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Scraps and .facts. ? Hoke Smith has been overwhelmingly nominated to succeed himself as United States senator. Joseph M. Brown was his opponent. The probability is that there will be a second race between Congressman Hardwick and Governor John M. Slaton for the unexpired term of Senator Bacon. ? There has been no information yet of Germany's reply to the Japanese demand for the evacuation of Kiao Chow. If Germany makes reply it is expected that the reply may go through the state department at Washington; but it is probable that there will be no reply. It is frequently the rule in such matters to let events take their course. ? Attorney General James McReynolds of Tennessee was nominated by President Wilson on Wednesday to succeed the late H. H. Lurton as associate justice on the United States supreme court bench, and Thomas Watt Gregory of Texas, was nominated to succeed him as attorney general. Mr. Gregory is now the assistant attorney general. ? Pope Pius X died at 1.20 o'clock yesterday morning. He had been ill for several days, but alarming symptoms did not develop until Wednesday morning. Throughout the day Dr. Marchiatava and Dr. Amici devoted their utmost energies to stimulating their patient and keeping him alive. The cardinals were notified of the pope's grave condition and some of them who entered the sick room describe the scene as heartrending, especially when the pontiff, rousing himself from time to time, spoke. Once he said: "In ancient times the pope by a word might have stayed the slaughter, but now he is impotent." Prayers were said by thousands and church bells sounded when the sacrament was exposed upon all the altars. When the court learned of the pope's condition there was tfu deepest concern. King Victor Emmanuel personally informed Queen Helena and the news was communicated to the queen mother. Extreme unction was administered by Mgr. Zampini, sacristan to his holiness, amid a touching scene. The pope's sisters and his niece were overcome with grief. Cardinal Merry del Val knelt by the side of his bed, where other cardinals joined him, members of the household intoning prayers. The dying pope, in a moment of lucidity, said: "Now I bec?ir. think ms prw] is aDDroach ing, that the Almighty in his inexhaustible goodness, wishes to spare me the horrors Europe is undergoing." ? Just how close the United States came to being involved in a war with Mexico as recently as a fortnight ago, was revealed last Tuesday by high officials of the administration. When General Carranza abruptly rejected overtures of the peace envoys sent by Provisional President Carbajal and at the same time ignored diplomatic efforts of the American government to bring about a peaceful entry to the Constitutionalists into Mexico City, drastic measures were urged upon President Wilson. A majority of the cabinet, it is said, urged sending American troops from Vera Cruz to the Mexican capital to prevent anarchy then expected to follow from the failure of the Carbajal government and the Constitutionalists to reach an agreement. President Wilson, however, firmly resisted all pressure, urguing that sending American troops to Mexico City probably would mean war with the Constitutionalists. A few days later overtures came from the Curbajal government to the effect that if American troops would come to preserve order they would be assisted. The president rejected all approaches believing the Constitutionalists themselves would maintain order. He gave his attention instead to the possible split between Villa and Carranza and renewed efforts to harmonize the leaders. To carry out this purpose, the president sent a personal friend, Paul Fuller, a New York lawyer, to see both Villa and Carranza. Mr. Fuller saw the president and Mr. Bryan secretly in Washington and has Just arrived in Villa's headquarters, where he is co-operating with George C. Carothers. American consular agent, in urging Villa to join with Carranza in maintaining peace in Mexico. Announcement of the fact that Mr. Fuller had gone to see Villa, was made by Secretary Bryan yesterday. White House officials said Mr. Fuller went to Mexico merely to gather information for the Adminis irauon. n was reported in some quu?ters that Mr. Fuller was sent to familiarize himself with conditions and that he eventually might be named as ambassador to Mexico. ? The following extracts from a private letter received in London from an English correspondent with the Belgian forces, gives an idea of the difficulties of war correspondents under modern conditions: "I am having a dash of a time with these military blighters. Most of my afternoons and evenings are spent in jail. I have a pass from the Belgian war office, with my photo attached, and countersigned by the general staff, but the trouble is that no one apparently will recognize it. It's a pure bluff and not worth the paper it is written on. Also the peasants who are too infirm to go to the front, and the youngsters of every village throughout Belgium have turned themselves into a police force. If you try to go anywhere, outside of Brussels in an automobile, you are held up and searched and asked to show your papers. Yesterday, two Belgian journalists and myself went to Numur and Dinant, a journey of about eighty miles, hoping to discover the whereabouts of friends. I kept a record and found that we were stopped fifty-two times. On reaching Namur, on our way back, despite our official papers, we were arrested as spies, dragged off by a band of ferocious soldiers to military headquarters and followed by a savage mob anxious to lynch us. \Ve were kept there some time before being released. When we got to the commandant we found a London Times man already there, a prisoner. The most dangerous part of the game is that the average peasant is armed with a rusty blunderbuss, and carries one along ?he roads in the country. They cannot even read and official papers mean nothing to them. For them everything not wearing a Belgian uniform is a German spy. Some Belgian officers are little better than these ignorant peasants. Let me give you an example: yesterday on leaving Naniur on our way to Brussels three officers asked for a lift as far as the aerodrome. Anxious to oblige, we consented and drove them right inside the ground where the aeroplanes are kept. Once there, thy rewarded our kindness by denouncing us as spies, and ordering our arrest by soldiers. This will give you some idea of the difficulties encountered in attempting to get near where things are happening." ? The administration at Washing ton, according to a dispatch of Wednesday. has mapped out comprehensive plans for building up the American merchant marine with government money for the immediate purpose of transporting products of the I'nited States to warring European nations and to South and Central America. President Wilson, in consultation with Democratic congressional leaders, approved a project contemplating the expenditure of approximately J2a.OOU.OUO to purchase ocean going vessels to be operated under the direction of a government shipping board. (Jovernment insurance of American shipping and cargoes against war risks would be provided for in a bill submitted to congress today after it had been approved by the president. It would create a temporary bureau of war risk insurance in London and would appropriate $r?,000.uuu for payment of losses and $10u.Ouu to operate the bureau. Plans agreed on for the purchase by the government of ships include the creating of a shipping board to comprise the president, tin- secretary the treasury, the secretary of commerce and the postmaster general. It is proposed to use the ships principally in foreign trade and the administration hopes that great impetus will be given to trade with South and Central America. The present plan is to obtain money to carry out the project by the sale of Panama canal bonds. It was decided it might take some time for sutlicieiit ships to take advantage of the recent amended canal act allowing foreign built ships to register under the American flag and the necessity for moving the crops of the United States is so pressing that extraordinary steps were decided upon. ; it is planned to organize a company similar to the Panama Railway company. controlled by the government for the actual operation of the ships after they have been purchased. The president conferred with Secretary McAdoo. Senators Clarke and Simmons and Representatives Underwood and Alexander on the entire shipping question The war risk insurance bill was approved at the ineet| ing. The president was told that it would be impossible to move exports until the government stepped in and t he finally consented to the scheme. No offers to sell ships to the government have been received, but it was the general understanding that owners of many vessels now tied up in American ports will be glad to dispose of them. She aioouultf (Enquirer. Entered at the Postofllce in Yorkville as Mall Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE, S. C.: FRIDAY, AUGUST 21. 1914. One great drawback in the case of so-called emergency legislation is that generally there are slick, unscrupulous people who are ready to step in and secure the incorporation of provisions intended to line their own pockets. Some of the best informed military authorities of Europe express themselves as being of opinion that the present war will probably last for two years. If these authorities are sound, then we are of opinion that after gathering this year's crop the farmers 'will have enough cotton to last until . the close of the war. In the meantime food crops of all kinds will yield Uinn Viiiu OVBP been known before. . m . I We want the public to begin taking J note of lawyers and officials who use the legal and official advertising of which they have the direction for the purpose of helping or hurting newspapers. Some of this has been going on more or less all the time, and especially during the past few years. It is a , dangerous and insidious way of exert- , ing improper influence, and is inimical , of the welfare of the public. Such advertising as is referred to should be pub- , lished in the newspaper best calculated to reach the people for whom it is intended. A newspaper cannot meet , the conditions of men who would use ( the legal and official advertising at , their disposal as a reward or as a club without disloyalty not to say deliberate betrayal of the people who look to it i for honest treatment. A newspaper < should not be allowed to suffer because . of faithfulness to the people who look to it for honest service. The act of lawyers or officials in using official or i legal advertisements in the promo- < tion of personal ends is reprehensible, I and should be frowned down. It will be frowned down by all honest people ' who understand the situation. "In ancient times the pope might by a word have stayed the slaughter; but , now he is impotent," the dying pope of Rome is reported to have said yesterday. That is correct and well it is so. In ancient times there was as much vicious corruption in the Romish j church as there is elsewhere now, and J the probability is that the pope would have not stayed the slaughter. It is i certain that the popes were responsible for much unnecessary bloodshed in the old days. The pope could by a word I have stayed the fanatical loss of life involved in the crusades if he had wanted to, but he did not. It was prob- | ably very well that he did not because < the crusades undoubtedly resulted in 1 the advanc ment of civilization and j contributed remotely to the decline of the temporal power of the pope. We are not at all inclined to prejudice the \ 1 " nr. w.1 pope in mis mauer. >> c uchcvc ? ?uo X was as good a man as ever sat on 1 the pontifieial throne; but like all the i others he had a wrong and mistaken I view of his relation if not to the church 1 to the real Head of the church. That he 1 was honest in his view, we have no i doubt; but that he was mistaken we < are firmly convinced. 1 . , 1 We have seen it stated that France is doomed to destruction in the pros- i ent war among other things because 1 she has banished God from the state J and from the church. This is an im- j pression expressed by John P. Grace in i an exceedingly interesting editorial on 1 the great war in Europe. The purpose j of the editorial seems to be to cheer >. and sustain the Germans. We do not 1 much like to see men try to say what j God is going to do, because they have j no way of knowing. If it is a fact that France has banished God from the state and army then it is no doubt a fact that France will be punished; but < is it a fact. Can France or any other country banish God from anywhere? We do not see how. Although France has succeeded in separating church and i state and abolishing the governmental support of a priesthood, we cannot conceive that this means the banishment of God, the ignoring of God. or even the offending of God. Although 1 there are those who are pleased to re- , fer to "atheistic France,'* we are dis- i posed to feel that there is as much real Christianity in France today as when that country was known as the "Defender of the Faith." We dare say there is more. There are God fearing Christians also in Germany. Fngland, : Russia, Austria ana tne otner countries engaged in this great war; but we are unable to reason out just how this war could have possibly been brought about by or through the sanction of Christian teachings. However, while there is much in the whole thing that none of us are able to understand, no one need fear that find will not overrule it all to his own glory and the betterment of humanity. There is one idea in Senator Tillman's recent address to the people of the state that strikes us with very great force, and to which we would call especial and particular attention. And that is that people who are forever expressing impatience and contempt for the illiterate and so-called vicious elements will do well to cease their abuse and get rid of the "holier than thou idiocy," which seems to assure them. There is very little difference between white men of the Caucasian race, regardless i.f wealth, position, ancestry, culture and the like. It is well enough to remember that in this country of ours the pauper of today may very easily be the millionaire of tomorrow, and the millionaire of today may he the pauper of tomorrow. There arc men with college diplomas and university degrees who have not attained the intellectual development of men whose school opportunities were limited to the primary grades, and there are men and women of wealth and proud ancestry, who do not measure up from any standpoint to certain others who have no prouder claim as to birth than that their parents were honorably married. Thousands and hundreds of thousands of people all over this great land of ours have realized that if all men are not absolutely equal at the ballot box the fault is theirs and theirs alone, and the one strongest sentiment in the hearts and souls of these is contemptuous resentment against snobbish would be superiority on the part of others. Men who desire to rule must tirst learn how to serve, and they must li arn after that the attitude of a ruler in this country must be that of a sympathizing brother rather than of an irresponsible despot. We have but one objection in the world to compulsory education and that objection arises out of a belief that it is absurd to think of attempting to establish additional school facilities that will cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, until arrangements have been moHo to secure the hundreds of thous ands of dollars aforesaid. Believing this as iirmly as we do, we are not seriously impressed with any of the arguments we have heard on this subject as being based upon other than political demagogy or dense ignorance or elementary business principles. We do not hesitate to say that we want to see universal education, and we want to see the state of South Carolina prepare herself along these lines. But people who most need education are the people least able to pay for it. The people who need to be compelled to go to school for the good of themselves and the good of the state cannot pay their way, and the expenses must be derived from other sources. Every reasonable man ought to know that there can be no compulsory education until after there has been a revision of the tax system, and talk of that kind in the meantime is more or less foolish. When political leaders begin to argue for a thorough overhauling of the tax laws along lines that will make every individual contribute to the burdens of state in proportion to the income he has derived under the protection of the government and the property he possesses?when ..... liooi. loo-lolnturs serinnslv discussing the justice of levying properly graduated income taxes and inheritance taxes that will make the strong help carry the burdens of the weak, then we may know that compulsory education is coming. But until we do begin to note signs of the nature described, it may be assumed that compulsory education talk is little more than the merest clap trap. Well, if The Enquirer has done anything to prejudice anybody in this race we are not aware of it. We have not been trying to help or hurt any of the candidates so much as we have been trying to correctly inform our readers. We have not allowed any personal feelings or prejudices to enter into what we have had to say, so far is we were able to prevent. That the writer hereof has his own notion of men and issues in this campaign the same as other people have, goes withaut saying. There are men in the race that he considers fit for the various orfices for which they are running, and men who are unfit; but he does not consider that it is proper for him to undertake to communicate his individual view to any save personal friends tnd acquaintances who may especially : desire it. The reason for this position j is good. The writer's individual view is ( no better than the individual view of uiher men, and where he desires to im- ' press that individual view, it is proper for him to rely on the same means that other people use. Whatever may be the reason for one individual's support of one man, other individuals have i reasons which are to them as good for , the support of other men, and that pretty nearly covers the case. Where 1 we have printed anything that was not i true, if we have done so at all, it has been unintentional, and where we have . failed to print things that other people thought ought to have been printed, it ' was merely because we thought the | matter was not proper or material. ( There was involved a difference of judgment. That is all. And however i majority of the voters decide as between the various candidates next Tuesday, whether it be in accordance . with our judgment or not, we expect to do as we think all others should do, 1 take the verdict of the people as re- , corded and abide by the same until , such time as it may be changed to something more in keeping of our own 1 lUt*HS Ol Wllill UUKUl IU uc. ? Columbia special of August 19, to the Greenville News: The national banks of South Carolina, at a meeting belt! in Columbia this afternoon, unanimously organized a state association in order that they might comply 1 ivith and accept the advantages of the i t'reeland-Aldrich currency law which, , in the main, provides for emergency currency, issued through Federal supervision. The Federal law requires ' that every bank that joins must em- j power its president or vice president with a certain fixed resolution and so anxious were the assembled bankers today to follow the exact law in every detail to avoid delay and correspond- < ?nce that only such banks as sent the i formal resolutions and the proper i representative were accepted into the ' fold today. There are fifty-three na- 1 tional banks in the state, thirty-nine I banks at today's meeting actually subscribed and organized the state associ- i ition and many others were represent- ( ed but their formal signature will be delayed until papers are prepared. It Is thought that every national bank in I the state will join the association and i have the right to use emergency cur- | rency if deemed best. The meeting neiu ai ine jeiieisuii nuin w<ia (jicoiued over by W. A. Clark of Columbia. I The banks joining the association today liave a capital and surplus of $8,- i SOS,000 and the remaining banks will run the capitalization up to close ten millions. This will be the primary i backing of the emergency currency that will lie issued in this state. At the I meeting today, the following officers were unanimously elected: President, It. Goodwyn Rhett, Charleston: vice president, J. Pope Matthews, Columbia: treasurer, W. A. Clark, Columbia, The executive officers are members of the executive committee together with < Gilbert M. Merry of Columbia, J. W. Norwood of Greenville, and Chas. D. Jones of Lancaster. It was the indicated sense of the meeting that a majority of the executive committee should live in Columbia so that there would be the least possible delay in having any matter attended to and in this way J. P. Matthews, W. A. Clark, John T. Melton and Gilbert M. Merry, as members of the executive commitlee, will be a <|iiorum of the committee. C. J. Shannon, president of the State Hankers' association, will become a member of the executive committee, vice Jones, as soon as his bank <|tialifies and joins the association. It will be noted that every national bank in the cities of Charleston, Columbia. Spartanburg and Greenville, with the exception of the First National bank of Greenville, has joined the association and this particular bank is expected to join later as soon as its president returns to Greenville. The committee worked all the afternoon and this evening to get all necessary papers in shape in be immediately forwarded tu the department at Washington, and as soon as they have been passed by the treasury department, the South Carolina association will be given authority to get to work and take the necessary steps toward the issuance of "emergency currency" needed to move i and hold the cotton crop. At Wnlbnlln Tuesday, Mr. Irby answered the proposition made by Mr. Itiehards at Anderson on .Monday, to the effect that he would retire from the race if anybody would get a certificate from Coventor Hlcase stating that he, Itiehards, is not a loyal Measeite. by sating for himself: "No one has to get a certificate from Coventor Mease or anybody else as to my loyalty. My loyalty is known of all men, ami it hits been known for all these years." < LOCAL AFFAXR8. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS John I. Barron, Sec.?Gives notice that all children must be vaccinated or must have been vaccinated, before entering the Graded school. Kirkpatrick-Belk Co.?Suggests that you get ready for school, and has everything needful for proper equipment, coat suits to shoes. Lyric Theatre?Gives its programme of pictures for next week. A war picture in three parts, Tuesday. Thomson Co.?Says for you to pay for a suit of clothes tomorrow at half price. Made-to-measure clothes, in all styles, ranging in price from $13.50 to $45, guaranteed to fit. Sam M. Grist?Asks you about insuring your mules and horses against loss from any cause. He sells policies of Standard Live Stock Ins. Co. J. T. Crawford Ginning Co., McConnellsville, wants a first-class engineer. J. G. Sassl, Sachem?Gives notice of postponement of meeting of Big Chief Tribe, No. 61, I. O. R. M. Hugh G. Brown, Sheriff?Gives notice of sale under tax executions, of certain personal property, on salesday in September, during legal hours of sale. Yorkville Motor Car Co.?Announces that the price of Michelin automobile tires has not been raised on ac count of the war, and solicits your orders by letter, wire, phone, and will give you prompt service. J. J. Keller & Co.?Want you to knowthat they are prepared to furnish you with lumber and lumber products, hardware, paints, oils, varnishes, etc. Red cedar shingles. Wllkerson Merc. Co., and McGill Hros. ?On page four give you further information about the good qualities of Genasco ready rooting. Following the lead of The Enquirer, quite a number of newspapers through out the state have published copies of the club rolls. This information has been of especial value to candidates who desired to send literature to the voters. There are 4,570 dogs in York county according to the figures of Auditor r Dnthno/ln fnurnqhln with 7r? 1 and Fort Mill has fewer dogs than any other township, only 336. The figures run like this: Bethel, 417; Bethesda, 7f> 1: Broad River, 36C; Bullock's Creek, 460; Catawba, 60.1; Ebenezer, 3.10; Fort Mill, 336; King's Mountain, 6:15; vork, 630, Mr. Max G. Bryant, a member of the enrollment committee of Rock Hill club No. 1, prints a card in the Rock Hill Record in which he says he is willing to make affidavit that at least 60 per cent of the people whose names were signed on the club roll by him at their request, could have signed their own names had it been absolutely necessary for them to do so. He says that he signed the names of the parties :tt their request, generally because they were nervous, or not accustomed to writing with a pen. With today's installment, the publication of the York county club rolls is completed. Because this list would make a most excellent directory, we have had in mind the idea of publishing it in more convenient pamphlet form; but we are hesitating because of uncertainty as to whether there will be sufficient demand to pay for the labor. If we can get orders for 100 copies at 25 cents each, the publication will be a go. Otherwise we will consider the matter further. Correspondence and orders are solicited from those who are Interested. TUESDAY'S ELECTION The primary election takes place as next Tuesday, and The Enquirer will, as usual, endeavor to publish the result as soon after the polls are closed as possible. Because of the length of the ticket, the count promises to be rather slow, and it will probably be a late hour before the results are known at the larg?r boxes?more especially those of Kock Hill aos. i ana z. Arrangements are being perfected with friends at the different precincts to telephone or otherwise send in the results of the voting as soon as they are able to do so, and those of our subscribers who have been accustomed to receiving their papers on Tuesday afternoon may take this to mean a postponement until the next morning. YORK'S PERSONALTY The total value of all the taxable personal property in York county is 53,190,950, plus the bank assessments >fet to be added. This is according to the returns made to County Auditor B. M. Love for the year commencing January 1, 1914, as equalized by the county board. The items are made up as follows: 2,205 horses valued at $115,155; 8,435 rattle valued at $89,340; 5,624 mules tnd asses valued at $332,315; 225 sheep ind goats valued at $225; 3,857 hogs valued ut $11,795; 476 gold and silver watches valued at $7,230; 761 piano fortes valued at $31,160; 5,594 carriages valued at $108,725; 4,570 dogs, valued it $22,850; $341,755 worth of merchanJise; $1,155,670 worth of proper appertaining to manufactures; $455,140 worth of manufactured articles on hand; $19,830 cash in bank; $109,800 in credits; $358,705 worth of all other property. It is not practicable to make a comparison of the returns of personalty this year by townships with similar return last year for the reason that bank returns have not yet been added in this year's abstract. Without the bank returns however, that are to be added in the townships of liroad liiver, Catawba, Port .Mill, King's Mountain and York, the total difference is $395,395, and the figures are as follows: Township 1913 1914 liethel $ 104,495 $ 105,575 Hethesda 165,490 162,495 liroad River . .. 138,385 116,970 I hillock's Creek . 101,525 100.680 Catawba 1,156,120 904.552 Kbenezer 664.065 683,882 Port Mill 290,320 251,040 King's Mt 360,025 343,475 York 606,011 522,281 Total $3,586,345 $3,190,950 Last year the banks were assessed on a basis of 50 per cent of actual values ami this year the assessment is on a basis of 35 per cent, and when the bank assessments are added there will still be a very material decrease in the aggregate assessed value of the county's personalty as compared with last year. The lotiil number of assessable noils in tin1 county In 8,289, distributed among tlie townships its follows: Bethel, 491: Bethesda, 895; Broad River, faiti: Bullock's Creek, 576; Catawba, 2.216; Kbene/.er, 898; Fort Mill, tiOT; King's Mountain, 945; York, 1,1."f>. THE COUNTY CAMPAIGN Since Tuesday's issue of The Eniiuirer, there have been two meetings of the county campaign, "tie at Hickory drove and the other itt Blairsville, and both largely attended, because of the efforts of the good people of the respective communities to add extra attractions. At Hickory drove there was a barbecue and at Blairsville a picnic. The speaking routine was very much the same at Hickory drove as it had been at Clover, Bethany, and Smyrna, except that I>r. J. H. Saye devoted his lime mainly to Mr. Hutchison, and Mr. Hutchison was more vigorous and severe against the alleged bossisrn of Messrs. Mellow and Brice. Dr. Saye enllod Mr. Hutchison a fence strad dler, and Mr. Hutchison told the audience that if it believed he would not say at Yorkville what he had been saying at other places, to come and see. There were no feathers on his legs, he claimed?they had all been picked off and at Yorkville he expected to prove the fact. Hoth Dr. Saye and Mr. Hutchison were applauded. Mr. Cherry read a letter from Dr. J. L. Spratt, stating clearly that Dr. Spratt stood by the Brice-McDow caucus, and that he had withdrawn only because of the demands of business, etc. At Blairsville, yesterday, Mr. Hutchison was cheered enthusiastically, and when Mr. Cherry started to read Dr. Spratt's letter, the people told him that they did not care what Dr. Spratt said, what they wanted was to hear the letter that Mr. Brice had sent his nominees for the legislature. ABOUT PEOPLE Miss Kate Williford of Yorkville, is visiting relatives at Lesslie. Mr. Ernest Allen of Clover, visited friends in Yorkville, yesterday. Miss Lucie Johnson of Yorkville, visited friends in Hock Hill this week. Miss May Youngblood visited Miss Edna Ferguson near Filbert, this week. n v,.?b . *uuairi v_71uuj .utrdi laiiu ui iuiivville No. 7, is visiting relatives in Charlotte. Miss Carrie Xeal of Lancaster, is visiting Miss Lucie Johnson in Yorkville. Miss Jennie Pegram of Gastonia, is the guest of Mr. J. B. Pegram's family in Yorkville. Miss Margaret Percival of Rock Hill, visited Miss Macie Hagans in Clover, this week. Miss Kate Williford of Yorkville, is the guest of Miss Viola Clinton at Edgmoor. Miss lrma Ferguson of Yorkville, is visiting her father, Mr. T. M. Ferguson, in Columbia. Mr. Wade Euart of Arkansas, is visiting his sister, Mrs. D. T. Woods, in Yorkville. Dr. Otis L. Johnson'of Athens, Ga., is visiting his mother, Mrs. M. J. Johnson, in Yorkville. Mrs. Jennie Craig Duff of Gastonia, is the guest of Mr. R. R. McCorkle's family on Yorkville No. 6. Miss Jennie Lynn Whitesides of Hickorv Grove, is vlsitine relatives and friends in Sharon. Miss Lutie Jenkins of Yorkville, is visiting relatives and friends in Gastonia and Concord, N. C. Miss Mary Fant Herndon has returned to Yorkville, after visiting friends in Lenoir, N. C. Mrs. A. C. Mustard of Charleston, is visiting the family of Mrs. J. J. Hunter, in Yorkville. i Mrs. J. E. Thomas and children, of Jefferson, are visiting friends and rel- 1 atlves at Tirzah and Clover. Miss Mabel Flanagan of Clover, has i returned home after visiting Miss Annie Clinton on Yorkville No. 7. Mr. Harold James of Union, is visiting relatives and friends in Yorkville, the guest of Mr. Carroll (Srist. Miss Ada D. McElwee has returned ! to her home in Yorkville, after spending some time in Asheville, N. C. Miss Sophie Ewart has returned to ( Columbia, after a visit to the family of Mrs. Alice K. Ewart in Yorkville. ( Misses May Youngblood, Edna Ferguson and Hattie Lilley of Filbert, are , the guests of Mrs. H. G. Brdwn in : Yorkville. Mrs. R. M. Cross of Chester, and Mrs. D. M. Stead man of Caroleen, N. C.. are guests of Mrs. W. H. McConnell in Yorkville. ( Mr. H. C. White of the South Carolina inspecting and rating bureau is in ' Yorkville. re-rating the town for insurance purposes. Prof. B. C. Riddle, who has been nbinrr n oun/il <1 1 O/Utroo t\f uht/lv in Baltimore, Aid., returned to Yorkville, ( this week. Misses Maude and A fines Young- 1 blood have returned to (Mover, after < spending two weeks with relatives at Tirzah. Miss Mary and Master Robert Coop- ' er, of Winston-Salem, X. C? are the , guests of Mr. H. B. Laws' family in Yorkville. ^ Misses Mamie and Willie Parish have returned to their home in Yorkville, after visiting Misses Hattie and Lula < Beard in Gastonia. Mrs. I^acy L. Little, who has been < spending sometime with her sister, Mrs. W. H. Herndon, in Yorkville, left Wednesday for Mangrum, X. C. Master Tom and Miss Roclna Woods have returned to their home in Yorkville, after a visit of several weeks to relatives at Huntersville, N. C. 1 Messrs. Ed. Shillinglaw, J. C. Burge and Wm. J. Fewell were among the t Yorkville people who attended the 1 Farmers' meeting in Rock Hill, yes- 1 terday. t Misses Johnsie Jamison and Rebec- J ea Walters of Charlotte, Ruth Braw- j ley of Mooresville, X. C., and Maud ( Brown of Rook Hill, are the guests of | Misses Fannie and Maud Stroup in Yorkville. Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Blackwel- ^ der of Greenville, have announced the , engagement of their daughter, Mary , Elizabeth, to Rev. W. W. Lipscomb. ( Rev. Lipscomb is the pastor of Clover ( and Union Baptist churches. I THE EVE OF ELECTION i 1 me county canvass which nus ucm stretched over rather more time this year than usual comes to a close at Yorkville tomorrow, and the balance of the time between the close of the canvass and the opening of the polls next Tuesday will he utilized by the various candidates as their respective interests seem to demand. On the part of the public there is a K<?od deal of speculation as to the probable result of Tuesday's elections, especially as to the senatorial and gubernatorial races. The speculation is more marked in these particular races because of the element of partisanship that is more conspicuously involved. Two years ago there was a great deal of even betting as to whether Jones or Blease would carry the county; but so far as The Knqulrer has information, there are no such bets this year. It seems to be generally conceded among the politically wise that Kleasc will have a majority over Smith, . Jennings and Pollock, and the principal subject of difference is the amount of that majority. Some judges put it as high as 650, and some as low as ;tU0; but the most common estimate is 500. Most people on both sides of the question will be less surprised to see Ill*- k?'V?tiiiwi niajuiii.^ h" w?w www ^ than they will he to see Senator Smith carry the county at all. It is generally t believed that Jennings and l'ollock will i receive several hundred votes in this ) county that would otherwise go to ^ Smith; hut it is not expected that they t will interfere seriously with results. , The party leaders on the Conserva- t live side generally are for Manning for governor; and the probability is r that Manning will receive more votes v than any other anti-Rlease candidate s in this county: but strictly on the prop- , osition of personal worth Cooper seems ., to he a general favorite, and after him ,, comes ("has. A. Smith with Clinkscales ., next. M. Is. Smith will get some votes and so will Browning: hut the four leaders on that side will probably he Manning, Cooper, ('has. A. Smith and ;i Clinkscales. On the Blease side there i is also much division of sentiment. <i Mullally is not expected to get anything. The leaders of the faction seem l to favor Richards; hut some of them do not admire him. Many are disposed ( to vote for Irby, and it is understood (that in Rock Hill Simms will get a good Vote. As to which of the Blease candidates in the county will receive a s plurality, it appears to he a toss up as ( between Richards and Irby, with the chances slightly in favor of Richards. '' The race between 1-1 nley and Ste- 1 fonoiiit iu ?i f t tv? r*t i nmiwh i titori>St It ^ is conceded by everybody that Hinley s will carry tin* county as usual; but very 1 few think he will carry it by the usual I majority. There will be more votes ' against I'inley in Yorkville than there 1 has been since his first election to conKress, and a common opinion is that the vote for Stevenson in Hock Hill will be larger than for any other opposition candidate since the race of W. B. Wilson, Sr. Some observers say that Stevenson will receive as many as fifteen hundred votes in the county and others say that the opposition will not exceed 750. There is more talk of opposition to Finley than usual; but where the matter is discussed, there is generally some one to call attention to the fact that previous talk of opposition has not materialized at the elections. The legislative race is something of a puzzle. The anti-Bleaseites have out four men on whom the leaders are trying to concentrate all their power and influence, and the Blease leaders are trying to concentrate on four of the eight others. The factional lines seem to be drawn more tightly than heretofore; but it is pretty generally conceded that neither side can successfully direct more than 30 per cent of the vote, and as the Bleaseites have the larger number of men to handle, they are at a disadvantage even though they may have the actual majority that most of the leaders claim, from 300 to 600. It is reasonably certain that it is going to take at least two races to elect four representatives, and the probability is that the delegation will be mixed. Factional lines have been drawn to a greater or less extent in the case of tho nthor (ifflono holntr rnntMt ed for and many voters are hewing squarely to those lines; but in each case also the personality, records and experience of the different candidates are being considered to a greater or less extent, and the opinions of the politically wise as to the outcome is more or less confused. With it all, however, there is plenty to center the interest of the public on next Tuesday's election. FOR THE HAIL SUFFERERS. The following contributions have been made in response to the proclamation of Governor Ble; se, asking for voluntary assistance to the people in loss as the result of the hail storm on the night of July 6, last: Gov. Cole L. Blease, Columbia, $25 00 L. M. Grist's Sons, Yorkvllle... 25 00 T. D. Lashley, Kollock, S. C.... 2 00 W. A. Clark, Columbia 5 00 Jno. M. Williford. Yorkville... 5 00 Geo. L. Baker, Columbia 25 00 Colin McK. Grant, Charleston . 50 00 B. H. Willis. Cottageville 5 00 Cash, Leesvllle, S. C 5 00 J. H. Coltharp, Fort Mill 5 00 Jas. L. Quinby, Granltevllle ... 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. Beamguard, Clover 5 00 Lancaster Council, No. 38, Jr. O. U. A. M., John A. Cook, R. S 20 00 W. F. Stevenson. Cheraw .... 25 00 Contributed at state campaign meeting at St. George 12 15 Clover Leaf Couneil, No. 23. Jr. O. U. A. M.. Clover. S. C. 10 00 A. C. Kauffman, Charleston... 10 00 S. V. Aycock, No. 2, Sharon .. 3 00 E. B. Marion, Plnevllle, S. C... 3 00 K. I. Burnham, Charleston ... 1 00 People of Sharon through J. S. Hartness, Cashier First National Bank 84 75 S. L. Garrison, foreman 2 00 A. J. Harvey, Macbeth, S. C... 1 00 Contributed at state campaign meeting at St. Matthews... 31 35 Contributed through Columbia State 60 00 Contributed at state campaign meeting at Yorkville 18 55 Judge C. A. Wood, Columbia.. 10 00 1). M. Nixon, Greenwood 5 00 Richard Hopkins, Rowesville.. 5 00 F M. Livingston, Livingston, S. C " 1 00 W. P. McManus, Taxahaw. S.C. 5 00 Chester county campaign meeting, through J. H. Glenn 38 97 J. B. Swann, Bullock's Creek, through J. S Hartness 5 00 Annie J. L. Knsor, through the Columbia State 5 00 P. A. Amater, St. Matthews, through Columbia State .... 100 Colin McK. Grant. Charleston, second contribution 50 00 Dr. W. S. Boyd, Salters Depot 4 00 Contributed through Columbia State 20 00 r. Nicholas Lamb, Charleston 2 00 Contributions at Campaign meeting at OafTney 3 25 t. B. Faries, R. F. D. No. 12 Charlotte, N. C 10 00 Contributions at state campaign meeting at Greenwood 28 04 D. Stanbury.Timmonsville, through the State Cocpany.. 7 50 C. M. Inman, Yorkville, 50 bushels of cotton seed and 10 00 Total $606 56 LOCAL LACONICS /orkville Takes Tw,o. The Yorkville baseball team won wo of the three games played with the Winnsboro team in Winnsboro on Puesday, Wednesday and yesterday of his week. Winnsboro won Tuesday's fame, 5 to 1; Yorkville took the other wo games, the score being 2 to 0, and > to 1. runeral of Mr. L. G. Grist. The funeral of Mr. Lewis G. Grist, vho died Tuesday afternoon at his tome on the southern outskirts of iforkville, took place at the First Bap ist church of Yorkville, of which Mr. Irist was an active member and a dea on, on Wednesday afternoon at 5 >'clock. The services were conducted jy the pastor, Rev. J. H. Machen, and vere largely attended by friends from >oth the town and country surroundng. The interment was in Rose Hill. -armers' Day in Rock Hill. Yesterday was "Farmers' Day" in *ock Hill, and there were something < ike twelve or fifteen hundred farmers, heir wives and their children in the ;ity to hear the addresses of Dr. ( tradford Knapp, Dr. C. G. Hopkins, , Jrof. W. W. Long, A. G. Smith, R. E. ( Irabel, C. H. Fennelle and other farm , ?xperts. The meeting was held at he fair grounds just outside the city, ' md lasted all day. The Tirzah band | urnished music. A barbecue and tasket dinner was an enjoyable fea- j ure. Many of those present together j vith the experts, visited some of the ! ilfalfa farms near the city in the at- j 3ut of the Canvass. Mr. J. S. Glasscock of Catawba town- 1 ihip, will probably not tile the reurn of campaign expenses tliat is re- j luired by law and if lie fails to do so. le will be debarred as a party candilate even if he should receive a ma- ' ority vote. Mr. Glasscock was in ! forkville Wednesday, and on being j isked why he had not been following he county campaign, stated that alhough he had gone into the race and ' >aid his assessment in good faith, he ! lid so only because of the insistence of riends who at that time were unable ' o see how they could get up a ticket 1 hut suited them; but since then de- ! vlopments have changed the situation 1 uul although these friends wanted him ' o continue, it positively does not suit J iltn to do so. He said his name would ' ?e on the ticket and his friends could < rote for him if he wanted to; but if hey did not he would certainly have 1 io hard feeling, especially in view of he fact that he could not be regarded ' is the party nominee even if he should I eceive a majority of the votes. "I ^ vouhl have withdrawn from the race," aid Mr. Glasscock, "except for that I ule under which withdrawal would < nitomatically operate to postpone the ; lection, for 1 am sure nobody wants mything like that." 1 t ( ? Mr. Chas. T. Connors of I^ancaster, t mil for many years in the newspaper * msiness in that town, died on Wednes- | lay. He was 59 years of age. t ? The Greenville News of Wednesday t ncluded a number of extra pages tilled > vith political advertising made up for i he most part of photographs and plutorms of the various candidates. ? Governor Mease stuted in his peech at Monck's Corner on Tuesday hat at a conference in his office on doiiday, made up of friends from evry county in the state, careful estinates were made as to the probable rote in all the counties, and as the re11 It the governor will be nominated for he I'nited States senate in the first irimnry by not less than 6,000 votes. Die estimates of the representatives of he various counties gave the figures t notless than 12,000; but in order to ie conservative the governor cut the igures in two. WINDUP AT SUMTER Senatorial Candidates Had Lively Time Yesterday. The last regular meeting of the senatorial campaign schedule was held at Sumter, yesterday, with a large crowd in attendance, and the proceedings were quite lively. At one time it looked as if there might be something of a row. Before the opening of the meeting, friends of Governor Blease gathered in considerable force and drove him to the public square in a handsome iloat. Senator Smith was received with much applause on his rising to speak, and was applauded quite freqeuntly as he proceeded. He emphasized the fact that he had devoted himself to issues throughout the whole campaign and had not allowed himself to be drawn into personalities. He made his usual speech, telling of his connection with anti-option and currency legislation in behalf of the farmers, and pledged himself to continue his efforts in this line. He denounced the banking and currency system as it stood previous to its recent overhauling, and stated that it was because of the inadequacy of the old system that there was not enough money available to buy the necessities of life, despite the existance of bumper crops and a pie mora 01 overyiumg imuiut. At the conclusion of Senator Smith's speech, Chairman Clifton presented him with a silver pitcher from his "Lynchburg friends who knew he had kept the faith." Applause greeted Governor Blease when he commenced his speech. He said he was gratified at the reception he had received throughout the state. "As this will be the last official meeting," said the speaker, "I want to warn my friends to stay at the ballot boxes, not only to cast your vote, but to see them counted." He claimed that from 11,000 to 14,000 white votes had been stolen from him two years ago. The governor said a train had been run into Sumter from Orangeburg filled with supporters of his political enemies. The chief executive then read a letter from Aiken whicn stated word had gone out from the Blease political machine for the administration voters to concentrate on Richards. The speaker said he had not interferred in the governor's race and the man who wrote it "wrote a lie." Anotner letter was reaa Dy mm which said that Manning is the strongest anti-administration man in the race, that Manning is being strongly attacked, that "you never heard of a weak man being attacked." The governor said that possibly "that's the reason why they hired two men to help Smith." Jennings Called Blease "Liar." Mr. Jennings then advanced to the front of the stand, shook his finger at the governor and exclaimed: "The man who says that I am hired to help Smith tells a damn lie." Pandemonium broke loose with the words of Mr. Jennings and it looked squally for a while. However the governor only smiled and said: "Ain't it funny how a cock will crow on his own dunghill?" "I was told by a Sumter man," said Governor Blease, "that I may be attacked, but, thank God, I have enough men here to protect me." The governor said it is no use starting a fuss on the stand where some Innocent man might get hurt; that "if any man doesn't like what I say he can see me when the innocent people are gone." He said that he has not noticed Jennings on or off the stand, and "that's what's hurting him." The governor claimed that Smith money is being sent out of a certain office in Columbia which he had detectives watching. He claimed that a man was going to the office mentioned Saturday to get $1,000, but that the money would not be delivered, for he had the office under surveillance. He said if he can catch the man he will prosecute him. Senator Smith faced the governor and announced that not one cent had been or would be illegally spent on his campaign, that if Blease would furnish the name of the man he (Smith) would have him indicted. The governor replied that, if the senator kept his word, he would have to prosecute one who claims to be the senator's best friend. Governor Blease took up the balance of his time in excoriating the record of Senator Smith and with paying his respects to hecklers who he called "dogs," "cowards," etc. At the conclusion of his speech he was given loud applause and was the recipient of a big black hat, a basket of peaches and a bunch of flowers. He immediately left the stand and a large number of his supporters followed him. Mr. L. D. Jennings was the next speaker. He made practically the same speech he has been making all over the state, and was frequently applauded by his friends. At the conclusion of his speech, Mr. Jennings got a large basket of cut flowers and a number of bouquets. Mr. W. P. Pollock was the last speaker and his speech was the same as heretofore. MERE-MENTION A race riot at Wilmington, Del., Monday night assumed such proportions that it was necessary to call out the militia to quell the rioters. The iroume started wnen a negro on a street car fired into a crowd of white men A fire in a livery stable at Jenkinstown, Pa., Monday, destroyed twenty-one horses....A decree granting civil and political rights to all Jews in Russia, is to be issued by the czar without delay, according to information from St. Petersburg British and French army officials have called all permits for newspaper correspondents to accompany the armies. \n official dispatch from Brus- , sels, gives the German loss at the battle of Halen, last week, as 3,000 killed and more than that many prison- < ers. The Belgian loss was 150 killed md 400 wounded The British cruiser Essex fired a shot across the bow of the Holland-American liner N'ieuw Amsterdam, Monday, 200 miles 3outh of Halifax. The liner arrived it New York. Tuesday morning Twelve hundred German soldiers were : buried in one grave on the battlefield i?f I>iest and Halen, in Belgium, last week The steamship Laconia irrived in New York. Monday, from Liverpool. with 1,600 passengers i aboard; mostly European tourists, hurrying home oji account of the war. I ... .The British cruiser Glasgow is re- I ported to have captured the German steamship Cunta Catharina. which i sailed from New York on July 25, for ] south American ports A num- 1 ber of American cowboys in Paris, bave enlisted in the French army for ' service in a rough rider squadron. < ....Five cargoes of sugar from Hilo. ' Hawaiian Islands, are on the way to Philadelphia. The total tonnage of ' sugar is 4 2.500 tons According ' to a New York dispatch, the North lerman Lloyd steamship line has of- 1 fared to sell to American buyers all ts steamships in the Atlantic a..d Pa ific, for $25,000,000. The Hamberg\merlcan is offering $20,000,000 worth of its ships to American buyers... .Custom receipts at New York ist week, totaled $2,773,408 as compared with $4.>547.068 for the same veek last year An official comnunication made public in Paris, is :o the effect that the crown prince of Sermany has been seriously wounded ind is now at Aix-la-Chappelle More than a million bushels of oats lave been sold for export to France hrough the port of Baltimore )rders from American Importers for dlks, textiles, dressmaking, etc., agtregating $60,000,000. will enable French Industries employing women, o operate as usual Traffic through he Suez canal has been practically (topped as a result of the war A -eport from Xlsh. Servia. is to the ef"ect that 15,000 Austrlans were killed tear Sabac, 27 miles from Belgrade, ast week Russia has notified the furkish government that it will send ts Black sea fleet through the Dardanelles. regardless of Turkey's wishes o the matter. The Dardanelles have teen cloned t<> foreign warships since 1833 Six hundred glove makers of Boversvllle. X. Y.. are threatening to strike unless granted an increase of >ay The first warship to pass hrough the Panama canal was the 'eruvian destroyer Tenlente Rodriguez. Tuesday morning President A'ilson has decided to appoint Attor- r ley (leneral MeReynolds to be asso- <j ciate Justice of the United States supreme court to succeed Justice Lurton, deceased. It Is expected that Thos. Watt Gregory of Texas, will succeed ^ Mr. McReynolds as attorney general. The steamer Prince Albert was jSj wrecked on Butterworth Rock, B. C., fl Wednesday. The passengers and crew 'l were rescued Representatives of !i the Christian Brothers, a Catholic organization, have appealed to President Wilson to use his influence with the Mexican government to allow Catho lies to resume their school work in W Mexico this fall Armstrong Drex- 1 el, the American amateur aviator, has enlisted in the British infantry, and will go to the front... Avery Blalock, a Georgia school teacher, was shot and seriously wounded, Wednesday, by Roy Williams, one of his pupils, whom he had whipped Mississippi's six congressmen have been renominated to succeed themselves, according to the returns from the Democratic primary, held in that state last Tuesday Col. Henry Waterson, editor of the Louisville CourierJournal, in an interview in New York, Wednesday, gave it or his opinion that Germany would be defeated in the present war Dr. O. S. Harper, a young Atlanta physician, has been ar- + rested, charged with stealing a $350 diamond ring from the hand of a dead man The senate on Wednesday by a vote of 38 to 15, struck from the Clayton anti-trust bill, the section exempting consumer's organizations from the operations of the anti-trust A law Three members of a New- w castle, Pa., automobile party were killed and one was fatally wounaea, Wednesday, when the machine was struck by a traction car ...Gen. Vlctorianno Huerta and his family are marooned in London. The party expects to go to Spain, August 24 Victor Innes. wanted In connection with the disappearance of Mrs. Eloise Nelms Dennis and Miss Beatrice ^ Nelms of Atlanta, Ga, was arrested at his home near Leaburg, Ore., last Tuesday The twentieth case of bubonic plague was discovered In New Orleans, on Tuesday. THE WAR IN EUROPE * News Paragraphs Gleaned from Dispatches from the Front. Four German girls were arrested In Brussels, Belgium, Wednesday, charged with spying. A large number of supposed spies have been shot this .. . week, several of them being women. " Dr. Enrich Zoeffel Quellenstein, German consul In Atlanta, Ga., on Wednesday gave out what he said was an "uncensured" cablegram forwarded to him from the German ambassador at 4 Washington. The communication said that all the forts at Liege had surrendered to the Germans and that the Germans fought a successful battle at Dinant. The German bark Matabor worth $400,000 eluded all warships and dockin Mpw York harbor Wednesday night. The Matabor did not know war had been declared untfl a week after hostilities began. Three persons were driven insane in Brussels, Belgium, Wednesday because of over-excitement at the war news. A dispatch received In London Wednesday from Berlin says that a divl- 4 sion of the first German army corps has defeated a Russian force near Slattupohnen, Prussia, capturing six machine guns and taking 1,000 prisoners. The United States cruiser North Carolina, carrying gold for Americans stranded In Europe, is now at Cher- m bourg, France. Although there are 2,000,000 German troops in the held, mobilization continues. Railroads in the western part of the empire are carrying nothing but soldiers. The Cologne Gazette, a German newspaper, gives the total German losses up to Aug. 18, at 1,500 killed and m 7,000 wounded. The German ships ^ which are not blockading Russian ports are at Kiel and Heligoland, Germany. A French dispatch says that a French hussar recently made prisoner by Germans, was dragged into an Alsatian village and executed before the villagers. , P Eighty Japanese students have arrived in London from various parts of Germany. The Japs said that when the Germans learned that Japan would probably ally itself with England, Germany's attitude toward Japanese became hostile and a number of them were arrested charged with espionage. According to a dispatch from Copenhagen, the Japanese minister is pre- ^ paring to leave Berlin. " French war ships captured two large Austrian steamers on Wednesday. Advance lines of the German army are row in the vicinity of Brussels, the capital of Belgium: The French and ^ Belgian troops have had several sharp * guard. The status of the forts at Liege is not definitely known. Germans say the fortresses have fallen, but the Belgians say they are still holding out bravely. The Vossiche Zeitung, a Berlin newspaper, commenting on Japan's attitude, Wednesday, said: "One more declaration of war can not frighten Germany, and Japan's action is without importance." ^ According to a newspaper man who recently reached The Hague from Berlin, everything foreign has been removed from Berlin. French and English restaurants have been closed. No French, English or Russian words are allowed to appear anywhere?not even on bills of fare. No tongue save the A German is allowed to be spoken on the streets. Several minor engagements have taken place between Austrians and Russians on the frontier this week. All Japanese students In German universities have left. The British, French and Russian ambassadors at Brussels have fled to Antwerp. A German monoplane was brought down by a Belgian rifleman near Brussels on Wednesday. The aviator had % both of his legs broken by the fall. Signs have been posted in London that Earl Kitchiner, secretary of war, needs 100,000 men for three years, or until the close of the war. R. Neale Smith, an aviator of Baltimore and A. Helweg, a civil engineer of ^ New York, have volunteered their services to the French government. More than sixty British vessels which have been seized by the Germans, are docked at Hamburg. German troops have taken Brussels, the capital of Belgium, and the Belgian troops have fallen back on Antwerp. Emperor William has ordered that resistance be made to the last to Japan's efforts to oust Germany from Kiao-Chow, China, The French troops on yesterday recaptured Muelhausen in Alsace from # the Germans. There are now no Gernan troops In French territory. No news has been received of any laval movements, either in the North *ea or in the Mediterranean. Montenegrin troops continue to advance in Bosnia, Austria, Several Aus- ^ rian aviators on yesterday sueoeeaea w n throwing bombs among the Montelegrin troops. Little damage resulted, inwever. In addressing the first regiment of Aiot Guards before they left Berlin for he front, yesterday, Emperor William laid: "We will fight until the last drop if German blood is sacrificed. My iword shall not be sheathed again with >ut victory and honor. We will trust n Almighty God and remember the lays of old." The burgomaster of Brussels ordered the civic guards of the city to disirm before the Germans entered. The Russian troops claimed to have net with success against the German roops in skirmishes along the Austriin border yesterday. ? Winnsboro Herald and News, Aurust 18: Hon. D. E. Flnley, congressman from the Fifth district, and andidate for re-election, spoke to a rowd of Winnsboro and Fairfield nen at the court house here last Sat- ^ irday morning. Mr. Finley was not * ible to be here when the other candilates for United States and state ofices spoke, so he took the opportunly offered him on Saturday of giving lis platform to the people of Winnsloro and Fairfield, and pointing out o them the things he has done and ^ issisted in doing during the time he ias served as our congressman. There vere a goodly number of voters in he crowd which heard his speech, luietly. and followed It with every Indention of interest.