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Scraps and facts. ? Paul M. WarburK, of New York, was willing to accept a place on the Federal reserve board; but it was on condition that no questions be asked. Mr. Warburg is a member of the banking firm of Kuhn. Loeb & Co.. of New York. President Wilson appointed him to membership on the board; but when the senate committee on banking and currency began examining personally all the members of the board. Mr. Warburg telephoned the president asking that his nomination be withdrawn. The president withdrew the nomination. On being asked by the newspaper correspondents for his reasons. Mr. Warburg declined to talk. ? Mrs. Joseph Johnson, aged 22. was arrested at Speed. X. C., Tuesday afternoon on the charge of killing her husband Saturday night near Holy Ghost church, in Martin county. Johnsun. who was a prominent farmer, took his wife out riding. Later the horse was seen near the church running and was stopped. Close behind was Mrs. Johnson, who said her husband had been shot from the roadside. The man was found dead in the road a hundred yards away. a new pisiui, un.j chamber of which had been fired, was found alongside the corpse. Johnson was shot in the left temple, and his hair near where the ball entered was powder-burned. ? The teaching of sex hygiene never will be delegated to American teachers if it can be prevented by the National Education association, now in session in St. Paul. Minn. This was evidenced at Wednesday's session when speakers who denounced such a course provoked ringing applause. "We should have hut the strongest condemnation for the wealthy club-going woman who has no time to teach her child fundamental truths of life and would throw the responsibility on a teacher or a foot-ball coach," shouted Dr. Charles H. Keene of Minneapolis, supervisor of hygiene and physical training. "Such shiftlessness is outrageous." When the cheering had subsided he added: "Sex instruction placed on the same plane with spelling and arithmetic will rob it of all its sacredness. We talk about the inability of the poor mothers to teach their children personal hygiene, but it is not ror these children that we need to have all the fear. Knowledge never will compel purity. Sex instruction in schools will but tend to lower the standard of morality." ? El Paso, Texas, July 8: The Carranza-Villa mediators at Torreon remained silent today regarding the negotiations to avoid a split among constitutionalist leaders. Roberto Pesquiri, Carranza's chief agent, tonight sent a telegram to Gen. Villa in which he said: "I sincerely trust that you and Mr. Carranza have become acquainted with the impostors connected with the constitutionalist cause, and that you will call for their resignations." In the meantime the movement of Villa's troops towards the north continued. This was explained by the statement that the United States and certain European governments had brought strong pressure to bear to the end that Villa must not be the first to reach Mexico City. If Guadalajara is taken by Obregon's troops, it is said, they would not be strong enough to attack Mexico City unassisted, but they could enter the national capital if the Huerta government collapsed. This would prevent Villa from entering Mexico City first and possibly forming an alliance with the Zapata guerilla troops of southern Mexico. ? Costa Rica's opposition to the proposed Nicaraguo.n treaty, it became known in Washington, Wednesday night, has been met by Secretary Bryan with an offer to pay the former country a fair sum for any rights it may ' ?? ?????l rniito hV nave in an uunutcami. vo.nu. >v.u way of Lake Nicaragua. Costa Rican opposition is based on a claim of jurisdiction over a small portion of the proposed route, and as the treaty provides for an allowance of $3,000,000 to Nicaragua, the state department, without according full recognition of any claim has decided Costa Rica should be placed on the same basis as Nicaragua. A protest against the proposed treaty was contained in a message from President Melendez of Salvador, made public today by Senator Smith of Michigan. President Melendez said he understood the protest of his government made to the state department against the proposed Nicaraguan treaty had not ben imparted to the senate. He requested the foreign relations committee to require the correspondence from the state department and consider it before deciding the matter. "Besides," the message adds, "we inform that honorable committee that our diplomatic agent has been in structed to extend our protest to me point that the impairment of the autonomy of Nicaragua equally affects that of Salvador and nullifies the Washington conventions. ? Eight members of the Stefanssen Arctic expedition, who were believed to be on Wrangel Island, off the coast of I Alaska, with the rest of the Karluk r party, which was reported safe more than a month ago, are now thought to If be lost, according to a report received at Ottawa. Canada, on Wednesday, by Deputy Minister of Marine Desbarrats from Captain Bartlett in Nome. Bartlett commanded the Karluk. The previous report, from which it was inferred that the whole party had reached Wrangel island, neglected to mention two parties of four, which set out ten days after the Karluk sank?one for I Herald island and the other for an un| known shore. Neither of these parties has been heard from. The supporting party which accompanied the first reL turned and reported that progress had A been stopped by open water three miles from shore. Four men were leu with provisions on the edge of the ice waiting for a chance to land. That was m the last heard from them. The four were: .Officer Alexander Anderson, of Inverkeithing. Fifeshire, Scotland: Second officer Charles Bartlett, Seaman John Bredy and Seaman Archibald King, all of Victoria. B. C. The second party consisted of Henry Beuchat, of Paris, anthropologist of the expedition: Allister Forbes MacKay, of Edinburgh, the surgeon of the expedition, who accompanied Shackleton on one of his expeditions: L. Murray, of Foxfield. Hantz, Eng., the oceanof grapher of the expedition, also a Shackleton man, and Thomas Morris. | sailor. This party was seen a week laIter by an exploring expedition from the main party, which reported that Beuchat's hands were frozen, but that he refused offers of assistance and transportation back to camp. That was the last heard of the second party. On February 24. the main party of fourteen white men and several Eskimos left their camp at the scene of the wreck .and set out for Wrangel Island, which they reached on March 12. after a hard struggle. Captain Bartlett. with an Eskimo, left, seeking help. He was subsequently picked up by the whaler Herman, Captain Pettrson, at Emma Harbor. Bartlett is now at Nome waiting for the American revenue cutter Bear to take him with supplies to Wrangel island. ? Declaring it would be unfair to reI. \ gard the Democratic party as the enemy of big or little business President \ Wilson on Wednesday gave out a statement in support of Paul Warburg of New York and Thos. I). Jones of Chicago, his nominees for the Federal reserve board. President Wilson's statement follows: "It would be particularly unfair to the Democratic party and to the senate itself to regard it as the enemy of business, big or little. I am sure that it does not regard a man as an object of suspicion merely because he has been connected with great business enterprises. It shows that the business of the country has been chiefly promulgated in recent years by enterprises organized on a great scale and that the vast majority of the men connected with what we have come to call big business are honest, incorruptible and patriotic. The country may be ce-tain that it is clear to members of the senate as it is clear to all the thoughtful men that those who have tried to make big business what it ought to be. are the men to be encouraged and honored, whenever they respond without reserve to the call of public service. 1 predict with the greatest confidence that nothing done by the democratic majority of the senate of the (Tiited States will be of a sort to throw suspicion upon such men. Mr. Jones and Mr. Warburg in manifesting their willingness to make personal sacrifices and put their great experience and ability at the service of the government, without thought of personal advantage in the organization of it great reform which i promises to he so serviceable to the nation, are setting an example of patriotism and of public spirit which the whole country admires. It is the obvious business of statesmanship at this turning point in our development to recognize ability and character, wher.ever it has been displayed and unite every force for the upbuilding of legitimate business along the new lines which are now clearly indicated for the future." The president said he earnestly hoped Mr. Warburg would reconsider his decision not to accept the nomination and that he was urging him to do so. He expressed confidence that Mr. Jones would be confirmed. She \lorkvilIe (fnquitrr. Entered at the Postoftice in Yorkville as Mall Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE. S. C.: KtUDAY, JULY 10, 1914. The National Educational association in session at St. Paul, Minnesota, on yesterday passed a resolution endorsing woman suffrage, equal pay for teachers reRardless of sex, and allottinR five of the ten vice presidencies to women. The strong candidacy of Dr. D. B. Johnson, president of Winthrop, for the presidency of the National Educational Association, in session at St. Paul, Minn., practically paralyzed the proceedings during several days. Most . of the northern and western delegates stood for Dr. David Starr Jordan, and the feeling ran so high that delegates were unable to attend to business because of politics. Finally Dr. Johnson withdrew his name, thereby restoring harmonv. Dr. Jordan was unani mously elected. If we are not mistaken, a statement in the Herald, some weeks after Governor Blease was elected the last time, that the farmers of Spartanburg- county, and other Piedmont counties, were responsible for the result of the election, was rather strenuously resented in several quarters. Some of our farmer friends contended that it was a misstatement of the case, but we have not, up to this time, been convinced that it was not true.?Spartanburg Herald. This reminds us of an incident in York county two years ago, when two gentlemen in Rock Hill came very near quarrelling on the same proposition. They were watching the returns. It was evident that the race between Judge Jones and Governor Blease was very close. Yorkville No. 2, in which all the mill workers vote, had given a small majority to Judge Jones, and Yorkville No. 1 in which no mill workers voted had given a small majority to Gov. Blease. The Blease vote in the Rock Hill box in which most of the mill workers vote was not nearly so large as was generally expected. Judge Jones was ahead; but at the last there came in some purely country boxes that changed the majority to Governor Blease. One gentleman remarked: "The farmers have lost the day." The other replied: "The farmers have saved the day." The dispute over the question as to whether the day was "lost" or "saved" remains unsettled. We are surprised to see the following insinuation or charge made by The Yorkville Enquirer, a paper which rather prides itself, we think, on being fair and just: "But Jennings and Pollock are not in this thing (the senatorial race) without motive. There is no need for anybody to deceive themselves on that scuri'. .\s 10 jusi wnai me seuisn interests behind the motive of these two politicians is, we do not know. Possibly it is money?expenses paid from some source, and a good bonus in addition." This sort of talk is unworthy of a newspaper with The Enquirer's record. If it has any proof that the charge is true, it should give it. but we really think, after consideration, that The Enquirer will agree with us that it is neither just nor fair to be making such an insinuation in the manner it did. If you want to charge that Jennings and Pollock are making the race for money, come out and say so. Make the charge direct.?Bamberg Herald. We think we said all we intended to say in the editorial from which our friend makes the above brief and disconnected extract. We think the editorial explained itself fully. We do not think we said anything that was unfair and if the Herald will reproduce the whole editorial, we will be perfectly willing to leave the issue to the judgment of its readers. In the meantime, the Herald will please remember that both Mr. I*<>1 lock and Mr. Jennings, especially Mr. Jennings, have told the people how they are making this canvass solely as a matter of political duty. The Herald can believe as much of that as it likes; but it will please leave The Enquirer the same privilege. Widespread Distress. There has not yet been gathered sufficient data upon which to base an acrurate estimate of the extent of the territory devastated by the hailstorm last Monday night; but enough is known to give us a feeling of assurance in saying that the stricken area is not less than 75 square miles, and probably a great deal more. The stricken territory in York county, to say nothing of that lying in North Carolina, includes a strip from three to eight miles wide and extending from the Gaston county line for some distance south of the Southern railroad at Kbenezer, and may include more than a hundred square miles. Practically all of this territory is thickly settled with hard working, intelligent and progressive small farmers. mostly land owners; but including many white and colored tenants, and iti all two hundred or in.?re families have been practically ruined so far as this year's work goes. Some have lost their all, and have nothing to live on except such labor as they may be able to find about. Others have their lands left, but in many cases are heavily in debt, and there are still others who though badly hurt, have enough left t<? enable them to pull through. The people of this storm stricken district need help?they need lots of help and they need it now. There is need for some organized effort to take charge of the situation, find out just what is needed, solicit funds from sympathetic people who have not been so unfortunate and otherwise give such aid as may be practicable. It is going to tak' money and lots of money t<> relieve the situation. We believe the people of York county will respond liberally in the matter; but the stricken territory covering as it does fully a sixth of the area of York county, is too large to be taken care of by the generous people of York county alone, and there is need for help from outside the county and perhaps from other states. It is a case of sore need, even distress greater in extent than this section has ever before known. Of course The Yorkville Enquirer will gladly do all it can to help in the relief work. It will contribute as it did in the case of the Clover storm in accordance with its means, and it will take pleasure in acknowledging such subscriptions of checks and cash as may be sent to it, and turning the same over to the duly elected treasurer of such relief organization as may hereafter be brought into operation through properly constituted authority. THE MEETING AT UNION Big Crowd and Lots of Demonstration. There was a large crowd of voters at the senatorial campaign meeting at Union last Wednesday, and as usual the peoHe had a lively time of it. Senator Smith and Governor Blease were accorded reasonable attentive hearings; but both Jennings and Pollock were interrupted frequently. Governor Blease spoke first, Mr. Jennings next, Pollock next and Senator Smith last. After concluding his speech, Governor Blease left the stand, according to custom; but most of his partisans remained to hear what the others had to say, making it particu larly warm ror .wessrs. jfininiSn Pollock and giving Senator Smith a fairly attentive hearing. About the only new feature of the meeting was the exhibition by Mr. Pollock of an old red spread eagle Union Republican ticket of the Garfield Arthur campaign of 1880, on which Col. J. P. Gibson, of Bennettsville, who hol ls a position on the governor's staff, is down as a candidate for the legislature from Marlboro county. Governor Blease attacked the rules of the recent state convention as a piece of outrageous thievery, and stated that the fact that the other side sought to defend them was an acknowledgement of their unfairness. A large part of the crowd agreed with the governor in his characterization of the rules and ex-Sheriff Long kept repeating that the rules promulgated by Ben Tillman were good enough for voters of today. Mr. Jennings defended the rules at some length and drew a heavy fire from a large portion of the crowd while he was doing so. Mr. Pollock got the approval of the crowd by saying that the record of Senator Smith was too weak for any man to stand upon; but when he immediately added that the record of Governor Blease was too bad for any good man to stand on, the crowd commenced hollering again, and the heckling continued until the conclusion of the governor's speech. Upon the introduction of Senator Smith, homebody said: "He looks just like Jones," and when the senator replied, "By gum, you will tind out before we get through with this it's not Judge Jones," there was applause from his friends. When some one asked the senator what about the negro, he said: "Three members of my own family have been butchered by black brutes, and the man who says I advocate the social or political equality of the negro tells a deliberate falsehood and knows it. No man in the image of Ood wants pure white government more than I do." Asked about negro postmasters, the senator said he would put them out tomorrow if he could. He denied that he was a member of the Haskell convention, and said he had affidavits to prove it. There was no meeting yesterday. Today's meeting is at Newberry and tomorrow's meeting will be held at Greenwood. THE GAME AS IT IS PLAYED Interesting Letter that Figured in Manning Campaign Meeting. The candidates for congress in the First district. Messrs. E. J. Dennis and Richard S. Whaley spoke at Manning last Thursday. There was a crowd of about 250 people in attendance. Mr. Dennis gave an outline of his political career and denounced as false certain campaign stories to the effect that he had lined up with John P. Grace and Louis Appelt for the defeat of Whaley. In the course of his speech, Mr. Whaley referred to the fact that Mr. Louis Appelt had fought him in the election last year to fill the unexpired term of George S. Legare and had then written him a letter "begging" for his influence for appointment as postmaster. Mr. Appelt who was in the audience demanded that the letter be read to the crowd in full and not in part. Many people in the crowd joined in the demand and the letter was read as follows : Manning. S. C., April 17th. 1913. Hon. Richard S. Whaley. Charleston, S. C. Sir!?I iruess this will be some what of a surprise to you coming from a man who did all in his power to elect your opponent, but regarding: you a man who has experience in politics. I desire to ask if you will be frank with me and let me know what will be your attitude towards the Manning postof(ice appointment? It is not my purpose to make a fight for the office if you are determined to recommend some one else: but if the attitude of myself will not prejudice my chances I would of course be an applicant. At present Mrs. Appelt is the postmaster but if Mr. Hughes had been chosen, I should have asked for appointment as I intended to retire from the senate. I know that you will have a number of people applying for this office, and I cannot blame you if you do not appoint me. I lost my man this time and I will take my medicine. However, the game of politics is one that is played different by different men. Often a man is selected for what he has demonstrated he can do in a political contest and in this contest I guess every applicant for the Manning postofflce elected you. Rut take it from me. who did oppose you openly, that there is an element here who made the effort to trade with the several candidates, and only last week they tried to get Hughes to commit mmseit to tnem ror ineir support. I mention this in order that you may not be misled into hasty action with regard to this matter, and before you reacb a conclusion you will, if you cannot recommend me, at least make inquiries with regard to Mr. Frank R Moffett, who has been the chief clerk for the past several years, and who really is my dependence upon carrying out the work in the efficient manner in which this office has been conducted. Moffett will satisfy all sides here. Who he voted for I have never inquired, as I make it a rule never to make such an inquiry from my employees, but if you can recommend him the patrons of this office will credit you with good judgment. This is a personal letter to you, which I am sure you will regard as frank and sincere. Yours respectfully, Louis Appelt. ? Rorder dispatches stating that the constitutionalists would not enter informal peace conferences with Huerta representatives were partially contirmed in Washington Wednesday. Rafael Zubaran and Luis Cabrera, the two most prominent Parranza representatives, had nothing to say, hut word that most of the constitutionalist generals to whom the plan for conferences had been submitted had disapproved it came from well informed sources. Minister Niton of Argentina, the only one of the mediators in Washington. read the dispatches with evident surprise. He indicated that the mediators would take no action until the attitude of the rebels was learned officially. Secretary Bryan said it would he improper for him to discuss the situation in advance of the arrival of Parranza's formal answer to the pending propositi. That constitutionalist leaders strongly oppose the idea of peace conferences did not surprise officials who have maintained it would he virtually impossible to modify the plan of Pruadaloupe. the platform of the constitutionalist movement. This plan declares it miltstry government shall he set up after Mexico Pity is ronou red stud that no elections shall he held until the country is pacified by military rule. The present purpose of the constitutionalists, it is understood, is to follow that programme to the letter. Reports from Torreou that differences between Parranza and Villa had been composed were verified by agents of both, but there was an undertone of comment, indicatine that it was but a temporary truce. The break has had a disorganizing effect politicallv in the constitutionalist ranks and < vidences of it are manifest in Mexican circles. LOCAL AFFAIRS.! NEW ADVERTISEMENTS James P. Kinard. Ph. D.. Anderson? Tells what Anderson college offers to young women who are seeking an education. See page four. James Strong Moffatt, D. D.?Gives information relative to the next session of Erskine College, Due West. See page four. C. A. Boney?Is prepared to insure your corn and cotton crops against loss or damage by hail storms. K. B. Riddle?Says his roller mill is in first-class condition and turning out fine flour from new wheat. A. E. Hutchison?Is announced as a candidate for re-election to the house of representatives from York. Bank of Hickory Grove?Prints its statement showing condition at the close of business June 30. First National Bank. Sharon?Does a banking business that includes all kinds of service and wants to serve you. W. R. Carroll?Has five two-horse wagons, shop worn, that he will sell at bargain prices. J. J. Keller & Co.?Want you to see them before buying lumber or any kind of building material, naruware, paints, oils, etc. Thomson Co.?Reminds you that its ten days' mid-summer sale is on, and offers money-saving bargains. Free tickets to the movies. Farmers' Mutual Insurance Co.?Will insure you against loss or damage by tire, wind and lightning. Ask for information, rates, etc. Cloud Cash Store?Will continue its third mid-summer sale until July 18 and wants you to visit it for all sorts of summer goods. Lyric Theatre?Will have "Love and Vengeance," two reel comedy, Monday. "Lucille Love" on Wednesday. Kirkpatrick-Belk Co.?On page four gives details as to its big clearing sale, which is now on. Bargains in every department. The Filbert picnic promises to be the biggest gathering of the year in York county. Cotton stripped of its leaves by hail as late as this has been known to grow on and make more than half a full crop. Many farmers who have had their cotton crops completely ruined by the hail are plowing up and planting in corn. Only two more weeks for enrollment after next Tuesday. People who have not enrolled by the last Tuesday in July will not be allowed to vote in the primary. There was a terrific rain throughout the territory several miles north of Yorkville on Tuesday night over the section immediately west of the hail stricken area, and the farm lands were badly torn up. Mr. S. 8. Faris, who two years ago raised something over $100 in subscriptions for the Clover hailstorm sufferers, more than one-eighth of the entire amount that was contributed, is a victim of last Monday night's storm, practically his entire crop having been destroyed. In addition to the fearful hailstorm that swept the eastern part of York county last Monday night there have been hailstorms in Anderson, Greenville, Spartanburg, Cherokee, Union and Chesterfield counties; but nowhere has the damage been anything like as extensive or as destructive as in York county. The forest timber and undergrowth suffered severely along with the fruit trees and other vegetation in the path of the storm. In many cases the trees were almost stripped bare of leaves on the side next to the storm, and were not hurt so badly on the other side. There are to be found pines even that are almost bare of leaves, and through out the whole storm swept belt where there are trees the ground is covered with a carpet of green leaves. Speaking of those cattle lost by Mr. John T. Roddey and Mr. R. S. Fewell, near Rock Hill last Tuesday night, Mr. Adger Hughey, who iives in the neighborhood, says it is not certain whether the cattle were drowned or frozen. When found they were in an erect position with ice packed all around them, and as they had been dead for some time there was no way of ascertaining definitely how they may have died; but a great many people think they were frozen to death. The storm swept area embraces close to 50,000 acres?certainly not less than tnat. u is iair 10 esumaie wiai at least half of this area was in crops, nd that would mean 25,000 acres. At .east half of the 25,000 acres must have been in cotton and that would mean 12.500 acres. The cotton in that particular section never averaged less than half a bale to the acre, and that would mean a shortage of at least 6,000 bales in the county's cotton crop this year. That alone would mean a shortage of close to $400,000 in the county's income this year. And we are satisfied that all the way through our estimates are under rather than over the actual figures. There is a good deal of dissatisfaction in various quarters relative to conditions under which township supervisors are voted for in the primary. That supervisors be voted for in the prl mary was oruereu uy ine county convention several years ago, under a resolution offered by Capt. J. W. Ardrey, of Port Mill. The resolution merely contemplated a primary in Fort Mill township; but it was adopted so as to include the entire county, and the executive committee was instructed to provide regulations. There is no reason to assume that the regulations referred to contemplated anything beyond the fixing of campaign assessments and speaking itineraries should the same be found necessary; but ( members of the executive committee had reason to believe that certain supervisors would b? ..nwilling to go into a primary for the place, and they tixed up a provision making it a condition before an election should be called, there must be a petition signed by not less than twenty-five voters asking for the same. As to what the executive ' coniiniiiet* rtftiuiirnit-iii i? nuw, >\ t? uu not know; but we do not think there should be any requirement beyond the , usual pledge of party loyalty and a reasonable campaign fee. FOURTH CLASS POSTOFFICES Civil service examinations are to be held at various points in this state and in Gastonia, X. C., on August 22, for tlie benefit of applicants for fourth class postofflces in York and Chester counties. ! Among the offices in this locality to be filled are: Cherokee Falls, Clover, Filbert, Fort l^iwri, Landsford, Guthriesville, Lesslie, Lockhart, Isiwryville, Sharon. Smyrna, Richburg, Rodman. Kdgmoor, Catawba, Hillock's Creek, Hickory Grove, Hascomville, Blackstock. All applicants for appointment to ; fourth-class |iostmasterships must reside within the territory supplied by i the offices they expect to fill, and they : may receive the necessary blank- < forms on which to make application 1 for permission to stand the examina- 1 tioii by applying to their postmaster, or < bv writing to the civil service commis- 1 sioti at Washington. In all cases these I forms should he promptly executed and sent to Washington. The examination for applicants in this section are to be held in Charleston. Camden, Columbia, Oaffney, Oastonia, TTnion. Spartanburg and Rock Hill, all on the same date, August 22. Applicants may go to whichever of these points that they may prefer. PRISONERS IN JAIL There are six prisoners in jail awaiting trial at the July term of the court of general sessions which convenes Monday, his honor. Judge Ernest Moore presiding. They are as follows: George Barnes, assault with intent to ravish; Press Massey, abandonment of wife; Jim Ingram, Will Franklin, Belton Dunlap, Frank Garrison, grand larceny. Therg are as usual, quite a number of prisoners out on bond, some of which cases will very likely be tried. The cases of the state vs. J. E. Turney and Thad Turney, charged with the killing of Pink Dover and J. K. Wells, are expected to be taken up as soon as the court disposes of all minor cases. ENTRANCE EXAMINATION Entrance examinations to Clemson college and the University of South Carolina are being held in the temuor- , ary court house today, Superintendent Carroll being in charge. There is a one year agricultural course scholarship at Clemson vacant in York county and several of the ap- , plicants are working for this scholarship. i John Rainy Saye of Sharon, is the only York county boy seeking admission to the University of South Caro- , lina. The following young men are standing the Clemson test: James N. Ashe, McConnellsville; Arthur Barnett, Yorkville R. F. D. 6; S. T. Moore, York; Martin McCarter, Yorkville: Norman Graham, Rock Hill; LeRoy Phillips, Yorkville: Mark , Kirkpatrick, Sharon R. F. D. No. 2; Grier McFadden, Rock Hill No. 6; Edward Bass, Rock Hill; Ralph Cain, j Sharon: Roy Feemster, Fred Smarr, Bullock's Creek. PROGRESS OF ENROLLMENT With a view to getting information : as to the progress of enrollment throughout the county, The Enquirer 1 on Monday sent out letters to various ! club officials asking for the figures up to July 4 or 8. So far we have heard from several precincts, and below we are giving the enrollment up to date pompared with the total vote of two years ago. Precincts Enrollment Vote Bethel 107 113 Hickory Grove....198 229 , Sharon 79 114 . Tirzah 69 94 , Yorkville No. 2 215 337 , Yorkville No. 1.. 210 419 , Newport 36 73 j Coates' Tavern .. 47 102 . Fort Mill 256 442 t Clover 301 302 , fimvrno .43 90 Bullock's Creek .. 36 70 J Filbert *105 Forest Hill 32 100 New Zion *53 Blalrsville 44 103 Ogden 46 92 Ebenezer 44 68 Rock Hill. No. 1 ..530 801 Rock Hill No. 2 ..514 537 Total 2,965 4,018 New precincts, not in existence two years ago. WITHIN THE TOWN ? Good goods are going cheap In Yorkville, just now. The merchants are simply unloading and are not standing back a great deal on price. . ? Work on the court house is being 1 pushed as rapidly as possible; but ap- < parently the contractors are rather be- t hind schedule. I ? Large crowds have been out to see ' the first two installments of the Lucile 1 Love story at the Lyric, and the com- 1 mon opinion seems to be that the play ' measures fully up to expectations. ? Policeman Richardson worked up a 1 blind tiger case and secured a conviction in a rather unusual manner this t week. He saw a young white man go J into the house of a negro who was un- t der suspicion as a tiger, and come t away with a bottle in his pocket. He f asked the white man if he had bought s liquor and he said no. Examination of t the negro resulted the same. Never- \ theless, the policeman arrested the ne gro, and put him on trial. The negro ' procured a lawyer. On the stand the [ negro aenieu me saie anu me wnue \ man evaded. Policeman Richardson c asked the white man the direct ques- r tion as to whether he had bought liquor on the day in question. He replied, yes, and named the defendant. The lawyer then asked the witness if he had not told him in his office that he had not bought the liquor. The witness admitted that he had done so, and that he had agreed to put up a bluff; but explained that he was not then under oath while now he was, and he did not propose to swear to a lie. The negro was convicted and fined $50 which amount was paid by his employer. ABOUT PEOPLE Mr. Robert Reckham of Lancaster, is visiting Yorkville relatives. Mr. James Cansler is still ill and unable to re-join the campaign party. Miss Carrie Stewart of Spartanburg, is visiting Mrs. W. B. DuPre in York ville. Miss Leonu Moore of Rock Hill, is visiting Miss Sarah Meek Starr in Yorkviile. Miss Helen Heath of Charlotte, is 1 visiting Mr. It. E. Heath's family in Yorkviile. Miss Clara B. Alexander of Yorkviile 1 R. F. 1). 4, is visiting friends in Pine- . ville, N. C. 1 Mr. James Beckham, who has been spending some time in Lancaster, returned to his home in Yorkviile, yes- | terday. Misses Maggie Little and Emmie Honeycut, of Greenville, spent Wed- a nesday with Dr. and Mrs. M. W. White, \ in Yorkviile. t Mrs. W. B. Wylie and daughter. * Miss Rachel, and Miss Elizabeth Wil- j Imrn of Yorkviile, are spending a few days at Piedmont springs. j Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Smith of Cleve- tl land, Ohio, are visiting Mr. Smith's l parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jos. W. Smith. I on Yorkviile R. F. D. No, 1. f Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Love of Sharon, have announced the engagement of * their daughter, Elizabeth, to Mr. E. H. J Bowers of Greenwood, the ceremony to 1 take place in the early fall. s Mr. Dan Heyward of Rion, S. C.. I visited friends in Yorkville this week. Rev. Dr. J. S. Moffatt of Krskine c college, is in Yorkville today. He has v been canvassing the county in the interest of the college, since Monday, j and leaves this afternoon for Clover, r with the intention of spending tomor- ( row there and in the vicinity. Chester special of Wednesday to the r Columbia State: The many friends of t the Rev. John H. Simpson, a venerable minister of the Associate Reformed t Presbyterian church of Chester, will n regret to learn that he is in a serious a condition at a Charlotte sanitorium. He is suffering with a severe attack of t sciatica which struck him a few days ago. He is over SO years of age, and t it is feared his advanced age will be t against his recovery. He has not held v liny active pastorates in the past sev- v eral years. He was moderator of the t last synod of his church, which was t tield at Statesville. He has hundreds d if friends in this city and county who s tvill watch eagerly the daily reports n from his bedside. n HELP FOR THE SUFFERERS At a called meeting of the Rock Hill Chamber of Commerce held yesterday a resolution was adopted to raise from $1,000 to $2,000 to buy seed to be given to the farmers who lost everything in the territic hailstorm. The meeting was opened with prayer and after talks by several prominent men, the following committee was appointed to solicit funds for the purpose in view: Ira B. Dunlap, J. W. O'Neal, C. L. Cobb, J. T. Fain, T. A. Moore, Rev. Dr. Alexander Martin. The con ittee commenced work at once, and up to today at noon, had raised $1,725, including $175 subscribed in Chester. Among some of the subscribers who headed the list yesterday were the following: National Union Bank $250 00 Highland Park Mills 50 00 Mr. E. H. Johnson ....' 10 00 Rock Hill Buggy Co 50 00 Chamber of Commerce 100 00 People's National Bank .... 300 00 $760 00 Information from Rock Hill at noon '"? " fVw.f tho onmmiHoo urmiltl ly raise $2,000 and perhaps $2,500. The idea is to use all this money for purChase of seeds which have already been ordered, and which will be distributed to all the sufferers who apply. President Roddey, who had already wired Governor Blease of the calamity as stated elsewhere, also sent the following letter to the New York Commercial, a leading paper of the financial district that gives especial attention to matters relating to the Southern cotton crop: "On the night of Monday, the 6th instant, a strip of country something like four miles wide and twenty-five miles in length, in the vicinity of Rock Hill, was visited by one of the most destructive hail storms that ever came to this state. The damage is beyond estimate, and those so unfortunate as to be in the storm's path are left destitute Almnat nnthlnc in thp WRV of growing crops is now to be found, and the fields have the appearance of freshly plowed ground in February. Where there were beautiful fields of cotton are now nothing but sprigs projecting a few inches above the ground, and those sprigs peeled to the bottom. In many instances the corn is beaten absolutely to the ground, while in other sections one can find only stubbles left. "The prospect is very dark, indeed. It is a calamity unexcelled in the history of this setcion of South Carolina. It means great suffering among the poor and needy and the storm has reduced some who Monday afternoon were independent farmers to destitute circumstances today. It is not a pleasant sight to find on the public highways negroes and even white people crying for help. During slavery days the negroes had those on whom they could depend in times of distress, but not so today, even though their former owners are Just as kind of heart. There are also many very poor white people, owning no land nor anything of permanent value, who are just is destitute and just as greatly in need of help. They have not only lost their cotton and corn, their main de pendence, hut their cattle were either killed by the hail or drowned, and their chickens and their turkeys, also, [t is not my wish to exaggerate conditions?I merely want to tell you the truth. "My purpose in addresing you. therefore, is to ask if you will kindly aunch or invite a subscription fund n your paper for these people. I beieve that charity could not be more iptly extended, and whatever efforts /ou may see fit towards securing help Tor those greatly in need will be abundantly appreciated." BETHEL IMPROVEMENT A called meeting of the Bethel Improvement association was held on Wednesday for the purpose of considering the situation in connection with he storm of Monday night. The memjers were notified by messengers and >y telephone, and the attendance was fery good considering the difficulties >f promulgating the notice. The Enluirer has been furnished with the 'allowing record of the proceedings of ne meeting. Bethel, July 9, 1914. The meeting was called to order by he president, Dr. T. N. Dulin, and was ipened with prayer by W. H. Johnston, rhe object of the meeting as stated by he president, was to devise some dans whereby the conditions resulting rom the recent hail storm may in some measure be relieved. When the meeting was opened to liscussion, the first point discussed vas what is the probability of making inything from the crops now remainng. Mr. H. G. Stanton said that from i former experience he believed if the :rops were worked out the results vould be surprisingly good. The roll :all to determine the damage done to hose present was approximately estinated as follows: W. G. Campbell?Complete loss. Henry Hope?Complete loss. James Ferguson?Complete loss. R. J. Davis?5 per cent of crop left. I^ee Brandon?5 per cent of crop left. Brown Harper?Complete loss. \* ft Rrnndon?Comnlete loss. T. R. Boyd?Complete loss. T. H. Riddle?15 per cent of crop left. C. Harper?Complete loss. J. D. B. Currence?Complete loss. A. C. Harper?10 per cent crop left. Thomas Glenn?Complete loss. A. Pryor?Corn, total failure; cotton, i per cent left. James Currence?10 per cent of crop eft. J. L. Brandon?15 per cent of crop eft. W. T. Rankin?5 per cent of crop eft. John Brandon?25 per cent of crop eft. G. L. Sukks?Complete loss. A. L. Thompson?Complete loss. W. P. Boyd?5 per cent of crop left. S. S. Glenn?2 per cent of crop left. N. Brandon?10 per cent of crop left. Rob Brandon?Complete loss. R. S. Riddle?Complete loss. J. Milieu?Complete loss. J. L. Currence?5 per cent of crop eft. J. E. Harper?Complete loss. Dr. T. N. Dulin?10 per cent of crop eft. Clarence Glenn?25 per cent of crop eft. L. B. Brown?Complete loss. J. L. Thompson?Complete loss. Joseph Riddle?5 per cent of crop eft. KoDt. MoeK?complete loss. By unanimous vote it vas decided to ippoint a committee to make a canrass of the damaged area and secure he names of all the individuals involved and the area involved with the imount of damage. The following ommittee was appointed: J. D. B. Currence, A. C. Harper. G. ... Suggs, A. L*. Thompson, J. E. BranIon. Jos. Riddle. Robt. Meek, Lee irandon, T. H. Riddle, Ralph Rankin, i. J. Currence, Gus Brandon, S. S. ilenn. The second point discussed was that shall he done about the fertilizer, dr. \V. T. Rankin suggested that the ertilizer manufacturers he asked to lend representatives here to look over he situation. Mr. R. S. Riddle, Mr. J. j. Currence and Mr. J. Ed Harper rere appointed as the committee to onfer with the fertilizer men and see vhat adjustment can he made. W. H. Johnston, R J. Davis and B. t. Brandon were appointed as a cotnnittee to draft some resolutions for his meeting. On motion of Mr. W. P. Boyd it was esolved to have the proceedings of his meeting published. Mr. \V. P. Boyd made a motion for he meeting to adjourn to meet Satirday morning. July 11, at nine o'clock t the Point school house. The committee appointed drew up 1 he following resolutions: Whereas, the crops in a large secion of our country have been almost otally wiped out of existence, and, rhereas the season is now so far ad- < anced that there seems to he very lit- I le prospect for crops planted after I his date, and as a result of these con- ' itions it se? ms that the people of this 1 ection are now facing a time of great < eed. therefore, he it resolved by this I neeting that we begin a concerted ? movement to secure aid from our county and state governments, from individuals, and from any source that aid can possibly be obtained. W. H. Johnston, R J. Davis, B. B. Brandon, Committee. LOCAL LACONICS Ten Per Cent Dividend. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Clover Cotton Manufacturing company was held yesterday, and the usual dividend of ten per cent was declared. The same officers were re-elected. Fine Yields of Oats. Messrs. VV. L and Sam Latham, who live near Sharon, recently threshed the oats off of 26 acres and the outturn was 2,000 bushels. Mr. J. E. Latham, of the same section made 1,100 bushels off of 17 acres. Lost Barn and Three Mules. The storm of last Monday night wrecked the bain of Mr. W. E. Whitsell, a farmer who lives three miles south of Rock Hill, and killed three mules. There was very little hail in that immediate vicinity. Birds and Chickens Killed. Large numbers of birds and chickens were killed throughout the hail swept district last Monday night by the falling hailstones, and there are some reports that even rabbits have been found dead in the path of the storm. Teachers Elected. The following teachers have been elected for the schools mentioned: Bethesda, Misses Minnie Russell, Ella May Courtney; McConnellsville. H. F. Hay, Miss lone Ashe; Lesslie, O. C. Kibler, Misses Lillie Martin, Mary Simpson Physicians and Nurses. The following nurses and physicians have passed the examination of the state board of medical examiners: Nurses?Nannie J. Anderson, Fort Mill; Elizabeth V. Barnett, Rock Hill; Mary A. Neely, Rock Hill. Physicians ?S. C. Love, Chester: W. S. Crawford, Great Falls; W. C. Whitesldes, Yorkville, R. F. D. The Great Storm at Clover. The great storm at Clover occurred on August 3, 1912. Approximately 5,000 acres of crops were destroyed. Relief subscriptions amounted in the aggregate to 3845.80. This sum was apportioned among the sufferers in amounts ranging from 35 to 325, the greater portion of them receiving slightly over 314 each. Number of Cows Lost. Mr. John T. Roddey had eighteen Red Polled cows in a pasture three miles west of Rock Hill. On Tuesday morning after the storm of Monday night, seven of the cows were found dead in one place, presumably drowned, and the others were missing. Mr. R. S. Fewell had ten cows in the same pasture, and eight of them were missing. Juvenile Killing In Bullock's Creek. Mose Robbins, a little negro boy, aged 6 years, killed his brother Timothy, aged 10, in their father's house in Bullock's Creek township, yesterday morning. The boys had been left in the house, with a younger child, and while Timothy was meddling with the clock on the mantel, Mose climbed on the bureau, took the shotgun from the rack and shot Timothy in the breast, killing him instantly. The boys are sons of Ben Robbins, a well-to-do negro, who owns the farm on which the tragedy occurred. Telegraphed the Governor. Mr. John T. Roddey, of the Rock Hill Chamber of Commerce, according to the Rock Hill Herald, wired Governor Blease some facts about the hail-storm disaster. The governor replied regretting that there was no provision of law under which such things could be handled effectively; but said that he would be glad to help out of t-i- a ?, 11 ?..k rilH own means, anu ?juii upuu me public for assistance; also he would recommend exemption from state and county taxes over the distressed territory. The Storm in the Western Section. What seems to have been a storm separate from that which devastated York county between Bethel and Rock Hiill, wrought great havoc to farmers in the country three miles west of Yorkville and extending toward Mr. M. A McFarland's store. The destructive hail and wind seems to have begun its work on the farm of Mr. S. W. Thomasson, above Black's mill, practically all of Mr. Thomasson's crop being destroyed. Something like forty acres of Mr. W. T. McClain's crop was destroyed as was a good part of those of Messrs. W. Newton Neil, E. N. Stephenson. William Ferguson, S. T. Ferguson and others. Although the path of the storm in this section is not as great as in the northern and eastern sections, the proportionate loss is fully as large. Mr. Newton Neil had two cows and a yearling killed, presumably by lightning. Hail at New Zion. Mr. W. A. Nicholls. who lives about a mile southwest of New Zion church, was in Yorkville Wednesday, and reported that there was a heavy storm over his place Monday night. The clouds looked very threatening, and they were apprehensive of disaster. There was considerable hail; but the damage did not amount to a great deal. The rain came down in torrents and packed the ground so hard that it was with difficulty that people who had been plowing on Monday were able to tell Tuesday where they had left off. A few miles southwest of Mr. Nicholls, there was no rain at all, and a few miles to the east the hail was heavier; but did little damage beyond splitting up the corn leaves. A good many people were plowing between New Zion and Yorkville on Tuesday. At Mr. Nicholls's place it was still too wet. Improvement Association Working. Dr. Thomas N. Dulin, president of the Bethel Improvement association, was in Yorkville Wednesday. He had been over much of the storm stricken district, in fact practicaly all of that part of it which lies in Bethel township. and he said that it was out of the question to comprehend the extent of the disaster. Many people, the doctor said, are simply ruined, and it is going to be a serious question as to how they are going to get something to live on. Bread and meat will be a consideration. As to what would be done, he did not know, but he was positive that something should be done and that quickly. He said he would try to get a meeting of the Improvement association at the earliest posible moment to consider the problem. For one thing he felt sure it was desirable to go at once through the whole stricken territory and get reasonably exact information as to the extent of the damage and the names of the sufferers. What else would be done would be a matter tor Ml rt tier consideration. ? Lancaster, July 7: News reached here today of the killing of a negro child by a small boy in one of the rural districts of the county Saturday. The child's mother, it seems, had asked a little negro boy five years of age to look after and amuse her baby while she went on some errand or to do some work somewhere a short distance from the house. The boy replied that he wouldn't mind the baby but would kill it if it was left with him. Thinking that the youthful picaninny might carry out his threat of killing her baby if left to his keeping, the mother locked the child in a room until she could get back, as she thought. But she had not been gone long ere she was called back to view the remains of her dead baby, for the little boy, who had been requested to attend the child during the mother's absence, had climbed in at the window, it is said, and with a stick had beaten the baby to death. Sheriff Hunter went yesterday to the scene of the murder, where he interviewed the youthful alleged murderer and his parents and . . . o o Otota.l 1111111(1 lilt* lill'lB III mtr vcuir ???.>. , above. ? T. \\\ Hyde. 65 years of ape, was 1 killed by a ear on the Piedmont and N'orthern railroad at Pelzer last Tuesilay afternoon. He was carrying a liieee of scantling which was struck by the car. the unfortunate man's neck was broken either as the car struck the scantling or as he fell down the < mhankment. The deceased was the i father of Sam Hyde, who was first to 1 lie in the electric chair. i MERE-MENTION Colonel Theodore Roosevelt has resighed his position as associate editor a of the Outlook Following a fall 1 from a racing motorcycle on a plank floored track, a Philadelphia rider had 300 splinters removed from his body by hospital surgeons, Monday... .Following the wrecking of a New York tenement house and the killing of several persons last Saturday, the victims being Industrial Workers of the World and anarchists, the police are under- i taking a campaign of suppression A against all classes of agitators in that city The city authorities of Nor- W ristown. Pa., are strictly enforcing the J Puritanical blue laws in that town, on i Sunday A Lowell, Mass., machin- \ ist has invented and patented an aeri- 1 al torpedo for use with dying ma- f chines and dirigible balloons. The government will test the invention Norwegian citizens of North Dakota have presented to the government of Norway, a monument to Abraham Lincoln. The monument was unveiled at Christiana on the Fourth of July... A blacksmith of Tunstall, England, has been locked in Jail on a charge of breach of the peace, his crime being that he sings too loud when he goes to 1 ... W church... .Three memoers 01 me crew of a French submarine boat were killed Wednesday, when the vessel collided with a torpedo boat destroyer According to the report of the state fish commissioner of Washington, the shell and salmon fishing industry netted citizens of that state $14,752,652 dur- 4 ing the past fiscal year Citizens of Marshtield, Oregon, have raised sev- i eral thousand dollars for the construction of a house which will be presented to ex-Mayor E. E. Straw, of that city Jno. D. Rockefeller, the oil king, was 76 years old last Wednesday. According to his physician, Dr. H. H. Bigger, the oil magnate's health is better now than it has been in several years Ports of Guatemala have i been closed against ships from New Orleans because of the bubonic plague. Secretary of the Navy Daniels on Wednesday, received a check for $12,500,000 from Greece in payment of the battleships Mississippi and Idaho, recently purchased by that government. t President Wilson has ordered the secretary of war to reprimand Brigadier Gen. R. K. Evans, because Geneial Evans at a recent banquet in New York, said that the "United States was *1 - ??4 --.J J1?o/v?v*A a# naHnna " rne musi iiieuuicoumc ui uuvivus. Spopee, a Blackfoot Indian, serving a life time for murder, was unconditionally pardoned by President Wilson, Tuesday. The Indian has already serv- < ed thirty-four years Chas. Ham, aged 20, shot and instantly killed his father, a prosperous fanner of Barrett, Ga., Tuesday. The boy's father had attacked his mother with a knife. A monkey at the Kansas state university at Topeka, has all the symp toms of pellagra. The state health authorities hope to obtain valuable information about the disease from the monkey's case Rev. Harry Barton Chapin, a retired Presbyterian minister, widely known in educational circles, died at White Plains, N. Y., Tuesday, aged 87. He was for forty years principal of the Chapin Collegiate school Mrs. Joseph Johnson, aged 22, has been arrested at her home at f phareed with the murder ^"1 O of her husband, the alleged killing happening last Saturday night Heavy rains throughout the German empire the past week have done thousands of dollars' worth of damage. Several persons have been killed by lightning.... Freddie Welsh of England, defeated Willie Ritchie of the United States in a 20-round bout in London, Tuesday night, thereby winning the light weight championship of the world.. .James H. Hustis has tendered his resignation as president of the New York, New Haven and Hartford, Ry. He has been elected president of the Boston and Maine railroad Santos A. Dominici has been appointed minister from Venezuela to the United States, succeeding the late Minister Rojas, who recently died in Atlantic City Rep resentative Park of Georgia has intro- m duced a bill in congress which would M prohibit trial judges from giving pre- w emptory instructions as to what verdict a Jury should render Rev. W. B. Palmore, editor of the Christian Advocate of St. Louis, Mo., died this week. He left his entire estate of $100,000 to *ie Methodist Episcopal church, Soutn The students military camp was opened with elaborate ceremonies at Asheville, N. C., this week. Governor Craig of North Carolina, was the principal speaker Senator Simmons of North Carolina, has recommended Congressman Pou of that state for the position of associate justice of the District of Columbia supreme court Iowa's so-called "blue 4 sky" law which seeks to regulate and supervise investment companies has been held to be constitutional by the Federal district court Max Weyl, one of the most famous of American landscape painters, died In Washington, D. C., this week, aged 77 years. i Weyl was a self taught painter M. J J. Cunnane of Philadelphia and M. L. f Pennell of Springfield, 111., who were / among those convicted in the famous / dynamite cases growing out of the K1?\niln?y tin n# Vto T x\o A n era loo Tlmofl have been paroled after serving half of ^ their three year sentences President Wilson will nominate Ira H. Mor- , ris of Chicago, as United States minis- ' ter to Sweden Health authorities of New Orleans on Monday estimated that there are 400,000 rats in that city. >S1 None of the several thousand rats thus "" far examined have shown any traces of being infected with Bubonic plague... ? Columbia special of July 7, to the Spartanburg Herald: The sharpness of factional feeling in Georgetown I county was exhibited today to the state Democratic executive committee, in session here, in the course of arguments over the question of the legality of the formation of^ Carvers' Bay No. i club and spring Guuey ciud ana the right of committeemen from these clubs to sit on the Georgetown county Democratic committee. The Georgetown county committee had ruled that these two clubs were regularly organized and had a right to representation. One faction, headed by Walter Hazard, \ appealed to the state committee. After hearing arguments, in the course of which a great deal of feeling was injected, the state Democratic committee, by a vote of 11 to 8. sustained the action of the Georgetown county committee. The state committee also de- ffl cided that the countv commitee of Dorchester had no right to abolish the Givhans club in the Beech Hill district. The "full name" clause in the new rules was discussed at length. John Gary Rvans, chairman, said that he had been ruling that "John Henry Smith" was the correct way in which to sign the club rolls, though he had no doubt that, as a matter of law, any court would hold that "John H. Smith" was "full name." The committee was In session for four and a half hours. ? Washington. July 9: Optimistic * views of business conditions were present-d to President Wilson today by Henry Ford, the Detroit manufacturer. during an hour's conference at the White House. Mr. Ford told the president he saw no evidences of * any sort of business depression, psy- " cological or otherwise, and said that in his opinion business was petting better all the time. "There is absolutely nothing wrong with business," Mr. Ford told the president. "The only trouble is that some people seem pessimistic. If every one would only cheer up and attend to their business, this calamity talk would stop immediately." The president and Mr. Ford discussed the trust bills in a general way. as well as the business situation. Officials close to the president said he was greatly encouraged by his talk with Mr. Ford and that he had been further strengthened in his determination to push the trust programme during the present session of con gress. .Mr. hora rerusea to aiscuss his call, saying that talk of business I depression was unworthy of denial. The delegation of Chicago business men who conferred with President Wilson yesterday, talked today on the same subject with Chairman Covington of the house commerce committee. Chairman New Ian Is of the sen- A ate interstate commerce commission, and Chairman overman of the judiciary committeee, proposing what they considered necessary changes in the anti-trust bills. Representative Covington told them President Wilson had said to him. he wished to meet a big business half way in consideration of the trust programme and wanted to be fair in every way. Mr. Covington promised to take their suggestions under consideration and lay his opinions before the president ind the house commerce committee.