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? That Babe Ruth's" home run in the eighth inning of . Tuesday's game in New York between the Yanks and the Tigers was the longest hit ever made in the history pf the baseball, according. to John poster, former secretary of- the Giants); who has been in big league baseball .for JQ?re than 30 years, and by iiles^^imfoe Ellas, baseball statistician. " The distance from home plate to the center-field fence at the-Polo grounds is 416 feet. Ruth's hifc; carried 20 feet over this mark, making a total distance 436 feet, a riejw world's record. Several years agip J?e Jackson, of the Chicago White Sox, hit a balT'over right-field fence between J.heVjfirst''ahd seconud; pales. This was considered the~l6ngest:hit .ever-mad?.-at?t,he?JBaIa*grounds.. Another long hit oh the historic field was made by Fred Merkle, who drove the ball over the^eft-ffeld ferfte, n tlis--; lance of 400 feet. ? Govfernmdnt'-; erhplayes) who acti j1 vely oppose the administrations gov-, oi-nmpnt-' rpfir^anization Dlan will be' "dismissed, the iSrfeident^a'nd Tiis cabinet decided Tuesday. The decision was said to have faulted -.from activities of some employes in spreading propaganda against the reorganization policy. Specific orders are to be promulgated immediately by department heads. It is understoocl. they will be aimed particularly at bureau chiefs who are said to have been bringing influence to bear one congress to prevent a readjustment"of their particular bureaus. In the discussions at the cabinet meeting" the' president and his advisers are said to have agreed that much of this opposition was due1 to a fear that the reorganization would result in -abolishing many high salaried officers. Mr. Harding is understood to have been ertrphatic in- his instructions that any,, one using'his official position to tighten.his-.- hbld on his salary .envelope. should be dismissed immediately. At- the same time the president is.said to have declared he did not wish this policy to interfere with a free expression of individual opinion. ? Nearly 1,000,000 bales of cotton exclusive of linters, held in public storage in this country on May 31 were not tenderable on future contracts, the census bureau reported Wednesday to .Secretary Hoover. Cotton not tenderable it was explained includes a grade of white cotton, tinged cotton, yellow stained, blue stained and any cotton bluer than low middling white. Total cotton of. all grades, exclusive of linters, held,in public storage, including pubIic?warehouses, compressed. and public cotton yarns, amounted to 4,639,068 bales on May 31, the report said. Nearly a m'llion bales of this was not graded, the report stating that warehouse men as a rule being interested in the price per bale and not in the quality. Data returned from storage places reporting placed the total of American cotton Held at 3,974,974 bales of which 24 per cent, of 970,230 bales was reported as not tenderable on future contract.. In computing?the amount of untenderable cotton only - American cotton was considered in' arriving at the total of 4,6.S9fft6$ bales of all cotton held in wareh'ousVs. There were 100,738 bales .of. .foreign .qotton also held on May 31, .bringing tfie total cotton in public storage and at compress es to 4,739,sol oaies rr Chicago, Jun 14. Timothy D. Tim") Murphy, labor leader and fbtmer member of the legislature, who Wis named in two ffaUeged con tea-, sfons today as the leader in"the $350$' 000 Dearborn station mail robbery, April 6, was held m jail tonlg-ht in default of $100,000 .bond. Vincenzo Cosmano, Murphy's 'lieutenant, also was held, his bond hiving'been fixed at $75,000, which fie was unable to furnish. The two were sent to different jails, Murphy being hel$ at Joilet and Cosmano at Waukegan..^Others being held by the police were Edward Geirun, Murphy's chauffeur; Peter and Frank Gusenburg, both under indictment for robbery: George W. Hecker, mail clerk; Ralph Teter, former government clerk and Paul Bolanti, a grocer. At least 11 other arrests were expected soon, according to A. E. Germer, chief postal inspector, who said that the men sought lived in different state's..' Although*he asserted that several confessions had been obtained, he refused. tOf tellvwho, excepting Geirun, had made admissions. Murphy, it was said, took no part in the actual robbery but1 watched'his ai ' ~ : ~ ~ ~ nn + moil nnrl iegea VUlupmnuna Iiviu wk ">v ....... then flee in an automobile. . Murphy was said to have paid Peter $100 before the robbery and $7.00 afterwards. Murphy and Cosmano, it was asserted, received the greater part of the loot, the rest being split $13,000 in bonds and $1,000 in cash to each man. ? Among the stories coming out of Russia is one to the effect that all of the Soviet leaders realize that their days of authority are about over and ' that they are making their arrangements against stormy times to come. There have been uprisings among the peasants and mutinies -in the army,, and it is said that many of the high bolshevist officials have already moved their families'to Czecho-Slovakia and the Baltic states, and have smuggled their platinum, gold, silver and jewels out of the country for deposit in British and American banks. According tp secret agents of the French government who are said to have made their way back to Paris from Russia, large numbers of airplanes have been collected at Moscow and Petrograd, and they are being kept ready for flight at a moment's notice. The populace is being told that these airplanes are being collected in anticipation of war with the Roumanians and the Czecho-Slovaks; but every one says that the real reason for these airplanes is a means for quick flight and to that end skilled aviators are being kept on constant duty. It is said that there have been numerous instances where starving peasants "hove humeri freie-ht ears assembled to transport grain. the reason for the destruction being the fear that the removal of the grain will make conditions still worse for the people by whom the grain was produced. But along with these stoiies there are faint suggestions that maybe they are based in part at least only on propaganda. ? The senate finance committee is preparing to submit the soldier bonus bill to the senate with recommendations for its passage. While determined opposition to the measure is in prospect, leaders predict that the senate will act favorably. Representative Fordney, chairman of the house ways and means committee, will lead a fight for the bonus in the lower chamber. The finance committee discussed the bonus Wednesday after receiving a favorable report from its sub-committee, of which Senator McCumber is head. An attempt was made to have the committee report cut the bill immediately, but several senators .objected. They wanted time, 1 they said, to familiarize themselves with amendments recommended by the subcommittee. This they thought they could do by Monday, As reported by the subcommittee, tlie bill is not altered in any fundamental particulars, except that the land settlement j feature is modified to eliminate-projects for reclamation, it differs from ' other papers continue the record. The Yorkville Cyclopedia and Mills Statistics of South Carolina, 1824, Lossing's Field Book of the Revolution, the United States census reports, and many other publications add abundant corroborative testimony to the record. And neither would we have people believe that the ancient name of the town was changed at this late day on account of the alleged violation of the rules of taste in combining the French "ville" with the English 1 "York." The change Is to be accounted for with other reasons very different. The first attempt in this direction of which we have any record was made 22 years ago, in connection with the activities of a. newspaper that was seeking establishment in opposition to 1 The Yorkville Enquirer. The promot- 1 ers of this newspaper having met with | considerable discouragement, became 1 obsessed with the idea that their fail- j ure lay in the long .->tablishod name of The Yorkville Enquirer, and they sought to remove that supposed hnndi- 1 cap by striking the ville" off the J name of the Iowii. The campaign was , would have another route of transportation open to the Baltic. This would at least furnish competition. But as England does not propose that Italy should become any bigger than she now is, England will not yield any of her present advantages. We are reproducing elsewhere a sketch of the town of Yorkville prepared by John R. Hart, Esq., for deposit in the coin box that went into the corner stone of, the new city hall yesterday afternoon. This sketch is quite accurate as to present day conditions; but decidedly off in that part of it which purports to account for the changing of the name of the town from Yorkville to York. The town was Yorkville, officially as well as conventionally, from the erection of the county in 1798 until 1915. Complete files of The Yorkville Pioneer, by Patrick Carey, for the years 1823 and 1824, in the possession of The Yorkville Enquirer, bear evidence that there was no confusion as to the name or the spelling thereof at that date, and files of The Yorkville Patriot, published in 1833, by John E. Grist, and of The Yorkville Compiler. Yorkville Miscellany and to anticipate that Germany will undertake to put any obstructions in the way of any reasonable adjustment and the United States is not likely to want anything: unreasonable. A part of the Austrian Tyrol that joins Italy is exceedingly'itnxious for political union with Germany. Such union is forbidden by the Versailles treaty: but Italy is very much in favor of the proposition. There is a reason. That reason coincides with the proposition of pnion of Austria with Germany. Italy is the principal Mediterranean power, and if she had a free hand it would be an easy matter for. her to become one of the leading commercial nations of the world. But that does not* suit England, which has as much competition as it wants already. England controls entrance to the Mediterranean at both ends? Gibraltar and Suez. Italy cannot bring goods in from the outside world without the approval of England and neither can she send goods out. If Italy joined Germany directly then she Sims as "traveling- in jLonaon wun ms cut-out wide open." There is a considerable row in North Carolina over the nomination of Frank A. Linney to be Federal district attorney. Linney is Republican state chairman for North Carolina. During the campaign he advised that negroes remain away from the polls. He has the endorsement of the Republican organization; but confirmation, is being held up because of protests on the part of the negroes. There is much interest in the outcome of the case. Of course anybody ought to ha.ve sense enough to_know that the adoption of a peace resolution by congress cannot settle a great deal as between the United States and Germany. There are many questions between the two | countries that can be adjusted, only by mutual agreement and this mutual [ agreement can be arrived at only by treaty. But still there is no reason | the bill passed by the senate last session in that payments will begin July 1, 1922, instead of July 1, 1923. Five optional benefits are provided. They are cash payments of $1 daily for home service and $1.25 daily for foreign service less the $G0 bonus granted on discharge; an "adjusted service certificate," combining insurance and cash payments after 20 years in an amount 40 per cent, greater than "adjusted service pay; vocational training aid, allowing the veteran the privilege of vocational training at government expense to an amount greater by 40 per cent than adjusted service pay; farm or home aid, giving the veteran 40 per cent, more than adjusted service pay if applied to purchase or .improvement of farm or home; land settlement aid; giving the veteran' pre;-; ference in. entering on public ljjnds.' The maximum cost or rne ounus, according: to the subcommittee would be $5,273,000,000, scattered over 20 years. It is figured that the true cost, however, will be about $4,396,000,000, with payments not exceeding: $200,000,000. in any, year except 1943. ?ftc ^orkwUc ^uquirtr. i . Entered at the Postoffice at York, as /Mail Matter of the Second Class. FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 1921. A clever cartoon represents Admiral made, of course, on other grounds; but the idea appeared absurd to the people and they would have none of it. The question came up again in 1915 under similar conditions and for the same reason. This time the opposition was stronger by reason of better organization, a larger number of stockholders interested, and a more vigorous and desperate campaign, and the thing was accomplished. Among the arguments used in this last campaign was that quoted from the sketch referred to and the saving to be effected in the use of the ink necessary to write the. word "ville" was emphasized; but thoto--io'v vofv little reason to believe tKat"~ the one argument had any more I influence on the issue than the. .other. While The Yorkville Enquirer finds no pleasure, in the revival of this matter, it is nevertheless unwilling to print .such a statement as that which is contained in the historical sketch of the ta>vn without'some additional light on the facts. * '"* m ? Greece and Turkey. The war between Greece and Turkey is still going on; but little can be learned about it further than that the Kemalists are getting the best of the Greeks, and the Greeks appfear to be in a pretty desperate shape. i Th^ treaty of Sevres undertook to ""takeraway from Turkey practically all ; the territory she had in Europe except a'/small strip to the north of Constantinople and to internationalize Constantinople itself. Both the Greeks and 'the1 Turks were bitterly dissatisfied, "the Greeks because they got so much less than tftfey were claiming apd the Turks because they were expected to give up so much more than they thought they ought to give up. Both the Greeks and the Turks aspire to the control of Constantinople "? a ittAA ama VvJHonlv nn_ I DUC 10 tms me Aiuea urc v,. posed, because it is very well understood. that whoever is supreme in Constantinople will dominate the most important commercial gateway in the | world. / If Greece should overcome the Turks she would be in a fair way to ; reestablish the ancient Byzantine em- I pire, and that would mean her complete domination of the Mediterranean to the defeat of the ambitions of Italy and also to the very serious interference with the plans of France. Since the days of Peter thK Great Russian hopes have- centered on the control of Constantinople, and in spite of the present form of government, there is reason to believe that5f.h0.se hopes are as strong today as -ever. To that'end the Russians have been giving' active support to the Kemalists against the Greeks and there is reasson to believe that it is because of men and munitions that the Soviets have furnished the Turks under Kemal that the Greeks have been able to make such small headway. There are indications that the diplomacy underneath the treaty of Sevres had for its main purpose the control of Constantinople by Great Britain, and while both France and Italy would prefer some other arrangement than British control, both are inclined to accept Great Britain rather than allow the city to go to the Russians or Greeks: but tltey would probably be willing to see Constantino}-pie go to Kemalists rather than to any of the others if it were not for the circumstance that the Kemalists are now so closely allied with the Rus sians. King Constantine of Greece a few days ago left to assume command of his armies in person. The case is regarded as desperate mainly because the Greeks lack money and supplies. Tt is conceded that if the Greeks were only properly equipped they would easily overcome the Turks; but for the various reasons, indicated the Allies are not inclined to furnish the necessary equipment. Cotton Consumption for May.?Cotton consumed during May amounted to 439,SS4 bales of lint and 47,305 bales of linters, the census bureau announced today. Consumption in May last year amounted to 541,377 bales of lint and 32,072 of linters. Cotton on hand May 31 in consuming establishments amounted to 1,279,314 bales of lint and 215,S83 bales of linters, compared with 1,G9S,S33 of lint and 2S2.SS1 of linters a year ago, and held In public storage and at compresses, 4.73S.S51 bales of lint and 269,19S of linters, compared with 2,586,S68 of lint and 393,372 of linters a year ago. Imports during May amounted to 10,542 bales, compared with 15,767 in May last year. Exports for May were 473,049 bales, including 4,340 bales of linters, compared with 364,904, including 5,550 of linters in May last year. Cotton spindles active during May numbered 32,G31.061, compared with 34,009,744 in May last year. Statistics for cotton growing states follows: Consumed during May 268,131 bales compared with 310,516 in May last yea r. On hand May 31 in consuming es tablishments 573,3nu oaies tomiaiuu with 2,264,307 a year ago. Cotton spin<lles active during May numbered 14.661.S91 compared with 15,064,SS9 in May last year. ? Spartanburg June 10:' Yesterday afternoon while court was in session a man giving his name as Bud Henley walked up to a man who he thought looked thirsty and asked if he did not want to buy a pint. There was another man standing near and he was asked the same question. The men solicited happened to be rural policemen. Maud MeAbee sind Horace H'atchett. The officers went with the man to get the pure corn and were taken back of the Salvation Army hall to a vacant lot where Roland Harris, an old offender, handed out (he booze to the officers. The men ind booze wore taken into custody j and cases were made against both of i them. This it is thought, is the first , time that a record has been made of a bootlegger soliciting an officer in the court room itself. t ? Rev. Cecil Clinton Brown, we"- ' cnown Baptist minister for many years located at Sumter, died in Richmond, Cn., Tuesday. The interment was at , -hunter. f cal Association , at tneir meeuiiK neiu in American Legion Hall, Yorkvllle, i last Tuesday passed resolutions endorsing a proposition to obtain the services of a county health officer for York county. Dr. L. A. Riser of the ' state department of health delivered I an address before the physicians. ( Other speakers were President D. B. , Johnson of Winthrop College and Prof. Thompson of the Winthrop faculty. . Dr. W. R. Ward of Rock Hill, presi- T dent of the association presided with Dr. P. W. Hunter of Yorkville, at his , station as secretary. j ? At the regular monthly meeting of 1 Meech Stewart Post, No. '66;'in Amen- f L-an Legion liali Wednesday evening, ( uinounceineiR^of appointment- ofoom-rj'? In a letter- to the commander of I Meech Stewart Post .American Legion received yesterday,' Capt. Mauldin says: . "Your letter of 13th inst., in which you, as Post' Commander of Meech Stewart Post No. 66, American Legion, invite me to make 'an address' beforethe ex-service men of York county on July 4, has been received. "I am more than pleased to be remembered by you, for you know it is pleasant to be remembered, but as a matter of fact I never made 'an address' in my life. I will be delighted to come up and make one of my | rambling and scattering talks, if it is possible for me to get away, and T assure you that if it is possible, I will be there. I would like to talk on Americanization and ?he Building of a Nation, for that to my mind is the most living and pregnant subject before the people today." WITHIN THE TOWN ? The local chapter American Red 1 Cross lias contributed twenty-five dollars for-the relief of the Pueblo flood 1 sufferers. ? The wetting down of the sidewalks ] and asphalt iu front of Main street resitlehce?, has a cooling effect for the 1 time being in.,the. immediate vicinity; 1 but as a matter of fact is this pleasuurable experience not offset to a great- 1 cr or less extent by the water that"is left to mix with and evaporate from the filth of the gutters? ? Members of the York Countv Modi .decline.in building material anu wvu> prices. It is roughly estimated that the saving will apiount to between $20,000 and $25,000. L The two counties agreed on $120,000, MecklenburgTto pay $80,000 and York $40,000. basnet, on populatiorf of the two counties. Tiie"cost of the bridge will probably be between $100,000 and the $120,000 estimate. ?3- > MAU.LDIN TO SPEAK Hon. Oscar K. Mauldin of Greenville. prominent attorney of that city and captain of infantry during the late World war, has accepted an invitation to come to Yorkville, July 4, on occasion of the First Reunion of York County Veterans of the World war. Although over military age at the time of the entry of the United States into the war, Capt. Mauldin, was > among the first to volunteer. He had had previous^ military experience, having served throughout the Spanish American war. He received a com-v mission and served as captain of infantry, serving, in the hardest fighting in France where he was wounded. It is said .that he refused promotion to ?,a majority taking the position that he would rather serve as captain with the men of, his company, than accept promotion to major which would necessitate absence of contact wim ihp nersnnnel' of his company. j Fort Mill, between MecKienourg mgnj way officials and York county commissioners. Thomas Griffith, chairman of the Mecklenburg Highway'commission; J. R. Withers, member, and. Engineer Lloyd Ross, accompanied- by :Mr. Hanks, a bridge man, composed the Mecklenburg,delegation, meeting Messrs. Brown,* Lumpkin and Kirkpatrick,the York county commissioners; J, S. Brice, their attorney, and Engineer Miller of Yocl^ county. Engineers Ross and Miller were instructed by their respective boards tomeet at the Buster Boyd site Friday .of this week and make the survey. As soon as plans can be drawn, bids will be accepted, lis the understanding. The bridge will probably be of steel, with a creoadted plank roadway covered with aaphaltic surface, although the type hasoiot been definitely decided upon. 4:-.The counties' will probably be able to save something on the first estimates of cost, as a result of the LUUUYVlilg 1 cm COUO.WW M .. been indexed in the office of the York county auditor: Catawba?Rock Hill Housing Corp. to C. S. McMurray, 1 lot, $1,650. Jas. h. Black to McNeely- Nelson and Cynthia :NeIson, 2 lots, $1,000. Elizabeth Finley, et al., to F. S. Roach, 14 6-10 acres, $1,496.50. (Estate D. E. Finley lands). King's Mouritain?E. C. Jackson to J. B. H. Jackson, 4 85-100 acres, $1,000. TO BRIDGE THE CATAWBA. . Engineers of Meckltnburg and York counties have been instructed to make a survey for the bridge over the Ca-. tawba river at the Buster Boyd site between these two counties and as soon as plans are drawn, bids will be called for and the contract let, probably within the next thirty days. This, decision was reached as a result of a conference held Tuesday at LOCAL, AFFAIRS, NEW ADVERTISEMENTS Clover "Drug Store?Eatonic Tor your stomach's sake. D. B. Johnson, president?Winthrop scholarship examinations. A. T. Hart, W. M.?Special communication Tuesday evening. The Star Theatre, J. Q. Wray, Manager?Shirley Mason, King Baggot, Buck Jones and Alice Brady. York Supply Company?Sugar sale. Carroll Brothers?Emmersor. Mowers. McConnell's?June clearing saje, .of seasonable merchandise. J. 'L. Templetoh, ' Smyrna 2.?Has taken up a strby mare. R. J. Reynolds & Co.?Prince Albert Tobacco. . Standard Oil Company of New Jersey ?New Perfection oil cook stove. Goodyear Tire and Rubber CompanyBuilding tires belter than ever before. . ; .. ** *" There should be a hard surface road ^between Yorkville and Rock Hill. With the building of the bridge at Buster Boyd's Ferry the distance between Yorkville and Charlotte will be about 32 miles. Considerably more th'an a million dollars has passed through the office . of the treasurer of York county this year. All records have been broken by several hundred thousand dollars. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS Since the last publication of the record in The Yorkville Enquirer the 1 S v, o? ?.a?1 n + r?Q n a frtrd Vl fl VP mittees to function in connection with the first reunion of York, county service men in Yorkville July 4, were an- j nounced as follows: Decorations?A. T. Hart, C. G. Sandifer, Clayborn Stroup; Entertainment of Guests?T. M. Ferguson, C. A. Boney, C. R. Gillam, John' R. Logan; Committee to Request Car Owners to Drive Cars in Parade?Howard McMackin, John R. Logan, Tom Quinn, W. S. Moore, R. H. Glenn; Committee on.Programme and Parade?Jas D. Grist, P. A. Smith, H. R. Mackorell. ? ? The few but loyal baseball fans of the town declare that there is less baseball interest in Yorkville than ;- in omr tftwn of nnv. LI J CI C ID Hi c M.J wkt?w* thing like similar size, .'in the state' despite the fact that in,.;the American Legion Larrupers, Yorkville has the best baseball team the town' has known in years. It is pointed"~out that .Clover/, much smaller .^n population shows much more interest in ... Jbaseball through attendance;on ganies. "It is a shame, the poor support that the American Legion Larrupers aije receiving at the hands' of the heme people," declared one. fan this .morning,.. "Whether it is because of the fact that quarters are as scarce as hen's teeth or because the home folks don't cafe about baseball, I don't know; but I believe if the team doesn't get better support they are going to have to stage their games in Sharon, Hickory Grove or Filbefrt." LEGION DEFEATS FORT MILL Field Manager "Toots" 'Gaulden pitched a wonderful game of baseball against thg? strong Fort Mill team on the Yorkville Graded school diamond yesterday afternoon and the American Legion Larrupers walked away with the second game of the week to the tune of 9 to 0. Gaulden allowed only two hits, one - ; l'?> n friiii oprinrdine or wmcii waa iwiij ? to the fans. . .... Gate receipts totaled $22, no charge being made for ladies. . Following was the box score and a surrimary of the game as prepared by J Wallace Marshall, official scorer: FORT MILL AB R H PO A E Ferguson, W., c 2 0 0 2 0 1 Jones, 2b ....J-..'- - 3 0 0 2 3 0 Nims, 1. f. ? "'3 0 0 2 0 0 Ferguson, A., ss. 3 . 0 0 0 ili 0 Archie, p. 2 0 1 0 1 0 Hunter, r. f. .._ 2 . 0 0 2 1 0 Smith, 3b 3 0 1 2 1 Stevenson, c. f 2 0 0 3 0 Harris, lb ? 1 0 . 0 5 0 ?/ Totals .... ? 22 0 2 18 6 3 LEGIONAIRES" AB R H PO A E Bratton, 2b - Losan, lb ? 4 12 7 0 0 Moore, 3b 3 - 1 i Mackorell, c. 3 0 0 8 Neely.l. f ? 3 1 1 1 J 0 Simrill, r. f J J 2 ? ,g ? Jones, c. f. 3 0 1 1 0 0 Ashe, ss. ? - 9 9 9 0 2 0 Gaulden, p 2 2 2 0 L u Totals 28 9 12 21 5 2 Score by innings: Fort Mill ...J. .... 000 000 0?0 Legionaires 421 110 x?9 Called after 6* innings on account of rain. Home runs: .Arthur Neely. 3 base hits: Bratton, F. Simrill. 2 base hits: Efratton, Archie. 1 Stolen bases:. Stevenson, Logan. / t Sacrifice flies: Mackorell, Noely. ' Struck out: By Gaulden, 8; by Archie, 2: , Bases on ball^: Off Gaulden, 2; off Archie, 2. ' Batters hit:" Archie, Hunter. 'v . "Wild pitch: Gauldenj Double plays: Hunter to Jones; Bratton to Logan. Left on bases: Fort Mill, 5; Legi6n-? aires, 5. Umpire, Thomas W. Quinn; Scorer, J. "Wallace Marshall. ABOUT PEOPLE Miss Mell Beard, of Charlotte, is v<fe 1ting friends in Yorkvilie. R. Y. Grist of Columbia, was a visitor in Y'orkvilie on Wednesday.Miss Helen Sandifer, of Lowryville, was a visitor in Y'orkvilie this week. Miss Bessie Pegram, of Bishopville, visited her father, J. B. Pegram, in Yorkvilie this week. Messrs. C. N. Alexander and J. F. Pursley, of Clover, were visitors in Yorkvilie, yesterday. John YV. Grist of Columbia, is spending several days in Yorkvilie, the guesl .of his sister, Mrs. H. E. Neil. * Mr. and Mrs;, W. T. Barron of Fort Mill, are visiting Miss Bessie Barron and other relatfves in Yorkvilie. Mish Elizabeth Brooks of Mineral Springs, Ark., is visiting Mrs. Basil Matthews at Ebenezer. Miss Mary Blodgett, of Atlanta, is visiting the family of Mr. J. F. McEiwee in Y'orkvilie. Miss Emmie Dantzler of Orangeburg is-the guest of Miss Bleeker Beamguard. in Clover. Miss Louise Nichols, of Rock Hill is tne gnest oi me iaimiy ui mi. >*. ??. Barron in Yorkville. Misses yhelma. and Veola Johnson of : Yorkville' .'are attending Winthrop siiihmer school. Miss Marie Pegram, who teaches at Seneca, is at the home of her father, .T. B. Pegram in Yorkville, for the summer. A. Y. Cartwright, and John E. Carroll, Jr., students at the Citadel, Charleston, arc at the homes of their respective parents in Yorkville. John S. Lewis and William Marshall, recent graduates of the Citadel, Charleston, have returner to their respective homes in Yorkville. Joe Herndon, a student at Washington and Lee university, Lexington, Va? is at the home of his father, Prof. R. J. Herndon, in Yorkville. J. H. B. Jenkins, Jr., of the Peoples Bank and; .Trust .Company, Yorkville, returned yesterday from a short busL ness trip to Anderson. "There is more, corn along the railroads," he said, "inproportion to the cotton, than I have ever-seen. Thomas F. McDow, Esq'., cf York-' rille, who served as.special judge at Dillon, returned home Tuesday, having completed the work of the sessions in x single day. He disposed of about thirty cases, including some Uventyflve pleas of guilty. .. . .,.. DEFEAT FOR GASTONIA. Playing jamb up baseball from start Lo finish the Gaulden McMackin combination of the American Larrupers of i'orkville, larruped their way to a 17 to 5 victory over a Gastonia, N. C., .earn on the Yorkville Graded school ct Wednesday afternoon. Twelve runs :amc to the Legionaires in the first inning. after which the Gastonia aggregation tightened down a bit and allowed the ex-soldiers to make only five nore tallies during the game. Hal Mackoreli was perhaps the outshining star of the game. He received, ill of "Mister How'rd McMackin's of"erings" in big- league style and got' lour ipeijfectly . clean-* hits when hits; rounted. | -Attendance <us -usual .was small,-the. Marshall R. Fails, well Known cm zen of the Kind's Cj;eek section Is making arrangements to move to Clover and establish a lumber yard. Mr. Falls has purchased a lot in Clover, it was stated yesterday, and expects to buikl a residence thereon in the near future. Office for County Demonstrator. County Farm Demonstration Agent John R. Blair, has made arrangements with John E. Carroll, superintendent of education whereby Mr. Blair is to have office quarters in Mr. Carroll's office. Mr. Blair has also made arrangements for office quarters at the Chamber of Commerce in Rock Hill. He proposes to spend the first and third Saturdays of each month in'his offfee at the court house in Yorkyille and the second and fourth Saturdays'at' the'tJffice in the Chamber of Commerce, Rock,Hill. The Montgomery' sang selections. The .formal exercises were closed with a benediction pronounced by Rev. J. K. Walker. A ..collection taken among Masons present for the benefit of the Church Home Orphanage totaled $50.82. Many Masons remained after the exercises until last evening when the third degree was given five candidates by Philanthropic Lodge. Among the grand1 officers present for the exercises yesterday were: frarid Master S. T. Lanham, Spartanburg; Grand Secretary, O. Frank Hart, Columbia; Grand Senior Warden, C. K. Chreitzberg, Rock Hill; Joseph Lindsay, District Grand Deputy; H. H. Anderson, Grand Senior Warden; LOCAL LACONICS Committed to Jail. Charged with disposing of property under mortgage, E. B. Byers, colored, has been committed to .the county jail on a warrant sworn out before Magistrate F. C. Black. Contract for School Building. Contract for the building of the new Clover High school was on Wednesday awarded to Contractor Healon of Rock Hill, his bid of $23,450 being the lowest bid submitted. .Citizens of Clover ; school district some time ago voted bonds in the sum of $40,000 ti>- be u^ecj J in the erection of a new sphool build- ' ing. C. J. Walker of Rock Hill is the architect.,. ' Lymbor-Y.ji-ti, for Clover. ' , torney John R. Hart to the audience as the orator of the day.v Mr. Hart delivered a 'comprehensive sketch of the history of the town from the time' of its foundation about 1785 to the present day, a.mqre thorough synopsis of which is to be found'on the. first page of The iforkville Enquirer. V "I am glad to see you people going ahead with, the building of a munici( pal hall at this time," Grand Master Lanham told his audience. "The American people are a nation of builders and I want to see them resume the building programme which necessarily had to be suspended when the country entered the World war. We should resume that programme throughout the land now that peace has come by joint resolution rather than by treaty as we would naturally have expected it to come." The grand master announced. that the trowel that he was using in connection with the laying of the, cornerstone was the same that was "used by "Brother LaFayette when he laid the cornerstone of the DeKalb monument at Camden in March, 1825." Working tools of the late Absalom Cody for fifty years a member _ of Philanthropic Lodge No. 32, , under whose auspices the cornerstone was laid Thursday, and himself also an operative mason in/life, were used in the ceremonies. - , Deposited in the crypt inside', the cornerstone were copies of The Yorkviile Enquirer, Charleston News and Courier, Columbia State and Charlotte Observer, a-directory of firms and professional men, patriotic organizations, coins'-and other records. I A chorus directed bV Mrs. E. A. First base on errors: i^arrupera, u, Gastonia, 3. * : * J Wild pitch: Milburn. ' ' - . Double play: MoMackin to Bratton to Logan. ' .. . _ | Time of game: 2-hours. f > ' Umpire: Walter 'T.' Barton; scorer, Edward W. Marshall. MASONS LAY CORNERSTONE. Masons representative o'f every 1 lodge in York county and visiting brethren from without the county to the number of several hundred were in Yorkville yesterday afternoon to assist in laying the cornerstone of the new municipal building in course *of ' erection on East Liberty street. GraiJd Master Samuel T. Lanham of Spartanburg, presided over tfie formal public exercises which were held' on a provided platform at the municipal building facing on the street, "while a number of elm trees furnished shade for the several' hundred people In attendance. Exercises were opened with an invocation by Rev. T. Tracy Walsh, grand chaplain of the Maapnic order. Mayor E. A. Hall introduced Town At local mossbacks remaining up-town playing checker's and talking about* the Revolutionary war and other ancient subjects as usual, instead of investing a quarter and lending encouragement to the best baseball team Yorkyille has had in years. Gate receipts, $21, which was just enough to pay the expenses of the visitors, bfty a couple of balls and buy. one-half of a new bat. Here's the box score and summary: GASTONIA ABRHPOAE Abernethy, c ?. 5 0 0 6 .0 2 /Thomas, cf. 3 2 2 3 0 0 Anderson, 3b 4 110 2 1 Grayson, lb - 3 0 1 13 0 0 -Smith, If. .... .... 4 0 0 0 0 0 Torrence, 2b.x 4 1 1.0 4,2 .Thomas, ss.? .?..3 .0..1. 0 .2...0 Simms, rf. .... .... .... .._ 2 0.0. 0 0 0 Boyd, p. ...-J.:' *-. 0"0 0 "0 0 0 Milburne, p.* ....' 4 112 3 1 ' 32. 5 7 24 11 6 x Smith runs in 9th. . .. " * Harvey runs in 7th.' LARRUPERS AB R H PO A E Bratton, 2b 3 -3 .1 ''1 13 1 Loean. lb. * 5 - 2 --2 10'*0 0 Moore, 3b 5 2 .1 2 2; y. Martin, lf.x . 5 2 2 0 0 0 Mackoreil, c. _ . 5 3 4 11 3 0 Simrill, rf. 4 2 0 1 0 1 Jones, cf. 5 1 3 0 0 0 Ashe, ss 5 1112 1 McMackin, p. 4 12 0 10 41 17 16 27 11 3 x Gaulden runs in 3rd. Score by inpings: Gastonia' :. 200 020 001? 5 Larrupers ..1202 200 lOx?17 3 base nits: Jonep, Anderson, Thomas. ' ' * Struck out: By Milburn,':7; by McMackin, 11. Bases on balls: Off Milburn, 2; off McMackin, 1. i Left on bases: Gastonia, 4; Larrupers, 7. .... .1 Hit by "pitched balls: Simrill,. McMackin.. -/ I Sacrifice hits: Thomas (cf); Thomas (ss); Moore. : I Losing pitcher: Boyd. arrangement was malde in order that . Mr. Blair might be more available to farmers of all sections of the county who might jvyi9h,.to consult him in re- i gard to farm problems. 1 if; | Change In Mail .Routes. 1 R. T. Castle/ft; carrier- on Smyrna R. " F. D. No.-1, wht> jyas in Yorkville, Wednesday/"' tbld!" of' a number of changes that'-had; made on mall routes out;,oofiSmyrna and Hickory Grove. Territory,^Jias ..been .added, to Smyrna No. '1 b'etween Smyrna and Hickory Grove anil'-from there over to the Chester-and-'Shelby-road to Cashion's Crossingtlpi^kmffi a totaL-mileage of 27.5 as ag^psf ^..9^, miles, jat present. Mileage dddea't#'Smyrna. !No.' 2.* ' W. C. Quinn,'carrier,'fiiclude^''lftfe;S>6Cy,: tion between the residence-. Of - Saye f Ramsey Qfol Wl^soi^^t place and. retrace,, ,the? Jtotal mileage being 26. Mileage off Jr.ckory Grovev;'NO, '2, Dale White? banter)'-has Been-increas-!' ed 'so as tojjincluder the-.jterjpitory.-(from.; Smyrna to A- S. Smith'.s,i.t?Is,.sectiqi}. formerly ,being covered' by the carrier1 on Smyrnal'No. ^glvihg'HICkory ' Grove 'No.l 2, d totpii ;?? 27;6'-mHe&:: j':t & < Charlotte to^F'prf ^ *'' Assurance XreckTenb'urg' county ' woilld construct' a standard sandclay road, if not.a a-oad of more-permanent form, from* ., Kimball's store to the South Carolina line, a distance of about one and one-half miles; was given by -Thomas Griffith, ' county J highway commissioner, of Mecklen-r- m burg county, Tuesday to.L. A-.Harris, M of Fort MilT, wheh the latter informed Mr. Griffith ofr,th?!,prbposed standard sand clay '.roadrto -.be- built by- Fort 9 Mill township,,to the North Carolina-, -, 9 line throu^h .Gold,(~flill. Mr. Harris is 9 chairman 'of a 'fc'ommift'ee appointed "by V the last general- assembly to have | charge of the construction or perman- m <mt highways within.the limits of the ' fawn of 'Fort Mill, -and Is 'greatly interested itf-T-oa'd^co'hStruction:" Since the township has ir.eeently-voted $75,000 fpr>Joadjpurppsps, a part, of which will be pr^babjy "expected, op a, road to the" North "Carolina lihe -through Gold Hilli,Tit"islttvsttore of Satisfaction to have Mrc Griffith's assurance that this road woylc^be .matched, by Mecklenburg county," and thus' furnish a snlendid highway ''"by "this ' rolite to Charlotte. ".'."Vat - .-V ' 1 80UTH~CAR0LINA^NEWS ? Hon. Wr~W: MOOre, adjutant" general of South Carolina, died in the Columbia hospital la$t night following an operation. fof a .parbuncle on his neck. He had'"befert' a suffefer from diabeted for a long-time; but.continues his-work, untlijost Monday-when his physician tookjJjim to;.the hospital for an operation."' .He went on tne operating tkbl& at i'Vcldck p. m. and never recovered-(Consciousness. He passed at about-7 o/glppk^ , ,.v.;.1'.... ? F. T. Currie, exijert watchmaker of the Sjam ,Orr T r ib me jewelry store, Anderson, has Invented a clock which keeps ten different times. The clock is made on a foundation, of-an 18 jewel watch, and show^.at a glance the time in many cities*. The section labeled Anderson is? \Weive the; fljgure 12 would be and th'enotheir ten sections are labeled,.-JLon<|oji, Paris,- Rome, Tokyo, Hop.gk.ojqg. Greenwich and Honolulu." Tne CTocK'has two dials, an hour dial,- which" mfikes one revolution every 12 hoors, and the minute dial .is a smaller dial set^pyer the hour dial and makes one revolution per hour. The names of the cities are engraved, around the edge oftthe stationary face . of the dockland} arrows pointing to the two dials, s.bnw^ JU3$ ,the time at. any of the yar.lbUs cities..', ' "* ? Lanc4'ste'i^.7Juneri'4:r ^ncas'fer cotton mills'; employing' about 1,800 "operatives ' and; having,-140*000 spindles, ; and 3,000 looms, will qlose.down"indefinitely next Tuesday to avoid frictipn witn ine texuie uniuxi, ricc^ruing iw,viflcjaj nbt|ce\;pOB$efiH)3Pthe;manage?nent today. "The texttlejinion'having raade demands up.on^'the Lancaster cotton, mill which 'cantfotf' "be granted," says the official .nbtiefet {-'therefore; to avoid any friction,' thig -mill will close down indefinitely one. week from this date." The posting bf this-notice following'a conference toda'j'*between a committee representing'.thei.local textile workers' union and tlje officers of the, company, ^ at which demands .decided .upon by the union at a:tlifeetiirg .last night were presented and rejected. The nature of the demands was not made public. The meeting last pight was addressed by'J.' J. Dean and 3VTr. Callahan, union organizers, 'folJowing^'Hvhich the public was -excluded and the union held ';- an executive^, session, appointing a committee' to' present its demands. The Lancaster'hdll-itf- one of the large'st print cIoth"V<thiiisr in--the"'south; Col. i Leroy Springs-is president. ? St. Ma-tthpwq," June t15:tJWhile engaged in unloading .a scar of coal yesterday, the Calhoun Supplv 'company made a find that was not included' in their order:. rjaix :large .sticks of dynamite all neatly.;.^undled ..together and , caps to suit' were all snugly fucked away in the recesses of the large lumps of coal. ..".Fortunately" the caps, had not ; been applied but.were ln.& separate paper... nAJany conjectures are made &s to' how the explosive found its way 'irtftr 'the1 car. The consignees state that'.it.-wxmld, seem, that ithe coal miner who wps^charged with the blast must have, on' returning to the outer earth from th*e mihefcarried the explo- " sive with hint; riding on the car until he reached his station; and in forgetfulness, leay^ng.. them for their long ride. Others'have" suggeis'ted the" idea that ImprO'pbf*. miOtiVes may'have been behind the; anatter. However it got there, the manager of the supply company got a round .' gingerly and handled the coal like precious' stone until it was definitely ascertained that there was nc more to be found. He will not include dynamite as.,a part of the next order. ? ' ' n:. ' m!. MERE MENTION The United States has been reminded throueh dinlomatie channels that the league of naltions has received no answer -to: Its* InvitaltfOn" to" the' Ufcltfed* States to send.a. representative, to discuss mandates,?.....Sfecreary Demby has instructed the military authorities In Hayti ;to take jurisdiction In -all casefc' involving instigation ;> of disorder,': bloodshed ,or rebe}|jonf .%qy libelling members of the" Haytien. government or forces"bf bccupation..'....!...'.?Miitbji;Ei AHes 'has' been made president ofthe Riggs National bank:, x>? Washingtoh Judge iVilljara^A-lexander Blount of Pensa.cola,. . Fla.,' nrasident", .of . .the American BaK/dssoclatibn,' 'died; at Johns Hopkins hospital, Baltir-ore. on Wednesday, aged TCP., years......; More than 500. machine guns were seized oh . the steamer "East. Side at Hoboken, NTew YorkJ, last "Wednesday. It is 'believed that an attempt was being made :o smuggle:, these machine guns off to $ treland under a load, of coal Britsh labor, according to the fraternal lelegate to the AmeHc^n Federation of Labor, is willing for home rule in Ireand or free Ireland for that matter ander any condition that will leave Irish foreign relations in the hands of ;he British parliament. But Great Britain will'.not sd'bmit to a condition ir.der which it will be possible for a , 'oreign enemy'to'use Ireland. as a. uise of attack" agptlnst .Ejigland'..:A...J._ ;* Elepreseri't^tlv^W^'g. ;Maspn, of lIliTrjis, ..died j jn tVashT^gfopT yesterday.> 9C leart.^i^.yUie. ,,1... ... C;), ?