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'em. Besides they looks like human
beings in a way, and you know l
wouldn't eat anybody. And talking
about short skirts they wear in this
country, United States folks don't
know nothing about short skirts. The
African jungaleers got 'em stood OFF
the map, over there they don't wear
nothin' at ADJUST little apron, and
here they 60"
Lands AS Ship Steward.
Continuing Uncle Giles said: 81
stayed in Monrovia two years, and one
day TIE mate of the bark, X Fannie
Louise died, and the steward was
promoted to be mate and l was made
steward This ship was owned by q
S. & w. ]. Lewis, of Boston, Mass
and it piled UP and down the west
coast of Africa carrying cargoes OF
cloth, tobacco, whisky, rum and palm
oils from MonrOvia to Cape Palma and
Grand Besa LA. was steward rour
years while we sailed up and down
the west African coast, and then two
wears sailing from Boston, Mass, to
Monroyia. Then I grew tired OF 1t AL,
and wanted to see old Newberry and
my old home; so 1 leave Boston and
walk and ride till / get back home
but it wasn't like when 1 left there six
years before. All the. folks L knew
were gone or had died, and l finally
got some work to do and kept at It,
thinking all the time l would go back
to Boston and get my old job back
One day an excursion was run from
Newberry to Spartanburg; L boarded
the train with the crowd, thinking L
would go just that much on my way
back to Boston. Reaching Spartanburg
l walked up into the town and saw
great crowd Of people standing about
the center of the place. They told me
they were unveiling n monument to
General Morgan. That happened on
the tenth day of May 1881. looked
around the town and got job at the
Spartanburg Inn, intending to start for
Boston in a few days, but l got TO
liking this town and the people; so I've
lived here more than forty years. l
married here and my wife is dead and
I'm old and alone in the world; but
thank God, I hope III never get to the
place where l can't do something Tor
somebody; 1 don't want to be living
then; 1 wants to die and be buried out
of sight"
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humorous department.

Why Sammy Didn't Start.-Sammy
Mcintyre was captain Of schooner
that Piled between New York and
points on the Jersey coast. One day
his craft was loaded with brick, ready
to start for New York, but Sammy
gave no sign of any intention ts get
under way. Instead he sat on deck
smoking q pipe.
The owner Of the brickyard, also the
owner of the schooner, who had rea-
sons for wishing the brick in New fork
at the earliest possible moment, came
b,rying on board and demanded the
reason for Sammy's delay.
.'Thefe's no wind" said Sammy.
"What's the matter with you-no
wind?" demanded the owner. There's
Jones's schooner under sail going down
the river now"
"Yes, have been watching her'
said Sammy, "but it's no use my get
tim under way, Sure, she's got the
wind now, and, to my mind, there ain
enough for two"
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TO SHARE HIS WEALTH.
Woman Who Weds Rich Miner Finds
Wife He Left In Poverty.

Mrs. Lottie Books search for her
husbands deserted and divorced first
wife so that both women may share
his fortune has been successful. Mrs.
Eleanor Book has been found in Dress
cr Junction, Wis.
Twenty-four years ago John Book
left his wife in Chicago while he went
to make his fortune in the Klondikc.
He made it, but never got nearer home
than San Francisco. Here he met n
younger woman and divorced his fest
wife to marry the other. Meanwhile
Eleanor was living in poverty, here
and heard nothing of her husband,
says a dispatch from Dresser juno
tion, Wis.
But neither Book nor his second wife
could enjoy their wealth while they
knew Eleanor was poor. Finally they
decided to institute n search for her
and make such amends as they could.
Mrs. Book No. went to Chicago, TO
find that her predecessor had left and
no one knew where she was.
After trying in every other way to
find the woman, Lottie gave the story
to the press and Eleanor in Dresser
Junction read it, Lottie is going
there at once to see her.
81 suppose my story is that Of many
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COWPENS WILL STAY.
Cherokee Politicians Fail to Get Need
ed Territory From Spartanburg.


People of Cowpens and vicinity yes
terday voted 219 to ISL, to remain IN
Spartanburg county, says the spar
,tanburg Herald of Wednesday. Advo-
Gates of the annexation to Cherokee
county failed to get even q majority
and they needed two-thirds OF inc TO-
tai vote in order to win.
The vote at Cowpens was 139 in ia
vor of remaining in Spartanburg and
126 in favor of going to Cherokee
while at the Mount Oliver precinct the
vote was 80 in favor of remaining IN
Spartanburg and 25 in favor or going
to Cherokee. The majority against the
annexation was 6S votes.
The election passed off pleasantly
although interest was keen. The VIC
tors took the result quietly, for the re-
suit had been foregone conclusion
for several days. Advocates of the an
nexatiou had given up hope, but they
continued their work until the last.
Leaders on both sides had many au-
tomobiles in operation yesterday car
rying the voters to the polls, and prac-
tically every elector was given a
chance to cast his ballot. A number
Of women voted.
Mayor NJ. A. Moselcy of Cowpens,
who had been one of the leaders OF
the annexation movement, told tho
Herald yesterday afternoon, after the
vote had been counted that he was
satisfied with the result.
We had fair and square election,
he said. "The people expressed item
selves on the question, and as u DEM
ccrat am willing to accept their de-
cision. But this was, in fact, an cleo
ton in which we were bound to win
even if we lost. We succeeded In put
ting the grievance Of our community
and our people before the public, and
our friends at Spartanburg now real
ize that we have been neglected, as we
have claimed. / am sure that we VIII
get our roads improved, and the way
will soon be opened to get an improve
ment in our school situation, and with
these things accomplished l will be
more than ever satisfied to remain In
Spartanburg county. 1 have been
working for the good of Cowpens and
not for the good of Cherokee county,
nor for the injury of Spartanburg
county. This has been the position or
others who have worked with me for
the annexation, and now that we be-
lieve we have accomplished the main
things we have in view, we are con-
tent"
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d SOUTH CAROLINA COTTON.
Average for the State is Only 40 Ae'
eordina to August 25 Report.


While cotton conditions in South
Carolina averaged only 46 per cent. on
August 25, tho York county crop was
listed at Sc per cent, according to the
report of B. B. Hare, agricultural stat
istician in this state, issued last Mon
day night. The condition on July 20
of this year for the state was set at
60 per cent, whereas the condition or
August 25, 1921, was estimated to be
so per cent and 60 per cent in the same
month ten years ago. Calhoun and
williamsburg cotton crops are esu-
mated to be q per cent.
Dividing the state into three areas,
Mr.. Hare estimates that the first tract,
including territory from about Column
bia to the sea, has a cotton crop OF
approximately 3S per cent; the middle
belt extending from Columbia to the
North Carolina line and to about the
L.aurcns county line, a crop OF 45 per
cent, while the crop in the northwest
corner of the state is fixed at 5S per
cent.
v The condition by counties is given
as follows:
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- Excessively dry, hot weather in
nearly all sections of the country has
caused deterioration in the conditions
of many crops, according to the semi
monthly crop report of the depart
ment of agriculture, issued Wednes-
day. Preparat ton of the ground for
fall seeding. however, has made con-
siderable progress and farm work has
Advanced satisfactorily. Much dam
age TO cotton from drouth, rust and
army worms was reported, with pick
ing in progress in most OF the pro-
ducing area and progressing rapidly in
Georgia. South Carolina, Louisiana,
Mississippi and the Rio Gr9lnde valley
in Texas Corn is maturing rapidly
and being husked in the Southern
states. but this crop has deteriorated
in the central and eastern states, with
the setback severe in Missouri, Kan
sas and Nebraska, due To heat ana lack
of moisture. iThreshing of small Er%inS
has been virtually completed in the
| South and Middle West, but market
conditions have slowed up the tircsh-
, ing OF wheat in Kansas. Spring wheat
| yields in the Pacific coast states are
running below normal and Of light
weight. The quality is high. however
| in the DaEotas and Minnesota. where
/ threshinC OF spring wheat is under
/ way. Oats have been variable Scner-
( ally and light in weight.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-09-08
FORT MILL MATTERS.
Public Schools opened for Fall Semes-
ter Tuesday Morning.

Correspondence of The Yorkvlle Enquirer.
Fort Mill, September 6.-The pubic
schools opened for to the fall semester
Tuesday morning. with nir Increased
enrolment over last year. Opening
exercises were conducted in the audi
torium. which was entirely filled with
pupils and visitors, devotional eXer-
ciscs being conducted by the Rev. K.
n Wiser. and addresses being made by
the Rev. w. X. Boukniglt and Captain
+. Murray Mack, superintendent
With an improved plant, a corps Oh ell
ficient teacEcrs, and't eleventh grade
added for this term, it is believed that
the school ha: the prospect OF most
successful year ahead. The new teach
crs who were not employed last term
are: Miss Iinnie Hamilton, of Jones'
VILE. S. c.: Miss Ethel Armstrong and
Miss Thclma OFT of Fort Mill; Miss
Dorothy Buzhardt of Newberyy, :. C.,
and Miss Matte Matthews of ROCK
Hill. Community day was observed by
patrons OF the school Monday, when
the buildings and grounds were reno
vctcd and improved.
The Perpetual Building and Loan
association of Fort Mill, of which Dr.
J. l.. spratt is secrctary-trcasurcr' has
opened its twelfth series for stock
subscriptions. The institution has
been very successfully managed Ind Is
considered enc of Fort Mills best as
sets.
DR.. r. o. GrigG moved his family to
shelby, n. c., where they will make
their future home. He has reluctantly
left a, very successful dental practice
to assist his father. DR.. NJ. w. Gi'igg
whose health is seriously impaired.
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SHORT NEWS STORIES.
lntere5ting Paragraphs Gathered Here
There and Everywhere.

The suggestion that the great ave-
nues leading into the Bois Ge BOulCgne
he renamed Avenue Foch, Joffre and
Petain is rousing Il storm of protest,
saws a special cable dispatch to the
New York Herald from Paris, and the
nationalists press, always eager to
strengthen traditions, is now opposing
the system of changing street ..ames
whenever q fancy is taken to honor
some national hero or hcncfactor. The
practice Scvclopcd during the war
when President Wilson, King George
and Victor Emanuel were thus hon
orcd, but since then the municipal
council has received numerous appli-
cations to restore the old names of the
streets. Chauffeurs are loudest in
their complaints, declaring th2t the
city's traffic problems will never he
solved if the names of the streets are
changed overnight.
- Notwithstanding the unusually low
percentage of unemployment in Ger
many, official reports from that coun-
! try show that strikes Of labOrers are
numerous at the present time. The
latest report from the American com
mercial att3che at Berlin states that
the strike Of engineers, skiphuilders
and engine room crews, which began
on July 81, is still continuing; that
employees OF the Daimler Motor com
pany and part of the forces of the
Siemers Schubert company are Sill
out. The building trades in SaXony
and Anhalt are still on strike. II is
also mentioned in the report that {
shipping strike was imminent on the
Rhine, and that 10000 mercantile EN-.
ployes at Frankfort on the Main, who
had been on strike since the end o
July. had failed to settle their differ
ences.
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WOULD QUIT COTTON
Senator Smith Suggests Suspension
For One Year.

The proposal for a one-year suspen-
sion Of cotton planting in the United
States as a means Of eliminating the
boil weevil was suggested in the SEN
ate Tuesday by Senator Smith, Demo-
crat, South Carolina, who predicted
wholesale abandonment of cotton
farms throughout the south unless gov
ernmental action was taken to aid in
destruction of the parasite.
The South Carolina senator announc-
ed he had written to the chief ento
mologist of the department of agri-
culture, asking that a study be made
to determine whether a years lay-oif
in cotton growing would eradicate the
weeyil. He said the entomologist had
expressed in a telephone conversation
today the belief that such action would
result in destroying the pest.
S.nator Smith announced that as
soon as he received report Of the en-
tomologist he proposed to introduce a
resolution calling for the cooperation
as far as constitutionally possible OF
the federal government in the stoppins
Of planting for one year, 80 that there
may be a tomorrow for the cotton in
dustry."
Unless this heroic remedy is APP
Piled" continued the speaker, 1T Will
be only a question Of a few years be-
fore the supply Of cotton will be in
ADEQUATE to meet the domestic needs
much less the world demand
Precent Loss Immense.
The present loss to the country from
the 'ravagcs of the wcevil amounts tt
billion dollars n year, Senator Smith
said. lie suggested that the fedora
and state governments should join IL
paying the deficit Occasioned by the
growers in the one years lay-off, de-
claring that it would be cheaper fol
the country in the end, even if it hat
to appropriate that amount to dcfra!
the expenses caused By the suspension
y
Senator Smith suggested that once
the wccvil was eliminated the fedora
government couid and should resort t
coming the Rio Grande border for dis
tarrc Of 100 miles in which no cottol
could be planted, expressing belief tha
| this action would Cfrectually stop tn
! ipSa.fS' N, csi..tf fiOD
Pointing out that prediction last yea
was only a little more than half o
normal and estimating that this year
crop would not exceed nine millio'
bales, S nator Smith asked how Ions
the nation could expect to maintain
the ba nance Of trade in its favor if il
expDr;s Of cotton fell away. The cN
port demand, he continued, is aroun
| 6,000,00) bales, with the domestic dc
mard exceeding that slightly. On TN
basis cf this years crop, he added, tn
county would he 800 100 short of til
export requirements.
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Under Ase.-People in Boontown
were used to Uncle Silas's way OF
talking and enjoyed it; but at last
there came, as member OF the sum-
mer colony, a man who had a desire 10
set everything and everybody straight
according to his ideas.
Whats the sense of your referring
to that animal Of yours as colt
demanded this person one day. How
old is he?"
"Well, he is going on eleven years.
said Uncle Silas, mildly.
Eleven years." sneered the man.
well, we should call that pretty an
cient colt-in New York"
81 think likely you would" said On-
Gle Silas, without rancor, but with
considerable firmness in his tone; but
perhaps 'twould be we'll TO consider
sir, that this colt O. mine resides In
Boontown, where eleven years is pref
ty young for horse"
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Atlantic City, y. J., September 6:
Dccl"ring that ;hr all-embracifS in
junction obtained by Attorney General
DauEhorty against the striking shop
crafts has aroused an enormous wave
Of public sentiment in favor Of t:e rall
woikr's" S1mu ! G0mDerS, president
of the American Federation OF Labor
and m mh"r; or his executive council
today prepared TO enter the courts with
ul ~. nm t."t the injunction be va =
eat ii. S'vCIal secret sessions attend
ed by Mr.. Gomprr&. three Vice-p presi- =
dents ut the FEDERATION ""d Sovera
pr, ,;drNtS of TIE International unions
we g sold today. What took place was
not diacIcs d. Tho labor leaders fIa k
ly stated. however. that they Were
drawing up plamS for lcglly blocking
the Injunction To ho ratified when the
full legis ative counsel cunveneS Sat
urda-. The seriousness; Of the present
labor situation -lNl" lead II Il laSi-
minute LHnst,T from this city t'
Waslin.;1n Of the executive com
lmj, .c,. ,.i~ilt,-rratioTal session, labor
leaders disclosed. Another closed ses-
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A BeIated Discovery.-Mrs. Gar

A Belated Discovery.-Mrs. Garner
came home from call one day In
such a disturbed condition that II was
evident that tears were not far in the
background. She lost no time in De-
ginning her explanation.
Edward" she said, II am so moru-
fed. I don't know what to do"
Whats the matter. Jane?'
.Fve Just been calling on Mrs. Pe-
ters. You know her husband Mar
SHALL"
( "Yes."
"Well, 1 just learned today that
Marshall is not his title at all. Mar
shall is his first name"
"Why, certainly. I've always known
that. What is there mortifying about
that?"
"Nothing,' said Mrs. Gardner, with
a groan, "only I've been calling mm
Marshall every time I've met him for
months and months
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Why, Indeed?-Little Mary had bee

Why, lndeed?-Little Mary had been
taken out by her nurse for walk The
weather was very fine when they left
home, but suddenly there came up a
big, black storm. The crashes OF
thunder were followed by a terrific
shower of hailstones; Mary clung to
nurse in fright.
Never mind, dearie," said nurse as
she got the child into a place of safe
ty. God will take care of u.s."
IF that's So" demanded Mary, why
does he throw things at us like this?"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-09-08
Friday, September 8, 1922.

other women whose husbands have
gone out into the world and failed to
return" the deserted wife said, but
mine has q happier ending II money
can be said to bring happiness under
the circumstances. You can under
stand that even coming into wealth
does not make me the happicst woman
in the world today.
"Of course III take a portion of my
former husbands wealth. Don't you
think / am entitled TO it? / shall be
glad to meet Johns second wife
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-09-08
LlBERIAN TRIP RECALLED
Spartanburs Negro Remembers Voy'
aae to Africa When a Boy.

Directly after the war between the
states a number of negroes living in the
upper part Of South Carolina, formed
a colonization band to return to Lii
IBERIA, Africa, and member OF this
colony, Edward Giles, now away up in
his seventies, lives in Spartanburs,
working on the premises of w. M.
Fisher, on South Church street, Spart-
anburg. He talked of his trip to LII
IBERIA to Spartanburg Herald reporter
recently, and displayed an unusual
faculty for recalling names and dates.
Giles was born in Newberry, and
says he was about Is years old when
the negroes were freed. He says that
one day he was standing on the
streets of Newberry and he heard the
colo'ed folks talking about going back
to their homes in Liberia. He couldn't
exactly let the thing clear in his mind,
but decided to go along with them
There was a big crowd of them going.
Sailed on October 20, 1866.
When asked who was to carry them
across the ocean Uncle Giles replied:
THE colored colonization society OF
Boston, Mass, got the thing up, and as
everybody was free and there wasn't
much to do, we just got together and
went to Charleston where we boarded
the Golconda on the Goth day of Octo-
Der, 1866 and sailed, arriving at Mon
rovia, on Christmas day following
Whom we got out at sea all of us got
sick, and a preacher and little baby
died with sea sickness. When we got
off the ship at Monrovia, we then TOOK
u boat up the st. Paul river for twenty
miles, and then we reached WaShlnS-
toms landing, We got out and walked
fifteen miles to Carysville, where the
hospital was, and stayed there sis
months TO get acclimatized. Lots Of
PEOPLE died and everybody was sicr
with the fever, | was young and
never went to bed at all; Just KEEP
on walking round with the fever
African Fever.
When asked now the fever affected
him, he replied, You gets chill wha
runs down your spinal column and th'
next thing you know you is all het III
and popping out with African fever.
Uncle Giles gave as his reason for th
fever being so contagious there tha
! there was so much swamp and jungl
lands and the intense heat. And h
said there were mosquitoes there as bi
as humble bees.
He says he stayed at tho hospita
there for six months and after that b
went into the woods and built him
matched house of bamboo and sucl
material. He said there was plenty t
cat On the trees there were cocoa
nuts, bananas, palm oil, and there wa
cassava roots. then there were deer
and monkeys. Speaking of catin
monkeys, he said: Il amt never go
any monkeys! the regular Africans ca
'em, but l don't; amt got no taste fo
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-09-08
WOMAN'S WORLD
Paragraphs of Special Interest to
Feminine Readers.

Feminine Readers.
In Zululand a wife can be pur-
chased FOR about fifteen oxen.
- The ,himble used by the late
Queen of Siam was worth 100000.
France has sixteen women for
every ten men of marriageable age.
y Mrs. Thomas 4. Edison has been
elected a trustee of the Chautauqua
Institution.
The liberal churches, Unitarian
and Universalist, ordain women the
same as men.
Women jurors have proved big
success in England, especially in
matters Of sex.
Delaware has a woman driver or
fire apparatus. She is Mrs. Walter Z.
Reed of Elsmcre.
Mrs. Henry Ford is said to use
the most luxurious and complete
private railway car ever built.
- Out of a working population oil
IL ,O0O, 900 in the United States more
than 100000 are women.
- Policewomen in Washington, D. c.,
receive s1,7OO year and this is in
CT eased according to point of service
Lady Poyntcr, wife of a we'll
known English architect, has decided
to start in business as a house deco
rator. =
- Salaries for women holding rela-
lively high positions do not exceed
$4,000 a year. and usually between ST.
500 and $4,000.
- Miss Jane Moffett and Miss Helen
Johnson, Washington society girls,
have given up motor cars for the air
plane.
A home brewmaking contest, open
to women only was a novel fea-
ture of a sports day held recently
at Biggar, Carada.
The American Woman's Club in
Paris, with headquarters in the
Boulevard Malescherbes, has a men,
bership of more than 1000.
Mrs. Harding will be the First lady
of the land ever. to have cast vote
she having sent her registration as a
| legal voter to Marion
Princess NagGko, Japan's imperial
bride, will wear n necklace worth $780,
600 when she becomes the bride of the
Prince Regent in the fall.
- Miss Joyce Wethered, the new
British golf champion, comes Of a
golhng family and has played regu-
larly since she was s years Of age.
- Though she is totally blind, a
young Indian girl is considered one
of the best fruit pickers employed in
the orchards about Surgeon Bay, Wis
Miss Christabel Pankhurst has been
travelling throughout the rural districts
of Western Canada gathering informa
ton on opportunities for British inn
migrants.
- Some of the girl experts employed
in the United States Treasury Depart
ment in Washington are able to count
pennies at the rate Of 10000 in forty
eight minutes.
Princess Magaloff sister-in-law OF
the Grand Duke Michael, and once
worth millions, and number of other
Russian women of nobility, are earn
ing their living as mannequins. Sew
eral Russian processes have become
stenographers and chorus girls, while
two Hungarian women Of royal birtf
recently took positions as govcrnesses