Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-02-21
ROCK HILL news BUDEDT
Local Ku KIuX Khan Has Started
Cleaning up Things That Need Il. !.
LEGION WANTS, STATE CONTENTION
Merchants Association Hoidsl Annual
Meeting and Elects of6eersr Other
News and Notes Of the Mstrepelis Of
York County.

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News and Notes Of the Mstropolis Of
York County.
(By Staff Correspondent)
Rock Hill, Feb. 18.-The. invisible
hand of the knights Of the Ku Kiux
Klan who are said to be rather strong
in numbers here Is beginning to be
stretched forth after those In Rock Hill
whose doings are dark and 1t Is stated
on good authority that the denizens Of
the underworld are filled with fear
and trembling. The khan, is said.
proposes to make 1t its business to cure
social sores in the town. And Rock
Hill Is as badly afflicted as any other
town its size in the country. A few
days ago, according to a citizen on thas
inside and who may be klansman
himself-the correspondent wasn't 70
be too specific about that--several
klansmen visited a man In town who
had become estranged from his wife
and who was living with another
woman, his wife having left his home.
He was given just so many days to
break up the attachment. According
to the informant he was badly fright
ened and he promised by all that was
high and holy that he would separate
himself from from the affections Of the
paramour who had succeeded his wife.
He has. ~. i@Lt'At
According to the same informant the
manager of a local boarding house was
visited by klansmen recently and told
that he had to conduct his place in &C.
cordance with decency and law and or
der in future or dire consequences
would follow. He promised.
Several notorious blindtigers, It is
said have recently been visited by.
klansmen and told that they must cut
out the traffic in hooteh. The result
of those visits, 1t is said, has had the
effect of making booze little scarer
and incidentally increasing the blind
tiger price. ~
The Klan in Rock Hill Is said to be
pursuing a rather active membership
campaign just now Numbers Of Rock
Hill citizens who have left their autos
parked on Main street, have returned
to them later and found quantities. OF
Ku Klux literature in the seats. While
there has been NO parade Of white I
robed Klansmen- thrauSha the Stree IS, I,
Rock Hill would not be surprised to see
such parade anysday.
Want American Legion Convention.
Frank Roach Post of the American
Legion, the Rock Hill Chamber. OF
Commerce and other Rock Hnl organ
izations want the 1922 convention OF
the South Carolina Department Of the
Legion in Rock Hill. Commander Thos.
w. Huey Of Frank Roach Post; Miss
Marie FewelI Of the Chamber Of Com
merce; Col. Chas. L. Cobb and others
discussed the proposition last week and
decided that 1t would be good thing.
Mr.. Huey will probably present the in
vitatiQn of Frank Roach Post and the
city of Rock Hill at the state meeting
of the executive committee which Is TO
be held in Columbia March TO-. Mr..
Cobb has wired Hon. w. f. Stevenson
to know IL It would be possible to Sc
cure enough army pyramidel tents TO
house the delegates and Mr.. Stevenson
has given assurance he will get the
tents. Rock Hill proposes to, 60 after
this convention in characteristic Rock
Hill style and II the Good Town doesn't 4
land 1t she will be surprise
Rock Hill is also trying to swing the
spring meeting Of Hejaz Temple No-E
bles Of the Mystic Shrine and has high
hopes of the Shriners accepting the in-'
vitation to meet here. h
The annual convention Of the South
Carolina Medical Association is to be
held in Rock Hill April Is, 10 and 20,
when hundreds Of medical men from all
sections Of the state are expected to be-
present.
Merchants Hold Meeting.
The annual meeting and banquet OF
the Rock Hill Merchants association.
was held in Chamber Of Commerce hall
here Friday night with goodly at
tendance Of members. j. c. Robinson
was elected president of the associa-t
ton for this year, and ]. e. Bass, vice
president D. B. Moore. Mr.. Elrod, L.
C. McFadden and r. =. Brown were
elected directors.
MeFadden Makes Change.
Lindsay C. McFadden, for number
Of years past manager Of the gents
furnishings department of the Diehl-
Moore Shoe company, has left that
concern to become manager Of the
Parker Smoak Clothing company, sue
ceeding s. r. Smoak. The change was
made this week.
Radio. Telephone Attracts. ."
A radio-telephone installed in one of
the local moving picture houses. has
proved Of much interest to theatre pa
irons. Each night through the radio
telephone movie goers are privileged to
hear famous musicians and singers In
New York. Pittsburgh, Detroit and 9TH.
er large cities over the country as well
as noted sneakers There are quite a.