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Scraps and |acts. ? A motorcyclist covered 100 miles at Saratoga, N. Y., Saturday in 97 33 minutes. ? Three highwaymen held up anc robbed twenty-five tourists in the Yel lowstone National park, Friday. The} got only a small amount of booty. ? Miss Helen Hayne of Taylorsville N. C., was accidentally shot by hei father, James Hayne, Thursday, ant died in a Statesville hospital . Frlda: night ? Yeggmen cracked the safe in th< office of the Standard Oil company a Charlotte. N. C., early Saturday. A1 told they secured less than $50; $41 of the amount being in cash. ? All the German military forces ii South Africa, have unconditionally surrendered to General Botha, in com mand of the British forces, accordini to a report from Pretoria. ? Archbishop James E. Quigley o: Chicago, and one of the most promi nent prelates of the Catholic churcl in America, died Saturday at the horn* of his brother in Rochester, N. Y. ? The sixteenth annual conventloi of the Anti-Saloon League of Ameri ca, closed Its sessions at Atlantic City N. J., Friday after th~ largest am most enthusiastic meeting in the his tory or ine orgamzauun. ? General Vlctoriana Huerta, charg ed with violation of the neutralit: laws, waived a preliminary hearing ai El Paso, Tex., Friday, and in default of (15,000 bail bond, was transferred to Fort Bliss, where he will remain ir charge of United States marshals. ? The strike of carpenters and allied trades of Chicago, has been settled by compromise and the 150,000 mer involved will return to work. Durins the past sixty days building permit* for (16,000,000 worth of new construction have been issued, all oi which has been held up on account of the strike. ? Advices from Vera Cruz, Saturday, are to the effect that Genera! Pablo Gonzales has occupied Mexicc City with a Carranza force. No details were given out as to whethei there had been any fighting with the forces of Zapata. It was stated, however, that the Zapata forces were retiring from the city. ? W. P. G. Harding, of the Federa reserve board, says a Washington dispatch, has received preliminary reports of warehouse facilities in the south for handling the cotton crop which are said to be adequate. Official* are anxiously awaiting warehouse legislation in Georgia and Alabama They pointed out that since Soutt Carolina, Texas and Louisiana had laws making warehouse receipts para mount leins against cotton on whicl loans are made, bankers don't fear te lend money. Georgia and Alabama have not yet enacted such laws. ? The dry-wet fight has made its appearance in a new quarter, says a Washington dispatch. After a long struggle it has been decided to drop "whisky" and "brandy" from the next issue of the United States pharmacopoeia, which is the acknowledged official and standard list of drugs. Through this action whisky and brandy would seem to have lost their standing as "drugs." Some fear has been expressed by druggists that this elimination may make it impossible for drug stores after January 1 next to sell whisky or brandy unless they take out a saloon license, but officials at Washington do not share this view. Fifty scientists who constitute a committee to revise the pharmacopoeia have voted by the narrow margin ol 26 to 24 to exclude the two intoxicants. ? German hate scarcely surpasses British hate now, says a London dispatch. A London wine merchanl named Ehrmann, about seventy years old. who has lived in England all his life and been a naturalized citizer fifty years, came before the Norwich county court and asked enforcement ol a debt for $70. Judge Mulligan refused to hear the case at first and Ehrmann applied to a higher court Then Judge Mulligan did hear the cast and delivered a remarkably writter Judgment in which he used the phrases "the taint of the Huns," and "the same dog with another collar." Wher the facts were brought to the attention of the lord chief justice, he lectured Judge Mulligan severely, telling him the judicial bench was "scarcely the place from which to give expression to one's personal feelings, particularly when they are directed against a person who is entitled to the rights of a British subject." ? London. July 12: Sir Henry Dalziel, Liberal member of parliament for Kirkcaldyburghs, and D. F. Pennyfather, a Unionist member from Liverpool, have again brought the cotton discussion to the fore by insisting in the house of commons that the British government should make clear why it has not declared cotton contraband. Failure so to do, it was pointed out, was prolonging the war, inasmuch as cotton, so vital to the manufacture of explosives, was continually reaching Germany through neutral countries. Lord Robert Cecil, jarliamentary undersecretary of foreign affairs, in reply said the government must consider the interest of neutrals and that the present plans to keep cotton out of Germany were considered to be effective. If it were shown conclusively that cotton still was going into Germany, he added, the government would take any steps necessary to check it. ? Warning to look out for bombs concealed in their holds was flashed last Sunday night from the naval wireless towers at Arlington to twe ships at sea which sailed from New Orleans July 8. Both the vessels, the British steamship Howthhead and Baron Napier, cleared with cargoes of mules for the British army July 8 and sailed the next day, the formei for Dublin and Belfast via Norfolk and the latter direct for Avonmouth Sending of the warning was ordered by Secretary Daniels after receipt of a telegram from a New Orleans newspaper saying a letter to that papei signed "Pearce" indicated that explosives had been placed aboard these vessels. Radio messages were senl broadcast over the sea, and even if it is not picked up directly by the Baror Napier or the Howthhead, some othei ship in the neighborhood may relaj it. Naval officials thought that responses would be caught by some ol the wireless stations along the Atlantic coast yesterday. ? According to the reports of the past few days there has been a distinct lull in the fighting in the various European war areas during the past week, compared with the fierce conflicts of the weeks previous. Aftei the Germans took Lemberg, they continued to advance into Russia in a manner that se-imed to indicate an intention to crush the Russian armies before turnine back. The Russians however, were able to concentrate reinforcements in sufficient numbers tc hold the Germans in check and the understanding is now that the Germans have entrenched for the defensive and propose to hold theii ground while they send large re-enforcements against the western arena Fighting is going on 'ncessantly ir France and both sides are claiming advantages, but it appears that the operations have not been notably extensive. The Italians claim some gains in their operations against Trieste; taut the Austrian dispatches do not pay a great deal of attentior to this situation. ? Field Marshal Sir John French reviewing the operations of the British expeditionary forces in April ant May, says a London cable, makes caustic reference to the German us< of asphyxiating gas. "I much regret,' says the field marshal, "that during the period under report the fighting has been characterized on the enemy's side by cynical and barbarous disre gard of the well known usages of civilized war and by flagrant disregard of The Hague conventions. All tht scientific resources of Germany apparently have been brought into plaj to produce a gas of so virulent ant poisonous a nature that any humar Koinv Kr/wiiaht intn It w. vu^w^ vvinuvv mill ll I' first paralyzed and then dies a lingering and agonizing death. The brair power and thought which evidentlj have been at work before this un worthy method of making war reach er the pitch of efficiency, demonstrated in its practice, shows that the fJer mans must have harbored these de signs for a long time. As a soldier I can not help expressing the deepest regret and some surprise that an army - which has hitherto claimed to be the j chief exponent of the chivalry of war L should have stooped to employ such devices against brave and gallant j foes." <Fhc \|orkrillo (fnquircr. r Entered at the Postofflce in Yorkville 1 as Mail Matter of the Second Class. I \ YORKVILLE. S. C.i 9 i TUESDAY, JULY 13, 1915 1 Vituperation, abuse and villifica" tion are as worthless as they are cheap, and fortunately most harmful to those who wantonly deal them out. t ? I The people who build up commu, nities are the people who work and produce something?not the people 1 who sit about quarreling because the 1 other fellow is not willing to turn over 1 his means to their management. , 1 It is indeed a pity that congress did not pass the president's shipping bill. If it had done so, this country would . now be so busy developing trade with I South America that it would have but > little time to bother about what is go. ing on in Europe. s * ' It is said that the president does not ' consider the German-American situaI tion extremely critical, and as the . president is in a better position than olon fn 1/nnur U'O h Q VP i) richt i to conclude that if he has so expressj ed himself, his opinion is worth more ? than the opinion of other people. J There are a great many people who insist upon looking only at the dark i side of the picture, and who say the > situation will get worse before it gets 1 better. It is foolish to try to deny that things look gloomy right now; t but it is very well to remember that ; practically everything of a material 1 nature is hinging on the continuance I of the war, and that may end at any time. The activity of Mr. Harding, of the , Regional Reserve board, in trying to i prepare so far in advance against > possible trouble in connection with ; the moving of the cotton crop, is comi mendable of the foresight and generous patriotism of that official. As we see it, Mr. Harding is entirely right in I looking for trouble that will surely be foithcoming unless proper provision is made to meet it. i ? ? We are publishing the full text of i the German note in order that the i reader may undertake to arrive at its 1 meaning for himself. Some of the r papers say that this note is an insin. cere, laughing mockery and others 1 that it is almost pathetic in its honest " earnestness. Of course it will depend , to a large extent upon a man's bias as i to how he will construe the sincerity ! of the note, and upon his good judg( ment as to how much importance he [ will give to the German case as it api pears upon its face. The safest way ' to construe a paper like this is as say, ing exactly what it means, and mean ing exactly what it says. The attitude of Great Britain toI ward cotton, is weighing heavily on the cotton producers of the south, and they are beginning to protest against ' a situation which gives England the option of naming such prices for the Siapic US muj r?un tier* pivuoul v. ??though just now Germany would be 1 glad to pay 30 cents a pound or more J for southern cotton, there is no market available in England or elsewhere 1 at more than one-third of that price. ' The northern dealers in war munitions end the western dealers in foodstuffs are having a picnic; but from ' the way the thing appears to us, it is , largely, if not entirely at the expense I of the people of the south. A careful perusal of the excellent address of Chief Justice Gary, pub[ lished on the front page of today's 1 paper is bound to leave an impression > that this distinguished jurist has given [ much consideration to what he should [ say on this occasion. And in our j opinion Judge Gary has chosen and ; prepared his subject matter with much wisdom and ability. The whole ' tenor of the address is wholesome and I uplifting along lines that stand in se1 rious need of elevation, and what his . honor says, especially coming from a man occupying his lofty position, is well calculated to bring about present . and future good. The address should i not only be read and studied; but it ' should be filed away and read and studied again. The people of Richland and Greenville counties are badly stirred up s over their respective road bond issues. " Both issues, it appears, are being at[ tempted on the strength of legislative > enactment. The objectors hold that ' the legislature has no right to saddle a debt upon the people of the county ( without the consent of a majority of i the qualified voters as expressed at an > election duly called for the purpose. | The opposition to the bonds is not > nearly so strong as is the opposition to the manner by which the attempt| ed authorization has been made. It is not our quarrel, and we have nothing . to gain by mixing up with it; but we i are inc'.! .d to think that these pro; posed bond issues are unlawful and [ that the supreme court should so hold. t To our view the German reply is ' friendly, firm and courteous; but it does not carry a suggestion of a concession. The German idea is that the ! only way British supplies can be inI terfered with is by the use of subma* rines, and that if Americans persist in ^ traveling on British vessels carrying ; munitions of war and the like, they ' will do so at their own risk. The of' fer to guarantee safe transit to Amer. iean vessel that carry no contraband 1 or to other neutral vessels in the same i situation seems fair enough. As to ~r whether the president will accept the I reply as satisfactory remains to be j seen; but whether he does or not, we 5 are still with the president. We are _ neither pro-German nor pro-English. J We are American. r ' ' The Greenville Piedmont insists that there is no foundation for the claim that it would be a violation of neutrality on the part of this country if it should forbid the exportation of J arms and other munitions of war to the belligerent nations of Europe. According to the Piedmont it is not a p violation of neutrality for this nation to sell munitions of war to'the belligents. but if we should refuse to allow ^ such sales we would only assert a higher form of neutrality than we have been practicing. Our contemporary cites the case of Switzerland, which, surrounded by belligerents, has been keeeping herself out of trouble j by having nothing to do with any of these belligerents. The Piedmont sustains its position well and we think it is correct. The Greenville Piedment calls attention to the fact that the interview M which Senator Hoke Smith gave the Augusta Chronicle recently and which M was reproduced in The Enquirer, remains unanswered. Our contemporary is right, but it does not tell the y worst. That interview will continue to remain unanswered. It is not an- _ F swerable. But the Piedmont underoUugtinn nil ri^ht na is evidenced in its explanation that both political parties know how the south is going to remain solid regardless of anything either party does or does not do. The Republicans know they *** can do nothing to win the south or a part of it and they do not try, and the Democrats know they can do nothing to lose the south or a part of it, and they devote themselves to pleasing the north and west, which are in the habit of exchanging their votes for results. The Piedmont is exactly right; but the situation is not altogether hopeless. There are certain evidences k< that the south is slowly and steadily w growing wiser. tl Critical Time*. cr We do not feel qualified to discuss ()j the merits of the diplomatic correspondence going on between the United States and Germany; but taking a blunt view of the situation we have no hesitation in saying that to us it appears critical. Germany insists on blowing up her fr enemies with submarines and without warning. The United States says it r is none of her business how many Si British ships the Germans blow up, ai provided no American citizens lose their lives. Germany says she cannot c< investigate sufficiently to ascertain w whether American citizens are on w board, lest her intended victims escape, and asks the United States to ln keep her citizens off such ship*. The d< United States says her citizens have a right to be on such ships and she will o not require them to waive that right, of Germany says she cannot leave the of ships alone without endangering her af life, and there the thing stands. fu The attitudes of the United States H and Germany are irreconcilable, and ai it is hardly to be expected that either s? nation will yield its contention, and w under the circumstances there seems of to be no other way ror it tnan uiu- rr mate end of the diplomatic corre- ai spondence or a resort to other means ty of determining the issue. ac The British and French newspapers Y< are unanimous in their efTorts to gi taunt America into that which must necessarily lead to a declaration of ce war, and a majority of the leading pj American newspapers are pursuing exactly the same policy. So far as we are concerned, we are no partisan of either Great Britain gr or Germany and we do not feel like q taking sides with either. Our sympa- jj( thies are with America rather than m with the belligerents, and more than qj anything else we want to see this ot country do that which is right. aj, We have a feeling that the United States could have kept out of the trouble and that it should have done so; but we cannot say that we are ab- in solutely certain whether it could or av not. We recognize that underneath , it all, there are things of which we p know nothing, and about which we bj are helpless in the matter of forming a correct opinion. There is no question of*?the fact, however, that the country is up against a critical situation, and even , though the situation may not be to our liking, there is hut one course for se Americans and that is to stick by of America. cc th YESTERDAY'S WAR SUMMARY ef More interesting Developments as Seen on Various Fronts. The western front again has sprung a into activity. The Germans have sc bombarded the allies' positions in front ed of Nieuport and Lombartzyde; have attacked the British at Ypres, and have delivered a heavy stroke against te the French at Souchez, where they pe occupied the cemetery. The territory ai along the river Aisne is the scene of furious mining operations, and in the bj Argonne district the fighting has in- wl eluded severe actions. At Souchez the early part of the bat- Oi tie went to the Germans, but heavy B< French counter-attacks resulted in the B< re-occupation of a portion of the B< trenches from Carency to the outskirts Y< of Souchez. Use of asphyxiating gas Pi bombs and fierce hand to hand en- Bi counters were features of this battle, B< which still continues. SI Seemingly the Austro-Germans are Fi resting on their victories in Galacia P( and Russian Poland. For the present Di they have almost ceased their of- C< fensive. B< The German cruiser Koenigsberg, PI which last Octotfer, took refuge in a Ti shallow river In East Africa, has been Ti destroyed by British river monitors. Ni Ninety thousand men have reported CI for duty as munition workers in Eng- H land. This result was attained in about H two weeks by the minister of muni- Ss tions. Ei King Victor Emmanuel, according to Cs a news dispatch, has created a com- C< mittee which will supervise the work m of increasing the supply of war muni- u tions. Bl The Italian advance is making slow progress. MERE-MENTION Claudie Middleton, the 16-year-old daughter of T. J. Middleton, postmaster at Crabtree, Ark., was arrested Saturday, charged with forging se money orders amounting to $700. The gc young woman had been left in charge . of the postofflce while her father was making a campaign for a county of- st fice Admiral Cowles retired from the command of the Asiatic fleet last vi Saturday. He will be succeeded by m Admiral Winterhalter... .D. L. Dresser, He a prominent New York financier, com- lii mitted suicide in New York last week, fa Central Illinois was visited by a ar destructive tornado last Saturday Justice Charles E. Hughes of the if United States supreme court, has re- th fused to grant a writ of error in the di case of Lieutenant Charles Becker, bf sentenced to die July 26, for the mur- li< der of Gambler Rosenthal Ac- wl cording to a Berlin dispatch, women are being employed as section hands th on German railroads The body of th Frank Holt, who shot J. P. Morgan a few days ago, will be buried in Dal- d< las, Texas Jess Willard, cham- ht pion pugilist, has taken out $100,000 re insurance on his life?$50,000 on each ta hand The British admiralty an nounced Saturday night that ten Eng- m lish steaml>oats were sunk by German ds submarines during the week ending cc July 7 Eight hundred miners or working in the mines of the Continen- te tal Coal company near Pineville, Ky.. gi went on a strike last week. They are ie asking l'or a 10 per cent increase in cc wages France has offered to lift ty her embargo on hides in return for a d( supply of American leather goods to be tii used for military purposes A pas- p< senger train on the Eouisville & Nash- oj ville railroad was held up by bandits gt near Greenville. Ala., Saturday morning. About $40,000 was secured by the vc bandits. sh LOCAL AFFAIRS. . i NEW ADVERTI8EMENT8 hiladelpMa Improvement Asso.?Invites tho public to a picnic at the school next Saturday. School opens Monday. irkpatrick-Belk Co.?Again calls es- , pecial attention to its big mid-summer clearance sale and the many , bargains it is offering, harlie Leong, Prop.?Guarantees to give prompt and satisfactory service at his laundry at reasonable Drices. \V. Evans?Is now making his second round of the county with a line 1 of Watkins' remedies, extracts, etc. rustees Turkey Creek District No. 34 ?Give notice of special election to 1 be held at Pine BlulT school house ' on Friday,'.July 30th. 1 . B. Mumgardner?Is looking for the 1 owner of a reddish calf that he has in his possession. [cConnell Dry Goods Co.?Says it has 1 been busy with its July clearance ( sale and quotes special prices on a variety of goods. orkviile Hardware Co.?Has 15.000 ' tin cans, solder, soldering irons, flux, etc., for fruit and vegetable canners. 1 erguson & Youngblood?Want you to < know that they sell horse and mule ' feed and also have a big supply of ' feed for pigs. 1 M. Stroup?Has on a ten days' sale < of all low shoes for men, women and ' children ind men's straw hats at 25 1 per cent discount. 1 homson Co.?Continues its ten days' 1 special sale. See the Keep-Kool < clothes. tandard Oil Co.?See page four for I details of benefits to be derived by < using a Perfection blue flame oil 1 cooking stove. It begins to look as if the Chero- ] ?eans are going to annex the territory ' hich includes King's Mountain bat- , eground. ' The reports from the growing corn ' ops are not very encouraging. Some . ' the farmers are reporting satisfac- i >ry crops of old corn but generally < >eaking, the crop is not up to expec- ' itions. I The dog days began on Saturday, ' le 3rd, and will continue forty days , om that date?until the 11th of Au- i List. The dog days are fixed with 1 'ference to time of the rising on ' irius, the "dog star." The dog days , e the hottest time of the year. < The Yorkville-Rock Hill road, when impleted, will not only be one that ill start somewhere and go somehere but the going will be unusually iod. The chalngang force is now dog some of the best work it has ever inc. A friend has sent us a copy of "The utlook" of June 9, 1915, on account ' the following paragraph: "The city ' Yorkville, South Carolina, not long ?o paid a striking tribute to a faithil negro worker. His name was annibal Beatty, he was born a slave, id for forty years he had been a !Xton of a prominent church for hite people and had also been Janitor ' the courthouse. He was burled j om the church he had so long served, id prominent lawyers, city and coun officers, and officers of the church ited as his pall bearers, while The orkville Enquirer published a eulostic editorial in his honor." The rapidly increasing liqucr re>ipts at Clover by reason of that ace having been made the shipping lint of so many people along the orth Carolina line and beyond, has icome a source of annoyance to a eat many Clover people.. The North irolina laws limit the individual's juor supply to a quart a month, and any people of Gaston la, Bessemer ity, Cherryville, King's Mountain and her points, are having their liquor lipped to Clover, to which place they i after it in automobiles. Not long fo a man and his wife came to Clover an automobile and each carried vay a ju j. Many of the Clover peoe are anxious to hit upon some means r which the nuisance may be abated. AID FOR NEEDY SCHOOLS During the fiscal year 1914-15 v/hlch osed July 1, Superintendent Carroll cured $2,420 state aid for a number needy school districts in York iunty. This money was given to iose districts which * rr.ade especial forts to raise funds for some parcular purpose. For instance, where a district raised sum for the purpose of painting its hoolhouse, this fund was supplementI by the state where money was ised by private subscription to exnd the school year, the county su rintendent managed to secure some d from the state, etc. The districts which were benefited r this form of state aid, together ith the amount they received, follow: District. No. District. Amount, ik Ridge 1 <110.00 ?thany 2 200.00 Rhel 3 110.00 >thesda 6 75.00 i>rk 8 40.00 edmont 17 60.00 oad River 18 125.00 ?ersheba 19 65.00 laron 20 75.00 lbert 21 60.00 >int 23 50.00 ixie 24 50.00 jncord 27 40.00 Jthesda 29 125.00 liladelphia 33 75.00 irzah 35 150.00 iirkey Creek 34 50.00 ewport 36 50.00 over 37 150.00 opewell 38 40.00 ickory Grove 40 100.00 mtiago 41 70.00 istview 43 25.00 itawba 46 100.00 )tton Belt 49 150.00 t. Holly 50 50.00 nion 53 200.00 lairsville 56 25.00 Total $2,420.00 THE PROHIBITION ELECTION ( The steering committee of the pro- , bition party in South Carolina, has nt out the following statement retrding the ballots which will be used , the election on the question of 1 atewide prohibition, September 14: "There will be two ballots, as pro- J ded by the statute: One, 'For the anufacture and sale of alcoholic ( juors and beverages in South Caro- i ia'; the other, 'Against the manu- i cture and sale of alcoholic liquors . id beverages in South Carolina.' "There will be but one ballot box. I the result of the election is against t ie manufacture and sale, the county ] spensary will be closed after Decem>r 31, and the sale of alcoholic ' juors and beverages within the state I ill be unlawful after that time. 1 "This law has nothing to do with ie 'gallon a month law,' regulating ie importation of liquors. < "All persons who are eligible and e ?srre to vote in this election must , ive a registration certificate and a ceipt showing the payment of all his xes for the year 1914. "A person to vote in this election ust have registered more than 30 lys before the election, unless he beimes of age within the 30 days. The lly remaining opportunity to regisr for this election will be in Aulst. The books will be open for at ast t iree days in August in every lunty and at such places in the counas the board of registration may ?signate by two weeks' public no?e. In those counties having 50,000 ?ople. or more, the books will be ien for the first fifteen days of Auist. "It is earnestly desired by those fairing prohibition that the election tail bo a full expression of the senti ment of the people, both for and against prohibition. And for that reason, all persons who are eligible to do so are urged to register and vote." WITHIN THE TOWN ? Dr. M. J. Walker claims to have virtually rid his premises of flies by destroying their breeding places and he says that every householder can do the same thing. ? Now is the time to buy needed dry goods, shoes and the like, of the best qualities, cheap. The local dry goods people, all of whom carry heavy stocks, are selling at bottom prices. ? Louis Behrens, chief of the fire department of Charleston is expected CO Visit me lueui uepttiiiucm at an early date. The fire expert will visit a, number of the principaJ towns in the state. The only York county towns in which he will demonstrate modern methods of Are fighting are Yorkville and Rock Hill. F. H. McMaster, Insurance commissioner of South Carolina, has addressed the following to the mayors of the several towns which Chief Behrens will visit: "Capt. Louis Behrens, chief of the fire department of Charleston, has most generously offered his services to the state to visIt the various towns of the state to 5ive the municipal authorities, the fire departments and all others interested in fire prevention the benefit of his life-long experience In preventing loss from fires. At an early date Chief Behrens will visit your town, representing the insurance department of South Carolina He will be prepared to Instruct the fire department ,n the latest and most practical methods of fire fighting, not only in the skillful use of their equipment but in the methods of preventing damage to buildings, and more particularly to contents, to indicate methods of fire prevention and illustrate the benefits of inspection of buildings and premises by firemen. I feel quite sure that you will give Chief Behrens a warm welcome and that you will use your best endeavors to give him an enthusiastic hearing. I should greatly appreciate it if you could arrange for a meeting to be held at the headquarters of your fire department to which all of your officers, your firemen and all others interested in preventing loss from fire should be invited to meet ind hear Chief Behrens. He will inform you exactly as to the date of his visit to your town. As this is a gratuitous and patriotic service of Chief Behrens and one which I believe will result in great benefit to the people of the state, I am bespeaking for him your most cordial welcome and cooperation." WORKING AT CITY POINT. A number of York county carpenters have secured work during the past few weeks in the big powdermaking town of City Point, Va., a short distance out from Petersburg and Richmond, Va., and among them is Mr. J. T. Parish of Yorkville. Mr. Parish was home last week on i few days' sick leave, having been upset somewhat as the result of an injection of anti-typhoid fever serum, required of everybody as a precaution against susceptibility to fever, and while here he told a reporter for The Enquirer something about the remarkable mushroom city In which he is working. "City Point," as the place is called, is an old municipality that figured prominently at times In the operadons around Richmond during the 1 Civil war, but it was never of a great I leal of importance commercially. It ; is within ten or twelve miles of Pe- { [ersburg, and the original population is less than 1,000; but during the past ' six weeks the population has increas- 1 id to fifteen thousend or more and t :wo other distinct towns have grown , up, Hopewell and DuPont City. The DuPents have purchased sever- < il thousand s acres, that slope back < from the river, built a high fence { iround it, erected several powder naking plants, and are rushing work ' jn others. Gun cotton is now being r [urned out in immense quantities, and t iddltional powder works are being r jrected regardless of expense. The population includes a mixture }f Americans and foreigners, mostly t Italians, Greeks, Portuguese, French e ind Hungarians, but no Germans. It . jeems that the Germans are not welcome unless they are naturalized s American citizens, and but few of c them apply. f There is a little army of policemen in and around the town, and these 1 keep the closest guard. No man is I idmitted without proper credentials; t Irunk men are turned away and if a j nan has as much as a quart of whisky nbout his person he must give it up ' lefore being allowed to go inside. Mr. Parish says the average wage t jcale for carpenters is 40 cents an hour, and that seems to be the generil price for most skilled labor. The 1 work that would ordinarily fall to ne- f jroes is performed by Hungarians and ^ Italians. There are big hospitals in connec- 1 cion with the works and they are fill- t ;d with patients who are being hurt j Irom time to time by explosions. Mr. Parish was unable to give an accurate lA?A?lr\HAn r\t tKn manilfnpf 11TP C\t fTUfl ICOV^l ipuv/ll vi VIIV tiaunu?Mw*w* ? v ,J :otton; but he said it was very dan- l jerous. The cotton is first washed as g dean as possible, dried and then soak;d In acid. After that it is rinsed 1 >ut, and then there is a further dry- r ng process, during which most of the t icoidents occur. The drying is done t )y revolving the cotton on large spinlies, and under certain conditions the 1 evolving "rings" give warning of an r mpendlng explosion. Under such ionditions the men run out of the j louse and wait results. Sometimes a explosions take place without warn- s ng and in the hospital are men with e heir hands burned off or their eyes f >urned out. Occasionally they are j tilled outright. c As to where the finished gun cotton c joes is not definitely known. The -] jowder company has its own boats t ind keeps its own counsel. It is com- i nonly understood that the daily out- j >ut of gun ont'an at present is about a 125,000 pounds, and it is thought that c vhen the entire plant is in operation 0 iccording to present plans the output j vill be over a million pounds a day. q [t is believed that the United States F fovernment is taking most of the gun ^ ;otton that is being made now; but j ilso that much of it is being shipped ^ ;o the allies. a Mr. Parish says that money is pleniful around the place, and the men j ipend' their wages quite freely. g c COURTHOUSE DEDICATED 1 a Several hundred people are in York- ii rille today on account of the dedicatory ii exercises in connection with the j1 jpening of York county's new court- r louse, which has just been completed s it a total cost of about J85.000. The c ;rowd, although not nearly as large | is that which those in charge of the c proceedings had expected, may be v said to be a representative one, since a hey are here from all sections of the j, :ounty, though those communities fc learest Yorkville are in the majority. e \ number of people came from Rock v Hill and other parts of eastern York ^ his morning, while the train from v he west brought several score from " Hickory Grove, Sharon, etc. Still oth- " ?rs have come in automobiles and t ;here are many horses and mules t litched in the lots. All who cared to partake were offer;d free lunch at the conclusion of the c ;xercises, long tables having been ar- f anged in the Presbyterian church jV ,-ard for the benefit of the visitors. j( r~* ' ?-l J Wocl T r pencnes buciuicu ??uug w?ov ?rty street were also much used by the 11 scores of people who, not caring to go ^ nto the hot auditorium and yet wish- h ng to listen to the speeches, found t hese accommodations quite convenient. One of the attractions of the day has fj >een the Hickory Grove cornet band II ,vhich has rendered excellent music. s Scores of glasses of free lemonade ^ lave been distributed and owing to p he exceedingly hot weather there lave been second calls for lemonade on '' a >very hand. j} T>ie exercises proper began about e .1 o'clock this morning. The solicitor, he visiting Justices, the court stejographer and Rev. Dr. E. E. Gillespie issembled in the consultation room vhlle the members of the bar, courtlouse commission, visiting attorneys, egislative delegation and county ofIcers met in the Judge's room from vhlch place they marched to the main luditorium, the grand Jury joining hem in the corridor at the rear of the court room. The several members of he supreme court who were in at- , endance, entered the court room accompanied by members of the York * bounty Bar association, Chief Justice ' ?ugene B. Gary of the supreme, court he principal speaker of the day, enering with W. B. Wilson, Sr., the ' eldest member of the county bar. Following the entry of the above J lame the courthouse commission, folowed by the legislative delegation who ' vere seated in the Jury box on the left 1 vith the several county officers. They vere followed by the York county 'mm* "it* a An4A**A/1 /w/vm 'Ka v I rr V-? t ' jlilliu JUIjr Y* IIU CIllCICU IIUIII lllC I iBiik loor and occupied the seats reserved ! or the grand Jurors on the right of he building. The principals in the day's exercises 1 iresented quite a picture when they , vere seated. On the main rostrum vere Hon. W. B. Wilson, Sr., Chief J fustice Gary and Dr. E. E. Gillespie, ] vhile on the lower rostrum were seat- j d Associate Justices Watts, Fraser ind Gage, together with Mr. Thos. F. j dcDow. On the right side of the Jerk's desk was seated Court Stenog- , apher McCaw. In front of the clerk of court's desk vere Messrs. J. S. Brice and W. 5. Wilkerson, members of the court- ( louse commission together with the contractor. Members of the bar and a , ew others were seated inside the rail- | The exercises were opened with the . lelectlon, "America," after which Rev. . Dr. E. E. Gillespie offered the dedica- ( ory prayer. W. B. Wilson, Sr., of Rock Hill, pre- , lided, and on taking the chair referred < eelingly to the long and eventful his- ( ory of the old courthouse, and was luite sure that these memories would , Ive long in the hearts of those who , hall continue their practice in the new ( lall of Justice. He emphasized the ne- , cesslty of respecting law and order as . veil as the bench and bar and consti- J ,uted authority generally. Following Mr. Wilson, Hon. Thos. ] ?\ McDow read a carefully prepared ( md interesting sketch, in which he in- ( eluded the history of the four court- . louses that have been erected on the ( ilte of the present building. The ( ketch was listened to with close atten- ( ion and at its conclusion was liberally ( ipplauded. Then followed a selection by the >and, after which Chairman'Wilson j ntroduced Chief Justice Gary, who . vas received with generous applause, ( vhich was repeated at the close of his , sxcellent address. The address of Chief Justice Gary is lublished in full on the first page of ! oday's paper. < Chief Justice Gary was followed by ( CV. W. Lewis, Esq., who made a few j emarks in behalf of the Bar associa- ( Jon, and by J. S. Brice, Esq., who re- I dewed the history of the movement ] -esultlng In the erection of the new | lullding. He gave credit to various ( ndividuals, who contributed to the , luccess of the undertaking, etc. , THE NEW COURTHOUSE 1 Complete as to detail, handsome | n design and constructed of the best i iossible material is the splendid new Tork county courthouse, which was iedicated this morning. It is a bulldr.g which is without an equal of its cind in the state and with which only i few buildings of any kind in South Carolina can compare. The new :ourthouse is without doubt the largest and most costly structure in York :ounty and will doubtless be able to louse all officers of the law and renain a hall of justice sufficiently large o meet all requirements during the lext several score years. In company with Mr. H. F. Hann, jeneral superintendent of the Trav;rs-Wood Construction company, the jullders of the courthouse, a repreentative of The Enquirer was shown >ver the large structure Saturday aftsrnoon. According to the superinendent, the York county courthouse s the only real fire-proof building in ' he state. Its plan is also materially liflferent from that of any other buildng in the state. As one approaches the main enrance of the building, he is struck i vith the beautiful Ionic architecture jortrayed there, together with the 1 our columns which support the front. The outer walls are of jyessed "pep>er-and-salt" brick, absolutely fire- , iroof, laid with a half-inch raked oint and are paneled under each and ] tvery window. As the main lobby of the building i s entered a handsome lavatory is oberved in a neat closet on each side at he front. The floor of this main coridor, and in fact all corridors in the } milding, are laid in tile with a deep ret border, while the wainscoting 1 hroughout is of marble, three feet or x nore in height. All offices are on the first floor of , he building. Large and comfortable ire the rooms, which vary In dimenions, and there is no denying that J ach official has more rbom and more ( urniture for that particular room han he really needs. Entering the i ourthouse from the front, the office > if the probate judge is on the right, ^he second office on the same side is i hat of the sheriff, which is succeeded i >y that of the treasurer, whose office n turn connects with the office of the ( uditor. On the opposite side of the / orridor from the county treasurer's iffice is found the office of the couny supervisor and commissioners. ^ "his room Joins the office of the su erintendent of education, while the lalance of the office room is reserved 1 or the clerk of the court, that official 1 laving a record room, private office nd main office. 1 Each and every office is furnished j n mission oak of a pretty shade of :reen, and is equipped with filing ases and cabinet made by the Van . )orn Iron Works of Cleveland, O., nd are said to be the very last word a metal furnishings. One of the most 1 nteresting rooms in the new struct- ' ire is the record room in the office of he clerk of the court. The room is 1 netal throughout, there not being a e ingle piece of wood In it. The filing ases are constructed along the walls, j vhile a space of probably ten feet be- , ween the top of the cases and the eiling has been reserved for the time . I'hen what appears to be more than . dequate space, will have been filled >-ith records, and additional room will e needed. There is also a basement > leneath this record room, which is t ntered by a spiral stairway and which trill be used to store old records. f Another point regarding the struct- i ire of the building to which attention vas directed, is the fact that all the j loors are built of re-lnforced concrete j ind hollow clay tile, which are said o be the best and most durable maerials for floor building. Every par- [ ition in the courthouse is of gypsum ' lock, a material which is made by mly two firms it the United States. 1 There is a double approach to the I ourtroorn, which is on the second loor, the two stairways being quite > idde and winding. There are two s arge rooms?one on each side of the obby to the courtroom. One of these ooms,?that on the right?is to be ised by the grand jury. The room cross the hall is a witness room, used >y those awaiting examination at the * lands of the grand jurors. Joining c he grand Jury room and in close iroximity to the auditorium is a la- r lies' rest room. It is artistically I itted up. There is a drugget on the oor, a lar, :e leather couch, a mirror, t everal rocKing chairs, a table, towel j ack, lavatory and toilet, and a fire- v lace, which gives it a home-like ap earance. The main auditorium is a thing of J eauty. It is said to be without par- ? llel in the state. The interior design * i of ornamental plaster of Romansque effect with a deep worked J moulding of Keene's plaster. The 1 several spacious windows are of 1 French design, the panes of glass being very small?a direct contrast to the large window panes, which have , been so popular for several years. | Electrical fixtures In the auditorium ire beautiful and correspond artistically with the other shades. Several ' chandeliers are suspended from the 1 celling, as well as from the walla When the lights are turned on the auditorium presents a soft, durable glow I which is beyond description. i The auditorium seats 250 people, rhe floor is inclined and there is no excuse for crowding and pushing, which was an objectionable feature of the old building. Almost half of this < handsome auditorium is reserved for the use of court officials, lawyers, etc. j A prettily finished rail whicn is entered by gates, divides this section from the 260 seats to be used by spectators. ' At the extreme rear of the auditorium K the Judge's platform. It is ' slightly elevated and is finished in a I pretty green color. The judge's chair 1 is a massive one of the finest upholstered leather. In front of the judge's i bench is the desk of the clerk of the ' court. This also, like the desk of the ; presiding officer, is of green. On each side of the enclosure are ( lury cages. These cages are equipped , with revolving chairs, the most com- , Tortable to be had. An iron rail encloses each of the cages. Other fur- . nlture in the room consists of mov- 1 able cages of witnesses. The prlsonsr's dock, in direct contrast to former custom, is built on the outside of the bar. The floor inside this enclosure i is covered with green linoleum. Back of the courtroom is a small 1 room for the use of the stenographer. On the same side is a consultation j room for the use of attorneys and | their clients. On the other side of the | building and connecting with the courtroom is a private room for the use of the Judge. This room is well , equipped with all manner of necessa- , ries, including a lavatory and toilet. There is also a lavatory and toilet on this second floor for the use of the } court. On the third floor of the building are two Jury rooms. These rooms, which contain desks and chairs, are connected with a small hall, in which will be stored cots for the use of the : Jury in case of long drawn-out deliberations. In the basement are the public toilets and lavatories?one for the use of whites, and the other for the benefit of negroes. The large furnace is also on this floor and there are quite a number of the rooms which are unoccupied. They will probably be rented out for various uses until the time comes when they will be needed for the county's business. There are many interesting features I in connection with the construction and arrangement of the building, i One of these is the electric lighting system. By means of a single switch every light can be turned off and on. An index at each switchboard tells how to cut off individual lights. Throughout the building are numerous cuspidors. Under each cuspidor is a rubber mat calculated to protect the floor. Every corridor and toilet In the building is finished with English vein and Georgia marble. The building is heated throughout by steam and the radiators in the rooms are all finished in gold. There is a symmetry in color in every particlar. For instance, the locks on the doors, the door plates and all are of mission , finish?the same as the metal furnishings and electrical fixtures. In each room of any importance there Is a commodious fireplace for use in case the furnace should go wrong. Another feature of the building Is the windows in the offices of the clerk, 1 treasurer and auditor. The frames Eire of heavy metal and the panes are encased in strong wire, a window protection that is not surpassed by that of any bank in the state. The roof of the building is of the finest material known to modern architecture. It is of a reddish color ind the material Is Spanish tile, strictly fireproof, copper valleyed with copper trimmings and is said by experts to be one of the finest pieces of workmanship in the state. Taken all in all this new building is indeed a handsome structure, a source of pride to the present citizenship of Fork and one which bids fair to meet ill requirements for generations to come. ABOUT PEOPLE 1 i Mr. W. L. Hill of Sharon, was a visitor in Columbia last week. Mias Zula Horton of Sharon, is vis- < Iting relatives in Rock Hill. Miss Lucy Burns visited Miss Lila ' Tackson in Clover last week. ' Mr. S. L. Courtney of Yorkville, was i visitor in Greenwood last week. Mr. W. P. Neil of Charlotte, visited ( liis family in Yorkville this week. , Miss Bessie McCarter of Clover No. < I, is visiting friends in Gastonia. Miss Hattie Wolfe of Rock Hill, vis- I ted friends in Yorkville last week. Mr. Daniel Whitener of Kannapolis, V. C., is visiting friends in Yorkville. < Mr. G. C. Lattimer of Chester, vis- ; ted relatives in Yorkville this week. Miss Rachel Wylie of Yorkville, eft today to visit friends in Lancaster, j Mrs. M. J. Plexico of Sharon, visit- > id Mrs. J. H. Jenkins in Clover last < week. , Rev. J. L. Oates left this morning 1 or Fayetteville, Tenn., to be gone two veeks. Mr. Walter Fanning of Shelby, N. I 2., visited friends in Yorkville this I veek. Miss Stattia Phillips of Chester, is 1 he guest of Mrs. E. W. Pressly in I Clover. * Mr. James Johnson of Yorkville. ,'lsited friends near Grover, N. C., last veek. Mr. Paul T. McNeel of Richmond, fa., is visiting relatives and friends n Yorkville. Prof. R. H. Hol'lday of Hickory 3rove, is spending a few days in 3reenville. Miss Ellen Stewart of Rock Hill, is risitlng Miss Elizabeth Carroll in forkville, Mi&s Lucille Moorhead of Gaffney 9 the guest of the family of Mr. J. C. JVallace in Yorkville. Mr. Dave Sims of Greenwood, Miss., s visitinj the family of his father, dr. J, M. S!ms, in Sharon. Miss Ella Wylie of Hickory Grove, vas the guest of Miss Georgie Sapoch n Blacksburg, last week. Miss Helen Thomasson of Yorkville <o, 6, visited Miss Hester Ford in ?lover last week. Mr. Harris Adams of Pachuta, diss., is visiting his sister, Mrs. Rob;rt Jackson in Clover. Mrs. C. J. Atkinson has returned to ler home in Columbia, after a visit to elatives in Yorkville. Miss Lila Jackson of Clover, is visting the family of Mr. R. D. Dorsett * n Yorkville. Mrs. John F. Youngblood of Yorkrille, is visiting relatives in Bessener City, N. C. I Mr. B. D. Springs and Miss Esther Springs of Charlotte, are visiting Mrs. ( r. F. McDow in Yorkville. j Mr. Lyle Love of Columbia, is vis- 1 ting the family of his father, Mr. R. f i Love, near Yorkville. , Mrs. Green Ferguson of Lancaster, s visiting her daughter, Mrs. James Simril, near Yorkville. * Miss Maud Bigham and Master J. T. i Bigham, Jr., of Chester, are visiting j Vlrs. W. P. Grier in Clover. t Miss Sallie Atkinson of Lowryville, t risited the family of Mr. J. M. Fergu- i icon in Yorkville last week. , Mr. A. C. Hollofield of Sharon, left resterday for a visit to New York. He ^ vas accompanied by his brother . Mrs. R H. Gardner and children of ( diami, Fla., are visiting the family . ?f Mr. H. B. McGuirt, at Tiraah. Miss Minnie Lee Garrison of Edg- t noor, visited the family of Mr. J. W. l dcFarland near Yorkville, this week. ^ Mrs. H. P. Jackson of Clover, left ^ his morning for Shelby and Chimney lock, N. C., for a stay of several t reeks. ? Miss Gladys ar.d Master Frank j ames have returned to Yorkville aft- c r a visit to relatives in Yadkinvllle, n J. C. t] Messrs. Frank M.. O. W., L. M., and v ames Harrison of Spartanburg, are a visiting relatives and friends in Yorkvile. Mr. Haskel Roach of Texas, and Miss Mary Roach of Rock Hill, are spending today with Mrs. D. E. Kinley In Yorkville. Mr. Lindsay Caldwell of the Philadelphia section, has a temporary position at the C. & N.-W. depot In Yorkville. Judge and Mrs. J, T. Johnson of Spartanburg, are spending several days with Hon. and Mrs. D. E. Finley, in Yorkville. Mr. C. E. Weatherly and Master ciukciie vsi uaitiuu ui ociiiichdviiict, ato visiting the family of Mr. Sam M. 3rist in Yorkville. . Mrs. J. D. Clark and daughters, Frances and Wilma, of Yorkville, No. 1, are visiting Mrs. George Hopper at Arden, N. C. Miss Elizabeth Caldwell, who has been the guest of Mrs. R. T. Allison in Yorkville, leaves today for Montreal N. C. Donnom Spencer expects to leave tomorrow for Hastoc camp for boys, rhe camp is located at Lake Kanuga, N. C. Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Seagle and " daughter of Rock Hill, visited the family of Mr. R. R. Allison at Tirzah this week. Mr. Wallace Marshall of Yorkville, left yesterday for Greensoro, N. C., where he expects to Join a surveying party. Mr. J. T. Machen of Princeton, S. C., and Hon. R. A. Cooper of Laurens, are visiting Rev. J. H. Machen in Yorkville. Miss Jo Saye Byers of Spartanburg, la l?n? onm a tlmn a t tho VlAmo f\t tier''father, Mr. John A. Byers, in Sharon. Masters William and James Glenn and Miss Sue Meek Allison of Yorkville, have returned home after a visit to relatives and friends in Sumter. Mr. R. E. Jones and little daughter, Bessie, of Nacogdoches, Texas, are in Yorkville on a visit to Mrs. W. H. -> McConnell and other relatives. Gastonia Gaston Ian: Miss Margaret Fain came up from Yorkville this ' morning and is spending the day with Mrs. T. W. Wilson. Messrs. C. F. and Glenn Inman and Misses Sudle and Lucile Inman of Wllklnsville, are visiting relatives in Yorkville. Mr. Robert Turner Allison of Yorkville, leaves today for Hastoc camp on Lake Kanuga, in the mountains of western North Carolina. Miss Leona Moore has returned to her home in Rock Hill, after a visit to Miss Sarah Meek Starr and other relatives in Yorkville. Mr. Gowl Slaughter of Hickory Grove, left yesterday afternoon for Bishopville, where he goes to Join the baseball team at that place. Mr. J. R. Barnwell of Yorkville, is attending the meeting of the South Carolina Hardware Dealers' association in Charleston this week. Mesdames H.. M. Dunlap and Alex Long and Miss Leo Dublin of Rock Hill, are spending today with Mrs. I. D. Witherspoon In Yorkville. Mr. Perry Ashe and Miss Annie Ashe of Yorkville, left this morning to spend the summer with Mrs. S. M. MacFie, in Brevard, N. C. Spartanburg Herald: Mrs. Joe Amos and children, Mary and Mildred, have returned from Hickory Grove, where they visited Mrs. W. E. Smarr. Mr. George W. Brown of Yorkville, spent Friday, Saturday and Sunday in Greenville attending the Baptist Assembly and Bible conference. Miss Mary Cartwright, who has been spending several weeks with Mrs. R. E. Stevenson in Camden, has returned to her home in Yorkville. Miss Nancy MacFie, who has been visiting her grandmother, Mrs. J. R. Ashe, in Yorkville, has returned to her home in Brevard. N. C. Misses Marilla and Lucia Reid Ewart and Rocina Woods, and Master James Knox Ewart of Torkville, left this morning for a- visit to relatives at Hiuntersville, N. C. Dr. N. S. Stirewalt, formerly of McConnellsvflle, but now of Greensboro, N. C., visited friends in the McConnell8ville section and other parts of the county last week. Mr. J. F. Hoffman, formerly of Torkville; but for the past nine years a resident of Anderson, is visiting relatives and friends at Hickory Grove. He spent today in Yorkville. Miss Ola Allison, Miss Alice Glenn and Mr. James H. Glenn leave this week on a tour of the mountains of western North Carolina. They expect to be gone several weeka Gaffney Ledger: Mr. A. J. McGill of King's Creek, was a business visitor in ^ the city Wednesday. Mr. A. W. Love of the Kings Creek section of the county, spent several hours in the city Monday. Miss Isabel Arrowood of Sharon, left this week for San Francisco, Cal., where she will attend the PanamaPacific exposition. Miss Arrowood fxpects to visit a number of other places in the far west before she returns. Gastonia Gastonian: Mrs. Nancy Ann Brown of Clover, S. C., is visiting at the home of Mr. F. M. Francum. Mr. Paul Grier of Due West, S. C., passed through the city Saturday }n his way to Clover, to visit his brother. Rev. W. P. Grier. Mr. Charles Smith, who has been working in Anderson, is spending a few days with the family of his father, Mr. Jos. W. Smith, on Yorkville No. I, before going to Chicago, 111, where he expects to secure a position as press agent with Baxter F. McLendon, evangelist. Chief Justice E. B. Gary of Anderson, Judge Robert Watts of Cheraw, Mr. md Mrs. W. B. Wilson, Sr., Messrs. W. B. Wilson, Jr., W. G. Anderson ind C. L. Cobb of Rock Kill, J. H. Saye and J. L. Rainey of Sharon, and W. S. Wilkerson of Hickory Grove, are spending today with Mr. and Mrs. T. P. McDow in Yorkville. The following from the Camden Chronicle, will be of interest through>ut this section, Rev. DuBose having lelivered a number of lectures at various places in the county: Rev. and Mrs. Palmer C. DuBose and children eft Tuesday for California. Washingion and other points in the far west, ifter which they will sail for China to resume their labors in that foreign country. Rev. Henry Stokes ia attending a neeting of the Rock Hill district conference which is being held in Chester this week. The conference includes fork and Chester and parts of Lancaster and Cherokee counties. Twenty ministers and eighty laymen compose the conference, which is being held ,n Bethel Methodist church. Dtle?ates from the local church are Lr. M. J. Walker, Dr. D. L. Shieder, T. W. Rope and R. E. Montgomery, and alternates elected were R. E. Heath and r. W. Dobson. LOCAL LACONICS Charged With Burglary. Will Little, colored, was remanded :o Jail Saturday by Magistrate H. E. rohnson of Bethel, for alleged burgary. He will be tried in the court of feneral sessions this week. Ceath of a Child. Maybelle, the little daughter of Mr. ind Mrs. N. J. Dillingham, died at the lonie of Mr. Dillingham's parents on iforkville No. 3, 'ist Thursday evenng, following a brief illness. The litle girl was buried in Rose Hill cemeery, Friday, the funeral services beng conducted by Rev. Henry Stokes. 'reached to Chaingang. Rev. Jas. H. Machen, pastor of the forkville Baptist church, preached >efore the chaingang at the gang's luarters Sunday afternoon. The sernon was heard with interest by the hirty convicts and a few people from he surrounding community who had fathered at the stockade for the serrice. Sovernor Won't Be There. Mr. W. L. Pursley of Filbert, said Saturday that he had heceived a letter rom Governor Manning, declining the nvitation to speak at Filbert on the iccasion of the picnic at that place on rhursday. July 29. The governor will ie kept away by official business, yhich he expects will be occupying his .ttention at that time.