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Scraps and |acts. ? As peace officer for the western hemisphere, the United States has a strenuous task for the next few months, to prevent the serious revolutionary moves that will set Central America aflame. In Nicaragua, where Diaz was maintained in the presidency by two companies of United State? marines, revolution now threatens to overthrow him, unless more marines are sent. In Guatemala a revolt against Cabreras is imminent. In Honduras, General Rosales is leading a revolt against President Alberto. Peace in Hayti is being maintained only by the guns of the Blue Jackets. Villa is known to have sufficient ammunition for at least six months of strenuous warfare against Carranza, and New Orleans is again the hotbed of revolutionary scheming and a ren dezvous ror soicners 01 ionunc. ? One of the sensations of last week was the story of the execution of Miss Edith Cavell, a British Red Cross nurse, by the Germans for treason. Miss Cavell was in charge of a hospital in Belgium, in territory controlled by the Germans. She used her position to enable several British, French and Belgian soldiers to escape, and when put on trial for treason, refused to try to defend herself. On the contrary, she admitted the truth of the charge and seemed to glory in what she had done. Upon conviction she was asked if she desired to appeal to the emperor for pardon and declined. President Wilson and the king of Spain endeavored to interceded for the life of Miss Cavell; but without success. When taken out for execution Miss Cavell refused to have her eyes bandaged; but with a small Union jack pinned to her dress, faced the firing squad without flinching. ? Amsterdam cotton valued at approximately J50,000,000. shipped from the United States and consigned to Germany is in possession of the Italian government, according to Captain J. W. Batchelor, of the Liverpool Salvage association, who arrived in New York last Saturday on the steamship Baltic from Liverpool. Capt. Batchelor said that he but recently came from Italy, where he was engaged in looking after this cotton. For several months, he said, previous to Italy joining the Allies, all cotton consigned to Germany through Italy was detained. One of the last pretexts used was that there was a shortage of cars, and to overcome this Germany sent to Italy a flAncltrnmont nf rollintr StOCk. Italy is in possession of both cars and cotton. Officials and passengers of the Baltic reported an uneventful voyage. The ship took a northerly course around Ireland instead of the usual channel passage. ? A police raid on a women's pool room in an apartment in West 126th street, New York last Saturday, caused the death of one woman and resulted in the arrest of four women and two men, who were charged with being either gambling house keepers or common gamblers. The raid was made in an attempt to break up a "moving pool room clique," as the police term it. At least fifty fashionably dressed women who made bets on the day's races at tracks in all parts of the country, were in the apartment when the police smashed in the doors. In the excitement several women fainted. Among these was Mrs. Emma Casey whose condition became so alarming that a physician was called, but she refused aid and died shortly afterwards of a hemorrhage. Nearly all of the women were allowed to go. Racing charts and telephones were confiscated. The police learned that it was the custom of the betters to shift irom noust iu uuuw ?.u ro\,aj<s ? ? covery. ? King George has issued an appeal to his subjects to come forward voluntarily and aid Groat Britain in her fight against the Germanic Allies. "More men and yet more," the monarch says, "are wanted to keep my armies in the field and through them to secure victory and an enduring peace." The message of the king follows: "To my people: At this grave moment in the struggle between my people and a highly organized army who has transgressed the laws of nations and changed the ordinance that binds civilized Europe together, ' I appeal to you. I rejoice in my empire's effort, and I feel pride in the voluntary response from my subjects all over the world who have sacrificed home and fortune and life itself in order that another may not inherit the free empire which their ancestors and mine have- built. I ask you to make good these sacrifices. The end is not in sight. More men, and yet more, are wanted to keep my armies in the field and through them to secure victory and an enduring peace. In ancient days the darkest moment has ever produced in men of our race me sternest resoive. i asR you men of all classes, to come forward voluntarily and take your share in these fights. In freely respohding to my appeal you will be giving your support to our brothers who for long montns have nobly upheld Great Britain's past traditions and the glory of her armies." ? The delayed "British note," pro testing against interference with American commerce, has been approved by the president, and signed by the secretary of state, and the understanding is that it is now on its way to London by mail. It is explained thai the note has been sent by mail for the reason that it contains so many statistics that are easily mixed up in cable transmission. The note is described as a ringing demand for freedom of the seas. It goes into great detail, attacking the British orders-incouncil, the confiscation of cotton and meat cargoes and particularly England's recent action in making cotton absolute contraband. That the ordersin-council are void and illegal under international law is stoutly contended. It is also asserted that they do not operate with equality against all neutral nations, as Scandinavian countries are able to ship goods to Germany while America is not. That a blockade must be actually accomplished in order to be binding upon neutrals is contended. Regarding enormously increased T'nited S'lates exnorts to nen trial countries and assumption that this is presumptive evidence that much goods are reaching Germany, the note gives detailed commercial statistics and uses England's own argument of reliance by neutrals upon American markets since Germany's have been closed. The note also controverts the English contention that the "burden of proof" is upon neutral nations to prove non-German destination of merchandise. That in any event neutrals have the right to ship non-contraband goods to Germans is strongly asserted. The demand for "freedom of the seas" is clear throughout the note, couched in vigorous and insistent terms. ? Special agents of the Federal trade commission began an investigation last Friday of charges that cotton buyers in North and South Carolina and Georgia have combined to keep down prices to producers. The complaints alleged that large purchasers of cotton in the states named have combined to divide territory in such a way Sas to allow them practically to tlx the price to the grower. Commissioner W. J. Harris, who received the complaints, recommended a thorougn investigation, which was ordered by the commission. Members of the commission said that if the allegations of the complaints were substantiated, the combination would constitute a restraint of trade, and the commission would be authorized to proceed under the anti-trust laws. That would mean institution of the first suit of the kind brought through the commission since its creation. Agents of both the economic and legal divisions of the commission will conduct the investigation. The trade commission issued the following statement: "The Federal trade commission has ordered an immediate investigation to determine whether there is a combination t>y cotton buyers of South Carolina. North Carolina and Georgia to hold down the price of cotton. This investigation has been undertaken at the instance of Commissioner Harris, to whose attention complaints have come that such a condition does exist, resulting in his submission of the matter to the commission. The information is to the effect that for years past in the three states mentioned and more particularly in the two Cnrolinas there have been carrying prices for cotton, often this difference amounting to one-half cent per pound in two points not metre than twelve miles distant from each other. This difference in price, it is alleged in complaints which have reached the commission, seems to be the sole result of the workings of this combination. For instance, it is cited, many towns and cities have practically no live market, due to the fact that divisions of territory for buying purposes are made, one territory belonging to one buyer, another territory to another. These alleged practices are said to be confined to certain places indicated in the complaint to a greater extent, possibly, than to other points within the states specified." ?hc \lorkfillr (Enquirer. Entered at the Postofflce at York as Wall Matter of the Second Class. YORK, S. C.: TUESDAY OCTOBER 26, 1915. The ginners' report published yesterday seems to indicate a cotton crop of less than 11,000,000 bales. The "state ball," suspended during the administrations of Governors Tillman and Blease, has been resurrected. As to whether the trade commission's prop' *ed investigation of the marketing cotton will develop evidence of uni. j1 combination in restraint of trad.,, we do not know. We think, however, that the investigation will be a good thing because there is a lot of suspicion on the subject and it will be well to have this suspicion set at rest, either by confirmation or refutation. The action of the Federal trade commission in ordering an investigation of the cotton markets of North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia with a view to ascertaining whether or not there exists in those states some combination in restraint of trade, is the result of the intelligent, persistent and fearless work of the Anderson Daily Mail. That paper has for years been noting the unexplanable difference in the prices paid for cotton in Anderson and different nearby towns and during the past few weeks has been more persistent than ever. It has noticed that sometimes there is a difference of half a cent a pound in the prices paid in Anderson county and those paid just across the Georgia line only a few miles away. The Mail does not pretend to know the exact cause of the differences; but it is inclined to suspect that the big exporters and the mills have divided up the territory among themselves under an agreement that does away with competi tion, and that the variation in prices is most marked in those localities where the combination agreement is less complete. The trade commission has the power to summon witnesses and make them testify on oath, and may or may not get at some real information on the subject. The Cavell Case. The execution of Miss Edith Cavell, the English Red Cross nurse, who was shot by the Germans for treason in Belgium recently, is coming in for a lot of discussion in the papers, and very naturally. Some of the editors and many outside writers are condemning the Germans for their alleged inhumanity in the case, and others are unable to see how the Germans could do anything else than what they did do. The facts as we understand them are Kof \Tioo Pq vail o nil roa onnnncn/) t a IIIUI AUIOO VaTVil, U> 1IU1 OV| ppv/uv VI wv be absolutely neutral, if not actually sworn to neutrality, made use of her position to secure the escape of a number of her countrymen and compatriots from the captivity of the Germans. It seems to be quite clear that Miss Cavell thoroughly understood the consequences of her act in case of detection, and was fully prepared to abide those conseqquences. Indeed, it does not appear that she tried to deny anything she did; but nobly admitted certain damaging truths that could not have been proved against her had she been willing to tell falsehoods on her own account. No man or woman with the ordinary' instincts of humanity in his or her soul, can contemplate the case of Miss Cavell, except with sentiments of the tenderest admiration and sympathy; but at the same time common sense and common reason can hardly blame the Germans for their action in the matter. We may all condemn war and we may condemn the conditions that lead to such cases; but that is about all, except that we may justly and properly admire and venerate the noble spirit that this woman possessed. It does not appear that Miss Cavell entertained any hatred. Indeed the facts are to the contrary, for in her last talk with her spiritual adviser, she took occasion to say so. Had she shown bitterness or malice in the matter. then there would have been nothing in the whole incident worth a second thought. It is said that the news of the execution of Miss Cavell has given tremendous stimulus to recruiting in England, and this is not surprising. Patriotism is a high and noble virtue, and there is probably nothing more sublime than that spirit which would cause one to willingly, nay, even gladly give up life itself for cause and country. It seems natural that such an example as this noble woman has set should be contagious, and although, as we have said, the Germans are not subject to just criticism for what .li.l ;? tkU t.n AaoA it la tiii> vim in iiiia pai iivuiai vixor, 11 10 quite probable that they would have made more out of the incident had they seen proper to deal with Miss Cavell with less severity. ? The third cotton ginning report of the season, compiled from reports of census bureau correspondents and agents throughout the cotton belt and issued at 10 a. m. yesterday, announced that 5,713,347 bales of cotton counting round as half bales, of the growth of 1915, has been ginned prior to October IS. This compared with 7.619.747 bales or 49.9 j>er cent of the entire crop ginned prior to October 18 bust year, 6,793,518 bales, or 49.9 per cent in 1913, and 6,874,206 bales, or 51.0 per cent in 1912. Included in ginnings were 54.422 round bales, compared with 15.239 last year, 49.030 in 1913. and 41.745 in 1912. Sea Island cotton included numbered 42,257 bales, compared with 30,078 bales to October 18 last year, 31,139 in 1913, and 15,960 bales in 1912. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS Thomson Co.?Invites attention to clothing for men and boys, men's hats, men's and boys' overcoats, un-3 M nAllnro mUHnoPV UC1 HCUl, cuna* o, iKiiiiuv*/. R. M. Lindsay, No. 3?Will pay reward for return of a lost $20 bill. Ardrey Lowry, No. 3?Has two young mules i'or sale. McConnell Dry Goods Co.?Tells you about a number of "special specials" that it offers you today. Old George, the Butcher?Wants you to know that he can suit you in fine, fresh meats; vegetables, fresh pork and sausage: veal calves wanted. Fresh fish Saturdays. J. M. Stroup?Invites attention to his lines of clothing for men and boys and especially to Royal tailored garments for particular men. Kirkpatrick-Belk Co.?Has received additional supplies of coat suits the past few days. Other goods that are quite in season just now. Standard Oil Co.?On page four g.'ves another hint of the conveniences to be enjoyed with a Perfection, odorless oil stove. That thirty-one piece dinner set we are offering for ten names is an attractive proposition. It is easy to get ten names for The Enquirer, and there is no cheaper way of getting a thirtyone piece dinner set. People who are doubtful about the value of advertising, should consider the case of L. A. Griffith of Columbia, who has just been elected to the presidency of the South Carolina Association of Mayors. Mr. J. Rodney Scott has found his fox hound "King," for which he recently advertised In The Enqquirer. His dog was at the home of Mr. W. T. Youngblood near Tirzah, and Mr. Youngblood saw the advertisement. We are printing the courthouse commission's statement of the cost of the building, etc. There is no charge, and we have not much comment, except that those fellows certainly took care of their own newspapers out of the county funds. mrl?? - -- whn <irA trvillP' to I MCI C IIC pvvpiv TT.iW V V. O ? claim that The Enquirer's statement that municipal registration certificates were issued on the day of the change the name election was not true. Why, we have one of those certificates in our possession. The Augusta Chronicle of last Sunday recalls the fact that at Yorkville on October 24, 1890?twenty-five years ago?the Presbyterian synod of South Carolina refused to admit Rev. Dr. James Woodrow, on account of his evolution doctrine. Yes, Rev. Mr. Ham is doing good. There is no doubt about it. Of course there are people who will scoff and snarl and the like; but it has always been so, and always will be so. If there was nothing to the preaching, why all that fourteen hundred men who came out to the meeting last Sunday afternoon? The Enquirer has incurred lots of hostility by urging that there should be a public cotton platform and public cotton weigher in Yorkville, and up to this time, has been unable to accomplish but little. We still insist, however, that it is right that all cotton should be weighed by a public weigher; that this will be best for the cotton buyers and best for the farmers. We are not ready to say that we do not mind the hostility we have incurred on tne suuject; dui we ao say most emphatically that we have not allowed this hostility to deter us in urging that which we know to be right. Rev. J. L. Oates said last Sunday, that the man who is doing best for himself is generally doing best for other people. He had reference mainly to spiritual conduct; but we desire to suggest that the same proposition holds good in temporal affairs. The most useful and valuable citizens of any community are those who stick strictest to theiib own business; who are honest, industrious, thrifty and frugal. Every individual of this kind is a builder and a community of such individuals is a growing community. Such individuals do not need to be exploited by anybody and as a matter of fact they cannot be exploited by dooless loafers any more than those people who are doing best for themselves spiritually can be exploited by the old fellow from down the pike. FATHER SLAYS HIS SON Duke Clawson, a negro about 45 years of age, is in jail charged with killing Bud Clawson, his 12-year-old son. The killing occurred early Sunday morning at the father's home on Mr. Joseph Patrick's farm in Bethel township. In the Jail, Sunday, the negro confessed to the killing saying that he was drunk and did not know what he was doing. Immediately after the shooting officers say that Clawson tried to make it appear that his boy had committed suicide and in order to bear out his story, had placed a pistol containing one empty shell beside the dead body of the youth. Mean liquor was the cause of the killing. Clawson attended a fish supper Saturday night and was engaged in a drunken carousal until early Sunday morning when he returned to his home. Becoming enraged at something or other he shot into the house eight times?twice with a shotgun and six times with a pistol. The last shot from the pistol is said to have been that which entered the brain of his son who was sitting in a chair inside the dwelling. The boy's sister who was sitting in a chair beside him with a baby in her lap was unharmed as were the other members of the family. Upon entering the house and seeing wnat ne nau uone, uiawson is saiu 10 have secured another pistol anl laying it beside the dead body, commanded the members of his family to swear that the boy had. killed himself. Magistrate A. J. Quinn of Clover was summoned immediately after the tragedy occurred and he, together with Constable Hedricks and Policeman Bindeman hurried to the scene where they arrested Clawson. The suicide theory concerning the boy's death was discarded at once since it was noted that the empty cartridge in the pistol beside the youth had been tired some time previous. The officers found the walls and ceiling of the house pepered with shot and pistol bullets. Four pistols and four shot guns were found hidden in the cabin. The 32-calibre- Smith & Wesson revolver from which the fatal shot was fired was found hidden in a mattress and this weapon, together with the revolver found beside f Vio hnv'c hnHv urn<2 tnlfon hv thp nf ficers. Coroner Strait was notified of the killing and a juiy of inquest Sundav afternoon returned a verdict to the effect that Bub Clawson came to hi.-; death as the result of a gun-shot wound inflicted by Duke Clawson. The elder Clawson has lived in Bethel township several years ami has a bad reputation. YORK COUNTY TEACHERS MEET. Between 75 and 100 teachers attended the initial meeting of the York County Teachers' association for the coming year, which was held in the auditorium of Winthrop college on Saturday. All of the Rock Hill teach ers were present and all the teachers of the Fort Mill school with one exception were In attendance. The teachers were the guests of Wlnthrop college ut dinner Saturday and they also were given an opportunity to Inspect the great institution. r-rot. iiaxter C. Kiddle of the Yorkvine giaued school, who is president ui tne county teacher s association caiieu the meeting to oraer Saturday, a.i.u nnrouuceu me insi speaker or lue uay, i>r. l>. is. Johnson, president oi tvmtnrop college who delivered a ii.ti n.tr inotriintit'o n /1 rl r nuu nn 'Thn lll(>llij lU0lt UVUIV ?UU1 too VIA A AAV imminent Country school." miss Hail wno is stationed at Winthrop college and is working unuer autnority 01 the state board ol charities and corrections in the matter of looking alter and investigating the condition of teeble minded and otherwise abnormal children in South Carolina, addressed the teachers on various phases of her work. At the conclusion of her address the association adopted resolutions endorsing tne establishment of a reform school in South Carolina for girls, similar to the state reformatory for boys. Dr. Robert H. Crawford of Rock Hill, who has recently returned from Germany where he was in the service of the American Red Cross society addressed the teachers on conditions in war torn Europe and more particularly of his observations in that part i of Germany in which he labored. After dinner the association elected i officers as follows: President, W. D. McGinnis, Winthrop Training school; Vice President, R. M. Love, Smyrna; secretary and treasurer, Superintended John E. Carroll. It was agreed to continue the plan of last year in dividing the county association into two divisions to be known as the Eastern and Western Divisions of the York County Teacher's association, and officers to serve the two bodies were elected as follows: Western division?J. W. Shealy, Clover president; Isabel Arrowood, Sharon, vice president; Mary Livingston, Bullock's Creek, secretary; Sudie Allison, Yorkville, treasurer. Eastern division?R. C. Burts, Rock Hill, president; J. D. Pulp, Fort Mill, vice president; Claude Godfrey, Rock Hill, treasurer. The question of holding field day exercises during the approaching school year was discussed at some length, although no definite action in the matter was taken. Meetings of the eastern and western divisions of the association will be held within the next few weeks. Among the teachers who were present at the meeting Saturday were: Mrs. Hattie Brown, Florence Cooper, Oak Ridge: Lillian Agnew, Lowry Wilson school: Mrs. J. Robert Harris, Miss Harris, India Hook; B. C. Riddle, Nora Williamson, Margaret Mar- : ion, Marilla Ewart, Mary Cartwrlght, Gerald Lowry, Frederica Lindsay, Yorkville; C. D. Guess, Mary Livingstone, Bullock's Creek: M. L. Smith, Wilmore Logan, Isabel Arrowood. Sharon: Willie May Grayson, Filbert: M. Q. Petty, Bowling Green; Prof. Beard, Ridge; Mary Gettys, Concord; Lucile Gunter, Margaret Attaway, Bethesda; J. Roy Grayson, Marie Moore, Philadelphia; J. W. Shealy, Lula Rudisill. Mabel Flannagan, Clover; F. W. Dickson, Gold Hill; Mary Byers, East View; R. M. Love, Smyrna; G. L. Corley, Myrtle Jones, Catawba; Mrs. J. A. Shannon, Miller; Kittie Blair, Cotton Belt; W. S. Reld, Lois Burleigh, Livian Firsheets, Mount Holly; O. C. Kibler, Mary Clark, Miss Simpson, Lesslie; Louise Dobson. Union; Ebenezer Gettys, Mrs. S. A. Mitchell, Blalrsville. ABOUT PEOPLE Mr. E. A. Law of Bartow, Fla., is visiting relatives here. Mr. John Youngblood is critically ill at his home near Tirzah. W. A. Douglas of Rock Hill was a visitor here on Saturday. Mr. W. S. Lesslie of Lesslie, was U V131LUI UCIC Ull oaiutuajr. Dr. J. R. Ashe of Charlotte spent Sunday with his mother here. Mr. J. E. Sadler of Yorkville, was a visitor in Rock Hill on Friday. Mrs. M. L. Carroll left this morning <o visit friends in Atlanta, Ga. Mr. C. P. Blankenship of Fort Mill is a visitor in Yorkville today. Rev. John A. McMurray of Guthriesville was a visitor here yesterday. Mr. James F. Thomson of Gastonia was a visitor in Yorkville yesterday. Dr. W. C. Whitcsldes of McConnellaville was a visitor here on Satur- i day. Mr. William Allison of Charlotte, visited his mother in Yorkville this week. Miss Sadelle Stewart of Gastonia, visited Mrs. S. K. Lowry here last week. Mr. W. L. Graham of Belmont, N. n Co+?i*?slo?r tifitVi frUn/lo (n spent oaiujuuj >? nil 11 icuuo ill Yorkvllle. Dr. Duff of Baltimore, Md., is visiting his brother Mr. J. D. Duff in Clover. Dr. I. J. Campbell of Clover and Mr. T. M. Oates of Tirzah were visitors here today. Mrs. J. W. Quinn has returned to her home in Yorkville after visiting relatives in Greenville. Miss Mabel Ashe, who is teaching in> Spartanburg, spent several days at her home here, last week. Messrs. W. R. Carroll and Luther Thompson of Yorkville were visitors in Charlotte last week. Miss Alice Mitchell of Rock Hill, spent Sunday in Yorkville the guest of Mrs. A. M. Grist. Mrs. Boyce Bigham has returned to her home in Rock Hill after visiting relatives and friends here. Prof. W. W. Jenkins, Jr., of Spartanburg visited his parents in Yorkville this week. Robert Turner Allison of the Hastoc school, Spartanburg, visited his parents in Yorkville this week. Misses Louise Lilly and Alma Pursley of Filbert, visited relatives and friends in Clover last week. Jeff D. Whltesides was among the people of the Hickory Grove section who were in Yorkville yesterday. Mr. John L. Stacy represented the Clover Presbyterian church at the meeting of Synod in Rock Hill last week. R. J. Mackorell and H. T. Williams were among the Yorkville people who attended the Cherokee fair in Gaffney on Friday. Messrs. Sam Matthews. Thos. T. B. Williams and J. A. Clinton were among the Clover people who were in Yorkville on Saturday. Mr. Albert Riddle of the Presbyterian college. Clinton, spent several days at his home on Clover R. F. D. No. 2, this week. Mrs. J. L. Williams and Miss Sallie Craig of Yorkville. spent Sunday in Rock Hill, the guests of Dr. and Mrs. W. C. Twitty. Misses Mary Walls and Linnie Bennett of Yorkville spent Saturday in Gastonia with Mr. and Mrs. Craig Wilkerson. Mr. Henry Brown has returned to his home on R. F. D. Xo. 1 after spending some time at various points in Virginia. Rev. S. R. Hope, formerly of Lowryville, has accepted a call to the pastorate of the Presbyterian church at Walterbobo. Messrs. J. C. Wallace of Yorkville and Lesslie Campbell of Bethel were among the visitors to the slate fair in Columbia this week. Mesdames D. L. Shieder and P. W. Patrick and Misses Evelyn Shieder and Bernice Patrick were visitors in Charlotte on Saturday. Mrs. J. W. Darby of Lowryville. visited Mrs. H. B. James, here last week, on her way home from a visit to Mrs. J. H. Witherspoon in Gaffney. 1 Master E. W. Long, Jr., and Miss Quinn Long of Greenville are spend- i ing some time with their grand- ] parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Quinn in Yorkville. Mrs. C. P. Kilhourne and son ' Charles, who have been sjtending some ' time with Mrs. Martha Metts here t have returned to their home in Texas. , Mr. Lesslie Betts of Lesslie visited relatives here this week. f Prof. J. W. Shealy and Miss Mabel f I Flannagan of Clover were among 1 those who attended the meeting of the York county teachers association at Wlnthrop college, Rock Hill on Saturday. Mrs. John Oliver Speidel of Washington, Iowa has announced the marriage of her daughter Miss Grace to Mr. John Newton Carothers. Mr. Carothers Is a son of Mr. W. M. Carothers of Fort Mill. The young couple will reside in Washington, D. C., after Dec. 1. Mr. James F. Glenn of Sumter, has announced the engagement of his niece Miss Lenora Williford to Mr. Eugene Murr Hall, the wedding t6 take place in Sumter November 24. Miss Williford is a niece of Mrs. William Allison and Miss Maggie Glenn nf Ynrkvllle nnrt fnrmerlv lived here. I Miss Lillis Ashe of McConnellsville, an'l Miss Elizabeth Finley of Yorkville, have agreed to act as distributors of Red Cross seals in their respective communities during the Christmas season. The seals are sold at on? cfent each and the revenue derived from such sales goes to the work of the American Red Cross society. Miss Helen Hill of New Hampshire, who is engaged in making investigations regarding weak minded children, under the state board of charities and corrections, spent yesterday and part of today in Yorkville. She visited the county home yesterday and examined several idiotic children who are there. Miss Hill has her headquarters at Winthrop college. She expects to make a complete tour of the state In pursuance of her work during the next three months. WITHIN THE TOWN ? People of Yorkville and the surrounding community have contributed 1305.55 as an offering to Rev. John W. Ham for his services here. ? Rev. Mr. Ham told the people at the "men only" meeting a good many things that would not sound well In print; but he did not tell them anything that they ought not to hear. ? At a meeting of the session of the A. R. P. church last Sabbath the delegates of the church to synod were instructed to use their best efforts to induce that body to hold its next annual meeting In Yorkville. ? Both the local restaurants, John TiAmns's and R. D. Dorsett's. were Bwnmped last Sunday night in the effort to feed the big crowd of country people who came to hear Rev. Mr. Ham's talk to "men only," and who remained over to the night service. ? Although the reason therefore is not known, Saturday and Saturday night was the most quiet and orderly Saturday that the town has experienced in a long time. There was no evidence of liquor, a thing which as a rule Is more or less in evidence on that day. ? It looked like Saturday night on the streets here Sunday night. Not in years have there been so many people on the streets on Sunday. The restaurants did a good business among those people from the country who having come in for the men's meeting held Sunday afternoon by Rev. Mr. Ham, wished to remain here for the night service also. ? The rubber-necks, a few of them, undertook to hear Rev. John W. Ham's Bermon to "ladies only" last evening and the services of a policeman were called in to run them away from their roosts. A number of men and boys had business down near the evangelist's tent about the time the service began and one even made so bold as to try to enter. When the policeman came they had business elsewhere. ? Karl Lehman, field secretary of the Interdenominational Christian Endeavor societies of the South delivered an address in the Presbyterian church on the subject of Christian Endeavor work Saturday morning before an audience of 150 persons. Mr. Leham is making a tour of South Carolina in the interest of the cause and expects to visit some 25 or 30 towns. He will be present at the state convention of Christian Endeavor workers which is to be held in Laurens November 5 to 7. A number of delegates from this place will attend the state convention. ? The two suitcases belonging to Mr. J. J. Enloe, which were stolen from the waiting room of the Southern depot last Thursday night, have been recovered. It developed that they had been carried off by Arthur and Robert Holmes, two young white boys of the Beersheba neighborhood, one aged about 20 years and the other about 15 years. Arthur Holmes was arrested in Rock Hill with one of the suitcases in his possession. He told that Robert had the other, and Robert led the way to it in a thicket, near the Yorkville Cotton Oil company. Both boys were committed to Jail: ? The following editorial from the Charlotte Observer of Sunday is of local Interest: "Rev. John W. Ham, an evangelist who is known in a number of North Carolina towns, has been conducting a meeting at Yorkville, in South Carolina, and not having been pleased with his reception or with the results, took occasion to arraign the preachers of the town as religious stiffs. 'You Christians,' he told his audience, as reported in The Yorkville Enquirer, 'are afraid of what the people of other churches will say arid think of you and your religion. You are dominated too much by others. I have labored here almost alone. Although the people of the Baptist church have been after me for a year to come back and though I am here at their request, they are unwilling to help. There is little religion in the Baptist church. There is very little in any of the other churches. Never In my life have I been in a colder town. Never have I seen a town which stands in greater need of knowledge of God and Christ Jesus.' There are two views to take of this rebuke by the evangelist. If he had been induced to go there by the local ministers and they failed him of aid, then his words were well merited. If only one preacher was responsible for the evangelist, his remarks should have been single-barreled. Preachers who look with encouragement on the work of the traveling evangelist should feel in duty bound to stand by him when he visits their town, but in almost every community there are preachers who take no stock in this character of work, and in voicing disappointment, the evangelist should make exception not only of preachers of this class, but of the members of their congregations. The evangelist who would include an entire community in responsibility for himself and his work, stands on false ground. Too many of them are disposed to do that very thing, thereby leaving bitterness end hatred where there should be left l>eace and love. While the evangelist should not assume too much, it is nevertheless a fact that those responsible for his presence in a communiy should feel a moral obligation to lipnold his hands, it being taken for granted that they were aware of his lalvage methods before having given iim their endorsement." LARGE CROWDS HEAR MR. HAM a g Close observers of Yorkville and the community surrounding say that an interest in religion and the preaching of the word of God greater than anything which they have known in many years if ever before, is being manifested in the evangelistic services being conducted in a large tent on South Congress street by Rev. John W. Ham. People from the country especially have since Friday night been attending the services in large numbers and the back lots and other hitching places have been filled with hundreds of buggies and other vehicles. There was a large crowd out Friday night, a still greater audience Saturday night, while the men's meet ing Sunday afternoon was attended by a crowd which was greater than any which has been present since the preacher delivered his opening sermon Monday night, two weeks ago. There were more than 1,200 men under the big tent Sunday afternoon, and there were at least 300 more on the outside. Converts since Friday night have been numerous. It is estimated that more than 100 men and women at different times since then have walked up the aisles to the rostrum and grasped the preacher's hand as a token of their resolve to be better men and women in the future. Just now it looks as if the meeting is reaching its zenith. People are beginning to take an interest such as they have not heretofore evidenced. Rev. Mr. Ham has delivered seven sermons since Friday night. He preached four times Sunday?in the morning at 11 o'clock, Sunday afternoon to men only at 3 o'clock to the negroes at 5.15 o'clock and again to a large audience at 7.30 Sunday even- < ing. Last night he preached to women ] only. Each service has seen new faces < present while on the other hand there ' are scores who have not missed a j single service. It is estimated that 1 practically two thirds of the popula- 1 tion of Yorkville has heard the evan- j gelist at one time or other. Scores of | people of the town and country went i to church four times last Sunday, ' a precedent which has been Intro- j uuceu nere, uurin^ me acnca ui ouvices. Mr. Ham will deliver his fare- I well message* on Wed need ay night and 1 will leave Thursday morning for l Elizabeth City, N. C., whore ho will < hold a meeting. 1 Mr. Ham's machine-gun like sermons J are having an unusually strong influence on his hearers. He never lacks i for words and they fall upon his hear ers with the rapidity of a magazine gun. Using the simplest of language j and in a voice which tends to charm i and at times almost hold spellbound * his hearers, the evangelist has time ] after lime brought home the message of Jesus and his love at each service 1 in a different manner, In a way which . compels his hearers to come again. ] The singing has also Improved 1 wonderfully. Prof. Lyon has at his | back a choir of real ability and the audiences also have been Impressed < with the, feet that the singing is one i of the most Important parts of each service to such an extent that many ^ good singers who refused to open their < mouths at the initial services are now < heartily taking part. it is estimated that more than 500 ' negroes attended the service tor col- ( ored people which followed the meet- ( ing for men only Sunday afternoon. ? The different colored ministers of the town took part in the devotional ex- ' ercises at the service one of the princi- 1 pal features of which was the excel- 1 lent singing. Many white people who ncrunied seats in the rear of the tent 1 at this service said that the negroes had the whites outclassed by far in singing. Two of the strongest and most practical sermons which the evangelist has thus far delivered and there is no doubt that all of the utterances are strong and practical, were his sermon of Saturday night and that to men only on Sunday afternoon. The sermon to men Sunday afternoon was attended by men from nearly every section of York county. Several from away up in Bethel township were there. Many came from Clover. Young and old men of Sharon were there. They came from Bullock's Creek, from Brood River, King's Mountain and Ebenezer, from McConnellsville, from everywhere. Few political meetings of recent years have attracted larger audiences to the county seat than did the Rev. John W. Ham Sunday afternoon. Boys were there, young men were there, middle aged men and gray headed men, some of whom hadn't been to a religious service in many weeks. And they listened in a manner that showed they were interested in what the preacher had to say. They sang the songs which were < announced in a way which showed < they were glad they were there. > During this service a contribution > for the support of Rev. Ham and his < co-workers was solicited and those 1 men responded liberally. A large dish > pan which had been placed on a table 1 near the pulpit was well filled with t envelopes containing the contribu- 1 tions. 1 Saturday Night. t An innovation of Saturday night < was the joining in of the audience on >' the chorus of "The Old Time Relig- 8 ion," which was sung by Prof. Lyon, i It a Hone with which tho entire ' audience was entirely familiar and as several hundred voices sang "It's the old time religion; it's good enough for me," the big tent fairly shook with the refrain. Luke 13:13; "I tell you nay: but except ye repent ye shall all likewise perish," was Rev. Ham's text Saturday night. Sin, he said, that black, short, ugly word, the blackest word in the English language, is no respecter of persons. There are two definitions of the word sin, the theological and the practical. The former definition of sin is "the transgression of the law.'' The practical Is "an offense against one with whom we have love relations." It is the practical definition, he said about which I want to speak. That person who loves you the greatest can wound the deepest. God loves you better than any one else and your sins hurt God more than any one else. Sin will separate families; will tear husbands and wives apart; will cause brother and sister to hate one another. You people, continued the evangelist, need to be told of your sins. You need to repent. Those soft and weak sermons which you have been accustomed to hearing on repentence, those messages which have been boiled down and coated with sugar, do you no good. As I have said before, more people are going to heil on account of soft sermons than anything else, a John the Baptist, said Mr. Ham c whs the first person to bring the doctrine of repentence to the world. He t did it in a plain manner. He went out 1 into the wilderness to preach it be- a cause the church people of that day r "font tn honp thp u/nrri of C God preached plainly. That Is the case f today. There are so-called Christians d today who want their preachers to be v cold and formal in their sermons, si And many preachers do that kind of s preaching because they are afraid of losing their Jobs. s John the Baptist, said Mr. Ham, a preached the right kind of doctrine, t He looked that old crook Herod In the v face and said "you arc an adulterer.' It took nerve to do that. It cost John n the Baptist his head but he didn't ? flinch. Not he. Many people today will r say that John the Baptist should have c used more discretion, should not have o< been so bold in his declarations. He n should have handed out the "soft rl stuff." p John said plainly "repent or go to t< hell." It is the same now. You people tf have either got to repent of your sins or you are going to hell. Jesus wasn't w i soft preacher. The only time he ever 1 rot tender In his preaching was when 1 le was talking to the fallen woman. 1 Following up his declarations on i he subject of repentence, Mr. Ham ' laid that it was necessary- that the linner should be convicted of his sin'ulness before he could repent Conviction is the realization of a truth, ^ le said. In illustrating the point he 1 taid that he had a conviction that in j i few years women would be allowed 1 he right of the ballot. He had a con- 1 victlon that by 1925, whisky, that ieath-deallng, damnable agent of the 1 levil, would be prohibited by law j lespite the fact that there will be lundreds of "pop-skull lovers" who vnnlH nnt hovp It an Fear, said Rev. Ham, is an element ' >f repentence. Fear means hell. You 1 inregenerate sinners who have not 1 idmitted Christ are rapidly approach- 1 ng hell. Every 60 seconds you are one ] nlnute closer to hell. I come to you onight not as a hireling but as a aer rant of God, to ask you to repent. Now 8 the time; you don't know when the ?.repe will be hung on your door. Some one has said that the prayers it a sinner are not heard, that it is iseless for a sinner to pray. That is a ' lie. God hears the prayer of the sinier. Neither does it take God forever :o do business with a man when the man is in earnest. Jesus is ever on the alert to hear :he prayer of the sinner, concluded Mr. Ham. In the great continent of Australia, it is easy for one to get ost in the dense brush. When a man becomes lost he raises a cry "Coo-ee, loo-ee," and If there is anyone in hearing distance the lost one hears the return cry "Whoo-ee, whoo-ee." Host of vou people are in a desert country like unto Australia tonight. You are in the desert of the devil. You ire lost unless ycu cry "coo-eee" to Jesus. He will answer all right If you cry you will receive the friendship of God and your sins shall be forgiven you. To Men Only. To use Mr. Ham's expression he was "biling over" when the hour arrived for the service to men only Sunday atternoon. First he removed his coat and then he unloosed his collar. It was hot in the tent and as the preacher waxed warm to his subject the perspiration broke out over lis face. Lying on the pulpit in front of ilm was a package of cigarettes, a pint of "pop-skull" whisky, a deck of cards, a pistol and the complete paraphernalia which is used in a poker game. These things were the subject natter for the plain lecture delivered to the 1,200 men before him. in the outset he told the men that he was going to tell them of the sins they were committing, that he was going to "call a spade a spade," and he did. "1 have no apology to make to uiy gink In the crowd for what I am going to say," he informed his aulience. "I am responsible to God Llone for the message that I am going to bring you. Don't get the Idea that because I am an evangelist now that 1 say things that I would not have said when I was pastor of a church. I am bringing the same message now that I did then." Mr. Ham in his sermon to men had as his text the 6th chapter and the 7th ferse of Galatians, which is: "Be not ieceived; God , is not mocked; for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall le also reap." There were four tremendous facts which the preacher desired to bring to the attention of his hearers. First, that all have a great responsibility as s evidenced by that part of the text which reads, "Whatsoever a man soweth." Second, an unchanging law, 'that shall ye also reap." Third, an unalterable fact, "God is not mockjd." Fourth, a solemn warning, "Be not deceived." Men today refuse to be warned, said :he speaker. They believe In the doctrine of personal liberty, which is the ioctrine of the devil. Adam and Eve uxercised this doctrine and were cast >ut of the garden of Eden. This docrine of personal liberty Is that of the Irunkard, the white slaver, the sinner >f all classes. This doctrine of personal liberty must have limitations, ifou hear the whiskv soak say. "I jelieve that every man should be alowed all the liquor he wants." But society says difFerent. The evangelist was reminded of the story of the Irishman coming to America because he had heard it was he home of personal liberty. Seeing l Yankee on a street in New York the Irishman knocked him down. Whe he got up the Yankee promptly knocked the Irishman down and the ater gave the former to understand that he thought this was the country )f personal liberty. "So it is, replied the Yankee but your personal liberty ends where my nose begins." Mr. Ham scored users of tobacco, i habit which he said was bringing men down morally and physically. He who smokes or chews, does something that a dog, a hog or a poll cat wouldn't do, he said. "It's a dirty llthy habit, and I'd rather have the whisky habit than this habit," he declared, as he held up a cigarette. He explained how cigarettes rob men of their will power, takes enthusiasm out 3f their brains and tends to make hem go down hill. There are men here who won't quit the habit no matter what you say, he said. There are men here who will go down to hell no matter how hard you try to keep them sut. Look at this, commanded Rev. Ham is he held up a bottle of mean looking corn whisky. "Can't you see rattle makes' eyes in it? This is the next jtep after the cigarettes. They don't irlnk liquor in this town. They drink Stinger which is 95 per cent alcohol ind 5 per cent ginger. "Ginger is worse than this whisky. It is so mean hat it will make a Jack-rabbit sit on bis hind legs and spit in a bull dog's 'ace." The speaker deplored the fact that tome men in this town as in others thought they had to get drunk every Saturday night. He told of a man in < i North Carolina town, who after makng grape juice, fed the hulls and rem- i lants to his hogs. The juice had fer- 1 mented and the hogs were made 1 lrunk. The next time this stuff was jffered to the hogs they refused to 1 touch it. Some of you men are not ' ike those hogs. "You will get drunk 1 >n Saturday night and then do the 1 tame thing next Saturday night," he i old the men before him. i In the course of his lecture the >reacher scored those who are fond )f dancing. "If you take the hugging 'eature out of the dancing, there is 1 tothing to it,'' he declared. "Dancing ' s nothing but "hugging set to music. 1 assert," he said, "that 90 per cent of 1 he fallen women of this country can ' race their down-fall to dancing." This, he continued, holding up a 1 mckage of playing cards, is the j levil's prayer-book. He told of going J nto a home in Yorkville recently to ! >ay a call when he discovered four 1 adies of the town engaged in a game 1 >f .cards. The cards were hastily | hrown under the table when his jresence was noted and a denomina- . lonal paper was spread upon the ' able. I have seen church officers playing ; :ards In the hotel In Yorkville, Mr. Jam told his auditors. Card playing imong church members is done all vcr town. The women here play more han the men. "There is no difference >etween the women who play cards or a pair of silk stockings as a prize ind a nigger who is caught shooting raps in a back alley," ho declared. Calling the attention of his audience o the action of Jesus Christ in castng the devils out of an afflicted man nd putting them into swine who " ushed into the river, Mr. Ham de- I lared that there were many men beore him possessed of various kinds of 1 levlls whom if they were put in hogs j I'ould cause the hogs to cast them- j elves into the Catawba river before c undown. t He scored those men married and a ingle who visited houses of ill fame t nd declared that a man had no right ] r> expect chastity and purity in his t fife when he, himself was unclean, c Every one does not agree with my q tethod of appealing to men and t 'omen to repent of their sins and get t ight with God, said Mr. Ham in con- e lusion. I believe it is the right meth- t rt. I am going to do everything in q ty power to help men avoid the ter- . Ible catastrophe which they are aproaching. I call upon you men now ) lay aside your bad habits and never S ike them up again. f When Mr. Ham asked all those who a ould promise to cut out the tobacco | r habit, the whisky habit, the other bad habits which they had, to come up to the front as an evidence of the resolution to do so, scores compiled I with his request .T Sunday Night. Sunday night's congregation at the Ham meeting was almost if not larger Lhan the men's meeting Sunday afternoon, while the sermon to women only last evening was attended by hundreds from the town and country. "Cheerful Facts About Hell," was the subject which the gifted preacher discussed Sunday night. The subject of hell, he said, is the most awful subject that the human mind can think upon. There is only one thing worse than hell and that is sin which makes hell necessary. Hell has Its pleasant side even with all of Its agony and that is that all liars shall have their part In the lake of Are and brimstone. There will not be one liar In heaven, he said. You meet people in the world who believe that everybody else In the world are liars and crooks, continued Mr. Ham. You beware of that person for there is something crooked about him. 3 In discussing the subject of liars, * Rev. Ham said there were seven kinds of liars. They are the atheistic liar who slanders God and is forever talking about his belief that there is no God; the infldel liar who slanders God's word and says that it is the W product of man and should not be read in public; the Unitarian liar who slanders the Son of God by saying that Jesus had a human father and that his death on Calvary is of no value in the matter of atonement for * Bin; the Unlversallst liars who say there is no hell and no future punishment for sin; the Russelllte liars who not only deny the existence of a burning hell which is bad in Itself, but pile upon it another great and monstrous lie by saying that all men have a chance to repent beyond the grave; the slanderous liars who would rather believe & lie than the truth because their own lives and hearts are full of sin and the devil and those who lie by making false excuses for not coming ^ to Christ and living Christian Uvea ^ In the course of his sermon Sunday _ evening, Rev. Mr. Ham scathingly de- *w nounced the liquor traffic and the Church of England and the Roman Catholic church for the stand which they have always taken and are now taking on the side of liquor. "My ^ friends," he said, "some time ago 4 David Lloyd-George of England, In addressing the citizens of the British empire said, 'England has a great enemy in Germany and Austria, but the greatest enemy England has is the liquor traffic.' He began the agitation of prohibition in the empire following the example of Russia. "At once bitter opposition developed from three sources, vis: from the brewer, the drinker and from the Church of England, which is the eastabllshed state church. The Church of England derives an enormous revenue from the sale of liquor and is directly supported by money derived from the sale of liquor to the drunkard. In addition to this the preachers of that church declined to give up their drink as an example to the people. They flatly refused to quit the bottle in order to teach the people sobriety by precept. Any person or newspaper that denies such is the case only reflects on their own intelligence. "The Catholic church of America," continued Mr. Ham, "protects the liquor traffic In this country. The church and the brewry sleep In the same bed. Much of the money received by the Catholic church In this country comes from brewers and bar tenders." _ f LOCAL LACONIC8 Working After Special Levy. A number of citizens of the New Zion school district are soliciting signatures to a petition calling for an election on the question of voting a special school levy In that district New Zion is one of the few districts in the county which does not carry a special levy at present Protracted Meeting at Clever. The town of Clover la In the midst of a protracted meeting: which began several days kgo with Rev. O. W. Belk of Hendersonvllle, N. C., doing the breaching. Services are held twice daily at the Presbyterian church under whose auspices Rev. Mr. Belk is laboring and much good Is being accomplished. The services will continue until about November 1. Making Office Resemble School Room. With the idea of encouraging the various schools to do likewise. Superintendent of Education Carroll Is In stalling a thermometer, clock, several ^ pictures and plaster cast busts in his office. "These are articles which every school house should possess," remarked Mr. Carroll yesterday. "Some of the . school houses are equipped with m a clock, thermometer and Dlcture but there are many that are not" Inspecting King's Mountain Roada Supervisor Thos. W. Boyd in company with Mr. R. M. Robinbon, supervisor of King's Mountain townnhin snent last Thursday and Friday in that township inspecting roads. The supervisor said that he found a number of roads in the township in ? good shape while a number of others were not. "Taking into consideration the limited amount of funds with which the township supervisor has to w^rk," he said, "road conditions are about all that the people can expect." Sudden Death Near Clover. Mr. B. I. Walker, a well known g citizen of Bethel township, died at his f home three miles east of Clover this morning at about 10 o'clock. His death which was due to heart trouble from which he had been a sufTerer for some time, came while he was at work in a Held near his home. He passed away within a few minutes after the attack. He was 44 years old. Mr. Walker * eaves a widow, who was Miss Susan Matthews and one child, a daughter, ibout ten years of age. Acquitted of Murder. Chief of Police J. Coke Duncan of Blacksburg, was acoultted in the Cherokee court of general sessions last week of the killing of Bill Bolin, a white man, at Blacksburg several weeks ago. The killing occurred when Policeman Duncan attempted to arrest Bolin on the charge of being Irunk and disorderly. While attempting to make the arrest, Mr. Duncan was severely cut by Bolin, and he shot Bolin only after Bolin had severely klm ivuuuucu Him, Mrs. Jos. T. Love Oead. Died at her home in the Bullock's Treek section early yesterday morning: Mrs. Mary E. Love, relict of the late roseph T. Love. Mrs. Love was about '2 years of age and was reared In the ;ommunity in which she died. She is jurvived by two sons. Messrs. T. H. | tnd J. S. Love and three daughters. A jrother. Mr. W. T. Love and two sis:ers. Mesdames John E. Plexico and J. J. Jones, also survive. The deceased ,vas a life long member of Bullock's ?reek Presbyterian church. The in'erment was in Bullock's Creek cemeery this morning following funeral jervices conducted by Rev. J. B. swann. Regular Hack Lins. A gentleman from Clover who was in forkville last Saturday said that durng Friday night and Saturday mornng more than a hundred Jugs were put iff for the express office at that place, nainly for North Carolina people. He aid that several North Carolina au umumiVB uwntfro wrrtr running i ar trips to Clover, bringing from four o five people on each trip and each >ne of them getting his gallon of 11luor. The gentleman seemed to think hat this traffic is unlawful, or ought o be; "but," he said, "they don't bothr anything in Clover. They Just come ?^ o the express office, sign for their liluor and light out again." Ars. Margaret Strait Dead. Died at the home of her son T. E. Itrait near Fishing Creek bridge a ew miles south of Rock Hill Friday ^ .fternoon, Mrs. Margaret Ann Strait, elict of the late John R. Strait. Mrs.