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/ ' , \ I I _ I _ _ SEMI- WEEKLY. " "' ' l. m. grist's sons, Publisher.. % (Jfamilg $tnrspaper: .or'or the promotion of the political, Social, |grirultui;al and (Tommerrial Jnter^stS of the people. TE"^^^B^piE?TiNcmm^* ESTABLISHED 1855 YORK, S. C., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1921. 3STO. 81 VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS Brief Local Paragraphs of More or Less Interest. nirircn no nv mnmuPD PFDfiDTFRQ riwiLu tr ui Liiyuiiaii uLtuuiLnu Stories Concerning Folks and Things, Some of Which You Know and Some You Don't Know?Condensed For Quick Reading. "Yes." said J. H. B. Jenkins, Jr., head of the Peoples Bank and Trust company, Yorkville, Friday, "business is! undoubtedly improving:. There has 1 been considerable liquidation of notes during the past few weeks, practical y all of it voluntary, and deposits are increasing steadily and encouragingly. I & would say that conditions are better now than at any time within the past : sixteen months at least." Liquidation of Indebtedness. "Judging: from the real estate, crop and chuttel mortgages that are being i satisfied in my office," said Clerk of the Court McMackin a few days ago. "I would say that a large portion of the cotton crop that has been sold up >* to this time is going to the liquidation of indebtedness. I really do not know how the volume of liquidation that is now going on compares with other years, but really I am surprised at the number of mortgages that are being paid off." Increased Volume of Mail. W. P. Putnam, assistant in the postoffice at Yorkville, made the statement yesterday that the volume of mail handVd at this postofflce has more than doubled during the past two weeks. "I do not feel authorized to give you exact figures; but I feel sure that I am correct. There has been increase in malls of all classes, and the sudden growth *of the parcels post mail is simply wonderful. Qne concern not >tong ago brought in about a carload of tobacco in separate packages. Many local business houses are getting an increasing quantity of parcels post packages, and you would be surprised to see the number of such packages that are going to the country merchants?the merchants who do business out on the rural routes." Bid and Buy. There is much lens wa'king and ceremony about the sale of a lot of wag on cotton now-a-days than there usea to be. At times it has been the custom of buyers to make a bid and then instruct tlie seller to try the market, and bring it back to him. That is seldom done any more. Views and Interviews asked Berry McCleave about it at the platform last Saturday. "No," said Berry, "we don't do that any more. We generally look at a man's cotton, offering all we think it is worth and let him go and see if he cm get it bettered. If he don't get it bettered. we feel that he is bound to bring it back to us; but not otherwise. Some- [ times the bid is bettered and some- J times it is not. Of course, if the bid is bettered two or three times we begin j to look into it. But a funny thing happened to me today. 1 bid a man 19 1-2 cents on his cotton and on his returi to the platform he told me that he had sold for 19 1-4. lie said he had misunderstood me and wanted me to take the cotton anyway; but of course I w >u'd not do that. The other fellow had bought it fairly, even if it was at a lower bid, and I did not think it wou d , have been right for me to insist on the cotton." Headed for the Rocks. ? "Sometimes I almost 'reach the conclusion that Old Nick has the world by the heels and is headed straight for perdition," remarked a Dillon father a few nights ago, to the editor of the Dillon Herald. "1 don't know what is going to become of the next generation. I don't believe 1 ant an old fogy, but the world has hit a pace that is too fast for me and I believe the automobile and indulgent parents are responsible for it. In my day and time two or three eoup'es would get together and walk to a party. We had lots of fun out of it. A uoy naci an opportunity to talk to his gjrl and i could say nice things to her and enjoy . saying them. Hut there is no wa'king these days. The hoy must have an automobile. If the party is in the same Mock in which Mis girl lives he must have a $2,000 or $:MJOO car to transport I her hack and forth. He dresses hur- i riedly. rushes out of the house, sails' into an automobile and dashes down the street just like his time was wdrth I 51,000 a minute. If his father tells f him he should \valk with his girl to; j and from the party ho objects and says a'l the boys and girls in town are going in automobiles and he doesn't [ * want to embarrass his girl by making L her walk and so there you are. What r the parents ought to do is to get together and put their feet down on this *' ' ""iil'l utsn-t thn li.ill IOOIISIIIIVSS. >? .J... to rolling by getting some sensible women to give a parly and put on the invitations 'Automobiles not allowed.' "What this parent says is true," comments The Herald. "The world is moving forward at an alarming pace and the youth of the land are hitting * life in high spots. The automobile is largely responsible. As some one lias > said, it lias taken the p are of whisky al)d its effects are bound to be seen in ?t the next generation. There is sotneI thing intoxicating about it. particularly among the young people. .Many of the' fathers ot the present day?the men at the head of affairs?used to carryj their lunch to school in a tin bucket. They gathered in groups on the school grounds and enjoyed the lunch hour. Rut not so in this day and time. Boys and girls of the high school age are above carrying lunch to school and as for eating on the school grounds?the suggestion would be considered preposterous. The most of them go to school in automobiles and when the lunch hour arrives they step into their automobiles and go to their homes. The world must go forward, but too fast a pace is dangerous. More wa'king and less riding would produce a harditr race of men and women. It might pay to got hack to the good old dayg when all children curried their lunch to school and no child was allowed to leave the school grounds during the lunch hour." SOUTH CAROLINA COTTON Condition Report For September Compared With August. According to report of B. B. Haie, agricultural statistician in South Carolina for the Bureau of Markets anl Crop Estimates, United States Department of Agriculture, condition of cotton in the state on September 25 was 40 per cent, of norma', against 50 per cent, on August 25 and 62 per cent. July 25, the indicated production being C44.000 bales. The total production for the state last year approximated 1,6.10,ObO bales, while <n 1919 it was 1,422,000 bales and 1,570,000 bales in 1918. Condition for the entire United States on September 25 was 42.2 per cent, of normal, against 49.3 per cent. August 25 and 64.7 on July 25. The forecast of production for the entire United States is 6,537,000 bales, the production for 1920 being 13,365,000 bales. Condition August 25 and September 25 is shown in table below, by counties. County Aug. 25 Sept. 25 Abbeville 58 45 Aiken 38 29 Allendale 30 18 Anderson 60 51 Bamberg 34* 17 Barnwell 38 22 Beaufort 20 15 Berkeley $2 20 j Calhoun 35 25 Charleston 20 17 Cherokee 70 65 Chester 67 47 Chesterfield 53 45 Clarendon 36 27 j Colleton 23 13 Dariington 50 46 Idtlon 57 50 Dorchester 30 16 Edg, field 40 30 Fairfield 52 40 Florence 16 41 fi? '>i /i tow n 22 13 Greenville 65 60 (iru nwixd Ro 39 Hampton 25 15 Horry 50 40 Jasper 15 15 K< rsha'.v 49 40 Lancaster 56 45 Laurens 60 51 Ixe 52 41 Lexington 39 32 McCormick 41 29 I Marion 50 43 Marlboro 59 52 Newberry 46 38 Oconee 66 59 orutiKCfcurit ? Pickens 67 59 Richland 40 .10 Saluda 10 20 Spartanburg 66 57 Sumter 45 25 Union 56 50 I Willianu bur;: 2.1 1R j York 62 50 The detonation for the mtiro eountry was 7.2 per cent., and for South Carolina 10 per cor.t. DEAD SOLDIER WILLS Fortune to the Person Finding His Body. Three hundred yards from the monument which marks the furthest J southern advance of the (lerman army in Franco, in the woods near here, I says a S.-nlis, France, dispatch, Ann-j tole IXmuy, a pensioned railroad j worker, while strolling after lunch. stumbled upon the rusty oi a man, j whose right hand still held a revolver. Dcinuy lost no time in going through the dead man's pockets and nppro- j printing 3,500 francs, scorning Nation- | al Defense bonds and other papers ' among which was a will and last tcs- ' tament. Noticing his exaggerated expenditures and failing to obtain any information from her husband as to the | hidden source of his sudden wealth. | Demur's wife reported him to the po- I lice. He was arrested and upon i threat of being charged with theft, dint-ted the police to the spot where '.he body was found. A gendarme opened the will. T.ie first article read: "1 am friendless, without family. I leave all the meney, bonds, valuables found on jne to the person finding my body, after deducting the expenses of a modest funeral." O- > 1 -..Jl.-i ,....,.1 f|,? ,,.,"1 II.MI I.1IIUI ?U I' (Ml HIV ...... Ho will be arraigned on a charge of theft. ? Spencer, N. C., is arranging to send a solid train of folks to Atlanta October 1 to hear "Cyclone Alack." now holding a revival in that city. Keservalions are now being made for Pullman accommodations and about live cars have a'l.ady been spoken for. with many applications stil! coming in. There will a'.so be s v< nil day coaches on the train, and the indications are that Spencer will till one section of the hig tabernac'e in At'unta Sunday and s4nti.lv nielli li is I lie unloose of Hie Spenc rians to orKinize a MeL 'lulon chili while in Atlanta. rinc jjooil way to curtail armament would he to hire plumbers to build the i battle ships. CITY OF HOTELS I; ? Asheville Population Mostly Non-Residents. ? ( BIG SUMMER SEASON IS ABOUT OVER , ! I Moit Striking Features of Land of the , Sky?A Patient at Otoen?Great j Country for Fox Hunters?Talk of i Development at Mount Mitchell. I i Correspondence The Yorkvillc Enquirer In the Mountains of Western North ( Carolina, Oct. 8?There is a sad ex- ( j pression on the face of almost every j hotel and hoarding house keeper and | transfer driver one meets in Asheville, Hendersonville, Waynesville, Saluda or j any other of these mountain resorts. ( I There is a reason. The end of the , summer tourist season is at hand and ( business in this section is going to be y on the blink. Almost every "native" in the Land of the Sky makes a living for a vear in four months. Makes it off the tourists. When they start pulling out October 1, the hotel man and the public service man and the butcher and the baker and the dry goods man feel like hanging crepe over their respective doors until May of next year. While there are many points of interests throughout this section, those who know always make Asheville the base from which to visit all of them. If one is interested in mountain scenery it really isn't necessary to leave Asheville, because some of the most beautiful, if not the most beautiful scenery in a'l of Western North Carolina'may be found within a radius of ten miles of that city. One of the most attractive spots near Asheville is Sunset mountain, three miles out, near the famous Grove Park Inn, the finest hostelry of its kind in the south. From Sunset mountain one g3ts a view of the entire city of Asheville and the surrounding country. If the United Slates ever got into war with an invading power and the invading power got a position on Sunset mountain, it would be good night to Asheville, because the mountain commands the c city. But of course in the event of ^ such a happening, Uncle Sim would 1 a ! trot his crowd on that mountain first. . The altitude is 3,117 fe d. The city of ^ Asheville is about 2,800 feet. Mount v Mitchell, the highest peak in North Carolina and the South, is something ( over G.0U0 feet. It is some forty miles j from her*. There have been compar-'s alive* y few visitors then- this summei j g because of the fact that the mountain 1 ,. in ks in accommodations and convent- 1 v enccs for parties.' It is understood that j a stock company contemplates build- t ing a large hotel there before next May and the prediction is that Chimney v Hock and other places now quite pop- c ular for tours out of Asheville, will u dwindle and die, because the scenery ( between the Mountain City and Mount j j Mitchell is so much prettier. I f Auhnvil'd rnniinilu nno nf Charleston I . in the matter of Its streets at least, y The principal streets of Asheville arc t pavrd with brick and those of Charles- a ton with cobblestones. The brick pav- 0 ing is badly worn and really is almost as i;ough as some oj' the Charleston s streets which, anybody familiar will ^ agree, is some rough. a It is <jf interest to note that there ^ are more sufferers with tuberculosis I y n siding in Ashevil'e than in any other | y town in the United States, with the J v possible exception of Lake Saranac, j t New York. One can not help but no- j tic? pale, sallow, sickly looking men : ^ and women on the streets?lots of them Q so weak that they walk with great ef- I ^ fort. One 'soon grows used to the N sound of backing coughs?deep, hack- ] ing coughs. The natives are so accus- ! t tomed to it that they pay no attention ; t of course. "The Asheville air is the J best cure for tuberculosis known," said one Ashcvillian in talking about tuber- , ^ culosis yesterday. "Most of them that L. come her? get well." Thirty minutes after I talked to him I saw three automobile hearses carrying bodies to the Southern depot for y shipment and when I investigated a little 1 learned that two of the deceased ( had died from tuberculosis. f Unc'e Sam has two big hospitals for ( disabled soldiers here. One is called ( Kennilworth and she other Oteen and ( in all there arc about 1,000 men in the ^ town places suffering from tuberculosis or kindred diseases. Oteen is said to be the largest government hospital for tuberculars in the country and at present there are about 1.100 patients there, j ? while Kennilworth is caring for about [ j 500 just now. The men are given liberty to the city 0 at all times and the streets are lined j ( with them Vt all hours of the day. i Some are in uniform, while others L wear civilian clothes. They are a ; e cheerful lot of lads, considering the,r j condition they are in. I H I got into conversation with one of the lads from Oteen yesterday on t ie' , street, lie talked about himself and' the other fellows taking treatment. s ' I'm pretty far gone," he said as !ic v puffed a cigarette. "Clot a mess of gas, , as Ypres and it has eaten my lungs up. f | Sam is doing the best he can for me j v and the other fellows. In my case hej , can't do much and I know it. Six months from now I'll be in a bo:: and 1 r the preacher will be saying 'ashes t<> s ashes, and dust to dust.' d "It's hell to die at US. ain't it buddy?" i he said with a grim smi'o on his face. s i and then he changed the subject and t ! began talking about the tourists, es- \ j pccia'ly the good looking girls among v them. just as cheerful like and as gaily is you please. It would be a hard job to count all the hotels, boarding houses and restaurants in Asheville. One can get hotel accommodations from $50 a / day Jown to $2.50, and perhaps below. .uosi or me ouaruing nouses are run by widows, who, left without support, bad to start something. But not all of them. Driving over the city this momng I noticed a rather di'apidated lookng house with a sign "Boarding House" over the front porch. A big fat woman, wearing a gingham dress ind a dirty apron, was standing on the porch, her arms on her hips. Over in the corner of the porch sat one whom [ judged was the "old man," a dirty ooking'pipe in his mouth and his feet (ticking over the bannisters. The wonan was talking to him?evidently pawling him out about something. Somehow 1 couldn't help thinking of that old song which includes the vords: ( "Everybody works at our house "Cept our old man." One sees a lot of ox teams up in the mountains. I stopped an old codger tut in the country this afternoon and isked him about crops?what crops he aised for a living. He looked me yer a little while before he answerel and then he said: 'Well, suh, we rise considerable corn ind wheat and oals and a little terbac?er and some ry4 and lots of apples. We sell what wi don't need without any trouble. I ifaight say, suh, that nost of the corn and the rye is in the jhape of liquor when we find ready jale for it, and a heap o*. the apples fits changed into brandy." And the old duck laughed, an J laughid at his wit. Ran into James F. Barrett, president ,f thn Vnrlh (""nrnllnn Federation of Labor, in Asheville. Barrett is the 'oremost advocate of union labor in S'orth Carolina and he wields a wonlerful Influence among the working teople. He is a comparatively young nan, very soft spoken, except when he s angry; courteous and kind'y. and in ippearance he looks something like iaxter McLendon, the evangelist, excpt that his brown moustache and >rown hair are not as thick and heavy is Mack's. Every member of a labor inion in South Carolina as well as Corth Carolina knows Barrett and his vork. "Tell the union people down in South Carolina that I am coming down there iretty soon, make a few speeches and ee how they are TO! getting along." aid he. "Organized labor is making apid progress in South Carolina as veil as in North Caro'ina, but of course n both states we've got a long ways o go." Speaking of organized labor, Asheilie is one of the strongest organized ities in the South. There are 2,760 inion workers in the city, which has a opulation of about 28,000, according to ilr. Barrett. Asheville is also a great raternal city?large bodies of Masons, Cnights of Pythias, Moose, Elks, Voodmen of the World and other fra ernities being located there. There re more tharu 1.000 tihriners in the j ity. The summer population of Henderonville, the largest town between Ipartanburg and Ashevi'le, has gone, nd the town has a rather deserted abearance just now. It is the same with ialuda, Tryon, Landrum, Waynesville, larshall and other resort towns. It ron't be long before the snow begins o fly up here. If Dan Lattimore, Joe Riddle, Rob itephenson. Hay Moore and a score of ther York county fox hunters would ring their dogs up here in Western rorth Carolina they would have all the port they could possibly want and hen some. Mountain guides say that his country is Just filled with foxes. I nd while there are lots of enthusiastic | ox hunters in the mountains there are \ fiore foxes than they will ever eaten. >f course it is ideal territory for foxes -hills and va'leys and rocks and caves -just the country the fox loves. Game Warden Dan Woods, Joe Sims, Valter Maloney, Rev. J. L. Oates and ther 'possum hunters would be in heir glory in these mountain fastnesss. They say they catch 'em in the treets in these mountain towns and here's no use to go for them into the :ountry. All they are shy on is the wcet potatoes to go around the plates. Jas. D. Grist. WEALTHY STREET SWEEPER saves His Money and is Now on Easy j Street. Thomas Manned, a street sweepr. has purchased his twelfth residen.'nl property, paying Isaac H. Burford coal operator $10,000 for his house n lx-mon street, Uniontown. i'a. For ight years Marrueci. an Italian im- I nigrunt, lias been receiving P?V which ' itarted at $1.50 a day and was in- J roa.scd to $2.50 which he now is reviving. Marrucci's first investment from his cant savings was a lot for $200 on vhich he built a shack and reared 12 hildren. From time to time he im- ! Moved his holdings, and when the var came he experienced his firs' nodest prosperity, receiving as much Is 25 i*T cent, returns a year on his calty investments. The post-war eason with its housing demand, fairly leluavd him with revenue. .Marrucci still continues to clean the j treets of L'niontown and hi3 educa- I ion does not yet include reading and j vritiing but this bothers the white I ring little. HOPEWELL A. R. P. CHURCH Story of Famous Chester County Congregation. ESTABLISHED BEFORE REVOLUTION ! ImDortant Religious History Recalled ?Fine Old Congregation with Splendid Traditions. S. B. Lathan in Chester Reporter. About three miles north-east' of Blackstock in Chester county, where the public mid leading to Chester crosses the one leading to Cornwell, stands Hopewell A. R. P. church. The exact date when this congregation was organized is not definitely known. Rev. Thomas Clark preached in this neighborhood occasionally as early as 1775, as there were several Seccders at this date living in this neighbor| hood. The place of preaching was in | a grove at the south-west corner of the present grave yard. After the Revolutionary War broke out there was very little preaching anywhere in the surrounding country. The only minister in this section at this time was Rev. William Maitin, and he was for a long time a piisoner of fhir in | the hands of the British. In the year 1783 Rev. John Jamison preached occasionally in the bounds of this congregation and possibly other ministers. In 1787 Rev. John Lind did missionary work in this < community, and very likely organized the church. In the following year. 1788, Rev, John Boyce was sent out i by the Associate Reformed Presbytery of Pennsylvania to do missionary work in North and South Carolina. He labored as stated supply to the congregations of Hopewell, S. C., and Coddle Greek, Gilsad and Prosperity. N. C. When be fl/st came into this neighborhood he preached at a log ? T-*J???s vr^run j nouse locaxea near mwaru wvuan| iel's. This house was used jointly by 1 i th<* Covenanters and Seceders. i During the yenr 1788 Mr. Boyce began preaching at the stand -or grove J (Hopewell). The arrangement between the several congregation's of which he was stated supply was that Hope- 1 well should have half of his minister- i i.al services. In 1789 the first house of worship .at Hopewell was built. It was a log house and stood near the north-west corner of the graveyard. The work j of ejecting this building was done by ! the male members of the congregation, : ar.d it is said all the logs of the buildI ing were hewed by Mr. Samuel Mof- ! j fatt, then a young man and the only 1 one in this community who knew how ' to ure a broadaxe. Mr. Moffatt after ward became a ruling elder in Hope- 1 well and died in 1805. I Itcv. John Boyce was probably in- ' stalled pastor of Hopewell, Coddle Greek, Prospect and Gilead sometime 1 during the year 1790. His pastorate lasted only a few years. He died ' March 18th', 1893. His mortal remains < j were buried in Hopewell graveyard. < An unpretentious stone marks the ' I spot. It is probable he did little < preuohing during the year 1793. t Ho lsxirded with David McQuls- ( ton. who lived on Little River in the < bounds of what is now New Hope con- < gregation. There is a tradition that ' one of Mr. David McQiiiston's daugh- f ters and Mr. Boyce were engaged to 1 OT<>,.>.i<vri onH th.it itnrine his last t illness she tenderly nursed him and i soothed his brow on his dying pillow, f A short while after the death of Mr. f Boyce Miss Margaret MeQuiston died, t and her mortal remains were buried by the side of Mr. Boyce. I In 1791 the first bench of Elders was < chosen, viz: f James Chestnut, William MeQuiston 1 and James Meek. James Dunn, David f MeQuiston and Thomas MoDill having ' boon elders in Ireland had i>een act- 1 ing in this capacity at Hopewell ever since its organization in 17S7. d At the death of Mr. Boyce they were v without a pastor until 1795, but were I occasionally visited and preached to I * *"? - J Af?M..l V !>>' KOV8. Jas. uouKera, rnt-i .ut.uuilen and William Rlaekstocks. Al- * though Hopewell wxs a vacancy It ) continued to increase very rapidly. s During the month of February, 1795. s Rev. John Hemphill who had been sent c in 1794 by the first Presbytery of li Pennslyvania as a missionary to the * south, began preaching at Hopewell, but after a short while returned to g (aieencr.stle, Pennsylvania. About the v time of his departure the people of v Hopewell, Union and Tattle River (now 1 Xcw Hope) united in presenting to o him a call to become their pastor, but i he held it for consideration. After his return to Pennsylvania Rev. Ja.s. ii McKnight preached at Hopewell. During the summer of 1795 Mr. Hemphill concluded to accept the call presented to him by the congregation of Hopewell. Union and Tattle River and made r . iu. r i... 1/vMA.. T)A?. I KllOWn lllf litti i}y icuci iv/ ivcv. i ^ James Kodgers, which he read to the j . congregation .at Hopewell frori the pulpit. The Hopewell i>eople at once ? made airangements to move their pas- ^ tor from Pennsylvania to South Car- v olina. Two young men, a Mr. Strong and Mr. McQuiston set out for Green castle. Each rode one horse and led j v another. In a wagon which they pur- j [ chased In Pennsylvania they hauled t the effects of their pastor to South c Carolina, Mr. Hemphill and his wife ^ riding through on horseback and c carrying n small child a distance of c over five hundred miles. Cp to this time all three of these * congregations were embraced in one s and known as Hopewell, while there was a stand In western Hopewell, called Kerneyhlam from the name of an Individual who lived. In the vicinity of New Hope. Nevertheless Hopewell was the only church. It was different in the Union congregation as they had no organization as a congregation until Mr. Hemphill's visit in 1795. The pastorate of Rev. John Hemp hill began in the fall of 1795 and lasted until the 30th day of May, 1830? when he died. During Mr. Hemphill's pastorate in the year 1800 the second house of worship' was built. It was a brick structure forty by fifty feet, hipped roofed, walls plastered, floors of brick with a gallery on the sides reached by a stairway from the outside?the pulpit was elevated about six feet and inclosed with a balustrade. It was reached by a narrow stairway. Overhead was a sounding board. The seats were very close together with high straight backs and the aisles narrow. There was no way of heating the building, although there was a small one room house near the church called the session house in which was a fire place and 011 cold mornings a log fire at which ladies with small children. could warm after probably riding four or five miles to church horseback. Hopewell on the death of Mr. Hemphill, May, 1830, was for the second time without a pastor. In November, 1832, Rev. Warren Flenniken was installed pastor of Hopewell and Union, New Hope having formed a union with the Brjck church in Fairfield county and called Rev. Jas. Boyce as pastor. Mr. Flenniken continued to preach at Hopewell three-fourths of his time until 1839 when Union united with Tirzah in York county and became the pastorate of Rev. L. McDonald, Hopewell taking all the time of Mr. Flenniken. During the pastorage of Mr, Flenniken Hopewell passed through a critical period. The slavery question and the doctrine of nullification began to be agitated, neighbor was arrayed against neighbor, family against family and in some cases individuals in the same family?this started a tide of emigration west and In little over el year seventy-five members left and went west. In 1849 Mr. Flenniken demitted his pnstorate and on May 31st, 1850, Rev. R. W. Brice was installed pastor of Hopewell. During the time between the resignation of Mr." Flenniken and the Installation of Mr. Brice the congregation was supplied by Rev. Thos. Kitchin. He never let anything prevent him irom filling his appointments ind was always at the church whether wet or cold on the day he was to preach and rarely preached a sermon under an hour long. When Mr. Brice commenced his pastorate, all the difference among members, which had existed in the alter pf.rt of Mr. Hemphill's time and luring all of Mr. Flenniken's had completely passed away and peace and mrrnony prevailed throughout the congregation. In 1854 a new house of vorship was erected and furnished in jood style. This is the third house erected since the organization of the congregation. It is a frame building ifty by seventy feet with comfortable ~ ?J ...-.11 n no,.ul fftp kaatlnfr I tcata UllU ?cu auuug<;u i vi i ivuviiio* The pastorage of Mr. Brlce lasted unil March, 1878, when he died. Durng the ministry of Mr. Brice probably Ifty colored people were members in rood standing in the church. All of hese after the close of the Civil war Irifted away to churches of their own. Vlao during the Civil war a great many I >f the young men of Hopewell were I other killed in battle, or died in hos)itals from wounds or disease. The irst member killed in battle was Wiliam McDill. He fell at the battle of Iranesville, December 20, 1861. In March 1879, one year after the leath of Mr. Brice. Rev John A. White vas installed pastor and continued to irench faithfully and acceptably to the >cople of Hopewell until May, 1911, i'hen death suddenly ended his faithul services. After his death J. I.ewis Vhitc, a son of Rev. John White, a tudent in the Due West Theological eminary, supplied the church. 1 he ongregation had extended a call to lim, but on account of his health he vas never installed, dying. There have gone out from this conrregation reared either partly or in vhole within its fold 22 young men vho became preachers of the evernsting gospel and now after nearly >ne hundred and fifty years Hopewell s still in a flourishing condition. All the foregoing pastors are bored in the adjoining graveyard. S. B. La than. Chester, S. C., Oct. 4, 1921. ? At Great Falls last Saturday aftertoon. Doc Bunion, aged 22, cut his vife's head nearly off with a popket tnife, and after unsuccessfully trying o kill himself with the same weapon, ompleted the job with a pistol shot. " ho twn hart nnf hoon ffettine aloni? veil for some time. ? Columbia, October 11: Governor Jooper yesterday issued an order sus>ending from office Magistrate J. E. liggins of Illackstock, magistrate for he 5th and 13th districts of Fairfield ounty. The governor had previous'y teard charges of misconduct in office gainst the Fairfield official and the rder of suspension followed a full onsideration of the evidence put beore the chief executive. Magistrate liggins, it was charged, was aware of ir connected with the operation of a till close to his home. SHIPPING BOARD PROBLEMS Chairman Lasker Understands the Whole Situation. my Ait lNitKuns uivt iirousu America Cannot Participate in the Competition Except at the Expense of Those Who Are Already rn the Business. New York World, Wednesday. "Hostile forces from within and without, sowing seeds of discord and distrust, must be met and vanquished or America will perish from the oceans and be confined in carrying trade to within its own borders,'* Chairman Albert D. Lasker of the Shipping Board told members and guests of the Advertising Club of New York gathered at luncheon yesterday in the Hotel Commodore. "Obviously we cannot gain trade on the seas without displacing the existing trade enjoyed by foreign ships," Mr. Lasker said. "And these foreigners are ever at work, silently but surely, in their own national interest, for which we cannot blame them, to undermine possibility of an American merchant marine. "There are those who for myriad reasons do not wish the status* quo changed. Unfortunately there are possibly American owners who, feeling secure in conditions as they exist and which have inured and can inure to the benefit only of a few, of whom ' they form a part, selfishly cannot see unbiasedly a greater American merchant marine and are loath to bring about any greatty changed conditions. Increase in Tonnage. "When the tonnage of vessels now building throughout the world is completed, there ^wtll be an increase of nearly one-third as compared with the , J pre-war tonnage. "Of our 1,500 steel steanjers, we may say, in round figures, that one-third, comprising nearly one-half of the tonnage in deadweight, are excellent commercial vessels, one-third are fair, and the ballance, for all practical purposes, are a total loss save for what salvage can be got out of them. Most of them ui c iuy uiivvuliV/iiiivciA IWI vv^nu VMI ? rlage to meet the competition of peace time trade. "The best estimate available today shows that in tons of ocean freight perhaps 60 per cent As much is moving as in 1313. "Because of the excess of tonnage, values of bottoms have so dropped that time charters are one-eighth of the going rates in the third quarter of 1911. A 10,000-ton steamer can be had under charter hire for a little over $11,C00 per month as against $100,000 when charter was at its height. In the face of these low rates the American owner finds himself confronted by the keenest of foreign competition, with the handicaps of higher wages, expensive vie- x tualing and severe legislative requirements. Who will question that American living standards should be maintained on the seas as on the land? But the difference between American an& foreign standards must somehow be met. "The Shipping Board has been tying up tonnage primarily to stop its own losses. "These sixteen weeks of strenuous endeavor have accomplished only a mere beginning, but a real beginning. In June last the overhead shore organization of the board and the Emergency Fleet Corporation consisted of some 8,300 people, at an annual salary expenses of nearly $16,000,000. With Its new and what is considered In; some quarters, high-priced additions, the salary roll of nearly $16,000,000 of June last has decreased to approxl mately 112,000,000 and the number of employes to less than 6,000. "We believe we have our losses checked and hope to require not more than 15,000,000 a month for operations until the end of the fiscal year, June 30 next. Five million dollars a month is a huge sum, but small compared to keeping alive an organization' with 13,500,000,000 invested and operating and ' . developing essential strategic trade roufes, which must necessarily be run at a loss under present conditions of world trade." After his address Chairman Lasker was asked if he referred to a subsidy when he said the difference in crew expense on American and foreign ships must be met. "Take it as you want it," he answered. ? ? Hindu Barber Kept Busy.?The Hindu haircutter is an individual of Im mease importance in India, and as his duties are many he is in constant demand. At a birth the Hindu barber Is the man employed to carry the eventful news to the various family relatives, whilst at a funeral he shaves the heads of the living?and the dead. The Hindu halrcutter has no shop, and, unlike our barbers, he displays no poles, signs or symbols. He can bo seen strolling along near the bazars with a small bundle under his arm or carrying a little bag. At all religious rites he is to be observed: he bores the girls' ears and noses for the various rings which are nr/\im o In font tVtn Hnotr Uln/lit n vi ii, u'liu, in iiwh| viiv wuo; iiiuuu barber will undertake almost any surgical operation. Resides births and deaths, he attends marriages. At a wedding this busy barber is "best man." * 3