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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-05-09
ABOUT PEOPLE.

Mrs. j. d. Brandon Of Glover No. :
vicited friends in Yorkville this week
Mr.. w. NJ. Stowe is very i'll at his
home on York No. 1.
James Martin of Sharon was among
the visitors in Yorkvillc, yesterday.
j. F. Smith of Yorkvlle was visitor
in Greensboro, n. c., last week.
DR.. B. N. Miller of Hickory Grove
was a visitor in Yorkville yesterday.
T. NJ. Campbell Of Glover, Vas in
Yorkville yesterday.
Mrs. Paul r. Bratton of Yorkville
is visiting her parents, Col. and Mrs
Asbury Coward in Orangeburg.
/ Jesse Moore, well known citizen of
Rock Hill is very i'll at his home in
that city.
Mrs. J. Forest Smith has returned to
her home in YOrkville, after Il visit to
relatives in Greensboro, n. c.
Mrs. John F. Gordon, of Tirzah was
operated on at the Fcnnell Infirmary
this morning for appendicitis.
Walter b, Moore, rural letter carrier
of Glover was among thesvisitors in
Yorkville yesterday.
w. -. T1ui anu d. -. f1tllU
bright of Sharon were visitors in
Yorkville yesterday.
Magistrate E. A. Crawford of
Guthriesville, was among those in
'Yorkville, yesterday:
DR.. Mccain Nichols of Rock Hill
spent Sunday with his mother, Mrs.
NJ. f. Nichols in Yorkville.
Mrs. w. D. Grist and Miss Elizabeth
Grist of Yorkville were visitors in
Rock Hill, Saturday.
Mrs. n. j. n. Bowen Of Yorkville
visited relatives in Rock Hill, this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. A. Slate and
children of Gastonia, were visitors in
Yorkville on Sunday. Mr.. Slate is
postmaster at Gastonia.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. u. stowe and little
son who have been confined to their
home in Gorkville for several days
with influenza are able to be out again.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. l.. Plexico and Miss
Bonnie PleXicO of Hickory Grove,
spent Sunday in YOrlville with the
family of Mr.. NJ. +. PleXicO.
DR.. ]. ID. Mcdowell is very i'll at his
home in Yorkville. His daughter, Miss
Mary Alice Mcdowell, n student Mt
Winthrop College has been summoned
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WITHIN THE TOWN..

-R. E. Montgomery is building n
residence on West Liberty street next
door to his own home.
There were 125 bales of cotton
sold on the local market last week
according to r. F. Mcclure, public
weigher. Mr.. Mcclure weighed twen-
ty-two bales of cotton here yesterday.
= The Lockmore Cotton Mill began
work yesterday morning on . full time
basis of operations. 1t is understood
that the mill has orders in hand to in
sure at least three months work for
operatives.
DIR. Phillip w. Hunter was the
this morning. DR.. j. ID. Mcdowell is
street. DR.. r. A. Bratton was called
to Richmond, Va, this week to attend
his brother DR.. Clarence S. Bratton
who is a patient in q hospital there.
DR.. j. /. Barron was reported to have
suffered q chill yesterday afternoon
and forced to take his bed although he
expected to be able to get out today.
DR.. Miles J. Walker is away taking
treatment.
There was an unusually large
CIOWu VI peOple lIOlli the SllITOuuuIHS
country here last Saturday and the
stores had their hands full pretty
nearly all day. The days business
started away early in the morning,
one merchant reporting that he sold
's29 worth of goods for cash before
breakfast and the Incident was so un-
usual that he forgot to eat any break
fast. There was more or less liquor
in evidence during the afternoon and
evening and the police found it neces-
sary to take couple of drunks in
tow.
- EX-service men of the community
who Lthink that they have7 claim for
compensation or vocational training
against the government because of
wounds or injuries received in mill
tary service may get an examination
into the merits of their respective
claims here Thursday. S. C. Groes-
chel, manager of the Veterans Bureau
has written the service officer of
Mech Stewart Post of the American
Legion that James w. Barber, field
representa- We of the bureau is to be
here Thurs .ay for the purpose of
hearing claims of all eX-service men
who come to him. The service officer
of the post so far has the names of
nine men who have been notified to
meet the field representative.
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arrive at some definite decision rela-
tive to the plan.
11TH GRADE FOR FORT MILL

Fort Mill High, School will add an
eleventh grade another year, accord
ing to Capt. F. Murray Mack, super
intendent of the school. Need for
suoh an addition has been apparent
at Fort Mill for n number of years es-
pecially since most of the colleges of
the state have raised their entrance
requirments.
"As matters now stand" said Su-
perintendent Mack, "the boy or girl
who holds tenth grade diploma from
high school finds himself or herself
very badly handicapped in entering
college. If they arc allowed to enter
they are allowed conditionally and
before graduation this back work or
entrance requirements work must be
made up. ! Students find it a great
burden that is with them all during
their college careers unlesG it be they
can find time to make up the differ
ence during vacation months. =
Trustees and patrons of the Fort
Mill High school realizing this fact
have made provisions for the addition
of an eleventh grade for another
year." ~
Sharon and Hickory Grove High
schools have also recently decided to
add an eleventh grade next year.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-05-09
RIOT Al lPENITENIlARY

Jack Gregory, young white boy of
Rock Hill convicted of carbreaking
and larceny in York county in Sep
tember and sentenced to the state
penitentiary for two years was one
Of thirteen white prisoners at tine
state penitentiary shot during riot
of prisoners at the penitentiary in
Columbia yesterday afternoon at 1:2O
o'clock. Gregory who is a mere boy
was shot through the right arm and
his wound is not considered serious.
The riot Of prisoners took place
just after the dinner hour. Captain
Roberts had ordered the men to bring
from the cells their civilian clothing
and other articles which would not be
needed for their prison lives. There
was much murmuring following the
order and after a short time the pris-
oners marched out Of the chair fac
tory where they were at work and de-
clared through their leaders that they
would work no longer. There was
much cursing and many threats were
made. Then they set fire to the chair
factory and cut the fire hose.
Penitehtiary guards in the mean
time having been reinforced by city,
county and state officers opened fire
on the prisoners, wounding thirteen of
them, two seriously. Guard Gillette
Of the penitentiary force was hit by
a flying missile and slightly injured.
The fire in the chair factory was
extinguished before any great dam
age was done and following the shoot
ing of the convicts the others ceased
their resistance and were put back in
their cells.
Jack Gregory was convicted with
Gilmore Dease and Hazel Jordan of
Rock Hill of stealing articles from
freight cars of the Southern railway
in Rock Hill. Jordan and Deas were
sent to the chaingang where they are
now at work while Gregory was sent
to the penitentiary on "a plea that he
was physically unable to stand the
work at the chaingang.
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SCHOOLS MAY CONSOLIDATE

There's a strong probability that the
first triple school consolidation for
York county will occur in Bullock's
Greek township. j. +. Latham and
other prominent citizens of Bullock's
Creek township conferred with Su-
perintendent of Education Carroll Sat
urday relative to the practicability of
consolidation of Shady Grove, Blairs-
vile and Bullock's Creek schools. The
idea of those who broached the mat
ter was to build a large school build
ing in a location central ard convent
ent to the three schools and to carry
pupils to and fro by automobile
truck. At the present time it is said
Shady Grove is badly in need of n new
school building and Bhirsville school
is in the position of finding it neces-
sary to build additional room.
1t is said that there has been con-
siderable discussion of the proposed
consolidation of Bullock's . Creek
township for some time past and that
a great many patrons of the three
schools favor such Il consolidation. 1t
is possible that meeting of patrons
of the schools will be called later on
TO discuss the situation and to try to
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"RoLL WEEvILv TOURISTS

"Well, we I'VE had some trip so far
and hope l. will continue; 1 wouldn't
take mint for it and would not go
through it again for .one," writes J..
B. Grant from Tulsa, Okla, to Lewis
NJ. Grist of Yorkville. Young Grant
with Joe Herndon and Theo Mackorell
of Yorkville left here about two
months. ago in n dHapidated Ford to
see a goodly portion of the United
States and Canada. After meeting
with many and varied experiences in
Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana and
Texas, the boil Weevil Special" as
the lads named their pullman" be-
fore leaving Yorkville has. gotten as
far as Tulsa, oklahoma and are still
going. y
Judging from it's appearance people
they meet along the way doubt that
the boys have come all the way from
South Carolina in such a dllapidated
flivver. Grant goes on to say in his
letter: People ask us where we are
from and when we tell them South
Carolina they say: You did not come
all the way in that - thing, did
you?'
I'VE create considerable interest in
every town we visit and lots of peo-
pie come around to give u.s. the once
over"
The Boil Weevils next stop will be
Wichita, Kansas, according to young
Grant.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-05-09

I'VE need a reform in our laws with
reference to the distribution Of puni-
tive damages in personal injury cases
There are cases where punitive dam
ages should be assessed against Often
ders; but there,is no reason why the
proceeds Of such damages should go to
the individual plaintiff. The purpose
of punitive damages is to penalize an
individual or a corporation for gross
negligence. and the like. But suppose
a half dozen people should be injured
in a railroad wreck or some similar
accident through careless negligence OF
a common carrier or other corporation.
Thai each person injured should have
com pensation in proportion to his ac-
tual damages, there is no question.
And it is equally clear that the defend
ant should be punished by having to
pay exemplary damagest' but it is not
clear that the exemplary damages
should go to the he,individuals injured. If
it were SO that the exemplary punish
ment could be assessed on its merits,
and the amount could be divided
among all the plaintiffs in proportion
to the actual damages allowed to each
there would be some semblance OF
right probably in such an adjustment
But even that. sof6tions is not, satisfac-
tory. The exemplary damages being
imposed as punishment should go to
the state the same as fines imposed for
misdemeanor. 1t might be fair and
right to award a small percentage of
such damages to the lawyer bringing
up the case, but there appears to be
logical reason why the plaintiff should
have anything other than actual dam
ages.
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sylyania is. showing q. decided, improve

,sylgania is showing o. decided Improve
ment in industry. There is consider
able improvement in Indiana. The
Federal Director of Spokane, Wash,
under date of April %. reports labor
conditions throughout the state as
showing gradual. improvement. Farm
help is in demand, with slight short
age. There is an increase in building
operations. Under date of April 29,
the federal director for Kansas re-
ports that weather conditions are un-
favorable, retarding industrial upward
movement, but that the prospects are
very encouraging. There has been a
large absorption Of labor in Baltimore,
Nd, great building activity is going
on at that point. Kentucky has not
shown much change in activity in the
past month. The west north central
district, comprising the state of Min
nesoto, Iowa, Missouri, North Dakota,
South Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas,
are all entering upon an era of con-
siderable activity. In some of these
sections, especially North Dakota,
there is actual shortage of exptri7
encei farm help" 3 H.,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-05-09

Two thirds Of an area Of east Spar
tanburg county, including the town Of
Cowpens, has been induced to sign
petition for an election on the question
of annexation to Cherokee county. AS
originally erected Cherokee, county
lacked considerable of having the re-
quired constitutional area of 400 square
miles. The fact is it has never been a
legal. county except by technical con-
struction, and number of people who
are cognizant of the situation, have all
along been more or less apprehensive
because of 5apublic embarrassment
While the Cowpens movement is being
represented as purely spontaneous on
the part of the Inhabitants of the dis
trict seeking annexation, the truth, il
it could be fully disclosed, would prob
ably show that they have been inspir-
sfJronh Cherokee. /!
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heen badly defeated, with the loss Of

been: badly defeated With the loss Of
many thousands of dead, and the re-
mainder of his army wildly scattered
crowd of hopeless fugitiyes. 1t is
stated that there will be no radical in
reference with the present Peking
government, or at least wit hthe presi-
dent. The cabinet may be organic
ed with statesmen in sympathy with a
reunited China, and after that the
victorious WI Pei Flu will call con-
stitutional convention, with the idea OF
setting up one permanent Republican
form of government at Peking to ad-
minister the affairs of the whole
country. Although America is not ex-
actly entitled to any definite policy in
connection with China, there is but
small reason to doubt that the present
ascendancy of DIR. Sun Yat Sen is due
largely to American influence.
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NO REDUCTION GRANTED

York county will get no reduction
in assessed valuation of farm lands
for 1922, according to letter relative
to the matter that Auditor Broadus
M. Love has jushreceived from w. o.
Query chairman of the state tax COM
mission. j. T. Crawford of McCon-
nellsville, chairman of the county
board of equalization wrote the chair
man of the state tax commission on
April 7th, that owing to "the general
depressed condition of the county at
this time we feel that we would be
entitled to reduction and earnestly
request that you grant same"
Chairman Query has written the
auditor: THE commission has finished
it's work in eqlIalizing assessed values
of farm lands for the various counties
for 1922. The average value per acre
for your county, without buildings, is
$7.95.
Since this is the same valuation that
was placed on York county farm lands
in 1921, it is evident that the tax COM
mission has refused the request of the
county equalization board for a re-
duction.
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to his bedside and Dr. z. w. Pressly
OF Greenville has been called into con-
sultation in his case.
Mrs. r. L Acker of Yorkville Is re-
ported doing nicely at the Fennell In
firmary. Rock Hill, following an opera
tion for appendicitis.
Mrs. L. II. DuBose and children have
returned to their home at Great Falls,
after g. visit to Mr.. and Mrs. John 5.
Hartness in Sharon.
Messrs. John S. Wilkerson, Leon NJ.
Allison and J. NJ. and T. G. McGill of
Hickory Grove were in YOrkville yes
terday.
Mr.. T. NJ. Allen. of the Harmony
section was n visitor in Yorkville, yes
terday. 1t was Mr.. Aliens first visit to
the county seat in quite long time.
j. w. Heron of Santa Maria, Cali
jfornia recently visited his sister, Mrs
l.. w. Louthian in Torkville. This is
Mr. Herron's first visit to Yorkville in
thirty five years.
c. G.. White has been named as
delegate from York Lodge No. LAG tc
the meeting of the grand lodge of Odd
Fellows in Greenville, this week. w
c. Pannell is alternate.
Rev. DR.. j. l.. Oates, Of the Asso-
ciate Reformed Presbyterian church OF
Yorkville, leaves today to attend the
meeting Of the A. r. Presbyterian
synod at Old Providence, Va.
]. L. Sanders, formerly chief OF
police of Yorkville, who for sometime
past has been desk sergeant of the
Greenville police department has re-
signed to take place with cotton
mill in that city.
Mrs. Joe Huey iof Yorkville was
called to Chester last week on account
of the serious illness of her father
Mr.. Frank p. Love. Mr.. Love who
formerly lived in the McConnellsville
section recently sustained a stroke OF
paralysis and little hope Is entertain
ed for his recovery.
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Tuesday, May 8, 1922.
LOCAL LACONlCS

Rural Schools Close.
Bullock's Creek and Bethesda schools
closed the work of their respective
school years last Friday.
Cotton Belt Has Good Team.
Cotton Belt school, four miles south
of Yorkville has a crack baseball
team this year and although school
closes tomorrow night the baseball
team expects to continue it's organi-
cation and play n number of games
during the spring and summer So
far the team has a record of six
straight victories.
Negro Barber Robbed.
Ed Beckham, negro barber of Rock
Hill was knocked unconscious and
robbed last Saturday night near Boyd
Hill, negro suburb of the city.
Beckham was going home when he
was attacked, his assailant dealing
him a heavy blow on the side of the
head. His gold watch, knife and
small sum of money were taken. He
believes his assailant was a negro but
was unable to identify him.
Taking Pasteur Treatment.
In order to guard against any pos
sibility Of contracting 'hydrophobia af-
ter having chance of taking the di-
sease through contact with a small
calf, Mrs. Crawford Dunlap, compul-
sorry school attendance officer for
York county is taking the Pasteur
treatment. Mrs. Dunlap who lives
near Rock Hill has been milking a
cow whose sucking calf was recently
bitten by mad dog which was run
ming at large. The calf gave signs of
hydrophobia several days ago and was
killed. The COW has not as yet given
any signs of being affected with the
disease but is being closely watched.
While the chance of exposure to
which Mrs. Dunlap was subject was
slight she has deemed it best to hc-
cept the advice of n physician and
take the treatment,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-05-09
HIGH SCHOOL AID

York county Nigh schools received
state aid in the sum of ss,o54 for the
school year just coming to a close.
The state department of education
last Saturday paid out $29O,OOO to the
ITS state aided high schools in the
forty-six counties.
The law provides for the lowest sal.
airy among the high school teaching
corps up to s10O a month for the first
years service; $1O5 for a second
years service or '$110 for a third years
service provided. the same teacher is
employed for three consecutive years.
Schools employing third high school
teacher may be allowed $3.50 addition
al and schools employing four high
school teachers may be allowed $500
additional.
Wherever high school eprollr1ent
exceeds fifteen Sper teachert tuition
for outside boys and girls is allowed
at the rate of SO per month. The large
number of country boys and girls en-
rolled in the high schools, this year
exceeded all expectations. '
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AS the result of last weeks fighting
between the forces of Gen. Chang Tso-
Lin, the Chinese leader from the north
and General WI Pei Flu, leader from
the south, it appears that the civil
war in China is probably at an end
with Gen. WI Pei Flu in control of the
situation There has been no clear 'eX-
planation of the situation so far as we
are able to grasp it; but as we under
stand Jim Lee, the only local China
man, the war involves the aseendancy
of progressive China, over reactionary
China. Jim says that progressive China
is represented by the Canton govern
ment at the south of which. DR.. Sun
Vat Sen is the head. DR.. Sun. Vat Sen
was educated in America and he is
seeking to re-organize Chinese civili-
zation on a basis of western ideals,
especially in so far as western ideals
are obviously superior to the ancient
Chinese customs and beliefs. DR.. Sun
Yat Sen is strongly imbued with
American ideas and with American
sympathies as well. Gen. Chang on the
other hand is supposed to have the
backing of the Japanese and the main
object of his campaign haS.been in the
direction of Chinese domination of
Chinese affairs and to the end that
American trade and influence can be
hindered. Jim sympathizes with Gen.
WI Pei Flu, the leader of DR.. Sun 1at
Sens forces According to the dis
patches Of Sunday Gen. Chang had
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In the battle for Peking, says the
New York World, the tide of victory
was turned TO Gen. WI by the rapid
movement and, hard hitting of the
forces OF his lieutenant, Gen. F'eng Yu
Slang. Gen. Feng, who appears fire.
quently in the dispatches as "the
Christian General" came up after Gen.
Chang's Manchurian army had driven
back Wu's left wing from Peking.
Within day F'eng had routed Chang's
right wing, forcing the rest of the Man.
churian army to- begin it's disorderly
retreat Peking dispatches indicate
Feng will have n strong voice in the
new government. His military sue
cess is particularly interesting to
Americans When this war began he
was f military governor Of Shensi:
American missionaries who know him
Wen call him the "Stonewall Jackson
of the Chinese army" He was a ma
jor in Peking in 1912 Then he attend
eds evangelistic services held by DIR.
John r. Mott of the International Y.
NJ. C. A. He was converted. immedi-
ately entered class for Bible study,
and subsequently united with the
Methodist Episcopal church. MethO-
dist and other missionaries in China
report that General Fengs success is
based upon strict military discipline,
plus the esteem and affection of his Of
fccrs and men. They say his troops
are better equipped, better drilled and
better paid than any other division of
the Chinese, army. They have a repu-
tation for marching further and fight
ing better than any other Chinese
troops. Their barracks would do cred
it to the best European army and their
accOutrement is. first class. Gen. Feng
has made much Of athletics as supple
army drill and many Of his
officers wear buckles they have won as
athletic prizes.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-05-09

New York cotton contracts made an
unusual squirt yesterday of 5S to 70
points.
Travellers in the country are struck
with, the large number of untouched
acres they see. 1t is mainly on ac-
count of the continued rains. But it
has been long time since there has
been such backward showing in this
county as late assMay 9.
That is a mighty liberal proposition
that the Peoples Bank and Trust com
pany is making as to velvet bean seed.
1t looks like the bank folks want to en-
courage the planting Of velvet beans.
This is good year to raise pigs,
provided the pig raisers raise some
thing for the pigs to eat.
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THE MARRIAGE, RECORD

Marriage licenses have been Issued
by the Judge of probate as follows:
May spencer .McKenney and
Clara Nicely, colored, York Township.
May 3-Meek hickman, Grover, n.
C. and Mary Byers, colored, Hickory
Grove. @
May 4--William Springs and Esther
Oates, colored, Rock He'll.
May 5-Dewey Cline and Macie
Nivens; Gastonfai'
May 6-,rhomas J. Holden and
Rosen Vencient, Rock Hill.
May 6-Henrys Wilkie and Pearl
Carver, ,Gastonia.f
May 6-UraF Wallace and Agnes
MsGartsr. %aT sE1S1gga 1cl0gatea eeaford and Rboena
Free, sGastopiaSG&f:t