
1T brings to mind the question OF the
need for q public defender in the
court. The negro, Jim Fair, may be
guilty OF car breaking and larceny as
he was charged and merely stated
that he had no lawyer and therefore
pleaded guilty just as a dodge. eut
there are often poor, devils brought
into court who are without funds and
who might really ;be innocent and
whom q lawyer could: assist in putting
facts before the jury. think that the
state should employ 4 public DEFENDER
as we'll as public prosecutor"
The Torkville attorney is DEAD rlsnt.
The poor mans rights in court should
be protected by the-state. 1t IS rs
much the duty of. the state to shield
him from oppression and injustice as
it is to prosecute him. This truth has
been realized by more progressive
States which have provided public de-
tenders to see to it that the poor. and
friendless defendant shall have q fair
trial and an able presentation. OF MS
side of the case.-Greenville Pied
mont, ..,..,..I!
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-04-29
ANONYMOUS INFORMANT.

They were talking about the enforce
ment of the; ;-liquor laws, Sheriff Fred
Quinn and Special State Constable
Johnson, and among other things the
comment touched upon the activities of
the anonymous informant
Both Sheriff Quinn and Constable
Johnson were; agreed that the anonym-
Gus correspondent is most aggraVat-
| ing nuisance; but they agreed that he
had always been here, he is here now
and likely to remain.
After spe;iEing Of certain letters that
he has been getting from over Fort
Mill way. all of them alleging violation
of the laws, but none Of them giving
any kind Of a clue that could possibly
lead to practical results, Sheriff Quinn
said:
II have always observed this. that
YOU need never expect any substantial!
aid in the enforcement OF law from the
writer Of anonymous letters. In the
| first place hd is not actuated by proper
| motives. He is not so much concerned
about the enforcement ofsthe law as ne
is about the qualification of some petty
spite. His Information therefore is
neither accurate nor reliable. the man
who is really concerned ABDUL lte ei-
furcement of the law, comes at you IN
q different way. FIe either comes and
SAYS what he has to say face to face,
or writes you a letter with his name
signed to it, and not only that. IN nine
cases out of ten he will go with you If
you want him to; but of course we
never insist on that. All we want IS
the straight information, and we Will
do the rest.
Another thing have noticed is this:
These men who have the manhood 20
come and tell you straight are in no
danger whatever from rengeful repri-
sal on the part of the people they re-
port. They do what they do from 4
sense of duty rather than from mo
tives of spleen, and the people they
report respect them no less on account
of their action
But III tell YOU spoke up Consta.
BILE Johnson, there are Several men out
there in the western part of the county
who do not fool you about giving you
the straight goods face to face. When
they get anything they come and tell
YOU. and they would rather go with you
than not. too" He went on to name
several men who belong to the class
described.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-04-29
COMMON PLEAS

An issue of far reaching Importance
was decided in the court OF common
pleas Tuesday afternoon when Judge
John S. Wilson directed verdict Tor
the plaintiff in the case Of G. W. KUN
ct al, vs.. /. D. Hedgepath in the sum
Of $2,151.GG an instalmcnt on the pur-
chase of Il tract Of land alleged TO
have been due January l, 1921. The
defendant is alleged to have bought
$50 acres Of land from the plalnt!h.
for the sum Of $11,G95.40. paying ten
per cent. OF the purchase price ut lne
time Of sale and agreeing 10 pay lne
balance in equal instal!mentS.
The sale was made through the real
estate agency of Geo. w. Williams Of
Torkvillc last year, Il lot of land in
the East View section being sold IN
tracts ut auction.
The defendant, il is alleged. at
TEMPTED to put back or the original!
owners the land, claiming that all IN"
owners had not signed the bill OF sale
at the time Of the purchase ana tAat
tho tradc was therefore not binding.
The Testimony included Il letter
which the defendant wrote tn the real
estate agent stating tha! he had de-
citlcd to forfeit his ten per cent. pay
mcnt and turn back the land because
Of the financial situation:
The action nf Judge Wilson is said
TO be nf far reaching importance be-
cause OF the fact that other SIMILAR
suits arc pending. 1t was stated yes.
terday that the issue would DC earned
TO the state supreme court.
4 verdict for the defendant in the
sum Of $40 was returned Tuesday in
tho ease nf the Cu-npcrativp Grocery
Company of Rock Hill VS.. ;. Is. Col
lins of Gaslonia, y. G.. ana formerly
of Rock Hill. The company brought
suit against Collins tn collect n gro
Gerry bill. the correctness of which WAS
admitted.
His defense was. however. that he
WAS Il stakeholder in the grocery COM
pany To the amount Of S250 and ne
claimed that the company promised
to sell his stock, deduct his grocery
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-04-29

laton. was approximately 100000
miles away from the earth. It's near
est approach will be 1872 of an astro-
nomical unit, OF 100000 miles, on
June and shortly thereafter the race
will begin. At the greatest. brilliancy
observable from the earth, the comet
will be eighth OF nineth magnitude.
Nothing greater than the sixth magni-
tude can be observed by the naked eye,
so the world at large will see nothing
of the visitor until the tall Tipping
episoGe on June 81. However, the
earth's attractions for the comet may
be so great that new calculations may
be necessary when the race gets un-
derway. Any potential prophecies. that
the comet will do great damage tn the
earth are out of order, the observatory
states. On the other hand, the me-
teoric shower. if it develops, as an
ticipated. will prove 10 be harmless,
if inspiring, spectacle.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-04-29
WITHIN THE TOWN

- Town needs more streets.
After all it is a pretty good old
town, isn't it?
"A proper clean up depends not SO
much on the city council as it does on
the people Unless the people do this
work out of sense of pride and duty
it cannot be. done at all
- The American Legion Larrupers,
baseball team OF Mech Stewart Post,
No. GG, American Legion, walked away
with the Yorkville High school team in
a game on the school lot Wednesday
afternoon, by score Of q to 2.
- Chief Steele is putting in his time
learning the town thoroughly. He was
partly familiar with the situation in a
general way; but says that II given
lust a little time he will be able to an
swer any question as to where any
body lives, including both whites ana
blacks.
Miss Martha Williams, Is, daugh-
ter of Geo. w. Williams, was Still con-
fined; TO her bed yesterday. suffering
from severe shaking up that she re-
ceived Monday afternoon when q
shifting box car of north-bound
Carolina Il North Western freight COL
was driving down East Madison street.
Mr.. Williams said yesterday that phy-
sicians advised that his daughter re-
main in bed for q few days. The au-
tomobile is almost Il total wreck and
the owner has as yet made no effort
to ascertain what it will cost to re-
pair 1t.
There is now Il probability that
the new school building, Il bond issue
Of $4,000 to pay for which. was vot-
ed several weeks ago will be a struc-
ture separate and apart from the pres
ent building and not connected VITA
il is anyway as had been contemplu-
ed. The secretary of the board OF
trustees said yesterday that Architect
w. y. Edwards was working on two
plans for the building, one of which
calls for separate building and the
other for Il building to be joined to
the present building. The board OF
trustees have an option on the resi-
dcnce and lot Of B. NJ. Love who lives
on College street next TO the school
house Mr.. Love has announced his
willingness to sell his property for
$4,000 and while no trade has been
closed, the board Of trustees may buy.
- Members OF the local lodge of Odd
Follows are expecting big time to-
night when Il banquet and smoker IS
TO he held at t'TIternal Hall at the
Cannon Mill. The affair tonight is in
the nature Of IL celebration over the
successful drive recently held as a
result of which the membership oil the
lodge was increased very materially.
\ ; number OF well known local speak
crS have been invited to address the
Odd Fellows at the meeting TO be held
tonight.
- DIR. Sam Small. noted author and
lecturer and former editor of the At
lanta Constitution. delivered an address
in Trinity Methodist church here last
evening to large congregation APP
pearing under the auspices of the Ma
tiunHl Reform Association. He spoke
fur more than in hour and was heard
with interest by his congregation. de-
voting most Of his lecture to an appeal
for greater interest Of the people IN
the matter uf good government and
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-04-29
TO POOL SOUTHERN COTTON
Leaders at Memphis Endorse SaPIro
Plan.

Leaders in the movement to "pooq'
the American cotton crop as means
of furnishing growers more adVan-
tageous marketing arrangement on
Wednesday announced machinery
would be set in motion at once to put
into effect throughout the Southern
States the plan devised by Aaron
Sapiro for county and state market
ing pools, endorsed at meeting at
Memphis Tuesday OF Southern plant
crs. The project as approved at Tues
days conference, called by the Amer
ican Farm Bureau Federation, would
he known IT'S the American Cotton
Growers Exchange and it's activities
would be national in scope. Resoll-
lions adopted provide tor the appoint
mcnt Of Il national advisory committee
IN he composed of one representative
from each cooperating marketing or
ganiZution tabished under the plan
anil the employment Of q director to
aid in formulating marketing pro-
grams. Bradford Knapp. head OF the
Department of Agriculture OF the Uni
versity of Arkansas, was recommend
cd in the resolutions for the post.
Twelve cotton growing states were
represented at the conference in Men,
phis.
Eventually it is designed to set up
4 central marketing agency with
branch agencies in states and coun-
ties, which will operate in the market
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-04-29
NATIONAL REFORM ISSUES
Organized Effort Concentrates on Five
Moral Propositions


The big Five Moral Issues" that
are being pressed by national reform
organizations generally, are theses:
1. Federal regulation OF motion pic.
lures. mon, ...;''.,'
2. Prohibition of interstate transmits
sion Of race gambling bets.
8. The Miller-Curtis bill to stop
smuggling of American morphine into,
China, and dope peddling at, home.
/ 4. a constitutional amendment au-
thoriZing congress tb;cmake uniform
marriage and divorce:1aws.
5. New prohibition enforcement leg
islation excluding beer from medicines
and concentrating whisky in storage.
All Of these measures have been
adopted by the International Reform
Bureau, the Methodist Board Of Tenn
perance, and public Morals, and the
Presbyterian Board Of Temperance and
Public Welfare. '-;'. :;
The Anti-Saloon League joins In the
effort to close the loopho3e for medicl-
nal beer. It is expected that the w G.
T. u will support most, If not all, Of
the program. .r! r.:
For the cleanup. of motion pictures
the United Catholic societies cooperate,
indeed to take the1ead:
The women's clubs are also crusad-
ing rOr Clean: IIlOplGS. i.
The Episcopal :, and Lutheran
churches and the National Reform AS
sociation take very particular interest
in the divorce reform amendment to
the constitution that , churches and
moral reform societies are supporting.
The talk about tobacco amendment
is a mere trick Of liquor men and
other promoters: Of commerciallzed
vices to make moral laws odious.
No national Sunday law has been in
troduced in congress, or proposed by
any national reform society That is
treated as state matter and efforts
of religious ard reform forces are con-
fined to defending Sunday rest laws
that are in force though not always en-
forced, in Al. states. -,
The only Sunday legislation that VIII
be asked of congress will be sought by
the people Of the city Of Washington
through their own local organization.
namely, a restoration of the Sunday
rest law, similar to those of the AZ
states, which their own city council
made when the District Of Columbia
had a municipal govern ment.-Kev.
Wilbur F. Crafts: