Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-01-27
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mot more but better lawyers is the
demand of the dean Of a law school
but his idea of better lawyer is one
who knows more law remarked one
yesterday. But think that what the
public means by better lawyer is one
who is less willing to help criminals
escape just punishment in return for
pay"
The Weather and the Weevil.
We'll" said a farmer yesterday IF
the weather the past couple of days
hasn't been cold enough to freeze out
the boil weevil there's nothing to the
theory Of the so-called experts on the
bug to the effect that he can't stand a
hard winter"
Compliments New City Hall.
"By the way" remarked a travelling
salesman the other morning, you peo-
pie are to be congratulated on yournew
city hall. my business takes me into
practically every town in the south
and want to say that know a num-
Der Of towns and cities four times as
large as Yorkville that haven't any
thing like as nice a city hall as YOU
have here In my own state of Pennsyl-
vania there are a number of much
larger towns that haven't anything
like as nice a city hall building"
The Irish Question.
Don't get the idea that there has
been any break between DeVa!era
and Michael Collins over the temporary
settlement Of the Irish question" said
Rev. w. A. Tobin, pastor of the Catho-
lie church in Rock Hill, who was dis
cussing the Irish question with Views
and Interviews the other day. De
Valera and Collins have been the lead
ers in, the battle for Irish freedom for
years and don't think that it would
be possible for them to split over ac-
ceptance Of the British terms which
puts Ireland on practically the same
two leaders evidently want the British
government to think that they have
come to a parting Of the ways in the
interests of the cause which both rep
resent. There is no question to my
mind, however that they are, both more
interested in Irish freedom than they
are in their personal fortunes" Rev.
Tobfn who is a native Irishman, hav-
ing been in this country only a few
years is a man of education and cul-
tuFe and one OF the best posted men in
this section on the Irish question. He
is an ardent advocate. of freedom for
Ireland and is personally, acquainted
with many of the leading advocates Of
a free Ireland. He haw two brothers
who have been members Of the Irish
republican army and who have taken
part in much of the fighting between
the Irish Patriots and the soldiers of
Great Britain. In the course Of his
conversation the other day he said that
he did not feel that he was under any
obligations to Great Britain for the
concessions that she had made toward
Ireland and he gave it as his opinion
that those in Ireland who had been
struggling for freedom feel about the
same as he does.
Bucket Shop Buncoing.
nf gh nd
bucket shopping" said victim of
recent bucket shop squeeze this morn
ing, heres an article by Claud r. Col
Inns, a staff correspondent Of the In
ternational News Service in New York
which I clipped from a New York pa
er, that is Illuminating:
American investors have been de-
frauded of more than $4,000, ,0OO,OO
during the past four years, by Wall
Street bucket shops and financial
swindlers.
An amount in excess of $3.50, ,000, 900
was extracted from green investors by
these money sharks during 1921. This
was a poor year, being far under the
three years preceding.
Banner years were 1918 and 1919,
when S1,5OO,O0O,OOO was obtained
through fraudulent brokerage opera
tioEs during each twelve month pc
, riod. ....
These startling facts were barred to-
day by one of. the most prominent au-
thorities in Manhattans great finan-
cial district.
The Bucket Shop" bugaboo of
Americas financial history is primar-
iTy Blamed for this astounding swind-
ling evil. .........
- Recently the bucket shops have run
against a stone wall in the nature of
a steadily Rising financial market.
a bucket shop cannot live when
stock and bond quotations are climb
ing upward. Swindlers cannot work
their fraudulent processes when mar
ket quotations show their investors are
making an ever increasing profit on
shares, for which they have placed or
ders.
During the past few weeks halt
dozen Wall Street brokerage houses
have been cast high on the financial