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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-12-01
WITHIN THE TOWN

- Pupils of the Yorkville school were
given a holiday on yesterday and to-
day on account of Thanksgiving.
- The Yorkville Cotton Oil company,
Yorkvillc. up to November 25 of this
wear had crushed 1850 tons Of seed
against 2,177 tons up to the same date
of last year, and compared with a
four-year average of 1906 tons. Re-
ports from thirty-seven South Caro-
lima mills show that they have crushed
69,SO2 tons of seed up to November
% of this year, against 1892 tons in
1922 This years crush for the 81
mills reporting is only 80 per cent. of
the four-year average.
Thanksgiving day passed off quiet
" in Yorkville yesterday. With few
exceptions the business houses were
closed during the day and but little
business was done. The banks were
closed altogether during the day and
the post office observed holiday hours
Union service was held in Trinity
Methodist church in accordance with
advance announcement, and was very
well attended. The streets generally
presented the appearance of Sunday.
-- Rev. Thos. =. Noe, superintendent
of the Church Home Orphanage, OK
hibitcd on the streets Tuesday after
noon n basket of exceptionally fine
foil grown Irish potatoes. Rev. Noe
said the potatoes We're Of the Peach
Blow variety and that the seed were
planted on the orphanagc farm on
August 10th. and despite the eXcep-'
tionally dry weather that followed the
planting the seed came up to a good
stand and grew vigorously Three
sacks of potatoes were planted on
about three -fourths of an acre. On
last Tuesday about half Of the crop
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-12-01
Friday, December l, 1922

WIS dug, the yield from three -eighths
of IN acre being 64 bushels, or at the
rate If 40 2-3 bushels per acre.
- Three members o. the family Of
the late b. F. Blalock of the Lockmore
Mill village who have been critically
i'll for several days with pneumonia and
Influenza were reported this morning
as being some better The entire family
has been stricken during the past ten
days, the father dying Friday, the
mother on Sunday and the eldest
daughter on Monday morning. The
other three members who were sick
including the baby about five months
old were reported this morning as be-
ing about out of danger.
- The Thanksgiving supper given by
Yorkville Lodge, No. 146, Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, at it's hall in
the Cannon Mill village Wednesday
evening was most enjoyable affair,
both from the standpoint of atten-
dance and also because of the menu
that was served the lodge membership
and their invited guests, quite num-
ber of ladies being included. There
were quite number of out Of town
guests, including visitors from Rock
Hill, Sharon and other towns. Short
talks were made by w. B. Wilson,
Esq, of Rock Hill, and Lewis Boyd Of
hn L.,
cluded oysters, roast chicken, dressing,
green peas, fruit salad, pickles, rolls,
crackers, cake, coffee The supper ar
rangements were in charge of R. C.
Blackwell, secretary of the Yorkville
lodge.
| At a meeting of Mech Stewart
Post No. 66, American Legion Tuesday
evening, the following officers were
elected to serve the post during the en-
suing year: Commander, William c.
Sandifer; vice commander, William S.
Moore; adjutant, ]. Howard Nc
Mackin; finance officer, William H.
Simrill; service officer, Jas. D. Grist;
sergeant at arms, Robert ]. Morrow.
Members attending the post pledged
themselves to do all in their power to
build the membership up to $50 dur
ing the year. 1t was decided further
to abandon the rule heretofore existing
of admitting young men not American
Legion men to membership as asso-
ciates in the club and to conduct the
club in future for American Legion
aires alone. Every member present
pledged himself not to engage in any
game of chance for money in the legion
club rooms during the year. Com
mander Sandifer announced his inten-
tion of calling meeting Of the club
to be held within a few days at which
time a number of matters affecting the
post will be discussed. Reports Of A.
nance officers of both the post and the
legion showed balance on the right
side Of the ledger.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-12-01
MARRIED FIFTY YEARS

The first response to the request OF
The Yorkvillc Enquirer for information
about York county couples that have
been married fifty years or more comes
from Mr.. II. ]. Shcrer of Blairsville,
who tells of his neighbors, Mr. and
Mrs. J. Archie Steele as follows:
Mr.. J. Archie Steele and Miss Annie
Pool were married February 16, 1871.
They have four children, all living and
married as follows: r. Ed. Steele,
chief of police of Yorkville and his
wife, Mary Minter. They have no
children. Miss Rosa Steele, who mar
ried J. G.. White. They have one child.
J. Cal Steele, chief of police of Great
Falls, and his wife, Mae Helton. They
have four children. Susie Steele, wife
of Rev. Hugh Woods, they have several
children.
The difference in the ages Of Mr.. and
Mrs. J. Archie steele is only three
months.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-12-01

is so we'll pleased that he has but one
regret and that is that he did not put
in a much larger crop TO begin with.
Messrs. J. Darby and b. r. Smith,
Of York No. l. were among the men,
hcrs of the association who were in
the fivc-acre class, and both are very
much pleased with the outcome so far.
Mr.. B. II. Smith made about > IL
tons Of peanuts on his five acres and
also five tons of hay. He sold two
tons of the peanuts for 5000 and is
holding back =. half a ton. In addi-
ton to the peanuts he also made five
tons of hay that he estimates as being
worth easily $25 a ton.
Mr.. j. ID. Smiths yield was about
the same rs that realized by Mr.. b. Re-
Smith, and he figures that he can pre-
pare, fcrtilizc and work three acres Of
peanuts at the same cost as one acre
of cotton, and he thinks that under
present boil weevil conditions there is
no Question Of the fact that the pea
nut is the more profitable crop of the
two. r-
Both the Messrs. Smith expect to
largely increase their peanut acreage
next year, and this no doubt is also
true of all the other members of the
association.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-12-01

II is announced from Columbia tha.
Governor Harvey has instructed SuliCi
tor Harris of Anderson not to proceed
further i'm the appeal from the recent
ruling of Judge Prince in the Crooks
casc. judge Prince il will be rcmcm-
.bcrcd held that although Crooks had
been parolcd during good behavior
that he had to behave only until tn
cNpiralion of the number of months for
which he was sentonced, and the Su-
prcme court upheld that view. or
course the governor had nothing |?
gain nv nursuinG the case further; but
we would have been glad TO have seen
the governor ask the supreme court
To pass on one little point Ike this. Al
the time Judge Prince assumed Jurls-
dicion. he was on the sick list as he
still is, and special judge was sub
stituting for him in his circuit. The
question is whcthcr Judge Prince was
still retaining his authority or were
there two circuit judges exercising
cdual jurisdiction over the same cH-
cult at the same time. Our own view
of the matter is that at the time he
rendered his decision Judge Prince had
no more jurisdiction than did Crooks
himself OF course that has nothing
to do with the merits of the case; but
all the same it is an interesting
question.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-12-01

busting to poison the terminal buds
where the remaining wecvils are,
forced to feed This announcement is
particularly important because it ap-
pareutIy offers a means OF controlling
the boil wcevil on low-yiclding lands
on which it has so far been unproiit-
able to use the dusting method. y
very large proportion of the cotton
crop is produced on law-yicldin% land
and the bureau of entomology is great
ly pleased that this new method has
been developed. we'll knowing Profess
sor NewcIls standing as a careful and
reliable investigator, and urged a
widespread and thorough trial of this
method during the coming season
wherever the conditions appear suit
able for its use"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-12-01
ABOUT PEOPLE.

Mr.. Starr G. Wood of Abbeville, is
visiting friends in Yorkville today.
Deputy Sheriff Tom Quinn is i'll at
his home in Yorkville with influenza.
Mrs. James A. Sherer of Yorkville,
was u visitor in Charlotte today.
Mr.. William McCorkle of Anderson,
is visiting his father Mr.. Paul G..
McCorkle, in Yorkville this week.
Mrs. j. u. Stowe of Yorkville. is
spending few days with relatives in
Gastonia.
Miss Wilma Quinn, assistant to Au-
ditor Broadus NJ. Love is i'll at her
home in Yorkville with influenza.
Mr.. Andrew McCarter of Gastonia,
recently visited his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. e. A. McCarter in Glover.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Willis and Mrs.
]. p. White of Yorkville have been
quite sick at their home this week with
influenza.
Mr.. Thomas w. Quinn of Winston
Salem, n. c., is visiting the family Of
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. w.
Quinn in Yorkville.
Mr.. II. j. Sherer of Sharon No. !,
was among the visitors in Yorkville
yesterday morning. Mr.. Sherer was
on his way to Glover.
Mr.. H. L. Dickson, formerly Of Clo-
yer, now in business in Orangeburg
county, is spending a few days with
relatives in Clover.
Rev. S. H. Booth Of Simpsonv.lle,
s. c., who was recently assigned to the
pastorate of Glover circuit with head
quarters at Glover, has not yet moved
his family to Glover, due to illness.
Reports this morning from the bed
side of A. c. McCarter Of Glover No. 1,
were to the effect that there was no
change for the better in his condition
Mir. McCarter has been seriously i'll for
several days and it was not expected
that he would survive the day.
Mr.. Robert NJ Mitchell, of Sharon
No. 1, who had the misfortune to lose
his house by fire several days ago, is
preparing to rebuild. Friends and
neighbors are now assisting him in
hauling logs and other building sup
plies.
Dr. w. w. Fcnnel, of Rock Hill,
went to Charleston Monday night to
attend a meeting of the trustees Of the
Charleston medical college; but cX-
pectcd to have a day or two of duck
shooting with John Anderson, ]. w.
Roddcy Jr. and other Rock Hill friends
over in Berkeley county before his re-
turn.
William b. McCleave of McConnells-
Vile formerly engaged in the cotton
business in YOrlvllle is now n patient
in the u. S. Public Service Hospital in
Grccnvillc. Mr.. McClcave has been in
bad health for some time past and an
examination showed that it was due
to exposure while in the military SER
vice. In a letter to a friend in York
Vile yesterday he said that ne was be-
ing given good attention in Greenville
and that he was hopeful he would
soon be on the road to recovery.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-12-01

York county people who have been
impressed with the manner in which
Judge Pcuvifoy conducts himself on
sbo. bcneA aud cls"whGte YiIl EeSE't 70
read the news Of his proposed retire
mcnt from the circuit judiciary. Some
body. somewhere, sometime back, as
descriptive of his character dubbed TINS
splendid imrist as Judge Purifier" and
the name is generally accepted as most
appropriate. That he does not feel
physically strong enough to hold up TO
his judicial work is rcgrcttablc on ac-
count of the public need no less than
on his own account.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-12-01

In a speech in Greensboro, n. c., the
other day Rev. G. Croft Williams, Tor
mcr secretary of the state board OF
charities and corrections burst out in
a yitriolic onslaught against the treat
mont of prisoners in the South Carolina
penitentiary and on the chaingangs.
Among other things. he described the
Chaingang prisoners as being brutaily
treated by being required to work in
chains. and said that they were. hor-
ribly beaten on slight prOvocation. The
impression conveyed by his remarks
was that the prison and ChainGang au-
thoritics generally were like wild
beasts with the lamb like convicts at
their complete mercy, and his allcga-
tions have since been partially backed
up in a report submitted by his former
colleagues on the + board. Governor
Harvey thinks that the whole outburSt
is very unjust and so does Col. Saun-
dcrs, superintendent Of the pcnitcn-
;iary. It is an open secret that to a
large part of the Intelligent better in
formed public, the whole thing is some
thing Of a joke just rs the state board
uf charities is very commonly regarded
hy the people. There is no doubt about
the fact that there is more or less bru-
tality in the treatment Of some OF the
prisoners on some Of the Chaingangs
and in some Of the prisons; but to
claim that this is general is simply
hosh. Mr.. Williams and his former
colleagues ar" all right i'm the special
Work they arc doinc, and in the role
Cf critics; but as actual responsible
managers Of any of the prisons or
chaingangs, they would hardly last
over a single day. That there has
been some brutality on the York Coun-
ty chaingar@, for instance, we would
not pretend To deny, although We are
not at this moment prepared to mention
any specific instance; but in the gen.
cral management of the Jail, the chain
gang and the county home, we believe
there is as much humanity as there is
in the management of the state board
of charities. And we will say further
aa to the state board OF charities, that
unless it can be conducted with more
common sense and less maudlin scnti-
mCnt, ii might very well be abolished.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-12-01
MERE MENTION

Three men were killed and six in
jurcd when still exploded at Phila-
delpha, Va, Tuesday night. The still,
100 gallon outfit, was located in a
barn. Two of the injured men are
said TO be fatally injured.
Couzens, mayor of Detroit, has been
appointed to the United States senate
by Governor Alex J. GrOesbcCk of
Michigan, to succeed Truman II. New
berry, signcd........-.John Wanamakcr,
Philadelphia merchant and philan-
thropst, is very i'll at his home in that
city man. his wife and four chill
drcn were found dead i'm their home ut
Lancaster, Ohio, one day last week. II
was at first suspected that they had
been poisoned by some one having put
poison i'm their food. State chemists,
.aftpr analyzing the stomachs Of the
victims and making other cXamina-
tons, '.,hayc decided that the fHmily
was victim of carbon monoX.dc gas
rom a defective Exports Of
American cotton for the month of
October totaIcd '79S, ,GG4 bales, Vailed at
$y3, ,92S, 00Q..-.-.-.Dr. Bur1Cigh KCllam
was acquitted by jury at Norfolk,
Va, Wednesday of the charge Of per-
forming am Illegal operation on a
Young woman Of Cape Charles. The
charge Of murder against the doctor
as The result of the operation. WAS mol
pressed by the prosecuting attorney.
-...............Two negroes were killed at
Guicna, Va, Wednesday, when truck
they were driving was struck by an eX-
Dress train on a grade crossing g.----...--.
Bandits firing from a stolen automobile
killed one policeman and fatally injured
another at Columbus, Ohio, Wcdncs-
day. one bandit was killed and two
others captured, one of them after at
tempting Suicidc.............Ncw York boot
lcgGcrs and rum runners, who have
crown wealthy 1t the game, are sur
rounding themselves with armed
guards To protect their well filled pock-
cts and their diamonds from footpads
and hold upS..--.-..-.Thc British govern
mcnt, which has been scrapping some
warship5 that were little more than
junk To begin with, announces that it
will do no moro scrapping until some
"r the othcr PARTIES 10 The Washington
agreement show signs Of compliance.
........... The house on "Wednesday passed
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-12-01

~ understands what he is, doing. And
irresponsible talk to the contrary,
humorous and otherwise, he has
gantcd as well as refused pardOns.
We speak adviscdly when we say
that no governor the state has ever
had has been more thoroughly aC-
quaintcd with the history of every
convict in the pcnitentiary than is
Governor Harvey. and probably no
other governor has devoted more
p&instaking investigation to all the APP
plications for pardons that have been
brought to his attention.
Recently in the course Of his detail
cd study into tho cases of the cOnVictS
in the pcnitentiary, he came upon one
who had been there four years under
sentence Of death, with no record as
to his present legal status. and no date
set for execution. Examining into the
case he found that the fellow had been
hurricdly convicted of alleged rape on
n small child; that the conviction was
the result of mad public clamor based
upon idle and irresponsible rumor
with not a fact to substantiate the
charge that had been made against the
poor devil. And when the governor
made known his finding, the very ju-
rorsS"wtrq had rendered the verdict
came begging him for Gods sake TO
turn that fellow loose as he had been
haunting their sleeping hours ever
since. The governor has not turned
the fellow loose, but he has let him
know that he need not worry any
more.
Just now among many cases with
which Governor Harvey is wrestling is
that of a young service man who took
an automobile while under the influ-
cnce of liquor, drove it to another
town twelve miles away, and left 1t
on the street while he lcisurely pro-
ceedcd to have a good time with his
friends and acquaintances. The irate
owner of the machine prosecuted the
young fellow for stealing it, and he,
not knowing anything else to do, plead
guilty and got six years in the pcniten-
tiary. Another man who plead guilty
to stealing and selling seven automo-
biles, is serving only one year. And in
trying to do the right thing with due
regard to the laws ct the land and the
! integrity of the courts the governor is
suffering more real mental agony than
both of them.
And take that recent ridiculous de-
cision in which the supreme court held
in effect that a parole is not n parole,
and which many people believe was
made merely in order to show a short
term governor that the constitution to
the contrary Notwithstanding, st. Pat
rick's day is Il bigger man than
Thanksgiving ever was.
According to our notion Governor
| Harvey is all right. He is davotinS
himself to questions that are Of tre-
mendous moment 70 the people of
South Carolina; but iG is impossible to
accomplish much within the six short
weeks that still remain Of his acci-
dental term. 1t is Il pity indeed that
he has not got a full term of two years,
for if he could serve two years, what
hc would do in SLOWING the people
what Il real governor ought to be
would compel them 20 give him two
years more.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-12-01
LOCAL .AETAGES g.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Cuburn'S MinstrCls-ChCStCr opera
house, Tuesday, December 5.
T. W. Spcck, .Icwcler-Wachcs make
appropriate Christmas gifts.
York Furniture Co.--Makc selections of
Christmas gifts now.
Star Theatre J. q. Wray, Manager
COrrinc Griffith today in a WOman's
Sacrifice.
Shcrcr & Qunn-Christmas Baking.
Glover Drug Storc-CouEhs and Colds.
Yorkvillc EnQuirCr-The Woodstock,
best and most durable typewriter on
the market.
Kirkpatrick Bclk Co.-Men's suits and
OvCrCOatS.
NJ. l.. Ford 81 Sons. Clovcr-MajcstiC
Range demonstration commencing
next Monday.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-12-01

There is no complete copy OF the
constitution of South Carolina as that
instrument has from time to time
been amended. Since the adoption OF
the constitution in 1895, hardly gen
cral election has been held in which
number OF amendments have not been
added: yet if any one should desire to
read the constitution as it now stands,
il would be practically impossible to
do so except in the Office of the sec
rotary Of state. Most constitutional
amendments, however, are OF only
local importance.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-12-01

There is Il pretty widespread eonvic-
ton throughout the country with rel
crcncc TO that New Brunswick, \. j.,
case that the reason nobody is beng
prosecuted is because the powerful so
ciai influences of New Brunswick don't
want any prosecutions. The idea that
a murder like that could be committed
without anybody knowing anything
about il is simply absurd.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-12-01

The complaint Of the Greeks against
their ministers was that they dragged
the country into war with Turkey for
dynastic reasons. Constantine was un-
popular and the people did not want
him To return to Greece. The minister's
figured, however, That war would turn
the minds of the people To other things
and successful war would establish
Constantine in the public heart. There
has been many n war for no better
reason, and if TN" charge against ihc
ministers was true they deserved death
i'm the event of either success or fail
urc. Gut if they had succeeded th'y
would have been acclaimed as In"
saviours Of the nation, and therefor" it
was a crime on the part of the pco-
ole to XIII them because OF their fail
wu.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-12-01
LOCAL LAcONlcS
State and County Taxes.

The collection of state and county
taxes for 1922 was commenced at the
office of County Treasurer Neil this
morning The per capita dog tax is
payable during the month of January
only. r.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-12-01

Cleveland county, n. c., is fclicital-
ing itself on not having suffered
great deal from boil wccvil damages
this year. York county got by without
much damage last year.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-12-01
Taken to the Pen.

William c. FAIRIES was taken to the
penitentiary last Wednesday by Sheriff
F. E. Quinn, and he is now in the
death house cell recently occupied by
Ell Culbreath, negro, granted a new
trial by the supreme court.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-12-01

MIR. A. e. Burns slaughtered hog
Tuesday for his father w. A. Burns Of
the Bccrshcba ncighborhOOd that net
ted 4S3 pounds.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-12-01
GAr alovkrille GnQl1irsE.
Entered at the Postoffice at York, as
Mail Matter Of the Second Class.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER I, 1922.

The gasoline tax is all right except
that the proceeds should apply to the
Improvement of the roads.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-12-01
Committed to Jail.

Charged with assault on r. L. Sherer
by striking him on the head with a
single barrel shotgun following quar-
rel, Clyde Price, farmer was COM
mitted to Jail yesterday. The affair
happened in the Beth Shiloh section.
Sherer was painfully hurt but his
condition is not serious.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-12-01
Real Estate Changes Hands.

Seventy acres of the D. NJ. Parrott
farm on the road between Glover and
Filbert have been sold to ]. F. Purs-
Icy of Clover. The price paid was $3,-
$50, the transaction being made
through the real estate agency Of c,
Frank Sherer of Yorkville.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-12-01
Another One for Broad River.

Constable NJ. NJ. Mcknight and Mr..
r. L. White of Broad River township
captured another big moonshine outfit
about three miles south Of Hickory
Grove, last Friday. The operators had
just fired up the still and got things
running when the officers swooped
down on them. The still was a copper
affair and there were about 200 gallons
of beer at the place ready to be made
into liquor.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-12-01
Changes of Schedule.

The Southern railroad has announced
change of schedule on the Charlotte
and Columbia division effective on
December II, by which No. 81 going
south will pass Rock Hill about one
hour and thirty-fve minutes earlier
than at present and No. 32 going
North will pass Rock Hill one hour and
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