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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-04-28
"sHiFTERS TABooED
Teachers Talk on Low Value OF So
: eiety and Members Desert.

as
The new secret society known aG
1.-The Shifters," which has swept over
the country during the past few
months. and which reached Spartan
burg about two weeks ago, was given
the taboo in the city high school ves-
terday, says Spartanburg' dispatch,
The Society. which has had a. run par
ticularly among the youths and girls
of the flapper age, has attracted a
good deal Of attention. II has grips
and passwords, and a badge by which
members make themselves known TO
each other. According to the initiateds
ore wearing the badge of the Shift,
ers" Is always, ready to open CONVEX
sation with any one who has the pass
word, even though q rank stranger.
Teachers in the city. schools several
days ago noticed that number Of the
pupils were wearing the badge of the
society, and begun an investigation
The teachers quickly decided that
such a society was not conducive TO
good school discipline, even If noth-
ing worse could be said of 1t. YThe
various teachers called the pupils to-
gether In the class" rooms and gave
them talk on the subject, s8T3
The pupils were told that the ,eiIs-
tom Of the society in inviting ,prefRlss :
cuous mountaineering from any and
everybody wearing the badge wphid
lead TO embarrassing things.a Ma25E q
girl. wearing such q badge, ,smight be
accosted by a youth or man. and SUBJ
jcctcd to embarrassment, If not open
insult. Such Ia practice. thcS, pupils
were told, was not in keeping with
good breeding and good morals, and
was particularly in. conflict with
Southern ideas of chiyalry and good
conduct. sb,- 4.
The pupils readily saw the force of
the arguments. according to DR.. Frank
Evans, superintendent OF schools, and
there was a. speedy and Wholesale
remuneration Of membership in the
new society. Boysta girls $sho had
been wearing the badges With pride
suddenly saw 4 the mistake thgy had
been making, andhscofes of 8 badges
were torn off and handed to the teaeha
ers. TheGsociety exists no moro m
the NSpartanburg city schools. 'NN"f%S,' I
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-04-28
cHAPEUS ON WHEELS
,Methodists Bringing Churches to Peo-
n, pie in Washinaton State

,Methodists Bringing Churches to Peo-
'i-r. pile in Washington State.
glA number of district conferences
OF Northwest Methodist Episcopal
churches advocate a chapel wheels
campaign, in the state of Washington
this summer to cover a vast area or
territory where the population is
scattered. There are hundreds of
ham1ets; agricultural communities and
isolated places where the Gospel Is
not now heard.
The mounted chapcls are to be con-
str ucted on trucks equipped with liv-
ing quarters for the parson, n plat
form In the rear from which services
may, be conducted. In the equipment
will be- included graphophone with
Gospel records. portable organ, books
of, songs and Biblos for collective
reading. .-..
The first of these wheeling churches
viii leave Seattle early in May for the
Timber camps above Snoqualmie. The
ipdstor in charge of the first chapel
fwiil be a student from the College of
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counts will be balanced. The nation
goes upon a each basis. Men will
possess the money that, is owing them.
The slate Twill be clean. Ample cap
ital through the recovery OF principal
will be available for the country's
needs and new era Of development
will be ushered in. Investments can
be made with, greater safety because
there will be no prior debts to en-
danger the security. The saving in
interest charges will be simply .enor-
nous and failures will decrease in
proportion. Men formerly burGened
witt. debt almost to the point of slav-
cry will lift up their heads and look
the world in the face. We will have
applied the brakes to n custom which
is threatening the foundations of civil
lizationF No man will be deprived of
his true wealth but only the usury
which he has been receiving for al
lowing the other man to employ that
wealth in behalf of his fellow man.
BY Tolbort +. Ingrah;,nl in Dearborn
Independent.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-04-28
Not An Unusual
occurrence

Ks fN THE PAST several issues of The
Enquirer there has appeared an adVer-
tisefnent setting forth the facts IN con-
Ineetion with the payment OLA $4,000
bobby by the MUTUAL BENEFIT, on
the3Iffe of Utah farmer who had paid
only one annual premium, and who
died about two months AFTER
the expiration of the year, For, fear
some who read the statement, and who
are. not familiar with the contracts OF
the5MITTUAL BENEFIT, got the idea
that the. case was unusual, we beg to
state that the payment Of such claims
lis "a common occurrence, and our pur-
pose In using this especial one was to
Impress the fact once more that "All
Life Insurance Companies are not the
sarne.n It is different, in many re-
spects as an investigation will prove
to Your satisfaction. During the time
that, we have represented the MU-
TUAL BENEFIT 1t has paid several
claims in our agency that NO OTHER
Company would have paid, and they
We're paid because the contracts pro-
pided that theyfshould be. = HF., ,.
eP"Look Before You Leap"
SAM M, & s. E. GRIST
~ = DISTRICT AGENTS
n PEOPLES. BANK BUILDING.
~ We also write Fire Insurance..
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-04-28
CLEAN UP OF MIL CREEK
Judge Orders Arre:t Of All over
Twelve Years.


Twelve Years.
Manchester, Ky, April s5.-Feudists
of Clay county, who a few months aso
were ready to shoot opposing clans on
sight, have joined hands with each oth-
or and with the civil authorities TO
clean I'D Mill Greek, Following the ac-
tion of Circuit Judge Hiram ]. Johnson
,vbo recently issued warrants for the
arrest of two hundred residents OF the
mountain territory. AL persons in the
Mil Creek territory over IL years Oh
age viii be taken into custody by the
nnsse, in Judge Johnson's drive to stop
lawlessness IN the mountains Of Ken
tncky. Possemen are combins the hills
and bringing in prisoners. Reports
| made by returning officers are to the
effect that many OF those for whom
warrants have been issued have Voiun-
tarify surrendered and are coming into
Manchester. Others are planning 10
leave the county and some have inti-
mated that they will not come, accord
ing to Officers. Judge Johnson's in
structions were ito bring the men in"
and he announced that he was going
to clean up Mill Greek II It required
the. assistance Of 1900 soldiers.
After issuing sixty warrants Judge
Johnson decided upon the wholesale
| plan and ordered all residents over IL
years of age arrested.
The trouble about Mill creek began
Thursday when John Taylor who mad
been summoned as witness In a land
suit was shot to death from ambush.
Deputy Sheriff Pitt Slivers later was
sent into the neighborhood with four
others tc serve warrants for persons
wanted ,inScounection with the shoot
ing and other cases.
They were attacked by sixteen men
in ambush. Mr.. SliVers was shot from
his horse and three horses in the party
stopped bullets, their riders escaping
by hiding until darkness fell. Deputy
Sheriff D. w. White, Jr., and Robert
Hacker, members Of tho party report
ed that moonshining is rampant in
the Mill Creek section They said the
Eambushers- who attacked them were
armed with high powered rifles and
large calibred pistols. .--a
A conspiracy among the Mill Creek
residents to thwaIit the law has existed
for several months they declared.
Those who are in the conspiracy have
agreed to prevent arrests of members
by force of arms and II necessary to
| kill officers who might attempt to
make arrests. the officers said.
The plotters have agreed among
themselves that they will kill any who
foppose their illegal practices, accord
| ing to the two deputy sheriffs. n, Il :
Judge Johnson gave. instructions
when he issued the wholesale warrants
[ that every dwelling and Clubhouse In
| the neighborhood Of Mill Creek be
searched and all high powered rifles
and large calibred pistols be taken into
court. ..,rp is,i, Nyg yr1 g.. ran EiO'
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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-04-28
\ MAJESTIC MOUNT MITCHELL.
Soon to BE Approached Over Auton'o:
.H .- .. . bile Highway. r.. 30,

OIt6
The Observer a few days ago gave
information of the building Of a motor,
highway from Black Mountain to the
top Of Mount Mitchell, the road to fol-:
low the course Of the logging road, re-
Gently gone, out of commission, and
stated that Col, Sanford Cohen was to
chaperon a party Of newspaper men on
the Initial trip when the road is finish
ed. A formal letter from the colonel
indicates that the work will be con-
cluded by tho end of the first week in
June. but before the. highway is for
mally thrown open to the public he
wants to let the editors have first pass
at the grandeurs. The date set is June
S. Colonel Cohen. makes honest con-
fession that it would bankrupt the
English language to make draft upon
it for an adequate group of words to
fit the occasion, but he has resources
of his own. The only difference be-
tween Colonel Cohen and the late
Henry Blount Is that while Blount
handed out the polished article, Cohen
serves it with the bark on. We are
going to let him speak to the country
at large through his message to the
editors. ....
"I can assure you," declares Colonel
Cohen, "of the grandest, most sublime
and beautiful mountain scenery in the
world and a perfect and peerless pano-
rama is presented from the time you
leave Black Mountain, or Asheville,
until you reach the top Of Mt. Mitchell,
where the world opens itself to you
and where the sunset and the sunrise
is equalled nowhere else on the globe.
The mountains you pass over differ
from other mountains you see and read
Of; the sides are hidden beneath
thick vesture or foliage; they are seen
with many ridge and gorge, the
birthplace and nursery Of glittering
streams, that in the shade Of the ivy
and beautiful laurel and rhododendron,
come sparkling into life and go dane
ing down the mountainside to join the
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-04-28

many rivulets that combine- to send
their tribute to the gulf and the ocean.
Over all this sylvan scene is spread
the most transparent of skies; rthe
fountain of the most exhilarating1 at
mosphere, a delight to inhalc, luxury
to Breathe" " 81" &3e3bl
|. Who could resist appeal of that sorte
OF course the editors will go along
with the colonel and each man %fll
carry dictionary.-Charlotte OBJ
server. ,',.tN ''-f
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-04-28

q No harm has been done by it, DR..
E9alls says, so far as he is aware,
but he and the teachers in the city
schools are immensely proud of the
niHhner in which their talks to the
school children were received. "Wc
talked to them in common sense
wdy, and they saw tie force of our
argument and say that we were right
ard now they are through with the
thing" he said.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-04-28
JIG. WHBORN EsAl Esa.arr
MoNEY,To LOAN

az f-2 kcres-In town Of Tirzah. A
beautiful 2-story 8-room house; two
barns. One big new barn, { Very pro-
ductive land; good orchard. An Ideal
home. ,,.Tf,fyl.,i .f.,, tss-'
B 40 Acfes-Ten acres In timber; join
ing lands Of John Lindsay; 1 IL miles
Of Deiphos. The property Of Mrs. Min
ME Moore. Price, 100000.
Two 4-rSofia Fesidences- And one
vacant lot, opposite tie Hawthorn Mil
In Glover, property of Mr., 2. B. Price.
The lots are 66x330 feet. This is a fine
property and is placed on the market
for quick sale. Will sell separately or
all together. Il ct...4 As,
155 Acres-At New Zion Church and
school. Nice five-room cottage; 80
acres in cultivation; good orchard; IS
acres in timber. Much of this acreage
is in fine saw timber-pine. Three
miles of railroad station. Price, $500
per Acre.
For Quick .sals-House and lot on
Lincoln Street, York; two stories, &
rooms. Known as the Bell. House.
Price, $,2o0.00.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-04-28


les at S10O 900 900 and the steam rail-
roads at 81 000O00,000, or total Of
81, $50, 100000 of new capital per year.
This is exclusive of = $4,000, ,000,0 900
which railroads, actording to their Of
ficials, need at once for rehabilitation
and, ALSO Of the, needs of manufac-
turers,l mercantile industry and mum
ioipalities. The growth Of debts is
emphasized by census statistics which
show, that interest payments of 146
cities increased 1927 per cent. be-
! tween 1908 and 1919.
A New World condition-can'ft Be
Met?
An interest charge is a fixed charge
and it's lack of fiexibility makes it i'm
possible to adjust it to constantly
changing business conditions. A cor
poration may be earning several times
it's interest charges when a new bond
issue is fioated only 10 find that dur
ing a business depression the non
flexible charge becomes a burden
which it cannot sustain and bank
ruptcy is the result. ..
The question as to where the Gus
tom will lead us if it is not stopped,
or at least, abridged, may be consid-
cred as serious one. The annual in
terest charges arc steadily increasing
and there is nothing to indicate that
any change may be expected in the
near future. In fact, the demand for
| leans at this time probably is greater
than at any time in the past This
| steady increase carried over a consid
e. able period of years can only lead
! to increased cost of living, greater ef-
! forts to meet the greater expense and
a division of the people into two class
! csT-thosc who pay the interest and
those who clip the interest coupons.
We may well consider whether the
growth Of the custom will not in time
/ compel us to face the question Of
whether civilization can endure the
! strain.
! This brings up the question %heth-
/ er men in previous ages foresaw and
! fOrcstallcd conditions similar to those
! in which VIC find ourselves. The an
/ Cicnt Hebrew commonwealth effect
ually met this condition every seven
years for individuals, and every so
years for large groups
! Each seven years the Hebrew COM
| moHwealth had a Year of Release in
which all money debts were forgiven
EOr Outlawcd. Every fifty years came
the Year of Jubilee when lands lost
through taxes or trade were returned
to the family of the original owner
The Year of Jubilee restored equity to
the people and prevented one entire
class from becoming the slaves Of an
other class. The whole national slate
was cleaned. and new start was in
sured to everyone. They considered
forgiveness better than revolution
Many people ara today becoming en-
shaved from debt. and if the custom
continues to grow we are certain to
have two Classes-the debt paying
slave and his master, the debt collec-
tor.
The heads of the European govern
ments seem to be scenting something
of the nature of a Year of Jubilee
even though they have net yet
struck the trail which leads to the
quarry.
Picture the country awakening or
Tie morning Of the beginning Of tho
Year of Jubilee. Within the year all
people must pay their debts and il
they arc unable to do so, their debts
will be forgiven. All outstanding ac-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-04-28
BILLIONS OF DEBTS.
Continued From Page one.)

Of city homes on contracts, the towns
of less than $4,000 population indivi-
dual borrowers from individuals, in
vestmentsa9f tbenaSolent pnd !frateEnal
organizations and numerous other
classes Of borrowers and lenders are
not included. For example, the CEN
sus credits the country with 2S9,76S
manufacturers in 1910 with. a capital
of $44,67S,911 900 but no estimcte is
made of the amount of this capital
which is borrowed money.
If we. step outside the realm of the
United States for moment and con-
slider the world situation, the figures
for this, country will assume an unim-
portant aspect in comparison. The
postwar debts of the nations Of the
earth are placed at 1854, ,1S1, ,523, 1856.
At an average interest rate of four
per cent. these debts call for annual
payments of $14,167 ,26O,94S in pre-
miums on the borrowed money or $685.
$4,000 day. They are not all, how
ever, being paid for the reason that
some Of these nations are financially
unable to meet the obligation.
The figures above given have ap-
piled only to the annual interest pay
ments. These do not convey any in
dication Of the ultimate cost Of these
loans. Some of the railroad com
panies, for instance, have bond Issues
outstanding representing money they
have borrowed which do not mature
until one hundred years after they
were issued.
One railroad borrowed S211,5S2, 800
on longtime bonds for which 1T
agrees to pay four per cent. annually.
The interest at maturity for these loans
will aggregate SS17,525,O0O, or almost
S400 for every 500 borrowed on top
of which the company must pay back
the principal
This is not an isolated case for 4
compilation of l. leading railroads
show they borrowed $l,63G1Ol.13O
with no sinking fund or callablc fca-
lures for which they agree to pay s.,
949,245,O17 in interest in addition to
repaying the principal.
1t is Il saying in some quarters that
railroad bonds are never paid At ma
turity but are refunded with now
iSsuc of bonds. Under this method in
terest is still being paid on money bor-
rowed when our fathers were youn2
men and which will not mature until
our children are old men, 1t is al.
-most certain in some instances, if no
many, that the rails. ties and equip
ment which were purchased with thfS
borrowed money will have been en-.
tirely worn out and replaced two ant
three times and not so much rs ar
original spike left when the debt is
paid.
The statistics all show that The
borrowing and lending Of money i.
steadily increasing. New capital is
sues, consisting of bonds, notes ant
stock. amounted to $2,634, $4,000 il
1921. The total for the past 10 year
amounted to $2O,59O.O2O.OOO exclusiv,
of war and government loans. TIL,
e. need for additional borrowed capita
was indicated at a hearing of I'll,
committee on WSys and Means of tn
house of representatives at Washing
Ton on January l6, 1922, when Philil
H. Gadsden. chairman of the joint tn!
committee Of several public utility rs
sociatiuns; cstimatcd the annual needs
of the public utilities at $3.50 100000
L Z. - = - - 49, .. -.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-04-28
Puget Sound (Tacoma) Theological
School.

The man whom Progress dropped
behind some years ago finds some con-
ISOLATION in scoldfng about Ignorant
mGjorities." :.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-04-28

The London river police hot the trail OF cocaine
who sail no the Thames their and by way OF & I
,ns a. into small boats convey Cocaine Is the mos @
poftan item that brought into @ also
many Clocks in large quantities. well as rum and
figure on the suggrs This photograph a
taken after permission granted by Scotland ;sS over
tbe smugglers that was captured during raid being "
the side his authorities Of the London river io
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-06-14
MEETS NEXT YEAR
IN BELLOWS FALLS
Xindham and Bennington Association
of UniyersaIists Elect Officers -
Address by Rev. Walker

The afternoon session of the annual
meeting of the Wlndham and Benning-
ION Association of UniversaIists held
yesterday afternoon in the Universalist
church included a devotional service.
the regular business meeting, women's
missionary hour and an impressive ser
mon by Rev. e. r. Walker Of Wiaches-
ter, N H.
Afr Walkers address was on The
Second Coming of Christ. The speaker
traced the doctrine of the physical sec
ond coming of Christ back through gen
crations showing that in every genera
tion there were people who prepared for
the second coming only to be disap-
pointed. Mr.. Walker said that he be-
lieYed the second coming to be a spiritual
coming rather than a physical one, and
that he believed the Christians who la
bor for that end will not be disappointed.
At the business meeting of the asso-
citation held yesterday afternoon the fol-
lowing officers were elected: President,
IT. f. Shipman of Brattleboro; secretary
and treasurer. Mrs. T. G. Sargent of
Brattleboro; executive committee, Mrs.
NJ T. Reed Of Vernon, Mrs. g. A. Wilder
of Guilford and Miss Mary Cutting of
Fellows Falls. The association voted to
hold its next meeting at Bellows Falls.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-06-14
NEW STORE TO BE
OPENED TOMORROW
Finely Equipped Shoe Store of l.. r. III.
Wagner on Main Street-Extensiye
improvements Made

L. r. II. Wagner viii open his new
shoe store with the white front, in the
Cutler building on the east side of Main
street tomorrow. He will hold no
formal opening at this time, inasmuch
as some of the work cannot be completed
in time. The public is invited to look
over the new store, however.
Since buying the property, the pur-
chase of which was the first of the real
estate transactions which ended in most
pieces of property on Main street chang
ing hands, Mr.. Wagner has rebuilt the
inside of the building He also has ex-
tended the two upper floors of the build
ing to the east and added a veranda on
each. He plans to put in retaining wall
at the rear of his property, grade up the
bank and set our shrubs \ steam heat
ing plant has been put in to furnish heat
for the entire building.
The basement will be used as a mod
ern repair department, fully equipped
with up-to-date machinery for the repair
of shoes, rubbers and harness, the har-
ness repairing being new feature. The
front section of the basement VIII be u
sales room for mems heavy work shoes,
lumbermen's rubbers and everything a
farmer or outdoor man needs IN foot
Sear.
\ modern and convenient shoe store
will occupy the main floor, which has
been equipped with quartered oak fix
lures in dark finish bought of the Grand
Rapids Show Case Co, Grand Rapids
Mich \ special architect of the com
pany came here some time ago to hay
out the store, which is laid out as we'll
as any in the large cities. To the left of
the entrance is the hosiery department,
which is a new departure for the Wag-
ner store. The rest of the north wall
is occupied with shoe shelves. Several
shoe racks running north and south, with
walks between, stand against the south
wall of the store. a ladies' waiting
room, where women may meet their
friends, has been fitted up to the east of
the sales room. From the windows here
a beautiful view of the river and Island
Park may be obtained.
The two upper floors are being fitted
up for living apartments. Each con-
tains seven rooms, with hardwood floors,
and the castings and doors are of hard
pine. Each apartment has its separate
yeranda overlooking the river and noun
tain. The second floor will be occupied
by DIR. Thomas Rice and family, the
doctor using the front rooms for Offices
The top floor will be occupied by Mr.
and Mrs. Wagner and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Wagner came to Brattle-
borO about six years ago and bought
Luther Hayes shoe repairing business on
Elliot street. They started selling shoes
in a small way and from time to time
added extra selling and repair space until
they were using all the available space
in that location. Realizing they would
need more room soon. and seeing the op-
portunity, they bought the Cutler build
ing.