Straps and Jartj.
?- Governor Blease has appointed
the folowing delegates to represent
the state of South Carolina at the
second national conference of currency
reform, to be held in New York city
on November 14 and 16; Louis Appelt,
Manning; D. S. Henderson,
Aiken; Fred N. Demlnick, Newberry;
Sam J. -Nicholls, Spartanburg; Claude
N. Sapp, Lancaster; D. Gordon Baker,
Florence; W. A. Stuckey, Bishopville;
W. J. Talbert, Parkersville; J. R.
Vandiver, Anderson.
? Proprietors of small stores in Atlanta
are complaining that their
trade is being hurt by tne xaci mm
numerous similar small stores, operated
by Greeks, are being run on Sundays
the same as week-days. Many
of the little Greek stores have soda
fountains attached, and with this as
an excuse, it is said, the Greeks sell
fruit, vegetables and everything else.
The situation is not quite clear to the
Greeks, who are law-abiding people,
as people go. They can't get through
their hepds the simply elemental proposition
that it is a moral act to sell
soda water and cigars on Sunday but
an Immoral act to sell benanas and
orange* The city officials who have
the law to enforce, find a great deal
of difficulty in explaining.
? The department of agriculture on
Tuesday announced that winners of
the state prizes in the boys' corn club
contests in the southern states would
visit Washington and be welcomed by
the deparment December 11. It is
- * rtrlvofi
probable that winners U1 oiaic >/t
In the girls' tomato raising contests
will visit here at the same time. There
now are about 70,000 boys in the corn
clubs in the southern states and about
24.000 girls in the tomato clubs.
Present indications are that there will
be mora than 200 boys in the southepr-fetates
whose corn crop will average
more than 100 bushels to the acre,
although this was a bad year for
corn in the south. Twenty-flve bushels
an acre has been the average of
the United States for several years.
The department Is working out a plan
for crop rotation and hog raising, bv
which, with two acres. It is believed,
a boy will be able permanently to
make enough to keep a family of
Ave.
? In a proclamation issued last
Tuesday by Governor B. W. Hooper,
the announcement is made that the
Tennessee legislature will be convened
? i? in nppond extra sea
on oviwci >?
sion to consider the prohibition law
enforcement bills killed by the filibuster
in the house last week. The proclamation
says: '"In the fight for the
enforcement of the laws in this state,
I desire to appeal directly to the
great masses of our citizenship for
support and co-operation. The developments
of the last few weeks
have demonstrated to my mind that
an overwhelming majority of the peoare
determined to put an end to the
open, flagrant and disgraceful nullification
of the law in the cities of the
state. Knowing the existence of this
wholesome sentiment, I call upon the
people for its public expression
throughout the length and breadth
of Tennessee. The question which
now confronts the people Is, shall the
laws bf the state be enforced in the
city as .well as in the country, or shall
the outlawed saloons corruptly domi
' oiHaa hut the legis
rime QIH vui; U>V
lature and the entire state. I, therefore.
appeal to the people of every
county In the state to rise above the
narrow confines of partisan limitations.
to assemble at the county seats
and elsewhere and to Instruct, encourage
and support both the governor
and the general assembly in
the restoration of the majesty of the
law."
? A neatly embossed bank book,
with leaves of gold-tinseled paper,
which bears the name "Sarah Rector,"
is the only outward sign that one
of the occupants of an humble cabin
near Beland, a few miles west of
Muskogee, Indian Territory, , is the
riche|i negro or pegress in the world.
A ten-year-old freeman girl, her
royalties from her oil lands amount
to twice the salary of the president of
the United States per year. From
two wells in the Cushing oil field, one
month old and the other recently
drilled in. flow 3,800 barrels of oil a J
day. Of this one-eighth, or 475 bar-1
aoes to Sarah Rector, who owns |
the land, and who leased it through j
her guardian, T. J. Porter, a stockman,
to the Prairie Oil and Gas company.
The price paid for the lease
on 100 acres of land was a bonus of
$1 per acre. The Prairie recently
sublet to B. B. Jones of Brlstow, and
Jones immediately sank a well on one
forty-acre tract. The well came In
at 2,949 barrels a day. and Is holding
up at 2,000 barrels. The second well,
on th$ opposite side of the forty. Is
doing 1,800 barrels. Sarah's 475 barrels
a day sell for 11.03 a barrel, or
slightly over $475 per day. This
amounts to $14,250 per month, orf
$171,000 a year. And all this from
two tvells. Four other wells have al-1
ready been started and.five more locations
staked, so that nine more wells
will be in within sixty days. Sarah
contentedly lives with her parents in
the little cabin on her guardian's
place. Her people are tenant farmers
and cotton pickers, though well educated
for negroes. Every safe-guard
is being used to protect Sarah's interests,
and by the time she is old
enough to go to some big coiorea
boarding school for girls she will use
for the first time part of her fabulous
wealth.
? The new parcel post regulations,
says a Washington dispatch, are
working so well in New York city
that the mails are practically as heavy
as during the usual Christmas season.
A large number of parcels are
being mailed for delivery in the first
and second zones under the reduced
postage rates. Advertising matter constitutes
a large part of the increased
weight of malls, but the bulk of It
apparently relates to the parcel post
or mall order business of department
stores and merchants. That the parcel
post will more than pay its own
way is beyond question, according to
officials of the post office department.
While Postmaster General Burleson
will not predict a surplus for the fiscal
year, which ended June 30, other officials
of the department insist that
there is no possible doubt on that
point. They further declare that a
ftnnrnvlmfltnlv t 1 0 0 ft ft -
surplus Vi appi VAiitiWkvi/ T ?, v .
000 is a certainty, due largely to
the establishment of the parcel post.
Postmaster General Burleson takes
the conservative position that he
wants to show a surplus that cannot
be explained in any way by any kind
of figuring. He told a correspondent
that he had in contemplation two
further changes in the parcel post
system that would make an annual
surplus a certainty. The exact nature
of these changes he would not indicate.
The present surplus is made
up largely of increased postage revenues
from the sale of fourth class
mail matter between January 1 and
June 30. For that six-month period
the revenues from fourth class matter
approximated $14,000,000. For the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1912, the
receipts were approximately $12,000,000,
or nearly a mllion and a half
dollars less than for the first six
months of the parcel post system.
The railroads received no compensation
for carrying parcel post matter
between January 1 and June 30, but
they were paid the usual compensation
for carrying the regular weight
of fourth class matter. As all fourth
class matter bore parcel post stamps,
the railroads technically were paid
for carrying parcel post matter, but
were not given an increased compen?
* V"* trnl _
sauon on uccuuui ui mc ui6u .? ume
of business. After deducting the
amount which the railroads were paid
for carrying the usual volume of
fourth class matter and all other
charges that can be properly credited
to the parcel post, a surplus of
several million dollars remains. This,
of course, will not be as large at the
end of the next fiscal year, during
which the railroads will be paid an
additional 5 per cent for carrying
parcel post mail and other expenses
will be added. In addition to the
parcel post surplus there was a saving
of $1,500,000 during the fiscal
year through sending magazine and
periodical mail by freight. Officials
hope to convince congress that the
extension of this service should be
permitted. When it is made to cover
the entire country, instead of the i
[central and middle western section, j
as at present, another $1,600,000 may
be added to the annual saving. The
aim of the postofflce department of- 1
flcials is to make the parcel post a
popular system, according to every
citizen the same treatment. For example,
the great mail order houses of
the large cities have no monopoly of
this system. The small merchant has
equal rights and privileges. If he is
not getting mem, omciais uerc ?wu>u
like to be told of that fact.
Ik* \(orknlU (Buquirrt.
Entered at the Postofflce in Torkvllle
as Mall Matter of the Second Claas.
YORKVILLE, 8. C.i
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3,1913.
The tariff bill passed the senate last
night with the coton speculation regulation
eliminated, and If signed by
the president tonight, which seems
reasonably certain, will become a law
tomorrow.
The Columbia correspondent of the
News and Courier, suggests that If
Judge Prince's decision In the York
county bank cases stand, one result
may be the collection of thousands of
dollars of back taxes on account of
non-taxable bonds not heretofore returned
for taxation.
A Washington dispatch says that If
ex-Sheriff Gllreath of Greenville, had
any chance of aecuring the marshalshlp
appointment ror wnicn ne is a canui*
date, that chance has disappeared
through the action of Hendrlx Rector
In going to Washington and laying before
the president the fact that Gilreath
bolted the primary last summer.
It now appears that the fight for
the marshalshlp has narrowed down
between James L. Sims of Orangeburg,
and W. Mills Mooney of Greenville,
with the chances decidedly in favor of
Sims.
Senator Clark of Arkansas, wants to
investigate the New Orleans Cotton
Exchange. When Leader Underwood
introduced what is known as the
Smith-Lever compromise, last Saturday,
the price of future contracts fell
16 to 20 points on the New Orleans exchange.
Senator Clark states that the
president of the exchange and other
leading members thereof had been in
Washington for months fighting the
bill, and he wants to know the meaning:
of such a sharp and sudden decline
in New Orleans when the market was
not affected elsewhere. The thing really
does look a little fishy.
From what we have seen we feel
sure that Governor Sulzer is rotten to
the core, and that he is guilty of many
if not all of the things that have been
charged; but the great trouble about
the case is that most of his accusers are
guilty of the same things and know of
his guilt because of their practical familiarity
with his methods. His conviction
will only turn the government
of the state over to others of his same
kind, and their triumph will only serve
to make them bolder in the practice of
methods that they have been disposed
to keep under cover. If in the event of
his conviction there could be a new
oleMinn onH a r>r>l i i r> ji 1 rpvnlutlnn that
would briny a more honest and honorable
element into power in New York,
then the impeachment proceedings
would be an immediate blessing. Otherwise
the benefits to be desired will
have to come more slowly.
South Carolina voters should adopt an
anti-political fence law, making it an
offense punishable by loss of votes for
any candidate to sit on a fence when
matters of moment were being discussed.?Greenville
News.
While this was probably said in Jest,
it is iK)t altogether a Joke; but how are
the voters to manage? For instance,
when the voters were known to be divided
on the big burning question as to
the political color of the administration,
we have seen strong efforts among
candidates to get all candidates to agree
to stand a certain way; but this has never
been successful until after the bars
were up in the primary campaign. Even
then, the candidates would not stick;
but would secretly represent themselves
on whichever side seemed to be
most convenient at the time, and make
no public expression at all. Really in
the interest of a fair fight and fair
dealing with the people, we think candidates
should either take one side or
the other or frankly declare that they
are on neither side. And they should
do it before the bars of the primary are
up. So far as newspapers are concerned,
they may be partisan or not, as
they like. So far as this one is con
cerned, it prefers to stand for the
"square deal."
To say nothing of its effect on the
country generally, we do not think
there is any doubt of the fact that the
most beneficial reform movement that
this state has known since that of 1876,
was that carried forward by the Farmers'
Alliance during the latter eighties
and early nineties. This movement put
not only the farmers, but the country
generally, into new lines of thinking,
and contributed tremendously to a general
evening up which has not yet been
entirely checked. It Is true that many
individual farmers and others suffered
in their personal interests on account of
this movement; but as thinking people
know, that is always a necessary incident
to general betterment. Although
reactionary tendencies are to be noted
today, as is natural, still it is a fact
that most of the benefits the farmers
are now enjoying as compared with
disadvantages of twenty years back, as
well as many of the Indications of progress
now apparent, are very easily
traceable to the educational work that
was originally set on foot by and
through the old Farmers' Alliance. The
Farmers' Union is exactly along the
original lines; but it has not been able
to get a foothold for the reason that
the mistakes and hardships of the Alliance
pioneers are too easily emphasized
over the benefits the movement
as a whole conferred.
Seed Selection.
In his paper before the Bethel Improvement
association last Saturday
afternoon. Dr. T. N. Dulin dealt in a
practical way with one of the most important
subjects connected with present
day agricultural problems, and although
as the reader of the paper
frankly admitted, he was only dealing
with facts that have for years been set
forth in the agricultural papers, the
ubject was more or less timely and
happily conceived.
Beed selection Is not a new thin? In
South Carolina. It has been practiced
for generations, and with much profit
to those who have given close attention;
but It has not become general.
Most farmers seem to have been considering
that there was about the practice?we
would use the word "science,"
If we were not afraid of frightening
somebody?some mystery that they
could not understand, and but few of
them have been making an earnest,
persistent effort In this direction.
Thirty or forty years ago, with rare
exceptions, cotton seed were Just cotton
seed. There was very little appreciation
even of the difference between immature
and faulty seed and strong, vigorous
seed. If the cotton In a particular
field was unusually forward, prolific
or produced lint of superior quality,
there was little thought of crediting the
circumstance to anything else other
than better land, better cultivation,
better fertilization, or more favorable
seasons. The possible influence of better
seed was rarely considered.
Down around Fort Motte, In Calhoun
county, most of the farmers depend as
much on their cotton seed for profit as
they do on their lint. There is an oil
mill down there; but it has never been
directly profitable. This Is because it
gets only Inferior seed and not enough
of those to keep It running. All the
good seed the farmers do not save for
their own planting, are sold to other
farmers all over the country at from
SI a bushel up. for planting. The ex
planation of this condition of affairs
makes an interesting story. This was
the home of the originator of the Peterkin
variety of cotton. All cotton planters
are familiar with this variety, and
the older planters remember some thirty
or forty years ago when there was
around the Peterkin seed a mysterious
halo that almost amounted to a suggestion
of magic. Farmers in this section
paid a good price for the seed, and the
farmer who was willing to pay for from
five to ten bushels, was looked upon as
out of the ordinary, either a visionary
dreamer, or a downright fool, or a progressive
leader of his fellows. In time,
largely through the Influence of Mr.
Peterkin's efforts, the cotton varieties
of the state were tremendously improved,
and the prosperous conditions
around his old home have come about
by reason of his successful pioneer
wurx.
Improved varieties of cotton seed are
now so numerous that it would be almost
impossible to name them all.
Many are real improvements, and many
are frauds that seek acceptance on the
strength of what has been accomplished
by the earnest, intelligent efforts of
men who have devoted their lives to the
cause.
While we do not want to discourage
anybody from seeking to develop further
improved seed for profitable sale,
this is not the standpoint from which
we would urge more widespread interest
in seed selection. The proposition
holds out sufficient Inducement in the
certainty of more abundant yields of
better lint, and the improvement of all
farmers who give the subject their
careful attention. The thing for each
and every farmer to do is to get the
best seed now available, and to go on
Improving that variety by the same
means through which it has been raised
to its present standard.
And the same practice may be profitably
followed in the case of corn and
other crops.
rUADftCfi ir.AIMQT U/UAI PV
Committee Hears Testimony and Adjourns
Until December.
Mayor John P. Grace of Charleston,
appeared again before the house elections
committee last Wednesday anil
had with him a number of witnesses by
whom he expected to establish satisfactory
foundation for his charges
against Richard S. Whaley in connection
with the letter's alleged corrupt
election practices. Among the witnesses
were: Frank Hogan, Wm. Wingate,
Scully Sullivan, Mike Barry, Steve
Sargeant and Leon Larissey.
H. F. Hogan, a Charleston policeman,
a worker in the two primaries
held in the district before a candidate
was chosen, testified that he spent
about $2,800 in the interest of E. W.
Hughes, a candidate opposing Whaley.
He testified that Henry W. Friend told
him that Whaley adherents spent $5,200
In the* first campaign.
"How much did the Whaley supporters
spend in the second?" Hogan was
asked.
"I don't know," said the witness.
"Them was wise guys in the campaign;
nobody will never know how much they
spent."
Hogan said Whaley met him before
the first primaries and wanted him to
"llsrhten up" In his work for Hughes.
He said he was offered $50 to lighten
up. but he refused.
"I met Whaley once on the street."
said Hogan. "He asked me to support
him, and I said 'I'm a Hughes man.'
He said to me, 'I'm going to congress,
or I'm going broke.'"
Steve Sargeant, an employe of the
Atlantic Coast Line railroad, a party
worker for Hughes in the second primary,
testified that he had heard the
two factions spent $13,000 in the Ninth
ward of Charleston at the second primary.
He thought the Whaley forces
put up $8,000 of the total.
"The dialect of some of the witnesses
before the committee," according to tht>
Washington correspondent of the Spar*
tanburg Herald, "was difficult to understand.
as it was a mixture of the
famous 'Charleston brogue.' and a foreign
accent. The official stenographer
had to have the witness in one or two
Instances repeat his statement, saying
that he could not get it in short hand.
One of the witnesses stated that he was
proprietor of a restaurant and 'blind
tiger' in Charleston, and that every
three months his blind tiger was 'pulled'
and he was fined. Several of the
wunesBes siaiea, in answer iu luiumi
questions, that they had never been
locked up or served time excent for
getting drunk and fighting. Mayor
Grace himself, under questioning by
members of the committee, stated that
his salary was $3,500 as mayor, and
that it cost him about $8,000 to be nominated.
He further stated that the expense
of being mayor was somewhat
more than the salary."
The Washington correspondent of the
Columbia State, devotes about COO or
700 words to the story of the investigation.
concluding as follows:
"While the witnesses testified to certain
money having been passed about
which had the Whaley tag on it. and
while much was said about Whalev's
tremendous "swag" and how it might
be gotten, testimony was of an indirect
kind and few instances of direct vote
buying were brought out which seemed
to impress the committee.
"Summing the whole day's proceed
111(58 Up, II in llitliunru uvnu tv n?c
fact that $13,000 Is the amount said to
have been expended In the Ninth
Charleston city ward for Whaley and
Hughes?about $8,000 by Whaley and
the remainder hy Hughes.
"Mr. Whaley was today a guest of
Speaker Clark at an elegant luncheon
served In the Capitol."
The Associated Press correspondent
throws out the suggestion that Washington
opinion is that postponement to
December, means that the whole thing
will be dropped.
Condition Report.?The condition of
the cotton crops or tne unuea siaies
on Thursday, September 25, was 64.1
per cent of a normal, compared with
68.2 per cent on August 25, 1913, 69.6
per cent on September 25, 1912, 71.1
per cent on September 25, 1911, 65.9
per cent on September 25, 1910, and
68.6 per cent, the average for the past
ten years on September 25. This announcement
was made at the department
of agriculture at noon yesterday,
by the crop reporting board, bureau
of statistics, in its final condition
report of the season, the condition being
estimated from reports of its correspondents
and agents throughout the
cotton belt.
LOCAL AFFAIRS,
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
People's Trust Co., Rock Hill?Gives
additional Information relative to
the auction sale of Fair Forest
farms and Catawba building lots.
D. M. Hall, Yorkville 1?Haa PolandChina
pigs for sale. Seven weeks
old.
Sam M. Grist, Sec?Can furnish cultures
for alfalfa, clover, vetch, etc.,
at $2 per acre from private concern.
Carroll Bros.?Want to sell you bagging
and ties, oats plows, fertilizers
for grain, etc.
Remedy Sales Co., Charlotte?Asks If
you would be a suffragist? And also
sugests the use of Mrs. Person's I
remedv.
First National Bank, Yorkville?Suggests
that you do not delay starting
a bank account. You will need your
savings some day.
D. E. Boney, Agent?Says that now
that cotton is up it is a good time
to insure your life and property.
York Supply Co.?Can supply you
fertilizers for grain. Also has several
kinds of field seeds.
McConnell.Dry Goods Co.?Is showing
new lines of dress goods, as well as
ladies coat suits at 12.50 upward.
I. W. Johnson?Asks you to see him
for mackerel, lard, hams, breakfast
strip, teas and coffees.
J. M. Stroup?Invites you to see his
new lines of dry goods and notions,
and boys' clothing. He also talks
about groceries.
Kirkpatrick-Belk Co.?On page four
tells about the new and complete
line of dress goods it Is showing?all
new patterns.
Thomson Co.?Wants the ladies to see
the fall line of Queen Quality shoes.
Shoes for children, coat suits, silks,
millinery, etc. See page four.
First National Bank, Sharon?Says
that it is one of Uncle Sam's best
banks and it will continue so. See
page four.
Cloud Cash Store?Is showing an ever
changing line of dry goods and notions
and wants to show you. New
shipment coat suits.
The auditor of York county has to
make and the treasurer has to collect
eighty-seven special tax levies.
Rock Hill has started a movement
looking to the holding of Federal court
in that city, provided the recently introduced
bill goes through.
The editor of The Enquirer begs
Inotrn fn thp rppplnt f\t nn
Invitation to the celebration of the
one hundred and thirty-third anniversary
of the batle of King's Mountain,
at King's Mountain next Tuesday, October
7, with the assurance that the,
committees In charge will gladly entertain
any representative the paper
might send. The principal event of the
day is to be an address by Hon. Wm.
J. Bryan; but the programme includes
other features that will add still more
to the profit and pleasure of the day.
TEACHERS' EXAMINATION
The semi-annual teachers' examination
for York county Is being held today.
The white applicants are standing
the examination in the Yorkville
opera house, while the negroes are In
the court house.
Following is a list of the white applicants:
Misses Mary Sherer, Agldel Sherer.
Ellle Feemster, Alma McClure, Eberree
Barron, Rose Jackson, Stella Cain,
Eunice McClaln, Alice Armstrong,
Add Nlell, Mell Niell, Marlon Baker,
Recle Ray Rltch, Eva Mitchell, Helen
Thomasson, Annie Bolln, Marlon Patton,
Mrs. S. A. Mitchell, York county;
Flora Carmlchael, Dillon; Ina Coleman,
Laurens, Dovle Harris, Lancaster.
WITHIN THE TOWN
? Because of the serious Illness dt
Mr. D. R. Lavender, proprietor of tKe
Idle Hour theater, who is In the hospital
at Gaffney with typhoid fever, the
theatre has been closed.
? At a meeting of local pastors yesterday,
It was decided to advise President
Mlllen that Tuesday, November 19,
will suit for the holding of the annual
convention of the Interdenominational
Sunday scnooi convenuon 01 ium
county In Yorkvllle.
? The Yorkvllle Graded school football
team is getting into shape, and
the boys are now trying to arrange a
schedule of games. Superintendent J.
H. Wltherspoon has turned the management
of the team over to the boys
this year. States Finley, a member of
/ast year's team is manager, and Is
now working toward the arrangement
of games. William Moore, another old
player, is captain of the eleven. While
the team is minus a number of those
who played last year, several new
boys have gone Into the sport.
THE BANK RETURNS.
The ruling of Judge Prince In the
bank case, a summary of which was
published in The Enquirer of Tuesday,
makes interesting the question of the
difference involved, and to develop
this Information, a letter of inquiry
was addressed to Auditor Love on yesterday.
The auditor's reply gives the
whole situation in condensed form as
follows:
In answer to your request for the
difference in the amounts assessed
against the banks by reason of Judge
Prince's decision, will give you the following:
Amounts returned by banks.. $156,275
Amounts assessed by auditor. 326,375
Difference $170,100
The above includes all the banks except
the First National Bank of Sharon.
which made its return to conform
to the other bank returns of the county.
as follows:
Capital, surplus and undi
vided profits $29,185 00
Less 50 per cent .. .... .. 14,592 50
Less $25,000 U. S. Panama
bonds $25,000 JO
Leaving nothing for taxation.
By the above ruling I have
assessed the bank $14,590 00
Respectfully,
B. M. Love.
THE COURT HOUSE SITE.
There is very little that is new In the
court house site matter, except that it
is pretty safe to say that there is a
growing Impression among those who
desired a new location that they are
going to be disappointed and that the
new building if erected at all, will go
back on the site occupied by the present
building.
There is nothing official along this
line; but from remarks that have been
dropped here and there, and especially
in view of the impression that was
created hy the letter of the architect,
published last Friday, this is the growing
conviction.
About the only development of Importance
since the institution of the
condemnation proceedings, was the
service on the commissioners of a temporary
restraining order, issued by
Judge Prince on petition of Mr. H. I.
McCaw of Yorkville, requiring the commissioners
to show cause why they
should not be permanently enjoined
from condemning a portion of Mr. McCaw's
lot in connection with the Hunter
property, on West Liberty street,
Just west of the present court house
site.
Chairman Price of the commission,
said yesterday that it would be an easy
matter to get around any litigation in
connection with the restraining ordet
by simply dropping the condemnation
proceedings in that particular case;
. "
but he did not intimate whether he was
In favor of doing this or pushing the
matter to a settlement
Having learned of certain communications
sent out by the chairman of
the commission to parties owning or
controlling buildings that might be
available for court house purposes
during the erection of the proposed
new building. Mr. Brlce was asked
about this yesterday. He Bald that he
had made inquiries of Messrs. S. M.
McNeel, Thos. F. McDow, W. L Wltherspoon
and the trustees In charge of
the old Associate Reformed Presbyterian
church; but explained that these
inquiries had been made altogether on
nis uwn monun ior iii? purpuse ui laying
the information before the commission.
There was to have been a meeting
of the court house commission in
Torkville yesterday; but Commissioner
Wilkerson was unable to be present
because of thp serious illness of his
son, Mr. Samuel Wilkerson, and a date
was fixed for another meeting, which
is to be held in Rock Hill next Tuesday.
THE TAX BUDGET.
Auditor Love on last Wednesday
took Treasurer Nell's receipt for two
hundred and twenty-six thousand,
three hundred and seventy-seven dollars
and ninety-three cents, this sum
representing the amount the auditor
has assessed against the taxable property
of York county for the year commencing
January 1, 1913, and the
amount the treasurer will have to account
for when he gets through collecting.
The total assessed valuation of all
the taxable property in the county last
year was 18,944,761, and tnis year tne
aggregate foots up $9,200,120, an increase
of $255,359. For the year ending
January 1, 1912, compared with the
year ending January 1. 1911, there had
been a decrease of $168,703, and this
year's assessment gives over the assessment
for the year ending January
1, 1911, an increase of $86,656.
The aggregate amount charged
against the treasurer, is for the benefit
of the various branches of the government,
and for the application of different
purposes as follows:
For State purposes $48,300,630
For County purposes 36.800.480
8pecial County 23,000.300
Road purposes 18,400.240
On portions of County 8,173.989
Constitutional School and 1
mill special 36,800.480
Special and Local School.... 44,652.011
poll 8,075.000
Road 2,269,000
Xhe total taxable property of the
pnnntv bv townshlDs this year as com
! pared with laat year is as follows:
Townships. , 1912 1912
Bethel $ 383,855 $ 378,745
Bethesda 579,410 581.090
Broad River 425,945 413,975
Bullock's Creek .. 412,650 409,475
Catawba 2,389,280 2,543,670
Bbenezer 1,151,766 1,160,726
Fbrt Mill 638,240 635,045
King's Mountain . 759,085 761,290
York 1.075.825 1,173,485
The assessed valuation of the public
service property is as follows:
fcou. Ex. Co $ 15,776
W. U. Tel. Co 26,830
Pullman Pal. Car Co 4,190
go. Bell Tel. & Tel. Co 3.708
Amer. Tel. & Tel. Co 11,2.38
Local Telephone companies.. 13,390
Railroads 1.077.488
The total number of dogs in the
county Is 4,538, and the capitation tax
on the same amounts to 62,269.
ABOUT PEOPLE
Mr. C. W. Adlckes of Yorkville, is
spending a few days in Atlanta.
J. A. Marlon, Esq., of Yorkville,
spent Wednesday In Columbia.
Mr. Tscharner De Graflfenreld, of
Charlotte, Is visiting relatives In Yorkvllle.
i Dr. C. F. Williams and daughter of
Columbia, visited relatives In Yorkville
this week.
Miss Bessie Thomasson of Clover, is
with the McConnell Dry Goods company
as a saleslady.
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Neely and son,
of Rock Hill, are visiting the family of
Mrs. H. A. D. Neely in Yorkvllle.
Miss Lottie Belle Slmril of Yorkvllle
No. 7, Is teaching the Bethel
school. The session began Monday.
Mr. Frank Houston of Charlotte,
visited his brother, Mr. J. L. Houston
on Yorkvllle R. F. D. No. 2 this week.
MISS ?aaie uunmp naa reiunicu LU
the home of her brother, Mr. W. T.
Dunlap, In Charlotte, after a visit to
Yorkvllle friends.
Mrs. A. S. Withers left yesterday for
Greenville, after a visit of several
weeks with the family of Mr. R. J.
Withers in Yorkvllle.
Col. and Mrs. Asbury Coward, who
have ben spending the summer in
Yorkvllle, have returned to their
home in Orangeburg.
Master Fred Hicks left yesterday for
a visit to Tlmmonsville friends, after
spending several weeks with Yorkvllle
relatives and friends.
Mr. J. R. Barnwell, for some time
past In the employ of I. W. Johnson,
has taken a position with the Yorkvllle
Hardware company.
Mr. Jas. A. Sherer, for several years
past in the employ of the Yorkvllle
Banking and Mercantile Co., has taken
" ?? ?nn 1 ato nt I** tho Vnrlrvlllp
CL )A/oiiiuii <10 aooioiau%. m t?*v * v??? *
postofflce.
Mr. M. C. Willis returned to Yorkville
yesterday, after spending two
days in Barnwell county. Mr. Willis
says that the crops in the vicinity of
Williston are the best he ever saw
there.
Miss Eunice McConnell left Wednesday
for Birmingham, Ala., after
spending several weeks with her
mother, Mrs. W. H. McConnell, in
Yorkville.
Reports as to the condition of Miss
Mattie Craig, who is at the home of
Mr. R. A. Shillinglaw, on Yorkville No.
7, are not encouraging. Miss Craig has
been ill for almost a year and grave
doubts are expressed as to the probability
of her recovery.
Miss Annie DuPre of Yorkville, who
is visiting in Spartanburg, was one of
me ussiBiiims m mc icvch"""
after the marriage of Miss Helen Allison
DuPre of Spartanburg, to Mr. Carlos
Roland Mosley of Laurens, last
Wednesday night. The wedding and
the reception that followed, were quite
brilliant affairs,
Columbia Record, Wednesday: In
honor of Miss Katherine Elise Latimer,
whose marriage to Christopher
Atkinson the first week in November,
will be one of the notable events of
the fall season. Mrs. P. M. Oibbes
will give a miscellaneous shower Wednesday
afternoon at 5 o'clock at her
home on Senate street. About twentyfive
of Miss Latimer's friends will be
among the guests.
From Rev. E. S. Reaves' report of the
recent meeting of the York Baptist association
in the Baptist Courier: "York
county is not Baptist territory. But
this very fact has resulted in developing
a very sturdy and loyal type of
Baptists, since they are what they are
from conviction and not because it is
the most popular thing to be a Baptist.
In some respects the York association
is unique. For one thing It has Bro. S.
M. (?rist I or ciorK, ana mai means mui
It has the best clerk perhaps to he
found in the state. The advance sheets
of the financial tables were in print
and circulated at the meeting of the
body. Within ten days after the body
adjourns it is no uncommon thing that
the minutes are In the hands of the
church clerks. A. E. Willis is the moderator
and the officers are elected at
the close of the session."
BETHEL PRESBYTERIAL.
The fifteenth annual convention of
the Presbyterlal, the high congress of
the Woman's Missionary societies of
Bethel Presbytery, has been in session
In the First Presbyterian church of
Yorkvllle, since last Wednesduy night.
and will conclude Its deliberations with
a sine die adjournment at the end of
the final session being held this afternoon.
Rev. Dr. E. EL Gillespie, pastor of
the First Presbyterian church, presided
at the preliminary exercises Wednesday
night, and in a few Introductory
remarks paid fine tribute to the
zealous leadership of the women In :
missionary work, and explained the ,
nature and purpose of the organization.
He declared that there were no i
more faithful workers for the upbuild- j
lng of the kingdom of Jesus Christ ,
than the women of the churches, and
none surpassed them in the promotion :
of Christian activity. He then extend
ed a cordial welcome to the delegates
and the large congregation, including
representative church goers of the 1
community, and Introduced as the
principal speaker of the evening, Rev.
Dr. W. J. Martin, president of Davidson
college, who in a remarkably vigorous
and clear cut address, discussed the
subject of "Home Missions":
Dr. Martin took his text, Luke xxiv.
46 and 47?"And said unto them,
Thus It is written, and thus it be
hooved Christ to suffer, and to rise
from the dead the third day; and
that repentence and remission of sins
should be preached In His name
among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem."
I feel that I am able to take a
special interest In the subject of
"home missions" this evening, because
of the fact that I myself have' for the
past few days been very busy In trying
to get something like three hundred
boys straightened out for their
work in college. And I also feel lntrested
because every man who loves
his country, and the King of the better
country, must have much at heart
all those plans and hopes which have
as their aim the winning of the world
wide kingdom for Jesus Christ
The passage which I have taken as
the basis of my remarks applies
equally well to home and foreign missions.
And that is well, for all missions
are essentially one. Those who
labor in the home land and those who
labor in the foreign fields are all laboring
hand in hand for the establishment
of the kingdom and for the
winning of this victory. The honors
and glories and needs which belong
to one, belong to both.
It is true that sometimes men look
upon foreign missions with a more
favorable eye, but the Word of God
makes no such distinctions. All are
"sent" by the Lord, and sent to those
who are In need. Paul was himself
the greatest apostle to the Gentiles.
He spent the years of his wonderful
activity in carrying the message to his
heathen people, but he knew the
glamor and appeals to heroism which
the foreign fleld would hold for mankind
and therefore. In his epistle to
the Romans, he says, "Brethren, my
heart's desire and prayer to God for
Israel, is, that they might be saved."
And although Christ said that they
should come from the east and from
the west, from the north and from the
south and sit down In this kingdom,
He forever saved the day for the
home work also when, in giving His
last command to His disciples, He
told them to begin at Jerusalem.
Therefore, whether at home or
abroad. Ood sets before Himself and
man the mighty task of winning the
world for Jesus Christ
In this passage before us this evening
we have first of all, Christ's part
in winning the kingdom. "And thus
it is written, and thus it behooved
Christ to suffer." The sufferings of
Jesus Christ are emphasized in the
Bible as a very necessary part in the
salvation of man. Through priestly j
act and prophet's words, He is pointed
forward to as the suffering Savior.
Every lamb that was slain and every
sacrifice that was offered pointed unmistakably
to His humiliation, suffering
and death.
It might be truthfully said that God
had tried every means in order to
save mankind and had failed. Godly
men of old had been called on to live
lives that would be as examples to
the rest of mankind, but these examples
had not been followed. He
had given them leaders like Moses,
but they would not follow the leaders.
Prophet and priest and men
mighty in knowledge and deed had
taught, plead and in the name of God
had threatened, but to no avail. God
Himself had thundered at them from
the dark cloud over Sinai, and had
smiled at them from the bow over
Ararat, but neither frowns nor smiles
were successful in bringing man back
to God or in clothing them with \
righteousness. And it was only by the
call of God, "Whom shall I send," and
the answer of Christ, "La, I come." |
It was only by the great gift which j
God made to the world of His Son j
that the kingdom could sweep over
men's hearts.
One might remark here also that
Christ's part in the work was an entirely
voluntary part. He gave Himself
a ransom for many. The soldiers
did not arrest Him, neither did
they nail Him to the cross without
His consent. He said that he could
pray to the Father and presently
twelve legions would be given Him.
No; there were no exterior forces
driving Him against His will to the
cross. Through the years of His life
His face was set as a flint toward
Golgotha, and He went there because
He was willing to go there in order
that man might be saved, and a kingdom
be set up in this world that <
would reach from the rivers even un- 1
to the ends of the earth. ]
In the second place, we have set
before U9 the Father's part in win- '
ning the kingdom, "and to rise from
the dead the third day." Almighty
God, the Father, had an interest in
man's salvation. He likewise loved
man even though man was estranged '
from Him. He desired that some way i
might be devised and some plan worked
out to free man rrom the power ,
of sin. He gave His Son to the humiliation
and to the death. But that
was not all. When the tragedy of i
Calvary was over, the Son closed his ,
suffering, with the cry, "It is nnisned."
And then they take his sacred 1
and blood-covered body, and place it 1
in the grave. Will that body lie there? |
Will it go back to earth and dust and
ashes as the bodies of mere men have
gone? No; for "Thou wilt not suffer
Thy holy one to see corruption." And I
so when He had lain three days In the ;
grave, the voice of the Father comes \
ringing down from His throne above,
and the grave is not able to hold 1
the Son and He arises and breaks the <
bands of death. He is not a dead ]
Lord, but a living one, forevermore. j
He ascended to heaven and takes His
seat at the right hand of God, there 1
to judge the quick and the dead. <
In the third place, we have set be- <
fore us man's part in winning the .
kingdom. "And that repentance and
remission of sins should be preached
in His name among all nations, be- ]
ginning at Jerusalem." Jesus Christ <
completed His earthly part of winning
the kingdom In thirty-three '
years, and really did the major part 1
m TT,~ ?Iaui- * v,* nk ana pa Cif ?
| or ms worn, wiiiuu mo onv. v -- ,
three years. The Father did His part
of the work In three days. According
to the plans devised by the God|
head, man also has a part In this work
and in so far as we are able to know
man's part seems Just as necessary as
the parts performed by the Father and
the Son. And yet two thousand years
have passed away since the great
commission was given, and we have
been working at It all the time, and
ap little has been accomplishd.
Working at It? When we look at
the work that is before us, and then
see how relatively little has been
done we are forced in common honesty
to say that we have been playing at
it. Some years ago some one was
standing in the presence of a group of
British officers and when the questions
of efficiency and obedience
came up. asked this question, "if the
queen should Issue a proclamation,
how long would it take you to publish
that proclamation to every man,
woman and child in the known
world?" A young officer stepped forward
and saluted and said, "Give
that proclamation to the army and
navy of Great Britain and in eighteen
months' time It will be published to
every human being on the face of the s
earth*" Wonderful obedience and
wonderful seal that Is. Yet the declaration
that there Is remission of
sins to every one who will believe,
was made twenty centuries ago, and
the soldiers of the eternal kingdom
have as yet made it known to'a comparatively
sm&U part of the earth's
Inhabitants.
Leaving out of the question the
teeming population of lands that are
yet In blackest night, and turning to
our own land, let us see something
uf the conditions which should spurn
us to greater activity and zeal In this
mighty work. Taking the question as
a whole, we may well say that in this
country there are millions who know
almost nothing of Jesus Christ?peo
pie wnu never nsou ms wuiu, now
never darken a church door, Who
make absolutely no claims as to Christianity,
and who form no part in His
kingdom.
There are millions and millions who
are nominal church members, who
have their names on the church roster
but whose names have never been
written on the Lamb's book of life.
These are exercising such a power
over our country and its affairs that
instead of winning the country for
Christ, I fear we are allowing it in
many ways to become a country without
a God. Take the government in
itself. Our forbears believed, and believed
wisely that the church and
state should be separate. But we
have been building with a terrible
fallacy on this truth. For while it is
well for church and state to be separate,
it is utter ruin for religion and
government to be divorced. Ask a
law-making body to formulate and
pass laws in regard to almost any
earthly interest and it will be so, but
ask the same thing or tnem in regard
to religion, and how many deaf
ears will be turned to you?
Turn to our great cities, and see
how much of godlessness Is there.
One day a scientist stood holding in
his hand a glass of stagnant water.
He saw that the water was moving
rapidly as In vortex. On examining
the water with a mlscroscope he found
a tiny creature called a rotifer?all
arms and stomach?causing the
water to whirl, and with its arms
drawing Into Its mouth every tiny
living creature within the glass. That
Is a picture of what our great cities are
doing. With their mighty tentacles
they are reaching out and drawing
Into their maws the young men und
women of our land. And what do
they find there but sin? There is a
lower strata of vlleness and an upper
strata so f folly, and these constitute
much of city life without Ood
without Christ.
Turn to your schools and you will
And much the same conditions. A
very prevalent modern idea in regard
to education seems to be to train the
mind but do not train it in the way
of Christ. Not long ago a bill was introduced
in the Georgia legislature
requiring the reading of the Bible in
the public schools of that state. The
bill was not passed. In Indiana or
Illinois, I forget which, a bill was in
iroaucea, not requiring tne reaaing
of the Bible, but permitting it, and
that bill, likewise, never became a
law. Tou can go to the state colleges,
and even some of those in the
south, and find there indifference, absolutely
hostile to religion, Tou can
find in some of our southern universities,
professors who scorn the
Bible as a book of'old wives' fables,
and such men are usually blatant in
the expression of their opinions. It has
come to pass that infidel, agnostic, Israelite
and Romanist have joined hand
In an unholy crusade to banish the
Bible from our state schools, and
right well are they succeeding. And
yet these are the Influences under
which many of your sons and daughters
come. No Bible and no God.
Or you might come closer than that,
and up the question of the
Christian Sabbath. There was a
time when the first day of the week
was kept holy unto the Lord. When
young and old ceased from all unnecessary
employments and recreations
and spent their time in the
public and private worship of God?
when parents taught their children
the things that pertain to the kingdom.,
Now what do we find in many
very many, places 7 People rise on
this sacred morning and at once take
the Sunday daily. They bury their
mlnHo In that fnrm nf nowa whlnh li
the very ofT-spring of the world?fit
preparation indeed for the worship of
God. Then they go to church and
listen to a twenty-minutes sermon.
Prom that until night they are out In
their automobiles, or with their horses
and buggies taking their Sunday
outings upon the streets and highways
of the whole land they
desecrate that day declared holy
by Him who demands one day as His.
Or you may go into the home itself,
that citadel of strength for God and
His kingdom. How is relligon almost
banished from the home? When
children during the impressive age of
their lives, ought to be receiving that
training which goes to produce a
Christian citizenship. worldineea,
careless and sin so often hold sway.
Godless homes, and little toward
bringing about the coming of his
kingdom.
Therefore, with conditions like
this in our home land, it is well that
we should be busy In regard to our
home as well as our foreign field, and
I bid you women Godspeed in your
efforts in this direction looking forward
to that time when sin shall really
be driven out. and the kingdoms of
frVila trnrlH aViol 1 honnme tho lrfnflT*
doms of His Son.
Following the conclusion of Dr. Martin's
address, Rev. J. L. Oates of
the Associate Reformed Presbyterian
church of Yorkville, lead in prayer,
and after the singing of a closing
hymn, Rev. J. H. M&chen, pastor of the
Baptist church of Yorkville, pronounced
the benediction.
The services of Wednesday night
were altogether of r public nature; but
after the ladles took charge on their
own account, while the church was
still open, and all who chose to attend
were welcome, it was not supposed
that other than active missionary
workers were particularly interested,
and there was no general invitation to
the public. The attendance on all the
subsequent meetings, however, was
?orv opaa/1 mnnh intornct WAS mnn
Ifested in all the proceedings.
The Regular Work.
The Presbyterial got down to its
business work promptly at 10 o'clock
yesterday morning, after devotional
exercises lead by Mrs. J. D. McDowell,
followed by a carefully prepared ad- ;
dress of welcome by Mrs. M. L. Car- ,
"oil, the address concluding with the ;
lope that the meeting would be prolific
of beneficial results to all the delegates,
and contribute to the Inspira:ion
of renewed zeal and enthusiasm in <
sehalf of missionary enterprise.
Following Mrs. Carroll's address,
Mrs. Jas. S. White of Rock Hill, president
of the organization, took the 1
ehalr and took up the regular routine
sy the calling of the roll of the dele- ;
rates and the reading of the minutes !
>f the last annual convention, by Mrs. .
3. N. Moore, tne secretary.
The roll call showed regularly ac:redited
delegates In attendance as fol- '
ows: .1-. ;
Mrs. J. M. Coleman, Mrs. William |
dlnter, Miss Sally Nelson, Mrs. Mary <
3rawley, Mrs. J. C. McLure, Mrs. A. M. I
\Jken, Mrs. L. B. Davidson, Mrs. J. J.
Strlngfellow, Mrs. C. Kee, Mrs. A. J. ]
Thornton, Miss Sadie McKee, Miss 1
Dlizabeth McClure, Mrs. S. M. Mc- i
Vfee, Chester; Mrs. J. A. Jenkins, Mrs.
L T. Sandifer, Mrs. John Hope, Mrs.
lane Hope, Lowryvllle; Mrs. McCeown,
Pleasant Grove; Mrs. C. W. F. 1
Jpencer, Mrs. J. H. Miller, Miss Mary i
?ork, Mrs. James S. White, Mrs. Paul ,
iVorkman, Mrs. Kate Fewell, Mrs. E. .
}. Jones, Mrs. T. B. Craig, Rock Hill; 1
drs. Ll H. Good, and Miss Plexlco, ]
lharon; Mrs. McBride Smith, Wlnns- j
>oro; Mrs. Rebecca Craig, Blackstock;
dr8. R M. Bratton, Guthriesvllle; Miss
>orothy Moore, Lancaster.
Following the reading of the min- I
ites, reports were read by the different
^sbyterlal officials, Including corre- <
ponding secretary, treasurer and oth- i
er executives, giving details of what
has been done in their respeotlve departments,
making quite- a creditable
showing for the general efficiency of
the organization. The reports of the
officers were followed by reports from
the different constituent societies, giving
statistical information as y> finance.
enrollment, the kind of work so
far accomplished and plans for better
and more extensive achievements.
These reports gave a very satisfactory
impression of what is being done
throughout the organization as a whole
and tne presbyter ial waa well pleased
with the showing that waa made. With
the reading of the reports, the morning
ing hour had almost expired, and after
the singing of a hymn and the offering
of a short prayer, the convention took
a recess until 3.S0 p. m.
Rev. J. M. Blaine.
The afternoon session was opened
with devotional exercises conducted by
Rev. Dr. OlllespLe, after which came
another especially Interesting feature
of the convention in the form of an address
from Rev. J. M. Blaine, for seventeen
years a missionary of the Presbyterian
church in China. Mr. Blaine
talked about China and the Chinese,
and told much about the history, habits,
customs, condition and religious
progress of this Interesting country and
people.
Most people regard China as a never
changing country, he said; but this Is
a mistake, for many changes have taken
place; but he went on to say that
China has been able to make but little
progress for many centuries except
through the Influences that have been
brought to bear by other nations. However
two great changes have come about
that are of tremendous significance,
involving me ovennrow or uie u&ncnu
dynasty and the establishment of the
republic, and the other bringing around
the edict ordering all Chinamen to cut
off their queues. He told how the
wearing of the queue was compelled
originally as a badge of submission to
the Manchu conquerors, how the peoEle
rebelled against the Idea originally,
ow they at length became reconciled,
and how they finally began to look upon
the queue as a distinction that carried
honor. With the overthrow of the
Manchu dynasty, however, the leaden
of the new movement ordered t le cutting
off of queues, not only as * token
of the broken Manchu shackles; but as
notice to the world of a coming forward
Into alllgnment with modern
Ideas, habits and customs.
Mr. Blaine discussed interestingly the
difficulties that had to be overcome In
the development of transportation fa-*
cflitles and described the rapid strides
that the oountry is now making in this
direction.
Although the Chinese are a literary
people in a sense, the speaker said, it
is in a very narrow sense, for Ignorance
has been the great retarding influence.
However there Is much headWay
being made In this direction, and
the foreigners, against whom the bitterest
opposition had existed for generations
are now being welcomed because
of what they have done and are
doing in the establishment of educational
institutions and in showing ths
higher and better ways of living.
Mr. Blaine aald that the new republican
form of government is doing all
it can to uplift and advance the people;
but as to whether it will prove
stable and successful government remains
to be seen. At the present time,
however, the people are putting their
hiehest Dremlum on character and
ability and trying to secure the leader*
ahlp of the ablest men, which Includes
many who have had more or lesa training
at the hands of Christian mission*
arles. .
He discussed at some length the
great opium evil of the country, and
tokl of the reasons generally assigned
for It. the dull lives the people lead,
their poverty and the prevalence or
disease. Re gave 25.000,000 as an estimate
of the number of opium smokers
In China; but spoke highly of the efforts
that are being made by the new
government to stamp out this vice by
making its practice a criminal offense.
' Mr. Blaine spoke In high terms of the
new government's sincere stand for re- . .;
ligious freedom, and In conclusion
pointed out the splendid opportunity
that this great country with Its teaming
millions of benighted souls, is offering
to the efforts of those who would
do their part In helping to upbuild and
extend the kingdom of Christ on earth.
Rev. Donald Riehardson.
. The exercises last night were largely
attended and were opened with devotional
exercises conducted by Revs.
F. Ray Riddle and John A. McMurray
after which l>r. Gillespie Introduced as
the speaker of the evening, Rev. Donald
Richardson, missionary to China.
"In China everything Is different
from things In other parts of the
earth," said Mr. Richardson, and the
Chinese customs are quite unique.
For Instance, the American gentleman
keeps his finger nails short and clean,
while the Chinese gentleman wears his
long and pays little attention to cleanliness.
In America a man quarrels
with a nelrhbnr and kills him. while
a Chinaman who quarrel* with hla
neighbor kill* himself In hi* neighbor's
front yard. The Chinese look at
things from a different point of view;
but conditions in China now are such
as to bring Joy and hope. The dawn
Is breaking in the country, the people
are awakening and new light is shining
in their face*."
The speaker desired to bring a simple
message in regard to China, and
he desired to call attention to four
great features in regard to China: A
great need, a great opportunity, a
great crisis and a great responsibility.
The people are waiting for the word
of hrlst In this, the moat needy missloafleld,
and they are fainting so to
speak, on account of the burden under
which they live. They need better bodies
and better minds; but above all
they need to hear the story of Jesua
and his love. ... .
In speaking of the opportunity for
service in China, Rev. Richardson said
that while we of the western world
had made much progress. China had
remained the same. He was unable to
say how tl e political movement in
China was going to come out; but be
had all confidence In the great religious
movement among the people.
Formerly they did not want missionaries
to come In; but now they ore
stretching out their hands to all foreigners.
He mentioned the circumstance
of a number of Buddhist pries'*
in one town who had requested to be
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old superstitions were losing ground,
giving the world the greatest opportunity
it has ever had to help China.
There is also a great crisis in China,
Mr. Richardson asserted. China wants
to learn about the west and Its modes
and customs. The crisis lies in the
(act that China may become fascinated
with western material elements
rather than with things pertaining to
spiritual life. Chinese civilization Is
at the cross-roads and it lies with us
as to whether the country shall be
Christian or anti-Christian. It is a
crisis in the Southern Presbyterian
mission work and this work must
either be pushed forward or fail. The
lack of money is the trouble.
A great reaponoiouiiy iicb w?n u?
concerning China, and It is largely an
Individual responsibility. Every Christian
is a missionary appointed by God,
and if each one does his part we can
help toward Christianizing the country.
Could we get a large vision of the
situation we would do more mission
work.
"We hear all sorts of calls," said
Rev. Richardson in conclusion, "but
the call to China Js the most urgent.
Yesterday the Chinese were the oldest
people and today they are the youngest
We should make haste to help
them while we have the opportunity."
Following prayer by Rev. J. M.
Blaine, the session adjourned to meet
the session adjourned to meet this
this morning at ten o'clock.
This Morning's 8sssion. .
The session this morning was demoted
exclusively to business affairs of
the Presbyterial, and the reading of a
number of papers on missionary topics.
The election of officers will take
place at the closing session this afternoon.
LOCAL LACONICS
Drops Dead.
Mrs. L. R. Gordon of the Travora
:otton mill in Yorkville. dropped dead
it her home about 1.30 o'clock this