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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-06-09

he calls their kind consideration OF
him." and telling them that aside from
the circumstance that he is doubtful
as to whether he has any political as
pirations, he considers it necessary for
the present at least to continue his at
tention to business.
People who know Col. Spratt best,
are not at all surprised at his attitude
He became "a Lieutenant Colonel, not
because he wanted to be; but because
the distinction was forced upon him
because of his fitness, and from the
manner in which he acquired himself
in that office, it is generally conceded
by those who think they know that he
is fitted for anything.
Ties In Election.
Something strange in those ties in
the election for alderman in two
wards" said an excited voter in the
presence of Views and Interviews, aft
er the long and tedious count last
Wednesday.
Il have never heard of anything like
that before. A tie in one ward seems
natural enough; but a tie in two wards
at the same time seems strange.
Another man said: my wife got an
important lesson in politics along with
her first vote. She had been indiffer-
cnt or diffident about voting, and lett
it up to her. We had talked about the
matter and were pretty well agreed as
to how we should vote. At last she
decided to go to the polls, and after
the election was over l called her at
tention to the fact that if she had not
voted, the man we did not want would
have been elected"
Same thing no doubt applied to a
number of cases in those two wards
that were tied up" commented Views
and Interviews.
Whom the matter was mentioned to
the editor of The Yorkville Enquirer,
he said:
There is nothing remarkable about
election ties. There have been many
close votes in county elections and not
fw ties. Sheriff Brown and S. S.
Plexico tied in a primary race for
sheriff some twenty years ago and had
to run second race to see who would
go into the final heat with the late
Capt. E. A. Crawford, the highest man.
But more interesting than that proba-
bly, was back in the old days before the
Civil war; when sometimes it took two
and three elections to break ties be-
tween county officers"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-06-09
"Happy Pat" Passes.

"I hated to see old Pat Craven go
like that" remarked Captain Jim
Robinson of the chaingang guard as
he pointed to the body of Floyd ailas
Happy Pat" Craven, convict, who was
killed by detonation of dynamite on
the West road near the home of Z. N
Stephenson, on York No. 3, Wednes-
day morning. II warned Fat twice 10
wait before going to relight the tuse
attached to the dynamite that killed
him. But he was sure that the fuse
had not become ignited and laughing
ly went out into the road to light II
again. You see what he got. Never
was a better prisoner on this chaln-
gang than Pat He was thief De-
cause he couldn't help it. He had told
us that he was about 80 years old and
that he had spent about IA years on
various gangs. He used to say that he
Just couldn't help picking things up.
He did not mind work though and he
never gave any trouble. He was al
And another man who attended the in
quest remarked, Il don't reckon PAT
Craven thought for u minute that
when he stole a coat and a watch in
Rock Hill last year that those articles
would cost him his life"
Col. Spratt Not Candidate.
-, rp ID S,,,t, ic mt a candida tC
for Lieutenant Governor and he has
not been candidate. More than that
he is not going to be a candidate-nol
unless he can be made 10 feel tha'
there is real, need for his services ir
that or some other position.
The thing started while Col. Sprat'
was away in attendance on the annua
meeting of the General Assembly OF
the Southern Presbyterian church. His
friends of whom he has many did II
all unknown to him. They threw ou
the SUGGESTION of his name in the hope
and belief that there would speedll!
develop a call that Col. SDratt coult
not resist.
There was no mistake about tn
good judgment of these friends. Th'
suggestion met with instant favor no
only in York county but throushou
the state, the favor being attested b!
the fact that many newspapers spok
approvingly and numerous individual
began writing approval.
But none of it for Col Spratt. Sine
his return from West Virginia, he ha
been thanking these friends for wha
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-06-09
SOULS SURVIVE DEATH
French Psychic Explorer Says Base
Ones Alone Talk Back.


Definite proof that the soul survives
after death is asserted by Camille
Flammarion, astronomer and psychic
explorer, of Paris, in n book he has
just written called "After Death"
According to his own statement he
proves a future life exists; that the
soul survives the decomposition of the
body"
4. Flammarion cites a hundred cases
of the intervention by dead persons
in human affairs, and he processes
with absolute certainty that these
phenomena are due exclusively to the
influence of those who have passed
beyond, and not, in many cases, as
Prof. Richet prefers to believe, to lit
tie known faculties living in the
brain.
FlammariOn is not, however, sure
Of the immortality of the soul. He
only knows that it survives Il Ger
tain time. Also his Investigations
have led him to the conclusion that it
is the souls of the more materially
minded which cling persistently to
earthly affairs after death.
This, for him, explains the COM
monplace character Of most of the al
legged messages from beyond the veil.
The more highly developed souls APP
parently rise Immediately to a higher
plane far removed from human pre-
occupations.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-06-09
BELIEVE 1T OR NOT
Mosquitoes Camoufased as Smoke
Cause Fire Call.

Mosquitoes flying In such thick
swarms that they were mistaken for
smoke caused two fire alarms, in Chi
cagO last Sunday.
Members of the truck company an
swcrcd call Saying that the steeple
of the st. Michael Roman Catholic
church was burning. The firemen
saw what they at first supposed was
Il small cloud of smoke and then
raised their extension ladder. When
pipcmcn mounted the ladder they en-
countcred the mosquitoes and were
forced back. They found no fire.
The same experience was met by
members of an engine company CALL
ed to the Zion Baptist church in an
other part of the city.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-06-09
his ballot in the box of Ward l.

The vote for alderman in Ward
was counted twice and each count
showed a tie, 55-55. Count of the vote
in Wards 3, 4 and showed that the
incumbent aldermen had been re-elect-
ed by large majorities, comparatively;
but big trouble was encountered in the
tabulation Of the vote in Ward 6.
The first count was announced as
another tie-17 to IL. >. Then another
count resulted: Steele, IS; Carroll, 1G.
a third count gave the. same result.
Then somebody remembered that only
thirty one persons were registered to
vote in the ward, while the total vote
was thirty-four. The fight in Ward 6
had been especially keen and a resi-
dent and voter of the ward had stayed
by the polls during the day and kept
tab on the fact that thirty of those
registered had voted. Since it was
plain to the Epters that the box
had been stuffed" with three votes,
no election was declared and no
tice was given that the candidates in
that ward would have to make a Sec
ond race along with those in Wards 1
and 2.
Numerous Small Bets.
Numerous small yagers are reported
to have been madF on the outcome of
Wednesdays election. The total
amount wagered is saidto have been
several hundred dollarA There were
some bets Of 2 to l that the present
mayor and all the aldermanic ticket
would not be reelected. Others were
even money that the present mayor
would be elected by a majority of sew
cnty-five and by fifty.
No Scraps.
While there was considerable evi-
dence of intense feeling on the part of
some of the voters, especially relative
to the mayors race and the result in
Wards 9 and 6, there were no personal
difficulties during the day. A near
row occurred when the charge was
made that Hall supporter had
scratched the name of Wilborn on two
tickets whose holders had requested
him to scratch Hall. 1t was said that
the two voters had been carried to the
polls in a Wilborn automobile, where
the Hall man got hold of them and
scratched their tickets. The Hall
mans defense was that he scratched
Wilborn's name at the request of the
two voters themselves.
No Demons stration.
There was no demonstration follow
ing the announcement of the result.
"They Say" had it that there would be
a demonstration at the city hal and at
the courthouse in the event Of certain
results. while a. band would be sum-
moned to play Hail, Hail, the Gangs
All Here" But neither side had any
thing to say out loud. The town was
still; the little birds sang their even
ing song as usual; some Of the Oldest
citizens in reminiscent mood recalled
Hot Elections / Have Known" and
the oldest inhabitant piped the same
old song Il told you So
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-06-09
ESTABLISHED 1856
VIEWS and INTERVIEWS
Brief Local Paragraphs OF More or
Less Interest.
PICKED UP BY ENQUIRER REPORTERS
Stories Concerning Folks and Things,
Some of Which You Know and
Some You Don't Knows-Condensed
for Quick Reading.

"I noticed in The Yorkville Enquirer
the other day." writes Clover cores
pondent, that they are looking for a
name for the new spinning mill to be
built at Glover and that it must begin
with an "H." Wonder how one OF
these would do:
Hacienda, Hydea, Haida, Hakea
Halcoyn, Halineda, Halleria, Hector
Heathaster, Heathfern, Kygea, Hecu-
ba, Helena, Hernionitis, Eera, Hercu-
las, Hiawatha, Heatherwood.
'I had thought of Hollywood" con-
tinues the correspondent; "but l don't
think much of that name because OF
the fact that II is the name OF that
disreputable moving picture colony IN
California"
Hard on Him.
Boys will be boys, sometimes even
after they are supposed to have be-
come men.
Mr.. John Warren Quinn Of Yorkville,
who went to Clemson to be present at
the graduation of his son, j. W. Jr.
was worried over the fate OF young
man who had not been allowed TO
graduate, because he had been caught
stealing peaches.
1t happened the night Sefore. the
young man had been caught red-hand-
ed in the act by the owner of the or
chard, and the young fellow was
promptly brought before the college
authorities and expelled.
"I don't know what l would haye
done If l had been one of the respon-
sible authorities" said Mr.. Quinn, but
if l had been the owner of that peach
orchard IIwould have let that young
fellow GO"
No Room for Kick.
Candidates for York county offices
who kick at an assessment of S25 or
$50 or even $50 assessed against those
making the race for office in this coun-
ty make me tired" remarked an ob-
server this morning. ''The assessment
fixed by the York county executive
committee is never large. Here are
the candidates, assessments in Rich
land county for this year. OF course
Richland county is much larger than
York county; but the assessments In
York county are nothing in proportion
to Riohland COUNT. Here are the as
sessment fees that candidates In
Richland county have to pay:
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-06-09

r. Nearly half the 100000 inhabi-
tants of Belgium are savings bank de-
positors. The dcpositors have an
average credit OF 427 francs. '=
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-06-09

Most of the married ladies' came to
the polls with their husbands. The
single ladies usually came in groups
of from two to four. The managers
were careful to instruct them relative
to the placing of the ballots in the
proper boxes A visitor at the polls
during the day was young lady who
is a student at "high brow" school,.
II am not old enough to vote" she
.cooed; but | am here to see the
ladies vote and to get material for a
story Lam going to write, don't you
know? And then,"' she concluded with
a gigglc, 81 want to be able to tell my
girl friends back to school how cxcit-
ing and thrilling and unusual it was,
don't you know"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-06-09

e. Genoa was not happy over the
great conference. 1t cost the city
about s12.O0G,OOO and Genoa had TO
borrow the money,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-06-09

The prediction was made this morn
ing that when a second election is held
in Wards l, . and 6, there will be fully
as large vote as there was last We'd
neSday in those wards.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-06-09

There was big cuspidor placed on
the floor behind the table at which
the managers sat for the benefit OF
one or more members of the board of
managers who are great devotees of
the weed. It was a long set from 8 to
4, and one of the managers at least
chewed and "chawed" a heap of tobac-
co during the day. Three ladies hap
pened up together to the voting table
as a big wad of rich and waxy was
hurled cuspidorward. UGH" remark
ed one of the ladies in the most dis
gusted manner she could muster, lets
CO."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-06-09

The fact that Candidate Smith, in
Ward 3 and Candidate Montgomery in
Ward 4, were independent" candidates
was the conclusive evidence following
the count Wednesday. At meeting
held sub rosa in Yorkyille several
weeks ago, Mr.. Wilborn, Mr.. Dickson,
DR.. Barron, Mr.. .Sandifer, DIR. Steele,
Mr. Hart and Mr.. Correll were nomi-
mated as candidates against the incum-
bents. No persons were nominated
against Messrs Marshall and McCon-
nell, because, it was explained, by
those engineering the matter that
these two aldermen were not objec-
.tionable. Whether thost candidates
who opposed the present officers were
aware that they had been brought
out" is not known; but nevertheless
such is fact, except in Wards 3 and j.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-06-09

However. everybody waS agreed fol-
lowing the counting Of the vote that it
was an easy matter for who oyer did
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-06-09

Mayor Hall lacked five votes of get
ting as many as did all the member
of his aldermanic ticket put together
The present councilmcn received to
tai vote of 25S against 25a for th'
mayor.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-06-09
TALKING IT over
Viewing Wednesdays MuniClp> EIec'
tiOn From the Side Lines.
ANOTHER HOT Fight IS EXPECTED

LARGE Number of Women Voted and
Did it Like Men Although Some
Approached Polls With Fear and
Trembling-Two Candidates Would
Have Been Elected If They Had
Stayed at Home to Vote for Them
seIves-As it Looked From Stand
point of Unbiased Reporter.
Well, gentlemen, the ladies voted in
the town election in Yorkville, We'd
nesday. Large numbers of them voted
in fact about $50 or more of them.
1t was their first vote in town cleo
tion for officers. Some of them were
little timorous about it, approaching
the ballot boxes with an expression of
fear and apparent frightfulness lest
they do something wrong. Most of
them came carrying on their arms
those long leather bags that are the
rage these days with the women and
as they held up the right hand to take
the oath the other hand was digging
into the mysterious reaches of the long
leather bag to find county and town
registration certificates and tax re-
ceipts if there were any. And some of
them turned over powder puffs and
little mirrors and various and sundry
other articles before they found that
" which they were seeking. Some of the
older womcn-those who have been
more or less prominent in the organi-
zation or administration Of women's
societies and organizations walked up
to the polls with as brave and bold
front as any man. They marched up
with naughty front and mien, grasped
tickets and prepared to scratch them
with an air and gusto apparently
sending a message to the managers and
hangers-aro by radiphone, you
needn't give me any instructions or
directions. / don't need them. This
is old stuff with me-"
One little lady pranced in with her
husband with great gusto. The two
were sworn together. The husbands
right hand went up promptly while the
oath was being administered. The
wife's hand did not go up so promptly
In fact, it did not go up at all until
she CHANGED to glance around at
Friend Hubby and saw the altitude Of
his right shaker, whereupon she rails
ed borc Tn a level Darallel with his,
while she blushed beautifully as she
became conscious OF her mistake and
knew that others around were watch
ing her.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-06-09

Who stuffed the box in Ward 6?
Yesterday morning the Steele hackers
were claiming that the Carroll hackers
did it and the Carroll supporters were
claiming that,thc Steele supporters did
it. A Steele supporter said yesterday
morning that the Steele faction knew
positively of eighteen people who
voted for Steele and Carroll lieutenant
said that he knew positively of six
teen people who voted for Carroll.
Either one or both partisans are
wrong, however, because only thirty
one persons were registered 10 vote in
that ward and eighteen and sixteen
make thirty -four.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-06-09

Most of those who usually tell you
that they won't say how they are go
ing to vote in any election because it
will hurt my business" as usual used
extreme caution and care Wednesday.
They came in with their wives, many
of them. They marched up to the
polls and got tickets. Then they
marched back TO the office of City
Clerk and Treasurer Frank Faulkner
some distance away where they pro-
cecdcd to scratch the objectionable
candidates prior to going back to the
polls with their tickets. And there
was more than one argument over
heard between Friend Husband and
Friend Wife as to who should be who.
But in most cases husbands and wives
had already fought the battle before
coming TO the city hall to vote so the
arguments there were very few.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-06-09

The campaign liar was busy Tues
day and Wednesday. Among other
things it was stated that Mayor Hall
and the present council are opposed
to the entrance of the West road into
Yorkville by the county jail on West
Liberty street. 1t was reported that
the pastor of the largest church in
town had been instructed to get busy
for Hall and was. doing his best. 1t
was reported that the alderman from
Ward 2, had in fit of anger told
member of the school board OF trustees
to go to -. There was story that
the city clerk and treasurer had regis
tered voters so late as last Saturday
night. There were all kinds of stories
and the most gullible were kept busy
chasing 'ern down.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-06-09

do it, to putsit over. The election
managers were elderly men-very
elderly men. Their eyes are not as
keen as they were in years agone. They
did the best they could but they just
couldn't. One man said yesterday
that he did not show his registration
papers until after he voted and he
showed them then only on his own
volitiOn. The election was managed
pretty loosely-no doubt about that.
There was no charge Of intentional
wrong doing on the part of the mama
gers. All of them are honorable and
high toned men. But as one heeler
put it: whoever heard of December
being able to keep track of June"'
There was a story on the streets yes
terday that one man voted by showing
a receipt issued for dues paid to a
fraternal organization of which he Is
q member. He had his other papers
but pulled the other card out first and
since it was accepted, he let things go
at that.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-06-09
Manager Yielded.

The result of it was that the votes
were counted in public as usual and
members of the crowd were asked to
assist in keeping the tally.
The vote in the race for mayor was
counted first. Then Il count of the
vote in Ward l, showed that Brian had
63 votes, while Dickson had g.. A sec
cQnd count later on in the evening
reduced the score to G2-G2, since il
was discovered that some voter who
lives in Ward had inadvertently put
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-06-09

Here is a funny incident in connec-
ton with the election in Ward l, where
the vote was Brian, 62; Dickson, 62'
Mr.. ]. G.. Dickson. who opposed
Alderman J. NJ. Brian did not vote
Wednesday and neither did his
brother; but the two spent the day in
Charlotte. If Mr. Dickson had re-
mained to vote for himself he would
now be alderman from Ward by one
majority and if,the brother also voted
for him he would have a majority. of
two. If they had voted for their
ncighbor Mr.. Brian who lives just
three doors away, then Mr.. Brian
would be it again.
A similar incident occurred in Ward
where Alderman Quinn Wallace tied
with DR.. John |. Barron, 55-55. Both
DR.. and Mrs. Barron were out of town
on election day and il they had been
at home and voted for Barron second
race in that ward would not be neces-
sary. Both Wallace and his wife voted.
The New York herald., 1922-10-09
miscellaneous Leases.

Huberth & Huberth rented the store
in 1874 Broadway to the Voss-Hogan
Corporation.
Pease & Gilman leased a loft in 443
Fourth avenue to the Civic Press.
Brown. WheeloclS-Harris. Vousht &
Co. Inc, leased offices in 33l Madison
avenue to Bruce NJ. Dufiin. Herbert T.
Wade, Bascom Inc. and Merton Place
ment Association, Inc, and offices In the
Bowery Savings Bank Building / 10 East
Forty second street. to Edward l.. Wal
lace. General Expositions Company. Inc.
and the Foreign Language Publishers
Association. Inc.
J. Arthur Fischer leased for estate of
RI. T. Gratacap to David Sobel the build
ing 143 Grand street: also second floor
in 1O6 West Thirty eighth street TO the
Knights Of Columbus for offices.
The stephen II. Tying. Jr.. e. Co. Inc.
office of Albert b. Ashforth, Inc. leased
space in so Irving place to the Minute
Service Company also third floor in 80
Bleecker street to the Ace High Sport
wear Company.
Haggstrom- -Callen Company leased
store and basement In 200 West Sixty
ninth street. corner OF Amsterdam ave-
nue. to the Boulevard Hand Laundry.
f. A. Turner leased for three years
the first floor store in 70 Madison ave-
nue. to Gottlieb a. Newman for an ag-
gregate rental OF $500 a year. The
lessees are dealers in silk ribbons
The New York herald., 1922-10-09
ReaItor-secretaries TO Meet.
SALES IN MANHATTAN
REVEALED IN RECORDS

Holland Holding Company sold to Err
melinda Perralla 1S41 Lexington ave-
nue., southwest corner of l14th street,
a four story fiat, 2l.5X72.
Hudson p. Rose Company resold to
Mary Cochran $40 East Thirty-seventh
street. a four story tenement. 20.3x9S.9.
George Schult sold to Henry Rowold
$40 West Forty-ninth street, five story
tenement, 25x104.
Joseph Siegel Jr., sold for Sl7,250
to William Dannheim 80 East End ave-
nue., a five story tenement. 25.4XS0.
Frances De Ligio sold to Sabine
Cusulo the four story tenement at 1863
East 18th street, 2Ox100.11.
Isaac Lowenfeld acquired the five
story apartment at 507 West 10th
street, 50x100.
Floy Real Estate Company sold to
julius Landesman and Max Miller the
three story house and three story stable
at 302-304 East 125th street and the
abutting three story house at 307 East
124th street.
Charles J. Connor resold TO the Mar
ragansett Building Company the two
three story dwellings 107-l09 West Sew
entieth street, 40x100.5.
Irene A. Meaney sold to Palmina Ci-
anca $40 East 117th street, a three story
house. 20x100.11.
The Steers estate sold to Margaret f.
Donnelly the three story dwelling 410
West Forty-thrd street, 16.10xl00.4