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? Michael Collins, head of the Irish provisional government and the Irish national army, was sht-t. and killed from ambush at Bandon, County Cork, Inst Tuesday night, a few hours after he had been given an ovation by tho people of Cork city, who for the first time saw the Free State hero in the uniform of commander-in-chief. Thus within ten days, two of the most prominent figures in the new Irish government have been removed by death. Just ten da>'s ago President Griffith of the Dail Eireann, considered, the brains of the new administration, died in Dublin: Tuesday night Michael Collins, the FYee State's military genius, was killed at the moment when the dissipation of the Irregular forces in the south was considered' complete. ? Suit for alienation, divorce proceedings and court action to relieve Jkfrs. Edith Huntington Spreckels Wakefield of custody of her three children by her first husband. John D, Spreckels, Jr., probably will fol * - of an unusual low S3 UU OUVUUaui W?. M.. j .... marital triangle Jh San FranCisco. Mrs. Wakefield also may lose an $X0,000 bequest from the estate of Spreckels as a result of her affairs with Rodney Kendrick, a newspaper artist. It wis. imported, but not confirmed, that Spreckels, Sr.. had come from San Diego to obtain custody of the children and to investigate the possibility of setting aside the bequest. Frank M. Carr, attorney for Mrs. Kendrick, announced that a $25,000 damage suit charging Mrs. "Wakefield with alienating the affections of Kendrick will be filed by Friday, also that his client had instructed him to file divorce proceedings against the artist, as a result of Mrs. Wakefield's offer of $100 a month if she would give up her husband. Mrs. Kendrick said she reached her decision not to accept the offer while her husband and Mrs. Wakefield were on a motor trip. Mrs. Wakefield has a divorce suit pending against Frank Wakefield, well known business man of San Francisco. ? A majority gronp of the Association of Railway Executives says a New York dispatch, on Wednesday by a voto of 254 to 4 rejected the proposal of the Rig Five train service brotherhoods, that the carriers end the nationwide shopmen's strike by reinstating the men with seniority .unimpaired and Bert M. Jewell, official spokesman for the strikers, declared the associa tion had closed the door to peace ana voted for a lockout to smash unionism. At the same, time, splitting away from the majority, was a group of 25 railroads. principally Western lines, which debated a new suggestion of the brotherhoods that individual settlements be effecte'd. This minority, while professing to stand with the majority in reaffirming the stand on seniority, still indicated that it de3ired to hear further regarding the individual settlement suggestion. Hale Holden, president of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, who attended a meeting of the minority held in the Yale club, joined with members of the majority group in denying that, t"h<?re was any split. "There is no question of a split," he asserted. "The railroads are all standing pat on seniority and any individual settlement will have to oe made in the light of that understanding." ? The senate moved forward so rapJfcHy Wednesday in its consideration of the soldiers' bonus bill that some lead'ers regarded passage of the measure 'before the end of this week as more ktban n possibility. Opponents were kn,larafnn,l ?, h? lligDOSCd tO let the ^fil take its course at this time in the i belief that President Harding- would jveto It. Should he do so they proposed to center their fight against its iMssuge over his veto. There'still whs, rlowever, no official information before Jtthe senate as to the executive's view 'Other than that contained in his letter read to the house last March .iust before that body passed the bill. The president then advised that congress eitheg find a means of financing the legislation or postpone Its enactment, and some friends of the bill as well as opponents believed he still is of that >it\lnd. Replying to a question by Sen'ator Robinson, Democrat, Arkansas, Chairman McCumber of the finance committee, told the senate Wednesday that there was no official information 'as to what the president would do. He added, however, that the changes in the bill by which there would be no Mfrvy draft on the treasury for the jnext fhree years would seem to meet every objection the president had .Urged against tne original measure and that he could see no reason why the executive should veto the bill as now drawn. x ?Interest of horseshoe pitching enthusiasts of the country is centered ^bout the national tournament to be held August 29th to September 1st in connection with the Towa State Farr, ;at Des Moines. The tournament which tis drawing entries from almost every .state in the union will be conducted on twenty courts specially constructed for the tournament. Sixteen of the courts will be used for the men's tournament and four for the women's contest. Flayers will be divided into groups of eight. The two, three or four highest winners in each group will be placed in the next round and the field gradually eliminated down to the finals. Sixteen prizes will be offered in the men's contest including $900 in cash and $700 in trophies. In the woman's tournament $100 in cash and $300 in trophies are offered. The men will play 50 point games on 40 foot courts. The womem will play 21 point games on 30 foot courts. In scoring, ringers will count for three points double ringers for six and closest shoe for one. Frank .Inrksrm Of Kellerton, Iowa, winner of the 1921 tournament and C. C. David, of Columbus, Ohio, winner of the winter tournament at St. Petersburg, Fid., are entries and the tight for top position is expected to be between them. Interest in the women's tournament is being centered ahout Mrs. J. R. Matthews of Minneapolis, winner of ttie 1921 tournament, and Miss Marjory Voorhees of Asbury Park, N. J., winner of the 1920 national contest. The National Horseshoe Pitchers' association and the National Association of Horseshoe and Quoite Pitchers will meet at the same time and the two organizations are expected to merge. ? The first battle of Spencer, N. C.. came to a close last Tuesday at noon with a victorv for the Rig Four. With tw coming of the strikebreakers, mostly thugs, unskilled in anything except knock-down and drag out, the railroad snops were surrounded with troops. The sloeon of the strikebreakers was "the right to work." The shopmen, knowing that they really did not want to work and did not know how to work even if they k"d wanted to, paid no attention to them. However as the next move, the shops were surrounded 1 bv several companies of military guards on pretense of guarding these . "workers." Then the Brotherhood men took notiee. "We will not work under ] conditions where we are in danger of < being assaulted by thugs." they said. > a'nd all tn ins into Spencer came to a standstill. Engineers reported that ' they were being halted in the round 1 Htuisc when they went niter t^eir en- < glnes. They could not r.tnr:d that. ( After due considcrutuju oL the matter the Brotherhood mcit told* the railroad management something like this: "H*1move these 'guards and we will take out such trains as are able to go out. Your property will be protected. The shopmen will do that and we will guarantee it; but unless you remove these guards, we are not going fo turn a wheel." The railroad executives became impressed that this was the right thing to do. and upon their request the guards were removed. Then after a delay of five or six hours traffic began to move. But what the next development would be could not be foretoid. The common understanding of the shopmen was that the strikebreakers had been brought in for the purpose of making trouble, and it was expected that , sooner or later they would start something. (The -HlorhviUc Urnquucr. Entered at the Postofflce at York, as ' Mail Matter of the Second Class. FRIDAY, AUGUSA 25, 1922. By the way, would you work under guard? The most horrible mistake of the war was the suppression of the right of free thought and free speech. Here's $5 for a $1,000 marker for the birthplace of Andrew Jackson in Lancaster county. Who'll help to contribute? No, there has not been a great deal of enthusiasm over the election; but the voters will do about the right thing : next Tuesday. It is to bo taken as a matter of course that the Columbia machine is operating in other counties the same as in York?trying to defeat all legislative candidates that do not try to carry out its wishes. Now for the eleventh hour stuff that has been hatching all the while for the last three days before the election. Be on the lookout for it and do not let it influence you. Just ask yourself the question as to why that wao not sprung while there was yet time to reply to it or explain it? This year's experience with cotton will be a plenty for sonie people; but others will try it again. There is this consolation aaout the matter, however. There is hardly any limit to the kinds of valuable crops we can raise that the boll weevil cares nothing about. Now, i? Cowpens should yield to the. blandishments of the Cherokee people to secede from Spartanburg in order to make a constitutional county of Cherokee, wonder what will be the status of the Morgan statue that the Federal government erected in the city of Spartanburg to commemorate the defeat of Tarleton at Cowpens. In the wooing of the coy maid Cowpens, as to whether she should remain with Spartanburg or go with Cherokee, Spartanburg has proposed to Cherokee to agree with her beforehand that no matter which way the election of September 5 shall go, both sides bind themselves to build a first-class road into Cowpens?Cherokee from the east and Spartanburg from the west. People are easily mixed up by the juggling of taxation figures. We 1 ave no quarrel with the state tax commission. The business of that commission is mainly to raise the money to meet the appropriations. What we want is a reduction in appropriations, a lightening of the burdens ol' the people. We are not hunting ways and means ol' spending the people's money; but we want the people to have opportunity to make more money and spend it themselves. The testimony of all farmers who have made intelligent experiments with bur clover is that there is no other or speedier upbuilder of poor red soils. While it is true that the building up of soils with legumes of any kind is a slow process, there is no estimating the wealth that would now be this country's portion if the process had been commenced twenty years ago and strictly adhered to. And while there has been a better time than now to begin, there will never be another better time. Since we come to think of it, the present editor of the Columbia State, W. \V. Ball, then editor of tlie Charleston Evening Post, bolted the Bryan Democratic ticket in 1S06 and was a member of the volunteer convention that nominated Palmer and Buckneron the "Cold Bug" ticket. As has been remarked elsewhere, the Columbia State is a pretty looking thing to be talking about political bolters, it never lias stood hitched unless it had exactly what it wanted, and. neither will it accept the result if Air. BLeusc gets the Democratic nomination in the uppi oaching primary. Too many people keep themselves down in the world by trying to prevent the rise of the other fellow. It is sometimes possible to keep the other fellow from rising: but no man. has ever risen himself by that mens. Every man must work out bis own salva- , i'on; and all rthe authentic t aching of he past, Scriptural and otherwise, onfirms the fact tliat the best way to lo th.-tl is bjj helping rather llian hin-ti doring others. A nr rlced disposition to hindel* rdUier than help ife alwnys an infallible evidence of a small spirit and narrow mind that are incapable of getting the possessors of them anywhere. The best thing for any man is to attend to his own business as well as possible and leave the business of the other fellow alone except, where there is an opportunity to give the other fellow acceptable help. According to all the evidence that has been presented so far, about the only reason that the Columbia State has for accusing Mr. lilease for failure to vote the Democratic ticket two years ago was that the Wilson administration had ignored the majority of South Carolina Democrats of which Mr. Rlease was the chosen leader. The State evidently judges Mr. Kleasc by Its own standards. It is a well known fact that jthe State was once an ardent supporter of Grover Cleveland and continued so [until Mr. Cleveland refused to appoint its editor to the head of a consulate in China, after which it became a bitter enemy. If Mr. Wilson had recognized in South Carolina the majority faction of the Democratic party of which Mr. Blease was the head, wc have no idea that the Columbia State would have continued a supporter of Mr." Wilson. All the facts in the record indicate otherwise; yet without anything to go on other than mere assumption, the State is bend'ng all its efforts to create the impression that Mr. Blease is disloyal to his party. It has turned out that the parole of Cleorgc L. Wilson, who was afterward convicted of the llamey murder in Anderson, was not such ft. terrible sin after all. It was stated in dispatches sent out from Columbia last Tuesday that Wilson and Emerson were pardoned by Blease. 't'hey were included among the "ten thousand" which, according to the Greenville News, Blease had turned loose on the community. The Columbia State also credited the pardon of Wilson to Blease. And it was a terrible crime against society, because if it had not been for this act on the part of Hlease this Ramey murder would not have been committed. But now a careful search of the record has disclosed that it was not Blease, but Martin F. Ansel who paroled Wilson. Wilson was convicted of murder with a recommendation to mercy in Cherokee county, and Ansel granted him a parole on October 20, 1909 until January 1, 1911, and on the last named date turned him loose on "good behavior." It is a fnct that Blease had paroled Emerson, who was also convicted in connection with the Ramey killing, and of course that is the only parole that matters. The parole of Wilson by Ansel was regular and all rignt. - i a ALWAYS A DEMOCRAT Blease Denounces the Man Who Denies It. Greenville'Piedmont, Wednesday. Over two thousand people gathered at the City Park to hear the candidates for state office. With one or two exceptions the meeting was uneventful. "I have always voted the Democratic ticket and any man who says I have not is a damned liar." Ex-Gov. Cole L. Blease declared in the course of his speech. He was replying to a question signed by John Hunsinger and J. L. Parks and read to each of the candidates for governor by Chairman Jas. H. Price. The question read "Who did you vote for in the presidential race?Cox or Harding?" The crowd was orderly and gave good attention to the Speakers. Thos. G. McLeod received a small ovation and.Mr. Blease was soundly applauded and cheered. Thn crntivl nnmhoi'iul nKmit 9AA when the meeting was opened. County Chairman James H. Price presided. The candidates for secretary of slate led off, with James C. Dossier making the first speech. Colo L Please said the taxes were now much higher than they wore when he wan governor. He wanted to know where the people's money had gone. "Dr. Manning and Dr. Cooper had given the state the worst case of bellyache it ever had." Governor Harvey had sheriffs and special constables looking up Cooper's and Manning's paroled convicts all over the state, but they weren't after any of Blouse's. "law and order, you've got it," said Mr. Please, '"twelve good white men killed in your state in the i last eleven days." He cited figures to show there had been an increase of about four million dollars in the appropriation bill since 1914. He thought the legislature reduced taxes last year because this was election year. By vetoing appropriation lulls while governor he had saved the people $160,000 one year and $90,000 another ( yea r. "What has become of your money?" ' he asked. "It has gone for useless offices for political, pets." He assailed the Tax Commission. , saying it was "making liars out of the . people." He also attacked the "smelling committee," the Budget Commis- j sion. the,Board of Charities and Cor- ( rections. "Instead of hunting new sources of . revenue, Jet us get down to rock bot- ] torn," lie said. That could J>e done ] without hui ting schools or good roads. , He reiterated lie would not engage in factionalism and personalities. His , ambition to be governor bad been | satisfied. , Mr. Hlease said bo was born in New- j berry county: bis father bad worn the ( Red Shirt under Hampton and that any man who said he bad ever done | anything disloyal to the Democratic party was a damned liar, lie had .always been a Democrat and expected to die a Democrat, he declared. When Mr. Price presented the ques tion with reference to whether the Candidate bad voted for Cox in 1920. j c Mr. Hlease said: "I have answered t th->t question, sir." I l Mr. Hlease again wont to the front ' of the stand to acknowledge a basket j of flowers presented to him by ad- : ' mirers. : i "I have always voted the Democratic ' < ticket and any man who says T have not is a damned liar," Mr. lllease declared this time. He said lie was going to place the flowers on the grave of former Sheriff llendrix Hector, 1 "one of the bravest sheriffs that ever 1 lived, and one of the truest friends a man CYjcr lud." - , J LOCAL. AFFAIRS, NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. York Furniture Comi>any?Rugs. Young l'eople of Bethany?Will prosent the "Fruit of His Folly" at Sharon. J. A. Marion, County Chairman?Managers will call for tickets. J. H. Carroll?Look carefully over our list. Carroll Bros.?Aluminum percolator. City Motor Company, Rock Hill, 1). B. MoFadden Manager?Agency for' the Buick. S. L. Courtney and J. R Cannon, Board of Corporators?Notice of intention to apply for a charter. The Star Theatre, J. Q. Wray Manager?Alice Calhoun today. Liberty Service Station?Our service is at your service. York Drug Store?Take "Wilbo-Lax." K i rk pat rick-Belk Company?For our fall ti-ade. City Motor Company, Rock Hill, D. B. McFadden, Manager?The 1923 Buick. Cottor is beginning to open and the ginneries are getting themselves in shape to handle the first bale. There is some little betting on the probable results of next Tuesday's election?mainly on those who will be in mc seconu race. Some of the farmers are still picking boll weevils as persistently as ever, while others have given it up as a profitless job. Weevils are beginning to migrate quite' freely. NEWS OF THE ELECTION. It is the purpose of The Yorkville Enquirer to publish the news of next Tuesday's primary election as soon as possible after the counting of the votes. Since the election will not have been completed before the usual publication hour of The Enuuircr. next Tues day's edition will not pet to press in limo for .any of the afternoon mr.Ils? probably not until after midnight. The' usual arrangements are being made, with the assistance of the managers of the elections and of special correspondenta to assemble returns from all the boxes without unnecessary delay. The next issue of the paper will go into the postofflce in time to go put in all the morning mails. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS Real estate transfers have been indexed in the office of the county auditor as follows: Bullock's Creek?Mrs. Mary C. Tnman to Gill Donovant, L. W. Worthy, T. M. Jamison and E. W. Worthy, deacons and trustees, 3 1-10 acres, *155. Catawba?John R. Williams to Liz Zlf 1)1 ell U'll, X IUI, flvUi John li. Williams to T. E. Cato, 1 lot. ?250. Mrs. Cornelia Sturgis to J. S. Dawes, 124 1-4 acres, $3,l?th Ebenezer?R. M. Anderson to R. Andral Bratton, 70 1-2 acres, $3,000. King's Mountain?J. Fitch Pursley to S. M. and J. P. Sifford, Jr., 1 lot, $450. PRECINCT TALLY SHEETS. Along with the tickets, oaths for the managers and retur^,blanks, the County Democratic Executive committee is this year providing the managers of election at each precinct with printed tally sheets with a view to facilitating the counting of the votes. The furnishing of tally sheets is an innovation for this county." It has not been done heretofore; but, as all who have had experience in counting several hundred long tickets after a hard day's work can readily appreciate, the ready printed sheet will make for an appreciable saving of time and labor. The tally sheet blank contains the names of all the candidates, with ruled linos alter open name 10 lacaiitaie tne sotting down of the votes received by each. Ordinarily, after an election where the need of tally sheets has not been anticipated, there is considerable loss of time In preparing them?an average of ten minutes or more at each box; but because of the thoughtfulncss of the executive committee this less of time should be avoided next Tuesday. WITHIN THE TOWN ? The railing on the overhead bridge on the Chester road needs attention. ? Charged with being drunk and disorderly and resisting arrest, Arthur 1>. Neoly was committed to jail on Wednesday night by Chief of Police Steele and Policeman Parrott. It is alleged that Neely attempted to shoot one of the officers with a rifle prior to his arrest at his home. He forfeited a bond of $100 in mayor's court. A warrant was issped before Magistrate Black yesterday at the instance of Chief Steele charging Neely with assault and battery with intent to kill. Officers, it is said went to arrest Neely after receiving telephone calls from neighbors to the effect that he was disturbing the peace. Neely and several, other young men it was m.'iid yesterday imbibed freely of g'ain i alcohol and other beverages Wed- 1 nesday afternoon and night. Other j members of Ihe alcohol party managed j to keep out of the hands of the police, j ? Leon Smith, pitching ace of the | Cotton Bolt club was hit freely yester- i lay afternoon and Yorkville defeated i Cotton licit. 5 to -J in a game of base- ' ball on the local lot. The Cotton Belt | players somehow didn't seem to have i their aecustomed "pep" and were un- j ible to hit when hits were needed. Youngblood pitching' for Yorkville, j managing to keep them scattered. One jf the features or the game was a j beautiful catch of a hard line drive by ' Paccr" Burris, centerfteldcr for the j ionic town. Smith caused many of the locals to whiff tlic air but the boys managed to hit when hits were needid and hence the majority score. While lie game as a whole was rather cthargic and listless at times there ivere flashes of real baseball and the 'ans seemed to enjoy it. Batteries: Cotton Belt?L. Smith and H. Thomas ; t'orkville?Youngblood and Muckorell. L'mpire, Clyde Smith. CASE OF J. N. McGILL'S SONS. Attorneys appearing before Judge rhos. S. Sease in Spartanburg at :hambers on Tuesday, argued a motion to vacate an order issued by the ate Judge Ernest Moore, who appointed two receivers for J. N. Mobil's Sons Company, who conduct a jeneral mercantile business at Hickory trove. Motion to vacate the order ; /as brought by \\\ W. Lewis, Esq., atorney for the Planters Hank of Shu- ' on. which is said.to he the largest 1 reditor of the Mctjiir* Sons company. | V majority of the creditors. \.ho are i ^presented by J. S. Hricp, Esq., John I t. Hurt, Esq.. Thos.. F. lilcDow, Esq., I and J. A. Marion, Esq., resisted the j motion. The principal nrgumcnt of one of the counsel for the creditors was that the assets of the company include a j large amount of land, which if put on j the block and sold at this time would bring only a portion of its real value. It was further argued that if the property were sold W. L. Hill, who is the principal owner of the Planters Bank of Sharon, which is contesting the receivership, was the only man in the western section of York county who would be in financial position to buy the property and that Mr. llill would be. able to buy it for much less than its real value. Judge Sease took the matter under ; advisement. It was stated by an attorney that no .matter what the ' Jiuigc*s (tension uio minus win dp kept in the hands of the two receivers j appointed until January 1, through ' legal delays, j It was also intimated that a charge of usury inny be filed against the Planters' Hunk of Sharon in connection with the litigation. The case is one that promises to occupy the attention of the courts and mean a good thing financially for the lawyers for some time to come. PICK THE WINNERS The Yorkvillc Enquirer will give a prize of five dollars for the best guess on the county ticket submitted to this paper through the mail and reaching this office not later than next Monday at noon. The conditions of the contest are as follows. The total enrollment in York county is 0,275. (Jive the total vote that will be cast in the primary Tell how many votes will be recoived by each of the following: J. E. lJeamguard W. A. Holin \V If Hrsirl ford Erwin Carothcrs Porter It. Kennedy ? E. \V. Pursley J. L. Spratt W. J. Tnlley William A. Douglass Ernest \V. Guy Arthur T. Hart .? ? John 11. Logan ? Lucia Ewurt Quinn D. L. Shieder Walter D. Thomasson George W. Williams JI. C. Willis ? John E. Carroll W. T. Slaughter Thos. W. Boyd H. G. Brown John F. Gordon . J. E. Latham ? Ralph H. Cain J. D. Cwinn ? J. L. Houston G. P. Smith Lndd J. Lumpkin J. C. Kirkpatrick H. It. Merritt J. W. Khillinglaw ? ? To ensure the consideration of your guess, clip the foregoing, add your figures to the names as printed, sign your name, enclose in a sealed envelope and address to The Yorkville Enquirer. Don't fail to give the total vote. No attention will bo paid to any guess transmitted to us in any other manner. STATE PRIMARY TICKET. In the primary election next Tuesday voters will use three ballots?one for state candidates, one for county candidates and one for magisterial candidates. In Hethel township mere will be a fourth ballot for township commissioners; but as there is only one set of candidates there is no denser of confusion. York county voters ere or should be thoroughly familiar with the county and magisterial tickets. and the publication) of them here is not worth while. The official state ticket as received from Columbia by County Chairman Marion last Wednesday, is nn follows: State Ballot. Democratic primary eh-ction. AuSi'st 29. 1922. For the following state officers: For Governor. (Vote for one, scratch others.) Cole I,. Mease. J. J. Can toy. William Coleman. John T. Duncan. George K. Laney. * * Thomas McLeod. For Lieutenant Governor. (Vote for one, scratch others.) K. C. T,. Adams. E. II. Jackson. Jennings K. Owens. For Secretary of State. (Vote for one, scratch others.) W. ltanks Dove. James O. Dossier. ror Attorney uenerai. (Vote for one. scratch others..) Harold Eubanks. n. M. Winter. Samuel M. Wolfe. For Comptroller General. ' (Vote for one, scratch others.) | Walter E. Duncan. T. Hagood Hooding. For State Treasurer. Annuel T. Carter. For State Superintendent of Education. (Vote for one, scratch others.) Mrs. Bessie Rodgers Drake. J. H. Hope. O. D. Scay. Cecil H. Seiglcr. J. E. Stvearingcn. Mrs. E. Barton Wallace. For Adjutant and Inspector General. (Vote for one, scratch others.) I Robert E. Craig. Thomas B. Marshall. For Commissioner of Agriculture. (Vote for one, scratch others.) | 1$. Harris. George W. Wightman. ALONG THE WAY Sam Smith, well known carpenter of Yorkville started to climb a ladder; resting on the house on Lincoln street j occupied by J. Z. Stowe Avith a view ! to examining the roof. Tlie auuir broke and Mr. Smith received painful bruises to his legs. John Neil of the Cotton Belt section was an Interested spectator at a game of baseball between Cotton ilelt and I Yorkville Thursday afternoon. Hoi suddenly felt a sting on the left side of his nock and juicing his hand (here felt the blood dowing. The theory is i (nat he was grazed by a bullet fired from a small rifle in the hands of somel person in thickets near the baseball , ground. Mr. Neil wr.s not seriously injured. "Bull" the mascot bulldog at the town hall, the property of City Clerk and Treasurer J. Frank Faulkner, has i been sick anil moping around for a i few days. Theory is that "Bull" has ! Keen given a (lose of ground glass by I some person who doesn't like dogs. "Bull" is among the best of bulldogs and almost every little child in town is l is friend, lie loves for them to come uround and throw a ball or other object for him to retrieve. Fear was expressed yesterday that "Bull" is fatally j sick. Justin Smith, baseball player of Clover, evidently believes in "luck signs." Smith was playing for Yorkville against Cotton Belt yesterday. One time he fanned out. Another time at bat and the opposing pitcher got two strikes on him. The young man drew a cross on the ground in fornt of the home plate with his bat. Then he spat near the cross mark. And then IV lllivu wui tx Negroes from practically every section of York county were present in Rock Hill Tuesday for the funeral of Rev. M. P. Hall, president of Friendship College (colored) of Rock Hill and one of the best known negro leaders in the county. Persons unknown to him hut believ?d to be small boys with rifles have begun the slaughter of the covey of cartridges hatched in Yorkville by a >amtam hen, the property of I)r. M. \V. White. The partridge family has been reduced to three. There were eleven of the birds originally. Numbers of small bets, it is reported have been placed this week on the outcome of the primary election next Tuesday relative to county offices. The hetting is said to be especially keen relative to the outcome of the treasuier's race. It is predicted that several among the nine candidates for the place will be found running "neck and neck'! when the votes are counted. There is talk of trying to effect a consolidation of several small schools in Brond River township with the Hickory Grove nign scriooi. me proposal, it is said, has met with considerable opposition from some patrons of the smaller schools who like not the idea of consolidation with the larger school. Whether or not anything is going to come of it remains to be seen. Xo deflite stop in the direction of such a consolidation has been taken so far. ABOUT PEOPLE. Quay Stroup of Yorkville, visited in Lancaster, recently. Mrs, J. G. Lawton of Yorkville, visited in Charlotte, N. C., recently. Airs. Ada Faulkner, has returned to Yorkville, after -t visit to Charlotte. D. E. Flnley of Washington, visited relatives in Yorkville, this week. Miss Marie Moore of York Xo. 3, is visiting friends in Lugoff, S. C. Mrs. G. W. Sherer of Yorkville is spending some time in Rock Hill. Mr. and Mrs. Paul McNeel of Union, are visiting relatives in Yorkville. m.. ,.rwi \ti-a i Civile I'lexico of Sharon, were visitors in Charlotte, this week. Mr. Robert Lindsay of Greenwood, visited his parents recently in Yorkville. Mr. and Mrs. John Bowen of Washington, D. C., are visiting Mrs. N. J. X. Bowen, in Yorkville. Mr. Ernest Health of Monroe, X. C., was a business visitor to Yorkville, Wednesday. Mrs. M. B. Crosby of Spartanburg, spent Thursday with her daughter, Mrs. B. A. Cor roll, in Yorkville. Mr. Herbert Wolfe lias returned to his home in Petersburg, Vn., after spending several weeks in Yorkville. Miss Florence Edwards of Darlington, is the guest of Miss Margaret Marshall in Yorkville. Miss Margaret Glenn, assistant postmistress of Yorkville has been quite sick at her home on King's Mountain street, Yorkville for several days past. Janies McDowell of Yorkville, who has been spending the summer in Hendersonville, has returned to his homo in Yorkville. Miss Bessie Barron and Miss Louise Barron of Yorkville, have returned home, after a visit to Columbia, bringing with them Miss Lou Wilson of that city. Misses Isabelle Milliner, Sarah Workman. Mary White and Agnes Moore, all of Bock Bill spent Wednesday in Yorkville, as the guests of Mr. Ed .Marshall. Mrs. J. S. Glasscock, accompanied by her son John E. Glasscock and his little daughter, passed through Yorkville, this morning on their way to Blowing Rock. S. Earlc Grist of Yorkville, represented Meech Stewart Post N'o. Gt> at the annual convention of the South Carolina Department, American Legion in Florence this week. Walt"r W. Love, carrier of York No. 7, who is undergoing treatment in the Fennell Infirmary, Kock Hill, is getting along about as well as could he expected. It was thought for p time that Mr. Love was suffering from appendicitis but examination has disclosed that his trouble is some other malady. i nrAi i irnwira Judge Peurifoy to Preside. Judge James E. Puerifoy of Waltcrboro, will preside over the September j term of the court of general sessions. It is stated that only those cases involving prisoners in jail will be tried. Refreshment Stand Made Money. The refreshment stand at the IJcthany pienie Tuesday was conducted by members of Young People's Societies! of Bethany church for the benefit of; the piano fund. The net profits re- i suiting from tile sale of ice cream, soft ! drinks and other refreshments totaled about 5fit). The piano cost about $tiUU. Bitten by a Copperhead. Chester Reporter: .Mr. Boyd Loo. of the Armenia neighborhood, was bitten on the ankle Monday afternoon by a copperhead snake. Mr. Lee succeeded in killing the reptile, which fought 1 most viciously, and after receiving first aid at home came on to Chester and had a physician dress his wound, i Released on Bond. Joe .Matthews, well known salesman of Clover, was arrested this week in Cleveland county, X. C.. on a warrant sworn out by J. C. Wallace of Yorkville, charging Matthews with peddling lightning rods without a ' license. When brought bqfore Magistrate Fred lllaek of York township. Matthews; gave bond in tiie sum of $.100. Must Come for Tickets. Managers of the election to be held ' at the thirty-one York county precincts next Tuesday, August 29, must come to the office of John A. Marion, ? county chaimnn in Yorkvillo after Ihe tickets. Mr. Marion said yesterday. "It is too much of a Job to mail out those tickets and the managers must come after them," said he. Hock Hill Negro Killed. Harvey Williams, negro garbage wagon driver for the city of ltock . * Hill, wascaJled to the door of his home in that city last night and shot to death, according to reports to the sheriffs office this morning. It is said tiiat the alleged murderer is unknown. Sheriff Fred Quinn went to Hock Hill this morning to investigate. Must File Expense Accounts. "I suppose till the candidates are aware that they must file statements of their expenses for the campaign just coming to a close with the clerk of the court not later than next Monday," said County Chairman John A. Marion I this morning. "The primary law re quires this and if they should fall to comply it might result In serious complications." ' Candidates At New Zion. Candidates for county offices addressed the voters of the New Zion section today. A picnic was held in connection with the meeting and quite a large number of community folks were in attendance. The meeting at New Zion today was specially arranged since it had not been provided for on the regular Itinerary, arranged by the county Democratic executive committee. Cunningham and Cassel Fight. Chester Reporter: A case in Magistrate if. ft. Shannon's court that attracted considerable interest and which began yesterday afternoon and was not concluded until this morning at annul 11 o ciock was an acuon orougnt by Col. T. J. Cunningham against Mr. Stewart L. Cassels. The jury found Mr. Cassels guilty of simple assault, and Judge Shannon imposed a fine of $50. ^Ir. John M. Hemphill, Mr. Casseis's attorney, filed notice of appeal. Sharon Won From Grover. Sharon won over the Grover, X.'C. team in a game of baseball at Sharbn yesterday afternoon, 7 to 6. Floyd Stegall, pitching for Sharon defeated the North Carolina lads for the second time in the past few days, pitching a great game yesterday and being accorded jam-up support by his team mates. There were quite a number of fans out for the game. Batteries. Sharon?Stegall and W. Sherer; Grover? Wright and Elliott. Umpire, John R. Logan. Political Meetings. Candidates for county offices spoke to tlie voters of Hickory Grove and vicinity on Wednesday and addressed those of Blairsville and community yesterday. A picnic was held in connection with the campaign meeting at each place and there was a fair sized crowd at both picnics. Candidates for ' the various offices made practically the same speeches that they have made on other stumps in the county. Tho county campaign meeting comes to a close tomorrow when, the candidates speak to the voters at Yorkville. Today was an cliff day with the party. "Bad Eye" Too Bad for 'Em. "Bad Eye" Guthrie, former King's Mountain, N. C., hurler was too much for Hickory Grove and Grover defeated Hickory Grove 10 to 0 in a game of baseball played at Hickory Grove on y Wednesday afternoon in the presence of a large crowd of Hickory Grove base.ball fans. Martin, pitching for Hickory Grove, hurled a good game but was accorded poor support by his team mates. Guthries pitched a better game and was accorded much better support by the players from Tarhcelia. Batteries: Hickory Grove?Martin and W. Sharer; Grover?Guthrie and Ellii ott. Umpire,' Webber. Sharon Wins Another. Sharon won from Bethany 7 to 3 in a* j game of baseball at Bethany on TuesI day afternoon. Really, the game was to a large degree Clover playing1 against Clover. "Johnny" Walker, Clover's pitching pride, pitched the game for Sharon while "Whitey" Painter, well known Clover hurler, pitched most of the contest for Bethany, being relieved late in the day by Leon Smith of Cotton Belt. Considering the fact that the diamond was exceedingly slow, 'the loose surface making it hard for either team to "pick 'em up," it was .a pretty fair game. Batteries: Bethany ?Painter, Leon Smith and Lewis Smith; Sharon?Walker and W. Shercr. Umpire, L. Maxwell. Play at Bethany. "Fruits of His Folly," a play presented by local talent at Bethany Tuosiday night drew a large audience which was well pleased with the presentation. Kcceipt:; at the gate totaled about $70 and the net proceeds will go toward paying for the handsome piano recently purchased for Bethany church. The play was directed by Miss Margaret Faulkner, Frank Plexico and others. Those having the principal parts were: Frank riaxco, tsaran riaxco, ousie drier riaxco. Annie McCarter, Marion McCnrter, Willie McCarter, Garland Davidson, Henry McGill, Roy Whiiesides, Denver Quinn and Lee Gettya. ; The play was presented to a largo audience at Clover last evening and I the net receipts turned into the Bethjany piano fund. Want New Road. Gnstonla Gazette, Wednesday: Residents of the section lying in the gap between Crowd er's Mountain and King's Mountain are agitating for a ' new road to bo opened up through to < Sparrow Spiings and state that they have assurance that the county will scon have this work done. The proposed road would leave the old Artil-, lory Range road lending south from the Linwood road between the Jno. R. Anthony and Mason Falls farms. It would be almost level all the way to Sparrow Springs. This road was urged by the Chamber of Commerce five years ago as it would place the people living in that section several miles nearer Gnstonia and would also provide a short road to the county seat, for the residents of the McGill neighborhood on below. York County Men Elected. At the meeting of the South Carolina department of the American Legion in Florence yesterday, Col. Thos. f!. Spratt of Fort Mill was elected national executive committeeman from South Carolina to succeed Col. J. Mon^ roe Johnson of Marion. F. Murray Mack of Fort Mill was elected a member of the state executive committee and Hi ram K. Hutchison of Rock Hill, was elected one of the delegates to tho in< > ting of the national convention in Sew Orleans. Luther K. Rrice of Spartanburg was elected state commander to succeed Morris C. Lumpkin and appointed Miller Foster of Spart- . anhurg as his adjutant. Other officers < lee ted were: Henry T. Thomson of Florence, vice commander; Fred \V. Graham of Greenville, service officer; F. W. Bradley of Columbia, historian; Rev. Mortimer Glover of Ilartsville, chaplain. Greenville was elected as the place for holding the 1923 convention. Mrs. James A. Cathcart of Co(Coutinucd on I'ago Light.)