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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-11-15
WITHINE THE TOWN

= Still no drinking fountain. at the
courthouse.
Cotton sales almost stopped since
the heavy dip in prices.
The town tax books are now open
at the office of j. f. Faulkner, town
treasurer.
Sure town taxes are high; but who
expects to get asphalt streets, town
hall and new school building for
nothing.
Country eggs were selling on the
local market last Saturday at so cents
a dozen and butter at 35 cents
pound.
There has been q tree doctor
operating in Yorkville ' for the past
week, and quite a number Of people
have taken advantage Of his services.
Not only. does there appear little
hope Of getting more streets; but 1t
looks as If it will be difficult to keep
such as we have.
1t does Sook bad that the West
road will have to go north out of
Kings Mountain street and then turn
almost south before veering to the
west, doesn't it?
The Yorkville High School foot
ball team closed the season Friday
when they were defeated by Winthrop
Training school in Rock Hill. The
locals played seven games during the
season just closed, wiping one, tying
two and losing four.
A bicycle picked up on the street
some weeks ago by Chief of Police r.
E. Steele was sold 1T auction yesterday
morning. j. Q. Wray was the pur-
chaser, paying SS for it. The owner of
the bicycle was advertised for but did
not come up.
Less than 50 bales of cotton have
been sold on the Yorkyille market
since Monday of last, week, according
to statement made yesterday after
noon by r. z. Mcclure, public weigh
er for the town. Mr. Mcclure said that
he weighed 30 bales last Saturday,
which well nigh covered local sales
for the whole week.
Mrs Blanton, who lives at the foot
of West Madison street, in the west
ern part Of town, is quite successful
grower of chrysaEthemums, and this
year has already sold $50 worth of
these beautiful flowers. She advises
her patrons that cut chrysanthemums
in water to which q ,sman quantity OF
\ camphor has been added, will keep
fresh until Christmas.
Bibles may be had Of Mr. c. w
MCGEE at the Peoples Bank ahd Trust
Company. 1t seems that people gen.
orally are not aware, Of this fact
There is a more or less constant and
steady demand for Bibles, and because
Bibles are not advertised generally in
this location people desiring them
don't know where to look. Mr.. McGee
keeps a stock of Bibles in his capacity
as depositary for the York County
Bible Society. The books are sold al
about cost.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-11-15
BOYD BRIDGE WORK

Progress of work on the Boyd Bridge
being built across Catawba river by
York and Mecklenburg counties al
what is known as the Buster BOYD
site has progressed to point where
the contractors, the Hardaway Con-
tracing Company are about ready to
begin concrete work, w. w. Miller
York county engineer said yesterday.
The contractors have been busy during
the past several weeks in doing neces-
sary excavation work and the like,
erecting a rock crusher on the Meek
lenburg side Of the river, estab lshlng
their permanent camp and making
other necessary preparations before
settling down to a long siege of work
1T will be late next summer before
the travelling public crosses that
bridge" said Engineer Miller yester-
day. "It is to be more than 1900
feet in length, most of it concrete and
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-11-15
HERE AND THERE

"I saw a big flock of blackbirds In a
6eIa near the Fennell Infirmary IN
Rock Hill the other day." said one yes
terdav "Some weather observers say
that the appearance of blackbirds Is a
SIRE sign of a cold winter. l don I
know whether that is so or not; DuI !
do know that it was the first ilocK ol
blackbirds 1 had seen in several year
and that there were more than loo III
the flock
Had YOU noted the absence or tne
ucuoI number of sparrows from the
trees and streets in Yorkville ana
other towns around this year, IN
ouired one yesterday. They nave
taken themselves to the country ana
have heard a good many farmers say
that they have been feasting on Don
weeyi's. If that is the case then the
little sparrow considered worthless
heretofore will no doubt in future
prove himself q valuable aid 10 'ne
farmer
There were twice as many gambling
Joints at the York county fair in ROCK
Hill last week as there were at lhe
Chester county fair held recently
said State Constable Horace l.. John-
son Yesterday. I'VE closede up seven
placcs that were conducting games
that were purely and Simply games
of chance with all the chances III
favor of the operators of the joints.
made it my business to go from one
to the other learning all that l could
about them. ] saw negro lose SZo III
less than three minutes and saw
white man lose $3.50 the same way.
The fellow running the joint had
wheel arrangement and offered a prize
of SO provided the wheel stopped OH
certain numbers. A charge OF 81
chance was made. 'Pikers,' felloWS
who stood in with the operators of the
various games, would come around
and would take chance. When they
took one of course they won. Ihat
would induce innocent victims to take
chances and they always lost. Fines
were imposed upon several of those
these joints, by Magistrate
Poag of Ebcnezer township. The
whole carnival crowd was pretty
rotten"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-11-15


The building of the Buster Boyd
bridge between York and Mecklenburg
counties away up close to the CASTOR
county line, has brought up. several
road problems that must be settled at
an early day. In the first place there
is about a mile and a half Of road to
be built on this side of the river be-
fore the bridge will be of any use at
all. Then comes up the question Oh
the development of roads to make the
bridge most convenient and approach
able to- the largest number of people,
From Yorkville, for instance, under
present conditions, the nearest practi-
cable route is over what is known as
the Charlotte road; but the. best road
is by way of Clover, and as things now
stand the probability is four people
out of five going, by automobile from
Yorkville would take the longer but
better road by way of Cloyer rather
than the shorter but more difficult
Charlotte road. The Glover road must
be developed still better and both on
account of the people by the way and
in the interestsof through travel from
and by way of Yorkville, the Charlotte
road has got to be made practicable: 1t
does not seem to The Yorkville En-
quirer that there is any good ground
for rivalry between the partisans ot
the two roads, or of the partisans' of
one road trying to put anything in the
way of the other. Both roads are
necessary, and both should be taken
under consideration at once. Let's get
down to business and not have any
quarrel about the matter.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-11-15

Most practical hard sense people
know that there is truth in what Tom
Watson says about the hanging of
American soldiers in France; but
nobody is going to get especially eX-
cited about it. War is a terrible
thing as everybody knows and human
life is cheap in war. In fact life counts
for nothing. There are mean privates
and mean officers. There are officers
who will put private to death with
out good excuse and there are officers
who, because of the humanity that is
within them, will overlook punishment
that ought to be punished. Many a
time murderous privates have killed
officers by shooting them
in the back during battle, or by accl-
dent. Terrible crimes and terrible
mistakes are common. No army is
free from these things, and while
there are Investigations
generally they are forgotten. The
country knows that there is much
for Watsons charges; but
nobody is going to get much excited
about the matter.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-11-15
Tuesday, November Is. 1921. Z

terhaven, whether he will remain or
not. Mr.. Whitesides says he expects
to come back to his own farm next
May or June for the purpose Of har-
vesting his grain crop.
Rock Hill Herald, Saturday: w. K.
Blake, eldest son of Mr.. and Mrs. A. L.
Blake of Johnson street, will go to
Columbia next week to enter the
Theological Seminary of the Presby-
terian church, where he expects to
make preparations to enter the foreign
mission field of his denomination. Mr..
Blake has many friends here and else
where, who will be interested in this
announcement. He has resided here
only few years, coming to Rock Hill
after serving in the World War in
France. Mr.. Blake held a commission
as lieutenant in J., the American army
and made an excellent reputation as a
soldier. Since coming to Rock Hill he
has been associated in business with
his father. Mr.. Blake is young man
of fine character and his friends feel
sure that he will do splendid service
in the mission field for his church.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-11-15

In spite of her deprecated currency
Germany is said to be the most pros
porous country in Europe, concerned
about nothing much except the big
gold debt that she owes by way of in
IDENTITIES. German currency has been
deprecated until it takes an armful TO
buy anything. 1t is stated, however
that after converting his money into
marks, an American can buy for IS
suit of clothes that would cost him
SIS in New York and for 10 cents he
can buy the best meal to be had at the
most expensive hotel. Street car fare
is but a small fraction Of cent. AS
labor becomes dissatisfied with its pay
employees add u little more and then
the situation generally continues to
boom as did American commerce and
industry previous to the dcflation
movement. . 1t is said that the Ger
man people are not at all worried
about the inflated condition of their
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-11-15
MERE MENTION

Baron Korekiyo has been appointed
to succeed the late Premier Hara, OF
Japan............ Former President Wood
row Wilson received a great ovation on
armistice day.........~Thc Southern rail-
road has asked the inter- state COM
mcrce commission for authority to is
sue $5,225, 900 Of per cent. bonds.---...
Mrs. George Gould, wife of the capital
ist, dropped dead Sunday while play
ing golf with her Sixty
thousand garment workers have gone
on strike in New York, because of the
re-adOption of the piece work scale OF
pay as against the contract system.
II In a speech in Baltimore Satur-
day, General DiaZ one Of the Italian
representatives at the disarmament
conference advised Italians in this
country to become naturalized citizens
of the United States ard content them
selves in the belief that this is the
greatest country in the wOrld...-....-..-~..~
Commissioner Won Bergman, who is
now in Washington, has been selected
as the German ambassador to the
United Statcs............Fiftccn Sim Fcin
prisoners, under sentence in Mount
Joy prison in Dublin, made their cs-
cape Saturday night after n revolver
fight. -. The North Carolina con-
ference in session in Burlington, has
tclcgraphcd the United States senate
urging the passage of the Wills
Campbell anti-beer bill. Peace be-
tween the United States and Germany
was formally proclaimed by the presi-
dent Yesterday.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-11-15
WORK OF THE cHAINGANG.

The York county chaingang Is now
engaged in rebuilding the North road
between the corporate limits of the
town of Yorkville and the Kings
Mountain township line near Filbert'
Work was begun last week and all
hands are employed on that work. The
chaingang will remain there until jan
uary, at least, Supervisor Fl. G. Brown
said yesterday and it was rot unlikely
that it would be there longer than
January /.
The state highway commission has
agreed to take the road over as a part
of the state highway system, provided
it is put in first class shape by the
county, and this the supervisor Is un-
dertaking TO do.
There is considerable grading to be
done and the road is being widened
also.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-11-15
Disarmament Conference.

The success Of the disarmament con-
ference in Washington will depend en-
tirely on whether the nations really de-
sire an agreement that will restore and
preserve peace between the nations Of
the world. If the nations want to es-
tablish peace they will do it, and other
wise not.
That the conference was totally un-
prepared for the initial proposal
launched by Mr.. Hughes goes without
saying. This proposal contemplates the
destruction of a large part of the naval
tonnage already built, puts stop to
further building and leaves the leading
naval powers with the same relative
strength as now, especially with regard
ia. each other And seemingly America
proposes to give up more than she
asks the others to give up, thus eXem-
plifying her willingness to do unto
others as she would have them to do
unto her.
But if we desire to have a correct
conception of all this whole matter we
must not too quickly jump at conclu-
sions. We must remember that just as
we have our conceits so have Great
Britain and Japan, and however falr
and liberal we, in our strength, may
feel ourselves TO be, Great Britain and
Japan also have their viewpoints as TO
how their best interests may be sub
served.
While it looks like tremendous
waste and sacrifice to scrap all the
ships indicated by Secretary Hughes,
as q matter of fact there is no waste
or sacrifice about it. The ships under
consideration are of no use except for
war purposes, and if they are not to be
used for war purposes, the cheapest
thing that can be done with them is to
DESTROY. them. Their destruction Will
mean a saving of hundreds of millions
of dollars annually TO overburdened
taxpayers.
But after all, so far as the making
for peace is concerned, the saving OF
money t. he taxpayers is about all
there is to it, The comparative war
strength of these three nations is not
in the least affected The war strength
Of each nation is still measured by It's
progress and standing in commercial,
agricultural and industrial develop
ment. Strip all of them Of all their ac-
tual weapons of offense and defense,
sound the gong, and which one gets
first into the field and on the seas with
the most men and the most ships will
depend upon the extent Of their re-
sources to provide these things.
But don't let us get away from the
fact that the scrapping of ships and
rehabilitation of armies, releases the
energies of the people for the arts and
pursuits of peace. And also do not let
our cynicism blind US to the fact that
this is good for mankind.
But if it is really peace we want,
let us recognize from the beginning
and keep the fact ever in mind, that we
cannot hope for peace, real peace, eX-
cept by doing unto others as we would
have others do unto us.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-11-15

it takes a long time to build concrete
on project like that.
Asked about an approach to the
bridge from the York county side, Mr..
Miller said that there was no public
road on the York county side nearer
than one and one-half miles Of it.
II am making preparations to- stake
road from the bridge to the public
road at a point about the home Of Mr..
Pickens Boyd he said, THAT is the
only practicable thing to do"
The bridge contractors have their
camp on the Mecklenburg side Of the
river and have about forty men work
ing on the project. Most Of the struc-
tural steel and other supplies are
being hauled to the bridge site from a
railway siding Of the Southern Railway
near the town of Fort Mill.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-11-15
! MURDER OF HUeelNs

Although up to this time there is no
evidence to show whether Mrs. Hug
gins or Zimmerman actually fired the
shot that killed Huggins on the Char
lotte road on Sunday night OF last
week. Sheriff Quinn stands ready 10
place in the hands, of Solicitor Henry
evidence that will show that no matter
which of the two fired the shot one Is
as guilty as/the other.
The sheriff has been working on this
thing with his usual zeal. He is not
irving to convict anybody. He does
not care two cents whether anybody Is
convicted. He feels that conviction OF
acouittal is not his affair. But ne mas
q wonderful fascination FOR coiiectiils
facts He feels that this is part ol
the sheriff's business, he loves the
work and when he goes over a case
with that purpose in view there -
very little that is likely to escape his
attention. , ~
man, the sheriff got positive lntorlha.
tion as TO when he left Rock Hill. III
was on the train that reaches YORK
willie at 5 o'clock; but Zimmerman dlu
not come on that train. He got OIL at
Tirzoh. waited there until after DARK
and came on the train that reaches
Yorkville a little after O'CLOCK. 10
different people he came in contact
with at Tirzah he gave himself diner
ent names. Told one man that MS
name was Jones and he told announcer
that his name was thinner. He haa
no business at TirZah and ms reason
for stopping presumably was that ne
did not want to get to GorKYl!le uhtii
NRutithat is only for what it is worth
as q circumstance. The sherin mas
bie bunch of letters-letters from Mts'
Huggins to Zimmerman and from AiIi-
norman to Mrs. Higgins and also Iet-
ters from Mr.. Higgins to HlmIneriiLtii
and from Zimmerman to MI. hussino
Some of the letters OF Mrs. Hugsins "
Zimmerman were enclosed in en-
veIons carving letters from Mr.. Hug
gins All of the letters enclose the
whole situation; but one of the letters
of Zimmerman to Mrs. Huggins Is es-
neciolly significant. This letter was
written from Shelby and in it thinner
man tells Mrs. Higgins that he mas
little house available for her near
Shelby. and although it is not as goou
as he would like to have, it will do un-
ill they can get a better one, ana When
things are so they can live together
and be happy without interference ne
will gladly work for her and the
children.
But the foregoing includes only
few of the facts Sheriff Quinn mas col
Iected. He has a pretty complete case
and he is still getting other lacts'
paonie who know most about the case
are telling him what they know, ana
when they give him fresh point that
seems to be worth while he sffts II
with thoroughness,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-11-15
But why confine activities agains

But why confne activities against
gambling to crap shooters?
The books are open today for the
payment of state, county and school
district taxes. Penalty attaches after
December 81.
England and Japan have indicated
their acceptance of the Hughes propo-
sition "in principle" which means that
there will be lot of hair splitting be-
fore there is a final agreement.
Cotton futures advanced about 95
points Yesterday and closed about 30
points over Saturdays close. There Is
no special significance to the fluctua-
tions, however, beyond the manipula-
ton of the exchange gamblers.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-11-15

President Hardngs home town of
Marion, Ohio, went Democratic last
week by a majority of about one
thousand, which means that hundreds
of disappointed office seekers went
over to the Republicans for spite.
Every ward heeler in Marion, had
seemed to think he was entitled at
least to ambassadorship if not a cab
met position and the president of
course found it more desirable to
distribute the pie over theScountry.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-11-15
THE TAX PROBLEM
Commissioner Derham Discusses Stu
alton,

Col. ]. P. Derham, member Of the
South Carolina tax commission and a
student of the tax situation on Satur-
day gave out the following statement:
lowing to the boil weeyil and other
conditions in South Carolina, the pay
ing Of taxes is serious problem with
many people. What is the remedy,
and how shall it be applied?
1T has been suggested that cut OF
20 per cent. should be made in state
appropriations-so far so good. What
about county, school, and city expen-
ditures? We are now collecting from
direct taxes on property in this state:
For state purposes Gnclud-
ing aid to public schools)$ 100000
For county Id school (ex-
elusive of state add ..-.-..----.t 100000
For city and town (esti-
mated) ............. ............ -. 5,O0O,0 900
Making total of ........--.......... 23,000,O00
"a 90 per cent. cut in state taxes
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-11-15

legation, as "a statesmanlike utterance.
pregnant with infinite possibilities and
most hopeful of satisfactory results,
the American proposal, concrete and
detailed fell on the opening moments
of the great conference like bomb
shell. The foreign delegates were
stunned. No other word could describe
their feelings.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-11-15

The prayer repeated by President
Harding in his address in honor of the
unknown American soldier is the foun-
dation of real peace. If we ever have
peace it will be in answer TO that
prayer. z
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-11-15

currency, and they are not much con-
cerned either about what outsiders
think. German merchants are under
selling all competitors in the markets
of the world tariff barriers notwith-
standing.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-11-15
THE MARRIAGE RECORD

Marriage licenses have been issued
by the judge Of probate to the follow
ing: I.
Nov. 81. Weldon Anderson, 30 to
Mary Julia Love, 90, McConnellsville.
Nov. SlO.-I. Lonnie Brandon, %,
York No. 4 to Lillian E. Robinson, II,
Glover. 90
Nov. 12-Sam F. Montgomery, 20
and Cleo Sanders, 10, Sharon.
Nov. 12-Banks Roberts, %, ano
Ellen Meek, &c, Sharon, (colored).
Nov. 12-Plato Hardin, 23, ana
Georgia Jenkins, IS, Belmont, n. {.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-11-15

Local cotton dealers advise that
there is very little spot demand from
the spinners; but many of the spinners
are showing anxiety to buy for May
delivery. Dealers are offering to sell
May for 400 points on exchange quota
tions, and some business is being done
on that basis. Spot holders ar, show
ing but very little indication to sell at
present prices.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-11-15

OF course, if the others don't accept
Mr.. Hughcs's disarmament proposals,
America can build from three to five
warships to one for the Others. There
is no reason to suppose that Mr.. Hughes
meant his proposals in any such
spirit as that; but if the proposals are
turned down what else is TO follow?
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-11-15

All Of the highest authorities on in
ternational relations seem to think
that Japan only Is the problem of
peace. If this is true, it would seem
that Japan would and should be salts
fled with a fair deal.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-11-15

If a warship were fit for anything
else than the prosecution of war there
would be no use in scrapping it. But
since the ship is fit only for war and
the idea is that there will be no more
war, it may as well be scrapped.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-11-15

There are those who say that the
partridge and the English sparrow are
both enemies Of the boil weevil. AS to
whether this is true we have no con-
vjncing evidence; but if it is true it is
important. It has been generally
claimed however, that where birds are
plentiful the ravages of the weevil are
less serious in extent.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-11-15

America is now confessedly the most
powerful country in the world, and by
her conduct at the disarmament con-
ference she will show. whether or not
she is really the greatest nation.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-11-15
Che aIurkrills gaqrsirsr.
Entered at the Postoffice at York, as
Mail Matter Of this Secon1 Class.
TUESDAY, NovEMsER'd5, 1921.

If there were less loafing on the job
there would be less worry about the
general business conditions.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-11-15

The formula for honest success is
the same. as it has always been-ln-
telligent labor, thrift, economy.