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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-01-06
SCHOOLS ron lLLlTERATss.

Those York county citizens who nave
never had the opportunity to learn 10
read and write because Of circumstan-
ces that made 1t impossible for them
to acquire these accomplishments, are
now to have a show, according TO an
nouncernent made at the office OF the
county superintendent Of education this
morning. -
During the latter part Of January IL
Is proposed to establish at least ten
schools for adult illiterates in diTerent
sections OF York county, If as many as
fifteen men and women in each seclloh
desire 10 learn.
The schools will be operated a montn
and probably longer in each sectioh
where they are to be established IL at
tendance warrants. -,
The great trouble In operating lnese
schools. according to the authorities. Is
10 <hndr enough illiterates in any one
community %ithin reach or the schooi
who are Interested enough to, lehrn.
Teachers will bc paid $lO0 a m0ntn
for their. services. proyided' the school
has a daily attendance OF TEN
There are hundreds of adults N YORK
county, white aud colored, IL IS s"iu'
ybo are Unable to read and,write.
This is their opportunity
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-01-06
coNyTcTs NOW AND THEN

Does the attention that ladies' mis-
sionary societies, benevolent societies
and fraternal organizations IS well as
other organizations pay to conVicts
and prisoners these days have an ef-
fort for good or for evil on them?
The question was up for discussion
Yesterday following the attack by a
convict on Jim Robinson, chain gang
guard who was assaulted with an axe
The subject was talked in the sher-
iff's office and there were some VINO
thought that such attention had a
tendency for good while others were OF
opinion that II did harm.
Sheriff Quinn who has handled hum
dreds Of prisoners was rather OF the
opinion that 1t did harm rather than
good. 81 have observed" he said, that
prisoners during the past year or two
appear harder to handle than tney
used to be: and II looks like they eX-
pect q lot more than they are reallS
everybody wassagreed that no mat
ter how well behaved prisoners are,
those who have Them In charge must
watch them iikeia hawk oil the tiine'
iust the same. v
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-01-06
: Lawyers and Juries.

We have no quarrel with Judge
Frank 3. Gary for what he said to the
Greenville grand jury the other day
with reference to the responsibility OF
lawyers and juries for crime. On the
contrary I'VE desire to acknowledge our
admiration OF the wisdom that enables
him to clearly understand the real
situation, and to commend him on hav-
ing the courage to speak the truth.
We are not willing to admit for
moment that the citizenship Of South
Carolina does not average up to the re-
quirements OF honest intelligent jury
duty for it does. The average Of South
Carolina citizenship for honesty and In
telligence, is as high as is the average
of any particular class of her citizens
for these qualities-more especially as
to honesty Of purpose.
But it must be remembered that the
South Carolina jury box is not up to
the common average of honesty and
intelligence, for 6he simple reason that
such a large number Of citizens Of va
rious occupations are exempt from jury
duty and their names do not go into
the jury box at all. & ,
AS between such an indiscriminate
list of exemptions from jury duty as
we now have and no exemptions at all,
it would be better to have no exemp-
tions at all, except the lawyers and the
various county officials, and also the
the laws should be so revised as to
destroy the present power of the
lawyers to select juries practically. in
accordance with their own preference
But we are not likely to have any
immediate changes in this regard In
the interest of truth and justice, for IL
was the lawyers who arranged things
as they are for their own interests and
it is the lawyers who will manage to
keep things in this regard as they are
Theoretically it is the business Of the
criminal lawyer merely to see that his
client gets all the rights to which ne is
entitled under the law, and in no way
to discolor or obstruct the truth as
bearing on the case; but in many cases
the criminal lawyer actually becomes
accessory after the fact with his client,
and uses for him any kind Of ruses and
sharp practices he would use for him
self If he only knew how, thus assisting
him to rob justice Of its proper due.
OF course with the exemption of so
many solid, Substantial men of intelll-
gerce and affairs from jury service,
there is n smaller proportion of such
men available for service, and In this
regard the state Is at a serious disad-
vantage in honest and intelligent en-
forcement of the laws; but still 1t Is
not fair to throw too much blame on
such jurymen as are left. The presid-
ing Judge, who was once a practicing
attorney himself, and who Is up to all
the tricks Of the trade, should be able
to protect the turies from too much
imposition, and he ought to do it, too.
1t is our solemn belief that given the
qualities of courage, ability and will
ingness, the presiding judge can do as
much toward promoting the ends of
actual justice as can anybody else.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-01-06
BLAME WHERE. IT BELONGS
judge Frank 3. Gary Fixes Responsi.
INb;iitO. fnr Eailnre of aw

In charge to the Greenviile coun-
ty Grand jury last Monday Judge
Frank B. Gary took occasion to rap
petit juries and lawyers, many OF
whom he declared. were responsible
for lawlessness and crime. The Judge
said that q great deal Is being said
abont iawlessness and mob law and
their causes and invited the grand
jury to make amy Recommendations
il should see, fit as TO the causes and
remedies. Judge Gary then launched
into what he termed his theory OF the
causes OF much of the lawlessness and
mob law now prevalent Throughout the
county, declaring that he had no apo
locies to make either to members or
mries or to lawyers. upon whom he
placed much of the blame.
Petit juries. Judge Gary declared,
in many instances are turning men
loose after they have been shown 10
he guilty of crime and under condi-
ton, people are going to violate the
law rs II suits their ). convenience"
When petit juries acquit criminals
who are known to'be guilty, the judge
declared, it invites mob law and peo-
ple take the law inte their own hands.
The Judge then attacked juries for
their aptitude to believe everything
that is told them by lawyers and es-
pucially the theory of self defense so
often advanced in homicide cases. Fire.
quently, the judge said the state
makes out a cleary ease OF guilt and
then the lawyer comes along with his
theory of self sdefeEsa and the jury
believe it all, r;"It Is, strange TO me-
Judge Gary, said, "tha the man who,is
reaching for his gun Is the man VINO
always gets killed." s-tf,.a-
Judge Gary then turned his fire on
lawyers, many OF whom, he declared,
arc responsible for mob law when q
lawyer uses his talen6dof prevent JUS
tice and not to promote it, Judge
Gary told the grand jury. that invites
tho people 70 take the law into their
own hands. In many places lawyers
for few paltry dollars are giving
their talents TO defeat justice"
The legislature came In for some or
the judges fire when he declared that
II was an injustice against the people
so long as the legislature makes 1t
for lawyers through appeals
to inpedc the progress of justice.
Judge Gary recalled to the jurors
that there had been 81 lynchings in
the United States in 1921 and that So
Of them had been in the South. "Wo
are going to have lynchings," the judge
declared, 80 long as lawyers use their
talents to defeat justice and so long rs
petit jurors return verdicts of not
guilty when clear cases Of guilt have
been made out" 't''e = ''s.-i '.g-.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-01-06
pEOpi E ALARMED

pcople OF the Harmony section loui
miles west OF Yorkvillc and OF Miller
School District No, As are thoToughiy
aroused and somewhat alarmed be-
cause Of the burning Of Miller school
house and Harmony Presbyterian
church within the past few weeks inc
church having been burned MONDAY
night.
That the two Buildings arc the WORK
of an incendiary there is 10 question
But why any one should want to burn
the two buildings nobody is able TO
say.
The teacher of the school, it is ur-
derstood, thought that. maybe some
body might have il in for her ana OIL
fercd TO resign following the burning
of the church where school was pelns
held. The trustees refused TO accept
the resignation. There has been not
the slightest trouble between the trus-
tees, pupils and teacher. ~
Everybody is obcying to the lctter
the compulsory education law hcc'ru-
ing to the trustees and therefore no.
body has a grievance along that line.
The trustees have had no tToupic
with anybody. ,.,,
Superintendent Of Education Carroll
sid Yesterday that he proposed TO
write NJ. j. Miller, secretary OF me
State Sinking Fund Commission whicn
has the matter Of insurance oil rural
school buildings in charge nquirins
into the matter of Offering Il reward
for. the arrest and conviction Ot lEe
pprson who fired the two buildings.
But people in Miller district ana III
tho Uarmony section are very much
aroused over the burning. -,
II is said that Harmony church Will
nrobably not be Notwithstanding not
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-01-06
MERE MENTION

Nine deaths from poisoned whisky
have been reported from New YORK
during the holidays up TO "Wednesday
with 100 cases still under treatment in
the hospitals............Three bandits with
sawed off shotguns held up three col
lectors for drug store in one of the
crowded streets Of Los Angeles, Cali
fornia. last Tuesday and robbed them
Of ,000......-...For the first time since
1916 the pound loaf has been put on
sale in New York for cents.-..........
During the week ending December 81
the War Finance corporation approved
loans amounting to $13,058, ,00O----..--~.r..-.
Mayor George L. Oles, the newly in
stalled chief executive Of Youngstown,
Ohio. has warned the members of his
police force, "One drink and you are
fred. Photo engravers OF New
York have gone on strike against go
ing back to 4 4S hour week from "A
hour week........Thc German consular
flag was displayed at No. II Broadway
New York, last Tuesday. for the first
lime since the spring Of 1917.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-01-06
oP,E A STORM CENTER
Virginia Soldier Defends Himself
Aqainst Charges Of Privates.

Against Charges OF PriVates.
Major II. L. Opie, OF Staunton. Va,
appeared before the senate investigat-
ing committee in Washington yester-
day to defend himself against charges
that he had shot men down in cold
blood during the late World War
One witness, Lemuel c. Smith, de-
clared that while in dugout with
three comrades and four German prls,,
oners, Major Opie entered, shot ana
killed q soldier and then ordered the
body removed, without once lttering n
word.
II was also charged that Major Opic
shot q runner when the runner refused
to halt.
Then after half a dozen Of Major
Opie's men had testified that they
never heard of his shooting soldier In
France or anywhere else, the major
himself spoke in his own defense, de-
claring there was no word Of truth IN
the accusations and that he never
shot q man in my life"
The major also testified that ne
never fired q revolver the whole time
he was in France.
The senate investigation Of charges
by Tom Watson, Of Georgia, that men
were shot down in France by their or
ficers and hanged without trial was
resumed this week, following the
Christmas holidays and scores of wit
nesses have been heard, soldiers COM
ing from all parts of the country to
give testimony.
The hearing was adjourned yester-
day afternoon until next Tuesday Whcn
more witnesses will be called.
The hearing is attracting n great
deal of attention throughout the coun-
trv. especially among former service
men,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-01-06
ABOUT PEOPLE

Mrs. D. T. Quinn is assisting in the
office Of County Treasurer II, e. Neil.
Mr.. T. f. Jackson of Glover, was
among the visitors in Yorkville yester-
day.
Mr. and Mrs. John S. Hartness OF
Sharon, were visitors in Yorkville on
Wednesday.
Mr.. Hugh White of Filbert has re-
Gently moved his family TO Yorkville
where they will reside In future.
Mr.. Frank Atkinson of Lowryville. is
attending the Yorkville High school
He is living with his aunt, Mrs. j. NJ
Ferguson. -.--..--.r -,,-.sr...
Mr.. and Mrs. Lindsay Hunter and
family of Lincolnton. N. c., recently
visited the family of Mrs. J. j. Hunter
in Yorkvfhe. t.r 1.2
Mrs. j. II. 3. jenkins. Jr., and LITTLE
daughter, Mary Jane. OF Yorkville, art
confined to their home on Wright ave-
nue., with mild attack OF influenza.
Mr.. w. A. Rolin has moved into thu
Bell house on, Lincoln street, formerly
occupied by the family Of Mr.. I. e. Nc:
Mackin. ga~-
Clerk OF Court T. f. McMackin ha.
moved his family into the j. Il. Dea
house on Kings Mountain street, which
was recently completed.
Mrs. John S. Jones, who is teaching
at Bowling Green, resumed her duties
Wednesday after spending the holidays
at her home in Yorkville.
Mr., and Mrs, c. II. Siebenhausen O.
Yorkville, have rooms with Mr.. ant
Mrs. John L. Carroll on East Libert!
street. @
Miss Mary 10 Drakeford has re-
turned to her home in Yorkville, aftel
attending the wedding OF Miss Lula
s. G. tf
Mrs. NJ. A. Latimer Of Yorkvilie, wh'
is spending sometime with he
daughter. Mrs. w. r. pendy, at Ogle
thorpe, Georgia. has been quite I'LL 10
several days, but is reported as some
what improved. &
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-01-06
ALL TEACHERS CAME BACK

Something unusual has happened IN
the rural schools this year, according
to John F. Carroll, superintendent oil
education.
AS n general thing some OF the rural
schools find themselves minus one or
more teachers after the holiday recess.
Some; don't come back for the. reason
that they decide to get married. and
thus devote their educational efforts
to one instead OF score or more. =,
Others NAV see n better position III
some other line of work and thus ran
to show up after Christmas while
others who tmight live outside Of the
county fail'to come back because they
are home sick. -.
But thj time, according to the colin,
ty superintendent, not a single rurai
school teacher married during Christ
mas and resumption OF work after the
holidays found all of them in their ac-
customed places.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-01-06

state in the hollow, of his hand as Pen
rose did. The outstanding leaders OF
the senate today are principally West
erners, like Cummings and Kenyon, Of
Iowa: McCumber, Of North Dakota
who succeeds Penrose as chairman OF
the finance committee; Lenroot, oi
wisconsin; Smoot, Of Utah; Watson
of Indiana: Borah, of Idaho; Johnson
of California, and Warren, of Wyo-
ming. OF these probably Watson is the
greatest; but If 1t is fact that the
time has come for the supplanting OF
Eastern by Western influence, there Is
reason to believe that the whole gov
ernment of the country bids fair to be-
come far more representative anc
democratic than 1t has been heretofore
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-01-06

oOe, 900. svt % which must be- added the
value OF, tlfesinoreaset 10 stock and the
value of poultry and dairy products.
Out ,of, the $S5. 900, already expend-
ed, : S10, 900, 900 has been returned to
the Public Treasury. or due pay
ments, more than 8 per cent was paid.
Thus far, the number of men who
have abandoned their efforts repre-
sents per cent. of our aggregate set
tlement In the cases of abandonment,
and despite the collapse in markets,
we have salvaged and found out more
than 500 cases representing an invests
ment of more than 100000 without
any financial loss"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-01-06

Political gossips have had 1t tha'
Governor Sproul Of Pennsylvania
would resign the governorship and have
himself appointed senator to succeed
Penrose by Lieutenant Governor Bried-
leman, who would succeed Sptoul as
governor. Sproul, however, is quoted
as saying that he will do no such
thing; that if he succeeds Penrose or
any other senator he will do it by due
process, that is by getting the nomina
ton from his party and going before
the people in the general election. he
says that he will appoint real live
senator to succeed Penrose; but ne
does not care to make the appointment
until Penrose has been decently buried
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-01-06

The death of Senator Penrose OF
Pennsylvania is &C mmonly regarded as
removing the last of the oligarchy OF
Republican senators Of the east who
have for more IL an generation con-
trolled the destiHiies of the Republican
party, not only in the senate; but
throughout the country. The group OF
eastern senator's who were themselves
great POLITICAL bosses, included such
men as Aldrich of Rhode Island; Quay
of Pennsylvania; Hale of Maine; and
PIatt of New York. These men In their
day ruled congress with an iron hand,
fixing tariffs on which the East waXed
fat and shaped the financial policy OF
the country as they saw proper. The
only one of the old guard who is left is
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts; but
he has never been Il boss of his state
like the others, and is not now regard
ed as a ruler of his party such as Pen
rose was. With Pcnrose gone there is
not n man in the senate who holds his
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-01-06
DELEGATION IN ROCK HILL

Senator Hart of Yorkvlllc and Rep
rcsentative Pursley OF York No. l re-
turned yesterday afternoon from Rock
Hill where the York county legislative
delegation went to hear from the clti-
zens of that part of the county In re-
gard to desired legislation. j. Is.
Johnson and a. A. Mckeown asked
for an appropriation of $1,000 to pay
the salary Of Farm Demonstration
Agent John r. Blair
Pat O'Connor npd others Of the ROCK
Hill Textile Union asked the delega-
ton to support a proposed bill fixing =
dS-hour week in the textile plants. a
number of facts were submitted IN
favor Of such legislation, one OF when
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-01-06

was the negro bricklayer going to work
at a. m. and returning at p. m.
while the textile worker goes to work
before day and returns home after
dark, women and children being in
cluded. 1t was further argued that
such action would also tend to reduce
the unemployment situation as 1t
would mean in many cases three shifts
instead Of two.
r. c. Burts, superintendent of the
Rock Hill schools, advocated increas-
ing state aid fees to high schools for
students attending outside the school
district, claiming that the present fee
OF SO for high school students Is not
sufficient to pay their expenses.
The delegation were the guests OF
President d. 3. Johnson of Winthrop
at dinner at the college.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-01-06
The Greenville Piedmont quotes D

The Greenville Piedmont quotes DR.
w. w. Long, state agent, as saying
that with several weeks of crisp colo
weather like this the boil weevil vii
be terribly handicapped in the invasion
of Greenville county with his legions
next summer" That may be all righ'
for Greenville county; but we advise
York county people not to bank toe
much on the cold weather so far as this
county is concerned. The boil weevi'
gave this county notice last fall in eat
ing up the top crop.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-01-06

Compared with those of forty years
ago the roads of today are as a beauti-
full dream following a nightmare; but
we still have a long way to go YET
Means of travel have improved more
rapidly than the roads, and the wealth
and intelligence Of the people have
made progress also. The roads OF TO-
day are hardly more suitable to pres
ent day conditions thnn were the roads
of forty years ago to the conditions oi
that day. The truth is we can hardly
get along with such roads as we now
have and we must have better roads
1t is not question as to whether we
can afford better roads so much as II
is a question as to whether we can ar
ford TO do without them. What We
need now is hard surface roads and
hard surface roads without any cracks
or bumps in them either.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-01-06

With regard to Frances denial OF re-
sponsibility for that 1s20-2l cores
pondence between herself and Japan as
alleged by the Siberian Bolsheviks re-
public, it Is very we'll to remember that
the regulation diplomatic way of dis
missing inconyenient and uncomforta-
bic facts is to deny them as Hes. The
probability is that this alleged cores
pondence is genuine enough, except
that it is not at all in keeping with
nresent conditions.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-01-06
Che aJorkrille emq,sirer.
Entered at the Postoffice at York. as
Mail Matter Of thu Second Clasa
FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 1922.

Do you want to buy Muscle Shoals?
RI so nut in your bid like great many
other people have been doing since
Henry Ford made his original PROPOSE
ton. Ford bid what he thought the
property was worth, at least what he
thinks he can pay for it. Most of the
others have been bidding principally
for notoriety.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-01-06
ongtsbfs7 nitlatlSSss 9 lAlrAAsiisa; the

On the ilnItlatlVe sOt' 3fIileIIVa s"e
powers seem to be about to come to an
agreement under which the submarine
problem will be solved so that under no
circumstances must the submarine be
used against merchant vessels Of what
ever description-certainly not for the
purpose Of sinking them But France
desires further and fuller understand
ing with regard to the matter, among
other things holding that If subma-
rines are not to attack merchant yes
sells, warships must not lombard open
ports, and furthermore merchant ships
must not carry guns.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-01-06

Representative Reavis, of Nebraska
has introduced resolution in which ne
provides that France must not go into
the building of warships until she mas
paid the United States what she owes.
The idea is that If France must have
a large feet of warships, she must
build them with her own money not
ours,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-01-06
LOCAL LAcoNIcs.
Sandina Lincoln Road. !,

Under the supervision OF Mr. Wistar
B. Keller. rne::sherof the York town
ship road commission, the Lincoln
road Is being sa,ided from the out
skirts OF Yorkvillg supervisor Brown
has n force of convicts assisting in tho
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-01-06
MilIer School Beina Rebuilt.

- Miss Addie latham, who ran for
mayor of Walhalla against J.. III. Moss
was defeated In the election last Tues
day, 20 to 1S4. ~
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-01-06

in the near future. The congregation
is small, it IS said and because of
general conditions may be absorbed by
other congregations.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-01-06
Rock Hill Juniors Elect.

''~~'N .s''''y
Rock Hill Council Jr,, Order United
American Mechanics have elected Of
ficers as follows. T.SV.. WhitesiGes,
past councillor; c. r. Smith, councillor;
ScFaddem, chaplain: Victor Baumlel,
assistant secretary; 2 CT r. Wingnte,
warden; @. A.; Drennitn, conductor.
Miller School Beirg Rebuilt.
Rebuilding Of Miller School. in Dis
Ftrict No. 48 burned several weeks ago
is In progress, the work having begun
this week under. the general superyis-
ion OF the trustees, Messrs. ]. NJ. Brice,
NJ. A. Mcfarland and EEd.s Shannon.
The new building which will be q ono
room structure, will cost complete about
$1,65o. Mr.. James Latham has the con-
tract for the carpenter work. Since
the burning Of Harmony church Mon
day night school work will haye to be
suspended until the new building is
complete.
Milford chronicle., 1922-02-17

Call "pETTYJoHN's" for Drugs of
Quality" Mail or phone orders. Phone
% Milford.