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Licking Valley courier., 1922-05-04

blighted. North, thore by the meeting
Of the waters, was the region Of the
wrong which was done.
"That's where must go" he said
aloud. "That's where must goW
Constance Sheriff., on the following
afternoon, received telephone call
from her father; he was coming home
earlier than usual, he said; If she had
planned to 60 out, would she walt un-
til after he got there2 The afternoons
mail was upon stand In the hall. She
turned 1t over, looking through it--in-
vitations, social notes. She picked
from among them an envelope ad-
dressed to herself In firm, clear
hand, which, unfamiliar to her, still
queerly startled her, and tore 1t open.
Dear Miss Sheriff." she read,
II am closing, for the time being,
the house which, for default of other
ownership, l must call mine. The pos
sibility that what has occurred here
would cause you and your father anxi-
ETY. about me In case ! went away
without telling you Of my intention Is
the reason for this note. But 1t is not
the only reason. l could not go away
without telling you how deeply l ap-
preclate the generosity and dellcacy
you and your father have shown me
In spite Of my position here and of the
fact that 1 had no claim at all upon
you. shall not forget those, even
though what happened here last night
makes 1t impossible for me to try to
zee you again or even to write to you.
"ALAN CONRAD"
She heard her fathers motor enter
the drive and ran to him with the let
ter In her hand.
"Hes written to you, then?" he said,
at sight Of 1t.
| "Yes.n
81 had note from him this after
noon at the office, asking me to hold
In allegiance for the time being the
trust that Ben had left me and return.
ing the key Of the house to me for
safekeeping."
"Has he already goneT
~ suppose so; don't know"
1--WE must find out" She caught up
her wraps and began to put them on
Sheriff. hesitated, then assented; and
they went round the block together to
the Corvet house. Sheriff., after few
instants' hesitation. took the key from
his pocket and unlocked the door and
went In. The rooms, they saw, were
all In perfect order; summer covers
had been put upon the furniture; pro
tectlng cloths had been spread ovei
the beds upstairs. After their inspec
tlon. they came out again at the from
door, and her father closed 1t with G
swapping Of the spring lock.
Constance. as they walked away
turned and looked back at the OLE
house, gloomy and dark among 1t,
newer fresher-looking neighbors, ant
suddenly she choked, and her eyei
grew wet. That feeling was not fol
Uncle Benny; the drain of days pas
had exhausted such surge Of feeling
for him. That which she could no
wink away was for the boy who hat
come to that house a few weeks ag,
and for the man who just now ha,
gone.
(The &C tinuation of this interesIin
nd absorbing story of mystery IN
riumph of right, "The Indian Drum,
i'll appear in the next Issue of til
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Licking Valley courier., 1922-05-04

One fact that those who contend that our lack of
railroad facilities mitigate against has been over looked
1t is that the towns having alleged railroad advantages
have railroads reaching the people for whom the school
Zanzabar you want to travel from Timbuctoo? If the
school located in the Big Sandy Valley towns having rail
roads the people who expected to be benefited by the
school will be far from the railroads as they would be
from West Liberty so of what advantage are the rail
roads that do not reach the people, though they may
reach the above named towns? Morehead has railroad
hut does not reach any of the people who are in the
rountains. f3-..,,...
Licking Valley courier., 1922-05-04

Gentlemen Of the Commission, inviting your
earnest consideration Of the advantages the location of the
school at West Liberty would be to the counties intended to
be benefited by the school and relying upon your wis
dom and impartiaty in the matter
Licking Valley courier., 1922-05-04
Copyright by Edwin Bslntr
tContiausd from page two.)

addresses had been left unchanged,
but most Of them had been scratched
out and altered many times-other
and quite different names had been
substituted; the pages had become
finally almost illeglble, crowded
scrawls, rewritten again and again In
Corvet's cramped ihand. Alan strained
forward, holding THE first sheet to the
light.
Alan seized the clippings he had
looked at before and compared them
swiftly'with the page he had just read /;
two Of the names-Westhouse and
French-were the same as those upon
this list. Suddenly he grasped the
other pages, of the list and looked
them through for his ovn name; but
1t was. not there. He dropped the
sheets upon the table and got up and
began to stride about the room.
He felt that In this list and In these
clippings there must be, somehow,
some one general meaning-they must
relate In some way to one thing; they
must have deeply intensely concerned
Benjamin Corvets disappearance and
his present fate, whatever that might
be, and they must concern Alan's fate
as well. But In their dlsconnectlon.
their incoherence, he could discern no
common thread. What conceivable
bond could there. have been uniting
Benjamin Corvet sat once with an old
man dying upon al poorfarm In Emmett
county. wherever that might be, and
with baby girl now some two years
old. In Sturgeon Bay. Wisconsin,
He called Wassaquam into the H.
brary and brought the lists and clip
pings out again.
"Do you know at all what these are.
Judahf" he asked
"No. Alan. / have seen Ben have
Licking Valley courier., 1922-05-04
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To Whom II May Concern:

] have used a Colt Lighting plant In
nv hotel and barn for several months.
t has given perfect satisfaction in
very respt1 and find it cheaper and
etter than any other system of light.
ng l have ever used. have about
orty lights and most of them are In
lsc allc the time. / recently had an
ther Colt Lighting plant installed in
ny Store and pool room. I unhesita'
ingly recommend this lighting system
one that will give absolute salts
action both in light and economy OF
operation.
March 20, 1922.
HENRY COLE.
-o---E
Licking Valley courier., 1922-05-04
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Licking Valley courier., 1922-05-04
II has been suggested that our railroad facilities are

1t has been suggested that our railroad facilities are
not as good that of of the other towns but that
by those not acquainted with the facts While we
have railroad right in town have one within two
miles one side and on the other, and graded
road to and make the road good to the other
Then our proposed hghways2four innumber- give
us easy access from all parts of the mountains These
roads will be built eventually and the school is for all
time and not for few years. the natural advantages
gest that the school be located here.
Licking Valley courier., 1922-05-04

And why should we not land the school? There is
not town contesting for the school that approach
West Liberty in natural advantages 1T that nature
in the beginning planned the matter and decided this the
site for school for the mountains Situated in the very
center of the group Of counties to be benefited
school, Morgan offers geographical situation that is far
ahead of any other county, Then, there at east
sites available of 100 that formed for
the very object of making school campus. Drainage
that sewerage system be built withtte COST and
level ground in abundance for athletic fields and beautiful
sites for the buildings Nature also placed natural gas
der the ground here that the power heat and light could
be had cheapy. We in the heart of vast gas field
Licking Valley courier., 1922-05-04

1t was decided that the town alone should raise
$5OOOO0O and men who had subscribed $500 raised to
$1,000 and those who had put down $1,000 rasedto S15
900 and several new men came in with $1,000 subscrip
tions Work of organization for the county is proceeding
rapidly and within record time the amount will be raised
If West Liberty fails to get the school will not be because
she has not faithfully done all that required of herr
There is spirit behind the move that can not be dsmated
It is perfect team work that is going to win. il
Licking Valley courier., 1922-05-04

them, and take them out and put them
back. Thnt is all l know"
DO you know any Of these peo-
ple2"
He gave the lists to Wassaquam.
who studied them through nttentlvely.
holding them to the lamp.
mo, Alan"
slave YOU ever heard of any Of
their names beforeP"
"That may be. do not know. They.
are common Names"
"Do you know the places1"
"Yes-the places. They are lake
ports or little villages ON the lakes, T.
have been In most Of them Alan. EN-.
met county. Alan ! came. from there.
Licking Valley courier., 1922-05-04

Then nature put something in the pure atmosphere
here that makes good citizens Either that citizens
fortunate in ancestors for the czenshipof Morgan
is equal to that of any county and superior to that Of most
countries No murder case nour dockets, no vices a.
mong U.S. foreign population negroes all good an
go-saxon descendants And again. Mother Nature made
the fields fertile and better adapted to farming than
in any other mountain county, and with the good citizen
ship it is not remarkable that have county of enter
prsng and prosperous farmers We have just that class
of citizenship that will make the school big success and
which will afford the ideal environments for the school,
Licking Valley courier., 1922-05-04
I'VE CAN'T FAIL.

I'VE CAN'T FAIL.
Years ago read little couplet the author of which
No not remember that has stuck like tar in my memory
Nothing is difficult beneath the sky. <t.~ /
Man only fails because he fails to try"
If there have been any Doubling Thomases in our
midst as to ability to raise the by
the bill establishing the normal school those fellows ought
to have attended the meeting at the Court house Sunday
Of the most enthusiastic meetings ever attend
did Almost everyone present had word of cheer and
encouragement and was decided to go out and get the
money. .ss4;....
Licking Valley courier., 1922-05-04

The school spirit is not measured by the amount Of
dollars put up. Ashland could put up much more money
than West Liberty and yet not have tenth of the school
spirit West Liberty is willing to give till hurts to ge
the school, and willing to back that up by the heares
cooperation after the school is located The Licking Val
ley has been ignored heretofore andwhen we can offer
better advantages and better citizenship and better
school spirit it is du the Licking Valley that the school
be located here,
Licking Valley courier., 1922-05-04

take it that the Commission will look further than the
present in the selecting of the site If they can that
in few years West Liberty will be the center of net
work of improved roads reaching all the counties of the
roads will not count against u.s. To locate the school in
town that could never by Of its geographical oca
tion, be in reach of the people of the group of
Kentcuky countless would be colossal blunder 49,, q
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-01-31
AGAINST BUCKET SHOPS

Here are the statutes of the state of
South Carolina with reference to the
conduct of bucket shops in this state:
l1O) Section t. 1t shall be unlaw-
full for any person, association OF per-
sons, or corporation, either as principal
or agent, to establish, maintain or
operate an office or other place of
business in this state for the purpose
of carrying on or engaging in the busi-
ness forbidden by Sections Q10) and
G12) commonly called dealing in fu-
lures or margins, and any person vio-
lating the provisions Of this section
shall be guilty of misdemeanor.
Gid Section 5. Every contract or
agreement, whether or not in writing,
whereby any person or corporation
shall agree TO buy or sell and deliver,
or sell with an agreement to deliver,
any wheat, cotton, corn, or other COM
modify, stock, bond, or other security
to any other person or corporation,
when in fact it is not in good faith in
tended by the parties that actual deliv-
cry Of the articles or things shall be
made, it is hereby declared to be un-
lawful, whether made or to be per-
formed wholly within this state, or
partly Wllnln anu partly NilIiouI Iiii'
state; it being the intent of Sections
G10) and G13) to prohibit any and all
contracts or agreements for the pur-
chase on sale and delivery of any COM
modify or other thing of value on mar
gin, commonly called dealing in fu-
lures, when the intention or under
standing of the parties is to receive or
pay the difference between the agreed
price and the market price at the time
Of settlement: Provided that nothing
herein contained shall be construed to
apply to transactions by mail or wire
between persons in this state and per-
sons outside of this state, where the
person outside this state is not re1re-
sented in this state by any broker,
agent or attorney in said transaction.
ll2) Section 6. Every person who
shall become party to any such con-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-01-31
ABOUT PEOPLE

Mr., r. A. Correll and son, of York
Vile, spent Sunday in Charlotte.
Mrs. C. F. Sherer, is Ill at her home
in Yorkville.
Everett. son of Mr.. and Mrs. E. A.
Hall, is i'll at his home in forKVllie'
with pneumonia.
Mrs, w. B. Wylie and daughter,
Miss Rachel, Of Yorkville, spent the
k-end in Spartanburg.
Rev. w. A. Tobin, of Rock Hill, was
in Yorkville yesterday, calling upon MS
parishoners here.
Mrs. Kate NeeI Workman, OF silver
Street, is teaching In the forKVlne
High School.
Mr. Earl Willis, of Atlanta, is visit
ing his father, Mr.. M. Z. "niis' ii'
Yorkville.
Mr.. S. J. Lowe, of Charlotte, visited
his daughter Mrs. ]. K. Cannon III
Yorkville, last week.
Miss Willena Neil, head operator IN
the YorkvilIe telephone Office spent
Sunday at her home in Glover.
Mr.. r. T. Allison, of Yorkville. spent
Sunday with his daughter, Mrs. ). n,
Glenn, in Chester.
Mr. Randolph Carothers, Of Rock
Hill, spent the weekend with trienos
in Yorkville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Simril,, of York
vile, spent Sunday in Rock Hill, Visit
ing Mr.. Simrills parents, Mr. ana Mrs'
T. II. Simrill.
Mr.. J. H. B. Jenkins, Sr., OF ROCK
Hill, who has beeI suffering from
severe attack of influenza, is able TO De
up again.
Rev. d. l.. Hill, of Paxville, Claren-
don county, filled the pulpit of the FIRST
Rantist church. of Yorkville, last Sun
day morning and evening.
Misses Elizabeth Scott and Sarah
Carroll, of Winthrop College, spent the
weekend in Yorkville, with the family
of Mrs. w. r. Carroll.
Miss Thelma Inman, of Yorkville,
who has been confined to her home for
the past two weeks, is able to be out
again.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-01-31
MERE MENTION

Sir Ernest Shakelton, the British ex-
plorer who in 1914 was the first white
man to reach the South Pole, died on
board of his steamship Quest on Janu-
ary 5, while exploring in Antarctic
waters. The body reached Montevidio,
Uruguay last Sunday on a Norwegian
steamer. viii Bell, a twenty year
old negro, was lynciied at Pontotoc,
Mississippi; last Sunday for an attack
on a. young white Mrs. j.
A. Bailey attempted to kindle. fire
with gasoline in Augusta, Ca, Sunday.
Two of her children were burned to
death and she is in horrible condition.
The Southern passenger station
at Danville, was destroyed by fire
Sunday with a loss of $50, ,000.-----------Dr.
Charles Baskerville internationally
known. chemist, and Director OF the
Chemical laboratories OF the college OF
New York, died Sunday, aged 62--------.
Senator Capper, Of Kansas, has an
nounced his purpose tointroduce a.
reso' ution for a senatorial investigation
of the Knickerbocker theatre disaster.
He is informed that there has been
much disregard of building regula-
lations in Washington, during the past
few years since the war.
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Oldest Subscribers,

While the publishers have reason to
believe that there are living many
subscribers to The Yorkville Enquirer
who have been taking the paper for
forty years or more, it has at hand no
convenient data from which to pre-
pare list Of them.
1t occurs to the publishers that such
a list would be of some interest and
such subscribers as come within that
class are requested to assist in the
publication of the same.
The oldest living subscriber to the
paper so far as we have information
at the present time is Mr.. w. A.
Burns, of the Beersheba neighbor-
hood; but whether he has been
subscriber since the este Enlistment of
The Yorkville Enquirer as such we
cannot say with certainty.
There is no question Of the fact that
there are many subscribers now liv-
ing who come within the forty year
class and a list of them would make
interesting reading. Each of these
subscribers is requested to send us a
card giving as nearly as they can
remember just how long they have
been taking the paper.
The last of the subscribers who be-
gan with the first issue, so far as the
publishers have information was the
late w. @. Youngblood, of the Clay
Hill ncighborhood who died several
years ago we'll up in the SOS.
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Real estate transfers have been in
dexed in the office Of the county audi
tor as follows:
Catawba-Trustees st. Johns M. f.
church to Vestry and Wardens OF
Church of Our Savior, 1 lot, 81 and
other considerations.
d. c. Barnes to Oran S. Crawford, !
lot; $3.50.
James S. White to Roxie Baker, 35l
acres; $2,400.
Ebenezer-Alice A. Nicholson to Geo
B. and Mary A. Norwood, &c $40
acres; $1,000. ...
Kings Mountain-G. Price Clark to
w. j. Engle, 40 $40 acres; 500.
York-W. A. Queen to j. II. 3,
Jenkins, Jr., 100 acres; S..
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-01-31

Again we are reminding would be
subscribers and clubmAkers that
the time limit in which the offer of
The Yorkville Enquirer for 1925 ex-
pires is on February 1S. After that date
the price of the paper will be $3.50 per
annum, the amount to be paid In ad-
vance at the time Of the entry of the
name on our books.
Because of the bad weather of last
Friday the ladies Of Beth-Shlloh
church were unable to give the supper
that was to have been served at the
home of Mr.. w. T. Youngblood; but
have decided to try again tomorrow
evening. The program contemplates
not only a splendid two-course dinner,
but social enjoyment that will be well
worth while.
A further reduction of $3.50 on the
price of Fordson tractors went into eff
feet last Friday, the list price OF the
tractor being 1925. This arrangement
Is acceptable enough to that part OF
the public which is in the market for
tractors but it seems rather hard on
Ford dealers, who are supposed to pay
cash when they lay in their stocks
Under the Ford system it appears
dealers in tractors and cars are re-
quired to pay cash for their stocks and
when the manufacturer sees fit to put
prices doHn it is the dealer who pays
the freight. :
The Lane aster News of last Friday
published the answer of Charles d.
Jones as. party defendant in the suit of
the Catawba Fertilizer Company
against the Lancaster Mercantile Co.
The answer takes up about two pages
of the News, and the burden of it is
that Leroy Springs and John T.
Stevens have been and are conspiring
to freeze Jones out Of the Lancaster
Mercantile company. He claims that
last July when he was elbowed out the
capital stock of the company was
worth more than three to one but now
through deliberate wasting and scatter
ing of the assets, the book value of the
stock is far less than par. Jones un-
dertakes to specify in many particulars
Just how the wrecking he alleges was
brought about.
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Coming Genoa conference-Britis
and Italian official circles state that
there is no foundation for the report
that the Genoa conference is to be
postponed, according to the London
Daily News diplomatic J correspond
efit.
It is stated that committee is
drawing up the agenda, the first item
of which is to be an examination
and application of the principles OF
the. Cannes resolutions. Summarized
these are:
1. Nations must not dictate to one
another regarding internal economy in
2. Foreign Investors must be as
sured that their rights in property
will be respected.o U
8. Recognition, retrospective and
prospective Of all public debts and
obligations for the restoration or COM
pensation for property confiscated or
withheld, and the establishment OF O.
legal and judicial system for enforc-
ing commercial and other contracts
impartially.
4. Adequate means for exchange
and security of trade.
5. All nations must undertake TO
abstain from propaganda politically IN
other countries.
6. All countries should join In an
undertaking to refrain from aggres-
sion against their neighbors.
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Outsiders who have more or less
knowledge of some Of the strange
things to be seen in the mountains of
Virginia In the neighborhood Of
Bristol, and further up the c. c. & O..
railroad are very much interested in
the reported finding in a mountain
cave Of a great quantity of human
bones, including about 300 skulls.
When the writer was on trip up into
that section some ten years ago, he
was told by some Of the railroad men
of the finding some years previously of
a number of human skeletons of pecu-
liar form and evidently Of people
who were eight or ten feet high. The
skeletons were said to indicate short
bodies, long legs and large heads; but
were said to be undoubtedly those of
human beings. When the writer
evidenced signs of skepticism, his in
formant, an executive officer of the
Norfolk and Western railroad, as
sured him that there was no question
Of the truth; that specimens had been
taken to the Metropolitan museum in
New York and the National museum
in Washington and were to be seen
there. This same officer said that the
mountains in the general neighborhood
of the Natural Tunnel" were filled
with caves in the limestone formation
in many of which were to be found
skeletons of what was evidently a pre-
historic race. DR.. Hardlick, Of the
Smithsonian institution who Is now
in the Benham country making ex-
plorations is quoted as saying that the
recently found bones are probably as
old as a thousand years; but beyond
that he has not given out any opin-
ions or conjectures. 1t is expected
however that along with SO many
bones will be found at least some
ornaments, weapons or something that
will suggest some kind Of clue to. the
character or habits of the people to
whom the bones belonged. Anyhow
this unusual find is full Of interest
that many easily develop speculations
that may easily develop speculations
tention. -.