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Scraps and Jarts. ? According to advices from Columbia, the two cases brought by W. F. Blackburn, stenographer to Governor Blease, against James H. Moore, editor of the Columbia Record, charging criminal libel of the governor, will be tried at the term of the Richland county court of general sessions which begins Monday. ? William G. Staples, chief deputy in the office of the collector of internal revenue for South Carolina, has defaulted in an amount believed to be under $1,000. Staples was a deputy under Micah Jenkins and was afterward transferred to Raleigh. He has been chief deputy under D. C. Heyornrri slnoo that cpntlpm&n's aDDOint merit. ? McDuffie is to be added to the roster of counties, out of Abbeville, Edgefield and Greenwood, with McCormick as the county seat. The question was passed upon by the voters last Tuesday, 619 to 98. The vote must be confirmed by the general assembly, of course, but no trouble is anticipated about that. This will make the fortyfifth county. ? Washington, December 31: The annual postofflce appropriation bill, carrying $321,000,000, was passed by the house today. It included legislation abolishing the position of assistant postmaster in many offices, inaugurating a revised system of railway mail pay, including payment for increased mail weight due to the parcel post, and making other organization changes recommended by Post master v?enerm Dunesuu. uuui? ? authorize an experimental contract service to replace rural carriers was defeated. ? Fifty-five paroles, pardons and commutations were granted by Governor Blease, Wednesday. Twentyeight manslayers were among the number to receive executive clemency at the hands of the chief executive. There are now 149 persons left who may be classed as "state prisoners." Since going into office Governor Blease has exercised clemency in 1,544 cases. Among those pardoned Wednesday were Horace Finch, Robert Wilson and W. R. Belcher of Spartanburg, the three men who were convicted before Judge Ernest Moore last month of "assault and battery and riot," in attempting to lynch Will Fair, a negro. ? There was a lively hearing in Magistrate Gantt's court in Spartanburg last Tuesday, involving thirteen and one-half gallons of corn whisky, the property of John F. Floyd, mayor of Spartanburg. The sheriff had seized the stuff and the mayor instituted claim and delivery proceedings. Mayor Floyd asserted that the whisky was for personal use and there being no evidence to the contrary, he was given possession. During the hearing, W. P. Turner, who is said to be doing detective work in Spartanburg under State Detective F. E. Hammond, testified that he had bought two quarts of whisky from Mayor Floyd in August, 1911, while that gentleman was in the undertaking business. Mayor Floyd promptly denounced the witness as a liar, and the later apologized to the court for using such language. ? Th? Enronean war had cost the United States $382,831,172 in decreased exports up to December 1, according to a statement issued yesterday, by the department of commerce. Exports to all countries for the 11month period ending with November, aggregated $1,867,991,492, against $2,250,822,664 for the like period in 1913. Despite that showing, however, the November trade balance in favor of the United States was $79,411,271, and for the 11-month period, $193,372,036. November showed its greatest gain in crude and manufactured foodstuffs sent to Europe, the 1914 total being $73,049,036, against $38,787,688 in 1913. The most striking effect of the war shown by the statement is the decrease of Germany's $48,072,784 consumption in November, 1913, to $42,136 in November, this year. Exports to all countries except . Australia, France, India, the United Kingdom and Italy, fell off during November from 1913 figures and for the 11-month period only Australia, Italy and Russia increased their American purchases. While the United Kingdom was the largest customer, taking $69,589 279 in American goods during November, and $515,645 990 during the 11-month period, the latter figure shows a decrease of approximately $11,000,000 from the 1913 total. Italy showed the greatest increase in November, taking $37,031,754 last month, against $7,711.133 in November. 1913. ? London, December 30: The British cabinet met in special session to-| day to consider the American government's protest against delay to American shipping caused by the searching of vessels by the British fleet. The note reached the foreign office yesterday. It is not expected a reply will be drafted for several days. It is pointed out that a document which took weeks to draft hardly could be digested at nne oAhinat meetine. Sir Edward Gray scarcely had time to read, much less to consider, the note before the meeting of his colleagues. The cabinet will seek information at the admiralty, which department is responsible for .he examination of ship's cargoes. Foreign office officials and the law officers of the crown will be called upon for diplomatic and legal opinions. When this procedure is adopted American Ambassador Page will be asked to discuss the whole situation with Sir Edward Grey and Sir Cecil SpringRice, the British ambassador to Washington, will probably be asked to take up the question with the American state department Mr. Page has not yet received any intimation as to the date for his conference with Sir Edward Grey. The protest continues to monopolize interest here. While it has come as somewhat of a shock to the public that differences have arisen between the two governments on a subject that admittedly is a difficult one, the note generally is calmly discussed except by those who declare that Great Britain should disregard American wishes and follow a policy best calculated to assist the allies in the war. British ship owners, who are almost as greatly concerned over the situation as Americans, today expressed tne opinion Ultli me luniiri nuuiu i/t amicably settled. The director of one large company, admitting inconvenience was inevitable in the searching of ships, said it was possible some of this inconvenience might be obviated. ? London. December 31: The New Year finds belligerent Europe after t.ve months of war fighting sternly as at the beginning, but seemingly without prospects of immediate big victories. The Austrians again have been driven out of the greater part of Galicia, and according to a Vienna statement the Russians have crossed the Carpathians for the third time, but in Poland, where a more important battle is in progress, the armies of the Russian and German emperors are still fighting for the banks of the rivers which intersect the country between the upper Vistula and Pilica Rivers. In Flanders and France there has been a lull in the lighting on most of the front, disturbed occasionally, however, by artillery fire, infantry attacks and counter-attacks. The French tonight announced that they have carried half of the village of Steinbach. in upper Alsace which, while of 11 * * lu nr itminplnnci- itself. stands at the foot of a hill which commands a large part of the surrounding country. It is in this region as in the vicinity of Noyon and between the Argonne ridge and the Meuse that the French have be? n pushing their offensive with their greatest force and where they claim to have made the most progress. Alon" the Belgian coast fighting is confined to artillery bombardments. West< nde and many other little towns which long ago were deserted by the civilian populations have been made , the target for shells of the Allies. Walf.sh Bay n British possession on the coast of OS' rman Southwest Africa, which the Germans took at the commencement of the war. has been re taken by Union or tsouth Arrica iorces. while the Australians have annexed Bougainville Islands ov<t which flew the German flair and about the last of he German islands In the Pacific. In London New Year's Eve was celebrated bv the usual dinners and dances at hotels and restaurants, but with less sraiety and on a much smaller scale. At the larger hotels however, there wa? a lan*e attendance of oncers on leave rr waitine *n pro to the front, many Preach and Belgians who were driven from their homes by the war r and a large number of Americans. The ^ list of New Year's honors offered by King George on the recommendation 1 of the premier and the foreign and c colonial offices was short and contain- \ ed no new peerages. At the head of the lost are the earls of Derby and Chesterfield, who received the Order v of the Greater for their services in re- r cruitlng and Baron Lovat, who re- s ceives the Order of the Thistle for the same reason. The earl of Aberdeen, whose retirement from the lord lieutenancy of Ireland, is expected to be raised to the rank of marquisate. ?hr \lorhvillc inquirer.' Entered at the Postofflce In Yorkville * as Mail Matter of the Second Class. a : = t V YORKVILLE. S. C.t p FRIDAY, JANUARY I, 1915 * P It turns out that it was the Russian ^ cruiser Askold and not the United v States cruiser Tennessee, that threatened to fire on the Syrian village of Smyrna recently. There is an article in the last issue of the Rock Hill Record in reply to t! what The Enquirer has to say with a reference to the proposition to have the county assume the expense hereto- v fore borne by the Rock Hill chamber n of commerce in connection with the p salary of the farm demonstrator on c the "eastern side." The article is very t: well written and in first rate temper, c and if it had been sent to "The En- n quirer," which the writer states, "is a largely patronized by the farmers of tl the county," it would have carried the h idea of a desire for county-wide dls- n cussion. This particular statement, c however, should be reproduced. "The Enquirer is mistaken in stat- s ing that this money [for the support a I of the demonstration agents] is to f come from the general education fund. It has been the case in the past that a *> large part of the money used for dem- p onstration work came from this fund, v but since July, the General Education Fund has not furnished any money to- e ward the work, and will not furnish a any more. Congress refused to accept h any more of this money. The Lever bill has taken its place. While South Carolina failed to appropriate the " money necessary to take advantage of b the amount coming to it under the Lever bill, Clemson college did put this money up, and in this way the state is now enjoying the benefits of the bill." d We are not prepared to question the h correctness of this statement. We a think it is very probably correct; but s at the same time we do not see that d this has anything to do with the sec- v tionalism of demonstration agents, n and does not regulate the extent to r! which they are to act as trade agents under the direction of commercial s bodies, all of which is very important, tl tl We have some little conception of ll the "law of power," and a good deal higher conception of the law of right. 0 We very well understand the common u acceptance of the proposition that a * blockade, for instance, does not have s to De recognized Dy a neumu unieBs 11 is effective. That is if a neutral vessel can get by a blockade, it is entitled, to it, and if it gets caught it must ^ take its medicine. That is all right. We understand too, that Great Britain has control of the sea, and a neutral ^ vessel cannot reach a German port, or ^ the port of a neutral nation that has communication with Germany, because of British vigilance and power. t There is no complaint to make of that either in war time, because there is j. only one way to help ourselves and that is by going to war. So much for ^ the law of power. Now for the law of ^ force. The United States, the greatest market in the world for munitions 0 of war and war supplies, is selling ev- t erything she has to the allies, and working night and day to sell more. ^ She can sell nothing to Germany, be- d cause she cannot deliver the goods. It is wrong for the people of this country to sell the means of destruction to any of the belligerents. As matters stand right now she can only sell to the enemies of Germany and to all intents and purposes, she is an active t ally of the allies. It seems to us that strictly honest neutrality would require us to take this position: "Unless j we are permitted to sell what we t please to all of the belligerents, we will sell nothing to any of them." That would stop the war quicker than anything else and do more to relieve the pressure on the United States. Also, above all, It would be right. . b What is going to be the outcome of y the correspondence between the United a States and Great Britain with refer- t ence to the treatment of American shipping on the high seas, etc., cannot t be predicted with any certainty; but u that the Issues involved are grave, is ^ obvious. That the Washington ad- 0 ministration will proceed with caution j-, goes without saying, because caution and conservatism are characteristic of h this administration. It is an historic r fact that Great Britain has always u been very arrogant in her dealings j: with other nations in time of war, h whether she be a party to the war or a in the position of a neutral. Under o circumstances when she is at war, it b is her custom to regulate the conduct J1 of neutral nations to her own convenience, and when she is neutral, it is her custom to require warring powers to accommodate themselves to her own ^ wishes as to how her commerce shall ( be conducted. Where she has desired to sell contraband of war or anything a else to warrine nations, she has done s so. and when neutral nations have . k claimed the right to follow the precedent she herself has laid down, she has not hesitated to reverse herself and v enforce her desires, when such prece- ii dents operated against her interests. ' It was the arbitrary and arrogant conduct of Great Britain toward the ship- j ping of the United States that brought v on the war of 1S12. The United States a did not want that war: but was simply forced into it by insults as insuf- ^ ferable as spitting into one's face. <; While the conduct of Great Britain s toward American shipping during tin present war has been more diplomatic * than formerly, the effect has been J, practically the same. The Apierican r note of protest does not contain anything offensive: hut it deals with mat- C ters of vital importance, and can lea4 c to but one of four things. 1. A radi- j cal change of British policy toward v American comnjerce. 2. The adoption by the United States of a policy that j ' will humpef the shipment of supplies]* to Great Britain from America. 3. The ^ complete sacrifice of American s?lf- I espect. 4. War. It is very probable hat America can find a means of proecting her self-respect as well as her ommercial interests without going to var. and it is to be hoped so; but it is luite certain that the conditions of yhich the Washington government is naking complaint are not going to be ufTered by this country indefinitely. Birthday. January 1, 1855?January 1, 1915. Today is The Yorkville Enquirer's ixtleth birthday. The Enquirer is not the oldest newstaper in the state. The News and Courier, among the dailies, Is older, ind there are several older weeklies; iut The Enquirer has the distinction f having continued longest under the ame ownersnip ana inuiiu.gciueui.. It has been printed week after week, ear after year, through periods of peace and prosperity, through periods f war and bloodshed, through periods f social and political turmoil, and uner any and all circumstances has always sought to do its full duty by the plendld constituency that has supported it so handsomely from the belnnlng. So far as the present editors and publishers are able to make good, The inquirer will continue in the future irhat it has been in the past, an earnst champion of the country's highest irelfare. The New Year. On this January 1, 1915, we wish all he readers of The Enquirer a happy nd prosperous New Year. It is an unpleasant truth that the rinding up of the year just closed has ot been in accordance with the bright rospects of five months ago. Then rops were flourishing and the indicalons were that the prices to be reeived would be liberal enough to lake everybody reasonably easy if not dually comfortable. Since then, hrough" no fault of our people, there as come about conditions that have lade for a change that has been acompanied by no little gloom. The situation does not look nearly o bad now as it did only a few months go, and really and truly the outlook 3r the country seems to be growing righter every day. Probably the im rovement will not be as great as we fould like to have it; but there is very reason to hope that conditions re going to be better than they they ave been. And with it all, we wish all our eaders and the country generally a right and prosperous New Year. Warehouse the Cotton In driving around during the holiays, the editor of The Enquirer saw undreds of bales of cotton lying round the homes of the farmers, ometimes in the open, sometimes uner trees, but generally exposed to the feather and in a position where there lust necessarily be much rapid deteloration. From the number of bales actually een there is good reason to conclude bat the total number thus exposed hroughout the county runs well up ito the thousands. We desire to urge upon the owners f this cotton that it should be placed nder shelter, and good shelter at hat, because the losses that are being ustained under present conditions are omething terrific. -. Although our Judgment is that the est thing to do with such cotton is to iut it in a warehouse?a state wareiouse if possible; but at any rate a farehouse, and if no warehouse is vallable, lay a foundation of poles to ;eep the cotton off the ground and iuild a shelter over it. Whether the cotton be provided vith shelter on the farm?good sheler?or placed in a warehouse, the cost fill certainly be less than to leave it ying out. Everybody knows or ought to know, hat the spinner prefers good, dry coton to wet, damaged cotton, and with uch a crop as is on hand at the presnt time, the spinner Is in a position o choose what he wants. He may not iut a premium on good cotton, but he fill certainly put a heavy penalty on lamaged cotton. The people who are leaving their otton out, exposed to the weather, are n danger of losing it entirely. It is asily possible that it will not be Balble at all?that when the price eventlally gets to where It may look atractive, the cotton will be worthless. Warehouse charges range from IB ents to 26 cents a month. Considerng the preservation, the Insurance and he security, this is far cheaper than saving the staple out in the weather. Among the farmers that we know of re some who are well able to hold fithout help from bankers or others, nd some even who could actually give .way all the cotton they have without elng seriously hampered in next ear's operations; but that is no reaon why they should allow their cotton o go to ruin. All holders of cotton should see to It hat If their holdings are not already inder shelter they should be put unler shelter at once, whether shelters f their own or the shelters of warelouses. Under the commonly followed warelouse rules those who store cotton, are tot expected to pay storage charges intll they get ready to market, so there s no trouble on that score, and every lolder of unstored cotton ought to be .ble to very easily figure that the cost f trying to hold without storage will >e greater than storage charges, no natter how long the storage may coninue. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS ? Governor Blease has named Capt. V. M. Rivers as game warden for Charleston county. ? W. B. Garrison, a Clemson gradu,te, has been secured as farm demoniration agent for Greenville county. ? Brodus Craig, six years old, was ;illed by the accidental discharge of . shotgun near Aiken. Christmas day. ? J. H. Duncan, a machinist out of rork, committed suicide at his home n Columbia, Christmas day. by shootng himself with a pistol. ? J. A. Wyman, a prominent citizen if Bamberg, shot and killed Minyard day, near Bamberg. Monday. May, ^ho was drinking, attacked Wyman, md the homicide resulted. ? According to returns made to Villiam J. Bryan, secretary of state, he four senatorial candidates in the >outh Carolina primary last summer, pent a total of $4,420.50. ? The state railroad commission las signed an order permitting the Augusta-Aiken railway to increase its ates from one cent to two cents per nile. ? According to a statement issued by Comptroller General Jones Wedneslay. the income tax for 1914 was only n?0\21 as compared with $17,820.25 n 1918. Richland county led the state vitli oyer $o.000. ? Mary Jenkins, an aged negro wonan. was shot and killed at Furman, iampton, county. Saturday, by R. R. ^eeples, a well-to-do' white man. The tilling hat* aroused much feeling. | 'eeplqs in i,n jail. NEW ADVERTI8EMENT8 W. R. and J. H. Carroll?Give notice that books of subscription to the capital stock of the Carroll Supply Co., will be opened at W. R. Carroll's office next Monday. Jas. D. Grist?Will appreciate return of a cloth belt, lost at Clover last Thursday. R. E. Montgomery?Reduces prices for horse shoeing:, provided the cash comes with the horse or mule to be shod. Has expert shoers. L. R. Williams, Probate Judge?Gives notice that J. S. Hartness has applied for letters of administration on the estate of Mattie A. Lucas. York Furniture Co.?Wants you to call and see the "Free" sewing machine and learn about the club plan of buying machines. First National Bank, Yorkvllle?Invites you to come and see it in its new and modern banking house. Thomson Co.?Suggests that you begin the New Year right by resolving to do your buying from it. York Furniture Co.?Wishes you the compliments of the season, and requests those who owe it to pay up at once. It needs the money. Sherer & Quinn?Thanks you for past favors, extends the season's compliments and wishes you a prosperous New Year. W. E. Ferguson?Thanks you for the business given him during the year 1914, and wishes you a prosperous New Year. York Drug Store?Is prepared to furnish merchants and others with all kinds of blank books for business purposes. l^ync xneaire?rresenw iuiubih m? Mysterious Hand," with Grace Canard and Francis Ford in leading roles. Mr. D. E. Jackson of Filbert No. 1, recently killed a five-months-old hog that netted 225 pounds. County Treasurer Neil was unusually busy yesterday, Issuing receipts for taxes. The one per cent penalty goes into effect today and there were therefore numerous people on hand yesterdav to escape the additional burden. Although Mr. Finley has not justified himself In turning down petitions signed by patrons of the Yorkville postofflce, there is no denying the fact that he paralyzed the Yorkville "Board of Trade" in its assumption that his appointee would not give satisfaction. The National Union Bank of Rock Hill, and the Loan and Savings bank of Yorkville, have again paid their taxes under protest. The litigation | involving the alleged non-taxable bonds held by these banks has not yet been settled. A young white man, over 21 years of age, walked into the office of the judge of probate recently and applied for a marriage license. When asked if he could sign his name, he replied in the | negative and had to touch the pen. His fiance was also unable to write her name. "Well, sir, this thing of refunding a part of the taxes of the hail storm sufferers has helped us a great deal," said a resident of the hail storm district yesterday. "Now, for instance, my taxes were about $70 this year. I was refunded about $50, and I'll tell you I can easily find a place to put that money. Because of the long continued wet spell, the railroads are having their own troubles with bad tracks. Because of the softness of the roadbed the tracks have a tendency to slide when heavy trains are passing over them with any degree of speed. Hence "slow orders" are the rule and hardly any of the trains have been making their schedules. The to-called fight of the Board of Trade against the installation of Mrs. Nichols as postmaster at Yorkville, has about kerflummaxed. There was little to the flurry at the start and the few who sought to prosecute it in the name of the Board of Trade did not know how to proceed. Mr. Flnley, a past-master in politics, once told piha writer hereof, that, "You can't win a flght for a political position without a candidate," and our observation during the many years that have elapsed since that time has increased our faith in the saying. In this case there was a declaration of unfavorable opinion against the appointee, and a favorable sentiment for the Incumbent, in connection with a very vague demand for the appointment of "a man." Now, if it had not been for the fact that there was in sight a man (Mr. Qulnn) who was surrounded with unusual strength as a candidate, backed as he was by petitions that included a majority of the patronage of the office, it might have looked as if the demand for a pian was something more than a pretext; but as matters stand, it seems that there is little if any more to be said. TO SUBSCRIBERS. The.e will be no general revision of The Enquirer's subscription list until after next Friday. It has been th'e custom heretofore not to cut off subscriptions that expire January 1, until the end of the first week in the month, and under this rule, with the exception of renewals, which are entered as rapidly as they are received, the entire list will stand until next Friday, the 8th Instant. In the meantime, all subscribers who have not renewed their subscriptions; but who Intend to do so, should see their favorite clubmakers or the clubmakers nearest to them, at once. We have no pleasure in striking subscribers from our lists, especially those who desire the continuance o? the paper; but unless we have had due notice of the desire of the subscriber in the matter, there is no other alternative. THE NORWAY SEED CAR. Announcement was made in the last issue of The Enquirer about the generous contribution of a carload of seed corn and cotton seed, contributed by Mr. B. B. Williams and others of Norway, S. C? and the proposed distribution thereof. Those having the matter in charge directed that the car be shipped to W. W. Stanton, at Clover, and the full correspondence in the matter will show that there was ample authority for this: but there has been some criticism, and In behalf of all concerned, The Enquirer has been requested to state that the committee will see to It that as nearly as possible full Justice will be done to the storm sufferers in the lower as well as the upper part of the storm stricken area. It has been suggested that there be a more general division of the contents of the Norway car than was at first indicated, and the committee will very likely carry out that suggestion. DEER HUNT IN BETHEL The first deer to be killed In York county In many a day was shot by Ed Mitchum last Tuesday afternoon, following a three days' chase. The deer, a buck weighing about 150 pounds, was discovered in Mecklenburg county by Ed Thompson and a party of hunters, Saturday afternoon. Tne animal was chased to the Catawba river, which it crossed some time Saturday night or Sunday, and on Monday a party of bird hunters in the Point section of York county discovered its track and the chase was resumed. The speedy creature passed within a short distance of Riddle's mill and when it reached there, Messrs. \V. A. Brandon, the Messrs. Riddle and other hunters were close behind it pursuing it through the premises of Dr. T. N. Dulin, where in attempting to cross a barbed wire fence the deer cut itself badly, leaving a trail of blood for some distance. The race continued to a point near Bowling Oroen church, where on account of darkness, it was abandoned for the day. Determined to take the animal. Messrs. Joe and Ed Mitchum Howard Piddle, Joe Riddle, J. C. Harper. S. S. 'Henn. James Adams Robert and Lust Jackson. E. Hope Adams. J. J. Henry, Sam Parham, B. B. Ferguson, Henry* Riddle, T. B. Quinn, and W. M. Crawford resumed the hunt early next morning, having collected a pack of the best dogs to be had. About 1.30 in the afternoon, the track was discovered and a long sight race began. Through the woods and fields, gullys and marshland, in creeks and streams the animal sped, the dogs and hunters following closely in his wake. About 3 o'clock some of the hunters got in range and a shot from the gun of Mr. Ed Mitchum brought the animal down. After the hunt was over the crowd went to the home of Mr. W. M. Crawford, where Mrs. Crawford prepared dinner for the party. The deer, which proved to be a fine specimen, with a great spread of antlers, was then divided and each of the hunters secured a large piece of venison as a reward for the long and exciting chase. WITHIN THE TOWN ? There was a large congregation at the Methodist church last night to take part in the "Watch night service." The nrofirramme as minted in The Enquirer of last Tuesday, was carried out. ? The Yorkville Graded school children will start back to work Monday, and practically all of the college students who have been spending the holidays at their homes, will return on that day. ? The Baracca class at the Ancona mill, on Christmas presented Mrs. Lee with an expensive teacher's Bible, and gave Rev. J. L. Oates a handsome rocking chair and Mr. A. M. Grist a pair of gold cuff buttons. ? People living along East Liberty and streets connecting, have been mucn annoyea 01 iaie on account ui the number of thefts of over-shoes and laundry packages left on their porches. A number of people have complained of such losses and feel sure that some petty thief has a large supply of the articles named. ? At a meeting in the office of Dr. M. J. Walker in Yorkville, last evening, the board of stewards of Trinity Methodist church was organized for this year with the election of the following officers and members: Dr. M. J. Walker, chairman: Dr. D. L. Shieder, secretary: J. P. White, treasurer; R. E. Montgomery, J. W. Dobson, J. A. Sherer, J Q. Dickson. ? Under the plans of the architect, the clerk of the court is to have Ave rooms in the new court house, the sheriff two, the auditor, treasurer, supervisor, coroner and superintendent of education one each. The superintendent of education asked for an additional room, but the court house commission declined to grant the request. ? An attempt to break into the home of Mrs. W. B. Wylie on East Liberty street, was made early Tuesday morning. Mrs. Wylie and her daughter were awakened by the closing of a trunk which they had left open, and by the falling of a pane of glass. The screen inside the window of the sleepin room had also been cut. About 10 o'clock Tuesday morning, a ragged suspender from a pair of overalls was found beneath the window, and the article was placed in the custody of the sheriff. Other than the suspender, no clue to the would-be burglar has been found. ? The small boys of Yorkvllle rang out the old year and in the new last night. Just as the clock struck 12, there arose a perfect din of horns, Are crackers, bells and the like. All the church bells began ringing, and some youngster even went so far as to blow the whistle of engine No. 117, the Columbia train which was on a siding. One or two wished to ring the Are bell but others of the party realized that this would never do. The usual custom of taking off the front gates of residence yards was put into effect and also much wanton destruction was wrought in the graded school building. THE WADE FUND. The committee in charge of the Wade Fund in South Carolina, has appointed local committees in each of the counties to pass upon the placing of loans. The York county committee is as follows: Ira B. Dunlap, chairman; Chas. L. Cobb, R. C. Allein, J. P. McMurray. There has been mailed to' every bank in the state the following papers: 1. Application blank, with form of note. 2. Circular of advice to local and state committeea 3. Supplemental circular of advice to local and state committees. 4. Questions to be answered by the bank forwarding application. Applications and notes may be obtained by any bank upon application to R. Q. Rhett, chairman, Charleston. The following are the principal points of interest to prospective borrowers: 1. No application will be considered that fails to reach the state committee in Charleston on or before February 1, 1916. 2. All notes mature February 1, 1916, and may be extended by the central committee for six months longer. 3. All notes bear Interest from the date of their approval by the general committee in New York at the rate of 6 per cent per annum, payable quarterly, on the first days of May, August, November and February, respectively. 4. Three per cent of the face of the loan is deducted and deposited in a guarantee fund: First, to pay expenses: second, to pay losses on Class "A" certificates, and, third, to pay losses on Class "B" certificates. All of the guarantee fund not so used is dis tributed pro rata to borrowers. 6. Both Class A and Class B certificates bear 6 per cent interest payable quarterly and are themselves payable on February 1, 1916. 6. Loans are made to responsible and reputable owners of cotton freed from liens stored In a warehouse owned and controlled by substantial persons or corporation other than the borrower, in such manner as to be thoroughly protected from the weather. 7. The basis of the loan Is middling cotton at 5 cents per pound. The differences for grades will be published later. No cotton below "low middling" will be considered. 8. Loans will only be made on 20 bales or multiples thereof, 1. e., In sums of J600 or multiples thereof. 9. Loans can only be made through some southern bank which is willing to subscribe to a Class "B" certificate on {he amount of one-fourth of the loan; and*to guarantee the prompt paymfent of the quarterly interest and the wkrehouse charges during the continuance of the loan. 10. The cotton must be insured until Febhuary 1. 1916, and the policy assigned to the holder of the warehouse receipt or the cotton loan fund , committee, with the premium paid. 11. Any borrower retiring his loan ( must pay interest up to the quarter- i ly period next succeeding. THE MARRIAGE RECORD Four hundred and eighty-nine mar * 1 *?.. D?/, nape licenses were issueu uy mc tiubnte judge of York county from Jan. 1, 1914, to January 1, 1915. This Is a de- ; crease of 46 over t,he previous year, during which 515 licenses were issued to white and colored couples in the county. While the .exact figures are i not at hand, it is a (fact that the li- 1 censes issued to negroes during the year exceeded thoge given to white persons. Since the imarriage license law went into effect jin July 1911, 1.714 licenses have been issued by Probate Judge Williams. Tlje following are the licenses issued since the last publication of the list in The Enquirer of Dec. 5: Dec. 8?Willie Nash and Winnie McCright (colored). Dec. 8?John L., McGarrity and Nellie McKnight. Dec. 9?Arthur Castle and Mary Tims (colored). Dec. 9?J. Walker Holllday and Jessie May Cornwell. Dec. 10?Tom R. Harris and Ella Harris (colored). Dec. 11?David P. McWaters and Edna J. Lesslie. Dec. 11?Sumter D. Cornwell und < Eva I. Campbell. Dec. 11?Claud B. Whltworth and Cora McGee. Dec. 12?Chapho Stoves and Mary Ellis (colored). Dec. 12?Amos Gwln and Martha Taylor (colored). Dec. 12?Floyd E. Long and Bennle Yandles. Dec. 12?Baxter C. Carson and Margaret Feemster. Dec. 12?Cress H. Hill and Nora Lyles. Dec. 12?Josh Sims and Bessie Wilson (colored). Dec. 12?Ben Crawford and Ella Fourney (colored). Dec. 12?Jno. A. Pratt and Sallle Scouts (colored). Dec. 14?J. Ed Healan and Mamie Thompson. Dec. 14?John Anderson and Etheraer Sims (colored). Dec. 14?Frank Smith and Nellie Smith (colored). Dec. 14?Dolar Bratton and Annie Sanders (colored). Dec. 14?Everett A. Kimball and Rebecca E. Harley. Dec. 15?Walter Guinn and Mary Carothers, (colored). Dec. 16?Douglas Armstrong and Susie Partlow (colored). Dec. 16?Gus Gibson and Amanda Watson (colored). Dec. 16?Tom Dowry and Maggie Cathcart (colored). Dec. 16?Jim Macklns and Carrie Wells (colored). Dec. 17?William Worthy and Hattie Brown (colored). Dec. 18?Robert Buchanan and Eliza Mitchell (colored). Dec. 18?Tom Chllders and Sallie Lenalr. Dec. 18?Robert B. Price and Sadie Gettys. Dec. 18?George W. Hagans and Florence E. Smith. Dec. 19?Floyd B. McClellaji and Amma B. Gftrrison. Dec. 19?Dan Kennedy and Lizzie Thimpkln (colored). Dec. 19?Gernal J. Reece and Lula J. Gardner. Dec. 21?William C. Hood and Clara Mlckle. Dec. 21?B. Meek Currence and Llna Baird. Dec. 21?Isaiah Bland and Lizzie Harris (colored). Dec. 21?G. Pearson White and Wrenn Brown. Dec. 22?Jaa. P. Sturgis and Evelyn Williams. Dec. 22?Calvin Parker and Caroline Curry (colored). Dec. 22?Rob Watson and Delcena Ford (colored). Dec. 22?Jas. Campbell and Lougenla Jamison (colored). Dec. 22?Noah Gilmore and Anna Smith (colored). Dec. 22?Lee Gill and Minnie Thompson (colored). Dec. 22?Shellie NIvens and Ealer Jones. Dec. 23?Wylie Ingram and Maggie Massey (colored). Dec. 23?James Faris and Mary Dover. Dec. 23?Kelly F. Oates and Lila K. Barron. Dec. 23?Willie Rainey and Bessie Thompson (colored). Dec. 23?Chas. W. Kaylor and Flossie F. Fryerson. Dec. 24?Fletcher Beck and Sallie Brown (Indian). Dec. 24?Hyder H. Windle and Maggie Myrtle Smith. Dec. 24?James Harris and Maggie Wade (colored). Dec. 24?Van Ross and Katie RIne (colored). Dec. 24?Freddie Morrison and Lola Porter (colored). Dec. 24?James Mitchell and Essie Beggers (colored). Dec. 24?Willie Steele and Gertrude Sanders (colored). Dec. 25?Will Davis and Ida White (colored.) Dec. 26?Oscar Nichols and Mary Jamison (colored). Dec. 26?Thomas Longs and Laura r rnnoici v^uiui cu / Dec. 26?Clem R. Wallace and Lucy Robison. Dec. 26?Herbert Jackson and Hattie Lllley. Dec. 26?A. Banner Nelson and Mary Green. Dec. 28?Samuel Hutchison and Carrie Dixson (colored). Dec. 28?John L. Grier and Elizabeth Jones McConnell. - t Dec. 28?Solomon Cornwell and Willie Dunovant (colored). Dec. 28?Marshall Robblns and Sallle Feemster (colored). Dec. 28?Robert Robblns and Sattle Sanders (colored). Dec. 28?James McCarter and Annie L. Campbell. Dec. 28?Charlie Carter and Linda Robinson (colored). Dec. 28?Lewis N. Walker and Edna Lane. Dec. 29?Joe Sandifer and Mary A. Henderson (colored). Dec. 29?Gus Moore and Homzle Springs (colored). Dec. 30?W. L. Rawdon and Lula Belle Hahn. Dec. '0?Lee Steele and Ellen Benson (colored). Dec. 30?Ebenezer Turner and Mattle Jamison (colored). Dec. 30?Howard Kendrlck and Eunice Clawson (colored). Dec. 31?Henry Smith and Carrie Chambers (colored). Dec. 31?Robert N. Dover and Lizzie Allen. THE P08TMASTER8HIP. Recession from Its proposition that 1 If a woman was to be appointed postmaster, it preferred the Incumbent, , and the claim that the recommendation of Mrs. Nichols "Is not satlsfac- | torv to a majority of the patrons of 1 the postofflce," were the most noticeable developments of a "Board of Trade" meeting held last Tuesday night to further consider the matter. The only specification of its first representation that it held on to with reasonable tenacity was. "We want a man." The meeting was a called one, and notification was sent out over the telephone. Almost everybody who could be reached in this way was informed that there would be a meeting in the rooms of the White Rose club at 6 o'clock, and invited to give their attendance; but the "weather was bad," and the attendance, as at the previous meeting, was small. The following were present: W. B. Moore, J. E. Hart, Carl Hart, Arthur Hart, J. R. Lindsay, P. W. Hunter, John R. Hart, A. Y. Cartwright, J. C. Wilborn, G. W. Williams, C. A. Boney, R. E. Heath, W. R. Carroll, Brooks Inman, S. L. Courtney, Charlie Smith, S. L. Steele, J. Warren Quinn, W. D. and Jas. D. Grist. Messrs. Grist were present as reporters and Mr. Quinn had hppn nerauaded to ero DUrelv as a , looker-on. ( It was about twenty minutes after 6 o'clock when Mr. Wilborn, the president of the board, decided that there ' would probably be no more coming, 1 and called the meeting to order. He explained that it had been the original I Intention of the movers in the matter I to hold a meeting on Christmas day. He was out of town and the vice pres- ^ ident had taken the initiative; but ] nothing was done until later and every reasonable effort was made to notify , as many people as possible. There , was no desire to take "snap" Judgment against anybody, he said, and that had not been done. He explained ' that there existed no spirit of unkind- 1 ness against Congressman Finley or > the appointee, Mrs. Nichols, but there seemed to be a general feeling that a j male postmaster was better calculated 1 to meet the wishes of the business in- t terests of the community and the patrons of the office generally, and it j was desired to express that sentiment, j He then referred to certain corre- ( spondence he had and said that a representative of The Enquirer had asked him for permission to publish, but J he felt that it was not proper for him j to do so until he had laid it before the ' board. He then requested Mr. G. W. Williams to read the correspondence ( referred to. S The substance of the board's letter 1 to Mr. Finley, stripped of the meaningless phrases about the utmost good < will all around, and all that kind of ( thing was that Mrs! Nichols, the ap- i pointee would not give satisfaction to the patronage of the office; that the , board thought that a male postmaster was eminently desirable; but if the j pusumasier was iu ur a. woman, u would be satisfactory to leave the Incumbent undisturbed. r Mr. Finley's reply was at consider- 1 \ t \ able length. It reviewed his long public service as a representative, and recited how he had always in all things sought to represent his constituents to the best of his ability according to his best judgment. He had done so In this case. There had been a number of applicants for the position, he had considered them all carefully, and made such selection as he believed would be to the best interest of the public service and of the community. But the main point in the letter was in connection with the assertion In the board's letter that Mrs. Nichols would not give satisfaction to the patronage of the office. This, he said, was a mere matter of opinion, unsustained by any specified facts. He took the liberty of differing with that opinion and insisted that it was not entitled to any further consideration unless backed by facts?sneclfications. etc. After the reading: of the letters had been concluded, Chairman Wilborn said that discussion was in order, and asked as to whether the house desired to make a motion or a suggestion. There followed a long silence. It lasted close in the neighborhood of a minute, during which time nobody said a word. It began to look as if nothing else was to be said, until Mr. O. E. Wllkin8 remarked, In a spirit of humor. it seemed: "Mr. Grist was not here at the previous meeting: maybe he has some suggestion to offer." The chair called upon Mr. Grist, out Mr. Grist being there solely and only In the capacity of a reporter and amused onlooker, replied: "Why, no, I have no suggestions to make. Mr. Chairman." Then there followed another silence, which was at length broken by Mr. W. i B. Moore.' who offered a verbal resolution to the effect that the same committee that had written the first letter, be Instructed to answer Mr. Flnley's reply thereto, and to dwell solely on the demand for a man postmaster Dr. A. Y. Cartwright seconded Mr. Moore's motion. He said that he was probably the first Individual to congratulate Mrs. Nichols on her appointment. He had told her that he was delighted, with one little exception and that was that she was a woman, and with the exception of that, no better selection could be found within the corporate limits. Then he went on to say to the board that he did not think that Mr. Finley was properly representing the patronage of the office in appointing a woman, and he thought the Board of Trade could do nothing better than put it up to the congressman as proposed in Mr. Moore's resolution. There was no further discussion, and the chair put the motion, asking for all In favor of the resolution to vote "aye." Some seven or eight "aye's" were audible. "Those opposed, 'No,'" continued the chairman, and .the silence broke out again. The chair then asked as to the wishes of the board with reference to the publication of the correspondence between Itself and Mr. Finley. Mr. R. E. Heath thought Mr. Finley should be consulted before the correspondence was given to the public. Mr. J. R. Lindsay remarked that he did not think so, as Mr. Flnley's letter was addressed to the Board of Trade which represents the town, and moved that the correspondence be given to the newspapers. The motion carried. The chair then ruled that while the meeting was called for the especial purpose of considering business in connection with the postofflce situation. any other matter that mlsrht be submitted would receive attention. Nothing further was suggested and the meeting adjourned. The correspondence referred to j above was furnished to The 'Enquirer this morning at 11.30 o'clock; but as the whole matter has already been < covered, it cannot be published without crowding out news of more inter- i est and importance. I ABOUT PEOPLE , Miss Eunice Cain of Sharon, is visit- ' ing friends in Yorkville. Mrs. Edward Oettys is quite sick at her home in Yorkville. I - Mr." R. W. Whitest dee Is ' ertticaJly ill at his home at Smyrna. i Mr. Otis Jones of Hickory Grove, j is very sick with pneumonia. j Miss Barnette Miller of Yorkville . No. 6, is visiting friends in Bethel. , Mrs. G. T. Schorb of Fort Lawn, is < spending several days in Yorkville ] Miss Nancy Witherspoon of York- 1 ville, is visiting friends in Ridgeway. \ Miss Mary Bumgardner of Clover, visited friends in FOrt Mill, this week. Miss Nellie Hart of Yorkville, left i today to spend the winter in Charles- 1 ton. 1 T Di/tknoilann kaa 1 iVllSO livuia Aiwitat uouu uao c ?*w to Yorkvllle after spending some time In Virgina. Rev. and Mrs. A. A. McLean of Clover, visited relatives In Gastonla last week. Mr. Tracy Proctor of Yorkvllle, visited relatives In Forest City, this week. Mr. R. S. Withers of Norfolk, Va.. visited relatives In Yorkvllle, last week. Miss Beatrice Milhollen of Yorkvllle has returned after a visit to relatives at Lesslie. Mr. Burritt Metts of Chicago, Is visiting his mother Mrs. M. H. Metts, In Yorkvllle. Miss Marie Barxtell of Blacksburg, S. C.. Is the guest of Mrs. Elzle Myers In Yorkvllle. Mr. John W. Miller of Yorkvllle, visited relatives and friends at King's Creek, this week. Mr. J. J. Williams of Lesslle, lost his home and Its entire contents by fire, Wednesday night. Mr. Geo. W. Williams and children of Yorkvllle, visited relatives in Chester, this week. Mr. Fred Benfleld of Hickory Grove, visited relatives in North Car olina this week. Messrs. Herschel and Otis Castles ' of Hickory Grove, visited friends In Rock Hill, this week. Misses Rita and Florrie Beard of Charlotte, visited Mrs. J. F. McElwee In Yorkville, this week. Mr. B. F. Caldwell and son of King's Mountain, visited relatives in York- J ville, this week Mrs. Geo. G. Eaves and daughter of Yorkville, visited relatives in Rock Hill, this week. Mr. and Mrs. Thos. O'Farrell who have been visiting relatives in Yorkville, have left for Atlanta, Ga. Mrs. J. A. Marion has returned to her home in Yorkville, after a visit to relatives In Camden. Mr. Earl Watson of the Columbia rheological Seminary, visited his par?nts at Smyrna, last week. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Branch have re- j ;urned to their home in Florida, after 0 visiting relatives in York county. 1 Miss Mabel Flannagan of Clover, r las returned home after a visit to o friends and relatives in Rock Hill. a Mr. J. L. Moss whose serious illness 3 ivas mentioned in the last Issue of The 3 Enquirer, is somewhat improved. Mrs. jonn w. Miner ana son 01 j iforkvllle, are visiting the family of ^ tfr. William Borders at King's Creek. e Mr. John R. Hart, Esq., of Yorkvilie, _ las been named as receiver for Mc- 8 Elhaney & Co., of Fort Mill, banknipt. a Miss Amelia Kennedy of Aibertvllle, 11 \la., visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. P W. M. Kennedy in Yorkvilie, during ' he holidays. 1 Miss Annie Stevens of Yorkvilie, ? eft yesterday for Bellview hospital, n STew York, where she will take a :ourse in nursing. n Mrs. P. W. Patrick and children v vho have been visiting relatives in b 5t. George, have returned to their e lome in Yorkvilie. A Mr. and Mrs. Fewell Sturpis of Lan- c :aster, visited the family of Mr. A. J. P Sturpis on Yorkville No. 6. durinp the tl lolidays. a Miss Hazzle Betts of the Woman's rollege. Due West, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Betts, on forkvllle R. F. D. 3. K Miss Eliza Thomasson of Charlotte, v C.. spent the holidays at the home a )f her mother. Mrs. Ada Thomasson. tl n Yorkville. tl Mesdames E. E. Poap. J. B. Heath o nd Ed Reid. and Misses Frances b Seckham and Julia Poap, of Rock Hill, it 8pent yesterday with Mrs. R. A. Bratr ton, in Yorkville. I Mrs. Christopher Atkinson who ha* been visiting her mother, Mrs. W. C* Latimore in Yorkville, returned to hsS home in Columbia, today. Mrs. Matt Albert and daughte ' Katherine, and Miss Fay Gunthan 1 of Rock Hill, are visiting Mrs. G. 0 Eaves, in Yorkville. Mr. Howard Currence and Miss Vir glnia Campbell, of Forest H1U, are thi guests of Miss Mary H-arshaw In Mc> Connellsville. . Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Witherspoon atuF children, who have been visiting relv tives In Yorkville, left yesterday f<f" their home in Gaffney. Mrs. A. V. Snell, who has been vis ' iting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ge< . W. S. Hart in Yorkville, has return? to her home in Charleston Miss Emma Lesslie, daughter of Mi and Mrs. W. S. Lesslie of Lesslie, wa , operated on Wednesday for appendicl " tis. She is getting along nicely. a Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Dendy and chll * dren, who have been spending the holj ^ Idays in Yorkville, have returned t^ * their horns in Monroe, Ga. j \ i Miss Mary Adams of Bowling Green who has been undergoing treatment ii a Baltimore hospital, returned to he# home this week, much Improved 1^ health. The little daughter of Mr. John T. Feemster of Yorkville No. 5, was taki en to Chester this week for treatment: She is reported as getting along nicely. Mr. Howard D. Smith, a student at the Presbyterian Theological seminary at Columbia, spent the holidays with the family of his father, Mr>J. F. A Smith, on Yorkville R. F. D. No. 1. Miss Ethel Latimer, who has beei spending the holidays in Yorkville leaves this afternon for her home ii Monroe, Ga. She will be accompanied by her mother, Mrs. W. C. lAtlmer ol Yorkville. Mr. J. Lyles Glenn, Jr., a native ol Chester, and who has a wide acquaintance in York county, is now in Belgi^j um, serving as a member of the com- -d mittee in distributing the supplies 1 sent from America for the leiief of jJ starving Belgians. Mr. Glens is a student at Oxford University, England, ; and was among the first to volunteer ' for service to the Belgians. Mr. R S. Riddle of Bethel, vho was' in Yorkville on Wednesday, says there is no question of the fact that the contributlons made in behalf of tife storm sufferers have afforded very considerable relief. "The committee, tonsisting of Dr. Dulln, Messrs. Itanton, Bamett, Harper, Glenn and Girrence have done no end of hard wcrk and although it is quite possible tlit they have overlooked with the pttances they have at their disposal aone who are as deserving of help as ant who have received help, the wonder is not that they have done no betted; but that they have been able to lo so well. But I do not want to be tnderstood that the situation has ban relieved. There are right now & great many cases of privation and wait and there are going to be m6re iefore there are less." LOCAL LACONICS \ . Still at Largs. John Murdock, the negro who beat his son to death near Smith's Tui^out last week, is still at large. Time Extended. m Treasurer H. E. Neil received atel- ^ egram from Comptroller Ga?ral Jones this morning which read f follows: "Time extended for peftAnt of taxes without penalty until 1 l^L 1915. Notice follows." Austin-Oates. Mr. Thomas Oates, son of Mr. i|. Oatee of the Tlrzah communities married to Miss Bertha Aui jf Mecklenburg county this week, v. Dr. R. G. Miller, performing the mony. The young oouple who -e many acquaintances in their r<t tive communities, will reside neai zah. In Trouble Agsin. .Clarence Caldwell, a white' bey j several years ago was sent to the V reformatory from York county, ? burglary, and who was recently!, leased,. Is in trouble again. He k arrested at Hickory Orove yesten >n a warrant from Chester coil sharping him with house breaking \ larceny. Caldwell was taken to Cp ter this morning. iVinthrop Report Out. Advance sheets of President D. Johnson's yearly report of the wd it Wlnthrop college, have been t leased. The report will be submits :o the general assembly when thi aody convenes for its annual seesW According to the report Wlnthropm. ye&r has its largest enrollment, tA. r WM >eing 892 students attending the inst%S :utlon. There were 1,473 applicatlonst^^H 'or admission this year and there are^^H low 100 officers and teachers in the :ollege. Steve Davis Paroled. Steve Davis, convicted last month n the court of general sessions torj^ fork county, of manslaughter, aiujr jentenced to serve two years on thf :haingang, was paroled by Governor Blease last Wednesday, during his food behavior. Davis killed Jim Ber y near Rock Hill, early In the sumner. He escaped after the shooting tnd about two weeks before the fall erm of court voluntarily surrendered :o Sheriff Brown. Since his convlc:lon he has been on the county chainrang. Campbell-McCarter. A very large number of friends and icquaintances of the brtde and groomtlect, gathered at the home of Mr. W. U. Campbell on Yorkvllle No. 8, Wednesday evening to witness the mar-iage of Miss Annie Lavenla Campjell to Mr. James McCarter. Rev. Dr. 3. E. Gillespie performed the cerenony. Both the bride and groom are veil known throughout the county. Chey will reside at the home of the jroom's mother, Mrs. E. C. McCarter, >n Yorkvllle No. 6, for the present. Cleaning Out the 8and. A force of hands at Davis's and Ridlle's mills on Crowder's creek, has >een busy this week cleaning out the tand from the machinery of the mills. The sand was brought down the creek >y the heavy rains of last week. A gentleman who has had much expertmce, said recently that where one ligh creek piles the sand up, the next >lg creek would wash it away. The nill owners, however, did not feel varranted in waiting until the stream >ecame swollen again In order to renove the sand. rirs. M. J. Mulholland. C. A. Mulholland of Fayettevllle, Arkansas, has sent The Enquirer a uneral notice of his mother, the late Jrs. M. J. Mulholland, who passed way at Fayettevllle on September 23. 914. Mr. Mulholland writes that his notlier taught school four miles west f Yorkville from 1858 to 1868, and mong her patrons were the "Dickons, Caldwells, Cains, Browns, Jackons Halls, Thomassons, Stephensons, Jeals, Loves, Prices. Blacks, Wilkerons, Whitesides and many others. Mr. fulholland says his family moved to outhern Arkansas in 1870, and to Faytteville in 1877. itores Burglarized. The store of J. T. Crawford and Co., t McConnellsville, was entered some ime last Monday night by a party or arties by cutting a hole through the oor. The sum of 50 cents was taken rom the cash drawer. While it is ossible that some goods may have een stolen, the owners have missed othing as yet. There is no clew to tie robbers. News was received this lorning that the store of Mr. James Villiams, also at McConnellsville was urglarized last night, entrance being ffected through an unlocked door, .mong other things stolen was a heck, payment of which will be stop ed. Sheriff Brown went to the scene iiis morning. and it is probable that rrests will be made today. ? Henry McDowell, a blind merhant of Kingstree, known as "Blind lenry," was wounded in his store last Wednesday night by an unknown asissin, who fired his murderous shot irough a hole that had been left in fie front door of the store for the use f the cat The shot took effect in the lind man's arm, and the wounded tember had tp be c^mputa^ed. *