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Scraps and facts. ? Porter Charlton, the American who killed his wife on the shore of Lake Como, Italy in June, 1910, was convicted last week in tho city of Como, and sentenced to six years* imprisonment. The sentence was made lighter because it was made to appear that Charlton was irresponsible, and because of an amnesty law In Italy because of the war.. Charlton will be required to serve only 29 days in prison. ? An enormous increase in cotton exports in September was shown by statistics announced Wednesday by the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce. Breadstuffs exported showed a decrease. Cotton exports were valued at <28,535,561, against $5,806,707 in September, 1914. Breadstuffs ex .-.J ?Q7 QUI QS7 nu-ttlnst S45. put ICU niCiC fvi,vv*|WM ?e? . 335,632 in September, 1914. Exports of foodstuffs, cotton and oils for September amounted to 397,613,072, against $75,037,627 a year ago, and for the nine months ending with September, $1,034,502,456 against $616,289,563 a year ago. ? Germany has taken steps to prevent her merchant marine from being sold to foreigners. The state department at Washington on Wednesday announced it had received cable advices from Berlin that under a law passed October 21, the German government forbids any German citizens who own or have a share in any merchant ship to sell or in any way dispose of the interest to any one who is not a subject of Germany. The law applies to German subjects in foreign countries. A number of German vessels have been bought by Americans since the war began and there are many German merchant ships laid up in American ports. Germany's action indicates to officials in .Washington that she is endeavoring to keep intact her merchant marine for use after the war. ? In a lecture in London last Tuesday night on the Dardanelles operations Capt. Elias Ashmeade-Bartlett, the British press representative in that campaign, said that although the allies were firmly established in the Dardanelles he did not think there was chance of a further advance. "The Turks are too numerous ana skmiiui, said Capt. Ashmeade-Bartiett. "Despite their losses there are now not less than 800,000 Turks under arms and the longer they fight the more formidable and experienced they become in the methods of defense. With the participation of Bulgaria we can no longer hope to get through to Constantinople." Discussing the work of British diplomats in Turkey and the Balkans, he lecturer, using an expressive British slang phrase, said the nation had been badly "let down by its diplomacy in the near east." ? Secretarv Daniels signed an order Wednesday for the construction at the navy yard at Washington of a giant biplane for the navy, the first aircraft to be built at any government establishment. Plans for the machine were prepared by the navy engineers. The craft will have a carrying capacity of 2,200 pounds and will make from 50 to 80 miles an hour for a period of seven hours. It will be driven by two 160-horsepower motors. The machine will almost equal in size the great French battle airships recently constructed and it is understood the navy ordnance bureau is working on the design of a three-inch gun with which it can be equipped. In a statement describing the aeroplane, Secretary Daniels said its carrying capacity could be used for transporting fuel, weapons or high explosives and it would be of fnr Inntr SGOUtinfiT. girai vaiuc 4v? ?*-> .?.0- wIt has been suggested, too, that an aeroplane of this character might carry a torpedo and swoop down over a land-locked harbor to attack a fleet sheltering there behind the mines and shore defenses. ? All officers to be chosen at the annual meeting of the South Carolina Agricultural and Mechanical society were re-elected without opposition at the annual meeting last night. The government board is: J. N. Kirven, Darlington, president; B. F. Taylor, Columbia, vice president Executive committeemen: First congressional district, Benjamin Mclnnis, Charleston; Second, R. B. Watson, Ridge Spring; Third, T. J. Xinard, Ninety-Six; Fourth, Jno. D. W. Watts, Laurens; Fifth, B. H. Boykin, Boykin; Sixth, Bright Williamson. Darlington; Seventh, A. B. Langley, Columbia. Former presidents of the association are ex-officio members of the executive committee. These are: J. B. Humbert, Ware Shoals; D. P. Duncan. Union; J. A. Banks. St. Matthews, Thomas J. Moore, Moore; G. A. Guignard, Columbia; T. J. Cunningham, Chester. A constitutional provision is that the secretary and the treasurer of the society shall be chosen by the executive committee at the February meeting of the association. D. F. Eflrd of Lexington is the present secretary and D. G. Ellison of Columbia is treasurer. ? Details of conferences entered into between representatives of tho Texas state warehouse and marketing department and agents of foreign governments and corporations, with a view to creating competition in the purchase of export cotton, says an Austin dispatch, throw a strong light upon recent advances in the price of this staple, and there is reason to believe that suggestions made by representatives of the department of foreign buyers are in effect being carried out with the result that cotton growers have been greatly benefited. It has become known that the financial agent of Germany made to the Texas warehouse and marketing department a proposition to purchase, through this department, 1,000,000 bales of cotton at a price 3 cents a pound above the market price then prevailing. This offer was not accepted because it was made on condition that the cotton be delivered in Bremen,, although it was also agreed that delivery be under the supervision of United States government authorities, and that no part of the cotton so purchased should in any way be converted into munitions of war. Governor Ferguson, however, at whose suggestion the managers of the warehouse and marketing department went to Washington, wished to avoid any agreement which would tend to embarrass the administration, and therefore was opposed to any agreement by which the state of Texas would guarantee delivery of the cotton in Germany. Through counter suggestions made by the Texans, it is believed that the object of the governor and the department which was to secure an outlet for cotton at prices which would be remunerative to the producer, was in large part attained, although the negotiations with foreign buyers were not carried to a conclun.iwr Porfrnonn on S1UII. Iirjn/1 lllifil iW VJV/T. ? v?0w?v.. ? ? the trip which they made to Washington to look into cotton conditions. Senator F. C. Weinert and Peter Radford. managers of the warehouse and marketing department, state the purpose of their efforts in the following language: "The department has sought for an outlet for the cotton of this state and also to secure a price which would be remunerative to the producer or that would be profitable so that he would be able to secure fair returns upon his labor and investment." At the time when Messrs. Weintert and Radford went to Washington it was known that Germany was in the. market for cotton. The handicap placed upon the cotton trade by the Allies by their declaring cotton contraband had reduced export opportunities, and it was the purpose of the warehouse and marketing department to combat the effects of this condition. To this end they made an investigation, had an expert visit the leading cotton markets and themselves talked with agents of foreign firms and governments. Under orders of Managers Weinert and Radford, the expert employed suggested to the representatives with whom he conferred the purchase of cotton by them in Texas at a fair price to the consumer and that after the purchase this cotton be stored in bonded warehouses under the supervision of the warehouse and marketing department of the state, to be held until such time as it could be shipped to countries now cut off by blockade. Swedish and German buyers declined this proposition, but in return two offers were made, one by the German financial agent and the other by a cotton firm of Gothenberg. Sweden. The Gothenberg firm made the following offer: To buy 50.000 bales of cotton at 12 cents a pound, middling basis (3 cents above the market price then prevail ing) on condition that payment was to be made as soon as the cotton reached its destination, the buyer to deposit sufficient -funds in this country to secure payment. The following offer was made by the financial agent of Gernmny: To buy "1,000,000 or more" bales of cotton at a price of 12 cents a pound, middling basis; to deposit sufficient money in this country to secure payment for the cotton, settlement to be made as soon as the cotton arrived at its destination in Germany, and it being agreed that if desired a commission should be appointed to supervise the delivery of the cotton and see that no part of it was converted into war supplies. These offers were outlined by the warehouse managers in their report to Gov. Ferguson, under date of August 23. They were not accepted for the reason, as stated in the foregoing, that the governor did not care to have a state department involved in an agreement to guarnntoo Holivnrv nf thp cotton. <TUe \(orkiillr (Bnquirrr. Entered at the Postofflce at York as MaJl Matter of the Second Class. YORK. S. C.: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1915. The failure of the Allies to open the Dardanelles means the continued high price of American wheat. That secretary of the Anderson chamber of commerce seems to have taken charge of the whole thing; but it looks a little strange that he should have run away, for generally such fellows have the gall to stick it out, and try to smooth it over. There has been no comprehensive report of details; but of course there is plenty of politics at the fair. It is always the case. Men go to Columbia from all parts of the state during the fair to talk politics and hatch schemes for the conduct of the next campaign. People who are more or less acquainted with British history will not bank too surely on the defeat of Great Britain in this war. One notable characteristic of the' British, as far back as their history has been recorded, is that they "never knew when they were defeated." That same characteristic continues strong. The Greenwood Journal declares that all the gentlemen in its town that read the paper subscribe and pay for it. It does not italicise the word gentlemen; but it no doubt assumes that the intelligent reader, whether he be a borrower or subscriber, will put the emphasis in the proper place. The prompt celerity with which the Germans and Austrians went through Serbia to Turkey, is not calculated to build up much hope for an early opening of the Dardanelles by the Allies. Indeed this achievement by the central powers means, if it means anything; that the Allies cannot hope for a great deal more headway before next spring. One of the great questions involved in the government's negotiations with Great Britain seems to be whether or not America really has any sovereign rights that Great Britain is bound to respect, or whether when Great Britain gets into trouble America is to be held at the disposal of Great Britain to be used as Great Britain sees proper. It is an undisputable fact that Great Britain has never recognized the neutral rights of any country, when those neutral rights seem to be in the slightest degree a barrier to what Great Britain seemed to think was to her best interest. Republican papers throughout the country are clamoring forward with the claim that upon the close of the European war there will be greater need in this country for protection than has ever been known before. They argue that war torn Europe will be poverty stricken; that labor will necessarily be cheap and that manufacturers will be anxious to dispose of their products at the closest possible mar gins, or with no margins at all in order to get cash. As the result this country will be flooded with goods that will be offered at prices that our own people will be unable to meet and live. But of course the Republicans need some kind of argument. A Prussian colonel named Robert Fay, was arrested in New York some days ago, along with a number of German citizens, charged with having organized a conspiracy to blow up British shipping in American docks, and to do such other damage to property of the Allies as could be accomulished by stealth. The arrest has made quite a commotion and the whole matter has been brought to the attention of the state department at Washington. Count von Bernstorff, the German ambassador, has officially denied that the conspirators have any connection with the German government; but as it is evident that Fay and his co-conspirators have had large sums of money available, the United States secret service men. who worked up the case, are still engaged in probing down deeper for further information. "Progress of Science." The dispatches told the other day about a test of wireless telephony at Arlington, during which the the ex perimenters, operating under the auspices of the navy department, talked with wireless operators in the Eifel tower, Paris. Wonderful, wonderful, say the newspapers, and wonderful, wonderful say the people. Wonderful, wonderful, so say we all, and we admire the gigantic intellect of the great genius who brought it all about. Not a word of detraction from this genius or from any other genius who by dint of painstaking, labor or lucky accident, has made any discovery or worked out any invention that haB contributed to the comfort, convenient e. pleasure or uplift of mankind; but let us inquire further for the real source of such blessings. Is there a truth in the world today that has not been here since the beginning of time? If so. what is it? After God had completed the creation of the heaven and the earth on the sixth day there was in existence every force of natuf" that has been discovered since a many forces of nature that have n< et been discovered. The same is > be said of all the princi pies of mechanics, the laws of physics, and of spiritual manifestation. On the evening of the sixth day the earth was complete, "with the fullness with which it was stored," and ever since then that treasure house has belonged to the Lord. Man has had as free access to it from the beginning as now, and he has received the various treasures therein as he needed them. Nothing has come to him before he was prepared to use it, and nothing has been kept away from him after he had been prepared for its use. Let us not detract anything from the honor we delight to bestow on Edison, Marconi, Burbank, M. Pasteur, the Wright brothers or others. Whethotimro r\t th? frint nr not. or whether they have been willing to admit the fact or not, they have only been mediums through whom God has bestowed benefactions on mankind. They are entitled to honor and credit to be sure, in the first place, because they have been chosen instruments, and in the second place because they have found pleasure in diligent attention to the revelations that have come to them. They have been permitted to bring things from God's storehouse. It would seem absurd to compare the man who contributed the first rude ax from stone to the man who made available the power of steam. It is admitted, however, that there were ages during which man was not familiar even with implements of stone. If this be true, then it is quite logical to conclude that the invention of stone implements put forward the world of that day, as much as did the invention or discovery of bronze at a later day. The name of the man through whom the use of stone was revealed, has been forgotten, as has also the names of the men who first brought into service bronze and steel: but it requires no stretch of either imagination or faith to trace from stone to bronze and steel the same Guiding Hand that showed the way from steam to electricity. "Nature and Nature's laws lay hid in night; God said, 'let Newton be,'and there was light," sang Alexander A. Pope. The poet sought to give too much credit to the man; but otherwise the truth he declares is correct. There was light through Newton, to be sure; but in sDite of all that light, and all the light that has been shed through others, the treasures that are still to be found in God's storehouse of useful and uplifting knowledge, are greater than any that have yet been taken out. Let us be thankful for wireless telephony that will carry the human voice across oceans and continents, and let us be thankful for the men through whom these things have been revealed to ust but above all let us give the praise to the Great God who made provision for these things from the beginning, and who gives them to us as rapidly as we develop our capacity to receive and appreciate them. I Keening the Record Straight. 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.?Yorkville Enquirer. The Herald takes it for granted that the above shot was aimed at The Enquirer's York contemporary, but we are nevertheless surprised to find it in the columns of that newspaper. The statement from the courthouse commission, published a few days ago in the Herald, appeared in the same issue of The Enquirer in which the above paragraph appeared; and, with the facts before it, The Enquirer made a statement which is not sustained by the figures in the financial report of the courthouse commission. As the Herald published some advertising for the courthouse commfssion it is included in the above "blanket" statement by The Enquirer, although this newspaper does not belong to the courthouse commission or any member of the commission. For this reason, to keep the record straight, the Herald herewith presents the figures, taken from the financial statement of the courthouse commission as published in The Enquirer's own columns, showing how much money- each newspaper in York county was paid for advertising in connection with the building of the courthouse. According to the financial statement of the commission? The Enquirer was paid three bills, amounting to $57.85. The York News two bills amounting to $27. The Rock Hill Record two bills amounting to $22.75. The Herald two bills amounting to $17.25. The Fort Mill Times one bill amounting to $7.50. Thus It appears that The Enquirer was either given more than twice the amount of advertising given to any other county newspaper, or it charged a rate for the advertising more than twice the rate charged by any other newspaper. As a matter of fact, The Enquirer was given advertising by the commission which did not appear in any of the other papers, as is clearly indicated in the commission's statement. Now. the Herald has no quarrel with the commission because it favored The Knquirer in this particular, as this newspaper accepted what was offered by the commission and charged the regular rate for the service; nor do we regard the matter of sufficient importance for much discussion at this time; but, as stated above, the Herald is greatly surprised to find the above paragraph in The Enquirer and to find that newspaper making a charge which is in no particular supported by the facts in the case.?Rock Hill Herald, yesterday. The Enquirer said what it said because it was true, and not with any intention of exciting our esteemed contemporary, the Herald. We have no complaint against the commission on account of the advertising it placed in The Enquirer, and no thanks. The commission did not give us anything as a matter of favor, but only because it could not see its way clear to do otherwise. We printed the advertising that was sent in and charged for it the rate prescribed by statute, the same as we charge other people for the same service. What we had in mind more than anything else when we made our statement was the fact that Mr. Brice and Mr. Wilkerson, a majority of the commission, made use of the public money to support their own newspaper business. The first advertisement printed in The Enquirer on this account was a notice with reference to the new courthouse in our issue of November 22. 1912, "1.5 sq. 1 time, $1.50." The second advertisement was April 18, 1913, "4.2 sq. 2 times, $6.30." At the same time we printed 250 copies of bond prospectus with cover for which we charged $16.50. This was before Messrs. Brice and Wilkerson got started in the newspaper business, their first issue not appearing until September 25, 1913. The next item in the ease was on October 10, 1913, "for advertising notice of sale of the York county courthouse and lot, 10 squares 4 times, $25.00." Wo noticed at the time that Mr. Brice gave this advertisment to his own newspaper, then less than a month old, and probably without a single subscriber who was not taking The Enquirer. We would have called public attention to the matter then and there, but we had no idea that these gen tlemen would think of diverting the public funds for the promotion of their own interest in such a manner, and we did not care to run the risk of being told that the advertisement was being printed without charge and mainly for the semblance of prestige it would appear to give their paper. No, The Enquirer was not "given more than twice the amount of advertising that was given to any other county newspaper," nor did it "charge a rate for the advertising more than twice the rate charged by any other newspaper." I We have just explained that of the $57.85, the sum of $16.50 was for job printing, and $7.80 worth of the advertising was done before Messrs. Brice and Wilkerson got in the business. The Enquirer printed one advertisement amounting to $1.50 that was not sent to the other papers. This was on November 22, 1912. The next advertisement sent out was that relating to the sale of bonds. The same copy went to all the paprs, then being published in the county, and the instructions, so far as we know, were the same. According to Treasurer Anderson's statement, the Rock Hill Record charged $10.75; the Rock Hill Herald charged $6.75; the Fort Mill Times charged $7.50; The Yorkville Enquirer charged $6.30. [See bill rendered to Mr. Anderson.] It appears that the notice advertising the sale of the courthouse bonds was published only in The Enquirer and the York News. We charged the legal rate. The next advertisement was a notice to building and heating contractors. This advertisement went out to , The Enquirer, the Herald, the Record and the News. The Fort Mill Times was not included. The Record, according to Mr. Anderson's report, charged $12.00, The Enquirer charged $8.55, the Herald charged $10.50 and the York News charged $10.50. The rate that can be charged is fixed by law and should be exactly the same in all cases. , It Is a fact that each of the Rock Hill papers have about the same , circulation, and both have virtually the same readers, and therefore there was no business reason why the commissioners should have spent the public's Vioira t V>o o r\ lfort I oomon In . lliuucty iu ai uyc iiiv. u.u t v.* tiuvtuvui. ttt serted in both. The Fort Mill Times has more circulation in. Fort Mill township than all other county newspapers and the public money could have been used to better advantage by leaving the advertising out of one of the papers where its circulation would be duplicated and inserting it in the Timea If our contemporary is really and truly interested In "keeping the record straight," we recommend that It clip this statement for its scrap book. Also we will request that before It ' again charges us with collecting more than other people for legal advertisements or even as much as other people, it take a look at the vouchers?this year, last year, ten years ago, twenty years ago?any old time. N. B?If the Herald will look up the issue of the Record for October 7, 1915, it will find printed there a sworn statement by O. K. Williams, business manager, that John G. Anderson, of the courthouse commission, holds securities against the Record in excess of 1 per cent of the capital ' stock, said statement having been made on inquiry of the Federal government. Now, of course the Herald can 1 readily understand why Mr. Anderson | did not give this business to the Record to the exclusion of the Herald. The Herald would have thought badly nf it and nrohahlv raised a row. SO since the public was paying the bills, the easiest way out was to give it to them both. COTTON GINNING A Diagnosis Favorable to the Permanence of Bullish Features. Cotton has many cross currents and counter influences to make the market one of animated guesswork. Monday's ginning report showing 6,713341 bales ginned to October 18, outbulled the most bullish estimates. Ginning reports are not infallible indices; but taking the average for the date at 60 per cent, the report would foreshadow a crop under 11,000,000 bales. Such a possibility would Justify a sharp advance in the market which, to say the least, has for the past few days been acting "dopely." Perhaps a more generous response to the request lor foreign credit would have meant a better price for cotton at this time. Compliance with the request for a billion probably would help to take care of the future needs. Whereas the amount granted evidently settles indebtedness already incurred, and leaves the borrower without funds for future transactions. The low level of exchange shows this. For the present this advantage influence seems to outweiah the trosDect of a short crop, and prevents a material advance. Estimates of world consumption also are not infallible. Two leading authorities are far apart in their figures. But the crop foreshadowed by the ginning figures, together with the estimated surplus from last year, is below the maximum estimate, and would leave but a comfortable surplus if the minimum be correct. Spot cotton is not urging buyers to take it The "into sight" movement does not betray an especial eagerness on the part of the planter to rush his crop to market. He acts as if he were able to market leisurely. These features seem to make a twosided market. But the bullish features are permanent, and the principal bearish one is more likely to be temporary. There is room for difference in opinion but, on the whole, the position would seem to be more favorable to the hopes of the planters.? The Wall Street Journal. Manufacture of Shells.?The French shell makers, says a Paris correspondent, have had some difficulty in obtaining the necessary quantities of steel suitable for projectile. The largest iron producing region in France is in German occupation and home production has had to be supplemented by orders abroad, chiefly in the United States. Eesides ordering steel in the United States, the French shell manufacturers have also bought there most of their hydraulic machines for shell forging. Most of the shells ordered foi France in America have been unfinished. the finishing of them being committed to French industry with the object of helping the small manuf:iot 11 rpr whn would otherwise be idle and whoe works are not equipped for the production of the shell from start to finish. The cost of producing shells has been greatly reduced since the war began, by the immense scale on which they are produced and by the use of the most modern machine tools imported from the United States. The price paid for the 3-inch shells at the beginning of the war was equivalent to $7.CO. This price has been reduced by one-third. American makers of large calibres are, it is understood, receiving for 6-inch shells, about $10 apiece. These prices are for unloaded shells; the charging of them is not trusted to the makers from the private contractors, but is done in the private arsenals. All these shells must be m ide with extreme precision for long range work, but for short range to pitch shells at the trenches from half a mile to two miles old guns can be used and cast iron shells. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTI8EMENT8 J. L. Stacy, Clover?Has 45 acres of land, near Clover, for sale. Good 3room house and necessary buildings. ] Mrs. E. W. Pressly, Pres.?Invites the public to flower show at Clover ope- 1 ra house on Tuesday, November 2. j Dinner will be served. Benefit of i Clover Betterment association. ( James Bros.?Will receive their fourth car of mules and horses tomorrow. Ready for exhibition Monday. C. H. Smith, No. 4?Offers thorough- i bred and grade Jersey cows, Berk shire pi gs, Angora goats, mammotn i bronze turkeys and geese for sale. I Carolina Crsamery Co., Asheville, N. C.?Wants to buy butterfat and will pay highest market price. Write for information if interested. L. M. Grist's Sons?Offer to give away fifty Premier dictionaries to clubmakers or for fifty coupons returned to this office by November 3. Sherer & Quinn?Have flower seed for fall planting. An enamel ware special. Green goods. Canned saeur kraut York Drug Store?Sells and recom- 1 mends Conkling's self-filling fountain pens?$2.50 to $7.50 each?can fit any hand. W. E. Ferguson?Makes a specialty of condiments of all kinds and calls attention to a number of articles coming under this head. First National Bank, Sharon?Tells you that your funds will be safe from burglars and fire when deposited with it. Six per cent money. W. G. Reid & Son, Rock Hill?Call attention to their big lines of high grade furniture and floor covering*. They ask you to call on them or write for catalogue and prices. Thomson Co.?Talks-about N. C. wool blankets, ladles' and men's underwear, and the latest styles in millinery. J. M. Stroup?Wants the gentlemen to come and see his lines of furnishings, which include everything for men's wear. About shoes. Standard Oil Co.?On page four gives more reasons why you should have a Perfection odorless oil stove. Royal Baking Powder Co.?On page four, calls attention to the purity of Royal baking powder. Have you sowed wheat and oats and put in some cover crops? If not, why not? The food crops put in last fall have paid handsomely, and the thing now is to do it again. "Please tell them to discontinue my ad. In The Enouirer in which I offered oats and vetch for sale," remarked Dr. R A. Bratton Wednesday. "I have sold about all I want to sell." The especial attention of those of our readers who have been selling cream to the Yorkville Creamery, is called to the advertisement of the Carolina Creamery of Asheville. This creamery is being operated by Mr. W. J. Shuford, the well known creamery man of Hickory, N. C. As to whether it will prove profitable to ship cream to Asheville, we do not know; but those of our friends who have the cows and who are producing the cream, will do well to make a prac- I tical experiment. That is the best way to find out DEMAND FOR IMPLEMENTS One significant feature of the trade of the farmers this fall is the increased demand for agricultural implements. This demand is far in excess of what it was last fall, and rather heavier than for many years. In fact, if the testimony of all dealers is like that of Messrs. Carroll Bros., who are among the largest handlers of agricultural machinery in this vicinity, this fall is a record breaker. Speaking of the subject a few days ago, Mr. M. L. Carroll, of the above mentioned firm, said that the demand for improved machinery is something out of the ordinary. "My customers," he said "are buvine numerous plows, harrows and the like, and because of the prospective demand for mowing machines next spring I have just placed an unusuallv large order. There has also been a much better demand for buggies and wagons than there was last fall," he said. Indicating a big pile of fence wire up against the side of the store, the reporter asked Mr. Carroll, "How about that?" "Oh, fence wire is as staple as flour and bacon," said Mr. Carroll. "We are selling that right along." THE LICENSE CASE There is very great interest in all parts of the county over the probable outcome of the license case of W. R. Carroll pending in the court and, unless delayed, to be passed upon by Judge "Rice next month . Quite a number of people from the country have talked to the editor of The Enquirer about the matter, and it is correct to say that the interest in the town is as great as it is in the country. Mayor Wilborn and the bunch be hind him, nave tneir Dacaers; uui these backers do not include a majority of the people of the town. Most of the people who are without decided convictions on the subject, are only concerned that the right should win. The real issue before the court is whether the town council can levy and collect a protective license tax in the case jf cotton and cotton seed buyers, regardless of the fact that the general assembly has positively prohibited the tax. Mr. W. R. Carroll paid the license tax under protest and instituted proceedings to compel the town council to refund his money. Other cotton and cotton seed buyers paid their taxes under protest so as to be in a position to demand the refund of their money in case Mr. Carroll wins; but did not join with him in putting up money for the fight. Mr. Carroll is decidedly of the opinion that the whole license tax ordinance is contrary to law, as set forth in the brief furnished by Hon. W. F. Stevenson, and will try to get a decision on the whole ordinance. He, however, has paid all other taxes assessed against him, without protest, and there is reason to anticipate that the court will hardly pass upon the general legalitv of the ordinance unless some steps are taken to make a case bearing directly on that issue. It should be understood, of course, that the questions involved are purely questions of law to be decided by the court, without the assistance of a jury, and what people generally think or do not think will have no bearing on the matter. Mr. Carroll has announced his intention to fight the matter to a finish, and as the town council is rortifiea witn in# people's money, the probability is that the case will go on to the supreme court, no matter which way it may be decided by Judge Rice. WITHIN THE TOWN I ? Somebody poisoned three 'possum dogs, the property of Sam Wylie, colored, this week. ? Eggs are selling at 30 cents per dozen on the local market and are said to be rather scarce at that. \ ? There were a lot of ladies here shopping yesterday and dry goods merchants, especially, had a pretty busy day of it. ? The Graded school football eleven | is to play the Charlotte University school team on the local field tomor- i row afternoon at 3 o'clock. ? Cotton has been coming to the Yorkville Cotton Oil company's ginnery ] at a rapid rate this week. Very little < is being sold. 1 ? The senior and junior branches of ( the Woman's Auxiliary of the Episco- | pal board of missions of the Green- i ville convocation, are to hold their regular annual meeting at the Church Home orphanage here next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. ? A local subscriber complains that he does not see how he is going to be able to read The Enquirer with any satisfaction unless he subscribes for ' two copies. He says that people who are fully as able as he to pay for the paper, get his Enquirer and go off with it often before he has had time to read a line of it. ? Thprp la nr??ttv e#>npral antiafartlnn with the new postofflce, except that I j some people have not yet become ac- < customed to the changed location. ( There is no longer any complaint, how- j ever. It is generally recognized that the new quarters are far superior to j the old, not only from the stand- < point of ample room, which has not j been available before; but the interior ] arrangements generally. Because of ] ample room it is now practicable to 1 make use of a distribution case to fa- j cilitate the assortment of mail by sec- ] tions in such a manner as to make the 1 work of putting it in the boxes easier 1 and quicker. Then the rural route { carriers, who have to assort their mail , before starting out on their rounds, i have much more room in which to j work, and are able to get their mall in , shape to better advantage. Twenty or t twenty-five people would crowd the old i lobby uncomfortably; but the present 1 lobby will hold a hundred and fifty or i two hundred as easily as the old lobby i would hold twenty or twenty-five peo- ] pie. The postmaster and assistants, i starting out with an entire new arrangement had to learn the boxes of the patrons all over again, and this re- : tarded the distribution of the mails ] somewhat at first; but now the mail is being put up in less time than for- ; merly, and all in all the new arrangement is steadily becoming more and | more satisfactory. , i THE FLOWER SHOW The annual flower show conducted by the ladies of the Presbyterian , church of Yorkville, is being held in the , O'Leary store roo/n building today. The ladies served a turkey dinner to a < number of people at noon and expect to serve oysters this evening. The chief feature of the flower show . this year is the large number of chrysanthemums on exhibition. They are more numerous and more beau- 1 tiful this year owing to the seasons. Mrs. J. F. Gardner is the leader in . the number of prizes taken this year. 1 According to the ladles conducting the i exhibit, Mrs. Gardner's exhibition of i beautiful flowers is far superior to those which have been shown at previous flower shows here. Discontinuing the custom of offering embroidery for sale this year, the only offerings for sale at the show are various kinds of candy made by ladies of Yorkville. Sales have been numer- 1 ous and the proceeds of the flower | show are expected to exceed those of ( last year. Visitors during the day have been 1 numerous. < Following are the prize winners to- | gether with the prizes offered: Best single chrysanthemum?Mrs. J. 1 F. Gardner, sandwich basket; best : collection of chrysanthemums, Mrs. S. M. McNeel, $2.50; second best collection of chrysanthemums, Mrs. J. F. Gardner, tapestry table cover; third best, Miss Lesslle Witherspoon, onehalf dozen nandkerchiefs; three best , white chrysanthemums, Mrs. W. H. Herndon, one-half dozen bread and butter plates; three best red chrysan- 1 themums, Mrs. J. F. Gardner, linen i towel; three best pink chrysanthemums, Mrs. S. M. McNeel, Jardinere; three best bronze variety, Miss Margaret McCorkle, cut glass sugar and ' cream; three best D. Appleton, Mrs. J. F. Gardner, vase; best collection of roses, Mrs. B. N. Moore; best single rose, Miss Daisy Gist, glass vase; Best maidenhair fern, Mrs. R. E. Montgomery. nut bowl; best fern other than ( mil Hpnhair Mrs W "W I/ivd. hreftd board; best begonia, Mrs. J. R. Barnwell, china bowl; best potted plant, Mrs. R. E. Montgomery, glass , bowl; best geranium, Miss Margaret McCorkle; best collection of dahlias, Miss Irene Star, china pickle dish; three best cream chrysanthemums, Mrs. J. F. Gardner, book rack. Other exhibitors at the fair were Mesdames W. G. White, D. E. Boney and J. C. Wilborn. ABOUT PEOPLE Mr. J. Howard Jackson of Clover, was a visitor here today. Mr. Thos. McGill of Hickory Grove, was in town today. Mr. W. M. Wallace of the New Zion section, was a Yorkville visitor today. Miss Anna Lewis left today to visit friends in Laurinburg, N. C. Mr. Palmer Williams of McConnellsville was a visitor here yesterday. Messrs. B. M. Love and Hi E. Neil were visitors in Charlotte Tuesday. Mr. N. M. McDill of Hickory Grove, was a visitor in Yorkville yesterday. Mr. J. C. Kirkpatrick of the Blalrsville section, was here yesterday. Mr. Grady Farris of Steele Creek, N. C., was a visitor here this week. Mrs. H. L. Summit of Yorkville, is visiting relatives in Gastonia. Mr. H. L. Wright of Clover, was a visitor here yesterday. Mrs. John A. McMurray of Guthriesville is visiting relatives in Sumter. Mrs. John C. Dickson and son, Mas ler wenry, are visiung in uuiumom. Miss Agnes Curry of Chester visited 4 her parents Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Curry j at Guthriesvllle this week. Dr. N. S. Stirewalt of Greensboro, 1 N. C., visited friends at McConnells- < ville this week. Mrs. J. R. Cannon has returned to ! her home here after spending several J days in Concord, N. C. Cadet States R. Finley of Clemson ! college, is spending the week end with [ his parents in Yorkville. Mrs. R. A. McGinnis and children of 1 Yorkville No. 1, are visiting relatives j at Concord, N. C. < Mr. and Mrs. K. L. Littlejohn of ! Wilkinsville, are the guests of Mr. and 1 Mrs. J. P. White in Yorkville. Mrs. Phoebe Witherspoon of this j place, is undergoing treatment in a hospital in Charlotte. Miss Robbie Brown of Yorkville, was | a guest of Miss Rosa Jackson at j Tirzah this week. t Mr. T. D. Turner of Grover, N. C., visited relatives and friends in York- 1 ville this week. 1 Mr. w. c. i nomas 01 duiiuuh a Creek, was a business visitor here this week. Mr. Robert Ferguson was among the people from the Bethany section who were in Yorkville this week. Mrs. L. G. Grist has returned to her home here after spending several days In Charlotte. Messrs. T. M. Whlsonant of Rock Hill, and John K. Allison of Hickory Grove, were visitors here yesterday. Miss Lena Caldwell has returned to her home at King's Creek, after a visit to the family of Mr. T. M. Caldwell in Gaffnev. Messrs. Felix McClain, John M. Smith, R. S. Dickson and W. L. Hogue were among the Clover people who were in Yorkville this week. Dr. and Mrs. R. L. Wylie of Clover, accompanied by Dr. E. \V. Pressly, left this week for Baltimore to have a pin removed from the throat of their son, Robert. Mr. and Mrs. John M. Williford of Lesslie R. F. D. 1, formerly residents of Yorkville, expect to re-establish their home here shortly. Misses Mildred Falls, Rebecca Wilson and Edna Henry, and Mrs. Thos. Henry of Gastonia, were visitors in Yorkville yesterday. Misses Emma and Mary Wylie of * Hickory Grove, were among the York ;ounty people who attended the state J fair in Columbia this week. c Mrs. Robert Witherspoon has re- c turned to her home here after spendng several days with her daughter, r Mrs. J. M. Hemphill in Chester. j i Mr. E. B. Clements, formerly butermaker at the Yorkvllle Creamery, ?as secured a position with a creamery it Lincolnton, N. C., and expects to inter upon his new duties November 1. Messrs. J. L. and Starr Stacy of Closer, went to Steel Creek, N. C? Wedlesday to attend the funeral of their lunt, Mrs. Emma McDowell, who died ruesday. Messrs. E. A. Crawford, Sr., and Vrthur Crawford and Misses Kate Crawford and Adelaide Crawford were unong those of the Guthriesville secion who attended the state fair in Columbia this week. Chester Reporter, October 28: Mrs. r. S. Piexlco has accepted a position in VIr. T. S. Leitner"s drug Btore to sucked Mr. M. J. Ehrlich, who will open i live, ten and twenty-flve cents store, md will take up his new duties Monlay. Rock Hill Herald, Wednesday: Mr. md Mrs. J. H. B. Jenkins, Jr., return* ?d this morning from a trip to Washngton, New York and other points, rhey will have rooms with Mrs. J. L. Davis, 331 East White street. Miss Mannie Williford, who is in training is a nurse In Richmond, Va., passed through the city today en route for a visit In Le8slie. Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Dunlap and Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Dunlap, of Ogden, are In Columbia attending the fair. Edith, the year-old daughter of Mr. ind Mrs. W. L. Pursley of Filbert, ivas painfully burned about the left irm Wednesday night when she fell Into an open fireplace. Mr. and Mrs. Pursley were In Yorkville attending the Ham meeting and had left the little girl at home with several other children. The little girl who is just beginning to walk, got too near the Are and fell in. She is getting along nicely, and although her burns are painful, she is expected to be all right In a few days. Some of the York county people who attended the state fair In Columbia this week were: W. C. Robinson, E. R. Shannon, Mra W. W. Blalr, Miss Ada Sanders, Dr. W. E. Erwln, Mr. and Mrs. S. L Courtney, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Faulkner, Dr. I. J. Campbell, W. T. Beamguard, James Cansler, W. B. Keller, W. T. Slaughter, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. John J. Nichols, Dr. T. N. Dulin, H. Q. Stanton, William Sifford, Bert F. Smith, H. B. James, Mr. and Mra W. W. Lewis, John Lewis, Mrs. J. C. Wilborn, W. B. Moore, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Keller, A. M. McGlll. T. W. Boyd, C. F. Sherer, T. E. McMackIn. W. B. McGlll, H. T. Williams, C. E. Spencer, Jr., Oscar Moore, M. M. Deal, H. G. Brown, Mr. and Mra J. S. Mackorell, Dr. D. D. Cook, J. A. Tate, J. M. Love, F. H. Love, Dr. W. C. Whitesides, Miss Julia Love, Miss lone Ashe, W. L. Ashe, S. K. Byers, N. A. Howell. R. M Hone H M Neelv Misses Ellen Crawford, Aggie Lee Ashe, Alice Clinton, Mr, and Mrs. W. H. Fowler, Mrs. W. F. Marshall, Messrs. John T. Feemster, E. N. Stephenson, William Marshall. REVIVAL COMES TO A CLOSE Fifteen hundred or more persons assembled at the big tent on the Smith lot on South Congress street Wednesday evening to hear the farewell sermon of ?ev. John W. Ham of Atlanta, Ga., who since October 9, has preached twice dally In Yorkville to audiences larger than those which have been assembled at any religious or other exercise In this town in many years. It is estimated that in the time which Rev. Mr. Ham has been here, he has addressed 18,000 hearers. More than three-fourths of the people of Yorkville have heard the evangelist on one or more occasions and the people of the country for miles around can safely be reckoned with in the Bame proportion. It was Impossible to seat them all Wednesday evening. In an effort to accommodate all, the little children were requested to sit on the sawdust in tront of the rostrum ana tnougn tney complied with the request and aduiuonai room for grown-ups was made iu mat way, it was not enough. At the conclusion or the sermon, hundreds ot car. Ham's auditors surged toward the puipit to bid him, his wile and .Prof. Lyon the singing director, farewell, and to express the hope that they would come buck to Yorkvllie at some time in the future. scores of people told the preacher that they had been greatly beneilted uy his sermons and that they believed iorkville was a better town from a moral standpoint since his coming. i\ umbers of men assisted the evangelist in taking down and bundling up me big tent for shipping Wednesday night, and yesterday morning it was on Its way to Charlotte, N. C., where It will be stored until next spring. Mr. Ham and his co-workers left Wednesiay night for Elizabeth City, N. C., where he was due to commence another meeting last night. Hundreds ot negroes attended the (lnal service Wednesday evening and the several songs which they were requested to sing was one of the most notable features of the last gathering under the evangelist's tent. As the negroes sang "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot," the white people in the audience listened with wondrous amazement. It was a song that was new to many and It was sung as only negroes ean sing It. They sang others too, which were just as interesting. Owing to the fact that there iw o nany in the audience Wednesday evening who were anxious to contribute something to the support of the evangelist and his co-workers and who had not heretofore had an opportu any,. an onering wmcn louueu a nuy sum waa taken. It was announced at the meeting that there have been between 300 and 100 conversions as a result of the meeting and it is understood that it is the intention of the converts to unite with the several churches of Yorkville at an early date. Rev. Mr. Ham said Wednesday evening that he much appreciated the hearty co-operation and sympathy which had been given him during his stay in Yorkville and that he was going iway with a feeling of love and kindiess toward all. The meeting, he said, had not been conducted in accordance with everybody's ideas. "On that point, however," he said, "I have a ulear conscience between God and myself. The meeting has not been a failure. There have been 400 or more conversions. Many of those who have announced their intention to live right before God and man in the future are now church members, although there ire more than 100 who have never lefore made a profession of faith, have innounced their intention to unite with some church in the near future." If you and I differ about some things, reiterated Mr. Ham, don't let that be responsible for lack of cordiality. I've jot to deliver my conscience, even if t doesn't agree with the other man's ronscience. We are all laboring for the same God and the same Jesus. itev. Mr. Ham said he desired to :each rather than preach in his last sermon. The greater part of his disburse was a defense of the Baptist ioctrines concerning Baptism and the Ordinance of the Lord's supper. It was jaid that the Baptists practice the loctrine of close communion and he wanted to correct that impreasion in hat Baptist practise close baptism and lot close communion. He believed in mmersion he said, because Jesus was mmersed' and because he found in 'our places in the Scriptures authority ind direction for the administration )f the ordinance of baptism by imnersion. Regeneration was the subject of fiev. Ham s nnai sermon. Adopting :he text: Titus 3-5: "Not by works of ighteousness which we have done, but iccordlng to his mercy he saved us, >y the washing of regeneration and relewlng of the Holy Ghost,*' Rev. Ham laid that the doctrine of regeneration s laid down so plainly In the New Testament that It was easy for all to ice that the man who Isn't regenerated Is going to hell no matter how out.vardly clean he may be. Regeneration is not church memberihip he said. That can not regenerate l man and can't keep him out of hell. Ananias and Sapphlra were church nembers who are In hell. Judas, one >f the twelve apostles, Is in hell be ause his heart was as black as hell. No man, declared Mr. Ham, has a Ight to apply for church membership intll he has experienced a change of heart whieh change can only come through the working of regeneration by the Holy Spirit Reformation la not regeneration. The devil cannot stand . the doctrine of regeneration. He would w rather that we preach that of reforma- "^1 tion. Regeneration, he continued la giving a man divine life. Ood can only do that. The man who la reformed only outwardly, will go back to hla same old ways sometime. Those who are regenerated have new loves and new * aspirations. Reformation la all right as far at it goes; but it don't go far enough. When Ood begins to regenerate a man, he beglna at the centre and changes that mqn both within and without Some cults believe that man can be saved by evolution, declared tne evangelist. That is not so. Regeneration is different from evolution. Some people teach that good environment will make better men. That belief is also false. Some time ago, said Mr. Ham, forty St. Louis society women, believers in this theory, set out to prove their doctrine by marrying gamblers and bums. In two years all of them had applied to the divorce courts for separation. I know lots of devils, said Mr. Ham, ~k who have been baptized and are worse T since then. Baptism is only a symbol. I might tonight baptize everybody in this audience and yet were they not regenerated by the Holy Spirit, ail would go to hell. Baptism, declared the evangelist, Is not essential unto salvation and no man has a right to be baptlzetd until after his regeneration. Then he should be baptized in obedience to his Lord. The Holy Spirit Is anxious to work re generation in every man and woman on earth. But each person has got to bd willing for that regeneration. In this connection Mr. Ham illustrated his point by telling of a man whom he asked to make a profession of faith on one occasion, and the man replied, "The spirit doesn't move me tonight" "I told him and I tell you," he declared, "the Holy Spirit will never move you until you throw away your sins and seek regeneration." When a man gets religion, said Mr. Ham, everything is different The dog looks better. The mule doesn't look A so mean. If you get religion you will W cease saying mean things about the W other fellow. Tou will see In people good which you could never see before. In discussing the mode of Baptism the preacher said that because a man's 0 mother and father held certain beliefs on the subject that the map him- m self should not necessarly hold similar beliefs. "My mother and father are Methodists," he said, "and I am a Bap tist because my Lord distinctly says that I should be immersed. Parents have no right to control their children on this point The Bible should be the authority. We Baptist he said, don't sprinkle or pour because the New Testament doesn't give us the authority to do that Still we don't say that those who are not baptised by immersion are not Christians. "I have violated no ethics in bringing to you my belief about baptism," concluded Mr. Ham. "The message is brought with love for you." At the conclusion of the sermon an invitation was extended those out of the church to make a profession of faith. Several responded. LOCAL LAC0NIC8 Committed From Fort Mill. Will Snooks, alias Will Withers, i, colored, was committed to the county Jail yesterday by Magistrate R. P. Harris of Fort Mill, on the charge of assault with intent to ravish a negro girl in FOrt Mill township. State Fair Big 8uccess. Mr. W. T. Beamguard of Clover. 4T who was among the visitors to the state fair, reports the largest crowds he ever saw thera He says the exhibits were fine and that the fair grounds were literally jambed with people. York Wins Third. For the county agents' exhibits at the state fair, Richland county was awarded first place; Dorchester second, and York, (Messrs. Blair and McKeown) third. For the work of home demonstration agents, Beaufort won first; Richland second and York (Miss Garrison) third. York County Honey. Columbia State, Thursday: H. C. Simpson of Catawba, York county, has on exhibition in the Ydrk county booth a rare collection of South Carolina produced honey. Mr. Simpson started with four queens several years ago, and now has about 200 colonies, which produced 5,000 pounds of honey this season. The apiarist says that only about one-third of his time is consumed in bee culture. Death of Miss Margaret Barnett. Miss Margaret Barnett, aged 81 years, died at her home in Bethel # township this morning. Her death was ^ not unexpected, since she has been In bad health for some time. She leaves a number of relativea Miss Barnett was for many years a member of Bethel church, from which place the funeral is to be held this afternoon, con- p ducted by her pastor, Rev. R. K. Tim- ^ mons. To Begin Work Monday. Superintendent of Education John E. Carroll was at Bowling Green Tues? ? ?? * I narvAAf thn nAQf uay, wucrr nc went tu uiaycw m??. Bowling Green school house which is nearing completion. The new building is a handsome structure, built on the Clemson plan as are all the modern school houses, and cost about $1,200. It contains two school rooms and a cloak room. The Bowling Green school will enter upon the work of its fall term Monday. The Colored Fair. The second annual Tork county negro fair was held on the York county fair grounds at Rock Hill this week and was attended by hundreds of ne- ^ groes from York and adjoining coun- 9 ties. The exhibits, like those of the r white people at the recent fair, consisted mainly of agricultural products, raised by York county negroes. The last day of the colored fair is tomorrow and the negroes have secured an aeroplane as one of the chief attractions of the day. y Death of James M. Cobb. Mr. James M. Cobb, a well known citizen of Hickory Grove, died suddenly at the home of his brother in Gastonia Wednesday night Tuberculosis is supposed to have been responsible for his death. Mr. Cobb was about 68 years of age and had lived in the Hickory Grove section practically all his life. He was a shoemaker by trade and enjoyed the friendship of a large number of people. Mr. Cobb leaves a widow and several brothers and sisters. York County Exhibit. Columbia State: "Something to eat and something to sell 12 months in the year and cotton as a surplus," is the idea of York county's booth at the fair. The booth is in the charge of A. A. McKeown and J. R. Blair, demonstration agents for the county. The exhibit displays a great diversification of agricultural products, showing that York county's farmers, like ^ practically all others in South Carolina, are able, if they want to, to "live at home and board at the same place." Then, at the top of the exhibit, is a small bale of cotton representing surplus, and on this bale is the advice, "Put me off at the bank." Four German shells are said to have exploded within 200 yards of King George of England and President Poincare of France while the two rulers were making a tour of inspection of Allied troops Wednesday. Immediately after the explosion, the party ran for safer quarters... .Eight men held up and robbed a Missouri, Kansas & Texas railway train at Onapa, Okla, Wednesday and secured prupeny vaiueu ai auoui <ov,vuv. . . . Garland Benjamin, a boy was arrested in Ashville, N. C., charged with the theft of jewels valued at $1,000 John F. Donohuc alias Jame? Wells, alias "Brooklyn Slim," one of the noted burglars in the country, was arrest- ed in the lobby of the Charlotte, N. C., postofflce Wednesday and is now in Jail in that city in default of a $55,000 bond charged with robing the nnstofllce in North Charlotte in December of last year and stealing stamps and money valued at $1,100. A bottle 1 of nitro-glycerine waa found in Donahue's possession