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Scraps ami Jracts. ? Edouard Helsey of the Paris Le Journal, reported to be now serving with the colors, writes under date 01 August 29: "It would be difficult to esumaie the number of Germans killed last week. Whole regiments were annihilated at some points. They came out of the woods, section by section. One section, one shell?and everything was wiped out. At two or three places which 1 am forbidden to name, corpses tilled the Meuse until the river overflowed. This is no figure of speech. The river bed literally \\?us choked by the mass of dead Germans. The effect of our artillery surpasses even our dreams. The Germans use out of date shrapnel which the Turks used In the Balkans. Its damages are so slight that one of our artillery regiments fought for a week losing only eight killed and fourteen wounded." ? A Russian correspondent of the London Standard, says that the Jews will in the future be admitted as of fleers ot tne uussian army uiu The importance of the announcement to the Jews in the Russian empire was made on official authority and was well received in all quarters. Up to the present no Jew ever has been allowed to be a military or navy officer. The decree to admit them to the highest ranks of both services is officially stated to be due to the gallantry with which the Jews serving as co.nmon soldiers have displayed in the battles already fought. The imperial decree has enabled the Russian commanderin-chief to confer officers' commissions upon several Jews, who gained exceptional distinction in the fighting preceding the capture of Lemberg. The correspondent says he has authority that the commission of the Jews in the army and navy will be followed by the removal of civil law restrictions. and that Jews will now be admitted to the full right of Russian citizenship. Those Russian newspapers who were formerly advocates of relentless anti-Semitism, not only refrain from raising any objection to this innovation, but express approval in the warmest terms. The same feeling prevails in those circles of Russian society in which formerly it al Odniiotto to inusi nas a uicuvi, mention the name of a Jew. The war has swept away this remnant of prejudice and has inaugurated a new era for the Jew in Russia. ? Britain's confidence that the main trade routes of the north Atlantic have been swept clear of German war craft was demonstrated early last Saturday, when the state department formally was notified by the British ambassador that his government had decided to disarm British merchant craft plying between England apd the United States. The notification is construed to mean that Britain no longer fears the activities of German naval reserve steamers and has successfully bottled up German and Austrian cruisers while her own cruiser fleet is free to guard ocean lines. The arrival of the British steamer Adriatic in New York recently with four guns frowning from her deck, led the German ambassador to question the United States as to the status of the British ship. The British government took the position that so long as the vessel was engaged in commercial pursuits direct between two ports and was not cruising around on the ocean, it had a right to carry arms for protective purposes solely, me "solely" brought to the United States the necessity of passing upon every ship that might come from a belligerent country to decide the size and number of guns the ship might carry without being considered an armed vessel. Without yielding its position as to the right of its ships to carry arms, the British government notified the secretary of state that it would remove all guns from commercial ships in order to relieve the United States of the problem presented. ? After an aJl day conference with clearing house delegates from many large cities, says a Washington dispatch. the Federal reserve board announced last Friday it would proceed immediately with the organization of the twelve reserve banks provided for by the new currency system. It generally is accepted the system can be put in operation about October 1. The actual opening may be delayed, but it was said the twelve banks would be ready to do business within the next Annnrilin? to mpmbel'S Of the board there was little hostility shown at the conference to early opening of the new system, and government officials hope all opposition by bankers will be overcome before the time of opening arrives. The conference was confined closely to the question of opening and to a discussion of foreign and domestic exchange situation. Delegates furnished such information as they possessed, but left the board without much concrete knowledge as to the exact situation throughout the country'- A committee was named to consider foreign and domestic exchange and formulate a plan by which American obligations to Europe can be adjusted without taking gold out of the country. There was some incidental discussion of the general financial situation and of the recent steps taken by the treasury department to issue additional banking currency. In consequence of the meeting. there will be no effort on the part of the reserve board to name the class "C" directors for the reserve banks for some time. Every other step which much precede the opening of the banks will be laid out before the directors are announced. Following is the conference exchange committee: J. B. Forgan, Chicago, chairman; B. F. Strong, New York; L. L. Rue. Philadelphia: Sol Wexler, New Orleans; T. B. Beale, Boston. ? German and Austrian consular officers, says a Washington dispatch, have been ordered by British authorities to leave Egypt immediately. Roumania has announced officially that if she abandons her position of neutrality, it will be to follow the course taken by Italy. Great Britain has informed the United States that she would look with favor on the send -> V-: ~ T....I.I..V. nnrlj to HiK ui waisnips iu i ut ixioii Fv> care for Christians in case there was a Mohammedan uprising against them. The developments in the highly critical situation brought about by the feeling of the Triple Entente that Turkey is certain to join the conflict on the side of Germany and Austria have been conveyed in official dispatches to the United States government. Great Britain's expulsion of German and Austrian consular officers was taken to mean that she had determined to put an end to pro-German propaganda which she believes these consular officials have been circulating. The affairs of Egypt, a semi-sovereign state, under the suzeranity of the sultan, have been virtually administered by Great Britain ever since the bombardment of Alexanderia and the suppression of the Arabic insurrection 32 years ago. The natives never have lost their aversion, however, for the intruders and Britain believes that Germany has been busy for a decade fermenting anti-English feeling. Word of the sultan's friendliness of late to Germany and Austria is believed by British officials to have be?n spread to Egypt, an appeal being made not only to the nationalist sentiment of the natives but their religious feelings. France in her communications with the American government, has openly charged that German propaganda is busily astir, inciting Mohammedan uprisings, not only in Egypt, but in India and Turkey. The intimation from Great Britain that she would be pleased to see American warships in Turkish ports is in 12~ ",uv? PronnA infnrmtul t hi? nut* n uai r inn* v ? United States two weeks ago. Both nations have stated that they feared a general Momammedan uprising against Christians. They feared to send warships lest the move be misrepresented. While the cruiser North Carolina has been sent <>n a mission of relief it generally is understood she will rendezvous in eastern Mediterranean water for salutary effect of her presence. There even is talk of sending the Tennessee with her to be ready for an emergency in Egypt. Great Britain is apprehensive, it is understood, about the possible insurrection against her rule in Kgypt. Khedive Abbas, the native ruler, is said to be in sympathy with Germany and Austria. He is closely related by blood to the reigning house of Turkey. Egypt's population of 11, 000,000 is nine-tenths Moslem. England has only 5,000 troops in Egypt but has trained 30,000 Soudanese soldiers. Much will depend on the attitude of the native troops. Sixteen years ago they declined to join their co-religionists and stood by Lord Kitchener in re-conquering Soudan. Whether Turkey will join the eontlict may depend finally on the attitude of the Balkan states and Italy. The announcement by Roumania of her intention to follow Italy was regarded as meaning that both countries would side with Great Britain, France and Russia. Roumania's position is somewhat of a surprise for it was believed she might be swayed by her secret alliance with Austria, i Her opposition to the porte. however, has determined her policy. Turkey has felt certain that Bulgaria would fight with her. but the announcement *? t + lo t Aiicrh t ivnnlH !>y IlVUIIIUllltli 11 10 i?uub..m ... effect a change. With Greece, Servia, Montenegro, Italy and Koumania joined solidly against the Ottoman empire, Bulgaria's Slavic sympathies may cause her to withhold from the conflict entirely. Jhf \(orkrillr tfnquir Entered at the Postofflce In Yorkvllle as Mall Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE. S. C.s TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1914 Let's buy a bale at 10 cents. Buy a bale at ten cents and put It under shelter?in your home if you can do no better. Now that all have voted, let us stand by the will of the majority and do what we can for South Carolina. The south can easily hold its cotton crop if everybody will help, and there is not the slightest reason why anybody should be hurt. We do not know whether Manning or Richards has been elected governor, but we feel reasonably certain that the country is still safe. Buy from me smaii imiuei wh-j cannot hold and pay him ten cents. The big fellow can take care of himself. Besides that, he does not want to sell his cotton at ten cents, anyway. William Sulzer, the Democratic governor of New York, who was recently driven out of office by impeachment proceedings, is to be the Progressive candidate for governor, with the full endorsement of Col. Roosevelt. The Texas legislature is arranging to establish a state warehouse system. The plan now under consideration proposes that the warehouses be privately owned; but that they be under tv>Q uimoi-viuinn nf the state banking department. With the south's cotton crop bought by her own people and distributed among them at 10 cents a pound with an understanding that no sales will be made at less than that figure, the situation will be saved. There is no better way to give the south the fullest benefit of the European war, and there is no chance to lose. Great Britain, France and Russia have signed an agreement under which each is pledged not to make peace without the consent of the other two, and under which each is pledged not to name conditions of peace except by the consent of all three. They are trying to make it clear that they are in the war to the bitter end. The operations of the Germans against Antwerp are second in importance and interest only to the operations against Paris. Antwerp is strong ly fortified, the most strongly rortinea city in Belgium, in fact, and the taking of the city promises to call for the expenditure of very considerable effort on the part of the Germans. We do not see where there is any good to come of the passage of a stay law by the legislature. It will bring nothing but demoralization without advantage to either debtor or creditor. What is needed is some arrangement whereby the cotton producer can borrow to advantage on what he has and hold on to his cotton against the time when fair prices will prevail again. Roger S. Lewis of the Associated Press, Harry Hanson of the Chicago Globe, Jrvin S. Cobb of the Saturday Evening Post and Philadelphia Ledger, and James O'Donnell Bennett and John T. McCutcheon, of the Chicago Tribune, have sent out a wireless message from Berlin to the effect that they spent two weeks following the German army two hundred miles and that there was absolutely no truth in the published stories of German atrocities in Belgium and Prance. The cotton seed oil market Ik paralyzed like unto the yarn market. There is virtually no demand for cotton seed oil at the present time and the oil mills are finding it difficult to find buyers. It is hardly probable, however, that this condition of affairs can continue. Cotton seed oil ranks as an indispensable food stuff, and the people are bound to have it if they can get the money with which to buy it. Also there is bound to be demand for both meal and hulls, commodities which cannot be dispensed with. Men make a tremendous hullabaloo about politics, and get folks all fooled up to thinking that if the election does Il(il go (ins ?<?? ui nun ...... . ..... thing is ruined; but after all it does not amount to much, of course there is a right way and a wrong way. there are good men end bad men, and all that: l>ut the |>e<?|>)e themselves in behalf of whom all these big lights are ostensibly made, are better than any set of politicians, and g< nerally pretty well able to look out for their own safety. (lermany has lifted the embargo on dye stuffs. This announcement means a good deal to American cotton manufacturing. Cermany has a virtual monopoly of dye production; most of the dyes now used in the world being manufactured by one large concern which has factories that cover many acres. Hut most of the secrets of the manufacture of analyne dies are common property, and Americans had hegun to look into the matter of establishing factories. The Germans realized what the ultimate results of a move like this would be, and arranged to have stocks shipped out. It is pretty safe to say that so long as Holland and Italy remain neutral, German dyes may be had in abundance. Twenty-seven officers and employes of the National Loan and Exchange Bank of Columbia, says the Columbia Record, have each agreed to buy a bale of cotton at 10 cents a pound. Their idea is to start a "buy-a-bale" movement, with the purpose of upholding the price and helping the farmers. This idea is a good one. Cotton is easily I worth 10 cents a pound and more. It i will prove an investment at that and perhaps a good speculation. If the people of the country, all who can will join this buy-a-bale movement, the result will be something worth while. The Enquirer will be glad to have a list of York county people who are willing to buy a bale of cotton at ten cents and hold to it until at least that price is reached. The Enquirer will take one 500 pound bale at 10 cents. Mr. J. M. Stroup of Yorkville, will take one or more bales and there are many others who will do likewise; but to make the movement most effective and most beneficial, there should be organized effort. There should be a long list of volunteers and there should be fixed a time for purchase and delivery. The Enquirer will take pleasure in compiling a list of all who desire to report. Up to this time the Zeppelin airships have not counted for much in war as was so commonly believed. Of course there is no doubt of the fact that one of these ships can carry a tremendous quantity of high explosive and there is no doubt either as to the practicability of such a ship hovering over the city and dropping explosives that will kill women and children. It must be remembered. however, that aeroplanes can also traverse the air with quick firing guns and make no little trouble for the airships. It is possible for an airship to drop explosives on London, but the undertaking is also more or less risky. While it is possible that we have forgotten the activities of some previous fights, we are inclined to think that both Messrs. Manning and Richards have been putting forth more strenuous efforts during the past two weeks than have been put forth by any other two gubernatorial candidates within our recollection. Both Messrs. Manning and Richards have been devoting their personal efforts to the Piedmont, and both have published many columns of advertising in the newspapers, although in this kind of work Mr. Manning has outstripped his competitor to a very considerable extent. So far as The Enquirer has information there have been no complaints of aggravated unfairness on the nart of either candidate. It does not appear that Great Britain is as much concerned about the number of ships the United States may purchase from Germany and the amount of money that might be paid for them as she is about what the United States might do with those ships after she gets possession of C??* oViino oo r!nrmo n v Vi o o 11 If III. DUtll IIIIC Olll |;o ?o vjv. * iiKiiij KUO is .amazing proposition to Great Britain even while the ships are in Germany and under the operation of German commercial agencies, to say nuttlng'-whatcver of what might happen after these ships should come in possession and under the operation of the United States. The probability is that except for Germany's ships? those engaged in the carrying trade? Great Britain would not have been mixed up in this war. It is said that food prices in Russia are growing lower instead of higher by reason of the fact that the export of grain has been stopped. Food prices In America are growing higher by reason of the inordinate greed of our American people to take advantage of the necessities of the warring people. But why should we do this? We cannot get big prollts abroad for food except at the expense of people at home. There is certainly no humanity in the sale of food to the warring powers, because it only enables them to war and kill each other that much longer. It would be very well for America to put an embargo on food; but she is going to do nothing of the kind, not while there is so much promise of big profits. The fact that scarcity of food means almost as much to this country as war /lot a?? tho TtCk/tnlo whn uncu uuca uui uuin i.*iv pw^.v ??..? art- after big money. A1 Jennings, the ex-train robber, who ran for governor of Oklahoma, was third in the race. The highest candidate received 37,000 votes and Jennings received 22,000. Jennings and his friends claim that he received easily 30,000; but that the election was stolen from him. Other Democratic candidates are making charges of thefts in the country. Jennings served a term in the Federal prison in Columbus. Ohio, for train robbing, and was pardoned by the late President McKinley. He made a strenuous campaign in Oklahoma against political corruption, and at first he was taken as a joke; but later thousands of the most substantial citizens of the state enlisted themselves under his banner and he became a formidable candidate. His main promise was to put the political thieves and scalawags behind the bars, and he declares that he will now continue his battle in the civil courts. Stories have been published to tlje effect that British transports are hurrying large numbers of Russian troops from Archangel, on the White sea. ami landing them an ih<- northern coast of France. The route is UP through the Arctic circle, north of Norway and Sweeden, and ta the coast of Scotland. It is said that same are landed in Scotland and carried through England by rail, while others are being landed directly from the ships at French ports. One story has it that up |o a week ago more than 150.000 troop* hod been so transported. As to whether there i,s really any truth in these stories i* po( certain; but of the practicability of the u>'rangemcnt there js very little doubt, for itussiu has the men and to spare; England has the ships and at this season the Arctic route from Archangel is open. The German navy is not in position to prevent. What we need above all things in the cotton situation Is that the producers of cotton receive a fulr price for their product. The cotton producer has gope down after the real commodity. Me has invested his money, pledged his credit, run the risk of tlood and drouth, and promised a fair divide with everybody I else in the event of success. If his cot ton Is taken away from him at less than a fair valuation, he will be unable to discharge his many obligations, and the people who get his stuff at less than value, will by holding a little while get all the value that was coming to him and leave him crippled. The cotton producer needs to be taken care of first, and it will be to the most benefit to all others to see that this is done. The thing can be done; but to do it it will be necessary to hold back the impetuous greed that would swoop down at once on the man who is carrying the heaviest part of the burden for his fellows. Every man who lias just claims on the farmer has a right to have them paid; but all people should understand that the best way to get those claims paid is to be patient and fight for time. The Buy-a-Bale Plan. The "buy-a-bale plan" of relieving the cotton situation, which originated in Georgia, holds out about as much hope for the financial salvation of the south as any one of the many plans that have been suggested, notwithstanding the fact that if it is dependent for its success solely on the arousing of a wholesome sentiment that will compel volunteer action on the part of the people. In brief the situation is this. The people of the south, including those engaged in all trades and professions, have the results of a year's activities locked up in a 15,000,000 bale cotton crop, the bulk of which they expected to sell in Europe. Europe has suddenly been thrown into a terribly destructive war that has paralyzed all her financial and industrial resources, and made it impossible for her to meet the requirements that were expected as a matter of course. As certainly as anything of tomorrow can be, the cotton crop which today stands at half price or less, must come to it soon and that very soon. Any other Idea is aosuru. cotton is as much a necessity almost as bread. In the present state of civilization it is as much a necessity as bread. No one will think of questioning this proposition. In the nature of things, the present paralysis of the cotton market cannot continue a groat while, and as soon as the change begins to set in cotton will be in greater demand than any other commercial commodity. Then prices will begin to go up. If the cotton crop of the south is sold out of the south at present prices, or under present conditions, the result will be the loss of a whole year's labor or more and distress to thousands of our people. That distress will not be conf.ned to those who are ??vnr? o o V* rx nnnroat ' Hilt IIUW linmt-U u |iwu no Uic fvsvr.v.?v? MM? it will extend to all classes, and will bring about hardships that will be very little short of those incurred in actual war. The south has been prosperous for some years past and has accumulated tremendous wealth. It has enough means to actually hold and take care of an entire cotton crop. The buy-a-bale plan contemplates the idea of every man who is able, to buy a bale of cotton at 10 cents a pound and hold it, to do so. The 10 cent limit is suggested because it is reasonable, because it will give the producer of the cotton a chance to pay his debts and make arrangements for the future, because it will leave a safe margin of profit to the purchaser who. is willing to lend a helping hand not only to the producer but to himself and all his fellow men. It will not be necessary under this arrangement to buy the entire cotton crop of the south; but only the distressed cotton?that which would otherwise be forced on the market, and which would fix the price of the balance. There are thousands and thousands of farmers who are able to pay their debts and hold their cot -'t ".Vw, eon he dp Tien (led 1(111, IUU, I11IU n..u upon to defend the price to the last ditch. There is nothing impracticable ahout this idea. The only question is whether the people will undertake to carry it out. And a beauty about it, the success of the plan does not necessarily depend upon concerted movement. The mure who go into it, the better of course, and the greater the benefit to all. But even if only a few go into it. they are sure to do some good and win for themselves, for prices will certainly advance. However, the main thing is to see that such cotton as must be sold brings a reasonable price, not less than 10 rents a pound, for economically as well as otherwise there is more to be gained by helping the producer than there is by a heavy profit to the buyer at the producer's expense. Progress of the War. When the European war first broke out more than a month ago, there was a very general, but by no means unanimous belief that it would come to an end in a very few weeks: but at the present time practically all the world considers the end much further off now than it appearen 10 ue men. The main reason for expecting an early termination of the war was that all Europe was already an armed camp, practically ready to begin fightnsr. and that such a large per centagr of the whole force of both sides would participate in the first battle that there would be but little material or energy for further operations. Rut it is beginning to appear that notwithstanding the tremendous scale of preliminary preparations and notwithstanding the fearful loss of life in the opening battles, this war is going to follow very much the same cottmeof previous wars, and it is likely to drag on for months and months if not for years, though of course the universal hope is that the terrible suspense may be shottened. The,. Germans have been the main ;i?Xressors from the beginning and their plan of campaign, at least tip to 'hi present time, is perfectly plain. Their great lighting machine, consisting of millions of men. was collected from all parts of the empire, and concentrated into four or five main columns. moving to different parts of the French and Russian borders in seemingly endless streams. For instance, correspondents tell us how a column, eight abreast marched through Brussels at the rate of four miles an hour for three or four days, and while the descriptions of other columns have not been given in any such detail, it is reasonable to assume that a description of the column that went through Brussels would he a description of any one of the other columns. The story of the manner in which tin' Belgians held the Hermans hack fit Liege and temporarily shattered the advancing columps at other points in Belgian territory, is more or less familiar. and these stories give a yepy good idea of ho\y tilings are going. It appears that whenever the advancing columns haye met with opposition. they haye been formed into lines of battle which would continue to advance. In most cases the Germans have greatly out numbered the people against whom they were advancing, and in every case where they have come in contact with opposition they have suffered terribly two, three, four or five times, as much as their opponents: but notwithstanding heavy losses in killed and wounded, gaps would be filled up with fresh men and they would go on until the enemy was overpowered. This has happened in Belgium, and it has happened in the north of France; but the indications now are that this over-whelming, resistless, onward movement has been checked, and that the situation is beginning to take on a different phase. The further the Germans get away from home and the more they spread out; the weaker their different columns become, and the nearer the situation narrows down to something like lit Uciaifl Ul fl|UclllL^ iU) UCiWCCII luc uj;posing forces. As to what the actual truth is, is not known; but it is claimed, and the claim looks reasonable that up to the present time the losses of the Germans have been about three or four to one in proportion to the losses of the Allies, and this fact, if fact it be. Is explained on the theory that the German army is more in the nature of a great machine than a force of individual men. That it is the policy of commanders to overcome by superior force rather than by superior strategy and that the idea of trying to take care of the men is not taken into consideration. Among other things for instance, it is explained that the German advance is made in solid formation for the simple reason that the Germans I 1 * V, t Innnl. nave ueeu laugiu uuiiiumiug, uitviuntary discipline to such an extent that they cannot be relied upon to take care of themselves after they have lost elbow touch under the open formation used by the French and especially by the English. It is claimed in England that during the heavy fighting of August 24, 25 and 26, some sixty or seventy thousand British troops held back four or five times as many Germans, and where the British lost some 6,000 killed, the Germans who were in front of them lost 18,000 or 20,000. This is said to have been in spite of the fact that the English were badly equipped in artillery and machine guns, while the Germans were lacking in nothing down even to the chin strap of a helmet. As the result of this fighting, the English were beaten back steadily but slowly; but at no time was there anything in the nature of a disorderly rout and the only prisoners taken by the Germans were a few hundred men who had become detached from their battle lines and who were caught while trying to get back into the respective positions to which they belonged. As matters now stand all the allied armies to the north and north-east of PnH? have heen falllne back on the defenses that surround that city, and the Germans are engaged in an enveloping movement that has for its object such advantage as may be had in the series of battles that are expected to take place within the next few days. All the information that is coming from the east indicates that the Russians are making as much headway in the overrunning of Austria as the Germans are in overrunning France and as a matter of fact the Austrian and German army between the Russians and Vienna is nothing like as formidable as is the French and English armies that are between the Germans and Paris. The indications are that the Russians have made considerable headway in East Prussia with Berlin as their objective; but because of the large forces of German troops and the strong fortifications intervening, it is generally Deuevea mat ine nussmna i will not be able to get to Berlin for nearly two months yet, If at all. The hope of the Allies is that they will be able to hold Paris and other positions in France until the Russians make sufficient headway in East Prussia to call the large German forces back home, and they feel that If they can do that, the things that will take place during the retreat will go a long way toward bringing about the beginning of the end. PLEASANT AFFAIR NEAR FILBERT Correipondene* The TorkrtlU Enquirer Filbert, Sept. 8.?One of the most enjoyed and largely attended entertainments held in this community this summer was that given by Miss Annie Ferguson last Thursday night at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ferguson on Filbert R. F. D. 1, in honor of her guests, Misses Alma Doubley of Savannah, Ga., Myrtle McClain of Aiken and Ella Price of Lexington. Nearly all of the young people of this section including Clover, Bethel and Bethany were present and each one spent a pleasant evening, the happy party not breaking up until far in the night. Among those present were: Misses Agnes Youngblood, Johnsie Stacey, May Castles, Esther Ford, Mary Jackson, Hattle Thomasson, Effie Thomas, Elvie Jackson, Eunice Youngblood, Fanny Price, Margaret Nell, Mary Beamguard, Lela Stevenson, Helen Thomason, Lola Parrott, Edna Ferguson, Dean Neil, Lila Jackson, Pearl Knox; Messrs. Herbert Jackson, Iliff Castles, Andrew Jackson M. S. Barnett, E. V. Templeton, A. B. Goforth, John Youngblood, William Brown, Leo McCarter, Clyde Ford, W. A. Matthews, Carl Knox, Gus Matthews, Clyde Castles, Frank Jackson, Ben Beamguard, James McCarter, Walker Gordon. Freidheim McCarter, Robert Jones, Hugh Jackson, Lee Gettys, Edmond Ford, Burton Youngblood, C. Jackson, Tom Wood, Star Parrott, Robert Lawrence, John Knox, Joe i Thomasson, O. H. Ferris, R. A. Bigger, White Ferguson, Howard McMackin, Henry Youngblood, Andrew Sturgis, Sam Matthews, B. G. Lilley, Sam Brown, P. E. Brown, W. 0. Sparrow, Brown Ferguson. ? A story went out from New York a few days ago to the effect that 80,000 Russian troops had been landed In France after having been brought through the Baltic and North seas to the northern coast of Scotland, thence through Scotland and England by rail, and across the British channel. According to th- Russians made on British transports. VWrtte it is possible that such a thing has been done, still it is not altogether certain. It is stated also that Japan i stands ready to send troops to Europe if she has not already done so, and it is reported that if Turkey goes into the war she will do what she can to stir up trouble in Egypt, Persia and India. RESULTS OF THE SEC Vote for State and Coi . c ij ?.Z Vi OS OS V C Jj . c - s- <- JS L - ~ ? r- ? >2 | 03 J PRECINCTS. CI- ^ o 3 s % s _| o c. oU * I, 2 = Bethel <f4| 3211 591 36, Bethany 23! 79' 20| 81 j Blairsville 40i 63, 42) 61,j Pullork'M Creek. -i| -it?|i zzi -j.-i j Clover llf. 182 llfij 181;! Coates's Tavern. 801 34 80| 36ij Klienezer 42 14 39l 17|i Filbert 26 83i 22j 87| Forest Hill 36 18|i 27 271 Fort Mill 142 156.) 1 18 178|! Hickory Grove. . 106 85 | 102 8Sij McConnellsville. . 72 12(1 71 13i Newport I 20 2ft|j 18 22(1 New Zion 25 68j 22 71 i Opden i 18 34,| 13 29; Hock Hill No. 1.. 268 287 ' 279 273 1 Hock Hill No. 2 263 217 1 269' 210 Sharon 62 45 1 64| 4 3n Smyrna 19| 43 1 26 36 Tirzali , 29 4 7 31 45 I Yorkville No. 1 . 130| 92 ! 143! 80!! Vork\ ille No. 2. . 126 112! 128j 109[ Totals ! 1727|1769| l"7"l 1 jf748|j LOCAL APTAIR8. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS J. C. Wilborn?Offers a desirable property at Tirzah for sale and wants you to see him If you want to buy real estate. Kandy Kitchen?Has a good selection of cigars, as well as cigarettes and smoking tobacco. It will feed you in its restaurant. Yorkville Motor Car Co.?Suggests that you have your automobile tires and tubes vulcanized. It makes them almost as good as new. Thomson Co.?Is showing an advance shipment of new style ludies' coat suits; white felt hats, and new fall ginghams. Kirkpatrick-Belk Co.?Invites special attention to its big line of suits for boys. A free knife with each of the first 257 suits sold. Cloud Cash Store?Is daily receiving and displaying new goods of all sorts for the fall and winter trade, and invites you to see them. "* f i IVIIonn Will fiflV re lUlilS r JWI CllCVi *T Iinvw t. ... g J ward for return of a gold brooch, lost Friday. J. R. Kelly?Offers prompt and efficient livery service by automobile. Phone him at City Market. Miss Mary Harshaw, Teacher?Invites the public to a picnic at Forest Hill school next Friday. J. C. Wilborn. Pres.?Calls a meeting of cotton growers and < thers interested, to be held in the court house on Thursday morning. MeConnell Dry Goods Co.?Says that Douglass shoes win all battles. A large line of ladies' coats are now on display. York Lunch Room?Is now open to serve its customers with lunches and meals. Prompt service at moderate prices. Eggs continue scarce and Yorkville J- ?? *? ? ..>IlU?np frv r*ntf olmnat QHV utrttiers arc wining, iu y^j aunwov ??/ price to get them. Yesterday was Labor day. The banks of Yorkville observed the day and since the day is a national holiday no mall went out on the rural routes. WITHIN THE TOWN ? The Yorkville rire department was called out on account of an alarm yesterday morning. The fire proved to be only a burning chicken house near the Neely mill. ? The school at the Ancona mill begun its fall session yesterday morning, with Mrs. John Lee as teacher. The session will continue for a nine months' term. ? An pvnnr.trinn nrlncinallv for ne groes, went over the C. & N.-W, from Chester to Hickory and return yesterday. Something like forty Yorkvllle negroes made the trip. THE SECOND PRIMARY Because of a general lack of interest, the vote In the second primary today was light, there having been cast only 3,493 votes against 4,129 votes in the election of two weeks ago. Acording to the figures as telephoned in from the various precincts, Mr. Richards carries the county over Mr. Manning by a small majority, and Mr. Kelly has a small lead over Mr. Bethea, while Mr. Shealy leads Mr. Fortner. Messrs. Cherry and Bradford are 1 nominated for the house and there is to be another race between Messrs. Johnson and Lesslie. Mr. Strait is nominated for coroner. Messrs. J. C. Klrkpatrick and J. E. Latham are nominated for county commissioners. The race between Messrs. J. S. Plexico and J. F. Watson for road supervisor in Bullock's Creek was very close ana aunougn me ngures ooiainaDie showed Mr. Plexico in the lead, full returns could not be obtained. Mr. Burton Massey was nominated for road supervisor in Catawba township over Mr. W. H. Spencer. TRAINS NOS. 7 and 8. Trains Nos. 7 and 8, which the C. & N.-W. railroad have been running from | Gastonia to Chester during the past fourteen months, passing Yorkville going south in the morning and north in the afternoon, are to be discontinued ! after next Sunday. These are the trains that were put I on during the latter part of June of last year under a virtual order of the railroad commission which was moved i by Yorkville people, and people along ' the line of the road who brought to j bear all the influence they could exer- i cise in the matter. "We dislike very much to take this 1 train off," said General Manager Nichols of the C. & N.-W. yesterday; "but we simply cannot help ourselves. The j train has lost us money every month since it has been on, and it is losing us money now at a faster rate even than a year ago, and we simply cannot stand it any longer." Mr. Nichols said that he caused to be made a careful calculation of the receipts from the train and the expenses of running it during the whole time of its operation, and he finds that it has not come within fifty per cent of paying expenses. In making this cal-; culation, he said he had not charged against the train any part of the fixed barges of the road, or anything else except its own expenses, the crew, the repairs, fuel and the like, and on the other hand he had given it credit for every cent it had made, not even de- ; ducting the business that would have 1 been done hv trains 9 and 10 ( "It is hard times with the railroad," Mr. Nichols went on, "Taking the whole line over, we are going into the hole every year, and it is necessary for us to cut expenses to the quick to make both ends meet. This train is one of the heavy burdens we are carrying. and we are simply compelled to get rid of it," ?? . ? ?? ABOUT PEOP'. 2 Mrs. W. H Hasans of Clover, spent last week in Gastonla, N. C. J. B. Pegram of Yorkville, Is visiting relatives in Statesville. N. C. Miss Zula Stevenson of Yorkville No. 5, is visiting friends in Atlanta, Ga. Mrs. M. R. Pegram of Gastonia, is the g-uest of Mrs. R. R. McCorkle. near Yorkville. Mrs. Lawrence Alexander of St. OND PRIMARY IN Y01 inty Offices as Gathered by Telepho n i " <0 " - . a E >> ? E ? a u* = Sb c .CI t) ? !_ a ? ~ "I I i It 1 2 S ? ? H x xa o Z S ? & oa" j p o~ * Z x I ' I 1 I 4 > r,4 50: 52 49 33 611 34 84 17 S 41 79 84 15 19! 19 7<? *?5 68, 67 61 35 34( 47 341 33 411 30 431 24 25 45 185 112 180j 213 175' 81 130! 72 37 80 24' 71 20| 95 66 44 24 31 15 38 15' 34 36 24 71 38 82 90 95 11 23 201 37 17 33 20 30 8 48 20! 160. 137 247 177 92 125 106 84 92 99 91 132 90 104 62 88 I 12 72 13 33 14 54 671 56 1 10 30 32 15 18 22 19 17 73 30 72 75 77 17 18 17 j 41 1 1 45 23 40 9 18 15 i 233 321 336 410 197 326 228 14# 182 298 276' 366 173 309 126' 162 1 38 69 42: 71 36 38 39 77 42 20 39 55 40 20 9 20 49 27 48 45 49 25 26 33[ 67 154 109 129 101 79 124! 100 101 136 132! 136 1311 76| 118] 891 1693 1811 2*05 9 j 23*2*711630|1540|1449| 1225| Augustine, Fla., is visiting relatives in Yorkville. Miss Mabel McKnight of Rock Hill, is visiting relatives and friends in Yorkville. Miss Frances Rurgess of Crawfordville. Ga., is the guest of Miss Mary Starr in Yorkville. Mr. S. C. Woods of the Thomson company, returned to Yorkville, Friday, from the northern markets. Miss Mabel Ashe of Yorkville, left last week for Rockton, S. C., where she will teach school this session. Mrs. W. I. Barber has returned to her home in Chester after visiting Yorkvlile relatives. Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Eaves and daughter. Mary Helen, left Saturday to visit i relatives in Tennessee. Miss Annie May Harsliaw of Mcconnellsvllle, is visiting her sister, Miss Mary Harshaw, at Forest Hill. 1 Miss Maud Eberhardt, who has been ' spending several weeks with relatives in Chester, has returned to Yorkville. Mr. W. H. Carroll returned to his , home in Yorkville. Sunday, from Baltimore, and is very much improved in health. Mr. William Betts of Yorkville, left j this morning for Due West where he j will resume his studies in Erskine college. Mr. George Hart left Sunday for , Greenville after visiting his parents, , Mr. and Mrs. G. W. S. Hart in York- ( ville. j Mesdames Ida McConnell and David i Gaston of Blacksburg, are the guests i of Mr. R. G. Ratchford on Yorkville No. 3. Mrs. Frank Davis of Clover R. F. D. j No. 4, is undergoing Lreatment in the 1 Presbyterian hospital in Charlotte, N. C. Mrs. W. W. Miller and children returned home Saturday morning from a visit to relatives in Yorkville?Rock Hill Record. Miss Ruth Crosby has returned to 1 1-. V.<.?lr?rl1lA oflor a 1.1 alt tr? her sister. Miss Claire Crosby, in Spartanburg, E. C. Misses Mamie Johnson and Julia 1 Smith of Yorkville, left this week to < spend some time in the mountains of North Carolina. Mr. D. M. Benfleld of Yorkville No. 3, left last week for a visit of several weeks to his sister, Mrs. Windsor, in New York. Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Neil and daugh- ! ter, Gladys, returned to Yorkville, Saturday, after a stay of ten days at J Piedmont springs. Messrs. Boyce Lllley and Richard , Bigger have resumed their old places ( with the Clover Cotton Oil and Ginning company. i Miss Mary Coper, who has been I visiting Mrs. H. B. Laws, in Yorkville, returned to her home in Win- . ston-Salem, N. C. Mr. T. P. Moore, Jr., of Charlotte, 1 visited Messrs. Robert and Lamar ' Glenn, in Yorkville, this week on his J way to Clemson college. The following Yorkville boys left ' this afternoon for Clemson college: . Karl Williams, Bamford Garrison, ( Archie Barron, Robert Glenn. Misses Margaret Nell ami ciaru t Alexander of Yorkville, have returned to their homes after spending some \ time in Clover, the guests of Miss | Frances Price. 1 Gaffney Ledger: Mrs. Meek Smith who has been spending some time with her sisters, Mrs. Harry Shaw and Mrs. j Boyd Hames, left Sunday evening for ( her home in Clover. Dr. Catherine N. Munro, physician f at Winthrop, who has been spending s her summer vacation in Yorkville, left j yesterday a week ahead of the opening ( of the college, to resume her work. Gaffney Ledger: Dr. William An- c derson and party of Blacksburg, who a have been visiting relatives and friends ( in Scotland during the summer 1 months, arrived home Sunday after- c noon. ? Miss Georgia Burke of Baltimore, * Md., who has been with the Kirkpat- J rick-Belk Co., for several seasons, re- 1 turned to Yorkville, Sunday, and will c be in charge of the millinery depart- a ment again this season. 1 a LOCAL LACONIC8 t <3 Lowry Place Sold. t Messrs. W. L. Williams and A. M. 1 Barnett of Yorkville, have bought the t M. J. Lowry place, situated five miles e south-east of Yorkville on Fishing t Creek. There are 876 acres in the s tract. The price paid is said to have a been J11,000. a Negro Killed In Rock Hill. J1 Policeman Cal Steele of Rock Hill, t shot and killed Will Garner, a negro, c near the Rock Hill Fertilizer compa- f ny's plant in that city, about 11.30 j yclock this morning. While no one ^ 3eems to have seen the actual shoot- t ing, according to the policeman's story, r the negro was resisting arrest. Negro Shot Near Rock Hill. A negro named Steven Davis was 's shot and killed Sunday night, on the ? farm of Jesse Moore, about seven miles s west of Rock Hill, by another negro ^ named Jim Berry. It seems that Ber- s y had struck a negro girl and Davis j, ran up and asked him what he struck r tier for, and Berry's reply was a shot, r from the effects of which Davis died ^ shortly afterwards. Berry has not been j, :aptured. a Facts About the Voters. Q There are 4,545 voters whose names J! ire on the county enrollment books. Of his number 2,454 are farmers; 665 are nill workers; and 1,426 are engaged In ither occupations. More than half of ]< .y years 01 UK", i.oou vuiei a ai c ucinc^u | a years of age; 1,335 voters are between b the ages of 21 and 29; 1,223 are be- e tween 30 and 39 years of age; 799 between 40 and 49; 640 between 50 and r 59, and 557 are over 60 years old. Mr. n tohn Moss of YorkviUe, is the oldest e citizen whose name appears on the en- n "ollment books of the county, he being nore than 93 years of ago. p 3aby Sent to Yorkvllle. ^ Rock Hill Record: The baby left a ast week at the home of Mr. and Mrs, ^ rtobt. 8. Poag at Carhartt's, has been lent to the Church Home Orphanage a it Yorkville. Mr. Poag decided to do f< his because he did not know the 0 parentage of the cMM and did not ^ .are '.l t um risk, Mrs. poag told ,, In Record this morning to thark the v, adles of Rock Hill for their moat gen-1 ^ Toua donations of clothes and all nec-1 ssary articles for the little one. n nough to fill a trunk, and she adda t) hat she and Mr. Poag will see that -he k :hild Is well cared for until the par- tj nts are traced. t( iuthriesville School Open#. cl The school at Guthrlesville, Misses Vnnie Miller and Mary Clark in charge _ ?egan its eight months' term yesterday, ^ r; RK COUNTY TODAY. ? ne and Messengers. " ff 1' <0 11! E S f? t * ? m s ? z k? 01 o X? t o . C( fc . , ! r-S S E ? * o >? 2i 5 i ft d - ?c "i ? ? f i |! ? U 5 ^ M 3 > >o Q. o w m J L , y fc ^ 'S tl ?j ^ y 56 35 32 54 4 7 54 96 al 94 8 85 78j 17j 24 102 ai 28 72 37 80| 58, 25' 103 w 25 40 26 57 j 36 13 67 | 1091 170 160 156' 168! 92 297 or 19' 881 551 39 76' 42: 114 t(1 I 19' 36 42 27] 26 7: 55 as 581 4 81 901 59] 20 49, 116 w ] 25! 29 11 321 28! 37 I 54 v, 101] 1791 166 154, 129 105]: 298 jn 63' 122 75! 100 119 82 1 192 th 13 65 1 30 38 56' 38" 84 8 31 281 31 111 12] 40 69 22 61 72 23j 24 | 93 to I it) I Zl 4 0 &2 S1 124 420 2471 286 254 2851 555 iP 124 340 238! 278 240 178 480 cc 37 69 29 75 82 28 107 jn 41 19 36 37 23 25 62 at 45 31 50 51 22 22 76 fr 73 140 88 99 121 132 I 223 69 157 111 127 128 110 239 y. 1188|2166||1704 1952 1714|1429 3493 with an enrollment of 33 pupils. There was a goodly number of patrons in attendance upon the opening exercises. Superintendent of Education John E. Carroll and Rev. Jno. A. McMurray, ' pastor of Bethesda church, made short addresses. The school enrollment will be increased later on. The building has been repainted inside and out during the summer and everything put in good shape. Misses Miller and Clark taught the school last year and are held in high esteem by the patrons. The trustees are Messrs. J. C. Bell, Ma- ? son Bratton and J. W. Moore. i Death of Mr. J. B. Hogue. Mr. J. Bonner Hogue died suddenly at his home in the New Zion neighborhood at about 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The deceased was about 32 ^ years of age, and is survived by his wife, who before her marriage was Miss Minnie Boyd, and one little daughter. Mr. Hogue was a member of New Zion church. The burial was at Beersheba this afternoon, Rev. H. B. Hardy of Hickory Grove, conducting the funeral services. Mrs. S. J. McClure Dead. Mrs. Janie McClure, widow of the late W. C. McClure, died at her home, three miles west of Yorkville, about 2 o'clock this afternoon, following an ~*' Illness of more than a year with a complication of diseases. Mrs. McClure was about 50 years of age. She was a member of Beersheba Presbyterian church, and enjoyed the highest esteem of a large number of friends ? and acquaintances. The deceased is survived by Ave children, three sons and two daughters, Messrs. Robert, William and Grady McClure, and Misses Alma and Jennie McClure. The funeral will be conducted at the home tomorrow (Wednesday) and the interment will be in Rose Hill cemetery, Yorkville. ? * THE BUY-A-BALE MOVEMENT. South Can Absorb and Hold Cotton Crop If It Will. The "Buy a Bale of Cotton" movement inaugurated by many leading W business men of Atlanta, is making considerable headway in Georgia, according to reports in the Atlanta Journal. This movement is designed to relieve those farmers who are financially unable to hold their cotton, from the hardships imposed by the closing of the cotton market as a result of the i war in Europe. It is proposed that m each man and woman who is in posi- * tion to do so, purchase at least one more, if possible,) bale of cotton direct from some farmer, preferably a. tenant farmer, paying not less than 10 cents a pound for it, and holding such cotton off the market until not * less than 10 cents can be obtained. While this movement was started in Atlanta, the object of the promoters Is to extend it to the entire south, the belief being that in this way practically the whole cotton crop can be saved from sacrifice. With this in dew, the Atlanta committee announces that it is prepared to co-operate with the authorities in other sections af the cotton growing belt Already in Atlanta several hundred bales have been bought by individuals and organizations, and the buying continues. The proposition to buy up the entire 1914 crop of cotton is fully set * forth in the following call, issued by ;he Atlanta committee: Committee's Call. The committee of five appointed Friday to outline preliminary plans 'or the people of the south to buy the * 1914 cotton crop raised by southern 'armers and thereby tide over the crilis caused by the European war on resterday made the following interesting report: "To the general meeting called to :onsider the complications which have Lrisen in the marketing of cotton? Icntlemen: The statistical bureau at Washington shows that the cotton ^ :rop this year will be one of the largist and bf the best quality it has yet grown, perhaps as much as 15,000,000 tales. This cotton up to August 1 tade fair to bring 12 cents per pound, >r $60 per bale, or an aggregate nr?s\??y* + r\f tQftft flHft rtrtf) flnH InHlllHnC A. he seed it would have reached the W tupendous sum of <1,000,000,000. "Because of the European war cuting the demand for this valuable proluct some 5,000,000 or 6,000,000 >ales, the market has been completey demoralized. So much so that cot. on cannot be sold at all. It is appar. int that unless some plan or plans can >e inaugurated by which this excess lupply of cotton can be bought up H ind taken entirely off the market for it least twelve months, the price at vhich the product will sell will be so ow as to lose the south at least onehird of the real value of this crop, ir a loss of some three hundred and ifty or four hundred millions of do). y ars; and yield a return to the prolucers far below the cost of'producion and thus spread ruin and bankuptcy through the land. "We are not unmindful of the fact hat this grave situation has been conIdered by many committees and asociations of planters, merchants, ankers, and business men generally, ind its gravity is well worthy of the est thought and efforts of us all. We econd gratefully the remedial leglstition passed by the congress and the At elief proposed by the treasury department in making cotton warelouse receipts legal collateral for the - D..? M.?lln|n? ssue in uurrcnty. ouv icaiuius 11 of these helps and more will be reuired to meet the situation, and beeving that Providence helps those ^ hat help themselves, we recommend: Recommendation*. "First, That we appeal to every jyal and patriotic southerner, male nd female, to aid in carrying this urden that has fallen on our planirs without any fault of theirs. "Second. That In extending this elief in such form as the largest umber may assist, we urge upon evry one to make purchase of one or lore bales of cotton. "Third. That In order that the lanters may get a price that will at ast pay them for the cost of producon, the price of said cotton be fixed t 10 cents per pound, basis good midling. "Fourth. That in order that this ^ id may reach the class who are suf- w ?rers in this matter, these purchases f this cotton be made not from midlo men nr sdm^ii In f nm. hut from the lanters only, and an far an possible e distressed cotton of the tenant farlers. "Fifth, it. order that this proposed ?lief may be enV"tual. It Is necessary lat this cotton be ut-'d off the maret for at least twelve months or un1 the cotton can be sold at or above >n cents per pound and carrying barges. ^ "Sixth. That we urge upon every W ity, town and hamlet throughout the atton growing states that public leetings be held and complete aringements be made to warehouse jch purchases and the loyal and parotic citizens be given an opportuity to support this movement. ? "Seventh. This philanthropic aeon is taken to relieve distress in our luthland. but it will be wholly inef>ctual unless the planters reduce the 915 cotton crop to one-half of the sual crop. Therefore we appeal to Lrmers and planters, supply houses, lerchants and business men of every ass and in every section and state to ^-operate to accomplish this result. "Klghth. That you will appoint a ermanent committee of live of your amber who will invite the cordial cojeration of the Chamber of Comerce. the Merchants' and Manufac irers' association, the freight bureau, le Credit Men's association, the Aden's club, the Rotary club and any id all other civic organizations, to d them in the furtherance qf thin ork. "Ninth. That this committee be npowered to do all things necessary i the perfecting of all arrangements ! to securing subscriptions witl\ hich to buy this cotton and to prode for its actual purchase, storage, ^ surance, and any and all other w lings necessary- to execute fully the, irpose of these resolutions. "We trust that no person in the cotm belt will take advantage of this tuation by trying to buy cotton for ss than the price stipulated (Hi mts) from farmers; and that every ^ dividual in the south will co-opere patriotically to save our farmers om loso. (Signed) "Sam D. Jones, chairman: . H. Inman. H. Y. McCord. W. A. irker, W. W. Orr, David Strauss."