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Straps and .facts. ? Columbia State. Friday: Dousehka Pickens Tillman and Sarah Starke Tillman, minor daughters of Mrs. Lucy Dugas and B. tt. Tillman, Jr.. will spend the months of July and August with their grandparents. .Mr. and Mrs. B. R. Tillman, under a decision given today by the supreme court. The opinion was written by Chief Justice Gary and concurred in by all of the associate justices. The hearing was held Wednesday afternoon. The court held that the objection made by attorneys for Mrs. IJugas to the jurisdiction of the court in the case was unsound. The court held that the question of the support of the children was not properly before the court at the time. ? By a decision of the United States supreme court, three-fourths of the state of Minnesota is declared to be "dry territory." The decision is based on a treaty made by the government with the Chippewa Indians in 1855, which provides that there shall be no saloons in certain prescribed portions of the state, then under Federal control. The controversy was started in 1909, by an Indian agent, who closed more than 400 liquor saloons in the northern nart of the state, holding | that the treaty prohibited the sale of liquor and was still of force. The Federal district court held that the treaty was no longer effective, and this decision has now been reversed by the supreme court. Minneapolis and other cities are affected by the decision. ? That "truth is stranger tho" fiction," is forcibly exemplified in a story reaching this city for Wayne county, an ! which is vouched for by a number of reputable persons, according to a Newbern special to the Charlotte Observer. The narrative told in Newbern is to the effect that a Mr. Hooks, who resides near Mount Olive had a very valuable dog to die a few days ago from no apparent cause. After the animal's death the owner, becoming curious as to the cause of the sudden demise of his pet, took the body to a veterinarian and had him to cut it open and make an examination of the internal organs of the canine. Wrapped around the remains of the animal's liver was a snake which was more than 20 inches in length. The reptile, which was of the garter variety, was !J i tnnnh :i 1 iv.. and SH1U IU i.nvc uvn* hud literally eaten up the dog's liver. ? That eggs can be marketed successfully by parcel post is the conclusion reached by the department of agriculture on last Wednesday, as the result of extended experiments. It was demonstrated to the satisfaction of the department that this method of shipment frequently secured a better price for the producer and a fresher article for the consumer. The experiments. it is stated, further showed that the parcel post will be of particular value to the man whose flock was too small or who lives too far from express service to permit him to ship his eggs in regular commercial cases. In the course of the experiments which extended over a period of five months, the department shipped 9,131 eggs in 466 lots by mail from various points under varying conditions and in different types of containers. Of these, 327, or slightly less than 3.6 per cent, were absolutely wasted. The percentage of breakage will be greatly reduced, it is stated, when postal employes become more accustomed to nananng such nasuc matter. ? London, June 9: Public opinion is exasperated by the continued excesses of the militant suffragettes and the "cat and mouse" act has proved so futile as a preventive that further and more adequate measures are regarded as imperative. Various methods of dealing with the women, such as deportation. birching, attachment of their funds are advocated, but it is felt that none of these measures will effectually stamp out their destructive mania. Very reluctantly many people have come to the conclusion that unless the law is to become a dead letter, imprisoned suffragettes must be allowed to suffer the extreme result of their self-imposed policy of starvation. "Let them die," is becoming a rather popular slogan. It was reported today that the government had decided to introduce legislation to indemnify the prison authorities against the consequences of allowing suffragettes to starve themselves to death while in prison. In order to ascertain public feeling on the problem, the Evening Standard today gathered the views from representative people, who were asked whether they agree with the suggestion that hunger-striking surtragettes snoum ue allowed to die. All the clergymen interviewed express themselves in favor of the proposal. Father Bernard Vaughan, the famous orator, whose sermon in Westminster Cathedral Sunday. was interrupted by a suffragette, replied: "There would be nothing ethically wrong in letting them die. Let them start at once and make up for lost time." ? Washington, June 11: Repeal of Panama canal tolls exemption for American coastwise shipping, passed the senate tonight by a vote of 50 to 35. The measure now goes back to the house, which is expected to accept the Simmons-Xorris amendment specifically reserving all rights the United States may have under the Hay-Pauncefote treaty. The passage of the bill after a bitter struggle that has lasted several months was regarded tonight as another victory for President Wilson. Although thirteen Republicans came to the aid of the thirtv-seven Democrats who voted for the bill on final passage, the president initiated the movement in his party for repeal and it was behind him that many Democrats vho voted "aye" lined up on the la a test. "There lias been no certain promise from the White House that the president will sign the bill with its qualifying amendment, but there has been no declaration that he will veto it and party leaders in the senate were virtually certain he would approve it. Eleven Democrats, led by Senator U'Gorman, fought the bill to the end. The senate was weary with its long grind of debate, its weary watching for an attempt to gain a parliamentary advantage and by the time Vice President Marshall put the question for the passage of the bill, the oratory had died down, the chamber was quiet and the vote was taken with but little excitement. Up to the last minute no one in the senate was positive a vote would be taken tonight. As it became more and more apparent, however, that no amendments could pass and that the leaders expected to sit through to the finish, the temptation to make long speeches ceased to be attractive and several votes were taken toward the end without a roll call. The bill probably will be sent to the house tomorrow and can be taken up immediately if house leaders desire. The evident temper of the senate to defeat the bill unless amended is expected to have weight with the house and Democrats anxious to put an end to the matter as soon as possible are expected to demand early action. ? Washington, June 10: Nationwide prohibition will be voted on by the house within four or five weeks, according to predictions made at the Capitol tonight after the rules committee had postponed until July 1, a special rule for consideration of the proposeu tiouson amendment. .uein-1 bers of the committee declared they would consider and probably favor-1 ably report the Cantrell rule resolution in July. The committee's action followed a day of stormy conferences between groups of congressmen without reference to political division. It generally was conceded that opponents of the Hobson amendment were forcing ihe issue, confident the measure could not now poll the two-thirds vote necessary for passage. Representative Hobson himself does not favor action at this time, though he said tonight a vote would be taken the second week in July. When the committee, by a live to four vote, deferred consideration of the rule, it was announced that this course had been deemed wise because of important matters now before the house for immediate consideration. Karlier Mr. Hobson submitted a statement to the committee, saying he desired to have his resolution changed in accordance with the amended resolution he introduced yesterday to meet the question of state rights. The statement said many members of the house had requested him not to press the resolu tl?n for consideration until they had time to confer with their constituents. "Hut since opponents of the resolution have precipitated the matter and are urging its immediate consideration. I wish to say that I shall not oppose such action and will not request friends of the resolution to interpose obstacles in the way of the adoption of the rule allowing the adequate debate with the amendment incorporated in the special rule." the statement said. Reports current at the Capitol that the movement to bring the prohibition question to a vote had been started at least with the consent of President Wilson, caused Representative Cantrell of Kentucky, author of the proposed special rule, to issue the following statement: "I have never had an interview with the president about the Hobson resolution and I am not acquainted with his personal views. What I have done has been solely on my own responsibility as a member of the rules committee and of congress." She *|orkt>iUe inquirer. Kntered at the Postofflce In Yorkville as Mail Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE. S. C.? FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 1914. Hen Tillman led a great movemc-* in his day and it did gnat good for the people of South Carolina; but from the I day of his first success until now, he has never had any other idea man tnai the whole movement was his own. and for his own particular benefit. Associate Justice Oage did not denounce the making and administration of the laws; but he quietly pointed out how the laws were made and administered largely for the benefit of the lawyers instead of for the people as a whole, and the people quietly take what he says as information and leave it at that. The inference is that the people are either satisfied or hopeless, or have not yet fully realized the breakers to which they are drifting. Koth Tillman and McLaurin went to the senate originally under a pledge not to be controlled by party caucuses. The theory of the Farmers' Alliance was, and it was correct, that both great parties, and through the parties the country were manipulated by a few professional wire pullers, and the idea of the Alliance was to break up this system. Of course, as things stand, it is unreasonable to expect party harmony in certain things except by means of the caucus; but nevertheless when a man of real ability and force of character, sees that he is being manipulated in caucus for selfish individual purposes, rather than in the interest of the people he will kick and kick hard, even though he knows the result will be his political destruction. We can see how, if a senator or a representative thinks that exemption repeal is wrong, he should not vote for exemption repeal. He has a right to stand on his manhood and vote aginst repeal because he thinks it right to do so, or if he has no positive convictions on the subject he has a right to follow the platform and base his justification on that. But how any man could take that recent convention in Columbia as authority we do not and cannot see. Ten years ago Senator Tillman would have laughed at the idea of such a thing. He would have told the convention that it had absolutely no authority to even suggest a platform that was expected to bind anybody and he would have been right. South Carolinians are supposed to be free from the control of conventions, and it has been the boast of Tillman's career that he was largely instrumental in establishing this freedom. If Mr. Manning persists in his doctrine that the wealth of the state should pay the taxes, there are lots of people we know of who would not vote for him under any consideration. Talk about factional lines?Bourbonism, agrarianism, socialism and all that, there are those who hate taxes worse than anything else. To suggest that they should contribute to the support of the government in proportion to the value of their accumula lions is like setting water before a mad doff. It is not to be understood that all men of wealth are opposed to bearinff their just share of tlie burdens of ffovernment?not a bit of it. There are many biff, broad minded men of wealth who recognize their obligation to their fellows, and who are perfectly willing to bear their full share. There are thousands of them, and they are really the people who hold things together. Hut as has been stated, there are others of the skintlint, highwaymen kind who look upon all manner of taxation as extortion, and who seem to think that they should have first claim on the full protection of tlie ffovernment, while they are engaged in drawing tin* substance from the productive energy of oilier people; but they themselves should not pay any toll. We do not agree with Air. Manning's theory that anybody should be exempt from taxation, 110 matter how poor they may be. We are inclined to think that the right to pay taxes is a privilege calculated to foster good citizenship, and to exempt a man from taxes would be to deprive him of a right. However, we do believe that we should live up to the declaration of our constitution on this subject, and make all taxation as just and equitable as possible. We think the people of large profitable sources Ill llll'lilllf U.1IU iiiisv ULV luiiuiauuiw should pay in proportion to the poorer and more humble citizen, and we think that this matter of tax equalization is the most important problem that South Carolina has to deal with. Although it is a fact that right now the property of South Carolina is not assessed at more than one-fourth of its actual value, if every citizen of the state were required to return his property and pay taxes thereon at a valuation in equitable proportion to the people who are not actually worth more than two thousand dollars, the present revenues of the state would be more than quadrupled. There would be funds sufficient to furnish a lirstclass school teacher for every twenty .children, make good roads all over the state within the next ten years; enforce all laws better than they are now enforced and increase the efficiency of all penal and charitable institutions more than a hundred per cent. We do not want to increase tlit* taxes of the poor man a single dollar; but we would certainly like to see all people who are better circumstanced in tlt?? possession of this world's goods required to pay taxes in just proportion to those paid by the poorer people, and in proportion to others in their own class who do not try to dodge their just obligations. The proposed reform, however, is an exceedingly difficult one. For instance, there are people who bend under a burden of live or ten dollars taxes; but become reconciled when told of some other fellow who pays five hundred dollars. They are unable to realize that if the live hundred dollar man paid in the same proportion to themselves, he would be coming down with from one thousand to fifteen hundred. But with it all the public need not look for any extensive reform along this line right away. The tax dodgers are too numerous and strongly intrenched, and the average legislative candidate is too much concerned lliai, uuuui i"ci vrt C4.IIV4 about his own comfort after he has been elected. Truth Coming to its Own. We are reproducing in full Senator Tillman's speech on tolls exemption, not because of any economic instruction contained therein; but rather because of the wonderful light it throws on the political game as it has been played in South Carolina for all these years, and as it is being played now. Senator Tillman undertakes to argue against the repeal of the tolls exemption law, notwithstanding his avowed purpose to vote for such repeal, and undertakes to justify his speech on the ground of relieving his conscience, and his vote on the ground of discharging his duty to his party. There is about the speech much that is calculated to make us smile; but while we are smiling, we do not want anybody to think that we are particularly carried away either with the senator's argument or the reasons he fives therefor; because from our viewpoint ir ne were realty sincere ana nonest either with himself or the public, we think that instead of talking one way and voting another, he would do better to vote the other way and keep his mouth shut. In our review of senatorial chronology last Tuesday, we undertook to show that Senator Tillman's whole career has been one of selfish wilfulness and in this speech, we see little else than full vindication of all we said. The only tiling that is really surprising about it all is that Senator Tillman himself should think that anybody will be deceived by such silly Hub dub as that with which he attempts to conceal the smallness of his spleen in the matter. Here, for instance, is an attempt to make it appear that his proposed vote is based upon loyalty to the recently a dopted state Democratic platform. The sum and substance of that platform was not so much that a man should vote so and so on the tolls exemption question as it was to recognize and acknowledge the president himself as the Democratic guide and mentor and to follow the president wherever he should lead. The senator, while pretending to obey the instructions of the Democratic platform takes occasion to do all he can to discredit and break down the leadership of the president. We do not want to be understood here either as trying to defend the president or the recently adopted Democratic platform; but merely to show the emptiness of Senator Tillman's professions in the premises. The president, we believe, is entirely right and that he can take care of himself; but for the platform instruction we hove no higher respect than has been expressed by Senator Tillman. If the truth were known, we believe 4 br> * ?.! , ? f,,???? /lolitruro nnu nu r? f hp 111(11 jiiauwi III uriivciuiivv vv, ?,..v duty of Democrats in material matters, would be traceable to the handiwork either of newly appointed Federal office holders, or men who seek to ride into power by clinging: to the coat tails of the president. We cannot for the life of us see how this platform utterance can have any effect on the past action of any member of the national congress or control the action of such member until after he has gone before the people on it in the next election. So far as trying to make it appear that there is any relation between the situation of Senator Tillman todav and Senator McLaurin in 1902 with reference to the platforms of that day and tnis, is concerned, the situation is simply absurd. The grievance against McLaurin was two-fold. In the first place some two years after tlie people of the country had repudiated free silver at - 11.. ?i i. i?i i ... ,.ii lilt* pons, iinu ll nuu urtuiur |iium iu n?? men thai the necessity fur free coinage had passed, Senator McLaurin trod the issue under foot and looked forward to live, new problems. In the second place, while the Spanish-American treaty was under consideration purely as a game of politics, he trained with Senator Tillman and his fellow Democratic players on that side: but the very hour he learned that the Filipinos had started a new war that threatened to involve most of the great nations of the world in unnecessary bloodshed, he jumped the game of peanut politics and like the broad, able, patriotic man he has always been and still is, cast his deciding vote for an honorable peace. For these things, as Tillman now confesses in his speech, or rather using these things as a pretext, Tillman went home and ordered the Democratic executive committee to pass resolution: i that would prevent McDaurin from appealing to his white fellow citizens for vindication. Now, why is Tillman lighting Wilson ? It is pretty well understood by those who have been tin the inside of the political game, that in further reward of the services of J. William Thurmond for Judge Jones, and against Governor Hlease and for Tillman. Senator Tillman promised Mr. Thurmond the office of district attorney for South Carolina. At that time he had no other idea than that as the senior Democratic senator under a Democratic administration he would be able to control the appointment. Hut here came the Messrs. Gonzales, who stood in with Senator Smith, Mr. Bryan and Air. Wilson, claiming the oftic for their life-long personal and political friend, and Senator Tillman's enemy, and Air. Weston got the plum. It was enough to make almost any politician angry, much less a man like Senator Tillman; but the senator did not happen to be in a position where he could afford to say anything, so far as the public was concerned, and "vre was nothing for him to do but abide his time. This attack on President Wilson, in our opinion, and this promise of a vote for repeal under guise of obedience to the resolution of the recent state convention, is nothing more than an effort to get even with the president for appointing the nomine< of the Messrs. Gonzales, Mr. Weston, over his own man. Mr. Thurmond. And incidentally in this connection it is not out of place to remark that Senator Tillman's own testimony shows the certainty with which chickens collie home to roost. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS J. Forest Smith?-Has a four-room cottage for rent. Dr. S. C. Byrd, President?Gives information in regard to Chicora college, the popular school for girls. Send for catalogue. Pratt Food Co.?Gives you pointers on the benefits to be derived from the use of Pratt's foods. Sold by Carroll Bros., in Yorkville. F'rst National Bank, Yorkville?Emphasizes the value of a savings account to men, women, boys and girls. It will help you start to save. Lyric Theatre?Will have especially good pictures next week. Four reel feature on Tuesday, "Trail of the Spider Gang." The Kandy Kitchen?Says its soft drinks and ice cream business is growing steadily and appreciates your patronage. W. E. Ferguson?Tells you that although the weather is hot you must eat, and he wants to supply your table with groceries. York Furniture Co.?Sells Perfection blue flame oil stoves and all the utensils and would be glad to supply you with one for summer cooking. D. E. Boney. Agent?Reminds you that smoke costs money, and suggests that ycu see him for Farmers' Mutual insurance. -a-. Inn PKoflnita rifllll-uy oaicn V.ui ^uiuuuu, ^uanuviw ?Continues to give reasons why you sliould use Mrs. Joe Person's remedy. Kirkpatrick-Belk Co.?Offers prize of $fi in gold to the person writing a given sentence the greatest number of times on a postal card. First National Bank of Sharon?Has a few remarks to make about its banking business and its methods, and invites you to come and talk to it about bank matters. Thomson Co.?Is offering all merchandise at a reduction of 20 per cent. Sale includes goods of every description in all departments. Racing with the southbound C. & N.-W. passenger train is an evening pastime at Filbert. About sixty names were added to the Filbert club roll last Saturday, and since then there has been an occasional addition. Enrollment is progressing with reasonable dispatch; but not any faster than it ought to, considering the large amount of work to be done. Reports from the wheat harvest are to the effect that while the acreage was small, the yield has generally been good. Legislative "timber" appears to be scarce. The Enquirer has heard of several probable candidates; but has not been advised certainly as to any of them. By the way, this law that members of the board of health shall serve without compensation, is no new thing. It has been the law since local boards of health were first created in this state. The farmers who sell cotton in York- | ville should have the privilege of electing their own weigher. They did have that privilege under the law until two ] years ago; but it has been taken away from them. According to present plans the prob- j ability is that when the Yorkville and Rock Hill road is re-located, it will not cross the railroad until it reaches Ebenezer. It is proposed to do away with the crossing at the J. C. Wallace < old home place, Tirzah station, Tirzah church and Newport. It is thought also that the location of the road can be very much improved at the Simp ( Robinson old place, east of Fishing creek, by going a few yards further south. Hon. Richard I. Manning of Sumter, , candidate for governor, was in Yorkville for a few hours yesterday meeting j the people. He called at The Enquirer office and had a brief but pleasant chat with the editor on the subject of the "state of the campaign," and other matters along that line. When the edi- , tor referred to the criticism Mr. Man- , ning had received on account of his "middle of the road" attitude toward I the new enrollment rules, he said in effect that lie was so constituted as to be unable to follow any course other than J that which his judgment and conscience indicated was for the highest welfare of the state. He was afraid of an eventual appeal to the general election, and the bringing in of the negro if the enrollment requirements were made too strict. BOARD OF HEALTH. The town council met in the council chamber last night for the purpose of considering the request of the board of health for the appointment of a local health officer, the proposition being that this official receive a salary of $40 a month. All of the members of the council were present except Alderman Hart, npd after discussion it was decided not to elect the offi er referred to. The question of whether or not the board (Mould continue to receive as compensation, the privilege of free light and water, or $L' a month, like the members of council, was considered. \V. W. Lewis, Esq., attorney, on be- ing asked about the matter, stated tliat under the law the board of health is prohibited from receiving any compensation whatever. The law reads: It shall be the duty of the mayor ? * * to appoint by and with the consent of the council ? ? * live persons not members of the council * * * one or more of whom shall be a reputable physician of not less than two years' standing, a board ... health * * ? and shall designate .hern to serve 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 years respectively. The members shall serve without compensation, and in case any of them after accepting and duly qualifying, shall refuse to serve, they shall be subjected to a tine of twenty-live dollars, to be imposed and collected by the town council. The present board of health really has no legal status in that it consists of more than live members, and further in that these members were n.ot appointed with the advice and consent of the council which has as much say-so as the mayor. PROGRESS OF ENROLLMENT. As is usual at this season of the t year, the farmers are too much engaged with their crops to give a great deal of thought to political matters, and up to the present time no considerable amount of interest has been awakened in the matter of enrollment. The incident of last Monday, when it developed that about 175 people who had signed the roll at Clover with their initials, would have to sign their full names or lose their votes, created more than passing interest among these particular people for a limited time; but so far as lias been reported there is very little concern about the matter. As has been explained, people are not apt to give much concern to election matters until the campaigners have had a chance to stir things up, and it is pretty safe to predict that unless something develops to arouse merest in the meantime, the last Tuesday in July is going to roll by with fewer names on the club rolls than there are on the registration books. It is up to every citizen who desires to vote in the approaching Democratic primary to go and enroll at once. The right thing is to do it now. It is probably a fact that all the voters of the county could be enrolled in a day, but the enrollment should not be postponed. for people who put off until tomorrow that which should be done now, run a very grave risk of not doing it at all. The best way to get the people enrolled is for every citizen who is interested in a full vote with no afterward about it, to enroll himself at once and then keep driving on every friend and acquaintance to do likeurloo Full official instructions as to enrollment were published in The Enquirer of last Tuesday, and there are enough copies of that paper scattered over the county to give every white man interested, access to those instructions if he will only take the trouble to look after the matter. THE MARRIAGE RECORD Probate Judge Williams has issued the following marriage licenses since May 15: May 11?John Murphy and Lora B. Spencer. May 16?Preston H. Cornwell and Rosa Lee Boyd. May 16?William Cherry and Bertha Sanders (colored). May 16?Anderson Chambers and Cynthia Phillips (colored). May 16?Albert Lee Troutman and Lois Love. May 16?John Ingram and Blanche Helms. May 17?Marshal Cooper and Jeannette Berry. May 18?Henry White and Carrie Wylie. May 20?Albert Massey and Nola uumore (colored). May 23?Avery O. Clemmer and Willie Sanders. May 23?Will Tate and Lizzie Adams (colored). May 23?James Whitesides and Blanche Sherer (colored). May 23?Burst Baxtron and Willie Johnson (colored). May 23?Roy Miller and Marie Leech (colored). May 24?Ed Gettys and Mary H. Adkins. May 28?B. Gist Smith and Studie M. Bolin. May 29?Guy S. Bullard and Ruby Sheilds. May 29?'William A. Chandler and Annie Bell Workman. May 30?Thomas Rayfield and May Short. May 30?Willie Sanders and Jennie Gulp (colored). May 30?Ed Burris and Arizona Roseborough (colored). May 30?Floyd L. Thomas and Ida May Rayfield. May 30?Charlie Moore and Alice Forney (colored). May 30?Dave McCullough and Mary Lee Gladden (colored). June 2?Roy L. Carpenter and Alice Barr. June 4?John Niel and Lillian Stewart. June 6?Davis Curry and Fannie Robinson (colored). June 6?Walter Cathey and Sallie Holtsclaw. June 6?Henry B. Brice and Janie Anderson (colored). June 6?Virgil Thomas and Mary Strube. June 6?Bob Steele and Ivy Barber (colored). June 8?Lovey Massey and Minnie Kollock (colored). June 9?Jason Walker and Minnie Jordon (colored). June 9?Lother Putnam and Hallie Roberts. June 10?Lesslie D. Young and Eula Whisonant. June 11?Mason Hollis and Kate flarrison. ABOUT PEOPLE Mrs. J. B. Pegram of Yorkville, ipent yesterday in Gastonia, N. C. Miss Alee Starr of Yorkville. is visiting Miss Hannah Brown in Chester. Af Inn rVi?MU 1 1 la i>nsa r aiiuic ouuu|j ul lumvuic, is visiting friends in Muoresville, N. C. Mr. Bratton Clinton of Atlanta, Ga? visited friends in Yorkville this week. Miss Kate Hunter of Yorkville. has been chosen as one of the teachers at rjaffney. Miss Elizabeth Caldvv >11 of Columbia, is visiting Mrs. R. 'i. Allison in Yorkville. Mr. Haskell Flannagan of Bowling 3reen, visited friends in Yorkville, this week. Miss Ola Marion Allison of Yorkville, left this week to spend the summer abroad. Mr. Oscar Plexico of the South Caralina University, is visiting his parents in Yorkville. Mr. T. P. Moore, Jr., of Charlotte, s visiting Messrs. Robert and Lamar Jlenn, in Yorkville. Mrs. W. S. Neil and children, of Rock Hill, are visiting relatives and friends in Yorkville. Mr. Gray Moore of Rocky Mount, \\ C., is visiting relatives and friends n Yorkville and vicinity. Mr. Arthur Neely of the Presbyte ian college, Clinton, has returned to lis home in Yorkville, for the summer. Mrs. W. H. McCorkle of Rocky Mount, N. C., is in Yorkville to spend lie summer with Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Withers. \fiuu .Ttmnio Henril Msiekurell of Lander college, Greenwood, has re:urned to her home in Yorkville for lie summer. Mrs. John W. Miller and son, John IV., Jr., of Yorkville, ure visiting the 'amily of Mr. William Borders, at King's Creek. Mr. James McCarter of Yorkville S>o. 6, has another attack of appendi itis and will probably have to underto an operation. Misses Kincaid Rabb, of Peebles, )hio, and Janie Wylie of Hickory Irove, are the guests of Miss Reba .'ain, in Yorkville. Rev. Henry Stokes of Yorkville, is ittending the Wofford college com* nencement at Spartanburg, this week, md will be away over Sunday. Mr. Bennie P. Barron of Yorkville, vho graduated from Clernson college, his week, has gone to Charleston, ,vhere he has secured a position. Miss Alice Craig of Yorkville No. C, vas taken to the Fennell infirmary, *<>ck Hill, Wednesday night, to undergo an operation for appendicitis. Dr. PL W. Pressly returned to his iome at Clover, last evening after atendlng a meeting of the state board >f medical examiners in Columbia. Mr. W. R. Carroll of Yorkville, reurned to Baltimore, Md.. Wednesday light, accompanied by Mrs. Carroll, Dr. J. D. McDowell and Mr. C. W. Caroil. Mr. A. Carroll Grist of the Georgia School of Technology, Atlanta, has reurned to his home in Yorkville for he summer. Mr. Grist is one of the n honor men of the spohomore class. Cadets Karl Williams, Carl Gaullen, B. P. and Archie Barron and Robert and Lamar Glenn of Clemson allege, have returned to their homes n Yorkville for the summer. Mrs. Julia Elam left for her home it Smith's Cross Roads, Va.. yesterlay, after a visit of several weeks to ler brothers, Messrs. W. H. and R. J. lerndon, in Yorkville. Mr. Henry Clinton, son of Mr. J. J. Minton of Bethesda. who has been unlotxrAlntr Inonimnnf fit thp Kpnnpll ill ni^unif, iicuiimm .4V Irmary during the past two months, s not improving as his friends would lesire. Mr. Sam M. Grist of Yorkville, is ittending the annual convention of tlie Jfe Underwriters' association in Coumbia today. The annual banquet vill be given at the Jefferson hotel onight. Mr. John Land of the Presbyterian 'ollege of South Carolina, Clinton, las returned to his home on Yorkille No. 1. where he will spend the ummer with his parents, Sir. and > >1 rs. J. P. Land. ( Mr. J. S. Land of Yorkville No. 1. reeived his A. B. degree at the closing i exercises of the Presbyterian college, last Wednesday. lie was class valedictorian and using as his theme. "No Victory Without I^abor," made an excellent address. I)r. Jas. B. Kennedy of the Presbyterian college, Clinton, arrived in Yorkville yesterday to visit his parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Kennedy. Dr. Kennedy will leave Monday for the University of North Carolina, at Chapel Hill, where he will spend six weeks as a teacher in the summer school of that institution. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? There is renewed talk of the pas I .sage of a general license lax ordinance > for the purpose of raising additional revenue for the town. ? The recent statement placing the floating indebtedness of the town at $6,400, left out of consideration a note for $1,000, and Treasurer Boney says that so far as he knows there may be a number of additional outstanding accounts. ? Teachers for the Graded school have been elected as follows: Baxter C. Kiddle, superintendent: G. C. McCelvy, principal, Miss Nora Williamson, Miss Margaret D. Marion, Miss Marilla Ewart, Miss Mary Cartwright, Miss Ella Neely, Miss Geraldine Lowry, Miss Frederica Lindsay, Miss Sudie Allison. Substitute, Mrs. John S.Jones. ? Chief Love is picking up quite a number of fines for violation of the ordinance requiring that vehicles left on the streets must be close up against the right-hand curbing. Careless peo pie forget occasionally; but no excuses are accepted. More attention is being paid to violations of the ordinance against speeding also. ? Tlie new council has given notice of its intention to insist upon the strict enforcement of the ordinance prohibiting the sale of soft drinks, tobacco and the like, on Sundays. The ordinance has been on the books for many years, but it has been a dead letter so far as drug stores and restaurants are concerned, and other business people have disregarded it at will. ? Extensive preparations are being made for the picnic to be given in the Ancona mill pasture on July 4, by Big Chief Tribe No. 61, Improved Order of Red Men. Solicitor Albert E. Hill, Grand Sachem of the state is expected to be present and to make the address of the occasion, and Red Men from everywhere are to be invited. There are about thirty "paleface" applications under consideration for adoption in the tribe at the present time, and according to the programme as it now stands, most of these will be initiated into the "mysteries of the forest" on the night of July 4. A general order has gone out for all the local Red Men to repair to the picnic grounds tomorrow afternoon to begin putting the same in shape. ? The action of the town council of Yorkville in doing away with the free light and free water privilege meets our hearty approval, and although we would rather the members of the council had been willing to serve without compensation at all, we see absolutely no obiection to the reasonable compensation agreed upon?two dollars a month for each member. The objection to the free light and water idea is based entirely on the knowledge that it was unjust, inequitable and unlawful. The Enquirer has more than once stated that the town council had no legal right to give away light and water because those commodities were under the jurisdiction of the commissioners of public works; but our objection went behind that proposition, into the principle of the thing. We raised objection even back in the days before the board of commissioners of public works was created. Aside from the fact that the thing is wrong in itself, all men understand how small and insignificant wrongs are developed into big wrongs. The people are familiar with the record of this particular wrong. At first the perquisite limited to the minimum, was to go to members of the council only. Then the privilege was extended to other members of the town government, and later the limit was taken off. The people became stirred up, not so much on account of the fact of the free light and water, as because of the tendency, and the practice was discontinued. After a few years the system was inaugurated again, and now after so long a time the people have again put a stop to it. The fact of the whole matter is that this town has not been well governed in the past. It has been subjected to damage and other suits that could have been avoided with proper management, and it has been bled one way and another under pretense of progress and the like. The people have submitted to various wrongs with remarkable patience, and even now there is considerable indifference as ?o just how things are managed. The present council, though divided in its views as to what is best for the community, has made a very good start, and though badly handicapped on account of accumulated debt and insufficient revenues, bids fair to improve conditions from what they have been. LOCAL LACONICS Leaverdam Bridge Completed. The bridge over Beaverdam creek, on the North and South road, a short distance from the North Carolina line, was completed yesterday and the road , in now open for trafic straight through. Smallpox On R. F. D. No. 2. There are two cases or smallpox at the residence of Mr. Sidney Hogue, about eight miles north-east of York- i ville. A little daughter of Mrs. Cato, who had been visiting the family of ' Mr. Hogue, contracted the disease several weeks ago; but has recovered. 1 Mrs. Sidney Hogue now has the dis- I ease. The whole family has been plac- < ed under quarantine, and several of l the members are suffering with sore I arms as the result of vaccination. Liquor Seized at Guthriesville. There would probably have been nii>re trouble among the negroes at Mount Zion, last Sunday, hud it not been for the seizure of eleven gallons of whisky consigned to negroes at Guth- . liesville. Magistrate Crawford seized the stuff during Friday and Saturday, thereby making the liquor supply at Mount Zion, Sunday, scarcer than it ! otherwise would have been. Sheriff j Grown brought the whisky to Yorkville, ' Monday. . 1 Logging Crew at McConnellsville. , Mr. T. Howard Jackson, of the firm ' of Jackson Bros., of Clover, has been 1 engaged in buying and shipping oak I and popular logs around McConnells- i ville, for some time. Most of the tim- < l>er is coming from the farms of i .Messrs. p. M. Burris and J. T. Crawford. About twenty-three cars have , thus far been shipped?the timber go- , ing to Biltmore and Salisbury, X. ( C. At Salisbury the timber is used , for veneering, while at Biltmore it is ! #\??? lnmlioe \! r Tunl/u/tn hn u four trams engaged in the work of getting ( out the timber. Mr. Frank Smith is i in charge. The logging crew still has r a pood deal of work in sight. j Canning Club Rallies. ? Enthusiastic Canning Club rallies 1 were held at Oak Ridge and McCon- f nollsville on Wednesday?Oak Ridge in v the morning and McConnellsville in the * afternoon. Supt. of Education John 1 E. Carroll presided and there were 1 short addresses by Miss Minnie Lee 'c Garrison, county Canning Club agent: 1 Miss Edith L. Parrott, state agent: I Prof. Niven of the horticultural de- s partment, Clemson college: Miss Huf- 1 lington, cooking department, Winthrop * summer school; Prof. Chas. 1). Weeks, f Winthrop: John R. Blair, county dem- : onstration agent. All the speeches were * along lines calculated to inspire inter- 1 est in the Canning Club work. There were more than two hundred people at * Oak Ridge, and a bountiful picnic din- v ner was served in the yard at noon, t The crowd at McConnellsville in the 1 afternoon was not so large. The Can- t ning Club girls served ice cream to the t audience. ' *' McLAURIN VS. TILLMAN Says Senior Senator Has Correct View of Tolls Exemption Question. ("Jreenville News, Friday. I noticed in your paper of today my name figuring Senator Tillman's speech explaining his change of position on tlie repeal of the canal tolls. He draws an analogy with my attitude on the Paris Treaty. "I would be very unhappy." says the senator, "if McLaurin could justly charge me with prescribing physic for him which I myself am unwilling to take. Should I fail to stand by the party platform and vote for the repeal, he could Justly say that I am inconsistent." The senator then proceeds to tell why he is going to do just that thing. It is this inconsistency which constitutes his most valid claim to greatness. No truly great man ever bothers his head about being consistent. What's the use? The senator is not much more of a success as a coat-tail swinger than I am. I did not know, however, that it was as popular in Washington as in South Carolina. He seems to lind it as difficult to explain about Wilson's coat tails as 1 do about Blease's and his reasons are just about as disingenious as mine were when I passed that "precious emblem of peace and fraternity" to another. After clearly demonstrating that President Wilson is wrong, he justiiies his own change of vote by showing what a fool the late lamented state convention made of itself. The convention lacked the leadership of our senators and congressmen, most of whom were elected delegates but found urgent business elsewhere. While heartily concurring in this proposition about the folly of the convention, it does seem to me that the real question is whether the repeal of the tolls is right or wrong, not whether the platform , or Wilson is to be obeyed. It is a great question of national policy, which should outweigh either president or platform. Personally, I admire the stand of Ragsdale and Wyatt Aiken, not only because it takes moral courage to oppose the hand that apportions the public pie, but because on the merits it is to the country's best interests. The people of the United States have paid for the canal and should pet some return for their money. Foreigners should not have the same rights and privileges as our own people, unless they had contributed towards the construction of the canal. The statement that the tolls would be a subsidy to a "shipping trust" is not within a mile of the actual facts. We have no American merchant ships to use it, because the subsidized vessels of foreign nations have driven our flag from the high seas. We have retained a coast shipping because of port discriminations in its favor. Follow the present policy and our coast trade will soon be in foreign hands. The United States is an export nation and to be entirely dependent on our commercial rivals to carry our products abroad is unwise, [ do not care what President Wilson or anybody else says to the contrary. The facts are that the repeal of the tolls will continue the most heartless subsidy to Lord Cowdray's railroad that exists on this earth. It is a complete surrender of American interests to Great Britain. We build the canal at enormous cost in life and money and present it to the English capitalists now exploiting Mexico and other countries. Lord Cowdray is the Rockefeller of England, in fact, he is a combination of Rockefeller and Morgan, because of his political and financial power, aside from being an oil king. He owns the Tampico and Tehuantepec oil fields. He has the unqualified backing of the British government in all of his undertakings, and if any one will take the trouble to read the testimony taken by the Davidson com- i mittee and other public documents easily accessible they can not but conclude that much of the trouble in Mexico comes from the fight between British and American oil interests. This may explain why England recognized Huerta when the United States refused to do so. I know that the biggest obstacle In getting the canal bill passed was the opposition of the transcontinental railroads, notably the Canadian Pacific. Now that we have the canal the same interests, I have no doubt, seek to control it. Lord Cowdray's road is in south Mexico and connects Puerto on _the Atlantic with Salina Cruz (in the Pacific, a distance of 190 miles. It cost J65.000.000, and was paid for by the Mexicon government. The bonds got into I* -d Cowdray's hands and through some kind of a deal with Diaz he has absolute control of the road, which is said to be the most profitable line of railroad in the world. The records show that it is the personal property of this British nmney master. Freights from, say, New York to the Pacific, go to Puerto, there the ship is unloaded and its freight passes over Iyird Oowdray's road to Salina Cruz, there it is reshipped to its destination. I The record shows that freights for the Hawaiian islands average $2 per ton from New York, and that onethird of this amount goes to this 190 mile railroad. The president of the Hawaiian Steamship company gave ; this testimony before a congressional committee. The opening of the canal with free tolls to American ships 1 would undoubtedly wipe out l*ird ' Cowdray's railroad, but it would also 1 lower sugar $1 per ton to the Ameri- i can people. Alfred Henry Lewis puts it in a nutshell when he says, 'The J fight is between $65,000,000 of lord 1 Cowdray's English Tehuantepec rail- | road money and $400,000,000 canal : money. That is the precise issue pre- 1 sented bv a contest over freeing the ' canal to American coastwise ships. If it is not a subsidy to charge Amer- [ ican ships $4 per ton so that this English railroad may retain its freight 1 rate, what is it? 1 The American people must pay tax- ; es to maintain the canal and in high freight continue the tribute to England's financial king. I I do not want Senator Tiliman to be 1 unhappy, because I am sure he wants 1 to do right. I think that President I Wilson told him the truth when he ' said that he did not understand that * plank in the platform and has proba- 1 lily never had time to study it yet. I In conclusion I do not think that j either Senator Tillman or myself can ' last very long as coat-tall swingers; < after we get hold, the impulse to take > the entire coat or die trying is irresist- 1 Ible. Jno. L. McLauriii. J I '..n no! I vjvilli, .limn 10 SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS ? \V. P. Pollock of Chesterfield, has filed his pledge as a candidate for the United States senate. He is against the idministration. ? Andrew J. Bethea, formerly private secretary to Governor Ansel and since the expiration of Governor Ansel's term of office, code commissioner, lias announced as a candidate tor lieutenant governor. ? C. C. Wyche, of Spartanburg, was io badly bunged up in that city on Tuesday night that he had to go to the lospital. He told his friends that he knew who his assailant was, but that it tvas a purely personal matter, and he Inclined to give any information to the police. ? Columbia, June 10: Mrs. Lucy Duias. the divorced wife of B. R. Till nan, Jr., appeared before the South 'arolina supreme court this afternoon ind opposed the petition of Senator tnd Mrs. B. R. Tillman that they be illowed the custody of her two little laughters, Douschka Pickens Tillman ind Sarah Starke Tillman, during the nonths of July and August, while roung Ben Tillman is absent from the itate. The mother said that Senator ind Mrs. Tillman had no right what>ver to the little eirls. \'n d -eision vas announced by the court, which e laid it would take the petition under c ulvisement. Henry C. Tillman of n ireenwood, a son of Senator Tillman h ind a brother of young Ben Tillman, r he father of the two children, ap- o teared and made the request that the e lenator and Mrs. Tillman be allowed c 0 have the children for July and Au- 1 tust, that young Ben would be absent t rom the state then, having accepted c 1 position as secretary of the board of t ngineers which would lay out the n oute for the government railroad in ti Vlasku. I'nder the decision of the s ourt over a year ago, the children s vero to be with their father during > he summer months. The senator and t lis wife asked to be allowed to have v he children, and Henry Tillman said h hey were getting old and loved the n hildren and they made the request tl out of Justice and humanity. "My request is more to your human side than to the strict law," said Mr. Till- ? man. Counsel for the young mother, in opposing the request, said the father gave up his right when he left the state. She wanted to make a point of the allegation that she alone had contributed to the support of the children since the separation from her husband tour years ago, and she said he ought to be made to contribute to their support by the court. The ques- ^ lion of support the court ruled out and held the parties down to the one question whether the senator and Mrs. Tillman should be allowed to have the children during July and August. Mrs. Dugas' attorney would not even admit the jurisdiction of the 4 court, but reserved the right to raise this as an objection. Mrs. Dugas, dressed entirely in white, followed the proceedings with closest attention. She was accompanied to the court room by her cousin, Dr. F. P. W. Butler, and her attorneys, Graydon & Depass. The two little girls were not in court. MERE-MENTION. # Parts of Paris were covered with a two and a half inch fall of snow and hail on Monday The department of agriculture estimates that the 1914 crop of wheat will total 900,. ... .... _ ___ uuu.uuv uusneis, me largest on rec- ? ord, und 137,000,000 greater than lust year's crop Mrs. Fannie Eiserbaum and Robbie Ershasky were shot to death on the latters' doorstep, in Philadelphia, Monday night, by one Thomas Burns. The cause of the shooting is unexplained Lightning tired an oil tank containing t 4,000 barrels of oil at Marcus Hook, Pa., Monday evening, causing a loss of $100,000 The volcanic eruption of Mount Lassen, in Southern California, is caused by water from melting snows, draining into a tissue ? on the mountain, and this turned into ? steam has caused a geyser of water and steam to shoot out of the mountain to a height of 700 feet Counsel for Harry K. Thaw have moved before the United States supreme court for ball for their client, pending a hearing of his case by that tribunal John Zeff, a special policeman, is under arrest in Phila- $. phia, churged with having shot Edw. C. Dillon, whom he found calling on Mrs. Zeif, from whom he had been separated for a year The international congress of Chambers of Commerce and international associations opened in Paris on Monday, H with more than 1,000 delegates representing 37 nations Newman Erp, president of the Minneapolis and St. Louis railroad and one of the most prominent railroad men of the United States, is quoted in a London interview to the effect that he thinks governmanf nvvnpnihin nf milrnariq fa in - evitable and the sooner it cornea the better it will be Nestor Wilmart, formerly a prominent Belgian banker, is on trial at Brussels, charged with swindling the public out of about $3,400,000 by the over-issue of stock in a Belgian railway London and Berlin are now linked by wireless tele- ? phone, a distance of 600 miles The management of the Suez canal is being criticised by the stockholders of the company because the annual dividend of 33 per cent was not larger The Allianca, a Panama railroad steamer of 4,000 tons, passed V through the Gatun locks, Monday. The * Allianca was the first ocean-going ship to pass through the locks The total taxable wealth of St. Louis, Mo., is placed at $612,000,000,390, an increase of $12,000,000 in the last fiscal year Congressman Britten of Illinois, has introduced a bill in congress, providing punishment by fine and Imprisonment for cabinet and ^ other high officials of the government who lecture for pay. The bill is. aimed at Secretary Bryan An aviator tried to elope from Berlin, Germany, with a 17-year-old girl. Tuesday, but was arrested at the request of the girl's father just as they ^ were about to leave the ground It is estimated that between 100 and 125 fishermen lost their lives off the north coast of New Brunswick, during a gale that swept the coast last Friday India's 1914 wheat crop totaled 313,154,000 bushels, 14 per cent less than last year The Colombian congress has ratified the treaty with the United States, which ends the long-standing dispute between the two countries Scotland Yard detectives working on the suffragette arson cases in Dondon, have found documentary evidence which proves that the arson squad is a well paid and thoroughly organized branch of the suffragette campaign. \ Many deaths and prostrations from the terrific heat is being reported from cities of the middle west.... The condition of Adlai E. Stevenson, ex-vice president, now in a Chicago hospital, is such that his death is but a question of a few hours The whole of Italy is in the throes of a great strike of all kinds of workers. There have been many riots and several clashes with the police and soldiers during the past few days. Ameri- . can and English visitors to Italian re- W sorts are getting ooit as rapidly as possible Daniel E. Merritt of Port Chester, N. Y., has bequeathed his fortune of $3,000,000 to that village to be used in the establishment of a public cemetery Madame Schumann-Heink, the well known % opera singer, has been granted a divorce by a Chicago court from VVm. Rapp, Jr., after a sensational trial that lasted about two weeks The "trying out" process of the three yachts, Defiance, Resolute and Vanitle, to decide which will defend the American cup against the Shamrock VI., is under way off Sandy Hook, N. Y The lower house of the Danish parliament has passed a bill proriding for a woman suffrage amend- ~ ment to the constitution The bill ^ passed by a vote of 102 to 6 More ^ :han 800 delegates from 25 countries, tre attending the international contention of the Young Woman's Chris- M ;ian association at Stockholm, Sweden Immigrants to the number of fl 1,038,956 arrived in the United States luring the ten months ending April 10 Chicago Methodists are arranging to build a sky-scraper church n the business section of the city. Phe edifice will cost $1,000,000 \nnie Alexander, a woman of 36 years it age, has been sentenced to prison rom Pittsburgh, Pa., for robbing a ewelry store. The woman has already spent 26 years of her life in prison The rivers and harbors tppropriation bill, popularly known as he "pork barrel" bill, as it now itands in the senate, curries appro- % iriations aggregating $53,000,000. or ust ubout $10,000,000 more than vhen it left the house. The Republi an senators will make a determined ight on the bill Large quantiies of gold are now being shipped rom Xew York to European banks, ^ nostly to Paris The police board >f Atlanta, Ga., has revoked the li:ense of Detective W. D. McVVorth, >ne 01 me men empioyeci oy w. j. Sums In his investigation of the Yank-Phagan murder ease Sight lives were lost and eight persons vere seriously injured In an East *ide, New York, tenement house Are arly Wednesday morning. .. .Tomiino Watanabe. a Japanese, who on dareh 29, killed Dr. Edward M. itryker, an American surgeon, was lunged at Suel, Korea, Wednesday. The Oconee cotton mills at 3ublin, Ga., were destroyed by Are Vednesday morning, with a loss of 201.000; insurance $133.000 The ivil marriage c* Kermit Roosevelt nd Miss Belle Willard was performd at the oAlce and residence of the hief of police of Madrid, Spain, Wedlesday The Pierce Oil company las been denied the right to do busiless in Texas, by the supreme court f that state The recent primary lections for I'nited States senator, ongressmen and state oHicers In " ennsylvania. has proved so expensiv* hat much complaint is heard on acount of the change from the convenion plan of making nomirations. Priaary expenses in Philadelphia county otaled $165.000 President Wil- a on will make a number ot' campaign ^ peeches in Pennsylvania before the November elections. This is to offset he proposed speeches of Col. Rooseelt The parliament of Norway as passed a bill prohibiting the use f wines and liquors in the mess of he officers of the army and navy. I