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H _ _ _ ISSUED SEMI-WEEKL^ . l. h. GBisrs sons. published ; % eJfmnils Uouspapoit: ^or Ihij promotion of Ihq political, Social, Agricultural and Commercial Interests of th< jDeopt^. j established 1855. >orkville, s. c., tuesday, october^7,1914. ^ no. 80 ALONG THE * Human Interest Si Germans a Many a paragraph in the war news < from abroad is a story in itself. Some of the best of these graphic sidelights are here given. < The official press bureau in London I gives out an account of operations in < ^ northern France as reported by an eye : witness, in which he says: 1 "There are many points connected I with the fighting methods of either t side that may be of interest. The fol- I lowing description was given by a : battalion commander, who has been < at the front since the commencement 1 of hostilities and has fought both in ' the open and behind intrenchments. It < must, however, be borne in mind that it only represents the experience of a < ^ particular unit. It deals with the tac- 1 tics of the enemy's infantry: < " 'The important points to which are 1 the heads of valleys and ravines and 1 woods, especially those on the sides of < hollow ground. and all dead ground to ' ^ the front flank. The German officers are skilled in leading troops for- 1 ward under cover in closed bodies, but : once the latter are deployed and there > is no longer the direct, personal lead- 1 ership the men will not face heavy fire. Sometimes the advance is made Vin a series of lines, with the men well < opened out at intervals of five or six < paces: at others it is made in lines with 1 the men almost shoulder to shoulder. ' But it is followed in all cases by sup- ? porters in close formation. The lat- < $ ter either waver when the front line 1 is checked or crowd on to it in mov- ? ing foward under the orders of their t officers, and the mass forms a magni- ,1 ficent target. 1 Pinned To the Ground. " ' Prisoners have described the fire of our troops as pinning them to the s ground, and this is certainly borne out c by their actions. i " 'When the Germans are not heavi- < ly Intrenched, no great losses are in- t 4 curred in advancing against them by i methods in which the British army i has been instructed. r i " 'In fighting behind ini. tchments. i the Germans endeavor to g. t ground ! by making advances in line at dusk s * or just before dawn and then digging s themselves in, in the hope no doubt that they may eventually get so near < as to be able, as during maneuvers. : to reach the hostile trenches in a I single rush. ; " 'Sharpshooters are often noticed \ in trees or wriggling about until they 1 ^ get good cover. The remedy is to l take the initiative and detail men to I deal with the enemy's sharpshooters. 1 " 'The German trenches I have seen ! were deep enough to shelter a man l * when firing from a standing position.' " Under Fire, Save Wounded. The London Express prints the fol lowing from a correspondent in Belgium: , "The British field ambulance worked with the convent of the Sisters of Xotre Dame at Zele, near Antwerp, as * its first aid base, and Dr. Sector Munro and his dressers were receiving one motorcar of wounded after another. "Both Dr. Munro and E. Gurney. one of his dressers, made repeated # trips into the firing line in a light motorcar to look for wounded. Dr. Munro sitting, bareheaded, behind the driver, sometimes propping up an unconscious soldier hit by shrapnel. "Mr. Gurney went past Germbergen toward the river searching for woundoH ami nnrt nf the time had to crawl along intrenchments practically on all fours German Infantrymen, screened f beyond the opposite bank, shot at him every time he dared to show his head above cover. "Mr. Gurney came back with two badly wounded infantrymen, and his courage saved the life at least of one f of them, who was bleeding to death from a shrapnel wound." Fought Tied to Tree. Captain Wilhelm Muller, a wounded German officer, has told in Munich an interesting story of the fighting at Vosges. "The battles." he says, "owed much of their fierceness to the presence of ^ the French chasseurs. These strong ^ Alpine mountaineers concealed themselves in treetops and tied themselves to the branches so that if they were killed or wounded they would not fall and disclose their position to the HELPING THEIR W( A ? French dragoons giving aid to a c< River Somme. FIRING LINE tories About the md Allies. enemy." Turn Own Guns on Them. A story of how three French solJiers captured two German quick irers and put to flight two companies 3f German infantry is told in a letter sent home by the captain of a company of French infantry fighting on the Aisne. Two corporals and a private while reconnoitering. crawled within ten L.araj of thp fiprman trenches. Most af the German soldiers were away for Lhe purpose of fetching dinner, and the officers were some distance back 5f the guns. The three Frenchmen sprang into :he trenches and turned the guns on :he unsuspecting Germans, who fled, communicating the panic to two companies. French artillerymen who had peen wating the proceedings then opened fire and exterminated the Hermans. That same night the corporals were promoted to be second lieutenants uid the soldier was made a sergeant major as a reward for their daring vork. Draw Lots For Death. Lots were drawn by four officers to lecide who should remain in command )f Fort St. Marie, northwest of Antwerp. The officer chosen was sworn j :o fight to the death. The lot fell to i married man with a family. Another ifticer instantly volunteered to take liis place, and the offer was reluctjntly accepted. The three others re:ired to Antwerp after bidding a :ouching farewell to their heroic com ade. Army Tradition Upset. The British army, it seems sure, says a London correspondent, will ome out of the present war largely f not completely democratized. Tralitionally the officers have come from he upper class and the ranks from he lower. But war conditions have made it necessary that competent men be advanced on purely military merits. The situation is particularly jerious at the front. The pick of the sergeants are being given shoulder straps. Where the men are to come from to officer the new volunteer army of 1.000.000 is a matter or concern 10 Ihe war office. Officers retired by rge or disability are acting as drill masters, but fit and active men must be found to take charge when the new force goes to the front. This means rapid promotion for those of military talent. Further promotions and shakeups will follow under the test of tire. Sportsman Soldiers. Recruiting for the famous English sportsman battalion is proceeding apace. The enrollment to date totals about 1,000. It is raised and financed by Mrs. Cunliffe Owen and is in all probability the only battalion of any of the great armies to be created as such by women. It is certainly the only battalion in the British forces in which me ase lllllii nu? urru csi^cwiauj tended by the authorities. The recruiting posters read: "The sportsman battalion is a corps for gentlemen up to forty-five years of age." Men Killed, Cow Unharmed. La Liberte of Paris, quotes a wounded artillery lieutenant as follows: "We were sitting in our subterranean abode when a German shell fell right in the opening. It killed two and wounded sixteen?that is. almost everybody in the grotto. The cow which we kept in the grotto to supply milk escaped." "After the battles of the 15th and 16th of September," said this officer, "an infantry regiment was defending the village of P., which German guns posted at a higher point were co\ering. We were compelled to leave a large farmhouse, which we called 'Cholera Farm.' being an advanced post of our position which the enemy ? * ' * - - mA rP V? a T?ronr>Vt conunut'u iu uumuuiu. luv a vt*v.. wounded, however, remained there. Private Proves Hero. "The lieutenant-colonel asked: 'Who will volunteer to rescue the wounded? A horse and a cart are ready.' This meant crossing 3oo yards of absolutely open ground under a heavy tire. JUNDED COMRADE ararade wounded at St. Quentln on the No one answered. Then a simple soldier named Expert stepped out from the ranks and volunteered. For three consecutive days he made the journey to 'Cholera' all alone with a horse and a little cart and collected the wound ed and brought them to the amhulanee in the rear and also other wounded whom he met on the way. "Expert was untouched in spite of the violence of the firing. His horse was killed on the evening of the third day. Expert unharnessed the animal under bullet fire, placed himself between the shafts and drew the cart himself. On the way he met a wagon belonging to another French regiment and quickly took a horse from it and saved his wounded, with the result that he was sentenced to fifteen days in prison for taking a horse without permission and the military medal. It is unnecessary to add that the prison sentence was not served." Spies Everywhere. The Journal des Debats, Paris, publishes a letter from the front giving the details of the adroit maneuvers of German spies, who, says the writer, "have been organized and in working order, for several years with prodigious certainty and methodical skill throughout this neighborhood. Besides the well known trick of the shepherd dividing his sheep to indicate the position of artillery, even the tiniest hamlet has duly appointed spies who signal our movements. Hidden telephones and wireless appatatus materially aid aerial reconnoissance, while one spy even dared to put a tlag on the house where our commander was spending the night, with the result that it was overwhelmed at dawn with a storm of shells." SUCH IS WAR Why Should Friends Be Compelled to Kill Each Other? In times past there have been a vast amount of foolish talk about the "fighting instinct" in men, says the Royal Arcanum Bulletin. Instincts depend mostly upon surroundings. If a man must fight to live, he speedily learns to fight. If from infancy he is taught that warfare is the best and most glorious thing in the world, he learns to love warfare. "As the twig is bent, so is the tree inclined." But after all is said and done, this is the least important part of the story. It may be natural for men to fight, but it is ten times more natural for them to be friends with each other. Even the battlefield bears witness to this fundamental fact in human nature. A correspondent of the Associated Press, in a letter published on September 2Sth, describes "a reconciliaation on the battlefield between French and German soldiers who lay wounded and abandoned near the little town of Blamont. When dawn came they conversed with each other while waiting for death. "A French soldier gave his water bottle to a German officer, who was crying out with thirst. The German sipped a little and then kissed the hand of the man who had been his enemy. "There will be no war on the other side,' he said. "Another Frenchman, who came from Monimarue, xouna a auxcmbourgeoise lying within a yard of him, whom he had known as a messenger in a big hotel in Paris. The young German wept to see his old acquaintance. " 'It is stupid.' he said, 'this war. You and I were happy when we were good friends In Paris. Why should we have been made to light each other?' He died with his arms around me, unashamed of his own tears.' " Are not incidents of this kind more creditable to humanity than the destruction of armed foes? Is not the discipline and training which produce fraternity and mutual affection better than the carnage of war? In short, is not the great fraternal movement, as we see it in America, better than the military system of Europe? BRAZILIAN SNAKE FARM Government Maintains Institution for One of the most interesting places in Frazil is the Instituto de Butantan, situated among the Mar mountains, several miles from Sao Paulo, the second largest city of the republic. This institution, which costs the Brazilian government more than $40,000 a year, studies the snakes of the country, extracts the poison from those that are venomous, and changes it into a serum that will cure those who are bitten by snakes. It also teaches the farmers that all snakes are not harmful, and that those which are not should not be killed, because they often help to fight the others. Being bitten by a poisonous snake or swallowing one does not make a naturally harmless snake dangerous. There are only two such institutions in the world, the other being at Calcutta, India. The Brazilian farm is fourteen years old. Within the last year the government has built a fine new building that contains a very excellent medical and chemical laboratory. Outside the building, in a long, rectangular plot surrounded by a fence and a cemented moat, are sixteen or twenty large beehive-shaped structures of cement; cement paths connect them with one another and with the moat. Kach of these has f<hir small doors, with a hole in the centre 10 very morning an attendant comes round with a long rod, which has a bent iron hook on the end. puts it in at the door holes, and removes the doors. Slowly the snakes eoine out to creep in the grass, bask in the sun. or swim in the pool. In another park at the side of the building there are more such houses. Tn that park are trees, and it is it remarkable sight to watch those trees. At tirst you see nothing but the trees; but the longer you watch them, the more wriggly they become, for they are alive with snakes. The farm has about fifteen hundred snakes corralled for research purposes.?Youth's Companion. 4 'One end of the collar band of a shirt patented by a Pennsylvanian is so shaped that it serves as a button I both for the shirt and separate collars. FOOTSTEPS OF THE FATHERS As Traced In Early Flies of The Yorkville Enquirer NEWS AND VIEWS OF YESTERDAY ? Bringing Up Records of the Past and Giving the Younger Readers of Today a Pretty Comprehensive Knowledge of the Things that Most Concerned Generations that Have Gone Before. The first Installment of the notes appearing under this heading was published in our issue of November 14. 1913. The notes are being prepared by the editor as time and opportunity permit. Their purpose Is to bring into review the events of the past for the pleasure and satisfaction of the older people and for the entertainment and instruction of the present genera non. EIGHTY-NINTH INSTALLMENT Editorial Correspondence. Camp near Germantown, Fairfax county, Va. Dear Enquirer:?The last six weeks as slowly as the war appears to drag its "wounded length along," has given birth to events of vast importance and magnitude. The cause of the south has been steadily growing in strength abroad, for it can scarcely be said to have acquired strength at home, having previously commanded all her resources, and the lives, fortunes and sacred honor of her wondrously united people. But abroad, we say, Lincoln's heavy war demands granted by his congress, followed by the Stone Bridge disaster have settled in the minds at least of leading English and French statesmen, the question of southern independence. The victory near Springfield, Mo., on the 10th instant, if we have been able to g'ean the truth from biased or inefficient accounts, was a decided one. Our owr opinion is that the Federalists attacked the Confederates with superior numbers, but were repulsed with a loss of two or three thousand, to about five hundred on our side. The repulse was signal, the enemy being compelled to a first and afterwards to a second retreat. It has been rumored and confirmed?but with what degree of reliability we can not say?that Gen. Hardee has advanced and cut oft all of Siegel's command except 600; and that Gen. Fremont has since called upon the northwest for volunteers, with a desperate lustihood worthy of better success. Of a piece with all these statements is the quiet announcement that a flotilla of ten Yankee vessels has been withdrawn from a covert somewhere down the Mississip11" ^ T rttilo r\r? foor thov mip'ht pi up IU Oil IJUUIO, 1UI 4VUI VilV^ ....0 fall into the hands of the Confederate states. These things indicate the extent of Yankee Doodle's discomfiture in Missouri. We have good reasons to believe that state, if not now, will soon be a member of our Confederacy, and of course we are only the more rejoiced at our triumph there. Meanwhile the cause of the south has suffered no detriment in Virginia. Gens. Lee and Wise are busy, and we confidently hope they will soon drive the invaders from the "valley." The report was a few days ago that they had gained a great victory; but like a thousand other camp rumors it died away like the cadence of a night wind, no one knowing whence it came nor whither it went. There is some sickness in our "corps," yet Beauregard is ready, I fancy, at a moment's warning to meet McClellan. Twice in the last few days?first Friday, and then yesterday evening?couriers under whip and spur brought in the news that the foe were advancing. Both times variVv*?lm>/1oa urnro. a/lunnoorl n fp\v miles to meet them; but they only performed the feat of "marching up the hill and down again"?the intruders not having left their burrows on the banks of the Potomac?This is about all the excitement we have had since the great battle. Gen. Bonham's brigade. however, which has occupied the advanced position, have changed their camp as many as five times; while his picquets and those of the enemy have been "fighting for a peach orchard"?as the boys express it?near Falls' church, almost every day. Willie Farley, Esq., a much valued young friend of Liiurensville, who fought through both the battles of the 18th and 21st inst., on Bull Run, with the measles out all over him on that memorable Sunday, is, we are happy to learn, distinguishing himself on this picquet duty for great gallantry. He has made several Yankee scouts bite the dust. Mr. B. T. Wheeler of your town, who was with us and his relatives in Warrentown, for upwards of two months, was unanimously elected before his return home, an honorary member of the Jasper Light Infantry. All the time from the 17th to the 22nd July, while we were seeing the hardest service we have yet seen, he was riding or running everywhere to serve the regiment or would seize his musket, and no persuasion could keep him from a place in line of battle. He showed himself the unflinching lofty spirited patriot, more than worthy of this humble compliment. His unprecedented kindness to the members of the company, both sick and well, make them extend it with the heartiest pleasure. He has a niche in the memory of the Jaspers, all his own. Since the absence of "our prince of orderlies"?Mr. James Mason--caused by the wound which he received on the 21st July?Sergeant W. B. Smith has been promoted to orderly sergeant and Private E. F. Meek 3rd sergeant. tKfxcsc* ominintmank tilontiPfl thf* company, as both the young men are worthy, efficient and highly attentive to duty. Rut you cannot imagine how much every one of us feels like he had lost something not only pertaining to the company, but personal to himself in the absence of Sergeant Mason and our other wounded comrades at home. In forwarding boxes, or packages. Ladies' Soldiers Aid associations would do well to place them under the care of some person who comes to attend expressly to their delivery. We speak to the state.?"The Adams Express company are now responsible for nothing." Different associations to save expense and labor, might unite in sending on their favors. For instance, those organized to supply regiments under General Rouham's command might form one general association with officers, those to supply the command of Genera! Jones another, for purposes of transportation and delivery. Our fare is good now ps has been? we often draw the finest beef and excellent flour or corn meal for rations? besides other things. They wagon us honey and butter which the world can't beat, all the way from the Valley of Virginia. The neighborhoods furnished fruits and vegetables to some extent. Of course, on marches, or on the eve of expected battles, the fare varies with the pressure of the times. We sometimes get a little hungry on these occasions; but what school boy at the south wouldn't go without his "grub" to have a big fishing frolic on Saturday? When we hear of the anxious fears of our good friends at home about our fare, we forthwith think of our boys around a aisn or savory Virginia Deer, ana a large tin pan of corn soup?or discussing a juicy, well browned peach pie, four inches deep by fourteen in diameter, with honey clear, clean and sweet as that of Hybla or the Rocky Mountains, and new golden butter and sweet milk "with the cream on," fresh and cool and nectar like from rockpaved spring-houses, through which runs water that only a few hours ago left the icy heart of the Blue Ridge, in underground channels which kept it icy all the way! We are inclined to whistle "Old Virginia! never tire," and bow, With well-fed complacency, Our Corporal. (To Be Continues). PERQUISITES OF KINGS Some of the Items One in the Business May be Called Upon to Pay. The heir apparent to the Austrian throne and his wife were shot dead in the streets recently. Being shot at and occasionally killed, seem to be a perquisite of the king business. The price of place is enormous. The king place being one of the choicest plums, its price is very high. These are some of the items: To have no wholesome, natural boyhood; always to be watched by lackeys and nurses, and never to be able to go out and play pirate with Huck Finn, to splash in the old swimmin' hole, nor steal strawberries from Jones' patch at midnight. To grow up in an atmosphere suffocated with convention, to have hundreds of things you don't want and to be rapped over the knuckles whenever you reach for a thing you do want. To be surrounded with alleged friends who you know do not care a hang for you, and who would push you off the roof in a minute if it was not for your father. Xot to have one friend who will slap your face and tell you the truth, but to be surrounded by enemies who smile upon you and are only waiting fnr an opportunity to slip a knife under your fifth rib. To have your wife picked out for you by a lot of wizened old diplomats. To be allowed as many light-o'loves as you please, to be as drunken, cruel, selfish, violent and mean as you will, but to have every honest and generous human feeling vetoed by court and fashion. To have your pride constantly fed. which renders any man unhappy. To miss all of life's true values, and to become a past master in all that makes life sordid and cheap. To cease to be a normal, cheerful human being and to become a wooden ladder for men's ambitions. To have people blame you for their own mistakes, to be the political and annnecnnt nf the nation and to be cursed and hated by a large section of the population, no matter what you do. To have every man in the machinery of government, every place holder and privilege interior, turn against you when you try really to help the people. To know that every hour of the day and night the poisoner, the bomb thrower, and the plotter are seeking your life. And in return for this all you get is money, fine clothes, food and drink, and incense burned before your wretched vanity. Few families in the world have had more imperial place than the Hapsburgs, and few families have had a more tragic history.?Chicago News. Price Changes of a Century.?A subscriber to the Weekly Blade, living in Pennsylvania, has sent us an account of a daybook kept in 1814, by one of his forebearers, the keeper of a general store in Amity township. nnnnfv ITrnm tho flavhook. one catches a glimpse not only of what 100 years ago it cost the Pennsylvania citizen to live, but also a glimpse of how he lived. For instance, "with nearly every bill of goods charged would be attached one galon of whisky, rum or brandy, price 25 cents." Homes were lighted with candles, "costing anywhere from 27 1-2 cents to 87 1-2 cents a pound. "Calico was 37 1-2 cents to 75 cents a yard. "Tea was $1 a pound. "In one charge a man bought one<iuarter of veal at 4 cents a pound. "Eggs were never more than 10 cents per dozen, with 6 to 8 cents the commoner prices. "Chickens, 12 1-2 to 18 cents a piece: geese, 25 cents to 37 1-2 cents a piece. "Beef, 3 to 4 cents: wool, 10 cents to 12 1-2 cents per pound; muslin 50 cents per yard. "The climax was reached in one charge?one bushel of salt, $16." We seem to have boxed the compass in the matter of the costs of living. one hundred years ago it manufactured goods and commodities against which transportation costs were cnargcu wmcn were nmn. muu that was cheap. Today, factory products are cheap, fond dear. \Ve wonder if things will ever be so comfortably arranged that food and manufactured goods are commodities from far distances will all be cheap.?Toledo Blade. X"i' As the resistance of grains to insects and diseases is due to their hardness, a Bohemian has invented a delicate instrument that measures the force needed to cut them. AS TOLD BY OUH EXCHANGES News Happenings In Neighboring Communities. CONDENSED FOR QUICK READING Dealing Mainly With Local Affairs of Cherokee, Cleveland, Gaston, Lancaster and Chester. Gaffney Ledger, Oct. 23: The property of J. G. Fenn, attached by Sheriff W. W. Thomas, for the payment of $100 to the Blue Ribbon Shows, incorporated, has been released under bond. The management of the carnival claims that Fenn owes It $100 for concession privileges. The case ihuki ue ineu wiiiiiu -1 uaja auci mc property is attached Criminal court for Cherokee county, the fall session, adjourned yesterday shortly after 12 o'clock. Judge Ernest Moore of Lancaster, who presided, and Stenographer T. C. Perrin of Union, left for their homes yesterday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Roxby of Datonia, Fla., passed through GafTney, last week, on their way from Asheville to their winter home, making the trip in a one-horse wagon. Mr. Roxby is an artist possessing comfortable financial means, and this mode of traveling was selected in order that he might have opportunity to gratify his artistic taste. From Ashevihe to Datonia is about 700 miles; Mr. and Mrs. Roxby calculated to cover the distance in about twenty-five days. While in Gaffney, they stopped with Mr. and Mrs W. H. Bird Mr. Wm. Harris of Atlanta, spent Wednesday night in the city. He is walking from Atlanta to Washington, pulling a boy's express wagon with him. He carries a message from the mayor of Atlanta to President Wilson. Harris continued on his journey yesterday morning In Federal court at Greenville, Tuesday, D. L. Sprouse, a Cherokee county farmer, was sentenced to spend three months in the Spartanburg county jail and pay a fine of $200 upon being round guilty or violating the dispensary laws. Sprouse has been convicted a number of times in the county courts on the same charge, and has twice been pardoned by Governor Cole L. Blease Coroner J. S. Vinesett has collected for, and is ready to pay the men who have served on coroner's juries of inquest during the past three months, in accordance with the law passed at the last session of the general assembly. The law provides for each juror to be paid 50 cents per diem and 5 cents per mile one way. Mr. Vinesett has held, three inquests since this statute w'ent into effect, and any of the jurors who have not yet received pay for their services will be paid for application to the coroner A new style smoothing harrow that promises to revolutionize the farming industry, has just been perfected by Mr. E. T. Wilkins, who has been working upon thi? invention for the Dast several months. The instrument, as perfected by Mr. Wilkins, will pulverize every inch of ground over which it passes, being so constructed that it will glide over rocks and stumps and fall perpendicularly by the side of the obstacle over which It passes... .Messrs. George Jones, John Flamont and 01lie Muller of Norfolk, Va., spent Wednesday night in the city. They are traveling from New York to San Francisco in a covered wagon, and are attempting to make their expenses by selling postcards Stockholders of the Merchants and Farmers' bank will meet this morning in the parlors of the bank to decided the proposition of surrendering its state charter and making application to become a national bank. All stockholders are requested to attend the meeting. Chester Reporter, Oct. 22: Mesdames J. T. Bigham, J. G. L. White, J. G. Dale and A. G. Brice and Miss Josie Bigham are attending the Woman's Missionary conference of the A. R. P. church at Winnsboro At a meeting of the creditors of Mr. J. F. Poag, Tuesday morning, Mr. R. L. Douglas was elected trustee, and November 7th, was selected as the date for the sale of the stock Rev. D. G. Phillips, D. D., and Dr. J. B. Bigham attended the meeting of the First A. R. presbytery at Neely's Creek A. R. P. church, Tuesday and yesterday. The west-bouhd Lancaster & Chester train met with a slight accident, yesterday afternoon about eight and one-half miles from Chester, as ~ ??1? trnolf torn a icsuii ui tt invii hnv ? ?.. up for the distance of a few yards and three freight cars were derailed. After some delay the passengers were transferred to a freight car and brought to Chester. No one was hurt. The two-story residence of Mrs. Maggie H. Hafner on Elizabeth street, near the Southern passenger station, was almost totally destroyed by fire between two and three o'clock this morning. When the fire was discovered the roof was falling in, and efforts to save the structure and contents availed very little. Mrs. Hafner is undecided as to the origin of the fire. There was insurance amounting to $1,800 on the house and $1,100 on the furniture As the result of preliminaries held yesterday before Magistrate J. J." McLure, the cases against Messrs. Jack Doster, P. A. Jackson, John Triplett and W. H. James, managers of the three clubs which were raided two weeks ago by Sheriff Colvin and his deputies, were sent up for trial in the circuit court. The preliminaries were held at the county court house and attracted a large crowd, who listened intently to the proceedings. As usual in a proceeding of this kind, the state endeavored to bring out only so much of its evidence as would result in binding the defendants over to the higher court, while the defense satisfied itself with attempting to weaken and impeach that evidence, in an effort to have the case thrown out. The attorneys made brief arguments in the Doster case, but submitted the others to the court on the evidence and without argument. W. M. Adair, a detective in the employment of the W. J. Roark Detective Agency of Charlotte, was a witness in the Doster and Jackson cases, along with Messrs. W. C. Hedgpath and Jas. G. Howze, while in the Triplett and James case, Sheriff Colvin, Deputy C. Y. Young and Mr. C. O. Hill, agent of the Southern railway, were placed on the stand. The detective swore to alleged purchases of intoxicants, while the testimony of the Sheriff's forces had to do only with the amount of stock they found on hand at the time of the raid, etc. United States retail liquor dealer's license, introduced by Messrs. J. C. McLure and J. H. Marion, who conducted the prosecution, also formed part of the evidence submitted against the defendants Post I, Chester's hustling organization of traveling men, have as their distinguished guests today, Messrs. T. M. Logan of St. Louis, national T. P. A. secretary and W. A. Livingstone of Orangeburg, and Jno. W. Lillard of Columbia, president and secretary ct-iip nrcnnization. * Gastonia Gazette, Oct. 23: Dr. W. H. Hoffman who has been spending the summer in Philadelphia with his son, Mr. Miles Hoffman, arrived in the city, Wednesday, and will be here for a short time before going to Miami, Fla., to spend the winter months. Dr. Hoffman's many friends are always delighted to see him....The Western North Carolina conference of the Methodist Episcopal church. South, will meet in its annual session in Central church, Shelby, on Wednesday, November 11th, ond will probably be in session until Monday or Tuesday of the following week. Bishop Richard fr. Waterhouse. of Los Angeles, Cal., formerly president of Emory and Henry college, Emory, Va., will preside. Presiding Elder J. R. Scroggs, of the Shelby district, and Rev. W. E. Abernethy, pastor of Central church, will be hosts to the conference. Citizens of Shelby without reference to denomination, will open their homes to the visiting ministers and lay delegates, and there is expected to be a large attendance The synod of North Carolina of the Presbyterian church, will convene next Tuesday, October 27, in the First Presbyterian church of Hickory, of which Rev. J. G. Garth is pastor. The exercises will begin with a sermon by Rev. M. McG. Shields, formerly of the First Presbyterian church of this city, who will preach at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning. Mr. J. R. Baber, as elder, and Rev. J. H. Henderlite, as pastor, will represent the First church Mr. R. M. Currie, keeper of the switch tower at the Southern and C. & N.-W. crossing, was found dead in the kitchen at his home on East Franklin avenue this morning about 9 o'clock by Conductor Belvin Thompson of the local switch- j ing crew who went to ascertain why I ?>ir. currie nuu nui nyuiicu iui uui;, Deceased was between 65 and 70 years of age. He came to Gastonia eight or ten years ago and had been employed for a number of years as watchman at the switch tower. Before coming here he lived for many years in Kings Mountain. At one time he was chief of police of that town and was for many years section master of the Southern railway on the King's Mountain section. He was a member of Main street Methodist church. Mr. Currie had numerous friends here and at King's Mountain who will be shock ed to learn of his death Word received this morning from the bedside of Mr. George W. Howe of Belmont, was to the effect that he was no better. Mr. Howe suffered a stroke of paralysis last Monday night, since which time there has been little if any change in his condition A small blaze, originating from a gasoline stove, did a small amount of uau?>. at the Morris Cafe early this morning. Had it not been promptly extinguished a serious fire would probably have resulted... .Rev. J. H. Henderlite, pastor of the first Presbyterian church, will leave tomorrow for Saluda where on Sunday he will organize a church. In his absence his pulpit will be filled Sunday morning and night by his brother, Rev. R. E. Henderlite of Anniston, Ala The Tiriiff Pa hoa Q VMrv 11 nin IIP luiicnvc ug v/u., ttuu u. ? n.. ^ ?.... -a ? ? display in the show window on the corner, consisting of the entire file of prescriptions filled by the firm trom 1886 to 1914, the total number being 165,756. t Rock Hill Record, Oct. 22: Mr. W.J. Cherry left Monday night for Washington, D. C., to attend a meeting of the American Bar association. ExPresident Taft is the president of the South Carolina delegation, three delegates going from each state The "Better Baby" contest held at the Chamber of Commerce rooms on Thursday of last week, under the auspices of the Extension Department of Winthrop college, with Miss Mary E. Frayser in charge, was a decided success. Thirty-nine babies were judged. "Better Baby Bulletins" and other literature was distributed which would be helpful in the bettering of the little folks. Following were the prize winners: Division 1?David Lyle, Jr., Rock Hill; Mary Virginia Dalton, Rock Hill. Division 2?Wm. Gilmore Shannon, Yorkville; Roberta London, Rock Hill. Division 3?BenJ. Henry Ivey, Rock Hill; Margaret Ruth Cauthen, Rock Hill. Division 4?There was only one entry in this division, David BentGregg; hence no prize That the Chautauqua assembly is to be put on again next spring is the statement that has been awaited for some months by the citizens of Rock Hill. Settlements have been made this week and we are to have the Chautauqua early in the month of May next. Mr. Thomas P. Cornelison of the Redpath Chautauqua Bureau of Chicago was in town early in the week to discuss the matter, and asked that the Board of Directors of the Community Y. M. C. A. meet him and sign the contract with Winthrop college. These two organizations were the ones that put it on last year and their efforts were well repaid as everyone so well remembers. The Flower show will be held on the 3rd of November in the Chamber of Commerce Hall, and all are looking forward to it with interest and pleasure. There will be a number of prizes given for the best collections of chrysanthemums, in white, red, pink and yellow; also prizes for the best ferns, begonias, dahlias and roses. These prizes are on display in Friedheim & Bro.'s show windows. During the day and evening hot luncheon will be served and a good time is promised to every one. Fort Mill Times, Oct. 22: White Oak Camp Woodmen of the World, has completed arrangements for the unveiling next Sunday afternoon at New Unity cemetery of the handsome monument erected recently at the grave of tha lata Snuorpiim Henrv Lone. ...Mr. B. C. Ferguson, Sunday night completed what was among the longest automobile trips yet made by a Fort Mill man when he returned from Danville, Vo. Mr. Ferguson left Saturday morning for Danville, carrying with him a party of mill employees who wished to visit the Virginia city to secure employment. All of the men found work and Mr. Ferguson returned alone At the meeting last week of Kanawha Chapter, D. A. R., held at the home of Mrs. Kenneth Nims, Mrs. J. L. Spratt was elected delegate to the state convention in Rock Hill, next month and Mrs. J. H. McMurray and Miss Bessie Withers were named as alternates. Mrs. J. B. Elliott, regent of the local chapter will also attend Col. William Mack of New York city, is spending a few days at the home of his mother, Mrs. Hattie Mack, in this city. As the result of an affray at the plant of the Charlotte Brick company some nights ago, Magistrate R. P. Harris has succeeded in collecting tines to the amount of $35. Other parties to the affray, all of whom were colored, are yet to be apprehended. * * Lancaster News, Oct. 23: Rev. S. R. Brock has succeeded Rev. J. F. Hammond as pastor of the Second Bappist church. Mr. Brock is also pastor of Ebenezer church. He is an earnest, faithful worker and has accomplished much good in his labors in and around Lancaster A meeting of the teachers of the county on Saturday, October 31, is requested by Charles E. Wessinger. president, for the purpose of reorganization of the "Teachers' association and "Rural School Improvement association." Mr. J. Roy Cunningham is busily engaged in hauling to town many bales of alfalfa, which he raised on his farm and is now selling to local merchants. There is a market for alfalfa, as for everything grown on the farm except cotton, and the example set by Mr. Cunningham might with profit be followed by other Lancaster county farmers Mr. Robert M. Caskey, formerly of this county, but who has been living in Arkansas for a number of years, was hurt quite seriously in a motorcycle accident in Louisiana on October 13. He ran over a hog in a road near Alexander. Louisiana, anu was thrown from his motorcycle, sustaining serious injuries, which rendered him unconscious. He was taken at once to Little Rock. Ark., where every effort is being made to restore him. His brother. Magistrate John L. Caskey, tells us that at the I ist report of his condition the patient is still unconscious. Mr. Caskey has been employed as a lineman of the Missouri. Ohio & Pacitic railway. He has numbers of friends and relatives throughout this section. who hope to hear soon a more favorable report of his condition While riding a spirited horse late last Friday afternoon. Master Willie Marion Reed, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Reed, was thrown off and suffered a broken elbow joint. The arm was set by Dr. W. F. Laney, who suggested that as it was broken at the joint, it might be well to have an X-ray examination made. Mr. Reed accordingly took the child to Rock Hill. . where Dr. Fennell made such examination and assured him that the ( bone had been properly set. By ex- : ercising the arm as soon as the bones knit, it is hoped that the limb will not become stiff and that Willie Marion will soon suffer no discomfort from the accident The beautiful country home of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Usher in the Dixie section, was the scene of a large gathering last Wednesday afternoon, when their daughter, Miss Beulah Mae Usher, became the bride of Mr. Hugh L Taylor of Buford. King's Mountain Herald, Oct. 22: The farmers met Saturday, in regular weekly session. Owing to the fact of the joint meeting of locals at 3Bs, the attendance was not so large as in former meetings, but enthusiasm was not wanting. The extremely low price of cotton don't stock the farmers. They don't intend to sell the fruit of their labor for half the cost of production. They have put the lid on tight and are awaiting developments. Both the president and secretary were tardy and S. S. Weir called the meeting to order and appointed Q. G. Page as temporary secretary. J. B. Thomasson for the # finance committee, reported that cashier M. E. Herndon of the Peoples' Loan and Trust company, from whom they are expecting loan arrangements, had not returned from Richmond, and that he had no report to make. Mr. Page reported on acreage curtailment by lecitlng the fundamentals of Lee county plan, which is in its embryo In Lee county. Georgia, and which Is gradually spreading to other counties. Nucleus of the plan Is "ten acres to the Dlow" for 1915 cotton crop. He also stated that a bill had passed the house of representatives in South Carolina and was then before the senate for a two-thirds reduction on next year's crop. The matter of the county commissioners dropping the farm demonstrator was discussed and continued. Some of the farmers were of the opinion that the office should not be abolished, while others were indifferent. The meeting adjourned to meet again next Saturday. when a large audience is expected The King's Mountain basket ball team went out to Linwood college, last Friday, and played the Linwood team. The score as 32 to 8 in favor of King's Mountain. Linwood will play King's Mountain here next Monday at 3 p. m Rufus Leonard, the eight-months old son of Mr. and Mrs. John F. Weir, died at their home near town last Tuesday afternoon at three o'clock Mrs. M. J. Smith of the Dilling mill section, fell Saturday morning, and broke her left leg Just above the ankle. The fracture is compound. She was engaged in scouring the floor and slipped down. EDISON IS STUDYING FISH. Tank of Aquatic Pots Help Inventor's Work On His New Submarine. A tank of fish, kept in one of Thomas A. Edison's laboratories, at Llewellyn park, is being used by the inventor in his studies in preparation for the making of his promised new type of submarine. When Mr. Edison made his inspection of a submarine at the Brooklyn navy yard a week or so ago, with Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, the Inventor declared that he would make a submarine that would startle the world because of its ability to stay under water indefinitely. Mr. Edison has taken a great interest in the fish in his tank, and for two years has spent hours at a time watching their movements. He would occasionally take them in his hand to study the movements of their muscles. From the action of the fish, it is said "the wizard" took his idea for a submarine. Mr. Edison, Mrs. Edison, and their son Charles, have left their home in Llewellyn park. West Orange, for an automobile trip to Detroit, where they will spend a week at the home of Henry Ford, the automobile man ufacturer. It will be the first long tour of the inventor since a year ago last summer, when he went through New England, and contracted a cold that interrupted his work for several weeks. Mr. Edison, when asked what he would do in the evenings while on his way to Detroit, said, "We can go to the 'movies.'" "Besides," he added, "I'm starting off with some crude ideas, and by the time I get back I'll have them advanced far enough to experiment, and try to prove them." Last winter the Edison and Ford families and John Burroughs, the naturalist, spent several weeks at the Edison winter home in Fort Meyers, Fla. At that time Mr. Edison promised Mr. Ford he would some day inspect his plant at Detroit. Furthermore, it was learned at the Edison laboratory that Mr. Edison has been asked by Mr. Ford to make an inspection of his plant, and advise 41 J 1 In Jto 11. mm as to me ueauauiiu; ui ing electrical machinery In certain departments of the works to save time [and money. DIAMOND MINES IN ARKANSAS Stones of Large Size and First Water Found in Pike County. Hundreds of diamonds, a large j proportion of them of good size and the first water, are being recovered from the blue clay deposits which I were discovered in Pike county, ArI kansas, only a few years ago. Although the existence of diamond [bearing formations in this vicinity has ' been known by geologists, and reIcently by those in immediate proximity to the fields, it has never become widely known that the deposits are so large as to justify working the fields on a commercial basis. A typical diamond bearing formal tion of several acres' area exists (where the first stones were picked up. A second field, showing immense j bodies of blue clay, yet unsurveyed, has been found a few miles beyond the first, and it is considered possible that still others may be uncovered in the district. This land is now I carefully fenced and constantly guarded. Since beginning its operations, one company has removed 1,4 00 stones having an aggregate weight of 550 carats. The exact yield from the other mines is not known, since the results of their operations have been kept secret. An approximate estimate, however, places the total at 3,000 diamonds of unknown weight. The largest stone so far discovered and officially reported, weighed eight and one-half carats. Usually the rough diamonds found have been distorted octahedrons, resembling small pieces of alum with a fiery eye in the centre which gloivs and flashes when presented to light. While the sizes sire not unusual, some of them even small, the quality is asserted to be exceptional, many of the stones being as nearly flawless as are ordinarily found.