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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-10-21
Word to the Wise.

Here is some wisdom that is offered
for the mutual benefit of those who
will heed it, and of The Yorkville En-
quirer.
If it did not pay TO advertise, the
most substantial, intelligent and pro-
gressive people of the country wouiu
not spend their money in that way.
The Yorkville Enquirer has the
largest circulation Of any county paper
in the state, and circulation considered
its advertising rates are lower than
any other county paper in South Caro-
lima.
In proportion to the number OF busi-
ness concerns in this community the
percentage Of local advertisers in The
Yorkville Enquirer is larger than that
Of any other county newspaper OF
single community in the state.
Every advertiser who brings buSl-
ness to himself because Of his adver-
tising also brings business to Ills
fellow business colleagues, and to that
extent The business man who does not
advertise is being benefited by the
business man who does advertise. The
non advertising business man therefore
is not only unfair to himself; but To
the advertising business man.
There is no betteF index to the en-
terprisc, progress and cooperative
spirit of any community than the num-
Der and variety of its advertisements
in the local newspaper. And III case
where the newspaper is clearly equal
to any requirement or demand that
can bc made upon it from Il business
standpoint all the time that it is bear
ing positive testimony to all the live
business concerns whose announce
ments are appea"InS in its pages, it is
no less living reproach to those
who ought 10 be but are not making
Il proper showing.
The most progressive communities
are those which do the most constant
ana vigorous advertising and it is be-
cause of their constant vigorous ad-
vcrtsing that they are progressive.
More advertising will make this
newspaper more prosperous. and it
will make the advertisers more pros
porous.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-10-21
HERE AND THERE

The Yorkville Graded school foot
ball team left this morning for WINS
boro, where they engage the Winns-
boro High school in a game of foot
ball this afternoon.
Lancaster county farmers suf-
fercd terribly from the drought OF
September with the result that the
cotton crop in that county is very
short" said yesterday Rev. j. l..
Oates, ID. D., who returned Wednes-
day from Unity church, Lancaster
county where he attended the fall
meeting Of Catawba Prcsbytery. 1t
was DR.. Oatess first visit to that Sec
tion in about twenty years.
IF farmers Of the Glover com
munity show thar they are interested
in the cultivation Of sweet potatoes to
any extent and will give us some
idea of the amount of storage room
they would be willing to use collecti-
veIy we will be pleased 10 build them
a potato storage house of any capacity
they want" said V. @. Hambright
cashier of the First National Bank ol
Glover, in conversation with Here anc
There the other evening.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-10-21
WITHIN THE TOWN

-Worllmen are engaged in painting
the interior of the new townhal
1t is time to begin fatteninS hogs
and n number Of YOrkvillc residents
who raise Il hog or two every year are
beginning to buy corn from the
farmers Of the community to be used
for hog fattening.
There were forty bales of cotton
either totally or partially damaged IN
the cotton fire of Lowry & Moore,
which occurred on the public cotton
platform early Sunday morning, ac-
cordirg to w. Il. Latimer, bookkeeper
for the firm. The cotton was luily
covered by insurance and the claim
has been adjusted.
-'Possum hunters living in this
town Of several thousand people &c
not find it necessary to leave Main
street TO catch 'pOssums. j. X can
non caught 'possum last nisht oG
Main street and Auditor Broadus Love
killed one last night while it was Try
ing to kill some of his chickens at ms
home on East Jefferson street.
- Sales of cotton on the Yorkvllle
market since September Is, total l,5oI
bales according to report made TINS
morning by r. L. Mcclure, pubic
weighcr, A sharp decline in selling Is
noticeable this week. Only 10 baieS
were sold Monday; u on Tuesday ano
II on Wednesday. There was slSht-
" increased selling movement yester-
day, sale of 40 bales being recorded.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-10-21

6. J. Kirby, one of the men con-
yicted OF the murder of Wllllafh
BrazeI. has decided that he VIII ho'
sit in the electric chair today, ana ne
will not There is no good reason for
his decision other than that he does
not want to, a reason with when Dy
the way almost anybody VINO might
he similarly circumstanced with hir-
Inv might sympathize- 1t is this way.
A. d. Martin, Kirby's attorney STUCK
in = notice of appeal. That acted as
= stay of execution. Afterward Mas-
fin served notice of the abandonment
of the appeal; but having acted IN the
matter without Kirby's acqulescehce' I
was agreed among the lawyers that
Kirby had a say. Upon being asked
whether he desired to go off today
or wait a little later, Kirby very
naturally said he preferred to W'llI.
That means that in the absence OF
further proceedings, Kirby cannot De
executed until after he has been re-
sentenced at the next term of the Lex
ington court. If, however, he perlects
his appeal within thirty days from the
date on which he was sentenced he
cannot be re-scntenced until aiter
the supreme court has sent his case
back to the court below. But IN the
meantime IT. \. I. Rosenburg, an at
torney of Columbia, has taken charge
of Kirby's case and also of the case OF
c. O. Fox. Attorney Rosenburg has
given out that he does not consideE
that either Kirby or Fox have any
chance TO escape the electric char o.
any right to escape it; but it was his
intention to get out a writ of habcas
corpus yesterday for the purpose o.
taking Fox before the supreme court
in an effort to get time in which to
perfect an appeal. All RosenhurG
wants. so he says, is TO see that Kirby
and Fox get an equal showing with
Gappins.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-10-21
MERE MENTION

The college Of William and Mary al
Williamson, Va, has bestowed the
degree of doctor of laws on President
Harding An equestrian statute of
Stoncwall Jackson was unveiled ut
Charlottesville, Va, last Wednesday
in connection with the annual reunion
Of the Confederate veterans Of the
state Of Virginia at that place..
IN attempt was made to asSaasinatc
Philip Schcidcmann, a leader of the
German ma jolity Socialists at Ludcr5-
chef, Germany, a few days ago. Scv-
cral shots Wc"" fired at him, but he
escaped without injury.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-10-21
L0CAAL AFFAIRS
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Kirkpatrick Belk Co.-Cotton goods Of
any and every kind are now here.
Hardware NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. low
prices.
]. NJ. Stroup-Your shoes.
Peoples Bank and Trust Co.-Do it
yourself.
McConnelrs-You arc invited to visit
the big bargain centre.
Robert Wylie,-Clover-1s agent at
Glover for the Columbia State.
J. S. Riddle, No. 2 Clover-Is able to
supply as much as 200 bushels of
first class seed wheat.
Carroll BrOs-Have cut price on bag
ging and ties.
+. E. Quinn, Sheriff of York County
Sale of land under tax execution.
Geo. W. Williams, II. Especial meet
ing of Mackey Chapter Royal Arch
Masons next Wednesday night.
Star Theatre, ]. @. Wray, Manager
Shirley Mason today, and other
good programmes following.
Chester Pair Asspciation-F'air begins
November !.
Glover Drug Store-Eversharp pencils.
Standard oil Company, of New Jersey
Not accidentally good, made that
way.
r. j. Reynolds Tobacco Co-Prince
Albert.
Louis Roth-Norfolk Selects.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-10-21

In an address before the convention
of postal employees in Washington
the other day. President Harding said:
I'm not avcrsc TO postmastcrs being
interested in politics. If any one
comes to see me and says no is seek
ing u pOstmastcrship ana has no party
affiliations. he is going to be wiped
off the slate right away. I'd rather
have Il hard boiled Democrat than Il
yellow Republican," OF course the
president has been criticized for this
declaration: but he is dead right.
People who are lacking in political
have no right to political
To be sure there are
thousands and hundreds Of thousands
who have no idea where they stand
politically, who know nothing about
politics and who care nothing about
politics. They have Il riGht to occupy
that position if they want to: but they
can never expect to have any say in
their own government. They belong
to the governed classes and rightly so.
The president has no reference 10
these. lie is talking about the people
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-10-21

The interest in the meetings that arc
being conducted by Gypsy Smith, Jr.'
in Rock Hill, continues to grow in
volume and strength. The big tent,
which is said to hold three thousand
people, is full at every service, and at
the overflow crowds at the night ser
vices number other thousands. There
is nothing especially sensational about
Smiths preaching; but there is some
thing very striking, and that is the
closcncss with which he sticks TO the
all-pOwcrful message of Jesus and his
love. He makes processing Christians
feel how unworthy they are, and makes
them confess to themselves that they
lack a great deal of filling the meas
ure that the gospel holds up to them.
It is some wonderful preaching that
GYPSY Smith, Jr., is doing.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-10-21
Allison Surrendered to Sheriff.

- The Dyer anti-lynching bill impos-
ing heavy penalties on persons involv-
Ied in mob action resulting in the TAX
ling of life was ordered favorably re-
ported yesterday by the house judi
ciary committee. The measure as re-
ported provides that any member OF a
mob which puts some one to death
shall be imprisoned for life or for not
less than five years and that state and
municipal officials, who, through neg
lect of duty, fail to prevent lynching,
shall be imprisoned not more than five
years or fined not more than $4,000.
Federal district courts would have
jurisdiction. Any county in which a
person is lynched, under the measure
would be required to forfeit $4,000
which would go to the family Of the
victim. The bill defines "a mob or
riotous assembIage" as an Assembly
composed Of five or more persons act
ing in concert for the purpose of de-
priving any person Of his life without
authority of law" Representative
Dyer, Republican, Missouri, author of
the bill, said he would endaavor to
bring it to vote in the house at an
early date
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-10-21

OF course, there is no telling what
the spectators are going to he able
to do with the price Of cotton. There Is
good reason to believe that the supply
is far short Of the demand. The
spinncrs however are doing all they
can to avoid such scramble as would
ordinarily put prices out of sight. Tho
threatened railroad strike has been
used as a club with which to beat
down prices; but if it had not been
that it would have been something
else. There are those who believe that
prices will he higher in the spring; but
of course there are others who believe
that prices will be lower. The judg-
ment of one man in this regard is
about as good as another.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-10-21
STRIKE DEVELOPMENTS
More Important Features in Situation
Yesterday.

yesterday.
Following were Thursdays develop
mcnts in the railroad strike situation:
Conferences between the labor board
and presidents Of five unions which
have ordered a walkout adjourned
with the announcement from the
board that no definite results were
obtained, and the union chiefs return
ed to Cleveland.
Eleven standard" unionc, repre-
senting nearly three-fOurths of the
countrys railway workers and which
have voted for, but have not called
strike, marked time pending confer
cnccs between the labor board and the
Big Five"
Secretary of Commerce Hoover an
nounccd plans have been completed
by his department for transportation
Of essentials in case of q rail tie-up.
Chairman McChord of the interstate
commerce commission and Acting Al
torney General Goff conferred with
President Harding over the rail situa-
ton.
Eastern roads advertised for men to
fill vacancies which would result from
a strike. Central Railroad Of New
Jersey received so many replies that
it announced no more can be consld-
cred.
American Railway Mems associa-
ton. with 10000 members, appeals to
railroad workers not to strike.
Railroads announce poll OF en-
ployees to ascertain how many Will
remain at work if there is n strike.
New strike vote ordered among
Pennsylvania lines Shopcraft workers.
Announced that interstate COM
mcrcc commission freight rate de-
cisions i'm regard TO hay, grain and
lumber arc Imminent.
Officials Of Southern railway an
nOunce it was not represented at re-
cent Chicago rail executives meeting,
where plans to seek a new 10 per cent.
Mngn cML wore announced.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-10-21

There are many theoretical reasons
why the government should not accept
HcnSy Ford's offer for Muscle Shoals;
but when it comes to the practical
side Of the question, the ayes seem
TO have it. While the government has
spent many millions in the develop
ment of this property, it has not
seemed to get any where. Let Ford
have it. and he will make it go, and
after all that is what the country
would like to have.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-10-21

The Southern Railway wants II
known that ii was not represented al
the meeting of railroad executives in
Chicago, that asked for reduction in
the wages of employees and has not
asked for such a reduction. The
Southern is one of the greatest rail
road systems in the country, and it IS
a reasonable assumption that if it had
considered wage reduction reasonable
and right it would have asked for the
samc. otherwise it would be open to
the charge Of cowardice.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-10-21

who are always seeking political rec
ognition for its own sake who would
lust as lief have such recognition
from one party as the other, and who
would truckle 10 or betray either
party for such benefit as they might
see coming to themselves. Such peo-
pie often find advancement for them
selves by deceitful hook and crook;
but they are never worth anything to
the public. AS matter Of fact they
have no desire TO be worth anything
to ANYBODY but themselves.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-10-21
Friday, October 81, 1921.

school district. Mrs. Annie Lawrence
is treasurer The fall term Of Union
school will open Monday with Mr.. Ma
con Sifford of Glover, in charge, and
Miss Lizzie Wood as assistant teacher.
Miss Wood has been teaching in the
Filbert school for a number of years.
Cleanup Squad Busy.
Scores of ex-service men of York,
Chester and Lancaster counties, have
been in Rock Hill this week to appear
before the government Cleanup squad
which is passing Upon compensation
claims OF soldiers. The squad began
work in Rock Hill Monday morning,
its Offices being located insthe Cham
ber Of Commerce hall, and will con-
clude its work tomorrow. 1t is stated
that the examiners found large num-
bcrs Of eX-soldiers in this section suf-
fering from various causes and filed
their claims with the government.
Arm May Be Saved.
Surgeons at the Fennell infirmary
believe that they will be able to save
the arm Of young James Hope, .aged z,
who had his arm broken in three places
and terribly mang.ed when it became
caught in a gasoline engine at the
home of Mr. NJ. H. Stephenson near
| Sharon, with whom he lives, early on
Tuesday morning. DR.. ]. H. Saye Of
Sharon, who attended the lad after he
received his injury, said that he first
| thought TO cut the arm off, but later
decided that it might be saved, and In
| formation from the hospital is that the
member will probably be saved.
| Allison Surrendered to Sheriff.
Byers Allison, well known farmer
| living on the farm Of his mother, Mrs.
Rufus Allison, near Sharon, who shot
Walker Rice, colored, Tuesday morn
ing, following a difficulty, surrendered
to Sheriff Fred Quinn Tuesday night,
and is now in the county Jail in York
vile. 1t is reported that Rice is get
ting along quite nicely at a Chester
hospital, where he was carried after
the shooting and that he will probably
recover The cause Of the shooting is
unknown and Allison has declined to
| discuss the shooting.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-10-21
HICKORY GROVE CIRCUIT.

The fourth quarterly conference OF
the Hickory Grove circuit, including
the churches of Mount Vernon, Can
aan, Sharon and Shady Grove, Rev. NJ.
r. Wharton, pastor, was held IN the
new Methodist church at Sharon We'd
nesday, with Rev. Geo. c. Leonard,
presiding elder of the Rock Hill dis
trict, in the chair.
After a sermon by the presiding ell
der and a sumptuous dinner provided
by the ladies of the congregation, final
reports were submitted by the officials
of the respective churches, showing
unusually healthy activities through
out the entire charge.
More than nine thousand dollars mas
been subscribed to the cause Of Chris
tian education, ard new church has
been built at Sharon at cost OF
something over $1,000, all paid but
about $1,000. The sum of $225 has
been contributed to Epworth orphan
age: S225 to sufferers in Europe and
Asia and all obligations, including the
pastors salary and benevoiences, VIII
be paid in full. re
Gpon nomination by the pastor otti-
cials were elected to serve during the
ensuing year as follows:
Stewards.
Recording-C. W. Kirby.
District. :. Wilkerson.
Mt. Vcrnon-W. S. Wilkerson, ]. S
Wilkerson, VI. j. WilkersOn, c. w
Kirby, Jno. r. Cobb, Y. A. Bratton
Grover Brown, j. p. Ramsey, W. IS
| Wilkerson.
Sharon-M. VI. Jones, o. M. Spur
lin. w. o. Sherer, NJ. a. Helton, X. u
shady Grove-W. r. Hays, w. A
Latham. Fl. r. Hood, Leslie Y. l-ath-
am, VIM. ID. Bankhead.
Canaan-Jno. X. Love, A. w. Love
r. j. W. Moss, Il. y. Wilson, Benz
Childers, j. W. Brannon, r. VI. Bonn
Trustees.
Parsonage property-W. S. Wilker'
son. ]. =. Ramsey, X. i. y. Smith, A
W, Love. w. 4. Latham.
MI. Vernon church,. $. Wilker,
son. c. w Kirby, Forrest Buice' j.
Smith, DIR. w. \. Hood.
Canaan church-W. a. Love, heli!
Martin, J. l.. Martin. -
Sharon church-M. A. Helton, w.
Shcrer NJ. NJ. Jones, Robt w. Hope
w. w. Edwards. ~
Shady Grove church--W. r. Hays
Fl. f. Hood. Wylie Fl. Pruett. -
Lay Leaders: Charge, w. Beatt;
Wukerson: Mt. Vernon, Marshal
Hood: Canaan. Wesley Love; sharon
NJ. NJ. Love; Shady Grove, j. +; Eshe eJ,,
Treasurers for Centenary and Edu
cationaI Movement Funds: Mt. Yer
non, John r. Cobb; sharon, o. N
Spurlin; Shady Grove, H. e; Hood
Canaan, A. w. Love; Charge, j. Masoi
sunday Schools: r. /. \. Smith, su
perintcndent and Forrest Buice, as
sistant superintendent at Mt: Vernon
w. A. Latham, superintendent, an'
T. Y. Latham, assistant, at Shau'
Grove. .,,. m,
r. ]. w. Moss. superintendent, ant
J. l.. Martin, assistant, at Canaan; -,
NJ. NJ. Jones, superintendent, and W
O. Sherer, assistant, at Sharon.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-10-21

The round trip rate for the state fair
from Yorkvil!e will be $47G.
Ford dealers are again finding diff
fculty in getting as many cars as they
can sell.
The annual meeting of the Upper
South Carolina conference is to be
held this year at Lancaster, beginning
November ., with Bishop U. V. w.
Darlington, Of Huntington, West Vir-
ginia presiding.
When The Yorkville Enquirer re
Gently stated that there were more
than 1900 exhibits at the Castor
county fair it had intended to say
more than 1900 exhibitors" The eX-
hibits probably numbered something
nearer like $4,000.
Farmers around Glover have gen.
orally made good crops of cotton, ana
as a rule these crops have been made
on an expectation Of having to take
10 or II cents for it, While Of course
they did not object to % cents
which figures they still believe among
the possibilities of next spring many
have sold around 20 cents, some rs
high as 81 cents. Much cotton has
been sold and a great many OF last
years debts have been liquidated.
At this time last year each sub
scription to The Yorkville Enquirer, If
even at So a year, represented an
actual loss to the publishers; but now
there is some profit ut $2.25 in clubs,
provided the subscription list can be
raised to more than 5000, and if we
can get it up TO 1000 or $500 we can
add many interesting and valuable
features, without additional cost
either to the advertiser or subscriber.
Nothing would please us better than
to be able to do this.
Il is to the interest of every club
maker for The YorKville Enquirer, as
well as to the Interest Of The York
vile Enquirer itself, that the drive
for new subscribers be conducted as
vigorously as possible. The subscrip-
ton price of The Yorliville Enquirer
is remarkably low for newspaper or
it's size and quality, and for those who
know how to appreciate it, that offer
Whereby we arS proposing to give the
paper to new Subscribers from .hc
time they subscribe to January l, 1923
for the price of years subscription
is worth while.
II has not been n great while sine"
The YOrkville Enquirer had reached Il
crisis during which it was reluctant
TO add more names to its mailing lists
for the reason that its facilities were
already taxed TO the utmost. But now
The Yorkvillc Enquirer is equal TO
any possible demand that can be made
upCu it either as to circulation o.
advertising space. If necessary we
could furnish 2j,OOO eight page papers
twice a week, or if there was suifi-
cicnt demand for advertising space we
could get out from sixteen to twenty
four pages each issuc-and that with
out additional facilities either in the
way OF labor or machinery.
If the bishop who prcsidcs over the
Upper South Carolina Conference at
Lancaster fails To send Rev. NJ. Il.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-10-21

Almost anybody except lawyer Is
able to see the Righteousness of a pro-
ccdure which brings about situation
under which only the condemned man
himself can lawfully say whether he
will be electrocuted on the day pre-
viously fixed by the court. But under
our system there are many situations
that are fully as ridiculous.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-10-21

If our government cannot withstand
the settlement of controversy Ike
that involved in the railroad strike il
is not much Of a government. bu'
don't let anybody get the idea tha'
there is any doubt about the matter
We have the greatest government inc
world ever saw, and it will wax still
greater instead Of less.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-10-21

Although the Soviet government Will
be glad to get as much aid as 1t can
in the form of food from the OUTSIDE
it does not want and will not have any
propaganda against the institutions II
proposes to establish. Up to this tlliie
this has been made quite clear.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-10-21

with murder; it contained the deadliest
of explosives, according to the prefect
and his staff of bomb experts. PROOF
of the strength of the explosives is
shown by the fact that the bathroom
was wrecked, that much damage was
done in the bedroom and that seven
fragments went through a thick steel
wardrobe, while others made deep
dents in the metal doors of cabinet.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-10-21
Rev. Howard Smith.

The body of Rev. Howard smith o.
nastor of the Presbyterian church at
at Ter Temple, Texas, early Tuesday morn
ing following an illness of many
months, arrived in Yorkville Thursday
morning and was buried in the ceme-
trrv AT Bocrsheba Thursday afternoon
following funeral services conducted by
Rrv. DIR. =. L. Gillespie. The deceased.
who yyas the son OF Mr.. J. +. y. smith
Of York 40. /, is survived by his widow
his parents and a brother J. Robert
Smith.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-10-21

Roy Jameraon. Charlie. Greer, Ernest
Adams, Arnese Blake, Bill CASTOR,
Lacilc Barnett, Haskell Tate, Bud
Allison.
Each of the negroes was gaid to be
under y years of age.