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Scraps aiul |acts. ? Reports from Constantinople to the American Bible society in New York, indicate that the sale of Bibles in Turkey, Bulgaria and Egypt has not been stopped by the war. In Egypt 170,867 volumes were sold last year, or about 10,000 less than in the preceding year, when there was no war. A translation of the Bible for the Kurds is going on steadily and, with war everywhere, church scholars in Constantinople are still endeavoring to improve the Arabic text of the Scripture. Hard times in Egypt were attributed to the change of rules and to the reported coming invasion by the Turks. The depression lasted a good part of the year, but there was improvement when the Turks failed to arrive and British control became more firm. In Bulgaria, 18,000 Bibles and in Asiatic Turkey 52,000 Bibles were sold. The selling of Bibles was recently stopped in urianopie. ? Eight hundred and forty-eight ol every 1,000 wounded soldiers brought into German military hospitals not in the war zone, in August, 1914, says a Berlin dispatch, were discharged fit for service, and thirty of the remaining 152 died. In April the number restored to duty had risen to 912, and the deaths had fallen to fourteen. With the single exception of March, the death rate allows a steady decrease, and the average for nine months fi >m August to Apri;, inclusive, is but \9 per cent. The percentages of the se discharged for duty shows a steady increase, and the average of 88.5 per cent. The home hospitals do not, of course, receive a great number of the severely wounded, but assuming the number received to have been fairly constant, the figures indicate a steady gain in surgical and medical work. In the Crimean war, 28 per cent of the wounded died; in the Italian war of 1859, 17 per cent; of the Prussians in the war with Denmark, 15.5 per cent; in 1870-71, 11 per cent; in the RussoJapanese war, 6.8 per cent Japanese and 3.2 per cent Russians. ? Brownsville, Texas, August 12: The killing today of three Mexican outlaws, near Mercedes, Hidalgo county, Texas, and the capture of 22 of the bandits' saddle horses in the same vicinity leads to belief here that at least one of the gangs of Mexican raiders has been scattered. Details of today's Hvhtimr nw. not available here. F*ed eral and state officials refuse to discuss the matter further than to announce that three Mexicans had been killed. Except for the fight in Hidalgo county, the situation in the Texas border counties apparently was quiet. News, which later was confirmed, reached here tonight that Texas rangers in Hidalgo county chased eight Mexicans who reached the Mexican side of the Rio Grande. Sitting on the bank of the stream on the Mexican side, the bandits invited the rangers to cross the river, saying they were the leaders sought by American authorities. The rangers withdrew. It is believed the Mexicans are part of the band which abandoned their horses earlier in the day and took to the brush. United States cavalry has been sent to the home of a farmer in Hildago county, which was robbed tonight by two Mexicans. ? "The entente allies have lost the support of that army which they intended to use to crush the forces of the central powers," said Enver Pasha, Turkish minister of war, in an interview yesterday with a correspondent of the Associated Press, alluding to the recent fighting in Poland. "I realize that much work yet remains to be done," continued the war minister, "but with the Russian army no longer a terrible offensive force, Turkey and her allies have nothing to fear. My opinion is that all talk about reorganizing the Russian army is about on a par with the speech before the duma of the Russian war minister, who apparently was unaware that Napoleon's retreat from Moscow is unlikely to be repeated by the AustroGermans. A man who imagines such a thing possible today with all the modern means of tranpoita^ion and communication is a century behind time. One never knows what the fortunes of war may bring, but every indication now is that our side is sure to win. Before long the Russian army will be disposed of long enough to allow our allies to become active elsewhere. Meanwhile we are taking care of the situation here better than before, because we are constantly perfecting our organization and increasing our forces." ? The United States on Tuesday, dispatched to Vienna a note rejecting the Austro-Hungarian views that the great scale on which war munitions are being exported from America to enemies of the Germanic allies "is not in consonance with the definition of neutrality." The note was cabled to Ambassador Penfield, who presented it Thursday. Though friendly in tone the reply is understood to repudiate * flatly the suggestion that the United States has permitted violation of neutrality, and to stand firmly on the right of American people to sell and send war supplies to belligerents. The United States always has held that this is an unquestioned right under infntmntiAnol lotif Druoo/lontc a lcn hfi VP been quoted where in previous wars Germany and Austria imported arms extensively. The Austro-Hungarian note suggested that the United States might redress the state of things complained of by informing the enemies of Austro-Hungary that the supply of foodstuffs and war material to them would be suspended unless legitimate trade in these articles between Americans and neutral countries were permitted. According to Berlin dispatches, this complaint was sent after a conference between the AustroHungarian and German foreign offices. Similar notes, it was said, soon would be sent by Germany and Turkey. ? London, August 11: At the meeting held tonight to impress on the government the necessity of declaring cotton contraband, Sir William Ramsay, the scientist, declared cotton was the only substance required for the manufacture of munitions with which the Germans could not supply themselves. He said no chemical products could take the place of cotton in propulsive ammunition. Sir Charles Macara, president of the Master Cotton Spinners' association of Great Britain, presided at the meeting. An inspired statement published this morning depreciating the agitation to make cotton contraband and intimating that negotiations with the United States on the subject were proceeding, had the effect of lessening interest in the meeting. Both the presiding officer and Sir William, the chief speaker, were insistent, however, that immediate action should be taken. Sir Charles said he had no doubt the explosive manufacturers had consumed a Jarge part of the cotton surplus created by the war and added: "We must utilize our command of the highways o! the sea, both practicably and diplomatically, to prevent cotton reaching enemy ennntries while :it the same firro Jtct inp fairly in the interests of neutral countries." Sir William Ramsay, who seconded a resolution which was passed demanding that cotton be declared contraband, asserted that while substitutes for cotton could be used in making: nitro-cellulose, none of them had what was called the "ballastic power" of cotton and if anything else were used by the Germans it would necessitate enlarging the chambers of their guns and altering the sights of their rifles, an expedient which not even Germany could be prepared to adopt in the course of a great war. He declared cotton was going into Germany by devious routes. It was sold, he said, to Dutch and Swedish companies under a guarantee that it would not be sold to Germany or Austria. While technically this guarantee was not violated. Sir William contended, it was in reality a subterfuge, for the Dutch and Swedish consignees sold the shipments to Swiss companies who, in turn, sold them to Great Britain's adversaries. Sir William estimated that 1,000 tons of cotton is used every day of the war and he protested that it was grossly unfair to the Knglish soldiers and their allies that Great Britain should continue to supply Germany with this commodity. "Had cotton been stopped at the beginning of the war, he said, "we might reasonably expect to see the war nearing an end." A letter from Lord Beresford was read at the meeting in which he said if cotton had been declared contraband last February the war now would be ap proaching its final scenes and adds: "Cotton is still entering Germany. She might just as well be allowed to import shell. Neutral powers should be , informed that we intend to maintain our marine rights as a belligerent. Of what use to us is the mastery of the seas unless we profit by its advantage? "We don't wish to hamper the trade of the great English-speaking nations across the Atlantic. There are difficulties but difficulties were created to be faced." The solution proposed by Lord Beresford is for the British government to buy up the entire American cotton crop and resell afterwards even if at a loss. iihi? Hlliirhriltr i ^[1 ??V ? ?. 1 Entered at the Postoffice at York as ' Mail Matter of the Second Class. I YORK. S. C.: FRIDAY, AKil ST 13, 1915. It may be, as the Allies claim, that they are going to win this war; but if they want other people to begin thinking that way, it is time for them to win some battles. There is very little being heard from the war operations in France and Belgium; bait it stands to reason that the daily toll of killed and wounded there must be very large. There is nothing surprising about the failure of the warehouse law in Georgia. The circumstances only illustrate the firmness with which the cotton producers are bound. It is sincerely to be hoped that every voter of York county will keep in mind the anti-?vhisky election and go out and vote for Prohibition on September 14. The larger the vote, the greater the certainty of a final settlement. The Georgia senate on last Tuesday tabled the bill providing for the establishment of a system of bonded warehouse in the state. The bill had already passed two readings in the house; but the action of the senate disposes of the matter for the present. It is the same old story. The ideas of Congressman Henry of Texas, as to the needs of the cotton producers are about right. He wants money to enable the cotton producers to hold their cotton and he wants it cheap. He very well understands that 8 per cent money is plentiful, but what he wants is 4 per cent money. As to whether he will accomplish anything remains to be seen, but if he should get the concession of 4 per cent money, the cotton producers cannot receive the full benefit thereof unless they provide themselves with sta'te warehouses. Times change and men change with them. In 1910 McLeod and Blease both stood for liquor. Now McLeod is makine- nrohibition lectures, and Blease is quoted as saying that he would as lief see the dispensaries voted out as not. Manning was once for the dispensary; but is for the dispensary no more. So far as we know he has never said anything in favor of prohibition. Featherstone is still a prohibitionist; but seems to have virtually retired from politics. At the present time, the liquor interests are without conspicuous leaders except in the low country. It looks as if prohibition is coming at last. Let us so hope. The warehouse system as explained by Commissioner McLaurin at Trinity Ridge, strikes us a practical and needed, but Mr. McLaurin weakened his own cause by declaring that nothing would serve to maintain the price of cotton but a plan by which the government would buy up a supply for the manufacture of ammunition at a stated price. If this were necessary, why the warehouse system at all? It seems that Mr. McLaurin lacks faith in his own plan, though we think that in most of its features it would prove a great help to the cotton grower.? Laurens Advertiser. Has Mr. McLaurin not been telling you from the beginning that the warehouse system is no good without warehouses? The legislature did not provide for the building of warehouses, and unless the farmers build them, they will not be built. And in the meantime whether warehouses are built or not, surely there will be no objection to Mr. McLaurin's making every effort in his power to help things along. England is seriously considering the purchase of the entire American cotton crop, "even though she may afterward have to sell it at a loss." This is no joke, and as yet nobody has suggested that it is the scheme of a "demagogic politician." The idea of the purchase is based solely on the proposition that otherwise the cotton will be used in the smashing of the British empire. It will be all right lor England to make tnis purcnase, provided she will pay a fair price to the producers; but let's don't have any foolishness about it. If England had the entire American cotton crop, America would be still more at the mercy of England. Whether this country is going to need powder or not, it would be well to have a supply of cotton from which powder may be made if necessary, and under the circumstances it would appear that if England should go after the entire cotton crop the United States would be fully justified in becoming her competitor at least to the extent of about 2,000,000 bales. We make no hesitation in saying that .Mr. W. C. Thomson has our sympathy in that defensive fight he is being forced to make against the Lockhart Water Power company. The main facts at issue are stated in an article in another column; but the reasons that arouse our partisanship are not recited in that story. The Thomson plantation is undoubtedly one of the most splendid estates in all ihis section. We do not know of its equal in fifty miles of here. The Thomsons got possession of this plantation generations ago when they had the refusal of the entire stretch of Broad river, and selected this because it was the best. Before the civil war the place was a little principality, supported by hundreds of slaves, and the folks who lived in the "big house" were sure enough people. It has been so since the war, and it is so now. There are negroes on the place who have been there seventy-five or eighty years, and who would rather die than leave. There are several hundred acres of magnificent bottoms and the crops that are made are simply wonderful. Also the owner raises mules and horses, along with everything else he wants. The place came down to him as a special legacy, and he is not willing to sell it at any price. We would not like to see him imposed up by the Power company, and we would not like to see the ruin of this proud and splendid old landmark. It is to be hoped that Mr. Thomson will be able to lick his opponents in , this matter. Rnrmu/inn PaoBri. For reasons well understood locally, we have taken occasion to make remarks of late on the sin of reading borrowed Enquirers; but we do not want to be misunderstood in tfie matter by our friends elsewhere. There are in the town certain prominent people who take themselves very seriously, and who have never been ablo to get themselves out of the traditional notion that if the only purpose of The Enquirer is not to keep a gaping world constantly informed of their virtue, wisdom and greatness, this ought to be its principal function. The publishers of The Enquirer have all along presumed to differ with these people, taking the view that the main business of the paper is to stand for what it believes to be right, and to serve the really best interests of the great mass of its constituency rather than the interest of the few who desire to be treated as though they were the whole cheese, and tho people generally are here for their special convenience. The Enquirer never was much of a success in submitting to the dictation of outsiders, who for any reason assumed the prerogative of editorship, and it has not been improving in that resDect of late years. Of necessity we have to apparently ignore a great many things the people are entitled to know about, especially until good opportunity for justifiable publicity is presented; but when it comes to deliberately and wilfully whitewashing shams and humbugs, such business is not in our line. We feel too much responsibility to our readers. Some time back a little local bunch undertook the organization of a boycott against this paper. Some had one excuse and some another; but the common objective was that "if we don't subscribe for.it, other people won't, and we can put it out of business so as to have the entire field in our own control." Although the main object sought was quite serious, it did not work out very well in practice. Only a few went into the thing, and several of those broke over in a short time, some because they realized the littleness, some because they saw the futility of it, and some because they found out that they were annoying themselves more than they were The Enquirer. Others stuck it out; but were not long in attracting the attention of the entire community to their pique by the persistent regularity with which they were always running after other people's papers. The thing became a great joke throughout the community and some of the borrowers became a laughing stock. The events of the past ten days or two weeks have seemed to justify us in humoring the fun, and we have been trying to do it. Of course we think that every individual who desires to read The Enquirer, ought to subscribe for it if he can; but at the same time we have no objection to anybody reading a borrowed paper, if they are unable to subscribe. The smallest fellow in connection with the whole business, however, is the fellow who pretends unworthiness of the paper as a reason for holding buck his $2 and then bedevils the life out of other peopie by persistent borrowing. John L. McLaurin, state warehouse commissioner, comes forward with a proposition that the government should purchase 2,000,000 bales of low grade cotton for the manufacture of explosives. He says this would stabilize the market and provide higher prices for the remainder of the crop. Mr. McHaurin is a man of intelligence, and he knows better than to be ad vancing such a proposition as that. If the government needs cotton for the manufacture of explosives it will buy it, but Mr. McLaurin knows that the government should not buy cotion simply for the purpose of raising the price of the staple. He knows, moreover, that for the government to do this would be the greatest mistake possible. If the government should buy 2,000,000 bales of cotton this year in order to raise the price, there would be a demand for the government to buy 4,000,000 bales next year for the same purpose, and so on forever, until the government would go broke. And when Mr. McLaurin advances a proposition of this kind he tempts those who know his intelligence to question his sincerity. He knows that his scheme would not work, and his advocacy of it will make many people think that he thinks the people at large are fools and easily gulled. The Federal government is doing all that the government can do, and all that it ought to do, to protect the cotton farmers of the south. It has provided an adequate and elastic currency system, under which cotton stored in safe warehouses will be accepted as collateral by national banks. It has refused to follow the demands of unthinking people and force England to declare cotton contraband of war and prevent its shipment to neutral countries, thus narrowing the market and lowering the price for the benefit of manufacturers in England and at home. The Federal government, under the Wilson administration, has not discriminated against the cotton farmers of the south. It has opened banking facilities for them, and it has not closed the markets of the world for them. It has given them the same facilities for trade and business that other people have. To attempt to do more, to attempt to carry out Mr. McLaurin's scheme, would be to do the farmers the greatest possible injury, for they would be the first to suffer from the collapse which would surely follow. Mr. McLaurin has been entrusted with the management of the state warehouse system, which is a business proposition and should be handled in a business-like manner. For this reason it is particularly deplorable to see him espousing a clap trap political idea which has absurdity written in large letters all over it.? Anderson Daily Mail. As much as we would like to agree with our good friend, the Daily Mail, in this matter, we find ourselves unable to do so. The reasoning of the Mail is sound enough in every particular except that it evidently loses sight of the fact that there is a world war in progress, and that although this country is not actually at war, it is feeling the effect of the extraordinary demoralization in a way that seems to justify extraordinary methods of meeting the same. At the breaking out of the war, it will be remembered that the British bankers and merchants found themselves holding the bag to the extent of more than two billion dollars worth of acceptances from all over the world, and that as things stood these acceptances were comparatively worthless. It meant that, in the absence of extraordinary recourse, commercial Great Britain was bankrupt. LloydGeorge met the situation by getting behind the Bank of England and having it guarantee all these credits. This was a war expedient justifiable only in time of war. As we see it, the United States government would have been justifiable in getting behind the cotton crop last year, and we think it would be doubly justifiable now. It is not certain that the country is going to need two million bales of cotton for powder making; but we do I1UI HfU I1UW It fell! iuoc aiijiiiuig uj laying in such a supply. If it should need the powder, It will be available, and if it does not need either the powder or the cotton, either will bo easily salable before the 1916 crop comas in. The purchase of two million bales of cotton by the government will guarantee a fair price for the whole crop. Such an expedient resorted to now as a most justifiable war measure, made necessary by the war, will not as we see it, form a precedent for a repetition of the transaction next year. An 1 if the United States, failing to provide itself with cotton now, should later on need the cotton, and be unable to get It for the reason that some other government has already grabbed up the supply, there will be great and lasting cause for regret that Mr. McLaurin's suggestion \vas not acted upon. PROGRESS OF THE WAR Germans Continue to Push Operations Against Russians. The situation In Poland and the Baltic provinces is changing but little from day to day, according to current advices from London, and public interest is being turned to the near east where the diplomats of the Quadruple Entente powers are cnaeavormg 10 revive the Balkan league and bring all the Balkan states over to their side. Efforts for the moment are being concentrated on Sofia for Bulgaria holds the key to the situation. It is said she is being smiled upon and offered territorial concessions by both sides. The German and Entente ministers both are declared to be finding their endeavors hindered by their friends. Greece and Serbia are unwilling to concede to Bulgaria the parts of Macedonia which are her price for joining the allies, while Turkey is opposing concessions which Austria and Germany desire her to make to insure the continued neutrality of the Sofia government. Bulgaria, too, it is asserted, is weighing the Teutonic victory in Poland against the renewed efforts of the allies in the Dardanelles and the reported signal victory of the Russians are said to have won over the Turks in the Caucasus. Military experts in London believe this victory will keep the Turks quiet on that front for some time. There is no news from the armies on Gallipoli peninsula but the British admiralty announces that a British submarine in the sea of Marmora has sunk the Turkish torpedo gunboat Berk-I-Satvet and an empty transport. The Russians continue their retirement in Poland, but they arc retarding the German advance by repeated counter-attacks. There still is considerable distance between the German armies to the southeast and northeast of Warsaw, so that the^Russians apparently will be able to make good their retreat, only, however, to be called upon to oppose a German attempt to outflank them at Kovno and further north. The strength of the German offensive in the latter region has led to the assumption by some military observers that the Germans now are aiming at Petrograd. It is pointed out however, that there is a great stretch of marshy country between the present battlefields and the capital. Besides, the Germans first would have to capture Vilna, Dvinsk and Riga, all of which the Russians are defending with strong forces, which at times are able to take the offensive. The Germans claim tne capture of a group of French fortifications in the Argonne forest in France, whereas the French say that all the German attacks were repulsed. Otherwise there have been no events of importance on the western battle front. The public here is prepared to hear of something of greater importance than the sinking of the British auxiliary cruiser India, which was announced today by the admiralty, as steamers arriving from Holland reported having heard again today heavy firing in the north. REMOVAL FOR MISCONDUCT Auditor Werts of Newberry, Suspended by Governor Manning. Eugene S. Werts, auditor of Newberrv eountv. was susoended from of fice last Tuesday by Gov. Manning as a result of a hearing at which Mr. Werts presented his answer to the charges of "misconduct and neglect of duty in the affairs of his office." The order of suspension is as follows: "Whereas, the grand Jury of Newberry county, by its presentment to his honor, Judge Ernest Moore, March 16, 1915, called attention to errors in the books and the general conditions of the office of the county auditor of Newberry county; and "Whereas, Mr. Haskell Wright, foreman of the grand jury, in a report to me, under date of June 18, 1915, complained further of neglect of attention of the county auditor to his office and of his geneial conduct; and "Whereas Mr. Haskell Wright, foreman of the grand jury, under date of July 30, 1915, in a letter to Hon. C. W. Sawyer comptroller general of the state of South Carolina, complains specifically of misconduct of the affairs of the office of the county auditor; and "Whereas, further, after the first presentment of the grand jury I summoned Auditor E. S. Werts to appear before me and he requested that he be given time to correct the errors in the books of his o fice and to show that he could conduct the office in a proper manner, which request I granted, but which it seems has not been complied with; and "Whereas, in response to a letter of Mr. Haskell Wright, foreman of the grand jury, under date of July 30, 1915, I summoned and caused to appear before me Auditor E. S. Werts to answer the charges of misconduct and neglect of duty in the affa'irs of his office, which charges he has failed to disprove: "Now, therefore, under authority vested in me under section 282, code of 1912, volume 1, I do suspend, until presented to and acted upon by the senate, E. S. Werts from the office of auditor of Newherrv eonntv" It is alleged that too frequent intoxication is the chief cause of the suspension of Auditor Werts. Four Per Cent Interest.?After a talk in Washington Tuesday with Commissioner Harding. Representative Henry of Texas, telegraphed Joseph Hurst of Corpus Christi that the Federal reserve hoard is considering a cotton relief proposition he presented involving the issue of $500,000,000 of Federal reserve notes for deposit in the sub-treasury nearest the southern reserve banks. He proposed that the reserve board advise member banks it will loan these notes to them at two per cent annual interest if the hanks will make reasonable loans to cotton producers at 4 per cent interest for six month periods. Mr. Henry said the amount of interest was the real question at issue. Mr. Henry said that he was arranging for a talk with Secretary Lansing to urge every possible step to he taken to enforce this government's position that cotton shall not he declared contraband by Great Britain. LOCAL AFFAIRS. { NEW ADVERTI8EMENT8 ! Odis W. Wilson, No. 1?Will appreciate return of a lost black fountain ' pen. 1 Jno. E. Jackson, Pres.?Invites the ' public to a Christian Endeavor picnic at Beth Shiloh on August 18. Committee?Extends invitation to the public to a temperance rally' at Enon on August 19. Addresses by 1 Prof. R. C. Burts, Rev. J. D. Crane. Enquirer Office?Has umbrella, found 1 Monday. Owner can have it by 1 identifying property and paying for 1 ad. Enquirer Office?Will pay reward for return of bar pin with Cornell seal 1 in centre. Trustees Newport District No. 36? Oive notice of special school elec tion to be held at Newport on Saturday, Aug. 28, on Increase of levy. L. R. Williams, Probate Judge?Gives notice that Mrs. Jennie Coward Bratton has applied for letters of 1 administration en estate of Paul R. 1 Bratton, deceased. Hugh G. Brown, S. Y. C.?Gives notice of sale under tax execution on Sept. 7 (Tuesday) of certain real estate. York County Fair?Puts you on no- i tice that it will be the greatest fair yet held. Oct. 13, 14, 15, 16 are the dates. Plenty of amusements. ? John E. Carroll, Supt Education? j Calls attention of school trustees to a provision of the school law regarding employing teachers who are related to trustees. ( James Bros.?Advise you to buy mules now Instead of waiting until next spring when prices will be higher. W. E. Ferguson?Asks you to try his coffees if you are hard to please. 1 He has variety enough to please 1 you. Good teas. t First National Bank of Sharon?Says there is satisfaction in knowing your money is safe. It is safe when 1 deposited with it. Louis Roth?Suggests that you paint , household articles yourself. He will furnish paints at 15 cts. a can. Thomson Co.?Invites special atten- I tion to a large variety of bed fur- | nishings at attractive prices. Low prices on domestics and millinery. Kirkpatrick-Belk Co.?Wants to close out all summer goods quick, and , makes prices accordingly. An oxford special. 1 "UODS AHU I1UW ncau icc juav ?v member that "Bobs" is the chewiest of all chewing gums. See page 4. Standard Oil Co.?Emphasizes the advantages of doing your summer cooking with a Perfection blue flame oil stove. See page four. The rains of Tuesday night and Wednesday seem to have been general. It will toon be turnip sowing time. Now is a good time to can the surplus fruit and vegetables. Reports from various sections of the county intimate that much work is now being done on the roads. The price of cord wood which a few months ago was from $3 to $3.50, has slowly and steadily fallen to from $2.25 to $2.00. The prosecution of drainage work such as is being talked of in the Turkey creek bottoms is calculated to be of both present and future benefit. Work on ttie Rock Hill road is progressing nicely, and it Is quite clear that the approaches to the Fishing creek bridge are going to be very much improved from both sides. The. need for a systematic plan of marketing all kinds of produce is admitted of all men who have given the subject consideration; but little or nothing is being done to bring about such systematic plan of marketing. Since the change of the name of the town of Yorkville to York, non-resident automobile owners are adding county to the "York" on their registry cards o" their machines. They do not like the idea of appearing to give the county seat credit for all the automobiles of the county. The Spartanburg Journal has congratulated the voters of the Fourth district over the fact that not a single candidate for congress was howled down during the recent campaign. It may be that the candidates behaved themselves better than usual. Of course it is very well to remember that the fact that such a license tax schedule as that which has been promulgated by the town council is unlawful, is of very little consequence to the tax payer. He has no way to get out unless he fights, and if he fights, he must expect to spend money. Secretary Timmons, of the Rock Hill chamber of commerce, was in town Wednesday in the interest of the York county fair to be held this 1 fall. Ho stated that arrangements ? are being made on an extensive scale , and that It is proposed to make the > fair bigger and. better than ever this fall. The value of the premiums this year will amount in the aggregate to about $2,000. WAREHOUSE FOR TIRZAH c There is going to >e a state ware- j house at Tirzah within the next thirty j or sixty days, if a number of leading a citizens who mot on that subject yes- q terday afternoon, carry out the plan upon which they resolved. The meeting was held in the j schoolhouse at about 3 o'clock. There were about forty or fifty representa- c tive farmers present. Senator Mc- 1 Laurin gave a detailed explanation of t the system, told the farmers how to . organize the company, how to get the warehouse turned over to the state, a and defined the nature ind value of a r state warehouse receipt as compared t with the receipt of an independent warehouse. In conclusion he told the farmers that if they expected help li they must help themselves. a The senator was listened to with j close attention, and at the conclusion of his remarks, Mr. J. M. Campbell " was unanimously elected to appoint a r committee of four, of which he was to s be chairman, to solicit subscriptions to the capital stock of a warehouse company. Mr. Campbell accepted the appoiniment, and named as his fel- ? low-committeemen, Messrs. T. M. Oatcs, E. M. Williams and T. B. I Gler.n. and all three have gone into the work. t d CONSOLIDATION OF SCHOOLS J Declaring that they are satisfied t with their respective schools as they q now are and that they want no change t of any kind for the reason that they * believe such change would tend to in- v convenience them a number of pat- I rons of Bethel and Pine Bark schools c in school district No. 3, appeared be- j, fnra sjn nori n t and en t nt Education rl Carroll and Hon. T. E. McMackin of s the county educational board yester- 1 day accompanying a petition which ^ was in effect as stated above. v The gentlemen who were present 1; at the meeting were Messrs. Hamp r Currence, R. E. Sifr'ord, \V. X. Wallace, a M. L. Adams, J. W. Jackson, J. A. X. n Glenn, H. G. fctanton, J. P. Adams, D. t A. Pendleton, T. E. Glenn, S. E. Love, r H. E. Johnson. H. E. Johnson, Jr. 1< The meeting Wednesday was in the 1 nature of a free-for-all concerned t discussion of i situation which is now j under consideration by the Pine Bark, v Bethel, Oak Ridge and Glendale d schools and from details brought out a during the hearing! it appears that the d school district has not now the funds s with which to operate the four schools 3 at least seven months in the year, ^ which the board of education desires J to do. J It has been suggested that the four "V schools be consolidated and that 'he o school be located somewhere near the residence of Mr. J. B. Ford. Accord Ing to plats in the possession of the board, a school building located in such vicinity would put the consolidated school within reach of all pupils In a radius of three miles?which radius is now composed of the Bethel, Glendale, Pine Bark and Oak Ridge schools. It was pointed out by the spokesmen for the patrons opposing such consolidation that at present they were running an eight months' school even though part of the money for such maintenance had to be paid out nf their pockets. Pine Bark and Bethel wanted to remain in their present status; but wanted it understood that they had no objection to a consolidation of the Oak Ridge and Glendale Bchools if those schools desired such consolidation. nwlnc tn tho fnot that Prnf R W Hall, the third member of the board of education, is at present in the mountains. Chairman Carroll announced that there would be no further action taken in the matter until i full meeting of the board could be secured. WITHIN THE TOWN ? It has been fairly sizzling during the past few days. ? The supply of watermelons and cantaloupes on the market is Just as great now ds it was two weeks ago. ? The local troop, Boy Scouts, expect to leave Tuesday for a week's nuting at All Healing Springs, Linwood, N. C. ? Policeman J. A. Richardson is at present collecting street taxes together with the $1.50 penalty from delinquent tax payera While engaged In this work Mr. W. T. McClaln is being employed as night policeman. 1 ? If the number of traveling men J who have been here during the past ' * J U _ < lew uuy? uuii uc uin.cu ao cviucuvc, that panicky feeling which many folks have been wearing so long is getting away. ? Dr. M. J. Walker, registrar of vital statistics, announces that there was one birth and two deaths in the town during the month ending August 10. The birth was to white parents, while one negro and one white died. ? Mr. Charles Wilkie and Mio3 Edna Westmoreland, both well known young people of Hickory Grove, were married fiere yesterday afternoon. Immediately after the ceremony, Mr. and Mrs. Wilkie returned to Hickory Grove tvhere they will continue to reside. ? Mr. T. G. Reilly of Greenville, who oas charge of the distribution of Lusianne coffee in South Carolina, was here this week calling on the trade. He brought with him his characteristic wholesome geniality, and insisted that the sales of Luzianne were up to the highest mark of satisfaction. Almost every groceryman in the county carries his goods. ? A rumor which has been prevaljnt for several days to the effect that Prof. B. C. Riddle has declined the (uperintendency of the Graded school for another year and that Prof. G. C. VIcKelvey has been elected superln:endent and W. T. Barron principal, jeems to be without foundation In tact When a reporter asked Mr. G. W. S. Hart of the board of trustees ecently about the matter, that gentleman stated that the superintendent lad no idea of resigning. ? Ann:e Conner a negro woman was aken off a negro excursion train re.urning to Lenoir from Chester at this J jlace Tuesday night, suffering from a i rash in her neck which had been in- f licted as the train left Chester by 1 Will White, a negfo man with whom y he woman had quarrelled. After the i jutting the negro who is a brakeman J >n the C. & N.-W. made his escape >ut was captured Wednesday morning t it this place while on his regular run. i rhe cutting of the woman created jonslderable excitement Tuesday night, hose in charge of the excursion t laving phoned the local police from f some point down the road to be at the * itation since there had been some ( :rouble among the negroes. When tak- % >n ofT the train the wounded woman 1 Lppeared to be somewhat under the r ntluence of liquor and did not ap- < sear to realize how serious was her jondition. Quite a number of stitches * vere required to close up the wound ^ md there is no doubt but had the \ tnife penetrated the slightest fraction * >f an inch further she would have bled j o death. The excursion which had on t joard about 400 negroes, was held up < lere while the woman's injuries were c ittended to. Those in charge of it said c hat with the exception of the affair 1 nentioned, the order maintained was ? rery good. e r I i LAND OWNER VS. DEVELOPER e Two suits that are exciting much J nterest in Bullock's Creek township Lnd the country surrounding, are those 1 >f Mr. W. C. Thompson against the * ^ockhart Development company, and jdrs. M. E. Thomson and others t igainst the Lockhart Power company. J The facts, briefly, are: g The Lockhart Power company is recting a dam sixteen feet high at & ?ckhart Shoals on Broad river in ? Chester and Union counties. Mr. t Thomson owns a very valuable plan- a atlon of about 1,000 acres, and his s and begins about one-half a mile c bove the dam. Mrs. Thomson, the y nother of W. C. Thomson, owns two t racts of land on Broad river, one of bout 500 acres adjoining the lands of ler son, W. C. Thomson, to the north, ? ,nd another tract of about 500 acres j ying in the fork of Pacolet and Broad c ivers. These lands are four or five ^ niles above the dam now being con- ^ tructed. v The Lockhart Power company had s .bout completed its dam at Lockhart ii ind W. C. Thomson and Mrs. M. E. f Thomson, alleging that their lands v vould be overflowed and ruined by the n rection of the dam, asked for, and ob- a ained from Judge Moore, an injunc- tl ion prohibiting the completion of the e lam until their damages had been as- a ertained and compensation made t! herefor, and alleging, further, that o he Lockhart Power company was re- tl tuired by terms of its charter to ob- tl ain, by purchase, from the owners of h iroperty, 7-11 of all the property nec- s ssary for the development of their h vater power, and denying that the a >ower company had obtained by pur- lj hase this 7-11. It was necessary for a he Power company to have this 7-11 inder its charter before it could con- 1< lemn. The Power company answered g tating that Mr. Thomson had given n t permission to enter upon his lands, a nd that they were entering by per- o nission, and, therefore, condemnation a iras unnecessary; that it had previousy purchased from Mr. Thomson the tl ight to raise the water 3J feet above is , certain boulder in the river, but ad- tl rutted the proposed dam would raise w he water 4J feet higher than the h ight purchased. In reply to this al- n egation of permission to enter, Mr. w Thomson filed letters showing that p hirty days before the date of the in- c unction was asked for, that he had o written the Power company, forbid- tl ling them to complete the dam, or in c ny way to damage this land, and tl lenying that he had ever given permis- w ion to raise the water any higher than p J feet above the boulder alluded to. e I'he matter of whether or not Judge g doore was right in granting the in- ? unction will be heard by a Jury in a rork county, probably at the next term a f the court. tl Since this hearing before Judge p loore, the Power company has served a notice of condemnation proceedings t jpon Mr. Thomson. This also will be 5 resisted by Mr. Thomson upon the ground that the Power company has e not yet obtained by purchase 7-11 of * the land necessary for the development tl >f its water power, and, therefore, the d Power company Is without authonty Ii to condemn. The I/ockhart Power d jompany contends that only 102 acres v if land along the entire river will be t necessary for the development of its water power, and of this acreage, It 11 has obtained by purchase 80.45 acres. 0 rhe engineer's report for Mr. Thorn- y son contends that from a survey made Jt 5f Broad river several years ago, and 1 recently checked up, that 446 acres ofl v land of Mr. Thomson will be over-1 d (lowed, or damaged, and adds: "I be-|il lieve further that the lands of your h mother In the fork of Broad and Paco- p let rivers will also be ruined by the t! proposed dam. It is possible that * your lands may not be very seriously fi Injured immediately after the com- t pletion of the dam, unless an un- F usually high water comes that Is F something over Ave or six feet at the v dam. This will cause a large part of n your bottoms, and 'second-bottoms' to v be overflowed and would ruin crops, ii In the course of a few yean* however, ii it is my opinion from my surveys, and s past observations of Broad river in h this locality that the river bed will fill in with sand to such an extent that the t ordinary flow will damage by over- a flow all of your bottoms and will de- v stroy to a very considerable extent, the drainage of branches and soil seep- t age. * The 80.45 acres which a the Power company claims as their p portion of the ponded area are not a p fifth of the acreage which will be n damaged on your lands alone." a k THE TIRZAH PICNIC J "Snnlh Carolina needs a general r - - ~ g political house-cleaning, not only in c the legislature but elsewhere. There 8 no state in greater need of such a * leaning than South Carolina," said f Warehouse Commissioner McLaurin, t yesterday at Tlrzah in addressing the I 1,000 or more people who had gath- * ?red there for the annual Tirzah pic- a file. "What you should do is to send u representatives to the house and sen- c ite who will look after your interests e ind enact the legislation which you f tnow will benefit you. A nation-wide h political house-cleaning is also needed ( n Washington. When a man has ? served in the national house or senate ii for twenty years or more he begins 1 to deteriorate morally, mentally and e physically and is unable to be of ser- o ylce to the people whom he represents, t ?ven though he were so Inclined." c Although not so large as the crowd a ast year, people who attended the u Tirzah picnic were representative of the surrounding section, and the a lumber who listened attentively to the k ipeeches of Warehouse Commissioner li McLaurin and Solicitor Albert E. Hill pf the seventh judicial circuit, the pnly speakers of the day, was about as arge as those who were grouped v iround the stands at Filbert week be,'ore last. v Senator J. E. Beamguard presided . >ver the assembly, the Bpeaking be-1 finning shortly before 11 o'clock. The veil trained and directed Tlrzah band r lad quarters on the speakers' stand ind rendered a number of selections, v There was much disappointment evilenced when Senator McLaurin an- , lounced that former Governor Blease, vho was scheduled to speak In the _ ifternoon, could not be present, owing * o the fact that it was necessary for lim to appear before the supreme court n Columbia. v Hon. A. E. Hill. v Albert E. Hill of Spartanburg, . jolicitor of the seventh judicial cir:uit, who was first introduced to the ? ludience, said he had prepared no speech for the occasion. He wanted ' o compliment the people of the Tirzah v lection on their prosperous condition vhich was evidenced by the fine crops v n the fields which he had passed and r he intelligent faces which he saw be'ore him. Mr. Hill said he liked Tork v :ounty for two reasons?first, because 0 he best woman in the world, his wife, vas a York county girl, and second, , >ecause he could buy a ticket from ? fork county to Spartanburg. Referring to the low price of cotton ind the unsettled condition of things ll to far as the farmer is concerned, the I1 ipeaker took occasion to state that he vas of the opinion that the fanners C :ould benefit themselves through or- ei ranization. The Farmers' Union, he hought, was a good thing. Any union i, vhose purpose was the uplift of its nembers was a good thing, he believed Mr. Hill thought the state warehouse lystem a good thing for the farmer. Although still in its infancy it had been aken out of its swaddling clothes ar.d o vas now on the road to mature growth, f dr. Hill briefly reviewed the hard Ight which advocates of the warehouse t >111 had had in the legislature to get gi he system established. He told how Commissioner McLaurin, whom h^- p :haracterized as the "leading exponent: f( ?f the cotton growers in South Caroina, if not in the south," had never riven up Ce fight even when it seem- ?, *i that hif efforts would end in fail- c ire, and stated that he believed that f the warehouse commissioner is giv- 1 in a chance the state warehouse sys- ? em will result in financial gains for he fanner. G In conclusion, the speaker said he w lad come to Tirzah to meet the peo>le. He wanted to be the friend of ^ everybody and wanted everybody to be v lis friend. He wanted them to be like he young girl whose mother had given . ler a Bible with the advice that if she d ollowed its precepts she would never v jo wrong. Sometime later the young ady's mother discovered a young man t< [issing her, and when she admonished it ler daughter, the young lady replied hat she had followed the teaching of v he Bible in the matter. The mother y .sked to see the passage bearing on the lubject and the daughter referred to he verse which reads: "Do unto oth- _ rs as you would have them do unto 1 'ou." Mr. Hill was applauded when le concluded his addr< .s. Hon. John L. McLaurin. "People always look to what is said p .t a York county picnic for an idea of he political trend of the state," said Ion. John L. McLaurin, warehouse ommissioner of South Carolina, whom ? 'hairman Beamguard next introduced v 0 the assembly. The speaker anlounced that he would deal mainly r< irlth an outline of the state warehouse y, ystem, since he intended explaining it h n detail to a number of interested armers in the afternoon. After re- f( iewing the bitter fight which had been u lade on the warehouse bill in the g< enate and house of representatives of his state, the commissioner mentiond that Georgia and Alabama wanted similar warehouse system but that , he bankers, insurance people and ? thers had made a similar fight in hose states. "I notice," he said, "that dl he warehouse bill has just been killed tl 1 the Georgia senate. It is in these ? enates where legislation which will elp, is killed. However, our farmers T re becoming educated and are rapid- fa V growing able to defend themselves o gainst the lawyers." The warehouse system, in the opin- g in of the commissioner, was rapidly g rowing. "I do not believe there is w ow a county in South Carolina where candidate can stand upon a platform r opposition to the warenouse sysiem ? nd be elected dog--catcher," he said. In discussing probable conditions ills fall he declared that if something sn't done pretty quickly the situa- tc Ion is going to be even worse than it d* ras last fall. Doubtless most of you D ave read in The Yorkville Enquirer ly letter to President Wilson, in gi rhich I advocated that this country vi urchase 2,000,000 bales of low grade oi otton to be used in the manufacture f war munitions. I believe that p lie plan would help. If we don't beome involved in this European war, lie entire gold supply of the world rill come into our hands through the urchase of supplies by the belliger- p nts, Mr. McLaurin declared, and beg- "] ed his hearers not to sell a bale of OI otton below the cost of production nrl ?n hnlrl fnr A Priori nflet as lonfiT A' s possible. If our people were any- P' hlnp like as economical as European fr eoples, we could hold our cotton until fair price was offered. Economy is M he lesson we must leam. It is the alvation of the southern farmer. So far as the export trade at presnt is concerned, Mr. McLaurin said, /e have no more quarrel with Germany han we have with England. One has one us as much dirt as tho other, n this connection he gave a striking escription of the war in Europe, rhich was listened to with much ini;rest by his hearers. I have been a member of every armers' organization I have ever heard f in South Carolina since I was 21 ears old, declared Mr. McLaurin, and have found them all good. The rouble is with the weak-kneed fellow rho won't stick to the union's princi>les, but sells his cotton for less than i eeots tn raise It. Thev are the fel dwh who are responsible for the low rice of cotton lost year. Referring to he cotton elimination proposition rhich was discussed a great deal last all the commissioner took occasion 0 mention Mr. John G. Anderson of lock Hill, father of the "Rock Hill Ian," which was put forward and rhich Mr. McLaurin endorsed. "I ever met Anderson until last year fhen he was down in Columbia, help-^ fig us on this elimination business. He^^ 1 one of the strongest thinkers in the tate and a man, every inch of him," ie said. The raising of supplies at home and he production of cotton only as a urplus in the future, was the advice rhlch the speaker wanted to offer. Mr. Hill, in his little speech, he coninued, had something to say to you bout politics. I have no political as irations. My former political exleriences were of a kind that I care iot to go through again in my old ge. But I say this to you* I don't TTnlAn ?ka? "uw ??>w ... M1C ^ eods a more thorough political houseleaning than South Carolina. We eed legislators who are more in ympathy with the laboring and agriultural classes. The greatest robbery in the south is he systematic undergrading of cotton, 'ho cotton buyer Is not your friond. le is paid by an exporter who wants o buy your cotton as cheap as he can. ^ f you don't take what ho offers you, ^ ou must haul your cotton home be-wS ause all the btiyers will offer you the^^ nme. The law of weights and meas- 1 ires applies to every commodity exept cotton. If we had a system of often grading In this state establlshi. 'aw' you 'armer? would get the ull value of the grade of cotton you lave. In conclusion, Mr. McLaurin stated hat the farmer had too many commisions to pay; those comrrlssions gong to various middlomcn who handled he product between the farm and the nill. most of which middlemen wore ntirely unnecessary and who were oly parasites living by the sweat of he farmers' brow. When Mr. McLaurin's speech was oncluded. the meeting was adjourned nd the usual bountiful York county Icnic dinner was spread. The Tirzah and rendered a number of selections uring the afternoon which Interested large number of the Tirzah visitors, ;eeplng them on the grounds until the ate afternoon. ABOUT PEOPLE Miss Sarah Grist of this place, is Isiting relatives in Union. Miss Elizabeth Bruns of Charlotte is isiting Miss Beulah Ferguson. Mr. A. V. Qulnn of Bethany visited riend8 at Ebenezer, this week. CapL J. B. Bell of Gaffney visited ^ elatives in this section this week. Messrs. Frank and Walter Morriton rere visitors in Laurens this week. Mr. Clyde Garrison of this place ras a visitor in Charlotte this week. Mrs. S. L. Brown and Miss Vic la Jrown of this vicinity visited relative* n Gastonia, this week. Dr. P. C. Hull of Morben, N. C., islted Dr. Jaa. B. Shirley here this peek. Dr. J. W. McConnell is in New York, aking a post graduate course in surery. ** Matthews and children of harlotte, are visiting relatives in Cloer. Miss Margaret Adams of Ebenezer, sited Mrs. John M. Smith in Clover, his week. Miss Julia Plexico of Rock Hill, s isiting relatives and friends in Hickory Grove. Miss Jean Roddey Black of Rocc [ill- is the guest of Miss Margaret 1 inley. Mr. C. W. Garrison of Atlanta, Ga., s visiting relatives and friends on R. D. No. 3. Mrs. W. P. Orier and little son, of lover, are visiting Mra Grler's parnts in Chester. Miss Meta Stoll who has been visit- _ rig relatives here has returned to her ome In Rock Hill. N Mr- S. W. McKnight is spending ome time in the mountains of westrn North Carolina. Mia* Elizabeth Holbrook of Hlck7'.., C''J? the ?ue8t of Mis? Martha liddle on Clover No. 2. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Gwlnn have reurned to Clover after a visit to their ons In Hickory, N. C. -1 ?Lr*. JkW' KIrkPatrlck of the Kirkatrick-Belk company, left this week or the northern markets. Rev. W. B. Arrowood, who has been pending some time at Montreat, N ., has returned to Sharon. Dr. Clarence Bratton of Palestine, ex., Is visiting his parents, Mr. and frs. N. B. Bratton, here. Dr. and Mrs. S. K. Lowry and Miss -erald Lowry are spending a short *hile at Blowing Rock, V. C. Miss Helen Darby returned to her ome in Lowryville yesterday, after a isit to Mrs. H. B. James here. Mrs. S. W. Mitchell and two chllren, Erllne and Lunelle, of Union, laltorl rolatlvoa hara fhlo Mrs. Frank N. Wil.ton has returned 3 her home in Columbia, alter a vis: to Miss Bessie Barron here. Miss Kathleen James, who has been isiting Mrs. O. E. Grist here, left esterday for her home in Union. Prof. Joseph A. Maclear of Decajr, Oa., arrived here yes<erday to p>end several days with relatives. B. M. Love, county audkor, and H. !. Neil, county treasurer, were busless visitors in Columbia this week. Messrs. Cowl Slaughter of Hickory rove, and Carl Gaulden of this place, ere visitors in Lancaster this week. Mr. Robert Ragans and family of reenville, are the guests of Mr. Harey Sherer's family, on Sharon No. 1. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. McCorkle have eturncd to their home in Rocky iount, N. C., after a visit t-? relatives ere. Mr. John Thomasson left this week >r Shelby, where he expects to matriclate in the Boiling Springs High ;hool. Mr. Forrest Smith left Wednesday , n the Southern's annual excursion, >r a visit to Norfolk and other Virinia points. Misses Kate and Annie May Dowle of Bullock's Creek, are guests of le family of Mr. S. T. Ferguson on . F. D. No. 5. Mr. Lester Harshaw of Cooksvllle, enn., is visiting the family of his ither Mr. J. E. Harshaw, near Mconnellsville. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Qulnn of the ratton farm visited relatives in the ethany and Clover sections this eek. Mr. and Mrs. W. * R. Carroll and lildren who have been spending imetime at Shelby, have returned ome. Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Hopper returned > their home in Arden, N. C., yesterty after a visit to relatives on R. F. . No. 1. Misses Sue Meek Allison and Marirot Cartwrieht of this Dlace. are siting Miss Sallie Allison near Hick y Grove. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Davidson of R. . D. Xo. 2 are visiting the family of ieir son Mr. J. M. Davidson in Gasmia, this week. Mrs. Elzie Myers and Miss Mary Jo ickson have returned to their home i Central after a visit to the family ' Mr. J. G. Dickson here. j ^ Misses Martha Marshall, FrA<vKfij^^^ dickes, Louise Barron and Marii^^^ egram of this plac?, are visiting lends in Darlington. Mrs. G. G. Eaves and daughter, ary Helen, of this place, and Mrs.