Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-03-29
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United States Government ll tlay TIKI: III
CataWbe: Indians In: Charge I.

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CataWbe. Indians In: Charge ::}
FARMERS. WANT GREATER REDUCTION:
Restaurants Reduce Prices Of. Food.
Town Being. Hid of Rats--;Ho clusste:;
Lost Money Other News and Notssss;
of the Metropoiis.of York County. 4; 4
(By STAFF lCorrespondent). v Z
Rsck Hill, March 26-There's pos
sibility that the support Of the: Catawba,
Indian tribe will be taken over by the
Federal government sometime in the.
near future. So far as rs known the;
Catawbas are the only Indians: tDf the:
United States who are not now wards !;
Of the Federal government and who
are not recipients of the Federal gov
ernments bounty in the matter = of ! /. .
maintenance. 'ysiS%
Senator Dial of South Carolina; be-
came interested in the Indians bf few
weeks ago and wrote Governor iCoopst;
to know their Etatus., The governor
turned the senator's letter over to,C:-K.c
Williams of Rock Hill, who is, Indian !
agent. Mr.. williams wrote that he swsss
sure that both the Indians ands$thes
state of South Carolina would be-
pleased it the Federal government e at.
would take over their. support 3 1t
That is about as far as Developments
have occurred so: Tar, but the: South!
Carolina senator Is atilI, working: on; the
matter and it will in all proba bi1ity hei
taken up by the next congress. y; =
Assembly Took no Action. 4
So far As could be learned here to-
day the last South Carolina general
assembly took no action regarding this,
report of commission appointed By
Governor Cooper some: months ago 70
make a final settlement with the; !n-s -
dians. Two members OF that COM.
mittee, Messrs. W. N. Dunlap and s:W.;;:
H. Hope are Rock Hill men, the third ttlIgls
member Of the committee being a. Lanst: Lar NJ
caster county citizen; ~. .:yi..ff ss.S;
The committees recommendat tons
were filed before the general assembly
adjournedin February; but the general; i
assembly failed to take any action ~;
The appropriation for the Indians
according to Agent, Williams sis:s tho. t!s
same this year as It vas alast ftso9!M
with an extra $500, to be ,obtalnsd foEEss:
the Indian school which issls ndpets&
about six months In the year. +; y !. ,ss,
Although a: school has been o;neainS M SSS
tanned on the reseryattt number
OF years very fe& III the Indians ssat
their: children. until alter $hs ilaalsti;:ss
ration of the compulsory Attendance
law! Miss Belva Saunders who wal: as
then an attendance officer; for York
county made thor ougf: canvass ofstaA
"Nation," got line OF; all the children 2
of school age and gave. them to .undsissss' g. y
stand that ali between the ,ptescrlBssssf1;
age must attend school; eighty c9as On. !,
secutive days. They did,, i g;t:.Sa t..t.5
According to the Indian aGgnt shie;
records include the narnes %pf re Ca.
tawbas. Not all of them live q. the 1ee J
reservation; however; There; 81 are sAys5aEs
families living in Rock Htll yEhsfs s
some of them find employment In ny
cotton mills. Others. find. work aa
carpenters and laborers. 80, > : !: - -
Farmers Not Satisfied =
Although cotton wareh0usemen; re-
duced their storage charges from 4s;:
cents to 80 cents a hundred thts
following a meeting of farmers at the n.
chamber Of commerce hall here last
Saturday, farmers are, not satisfied:
They think that a charge of not ex-; ex.;
ceeding rs cents a bale should be made
and a number Of them who were disr
cussing the question with thlr cores
pondent today said that they would not
be satisfied until the warehousemen
came to that figure. -. -.
A Rock Fill man who conducted "a
warehouse for number OF years. ana
who knows all about the warehouse
business said this morning that, the
warehouscmen could we'll afford to
adopt storage rate of 20 cents a bale
for cotton under present conditions and
make a good thing Of it.. A number OF
farmers Of the community. who have
cotton in warehouses here, said today
that unless there was a further re-,
duction in the price, they. were going
to move their respective holdings home.
Spoke to Boys. -
Beemer Harrell of Chester. in charge
of Boys Work in that town. was, ths
principal speaker at the high school
auditorium here last night under the
auspices Of the Y. M. c.. A.: Mr.. Har- r :
rell who was captain Of the, 1920 foot
ball team of the University Of North
Carolina, is a pleasing speaker and was
heard last evening by large number
of boys.
No Clue to Money. ~ n
AS yet there is no clue to the where
abouts Of the purse containing about
s1,5Oo lost by Miss Margaret G.
Thomasson OF Ebenezer and formerly