davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-07-11
YORK MEETING AT FILBERT

The state campaign meeting sched-
uled to be held at Yorkville on We'd
nesday, August 2, will instead be held
in Pursley's Grove, Filbert on that day,
which will also be the occasion of the
annual Filbert picnic.
Everything has been arranged 50 far
as Mr.. j. A. Marion, Chairman of the
York County Democratic Executive
committee is concerned, with the full
consent of DR.. l. J. Campbell, State
Executive committeeman for York
county, and with the assistance of the
Filbert Picnic committee, Mr.. w. l..
Pursley is proceeding with the pre-
paration of all details to make the
picnic all that it should be.
The campaign meeting is to be under
the authority and control of the York
County Democratic Executive Com
mittee, represented by John A. Marion,
Esq, Chairman, and the picnic is to
be under the auspices of the Filbert
picnic committee with Mr.. w. l.. Purs-
ley chairman.
The picnic committee is publishing
general invitation to the public to
attend with baskets and the usual ar
rangements are being made for the
preservation of good order and for the
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-07-11
HuGeINs CASE TOMORROW

Trial of the case of Mrs. Eftic Hug
gins and Albert Zimmerman indicted
for the murder of Pink Huggins, hus-
band of the woman in Yorkvillc, on
November 7, last is set for tomorrow
morning in the court of general seS-
sons. The dead body OF Higgins, who
conducted a small store on the Char
lct,e Street road near the Cannon Mill
was found on the side of the road on
Monday morning, November Z, OF last
year. Albert Zimmerman, a textile
worker, said to be the lover of Mrs
Huggins was arrested in Shelby, \. c.,
a short time later charged with the
murder as was also Mrs. Higgins, the
widow. Zimmerman has since been III
the York county Jail while Mrs. Hug
gins was released about four months
ago on bond of $500 furnished by two
citizens of YOrkville. About three
months ago she gave birth to baby
boy at the county home where she has
since lived.
Dressed in a gray coat suit with hat
to match and her baby boy in her lap,
wiggling his chubby little bare legs
and smiling and cooling, unaware of
his mothers plight, Mrs. Huggins
occupied seat just beyond prisoners
row in the court room yesterday r:orn-
ing.
Albert Zimmerman had seat just
beyond the lawyers d SKIS. He wore
dark suit of clothes and tan low
quarter shoes and his physical appear
ance did not betray his long contine-
mcnt in Jail.
He laughed and joked with other
prisoners and occasionally he glanced
behind him in the direction where Mrs.
Higgins and her baby sat. The
state it w2s stated today, will claim
that the infant is the child of Zim-
norman and not that of Huggns and
the theory of the prosecution is that
the Higgins woman and Zimmerman
conspired to do Higgins to death and
thus get him out of the way.
While Mrs. Higgins has a number of
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-07-11
WITHIN THE TOWN

The Cotton Belt Demonstration
club, Mrs. Jeff Clark, president, and
Mrs. Mason Clark, secretary, had a
committee in Yorkville Saturday tax
ing preliminary steps looking. to the
establishment of county produce ex-
change. Under plans formulated so far
the club expects to secure the coopera :
ton Of the various other clubs immedl-
ately surrounding the town, all work
ing under the direction, Of Miss Mar
garet Fewell, county demonstration
agent. This organization perfected,
the first thing il order will be
to secure a suitable lot to serve
as the market place for those who
have produce to sell, and this hav-
ing been arranged there will be can
vass of the houseksf pers OF the town
with a view to enlisting their interest
and patronage. AS yet, however, noth-
ing is definitely settled except that the
ladies fully realize that the develop
ment of their plans will call for quite
a lot of earnest, intelligent and per-
sistent work.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-07-11

relatives including her father and
several other children, none of them
appeared interested in her yesterday.
The children did not speak Il word of
greeting to their mother and there were
none who had a word Of cheer for the
30-ycar- old woman who made ready
to go on trial for her life.
She did not appear to be the least
excited or worried over the ordeal
which she is to face tomorrow, Most
of her attention she gave to the babe
in her arms, smoothing out it's little
white dress and coddling it when II
became restless.
All eyes in the court room were upon
| her at various times, people who had
read the story of the alleged murderess
in The Yorkville Enquirer having a
curiosity to see her.
Sheriff Fred Quinn said yesterday
that so far as he has any information.
Mrs. Higgins will be the first white
woman to go on trial for her life in
! York county since the War Between
the States.
The woman is not wholly without
| friends, however. She has made a
| friend of practically every inmate OF
the county home, both white and black
since she has been living there. Su-
perintendent Ike Boyd of the institu-
ton told Sheriff Quinn recently that
Mrs. Higgins had proved most capa-
bic nurse and worker since she had
been living at the home and that she
seemingly could not do too much fOl
those poor unfOrtunateS there who
were sick and in distress from time tc
time.
Present at the trial Of the woman
and Zimmerman tomorrow will be ar
innocent babe who will laugh anC
smile and coo and move his chubby
toes and little red legs while the state
will try to prove that the best friend
he has, his mother, is worthy of deatf
while lawyers on the other side will try
to prove that she is without guilt and
that she should be freed from bondage
and given liberty to go and devote hel
life toward training a baby boy to be-
come n good and useful citizen Of tho
state.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-07-11

We are reproducing today restate-
ment of Clemson colleges position
with regard to the boil weevil fight.
Practically all that is said in this ar
ticle has been printed before. But
repetition won't hurt. People were
not as alive to the boil weevil problem
when the article was first printed as
they are now. At the present time eV-
cry farmer who has cotton planted,
and that means all of them, realizes it
depends largely on the weeyil as to
whether or not he is going to get any
thing out of his crop. AS to what
Clemson knows about this matter, it is
not up to us to say. We know nothing
about it. But since the Federal De-
partment of Agriculture has been fight
ing the boil weevil ever since it cross
ed the Mexican border generation
ago, and since Clemson has all the
while been working in close coopera-
ton with the Federal government, the
presumption is that Clemson knows
about all the government knows
About all the further comment we have
to make in the circumstances is that
every man or woman Of intelligence
should read the Clemson article over
and over again until it is thoroughly
digested and then govern himself ol
herself accordingly.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-07-11
THOUGHTFUL JUDGE

That Special Judge Frank p. Nc
Gowan of Laurens who is presiding
over the present term of the court oil
general session for York county is n
humane and thoughtful judge is evil
denced by a little incident that oc-
Cured in the court room yesterday
morning.
Two young white men, George Bur
rage and Horace Chapman, aged Island
u respectively, textile workers OF
Fort Mill, pleaded guilty to the theft
Of electrical supplies from the Fort
Mill Manufacturing Company.
"You boys have been engaged IN
cotton mill work all your lives haven't
you?' inquired Judge MCGOWAN.
"Yes sir" replied the two boys.
Thought so,' remarked the judge.
Then he wanted to know if Super
visor Brown was in the court room.
When told that the supervisor was not
present the judge said:
81 want the order to get to Super
visor Brown that he is not to work
these two boys in the hot sun from
morning until night. They have been
accustomed to working inside a build
ing and are not used to work in the
hot sun. If required 10 work on the
roads from morning until night it
might mean death of them since they
are not used TO such exposure.
There have been cases in South
Carolina where textile workers have
died on the chaingang by reason of
their being subject TO the exposure of
the hot sun when not accustomed to
it. / know that your supervisor Is n
humane man and that he will not re-
Uuire full days work on the roads
from these young men until they are
seasoned to it,"
Judge McGowan was given assur-
ance that his order would be commun-
icated to the supervisor.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-07-11

II is the consensus of opinion Of
York county farmers that the cotton
crop is from three weeks to month
late.
There is quite a lot of favorable
comment on the progress of work on
the West road by the chaingapg. The
gang is well organized with good
equipment, and is moving material at
a rate that is winning approval.
BuIlock's Greek township hopes to
get the chaingang next and to that
end the people are signing the petition
for the proposed $4,000 bond issue. 1t
is commonly agreed among those ia
miliar with the situation that Bullock s
Creek township is sadly in need OF
road improvement; that there is no in
vestment that can be made in the
township that will be of greater prac-
teal benefit in the improvement OF
conditions. -,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-07-11

comfort and convenience of everybody.
AS rormality the meeting will be
called to order in the courthouse by
County Chairman Marion, and then
Immediately adjourned to Filbcrt, but
this need not inconvenience anybody,
for whether there is anybody there at
the time really makes no difference.
Here is the letter from State Chair
man Edgar A. Brown giving authority
for the change of the place of meeting
II Is dated Barnwell, s. c., July Z, ad-
dressed to DR.. |. J. Campbell, at Clover
and signed, Edgar A. Brown, state
chairman:
az have your letter of July 9Th, and
note the suggestion of our mutual
friend Lee Pursley of Filbert, that
the York meeting set for August 2nd
be held at Filbert instead of in the
town of York.
81 do not think that / have the au-
thority to arbitrarily change the place
of q scheduled meeting OF the cam
paign party for the reason that the
itinerary was fixed by n special COM
mittee appointed for that purpose.
agree with you however. that th'
meeting at Filbert would probably be
much better attended meeting thar
the scheduled meeting at York, ant
would probably meet with the ap'
proval of the individual members o.
the party.
'I think the change can be effected
in this way; that is to say, get the ap'
proval of your county chairman ant
advertise that the meeting will b'
held ut F'ilbert instead of York anC
then on the morning of the 2nd, have
the county chairman adjourn th'
meeting from York to Filbert, which
he has the authority to do. This woulC
meet the requirements of the rules o
the party and at the same time sc
what you are after.
you may state to your count!
chairman that l heartily approve o
the change, but that in the final an
alysis the place of holding the meet
ing at York county in matter en-
tirely for you and him.
with very kindest personal re
| CARDS, | am" etc.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-07-11
Tuesday, July II, 1922. Z

jury returned verdict of not guilty
as to the two men.
Charles Wright and Mitchell Wade,
negroes, pleaded guilty this morning
to forgery. They forged the name of
Henry G. Smith 10 a check on the
Loan q Savings Bank of Yorkville for
$25. Each negro drew year on the
county chaingang.
Will Murphy, white man, pleaded
guilty this morning to forging the
name of T. NJ. Oates Of TirZah to
check on the Peoples Bank & Trust
Company of Yorkville for SIS. He
was sentenced to serve one year on
the chaingang and to pay fine Of
S5. Murphy who is 26 years of age
has four children dependent on him
for support. His wife was burned to
death while the family was living at
| the Cannon Mill in YOrkville, several
| months ago.
The grand jury returned mo bill"
in the case of state against Glenn
Wallace, charged with stealing a
bushel of potatoes from the cotton
house of II. j. Good. ...
| The grand jury was discharged this
morning after making it's final pres
eminent to the court.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-07-11

There is no good reason for that
provision of the state highway law
that requires the money that is COL
lected from the counties for motor Ii
cense and gasoline tax to go to Colum-
bia, for distribution back to the coun-
ties. On the contrary the arrange
ment is unfair and unjust to the coun-
ties. All this money could be just as
easily collected by the various county
treasurers the same as direct taxes are
collected, and the states part paid in
to the state treasury the same as the
states part of state taxes are so paid.
Under the present syste the county
money is concentrated in Columbia Tor
the benefit Of the Columbia banks and
their patrons, when it might much
more properly and just as convenient
ly and safely be left in the various
county banks for the use of the people
from whom it is collected, until need
ed for the purpose levied. The only
way we can account for such q stu
alton as now exists is the probable in
f1uence of Columbia banks and Colum-
bia representatives, on the legislature,
and we do not think the people should
be willing to put up with any such
skin game.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-07-11

One of the most striking develop
ments of the present state campaign is
the amount Of newspaper space that
John r. Duncan is getting, compared
10 the space devoted to that gentleman
in previous years. The man who also
spoke in times past is now coming in
for more space than any of the other
candidates. And also ii is interesting
to note the peculiar character of the
editorial campaign that the Columbia
State is trying to wage against former
Governor BleaSe without mentioning
his name, especially as. to the matter of
vetoing appropriations, exercise of the
pardoning power and the like. In Il re-
cent issue the State points out the con-
temptible sam that Blease was able TO
save thro' Lgh the veto of appropria-
tions; bU t it is careful not to empha
size the nerve and backbone it takes
on the part OF a governor to stand IN
the wS v of an unnecessary waste of
ten ce' ntS Also il refers rather vague
~ 10 the fact tnat MI. bledSc-hO II
don't mention his name-was willing
to Spend large sum in remodeling the
state house so as to furnish room for
all state departments: but it does not
S ay a word about the circumstance
that the state of South Carolina is now
paying in rent to private parties an
amount sufficient to pay the interest
on the sum necessary to remodel the
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-07-11

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Leading Merchants of Gastonia-T,wo
big dollar days, July 13 and II.
Feinsteins Department Store-Great
Emergency Sale, July 18th at a. m.
j. NJ. Stroup.Ties at half price.
York Furniture Company-Enamel
ware special.
s. l.. Courtney-To our customers and
friends.
Kirkpatrick Belk Company-Some of
the many things.
Bank of Hickory Grove-Statement
of condition.
The Star Theatre-Constance Binney
today.
John, c. Kirkpatrick- for
county commissioner
Ladd J. Lumpkip-Candidate for
county commissioner.
r. l.. A. Smith-Candidate for reap
pointment as magistrate of Broad
River township.
Mrs. Hattie Walker Moore, Executrix
Notice to debtors and creditors.
John A. Marion, County Chairman
State Democratic campaign meeting
for York county to be adjourned to
F'ilbert.
w. l.. Pursley, Chairman Filbert Pic
mic Committee-Public invited to
picnic at Fibert on Wednesday
August 2.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-07-11
WINTHROP EXAMINATIONS

The following young ladies of York
county took the entrance examina-
tions for Winthrop college, the exam
nations being held IN the county
court house last Friday and Saturday
under the direction of Mr.. Milus Car
roll: NJ.
Alliene Shannon, Sharon; Elizabeth
Vernell Riddle, Gastonia, r. F. D.;
Susan Rebecca Adams, Glover; Alpha
Louise Harmon, Bowling Green; Ruth
Gettys, Yorkville; Nell Horton, Sha-
ron: Elizabeth Campbell, Tirzah;
Mary Evelyn Byers, Rock Hill No. /;
Catherine Halle Massey, Rock Hill;
Sarah Elizabeth Byers, Rock Hill.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-07-11

The Yorkville Enquirer would like
very much to see the candidates for
the house in York county take up ana
discuss the question as to whether
York county's part Of the auto ana
gas tax for roads should be allowed TO
lie in Columbia banks. If the money
lies in Columbia banks pending its dis
bursement, Columbia banks and bor-
rowers get the benefit of it, and if it
lies in York county banks York county
banks and borrowers get the benefit OF
it. 1t is easy to appreciate how and
why the states part of this money
should be allowed to lie in Columbia
banks during disbursement; but that
York county's money should be sent to
Columbia is clearly unfair discrimina-
ton against York mainly in favor OF
Richland
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-07-11
ABOUT PEOPLE

IkOy IiChSoll III tlI Iiio iiciiiN
Yorkville with typhoid fever.
Miss Eleanor Williams of Yorkville
is visiting relatives in Chester.
Miss Ada Dee McElwee of Yorkville
is visiting relatives in New Orleans.
Miss Julia Sherer of Yorkville, is Wis
iting relatives in Lands, \. G..
Mrs. S. ". Inman of Florence, is
visiting relatives in Yorkyille.
Mr.. B. A. Correll and family Of York
vile, visited relatives in Maiden, n. c..
Sunday.
Mr.. C. E. Moore of Charlotte, spent
the week -end in Yorkville with Mr.
and Mrs. c. F. Sherer.
Mr.. C. G. Heilig and family of Mt
Pleasant, spent the weekend in York
vile with the family of Mr.. E. A. Hall
Mr.. E. w. Long of Charlotte, spent
Sunday and Monday in Yorkville with
the family of Mr.. ]. w. Quinn.
DIR. and Mrs. J. G. NJ. Nichols of Rock
Hill, visited DR.. Nichols's mother, Mrs
M. E. Nichols, in Yorkville yesterday
Mrs. Eliza Barron of Ebenezer, is
visiting Mrs. n. j. n. Bowen in York
vile.
Mrs. Frank Love of Chester, is visit
ing her father, Mr.. H. T. Williams, in
Yorkville.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. B: Moore of York
vile, left yesterday morning to spend
a while at Virginia Beach.
Misses Alberta and Marie Pegram
of Yorkville, are visiting their sistenr,
Mrs. w. n. Weaver, in Savannah, Ga.
Little Bivens Ashe, daughter Of Mrs.
Lawton Ashe, is very i'll at the home OF
Mrs. Ashes father, Mr.. H. T. Williams
in Yorkville.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Y. Miller and son,
Lowry, of Gastonia, spent Sunday IN
Yorkville with the family of Mr.. w. w
jenkins.
Mr. and Mrs. j. f. Faulkner and
children and Miss Margaret Wray OF
Yorkville, are spending several days in
Burnsville, n. c.
Mrs. w. 3. Wylie, Miss Amelia Ken
nedy and Dr. j. B. Kennedy of York
vile, are spending some time in New
York city.
Mrs. Hugh White of Yorkville, has
returned home after a short stay AT
the Fennell infirmary in Rock Hill,
where she went for treatment.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. II. Timmie left for
their home in Atlanta, Ga, yesterday
afternoon, after a visit to the Misses
Cody and other relatives in Yorkville.
Miss Mary FAINT Herndon, who has
been teaching at Kershaw is spending
some time with her father, Mr.. X. j.
Herndon, in Yorkville.
Mrs. Jennie Whitesides of Yorkville,
who is convalcscing from an attack of
typhoid fever, continues to get along as
nicely as her physician and the family
could expect.
Information from Richmond ycster-
day was that the condition of DR.. NJ. j.
Walker Of Yorkville, who has been un-
der treatment there during the past
several months, is critical.
Rev. DR.. Robert G. Lee, pastor of the
First Baptist church of Chester, has
notified his congregation of his intcn-
ton to accept call recently extended
to him by the First Baptist church of
New Orleans, La. DR.. Lee has been
pastor of the Chester church for about
fifteen months.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-07-11

Henry Ford is an avowed candidate
for president of the United States, and
whether or not he ever gets there, he
is going to make the country take
notice. He is running as neither Re-
publican nor Democrat; but as an inde-
pendent. With any other man in the
United States, that would be quite
absurd; but with Henry Ford it is
serious People of this country have
been hampered by the party system
until many Of them-millions Of them
are surfeited with it. OF course no
considerable number of them would be
willing to follow an ordinary free
lance. But Henry Ford is the best
known man in America. He is known
as a man who has done something big.
He is known as the real friend or Mr..
Common Citizen, and Mr.. Common
Citizen believes that he can do as much
for the country as he has done for
himself. There are millions of people
North who vote for one or the other OF
the parties, not because either Of them
stands for what they want; but be-
cause one looks better to them than
the other In the South, especially in
South Carolina, people vote the DEM
ocratic ticket mainly because there is
nothing else for them to do. There are
thousands and thousands who would
be glad to have the opportunity to vote
for Mr.. Ford, first, because they believe
in him, and second, because Of the op-
portunity that his candidacy will give
for the exercise of real political free
dom. Among other things there is a
conceivable possibility that Mr.. Ford
might force one or the other Of the
leading political parties to give him it's
nomination, and that of course, will in
sure his election; but a still better
thing for him is to adhere to his inde-
pendence and go it alone.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-07-11

- Collections to date, including the
month of June have reached total of
$6S9. 227.66 for the sale Of motor vehi-
Gle licenses in South Carolina by the
State Highway department. The de-
partment announced Friday. These
figures are for the first six months OF
the year. OF this amount $551 ,422.12
has been or will he returned to the
counties under the so per cent clause.
In this amount TO go back 10 the coun-
ties, Glecnvillc leads with $51,449.97
and establishes a record in that 1t
has already received more money in
accruals for the six months this year
than any other county for full year,
in any past year. Spartanhurg re-
ceived TO date $41 1879. The depart
ment also announced figures today
showing that during June S21 new au-
tomobiles were registered in South
Carolina. Rchland leads with 135 and
Greenville is second with 50. This in
cludes all makes OF cars. Seventy
three new machines were registered in
Spartanburg, the figures being for au-
iomobiles only.