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Scraps and Jarts. -?The Virginia Daughters of the American Revolution have inaugurated a tight against J. P. Morgan to make him give up the will of Martha Washington, which was stolen from Fairfax court houBe during the war, by Yankee soldiers and was purchased by the late J. P. Morgan, Sr. The idea is to make the millionaire give it up by means of legal proceedings. Being so wealthy that the employment of all the lawyers he wants is a matter of a Joke with him, the understanding is that Morgan, Jr., will fight the thing as long as it provides interest or excitement and if he loses out in the end he will not care two cents. ? Washington, January 19: Under suspension of the rules, the house today passed the Smith-Lever agricultural extension bill which now goes to the senate. It would appropriate $480,000 the first year for government aid to state agricultural schools?JlO.OOu to each state?and the amount would increase yearly until after ten years $3,600,000 a year would be appropriated. Under the agricultural extension bill, providing for Federal aid in the dissemination of scientific farm information various agricultural colleges would receive Federal funds to finance plana for acquainting farmers witn facts established by the department of agriculture. As it passed the house the bill would provide for an immediate appropriation of $480,000 of which $10,000 would go to each state complying with the requirements of the law. This appropriation would be increased by $300,000 each year for nine years and after a ten year period would become a permanent annual appropriation of $3,000,000. The bill was called up by Representative Lever of South Carolina, and with less than an hour's debate was rushed through. ? Representative Johnson of Kentucky, and John R. Shields, a Washington attorney, engaged in a fist fight : last Monday, breaking up the meeting of the house committee on the District of Columbia. After the two men ' had clashed and several blows struck, < Representative Johnson broke away, , shouting, "get me my pistol. I'll kill 1 him." During the encounter Shields was knocked down by the tall Ken- ' tucky congressman. Clerks of the district committee dashed into the arena and held Johnson for a few sec? nwnv from them. ' UI1UO UUl M?vnw .. shouting for his revolver. There were t a dozen men in the room when John- j son hurried out, but his demand for ( firearms cleared the office, and when he returned there was no one in sight. 1 Johnson addressed some caustic remarks to the clerks who attempted to hold him and the incident was closed. The clash came after a hearing on the bill to increase the salaries of 1 crossing policemen in Washington, i Shields appeared as an attorney for , the policemen. After Shields presented his case, Johnson said he heard that Shields had collected a large lob- f byist's fee. The encounter followed, t ? Milwaukee, Jan. 20: The Wiscon- i sin eugenics law, which provides for the issuance of marriage licenses only upon a certificate of a clean bill of health was this afternoon declared un- i constitutional by Judge F. C. Esch- j weiler, of the circuit court. The case will go to the supreme court. Judge c Eschweiler held that the eugenics law 1 was of unreasonable statutory limita- j tions so far as physician's fees were concerned, and that it was an unreasonable and material impairment of 1 the right of persons to enter into mr..- j trimony. The law was praised because v of its movement toward suppression of sexual diseases, but condemned be- 1 cause its enforcement is impossible, c The court held that if the state wishes to exercise its right for preventing undesirable marriages 11 snuuiu wnu out the unfit, and thereby not cast s upon the fit an unfair demand. Alfred Peterson and Miss Hattle Schmidt made application for a marriage license January 2, the day on which the law went into effect. Clerk Widele refused the petition because the man did not have a certificate of health from a physician. Peterson sought recourse in the oourts. ? An echo of the Carabao banquet at which the administration's Philippine policy was ridiculed last month was heard at the navy department last Wednesday when Secretary Daniels revoked an order assigning Rear Admiral Thomas B. Howard to command the Asiatic fleet, to succeed Rear Admiral Reginald Nicholson. Instead. Admiral Howard will relieve Rear Admiral W. C. Cowles, commanding the American squadron off the Pacific Mexican coast, and Admiral Cowles will take command of the Asiatic fleet. Admiral Howard was chairman of the Carabao dinner committee and with the other members, high army and navy officers, was reprimanded at the direction of President Wilson after an investigation of the travesties and songs which featured the military society's banquet "Under the circumstances we did not want to send Admiral Howard to the Philippines," said Secretary Daniels, Wednesday. "But as we have every confidence in him we did not want to give him a command that would In any way appear tone a punishment, so we decided to send him t to the Pacific Mexican squadron. This c arrangement is entirely satisfactory to Admiral Howard. c ? Speaker Clark's declination of an . invitation to attend a democratic dinner in Washington last Wednesday, at y which Secretary Bryan was a guest r stirred up so much commotion that e the speaker Issued a characteristic statement. Published reports had con- 0 nected the speaker's deiclinatlon with p the presence of Secretary Bryan, am s echoes of the Baltimore conventi- . The speaker did not dignify this suggestion with a reference. "I have cut s all dinners and functions except those a I feel under obligations to attend in c my official capacity," said the speaker. "I did this for two reasons. First, be- 1 cause I have no time to attend them, a I have too much to do. Second, Mr. n Spofford, so long librarian of congress, once told me that most public men and army and navy officers who died in Washington 'dug their graves with t their own \eeth,' a saying which I took to heart. The people of the country d are not interested to any considerable b extent about dinners in Washington j but they are interested very much as ., to what congress does and when it 1 does it, and I am trying my best to ex- c pedite business so that we can get c away from here and give the country _ a rest. That iB a good policy for both the country and the Democratic par- 8 ty." t] ? The president delivered his anti- 1< trust message to congress last Tues- fl day. The chief points he singled out ,, as a basis for legislation were: 1. Effective prohibition of the interlocking a rtAwnAwoHnno?. n UI uireviui aics vi vvi banks, railroads, industrial, commer- ?, cial and public service bodies. 2. A law to confer upon the interstate commerce commission the power to super- c intend and regulate the financial op- h eratlons by which railroads henceforth are to be supplied with the money thev need for their proper development and c improved transportation facilities. The s president made it clear that "the pros- n perity of the railroads and the prosperity of the country, are inseparably connected" in this regard. 3. Deflni- t. tion of "the many hurtful restraints of ii trade" by explicit legislation supple- a mentary to the Sherman law. 4. The creation of a commission to aid the h courts and to act as a clearing house 11 of information in helping business to v conform with the law. 5. Provision of penalties and punishments to fall upon e individuals responsible for unlawful a business practices. 6. Prohibition of n holding companies and a suggestion that the voting power of individuals holding shares in numerous corpora- n tions might be restricted. 7. Giving tl to private individuals the right to found suits for redress on facts and judgments proven in government suits and providing that statute of limitations should run only from the date of conclusion of the government's action, s ? Washington. January 21: Misun- ' derstanding among many bankers as r< to that part of the currency act which y provides when banks shall enter the t) reserve system, led treasury officials to Issue a statement tonight, designed to clear up the situation and to pre- si vent needless inquiries. The state- tl ment says in part: "A number of banks appear to be under the impression that only banks located in reserve n' cities are required as a matter of law, o! to signify their acceptance of the Fed- ^ eral reserve act within sixty days from its passage. All national banks are re- w quired to signify their acceptance or al non-acceptance of the terma of thg act within sixty days, irrespective of their location. It is not compulsory that state banks and trust companies shall signify within sixty days from the passage of the act their intention in the matter." Legal applications for membership in the new system has been made by 4,620 banks. If applications continue to reach the treasury at the present rate there will be close to 6,000 by the end of the week. There are only 7,500 national banks in the United States and since the greater portion of the applicants are national banks, indications point to but few remaining without the system. The limit on applications is February 22. According to treasury officials, the total capital of the national banks which have formally applied represents about 70 per cent of the total capital of all the nation's national banks. Elghiy-two state banks and trust companies have applied for membership, and since the approval of the reserve act December 23, 64 such institutions have expressed their desire to become national banks. ?he jgorbviUt (Snquirrr. Entered at the Postofflce In YorkvMe as Mali Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE, S. C.t VUllkAY UNITARY 2S. 1914. A New York grand Jury Is invest!- ; gating the story told by former Governor Sulzer against Charles F. Mur- j phy, and it is beginning to look as if j Mr. Murphy is going to have a pretty ' jerious time of It. j It is generally anticipated by the Democratic congressmen in those , states that have two parties, that there i s going to be some hard fighting this ' summer for the control of the next louse. i j In his speech on the state warehouse j luestion last Wednesday, Senator Mc- \ Laurin gave a lot of valuable expla- 1 latlon of the benefits of the new cur- J ency system in its relation to the , narketlng of cotton, and taken all to- ] jether, the speech is a comprehensive 1 :ontribution to the financial ard eco- J lomic information of the day. ( , t The house committee appointed to J nvfcstigate the charges against Judge ; smory speer, againsi wnum aiuki?> < >f impeachment have been filed, is molding sessions in Macon. Ga. There ias been a lot of damaging testimony idduced, and some of it leaves the im)ression that among other things the udge may be a cocaine fiend. Several witnesses have testified to alleged iribery, favoritism and general abuse if power. Governor Blease's message on the itate hospital matter makes some wonlerfully interesting reading, and it vould seem that unless Senator Tillnan went off half primed in his orlgnal "personal and confidential" comnunication, it will be up to him to nake a further and additional showng. As to just what was behind that >111 which Governor Blease vetoed last 'ear we do not know definitely. We lave gotten some disquieting pointers hat have been calculated to arouse luspicions; oui mai is aDoui mi. nuwiver, we will state that in our opinion he status of the old asylum property s much better now than if last year': >ill had passed, especially in that the itate is still the owner, and there has lot yet been any melon cutting excep. n prospective. Representative Long of Aiken, has ntroduced a joint resolution looking o the submission of the people of the luestion as to whether or not the Con ititution shall be amended so as to >rovide for the election of judges L he people. We do not hesitate to sayhat in our opinion, this Joint resoluion will fail of passage; but it ought o pass and the proposed amendment >ught to be made. The reason the resilution will not pass we fear, is beause there are too many lawyers in he legislature, and the average lawer is perfectly satisfied with an arangement that practically ensures the lection of judges by lawyers instead >f by the people. The election by the people system prevails in many of the * tates, and in every state where it loes prevail, it is to say the least of it, atisfactory; but that is not alL Time .nd experience have shown that ex- j. ept through the election of judges by r he people there is no way to maintain e , truly democratic form of govern- * aent. j ? F The Columbia State inveighs against ? he common custom of legislative t elegations In the general assem- * ly voting for judicial candidates ? rom their own counties, or if r heir own counties have no judi- f ial candidates, then voting for the ? andidat^S in adjoining counties. We ^ gree that this is a very poor rule of a uidance; but unless we are mistaken * here are few rules that have been J anger established or which are more t rmly grounded. Where there is po- s itlcal factionalism the voting gener- | lly follows that line, although it is g iOt unusual for a representative to go S ack on his faction to vote for his r ounty man. And the thing is not ^ onflned to judges by any means. We v lave more than once seen York dele- z ations vote for county men solely be- J ause they were county men, and fl ometimes the men voted for could r iOt even carry their own home pre- 1 mAa? InalffntflAont nfflnpfl ^ 1UVIO 1V1 l(IV Utvcv IUS?OUiUVWMV v*uvvw ^ hat the people have to fill. No, there c 3 very little to the Idea of voting for o , home man simply because he is a ^ iome man. Other things being equal v t shows that the voter is not very v . ell qualified to represent a consiitu- J ncy; but still it is often the case that t mong a whole list of candidates, ? one of them are able to urge strongr claims than that they are home len, and the voting body has to settle i: he question the best way it can. ' n The Warehouse Bill. ? We are printing Senator McLaurin's t peech on the warehouse bill because n re want the people of York county to ead it, and we want the people of F 'ork county to read it in order that f< ley may gather additional informa- ti on on one of the most important iibjects relating to the business of r< ieir everyday lives. ? As our readers are aware, we have ? ot hesitated to say what we think w r this warehouse proposition. We h ave studied it long and earnestly ^ ith all the application we have been ^ lie to bring to bear, solely from the ti standpoint of what we conceive to be the highest welfare of our people, and while we would be foolish to suggest that we believe there is no possibility of a mistake, we are unable to see where any harm can be done, and we believe that the chances are about ninety-nine out of a hundred that things will turn out Just as Mr. McLnurin thinks they will. One of the most striking things about all of Mr. McLaurin's speeches is their breadth, depth and clearness. There is always unmistakable evidence of his thorough mastery of his subject, and never a suggestion of an appeal to passion or prejudice, even under the strongest provocation and at the same time every statement he utters seemc to pile up evidence of his earnest solicitation for the welfare of the men and women who feed and clothe the world and do most generally for its wellbeing. The underlying idea of this warehouse bill is that most of the profit derived from -1? nwvn hna All ftlonfir lilt? BUUIU D WWWU V? vj/ M?W ?- ?-?a been diverted from the people who have the highest claims on it to people whose claims are not nearly so well founded. As to the right of the people of the south to say what they should receive for their cotton within reasonable limits, we have no doubt, and as to their ability to say it, we think that all they have to do is to go about the establishment of such a system as Senator McLaurln proposes. Of course, as the senator says, his bill Is not perfect. It would be absurd for anybody to try to make such a claim; but there is no doubting the fact that it furnishes most excellent foundation for a start, and in a thing of this kind, it is safe to say, that a little practical operation will quickly correct any defects that may appear, and before these defects have had time to do anything like as much harm as is now being done under present conditions. ? Chihuahua, Mexico, Jan. 21: "It win Ka ohnttrn thot the TTnited 3VUII ntAI WG o*?w?* 3tates has not waited in vain in the oelief that the Huerta government is jlowly crumbling," said Qen. Francisco Villa today. "With the northern division of the Huerta army Imprisoned ,n the United States and with Gens, lose Refugio Velesco's federal troops trembling at Torreon. the only point they now hold in the north, it will not >e long before the usurper Huerta will )e swept away by public opinion. At first it was only arms that brought u* victories. Our success at Ojinaga in pushing the federal division into the United States has had the effect of a tonic on' our soldiers. I am convinced that the prospective battle near Torre>n will knock another prop from under he tottering throne of Huerta. Once ve go south of Torreon every city between us and Mexico City will fall. The federals will not last long at Tor eon. We are going to approach them nrith an army of 15,000, the largest evolutionary corps called together in his revolution. We shall bombard the 'ederals with thirty cannon, forty mashine guns and hand grenades. We tlready are concentrating our troops lorth of Torreon. I will lead the assault. Gen. Toribio Ortega will be second in command. The attacking , ine will be reinforced by troops at riminez and other points along the ailroad." Situation in Mexico.?Without ex>ectation of any immediate change n the political phase of the Mexican situation, now that the Huerta govsrnment has passed through the or leal of the announcement of its In- l ention to default on interest paynents on the national debt, officials in Washington, according to a dispatch >f yesterday, have settled down to i slose observation of developments in ;he military campaign. Army officers believe that by the niddle of next week at the latest, Gen. /ilia will have occupied the whole erritory as far south as Torreon, 1 vhere the next big battle of the re- ' rotation is expocted to follow. It is ; cnown that the federals are disposed , o make desperate resistance at this joint?the key to all central Mexico? 1 ind federal reinforcements are being i lurried north from the capital. un the west coast after the temporary advantage grained by federal ,'orces in skirmishes Wednesday, the *ebels are reported to be gathering < n great number in the country lying . n the rear of Mazatland and Acapul- 1 jo. 1 President Wilson let it be known 1 esterday that while he is in con- , itant communication with John Lind, , he latter had reported no new projosals, as having been made by Jesus * ^lores Magon or any other person sup>08ed to be representing Huerta, ( ? New York, January 21: William i talzer testified under oath today that , Charles F. Murphy, Tammany leader, hreatened to wreck his administra- ' ion as governor of New York if he did i tot appoint James E. Gaffney com- j nissloner of highways. He said he had leclined to make the appointment afer United States Senator James A. 1 )'Gorman told him that Gaffney was ilurphy's "chief bagman," ana tnat laffney had attempted to hold up ames O. Stewart, a state highway contractor and client of the senator or $100,000, "and that to appoint him vould be a disgrace to the state of Jew York." Sulzer's testimony was lis first sworn statement of charges te has made against Murphy, and in nany particulars he added to and laborat.ed them. Sulzer appeared as a witness in District Attorney Whitnan's John Doe inquiry into state dghway graft. He was called to ex>lain why, as governor-elect, he had ent a telegram to the state canal commission, requesting it to defer acion on a $3,000,000 contract upon vhich Stewart was the lowest bidder. Stewart, who was to get the contract estified at previous hearings that a nan named Gaffney had asked him or a contribution of 5 per cent of the contract. Sulzer today swore that he tad sent the telegram because he had ieen told there was danger that Stewrt's bids would be thrown out and hat this would be a great injustice tt. Stewart and to the state of New York, "or having requested the canal board o defer action in the matter, Murphy ummoned him, Sulzer said, and told lim he was "butting in where he did iot belong" and that he was "not be;inning right as governor." When Sulzer resented this and told the Tamnany chief he intended to be his own governor, he swore that Murphy reilied: "Like hell vou will. I'll see irhere you'll end damned quick." Sul;er indicated this interview marked lis first clash with Murphy. Sulzer aid that when he became governor he igreed with Attorney General Carnody, a member of the canal board, hat Stewart ought to get the contract ind had sought to "get him justice." )ther members of the board, however, utvoted the attorney general, six to >ne. "Mr. Murphy was the boss," said Sulzer. "I was the governor. I did jverything in my power to get along j irith him. I was willing to do anythin , vithin reason but I was not willing to , 'iolate my oath of office, nor to shut ( ny eyes to graft. When I told him j his. Murphy always laughed at me." ( 5ulzer declared that when he began t lis investigation into various state de>artments after he became governor j le was "staggered at the overwhelm- , ng corruption in the state." He de- , lared that Murphy had sent John H. j >elaney as messenger to him, demanding the dismissal of John A. Hentessy as graft Investigator. He said hat Murphy wanted to arrange for elephone connections between Del- i nonico's and the executive mansion. I asked Murphy to write," said the fitness, "but he said he never wrote." , teferring to the reported secret conerence between Murphy and his lieuenants at Delmonicos, where Sulzer 1 as previously charged it was decided I i impeach him, he said, Jay W. Forest of Albany had a letter in his pos- a ession which would prove such a con- m srence had been held. "Up to the very ist minute," he said, "if I had been a rilling to compromise, I would not a ave been removed. Mr. Murphy sent rord time and again that if I'd quit, e'd quit and that Senators Frawley. ii ould quit." Sulzer will be called to F le stand again Friday. LOCAL AFFAIRS, NEW ADVERTISEMENTS W. It. Carroll?Solicits your patronage in general merchandise arid supplies, and also talks about several specials. A mule tor sale. Bank ot Clover?Publishes its statement of condition at the close of business January 13. It has resources 01' $202,128.17. Lyric Theatre?Reminds you that Alladin and the Wonderful Lamp will be presented next Wednesday afternoon and evening. Yorkville Hardware Co.?Wants the party who has it, to return its wire stretcher. Jackson Repair Co., Clover?Solicits your repair wcrk, horseshoeing, and wants to repaint your buggy, put on rubber tires, etc. Palmetto Monument Co.?Is much pleased with the steady growth of its business, and solicits your ps.tronage. First National Bank, Sharon?Invites you to deposit your funds with it and thus help yourself and your neighbor to bigger things. Carroll Bros.?Point out the great advance in plowing from the days of the Egyptian's forked limb down to the Oliver chilled turn plow. Yorkville B. & M. Co.?Call attention to the excellent qualities of Melrose flour and also talk about groceries, farm hardware, etc. Thomson Co.?Reminds you of the big discounts it is now offering on all goods. Savings run from 20 to 50 per cent on seasonable goods. James Bros.?Have sold nearly a car of mules the past week and their buyer has gone to market again. Royal Pressing Club?Has moved into the Dobson building, on the corner of Main and West Madison streets.of Main and West Madison streets. Yorkville Hardware Co.?Has galvanized and composition roofing and will make you close prices on what you need. Kirkpatrick-Eelk Co.?Quotes special prices on ladles' and misses' coats and suits, and also on shoes for all ages. York Supply Co.?Gives some pointers on fertilizers that are worth consideration at this time. Louis Roth?Has cabbage plants for sale. Lyric Theatre?Presents programme for this evening and tomorrow. Cloud Cash Store?Is showing newest styles in ladies' skirts, ranging in price from $2.50 to $6.00. M. J. Walker, Major M. C.p N. G. S. C. ?Is receiving applications for enlistment in First regiment hospital corps. The chainganq ia now working on the spur road between Allison creek and Filbert. The mule buainesa is going on at a lively rate just now, and sales seem to be fully up to the best records of previous years. Superintendent of Education Carroll and County Demonstration Agent Blair are getting in quite a number of applications for membership in the Boys' Corn club. Although there may be among the members of the Bethany congregation some who think the building of a $10,000 church is an almost impossible task, as soon as the congregation be- ! gins to pull itself together on the subject, it will find that the undertaking is really a small matter. The Rock Hill Herald calls our attention to the fact that It was the "Chamber of Commerce" instead of the "Commercial Club" through which , the chaingang question was urged ( upon the York delegation. We plead guilty of inadvertence in the matter; j but so far as procedure or the author- j Ity behind the same Is concerned, we ( are unable to see any difference. , * ] FARMER8 BUSY 1 At about this season some few years ago, The Enquirer quoted a farmer of the western side of the county as saying that he and his neighbors were sitting about their homes not doing much, but waiting for spring to break so they could go to work, and that was generally recognized as the situation all over the county. But now-a-days conditions hav changed. Only a comparatively small per cent of the farmers have been seen about the towns during the past few weeks, and when a farmer is seen as a general thing he declares that he is busy, and his neighbors are busy, and that he has not much time to tarry. From such information as has been ] obtained from different farmers, all , that good weather that has been prevailing for more than a month has been utilized to the limit, and that an iinusual amount of work has been done along all lines of farm activityplowing, ditching and building homes ind outhouses and the like, and the rronom llv fa f n crnnrf aha wo ( TO INCREASE CHAINGANG Supervisor Boyd is circulating: a petition to the governor with a view to securing the commutation of the sentences of all the York county prisoners in the penitentiary back to :he chaingang. The petition has been signed by all the county officers except Auditor Love to whom it has not yet been presented, and the understanding is that the legislative delegation will sign it. As to just how many long term pris>ners there are in the penitentiary !rom this county, is not certain. The records in the office of the clerk of the lourt tell who has been sentenced and tor how long, but they do not tell which ones may have died in prison, ind the only way to get quick and positive information on the subject is Vi?.A.,<vU tk/v n..nA^n?An/lnnt V?.rv .iiAiru&u me ou^cuiucuuciii ui uic pcu" itentiary. When asked about the matter yes;erday, Supervisor Boyd said that he was not particular about getting the white prisoners back. In fact, he said le would rather not have them, as he ioes not like the idea of working whites and negroes together on the ?ang if he can help it; but if the povirnor grants the petition, he will take whatever comes to the county. In this matter, the supervisor is folowing the lead of Cherokee, Union F"airfleld and other counties that have petitioned the governor to send their long term prisoners back from the lenitentiary to their respective chainrangs. As to exactly what the procedure n the matter is, Supervisor Boyd is lot fully informed; but he underitands that it is necessary for the governor to make certain changes in the ength of the sentences of the prlson?rs and order them transferred, and :hat is about all there is to it. If the governor acts favorably upon :he petition, it is probable that there will be ten or a dozen additions to the jang; but as stated, the exact number s not known. ABOUT PEOPLE Thos. W. Boyd, supervisor, has been n Columbia, this week. Miss Annie Whiteside of Sharon, is Msiting Mrs. J. A. Whiteside in Rock 1111. Mr. M. Maddox has moved from lock Hill No. 1, to Mr. T. M. Oates's c >lantation on Yorkville No. 1. s Miss Margaret Dickson is very sick c it her home on Lincoln street, York- ? dlle, with pneumonia. * Mr. W. J. P. Wylie of Yorkville, is J .ble to be out again after his recent b .ttack of pneumonia. e Mrs. James F. Hart of Chatham, Va. c 3 visiting the family of Mayor John c t. Hart, in Yorkville. e Mr. J. R. Ashley, formerly of Rock u Hill, is living on Mr. Robert Wltherspoon's farm on Yorkville No. 7. Mr. and Mrs. John Craig have returned to Lancaster after a visit to relatives in and near Yorkville. Miss Kate Ratchford of Yorkville R. F. D. 3, is visiting Mrs. Ida McConnell in Blacksburg. Mr. James E. Burns who moved to Yorkville, January 1, has taken a position as traveling salesman for the Palmetto Monument Co. Mr. John S. James of the firm of James Bros., left yesterday morning for the Tennessee stock markets to purchase horses and mules. County Superintendent of Education John EX Carroll attended a meeting of the county superintendents of education held in Columbia Tuesday and Wednesday. Chester Reporter: Miss Jennie White, sister of Messrs. J. Q. L. and R. M. White, of Chester, sailed from New York Tuesday for a two months' stay in England. Mr. N. C. McCorkle of Yorkville, who is undergoing treatment at the Fennell Infirmary, Rock Hill, is getting along nicely and expects to return home today or tomorrow. Messrs. John S. Hartness, cashier, and J. S. Rainey and W. C. Thomson, directors of the First National Bank of Sharon, attended the Bankers' con vention or Group 3, at union last Monday. Invitations reading as follows, have been received in Yorkville this week: "Mr. and Mrs. James F. Pursley invite you to be present at the marriage of their daughter, Macie Ruth, to Mr. Joe Springs Riddle, on Wednesday evening, February the fourth, at 6 o'clock, at home, Gastonia, N. C." Mr. H. D. Wallace of Filbert No. 1. who, with his brother Mr. G. D. Wallace. has been on a visit to their brother, Mr. J. B. Wallace, near Rocky Mount, N. C., left at The Enquirer office the other day a "hand" of fine tobacco Mr. J. B. Wallace sent to the editor by him. The tobacco crop In the Rocky Mount country, it appears was the finest last year that the oldest inhabitants have any recollection. Mr. J. B. Wallace, a former citizen of York: but for 18 years a resident of the Rocky Mount section, sold a part of his crop at 76 cents a pound. The sample of tobacco he sent, is of his best; but he wants it understood that some of his neighbors sold their tobacco at still better prices. WITHIN THE TOWN ? Mr. R. D. Dorsett has moved his restaurant, pressing club and pool tables from the upper floor of the McNeel building to the J. W. Dobson store room on the corner of Congress and Madicon streets. ? A 3-year-old child of Mr. P. M. Thrift, who lives at the Ancona mill, was severely burned yesterday morning. The child was playing near the fireplace when its clothes caught fire and were all burned oft except one garment. Though the injuries are very painful it is not thought that the burns will prove fatal. ? Although not being prosecuted with especial vigor on either side, the contest for the Yorkville postmastership remains unsettled, and the matter Is to be determined within the next few weeks. The applicants for the position are Miss Maggie Moore, the Incumbent and Mr. John Warren Quinn, of Yorkville, former superintendent of education. The appointment is to be made by the president, but being solely political is to be determined by influence, and will depend entirely upon the recommendation of Hon. D. E. Finley, who as congressman in the Fifth district, has the naming of all the postmasters In that district. Mr. Quinn's petition has been Blgned by a majority of the business people of Yorkville, and a large number of people on the rural routes, as well as by such of the county officers as have seen proper to Blgn either peLion. Some of the officers have been unwilling to sign either petition. Miss ruoureB peuuun is iiumeruusiy oikiiad by Yorkvllle people and also has the names of many people living along the rural routes. As to what the outcome is going to be cannot be predicted with certainty because of various and peculiar complications, but there is no question of the fact that there is a very deep interest in the enLire situation. TRIBUTE TO REMBERT As a part of the memorial exercises held in the house of representatives on January 13, out of respect for deceased members, Hon. J. R. Haile, of York county, paid the following tribute to the memory of the late George R. Rembert of Richland, who, at the time cf his death was being looked upon as i likely candidate for governor: "Of the many sad experiences which come to all of us in this life, none is i ailed with greater poignancy of griei than that which we feel when we realze that the Grim Reaper has added to ais harvest one whom we loved and 1 who was our friend. Not in my sev- i cral terms as a member of this house lave 1 felt the sense of personal loss ' so keenly as I do at this moment in trying to offer a word in respect to the 1 nemory or a inena wno nas gone oui j from among us since we met here a , rear ago. It was my good fortune, one vhich I shall ever cherish, to be intinately associated with George R. Ftembert in the duties which devolved ipon us at our 1913 session, as conembers of the Ways and Means comnittee. It was there, more than anyvhere else, I had the opportunity to gei in insight into the sterling worth of :he man as a legislator and a citizen, ind 1 shall always esteem it one of the are privilege of my connection with :his body to have been thus so closely issociated with him in trying to do .hat which we considered for the invest of our beloved Commonwealth. Dne may get only a superficial view ind an erroneous impression of a coleague by casual acquaintance wu. lim on the floor of the house, but when le is thrown with a fellow-member lay after day in important committee vork, he is then enabled to estimate it its true worth the aims and purposes, the sincerity and statesmanihip, of the member. George R. Rem>ert was devoted to his work as a nember of the Ways and Means comnittee, as he was to the broad held of mdeavor of a representative in this pody, and I have often observed him ;oing about in his service here when I cnew that in the impaired state of his lealth it was at the cost to him of no ittle physical effort and pain. What a pity it was, I thought, that he should >e so afflicted, and only in the prime >f life. The ways of Providence are past our understanding, and He or lers all things well, Dut we can not ? >ut bemoan the loss we feel in' conemplating at what loss to us, Individ- , lally and collectively, a period is put . 0 the earthly existence of one from 1 vhom we reasonably expect so much, ? U the time of his death Mr. Rembert ? vas in his 39th year. He had served , >nly one full term and the half ofanither term In this house, having been ^ irst elected to membership herein as t 1 representative from Richland county t n the fall of 1910. Not within recent . rears, at least, has any member of this 1 >ody in so short a time been so uni- r rersally recognized as a man of ability i ind sterling worth. True, not all of * is agreed with him in the policies and irinciples he advocated, but none 8 rainsaid his honesty of purpose and g lis sincere efforts to be of service to lis fellow-man as he was given the ight to see the obligations resting i tpon him. Some of us seldom found u iccasion to disagree with him, for he itood for the things many of us con:eive it to be our duty to the people to 4 tand for. Speaking in a personal vein, o nearly always was able to accommo- ^ late myself to the view Mr. Rembert ook of public matters, and as I look n iack over the record of our acts and t (Torts of the last session I do not re- a all one Instance in which I would hange my attitude were like consid- v rations again before us. It is a pleas- n re to me to be able to stand here and tl say that I was both a personal and political friend of Mr. Rembert's. Had he been spared it was the purpose of thousands of our citizens to lend him the aid and encouragement at their command in furthering the service which he had ambition to render the people as chief executive of the state. But he is gone from among us forever. Hail and farewell, my good friend. Peace to your ashes." BETHANY CHURCH Bethany Associate Reformed Pres.byterian congregation is to pull itself together soon; erect a handsome new building, and conserve, revive and hand on down the powerful influences for good that have been created by the generations that have gone before. Such is the evident significance of a largefy attended congregational meeting that was held in the old church last Tuesday. There was a picnic dinner in con nectlon with the meeting. Rev. W. P. Grler, the pastor, presided, and there were addresses by Rev. J. L. Oates and J. S. Brlce, Esq., of Yorkville, and when the main question, a matter that had been under consideration for a number of years, was brought up, it was resolved that a new church building to cost between $8,000 and $10,000 be erected, the work to be commenced as soon as the necessary means begin to show up. The plan of raising the money is to be about the same as that which is being generally followed In such cases? subscriptions of various amounts payable In yearly installments, extending over a period of five years. The board of deacons, assisted by three ladles of the congregation, was appointed a finance committee to undertake the securing of the necessary subscriptions, and Mr W. D. Lesslie was elected chairman of a building committee the other members of which are to be chosen later. Bethany is one of the oldest churches in York county, and it is doubtful if there is another religious organization that has a record of a wider or better influence for good. The origin of Bethany is traceable to a church that was established at King's Mountain (the Pinnacle) some years previous to the Revolution. Later there came up in this old church dissensions in connection with the Psalm-Hymn controversy, and these dissensions caused a strife which Anally brought about the organization of Bethany in South Carolina and Pisgah over in North Carolina. This was about 1797. Both the new congregations were made up of seceders from the original church, and there has continued between them down to the present time the same bond of affinity that brought about the original split And from these two old churches the following additional A. R. P. organizations with a present membership of 1,171 have sprung: Bessemer City. King's Mountain. Crowder's Creek, Clover, Smyrra and two Gastonia churches. Bethany alone has a membership of about 252; but for a number of years past, until recently there has seemed to pervade the congregation a kind of unaccountable feeling of weakness and inability to do a great deal. The congregation has numbered among its pastors many of the ablest and most effective preachers in the entire country; but for some reason there has been a lack of that united spirit of aggression which is the life of all really progressive and effective organizations. There seems to be no reason to doubt, however, that there is plenty of zeal, plenty of financial ability, plenty of appreciation of the good to be accomplished, plenty of everything aIoa In tVin nr\n orrnfro Unn t n m a Ira tho UOC 111 VIIO VVIiglVgtkMVM VU iu?*n? VI1V old church greater, more powerful and more effective than it has ever been, and it is reasonably safe to predict that the new building is going up without unnecessary delay, and that when completed it will prove to be only a stepping stone to Bethany's coming to her own in still greater things. LOCAL LACONIC8. New Council 8worn In. The town council of Fort Mill met last Friday night and the newly elected mayor and councllmen were sworn Into office. Mr. Qadsden was elected chief of police to succeed Mr. John Coltharpe, who has been serving in that capacity for some ti. le. To Clean Out the 8treams. Representative Riddle on yesterday Introduced a bill "Requiring the running streams of York county for the purpose of drainage, to be left clean of all trash, trees, rafts, timbers, snags overhanging limbs and all other objects that obstruct the natural flow of water or tend to produce rafts and providing ways and means for enforcing same and making the costs of same a lien on the property." Harrison vs. Dunlap. The supreme court has affirmed the finding of the court below in the case of Harrison et al., vs. T. F. Dunlap, involving the title to 178 acres of land alleged to have been made by Nancy L. Dunlap to her son Thomas F. Dunlap, defendant-appellant, on the 8th lay of December 1906. Tne case was commenced November 22, 1909. Finley & Marion and W. W. Lewis represented the plaintiffs and J. S. Brlce ind C. E. Spencer, the defendant. The Court House Contract. Eighteen bids on the contract for j :he erection of the York county court louse were opened by the court house commission at noon today. The low- ' est bid was $70,994, submitted by the Travers-Wood company of Richmond, Va,, and the highest was $89,967, by :he Pittman Construction company of Atlanta, Ga. Messrs. J. J. Keller & To., of Yorkvllle and Rock Hill, bid (72,400. After opening the bids the commission went into executive seslion and up to the time at which it ( vas necessary for The Enquirer to go :o press, had not announced its award. ' 'neumonia and Measles. There is quite an epidemic of < neasles and pneumonia oil Yorkvllle STo. 7, particularly ' in the country iround Tirzah. Mr. W. E. Gettys has i leven children stricken with measles. Hr. J. F. Adkins, three; Mr. Robert foungblood, three; J. L. Hedge path, | wo; A. J. Berry, five; T. B. Glenn. . hree, E. F. Adkins, one. The above j 1st is not complete as there are a 1 lumber of others along the route. ' Three members of the family of Mr. , iVhit Hartness have pneumonia and 1 ilx have measles. 1 Manufacturing Towels. The Ancona cotton mill of Yorkvllle, < s pitting its new looms on the man- 1 ifacture of towels. The new work is , ieing pushed gradually, with a view ? o eventually putting the entire plant I n towels. It is not generally known, ' ut the Cannons, who own the Ancona ( illl, are the largest towel manufac- i urers In the world. In all, they have { bout twenty different cotton mill | lants, and at many of them make , othlng but towels. It is said that c tiey virtually control the towel mar- i ket, not only in America, but abroad. Express Rates. The new express rates ordered by the interstate commerce commission late last year and postponed until after the holidays, will go into effect on February 1, in all parts of the United States. The Southern Express company operating in this territory, is affected by them equally with all other express companies in the United States. Material reductions are made by these ratea In some instances the reduction is as much as 60 per cent. The average Is about 26 per cent. The scale of rates is simplified to the last degree, also. All express matter is divided into three classes by the new schedule. In the first class is merchandise. In the second are articles of food and drink, taking a rate which is 76 per cent of the first class rate. And in the third are books, almanacs, calendars, etc. The whole country is divided into five zones, the southern states forming Zone 2. Each zone is subdivided into blocks fifty miles square. This arrangement wipes out all of the inequalities in rate fkat Ho H ffPOWTl UD V/UtlOU UVVIVll wttMb o, ? through years of development, and puts I all points on equal footing with reference to all other points of the countryAll express companies exist as one, so far as these rates and the public are concerned. MERE MENTION I Two seats on the New York stock I exchange sold Tuesday for $60,000 each, an advance of $6,000 over the December price The Pensacola, I Fla., News, the oldest paper published In western Florida, has gone Into volf untary bankruptcy after running for thirty years Four well known men of Greensboro, N. C., recently arrested for gambling in that city, were on I Tuesday fined a total of $860 Former Governor Glenn of North Carolina is to be appointed to a position on the boundary commission, by President Wilson The dead bodies of F. M. Taylor, his wife and two children were found in their home at Fort Worth, Tex^ Tuesday. A pistol was found by the father's side President and Mrs. Wilson entertained the diplomats of all nations stationed at Washington, at a reception on Tuesday evening.... Dispatches of Tuesday from Cape Haitien, Haiti, bring news to the effect that government troops were overwhelmingly defeated by the rebels on Tuesday. The revolutionists have captured Cape Haitien.. .Lord 8trathcona and Mount Royal, High Commissioner for Canada, died in London on Tuesday, in his 94th year. Lord Strathcona has been largely responsible for the wonderful development of the Dominion of Canada The congressional investigation based on impeachment charges against Judge Emory So?<*r, is in progress at Macon, Ga. 8 ne of the testimony being brought out is somewhat sensational in character Harry M. Gescheidt, for many years a prominent member of Tammany Hall and a prominent lawyer of New York, died Monday, leav. 1 EA AAA ?=taWl.h & "hrPRrililK to be named for him. An additional $160,000 waa willed to charitable instltutlona According to the office of public roada of the department of agriculture, there are about 36,000 mllea of sand-clay roada in the United States, mostly In the aouth Frank Muhlfeld, aged 20 years, was electrocuted at Sing Sing prison. New Tork. Tuesday, for a murder committed more than a year ago. Fifteen other prisoners, including Charles Becker, the New Tork police lieutenant, are In the prison under sentence of death.... At Cullman, Ala., Tuesday, George James, who on Saturday assassinated Rock Clayborn, plead guilty and asked the court for a "lowest fine.".. .James F. Fielder was inaugurated governor of New Jersey, on Tuesday The chief of police of Indianapolis, Ind., has given orders to policemen tc hnve all persons found on the streets after 12 o'clock at night, to explain why they are out at that hour Julia Flake, aged 16 years, and Robt. Hlgglns, her step-father, are under arrest in Mercer county, Ind., charged with the murder of the girl's mother. The girl is alleged to have tried to hire one M * t ~ Wao mrvthAii /till nf (J( ner uiiue a iu yui uu muum ?? -the way. She was infatuated with her step-father. 80UTH CAROLINA NEW8. ? The house on yesterday killed Don McQueen's bill to reduce the legal rate of interest to 6 per cent. ? President Wilson on yesterday nominated George B. McMaster to be postmaster at Winnsboro. ? Mrs. Robert Threath of the Lancaster cotton mill village, was burned to death last Wednesday, while making a (Ire in her cooking stove. ? The cotton mills of Anderson have adopted a system of paying their help on each Saturday, much to the satisfaction of employes, grocers and others. ? The commission appointed at the last general assembly to investigate the advisability of the state's working its phosphate properties, has advised against the undertaking. ? J. Q. Little has announced that he will again seek election as mayor of GafTney. Mr. Little has previously been mayor of GafTney, having been J-J v.. r"nl oucuctueu uy UIC i'lcocui Iiaa/vi, vv.. T. B. Butler. ? Reports from Washington are to the effect that Senator Tillman has been suffering for some days from au attack of erysipelas; but he is thought to be improving and his physician states that he will be able to return to his work within a few days. ? Gaffney special of January 21. to Charlotte Observer: At Wilklnsvllle, Cherokee county, yesterday a 6-yearold son of Mr. Chris Thompson was crushed to death in the oil mill at that place. The little fellow was playing in the room near the elevator, when he was caught in the machinery and crushed so badly that he died within a short time after the accident. ? Columbia. January 22: A resolulon memorializing congress to repeal the fifteenth amendment to the Federal Constitution was adopted by the senate this morning, after its Judiciary committee had reported a resolution with the preamble stricken from it as it came from the house. The resolution passed the house last year, having passed that body overwhelmingly. It will now be returned to the house for concurrence as amended. The fifteenth amendment, in effect, gives the negroes the right of suffrage, and it is today as it has been all along, obnoxious to the white people of the south. ? Columbia, January 20: David H. Coker of Hartsville. president of the South Carolina Plant Breeder's association, in his annual address before the meeting of the association here, advised against planting long staple cotton next season except in sections of the state where the marketing facilities are good. "The growers of long staple cotton have been unable to Interest the cotton buyers to the extent of creating a steady and uniform market for s;aple cotton," he said. "I have done all I could to second Presi-??* n-uu- ~ TTm(AM ! ? uenI uauus UI IIIC ranucio uuiuii, m his efforts to better the marketing conditions. I believe a proper system of Warehouses would greatly benefit the staple cotton market. Unless we ran change present market conditions. I believe that farmers should stop planting staple cotton, and go back to Bhort staple cottcn, wheft they are 1 not favorably located as regards mar- ! kets." ? Columbia special of January 19, ' to Greenville News: Governor Blease , in a statement today, declared that he , would veto any matters which the | general assembly might enact dealing , with the commission form of government, medical inspection of school j children, any form of compulsory education, or the primary. The only way these matters can become law, he says, is over his veto. "I propose to i stand by every pledge I made to the , people," he said, "on the stump and ( svery campaign promise I have made. | ind I expect to veto any form of a bill < hat provides for commission form of t government lti any town or city in the ] itate, for the reason that I believe it < s republicanism pure and simple. I j propose to veto any bill that looks to he medical inspection of school chil- i iren and I propose to veto any bill in < eference to compulsory education lo- i al or statewide. I propose to veto < tny bill in any manner, shape or form t hat abridges the right of any white 1 nan to vote In the primary. I was lected on a platform opposed to these < natters and I was re-elected on the t same platform and I don't propose to advocate one thing as a candidate for . governor and do another as governor. Of course these bills may be passed anyway and repassed over my veto, but unless I die that is the only way they will be passed this session, and while I will be in the race for the United States senate this summer, at the same time I expect to discuss these and other state issues and I don't fear the results." ^ ? Columbia special of January 21, to the Charlotte Observer. Joint resolutions to amend the Constitution of the state in important particulars are being presented to the general assembly. One resolution oroviaes for the recall of justices of the supteme court and ^ the circuit judges on the presentation n of a petition and a subsequent election by the people; another provides for the election of magistrates and constables by direction of the general assembly in certain cases; a third resolution would limit the governor's power as the issuing of pardons; and still another joint resolution provides for the distribution of the three-mill tax. Representative Long would have the chief justice, the associate justices and a the circuit judges liable to recall by changing Section I. Article 6 of the Constitution, so as to read as follows: On the presenting of a petition to the governor containing one-fourth the registered voters of the state, as certified by the members of the state # board or commissioners or elections, the governor shall declare the term of the chief justice, any associate justice, or any circuit judge to terminate on the election and qualification of his successor, and the governor shall call for an election for the filling of the unexpired term, and such judge or justice shall be eligible for election as if said petition had not been presented." Of course it Is provided that A this changing of the Constitution shall go before the people of the state and secure the necessary vote In the gen- ^ eral assembly as required by law. ;4|j ? The asylum Investigation resolutions were discussed in the senate fi yesterday. A dispatch to the Green- 4P vllle News summarizes what was said as follows: Senator Weston, referring to the statement of Governor Bleaae in his message that the resignation of Dr. J. W. Babcock, the superintendent of the institution, has been in the governor's hands since last September, asked if it wasn't reasonable to suppose that a man who had given the last twenty-five years of his life ^ to the work in which Dr. Babcock had been so worthily engaged, and who was so devoted and so competent, that there was some reason why his resignation was sent in. "And this, too, after the magnificent vote of con- in hint loaf van r hv tho at a to r senate," referring to his refusal of that body to confirm Dr. W. O. Houseal. Governor Blease had named Dr. Houseal for Dr. Babcock's place. Referring to the changes made in the hospital staff, Senator Weston said: "Were they made for the benefit of the poor unfortunate wards of the state or were they not? As a senator and representative of the people I have a right to know of the board of regents that in making these changes that no obligations have been discharged by receiving appointment at the hands of the board," referring to ^ the new members of the medical staff. w Senator Appelt, expressing his high regard for Dr. Babcock, said he would have to have more light or he would have to oppose the investigation resolution. He asked the senator from Richland whether or not he had information as to why Dr. Babcock re- a signed and the latter answered yes, but said that he thought the proper place for all this Information to come out was on oath before a committee and not in the senate. Senator Sharpe said he was tired of investigations, thought very little could be accomplished by one and only strife would be stirred up. He said that he thought it was time to call a halt in ^ investigations in South Carolina and let the people have a rest He favored killing the resolution. He said that every ume any uiue ining nappeneu some one jumped up and Introduced a resolution or Investigation thereby expecting to be made chairman of the A committee. Senator Clirlstfcnsen fa*6f-* ed the passage of the resolution. He, too, he stated, had had his share of investigations and was tired of them, but thought on account of the large expenditure at the asylum and the fact that the regents were to come before the senate for confirmation, the investigation ought to be ordered. Senator Williams opposed investigations of all kinds and was against this m one. 8ald he thought nothing would -) come of it and referred to the last in- M vestigation of the asylum as proof of ^ his statement He -said if the investigations were to continue there ought to be a permanent investigation commission created where every politician desirous of notoriety could make his charges and raise the wind. He stated that only stenographers benefited from investigations and they cost the state large amounts of money without doing any good. Senator Weston wanted to adjourn debate until 1X9 o'clock on the measure in order to allow time for Senator McLaurln to make his speech on the warehouse bilL Senator Clifton said he had a speech to make on the resolution and finally it was agreed to let it go over sf' until tomorrow Immediately after third reading bills. ? Five bills intended to carry out the suggea'lons of President Wilson's trust message are being completed in con gress to De put on tneir passage lb y soon aa possible. The bills win embrace an interstate trade commission with inquisitorial powers into corporations and authority to aid courts and keep business within law. Prohibition of interlocking directorates in interstate corporations, railroads and national banka Empowering the interstate commerce commission to regulate the issuance of railroad stoats and bonda Sherman law definitions bill, which would define specifically 4_ what constitutes conspiracy in restraint of trade. A general trade relations measure seeking to eliminate "cut throat" competitive business and what would provide punishment for individuals "injured by unlawful business restraints to avail themselves of the findings against combinations and ^ institute suits in equity for relief. 7 ? Congress ought to adjourn June 1 in the opinion of Representative Underwood, the Democratic house leader, who discussed proposed legislation Wednesday, with the president. Congressional leaders and the president want an early adjournment Many members are eager to get back to their districts to participate in the primary and fall elections. The president indi V"> o mhtla ka ViaaajI tkaf Ofl vxfcvcu vuai trune uc uv^fw vuav * " many of the things as possible which t he recommended in his December message would be taken up, he would be satisfied if, besides the regular appropriation bills and the Alaskan question, legislation could be enacted on rural credits in addition to the ^ points which he emphasized in his ^ trust message Tuesday. ? The United States tariff act and currency bill passed by the American congress, were the most important events of the year 1913, in the commercial world, according to Sir Felix Shuster, governor of the Union of London and Smith's bank, in a general review of the financial and trade outlook, read at the annual meeting in London last Wednesday. Shuster added that "these two measures, must have far reaching consequences, for they have made the United States a more formidable competitor than ever before, not only as regards international commerce, but as threatening London's position as the center of international banking." To Prohibit Liquor Shipments.?At i. meetinsr of the sheriffs of South Car sllna in Columbia last week a resolution was adopted petitioning the legstature to enact such legislation as will make the Webb law effective in this state. Out of thirty-eight sheriffs present, all but three strongly advocated such legislation, if information riven the Abbeville Medium is correct. f This is encouraging. The sheriffs are if n better position perhaps than any ither class of people to realize the leed of such legislation. They have to leal directly with lawlessness and they ire in position to know what the lawessness is. It seems to us that the legislature >ught to hear this recommendation ind act upon it.?Greenville Piedmont.