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YORKVILLE ENQUlWIW. ISSUED 8EMI-WEEHLT. l.m grist's sons, PaMuher.. } % 4amilS lletcspaper,: ^or th? promotion of (he floiitigal, Social, Agricultural and Commercial interests oj th< geopl*. | r"',,^^vlriTi!?Mw?'Ct' ESTABLISHED 1855. YORK?ILLE, P. O., SATURDAY, DECEMBER ^1913. N"Q. 101. The ^ Novelized from the Excit BY BERTRAM Copyright, 1912, by Cecil Raleigh with the Drury Lane Company Uns, managing director of the mmmmmmmmmmmmmammmmmmmmmam CHAPTER MI. Who Got the Stable Secrets and How. SgM-;^r All the morning Captain GreviUe Sartoris. the cousin of Lady Diana - ??mT the heir to the Beverley title, though the fortune would go to the ^ marquis' grand-daughter, had led the greater part of the house party in an otter hunt. Now, with the hounds that they had taken for their rather tame hunt in full cry, they were pursuing a large J- 1 3 she otter the nounus ?nu . Through the open the little creature! fled, followed by the yelping pack, not! that, of course, with which Lady DI-1 ana had run, and the party of men and I women on foot with their savage ot- I ter spears. The animal had found its courses j f along the little stream no longer In I their accustomed solitude, so-now the! animal seemed to feel that there I would be safety in going toward the I spots never deserted. In any event she broke cover com- I r pletely and made for the kennels and stables, still, however, keeping close I to the east bank of the Bourne. Across the stable yard the small I pursued object went in an effort to I get far enough away to make a dive I into a deep pool there. Over the re- I malning walls and other obstacles in their path leaped the men of the par-1 ty. Sartoris was first, but after he I had made one frenzied lunge with his I spear he realized that the otter had ' ?. escaped. With an exclamation of anger he r burled his spear in tfie ground and I then looked up to find the amused but I more scornful eyes of his cousin upon I him. "Don't, Grevllle. it's horrible!" ex- I claimed she strongly, while her grand- I father was showing the fox hounds and some of his famous racing string to the visitors. "What is?" Sartoris asked, not re- I allzing that the girl was condemning I a pastime that he regarded as sport. I "Otter killing?like that?otter I ' hunting," she answered. "But you like fox hunting." went on I Sartoris in the bland tones of surprise | of the Englishman of his wiry type. I wi th his wisp of a mustache and his I ^ weak appearing figure, which hid con- I siderable skilled strength. "You like J to see a draggled, beaten fox torn to I pieces alive." "No, I don't," interupted the girl. "But it's done," went on the man. "I know," said the girl. "That's why I if I were a man I'd ride nothing but I steeplechases. I love a run best when the fox gets clean away. I love a race with neither whip nor spur! I love * sport?and in the best sport there's no pain!" It was for such speeches as that? fand actions, too?that they called Lady Diana, "the cleanest sportswoman in all England." "Not if you're beaten?" questioned the cousin. "Not if you played fair," said the girl. Her cousin was moved to reveal, almost unconsciously, some of that queer sporting philosophy which sustained him in the somewhat questionable practices which were already being commented upon in his London clubs. "I confess I have a weakness for winning," he said with an air of frankness. "Whatever the odds in your favor, there is a certain pleasure in r pursuit?in getting home." As to give emphasis to his words he drove the head of his spear into the ground. He raised his eyes and, with a start, found Myrtle Anson, the ^ young sister of Harry Anson, the Whip's Jockey, near him. She had come quietly into the yard, and, as if moved by an impulse of her budding woman's heart that she could not entirely control, had gone straight toward Sartorls. Lady Diana had not seen the girl, for the back of the marquis' granddaughter was turned to the more humble young woman. For a moment Sartoris regarded the girl, then with a slight move of his . shoulders he turned away. Myrtle Anson. seemingly cut to the heart, sank on a rock at the edge of the stream and continued to watch him with eyes ^ of love. This little bit of byplay had taken but a moment, and while it was taking place and Sartoris was still eyeing the sister of the jockey she was replying to his last observation. "There's pleasure in getting home? On a weak thing that can't defend itself?or strike back?" Her words seemed to the sick conscience of Sartoris to hold a double entendre, and he looked sharply at his ^ cousin. "Eh?" he exclaimed suspiciously and expectantly. t-...4 t ~ j.. ,?hn Via /I nritifdfl 13UI i^iaua, n?v nothing and was but speaking of the ^ immediate object before them, went on: "I mean a weak thing like an otter. In sport there must be a fair chance." It was with genuine relief that Sartoris answered: "I know, but I prefer lowest weight in life's handicap?a shade of odds in t my favor, when I'm trying to win. But you're a girl and mix sentiment with your sporting." The women of the house party now claimed the attention of Lady Diana, and they called upon her to explain from her stores of "horse wisdom" the points of some of the racers. About them during this time hovered the anxious marquis. He had ordered The Whip put in a locked box stall, and not even the most charming entreaties of the fairest of his guests could induce him to unlock the door. * With a furtive glance about him, Sartoris walked toward Myrtle Anson sitting like a lowly muse of tragedy by the Bourne. This quick glance of Sartoris was by no means a preeauk tion, for he knew that the few words ^ that he might publicly exchange with the pretty sister of the jockey would Whip ing Play of Same Name. D BABCOCK and Hamilton by arrangement of America and Arthur ColDrury Lane theatre of London. not cause any comment, but his act was one of instinct. There was something furtive and almost sinister about this sportsman who took care to win when he could without causing too much of a scandal, and his rapid survey of the positions of his equals was his tribute to his own caution. But the first words he spoke to the girl were ordinary enough. He disliked "emotion and all that sort of nonsense, you know," and he did not often exhibit it. "Morning, Miss Anson. Been bota, izing again?" he asked, lifting his hat and pointing to a leather case she carried slung over her shoulder. "Yes," said the girl in a dull monotone. "Up on the world?" he asked, lowering his voice with that cautions instinct, though there was no one to hear them. "Where I could see the world," said the girl, meaning creeping betwen her words. "With glasses?" he persisted. For answer the girl showed him a pair of field glasses concealed in the case. "Anything worth seeing?" Bitterly she replied: "No; opponents Silver Shoe, Rover and The Whip?a striding gallop, but nothing like a trial." There was that in her voice which would have told an expert in human nature that the girl despised herself for what she was doing, but that she w if *mgg?g| r\ * \ / v , ? *l?n't that for you to say? Haven't you promiaed?" could not resist the demands of this man. But the cousin of Lady Diana did not honor the girl with the slightest concern for her feeling. He was thinking only of the horses and of how many times he had won handily because of some bit of stah'e information he had been able to extract from the girl. "I wonder if their dark horse is worth anything?" he went on. his gambler's sense playing in and out of a series of calculations as to odds and weights. "What a pile one could win if one knew! Twenty to one! Look here. Myrtle, you can pump your brother, if you like. He must know." "He won't tell." said the girl, almost sullenly. The tone of the captain was kinder, now that he had found something that the girl could do for him. "You can make him," he said. "I can't," she answered, her breast rising and falling. "I believe he sus pects"? "You?" "You." "Me?" exclaimed Sartoris. There was self loathing, accusation and defiance of all the world in the girl's face. "You and me," she said slowly, but almost savagely. But if he felt any impending danger at her words Sartoris did not show it. There was almost bantering humor in his face, which gave place to stupor as the girl hurried on in little panting gasps: "My brother used to tell me everything. When he told me stable secrets I told you. I have been a traitor to him?and a traitor to them all. I have betrayed Lady Di, whom I love. I have sold out Lord Beverley, who gave us a home and everything we have in the world, and I have forgotten all that and have sold him out? sold him out for nothing at all, nothing in the whole wild world. A girl only does that for one reason, and my brother knows that." With white fury Sartoris turned upon her. For a moment it seemed as though he would hurl the heavy spear in his hand at the girl. "You've told him?" he demanded savagely. Myrtle faced him bravely, but in a moment her head dropped. "No. I haven't turned traitor to you, Greville," she said brokenly. Into the whole manner of the captain there came a great change. He was as near to pltty as his shallow nature ever permitted as he said fervently: "Of course you haven't, little Myrtle." Instantly the jockey's sister moved closer to him. He took one quick step backward, and his tone became lighter as he hurried on to bridge the gap of emotion: , "But come now, don't talk heroics ?about the traitor and things. Beverley never bets. If the wild world knew his stable secrets it would do no -harm. If you give me a tip or two ?heaven knows I want it badly enough?who's hurt?" "I am," said the 'girl, much of her resistance gone because of his few kindly words of the moment too soon passed. "And I shan't do it again." "Nonsense! You will tell me when The Whip's tried." "I shan't be here to see." "No." "No. I can't stay here much longer. I dare not" "Nonsense! Where will you go?" "Isn't that for you to say? Haven't you promised. Satorls shrugged his shoulders and then became aware that Harry Anson was standing near the main door of the stables with anxious, speculative eyes upon him. He left Myrtle and strolled toward the stable. His eyes " ? ? * j i?**a w a lor a momeni ioukcu neeuiy m?.u me face of the boy, and then with a sudden, unwilling movement of his head, he turned aside, unable, despite his wonderfully customary self control, to face the brother of Myrtle. Lord Beverley was worried over something the women of his granddaughter's house party had told him. They had described the course of the otter hunt, and this description had displeased him exceedingly, though he was at much pains not to let the women see It. But straight to Captain Satoris, whom he instinctively disliked, though he tried to overcome that leeling, he went. "Greville," exclaimed the marquis, "I'm afraid from what I hear that you went trespassing this morning." "Oh, did we?" exclaimed Satoris lightly, not attaching much importance to the opinions of the racing marquis upon any subject. "Yes, rrom Deyona ine oena wnere the Bourne winds through the Brancaster property," Beverley continued, in a modified tone. "Of course?so it does," answered Satoris. "Well, wc Jidn't go far. Surely it doesn't matter. As a neighbor Brancaster wouldn't object." Beverley frowned as he went on in his ponderous and bombastic tone: "He's a neighbt to whom I object; certainly not one from whom I'd ask favors. One of the women of the house party, Lady Antrobus, had overheard the two men use the name Brancaster. Of Lady Antrobus it had been said that "she rushed in where?well, you know, my dear." Her shrewdish curiosity made her anxious to know what they were saying of Brancaster, so, despite the breeding of her line, she interjected herself into the conversation. "Lord Brancaster will have to sell the Rievers for a song If he goes on racing so desperately," she said. She was an old neighbor of the marquis, and her chance touching upon a hobby of Beverley aroused his ire. "Pardon me," said he, "betting so desperately. Gambling is not racing." "He's a wonderfully cool gambler," went on the chatty tongue of his feminine neighbor. "I saw him at Sandown last autumn betting over the rail with all the bookmakers on the other side ranging at him like a pack of wolves." Satoris himself had taken the other end of some of these bets, and his smile was rueful as he put in: '"With Kelly, the Levianthan, leading them, hurling the odds at his head in thousands." It was plain that Lady Antrobus, KoH lrnnwn nf Rra nnq Qfpr si r?PP he was a boy, had rather a sort of admiration for him. "And he never turned a hair," she went on. "I believe he loves the excitement." The failure of the plan of the faither of Lady Diana and of Brancaster left a deep bitterness in the heart of Beverley, though his bark was worse than his bite. The marquis felt that a man of his own position and morality owed it to the world to point out every "horrible example," even if that example were the son of an old family friend, "for how otherwise can the rising generation get the proper moral perspective?" he had asked more than once. So now he did not hesitate, though he was well aware that his utterances would place him in the light of seeming rather less of a gentleman than he was in the minds of those who might not understand his real feeling in this ana reiuieu muuers. "He won't love paying for It," he said, "and for his other follies"? Even Beverley felt that he was going too far. But the mind of Lady Antrobus was alert for any bit of gossip. "Are they so very costly?" she continued, hoping to open the doors of the marquis* indignation. But Lord Beverley glanced at Lady Diana, not very far off. Then he coughed as he returned hesitatingly: "Hem?er?I have heard so." Fuel to what she felt was a flame about to expire the voluble neighbor of Falconhurst added: "I've only met him once," she said, with the air of one contradicting the marquis, "and I thought he'd charming manners and was quite good looking. Every youngster must sow his wild oats, you know, my dear marquis." Lady Antrobus had partially succeeded. Beverley did not, it is true, add to her fund of knowledge regarding the escapades of Brancaster, but he did express his own opinion most forcibly, though in his somewhat stilted phrase. "Certainly, let him sow all the wild oats he wishes," he said, "but not In my garden. If you women of position in social England did your duty a boy like Brancaster would be cut. Yes, and we men are just as much to blame, too, for we should cut him for your sakes. We smile too much and look the other way In these days. Many a youngster would be saved from perdition if his elders only spoke out as men and gentlemen should speak, as I myself would speak to Brancaster, if he ever came near here. "If we all acted as we should In regard to these spendthrift boys and these wastrels more than half of them would turn from their folly and become worthy of their ancestors. If Brancaster ever came to Palconhurst I would not hesitate to say to him, I'While my women folk live in my house you ' are not welcome within 11. Lady Antrobus sighed at thought of the young earl, who was so unwelcome In the home of the friends of his father. She might have returned to the attack, but at this moment a loud cry from Captain Rayner, one of the men of the house party, drew the attention not only of her, but of Beverly and all the rest. (To be Continued.) WHOLESALE CONFISCATION Gen. Villa Take* Millions of Creel and Terrazaa. Juarez, Mexico, December 16.?AH the property of Louis Terrazas, Sr., Enrique Creel and Joaquin Creel, including banks, mines, vast areas of lands, thousands of head of cattle, homes and personal effects, were ordered confiscated to the rebels in an official decree issued by Gen. Francisco Villa today. Mr. Terrazas, now a reiugee m me United States, Is one of the richest men in Mexico. His holdings of about two-thirds of the state of Chihuahua are said to place him among the most extensive landholders of the world. The combined estate of the Terrazas and the Creel brothers, his nephews, is valued at many millions of dollars. Enrique Creel was formerly ambassador from Mexico to the United States. General Villa's decree. Issued at Chihuahua City, was sent to Juarez and given out officially. It was Intended as a notice that should the revolution succeed neither the Terrazas nor the Creel families would be allowed any indemnity for their losses. The decree accuses the Creels and the Terrazas family of "witholding taxation and of fomenting the treacherery of Orozco and Huerta," and states that the property shall be given to the widows and orphans caused by bloodshed among the Mexicans. All contracts made with the Creels and Terrazas since February 18, 1913, are declared void, T *' ? r " ? ~ ?n T? a1/1 a/vn /\ 9 t n uuis lericiscuj, oiM ciucov. ov?? w*. tuv land owner. Is held prisoner at Chihuahua and the rebels have appropriated to their use as much of the movable property as they could seize. Efforts were made by rebel leaders working directly with General Villa, today to effect some sort of settlement in regard to the property of the expelled Spaniards. It was said that a proposal was made to invoice all the property and to allow the claims to rest against the rebel government. General Villa replied he was willing to pay for the property in so-called Constitutionalist money, which the Spaniards declared to be worthless. Two hundred more refugees, including Americans and Spaniards, reached El Paso from Chihuahua to day. Among the arrivals was Mrs. Marion Letcher, wife of the United States consul at Chihuahua. Mrs. Letcher said if the consul had been prevented by Villa from sending cipher messages to Washington as had been reported by refugees, she had not heard of it. Threatened with an attack at Chihuahua by federals, reported to have advanced northward from Torreon, General Villa today dispatched 2,000 rebels as an advance guard to head off the federal troops. The decision of the federal troops to show greater aggressive action was believed to have resulted from the fact that the rebels had to scatter their forces in following General Mecardo's retreat. Villa has about 3,000 soldiers in the vicinity of OJlnaga and 2,000 in Juarez, which leaves him less than 5,000 in Chihuahua. With Torreon, an important railroad center, directly south of Villa's present positions, the federals have a base from which the rebels believe a movement toward Chihuahua has begun. ? Columbia State, December 13: Five companies of the national guard of South Carolina are to be mustered out jf service by order of the governor, who is ex-offlclo commander-in-chief. The order sent to Adj. Gen. Moore esterday follows a conference of the tanking officers of the national guard held PYiday night. The companies at Bennettsvllle, Conway and Barnwell, are to be mustered out and new companies mustered in. In another order it was stated that the Chesterfield company is ') be replaced by a comi any to be mustered in at Cheraw. i'he governor in his letter said that a new company is to be mustered in at Woodruff. This company it is said will take the place of the Bamberg company. The companies mustered out failed to pass re-inspection by the United States war department. The governor yesterday addressed the following letter to Adj. Gen. Moore: You will please issue orders at once nusterlner out Conmanies E. Second infantry, at Bennettsville; H., Third infantry, at Conway; E, Third infantry, at Barnwell, and I, Third infantry. at Bamberg. Also issue proper orders mustering in a company at Woodruff, assigning it to First infantry. You will please write the company commanders at Bennettsville. Conway and Barnwell, that they will be given until December 18, 1913, to re-organize, and urge upon them the importance of immediate action. You ill please call to their attention that they must have their petitions signed by three officers elected by the comany, and forty enlisted men, and have all papers in the hands of the adjutant general by December 18, or companies will be organized elsewhere and admitted in their places. A comtliance with circular 8 requires that he brigade be completed by January 1. 1914." ? ?' The man who hitches his horse to a fine shade tree ought to be condemned to holding the hitching strap in his teeth until he learns better. FOOTSTEPS OF THE FATHERS As Traced Id Early Files ol The Yorkrllle Enquirer NEVS AND VIEWS OF VESTE1DAV Bringing Up Records of the Past and Giving the Younger Readers of To- .. day a Pretty Comprehensive Knowl, edge of the Things that Most Concerned Generations that Have Gone Before. The first Installment of the notes I appearing under this heading was rublished In our Issue of November 14, | 1913. The notes are being prepared I by the editor as time and opportunity i permit Their purpose is to bring 1 Into review the events of the past for ' the pleasure and satisfaction of the i older people and for the entertainment ahd instruction of the present genera- , tion. Having commenced with the year 185G. It is the desire of the editor t<$ present from the records, a truthful and accurate picture of conditions as they existed immediately preceedlng the Civil war. This will be followed by a review of the war period, including the names of York county soldiers who went to the war singly and in companies, and then will follow the events of the re-construction period and the doings of the Ku-Klux. All along the editor will keep in mind incidents of personal interest, marriages and deaths of well known people, weather events and general happenings out of the ordinary. In the meantime persons who may desire further information about matters that may f hive been only briefly mentioned are invited to call at the office of the editor and examine the original records. ELEVENTH INSTALLMENT ] Thursday, April 9, 1857?At a recent meeting of Bethel Temperance I division the following persons were 1 elected officers for the ensuing quar- ( ter: J. T. Harvey. W. P.; Wm. J. < Stone, W. A.; J. Leander Adams, R. S; ' T. L. Howe, A. R. S.; John-Craig, F. j S.; W. A. Currence, T; B. Q. Brown, Hunter, P. W. P. j < Cotton is selling at from 11 to 13.35. 1 \ Thursday, April 16, 1857.?At a late 1 meeting of Rock Hill division the following officers were elected for the present term: H. Simpson, W. P.; J. i A. Furguson, W. A.; J. P. Johnston, 1 R. S.; S. W. Robertson, A. R. S.; H. F. 1 Broach, F. S.; J J. Mills, T.; R. S. i Neely, C.; J. T. Black. A. C.; J. B. Steele, I. S.; W. D. Phillips. O. S.; J. A. Alston, P. W P.; J. G Richards, l chaplain. t 1 At a late meeting of Centre Dlvi- 1 8lon, Sons of Temperance, the follow- J ig persons were elected for the present term: A. G. Lawrence, W. P.; James F. Adams, W. A.; Dr. A. P. C. ' Campbell, R. S.; Joseph W. Beam- 1 gj.iard, A. R. S.; James M. Harvey, F. S.; James J. Howe, T.; Wm. F. Jack- 3 son, C.; W. E. Adams, A. C.; W. W. McArthur, I. S.; W. W. Lynn, O. S.; ' S. B. Thomasson, P. W. P. ' We have received from Secretary R J. Gage, Esq., of Fair Forest, P. O., ' a "Premium List of the State Agrl- * cultural society for the second annual ' fair to be held in Columbia on the 10th ' 11th, 12th and 13th of November, < 1857." * Thursday, April 30, 1857.?A meet- 1 ing of the citizens of Yorkville was 1 held in the court house on Monday ( evening last, for the purpose of listen- ( ing to an adress by Col. Alpheus Bak- ' er, of Alabama, on the affairs of * Kansas. On motion of R. Springs Moore, 1 Esq., Col. R. G. McCay was called to 1 the chair. J. H. Black was requested ' to act as secretary. The chairman then introduced the ' HlatlnDiilshaH nrotnr Pnl Rakpr to the ' house, and In a few appropriate remarks stated the object of the meeting and the Importance of the cause which he came to advocate. Col. Baker arose and addressed the audience for an hour and a half and at the close of the eloquent oration, on motion of Edward Moore, Esq., a committee was appointed to make a collection forthwith. Messrs. Miller. Adams and Clawson composed the committee, and in a few moments a handsome collection was taken up. On motion of John L. Miller, Esq., the chairman was authorized to appoint a committee to collect funds throughout the district. The following gentlemen were placed on the committee: John M. Ross. Dr. L. P. Barnett, B. T. Wheeler, Dr. R. T. Allison, Robert Whltesides, S. G. Brown, Esq., T. P. Black, A. Hardin, Capt. J. M. Bird, Wm. C. Black, Meek McElwee, S. H. Anthony, Dr. A. P. C. Campbell, Dr. ' J. B. Hunter, J. L. Adams, Thos. Given, S. A. McElwee, B. C. Pressley, John Watson, B. F. Rawllnson, H. F. Broach, Wm. P. Thomasson, D. D. Moore, John S. Bratton, Capt. Alfred Moore, G. L. McNeel, Wm. B. Russell, J Dr. John Crosby; Maj. Robert Llnd- , say, Maj. Z. D. Burris, A. B. Springs, J. M. White and Dr. Joseph Stewart. The committee was requested to meet In Yorkvllle next Monday, salesday to lay in concert a plan of action I and it Is hoped that one at least from < each neighborhood will attend. < * ? * Runaway.?From the subscriber the 1 middle of February, his bricklayer ' JIM who is supposed to be in one of 1 the upper districts of the state, hav- 1 ing been seen with a ticket written by | some one to pass him. Said Jim is a brown man about 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high, with full beard when he left. All persons are cautioned against employing said slave. A reward of ten dollars will be paid for him or such information as will enable me to get him. Thos. Davis. Columbia, April 30. Thursday, May 7, 1857.?The weather proved so unfortunate that there were no sales of consequence on Monday last. The Kansas committee could not meet; but the committeemen in the country are expected to make what collections they can among their neighbors, and make a return to the chairman by the first of June. Married?In Yorkville on Tuesday morning 5th instant, by Rev. W. W. Carothers, Mr. Samuel W. Melton, of The Enquirer, and Miss Helen Ooore. both of this place. ) On'the evening: of the 28th ultimo, by Rev. John S. Harris, Mr. William L. Sandlfer, and Miss Lizzie A., daughter of Wm. Hanna, Esq., all of this district. Also at the same time and place, Mr. J. Leonldas Moore and Miss Ellen J. Hanna, all of this district. The Edgefield Advertiser, in glancing at its exchanges, takes occasion to flatter Itself In a very delicate manner. while ostensibly the compliment Is Intended for The Enquirer. Listen to what It says: "The Enquirer always does what Borne of our other exchanges do not, viz: it sends us one of Its best printed copies. In some offices it seems to be the habit to lay aside the poorest and nia?thiii abootn for exchanges: whereas, to our view, they ought to be provided with the very brightest and most Inviting ones. The Enquirer, acting upon this view, always comes like a well-dressed, sparkling eyed visitor, with every lineament palpably and unmistakably developed." The Advertiser Is one of our most welcome exchanges; but we are not so partial as to send it one of our best printed copies. We send the same kind to all?readers and exchanges. But we are glad that our friend has spoken out on the subject, because we are tired ourselves of the Joke of readng half printed sheets. If they must ae sent to any one?send such to i mean, unpaylng subscribers, and let :hem first put out their stupid eyes. t.8 for ourselves, we can but protest n the words of the unfortunate au:hor. "Will you put out mine eyes? rhese eyes that never did, nor never should, So much as frown on you?" But secondly, we object to the compliment of the district. "The present number reports the *? -41"- Tftmnoronoo Hi .urrutlliuil Ul ailUlliQl AUupviauvv vt. .'Ision in York. If we remember aright t Is the third or fourth division formed in that district. May not York :laim to be the banner district of Temperance in South Carolina? The Qnquirer is itself a strong advocate of :hi8 good cause." York has not gained the title of the 1 3anner District in the Temperance :ause by the formation of three or 'our divisions. The last division to vhich the Advertiser alludes is the :enth. 1 I The co-partnership heretofore exist- 1 ng between Hackett & Darwin, in :he grocery and produce business, has 1 Keen dissolved this day (May 6), by 1 nutual consent. I Thursday, May 14, 1867.?The an- ' lual meeting of the stockholders of :he Bank of Chester was held in the mnk on Monday, the 4th Instant, the following gentlemen were elected directors for the ensuing year: Thomas McLure, W. Wright, S. Mc \liley. James Hempnui, b. w. mouley, George S. Cameron, C. Caldwell, H. R. Eaves, A. B. Springs, J. J. McLure, W. A. Walker. C. D. Melton, J. H. Adams. At a meeting of the directors held the same day, George S. Cameron was unanimously re-elected president. Thursday, May 21, 1857.?We learn through a note from Fort Mill that it about 3 o'clock on Thursday afternoon last, the vicinity was visited by i frightful hall storm, which destroyed the growing crops, vegetation, fences, etc. The ground was covered with green leaves as thickly as if the autumnal blasts had stripped the 'Orest of its foliage. The hall driftid in some places to one and two feet jeep, and it was of such great size as to have endangered the life of any one ixposed. No person, however, was inlured that we have heard of. The hall storm was succeeded a short time afterwards (8 o'clock p. m.,) by rain ac:ompanled by heavy thunder and lightning. The barn of Mr. A. Baxter Springs was struck by the lightning and burnt down. In Its range iownwards, the flash killed one mule ***J mill/ nnnf T t il/Ofl u/lth *1111 IWU 1IIIC lliun wvttv. ?. ? ?? - -? jreat difficulty that the remainder of :he team shut up inside were rescued from the flames, as well as the stables ind other buildings of the vicinity. Besides the destruction of the barn, me of the best in the country, Mr. Springs lost a large amount of fodder, jats, etc., together with a granary attached, containing wheat and other jrain; carriage and horses, plantation gearing and various implements. We have not learned the full extent }f the damage done, nor the scope of the country visited by the storm; but In the vicinity of Clay Hill, it laid (vaste the wheat fields and damaged :otton to a considerable extent. We are requested to announce that the new Methodist church at Rock Hill, in this district, will be dedicated 3n the third Sabbath In this month. Several ministers are expected to be In attendance. * The editor tells of a visit to Rock Hill to report a temperance address by Col. Wm. C. Beatty, and although he describes the village as "enterprising," he fails to give a great deal of Information. (To be Continued.) ? Columbia special of December 13. to Charlotte Observer: Citizens of Orangeburg: have filed a petition with Oovernor Blease recalling Mayor R. F. Bryant and Councilman Harry Von Ohsen of that city, who have been in office only a few months following the adoption by that city of the commission form of government. The petition was signed by 100 qualified voters. < more than the twenty per cent necessary to put the recall into effect and acting under the law Governor Blease i nas set Tuesday, December 30, as the late for an election to be held in Orangeburg for successors to Mayor Bryant and Councilman Von Ohsen. This is the first time, so far as knc*vn. j that the recall has been invoked in this state and the result will be watched with much Interest. Orangeburg is ane of the few cities of the state which have adopted the commission plan of government containing in its provisions the initiative, the referendum and the recall. The allegations against the officials are that they are temperamentally disqualified to discharge the duties of their offices and that they continued a policeman who was brutal ind Incompetent in office over the protests of citizens. *?'The man who can make two hills Df potatoes grow with the labor that was once expended on one is almost is great a benefactor as the "twoolade-o'grass" man. |ftisccllancous itradinfl. AHEAD OF JERRY MOORE Alabama Man Raises 232 Bushels of Corn on Acre. Champion boy and girl farmers arrived here today and for a week will be the guests of the department of agriculture. There are eighty champions In the party and each has a record for achievements in raising either corn or potatoes or for having the best and most profitable vegetable garden. The most successful of the young prize winning agriculturalists arriving today from all over the country Is Walker Lee Dunson of Alexander City, A'a., who on his acre raised 232 bushels of com. This breaks the record which was held for the past three years by Jerry Moore of South Carolina with 228 bushels. Young Dunson, however, grew his crop at a very low cost, having spent only 29 cents per bushel, against 42 cents a bushel by Jerry Moore. Second on the list this year is J. Jones Polk of Prentls, Miss., who raised on his acre 214.9 bushels at a cost of about 21 cents a bushel. Besides the corn boys, prize winners In the state potato clubs, girls' canning clubs and pig clubs are here. Secretary Houston will present them with diplomas of merit, Saturday morning, and on Monday, if the president's health permits, they expect to be received at the White House. During their week here they will be shown all the sights about the city and be taken through the various buildings of the department of agriculture. Secretary Houston of the depart- ^ ment of agriculture today issued a formal statement replying to a criticism that he did not receive the Ohio corn club boys when they were here ' last week. The secretary declares that 1 he was ready and willing to see the boys and that he was in his office at ( the hour when, according to his un- T derstanding of the arrangements, they were to appear. In fact, about 100 of 1 the boys did appear at his office and were received, he declares. While the boys and girls are sightseeing the leaders of the boys' and 1 girls' club movement will hold their 1 annual conference to discuss the ex- * tension of the work. Marketing can- ' ned goods, co-operative buying and Belling, size of labels for standardlz- ( Ing club products are on the programme.?Washington special of December 11. ' , , , 1 MONEY TRU8T HELPLE38 J Cannot Create Panic at in Other Days. "The efforts of a little cotorle of moneyed men who control big finances in this country to bring about panicky conditions In the railroad manufacturing and commercial world because oLOhfi-MWage oL.the new tariff law, the proposed currency and trust legislation is going to prove a failure," said Senator F. M. Simmons, chairman of the senate finance committee to the Washington correspondent of the Charlotte Observer, last Sunday. "The reports for the first month after the new tariff went into effect,;' he continued, "justifies the claims of the ^ president and the Democratic leaders i in the congress during the considers- ' tion of the tariff bill. There has not ' been any great flood of foreign made , goods to the United States, but in the course of time we will get enough of 3 foreign goods to keep the domestic ] manufacturer from raising the prices on us. "* 1? n,<nn'1 #Ko* /.artaln man ' I nil ve inuucu iiiui. vv.u..,. who control millions of dollars were trying to bring about conditions that would blighten the president and congress but they will fail. The Democratic platform pledges as to the tariff have been carried out, and those on currency and monopolies will be carried out. You cannot put your hand on the men who are calling in their money, dropping off their laborers, but you can see signs of their efforts. The nigger' is showing in the wood pile. "A big concern like the Morgans of New York dominate would not mind losing $40,000,000 or $50,000,000 in a financial crash if it could block certain legislation. "The truth is these great rich men of affairs have had control so long that they cannot now realize that they must call at the Whle House and at the Capitol as other people do. They still be:ieve that they will dominate." Senator Simmons made the foregoing comment upon receiving Secretary Hedfield's report showing that America's foreign trade is still growing. The Redfleld report shows "a falling ofT of imports in the first four months ?July, August, September and October?of this fiscal year of nearly $46.000,000 as compared with the same period of 1912." "The flooding of our markets, therefore," says Mr. Redfleld, '"with the alleged cheap wares of Europe, has not happened." NOW IT IS THE "FRAYS" Newest Form of Radiation Expected to Work Wonders and End War. There are now admitted to be more thing3 In the heavens and on the earth } than are ever dreamed of by scientists or philosophers. Day by day and ( minute by minute discoveries are ef- } fected that open up several real but hitherto hidden things. This week is no exception to the rule and the entire scientific world has been more than startled by the sensational finding announced from the laboratories of a distinguished Italian savant. So much is now known of the ultraviolet rays?those invisible rays from the sun and other glowing bodies, such as the arc lamp, which exert strong chemical powers?that the infra-red rays are but seldom described. It may be re-called that the infra-rays are at the other end of the spectrum, furthest removed. from the violet. These too. are influential in changing the photographic plates and films; these, too, burn and discolor the skin, Just as those at the ultra-violet end do. Prof. Ulivi, of Italy, it seems, has . hit upon a process of manufacturing and imprisoning the infra-red rays of { the sun in an artificial manner. He is now able to handle these strange rays 1 in such a way that he can successfully direct them forty miles away. t After the recent discoveries of sev- I e^al active, influential, yet still mys- 1 terious rays, such as X-rays, alpha ( rays, ultra-violet rays, beta rays, gam- I ma rays of radium, Hertzian wireless ' rays, Blondlot's famous NT-rays, there j now comes the newest of all rays the \ F-raya. I Prof. Ulivi used this name, F-rays, ' to designate his artificially manufac- ] a> lured invisible infra-red rays. They seem to have the marvelous property of silently and at a distance as great as from Washington to Baltimore setting Are to certain combustible materials, or exploding dynamite, lyddite, melanite, pyroxylin powders a great distance away. All that seems necessary is to have these explosives in contact with metallic armatures. Near the road to Havre, Prance, in front of the seaside place at Villlers, Dr. Ullvi has gone through a series of experiments in the presence of a distinguished gathering of French engineers, many of them from among the French ministry of war. Submarine mines have been plant ?d 1,800 and more feet apart over a distance of 20,000 feet. The Italian professor then directed a spray of hia nvislble F-raye upon those explosives ind vlth extraordinary precision blew ip, in a series, one after another of :he mines. This wonderful performance was witnessed by Captain Ferrie, of the French staff, and all the ministers of war. It is said the F-rays are in no way like the wireless, heat or electrical charges as sent out in the press llspatches. It is unnecessary to use teys, sparks or any known device to produce the F-ray effect. The prospect in future wars for the ise of this new method of firing and sxplodtng distant vessels and powders s too grim even to Imagine. Indeed iccording to the French witnesses of he experiment, it is the end of war.? <ew York Press. UNCERTAINTY OF DIAGN08I8 * Statistic an Gives Figures That Are Startling. Roger W. Babson, statistician and inalyls'. of business conditions, anmilius'i tn thp N?v VoHr Ann tha r*. mltd of an Investigation somewhat >ut of his line, but to which he demoted his time for the benefit of certain members of {he medical profeslion. Mr. Babson explains that he had no luarrel wLth physicians and surgeons n general, but he was aroused over a ecert discussion at a convention 0.' nedlcal men at which it was suggest?d that Mr. Babson achieved his remits chiefly by guessing and that at :imes his guessing was not of a hlft'h >rder. "This led me to try to find out just low nany times our medical men tuess right," said Mr. Babson. He laid that in investigating the mistakes nade by medical men in diagnoses the itatlstics of a leading hospital In Massachusetts were put at his disposal. He had the results of 2.(00 postmortem examinations at the hospital, covering a period of several rears, which he compared with the history blanks filled out when the patients were admitted to the hospital ind with the death certificates giving the supposed cause of death. The following table shows the percentage of correct diagnoses made on the history slips and death certificates Eiccording to the statistics examined by Mr. Babson: Death History certlf Disease. slip icate. Diabetes 65 95 Appendicitis - .... ? 80 ryphoid 30 90 dancer 35 74 Pneumonia 30 74 Tumor 30 72 Tuberculosis 26 60 Heart disease ... 20 40 Neuritis 6 10 Mr. Babson said that in looking up appendicitis cases he found that in 17 per cent of the operations for appendicitis the postmortem examination ihowed that the appendix was in perfect condition. His investigation Drought him in touch with a report on postmortem examinations made by :he public health, hospital and budget committee of the New York Academy >f Medicine, in which Dr. Horst Oer:el, director of the Russell 8age Instl-' :ute of Pathology, in discussing dlagloses, made this statement: - A --1., . H id apparent uiat umj a. v. :he most evident diseases exceed 75 per cent in the hands of an experienced diagnostician. Many important lisease fail below 50 per cent in i*? cognition and some even below 25 ]?er :ent" Professor Bashford, director of the [mperial Cancer institute in London, vas quoted in the same report as severely criticising the diagnoses made in America. He said that the returns ,'rom Ceylon were more reliable than :hose for New York city. "This whole subject reminds me of i true story I heard in London when [ was there recently," said Mr. Bablon. "In the hospitals there the allnent of the patient when he is admit :ed is denoted by certain letters, such is 'T. B.' for tuberculosis. An Ameri:an doctor was examining these his:ory slips when his curiosity was iroused by the number on which the etters 'G. O. K.' appeased. He said to he English physician who was showng him around: " 'There seems to be a severe epilemic of this G. O. K. in London. iVhat is It anyhow?" " 'Oh, that means God only knows,' ?ild the English physlcan." MYSTERY OF LEPROSY * Traitmant Its Victims Re ceived in the Middle Ages. Why leprosy occurs in certain places ind not in others is one of the myseries of medicine. In the early cenuries of the Christian era it spread all >ver Europe. Every city had its leper louse. For no cause that any one can issign it began to disappear early in he sixteenth century, and Europe loon numbered its empty lazerettos by housands. Climate has no influence >n the disease for when it left the noat of Europe it persisted in Norvay, Iceland and Spain and the isands of the Medlteracean. In Asia it s to be found from India to Siberia, md no part of Africa is free from it. That leprosy can be planted in new erritory is shown most pointedly in he terrible experience at Hawaii, vhich was free from the disease unit about 1850, when the Chinese wrought it there. Now Molokal is a lame to make them shudder. In the middle ages it was the cus:om to consider a man dead whenever te was found to have leprosy. His telrs divided his property, a funeral tervice was said for him and a shovelul of earth thrown after him as he valked to his living grave in the leper louse. The world is kinder now, but <nows no treatment for this scourge .vhlch Is more effective.?8L Louis Republic.