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Scraps ami /acts. ? Commissioner Watson gave out the information, Tuesday, that he had a letter from one of the best known financiers of the north, offering to lend millions of dollars on South Carolina cotton in the event of the passage of the warehouse law, and his proposition went on to stipulate that under such conditions, he would be able to lend the small producer of a half a dozen or so bales on the same terms and conditions as the larger producer of hundreds of bales. The name of the financier was not given. ? Spartanburg special of October 14, to the Charlotte Observer: Fly order of Crov. Cole I... Flease, Thomas Nolen and Charles Howard, who are serving 10-year sentences for a $10,000 safe robbery at Enoree, have been taken from the Spartunburg county chaingang and sent back to the state penitentiary. The men were transferred from the penitentiary to the chaingang only a tew niumus ?&?. and why Governor Blease has seen lit to put them back in the prison again has not been disclosed. Nolen and Howard were pals of James Johnson, alias "Portland Xed." who was also convicted at the Enoree robbery and sentenced to serve 10 years, but was paroled by Governor Please. ? The McLaurin bill, providing for a state system of warehouses for the storing of cotton and validation of the cotton warehouse receipts, passed the senate, Wednesday afternoon, by a vote of 27 to 11, and was ordered sent to the house. The bill provides for one commissioner at a salary of $3,000 per year to be elected by the general assembly for a term of two years, to handle the warehouse system. The bill carries an appropriation of $15,000 for salaries and expenses of putting the bill into operation, the warehouse commissioner to have the power to acquire warehouses by lease or condemnation and to appoint such subordinates as necessary. He Is to give bond in the sum of $r.o.000. The bill provides for state validation of the warehouse receipts, the receipt to carry absolute title to the cotton and to guarantee the weight and grade. ? Heading the nsi wun a su pci cent reduction of his own salary. President Fairfax Harrison, of the Southern railroad, has inaugurated a retrenchment plan which is designed to affect equally all officers and interests in the corporation. Graduated reductions of all salaries above $2,500 a year and a reduction of the dividend of the preferred stockholders from 5 to 4 1-2 per cent, payable in deferred scrip, are included in the plan. "President Harrison has deemed it only fair," the railroad statement says, "that officers of the company should share the sacrifice." Curtailment was made necessary, it adds, by the "current depression of business," and brought a "consequent reduction in the opportunity of many hundreds of employes to earn the wages to which they have been accustomed." ? The nnttrin hnnH hill as airrforf upon at a series of conferences by senators, was introduced by Senator Hoke Smith, Wednesday, as an amendment to the war revenue bill. Senator Smith explained the proposal briefly and announced he would discuss it at length on Thursday. The measure, drafted to relieve the cotton congestion resulting from the war, would provide that the government issue $225,000,000 in three-year 4 per cent bonds to buy 5,000,000 bales of cotton at ten cents a pound. To make up for any loss that might accrue to the government through decrease in the value of its cotton or inability to dispose of it, a tax would be levied on a future cotton crop, to curtail next year's crop and maintain the price of the staple, a tax of 2 cents a pound is levied by the bill on all cotton produced in 1915, in excess of 50 per cent of the crop of 1914. ? Chairman Glass of the house banking and currency committee, told the convention of the American Bankers' association last Wednesday, thai ik* felt confident that proposals for government valorization of cotton or the sale of government bonds to lake the crop off the plunters' hands would not result in action oy congress. If it were done, he declared, it would not be of permanent benefit to the cotton producer. "Every sane and patriotic citizen, whether of Massachusetts or Mississippi, Virginia or California, deeply sympathizes with totton planters and would do anything within the limitations of reason and economic safety to aid them in their distress; but it cannot be expected that congress will resort to any measure for the relief of any single American product, the enactment of which measure would wreck and ruin the entire financial and commercial fabric of the country. I can assure you that it is not pleasant for me ?a southern man and chairman of the banking and currency committee of the house?to submit to the renniHphps and uobraidings of my southern colleagues for being unwilling to help their desperate schemes of relief, but I simply cannot with any regard for my oath as a representative in congress or with any appreciation of the responsibilities of my position, yield my judgment to such unreasonable and dangerous suggestions. These things ought not to be done and I feel confident will not be done. If done, they would not help the cotton producer, because the latter would be seriously injured by universal restrictions of credit and impairment of confidence that would inevitably ensue." ? Charles Schuehs was killed and his wife wounded in the Philippine islands, last Tuesday, by a Moro, near Jolo. The man's head was severed from his body. Xo reason for the murder is known. Schuehs had lived among the Moros for thirty years and was held in high esteem. Charles Schuehs was one of the most picturesque and influential characters in the Philippines and a dominating force for good. (Jen. Hugh Scott, assistant chief of the army staff, spoke feelingly of Sc huehs. who had served General Scott, when he was governor of Jolo province, and (Jen. Leonard Wood, in the role of interpreter and general adviser during the period of American occupation. (Jen. Scott said his inlluence with the natives was so potent that on more than one occasion he had been able to prevent hostile clashes. There appears to be some confusion as to the early histoiv of Charles Schuehs, anil his brother Hermann. One story is that they were born in Singapore, of Herman parents, who came to Jolo many years ago. and were given a large plantation by the sultan. A more romantic version is that they were castaways, sons of ('apt. Henry Schuehs of the Herman bark Frit/ie. wrecked on Jolo island in 1334. According to the latter story, the boys, six and eight years old. were found lashed to a raft, which was east upon the beai h. They were adopted by Molo tribes who regarded them as spirit children because of their light hair .and fair complexions. After many years they became chiefs, being the only white persons in the Philippines who professed the Mohammedan religion. They married native women. H the time of his death, ('h irley S-huchs is understood to have possessed a great deal of property. ? Some idea of the extent to which the cotton-growing industry has suffered as a result of the Kuropean war was declared last Wednesday, in a census bureau report, showing that for the first two months of the cotton year, exports were more than a million bales less than in the same period last year. Domestic consumption of cotton during the same period decreased more th in 75,000 bales. Cotton imports, however, increased, 42,402 bales having been brought in. compared with If. 234 bales last year. Kgypt exported 13,141 hales, or 3.633 bales more than a year ago. Cotton consumed during September, was 415.104 bales, exclusive of linters. compared with 442,435 in September last year, the census bureau announced. Consumption for the two months ending September 30, was 70S,374 bales, against 374,7x5 last year. Cotton on hand September 30. in manufai turing establishments was 556.06s I bales, compared with 614.581 a year ago. and in independent warehouses. 1,661.856, compared with 1,295,155 a year ago. Exports were 125,778 bales, against 930,328 last year, and lor the two months. 146.988. against 1,187,500 a year ago. Imports were 15,315 bales, against 7,4 4 9 last year, and lor the two months, 42,402, igainst 15,234 a year ago. Cotton spindles active numbered 30,562,185. against 30 634.381 a year ago. Lintels consumed were 27,389 bales, against 27,697 a year ago, and for the two months, 52.669 bales, against 54,327 last year; on hand in manufacturing establishments, 63.944 bales against 52,491 a year ago, and in independent warehouses, 25.682 against 24.681 a year ago. Linters exported were 1,808 bales, and for the two months, 2,693 bales. <LHF TIUHUUU ^ IIIJUII il. Entered at the Postofflce in Yorkville as Mall Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE. S. C.: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1914. We were told in the Columbia dispatches of Tuesday that Senator Carlisle had literally riddled the McLaurin warehouse bill. Yet. on Wednesday, the bill passed the senate and was sent to the house by a vote of 27 to 11. Senator Carlisle used to be the whole thing in tne senate. The iridications are that the general assembly is not going to extend the time for the payment of taxes. Several resolutions to that effect have been voted down. The main objection to such extension is the already severely strained financial condition of the state, and the embarrassment that would be suffered by the counties. Who believes that England is going to submit to being blotted from among the nations of the earth without a terrific struggle? Who believes that Germany is willing to give up her national existence? Who believes that France is willing to become a German province? Then what reason is there for believing that the war will hf short? Whv. this struggle has only fairly begun. A bill, introduced by Representative Irby of Laurens, for the issue of $10,000,000 bonds to be used in financing the cotton crop, was killed in the house on Wednesday by a vote of 44 to 42. The vote indicates a strong sentiment in favor of the Irby idea, and there are those who believe that the proposition failed only because of the existence of another bill more acceptable. There is a strong sentiment in the senate in favor of a still larger issue of bonds. It seems nearly certain that the members of the house propose to have full $200 and mileage for the extra session. Mr. Creech of Barnwell, introduced a resolution to that effect, and Mr. Stevenson of Chesterfield, moved to amend it by reducing the pay to $5 a day and mileage, as per a resolution that had already passed the senate. The amendment was voted down 6S to 36. Messrs Haile. Sanders and Riddle voted for $5. and mileage, and Mr. Hutchison voted for $200 and mileage. Senator Hoke Smith's proposition for the reduction of cotton production is to impose a tax of 2 cents a pound on all cotton produced in excess of 50 per cent of this year's crop. The proposed tax is to be levied on individual producers, whether they be individuals, firms or corporations. If a man buys a farm, he will be allowed to raise next year only 50 per cent of the cotton that was raised on that farm this year. The proposition stands no reasonable chance of enactment into law. People opposed to the idea of trying to finance the cotton crop, so as to ena ble the producers to get cost ir not profit out of it, have been trying to use as an argument that one result of such effort, if successful, would be to force England and other countries consuming raw cotton, to look after sources of supply elsewhere than in the south. The Columbia State has called attention to the absurdity of this suggestion by pointing out that if cotton is now virtually without value because of the failure of the English demand, surely England would not be expected to spend money elsewhere trying to produce a crop that can now be had in America at less than the cost of production anywhere. It is being stated in the dispatches from Washington that President Wilson is opposed to the plank of the Baltimore platform that declares for a single term for a president. The senate in February of last year, passed a joint resolution to submit to the stat?s the matter of amending the constitution so as to make a president eligible for a single term of six years. It is said that the resolution was shelved by the judiciary committee of the house when the president made it known that he was opposed to it. The single term plank is said to have been incorporated in the Baltimore platform at the instance of Mr. Bryan. There is much uneasiness throughout Europe because of the threatened invasion of a fleet of Zeppelin airships. It is believed that the Germans will soon be able to take Ostend, in Belgium on the English channel, and along about sixty miles from the coast of England, and there seems to be no doubt of the intention of the Germans to make that place a base from whleh to operate the fleet. As to how much harm the Zeppelins can do, is quite problematical. Indeed, it is believed by many experts that the I I !., i.,r..T.|.iiiuc will i.Mwill' l/.-l the best of them; but still the prospect of a great battle over the city of London, betwen scores of Zeppelins and hundreds of airships is one that naturally makes the individual who is not mixed up in the affair, prefer to stand irum under. Sounds funny doesn't it. Senator Mcl.aurin has persuaded Texas to plant no cotton," and Marlboro county, the home of the senator, wants only a fifty per cent decrease.? Anderson Intelligencer. We remember seeing how by making the right kind of a speech at the right moment, Senator McLaurin convinced the Texas delegation to the New ??rleans cotton congress, that total elimination was tin- best thing to be done. We have seen it stated also, that some sixty or more Texas counties have called upon the extra session of the Texas legislature to pass a total elimination law. We have not seen any claim from Senator McLaurin or any of his friends, however, that lie has persuaded Texas to "plant no cotton." Neither have we seen any authentic statement that Marlboro, the senator's home county, wants only 50 per cent decrease. We fear our good friend, the Intelligencer, is disposed to be somewhat tlippant, it not rather careless in its statements. There is not a man in the general assembly more intensely in earnest in his efforts to help the cotton producer in this situation than is Senator McLaurin, and believing ourselves that as important as is help all around, nowhere is there anybody more deserving of help than the producer, we do not like to see any attempt at belittling the senator's efforts. The bill of Representative Frank Shirley of Oconee county, to prohibit the importation of cotton from states that are infected by the boll weevil, is making the mill people take notice. A large delegation of mill men appeared before the senate committee to which the bill had been referred, Tuesday night, and secured an unfavorable re port. The principal argument made by the mill men was that they were unable to get supplies of staple cotton except in the boll weevil district. When asked Tuesday night if the real object of his bill was not to raise the price of cotton, Mr. Shirley replied with a cjuerry as to whether that was not the purpose of the present extra session of the general assembly. The ostensible purpose of the bill of course, is to protect the state against the boll weevil. The real purpose is as indicated. The situation is this. The Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama and Georgia cotton matures earlier than the South Carolina cotton. Heretofore cotton from those states has been grown mainly for export. The export demand fell off this year soon after the crop began coming to the market, and the cotton dealers at once began turning to South Carolina and North Carolina mills. These mills not yet fully certain as to what would happen, bought western cotton against ineir yarn uruera, ui 11 veins, iv tenia, 9 cents, and down to 6i cents, until they were fully stocked up. One mill in Gastonia bought a part of a big lot of cotton that General Villa had confiscated from estates in Mexico. All this was before any considerable quantity of Piedmont cotton was ready for market. The Piedmont farmers were not ready to sell at 10 cents or even 9 cents anyway, because at that time they were unable to reconcile themselves to any such prices, and then again they pretty well understood that their cotton had already been marked down to 7? cents and under anyway. But anyhow the mills had already been stocked with about all the western cotton that they could carry, and the Shirley bill is evidently intended to make a better price for the balance of the local crop. South Carolina and North Carolina are about the only two j states from which any cotton could he had under this law, and with the mills confined to these two states they would be forced to pay better prices. But this Shirley bill will hardly become a law, and we do not think it ought to become a law. In view of the fact that its ostensible purpose is not its real purpose, there is a certain unfairness about it that we do not like, and its passage would not be altogether creditable. MERE-MENTION. A Mercer, Pa., company has re ceived an order for 50,000 sheet metal lent staves for use of the British and French soldiers during the coming winter The body of Harry Woods, secretary of state of Illinois, was found in his garage, in the rear ot his home at Springfield, Monday, a suicide. No reason for the suicide is given A dispatch from Cape Sarichef, Alaska, says that six men were drowned near there on October 10, by the swamping of a boat belonging to the revenue cutter Manning Eighteen students at Lehigh university, Bethlehem, Fa., have typhoid fever. The cause of the fever is a mystery The United States supreme court convened on Monday, for the fall term, with 652 cases ready for consideration... .New York city will celebrate the 300th anniversary of its founding on October 25th i.lasy of ihe Navy Daniels has been spending this week making campaign speeches in Tennessee, W~<?? 1*1,1 tlarv. land Macchi di Cellere, the new Italian ambassador to the United States, has arrived in Washington. The Salvation Army of New York, has been offered $100,000 for relief work in the belligerent countries of Europe Frank Blacklidge of Chicago, is suing Judge Kennesaw M. I-andis of the Federal court, for $25,000 damage, because the judge sent him to jail for thirty days for contempt of court George Gasper, a farmhand, of Ashland, Wis., quarreling with his employer about the European war, lured him into the woods and killed him. He then committed suicide. .. .United States Senator James A. Reed of Wisconsin, is "in bad" with his people at home on account of his fighting the Wilson administration. The senator is anxious to try to make satisfactory explanations Italians throughout the United States celebrated Columbus Day, last Monday An oil pipe iine is to be built from Tulsa, Okla., to some point on the gulf. The line will be fiOO miles long and will cost annul 9I,VVV,UVV .-V .>t"? l UI l\ commission lirm has made a contract with buyers in the northwest to purchase 650 carloads of apples The production of gold in the United States last year amounted to 4,2i?7S4 tine ounces, valued at $88,884.too. California's yield was the largest of any state, it being 979,174 ounces; Colorado was second and Alaska third. The value of the silver produced was 66,801,50a ounces, valued at $40,348.000 The elevated railways of New York city during the year ending June 30, 1914, handled 311.473 568 passengers A 20-ton boulder fell loo feet from a precipice and struck a fast passenger train near (Hard Junction, Col., Sunday. Four passengers were killed and fourteen injured The "pure shoe law," for the protection of fraud in the manufacture of shoes, has been declared valid by a decision of the Kansas supreme court Cardinal Petrio Oasparri, an Italian, has been selected by the pope to succeed Cardinal Ferratta as papal secretary of state The pink boll worm, which is said to be more destructive than the boll weevil, has made its appearance near Madison. Fla Several persons were injured by a bomb explosion in a Catholic church in New York, Tuesday. ....The American Bottlers' Protective assiK'iation met in Louisville, Ky., this week, more than 2.000 delegates are in attendance The appellate court, sitting in Chicago, <m Tuesday, ordered dismissed a suit for an ac I counting in the long drawn out litigition between the heirs of Col. A. c. Pabcock and former United States Senator ('. B. Farewell and others, over a Texas land and rattle deal, involving millions of dollars The I'riiejlde Steel company of Pittsburg. Ifs received an order for fi.tttni tons of bavon<'t and saber steel from the French government...... J. P. Morgan has offered to sell the ('tipper Diver railroatl in Alaska, to the government Progressive ami Demon-itir fusionists in Utah, are making a strong effort to defeat United States '"cantor Itoot for re-election Thirteen hundred convicts in the state prison at Joliet, HI., have signed a petition to the legislature, asking for state-wide prohibition in that state. \ convict picked the pocket of one of i number of visitors at the risen at Milium. X. Y.. Tuesday. The Mutual Welfare league, composed of "opviets. made the thief restore his loot A New York dispatch says that the proposed fund of $1 ail,000.000 ly the Wade bank syndicate, is practically assured The Jones Philippines bill declaring it to be the purpose of this country, to give independence to the Filipinos as soon as a stable government can be established on the island, has passed the house. The bill will not be passed in the senate. Coventor Please has named Hon. C. .1. Damage of Saluda, as special .illlive for the fall terms of the court of common pleas and general sessions in Kershaw county. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS First National Hank, Yorkville?In- . j sists that it is a wise man who has a hank account, and offers to help you to build one for yourself. Thomson Co.?Begins today a special sale of domestic cotton goods at specially low prices. You are invited to come and see for yourself. C. F. Sherer?offers reward of $f> for delivery in Yorkville, of two estray heifers, lost between Outhriesville and MeConnellsville, about Sept. 16. J. A. Tate, C. C. C. Pis.?Gives notice of sale of real estate in suit of John \V. Boyd et al. vs. Hliza Jane Boyd et al., on salesday in November. McConnell Dry Goods Co.?Quote special prices on a lot of men's clothing?$12.50 and downward. The Kandy Kitchen?Has all kinds of choice fruits, including apples, bananas, grape fruit, grapes, etc. A. J. Beheler?Will on October 31st, sell the I.ucy Love home tract, 187 acres, located on King's Creek. Also lot of personal property. 1,T " r* r\O 9 ,*r> A. \\. rj. rrrRUMiii?vnicm <i >> v.. horse farm for rent. G. \V". Sherer?Has an especially nice beef for today and wants your order today for tomorrow's delivery. J. M. Stroup?Gives you some pointers about the big stock of shoes for men. women and children that he is now offering. A. M. McGill, Yorkvllle No. 1?Tells about e. lot of extra specials for the last three days of next week. 10,000 lbs. sugar at $1.25 per sack, 25 lbs. Kirkpatrick-Eelk Co.?Wants you to see its goods and prices when you are ready to buy domestic cotton goods. Lyric Theatre?Presents its moving picture programme for next week. "Trey o' Hearts," Saturday. Yes, we would certainly like to see the next legislature take action that would make the Webb law effective in [ South Carolina. The Webb law is the | only thing that will protect the state from the influx of liquor, and there is ( no question of the fact that it will make prohibition feasible. ( By defeating the Philadelphia Americans, Tuesday afternoon, 3 to 1, the Boston team of the National league, , gained the title, "Baseball champions ( of the world." Three times the Philadelphia team has won the title, but true to precedent they could not "come , back." Many Yorkville fans of the Philadelphia team, felt badly Tuesday 1 afternoon when the return from the J last inning heralded a new champion; but most of them consoled themselves with, "Oh, well, they'll win next year," and those who had followed the for- 1 tunes of the Bostonians throughout the season only said, "I told you so!" There are hardly half as.many trav- , eling salesmen visiting Yorkville and surrounding towns now as there were at this time last year?there is little chance to sell goods. A gentleman whose business keeps him in touch with drummers all the time more or ) less, said yesterday: "It used to be that drummers who come to Yorkville, would hire an automobile or a horse and buggy and visit every country ' store in the community. Pew of them < are doing that now. They phone the ( country merchants and ask if they are in need of anything in their respective ' lines. If the merchant says he does, i they go to see him, otherwise they ( don't. But the drummer who hires an ( automobile for a country trip these days has business in sight." WITHIN THE TOWN. ? Mr. G. W. Sherer on yesterday slaughtered a 3-months-old calf that netted 140 lbs. dressed. The calf was 1 raised by Mr. B. F. Marley of Yorkville No. 7. Mr. Sherer says that this j is the largest veal for its age. that he has ever handled' in all his experience as a butcher. ? The home of Mrs. J. J. Hunter, on j West Liberty street, was the scene of a pretty wedding Wednesday evening, j when her daughter, Miss Elizabeth, , became the bride of Mr. N. C. McCor- } kle, manager for the Piedmont Telephone company, of Yorkville. Rev. Dr. , E. E. Gillespie performed the ceremony, which was witnessed by only a j few relatives and close friends of the ( contracting parties. The couple were the recipients of many beautiful wedding presents. Mr. and Mrs. McCorkle j will reside in their recently completed ( bungalow on King's Mountain street, ( opposite the Church Home Orphanage. , ? i THE ELECTION COMMISSIONERS. 1 The state board of election commis- < sioners, consisting of Dr. I. J. Camp- 1 bell of Clover; W. B. Keller of York- ' irlllo timl 1 H Vf?il ?if KMlhprt mpt on Wednesday. i Organization was effected by the 1 election of Mr. John E. Carroll as clerk [ of the board, and managers were ap- 1 pointed to conduct the election at the various precincts. Unless Senator Clifton's bill to do ' away with the old "eight box law" gets through, it will be necessary to have 1 fourteen boxes at each precinct?four J for state and county offices and the ' balance for the various constitutional amendments. In canvassing the returns two years ago the board had quite a lot of trouble finding the boxes at the various ' precincts, that contained poll lists, re- ' turns, etc., and the clerk was instructed that when the managers came after the boxes on October 31, each of them should be requested to see to It that the box containing the papers referred ( to should be plainly labeled. Mr. J. A. C. Liove was the only mem- j ber of the Federal board of commis- | sioners on hand Wednesday. He got in , communication with Mr. Nye W. Al- i len of Rock Hill, who has not yet re- ] ceived his commission. As soon as Mr. ( Allen is properly qualified, the board j will appoint managers to conduct the , | election. only two r euerai Doxes win ue required at the various precincts?one in which to ballot for congressman and the other in which to ballot for United States senator. TRAINS NO. 7 AND 8. The following extracts from the minutes of a recent meeting of the railroad commission, explains what there has been and is in regard to the contlicting rumors with regard to the operation of motor cars on the C. & N.-W., between Yorkville and Gastonia: Commissioner Hampton offered the following resolution: "Whereas, on October 6th, I offered the following resolution, which was carried by the board: 'He it resolved that the Carolina and North-Western Railway shall be released from operating trains Nos. 7 and S in South Carolina, and shall furnish motor car service for passengers from Chester to state line, as long as trains Nos. 7 and x are operated in North Carolina, to avoid discrimination." "And, whereas, from further investigation, as shown by Air. L. T. Nichols, General Manager, at a full meeting of the board today, I find that to furnish motor car service in lieu of trains Nos. 7 and S on Carolina and North-Western Railway would cost $12,000 each for two cars and about 2.7c per mile expense of operating, which, to my mind, would lie bordering upon confiscation, and would place a very heavy burden upon a road which has been shown, through figures submitted at Yorkville, to be losing money at present. Tlieref..-,, I 1 I li.i t t lw. n,.mmiuu>..n it, ty and reason would have no right to . force the Carolina and North-Western ] railway to operate trains Nos. 7 and S ; or motor car service, under present < conditions, which would involve an ad- < ditional loss in the operation of the | road. In view of these facts, 1 desire . to rescind my resolution of October 6th, ] and offer the following resolution in ; lieu thereof: i " 'He it resolved, that the Carolina and ] North-Western railway shall he allow- | t d to annul trains Nos. 7 and s, run- < ning between Chester and the state i line, for the present at least, until bet- ] ter business will demand their rein- | statement."" < -? ( ABOUT PEOPLE I Mrs. B. M. Bove of Yorkville, has ] diphtheria. ' Mr. J. R Marshall of Anderson, vis- j iled relatives in Yorkville. this week, v Miss Julia Witherspoon of York- 1 ville, is visiting Mrs. Robert Henry, in Chester. Mr. Howard Heard of Columbia, .s visiting relatives and fiiends in Yorkville. Miss Ressie Pegram of Yorkville, left yesterday for Gastonia, where she will teach school. Mrs. Leon Adams of Gastonia, visited Miss Rose Lindsay, in Yorkville, this week. Mrs. P. N. Moore and children of Yorkville, visited friends in Rock Hill, this week. Miss Isabel Witherspoon of Gaffney, is visiting friends and relatives in Vorkville. Dr. J. H. Witherspoon of Yorkville, is visiting his son, Mr. J. D. Witherspoon, in Laurens. Mr. William A. Matthews of Clover, is a member of the Clemson college football squad. Rev. J. H. Machen and family of Yorkville, are spending several days at Princeton, S. C. Mrs. W. F. Marshall of Yorkville, attended the Frew-Marshall wedding in Rock Hill, Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Kilgo Williford of Lesslie, visited Mr. and Mrs. John M. Williford in Yorkville, this week. Mrs. G. G. Eaves and daughter. Mary Helen, of Yorkville, visited relatives in Rock Hill, this week. Miss Lettie Abell of Lowryville, spent several days this week, with Mrs. Mary Crawford, in Yorkville. Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Blanton of Rock Hill, visited the famly of Mr. M. C. Willis in Yorkville, this week. Mr. W. T. Slaughter, Jr., of Hickory Grove, has been elected chaplain of the sophomore class of Clemson college. Mrs. N. J. N. Bowen has returned to her home in Yorkville, after a visit to her son, Dr. J. B. Bowen, in Charlotte. Miss Kate Williford, who has been under treatment at the Fennell infirmary, Rock Hill, has returned to her home in Yorkville. Mr. William Mitchell of King's ~reek, left yesterday for Hebron, Williamsburg county, where he will teach school this fall. Misses Hannah Grant of Chester, Lillian Kirkpatrick of Bullock's Creek, and Mary Whisnnant of Blacksburg, spent yesterday with Mrs. Frank rtLUlIMICI, 111 luitvviuc. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. O. Guy of Chester, have issued invitations to the marriage of their daughter, Dora Lindsay, to Dr. John Cabeen Caldwell. The ceremony is to take place at their home on Wednesday evening, October 28. Mr. J. Lindsay Hunter of Lincolnton, N. C., Miss Kate Hunter of Gaffney, and Miss Agnes Hunter of Winthrop college, attended the HunterMcCorkle wedding in Yorkville, Wednesday. THE "YORK COUNTY FAIR." Despite the fact that times are hard and little money is in circulation, the York County Fair association, opened at Rock Hill, Wednesday morning with the enterprising corps of directors and employes at their respective posts, and the exhibit buildings iilled to uverflowing with various products raised in York county, which exhibits demonstrate the fact that almost everything can be raised in this locality. The cattle pens are filled with fine ii)Ci'iinpn<s nt vnriniiu liroiwk nml thi? poultry pens are also filled with many and various kinds of fowl. The beautiful horses and mules have received much praise and had it not oeen for the exceedingly rough weather yesterday there would have been some horse racing worth seeing. Owing to the rainy and disagreeable weather of yesterday, the directors have decided to continue the fair through tomorrow. The elaborate fireworks display will be held tonight instead of last night as previously advertised. Today is education day and numerous school children from differ nt sections of the county are in attendance. The Winthrop students have been given a holiday today and most of them have taken advantage of the opportunity to visit the fair. The fair directors have not been laggard in their preparations. Four bands?the Gib Green negro band, a carnival band and the Tirzah and Hickory Grove bands have been employed, and in spite of rain and meagre attendance the bands have furnished as good music and as much music, as though the grounds were filled to overflowing. There are numerous amusement places within the grounds, and the authorities have taken especial care to see that all the exhibitions are of a high moral tone. The aviator employed for the week has not made a flight as yet owing to weather conditions, but is expected to tly today and tomorrow. Hardly more than 300 people paid admission to the fair grounds on the spelling day, and there were not more than a hundred in attendance yesterday. A heavy rain fell all day yesterday and the grounds were covered with water which reached to the shoetops. Those present spent practically the whole day in the main exhibit building. All other attractions were closed with the exception of the restaurants conducted by several of the women's clubs of Rock Hill and others, who disposed of a number of sandwiches and other eatables. The Exhibitors. Following are the persons who have bits ut the fair: J. L\ Edwards, J. E. Epps. Mrs. Geo. Eaves, John Eraser, R. A. Gettys, Mable Foster, Ellen R. Goin, Friendship school, Mrs. J. B. 'Fewell, S. H. Faris, Mrs. VV. C. Faris, Louise Faris, Harry Poster, Jr., R. L. Falls, Margaret Few?U, Edna Fudge, John Frasier, W. J. Kewell, Mrs. W. A. Fewell, E. H. Gar rison, K. S. Fewell, Mrs. John Hayes, U A. Hinson, Robt. Hand, Mrs. J. M. Hamilton, Myrtle Huckabee, J. C. Harder, Marie Hill, Mattie L. Hill, J. J. Jones, Mamie Jones, Catherine Hill, India Hook school, Mary Henderson, W. E. Hall, Myles Hudson, J. E. Jackson, Mrs. J. M. Ivy, Mrs. J. Jackson, Mrs. M. H. Jackson, M. H. Jackson, Charlton Garrison, J. G. Garrison, Jr., Mrs. J. G. Garrison, Beulah Groves, E. H. Garrison, Margaret Guntharp Mrs. VV. A. Graham, Rose Gourley, VV. 1. Gladden, C. S. Gordon, VV. E. Gettys, D. L. Gallman, W. A. Garrison, J. W. Jackson, J. P. Garrison, J. E. Gettys, Hamilton Carhartt, A. Huey, Myrtle Hayes, Alberta Garrison, J. E. Groves, Mary Glenn, Emma Giles, Sarah Jackson, Mamie Jones, G. L. Johnston, James Bros., Mary Huey, J. L. Howie, (Jarl Hovis, J. D. Hoke, J. H. Hayes, N'ims Horton, H. G. Horton, Fulton Horton, D. B. Hankins, Mrs. R. S. Hanna, Mrs. VV. H. Hill, R. S. Hanna, VV. R. Hall, G. M. Horton, John Horton, VV. L. Hoagland, H F. Horton, Sarah Jackson, Julius Johnston, S. J. Kimball, VV. B. Killer, Frank Keylor, P. B. Kennedy, Mark Kirkpatrick, Hratton Land, Earl Hind, Mrs. J. D. Land, S. L. Loyd, L. J. Lumpkin, Mrs. David Lyle, J. C. Tackle, Hugh Milling, B. JJ. Matthews, G. W. Martin, F. M. Martin, Clarence Merrill, J. VV. Marshall, Miriam Miller, W. H. Moore, Urs. VV. E. Miller, Nellie Moore. J. A. Miller, Mrs. VV. M. .Man Id in, Annie May Miller, Roddey Miller, Mrs. J. A. McFadden, J. A. McFadden, McConnellsrille club. A. A. McKeown, C. S. Mc?rorey, J. B. Mack, Mrs. J. B. Mack, II Vf*.o T U.ictMn DUI 1*111 ii. i?iannr^, mi a. u. uui i?>u Vlasse.v, Alda Leo Mendenhall, Epl>it* Mickle, Mount Holly Club. Pearl Meek. Florence Meek. J. H. Milling. I. T. Neely, Mary Nichols. W. R. Neely I. Neely, Lawrence Nicholson, V. Veely, W. J. Neely, K. M. Neely, W. A. N'eely, J. F. Matthews, H. G. Neely, >ak Rhine school, M. F. Owens. T. M. (ates, Marvin Poan. J. VV. O'Neal, J. L. Poan. A. S. Pressley, Lillian Potts, I. P. Potts. \V. T. Poan. Clemmie Pursley. Mrs. S. It. Pratt, W. L. Poan. >5. E. Patton, Walter Pride, S. L. Patterson. Stella Patterson, Orion Poe, Mrs. Frank Poe, Da vena Peny, Carrie Poan. Mrs. L. o. poan. Blanche Plexia>. P. R. Parks, Mrs. Bert Poan. Knox I'hanan. P. It. Parks, Jr., Lawrence Potts, K. It. Phanan. J. D. Potts, H. Tt. Powell, Mrs. H. B. Powell, J. E. Park r. J. N. Porter, Plexico & Son. Lola juinn, Iva Shen-r. B. Sykes, Mrs. Jorlon Strait, Jas. Howell. J. A. Smith. Henry Shuyart, Collie Smith. Mrs. M. I,. Stnrnis. Eunenia Howell, Mrs. R. L. tturyis, Steele Stock farm. \V. O. Stevens. L. Spratt, N. L. Smith. Mrs. C. >. Stone. Mrs. W. M. Steele. H. G. ttanton. S. M. Hhillinnlaw, Pearl Shiliunlaw, J, B. Smith, Lucy Stephenson, Jas. Stewart, J. H. Stewart, Hanna i Stephenson, Aggie Ashe, T. J. Steele, i Mary Simrill, J. M. Steele, J. B. Spears, i C. D. Reid, J. B. Steele, J. F. Reid, Miss < Reid, A. P. Ruff, Mrs. VVm. Rockholdt, ] J. B. Reid, Jno. Roddey, Mrs. VV. L. , Roddey, H. E. Ruff, Mrs. W. J. Roddey, < Mrs. B. C. Ragin, F. Roddey, Mrs. < Minnie Ratterree, Mrs. R. W. Roach, j M. F. Revels, Mrs. M. E. Thomas. C. Thomas, P. B. Thomas, Evelyn Thorn- i as, W. A. Thomas, Mrs. J. J. Thomas, ] Mrs. J. E. Thomas, L>illian Thomasson, < Mrs. A. J. Thomasson, John Finley Thomas, Annie May Thomas, Mrs. J. . M. Williams, G. P. White, Jas. Wll- ; liams, Dwight Warner, Mrs. W. R. ! Whitfield, Louise Wilson, Annie Williams, Cora Westbrook, Marie Whiso- ( nant, W. T. Williams, H. J. Williams, ] Mrs. J. T. Willi ford, J. A. Willlford G. P. White, F. C. Whitney, Mrs. Kate Williford, Anna White, M. Wallace, ( J. G. Williams, W. E. Whitsell, Beulah ; Westmoreland, Mrs. J. S. Wright, A. N. Whitesides, Mrs. G. W. Wimberly, i Lucy Westbrook, J. N. Whitesides, ; Mrs. J. E. Walmsley, Nora White, H. < Whitner, J. N. Westmoreland, W. B. Wilson, Jr., W. H. Wilson, Isabella | Wilson, Evelyn Williams, Lois Wil- ; llama, noy vviuiams, tiinei Williams, Christine Willis, W. Witherspoon, \ Carrie Youngblood, Ruth Youngblood, j H. M. Zinker, H. J. Zinker, R. A. An- j derson, J. L. Aycock, Mrs. H. Ander- i son, Mrs. J. L. Aycock, Mrs. J. F. Ashe, j W. W. Alexander, Lillis Ashe, Mrs. W. j B. Ardrey, Mary Allison, Lizzie Ashe, W. H. Anderson, Will Condin, Jos. < Caldwell, J. S. Comer, A. L. Campbell, Minnie Cockrell, Wm. Carroll, Nesbit Burgess, Kittle Blair, T. Biggers, W. N. Biggers, J. S. Beatty, Bethesda 1 club, Bethesda school, C. Bigger, Catawba school, Cotton Belt school, Gus ( Cain, Margaret Clark, Lena Crosby, Frank Clark. E. C. Coker, Hamp Condliss, C. Clark, R. G. Boyd, Mrs. J. M. Byers, Agnes Brown, Frank Blanks, Mrs. W. B. Byers, J. A. Black, Chas. Ballard, P. M. Blanks, Jr., Grier Bar- J nett. Crocket farm, Mrs. D. C. Clark, \ S. M. Caldwell, R. C. Caveny, W. J. Creighton, R. Cornwell, Jessie Corn- , well. Lela Christenary, Lucile Craw ford. Sue Crawford, Mrs. C. Cornwell, Mrs. H. A. Caldwell. W. H. Caldwell, Sam Campbell, Alex Campbell, ( James Campbell, Mattie May Campbell, Mattle B. Campbell, E. Carroll, j F. Craig, Lizzie Craig, R. H. Cowan, R. > Creighton. C. Clinton, Mrs. John Cork, Maggie Caveny, Mrs. W. H. Caldwell, Mrs. S. M. Cash. Herbert Dunlap, Mrs. E. Drennon. J. H. Duncan, Jr., j Bertha Duncan, W. H. Dunlap. Sr., J. W. Draffln, Jr., W. H. Duncan, J. H. , Duncan, Sr., Mrs. F. A. Dunlap, S. W. j Draffln. Elizabeth Dendy, F. A. Dunlap. Mrs. W. O. Duncan, Mrs. Walter I Dunlap, Isabel Dunlap, R. S. Cunningham. Exhibits. There are numerous exhibits of farm products, school work, fancy J work and canned goods. Mr. H. C. Simpson of Catawba Junction, has an interesting exhibit, illustrating the , process of straining honey, caring for , bees, etc. He has a honey separating i machine in his exhibit which shows , cans of honey, sealed, labeled and j ready for sale. , Mr. W. E. Whitsell of Rock Hill No. 5, exhibits fifteen varieties of food- . stuffs raised on his farm. The exhibit includes corn, oats, wheat, peanuts, turnips, fruits, etc. Three watermelons in the exhibit weigh about 60 pounds each. I Among other things in the exhibit of Mr. S. H. Faris of Rock Hill No. 1, . are thirteen varieties of hay. Each kind is neatly baled. The varieties are peavine, oats and vetch, wheat, oats, fodder, Johnson grass, Laspedeza, alfalfa, meadowgrass, corn and peas, corn stover, oat straw and wheat straw. Mr. F. C. Whitney of Rock Hill, has nine kinds of hay in his exhibit. Mrs. J. B. Fewell of Rock Hill No. 6, exhibits products which prove that she knows how to live at home. Her exhibit includes seventy cans of different kinds of fruit, cakes and pies, and other things. The booth is prettily decorated with bunting and potted plants and is the subject of much favorable comment, Mrs. Fewell winning first prize on her display and a number of premiums on individual products. The general exhibit is composed mostly of canned goods all neatly arranged and includes many of the articles seen in the exhibit of the canning club girls. Several of the county's rural schools have exhibits at the fair, consisting of drawings and writings, woodwork and other kinds of work done in school room. The exhibits attract much attention. The Winthrop farm school shows specimens of its work as does also the Flock Hill Graded school. Care vs. Don't Care. , Pr.jf T T r*o rhorru i \f Wlnthrnn ^ who is also employed by the U. S. department of agriculture, has on exhibit two miniature houses, each situated in the centre of a pretty garden spot. The garden of one house is filled with weeds of various lengths and kinds, and its general appearance is not at all pleasing. Opposite this house and situated in a similar space the other miniature house is located. The second house is like the first. The difference is in the land surrounding. The plot is covered with different plants, a beautiful walk is laid, pains and care are evidenced in its appearance. The first place described represents people who don't care; the second, those who do. Experts who know, say the exhibit of the Arcade Cotton mill of Rock Hill, is the most artistic of all. The exhibit is in charge of Miss Pinson, who is employed in the mill village by the Baptist state mission board. Everything in the exhibit is made in the village. Pink and white are the colors, the words "Arcade Mill Village," made of cotton sliver are supported by a background of pink. The mill village tomato club have their articles on dist?lo*r anrl tho mi?n nnrl hiiVM hllVP POfll chisels and walking canes made of ( leather and celuloid. Beautiful reed ( hooks, highly polish and requiring ( much skillful labor are shown. Ladies 1 of ihe mill village furnished the pretty a potted plants which add much to the 1 attractiveness of the booth. : Canning Club Girls. The York County Canning Club is well represented at the county fair and a number of members are present, j Many parents who have seen their exhibit have learned that their daughters can equal if not outstrip them in the canning art. The club products occupy a whole corner of the large building, and the exhibit appears to * attract more interest than any other 1 show on the grounds. t The exhibit includes many interest- c ing features?pictures of canning club t girls at work, various stages of plant growth, etc. Miss Margaret Clark of s Yorkville has a jar of fruit arranged I in the club colors (Red and Green) so t as to form four H's, the canning club t slogan?"Head, Heart, Hand, Health." t Miss Lillian Pots shows a tomato vine t eleven feet long, the lirst fruit of c which was plucked June 16. The vine is even now tilled with green tomatoes, i Two of the canning club girls, Misses t Hannah and Lucy Stephenson of <i Hickory Grove, without any additional y help whatever, have canned 900 jars of t lruit this season. Miss Davena Peay, I of Edgmoor, has sold $f>6 worth of raw | tomatoes, gathered from her one tenth | of an .acre, this season. i The exhibit is in charge of Miss Minnie Lee Garrison, county agent as- t sisted by Miss Jo Yarborough, Chester s county canning club agent. Miss Edith ., L. Parrott, state agent of the canning t club work is also attending the fair. ., Demonstrations of tireless cooking ) given by Miss Garrison have proved v interesting. I'OIIUWUIK air me Laiuaiig viuu | members have have samples of their | work on exhibit: Mattie Bell Campbell, Tirzah; Wilma Rartha, Rock Hill: Nellie May Blanks. Rock Hill; ? Ronnie Sanders, Rock Hill: John Fin- [ ley Thomas, Rock Hill; Davega Peay, | Edgmoor; Kathleen Clinton, Edgmoor; Myrtle Hayes, Rock Hill; Alberta Garrison: Rock Hill; Margaret ,, ("lark, Yorkville; Lillian Potts, Rock Hill; Lola Quinn, Clover; Mabel Fos- * ter. Hickory Grove; Mamie Jones, , Clemmie Parsley, Hanna Stephenson, Hickory Grove; Stella Patterson, I" Louise Faires, Rertha Duncan, Edith Fa ires. Edna Thomas, Maggie Cavetiy, . Mary Huey, Rock Hill R. F. I). The 1 list of prize winners had not been " completed yesterday. Many of the girls submitted histories of their work during the season and others have cook x books contain'ng original receipts. 11 Cor Club Boys. The York County Corn Club boys s also have many interesting exhibits. Demonstration Agent John R. Rlair Is a in charge. Each county will have a I' separate booth at the state fair this d ^ear and Demonstration Agent Blair is lopeful that York county farmers will send many exhibits including corn, ?ats, wheat, potatoes, cotton, peas, l<eanuts, canned goods and fruits. All exhibits to the state fair should be shipped not later than Oct. 21st, and should be directed to the State Fair issociation, care of John R. Blair. The judges have not completed the iwarding of prizes and the following list is therefore not complete nor is it official: Best bushel field selected corn: 1? las. W. Draffln, Lesslte. Prize?Clemson college scholarship. 2?Gus Cain, Sharon; 3d?Clyde Thomas, Rock Hill. Class III?Best ten ears of prolific corn: First?Not decided* 2nd?Earl l^and, Yorkville; 3d?Jas. \V. Draffln, Losslie. Class IV?Best ten ears corn (single car variety): 1?Gus Cain, Sharon; 2? Roden Cornwell, Rock Hill. Class V?Best single ear (prolific variety): 1?Jas. W. Draffln, Lessli2?John Horton, Sharon; 3?Not decided. Class VI?Best single ear corn (single ear variety: 1?Gus Cain, Sharon; 2?Roden Cornwell, Rock Hill. The judges will be busy today and tomorrow and the fair authorities feel is though the fair really begins today. Nobody connected with the show feels iiscouraged and though the expenses Innirrert hnvp hppn flvp tlmps ns erpnt us the gate receipts thus fftr, it Is expected the deficit will be made up today and tomorrow. LOCAL LACONICS Weather Maps for Schools. York county school teachers will no doubt be interested to learn that the United States district weather bureau it Columbia, is preparing to issue dally weather maps. The maps can be used to great advantage in the study of physical geography and all a teacher has to do to receive the maps, is to send his or her name and address to Prof. W. H\ Hand, State High School inspector, Columbia. Lesslie-Williford. Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock, at the Associate Reformed parsonage at Lesslie, Miss Bessie Lesslie was married to Mr. Kilgo Williford, Rev. W. H. Stevenson, pastor of Neely's Creek A. R. P. church, performing the ceremony. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Lesslie, and the bridegroom is a son of Mr. John M. Williford of Yorkville. The young couple have numerous friends and acquaintances throughout the county. M I I . Arlama Miss Ruth McGill, daughter of Mrs. Mattie McGill, was married at the home of her mother at Bethany, Wednesday evening, to Mr. William Grady Adams, a prominent young farmer of the Bowling Green community, Rev. W. P. Grler performing the ceremony. Miss Mary Adams, sister of the groom, was the maid of honor, and the bridesmaids were Misses Lillian Kirkpatrick, and Mary Whisonant. Fhe grooms attendants were Messrs. Lesslie and Moffatt McGill, brothers of the bride, and Mr. Hugh Pursley. The ceremony was witnessed by a large number of friends and acquaintances ind the young couple were the recipients of many pretty wedding presents. Mexican Missionary In York County. Rev. J. G. Dale of the A. R. P. church ind engaged in missionary work in Mexico, assisted Rev. W. P. Grier, pastor of Clover, Bethany and Crowders Creek A. R. P. churches, in a meeting it Crowders Creek, beginning last Friiay, and closing Sunday. The services were attended by large congregations from the neighborhood. Mr. Dale occupied the pulpit in the Clover church in Sunday night, and talked interestngly of Mexico, telling of the hardships and trials of the missionaries, :he turbulent strife and bloodshed which is now and has for several years leen prevalent throughout the country. Mr. Dale has been in the United States for several months and will probably remain here until conditions in Mexico ire more settled. 3lair-Mitchell. The home of Mr. James P. Blair, on Sharon No. 1, was the scene of a pretty wedding on Wednesday afternoon it 3.30, when his daughter, Miss VesJie Elma became the wife of Mr. William A. Mitchell. The parlor of the lome was prettily decorated in green md white. The bridal party entered to he strains of Lohengrin's wedding narch, rendered by Miss Ella White, ind the ceremony was performed by Rev. E. B. Hunter, pastor of Sharon \. R. P. church. The bride's gown tvas of white crepe, trimmed with lace, rhe gifts to the bride were quite nunerous, including silver, cut glass, inen, etc. After the ceremony a boun:iful wedding supper was served to he bridal party, including about twen:y close relatives and friends, at the lome of Mr. E. B. Mitchell, the 'room's father. After spending a few lays with relatives in Rock Hill, Mr. ind Mrs. Mitchell will be at home on Sharon R. F. D. No. 1. Doctors Meet at Bethel. There was a large crowd of neighjorhood folks at Bethel church, Tuesiay, the occasion being a picnic day. rhe York County Medical society held ts meeting there and the audience 'ound much to interest them in the papers submitted by the doctors. Gas:onia physicians were present in the persons of Drs. Andrews, Quickie, iieid, Garrison, Lucius Glenn and Hen y Glenn. Drs. T. N. Dulin, Bethel; E. W. Pressly and J. W. Campbell, Clover; I. A. Bigger and J. R. Miller, Sock Hill; R. A. Bratton, M. J. Walker, 1. D. McDowell and J. I. Barron of i'orkville, were the other physicians vho attended. Rev. R. K. Timmons, he newly elected pastor of Bethel :hurch, was present and made an adIress. The dinner was an excellent me. This was the first open meeting he County Medical society has held, ind it was through the Bethel Improvenent association that it was brought ibout. WORKING FOR RELIEF -louse and Senate Getting Down to Something Tangible. lorreapoiidancH The YorkvtlU Knquirer Columbia, October 15.?This has >eeri an eventful week, one that will jrobably embark the entire south ino a new field of political economy, ailing into exercise government funcions hitherto lying dormant. The house has been considering the icreage question, the division being >et\veen the McQueen plan for total diminution, and the acreage reducion proposed by the steering commitee. While this has been going on, he senate has been a veritable storm entre. The MeLaurin warehouse bill was indcr discussion, but the debate emiraced every feature of the financial lucstion as related to cotton. T^ere wis a determined effort to substitute lie f'tdeial license law for the Me ,a urni uiii, iiui avi i, luui^iiui hi tuiudetely demolished this attempt, and n a running debate gained converts lot or.ly to the warehouse bill, but ilso for total elimination of the coton crop. Jlis familiarity with the ubjec-l, gave him a great advantage ind when he pointed out how "Senaor I'uck was being unwittingly used s a tool, by the big standard waremuses in the cities to monopolize the warehouse business and force the loal warehouses to pay them tribute or the use of their names," Senator ?uck in a very manly statement, rose nd withdrew the substitute Then began the immediate disinteration of the "Xo action" forces, lead iy Senators Carlisle, Johnstone, Sulivan and others. Amendment after mendment was proposed. Some in rood faith, others to cripple the efIciem y of th?* bill. Senator McLaurin tood firm and a large majority backd him at every turn, growing strongr with each vole. At the close, it tood 27 to 11, and the South CaroIna senate went on record as favoring he sovereignty and credit of the state icing pledged to protect its great noney ciop. A. t the night session. Senator CarIsle attempted to force an immediate i?te. and again Senator McLaurin net him with the statement that the line bad not yet come to settle the nest ion right. He said that we hould wait until after the conference f governors at Memphis and then all et in concert. That he did not proose to permit senators who favored oing nothing to dictate the course of those who were prepared to do something. loiter the senate passed a resolution appointing Senator McLaurln to go to # the Memphis conference to advocate " 1st. A radical reduction of acreage. 2d. A bond issue by the states to carry the surplus cotton, and demand a full price for whatever was sold. The senate remained continuously in session until after midnight. Senator McLaurin, Governor Blease and Representative Sapp leave for the ^ governors conierence ui incmiJiiio i?- ? day. There is a feeling of optimism everywhere. Senator Epps of Williamsburg. said that the warehouse bill should be recalled, and Senator McLaurin should be requested to write a * new bill to meet "the enlarged scope w of view developed in this discussion." The house today, by a vote of 78 to 19. passed the committee bill providing for reduction of cotton on a basis requiring the seeding to cotton of not more than one-third the acreage planted to all crops, and specifying that in no case shall any farmer cultivate more than six acres of cotton to a work animal. Mr. Stevenson made the strongest speech on this 0 bill, which he said pleased him more WM than the bill he himself had drawn. He expressed himself as opposed to total elimination, because It was not the right thing and because he did not believe the state could enforce such a law. Also it would stand in the way . of the principal advantage to be gain- * id by the present bill?diversification of crops. He said that if the prac nces mis diu seexs to esiaDiisn, naa been commenced twenty years ago. the conditions with which we are now confronted would have been impossible. The passage of the bill, he believed. would mark the dawning of a new day in South Carolina. eH was not in favor of limiting the number ^ of bales a man could raise; but thought all reduction propositions should be confined to the number of acres to be cultivated. There were several other good speeches on the subject, and after several proposed amendments had been tabled, the bill 9 was passed to a third reading by a viva voce vote. Senator Eankhead of Alabama, and Mr. Walter Clark of Mississippi, addressed the Joint assembly tonight. Senator Bankhead advocated the idea of issuing $25,000,000 4 per cent bonds to finance the cotton crop and said that If South Carolina would take the lead, he thought other states would follow. He said that the bonds could not be sold; but they could be used V f to secure reserve Aldrich-Vreeland currency to the extent of 90 per cent of their value and they could be carried by hieans of a tax on cotton, and the whole thing could be managed ^ through a state-operated warehouse system. If the people would act sensibly. he said, this cotton crop can be moved at 12 cents a pound. Although conceding the necessity of curtailing the next crop, he said it should be done on a bale basis, rather than on an acreage oasis. Mr. Clark who Is regarded as the father of the total elimination proposition. gave the legislators the benefit of his ideas. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The town of Manning, on Tues- * day. voted a bond Issue of $10,000 to aid in building the Savannah and Western railroad through the town. ? Senator Buck, on Tuesday, offered the Lever warehouse bill as a substitute for the McLaurin measure; T but the senate would not accept the substitution. ? Ernest P. Evatt, a prominent citizen of Greenville, was killed in that city, Tuesday night, when he wa.i thrown against the corner of a building by a frightened horse. ? According to a statement issued by the United States department of W agriculture on Tuesday, 39,478,421 pounds of tobacco have been sold in South Carolina since the season open ed. ? Senator Verner of Oconee cr nty, haw introduced a bill in the senate ? providing for a rigid state-wide prohibition law. The bill also provides that dispensaries shall make no more purchases after disposing of their present stocks. ? The Cotton congress lobby in Columbia, tried to get the house to allow Dr. Wade Stackhouse and Messrs. J. G. Anderson and J. R. Hopkins to come before it to plead total * elimination; but on Tuesday, the house refused to pass the necessary resolution. ? At a meeting of representative Florence county farmers, held in the court room at Florence, this week, ^ the body passed resolutions favoring the total elimination of the cotton crop in 1915. Orangeburg county farmers have also gone on record as favoring elimination. ? In the senate on Tuesday, Mr. Lawson Introduced a Joint resolution providing for the closing of the disr\Anot*<Aa ?***<! o ftor olnao r\f thn ^cuoai IUO UIIIII uiivl 111v vivov w* ??v European war. The argument is that money sent out of the state for whisky and wasted here for that * commodity, will be available for food and clothes. ? The house has concurred in a senate resolution directing the attorney general to inquire into the question as to whether there is any truth in the story that the Charleston race track association proposes to hold another meet soon; to further inquire whether such meet is in violation of the law, and if so to take steps to enforce the law in regard to the matter. ?r- Engineer W. D. Graham of Laurens, and his negro fireman, were seriously injured near Goldville, S. C., Tuesday night, when a Columbia, Newberry and Laurens railway train ran into a split switch, overturning the engine and baggage car. Both 40 men jumped just as the locomotive left the track, probably escaping death by their action. ? Followed for nearly twenty years and dodging from state to state, T. A. Lewis, a white man. was arrested in Greenville, Monday night. Lewis has * been searched for since 1895 by W. L. Perry of Spartanburg, brother of A. S. J. Perry, whom Lewis is alleged to have killed near Spartanburg, on Christmas day, 1895. The alleged murderer is now in the Spartanburg county jail, where he is said to have confessed to the crime. ? Washington special of October 13, to the Columbia State: Secretary Garrison today, telegraphed officials of the Parr Shoals company that unless immediate compliance should be % made with the orders of Major Howell, engineer officer, issued August 6, that the company cease impounding the water of the Congaree, the case would not be continued here until Saturday, as was requested today by E. W. Robertson. The matter was ' 0 scheduled for a hearing today and at the hour set a telegram was received I from the Pan- Shoals people asking that nothing be done until Saturday, at which time they would endeavor to have representatives here. An Immediate reply was sent that unless compliance with Maj. Howell's orders should be made, not only would no delay be allowed, but that the entire matter would be turned over to the department of Justice for such attention as may be necessary. No reply to this telegram has been received here up to this time. In other words, the war department insists that its orders through Maj. Howell, issued on August 6, be respected before the company will receive any favors in the way of delayed hearings or otherwise, John Sharpe Believes In Total Elimination.?At a meeting of the South Carolina division of the Southern Cot- ? ton congress, held in the house of rep- W resentatives last Tuesday afternoon, at which J. G. Anderson, Wade Stackhouse, M. D., and J. J. M. Graham spoke, the following telegram was read: "Washington, D. C., Oct. 13. 'Wade Stackhouse, Jefferson Hotel, Columbia, S. C. 'I do favor a rest year for cotton; 'i'. would settle the price of this crop ar.d of the next and would totally destroy the boll weevil. Can not leave Washington to come to Columbia now. Wish I could. John Sharp Williams."