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it .Scraps and Jfacts. ? The house spent most of last Friday discussing the southern omnibus claims bill, carrying a total of $1,729,000 for claims growing out of damage to persons or property during the Civil war.'' A filibuster led by Representative liann, of Illinois, the Republican leader, prevented action on the bill, which, however, probably will come up again next Friday. Democratic Leader Underwood took personal charge of the fight for the payment of the claims and served notice on the Republicans that when the opportunity offered, the bill would be passed by the house, regardless of dilatory tactics or any other opposition from the minority. The bill carries $1,191,000 for individual claims for stores and supplies, $46S,000 for claims on account of damage to churches, colleges and other buildings, and $51, UUV rur uaiivuuo ciaiuio an m ?v cordance with the findings of the court of claims. ? Bingham, Utah, December 5: After searching a third of the UtahApex mine, the posse which penetrated the stronghold of Ralph Lopez, slayer of six men, tonight came out and announced to the thousands.of expectant miners that they had fdund nothing to indicate that the desperado was dead. The belief prevails that again the sheriffs of nine counties and their hundreds Of deputies have been outwitted by the man who several times has risked capture in order to Jeer at their efforts. The smudges that had generated deadly gases since Monday last night were allowed to die down, and early today the double bulkheads in the tunnel mouths were removed. A party of ten went into the mine to search for the Mexican. In a blind stope on the 300-foot level, a cave-in was found, which blocked the nassage. It was thought possible that within this stope Lopez may have taken refuge from the approach of the poisonous gases. A guard was left watching .it tonight, and it will be opened tomorrow. ? The sixh cotton ginning report of the census bureau for the season, issued at 10 o'clock yesterday morning, announced that 12,081,100 baler of cotton, counting round as half bales, of the growth of 1913 had been ginned trt r>?rf>mher 1-. to which date during the past seven years the ginning averaged 83.2 per cent of the entire crop. Last year to December 1, there had been ginned 11,854,541 bales, or 87.9 per cent of the entire crop; in 1911 td that date. 12,816,807 bales, or 82.4 per cent, and in 1908 to that date 11.008,661 bales, or 84.1 per cent. Included in the glnnings were 85,760 round bales, compared with 73,030 round bales last year, 87,996 round bales in 1911, 101,718 round bales in 1910. and 134,393 round bales in 1909. The number of Sea Island cotton bales included were 61,516. compared with 51.275 bales last year, 87,656 bales inj 1911. 77.591 bales in 1909, and 63,396 bales in 1908. ? Gastonia, N. C., December 6: An expert cotton thief has been operating in Gastonia the past several days. So far ten bales of cotton, worth about 1700, have been stolen from the city cotton platform, which is right on Main street and In the business section. Six bales of the stolen cotton belonged to two local brokerage firms. No clue to the identity of the thief has been secured, though It is certain that he got the cotton or rather the money for it?as he did not carry off the actual cotton?in broad daylight while business was in progress. His plan was worked in this wise: wni:e int weigher was busy, he would take the tags from two or three bales which had already been weighed and sold, load them on a wagon, drive around to the side of the platform where the scales are and dump them. He would then say that he was going up town and sell them and would be back. He took samples of the bales, sold them, got his check and cashed it. This has been done two or three times during the week and a total loss of ten bales has been sustained so far. The above plan is believed to be the one the thief or thieves worked. ?Three members of the supreme court and nine circuit judges in en banc sitting decided last Friday evening that the supreme court is empowered Jo exercise its discretion in any cause irrespective of the ground of disqualification, whether the place of a disqualified member of the court shall be filled by appointment of the governor, or not. re-afHrming the MeAuley case in which it was held that ^nnotltlltp a ouorum of the supreme court, Judge Frazer rendered a dissenting opinion. The question arose when Fred H. Dominick. assistant attorney general, who is seeking a $1,250 fee for representing Governor Blease in a bond case over the opposition of the comptroller general who turned down the warrant, asked the court to fill the place of Justice Watts, disqualified, in order to hear the proceedings. The court's ruling tonight in effect means that Justices Gary. Hydrick and Frazer will hear the Jones-Dominlck case. The comptroller general will appear in his own behalf before the court. The decision by the en banc session of the supreme court and circuit judges is regarded as one of the most important ever handed down by the court. ? When former Congressman L. Irving Handy of Delaware, introduced Secretary of State Wm. J. Bryan to the guests at the annual dinner of the Sons of Delaware at Philadelphia, last Saturday night as the "next president of the United States," Mr. Bo an told the diners that he hoped they would not treasure up against Mr. Handy, the "political indiscretion" he had just committed. "He means well," Mr. Bryan said, "and it only indicates how a habit he learned 17 vears ago becomes fixed. I believe the to&stmaster is of the opinion of many others," Mr. Bryan continued, "that my highest ambition has been to become president of the United States. That is not so. From my earliest manhood I have held a higher ambition. I have considered that office as only a means to an end. I consider no one worthy to occupy that high office who is not more interested in the things that can be accomplished than in the fame that it brings. I am happy, and I want you an io oeueve mc wixcn 1 sa^ ov, tv on those things so near my heart being done by another, happier than if I were in that place. I am happy to see a nation of people change its point of view and adopt those ihings which have always been close to my heart." ? Washington special of December 6. to the Columbia State: Late this afternoon it was stated by Chairman Post of house committee on elections, which is investigating the GraceWhaley charges, that nothing decisive had as yet been agreed upon. The record has not yet come back to the committee from the government printing office. Mr. Post said, and until this is done and the members have a chance to examine it, no decision will be reached. It is understood here today that, as a result of some of the matter said to be contained in this record, this being in the nature of affidavits submitted by Mr. Whaley there may be a big sensation in Charleston city politics. One of the features said to have been touched upon is the bartering of eity positions and the promise of other municipal assistance for the purpose of furtliering Mr. Grace's political plans. That there will be much in this report when it is made public for South Carolina politicians not only in Charleston bul elsewhere throughout the state is one of the conclusions drawn by those whc are said to be familiar with the contents of the affidavits submitted l>> Mr. Whaley in reply to those submitted by Mayor Grace and to the testimony which the latter also produced From present indications the situation promises a new phase of investigation to that desired by Mr. Grace In other words the whole matter ma\ be turned and he too may come undei the searchlight. ? Re-organization of the department ?>f agriculture is foreshadowed in Secretary Houston's first annual report presented to President Wilson yesterday. A plan to be submitted to congress in the fiscal estimates for I9itf proposes to carry out the work of tht department in five or six main groups such as research, state relations, rural organization, forest service, weather and regulation. Such a p'an Secretarv Houston believes will promote co-ordination. Plans for re-districting the country for the enforcement of the pure food laws are announced and the secretary announces his Intention to ask for authority to prepan amendments for the pure food law to improve the food supply, protect the public health and promote uniformity in food legislation. Free distribution of seeds by congressmen should be discontinued, the secretary recommends. He would conduct in Its stead a constructive work in securing and distributing new seeds and plants. Conditions vary widely in the United States, says the report, because farmers do not equally need better credit arrangements and al! sections are not similarly circumstanced. It contends that when all necessary allowance has been made for fundamental factors it is probably clear that the rural communities are not as efficiently served as they should be by existing financial arrangements. The secretary believes there does not appear to be need for unique of special legislation or for leris!ation which shall aim to give the farmer credit cn easier terms than other members of society. What is needed is the creation of conditions and machinery which shall enable him on similar credit foundations to secure money at the same rates as those that prevail for other classes and for other sections. Ik ^orkviUf inquirer. Entered at the Postofflce In Torkvllle as Mall Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE, 8. C.l TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1913. The house of representatives on yesterday passed a resolution calling upon the president to use his influence with the nations of the world to I "..ononolnn nf tho hnildine of Oct U1C Ouo^/vIiotvii V. w warships for one year. President Wilson on yesterday told a committee of women suffragists that while he privately favored the creation of a committee on woman suffrage he did not feel at liberty to make such a recommendation in his message for the reason that he did not care to urge upon congress any proposition that had not received the I nreranic consideration of the party of which he is spokesman. In his annual report to the general assembly advance sheets of which have been received. Superintendent of Education Swearingen recommends the changing of the terms of office of county superintendents to four years and also suggests the desirability of increasing salaries. As to how it is over the state we are not prepared to say; but our judgment is that York county is getting most, excellent service from her superintendent of education for a salary that is not nearly in keeping with the value of the work performed. As one passes through certain portions of the county and notes the large, comfortable old homes that were once occupied by leading citizens now oc cupied by families of negroes, ne cannot fell to be impressed with the seriour.iess of the farm problem. As to what i to be done to improve the siiuat<on, The Enquirer is unable to suggest; but the matter is certainly of enough Importance to engage the most serious attention of our whole people. Lieutenant Col. David DuBose Gaillard, U. S. A., who directed the engineering work in the Culebra cut, died at Johna Hopkins hospital in Baltimore last Friday. Col. Gaillard had been a patient in the hospital since August 17, last, suffering from a growth in the head, the result of seven years' arduous labor in the tropical climate ofr the canal zone. Col. Gulllard was for many years a native of Winnsboro, and went to West Point from that place. His service on the canal' was of the highest character, and in recognition of it congress a few weeks ago promoted him to a iuii comneicy. The Lancaster News says of the appointment of Hon. J. K. Henry to prosecute C. P. Sims, of Spartanburg: "The supreme court has, therefore, appointed J. K. Henry, solicitor of the sixth circuit, to represent the state's interests. No better selection could have been made. Mr. Henry is not only a high-toned Christian gentleman, but an able, upright lawyer, who will discharge the duties devolving uoon him with fearless courage and at the same time will safeguard tht rights of the accused." And the News is exactly right. Of course, we would not say that Mr. Henry is infallible; but there is no question of his integrity or ability. and with him as the prosecutor, me people of the state may depend upon 1 it that this case will be prosecuted. Whatever the outcome, we predict that there will be no just ground for blame on the solicitor. Also we will say that Mr. Henry will prosecute the case strictly on its merits. Public sentiment against carnivals in Greenwood has been very strong for a number of years, but we are safe in stating that at the present time it i is stronger than it has ever been. Ini deed, it has reached the point where it may be said to be intense. How the gates of Greenwood were ever opened to a carnival is a question that no one seems to be able to answer. ' We trust that the newspapers of the country will let it be known that Greenwood is not in the class of towns that favor carnivals. It is just I to her citizens that these facts should be known.?Greenwood Journal. Yes. carnivals are a nuisance, a most expensive nuisance and the best , sentiment of every town in the state is against them; but the question is, ; is that best sentiment strong enough I to hold the carnivals down? Most mu nicipalities are hard run for money. : and with many even the small license ran ho ovacted from a carni val is a tempting consideration. If the ' town governments had jurisdiction ' over carnivals to the extent of giving . or denying permission to operate; but ' without power to exact a license tax. ' the carnival would soon become extinct. There is not a municipal gov ernment in the state that would stand for the carnival business except or. ; account of the little tax involved. The Editor of The Enquirer had oct casion to spend an hour or two in Hickory Grove last Saturday evening ' for the first time in a year or two, and although there was no opportunity to . gather material for an extended re' view of the progress he noted, he was very much impressed with certain . changes that have been made for the better since his last visit. Some of our readers will probably remember that in a previous article, the horrible eon, dition of the streets and sidewalks was noted. This has been remedied by the putting down of several thousand square feet of concrete paving, and now one can walk from the railroad station through the business block. | dry shod where formerly, especially in wet weather, it was necessary to wade through sticky red mud. Also there have been erected quite a number of handsome new buildings, previously mentioned, and the appearance of the little town has been Improved wonderfully. The business peop e generlly appeared to be in good spirits, and the common testimony was that collections have been very good. One significant fact that was noted with satisfaction too, was that farm lands close in to the town are in rather better demand on account of the improved school facilities. In an address before the Charleston Elks last Sunday afternoon, Hon. M. L. Smith of Camden, made a stirring appeal for a better public sentiment in South Carolina in upholding the laws and especially in securing the AU? ?0 u,'~*?~ H'a A lfhAiitrh men sane illy ui iiuiiiau inc. ahmuub.. ...v.. of intelligence can hardly fall to appreciate the need for such a plea or the importance of it, still we fear that .00 many will be disposed to allow It to go unheeded as other similar pleas have been allowed to go unheeded. For years South Carolina has been paying too much attention to the forms of law and too little attention to the spirit thereof. It cannot be denied that in practically every community there are so-called prominent men who overlook and condone wrong in others and who on slight temptation do thpmspivps But worse than this there are men and women who though they can hardly be tempted to do wrong themselves, do not feel called upon to wlthold their countenance of wrong in others. This Is an unhealthy state of afTalrs. We may legislate and legislate until our civil and criminal code grows as big as the | most extensive encyclopedia; but until we get a really correct and healthy public sentiment, the laws will be of but little avail. The law that prevails is the law that is upheld in spiri. rather than in mere form, and to uphold a law in spirit it Is necessary for the so-called best people to really stand for something more than mere lip expression. Men and women who remain silent In the face of what they know to be wrong, or who condemn others for that which they do themselves. will never be the foundation of a righteous sentiment, and until a righteous sentiment is .builded and developed, men will not conduct themselves so as to Inspire and compel the confidence ot their rellowmen. The R. F. D. Service. Observant people who keep track of such matters have not failed to be Impressed with the remarkable development of the rural free delivery service since its establishment in this county about a dozen years ago, and it is not surprising either that many of them should be speculating as to the possibilities of the near future. As originally established, the service was not particularly ambitious. The carriers were allowed about ten dollars a week out of which they had to pay all expenses including horse hire, and really the Job was one that was possessed of but few attractions to people who could find anything else to do. But by degrees the responsibility and the efficiency of the service has been increased, the work required of them has been more than doubled, and now the pay of about $1,000 a year they receive still seems small. But the most interesting thing about this department of public service is the possibilities of its further devel opment. If the benefits of the parcels post system alone were fully appreciated on all the routes, even at this time the present work of the carriers would be doubled, and as It is practically certain that these benefits will eventually assert themselves, there seoms to be no extravagance in the idea that before many years two men will be required to handle the mail on some of the routes in this county. ACCIDENTAL HOMICIDE Attorney General Peoples Kills Negrc Cook in Columbia. Attorney General Thos. H. Peeples killed Robert Marshall the negro cook at the Elk's club in Columbia last Saturday night. The killing was done with an old .45 Colt revolver and was purely accidental. The first news of the tragedy was sent out Saturday night and was published in the papers of Sunday morning. There was no intimation of anything but a lamentable accident and such details as went out were full> corroborated at the coroner's inquesl which was held on Sunday. It appears that as Mr. Peeples was walking around the club counter with the intention of putting the revolvei in a place of safety, Capt. J. H. Weaver, a conductor on the Southern anc a personal friend of Mr. Peeples, asked Mr. Peeples to be allowed to see thi weapon. Mr. Peeples attempted t( hand it over, and as he did so it was discharged, probably from the hammer striking the club counter. Marshall, the cook was standing near, anc the bullet took effect in his head, producing a wound from which he died ir a few minutes. Mr. Peeples was naturally verj much distressed at* the accident, exclaiming, "My God, what have done?" He stated that he felt like blowing his own brains out, and in hi: emotion he wept bitterly. Sheriff Mc Cain was notified and on reacmng im scene formerly took Mr. Peeples int< custody, but because of the fact tha there was no reasonable doubt of thi circumstances, did not take him t< jail. Instead it was arranged that th< distressed man spend the night at th< governor's mansion in charge of s constable. At the inquest, Mr. Peeples explain* ed that on Saturday his mother hac made a trip to Lexington with hei brother, and that as the return \va: to be made with a strange chauf feur, he had placed the pistol in thi car for the use of his mother in case i might be necessary for her protection After his mother returned, Mr. Pee pies went to the Elk's club at about II o'clock with the pistol still in the car Not caring to keep the pistol in thi car he decided to leave it at the club and his friend seeing it in his han< asked permission to examine it, hii curiosity being excited by the fact tha the weapon was of old time pattern Mr. Peeples undertook to hand thi pistol to his friend and as he did s< the hammer probably struck on thi club counter causing the discharge. At the coroner's inquest, Mr. Pee pies was represented by Assistant At torney General Domlnick and thi state was represented by Solieto Cobb. All of the witnesses including a brother of the dead man. wen agreed as to the facts of the killing and the jury of inquest rendered i verdict accordingly. Mr. Peeples however, was bound over for trial a the approaching term of the court o general sessions which convenes ii January. ? The Chester correspondent of thi Columbia State reports that theChes ter Lantern has been sold to Mr. J. E Nunnery. The purchase price is no given. Mr. Nunnery is a graduate o Furman university, and a large farm er of the Wylie's mill section. LOCAL AFFAIRS, V NEW ADVERTISEMENTS W. H. Mixson Seed Co., Charleston-^ Is prepared to supply Simpkins improved prolific cotton seed and offers inducements to early buyers. Ladies of Methodist Church?Invite the public to a fancy work bazaar and dinner and supper next Friday in the new Nichols building. W. E. Ferguson?Is ready to supply gardeners with cabbage plants in any quantity. Eox 355, lock Hill?Has a good fourhorse xarni, in good neighborhood, for rent. W. D. GTlst?Has a gold ring, found Saturday, which owner may have by identifying property and paying for advertisement. W. H. Jones. Mgr., Columbia?Wants teachers for schools at salaries of $35 per month and up. R. R. Allison, Tirzah?Requests parties interested in the suit of Pied-, mont Mutual Fire Ins. Co., against York county people, to meet in the court house on December 15th. G. M. Carroll, Pres.?Invites the public to an oyster supper at Cotton Belt school house, Friday evening. C. M. Miller?Is ready to dye for you, and requests that you let him do it. He promises a good Job. Victor Cotton Oil Co.?Is still in the market for seed and prepared to gin cotton, sell and exchange meal and hulls. Thos. W. Boyd, Co. Suprv.?Gives notice of annual meeting of board of commissioners on January 8th. Shieder Drug Store?Is proud of its holiday lines of gift goods, toys, books, candies, etc., and wants you to bring the little folks. Carroll Bros.?Have reduced price of flour and want to make you prices. They also make remarks about bug gles and wagons. Thomson Co.?On page five gives additional reduced prices on seasonable merchandise and invite attention to Christmas goods. J. J. Keller & Co.?Call on all parties who owe them on account to come and settle. They need money. Kirkpatrick-Belk Co.?On page six calls special attention to its stock reducing Bale and gives prices on staple articles that are seasonable at this time. Palmetto Monument Co.?Wants you to know that it can take care of your business and give satisfaction. Yorkville Bargain House?Gives a lot of special prices on page four and insists that you come and see it for all kinds of seasonable goods. Remedy Sales Corporation?Says Mrs. Persons' remedy has been curing various diseases for twenty years. Cloud Cash Store?Invites attention to its three weeks' sale, now in progress, and mentions several articles for Xmas giftB. See page four. Lyric Theatre?Tomorrow night will present Mlximilllan Robespierre in moving pictures. York Supply Co.?Has new crop N. O. molasses, also home made molasses. Five pound* good coffee for $1. G. W. Whltesldes & Co., Sharon?Sell Waterman fountain pens, and talk about shoes, dry goods. groceries, etc., at right prices. York Drug Store?Asks Christmas shoppers to come and see Its big line of holiday goods. If congress passes the right kind of a rural credit bill, farm conditions will be very much improved. The temperature has dropped since Saturday from fairly cool to bitter cold, and. the weather bureau at Washington reports the same conditions throughout the country. Mr. Ira Hardin, of Blacksburg was in Yorkville yesterday and on being asked as to the location of "Smith's old field," spoken of in "Footsteps of the Fathers," said it was somewhere between Smyrna and Broad river; but as he had not been there for more than fifty years he could not remen^ ber the exact location. "I can tell you, though. It was a beautiful place. It was what was known as the general muster ground. There were musters of the various companies at their respective muster grounds four times a year, and then there was annual muster of all the troops generally at Smith's Old Field. The men would journey to the field from all sections do some drilling, pass in review, listen to speeches from the officers, eat dinner that they would bring with them, and in the afternoon have footraces, wrestling matches, fist-fights and the like. There was always plenty of liquor on hand on these occasions." The Ladies' Aid society of the i Methodist church are to have their i annual bazaar In the vacant store i room of the Nichols new building on Bast Liberty street next Friday, and of course as usual the bazaar will be a most successful and enjoyable affair. But in this connection there has de1 veloped a pretty good joke on somebody, and some people might think the 1 joke on Rev, Henry Stokes; but it is 1 not. It seems that in connection witb his announcements during the service f of last Sunday morning, Rev. Henry 1 Stokes stated, that "one of the papers had advertised the annual bazaar to ' be given in the second story of the Adickes building; but this was a mistake as also was the date as publish I ed. The bazaar is to be held in the r vacant store room in the Nichols new L building and the date is next Friday." After making the announcement Mr. , Stokes looked over the congregation and asked if that was correct. He noticed a number of smiles but th( party who had given him the information nodded approvingly, and he let ii > go at that. After the service one of ' the members went to Rev. Stokes and . explained that the "error" he cor1 rected was one of the notes that The " Enquirer was printing from its files 1 of 1856, under the heading "Footsteps r of the Fathers." Mr. Stokes had a good laugh, and as the result of the incident the bazaar of next Friday, already well advertised, is being advertised still better. ABOUT PEOPLE Mr. James Benfleld of Yorkville R. F. D. No. 3, has moved to Yorkville. Mr. J. E. Clinton of Yorkville R. F. D. No. 3, is able to be out agnoj+tr 1 a severe attack of shingles; Mr. Saye Plexico of 8harg^^H3Ea I position with the Shiedeng^^K|^fi9j| Yorkville. 3 Miss Lula White, th?yMRmHH of Dr. M. W. White of YorWt^( ? quite sick with scarlet fevefr*1 Mrs. C. W. Carroll returned to her hnme in Vnrlfvlllp Snminv niehf after - a visit to relatives in Atlanta, Ga. P Mrs. R. M. Stevenson of Due West, S. C., visited her son Dr. R. E. Steven" son in Yorkville, last week, j Mr. John W. Davidson of Pickens s Miss., has been spending several days t in Yorkville on a visit to relatives, i. D. E. Finley, Jr., of Yorkville, has e been admitted to the practice of law 0 in the courts of this state. p Misses Mary Klugh of Abbeville and Alice McClintock of Ora, S. C., visited - Mrs. W. D. Glenn in Yorkville, last - week. B Mr. and Mrs. John M. Hemphill of Chester, visited the family of Mr. * Robert Wltherspoon in Yorkville this B week. , Dr. Glenn Allison who has been vls, iting Yorkville relatives for the past * month, has returned to his duties at f Trudeau, N. Y. 1 Mr. A. P. Hope, of the Tirzah neighborhood, was stricken with paralysis last Friday. His condition yesterday was critical. I Mr. John J. Carroll and daughter, !_ Miss Leila, left Yorkville, Saturday, i for Greenville, N. C., where they wil: f make their future home. Mr. Jos. E. Hart is in Charleston this week attending the Grand Lolge Ancient Free Masons, as a representative of Philanthropic lodge No. 32, of Yorkvllle. Misses Barnella Millhouse, Esther Fowler, Alva Still and Marie Leech of Limestone college, spent from Saturday to this morning In Hickory Grove, the guests of Miss Leech's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Leech. Rev. and Mrs. Lacey Little, who have been in Philadelphia during the past three morths, arrived in Yorkvllle last .night and will be here for several weeks as the guests of Mrs. W. H. Herndon and Mrs. J. S. Mackorell, Mrs. Little's sisters. Miss Mary Hope Adklns, daughter of W. H. Adklns, of No. 2 Yorkvllle. was operated on for appendicitis at the Fennell infirmary In Rock Hill on last Sunday. The operation Is thought to have been successful and the young 'ady is getting along as nicely as could be expected. "FOOT8TEP3 OF THE FATHERS" The Enquirer is in receipt or a very much appreciated letter from an old subscriber in Rock Hill most heartily commending the matter we have been running on the first page for some weeks past under the heading of "Footsteps of the Fathers," and although for 'reasons that are entirely satisfactory, the writer did not care to have his name used, we will take the liberty of reproducing the substance of the letter, taking away a little that is of no special concern to the public and adding'nothing: "I know this will be a surprise; but I want to let you know how much I enjoy reading, 'The Footsteps of the Fathers.' now being published in The Enquirer. I am getting much pleasure in being able to read of things that happened away back when I was only about 11 years old. Some of the persons mentioned are unknown to me except as I have heard my father speak of them, and many others I became acquainted with after 1856. The Enquirer is the first paper I ever read, and I have continued to read it until the present, except when prevented by unavoidable circumstances. It published my going into the service of the Confederacy. It published my marriage after the war, and, contained a notice of the death of my father. It has also in the years gone by contained many other notices and articles of peculiar personal interest?some good, some sacred and some jrteasant. Al low me to wish the old Enquirer many more days of prosperity and continued usefulness." WITHIN THE TOWN ? A game between the girls' basket ball teams of Yorkville and Clover, played on the Graded school grounds last Friday afternoon, resulted In favor of the Yorkville team by a score of 52 to 27. ? Deaconness Gadsden, superintendent of the Church Home Orphanage, fearing an epidemic of scarlet fever la the institution is asking for help to employ trained nurses in case of necessity. ? A case of scarlet fever developed In one of the children of the first grade of the Graded school last Friday, and the board of health has sent the children of the grade home for a week, along with children of certain other grades who are supposed to have been in more or less close contact with the sick child. ? Edison, the 13-year-old son or Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Wallace, had a leg broken In two places while at play on the graded school grounds last Friday morning. The little fellow's Injuries were looked after as promptly as possible, and although he has been doing as well as could be expected, his suffering has been very severe. ? Mackey Chapter, No. 15, Royal Arch Masons of Yorkville, elected officers last Friday night as follows: O. E. Wllklns, H. P.; A. M. Grist, king; Qulnn Wallace, scribe; J. P. McMurray, secretary; A. T. Hart, secretary. Hhe following were appointed: Jos. E. Hart, P. S.; F". E. Qulnn, C. II.; D. T. Woods, 3d v.; J. Q. Wray, 2d v.; W. S. Willis, 1st v. ? The annual bazaar of the Ladies' Aid society of the Associate Reformed church was held in the Rose hotel building last Friday. The ladies had made extensive preparations in anticipation of the extent, and besides selling fancy work, candy, etc., served two excellent meals, dinner and supper. For dinner there was various kinds of meats, including turkey, chicken and the like, and all that goe with them, and for supper, oysters, salad, 'possum, and a variety of other good things. As a side issue the ladies sold about a hundred tickets to the Lyric theatre on a liberal commission, and altogether the receipts ag gregated close to $180. VICTOR OIL MILL BURNED The linter and press rooms of the Victor Cotton Oil mill were destroyed last Friday night by a fire which came very nearly making a clean sweep of all the company's extensive plant on East Madison street, Yorkville. From the best information obtainable the fire originated in one of the iintpr erins in the main building, and I was discovered by the night superintendent who gave the alarm Immediately at about 9 o'clock. The fire department answered promptly and reached the scene In time to have prevented a great deal of loss except for the difficulty of getting water. The nearest hydrant is more than a thousand feet away, and hy the time a connection was made, the flames had made such headway in the main building, that there was little to be done except to try to save the buildings adjoining. The most serious danger for a time threatened the seed house adjoining the linter room on the east, and this was saved only by the most energetic and Intelligent work on the part of t>e?A|ffiG|^wJ?U?Ml almost as much saving the main that was badly needed riM0ffe had to be diverted to these tanks from time to time to keep the I KccrlnnlnP' tn hlfl7.P UII iiuni ucb"???i?i?0 An empty tank car that was standing on the railroad track between the main building and the reservoir tanks was subjected to intense heat, and the small amount of oil that had been left in the bottom was converted into gas that produced a somewhat alarming but harmless explosion. Great crowds of people, including many ladles and children gathered at the scene of the fire having been attracted by the novelty and excitement and many of them remained for more than two hours watching the firemen doing what they could to save the property. The main building of the Victor Ol! mill was erected in the spring of 1901. and since then there has been various additions to the plant until at the time of the fire it was one of the most extensive nnd complete establishments of the kind in this part of the country. The property was estimated as being worth something like $100,000, and although it has not been practicable to get an accurate estimate as to the probable extent of the fire loss, it was hardly less than $15,000 or $20.000 most of which is probably covered by insurance. Several hundred tons of cotton seed meal in the store room of the mill were saved without being subject to damage except that some of It was slightly wetted. The meal was removed in the fear that it would be burned; but later it was replaced In the rOom from which it was taken. The Victor Oil mill Is generally reckoned as being one of the best managed and most prosperous industrial establishments in Yorkville, and that it will be rebuilt at once Is a practical certainty, though as it will be Impossible to get things In shape to handle any portion of the remainder of the present seed crop, it may be that re-building operations will not be commenced until next spring. BACK FROM THE WAR "Who is the stranger?" asked the reporter of Thomas Chrlstos, the clerk at the Kandy Kitchin yesterday, Indicating a dark skinned, well dressed young man of self-contained appearance, who was evidently a new comer. "That is my brother who has Just returned from fighting the Turks and Bulgarians," said Christos. "I will introduce him if you like." Following the introduction it developed that the young stranger was born in the island of Medelin; but had spent several" of his twenty-two or three years in America. He was working as a hatter in Reading, Penn., when the war broke out between the Balkan allies and Turkey, ana he sailed from New York thirteen months ago with about 2,000 of his fellow countrymen to help the mother country?Greece. He returned to New York on November 28, last and In the meantime has been a participant in some pretty lively doings abroad. Christos said that on reaching Athens, he was assigned to the seventh regiment of the second division under Qen. Sotills, and as this division v/as In all the fighting at Kllkls, Jannina and other bloody struggles, he has plenty to talk about. Speaking of the battle of Kllkls, one of the bloodiest struggles of the war. where the Greeks lost 9,000 men and the Bulgarians at least 20,000, he said It was something awful. The Greeks well knew that they were badly outnumbered, and It was a most desperate case; but King Constantine had told them that it was a matter of win or die, and the men made up their minds to do one or the other. Nobody seemed to think of anything else. The Bulgarians seemed to be in about the same humor, and as their cannon mowed us down for hours, it looked as if they were going to get the best of it; but we thought of nothing but victory and we finally won. Asked as to how he felt while the battle was in progress young Christos said: "That is a hard question to answer. There were times when there was little to be seen except the men falling all around you and often nothing to shoot at in front, and then there was plenty to see in front with the Bulgarians falling like our own men, and occasionally you would figure that your time might be coming next; but you were too busy and too excited to care about that one way or the other." "Although the fighting at Kilkls was about as much as I ever want to get into and a little more, it was not as trykig as the campaign against Ja nlnna. There we were subjected tc everything possible?famine, disease, exposure, artillery fire and rifle bullets. We lost thousands of men, and if we had allowed ourselves to calculate on the chances of winning our cause would have been hopeless.'" Young Chrlstos has no love or respect for the Bulgarians. He says they are as Inhuman as the Turks If not more so, in that they respect neither age nor sex. He says that during the whole period of peace negotiations they were constantly violating the truce. "On one occasion, during the truce, I was one of four hundred men who were stationed in a rough section of country awaiting developments. We were aroused by shots early one morning and got out to find that we were surrounded by about eight hundred Bulgarians. They picked us off like rats. We sent out messengers for help. Some were killed but one got through and when help came we were able to make the enemy run. It was good to see!" Asked as to whether he thought the war was over, Christos said: "It is over for the present; but I have no idea that peace will be permanent. The Bulgarians are not satisfied and Greece will never rest until she gets back Constantinople, which the Turks have held for 557 years. Every Greek boy is raised on the idea that Constantinople must be won back to Greece, and now since we have proved that we are as of good if not better stuff than either the Turks or Bulgarians, that old time teaching means more than it ever did. Greece knows that her enemies are preparing for the future and she la doing the same thing." LOCAL LACONICS. Rock Hill Mason*. Rock Hill Lodge No. Ill, A. F. M., on last Wednesday chose officers for the ensuing year as follows: S. George Moore. W. M.; B. J. White, S. W.; J. B. Shiver, J. W.; V. B. McFadden, T.; H. H. White. S.; S. R. Spencer. S. D.: J. C. Wltherspoon, J. D.; J. W. Westmoreland. Tiler; McCrae Neel> and D. L. McDonald. Stewards. j||^e Court of Common Plsas. ^r'he court of common pleas has been engaged ^slnce yesterday on the case of the Catawba Press Brick company vs. the Seaboard Air Line railway, the controversy being over the alleged dilatory and unbusinesslike manner In which the defendant furnished certain cars to the plaintiff for the shipment of brick. The plaintiff claims to have sustained heavy damages through the fault of the defendant and is trying to recover the same. The probability Is that the court will be engaged on Calendar 1 for the balance of the week, and the understanding is that one or two days of next week will e devoted to Calendar 2. York Boy Badly Hurt. A telegram was received n Yorkville yesterday, bearing news of serious injuries to Mr. Hugh J. Nell, the result of a gasoline explosion in a packing house near Ocala, Fla. Mr. Nell, who is the son of Mr. W. N. Neil of Yorkville R. F. D. 5, left Yorkville about two weeks ago to take i position in an orange packing house in Florida. Details as to the cause of the explosion and the extent of Mr. Neil's injuries are very me?.gie, but another telegram received thia morning stated that his condition is very grave. Mr. John Neil, a brother of the unfortunate young man, left for the scene of the accident yesterday. Death of John F. Jefferye. Mr. John F. Jefferys died suddenly at the home of Mrs. J. E. Castles in Spartanburg last Saturday morning at 7 o'clock. He had been suffering from a weak heart for several years, and this was the cause of his death. Mr. Jefferys was a son of the late J. Ed Jefferys, and was born in Yorkvil!e, 66 years ago. As a boy he saw service in the Civil war, and after the war he married Miss Sallie. a sister of Mr. D. M. Hall, of No. 1, Yorkville. He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Ossie Jefferys Hare, of Greensboro, N. C., and three sisters as follows: Mrs. W. M. Webster, of Cowpens; Mrs. Janie Parish of Tirzah; Mrs. Maggie May, of Filbert. The funeral took place in Spartanburg, on Sunday afternoon. East and Wast Road. r?nt at TUcWnrv Grove last Satur day a representative of The Enquirer happened upon a bunch of citizens who were discussing the recent action of the county board of commissioners in deciding that after the completion of the north and south road the chaingang be removed to the road between Yorkvilie and Rock Hill. The proposition did not seem to meet with approval. All were united in the belief that the western part of the county had not had its share of the chaingang, and the assertion was made that of ail the roads in the county the road between Yorkvilie and Rock Hill had already gotten the greatest benefit of the chaingang. One man expressed u as his opinion that the best thing to do with the chalngang was to abolish It, and while one other agreed there was no general expression on the subject. The conversation continued until one of the parties to It said that the whole north and south road proposition was little else than political clap trap that did not contain a semblance of fairness or Justice, and then the meeting broke up. MERE MENTION A firebug arrested at Winona, Minn, told the police that he fired thirty buildings that he might hear the "clanging of the fire gongs." Following the great floods sweeping across central and southern Texas, the state board of health Is taking every precaution to prevent an epidemic of typhoid fever A Blnghampton, N. Y., couple re-married the other day after being divorced twenty years, following twenty years of married life....The chief orchard Innt Mtuamiri ofltlmfltfM t hp an nual damage done by Insects in that state at $30,000,000....... ."We are as merchandise, instead of officers in the courts of Justice," said a San Francisco lawyer to his associates at a meeting of the California Bar association; "we are as merchandise bought and sold. We are employed to distort and conceal the truth, and even in some cases to make away with the law and the truth." Under the State game laws protecting the animals, deer are said to be becoming so plentiful in Connecticut as to be a menace to automobillst8 driving at night, the deer being attracted to the highways by the headlights... .Walter Lilly, aged 50 yearsj a pushcart coal peddler of Minneapolis, Minn., has inherited a fortune of $340,000 left him by his father eight years ago, during which time Lilly has been sought all over the country A Cincinnati, O., preach-) er says that cooking is the biggest single business in the United States and estimates that $14,000,000,000 are annually spent tor food... .Mrs. Mary Rock, aged 73 years, died at Cham-j bersburg, Pa., Thursday after having lived for 66 years on milk, water, coffee and candy For the first time since the Civil war the enlisted strength of the United States navy is now over the 50,000 mark, the actual total of enlisted men being 50,136 Heavy snow storms have prevailed in Kansas and Colorado during the past few days. In the vicinity of Cripple Creek. Col., in places the snow is fifteen feet deep. All kinds of business Is at a standstill in Denver Montgomery Ward, who was the pioneer in the mail order business, died at his home In Chicago, last Sunday. He was 70 years of age and his fortune is estimated at $15,000,000. SOUTH CAROLINA NEW8 ? Attorney General Peoples has announced his appointments of clerks in tthe engrossing department as follows: 'Miss Henrietta Kohn, Orangeburg; Miss Ida Groves, Blackville; Miss Virginia Cooper, WIsacky; Miss Mabel Bowman, Sumter; Miss Frances Harper, Darlington; Miss Ethel Thrift, Columbia; Miss Lillian Hughes, Columbia; Miss Susie White, Fort Mill; Miss Maggie Foster, Gaffney, R. F. D. No. 4; Miss Ruby Foster, Newberry; Miss Kate A. Schroeder, Abbeville; Miss Henrietta Baker, McClellanvlUe; Miss Carolina Vance, Anderson; Mr. ^ TT *-*1 . Iflnn ueorge n. oiiuipe, j^umuuu, anao Ruth Dewltt Tompkins, Edgefield; Miss Mary H. Dusenburg, Florence. ? Columbia special of December 6, to Charlotte Observer: The supreme court is asked to issue a mandamus to Governor Blease to order an election on tl question of the annexation of a part of Lexington county to Richland county. The petition filed tonight by citizens of the New Brookland section puts it squarely up to the supreme court to rule on the mooted question of whether or not the governor can be "mandamused" by the supreme court. The petition claims that the ordering of the election is a ministerial duty of the chief executive, in which he has no choice but to obey when the requirements are met, and also charges that there were influences at work against the annexation and that this caused the commission and the governor to turn down the petition. ? Barnwell special of December 8, to the Columbia State: In less than one weke after Scott Madison fired the shot that killed E. Peyton Best, a well known merchant of Barnwell, he heard the sentence of death passed. The negro was tried in the court of general sessions here today and on conviction this afternoon Judge Gage| sentenced him to die in the electric chair between Friday. December )9. and Monday. December 22. Gilbert Miller was declared guilty of assault and battery and was sentenced to serve 30 days on the county chaingang. Mr. Best was killed on the night of December 3. These two ne groes, WI1U wcic milieu lu uic OUIK penitentiary last Thursday, following the finding of a verdict by the coroner's jury of inquest, were brought back to Barnwell this morning to face) the charge of murder. They were es-1 corded from the depot to the court houi-e by a large number of special deputies. There was absolutely no attempt made, however, to take the prisoners from the officers and It Is apparently the desire of everyone here to let the law take its course. When the accused men were being marched down the street, the wife and one of the sisters of the murdered man were standing on the sidewalk, and they, with tears in their eyes, turned and watched the negroes who had so cruelly robbed them of husband and brother. The court room was packed when the case was called for trial, but the best of order was kept. Fourteen members of the grand jury, of which body Mr. Best was a member at the time of his death, answered to their names. They were handed the indictment and in a short time returned a true bill. The accused men entered a plea of not guilty. No trouble was experienced in the selection of a jury and the examination of witnesses was begun immediately. AT THE CHURCHES. BAPTIST. Prayer meeting Wednesday evenlng at 7.30 o'clock. ASSO. REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN Prayer meeting Wedneeday afternoon at 4 o'clock. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN. No prayer meeting this week. jtyetial Notices. Beeraheba. There will be a meeting of the officers of Beersheba church next Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock. F. Ray Riddle, Pastor. Oyster 8upptr. ^ At Bethel School House next Friday night, beginning at 7 o'clock. The public Is Invited. It Miss Lottie Belle Simril, Teacher. Bazaar at Bethany. The Ladies' Aid Society of Bethany A. R. P. church will hold a fancy work bazaar and clipping tree at the school house next Friday night M Committee. Card or mantes. We desire to make this public expression of our appreciation of the kindness of the good neighbors and friends who have been so kind to us In connection with the illness of our <4 beloved wife and mother. S. W. Thomas and family. Bsthsl Improvement Association. Will meet at Concord church on Friday, December 12, at 2 o'clock p. m. Dr. M. J. Walker will speak on Sanitation and Hygiene, and Mr. John R. Blair will talk on subjects of interest. The public is Invited. 97 2t T. N. Dulin, President "Alfalfa in South Carolina" Is the title of Circular No. 19. pre pared by A. O. Smith, the alfaltB expert of the U. S. department of agriculture, In charge of the work in South Carolina, and published by the 8outh Carolina experiment station of Clemson Agricultural college. There are 32 pages, all filled with valuable Information for those who have already planted alfalfa or who expect to j do so. Sam M. Grist, secretary of the " Yorkville Alfalfa Growers' association, has a supply of the circular on hand and will furnish a copy to each applicant so long as they last. No 8uit Against Col. Wardlaw. TTVlUnr VnrlrvUIn T?n mil en t* tAilVUI J. VJi IV V ? I A^llV^Ul* Oi In your report of common pleas court there appears the suit of "First National Bank vs. J. O. Wardlaw et al." with verdict thereon for plaintiff for $159.95. This is correct so far as the record was concerned, but is Incorrect from the facts in the case. y * This suit was on a note of the Tork Cotton Mills to the First National Bank on which Col. Wardlaw with others, was an endorser, but Col. Wardlaw and one other endorser promptly paid their pro rata of their ^ liability as endorser, and Judgment will be asked for and entered up J against the two endorsers only who failed to contribute their part of the liability of the endorsers. John R. Hart, Atty. First National Bank. OBITUARY. Died?At the home of her nephew Mr. O. B. Berry in the Hopewell section on the 5th Instant, Miss MARY > BERRY, aged about 70 years. The burial took place at Sharon on Saturday afternoon. She dfotlon JRarhet. < (December 9, 1919).. . t< 1..Cotton Seed Clovfer ; 191 40 Sharon .... 131 50 (32 lbs). Hickory Grove .... ... 131 45 Guthriesvllle ..191 40 McCOnnellsville 131 45 Yorkvllie 131 42 Rock Hill 131 45 Tlrzah 1S| 42 FOEREHT ^ ONE nice Four horse Farm located in a good neighborhood, about 6 miles southeast of Rock Hill. Address BOX 355, Rock Hill. S. C. - ^ FOUHD IN Yorkvllie last Saturday morning, qp a Gold Ring. Owner can have It on satisfactory Identification by paying for this advertisement. 92-2t-t W. D. GRIST. OYSTER SUPPER AT Cotton Belt School House next FRIDAY NIGHT from 6 to 10. under auspices of School Improvement Association. Everybody invited. rt M CARROT.I. President. 98-lt*-t STILL IK THE MARKET WE Will continue to gin cotton, buy Seed, Sell and Exchange Meal and HullsVICTOR COTTON OIL Co. 98-2t-L NOTICE ALL Parties interested in the suit of the Piedmont Mutual Fire Ins. ?p Co., against various York County Policy Holders, are requested to meet at the York County Court House on MONDAY, DEC. 15, at 11 O'clock. R. R. ALLISON and other Policy Holders. 98-ltlL SOUTHERN TEACHERS' AGENCT TEACHERS with certificates wanted Immediately for the following positions in good Graded or Rural Schools:?3 at $60; 6 at $50; 8 at $45; J 11 at $40; 7 at $35. Direct from school officials. Special enrollment. Act im uicuia icij . W. H. JONES. Mgr., Columbia. 8. C. 98-3t-t. I'LL DYE FOR YOU IF YOU want me to: but please remember that after I have done a good job, and you have expressed Your satisfaction, I will ~taf around to collect the bill. YES, I will dye most anything for You and will do it right. C. M. MILLER. Prop. Sanitary Electric Pressing Club MAXIMILLIAN ROBESPIERRE GENIUS OF FRENCH REVOLUTION AT THE LYRIC. Wednesday Night, Dec, 10 THIS Historic Drama la presented In THREE REELS, and is without doubt one of the most costly and lavish productions being shown in Moving Pictures. William Shay appears in the title role and is supported by a strong cast throughout. The drama begins with the early lift of Robespierre, and shows how his romantic love Influenced his remark- < able career which ended on the guil'otine and changed the tread of civ lllzatlon for an time. It is a wonderful play of Interest to . everybody, and of especial Interest to jk people who are familiar with the history of the dreadful times In which Robespierre lived. Programme of the Weak. Tuesday?The Blindness of Courage. a fine three reel feature. Wednesday?Maximllllan Robespierre. Thursday?A Forest Romance In two reels and "A Vegetarian Dream." ^ Friday?"Alge Forfeits His Claim," "Mother," "The Light Woman." Saturday?"The Shells," "Doreathea and Chief Razamataz," "Poisoned Water." Theatre Is comfortable and is disinfected every night. , Admission 5 and 10 cents. w J. L. McMANUS, Manager.