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^ ^ ISSUED SEMI-WEKHL^^ t. m. grist's SONS. PubUihen. } S 4amil8 Hemspapfil: <f?r th$ promotion of th? {political, gonial, ^griqultui;al and Commetjcial Jnteresla of fhg j Tt"4;;>t^?'T'"'..''ryi>'ct established 18557 york,s, c.. friday, atjgtjst 1S,1915. ~ . isto. 65." ?I _ #-FRAN( 1HJ5IMTM5J CHAPTER XIV. Broffin'a Equation. Having Clerk Maurice's telegram to time the overtaking approach, Broffin found the Belle Julie backing and filling for her berth at the Vicksburg landing when, after a hasty Vicksburg DreaKiasi, ne nau iiuuseu uhich ?.? the river front. Going aboard as soon as the swing stage was lowered, he found Maurice with whom he had something more than a speaking acquaintance, just turning out of his bunk in the texas. "I took it for granted you'd be along." was Maurice's greeting. ^P^'What bank robber are we running W away with now?" Brcffln grinned. "I am still after the one you took on in the place of John Gavitt." "Humph!" said the clerk, sleepily; "I thought that one was John Gavitt." "No; he merely took Gavitt's place and name. Tell me all you know about him." "I don't know anything about him, except that he was fool enough to pull Buck McGrath out of the river Just after McGrath had tried to bump him over the bowa" "Of course, so far as you know, nobody on the boat suspected that the fellow who called himself Gavitt was anything but the 'roustle' he was passing himself off for? You didn't know of his having a talk with any of the upper-deck people?" "Only once," said the day clerk, promptly. "When was that?" "It was one day just after the 'manoverboard' incident, a little while after dusk in the evening. I was up here ' in the texas, getting ready to go to supper. Gavitt?we may as well keep on calling'him that till you've found another name for him?Gavitt had been cubbing for the pilot. I saw him go across the hurricane-deck guards; and a minute later I heard him talking to somebody?a woman?on the guards below." "You didn't hear what was said?" "I didn't pay any attention. Passengers, women passengers, especially, often do that?pull up a 'roustle' and pry into him to see what sort of wheels he has. But I noticed that they talked for quite a little while; because, when I finished dressing and ; "I've Got to Find That Young Woman If I Chase Her 'Round the Globe." went below, he was just leaving her." Broffin rose up from the bunk on which he had been sitting and laid a heavy hand on Maurice's shoulder. "You ain't going to tell me that you didn't find out who the woman was, Clarence?what?" he said anxiously. "That's just what I've got to tell you. Matt," returned the clerk, reluc* ?*??? n tKo oonnn/1 to _ Ui 111J y. X new uuc at mc owvuu ble, and I didn't go as far forward as the stanchion she was holding to. All I can tell you is that she was one of the half-dozen or so yootng women we had on board; I could guess at that much." Broffin's oath was not of anger; it was a mere upbubbling of disappointment. "Maurice, I've got to find that young woman if I have to chase her halfway round the globe, and it's tough luck to figure out that if you hadn't been in such a blazing h?1 of a hurry to get to your supper that night, I might be able to catch up with her in the next forty-eight hours or so. But what's done is done, and can't be helped. Chase out and get your passenger list for that trip. We'll take the women as they come, and when you've helped me cull out the names of the ones you're sure it wasn't, I'll screw my nut and quit buzzing you." The clerk went below and returned almost immediately with the list. Together they went over it carefully, and by dint of much memory-wringing Maurice was able to give the detective leave to cancel ten of the 17 names in the woman's list, the remaining seven including all the mighthave-beens who could possibly be fitted into the clerk's recollection of the woman ne nati seen cunning u> me saloon deck stanchion after her interview with the deckhand. It was while he was waiting for the departure of the first north-bound train that he planned the search for the young woman, arranging the names of the seven might-have-beens >e order of accessibility as indi^^^Patcd by the addresses given in the Belle Julie's register. In this arrangement Miss Charlotte Farnham's name stood as No. 1. Landing in Wahaska the next eve 2ICE I5LYNDI -CDfflODD gy>r/i/c/fr^rcnMUJ joem&J JOM ning, Broffln's first request at the hotel counter was for the dirctory. Running an eager finger down the "F," he came to the name. It was the only Farnham in the list, and after it he read: "Dr. Herbert C., office 8 to 10, 2 to 4, 201 Main St., res. 16 Lake boulevard." Then he registered for a room and prepared to draw the net which he hoped would entangle the lost identity of the bank robber. After a good night's sleep in a real bed, he awoke refreshed and alert, breakfasted with an open mind, and presently went about the net drawing methodically and with every contingency carefully provided for. The first step was to assure himself beyond question that Miss Farnham was the writer of the unsigned letter. This step he was able, by a piece of great good fortune, to take almost immediately. A bit of morning gossip with the obliging clerk of the Winnebago house developed the fact that Doctor Farnham's daughter had once taught in the free kindergarten which was one of the charitable outreachlngs of the Wahaska public library. Two blocks east and one south; Broffln walked then promptly, made himself known to the librarian as a vistor interested in kindergarten work, and was cheerfully shown the records. When he turned to the pages signed "Charlotte Farnham" the last doubt vanished and assurance was made sure. The anonymous letter writer was found. It was just here that Matthew Broffin fell under the limitations of his trade. Though the detective in real life is as little as may be like the Inspector Buckets and tne javens 01 ncuun, certain characteristics persist. When he found himself face to face with the straightforward expedient, the craft limitations hound him. He thought of a dozen good reasons why he should make haste slowly; and he recognized in none of them the craftsman's slant toward indirection?the tradition of the trade which discounts the straightforward attack and puts a premium upon the methods of the deer-stalker. Sooner or later, of course, the attack must be made. But only an apprentice, he told himself, would be foolish enough to make it without mapping out all the hazards of the ground over which it must be made. In a word, he must "place" Miss Farnham precisely; make a careful study of the young woman and her environment, to the end that every thread of advantage should be in his hands when he should llnally force her to a confession. For by now the assumption that she knew the mysterious bank robber was no longer hypothetical in Broffin's mind; it had grown to the dimensions of a conviction. With the patient curiosity of his tribe he suffered no detail, however, trivial, to escape its jotting down. To familiarize himself with the goings and comings of one young woman, he made the acquaintance of an entire town. He knew Jasper Grierson's ambition. and its fruitage in the practical ownership of Wahaska. He knew tnat Edward Rayiner had borrowed money from Grierson's bank?and was likely to be unable to pay it when his notes fell due. He had heard it whispered that there had once been a love affair between young Raymer and Miss Farnham. and that it had been broken off by Raymer's infatuation for Margery Grierson. Also, last and least important of all the gossiping details, as it seemed at the time, he learned that the bewitching Miss Grierson was a creature of fads; that within the past month or two she had returned from a Florida trip, bringing with her a sick man. a total stranger, who had been picked up on the train, taken to the great house on the lake shore and nursed back to life as Miss Grierson's latest defiance of the conventions. It should have been a memorable day for Matthew Broffin when he had this sick man pointed out to him as Miss Grierson's companion in the high trap. But Broffin was sufficiently human to see only a very beautiful young woman sitting correctly erect on the slanting driving-seat To be sure, he saw a man, as one sees a vanishing figure in a kaleidoscope. But there was nothing in the clean-shaven face of the gaunt, and as yet rather haggard, convalescent to evoke the faintest thrill of interest?or of memory. (To be continued.) ONCE A BLIND TIGER Baxter McLendon Would Undo Evil He Has Done. There were 1,500 to 2,000 people on the public square Sunday night from all parts of the county to hear the sermon of Rev. Baxter McLendon. The preliminary services were conducted by Rev. Peter Stokes, and excellent music was rendered by a select choir and violin quartet. Mr. McLendon said he was going to preach on sin. and might make a few remarks on the booze business. He announced as his text: "He that covereth his sin shall not prosper; but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy."?Proverbs 28:13. He told of the awful nature and consequences of sin and its paralyzing and deadening effects upon men, and vividly portrayed sin in all its hideous aspects. The latter part of his sermon was the most scathing arraignment of the liquor business that has probably ever been heard in Bennettsville. In plain, blunt language he pictured it as the greatest agency for evil on earth, am) with touching illustrations emphasized the fact that the saving of one boy's life and soul from its deadly fangs is worth more than all the paltry dollars ever realized from its sale. "But you say," continued Mr. Mc- 1 Lendon, "that I once ran a blind tiger I in Bennettsville, and I am ashamed to say that it is true. It almost breaks , my heart to think that I have sold ' blind tiger liquor to some of you men out there. But I want to tell you what I now think of the blind tiger. It is the lowest down, vilest skunk that f ever walked the earth, and is worse than a cross between a polecat and a buzzard." ' The closing words of Mr. McLendon's sermon was a prayer to Almighty God that he might be given strength and power to overcome the evil and repair the damage that he had done in his earlier life, and that he might have a hand in the blotting out of the j accursed liquor business from South 1 Carolina and the nation. Throughout his terrific assault upon j sin ana aiconoi, air. Mcxienaun was i listened to with the most wrapt at- I tention, and there was perfect behavior J throughout the great throng that filled the eastern side of the public square. ?Pee Dee Advocate. EDITORS AND ADVERTISING r Newspaper to be of Value Must Keep ' Possession of its Soul. The life of a newspaper editor who a tries to form his views conscientious- r ly, and who expresses them without ? fear or favor, is not a bed of roses at best; because he is as often misunder- t stood as he is maligned, no matter f how earnest he may be in trying to serve the public's best interests as he sees them. But when such an editor is harassed and annoyed by people who?for the moment?happen to hold contrary views, by threats of "withdrawal of patronage" unless he "changes his ^ policy," the burden of his position, , if he has a fair amount of self-respect. becomes almost unbearable. Not that such "threats" can. in nny ^ way, intimidate an editor who is con- j scientious in his work, and who has a proper appreciation of the relative positions of the business office and editorial room in the publication of a { newspaper, but they, certainly render his task more disagreeable?and un- t necessarily so. After nearly thirty years spent in ^ the newspaper business?with twenty j years of that time devoted to editorial ^ work?we were never more convinced ^ that whenever a newspaper permits r an advertiser or a subscriber to die- ^ tate its policy, through threats of withdrawal of patronage, it no longer ( needs an editor, but merely an expert t sail-shifter. And, as for ourselves, we have never aspired to the latter Job. We throw out these brief observations, as mildly as we know how, for 8 the benefit of those individuals? d some of whom exist hereabouts?who n seem to be resting under the delusion that an advertising contract carries ? with it the right to control more than a designated amount of space in the paper; and that for purely business purposes only. But we stand ready to put the matter in more concrete form ^ whenever we are forced to do so. In this connection, we may be pardoned for reproducing herewith a few 1 editorial observations of our own, ^ which appeared in these columns on * May 24, last, and which are no less true, nor less applicable, now than then: We have always felt that the public should value?even though it does not t always do so?a newspaper that is wil- I ling to stand criticism, abuse, loss of I patronage, if need be, in order to seek a and speak the truth; always in the a public's best Interest, rather than Its y own?whether so understood, at times, or not?more than It should value the f kind of newspaper that merely seeks 1' to "please." n Such a newspaper might go wrong ii occasionally?for even an honest news- a paper is not infallible?though it is not nearly so apt to go wrong as one that s is forever changing Its sails to catch ^ every passing breeze?but It has. al- c ways, seemed to us that the public ii might better afford to forgive the mis- e takes of such a newspaper, rather than applaud the other kind for hap- r pening, every now and then, to land i on the "popular side." r For, be it known, the public is, sometimes wrong itself and when a u newspaper's highest motive Is mei-ely p to "follow public sentiment," wherever f it may lead, it can neither be ripht, p nor helpful nor sincere at all times. The other kind of newspaper can be s wronp at times?but it will only be t helpful and sincere, always. Questions of public duty are not to li be considered in terms of personal policy or individual benefit. The pri- p vate citizen, or business man, may think what he pleases: and speak out, c or keep silent, about it as he chooses, t or as his business interests dictate, p But it is the business of a newspaper t to serve the public: to try to think j out what is the best public policy? t and then to speak out. For whatever material independence n a newspaper may gain by sacrificing t principles to policy, look how much u real independence, of a higher and b better sort, it loses by the swap. In b this, and other respects as well, we p fear we shall always be a poor "trader" b ?and we know our pood friend, and all p other pond friends, had rather put up d with us poor than pliable.?Aupusta t Chronicle. S ? . f The Prohibition Referendum.?We are not prepared to say that it is a u deliberate attempt to muddy the wat- a ers and confuse the public mind, but the impression has pone abroad that x if the state poes prohibition on Sep- o tember 14, it will nullify the pallon- x a-month law. But the result of the p election on September 14 will not ettect the gallon-a-month law one way or t the other. If prohibition prevails the t dispensaries will go out of existence; \ if it does not prevail the dispensaries t will continue to operate the same as K heretofore. But in either event any l citizen of the state will have a perfect c legal right to order whisky from any v dealer living without the state. The t object of the gallon-a-month law was I to eliminate the blind tigers and the c results have been so extremely grati- " fying that the law is likely to remain a on the statute books permanentily or i until a Federal law is passed pro- i hibiting the shipment of whisky into c a dry \tate. If prohibition prevails on c September 14, the blind tiger's doom is v sealed.?Dillon Herald. \ FOOTSTEPS OF THE FATHERS is Traced In Early Files of The Yorkvllle Enquirer. YEWS AND VIEWS OF YESTERDAY Bringing Up Records of the Past and Giving the Younger Readers of To<< " ?' DmMu r.omnr*liantiv* VCnnu/l "?/ ? ?"/ ? | edge of the Things that Moet Con- I corned Generations that Have Gone | Before. The first installment of the notes appearing under this heading was pubished in our Issue of November 14, 1913. The notes are being prerpared by he editor as time and opportunity pernlt. Their purpose is to bring into eview the events of the past for the pleasure and satisfaction of the older people and for the entertainment and nstruction of the present generation. i 151 ST INSTALLMENT (Thursday Morning, Feb. 8, 1866.) Yorkville Female Seminary. This institution under the managenent of the Rev. Messrs. Anderson, 1 ipened its exercises on Monday, the th inst. Several young ladies have 1 ilready entered and a much larger 1 lumber is expected during the early 1 >art of the session. It is in competent lands, and parents who do not avail hemselves of its advantages, it is 1 heir own mistake. The boarding ' acilities under the supervision of Mrs. Thornwell are complete and offer unisual advantage. 1 (Thursday Morning, Feb. 15. 1866.) 1 Town Election. 1 An election was held on Monday last 1 or an intendant and four wardens for 1 he town of Yorkville, with the fol- 1 owing result: . 1 Intendant?Col. W. B. Wilson. 1 Wardens?Richard Hare, Benj. F. Iriggs, Miles Johnson and Col. J. A. 1 ifcLean. i Military Order. In our advertising columns will be ound a circular from the military lUthorities in reference to compensa^ ion to freedmen for labor performed luring the last year. It will be oberved that the 20th day of February, 865, is the time from which they are leclared entitled to compensation. Ve are informed by Col.*Boyce, comnanding at this post, that this date tas been designated by the reason that in that date the Federal authorities ook possession of Columbia, the capiat of the state. * * Married?On Thursday, 8th inst., ty J. P. Hood, Esq., Mr. W. Z. Kell .nd Miss F. E. Hartness, all of this listrict. In Fairfield district, 8th inst., Mr. ?. P. Mitchell of York district, and iliss Agnes Brlce of the former place. (Thursday morning, Feb. 22, 1866). _ Married?On Thursday, 8th inst., iy Rev. W. W. Carothers, Mr. James 'urner and Miss Mary E. Forbes, all ( this district. In Gaston county, N. C., on the 3th inst., by Rev. W. W. Ratchford, ifr. J. H. Warren of Mecklenburg, and diss S. E. J. Brison of Gaston county. (Thursday Morning, March 1, 1866.) Freedman's Bureau. The following is a synopsis of the ill to enlarge the powers of the Yeedman's Bureau, as it passed the Jnited States congress. The original I ct of which this bill is rather an imendment, continues in force one ear from the close of the war: < Sec. 1. Original act to continue in i orce; president to establish twelve or i ess districts, with an assistant com- f nissioner for each to be appointed or i n his discretion detailed from the i rmy. ] Sec. 2. The commissioner to assign 1 ub-districts with one agent to each, assistant commissioners may have six 1 lerks, agents or sub-districts, two mil- i tary Jurisdiction to extend over all I mployes of the bureau. < Sec. 3. Secretary of war may di- 1 ect such issues of provisions, cloth- ; ng, fuel, etc.. for refugees and freed- i nen as he deems needful. I Sec. 4. The president to set apart < inoccupled lands in Florida, Mississip- 1 ii, Alabama, Louisiana and Arkansas, 1 or use of freedmen, either by rent or I mrchase, based upon valuation. ] Sec. 6. Occupants of the land on ea islands confirmed in possession for < hree years. < Sec. 6. Commissioner to purchase 1 ind on which to erect schools, asylums ! -congress to make necessary appro- 1 iriations. i Sec. 7. Where rights of labor, of 1 ontract, of inheritance of property, < he equal benefit of laws, security of 1 ersons, etc., are denied to freedmen, 1 he president shall extend military < urisdiction and jurisprudence for heir protection. 1 Sec. 8. Whoever subjects any freed- 1 nan to slavery or involuntary servi- < ude except as punishment for crime 1 r discrimination between white and ' ilack, in penalties, shall be punished < iy a fine of $1,000 and one year's im- 1 irisonment. Officers of the bureau to tave jurisdiction over all such comilaints so long and wherever such incrimination on account of color coninues and wherever state and United States courts are not in full and peaceul operation. President Johnson's veto message ipon the return of the bill to the sente makes the following objections: 1st. That the original act passed vhile the states were in a condition if war, is ample enough in its provisions to regulate the country In ' >eace. ' 2nd. That this bill proposes to ex- ' end military jurisdiction over all maters of contract, offences, and between vhite and black without presentment rial by jury, or any of the rights 1 iuaranteed by the constitution. The lower entrusted to agents and military ourts will be entrusted to strangers 1 vith partiality and no appeal from 1 heir decisions is allowed in any case, t cannot be reconciled with that lause of the constitution which says: i That persons shall not be held to i Lnswer for capital or otherwise infa- 1 rtous crime unless on a presentment or 1 ndictment of a grand jury, ex- ! iept in cases arising in the land . >r naval forces or in the militia, ! rhen in actual service in time of i var or public danger;" and "that i in all criminal prosecutions the accused shall enjoy the rights to a speedy and public trial by an impai'ial jury of the state or district wherein the crime shall have been committed." 3rd. The power of the patronage entrusted to the president by this bill is too great to be given to any one man and would operate dangerously if he was so disposed. 4th. It Is a "war measure," and the country is no longer at war, but in peace and thus it tends to disturb commerce and Industry. 5th. The object of the first act?the suppression of slavery by war, is accomplished?and no occasion exists for ehlarging its powers in time of peace. 6th. He objects to the third and succeeding sections of the bill because congrees never thought proper to make appropriations for asylums, schools, and for its own people, not even the orphans and widows of soldiers or Reamen. The constitution never contemplated appropriations for the support of the indigent of any class. The negro as a freedman is expected to be self-sustaining and the expenses of agenclee and commissioners to attend to his support will be enormous and work to the injury of the negro and encourage his idleness. A military force will be required to support the execution of the law. 7th. The bill proposes to take away the lands of the reel owners without legal proceedings and give to negroes, whether such negroes were engaged in the rebellion or not. 8th. And lastly, he says: "I cannot but add another very grave objection to this bill. The constitution imperatively declares in connection with taxation that each state shall have at least one representative and fixes the rule for the number to which in future times each state be entitled. It also provides that the senate of the United States shall be composed of two senators from each state and adds with peculiar force that no state without its consent shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the senate." At the time, however, of the consideration and passing of the bill there were no senators or representatives in congress from the eleven slave states which are to be mainly effected by its provisions. The very fact that reports were and are made against the good disposition of the country is an additional reason why the need and should have representatives of their own in congress to explain their condition, reply to accusations and assist by their local knowledge in the perfecting of measures immediately effecting themselves; while the liberty of .deliberation would then be free and congress would have full power to decide according to its Judgment. There could be no objection urged that the states most Interested had not been permitted to be heard. The principle is firmly fixed in the minds of the American people that there should be no taxation without representation. Great burdens are now to be borne by all the country, and we may best demand that they shall be borne without murmur when they are voted by a majority of the representatives of the people." The message is conclusive in its lrgument and lofty in its temper and lone. Its great length confines us to I this brief synopsis. (To Be Continued.) CARBON BISULFIDE Kill* Insects Likely to Damage Stored Wheat. The entomology division of Clemson college is receiving from farmers many complaints about insects in stored wheat and issues a statement :o the effect that insects will seriously reduce the value of the grain unless steps are taken at orce to control the pesta The most effective method is by fumigating with carbon bisulfide. Several kinds of insects attack stored wheat, feeding principally on the starchy material In the grains. These insects destroy the germinating power cf the seed, rendering It useless for planting. Even more serious is the injury they do by rendering the wheat inferior for milling purposes. Flour from insect-fested wheat is of poor quality, containing a lot the little brown remnants of the insects' work. Worst of all, the pests form webs in the grain which clog up the milling machinery when the grain is ground. To control stored wheat insects, use carbon bisulfide, which is an almost colorless liquid, and non-poisonous. It kills by suffocation. Some people store wheat in barrels and others in bins, the usual size of the bins being lbout 100 bushels. For an ordinary barrel holding about three bushels, use carbon bisulfide at the rate of onebalf teacupful to one barrel. For a 100-bushel bin, use 8 pounds or about cne gallon. Apply the carbon bisulfide by sprinkling it over the surface of the grain n the barrel or bin. After sprinkling, cover the top of the barrel or bin with beavy burlap or other like material to bold the fumes in. Leave this cover ?n for twenty-four hours or longer. Repeat this treatment after ten days sr two weeks to destroy the young :hat hatch from eggs after the first :reatment. In the late summer or early fall, ?xamlne the grain to see that no reinfestation has occurred. If the Insects ire present again, carbon bisulfide must again be used. Carbon bisulfide is highly inflamable and fire of all sorts must be kept iway from it. It Is dangerous even Tor a man who is smoking to go near 1 wheat bin in which the material lias been sprinkled. Be sure to keep pvery form of fire away from the barrels or bins and from the vessel which holds the carbon bisulfide. Carbon bisulfide can be bought in 50-pound and 100-pound dru-ms for about 9 cents per pound, at an address which will be given by the Entomology Division, Clemson College. Drums must be stored in a cool place, away from every possible source of fire. Five of the six candidates in the race for congress in the fourth district, last Tuesday, have filed the following statements of expenses with * XT Millar me iwt'iriary ui amir. n. a*. mM.v,, (3,037.17; B. A. Morgan, $1,208.31; S. J. Nicholla, $758.21; I. C. Blackwood, (618; R. J. Oantt, $388.50. Of Miller's account, $2,199.97 was for newspaper advertising. TOLD BY LOCAL EXCHANGES News Happenings In Neighboring Communities. CONDENSED FOR QUICK READING Dealing Mainly With Local Affairs of Cherokee, Cleveland, Gaston, Lancaster and Chester. d----*-- a... o. mr a iay vn?9ivi nopvi kvif rtuyi Vi *>* 4 a.v/? | Prazer returned to the city Saturday I morning after a visit to his sister, Mrs. Will Fielder, at Tipton, Mich. On his way home Mr. Frazer stopped at Norfolk, Va., and spent a few days with Mrs. Frazer, who is spending the summer with relatives Mr. W. F. McCullough, who underwent a serious operation at the Magdalene hospital a few days ago, is progressing satisfactorily, and will be able to sit up in a few days Rev. Chas. E. Burts, D. D., pastor of the First Baptist church of Columbia, was in the city yesterday, preaching at the First Baptist church in the forenoon and Bethel M. E. church in the evening, and in the afternoon addressing a mass meeting at the opera house. Dr. Burts is one ] of the state's most active workers in | behalf of the prohibition cause, and in \ his talks in the afternoon and even- j ing he struck telling blows for the 1 cause that is so near his heart ] Mr. Myron Sandlfer of Lowryvllle, ac- ] companied by Mr. Sam Guy, left this , morning for Mullins, where he will be j married to Miss Cornelia Hope, Wed- ; nesday. Mr. S. R. Lathan and Miss , Susie Lathan, cousins of the bride- | elect, expect to leave for Mullins to- < morrow Miss Mayme L. Gregory , and Mr. James O. Ferrell, both of ] Wilksburg, were married at the home | of Mr. J. W. Wilkes at Batton Rouge , yesterday, Magistrate Wilkes offlciat- ] ing. The bride is an attractive young ] woman with many friends, while the \ grcom is a young farmer who has , charge of Mr. J. R. Alexander's large ] farm at Wilksburg. < i Gaffney Ledger', Aug. 10: The Star ( Cloak and Suit company, on Limestone , street, managed by Charlie Cecere, < closed Its doors Friday night, and the , manager has not been seen in Gaffney , since. It is said that he left for parts ( unknown without settling a number of , accounts with various creditors ] Miss Dessle Reed Hawkins and Mr. | Jesse Furman Jolly, both of route , two, were married Sunday, Judge Kir- , by performing the ceremony Ed ( Phillips, the man who was cut in the stomach last Thursday during a flght with Joel Petty and his son, Adolphus, is reported to be convalescing at the , city hospital, although he Is not yet out of danger Miss Effle Earls ( of route two, and Mr. G. G. Humph- | ries of the same route, were married by Judge Kirby Sunday Mr, Adam Haas died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. D. G. Webber, at Earls, 1 N. C., on Sunday, August 1st, at the age of 81 years. He had been in declining health for a number of months. I Mr. Fass emigrated to this country ' directly from Germany. He volunteer- I ed in the Confederate army at the out- ' break of the Civil war, serving for ' three years, until wounded at the sec- ( ond battle of Manassas Miss Amancle Mullinax and Mr. Shelton |( Amos Williams, both of route six, were ' married by Probate Judge Kirby at his I office in the courthouse yesterday.... The "Old Time Fiddlers' convention" 1 held in the courthouse Saturday after- 1 noon and evening, was very success- ' fill, and was greatly enjoyed by those ' who attended. Mr. Zeno Hicks won 1 the first prize of $10 for the best fid- 1 d'.er; Mr. Lawson McCraw was award- 1 ed the second prize, $5; and Mr. James ( T. Spencer won the prize of $5 for the 1 best old-time dancer. The judges were Capt. J. B. "ell, J. Q. Little. J. H. 1 Curry and Jim McSwaln. Mr. Charles Parker received honorable mention for 1 picking the banjo and singing, although no prize was offered for this. Mr. Fred 1 G. Hamrlck promoted the convention. Miss Dewey Florence Reynolds l of Cowpens route two. and Mr. William Thomas Huskey of route seven, were married Saturday afternoon by Judge Kirby. * Rock Hill Record, Aug. 9: United States Marshal Lyon is in the city 1 again today to take up with the city council matters in regard to holding Federal court in the city hall A ' "darkness" of 13 cars of negro excursionists from Gastonia and other 1 points along the line reached here this morning and were entertained by I a baseball game this afternoon by a ' colored team of the city R. S. ' Hanna who recently resigned his position with the Rock Hill Grocery Co., to accept a similar one with A. Friedheim O T". 1,1, /IlltlAa fVliQ 1 (V Diu., usauiucu IIIO IICTT uuwvo vmiw morning The local Elks lodge gave a most delightful Dutch supper Thursday night at their lodge room over Patterson's store to which a number of our citizens were invited and there enjoyed themselves very much. Miss Nannie Williford has resigned her position at Eflrd's, and will leave the first of September for Richmond. Va., where she will enter the Hygeia hospital to study as a trained nurse. * Lancaster News, Aug. 10: Mr. J. Q. McManus, Sr., returned last week from Waldo, Fla., bringing with him his bride, who was, before her marriage to Mr. McManus a few days before, Miss Henrietta Whaley of Waldo Hon. D. E. Finley, congressman from this, the fifth congressional district. Is among the many visitors in Lancaster today Hon. W. F. Stevenson of Cheraw, is a Lancaster visitor today. J. D. Byrd, son of Mr. D. G. Byrd, and Wade Jenkins, son of Mr. E. R. Jenkins, the two Corn club boys, who won the scholarship for the short course at Clemson college, left this week to begin that course The entire teaching force for the Lancaster Graded schools has been elected. Mr. C. E. Wessinger, superintendent: Mr. W. L. Feaster, principal, Central Graded school. Miss Bryan and -Miss Johnnie Mae Lynch will be the instructors in the high school. Miss Bryan, a last year graduate of Winthrop college, comes nigniy recommenueu oy me 1 college authorities. According to the 1 the high school official in South Oaro- 1 Una, Miss Lynch, who will have charge I of the mathematics, is ranked among < the foremost of the women teachers in / the state. In the graded school, Miss 1 Neely, Miss Brock and Miss Walker are the three new teachers. Miss Neely and her work are well known to { the Lancaster people. We feel that we are exceedingly fortunate In securing her for the seventh grade. To Mr. r Wessinger's Inquiry concerning Miss c Brock, her superintendent replied, "If c she has a fault I haven't found It." Miss Brock will teach the third grade. ; Miss Walker for the sixth grade, \ comes most highly recommended by n school officials where she has heretofore taught. The other teachers who have been re-elected have served faith- 7. fully in the past and are well quail- t fled to carry on the work, viz.: Mrs. p W. E. Taylor for the fifth grade, Miss Skipper for the fourth, Miss Eva Hough for the second, and Miss Joe ' Foster for the first. Mr. J. K. Connors r has been re-elected principal of the ^ mill school. His assistants are Mrs. ^ Riddle, Miss Elfrelda Poag and Miss Bennie Culp. a t? Gastonia Gazette. Aug. 10: Rev. L. si L. Huffman has received a call to the a pastorate of field missionary of the Lutheran church in the city of Co- p lumbus, Ohio. The position carries a with it supervision of all the Lutheran 8] missions in and around Columbus and f pays a good salary. Mr. Huffman has the call under consideration but has c not as yet decided what action he will b take in the matter. He Is more or H lees familiar with the work there, d( having formerly had charge of a church in Columbus At his home ^ near the Arlington mill, Saturday, Mr. Ell Barker celebrated his 72nd birth- 1 day with a gathering of his children. ^ grandchildren and friends. A basket dinner was one of the pleasant features of the day Capt. A. L. Bui tinkle received notice this morning thai in B< the shoot at Mooreheod City, both S?r- 81 ?eant W. L. Glover and Sergeant C. 1,3 L. Hord qualified to attend the shoot w In Jacksonville, Fla., in October, when they will participate in the national ol and divisional and other matches. Messrs. Glover and Hord will return to w lastonia tomorrow. The fine records G made by Company B's marksmen are si quite gratifying to the officers of the d: company A number of citizens of A the Union section have joined In a ir movement to build by popular sub- u scription a two-mile stretch of graded sand-clay road from the end of the 8, macadam road at Beattie's store to gj Mra Julia Huffstetler's. The work will |r begin next Monday, August 16, and will be done under the supervision of ^ an overseer to be appointed by the n county superintendent of roads Mr. E. C. Flsmlre of Mount Holly, and ^ Miss Elizabeth Lawson of Tazwell, q] Va? were united In marriage here at noon today at the residence of Rev. ^ Dr. J. C. Galloway on South York bj street, the ceremony being performed ^ by Dr. Galloway. ^ CI MOONLIGHT CORN FIELDS ? Cabarrus County, N. C., Furnishes C Evidence. ti If Secretary Houston of the United ir States agricultural department, who p; attributes no influences to the moon C In the planting of crops and who ai makes bold to officially issue articles a reflecting seriously on the character hi r?f the moon, were to visit the Cold tt Water Drainage district In Cabarrus county, the said secretary would be a, made to feel ashamed of his personally published he re say. w In the 'light of the moon" during je the month of April, a certain field in p] that said Cold Water Drainage district y, was planted to corn. Right now the jfl stalks of corn in this field are so tall a, that a giraffe couldn't possibly smell fe the tassels, and what few silks the 8^ stalks now bear are within 18 Inches ^ of the top?far removed from the Rource of moisture and fertilization. ^ Just a few yards away and Just a o] few days later, when the moon said the Ql word, another field was planted to corn. This com is of medium height, perfectly green and healthy looking, N and the silks are coming out in bounty from four to five feet from the ^ ground. a Take notice: the same kind of soil. n the same variety of seed, the same B method of cultivation and the same '-I-"* oioaanno fltnipp In the two fields ?It was, therefore, the moon that ^ wrought all this difference. It Is amazing how much Ignorance there Is In certain quarters regarding the Influence of the moon over plants, animals and events. 1? We have at hand an almanac covering the period In which the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence was ^ given to a waiting and startled people, but we have no doubt In the world but that the moon figured very largely ^ In that patriotic event. It is mighty unwise for Secretary Houston to be stirring up fuss when ' Ihe country has so many perplexing foreign questions?more serious be- " rause he Is precipitating internal dlf- ' Terences about an Important agency that enters Into agriculture and the af- ? ? fairs of men?the moon.?From the ITplift. 1 , t , lr Cost of Stopping a Train.?In the campaign which the Ohio railroads if have been making for higher passen- & ger rates in that state all kinds of G statistics have been filed with the leg- n Islative committee, relates the Wall ol Street Journal. Probably the statistics which deal with train stops, filed hi by President Willard of the B. & O., la ire among the most interesting. This Cl memorandum asserts that it costs 111 D from $1.35 to $1.85 to stop a passenger train at a station on the Ohio .' roads, or an average of about $1.60 a lr 3toD. In other words, with a train w making 17 stops there would be a cost j*' to the railroad of $27.50 for the starting and stopping alone. Among the s< Items entering into the cost of stopping a train the most important is tl coal, as when a train is stopped the j airbrakes are applied and the coal is *? used to generate the steam which bl compresses the air. There is a great s] wear and tear on equipment because a] of these stoppages, and the car f( wheels, the brake shoes and the rails A are worn away, because of friction. In w starting after a stop there is a great expenditure of steam getting under headway, and there is more wear and b tear on equipment. Pome railroad h men say that President Willard's flg- n Lires are too low, and that taking the o' :rain with seventeen stops it would require at least thirty through passen- tf ?ers to pay for the most of starting t< ind stopping the train. U a. ?. PALMETTO HAPPENING8 Current Happenings and Events Throughout 8outh Carolina. The Richland county board of comniasioners has taken over the new ounty jail erected in Columbia, at a ost of $52,288. The corner stone of the town hall of Irden, Richland county, was laid on Vednesday with appropriate ceremonies. Both Columbia and Charleston have ubmltted bids for the holding of the hird triennial convention of the Nalonal Association for the Study of 'ellagra. In the primary In Spartanburg county 'uesday, R. Burton Hicks of Wooduff, was elected a member of the ouse of representatives to succeed V. G. Query, resigned. Fire early Sunday morning destroyed large negro school building in Burner, valued at 14,000. Two negro girls, tudents of the school, narrowly esiped with their lives. The centennial celebration of the endleton Farmers' society was held t Pendleton yesterday. The principal weaker of the occasion was Hon. D. Houston, secretary of agriculture. The annual meeting of the South arolina association for the deaf is eing held in Columbia this week, ferbert R. Smoak of Union,- is preslant of the association. Marion Lanham. a graduate of Wof>rd college of the class of 1915, has Ben elected assistant secretary of the partanburg Y. M. C. A., probably the xgest organization of its kind in the ate. Heads of 162 families at the Ander>n cotton mills, who have been on a :rike since July 30, becaue! the mill lanasamAnf vnfiisn^ art I iii'-voaoA Ifl icuiaQciiicuii viuuvu uu iiivi vnw ? ages, went back to work this mornig, following an amicable adjustment ' their difficulties. Magistrate W. EI Baker of Langley, as asked to make returns before ov. Manning Tuesday as to wby he lould not be removed from office for runkennees and immoral conduct, number of witnesses appeared in the latter. The governor took the case nder advisement. James Drayton, a flsh peddler, was iddenly stricken with apoplexy while Itting on the customs house wharf i Charleston Monday afternoon. He >11 into the water and was drowned, is body being recovered about thirty ilnutes after the accident The first bale of new cotton to be larketed in South Carolina was sold a the Barnwell market Tuesday. It as grown by John Owens, a tenant inner living near Barnwell. The ale weighed 340 pounds and was sold s good middling. It brought 15 ?nts per pound. The State Federation of Labor in anventlon at the Isle of Palms, harlesfon, this week, adopted res.duons urging enactment of a bill creatlg a state labor bureau, that all state rintlng be done in the state, favoring harleeton navy yard as a naval base rid endorsing the creation by law of system of state highways and a Ighway commission supported by a lx on automobiles. As a result of a collision between an utomobile and a buggy near Leesville uesday morning, in which the buggy as demolished, and Mrs. R C. Mil- ' r of Batesburg, the occupant, was retty badly hurt, W. L. Hamilton, a Dung white man of Augusta, Ga., is in til in Lexington, charged with assault nd battery with intent to kill in delult of 3500 bail. The warrant was / vorn out by the husband of the woan. According to unofficial returns tabuited late Tuesday night, Sam J. Nich11s of Spartanburg, and B. A. Morgan f Greenville, will make a second race >r the Democratic nomination for ingress on Tuesday, August 24. icholls led all the other candidates, innivlnv onnrnvimfltftlv A RA9. vhilp [organ received 3,612. The other indldates were voted for In the order amed: Miller, 2,632; Johnson, 1,785; lackwood, 1,744, and O&ntt 160. Henry Padgett, a Spartanburg carenter, is in a critical condition as a ?sult of injuries inflicted upon him Lst Saturday by L. P. England, a elghbor. The difficulty is said to ave arisen out of the fact that Padett's wife, while visiting in the Engtnd home, accidentally kicked a watrmelon from the porch to the ground. >ne word led to another and England nally struck Padget with a stick, reaking his skull. Belton Journal: During the severe lectric storm here Saturday night, le barn of Mr. J. T. West was struck y lightning, killing a fine mule and orse. The bolt entered at one corer of the barn and skipped one stall i which was a horse, killed a mule in le next stall, skipped two more, in one f which was a mule, a horse being truck in the other, and killed a horse t the next stall, all of the stalls being i line. Postmaster David Traxler and Sherf Hendrix Rector of Greenville, enaged in a personal difficulty in a reenville barber shop Tuesday, as a 'suit of which the postmaster was ned $50 in the city court and the tieriff J25. The fight is alleged to ave resulted from a political meeting ist Friday night, when the sheriff jrsed the postmaster. When the two len met Tuesday, Traxler attacked ector, beating him up pretty badly, l a signed statement Tuesday evenig, Sheriff Rector stated that he ould not again call on the municipal >urt of Greenville to protect him; ut Intended to hereafter defend him Mr as best ne can. Honest Old Gentleman.?"No," said le old gentleman sternly, "I will not o It. Never have I sold anything by ilse representations and I will not agin now. It Is an inferior grade of hoe, and I will never pass it off as nything better. Mark it "A shoe fit >r a queen,' and put it in the window. queen does nol have to do much alking."?Tit-Bits. Startling.?An easterner who had ought a farm in California, had eard of his neighbor's talent for lising potatoes, so sent his farmhand ver to get a hundred pounds. "You go back home," answered the ilented farmer to the messenger, "and ?11 your boas that I won't cut a potto for any one."