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Jtoaps and |acts. ? David Starr Jordan, president of Leland-Stanford university, on Wednesday told the students of Hamlin university that the high cost of living is caused by waste due to the expenditures for national defense. Jordan approved of the peace plan of the Wilson administration and declared that war between Japan and the United States to be an impossibility. He said that New York bankers control the war situation of the world. ? The United States supreme court has upheld the constitutionality of the newspaper publicity '.aw as intrepreted by it and enacted as a part of the 1912 postal appropriation act. The section attacked barred every newspaper from the malls unless the owners hied with postal authorities semi-annual sworn statements giving names of editors, owners and stockholders, average circulation and thereafter published the statement The law also forbade the publication of paid for articles without marking them "advertisement." Chief Justice White in his decision holds the regulation not a restriction of the freedom of the press, but merely a condition for admitting newspapers to malls under a low postal rate. ? Atlanta, Ga., .June Another sensation was sprung here today in connection with the local political fight involving Mayor James G. Woodward, certain members of the city council and officials of the police department The Atlanta Constitution this morning published what purports to be an affidavit made by George M. Gentry, the stenographer ?'? ?ti? ^nnfprpnces alleged WIIU WAV to have been held in a hotel room here recently, in which a secret telephonic device was.said to have been used against Mayor Woodward. Thomas B. Felder. a prominent local attorney; C. C. Jones, proprietor of a near-beer saloon; G. C. February, secretary to Chief Detective N. A. Lanford, and others. Gentry disappeared several days after the publication of the alleged records of the conferences. B. O. Miles, an investigator, declares he located Gentry in Washington, D. C., and obtained from him the affidavit which Miles turned over to Mayor Woodward last night. The alleged affidavit of Gentry declares that his notes on the conferences were "padded" and altered. The affidavit further states that Gentry did not hear Mayor Woodward last night mention the names of Police Chief James L. Beavers and Chief * ?? AU. Lanford, as was gnown in me yuuiuued record of the conference. ? Springfield, 111., June 11: The woman's suffrage bill, granting women the right to vote for all statutory offices in the state of Illinois was passed by the house today by a vote of 83 ayes to 58 nayes. Pending notice of a motion to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed, it will remain in possession of the house. Unless the house reconsiders Its vote, which is considered not likely, the suffrage bill will be up to Governor Dunne by the latter part of the present week for executive approval or veto. In order to give notice of a motion to reconsider, Representative McCarty, Democrat, of Chicago, changed his vote from "nay" to "aye. He gave the formal notice that on the next legislative day he would move for reconsideration. The , limited suffrage bill which is now only a few steps from becoming a law was Introduced in the senate on February 11, by Senator P. S. Magill, Republican, and was passed by the upper branch of the general assembly early in May. When the roll call had been completed today, the measure was one vote short of a constitutional majority. Speaker McKinley, whose name is last on the roll, had cast the sevenvnto He ordered a call of the abeentees. Representative Barker's name was the first absentee called. A shout went up when he voted for the bill. Four others voted for the bill after It had received the 77 votes necessary to pass It. ? Mahmound Schefket Pasha, the Turkish grand vizier and minister of war, was shot and killed by assassins In. Constantinople on Wednesday. His aide-de-camp, Lieutenant Ibrahim Bey, was also killed. Prince Said Halim, foreign minister and ex-president of the council of state, has been appointed grand vizier ad interim. All the other ministers retain their port folios. The following official account of the assassination has been Issued: "On leaving the ministry of war this morning, the grand vizier entered a motorcar with the intention of proceeding to the Sublime porte but the car was obliged to stop while going through Bayezid and David no?. ih? road was IUIU aijuaio wv??.?v torn up. Some persons in another car. whose identity has not been established, fired ten shots at the car. The grand vizier, who was severely wounded, was taken back to the ministry of war where he died half an hour later. Lieutenant Ibrahim Bey, who was accompanying Mahound Schefket Pasha, also was hit by some of the bullets and subsequently died." One suspect has been arrested. He had in his possession two revolvers and some cartridges. Captain Schref, who was riding with the grand vizier describes the tragedy as follows: "We were leaving Bayezid square when our motor stopped on account of repairs being made to the road. I heard an explosion but attached no importance to it, thinking that a tire had burst. But Schefket Pasha fell 'orward. I took him in my arms to hold him up and saw the blood on nis race, xne reports tuuuuusu auu I jumped from the motor to seize the assassins, but they fled in their car with the exception of Topal Tewlek, who had no time to get in. Tewfek was arrested." The motorcar used by the assassins was found this afternoon and the owner was arrested He has already made certain admissions. ? Three years to a day after the discovery of the body of his wife in the waters of Lake Como, Italy, Porter Charleton lost his long fight against being turned over by his native land to the Italian government for trial on a charge of murder. The supreme court last Tuesday sustained the state department's decision to deliver Charleton in compliance with Italy's demand. Charleton was a bank clerk in New York and his father, Paul Charleton, was a classmate of ex-President Taft, and until recently, federal Judge in Porto Rico. The young man has been held in Jail in New Jersey since his arrest nearly three years ago. Insanity was alleged as the main ground for opposing Charleton's removal to Italy, and it was further contended that the United States could not extradite one of its citizens to Italy, inasmuch as that country had refused to extradite its subjects to the United States. The supreme court held that Charleton had no right to present evidence of his insanity at the extradition hearing, and that the contention as to the power to extradite was erroneous. Justice L,urton, in announcing the court's decision, however, said that impressive evidence of insanity had been offered on Charleton's behalf. It is believed a way Ayill be found to present this conclusion at Charleton's trial in Italy. The "mandate" of the supreme court, by which its decision will be made known officially to the New Jersey courts having jurisdiction over Charleton, will be issued shortly after court adjourns for the summer, June 16th. The Italian embassy here will take no further steps in the matter, leaving mioK asitinrt qc mav ho npcpQtiff rv tn the Italian counsel-general at New York. ? Patterson. N. J., correspondence of the New York Sun: Alexander Scott, the socialist editor of the Weekly Issue, who was convicted by a jury on Tuesday of "Inciting hostility against the government." was sentenced by Judge Klenert, in the Passaic county court, today to not more than 15 and not less than 1 year in prison at hard labor and to pay a fine of $200. As soon as he left the court room scott announced that the Issue would be hotter than ever. He characterized his conviction as an outrage, and said he would take his case to the United States supreme court, if necessary, in defense of the principle of free speech, Undaunted by his sentence, he put the finishing touches to this week's paper, which was printed here and put in circulation later in the day. The paper was formerly printed in Passaic. Scott kept his word. The Issue was hot. He took nothing back, referred again to "brass-buttoned ruffians" and declared that the Issue "refuses to b* muzzled." This is what he had to say in a signed statement on the front page under the headlines, "Editor Scott Convicted. Defense on Constitution Considered a Crime." "Guilty or not guilty, prison or no prison, I will continue to exercise my constitutional right of free speech. As long as I live I shall voice my protest in one way or anotner against conditions wnicn * consider to be unjust and unwarranted. I shall always consider it not only my right but my duty to criticize brutality and despotism, whether the transgressor be one of, Patterson's brass-buttoned ruffians or the president of the United States. It Is because the Weekly Issue fought with the strikers that its editor is persecuted. It refuses to be muzzled. Its editor is not afraid to go to jail. Better men than he have died in jail. Tou may jail men, but you cannot jail an idea." $he llorkvitlr ("fnquirrr. Entered at the Postofflce In Torkvllle aa Mall Matter of the Second Class. YORXVILLE, 8. C.i EKIDAY, JUNE 13, 1913 Why not cattle raising clubs also? The murder of Madero did not restore peace to Mexico. One of the things we cannot understand is how on earth the Charleston fosi can gei m? iu?a umi mcic aic mosquitoes in Yorkville. For the benefit of those who may have gotten the contrary idea it is proper to say that the Alfalfa club recently organised in Yorkville is not necessarily a local affair. All farmers of the county, or of surrounding counties who are willing to sign the obligation and pay the price are elligible. Governor Brown of Georgia is in receipt of a communication in behalf of a colony of California Japs, asking as to whether or not Georgia has any laws that will prevent alien ownership. Governor Brown has replied that he knows of no such laws, but he refers the Jap representative to the attorney general of the state. There is reason to believe that If the Japs really attempt to invade Georgia there a* nnon rlavplnn o hlcr fAW fll. most as much of a row as would be developed in South Carolina. New Jersey has a law which makes it a crime to express disbelief in the Christian religion. That '.aw was made by hypocrites who had no more conception of the real significance of the Christian religion than a blllygoat. The Founder of the Christian religion never sought to force anybody to accept It, nor did He ever suggest the idea of not leaving people free to reject it. If there is any one thing in the Christian religion that stands out more prominently than the fact that all are absolutely free to accept or reject, it would be difficult to name that one thing. A disuatch of June 10 from Alfena, Michigan, tells of the building of 250 miles of good road In a single day by 8,000 farmers, with 4,000 teams and 750 automobiles, while 2,500 women furnished plenty to eat. All plans had been carefully perfected before hand, just what was to be done to the different sections of road, how it was to be done and who was to do it. Where In the morning at sunrise the 250 miles of road was made up of mud holes, stretches of corduroy and treacherous trails through swamps, at night there had been completed a pretty good Job all along the line. The idea is a good one, and it might be applied to good advantage in York county. In the United States district court at Charleston the other day, Judge Smith refused to permit an acquitted defendant to thank the Jurors. Judge Smith took the position that the verdict was not a matter of favor but of duty. This may appear to be a very small thing but it is of tremendous importance and the Judge is exactly right. We know many men, men who pass for good men, who have no other idea than that a "friend" on a Jury should show his friendship there; but as a matter of fact, a man who would allow his verdict on a Jury to be influenced by considerations of friendship for plaintiff or defendant, or the lawyers, has no higher idea of duty or common honesty than has a suck-egg hound. Although we have no information on the subject other than Is printed In the state news paragraph in another column, we think Governor Blease, has the Isle of Palms situation down about right. For the benefit of his friend Sottlle, Mayor Grace has undertaken to stop Sunday drink selling in the city of Charleston, in order to drive the thirsty over to the Isle of Palms. This of course, would mean profit for the ferryboat, profit for the trolley line, and profit on the whiskey and beer sold. The understanding is that all the profit Involved would go to Sotllle. If the governor can make it dry on the island, on Sundays, and there is no reason to doubt his ability to do so, then the thirsty will have no special reason to leave Charleston on Sunday, unless it be for a plunge in the surf. The demand for something to drink in the city will continue as ij has been, and Mayor Grace will have ! to either raise the lid or incur the hard feeling of many of his friends, That is the way the thing goes in Charleston. Politics? Yes, there is politics, but just study the situation a l'"l- > tr r>f milt* UIIU nuu uao tuc iv.e vnu w? > the situation. The Governor and the President. That is an interesting letter that Governor Blease has written to President Wilson with reference to the government license tax; but somehow we , are doubtful whether the action desired by the governor would have a great deal of influence in the direction desired. As we understand it, the Federal government does not undertake to license anybody to retail liquor; but merely says that there must be no retailing until after the payment of a certain special tax. | A license carries with it a guaranteed right. For instance, if the state of South Carolina should grant to an Individual the privilege of selling liquor, it would undertake to protect that individual In the enjoyment of that privilege, and would prevent the interference even of municipalities. The Federal government says to individuals. "you must not sell liquor without first paying a specified tax; but even after you pay that tax, It is up to you to make your own arrangements with state or other authorities that may seek to interfere." The Federal government's interest | In the whisky business is based soieiy | upon the question of revenue, and after a would-be retailer pays the required tax to do business in a certain place, the government does not concern himself about him any further. It concerns Itself only about those people who undertake to engage in retailing without paying the tax. Up to the time of the establishment of the South Carolina dispensary, about 90 per cent of the business of the sittings of the United States dls-' trict court at Greenville, was taken uj> with the disposition of retail liquor cases, the trial, conviction and punishment of individuals who undertook to sell liquor without paying the license tax. The U. 8. deputies made their living, working up such cases on a fee basis, and from these cases the U. S. commissioners, paid also by fees, received the bulk of their Incomes, which in those days were pretty good. One Immediate result of the establishment of the dispensary system was to greatly Increase the number of retail liquor taxes paid to the Federal * -* HI 1~? .,ln,hl.r government, aim uncmoc u>c uuu?n? of illicit dealers who sought to continue business without paying this tax was also increased, with the result that the opportunities of the deputies and commissioners were very much enlarged. The business of the district court at Greenville, already large, was very much augmented, and continued to grow until the late Judge Brawley, finally put a stop to it He first threw out hints to the district attorney, later to the U. S. commissioners and deputies, and finally got down to rebuke* and threats, as the result of which Federal activity against the tigers al iiiuoi vcaocu. Just what Judge Brawley meant by his action was never exactly clear; but it was generally supposed that his purpose was to take away such assistance as the Federal government was giving in the enforcement of the state dispensary law. Anyhow it had that effect, and bore down with considerable weight upon the communities that had not permitted the establishment of dispensaries. The state government had not been trying to enforce the law In such communities and when Judge Brawley withdrew Federal protection. these communities were left wide open. It is a fact that even now the internal revenue department Is paying very little attention to the enforcement of the retail tax requirements of the law In South Carolina. Liquor Is being Bold right and left all over the state, with not more than one retailer out of a dozen paying the Federal tax. As a matter of right, we do not think that the Federal government should vend its liquor selling exemptions in a state that seeks to make liquor selling unlawful; but if It does persist in the sale of such exemptions, we think it should cover the ground thoroughly and punish to the limit every Individual who undertakes to sell liquor without first having bought such an exemption from Federal prosecution. Of course, If the Federal government should discontinue the sale of exemptions from prosecution in all the counties that have no dispensaries then It could at the same time also discontinue even such effort as It now makes against people who sell without paying the tax, and the whole burden of enforcing the whisky laws would fall on the state authorities. As to what President Wilson Is going to say about the whole matter, we do not know; but we hardly think it probable that he will refuse to take exemption money from those who prefer to continue to pay It. A Green Goods Gsme. When men will not do right of their own accord by upholding the golden rule, there are only two recourses for those who may be aggrieved?one Is violence and the other Is the law. Violence invariably begets more violence and Is never satisfactory. Going to law is usually poor business; but it is always better than violence. More often than otherwise the law Is equal to the task of settling a difficulty; but violence never succeeds In accomplishing that end. That the law is often wrong, there is no question, and neither is there any question that it is often misused by people whose sworn duty Is to use It rieht. But this, however, is not the fault of the law. It is the fault of the people who interpret and administer the law, and at last the fault of the people who make the law. The people have the making of the law and If the i law works Injustice to them, they have ; only themselves to blame. It has been a fixed principle of commercial law for hundreds of years that a note obtained by fraud from A i by B, and traded by B to C, must be ! paid by A w en presented by C. The theory of this Is that C, an Innocent third party, cannot be made to sufTer because B swindled A, and there is i nothing wrong with the proposition; i but around this circumstance there > has been a lot of fraud. I There is a more or less common game being operated by unscrupulous peoi pie like this: John Doe, the agent of Soakem & Co., goes to Richard Roe f the merchant, and offers to sell him i by sample a big lot of Jewelry or cx, tracts, as the case might be, at a rei markably low price and upon easy t terms.' Doe makes such representa, tions as convinces Roe that It Is a i great bargain. But Roe has not the i money he can spare. Doe, however, makes this still easier by offering to ' take a long time note, at nominal Interest with the assurance that If not paid at maturity It will be renewed, or If the goods remain unsold, they . will be accepted In payment of the note at the original purchase price. The thing looks good, and Roe very t often accepts. Aftor tho ^nnrls have been received ""vl ",v 0 " " --I and after the note has been given, Roe finds that Doe has misrepresented things; that the goods are worthless. and unsalable. He tries to get Soalcem & Co., to take the goods back in accordance with verbal contract; but Soakem & Co., refuses responsibility for any alleged representation not in writing, and shows and calls attention to the fact that Doe has signed such an agreement. When Doe realizes that he has been victimized he refuses to pay and there is suit on the.note. When the case comes to trial Roe fails to appear at all. Soakem & Co., ( represent that he is no longer in their employ. There is no dispute about any of the facts, because Doe is a man whose word is not to be disputed; but the note has passed Into the hands of an "Innocent third party," mayte a really innocent party, and maybe only another agent of Soakem & Co. The fight becomes altogether a matter of law, and the plaintiffs attorney is furnished with points and authorities that completely settle ev ery possible question that might arise. There have been such cases in York county, and juries satisfied of the crookedness of the whole thing, have refused to find for the plaintiff; but the court seeing that law is unquestionably on the side of the defendant sets the verdict aside, as it is bound to do, as the supreme court would do otherwise, and Doe -has to pay. (1 ; As to what is to be done in. cases like this, we are at a loss to say. We are quite sure that the law does not Intentionally condone wrong doing. If it did such a thing intentionally, it would soon be overthrown. But where the facts are clear, as in the case cited, it does look as if there should be some remedy for the victim other than to tell him that he should not have allowed himself to get caught in such a snare. > i ___ r MPRP MPN riOM Rear Admiral Rcbt E. Peary, discoverer of the North Pole, was on Monday made a errand officer of the French Legion of Honor, by President Polncare It is reported from Pekin that 200 alleged anti-government conspirators recently arrested at Tientsin and Pekin, have been executed after summary examination. President Yuan Shi Kai is waging an energetic campaign for election to the presidency Count Zeppelin, at the invitation of Emperor Francis Joseph, on Monday made a flight of 430 miles to Vienna in one of his latest airships, covering the distance at a speed of 60 miles an hour....Col. George Goethals who arrived in New York, Monday, says the canal will be open to the largest vessels afloat by January 1st, 1915 The government's June crop report indicates a wheat yield of 741,000,000 bushels, of which 492,000,000 bushels will be winter wheat. Th^ total will be sufficient tp mill 160,500,000 barrels of flour The fight for the control of the labor situation in Philadelphia, is now on in earnest between a/ 4UA tlTnal A uic iiiuunu itxi tv ui net o ui uic w ui iu and the American Federation of Labor. The contest promises to be thoroughly demoralising to all kinds of business The department of justice has begun a civil suit against the so-called Kodak trust, charging a monopoly of trade in photographic supplies Fire destroyed a $400,000 ice plant in Philadelphia, Monday.,.'.. Paradise Park, an amusement park of New York, including thirty concessions, and covering five- acres of ground, was destroyed by fire Monday, with a loss of $100,000 Italian laborers stoned to death an unidentified organizer of the Industrial Workers of the World at Wilson Creek, Wash., Monday, when the organizer attempted to have them leave their work on the Great Northern railroad Smoke and fumes are issuing in great volume from the Katnai volcano, near Seward, Alaska Nathaniel Green, a young negro, was hanged in the District of Columbia Jail, Monday for an attack on Mrs. A. B. Grant on last Christmas night. The scaffold used for the execution was the one used for the execution of Chas. J. Gulteau, on Juhe 30, 1882, for the assassination of President Garfield....... The International association of Police Chiefs is in session at Washington. The white slave traffic of the country is one of the principal subjects for discussion.*..'.. Confederate veterans who were prisoners of war, on Monday presented the state of Indiana with a bronze bust of Col. Richard Gale Owen, commandant of Camp Mortonn, a prison camp, in 1862. The bust was placed in the state capltol at Indianapolis.... The students of the public schools of Kansas City, Mo., have on deposit in the school savings banks, an aggregate of 160,300. The largest single deposit now Is $350... . . .Experts of the bureau of animal industry of the agricultural department are seeking a method of cross breeding the common hen with birds of plumage, in ocdfir to furnish fancy feathers for women's hats Four men were killed at ftlveston, 111., Tuesday by being struck by a Wabash train as they attempted to cross the track in an automobile... Jersey City, N. J., on Tuesday elected five commissioners to govern the city curing me nexi tour years , unless sooner recalled by the people... .Hundreds of delegates to the World Sunday school convention, which convenes at Zurich, Switzerland, on July 8 to 15 have sailed from Philadelphia, New York and Boston this week .Fifty persons were drowned at Vyatka, Russia, Tuesday, by the sinking of a dilapidated ferry boat In the river Tcheptsa... .The agricultural department of Kansas will establish eight experiment stations to demonstrate the efficacy of a serum devised for the prevention of hog cholera. It Is estimated that the serum will save the nog growers or tne state jzu.uoo.uuu per year The total value of exports through the part of New York, since January 1st to June 10, was J432.006.279 Old crop Irish potatoes sold on the Chicago wholesale market Tuesday, at 16 cents a bushel, the lowest price on record. Retail prices to consumers were 16 to 20 cents a peck A German aviator on Wednesday covered a distance of 674 miles at an approximate speed of a mile every 37 4-6 seconds During a strike riot at Ipswich, Mass., Tuesday night one woman was killed and several persons were injured Joseph McDonald, a wealthy mine operator of Mexico, charged at Juneau, Alaska, with the murder of N. C. Jones a mission worker, has been released on a bail-bond of $50,000 A decisive flght between United States troops and rebellious Moros under the Sultan of Jolo, is expected in the department or Aiinuanao, fnuippine lsianas, wunIn the next few days . .W. P. Fain, a member of the board of police commissioners of Georgia, and M. T. Cantrell, member of a prominent firm of tailors of Atlanta, Ga., have been indicted by the Fulton grand Jury on the charge of maintaining a disorderly house Four men were killed, two hurt, and five are missing, as the result of a boiler explosion on a lake barge at Racine, Wis., Wednesday.... A Trap That Failed.?A telephone message to police headquarters that Governor Cole L. Blease was playing poker at the Commercial club led to a raid on the place last night by Chief of Police Cathcart and Policemen Richardson and Shorter. The "tip" was found to be false. The police allege that a poker game was in progress when they entered the building, and they arrested seven men on a charge of gambling, but Governor Blease was not in the club. He was at home and in bed. The alleged gamblers were released In {15.75 bail each, which they forfeited by failing to appear in court foi trial. In the club the police found a barrel of beer. The general belief prevails that the raid was in retaliation on the governor for his reprisal on the police for the arrest of Harrison Neely, the governor's negro chauffeur, for violating the speed ordinance. Mr. Blease pardoned Neely and ordered his fine returned. vv nen me punut* reiunea iu reiurn inc money the governor appointed three constables for Columbia under an act which requires the city to pay half of their salaries. This has increased the bitterness between the governor and the police, and led to the raid at the Commercial c!ub, which is designated popularly as "Governor Blease's club."?Columbia dispatch of Sunday to the New York Evening Telegram. ? President Wilson has appointed Chas. M. Galloway to the chairmanship of the civil service commission at a salary of <4.BOO a year. LOCAL AFritLRS, NEW ADVERTI8EMENT8 Cloud Cash Store?For one week offers special values in Oxfords for men and women. rhomaon Co.?Makes special offerings in men's Panama and straw hats, ladies' gowns, dresses, skirts, etc. Yorkville Hardware Co.?Wants to furnish the necessary artillery to fight the grass in the growing crops. J. M. Stroup?Has Holeproof hosiery, a new line of Arrow brand shrits and collars, and offers 20 yard? shirting for 11.00. Idle Hour?Programme for tonight, and a Wm. J. Burns detective story picture, in three reels, tomorrow. F. E. Quinn, Admr.?Gives notice of solo nt naniAnnl rrAnArtu nf T M and M. S. Burns' estates, June 28. Managers?Give notice of election on question of 5 mill tax for the local schools, June 24th. Fort Mill Mfg. Co., Fort Mill?Has 70 saw Munger gins, engine and boiler and baling press for sale. > I. W. Johnson?Has fresh hams and breakfast bacon, all kinds baking powders, lard, brooms, chicken feed. D. E. Boney, Agent?Reminds you that summer is coming and advises you to Insure against lightning damage. McConnells?Offers tomorrow 1.80 to 5 p. m., 200 ladles' gowns, values up to $2.50, at 50 cts. Palmetto Monument Co.?Points out that you will never be satisfied unless the monument you buy satisfies your Individual taste. Bratton Farm?Offers thoroughbred and grade Jersey cows, several Guernsey calves and a couple of engines and a boiler for sale. Bank of Hickory Grove?Prints Its statement of condition at close of business June 4th. Bank of Clover?Publishes statement showing condition at close of bUSinpRa .Tiitia 4th Loan and Savings Bank?Presents Its statement of condition at close of business June 4th. J. C. Wllborn?Offers tract of land, 100 acres, surrounding McElwee school house. People can raise sheep and goata If they want to; but the trouble Is that not many of them want to. The same Is true of cattle. ABOUT PEOPLE Miss Margaret Moore, of Charlotte, is visiting friends in Yorkvllle. Mr. T. P. Moore, Jr., of Clemson college, is visiting friends in Yorkvllle. Mrs. TT. T>. Wolfe and children of Pittsburg, Va.. are visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Lowry in Yorkville. Miss Annie J. Ashe, of Yorkville left Wednesday afternoon to spend the summer in New York and Canada. Miss Ola Marion Allison of Yorkville, is attending the Y. W. C. A. convention in Black Mountain, N. C. Cadets Robert and Lamar Qlenn, and Ganson and Karl Williams of Clemson college, have returned to their homes in Yorkville for the summer. Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Caldwell and son, of Gaifney, are spending a few days with the family of Mrs. Caldwell's father, Mr. J. M. Miller, near Clover. Mr. A. Carroll Grist, of the Georgia school of Technology, Atlanta, Ga., arrived in Yorkville yesterday, to spend the summer with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Grist Mr. H. P. Smith, of the Presbyterian college at Clinton, is at home for a few days. He will leave next Monday for Greensboro. N. C., where he will Join the Charlotte base ball club. Deaconness Gadsen. of the Church Home orphanage, has issued invitations to the marriage of Miss Caroline May Pludd to Mr. Walker Ratchford Latimer, the ceremony to take place in the Church Home chapel in Yorkville, on June 24 at 4,30 p. m. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Lowry, of York vine, have issued invitations to me marriage of their daughter, Mies Helen, to Mr. William Cowan Ervin. the ceremony to take place in the church of the Good Shepherd, Yorkvllle on Wednesday evening, June 18, at 8 o'clock. WITHIN THE TOWN ? If there Is nothing better, go out and see the movies. ? Mr. J. R. Kelly who for some time past has been proprietor of Kelly's Barber shop has sold out his place to Mr. Holly Barron. ? The cold snap of the past few days has been bad on everything, including business. Unseasonable weather seems to throw things generally out of Joint. ? The board of health has been reconstituted with all the local physicians as members. Dr. Miles Walker is chairman and Dr. John L Barron 1b secretary. ? At a public ipeetlng called In the court house by the board of trade yesterday, there was discussion of a proposition to have a celebration on July 4, and there was also some talk of buying a tract of land for a public park. No definite action was taken as to either proposition. ? A wedd'ng around which unusual interest was centered took place In the Methodist Episcopal church In Yorkville on Tuesday evening, when Miss Leon White became the bride of Mr. Wheeler Stedman Willis of Yorkville. The church was beautifully decorated In white and green. The choir loft and chancel being banked with potted plants and white flowers. As Miss Annie J. Ashe commenced Mendelsshon's wedding march, the two little ribbon girls, Misses Christine Willis and Eleanor Williams entered. Then the groomsmen and bridesmaids entered, as follows: Misses Margaret Moore and Helen Lowry. Messrs. C. W. Adlckes and W. c 'Rrvin MIssps Helen Sallev and Rebecca Lyles, Messrs. J. P. McMurray and P. W. Hunter, Misses Marcella Willis and Mary Henley Willis, Messrs. Robert Lindsay and Kenneth Lowry, Misses Julia Smith and Frances Faulconer, Messrs. P. D. White and Arthur Hart. The bridesmaids were dressed In white and green, and carried pink sweet peas. The maid of honor, Miss Miriam White, entered alone. The bride entered on the arm of her father, Mr. J. P. White, and was met at the chancel by the groom with his best man, Mr. Edward Willis, of Rock Hill. Rev. Henry Stokes pastor of the bride, performed the ceremony. A reception was given the relatives and bridal party at the home of the bride, immediately after the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Willis left in an automobile, for Rock Hill keeping their destination secret. Among the out of town people here for the wedding were Mrs. James R. Durham, Columbia; Mrs. Frank McCluney, Misses Grace Whlsonant and Minnie McCullough, Wllklnsvllle, Mrs. C C. Roberts, Shelby; Misses Rebeccf. Lyles, Wlnnsboro; Miss Helen Salley, Orangeburg; Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Willis, Mr. Edward and Misses. Mar cella and Christine Willis, Rock Hill, Mr. Wilmer Willis, of the Citadel, Charleston, and Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Willis, Jr., of Atlanta. THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS There Is a strong:, healthy Interest In matters educational throughout York county and that Interest Is Increasing rather than otherwise, at a rate that almost he who runs may see. "When I held this office before," said Superintendent of Education Carroll, in a conversation with The Enquirer yesterday. "I found it difficult to get people to talk about school matters. There were some exceptions; but not a great many, and it was an especially rare thing to find a man who would stay with you when you suggested special tax levies. Now It Is different. The people generally, both men and women are tremendously Interested in the schools, and almost eveverybody Is anxious to Increase their present facilities. "Out of fifty-two school districts In the county." he continued, "all but eighteen have voted on themselves special levies of two or more mills, and there Is more or less sentiment in each of these fourteen districts to do likewise. I am looking for several of them to vote special taxes this summer." Asked as to what has been done In the way of voting special taxes this year, Mr. Carroll who seemed to have the whole list of districts at his tongue's end, said: "Catawba district No. 5 has voted 2 mills, McConnellsvtlle district No. IS' has voted 2 mills, Bullock's Creek district No. 15 has Increased to 4 mills, Filbert district No. 28 has Increased to 4 mills, Tirzali district No. 35 has voted 4 mills, Friendship district No. 45 has Increased to 4 mills, and Mt. Holly district No. 6 has voted 4 mills. New Zlon district No. 19 is the only district that has defeated the tax this year, and petitions are now being circulated for elections to be held in Beersheba No. 29, Smyrna No. 44, Cotton Belt No. 49 and Guthriesville, No. 61. . , . "In addition to the voting of special taxes in the districts I have mentioned," Mr. Carroll went on, "libraries have been established or Increased in *?-- s-" 1 Ji-4-i-i-. ni.i.M4iu \Ta me loitowing uisiricus: xsmirovme, h?, 10. Sharon No. 20. Catawba Junction No. 46, Yorkvllle No. 11, Ebeneser No. 32, Eastvlew No. 43. Oak Ridge No. 1, McConnellsvllle No. 13, Concord No. 27 and Riverside No. 26. "If," said Mr. Carroll, "we could just get all the districts to vote at least a 2 mill special tax each, it would be an easy matter to get enough state aid to run every white school In the county from sevei) to nine months; but unless a district la willing to carry at least a two mill tax, the state will not give any assistance whatever." A REAL AMERICAN "No, If I ever take up arms again, It will be at the call of the United States of America, and not at the call of TtAlV M That is what Mr. Joseph G. Sassl, the proprietor of the Palmetto Monument works of YorkviUe, said in The Enquirer office yesterday, in discussing a letter he had Just received from his father advising him that according to orders Just issued by the Italian war department he had been named a captain of reserves. Scenting a Story that promised to be of more or less interest to York county readers, the reporter began questioning Mr. Sassi about his past experiences, and was not at all disappointed In the result. "I cannot tell you exactly why I am a stone cutter further than to say that is what I always wanted .to be," said Mr. Sassi. "My father was a soldier under Garabaldl, and always wanted me to be a soldier. My mother, bless her, who has passed away, was a devout Roman Catholic, and wanted me to become a priest. Both father and mother Were willing to do for me any and everything in their power to the extent of spending their last cent on my education; but somehow, after I got old enough to think for myself, I never had any other desire than to be a Btone cutter. * "After I had gone through the elementary schools at home?they have compulsory education over there.' and the elementary school Is about the same as the public school here In Yorkvllle?mother sent me to the Archbishop college at Coma. Father did not like it, as' he was a believer in United Italy; but he did not make any serious objection. After two years In the seminary, I ran away. Father was pleased with that, and sent me to the college at Milan. I remained there two years, and then ran away to cut stone, serving at the trade four years. Then I went into the army, partly because I had to and partly because my father wanted me to. The enlistment requirement was three years; but I remained four years, spending a part of the time in the military school and reaching the grade of lieutenant. But still I did not. went to be a soldier, so I came to Anoierica. This was In 1899. I came over here because I understood that this is a country of real liberty, and I have found that I was not mistaken. I won't try to explain further man 10 say inai 1 iook ai luuy in uic light of being a step-mother, and America as being a natural mother. After Ave years in Vermont I took out my naturalization papers in Montpelier, and I have been voting for men and things I thought best ever since. "Of course I know my dear old father will not like to read what I have written; but then he does not know, how it is. He does not understand how in America a man counts for what he Is, while in Italy he don't I've got no quarrel against Italy, of course not; but conditions over there do not suit me. I like it where one man can be as good as another, according to character and intelligence, where people may embrace whatever religious views they care to entertain without having to fight or be fought by other people. I like America because it is free, and although I would much rather cut stone than to fight, whenever the United States r eeds my services in war or elsewhere It can get them." LOCAL LACONICS. Currence vs. Woodmen. The supreme court has handed down a decision affirming the lower court In the case of B. J. Currence vs. Woodmen of the World. Work of the Chaingang. The chaingang is now at work where the north and south road crosses the Carolina & North-Western railway at the Allison Creek trestle. Snow in June. There was a little snow mixed with the rain near Glenn's store, Wednesday, according to Mr. John W. Miller, carrier on R. F. D. No. 6. The flakes of snow were very large and while not numerous, still it was easy to see that it was snow. The people In the Bethel country have had a great deal of rain and it will be several days before the farmers will be able to plow. Cotton Looking Puny. Although to what extent has not been made clear, several farmers have expressed the opinion that the cold weather of the past few days has done much injury to cotton. One farmer said yesterday that when he went Into his cotton at about ten o'clock Tuesday, he found the leaves hanging down as if struck by a severe frost. The grass Is making good headway. ivmcnen-jonnson. Mr. Samuel N. Johnson, Jr., of Yorkvllle, and Miss Jerushla Mitchell, of Rock Hill, were married In the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church at Rock Hill last Wednesday evening. The ceremony was performed by Rev. A. S. Rogers In the presence of a large concourse of friends and relatives of the young people. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson left on a bridal trip to Canada. They were the recipients of many use- , ful and pretty presents. Mr. W. H. Elam. News was received In Yorkvllle Tuesday afternoon of the death of Mr. Wm. H. Elam, of Baskervllle, Va., brother-in-law of Messrs. W. H. and R. J. Herndon of Yorkvllle. Mr. Elam was about 56 years of age and had long been a sufferer with Brlght's disease. He Is survived by his wife, who before her marriage was Miss Julia Herndon, of Yorkvllle. Mr. Elam had several times visited In Yorkvllle, where be has many friends who will regret to learn of his death. The Killing of 8tarr Brown. John Trull and Need Knight, two white men, have been arrested on warrants issued by Magistrate J. A. Howe, of Ebenezer, charging them with the murder of S. 8. Brown, found on the Southern railroad track last Sunday. The warrants were Issued on the strength of an affidavit made by J. J. Brown, a brother of the deceased who believes that the killing was the result of a light, and that the mortally injured man was placed on the rail* road track with a view to concealing the crime. There will be a preliminary in the case without delay. Losslie-Gottys. Rock Hill Record: Last evening at the home of the bride's parents, Mr, and Mrs. D. P. Lesslie, at Lesslle's, a very pretty wedding took place, when their eldest daughter, Miss Mattle, was married to Mr. Roddey Gettys, originally of Lesslie but now cashier for the Equitable Insurahce Co. at Raleigh, N. C. The ceremony was performed by Rev. W. H. Stevenson, the 'ring service being used. The wedding nlovpH hv Minn Parri* Rnri dey of Roddey'a, there being no attendants. The bride waa dressed In white batiste trimmed In shadow laee and carried bride's roses. At 6 o'clock this morning Mr. and Mrs. Getty's left for Raleigh, where they will reside, going by the Seaboard Air Line from Catawba Junction. C. 0. D. Parcels Post t ,r. The "C. O. Di" feature of the parcel post goes Into effect July 1, next Instructions thereon are now being mailed to postmasters. It is believed that this feature will popularize parcel post A farmer from hlb home can fill an order, say, for potatoes, mailed to him by the city housekeeper. The post service will transport and deliver the produce In the city, collect for it am} hand the remittance to the shipper The city merchant can fill the order of the farmer for a pair of shoes. Two post service will ship and deliver the goods, AAllnnt thn Kill anH mil tha romlttflnAA in the hands of the merchant, tnus putting in position those merchants in the city who advertise to do cash business with the country districts and putting in position those producers In the country who advertise to do cash business with city housewives and dealers. This "C. O. D." Is put into effect by the postofflce department order No. 6888, dated February 27, 1913. FARM CREDIT PROPOSITION Expert Gives Business-Ljks 8ummary of Situation. An expert of the United States census bureau, who has been looking into the subject of farm credit, outlines the chief elements in the situation as follows, for the New Tork Journal of Commerce: '.'In order that we may see the problem in its simplest form, let us examine some of the facts connecting the United States as a whole and one representative state. Facts can be complied for any state in the Union and most of them are available for any county in the United States, If desired by any person. "The best bases for rural credit are the different classes of farm property (land, buildings, implements and machinery, and live stock). These, under the farmers' directions, annuklly result in the production of valuable goods (especially food, clothing and beverages) in abundance. These products aie also good bases of credit a- . ?- ?! - .. .nanA/ita* rif thai form cmj, iuu, arc iuo p* vs^ww v. as a 'going concern,' and so too, ore the fanners' good names. "The approximate land are* of the United States Is 1,903,289,600 acres; for Wisconsin It Is 35,363,840 acres. Of these areas, 878,798,325 acres, or only 46.2 per cent of the land area of the United States Is in farms, and 21,060, 066 acres, or only 69.6 per cent ot tbe total land area of Wisconsin Is In farms. Thus Wisconsin Is considerably ahead of the United States In this respect, but still offers great possibilities. i "It Is true that a considerable parti of the land not reported as In farms is occupied by cities, towns and villages, railroad right of ways, roads, etc., or owned by mining croporations, but probably a much larger part is held by the United States, the different states, corporations, Individual speculators or others than farmera At least, it is not at ine' present time being used for farming purposes. Much of the land not now In farms would be occupied and farmed If institutions were available which would furnish prospective farmers with money or credit. It should be made possible for them to occupy and operate this land. Assuming that the institutions exist, prospective farmers should be taught to use them to the utmost. "One of the first problems to be solved, therefore, Is how to provide a<' system by which farm laborers and tenants or other interested parties may become owners and proprietors of the land not now in farms. In the past, the national government has interested Itself in the problem, and has given away large amounts of land. It Is still interested. Many states, which still own millions of acres of land, are Interested. Several states, so far as disposing of state land ia concerned, now have very satisfactory policies. Probably none has a better svHtom In this resDect than Mlnne sota. To any who are Interested in the policies of that state, I will refer! to an article which appeared in the American Economic Review (volume II. No. 2, June, 1912) entitled, 'Making of Agricultural Land in Minnesota and North Dakota.' Railroad companies are interested. So, too, are many individuals. The biggest problem here is to work out a system by which poor men may purchase land not now in farms, may develop and operate it. Each state should carefully list and describe all such lands in a public document and . should also work out a system whereby it might be brought into farms. "Probably more Important even than the problem of bringing more land into farms, is the problem confronting farmers who already operate farms whether as owners, tenants or managers. It is really remarkable that 478,451,750 acres, or 54.4 per cent of the land in farms in the United States is reported to be improved by the farmers who operate them, while in Wisconsin only 11,907,606 acres, or 56.5 per cent of the farm land in the state is improved at the present time. In this respect it will be observed Wisconsin is slightly ahead of the country as a whole. But the farmers of Wisconsin, as well as of all the other states, still need literally millions of dollars in money or credit in order that they may improve the land which is in their farms, but which is now undeveloped. It is true that some Drogress is being made, but the movement Is very slow. During the last ten years there was an Increase of 63,963.263 acres, or 15.4 per cent in the amount of improved land in farms in the United States as a whole. During the same time the population of all the cities in the United States over 2,600 in size increased almost 36 per cent The increase in the acreage of Improved farms in Wisconsin was only 660,634 acres, or 6.9 per cent It certainly cannot be denied that it would be possible, if proper steps were taken, to Improve many times as large an area In the same length of time. Land must be drained timber and stumps must be cleared from land which could be used to better advantage for agricultural purposes; brush and stones must be removed; land must be irrigated, and in various other ways unimproved land now in farms could be brought Into use. Implements and machinery with which to improve the land must be purchased and power to this purpose must be supplied. The new land must be equipped In order that It may be cultivated. Tide demand, therefore. Is for. labor, power, and equipment with which to improve and develop .the land, and also labor, power, and equipment with which to operate the land after it has been Improved. "But you ask, "What security can be given?' The reply Is, The farm property itself can be pledged to advan tage.' If the farm property could oe pledged to advantage in time of need (1) without months of delay, (2) without great cost for negotiating loans, (t) without having to pay such high rates of Interest and (4) with the privilege of paying off the debt at the first opportunity, it would be of great advantage to the people of the United States as a whole. "According to the latest census reports, the value of faiun land (Including tarm buildings) was $24,991,126,697 for the United States In 1910, while the value of the same class of property In Wisconsin was 92,201,992,723. The average value of the class of property per acre of land in farmsi. WBS for tltt QJf a whole, and 267.06 for the state of Wlscorsin; "hile the average slse of farms vas 138.1 acreu for the United States m a whole, and 112.9 acres for Wisconsin. Thus the average value per farm was 96,471 for the United States as a whole, as compared to $6,784 for Wisconsin. 'The advantages of a good mortgage system are many and the first deman 1 is for an Improved land mortgage g stem. If fanners could secure smaller amounts of money for shorter perlodn of time at lower rates of Interest, with land (including buildings) as seotrlty, not only voulf* tenancy be reduced but farmers would more rapidly drain the wet places, remove stumps, carry away the stones, clear the brush 'away and bring Into bearing much of the land now in farms | but unimproved. This is really the first D.i? Inn... ntu a# yi tOOUJ g JK* UUIClll. UU V IVWVI A ftlVO VA Interest cannot be expected until land titles have been perfected and land surveyn have definitely established absolute boundaries. In sections of the country where Lind titles have been th oroughly establ ished and where there ire no further disputes concerning boundaries, whera the abstracts of titles fiave been brought upto-date and are accepted by land mortgage companies, savings. Institutions and lenders generally, farmers are able to borrow money at 6 or per cent at the present time. "It will, therefore, be necessary first, to thoroughly entabllsh present titles rurd boundaries r This can be done best by passing laws in the several strtes providing :!or a modern or twentieth century m ithod of land title registration. I suggest a sys- / S tern modelled after .the Torre as system, which has been tried and tested for many decades In ::he various Australian and Canadian provinces and different European countrtea, and to some e xtent by American states, and which has been accepted by the nagM^AawWlASii1 #stis tViA' Dhil(rxnlna iiuuai BUTU IIUIOUV iv? vuc A uiuyrfriuv Islands. Aa a result of the first step, lower rates of interest would be secured, leai time would bi? wasted looking up titles and verifying abstracts, add leas expense would b* incurred in negotiating loans. Here, then, is a saving in both time and money. "But it if even more Important that the farmers be placed in a position so that they may borrow smaller amounts of money for shorter periods of time with real estate as security. The jnortgage system la used almost entirely by yorng farmers who wish to buy their first piece of land and have only a small amount of money with which to make first payment, or by established farmers who desire to buy more land, Improve more l.and, build more buildings or better eoulp their farms. This should be encouraged and the system improved and extended. " "In order to secure smaller amounita of money for shorter periods of tlmo for these purposes, it may be advantageous for farmers to form Land Mortgage associations." St.UTH CAROLINA NSW9 Capt. R. K. Jermkrg* has resigned his .place In the office of the state treasuj er. ? Governor. Blease has appointed Hon. Joseph A. McCu Iough, of Greenville, a? special judge to hold the general sessions for Fairfield. He has also appointed Cbas. (Carroll Sims, ot Barnwell, to preside over the regular term of the Lancaster sessions. ? inc rapuii cnurcu si 01, oievens In this state has been burned' because of the aggressive fight of the pastor, {lev. C. W. Salter, itg&Inst unrighteousness in the surrounding country. The Baptists of the community and the state at large will no doubt reply by the immediate erection of a new church building, and in the meantime no dou jt strenuous eff ort will be made to punish the incendiaries. ? Columbia, June 11: Governor Blease has instructed Sheriff Martin and Chief Constable Stothart to put the lid on the Isle of J?alms, especially on Sunday sports and liquor selling. He scored the practice of running races on Sunday and ordered the sheriff to prosecute any end all offenders and to prevent the Sabbath desecration. He says that it if thought around Pninmi in that Mavor Grace's idea In putting on the lid In Charleston on Sunday, was to drive everybody to the Isle of Palms to get a drink. ? Col imbia Record, Wednesday: Voicing their belief In the crying1 need of South Carolina for an uplift movement. in citizenship, more than fifty representatives, men end women from various sections gathered at noon today In the T. M. C. A auditorium and organbed a conference of public welfare and a citizens' co-operative association A definite name was not immediately decided upoi. The meeting was In response to Invitations sent out last month. They wee signed by Dr. W. K. Tate of the University of South Carolina; El W. Dabbs, president of the state Farmers' Union; E. J. Watson, commissioner of agriculture; William E. Gonzales and Dr. William Weston, president of the state Medical association. Col. Watson acted as temporary chairman and, in outlining I av _ w*.- tr mm 1/1 fhof me pui puoc ui me wwwuai It was to be non-political and Interdenominational in chaarcter. He further declared that ita aim waa not only the conservation of the material resources of the etate, but also ita aplritual resources, particularly aa applied to the men and women, and, the moat priceless of all, the conservation of Its boyhood and girlhood. Upon nomination of Dr. Tate, Dr. T. R. Whaling, president of Columbia Theological seminary, was elected chairman by unanimous vote. A. S. Johnston ot Greenville, was chosen as secretary.Dr. Tate then read an extensive paper dealing with the problems to be taken under consideration. He said that the four great permanent resources of South Carolina are its climate, its water power, its soil and its people. Prefacing his remarks, Dr. Tate stated that the organization planned would . be a clearing-house for the moral and material activities of many different bodies now interested in the state's welfare. He added that the initiative was an outgrowth of the conference of education, representing the entire south, that was held last month in Richmond, Va. Mr. Woods of Spartanburg extended the greetings of the newly organized South Carolina Commercial Secretaries' association and said that it would co-operate heartily in the proposed movement. Dr. 8. C. Mitchell, president of the University South Carolina, said that citizen interest was essential to the advancement of the commonwealth and that he ventured to voice the approval of all state officials, though none had been Invited to participate. Further, said Dr. Mitchell, the great central power of the state lies In citizenry cooperation. He advocated an appropriation of various bodies of at least $5,000 with which to establish a central office in charge of a man who would devote his energies solely to the advancement of movements that dealt with the uplift of humanity in South Carolina and the furtherance of projects for the public good. Dr. Mitchell declared that the primary need of South Carolina Is unit}' of the white population and the cessation of a condition that resembles that of a house divided against Itself. Dr. A. P. Bourland of Virginia, then outlined the work that has been accomplished along similar lines in that state.