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?mps and |acts. ? The German government on Wednesday informed Dr. Henry Van Dyke, American minister to the Netherlands, through the German minister, F. von Mueller, that arrangements had been made to grant safe passage through the naval war zone to American relief ships bringing supplies for the people of Belgium. The German communication was in response to inquiries from Dr. Van Dyke concerning restrictions Germany was said to have imposed on safe conduct to reun* ohins it follows: "The German government naturally is striving to J give every possible support to the humanitarian work of the American relief commission. It will permit relief vessels to pass through the English channel unmolested if they are rendered recognizable by the usual marks, which must be plainly visible at night (namely, large painted letters on the ship's sides and a white flag with the same marks in red letters). German submarines have received the requisite order to this effect It must be understood that every means will be taken to guard against misuse of the relief commission's special marks. The German government will at once ask the American ambassador at Berlin to explain to the British government that only such ships as are really engaged in this service may carry the commission's marka Germany regrets that having regard for the existing mine danger in the war zone, it cannot grant safe conduct for the commission's ships to and from England." ? The order in council putting the English declaration against German commerce into effect, it is stated authoritatively, says a dispatch of Wednesday from London, will explain details of the admiralty's retaliatory plan. The exact date of the oruer has not been declared on but it probably will be published in a few days. Great Britain has not prepared an answer to the American proposals regarding the , withdrawal of the submarine blockade and the continuance of food movements to the German civil population. The publication of the text of the American note and Germany's reply in the London papers, has attracted oHanUnn The Enarlish view, which undoubtedly will be embodied in < the note to the American government, , is that the suggestion proposes that Great Britain shall virtually forego the ( strength of her position due to her superior navy. Great Britain feels that Germany is trying to have the neutral states perform duties for her which she could possibly carry out had she a superior navy. Furthermore, the British government, it is asserted, will ask what assurance the United States can give that Germany would not resume her submarine activities after she had obtained sufficient food to enable her to carry on the war indefinitely. England's reply to the suggestion 1 that the belligerents discontinue the < use of floating mines will be that she | has never used them. The English position as to the use of neutral flags and the arming of merchant ships is : that no general order has been issued for the use of the flags of neutral states and that merchant ships were armed only after Germany had declared a submarine blockade. ' ? Heavy fighting in Russian Poland, ' in the Carpathians and in the Cham- < pagne district and the Vosges in France; the continuation of the bom- J bardment of the Dardandelles forts by the Anglo-French fleet and the sinking of the German submarine U-8 by destroyers of the allied squadron off Dover are features of the campaign in the war of the nations yesterday. The Russians apparently are forcing operations north of Gordno, in Poland, although there are evidences that the Germans are resisting stubbornly. In the Bobr river region the contending forces are in close contact and there the fighting has been hand to hand. Particularly fierce also have been the encounters near Mlawa. The Russians i report the capture in the Carpathians and eastern Galacia of more than 3,000 men and 16 machine guns in one day. The Austrian official statement, 1 on the other hand describes the repulse of the Russians after a sanguin- > ary battle on the Biala river and declares all of the Russian attacks have been repulsed. In the Vosges, violent < engagements again are taking piace and shells from German field guns ore said to have fallen In Swiss territory. In Champagne, the French assert they have strengthened and widened I their positions. Allied airmen have dropped bombs on a powder factory in Rottweil, Wurttemburg. The Germans say only slight damage was done while 1 a French official report says the factory was set on Are. Both the British admiralty and the French ministry of marine describes briefly the Dardanel- 1 les operations, where the warships of the allies are making steady progress against the forts guarding the straits. French warships are throwing shells across the Gallipoli peninsula on the line of forts extending from Bulalr. The operations of the Mediterranean fleet apparently are extending, for the French warships have bombarded two places along the Syrian coast. Arzus and Saida, the latter a short distance south of Beirut. The American ambassador at Constantinople is endeavoring to arrange for a neutral zone for the protection of foreigners and non-combatants at Constantinople if the allies reach the Turkish capital. Enver Pasha the Turkish chief of staff, expresses himself as confident that the allies will not make their way through the Dardanelles. He declares that only the outer forts have been damaged and that these were old defenses. He also declared the real defenses of the Dardanelles have not been affected by the bombardment. American steamers at Bremerhaven are discharging cargoes of dyestuffs for shipment to the United States because of the Anglo-French embargo on commerce from Germany. The vessels will return home in ballast. ? The governor on Wednesday announced the appointment of the members of the state board of charities and corrections, who will have charge of the new department of the state government which was created by the last general assembly. The personnel of the board is as follows: Dr. George i B. Cromer, Newberry, lawyer: Dr. Z. T. Cody, Greenville, editor of the Bap tist Courier; Dr. D. u. Wallace, spartanburg, professor of Wofford college: R. H. King, secretary of the Charleston Y. M. C. A.; L. O. Patterson. ( Greenville, lawyer. The ChristensenGraydon act, creating the state board 1 of charities and corrections, provides that its duties shall be strictly visitorial and advisory without administrative or executive power." Either as a whole or by committee or by its secretary or assistant secretary, the state 1 board of charities and corrections is required to visit and inspect once a year or oftener "state, county, municipal and private institutions which are of an eleemosynary, charitable, correctional or reformatory character or which are for the care, custody or training of the defective, dependent, delinquent or criminal classes, except that the hospital for the insane, the penitentiary and the reformatories shall be visited as often as once in six months and by at least two members of the board." The board must make reports on the inspections of institutions under its supervision to ofhcials having direct charge of them. In addition officials of state, county and municipal, charitable and correctional institutions must make quarterly reports to the board in such form oo it mow iipnvido Plans fnr new Jails, almshouses and similar buildings must be submitted to the board by county and municipal authorities for suggestions and recommendations before they are adopted. The state board of charities and corrections is authorized to appoint local boards in cities and counties. On these boards is to be a member of the board of health of the city or county. One member may be a woman. Besides its duties of inspection and supervision. the state board must collect statistics on dependent, defective and delinquent classes both in and out of institutions and such other data as may be of value. Annual reports to the governor, to the clerks of court of the counties and monthly reports to the state board of health must be made by the board of charities and corrections. The governor may call upon the boards to make inspections of any institution at any time. Immediately after its organization the state hoard of charities and corrections is required through one or more of its agents to investigate the financial condition of inmates now in the stat hospital for the insane or hereafte committed to the institution. An in vestigation must* also be made of th financial resources of inmates liabl for their support. The board is t submit its findings to the board of re gents of the asylum. No payment will be required of inmates or thei relatives prior to May 2. 1915. In as certaining the financial resources c inmates of the asylum to determin whether they are able to bear th whole or part of the cost of thei treatment at the state hospital th board is cautioned to consider othe members of the family who depen for support on the estates of inmate! The act creating the board provide elaborate machinery for making in vestigations of the financial resource of patients at the state hospital. Th board is authorized to employ tw agents prior to January 1, 1916, t make these investigations, and on agent for this purpose after this dat< Ihe \torkvilif (Bnquiw Entered at the Postofflce in Yorkvill as Mail Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE. S. C.i FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1915. As has been generally anticipate) for several weeks the ship purchas* bill was lost in the shuffle. The prob ability that it will ever become a la\ now seems to be slim. It is generally and universally rec ognized now that this European wa Is being waged between England an< Germany The other powers ar counting only as allies, but in no sens* as principals. A "boom" paragraph from GafTne; tells of a man who has a collie dof that drives the cows home from th< pasture, and picks out the animal: that have been eating wild onions, si their milk may be given to the hogs President Wilson has promoted Col Goethals to the grade of major gen eral in recognition of his services ii building the Panama canal. The pro motion was confirmed by the senat yesterday. The Newberry Herald and News which had been suspended for sonv weeks, resumed publication last Mon day with Mr. E. H. Aull again in th? editorial chair. The old paper look as fresh and bright as ever and wi hope that from henceforward its path way will be smooth. Although Congressman J. T. John son has been endorsed by all his col leagues for the position of judge o the newly created western distric of South Carolina, the understands is that there will be still other can didates. Hon. John Gary Evans i quoted as saying that friends will pre sent his name. The rural credit system which wa attached as a rider to the agriculture bill last week, did not become law There was serious disagreement be tween conferees of the house and sen ate on the subject, and as the differ ence could not be accommodated, i was agreed to compromise by provld Ing for a commission to still furthe Investigate the subject. we are nui iuumus iui apleuous exhibition of chivalry or evei humanity in this horrible Europeai war. All the records of the days o chivalry, when "Knighthood was ii its flower," teach that then mei fought mainly because they loved t< fight, and that they always tried ti play the game fairly. But that is al gone. In the war now in progress being fought mainly for domination it seems that with both sides, it i largely a question of means to an end and neither side hesitates from doini anything it is not afraid to do. Ther is still more or less regard for th sentiment of that part of the worl< that is not actually engaged; but thi regard is based on fear of possibl consequences rather than any rea sense of duty. It would be pleasan to think otherwise; but in view of thfacts as they are developing it is dif flcult to do so. The writer hereof has had th pleasure of visiting Charleston am being shown the fortifications on Sul livan's island, including the morta batteries, the disappearing guns am nil that by United States army offi cers, who explained how adequat hose fortifications were to defend th' city against any attacking fleet. Th protection of the mortar batteries Baltic ports alone, and proclaims that ?<> American vessel should he al e lowed to en*er any European port th r from which British vessels were ex- m g eluded. Later this was followed up to e with a threat to the effect that any th o American cargo-carrying vessel sail- ar ^ ing from any port not under British sh r control, was liable to capture. And be i- at that time America was neutral, w lf But that is hardly the worst of the | outrageous atrocities perpetrated by ui ?? ?v?Aoa /lova Tlonmflrlf wna Sil 2? EillgiailU lit UIVOV wu/o. e also neutral and had shipping Inter- J* * ests second only to those of England. ot 3 England, realizing the possibility that al s Napoleon might seize the entire Dan ish fleet and make an attempt on ? England with it, anticipated such pos- B] 0 sible action, and quietly sent a power- of 0 ful fleet to Copenhagen and seized the t0 e fleet herself. International law In aa time of war? There is no such law th that is calculated to stand in the way 8r ? of England, if it would interfere with j. her determination to dominate the fu e earth. pi , ? w hs Z If the foreign policy of the United States government has not been con- fo ducted along Christian lines during of the past few years to say the least of ^ it, then Christian lines are indeed dif[ flcult to trace. This country put up 1 with the strife between Cuba and , Spain until patience had almost ceas- qt ed to be a virtue, and then on the _ oc blowing up of the Maine went in and th ~ forced Spain to behave herself. Any CJ ?A nrmild tuner ^uvtrxxxxxieixi uj iiic nu??u nw-.u ^ have annexed Cuba; but the United flr States simply laid down an equitable jn - rule of conduct for the Cubans and h( ^ left them to themselves. The Philip- ^ e pines, which came under the power of pc " this country as an undeslred conse- h? v quence of the war. were given to un- j derstand, In good faith, that the only ^ thing expected of them was to learn - how to govern themselves in accord- ln r ance with civilized usage, and when ^ they were able to make it appear that je e they could be trusted, they would be w, e allowed full liberty to have their own h( way. No other government would have done such a thing. No other V government ever has done such a yg ? thing After the allied powers took sb 9 Pekin and suppressed the Boxer re8 bellion, they united in a demand for t 0 a large Indemnity to pay expenses, pJ ' etc. All the other nations?the Russians, the English, the Japanese, the French, the Germans, took their re' spective parts out of the indemnity - fund and applied it to their own use. b 1 The United States magnanimously re- th turned hers to China, without any conditions whatever. The United s States is not going to allow itself to * become mixed up in this European war if it can possibly help itself. It jf will submit in patience to many things , ' about which other nations would th e quickly go to war. At least it will be t . reasonable so long as there is any reason worth consideration; but when It comes to a question of performance ? 9 of duty it will do that. It is certainly e to be hoped that this country will not . have to get mixed up in this war; but , if it does, it will be much slower to j~ quit than it was to commence. " ' of Sorghum Cane. ou For at least the hundredth time W f during the past twenty years or more, 8tj 1 we want to again remind our farmer ? readers of the fact that sorghum cane * has not yet attained the recognition 3 to which it is fully entitled by reason Ct " of its economic value. It is quite probable that sorghum cane has been grown in this section ?8 8 for more than a hundred years, and pC 1 there are very few farmers who have hi ' won their way up through the rough nc " and thorny path that leads from the ^ " botton. to the top, who would not hi " give testimony in acknowledgment of w< * their indebtedness to sorghum cane; ar " but very few of them have ever un- Jn r dertaken to develop this useful and most valuable plant to the limit. Ui The common disposition on the W great sloping walls of solid concrete .seemed impregnable, and the disap rearing guns, behind the parapets o the fort were wonderfully impressive From the stories of the artillery off! cers who explained things, the write gathered that if a hostile ship shoult have the temerity to approach nea nough to the city to land a shot fron any gun such a ship could carrv ant the colonel should hear about it, al that officer would have to do woun be to remove his cigar, press a bel for an orderly, and instruct the drop ping of a shell on the deck of the ves sel located at such and such a poin on the diagram. The knowledge o iuh prowess made one feel proud o his country, and all that. But sine all this right and left smashing o Belgian, French and Russian fortifl cation^, that now appear to have heel fifty times more powerful than ttv little concrete military playhouse which amaze the inland visitors ti i he seashore, it would seem to b about time for the government t commence to build some real fortifl cations. There is such a thing as interna tional law in times of peace; but ii timp of war. the only law there is, i the law of might. People who fall t recognize this are not familiar wit! the historical records. And the "tra ditional fairness" of England is a much of a joke as it has always beer The average newspaper reader of to day is looking upon the manifesto o England relating to the "blockade" o the German and Austrian coasts a something new and unprecedented. I is but a repetition of what Englam has done before. In 1807 during th Napoleonic wars, England undertoo! to prohibit neutral trade along th entire European coast from Copen ha ten to Trieste, leaving open th " part of the average individual to dis- ^ 1 cuss sorghum is to slander and abuse th 1 this most useful and valuable plant; hi ' but never yet have we known of a 1 case where a libeler of sorghum was 1 able to back his own with a farmer pr 3 who really knew. The' fact of the 9 business is that sorghum plant, like ta j many other good things, suffers much ly abuse simply because it has so many Hi ' virtues and so few faults. ur i. There are those who say that they ag s are unwilling to sow or plant sorghum th I because it exhausts the soil more w] rapidly and thoroughly than any other ar B plant they know. Just why a charge ve e like this is brought, it is difficult to W e say, especially in view of the fact he that there can be produced numerous of witnesses who will testify that they w< s have planted sorghum on the same e ground for from six to eight years, M . without ever putting anything back pr in the way of fertilizers, except the in 1 roots and a few stray leaves and the in e soil is better now than when the first at crop was planted. he There are men of long experience w< who will testify that all the crops th they have ever turned under for soil w< e building purposes, sorghum gives the to , best results, and they explain this re; fact with the assurance that the sh - sorghum stalk will carry more moisr ture and carry it longer than anything no 3 else. of There are farmers who will testify pr * that it is practicable to commence ha e feeding sorghum to hogs as soon as nc e the sugar begins to form, and keep it T1 up until the hogs are ready to kill, W e and make pretty good meat without N< giving the hogs anything else. There >, are other farmers who will tell of raising a heavy sorghum crop, making a big out-turn of molasses, worth go f more than any molasses to be had on tic !. the market, throwing the "pummies" lai . into a silo improvised from a fairly ar well drained hole on a hillside, and on feeding a number of cattle on them all th ^ winter. pi r If all the merits and virtues of sor- ha 1 gum cane were enumerated, the record a would place this plant on a level with in 1 the most valuable farm crops we can de I plant. th 3 ut II The Dardanelles. ^ The efforts of the allies to force lei - their way through the straits of the Ai t Dardanelles and the Bosphorus, with |a 1 the purpose of giving the Russians an Cy f outlet into the Mediterranean, are pa e probably attracting more universal ta f Interest at this time than any other ^ - feature of the European war. O] rc As previously published, this effort tu c was commenced on February 19, and s the attack was opened with a furious ~ o bombardment by the most powerful hf p Meet ever assembled in a single assault, er o This assault has been pushed steadily ru - since and is still going on almost with- ^ out intermission, except on account of m stormy weather; but as to what real kf - v.n? ii?pn achieved, the world ^ n as yet is only able to guess. JJ.Ij s According to reports from London dr u and Paris, the allied fleets are making ge h very considerable progress, having destroyed several forts at the mouth of f(, s the straits and having progressed up in i. at this time a distance of two miles. - According to reports from Turkey ^ through Perlin, some of them having p< f the sanction of the Associated Press, th s there has been little If any appreclat ble progress. The Turks claim that jjc d all the forts are still holding out. and or e although they do not deny that some k guns have been dismounted, they ^ e would give the impression that dam- Wj - age is being repaired without delay, co - 1 '' * - -1-1 "Ion hnvo llilftlv t* | aim uit\v uciiiii ? ?? vw ?v ? I 171 <1 crippled some of the attacking ships. fa Reports of Wednesday have it that es ie Turks are bringing up an army of ore than one hundred thousand men defend Constantinople in the event ie allies reach that city, and, they e claiming that even if the fleet lould get well into the straits it will > quite a long time before the enemy ill be able to take the city, if at all. Of course our readers pretty well iderstand the general Immediate gniflcance of this effort to force the ardanelles. If successful it will fursh an outlet for Russian wheat and her food products for the use of the lies and dependent neutrals along ie shores of the Mediterranean, and the second place it will facilitate ie shipment to Russia by way of the lack sea of the arms and munitions ' war of which the Russians are said stand in such sore need. As to the probable success of the isault that is now being pushed by >e allies, one cannot speak with a eat deal of confidence. Because of nf ?Via nrsgant. fleet and the ^ FV"V? V* V..V sources of the allies to go to still rther lengths in their operation, the -esumption is that the undertaking 111 meet with ultimate success. It is all along been assumed, however, at the strength of the Dardanelles rtiflcations was second only to those Gibraltar, and developments up to is time indicate that this strength is not been seriously over-estimated. Is It Armageddon? The world is today in the midst of le of those momentous crises which :cur periodically in the history of e human race. Twenty centuries of iristlan civilization, when war was >clared, were swept away in a night, id half the people of the globe are a death grapple. It is appalling >w little real restraint religious sentient exercises upon man, when op>sed to greed and ambition. God is been forgotten by both sides, who lpiously call upon him to bless mur;r, rapine and carnage. We send issionaries to the heathen, preachg "peace on earth and good will toard man," and yet, when the pitying sua looks down upon those from horn he has a right to expect most, > can only turn away his face afed sep. It has ever been thus in' every ad.nce made by mankind. The ploware of war turns under the noxious Beds, fruitful fields are given over graves; dynasties crumble and emres fade away; then, in the freshness id silence of a new morning, the Dine Husbandman goeth forth and weth the seed of a new and higher rilization. Humanity has ever been irn into new cycles of existence rough terror, blood and death. It seems to us that mankind is now >on the field of Armageddon, dimly en through all the ages by poet and ilnter; that the great battle is now i between error and truth, when the imortal soul of man shall engage in e last struggle with his brute nare. The Good Book tells us that is is to precede the dawn of peace i earth and good will toward man, r which the Son of Man died upon ilvary's cross. Let us pray to God that the Amer nlAnonr ndtlnn f\t xn rcpuuiit, iuc |/iviiw? MMtiwu v? iman freedom, the hope of the arid, be not drawn Into this vort&x hate, blood and death. Let us work it the problem of the ages peaceful, and show the balance of the world >w to give each man his rights and 111 maintain organized society. TRU8T THE PRESIDENT inditions are Critical and He ia Do* ing the Beat He Can. President Wilson is facing the great t crisis in the history of the world, ane of his predecessors ever held the wer that he now possesses. Upon s firmness and Judgment depend# in small degree the future of civlllza>n and the fate of the white race, e must rely upon him and support m. We have no other choice and b have no reason to doubt his ability id common sense. Former President Taft in his Washgton Day address at Morristown, rain called upon the people of the aited States to support President ilson in handling our foreign relaans, saying: "We must allow no Jin spirit to prevail. We must abide e Judgment of those in whom we ive entrusted authority, and when e president shall act, we must stand r him to the end. He has faithfully llowlng the example set by our first esident" Former President Roosevelt's atck on President Wilson in a monthmagazine has since seen the light, e declares that we are bound by the isigned Hague convention to protest ;ainst the dreadful wrong done to e women and children of Belgium, hich means to run the risk of war id entangling alliances. Mr. Rooselt would also have war with Mexico, ere he in the saddle, "the man on rseback," as he must often dream himself, the Western Hemisphere ;>uld be in the throes of war. Why should we court trouble when r. Roosevelt himself says we are un epared? When we were engaged the Civil war an empire was set up Mexico. With our hands tied in an tempt to pacify Mexico by fighting t people and invading her soil, we )uld be more liable to be drawn into e greater war in Europe because it auld be safer for some belligerent treat us with scant courtesy and to fuse redress for injuries inflicted on ips and our citizens. Republicans and Progressives can iw Judge the characters and merits their respective leaders in the last esidential campaign. Americans ive much to be thankful for, and it the least of our blessings is that teodore Roosevelt is not in the hite House at this critical hour.? ?w York Journal of Commerce. - Official reports to the United States vernment describe intolerable condi?ns in Mexico City, where the popure is suffering: the effects of famine id lack of communication with the itside world. One report charges at Gen. Obregon is inciting the peoe to take the law into their own .nds to obtain food in order to force large part of the male population to the Carranza army. The state partment was advised today that e British and Spanish vice consuls Acapulco, who were arrested by irranza officials and taken aboard e gunboat Guerrero, had been reused and were taken aboard the meric-an cruiser Cleveland at Mannillo today. The consuls were both >anish subjects. The Carranza agentonight gave out the following disitch from Piedras Niegras: "Villaiss under Hernandez were defeated ' constitutionalists under Gen. Mocvio Herrera at Soledad yesterday, le hundred and sixty prisoners capred by Herrera have arrived here." - In a speech at Anderson last Mony, Hon. John L. McLaurin, ware?use commissioner, told the farms how to build a warehouse of corgated iron for J 400, that would >ld 600 bales of cotton at a storage large of 8 1-3 cents per bale per onth, provided the warehouse be pt full during the year. He said at when the state warehouse began islness. the rate on the class of irehouse described was $3.40 a huned, "but now," he continued, "I can t you a rate of $1.75 per $100, and have made arrangements which will completed as soon as we draft a rm of policy which will reduce this surance rate to about $1.45. Now, you will make the calculation, you ill see that you can keep your cotton home at a cost of about eight cents r bale per month for all expenses; at you will save hauling and handlg it, and you will also get a ware>use receipt in which the state of iuth Carolina guarantees the weight id grade of your cotton, and which Hosion fino .>e\v iorK is more acptable as collateral than a receipt um any private or corporate owned trehouse?a paper which as it hemes better and better known, will tablish its character in the money arkets of the world, and enable the rmers of the state to get the cheapt rate of interest obtainable." LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTI8EMENT8 Mrs. M. H. Metts?Offers her residence for rent, under arrangements to board with occupant First National Bank, Sharon?Tells of a few of the advantages that will come to you if you have an account with it Kirkpatrick-Belk Co.?Its buyers are back from the northern markets. Miss Burke will be at her post on Monday. Good business expected. J. M. Stroup?Is making a showing of Irving Drew fine shoes for ladies. All the newest spring styles. Other shoes for men, ladies, children. XTr IT* PAMflnioAn Una fhron lflnHa f\f need corn, onion sets, garden seed. He sells creamery butter. York Drug Store?Again tells you about Common Sense rat exterminator. It does its business quick. Hess' louse killer. McConnell Dry Goods Co.?Makes a number of special offerings for tomorrow and all next week. A big line of shoes now on display. T. B. Glenn, Manager?Gives notice that the Tirzah Ginnery will operate two days next week and close for the season. M. E. Plexico & Son?Publishes notice of interest to horse owners. Bratton's Farm?Wants information as to whereabouts of an estray Berkshire boar. E. Lawrence & Co., Chicago?On page four give you reasons why you you should use "Gets-It" for corns. F. F. Dalley Co., Ltd., Buffalo?Says that all dealers sell "2-in-l" shoe polishes?black, tan and white, 10c. James Bros.?Offer the suggestion that you buy mules and horses now, instead of waiting until later. The farmers have been plowing this week, and this kind of work has become pretty general. "If the farmers would prepare their lands well and remain quiet until about April 1," said a Yorkville business man yesterday, "they would save about $5 a ton on such fertilizers as they have to buy. The fertilizer manufacturers have their goods made up ?a limited quantity of course, and these goods have to be sold. The more indifferent the farmers are about buying, then the more certainty there will be a reduction in prices." A lady of the eastern side of the county who has returned and paid for quite a number of subscriptions to The Enquirer, said in a letter received this week: "My paper is being read by so many of my neighbors that it is pretty well worn out after it gets through its semi-weekly round." The lady made no complaint and neither do we, especially since the situation referred to is occurring in the hail district "THE BOY FARMER" The attention of our farmer readers, as well as others, is called to the fact that the first chapter of "The Boy Farmer," a delightful Corn club story, which is to run through the next several Issues of The Enquirer, will be found on the fourth page of today's paper. This story has been written especially for the Corn club boys; but as the author, Asa Patrick, is a successful practical farmer of large experience not only in agricultural matters; but in human nature also, the story will be found worth while for grownups and people generally. Sam Powell, the hero of the story, starts into his work against many disadvantages, but with very considerable enthusiasm and energy, and to follow him through his toll and discouragement to his ultimate success is well worth while. MEETING OF COMMISSIONERS The first regular monthly meeting of the present board of county commissioners, which is composed of Messrs. J. C. Kirkpatrick, J. E. Latham and Thoa W. Boyd, was held in the commissioner's office in the temporary courthouse, Wednesday, and the board had plenty of work to occupy its attention throughout the day. There were, as usual, quite a number of petitions in regard to the building of various roads, the repairing of bridges, help for needy persons, etc., disposed of. The commissioners re-elected Miss Annie L. Wallace as clerk at a salary of $300 per annum, and J. S. Brice, Esq., was re-elected county attorney at a salary of $200 per year. As was mentioned in The Enquirer some time ago, Mr. I. P. Boyd will still hold his position as superintendent of the county home, and Mr. R. L. Scoggins will continue to be superintendent of the county chaingang. The commissioners paid the last claim against the county held by the Peoples' National bank of Rock Hill, for money borrowed to meet the county's needs during part of last year. It will be remembered that $15,000 of the $30,000 was paid a little more than a month ago. ABOUT PEOPLE Mrs. Luia Guy of Lowryville, is visitlna Mrs. Jas. A. Sherer in York ville. Mr. W. L. Fanning of Shelby, N. C., visited friends in Yorkville, this week. Mr. S. W. Inmar, Jr., of Florence, visited relatives in Yorkville, this week. Misses Fredrica Lindsay and Mary Cartwright of Yorkville, visited friends in Charlotte this week. Mr. Saye Plexico of Sharon, left today for St. Matthews, where he has taken a position. Mrs. W. I. Barher of Chester, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Montgomery in Yorkville. Mrs. Ada Williams, who has been spending some time in Kershaw, has returned to her home in Yorkville. Mr. S. C. Woods of the Thomson Co., left this morning for the northern markets to purchase his spring stock. Mr. J. W. Kirkpatrlck of the Kirkpatrick-Belk Co., has returned from the northern markets, where he went hiiv p-nnrls fnr his firm. Misses Kate and Ella Cody and Bessie and Margaret Sandlfer of Yorkville, went over to Charlotte this week to see the play, "Jerry." Mrs. Robert Wltherspoon has returned to her home in Yorkvllle, after spending some time with her daughter, Mrs. J. M. Hemphill, In Chester. Superintendent of Education Carroll has accepted an Invitation to deliver an address before the Cherokee County Teachers' association at Blacksburg, tomorrow. Miss Georgia Burke of Baltimore, Md., is expected to arrive tomorrow to take charge of the millinery department at Kirkpatrick-Belk Co.'s for the spring season. WOULD STRAIGHTEN ROAD There was a hearing before the county board of commissioners Wednesday, regarding a proposition to have the commission revoke the order of the former board authorizing the condemnation of lanes, the property of the Misses Qulnn, about three and onehalf miles north of Yorkville, in an ?fTnrt in stralehten the Yorkvllle Filbert road, thereby eliminating- the grade and sharp turn at the point known as ''the old Quinn house." T. F. McDow, Esq., appeared for the Misses Quinn, who are unwilling for the proposed change, and Messrs. Lee Pursley, S. W. Thomas and J. C. Lilly of Filbert, stated their reasons for advocating the proposed cut through the Quinn property. The Filbert citizens pointed out that it was impossible to keep the grade sanded since the sand was constantly being washed into the branch below. and stated that as now situated, the road has a sharp turn and that if it is built through the Quinn property at the point desired, a straight thoroughfare will be had between Yorkville and Filbert. Counsel for those contesting the proposed cut stated that under a contract made between the Misses Quinn and the county when the present road between Filbert and Yorkville was built and by which contract the protesting parties granted the right of way now in use^ it was up to the county to use the present road. A petition asking that the land along the proposed new route be condemned with the understanding that the same be paid for by private subscription, and bearing the signatures of the following persons, was presented to the commissioners: B. G. Lilly, E. L. Wood, W. W. Lynn, W. A. Thomasson, I. T. McAbee, W. N. Ferguson, Q. R. McDaniel, S. W. Thomas, L. H. Castles, W. L. Pursley, W. El Land, E. V. Templeton, T. W. McElwee, J. A. Carroll, J. B. Neil, R. F. Parrott, M. H. White, T. J. Thomasson, J. C. Parrott, A. D. White, A. J. Clinton, J. R. Deas, W. F. White, T. B. Beamguard, A. J. Quinn, I. J. Campbell, D. M. Parrott, M. L. Dickson, S. H. Sparrow, S. A. Slfford, H. P. Jackson, W. B. Thomasson, M. L. Carroll, W. B. Keller, A. L. Black, township supervisor; F. C. Riddle and H. G. Brown. After a full hearing in the matter and an Inspection of the premises which will be affected by the change, the commission declined to interfere with the action of the former commissioners. Counsel for the Misses Quinn intimated that an appeal to the courts may be taken. WITHIN THE TOWN ? Stockholders of the People's Building and Loan association held their an nual meeting1 In the office of J. C. WUborn, Esq., this morning. ? Dan Davis, a well known Yorkvllle negro, who for several years past has been employed as a handy man at the county Jail, died last night ? Local stock dealers have dispensed with several head of mules this week and appear confident that business In their line is going to be about as good this spring as usual. ? The second meeting of the Western division of the York County Teachers' association will be held In the Yorkville Graded school auditorium at 11 o'clock tomorrow. ? Dr. .Tames A. Hayne, state health officer, arrived in Yorkville this morning. He will address a meeting of citizens in the Yorkville opera house tonight in connection with a movement to begin a "clean-up" campaign in Yorkville. ? There was an alarm of Are turned into the department from the residence of Mr. G. W. Sherer about 10.30 last night. The firemen as usual, responded promptly, and the blaze proved to be only a burning chimney, which was easily extinguished. ? Officers of Big Chief Tribe, No. 61, Improved Order of Red Men of Yorkville, were formally Installed Tuesday night. Solicitor A. E. Hill of Spartanburg, great sachem of the South Carolina division of the order, has signified his intention to visit the tribe on March 30. ? Instead of changing the name of the town just now, let's build another cotton mill after the same plan of the Neely. People who want to change the name of the town on the strength of the arguments that have been offered, would be about ripe for another Neely mill proposition, even for the pulling off of another Lockmore scheme. ? Sergeant Henry Thompson of the United States army, was in Yorkville IVoHnoiHnv onH vootArrinv for the purpose of giving instruction to the officers of Co. L, 1st infantry, South Carolina national guard. The army sergeant put the men through a thorough drilling last night in an effort to help prepare them for their annual ins^jction on March 24. ? Students of the Yorkville Graded school have been engaged in collecting contributions which will be used to assist in building the new athletic field on the school grounds, work on which is already underway. The grounds are being made almost perfectly level, more than 1,100 yards of dirt having already been removed. The work is to cost about $250, $150 of which amount has already been secured. When completed the Yorkville ground will be one of the best athletic fields in the county. ? A meeting of the directors of the Yorkville Library association was held Tuesday afternoon, at which the directors decided to engage a room in the McN'eel building for library quarters. Another meeting of the association is to be held this afternoon, when a number of persons will be named to canvass the town for the purpose of securing members to the Library association and collecting *rv?% *V*A mba a# fVia nawlv fnrm_ ed institution. ? Following the address of Rev. Marion Stokes at Trinity Methodist church last evening, a local branch of the Woman's Temperance Christian union was organized, the step bedng taken as a result of the lectures made in the Presbyterian church by Mrs. Amy C. Weech, about a week ago. The following were elected officers of the union: President, Miss Maggie Gist; first vice president, Mrs. A. M. Grist; second vice president, Mrs. O. E. Wilkins; secretary, Mrs. J. W. Kirkpatrick; treasurer, Mrs. R. D. Alexander. The following persons subscribed their names as charter members of the organization: Mrs. M. J. Moorehead, Mrs. L>. G. Grist, Mrs. J. H. Machen, Mrs. S. L. Courtney, Mrs. Henry Stokes. Miss Maggie Gist, Mrs. A. M. Grist, Mrs. O. E. Wilkins, Mrs. J. W. Kirkpatrick, Mrs. R. D. Alexander, Rev. Henry Stokes and Rev J. TL Machen. Plans for the advocacy of the constitutional prohibition amendment to be voted on next September, were deferred until the next meeting of the union. The time for the noiding Ol regular lutxiuigs ui uic union will be agreed upon later. ? The last of the series of mission conferences which have been held in the Yorkville Methodist church this week, was held last night, the speaker of the occasion being Rev. Marlon Stokes, son of Rev. J. L. Stokes, a former pastor of Trinity Methodist church. Rev. Stokes, who has for a number of years been a missionary to Korea, spoke on the development of Christianity in that country and in an interesting manner portrayed the many great changes for good which are being wrought since the introduction of Christianity. Rev. J. C. Roper, pastor of Bethel Methodist church of Chester, occupied the pulpit of Trinity church Tuesday evening and delivered an interesting discourse on "Christian Stewardship." The speaker of Wednesday evening was Rev. P. B. Wells of Rock Hill, who discussed "Methodism and Missions." No prayer meeting was held at the A. R. P.. Presbyterian or Baptist churches Wednesday evening on account of the Methodist service, and the attendance on the mission service was larger than usual. All four services have been well attended, not only by local Methodists, but by members of other denominations as well. ? A preliminary declamation contest was held in the Yorkville Graded school auditorium Tuesday afternoon for the purpose of selecting representatives and alternates to represent the school at the first contest to be held among the high schools making up the Catawba High School Athletic and Oratorical association, which will be held in Rock Hill, April 9 and 10. There were six contestants Tuesday afternoon?three girls and three boys ?representatives of the eighth, ninth and tenth grades, who had been selected by their classmates to compete for the honor of representing the school. The girls contesting were: Sallie Sandifer, tenth grade; Irene Moore, ninth, and Helen Sandifer, eighth. The boys were: Earl Gauldcn, tenth grade; Robert Eratton, ninth grade, and Henry Herndon, eighth grade. The judges of the boys' contest, Mr. T. F. McDow, and Revs. J. L. Gates and T. T. Walsh, decided that Robert Bratton should be awarded first place, with Earl Gaulden second, and the judges of the girls' contest, Misses Elizabeth Finley, Ola Allison and Julia Witherspoon, named Miss Sallie Sandifer as ilrst, with Miss Irene Moore, second. Effort will be made to take a large number of the graded school students to Rock Hill on the occasion of the high school contest. LOCAL LACONIC8. Named as Special Judge. Governor Manning has appointed Halcott P. Green of Columbia, as a special judge to conduct the spring term of the court of general sessions for York county, which convenes in Yorkville on Monday, April 19. Appointed Special Judge. Governor Manning has appointed Thomas F. McDow, Esq., of Yorkvllle, as special Judge to preside over the circuit court of Lancaster next week in place of Judge Spain, the regular judge, who is ill. Appointed on Important Board. Superintendent of Education John E. Carroll has been appointed a member of the superintendent's conference of the Southern Conference for Education and Industry, which is to be held in Chattanooga, Tenn., April 27-30. To Aid in Road Work. Will Murphy and Will Berry, negroes, were placed upon the York county chaingang this week, where they will serve sentences of thirty and sixty days, respectively. Both negroes were convicted in Rock Bill of carrying pistols, and Berry was also convicted of disorderly conduct. Fort Mill Vital Statistics. W. M. Carothers, registrar of vital statistics for Fort Mill township, has reported that there were six births to white parents and one to negro parents in that township during' the month of February. There were three deaths in the township during the past month, all of which were among negroes. Fertilizers at Tirzah. Upon inquiry over the telephone yesterday, it was learned that although up to this date last year fifty cars of fertilizer had been shipped to Tirzah, the first car for this year's consumption has only Just arrived. The average receipts during the past twelve years have been about forty cars per annum. Building Will Not Be Ready. York <^>unty's new courthouse will not be used at the spring term of the court of general sessions. It is understood that the building will be finished by Travers-Wood Co., by April 10. Some little time will be required for the installation of furnishings and the county officers will hardly move into the building before July 1. May Be Right Negro. Sheriff Brown has received a mee sage from authorities at High Point, N. C., stating that they are holding a negro who answers to the description of Hence Thompson, who is wanted in \ York county for an attempt to kill 1 Mr. John Oood of the Bullock's Creek ' community about ten days ago. An ' officer will be sent to High Point for 1 the purpose of identifying the negro. | Brought Back for Trial. Walter Cherry, a negro wanted in York county, for assault and battery with intent to kill, was arrested in Salisbury, N. C., this week, and placed in the county Jail Wednesday after- ] noon. Cherry is alleged to have seriously cut Turner Glasscock, a young ! white man, last October. He is being held in lieu of a $500 bond and will 1 be tried at the spring term of court. Club Contest Ends March 13. I The Enquirer's club contest comes j to a close tomorrow week?Saturday, < the 13th?at 6 o'clock, and all club- I makers are required to settle by that 1 date. Where a clubmaker has many 1 subscribers to see before the final > wlndup, he will appreciate it if he is i not subjected to the Inconvenience of j calling upon each one two or more times. Smallpox At Clover. There are about six cases of small- , dox at Clover, the disease having brok en out there about four weeks ago in a family which had moved to the Clover cotton mill village from Knoxville, Tenn. The disease is well in hand at present and all those who are afflicted are recuperating nicely. There have been no new cases to appear lately. A Clover physician stated this morning that all of the cases were very slight Appreciative. The following, dated March 2, was received yesterday from Mr. J. B. Dickson of Bullock's Creek: "Messrs. L. M. Grist's Sons: Enclosed And check for $1.75 for year's subscription to The Enquirer. I do not know whose club my name Is on; but somebody has turned it in. Anyway here is the price that brings the paper to our home, and that is what I am concerned about. I would gladly pay $5 a year rather than be without The Enquirer." Commission Inspecting Road. The South Carolina railroad commission. Messrs. G. McDuffle Hamo ton, John G. Richards and Frank Shealy. who are engaged in making their annual inspection of railway lines in South Carolina, passed through Yorkville over the Southern railroad yesterday afternoon. The commission came from Kingville in a special train. They stated that the road over which they had traveled was in good condition. York Man Elected. Secretaries and representatives of a dozen county fair associations at- j tended the annual meeting of the. South Carolina County Fair association at the Jefferson hotel in Columbia, yesterday. There were a number of speakers present, among whom were Governor Manning and Commissioner of Agriculture E. J. Watson. Officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows President, Chas. R. Weeks, Rock Hill; vice president, J. W. Hughes, Orangeburg; secretarytreasurer, Luther Ellison, Lancaster. Will Not Leave. There was a rumor on the streets yesterday to the effect that Hon. John E. Carroll, superintendent of education, had been offered an educational position in a field considerably wider than that which he now occupies, at practically double his present salary. When asked about the matter by a representative of The Enquirer, he de- 8 clined to say yea or nay as to the cor- 8 rectness of the rumor; but on the in- I sistence of the reporter, did say that he expects to stay where he is. 8 1 Vital Statistics for York. ? There were 79 births In York county during: me monin 01 January, hjiu do i i deaths, according to the first monthly t report of the bureau of vital statistics, 11 which was made public this week. York county is in Class B of births, which includes counties showing a birth rate of 15 to 20 per 1,000. York's rate is 18.5, while the county's death m rate is 13.5 per 1,000. The total number of births reported in the state during the month of January was 2,556, and the total number of deaths was 1,819. Spartanburg led with the greatest number of births?207, and the greatest number of deaths during , the month?151, occurred in Charles- 1 ton county. After the "8crap" Cotton. The York county cotton fields bid fair to be thoroughly clean by plow'?'? *lma it fho axtlvltlaa nravnillnor in certain sections are general. Reference is had to the scrap cotton Industry. Some call it "scrap cotton" and some "cracked cotton"; but at any rate it means all the cotton left in the field after the last picking, and which the owner has abandoned. An industrious cotton picker can very often get as much as 100 pounds in a day, though more often he puts in his day for considerably less. The cotton he picks is worth about li cents a pound in the seed, and the seed are worth M about 25 per cent less than the mar- " ket for good seed. Relations Dissolved. At a call meeting of Bethel presbytery. held in Yorkvllle yesterday, the pastoral relations existing between . Rev. Ray Riddle and the Allison i Creek, Beersheba and Beth-Shlloh churches were dissolved. The meeting, which was moderated by Rev. R. Roy Brown, was attended by the following ministers and elders: Reva W. F. Gregg, Rock Hill; J as. R. Russell, Van Wyck; R K. Tlmmons, Bethel; A. A. McLean, Clover; J. A. McMurray, Bethesda, ?1 E. Gillespie, Yorkvllle; F. R. Riddle. Elders: A. E. Bums, Beersheba; E. M. Williams, Beth-Shiloh; M. S. Lewis, Chester. Rev. Riddle expects to leave in the next few days for the charge which he recently accepted in Montlcello, Fla, Fort Mill Man Dead. Fort Mill Times, Thursday: A great ? shock to his family and friends in this section was the announcement receiv- | ed Thursday by telegram of the death at Cleveland, Tenn., of William R Beik a son of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. C. Belk of Fort Mill township. Mr. Belies a earn was due to pneumonia, from which \ disease he had been 111 only about one week. The remains were shipped to 4 Fort Mill Friday and after services at noon in the Methodist church, the interment was made in the city cemetery. Mr. Belk was about 30 years of age and is survived by his parents and several brothers and sisters. He had held a responsible position for several years with an electric power company in Cleveland, and was regarded as one of his company's most trustworthy employes. The remains were accompanied to this city by Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Adklns, the latter a sister of the deceased. Stamping Non-Taxable Papers. R. M. McCown, secretary of state, announced this week, that many persons were placing revenue stamps on non- taxable papers. The secretary of state has made public a letter explaining what papers are subject to the emergency war tax of 10 cents. The letter is as follows: "Under a ruling of the attorney general, based upon the recent internal revenue law, stamps in the amount of 10 cents are required on each of the following pa- ^ pers: Return of corporators, charter granted, certificate of dissolution, application for increase of capital stock, certificate of increase, application for amendment, certificate of amendment, application for eleemosynary charter and for charter Issued thereon. You ? will, therefore, please remit stamps sufficient to cover papers filed by you, as well as those to be Issued by this office, in accordance with the above schedule." Will Continue Y. M. C. A. Work. More than fifty citizens of Rock Hill, made a canvass in that city this week to raise 37,000 for the purpose of providing for a continuance of the Community Y. M. C. A. work in that city for another period of two years. More than 34.000 of the amount was pledged by noon Tuesday, and the whole sum has been secured. Rock Hill is the only city in South Carolina having a community boy's Y. M. C. A. The work was inaugurated about two years ago, with C. W. Blakey as secretary. Mr. Blakey was succeeded several months ago by Herbert B. Tucker, who at present, is in charge of the work, the purpose of which is to develop the boys of the community; to organize them for play; to supervise their movements on the school grounds; to attract them to the Sunday schools and churches and to develop them In every way, physically, mentally and spiritually. B. F. Caldwell Dead. Mr. Benjamin F. Caldwell, a well w known lightning rod dealer, died at * the home of his sister, Mrs. B. F. White, In Yorkvllle, last Tuesday night at about 8 o'clock. The deceased was a son of the late W. M. Caldwell, and was born In the Beersheba neighborhood of York county on February 26, 1858. He was twice married. His first wife was Miss Carrie Alice Beamguard, who died in 1899, and his second wife was Mrs. Lula Sherer, who died about a year ago. He leaves two children, Mr. E. E. Caldwell, of King's Mountain, N. C., son of his first wife, and Master Frank Caldwell, who is living in Yorkvllle with his aunt, Mrs. White. He is also survived by one brother and two sisters, Mr. R. J. Caldwell of Florence, and Mrs. T. L. Carroll and Mrs. B. F. White of Yorkvllle. The funeral and Interment were at Bethany on Wednesday, the services being conducted by Rev. W. P. Grler, assisted by Rev. J. L. Oates. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS ? W. E. Bush is on trial at Edgeleld, for the killing of his brother-in- i| aw, E. W. Thurmond, on a public ^ road in Edgefield county, on February 16 th. ? John Campbell Bryce, aged 73, Sled at the Confederate home In Columbia, Wednesday. He leaves sever- il children, one of whom is the Count- * ass Von Buelow of Germany. ? Dr. George W. Dick on Wednesday took charge as postmaster of Sumter. He succeeds Theo. D. Shore, who has held the position for the past thirteen years. ? Mayor John P. Grace of Charleston, was suddenly stricken with appendicitis Wednesday, and was removed to a hospital. His condition is not regarded as serious. ? The South Carolina Belgian relief ship St. Helena, went aground off Currituck, X. C., Tuesday night. The /essel was released by a wrecking tug Wednesday and was enabled to pro:eed to Norfolk, Va. ^ ? W. T. McClure, William Kay, J. Wood row Campbell, Calma C. Kay, S. Jones and John McDonald, who nave been on trial at Walhalla this week, charged with the murder of 3reen Gibson, a negro, during the exiting scenes at Fairplay, Oconee 1 :ounty, last December, were acquited yesterday. ? Comptroller General' Carlton W. Sawyer has called for a meeting of the date pension board to be held In Coumbla, March 10. The personnel of he board is as follows Capt. W. H. Sdwards, Chester; Capt. Richard J. dorris, Charleston; D. R. Flennlkin, Columbia; William Weston, Colum)ia; Charlton W. Sawyer, comptroller teneral, chairman ex-officio. ? Thos. H. Peeples, attorney general ind Fred Domlnick. assistant, are in , tVashlngton this week to appear beore the United States supreme court n several cases from South Carolina. \mong the cases to be argued is that )f Joe Malley, a Marlboro county netro, who is appealing for a new trial >n the ground that the law providing v?r oiortrnmtion was nassed after he lad been sentenced to hang:. ? Governor Manning on Wednesday ippointed the board of regents of the . ^ itate hospital for the Insane as fol- W ows: J. E. Sirrlne, Greenville, civil mgineer; R. B. Scarborough, Conway, ittorney and business man; C. Fred Villiams, Columbia, physician; B. W. Jegars, Lee county, farmer. The gov rnor has not yet announced the apjointment of the superintendent of he asylum, which position Is now teld by Dr. T. P. Strait of Lancaster.