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? Senator Cummins declared during
the tartrf debate last Tuesday that
congress had lost its plaoe in the affections
of the American people, who
had substituted in lts'plaoe a "single
will"?that of President Wilson.. He
assaHed the Democrats for the secret
caucus -and insisted that they had ignored
party pledges. To prove his
assertion, he said that he would read
from the works of "the man who has
more Influence in the congress of the
United States than any man ever had
before. I refer to Woodrow Wilson,"
he aaid. Senator Cummins quoted |
from1 President Wilson's book, "The
New Freedom," and from the chapter
headed, "Let there be light" Its
text he said, was that the "popular
will should be substituted for the
rule of guardians. That must have
been written before he was appointed
guardian of the American congress,"
he added. Senator Cummins insisted
that the Democrats had not followed
the principles laid down by the president
in his book, that congress should
"open the doors and let there be
light on things the people ought to
know about" He added that through
the president's domination of congress,
that body was rapidly drifting
Into a "subservient attitude."
? President W.lson on Wednesday
discussed plans for currency legislation
with the senate Democratic steering
committee. Senators Kern, Hoke
Smith, Clarke, Lea, O'Oorman, Owen,
Chamberlain, Martin, Thomas and Ba
con were present. Senator Bacon expressed
a desire that the senate should
take a few weeks' rest before undertaking
the passage of a currency bill
but the president. It was said, was determined
to continue his Insistence
that currency be disposed of as soon
as possible. The president received
from Senator Owen a poll of the senate
Democrats, which showed practical
unanimity In favor of jgoing ahead
on currency with all possible speed.
When the prolonged conference was
concluded, Senator Kern, chairman of
the steering committee, announced that
there would be no delay In taking up
the currency bill and that the committee
would meet later In the day to determine
a course 'Of action. He said
there was no thought of a senate recess.
but that It would probably adjourn
three days at a time unless some
business developed which would iequire
meetings more often. "We-shall|
insist upun a pruimuiuo vi imiiicuiatv
action on the currency," said Senator
Owens. "Not a moment should be
lost. I believe that the bill will be
passed before November 1." A number
of other Democrats, however, believe
it will be a month at least before
the senate can begin debate.
? William J. Oaynor, mayor of New
Tork city, voyaging on sea on the
steamer Blatic, in the hope of regaining
his strength to enter the
three-cornered municipal campaign as
a candidate for re-election, died suddenly
on the Baltic as the steamer was
within a few hundred miles of the
Irish coast Wednesday afternoon. The
first news of his death flashed by wireless
and relayed by cable from Europe,
reached his secretary, Robert Adams,
Thursday mottling. The mayor had
succumbed to heart failure, the message
said. Later dispatches from his son,
Rufus W. Gaynor, who was his father's
only traveling companion, gave details
which showed that the end had
come with shocking suddenness. That
the mayor's heart had been in a weakened
condition for years was the statement
last night of physicians who
treated him at the time he was shot in
th? neck and almost done to death by
an Insane discharged employe of the
city in August, 1910. Plans for a public
funeral to be held probably on Monday,
September 22, will be made today
by the board of estimate. Late advices
from abroad say the body may be
transferred from the Baltic to the
steamer Cedric, sailing from Queenstown
tomorrow, or to the Lusitania,
sailing from Liverpool tomorrow. They
will arrive in New York on Friday or
Saturday of next week.
?President Wilson gave out the following
statement last Tuesday night
after the passage of the tariff bill by
the senate;. "A fight for the people
and for free business, which has lasted
a long generation through, has at
last been won handsomely and completely.
A leadership and a steadfastness
in counsel have been shown
in both houses of which the Democratic
party has reason to be very
proud. There has been no weakness
or confusion or drawing back, hut a
statesmanlike directness and command
of circumstances. I am happy
to have been connected with the government
of the nation at a time when
such things couia happen ana 10 nave
worked In association with men who
could do them. There is every reason
to believe that currency reform
will be carried through with equal
energy, directness and loyalty to the
general interest. When that is done,
this first session of the Sixty-third
congress will have passed into history
with an unrivalled distinction. I
want to express my special admiration
for the devoted, Intelligent and
untiring work of Mr. Underwood and
Mr. Simmons and the committees associated
with them." The president
expressed Warm admiration for the
"conscientious independence and courage"
of Senators La Follette and Poindexter.
The president, while always
confident that the Democratic majority
would be kept intact to insure
the passage of the bill by a safe margin,
had been hoping for the votes of
progressive Republicans. He told
seme of his friends tonight that aid of
IQJS Kinu UUUIlUt) ui lilc lauiu
was one of the concrete evidences
that the Democratic party Is progressive.
? "From sickness alone our mere
money loss each year is three quarters
of a billion dollars. Conservative
American authorities declare that at
least one-fourth of this annual loss,
approximately >200,000,000, can be
prevented," said Dr. John B. Andrews
of New York, secretary of the American
association for Labor Legislation,
before the American Public Health
association at Colorado Springs last
Wednesday night. "Recently there
has been a remarkable development of
interest in occupational diseases, of
which 'phd8sy Jaw,' lead colic, miners'
asthma, hatters' shakes, potter's rot,
boiler makers' deafness, and thejarass
workers' chills, are merely suggestive.
The medical director for the
Pennsylvania East river tunnels in
1909 reported 3,697 cases of the
'bends' or compressed air stillness.
There are scores of industrial poisons,
one of which alone (lead) i3 in dally
use in more than 150 trades, and these
spectacular effects of occupational
disease are trivial compared with the
gradual lowering of vitality caused
by the daily breathing of impure air
and by continual overstrain. The
prevention of occupational disease,"
continued Dr. Andrews, "is too
great an undertaking to be left entirely
to individual action. It cannot be
left to the worker, who even when
not ignorant of the danger, is driven
by necessity to his task. It cannot be
entrusted to the employer whose principal
business, after all, under competitive
conditions, is to secure profits.
It cannot be left to medical treatment
alone for prevention and not
after care is the remedy. Not only on
account of the magnitude of the problem,
but also because of Its nature,
the prevention of occupational disease
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? St. Louis Republic: A thrilling
abduction of a young woman from the
presence of her father by means of
a flying boat was accomplished Saturday
afternoon by Tony Jannus,
when he ccrried Miss Jean Baker, a
daughter of William H. Baker, of
Maple avenue, for a half-hour
flight from the foot of Oliver street
to Jefferson Barracks and return.
Miss Baker for several weeks had been
eager to make a flight, but her father
objected. The opportunity came Saturday
afternoon when Jannus was
making demonstration flights. Miss
Baker pleaded vainly for her father's
permission to go as a passenger.
Photographers were enlisted in a conspiracy
and they asked Baker if he objected
to having his daughter photographed
while sitting in the machine.
He gave his permission. Miss Baker
scarcely was fastened in the seat of
the flying boat when Jannus, hidden
from the view of the girl's father by
a crowd of bystanders, started the
engine. In the twinkling of an eye.
the flying boat slipped down the
skids from the levee into the water
and rose Into the air. The couple
flew down the river, passing under the
Municipal bridge and on toward the
Barracks. They circled over the Erastus
Wells, St. Louis harbor boat, which
was carrying Mayor Kiel and other
city officials, and Miss Baker waved
her hands at them. Returning, the flying
boat arched over the spans of the
Municipal bridge and Miss Baker
waved her handkerchief to her father
as the landing was made a few
feet from where he stood. Baker appeared
dlsconcerned. according to Tom
W. Benoist. but when she landed and
coaxed him for forgiveness, he relented
and. bundling her Into an automobile,
drove off. The demonstration
flights were made for the benefit of
Girard Parsons of Riverside, Mo., who
contemplates buying a flying boat to
use in making trips to St. Louis.
She ^oehviUe (Inquire*.
Entered at the Postofflce in Yorkvllle
as Mall Matter of the Second Class.
YORKVUXE, S. C.t
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1213.
Atlanta hotels have announced their
intention to refrain from serving finger
bowls except upon request. Bully for
Atlanta this time.
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The state board of canvassers has
declared no election In the case of the
Sumter dispensary contest. The decision
was reached on account of various
Irregularities, the main one being Illegal
size of tickets.
The first dispatches estimated the fire
loss at Hot Springs at $10,000,000. Later
these figures were reduced to $6,000,000,
and now It is said that $2,500,000
will cover the loss. But this last
estimate is high enough to mean terrible
disaster to so small a city.
The Newberry Observer makes some
pretty sensible observations on that
old gag about it being better for the
people to sell liquor according to law
than in violation of the law. If this
were true, the Observer declares in effect,
there would be no need for any
laws on any subject.
There may be some question as to
whether the proposed tax on dealings in
cotton future contracts where there are
to be no deliveries, may be of advantage
or disadvantage to average prices;
but if all the cotton or most of it could
be put in state warehouses in the custody
of states, we do not see how the
spinner could get it out until he pays
the price.
They have been making a Joke of
the law in connection with the Thaw
case up in Canada; but it appears that
the acting minister of the interior
knows his business. Except for his
prompt action the justification of
which seems to be clear enough; there
is no telling how long the miserable I
quibbling would have continued.
The views of a newspaper are the
views of its editor and the editor generally
gets views by just knocking around
the town and seeing things Just about
as they are. One community row is
capable of having a dozen "inside stories"?each
of them the only original
and accurate version, according to gentlemen
who happen to be doing the
talking?and the editor hears them all.
And what the editor don't hear, the reporters
do, and they tell the editor.
Now these are the opportunities the edItny
has tn. Irnnw what ho In tfllkinir
about. If he Is fairly minded, intelligent?and,
be it said, most editors
are fairly so, even in the early stages
of editing?he Improves these opportunities
and when he says a thing, unless
you can explain his expression by some
ulterior motive, Just put it down that
there is an honest opinion. Honest
opinion can, of course, be wrong opinion.
The reader is the Judge of editorial
opinion and he don't have to agree
with it. The only thing that makes a
newpaper's expression of opinion worih
a continental is that paper's opportunities
for knowing what it is talking about.
The paper's opportunity is greater than
that of the average individual to know
men and things. Newspapers don't attempt
to dictate. They attempt to tell
the truth as nearly as possible and
trust to the reader to be able to tell the
truth, at least when he hears it.?Spartanburg
Herald.
That is a great big subject that the
Herald is trying to handle, and it handles
the subject about as well as anybody
else can handle it; but we venture
that after the editor had written all
that he had to say at this time he was
at about the same conclusion that we
arrive at when trying to throw light on
the same proposition?"never touched
it." As the Herald says, the view of
an editor is the view of an individual,
and that is about all, except that other
things being equal the view an editor
will express on a given subject is of
more value than the view of the average
individual. In the first place, the
editor is presumed to make it his business
to know what he is talking about
and having more opportunity to know
than the average individual, coupled
with a knowledge of greater responsibility,
he is apt to be more careful.
Two cronies can get together and discuss
most matters relative to the business
of other people without reserve,
and a bunch of people may gather
about a dry goods box and do the same
thing; but when a man says his say on
the printed page he is pretty apt to
have a considerably higher appreciation
of the responsibilities that may
arise hereafter. If there is nothing involved
of more import than the public
estimate of the judgment and intelligence
of the writer, that alone is sufficient
to make the writer careful?if he
has any Judgment or intelligence. But
when it comes to newspaper dictation,
that is silly. There may be editors who
would like to dictate; but there are few
who can. If an editor through years
of hard work builds up a reputation for
soundness of Judgment and accuracy of
statement, there will necessarily be
many readers who will be inclined to
take his view of things, at least until
they can investigate for themselves;
but no editor ever reaches the point
where he can palm off on his readers a
proposition that is absurd or unsound.
There may have been a time when a
few individuals were sole custodians of
about all the truth and wisdom there
was; but that time has long since passed
away.
? Oratorical display attending the
passage of the administration currency
bill through the house began Wednesday
with a series of speeches for and
against the measure. The general discussion
will continue through the day
and night sessions until tomorrow
evening. Next week the bill will be
taken up in detail. Chairman Glass of
the banking and currency bill; Representative
Hays of California, ranking
Republican member of the committee,
and Representative Murdock of Kansas,
Progressive floor leader, opened the debete
for their respective parties. Chairman
Glass presented the bill as a positive
cure for the financial ills of the
country; Representative Hays admitted
the value of some of the provisions of
the bill, and Representative Murdock
criticized the measure as "halting, timid,
half-way, compromising." "It Intends
to be remedial and is not," declared
Mr. Murdock. "To a nation crying
for relief, it offers not a remedy but
a palliative; it prescribes cocaine, not
a cure. It has changed some of the
formulas by which the predatory powers
nrev uoon the neople. but it has
not challenged directly the malignant I
methods which put these powers be-1
yond thfe reach of all feeble legislation. I
As a well lntentioned effort to bring
elasticity to the currency, the Glass bill
Invites indorsement. But even if it
brings elasticity its enactment will not
quiet the real source of the trouble?
Wall street." The greater part of Wednesday's
Republican opposition to the
bill, voiced by Representative Hays and
Representative Dyer of Missouri, was
based upon the provisions of the measure
requiring that national banks subscribe
20 per cent of their capital and
5 per cent of their deposits as a fund
to capitalize the Federal reserve board
and its "partisan political complexion"
also were criticised.
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BACK ON AMERICAN SIDE
Canadian Authorities Thrust Harry
Thaw Across Border.
There was another sudden new turn
in the Harry Thaw case last Wednesday
as the result of which immigration
officials suddenly pounced down on
Thaw in the immigration "pen," forcibly
put him in an automobile and rushed
him over the International border
where he was turned loose In the state
of Vermont.
This new move was a surprise to
Thaw as It was to everybody else, Including
the lawyers on both sides of the
case, and the newspaper men. The last
previous move in the case had left matters
In such a shape as to postpone all
further proceedings until a hearing to
be held before the judges of the King's
bench at Ottawa on September 16, and
nobody was looking for any further
move of Importance until that time.
When the immigration officers woke
Thaw up early on Wednesday morning
and told him what they were going to
do, he fought, screamed and begged
people to Save him from kidnappers,
but the officers paid no attention, and
the populace was unable to do anything
for the reason that it did not understand
what was the matter, and was
unable to pull itself together at such
an early hour.
When the Associated Press reporters
got on to the situation they hired an
automobile and followed after the immigration
officers on over Into the
United States; but did not reach Thaw
until after the officers had gently placed
him on the ground and started back ,
fnr Panada The npwsoADer men found
Thaw practically alone, and not knowing
which way to turn. At his request
the newspaper men gave him permission
to ride with them; but shortly afterward
the Canadian citizen who had
brought the newspaper men over, remembered
that he had crossed the line
without reporting his machine as law
required, and he hurried back. The
newspaper men soon afterward engaged
another chaffeur who agreed to take
Thaw to h? and back, and after a little
while, it was decided to make across
the few miles of Vermont into New
Hampshire where Thaw believed he
would have a better lighting chance. In >
the meantime news of the new devel- |
opment had been telephoned everywhere,
and the people throughout
northern Vermont and New Hampshire
were on the lookout for the notorious
run-away.
Thaw told the newspaper men that
he was anxious to take train and go to
Detroit, Michigan, believing he would
Stand a better show in Michigan; but
It developed that he had no money and
nothing in the way of his personal belongings
except a big bunch of cigars.
The newspaper men either had no
money or were unwilling to take the
responsibility. of lending him any, and
the idea of taking a train iiad to be
abandoned.
After many miles had been traveled
aimlessly in New Hampshire, Thaw
was nnany lasen miu cumuu; uy mc
sheriff of Coos county, that state, and
was removed to a hotel In Colebrook.
The prisoner was still in doubt as to
what it all meant, and in fear of being
kidnapped and taken to New York, he
begged the sheriff to give him a strong
guard, which the sheriff did.
C. J. Doherty, acting minister of the
Canadian interior department takes
full responsibility for the deportation
pf Thaw in seeming disregard of court
orders. Judge Doherty explained that
the Canadian immigration law directed
the seizure of persons who were sus- ;
pected of being undesirable, their examination
by a board of inquiry and
deportation. "Thaw was suspected,
seized, examined, condemned as an undesirable
and now has been sent back
whence he came and by the same
route," added Judge Doherty. "What
about the court orders, the writ of prohibition
and the writ of habeas corpus?"
he was asked. "There-was no
writ of prohibition directed to the au
thoritles who naa xnaw in custody,replled
the Judge. "As for the writ of
habeas corpus it was directed to the
officer who had Thaw in custody before
the board of inquiry took action. By
the operation of the immigration law.
Thaw passed from the possession of
the officer to whom the writ of habeas
corpus had been directed. New York
asked that Thaw be sent back to that
state instead of to some other point on
the international boundary. Was that .
point considered before action was
taken?" he was asked. "Yes," replied
Judge Doherty. "It was considered and
we found the law directs that an undesirable
be deported by the route by
which he entered the country. This is
what we have done."
Canadian attorneys say Thaw's counsel
blundered in falling to have writs
directed at the Canadian minister of
Justice instead of minor officials.
While going along the country roads
of Vermont and New Hampshire, Thaw
himself stirred up the whole of New
England over his case by stopping at
different farm houses and asking for
permission to use telephones to communicate
with his counsel in Canada.
His lawyers did not then know what
had happened. People, listening at the
phones had their interest quickened,
and soon all the phones were so busy
calling gossip that Thaw was unable to
reach anywhere.
When Jerome got wind of what was
going on, he took his .two-car special
train and hurried to Colibrook. Jerome
had his arrangements made; but it
was expected that the legal battle that
would follow would also involve the
question as to whether Governor Sulzer
or Acting: Governor Glynn Is entitled
to recognition In New York. It
was understood on Wednesday that
Glynn was willing to sign requisition
papers but that Sulzer would not do so.
? Columbia special of September 11,
to Charlotte Observer: Governor and
Mrs. Blease were called home from
Washington by advices of the serious
illness of the latter's mother. Mrs.
Blease stopped over at the home of
her mother, Mrs. Summers, in Anderson
county, and the governor came on
to Columbia. Speaking of his return
the governor said: "Of course I was
very much disappointed in not being
able to remain with my brother Red
Men, most of whom I know personally
and are my good friends; but under
the circumstances there was nothing
for me to do but to return home.
I am very much gratified over the
election of my brother-in-law by a
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son county, and I am also very much
gratified that Spartanburg city seems
to be so friendly as the newspaper
accounts admit that the only antiBlease
man in the race was left at the
post, while the two Blease men finished
neck and neck. Mr. Floyd is a
member of the present state hospital
commission, and Mr. Johnson is now
mayor. As between them, I had no
preference whatever, as they are both
good friends of mine; but neither
shall be without a Job. If Floyd gets
in I will put Johnson in his place on
the state hospital commission, and if
Johnson stays in as mayor, why of
course Floyd will hold on. So both
Bleasites will have a job, while the
'anti' will still be a statesman looking
for one."
LOCAL ArrAZRS,
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
P. W. Love?Requests the return of
his clover seed sower.
Enquirer Office?Will pay reward for
return of gold chain and round
locket, lost August 31.
H. C. Moore, R. F. D. 3?Has two good
milk cows for sale.
D. T. Woods?Wants two pointer dogB,
2 to 4 years old, fairly well broken.
Remedy Sales Corporation, Charlotte
?Will send booklet of testimonials
In regard to Mrs. Joe Person's remdy,
on request.
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J. W. rauerson V/U, nm uc UL nuuu
T. Allison's stables In Yorkvllle, on
September 17 and 18, and will buy
good young mules for cash.
H. E. Nell. Co. Treasurer?Gives notice
of opening tax books oq October
15, and also schedule of county
appointments for collections.
Klrkpatrick-Belk Co.?Says money
talks and buying for ten big stores
Insures low cost prices. New coat
suits, coats, linens, blankets, etc.
Geo. W. Williams?Offers two additional
farm tracts, nicely located,
and close to town.
Thomson Co.?Is showing big lines of
blankets and comfortables, kimono
fleece, outings, hosiery, etc.
Cloud Cash Store?Wants you to see
Its fall clothing for men and boys.
A big line, moderately priced.
First National Bank, Torkville?Says
that it is hard digging and saving
that counts. It pays 4 per cent,
compounded, on savings accounts.
J. C. Wilborn?Offers 149 acres, two
miles from Sharon, good community,
good house, for sale. I
Palmetto Monument Co.?Says that to
serve is a privilege and to serve well
a duty. It wants to serve you.
L . , fl- n T T ?L k.
I no n iCRurjr ur?v< mgu oliiuui uc*
grins work next Monday.
The Lancaster graded school has suspended
work for ten daya for fear of
an epidemic of diphtheria.
The Old Catawba gold mine, near
King's Mountain station, is In operation
again. There is a battery of thirty
stamps in the mill, and although only
a few of these have been put to work,
It is understood that they will all be in
operation In a few weeks. This mine
was once looked upon as a paying
proposition.
WITHIN THE TOWN
? The home of Mr. P. W. Patrick ha*
been quarantined on account of scarlet
fever.
? The marketing of cotton Is picking
up slowly and steadily; but it is not yet
in full swing.. *
? Local 'possum hunters are beginning:
to "spy out the land" and
train their dogs for the coming seaion.
? A case of diphtheria developed In
the Graded school on Wednesday. The
patient is a little daughter of Mr. B.
M. Love.
? The extension of the water mains
now being made up Lincoln street a*
far as the residence of Mr. A. Cody, and
out East Liberty street as far as the
residence of Mr. Geo. W. Williams, will
come pretty near giving Are protection
to the whole town.
? The Yorkvllle Graded school boys
have thrown aside their baseball togs
end are now interesting themselves and
others in football. Practice was begun
this week and although only a few of
the boys have entered practice, a great
many more will go Into the game as
they learn more about it. The Yorkvllle
team will be composed almost entirely
of new boys this year, since most
of the old eleven graduated last year
or quit school aitogetner. Tne understanding
is that Rock Hill, Clover,
Hickory Grove and other towns arouM}
will begin reorganising their respective
elevens as soon as possible.
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UNIFORM COTTON BALE8.
The new regulation requiring a uniform
size of 27x54 Inches for cotton
bales for export, is receiving more or
less consideration at the hands of buyers
and sellers, but as yet has given
no particular Inconvenience on the local
markets.
Speaking of the matter yesterday, a
Yorkville buyer said:
"The regulation has not bothered us
yet, whatever It may do later. You see
both the mills and the exporters are Always
anxious for this early cotton, and
while you would have to pay a dollar
penalty on a bale that did not conform
to the uniform size, if you exported,
you can get around that by selling to
the mills. The mills don't care much
how a bale of cotton is packed. Just so
they don't have to pay for too much
bagging and ties and they get the cotton."
Asked as to how the gins of the country
were fixed as to having press boxes
of regulation size, the buyer quoted,
said that most of the stationary presses
were of standard dimensions, 27x54;
but there are a number of Boss presses
that pack larger bales, which bales
would be liable to the dollar penalty.
The buyer went on to say that it would
be worth the while of the cotton growers
to see to it that their bales were
packed in regulation presses, for the
reason that sometimes the exporter is
In position to pay more for cotton than
the local mills will buy, and in that
case the penalty will have to be deducted.
He went on to suggest that there
is danger that eventually this dollar
difference will assert itself against irregular
packing and it will be just as
well to get down to regulation sizes
and be done with it.'
HIGH 8CH00L WORK
Prof. W. H. Hand, state high school
inspector, has sent out a circular letter
to the heads of high schools throughout
this state which contains so much
good common sense as to leave no
question of Us value to parents, pupils
and teachers. The letter is as follows:
"Hearty greetings to you and your
fellow teachers as you are about to begin
your year's work. May the coming
year be the best you have ever had.
May you have the co-operation of your
teachers, your school authorities, your
patrons and your pupils.
. "In your work I am sure that you
feel your greatest opportunity and your
greatest obligation to be one?the formation
of character and the development
of manhood and womanhood in
your pupils. Everything else is subordinate.
In the formation of manly
character in the school there is perhaps
no more potent agency than the complete
and honest mastery of every task
undertaken. Character building and
shoddy work are antipodal.
"May I suggest caution and judgment
in alloting the work to your pupils?
Work your pupils up to a reasonable
limit, but do not permit them
to undertake the impossible or the unreasonable.
Undertake no more than
you and they can do thoroughly with
reasonable effort. Master what you undertake.
The most glaring single
weakness of our schools is their undertaking
too much. Quality of work
Is sacrificed for quantity. Usually the
poorer the teacher and the poorer the
pupil the more work is undertaken.
Slovenly work In school is destructive
of clear thinking, of sane Judgment
and of noble conduct. Nobody feels the
evils of inferior work more consciously
than the pupils themselves. No high
school class ought to be given more
than five subjects. Four subjects are
coming to be the ideal number in the
best American high schools. With four
subjects to the class and 45-minute periods,
any two good teachers in a 3year
course ought to do good work and
make from ten to eleven units. A 3year
school with a single course ol
study ought not to undertake more
than twelve units.
"Capable men and women know
what is reasonable and what is unwise
In school work, and the teacher's reputation
in the end is determined by theii
verdict. Strong teachers fitted for successful
leadership rarely fall to command
the support of fair minded capable
people."
ABOUT PEOPLE
Mr. Tracy Proctor of Rock Hill, spenf
several days in Yorkvllle, this week.
Or T T> MpTViwoII has returned tr
Torkvilie, after a stay of six weeks In
New Tork.
Mrs. W. H. Poston of Savage, Is visiting
her father, Mr. J. W. Dobson, In
Yorkvllle.
Mrs. John W. Miller and son, ol
Yorkvllle, are visiting relatives near
King's Creek.
Mr. Ray Bankhead of Sharon R. F
D. 2, entered the Boiling Springs High
school last Monday.
Mr. S. E. Lowry of Yorkvllle, has returned
home after several days' visit tc
friends In Chester.
Miss Sara Logan has returned to hei
home In Yorkvllle, after a visit to relatives
In McConnellsville.
Mrs. D. M. Ellen of Blshopvllle, Is
visiting her mother, Mrs. Emma McGill,
at Hickory Grove.
Mr. C. W. Smith and son, Mastei
Strauss, of Carlisle, spent several days
this week In Yorkvllle.
Messrs. Rodney and Lyies Love ol
Yorkvllle R. F. D. 3, left this week for
Ersklne college, Due West.
Mr. S. A. Lesslie, who has been
teaching Sutton's Spring school, leaves
next week for Clinton college.
Miss Bessie Pegram of Yorkvllle, left
Wednesday for Gaatonla, where she
will teach school this session.
Mrs. J. B. Martin and family of Spartanburg.
are visiting the family of Dr.
C. C. Leech at Hickory Grove.
Mr. Bert F. Smith went to Charlotte
yesterday, to see Field's minstrels,
which played Charlotte last night.
Mrs. W. T. Slaughter has returned to
her home at Hickory Grove, after a visit
to Greenville and Spartanburg.
Misses Minnie Plexico and Wilma
Barber of Sharon, are visiting the family
of Dr. W. A. Hood at Hickory
Grove.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Kassler and children,
and Mr. and Mrs. Geo. R. Grist
have moved into the Bell house on Lincoln
street.
Mr. A. D. Dorsett of Torkvllle, who
has been quite ill for some time, left
Wednesday, to enter a hospital at
Greensboro, N. C.
Miss Louise Dobson who has been
spending the summer with her sister,
Mrs. W. H. Poston, has returned to her
home in Torkvllle.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Whlsonant of
Hickory Grove, on Wednesday took
their daughter, Margie, to Charlotte for
a surgical operation.
Mr. W. W. Jenkins, Jr., left this
morning for Spartanburg, to take up
his school work, after spending the
summer In Yorkvllle.
Mrs. R. 8. McConnell returned to
her home in Yorkvllle yesterday,
after at two week's visit to relatives
at Orover and Shelby, N. C.
GalTney Ledger: Mr. A. B. Carson
of Yorkvllle, has arrived in the city
to take a position as salesman with
his brother, Mr. J. F. Carson.
Miss Fannie Peters, of Yorkvllle,
who has been in a Spartanburg hospital,
returned home Wednesday
night Miss Peters' condition is somewhat
improved.
Mr. Joseph Maclean, who has been
spending the summer abroad, is stopping
with relatives in Yorkvllle a few
days before he returns to his work in
Agnes Scott Institute, Decatur, Ga.
The following young people of Hickory
Grove, will enter the various colleges
this fall: Misses May Lesslle,
Jessie Whltesides and Bessie Quinn,
Woman's College, Due West; Janie
Wylle, Ersklne; Wllma Scogglns and
Maggie Smith, Llnwood; Messrs. Beattie
and 8am Wtlkerson, W. T. Slaughter
and Forest Castles, Clemson; Joe
Leech, Leon and Harvey Allison, Stark
Slaughter, Ralph Castles, South Carolina
university; Grady and Fred McGill,
Erskine; Gower Slaughter, Clinton;
Misses Anna Lyle Allison, Wlnthrop;
Marie Leech, Limestone.
Fort Mill Times: Mr. J. M. Gam
Die, a wen Known rarmer or me township,
will with his family, move to
Rock Hill about the first of October.
Mr. Gamble was elected a member of
the police force of Rock Hill at a
meeting of the council of that city a
few days ago, and will assume the
duties of the position on October 1.
He is not without experience as an
officer, having served the town of
Fort Mill as chief of police some
years ago, and during his term as
such proved himself a fearless and
proficient man for the place. He will
make Rock Hill an excellent officer.
CIRCUIT COURT.
When The Enquirer went to press
last Tuesday, the court was engaged in
the case of J. B. Fewell against the Catawba
Power company, which case it
was thought would consume at least
two days; but which temporarily fell
through in a shorter time.
The matter has been before the court
since the April, 1912, term of the court.
The plaintiff owns an island some distance
below the dam of the Catawba
Power company, and alleged that the
tail waters from the company's dam
has increased the difficulties of going to
and from the island for the purpose of
cultivating the crops thereon. As the
result of the first trial the jury returned
a verdict for the plaintiff In the
sum of $2,000. Judge Gary granted a
new trial, nisi, conditioned on the acceptance
by the plaintiff of $800 damages.
The plaintiff, however, elected to
sro to the jury again, amending the
complaint so as to allege injury to
crops, etc., and claiming $16,000 against
only $8,000 named in the first complaint.
It was alleged that the situation
complained of had practically
ruined the agricultural value of the
whole island of 62 acres. After the
opening preliminaries, the defendant's
counsel gave notice of a motion for a
non-suit, and further hearing was postponed
to be held at Wlnnsboro on a
date to be announced later. Finley &
Marion and Glenn & Glenn for the
plaintiff; Cocke, Osborne & Robinson,
and J. E. McDonald and C. E. Spencer
for the defendant.
The greater part of Wednesday afternoon
was taken up In the trial of the
case of J. C. Adams against the Rock
Hill Herald Publishing company, involving
a dispute as to who was the
real winner of a $740 automobile offered
by the Herald Publishing company
in a subscription contest. According
to the plaintiff the defendant had
agreed to give the automobile to the
contestant who should get the largest
number of votes on a basis of 1,000
votes for each dollar paid for a subscription
for the semi-weekly Herald,
the Evening Herald or on past due
subscriptions. The plaintiff claimed
that Mr. J. T. Fain, of the defendant
company had told him that
the names of the contestants together
with the standing of each would be
published in the Herald at stated Intervals.
He went on to testify .that the
last publication of this kind was on
I May 25, and that up to that time the
plaintiff was In the lead, while the
name of Mr. John R. Williams to whom
the automobile was finally awarded,
did not nppear in the list at all. Mr.
Adams stated that he had been in the
contest from the beginning. At the
wlndup It developed that while Mr.
Adams had about 200,000 votes, Mr.
Williams had over 800,000 votes. Mr.
Williams was awarded the automobile
! and Mr. Adams was awarded a cheat
r of silver. The defendant charged fraud
i In the transaction, based on alleged ru_
mor to the effect that while he had
, complied with the conditions of the
offer, Mr. Williams had merely paid the
Herald a sum of money sufficient to
entitle him to the number of votes he
received, and that the alleged. subscriptions
involved were not bona
fide. Mr. J. T. Fain of .the Herald
company testified that Mr. Williams
had won the automobile fairly, and
produced his records to show that the
subscriptions returned by the winner
were bona fide, and that the successful
contestant received votes in exact
proportion to the number of bona fide
subscribers returned. Mr. Adams testified
that his suspicions in regard to
the matter were aroused by certain rumors
on the streets of Rock Htlll; but
when defendant's counsel sought to
make him put the responsibility for
the dissatisfaction on Mr. O. K. Williams
of the Rock Hill Record, he denied
all intimations of the kind. After
hearing the testimony, Judge Prince
granted a motion for a non-suit. He
said in effect that the whole thing
seems to have been a gamble, and that
Mr. John R. Williams had only succeeded
in doing what Mr. Adams bad
failed to do. Messrs. John Porter Hol11s
and W. M. Dun lap represented the
plaintiff and Messrs. Wilson & Wilson
the defendant.
The last jury case taken up was that
Involving the right of way on the Lincoln
road through the property of
Messrs. 8. N. and H. E. Johnson, about
two miles from the court house. Under
condemnation proceedings the jury had
found that the road occupied one acre
aUAOAikAS A?/t t??1..A/l ?tlA 1mma a* ca 4
aikusciiici, auu vwucu mc lauu tu fuv
, an acre. The understanding was that
Mr. S. N. Johnson had donated his
right of way, and $25 was awarded on
1 account of Mr. H. E. Johnson's Inter.
est. The Messrs. Johnson made claim
to more damages because of the Inconvenient
shape in which their land was
left because of separating the residence
on the property from the well and outbuildings,
and going back of instead of
: in front of the house. It was also al.
leged that the well had been caused to
,cave in by reason of the location of
the road. The trial Jury sustained the
I verdict that was rendered by the Jury
in the condemnation proceedings, and |
' under the rule the costs will fall on the i
Messrs. Johnson. There being no fur- 1
ther business for the petit Jurors, they |
, were discharged yesterday afternoon. |
Court was engaged this morning in 1
i transacting various odds and ends of 1
equity business.
LOCAL LACONICS
Bssmflusrd-McCsrtsr.
Mr. Qettys McCarter, son of Mrs. E.
C. McCarter of Torkville R. F. D. 6, i
and Miss Louise Beamguard, daughter 1
of Mr. W. T. Beamguard of Clover, were
married Wednesday, In O&stonla.
W. H. Dunlap's Home Burned.
The home of Mr. W. H. Dunlap, who
lives near Ogden, was destroyed by fire
last Tuesday morning at about 11
o'clock. Mr. Dunlap was in Yorkville
at the ilme, attending court, and there
was no one at home except Mrs. Dunlap
and the children. The loss was .total,
and there was no insurance except on
1 the furniture.
Southern is Busy. i
The Southern Railway company is
1 doing more work on Its track between
Heath Springs, 8. C., and Marion,
N. C., than ever before. Every section
foreman is working a full force of men,
In some cases as many as ten, and
these are reinforced by two work trains
with full crews. Thousands of new
> ties are being laid under the rails and
, scores of cars of cinders are being distributed
along the line. Bridge forces
, are at work on the trestles, closing in
1 the benches to government requirements
and putting In new timber. L?o;
comotlve engineers say the track is
i getting better every day.
Ferguson-Hardin.
I Chester Reporter: A wedding that
was of Interest to many relatives and
friends of the contracting parties, was
that of Mr. Robert W. Hardin and
Miss Mary - V.' Ferguson, which was
' quietly solemnized at the M. E.
parsonage at Capers Chapel yesterday
morning, the ceremony being per- ,
formed by the Rev. J. H. Montgomery.
Directly after the ceremony,
Mr. and Mrs. Hardin drove to Lowryville
where they boarded the C. ft
N.-W. train for a few days' trip
to Edgemont. Mr. Hardin Is an employe
of the local postofflce and Is a
young man of sterling character and
! with hosts of friends. Mrs. Hardin ]
is one of the Armenia section's most
| popular and accomplished young wo- j
men. I
Moon In Eclipse Next Monday.
On Monday, September 16th, there 1
will be a total eclipse of the moon. ]
The eclipse will be partially visible In ,
this locality. According to a reputable j
compilation, the moon will begin to i
enter the shadow at 33 minutes after 1
5 o'clock In the morning of Septem- |
ber 15th. Inasmuch as the sun does <
not rise until 44 minutes after 6 <
o'clock, It is not likely that the spec- j
tacle will be an especially fine one. ,
The total eclipse, in this section of the I
country will not be visible, inasmuch '
as It will not begin until after the j
moon sets. On the Pacific coast, how- ]
ever, much of the phenomena will be 3
visible, especially In San Francisco, j
wnere tne Deginmng anu ttau ui mc (
eclipse may be watched. A partial
eclipse of the sun will occur on September
29th, 30th, but will not be vis- |
Ible on this side of the world. ?
Back from Impaction Trip.
. County Supervisor Thos. W. Boyd, 1
Mr. John P. Williams, of Ebenezer, *
D. P. Lesslle of Catawba, and W. W. :
Miller, county engineer, returned to ?]
their respective homes Wednesday t
night, after a week's visit to Terre J
Haute, Ind. The object of the trip c
was to inspect the tiling and metal ;
culvert factories and this work the 1
a
gentlemen saw from start to finish, j
The A. L. Greenberg Iron Co.'s plant r
was visited. This concern makes all t
kinds of tiling and metal culverts and J
a great deal of their production is being
used In York county. Supervisor i,
Thus. W. Boyd said yesterday that t
the entire party of York county road- ?
builders were well pleased with their r
trip and that they had learned many r
things In connection with good road c
construction. "I don't know how ?
the people in Indiana and other states a
up that way judge a crop," said Mr. c
Boyd, "but it seems to me that they *
have a fine corn crop, much taller
than ours. Between Indianapolis and
Cincinnati, the corn is simply fine,
but as you get further south the pros- r
pects don't seem so good." c
0
Baptist Women's Missionary Union. j,
Rock Hill special of September 10, b
I
:o the Columbia State: The seml-anmal
meeting here: last week of the
Baptist Woman's Missionary union of
:he Tork association, was a most proftable
one and was largely attended,
rhe reports of work showed progress
ilong all lines and the church is movng
forward. Thursday night a "Jublee
meeting" was held and a fine adIress
made by the Rev. W. E. Thayer
>f Chester, a former pastor ? of the
First Baptist church here, In which
:he sessions were held. A notable vistor
was Mrs. C. E. Watson of Qreenrille,
who Is vice president of the
mrthern division. The final session
ivas held Friday afternoon, at which
it was decided to hold the next April
meeting at Flint Hill church, and the
Following officers for the .year were
sleeted: President, Miss Emma Dowell,
Rock Hill; superintendent, Mrs. 8.
3. Frew of Rock Hill; associate superintendent
T. W. A., Mrs. B. A. Scruggs
if Rock Hill; associate superintendent
>f Sunbeam bands and Royal Ambassadors,
Mrs. J. T. Garrison of Fort
Mill; secretary and treasurer, Mrs. S.
L Meacham of Fort M11L .
2. A N.-W. Stockholders.
Chester Reporter: The annual meetng
of the stockholders of the Caroina
and North-Western railway was
tield at the office of Col. J. H. Marlon,
the general counsel, In this city at
loon today. The entire board of directors
were re-elected with the exception
of Mr. J. F. Johnson, of Oastonla,
who declined re-election. Mr.
J. O. White, of Gaston la, was elected
to fill the vacancy. The board of
iirectors consists -of the following
members: J. H. Mart on, T. H. White,
md 8. H. Hardin, Chester; C. E. Spencer,
of Yorkvllle: J. O. White, of Gastonla;
Lb F. Long, of Newton; and J.
K. Martin, of Hickory. Gen. W. A.
Barber, of New York, was re-elected
president, and Judge J. J. McLure
was re-elected secretary. Other offlces
are filled by appointment of the
president. The reports of the president
and general manager evidenced
i healthy condition of affairs, though
Col. L. T. Nichols, general manager,
states that Noa. 7 and 8, the trains recently
extended south by order of the
railroad commission In response to petitions
from Yorkvllle and Chester,
ire not a paying proposition. A full
four month's trial will be given these
trains, however, to decide the matter
thoroughly.
MERE MENTION
C. B. Taylor, postmaster at Harls, and
Bert Stevens a constable, fought a duel
on the streets of Antlers, Okla., Monrlmr
nIrrK + D/vth imam awa /Iaa/V
iifilj uiqiiu uukii men cue ucau> ? r
Congressman Tim Sullivan, who has
been in a sanitarium near New Tork,
for some months, has disappeared, and
bis friends fear foul play... .A German
Bivlator, contesting' for a long distance
prize, was killed near Berlin, Tuesday.
by a fall of 600 feet The body of
Mrs. Walter B. Smith, a wealthy society
woman of Chicago, was found floating
in Lake Michigan, Monday afternoon,
with a rope tightly drawn around
ber neck. Her death is a mystery
A. 17-year-old Dot ham, Ala., boy committed
suicide Monday, because his
parents opposed his marriage because
if his age Two women were killed
ind three other persons were Injured
in a grade crossing near Harrlsburg,
Pa., Tuesday, when their automobile
was struck by a passenger train
rhe team representing the United
3tates won the international revolver
match at Camp Perry, Ohio, Tuesdav.
Prance was second, with Sweden third,
rhe Individual chiunplonshlp of the
world was won by Lieut. Wllhelm
Carl berg of 8weden Mrs. Emmelne
Pankhurst, the famous militant
suffragette of England, Is contemplat
rig a visit to tne united states in October.
Immigration authorities are desating
the question of barring Mrs.
Pankhurst from admission to the iTnitfd
States on the ground that sh6 is an
undesirable alien... .The government's
train crop report, issued Tuesday,
rhows that the condition of the corn
:rop has fallen 10.7 per cent during the
month of September, indicating .a loss
>f 42,000,000 bushels between August 1,
ind September 1. The indications on
September 1, were for a total crop of
1,251,000,000 bushels......William Clark
t>f Autreyville, Ga? was killed by his
nephew, Fulger Crosby, Monday night
rhey had quarreled about land lines...
Mrs. Edna Perkins Oodbee is on
trial at Mlllen, Qa., accused of killing
tier divorced husband, Judge Walter
3. Oodbee, and his second wife
Dne of the assassins of Director Abe
it the Japanese foreign office, com
mltted sullcde Wednesday, by plunsr-1
ing a sharp sword In his throat Director
Abe was assassinated September
Ith.. .... .Clergymen of Carlisle. Pa.,
tiave started a movement to line up
the preachers of that state in an
igreement not to perform a marriage
ceremony where either of the contracting
parties has been divorced...
rwenty persons were injured and
three buildings partly wrecked in
Chicago, early Wednesday morning,
when a bomb was exploded in the
private bank of Alexander Confortl.
Blackmail is believed to have been
the object of the explosion A safe
containing $71,900 has disappeared
while en route between New York and
Savannah, and the express officials
ire trying ,to locate it.
Lawyer and Legislature.?The Yorkbriile
Enquirer says: "There is developing
throughout North Carolina a strong
lentlment against the election of lawyers
to the legislature." This development
is largely a matter of imagination,
we can assure our South Carolina
Friend. North Carolina once tried the
boycott of the lawyer. It was in the
flush days of the Farmers' Alliance,
rhe bars were put up against the lawyers
in a most effective way. No law ??
^ntfn* tnr InoialativA honors.
nor for elective office of any kind for
:hat matter. In consequence, there was
it least one legislature with no lawyers
in It and the ensuing muddle was an
ornament to history. It is u fact that
:he good offices of "friendly" lawyers
ivere called to the rescue, and the more
lonest of the antl-lawyer crowd were
made to feel a little shame-faced about
t. Out of the affair came the proof of
:he worth of the lawyer, arid In this
itate he has since been treated as
lomewhat of a respectable citizen,
tforth Carolina does not object to lawyers
In the legislature. The concern Is
hat there should not be too many, and
hat Is a matter the people will look
ifter.?Charlotte Observer.
Pretty Small Business,?Postofflce
nspectors are sometimes a bit too eag?r
to "make a case." One of these got
l good shakeup in United States court
lere the other day before Judge Boyd
rhe evidence was that a negro sent
tome photographs off by parcel post to
>e enlarged. On the back of one of
hese he marked the size In figures..
rhe clerk at .the postofflce saw him do
his. but Instead of telling him that he]
lould not put any writing or figures on
he package, he let him mall it at parel
post rates, .then the Inspector was
>ut on the Job, the man was arrested
n South Carolina, kept In Jail a month
hen brought here for trial. When
rudge Boyd heard the evidence he renarked
that it was a mighty little mater?about
the smallest coming under 1
its observation?and he ordered the
lefendant released.
The case cost the government at 1
east $100 if not more. In dismissing
he action Judge Boyd said that not
me man in fifty was conversant with
he rules of the department in mailing
natter by parcel post and that comnon
decency would have prompted the
lerk who saw the figures being placed
m the package to have told him it
ould not be mailed, yet he stood there 1
,nd watched him, then reported the
ase to the inspector. It is safe to say j
hat another case like this will not be
trought soon.?Greensboro, N.* C., Rec- |
rd.
? Clarence J. Owens, managing dlector
of the Southern Commercial
ongress, announces his intention to
stablish a state experiment farm at i
lis plantation of 360 acres near Dunarton
in Barnwell county. 1
80UTH CAROLINA NEWS
? The Wesley Bible Class conference
meets in Columbia, October 7 and 8.
? The Southern Power company has
decided to develop the shoals at the
mouth of Fishing Creek. ? ? '
? The Irene mill will build an annex
to its already large plant at Oaffhey.
It will cost about 87,800.
? The crops in Andarsop V? probably
the best in the history of the
county, according to Mr. Gk P. Browne,
the publisher of the Anderson Daily
HffAW/rg# <'%TM
? An organisation known as the
Second South Carolina Infantry association
has been forgef by the officers
of the Second (Bogth Carolina
regiment a- ~ I I
? Recently E. L. Hatchell, who lives
in tne nmmonsvine section, sola at
Darlington, a barn of tobacco at an
average price of 43 cents a pound, the
barn bringing him over MOO.
? The annual report of the superin-f
tendent of education of Cheater county;,
ahpwa total revenues of all the'
school districts amounted to $73.152.63.
There were 4,916 negroes
enrolled against 2,479 Whites. ' t (
? The city -of Greenville vrhleh had
an ordinance prohibiting white people
and colored people from living in the
same blocks, has changed the ordinance
so as to provide that they may
live in the same block, but must live
on different sides of the streets.
? J. L. Jackson has the best cotton
crop in the Johnston section of Edgefield
county or this part of the state.
He has four acres planted in king big
boll that will bring two and a half or
three bales to the acre.
? The farmers are having to contend
with the highest prices in bagging and
tie* this year than in probably ten
years. Some of the sins are charging
$1.40 a bale for new baffling and ties,
while second-hand wrapping is worth
II a bale, says a report from Mayes ville.
? Members of the Daughters of the
American Revolution organisations In
8outh Carolina are being asked to
start a movement to have the national
convention of this body, at Its
coming meeting, reconsider its action
of the last convention in indorsing the
army post canteen.
? The Greenville chamber of commerce
has received a number of watch
fobs, of artistic design, to be distributed
among the members of the
Greenville county Boys' Corn club
when the season closes about the middle
of October.
? Governor Blease left last Tuesday
for a ten days' trip to Washington
to attend the national convention of
Red Men, and with the Intention of
visiting New Tork and other northern
bitlsn -He left Mr. John K. Aull,
his secretary. In charge of affairs
with the understanding that he might
be recalled If there should develop
anything out of the ordinary, calling
for his personal attention.
? Columbia special of September 11,
to Charlotte Observer: . Governor
Blease says be will not sign any
stocks and bonds, and there will be
no refunding of the state debt, during
his term of office. He bitterly scored
the supreme court for Its decision In
upholding the validity of the refunding
act and pays his respects to Associate
Justice Hydrick, who wrote
the opinion. Says the governor: "No,
I am not disappointed as the result
of the decision of the supreme court
I rather expected it I regret very
much though, that they dodged the
main point In the case, and did not
decldo fairly and squarely the question
of a quorum, as to whether or
not a member of the house or senate
can serve on any commission of which
he was a member by virtue of his
Eositlon in the house or senate, after
Is term expires, or, as the constitution
expresses It after the term of his
successor begins."
I ? Spartanburg special of September
9. to the Charlotte Observer: Complete
but unofficial returns and subject
to revision, Indicate that a second
riamnnrotlft idtflmarv olopflnn wttl
have to be held to choose the party's
nominee for .mayor of. Spartunburg
Under the commission form of government.
None of the. three candidates
received < a majority today.
Mayor O. L. Johnson led, receiving
J87 votes. Former Mayor John F.
'loyd, received 808 votes and Ben
frill Brown was eliminated, receiving
40 votes. Johnson lacks 81 votes of
a majority and will run a second race
with Floyd. It Is conceded that
Floyd will receive most of Brown's
votes, as both ran on a platform calling
for vigorous enforcement of the
laws against commercialised vice and
('blind tigers," while Johnson, though
silent on the subject. Is generally understood
to have received ths votes,
of those who favor an "open town."
Brown was put forward by cltlsens
who were unwilling to vote for a supporter
of Governor Blease, Johnson
and Floyd both being friends of the
governor.
? A meeung 01 uioae mienewu iu ui?
collection and preservation of ballads
and other Folk-Lore in South Carolina
will be held in Columbia during the
State fair of 191S. At that time organisation
will be effected, officers chosen,
and a constitution and by-laws adopted.
No state in the union offers a more
fruitful field for this study of Ftolk-Lore
than South Carolina. No state, however,
has been so little worked. Our
state is especially rich in negro ore?
particularly valuable in the case of the
Qullah or coast dialect?Indian names
and survivals, place and river names,
English and French traditions and balladry.
Folk-Lore is from Its nature
floating, fragmentary, and likely to
vanish. Opportunities now present may
In a few years be gone forever. The
north has long recognized the value and
Importance of Folk-Lore, and has
worked its own field fully and successfully.
Only recently has the south become
aroused to the richness of its opportunities
along this line. Societies
now exist in Texas, North Carolina,
Kentucky, Virginia, and other south"
em states. The time has come for
South Carolina to take steps towards
gathering and preserving in permanent
form the valuable and varied material
at hand. Tne memoersnip win constat,
of: Charter members, those who assist
in organization and who pay the annual
dues of fifty cents in advance. An-,
nual members, or those who pay the
annual dues of fifty cents. Annual
members with Journal privileges, or
those who pay through the South Carolina
Folk-Lore society, three dollars as
the annual subscription price of the
iournal of American Folk-Lore, thereby
becoming members of the South Carolina
Folk-Lore society, and receiving
the publications of both societies without
the payment of an additional fee.
?On September 13, says an Augusta
dispatch, Mrs. Mary W. Zachry
will appear before Judge Henry W.
Hammond to recover the possession
of her little girl, Frances, which was
awarded to her husband, Julian J.
Zachry by Judge Ernest Gary in the
South Carolina court for Richland
county after habeas corpus proceedings
had been Instituted. In a previous
decision. Judge Hammond had
awarded both of the children to their
father, which was followed by the
sensational flight of Mrs. Zachry to
Columbia, where she sought the protection
of Governor Blease. In the
hearing before Judge Gary, Mr. Zachry
waived his last legal right to the
younger of the children and was
awarded Frances, the elder. Judge
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Gary, It win oe rememuereu, nmu
that he was bound to recognise the
decree of the Georgia court and rendered
his decision accordingly. The
case goes before Judge Hammond for
a second hearing, having been remanded
by the supreme court of this
state. Judge Hammond's ruling was
based on a certain principle of law
by which he felt bound to act, but
which the supreme court says in an
opinion, did not govern in the case.
Acting under the order of the higher
court, he will hear the case this time
on its merits and award the child to
whichever parent he thinks is best
able to rear it properly. The case is
interesting further from the fact that
after announcing his decision in the
former hearing, Judge Hammond
stated that he would not have given
the father possession of the children
if he had been at liberty to hear the
case on its merits, and that he considered
the law under which he felt
forced to act a disgrace to the statute
books of Georgia. In the light of that
statement, friends of the mother are
very optimistic over the outcome of
the case.