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Scraps and .facts. ? The total enrollment of the twenty-four Democratic clubs of Charleston, according to unofficial data, is ",413, as against an enrollment of 8,707 two years ago. The enrollment of the county outside of the city usually totals about 1,000. ? rinal tigures on the 1013 cotton nop. announced by the census bureau, last Wednesday, place it as the largest the United Mates had grown with the exception of that of 1911. -vt the same time the estimate of the total value of the crop shows it was the most valuable ever produced, it being worth $1,043,760,000. The . quantity of cotton ginned from the 1913 crop, counting rounds as half bales and excluding linters, was 13,9S3.S11 running bales, or 14,156,468 bales of 500 pounds gross weight. Cotton seed products was 6,305,000 tons, of which 4,579,508 tons were crushed. The value of the cotton is estimated at $8S7,lt>u,ouu ana 01 mc seed, $156,600,000. An interesting feature of the 1013 production was the crop of the Imperial valley in South Carolina, where 22,838 bales were grown. It has been reported the acreage planted this year in the Imperial valley will show a large increase while the production is variously estimated at from 50,000 to 100,000 bales. Last year's production .vas more than double that of any previous year there, where commercial growing of cotton has been in progress only a few years. Another feature was the production in Arizona. where 2,299 bales were ginned, the largest part of which possessed the same characteristics as that grown in Egypt. The 1914 area shows a large increase, variously estimated at from 12,000,000 to 15,000,000 acres. ? A sub-committee of the house judiciary committee, which has for several months been investigating the case of Judge Emory Speer, of the southern district of Georgia, recommends that the judge be not impeached. The majority report criticises Judge Speer very severely, and leaves no doubt of the fact that this gentleman has been very injudicious to say the least of it. saying that some of the judge's actions tend to approach a condition of tyranny and oppression: that no further pro ceedings be had by the house. The minority report criticises the majority for casting such reflections on the judge without going on to impeach. Nineteen charges were filed with the committee. They alleged, among other things, that Judge Speer entertained matters bevond his court's jurisdiction, allowed excessive trustee fees to a personal friend, used his official position for preferment of his son-inlaw, A. Hi Hey ward, abused his authority by domestic use of government paid court employes, violated laws regarding drawing of jurors, and dissipated bankrupt estates by appointing unnecessary officials and allowing excessive fees. Another charge was that, in the case of Henry Jamison, a Macon negro. Judge Sneer defied the mandates of the supreme court of the United States and the circuit court of appeals. It has not been given out officially; but there is very good reason to believe from published statements, that the committee about reached an agreement with the judge that it would content itself with some pretty severe censure and leave him to resign. ? Emerson D. Dietrich, manager of a theatrical production presenting a troupe of trained lions, was killed and partly devoured in Chicago, la3t Tuesday night by six lions when he entered the car in which they were caged. While the keepers were recovering Dietrich's body, a lion escaped from an adjoining cage and terrorized the residents of the thickly populated quarter in which the car stood. The escaped lion finally was driven back to its car. having harmed no one. A pike pole from the fire department was used to withdraw Dietrich's body from the lions, after it had been sprinkled with formaldehyde to drive the animals away. George McChord, keeper of the lions, was unable to help Dietrich. "When he went into the den," McChord said, "Teddy, the leader of the attack against Dietrich, began to play with him, and he told the beast .0 get down. Four of the lions were facing him. Finally Teddy slunk around behind and in a minute was on his back. Four others then leaped for him and I think his neck was broken. Trilbv. the oldest of the lions, tried to save him, but the others pushed her away and she quit and watched them without joining in the attack." With the aid of the pike pole, a rope was dropped around the body, but the interference of the lions prevented the rescuers lifting it over the bars. Finally the spike pole caught a belt worn by Dietrich and the body was recovered. The lions have been used in hundreds of public performances, according to Madame Castillo, the owner, live or six of them being liberated on the stage together to perform under her direction. She always has controlled them with a short whip. ? Title of transcontinental railroads to some $700,000,000 worth of petroleum land, as against other private claimants, was upheld last Monday by the supreme court in a test suit brought by Kdmund Burke of Califor nia against the Southern Pacific raii* road company. At the same time Justice Vandeventer, for the court, stated that seemingly the government's right to attack the railroad's title for fraud or error had expired in 1900 or 1901. It was made plain, however, that the government's rights were not involved in the case before the court, and there was no mention of the recent suit brought by the government against the Southern Pacific to regain the lands in question. Government officials after the decision said they would press the suit. Since the government began to grant lands to transcontinental railroads in 1S66. every patent issued to the roads has contained a reservation of exception to the effect that lands in the patent later found tc be mineral lands should not pass tc the railroads. Such a reservation was contained in patents issued to the Southern Pacific for California lands in later years found to be rich with oil. Burke claimed the land did not pass to the railroad and sought to enter it as mineral land. The court held that the land office officials could not perform their duty, imposed on them bv congress, of not oatenting mineral lands, by merely inserting the reservation or exception. It held the official* were bound to determine whether the lands were mineral before issuing tht patent, and that the patents wen binding unless procured by fraud 01 error. Justice Vandeventer stated that the patents were issued in 1.S5M and apparently the government hat! not proceeded to set up any claim ol fraud in obtaining them before that time, although the railroads had presented an affidavit that the lands were non-mineral. Therefore. he added seemingly the right to make the attack had expired in 1900 or 1901. ? Washington. June 24: Navy officials were busy today preparing to turr over the battleships Idaho and Mississippi to the Greek government. Final action on the naval appropriatior bill, which includes authority for salt of the ships, will be taken in a day ol two, and as soon as the president hat signed the measure the department will be ready to order the transfer. It is left to the president and the secretary of the navy to name the sale price the intention being to nx this at the actual cost of construction and equipment. This involves a rather Complex calculation, but it is believed that $11.750,000 will be about the tigure. With the vessels will ko most of the supplies now aboard and a full destination. There was some idea at one time of taking out the "fire control" or system of electric communication by which the commanding officer of the ship is enabled to point and fire every gun from the bridge or conning tower. This is a peculiarly American development, but the system as installed on the Idaho and Mississippi is fairly well known in other navies and has been much improved upon. According to the tentative plan of transfer the Idaho, which is now at Gibraltar. will be sent to Gra vcscend. Kng., where she will be met by the battleship Alabama, now in reserve at the Philadelphia navy yard, which will take off her personnel, including the Annapolis midshipmen now on their summer cruise. Then the Idaho will be manned by a Greek naval crew. The Mississippi, now at I'ensacolu, will be sent tu a northern navy yard, | probably Boston, to be stripped of the aeronautic appliances that encumber J her deck and superstructure. Her personnel wil be transferred to the North Carolina, now in reserve at Boston, and Creek sailors will be on hand to take her across the Atlantic. The possibility of an actual outbreak of hostilities between Greece and Turkey is being considered in connection with the sale of the ships. In the event of actual war and a proper declaration by either party or both, the sale could not be consummated or the ships delivered without a violation of neutrality. (The ^otkrillc (inquirer. Entered at the Postofflce in Yorkville as Mail Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE. S. C.: FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1914. To Florence belongs the distinction of emphasizing factionalism. They undertook to make it especially warm for Simms. Richards. Fortner and Peoples. Enroll yourself and get the other fellow to enroll, and do it now. There are only twenty-six more days in which to attend to the matter. After that those who are not enrolled cease to figure. The Columbia City council is somewhat disturbed over the problem as to how to get rid of the pernicious loan shark in the city. The "loan shark" is a fellow who lends money to laborers at an interest charge of something like from 10 to 50 per cent a week. This fellow flourishes in all the larger towns of the state. One of the correspondents says that the Florence meeting was made up mainly of farmers for the reason that the town people had preferred to be at the Fireman's parade. Maybe that is correct; but among other things we got out of the reports is that the opposing factions must have been very well represented at the meeting, else there would not have been so much "confusion." It is not altogether reasonable to assume that all the coat tail swinging is on one side, and that there is only one set of coat tails. For instance, this compulsory education proposition is not entirely devoid of coat tail features. It is not uncommon for candidates who are doubtful as to how they might fare, to pick up issues or sup posed issues that have already been made and swing on to them through thick and thin. The fact is most people who actively engage in the political game are more or less coat tail swingers; but it is a rare thing that any one is ever willing to make an admission to that effect. Among the more distinguished "coat tail" swingers of the old days who are still in high public position 1 are Hons. Eugene B. Gary. R. C. Watts. D. E. Hydrick and G. W. Gage. of the supreme court; non. /\. ??. Jones, comptroller general; Hon. D. E. ' Pinley, member of congress from the Fifth district; Frank B. and Ernest Gary, of the circuit bench: Hon. J. K. Henry, solicitor of the sixth district, and others who might be mentioned. All of these were called coat tall swingers in their day, and whatever may have been their respective abilities, there is reason to believe that none of them would have ever attained the high political positions that afterward came to them except because of the Reform movement. The story that Lewis W. Parker and other mill presidents are fighting Senator Smith's re-election is being widely circulated over the state. As to i whether to believe that the mill presidents are taking any active interest in ' this election, we have not sufficient information on which to base a satisfactory opinion; but whether they are active or not, we are quite well satislied that nineteen out of twenty of them prefer Smith for the senate rath1 er than Hlease. The story, we are inclined to think, is based on the principle of the famous case of the rabbit , that preferred to be thrown in the fire rather than in the brier patch, because he dreaded the briars and thorns. With the information that the I story is being circulated mainly by a Columbia correspondent who has been at outs with Governor Blease, the matter is passed up to the farmers ; and others for whom it is evidently ' intended. I If the government is really holding . South Carolina to account for a short1 age of the military stores on hand. , we wonder if the same thing is being I done as to other states. That there is a tremendous shortage of military [ supplies, we do not doubt. In fact we are sure of it. It used to be the cus i torn previous to the custodianship of ' fJen. .Moore, for those in charge to di, vide out tents and the like among their friends for fishing parties and I other purposes, and it has always been j a common thing for privates to appropriate whatever they could make way t with in the way of hospital supplies. clothing and various articles that could lie utilized or sold. The understanding is that this practice has been much curtailed during the past few . years; but as to whether it has been i entirely checked, we do not know, of course. However, we are doubtful as | to whether the militia of South Caro> lina is responsible for any larger per ' cent of shortage than is the militia of most other states. We do not believe compulsory education is going to cut any considerable i figure in this campaign. The issue is ' a good one from the standpoint of 1 educational value; but that is all. ' There is nothing practical about it for tile reason that under present conditions there is not sufficient revenue to pay the expense. The tax system of South Carolina is unequal and unjust ' and needs to be revised on an equitable basis before there can be any hope for sufficient revenue to establish an ef! f*c tive compulsory system. It is true ' that the poor and humble, those by whose sweat such wealth as the state now has was created, should have bet, tor opportunities; but they are not in a position to stand the .additional burden necessary for those opportunities. (Jive us a tax system that draws on the surplus wealth that may have been improperly diverted in the past, ami | that is heitiK improperly diverted now. I anil soon then- will be schools for everybody. When we have the schools, it will be time to make people patronize them. One tremendous advantage of the lawyer in politics is that he invariably holds on to the gratitude and friendship of all those he successfully represents in law suits. Of course the lawyer generally gets his fee, which is always a plenty; but the successful client is generally impressed with the idea that he owes a debt of gratitude in addition, and if he is politically inclined, he never fails to make a good worker. The man who is defeated does not amount to so much. The lawyer, of course, can easily keep all these in mind, find out the opposing elements in their respective communities and have the other fellow put out the word, "Oh, he is fighting Smithson because Smithson licked him in a lawsuit," an argument that is often more or less effective even when it has no foundation in fact. Then the politically inclined lawyer is very generous with free advice, especially in election years, and mm mUKrs a ^uuu urnim uii luc e(BHtude of the unsuspecting, both as to their own votes and the influence they are able to exercise over others. Of course it is not to be forgotten that others than lawyers make use of similar methods, and people who would deceive themselves into believing lawyers only are smooth in the art of getting on the good side of the dear people are very foolish. The Greenville News thinks something should be done about the Torrens system; but is of opinion that the proposition is hopeless because the subject does not admit warm enough, passion stirring argument. There is i cnmAthinir in the idea. Althouerli most reasonably well informed land owners understand that the fee that now has to be paid to somebody every time there is a transfer of land counts for iittle else than a tribute for which there is no real value received, they will not bestir themselves. Although one may spend $25 or $50 for an abstract of title to real property for which he pays cash and the next man is stuck for the same amount on the transfer of the same land under the same conditions a few weeks later, the injustice and uselessness of the expense does not seem to arouse sufficient indignation to bring about revolt. However in this connection, it is not out of place to observe that even if all the candidates for governor declare for the immediate reform of this long standing abuse, it will not avail I anything unless every candidate for the general assembly is made to declare himself also, and right now we want to predict that very few lawyers are goine to advocate theTorrens system with a great deal of sincerity. There are some, no doubt, who will do it; but there are others who will double-cross the proposition every time. Senator McLaurin. "acknowledging the corn." says "Ben Tillman is a coat tail swinger, too." It is to laugh. Who? Ben Tillman? No man on earth was ever further from it. He is altogether too fond of having his own way. In fact, he is like Julius Caesar in one respect at least; he would rather be the first man in a small town than the second one in a big city. A. B. Williams sized him up all right when he described him, in Mat Tighe's imaginary biography of him. as "Ben Him: a man born to rule the roost or stand outside and cackle wild alarums." No second place for Ben. When Ben Tillman becomes a "coat tail swinger" the skies will Tall. Tne old man has a pood many faults, but that is not one of them.?Newberry Observer. What is a coat tail swinper anyway? There is in the charpe mucn amusement for the looker on. Of course coat tail swinpinp is as old as history. There never was a time when somebody did not have to lead, and repardless of who has been the leader, there has always been and always will be those who are strivinp for the next hiphest places or up to the top. But in this state the epithet first came into peneral political use about 1890. Tillman became the leader of the Farmers' movement in this state, and after he bepan to make the opposition take notice, all who soupht to join his movement were desipnated as "coat tail swinpers." It is a fact that thousands and thousands entertained the sentiment to which the Farmers' Movement appealed; but few men of established position were willinp to face the jibinp ridicule of the opposi tion. < )f course there were many who did so voluntarily and others were literally forced into positions of importance. The movement found recruits among; many young lawyers and others who had been unable to break into the charmed circle of professional prosperity that had been established just beyond their reach, and with everything to gain and nothing to loose, they went into the movement. Among these were some of real ability and others with nothing to them. The movement was a success, and of course nothing succeeds like success. Many of the leading public men of today, including some on the supreme court bench, were twenty years ago known as coat tail swingers. It is a fact that there are still coat tail swingers today?that is selfish insincere men who are willing to do anything for power; but we are inclined to think that all those who use the phrase as a term of reproach are not altogether honest. They accuse other - -1 ? ?-??- ? hot ii'hinh thnu L' null' people oi iit-uiK iiiui miivii j ........ they themselves once were, and the accusation does not sit well. However, the term counts for little now-adavs. The pioneers who stood jibes of this kind years ago and succeeded, took away all the sting, and now the phrase, coat tail swinger, conveys little other impression than that the individual to whom it is applied belongs to the opposite side. ? Washington, June 24: After ten days' consideration of the Clayton anti-trust bill passed by the house, the senate judiciary committee tonight apparently was no nearer a conclusion as to what it shall report to the senate than it was the day it took its first look at the measure. Members of the committee have found little common ground for prohibition of interlocking directorates and holding companies, and they have not tlnally agreed on how to prevent price fixing. The so-called labor sections have led to endless argument. The prospect for an early agreement, some members of the committee say. is not rosy and sentiment against reporting any such measure at this time is growing. A new complication in the situation came tonight when Senator Cummins offered five propositions which he asked the judiciary committee to approve and report as amendments to the Federal trade commission bill. These amendments would make interlocking directorates and holding companies among railroads or other corporations unlawful where they restrain commerce and would give the trade commission or the interstate commerce commission power to determine when they restrain commerce. There was talk again today about an effort to have the president agree to limit the amount of anti-trust legislation at his session. ? J. H. Godfrey, for a number of years, city editor of the Anderson | Daily Mail, has been elected mayor of A nderson. LOCAL AFFAIRS, NEW ADVERTISEMENTS The President?Gives information in regard to entrance examinations for the South Ca. olina university, to be held July 10th. Henry R. Merritt?Is suggested by his friends as a suitable man for county commissioner of York county. Louis Roth?Has seed Irish potatoes for fall planting. Enquirer Office?Has a bunch of keys, found by Ed Sturgis, that owner i may have by calling at this office. Shieder Drug Store?Guarantees "93" as a positive remedy for chills and fever. Long Tire Vulcanizing Co., Charlotte ' ?Solicits all kinds of tire repairs from automobile owners. Prompt service at reasonable prices. First National Bank, Yorkville?Insists that the best way to pay bills is with checks. It is the easy, safe way. Your account solicited. Thomson Co.?Tells you about under- j wear, hosiery and shirts, made especially to help you keep cool. KirKpatriCK-tseiK uo.?is snowing a lot of new crepes that are just in. ; Prices at 15 cents a yard and up. Both Chester and Rock Hill propose to have Fourth of July celebrations. Governor Blease has accepted an invitation to speak in Rock Hill, next Wednesday night, and it Is probable 1 that he will speak at Clover, Thursday night. Mr. Will Clinton of the Delphos j neighborhood, said yesterday that he heard the first katy-did Wednesday night, and called attention to the common belief that this means three months till frost. , There are still hundreds of York county Democrats who have not yet placed their names on the club rolls, and who will not be able to take part In the approaching primary unless the i matter is attended to. The main reason why the York county cotton producers have not established the public weigher system is because they have not realized its importance and given the matter enough of their personal attention. The Farmers' Union had York county tacked on to the Chester county bill some six or seven years ago; but other interests saw that the amendment did not get through the senate and there was no change in the senate. When an individual takes the matter up the cry of "personal interest," "looking for a i job," etc., is generally effective, and i individual efforts are defeated. There should be some concerted action in ' i regard to the matter. All the people interested will remember that the date of the sena- ! torial campaign meeting in Yorkville, , is Thursday, July 2. On that day Sen- j ator Smith, Governor Blease, Mayor L. D. Jennings and W. P. Pollock, Esq., will address the voters on the subject of their respective claims to the United States senatorship, and people who desire to get a really correct idea of what is at the bottom of it all should be there to see and hear ror tnemseives. ui course me papers will have reports of the meeting, and will touch on such points as they think of interest and importance, and some of them will possibly color things according to such bias as they i may have; but it is next to impossible for even the most able and honest newspaper writers to give an absolutely accurate conception of the true atmosphere of such a meeting along 1 with all the sayings and doings of the speakers and the people. We %ope there wil be a large attendance of the people. , i CANNING CLUB RECORDS. Miss Minnie Garrison, organizer of 1 the York county Canning clubs, sends The Enquirer the following that is of interest to the members of that organization, as well as to the public: On Friday and Saturday Prof. Broune of Winthrop college, judged the records sent in by the members of the Canning club. The gardens of the ten records scoring the highest were judged on Monday and Tuesday by Messrs. Whitfield and McKeown. a va/_:4<.? j nvcr ciyca t?i uicn "wir\ aim viai uon?. Lucy Stephenson, Hickory Grove R. F, D 973 Kathleen Clinton, Edgemoor, R. F. D. No. 1 95 Hannah Stephenson, Hickory Grove R. F. D 945 , Alberta Garrison, Rock Hill R. F. D. No. 4 94 1 Margaret Sherer, Sharon R. F. D. 1 93 J Mamie Jones, Hickory Grove R. F. D 93 Mary Cullender, Clover R. F. D. 1 No. 3 92 , Mattie B. Campbell, Tirzah 901 Lola Quinn, Clover R. F. D. 2 89J ' Alda Lee Mendenhall, McConnellsville 87 | WITHIN THE TOWN ? Travora cotton mill pays a semi- 1 annual dividend of 5 per cent on July 1st. ? The senatorial candidates are due 1 to speak in Yorkville, next Thursday, July 2. The prospect for a large crowd 1 is good. TL/v Vnttonnl DonL tkn x lie: rusi *>auwn?u uaim anu me Loan & Savings Bank will pay their usual semi-annual dividends on July 1. Both banks have had a prosperous six ' months. ? The First National Bank is to have 1 a boiler room in the celler, an ar- J rangement to receive coal from the street, and a "two-room" two-story vault. The vault is to be large enough ( not only to take care of current busi- < ness; but to nold the old records that accumulate as the years go by. ? There was a bank examiner at ^ work in the First National Bank when the carrier put The Enquirer under i the door last Tuesday afternoon. He picked up the paper, looked at it and asked: "Is that paper published in this place?" Upon being answered in the affirmative, he went on to remark: "Well, that is certainly the handsomest newspaper I ever saw." RED MEN'S PICNIC Big Chief Tribe No. 61, of Yorkville, has issued an attractive programme ( for the picnic to be given in the pas- | ture of the Ancona mill, Yorkville. The programme, which includes a general invitation to all who think they will J be pleased with the hospitality of the i Red Men, gives details of the proposed i exercises and reads as follows: All surrounding tribes, improved order of Red Men, including squaws, pappooses and paleface friends, will hear the tom-tom that tells them of their welcome. The spirit of the occasion is to be I peace, friendship and good will to all, ' evidenced in competitive games, wholesome speaking, delicious refreshments and pleasant social intercourse. The tomahawk of business and politics is to be buried during the day and guards of the forest will see that no tirewater or other breeder of discord, will receive toleration. For the main feast all of our friends are invited to bring well filled packs of food to he spread in common for all. Music Throughout the Day by Tirzah Band. At 9 o'clock a. m.?Game of baseball between Ancona and Neely Mill teams. At 10 o'clock a. m.?Foot races and jumping contests for old and young; Tub race open to boys, and foot race ' for squaws only. Prize for men's foot race and jumping contest?box of cigars. First prize for tub race. $1.00 cash; second prize, 50 cents. Prize for the squaw's race, handsome gold ring. 11a. m.?Address of welcome by Sachem of the village. Hon. J. C. Wilborn. who will preside over powwow. Address by Max G. Bryant, great Junior Sagamore, of Rock Hill. Refreshments. 12.30 p. m.?Feast of the harvest, participated in by everybody. 2.30 p. m.?Address by Albert E. Hill of Spartanburg, Great Sachem of the state. 3.30 p. m.?Second game of baseball between Neely mill and Ancona mill teams. Including Coca-Cola, lemonade, cigars, cigarettes, sandwiches, ice cream etc., will be served on the grounds by the red men, the proceeds to go into the wampum belt of Tribe No. 61, to pay all expenses. Our paleface friends are to understand that there is to be nothing exclusive about this programme, and all are cordially invited to join with us in a day of rejoicing, good will and lawful pleasure. The programme is signed by the general committee of arrangements composed as follows: J. G. Sassi, Chairman, C. G. White, Secretary, C. Y. White, P. A. McSwaln, W. O. Han non, ?. lj. ca.uci. ABOUT PEOPLE Mr. William Betts has taken the position of clerk at the Shandon hotel. Mrs. J. M. Hemphill of Chester, is spending several days in Yorkville. Miss Majorie Wilkins of Yorkville, is visiting relatives in Gaffney. S. C. Miss Sue Duffle of Sumter, is the guest of Miss Nancy Witherspoon in Yorkville. Miss Julia Witherspoon of Yorkville, is spending some time at Wisacky, S. C. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Kirkpatrick and children of Yorkville, are spending some time at Blowing Rock, N. C. Misses Minnie Cody and Beulah Ferguson of Yorkville, are spending some time at Piedmont Springs. Miss Maude Stroup has returned to her home in Yorkville, after a visit to friends in Mooresville, N. C. Messrs. Lucius and Gaston Gage of Chester, spent yesterday with the family of Mr. Robert Witherspoon. in I orKvine. Dr. and Mrs. R. H. McFadden, who have been spending a few days in northern cities, arrived in Yorkville, Wednesday. Mr. S. Quinn of Gaffney, R. F. D. No. 8. has been spending a few days in York county prospecting for the location of a farm. Miss Sudie Allison and Master Frank McElwee of Yorkville. left yesterday to spend some time with relatives in Atlyanta, Ga. Mr. Roland S. Clinton of Gastonia, tias been licensed under the North Carolina laws to practice medicine. He Is a son of Mr. T. L. Clinton. Misses Bessie and Margaret Sandifer. Wilmore Logan Mary Starr and Mrs. J. W. Kirkpatrick of Yorkville. attended the Stanton-Adams wedding In Bethel, Tuesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. J. Q. Wray and son William. Mr. A. D. Dorsett and sons Rowell and Jack and Mr. C. F. Sherer were among the Yorkville people who went on the excursion to Charleston this week. Miss Minnie Stevenson of Columbia. Is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Stevenson on Yorkville R. F. D. No. 1, and expects to be home for several weeks. Miss Stevenson is a trained nurse and is home for a rest. Gastonla Gazette, June 22: His Gastonia friends will regret exceedingly to learn that Dr. Harry Neil, a prominent young physician of Clover, was rjulte painfully injured one day last week when the motorcycle which he was riding went into a ditch. He suffered a severe cut on the throat and other flesh wounds. No bones were broken, however, and he is able to be out again. Gastonia Gazette: The many friends of Miss Annie McLean will be grieved to learn of her sudden illness last Saturday. It will be recalled that Miss McLean had gone to Chester, S. C., to attend a house-party. On Saturday she became suddenly ill with an attack of appendictis. Drs. Pryor. of Chester, and Biggers, of Rock Hill, P. C.. were summoned and an operation was performed Sunday, which seemed to be very successful. Miss McLean's parents. Sheriff and Mrs. J. D. B. McLean went to Chester, Sunday. Reports from there yesterday were very favorable. Miss McLean's numerous friends will regret to hear of her illness, but will be glad to know that she seems to be improving. Mr. and Mrs. McLean will return in a few days. LOCAL LACONICS Filbert Teachers. Misses Annie Jackson and Lizzie Woods who taught the school at Filbert last year, have been re-elected to serve another session. Good Yield This Year. The oat crop at the county home was threshed this week. More than one thousand bushels were secured, the highest yield in several years. Philadelphia Teachers. Miss May Russell has been elected principal and Miss Marie Moore, as- 1 sistant teacher of the Philadelphia school. The summer term begins about the middle of July. North and South Road. The chaingang has finished the work of sanding the stretch of the North find South road between Clover and ; CSastonia, and is now doing some work between Clover and Henry's Knob. The next big job as previously stated, ( will be on the road between Clover i ind Barnett's mountain. Big Insurance Policies. i The Life Insurance Press of June 3, i 5ives a list of the big policies paid out : Juring 1913. Yorkville is credited with j having received $ 15.500 and Rock Hill with a like amount, making $31,000 in ill. Charleston heads the list of South t'arolina towns and cities with $396, J00. Columbia got $139,250; Spartan- ; burg, $145,000 and Anderson $95,000. , Death of Mr. J. L. Huffman. Mr. John L. Huffman died at his home in Hickory Grove, yesterday afternoon at two o'clock after an illness , of only a week with typhoid fever. Mr. Huffman was about 32 years of age and was born and reared in the Hickory Grove neighborhood. He leaves a ] widow and two small children. The funeral and interment was at Hickory j uiuvc auuui 11 u uuvi\ iwuuj. , Clover School Clear of Debt. The Clover High school is now out of ' debt for the first time in a number of years. For about five years past the 1 expense has been greater than the in- ' come and at the close of the last term the indebtedness amounted to $1,500. Clover people couldn't stand that, so J the town council contributed $600 toward making up the deficit; some was ( secured from the state high school , fund, and the citizens went down in , their pockets for enough to make up ' the $1 500. The next session will be- ' Btin unencumbered by debt and in or- ' der to still further reduce the monthly ' expense of $1525 or more, the school ! will run only eight months instead of nine as heretofore. Mrs- A. Dale Dead. Mrs. Victoria Dale, wife of Mr. Al- s berta Dale, of Clover, died at her home 5 Tuesday, June 16, after a ten days' ail- ; ness with pneumonia. Mrs. Dale was 1 54 years of age. She was for many 1 rears a member of Chapel Methodist 1 :hurch. The funeral and interment ' was at St. Paul on Wednesday, the 1 services being conducted by Rev. J. X. 1 tsom. The deceased is survived by her ' lushand and the following children: ' kVilliam Dale. Rutherfordton, X. C.. 1 B. C. Dale, Detroit. Mich.; P. H. Dale, v Mabama; L. C. Dale. Columbia: Mes- : lames H. c. McClain. Clover, J. \V. ^ UcClain, Rock Hill; H. C. Moore. 1 1'orkville. No. 3; Mrs. J. A. Sherer, forkville. Mrs. H. C. Harvey, Miss 1 baisv, and Mr. Benjamin Dale, Clover. x v Death of Mrs. H. J. Harshaw. , Mrs. Annie McDowell Harshaw, r widow of the late H. J. Harshaw, died at her home eight miles south-east of Yorkville, about noon Wednesday, as the result of a stroke of paralysis sustained about ten days ago. Mrs. Harshaw, who before her marriage was Miss Annie McDowell, was born near the place of her death, April 8, 1845. She married her husband who died about twelve years ago, on June 14, 1869. Mrs. Harshaw joined Bethesda Presbyterian church in early girlhood, and to the time of her death remained a useful and honored member of that congregation. The funeral and interment was at Bethesda, yesterday, at twelve o'clock, services being conducted by her pastor, Rev. J. A. McMurniy. The deceased is survived by one brother. Mr. John McDowell of Kerns, Texas; one sister, Mrs. W. I. Garrison, of Columbia; and the following children; Messrs. J. E. Harshaw, McConnellsville; J. A. Harshaw, Guthriesville; W. L. Harshaw, Yorkville; Mesdames J. W. P. Wylie, Yorkville; R. S. Poag. Rock Hill: W. B. Kerr, Yorkville, R. P. D. No. 3. Stanton-Adams. A beautiful wedding was solemnized at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Thos. N. Dulin in Bethel, last Tuesday evening, when their sister, Miss Webb Stanton became the bride of Mr. William Leander Adams. The home was prettily decorated for the occasion, the color scneme Deing green ana wnue. miss Mary Starr of Yorkville, played the wedding march to the first strains of which Mrs. Henry Glenn of Gastonia, dame of honor entered, followed by the maid of honor. Miss Emily Dulin, and the bride. The groom and his best man were followed by the bridesmaids Misses Emily Wright, Blanche Glenn; Rebecca Flannagan, Martha Riddle, Bertha Jackson and Elizabeth Holbrook, who carried garlands of sweet peas. The Rev. Joseph T. Dendy, of Ebenezer, performed the ceremony, using the impressive ring ceremony. A reception was tendered the young ccuple after the wedding. The beautiful wedding presents were quite numerous. Mr. and Mrs. Adams left on a trip to Asheville and other mountain resorts, after which they will make their home at Ebenezer, the groom holding a responsible position with a Rock Hill firm. Many friends and acquaintances from Clover, Gastonia and other places attended the wedding. S. L. Boulware Found Dead. Fort Mill special of June 25, to the Charlotte Observer: The body of a man, later identified as that of S. L. Boulware, was found this morning about 8 o'clock by T. N. Lemmonds, an employe of the Char'.otte Brick company, on the tracks of the Southern railway, about two miles south of Fort Mill. Coroner B'.ack came over from Yorkville and with a jury went to the scene of the tragedy about 2 o'clock this afternoon. An examination disclosed that the throat was cut, the limbs were broken in several places, and the body was badly bruis ed. The verdict of the coroner's jury was to the effect that the man had come to his death by having his throat cut, either by himself or others and being struck by a train, though the jury considered it possible that the entire accident may have been caused by collision with a train. Boulware is the same man reported missing from his home in the Manchester mill village near Rock Hill, since Monday morning, and who was believed to be demented and, having threatened his own life, to have drowned himself in the Catawba river. Mr. Bou I ware's son is reported to have stated that a razor usually kept by the dead man in a drawer at his home, had been missing since his disappearance. ? Niagara Falls, June 24: Terms for composing all international differences between the United States and Mexico have been concluded. The conditions under which diplomatic relations will be resumed were embodied in a proctocol signed tonight by the ambassador from Brazil, the ministers from Chile and Argentina and the American and Huerta delegates. The character of the settlement is not expected to arouse opposition from the Constitutionalists, who would participate in it, and to a large degree it would mold the adjustment of all internal disputes. When a new provisional government is established to succeed that headed by Gen. Huerta, the result of mediation?recognized as a triumph for Pan-American diplomacy?will become effective. Coincidentally with the action taken tonight it was announced that the actual selection of a provisional president and the organization of the new government will be left to an informal conference of representatives of the Constitutionalists?Luis Cabrera, Rafael Zubaran and Jose Vasconcelos?and \ the Huerta delegates to the mediation conference. No formal adjustment of mediation will be taken but there will be no sesions while representatives of the two Mexican factions endeavor to agree on the personnel of the new government, agrarian and educational reforms and other internal problems. It was decided by the mediators and delegates to postpone consideration of the exact date when American forces ] shall be withdrawn from Vera Cruz. This, as well as the personnel of the new provisional government in Mexico, will be protocolized after the conferences between the Constitutionalists and Huerta delegates adjourn. While 1 the informal conferences are in ses sion, Amoassaaor uu uauitt ui uiuu, and possibly Minister Suarez of Chile, 1 will take a short vacation. Assurances that the Constitutionalists would be represented at the informal conferences came direct to mediators today from Luis Cabrera, confidential representative of Gen. Carranza in Washington. Tonight's formal session of mediators and delegates prepared the way for the complete settlement of differences between the United States and Mexico growing out of the failure of a Huerta officer at Tampico to salute the Stars and Stripes. The single outstanding proviso in the proctocol is that the international differences shall be adjusted on the establishment of a new provisional government. ? Peter I., of Servia, abdicated the throne last Wednesday. The king's abdication was made in favor of his second son, Prince Alexander, as his eldest son, Prince George, in 1909, renounced his right of succession. The king's action was taken because of ill-health. The king left Belgrade in the iifternoon for the baths at Vranya, in the southern part of Servia, and a note issued by the official agency, announcing the king's departure, did not say he had abdicated but confined itself to the statement that his majesty had signed a ukase entrusting the gyvernment during his absence from the capital to Crown Prince Alexander. A royal proclamation issued shortly afterward was as follows: "Owing to ill health. I am unable to perform my duties and in accordance with paragraph 09 of the Servian constitution, I confide the government of Servia to my heir, the Crown Prince Alexander during my illness. As it was known that King Peter was seriously ill the first impress caused to the public by the issue of the proclamation was that fiis majesty actually had abdicated and there would be little surprise in court circles in Belgrade if Wednesday's action by the king should turn >ut to be merely a preliminary step to abdication which King Peter is said to tiave had in contemplation some time. i\.iiik i'eit r l. wnu is ?u years uiu, as tended the Servian throne June 15. ' r.utS after the murder of King Alex- ? inder. Peter was in Geneva at the time 1 md lie denied all knowledge of the 1 issassination conspiracy. His majes:y. however, never caused the punish- < nent of the conspirators, who retained :heir rank in the Servian army. King < Peter, until his accession, led a very 1 ulventurous life. He studied in Switcerland and then went to the French f nilitary academy at St. Cyr. He paricipated in the Franco-German war is an officer. For many years he is mid to have engaged in conspiracies * igainst King Milan of Servia, but for 15 years preceding his accession to 1 lit throne he never set foot on Servian ' loll. The new King Alexander was a iorn on December 4. 1S8S. H( has been i ery popular among the Servians. He I vas educated in St. Petersburg and is 1 if a studious and refined tempera- i nent. t WITH THE STATE CAMPAIGNERS Candidates Push Their Claims for People's Suffrage. Among the things that have been made especially clear by the state campaign party is that while factionalism is being emphasized all along the line, there is less tendency toward possibilities than has been common heretofore, and there is a common willingness to pitch the discussions on a higher plane. Clinkscales and Browning are scoring John G. Richards for holding on to one office while running for another. Richards is denouncing the newspapers and denying that he is a coat tail swinger. Irby is flaying cotton mill mergers. Simms is attacking compulsory education and taking falls out of the Columbia State. Duncan is preaching that the "system" is due to win either way unless he is elected. Manning is discussing education, taxation and the like, and being criticised for having talked one way and voted another in the recent state convention. The two Smiths seem to be paddling their own canoes without much reference to the other candidates. The Kingstree meeting Wednesday, was held in a big warehouse on the walls of which were chalked the words, "No coat tail swingers need apply." Rev. W. E. Hurt opened the proceedings with prayer, and good order prevailed throughout the day. The candidates adopted a resolution tendering their sympathy to Hon. R. A. Cooper, in the death of his wife. At Florence. Wednesday's meeting was at Florence, and the Firemen's convention acting as a counter attraction, the attendance was somewhat split up. There was more or less boisterous conduct. Messrs. Simms, Richards and VnHnop heincr snhiert ed to consider able heckling. Governor Blease was in the city in attendance on the Fireman's convention, and spent some time at the campaign meeting. B. Frank Kelly for lieutenant-governor, criticised one of his opponents, Mr. J. A. Hunter for voting against the Fortner bill to prohibit white teachers from teaching in negro schools. Mr. Hunter replied with considerable heat, excoriating Mr. Kelly for bringing the negro question before such an intelligent audience. Mr. Kelly said that Mr. Hunter considered it all right for the dagoes and scum of Georgia to vote if they voted his way, and if they did not vote his way it was all wrong. During his speech, Mr. Fortner was hissed. Mr. Thomas H. Peeples said that he was being opposed for office solely because he went in two years ago on factionalism; but he asserted that he still stands today where he stood then. Mr. Brice refused to criticise the record of Mr. Peeples, claiming that this record should be known to the public. He stated that lie stood only for what was just and right, regardless of factionalism. John G. Richards devoted a part of his speech to the "contemptible news -11 U-. ?? TT? ??!.! W, o f Ka tiro a pa.per uiigarwuy. nc o<uu mtvi nc nuo the worst abused candidate in the race and he declared that it was his purpose to vote for Blease for the simple reason that Blease is closer to the people than any other candidate. The shout of "coat tail swinger" was raised in the audience, and there was some disorder. Mr. Richards said that to resign the office of railroad commissioner would be an insult to the people, and called attention to the fact that Woodrow Wilson held on to the office of governor of New Jersey, while he was running for president. Charles Carroll Simms made a strong attack against the Columbia State with which he was once friendly; but which turned against him because of his friendship for Governor Blease. There was much heckling of Mr. Simms by the opposition and great disorder. The demonstration developed that the Barnwell man was not without friends in the audience. Chas. A. Smith did not speak because he was at home. Mendel L. Smith gave the line-up of candidates and the compulsory education question and explained his own position in favor of school district option. "What man here," the speaker asked, "will stand up and say he is opposed to submitting this question to the school districts?" "I win," spoae up xur. Clinkscales. "But if we had had it in effect a few years," replied Mr. Smith, "maybe you wouldn't," and the crowd cheered Mr. Smith. Mr. Clinkscales was greeted with much applause by a party of friends who hailed him as the next governor. He made a vigorous appeal in favor of the immediate adoption of state-wide compulsory education. Mr. Clinkscales received close attention, and at the conclusion of his remarks was presented with Mowers. W. C. Irby said that he had no boss except the majority of the white voters of South Carolina, and if elected he would recognize no other master. He opposed the new primary election rules because he believed them to be unfair, and declared for local option on the liquor question. He also outlined his plan for rural credits. Hon. Richard I. Manning was the last speaker for governor. He said that he had deprecated factionalism from the beginning, and said that if elected governor, he would enforce all laws as he found them. He thought the pardoning power should be used with temperate care. Mr. Cansler who has been sick in a hospital in Columbia, for several days, was not present. At Marion. According to the reports, the principal feature of the meeting was spats between W. C. Irby and John G. Richards. Mr. Irby wanted to know just when Mr. Richards had been concerted to Bleaseism and asked for information about the participation of Richards in a conference of two years ago, said to have been held for the purpose of bringing out Jones. Mr. Irby said that Mr. Richards is more like a camp follower than a coat tail swinger. Mr. Richards said that he linked with the Reform movement in 1890 and has been with it ever since. He gave it to be understood that he Is neither a camp follower nor a coat tail swinger; but a genuine Reformer. He said they called him a demagogue because he was opposed to sweeping 100,000 negro children into the schools. He argued that the state cannot afford to adopt compulsory education until it has made arrangements for the necessary School houses and is prepared to furnish free text books. He declared his intention to cote for Governor Blease. Chas. Carroll Simms paid a glowing tribute to Governor Blease and denounced compulsory education. ChtiM A Smith recited his record as mayor of Timmonsville and told how he had put the blind tigers out of business. He said that if he was elected governor he would enforce the liquor laws all over the state and he would put an end to the race track gambling in Charleston. Mr. M. L. Smith said that all the troubles that had ever come to the l?oor man were the work of designing politicians, and he amplified his local option policy as to compulsory education. Lowndes J. Browning said a local iption law will not be enforced, unless it had public sentiment behind it. He discussed tax reform and rural credits. .\ir. cnnKscaies aiscusseu ine governor's pardon record and argued that his had done much to contribute to awlessness in South Carolina. Mr. Manning declared in favor of ocal option on compulsory education, 'or discretion in the use of the parloning power and local option on the tvhisky question. John T. Duncan said that of course here are coat tail swingers; but when t came to the hue and cry about not enforcing the law he wanted to know vhat laws are not being enforced and ,vho is it that is not enforcing them. Mr. M. C. Willis read a letter of enlorsement from Col. Chas. J. Epps, of he governor's staff, and Gen. Moore onceded that Mr. Willis would get nueh administration support. Mr. Cansler has not yet joined the campaign party, still being sick. ? Itosie May Wilson, a young white tirl, who was arrested at Greenville i few days ago, by Deputy Sheriff toward, along with Bob Hendsley, >n the charge of vagrancy, has told . story of kidnapping that has proved nteresting to some of the newspaicrs. She says that her mother and icrself lived in a two-room shanty n the mountains of Tennessee, and hat about three years ago, Hendsley came to her home and they got acquainted. Hendsley wanted her to leave with him but she did not want to leave her sick mother. <>ne night ^ while she was asleep, Hendsley came to her window and through it entered her room, picked her up in his arms and carried her into the woods before she awoke. When she awoke she was frightened and attempted to scream, but Bob put his hand over her mouth and told her if she made any fuss that he would beat her to death. She lived with him for about y four weeks and then met an old friend of hers, who loaned her enough money to get home. She went home and Bob followed her on the next train. When she arrived she found out that her mother had died. When Bob caught her that night he beat ^ her until she bore marks on her body, ^ which she carried for months. They have lived in the mountains and in the country for two years, never going into a town for fear of arrest. A letter was found Sunday that had Hnnn nrrUtan /-v tVi/v ?U1 DaH'o nnvirii I.U tllC i^ll l nilivc www O detainment, in which it was claimed he owns his guilt and asks that she be as easy on him as possible. He also tells her if they questioned her about her age to give it as 18. He + also says in the letter that he knows there is enough in the case to send him to the death chair. Commissioner Blythe has been very busy this last week and has not had time to hear the case, but it is probable it will come up in a few days. y SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN Candidates Still Humming Away at Records and Thinqs. After the Walterboro meeting Monday, Governor Blease left the campaign party with the intention of skipping the appointments at Beau- f tort, Jasper and Hampton, and getting into the scrap again at Barnwell today. His reasons for this, of course, were the facta that there are only a comparatively few white voters in Beaufort and Jasper, and there was business in his office that required his ? personal attention. Messrs. Smith, Pollock and Jennings spoke at all three of the meetings which the gov ernur SKipyeu, ana cununu?u ?.u iuilow about the same lines as at previous meetings. At Beaufort, Mr. Jennings attacked Governor Blease's pardon record, and said that when he reached the "Great Piedmont," he would go into the mat- * ter more extensively, touching also on the records of the other candidates. He promised that if his voice held out he would "expose the governor all over the state." He ridiculed the idea that Senator Smith had anything whatever to do with the advance in the price of ^ cotton, and also belittled Smith's lav/ to require samples of standard cotton grades to be kept at every public weighing platform. He said the samples referred to could have no practical bearing upon the buying and selling of cotton, as even the government could not compel a cotton buyer to handle cotton that he did not want to handle. Mr. W. P. Pollock said that he had entered the race because neither Blease, who had disgraced the state, nor Smith, were competent to represent South Carolina in the senate. He claimed that his political record was clean, and that no man had dared try 0 to criticise anything he had done politically. He jumped on Smith for not having the courage and patriotism to attend the recent state convention to which he was elected. He also went back at Governor Blease again, referring to the famous Portland Ned in- A cident, and suggesting that Ned prob ably had a suit of the governor's clothes, when he escaped from the executive office. Senator Smith told how since he has been struggling so long in the senate with 78 lawyers he had hoped that he was to have only one piece of a lawyer in this campaign instead of three of them. He defended his patronage m record, saying that he selected for of- ^ flee, only good Democrats, whom he had been glad to endorse. He described his efforts as being directed to the task of helping the farmer to a better and fuller enjoyment of the wealth which his labor produces. He said the high cost of living was due to extor- * tionate freight rates, and described the people of Washington as hungry for products that wefe rotting in the fields of the farmers because of the inefficiency of transportation facilities. There was only a short meeting at Jasper on Wednesday, the campaign party having been delayed by a railroad wreck. Hampton Meeting. ? At the Hampton meeting yesterday, Mr. Pollock devoted his speech mainly to criticism of Governor Blease and Mr. Jennings devoted his batteries against Senator Smith. Senator Smith defended at length the influence he claims to have exercised in the ad- 4| advancement of cotton prices. Mr. Pollock said that Governor Blease no longer had any coat tails on which place hunters could swing, for the reason that he and Jennings and Smith had pulled them off. "But he still has a shirt tail," shouted some one from the crowd. "And we will soon have that," said Pollock. Mr. Pollock said that the governor is now on the run and prophesied that on August 25 he could not carry a single county in the state. A Mr. Jennings ridiculed Senator Smith's alleged connection with the price of cotton and said that if Smith only gets the votes of those who beminima (n f V>at /llrontlnn t h??r*-? will not be as many votes altogether as are usually cast by Hampton ^ county. Senator Smith gave the record of cotton prices for a number of years back and showed the steady advance that had been scored. Replying to the argument of Mr. Jennings that the price of cotton was regulated altogether by supply and demand, the senator said that the Sumter man had his spelling wrong?that he should have said, "supply and de man." WILL NOT ISSUE SUPPLIES Adjutant General Gets Refusal From War Department. The following letter was received at the adjutant general's office in Colum- ^ bia from the war department at Wash- w ington, last Tuesday: "To the Adjutant General of South Carolina: "In a letter dated June 16, 1914, the secretary of war advises the governor of South Carolina as follows: 'Referring to your requisition of May 11, 1914, for ordinance and quartermaster supplies for the use of the organized militia of your state, I regret to inform you that in view of the failure of the authorities of South Carolina to comply with the Federal laws which govern the care, accountability and dis- ^ position of government property in the possession of the organized militia, the war department is obliged to suspend further issues of government property and funds to the organized militia of South Carolina, and to withhold authority for the expenditure of government funds by or for the benefit of the organized militia of South Carolina until the delinquent matters are taken up by the state and brought to a satisfactory settlement. When the organized militia of South Carolina is placed on a satisfactory basis, the war J 4 ...Ml 4.1 j-Iav ... i ? K ucpux lUlCIll will tuiiatuci v?ic nundrawal of the restrictions of which you arc informed in this communication and which are effective on and after this date. "Requisitions for quartermaster supplies submitted on April 24, and May 11. 1914, and ordinance supplies submitted May 11, 1914, are in accordance with the action of the secretary of war, noted in the foregoing paragraph returned herewith. The supplies asked for will not be issued. "By direction of the secretary of war. "A. L. Mills, "Brigadier General, G. S." ? Charleston, June 25: The South Carolina Bankers' association at its closing session today, elected C. J. Shannon of Camden, president: J. \V. Simpson of Spartanburg, vice president and Lee G. Holleman of Anderson, secretary and treasurer. The feature of the morning session was an address by Representative Carter Glass, of Virginia, on the Federal re- ^ serve act. ? President Wilson finds that it will be impossible to visit Cheraw on July 8. the occasion of the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the founding of the town.