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Straps and facta. ? The general assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian church, in session at Memphis, Tenn., last Saturday was asked to go on record as favoring national prohibition and church members to withhold support from any candidate for congress who does not favor making the liquor question a national issue. These recommendations were made by the committee on prohibition, which presented its report to the assembly on Saturday. The report will be discussed later. "The liquor question never will be permanently settled until our government declares it a men- ] ace and closes every brewery and saloon door," the committee declared in its report. "From this time on no man should be allowed to go to our United States congress who does not favor making this a national issue." A resolution was adopted disapproving the custom of taking public collections at meetings of the assembly, synods and presbyteries. ? Thomas A. Edison does not think the United States should or will go to war. At his laboratory at East Orange. N. J., he said: "Going into the war is the very last thing we should think of at PJMMrt. MthJ president has said. We have _agre not to in twenty-seven treaties or arbitration signed and ^newed dThe ing Mr. Wilson's term of office The United States is the only bright 1spo on the earth's surface today, and we should keep it bright. We ought to wait and see what Germany has to say. She has deeply injured us. but that does not mean that we ought to go to war with her. When a man insults me. instead of flgThfU"5ia urae _?t tmdp with him. If this course works well with an individual, I am sure that it will with a nation also. How could we help by going into the war7 We haven't any troops, we haven't any ammunition, we are an unorganized mob. I cannot believe ^hat GerWny even seriously fears our entrance." -Rear Admiral C. M. Chester, retired, of Brooklyn, N. Y., a. veteran c\f thrpe wars at Mohawk Lako, N. Y., Friday aroused the .? the conference on international Arb tration to intense enthusiasm by a plea for a greater military preparation. Rear Admiral Chester spoke for the navy, and said, ln "Theories now will not apply. We; are coming to a question of } fought in three wars. I had PrePa : tory orders for two other wa"\ were averted only by the fact that the navy was mobilized whe"tr?"ble ^ threatened with Spain in 18'? . with Chili in 1892. Nothing else in the world but the mobilization of the navy would have prevented these wa:rs. I can assure you that you must be pre pared for the inevitable that is cer tain some time to come. One of the dangers to this country is women s propoganda against mdlta ?Lad?the try to bring your boys up to dread the inevitable. Don't bring them up to be mollycoddles. Only the great Prince of Peace himself will ever bring about cessation of war. ? The British "eyewitness" at the army headquarters at the front described in an account dated May -1. the scene, mentioned in the official report of May 17, of German artillery tire being directed on their own men who were offering to surrender near Ferme Cour dela Boue. fighting," says the narrative, was going on in front of this farm when fhe troops of a battalion of Saxons were thrown into the light. Having decided to surrender en bloc, they advanced toward our line. Not knowing what movement the mass implied, our infantry poured a hail of billets imo them, whereupon the survivors, some hundreds strong, threw up their hands. One of their number waved a white rag tied to a ter was taken out of his hands, for as soon as the Prussian Infeatry ?n "i* north of this point realized what their Saxon comrades were trying to d they opened a rapid tire from th tlank, enfilading the mass. It aPP?*rs also that the news of what waa J?aP" pening must have been telephoned to the German artillery farther east, which also probably was ^ since its guns suddenly ?Pen*d pfirett?ig the Saxon infantry and under this combined fire most of the latter were soon accounted for. Among the many scenes of the war there Prof^Jyt?a? been no more strange spectacle than the masses of gray coatedt, standing out in the open with hands raised and amidst dead and d>*"Sbeing butchered by their own_comrades before the eyes of the British infantry. The fact that the victims of this slaughter were Saxons, was a source of regret to us. since Saxons always have proved more chivalrous and less brutal than either the Prus sians or Bavarians." The jury in the trial of the_W m. Burns suit for libel against Theodore Roosevelt, at Syracuse, N. Y? on last Saturday returned a verdic* ' favor of the defendant, after considering for more than eleven hours the question of placing all the costs of the action upon the plaintiff. It is th belief of the jury that everything that Roosevelt charged is true, theJC" fore, the plaintiff, not having been libeled, is entitled to no damages Warren W. Summers, the foreman ofi the jury, announced the verdict was fur the defendant and then the jury was polled. Ten jurors answered "for the defendant, and then the clerk hesitated, called the name of Edward Burns and waited. Burm stood up in his seat and in deep voice said, "for the defendant. Juror No. I" made the same answer. Bums, when the jury was polled in court Friday after the announcement that they had reached a verdict for the de-1 fendant, dissented from the decision of his companions and said for the plaintiff." In accordance with the New York state law, Saturday s decision means that all the costs of the action must be paid by the plaintiff. Before the jury came in the sPecIa" tors in the crowded court room were warned that any demonstraion would be met by severe punishment. Except for the voice of the clerk the room was absolutely quiet until Burns' name was called. answered that he, too, favored the verdict for the former president, the courtroom buzzed like a dynamo with voices Several persons in the court room stood up and waved their hands. ni.thnral of nn plause. After the announcement of the verdict Barnes' attorneys obejcted to its receipt. The objection was overruled. Roosevelt thanked the jury, shaking hands with each member. "I am more moved by this verdict than it is possible for me to express," said he to them. "I am especially gratified that such a verdict came from a jury composed of men of every political faith." Forty ballots were taken. The first was taken more than 40 hours before the jury came In and was nine to three in favor of Roosevelt. It remained at that figure for almost five hours. ? Chief Alfred Sam, says a Muskogee, Oklahoma letter, who took a shipload of Oklahoma ne-groes to f ^oot A frlno luct full whPTP according to one imaginative humorist they would find 'possum trees, ham trees. Hocks of golden-winged chicken, butter plants, salt and pepper mines, sweet-toned native banjos, fragrant wild tobacco, coconut wine, gold nuggets, big diamonds, ivory canes and a climate so warm and mild that a plug hat and a bandanna handkerchief are all the clothes necessary at any stage of the year, has written back to his organization at Weleetka that the new colony has been started and that he is coming back for another shipload of colonists. Just how soon he does not state. According to Chief Sam's letter, the new colony is in a river valley seventy-live miles from Salt Fond, West Africa, where he has obiained sixty-five square miles of territory, which Is owned in common. A town is being laid out on two hills which rise out of the river valley and it is called Asubio. The land is described as being wonderfully fertile and the chief says that fifteen acres is all the land of this kind that one family can possibly handle with profit. Generally speaking the stories sent out from the new colony are songs of grand prosperity, though some hardships are mentioned, but no details are given. Chief Sam says that he is very busy and that he would employ a secretary if he had the money, indicating that real money is one of the articles scarce in Asubio. cl Chief Sam established the Oklahoma ft camp at Weleetka several months be- . fore he got away with his first shipload of colonists. At one time more w than 1.000 negroes were in this camp, si all expected to be taken to Gold Coast. ... Only about 350 finally sailed from Galveston. However, an organization " is being maintained and the negroes 01 still think they are to be transported it to the new Eldorado. It is Chief , Sam's avowed intention to take the B negroes of the United Suites back to a Africa and build there a new country al all their own. Most of those who ^ agree to go put up $25 a family as a guarantee of their good faith and to pay for their transportation on the t( chief's ship. ei b $hr ^(orkt'illf (Enquirer. " Entered at the Postofflce In Yorkville al as Mail Matter of the Second Class. b' U YORKVILLE, S. C.i lt h m TUESDAY, MAY 25, 1915 ? S : ? ?: tc If you have a light let it shine. You have the best of authority for doing ^ just that. es ? w A story has been started to the ef- a) feet that Americans in Germany have been advised to get out of the country immediately. Ambassador Gerard has a' taken occasion to advise that there is A no foundation for the story. n< st South Carolina has 15,000 register- w ed automobiles, one for each 106 of 11 the total population. In this matter, 171 South Carolina ranks 36th among the in 49 states, while Iowa ranks first, with ** one automobile to each 21 people. ol The total number of registered auto- te mobiles in the United States is 1,754,- a 570. w ti The supreme court of the District rt of Columbia does not appear to think w that Messrs. Williams and McAdoo al are in any conspiracy against the N Rigs national bank. The fact of the ai business is that the secretary of the b< treasury and the comptroller of the It "currency have made a showing that w is calculated to make folks think that a I it was the Riggs people who were in si the conspiracy. ni ? ai In view of the slow progress the ir British and French fleets have been m making in their effort to force the si Dardanelles, Americans need have si very little fear of foreigners coming G over here and forcing a landing on tc our shores. We are as well prepared ol to make defenses as anybody, and we It have all the men that will be neces- ai sary to handle them. tl ? ? pi That the entrance of Italy into the ol war on the side of the allies means 01 something serious, there is no ques- R tlon; but the fact remains that Aus- tl tria and Germany have, by their 01 dickering, managed to hold Italy back ai until they were in a better position, n< to meet her. That very likely was tlie bi principal intention of the long spun d' out diplomatic controversy. li< m _ h We are not hearing any more about V ir Armaigeddon, generally supposed to ^ be a great war of the nations that was ^ to mark the coming of the final judgmerit. So far as the common imagination has being going heretofore, ^ however, it has not been anticipating anything worse than this present war, which is already as extensive as anybody thought Armageddon would si likely be. tl , m , ir Ol Senator James Hamilton Lewis of tl Illinois, wants the president to call an extra session of congress in October for the purpose of authorizing a $500,000,000 bond issue to be used in paying off the treasury deficit, es- ol tablishing a sinking fund against future deficits, fortifying the entire n American coast line and building a ' military road across the continent, The Hon. James Hamilton is a man of big ideas and this is one of them. u m , tl There is very little reason to doubt u that the finances of the United States ^ owe everything just now to the re?1 gional reserve banking system. Un- ~j der the old system this European war ^ could easily have thrown this country 0] into a state of financial panic that would have known no ending for years. Although the regional reserve system is not yet doing anything like the business it should be doing, the ^ fact that it is here and the fact that all the great bankers know and understand that its strength is simply ^ incalculable, makes it a Gibraltar of security. t( ? u C; It is very pleasing to note that the ^ state of South Carolina has been able to borrow $600,000 at 2.44 per cent; but we do not like to see any invidi- d ous comparisons made along that lino for political purposes. Money is * cheaper in America right now than it w has been at any time in the history of S the country. Last fall when it was * necessary to borrow money with S| which to run the state government, rr money was as tight as a fiddle by rea- a son of uncertain financial conditions, and few people were able to get it at g( any price. Since then there has been U a balance of trade in favor of Amer- J' ica amounting to $.X00,000,0?0 in only J, six months, and the European credit v market having become virtually iin- f< possible to Americans, there has nev- Jj| er been such a glut of money in firian- a cial centres. York county borrowed a $30,000 a little more than a month w ago at 4 1-3 per cent, and Senator ^ Banks of Calhoun, recently borrowed 0 as small a sum as $10,000 at 5 per t! cent on state warehouse receipts. As f it we have said, it is pleasing to note () that the state has been able to place A its loan at such a low rate of inter- v est: but we think it would be fairer '' <1 and more just to recognize that the h reason is rather because of the congestion of cash in the money centres than because of the superior financial <> ability of individuals. ^ d o According to the Historian Ram- v sey, dislike of publicity has always ^ been a characteristic of South Carolinians. Ramsey wrote in 1823 or thereabouts, and told more about the o manners, customs and characteristics n ei of the early Carolinians than any other writer had told previously, l: This peculiarity of South Carolinians K 3 is very well understood by most news- ^ paper writers of experience: but at ;i the same time it is generally appre- w lated that aversion to publicity is ir less pronounced now than it was i the old days of Dr. Ramsey. Just hy the aversion to publicity was ronger in South Carolina than it as in most of the other colonies. Dr. amsev did not explain, and we can raly guess. We have a theory that was because of the aristocratic oriin of the cavaliers and Huguenots, nd their self-satisfied complacency t their superiority over the comlonality. There are very few evlences of a desire for publicity or nojrlety in the old timers, else the lltrature of this country would have een far richer than it is, and Dr. ;amsey's most excellent history, flll3 as it is mainly with philosophy nd topical description, would have een far richer in action and Incident, ut we are not disposed to look upon le characteristic referred to as espeially creditable. We would think lore of the old folks, if they had told 3 more about themselves, either in aoks or newspapers, just as we think lore of those latter day Carolinians ho are less reluctant about having leir virtues and achievements made nown to the world. If a man wants i live entirely for and within himself, is not necessary for him to blow a orn, because other people care no ore about him than he cares about lem: but if he really cares to be of 'rvice to more people than he is able come in immediate personal conict with through his own efforts, he ill at least not try to hide his aftirs from the light. It is now well itablished that the very best men e have are those who are least fraid of publicity. Italy has at last Joined with the lies in the war against Germany, ustria and Turkey. The diplomatic ;gotiations have been going on eadily since the outbreak of the ar. At first it was thought that aly would necessarily be with Gerany and Austria, because of her beig one of the signatory parties to ie Dreibund. When at the outbreak ! hostilities Italy professed her in ntion of standing neutral, there was common belief among those who ere really neutral that the explanaon was something like this: "It was >asonably certain that England ould be able to blockade not only 1 German ports, but the entire orth sea, and then the best possible /enue of supplies for Germany would i through Italian ports. As long as aly remained neutral this avenue ould have to remain open at least to greater or less extent. It was aslmed that Germany and Austria did ot really need any military assistnce from Italy. Italy remained firm i neutral intentions at first; but flally as the result of diplomatic preslre from England, France and Rusa, she began to waver, and then ermany began to persuade Austria > throw out bait in the way of offers r territority inhabited largely by alians. The Austrians made offer fter offer, always just a little less lan the Italians demanded, and thus rolonged negotiations over a period r three or four months, during which perations were pushed against the ussians in Galacia and the Carpalian mountains with redoubled vigr. As the Austro-German successes gainst Russia became more proounced, the Austrian offers to Italy ecame less tempting and finally Italy ecided to go into the fray. It is beeved that Germany and Austria ave already transferred a large seeon of the army that has been operatig against Russia to the northern ontier of Italy and it is expected lat there will soon be a severe clash lat will carry intimations of future evelopments. Austria and Italy are lought to be pretty evenly matched s to navies; but Austria has only one nporiani seaport, wnue naiy nas u jast line extending' around three des of her territory. Many ships of le Austrian merchant marine were itemed in Italian harbors at the utbreak of the war last August and tese, of course, will fall a prey to ie Italians. Pay Up Week. "Pay up week," is a development f the sluggish business conditions lat have grown out of the last few lonths, and the idea is being pushed 1 different parts of various stutes of ie Union. The practical wisdom of the pay p week idea arises out of the belief lat as the war conditions developed, large number of people began oarding cash instead of using it to ay their debts with and this policy lowly but surely tied up large quanties of cash that would have been etter employed performing its propr duties. Where an individual has cash gainst which there are no obligaons the holding on to the same is ot calculated to do a great deal of arm; but where he has and holds on ) the cash that really belongs to jme one else there is very great arm being worked. The purpose of the pay up weeks is > educate the people in the real sitation and the institution of them is alculated to do good rather than arm. ? It is estimated, says a New York ispatch, that as a result of the iuropean war, from $100,000,000 to 150,000,000, which heretofore was pent abroad by American tourists, ill remain in the United Stutes. tatistics show that approximately 50,000 Americans have been in the abit of going abroad during the iimmer months each year. It is estilated that each one spends on an verage from $500 to $1,000 on the rip. Of the total amount expended y Americans abroad fully two-thirds oes to pay hotel bills and transporition. It is estimated that no less Han $5,000,000 is given away in the jrm of tips. The balance of the vast xpenditure goes for amusements and .? mI/>ho SiiAl/lontolu Tlia r>a fmanto aiiuun 11iciucnlaio. x uv pujuiviuo >r steamship fares alone amounted to omething like $20,000,000. At least 9 per cent of those who went broad in former years will remain t home. A large proportion of them 'ill devote their time and their moily to seeing America. Not only will lis result in adding to the prosperity f the United States through the fact hat $100,000,000 ordinarily transfer?d abroad will be kept at home, but is predicted also that it will give ermanent impetus to the "See merca hirst" movement and will deelop among the people of this counr.v a better appreciation of the scenic nd other attractions of their own ind. ? The Overseas News Agency sent lit the following from Berlin, yesteray: "According to a Bupcharest ispatch, the Russian armored man f war Winteleimon, has been sunk nth 1,400 men, in the Black sea." The iregoing possibly refers to the Rusian battleship Panteleimon. This 'arship is put down in naval refernce books as having a complement f about 740 men, but in war the umber might be increased considrably. The Panteleimon, built in S07, was 387 feet long and displaced 2.r.S2 tons. She carried four 12-inch uns, 10 6-inch guns, four 3-lnch, six -pounders and five torpedo tubes, his dispatch, however, may refer to transport. There is no Russian arship named Winteleimon. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS John W. Miller, Secretary?Gives notice of meeting of Rural Carriers' association to be held in Yorkville May 31. Address by Mr. Finley. Yorkville Hardware Co.?Is ready to furnish farmers with Chattanooga cane mills, evaporators, furnaces, etc. Binder twine. Thomson Co.?Invites gentlemen to visit Its ready-to-wear department for cool clothes for summer wear, hats, neckwear, etc. First National Bank, Yorkville?Suggests that you invest your idle funds in one of its certificates of deposit. They pay good interest and are safe. Kirkpatrick-Belk Co.?Will have an opening of white hats on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week. All ladies invited. Sam M. Grist, Special Agent?Gives details regarding a remarkable case of life insurance and the part played by the Mutual Benefit company. W. E. Ferguson?Sells Stone's cakes, 9 oz. for 10 cents, and has fresh line of National Biscuit Co.'s products. Fruits, etc. Bobs?"The chewiest of all chewing gums." A candy coated gum In heart shapes with a peppermint flavor. See pa?e four. Sam M. Grist, Agent?Gives you additional pointers on the advantages offered by an Aetna health and accident policy. See page four. The oat crop has been made; but it still lacks housing. All the farmer* are reporting that they have good stands of something they did not plant?grass. This municipal campaigin over the change the name proposition, has been of much local educational value, to fay the least of it. The country ha* made the oats? plenty of oats?oats to beat the band. The next thing is to take care of them, and to be on the lookout for the right kind of a market. It gives us pleasure to be able to feel that The Enquirer will now be able to return its attention to things really worth while. There was never any sense in this miserable change the name proposition. The next time Yorkville has an election there must be a fully registration. The people who really love the town must see to It that every mialifled elector is in a Dosition to vote. With all the electors registered the town need have no fm-ther concern about the "power behind the throne." That was a very good story that The Enquirer published of the first night's commencement proceedings at the Graded school, and the balance of it, covering Friday night's proceedings, will be found in today's paper. Thursday's exercises were free; but on Friday night an admission fee of 25 cents was charged. People generally paid the price of admission quite cheerfully as did The Enquirer, and in addition, The Enquirer has gone to considerable trouble to make the whole thing a matter of record for the benefit of the local and general public now and hereafter. If the people of Yorkville should vote to amend the charter by changing the name of the town, would their action not have the same effect on the charter that the striking out of the enacting clause would have on a bill in the legislature? As a matter of fact would it not kill the charter entirely? The mayor and aldermen were elected officers of Yorkville; but on the failure of the passage of the "enabling" act passed at the recent session of general assembly, in the event of the amendment of the charter as indicated, would the officers of Yorkville become the officers of York? We think this is very doubtful and if the name is changed we are inclined to think it will be necessary to hold another general election forthwith. "YORKVILLE FOREVER" Dr. W. S. Currell, who addressed the people of Yorkville during the closing exercises of the Graded school last Thursday night, and told them that "Yorkville is good enough for me," meant exactly what he said. Also, he insists that he had a right to express himself on the subject, a proposition that will not be disputed by fair-minded people. The editor of The Enquirer has just received from him the following letter: PRESIDENT'S OFFICE University of South Carolina. Columbia, S. C., May 24, 1915. Many thanks for your appreciative notice of my address, and particularly for what you say in regard to my remarks in re Yorkville vs York. I endorse heartily your comments on this subject. As an old Yorkville and York Co. boy, I certainly had a right to express my opinion. Here's, therefore, to Yorkville forever, even if it gets as big as Louisville, not Louis, forsooth! Yours sincerely, W. S. Currell. SHOOTING IN BULLOCK'S CREEK John W, Hafner lies dead at the home of his father, Mr. Wylle Hafner, a well known farmer of the .Bullock's Creek section, and J. S. Stevenson is in the county jail on account of Hafner's death as a result of an affray which occurred on the Hafner place, about 1 o'clock Sunday morning. Hafner, it seems, was shot in the abdomen one time with a 38calibre Colt revolver, the shot perforating the bowels. He died in a Chester hospital about 9 o'clock Sunday night, to which place he was taken shortly after the shooting. J. S. Stevenson, who is charged with the shooting, surrendered to Deputy Sheriff Quinn yesterday afternoon, and is now in the county jail. He made no effort to escape and upon learning that Hafner had died, he in company with Mr. J. C. Kirkpatrick went to Chester to bring the body of the dead man to the home of his parents. The (lead man was about 30 years of age and was unmarried. He lived with his father, Mr. VVylie Hafner. Stevenson is 28 years of age and is unmarried. He lives on the place of Mr. W. I- Hill, which joins the place of Mr. Hafner. Both parties are well known. When seen at the county jail yesterday afternoon by a representative of The Enquirer, Stevenson said that the shooting was entirely accidental?that he and the man whom he shot were the best of friends and that had they not been drinking the matter would never have happened. He said that he and Hafner, in company with Dowry Love, Walter Stevenson, and Claud Brown were out in an open field on the Hafner place and about a quarter of a mile from the home of Hafner, when the unfortunate affair occurred. He and Hafner had been scuttling in a friendly manner over the possession of a pistol. In some manner, the weapon was discharged, the bullet striking the deceased as stated above. He said he bore not the slightest ill-will toward the dead man nor to any of those who were in the party. He said that Hafner had been scuttling with others of the party beside himself. ITp to last night he had not engaged counsel. It has not been practicable to get the testimony taken by the coroner; but from such information as could be gathered over the telephone, Stevenson's story has not been fully con- 1 firmed, there being a strong presumption of felonious intent , ABOUT PEOPLE j Prof. B. C. Riddle is visiting relatives at Bowling Green this week. Mr. Robert Lindsay of Columbia, 1 visited relatives in Yorkville this j week. , Mrs. L. L. Little of Mangum, N. C., j visited relatives in Yorkville last week. Mrs. William Hunt of Yorkville, is 1 undergoing treatment in a Spartan- t burg hospital. ( Mrs. J. R. Cannon and child of Yorkville, are visiting relatives In * n -.-J XT n ( l^UIIUUXU, Miss Florence Cody of Yorkvllle, ' visited Mrs. M. A. Carpenter in Chester, last week. Miss Margaret Young of Union, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. S. M. McNeel, J in Yorkville. Mr. David Thomas of Yorkville, I is visiting his sister, Mrs. Elzie Myers, at Central, S. C. The little son of Mr. and Mrs. V. D. Smith of Yorkville, is critically ill ' with dysentery. Miss Caroline Springs of Charlotte, i is visiting her aunt, Mrs. T. F. Mc- . Dow, in Yorkville. Miss Nelle Moore, who has been in school at Dayton, Va., has returned 1 to her home in Yorkville. 1 Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Hall and children i of Yorkville, are visiting relatives in j Mount Pleasant, N. C. Miss Elsie Pressley of Clover, visited in the home of Dr. and Mrs. D. G. Phillips, in Chester, last week. 1 Mr. Howard White, a student at the University of Maryland, has returned to his home in Yorkville for 1 the summer. ' Corporal vV. A. Jackson of the peni- ] tentiary guard, has returned to Co. ( lumbia, after a visit to relatives near , Filbert. Miss Daisy Williams of Rock Hill, 1 is spendng some tme with her broth- ' er, Mr. Geo. W. Williams, in York- ] ville. I Miss Martha Faulkner of Clover ( No. 4, is visiting the family of her . brother, Mr. Robert Faulkner, near Yorkville. ^ 1 Mr. P. W. Patrick and family of I Yorkville are visiting relatives and friends at Wagener, S. C., and other , points. Miss Margaret Marion, who taught in the Yorkville Graded school during the past session, left Saturday for her home in Chester. Mr. S. H. McLean of the passenger department of the Southern railway, spent a few hours in Yorkville Saturday, on business. Mrs. R. W. Lowry of Yorkville, left Sunday for a visit to relatives in Rome, Ga. She was accompanied as far as Atlanta by her husband. Miss Nancy Ashe of Yorkville No. 4, was taken to Rock Hill this morning where she will undergo treatment in the hospital there. Miss Mary Fant Herndon of Yorkville, a student at Converse college, Spartanburg, has been selected as one of the sponsors for Wofford college this year. Misses Beatrice Robinson and Franklin Neill of Clover, and Miss Nell Harper of Belmont, N. C., visited Miss Louise Lilly in Filbert, last week. Miss Emily Dulln, who has been attending Chicora college, Greenville, has returned to the honv) of her father, Dr. T. N. Dulin, on Clover No. 2. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Ferguson, who have been visiting relatives in Yorkville and the community surrounding, have returned to their home in Columbia. Mr. and Mrs. J. Donom Wltherspoon and children have returned to their home at Cross Hill, after a visit of several weeks to Dr. and Mrs. J. H. Witherspoon, in Yorkville. I I POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS. < The postofflce department has just 1 announced an extension of the postal savings bank system which will per- ' mit every person in the United States, 1 over 10 years of age, to open an ac- 1 count after July 1. This extension of ' the service will be made possible by 1 allowing persons living in sparsel'settled communities to open accounts by mail. The third assistant post- ' master general, who has entire charge ' of the postal savings branch of the postoflice department, has been so impressed by appeal from all over 41 ? ?-?? ? ? n/l/)]4l/\na ] nnat o 1 i pretty little speech before being idmkted to a seat at the feet of the three graces and among sister spirts. The play closed with the crowning of the greatest of the spirits, the spirit of service, so designated by the 1 traces. Each of the young ladies icted her part well, the various costumes being especially appropriate | md the brief speeches and skillful presentation of the myth showed the thorough training which the youthful performers had undergone. Before the audience was dismissed, Superintendent Riddle read the following list of those pupils whose at- 1 tendance had been perfect during the < jast year and also mentioned the fact < that Miss Wilma Quinn of the tenth I trade had not missed a single day's jttendance in three years except upon me occasion when she was dismissed )y permission of her teacher: First grade?Bertha Alexander, j Martha Pegram. Frances Williams, 1 r'arroll Inman, J. C. Wallace, Jr., 1 Cmmet Jones, Carl McGinnis (tardy >nce). Second Grade?Ruby Thorn- ! isson, Lula White, Lamar Black, j Walter McConnell. Harold Williams, Edward Faulkner (tardy once), Avery 1 Tallent (tardy twice, dismissed once), 1 Third grade?Stokes Robinson, Rob- ' ?rt Porter, Lonzo Morrison. George < Laws, James Glenn, George Ferguson, 1 Walter Beckham. Norma Grist. ' fourth grade?R. D. Alexander, Mar- s taret Love, Evelyn Shieder, J. Q. ' Wray, Milus Carroll (dismissed once), ( >. E. Grist, Jr., (dismissed once). s ^ifth grade?FVank McElwee, Joseph 1 Wood, Alice Inman, Roberta Kunz, ' da Miller Quinn, Lesslie White, 1 Thelma Johnson. Sixth grade?Gay 1 Mexander, Eula May Plaxco. Cody ' Ferguson, Herbert Laws, Floyd Wray. Seventh grade?J. W. Quinn. Thomas * Speck, Thomas Wood, Adell Alex- ' inder, Veola Johnson, Edison Wal- ' nee (dismissed once). Eighth grade? t Rudolph Logan, Helen Sandifer, Hen- I y Herndon (dismissed for athletics), < William Marshall (dismissed for ath- I me UUUUliy IU U|JCU auuinuuai pvoitti savings banks that some weeks ago he took up the task of working out a plan for extending the system. Under the plan adopted by the postmaster general for opening accounts by mail an intending depositor, residing where there is no regularly designated postal savings bank, will apply to his local postmaster who will see that necessary identification data is prepared and forwarded to a nearby postoffice authorized to accept deposits. The intending depositor will then be given permission to forward his first and subsequent deposits by money order or registered mail direct to the postmaster at the banking point for which receipts or certificates will be Issued. He may withdraw all or any part of his postal savings by mail and on demand together with any Interest that may be due him. The new leaflet points out that any person ten years old or over may open an account in his or her own name; that an account may be opened by a married woman free from any control or interference by her husband; that postoffice officials are forbidden to disclose to any person, except the depositor, the amount of any deposits; that withdrawals may be made without previous notice; and that the government guarantees to repay all deposits on demand with accrued interest. The leaflet will soon be printed in twenty-two foreign languages for distribution through local postoffices. The foreign born citizen has taken very kindly to postal savings, and ilterature in his own language will be of great assistance to him. In a recent article, Postmaster General Burleson commented on the foreign born depositors as follows. "Upwards of 500,000 depositors now have accounts in the postal savings system and they represent every nationality on earth. They also represent almost every known occupation ?professional men, theatrical people, mechanics, laborers, fishermen, pack peddlers, etc. But the majority are wage-earners, and of this class the foreign born largely predominate. A census of depositors taken by the postoffice department shows that approximately 40 per cent of the depositors are foreign born citizens and they own more than 50 per cent of the deposits?splendid evidence of the confidence of our newly acquired citizens in the ability and good faith of their adopted country to fulfill its obligations. "There is another reason which led immigrants, unfamiliar with our language and business methods, to turn to the government to safeguard their humble savings and that reason is the disastrous experiences many of them have had by the failure of bogus 'private banks' officered by swindlers of their own tongue who have preyed mercilessly upon their loneliness and credulity." Postal savings receipts have broken all records the past year. During the eight months prior to April 1, there was a net gain in deposits of $19.000.- i 000, as against a gain of $8,000,000 I for the same months the year before, i Thousands of new accounts have been f opened and the millions made up s largely of hidden savings have been 1 turned back into the channels of 1 trade just at a time when there was r pressing demand for every dollar. 1 WITHIN THE TOWN 1 ? "Yorkville is Rood enough for 1 Tie." ; ? A team from Rock Hill defeated I :he local colored baseball team here j Friday afternoon. The score was 6 i o 1. ? Delia, daughter of George and Caroline Milton, two old time nerroes of Yorkville, who are generally ivell thought of, died yesterday morning and was buried today. ? Rev. Henry Stokes, pastor of Trinity Methodist church, preached the baccalaureate sermon in connection with the commencement exercis- i ?s of the colored graded school SunJay afternoon. The service was held in the colored school house. ? The Highland Park Mill baseball Learn of Rock Hill defeated the Neely Mill team in Yorkville Saturday afternoon by an overwhelming score of 15 to 2. The batteries were: Highland Park?Williams and Morgan: Neely Mill?Boyd and Harris; umpire S'ivens. ? There was a large crowd in attendance upon the W. O. W. ice cream supper held at the Cannon Mill Saturday evening and all present report i good time. The Higland Park mill uand of Rock Hill, was present and rendered music throughout the evening. ice cream, candy and fruits were sold for the benefit of the Woodmen and everything offered for sale was sold. ? The Ancona mill school closed Its nine months' term last Friday, and the teacher, Mrs. Maud Lee, treated the pupils to a picnic in O'Leary's woods un that day. The total attendance for the year has been 52, an increase aver last year and it is understood that the year's work has been highly profitable. The school which is in the Cannon mill village, is possessed pf one of the most modern school buildings in the county and the charlcter of the work accomplished is In keeping with its equipment ? The secretary of the Board of Trade has taken occasion to warn the rural carriers out of Yorkville that if they circulate petitions to be signed by patrons of rural routes, asking the po8tofllce department not to change the name of the Yorkville postofflce to York, they will do so at their own risk, or something to that effect. As to whether such a step was taken at the instance of the Board of Trade after representative expression, or on the initiative of the secretary, we do not know; but naturally presume that the latter explanation is more problble. We are quite sure that if the matter should be put up to those citizens. who have contributed $2 or more each for the support of the Board of Trade, there would be very sharp division, to say the least of it. Although no petition of the nature referred to has been circulated, the rural carriers have a right to circulate It if they want to and we do not think the government will interfere. If, however, such a petition is circulated, we think it should be purely non-partisan, and so drawn up as to enable each and every signer to Indicate his or her preference on a "Yes" and 'No" basis. SCHOOL EXERCISES Evidencing their approval of the first evening's entertainment, an audience which packed the Yorkville upera house, attended the second and closing entertainment in connection with the closing of the Yorkville Sraded school Friday night. The exercises included declamations and recitations by several boys and girls contesting for medals offered, the presentation of medals and a pretty unit? aurgui'itui dacich ciiulicu, x??w Fairest Spirit," in which the girls of the graduating class and several girls L>f the ninth grade appeared. Contests for the medal offered for the best recital by a high school girl were held first. Three young ladies, Misses Ora Gettys, Margaret Finley and Kittie Sandifer, were the competitors. In the boys' declamation contest, Henry Herndon, Robert Bratton and Earl Gaulden entered the competition. The judges, Miss Mary Williams and Revs. T. T. Walsh and E. E. Gillespie, awarded the girl's medal to Miss Margaret Finley, and that of the boys' to Henry Herndon. A medal was also awarded to the best story teller in the school, a representative from each of the ten grades entering the contest. The medal was awarded to little Miss Annie Wallace Marshall, while John Finley and Donnom Spencer were awarded honorable mention in the order named. Quite pretty were the stage decorations for the mythical play, entitled "The Fairest Spirit." The cast of characters was as follows: First Grace, Ora Gettys; Second Grace, Margaret Finley; Third Grace, Frances Allein; the Spirit of Wisdom, Marie Walker; the Spirit of Beauty, Sarah Wilkins; the Spirit of Art, Sallie Sandifer; the Spirit of Mirth, Margaret Bratton; the Spirit of Hope, Mary Ferguson; the Spirit of Justice, Lucille Moore; the Spirit of Peace, l^ueza Oates; the Spirit of Music, Esther Ashe; the Spirit of Sport, Margaret Marshall; the Spirit of Innocence, Wilma Quinn; the Spirit of Patriotism, Kittie Sandifer; the Spirit of the Dance, Mary Alexander; the Spirit of Love, Irma Williams; the Spirit of Service, Janle Land; Nymphs, Mary Speck, Sue Meek Starr. Mrs. W. F. Marshall presided at the piano. The scene of the play was in the palace of the three graces, the various spirits being ushered into their presence by the nymphs, ?nch soirit describing herself In etics), William Simrill (dismissed for athletics). Ninth grade?Frances Allein, Olive Gaulden, Clementine e Wallace, Ruby Devinney (tardy twice), 5 Brice Garrison (tardy once?excused for athletics). Tenth grade?Karl 'kiu Id en (dismissed three times), Cal- c lie Plexico (dismissed twice), Sallle j Sandifer (dismissed once), Janie t Land, Irma Williams. i LOCAL LACONICS * Charged With Grave Crime. Will McCarter, colored, was lodged i in the county Jail yesterday, having t been sent from Hickory Grove by Magistrate Smith to await trial at the ? next court of general sessions, being j charged with an assault upon his t daughter. 1 Charter laaued to York Firm. , R. M. McCown, secretary of state, J on Friday, issued a chater to the Matthews company of Ebenezer. The firm is capitalized at $4,000. The of- , fleers are B. H. Matthews, president; , A. T. Neely, vice president, and C. B. , Matthews, secretary and treasurer. \ Cut Worms Bad. j Cut worms appear to be working great damage to corn crops, accordIng to a number of farmers who have been asked about the matter. In some ' sections it is said that the work of cut worms has been so complete that whole fields will have to be replant- | ed. , Death of Former York Resident. i Mrs. Rebecca L. Hotchkiss, for 1 many years a resident of Fort Mill, 1 but who, during recent years, has 1 made her home with her daughter, 1 Mrs. Mattle Stewart, In Charlotte. 1 died Saturday morning and the body 1 was brought to Fort Mill at noon Sun- 1 day, where it was interred in Unity cemetery. Good Yield of Strawberries. Mrs. Dave Jackson of the Filbert I section, has a field of strawberries comprising an area of one-eighth of an acre. Up to last Friday, she had i sold 286 quarts of berries from the field at an average price of 11 cents a quart, and a large portion of the I crop is still to be gathered. County Gets Insurance Money. H. E. Nell, treasurer of York coun- j ty, has received a check from the i state treasurer, amounting to $1,029.26?York county's amount of the fees collected by F. H. McMaster, insurance commissioner, from the Insurance and other companies under his jurisdiction. Hopewell Elects New Teachers. Trustees of the Hopewell school in district No. 38, have elected Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Mahoney of Moore, S. C., to teach the school at that place dur- , ing the next school year. The district trustees are W. E. Good, W. T. Dowdle and M. M. Jones, and the ( teachers during the term which closed a few weeks ago, were Mrs. J. E. McFadden and Miss Ellle Rich. Fort Mill School Closed. The closing exercises of the Fort Mill Graded school were held in the school auditorium last Friday night, when the graduating class, consistng of eight young ladies, rendered an interesting programme before a large and appreciative audience. Prof. E. D. Easterlng of the University of South Carolina, delivered the annaul ctuui eras iu uic ^lauuaui^ uood. Publication to be Reaumed. A Gastonia dispatch to the Charlotte Observer, announces that the publication of the defunct Gaston Progress will be resumed about July , 1, and that the paper will be issued semi-weekly instead of weekly as heretofore. Frank Brumley of Con- , cord, N. C., will be the proprietor of the paper, the name of which will probably be changed. Bethany to Close Friday. Bethany High school closes its term Friday, and in keeping with many other schools, will hold special exercises in commemoration of the event This school has been running eight months and in point of attendance, is one of the largest rural schools in the county. Prof. W. R. Koon, the principal, who is also a member of the state board of education, has been re-elected to the principalship of the Bethany school and it is understood that he has accepted the position. Special Tax Elections. Two school districts, Bethany and Catawba Junction, are to vote Tuesday on the question of increasing the special tax levys in their respective school districts. Bethany now has a special tax of three mills and the election Thursday will decide whether or not the voters will increase this levy to four mills. Catawba Junction is now carrying a two-mill levy and on Tuesday will decide whether or not this will be increased to four mills. Death of Mrs. J. J. Hulk Following an illness of several wpAks Mrs Siissn Fllzahpth Rovd Hull died at her home in Rock Hill shortly after noon Friday, and was buried in Laurelwood cemetery Saturday morning, following funeral services conducted by Rev. P. B. Wells, assisted by Rev. T. B. Craig. Mrs. Hull was 64 years of age. She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Boyd, and was born in Lancaster, August 25, 1851. In October, 1873, she married the late J. J. , Hull, and in 1881, came to Rock Hill with her husband where he became engaged in the publication of the : Rock Hill Herald. Mr. Hull died in 1905. Mrs. Hull is survived by five children, as follows: Mesdames F. ' F. Love and J. J. Roach, Rock Hill; J. O. Hull, Winston-Salem, N. C.; E. ' O. Hull, Lexington, N. C., and Boyd ' Hull, Charlotte, N. C. One brother, Mr. J. B. Boyd of Clio, S. C., and three sisters, Mesdames J. M. Woodam, Clio; A. J. McCoy, Blshopvllle, and O. A. Jackson of Florida, also survive. The funeral services were largely attended. Rock Hill Man Killed Himself. Frank Howie, a painter, living on East White street, Rock Hill, committed suicide about 3.30 o'clock Sunday afternoon by shooting himself in the temple with an Iver Johnson revolver. No reason was assigned for the act. Mr. Howie attended church and Sunday school Sunday morning, had talked with his pastor after the service and had just returnfrom an auto ride with a friend when he walked into his room without speaking to his mother or brother who were in the house and taking up his revolver, fired the single shot which produced instantaneous death. Mr. Howie's wife died about two months ago, and it is believed that fact preyed upon his mind to such an extent that he killed himself. The deceased was about thirty years of age. He is survived by two children, his mother and several brothers and sisters, one of his sisters being Mrs. T. J. Laney of Yorkville. He was a painter by trade and for a number of years had worked in { Rnr>k Hill nnrt thp fnmmiinitV sur rounding. The funeral was held at the late home of the deceased Monday afternoon, the services being con- ' ducted by Rev. A. S. Rogers. The in- < terment was in Laurelwood cemetery, i t \ ? Newport News, Va., May 24: The a general assembly of the Southern i Presbyterian church today re-afflrmed t Its opposition in the liquor traffic, but s declared against assembly action r placing it on record as supporting \ my political organization further a than to "humbly petition or advise." ?3 This action, it was stated, does not i repeal the resolution advocating na- f tional prohibition adopted by the ft 1914 general assembly at Kansas t 2ity, as each assembly is a distinct n [jody and cannot undo what has been v done previously. The assembly's s itand on the liquor question was con- ii :ained in the report of the committee n )n bills and overtures, which was c idopted and was a result of the pro- fl ;est of the Virginia synod against |i :he action of the 1914 assembly. It t ,vas emphasized in the report and in s he Virginia synod's protest that in o aking this position the assembly v makes no retractions of the church's t ittitude against evils of the liquor I raffle or the sin of intemperance," I jut that further action would violate g he constitution of the church. The g irotest of Transylvania presbytery g ?f Kentucky on the same question is ii >ending in the committee. s ENGLAND AND COTTON. Senator Hoke Smith Is Displeased With Conduct of British. As chairman of the congressional :ommillee selected to study the subect of cotton exports, Senator Hoke imith of Georgia, issued a statement ast Friday night in reply to the nemorandum of the British foreign >ttlce published Thursday. He de:lares that the British communicalon "surprised all familiar with the acts and astonished students of inernational law." "At the last session of congress," he ulded, "there was a strong sentiment 11 favor of stopping the exportation >f munitions of war to the allies. Uness this order in council is modiiied vhen congress meets the exportation >f munitions of war will be stopped, ind the action by congress may go nuch further." The statement quotes the provisions is to shipment of cotton contained in the British announcement, also the statement that these were described to the British ambassador in Washngton by American cotton men as "conceding all that American interssts could properly ask," and the fur- y Iher statement that "the provisions af the arrangement were acceptable Lo the United States. "I take issue with each of these statements," Senator Smith continues. "No representative of American cotton interests was authorized to make any such agreement. No representative of American cotton interests made any such agreement. It is strange that the British government should should have reached the conclusion that this arrangement was acceptable to the United States government." The senator quotes from a communication handed to the state department October 26, by the British ambassador, saying that the ambassador had been advised by Sir Edward Grey that cotton was and would remain on the free list. On that assurance, he says, American growers contracted for sales in Europe in January and February for delivery in subsequent Aj months. "For Great Britain to seize cotton ^ after the 1st of March under these circumstances," he adds, "became an act especially severe and will subject Great Britain to heavy damages. Almost entirely as a result of the illegal action of Great Britain, cotton has increased In price over 2 cents a pound on the continent of Europe, while It has fallen 11-2 cents a pound in Great Britain and in the United States." Concluding his statement. Senator Smith said: "Let us hope that the British government, in accordance with the cordial good will which has existed between the people of the two countries for more than 100 years, will cease disregarding International law to the injury of our people." 80UTH CAROLINA NEW8 ? Dr. C. Fred Williams, superintendent of the state hospital for the Insane, has returned to Columbia, after several weeks' spent In norther^ states inspecting the various asylums. ? The Palmetto National Bank of Columbia, has taken the state loan of $600,000 off the hands of the National Bank of Sumter at 2.44 per cent The first bid of the Palmetto National bank was 2.89 per cent, and the bid of the Sumter bank was 2.69 per cent. ? Limestone lodge. Knights of Pythias of Gaflfney, celebrated the twentyfirst anniversary of Its founding Friday night by initiating twenty-four candidates, the largest number ever Initiated by any Pythian lodge in the state. ? There was a headon collision between a freight train and a passenger train at Gourdins, Williamsburg county, Wednesday. The freight was laden with vegetables and fruits being shipped to northern markets. Practically every box car was bursted open and the wreckage was piled high beside the track. Nobody was injured. ? The 1,300 members of the First Baptist church of Anderson, have unanimously extended a call to the Rev. Dr. John E. White of Atlanta, Ga., pastor of the Second Baptist church in that city. The pulpit committee of the Anderson church was authorized to offer Dr. White an annual salary of $4,500 and a new parsonage. ?William Marconi, inventor of the wireless telegraph, made It known last Saturday before sailing for Italy, says the Evening World, that he has invented an apparatus by means of which it is possible for a person standing beside a solid partition, such as a brick wall, to look through it and observe what is happening, on the other side Just as if there were no obstacle interposed to the vision. Mr. Marconi is quoted as saying that the device has been perfected to the point where persons in a room can see others in an adjoining room, looking through the wall, if the person viewed are close to the wail, but that at a distance from the wall they be- ^ come blurred. Possibilities for evil involved in the apparatus, it is asserted, have made Mr. Marconi reluctant to make known his Invention. ? More than 2,500 passengers were booked on five steamships leaving New York last Saturday for Europe. The V?a?p|g InHlliiPd the St. Paul of the American line, carrylnK 760 passengers, among whom were more than a hundred Americans. William Marconi, the wireless inventor, summoned back to Italy for war service, was one of the St. Paul's passengers. Crowds of enthusiastic Italians gathered at the pier of the Italian steamship Stampalia on which eight hundred passengers, many of them reservists, were returning to Italy. The new Russian-American line steamship Czaritza, carried 650 passengers Tor Archangle, Russia. About 250 passengers were booked for the French line Niagara for Bordeaux. The Norwegian-American liner Kirstlaniafjord leavng for Bergen, carried about 275 passengers. ? Officials and diplomats in Washngton believe that hostilities between Italy and Austria have been delayed inly because Italy's military preparations had not been completed. The purpose of the entrance Into the war )f Roumania, Bulgaria and Oreece continues a subject spoken of in diplomatic quarters. It was suggested :hat operations in the Dardanelles within the next two or three weeks would probably have an important Dearing on the attitude of the Balkan 3tates in the future. They believe :hat should the allies fail to pene:rate the Dardanelles the three states would remain neutral, but that a vic:ory by the allies might considerably :hange the course of events. On the )ther hand, it is claimed in well in'ormed quarters that Roumania has a leflnite agreement with Italy and will 'ollow the Rome government in every itep taken. ? There is very little definite infornation abroad as to the whereabouts sh government having complete conrol of the cable news has not been villing to allow anything to go out ibout the fleet, and the British newstapers have had very little to say on he subject. It is known that German ubmarines have accounted for nunerous British warships: but as to vhether the British have been careful bout admitting all their losses is not letinitely known. The Germans are lot supposed to have lost many units rnm their Meet of larger ships. The general understanding is that most of he German ships are in the Kiel caal, or in different Baltic ports, and vhen it is considered that there are o many of the British fleet engaged n the Dardanelles operations, and ruarding British interests in all parts if the world, it is not thought the leet charged with the duty of home irotection can be a great ileal larger han that of the Germans. If there hould be a battle in the North sea, >r thereabouts, the result thereof ( vould not necessarily be favorable to he British. Recent reports from Ingland are to the effect that the tnilKn people are iikiii now in very Teat fear of invasion, and from the :eneral information that is to be athered from the entire situation it s not certain but what there is coniderab'e foundation for such a fear.