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Jdtraft and gattn. I ? The Ba kan crisis is becoming more acute, says a L<onuon dispatch oi yesteruay. It has been aggravated by me apj*}reni determination of ttfe loung TurK' military party*, to profit by the dissensions among tne former allies.* Vhe.ertort to subdue rebellious Albanians is liiteiy to prove a severe Htr/un on the exhausted army and exchequer ot\ iservia, especially if the tqory ot,Uie uprising pi sJeioo-Aiacehpmans is true. . In Vienna the belief prevails that s>ervia is merely seeking an excuse 10 upset me decisions. ui uie ambassadors" conference by seizing potnis not included In the territory allotted to her. In Athens many persons believe that Greece is on the verge of another war with Turkey. The whole.-Albanian trouble seems to be due chiefly to arbitrary disregard for the ambassador's conference and the . nationalization . of .the territories concerned.. . . ? The New Tork senate got well Into the Sulxer Impeachment trial Wednesday and yesterday. The testimony related mainly to certain subscriptions presumably made for campaign purposes; but alleged to have bean diverted to the governor's personal use. One of these checks was given by Jacob Schtff, a wealthy New York banker. It amounted to $2,500. Mr. Schiff testified that he gave the check to Governor Sulser with the understanding that he would do with It whatever he liked. Henry Morgenthau, now minister to Turkey," testified the same with regard to a check he had donated. Upon failure to prove diversion of funds on the specific items named in the articles of impeachment, the . senate yesterday voted tc admit evidence on any testimony that might seem to bear on the subject. This was intended to pave the way to testimony showing that the governor had had solicited contributions from large breweries and other like concerns. .? Concord, New Hampshire, September 26: A division of opinion is said to exist among Governor Felker's advisers as to whether he should honor the request of the state of New York for the extradition of Harry K. Thaw. Some of them take the attitude that the New York papers are in proper legal form and that it is unnecessary for the governor to go below their surface in an inquiry into the facts of the case upon which they are Dusea. umers ai me siaic uuud^ took an opposite view. But Governor Felker, who is himself a lawyer, is understood to attach importance to further information on the subject of the reported indictment of Thaw by the DatChess county, N. Y., grand Jury for conspiracy in connection with his escape from the Matteawan insane asylum. NO indictment has been made public, but Wm. Travers Jerome said in argument on New York's petition for extradition before Governor Felker, Tuesday, that an indictment has been found but had been kept a secret at his request It is said that unless the governor learns more definitely Just what attitude has been taken by the Dutchess grand Jury he probably will defer his deciison in regard to the signing of the extradition warrant It is believed here that the governor will grant the request made by Thaw's counsel today that they be allowed until October t, to file additional briefs in the extradition matter. For two hours Thaw strolled about the downtown streets and suburbs with Police Officer 0. D. Stevens, attracting only casual attention.. There was no outward appearance of restraint. Thaw seemed to enjoy the outing even more than the automobile trips he had had. ? Beware of freak diets and of fakers calling themselves food experts; eat what ypu want when you feel like giving attention to cleanlinesss and wholesome cooking. This is the official advice of the department of agriculture in a warning to the public issued last week, as a result of an investigation just finished by government specialists into the operations of self-styled "experts in dletiC8." "Some of the advocates of freak diets are sincere, but are themselves deluded," says the warning. "Others are fakers who seek to make monetary gain by advising peculiar systems of diet. Neither class can offer trustworthy advice. In most of the recommendations of these selfestablished 'experts' there is hardly a shadow of reason, though they may seem plausible. One of their methods of reasoning is to use isolated nftan nriralntari facts of science as evidence that their peculiar systems in current, historical and scientific literature which could nega ive their contentions. Much of the supposed scientific advice now being sold for a price is really little more than folklore. A great many of the statements which are used as arguments have been traced by government specialists and found to come from works on diet written so long ago as to be no longer considered of value except to the student of the history of diets." The department's statement discusses "the fallacy of enzymes and particular chemical matter," declaring thai the ordinary wholesome American - 1 UU (c aiei iurnisneu me uuujf wim nimi u needed to sustain it and the fad for whole grain cereals and the like, is useless. Raw food that is clean and free from contamination is all right if anybody wants to eat it, the specialists say. "The truth of the matter is, however," adds the statement, "that man's chances of health are best when he eats with moderation a diet made up of clean, wholesome, ordinary foods, well prepared in the usual ways. Proper cooking sterilizes foods. If the deductions of man; food faddists accepted as facts were really operative, it would be difficult to explain how the human race had survived." The department adds a warning against the danger of alleged mail cures sold by "dietics experts." ? Nashville, Tenn., September 24: A tense situation was saved in the house of representatives this evening by the coolness of Representative A L. Todd of Rutherford county, whc in a conciliatory address quieted ? - angry mempere, aiiei p^anci oumton had declared the house adjourned without a roll call. The adjournment brought a storm of protests. Representative McDade had made a written motion that the house set the so-called law enforcement bills for a special order at 6 o'clock. Representative Wilson moved to adjourn, "Those in favor say 'aye;' those opposed 'no.' The house is adjourned," ruled the speaker without taking a vote. Representative McDade advanced toward the speaker and Senator Fisher, who was on the stand, stepped between the two men. Speaker Stanton hurried from the hall, and Mr. McDade assumed the gavel. An appeal from the decision of Speaker Stanton regarding adjournment was taken with Representative McDade in the chair, but was lost because there was no quorum. The sergeant-atarms was dispatched in serach ol Speaker Stanton, and failing to find him, the house, after 15 minutes wait adjourned. During the uproar it is claimed that weapons were J? ? nwnUIwcr flnolo rvf the* QPQ. urun u. x iic cxvums ?..u.v ? .... sion followed a day's fillibuster b> regular members who had spoken apparently against time to delay consideration of the law enforcement bills. At the morning session Representative Testerman addressing himself to Representative Royston, had declared. "You lie: you hound," and had started toward him when pinioned by five other members. Shouts of "Throw him out," and "He didn't belong here," greeted Senator Fisher when he interposed between the speaker and Representative Dade, and Senator Fisher was escorted from the hall by the sergeant-atarms. Representative Bejach dared members to put him out and also was led away by the sergeant-atarms. In a statement Issued tonight. Speaker Stanton said concerning his action of the afternoon: "I knew or had reason to know that members on the floor of the house were armed. The house was in the wildest throes of turmoil and disorder. In the gallery to the right were all of the penl tentlary guards in a most threatening attitude, while near them, with guns drawn, were John Yeaman and a man named Garrett These two men were near pillars, ready to pick me or some one else off. Feeling that the lives of men were In danger, I did adjourn, as any presiding officer would, and should have done." $jotkriUr (fnquitrr. Entered -at the Poeeofllce in TorkrUlej as Mail Matter of the Second Clas*. ~~ I TOBKVZLLE, S. O.t FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26,1913. Milton Tiddy, editor and proprietor of the Lincoln County News, has sold the paper to Mr. J. T. Perkins. With the Introduction of a bill to create two Federal judicial districts in South Carolina, Congressman Aiken has revived the old proposition to multiply the plums. ' With W. E. Gonzales and F. H. Weston from Columbia, and Woods, Sims and Heyward from- the lower part of > the state, people are beginning to wonder where on earth the Piedmont Is i coming in for any Federal pap. If the Piedmont does not do a majority of the voting we would like to know why. We have always believed and we still w-if inotour* nf forminsr an UCIIC?c vtJOb 14 w alliance with that Atlanta shyster to pull out of liquor dealers the equivalent of moneys they had paid for cor. ruption purposes, the winding-up commission had gone after and punished 1 the home grafters, the liquor question would have been pretty well settled in this state; but as it is, there is nothing to look forward to in this regard but trouble, and more trouble i 1 1 That is a terrific arraignment that Mayor John P. Grace makes of Hon. ! Richard S. Whaley, and that it will excite lots of comment goes without saying; but as to what is to be done about it Is another matter. As we have taken occasion to remark before, there is very ' little reason to doubt the corruption of Charleston elections, and neither is there reason to believe that election corruption is much different in Char-1 leston than in many other places. However, it is time to have a general cleaning up. Such a cleaning up will do good. ? ? The first Issue of the York News, the new Yorkvllle newspaper of which mention has been previously made, has made its appearance. The new paper is a seven column quarto, neatly printed and contains quite a large amount of Interesting news and other recording along with an attractive line of well displayed advertising. The News is published by the York Publishing company and is edited by Mr. W. A. Fair. It is to appear twice a week, on Thursdays and Mondays and the subscription price is to be $1.75 per annum. We are printing four extra pages today mainly for the purpose of completing the wonderfully instructive and interesting story of the Panama canal that was commenced in last Tuesday's Enquirer. Although this story is well worth while and calculated to put our readers in a position to know as much | about the inception, prosecution and completion of this stupendous undertaking as almost anybody can get from more readlnar. we have not considered that a long series of Installments was the best way to deal with the subject, and for that reason we are presenting | It as nearly all at once as has been practicable. It Is a great story entertainingly and accurately told, and well 1 worth while; but not too good for the subscribers to The Enquirer, who geni erall get a pretty good share of the best to be had. 1 i You farmer folks who are going so \ enthusiastically into alfalfa, crimson ' clover, and cover crops are doing the i right thing; but do not forget that among you all the raising of these " crops will mean still further developi ment. Of course if you do nothing but raise stuff to turn under for manure, | you will find the venture a paying one; . but you do not expect to stop there. You are going to make the best hay this > country has ever seen and the most of it. Much of it is going to look far too good to turn under, and you will desire to utilize it to the best advantage. Of course you are not going to depend , upon selling it as raw material. That > would not be wise for several reasons, among others that you are as apt as L not to strike a glutted market upon 1 which you cannot hope to realize more than half values. The best thing is to see to it that you have cattle to eat all ! the hay you do not want to sell. The ' cow or steer is about as profitable a , little fertilizer factory as anybody ever I saw. It is perishable all right; but if j taken care of will live over a number . of years, paying its board in the meantime. The probability is that it will 1 be many a day before cattle are any In Olio nnnnlrv than thw nre . now; and the profit ahead of cattle raisers is almost a sure thing:. So get I cattle, and whether you elect to feed t milk or beef cattle, get good cattle. Look ahead friends. It is all right for " you to make as much hay as you pos| sibly can; but go a step further and be I sure that you are in a position to make i the best and most profitable use of it. Lexington Dispensary Fight. ! If we believed that the objection of 1 the people of Swansea, Lexington counl ty, to the establishment of a dispensary there was purely political, we , would not care two cents about it; but from knowledge of the whole subject r extending over many years we can ' very well understand how their objections are rather moral and social, and t in this quarrel they have our complete ' sympathy; but at the same time we reI cognize that they have a rough and i trying road ahead of them. We have AVOP fho prmi nH | Long: before the political upheaval of ( 1890 was ever dreamed of. The Yorkvllle Enquirer began to devote itself to the abolition of the liquor traffic, and with the co-operation of good people who saw things as we did, succeeded as far back as 1881 in putting the saloons of Yorkville out of business. The movement spread, and before 1890, all the separate corporate towns in the county that had sold liquor under license?Yorkville, Rock Hill, Fort Mill, Hickory Grove and Blacksburg, having r- 1 * . ,k"j . voted ' against tha business became [ ' 'dry" by legislative enactment. ' It will be remembered by - the older people that one of' the principle problems of the Tillman movement was the management of the anti-liquor sentiment of the state. It was recognized by Mr. Tillman and his leading lieutenants that a great mass of the solid, substantial citizens of the state, the very element to which the "Reform" movement must look to for success, had developed determined opposition against th legalized liquor traffic, and as .to antagonize this element would mean ftverv care should be experienc- i ed to handle the delicate situation with the utmost possible "prudence." The crowd of ins against which the Tillman fight was directed, stood band and glove with the liquor interests, and it was very good politics to abuse all together; but still because of serious doubt as to where the balance of power lay, it was not deemed advisable for the reform crowd to come out openly, so it adopted a shrewd scheme under which it proposed to put separate boxes at all the precincts with the understanding that as majority rule stood high and above every other governmental principle, the Reform party would be governed in its liquor policy by whatever the majority would say. A large majority of those voting in the special box declared for state wide prohibition, and with the counting of the votes there was a feeling that the liquor question was out of politics lor all time and that the saloon hydra would soon be dead. But it did not turn out that way. Tillman was not a believer in prohibition anyway, and not having the political or moral courage that was necessary to face the tremendous clamor and political demoralization that would follow the overturning of such a business that had been intertwined with the social, political and even religious life of the state since Its first settlement, he began looking about for some way out of the dilemma and finally undertook to compromise the situation by means of the state dispensary scheme. It Is not the purpose of this article to go into the details in connection with the substitution of the dispensary law for the prohibition law that had been introduced and which could have easily passed both house and senate; but there is one circumstance that is of es peciai siKTiiuciuicc. iiumciuuo ... the state and some whole counties, had after years of earnest effort, abolished bar rooms by majority votes, and finally succeeded In securing the passage of special acts through the legislature, specifically prohibiting the legal sale of 'iquor in those towns and counties. One of the first of these was York. And as a sop to these communities through a fear that otherwise they would bolt the Reform movement, there was incorporated Jn the original dispensary law an amendment which provided that nothing in the new act should be construed as repealing any of the prohibition laws then in force. But with the passage of the dispensary law, then a novel experiment, the liquor question soon began to overshadow every other issue, and it became a matter of political necessity, that state whisky shops be established wherever there was promise of sufficient business to make them financially profitable. The law that had protected corporated towns that had previously elected to have prohibition. was amended so as to provide that they could call elections by petitions and establish dispensaries on majority votes, etc. After two efforts to establish a dispensary in Yorkville had been voted down, Governor Tillman ordered the establishment of one at Tirzah, and thereby set in motion the forces that eventually resulted in the destruction of the whole system as originally established. The story of the Tirzah dispensary, the terrible harm it did, how the state board was finally compelled to abolish it, how the business was subsequently transferred to Yorkville, and how as the result of the opposition of the people of York county, the whole machine was finally abolished, would make a wonderfully interesting volume; if it were fully and truthfully written; but ?111 W/v fKA nfAOnni I inai win naiuij uc uunc ai uic picocm time. But from what we know of the whole matter from long experience and observation, we will say that If the people of Swansea are really opposed to the dispensary on principle, and they may well be if they have due regard for their present and future well being, all they have to do is to keep on fighting. The only hope of the dispensaryites Is through the debauching of the majority into indifference, and this is possible for a while; but it cannot last indefinitely. Right and decency will prevail in the long run, and if the Swansea people will conduct themselves in a way to deserve to win, they will win. MERE MENTION 0 Miss Jean Connell, for two years a teleDhone ODerator at New Castle. Fa., has fallen heir to an estate of $2,000,000, left by her grandfather, John Ross of Philadelphia There were 138,244 immigrants landed in the I nited States from foreign countries during July....... Montgomery Ward, the big mall order merchant of Chicago, is in a critical condition, the result of a fall in a bath tub Mrs. Wm. H. Taft has written her reminiscences of four years in the White House, for one of the national magazines The bodies of two Italians were found in a ditch near Mattawan, N. J., Wednesday. Robbery is assigned as the cause of the murder Dispatches from New York are to the effect that the Southern railway is preparing to consolidate all of its debts under one mortgage. The mortgage will be for nearly $300,000,000 The taking of testimony against Judge Speer, in impeachment proceedings, will probably be begun by the congressional committee on November 15th, at T? A + + hafurAOn iYiatun, ua .xii a uamc wkncvu Albanians and Servians on the Albanian frontier, Wednesday, 200 Albanians were killed Acting Governor James F. Fielding was on Tuesday nominated by the Democrats of New Jersey for the governorship. President Wilson voted for Fielding Forest fires have done $1,000,000 worth of damage in California during the past few days. In Napa county a district 18 miles long and five miles wide, has been swept clean The Norwegian steamer Norge was sunk in the river Elbe, near Hamburg, Germany, Tuesday night, the result of a collision with the steamer Graf Waldersee, of the Hamburg-American line Capt. Matthew A. Batson, a retired army officer, of Savannah, Ga., is building a water airship in which, he says, he will cross the Atlantic The legislature of North Carolina convened in extraordinary session Wednesday, to consider freight rates to points in that state The series of ball games for the world's championship between the New York Giants and Philadelphia Athletics, are scheduled to begin in New York on October 7th Congressman C. A. Roddenburry is critically ill at his home at Thomasvllle, Ga. I Four firemen were seriously burned while fighting a blaze In a New Orleans roofing plant. Wednesday August imports into the United States totaled $137,000,000, and the exports totaled $187,000,000. X.OCAL APFAZR8. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS Elizabeth W. Hunter, Executrix?I Gives notice to diebtors'ahd creditors1 "of estate of J. J". Hunter, deceased, to "make settlement with her. G. ,W. Kiinz?Wants you to let him do your tin work, including roofing, guttering, etc. Geo. W. Williams?Offers a variety of town and country property both for .homes and as investments. Carroll Furniture Co.?Is ready with a full llnte of heating stqves to supply your needs. Also has good line of cooking stoves and ranges. | Louis Roth?Has Ripley seed wheat, | crimson clover, alfalfa, rye and fer-i tilizers for grain. Ferguson Bros.?Want several flrat class fresh milk cows. First National Bank, Yorkville?Suggests that you stop the leaks in the way of handling your money. It will help you. Remedy Sales Corporation, Charlotte ?Says the knife is frequently used when Mrs. Person's remedy would make the knife unnecessary. Idle Hour Theatre?Presents interesting programme for tonight, including three good reels. Thomson Co.?Thanks the ladies for their attendance at the fall .opening, and asks them to.come again. A word about millinery, coats, suits. Kirkpatrick-Belk Co.?Is much pleas' ed with the attendance at its fall millinery opening. New coats and , suits Just received. People's Trust Co., Rock Hill?Announces a big auction sale of farm i and building property at and near Catawba, to be held in Rock Hill on October 7th, in front of the bank. See page 7 for details. Cotton is opening in earnest now, ??./* tho nfnlrora ar? cetflne real busv. Sow winter cover crops and have something to cut In the spring. That is the way to do It. If the views and Impressions of Architect Edwards as expressed In his letter to the court house commission prevail, it would appear that the securing of a new site for the court house is well nigh out of the question, and the proposed new building will have to go back on the present site, notwithstanding the fact that Mr. Edwards himself has virtually condemned it as inadequate In point of size, and unsuited as to location. The original dictum of the architects, as It was commonly understood about Yorkvllle, was that it would never do to erect the new building on a lot of less than two hundred feet Bquare; but many people were quite skeptical on this point, and in view of the conclusion at which the architect has now arrived will be constrained to declare, "I told you so." Looking at the matter from a purely personal standpoint, we confess that the commissioners labor under no little embarrassment at the idea of having to take anybody's property at less than the owner thinks would be desirable; but as we understand it, this is exactly the reason for the act that gives power to condemn. It would appear under the circumstances that if the commission really wants a new lot all It would have to do would be to select what it wants, decide upon the actual value by the prescribed judicial procedure, and go ahead. Of course this is not exactly Just The best that can be said for it is that it Is law, and that it would very likely mean litigation that would be prolonged more or less Indefinitely. Opinion on the desirability of moving the court house from the present site is very much divided. There are those who strongly approve the idea, and others who as strongly favor it. Where the commission stands, has really never been made clear; but we are reliably Informed that during his recent visit to Yorkville, Architect Edwards stated that one of the commissioners had positively declared his unwillingness to "locate the building south of Liberty street at any price." What the other two commissioners thought, he did not say; but while the published letter is hardly to be regarded as officially voicing the views of the commission, it would seem to indicate a reasonably clear expression of the present drift of events. WITHIN THE TOWN ? Mr. J. A. Sherer has successfully passed an examination for the position of assistant in the postofllce. ? R. H. Hafner was fined ten dollars this morning for selling beef on the streets of Yorkvllle without a license. ? Mr. James A. Sherer of Yorkvllle, has sold his residence on East Jefferson street to Miss M. P. Feemster. ? They have been working anywhere from twenty to one hundred men on the extensions that are being added to the Ancona Cotton mill, and the work is getting along nicely enough; but It will be Christmas before the new machinery is in operation. CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS Pursuant to notices sent out In accordance with law, the court house commission on Wednesday began condemnation proceedings in the case of some of the lots that have been considered in connection with their desirability for the location of the proposed new building. The lots so far indicated as among those that may possibly be desired, include the Mrs. Hunter lot on West Liberty street together with a part of the McCaw lot to the rear; the Wither spoon and Mrs. Marshall lots on East Liberty street, and the F. E. Smith and Mrs. Janle Parish lots, corner of Congress and Jefferson streets. The only testimony taken Wednesday was in the cases of the F. E. Smith and Mrs. Janie Parish lots, the consideration of the other lots being postponed until some time in the future, more convenient to the parties at interest. Mr. Smith had declined to give an option, holding that he was unwilling to sell his property at any price, while Mrs. Parish who owns the lot adjoining with the house thereon, had agreed io sen ner pruperiy lor ?o,uuu. ine commission undertook to arrive at the value of the property by taking the testimony of witnesses who gave their respective estimates as follows: Smith lot: Dr. R. A. Bratton, $8,000 to $10,000; W. H. Herndon, $1,500; John R. Hart, $5,000 to $5,500; W. R. Carroll. $6,000; J. P. White, $6,500; W. B. Moore, $3,000; Dr. W. G. White, $6,000; Dr. J. H. Witherspoon. $4,000; G. H. O'Leary $10,000; W. I. Witherspoon, tSfiKO- M r Willis. SB.000: R. T. A1U son, $5,000; Average: $5,653. Parish lot: W. H, Herndon $3,200: John R. Hart $3,500 to $4,000; W. R. Carroll, $4,000; W. B. Moore. $3,000 to $3,500; Geo. H. O'Leary, $5,000; Dr. J. H. Witherspoon, $3,500; W, I. Witherspoon $2,500; M. C. Willis, $4,000; R. T. Allison, $5,000; Dr. R. A. Bratton, $5,000; J. P. White. $5,000 to $5,500; Dr. W. G. White, $4,000, Average: $4,406. The commission has not yet announced any conclusion it may have arrived at as the result of this testimony. QUESTION OF SITE Mr. William A. Edwards, the Atlanta architect employed by the court house commission to prepare plans and specifications for the proposed new court I house, seems to be Interested in the site question also. Originally Mr. fed-l wards wasLQf oplnloa that by all means, the building should be on a lot not- less than 200 feet square, and was disposed to put the structure wherever?the general conditions were most favorable; but now he appears to have come to the conclusion that as everybody Is holding lands at unreasonable valuations; threatening years of litigation, the best thing to do is to go back to the present site, and trim the new structure to fit. His letter to Chairman of the Commission Brice, dated Atlanta, Ga., September 22, is as follows: Dear Sir: r ohanced to visit Yorkvllle on FrI day the 19th inst., and amongst other things I was thrown with the various people whose lots you have singled out for the condemnation proceedings of the court house commission, and In every Instance I found the parties greatly demurring over their property thus forcibly taken from them, and in most instances if not all, attorneys are employed to defend their property against such procedure. You are therefore up against the proposition of litigation in this matter and It matters not how Just your cause, nor what the final outcome will be, the process of litigation means delay, and if my intuitions are right, your commission has - the prospect of several years' delay in proceeding with the erection of the court house on its hands, and this is greatly against the wishes of your public, according to the way their comments are now handed around freely, and they are all complaining that something definite is not Deinff uuue. As the matter now appears to me, I beg to recommend that you proceed without further delay and erect the building on the old site, unless, before the formality of advertisement goes through with, you get an agreement for a new site that will not have litigation as its aftermath. I wish to say that it would be nicer to build the court house on a larger lot, and one more remote from the business and noisy centers; but it can be done with utmost economy on the old lot and apparently with great satisfaction to the public as the matter seems to stand with them, when their personal property is drawn Into the question. In erecting your building on the old site I would not arrange to purchase another foot of property. I shall design your court house in such a way as to be in keeping with the lot as it is and give ample room and a beautiful architectural result I take occasion to write you this letter after my personal conversation with you in order that you might have this point of view issuing from me to present to your entire commission. With cordial regards, I am 1 Yours very truly, W. A, Edwards. ABUU I rtUCLE Mrs. J. A. Marion and son of Yorkville, are visiting relatives in Camden. Mr. Bratton Lowry is visiting relatives in Yorkville. Mrs. H. L. Summit of Yorkvl!le, left yesterday to visit relatives in Qastonia. Mr. Thos. F. Cartwright of Rock Hill, is visiting relatives in Yorkville. Miss Miriam White of Yorkville, left Wednesday, for Columbia college. Mrs. Tscharner De Graffenreld and children of Charlotte, are visiting Mrs. J. M. Starr in Yorkville. Dr. Samuel Levy of Charlotte, is visiting his brother, Mr. Ben Levy in Yorkville. Mr. Sam Kassler of Yorkville, left for New York this morning to buy fall goods. Mrs. J. W. Kirkpatrick and Mrs. F. C. Riddle of Yorkville, spent yesterday in Charlotte. Mr. John Gray Barron of Fort Lawn, was In Yorkville last night, having been over to Sharon on business. I Mrs. Amelia McFadden returned to her home In Rock Hill this morning, after spending some time with Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Love in Yorkville. Mrs. S. J. Wilson of Hollysburg, Pa., is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. O. Pennington, on Yorkville R. F. D. 3. Mr. G. G. Eaves whose critical limes* was mentioned in the last issue of The Enquirer, was taken to the Fennell Infirmary at Rock Hill, Tuesday night Misses Elizabeth Flnley, Nancy Witherspoon and Marie Inman of Yorkville, left this week for the College for Women, Columbia. All those people from Yorkville and vicinity who went on the Southern's excursion to Jacksonville and Tampa, have returned. They report a pleasant trip. Edgar Hope, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Hope of Ydrkvllle, has been very ill since Friday. He was taken to a hospital in Charlotte, Monday, to have an operation performed, and is getting along nicely. Mr. w. S. Buice for the past year assistant cashier of the Bank of Hickory Grove, left yesterday morning for the Univers.t> of Pennsylvania, where he will study banking and economics. The engagement of Miss Helen Witherspoon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Witherspoon of Yorkville, to Mr. John McLure Hemphill of Chester, has been announced. The wedding is to take place in the First Presbyterian church of Yorkville, on November 26, 1913. Mrs. M. iS. Nicnois Ol XOrKViiie wan called to Charleston Wednesday night by a telegram announcing the serious illness of her son, Cadet McCain Nichols, by reason of an attack of appendicitis. The young man is at the South Carolina Military academy. It was feared when Mrs. Nichols left that an operation would be necessary. Mr. C. E. Dobson, formerly of Yorkville, but for some years past a resident of Pensacola, Fla., has been spending a short time here with his father, Mr. J. W. Dobson. He is on his way to Washington as the representative of commrcial bodies of Pensacola, in the interest of the proposed rehabitation of the Pensacola navy yard. Mr. Dobson [ stoutly holds out that Pensacola has the best location and the best harbor of any city on the entire gulf coast, and that it is the logical place for the development of the big southern navy yard tnat nas Become necessary wim the completion of the Panama canal. THE FALL OPENINGS If there Is ever to be a time when the ladies will cease to take interest in the changing styles in millinery or the newest ideas in ribbons, laces and fabrics, there are no indications that such a time is yet drawing near. On the contrary all the evidence is that Interest is growing greater rather than less. The ladies who live in convenient reach of the stores have been coming out to the openings since openings were instituted, and for a number of years past there has been a noticeable increase in the number of visitors who have to come in on the trains and by private conveyance. There were more people in Yorkvllle on account of the openings last fall than there were fall before last, and the number of visitors this fall was larger than it was last fall. The opening: of the Klrkpatrlck-Belk company commenced last Tuesday night and that of the Thomson company on Wednesday morning. The millinery parlors of the Klrkpatrlck-Belk company were thronged Tuesday night and the visitors were just as numerous and just as interested at Thomson company's on Wednesday morning. Many who were unable to get out to see the display at the very beginning, have been dropping in to both places since, and incidentally all have been giving more or less impartial attention to the new and interesting things to be found at Stroup's, McConnells, Cloud's, the Yorkville Bargain House and other places. Several things were noticeuble from observation of the hats both at Thomson's and Klrkpatriek-Belk's. Black seems to predominate, while dark grays, blue, mahogany shades and a few vivid Grange and cerise tones -give * "Variety of color. For the most part there Is a comfortable moderation In the hats this fall, neither dlmlnuttlvely small nor exaggeratedly large. Velvet, plvsh, corded silks In velours in chamloislike softness are the materials most liked. As is usual with the winter season, the favorite trimmings seem to be of the feather variety. Peacock, coque and vulture feathers, marvelously dyed and mounted, are being used. The newest shades include leather, pumpkin, ruby, honey and turquoise blue. Wool crocheted flowers are distinctive and pretty, while the use of the heaviest velvet with the dainty laces and mallne give odd, but lovely contrasts in some of the hats. Withal there is a marked simplicity in the character of the hats and the trimming. Miss Georgia Burke is again in charge of the millinery department at the Klrkpatrick-Belk company's, and she is being assisted by Mrs. S.. L*. Steele and Miss Annie Bludworth, while Miss Gvie Lazenby, assisted by Mrs. Jqhn F. Youngblood and Miss Agnes Bludworth, still has charge at the Thomson company's. An attempt at a detailed description of the new hats, on display at either establishment would take up rather more space than can be spared; but at the same time mention of some of the more striking exhibits seems altogether worth while. For instance a large black picture hat at the Klrkpatrick-Belk company's, attracted much favorable comment The crown, a "Tarn" shape, is made of uncut velvet, and the brim is of gold lace. There is a big black molro ribbon bow across the back, and a dainty blue and gold rose in front. A small scooped hat of gray beaver has fpr its only trimming a windmill bow of cerise velvet across the back. A plum colored sailor, made of velvet had around the brim a green ostrich fancy. A small plush sailor with brown crown and mole colored brim, was - ornamented on the left side with a large brown velvet butterfly. A small black velvet hat of the sailor type is ornamented with two passementerie butterflies, and is called the "Cardinal." One of the most popular hats at Thomson's is a rather large creation, of white plush with black plush facing, and a white aigrette as the solitary trimming. It called for at least two "tenners" and probably more. A policeman's derby in blue, is very 1 AnmnllnafaH hilt 111 ft I UUIIOIUCJ tXUlj ~ _ striking efflect, with a brocaded crown of chiffon velvet, set off in the back with velvet rosebuds and blue and black wings. The boudoir cap is, as its name Implies, made of soft material, and fits well on the head. This one is of black velvet, with white piping and has a brown quill on the right side. A small oblong hat of black plush is rolled in the back and has two black French plumes falling across the left side. Another hat of taupe plush, has an oblong effect, and is trimmed with a bunch of mahogany roses in the front and two hawk wings in the back. YORK BAPTI8T A880CIATI0N The forty-flfth annual session of the Tork Baptist association convened with the Fort Mill Baptist church, Wednesday morning. The introductory sermon was delivered by Rev. J. H. Machen ot the Yorkvllle Baptist church, his text being found in Luke xvl, and his subject being "Stewardship." Mr. Machen was listened to with close attention throughout his discourse, and the sermon was logical and forceful. ' Immediately after the sermon, the association was called to order by the moderator. Delegates were enrolled from every church belonging to the association, with two exceptions. The officers of the York association are Mr. fleers of the York association are Mr. A. E. Willis, Rock Hill, moderator; Mr. Sam M. Grist, Yorkville, clerk; Mr. W. F. Boyd, Fort Mill, treasurer. The delegates from the various churches attending the association were as follows: Catawba?J. R. Underwood, W. P. Locke. C!over?L. A. Allen, P. D. Hopper, B. P. Lilly. Flint Hill?J. G. Smith, R. E. Cato, J. M. Osbura, W. F. Boyd, D. V. Epps, I. L. Farls, S. P. Blankenship, J. T. Garrison, Jas. F. Boyd, G. D. Smith, S. Q. Garrison. Fort Mill?W. B. Meacham, A. A. vmine s A. Edds. S. L. Meacham, D. A. Lee.' | North Side, Rock Hill?J. H. Dickert, G. W. Estes. Park, Rock Hill?J. S. Sturgis, W. S. Walters. Pleasant Valley?Thos. W. Culp, Henry Godfrey, D. W. Thomasson. Rock Hill First?W. J. Nelson, L. Gunter, A. E. Willis, T. J. Rabb. Shiioh?W. G. Palmer. Union?A. J. Sturgis. Unity?L. P. Wright, J. D. Wright. West End, Rock Hill?J. M. Ferguson, S. R. Brock, W. H. Crook. White St., Rock Hill?L. B. Bennett, C. R. Brooks, T. H. Roach. Yorkville?J. H. Machen, D. E. Boney, Sam M. Grist. The moderator extended the privileges of the floor and a cordial welcome to the following visitors: Rev. W. T. Derieux, D. D., corresponding secretary of the state mission board; Rev. E. S. Reaves of Honea Path, former pastor of Fort Mill and Flint Hill churches; Rev. J. B. Bozeman, traveling representative of the Baptist Courier; Rev. w a unfnsr. nastor of the First Pres byterlan church of Fort Mill. Reports were made during Wednesday on the following subjects: State | Missions. Sunday Schools. Religious Literature, Aged Ministers. All of these reports were of interest and showed considerable progress along the various lines under discussion. The report on Foreign Missions was read by J. H. Machen, Wednesday night, and after being discussed was adopted, along with a resolution to instruct the executive board to increase the foreign mission apportionments among the various churches enough to raise $1,000 per annum. The association reconvened on Thursday morning, and the first matter taken up was the reading of the report on obituaries, read by P. D. Hopper. The report showed that during the year there had been thirteen deaths. Next the report on Temperance was read by Rev. D. W. Thomasson, chairman, and In connection with the report made a talk on the evils of intemperance generally, and also as to the use of intoxl* A 1U. eating liquors, ana siret??eu ure iuc? that prohibition would never entirely prohibit so long as churcn members continued to patronize blind tigers and mall order whisky sellers. In the absence of Rev. W. E. Lowe, who prepared the report on the Connie Maxwell orphanage at Greenwood, It was read by the clerk, and after being , discussed, was adopted. The chair recognized and extended a welocme and the privileges of the floor to the following visitors who had arrived on one of the morning trains: Rev. E. M. Poteat, D. D., president of Furman university; Rev. J. D. Chapman D. D., financial agent of Greenville Female college; Rev. J. E. McManaway representing the Home Mission board. The report on Woman's Work was read by Mrs. S. P. Hair, and a paper on the same subject was read by Miss Emma J. Dowell. The report on Home Missions was read by Rev. W. J. Nelson, chairman, and was discussed by Mr. Nelson, J. E. McManaway and. Edward S. Reaves, after'whlchr It was adopted, as also war a resolution Instructing the executive board of the association to increase' the amounts apportioned to the various churches sufficiently to raiae $750 on an equitable basis. The new apporart Imimuu rtf mnre than fifty per cent. The report on education was read by Prof. L. Gunter, of Rock Hill, and ably discussed by him. Among' other points discussed, Mr. Gunter called attention to the fact that South Carolina stood next to the bottom of the column as to illiteracy and also the fact that 51 per cent of all the white members of evangelical churches In the state were Baptists and that the responsibility of Baptists for existing conditions' exceeded that of all the other churches combined, and that no opportunity should be neglected to impress the fact upon them. He was followed by Dr. Poteat and Dr. Chapman, both of whom made forceful talks. An interesting feature of the afternoon session was the presence of about a dozen Indians, men, women and children, a part of the great Catawba tribe that once possessed this entire section, and is now segregated on its reservation about seven miles south-east of Rock Hill. For about an hour the association listened to the rendering of a number of familiar hymns by these visitors, and among them were a number of really fine singers. Short talks were also made by the chief and one Whelock, the latter and also his wife, being graduates of Carlisle Indian school in Pennsylvania. Rev. 8. R. tJrocK 01 MOCK mil, nan ueen tuiiuutiing services at the reservation during the present year and he la responsible for the presence of the Indians at the association. The reports from the various churches sent up to the association Indicate that marked progress has been made along almost all lines during the past year. Among other things the reports show that notwithstanding the fact that the various churches dismissed 100 members by letter and excluded 63, the total Increase was 64, making the present membership 1,794, Sunday schools show an Increase of about 200 in enrollment, making the total 1,710, and contributions to various benevolent objects 1896.91. The association adjourned yesterday afternoon at about 4 o'clock to meet next year on Wednesday after the third Sunday in September with the Clover Baptist church. All the old officers were re-elected to serve during the ensuing year. A resolution extending the thanks of the association to Fort Mill church and the community generally for their generous and cordial hospitality during the session was adopted by a rising vote. AN OLD WITCH 8T0RY. In its issue of last Tuesday, the Spartanburg Journal has an editorial on the subject of the old time belief in witches and the like, and referred to the York story of Mosle Qabbie, as, written by the late Maurice Moore, and publishd in The Enquirer In the early 70's, with the suggestion that the story be reproduced for the benefit of present day readers. With the understanding that every reader who believes the story will send us a quarter; it gives us pleasure to comply with the Journal's suggestion. The story is as follows: "In discussing the subject of mesmerism, in its early days, with Rev. Mr. Elliott of Beaufort, in which he strongly believed, he told me of mesmerists' power and clairvoyant skill to a marvelous extent. I told him we might begin to believe with our forefathers in witches, and. for his amusement, related to him the tale of the bewitchment of Mosle Oabble, of Tork. "Mosle Gabble lived two miles above Tork court house, and it was either in the year 1820 or 1821, when he lived with a brother-in-law named Burns, that his family and neighbors were much excited and bewildered by his case. He said that he was bewitched, and his curious state confirmed the minds of others in the same belief. All day long he would lie In bed, in a kind of stupor, and could be roused only when directly spoken to, when he would relapse into the same comatose state, If left alone. Between 11 and 12 o'clock at night, he would utter a fearful yell, spring from his bed where he had been lying all day. rush out of the house, be absent till daylight, when he would return with his hands and feet full of chestnut burrs. On being questioned by his family as to when these nocturnal alarms first began, - to where he went, and why he so behaved, he would piteously declare he could not help himself; that old Mrs. Biggart, a commonly reported witch, rode him every night to old Violet Weston's and hitched him under a large chestnut tree. In front of the house, while the witches had a dance in the rickety old dwelling. In vain did his sister and her husband devise and execute means to keep him at home. Every effort failed by some mischance, for at the fatal hour he would give the awful shriek and be gone, they scarce knew how. At last they ceased trying to prevent him, yielding undoubtedly to the belief that Mosle was bewitched and ridden every night. Winter came and passed; spring, summer, fall?the seasons made no change, for it was a certain fact that every night let the weather be what It might?raining, sleeting or snowing?he would, between the, hours of 11 and 12, give a hideous yell, jump out of his bed and be gone till dawn next morning. "The family became so accustomed to It that their slumbers were scarcely arrested by It for a moment Among the daily tasks assigned the children, the picking of the burrs out of their Uncle Mosie's feet and hands, was one of the most arduous. Only once, after the first unavailing efforts made at the beginning of the strange occurrence by the frightened household of his brother-in-law, to keep him from his midnight Jaunts, only once again?was an attempt made, I say, to outdo the witch. It happened thus: Old Sam Burns, father of Mosie Gabble's brother-in-law, with whom the latter lived, was talking with Colonel Bill Ferguson on the subject of haunts, In which Burns was a strong believer. Ferguson hooted the idea. Burns told him of Mosie's case, apd Ferguson laughed the tale to scorn, offering to wager that he could keep him at home. Old Mr. Burns Insisted that it was supernatural, and proposed that Ferguson should go some night and make the trial. Colonel Ferguson was eager to do so. and a night in the next week was agreed on for the purpose. "Punctually the two met at Gabble's house, and having announced to the family the cause and object of their visit, the family, at the usual hpur, retired to the other room of the cabin. and left the old gentlemen to their watch in the room with Mosie. Time wore on rather, slowly, as time watched usually does, and Ferguson, a little weary, reclined himself upon a chair which he placed down before the fire, resting his back and head aKUinsi mis naru piutiw, uui sun chatting with Burns, who. too. had sought a recumbent position, by lying across the foot of Mosle's bed, which was standing near the lire. Conversation grew more tedious and labored: they had no candle; the blaze of the fire flickered uncertainly. and the old men, before they knew It, and certainly against all their intentions, fell into a doze. All was stll 1 when the quiet of night was broken by a horrible shriek from Mosle Gabble, as if he were possessed of numberless flends. Colonel Ferguson was fully aroused in a moment, and sprang from the floor to his feet Old Mr. Burns, too was awakened, but rose more slowly from where he was lying. Seeing Burns rise from the bed, Ferguson, in the excitement of the moment, and the dim, uncertain light, mistook him for Mosie Gabble and mounted him, determined to prevent his escape. Poor old Mr. Burns, horror-stricken, thought tne witch had chosen to mount a new horse and was on him; and In the ; agony of apprehension, rushed under the bed. it was not very long until the double mistake was discovered; but meanwhile, during the scuffle*. . Moeie was up and gone till daylight, when he returned, haggard and, burred as usual. I do not know fnat Ferguson was a convert to Burns'* opinion, but he never could be Injduced to make another effort to lne? the witoh from her ride and Moeie was left to his fate for five years. "One day I was passing Bails Wright's hotel In Torkville, when. I noticed a crowd of people in the house - ' and yard. It was not a public day,? and ;my curiosity was a good deal ex-J . Cited as to the cause of the asset*-' blage, and I concluded to go In ai|d' see. Enquiring of some of the crowd, I was informed that the celebrated' Dr. Brindle from Ltncolnton, North Carolina, a witch-doctor, was in tie. house to prescribe for all who needed his services; and, furthermore, that' the day before, he had cured Mosie Gabble. Old Burns, who always kindly took great interest in the poor lad, heard of Dr. Brindle and his great success in like instances, and went to North Carolina -ft? see'Mm.' The doctor said, with confidence, he could cure Gabble, and agreed to return with old Mr. Burns to try it A large number of persons?probably fifty?from the neighborhood, gathered in to see how the doctor wonid proceed in the matter. The first step of the physician was to administer an emetic, which caused Mosie to eject from his stomach crooked pins, needles, hair balls, etc. This was attested by many persons who were present, who, in telling the tale, would say they were willing to swear on the Bible they saw him throw up this trash. After this, a black cat, which had been procured for the purpose, was tied to a chair, a switch of dead hog-weed was provided, and the doctor gave the cat nine "dips." Mosie then taking the switch, gave the cat the same number of strokes, then waited nine minutes and resumed the feline castlgatlon, striking a different numDer oz limes, ana pausing a longer or shorter period, but always by odd numbers. "The doctor told them that the witch who rode Moele, would by, this means, be. brought to the house and ask for some trifling favor, and would be in great distress of mind and not leave until the favor was granted. They continued the discipline of the black cat until late In the afternoon, when, 3ure enough, up walked old Airs. Blggert, as the doctor had predicted, though as Mrs. Burns said, she had not been In the yard for years before. On this visit she asked for some little thing, perhaps a pitcher of buttermilk, which being refused, she seemed in the greatest trouble and hung around Instead of leaving. "This seemed a singular fact for those present By a little sllght-efhand the needles, .pins and hair-balls might have been so manipulated as to deceive them, but the presence of old Mrs. Blggert was unmistakable. Late in the evening Mrs. Burns gave her what she wanted, whereupon the ;old creature expressed great delight and trudged off home. From that hour Mosie Gabble was free from the : spell, and slept in his. bed all night like other folks. --1 ' "After this ower tale, I even, must test the copjurer, and went into the room at Mr. Wright's to see him. Advancing. I told him I wanted to know if he could cure a pain in my arm. O, yes, he could make it well.' Taking my hand so as to extend my arm to a right inclination, he passed his hand niii/ilrlw tka lonsrih A# mv arm from shoulder to wrist, and with a flourish, as he passed the extremity of my fingers, said, 'In, in?out!" with each manipulation; and repeating it three times, pronounced me well. I certainly was, for my ache was entirely feigned. I paid my quarter for the manoeuvre very wlllinghr, having satisfied my curiosity, and amused myself awhile longer watching him with others. "When I finished my tale, Mr. Elliott said, 'Do you think any one could believe such a tissue of absurd- '* ity?' 'Yes,' was my reply; 'many before your revelations of mesmerism.' 'Oh! no,' he Insisted. We were walking up the hill at Glenn's Springs, V\.: and I pointed to a group of men sitting in front of the store door talk- ' ing politics and news while watting for the mall. I proposed we should Join them and repeat our narrations, predicting I would have the most believers. He , willingly agreed, and Joining the crowd. I Introduced the topic. He talked well, and they were much entertained. When he was done, I said it reminded me of a T'J <? Va,V aw\A ?nM V^MJC A VI Ileal U Vt IU JL. V< a, uuu them of 'Mosle Gabble.' When I mi done, I asked, "Now, gentlemen, If you were bound to believe one story or the other, which would it be?' The witch story,' was the reply of all. Mr. Elliott with his true courtesy, laughed at the confirmation of my statement Now, probably aa memerlsm is no longer new, he would find as many believers as I." m LOCAL LACONICS Intoxicants Poursd Out'i Last Tuesday was the time to pour out all whisky- which had been seized during the previous thirty days. About fifteen gallonsof whisky, 100 bottles of near beer and seventy-five gallons of cider was dumped Into the sewer In front of the court house. No Decision Rendered Yet. Up until this morning Judge Prince had not handed down his decision in the case of the Loan and Savings bank of Yorkville, and the People's National and National Union banks of Rock Hill against Auditor Love in regard to tax equalization. This is a question of state-wide interest, and those Interested are anxiously awaiting Judge Prince's ruling in the matter. Working for th# Fair. s Prof. C. R. Weeks of Winthrop, who has just been put in charge of the executive management of the Rock Hill Fair proposition was in Yorkvllle this morning in an automobile with several other gentlemen who are taking in the . country on an advertising tour. Prof. Weeks is thoroughly well up in the matter of agricultural fair experience, having had lots of training along that line In the west, where the agricultural fair is a fixed Institution. He said that so far the management is absolutely as| sured of a first class show, made up of exhibits from the county, state and country at large and that the success of the poultry exhibit is also settled. He Is now doing everything in his power to work up other exhibits, and hopes to be able to make a first class shoeing on October 11-17. Death Traps for Hawks. Messrs. I. B. and Blakeney McGlll, of Hickory Grove No. 2, have been playing havoc with the hawks by the use of a little trick that they have been practicing at the suggestion of their father, Mr. J. A. McGlll. The trick is quite a simple one. On an eminence overlooking the creek there is a walnut tree that was blasted by lightning some time ago. The top of the tree was left with a groove that furnishes a very nice resting place for a steel trap, and the boys have been placing the trap in this groove. The wonderfully suspicious hawks have not been suspecting this very inviting place; but have persisted In using it for a look-out over the land. Since the first of August, ten hawks and an owl have fallen victims to the trap. The hawks include one unusually large fellow sometimes called a rabbit hawk, five "blue darters," and four sparrow hawks. The trap is still doing business and the remainder of the record is yet to be reported. ? The Chester Fair association has decided to invite Senator Tillman to deliver an address during the occasion. r* ',/ . 'Ji' VMT ?lij k ' \. 0