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Scraps and facts. ? Hutchison, Kan., January 5: If you don't really want to sell anything, don't flash any offers around these Kansas farmers, out here In the wheat belt A Hutchison man left his automobile standing in front of the Elks' club today. A farmer came up. "What will you take for your car?" he asked. The city man thought he was joking. "Oh. $400." he replied. The farmer whipped out four onehundred dollar spots and forked them over. A farmer stepped into a Hutch? * - * TLT~ UAn .A Q ison music nuuae luuttj. nc ucaiu a. "music box" grinding away in a corner. He was told it was worth $650. He pulled out a check book and bought it on the spot. ? Dispatches from Petrograd saythat it is officially announced that the Russians have overwhelmingly defeated three Turkish army corps in the Russian Caucasus. These three corps had invaded and overrun the southern Caucasus during the week or two previous, and according to the Russian account one army corps was captured entire, together with its officers, and the two others were so badly beaten as be put into a complete rout. It hod been given out that it was the purpose of the Turks to invade Egypt after overcoming the Caucasus territory; but now since this defeat there appears to be no longer any probability of such invasion. ? Cash wheat sold on the Chicago market. Tuesday, for $1.36! a bushel, the highest January price in more than forty years. In consequence, top grades of flour were advanced 55 cents a barrel, and quoted at $7.15. The abnormal European demand for breadstuffs was held responsible for the rise. Second quality flour that sold for $5.60 last week, was quoted at $6.30 a barrel Wednesday. Flour that on Wednesday commanded $7.15, sold in August for $5.30. Waves of buying on 'change carried the chief ? speculative wheat option, May delivery, up to $1.37|, a leap of more than 10 cents in a week, and 3 cents or more above Tuesday night Many brokers declared the May option would go far beyond the $1.85 record established in 1898 at the time of the Letter deal. Several predicted $2 wheat. On the other hand, export buying came to at least a temporary halt Tuesday so far as Chicago was concerned, though not at the seaboard. It also was a fact that great numbers of speculative traders, including many so-called eleventh-hour bulls, were content to realize profits and get out of the market. ? Rewards of a farmer are measured in the products his farm furnishes him directly rather than in dollars and cents, according to the department of agriculture in a statement issued last Tuesday, on the results of an investigation concerning the farmer's income. The average farmer receives little more money for his year's work than he would be paid if he hired himself out as a farmhand, the investigation shows. In other words, though he is in business for himself, the average farmer gets little or no money reward for his labors and the risk and responsibility he bas assumed. The average value of the chief necessities or lire?rooa, ruei, on, sneuer?usea each year by the farm family, was (595.09. Of these necessities, estimated in money, the portion contributed directly by the farm was $421.17, leaving necessities to the value of $173.91 to be purchased by the farmer. Of the food consumed, 63 per cent was furnished by the farm, which varied considerably in different sections. It was greatest in North Carolina, where farms supplied 83.3 per cent of the food consumed, while the average in New York was only 50.4. In view of the present economic crisis in the south, the department points out, this fact is regarded as of particular significance, since it demonstrates the extent to which, with a proper system of agriculture, southern farms could be made self-sustaining. ? The worst accident in ten years' history of New York's subway occurred during the rush hours early Wednesday when 700 passengers in two stalled trains were stricken with panic in the darkened tubes by dense smoke and fumes from a short circuited cable. In the struggle to escape some 200 persons were injured, one, a woman, fatally. Others overcome were rescued, unconscious, by the police and firemen, while scores struggled to the street unnerved or hysterical, their clothing torn and faces blackened by smoke. The city was plunged in the throes of a transportation blockade without parallel in its history. It was not until late in the afternoon that a wheel again turned in the subway and then only a limited local service was maintained. The hundreds of thousands of passengers the subway ordinarily carries were diverted to elevated and surface lines and when the home-bound rush began at night, neither system had adequate facilities. There were no subway trains running to Brooklyn and a dense mass of humanity, concentrating at the Brooklyn bridge, prolonged the rush hour for two hours in a struggle to board trains and cars. The accident occurred between the Fifth and Fifty-ninth street stations and called out virtually the entire fire and ambulance service on Manhattan island. The two trains, an express and a local, both packed, came to a stop midway between the stations and the lights went out. A large feed cable had blown out in its conduit, some fifty yards distant, and soon the cars were filled with the fumes of burning rubber. This soon became unbearable and it took little to start a panic in the darkness. The demands of some of the passengers that the doors be opened were refused by the guards, it was said. Fights ensued and there soon Aas in progress on both trains a desperate struggle to get out. When the first of the panicstricken passengers reached the street, the report spread that many had been killed. Police and firemen quickly reached the scene, and although it was at length established that the reports were exaggerated, they were busy more than three hours in the rescue work. They found in the trains many passengers, mostly women, half asphyxiated. Others had collapsed on the floor of the tube. Some were brought up by ladders through manholes and some through ventilating apertures In the street. Nearby theatres apd stores were used as temporary hospitals. Some of the injured were reported in a serious condition Wednesday night. Miss Ella Brady, the only person who lost her life, died in an ambulance. The lives of several were undoubtedly saved by the use of r.V?\?olnlo no oo ir) ? The British hous" of lords met on Wednesday, a month earlier than the house of commons, chiefly to hear from Lord Kitchener a review of the military operations for the six weeks since parliament was prorogued. While the speech of the secretary of war contained little not already known, it was listened to with rapt attention by a distinguished gathering. The peers as usual, were in their robes of olTlce. but beyond this the scene was lacking in the usual color, for of the long rows of peeresses in the gallery virtually every one was in mourning for some relative killed at the front. Lord Kitchener read his speech and referred briefly to the operations in every sphere, laying particular emphasis on the Turkish defeat in the Caucasus, the Austrian defeat in Galicia and what he consid ered even more important?"the several checks to German aspirations in Poland." The war secretary spoke also of the "noteworthy progress" made by the French east of Rheims and in southern Alsace; the "extraordinary achievement" of the Servians, whtoh he characterized as one of the "brightest spots in the military operations during Deo mber." Gen Louis Botha's "masterly handling" of the situation in South Africa the advance of the Indian army in Mesopotamia and successful campaigns in East Africa and Kamerun. the German colon \ of West Africa. He paid tribute to the smallest of the allies Montenegro which, he said, "advanced into Bosnia and captured important positions in the face of considerable Austrian opposition." of the army which comes directly under his command the war secretary told of the surprise and reverse suffered by the Indians at c-ivenchy, December 20 when they lost a trench, which they afterwards regained. and added: "The British line thus resumed has since been entirely maintained." General French's army, said the secretary, has beon increased by a number of territorials, united and another division to which is attached "a fine Canadian regiment." He expressed satisfaction with the progress of recruiting. which after the anticipated decrease at Christmas, has been restored almost to its "former satisfactory level." Speaking of the anxiety felt at the beginning of the war at the death of officers, Lord Kitchener declared that all vacancies had been filled and there now was a considerable surplus. Although the training of the men had been carried on under the worst weather conditions a great deal of extremely good work had been done during the past months, he said. Before adjournment several lords brought up the question of enemy aliens now interned in England, whom they considered a menace. The Earl of Crewe speaking for the government, promised to give the subject further consideration. She ^Jorkvillf (fnquirrr. Entered at the Postofflce in Yorkville as Mail Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE, S. O.t FRIDAY. JANUARY 8, 1915 Spring is coming bye and bye. Let's have the Torrens system for the registration of land titles, this time. The most important function of a newspaper is to give a correct record of facts as they develop. The waging of the bloody war in Ehirope continues to raise the price of bread in America. Young man, remember that character is worth more than everything, and that even reputation is of very secondary importance. But honest now, have we not all seen it worse than this many a time before? Let's just keep on doing the best we can. What's the use grumbling aboul it? If the Germans continue their work of picking off British battleships witn their submarines, the question of British naval supremacy will eventually solve itself. ? Comptroller General Jones is quoted as saying that a levy of 7 mills on the dollar will be necessary to defray the expenses of the state government next year. The recent American note to Great Britain on the subject of interference with American cargoes, has caused many Americans who were not heretofore coenizent of the fact, to see that there are two sides to the war question. In order to stand a reasonable chance of securing the Torrens system for the registration of land titles in this state, somebody will have to prepare a bill and push it in the legislature. What is everybody's business Is nobody's business, and unless somebody acts, nothing will be done. The North Carolina law will serve as a very good basis of operations. According to Commissioner Watson, 300,000 acres have been seeded to wheat in South Carolina. As to whether the figures are more than approximately accurate, we do not know; but if they are reasonably accurate they ought to mean that South Carolina will have something over 3,000,000 bushels of home raised wheat next summer. And if there is anything in the proposition that a dollar saved is a dollar made, the wheat crop ought to be worth about $6,000,000 to the state of South Carolina. Although the European war is going on regardless of the fearful weather that is prevailing over most of the territory being fought over, it is not moving with anything like the fierce aggression that characterized early operations. This, however, is almost entirely due to the weather, which is more intolerable than artillery duels bayonet charges, or infantry fire. However, when spring sets in the activity of last fall will be increased and intensified, and it is probable that the great issue will be forced to a more rapid conclusion. There is serious need for reform of our present bankruptcy laws. They are framed too largely in the interest of the lawyers and have too little regard for the interests of the creditors. They work a great hardship too, by reason of the fact that they hold out too much temptation to the lawyer to force an embarrassed debtor to the wall before there is any real necessity for such a step. As a rule the people who get most out of a bankrupt estate are the trustee, the attorney for the trustee and the attorney for the bankrupt. From the standpoint of expensiveness, wreck and ruin the bankrupt law that was in force for several years following the Civil war, is hardly u circumstance to the law now in operation. All the leading public men of the country, including President Wilson, ex-President Roosevelt and others, believe in the wisdom and practical value of effective organization among the farmers, as well as other workers. The time was when a large portion of the business element was against such organization, and there is much sentiment against it now. especially on tne part or people wno realize now much easier It is to have their own way with individual farmers than with organized farmers. But there is no question of the fact that much of the splendid agricultural prosperity in the middle west and the northwest is due to thorough organization, and the people down this way can do the same thing if they want to. Referring to that incident about the publication of the correspondence between Mr. Finley and the Board of Trade, the other day, or more properly the question of giving out the correspondence for publication, we want to say that there was a good deal of the ridiculous about the whole matter. If the correspondence was private. then it should not have been published, for the public had no business with it. If it was intended to he public then the public was entitled to it at once. Had The Enquirer noi considered the correspondence of public interest, not to say importance, there would have been no request for it. The fact that the correspondence was withheld, only afforded a new circumstance of interest to the public ' that was of more importance than th? correspondence Itself, and The Enquirer was content to let the matter go at that. The public has been enabled to get a more comprehensive understanding of the whole situation than it could have gotten from the correspondence itself. MERE-MENTION Two negroes were taken from the > jail at Wetumpka, Ala., Monday, by a t mob and lynched, being charged with murder. Governor O'Neal ordered I militia from Montgomery to protect i the negroes, but they got to Wetumka too late. Three of the alleged lynchers have been placed in Jail Col. Goethals, the builder of the Panama canal, has notified Secretary Daniels that he Is In doubt about the practic' ability of the naval parade through the canal on the occasion of the official opening, as he is afraid the landslides will make the passage of the big battleships impossible The French government has placed an order with a Louisville, Ky., concern for 8,000 kitchen wagons. The contract calls for $250,000 The London stock exchange was opened Monday, 3,000 persons singing, "God Save the King." Seventeen persons, the crew of the American bark Pilgrim, , were landed at Kirkwall, Scotland, Monday, by the Norwegian steamship Thelma, having been rescued in midAtlantic three weeks ago. The Pil- i grim was bound from Newport News, Va., to Buenos Aires, and foundered during a heavy storm Italy has suceeded in floating a loan of $200,000,000 for military purposes /\uiuii? uir picocuio ociu iu ittc r i chvii soliders fighting at the front, there were included 1,530,000 gallons of , wine A Philadelphia lumber yard fire started Sunday morning and burned for 28 hours, destroying property valued at $1,000.000 A bomb, powerful enough to blow the edifice to flinders, was discovered in a Catholic church at Patterson, N. J., Sunday. London hotel men are trying to induce Americans to visit that city by advertising to "See London in war time." Fire broke out in the ' capitol building at Madison, Wis., Monday, while Emanuel L. Phillips was being inaugurated as governor. The fire damage was slight Three unmasked robbers entered the Central bank at Little Rock, Ark., Monday, ; and after locking the cashier, teller , and a woman stenographer In the , vault, made their escape with $3,000. The city of St. Louis. Mo., on Monday, settled a suit against a bonding company on a lighting contract, that has been in the courts for fourteen years. The amount involved was $100,000 Seven hundred employes of a fertilizer factory at Roosevelt, N. J., went on a strike, Monday, de- ( mandlng shorter hours and more , pay The 1915 tax rate of Lancaster county, Pa., will be 2 1-2 mills on the dollar. This levy will raise $660,- : 508 Fire losses in the United < States and Canada during the year ' ending on December 31, aggregated < $235,591,350, an increase of $11,000,000, over the previous year. The largest single month's losses were in j June, when the total was $29,348,000. , The biggest single fire was at Salem, , Mass.. with a loss of more than $13.- ' 000,000 Rev. Billy Sunday began J his ten weeks' revival meeting in Philadelphia, Sunday. The evangelist preached three times during the day : and his auditors at the three services i totaled 65.000 people The Grecian i government has instructed all Cana- i dian reservists to report in Greece on March 1 Mrs. Chas. R.' Burner i and her three children were killed in their home near Lura, Va., this week, by William Nichols, who later com- j mitted suicide. Jealousy caused the 1 crime A policeman and a gunman 1 were killed .and a hold-up man was ! fatally injured in a pistol fight between robbers and policemen in Chi- 1 cago, Tuesday Dr. Chas. W. Chancellor, chief surgeon in General Pickett's brigade buring the civil war , died in Washington this week, aged | 83 years Gov. Stuart and Sena- ( tor Swanson of Virginia, have asked \ President Wilson to appoint J. E. B. Stuart of Norfolk. Va.. grandson of ] the famous Confederate cavalry lead- | er. a cadet to West Point Three men were killed at Jennings. La., this week, when a brick wall under which 1 they were working, collapsed J Gen. Jesus Caranza. brother of the ' famous Mexican chieftain, is being > held a prisoner by soldiers of General 1 Villa The comptroller of the cur- I rency on Tuesday, called for a report ' of the condition of the National banks i at the close of business. December 31. ' Policeman Thos. J. Williams of Chicago, for the past twenty-five ] years, to the Spaulding school for , crippled children, this week, decided j to resign rather than give up his care of lame boys and girls. The police < department had transferred him to [ other duties Edward Ott. a sail- | or on the battleship Florida, at New , York, was killed in a boxing match ] last Saturday John Burke, former manager of the commissionary department of the Panama canal, will i De triea in x\ew lorn next monin on the charge of accepting a bribe. Col. Ooethals and former President Roosevelt will testify against him The American Round Bale Press Co.. a corporation capitalized at $6,000,000 has voluntarily filed a petition in bankruptcy Governor Hooper of Tennessee in a message to the legislature this week, advocated the "honor system" of working convicts. By this system, prisoners are worked without having to wear shackles or be guarded Napoleon Lajoie for thirteen years second baseman of the Cleveland American baseball team will play with the Philadelphia American league team next year Gen. J. S. Carr of Durham, N. C.. has offered a reward for the arrest and conviction of the person who dynamited the monument to Prof. Mitchell on Mount Mitchell, near Asheville N. C., last week Directors of the Savannah Ga. cotton exchange have decided to send a formal protest to the British government against the interference in London with cablegrams sent by 'he exchange to foreign countries Federal troops that have been stationed in northern Colorado coal felds since last April were withdrawn last Tuesday The supreme court of Connecticut has handed down a decision holding that some 20ft Connecticut labor union members must pay the sum of $252,110.09 to the frm of D. R. Lowe & Co.. of Danbury. Corn, as damages for a nation-wide boycott against the manufacturers who refused to unionize their shops. The case has been in the court for eleven years Miss Jessie Cope plead "not guilty" in Chicago, Tuesday. when arraigned on the charge of nttpmntlnir In hrihe Wflernl officials to aid her in obtaining Sort 000 from a wealthy man by threat of prosecution William F. Earnhardt a collector for the Daily Telegraph, ot Macon Oa., was stabbed to death by a negro boy in that city. Tuesday J. K. Hall a former Pennsylvania congressman and prominent in the politics of that state, died in Tampa, Fla., this week The steamship City of Savannah left Washington N. <\. this week carrying 9.529 bales of cotton to Rotterdam Holland Three men were electrocuted in the New Jersey state prison at Trenton. Monday. It was thn first triple electrocution since the electric chair had been installed Arthur Martin a boy. was killed, and William Butler a policeman was wounded in a pistol battle in Bartlesville Okla., this week. Martin and a companion had held up and robbed a hotel clerk Carranza forces have taken the city of Pttebla Mexico, after a lone siege. About 1 000 prisoners and ninety can non were taken. I ? Germany does not expect lejrisla- < lion in this country to prevent expor- ' in*ion of arms and ammunition to the I European belligerents, according to ' statements made before the house for- ' eijrn affairs committee last Wednes- i day. Chairman I'lood of the commit- i tee said he understood the Herman < foreiprn office had taken that position i and Representative .Met;*, told the com- < mil tee he recently had talked with I "hieh authorities" in Merlin, who held i that the I'nited States was within its I riedits in permitting' trade in war sup- I plies with the belligerents. Chairman 1 I'lood made his statement in the I ' nurse of an argument with Repre- i sentative RarthoJdt. who was before ' the committee In support of his reso- i hi* Ion empowering the president to j rohiblt such exportatlons. Mr. Bartholdt said that his opposition to the ra"lc in war supplies would not lie in "lumped by the German government, luit was based on a sense of "international morality." : LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTI8EMENT8 Jas. B. Shirley, D. D. S.?Offers his professional services to the public, i Office in First National bank building?on the corner. L. R. Williams, Probate Judge?Gives notice that Mrs. R. N. Leech has applied for letters of administration on estate of C. C. Leech, deceased. First National Bank, Sharon?Prints 1 its statement of condition at the close of business on December 31st. First National Bank, Yorkville?Publishes its statement of condition at the close of business December 31st. L. R. Williams, Probate Judge?Publishes notice that J. L. Ashe has applied for letters of administration on estate of Mrs. Eliza Ashe, dec'd. Jas. B. Shirley, D. D. S.?Has moved his office to the corner rooms in the First National bank building. J. S. Mackorell, Admr.?Requests all persons indebted to estate of W. H. 1 Herndon, dec'd., by note or otherwise, to make settlement at once. W. E. Ferguson?Is at home to his 1 cusiomers ana irienas in me room formerly occupied by the First National bank. Sherer & Quinn?Have new shipments of Porcelain flour and Bakerlzed coffee and offer them as something better than ordinary. T. W. Speck?Wants you to let him repair your watches, clocks and Jewelry, and suggests that you buy \ a Big Ben alarm clock. York Drug Store?Solicits your prescription work and promises prompt service, best ingredients and fair prices. Business books. Thomson Co.?Has thirty pairs of extra good wool blankets that it wants I to close out quick. Other goods in season just now. Lyric Theatre?Gives a portion of its 1 programme for next week, which ? includes some interesting numbers. Yorkville Hardware Co.?Calls atten- ' tion to its big lines of kitchen hard- 1 ware and wants to supply you. J. J. Keller & Co.?Ask you to see ' them for all kinds of lumber pro- i ducts, builders' hardware, paints, ' oils, etc. Mr. J. Bolivar Scott of Yorkville No. 3, gathered about ten bushels of pecans from his pecan orchard the past season. The court house commission is carrying insurance on the building now In course of erection in the sum of *40.000. i As a result of the heavy rains of Tuesday and Wednesday, the creeks of ( the county were as high as they were ! during the heavy rains before Christmas. It is estimated that there have been < 300,000 acres of wheat sown in South Carolina during the past season. York county's acreage is three times that of the previous year. Mr. B. Harris says that York county raises only five pounds of pork per capita, and argues that the reason why we pay from 15 to 20 cents per pound for pork that could be raised at 3 cents a pound, is because we are not organized. In his talk in the court house, Wednesday, Mr. B. Harris again stressed the desirability of patronizing the creamery, and insisted that this institution could easily be made of' more value to the community than all the cotton mills of the town put together. There are about twelve active can- ( didates for places on the board of penitentiary directors. Three directors are to be elected. Mr. J. R. Haile is a 1 candidate from York county and Mr. J. ; B. Bell is a candidate from Cherokee , county. "My, how some of the blockaders would love to have some of that," said ( a King's Mountain township man yes- ( terday, as he pointed at a lot of copper cornices being hauled to the new coun- , ty court house. "That stuff would be lust the thing for making stills?it ! beats the old galvanized iron kind all to pieces." j Information developed yesterday ot ] i little contest over the appointment i of a supervisor of roads in York township. Friends of Mr. Jos. W. I Smith approached members of the I legislative delegation in favor of that i gentleman, as against Mr. A. L. Black, I the incumbent. So far as could be ! ascertained, the delegation did not ! commit itself one way or the other. < Some York county boys will very , likely be interested in the announce- ' ment that a competitive examination j for appointment by Senator B. R. . Tillman, to a vacancy in the United States naval academy, will be held in Columbia on Friday, January 22. Any boy between the ages of 16 and 20, who bears a physician's certificate of j health, is eligible to such examination. Representative W. R. Bradford, who i some time ago announced his purpose lo vote for a bill to submit the ques- j Lion OI suiie-wiue pruuiuinuu iu mc voters of the state, said yesterday that it was also his purpose to vote against tny and everything that savored of state-wide compulsory education. Mr. Bradford has very pronounced views >n most public questions and he does lot hesitate to let it be known where le stands. We have produced as far as is practicable the remarks of Mr. Wilborn tnd others at the Board of Trade meeting last night; but we are somewhat hampered, especially with reference to what was said about The Enluirer, for the reason that the proper place for a reply to any offense we may have given, is in our own coljmns. This would insure the hearing if the whole case by the same set of lurors and contribute the more certainly to a just and proper verdict. Mr. Wilborn is inclined to quote Scripture very liberally, but as to whether tiis quotations are altogether apt, we ire very doubtful. We quite agree with him as to the necessity of a spirt of harmony, liberality and genuine progress; but we are unable to see tiow these things can be brought about ^xcept on a basis of Justice, right and ?quity, so perfectly and fully taught in the good book from which he juotes. The illustration of delivertnce "From the body of this death," s a very apt one indeed; but there remains to be settled the exact Identity af the body referred to and also there may be more or less question about an whom the task of Gideon has de- 1 volves. For a better illustration it may be well to refer to the 18th chapter of Kings, 17th and 18th verses, where there was some controversy between Ahab and Elijah as to who was troubling Israel. We deny most emphatically that there was any effort to Joke in our reports of the Board of rrade meetings in connection with the postmastership. Our earnest effort was to so report the meetings as to enable the reader to judge as nearly is possible just what the facts were and what was behind it all, and if there is any misrepresentation whatever we stand ready to print any correction thereof that may be prepared by anybody who believes himself or herself aggrieved. But going back to the Scriptures, we beg leave to call President Wilborn's attention to the fact that if he is correctly quoted in saying that there may have been a mitsake, but he has no apologies to make for his part therein, he is out jf line with orthodox teaching. The rule, the good old Christian rule, is Lhat when you make a mistake and [lesire to be truly repentant, you should acknowledge the error and ask forgiveness. And right here may be the source of many of the troubles that are right now being complained of. There is a feeling on the part of the majority of the people of Yorkville that they have been duped one way ana nnoiner ay cerium peopie on numerous occasions. These people . ire not inclined to either acknowl- ; ?dge or repent, and the people gener- J illy h ive gotten to a point where they \ ire rather more careful than heretofore about being taken in. There are 110 better people in the world than ihe great majority of the Yorkville people, anil there are no people who j have a more earnest or sincere desire for development and growth along 1 proper lines; but they are not fools, i I'hey are able to learn by experience, , inil if they are not so quick as for- . merly to rush forward and unite in ' the interest of some scheme "alleged * to be "for the good of the town." but j really for the special social or financial , uivnntairo ot a rew individual manipulators, they are hardly to he blamed. 1 m> far as The Enquirer is concerned. there la nothing that it desires more r than good healthy progress for the rl town and county; and, as ever since the ii establishment of the paper, it contin- n ues to labor in season and out of sea- v son to that end. k e WITHIN THE TOWN b ? The Ancona mill has notified its 0 employees that a system whereby the c mill will run two weeks, stop a week. c and continue in such manner, has been h inaugurated. ti ? The theft of overshoes and the like on East Liberty and adjoining streets, a continues. Several people having p made complaints of such thefts. The n thieves, however, have moved the 8 scene of their operations to a point ? 1UI II1CI UUVT II LUC Oil CC L. 8 ? Southern railway authorities are t: Investigating the theft of a ticket from a the Yorkvllle depot several days ago. n The stub and all was stolen, and the tl conductor who collected the ticket re- c turned the stub, after some person b had used the ticket to Charlotte. The si conductor does not, of course, know tl the name of the party who presented v him the ticket. b ? The United States senate on Wednesday, confirmed the appointment of Mrs. Mattle J. Nichols as postmaster at Yorkvllle. The new postmaster will f attend to the matter of giving the re- * quired bond without delay; but will ^ probably not take charge of the office at once, for the reason that before taking charge, she desires to acquire }* by actual experience some preliminary information as to the duties of ? the position. D c< ? Southern train No. 117, due to tl leave Yorkvllle for Columbia at 6.50 b this morning, did not get away until s 7.45, on account of an accident to the engine. As the engineer started his n engine to go around the "Y" with the h train, the main crank pin on one side a twisted off and before the engineer $ could stop, the pin on the other side si was broken, thus putting the engine b out of commission. An engine was n sent over from Rock Hill, and the c train got away for Columbia at 7.45. si , a AS TO OIL MILLS AND GINS ? B. M. Love, auditor of York county, has received the following letter from p A. W. Jones, comptroller general, g which is self explanatory: g "I beg to call your attention to a ? resolution passed by the state board 0 of equalization at their meeting on a July 14th, 1914, as follows: " 'We, the cotton seed oil committee tl of the state board of equalization, S( realizing the difficulties that will confront the cotton seed oil committee In tl 1915. ask that in making returns, these 0 companies be required to give the in- ri formation now asked for on the re- e, turns, and in addition, show the num- P ber of tons crushed in a day of 24 ri hours. If they operate ginneries, that d separate returns be made for the same. Where mixing plants are ope- h rated in connection with cotton seed a oil mills, a full return of such plants P Bhall be made. Where Ice plants are it operated, a separate and full return g of such shall be made.' n "Please make note of the above and tl grovero yourself accordingly as to cot- It ton mill returns and fertilizer returns tl as well as those for cotton seed oil P mills." tl , h COUNTY SUPPLY BILL The county board of commissioners ci completed the York county supply bill for the coming year, and the same has been sent to the comptroller general, It will be the duty of the York delega- o tion in the general assembly to fix a p . . ... r< tax levy in comormance wun me tun. y Among the Items in the bill is the one o Df $1,300 for the salary and expenses h ot a "special constable." There is no tl such official in York county at present. u The total amount of money for expenses In the county asked for is $74,347,.36, an amount in excess of last /ears' supply bill. Following are the amounts needed for the various de- h partments of the county government ^ is set forth by the commissioners: . County home, $7,615.53; chaining. $15,000; court house furniture, S 110 000; roads and bridges, $11,300; si luditor's office, $1,750; treasurer's of- j2 flee, $1,500; clerk of court, $1,300; superintendent of education. $1,350; sheriff. $2,650; coroner, $1,050; Judge tt jf probate, $467; court expenses, $5,- si )00; magistrates and costables, $4.500; special constable, $1 300; interest C) in bonds and borrowed money, $4,- S( 575; incidentals, $3,000; county com- e) nissloners, $2,275. w " s< ABOUT PEOPLE ai Mr. A. W. Smoak has moved his ? 'amily from Filbert to Yorkville. Mr. J. C. Wallace of Yorkville, was ol i visitor in Rock Hill, this week. q Miss Bessie Connolly of Rock Hill, u; s visiting her father in Yorkville. pi Rev. Henry Stokes of Yorkville. J' ipent some time in Greenwood, this veek. M Mrs. Lou Wilson of Columbia, is ^ spending some time with relatives in yorkville. Mr. George Ashe of Brevard. N. C., g( s visiting his mother, Mrs. J. R. Ashe 0( n Yorkville. Mr. Horace Foster has returned to tl Columbia, after a visit to relatives at n< Hickory Grove. as Mrs. J. M. Crow and daughter, of T Rock Hill, visited friends in Yorkville, as :his week. Probate Judge L. R. Williams has eturned to his office after his long ' siege of sickness. ti Mrs. J. R. Barnwell and children of j] yorkville, are spending a few days je vith relatives at Clover. Mrs. J. B. Ross has returned to her m lomo in Russellville. Ark., after vis- C ting relatives in York county. tl Misses Mary O'Farrell, Kate and C( Ella Cody have returned to Yorkville, P' ifter a visit to relatives in Atlanta. H' Mr. Lesslie Chambers of Yorkville R. F. D., visited relatives and friends .. n the Ogden community this week. ^ Dr. and Mrs. R. H. McFadden of U| yorkville, have moved to Chester, Sj ivhere they will reside in the future. ti Miss Nancy Witherspoon, who has gl ieen visiting friends in Ridgeway, v? las returned to her home in York- oi /ille. ic Mr. John S. James, who has been ai spending the holidays in Galax. Va., ins returned to his home in York- C( k'ille. m Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Adams of Rock ^ Hill, have moved to the farm recent- . ly purchased by Mr. Adams, on Clover so. 2. j; Mr. Daniel Whitner, for a number jf years past a resident of Yorkville, ta s preparing to move his family to Kannapolis, N. C. C( Mr. Lamar Glenn who has been gl spending the holidays at his home in Yorkville. left this week to resume his ti studies at Auburn, Ala. ol Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Cato and three r( children, of Pageland, Chesterfield county, are in Yorkville, visiting Mr. eE. T. Carson, Mrs. Cato's father. Dr. John R. Ashe, who has been spending some time with his mother, r Mrs. J. R. Ashe, in Yorkville, left tolay for Charlotte, where he will reside , 1 in the future. ' 0( Mr. Robert C. Faulkner, for the r( last two years with the Thomson com- tf puny, in Yorkville, has moved to the ta L. G, Grist place, south of Yorkville. Mr. P. W. Love, chief of police of tt yorkville was taken ill suddenly last fuesday morning, and is confined to pi lis bed. He is reported as being of lomewhnt improved this morning. pi Mr. Louis P. Good who has been -pending the holidays with his parents n| Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Good on York- rr rille No. 1. has returned to Wofford tn l ittin-,r school, Spartanburg. I11 - III LOCAL UNION IN PROSPECT to A temporary organization of a local in Farmers' Union was effected at ?i neeting in the court house last Wedlesday morning, and the temporary n< >rganization is to be made permanent U it another meeting to he held at the tp lame place on Saturday afternoon, si ranuary 1G. at 2 o'clock, provided suf- at \I icient interest develops in the meanime. Messrs. J. Whltner Held, state see- c< etary of the Union, and Mr. B. Har- q Is, a former president, were present s i accordance with previous an- g ouncement, and notwithstanding the r feather, which was rough enough to h eep most people at home, some d ighteen or twenty people, all farmers ut two or three, were present. ii Mr. Harris spoke at some length t n the general subject of organization, o o-operation and diversification, dis- a usslng the advantages that the Union e ad been to various classes of produc- a Ive labor, and arguing that if the V armers of the south would organize p nd co-operate, they could vastly im- t rove their industrial, social and flancial condition, and secure for tern- t elves a more nearly equiable share a f the proceeds of their labor. t Mr. Reld followed Mr. Harris in a c hort address in which he reviewed he history of the Farmers' Alliance, o nd told of the fortunes of the Far- I ters' Union. Referring especially to a he Union, he said that some of the a ounty Unions had become .defunct; c ut others had held their own, while till others were growing stronger, and b he organization in the state as a a 'hole is in good, sound condition, and ldding fair, especially in view of the tress of present circumstances, to ike on new life that will contribute 3 increased power and usefulness. i Since the York county Union is de- t unct, he said, the most practicable t ray to secure re-habilitation will be trough complete re-organization. fid memberships could be re-instated t nder the constitution and by-laws; a ut that would involve the paying up , f back dues, the same as if there had een no suspension, ana mai wouiu * ost the members a great deal more tian If they should begin anew. The est way, therefore, would be to tart from the beginning. It requires not less than fifteen lembers to constitute a local Union, e explained. The initiation fee is $1, nd the dues 40 cents a quarter or 1.60 a year. A charter could be isued for less than fifteen members; ut in that event the charter members lust put up the entire {15 for the , harter fee and re-imburse themelves out of the initiation fees of the dditlonal members necessary to make p the minimum of fifteen required or the organization of a local Union. He suggested that if there were resent a sufficient number of prosective members to encourage the oranization of a local Union, the oranization could be effected at once, r if it was preferable, a temporary ' rganizatlon could be effected now and permanent organization could be efscted at a subsequent meeting when tie attendance would be more repreentative. Twelve of those present signified tieir willingness to become members f the proposed Union and a tempoary organization was effected by the lection of M. C. Willis, temporary resident; John M. Williford, tempoary vice president and Prank C. Ridle, temporary secretary. The next regular meeting is to be eld in the court house on Saturday fternoon, January 16, at 2 o'clock . m.. and the special object of that leeting is to effect a permanent oranizatlon by the election of permaent officers, and select a delegate to tie state convention to be held in Colmbia. beginning January 19. After le meeting on the 16th, provided a ermanent organization is effected, le probability is that the Union will old its regular meetings on the first aturday afternoon in each month. Both Mr. Reid and Mr. Harris disussed the desirability of re-organizing le local Unions over the county and irming a new county Union, which an be done so soon as four local * nions are organized. The sentiment a f those present was strongly favora- 8 le to these suggestions, and there Is v eason to believe that whether the 8 orkvllle Union perfects a permanent 1 rganlzation or not, the work of re- ' abllltatirig the various Unions 1 iroughout the county will soon be nder way. , c NEEDS AS TO LEGISLATION. { The county board of commissioners c eld Its annual meeting in the court ouse yesterday, and there met with ^ ie board the county delegation In the a eneral assembly, the various town- h hip supervisors, and a number of cit:ens from different parts of the coun- y r, having business with the board and h ie delegation. Supervisor Boyd pre- S ded. h The first matter taken up was the r aunty road law, which was read by c ictions, each section being discuss- g 1 as was seen fit. W. S. Wilkerson h as in favor of changing such law j, ) as to make all males between the j, ges of eighteen and fifty, liable for e aad duty. There has been a great eal of misunderstanding as to when ^ aung men, just becoming twenty- a ne, should be liable for road duty, h n motion the township supervisors v nanimosuly voted to require all 0 ersons twenty-one years old before p uly 1, to report for duty. Supervisor Blankenship of Fort h [ill township, thought there should a e some way of fixing a uniform rate g * tn nmnnnt nnld hands fnr rnad ork. The law says that not more a lan $1 per day shall be paid hands, tl ome are obtained for 75 cents a day, thers 80 cents, etc. d It developed during the session 0 lat the township supervisors had ? ot been making an itemized account r, s to the money expended on roads. c hey had only been filing statements f, i to the tools purchased, etc. u Supervisor Wilkerson was of the y pinion that since the matter of eansing streams was under town- e lip supervisors' jurisdiction, the b me for which such officials can u raw pay should be increased to at b ast seventy-five days. it A complaint was registered at the a leeting as to the condition of the p hester road, it being alleged that s >e road is not being kept in proper >ndition. The supervisors were im- ti ressed with the fact that the law re- c aires that they keep such main e ighways in good condition. d Supervisor Boyd asked the delega- s on to amend the road law whereby c e would be allowed to let contracts ti p to $50 without submitting the e ime to competitive bid. The ques- s on of the salary of the county en- lj neer was also mentioned, and de- s sloped the fact that the officer is s ily employed by the day, his serves during a year amounting to t( lout $800. d The question as to whether fines jllected by magistrates from delin- f aent road tax payers be paid to the v iwnshlps in which such money was ti dlected, was discussed at some e ngth. It developed that there was A o way by which such funds could J s used directly in road work. A :ructed to appoint a membership s< jmmittee whose duty it shall be to n jliclt members as well us cash sub- p ?riptions for a term of years, and a a toiion was also carried to the effect f tut the officers arrange for a monster it leetinp for the purpose of boosting o] orkville. r. The question of building a tow n hall T as mentioned, and on motion of Mr. s: \V. Johnson, several gentlemen were p ected honorary members of the u oard of Trade. Ji Mr. J. S. Mackorell announced that t< Dtwithstunding the fact that it had u ?en termed the "so-called" Board of c rude, h.e had never considered the c* dy a Joke, and that he wanted ev- (I y member present to get another le icmber. After this announcement, v ie meeting adjourned. ti Air. j. t. crawrora aavocaiea u lx on automobiles and told of their A sstructiveness to the roads of the li rnnty. The delegation promised to tl ive the matter their consideration, v Mr. J. S. Brice advised the delega- e on to inquire as to the boundaries w f the town of Smyrna, which was in- 1J >rporated in 1888. By the incorpora- si on. the bounds of the town were tl ctended one-half a mile each diree- 0 on. the constitution of 1895 provid- ir ig that no county line be run irough such boundaries. When tl herokee county was established in n 596, the lines of said county were. U owever, extended into part of the in- K irporated town of Smyrna, and as a w 'suit, about six citizens who belong \v > York county, are made to pay their t< ixes in Cherokee county. The deleltion was asked to take action in b: le matter. u: The delegation was also asked to p: rovide for the placing of a license gi ' $25 or more upon the sale of stol cartridges. T The matter of requiring railroads w aerating in York county to build si ?ad crossings, which was mentioned c< i last year's delegation, was also s< entioped again, and action concern- s< g the matter was promised. "i J. C. Comer, magistrate of York tl iwnship. asked the delegation for an ni crease in his salary, which is now Y 550 a year. The principal business that came w > before the delegation at the after- ' ion session was the amount of the el WO /I A ^ AO (HA I { muun in ??t- iiinuc iui nix irnishintr of the court house. Archlct Edwards was on hand with 111 >e>>iflcatlons as to furniture, and a b< imber of items were taken up by T essrs. Cherry and Bradford for conderation. 01 Mr. J. S. Price, chairman of the n' ?urt house commission. In reply to a l' uestion of Representative Bradford's, aid that the commission had not , ;iven up the idea of buying the law * ange in the rear of the court house, >ut would not take action until the t listressing financial condition is past. ? Chairman Brlce stated further that t t was the intention of the framer of a he bill authorizing the construction ( if a new court house, to make the mount $100,000. People in the astern section dissented, and the mount was cut to $75,000, the framer :nowinc that the county could be 1 ulled for sufficient funds to furnish he building later. Mr. Brice explained further that he commission would have a balnce of something like $10,000 upon he completion of the building. This lould not be used for furnishings. After spending about three quarters if an hour in executive session, the egislative delegation announced that . one-half mill for two years? mounting to $10,000?would be reommended for furnishings. No other business matters coming lefore the delegation, the meeting djourned at 4.30 o'clock. BOARD OF TRADE MEETING Yorkville's Beard of Trade held ts annual meeting in the quarters of he organization last evening. When he president, Mr. J. C. Wilborn, calld the meeting t0 order at 8 o'clock, he following citizens were In attendince: T, F. McDow, W. B. Moore, W. Patrick, J. A. Tate, J. E. Noris, Carl Hart, A. T. Hart, C. A. Boney, '. S. Mackorell, J. P. McMurray, D. 5. Boney, C. J. Youngblood, F. C. tiddle, S. L. Courtney, Rev. J. H. Aachen, J. E. Burns, D. M. Hawkins, >r. Jas. B. Shirley, N. J. N. Bowen, I. " r~i nr o V nr. UUIII1BUII, J. >v . ivuivpaiiivn, u. Jeath, J. S. Jones. ' The minutes of the annual meeting ast January, were read and approved. Che treasurer's report showed a balince of J9.08 on hand. Information hat the executive committee had met Lbout ten times during the past year, vas conveyed to those present. On motion of Mr. T. F. McDow, a rote of thanks was extended to the >resident and executive committee or their great interest In the town, [hanks were also extended to the White Rose club for use of their ooms. Mr. J. S. Mackorell wanted to know vhat had been done toward the mater of the establishment of a second >11 mill in Yorkville. He was inform d that the list of subscribers to the >roJect were on file with the secretary. President Wilborn arose to extend hanks to the "so-called" Board of rrade for their co-operation with him. While on his feet he wished to preach a sermon," he said. Several nembers inviting him to "go ahead," >e delivered himself of the following, aking as his text the story of Gideon ind his band of 300, which 300 had >een taken from all the hosts of the ihildren of Israel. The Board of Trade president said hat he had seen many towns, some ot vhlch were making progress, while >thers were standing still. Where ealousies, hatred, etc., existed, progess was Impeded?the towns simply ihrinking up. We have such jealouses in Yorkville, said the speaker. It s time they be obliterated. The president wanted to see Yorkrille grow. He referred to the effort or the new court house, as one time vhen all 'he citizens were united. Yet i few days afterward, evil winds be;an to blow and all were at outs. It ve are going to have divisions, if we ire going to have fun poked at us hrouga the newspapers and othervise, should we stop? he asked. Here he story of Gideon was told. The town needed men who would tot herald only the mistakes of the ltizens to the world, and he wanted his thing of living in hate and fight o be forgotten, and the olive branch f peace to be waved. "I do not wonder that our friend, 'he Enquirer, should call us the 'soalled' Board of Trade." said the peaker. "But there are some who >ave helped us build up the town." Referring to the postofflce squlbble rith Congressman Finley, President Vilborn said the Board of Trade may ave made a mistake in their course, itill he had no apologies to make for a is part. j. Speaking of the Board's efforts in egard to the securing of a secondlass nostoffiee hnilrlintr. he nrced a reater effort toward that end. He 1 ad no criticism to make of Mr. Fin- J iy in regard to the matter? if Mr. J. inley's position as to a building suit- ? d the Board, it suited him. r Mr. Wilborn said he had been presi- ( ent of the Board of Trade a year, * nd wanted the office no longer. He * oped the Board would elect a man ' -'ho would unite all tactions. Telling t f the old Jewish custom of fastening r risoners to their guards for life, and ( saving them there even after death, e repeated that the spirit of envy nd of tearing down should be for- jj otton, and suggested that Yorkville's * rayer be the words of Paul, "Who J hail deliver me out of the bonds of ; his death?" Following Mr. Wilborn's speech, a 1 iscussion of the subject of a post- J fflce building was entered. Mr. W. c t. Moore thought that when certain J equirements had been met, any town 1 ould get such a building. He was in- r ormed by President Wilborn that it ^ fas mostly a question of "I'll tickle i ou and you tickle me." Mr. T. F. McDow informed the j toard that it would be a good while efore such a building was secured, . nless the organization got right in . ehind the matter. Congressman Fin- t ?y, he said, had told him that if the ppropriation bill for Federal buildings . assed the house, Yorkville would urely get a building. . The question of making additions to he Yorkville school building was disussed. Mr. McDow spoke of the rowded condition of the school chilren. He thought a committee should ee that the constitutional amendment ? oncerning the Yorkville school disrict, which carried at the last general lection, should pass the general as- 11 embly properly. Asked to give the F ioard of trade information on the 11 ubject, he said he was not in posses- r ion of such information. a Mr. W. B. Moore thought the terri- c ory embraced in the Yorkville school 1 istrict should be increased. a The election of officers resulted as a allows: President, J. C. Wilborn; * ice president, J. S. Mackorell, secre- 1 try and treasurer, Carl H. Hart; ex- 1 cutive committee, P. VV. Patrick, C. c l. Boney, A. T. Hart, W. B. Moore, 1 . W. Kirkpatrick, S. C. Wood, J. P. ? IcMurray. 1 Following this election, Mr. J. S. c lackorell spoke in favor or outlaw- q lg the Southeastern Tariff associaion. Several members gave their lews on tne subject, telling of the ? xcessive rates, etc. Mr. T. F. McDow ^ ras of the opinion that Thomas b eeples, attorney general, was of "too ^ mall a bore'* to tackle a trust like le Southeastern Tariff association. V >n motion, however, the board's com- e litte on insurance was continued. T Air. J. W. Klrkpatrick brought up F le matter of a license tax on busi- a ess houses, the proceeds of such tax c ) go to street improvement. Messrs. s< arkpatrick, McDow and Johnson M ere appointed a committee to confer o ith the town council about the mat- a ?r. C The matter of having a public li- \ rary in Yorkville, was discussed, h nd it was decided to confer with the ir residents of the various social or- w anizaiions about the proposition. A motion to leave the Board of rade membership fee at $2 per year, r*o ml.itttuil 'Phu U'.'lq in- n LOCAL LACONICS. granted a Pension. At the regular monthly meeting of to he county commissioners, Wednesday, ^ i pension of 13 per month was granted I 0 Mr. E. B. Howe of Bethel township, fl 1 Confederate soldier. 1 )ost of Bridge Great. According to Information furnished o the county delegation in the legisla- W ure by Supervisor Boyd, the Fishing ;reek bridge, which was recently competed, cost a total of $6,079. The >ridge, which Is 332 feet long, is one if the best in the county. Another Teacher for Ogden. Owing to the increase in the number if pupils, the trustees of the Ogden ichool have decided to add a third eacher. The new teacher will be se ected and installed within the next ew days. Gorman Granted Bail. Judge Thomas S. Sease of Spartanturg, has granted bail to Jim Norman, he young man who recently killed his ather, Mack Norman, at King's Creek, n the sum of $1,000. The amount las been raised and young Norman is % low at liberty. ( turned Way Out. Clarence Caldwell, the young white )oy, arrested at Hickory Grove, last veek, on a warrant charging theft in | Chester county, made his escape ihortly after his arrest by burning a >ortion of the guard-house. He has lot been apprehended. Hartneaa-Gordon. Miss Pearl Gordon and Mr. John D. Sartness were married in Yorkville, ast Wednesday, Rev. F. R. Riddle, >astor of Beth-Shlloh, Allison Creek md Reersheba churches, performing he ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Hartness will live near Yorkville. \nother Negro Paroled. Governor Blease has granted a pa ole to Gammie Reid, a negro boy who vas convicted at the summer term of :he court of general sessions for the arceny of money from a store in Rock ^ Hill. The negro, who was about 16 A rears of age, was sentenced to serve Ive years In the state reformatory for :olored youths. Dropped Dead in Station. g James McKinney. a citizen of North M Carolina, dropped dead in the freight lepot in Rock Hill, Tuesday afternoon. j rhe deceased, who lived in Mitchell ^ :ounty, N. C., had come to Rock Hill to sell apples. He had been in his jsual health and death came without iny warning whatever. He was 77 rears of age. Latham-Shiliinglaw. Mr. Samuel J. Latham and Miss 3rie May Shlllinglaw were married at the home of the bride in Bullock's ^reek township, last Tuesday, Rev. W. B. Arrowood of Sharon, performng the ceremony, which took place in the presence of a large number of the nany friends and acquaintances of the young couple. Mr. and Mrs. Latham will reside in York county. barbery's Condition Gravs. Young James Carbery, son of the 'ormer York county mill village imjrovement demonstrator, who was shot by a policeman in Beaufort, on tfew Tear's night, remains in a grave rendition in a Savannah hospital, vhere he was carried after the shootng. An abdominal operation was lecessary. The policeman who shot m he boy is still in Jail at Beaufort. M ?or Pardon of Webb. ^ W. T. Jones of Union, 1s In Yorkrille, for the purpose of circulating a petition for the pardon of George Webb, a negro serving a twenty-year lentence for killing a negro named 3arnett, near Tlrzah, some time ago. rhe understanding is that Jones's inerest In the pardon of Webb lies in he fact that Webb was good to Jones vhlle the latter was in the penitentiiry. rort Mill Negroes Released. Governor Blease has granted pa oles to Ned Wilson and Son Gregiry, serving terms of seventeen and Ifteen years respectively, for anion. ["he case was tried "al the April, 1718 erm of the York county court of general sessions. Wilson was found guily of the charge of burning a barn in ^ort Mill township, and Gregory plead rullty to the charge of accessory to irson. forse Thief Escapes. York county authorities have been isked to keep on the lookout for Wade foung, who was being held In Cheeer county jail on the charge of stealng horses. Young escaped last Tueslay evening and left the following lote for the authorities: "My dear Would-be) Keepers:? It has pleased 5od to let me escape once more, and it las also pleased me, and I hope it von't grieve any of you. Trusting M hat I make good my start, I beg to emain at liberty." jannot Obtain Bail. ^ J. R. Wyatt and Sam Hafner, charged with the robbery of the stores of dessrs. Crawford and Williams at ' dcConnellsville, are still in the coun- m y Jail, all their efforts to obtain - 7 londsmen having proved futile. Magstrate J. T. Crawford, under whose ur.'sdiction the case comes, said re:ently, that no application had been nade for bail, but if such appliesion was made, the amount of bond equired for each of the accused men vould be about <4,000. rhirty Day Convicts. The York county chalngang has of ate been getting a good many condcts sentenced to thirty days for pety offences. Three such convicts were aken to the chaingang in Bethel ownship this week. Most of these onvicts come from Rock Hill, from he Catawba township magistrate's ourt. Heretofore these prisoners lave been able to pay their alternaive fines; but during the past few ^ veeks money has been hard to find, ^ md the sentences have had to be erved. * tafecracker in Jail. Thomas Nolan, alias "Chicago Noan," alias "Detroit Nebs." who was lardoned by Governor Blease, Satur- 4 irday, was brought to Yorkville Wedlesday night by Deputy Sheriff Quinn ind placed in jail to await trial on the harge of having cracked the safe of he Bank of Fort Mill, several years go. ."VOian, wno is aooui do years 01 ge, is a man of pleasing mein, willing o talk about most anything except he charge upon which he is awaiting rial. Should he be acquitted of the harge to which he must answer in he York county court of general sesions, it is understood that Postofflce nspector Gregory will bring other harges against him. )'Farr?ll- Caldwell. A pretty wedding ceremony was elebrated at the home of Mr. and Irs. John N. O'Farrell In Atlanta, Ga., ist Saturday, when their daughter, liss Catharine, became the bride of W Ir. Robert Deaver Caldwell, Rev. 8. V. Caldwell, of the Associate Reformd church, performing the ceremony, here were only two attendants, Miss tuth O'Farrell, sister of the bride, 4 nd Mr. Ernest Bell. Following the a premony delicious refreshments were prved to the many guests present, irs. Caldwell is the third daughter f Mr. and Mrs. John N. O'Farrell, nd was reared in Yorkville. Mr. aid well is the son of Dr. and Mrs. J. r. Caldwell of Cherokee county, and as many friends and acquaintances i this section. Mr. and Mrs. Caldell will reside in Atlanta. ? Charley O'Day, alias Charlie Cross, lias Charles Blackburn, alias Mis[>uri Charley, alias Ohio Charley, a oted safecracker, who was recently ardoned by Gov. Blease, was held fter a preliminary hearing before the nited States Commissioner Sloan i Columbia, Tuesday, on the charge f blowing the postofflce safe at ordonsviile, Va., on March 28, 1914. he star witness against the pardon**d sfecracker was John T. McCarthy, a ?rormeci sarecracKer. Known 10 m?* nderworld as "West Philadelphia J uhnny." McCarthy testified that he, M tgothcr with O'Day and Irish Jimmy, ho recently escaped from the North arolina penitentiary, did the Job at ordonsville. A'ter the hearing. 'Day, quietly smoking a cigar, was I d away to await transportation to irginia, where he will have to stand -inl.