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Scraps and |acts. ? Not caring to use their revolvers, the Atlanta police found themselves helpless Saturday and Sunday night to cope with the straw hat situation. A veritable mob of grown men and boys lined the Peachtree curbs. When a man came along with a straw hat on his head they got his hat and got him too If he tried to put up a right. The street was literally strewn with fragments of torn summer lids. Some men submitted gracefully. Others squared off and fought. The result was the same in both cases. The edict had gone out that the police would not permit any smashing of straw hats on the street this year, and as if in open defiance of the rule, the smashing was more general than ever be'nro Thpre were dozens of fights, but no fatuities. ? New Orleans. September 18: John P. Didpah, diplomatic adviser of the Mexican revolution, declared here tonight, just before leaving for Mexico, that Americans, including Charles P. Taft, brother of President Taft, Henry Clay Pierce of the Waters-Pierce Oil company and representatives of the Harriman interests' had furnished money to President Madero of Mexico to finance his revolution against Diaz. He said that 85,000,000 had been.advanced and that the loan had been repaid with a $20,000,000 premium. Mr. Didpah reaffirmed the report that Washington had sent an ultimatum to Madero that the revolution must be stopped in thirty days. He declared the revolution would not be stopped "even if I have to lead it myself." He added that a new junta would be formed to replace the one * * 1 ???-? ?kt*Aii(rh thp whlcn nas Deen uiukcu arrest of its members by United States officers. ? Rome, Beptember 18: The most sanguaniary engagement of the war in Tripoli was fought yesterday near Derne, a town on the Mediterranean coast. 140 miles northeast of Bengazi. The Italians lost 61 men and 113 wounded. The Turks and Arabs left more than 800 dead on the field. Forty-one prisoners, including an Arab chief, fell Into the hands of the Italians. The battle opened at daybreak when a force of Turks and Arabs surprised and attacked the Italian lines. The fight raged for four hours, but the superior Italian artillery supplemented by brilliant bayonet charges won the day and the Mussulmans fled in disorder. General Reisoli, commander of the Italian army in Tripoli, in his report to the war office estimates that the Turks and Arabs must have lost 1,000 men killed, including those who were carried off and that more than 1,000 others were wounded. ? Columbia State: W. H. Gibbes. mayor of Columbia, yesterday registered as a student of the university of South Carolina, taking the law course. Mayor Gibbes will pursue the same studies as any other member of the >unior law class. Mayor uiuuea formerly a student at Carolina, having attended the institution in 1880. He was there for one year as a special student. At that time, owing to the small number of men at the college, the Euphradian and Clariosophfc societies did not carry on their work separately but combined for the time being under the name of the Nameless Debating society. Mayor Gibbes was president of this organization. Later, the number at the college increased and the two societies again took up their individual work. Mayor Gibbes says that of course his first duty is to the city of Columbia and that he may be compelled to miss some classes but that he Intends to take the two year course with the object of getting the LL.B. degree. Being in charge of the legal department of the city government, the mayor thinks that the course will fit him better for his work and be of great assistance to him. ? Wachington, September 14: Stirred Kw failures .>f national banks during the last few months, Lawrence J. Murray, comptroller of the currency, yesterday announced that he would take vigorous steps to make banking safer. Federal examiners will be Instructed to make diligent inquiry, beginning October 1, into the concentration of the funds of a bank in companies controlled by its officers and directors. The comptroller said he would insist that the books of such concerns be open to the examiner so that he may determine whether they are money-making ventures. Many national bank failures have resulted, he declared, from the investment of bank funds in unsafe institutions in which the officers or directors were interested. In the past, the only Information obtained by the examiners as to the stability of these concerns has been the mere word of the officers. In empowering the examiners to inspect the books of such companies. the comptroller declared that he was making a final administrative effort to make the examinations effective. In the examination of all country banks he would insist that the Doaras or aireciors De cunveneu auu the examiner investigate their assets in their presence and with their cooperation. The comptroller will meet national bank examiners in various parts of the country for extended conferences. ? New. York, September 18: Gen. Emiliono Zapata, the rebel chieftain \\ho is threatening to attack Mexico City, gives his reason for his uprising against Madero, in a statement forwarded to the Herald from his camp at Yautepec Morelos. He says: "So that the people of the United States may know why the revolution is going on against Madero in southern Mexico, I make this statement. I charge Madero with making promises to reduce taxes to induce the people to follow him against Diaz. He has kept none of these promises. I charge him with promising to increase the taxes on large lands, so large landowners will have to cut them up and thus give the poor a chance to buy little farms. He has not kept this promise. I charge Madero with ignoring the men who helped him win and with putting into places of trust at large salaries seventy-three of his relatives. I demand that Madero resign the presidency; that he and his family leave the republic forever. The government must not give them a cent. I do not want the presidency, but I do demand an honest election, at which I will agree not to be a candidate. Immediately on the election the laws must be revised from top to bottom so as to give the poor man a chance. I have 18,000 men under arms in eighteen states of Mexico, while Pascual Orozco, with whom 1 have no connection, has control of two states, making twenty states under arms. If I am victorious I shall drive Orozco from the country." Accompanying the statement is the following declaration regarding the rumors of pending intervention by the United States: "If intervention comes I will kill every American in Mexico. Then I will enter Mexico City, but it will be to join the federal army to tight the northern invaders." ? Union, September 18: Union county, which was the third county In the state to vote for prohibition, must again vote on the liquor question. as to whether prohibition hall continue, or a county dispensary be established. The election is ordered today by County Supervisor J. H. Spears as required by law, because of a petition of over 25 per cent of the qualified electors, having been filed with him before May 1, 1912, and the election will be held on Tuesday, November 5. Union county, in August. 1905. voted out the dispensary by a large majority, but in order to have the prohibition status, the fight had to be carried through the courts, which finally decided in favor of prohibition. Although the election provided that prohibition should prevail in Union county for four years from the date of election, at the next session of the legislature a bill was passed which resulted in another election being held on December 27, 1908. When the election was held the dispensary forces claimed to have won by about twelve votes, but as many gross irregularities had been practiced at the polls, a contest was entered, and the result was an agreement reached between the opposing forces that prohibition should continue until next October, when the people should again vote on the question of prohibition or dispensary, with the result that when the election was held the prohibition cause was again successful. As the four years have elapsed, and the necessary number of persons have petition ed before May 1, 1912, the county supervisor, as required by law has ordered that an felection be held on November 5, at the same time as the general election that the people may have opportunity to again express themselves on lhis question, and no doubt considerable work will now be done by those favoring a continuance of prohibition and opposing the opening of an establishment where liquor rill be U gaily sold. She \iorbvillr (Enquirer. Rntered at the Postofflce In Torkvllle I lis Mall Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE, I. O.t FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20,1912. Unc!e Sam will have to take care of that Central American country before he can keep those people down that way quiet enough to allow any security to life and property. It was pretty hard on Miss Maude Iroler to have It told that she betrayed her sweetheart for the reward; but the whole world will agree with the Spar tanburg Herald In exhonoratlng heron the strength of her reply to a question as to whether she thought Edwards was guilty of the crime charged against him. All that she said was, "What difference does that make to me?" Governor Wilson has found touring the west in a private car inconvenient for the reason that the railroad people would put his car on a sidetrack and cause him to lose hours. As the result of this kind of thing he has decided to use the regular coaches of the regular trains and has since been able to make more reliable calculations as to his appointments. The New York state Democracy is, as usual, in a bad way. John A. Dix, TV??v?r>/>rQHn irnvomnr hoe lit. tie else than a subservient tool In the! hands of Tammany, and although there is little doubt of his renomlnatlon his position is so well understood that selfrespecting Democrats can feel no enthusiasm in his support. That is why Governor Wilson will have nothing to do with DIx politically, and because of his attitude toward Gov. Dix, the outlook is that Governor Wilson *is going to get thousands of Democratic and Republican votes that Dix can never touch. Now that politics has reached a stage when we are waiting patiently for the truth about the primary, let us get together. If there was fraud such as would vitiate the election Is there any man who would want It to stand?? Belton News. Why there are many persons who would want It to stand. The editor of the Yorkvllle Enquirer says it should stand, regardless of whether there was fraud or not.?Columbia Record. If the editor of The Yorkvllle Enquirer has ever said or intimated anything of the kind as an individual he is not aware of the fact It is respectfully left to our readers and exchanges to say whether or not such a thing has been said in our editorial columns. A gentleman who was in New York last week gave the editor of The Enquirer some pointers on the political situation like this: "I was in a Broad way theatre one night. It was packed with people. One of the funny men got off this sentence: 'Mr. Taft is a mighty fine man?but I am going to vote for Woodrow Wilson?and bet my money on Teddy.' Of course the reader understands that this is an old, old music hall trick with which to run the gauntlet of the political sentiment in the audience. The commedian spoke his sentence so as to leave a pausj al ter the name of each candidate. The rp? r* n.AM I ., iiieiiuuii ui i di i was IUIIUWCU uy uubroken silence, a large portion of the crowd applauded the name of Wilson, and on the last proposition the audience broke out in an uproarious demonstration. The gentleman who was discussing the matter said that from such information as he could gather that was a pretty good index to the sentiment in New York. Taft has a few friends, but very few; Wilson is quite popular with the middle classes and Roosevelt is the idol of the masses. There are people in New York who will bet big money that Taft will not get a single electoral vote; but such bets find takers without trouble. The odds against Taft's election is overwhelming. The majority of sentiment is in favor of Wilson; but the popularity of Roosevelt is growing among the laboring and humbler classes at an amazing rate. Many well informed Vuii- Vnfl/aro iinhAoltntinolu rlaolnro iuinuo uiiuctiiiaiiiigij utviaic that if the election should take place now, Wilson wguld be the nominee; but what the sentiment will be thirty days from now they do not know. They feel that-Roosevelt is gaining with a large element and they know that if his strength begins to show up formidably enough, the politicians will soon be swarming to his banner. General account is being taken of the possible influence that money might have during the last days of the campaign. Legitimate money is legitimately spent all along, but it is during the last few days that the corruption money counts for most. When our government undertakes to guarantee fair elections in Central America it assumes one of the most troublesome obligations it has ever had. It may not be able to do the thing at all, and even if it succeeds it will greatly heighten the jealous sensitiveness toward the United States which all of the so-called Latin-America feels. We can readily imagine that the side in disfavor with the American military authorities would become the popular side from this very cause ctiuuc, anu iiif uiiiuumrs ui pupuuu government?if popular government is to continue?would thereby be increased. Nor are. we entering Nicaraugua now as an impartial arbitrator. We are avowedly taking sides and against the mi re numerous element there. It seems that theZelayans comprise about seventy per cent of the population, and after being driven from power by a revolt, would have returned to power easily by a counter-revolt if we had not intervened openly against them. Our government denounces them as unworthy of power. How are we to "supervise" elections under circumstances like these? Recognizing that the parallel is in many respects unfair to the present administration and to our own southern states, we may nevertheless ask whether the conduct of southern elections by alien ihilitary oower directed from "Washington was such a success that our government should attempt the military control of elections in Nicaragua or anywhere else. The Nicaraguatis are bound to feel about it very ipuch as our southern people did. Otherwise an incredibly different sort of human nature would have to etflst there.?Charlotte Observer. Although quite a distance away Central lmorifa renllv is a vexine uroblem to this country- We can neither regulate their affairs satisfactorily or let them alone. Our people won't stay away and when they go there they are constantly in trouble. We can neither refuse to allow our people to go or refuse to see that they get a fair deal when they are Imposed upon. In the same issue of the Observer from which the foregoing article is taken there is an unusually interesting article by "Savoyard," advocating the abolition of the "Monroe Doctrine." The suggestion jars one somewhat at first, because it is so violative of American traditions. But Savoyard argues that if Mexico, South and Central America are not developed and civilized by Europeans they will never be developed and civilized at all, and he argues his point in a way that is calculated to convince. There is no danger, he says, because the United States comparatively weak when the Monroe doctrine was declared, is now the most powerful nation on earth and will be able to hold its own against any other nation that may be developed anywhere. We have already violated the Monroe Doctrine in spirit, at least in taking up new territory in Asia. Perhaps if we should announce the abandonment of the Monroe Doctrine except as to Asiatics, our responsibilities with reference to the South and Central Americans would be considerably lightened. TUPV Ulior DCUAV/C I n I? T IT1UVJ UbI ir\> b United States Promises to Preserve Order in Central America. xhe pulley ot tne United States in its relations \Min revoiution-torp Intie ne.gnuors in central America and tne vest xnuies, is cieany denned in an instruction nom tiie state ueparuneni euiuuuieu 111 u note presenteu by Minister vvenzel to the Nicaraguan govermneni, tne text of which was made puinic last Weunesday. xne communication is expected to create a protound sensation 111 x^atin-America, tor wnlie it was addressed to Nicaragua, It will oe recognized as a general warning. America s purpose, the instruction declares, is to ioster true constitutional government and free elections and to tnis end strong moral support will oe given to establish governments uguiusi revolutions based upon tne seliisn designs of would-be despots and not upon any principle or popular demand, xvorce will be used if nniessarv In maintaining tree com inunicaiion with and protect American ministers and legations. This poucy alreauy has been adopted in oaiuo Domingo, Panama and Honduras. Minister Weitzel was directed to present nis instructions officially to the Nicaraguan government and unofucialiy to the revolutionists in that country and to make it public as an auinonzed ueclaration of policy. The instruction in part follows: "The policy of the government of the United States in the present Nicaraguan disturbances is to take the necessary measures for an adequate legation guard at Managua, to keep open communications and to protect American lite and property. "In discountenancing Zelaya, whose regime of barbarity and corruption was ended by the Nicaraguan nation after a bloody war, the government of the United States opposed not only the individual but the system and this government could not countenance any movement to restore the same destructive regime. The government of the United States, will therefore, discountenance any revival of Zelayism, and will lend its strong moral support to the cause of legally constituted government tor the benefit of th6 people of Nicaragua, whom it has long sought to aid in their just aspiration toward peace and prosperity under constitutional and orderly government. "Under the Washington conventions ihe United States has a moral mandate to exert its influence for the preservation of the general peace of Central America, which is seriously menaced by the present uprising, and to this end in the strict enforcement of the Washington conventions and the loyal support of their aiitis and purposes all the Central American republics will And means of valuable co-operation. "When the American minister called upon the government of Nicaragua to protect American life and property, the minister for foreign affairs replied that the government troops must be used to put down the rebellion, adding: 'In consequence, my government desires that the government of the United States guarantee with its forces security for the property of American citizens in Nicaragua and they extend this protection to aJl the inhabitants of the republic.' "In this situation the policy of the government of the United States will be to protect the life and property of its citizens in the manner indicated and, meanwhile, to contribute its influence in all appropriate ways to restoration of lawful and orderly government in order that Nicaragua may resume its Droeramme of reform un hampered by the .vicious elements who would restore the methods of Zelaya." The communication closed with a denunciation of Gen. Mena, leader of the present insurrection, whose revolt is declared to have been in flagrant violation of promises without even the pretense of contending for principle and "in origin one of the most inexcusable in the annals of Central America." Dominick Declines to Act.?Mr. Fred H. Dominick, Democratic chairman for Newberry county, former law partner and campaign manager for Governor Blease, in a letter to Mr. J. B. Park, of the sub-committee on the investigation of alleged frauds in connection with the first primary on August 27, declines to order an investigation for Newberry county, copies of which correspondence have been furnished the News and Courier. According to the plan outlined by Chairman W. F. Stevenson of the investigating committee. Mr. J. B. Park, of Greenwood, was appointed chairman of the sub-division of the sub-committee, to investigate the Piedmont counties, and in pursuance of the plan wrote Mr. Dominick requesting a thorough investigation in his county, stating at the same time that it would be impossible for his committee of three to make the investigation in all the counties, therefore, requesting the appointment by Chairman Dominick of a committee to do the work in Newberry. This Mr. Dominick refuses to do. In his reply to Mr. Park, Mr. Dominick says: "I cannot recall a fairer or squarer election ever held in the county" and points out the manner in which the proceedings both on election day and in the matter of the count, were conducted. He statt s in substance that all opportunity was given any who had charges of fraud to have them investigated by the county committee, but that specific charges were lacking. "While personally I am not opposing an investigation," writes Mr. Dominick. "no sub-committee will be appointed or any investigation ordered in this county, and I do not concede that you have any right to ask me to make such investigation, in the absence of specific chiirces."?Npivhprrv Herald ? Greenville, September 18: In the opinion of representative farmers from various sections of this county the cotton crop this year is about 40 per cent short. Last year the Greenville crop approximated 38,000 bales, and it is figured that with the acreage reduction and general deterioration there will not be gathered more than 20,000 bales this year. In reviewing the situation, an expert gives these three reasons for the condition as outlined: First, extreme wet weather during the first three months of the season; second, ill preparation of the soil, and third, the long drought which has continued for nine weeks. I LOCAL AFFAIRS, NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Yorkvllle Hardware Co.?Can supply ginners with all kinds of engine and machinery supplies and repairs. York Supply Co.?Has Appier and R. R. P. seed oats, bagging and cotton sheets, machine and harness oil. Carroll Furniture Co.?Offers two used phonographs with 25 records each, at bargain prices. McConnell Dry Goods Co.?Is showing its first shipment of ladies' coat suits and skirts. J. y. Wray?Talks about sweaters, dress goods, corsets and his 6c and 10c counters. J. A. Tate, C. C. C. Pis.?Gives notice of sale of certain real estate in King's Mountain township, on salesday for October, 7th. Louis Roth?Has new crop homemade molasses at 60 cents a gallon. L. J. Davison, Mgr.?Invites the public to an old time fiddlers' conv 1tlon at Rock Hill next Thursday night at the Airdome. Kirkpatrick-Belk Co.?Invites attention to its big line of shoes, and also to Stetson hats and suit cases. Shieder Drug Store?Reminds you of the fact that it will give away its piano on November 1st at 3 p. m. York Drug Store?Suggests the benefits to be derived from care of the teeth. It has the brushes, etc. . Cloud Cash Store?OfTers YValk-Over shoes for men; E. P. Reea shoes for ladies, and C. & E. shoes for children. All guaranteed. First National Bank, Yorkville?Invites your business and promises prompt and efficient service. Thomson Co.J?Extends an invitation to everybody to visit it next Wednesday and Thursday, for fall millinery opening. National Union Bank, Rock Hill?Insists that you should be careful in saving your earnings. It wants to help you. It is time that the real estate market should begin to look up. York county could raise thousands of sheep quite profitably if she only would. There is no farm animal more easily raised in this country than the sheep. There is no cost for feed in the summer and the cost In winter is very small. There must be some prize money raised for the corn and pig club boys. Most of these boys have been doing their parts splendidly regardless of the seasons and it is up to the business people and others to show proper appreciation. York county made 49,403 bales of cotton last year; but there Is no reasonable probability that this year's crop will come up to anything like those figures. The destructive loss by the big storm of August 3 cut the crop by at least 2,500 bales, and while some farmers have as good crops as they had last year, it is commonly estimated that the crop as a whole is off something like fifteen or twenty per cent. But as all cotton producers so well understand, there is no certainty In the consideration of this subject. One can tell best about the cotton crop after it has been picked and sold. COMMISSIONERS OF ELECTION The names of the commissioners ap I'uimcu uy uuvcrnur oietuse 10 ULKe charge of and manage the state and Federal elections In York county In November were published In the last Issue of The Enquirer. There are hundreds of people throughout this county who, having been raised to look upon the primary as the real election because they have never seen any opposition in a general election, do not know what a general election is for or what the duties of the commissioners are. It is unnecessary to explain to the great majority of voters that the recent primary was merely for the purpose of making party nominations, with the understanding that the people who should receive those nominations should be the standard bearers of the Democratic party as against any opposition that might develop from independents or the nominees of other parties in the general election. The regular state and Federal elections are always managed by commissioners appointed by the governor; but ordinarily the duties of these commissioners are tame and monotonous. Their principal business is to appoint managers at the various precincts, provide ballot boxes and after the election canvass the returns and make reports to the state commissioners in Columbia. THE PRICE OF COTTON "Although I have a feeling that the bulk of the present cotton crop Is going to sell at a good price, somewhere around 12 cents and over, I tell you frankly there is no telling what to expect," said a ;ocal cotton dealer to the reporter a few days ago in answer to a question on the subject. That our own crop is short, ' he went on, "I do not think there is any question, and it is also a fact that the crop of staple cotton In Mississippi is bound to be short on account of the big iloods that overlapped the planting season and destroyed so much property; but the Indian crop is good and Egypt is making the biggest crop she has ever made. But that is not all. When prices were between 8 and 9 cents Liverpool laid in a surplus of millions of bales, and there is no telling what effect that surplus might have on the prices of present crops. If trade conditions should improve wonderfully so as to warrant a much better price for spot cotton the probability is that Liverpool will continue to buy, without falling back on her surplus. Otherwise she might hold back and allow nrioes to rime "While of course the common sentiment is always hopeful for higher prices, regardless of whether the crop is large or small, and while conditions as we see them now, seem favorable to better prices, the truth is that it is impossible to tell. There are about as many facts and circumstances to be cited in favor of the bear side as the bull side, and the deciding factor is more apt than not to be some condition that the public had no previous suspicion of." FOR THE STORM SUFFERERS There have been three more contributions for the storm sufferers since the last acknowledgement in The Enquirer?Five dollars each from Messrs. C. E. Spencer and Thos. F. McDow of Yorkville and five dollars from Mr. A. H-. Barnett of Clover, R. F. D., raising the total amount subscribed to date to $552.55. Following is a list of all the cash subscriptions received up to date, including those previously acknowledged: Yorkville Enquirer $25 00 Colin McK. Grant, Charleston.. 20 00 Senator B. R. Tillman 50 00 U 17* XT^Il XT 1 111 ^ fte- ft/% n. Ci. i>tru, iurnvine ?0 vu Col. A. Coward, Yorkvllle 5 00 J. R. Halle, Fort Mill 6 00 J. M. Wllllford. No. 7 Yorkvllle 5 00 J. S. Glasscock. Catawba 5 00 Dr. W. M. Love, Chester 5 00 J. F. Carson, No. 3 Yorkvllle .. 5 00 Louis Roth, Yorkvllle 5 00 J. H. Coltharp, Fort Mill 5 00 W. E. Sanders, No. 3 Yorkvllle 5 00 G. A. Gettys, Roddey 2 00 W. E. Gettys, No. 7 Yorkvllle .. 2 00 W. H. Hoover. Richmond 5 00 Rock Hill Fertilizer Co 25 00 J. E. Swearingen 2 00 Dr. Thos. N. Dulin, Bethel .... 5 00 W. L. Hill, Sharon 10 00 Hugh G. Brown, Yorkvllle .... 25 00 D. E. Finley 100 00 J. W. Y. Dickson, Yorkvllle 1 00 W. S. Lesslie, Lesslie 2 00 List of Sam S. Faris 98 80 L. R. Williams, Yorkvllle 5 00 J. C. Kirkpatrick, Bullock's Creek 5 00 M. H. Blair, Sharon No. 1 5 00 .T S Stnno Shplfnn <3 C S (in W. D. Lesslle, Clover, No. 1 .... 5 00 Miss Maggie Moore, Yorkville .. 5 00 G. L. Suggs 1 50 S. S. Faris, additions 3 50 J. A. Tate, Yorkville 50 00 S. S. Faris, additions 2 00 List of J. S. Stone, Shelton .... 7 75 A. H. Barnett, Clover R. F. D. .. 5 00 C. E. Spencer, Yorkville 5 00 Thos. F. McDow, Yorkville .... 5 00 Total 3552 55 OPENING OF WINTHROP. At 10 o'clock last Wednesday morning the eighteenth annual session of Wlnthrop college began. For a week previous, teachers and students had been arriving and on Wednesday the full student body came In and some regular classes were held after the opening exercises. During the summer months all of the buildings have been Improved and renovated and Wlnthrop is prepared to reoeive and house well her daughters, writes a Rock Hill correspondent. There were a number of applications for admission from girls of other states, but for lack of room, even for the girls of South Carolina, most of them had to be turned away. Some have come, however, and will board outside, which is permissable. To accommodate the increased enrollment in the training school and to! give recitation rooms for the addition- [ al teachers employed for the training I school this year, the old high school building has, been repaired and put in excellent shape, and presents an attractive appearance. This will be used until the new building is ready. The following are the new teachers and officers: Prof. S. W. Hockett, Natural Science. Prof. James E. Walmsley, History, Civics, etc. , Prof. Chas. B. Weeks, Elementary Agriculture and College Farm Inspector. Prof. W. D. Maggins, Associate Professor Pedagogy and Superintendent Training School. Miss Lois Plimpton, Domestic Art. Miss Elizabeth D. Wuist, Biology. Miss Nannie I. Boggs, Mathematics. Miss Katherine Parker, Domestic Science. Miss Bessie G. Chamberlayne, Practice Home. Miss Mary I. Patten, Physical Training. Miss Susie Battle, Piano. Miss Nancie Cook, Piano. Miss Margaret A. Lemon, Miss Marvin Quattlebaum and Miss Hazel Thompson, Instructors in Training School. Miss Edith Parrott, organizer Girls' Tomato Clubs. Miss Mary E. Grayser, extension work in Home Economics. James L. Carbery, extension work in Agriculture. Mrs. Virginia Bell, Housekeeper. Miss Laura Ha<il, assistant librarian. A splendid star course has been arranged for this season, which will include such attractions as Dr. Wiley, of "pure food" fame: Richmond Pearson Hobson, and Capt. Amundsen, the discoverer of the South Pole. A large transportation wagon has been purchased by the college, built especially by the Studebakers to transport the children who will attend the Wlnthrop rural school. Work will begin at once to make ready the Stewart house for the new practice home. The two new buildings, the Science Hall and Training School, are not yet completed, but It Is hoped that they may be ready In a month or little more. WITHIN THE TOWN ? There are between forty and fifty Yorkville young people ofT at college. ? The millinery openings are coming soon. ? The cotton wagons to and from the gin give the most encouraging signs of business. ? Trade is rather behind this date last year for the reason that the cotton crop is better. ? Work on the Associate Refot ted Presbyterian church building has been delayed somewhat for lack of material; but it Is moving along very nicely now. ? Rev. D. J. Jenkins, of the Jenkins ville with the orphanage band and orphanage of Charleston, is in Yorkwill speak this afternoon at 5 o'clock on the labor question. ? There was quite a serious bicycle collision on North Congress street opposite the Star theatre last night, as the result of which Mr. Oscar EX Johnson of Charleston, was severely injured and Claude Neil a young white boy was pretty painfully bruised. Just as Mr. Johnson started to cross the street young Nell came along on his bicycle at a pretty high rate of speed. An automobile standing on the curb prevented Mr. Johnson from seeing the bicycle and also prevented Nell from seeing Mr. Johnson. The collision occurred within a few steps of the point where Mr. Johnson had cleared the automobitfe. Mr. Johnson was knocked down, and young Neil went headlong over his wheel. Neil got up and left in a panic; but Mr. Johnson who had been l^nocked insensible, lay until he was picked up by Mr. R. D. Dorsett and others and carried to the Shandon hotel where he was stopping. Dr. McFadden, who was in the theatre at the time, gave him Immediate attention but quite a while elapsed before he recovered consciousness. He was injured about the hips and in the head the worst injury apparently being in the head. Dr. McFadden remained with Mr. Johnson all night and tills morning Mr. Johnson insisted on leavihg for home, although the doctor was a little doubtful as to whether he should be permitted to go. Mr. Johnson is president of the Home Fire Insurance campany of Charleston, and is a business man of state wide reputation. He was here looking after the interests of his company. ABOUT PEOPLE Miss Mary P. Moore of Yorkvlll^ Is visiting Mrs. W. P. Harrison at Oantt's Quarry, Ala. Misses Fannie and Maud Stroup of Yorkville, returned to the Presbyterian college of Charlotte Wednesday. Miss Marilla Ewart of Yorkville, left this week to resume her studies at Due West Female college. Miss Frances Burgess of Yorkville. returned to Chlcora college, Greenville, this week. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Leslie of Leslie, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Grler Leslie n Pnu'llntr riroan ai uvniuig VJICVII. Mrs. G. C. McFarland and Miss Kate Stroup of Clover, visited relatives In Yorkville, this week. Mr. Arthur Neely of Yorkville, left this week for the Presbyterian college, Clinton. Mr. Oscar Plaxlco, of Yorkville left this morning to enter the Presbyterian college at Clinton. Mr. R. S. Poag, of Carhartt's farm, spent Wednesday with Mr. W. O. Harshaw In Yorkville. Miss Lucy Jones of Rome, Ga., is visiting her sister, Mrs. R. William Lowry In Yorkville. Cadets Walter Barron and Wallace Marshall of Yorkville, left yesterday to resume their studies at the Citadel, Charleston. Misses Lula Moore Logan, Agnes Hunter, Mary Jo Drakeford. Loula Allien and Mabel Ashe of Yorkville. left this week for Wlnthrop college. Capt. James B. Allison, of the Seventh United States infantry, Is in Yorkville for a few days on his way to Fort Lee.von worth, Kansas to Join his company from which he has been detached for some time. Capt. Allison has been located In Washington instructing the national guard of the District of Columbia In military ways. Messrs. Eoise Wells and William Roberts, of American Falls, Utah, are spending some days on a visit to the family of Mr. A. C. McCarter In the Bethany neighborhood. Both Mr. Wells and Mr. Roberts are well-to-do sheep raisers, and having brought several hundred sheep to Kansas City, they came on through to York county where Mr. Wells was born, and from which place he was taken by his parents when a child of six. He is a cousin of Mrs. McCarter and Mr. McCarter now owns the farm upon which his parents used to live. Both the visitors were in The Enquirer office last Tuesday afternoon, and while they talked interestingly on various subjects, the most astonishing thing to them was that there are so few sheep in this county. They are agreed that York county people literally waste more and better grass than the people in the vl- i cinity of American Falls require for the raising of thousands of sheep. " i THE YORK ASSOCIATION. ' The forty-fourth annual session of the York Baptist Association convened with Pleasant Valley church, five miles east of Fort Mill, in Lancaster county, on Wednesday morning at 11 ' o'clock and was one of the most pleas- f ant and profitable meetings In its his- I tory. All the churches composing the l association except two were represent- < ed at the opening session. The Intro- t ductory sermon was preached by the ' regular appointee, Rev. W. J. Nelson, pastor of the First church, Rock Hill, from I Corinthians, 1:23, the subject being "The Excluslveness and Power of the Cross." The discourse was both eloquent and forceful and received close attention from the congregation. Immediately after the close of the preaching service the regular order, the enrollment of delegates was taken up, and, as stated, thirteen of the fifteen churches, members of the body, were represented. Immediately after the enrollment of delegates haxl been completed, the moderator, Mr. A. E. Willis, announced tne ronowing commmee on Order of Business," Revs. S. P. Hair and W. E. Lowe and Jas. E. Biggers, and then in behalf of the association extended a cordial welcome and the privileges of the floor to Rev. J. D. Moore, secretary of the Sunday school board; Rev. Dr. W. T. Derieux, corresponding secretary and treasurer of the state mission board, Rev. E. T. Snuggs, missionary to China for the past 16 years and who is now spending his vacation in the United States; and Rev. T. H. Roach, pastor of the recently organized White Street church, Rock Hill. The association then took a recess of onp hour for dinner. On reassembling the moderator recognized Dr. Z. T. Cody, editor of the Baptist Courier, and Dr. J. D. Chapman, financial agent of Greenville Female college and extended to each a cordial welcome and the privileges of the floor. During the afternoon reports were read by the chairman of the committees on State Missions,, Woman's Work the Connie Maxwell Orphanage, Aged Ministers, and Obituaries and each subject was spoken to by one or more speakera All the speches were short, to the point and interesting. In connection with the report on the Orphanage the fact that all the Sundayschools in the state are urged to observe September 28 as "work day" was stressed and the sentiment of the association seemed to oe tnat an roe Sunday Bchools would observe it, and that each officer apd teacher and pupil in the school would contribute the earnings of September 28, or the income of one day towards the support of the orphanage. In his address on State Missions Dr. Derleux stated that South Carolina Baptists, 134,000 strong, had been asked to contribute $40,000 during the present conventional year for the support of the work and that so far only about $12,000 had been sent to him and that if the apportionment was met $28,000 must be raised by November 30, and that so far the York association had paid only about $250 during the present convention year of the $700 asked for. He was assured that the association would be heard from in a practical manner by November 30. The report of the associational executive board showed that the appropriations by the state mission board tor the current convention year is about $1,000. Owing to the large amount of business to, do transacted during the two uays that the association was to be in session, it was decided to hold a night session, and at this session the report on "Temperance" was read and uiscussed by the author, Rev. J. W. barber, followed by Dr. Cody, after which Rev. E. T. Snuggs talked of his work, as well as that of the Baptist and other denominations in China. 'a he-address was replete with practical information about the great work that the Protestants are doing in China, especially in and around Canton, where Mr. snuggs labors. On Thursday morning after routine business had been disposed of, the report on Sunday-schools was read and uiscused by A. E. Willis, the author of the report, and Rev. J. D. Moore, after which it was adopted. The chair recognized and extended a welcome to Dr. A. T. Jamleson, superintendent of Connie Maxwell Orphanage, Greenwood. The report on Education was read by Rev. W. E. Lowe, chairman, and was spoken to by Dr. J. D. Chapman who, in an interesting and forceful manner explained the needs of the Greenville Female college, and that he, as financial agent, was there in the interest of the 1100,000 fund that was desired to meet the present requirements. In the absence of the report on "Religious Literature," the report not having been sent up, Dr. Cody was invited to present the claims of the Baptist Courier, and it was generally conceded that a clearer or more forceful presentation of the value of the denominational paper was never before heard at a session of the association. The report on Foreign Missions was next read by Rev. W. J. Nelson and discussed by himself and Rev. E. T. sinner era Dr. Jamleson was invited to tell the association something of the work at Greenwood. Among other things he said that at present there were about 250 orphans in the institution and that the work was moving along smoothly, but, as usual, was badly in need of funds to meet pressing demands. The body then took a recess for one hour for dinner, after which it reassembled, heard the report on Home Missions, which was spoken to by Revs. S. P. Hair, W. J. Nelson and E. T. Snuggs, after which it was adopted. The balance of the session until 3.50 o'clock, when the adjournment took plaice, was taken up with miscellaneous business. Just before adjournment the old officers, A. E. Willis, moderator; Jas. F. Boyd, vice moderator; Sam M. Grist, clerk; Wm. F. Boyd, treasurer, were re-elected, Rev. W. J. Nelson casting the ballot of the association. rpv ~ I ~ _ I? 4? n.UU i lie iicai oroaiuii 10 tu uuiivcuo nun the Fort Mill church on Wednesday after the third Sunday In September, 1913. . LOCAL LACONICS Bethel Presbytery. Fort Mill Times: Bethel Presbytery will convene with the Fort Mill Presbyterian church next Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock and will be in session for several days. The opening sermon will be preached by Rev. F. A. Drennan, of Lowryville. It is expected that about seventy representatives from the various churches forming the presbytery will be in attendance upon the meeting and these will be entertained in the homes of eur people. The public is cordially invited to attend the services. MR. GUY GIVES MORE FIGURES. Cheater Man Discuases Action of Executive Committee. Editor Yorkville Enquirer. I see you copied my letter to the State of September 9. As the first half of one sentence was left out, making it of no sense, I call your attention to what was omitted. "The one extreme was one family with eleven members and two voters, the other extreme was one family with two members and one voter." Now a few more figures. The State used the United States census to prove to its entire satisfaction that the primary of August 27th, was fraudulent in that 140,000 votes were too many for us to cast, allowing one vote for every five, accepting the census as correct; but when the director of the census says that there were 165,769 white males above the age of 21, this nam*. nnthnrltv hlflndlv asserts that the figures are not correct. Funny how this same crowd around the cities and towns were such high kickers when the count was made, claiming that the enumerators failed to count all their citizens. I suppose they must have substituted men for the women and children who were hidden under the bed. Mr. Editor, I am sure that no such high-handed usurpation of authority as the state executive committee has perpetrated, has occurred since the days of the radical returning hoard of 1876. The mandates of the constitution and rules of the Democratic party are plain and mandatory as to a second primary being held on the second Tuesday after the first primary. I think it behooves the "Peoples" to Inquire if this flagrant usurpation of authority is not a covert attempt to save the "Lion's" skin. W. O. Guy. * Chester. September 19. ? Sam J. Nicholls, of Spartanburg, aas declined the proferred appointment is member of the board of regents of he hospital for the insane on the < ground that it would require too much )f his time in Columbia. He says he vould be glad to serve if service did lot involve such a great sacrifice. I AN ADDRE38 TO THE PEOPLE Governor Say* Delay ie Jeopardizing Democracy. The Columbia State of this morning contains the following address by Governor Blease, published as a political advertisement: To the people of South Carolina: On the 27th day of August, 1912, after one of the hardest fought and bitterest campaigns in the history of the Democratic party in South Carolina, 1 was renominated for a second term as governor of the state. My majority was over 3,000 votes over both my opponents, and I had a lead of 5,500 votes over my nearest opponent in the race. I received In that election, according to the official returns transmitted by the several county chairmen of the state, 72,043 votes, which is possibly the largest popular vote ever received by a candidate for governor, with opposition, in South Carolina. The people of South Carolina are familiar with the odds against which I had to contend in that primary, these odds being a culmination of the stubborn, bitter and persistent fight which has been made upon me since I have been in politics, and which increased steadily during my term as governor. Early this year an active campaign was begun against my candidacy for re-election, with a view of obtaining control of the party machinery. To this extent that ^campaign wafc successful, and my opponents absolutely dominated and controlled the state convention which was held in May, that convention refusing to send me as a delegate-at-large to the national Democratic convention in Baltimore. The county conventions which elected the delegates to this state convention put in operation the party machinery in the various counties of the state, and, of course, and as a matter of fact. In the great majority of the counties, in fact In nearly all or them, it was in the hands of my opponents. So far as I can recall, there are only eight, if that many, of the county chairmen of the state who were elected at that time who are friends and supporters of mine, and about a like number on the state executive committee. Notwithstanding these facts, I had confidence in the character, honesty and integrity of the white people of South Carolina, and I repeatedly stated on the stump during the campaign that in an honest election I would be renominated for governor, and that the only thing I and my friends had to fear was that I would be counted out or that the election would be stolen from me after it was won. While I have not the complete figures at hand, from information I have it is conclusively shown that out of the total number of the managers of election at the various precincts throughout the state at least twothirds of them were opposed to me politically. The executive committees of almost every county in the state woro nnri a ro a era Inst ma onH tho state Democratic executive committee Is dominated by my political opponents. In the organization of the party, in nearly all of the clubs, the club rolls, which are the registry lists, the requirements being that a man's name shall be on the roll five days before the election, were in the hands of the secretaries, most of whom were my political enemies; the registration committees of the clubs, whose duty it was to see that the voters' names were on these lists, were for the most part my political enemies; the managers, who were to judge of the qualifications of the voters, in the large majority of instances throughout the various counties, as shown above, were my enemies; and when the votes were cast, these same managers, most of them political opponents of mine, took the ballot boxes, had charge of the ballots and made the count Now, with the club secretaries against me, the registration committees against me, the managers against me, the county executive committees against me, and the state executive committee against me, how could any fraud be committed by any of the Blease men, with all this election machinery in the hands of mj* political opponents? It fraud there was, it must have been committed by men who are not my friends, or else surely those who had' charge of this organization must confess extreme Ignorance, and must admit that if there were eheatinar unit fraud committed it was not practiced in my behalf, but on the other hand would have been exercised and used against me. It is shown by the statistics that the ballots for state officers were, as a rule, no greater in number in the various counties than the total ballots for county officers, and in some instances were less. So if fraud was practiced as to the state officers, then the executive committee permitted, if heir view be correct, an election for county officers, including the legislature, to be held and declared, which was fraudulent and should have been so declared if there was any justification for such action. My fruitless efforts for an extra number of ballots in order that therei might not be a shortage at certain boxes will be recalled, and it will also be recalled that one of my opponents laughed at me, saying I was making charges because I saw defeat staring me in the face. When it appeared on the face of the newspaper returns that I had a majority of the votes cast, and had without doubt been renominated for a second term, the cry of fraud was iiiiiifteuiair'iy lainru, even in (.lie iH.ce of the facts I have above recited. The first cry of fraud was based on a seeming discrepancy between the vote for governor and the vote for, United States senator and other state officers, which at first was paraded by the newspapers as something like 20,000, notwithstanding the fact that the newspapers must have known that the vote for governor was almost complete, and that the vote In the races for other state officers was far from complete. Anderson, at that time, for Instance, not having reported Its vote for United States - senator. To one who took the care to study the returns even for a moment, the absurdity of this charge as a basis for fraud was easily apparent, and, of course, this matter was only urged In order to incite the people and prepare them for other charges to be made, and as soon as Its absurdity became apparent on Its face, it was dropped. Then i came as a basis for the charge of 1 fraud the fact that the vote was some 1 34,000 In excess of the vote in the < piidiaijr iwu y cai o agu. x iuo waa persistently urged. Mr. William Murchison of Dillon, requested a statement from Mr. E. Dana Durand, director of the census, as to the number of white males in South Carolina 21 years of age and over, as returned by the censuses of 1890, 1900 and 1910. Mr. Durand's statement was published in the Columbia State, and showed: Total white males 21 years of age and over in South Carolina?1910, 165.709; 1900, 130.375; 1890, 102,657. Mr. Durand said: "You will note that these figures Include the foreign-born white males who may, or may not, be voters, but, as their numbers are small, it would not materially affect the total." Basing the estimate upon the figures for 1890, 1900 and 1910, and figuring upon the increase in the two decades included, the number of white males in South Carolina, 21 years of age and over for 1912 Is placed at about 174,000. The total vote cast in the first primary on August 27 was about 140,000, which leaves a margin of about 34,000 white males over 21 years of age in South Carolina at this time who did not participate in the primary. It has been shown that in Chester county, where the votes of the two candidates for governor were about equal, the increase in Chester's vote over 1910 was 30 per cent and "no protest or contest was filed with the (Chester) committee when they met and tabulated the returns and de ciared tne results. tn calculations which have been made, It is shown that Anderson, one of the strongest Blease counties, had an increase of L6 per cent: Orangeburg, strong for Jones, an Increase of 37 per cent; Oreenville, for Jones, the unprecedented increase of 76 per cent; Spartanburg, for Blease, increase 23 per cent; Charleston, strong for Jones, Increase 40 per cent. These calculations were based upon the figures furnished by the Columbia State of August 31, in which the increase for the state was shown to be about 31 per cent. The sub-committee of the state executive committee has as its chairman a man , whose political activities in South Carolina during the past several years have been particularly bitter, antl whose personal and political hostility to me is too well known to need comment He has on his side a majority of his sub-committee, notwithstanding the practice in contests of this kind is that when a candidate on the face of the returns has a nomination, that candidate is entitled to a maloritv of the invest! gating committee on fraud charges, and the contestant is entitled only to a minority, or, at least, only to an equal share of the committee. This sub-committee has delayed Its first meeting, for one reason or another, until next Tuesday, which is foui weeks after the first primary, and only six weeks before the general election. In the meantime, in violation of the constitution and rules of the party, no results ?ave been declared nor any second primary ordered in those races for state officers in which there is not even the shadow of a contest The chairman of the sub-committee, in refusing to meet in Columbia on last Monday, at the urgent request of three members of his committee, said there were as yet no charges of a tangible nature to be investigated. I have said nothing up to this time because I believed that there would be some reasonable end to the matter. But further silence on my part, in face of the imminent peril in which the Democratic party of our state has been placed by the executive committee, and the sub-committee thereof, might be misconstrued as acquiescence on my part. The people are becoming restive. There looms before them the black cloud of negro participation in our politics and of negro balance of power, breaking down the barriers which we threw up in 1876, and which all true white men have since placed above all personal consideration. 1 now call upon the state Democratic executive committee for action and that its .'dilatory tactics in a partisan cause cease. As the representative of a large majority of the white voters of South Carolina, I call upon the committee to apeed}ly assemble and settle this question according to law and according to practice, according to truth and according to honesty. It may be the purpone, or if not the purpose, it may be th?' desire of the majority of the committee, to attempt to besmirch and to taint my title as the candidate of the Democratic party of South Carolina, but I call upon the committee to remember that if such be its purpose, it must be carried out against the expressed wishes of over 72,000 of the white voters of a state which has over held to the tenets of a free ballot and a fair count, when there was a white man pitted against white man. I believe in the primary as the means of giving the masses of our people a right to speak in their own government. I regard as enemies of the white government of our state, those who would attempt arbitrarily to defeat It I want it upheld. But can the actions of the sub-committee of the state executive committee be tolerated by the free white voters of our state? Are they not bringing Into jeopardy and into fearful risk the continuance of our primary system? For, above all ays terns or eiecuon ana aoove an ctuiuidates under those systems, should be placed truth and Integrity and honesty t and fair and square dealing between man and man, and when an arbitrary course of action is injected into a system which is contrary to these principles* and injected by those who are the custodians of that system, the system itself Is in peril of its life, and the only remedy which can save it is a return to the standards of Justice. I call upon the committee to meet together, in the interest of the. white Democracy of South Carolina, obey the constitution of the party, and dst clare the results of the primary. In writing this appeal, I feel that .J have performed my duty' as a citizen of the state and a member of the Democratic party. I rejoice that I have the courage, the loyalty and devotion to the Democrats of this state, who have fought for me to lead them in whatever direction and cojurae that they shall advise or wish in the protection of their right to vote for the candidates of their choice, and have such vote declared in' accordance with the constitution and rules of the party, and in accordance with the true result of the vote, and to resent any wrongs which may be attempted to be done them. Very respectfully, Cole L. Blease. Columbia, September 19. EVANS REPLIES TO TILLMAN . Stats Chairman Thinks 8enator is Unduly Alarmed. Spartanburg, September 17.?John Gary alVans, chairman of the stats ex ecuuve committee, on last Tuesday gave out the following letter to Sepator Tillman: "sspairtanburg, S. C., Sept 14, 1912. "Hon B. K. Tillman, Trenton, S. C. "My Dear {senator:' I have your letter of September 12, concerning the political situation. As 1 wrote you before, I am satisfied that every member of the sub-committee appointed by me to Investigate the charges of fraud in the late primary election is an honest man, anxious and willing to do what is right and to save the primary. It is very unfortunate that Chairman Stevenson could not meet with the committee on the day it was railed. He wrote me that It was im possible for the reason that his wife was quite ill and it was necessary to place her in a hospital in the north, where I learned he has gone. I am ,inlormed that he expects to return to the state within a week's time, but in order not to delay the committee he called Mr. Butler and W. B. Wilson to meet him in Charlotte that he might give them his views as to the method of procedure. I had presumed that the committee had been informed of the situation. I have stated my position clearly to both sides of the committee, as there appears to be two sides. I am sure that none of them desire to delay a matter so important * to our people one moment, but the committee could not be expected to mnke undue haste to the neglect of its duty. I think you are unduly alarmed and trust that you will do all in your power to prevent any undue excitement to our people, as both candidates for governor have expressed a desire that this investigation be had and we wish to give the nominee a clean title so that our people may go Co the polls united. They will not do so under the charges of fraud. The great thing now to be accomplished i he preservation of our white man's primary and I am sure this is the feeling of every member of the executive committee. You may rest assured that this committee is Incapable of counting out anybody and they feel :he gravity of the situation as much as you do. Do not get excited and lose confidence in men who have been jelected to direct the affairs of the party until you have direct evidence it wrong doing. If the sub-committee Joes not report within a reasonable :ime I shall take the necessary steps :o preserve the rights of all parties concerned. With best regards, "Truly yours, "John Gary Evans." ? Columbia, September 17: In reversing the Hampton county court tolay in the case of the state against rohn Henry Hammond, a negro, the tupreme court of South Carolina gave in interesting decision and one which vill very probably cause new legislaJon at the next session of the general issembly. The negro was convicted on he charge of attempted criminal assault. The law as passed in this .state n 1909 provides a death sentence for >ne so convicted. If mercy is recomnended then the sentence is between ive and forty years' imprisonment, n this case the testimony was reproluced in the opinion showing that the legro had committed no violence but lad offered an insult and that he ran iway when the wompn fired upon Urn. The court holds ..hat the negro vas not guilty ot' criminal assault and ^ hat if the death penalty is to be 1m>osed then it is not for the judicial lepartment of the government to nake the law, but within the power of he general assembly. ? The fifteenth national corn exhldtion is to be held in Columbia Janlary 27 to February 5.