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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-11-11
Work.

There has never been time that
has been entirely free from complaint
about difficult and discouraging con-
ditiOns.
There is nothing more familiar than
the talk of hard times, for this KIND
Of talk comes from all kinds of peo-
pie under all kinds of circumstances.
But the hard times talk is coming
from everybody. There are people VINO
are too busy to indulge in such idle
folly. and there are others who know
that there is no sense in this kind of
talk anyway.
Although conditions are not as they
should be, the fact of the matter Is
that we have been through much
harder times than we are now eX-
periencing in very recent years. The
country is in the heyday of prosperity
compared with what it experienced in
1907 and again in 1914.
There is little or nothing to be said
in favor of this denation business eX-
cept that despite all the hardship ant
injustice of it,. had it not been for
something of that kind conditions al
present would he worse than they are
The conditions of two years ago
were impossible Of continuance if, for
no other reason, the country could not
have stood it.
The principal dissatisfaction Of to-
day grows out of the recollection OF
the speculative spree of two years
ago.
We want plenty of money without q
thought of the effect that too much
money has on prices and production
And we are regretting the loss of the
big profits which we thought we had;
but which we really did not have.
There is only one reasonable solu-
ton Of the present situation and that
is to work and save.
Work is the key to the whole prob
lcm-work and economy.
But before anybody can begin
getting anywhere he has to pay his
debts.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-11-11
THE HuGGINs MURDER.

As to whether Pink Huggins was
killed by Albert Zimmerman or By his
wife has not been definitely establish
ed but it is morally certain that the
killing was done by one of them AMI
that one is as guilty as the other.
It is an unusually ugly case, with the
rcproach bearing equally on all three
parties to it. Albert Zimmerman ana
Mrs. IIugginS have been criminally IN
innate over period Of several years
with the full knowledge of Huggins,
who had been sharing the price of hlS
wifes shame. But the woman Is as
guilty as the man, for it was she who
first became infatuated with thinner
man, Of whom she thought more than
she did her husband.
These are facts based upon the vol
untary testimony of close relatives ana
letters from Huggns to Zimmerman,
and Zimmerman TO Higgins. And on
known past conduct of Mrs. Huggins.
and different declarations she has been
known to make from time TO time. II
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-11-11

ing to refill the seemingly ,eXhaustless
reservoir from which the living stream
sprang. That was the overshadowing
element in the cycle of honors heaped
upon this nameless soldier, this son Of
the peop'e come home to claim the
great reward his valiant heart had
earned. And it was his own people, of
every nook Of the nation, that silently
gave this reward, more precious than
any jeweled or carven token that gov
ernments of the world will place to-
day above the quiet breast of the
sleepe. To one side of the throng
that rolled ceaselessly by the ropes
that dyked the human flood and across
the flag drapped casket a second un-
dying ceremonial Of honors for the
dead went on. There great men, gath
cred in Washington to deal with great
affairs of the world, came humbly to
place their wreaths and roses at the
bier. There came comrades, limping
painfully from wounds that brought
them down in France, perhaps on the
same field where his life blood ebbed.
There gray haired veterans of old wars
moved to do honor to the young,
stricken comrade of the last great
struggle, there in ordered course came
the ambassadors and the ministers and
the special ENJOYS Of emperors and
kings and presidents around the world.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-11-11

self or allow his friends to do it for
him, and although showing great
strength every time he has been NOM
mated, has invariably had his name
withdrawn rather Il Jan participate in
such disgraceful scramble. If judges
were elected by the people Judge Mem
minger would have been on the su-
preme bench long ago. He would have
been chosen because Of his ability, his
courage, his integrity; but no such IS
ever going to be chosen by such cliques
as now manipulate judicial elections,
on the ground that the selection OF
Judges is "a matter for lawyers - and
not a matter for lay members Of the
general assembly, or the common peo=
pie who are not supposed to have
proper discriminative discretion in
such cases.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-11-11
Friday, November II, 1921.

by Judge Hayne +. Rice, the court up
holds the circuit court. The opinion
was unanimous.
County Commissioners.
The county board of commissioners
held its regular monthly meeting on
last Wednesday and devoted the day
to the auditing and paying accounts.
There was no business out W the usu-
al routine All the members Of the
board, including Supervisor Brown and
Commissioners Kirkpatrick and Lump
kin were present.
Aid for West Road.
At a meeting of the state highway
commission in Columbia last Thurs
day the sum of $4,000 was allotted
for the Western York road leading
from Yorkville to the Cherokee county
line. Col. T. B. Spratt, chairman of
the Fort Mill Township Highway COM
mission and W. B. Meacham also of
Fort Mill appeared before the COM
mission in the interest of getting Fed
eral aid for the construction of an Is
foot wide hard surfaced road from the
Catawba river bridge TO Fort Mill, the
other end of the road to the, North
Carolina line to be of top soil orisand
clay. No decision was reached re-
gal ding the project.
Barn Burned.
A barn belonging to e. p. Whisen-
ant, on the Kings Mountain road,
about four miles north Of Yorkville
and near Kings Mountain Chapel, was
destroyed by fire last night about IL
o'clock, together with two horses, a
quantity Of corn, hay and other rough
ness and some farm tools. The origin
| of the fire is unknown. Mr.. Whiso-
nant's house was burned "a few weeks
ago and he was trying to rebuild. His
wagon came in with load Of lumber
yesterday afternoon and It escaped
J the flames only because it had been
left on the outside. The fire was first
discovered by Joseph Walker, 90lored
blacksmith, who lives near by, but he
was able to do but little, and only a
few people could be attracted to the
scene. A representative of The York
vile Enquirer coming from the York
! County Fair saw the blaze from White
Hill colored church and continued on
from there to investigate.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-11-11

cision in the Chester county anneXa-
ton case.
The case, listed by the court as w.
L. Abernathy ct al. VS.. Samuel NJ.
Wolfe, ct al, arose out of a special
election held in Chester when it was
proposed that a part of Chester coun-
ty annex to York. The election car
ried, but the Chester county board
of canvassers declared the result to
be null and void because 81 voters cast
their ballots when they had not paid
their poll and other taxes before De-
cember 81 as required by law. The
election was held January II, 1921,
and tie board of canvasscrs met jan
uary 18. The original vote was 147
for annexation and Sc against, but 81
Of these were declared illegal.
Following the null and void decree
Of the county board of canvGssers, an
appeal was taken by proponents of
the annexation scheme TO the state
board Of canvassers, headed by At
torney General Wolfe. The state board
affirmed the action Of the lower board
and the proponents appealed to Judge
Ernest Moore. Judge Moore heard
the case carefully, and then upheld
the action of the state board. The
proponents then appealed to the su-
preme court from the decision ol
Judge Moore.
The supreme court says tl.9 decree
of Judge Moore was correct and fol
the reasons assigned by the circuit
Judge affirms the lower courts opin'
ion. Judge Moore declared the cleo
ton null and void largely on former
supreme court decisions which, it j:
said, have held that the payment o.
poll taxes and other taxes are pre-
requisites to voting at any election
Whether general or special, within s.:
months after December 81.
Justice Watts wrote the opinion ant
the entire court, Chief Justice Gray
and Associate Justice Fraser ano
Cothran, concurred.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-11-11

An Orangeburg correspondent re-
ports one Bob" OFT as canvassing the
members of the general assembly
throughout the state in the interest OF
the candidacy of Governor Cooper for
the supreme bench, and quotes Mr. on
as saying that he had already seen
most of the members and would sec
them all before the legislature con-
venes. There are people in South Car
DINA who argue against the election ol
Judges by popular vote as are eNecu-
tive and administrative officers. They
say that it will never do to put the Ju-
dietary in politics; that it will result
in undue favoritism to politicians ana
destroy all conception of even justice.
But it never occurs TO the unsophiSti-
Gated that such arguments come mann
" from the Bob OTIS. The BOD GUS
understand how under present condl-
tions it is possible for one or two men
TO make Il tour of the state, see the IA
members of the house and the senator
from each county and pledge a major
ity of them to a favOIite candidate
What is the motive of Bob OTIS? wen,
it might mean anything; but anyhow II
amounts to the selection Of justice OF
the supreme court by Il single individ-
ual instead of by the whole people.
Would il make Mr.. Cooper feel more
kindly to Bob Otts-mOrc kindly to the
extent that he would favor Bob OTIS
i'm his cases? Obviously it would not
he fair TO charge that. but this is
a fact: Every lawyer in the state
knows right now that there are certain
other lawyers who are not especially
noted for legal knowledge or force, who
can get certain fGvors out of certain
members of the supreme court to which
favors these lawyers arc not entitled.
Everybody in the state knows that cv-
cry present member of the supreme
court has been selected along the lines
which Bob Otis is now following. II IS
a fact that at every judicial election
for years, every candidate, either IN
person or through his friends, has
maintained regular political head
quarters and worked for success just
as do the candidates for the prCSidcn-
cy at a national convention. The only
conspicuous exception to this rule that
we know Of in recent years since 1880,
Of I'M
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-11-11
MERE. MENTION.

big Tim" Murphy, notorious poll
tician OF Chicago was convicted on
two counts. Wednesday, of plotting the
$4,000 mail robbery at Dearborn
station in Chicago last May. The
maximum penalty is $4,000 fine and
two years Imprisonment in each case.
THE Democr;+s of Maryland re-
gained control of tho legislature as the
result of last Tuesdays election.
At the Lord Mayors banquet in Lon
don Wednesday Lloyd George referred
to the Washington disarmament con-
ference as 'like a. rainbow. Tho
north Virginia congressional district
went Democratic last Tuecday for the
first time in twenty ,years..-.-------By a
three to one majority the voters OF
Ohio have adopted n constitutional
amendment under which the state will
issue $25,000,000 worth of boI.ds out
of which Ohio veterans Of the World
war are to be paid $40 n month for
each month served up to 25O.----...-..
The Japanese delegates to the disarm-
ament conference insist that Japan is
willing to cut down her naval pro-
gramme provided others 90 likewise
and she is assured OF the proper pro-
lection of her rights...-..In the election
of last Tuesday the\ Democrats OF
Kentucky rega'ncd theNlegislature lost
to the Republicans two years ago.
....-..-.. Virginia Democrats carried last
Tuesdays election by sweeping ma
jorities. Press dispatches
report Il serious breech in house Re-
publican ranks over the acceptance
of the senate's maximum surtax vote
of so per cent. The Democrats OF
course are doing what they can to
widen the breech.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-11-11
WITHIN THE TOWN

Cotton broke q cent pound on the
publication of the ginners report yes
terday.
"Jcs' Call me Jim," presented at
the Star Theatre Wednesday night
was especially, good. The fact is that
the programme generally Is good.
Proprietor Jamison is busy getting
in shape for the opening of his bakery,
He is receiving much encouragement
from the local public.
There would have been Armistlce
day services in all the churches except
for the fact that there is to be a more
general service at the York county falr
in Rock Hill.
With the banks, post office and
telegraph office observing holiday
hours and most of the business people
at the fair there is pretty general
suspension of business today.
There is a pretty general suSpen-
sion of business today. Even the drug
store closed ut 10 o'clock this morn :
ing and will reopen this afternoon at
o'clock.
The Nichols building, occupied by
the Kirkpatrick -Belk Company on the
corner of Congress and Liberty streets
is undergoing considerable repairs 10
the roof, etc, under the direction OF
Contractor W. l.. Wallace.
With the approach Of Thanksgiv-
ing Day, quantities of unmailable post
cards which will have to be destroyed
will begin to arrive at the local post
office, Postmaster NJ. T.. Nichols states.
Post cards decorated in tinsel must be
enclosed in an envelope, TO be sent
through the mails, under ruling OF
the postofiice department. This ruling
has been in force for many years
Postmaster Nichols says, but people
presist in mailing the cards in large
quantities Tinsel is said TO be detll-
mental to the health Of the persons
handling the cards and therefore the
cards are forbidden TO pass through
the mail.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-11-11

Women who are twenty-one years
old and oder are entitled to vote. Be-
fore they can vote, however, they must
obtain registration certificates. Only a
small percentage of the York county
women who are entitled to register
have yet obtained registration certih-
Gates. The general elections are to be
held next year. 1t is quite possible that
the vote Of the women will cut an I'M
portant figure. Many women who are
not now registered will see the time
when, they will greatly desire the right
to vote. The registration books are
open on the first Monday I'M every
month.
The warrant upon which Mrs. pink
Huggins was arrested last TUESDAY
was issued directly by Coroner McCor-
kle. regardless Of the finding Of the
jury of inquest naming Albert Zim-
norman alone as the probable mur-
derer. Although realizing that the jury
could not have gone any further with
the evidence developed through due
procedure, Coroner McCorkle was not
altogether satisfied with that finding.
He knew that the woman was morally
guilty, to say the least of it, and he felt
that something should be done. or
hand legal advice given at his request
was that he had no authority to issue
warrant for the woman; but this ad-
vice was not positive or definite. The
lawyer told him that he was mercy
giving him an off-hand opinion, with
out claiming full knowledge of, the law
But the coroner was not satisfied, tor
believing that the woman might at
tempt to get away, he went ahead and
issued the warrant anyway, and Sherift
Quinn served it. Then to guard against
possible slip-up the coroner requested
Chief Steele 10 make an affidavit of
information and belief on another war
rant TO be issued by Magistrate Black
if necessary There might be some
question about the regularity of Coro-
ner McCorkle's warrant under the cir
cumstanccs; but anyhow he did the
right thing
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-11-11
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

Since the last publication Of the re-
cord in The Yorkville Enquirer, real
estate transfers have been indeXed IN
the office of the county auditor as fol-
lows:
euIIock's creek-Haskell Carroll, ct
al TO Paul +. Ferguson, 2O3 ga acres
$4,000
Catawba-Sophia Fricdheim to
Sudie G. Foster, l lot, 81 and other
considerations.
Ebenezer-W. c. Caveny to Ruby Z.
Hill, lot. 81 and other considerations
Kings Mountain-R: a; Jackson 10 10
]. 4. Barrett, lot $4,000 and other
considerations.
York-Annie Lee Moore to JOS o..
Wardlaw clerk ct al, lot, 5000. ~.
Mrs. Sarah G. Ashe to Church OF
Good Shepherd, l lot $500.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-11-11
CHESTER BOARD UPHELD

Decision of the Chester board of
commissioners in the case of w. l..
AbCrnathy ct III. vs.. Samuel NJ. Wolfe,
ct al that arose out of special cleo
ton in Chester when it was proposed
to annex part of Chester to York coun-
~ was confirmed by the supreme court
in. an opinion handed down Wednes-
day. The following regarding the case
is from the Columbia State Of ycster-
day:
Payment of all taxes due and COL
lcctiblc, including poll tax, within the
dates specified by law or between Oc-
tober 15 and December 81 is pre-
requisite to voting in any election in
South Carolina within six months
thereafter, the state supreme court
held yesterday in handing down de-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-11-11
Hard Winter Very IProbable.-The

weather prophets are predicting
hard, cold winter this year. and the
following information would indicate
that there is something to the predic-
ton.
migratory birds that usually wait
until late September to seek the warm
er climes started south in large num-
bers in August. The fish in northern
New York state that year ago were
disporting themselves near the surface
have already sought the deep water. In
the geological parks the bears have
been yaW ming for weeks, showing that
they feel that the time for their long
winter s'eep is close at hand.
From Montana comes word that the
birds went south in early August, the
beavers have already built their dams
and the Indians predict a long, bitter
winter.
"The trappers in Canadian forests
have reported to the government that
fuw- bearing animals are covered with
heavier coats than for many years, and
the guides in the Adirondacks state
that the birds that stay in the north
during the winter have n thicker COW
cring of feathers. In the corn belt IT
has been noted that the shucks are
thicker than usual.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-11-11

Cotton ginned prior TO November
amounted to 6,646,1 1876 running bales,
including 111,150 round bales 11,775
bales of American Egyptian ard l.
6s6 bales Of sea island, the census bu-
reau| announced Wednesday. Last
yearito November L, there had been
ginned 7,5OS,633 bales including 159;-
05S round bales, 2302S bales Of Amer
ican- Egyptian and $40 bales Of sea-
island. Ginning by states to Novem-
ber /, this year follow: Alabama 512,-
S5S; Arizona, 13,640; Arkansas 624,-
66S: California 1862 Florida 9,471;
Georgia $4,000; Louisiana, 236,964;
Mississippi 642,513: Missouri. 5000;
North Carolina 5S1,974: Oklahoma
436,512; South Carolina 22.076; Ten
nessee, 223,305; Texas, 1,s27,730; Vir-
ginia 1882; all other states 5,129. The
average gross weight of bales this
year was announced as 502.5 pounds,
compared with 511.2 pounds last year.
The census bureaus report on cotton
ginned prior to November !, as an
nounced today showed n total of 109,-
1876 bales more than the Department
of Agriculture's preliminary forecast
of production issued October 8. The
Census bureau reported 6,646,136 bales
had been ginned to November 1, while
the department of agriculture's fore
cast of this years crop was 6,5S7,O00.
A firal estimate of production will
be issued by the department OF aSri-
culture in December
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-11-11

Gentlemen of the jury, it is up to
you. II you really desire to do your
duty it is next to impossible that you
can make a mistake. The defendant
cannot deceive you and neither can his
attorney. OF course you can flrd loop
holes if you are looking for them.
There never was time when boy or
a man could not find an excuse FOR
anything if they wanted to. But cX-
cuses were lies then and they are lies
now. No innocent man should be con-
victed, no justified man should be pun
ished. But when the guilty escape
punishment the just suffer in their
stead. Gentlemen Of the jury, it is up
to you.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-11-11
LOCAL, AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Feinstein &c Krivis-Great smashing
sale continues only seven more days.
J. NJ. Stroup-Prices cut in half.
Mech Stewart Post American Legion
Miss Lois Gregg Sccor coming
November Is.
Connelrs-Gigantic stock reducing
sale.
Susie H. Carroll, Admrx. and Guard
ian-Notice to trespassers.
Star Theatre, j. @. Wray, Manager
George Walsh today and June. Ca
price tomorrow.
Cash ard Garry Company-Get ac-
quainted with US.
York Drug Store-Buy ''em anywhere.
Sanitary Market, Lewis G. Ferguson
proprietor-Fresh Spanish rnackere
and oysters tomorrow.
Plexico Cash Garage, Sharon-Auto-
mobile tires.
Mackorell Drug Store-Promptness
and accuracy. Dr.. Shieder in charge
of prescription department.
Jim Lee Laundry-Proper cleaning. :,
]. f. Stroup, Dictator-Notice to al
Loyal Order of Moose.
]. j. Johnson, President York County
Cotton Association-A meeting TO b'
he'd in the courthouse, Nov. 16.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-11-11

The question of who makes the laws
is not nearly so important rs the ques-
ton of who interprets them. The law
is an exact science when administered
in sincerity, wisdom and truth. Truth
cannot be anything but exact, obvious
~. and the law cannot be anything but
exact unless il is administered with
compromising regard for truth.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-11-11
LOCAL LACONICS
Broad River Bonds.

The supreme court has approved tho
judgment OF the lower court in the
case of W. :. Wikerson, John :.
Rainey and J. y. Quinn as highway
commissioners of Broad River town.
ship, York county, respondents, vs.. the
Planters bank of Sharon, appellant.
This action validated bonds of the
township which were contested by the
bank. Judge Watts also wrote this
opinion, and for the reasons assigned
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-11-11

- Sheriff j. Hay FAINT Of Union
county was accidentally shot and SER
iously wounded in the abdomen near
Union Wednesday while trying to ar
rest Tom Browning q negro Brown
ing it appears was resisting and the
sheriff was trying to strike the negro
over the head when the weapon was
discharged. The sheriff has a slight
chance for recovery, it is said.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-11-11

The opposition to Hylan made quite
a bit of noise in the mayoralty cam
paign in New York; but it was forgot
ten by the noise Of the overwhelming
Hylan majority on the night of cleo
ton day.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-11-11

The campaign for the most import
ant public vacancy in the state-that
Of associate justice of the supreme
court-gocs on apace. and the vitality
interested public does not even know it.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-11-11

There is but one thing that will make
n complete success of the disarma
mcnt conference and that one thing is
a sincere effort on the part Of all OF
them to cut out all selfishness.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-11-11
Chr alurkrillt Gnqllirer.
Entered at the Postoffce at York, as
Mail Matter Of tina Secon1 Class.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER II, 1921.

Honest, earnest, straightforward in
tegrity counts for as much as it did
before the war. Almost everything
else seems to be at q discount.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-11-11

DIR. David l.. Bryson. we'll known
physician of Mt. Carmel, Mccormick
county was acquitted OF charge CT
violation of the anti-narcotic act in
Federal court in Greenwood Tuesday.