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Scraps and J-'acts. ? The following remarkable manifesto has been issued by the German emperor, according to Polish newspapers received in Paris. The proclamation is addressed to the German army: "Remember that you are the elect. The Holy Spirit has descended upon me because 1 am the Emperor of the Germans. 1 am the instrument of the Most High. I am his sword, his representative. Woe and death to those who resist my will. Woe and death to those who do not believe ih my mission. Woe and death to cowards. Let all the enemies of the German people perish. God demands their destruction?the God who, through me. commands you to fulfill his will." -.American military observers who have been sent to Europe to get such lessons as may be obtainable Irom the big war now in progress, are complaining that the British war olfiee is not affording opportunity for observa tion. All the observers assigned to the British armies are said to be still in London, chafing at the restraint that has been put upon them. The British war office does not refuse permission to go to the front, but merely makes promises and postpones the fulfillment of the same. With the (lermans it is different. They have welcomed ail the military observers the United States has sent, and given them all the privileges of staff officers to go and come where they will. The Americans are able to see every.hint? the Cermans are doing. ? Little weight, says the Washington correspondent of the News and t'ourier is apparently attached by the department of agriculture to the charge that there is a conspiracy among purchasers of cotton seed to depress as price. cm- ur^xmv... has just issued a bulletin which assigns two causes for the lower prices of cotton seed by-products; first, the large cotton crop in the south; and second, the demoralization of foreign markets by the war. It is estimated in the bulletin that the 15,000.000 bale crop of this year should yield 6,680,000 tons of seed, meaning that about 2.000,000 tons of cotton seed meal will be available as 400.000 tons of meal were exported last year, the department assumes that there will be on the domestic market this year, considering the increased production, about 500,000 tons in excess of last year. "This situation," declares the bulletin, "has resulted already in a substantial drop in the price of cotton seed by-products. Cotton seed meal can now be bought in the south at from $22 to $24 per ton instead of $27 to $31 last year. An even greater decrease has taken place in the price of cotton seed hulls, which are now selling at from $4.50 to $5.50 instead of $7 to $0 a ton last year. The specialists of the agricultural (lpnartment advise the farmers of the entire country to take advantage ox the abundance and cheapness of cotton seed meal to feed it to beef cattle and make good profits thereby. The feeding value of cotton seed meal is regarded by experts as twice that of corn. ? During the strategical retreat of the allies southward from the Belgian frontier, says a London cable, the French troops exacted from the Germans bloody revenge for the French defeat at Sedan, forty-four years before. Un this same battlefield, according to the Paris correspondent of the London Daily Mail, the Germans suffered one of the worst defeats of their present invasion. They were led into a trap which cost them thousands of men, he says. The French could have held their position indefinitely, but strategy required them to continue falling back with the remainder of the Allies along the line. Here is the story J -Co/lan ?? told or tne seconu ouinc ui ocwMat ? by the correspondent. "The French general ordered his troops to fall back across the river and take up positions on the opposite heights. The bridges were mined, but were left standing in order to deceive the Germans into thinking the French were retreating hastily. The ruse succeeded. The Germans advanced across the bridges in close formation. When several German regiments had crossed the French blew up the bridges and the French artillery started firing at a hundred German columns, which retreated hastily to the river only to find the bridges gone. The French regiments then advanced with the quick rtrers. and the merciless slaying continued until dusk. Many Germans threw down their arms and attempted to swim the river and large numbers were drowned. When nightfall came the French brought up searchlights and continued the work of carnage. The artillery threw shells at the rate of a dozen rounds a minute into the German ranks and varied its tactics by throwing incendiary shells into the forests where part of the German force had taken refuge. The burning woods lit up the whole front for fifteen miles. In the morning an armistice of two hours was granted to allow the Germans to bury their dead. The French had suffered the loss of only a handful." ? vino, chariaa nf Roumania. died at Bucharest, his capital last Friday, after an illness extending over several weeks. His country was said to be in favor of joining the triple entente, while he was in favor of the triple alliance, but preferred to remain neutral and reports have been printed to the effect that his illness was feigned. King Charles was 75 years of age. He was born a Mohenzollern, and belonged to a branch of the family that is older than that which is now reigning; but his father had voluntarily given up the regency of Prussia. Roumania was formed out of the Turkish provinces of Wallachia and Moldoria, in the early GO'S, and failing to agree upon a native prince, on the advice of Napoleon III they invited Charles to be their ruler. He accepted. His own country, Prussia, was at war with Austria at the time, and he went to Roumania in disguise. He was only 27 years of age. The new principality had only recently set up a constitution, and the prince had lots of trouble getting things straightened out. He married Princess Elizabeth of Wied. known to the world also as Carmen Sylvia, the royal poet. One child was born, a boy who died at G. During the Russo-Turkish war, lie took the side of the Russians and greatly distinguished himself by his personal leadership of his army. He became a national hero, and his people making a crown of an iron cannon that he had captured at Plea, got permission from the powers to place it on his head. He has kept out of the Balkan difficulties; but at the close of the late war demanded a strip of about 2,000 square miles from Bulgaria as the price of his neutrality. Bulgaria was disposed to resist; but when he set in to invade the country she acceded to the demand. Roumania has 7,000,000 people and her army on a war footing numbers 500,000 men. Since the breaking out of the European war, Roumania has been appearing very anxious to join with England, Russia and France, and has been prevented only by the king. It is thought now that Roumania may get into the fray. ? The Federal reserve hoard on Saturday night announced its approval in principle of the plan for a j 1 aU.OOU.OUO loan fund to take care of the surplus cotton crop. Gov. Hamlin of the hoard, in a letter to Festus J. Wade of St. Ixtuis, one of th? backers of the plan, said while the hoard could not express itself upon details, it was of the opinion that the just administration of such a fund would benefit those interested and the r<st of the nation as well. He expressed the hope that hanks and merchants would subscribe. His letter follows: "The Federal reserve hoard has given careful consideration to your suggestion that the fund of $1 .Vi.fiOO.OOO he raised by subscription from hanks, trust companies, bankers and merchants for the purpose of rendering assistance to the cotton growers and merchants of the i'nited States until the present abnormal conditions caused by the Kuropean war have been terminated and normal conditions restored. 1 am directed by the board to stale to you that while it can not. very naturally, express itself upon the details of the plan its to personnel of management, commissions, interest rates, etc.. it is of the opinion that the raising of such a fund of the amount indicated and its administration justly and fairly, upon reasonable terms and conditions, would go far towards the restoration of normal conditions and would rebound to the benefit not only of those interested in the production and manufacturing of cotton, hut as well to the entire people of the country. We note with gratification your assurance that a large number of southern banks and commercial firms have also already signified their willingness to contribute to such a fund, and your expression of confidence that the entire amount will be subscribed. The problem involved is not local?it is national, and as well, international in its score and importance?and we express the hope that subscriptions to such a fund will be made by banks, trust companies and merchants throughout the country." <?hr \lotluillf inquirer. Kntered at the Postoffice In Yorkville as Mail Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE. S. C.t TUESDAY. OCTOBER 13. 1914 somebody has said that America will nut be hurt by the war: that the best she can hope for is that she will suffer materially less than the nations that are engaged in it. This strikes us as being pretty close to a correct view of the situation. It is not worth while to consider what the legislature is going to do about the cotton acreage. Regardless of what the legislature does, there is not going to be a great deal of cotton planted in this county next spring anyway. The war has settled that. The thing now is to sow oats, wheat, crimson clover, burr clover and other such things. The taking of the Marshall and Caroline islands in the Pacific, by the Japanese, Is the subject of no little concern in America. It is true that the Japanese have assured Washington that this occupation is only for temporary military purposes, and that the islands will be turned over to England after the war; but from what the world has lately seen of war promises, there are those who will not be altogether satisfied with that kind of talk. Great Britain, with the dominating arrogance that is characteristic of her, has recently been giving out intimations to the effect that she will assume the right to sieze as contraband, neutral goods in neutral bottoms, if she has reason to believe that such goods have Germany for their ultimate destination. She takes the position that even raw cotton may be considered contraband under certain conditions. A Washington dispatch of yesterday, says the president has given assurance to American merchants engaged in the foreign trade, that all legal rights will be protected by the United States. T nn/lnn Timp? mnk*?s thp nosi tive declaration that the newspapers of Russia are printing fuller and more correct details of military operations than the British papers and they are commenting more freely thereon. The Times is very impatient of the strictness of British censorship and says there is absolutely 110 good military reason for it. Further commenting on the situation the Times avers that unless the people demand more liberty for the press now, the whole great tight on that question will have to be made over again. The Washington correspondent of the News and Courier says that "demagogues having inspired false hopes of Federal financial legislation for the benefit of the distressed cotton farmers, have created a situation that makes a majority of the southern congressmen afraid to go home." The idea is that there have been introduced a number of foolish, impossible bills that nobody ev?-r expected to ?Ui.i..nrK t Wot t Wo oniurriicc uralllii SCI UllllUSII. UHH WMS VVUBIVBB not think of allowing to go through. Yet. now that these fool breaks have been made, it is up to the members to try to explain the matter to their constituents as best they can. According to the correspondent a number of southern members have announced their intention to tight adjournment, unless "something is done." and carry the extra session right on into the regular session; but in view of the fact that the president and a majority of the members are ready to adjourn. the session will soon be terminated. The fall of Antwerp, generally conceded to be one of the most strongly fortitied cities of Europe, has produced a tremendous moral effect throughout the world. Military experts were of opinion that the reduction of this city was simply impossible, yet it managed to hold out only eleven days. It is now understood that the Cermans are taking the army and artillery that they used to take Antwerp. down into France for use against the Allies, and the logical conclusion is that the lielgian seaport, so conveniently located with reference to England, will be used as a base of operations against that country. In view of the successful submarine exploits of the Germans in the North sea. and their process as already shown in many quarters, the successful invasion of Kngland is now beginning to be accepted as a possibility, notwithstanding the tremendous theoretical superiority of her ileet and the presumed adequacy of her fortifications. Here is another free advertisement of tho state fair. It is free in the sense that the fair is being mentioned, whereas if we had made 110 mention the fair would nut have been advertised in so far as this paper is concerned. We have received electrotypes with a request to publish the same gratuitously. We will do no such thing. The state fair people nor anybody else has a right to ask us to give of our stoc k in trade in the promotion of an enterprise that charges the public for its maintainance. The demand for free advertising is made upon the newspapers as a matter of right and when the newspapers give the advertising they are considered as giving that whic h was not entitled to command a price, other papers may do as they like. They will do as they like whether we accord this permission or not. We have nothing against the state fair; but we understand very well how it is worth thousands ami thousands of dollars to <'?>lumbia people, and we do not see wherein they are' warranted in iniposing on the newspapers of the state. . i ii-.. rim,. w?> recergni/.e that there is nobody to blame but the newspapers. The ways ami means committee of lite house lias prepared a bill providing for the establishment of wh.it it is proposed to call the South Carolina Reserve l ank association, for the purpose of assisting farmers in the present disorganized condition of the cotton market to carry the crop over into next year. The hill provides for the issuance in the name of the state of $t;,oiio.uOO of non-interest hearing bonds in denominations ranging from $5 up to $1,000, and the same amount In cotton certificates in denominations of from $1 up. Both notes and certificates are to remain In the hands of the state treasurer, subject to the call ( of the bank reserve board, which shall have a right to receive them in exchange for warehouse certificates and notes of cotton owners. These 1 cotton certificates are to be loaned to owners of Soulh Carolina raised cotton at 4J per cent, the loans to be ' made by member banks of the central institution. The loans are to be made for six months, with conditions for J extending to nine months. As to whether the cotton certificates are to the used for circulation and subject to I thf to uer cent tax. does not appear. 'it is provided that the state shall not be responsible for any loss that may | occur in the transaction, this falling entirely on the loaning bank, or if it is unable to make good on all the banks of the association. This bill ( appears to have been prepared with considerable care by men who have a ( thorough understanding of banking; but it is evident that it will need considerable doctoring before it can be < put into practical effect. What is coming to be known as the Wade cotton syndicate plan or undertaking. is one of the most significant of the many plans that have yet been 8 proposed in connection with the fl- 8 nancing of the cotton crop. Just as c most of the other plans looking to the A upholding of the price of cotton, have been primarily the plans of cot- c ton producers having for their object r the saving of the farmers from loss as t much as possible, the Wade plan is a a plan of the bankers to the same end. a there is nothing the matter with the fairness or the legitimacy of the plan. It is cold-blooded business, it in- c volves a certain amuum ui nan., wui y it gmws out of necessity. The theory c of it is this: The credit structure based upon the production of the cot- s ton crop, permeates every line of bus- e in ess in the south and extends to the q northeast and west. St. Louis and Chicago, for instance, are carrying Texas and neighboring cotton grow- I ing states as extensively as New s York and Boston are carrying the south, and helping to carry the other c cotton states. At the bottom the load s rests upon the banks. Ordinarily, or j under almost any conceivable condi- . tion other than that which now pre- c vails, the banks would be perfectly secure. But generally this year cotton credits are based on something like ( 7 or S cents a pound or over. Under present conditions, there is nothing C left to support cotton values. The t banks are carrying cotton mills and t producers and stand to lose from both. The only thing that promises e to save them is the maintainance of n the value of the collateral securities, r both of the mills and the cotton pro- , ducers. This St. Louis plan is fram- J ed with that idea. It attempts to guarantee a value of 6 cents to cot- r ton; but does not care to establish a higher value, for reasons that are very x well sustained Dy tne logic m uic " situation. If the plan is carried out r in full it will take about 5,000.000 hales absolutely off the market. The prices of the balance of the crop will 1 depend largely upon the strength and ^ tenacity of the holders. jj - 1 1 a The Censorship. o We have been surprised at the num- o her of individuals we have come in contact with, who seem to have no n appreciation of the real significance of a the censorship of the dispatches by the a French, English and Russian military i authorities. v The daily papers are printing col- t umn after column of war news every c day, and the unsophisticated reader s takes it all in as though he were ab- v sorbing the gospel truth, while as a matter of fact he has absolutely no guarantee tnat wnat ne is reading is t even approximately correct. No dispatch can come to America , except it first passes under the eye of the censors of the British war office, a and they are not letting pass anything t that would give the Americans or the u outside world generally, more than an approximately correct idea of what is a going on. '1 The dispatches from Berlin, while r maybe not made out of the whole cloth by the British war office, are so revis- a ed and changed after they reach Eng- n land that such truth as may be left in them is hardly recognizable. A French paper is quoted as saying ^ that this censorship is keeping the h truth from everybody but the Ger- v mans, and this is probably true. SIX ACRES TO THE PLOW. Select Committee Reports a Reduction -s Bill. d A select committee of the house, *" appointed last Wednesday to pass ? on all bills relating to cotton acre- a age reduction, made its report last night. The committee consists of Mr. . Lee, Darlington, chairman; Mr. Bel- ? ser. Sumter, Mr. Pegues, Marlboro; e Mr. Atkinson, Chester, Mr. Blackwell, Laurens; Mr. Bethea, Dillon; Mr. Mower. Newberry; Mr YVyche, Spartanburg; Mr. Welch, Richland; ? Mr. Epps, Sumter, and Mr. Riley, Sa- a luda. t After several hearings and the consideration of such bills as were e offered, the committee decided to re- u port a bill of its own, as follows: lj Text of Bill. I< "Be it enacted by the general as- jj sembly of the state of South Carolina: e Section 1. That it shall be unlaw- S ful for any person, by himself, his jj agents or employes, to plant or cul- t tivate in this state in any year a .......... ..f |n t ftifiliri nuumri \u civ iro \n ... cotton tluin one-third of the total I acreage of land planted and cultivated j: by such person in said year: Provld- , ed. however. That in no case shall any person plant or cultivate in cot- 1 ton more than six acres to each regu- b lar work animal used in his farming operations in said year. Sec. 2. That any person violating the provisions of this act shall forfeit as a penalty a sum of not less than $2.1 nor more than $100 for 1 each and every acre planted or culti- k vated in excess of the number here- s in allowed, to be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction in an action or proceeding brought in s the name of the state: and said penalty when recovered, shall be paid (j over to the county treasurer for the use of the county in which the said offense was committed. Said penal- q ty and the costs of the proceeding in t which the same is recovered shall be i lien upon all of the property of the ,: person adjudged to pay the same, a subject only to liens existing prior to thi' passage of this act and liens for taxes: Provided. That the judgment for said penalty and costs lie I1 entered and enrolled in the office of the clerk of court of general ses- p sinus and common pleas as other judgments are now allowed to Inentered and enrolled where the re- il covery is had in such court. And. p Provided, further. That where the recovery is had in a magistrate's court, the same be entered and enrolled in '' the office of the clerk of court of t! general sessions and common pleas ? as judgments of magistrates' courts M r? HOW illlOWCd 10 III' rim-iru unu enrolle.d in said office. ii Provides for Surveys. a "Sec. 3. That after any proceeding k h is been taken against any person or persons for a violation of this act, it shall he the duty of the clerk of s court of general sessions and common pleas for the county in which the offense is charged, upon application under oath of either party to such proceeding, to issue a rule of survey in the case, giving three days' notice thereof to the opposite party, the costs of such rule and survey to he taxed in the hill of costs in the final ii adjudication of the case. "See. 4. That all sheriffs, sheriffs' deputies, magistrates, constables and r rural policemen shall he charged <" with the duty of inspection, the pro- j, dm tion of evidence and the proseeu- j tions for violation of this act. "Sec. f?. The word 'person' used in K this act shall he held to include part- < nerships, voluntary associations and u corporations. "Sec. fi. This act shall go into ef- n feet immediately upon its approval." N LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS :ioud Cash Store?Tells the ladies of its complete lines of goods for ladies' wear. Cotton exchange for goods withdrawn after Thursday. Kirkpatrick-Belk Co.?Joins the nation-wide cotton goods sale and offers cotton goods of all kinds. Thomson Co.?Says it is the best store for quality goods, correct style, varieties and low prices. Ino. P. Smith?Gives notice that his ginnery will operate Wednesdays. Thursdays and Fridays. dcConnell Dry Goods Co.?Tell about a special purchase of ladies' coats at low prices. Mrst National Bank, Sharon?Is always ready to serve its customers, and will grant every accommodation possible that is within reason. ?. P. Sherer?Wants to buy several fresh milk cows with young calves. \ F. Sherer?Is still looking for two heifers, lost in h'etnescia townsnip several weeks ago. ^arroll Eros.?Ask you to see them for the best farm tools, and also see them for seed oats. They have several varieties. There are eight prisoners?four white tnd four negroes, in the county jail iwaiting trial at the fall term of the tourt of general sessions which conrenes next month, Mr. Eugene Hutchison is possessed if the qualillcations required of a good eading clerk, and if chosen to the >osition will fill it acceptably. He will dso be almost of as much use to York is an extra member. The ladies of the Associate Reformed hureh of Winnsboro made $235 this 'ear selling burr clover seed off their hurch lot instead of "over $100," as tated in the last issue of The Enquir r. This fact was stated to The Enluirer by Dr. Fennell of Rock Hill. We have on our desk a copy of "the Hue and Gold," a college journal isued by the Swagger club of Marist ollege, and containing an interesting hort story of an adventure in the Phil ppines, by Cadet Andral Bratton, son f Dr. T. S. Bratton of the United States army. Mr. J. Thornwell Crawford of Mc?onnellsville, president of the York bounty Cotton Congress, is a convert o the "total elimination for 11?1 J?." ilan now under discussion in the genral assembly. "I believe total elimilation is the only way the situation nay be helped," said Mr. Crawford, esterday. There were some six or seven autonomies used in conveying the York'ille Masons to Gastonia. last Friday, nd the trip was quite pleasant. The oads are line almost all the way, there vas no mud and but very little dust. )ne of the automobile parties left rorkville at 1.14 p. m., and 44 minutes iter were in front of the Masonic hall t Gastonia. The running time of the ther cars ranged from 50 minutes to ne hour. For various reasons work on the lew county iiuiiic jo nui i?i u(,j v-oow.e, s rapidly as it was some time ago, nd a county official stated recently hat he did not think the building vould be completed much ahead of he new court house. Those in charge if the court house work say it will be ome time in February before that t'ork is finished. To furnish the new court house in a aanner in keeping with its architecural excellence and impressive conduction will require fifteen thousand ollars, and the commissioners are lso asking that provision be made for he purchase of law range which butts ip against the rear of the building in n inconvenient and unsightly manner. I'he members of the delegation have lot yet given any itimation that they re able to see their way clear to nake the necessary appropriations. Mr. C. F. Sherer, proprietor of the ?ity Market of Yorkville, is having a lard time in locating the two heifers k'hich got away near Guthriesville learly a month ago, and for which he las been advertising in The Enquirer. >Ir. Sherer has been searching for the tray animals continuously and one lay last week received word that Mr. ;iy Musseil or me mcLunneiisvine ection had found them. Mr. Sherer ent after the cattle, but examination iroved they were not his. Mr. Sherer s confident of finding the stray heifrs soon. Gastonia has one man who occupies very unique position in that city. Evrybody knows him, everybody likes nd it might be said with equal truth, hat everybody loves him. Practically verybody in Gaston county and the ipper part of York county, knows Wiliam Y. Warren and everybody who nows him has his friendship. If anyiody anywhere wants anything attendd to in Gastonia, and it is possible to et Mr. Warren on the 'phone, they our their troubles into his ears and he thing is done, if it is possible UStv. /I/. U A rioa?r.nin man anwl Yiday night: "Will Warren is a blessng to Gastonia and Gaston county. He s always there when people are in rouble and always ready to do anyody a favor." "TOTAL ELIMINATION." Here is the case of a York county wo-horse farmer who owns his own ind, raises his own supplies, has omething to sell every time he goes o town and raises, in addition, about ix or seven bales of cotton. "What is the legislature going to o?" he asked. "They are talking of reducing the otton acreage to three or four acres o the plow, and some of them are ilking of prohibiting the planting of ny cotton at all next year." "Ain't going to let us plant none?" "That is what the total elimination ieople say?cut it out entirely." 1A* ?lnn? n 1U 1 i ut\> i'usiii iu in un i'kuh <i inle." "What is the use of planting any. ' you can't sell it. Looks like a man ike you, who has his own supplies, an better afford to carry what you ave until it gets to be worth some- i hing, than go about planting more to lake what you have worth less." This farmer, though a hard woiklg man who always manages to get ; long if anybody else can, but who nows little about statistics as they pply to production, consumption, i urplus, etc., was not at all convinced ( y argument. He replied again: "Looks like they ought to let us i hint a little." j WITH GASTONIA MASONS Friday. October !>th, will long linger ] (i the memory of the Masonic fraterit.v of fiastonia, X. and the sur- ( minding towns in North and South arolina. The occasion was the lay- i lg of the corner stone by the Grand ; ,odge of North Carolina, in the new j raded school building, which the itv is pushing to completion and 1 hicli will prove to be one of the ! lost modern school buildings in ( orth Carolina when completed. In addition to the cornerstone ceremonies, the Masons also had a district meeting, which included all the lodges in Gaston and Lincoln counties, and this session, held Friday morning, was largely attended; hut of course this part of the day's exercises were held within the tiled recesses of the Gastonia lodge room, being presided over by District Deputy Grand Master Thomson of Gastonia. At 2 o'clock In the afternoon the exercises incident to the cornerstone ceremonies, took place. First there was a procession, with 300 or more Masons, local and visiting, in line from the lodge room to the school grounds, where the cornerstone was placed in position by Worshipful Grand Master Alderman of the North Carolina grand lodge, with the beautiful ceremony of the order, and this was followed by an able address by Hon. Clyde Hoey of Shelby. The address was listened to with the closest attention by the large audience present. A 6 o'clock the Masons were invited to a banquet, which was spread in the new armory hall. Here some 300 Masons sat down to four long tables and enjoyed a sumptuous spread, being served by a score or more of Gastonia's finest and prettiest young women. A feature of the banquet, of course, was the "after-dinner" speeches, of which there were a dozen or more. At 8 o'clock a large number of Masons, visitors predominating, assembled at the lodge room to witness the conferring of the Master Mason's degree by the Gastonia lodge. District Deputy Grand Master Thomson presiding. To the visiting Masons this was perhaps the most interesting part of the day's exercises. The Gastonia lodge has the reputation of being one of the best working lodges in North Carolina. Its degree work is almost perfect in every detail, everything moving along with the utmost precission from the beginning of the ceremonies to the end. Grand Master Alderman, felicitating the Gastonia lodge, said that he had seen degree work all over North Carolina, and the work of crack degree teams in other states, but that it had never been his pleasure to see degree work anywhere that was superior or even equal to the work as exemplified by the Gastonia lodge. Therp were about twentv-five York ville Masons in Gastonia for this occasion. all of them going by automobile and returning home after the conclusion of the Initiation ceremonies. The following were among the Masons from Yorkville: D. T. Woods, S. C. Woods, J. P. Faulkner, J. K Stroup, O. E. Wilkins, E. B. Lowry, J. G. Sassi, S. L. Steele, S. L?. Courtney, A. M. Barnett, A. M. Grist, J. R. Bindsay, J. R. Barnwell, Geo. W. Williams, F. E. Quinn, R. S. McConnell, J. P. McMurray, Quinn Wallace, R. T. Beamguard, G. W. Brown, A. T. Hart, J. E. Johnson, J. E. Hart, A. L. Black, C. M. Inman, E. M. Dickson, Lesslie Smith. ABOUT PEOPLE Mr. Gus Brandon of Bethel, spent Sunday in Yorkville. Miss Gladys Nichols of Bethel, has returned to Chicora college, Greenville. Mr. Chas. A. Berry of Rock Hill, visited relatives in Yorkville, Sunday. Dr. A. M. Barnett of Yorkville, spent Sunday with friends in Gastonia. ^ - TIT 1.1 ITUI. U. VV . ueimum UL d|Miiauuui5, visited relatives in Yorkville, this week. Mrs. M. H. Curry, of Gastonia, is visiting Miss Rosa J. Lindsay, in Yorkville. Miss Holly Brown of Sumter, is the guest of Miss Nancy Witherspoon, in Yorkville. Capt. Jno. D. McDowell of McConnellsville, is visiting relatives in Davidson, N. C. Mrs. James B. Marshall of Anderson, S. C., is visiting Mrs. \V. F. Marshall. in Yorkville. Mrs. Stewart Abell and Miss Louise Guy of Lowryville, are visiting Mrs. Mary Crawford, in Yorkville. Miss Elizabeth Kelly has returned to her home in Columbia, after a visit to friends in Yorkville. Mrs. J. Lindsay Hunter and children of Lincolnton, X. C., are visiting Mrs. J. J. Hunter, in Yorkville. Master McDowell Richards of Davidson. N. C., visited Master James McDowell, in Yorkville, this week. Misses Maggie and Wilma Craig wnifo i,f Ghesrer snent Mondav with their uncle Dr. M. W. White, in Yorkville. Messrs. T. C. Cartwright, W. F. Marshall and T. E. Horton of Anderson, are visiting the family of Dr. A. Y. Cartwright, in Yorkville. Misses Fannie Adams and Sadie Hardin, of Meridan, Miss., returned home last week after a pleasant visit to Mrs. R. A. Jackson, of Clover. Miss Virginia Ferguson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Ferguson, of Yorkville, is quite sick at the home of her parents. Mr. Oscar Plexico of Yorkville, is playing left end on the football team of the University of South Carolina. Mrs. J. M. Hemphill of Chester, is spending this week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Witherspoon, in Yorkville. Mr. and Mrs. Ephriam Wilson and children of Lowryville, visited Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Smith, on Yorkville No. 4, this week. Mrs. Mary Crawford returned to her home in Yorkville. Saturday, after a visit to her daughter, Mrs. Stewart Abell, in Lowryville. Rev. and Mrs. W. W. Lipscomb, who were recently married in Greenville, S. C., arrived in Clover, last week, after a visit to northern cities. Mrs. J. Y. Miller and son Lowry, have returned to their home in Gastonia, after a visit to Mrs. Miller's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Jenkins, in York ville. The Robert A. Waller chapter of flreenwood, has elected the following as delegates to the state meeting of of the U. L>. C., which will be held in Yorkville, in December: Mesdames A. F. McKissiek, president, S. J. Woolen, J. C. Williford, Miss Louise Fleming. This evening in Rock Hill. Mr. V. Q. Hambright is to be married to Miss Edna J. Robinson, daughter of Mrs. Fannie Robinson. Tomorrow evening at the home of the bride's father, Mr. Chas. Frew, in Rock Hill, Mr. James B. Marshall, Jr., of Charlotte, is to be married to Miss Lucille Frew of Rock Hill. The following people went over to Rock Hill, yesterday, to hear Iteid Miller sing: Mr. and Mrs. Quinn Wallace. Mrs. Helen Adickes, Misses Fredrica Lindsay, Josie Carroll and Ola Allison, and Messrs. J. P. McMur- ( ray, C. A. Boney, C. E. Spencer, Jr., S. K. Lowry and J. H. Glenn of Chester. The following delegates 'have been selected to represent the various York county Presbyterian churches at the Synod, which will meet in Union, tomorrow: Rev. T. B. Craig. Rock Hill; I Or. T. R. Carothers. Rev. J. T. Dendy, Rock Hill; Wm. Brown, Beersheba; Rev. F. W. Gregg, Rock Hill; Rev. E. E. ' Gillespie, G. H. O'Leary, Yorkville; 1 Rev. W. A. Hafner, Fort Mill; Samuel ' Craig, Beth Shiloh; J. R. Miller, Rev. I Alexander Martin, Rock Hill; J. H. < McMurray, Fort Mill; Rev. Jno. A. Mc- 1 Murray, Guthriesville; Revs. J. M. Mc- < Lain, A. A. McLean, Clover; Rev. F. R. ; Riddle, Allison Creek, Beth Shiloh and I Beersl eba: Jas. N. Russell, Sharon; : Rev. J. B. Swann, Bullock's Creek; W. : E. Sanders, Yorkville; M. H. Sandifer, ? Yorkville; W. C. Thomson, Bullock's I Creek,; G. L. Suggs .Allison Creek; I r. A. Brown, Ramah. i WITHIN THE TOWN. ? The Yorkville ginnery continues to be busy. Very little cotton is being sold in Yorkville at 6 1-2 cents. ? Mr. C. F. Sherer has more than forty head of beef cattle in the pen he has built back of his market, in Yorkville. ? Mr. Chas. M. Miller has completed the erection of a handsome cottage on Kast Jefferson street. Mr. and Mrs. Miller moved into their new home last week. ? Business was pretty good in York-j ville, last Saturday, according to some of the merchants. A number of bales of cotton were disposed of in trade. ? By a change of schedule to go into eneci on me mmimoia unu mbiiuh branch of the Southern railroad next Sunday, train No. 117 from Rock Hill, will meet No. 36 at Yorkville at 9.10 p. m. Heretofore these trains have been passing at Newport. ? Dr. Henry Nelson Snyder, president of Wofford college, Spartanburg, is to deliver a lecture in the Opera house of Yorkville, Friday evening. Dr. Snyder is well known in this section, where he has addressed audiences on several occasions. ? Yorkville 7, Chester 6. Such was the score in the first football game of the season played in Yorkville, Friday afternoon. The teams were pretty evenly matched, both in weight and tactics, and the result of the game was in doubt until the last minute of the last quarter. There were quite a number of football enthusiasts out to see the exhibition and they were well pleased. Yorkville plays the Rock Hill school on the fair grounds in Rock Hill on rnursuay. ? A change of schedule goes Into effect on the C. & N.-W. railroad next Sunday, under which change the two Sunday trains are to be discontinued. Passenger train No. 10. going north, will hereafter pass Yorkville at 8.CS a. m., and passenger train No. 9, gn'-.g south, will pass at 5.54 p. m. Mixed train No. 53, going south, will pass Yorkville at 1.24, and mixed train No. 52, going north will pass Yorkville at 6.38 p. m. ? Full houses saw exhibitions of the physical strength of Arthur Wilson, professional strong man, at the Lyric theatre, Friday night and Saturday. The work of the "strong man" was good, he going through a number of stunts?lifting with one hand two men weighing over 300 pounds, lifting heavy wheels, bending an iron rod in his teeth, etc. The strong man served several years in the United States navy and claims that training received there is responsible for much of his brawn. ? The millinery offerings of the Thomson company and the Kirkpat \, OAmnnmr Vsi?*ls ?r( 1 1 xx o ro not only attracting the attention of ladies in York county, but In counties adjoining. A number of ladies who do most of their buying in other counties because of proximity and better roads, have bought their millinery in Yorkville this season because the offerings of the Yorkville milliners pleased them better than those of any other place. Both the Yorkville establishments have enjoyed nourishing business since the present season opened, and the outlook is that it will continue. ? The daily papers the past four days have been printing columns in regard to the worlds' championship baseball series, which began in Philadelphia last Friday. The winning team must take four games out of seven. Boston Nationals have won the three already played, 7?1. 1?0, 5?4. If Boston wins this afternoon, some Yorkville baseball "bugs" will be glad, others will be sorry. The local fans are receiving the results of the games by innings, the figures being placed on the prescription glass in the Shieder Drug Store. Boston admirers in Yorkville say the final game will be played this afternoon, but the Philadelphia supporters don't believe a word of that. LOCAL LACONIC8 New Federal Election Commissioner. Governor Blease has named Mr. N. W. Allen of Catawba township, as a Federal election commissioner for York county, succeeding Capt. G. Pet Smith, resigned. Union Wins. The Union baseball team defeated the Xeely cotton mill team of Yorkville, in a fast and snappy game of baseball, on the Union grounds, Saturday afternoon. The score was 3 to 0. This is very likely the last game that will be played this year. Trains Nos. 7 and 8. General Manager L. T. Nichols of the C. & N.-W., railway, informed Mr. H. L. Summitt, the railway's Yorkville agent, Saturday, that no communication from the railroad commission as to their decision in the recent hearing held in Yorkville to determine whether trains Nos. 7 and 8 should be continued, has been received. York Member Urged for Clerk. Columbia State, Saturday: Friends of A. E. Hutchison of York, are urging him to offer for election as reading clerk of the house for the session of 1915-16. Mr. Hutchison, who has been a member of the house from York county for the last two years and is now in Columbia attending the special session of the general assembly, is held in high esteem by his associates in the legislature. Warehouse Going Up. Mr. \V. L,. Hill of Sharon, is making rapid progress in the erection of his warehouse at that place. Most of the brick work is iinished, and it is expected the structure will be completed and ready for business in a u'onl/ i\*? fori rlotro nrl/ an f hf> building of the Farmers' Warehouse company has been delayed on account of inability to secure lime. The shipment is e.xpected to reach Sharon today or tomorrow, however, and the building will be pushed forward as rapidly as possible. Youth Killed in Rock Hill. Charles Nash Long, the 14-year-old son of Air. and Airs. D. AI. Long of Rock Hill, was instantly killed in that city Friday evening about G.30 o'clock, being struck by an automobile driven by Peter G. Karres, a Greek, and one of the proprietors of the Royal Cafe of Rock Hill. Karres lost control of the car in turning a corner and Long who was standing beside a post nearby was knocked down, the crank of the machine coming in contact with his head, death resulting instantly. A coroner's jury returned a verdict to the effect that Charles Long came to his death as a result of careless handling of an automobile by Peter G. Karres. The Greek was brought to Yorkville and placed in jail but was released Saturday afternoon on a $500 -bond. Karres formerly I V,\t?lr vi 11 a nrirl wns the first Greek to be in business here. The fun-1 eral over the remains of the dead boy was held Sunday afternoon, the interment being in Laurelwood cemetery, Rock Hill. The York County Fair. The York county fair, which will be held in Rock Hill on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of this week, will very likely be largely attended by people from Yorkville, Sharon, Hickory Grove, Clover and Bethel. Several horses from this section will be entered at the fair, as well as other exhibits. Many children from the irarious schools will attend. The ounty fair promises to be much more ittractive this year than was the initial show last year. A number of imuscinents have been secured, and ilso an aeroplanist, who will make lnlly (lights. A fireworks display will >e a feature Thursday night. The fair association owns its own buildings and grounds and they are as ad equate as the show places of fair associations in more populous counties. It is very likely that the Winthrop authorities will declare a holiday on Friday and allow the 800 girls to spend the day at the fair grounds. Taken all in all the fair this year promises to be a great improvement over that held last year. Death of J. Harris Wylie. Following an illness of not quite a week, Mr. J. Harris Wylie died at his home in Hickory Grove, Saturday af ternoon. He had Bright's disease. Mr. Wylie was born in February, 1847 in Hickory Grove. He was a Confederate soldier entering the service toward the close of the war. Mr. Wylie was carI rier on Hickory Grove R. P. D. No. 2, for many years, but gave up the work about four years ago owing to declining health, and was succeeded by his son Mr. L. G. Wylie. The deceased was a life long member of the Hickory Grove A. R. P. church, from which place the funeral was held at 11 o'clock Sunday morning, the services being conducted by his pastor, Rev. B. G. Pressly. Mr. Wylie, is survived by his wife who before her marriage was Miss Margaret Whisonant, and four sisters, Mesdames Mary McDill and Laura Allison of Hickory Grove; Mrs. T. M. Whisonant, Rock Hill; and Miss Sallie Wylie, Hickory Grove. The following children survive: Messrs. L. G. and J. Harris Wylie, Jr., Mrs. W. F. McGill, Misses Emily, Ona and Mary Wylie. THE WAR IN EUROPE News Paragraphs Telling of Happenings at the Front. A dispatch of Saturday says the Germans have blown up all bridges between Ghent and Inglemunster, Belgium. la - J - J * runugai 10 capetieu iu ueciare war on Germany within the next few days, says a Berlin dispatch of Saturday. Before withdrawing from Antwerp, the Belgian army destroyed several of its forts and also blew up thirty German steamers which were in the port. More than 150,000 persons are fugitives and homeless as a result of the capture of Antwerp, which could not withstand the 200 howitzers which rained shells upon it at the rate of 4,000 an hour. Dispatches from Berlin emphatically deny the charge of the Belgian government that the populace of Brussels has been reduced to a state of famine by the Germans who have commandeered all the food supplies. It is stated that conditions in Brussels under German rule are much better than conditions in the capital of the other belligerent countries. Walter Runceiman, president of the London, England, board of trade, at a patriotic meeting in London, iSaturday night, announced that "if Zeppelins raid London, every member of the British Hying corps has pledged himself to dash his machine right through the airships, even if both are brought to earth." The Copenhagen correspondent of a leading French newspaper, announces that Germany is building a fleet of new airships with silent motors. ThHAA __I*? iiucc icsiiiiema ol uruisn soiaiers ?8,000 men, assisted the Belgians during the siege of Antwerp. Two of the three regiments left the city in safety, but the third was obliged to enter Holland, and there laid down their arms in accordance with the neutrality laws. "Germany expects to end the battle of the Aisne next week," says a report from Berlin. The Germans are sending heavy guns into France for the ostensible purpose of attacking the forts at Verdun, on the French frontier. According to dispatches of Sunday, the Belgian people are threatened with famine. Turkey is making preparations of a war-like character. The Young Turks' party are largely under German influence, Enver Pasha, the Young Turk leader and minister of war, having lived many years in Germany. A traveler from Belgrade, Servia, reports that city almost totally destroyed by the continuous Austrian bombardment. The Servians are still holding out. The British submarine E-9 on Wednesday succeeded in sinking the German destroyer S-126. The same submarine had previously sunk the German ship Hela. A Berlin dispatch says that boys from 14 to 19 years of age are being trained and drilled for military service throughout the German empire. The legal military age is 19 years, Kilt tKnoo hntfo n rn KaIii or rn i f reserve service. A Rome dispatch says that Russian news reaching Italy, shows the great empire is in such a state of ebulition that nobody can say where the enthusiasm will lead to. Reports say an immense army, headed by the czar, and characterized by a mixture of warlike and mystic elements, can be defined as a holy crusade, advancing and overwhelming everything. The special session of the Japanese diet, now in session, has voted a war credit of J27.000.000. More than 1,100 Germans and Austrians are held in English military prisons on suspicion of being spies. Two French torpedo boats are reported to have been sunk in a collision near Toulon. France, Friday. Their crews were rescued. Because of fear of night visits from aircraft, the London police are restricting all artificial lighting to the barest necessities. A dispatch from London says that a renewal of hints from Washington that the subject of peace on the basis of a "drawn" war is again under discussion have been met with the apparently inspired statement by the Westminster Gazette that while there is no desire to humiliate the German people, there must be no mistake as to the fact that Great Britain intends to crush German militarism. Cholera is reported to be raging among the Austrian soldiers at Tarnow, Galicia. A London dispatch of Friday, says that on Thursday night three naval airmen succeeded in dropping bombs uri Cormnn -lirHhin shpds at DlJSSel dorf, destroying; at least one Zeppelin dirigible. New York city's contribution to the European fund of the National Hed Cross, now totals 1225,806.11, Dispatches from London yesterday, indicate that the city is hourly expecting an attack from German airships. Official notice has been served on all persons living near the Thames river that they should be ready to seek shelter in the cellars of their homes at the first sound of firing, as there will be no time to spread the news in a more formal way. The Germans have occupied the Belgian town of Ghent. The whereabouts of the queen of Pelgium is still in doubt, and the same vagueness surrounds King Albert's reported wounds. Recruiting in England Is said to be increasing greatly since the fall of Antwerp. The Germans are now moving for the capture of Ostend, the Belgium town on the English channel that is nearest to England. Ostend will furnish the best possible base for operations against England. ? The United States government will make no further move in the Mexican situation, and will reserve announcement of its future policy towards the Mexican central government until General Carranza, the first Constitutionalist chief, has given formal guarantee of full protection to aliens and Mexicans, irrespective of their political affiliations, and prom- ! ises not to reimpose customs duties collected by Americans during the occupation of Vera Cruz. This was the positive declaration of the state 1 department officials, last Saturday night, following the announcement that, despite two attempts, Carranza so far has refused to explain satis- ! faetorilv his position as to what step I he contemplates taking upon the 1 withdrawal of the American forces < from Vera Cruz. It was pointed out i that General Funston had secured 1 the services of Mexican officials in ! the administration of civil govern- I nicnt at Vera Cruz upon the condi- < tion that they would be protected s when he withdrew. Under the Mexi- i can law, these officials are liable for I serving invaders to imprisonment for i from five to twenty years. Immunity | for these citizens is sought by this 1 government. I THAT $150,000,000 LOAN. Outline Explanation of Details of the . Plan. ' Columbia bankers held a meeting Friday, to consider the subscribing of South Carolina's part of that $150,000,000 cotton loan, proposed by J. Festus Wade of St. Louis. The plan contemNew York and the east, $50,000,000 by plates the subscription of $50,000,000 by New York and the east, $50,000,000 ' by St. Louis and the west and $50,000,- I 000 by the south. The detailsof the plan are outlined by Mr. August Kohn for the News and Courier as follows: "To be formed by inviting subscriptions from the national and state banks and trust companies of the country, merchants and others. ' "This syndicate to be managed by SOmp imnorfHnt firm av nerlpnpaH in that kind of transaction, assisted by an advisory committee of prominent bankers and experienced cotton handlers. "It is expected that New York city as the centre of tinance in the country, will subscribe $50,000,000 to this fund and possibly more. "Not less than one hundred financial centres will be asked to contribute to a the fund, and to undertake to provide aJ adequate, safe storage facilities for the surplus crop, and to issue a uniform warehouse receipt for cotton, to be used as collateral to loans. "How this fund will be loaned: Each financial institution?national, state banks and trust companies?to make 1 loans to importers, manufacturers, buyers, merchants and cotton producers not to exceed 6 cents per pound, receiving the notes of the borrowers, drawn to the order of the loaning bank and collateraled by cotton in warehouse, represented by uniform] negotiable warehouse receipts attached to the notes, together with insurance in favor of the loaning bank. "The note, the warehouse receipts t and insurance certificate to be endorsed by the borrowing bank. The integrity and reliability of the warehouse to be guaranteed by the banks at that place, acting through the Clearing House association, or otherwise, in concert. J "The loaning bank would obtain its money by forwarding the note and collateral hparinir itn cnHnroomont tn nearest agency (bank) uf thejayndlcate; the agency (bank) would rediscount the note and reimburse itself by drawing upon the syndicate managers, advising the syndicate managers that the loan had been made in accordance with m prescribed rules and conditions, and that it (agency bank) held the note and collateral in trust for account of the ^ loaning syndicate. "The bank first making the loan itself to look after the insurance and attend to all necessary renewals there of, and payments of premiums; and i that bank having endorsed the note could be relied upon to do so. "All notes should be made payable at the agency bank, and that bank, having originally received New York exchange for the proceeds of the loan would have to furnish New York exchange for remittances to the syndicate manager when the loan should be liquidated. "Duration of loans: All loans shall be made payable one year after date (or earlier at borrower's option), with the right on the part of the agency of the fund to extend such loans for a term of six months, and for a further 1 term of a second six months, after receiving the approval of the syndicate managers. "Kate of Interest: As this fund is made up to meet an emergency, it is not intended that it shall be put into competition against usual loans made by financial institutions which usually loan upon cotton; therefore, the interest rate would have to be more than 6 per cent per annum. It is not believed that a syndicate to furnish this large amount of money could be organized in these times of high rates, to yield less than 7 per cent per annum net, to members of the syndicate furnishing the money. In addition there would be various expenses to be met, such as MjfiM proper compensation for the services to the syndicate managers and the agency banks; also for printing, postage, ad vertising and various other expenses which would be certain to arise, and it will involve an immense amount of m detail, a charge of l-10th of 1 per cent 1 per month should be made to meet all these expenses, the idea being not to encourage the holding of cotton beyond a point at which it should be sold at a reasonable price." SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Robert Whitaker, a prominent Lancaster county farmer, committed % suicide Thursday night, by shooting himself with a shot gun. Ill health is ussigned as the cause. ? A. F. Conradi, entlmologlst at Clemson college, says that the elimination of the cotton crop for a year, * will not eradicate the boll weevil, for the reason that the weevil will maintain itself on other plants. ? Dr. Cornelius C. Coleman, formerly of Dallas, Texas, was Installed pastor of the Citadel Square Baptist church of Charleston, Sunday, succeeding Dr. Howard Lee Jones, who recently resigned the pastorate to become president of Coker college, Hart8Ville. ? Ringling Bros, circus was attach- ^ ed In Columbia, Friday, on account of a damage suit for $25,000 filed by Mrs. S. J. Stevens of Columbia, alleging discourteous treatment by circus employes. The suit was filed against the Barnum and Baily circus a year ago, and the Ringling show * was attached on the ground that both circuses belong to the same people. ? Reese Hough, a prominent citizen of Cheraw, met instant death about 12 o'clock Friday night, while ringing the town fire bell. Mr. Hough had discovered fire in a store and went to give the alarm. While doing this the fire bell which was stationed at the top of a water tank. 150 feet high, and which weighed 700 pounds, fell on him. His body was horribly mangled. ^ ? The Jenkins Orphanage band of Charleston, a negro organization composed of negro boys between the ages of 6 and 16. has recently returned to Charleston after spending three months in London, England. The negroes expected to spend a year 9 in Europe: but the outbreak of the war caused them to return to Charleston earlier than they had anticipated. ? Senator Clifton of Sumter, has gotten a bill through the senate to do away with the old eight-box ballot law and provides for only two boxes at a precinct, one for Federal officers and the other for state officers and the like. The bill was sent over to the house in the hope that it would be gotten through in time for application to this year's election. The ar- \ gument is made that the eight-box law has served its purpose, and is now a nuisance. ? Judge George E. Prince, holding court of general sessions in Saluda county last week, allowed John Gibson a negro, convicted of assault and g battery of high and aggravated na- 9 ture, and sentenced to pay a fine of $100, to pay the fine in lint cotton at ten cents per pound. The negro's counsel had pleaded that their client could not pay the fine owing to the low price of cotton, and the judge allowed Gibson to bring to the county clerk of court 1.000 pounds of lint cotton in lieu of the fine. ? Greenwood Journal: It is understood that John K. Aull, Gov. Blease's private secretary, will be editor of the Commonwealth, the new paper which has been capitalized at $25,000. The first issue will be published Just before or soon after the legislature convenes in January. The paper will be owned by a stock company, the shares to be only $5 each. It was learned that stock is being taken in all parts of the state. The plan is to permit no stockholder to own more than fifty shares. ? 1 ni! v^oiuniDia ana iieorueiown Steamboat company has taken the matter of the impounding of the wa- ^ ters of Broad river, to the secretary of war, before whom there Is to be a hearing today. The complaint is that the impounding-of the water at Parr Shoals, leaves the boats of the Columbia and Georgetown company stranded as they are nearing Columbia. The ? deamboat company wants at least an igreement whereby it can have plenty of water as its boats are nearing Columbia, and is willing to let the power company have everything ivhile the company's boats are on the lower reaches of the river.