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? ' ISSUED SEMI'WEEHLY. u M. grists SONS, podim^. } ~ % ^amits ftaspa^ : 4<>r th< promotion of th< political, gonial, ^grioultnr^l and <Kommei|riat Jntercsfs of p?opl<. { TERM9I^f?0^E^iN0^ANC,! ESTABLISHED 1855 YORK, S. P., TUESDAY, JTJLY 8, 1919. J^O. 54 THE FOURTH IN YORKVILLI Governor Cooper and Congressmai . Stevenson tlie Speakers. AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION MAKES 6001 4 . Good Roads the Principal Topio Commendation for Magistrate Smith Stevenson Condemns Grade Crossings A Day of Pleasure and Profit, Variously estimated at from 3,600 tc 6,000, in all probability the latter estl mate more nearly correct, a nugt crowd gathered from every nook and corner of York county came to Yorkvine last Friday to attend the monster Independence day celebration staged here under the auspices of the Korkville automobile association. It was a quiet, orderly crowd, come to <njoy a day of pleasure and profit and it did. One of the principal features ^ of the day were addresses by Governor Robert A. Cooper and Congressman W. F. Stevenson, the former devoting his address principally to the subject of good roads, the need of York county and the other counties of the state for them, and the benefits that will accrue morally and materially as a result W thereof. Congressman Stevenson also spoke at some length on the subject, though he devoted the major portioh of his speech to a defense of the Leanf Nations. - Crowd Cam* Early. The Fourth of July crowd came Into town early and before the dancing' rays of a July sun began to beam down heatedly, the streets were lined with people. In all manner of vehicles they came wagons, buggies, numerous automobiles, on trains and on foot Music for the day was furnished by the Qaffney Cornet band, which came from the Cherokee town through the country, a little late, somewhat delaying the parade through'the. principal streets of the town, and whicn was lead by J. H. Carroll, marshal of the day, who rode in a beautifully decorated automobile followed by numerous other automobiles, quite attractive in gala attire. Governor Cooper was among those who t rode in the parade and as he rode * through the streets he Was greeted with applause by the hundreds who lined the streets as far as the eye could see. Spoke at Graded School. Following the parade a large part of s. the crowd followed the band and the long line of automobiles to the graded school where under a group of shade trees in the rear of the building, a commodious stand was erected. There were possibly 1,500 people in the audience. Mayor I. W. Johnson presided over the exercises which were opened with prayer by Rev. E. E. Gilleapie.Introducing Governor Cooper, the first speaker of the day, the mayor said that it eave him peculiar pride to intro duce to a York county audience, "uovernor Robert A. Cooper, the best governor that South Carolina ever had." The governor was received with applause. I am glad to come on the Fourth of July, said the governor in beginning his address, to a county which won more medals in the late war than any other county in the United States. Although there were more than 2,000,000 soldiers overseas during the late war, only seventy congressional medals were awarded among that vast number. Out of the seventy, York county sons were -awarded three. These gallant sons have not only justified the confidence that the people back home imposed in them to do their duty but by the award of congressional medals it is proven that they went far and beyond the line of duty. You should be more than proud of Lieut Geo. C. McCel, vey of York. Lieut. James C. Dozier of Rock Hill and Sergeant Hall of Fort ^ Mill who were awarded congressional medals. Sergeant Hall will .never wear his medal. He gave his life for it and now sleeps with some of his comrades on a foreign field. It is interesting to note, said Governor Cooper that of the seventy medals awarded, South Carolina received eight and of the eight six were av<ard~J -.nrnKow. nf th? 118th Infantry tu IU lll^Uiwao which was formerly the first regiment of the South Carolina national guard. The speaker paid a fine tribute o Magistrate H. L A. Smith of Broad River for his work in breaking up the Illicit liquor business in Broad River township. I am" glad to come to York for another reason, he said. I read in the paper recently a story about an officer of the law in your county that I would like to see dup. catcd in every county in the state. He didn't write the sheriff of the county to come out and help him break up illicit liquor making. He didn't write the governor. In fact he has never written me a letter. But while a public meeting at which he was to preside was in progress, he left to capture a still and take violators of the law. I wish to commend to you the action of Magistrate Smith and I wish that there were many more officers of his stripe in every county of the state." This meeting today, I understand is largely in the interest of good roads, said Governor Cooper. I do not know as much about good roads as I do about bad roads. I venture the assertion that the bad roads of South Carolina are emsting the taxpayers more money -thAn good roads would cost, The cost of transporting crops ovei had roads to market is much greatei than it would be over good roads. Bad roads are expensive In other respects If we are to have the educational development In South Carolina that is so essential, consolidation of rural schools and the building of good roads is absolutely necessary. The religious life of the state is involved; The country church is one of the most powerful influences in the state and good road! should lead to all the churches in order that all mankind might attend ant bo benefited. The time has been and may corns again when good roads are needec for the transportation of troops. \V< may have from time' to time domestic insurrections and other troubles whicl may make the presence of troopi necessary. -Major uenerai neau ma me some time ago that had it not beer for the good roads of France the Allies would have never been able tc defeat the German hordes. It Is my hope that the people OJ York county aid all South Caroline will soon come to realize one thing you can't have good roads withoui paying for them. Federal aid is n< gift, but simply your part of taxes whicl kyou have paid to the government anc which will be refunded on certain con ditions. I want South Carolina to go her part of this Federal aid, and to d< it. the initiative must be taken at once Telling his audience that he hoped t< see South Carolina spend $100,000,00< for good roads in the next ten years the governor said that in less than tw< years of actual warfaj-e the state gav< AAA AAA ? ~ 1-orfAMQ Wft V W'OrV HVU,UUV,W? IU llic .aiivuu drives and for investments in govern ment securities. Yet nobody sufferet and the state today materially is mori prosperous than ever in its history. One township in York county has al ready voted $60,000 in road bonds h< said. That is all right but let's paj part of the road debt of the state a; ' we go along and not leave it all foi future generations to pay. The recen general assembly wanted to enact som< sort of good roads legislation, but th< legislature could not agree on the bes plan and consequently nothing wuj done. I have no criticism to make. * Still some of the counties are makinj ^ provision for the building of good road: within their borders, notably Anderson Laurens. Spartanburg and others About $8,000,000 is to be spent in th< next year or two. But what we nee< is something definite and constructive , ten-year programme of road tmilding. If you want to impoverish the people of York county bum your school houses, cut out taxation and let your | roads go to rack. But if you adopt a constructive road building policy, at the end of ten years your bank deposits will have been increased and your people more prosperous. Scoring the operators of illicit dis) tilleries, the governor said there was not a worse enemy to civilization in existence. And the money to be deH\-ah from the sale of the stuff will never do you any good even If you do i get $15 a quart for it.'he said. He told of a commodity in which land a few years ago sold for $3 an acre and which was illiterate and impoverished, manufacture of moonshine being one of > the principal industries. But the people . finally took a stand against it, good , schools and churches were introduced ' and today that community is one of 1 the most prosperous in the state. "The records," said Governor Cooper, . "show that we have more illiteracy In South Carolina than any other state with the exception of Louisiana, and the governor of that stace has assured i me that we have more than he had. It is my hope that every patriotic citizen will make war on illiteracy. "If you build good roads in York i county you will have less illiteracy. These obscure, uneducated men of the land who went to F-ance and won immortal fame for their country should | have a chance in order that they might acquit themselves to become leaders in time of peace as well as war. Road building and educational development go hand in hand and I am not expecting York county to attain the prosperity that should be hers unless she builds good roads. Remember Hall, Dozier and McCelvey. Go over the top. Put your county in the front ranks of the state in *he matters of education and good roads construction." Congressman Stevenson r?f d hifhwdv from the Tow country to the mountains of North Carolina to come through Chester and Yorkville and by King's Mountain battle-ground, the abolition of all grade crossings and a clear explanation and defense of the proposed League of Nations, were the principal features of an address delivered by Congressman Stevenson, who followed the governor and was listened to with rapt attention by his audience. York needs to be on a through line he said. Two big roods have passed her by . The route to the mountains of North Carolina through this section is the best; but the roads must be put in good shape in order to command the great traffic from the sea to the mountains. Travel from th?i south-western country and the Pee I>je will come by Chester and York if a good road is constructed from Chester to King's Mountain. It is the most attractive and histroic route. Declaring that most railroad crossings in this and other states were nothing more than death traps causing a great loss to lifo and mentioning the fact that only a-few weeks ago a prominent York county citizen lost his life at a grade crossing. Congressman Stevenson declared tha: all such crossings should be abolished and urged the people to take steps to make the railroads construct their crossings either over or under the public highways. For a good many years, he said, I represented a large railroad and most of the damage suits in which that railroad was defendant were the results of accidents and deaths at grade crossings. Recently I rode from Washington to New York over the-Pennsylvania rail roaa. rnere was not au upeu tiv?wb the entire distance. All of them were bull*, either over or under the public highways. The overhead and subterranean crossings, he said, would cost the railroads heavily but they would prove cheaper in the end. In a brief explanation of the matter of federal aid for road building, he i said that the Federal government was willing to give dollar for dollar in the matter of construction of local highways and that it was up to the counties to take advantage of this federal aid by making provision l or the building of roads. He pointed out the fact that good roads would prove economical not only in the matter of marketing the crops but in hauling fertilizer to produce those crops, a still greater saving because of the fact that fertilizer was hauled at a time of the year when the roads were in very bad condition' Discussing the league of nations, Congressman Stevenson said that the n'.aotl/Nn la nnnr halnC AcltA tpd AS tO HUOOV.WU .a .... .. - ? whether or not it is worth while to try to provide against another war such as that through which tae country has just passed. There are, he said, a class of people who want no such provision because of the fact that they are engaged in the manufacture of munitions of war and want to Keep on selling munitions. But the balance of the people want to see the possibility of another such world conflict fade forever. Quoting statistics to show his audience the cost of the world war to the United States in human life in the short time in which the country was actually engaged, he said that 65,000 men were killed in battle, while 67,000 died from various diseases. The wounded include 300,000 maimed and disabled, i for whom the country must provide. It isn't all the disasters of war for men 1 to be killed. The intellects of thousands have been snuffed out and if you could see the condition of some of the i poor fellows that I have seen you . would more readily realize that if there is anything to prevent war it > should be resorted to. These maimed , men say that warefare should be stop ped for all time in the future if possi ble. I The cardinal principles of the Lea. grue of Nations provide for the settlement of disputes by arbitration, the : decreasing of armament by all nations, I government control of munition plants i and the abolition of all secret treaties, i Some of our northern brothers in congress are much exorcised over the 1 question on account of a speech made 3 by a Republican member in which he - drew the color line, saying that since I all nations had an equal vote in the league, the colored races would domi; nate the world. I told them that we 1 were not worried about the colored i people dominating. And still this same i Republican gang who voice objection i on the possibility of negro domination, 3 having recently come into power in 1 congress, have turned off nearly all the ? white elevator men and put negroes in their places. Among those turned out > were an ex-soldier and old man. It is the Republicans who are coddling the f negroes and*trying to make voters of i them. There are only a few mixed races int eluded in the League of Nations and ) there is no question but what the white l race will dominate The league will 1 undoubtedly prevent war in future - Suppose some nation involved in a cont troversy refuses to accept the verdicl > of the court of the League of Nations " * /Innloroo Wflr . called to aroiwate anu 5 Under the league constitution the othej ) nations are bound to sever all relations . with that nation and she would be un) able to stand. It was the blockade ol i Germany that was largely responsible c for her downfall. If the league is - adopted it will be unnecessary for the 1 United States to keep in existence a i huge war machine and millions of dollars will be saved to the tax payers - Profiteering in war munitions coni tracts will never again occur. r Incorporated in the league is a plan i to put labor on a fair basis and give tc r the working man of every nation jusl t compensation for his services and tc ? put him on a plai e with the working e man of America. The big interests t opposed to the league object principals ly to those clauses; of the league constitution which provide that the gov? ernment take over the munition plants 3 and for the benefit of the toilers oi i, the world. ). Congressman Stevenson told of the e plan of vocational training for woundi | ed soldiers and of the progress thai I they were making in vocational schools equipping themselves for some useful business in life in spite of their condition. He closed his address with the prediction that the league of nations covenant would be adopted by congress despite the powerful opposition being brought to bear by big business, and that it would be adopted by the world as well, bringing added peace and prosperity to all mankind. Federal Engineer Preeent. V. E. Towles of the public road office of the United States Road Engineering department in Washington, was present and following the address of Congressman Stevenson, explained briefly the plan whereby the various I states may secure state aid in building (good roads. HENDRIX RECTOR KILLED. Sheriff of Greenville County Fell Be tore Kistoi or jaxe oosnen. Hendrix Rector, sheriff of Greenville county, was shot and killed shortly after 12 o'clock Friday afternoon in Briscoe's garage, on Court street, in Greenville, by Jake Gosnell, a United States revenue officer. The killing occurred within less than 100 yards of the courthouse, three bullets that entered the sheriff's body causing death in less than ten minutes. Bad blood which had existed between the two men for years was the cause of the killing. The sheriff had a .38 calibre pearl handle Smith & Wesson revolver in his pocket at the time he was shot, but there was no evidence of eye-witnesses tl^at he attempted to draw the weapon apd was not expecting any trouble. The body of the dead officer, who was one of the most popular and elfecient sheriffs Greenville ever had. was buildSunday in Springwood cemetery in Greenville. Gosnell, the slayer, was rushed away from Greenville soon after the shooting in order to avoid possible trouble. He is about 45 years of age and a powerful mar physically, while the dead sheriff is of slim build, weighing about 140 pounds. Sheriff Rector is survived by his widow, his mother and four brothers. Mrs. Gosnell was with her husband at the time of the shooting and she and W. B. Keller, who was at one time Jailer and deputy sherifT under Rector's administration, and Coroner W. H. Allison, who had gone to interview the sheriff on another matter, were said to be the only eye-witnesses. Several mechpnics were working in the garage at the time, but said their view of the men was obscured by automobiles and they only heard the report of the pistols Thev said thev thought four shots were fired The sheriff fell to the concrete floor and was unconscious and scarcely breathing when put into an ambulanceThe only weapon in evidence after Jake Gosnell had been carried to Jail and Sheriff Hector was being placed on his death cot was the pearl handled revolver which apparently dropped out of the sheriff's hip pocket as his body was being lifted into the ambulance. There were no signs of injury to Gosnell, it was stated. Immediately after the shooting Gosnell with his wife, walked calmly to the street. A passing automobile was hailed and Gosnell in custody of former Sheriff Keller, accompanied by Mrs. Gosnell, rode to the county Jail. Gosnell, a few minutes later was spirited away in an automobile and in custody of United States Marshal Lyons was carried to the state penitentiary at Columbia for safe keeping. Governor Cooper, who was at York, was communicated with and advised of the shooting. Several thousand people congregated at one time or another during the afternoon, going to and fro as the news of the killing was spreading rapidly to the remotest sections of the county. N'o signs of violence had been reported. Briscoe's garago is about 100 yards from the courthouse. Coroner Allison, wno was at t?e eai age at the time of the shooting, said the inquest would be held Saturday, and that he preferred not to make any public statement prior to the hearing. Mrs. Gosnell, after her husband's arrest, said that he would have no statement to make until after he consulted his attorneys. Ex-Deputy Sheriff Keller was quoted by several officers as saying that a few words were exchanged between Sheriff Rector and Gosnell. He stated that Rector, who had been standing in the garage office waiting for his automobile, walked into the storage room. Gosnell at the time was kneeling down looking at some part of his car. Sheriff Rector is quoted saying. "Good Morning," to Gosnell, and the latter replied, "I have no good morning for you," to which Sheriff Rector is quoted to havd replied, "I don't give a damn whether you have or not." Gosnell rose from his position it is alleged and fired from a .32 calibre revolver which was later turned over to the corner for evidence. Hostile feeling had existed between the two men for several years, due largely, it is said, to political differences. A year or so ago they had a flght one night on Main street ana were tried in recorder's court. They also occasionally indulged in newspaper controversies in which bitterness was expressed. Both men had been very active in politics in the county, though Gosnell never aspired for public office. As a special revenue agent, his activity was devoted to raiding whisky distilleries. Sheriff Rector had a spectacular career as an officer and was picturesque to a degree. He was the leading Bleaseite in the county and the backbone of the Blease-Rector organization in the county. He was 37 years of age and was born and reared in the Dark Corner section of Glassy Mountain. Elected magistrate at the age of 21, he later came to Greenville and served as a policeman, earning a reputation as a fearless officer. He was elected sheriff the first time he ran, defeating J D. Gilreath, who had been a political power, by a majority of 16 votes. Three years ago he was re-elected on the first ballot over five opponents, and was an announced candidate for a third term. He was frequently in the limelieht and was known throughout South Carolina. Sheriff Rector's chier political strength was in the mill villages and the county, though he received a flattering vote in the city in the last election. Predicts Crossing the Ocean in a Day. Regular trans-Atlantic aerial travel would become a reality within three years, if interest in aviation evi1 dent in time of war* w#s continued in I time of peace, declared Lieutenant Commander Albert C. Reed, "skipper" | of the XC-4, at a dinner given in New York by the American Flying club in honor of the airmen who won for . the American navy the honor of being the first'to fly across the Atlantic. J "Anyone who says that we will never attain an altitude of 60.000 feet, that we will never be able to cross to Eu5 rope in the forenoon and return in the afternoon, that we will never be able to accomplish the things that appear . : "A"' ie n mnvit r*nn rn ETeOllS > II11 I I;IC HUM, .v 0 ! person similar to those in the olden L days tvho said that iron ships would not work," asserted Commander Reed. t-f No music hall artist ever received i a knighthood until King George con1 ferred that honor on Harry Lauder. I , m , ? ; 't3"The giraffe, which is a very timid i animal, is approached with the utmost . difficulty, on account of its eyes being . so placed that it can see as well be. hind as in front. f S3" Ambergris, which forms a basis for nearly all the best quality peri fumes, is very valuable, the largest piece on record, weighing 130 pounds, t being sold for $2,600. McLAURIN IN DAKOTA ] w Big Speech In Non-Partisan League S Campaign. ? DISCUSSION OF ECONOMIC PROBLEMS S E tl & Comprehensive Outline of the Ques- ^ tions Which Are Stirring the North- h west Presented in Manner That n; Meets the Full Approval of the Far-io: w mer Folks. p Two hundred thousand copies of a, speech made by Senator John L. Mc- ai Laurin at Bismarck, North Dakota, on si June 16th, were ordered for distribu- ei tion in the northwest. The following report of the speech was published in fli the Courier-News, of Fargo, N. D.: bi Senator McLaurin spoke in part as follows at Bismarck, June 19th: tc Fellow Citizens of North Dakota: I T] heartily re-echo the sentiment express- g< ed by the gentleman who introduced tb me, that there is no south, no north, no w east and no west, that we are one peo- w pie and one country. It does seem, e> however, that one should get permis- tr Bion from the Fargo Forum, before he 111 enters the state of North Dakota. That w paper has persistently attacked me, "Vt and insulted South Carolina by refer- g( ence to lynch law and illiteracy. It is sa a tribute which I appreciate, because si it shows that I am really doing some to good and furthermore, that I am right, iz The best evidence is the opposition of tb the Forum. If it praised or approved g< I would wonder what was the matter, sa (Applause). fc I have heard of I. W. W.'s and Bol- w sheviks. There may be some in the T1 making, but if there is, the factory is di situated in the editorial room of the in Forum. (Laughter and applause). sc I want to say that if we are ever so cl fortunate in South Carolina as to have la a clean-cut economic issue, and one of in your public men comes down to dis- "t cuss it, that there is not a newspaper st in South Carolina which would reflect ol upon the state of N'orth Dakota. I ob- gt serve that yeu have a large penitentia- er ry at Bismarck, and an insane asylum af at Jamestown, which I greatly fear w will both need enlargement after the w election. (Laughter and applause). ci It may interest you to know how I w happened to be here. South Carolina, tb which with all her illiteracy, is full of m progressive thought, and is bold enough w at all times to try experiments. Why st we even tried the experiment of lick- tb ing the whole United States fifty years it ago, and we Just wore ourselves out th whipping you, and only went back into ol the Union at your urgent invitation, th extended to us on the points of Grant's er bayonets. (Laughter and applause). is South Carolina is the first state in m the Union that made the experiment m you are making of government-owned p< and operated public utilities. I think ct Townley and "Bishop" Lemke stole w my state warehouse idea, and have a beat 'em to it. Two years ago hi they requested me to come to St. Paul cl to address a big convention, and explain the state warehouse to them. I n< did so and a finer or more patriotic th body of citizens I never met. Last st winter, when you were passing these 0i laws, they wrote to me again asking er me to come, but I was afraid of your ar cold winter. When they invited me to in come this time I was a little afraid, be- tr cause I heard the whole state was I. W. W. and Bolsheviki. (Laughter). re When I got here I found the only Bol- T1 shevism was in the office of the Fargo 01 Forum and the Grand Forks Herald. a< (Laughter and applause). cz The people of North Dakota do not ar recognize the national import of this Ql fight. Your local squabble here is of pj no interest to me. It is the broader ro aspect that brought which appeals to j* me. it The war has ended and the world is 0( confronted with chaos. n( There is >not a stable government m from the Rhine river to the Pacific be ocean. In this country there, is unrest jt and discontent everywhere. Any man UJ who gets up before a crowd of people te to excite discontent and distrust of the a governing power is a public enemy and pi not to be trusted-(Applause). Any man us who, through the press or otherwise i0 attempts to prevent the full and free pj discussion of public questioas before cc the people is a breeder of anarchy and w more dangerous to the public welfare to than the half-crazed fool who hurls -p] a bomb at someone's dwelling house, th (Loud applause). i8 The world is struggling to get on its 0f '-* * " mnniimsntnl rlisniter. The XX ICCl 1IU111 C* 1UVUMM*V??W social and industrial structure Is tot- y, tering to its foundations; mighty na- cj tions are vanishing like sunset shad- te ows, fruitful fields are turned over to m graves, and entire peoples are being hf destroyed. t0 In every nation on earth, two extremes are struggling for the mastery. n( On one side the rich, the highly edu- a cated and the luxury lovers are making desperate efforts to return to pre-war conditions. On the other side are sc idealists and people who have been op- Wl pressed, men who have no faith in ac- a, complishing reform through the ballot. p] They are bent on the destruction of so- C8 ciety and then out of the wreck and w ruin construct a new social and indus- n( trial system. js The first means a military govern- a, ment holding the masses down by ^ force. The second means anarchy and a, the red ruin that now stalks uncheck- h, ed over the shattered remains of the te great empire of Russia. Turn, my countrymen , oh turn from both of these roads; each is marked by the rent garments and whitened bones of mighty nations who have tried that la wav and found their death. rc The nations of Europe are looking to rt America to save civilization. They are I too exhausted, too weak to save them- Y selves. If we fail, thence again will rn mankind swing back into a dark age, st after long suffering to again slowly and tl painfully take the upward path toward la the goal set by God who made us free ci agents, the architects of our own fate. Our only hope is the middle course, the plain people, who constitute eigl ty per w cent of our population, who till the B soil, dig the mines and work in the ni factories. Farmer is only Hope. A farmers' movement is the salva- (] tlon of this country, the hope of the ie world. The bankers, the lawyers and jsj the captains of industry have run us pi into a war which has well nigh destroyed the world. Set them all to one p side and turn the governments of the gj world over to the farmers and our wo- f? men, (who, thank God, will soon vote), ^ and there will be no more war. (Loud ^ applause). sj There was never a war on earth which was not based on unjust eco- 0, nomic conditions and until these are a remedied no league of nations can ^ maintain peace- n I say, *begin at the ground, among w the producers, the real creators of "* * tj a C weaitn, wunoui wnom me wunu wvmu g( go hungry and naked. s( History teaches us that nations draw C( their true wisdom, unselfish patriot- ^ ism and untainted virtues from the p deep wells of a' contended argiculture, p from those who live in .the quiet coun- w try places of the land, who have time to think soberly, who live temperately c, and commune with God in the temple of his untarnished skies. These are nation builders and the world savers. Root of Manner. h I tell you, my friends, the whole root A of the trouble lies in the money ques- e tion. If I were asked to point out the < fundamental reason of the war, the F distress and disorder that envelopes a a portion and threatens all the world, I g would say that instead of government c being designed to bring peace and com- jg fort to mankind as a whole, it has h been used to bring luxury and comfort I to the few at the expense of the many, m Tie governments of the world have re- 1 ersed the only principle which makes J t possible for every man willing to n rork, to be contented, prosperous and F appy. No peace treaty or league of t atlons which does not place agricul- t jre first and foremost will avoid war tl r bring happiness and plenty to man- J ind. E I have read somewhere a whimsical a tory of what happened after God Jected Adam from the garden of Iden. Adam went to farming because F ? 41%* amIw trrfttr Via aaiiI/1 m Iro 1AI woo U1C K/lllj YV a.y ukj wu*u u??*"v ^ living. There were no town Jobs to ,z e had then. The earth responded to ei is labor; food, clothing and shelter m 'ere had and that is really all that tan ever gets in this world. The sons f Adam, however, were not content. ,u 1th this. They set out to accumulate 0| roperty so as to congregate in cities in ad live by their wits. Men soon found in iat the necessities of life were perish- cl t)le and that unless surplus cattle, j* leep, wheat and hogs were produced ^ ich year those in the cities would 0f erish or else have to go back to the Tl irm- Some of them did go back to be rst principles and return to the farm, at those who remained put their th Bads together and invented money so " iat they would not have to hoe cot- 0f in, harvest wheat and raise cattle, of bey got bright metals and called them tfa )ld and silver, then they explained to er le farmer how his surplus cropa ould rot and not do him any good, " hile gold and silver would last forrer. The easy going farmer began to fa ade his wheat, cotton and cattle for as ttle round pieces of silver and gold, rii ith a picture on one side and "In God J" re Trust" on the other. After a while >be >ld and silver became scarce and they jy' .id a piece of paper promising gold or p<, lver would be just as good and the 0f ol farmer went right ahead, not real- th ing that if several. crops railed or in lere was a great war with an embar- p* >, that his pretty money would not J? .ve him from starvation. The town ,{? ilks had by this time organized and th ere handling products of all the earth to bey were trading money to one pro- so icer for all the food possible and glv- ou g him as little products from other lurces as they could. When the l*f lance occurred they fixed price by " w so as to cut both going and. com- tj g. Wealth was no longer counted by th he cattle on a thousand hills" but by ocks and bonds which are evidences m debts, not wealth; they are a mort- ? ige on future crops. Now, you farm- Jj* s of North Dakota, have struck gainst the monstrous system, and you no ill save not only yourselves, but the to orld, if you can get back to first prin- by pies, by giving the real creator of fa ealth the big end of the profits. Is lis unjust? Is this contrary to com- 9 on sense? Any fair minded person ill admit, that a man who raises a ba eer,' is entitled to more profit than th le man who merely cuts it up and sells th or who buys and resells it. The ?1< tousands of cattle raisers after a life 8U ! hard work die poor. This is true of ^ le wheat raisers ana me cuuuu iau- of 8. It is the fault of no individual, it uie system that keeps a thousand th en in poverty to allow one to have wi ore luxury than he can enjoy. You an >ople are making a noble effort to ^ lange the system and this country ?T ill be better off when the wealth of Rockefeller is divided among one pu mdred thousand men instead of an os^ly held by one. to I believe you will succeed, because thl ) set of men ever built up a system "c ia? another set of men cannot de roy. This war marked the close of tjj( le epoch and the beginning of anoth- ed The world is full of ex-kings, czars wl id emperors, and those who are rul- vii g through the power of money are J emblinlTon their thrones. Government in the future can only eg st upon the consent of the governed, xi lie laborer and the farmer have found dii it that they can rule the world by th: sting together, and money kings and ca ars might just as well look pleasant tic id adapt themselves to the new order gif > TTniAsa thev treat the peo U11I1QO. r e right the people will treat them an iugh. (Applause). Equality of op- th< >rtunity has been born into the world; th has cost ten million lives and an an :ean of blood, but the "Square Deal" *? >t "Greed" is the future "Ruler of ?? ankind." The money of this country ?1? dongs to the people of this country; thi is made money by their fiat stamped sai jon its face declaring it to be a legal wi nder. Its only legitimate function is as measure of value in the exchange of '8t oducts and when its subtle power is jed to extort and oppress, it is no nger a blessing, but a curse to a peo- 01 e. The wealth of a nation does not m insist of gold, bonds or stocks; real to ealth is the product of labor applied Ti the soil, the mine or the factory, th here is no higher calling than that of Ci ie banker, when he recognizes that it P' his function to conserve the credits gi t a community for the good of all e is merely the channel of distribu- ^ an and interest rates are carrying m larges to be regulated like telegraph, in lephone and freight rates. Charging ej ore than the law allows is usury. I d< ive known as high as thirty per cent Pi be charged on amounts of less than se 500. That is not the banking busi- tb ;s8. The state ought not only to have Pi state bank to protect its citizens, but h< inks getting usurious interest should cr i required to put up three Drass uauo " ? that a fellow would know that ne c as doing business with a pawn broker id not a hanker (laughter and apause). A sum in excess of a fair . irrying charge for the use of "Credits hich come from the government is >t interest, it is blood money, and it declared wrong by the laws of God id man. The only man upon whom JL le gentle Jesus ever laid his hands in "J lger was the money changer whom f i scourged with stripes from the t mple of the Lord. (Loud applause). ^ Labor. m I am glad your farmers are co-oper- "ft Jng with labor. We have but little it bor trouble in the south. When I aj sached Chicago I could feel the un- 01 ;st and tenseness of the atmosphere. y< have run into strikes everywhere, ol our farmers' legislature has done th ore at one session for labor than any le ate in the Union. You propose that le creators of all wealth shall have a te ,rger share of the wealht, which they sc eate. (Loud applause). (1 When I studied law, there was much te lid about master and servants. They tt ill have to write some new law books. y< y the eternal there shall be no more rf laster and servant in this world. You F eed the black slave and showed us (1 le way. Now, I have come here to te elp free the white slaves in the north aj Loud applause). Nothing will satisfy nnw pxceDt to be a partner. H othlng should satisfy him except a U| axtnership. (Loud applause v Let le American laborer actual' 2a" artner, then you will have no more :rikes. (Applause). I know manu- E icturing concerns that made hree undred per cent profit last year. God nows that the laborers should h '\*e a R lare in that (Applause). The policy pursued by some labor ? rganizations of limiting product on Is bl 11 wrong. England found thak. out uring the war. What we want Is a ^ tn meet the laximum 01 piuuun.-,. aste of war and this can only b>' sejred by capital and labor working toether as partners, not as master and ^ jrvant. The greatest men in this al uuntry are those employers of 'abor Ji 'ho are voluntarily recognizing this rlnciple and admitting labor ' o a a! artner's share in the profits. This ill never be fully eccomplished e:ccept irough governmental action. This is ertainly the only road open tc the h irmers. n A Great Man. t( At your capitol the ot"her day I was anded a decision of Federal Judge g .mldon. When your laws were pass- j. d, "Big Business" at once hollered ^ Unconstitutional" and went into the "ederal court. The decision of Judge a .midon is splendid from the purely le- a al view. From the point of justice, g larity of vision and spiritual power it g( i the greatest Judicial utterance that I j, ave ever read. (Applause). It was worth traveling three thou- n ind miles to meet Judge Amidon and {] tear him talk. Here is a Federal udge, a great lawyer and a greater nan. No one In this campaign has exilained so ably, or set forth so clearly, he unjust practices which gave birth o this farmers' movement Not even be Fargo Forum would dare accuse udge Amidon of being a Socialist, a tolsheviki or I. W. W. (Laughter and pplause). Listen to what Judge Amidon says: "The people of North Dakota are farmers, lany of them pioneers. Their life has been itensely individual. They have never been >mbined in corporate or other business organ- ' ations to train them in their common interits or promote their general welfare. In the ' ain they have made their purchases and sold 1 leir products as individuals. Nearfe all of j leir live stock and grain is shipped to termi- ] il markets at St. Paul, Minneapolis and Duth. There these products pass into the hands . ' large commission houses, elevators and mill- ' ig companies and livestock concerns. These ' terests are combined not only in corporations, lambers of commerce, boards of trade and in- 1 rlocking directorates but in the millions of \ iderstandings which arise among men having r ramon interests and living through long terms . years in the daily intercourse of great cities. 1 iese common understandings need not oe em- * died in articles of incorporation or trust 1 rreements. They may be as intangible as e ancient 'powers of the air.' But they are i potent in the economic world as those anent powers were thought to be in the affairs men. It is the potency of this unity of life men dwelling together in daily'intercourse at has caused all nations thus far to be govned by cities. "As North Dakota has become more thickly ttled and the means of intercourse have ineased the evils of the existing marketing sysm have been better understood. No single ctor has contributed as much to that result the scientific investigation of the state's agcultural college and the Federal experts conscted with the institution. That work has en carried to the homes of the state by exssion workers, the press and the political tcussiop of repeated political campaigns. The . ople have thus come to believe that the evils J the existing system consist not merely in e grading of grain, its weighing, its dockage, e price paid and the disparity betwegn the ice of different grades and the flour producg capacity of the grain. They believe that e evil goes deeper; that the whole system of ipping the raw materials of North Dakota to ese foreign terminals is wasteful and hostile the best interests of the state. They say in bstance: 1. The raw materials of the state ( ight to be manufactured into commercial proicts within the state. In no other way can i industrial life be sufficiently diversified to tain a healthy economic development. 2. The f esent system prevents diversified farming, le only way that can be built up is to grind t e grain in the state which the state produces j keep the by-products of bran and shorts here id feed them to livestock upon the farms of k e state. In no other way can a prosperous ] restock, dairy and poultry industry be built i. 3. The existing marketing system tends 1 rectly to the exhaustion of soil fertility. In 1 i way can soil depletion bo prevented except feed out to livestock at least as much of. the 1 -products of the grain raised upon the state's < ims as that grain produces when ground and us put back into the soil in the form of en- c :hed manure, the elements which the raising < small grains take from it. "The present movement began at least as far 1 ek as 1911. In that year an amendment to t e state constitution was initiated authorizing ( e state to acquire one or more terminal gr<Tn onH maintain and onerate the same in t ch manner as the legislative assembly should . escribe. That amendment was adopted in 18. From that time forward the discussion ( the subject of marketing the products of the . ate has been the main theme of public ought. The movement has gone straight for- 1 ird, the constitution has been repeatedly ( nended including the amendments here assail all having for their object the correction 8 the existing system of marketing the state's ( oducts. Year by year the conviction has epened, in steadily increasing majorities, that ' iblic ownership of terminal elevators, mills { id packing housee Is the only effective remedy correct the evils from which they believe ' emselves to be suffering. Their decision is >t a popular whim, but a deliberate convic>n arrived at as a result of full discussion s id repeated presentations of the subject at | e polls. The acts which the court is askto restrain are not thoee of public officials, ! 10 are pursuing enterprises of their own de- ( ling. Those acts express not simply the judgsnt of the state legislature. To authorize ( elr enactment the people of the state have i drawn their constitution. That i? the high- , t and most deliberate act of a free people, tese constitutional amendments authorize and rect the state to do what the defendants are ( reatening to do. Their acts are simply the rrying out of the mandate of those constitu- c mal amendments. I "It is hopeless to expect a population coniting of farmers scattered over a vast terri- i ry as the people of this state are to create , iy private business system that will change s system now existing. The only mean.. ' rough which the people of the state have had ( y experience in joint action is their state vernment. If they may not use that as the I fn AAmKinA tKpil' t mmon agency uiruugu muv? w v pital and carry on such basic industries as ivators, mills and packing houses and so fit c eir products for market and markets the me they must continue to deal as individuals th the vast combinations of those terminal 1 ;ies and suffer the injustices that always ex- 2 , where economic units so different in power ve to deal the one with the other." My friends, for one hundred years * lr whole scheme of national govern- t ent has revolved around protection j certain classes and individuala. , iriff, money and transportation are ie foundation of our national life jrtain legislation conferring special t ivilege Is the foundation of every ^ eat swollen fortune in this country. What Judge Amidon says Is true, "hat chance have the unorganized t illions scattered all over the country 2 a contest with expert financial strat- , ry backed by unlimited capital? I lay " VZTVn* fViA non. ^ )wn tnis proposition. >< uat w>? e Individually cannot do for themlves Is within the province and day of ie government to do for them. (Apause). The state of North Dakota , ?lps the citizen to help himself. They y "Socialism." I say, "No, it is paiotism." (Loud applause). (emocracy has Right to Experiment. ] To those who claim these laws are a ? istake I say that a democracy has the ^ ght to make mistakes. That is the ay it advances. Democracy itself is < ie grandest experiment made by man c ipplause). The constitution of the j nited States is the greatest experiowor tried in the science of gov nment. In the convention which amed it not a single educated, well- j -do man thought it would succeed. t Washington, Hamilton, Jefferson and adison were sceptical of success! * Within three years about one-third of < was amende<*away. Then fifty years ( ?o, we people down south stood on jr constitutional right to secede and >u took your guns and amended an- t ;her one-third away, so that only one- j lird of the original constitution is t ft- (Laughter and applause). You have doubtless made some mis- ? tkes. I hope you have, for your \ iheme wont work if it is perfect. . L?aughter and applause). But let me * ill you one thing, Boys, don't you let " le miserable Judas Iscariots, who sold i >u out for thirty pieces of silver cor:ct your mistakes. And don't let the orum or Herald correct them. Laughter). You do it yourself and 1 11 them to go to . (Laughter and ( ^plause). . Your bank law is the foundation of le whole plan. (Here the senator ? iscussed at length the bank law). ( Continuing, he said: You were ] areatened with the removal of the jvernment price of $2.26 for wheat. >o you know why it wasn't done? 1 /"ell, I'll tell you. The old line Demo- j ats wanted to do it, but the old line epublicans said, "If you do the coun- 1 y won't go Republican. It will go 1 'on-Partisan League and all of us will a s out of a Job-" (Laughter). ! You vote these bills down on the 5th and see what congress will do ' ext fall. You know that wheat would 1 i ni-l^o Vina atimu J UOWI1 Ut'L'iluac lac H?*vv ted its production all over the temerate zone. Wheat from the south ad the Argentine will flood the marets and as the price falls, the borrow- ( ig capacity of elevator receipts falls, rul automatically prices fall. f Socialism vs. Patriotism. ' Continuing the senator said: 1 I was a little fearful of coming out 1 ere. I met a very pleasant gentle- j lan on the train and he urged me not ) do so, saying that the whole thing ras socialistic. I told him I did not ' nink so, that I had met Townley at t. Paul, and I believed he was not onr honest, but the greatest leader of J len in America today. He said Town?y was a dreamer and could never get ' nywhere. After I left him in Chicago < s I rode alone toward the prairie, I ! ot to thinking of all the inventions in i slence which had revolutionized our ldustrial and social life, and how few < lventions there had been in govern- ! lental science. Why, my friends, if here had been no more advanoe in < applied economics than in applied politics we would still be using flint and steel instead of matches, wood<en mold board plows, band looms and pony express, Instead of reapers and binders, automobiles and aeroplanes. We jwed a few dreamers In politics as well as In the economic world. I looked at the endless miles of waving grain ready to feed a starving world and wondered how it would be harvested if a young man in Rockbridge county, Virginia, had not dreamed of a mowing machine, yet when he made the first one was run out of the field by a mob- Of-Whitney and the ootton gin; of Morse who died In abject poverty; of Franklin with his kite and hundreds of others whose dreams had girdled the globe with bands of steel and practically annihilated space. Herbert Kaufmaa says "Dreams are the architect of fact" If that be true hen what matters sneers or cynicism? This world is made up for the most part of those who take but never give, iharing in all but sparing in naught CVherefore the paths of progress have seen sobs of blood dropped from the jroken hearts of dreamers. This generation may crucify Towney, but if he succeeds the next will place his image in statuary hall among :he great benefactors of mankind. Men like Townley, Governor Frazier ind William Lemke are the trail blaz?rs; they never wear doubt's bandages >n their eyes, but ever hold to courige and to hope. Men of North Dakota, before God ind man, I say to you that nothing but :owardice and lack of faith can defeat rou in the noble purpose of your plans. 3e steadfast, be true and have faith in rour leaders. "In these days of Armageddon In the last great fight of all, May our houses stand togeiner That the pillars do not fall." TO CLOSE CAMP JACKSON Columbia Camp Will be Abandoned as Demobilization Canter. Camp Jackson will be discontinued is a demobilization camp, according o the pretty well authenticated rumor 'rom Washington, says the Columbia State of Friday. There had been a umor to that effect for a few hours resterday, but a communication from Washington seems to have settled the eport for a fact. This is to go into :ffcct on July 15. As all of the expelitionary forces have already returned ixcept a few scattered remnants here ind there, several camps throughout ;he country have been ordered to give >ver the demobilization activities and he few remaining soldiers yet to come vlll be concentrated in a small number >f demobilization camps that are still vorking. The only remaining dcmobiization camp for this section la Camp Jordon at Atlanta. All soldiers from loutheastern seaboard will b?f sent here. In each section of the country .1 ill L? ?..?k a Anamn THIo mOQ nQ .nere win uo ouvu a k.cuu|>. ? he large machinery and personnel of he present camp will go elsewhere. However, the same will not be deserted for besides the regular guards, ;he Forty-eighth infantry, there will still continue the Transport Corpe, the Drdnance Corps, and the Construction livision or the army school will in ill probability be placed .at. th|a camp The camp will still be a busy plftder Another report is to the effect that Charleston is to be discontinued as a lebarkation port, and this is also >orne out in the dispatch from Washngrton. All troops will probably land it Newport News or Hoboken and pro:eed directly to their camps. Chaileson is to cease being a debarkation >ort on July 10. Camp Meade, Upton, )glethorpe, and Boston are also to be llscontinued. It could not be learned yet where ho present personnel of the demobillation department will go as the news irrived so late. It was the unanimous, >elief of officers interviewed, however, hat there would still be many troops n the camps as the Construction divison is to have a school here, and The rransport Corps and Ordnance Corps vill be here for a great while. The rreater part of the soldiers have already arrived, and this fact would seem hat the order to close the demobillatlon offices here is only recognizing + tiro a in tho Tl/QV ftf anfioHHv hfi :omlng a condition. FRENCH WANT REPRISAL. A/ouId Raze Victory Shaft for Burned Banner*. A resolution w^s introduced in the French Chamber of Deputies last week luthorizing destruction of the German Victory Monument on Niederwald Hill, jpposlte Blngen, as a reprisal for the linking of the German fleet in Scapa ''low and burning of French battle lags in Berlin. Tho National Monument on the sTederwald, sometimes called the Vlc,ory Monument, was begun in 1877 'rom the designs of Johannes Schilling >f Dresden and inaugurated with rrcat ceremony in 1883. It was erected in commemoration of ho foundation of the German Empire n 1870-71, made possible by the ricorles in the Franco-Prussian war. It ~ oimik r\f \j*lnHnr. ILtLllUiJ UJ1 a, P1VJOUUU5 oj/u* w* vald Hill, which is on the Rhine op)osite Bingen. The famous Mouse Tower of childhood legend is in the iver near by. The National Monument or Dcnknal stands on a huge base eighty-two !eet high, surmounted by a figure of Jermania, decorated with the imperiil crown and a laurel wreathed sword, in emblem of the unity anc^ strength )f the empire. The figure is 34 feet in l eight. On the side ef the monument facing :he river the principal relief symbolzes the "Wacht am Rhein." It contains portraits of King William of Prussia ind other German princes and generils, together with representatives of ;he troops from the different parts of Germany; to the left and right are allegorical figures of Peace and War. The monument cost 1,100,000 marks. York county automobile owners will le interested in a compa'-ative cost of fflsoline in leading cities and towns of the state, which has been made public t>y H. A. Moses of Sumter. The figures were made public by Mr. Moses only lr*tn tho mer a careiui mvcsusouuu prices being charged in various sections of this state. The retail price in Vorkville is 28 cents. According to Mr. Moses' figures, prices prevailing In other cities and towns are as follows: Aiken, 29 cents; Anderson, 29 cents; Bishopville, 30 cents; Camden, 30 cents; Charleston, 27 cents; Cheraw, 28 cents; Columbia, 28 cents; Darlington, 28 cents; Florence, 28 cents; Greenwood, 29 cents; Manning, 28 cents; Orangeburg, 28 cents; Pinewood, 30 cents; Rock Hill, 28 and 281 cents; Spartanburg, 271 cents. i GARNERED WITH SCISSORS News From Within and Without the County. CONDENSED FUR QUICK READING Some Items of Fact, Some of Comment and All Helping to Give am Idea of What Our Neighbors Are Saying and Rock Hill Reoord, July 3s The friends of Mr. and Mrs. Max W. Bryant symjpathize with them in the loss ef their baby boy. Max William, aged four months, who died Tuesday morning at their home on Park avenue. The funeral was held yesterday morning with interment in Laurelwood. Oakland Arenue Presbyterian. church was the scene of a beautiful wedding last Evening when Miss Lula Fewell became the bride of David V. Walker, Jr., , of Winnsboro J, E. Lowry, Misses Gerald Lowry Jula Smith and Mrs. Will Erwin of Yorkville were visitors here today. Fort Mill Times. July 3: Mr. J. P. Crowder, of the township, lost a nice horse Saturday morning In a very unusual manner. The horse, with another animal, was pulling a disc plow near the home of Mr. Crowder, when in making the turn at the end of a row, it became entangled In the trace chains and fell across the front of the machine. An upright bolt in tho machine penetrated the left hind leg of the horse in such a manner that the animal bled to death before any assjtai.ee could be given it. There weic two marriages In Fort Mill Saturday afternoon, the couples being Morlln O. Hood and Miss Ethel May Holllfleld, and T. A. Ctuinup and Miss Grace Bennett. Mrs. Cannup is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Boycc Bennett, of Lower Fort Mill, while Mrs. Hood's mother reeldee in this city. All* the young people are popular and many friends wish them much happiness ...Baxter E. Wright, another of the Fort Mill boys who has been on duty overseas, has received his discharge and returned to his home in this city. The Rev. J. W. H. Dyches, Th. D. performed the marriage ceremony at a double wedding Saturday afternoon at. the home of Mrs. R. O. Holllfleld, the contracting parties being Mr. Brown Wells of Rock Hill and Miss Myrtle Sclllwell, and Mr. Martin O. Hood and Mlso Ethel Holllfleld, the latter parties being from Fort Mill. The ceremony was witnessed by only a few relatives and friends. I I..lw 4. DnK? ru?4 U?IIII?7 WMI/ ? &WWW* VIWUdner, after serving several months In the army in France, has received his honorable discharge and returned to his home here. Mr. Gardner was discharged at Camp Jackson Among the soldiers to be discharged at Camp Jackson, according to information sup- __ ^pfieS *by thf Columbia W|fcr -Canlp* * ** Community service, <are William El! Gains and Joseph Franklin Martin, of GafTney, and Reuben ^troud of Blacksburg Mr. and Mrs. N. C. Hughes left Gaifney Tuesday for Laurens where they will make their home. Mr. Hughes has been elected Laurens county highway engineer, a position similar to the one he held here. O. C, Stanley has succeeded Mr. Hughes as ^ Cherokee county highway engineer. J. L. Walker Tuesday assumed the duties of superintendent of education in Cherokee county. Mr. Walker will be in his office at the court house every day for some time, getting in touch with school affialrs. T. K. Vassy has been appointed a member of the county board of education, succeeding Mr. Walker. The board is now composed of Mr. Walker, Mr. Vassy and J. Harvey Wltherspoon, superintendent of the city schools One of the season's most interesting weddings was that of Miss Is ma Gault and Mr. Herbert Watero, which took place Wednesday afternoon in Jonssville at the home of the bride's parenta, Mr- and Mrs. J. M. Gault Chester Reporter, July 3: The county board of education has appointed Messrs. S. M. McWatters, W. B. Ma* Fadden, and W. C.. McKeown trustees of Fort Lawn school district, vice \r .... n vr W aviuvais. is. rci?uouuf a. f?. iwuuw;? and T. L. McFadden, resigned. The new trustees were nominated a few days ago at a public meeting that had been called by order of .the county board of education. A petition, signed by twenty-three patrons, was sent in asking for the appointment of Messrs. T. B. Kell, M. D., H. E. Turner and N. M. Tongue; but the board, after considering the matter carefully, acted as above stated James Thompson, colored, who was arrested at Lockhart about two weeks ago for the murder of Isaiah Jeter fifteen years ago and committed to the York Jail, has been brought to Chester and is in jail here, it having been learned that the field in which the crime was committed and the spot where Jeter died are in Chester county. The case will, therefore, come up for trial in the courts of this. county. Thompson is now a man of about seventy years of age, and is feeble and decrepit. He fied after killing Jeter, and dodged about from place to place. It is said that he also killed a negro in a lumber camp in the southern part of the state, and has been on the dodge for that crime The State Highway commission has notified the Southern Bridge company, of Birmingham, Ala., that in view of its delay in executing contract and the unsatisfactory manner in which the transactions relative to the execution of the contract for building a bridge across rsroaa river, conneciini; umun ana Chester counties at Lockhart, the work will be -e-advertl?ed and the cost of the said advertising charged to the Southern. Bridge company, which was recently awarded the contract for the work. This will be the third time bids have been asked for from contractors on the Union-Chester bridge across Broad River at Lockhart. The Southern Bridge company of Birmingham was awarded the contract after bids had been requested for the second time. This concern submitted with Its bid a certified check for SI.000 and t^e cost of advertising: the work for the third time will be deducted from the proceeds from this check and the balance returned to the Southern Bridge company. Chester and Union counties are very much iaterested in gettiag this new bridge built ~