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Jjmips ami |aits. ? Pennsylvania is the only state in the Union that has no state debt, according to a statement uf the census bureau. The per capita debt of Arizona and Massachusetts is 510.59 each, slightly more than the per capita debt of the national government. The lowest per capita debt of any state is that of Kansas, which is only 4 cents. The total debt of all the 48 states on June . was $422,796,525. The total debt of the national government on June 30. was 52.916,204.914. The per capita debt of the combined state and national governments is slightly over 514. ? Money from the Federal treasurywill be deposited in National banks throughout the country again this fall to facilitate the movement of crops and promote business generally. Secretary McAdoo announced yesterday he would put out approximately 534.000,000 and that he stood ready to increase the amount to any extent necessary to meet the country's needs. The secretary's estimate of what will be need ed is based on replies rrom 5,uuu rsational banks to a recent treasury department circular asking whether any unusual demand for money was expected this year and for what purposes. Last year the department inaugurated the custom of distributing funds in the crop handling centers, depositing about $35,000,000 of the $50,000,000. Secretary McAdoo had decided to use for the purpose. ? Columbia State, Monday: Yesterday the situation in the Mcintosh case stood unchanged. Dr. James H. Mcintosh received a representative of the State yesterday afternoon at the Knowlton hospital and he said that he had nothing more to say. "I do not see that it Is necessary for me to say anything more," said the doctor. The doctor is still confined to his bed, but the wound is healing and he has a good color and is in good spirits. He expects to be out shortly. The physician's assailant of early Thursday morning was still at large last night. W. C. Cathcart, chief of the police department, has been out of the city for two days. It was said at the police station that he had gone to North Carolina but that his trip was not in connection with the Mcintosh case. Sheriff McCain said last night that he had nothing further. ? Secretary of the Navy Daniels has Issued an order in which he abolishes the prison sentence for deserters in time of peace. Heretofore absence from ship at the expiration of a grant of leave, has been considered desertion. and the rule has been to send the men so offending, to prison, nnless they have a real good explanation. The secretary procurred the opinions of many naval officers about the matter, and finally came to the conclusion that it would be best to put the navy on a purely business basis. If a man is absent, he will be docked and fined for the time lost. If he decides that he wants to quit the navy, he will be allowed to do so on refunding certain advances and a little more, that are made to him on enlistment. The commanding officials are left certain means of enforcing discipline, such as docking pay and imposing dishonora ble discharges; dui auogemer me wider gives the men a freedom they have never known before. ? A hundred weird tales of the mysterious disappearance of girls and women that had reached the reform associations in Chicago in years past, sprang suddenly to the surface Saturday, with the revelation of a big system of tunnels and underground passages discovered by the police beneath the Twenty-second street vice district. Girls escaping from the dives and making their way to the rescue homes have told of underground dens and dungeons in the Red Light section. Probably the greater number of these stories surround the notorious Ven Bever gang of white-slavers than any other group of divekeepers in the district. "We have long had knowledge of these tunnels and sub-basements," said Wiert W. Hallum, secretary of the Illinois Vigilant association, during the day. "Two years ago during excavation work for a new building on the site of a former dive, subterranean passages were found. These led to underground dens. Some of the rooms contained large quantities of quick lime, while in one of them a human skeleton was found." ? With a view to the spread of edu? now Kvstem of writine has been introduced into Turkey, which is now being taught to the unlettered army recruits. It not only reduces the period of mastering the written language to a comparatively short one but brings it within the mental limitations of the lower class. Turkish writing has been an accomplishment of the few, since the people followed agriculture and left business to the hands of the educated Armenians. The old system resembles stenography. with three separate and distinct signs for each sound, according to their position in the word written. Like stenography, it is necessary to know the word aright first in order to read it correctly. To understand its difficulties, the same sign represents the sounds o, ou, eu and v, and the reader has to know which of these sounds is intended. In the new writ1 ?" ?""Oa nro etiellofl Menaratelv in stead of being run together, with phonetic letters. This will greatly facilitate typesetting and allow the construction of a Turkish typewriter. Each soldier is being taught the new writing, with the idea that he will introduce it to his family on returning to his native village. His interest in public affairs and sense of national unity will also grow with the reading of books and papers. This is the work that Enver Pasha, the war minister, has undertaken. ? Advices that General Carranza is not disposed to grant a formal amnesty in advance of his actual assumption of power, reached Washington, Tuesday, from Constitutionalist headquarters. This, if insisted upon, may disrupt proposed peace conferences in Mexico at their beginning. Provisional President Carbajal has been urged generally to obtain an amnesty and numerous offers have been made to him for support in case he cannot obtain proper guarantees for the lives and property of Huerta supporters. Informal assurances came recently to the United States from Carranza, that excepting for those directly re sponsible lor tne muraer 01 .uauriu and Suarez. he would not prosecute supporters of Huertu. Within the last two days, however, John K. Silliman, personal representative of President Wilson with Carranza, has reported his doubts on the subject. Carranza has told Silliman that amnesty was an act of generosity not a condition of surrender. He insists that Carbajal's surrender be unconditional. There still is hope that a middle ground will be reached in the coming peace conferences by which the question will be adjusted peacefully, though misgivings already are current as to Carranza's intentions. Heginaldo Cepeda, advance peace delegate from the Carbajal government was due yesterday in Tampico. where Carranza now is. Two other delegates whose names have not yet been announced, will go soon to! Saltillo where Carranza has suggested that the parleys take place. ? Opening of the Panama canal to the world's commerce on August 15, next, is announced by Secretary Garrison. Probably the first vessel to pass through the great waterway will be the Cristobal, a war department steamer now at Colon. There will be no more formalities in connection with the epoch marking event, all ceremonies being left for the official opening when the international ileet passes through the canal in March, 1H15. .Mr. Garrison's announcement follows: "The Panama canal will be open for commerce to vessels not needing more than 30 feet of water on and after August 15. 1014. "'The official opening of the canal as heretofore announced, will be in the month of March, 1915. An appropriate announcement will be made when a greater depth of water than 30 feet has been secured. "On the 15th of August Col. (loethals will inaugurate the commercial service by sending a government boat through the canal. There will be no ceremonies incident to the occasion, but American newspapers who may desire to have representatives present may do so. The others who will be present on the boat will be determined between now J and the time mentioned." Some things remain to be done to perfect the waterway. The channel through the Culebra cut must be deepened and widened so that it will be necessary for the great liners and battleships to pass through the tricky "slides" at Cucharucha and Bold Hill, in a single file. While with the 30 feet of water in the canal some of the dreadnoughts might pick their way through after August 15, yet, Secretary Daniels said that he would not be likely to order any such movement except in an emergency. He will wait until there is more water in the great ditch. ?hr ^orki'ille (Bnquirrr. Entered at the Postofflce in Yorkvllle as Mall Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE. S. C.? TUESDAY, JULY 28, 1914 Maybe it would be just as well to leave the elimination process until August 25. From the way some people are talk-J ing, it is evident they have forgotten the days of 1876. Governor Blease stated very emphatically at Saluda, on Saturday that he has no candidate for governor, and will not choose between candidates who are his friends, or take part for the one against the other. He has been talking that way all the while. The conference called by the Aiken delegation in the state convention will if held, be additional evidence of the partisan character of the recent state convention, and the tendency will be to carry the fight into the general election. In his statement as to the case of Richey and why he told the governor not to release the fellow from the penitentiary, Dr. Babcoek appears to be somewhat of an expert on politics also. And that appears to be the trouble with almost everything these days? too much politics?the effect of any given official action on votes. A gentleman by the name of Childs ?L. D. Childs?of Chester, one of those important kind of fellows who is continually trying to get into the limelight through the papers during campaigns, sent The Enquirer some political dope recently in connection with the asylum investigation. His ostensible excuse for claiming admission to The Enquirer was an editorial that had appeared in this paper under the heading of the "Plan or tsauie, anu he claimed that his "dope" should have a right of way because of certain facts that the public should have. We could not see the slightest relation in anything that Mr. Childs had to say with our "Plan of Battle" editorial, and although we suspected that his main purpose in sending his production to us was his hope that it would get some real importance through being refused. we returned the copy together with a polite note to the effect that there was no information in the communication that had not already been published in The Enquirer fully and comprehensively, not as political dope; but as legitimate news of which our readers had a right to be informed. The Enquirer does not stoop to the use of garbled one-sided statements as to anything for the purpose of trying to influence sentiment, much less in matters of this kind, and it does not propose to allow any one else to use its columns for such a purpose?no matter now rignteous me tuicgeu ultimate end may be. The Concentration Movement. In view of the evidently pre-concerted editorial campaign of .sentiment making in the daily papers immediately preceding it, very few newspaper readers probably were surprised at the outbreak of the Aiken delegation calling for a conference of the chairmen of the "antiBlease" delegations in the recent state convention to meet next Friday, for the purpose of eliminating surplus candidates: hut just how the thing is going to work, remains to be seen. It is quite possible that the recent state convention was representative uf the maioritv sentiment of the state: hut -any suggestion that it was so representative in the proportion that was indicated by the complexion of the convention itself is simply absurd. The fact is that the party machinery was already in the hands of the Conservative or anti-Blease faction. and the other side having learned by actual experience that control of the machinery amounts to very little under a system that provides for a final expression of the will of the people at the ballot box. did not consider the matter worth exciting itself about. It is undoubtedly a fact that there are two well defined parties in South Carolina: but it seems to us that in its contemplated move, the Aiken delegation loses sight of two very important considerations. In the first place the line of division is not Rlease and anti-Blease, and in the second place, probably less than 75 per cent of the people really recognize any party alignment. Of course it is not to be disputed that Governor Blease is at the present time the recognized (lag bearer of one of the two parties: but in the party he heads, there are thousands and thousands of voters wno <10 not consider umi eimer ms personality or policies so emphasized by the Aiken delegation and opposition candidate on the stump, have any relation whatever to the main questions in which they are interested. The Aiken delegation and the politicians for whom it is speaking assume that of the six so-called antiBlease candidates for governor, namely Messrs. Manning, M. L., and Chas. A. Smith, Cooper, Clinkscales, Browning and Duncan, all are running as party men to beat the Blease faction, and therefore any four or live of them whom some self-constituted judge might designate should get out of the way to let the others win over the opposition, and "save the state," but somehow we have very considerable doubts about the correctness of this view. There is hardly one man In the whole bunch probably who wants to be classed with Blease; but it is a fact that at least two of them hesitated quite a while before they decided that they would run as "antiBleasites," instead of "Bleaseites," and it is a fact also that at least several of them would be very acceptable second choices to thousands of voters who expect to cast their ballots in the first primary for either Richards, Irby, Simms or Mullally. There is no question in the mind of The Enquirer that the only really ideal anti-Blease candidate in the bunch, by that we mean a man who would prove the most acceptable leader for the old Conservative party, is Mr. Manning. Mr. Manning is a good man so far as we know, and we think we know him pretty well. It is quite possible that the Conservative leaders, if they had been permitted a wider field of selection would have found a man who would have suited them better: but as things stand, he is their choice?certainly the choice of the majority of them. After Mr. Manning some wouia miner nave uuimsumrs, some Cooper, some M. L. Smith, some Chas. A. Smith, and some Mr. Browning: but not many. With 75 per cent of the genuine Conservatives, any of these other candidates rather than Mr. Manning, would be Hobson's choice. Theoretically, maybe this conference proposed by .the Aiken delegation is all right: but it is not going to work out in practice. Every candidate who allows himself to be eliminated from this race will run very serious risk of eliminating himself from any future opportunity to render public service in an official capacity, and that is not all. Each and every candidate in the list has built up more or less following in the various counties they have visited. This following, no doubt includes not a few enthusiastic admirers, and as we see it every voter who is voting for the individual rather than the party, and that includes at least 25 per cent of the people who are going to vote for the different candidates named, will so soon as he realizes his candidate has been taken down for party rp.isnns make un his mind to vote for one of the candidates on the other side?Irby, Richards, Simms or Mullally. Of course so far as the so-called Blease candidates are concerned, the proposed elimination of surplus candidates on the opposite side can make but little difference. The most that the "Aiken delegation" expects to accomplish is to guard against the Conservatives having to choose between two candidates of the opposite faction, and no matter what the Conservatives do. the probability is that there will be one man of the opposite faction in the second primary, and then the whole proposition will have resolved itself down to that which was presented two years ago?which faction has the most votes. PLAN OF CONCENTRATION Anti-Blease Politicians Want to Eliminate Surplus Candidates. The editorial propaganda partici pated in by the daily papers looking to the preparation of the anti-administration people for an effort to concentrate on a single candidate against the administration candidates has been followed by the next step in the programme, and it looks now as if some definite action is to be taken in regard to the matter. The initiative in the new movement comes from the Aiken county delegation to the recent state convention. A committee of that delegation has sent out a notice to all the anti-Blease delegations throughout the state calling upon each of them to select one of their number as chairman and send him to a convention to be held in Columbia on next Friday, July 31. Following the issuance of the Aiken proposition, a meeting was held in Columbia last Saturday. Very few details were given out; but the Columbia State is authority for the statement that "about twenty-five representative South Carolinians were present." The only report of the meeting is one given out by Dr. George B. Cromer of Newberry, on the authority of those in attendance. This statement was published in the Columbia State of Sunday morning and is as follows: "The meeting was held by men from different parts of the state, who see that there is danger that two of the candidates who are in favor of the present administration will be in the second primary, and the meeting was called to see if some plan could be de vised to avert tnat cianger. "The six candidates for governor who are understood to be opposed to the administration were invited to the conference. As stated in the call, those who opposed the conference knew that they had no power to eliminate any candidate. They hoped that in a conference with the candidates and in a spirit of co-operation, a plan could he devised that would enable the voters to concentrate on two men. The candidates seem to have misunderstood the purpose of the meeting, and only Mr. Manning and Mr. Cooper were in the city. Some of them seem to have the mistaken idea that the conference was to be held in the interest of one or more of the candidates. In view of this misunderstanding Mr. Manning and Mr. Cooper were not asked to be present at the meeting. "After deliberation a committee of three was appointed to have a conference with the six candidates for governor who are regarded as opposed to the present administration to ask them to co-operate with us in a spirit of patriotism and if practicable by elimination or otherwise, reduce their number so as to enable the vote to ne concentrated. "The members of this conference are not promoting the candidacy of any man. They see that the state is confronted with a real danger and they are anxious for the way to be opened so that the candidates and the voters may co-operate to promote and maintain good government. "This statement is as delinite a statement as we care to publish until after the conference between the committee and the candidates some time next week." ? Charleston special of July 25, to the (ireenville Piedmont: About 500 Charleston citizens and a few ladies [ heard the candidates for governor and other state offices speak here yesterday afternoon. The meeting beginning at 4 o'clock. All eleven aspirants for the governorship were present, and the "features" of the utterances in this race were the attacks upon the News and Courier by John (5. Richards. Charles Carroll Simms and Lowndes J. Browning. Major Richards came in for considerable lambasting at the hands of two other Blease candidates, \V. C. Irby. Jr.. and C. C. Simms. John G. Clinkscales was hissed at times by a portion of the audience, but this did not deter him from plainly expressing his views, and his stand on the matter of law enforcement was applauded frequently by a majority of the crowd. The mention of Governor Blease's name brought both cheers and hisses. Mendel L. Smith received practically an ovation, and little short of one was the reception of Richard I. Manning. All the candidates for governor declared for enforcing the laws. M. O. Willis, for adjutant general, had rather a hard time making his speech. The friends of W. W. Moore appeared greatly in the majority. ? J. W. Norwood and Marshall Sullivan of Greenville, plead guilty in police court Saturday, to disorderly conduct at the senatorial campaign meeting in Greenville, July IS. They were sentenced to pay a fine of ten dollars each. ? A Columbia dispatch of Sunday to the Greenville News quotes Dr. J. \V. Habcock as saying to Governor Blease in connection with the Richey case i 11 1911: "If you free that man you will have all the women in the state down on you. It is bad politics." ? Jennie Morgan, a 15-year-old girl of the Connie Maxwell Orphanage, Greenwood, had her right arm torn off last Saturday, by being caught in a clothes wringer. LOCAL AFFAIRS, NEW ADVERTISEMENTS First National Bank, Fort Mill?Will loan money on York county farms, on long terms, if desired. Louis Roth?Has new crop rye seed at 11.15 per bushel. Smith-Fewell Co., Rock Hill?Has seed Irish potatoes, orange and amber cane seed for sale. Laura E. Parish, Clover?Will leave August 10 for Hot Springs, and will conduct party to that health resort. Write for information. J. M. Campbell, Chairman?Invites the public to a picnic at Tirzah on August 7th. under auspices of the Tirzah band. E. Gettys Nunn?Is announced as a candidate for the house of representatives. T TT? ifn A lllmf To onnnunnoH n_?4 n Pfln %J. rj. iuinuirj io uiiiiuwtivvv. ? didate for the house of representatives from York county. Harry E. Neil?Is announced as a candidate for re-appointment as the treasurer of York county. B. M. Love?Is announced as a candidate for re-appointment as auditor of York county. J. C. Comer?Publishes his announcement as a candidate for re-appointment as magistrate of York township. J. L. Duncan?Announces his candidacy for re-appointment as the magistrate of Bullock's Creek township. John C. Kirkpatrick?Friends announce him as a candidate for the office of county commissioner for York county. Jos. W. Smith?Is announced as a candidate for re-appointment to the office of county commissioner of York county. O. W. Sherer?Says he is supplying extra choice young beef. Steak at 15c, to 20c a pound. Potatoes, cabbage, butter and eggs. York Furniture Co.?Has a big line of ? '- 1 1-little Knnl/A?a DUSK f 18 U1K unanna, IIUIC uaai\cio, plain baskets, fancy baskets, and invites you to see them. Thomson Co.?Offers specially low prices on a variety of goods that it wants to close out quick. All seasonable goods. Kirkpatrick-Belk Co.?Invites you to meet a representative of Strouse & Rro.'s tailoring house, at its store next Friday and Saturday, and have your measure for a suit taken. York Drug Store?Reminds you that it is time to sow your turnip patch and wants you to see it for a variety of fresh seeds of the new crop. L. R. Williams?Is announced as a candidate for re-election to the office of probate Judge of York county. W. R. Bradford?Is announced as a candidate for the house of representatives from York county in the approaching primary election. The state campaigners are to be in Yorkvilie. next Thursday week. Next Monday, August 3, at twelve o'clock is the final limit for the entrance of county candidates for pub lie office. The Tirzah people will have their annual picnic on the occasion of the county campaign meeting on August 7. In addition to the campaigners they announce as speakers Messrs. Finley and Stevenson. Hon. John L. Mel^aurin and Hon. J. K. Henry. The Tirzah picnic is always largely attended. and it is expected that the occasion this year will be no exception to the general rule. In the report of the congressional campaign meeting in Yorkvllle, last Thursday, Mr. Stevenson was quoted as saying that the state convention of two years ago would neither instruct 'or nor endorse Mr. Wilson for the presidency. What he said was that the convention would not instruct for this candidate, but did endorse him. The outlook is that there will be a tremendous crowd at the annual picnic o* LNlV\oe? ?nvt ITS* I rl o tr All (ho dates for state offices, United States senate and congress, have been invited, and the understanding is that most of them have accepted the invitation. We have not been advised as to the programme; but if all the candidates are expected to appear on the speakers' stand, there will not be much more than time enough to say: "I am glad to have the opportunity of speaking to this splendid gathering of York county people, and I hope to be remembered by you on the 25th of August." There is much interest in the motorcycle races, and there will be many people who do not care much about politics who will go to the picnic on account of this unusual special attraction. As will be seen by the card in another column, the mill workers and oth?*r laboring people of Rock Hill, are asking the election of a candidate to the general assembly. They have put in nomination Mr. E. Gettys Nunn, a weaver, employed in the Victoria cotton mill. Mr. Nunn is a young man, without any personal political aspirations, and is really not anxious to enter the list; but his fellow workers, having selected him as their candidate, and promised to hack him to the limit, he has decided to make the race. Discussing his candidacy last night, he said that since he is in it, he hopes to be elected, and if so he will do the best he can to creditably represent not only his fellow workers in the mills and shops ami on the rarms; nut the people of the county generally. But whether he is elected or not, he says he is assured in advance of the accomplishment of the main object of his candidacy, that is, to afford his fellow workers an opportunity to give full expression to their sentiments. FOR THE HAIL SUFFERERS The following subscriptions have been received under the recent proclamation of Governor Blease asking for help for people living in the stormstricken districts of York county: Gov. Cole L. Blease, Columbia, $25 00 la. *>i. unsi s ouns, luinvme. .. to vv A. C. Kauffman, Charleston... 10 00 T. D. Lashley, Kollock, S. C.... 2 00 W. A. Clark. Columbia 5 00 Jno. M. Wllliford, Yorkvllle... 5 00 Ceo. L. Baker, Columbia 25 0'' Colin McK. Grant, Charleston . 50 00 B. H. Willis. Cottageville 5 00 Cash, Leesville, S. C 5 00 J. H. Coltharp, Fort Mill 5 00 , Jas. L. Quinby, Graniteville ... 5 00 M. H. Blair, Sharon 10 00 , Rev. Henry Stokes, Yorkville . 5 00 H. L. Spencer, Cheraw, S. C. .. 1 00 W. E. Ferguson, foreman 1 00 J. C. Blair, Sharon No. 1 5 00 W. T. BeamKuard, Clover 5 00 , I.ancaster Council, No. 38. Jr. O. U. A. M., John A. Cook, R. S 20 00 J A. J. Harvey, Macbeth. S. C... 1 00 ; Clover Leaf Council, No. 23, . Jr. O. U. A. M., Clover. S. C. 10 00 fi I. Garrison foreman 1 00 , People of Sharon through J. S. Hartness. Cashier First National Bank 84 75 Total $:!11 75 WITHIN THE TOWN ? The enrollment figures at the two Yorkville boxes are about 250 short of the vote of two years ago. ? The enrollment books close at 6 , o'clock this evening, and those who may not have enrolled before that time are out of it. ? The I'nion baseball team defeated 1 the Ancona mill team on the latter's : grounds Friday afternoon. The score ( was 18 to 11. ! ? The Ancona Cotton mill resumed J work yesterday morning after having , suspended operations for a week in I order to make improvements on the machinery. ? The town council has prohibited the sale of newspapers on Sunday. People are not allowed to buy papers even from the news butchers on the trains. ? The Neely and Travora Cotton mills have suspended operations for the week, in order to make repairs on the machinery. The Lockmore cotton mill will not close down on account of the Filbert picnic Friday, but will allow as many of its employes to attend as wish to do so. ? in a game reaiureu ny me neavy hitting of both teams, the Neely Cotton mill baseball team defeated the Highland Park Mill of Rock Hill. Saturday afternoon on the Graded school grounds by a score of 17 to 15. Batteries: N'eely Mill?Marshall and S. Finley; Highland Park Mill?Ferguson and Armstrong. ? There is friction between the fire department and the town council over the question as to where the jurisdiction and authority of the one ends and the other commences as to matters relating to the lire department. There is talk of resignations, etc., but from what could be gathered this morning, it is thought that the whole matter may be adjusted at a conference to be held this evening or as soon as it can be arranged. SHARON CONTRIBUTIONS The people of Sharon have contributed the sum of $84.75 for the benefit of the hail storm sufferers of Bethel, Ebenezer, York and Catawba townships. The amount was turned over to Mr. W. D. Crist, chairman of the relief committee, this morning, by Mr. John S. Hartness, cashier of the First National bank of Sharon, together with the following list of contributors. W. L. Hill $10 00 J. E. Latham 5 00 J. S. Hartness 5 00 Jno. C. Kirkpatrick 5 00 J. L Rainey 10 00 J. H. Saye 5 00 E. B. Hunter 5 00 W. B. Arrowood 5 00 J. S. Rainey 5 00 V. K. Plaxlco 1 00 O. W. Whitesldes 1 00 L H. Good 50 H. A. Hope 25 A. F. Plexlco 50 C. L. Kennedy 1 00 W R. Purgess 50 J. M. Plexlco 50 Porter B. Kennedy 1 00 J. D. Hope 50 B. F. Childers 1 00 w s Philflprs 25 \V. G. Hays .. . .... 50 J. L. Duncan 50 S. A. Mitchell 50 J. P. Latham 1 00 J. R. Childers 1 00 Shnnnon-Smarr Co 5 00 T. M. Xelson 25 W. F. McOIll 1 00 S. A. Ollfillan 50 J. J. Jones 2 00 J. A. Shannon 1 50 W. L. Latham 2 00 E. E. Sherer 1 00 S. O. Carroll 2 00 B. E. Trammel 1 00 J. S. Plexlco 2 00 584 75 THE DISTRESS CALL Following are some of the letters accompanying contributions made in behalf of the hail storm sufferers in this county: Clover. July 25. 1914. Mr. W. D. Grist, Chairman. Storm Sufferers' Relief Committee. TVao.- Clr Enclosed herewith you will find chpek for Ten (10) Dollars, contributed for the relief of the hall storm sufferers by Clover Council No. 23, Jr. O. U. A. M. Resides this contribution, the council will give special aid to several of its members who reside In the stricken territory. With best wishes for your success in this worthy cause, I am, Yours truly. Jas. A. Barrett, R. S. Mr. W. D. Grist. Chairman. Relief Committee, ' Yorkville, S. C. Penr Sir: Enclosed herewith I hand you cashier's check for Twenty (20) Dollars, donated by Lancaster Council No. 38, Jr. O. U. A. M.. of Lancaster, for the relief of the people of York county who lost their crops in the recent hail storm. This check came to me by today's mall, and in turning it over to you as chairman of the committee designated by the governor to look after relief work that is so sorely needed. I am sure the splendid spirit expressed 1 * 1 \ r.* f , V-* orott' I t h an. in nruuiei v lm?i\ ? icun, nviv.>?... v.. rinsed will be fully complied with. With best wishes, I am Very truly, Jas. E. Beamguard. Lancaster, July 22. 1914. Hon. J. E. Beamguard, Past State Councilor, Jr. O. U. A. M., Clover, S. C. Pear Sir and Brother: Enclosed please find cashier's check for *20. donated by Lancaster Council No. .98, Jr. O. U. A. M.. of Lancaster S. C.. for the relief of the people who lost their crops in your county by hail several days ago. We are sending Bro. W. P. Thomasson, Jr.. State Councilor, a check for the same amount for the stricken people in Laurens county. I'se this to the best advantage amongst these people and oblige. Yours V. L. & P. John A. Cook. R. S.. Lancaster, No. 38. THE HAIL DAMAGE. Commissioner of Agriculture Watson has given out for publication the following report from Mr. S. M. Sloan, chief inspector of his department, which report explains itself fully: "In acordance with your instructions I went with Inspectors Bonner and Groeschel to Rock Hill, on the early morning train, Monday, July 20, to offer our services in assisting the hail stricken farmers of York county, this hail storm having occurred July 6. "As soon as we arrived at Rock Hill, we reported to C. L. Cobb, who is a member of the relief fund committee appointed by Governor Blease, and also a member of the committee from the Rock Hill Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Cobb called in John T. Roddey, the chairman of the Chamber of Commerce. and his secretary, Farm Demonstration Agent McGowan. After a consultation it was found that there had been about $3,000 subscribed to this relief fund, and out of this a little over $2 600 had already been expended in seed and distributed to the farmers of that section. They reported that more money was coming in and more seed had been ordered. They also stated that in so far as the seed situation was concerned they had that pretty well in hand for the immediate section around Rock Hill, but that more was needed in the northwestern portion of the county. "This hail storm practically destroyed an area beginning five miles below Rock Hill and extending twenty miles above Rock Hill, with an average width of four and a half to five miles. In addition to the great loss from the destruction of the crops eighteen cows were killed in that section. I drove ...I.I, M? D...1.K.,. ,,f thin ,>.... ..... ........... ....r. ?. Kw. ...... hail stricken belt and found that the horrible tales which have been heard of this terrible calamity have not been told in strong enough language to depict the true condition of affairs. Indeed. one can only get a true conception of grief and poverty surrounding these people by actually going over this section and seeing for themselves, ["arm after farm and mile upon mile of this land is a scene of total destruction. Crops of both corn and cotton which had every promise of yielding large returns are left a scene of destitution which would remind one of the pale winter scene during the month of January. Con. that had stood from four and a hal' to six feet high was stripped of its foliage and beaten down to the ground. Cotton which averaged from one to two feet high was on a whole totally destroyed; only here and there, where there were woods to protect it, could be seen a few lonesome stalks of cotton. The farmers are disheartened, tenants are leaving the farms, and when one stops to think of the situation calmly, if possible, which I might add would be impossible should he visit the scene in person, he would then and only then appreciate the real condition of affairs. Farmers who own their land might be able to borrow enough money to carry them over, but if this is hard on a land owner, what will become of the tenant who owns no land and who has already had merchants to advance him money and provisions over the prospects of a once promising crop, which during the hail storm was fully 90 per cent destroyed? Merchants, themselves, are hard struck and they could not, no matter how much they wished to, carry these farmers over from this season to the next. I think that I am conservative when I estimate that the loss to this particular section will come up above the half million dollar mark. "An appeal and a true appeal should be made for cash donations. In my opinion, it would be a very hard-hearted man or woman who would not gladly reach down in their pockets and contribute their mite could they have only a partial conception of the loss and the necessary suffering that will follow this disaster among the people of York county. At this season of the year it is too late to replant land in cotton; it might be possible for one to plant early Dent corn. As it now stands, one can only hope to partially recuperate by planting speckled and whippoorwill peas, anna oaa/1 n<ttn f aar I# +i%rv?r />/\itlfl Ka tunc orru, (iwiaiwcA, 11 iiifjr tuuiu uc secured; soy beans, millet, turnips and such like. Choice seeds have been distributed by the Rock Hill Chamber of Commerce just as fast as they could be secured. "Next year these farmers will need cotton seed to take the place of the cotton crop destroyed, and this fall there will be a demand for both oats and alfalfa." ABOUT PEOPLE Mrs. M. H. Metts of Atlanta, Oa., is visiting friends in Yorkville. Mr. George Cartwright of Gaffney, is visiting relatives in Yorkville. Miss Iola Garrison of Yorkville R. F. D. 3, is visiting friends in Greenville. Miss Mary Harshaw of McConnellsville, is teaching school at Forest Hill. Miss Alice Terry of Seneca, S. C.. is visiting Mrs. J. M. Starr, in Yorkville. Mr. B. H. Crosland of Aiken, is visiting his sister, Mrs. F. C. Riddle in Yorkville. Miss Berie Stacy of Clover, is visiting Miss Lottie Dunlap, on Yorkville R. F. D. 3. Mr. W. F. Smith of Fowler, Cal., is spending several weeKs witn relatives In York county. Miss Jean Roddey Black of Rock Hill, is visiting Miss Margaret Finley, in Yorkville. Mrs. Joseph Amos of Spartanburg, is visiting her sister, Mrs. C. J. Young blood, in Yorkville. Messrs. T. P. Moore. Sr., and T. P. Moore. Jr., of Charlotte, spent Sunday. In Yorkville. Mrs. M. J. Dover of Jacksonville, Fla.. visited Mrs W. M. McLoud, in Yorkville, this week. Mr. B. L. Jones, of Laurens, visited the family of Dr. A. Y. Cartwright, in Yorkville, this week. Mrs. Julia Simms of Winthrop college, is the guest of Mrs. R. J. Herndon. in Yorkville. Mr. Thomas Adickes of Raleigh, N. C.. spent Sunday, with Mrs. H. W. Adickes. in Yorkville. Mrs. J. W. J. Burnett of Greenwood, is the guest of her sister, Mrs. J. H. Machen in Yorkville Mrs. J. n. urennan ana aaugniers, Marie and Bessie, are visiting Mrs. H. A. D. Neely, in Yorkville. Mr. Clarence Borders of King's Creek, visted Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Miller in Yorkville, this week. Miss Blanche Sanders of Chester, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Robert Harper, in the Point section. Mrs. E. E. Gillespie and children of Yorkville, are spending some time with relatives in North Carolina. Master Bennie Ferguson of Lancaster, is visiting his sister Mrs, J. M. Simril, on Yorkville R. F. D. 2. Miss E. C. Carroll who has been spending several weeks in Rock Hill, has returned to her home in Filbert. Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Robinson of Lancaster, visited Mrs. Mary Simril, on Yorkville R. F. D. 2, last week. Misses Beatrice Boyd and Leon, Eva and Margaret Cook of Yorkville, are visiting relatives and friends at Clovi?r Misses Daisy Williams and Mamie Castles of Lakeland. Fla., are visiting Mr. and Mrs. 0. W. Williams, in Yorkvllle Mrs. W. R. Carroll of Yorkvllle, left yesterday afternoon for Baltimore, to visit Mr. Carroll, at Johns Hopkins hospital. Miss Juanita Neely has returned to her home in Old Point, after a visit to Miss Lottie Bell Simrll, near Yorkvllle. Mrs. J. M. Ferguson, who has been undergoing treatment in a New York hospital, has returned to her home in Vorkville. Mr. William Allison of Charlotte, spent Saturday and Sunday in Yorkville. the guest of his mother, Mrs. N. O. Allison. Miss Lula Moore Logan, who has been attending the summer school at Winthrop college, has returned to her home in Yorkvllle. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Adams and children of Rock Hill and Miss Lydia Condrey of Greenville, are the guests of Miss Laura Jenkins in Yorkville. Misses Clara Bell Williams of Chester. Julia Love of MeConnellsville and Louise Parrott of Darlington, are the quests of Mrs. R. A. Bratton in Yorkville. Mrs. Rebecca Bratton returned to her home in Yorkville, last night, after a visit to the family of her son. Dr. T. Sumter Bratton at Fort McPherson, Atlanta, Ga. Mr. W. H. Herndon who has been unite sick at his home in Yorkville for several weeks past, was taken to Chester, Saturday, where he will undergo an operation. The following are among Yorkville people who left this morning on the Southern Railway's mountain excursion: P. B. Parish. Ellie Stewart. Johnson Cameron, T. T. Sandifer, J. S. Sandifer. Laurensville Herald: Mr. G. Pet Smith, formerly prominently identified with the political affairs of Laurens county, having the honor of representing the county in the legislature for one or two terms, was a visitor here campaign day. He now lives at Rock Hill and is devoting his time strictly to business, thdugh it is understood that his friends over there are trying to get him to run for the legislature. He hps. however, declined. He came to Li ens on the occasion of the campaign meeting mainly for the opportunity, he said, that he would have ?< hnn/lporla ??f r?lrl fripr?H? LOCAL LACONICS Common Pleas. In the ease of J. T. Yarborough as administrator of the estate of T. E. Yarborough vs. the Seaboard Air Line R.v., the jury returned the following verdict: "We tind for the defendant." This ease completed the roster of the court of common pleas. Most of yesterday was taken up in the hearing of equity matters. Eight Thousand Potato Slips. Mr. C. W. Kelly of Columbia, has contributed 8,000 Nancy Hull potato slips, to lie distributed among the farmers of the hail stricken section of Bethel township at the meeting of the Improvement association next Thursday. Mr. Kelly says the slips may be put out now with a reasonable guarantee that they will yield a good crop. Farmers' Institutes. Three farmers' institutes are to be held in York county during the month' of August. The lirst of the meetings which is to be "vetch and clover day," is to be held in Yorkvllle, August 12; the second at Oak Ridge, Aug. 13, and the third at Gold Hill, Aug. 14. Various phases of farm life and work will he discussed at all of the meetings. Congressional Candidate at Fort Mill. Port Mill special of July 25, to Charlotte Observer: W. F. Stevenson of Cheraw, a candidate for congressional honors from the Fifth district, spoke here last night to an audience of more than 300 people. He was well received and spoke for an hour and a half from the stand in Confederate Park. His opponent. D. E. Finley, the present congressman, was to have been here at the same time but was called to Washington. Dies from Knife Wound. Henry Long, an employee of the Fort Mill Mfg., Co., died in the Fennell Infirmary, at Rock Hill, last week, from a knife wound received about three weeks ago at the hands of Marshall Sanders, also an employee of the mill. The wound was unintentional, Sanders throwing the knife at Long in a spirit of play. The wound was not regarded as serious at first, but complications setting in, amputation of Long's leg failed to save his life. Upon learning of the death of Long, sanaers piacea nimseu 111 me cusiuuy of Magistrate Harris. No action has been taken. Seeds for the Farmers. In reply to a letter from Mr. W. D. Grist, of the Hail Sufferers' Relief committee, asking for such help as may be possible at Washington, Hon. A. F. Lever, chairman of the committee on agriculture, writes that he has taken the matter up with Secretary Houston and the secretary has promised to immediately look into the situation to see if additional seed can be sent to this locality. Mr. Lever does not knpw of anything else that can be done unless congress shall make direct appropriation for the relief of the storm sufferers, and he is unwilling to suggest any encouragement along that line because he considers such an event doubtful. The Filbert Motorcycle Race. The time limit for entrants in the motorcycle race to be held at Filbert Friday, expired last Saturday. Seven motorcyclists paid the entrance fee of $2.50. They are: Carl Laughrldge, Guv Killian. Gastonia: Archie Tern pleton, Charlotte; Cleveland Jenkins, Clover; B. G. Lilly, Filbert: C. A. Boney, W. B. Thomasson, Yorkville, The race course Is one mile In length, the start to be made just above the house of Mr. Jesse Parrott and the finish to be on a line with the Filbert depot Three prizes are to be given, the first of $25, and the second and third of $15 and $10. Owing to the narrowness of the spur, each racer will run individually. The time of each will be recorded by means of a stop watch. The Filbert Spur will be scraped and put in as good shape as possible on the morning of the races. The arrangement committee has made quite extensive preparations for the amusement and pleasure of the crowd. A merrygo-round has already been erected, and it is probable that a picture show will be in operation throughout the day. The understanding is that several automobile agents will demonstrate the merits of their respective cars also. According to some of those who have been familiar with the Filbert picnics for years, indications point to one_of the largest crowds ever seen at filbert or any place in the county. THE MclNTOSH STATEMENT Wounded Doctor Say* He Did Not Sign the Paper. Dr. James Mcintosh, who was wounded on the streets of Columbia on last Thursday morning, says that he did not sign the certificate published in the newspapers as having been given by himself and Dr. A. B. Knowlton. Dr. Mcintosh had recovered sufficiently by noon Saturday to give out a complete statement of the affair, and the same was published in the papers of Saturday afternoon and of Sunday morning. The doctor's story of the shooting was a re-iteration of the first statement but was given in more detail. Referring to the Richey matter, he said that he and Dr. Knowlton had visited the penitentiary on Jan. 9, 1912, and not on January 19, the date of the paper read by Governor Blease. He said that the statement he signed was written by himself with pen and ink on penitentiary stationery, whereas the statement in question was written on a typewriter on the stationery of the Knowlton hospital. Dr. James Mcintosh, the father of the wounded man went to the governor's office on Friday and told Mr. John K. Aull that his son was very nervous, and was anxious to see the original statement. Mr. Aull said that the paper was then in the possession of the governor, and the governor was in Lexington; but the matter would be taken up with him as soon as he returned to the office. Mr. John K. Aull, who was born in Newberry and raised with the Mclntoshes, made affidavit that the signature in question was without a doubt that of Dr. James Mcintosh. \f r Tnhn T Pn rlo n hrnthor.ln .la w of the late Dr. A. B. Knowlton, made affidavit that he was thoroughly familiar with the handwriting of Dr. Knowlton and the signature on the paper is genuine. He knew nothing of Dr. Mcintosh's writing and as to it he could not swear. On the return of Governor Blease to his office Saturday night. Col. Walter H. Hunt of Newberry telephoned a request that the paper be taken to the hospital. Governor Blease went to the hospital, accompanied by Col. John K. Aull and Mr. W. F. Blackburn, and in the presence of these gentlemen along with Col. Walter H. Hunt, Dr. James Mcintosh, Mr. Douglass McKay and Mr. Chas. H. Barron, turned the paper over to Dr. James Mcintosh for his examination. After looking over the paper Dr. James Mcintosh said: "This signature is a very clever imitation, but it is not mine." Governor Blease said that this ^ s the only paper signed by Drs. Knowlton and Mcintosh relating to the Richey case that had been filed with him. The Spartanburg Journal of yesterday atternoon, prints the following signed statement from J. Frank Clinkscales: "My attention has been called to the dispute between Dr. James H. Mcti.nl fDo-nrn,... Ul^oo^ r? u th,. genuineness of the signature purporting to be that of Dr. James H. Mcintosh signed to the Richey certificate. I was employed to assist in securing a pardon or parole from Governor Blease for R. A. Richey, who had been convicted at Abbeville, of statuatory rape. I had represented Mr. Richey at his trial in court of general sessions and after the supreme court refused to grant him a new trial, Mrs. R. A. Richey and VV. It. Richey, of Laurens, requested me to assist them in securing a pardon or parole for Mr. Richey, whom I considered innocent and who, in my opinion, should never have been convicted if a fair trial had been accorded him. 1 know nothing of the statement of Dr. Mcintosh except that I hud my attention called to it while in ine governor s omce at <;oiumDia. ; and I wrote Mr. W. R. Richey at I^aurens to see Dr. Mcintosh and secure another and better certificate. I did not consider that the certificate he had given was strong enough and for j that reason wanted a better certificate. I was not at the state penitentiary when the certificate was signed by Dr. Mcintosh nor have I ever seen Dr. Mcintosh sig- any statement, as I do not know the gentleman personally. All I know ccncerning this certificate was what i heard in regard to the same wher I was in the office of Governor Blease when I was in Columbia and the certificate was obtained by W. R. Richey. I never saw this certificate and cannot say whether the same was written in handwriting or on a typewriter. I do not know Dr. Mcintosh personally and never saw him sign any certificate nor did I know the exact date the signature was secured, but my impression now is that it was obtained about the first week of January. "J. Frank Clinkseales." Witnessed by: Rloise Kerr. \V. J. Comack. Note:?So far as the record has been published, we have not seen any . statement to indicate that there is a "dispute" between Governor Blease and Dr. Mcintosh as to the genuineness of the doctor's signature. Governor Blease was quoted last Thurs- | day, as saying that if Dr. Mclntosn said the signature was not genuine, he would gladly Join the doctor in the search for the forger. The Columbia State of this morning, prints the Clinkscaies affidavit and also an affidavit from W. R. Richey, attorney, of the Laurens bar, and a brother of R. A. Richey, the convicted j man. In his affidavit W. R. Richey * says he took up the paper because he was convinced of his brother's innocence, and that he would have been acquitted if he had gotten a fair trial. He. himself, employed Drs. Knowlton and Mcintosh, along with other repu- . table physicians, to make the examl- % nation in the case and that he had paid Dr. Knowlton the fee for the Knowlton-Mclntosh examination. He says the certificate in question is now as he received it from Dr. Knowlton and as he turned It over to Governor Blease and ne cannot unaersiana wnj Dr. Mcintosh should deny the signature, which he believes is genuine. He calls attention to the fact that the certificate Is contained In Governor ? Blease's book of pardons for 1913, and ' is a part of the legislative records, and wonders why question is being raised only now after the thing has been a matter of public record for more than eighteen months. He says that if he had time and opportunity to get together his records and memoranda, he could clearly establish that this is the original signature of Dr. Mcintosh. The affidavit was sworn to before Wade Hampton Cobb in Columbia, yesterday. WAR IN EUROPE Austria and Servia Fall Out and Con- m ditions Look Serious. ^ Austria and Servia are at war and the whole of Europe is now a powder mine with the fuses already lighted. a * 1 1 - that ana Durning i? me iiuuiuianuu v..? has been coming over the cables within the past three days. ? The trouble has been smouldering for years; but so far as the world in general is concerned, the Information is as a thunder clap from a clear sky, because the cricis arose and came to a culmination within the past sixty hours. The recent assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, was the work of Servian conspirators, and * holding Servia responsible, Austria on Thursday gave her troublesome neighbor to understand that unless within forty-eight hours she should apologize and bind herself to hunt down and punish the assassins of the archduke, and bind herself to remain on her good H behavior afterward, she must take the consequences. The demand also carried the requirement that all secret political organizations in Servia must be suppressed forthwith and not al lowed to renaouitate menisci v<n>. Servla asked for an extension of time, and several of her friends including Russia, joined in the request; but Austria would not wait and when the time limit expired on Saturday, Servia had not yet complied with Austria's wishes. The news of yesterday was to the effect that both countries had drawn a strict cordon of secrecy around their respective boundaries; but rumors * have crept through to the effect that several Servian army officers had been captured along the Danube in Servian territory by Austrians, and as Belgrade the capital of Servia, is tight across the Danube from Austria, and with little or no protection In the 4 shape of fortifications, it was assumed that the Austrians had gone on and captured the city. It is stated as.s fact that the Servian officials hau abandoned Belgrade during Saturday, and were hurrying to points in the interior, and the Servian army is mobilizing at Nish or Kraguyeratz and at Novipazar. While there seems to be no question A of the ability of Austria to overcome Servia, it is generally admitted that unHoptai/inff involves more than childs' play. In the recent Balkan war when Servia, Greece, Bulgaria and Montenogro went against Turkey, the Servians had 400,000 men in the field and her armies gave such a good ac- r count of themselves as to make Austria take notice. Since the establishment of peace with Turkey, the Servians have been conducting themselves with more or less disregard of Austrian dignity and power, and the situation had at last become unbearable. In a general way the situation is this: The population of Servia and a Montenegro is Slavic, as Is also a good part of the population of southern Austria, especially the province of Bosnia. There is much in common between Servia, Bosnia and Montenegro, as well as the other Slavic people of surrounding territory, and the feeling ^ against the Teutonic Austrians is ? very strong. The Austrians do not think any more of the Slavs than the Slavs do of the Austrians. It Is pretty generally admitted that if Servia had plenty of money she could give Austria lots of trouble; but there is a feeling that without financial resources she cannot last long on her own account. Montenegro stands ready to help Servia for all she is worth; but she also is quite small and although Bosnia and other Slav prov- ^ inces can furnish many fighting men, they can furnish no money. The talk throughout the world is that if the issue between Servia and Austria can be localized, and kept within its own territory, the general result may not be very far reaching; but it is a serious question as to whether this can happen. Russia is said to be mobilizing her armies, and if Russia intervenes, then Germany is compelled under the triple alliance agreement to step in. That will bring England and France in on the same side with Russia and Italy is bound to come to the help of Germany and AusIntmltflni* niau/itinn llu tho ii i u., niuo uivuiviiig yi uctiuauj vuv whole of Europe. News Is to the efTect that Russia Is mobilizing her armies, Germany is In a fever of excitement and England has % countermanded orders under which her fleets were to have been scattered. While there is still hope that the situation may be cleared up without involving the other powers it is admitted everywhere that things look serious. England has conditions approaching A very near to Civil war on her hands in Ireland, and France is dealing with a very much confused political situation that makes war inconvenient and unwelcome. London, July 27.?An engagement between Austrians and Servians is reported to have occurred on the Danube, but no details are available, it is not believed" to be of importance. ? - I * ^ milL AUiiiria nua nui jci u^ciicu uci limitary operations so far as can be learned here. # Meanwhile diplomacy is proceeding along two separate lines to avert the war if possible, and if that is impossible, to localize the conflict. First, Sir Edward Gray, the British secretary of state for foreign affairs, has proposed to the powers a plan for Joint media- ? tion which, it is said. France and Italy 9 already have accepted. Germany has not yet replied and her acceptance is regarded as doubtful. Sir Edward Gray explained in the house of commons his idea, which was that the four powers, Great Britain, France, Germany und Italy, co-operate in an endeavor to arrange the dispute between Austria and Servia on the basis of Servia's reply to Austria's ultimatum. Should the British foreign secretary's offer fail to avert war, it is expected he will endeavor by some means to prevent complications by confining the hostilities to Austria and Servia. The second line of diplomatic enleavor, from which even more Is hoped tonight, is taking place at St. Petersburg between the Russian minister of foreign affairs. Sergius Sazonjff, and the Austrian ambassador. It is understood that M. Sazonoff is making a strenuous effort to bring ibout a direct understanding and that 1 solution on these lines would be more agreeable to Germany than ^ 3reat Britain's conference proposal. The Russian emperor has postponed his intended visit to Finland in order :o be In the capital during the crisis. [t is said that Russia is urging Servia :o give Austria the fullest possible satisfaction. Ik An extremely warlike spirit prevails n Vienna, where the evening papers Jeclare the Servians are only making evasions and that therefore it Is impossible for the Austrian government ;o retreat. Further they hint that wen should Servia accept the Austrian