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Scraps and .facts. ! ~~ I ? After years of labor to prevent the swelling of receipts at postofflces where the postmaster's salary depends upon the sale of stamps, the postoffice department is to get a decision from the United States supreme court as to whether it is a criminal offense to exploit the stamp business. The government on Tuesday, docketed in court an appeal from the action of the Federal district court in Massachusetts, quashing an indictment against Harold A. Foster. Frank E. Winchell, William S. Edwards and Henry H. Piatt, of conspiracy to swell stamp sales at Brookfleld, Mass., where Foster was postmaster. Edwards and Piatt were merchants in New York. Winchell was charged with purchasing large amounts of stamps for them from Foster. Fester was charged with failing to report these sales as unusual sales, which are taken out of the amount upon which salaries are computed. The district court held that it was not a criminal offense not to report the sales as un ? A revolt of three regiments of the Chinese army under the leadership of Gen. Yang Hu Pin was reported at Pekin last Monday, from Tali-Fu, in the far southwestern provinqp of Yunnan, about 100 miles from the frontier .of Burma. The soldiers on December 8, shot down their officers, raided the armory, killed a professor and several students of the Chinese university, and then proclaimed the independence of the province in the name of Dr. Sun Yat Sen. former provisional president of China. No foreigners were molested and the mutineers themselves protected the chapel belonging to the China Inland Mission, the school attached to which was soon filled with wounded and dying. Panic reigned for a fortnight in the city, but a force of loyal troops arrived. stormed and recaptured the city and routed the mutineers. Yang Hu Fin was surprised and burned to death in a house where he was hiding in a neighboring village. The surrounding country is said to be terrorized by the remaining mutineers. Troops have been sent to restore order. ? sear en yesieruay uy v uu-asu yvlice and hospital authorities, failed to disclose any clue to 35 milligrams of radium, believed lost or stolen several days ago when being used in the treatment of a cancer patient. Unless the person having the precious particle of radium?it is half the size of a pin's head and is worth (4,500?in his possession, knows how to protect himself from its influence it may kill him, according to hospital physicians. If, instead of being stolen, it is mislaid, it will declare its presence by its influence on whatever substances are near. The speck of radium was imported from France by St. Luke's hospital. It was kept in a platinum capsule an eighth of an inch in diameter and three-quarters of an inch long. Its last appearance known to the hospital staff was when the capsule was placed in an incision in the arm of a woman patient. After several treatments It was found that the capsule was inactive. The capsule was opened and it was found that the radium was gone. It would be impossible to sell the missing bit of radiufh, it is said, as a record is kept of every par- j ticle known to exist in the world. ? Social conditions in the United ' States are tending to develop in me negro a racial consciousness and to organize a negro nationality, declared Robert E. Park, of the University of Chicago, last Tuesday, before the American Sociological society, which is meeting in Atlanta, Ga., with the i American Economic association. "The nationalizing tendency among negroes is the result of white man's ostracism of their black brother," said Prof. Park. He adversely criticised public utterances of Senator Vardaman of Mississippi, and Governor " South Carolina. Continmp^-fte said: "A race which has ajjeffled the character of a nationality may still retain its loyalty ta-WTe state of which it is ? ?-? ?-a, .part, imC only so far as that state incorporates the practical Interests, the aspirations and the ideals of that nationality. In the south, the races seem to be tending in the direction of a bi-racial organization or society, in which the negro is gradually gainings limited autonomy. One of the most important effects of this isolation has been to establish a common interest among all the different colors and classes of the race. This sense of solidarity is stronger in the south, where segregation is more complete, than in the north, where twenty years ago, it would have been safe to say that it did not exist. No doubt kindly relations between individual members of the races exist in the south, and to an extent not known in the north. As a rule, it will be found these kindly relations had their origin in slavery. Men who have given the tone to political discussion in the southern states in recent years are men who did not own slaves." The sociological society on Tuesday afternoon, elected Edward Pn?? r\t the University of Wisconsin, president ? The year 1913, says a New York dispatch, will be long remembered as one of the dullest in almost a decade. Compared with 1912, when stock and bond sales aggregated 130,735,700 shares and 3672,000,000 respectively, this year shows a decrease in stock sales of 4 4,700,000 shares, and in bonds of $170,000,000. The recent spurt of activity at a higher price level, with an increased demand for bonds and other investment issues, has given rise to a hope that a recovery is under way. Of the 1,100 members of the stock exchange, it is estimated that less than half are actively engaged in the market and probably one-ttfth of the whole may be classed as "traders"?brokers who buy or-sell almost exclusively for their own account The rest of the active membership consists of the commission I. ?., ? ? ? monw nt whii>h nnrp had J1WUOCO, 11 tunj V* .. u.v.. extensive out-of-town connections. These accessories, whose maintenance involved heavy financial outlay, generally have been abandoned and also have many branch offices formerly maintained in uptown New York and in adjacent cities. Not only have many commission houses tailed to make expenses during the year, but a substantial percentage of the trading element frequently found itself "whipsawed" whether on the long or short side, by reason of the market's narrow character. The year has witnessed many withdrawals from the "Street," although these have been less numerous than was expected a few weeks ago. Among the firms which wound up their affairs with the end of the year were two of the highest standing, not only as brokers, but in the foreign exchange and commercial fields as well. Of the so-called market leaders or speculative favorites. which number scarcely more than half a dozen, only Heading today was on a parity with its price of a year ago. Others were from 5 to 20 points -- under, while Canadian Pacific and New Haven were lower by more than 50 points each. ? Banks that enter the Federal reserve system do not need to take out new charters, both state and national banks become members by making proper application and by becoming stockholders in Federal reserve banks, J according to a regulation issued last Tuesday night by the reserve bank organization committee. In its announcement the committee also declared that action by a board of directors is sufficient to bring a bank into the new system, but advised that banks that wish to be on the safe side sound out their stockholders. The regulation reads: "The Federal reserve act provides for membership of banks operating uncier siaie cimri- i? as well as membership of national banks. No new charter is contemplated in either case. Eligible banks become members by becoming stockholders in Federal reserve banks, when their applications have been properly approved and stock has been allotted to them. Such subscription to the capital stock of the Federal reserve bank appears to be a matter within the province of the board of directors of the subscribing bank. The organization committee therefore deems it unnecessary to require as a condition precedent to membership that the stockholders should take any formal action. Inasmuch, however, as stockholders of a bank have a legal right, by necessary vote, to force a solvent bank to liquidate, and if dissatisfied with the action of the board In becoming members might exercise this prerogative, banks desiring to . take the precautionary measure of canvassing the sentiment of the stockholders may, by resolution of their boards, submit the question to stockholders either at the next regular meeting or at a specially called meeting. This course, however, is not insisted on by the organization committee. Those national banks passing resolutions of non-acceptance on or before February 22, 1914, should, as soon thereafter as convenient and before the expiration of the twelve months prescr'bed in the Federal reserve act, submit their action to the stockholders for confirmation, since non-acceptance of the provisions of the Federal reserve act ultimately will involve the liquidation of such national bank." She ^JorKville (guquiw. Entered at the Postofflce in Yorkvtlle as Mall Matter of the Second Clan. YORKVILLE, S. C.I FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1914. A happy and prosperous New Year to you; but pardon us when we remind you that it will depend largely on you. If the South Carolina legislature would only get Woodrow Wilson's Jury law from New Jersey and enact it in this state, it would do a great deal for jury reform. We would like to see one of those twelve regional banks located In Columbia. It is true that Atlanta is a larger city, but Columbia is as convenient to a larger and more important banking territory. If it is not altogether a matter of pull, and we hope it is not, there are as many good reasons to be urged in favor of Columbia as any other city. At the first of the year especially is a time to beware of that grouchy surliness that most people seem inclined to charge to the faults and sins or tne other fellow. The Christmas festivals are usually very trying on livers, and often it may be one's own liver instead of the shortcomings of the other fellow that is giving the trouble. It is worth while to call especial attention to H. H. Caldwell's "Ode to King's Mountain," published in this issue. So far as we are aware there are few copies of this beautiful composition in existence, and there are not a great many people of today, who have ever read it. It is a good thing to go into the literary scrap book and every reader who keeps such a thing will at once be so impressed. "If we could secure the passage of an act that would require the stamp of the auditor to secure the validity rioteand mortgage maturing | a year or more from date," said a member of the legislature from York to a representative of The Enquirer, recently. "I think it would go a long way toward establishing equalization in taxation," and this member was considerably more than half right. In fact he might have gone on to say that with such a law on the statute books, there would soon be much less need for primary election reform than there is now. It would go a long ways toward the curtailment of tax dodging, and as we sec it the curtailment of tax dodging would enforce greater attention to the selection of public oitlcials of all kinds. If the kind of people who now dodge taxes through failure to return notes, mortgages, etc., were forced to come across, they would have more interest in the administration of the government and would be compelled to manifest that interest in a practical way. We do not mean to suggest that the tax dodger class is the class that would give the best administration; but we are quite decidedly of opinion that if something were done to stir up this "talent," one of the results would be a decided curtailment of unnecessary public expenditures. Volume 59. With today's issue of The Enquirer commences the fifty-ninth volume since the change of the name of the paper from The Yorkville Miscellany in 1855. Under other circumstances this might be a fitting time for a general review of the long period that has been covered since the first issue of the paper; but as there are so many old readers who have their own impressions along this line at first hand, and as the work has already been commenced otherwise more in detail, there seems but little reason for such an article. The main ambition of The Enquirer, especially since it came under the ownership of the late Captain L. M. Grist, was to be a newspaper in the true sense of the word. His idea was that it was the business of a newspaper not so much to promote personal, social or political interests of individuals as to print facts and circumstances that would assist the reader in arriving at a correct estimate of the importance and significance of events. And this is the main endeavor of the present publishers. Of course we would not be understood as suggesting that the present publishers of The Enquirer are infallible; that they make no mistakes. The most that we can claim and that we do claim, is that their mistakes are honest mistakes, and that they are always big enough and broad enough to acknowledge and try to correct any particular error of which we may be convinced. In the past The Enquirer has stood as well as it could for what it believed to be right. We think evidence of this can be found in each one of the fiftyeight volumes that have been completed, and to the best of our ability the same principles will be maintained throughout the fifty-ninth volume, upon which we are now entering. 1914. There are many pretty speculations that might be entered into with regard to the year 1914; but for the r\art u-p fnrhenr bneause we SO fully realize that even the near future is too much of the nature of the sealed book. Eusiness men generally realize and appreciate the tightness of money at this particular period; but most men of experience understand that this condition is not necessarily of a great deal of business significance, other than It relates to a tightness Incident to annual settlements and making arrangements for further activities. Eecause we are entering upon a period that is clearly based on currency and credit conditions that constitute much in the nature of an experiment compared to anything with which the present generation is familiar, it behooves each and every individual to study with care the new problems that are now being presented; but at the same time there appears to be not the slightest occasion for distrust or alarm. This is especially true because the country has never been in a sounder or more prosperous condition, industrially, socially or politically, and the men at the helm are people who not only know what they are a 1 ^ ~ wV?*r Kilt hflVA all iryills IV) uu aim n?j , the confidence and courage that are necessary to do It. With it all, however, what the present year will do for most people? whether for their weal or woe, help or hurt, will depend more than anything else upon the individuals themselves?the extent to which each one discharges his own particular duty in dealing with the various problems as they come up. REVIEW OF THE YEAR * U?I- U., Dn. important wnangsi mnus uj ? litical Party. Nineteen thirteen wrought changes in the American government?political, economic and financial?probably more far-reaching than any other year of the last quarter century. This is apparent today in a backward glance over memorable events of the past 12 months in all branches of governmental activity. A Democratic administration in national affairs came into power, a Democratic congress at the back of a Democratic president for the first time since Grover Cleveland occupied the White House. The first constitutional amendments since 1870 were perfected, providing two radical changes in the fundamentals of government?an income * * * * - ?a* TTmUA/1 C+o tno tax ana tne eiecnon oi uuucu oiaiw senators. The national bank and currency system, which was devised to float the debt of the civil war and has operated ever since was reorganized into a Federal reserve system in which the central bank plan, the dominant system of Europe, was rejected and a vast scheme of financial reorganization perfected. A Democratic tariff law became effective, the flrst since 1893 and one of the most comprehensive tariff measures ever enacted. A parcel post system was brought Into successful operation. The interstate commerce commission began a physical valuation of railways?a project which will cost millions and take years to complete, but which is expected to ultimately provide a basis of rate making. Meanwhile the 52 great eastern railways renewed application for a Ave per cent general increase in freight rates and the commission directed reductions in express rates which are expected to save the public approximately $30,000,000 a year. Last steps in building the Panama canal were taken with the probability that the greatest engineering feat ol age will be in operation in Ui? Practical control of the Philippine government was delivered to the natives of the islands by President Wilson's appointment of a native majority on the Philippine commission. What promised a new era in relations of the government with great corporations in the enforcement of the Sherman anti-trust law, was brought about by the "bloodless" dissolution of the American Telephone & Telegraph Co.'s relations with the Western Union. President Wilson's open declaration that the administration desired to co-operate with "big business" in a peaceful administration of the law, was received in business and financial circles with evidences of optimism. The supreme court laid down several decisions of deep-rooted importance. It decided that owners of copyrights and patents may not control the price at which retail dealers resell their products to the consumer. It sustained the validity of the Sherman law as a criminal measure for the first time in the "turpentine trust" case. In the cotton corner case it laid down the principle that a "corner" in any commodity is a violation of the anti-trust laws. In the state rate cases it decided that states through their railroad commissions have control over the rates of lines within their borders irrespective of the interstate commerce commission. In foreign relations, affairs of the year hardly were less eventful. Secretary Bryan's plan of international peace was accepted in principle by more than thirty nations and treaties with the United States actually were signed by the Netherlands and Nicaragua. The most important pronouncements of the administration's foreign policy were made by President Wilson when he withdrew the support of the United States from the bankers in the so-called six-power Chinese loan; in his Latin-American statement In which he proclaimed me inienuun ui the United States to recognize on the western hemisphere only those governments "founded on law" and order; and in his noted Mobile speech in which he pointed out the menace of foreign concessions to the peace and security of Central and South Africa. Relations with Mexico, the American government's refusal to recognize Huerta and a spirited exchange of notes on the subject were the diplomatic events of the year; Great Britain's protest against the exemption of American shipping from tolls in the Panama canal and Japan's protest against the anti-alien land legislation in California, were the two other principal features. Both still are in the course of diplomatic discussion. Plans for the extension of American trade abroad by the creation of commercial agents of the department of commerce, were launched; important steps in the government's participation in relations between capital and labor, were the creation of a new portfolio in the cabinet for a secretary of labor, to which William B. Wilson, of Pennsylvania, a prominent labor leader, was appointed; and the creation by congress of a Federal commission on industrial relations which has begun a study of the entire subject. Features in the internal affairs of the nation were the announcement of a national policy for the development of Alaska with the proposed building of a government railroad; a policy of conservation for the properties of the Indian tribes; and pro 1 TT.?i?_?i ? 11 ,UnnalfQ pustru rt'uciai uuiuiui ui u>? uvk^>vw of radium, lately become so valuable in medicine. Agriculturally, the year was one of unprecedented prosperity. While the volume of crops was below the average. their value totalled nearly 10 billion dollars. ? Woodrow Wilson was bom at Staunton, Va., in 1856. Robert L. Owen, chairman of the senate banking and currency committee, was born at Lynchburg, Va., in 1856. Carter Glass, chairman of the corresponding committee of the house, was bom at Lynchburg, Va., in 1858. Other men had much to do with the enactment of the new banking and currency law, but these three, born within fifty miles of each other, two of them in the same year, had the greatest responsibilities. One is president, elected from New Jersey; another is a senator from Oklahoma, a state never dreamed of in his youth, and the other, a representative, still lives in his native town. In a country so vast and so new as this, Fate plays many pranks, but in all its history there have been few coincidences more interesting. LOCAL AFFAIRS. N EVv ADVERTISEMENTS Miss Myrtle Hall, No. 1 Yorkville? Advertises Fawn and White India Runner ducks and other fowl for sale. R. J. Davis?Will operate his gin on Fridays until further notice. Royal Baking Powder Co.?On page 4 gives you some additional information about Royal baking powder. W. .E. Ferguson?Is ready to supply your table with everything in groceries that is good. Thomasson Repair Shop?Suggests a New Year's resolution for people who have work in its line. Lyric Theatre?Gives programme for tonight, and calls special attention to the big feature?Ivanhoe?to be presented next Tuesday, all day. First National Bank, Yorkvllle?Calls attention to the fact that system in business will bring success. It will help you systematize your business. D. E. Boney, Agent?Wishes you a happy and prosperous year, and invites you to see him about insurance of ail kinds. First National Bank, Sharon?Gives notice of annual stockholders' meeting to be held on Tuesday, Jan. 13th. York Supply Co.?Starts the New Year with the hope that it's 1914 business will be larger than that of 1913. Sells groceries, lumber, etc. M. E. Plexico & Son?Are appreciative of your patronage and want to serve you when you want anything in the way of livery, draying, etc. Yorkville Bargain House?Wishes you the season's compliments and invites your patronage during 1914. Soe nn CP 4 Sam M. Grist?Says that while his insurance business was large last year he still has plenty of insurance protection to sell and wants to supply you during this year. Thomson Co.?On Saturday offers ladies' and misses' suits and coats at half price. Skirts, one-third off. Carroll Bros.?Thank you for your favors and invite you to see them on Monday about a buggy. York Furniture Co.?Takes off its hat and thanks you for your business and solicits your favors in the future. J. M. Brian?Thanks its customers for liberal patronage and extends the season's compliments. W. H. Herndon?Is thanking his customers and friends for past patronage and wants to serve you during the year 1914. The Kandy Kitchen?Wants you to romdmhtr It when vou want everv thing good in fruits, candies, tobaccos, etc. The restaurant is open. Carroll Furniture Co.?Takes its first opportunity to express its appreciation of your favors and reminds you to see it for furnishings, etc. G. W. Whitesides & Co.?Have limited number of Royal samples and offers made-to-measure suits at half price for limited time. Yorkville Hardware Co.?Says it is on the inside when it comes to buying hardware and can give you close figures on roofing of all kinds. T. W. Speck. Jeweler?Suggests that you start the year right by buying a Big Ben?the best of alarm clocks. Shieder Drug Store?Calls attention to the good business of keeping an account of expenditures and Income and wants to furnish the books. J. M. Stroup?Says he will use his best endeavors to give you the best of service during 1914 and invites you to see him for everything. Royal Pressing Club?Solicits cleanI"" nrAoolnnr n n/1 frnm 1 Q iiifei }7i cooing anu u/vme wit* ???v. w? and gentlemen?good work and prompt service. Kirkpatrlck Belk Co.?Is making reduced priced offerings on ladies' and misses' coats and suits. Thoughtful people wNL paste up that parcels post aoboduKf^v-e are publlshiiiW'fbr future reference. National holiday* are nuisances to people living along rural routes regardless of their consideration for the faithful mail carriers. ^ There were quite a numper who neglected to watch the old year go out Wednesday night, but most of them have been served with docuovl/lnnnp VOOtprHtlV flTld tft IIICI1 iai J C T lUVliVV J day in the shape of bills. There is absolutely no doubt of the fact that the old year is dead and a new one has commenced. COST OF THE CHAINGANG The annual cost of the York county chaingang is somewhere between $12,500 and $15,000. This information was procured upon inquiry of Treasurer Neil this morning; but Mr. Neil did not hesitate to admit the practical impossibility of absolute accuracy. For several years past, the treasurer has been insiting that all warrants on account of the chaingang be so marked, and this is done; but in spite of this arrangement, much of the chaingang expenses goes under the head of miscellaneous. About the only way it would be pos sible to get at the exact expenses of the chaingang would be for the commissioners to have the clerk of the board to go through all paid bills and separate the items. This has never been attempted. The chaingang expenses, it should be understood, are paid out of the ordinary county funds. There is no special chaingang fund. ABOUT PEOPLE Miss Julia. Smith of Yorkville, spent last week with relatives in Union. Mr. Henry Baber of Rock Hill, visited relatives in Yorkville, this week. Mr. William H. Barron of Chester, visited friends in Yorkville, yesterday. Miss Bessie Hawkins of Tirzah, is visiting Mrs. Grover McFarland, in Clover. Miss Sallie McDonald, has returned to hpp home in Rock Hill after visit ing relatives in Yorkville. Mr. Hal and Miss Jennie Beard Mackorell, of Yorkville, are visiting relatives in Lancaster. Mr. John Dobson of King's Mountain, N. C., has been visiting relatives in Yorkville. Mr. and Mrs. Jas. A. Sherer have moved into the residence of Dr. M. J. Walker on West Liberty street. Misses Bessie and James Sanders of Chester, are visiting Mrs. C. H. Smith on Yorkville, R. F. D. 4. Miss Maude Youngblood of Atlanta, Ga., visited relatives in Yorkville, during the holidays. Mr. Weldon Neil has moved his family to Mrs. Janie Parish's cottage, on South Main street. Mrs. John W. Miller has returned to her home in Yorkville, after a visit of several days to relatives at King's Creek. Mr. Robert L. DeLoach and family have moved to Early Branch, Hamptnri r*r?nntv whom thov will mflkfi their home In the future.' Mr. H. T. Williams, of Yorkville, has moved his family into the Dunlap cottage on East Jefferson street, which he recently purchased. Mrs. Rowland McKellar of Boardman, N. C., is visiting her sisters, Mesdames A. M. Erwln and W. L. Hill in Sharon. Mrs. Broadus Harper of Rock Hill, and Mrs. Hoyle Daniel of Gaffney, spent last week with the family of Mr. J. H. B. Good in Hickory Grove. Mr. J. Frank Faulkner of King's Creek, has moved his family to Yorkville, and is occuping the residence recently purchased from Mr. H. T. Williams on Church street. Rev. and Mrs. W. B. Lindsay of Charlotte, Mrs. M. E. Aull of Estill, S. C., Messrs. George and Gary Kirkpatrick, and Miss Adele Kirkpatrick, of Hickory, N. C., spent yesterday with Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Kirkpatrick in Yorkville. Rock Hill Herald. Wednesdev: Mr. and Mrs. V. B. McFuaden, who were married yesterday in Spartanburg, reached the city today, ?.nd were driven at once in their car to the groom's home in northern suburbs. Assembled / . / \ / ' to greet them were members of the family; Honorable and Mrs. D. E. Finley and Dr. Ralph McFadden, of Yorkville, and Mrs. R. L. Home, of Chester. Prof, and Mrs. J. H. Witherspoon and son, Mrs. D. T. Woods and children, Mrs. W. D. Grist and Mr. Lewis M. Grist, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Barnwell and two children, and Rev. J. L. Oates were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jos. G. Sassi of Yorkville, on a pleasure and inspection trip to the plant of the Winnsboro Granite and Marble Co., last Wednesday. Leaving on the early morning train, the party proceeded to Rockton, where they were met by officials of the granite company, who took them over to RIon on the railway belonging to the company. They were entertained at the hotel kept by Miss Mildred Hobbs, formerly of Yorkville, and a pleasant day was spent inspecting the granite quarry. The party returned to Yorkville Wednesday night, highly pleased over the day's trip. WITHIN THE TOWN ? There was a brisk fall of snow Wednesday night; but, most of it dls appeared during Thursday. ? Yorkvllle boys and girls rang out the old year and rang in the new on the stroke of twelve, Wednesday night. There was quite a crowd of the ringers and several were stationed beneath each church bell in town, and as the town clock struck the last stroke of twelve, the church bells began to ring, and for fifteen minutes the peals of the bells were heard. The engine whistle on Southern train No. 117 was pressed into servico, much steam being exhausted in announcing the birth of 1914. There was blowing of horns, shooting of fire crackers, etc., but no gates were lifted from 41%'aIm klntvAa n a An tr\r~m or aaaQ alnna lliCii iniigco ao vii ivi met vvvcumvi??, and the young folks conducted themselves In an orderly way. The snow drove the serenaders In rather early, however, and by 1.30 o'clock the streets were deserted. ? At a special meeting of Philanthropic lodge, No. 32, A. F. M., held Tuesday night, the following officers were installed by Dr. M. H. Sandifer, District Deputy Grand Master, of Rock Hill: D. T. Woods, W. M.; Jos. E. Hart, S. W.; J. Q. Wray, treas.; F. E. Quinn, Sec.; A. M. Grist, S. D.; Geo. W. Williams, J. D.; A. Cody, tiler, W. R. Latimer and Lesslie Smith, stewards. After the Installation ceremonies, adjournment was taken to the court house where the Masons were joined by their wives, mothers and sisters, and all sat down to refreshments, which were served by the ladies' society of the Church of the Good Shepherd. After the inner man had been satisfied, CoL W. W. Lewis, the toast master, introduced the following speakers: Dr. M. H. Sandifer, Rev. Henry Stokes, Hon. D. E. Finley, Rev. J. L. Oates, Rev. E. E. Gillespie, Rev. T. T. Walsh, Rev. J. H Machen, Mr. I. W. Johnson. Mr. Oates responded to the toast, "Masonry from the standpoint of the Profane," and this was easily the feature of the evening. At the conclusion of Mr. Johnson's toast to "Woman," the assemblage dispersed. THE PARCEL POST Yorkville Merchants expect, confl dently and with reason, that the increased weight limit for parcel post packages, effective yesterday, will enlarge considerably the volume of their mail order business. Recent orders from Washington raise the also reduce the rate within four zones. It will be practicable to ship a 50pound package to any point within 150 miles of the home office for 54 cents. In the circumstances the merchant will be unenterprising indeed who does not in the coming year make a special play for country custom and get such share of it as his offerings may warrant. Under the new regulations, merchants will be able to serve customers who can not be reached conveniently by either freight or express. The mail service penetrates into the most remote of the rural districts and the prist hv enmnarison with tolls hither to paid railway and express companies, is remarkably low. The collect on-delivery device will make it feasible to till orders without cash in advance from new customers and have the postoffice do the collecting. There has been no change in the size of parcels that may be sent by mail. The regulations provide that they must not be greater in size than 72 inches in length and girth combined, nor in form or kind likely to injure the person of any postal employe or damage the mail equipment or other mail matter and not of a character perishable within a period reasonably required for transportation and delivery. The new weights and rates follow: The New Rates. First zone Second Weight. Liocal Zone zone rate rate rate 1 pound $.05 $.05 $.06 ft 3- A A f\C AC 2 PUUIIUS .VW .vv 3 pounds 06 .07 .07 4 pounds 07 .08 .08 5 pounds 07 .09 .09 7 pounds 08 .11 .11 6 pounds 08 .10 .10 8 pounds 09 .12 .12 9 pounds 09 .13 .13 10 pounds 10 .14 .14 11 pounds 10 .15 .15 12 pounds 11 .16 .16 13 pounds 11 .17 .17 14 pounds 12 .18 .18 15 pounds 12 .19 .19 16 pounds 13 .20 .20 17 pounds 13 .21 .21 18 pounds 14 .22 .22 19 pounds 14 .23 .23 20 pounds 15 .24 .24 21 pounds 15 .25 .25 22 pounds 16 .26 .26 23 pounds 16 .27 .27 24 pounds 17 .28 .28 25 pounds 17 .29 .29 26 pounds 18 .30 .30 27 pounds 18 .31 .31 28 pounds 19 .32 .32 29 pounds 19 .33 .33 30 pounds 20 .34 .34 31 pounds 20 .35 .35 32 pounds 21 .36 .36 33 pounds 21 .37 .37 34 pounds 22 .38 .38 35 pounds 22 .39 .39 36 pounds 23 .40 .40 37 pounds 23 .41 .41 38 pounds 24 .42 .42 39 pounds 24 .43 .43 40 pounds 25 .44 .44 41 pounds 25 .45 .45 42 pounds 26 .46 .46 43 pounds 26 .47 .47 44 pounds 27 .48 .48 45 pounds 27 .49 .49 46 pounds 28 .50 .50 47 pounds 28 .51 .51 48 pounds 29 .52 .62 49 pounds 29 .53 .53 50 pounds 30 .54 .64 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th zone zone zone zone zone zone rate rate rate rate rate rate 1 lb 0.06 0.07 0.08 0.09 0.11 0.12 2 lbs ... .08 .11 .14 .17 .21 .24 3 lbs ... .10 .15 .20 .25 .31 .36 4 lbs ... .12 .19 .26 .33 .41 .48 5 lbs ... .14 .23 .32 .41 .51 .60 6 lbs ... .16 .27 .38 .49 .61 .72 7 lbs ... .18 .31 .44 .57 .71 .84 8 lbs ... .20 .35 .50 .65 .81 .96 9 lbs ... .22 .39 .56 .73 .91 1.08 10 lbs ... .24 .43 .62 .81 1.01 1.20 11 lbs ... .26 .47 .68 .89 1.11 1.32 12 lbs ... .28 .51 .74 .97 1.21 1.44 13 lbs ... .30 .55 .80 1.05 1.31 1.56 14 lbs ... .32 .59 .86 1.13 1.41 1.68 15 lbs ... .34 .63 .92 1.21 1.51 1.80 16 lbs ... .36 .67 .98 1.29 1.61 1.92 17 lbs ... .38 .71 1.04 1.37 1.71 2.04 18 lbs ... .40 .75 1.10 1.45 1.81 2.16 19 lbs ... .42 .79 1.16 1.53 1.91 2.28 20 lbs ... .44 .83 1.22 1.61 2.01 2.40 ft THE MARRIAGE RECORD Following is a complete list of the marriage licenses issued by the York county probate court during the holidays from December 17, up to yesterday: Dec. 17.?Hook Turner and Lettie 1 Bell. I Dec. 18.?Nat Craig and Fannie By- | ers (colored). ( Dec. 18.?James Freeman and Li Hie Wilks (colored). Dec. 19.?Clarence H. Glenn and Ida I. Robinson. Dec. 20.?Dave Green and Mander J. House (colored). Dec. 21.?Harry Miller and Rosa Choate (colored). Dec. 20.?John Costner and Sallie Adams. Dec. 20.?Hiram Barrett and Lula Stewart. Dec. 20.?James King and Ethel Sanders (colored). Dec. 20.?James Cobb and Myrtle Gladden. Dec. 20.?Enek Price and Alma Mobley. Dec. 20.?Bob Poovey and Nettie Thornburg. Dec. 20.?Fred W. Lee and Lizzie Rrnhhd Dec. 20.?Henry McCullough and Cora Barnett (colored). Dec 20.?John Caldwell and Eliza White (colored). Dec. 21.?Rufus Hope and Annie Lee Douglass (colored). Dec. 22.?Edward L. Chllders and Emma Ashe. Dec. 22.?Frank M. Jackson and Belle Campbell. Dec. 22.?Delmer Morris and Nannie Poag. Dec. 22.?Emmett C. Boyd and Addle May Robinson. Dec. 22.?Jake Robinson and Ida Robinson (colored). Dec. 22.?Lawson F. Waldrop and Mary L Smith. Dec. 23.?James F. Paxton and Myrtle B. Hovis. Dec. 23.?Marcellus Lewis and Ruther Parker (colored). Dec. 23.?Stephen Rowell and Maggie Blake (colored). Dec. 23.?William Blair and Carrie Miller (colored). Dec. 23.?Albert Miller and Isabella McKnight (colored). Dec. 23.?Mannle Steele and Maggie Whltener (colored). Dec. 24.?Lee A. White and Mary B. Bailes. Dec. 24.?Joshua Bratton and Martha Jane Wilkes (colored). Dec. 24.?Julius Scott and Mary McNeel (colored). Dec. 24.?Alex L. Ware and Carrie Hardin (colored). Dec. 24.?Lonzo Gettys and Bessie Harley (colored). Dec. 24.?Jim Davis and Cora Er vln (colored). Dec. 24.?Will Ratchford and Nora Gilmore (colored). Dec. 24.?Tate Mackens and Laura Flannagan (colored). Dec. 24.?John Floyd and Eva Simpson (colored). Dec. 24.?Clarence Burris and Roena Anderson (colored). Dec. 24.?Lee Hinson and Grace Ritchie. _ _ ? Dec. 24.?Fred Phillips and Bell Hunter (colored). Dec. 25.?John L. Davis and Nell Reld Jenkins. . Dec. 25.?Joe Smith and Maud Fresler. . _ , Dec. 25.?Andy Allison and Lula Mattheson (colored). Dec. 26.?Bogan T. Funderburk and Almetta Sowell. Dec. 26.?Solomon Sanders and Pearlle Williams (colored). Dec. 26.?Adam Douglass and Laura Ragsby (colored). Dec. 27.?Andrew Lawrence and Mary E. Lewis (colored). Dec. 27.?Walter Maine ana iwra Erby (colored). Dec. 27.?Will House and Rena Daniel (colored). Dec. 27.?David C. Messick and Minnie Bailey. Dec. 27.?George Guy and Hanna Norton (colored). Dec. 27.?William Massey and Willie B. Dunlap (colored). Dec. 27.?James Kinney and Jessie Christcart (colored). 0TArrv H ""* An^ , Dec. 29.?John C. Hayes and Bessie Drennan. Dec. 30.?Walter Davie and Annie Hope (colored). Dec. 30.?Will McNeel and Annie Marshall (colored). Dec. 30.?John Gaton and Grether Gamble (colored). Dec. 30.?James E. Byers and Edna Seagle. Dec. 30.?Peter Williams and Annie Workman (colored). Dec. 31.?Ernest Page and Blanche Burris (colored). Dec. 31.?Craig Adams and Pearline Glenn (colored). Dec. 31.?William Kennedy and Cora Spikes (colored). LOCAL LACONICS. New Minister In Rock Hill. * -5- ffi Pay ROCK mix itecoru; ivev. . j.. the new pastor of the West End Baptist church, has arrived in the city and taken up his work. Mr. Cox takes the place of Rev. S. T. Brock, who has moved to Lancaster. Big Fire in Charlotte. Charlotte Observer, January 2: Fire broke out on the third floor of Belk Brothers' department store, 23-27 East Trade street, last night shortly before 10 o'clock and it was near midnight before the flames were entirely subdued. The loss from lire and water will fall between $100,000 and $150,000 two floors being praptically wiped out Interestina Old Papers. Mr. J. B. Scott, of the Delphos neighborhood, showed The Enquirer a few days ago some interesting papers of the olden time. One Is a receipt for J480 paid for a negro in 1815. Another is a militia notice to muster, dated in 1841, and another is an account dated 1810, on which calico is charged at 62$ cents a yard. The Visit to Dillon. Supt. of Education Carroll, Auditor Love, Clerk of Court Tate and Supervisor Boyd, accompanied W. S. Wilkerson, of the court house commission to Dillon, lasi Monday to examine the handsome new court house at that place. The readers of The Enquirer will remember that a cut of the Dillon court house was published in this paper in its issue of December 17, 1912. All of the officials who went on this trip had quite a pleasant time of it, and were very much pleased with the Dillon building. McFadden-T urner. Spartanburg Herald, December 31: Yesterday afternoon, December 30, 1913, at the Southside Baptist church at 8.30 o'clock, the pastor, Rev. R. V. Miller, united in the holy bonds of wedlock, Miss Rosa Kate Turner of Spartanburg and Mr. V. B. McFadden of Rock Hill. The couple left yesterday on a bridal tour to Charlotte and other places. On their return they will reside In Rock Hill, where Mr. McFadden is engaged In business. There were many handsome presents given the happy couple. Mrs. McFadden is a sister of Mrs. Z. G. Johnston of Walker street, and of Mr. Gus Turner. She had been teaching the Roebuck school until the holidays. Don't Let It Stop. In the case of a subscriber who has been reading the paper and who does not care for it any longer, we cut his name off at the end of the subscription period with as much pleasure as we put it on in the beginning. The reason is plain. The subscriber having paid the subscription price, and we having lived up to our part of the contract, have earned the money. But we do not like to cut off the names of subscribers who want their papers to come. We dislike for any appreciative subscriber to lose a single copy. However, unless the name is duly re turned by the clubmaker or otherwise >or another year, we have no alternative than to discontinue the subscription at the end of the contract period. Subscribers who have not yet had their names returned, but who desire them returned, will please attend to the matter without delay. Today's issue goes to all subscribers, an<T so joes the next' issue. After that all names that have not been returned will be stricken from the list until we ar? instructed to restore them. Old Time Ginning. Mr. R. J. Davis of Bethel, does not belong in the old man class. He acknowledges to 60; but does not think that is necessarily old. However, he has a long memory and he was using it yesterday quite interestingly. Cotton ginning was the subject. He spoke of the fact that he had grinned some 1,1 no- ftVflp a i??? ?"V ti?"- "?v? u. vuuunaiiu uaico wiui iwu gins this year, and then went on to compare the dollar a bale he receives for ginning with the $5 a bale that the old timers used to receive. "The late A. H. Barnett once told me that the regular price for ginning in the old dajs was a toll of one-twentieth of the cotton. Also Mr. Barnett told me that he has received $5 a bale for ginning. In those days the gins were operated by horse power and four bales a day was about all one gin could do. Shortly after the war the late A. H. Adams paid me $7.50 in gold for ginning two bales. Now-a-days I can gin about thirty-two bales a day with my two gins. That is $32. It would look like there should -have been money in ginning in the old days but I do not know that there was any more than there is now. If so, the business has never been anything to brag on." Winthrop's Farmhouse School. Complete freedom from restraint is the lot of the children who attend the experimental rural schol at Winthrop college, Rock Hill, as described by Mrs. Hetty Browne, in a bulletin of the United States bureau of education. There are, no seats or desks in this school; no class-rooms; no rule of silence; but & free activity guided and directed by a woman who is in complete sympathy with country childsen and country life. In this and other respects observers have noted a reseAlance to the Montessori schools but Irs. Browne began her work several ftars ago quite Independently of the Meories of Madame Montessori. Furthermore, the Rock Hill school makeflno claim to a deliberate scientific bjpis; it is essentially an "experimenter' school, where it is hoped to learn ? actual experience what kind of a Shool is best adapted to rural life. Ve school building is a farmhouse, Ith rooms fitted up as "sitting room," Btchen and workshop. A large verandal surrounding the house is used fol the midday meal, which is served bathe pupils at the school and for other! purposes. There is plenty of grounq about the school, including space fona large garden. The garden is the ce iter about which instruction revolves. From the study of soil and seed in t e winter time to the actual planting, (cultivating, and harvesting at the ot^er seasons, the garden remains the center of the children's interest and activity. Arithmetic, spelling, etc., hre not taught as subjects, but only is the need for them arises in connection with the of tten- affjy^iethl?sBr ometry, both of which are absorbed by the children without effort. The making of towels for use at the school, naturally develops new words haying to uo wiiu sewing una many uiuri things. And so on. Words and numbers are given the children only as the need for them develops, and then with as little formality as possible. The whole ide^ is for the children to And out things, if possible, without being told. The children in this rural school are not assigned to "classes" and "periods," as in the traditional school. A visitor will see one group working in the garden, another group on the veranda lewing, another In the kitchen at a cooking task, and still another doing "numbers" or reading with the teacher hi her room. The aim of the Rock Hillichool is thus summarized by Dr. A P. Bourland in an introduction to the bureau's bulletin: "The resolve was to make a school that will train tha farm children for their future work in the home, on the farm, and in th? social life around them. Hence we began frankly with the activities of tie farm. TlrJ^im was not a cut-anl-dried planB?ut rather a working dea to enab^lthe teacher to create a growing ^Bcy for the development of farm lflQ MERE MENTION |S| An Atlanta, Ga., woman, mar^^BL>r thirty years, the mither of te^H*'~ dren, is suing her hiaabnd for She alleges that thi husband ^ "'id her and threatened ,t?r-lcill th^Bidren John RltV, aged 65^P/s. inventor of the cash register, dvrat Dayton, Ohio, Tuesday...... -JultM> edrines, a French ariatar, ha^ist completed a flight from Paris to Viro> Egypt, and says he will fly to A#-ralia The navy department recently transported 150 recruits from Chicago to Seattle, Wash., at an expense for feed of 44 cents ^er'man per day. An Atlanta police court Judge told a negro, Tuesday, that he ought to have stolen an automobile instead of a horse as charged. It he had stolen an 18,000 automobile, the crime would I have been a misdemeanor, with oner year's imprisonment, while stealing ar J40 horse was a febny and wouldF probably mean a long term of yearsJj Robert Adamson, a former At-fj IamSm TtAntannnAt* tno r> la 4a ha tlri G ICLUltL ilCVVO^apci mat), |o w wv ? commissioner of New York, under apjl' pointment of Mayor Mitchell Mi$ Lucy Hoke Smith, daughter of Sent* tor Hoke Smith of Georgia, was maj ried in Washington, Tuesday, to En c sign Alston R. Simpson, df the U. I ^ navy Harry Fragson, a vaudf h ville performer, was shot to death h ti Paris, France, Tuesday, by his &. s year-old father.... .Queen Mother S?. tl phia of Sweden, died at Stockholm, n tl Tuesday, aged 77 years Renel ft. tl Fleming, a sailor on the battles^ Ohio, died Sunday at the Guantanano t; isolation camp. He was the secgxi n victim of an outbreak of smaUpoXiOi t< the Ohio Bob FitzsimdpBS, end 6 heavy-weight champion of fhs ww^u tl has been refused permission by 'H 1 New York athletic commissibn,to jik 8' ticipate in a ten round boit In aito s state Two negroes killed a cijf zen near Chestertown, Md., Hj& day of last week. They werecrjMH c and confessed the crimes a trial of the negroes began 0 day A joint legislativec/j^BX Oi tee of West Virginia, hat- o tigating the election of alnlLgHb^. senator in 1913, and hasm/^^H a port charging five membcs tMHi f< cepting bribes and recoimek o: expulsion The jury n e of Hans Schmidt, the CatoIn^^F S for the murder of Ann e New York, after being outfcth^^K. tl six hours, reported a miU o were discharged. Two offtliv^MJl o stood for acquittal on th|lgJrj^^E insanity. The other ten ndbr ^K. viction in the first degree], . ^Kj~ zards and severe storms '' great deal of damage ? much suffering throughojji Jj! during the past three or foj- a*fr * Mrs. Lillie Devereux BlakJ jWoLi years, one of the original %S>n .fK.lj|H fragists of the United at Englewood, N. J. 1. I WARY REFORM I* Intended to Make People Think. e on the subject of prin reform is being printed r of South Carolina par of these lines, if he is lousands who have helped., lany of our primary elec-'"^-* Ite a better set of regula-* e now have. t problem has been not but to get anything don?^Bra; depended on party cokA^^^^ ime after time the con- . sidetracked proposed reyou have ever been to a itlon you know why. It i?^ ^ f crowd of men who rush v lot of business in a few y get to a consideration 01 vl iue commiuee on rule# ^Be in the programme; sometime* > near midnight There is no ^ time ^Hdeliberate and rather than ^ adopt ^Bnges they do not understand the coBfjpntion does nothing. Eveliboiild the session be extended to Go days, and the second given to theafules, there could be no thorough Unsideration. Delegates twice as nurfceroua as the whole legislature, unorg4nlzed- ?Put Into warring factions, many of the individuals, candidates for an impending primary can not be expected to give the calm, fair, non-partisan attention and decision without which there could be no satisfactory changes in our primary sys16 We are not guessing at possibilities or even stating possibilities, tnrt <edng^"^B facts established In our conventions. JQ Something Stronger Needed. s| But suppose for a moment that we could eliminate factionalism for once^^ and hold the convention in sesCtMf long enough for careful deliberation, we would then get only party rules and not state lawa We protect our hogs by law, shall we trust the birthright of our suffrage to a party rule? When our people go to the ballot there Is set In motion one of the . mightiest forces that ever move them. 4 Deep convictions are stirred, strong t prejudices are aroused, passions loosed. Along with the many moved by high - motives march the determined band of avaricious seekers for personal advantage, and those lusting for power. Here if anywhere in the life of our people the strong arm of the law is needed to protect us from the forces of evil in the exercise of the most sacred and fundamental act of citizenship. At the hands of the legislature we can get redress. It can build a bulwark to protect our ballot, a bulwark buttressed by the law and backed by all the forces of our government ? ?^ Others Have Them. Even In states where the primary ^ nomination is not equivalent to Jtfr ^ election they control every detalU of their primary elections by laws. How much more necessary are legal safeguards with us where the primary is ? everything. v Our legislature has felt the necesai- wflKPf ty of primary protecting statutes, and ii?us oimuieu suiue. oui iuc> tering, and apply only here and there, leaving such wide spaces unprotected that they amount to little or nothing. By passing them we have admitted the principles of statutory regulation, . but by stopping with 01U7 a beginning accomplished our effort has been futile. I Now is the Time to Act. It only remains for you, the readers . of this article and the rest of the ratJfea****rj and file of our party, to say to our 1 representative, "Give us a simple, plain, strong law to protect our primary without taking away the ballot fnjmwyhonest Democrat/'^Now is se88ion.U^^^^^^^^^^^to4in2irt[ that they act. Interested men may try to have them postponed again as they have in the past You must look after your rights or they will be lost by default Publif Servico Commission.?In accordant with the code provisions. Govern*- Blease has named a public service (commission with authority to fix andi establish maximum /niteinbssngfl chargea for water, gas and electric ouppij.. iuq Lumiiiiooiuiy appuiuicu to ' as follMtri: ! Gleni W. Ragsdale, of Wlnnsboro. / 1 D. VI Smo&k of Greenville. ^ D. VT. Gaston, Sr., of Aiken. -~ Thet had been a public service commlsion named since the passage of theact requiring same, by the general ajsembly, but the members' term either expired or they resigned from the ofice. The code provisions say that fee members should at their first meetiig select by lot the terms of office Or* two, four and six years. Seaion 922 of the code provides that the ipvernor shall name a public service tommission, by and with the con- If sent of the senate. The commission J is authorized to fix and establish in ?' all ctyes of the state, now or hereafter tacorporated under any general or specal law of the state, maximum ratei and charges for the supply of water, gas or electricity, furnished by any firm or corporation to "such city andlhe inhabitants thereof, such rates to 11 reasonable and just." T ree reputable and competent citizei i of the state are to be named underthe law. It is provided that the coisnissioners shall be paid $10 a day rati day while actually engaged in thsperformance of their duties. The mctiey is to be furnished by the firm oricorporatlon tr the commission aeciAd that the rates are unjust or un- . retonable and by the city if the decifpn goes the other way. A the complaints are to be made in _ JA wiling by twenty or more citizens to V tit mayor or council of any city, ex- , oft those cities excepted under the tc, and the mayor or council may I rfluest the public service commission t| hold hearings in connection with tm complaint as to the ratea /The Banks Are Joining.?Six hunfred and ninety-five national banks; state banks and twenty-three trust Companies covering over forty-five Hates and having an aggregate capiat exclusive of surplus of approximately $300,000,000 have informed the federal authorities of their intention o enter the new currency system. 'his was announced by the treasury epartment last Wednesday night, a - 1 reek after the currency reform law . 1 .as enacted. -J The department's statement said: "Six hundred and ninety-five appliations have been received from na- 1 lonal banks with an aggregate capi- ' al of about 1250,000,000, so that up o this time national banks re preenting approximately one-fourth of he total national banking capital of be country already have signified " 1? 1-4 11 > Heir TTrreTlTTUn COeTTTeT?lliu "Forty-nine state banks and tweny three trust companies also hare otifled the department of their insntlon to become members. Of the 95 national banks applying flftylree are in the New England states. 12 in the eastern states, 191 in the outhern states, 227 in the middle tates, 69 in the western states and 1 in the Pacific states. "Of the national banks 69 have a ipital of *1,000,000 or more, 142 have capital of from $250,000 to $1,000,>0; 270 have a capital of from $100,)0 to $250,000 and 214 have a capital t less than $100,000. "Two trust companies applying have capital of $5,000,000 or more and >ur trust companies have a capital f from $1,000,000 to $5,000,000. ^ P. W. Hill, secretary of the Iowa tate Bankers' association, telegraph- V d the department Wednesday night S lat the organization committee ould rely on the hearty co-operation | f the banks of ? Chester, Deo^^^^^^fe|^^meet-^HMK| lg the ay it wnsjflKSHHHHRjKnHHHHRE 3 house^HHBraBSHHmHH^BH^^HflNa