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Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1922-10-14
A Shread VIZ

'These bedroom slippers you've &c
lected for your husband, Madge, an
too small for him ny mile "a snOE
Ii: but they'll ft me. FLORIDA Tins
Union.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1922-10-14

Ms. Hannah Ellred Of BALDWIN. l.
l.. was ironing shirt at o'cl9cs the
other night and singing she always
sings Whca she worEs-wheu hun.
dred or So descendants and other rela
tiyes came in and reminded her THAI
e was her hundrelih birth Hay Mrs
Ej3rcd rcads without glasses anil Is
aslont-hin-'y vigorous Tor her III
pounds Tie photographer sald. in aD
aside rs ore IF yht daughters @Car
SHE NalS tna53elG Mrs. E)dred over
heard anI answered him by DANCING
a 5ig Then. just 'o prove her pep
size went at into the yaka chopped
wood haus up washing "a the line,
pushed vaeelbarrow around. AMI
then climbed a ladder
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1922-10-14
Matt Secore,
T. j. Wiercinski,
Burt L. Calligaro,

Finance Com, City of Hurley.
Moved by Alderman Carter, that
the report of the Finance Committee
be accepted, and the clerk and mayor
issue orders for the payment of the
respective amounts, as recommended.
Supported by Alderman Colosimo.
Unanimously carried.
1t was reported by the Board of
Public Works, that certain ground in
the Houlehan addition to Hurley, was
being fenced off detrimental to the
progress of the work carried on, on
Bird avenue, north side. Moved by
Alderman Weireinski, that this mat
ter be referred to the City Attorney,
and City Engineer. Supported by
Alderman Carter. Unanimously car
ried.
There being no further business be-
fore the Council, it was duly moved
and carried that the council adjourn.
John A. Emunson, City Clerk.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-10-15

glorles besides. He accepted her be-
cause she his type because she 4
would be no expense, and because she
was woman OF rare Judgment in at &
tractive men
The next Jump" was St Paul a street
car distance. He remained quartered In
Minneapolis that week following along
the pickup" Then Duluth. with Wnni.
peg and the Pacific Coast loop 10 come.
Mile threw up her job the day after he
left, and walked In ON him In Duluth.
Mickle not hospitabe she had
hoped for he touring not only interstate hut
inter country. Mte was determined, however.
and she not only remained, but went along.
waitress can almost always get work on an
hours notice In any town. There agencies
everywhere and they have steady flow of girls
and calls for girls. Mattresses seldom are STEADY"
and The stream OF them is rarely broken SO Millio
contrived 20 earn her share OF the expenses and
Mlckle couldn't shake" her When he closed his
In Toledo and beat Il into the big burg
for HIS Summer lay'oh, with It's auremens OF loaf
Ing and Dragging and hoping and parading and sky
larkng, with its inviting boarding places only
block on Broadway itself, with the beaches only
wide open everything rosy except for Millie.
The poor girl had not been cured by neglect,
abuse. threats hRrdships or blows, Mckle had
tried them all But she hung and followed along,
living on the moments when he forgot him.
self and threw her friendly word as she told him
how great he was. On every bill he played she
was Joke and by word The other actors-those
who talked 10 him at all-twtted him. even tho
ones who envied him, aud a thousand times, he
hung about the obbies OF thirdrats hotels or
washed up In the community dressing rooms
signed all the thirdrae performers In each theatre,
he had repeated;
Say, can | help It II that poor Swede Is cuckoo
over me2 Nouse guys know well as | do, an II
youse don't lemme wise you-they's lot o james
goes dafy over big men, an specially performers,
Wen, I'm playin' Minneapolis, an this here blonde
takes one slant at me an goes dizzy. l says 10 her
she's a sap an amt got no time bein' annoyed
wit her, But you think that stops her? Say she
books herself over the Orpheum wheel an she's
been givn' me the runaround ever since. The
wordU tell you ! slips her the air an many q
punch In the pan but she trails me around like
a one,man dog. What a guy do Wit pest like
that, huh? She crabs me wit lot o. swell babes
Copyrisht ~
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-10-15

Permanent address they had none and no NOR,
had they permanent abode to use as an address
They travelled forty weeks the year, and the re.
naming welvo they occupied Just off broadway.
struttng and gossiping with others Of their breed,
ubhing about how they bulldoZcd tho booking offcs
and made them like Il.
"No oponn' shows for us mex season, | SAYS TO
Gottlieb. lie starts to squawk an starts 20 take
the air. lie calls me baCk-you bet your life he
does an he says all right, then he can't afford
to lose us. becus wero a standard act an we pull
AT the box onlce-an' he knows Il. so mex season.
no worse'n the deuce spot any bill an featured
on the small big an big small time, that Is II we
take any dates cpsep the main wheel We mightn'
20 ont o. NNork at all, becus we're dckerin with
a pducton-a revue They want us, but they don
wanna pay no dough-that is our kind o. dough
see? So Ven jus proh'y stick aroun' N'York-
the best stands-an | guess Higgyli loosen up all
right He wants us bad, | know that, becus We
amt like most O them dumb acts--we got class
We amt really no dumb act The partner keeps
wise crackn' all through the routine now, an do
the straight We get many scream An when
We get spot -say-we'l knock 'em for a ghoul,"
Let them rave on. Next season they will get
the same route. the same pay the same spot
opening and closng-aud they will grumble for
forty weeks again. and como back TO dream and
talk IN largo terms for twelve weeks again, and 40
ad iuhnilum until they become stagedoor tenders
or Join the union and become sceneshtters there,
after TO- talk Of their lustrous pasts and tell about
the business I'm the good old days-Wheu they we're
great and things were great
Mcklo wore raglan ulsters with belts and pro.
uounced pltids, diamond ring on the downstage
hand, and had two solid gold teeth. Tie was built
like wrestler and had all the ethics and fnesse
Of lie had, also, the hysteriCal unreasonable
consuming love OF Milne Fricdenbacker.
Millte had been a waitress In a quick lunch IN
Minneapolis so near the Orphoum Theatre that Il
vas logical hangout for the superior actors In a
hurry and the plebeian ones at their leisure And
she had met Mickle while in pursuit OF her duties,
Alillio, the stagestruck waitress, daughter OF
night watchman In a lumber yard, saw IN the huge
Micke AZ once a Hercules, Apollo and a Jupiter.
And he saw In her slender blonde, a nifty
dresser, a napper with trade that made her self
supporting. What his diamond and his eighteen.
karat teeth meant TO her her yellow hair and lake.
blue eyes meant TO him, She ached for him be.
cause he was an actor aud had all these crowning
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-10-15
Dumb Devotion xbp JackLait

his tall ones. And he had heard that 10 England
frequently. dumb acts mako sensational successes
and are feted Maybe Mlckle and Barry could
scratch homer over a British fence, and maybe
he would come back baron-come back a celeb
ry and become a headlinerl England, indeed
could II be done?
The agent said he had a few openings to cross
on spec" (speculationl without any fixed salaries.
II was tryout but II would be pleasant trip, and
Summer was waste OF time anyway, so why not
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-10-15

take the gamble? Maybe the act would 90 over big
who could tell?
Every situation has it's redeeming advantage
And being a dumb actor, with all the shortcomings
of one, st affords the one bit OF blue sky-a dumb
act Is universal
I'm packin' now" answered Mickle. when do
We sail?"
The day was set In the following week In an
hour every hand-belapcer In the great market knew
that Mickle and Barry were opening in London
knew all about 1t and some that even London didn't
know, When Me arrived at the Grand Central
station six days later, having remained behind
while she worked out her fare, she knew II even
before she had traced down the boarding house
where Mckle and Barry were teamed UP In a back
room TO pool expenses.
Miles heart stopped beating Here, at last,
was knockout blow. She had been able TO and
would continue TO be able to follow Mickle about
so long as he remained on this continent. But the
ocean--that beyond her
Meanwhile, she was seeking the boarding house.
There were so many-thousands. She had never
been in New York before. But she had heard often
the names OF the principal vaudeville houses, and
she knew that the acrobats' rendezvous would be
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-10-15

In eyry town--you know how they buzz around
big men, specially II they're performers / don
pay no tention TO her, but she butts In an she
waits for me at the stage doors an she sends me
presents-what can guv do wit pest like that
huh' II bawl her out she says I'm right but she
loves me; II shake her. she's planted on the door
step when come back; II bust her one she says
I'm always clownin' an she loves big rough birds
like me an she hopes some day III beat her up
good What ear a guy do wit a pest like that
huh?'
He told his story to his agent when he got in
told II with the eloquence OF hero who Is weaTied
OF worship and who Graves to come down. incognto
II necessary and breathe the relieving 10y OF being
for while plain mortal
The agent was not griefstricken over Mickle's
dramatic recital OF Miles eXasperating infatua.
tiou, but II gave him sudden idea
How'd you like TO take shot at England?" he
suggested.
Mickle almost fell on his seat
England He had dreamed for years OF trip
abroad, I'M; fields. crossing the big pond on a
big boat mingling abroad with dukes and dukesses
aud earls and earlesses and meeting a new flock
OF performers-a new circle which might believe
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-09-08

Rock Hill, who is president OF the asso-
citation and was opened with devotional
exercises conducted by Rev. w. =.
Gricr. pastor Of Bethany church.
Leon c. Palmer of Spartanburg, SUI
perintendent of the South Carolina
Sunday School Association was intro
duced and delivered an address on the
subject, "How to Double Attendance in
Sunday School"
christianity in General was the
subject Of an address delivered by DR..
w. D. Melton of Columbia, president
Of the University of South Carolina.
In the course of his address, DIR. Melton
recalled that York county was his home
county where he had a number of re!a-
tives and that this section of the state
was very near and dear to him. His
was an able address and he held the
close attention of his hearers through
out.
Following adjournment for a bountl-
full picnic dinner served by the ladies
on the church grounds. Rev. II. r.
Gillespie, D. D., of Yorkville spoke on
the subject, How to Double the Adult
Bible Class Attendance" Rev. L. w
Gregg of Rock Hill spoke of the
Duties of the Sunday School super
intendent." Rev. J. w. Lewis of Hick-
ory Grove had for his subject, "Thc
Sunday School"
The report of w. 3. Wilkerson, sec
retary of the York County Sunday
School Association showed that Sun
day School enrolment in the past few
years had grown from 3,4OO to 1920
members. Secretary Wilkerson was
highly commended for his interest and
activity in Sunday School work.
The convention pledged $2S7 fol
association expenses this year. A
count showed there were nine minis
ters, twenty-three Sunday School su-
perintendents and 357 delegates in at
tendance on the convention.
Before adjournment the present corps
of officers were reelected to serve
another year.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-09-08
ABOUT PEOPLE

Mrs. Wyche Elder of Yorkville, spent
Wednesday in Charlotte.
Miss Julia Williams Of Yorkville, has
gone TO Abb e, where she VIII
teach school winter.
Mrs j. ]. Hunter and Miss Rose
Hunter of YOrkville, are at Connolly
Springs, for some time.
Mrs Aida Patton, of Salinas, Cal, is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. G. c. Cart
wright, in Yorkvlle.
. Mr. Joe Woods of Yorkville, is visit
ing his uunt, Mrs. Alfred Brown, at
Huntersville, n. c.
Miss Kate Williford, r. N, of Ches-
ter, is visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. NJ. Williford, in YorkVilie.
John s. Wallace of Pagcland, S. c..
is visiting the family Of his father,
Mr.. George X. Wallace on York No. 2.
Miss Marie Pegram of Yorkvillc left
recently for Bcnnettsvillc, where she
will teach this winter.
Miss Elizabeth Purcell of Sharon No.
l and Miss Faye Ross of Lockhart, are
visiting relatives in Spartanburg and
Gaffney.
The following Yorkville boys have
entered Clemson College for the COM
ing year: Roe Dorsett, J. Q. Wray, Jr.,
and Floyd Wray.
Mr.. T. NJ. Ferguson, cashier of the
Loan and Savings Bank of Gorkville, is
spending his summer vacation in New
York city.
Rev. w. i. Grier, pastor of Glover
Bethany and CrUwdcr's Creek ~. r. =.
churches has been suffering for sew
eral days with an infected foot.
Miss Nellie Moore of Yorkville, left
Wednesday to resume her work rs a
teacher in the graded schools OF
B9nchv!lle, S. c.
Robert Turner Allison, student at
the University Of Maryland Medical
school, Baltimore, is visiting his par
cnts. Mr.. and Mrs. Robert y. Allison,
in Yorkville.
York county friends of Rev. d. G.
Phillips. ID. d., of Chester, will be in
terested to learn that he has accepted
4 call to the pastorate of the First a
r. =. church of Charlotte.
DR.. and Mrs. A. A. Wilson and
daughter, Catherine, of Baltimore, arc
visiting Mr. and Mrs. j. NJ. Ferguson.
They made the trip down to Yorkville
in an automobile,
Among the YOrkville visitors to
Charlotte the past week were: Mr.. and
Mrs. B. NJ. Love, Misses Margaret Love
and Minnie Florence Ferguson, MesSrs.
Cody Ferguson and o. f. Grist, Mrs.
d. L. Shieder and Miss Evelyn Shicder.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-09-08
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

Real estate transfers have been in
dexed in the office of the county audi
tor as follows.
Bethesda-Mrs Margaret H. Guy to
w. b. and Isabella G. Jenkins, 200
acres, 81, (new survey was 1856. IL
acres.)
Mrs. Hattie w. Moore to Jno. f.
Davidson, SO acres, 81 and premises.
Catawba-Jennie NJ. Orr to Matte b.
Collins, lot, $1,000.
w. n. Ashe to Trustees OF West
White Baptist church, l lot, 81 and
other considerations.
The Peoples Trust Co., Exor. Of w. j.
Neely, deceased to F. E. Hull, lot,
$4,000.
Gus E. Reid to Alfred and Maggie
Lytle, lot, $50.
The Citizens Bank and Trust Co.,
Trustees to j. +. Dickson, lots, 1915.
sss;. !; L. Phillips to T. E. Cato | i0''
u. NJ. Pursley to ]. V. Boulinau, 2
lots, S4,305.65. g. j. Keller & Co. lots).
H. b. Powell and C. E. Tucker to H.
F. Kelly, lot, $7O0.
7. E. McMackin, c. c. c., Pls., to
Earl and Willie S. Kendall, l lot, 1915.
Locke property
W. A. Settlemeyer to Oran S. Craw-
ford, lot, $4,000.
w. NJ. Robinson, Sr.; to James and
William Allen, l lot, $4,000.
J. L. Black to James II. Ramseur, l
lot, $500.
Powell and Tucker to II. NJ. and G..
S. Robertson, lots, $25.
John r. Williams to Elijah and
Annie Belle Williams, l lot $3.50.
c. A. Deas to B. NJ. Howe, l lot, S275.
j. E. Connell to II. II. McNair, lot,
s4,75O.
A. NJ. Greene to 2. NJ. Howe, l lot,
$500.
E. w. Hall to w. R. Armstrong, 2
lots, $1,000.
Ebenezer-J. Edgar Poag to Nancy
Glenn, lots, s1C5.
II. c. Cordero to f. E. Poag, lot,
S1OO.
Joseph NJ. Taylor to II. c. Cordero, /
lot, $25.
John Barron to A. Barron, ct al,
elders, acres, 800.
John Carroll to TirZah Church Con-
gregation, / tract, SIS.
John K. Williams to Mrs. Willie b.
Wilson, lots, $50.
w. A. Anderson to Peoples Trust
20, ltfuSleSa, lol, 9Io anu o'i4Si
sideratiOns.
Fort MiII-Jessie Massey, w. Il.
Jones, Edgar Jones and Mrs. jennie
Crook (heirs at law) to A. o. Jones,
S5 acres, SO. John Columbus Jones
land).
w. III. Jones to IT. w. Jones, IL
acres, SO. (John Columbus Jones land).
A. O. Jones, ct al, to w. II. Jones, 81
acres, SO. John Columbus Jones land).
Kings Mountan-J. B. Hambright to
VI. s. Barnett, l lot, 800. ON. l.. and
J. NJ. Smith lOts).
York-John r. Gardner to William
w. Jenkins, l lot, $1,000.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-09-08
BACK FROM LONG. TOUR

Back from q tour by automobile
which carried them several thousand
miles through thirteen states, j. r.
Grant and Theodore Mackorell arrived
in Yorkville Wednesday. The Ford
automobile which they christened the
Boil Weevil Special" and which car
ried them over most of their journey
did not furnish the means of convey
ance back. Instead they came back
''on the cushions" as young Grant put
it yesterday. The BOIL WeeviP' was
sold to a junk dealer out in the west
after the boys had decided that they
had gotten about all the travel they
could get out of it.
The two young men looking quite
well talked interestingly of their long
trip yesterday. 1.-The courthouse well
water tastes mighty good after an
absence since March 49," said one of
the young men yesterday. For some
time past we have been working as
bell hops in a hotel in Moorehead,
Minn., a town just across the river
from Fargo, North Dakota We had
gotten a little\ Saved ahead and being
told that it gets mighty cold in Mime
SOIti tllu NOIlH DuhOld III WlHltE, we
decided that we had better come on
back to the home town. People were
sleeping under blankets in Minnesota
and North Dakota when we left
there, the cover feeling pretty good"
The boys said that they had heard
nothing directly from Joe Herndon,
another Yorkville boy who left York
vile with them on the invasion of the
northwest on March 13. They
dropped Joe in Monroe, La, and they
are under the impression that he is
still there.
THE number thirteen" by the way
said Young Grant yesterday, has
been pretty lucky numeral for us.
1t was on March 13 that we started
on our journey. 1t was on April 13,
that we got our first job in Dallas,
Texas, and we crossed thirteen states
in our tour"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-09-08

persons in both towns who were saying
in soft voice that "Farris must have
undoubtedly been insane"
The insanity racket was also quick
in reaching Columbia and it is said
that when the two York yunty Of
ficers bringing the prisoner arrived
there Wednesday night they were told
that the information had been sent to
Columbia that the killer should be
taken to the asylum instead Of the
pententiary.
An inquest over the body of Claude
Johnson and Leila Taylor and Newton
Taylor was held at Clover yesterday
morning by Coroner Paul G.. McCorkle.
The verdict Of the jury fixed respon-
Sibility for the deaths on FarriS.
Juror Clinton drew an admission from
Tom Perry, star witness to the tragedy,
that he and Farris opened a buckshot
shell last Sunday to count the buck
shot. There were fifteen in the shell.
While the act Of Farris in slaughter
ing girls especially was condemned on
every side in Glover, there was very
little talk Of taking summary action
against him. Some Of the hotter heads
expressed the opinion that "lynching
would be too good for him" but tho
great "CICH VI Iiit bDlAlINii
that the law should be allowed to take
its course-provided it was not too
long in taking it's course.
Interesting facts connected with the
record Of Farris came to light yester
day. 1t was stated authOritatively
that several years ago while living at
the Cannon Mill he attempted to shoot
his wife and left n bullet hole in the
ceiling of the house they were occupy
ing.
He is q son of the late John r.
Farris and it is said that he put out
his fathers eye during fight that he
had with his father years ago. A gun
barrel is said to have been the instru-
ment used.
Farris has lived on number OF
farms in York county during his life
time and most of those for whom he
worked stood in fear of him, it is said
He has children by each Of his three
marriages and several Cf his children
who live at Glover and in the cOmmu-
nifty surrounding are highly respected
He has other children living in other
sections Of the county and these arc
said to be good citizens.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-09-08
. ELECTION RETURNS.

As was done on Tuesday of last
week, the next issue of The Yorkville
Enquirer will be held back to permit
the collection of the election returns.
Requests have been made of all the
correspondents who assisted in the as
sembling of the returns for the first
primary to kindly give the same KIND
of assistance in the next primary.
With only five names to be counted
on the two tickets, two on the state
and three on the county ticket, the
count will be completed more rapidly
than on the previous occasion.
If the various correspondents act as
promptly as they did before, it is quite
possible that all the returns will be in
within two hours after the closing of
the polls.
Various bitches, however, can occur
to make the count much longer.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-09-08

The voting in the first primary
demonstrated the fact that the women
arc as much divided over the gubcrna-
torial race ~ the men. AS rule they
keep their own council as to whom they
are voting for better than lots of men.
That is, they observe the true spirit
of tie secret ballot and keep their bal
lot secret; but al the same they vote
as they please. For instance, the anti
Blease papers all assumed that the
woman vote of South Carolina would
be overwhelmingly against Blease. and
Blease partisans feared that because
of the slanderous abuse to which their
candidate had been subjected all of
these years, the women would be over
whelmingly against him. AS rule
they conceded this to the towns. But
the event of the primary has demon
strated most conclusively that this was
a mistake. lf'evcn majority of the
$4,000 women voters had been against
Blease, it is impossible that he could
have received the largest vote he has
ever polled, lacking less than 10000 of
having a majority over all.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-09-08

Senator T.. D. Smith has announced
his purpose to Introduce q resolution
in the senate looking to the suspension
Of cotton raising in the South for a
year in order to get rid of the boil
weeVil. He states that the ravages of
the weevil are now costing the United
States one billion dollars n year, and
he thinks ii highly important that the
government go the constitutional limit
with heroic measures that will eradi-
cate the weevil. His idea is that if
the production of cotton is discontin
ued for n year the government may
properly provide assistance to the peo-
pie who suffer loss on account of hav-
ing to do away with cotton. The en-
tomologiSts of the department of agri-
culture advise Mr.. Smith that in their
opinion the suspension Of cotton rails
ing for a year will eradicate the wee
vii and then as he sees it, cotton pro-
duction can continue as before. AS
we see it, there is something in Sen
ator Smiths idea; but not a great
deal. Except for the weevil we would
now be raising about twenty million
bales of cotton at perhaps three or
four cents a pound or less, and pau
perizing our people at more rapid
rate than they are now being pauper-
lied. Granted that it is possible to ex-
terminate the weevil by cutting out
cotton in the United States for year,
there is still Mexico from which the
weevil invaded this country originally,
and from which there could be a new
invasion. On the other hand, how
ever, even if Senator Smith could get
the senate educated up to his idea on
this question, it would require from
two to three years to put his scheme
into execution, and at the rate we are
going now, the boil weevil will prob
ably have destroyed itself by that time.
Because of the weevil this section has
not produced nearly as much cotton
this year as it produced last year, and
the outlook is that it will produce still
less next year.