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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-10-10

A nationwide appeal for funds for
the relief of the thousands Of refugees
in the Near East has been authorized
by President Harding: The money will
be distributed through the American
Red Cross and the Near East relief,
working jointly, and will be raised by
a special committee, headed by former
Postmaster General Hays. This'state-
ment was issued by the president. "A
recognized and most appealing emer-
gency exists in the Near East. After
full conference it is unanimously
agreed that the American Red Cross
and the Near East Relief two govern
mentally recognized agencies, are the
logical instrumentalities through
which this relief may be extended AID
it is manifest duty that they should
take charge of the situation jointly. In
campaign of most cooperation they
will command the facilities for most
efficient ministration. In order to meet
the situation there is created a special
fund to be known as Near East emer-
gency fund This special fund is to
be raised by a nationwide appeal
which appeal is indorsed and will be
engaged in by the American Red Cross,
the Near East relief, the Young Mems
Christian association, Young Women's
Christian association, the Federal
Council of Churches, the knights of
Columbus, the American relief admin
istration, the Jewish joint distribution
committee and other organizations
having interests in the Near East.
Money may be sent to Eliot Wads-
worth, treasurer of the American Red
Cross, Washington, d. c.; c. II.
Dodge, treasurer of Near East relief,
151 Fifth avenue, New York, or The
Literary Digest, 354 Fourth avenue,
New York. A special emphasis and
appeal for funds will be made during
the roll call of the American Red Cross
in November. Checks in each instance
shall be made payable to the Near East
emergency fund"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-10-10
The Oyster Canneries.

The three big oyster canneries on the
island employ each $50 to IT'S hands,
and, working seven months in the year
are a great help to these negroes. The
payroll runs for each cannery $500 10
1000 weekly. The weekly output Of
each cannery is something like 10000
one-pound cans. Much of this Is eN-
ported. Oysters arc Of two types, the
single shell, which is the big oyster,
and the smaller bunch oyster-there
may be six or seven shells oftcntimes
clinging here together. Oysters are
not gathered by tongs, but are gather
ed by low tide direct from the beds.
The oyster boatmen bring them to the
wharf. The oysters are steamed and
quickly shucked and washed and cam
ned and their liquor is put in. The
can is scaled quickly by machinery
and is then cooked and labeled. The
oyster shell piles about these canncries
are immense things, being thirty feet
high and holding from 100000 to g.
100000 bushels each. Twenty-Five per
cent of the empty shells go back to
the spawning grounds for the little
oysters to grow on. Some are ground
up for chicken food and for the lining
Of land, but mostly they go TO the
making of these fine roads known as
oyster shell roads. But let us remem-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-10-10
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

Rev. J. A. Mclean has accepted a
call to the pastorate of the First Pres
byterian church OF Greenwood. He
now lives at Morganton, N. c.
- Boil Gregory, deputy sheriff of
Aiken county, was convicted Saturday
of the murder of C. F. Hatchell and
recommended to mercy. He was SEN
fenced to life Imprisonment.
Wade Jackson of Birmingham,
Ala, enlisted in the United States ma
rines committed suicide in Charleston
last Thursday by shooting himself in
the head with pistol.
A bale of cotton was stolen from
the gin of P. b. Gregory at Wilksburg,
Chester county, Friday night. A short
time previously a bale Of cotton Was
stolen from the gin of E. S. Carter in
the same section of Chester county.
- Rev. Sigfried Bromgren, Luther
an minister hailing from Connecticut,
has announced himself as a Republican
candidate for congress from the First
district in opposition to w. Turner
Logan of Charleston.
The Rev. w. p. Step, Baptist
preacher from whom officers confiscat-
ed quart of moonshine whisky as he
was returning from country church
where he had preached a powerful
sermon, told Sheriff Rector Of Green
Vile, Saturday, that he was carrying
the whisky home to his sick wife. AL
though Sheriff Rector stated that he
did not think prosecution would be
instituted against the preacher In the
state courts, the Federal authorities
have announced no intention of aban-
doning the charges. A preliminary
hearing probably will be given the
Rev. Mr.. Step this week. He arranged
surety bonds Saturday before United
States Commissioner Williams on
charges of transporting and having
whisky in his possession. Two petit
tions to United States Judge H. H.
Watkins of the Western district of
South Carolina, were drawn up Friday
by the people of Tigerville signed by
more than 40 of the best citizens of
that community. The petition re-
quested that the case be fully explain
ed to the Federal judge before Mr..
Step was prosecuted. Sheriff Rector
stated Saturday that in his opinion the
case against the Rev. NJ. Step would
not come to trial, even II there is. an
indictment. II have known this man
for q number of years." said the sher-
if, land | know him to be an upright,
law abiding citizen. and devout min
lister of the Gospel. He told me that
his wife was i'll. and as they live long
way from n physician his wife asked
him to get her a little whisky to mix
with some herbs and make some medi-
cine. Some good friend gave him the
quart of whisky" he said. Sheriff
Rector said State Constable ]. Fl.
Howard overstepped his authority
when he stopped and searched the
minister without a warrant.
- The second trial Of Tom Harrison,
of Greenville, who was convicted OF
manslaughter on a charge Of murder
ing his wife, but who appealed to the
supreme court and had the verdict OF
the circuit court jury set aside, will be
taken up at the October term of the
court of general sessions If it is pos
sible to locate all the witnesses, So
licitor Smoak announced on Saturday
Arthur Monk" Young, who was shot
al the same time Mrs. Harrison was
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-10-10

. Right On the Job.-A Virginia gen
tleman was troubled by a disebedient
and lazy coachman, who had been in
the family long time and was well
out Of reach of discipline. He diso-
beyed orders and neglected his duties
and made himself a general nuisance
until in desperation his employer de-
cided TO threaten him with dismissal.
Il can't put up with you any longer"
he, said. "At the end of the month
you hunt another place"
"'Nuther place, nothin'," was the
reply. "T druv yeh ter yer baptism, I
druv yeh to yer weddin' an I'll jest
stick here till I drive yeh to yer fu-
neraks .'. ~. ...,. r...,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-10-10
Truthful Billy.-Billy was in tear

Truthful Billy.-Billy was in tears
when he came home from school.
Teacher whipped me because / was
the only one who could answer a ques-
tion she asked the class" he sobbed.
His mother was indignant.
"Why, I'll see her about that! What
was the question, Billy?"
His eyes lighted reminiscently.
"She wanted to, know who put the
glue in her ink bottle"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-10-10


Far from Resular.--It was probably
the most conservative community in
New England. A stranger by the
name of. Wilkerson: had come there
and set up shop and, although he
seemed a good business man., his
neighbors viewed him, with n certain
amount Of disgust. H.. ,n.y.. "3.. . 81
S*That man, nWilkerson," declared
one. ought to be expelled from our
chamber Of commerce and ostracized
besides. He's, too darned radical
I'm what way?" queried second.
"Well, for one thing, he won't con-
cede that every strike is a Bolshevist
movement"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-10-10

Cause for Aetion.-"Looky here, Mr..
Poppendick!" severely said Constable
Slackputter, of Petunia, 1.-THE mayor
has ordered me to tell you to cut the
weeds on that vacant lot you own over
on Willer street. You know, Missus
Gay who lives next to 1t is not only a
grass widder but also. plump and ours
ed with considerable many good looks,
and the weeds are so high that the
neighbor ladies complain that they
can't see what, II anything, is going
on at her house."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-10-10
Absence Makes Mind Go Wander

Absence Makes Mind Go Wander
The professor was taking his wife
through the museum of natural his
tory and she, although bored almost
to tears, was heroically trying to ap-
pear interested. They halted before
the reconstructed image of the dinos-
aur. a @.&. .."'
do you realize. Agatha" he asked,
that it is eight years since our last
visit?"
Indeed I do, Horace" she answer
ed, land how that beast las grown
since that time!"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-10-10
Tuesday, October 10, 1922.

n room with his wife, when a stray
bullet struck Mrs. Harrison. Young
said that all three had been drinking
together and denied that he had at
tackled Mrs. Harrison. The shooting
occurred at the Harrison home in De-
ccmber 1921.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-10-10

fatally wounded, and was n material
witness for the state, has left Green
vile. Solicitor Smoak said he had
c. Harrison, on the witness stand at
his first trial testified that he was
shooting at Young, whom he found in
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-10-10

Why Disfranehize Them ?-"I think
there ought to be a law requiring ev-
cry woman voters to be over thirty
years of age"
why such a law"
Because none of them ever passes
that age"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-10-10
COAST NEGROES
Thousands Live On Famous ST. Hell.
end Island.
They OWN MANY VALUABLE ACRES
Oyster Canneries Give Employment to
Many People-coffin's Point and
Fort Fremont Places Of lntere-t.

Oyster Canneries Give Employment to
Many People-Coffin's Point and
Fort Fremont Places of lntere-t.
BY N. A. Willet in Charleston News
and Courier.
There were in the old days no poor
whites on ST Helena Island, South
Carolina. The wealthy aristocrats liv-
ed mostly on the seaward or outer side
of the island, eleven miles from Beau;
fort and in region extending for
thirteen miles from Coffin's Point, the
northeast corher, now owned by ex-
Senator Dan Cameron's family, to Fort
Fremont, the southeast point. This
fort of cement and rock cost millions
and has a reservation Of lao acres; 1t
was built by our government during
the Spanish war. From Coffin's Point
eastward and outward is st. Helena
sound and beyond is fringe Of half
dozen hunting islands and then is the
sea, while northward from the point
one looks across broad st. Helena
sound, seeing in the distance n fringe
of big islands once the habitat of the
great sea island cotton industry and
leading on up to Charleston, while
westward and landward one looks
back over the great widening st. Hell
ena sound Fremont fort looks east
ward over st. Helena sound and then
on to the sea, westward and landward
some eleven miles, to Port Royal town
and Paris Island and across that most
majestic body Of water known as Port
ROYAL sound.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-10-10

has guaranteed to an American COM
pany the right to prospect for oil on
the islands of Saghailen for the next
five years.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-10-10

Scene: Courtroom.-"HOw long were
you acquainted with your husband
before e,g gqg,fqnrried lawa idePapdeal
the attorney of the faff' petitioner for
a divorce.
Lob, .Iodidn't know him at all" she
replied with emphasis. III say /
don'ti"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-10-10

Der that it is the Gullah negro on this
island that makes possible this really
big oyster canning industry.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-10-10

mound in the center of the island
which the island indians used for
their burying grounds, and which
not long since was ruthlcssly broken
into and many relics lost.
These two historic island points, tn
old and amazingly rich Sea Side road,
this costly Fremont fort whose metals
are now being dismantled, this old
tabby church, and this ancient Indian
mound are all worthy places for visit
and study.
A Violent Contrast.
A contrast more violent than that
between sandstone mausoleum and In
dian earthern mound Is the contrast
between the peoples of those days and
those that we find on the island today.
When the Civil war came. Beaufort
land was occupied by the Northern
army, and these rich sea island cotton
plantation owners all left. They never
came back, for their lands were con-
ficcated. Rich Northerners now most
ly own these sea side homes farming,
in a way, through overseers and COM
ing out every winter on hunting vaca-
tions. Let me say that the climate at
this end of the island is a most salu-
brious and fine one all the year. All
of the island. save this fringe on the
sound, is today taken up by the Gull
lah negro, about 5000 of them. Amaz-
ing to say, there are on the island at
least 1000 negro homes, each sur
rounded by ten or fifteen acres Of land,
and unusually amazing is the tenacity
with which these negroes cling to
their homes. Indeed $500 per acre
would not induce most of them to sell.
In the whole OF Beaufort county the
Gullah negro does not live on the
white mans farm, but in these little
homes. They work most Of the year
on truck. lands or in the oyster can
neries and plant their farms somewhat
as side issue. Here and there we
find little marsh horse, but the uni
versal animal for dragging plow or
wagon is the OK. You see these little
OK teams everywhere on. the island.
The negro does not mind the slowness
of the OK, for slowness suits the negro.
Moreover and above all, the OK always
finds his own feed, while food, on the
other hand, must be made and kept or
it must be bought for the horse. On
these negro farms you will find corn,
velvet beans, cowpeas, peanuts, sweet
potatoes pumpkins and benne-thc
latter being shipped to Savannah to
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-10-10
Couldn't Afford it.---Ai thin man re.

CouTunt VHoru fH'---ER NIIIH KlIuH to
sented the lateral pressure Of fat
man on the same seat ;in.the street
car. He said: They ought to charge
by weight on these cars" So -','
"If they did, sonny" said the fat
man, you'd have to walk. They
couldn't afford to stop for you"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-10-10
Historic Points.

But these two points carry other and
added interest. Without any doubt the
Spanish ships under De Ayloon in 1920,
coming in from the sea, landed either
at Coffin's Point or the Fremont fort.
One Of these points undoubtedly mark
ed the third landing by white men in
America, Vespucius and Ponce de Leon
preceding here by a small margin.
One of these two points, therefore, is
a world famous historical shrine, car
rying the quite venerable age of 4O2
in America on which n white man
landed was st. Helena, and beyond
doubt the place of this landing was
either Coffin's Point or the site on
which Fort Fremont stands today.
A famous road connects these two
points known far and wide in Beau
fort land as Sea Side road. In the old
days it ran through an amazing wealth
of fine homes and big. plantations,
whose owners were the Coffins, Doc
tor Jenkins, the Fripps, Chapmans and
others. Some of these homes are still
standing. Doctor Jenkins is credited
with owning the enormous number of
1000 slaves and everything connected
with him was carried on on the same
scale. Entertainments by these peo-
pie were on the most lavish plans. In
fact, for something like 200 years this
section had uneXampled prosperity.
A Tabby Church.
These people woTshipped at rich,
fashionable church near by, the White
church (EpiscopaD, now burnt, but
whose walls are still standing, furnish
ing probably the finest example in
America of IN ecclesiastical tabby
ruin. A nearby brownstone mauso-
leum, handsome enough for tho most
exclusive metropolitan cemetery and
dating about 1910, bears the name of
Fripp. Quite different is this church
with it's monuments to large Indian
Evening star., 1922-02-12
BALTIMORE 'sCOP'' DELAYS d. C.
OFFICER RETURNING STOLEN CAR

ington policeman. I'm a Wash
ington policeman on my way home
with it from New Jersey"
what have you to show you are
a policeman" demanded the Balti-
more policeman.
Here's my badge" said the
Washingtonian.
That doesn't satisfy me you are
q policeman" sternly said the
motor cycle cop.
WELL" continued Wolfe, II have
my pistol and blackjack and the
name of the police department on
the pistol"
Still the motor cycle policeman
was dubious. He had Wolfe walk
over to a substation and talk to
the lieutenant, who learned from
police. officials here that Jake"
was all right.
''The lieutenant told me to offer
you a thousand apologies for de-
laying you," said the mounted
policeman, as Jake" was permit
ted to depart.
mo apologies necessary" said
Evening star., 1922-02-12
OPEN SCHOOL CAMPAIGN.
Takoma Park Citizens Anxious for
s Two New Buildings.

Urging the erection of q grade
school and high school in Takoma>
Park, the Takoma Park Community
League Friday night appointed a
committee of members to be present
at the meeting of the town council
for the purpose Of devising a way
to raise money by taxation or bond
issue. Mrs. Ladd, wife of the South
Dakota senator. invited the members
of the league to a party at her resi-
dence to discuss means of raising
temporary money for this purpose.
After addresses by Senator Ladd,
who spoke of educational work in
the state Of South Dakota. and Ba-
ward Broom, superintendent of
schools of Montgomery county, who
urged that it was. the duty Of the
county commissioners to provide
money for the school project in Ia
koma Park. the league held its first
election Of officers. Those elected
were: DR.. C. c. Galloway, president;
Mrs. C. B. Smith, vice president; Mrs.
Albert Barrows, secretary, and Mrs.
r. Y. Ferrer. treasurer.
Evening star., 1922-02-12


Our BEND
helpful
Evening star., 1922-02-12

Jacob Wolfe. police chauffeur,
knows what it is to be held up by
a policeman, having had such an
experience on the outskirts OF
Baltimore the other night, while re-
turning from New Egypt. N. j., In
the automobile of o. r. Evans
that had been taken from here
several days ago.
All went well until after he had
passed through Baltimore and
reached the suburbs, about IL
o'clock, when tire trouble COM
pellsd him to stop and get a new
tube.
he saw a man taking the num-
ber Of his car. but paid little at
tention to him. A few minutes
later a motor cycle policeman
drove up, having made such fast
speed over the road that he was
almost breathless when he dis
mounted and remarked: Il see you
have a stolen car here"
Il know I have" said the Wash
Evening star., 1922-02-12
Suppose You Were Starving!!!!!!

The Washington Aerican-Jewish Relief Committee working
with the National Euobean Jewish Relief Committee in raising
$l4OOOO help alleviate the detuon which is visiting
some 100000 orphaned Jewish and nonJewsh children in the
Ukraine
Washingons quota this wonderfully humanitarian work
To raise this requires the and financial
assistance of of all faiths creeds The work
well conducted the Of the relief Tin the hands
OF Amecans) is conducted at the small cost OF out OF
$W $60 the purchase Of foods,
clothing and other measures of~relief Y
If will help mail the following filled in with check
attached Gerson Nordnger Treasurer 700 Evans Building
Mr.. Gerson Nordinger, Treasurer ~
706 Evans Building, City ~
Attached find contribution to Washington
American Jewish Relief Fund.
Name
(signed) SIMON LYON Chairman.
By JOS. D. KAUFMAN.
Chairman Publicity Committee
Evening star., 1922-02-12
: OVERCOME BY GAS.

Mrs May Hoover. seventy o
years old. sos I street. was found un-
conscious from Illuminating gas in
her room yesterday. Charles Hoover, a
son. found her and had her taken to
Emergency Hospital, where it was said
her condition was critical. A defective
gas fixture was responsible for Mrs.
Hoover's illness. the police reported.
Evening star., 1922-02-12
HEADS GARDEN CLUB.
Capt. stulz Of FirefighteF Chosen
by 500 Members.

Capt. Jacob stulz of the Fireighter
was elected president Of the Potomac
Garden Club at a meeting Friday
night In the National Museum, about
500 members being in attendance.
treasurer.
Members Of the board Of directors
chosen were N. c.. Watts. A. ]. Olm-
stead. E.. B. Henderson, T. 81. Pursell,
Hugh Fred, ]. HI Graham and George
r. Cook. ~ s.
Evening star., 1922-02-12
ASKS $4,000 DAMAGES.
Gertrude Bradley Files Suit for
Death Of Husband.

Suit to recover $4,000 damages has
teen filed in the, District Supreme
Court by Gertrude Bradley. as adj
ministratrix Of her husband. Preston
Bradley. against Owen N. Houghton
for the death of her husband.
: Bradley was policeman. and Feb
ruary 20 last mounted the running
board Of the defendants automobile.
suspected of exceeding the speed law.
The machine was not stopped, but
ran into a pole at 7th and o streets
inflicting injuries said to
have resulted In the death of Bradley.
Attorneys Simon. Koenigsberger g.
Young appear for the plaintiff,
Evening star., 1922-02-12

Ben Jacobs yesterday celebrated his
eighty-second birthday. Jake" as he
is familiarly known, was born in Lon
don, England, February 10, 1910. He
came to this country when a small boy
and served throughout the civil war
afterwards entering the government
service in the War Department, where
ne remained until his retirement short
while ago.
He is a member of the Masonic and
Odd Fellows orders. and lives at AT
H street northwest
Evening star., 1922-02-12

the Washington police chauffeur.
"You did only your duty. II were
to catch you coming through
Washington with q stolen car I'd
hold you up. too"
Evening star., 1922-02-12
The. ''Foot-O-Scope'' :

part of the service at our 9TH St.
Store. An X-Ray Machine which en-
ables you to see the exact position OF
the bones in your feet through your
shoes. Takes the Guess out OF Shoe
Fitting!
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1922-11-28
SIXPRIS0NERS
ESCAPE PEN
(By the Associated Press)

Marquette, Mich, Nov. 28.-Confi-
dence that six Marquette prison cor
victs remaining at large would be
recaptured within a short time was
voiced today by Warden J. P. Cor
gon, who has been directing the
search since Is prisoners escaped
Sunday night by crawling through a
steam pipe channel. The warden was
encouraged in that belief, he said,
by the apprehension last night Of
seven of the fugitives who had been
unable to travel more than a few
miles from the prison during their
"a hours of liberty. Two we're cap
tured near the prison Sunday night
and the others, it was believed, still
were in hiding in or near Marquette.
Heavy snow hampered the con-
victs in their flight and the. ap-
preaching winter probably deferred
them from CHANGING battle with
the elements in the north woods in
the opinion of the officials.
Efforts to round up the 'convicts
were redoubled today, when it was
found the two, rated as the most
desperate of the criminals, were still
at liberty. They were Eddy Weisman
of Detroit, alleged gun man, and
Dave Galinski, convicted of murder
at Jackson.