Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-06-07
ROCK HILL NEWS BUDGET
Hundreds Of Visitors Expected !;!l! 4 for
State Sunday School Convention
FAKE DOCTOR PLACED!URDER ARREST
Country Store Idea Inersasts in
Favor-Rock Hill Man Candidate
for Lieutenant. Colonel - Sunday
School Baseball League orsanitsd
Other News and Notes Of tie Me-
tropoIis Of York County, -: x
(By a STAT Correspondent).

ness for the opening OF the annual
South Carolina. School convention
which is to be held at winthrop ttof:
lege here Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday. Leon C. Palmer, gehefM
secretary. Of the state Sunday school
association was here this week making
final arrangements and is expected
back Monday to have everything ready
for Wednesday morning. The Rock
Hill Chamber: of. Commerce and people
of the city generally are cooperating
in the convention which it is believed
will be the biggest and best ever i ad
by the state body. There are aEniifn.5
ber of speakers of national reputation
on the programme as well as a. num-
ber of the most expert Sunday: school
teachers and directors in the country.
Citizens of Rock Hill have subscribed
more than $1,000 toward the expenses
of the convention. Hundreds Of dele
gates from every county in South
Carolina are expected to attend the:
convention the opening session kof
which is to be held in the college; audi
torium Wednesday morning atis.90.HS!
MeFadden After Place. ~. ;.:ss...<s
Major Lindsay McFadden :of ); Rock
Hill is candidate for election 10: the .
position Of lieutenant! colonel: of gtm
First Regiment, South Carolina Nxts
ional Guard, it was announced ;Nhste
today. Major McFadden has, :. had
many years experience as a National
Guard officer as we'll 2as in the%late'
World war. He received, his disctaFEs
several months after the *,signiIE
the armistlce,; having served .:ItaRnNs
months oversaas we .sisat az ls'atthe tie rnadora6tA
11Sth Infantry, Thirtietht.: Dlvlsinn
Col. e. c.. Won Tfescow Of ::Gamdsph5t
is understood, Is also a candida te
the office ofilie,itenahtI eolonsl qi:. .th4ss
re-organized First :, RegtMtpt G1<3aHtH
Carolina National Guard: Col yoS
Trescow also served In $cthes 18th
fantry of: the ThirtiethS durip zthe:lStt
World was-and4psiota d: ID lshAt. dine AAt
also been connected WITH viii tie tie National,
Guard. It was stated here today that
Former Capt; F. Murray Mack OF ,Fott
Mill is candidate for; major oef thy
Third battalion of the First Regiment
which. includes the companies :at RSck.
Hill, Fort Mill, Camden, 5: Hartsv.lle
and Union. So far as has been learn
ed there.is no opposition to the elec:
ton Of Capt. Mack who. saw service
in the World war in the intelligence
section Of the Thirtieth Division
Election of National Guard officers It
is understood is to be held ON. June IA.
Little Interest IN Memorial.
Little interest was manifest. ). In
Memorial exercises for veterans CT the
World War held, in Rock Hill: on the
evening Of May 80. According to
Farley Huey, local cotton. buyer and
former service man. only 7s people
were present for the memorial exer-
!cises. American Legion men. today
expressed considerable. disappointment
over the small attendance. but ex-
pressed the belief that In years, TO
come attendance upon the annual
Memorial exercises will be increased
: Considerable Cotton Sold. +:
Considerable cotton was sold. on the
Rock Hill market this week-in fact
a total of between 400 and 300 bales.
according to local cotton buyers who
were asked about the matter. Most
of the cotton sold was in small lots
and brought from IL 1-9 to u cents a..
pound. 49,. -, :. ..:
To Strengthen Baseball Team. $!
Encouraged by the splendid show
ing they made in their initial baseball
game against Mech Stewart Post Of
Yorkville at the Fair, Grounds here
Thursday afternoon. the management
of Frank Roach Team Of Rock Hill
is making preparations to. consider
ably strengthen the lineup and ARP
confident that within month TINY
will have one Of the best Amerieah
Legion ball clubs up state. The l6tM
team is scheduled to play Mech Stew
art in Yorkville Thursday afternd6n
at 4.3O and the members are cornihk
over to the county seat determined; to
capture the game or at least try to do
it mighty hard.
Negro Fakir in Bad. -,
Charged with practicins medicine
without license, negro giving his
name as. Abner Cauthes. was arrested
by the police here today. It Is alleged
that Doctor" Cauthen, among other
things had sold to negro in the fnal
stages Of consumption for the sum Of
Sc a prescription which he guaran-
teed would cure the White Plague.
Cauthen, according to Chief Police
Youngblood has been in and out. of
the city during the past three weeks.
Among the effects found on his per-
son were number Of prescription
blanks bearing the name Of. a well
known and. highly respected negro
physician of Charlotte. It is believed
that the negro had stolen the blanks
from the Charlotte physician. Police
said that when they arrested Cauthen
he was the most thoroughly frighten-
ed prisoner they had ever known
shakin, like a leaf for several m IN