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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-07-28
CAKE FOR LADDIE BOY.
But Presidents Dog Would Have
Much Preferred a Bone.

Much prcferring q bone-if the
truth were known-Laddie Boy, the
presidents dog, received a birthday
cake this week from his old man at
Toledo, along with a letter telling OF
the continued good luck OF the family.
Packed in :, box shaped like n reg
ulaton dog house, the cake, made of
dog biscuit material suitable for n
high brow dogs digestion, was dcliv-
cred TO the White House by express
messengers. 1t was not delayed by
the rail strike and got there in time
for Laddic Boys birthday, which was
Wednesday. 1t was not to be opened
until then, and meanwhile invitations
were to go out to some of Laddie Boys
friends of equal social rank to hop
over and have a bite.
There were snap shots too, of Lad
die Boys mother, his sister Lii, who is
getting along toward her high school
days, his brother Bob, who has a job
in New York, and little Dick, the baby,
born after Tintern Tip Top. Laddic
Boys old man, sent him here as Il pal
and friend of the president. But the
picture Laddie Boy seemed to like best
was his daddy, an outstanding gent,
built on the Laddie Boy lines, and Bob
whom for a night he sometimes whines
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-07-28

Of monkey rum, stopping on the sack
when he made it successfully to blow
and puff like a c. & NV freight en-
gine does sometimes when pulling a
heavy load up the grade south of
Glover.
Jim Page, playing second base for
the Fats" looked for all the world
like "Mugsy" McGraw of the New York
Giants, as he cavorted around the key
stone sack with TIE grace of n COW or
something. He hit the old apple for n
safe bingle couple of times and play
ed good conservative game, charac-
teristic of q good banker
DR.. Harry Nell, Marshall Barnett,
Jim Barrett, Bill Allison and Ralph
Webber were among the stars for the
Leans" but unfortunately few OF the
lanky ones could hit the pill. No at
tempt was made to record all the hits
and errors; since such would have
been well night impossible. Dennis
Parrish and Lacey Parrish umpired the
entertainment. The line-ups We're as
follows: Fats-George Hagins, C; Dee
Ford, p; DR.. NJ. u. Nell 1b; James a.
Page. 2b; ID. Westmoreland, IS; Gray
McElwee, 3b; Thad Clinton, If; Jake
Jackson, CT; G. Nolan, rf. Leans -
Lester Parrish, C; Marshall Barnett. p;
Jim Barrett, 1b; Frank McElwee, 2b;
DR.. Harry Neil, 3b; Bill Allison, ss;
Ralph Webber, If; Carl Knox, cf;
Boyce Faulkner, IF.
battle-ground Wilderness.
Unless lovers Of Revolutionary his
tory or others interested take the lead
in clearing the grounds, it is soon 60
ing to be impossible to visit historic
Kings Mountain BattlegroIrd, in the
opinion of DR.. c. l.. Wootcn Of Clover
who with a party recently visited the
battle-ground, which is about fifteen
miles west Of Glover. DIR. Wooten said
that his party had hard task of 1t
in reaching the several monuments
because of the great quantity Of weeds,
briars and brambles which infest the
place. 1T Is q veritable wilderness"
he said. THE underground is thick
and the roads leading up TO the battle
ground are in horrible condition. The
iron fence around the great monument
is rustlng badly and the whole place is
in bad state, and not the least bit
attractive so far as appearance is con-
cerned."
Bids Being Received.
NJ. l.. Smith, general manager of the
Hawthorn Spinning Mill and the
Hampshire Mill to be erected, said
Wednesday that bids were being re-
ceived from contractors for the build
ing of the Hampshire Mil and that
construction work would likely be un-
der way within short time.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-07-28

The Standard Oil company of CAL
ifornia on Tuesday announced a re-
duction in price of all grades of crude
oil, at the wells, of % cents barrel.
The company also announced a tenn
porary discontinuance OF it's practice
Of contracting for the purchase of
crude oil. The reduction was the Sec
ond within ten days, the former one
also heing Of 25 cents. Excess of pro-
duction over consumption was the rea-
son for both reductions.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-07-28

the circulation of matter printed in
Hebrew characters? Hungary.
5. Give five synonyms for salve.
Help, remedy, corrective, antidote,
healing ointment.
6. What nonsensical song spread
over the whole country in 1870? "Shoo
Fly, Don't Bother Me-" 1t was walk
around with minstrel companies, but
became so popular it was taken up by
all singers.
Z. How many pounds does a bar
rel of -four weigh? 1876 pounds.
s. Why do silver spoons turn
black when we use them to eat eggs
Because eggs have in them COM
pounds of sulphur which attack the
silver on the spoon and combine
with it to form a black coating
called silver sulphide.
g. Who was granted the first patent
for the air brake? For the invention
of the ice making machine? George
Westinghouse in 1869. John Carrie, of
New Orleans, in 1851.
10. What nation owns the rock of
Great Britain. In the province of An
dalusia. Spain, at the entrance to the
Mediterranean.
Communication from 3. Weevil.
Views e Interviews, Sir:-Although
1 am the greatest of the cotton pests /
am q sport along with 1t and l am
sounding a warning to the farmers of
this section. If they go to sleep now
because they might believe l am sleep
ing, they are going to find along about
the middle of the month Of August
that am much liveler than the state
or county political campaigns. Their
best chance to beat me is by continu-
Gus plowing and picking up cotton
squares that have fallen to the ground.
There's really little use to poison me.
They could poison me with that gas
that the boys used in France and had
used against them by the Germans;
but really that wouldn't be worth while
because the cotton couldn't stand 1t
either. The molasses mixture over
which Dave Coker and Clemson Col
lege Jugologists are rowing would get
me if you could drench me with it;
but I desire to call your attention to
the fact that farmers in Texas, Arkan-
sas, Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia
tried it and quit.
"The best way to beat me is by pick
ing up squares as I have said and by
looking for me in the white flowers.
know it will require a lot of work on
the part Of the farmers to do this; but
it is their only chance.
"If they will follow this plan con-
sistently they will check me consider
ably; if they don't I am going to get
practically the whole crop whereas
otherwise they'll get part of it. REM
ember they can't completely exter-
inmate me. 1 refuse to be exterminat-
ed. Like taxes, each year I am with
you from now on. The only way to
beat me in future is to reduce acreage
and by cultivating food crops. Farmers
might not handle so much money; but
if they will live at home and raise cot
ton simply as surplus they will have
more profit and much better peace Of
mind. I'm blessing in disguise and it
may be that some of these days a
monument in my honor will be built
right here in York county as was done
in Alabama some years ago.
"In conclusion I would again remind
the farmers of this section:
You needn't cuss and
Tear your hair
Froth at the mouth
And rend the air.
Nor get moonshined up
And say you don't care.
Your only chance to get me
Is in the square.
Yours truly,
3. WEEVIL"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-07-28

"a A Delaware man has invented a
trouser creaser Of such efficiency that
the customer can have the operation
performed without taking the trouble
to divest himself of his trousers. A
modification of the device creases the
arms of a coat, making it possible for
a man to have his entire suit pressed
on him.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-07-28

heap more liquor than there is now.
"Of course there will be little liquor
at the picnic I reckon" said the
speaker, DEPRESSING to the subject of
booze. "In fact I have a quart of real
moonshine-what am talking about is
real moonshine, slowed away in a hol-
low stump not far away with directions
on the bottle-'not to be opened until
picnic day.
Unusually Large Enrolment.
Enrolment OF voters at Filbert for
the primary election proves conclu-
sively that there is more political in
terest at F'ilbert this year than usual
When the enrolment books closed last
Tuesday there was a total of 213
names thereon. The largest enroll
ment heretofore was about 125. OF the
number enrolled this year sc are women
and as a F'llbert man put it the other
day: EVERY darn one of them is go
ing to vote this time for to see how it
is DONE"
starred II ears ago.
The first political picnic at Filbert
was held in 1900. Thompson McAbce
well remembers. He and his wife and
their eldest boy now grown to man
hood were there. The boy was in
swaddling clothes then. After the
dinner hour a drunk man came around
Mr.. McAbee with the Itement that
he was hungry and ha4nt had any
dinner. A basket filed with clothing
for the baby was lying nearby and the
drunk, thinking there was something
to eat in the basket, began pulling out
the baby things. Finally the drunk
realized he was in q baby basket and
not in n dinner basket. McAbee recalls
that was nearly twenty-five years ago.
Another Fllbert man recalls that
twenty years ago or thereabouts the
late Senator Ben Tillman spoke at Fill
bert. The boys were as strong or
stronger for Tillman in that day than
they are for Blease now. While TILL
man was speaking one Of his friends,
very much under the influence Of liquor
stood on the ground in front Of the
speakers stand and yelled at one
minute intervals:
"Hurrah for ole Ben Tillman; hurrah
| for ole Ben Tillman!"
While Tillman possessed a good
voice, his lung power was nothing
compared to that of his ardent admirer
whose lungs were reinforced by liber-
al doses of corn liquor.
Tillman took in the situation in a
moment and realized that he must deal
harshly with his enthusiastic sup
porter or surrender the platform to
him. Just asfanother yell Of 'Hurrah
for ole Ben Tillman," came from the
booze hound, Tillman leaned over in
his direction and with his hands to
his mouth yelled at the top of his
voice:
"Shet up you id yap." e
The emphatic Tillmanite sobered in
moment while the crowd yelled. He
ducked under the stand and took to the
bushes while Tillman resumed his
speech as though nothing had hap
pened.
An. All Day Affair.
The picnic next Wednesday will very
likely be an all day affair. Some of
the county candidates will want to
have an inning after the state candi-
dates conclude. There will be an in
termission of an hour and half for
dinner and the meeting will have to be
conducted strictly in accordance with
time rules in order to accommodate all.
But Filbert folks are all set and
ready for EN-"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-07-28
Learn u Little.


l. In how many states is coal mined?
Bituminous coal is mined in twenty
eight state; anthracite in only one,
Pennsylvania.
9 Who founded the state of Geor-
gia? James Edward Oglethorpe, an
English soldier, reformer and colonist,
as a refuge for Englishmen who had
been sentenced to the debtors prison.
3. What is acoustics? The science
of sound; the study Of the cause
and the phenomena of the vibra
tions which affect the ear; in other
words the study of the manner in
which sound is produced and its
transmission through the air.
4. What country has put ban on
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-07-28
Stevenson a Visitor.
(By q Staff Correspondent.)

Congressman w. +. Stevenson was a
visitor in Glover on Wednesday, hav-
ing come up for a few hours to mix
with the folks. 1t was his first visit to
Glover in quite a long time and he
found much pleasure in meeting his
many friends and acqualntances here.
Mr.. Stevenson was one Of the interest
ed spectators in attendance upon
the baseball game between the Fats
afternoon.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-07-28

Clover's enrolment for the primary
election in August reached total of
5SS when the books closed on July %.
This exceeded the expectations of local
people, since nobody seemed to have
any idea that it would go beyond 500
and some doubt had been expressed
that it would reach that figure. The
book shows that a total of 1876 women
of Glover and vicinity signed the club
rolls
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-07-28

Congressman Stevenson a Visitor
Former Senator Beamguard Throws
His Hat Into the Rins-"Fats" Roll
ed Over the "Leans"-Other News
Notes of the Metropolis of Northern
York County,
New-York tribune., 1922-12-17
Former Clubhouse Burns

CHICAGO, Dec. 16.--The former
clubhouse Of the Evanston Country
Club was virtually destroyed by fire
early to-day with q loss estimated at
$4,000. II was unoccupied.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-17

% take the chance. The plan would
bring the broadway box Office 20 the
eomnlpteri II would stimulate theater-
going and prove helpful all around. A
l see Il, tn plan could be worked out
20 that all tickets when printed would
be delivered 20 the central agency,
which would be located AZ Tines
Square. | know q site that Is now
available. No tickets would be delivered
70 box odiecs until Just before the mat
inee and evening performances. All
tickets sold At 10 branch Offices would
be duplicates, With the stub left blank.
branch agency salesman. when called
upon for q ticket. would communicate
By telephone with the central Office.
learn just what 70 be had and then
all In the stub accordingly. Each
branch would become a service station
where the first 20 come would be the
first % BE- served
Mr.. LEBLANC said that the establish.
ment Of central agency, with its In
Vulnerable branches. would not neces-
sarily mean the elimination Of his own
eut-rate business. He said that there
always will be plays 20 which seats
cannot be sold unless they are offered
az half price. "Tho cut rates purpose
he said, ais TO give something for
nothing. and az | see II there VIII
always be a demand for a cut-rate
egency Of some kind"
New-York tribune., 1922-12-17
Letters to Santa ShOU Faith
He'll Brighten Drear Poverty
Children and Mothers of City's Ragged Spots
Write Christmas Saint TO Bring Warm Clothes
and Simple Toys; "Clearing House, to Answer

gloves instead OF a radio set. Eddie
Lee in his letter 20 Santa Ciaus says:
g. please bring me a pair Of
shoes and stockings and a pair Of rub
bers, 80 can 20 to school, and also,
dear Santa Claus. III IL is not too mdch
20 ask you for. pair Of pants, a cap
and a coat Now, dear Santa Claus,
you also can give my little brother the
same. Hoping you will not let me get
up Christmas morning with a little
sad heart, am your little friend"
The envelopes which contain these
letters show how firm ia the trust in
Santa Claus. On some Of them only
the name Santa Claus" appears; on
others his address. "North Pole or
"Toytown." Irw children who have
heard Of the association 6hat takes care
Of Santa mail write his address, West
Thirty-fourth Street.
One note arrived that had no stamp
and no envelope. II was written on a
small paper bag and its sender apollo
gized because il was the best he could
afford.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-17

Along the selvages Of the city and
down its rough seams, the river fronts
and the extremities Of up town and
down town, tho belief in Santa Claus
runs high, although It does not take
child there long TO perceive that Santa
seldom visits where there Is no money,
but chooses homes where mothers wear
fur coats and fathers dress for dinner.
Not only the child believes in Santa
Claus, but his mother docs, too. Her
faith, however, is really a hope that
will cling 10 any belief that can relieve
the drabness Of poverty; so, just be-
fore Christmas, she sits down TO write
few words 70 Santa, praying that
there may be such person, after all.
Reaches "Santa's Clearing Honse"
Her letter, like thousands Of others,
finds its way to the Santa Claus Asso-
citation, the clearing house for mail
which bears the name Of the Christmas
saint.
Dear Santa Claus" one mothers let
ter reads.
"I hope you won't forget me this
Christmas, as I have four children and
l have great deHl of hard luck. My
husband Is up in the country for his
health and l have two going TO school
and two put IN the nursery. have no
help only what | work for. hope I
viii hear from you, the children has
me crazy telling me about Santa Claus,
things is very dear and hope the
children will be made happy for their
sake. Oldest is Jose, twelve years old,
and May is ten years old and Willie
is three years, and Cecilia Is two years
old. | hope and pray | will hear from
you for the 'kiddies' sake"
Other notes, covered with q large,
childish scrawl, are written by the
little mothers of the family, the oldest
daughter, usually, who, in the absence
or illitcracy Of her mother, politely re-
quests Santa Claus to.cOme by her way
on Christmas. Carmen Adams is such
a one, ard in the full Importance of
her thirteen years, the big girl Of the
family writes:
"I am asking you for some presents
because l know that my parents cannot
afford TO buy them. In all my life I've
always wanted a pair of ice skates.
Also send my sister a doll. She goes
crazy over them. Please also send mo
two balls for my two smaller brothers.
Please send these things to me only II
you can. In case you cannot send them.
only try to send the balls and the doll
Don't worry about my skates. Your
sincere friend"
From the Boy Santa Forgot
And from the boy who has watched
Christmases slip by as giftless and joy
less as any other Of the 365 days In the
year, but who cherishes the. conviction
deep down in his heart that this year
he will not be overlooked, this letter
was received;
"Dear Santa Claus:
81 am the little boy who wrote to you
last Christmas and you forgot TO come
and see US. / have two sisters and one
brother. Ny sisters are sixteen and
ten and my brother Is three years.
Please, Santa Claus, don't forget me.
THOMAS CARROLL"
Toys and candy, proverbial accom-
psniments Of festivities, are not the
only things which the very young want.
The boy whose hands have turned blue
in winter is practical enough TO ask for
New-York tribune., 1922-12-17
Supreme Court Justice Ends
Legal Fights by Arbitration

~pfonise and arbitration have
80 sdOpted by Justice Isidor Was
s.ssi ,'Vssi as means Of overcoming long
.N IN the disposition Of litigation
''' Supreme Court. Two instances
80 - reported yesterday wherein this
.aao-lake method was employed.
~, sAee "a case the litigants accepted as
vs~., 'ee decision Of Justice Wasser-
~ 81. ron which there will be no ap-
"a snus saving not only court costs
~. 'ns expense OF appeals hut the
a.. " the court as well. The two
49,, 49, would have occupied approx
,a,sly q month.
Az ease was that Of Woodhouse and
=, against Paul Gerli, Inc, the for
sli. commission Arm and the
n, silk manufacturer. The case
s1lied for trial IN the Supreme
s,r. Vne witness Of the twelve who
~ = testify had been examited and
~, "hole day had been taken up
tkss Ssuatlee Wasservogel suggested
d e sss natter be submitted to him
a. 1srs, 30 that IL could be expe-
a ne justice agreed 20 accept
s1Fe' submitted by the lawyers
New-York tribune., 1922-12-17

and decide the action informally. so
that II might be marked settled with
out further litigation.
Max D. Steuer, for the plaintiffs, and
Isidor Gainsburg, for the defendant,
agreed to the proposition. The two
lawyers spent Saturday and Sunday ad-
justing their differences and reaching
a basis for the settlement Of the case.
On Monday they appeared before JUS
tiee Wasservogel, in chambers, where
from 9 o'clock in the morning until 6
o'clock in the evening the opposing
counsel submitted their figures, views
and arguments. reaching a basis Of
compromise that could not be effected
AT a trial before jury. With all the
facts before him, Justice Wasservogel
cave his decision and this was accepted
a. anal the case being marked settled.
The action brought By Eugene PAUL.,
salesman, against Walworth Broth.
ers Inc. for commissions was settled
dmiIarly. Former Justice Joseph l;
craen represented the plaintiff and
,.idor Gainsburg the defendant. ms
matter nate was adjusted in one day. A
trjsi In court would have taken
week. with the probability OF an ap-
peal. -'-'--e-' . -
New-York tribune., 1922-12-17
Ellis Island Inquiry Ordered
AS Result of British Protest

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.-Plans TO
modify the present system Of handling
immigrants at Ellis Island we're an
nounccd to-day by Secretary Davis Of
the Labor Department af,er British
complaints regarding conditions at the
island again bad been called TO his at
tention by Sir Auckland Geddes, the
British Ambassador.
Mr.. Davis said he had ordered a
thorough investigation, with a view 10
providing separate accommodations at
the Ellis Island station FOR immigrants
of different nationaiities. He indicated
that no detailed plans had yet been
drawn up, however. and that he would
New-York tribune., 1922-12-17

wv -" 49,
she obtained funds for the bazaar and
divided them with Brown. In addi-
tion there were two conspiracy
charges, also connected with the rela-
lions Of herself and her sons 70 the
society.
Mrs. Story denied all these charges
AZ the time, and demanded trial.
Brown. the chief witness against her,
died during the influenza epidemic,
and the District Attorney withdrew the
indictments. Hence the case never
came 20 trial. Mrs. Story declared
Yesterday that Brown was a material
witness ir only the first case and that
she wished the othsr cases had come
10 trial 10 clear her name with due
process OF Law. She held sworn affi-
davits sufficient TO clear her name
completely. she said.
She professed herself ready for any
investigation Of the cases which might
tFanspirc in the course Of the cam
paign.
Mrs. Story declared that many woni-
en- from all parts Of the country had
besought her 20 run for president gem
eral' and that when her own group.
inc Roosevelt Chapter. had indorsed
her, she could not refuse.
She said her campaign would be
waged on an anti-radieAl platform.
Practical service 10 our country is
as neeessary now as preparedness was
before the war" she added, "and be-
lieve our organization, which inherits
the lighting blood of men who made
this country, has a responsibility to-
day 10 fight this modern menace 70
our country, this tendency 70 bolshe-
yism. socialism and all other isms that
spell destruction 90 our government.
IL have particular reason 20 know
the extent and length to which this
menace can operate she added 1T
has made me heartsick and threatened
me with the loss OF all that deem
most precious in the world, the price
less friendships which have come 10 me
In my public and private life"
Miss Mary Elizabeth Fisk, regent Of
tho Roosevelt Chapter. moved tho adop-
tion OF the resolution indorsing Mrs.
Story. and IL was seconded by Mrs.
Charles Dodd Ward and Mrs. Burton
II. Dayey.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-17

issue no order on the subject until the
investigation had been completed.
During his visit 10 the Labor De-
partment the British Ambassador Is
understood TO have called particular
attention to objections made by Brit
ish subjects to the Accommodations
provided for those detained at Ellis
Island pending decision as 10 their
admission 20 the United States.
At the Department Of Labor It was
said the British complaint was that
subjects Of that nation were detained
for periods unnecessarily long and
that sanitary and other eonyenienees
were inadequate In the detention
rooms. Il was added that the British
authorities alleged that this treatment
was suffered chiefly by British sub
jeets from the colonies.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-17
THE TRUTH
"-is also found in frank
confession Of error"

fh Tribune vll be OlGd TO receive
uEd publish corrections Of faGce's-
rsass IN its columns.
u The Tribune yesterday it was
nlf that the Rev. Mr.. George Her
1i1n lawson, who has been men,
s'asd IN connection with the answer
q his reported prayer for a
- bad left East Orange for parts
Snosn, leaving $500 in unpaid
Alter a lawyer had announced
f.aking Of the engagement.
lavson informed The Tribune
el,g that he had made no secret
tsstination. the Hotel Nc
a t,a lie declared that he left
~. Eperty in East Orange and
b.n 80 e lsft no unpaid bills when
-as 70 New York.