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Scraps and |arts. ? Anthony N. Brady, long known ap the "Mole of Wad street," because o. the quiet nature of his movements, died in London recently, and 1; is suid that his estate is worth something like {100,000,000. He was closely Identified with the late J. Pierpont Morgan; hut very few people ever gave him credit for being anything like as wealthy as Mr. Morgan. Since his death, however, his wealth has been coming to light through the investigations of the NewYork state tax transfer attorney. He had $20,000,000 worth of American Tobacco stock; $8,000,000 worth of Brooklyn Rapid Transit; $10,000,000 of Tennessee and Georgia power properties, onH te AAA AAA r>r t7 000 000 worth of stock lit Japanese lighting plants, principally at Tokyo. ? The statement made public by the treasury department last week, showing that revenues in July had dropped off 110,000,000 as compared with July a year ago, has startled the Democratic leaders of congress. With a view to retrenchment. Representative Underwood, the house leader, is moving to have another caucus to consider the budget plan of appropriating expenditures. The proposition was defeated at caucus held some weeks ago. Since then the leaders have been doing some missionary work and they feel confident that wnen me mauer is asam vu<u?Uv.v_, the budget plan will be accepted. It Is proposed to create & committee that will determine at the outset of each session Just how much money shall be allowed the various departments of the government and apportionments will be made on the basis of the revenue. ? Ciprlano Castro, former dictator of Venezuela, says a Eerlln dispatch, planned his present invasion of that country while he was staying in Dresden a few months ago. He lived there for some time quietly with a fierman friend, Hermann Wolfram. Castro arrived in Dresden on March 26. shortly after reaching Hamburg from the United States. A fortnight afterward he succeeded, by making a false start, in convincing enquirers viil gone to Paris and eventually to the Canary Islands. Instead, however, he remained the guest of Wolfram and while in his house, drafted the proclamation to the Venezuelan people which he issued at Coro on July 27. Castro left Dresden early In July for Venezuela. In a letter to his friend woirram in L?resueu, hc writes: "Now that Castro has again established himself in Venezeula, where the overwhelming majority of the people and above all, the most important part of the army, are on his side, it can scarcely be doubted that he will soon re-enter Caracas in j triumph, and become again the leader I of the destinies of Venezuela." ? Washington. August 6: Secretary McAdoo's plan to deposit an additional $50,000,000 of government funds among the banks In the agricultural sections, has met with prompt approval from the bankers In the southera, western and far western states, invited to attend the conferences at the treasury department Friday and next Thursday to confer regarding distribution of the funds. The bankers of the far western cities included in the plan have replied that they will send representatives to Washington. Out of the 19 western cities all but three have sent favorable replies, and all the 37 southern cities have been heard from. Several of the latter, however, said they felt no need of joining in conference because they felt satisfied they would be fairly treated In the distribution. More than 75 southern bankers will gather tomorrow In the office of Assistant Secretary Williams for the first conference. Secretary McAdoo and E. B. Daskam. chief of the division of public moneys, will be present. The conference with western bankers is scheduled for Friday and that with the far western bankers for Thursday next week. Three additional cities which are to share in the distribution, were made public today but it was explained that they were originally in the list though not announced with the othera They are: Lexington, Ky., Duluth. Minn., and Fort Worth, Tex. ? Minneapolis, Minn., October 6: When in 1809 an express company charged State Senator E. Sundlberg of Kennedy, Kittson county. Minn., $32 /tort-vine a rnatincr worth 12.50 to him from Minneapolis, the company perhaps laid the foundation for an expense to the combined express companies of the country of approximately $26,000,000 a year. The casting: was ordered by telephone. Sundlberg wanted it for his threshing machine in a hurry. When it arrived the express charge made him mad clear through and he swore, he says, that he would have revenge. Senator Sundlberg engaged James Manahan, now Congressmanat-large from Minnesota, to bring action before the interstate commerce commission. The case was begun In Minneapolis and in the following year was carried to New York. Two days before the case was called, the Minnesota statesman and his counsel went to New York and got Commissioner Lane, now a cabinet officer, to issue subpoenas for officials of the United States, American, Wells-Fargo and Adams Express companies. They personally served the subpoenas, and when the case come up the attorney argued that the express companies had inter-locking directorates and that their rates were unreasonable. The commission's decision reducing the rates was tiled July 16, 1912 but litigation brought on by the company prevented the order issued today from being filed for more than a year Senator Sundiberg says he is satisfied, and that the revenge is sweet. ? Sentences were imposed upon five members of the West Virginia legislature at Webster's Springs last Tuesday by Judge W. S. O'Brien, in the superior court. The legislators were convicted of bribery in connection with the election of a United States senator earlier in the year. The sentences follows: Delegates Sug Rhodes, Rath Duff and H. F. Asbury, six years each in the penitentiary: State Senator B. A. Smith, five years and six months and Delegate Dave Hill, five years. In addition the first are disqualified for life from holding any public office or office of trust. The sentencing the legislators came shortly after Delegate Dave Hill, the fifth to stand trial on bribery charges, was convicted during the afternoon. After the sentences were imposed an arrest of Judgment and stay of execution for ninety days was allowed by the court, to permit attorneys for the defense to make applications for appeals to the state supreme court. The five convicted legislators were arrested in Charleston, W. Va., February 11, by Sheriff Bonnerhill, In the pres-v ence or ruDitc rrosecuior luwnsenu, who with the aid of a private detective, Investigated the rumors of bribery which were being circulated at that time in regard to the senatorial election. Before the arrest, it is alleged, they were paid by the private detective for their votes and the market money was found in their possession. ? Buckwert, August 6: Peace was concluded tonight between the Balkan states and the preliminary treaty will be signed tomorrow by the delegates of Servia, Greece, Montenegro, Rumania and Bulgaria. The agreement was arrived at only after another exhibition of the utter helplessness of Bulgaria to face her ring of enemies. Wednesday the discussions in the peace conference threatened to become interminable but M. Majoresco. the Rumanlun premier and president of the conference, clinched matters by threatening that unless Bulgaria accepted the modified frontier proposed by the allies, Rumania's army would occupy Sofia next Saturday. This threat had the desired effect and an agreement was arrived at today after numerous private consultations between the delegates and a four-hour sitting of the conference. The frontier, as agreed to. starts at a point on the old frontier west of the Struma river, follows the watershed to Strumltza, thence runs almost through the Struma valley to the Belesh mountains and thence easterly In almost a straight line to the Mesta river, thus leaving the town of Strumites. the port of Lagos and Kanthi to Bulgaria and the port of Kavala to Greece. The new frontier is a deep disappointment to the Bulgarians, who still nurse hopes for its even tual revision by the powers. It is believed that an agreement for the demobilization of the various armies will be signed tomorrow. The news that peace has been agreed caused great rejoicing here. The war between the former Balkan allies, who had fought shoulder to shoulder against Turkey began on July 1. On that date the Servian minister of the interior declared that Servla was at war with Bulgaria. On this same day Greece also announced that a state of war existed. Kumania de^t lared war on July 10 and moved her troops over the Bulgarian frontier. The trouble between the allies a ose from the difficulty of dividing the tAiritnrv eantured bv them from Tur key. Severe fighting followed and many thousand men were killed or wounded. Soon after the beginning of hostilities, numerous massacres and acts of pillage were reported to have been committed by the numerous armies. The Montenegrin troops never came Into action during the period of hostilities although they also were nominally at war with Bulgaria. <?ht ^jorttviUr (pnquirrt. Entered at the Postofflce in Torkville as Mail Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILXE, S. C.t FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1913 Capt. William E. Gonzales, American minister to Cuba, arrived in Havanna on Wednesday, and It was expected that he would probably present his credentials to President Menocal today. Yes, the people can still be led all right; but It Is a good Idea to go among them and see what they are thinking about before pulling on the rope too hard. It is surprising to see how much more the average man knows about things in general as com pared with formerly. The large number of people registered last Monday Is but an Indication of what can be done if the people will only make it their business to agitate the matter among unregistered people. and remind them that tne nrsi Monday in September is the next day upon which certificates may be had. There is no provision in the statutes for properly advertising registration days In the newspapers, it being assumed that everybody should know the iaw. and It therefore becomes especially important that those who do know should tell the people who do not. Senator I.ippltt, of Rhode Island, charged yesterday that the new tariff bill favors southern cotton mills, and Senator Hoke Smith denied the charge. Senator Smith recalled that, before his election to the senate. Senator Llppitt had come before tariff committees in his capacity of cotton manufacturer. enueavorillK iu giiaiiRC v>r Hiiro About the most that developed from the controversy is that accusations from New England that the south is trying to discriminate is equal to an admission that New England has been discriminating. Democratic senators claim that they have given the south no preference whatever. As would probably have been inferred from the context, when we said in a paragraph Tuesday that it would be better for the southern people to pay interest to northern banks, than to southern banks, there was an inadvertent mixture. We meant that if we had to pay 8 per cent interest in the south for any part of that proposed J50.000.000 deposit, we had better pay it all to our southern banks than to divide it with northern banks as has been the case heretofore. We cannot, for the life of us, see why the northern banks should have a rake-off under the circumstances; but we can see how if the south had a system of state operated warehouses, there would not be much of a rake-off for anybody. At the conference for the Common Good yesterday. Col. Robert Aldrich, offered a resolution commending Senator Smith for his alleged share in inducing Secretary McAdoo to propose the J50.000.000 deposit in southern banks. President Tate said that he did not want to vote down the res. iution; but thought that if the conference should go to endorsing public men, it would get itself into very serious trouble. Col. Aldrich finally withdrew his resolution. Secretary Snell, of the Charleston Chamber of Commerce made serious objections to resolutions introduced by E. W. Dablis, president of the South Carolina Farmers' Union, becuuse he thought they reflected on a certain feature of the administration of the Federal department of agriculture in this state. When the objectionable feature was stricken out, Mr. Snell withdrew a resolution he had offered to table. TKa U/M.nl/1 ntwl /xf V/x.t.lxAK. * nr nnuiu uiiu m*?a ui uri ry, which is generally sound on matters pertaining to education, advocates the abolition of tuition charges in ail the state colleges mainly on the ground that "It is not only an evil, but it offers an inducement to many people to make false statements as to their financial ability in order to save the pitiable tuition that they have to pay for their boy or girl entering college." The editor also advocates the abolition of free scholarships practically for the same reason. We take issue with our contemporary. Those who are able to pay tuition for their children should be made to do so. If. as t' i Herald and News says, parents make false statements to get their children in Clemson, they perpetrate a serious offense and can be punished for perjury. We have heard the same complaint made as to Winthrop college. It is saiu inai eaeu year many gins an given flee tuition at that institution whose parents are abundantly able to pay for it, but who have sworn falsely In order to get the hem fit of something: like $40 or $f>0 in the way of free tuition. There is a way to eorreet this outrage and it should he done at once. Our recollection of the law is that besides the sworn statement of the parent or guardian, the county auditor furnishes a certificate showing the kind and value of all property owned by the applicants' parents. Rut the present law falls short of correcting this evil it should be amended so as to correct it.?Lancaster News. The proposition here discussed is to say the least, important, and the mat ter Is badly in need of more equitable regulation. We are not prepared to agree to the abandonment of free scholarships, because we consider the principle of especial value as a means of bestowing honor where honor is properly due; but we do not see a great deal of justice In the practical operation of the free tuition principle under present regulations. General disregard of the law that undertakes to give free tuition only in eases where parents are unable to pay, is common, and looking at conditions as they exist rather than as we would like to have them, we do not see how the situation could be well straightened out. The man who pays the most taxes for edu-. rational purposes naturally feels that he is entitled to most of the benefits. At least that is the case with the average man. He is wrong, of course; but unhappily there is no adequate method 'of convincing him, and when it comes to a matter of getting free tuition or anything else free from the state, too] many people forget all about the moral obligation involved. The best way around it, we think, is that suggesteu by the Herald and News. It might be just a little heavier on the taxpayers; hut for all that is lost there, the gain in general self-respect would be more than sufficient to make it up. It is exceedingly difficult to make some people understand some very simple things, and although there are thousands who cannot conceive that anybody could fail to understand Mr. McAdoo's $50,000,000 deposit proposition there ar< other thousands who have no idea whai It means. The government has constantly on hand a big sum of money. The money is coming in all the time and going out at regular Intervals. Sometimes expenditures over receipts show a deficit, and sometimes a surplus; but the government is seldom short of a big amount of cash. Even when the government owes more than it has, there are nevertheless, large Ul 1/1 nnt of tVln sums witiiuis i" i'*- w.. proper time. Tlie custom all along has been to deposit this money in banks just as individuals do under the same circumstances. For years and years no money was deposited except in certain designated banks in the northeast, and those banks after using all they could place, at home, let out such as remained to other banks that wanted it. In the course of time the system was extended so as to let in more banks. The extension came about as a concession to the demands of ordinary right and justice, backed by political pressure. But still the New York hanks have gotten the lion's share, and they are continuing to get It, even under the arrangement that requires interest. This, It must be remembered, is a new wrinkle. Instituted only a few months ago. Well, it has been a common thing to move the crops with government money?money deposited in New York banks without interest, and which the New York hanks would hire out to other banks at whatever interest rates coull he h<cured. They had to charge interest, of course, on account of the labor, expense and responsibility involved in distribution 'and collection, and of course, that is all right. But the great point about the McAdoo proposition Is that the money comes to southern banks direct. Of course, it is proposed to put It out to a few larger banks in the south, and they will distribute it among their correspondents, charging Interest Just as the New York banks did. and would If they had control of the situation as heretofore. There are several points of peculiar interest in connection with existing conditions. In the first place it Is being openly charged that the New York and other northeastern banks now have on hand millions of money on which they are ac-, tually losing interest, rather than lend it with perfect safety. The reason charged is that they prefer to bring on stringency because they think they can see where by that means they can make greater profits later on. If this be their object it is a fact that they would be able to accomplish the same except for the friendly relief that Secretary McAdoo is contemplating. If It is really the purpose of the banks to bring about stringency, as is charged, and their scheme is checkmated, by Secretary McAdoo's move, then the fight may be prolonged into deeper lines; but there is reason to hope and believe that the administration is equal to any emergency. THE ZACHRY CASE Governor Blease Gives Matter His Personal Attention. Following is the letter that Governor Blease wrote Governor Slaton. of Georgia, in the Zachry case: Hon. John M. Slaton, Governor. Atlanta, Ga. Dear Sir: Under four separate covers, by registered mail. I am sending you requisition papers in the Zachrv case. You will notice that this demand is made upon request of the attorney general of our state, who has looked into the matter and has satisfied himself of the facts therein, and that Zachry can be convicted. I desire also to state that I have personally examined the statutes in each of tin- cases and have talked with the witnesses in the matter, and I am thoroughly satisfied that Zachry i; guilty under each of the charges as preferred, and that he will be convicted by a jury in this county. Having made personal examination of the supreme court decisions and other matters in connection therewith, I am satisfied beyond a shadow of a doubt, that this man has most flagrantly violated the laws of our state. Usually requisitions are made without any personal investigation, merely upon the request of the solicitor of the circuit, or proper prosecuting officer. but in this particular ease, knowing or its importance and the interest being taken in it in both your state and mine I made it my particular business to give it my personal attention. I received your wire in reference to hearing. Of course. I expected that, and of course . it is right that you should give it. and am satisfied that after you have had full hearing you wiil do vhnt you believe to be for the best interests of the peace and dignity of both our states. Very respectfully, Cole L. Blease, Governor. P. S.?Please forward extradition warrants direct to this office and I will send agent of this state. In the meantime. I respectfully request that Zacliry be held in custody by the proper sheriff of your state. ? Columbia, August 7: Governor n..,.?.frw,r mrurr ii-vmru ti ivnn uuui ?iw?viaivi Slaton, of Georgia tliiM afternoon, informing him that his letter accompanying the requisitions for Julian Zachr.v would have his careful attention. The Georgia governor expressed his desire for a continuation of the cordial relations between the two states. A telegram received here this morning from Mr. S'aton fixed next Monday as the date for the hearing of the requisitions. The letter says: "1 am in receipt of your favor of the 4th instant, enclosing four requisitions for the return of - tie Julian Zachr.v. I note what you have to say in regard to these charges, which shall have my careful consideration, in connection with the other papers in the case, when 1 take the matter up for final determination. I greatly appreciate your manifestation of confidence In my desire to preserve the best interests of the peace and dignity of both our states. I shall always endeavor to do this and 1 trust that the relations between the two states shall always remain cordial and pleasant. I have not as yet set a date for a hearing, but am sure it will be within the next two or three days. I will notify you of the date of the hearing and also my action after determining the matter." LOCAL AFFAIRS, NEW ADVERTI8EMENT8 J. F. Watson, Admr.?Publishes notice to debtors and creditors of estate of John M. Watson, deceased, to make settlement with him. York Supply Co.?Talks about lumber. hay wire, hog feed, Held seeds, builders' supplies, etc. McConnell Dry Goods Co.?Gives the last opportunity Saturday, to buy i6c to $1.50 gowns at 50 cents each. J. J. Keller & Co.?Has something to s^y to the man who needs lumber of any kind and in any shape. York Drug Store?Emphasizes the fact that it gives dependable service in ils prescription department and solicits your prescription work. Kirkpatrick-Belk Co.?Announces the coming of a representative of the Strouse Bros., with line of samples. Kirkpatrick-Belk Co.?Is showing a new line 01 irunitn, sun. cases ana hand bags in all styles. Carroll Furniture Co.?Wants you to see It's Irene range before you buy a cooking stove. It Is guaranteed. Thomson Co.?Reminds you of the lace and underwear sale that is on this week. Extra values in all departments. Whisonant Realty Co' Rock Hill?Has several good farms, various sizes; well located, desirable, and rightly priced and advises you to buy now. All the unregistered people who arc entitled to register should be stirred up to do so. The Enquirer had a call last Tuesday from Mr. W. A. Fair of Lincolnton, who Is to be the editor of the new paper to be established In Yorkville. Mr. Fair said that the company by which he is to be employed, the York Publishing company, has rented the new Nichols building on East Liberty street, and that the first issue of the new paper is to appear in five or six weeks. He stated that the gentlemen who are behind the proposition believe there Is room for two newspapers in Yorkville. and that it is their purpose to enler the field In a legitimate Journalistic manner, rather than in a spirit of oppostion. His visit, however, was rather hurried, because of the necessity of catching a train, and there was no time for much discussion of details PARCELS POST Under the recent order of Postmaster General Burleson, to go Into effect on August lf>, the parcels post weight limit Is to he Increased from 11 to 20 pounds, and there will he a material reduction of rates. The statement below "gives the rates that will apply locally, and in the first zone, the local rate being in the first column: 1 pound 05 .05 2 pounds 06 .06 .1 pounds 06 .07 4 pounds 07 .08 5 pounds 07 .09 6 pounds 08 .10 7 pounds 08 .11 8 pounds 09 .12 9 pounds 09 ( .18 10 pounds 10 .14 11 pounds 10 .15 12 pounds 11 .16 18 pounds 11 .17 14 pounds , 12 .18 15 pounds 1 12 .19 16 pounds 13 .20 17 pounds 13 .21 18 pounds 14 .22 19 pounds 14 .23 20 pounds 15 .24 The rate for local delivery shall apply to all parcels mailed at a postoffiee from which a rural route starts, for delivery on such route, or mailed at any point on such route for delivery at any other point there, on, or at the office from which the route starts, or on any rural route starting: therefrtilflj and on all matter mailed at a ctly carrier office or at any point within Its1 delivery limits, for delivery by carrier from that office or at any office for local delivery. CATAWBA ROADS Mr. D. P. Lesslle, road supervisor for Catawhn township, was In Yor|<ville last Tuesday on some business before the probate court, and while he was here a representative of The Enquirer took occasion to ask him how he : tins setting along with his road work. The question was: "Now that yon j have had your hip power road machine for two years, and had good opportunity to form an estimate as to both economy and effectiveness, do you still think the machine is such an investment as you would be willing to make over again, provided you were confronted with the proposition in the light of your former experience?" Mr. Lesslle said he was thoroughly well satisfied with the machine and the work that had been done with it. He had been over most of his roads four times within the past two years, and still had about five miles to go over for the last time this year, and there was no question of the fact that all tne roads were In much better condition than at the beginning. He said that of course roadworking is a matter of experience and judgment, and that to secure the right kind of improvement is to note and do just what may be needed. Although the proposition was not elaborated in detail, Mr. Lesslle .threw out this general idea as to drainage. Wherever the soil has a good deal of sand and pipe clay, the road bed should be high and the ditches deep; but in red clay soil the road should be flatter and the ditches, shallower. He said that where red clay was thrown up too high, the tendency to erosion is greater than when the roadbed is flatter. FOR THE COMMON GOOD Superintendent of Education John E. Carroll returned last night after attending the conference for the Common Oood in Columbia. When asked this morning by a representative of The Enquirer as to his impressions of the meeting. Mr. Carroll said that the conference could be the means of a great deal of good in this state. "While I do not think it will amount to much as an organization, I believe the spirit of the meeting will go out all over the state, and since it is for the benefit of all the people, I believe it will result in much good. "The meetings held twice a day, were largely attended, and all the speeches were along helpful lines. The conference was, as the papers said, made up of people of all classes. There were farmers and preachers, bankers and lawyers, teachers and people of all .si:i I inns in liie. "Tin* thin# that struck mo most about the whole conference was that it was made up of workers rather than speakers, and the spirit of helpfulness and progress was manifested at all times, "I only wish that the farmers who are interested in the Yorkville Creamery could have heard the talk of Mr. Shnford, of Hickory, N. C., I am sure that it would have been of much interest to them, and in my opinion was one of the best features of the meeting. "Clarence Poo, editor of the Progressive Farmer, made one of the most inspiring addresses during the confer ence. 1 only wish the farmers of the county and others as well, could have heard this brilliant man speak. Professor W. K. Tate said that if nothing else had come out at the conference, Bdltor Poe's speech would have been well worth all li.o effort that has been put forth, and I certainly agree with Professor Tate." WITHIN THE TOWN ? There has been considerable talk about Yorkvllle for some days to the effect that a beer club was to he organized here along the lines followed in Rock Hill, Spartanburg and other plnces. Mr. J. R. Kelly, was spoken of as the principal mover In the matter. Mr. Kelly said this morning, however, that while it is a fact that he has had the subject under consideration, he has learned enough to see that there Is no law to protect the proposition, and that so far as he Is concerned, there will be no further effort. ? The Are department was called out last Tuesday afternoon to extinguish a blaze In the home of Mr. W. F. Pierce, near the Neely Cotton mill. The house had been struck by lightning which caused considerable wreckage to the kitchen and dining room and tearing off some of the boards on the back of the house. Mrs. Pierce and her children were In the house at the time It was struck, but fortunately were unin jured. The fire had been extmguisnea before the arrival of the fire company. ? The A. R. P.'s are the champion baseball players of Yorkvllle. They won that distinction by defeating the team representing the Town yesterday afternoon by a score of 12 to 8. Four games have been played this week and the Seceders have captured three of them. The last game of the series is to be played this afternoon. Tuesday's game was quite an exciting affair and both teams put up a creditable fight. The Town finally won, 11 to 10. Batteries: Town?Marshall and Barron; Seceders?Grist and Nichols. Wednesday afternoon the A. R. P.'s had a walk-over, defeating their opponents 9 to 4. Batteries: Town?Logan. Smith, Marshall and Finley; Seceders ?Gaulden and Nichols. Yesterday's game was quite a long-winded affair. At times the play was good, at other times not so good. For the first few innings it looked as though the Town would win easily, but a batting rally among the Seceders coupled with errors by the Town, turned the tide and at the close of the ninth the score was. Seceders 12, Town 8. Logan for the Town pitched a good game, but did not receive proper support from his team mates. Batteries: Town?Logan and Nichols; Seceders?Grist,' Quinn and Finley. The attendance at all the cm men hna hspn vprv small. In fact SO small that It was hardly noticeable and the players have been somewhat discouraged on that account. It is hoped that the final game at 5.30 this afternoon will he witnessed by a larger number of baseball fans than nave attended the others. ABOUT PEOPLE Miss Agnes Hunter of Yorkvllle, 1: visiting relatives in Llncolnton, N. C. Mrs. J. M. Starr and daughter, Miss Sarah Meek, of Yorkvllle, are visiting relatives in Charlotte. Miss Mary Sturr has returned to her home In Yorkvllle. after a visit to Timberland, N. C. Misses Mary Brooks Inman and Lula Moore Logan of Yorkvllle. are visiting Miss Helen Darby, in Lowryville. ?'? r t? tur^t-k^nToll o n^l r-VilMron nf mm. U. VJ. mciyuncii UIIU vii..u. v..| w. Yorkville, are spending some time at Blowing Rock. Mr. A. Knox Quinn, of Rocky Mount, N. C., is In Yorkville on a visit to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Quinn. Mr. Tracy Proctor of Yorkville, returned Wednesday, after a visit to Knoxvllle. Miss Eloise Norris, who has been visiting friends In Yorkville, has returned to her home in Chester. Mr. Brown Thomasson of Yorkville, is spending a few days at Blowing Rock, N. C. Mr. D. M. Benfleld and son, of Yorkville, No. 3, are visiting relatives and friends in Lincoln county, N. C. Miss Grace Castles of Spartanburg, is visiting Miss Minnie Whitesides in Hickory Grove. Miss Ruby Happerfield, of Gastonla. is visiting Misses Florrie and Ruby Devinney, on Yorkvile, R. F. D. 3. Miss Betty Hemphill of Chester, is the guest of Miss Elizabeth Wllborn, in Yorkville. Col. and Mrs. W. W. Lewis and son, John, of Yorkville, are spending several days at Piedmont Springs. o?/1 Mra T3lifl1Q h?Vf* gone to Toledo, Ohio, after a visit . Mr. L. W. Louthian in '/orkvllle. Mrs. Eliza Barron and Mrs. W. Green Steele of Rock Hill, are spending this week in Yorkville, the guests of Mrs. N. J. N. Bo wen. Miss Lilla Herndon has returned to her home in Yorkville, after spending some time in the mountains of North Carolina. Misses Maggie and Daisy Gist, who have been spending some time in Blowing Rock, have returned to their home in Yorkville. Mrs. M. W. White and children, Lula and Lesslie, of Yorkville, left today for a visit to friends and relatives at Riverside. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Boyd, of Spartanburg, visited the family of Mr. B. O. Pennincrton on Yorkville. R. F. D. 3, this week. Misses Mayme Pearson, Dora Fttc and Nettie Bradley, of Gastonia, and Violet Dohson, of Yorkville, are the guests of Misses Hattie and Florence Lllley of Filbert. Dr. R. Glenn Allison, of Lake Saranac, N. Y.f who Is visiting relatives in Yorkville, says that Mr. W. Mason McConnell, who is at Saranac, is improving rapidly. If Mr. McConnell continues to make improvement as he has been doing, he will be able to return home in a few weeks. Of course the trouble started when Mr. E. W. Long, of Yorkville, became soliciting freight agent for the Seaboard. His many friends knew then that Yorkville, In which place he had served so long and efficiently as station agent, would see but little more of him, and now since he has been promoted to the position of commercial agent of his road, no one expects anything else than that he will move to Greenville. It will be necessary for him to do so. During his residence in Yorkville, Mr. Long has been a valuable citizen, always deeply concerned in the welfare of the town along lines of common good. When he leaves the community will be the loser; but nevertheless he wlil be billowed by the good wishes of scores of appreciative friends. . LOCAL LACONICS University Scholarship. The authorities at the South Carolina university have Informed Superintendent Carroll that R. E. Brown, Jr. of Rock Hill, is the winner of the York county scholarship to the university. R. E. Castles, of Smyrna, is alternate. Annual Rifle Shoot. Private Bamford Garrison, Co. L., First regiment, S. C. N. O., of Yorkville, left Tuesday morning for Camp Wide Jones at Columbia where he will take part In the state militia shooting contest. Forty men picked from the three South Carolina regiments, are participants in the shoot. The fifteen best marksmen will be sent to Camp Perry, Ohio, to participate in the national shoot. Crimson Clover as a Fertilizer. "I would Just like It fine if some peo- ' pie could see the splendid corn that ' my neighbor, Mr. Rllas Falls has," said j Mr. A. C. White of King's Creek, yes- , terday. "I want people to see this corn 1 an as to cot an obiect lesson as to the ' value of crimson clover as a fertilizer. Mr. Falls has corn of different ages that has had different seasons and all of It looks fine. The best way to learn exactly what crimson clover will do for the soil Is to come and see it." Beer Joints Raided. Two so-called social clubs that have been maintained mainly for the purpose of dispensing beer, were raided in Rock Hill yesterday morning by Constable J. F. Jackson, assisted by the local officers. The officers seized nearly a thousand bottles of beer and arrested the managers, B. C. Small and R. R. Small at the Mechanics club and W. C. Gregory at the Rock Hill social club. Nothing drinkable was found at the Catawba or Palmetto clubs. The two clubs at which arrests were made, had become notorious. Killed by Lightning. Mr. A. C. White, who was In Yorkvllle yesterday. Informed The Enquirer that Mr. Henry Blackwood was killed by lightning in his cottage near Jones's saw mill about a mile and a half north of King's Creek station, last Tuesday afternoon at about .30 o'clock. Mr. Blackwood returned from Blacksburg a short time before, and when a storm came up was standing by a dresser. A holt r?f lifhtnlnir afrnrlf nnttnirp ? " ? *" killed him Instantly, and set the cot tage on fire. Mrs. Blackwood and some ( of the smaller children were in the j house; but they escaped unhurt. There are five children In the family. Clover Cotton Oil Mill. At the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Clover Cotton OH and Ginning company, held some time ago, it was decided to add another press, together with such additional machinery as the installation of the press would render necessary to the equipment. The new press has arrived and Is now being installed. By reason of this comparatively small investment the dally output of the plant will be about doubled, and with little, if any Increase In the expense account for labor. Mr. J. Meek Smith, the secretary and treasurer, and Mr. W. N. Jackson, the superintendent, have been busy for sometime getting the plant In shape for business when the next season opens. The ginnery is now equipped with twelve 70-saw gins and the management hopes to gin more cotton this fall and winter than during any season since the plant commenced opera Hons In 1909. Price vs. Power Companies. In the United States district court Judge Smith has rendered an opinion ; remanding the case of Edward B. Price, administrator, against the Southern Power company and the Ca- i tawba company back to York county j for trial. The case grows out of the j killing of a boy by a live wire for which the responsibility is placed be- < tween the defendant corporations. The ' Southern Power company, a North . Carolina concern, had the case moved ] to the Federal court and the plaintiff J has now had It remanded back, since J the plaintiff and one of the defendants { are residents of South Carolina. The 1 judge finds no evidence to sustain the ] claim that the Catawba' company Is fraudulently Joined with the Southern Power company, in order to have one of the defendants an alien concern and afford cause for the transfer of the case to the Federal court. The suit la for $50,000. Farmers Mutual in Lancaster. Lancaster News: A meeting of the Lancaster county policyholders of the Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance company, of Yorkvllle, was held in the court house Saturday morning. Mr. D. E. Boney, agent and treasurer, was nrpsent and read his report for the < year ending June 30, 1913. The By- i laws of the company were read and explained. The following were recommended to serve as directors: Buford township, A. C. Rowell; Cane Creek, W. H. Drafln; Cedar Creek, J. A. Cauthen, Gills Creek, J. Clark Robinson; ( Pleasant Hill, W. R. Porter; Waxhaw, i T. W. Secrest. As the company has been working in this county for only a short time, it was not convenient to secure directors fc lat Creek and In| dian Land townsh.ps at this time, but this will be done later. In York and . Lancaster counties tnis company nas 1 l.lol policies in force, representing $1,009,690 insurance on buildings. Mr. Boney, the agent, is very much gratified at the reception he has received in Lancaster county, and expects to do a good volume of business. Proposed Fair at Rock Hill. Rock Hill, August 6: The dates of the York county fair which will be held in connection with the Winthrop Home institute this year have been fixed for October 16 and 17 and preparations are well under way. The committee in charge states that considerable inter eat is being taKen in an setuiuim ui me county, and the outlook is that York's first fair will be very good indeed. The premium list has been completed, giving the rules and regulations and full information will be distributed to all interested at an early date. Despite the fact that this is York's first effort at a fair, and is being conducted by a committee from the local chamber of commerce and not by an organization., around $500 In prizes will be offered, and the premium list covering practically everything that can be grown on the soil, also live stock, poultry, hogs, dogs, babies, etc. The committee has already signed a contract for an aeroplane to give exhibitions twice a day during the fair and several other clean attractions will be secured. The selection of attractions, however, will be done with the greatest care, and only the highest class concerns will be allowed to place their outfits Inside of s the grounds. The first day of the fair o will be known as industrial day. The manufacturing concerns and business r men, etc., have been Invited to partici- v pate in a parade and to have exhibits v ? * ** - i- ?"..."1" I* <u t Vi 11 Infpnllnn f ai i'.c 1 a11 giuuuust, ac ?? i**v ^ of the committee to have on display c samples of every article manufactured 1< inside the county. The second day c will he known as educational day, and ^ it is hoped to have every white school 0 in the county participate in the exer- t vises. A monster parade will be held t in the morning In which every school n will be urged to take part, and various fi prizes will be offered the paraders for q iiest floats, beat showing of school on I: foot, and largest proportion of per fi ventage of enrollment in line, etc. The 1 various schools and individual school p children will also have exhibits at the o fair grounds and various prizes will s I e awarded. Members of the Boys' o Corn club will also be on hand in full !< force with samples of their banner ri corn crops. o MERE MENTION Secretary of the Navy Daniels has returned to Washington, after a three weeks' visit to the Pacific coast William Lusty, a young man, was shot to death In a New York restaurant Monday night, by four gangmen. The vnnmon motlo fh*?lr pHpaiip In an antn mobile The government bonded warehouses throughout the country contain goods to the value of $105,928,384. This vast amount of goods is held in the warehouses pending the passage 3t the tariff bill now before congress. A proposed child labor law before ihe Georgia legislature, putting the age limit at 14 years, has been killed by the senate Dr. Pierre Roux, director of the Pasteur Institute, Paris, announces the discovery and perfection it an anti-cholera serum Militant suffragettes are believed to be responsible for the destruction of the resllence of Sir Georges Newnes at Lynton England, Tuesday morning Twenty-two miners lost their lives In a <ioal mine fire at a colliery near Glasgow, Scotland, Sunday night Secretary ?f State Bryan has canceled a number 9f Chautauqua engagements In Kansas, on account of official duties in Washington A 14-lnch gun exploded at the Indian Head, Md., proving grounds Wednesday, July 30th, due to too great pressure at the breech The navy department on Monday opened bids for the building of six torpedo boat destroyers. The bids ranged from (825.000 to $881,000 each Democratic leaders of New York, have given Giovernor Sulzer a vote of confidence In his fight against Chas. P. Murph\ and Tammany Hall A gold Held of exceptional richness Is reported as being discovered in the province of Katanga, In the Belgian Congo Four thousand salmon fishermen have gone on a strike on the Frazer river, British Columbia An aviation pupil died at Berlin, Germany, Monday from Injuries received on Sunday. He was the 300th victim of aviation since the Bport began in 1908 The trial arrangements of the famous Diggs-CamInetti white slave cases in California, have been changed so that the defendants will be tried separately on six counts each, making the defendants liable to sentences of ten years each. In addition, Camlnetti, and his attorney, Harris, are to be tried on charges of subornation of perjury Governor Hodges of Kansas is being urged to call an extra session of the legislature to provide relief for farmers in the drought-stricken counties of western Kansas, so as to prevent actual suffering Abraham Fink tried to kill Rebecca Silverman on Fifth avenue, New Tork, last Saturday, and then committed suicide. Fink has since been identified by the Philadelphia police as the "King of the White Slavers." Elm ma KrIU, a trained nurse, is under arrest at Cornwall. N. Y., charged with the murder of Dr. S. E. Tron, a Utica physician, by poison Anthony W. Grace was electrocuted at Sing Sing prison, New York, Monday, for the murder of his brother The first bale of the 1913 cotton crop sold at Selma, Ala., Wednesday, brought 16 cents a pound.. .President Wilson and Secretaries Bryan and Daniels have conditionally accepted Invitations to attend the Southern Commercial congress, at Mobile, Ala., in October Richard D. Drysdale, a county commissioner of Duvall county, Florida, ia under arrest at Jacksonville, charged with forgery and raising checks The Georgia house of representatives has passed a bill to license automobiles at $5 each for state road purposes Attorney General McReynolds has refused to endorse the recommendation of the Federal pardon board for .the release of Nathaniel Hawthorne from the Federal prison st Atlanta... .Robert C. Ogden, the widely known philanthropist, died at his Rummer home at Kennebrook Port. Maine on Wednesday. He was a retired member of the firm of Jo*; Wanamaker. Senator Luke Lea. of Tennessee has introduced a bill to provide a revision of Aid rich -Vreeland currency act A negro named Sid Taylor, threw a cigarette into 150 pounds of dynamite at Osyka. Miss., last Wednesday, and was blown to atoms A mall car on a Louisville and Nashville train from New Orleans to Birmingham, was rifled by bandits Tuesday night The thieves handcuffed the mall clerks together Two men were killed and two injured Tuesday, when a Wabash freight train was wrecked near Des Moines, la., by running into a bull asleep on the track.... A 2-year-old child was drowned at Paris, 111., Tuesday, by falling into an 8-gallon Jar of vinegar Guests to the number of 175, were forced to flee for their lives from fire which destroyed the Blue* Mountain hotel at Pen Ma.'. Pa., Tuesday morning. The loss was S500.000. including Jewelry to the value of $250,000 belonging: to guests. Jack Donaldson an Australian, broke the world's 300-yard sprinting record at Manchester England, Tuesday, by covering the distance in 29 3-5 seconds. The record of 30 seconds for the distance had stood since 1884 The pig iron production for the first six months of 1913, was .the largest on record, being 16,488,602 tons Earnings of the United States Steel corporation for the three months ending June 30, indicate approximately $160,000,000 for the year Col. P. S. Cody, the American who has been doing so much in aviation in England, was killed yesterday while flying with a passenger. The passenger was also killed. SCUTH CAROLINA NEW3. ? Columbia, August 6: Congressman A. P. Lever, who made an address here this afternoon before the Conference for the Common Good on "A National American Agriculture," has been the centre of Interest. Scores of people have been asking if he Intended entering the race for the United States senate next year against Senator Smith and Gov. Bleasc. When approached about the matter late this afternoon, Congressman Lever, with that inscrutable Lever smile, would admit nothing further than that he was seriously considering the matter. Congressman Lever's room at the Jefferson hotel svas thronged with visitors all the afternoon and it Is known that many men from different parts of the state urged him to enter the senatorial race, and that he received many flattering proffers of support. Many from different counties called at his room and jffered to back him if he would go into the race, but beyond the statement that he was seriously conslderng the whole matter, he would not commit himself. ? Union, August 7: W. P. Scott, who vlth R. L. Henderson, shot up the ho:el at Lockhart and inflicted terrible vounds with a butcher knife and fruit lars on the landlady, Mrs. Lula Adams Com Drnnma ran QlinHfl V lllffht. ;vas captured this morning at 9 )'clock In the southern part of this dty. Immediately after the shooting >n Sunday night, Henderson and Scott nade their escape, but a posse which lurrounded that community early the text morning saw the men about 4 >'clock, and when Henderson refused 0 halt he was shot by R. L. Gibson, ater dying after an operation. Scott nade good his escape, and Lt seemed vent to Whltmire to see his father, rhls morning Sheriff Fant got a meslage that Scott was either In or near he southern part of Union, and he at >nce sent Deputy Boyd Harris, and in 1 short while Scott was in custody and ommitted to Jail. During the row at ^ockhart, according to evidence irought out at the inquest of Henderon, it was alleged that Scott had shot it Magistrate Barber. ? Mr. J. J. Cantey, of Summerton, is rylng to attract public attention to a ecent decision of the supreme court i-hlch virtually nullifies the statute ihlch elves a landlord a fair lien on he crops of his tenants, even without i-rlting. Mr. Cantey has written the ommissioner of agriculture as folnws: "I am taking the liberty of Inlosing herewith an argument of mine, t'hich involves in my opinion a queslon of vital importance to the farmers f the state, and I desire that you, as he official and legal representative of he farmers of the state. look into the natter with the view of giving the nrmers of the state proper relief. "The uestion Involves the relation of the indlord or farmer to the tenant or arm hand. You will recall that in 909, the so-called 'lien law' was reealed, and practically all the lawyers f the state, and the farmers of the tate considered that since the repeal f said 'lien law,' the farmer or land>rd had a lien for supplies as well as ent on the crops of the tenant, withut a writing of any kind. However, within the past month the supreme court rendered a decision in the matter I discuss in the inclosed argument, holding in effect that while the farmer or landlord may have the lien in question without a writing of any kind, yet at the same time said farmer can not assert said lien against a subsequent purchaser or chattel mortgage without strict compliance with section 4166 of the code of 1912. You will perceive that this decision places the farmers in a worse condition with respect to labor than they were in before the repeal of the 'lien law;' of course, any ordinary layman knows well enough that section 4165 aforesaid has no legal or constructive connection wlln landlord b Hens, but refers exclusively to agricultural liens, but we will have to uccept the decision of the supreme court and get together and repeal section 4165 of the code of 1912. Let me hear from you upon the subject." ? Columbia, August 6: Governor Cole L. Blease, when asked this morning for a statement in regard to the Washington dispatch in the News and Courier to the effect that it is rumored that Governor Blease will seek a third term as governor instead of entering the race for the United States senate, said: "I have seen the article in thfs morning's News and Courier. It is only another one of the many newspaper lies that are now being and have been for some time past, sent out from Washington, trying to save somebody from defeat. The statement that a considerable proportion of South Carolina voters who are supporters of Blease for the governorship have said that they will vote for Smith for re-election to the senate Is a He of the whole cloth and this man cannot substantiate his statement by giving names. I have seventy-five thousand friends in South Carolina who will vote for me for the govership or the United States senate against anybody. I am stronger with the people than I have ever been, as is evidenced wherever I speak. The statement contained in said article that by the time Senator Smith's present term Is over most of the small amount of patronage that comes to the junior South Carolina senator by reaeon of the change in administration at Washington will have been distributed, certainly places Senator Smith's candidacy for a second term upon a very Iqw plane which I hardly think will meet his approval. I am golng-to the senate to represent all the people of my state and benefit each of them by helping to enact good, sound, honest laws and am not going there to represent only a few Federal pap suckers whom I might be able to place at the milk counter. K. F. M. will have to Invent a new one. This one will not go down. I , will be a candidate for the United States senate in 1914, and I shall win, 1 regardless of who or how many may ' be in the race. They laughed last summer when I said I would be reelected governor. I am still on the | job, and will be elected to the United : States senate in 1914 despite the ; liars." ? Columbia, August 6: Over 200 per; sons, representing all classes and conditions In the complex life of the state, gathered In the Columbia theatre this afternoon and tonight at the Initial conferences of the Conference for the Common Good. No more notable gathering has ever been held In the south than this, when socially sensitive South Carolinians, Imbued with a love for their state, and inspired by its , traditions, have assembled to correlate and co-ordinate constructive forces and principles making for the future welfare of its citizens. The ideal inderlying the conference seemed to Inspire the speakers and auditors, and great Interest and enthusiasm were manifested in the thoughtful discussion of varying problems. At the afternoon conference, men of wide and prominent distinction spoke on the various lines of efforts making for betterment in rural life, Its relation to home ownership and social welfare and the plans for promoting home ownership. The speakers were: Clarence Poe, editor of the Progressive Farmer; A. F. Lever, congressman from the Seventh district; W. H. Mills,, of Greenville. In the evening a series of ten minute talks was heard. These discussions, like those of the afternoon session, were characterized by an undertone of serious concern over the rapid drift from farm to city life. Grave consideration was given the problem of tenancy, the causes underlying the depopulation of the rural districts and the controlling factors and causes making for these results. 1 How to make rural life more comfortable and attractive was the purpose of ! many constructive suggestions. While there was an occasional break into 1 lighter vein, yet the prevailing tone ' was one of deep earnestness and purpose. The ten-minute talks were given by 8. J. Summers, of Cameron; Dr. E. A. Hlnes, secretary of the state medical society; Rev. E. O. Watson, presi' dent of Horry Industrial school; J. E. Carroll, superintendent of education for York coiinty; 8. E. Brown and W. : P. Robertson, of Greenville, and B. B. 1 Hare, of the United States department of agriculture. W. W. Long, of the Federal department of agriculture, was ! to have been one of the speakers, but ' he was unavoidably detained. , , , FROM HICKORY GROVE Pleased With Baseball Team?Won Nineteen Games?Personal. Hickory Grove, August 7.?Perhaps the Hickory Grove baseball team has made the best record of any amateur team of the two Carollnas, or elsewhere. The locals have won nineteen out of the twenty-two games played. It is generally recognized that we have material har? that wmilri shnw un well In a professional company, with proper coaching, and a disposition on the part of the local players to adopt that profession. With Oower Slaughter, as pitcher, Joe Leech, Jr., as shortstop, Fred McGIll as second baseman, and CharLton Good behind the bat, the locals fear few amateur ball teams, even if the rest of the team should be weak, which it Is not. Cbwpens has been thoroughly drubbed in a series of three games by the locals shutting them out. Cowpens is a long-standing enemy of the locals in baseball games, and for Hickory Grove to so thoroughly beat them at the game is a source of much gratification to the lovers of baseball here. knll ?v? nrna tKft trintim A# uii a uttii icam wcuj mc tichui w*. the locals in a game yesterday afternoon, the Sharon!tea being: Riven the unlucky score of 1.T to 0. Sharon has not defeated the "Grove" this season. Slaughter's twirling is too much for our neighbor ball players. Reports today are to the effect that the condition of Miss Alice Wylle is improving. Misses Reba Cain of TorkviUe, and Richards of Waterloo, and Mr. and Mrs. Lowry Wylle, of Spartanburg, are visiting at the home of Mr. Calvin Wylle. Misses Addle, Myrtice and Nellie Moe Tinsley are visiting Mrs. W. T. Slaughter. Mr. and Mrs. Crawford and sister, of Gastonia, are visiting Mr. John N. McGill and family. Mrs. E. J. Henderson, of Waterloo, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. J. W. Leech. Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Crawford, of Bethany, are visiting Mrs. S. W. Leech. Miss Winnie Crawford, of Yorkville, is visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Wllkerson. Miss Ola Wilkerson has returned home after an^extended visit to friends in Mempbls, Tenn. Messrs. J. B. Kirby and W. S. Buice visited Columbia this week on business. Doesn't Like Sen. McLaurin.?There seems to be no further room for doubt about the candidacy of State Senator John L. McLaurin for the Democratic ' nomination for governor next year. Senator McLaurin attended the Filbert picnic last Friday and when the candidates for governor were asked to speak he marched right up to the front and relieved himself of a bunch of bunkerino. Senator McLaurin seems to have listened to and been influenced in making the race for office by the complimentary things which have been said about htm by one or two halfbaked Democratic newspapers published In the state. He will learn before the campaign has progressed very far that he has no earthly show of winning the nomination. He |s a man of some ability, but his ability is of the kind the people will not prefer. He has a record, too.?Fort Mill Times.