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Scraps and ^arts. ? New York, May 20: Andrew Carnegie's Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching last year paid out 9570,440 in retiring allowances to professors in colleges of the I'nited States and Canada. In addition, pensions amounting to $80,049 were paid to widows of professors, the whole number of beneficiaries increasing by 33 to 4dj. The uverage annual payment is $1,703. During the eight years of the Foundation's existence the amount disbursed has been $2,036,927, according to the annual report issued yesterday by President Henry S. Pritchett. Since 1000, it is added, institutions connected with the full salary of a full professor in Foundation has increased to an average of $3,000; salaries of junior professors show gains of from $120 to $225 and salaries of instructors show gains of about $80. ? A recent achievement of Major Smedley Darlington Butler of the IT. S. Marine corps, is told by Ordinary Seaman James R. Copeland of the I'tah, in the hospital at the New York navy yard. Maj. Butler, known among the marines, ana now iu iw Hell Devil, traveled to the City of Mexico. accompanied by a sergeant and a corporal of marines, two weeks before the occupation of Vera Cruz, and, in anticipation of a march by the army to the capital, drew maps of the best route, not forgetting the advantageous avenues of approach to the city itself, together with its defenses and the location of the defending forces. The major and his companions were dressed as peons. A dozen times they were near capture and death. Once, at the end of the Journey, which lasted a week and a half, Butler was arrested by federal soldiers in Vera Cruz. Fortunately for him he had had foresight enough to stop at Consul Canada's office and leave there all his maps and notes, so that when he was searched just as he was about to step into a boat to return to the Utah, he did not have a single incriminating thing upon him, so they had to let him go. ? The last great barrier to the construction of the 8,000-foot tunnel of the Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio railway 1,500 feet under Sandy Ridge mountain had been blown away at midnight Tuesday, thereby eliminating the almost insuperable obstacle against the extension of the great system into the west. The lines of the Clinchfield now terminates at Dante, Va.. about three miles from the mouth of Sandy Ridge a nf fhp Rlk lunnei, unu uic wvui^<ciiv?? ?..? ? horn extension is estimated by railroad officials for September 1. This will link the Atlantic Seaboard with the lakes of the northwest; for the Clinchfield will run coal trains into Charleston, probably over the tracks of the Seaboard Air Line, and the Elkhorn extension will connect with the Chesapeake & Ohio with a direct outlet into Chicago. The completion of the Sandy Kidge tunnel is considered a great engineering feat. It was bored through almost solid rock, the average number of cars of rock being taken from the great tube daily being 125. The lines of the engineers were so accurate that the forces working from both sides of the mountain met almost in the center of the mountain. Work star,--, on both ends of the tunnel simultaneously, and it was pressed to completion, both day and night shifts working continuously. ? The testimony of former President Mellen, of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad before the inter-state commerce commission is exciting nation wide interest, especially because of the frank open manner in which this well known railroad man is telling the innermost secrets of big business. Up to a few years ago the New York, New Haven and Hartford nne of the most prosperous rail road properties in the world. It made money so fast that it hardly knew what to do with it. Its physical condition was perfect, and it spared no expense to keep it so. Its equipment was equal to the best of any railroad in the world. A few years ago wrecks began to occur frequently, and there was much loss of life. Things went on the down grade, and finally it developed that the road was bankrupt. The law department of the government began proceedings, and the inter-state commerce commission took the matter up independently. Hearings have been in progress for some days. Mr. Mellen's testimony is to the effect that J. P. Morgan made him president of the company some years ago, and all that he had done in a financial way was at the instruction of the Morgan-Rockefeller crowd. He told how the New York, New Haven and Hartford road had acquired various other railroad properties, and even newspapers at long prices and how different men pulled down heavy protits in the transactions. He admitted that he was simply "Mr. Morgan's man," and that he had in Mr. Morgan, knew that Mr. Morgan ** * wniol t ro n q. directions. .Many ui me iwuvw actions of this and other roads of which he was the head, appeared strange to him; but he had confidence in Mr. Morgan knew that Mr. Morgan was all-powerful, and he let things go as Mr. Morgan had said, without question. Mr. Mellen gave as his reason for his testimony the claim that he does not want to be held responsible for things that he is really not responsible for. ? Typhoid fever has been banished from the United States army. In the entire enrollment of over 90,000 men in barracks or camps in the United States. Philippines, China, Porto Rico, Cuba and Hawaii, there were during 1913 only three cases of typhoid fever. Two of these were new recruits who developed the disease four and five days after they enlisted. Only a single case of typhoid fever in an inoculated soldier occurred during the entire year out of the entire body of 90,000 men. This case occurred in a soldier in the battalion on duty in China. All three of these cases recovered, so that not a single death in the army during the year resulted from this disease. When it is remembered that typhoid has been for centuries the most dangerous dis41? ?lJJ/v-a cxw+A tKot ovorv case 10 me smuifia aim UHM VI.., army whether on garrison duty or in the field, has expected to pay a heavy toll of sickness and death to this disease, the record of our troops is all the more remarkable. The disappearance of typhoid is due directly to typhoid vaccination, which has been practiced in the army since 1909. Previous to the introduction of vaccination the best record which had been obtained by sanitary precautions was in 1908, in which, out of 74,692 men, there were 239 cases of typhoid with 24 deaths. Vaccination begun in the army in 1909, was at first voluntary, but later was made universal. In 1910, with 81,434 officers and men in the army, there were 198 cases of typhoid with 14 deaths. In 1911, with 82,802 men in the army, there were 70 cases and 8 deaths. In 1912, with 88,478 men enrolled, there were only 27 cases and 4 deaths, while in 1913, with 90,645 officers and men in the army, there were 3 cases and no deaths, and as has been shown above, two of the three cases were in recruits who had just joined the army. As the sanitary conditions, food, water and all the surroundings were practically the same in 1913 as in 1908, the only cause for such a remarkable record is the general enforcement of typhoid vaccination. These startling and gratifying facts are from an article by Major F. F. Russell in a recent issue of the Journal of the American Medical association. ? Kansas City, Mo., April 21: William J. Martin, president of Davidson " n\?. {/!<./,? V f1 IM/Iqv U'II u college ui un tiusun, v>., iuuu, .. fleeted moderator of the Southern Presbyterian general assembly to succeed the Rev. J. S. Lyons of Louisville. Ky. Prof. Martin, who is a layluun, was chosen on the second ballot and his election was then made unanimous. Declaring that "delegations of discontented people will keep on coming to the churches to disturb worship until after a while they will be arrested by the message they heatinstead of by the police," Dr. Lyons in the moderator's sermon before the general assembly made a strong plea for higher vision. He spoke from the text. "Where there is no vision the people perish." "If the church." he said, "is equal to the opportunity of today, many who make malicious assaults upon it will tind themselves breaking into the kingdom of heaven." Dr. Lyons said that the church can well afford to invest every energy in a mighty campaign for an effective evangelistic forward movement. "What is the vision today?" he said. "As we turn to the world today we see the same dark shadows which appeared in all the prophetic visions of the past. We behold contending forces in all the varied forms of economic. social and political foment and strife. Moreover we see the world growing more ami more weary of its problem with many hopeful evidences that it is coming to realize that the problem requires for its solution more than the elements of education and culture and moral influence. Philosophers, statesmen, scientific commissions, social betterment enterprises are pathetically trying to unravel the mystery of human misery and sin. The church, he declared, has long proclaimed that it has the remedy for all the ills of life and the world is turning to the church "with a new willingness to know what the remedy is." "Men and brethren," Dr. I-yon said, "bear with me while 1 voice the conviction: That the Christians of the apostolic age, who swept through the world with the blood of Christ and the tire of the Holy Ghost, had an experience and an equipment which is sorely lacking in the church today: that an ever increasing multitude of our membership is studying anew the charter of the Holy Scriptures with the purpose of getting back to the simplicity i i aim power 01 uic can) iuuiv.ii, umi. their hearts are stirring and burning w ithin them, so that they haste to the I coming again of the days of the Son of Man upon earth." (She ^orkviUc <f nquirct. Entered at the Postofflce in Yorkville as Mail Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE, S. C.i FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1914. Both of the United States senators were elected to the state convention, but neither of them was present. The Panama Tolls exemption repeal bill is still hanging fire in the senate with no certainty as to when the final vote will be reached. The testimony of former President Mellen of the New York. New Haven and Hartford railroad further confirms the belief so long held by many that J. P. Morgan not only owned the country, but was thoroughly aware of the fact. The state convention adopted a resolution favoring biennial sessions of the legislature. We stand fcr that, but what is the use? The people voted for biennial sessions once, and the legislature would not obey. Interests in Columbia want the legislature to meet every year. While actually the Panama canal strip is American territory and will continue so until somebody takes it away, theoretically the strip is only rented. This country pays the Panama government so much a year for the strip: but of course everybody understands that Panama will never again exercise authority over this territory. The railroads are making a nara fight for some revision of the basis of compensation for carrying the mails. The fact Is that there is a lot of injustice in the system that the government follows, especially for the smaller roads. The big systems get the lion's share of the appropriation and the smaller roads, say like the C. & X.-W., are compelled to carry mails for far less than cost. The whole system of compensation for carrying the mails is rather too complex for comprehensive explanation in a newspaper article, but the situation as we have summed it up is about correct. The platform adopted by the state Democratic convention gives the president and his policies unequivocal endorsement, and strikes a backhanded blow at the congressmen who voted against the repeal of the tolls exemption law as follows: "Recognizing in the president the greatest moral force that has been in the White House during the nast cen tury. we heartily commend his efforts to secure a repeal of the Panama free tolls act, a law enacted by a Republican congress and signed by a Republican president, regardless 6f national honor. We condemn this law as unDemocratic and against the economic policy of our party and country. We believe that this law would create a shipping trust and would repeat the outrageous scandals of the building of our transcontinental railway. We demand that our senators vote for the unqualified repeal of this act and thus support the president in upholding Democratic principles and the honor of this nation." Col. Roosevelt had nothing to say about politics on the first day of his return from South America; but he read some of the newspapers overnight and bobbed up Wednesday with some pretty hot stuff. He said that President Wilson had no business to ask congress to repeal the law exemoting vessels engaged in the coastwise trade from tolls; because 'he issue, if there be any issue about it, can easily tie arbitrated with foreign nations. It is understood, of course, that Mr. Wilson's only reason for asking for the repeal or tons exemption w?? me irai of complications with foreign nations ?or the fear that foreign nations would not give him a free hand in Mexico. Then also the colonel does not think the administration should have allowed itself to be blackmailed into making any further concessions to Colombia. He insists that since the establishment of the independence of Panama, we are not responsible to Colombia for anything in connection with the canal. According to our understanding of it, we see no reasonable objection to the regulations for voting in the primary as adopted by the state convention. We do not believe that any but citizens should be allowed to vote and we do not think it should be so that any man should be allowed to vote twice. In our view, it is perfectly proper that the old rolls should be destroyed, and the biggest thing about the new rolls is seeing to it that all voters are duly eni? ...111 Kn u mollctp nf I'MirU. II ? IH l/c tl llVVkX . -r. aide difficulty to get all of them to so to their respective club secretaries, and the probability is that many individuals who arc unable to sign their names will l>e rather diffident about going through the ordeals of making their marks. We think it would have been better to allow the secretaries to enroll) voters on their request, as proposed by Senator Clifton. But taken altogether, we believe the revised rules will be more satisfactory, especially if proper effort is made t<> gel everybody enrolled. If Mr. Mellen's testimony was true, the late J. F'ierpont Morgan was. after all, only a buccaneer like the rest of them. II appears that all he was after was loot. He secured control of rail road properities not for the purpose of developing them, hut for the purpose of exploiting them and robbing the stockholders. He has won great reknown as a financier, and is held in high esteem as a patron of art by buying works of old masters and the like, at prices beyond the reach of organized governments; but the probability is that this was all a fad. His ruling passion was merely to rob, wreck and ruin and being unable to make really wise and proper use of his ill-gotten gains, got excitement out of the notoriety that came to him as a generous spender. It is possible, of course, that Mr. Mellen is merely tilling a lot of stuff to save himself; but the weight of testimony and" circumstances seem to be otherwise. Thomas R. Marshall, vice president of the United States, may not be creating any big sensation anywhere, but it seems to us that taking every opportunity that presents to declare his be Iiefs in the responsibility of the Ameri-| can people as a whole, and as individuals to God, he is doing a greater work than any other vice president has ever done, and we are not so sure that any president, even has any appreciable [advantage over Mr. Marshall. This is a Christian nation, so-called, and officially it recognizes God, but that is about all that is to be said. Such recognition as is really given of God is in a patronizing kind of a way, rather than as the Supreme Ruler of the universe, 1 including the United States, and most departments of the government are run j in accordance with the notions of man without much reference to the approval of the Almighty. Vice President Marshall has never seen proper to criticise the government or any of the of ticials thereor; out ne nas enaeavorea at every opportunity to emphasize the fact that after all God is the Supreme Ruler, and that those who recognize the fact from their hearts and in their actions will make no mistake in so , doing. Some people think advertised merchandise costs more than unadvertised. j Just the reverse is true; it usually costs less for the same quality. j The reason for this erroneous iin- , pression is that goods offered in com- , petition with advertised goods are often cheaper in price, but they are also ( more cheaply made. Advertised ' goods must be well , made, for they sell on their reputation, j while imitations are designed to sell , because of their lower price. , If you keep informed on the adver- | tised lines of goods, you know which | are standard.?Progressive Farmer. j That is good, true doctrine. The man who advertises his goods is generally a man of breadth and intelligence who is 1 not afraid of publicity. When he makes ] an announcement he understands full ' well that whether he reaches the cus tomer he is hunting, his competitor will get what he says, and still he is unafraid. And live, intelligent merchants understand full well that advertising is not an expense in the sense of many other fixed charges. He calculates on getting his money back in the shape of increased business, and he has no fear [ of the fellow who claims to sell cheaper because he doesn't advertise. He understands full well that the sales of the fellow who does not advertise are so limited that he cannot sell cheaper. Says a dispatch of Wednesday, from Anderson: A telephone message from Seneca this afternoon is to the effect that the identity of the robber who looted the Seneca express office safe Thursday night last, is known to the sleuths who have been working on the case, and that they have already recovered more than one-half of the money that was taken. The amount that was actually missing was $670, and it is said that ] fho nopann whn pnmmitleil the deed 18 ' now making arrangements to get up the balance and pay off the entire amount. It is stated that the detectives have consented and agreed not to force prosecution against the guilty person. The name of the man who committed the deed is not disclosed by the detectives. The detectives confirmed the report, however, that they had located the man, and that he was giving up the money he took from the safe. The case has turned into one of a sensational nature. It is said that the man who committed the offense is a citizen of Seneca and a man well known by everybody in that section. All this might sound pretty well to some people; but we want to say we do not like it. If the story be true, the detectives who are parties to the thing and the people for whom they are working, are guilty of compounding a felony. There is room for doubt as to whether the law helps to promote honesty. We do not believe it does. We freely concede that it helps to protect property; but that has nothing to do with honesty. Its greatest weapon against dishonest people is exposure, rather than punishment by restraint of liberty, etc. Exposure is dreaded for various reasons, r or one ming mere \ is the penalty of social degradation, . and for another thing it lessens the probability of the delinquent's being able to do other people the same way. This practice of compounding felonies in one way or another, has been all too j common in South Carolina, and there ] should be a change; but of course so long as the victim of a theft is more concerned about the recovery of his money than he is about the purification of society, there is very little hope , of a better atmosphere. Union Progress has an editorial on the subject of the "Public and the Newspaper," in which editorial it accuses the public of being forever and everlastingly trying to graft the publisher out of the proceeds of his labor? : his stock in trade, without giving value received. We sympathize pretty fully with Progress in the motive of its complaints; but we would call attention to the fact that it has things down wrong, not intentionally but inadvertently. The public?that portion of it which subscribes for a newspaper, is the best friend a publisher has. The public gives the newspaper no trouble whatever. It appreciates good service, pays for service in proportion to its value, and goes on its way. The people ?-hri p-ivf the trouble Progress is com plaining of, constitute a very small portion of the public. They are usually people who look upon the newspaper mainly as a means of working the public for their own benelit. and because they take such a narrow view of the purpose of the newspaper, it is not surprising that they should have a very small sized estimate of the character and intelligence of the editor. The fellow who comes around and tries to use the editor as a mouthpiece to tell 1 the public something, is right smart of a nuisance, and the editor who allows himself to be used that way, is not fit for his job. But it is hardly fair to refer to these wouhl-be grafters as "the public." That is unjust to the public. And no newspaper should complain of the people who seek to secure free notices, for to do so is a dead give away. If the storekeeper should allow people to come in and help themselves as though things belonged to them, it j would not be long before that store- ] keeper would be out of business, as he ; should be, and the publisher who allows not the general public, but the individual grafter to come in and tell him what to print and how to print it, will also soon be out of business, as he should be. But we do not think that either the storekeeper or the publisher should complain at that which is evidently their own fault. The "public" , is certainly not responsible. MERE-MENTION. Forest llres are raging in the vicinity of Iron River, Wis. More than half a 1 million dollars' worth of property has been destroyed... .Speaking to a large number of Japanese and foreign Journalists at Tokio, Japan, Tuesday even- . ing. Count Shigluobu Okuma, premier of Japan, beseeched the press of the world to work for the removal of misunderstandings and suspicions between the nations. The premier concluded with the statement: "America has no enemy, so what is the use of the for- ] titication of the Panama Canal?" According to interests connected with the Mexican Petroleum Co., of Tampi- > co, operations are now going on at that place unhampered. The company's employes are back on the property, and ] oil is being shipped without interruption Twelve hundred children, in one block, were found this week by ] Chicago school census enumerators. The population is almost exclusively Polish, and Louis Link, a Pole, is the ? largest contributor to the imposing total, he being the father of 17 children. Senor Jose Maria Lozano, minis-. ( ter of communications and public works in General Huerta's cabinet, has resigned his office John R. Early, ( the leper whose case has attracted nation-wide attention for a number of years, has escaped from the Diamond . Head quarantine station, near Port Towr.send, Washington state The Georgia railroad commission has au- . thorized the Georgia Railway and ' Power Co., to issue bonds to the amount of $30,000,000 James Woodsome, a s negro, was on Monday, lynched by a mob at Gordonsville, Fla. The negro was charged with criminal assault.... Mrs. Harriet Tice, who always claim ed that she was the original of Dickens' "Little Nell," in that author's famous novel, "The Old Curiosity Shop," died recently. She was oorn in 1827 in a house, which it has been declared, was the original of "The Old Curiosity 1 Shop." Ex-Senator Albert J. Beveridge, Progressive candidate for governor of Indiana, declared in a recent 1 speech In that state that President Wilson's Mexican policy "is a failure." Former Senator Joseph B. Fora- < ker of Ohio, has formally announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for senator from that state Posing as detectives, four men gained entrance to a New York moving picture theatre this week, made the watchman a prisoner, handcuffed three workmen, blew open the safe and got away with $10,000 in cash... .By a vote of 171 to 105 the Methodist Episcopal general conference in session at Oklahoma City, Okla., has defeated the proposal to give laity rights to women members of the church The Panhandle of Texas, has been flooded during the past few days, and all railroad traffic is demoralized Evangelist E. V. Lamb, of East St. Louis, says, "Hesitation dancing is nothing less than hesitation hugging." Fire destroyed a $300,000 agricultural implement plant at DeKalb, 111., Tuesday. There was no insurance Judge Ben B. Lindsay and a delegation of Ave Colorado women, are in Washington, to plead with President Wilson to keep Federal troops in the strike zone of that state until the strike danger is past, claiming that civil war will follow the substitution of the militia for the regular soldiers Sydney Drew. nuhlisher of the Suffraerette. the offl cial organ of the English militant suffragists, has been arrested for inciting the women to commit malicious damage to property The coal miners of District No. 6, United Mine Workers of America, of Ohio, went on a strike against the operators, Monday. The operators closed the mines on April 1, and the move of the miners is simply to put them on the offensive rather than the defensive side of the controversy Two women were killed and five other persons were Injured on a grade crossing at Gloucester Citv Pa, Monday, when an automobile waj struck by a passenger train A seat In the New York stock exchange chang?d hands Monday at $45,000. a decline of S5 000 from the last previous sale The Hay bill, providing for an aviation corps for the army, including 60 men ind 250 enlisted men, passed the lower house of congress, Monday... .Charges kerned by 9.000 union miners, have been lied against Judge A. O. Dayton, of the Federal district court of West Virginia. The case is in the hands of a congressional committee... .Pour Russian electricians were killed near Quebec. Canada, Monday, by coming in contact with a wire carrying 50.000 volts...The Chinese government wants i United States army engineer to make in examination of the Huai river valley with a view to relieving flood and famine conditions along that waterway Robert A. Leguia, vice president under a previous president, is laying claim to the presidency of Peru, by virtue of a secret congressional "lection last Friday. Colonel Bena Vi3es, who holds the presidency by virtue of a congressional election, also has firm control of the Peruvian army Refuges arriving in New York from San Domingo, describe conditions on the island as far worse than are conditions in Mexico. President Bordas is in a desperate condition, and desires to leave the country with his loot, but his irrny officers won't let him leave until they are paid... .As a result of a three weeks' evangelistic campaign by Evangelist Stough at Hazleton, Pa., there bave been 1,887 converts, among them the mayor and chief of police of the ;ity The state of Mississippi has begun anti-trust suits against the cotton seed oil mills of that state and demands statutory penalties amounting to nearly $60,000,000... .The village of Alfred, Mich., was wiped out by a forest fire, Monday The agricultural lenartment has given "otice that the serial numbers heretofore alloted to manufacturers of proprietary foods s mil moriioinoa arc tn hp withdrawn dur- / inp the year. Lots of fraudulent claims have been built on these serial num- ! bers Common pleas court No. 5, of Philadelphia, pranted forty-one divorces Monday. ) ? Columbia State, Friday: Immedi- i itely after the convention adjourned, the state Democratic executive committee met, with John Gary Evans of Spurtanburp, re-elected chairman, presiding. Alan Johnstone of New- \ berry, was nominated for vice chair- t man, but declined. W. F. Stevenson of Chesterfield, was then elected vice , chairman. Wilie Jones of Columbia, , was elected treasurer. Christie Benet of Columbia, was unanimously elected secretary. A committee was appointed to take up the matter of campaign f Itineraries and assessments. C. M. Efird of Lexington, T. F. Watkins of ' Anderson, Thos. G. McLeod and S. H. ' McGhee were appointed members of this committee. A committee was s appointed to provide the form of new 3 club rolls. X. Christensen, Wilie Jones and Christie Benet were ap- ( pointed on this committee. It was j provided that a majority of the state executive committee should constitute . a quorum. The campaign for state officers will begin at Sumter, June 17. The senatorial campaign will begin at St. Matthews, June 17. Following assessments for candidates were fixed by the committee: United States senate, $300; national house of representatives, $250; governor, $100; railroad commissioner, $75; all other state offices, including solicitors, $50. The assessments must be paid to Wilie Jones, treasurer, by noon of June 16. The time for filing pledges with the state chairman will close June 16 at noon. ? The case of O. W. Tidwell charged with the murder of R. Emmet Walker in Greenville some weeks ago, has been occupying the attention of the court this week. The alleged motive of the murder was the alleged debauching of Tidwell's daughter by the deceased. The testimony, which is all in, is of a very sordid nature. The state has been making a hard tight to convict. The lawyer a concluded their arguments this morning, and it was expected that the hidge would charge the jury this morning. There seemed to be an impression that there would he a mis- < trial. -? ('apt. Hilly Smith of Anderson, the best known railway conductor in the state, died in Anderson yesterday. He had served as a conductor for 54 t'eurs. He was 75 years of age. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS Louis Koth?Is announced us a candidate for aldermun in Ward 4. L\ F. Sherer?Is announced as a candidate for alderman from Ward 6. Peoples' Trust Co., Selling Agent, Po?k Hill?Gives notice of uuction sa.e of Ebenezer town lots on Friday, May 29th. at 10 o'clock a. m. Ix>ts desirable for investment. L. K. Williams, P. J.?Publishes notice of citation in re A. R. Smarr as applicant for appointment as administrator of estute of W. T. Smarr. J. W. Jackson und E. N. Miller. Trustees?Give notice of special tax election in district No. 3. Vorkville Hurdware Co.?On page 4, announces special demonstration of the merits of the Majestic range at its store all of next week. Louis Roth?Has red Bliss Irish potatoes. suitable for second crop planting. stimriiirti nil On?Gives further rea Hons for using a Perfection blue flame stove. See page four. Royal Baking Powder Co.?Tells you of the purity of Royal baking powder. See page four. First National Bank. Yorkvllle?Suggests that today is the time to begin saving for the future. Thomson Co.?Calls attention to the good qualities of Buster Brown hosiery. Gauze vests for ladies. IMoud Cash Store?Is showing new line of dress goods and laces. Offers per cent off on oxfords. Carroll Furniture Co.?Wants you to see the Irene range before you buy any other kind. Ice cream freezers. W. R. Carroll?Offers granulated sugar at 100 lbs. for 14.50 cash. A line of choice groceries. McConnell Dry Goods Store?Tomorrow puts on sale ladies' silk hose at two pairs for 25 cents. One day. Shleder Drug Store?Tells why its ice cream and soda waters are better than others. Block ice cream. ?herer & Quinn?Sell Barrington Hall steel cut coffee, and a full line of other fancy groceries, bread, etc. ifork Supply Co.?Wants you to see it for lumber, naints. and for all kinds of farm tools. fork Drug Store?Has Kodaks ana a full stock of Kodak supplies for your use this summer. L.yric Theatre?Announces that on May 29 It will produce "Joan of Arc." a drama in five parts. ?eo. W. Williams?Offers a choice selection of country property for your consideration. Has town lots too. It is stated that the Southern Railway is considering the Idea of double iracking its line from Charlotte to Coumbia. The anxious time about cotton coninues. The cool nights with their east winds are not unusual, but they are levertheless trylr*? Governor Blease is quoted as saying hat he has not had a more enjoyable lay than that spent at Bethany, for ('ears. That Is not surprising, for it is l thing well understood throughout his whole county that those Bethany >eople understand how to treat their quests. Is it not strange that in this day of Democratic liberty, York county cotton >roducers cannot even secure the right o have their cotton weighed for marcet by one of their own sworn reprelentatives? York is one of the few arge cotton producing counties in the itate that has no public weigher. "I want The Enquirer," said a gen leman of the Point neighborhood, iVednesday. "We take several papers: >ut my wife insists that none of them fives the news like The Enquirer, so ust take the change out of this ten lollar bill." Sensible wife, has this rentleman, and there was no hesitalon in telling him so. The Rock Hill Herald quotes Mr. V. 3. McFadden, of Rock Hill, as saying hat York county's "No. 1" automobile, l Cadilac, is still in very good shape, vith the exception that it needs new ires which are difficult to get by realon of their being of odd size. The machine, however, has not been in use or quite a while. Sheriff J. D. R. McLean has been deputed in the Democratic primary for e-nomination, by Mr. W. N. Davis, of jastonia. There were other candidates n the race, and Mr. Davis was nomltated over all of them. There was lothing against Mr. McLean except hat it is a very difficult thing to be ? sheriff more than one term in Gaston, ind when a man has served two terms, he people simply demand a change. Then again, Mr. Davis, though still a roung man less than fifty, was born in astonia, is older than the town itself, s'ot only that, he has always treated he people right and he is very popuar. In pleasant contrast with the man vho thinks he is advertising to "help he newspaper," was the testimony of i gentleman who came into The Enliiirer office Wednesday, called for his .dvertising bill amounting to more han fifty dollars, and drew a check vilh the remark that he had not paid in account in years with more satisaction for the reason that in not a single incident had he gotten more /alue received. It is not to be understood that this was a rare or unusual :ase, for so far as we know we have 10 advertisers now-a-days who think ;hey are advertising ior otner wmu strictly business purposes; but all the tame it is pleasant to have an adveriser sav that he absolutely knows that le has received the worth of his noney. ABOUT PEOPLE Mr. Tracy Proctor of Yorkville, is risking relatives and friends in Max:oi. N. C. Mrs. Will Roach of Spartanburg, is visiting the family of Mr. James Gardler. in Yorkville. Miss Annie Witherspoon of Lancas;er, is visiting Miss l^esslie D. Witheripoon in Yorkville. Mrs. J. H. Machen and children, lave returned to Yorkville after a vist to relatives in Greenwood. Miss Sophie Ewart of Columbia, is spending several days with her mother, Mrs. A. R. Ewart, in Yorkville. Mr. George Ashe of the Presbyterian :ollege. Clinton, S. C., has returned to lis home in Yorkville, for the summer. Miss Marilla Ewart who has been :eaching school in Abbeville county, fias returned to her home in Yorkville, for the summer. Rev. J. H. Muchen returned to i'orkville. Wednesday, after ten days n Nashville, Tenn., attending the Southern Baptist convention. Information from Mr. J. Guy Louthan. who is undergoing treatment at Saranac I^ike, N. Y., is that he is dong nicely. Mr. N. J. N. Bowen, who has been raveling in Alabama, for some time * ?..???,} i>i>j lw?* nn In V i ?rlr _ JilXl, lliin I t*L111 Iiru iw inn iiwinv . w. .. /ille. Mrs. R. T. Allison of Yorkville, is atending the commencement exercises if Mary Baldwin Seminary, in Staunon, Va, Kditor Marsh of the Chesterfield Advertiser, passed through Yorkville this norning in an automobile on his way o Charlotte. N. C. York members served on the comnittees of the state convention as fol- 1 ows: <>n credentials?John I>. Rainey. )n rules?C. E. Spencer. On platform | md resolutions?I). F. Lesslie. Mr. W. R. Carroll, who has been tinier treutment for several weeks in a ( Baltimore hospital, has made such imjrovement that he and Mrs. Carroll are ( xpected to return to Yorkville tomor- j ow. ( Mrs. O. M. Carroll and daughter. Miss jouise, of Yorkville No. 1, and Mrs. J. I. Carroll and children, of Filbert, have returned home from a visit to the family of Mr. W. J. flood, at Cherokee Fulls. Mr. J. E. McDonnell of the firm of McDonnell Bros., which has the contract for the stone work in the York county court house, returned to Yorkville this week, after u business trip to Ibnomington, Ind. WITHIN THE TOWN. --"ITncle" Jim Hardy, a respected colored man of Yorkville, diea last Tuesday evening, and was buried Wednesday. ? The Southern railway has had a force of hands in Yorkville this week, improving the depot property. A neat fence of heavy posts and iron piping lias been put around the passenger station, very much improving the appearance of the locul depot yard. ? A cur load of stone for which the court house contractors had been wait ing several days, arrived in Yorkville, Wednesday. This load included the corner stone which will be laid with appropriate ceremonies on June 3. The contractors hope to complete the court house bv January 1. ? The Neely Cotton Mill of Yorkville began its plan of running only four days a week, this morning. No notice has been given its employes as to how long the curtailment will be continued. Inability to place orders, is given as the reason for the step. Thus far the Neely is the only Yorkville mill which has cut down its running time. ? The local council of Red Men Invited Governor Blease to be with them at a picnic they propose to give in the Ancona Mill pasture on July 4; but the governor will not be present. In his reply he said he very much appreciated the invitation; but he had previously accepted an invitation to address the State Convention of Rural Carriers in Spartanburg. ? Manaeer McManus of the Lyric always on the lookout for the best that is going in moving pictures, has booked the historic drama, Joan of Arc, for May 29. This picture has been shown in most of the large cities of the country, and has proved a big success everywhere. The reason probably, is not difficult to explain. The story of the Maid of Orleans is without a parallel in the history of the world, and is more or less familiar to all people who can read. ? The first night's programme of the closing exercises of the Yorkville Grad- ; e'd school was presented in the graded school auditorium last evening. The seating capacity of the building being \ Inadequate to accomodate, the unusu- 1 ally large audience The principal 1 feature of last nig* c's orogramme was the declamations. The boys spoke < first as follows: Hienning Adickes, i "The New South;" Robert Turner Al- 1 lison, "Death Bed of Benedict Arnold;" I Hal Mackorell, "The Making of Ameri- i cans;" Brice Garrison, "Spartacus to i the Gladiators." The judges, Messrs. B. C. Riddle, John A. McMurray and 1 E. E. Gillespie, awarded the boys' 1 medal to Robert Turner Allison. Fol- ; lowing a chorus, was the declamation I contest among four of the high school I girls. The judges were Revs. E. E. i Gillespie, J. L. Oates and F. R. Riddle. The first reading was that of < \iiua KVanpoQ Allsln "Thp Missionary I Box that Scandalized the Village." The others were, Misses Elizabeth Qrlst, i "The School Boys' Apples;" Margaret i Marshall, "Emmy Lou;" Sallie Sandl- j fer, "Mirandy on other People's Children." The announcement that Miss Sallie Sandifer had won the girl's med- ] al was heartily applauded. The Judg- < es' decision concluded the exercises of i the evening. Diplomas will be deliver- | ed tonight to the graduates, which will be followed with the presentation of ? the various medals, and other appro- j priate exercises. j , i LOCAL LAC0NIC8 ] Boyd-Cornwell. Rock Hill Herald, May 21: Satur- J day afternoon at the residence of the officiating minister, Rev. A. S. Rogers, Preston Cornwell and Miss Rosa , Lee Koyd, of the Lesslie section, were united in marriage. The bride is a daughter of Supervisor Boyd. The ; groom is well known throughout the j eastern part of the county. Rock Hill to Have Baaeball. < At a meeting of the Rock Hill base- 1 ball fans, held this week in that city, 1 it was decided to put out a baseball 1 team for the summer. John Shuler, a 1 memher of the University of South Carolina's team, is to manage the Rock Hill team, which is to be composed of local as well as semi-professional talent. After Gaffney Superintendency. The superintendency of the Gaffney Graded schools is vacant, and there are a number of applicants for the position. Among the number are three York county teachers: Prof. J. H. VVitherspoon, Yorkville; Prof. R. H. Holliday, Hickory Grove and Prof. B. C. Riddle, Clover. Only Seven Now Running. There are not more than seven schools now in operation throughout York county, and by the end of next week there will hardly be one. Among the number to close this week were Oak Ridge, Guthriesvtlle, Blairsville, Shady Grove, Bethel, Fort Mill and Yorkville. Bethel Closes. The Bethel school, Miss Lottie Belle Simril, teacher, closed its eight months' session on Wednesday night. Johnson's 1 orchestra, which had been advertised ! to appear at Bethel some time ago, < was on hand, and the concert giv- j en by this orchestra was the principal | I feature of the closing. There was a I large attendance. Contract for County Home. The contract for the construction of the county home was let last Wednesday, on plans somewhat modified from those on which previous estimates were based. The successful bidder was the Taylor-Waters construction company, and the price was $14,985. Mr. J. R. Logan offered to do the work for $16, 303. The contract for plumbing and heating was awarded to L. F. Waldrop for $2,467.40. The lighting contract for electric lighting was postponed until a later date. Fort Mill Teachers Elected. The trustees of the Fort Mill Graded school have elected teachers for next year as follows: J. P. Coats, superintendent: Miss Betsy Brown, high school assistant: Miss Gwineth Bratton, seventh grade; Miss Ermine Brunson, fifth and sixth grades; Miss Isabel Grier, fourth grade; Miss Katheline Jeter, third grade; Miss Susie White, second grade; Miss Minnie Garrison, first grade; Miss Blanche Lawrence, mnelp Best Sand-Clay in the State. ( Commissioner of Emigration and ' Labor E. J. Watson, passed through : Yorkville yesterday, traveling by auto- ; mobile to Charlotte, where he made an . address yesterday afternoon. Mr. John R. Hart, of Yorkville, who Joined Mr. 1 Watson here, quotes the commissioner as saying that the Filbert Spur is the ; best sand-clay road he has seen any- c where in South Carolina, and that the a road from Yorkville to Charlotte, by j way of Oastonia, is the best stretch he < has seen anywhere in this section. c New School Districts Made. ' The county board of education, Messrs. E. W. Hall, T. E. McMackin, '' and John E. Carroll met in the office of the superintendent of education last 1 Saturday, and the principal business * done was the creating of two new * school districts. One of the new dls- 11 tricts, No. 55, is in the eastern part of ' Fort Mill township around Hint Hill * church. The other is to be known as ^ Rlairsv'lie No. 56. The division is made . on account of their being two schools * in each of the present districts. The j1 change goes into effect July 1. "j Mr. R. E. Gwin Dead. j Mr. Richard E. Ciwin died at the In state hospital, Columbia, Wednesday night, shortly after 8 o'clock, after a tedious sickness of several months | from pellagra, aged 60 years, having been born May 19, 1854. He was a son of the late C. O. Gwln. The interment was at Woodlawn cemetery, 1 Sharon, this morning, after funeral 1 services conducted by Rev. W. K. Ar- i rowood. Mr. Gwin Is survived by two I children, one son, Harry, and one i diiughter, Miss Margaret; and also one ' sister and a brother. Miss Emma and 1 Mr. Walker (Iwin, of Hickory drove, j New Cchool Building at Point. , A new school building has been com- i pleted in Bethel township. It is to consolidate the Belleview and Point i schools, and is situated about halfway ' between the two schools. The new structure has two large rooms, and is i built according to the Clemson plan, at . a cost of about $1,500. Much of the < building was done by neighborhood i workmen, and for this reason it has i been built cheaper than it otherwise i would have been. With the consolida- 1 tion of the two schools, about 60 ehil- i ilren will be enrolled. i PRIMARY RULES REVISED. ( State Convention Makes Wholesale Changes as to Voting Qualifications. 1 Hereafter before a man can vote in | a Democratic primary he must have lived in the state two years, in the i county six months and in his club district sixty days. These are condi- | tlons pre-requlsite to his getting his name on a club roll, and even with , ihat he must apply to his club secretary in person, for enrollment. ( This in brief is the result of the proceedings of the state Democratic convention, which met in Columbia, i on Wednesday at noon and which adjourned at about 5.30 Thursday afternoon, after the platform committee had been out all night and after very considerable debate and difference of opinion as to what to do and how to do it. i The convention was called to order i by John Gary Evans, state chairman, and James A. Hoyt of Columbia, was elected temporary as well as permanent chairman. The committee on credentials consisted of one member from each county except Charleston and Georgetown, both of which had contests for settlement. The Georgetown Democrats had gotten into a wrangle as to which faction should have representation, and had finally settled it among themselves on a basis of allowing seats to the full delegations of both sides, with the understanding that each delegate should have half a vote, and the chair 1 decided to appoint two members of the delegation on the committee. From Charleston there was the < same old Grace and Barnwell delegations, both claiming to represent majorities, and as was the case two years ago the Grace delegation was turned down and the Barnwell delegation was seated. The principal tight in the committee and on the floor over the rules was in connection with length of residence, 1 and requiring voters to go to the club secretaries in person. The minority wanted to reduce the time of residence. Mr. R. A. Cooper calling attention to the fact that the requirement of two years' residence would disfranchise many Methodist preachers. Senator Clifton fought for the right of the voter to send his name to the secretary of his club with a written request that he be enrolled; but was turned down. There was also a fight < over the requirement that the prospective voter sign the club roll, the minority holding that this was wrong; but the majority carried its point as in other matters. The following summary of the rules as Anally agreed upon, is from the Columbia State of this morning: QualiAcations for club membership < and for voting in primary elections are: Applicant to be 21 years of age, a White Democrat, a citizen of the United States and of the state, must have resided in the state two years, 1 in the county six months and in the ! club district sixty days. If a negro, ! applicant must have voted for Hampton in 1876. Applicants for enrollment in a Democratic club shall present themselves < In person before the secretary and . sign the roll or make their mark, if they are unable to write, giving their age, occupation and postoAdce address, or their street number where such designations exist in the club district where they reside. The county committees shall furnish suitable , and uniform books of enrollment to the secretaries, such books to be provided by the state committee. The club rolls shall be closed on the second Tuesday of each election year. ( Secretaries of clubs shall file the rolls, properly certified, with copies, with the clerks of courts of the various counties, where they shall be open for , inspection. County committees shall purge the rolls, giving due notice by . mail to all citizens the legality of whose enrollment is questioned. Special provisions are made for , Charleston, both as to enrollment in ; club districts and as to voting. State committees shall arrange for two separate campaign meetings in each county, one to be addressed by candidates for state offices and the 1 ither by candidates for United States ' senator. < Chairmen of county committees in the same congressional districts and > ludicial circuits shall arrange forsep- , irate meetings for candidates for con- t fress and solicitor. I Polls are to remain open on elec- ] tion day from 8 a. m. to 4 p. m., ex- ] :*ept In Charleston, where they shall J remain open from 8 a. m., to 6 p. m. r All existing club rolls are declared null and void, as a special provision for 1914. This will require a new mrollment of all Democrats for the 1914 primary on the last Tuesday in August. i * ? ? ( cm itu rioni imi wcu/c www vonwtoiiirt II k fv w ? A Columbia dispatch says that ? Hon. A. G. Brice of Chester, is being 1 strongly urged by his friends become a candidate for attorney general. ' \ son of Judge Hydrick has also been talked of in connection with this position. ? Chief Justice Gary of the supreme 8 :ourt, has admitted Joseph Sullivan, c :he slayer of Col. John M. Cannon, to 8 lail in the sum of $5,000. The defense ? contended that the deceased made him- * ielf responsible for the trouble by hit- * ting the defendant with a walking c stick. Solicitor Cooper denounced Sul- 0 ivan as a murderer, saying that he ~ jrought on the trouble by coming to E the trial with a pistol in his pocket, ind by approaching his intended victim after the trial. ? Anderson, May 20: When the court >f general sessions convened at 9.30 )clock this morning a sealed verdict vas returned in the case of Will Miles, . i young white man indicted for slanler. The verdict was guilty. The jrosecution in the case was the Rev. E. 8 V. Sanders, pastor of the Second Bap- d ist church, in ward 6 of this city. 1 Vliles uttered some remarks about be- t ng with the minister in the red light C listrict of Greenville in February when c Mrs. Sanders was attending the con- c mention of the B. Y. P. U. These utter- b inces caused Mr. Sanders to secure a 8 varrant against Miles, charging slanler. When the jury returned its ver- e lict this morning, Mr. J. E. Boggs for t he defense, gave notice of a motion r or a new trial, which will be argued 8 >efore the term of court adjourns, a 'ending this argument sentence has lot been imposed by Judge Prince. b ? The South Carolina Underwriters' * issociation met in Sumter, Wednes- ^ lay, with a large attendance, and after n i very busy meeting adjourned to hold ts next meeting at Chick's Springs. ( 'fflcers for the ensuing year were n hosen as follows: President. James j V. Cathcart, Columbia; vice president, y Jerry Moses. Jr.. Sumter; secretary ^ ind treasurer. S. M. Grist, Yorkville; xecutive committee. Jas. H. Eraser e it Georgetown; \V. P. Sloan of Ander- a ion; J. E. Crymes of CJreenwood: \V. jd. Keid of Bishopville; C. Edwards if Chester: T. S. Wilbur of Charles- a on: Charles E. Commander of Flor- f nee. Legislative committee, A. G. s '"urman, (Jreenville; J. G. Pridmore, ^ iaffney; H. G. Slau, Georgetown: C. ^ 5. Tribble, Anderson: Julian Calhoun. t ipartanburg: W. A. McSwain, New- g erry; G. E. Haynsworth, Sumter; \V. i. Douglas, Hock Hill: W. E. Greer, ( telton. The president was made ex- .N ffloio member of all committees. A MEXICO AND MEXICANS Miscellaneous Developments Bearing ^ Upon Troubled Conditions. A rumor in Washington in to the effect that President Huerta instructed tils envoys to the peace conference at Niagara Falls, to promise his resignation in case such a contingency was necessary to the settlement of the difficulties, but to insist upon certain conditions. Among these are a voice in naming his successor, an American loan of $400,000,000 and a 99-year lease of Magdalena bay for target practice at it rental of $1,000,000 a year. The Washington administration is of the opinion that General Huerta's regime will collapse within the next few weeks. Mexico City newspapers are printing ? some very wild stories in regard to the American army at Vera Cruz. Among other things the capital city papers say that there are 30,000 troops at Vera Cruz, 4,000 of them being negroes. Also that the Americans are dying like flies from the heat and an epidemic of smallpox,' and that the horses of the urmy are dying so fast as to make operations difficult. Dr. Aureliano Urrutia, ex-minister * r>f the interior In President Huerta's " cabinet, has fled from Mexico City to Vera Cruz, because of fear of violence at the hands of Huerta emissaries. He sought safety inside the American lines. General Obregon, with a force of 10,000 rebels, is laying siege to Manzat- ^ tan. General Cabral, his chief of staff, is quoted by an American correspondent as follows: "If Mexico is invaded, we will resist to the last. We are for Mexico, but not for Huerta. He is doubly a traitor and we will flght him to death." An American business man arriving at Vera Cruz, Monday, said that he had talked to a man in Mexico City who claimed to have been an eyewitness of t the execution of Private Parks, of the 28th regiment, and that the body of the soldier was later bqrned with kerosene oil. "The Mexican foreign office" says a state department bulletin, issued at Washington, "has formally promised that if Samuel Parks has a been executed, the men guilty of the w crime shall be punished." The Huerta government is reported 1? in flnotinff P fiflA . lu iiavr oucvccucu in uuuuiiq * wv,000 of 6 per cent loan certificates through a London bank. They were offered at 85 cents on the dollar. An unnamed naval officer writing from Vera Cruz, to Senator John Sharp Williams, says in part: "The f noisiest thing in Mexico today is the dollar. Wee Willie Hearst is keeping a large force of men here to stir things up. We can't take Mexico with less than 200,000 men and at a cost of $500,000,000. There are less ^ jingoes in the army and navy than m anywhere else." AT THE CHURCHE8 FIRST PRESBYTERIAN. Rev. E. E. Gillespie, Pastor. Sunday Services?Sunday schooi at 10 o'clock. Morning service at 11 o'clock. Evening service at 8 o'clock. ASSOCIATE REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN. Rev. J. L. Oates, Pastor. ^ Sunday Services?Sunday school at 10 a. m. Morning service at 11 o'clock. FIRST BAPTIST Rev. Jas. H. Machen, Pastor. Sunday Services?Sunday school at ? A C m Vff/vMninA aAHlf(/lA n 11 a'aIaaI/ :,iy a. III. iUUi 111115 oCI ai 11 u viuv.n. Evening seivlce at 8 o'clock. TRINITY METHODIST. Rev. Henry Stokes, Pastor. Sunday Services?Sunday school at 10 a. m. Morning service at 11 o'clock. CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD. Rev. T. T. Walsh. Rector. Sunday Services?Sunday school at J.50 o'clock. Evening service at 8.16. 3ermon?"Why Use Forms of Worship?" SECOND BAPTIST. Services Sunday afternoon at 3.30 3'clock. Serial JJoiirfs. County Home. Services Sunday afternoon at 3.30 conducted by Rev. J. L. Oates. Ancona Mill. Services Sunday evening at 8 o'clock, conducted by Rev. J. L.. Gates. Olivet. % Sunday school at 3.30. Preaching at 1 o'clock. Henry Stokes, Pastor. Bethel. Rev. A. A. McLean of Clover, will preach at Bethel, Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Dr. T. N. Dulin. Congregational Meeting at Union. There will be a congregational meet- ^ ng at Union church next Sunday, the 24th, at 10 o'clock. A full attendance it the members is desired. Deacons. IK Meeting of the Citizens of Yorkville \nd vicinity is hereby called to meet In the Court Room in the old Rose Hotel a this, Friday, afternoon, May 22d, at 6 p. m., to discuss tne location or tne iroposed highway from Yorkville to rtock Hill. All citizens are earnestly equested to attend. Yorkville Board of Trade, Arthur T. Hart, Sec'y and Treas. Card of Thanks. In behalf of ourselves and children, ncluding the bereaved husband, we iesire to extend our sincere thanks to leighbors and friends for their great cindness to us in connection with the ^ leath and burial of our daughter, ^eila Workman. T. M. Oates and Wife. Hrzah, S. C., May 22, 1914. Keep Bowel Movement Regular. ^ Dr. King's New Life Pills keep itomach, liver and kidneys in healthy ondition. Rid the body of poison md waste. Improve your complexion >y flushing the liver and kidneys. "I jot more relief from one box of Dr. Cing's New Life Pills than any medl:ine I ever tried," says C. E. Hatfield, if Chicago, 111. 25c at your Druggist. iELK STORES FORM AN ASSOCIATION Managers of the 10 Branches to Meet ^ Monthly for Discussions of Topics of Interest. Charlotte Observer, May 21. In order to perfect a closer relationhip for the purpose of advising and 0 [iscussing for the material benefit of heir 10 retail stores, the managers of he various stores met yesterday at the Charlotte store, and formed an assolation. Mr. W. H. Belk was elected hairman, T. B. Brown of the Greensioro store, vice chairman, and B. F. riatthews, secretary. Tho rrwtaf imnnrtunt mflttpr frJinHAPt d at yesterday's meeting was the elecion of Mr. W. L. Wallis, for years contected with Belk Brother's Charlotte tore, as general assistant to the manger of each store. Meetings of the association will be leld at Charlotte each month when uch matters as buying, advertising, tore management; in fact anything lertaining to the welfare of the busiioss will be discussed. Few realize what a tremendous facor the Belk stores are for distributing merchandise. Last year these stores istributed nearly $2,000,000, and this ear's business shows a substantial inrease. The association had the pleasure last vening of being entertained at supper t the Central by its chairman, Mr. W. 1. Belk. The out-of-town members in attendnce at yesterday's meeting were: T. 1. Brown, Greensboro; A. W. Harry, alisbury; J. G. Parks, Concord; J. H. latthews, Gastonia; J. \V. Kirkpatrick 'orkville; Frank Stevens, Monroe; J. '. Williams, Sanford; A. B. Johnston, Itatesville: R. N. Walker, Waxhaw. The members associated with the 'harlotte store are W. H. Belk. B. F. latthews. W. M. Matthews and G. H. IcDonald.