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tESSUBD SEMX-WEESL^^ l. M. GRIST'S SONS, Publishers. | % ^auiilij Jlrtt'spaper: J: or the promotion of flti; political, Social, JLgriculturat and Commercial Interests of the people. | established 1855. YORKVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 1914. NO. 73. T ? ALONE IN THI By JOSEPH Copyright. 1913, by Small. Maynard CHAPTER XVII. Red Tape. Among others who met me after g I reached Canada were four state of Maine game wardens, and they were all fine men. They assured me that I would have a free passport through the state. They got in touch with the commissioners at Augusta. who through them invited me to the Natural History hall in the capitol, where a reception was to be held in my hon or. The people of Augusta accorded me i a tremendous reception?one that I shall never forget?and when our party arrived at the state house hundreds ^ of people had gathered for the affair. First of all, I called on the fish and game commissioners in the office of the chairman. Scarcely had the doors closed when a cold blooded transaction followed. The chairman summoned one of his clerks, who read off the various fines attached to the killing of game out of season. Then I was ask^ ed what I had killed. I gave this information, and the chairman took down the various things that I mentioned. Then turning to me he said, "It will cost you $205, Mr. Knowles. Members of my party stepped up and assured the commissioners that the fines would be attended to just as soon as the party arrived in Boston, and I was escorted into the Natural History hall, where the people were waiting to receive me As I was moving on schedule the time was very t i *'/ ~ Ja<fl*HEjWSCB8SflB?8EBSSBt . ' ? = LOST POND, THE SCENE OF MA [A sketch made by the author In the wooc flr limited, and presently I left the hall in the waiting automobile in order to keep an appointment with the mayor and make train connections for Portland. As I started through a lane of peo11 pie through the street one of the commissioners dashed down the steps and announced that the chairman had decided that I must give bonds before I left the tlatehouse. "But that matter will be attended to just as soon as we arrive in Boston," protested the man who was engineering the party. "We are on schedule, and every minute is precious." Q In spite of this the commissioners insisted, so I went back to the office where the attorney general was waiting with ihp chairman. "But they are on schedule. Mr. | Commissioner, and they haven't got ^ time," said tne attorney general. "We'll make time," declared the chairman, with every ounce of authority that his office allows. However, to make a long story short, a spirited conference followed, and I was allowed to depart to catch my train after I had affixed my signature to the document that gave me free passport through Maine. This al' so contained a clause to the effect that 1 would pay all fines for what game I had killed. Afterward two of the commission- . ers. for whom I have the highest re^ gard, came to me and said they were sorry that such a thing had happened. They told me they had been in favor of granting me a permit in the tirst place, but that thay had to give in to the chairman of the board. Such, through the admission of the majority of the board of tish and game commissioners, is the condition of the state of Maine today. The majority of the board is controlled by ? the minority. I suffered more mentally during my last ten days in the forest than at any other time. This suffering was not due to the fact that I wanted to go out before my time was up. but rath% er because of a fear that 1 might be molested by game wardens before I had lived my two full months in the forest. After I had killed my bear I wondered at various times just how the game wardens and the fish and game commissioners would act. However, after I had got my deer the thought was harder to get rid of than it had been before. I was not conscience stricken or anything like that. I had V \illed game through sheer necessity. The one paramount thought in my mind after getting my deer was mai inc game Wiirui'iis nuuiu (nine ir.to the woods and take me out. Lieins alone and bavins no one to talk the matter over with. 1 turned this thins over and over in my mind. I imagined all kinds of things. 1 felt - as if 1 were being hunted. The thought got hold of me so that I began to neglect myself. I camped anywhere and everywhere. I said to myself. "What is the use of building st home only to have the game wardens ^ come along and find me as soon as it is finished?** During those ten days I lived in a state so that 1 could move any minute. I wandered from place to place, always watching for men who might i WILDERNESS KNOWLES I & Co. be after me, and I saw some men during those days, but they did not see me. In all I saw four or five. Every strange sound I heard startled me. I would think, "There they are again," and I would go back to my lean-to to see if they had been there. The idea that I was hunted brought out all the animal in me. I acted just as a deer would act. At night I slept in such a way that I could not be surprised from the rear. In a word, just I as the deer does, I faced my back tracks. If any one had approached me I would have seen him before he could have seen me. One afternoon a party of three men passed within ten feet of where I was hiding. They were talking about me. Can the reader imagine how I would have felt, after having lived two months in the woods as I had lived, to have come forth from the forest to meet my friends and have half a dozen game wardens step up and place me under arrest and take my skins away from me? I said to myself, "I will beat these wardens at their own game if possible." In the wilderness I had no one to ask advice of. I had to settle everything for myself. So I began to reason that if I went to Canada the wardens would not molest me in any way. I felt revengeful. I didn't care what the Canadian officials did to me as long as I escaped the Maine authorities. I would have undergone anything rather than be taken by game f-^ iNY OF KNOWLES' ADVENTURE& Is on birch bark with burnt sticks from his as.] wardens in the woods. After my decision to go to Canada I knew 1 must notify my friends of my intention. The night I started for Canada 1 was a little dubious as to the exact date of the month it might * 4 Knfrt*./, T V*o A lnct mv ut*. trtrrv uciui v a unu *v?v ?.v calendar stick and was carrying the days in my head. 1 knew I wasn't ahead of the time, but was not sure about being one day late. Placing on a stump a roll of birch bark on which 1 had written that I would meet my friends on the shore of Lake Megantic, Canada, on Oct. 4, 1 went back to the woods. Following a trail to the left to a point about a mile and a half from the camp, I then swung in, walking straight in through the camp yard. There was a light in one of the cabins, and as I passed I could hear the boys playing cards. Over at one side 1 saw two men going up one of the trails with a lantern, but they did not see me. I continued on my way down to the Spencer stream, which I forded, and then went on a few miles until I had crossed the Kibby stream. Then I headed up Spotted Spruce mountain, where I spent the night. I didn't have any tire or lean-to. I simply curled up in my buckskin at the foot of a tree and slept as best I could. It had begun to rain hard. My mind was filled with wardens, and I didn't stop for anything to eat that night. 1 remember that I dreamed for the first time. 1 thought 1 was talking to some one and in my dream I would say to myself, "I have gone and talked with some one, and now it is all off." Then I would wake up and be [mighty glad it was not true. From Spotted Spruce I drifted along down on to the slope of Old Snow Mountain, over Hurricane mountain, where half a mile beyond I came to Douglas pond. Boundary mountain was straight ahead, and I made for it. It was not until I had crossed the line that 1 drew my first free breath. They [couldn't touch me now! The nun hadn't abated in the slightest and again 1 tried to sleep with my back against a tree. It was impossible to go on. as I could not see my hand before my face. 1 had eaten once that day?early in the morning ?when I had shot a partridge with my bow and arrow. Not being able to get a fire in the wet. 1 had eaten it raw. 1 ate nothing that night. The next day was the 4th of Octo ber. I was not sure <>f this, believing it might be Sunday, the f?th. I still had some distance to travel, and after going on for two or three hours 1 heard tin- distant whistle of a train away off somewhere ahead. I followed the direction of the sound, and about 4 o'clock that afternoon 1 saw before me through the trees the tracks of the Canadian Pacific milroad. A tramcar with three men aboard rolled up the track. As I came out into the open and saw them I rushed back among the trees so thut they wouldn't see me. Then 1 laughed to myself when I thought of what I had done. I had simply jumped back out of habit. My time was up in the forest, and I did not need to fear human beings any more. Some distance back in the woods I had donned my skins, not knowing ex aetly whom I might meet. When the train had passed I came out of the woods and made my way to the railroad tracks. There was no one in sight now. I started along up the track, wondering how the people would receive me. Suddenly ahead of me up the track I saw a little girl about fourteen years old. She caught sight of me and stopped stock still. In spite of what she saw she held her ground and watched me approach. I wouldn't have blamed her if she had run back just then because I must have been an unusual picture in my skins. Coming closer, I asked her how far it was to Megantic. A torrent of French greeted me. I knew a little of the language and put the question again, ^ne torn me meganuc wa? about seven miles farther along. I tell you, the sound of her voice sounded good to me. She was the first human being I had spoken to in two months. Rather than continue on her way, she turned about and walked down the tracks with me toward Megantic. (To be Continued). THE WAR IN EUROPE. News Paragraphs Gleaned From Dispatches from the Front. British officers who arrived in Paris, Wednesday, reported that a furious battle is still raging east of the city. Russia continues to assume the offensive in east Prussia and all eyes are now turned eastward, where the importance of administering a check to the invading Russians is as great as the vigorous pursuit of the French campaign. Advices from The Hague are thu a state of seige has been proclaimed in a great number of the towns on the coast of Holland. The tide of battle seems to have turned against the hitherto victorious Germans. In the last two or three days the allies have forced the Germans back at various points in the battle line near Paris. These lines extend from Paris to Verdun, a distance of about 200 miles. According to dispatches, the German army is short of ammunition and the commissary is running low. The French war department announces that "on the whole the Germans appear to be beginning a movement of retreat." Maubeuge, a strong French fortress six miles from the Belgian frontier, has been captured by the Germans. Forty thousand persons, including four generals and 400 guns were captured, it is said. It is indicated that Roumania will soon throw her 200,00 troops Into the conflict. President Poincare has signed a decree calling all Frenchmen, previously exempted from service because of defective health, to undergo medical examination. Those found fit will be drafted into the French army. The British official press bureau has announced the wreck off the coast of Scotland of the White Star liner Oceanic. Officers and crew were saved. Pierre Mali, the Belgian counsel at New York, has announced that 15 cents a day will be paid by the Belgian government to every Belgian woman in America whose husband is with the Belgian army. If she has children, she will also receive five cents a day for each child, and this will be increased to 10 cents per day in case the husband is killed. In England, recruiting continues rapidly. Men are joining the colors by thousands, and it is expected that Lord Kitehiner's half million men will be obtained by tomorrow. India is sending 70,000 troops and the Indian princes are also sending large sums of money. President Wilson has received a personal cablegram from Emperor William of Germany, protesting against the use by allies of dum-dum bullets and the participation in tne war by Belgium civilians. Three columns of Montenegrin troops have occupied an important position at Foca, in Austrian territory, state of Bosnia. The object of the Montenegrin troops is to arrive at the centre of Bosnia in order to raise the Servian population in "Haskin" bands so as to molest the Austrian troops. According to Count von Bernstroff, German minister to the United States, "the outcome of the war is more hopeful for Germany than ever." A Russian dispatch of Wednesday, says that Russian troops have captured a German aeroplane, in east Prussia and that small skirmishes continue. A Paris dispatch of Tuesday, says that the allied army of Paris, including more than 250,000 fresh troops, have gone to the front to aid in the fight against Germany. The dispatch also says that the forces of the allies now in the field in France outnumbers the invaders. A Rome dispatch says that Imperial Chancellor Bethman Hollweg and Minister of Foreign Affairs Von Jagow, are blamed by Emperor YVillam for England's participation in the war. Both men are said to have tendered their resignations from the German imperial cabinet. Prince Ernest, the third of the reigning house of Lippe to die in battle, was killed on August 28. General Joffre, commander-in-chief of the allies, is reported to have said that the time has now come for the allies to take the offensive and drive the invaders out of France. The Tribuna, a leading newspaper of Rome, says that there are now 250,000 Russian troops in France. A London paper says that it has reliable information from Austrian sources, that Emperor Franz Joseph died twelve days ago. A Paris paper on the same date, says the emperor has had a paralytic stroke and his condition is serious. A Rotterdam dispatch says it is stated there on good authority that the supplies of German arms are exhausted and many of the rilles carried by the Landsturn, the last reserves. are of an old type. Many of the newest troops are not uniformed. A Rotterdam dispatch says that during nineteen days the German authorities have transferred 2,000,000 men from the western theatre of war to the eastern border. The tranfer required 2,600 trains. A Dieppe correspondent says that 25.000 persons have been made homeless in the suburbs of Paris by the destruction of their homes by the militaiy authorities. Reports arriving at Rome are to the effect that many of Austria's soldiers are deserting the army and making their way to Switzerland. The Japanese envoy at Stockholm says the reports that Japan will send troops to France, are absurd. The British cruiser Pathfinder was sunk Saturday afternoon in the North Sea by a mine. Ten officers were killed, twenty men were wounded and forty-six are missing. The cruiser was literally blown to atoms. A London cable is to the effect that the Germans were expecting tin- Roers of South Africa to help them in their fight and with this end in view had shipped thousands of rilles and other war materials to German southwest Africa, so as to bo ready to equip the Poors at the right time. The Poors are loyal to Kngland. Prince Lazatovieh, a former Servian military expert, former officer in the Austrian army, and now a resident of New York, predicts that the Russians will enter Vienna and Berlin before Kmperor William's forces enter Paris. | FOOTSTEPS OF THE FATHERS As Traced In Early Files of The Yorkville Enquirer NEWS AND VIEWS OF YESTERDAY Bringing Up Records of the Past and Giving the Younger Readers of Today a Pretty Comprehensive Knowledge of the Things that Most Concerned Generations that Have Gone Before. The first Installment of the notes appearing under this heading was published In our issue of November 14. 1913. The notes are being prepared by the editor as time and opportunity permit. Their purpose is to bring into review the events of the past for a *!?/?? ??? *V?a Hie pleasure anu aa name nun ui mc older people and for the entertainment and instruction of the present generation. SEVENTY-SIXTH INSTALLMENT Thursday Morning, June 27, 1861. Editorial Correspondence. Richmond, Va., Monday Night, June 17, 1861. Dear Enquirer:?Orders came this evening for us to proceed, via the 10 1 o'clock train of the Central railroad tomorrow, for Manassas Junction. ' These orders were promulgated at dress-parade; and we have ever since been busy as a bee, packing, writing letters, etc. As we proceed to write you at 8 o'clock, our camp is a busy sceno of stir and confusion. The companies are being mustered in one by one. preliminary to receiving pay for their services, which is to be forthcoming in a few days; and general preparations are going on for a march early in the morning. Wo are the last or the nrst nve regiments from our state to be sent forward to Beauregard's district, though GERMAN TRO Vibe was occupied by the Geri fighting. This photograph was take from the cheering shouts in the city an hour or so ago, we judge it likely that Gen. Williams' regiment arrived here tonight. Our regiment is "armed and equipped" well and drilled well?so well indeed, that many Virgiinans, if we say so, have pronourced it the best in the j service. We have one of the most gal- | lant and energetic colonels to be found j anywhere and his men are worthy of him. I We regret to say that the regiment , has to give up its Adjutant, Capt. J. W. Avery, of your town. All the regiments have lost this officer; there be- ] ing no adjutant recognized in the Con- ( federate service. President Davis of- j fered the captain a lieutenancy in the | regular army, and would have detailed \ him to attend to his recent duties; but \ the captain refused to accept it, be- j cause, among other reasons, it would ] have kept him for an indefinite period . in the army, possibly even after peace, j In parting with him, simple justice , compels us to say that we part with an , exceedingly agreeable officer and gen- ] tleman.. Our valued young friend. Lieutenant , E. B, Clinton, of the Jasper Light In- , fantry, has been detailed to fill this va- . cancy. His thorough acquaintance ] with tactics, his laborous habits of , study and his invariable presence at ] his post, make him emphatically "the , right man in the right place." . The health and spirits of the regi- , ment were never better. None of us ( are "spoiling for a light;'* but all are \ oager to be at the post of duty and are ready and willing to risk life in driv- ( ing the craven invader from our soil. ( We will write you again from Ma- i nassas at our first convenience. Mean- ] while direct to Richmond, all letters, , etc., which will be forwarded. ; Yours in hurry at random, i Our Corporal. j * * ( Letter to The Enquirer Children. 1 Richmond, Va? Monday, June 17, 1S61. i We have been in this city, dear chil- ' dren, the capital of pood Old Vir- t BELGIAN Some of Belgium's brave soldiers J away. ginia, just one week today. It is a beautiful place romantically situated upon rolling hills on the left bank of the James river; and has about sixty thousand inhabitants. The capitol sits upon a high hill overlooking the river, and the grounds are laid off and decorated with a great deal of taste and art. You will there llnd a magnificent statue of the great and good Washington, made of bronze, about twice as large as life, on raised work 20 or 30 feet high, seated on a very large bronze war-horse, and pointing with his right fore-finger to the south. The attitude of the whole is very grand; and the sublimity is further increased by similar statues of Henry, Mason and Jefferson?three among the greatest statesmen this state has ever produc ea?on lower peaesiais. oeverui umers are to be added; and when finished, among the first works of elegant art, will be reckoned Crawford's equestrian statue of Washington. If you will walk with me into the hall of the capitol, I will show you a much more accurate and to my mind, a far more interesting and lovely statue of this immortal patriot and statesman. This one was made by Houdon, in 1788, from a plaster of Paris pattern; and is a perfect likeness of Washington both in form and feature.?Have you never wished that you could see him, just as he was when alive; how large he was; how he stood; what kind of a dress he wore?and all about him? Well, you could see it all here; and I assure you, he was one of the finest looking as well as best of all men. In another place, under some beautiful trees is a statue, just like this of Henry Clay?the great Kentucky ora tor, who plead with such thrilling eloquence in the United States congress for the cause of Greece, when she fought for her freedom against the Turks, and who, though an ultra Union man, would doubtless be with the south now, if alive. This is a perfect likeness of him, from his finger nails to his very shoe OPS RESTING AFTER B/ ^=^?5====== Wm Jx#. nan army on its way to the investmen ;n Immediately after the battle, when strings in marble. These monuments to the worth of the distinguished dead will host for centuries and stand up in their places pleading to old and young to serve with al) their powers their God and country. Now children, I wish to point a moral. Why are these men honored so by the living? Because they were ?reat and good men, and their goodness, more than anything else, made them great. You know what was said I vv asningion: r rum ms yuum, mc law of truth was in his mouth;" and Henry Clay, when he was a little millboy, used to ride upon his sack or corn or wheat to the mill, carrying with him a, bright eye and a brave, bounding beart. Both were noble children, and they made noble men. Go and do like them. Never tell a lie, or sneak out of a. difficulty, never wilfully hurt the least of God's creatures; and always stand up with open and manly faces for whatever is right and good, and you will become worthy men and women, ornaments of society, and useful anu honorable in your day. There is another place here, quite Afferent from the capitol, though squally interesting and instructive. I illude to Hollywood cemeterv?the si lent city of the dead by the bustling city of the living. All the morning of Past-day until the hour of preaching I strolled among the tombstones there; ind I was there again an hour Sabbath evening; and I assure you I found it a ?ood place for meditation. This beautiful grave-yard is made up of hills ind valleys covered with holly-trees, >aks, poplars and elms, with three gurgling brooklets meeting each other within it, dotted with lonely burial [daces and tombs, interspersed with winding hearse-ways and foot paths, ibout one-half mile long, and reaching From the city's edge to the rivers' rugged side. Just imagine a wide woods n your fathers' farm, with the rillet for your father's spring and the brook in which you iish on Saturday's interspersed with a multitude of white :ombs by the side of winding gravel INFANTRY READY FOR ^flu. s !?1 ~ ^dJa *"7 ust before going Into action at Dlest. 1 roads, and many tastefully decorated with vines and Mowers and shrubbery, and you will have some idea of the delightful resting place for the dead. I thought of you, dear children, while there; for I observed that many of the graves were small ones. In two places I saw where five little bodies rested, all spanned by one marble arch, and the oldest was not ten years old in either case. In one tomb four of the little cherubs had been taken to their Saviour's bosom in a single month. I read the pretty names: Henry, March 3; Eliza, March 8; George, March 10; Cornelia, March 26?they all fell asleep in the month of March, and the winds chanted a dirge. Is not this a touching reminder that this is not our home? Even little children should some time think of dying, ...d be ready to go to that beautiful world where there is no change and blight. Your editor, dear children, is very well. You know he is here as a soldier, however; and he may in a few days, possibly, fill a soldier's grave. If he does, he asks you to remember the burial place of Richmond as well as all others, teaches that the youngest children may die. He asks you to take Washington for your model?to Imitate his virtues in life?to seek to die his death, and live with him thereafter in Heaven. Lovingly, Your Editor. (To Be Continued). Watching the Great Battle.?Officials at Washington displayed much interest last night in the reports of the general engagement in Prance along an extended battle front. The feeling was general that a decisive battle was in progress, but official dispatches contained no news of the hostilities. Military observers noted that Meaux, the place east of Paris where the general engagement began today, is where the German headquarters were established on September 16, 1870, and the orders issued for the investment of Paris. These orders directed the German army of the Meuse to invest the capital in a wide half circle from the ITTLE OF VISE * aig: it of Liege, but only after severe the kaiser's warriors were resting. Marne, above Paris, to the Seine, below it, while the third army was ordered to form a similar half circle on the left bank of the river. The orders also specified that in case of any attempt to relieve the capital the army was to allow the relieving force to approach within a short distance, and then, leaving the investment to be maintained by weak details, to strike the enemy with its main body. It is regarded as a coincidence that the second attempt at investment begins at the same place and almost on the same day of the year as the first investment, but under entirely different conditions. The previous German advance to Meaux came after Emperor Napoleon III, had surrendered at Sedan and the Germans had swept the field up to Paris, whereas they are at Meaux today, with the allied forces still intact and fighting desperately. What War Costs the United States. ?I have the word of a foreign ambassador to the United States that it costs his government $3,000,000 a day to keep its army in the field. But don't say "poor, miserable, tax-ridden Europe." You need all your sympathies for yourself. This war is costing the United States $10,000,000 a day in international trade. That string of figures represents our daily European sales and purchases, virtually all of which have suddenly stopped. The international swapping of goods will start again in part,, but it cannot be fully resumed while the war lasts. We could sell to the fighting nations lots of things if we could only get them there, but they are in no position to send us many things which we use in manufacturing. Thus our Philadelphia carpet factories use a great deal of yarn from Russia, hut they will have difficulty in getting it. Our brass factories can't work without tin, but a tin spoon is today worth about as much as a silver one. Old Mr. Bromide never had a better chance to exclaim with truth. "Thi is a little world, after all."?Philadelphia Ledger. GERMANS " 1 rhe battle was raging less than a mile I AS TOLD BT EXCHANGES. News Happenings In Neighboring Communities. CONDENSED FOR QUICK READING. Dealing Mainly With Local Affairs of Cherokee, Cleveland, Gaston, Lancaster and Chaster. Chester Reporter, Sept. 7: County Superintendent of Education W. D. Knox's annual report for the year ending June 30th, 1914, which has been completed, contains an abundance of interesting information. The total enrollment for the year was as folows: White, 2,674; colored, 5,141. The average attendance was: White, 1,801; colored, 3,035. The amount of funds on hand at the beginning of last year was 828,141.13, while during the year 855,706.69 came in as revenues from various sources. Expenditures totalled 855,819.40, leaving a balance on hand of 828,028.73. During the year three new school districts were organized? Old Purity, Armenia and Bethlehem. Of the thirty school districts In the county sixteen levy special taxes ranging from one to five mills. New school buildings were erected during the year at Armenia and Cornwell, and Bascomville, Richburg, and Mount Pleasant made substantial additions to their buildings and equipment. Fort Uwn, Bethlehem and possibly other schools have plans for Improvements that will be carried out in the near future. The total number of white schools in the county is fifty-six, which happens also to be the number of colored schools. The average length of term of the white schools is 161.68 days, while the average length of term of the colored school is 81.82 days. There is an abundance of other information in the report going to show the intense interest that exists in educational matters in Chester county, thougti some portions of the county are outstripping the remainder in tangible results The hearing before Special Judge Eflrd at Yorkville, Thursday, in connection with the injunction secured by citizens nt Rnaaviiln tnwnshin restraining Su pervisor Cunningham from moving the chaingang, has been postponed a week....Miss Bernice Barr, of Weatherly, Pa., was elected organist of the First Baptist church yesterday to succeed Miss Maggie Edwards, resigned, and will take up her new duties on the second Sunday in October The white graded schools of the city open next Monday, Sept. 14th, and Superintendent W. H. McNairy will be in his office at the College street building Thursday and Friday for the purpose of enrolling new-pupils. The exercises next Monday morning will be very brief and simple, the object being to get down to business with just as few preliminaries as possible, and all pupils are urged to be in their places on opening day. The assignment of teachers for the coming session will be as follows: College Street?Grade 1, Miss Lillie Brown; grade 2, Miss Luclle Melton; grade 3, Miss Mary Hamilton; grade 6, Miss Elizabeth Coleman; grade 7, Miss Rosamond Burdine; High School, Miss Nelle Summersett, Miss Emma Thomson, Messrs. D. L. Rambo and J. L. McLean, and Supt. \V. H. McNairy. Foote Street?Grade 1, Miss Katherine Macaulay; grade 2, Miss Mary Lindsay; grade 3, Miss Agnes Douglas; grade 4, Miss Julia PhilIlips; grade 5, Miss Cary Calhoun; | grade 7, Miss Gertrude Davis. Dora Jones?Grade 1, Miss Margaret Evans; grade 3, Miss Lillian Jaegar; grade 4, Miss Clarabel Williams; grade 5, Miss Orene Mcllwaine; grade 6, Miss Lila Connor Mr. Jno. M. Jones, the en terprising proprietor of the Chester Coca Cola Bottling Co., is anxious to launch the "Buy a Bale Movement" in Chester, and this morning purchased a bale from Mr. J. Foster Carter for ten cents a pound. The cotton has been delivered at Mr. Jones' residence, and will remain there until the situation clears up and the entire crop can be marketed at what the staple is worth. Gaffney Ledger, Sept 8: More than five hundred farmers, merchants and business men met at the court house Saturday, and a large majority of them subscribed their names as members of the Cherokee county cotton congress. Every man present showed intense interest in the proceedings and the work of the organization was carried forward with gratifying rapidity to all concerned. The most important action taken by the congress was the appointment of two committees, one consisting of the school trustees throughout the county to solicit membership for the association, and the other consisting of the representative farmers to consult with the merchants, bankers, and other business men with the idea of securing thorough co-operation in nnv nians that mav be decided upon. Judging by cheers and expressions of approval the assembly was overwhelmingly in favor of holding the present cotton crop for better prices, and of reducing the acreage given to this staple another year by at least one half in case the present European trouble continues until that time. A slight opposition to the plan of having farmers pledge themselves to reduce the acreage developed, but amounted to practically nothing. The meeting was called to order shortly after ten o'clock with Mr. R. C. Sarratt, president of the Cherokee Cotton Congress, presiding, and Mr. Richmond Stacy, the secretary, in his place There were no legal sales yesterday, which was salesday. This makes the second successive month that Cherokee county has passed without a legal sale of any kind A committee consisting of S. J. Lipscomb and R. B. Beaty, in consultation with Rev. Richard Carroll met at the Cherokee Normal Institute in the southern suburbs of the city yesterday morning and decided to hold the colored county fair at that institution on November 25th, 26th and 27th Professor R. O. Sams has gone to Jonesville where he will be superintendent of the public schools,of that place during the present year. The schools opened yesterday, .miss uieo uodsoh of this city, a graduate at Limestone college, will be a member of the faculty of the Jonesville school Improvement of the local fire department was discussed by the city council at Its regular meeting held in the city hall Friday night, but no action was taken. It was decided to devote the old library room in the city hall to sleeping apartments for the firemen The "Buy a Bale of Cotton" movement is arousing considerable interest among the business men of Gaflfney and is being discussed on every hand. The plan is for each business man who can possibly buy a bale of cotton at 10 cents per pound to do so and hold it for higher prices. It is probable that an agreement will be made between the business men either today or tomorrow and the plan put into operation Professor L. B. Haynes. who is in charge of the movement for a Cherokee county Sunday school field day, has announced that this event will take place on Saturday, October 3rd. It was originally scheduled to be held on September 3rd, but was later postponed. An interesting programme has been arranged for the event. It is probable that a part of the exercises will be held at the court house, while the remainder will be held at Limestone college Col. T. B. Butler, acting as special agent of the United States government, made the first cotton gin inspection of Cherokee county for the 1914 season Friday. A report of the inspection must be sent to the government. which compiles a report for the entire cotton producing section. The special local agents are not allowed to give any information concerning the number of bales ginned, for the reason that it would be possible for gamblers to take advantage of them in speculations. The inspections are made twice each month. * Gastonia Gazette, Sept. 8: Gaston county will be well represented this year at Due West College for Women and Erskine college, Due West. The following young people left for that place this morning: Misses Maggie and Annie Pearson and Miss Aline Crawford to the Woman's college and Mr. John Gamble to Erskine. All of these are from the Pisgah neighborhood. Others will probably follow them within the next few days Messrs. Ernest Warren, J. Fred Pearson and Craig and Earl Groves left this morning for Chapel Hill where they go to enter the state university. Messrs. Robert Rankin and Fred Dunn, of Mt. Holly; Leslie Reid of Lowell; Ray Armstrong of Belmont, and Foster Huffstetler and E. R. Rankin, of Gas* V? a imlvoeoltv luilia, icll ) CBitriuaj' ivi nic uiiitci oti/. Gaston county will have 21 young men on "The Hill" this year pursuing courses in higher education. This number is a credit to the county for it bespeaks the desire among her boys for better and more complete training Calvin Brooks and Jim Johnson, colored, came near losing their lives from morning, when they were rescued from a well near Mr. D. H. Campbell's store at the Flint Mill. The darkies were digging the well for Mr. R. W. Warren when they were all but suffocated by gas. Since their rescue they are getting along nicely and will soon be at work again Miss Rebecca Adams who has been at the bedside of her brother, Mr. Harry Adams in Suffolk, Va., for two weeks, returned home Sunday night. Miss Adams brings the good news to the friends of Mr. Adams that he is getting along nicely and indications are good for his recovery.... Quite a number of young ladies from Gaston county left this morning for Lenoir where they will enter Davenport college. Among those who went today were Misses Pearl Curry and Ella Armstrong of Belmont; Elva and Marv Gaston of Lowell, and Mary Dunn, of Gastonia More than 150 roadway men of the Carolina & Northwestern Railway Co., together with their families and a few close friends, enjoyed an outing at Gdgmont, Sunday, a compliment to them from the management of the road. A special train bearing them left Chester, S. C., Sunday morning at 6.30 a. m., and arrived at Edgmont at 1.50 p. m. It took on members of the party at Gastonia and all along the line. At Edgemont they enjoyed dinner and left on the return trip at 3.15, reaching Chester shortly after nightfall. Accompanying the party were General Superintendent C. E. Crosby, Chief Clerk W. S. Barfleld and Roadmaster J. A. Poteat. The day was a most delightful one for all who made the trip Gastonia did not bestir herself actively during the month of August in erecting new buildings. According to the permits only three additions have been asked for. These are: A two-room addition to Mr. Lawrence Beal's home on North Marietta street; Rufus Kennedy, three room cottage on North Marietta street, and Mr. W. Otis Pratt's one-room seed mool uinrAhniiiA rvn Ro?f RVnnk-lln " avenue Miss M. Ella Armstrong, who has been spending a part of the summer here as the guest of her sister, Mrs. A. J. Smith, left Sunday night for Tuscaloosa, Ala, where she has a position as a member of the faculty of the University of Alabama Miss Minnie Sparrow leaves today for Raleigh to resume her duties as teacher in the Raleigh public schools. Miss I Sparrow spent the summer at Columbia university doing special work in English. Shelby Highlander, Sept. 8: Married ?At the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. Ida McBraver, near Shelby, on Saturday, by Rev. W. E. Abernathy, Miss Plymina McBrayer and Mr. Ernest White Among those who left last week for college were the following: Miss Blanche Gold of Lattimore, route 1, daughter of Dr. G. M. Gold, left for Washington college, Tenn.; Mr. Ben Gold, brother of Miss Blanch?, left the 4th for the state university; Mr. Durham Moore for Wake Forest; Mr. Marion Ross left Tuesday for the university Shelby people are greatly interested in the announcement of the engagement of Mr. R. T. Howerton, superintendent of the city graded schools, and Miss Mamie Royster of Oxford, the wedding to take place in November. Miss Royster formerly taught in Shelby's city schools and is very popular. Mr. William W. Lee, of Shelby, died August 30, 1914, and was buried at Sharon, August 31. Burial services were conducted by his pastor, Rev. Brothers, and L. L. Smith, in the pres-' ? w?irwKa*? Uo hod hP4>n CULC U1 IX feUUUiJ UUlilUVl . ..WW V--.. a member of Sharon church a long time and had lived a Christian life. A good man has fallen and gone to his reward Mrs. L. V. Harrill of Blacksburg, wife of Mr. E. N. Harrill, was born August 19, 1842, was married to E. N. Harrill, June 24, 1858, and died Sept. 3, 1914, aged 72 years and 14 days. She leaves a husband, three sons and one daughter, 16 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren to mourn their loss. She had been a member of the Methodist church since a small girl and lived a consistent Christian life till death. The burial ser- * vices were conducted at Sharon, September 4. * a Lancaster News, Sept. 8: The Lancaster County Cotton Congress, made up of farmers, merchants, bankers, lawyers and other callings, met in the court house, Saturday. Farmers from all parts of the county were at the meeting and much interest was mani lesiea. Air. Liewis t\. nomugs, cedent of the congress, presided. The meeting was opened with prayer by Rev. Hugh R. Murchison. Reports were called for from the several townships. The following reported: Waxhaw?T. R. Thompson, president; K. M. Yoder, secretary. Cane Creek?W. H. Draffln, president; Lee Craig, secretary. Gills Creek?W. C. Hough, president; R. S. Stewart, secretary. Buford ?J. D. Hinson, president; B. F. Carson, secretary; Pleasant Hill?J. M. Mobley, president; W. B. Twitty, secretary. Cedar Creek?No formal organization. Flat Creek?J. T. L. Stover, president; L. A. Baker, secretary. There was no report from Indian Land township. President Rollings, J. Roy Cunningham, chairman of committee on warehouses; John T. Stevens and C. D. Jones, who attended the meeting in Columbia, made reports of their impressions derived by the meeting in Columbia. Appropriate and instructive addresses were made by Rev. Hugh R. Murchison, Judge Ira B. Jones, Col W. C. Hough, R. E. Wylie, E. B. Lingle and others Mr. H. C. Woodley, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Woodley, who has been spending his vacation with his parents, was operated on yesterday morning at the Fennell infirmary, for appendicitis. The operation was a serious one and it cannot be determined for several days what the outcome will Ko Tho now nhnrnh at Kheno^nr i\t which Rev. S. R. Brock is pastor, is now framed and weatherboarding is being placed on same. All those who are interested in this building and have subscribed, are urged to send in their money, as same is needed The many friends of Mr. W. W. Boykln, who underwent a serious operation at the Johns Hopkins hospital at Baltimore recently, will be glad to know tht he is getting long nicely Mr. Luther Ellison, the newly elected secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, arrived in Lancaster, Saturday with his wife, and entered upon his duties yesterday The Lancaster graded schools will open for the fall session Monday next. The following arc the corps of teachers: Central school, superintendent, Chalmers E. Wessinger; principals, Miss Eloise Foster, W. L. Feaster; seventh grade, Miss Pearl Bt-atty; sixth grade, Miss Lucile Humphreys; ttfth grade, Miss Etta Skipper; fourth grade, Mrs. W. E. Taylor; third grade, Miss Annie W. Pickens; second grade, Miss Eva Hough; first grade, Miss Josephine Foster. Mill school, principal, Jos. K. Connors; assistants, Mrs. R. R. Riddle and Miss Elfrieda Poag.