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? XSSTJEP SEMI-WEEKL^ L m. orist'S sons. Pnbiiihers. [ % Jjamilg Jteuwgaptii: ^or fh$ promotion of thij jMtical, Social, Agricultural and (Tommerrial Jntcresls of th< jpeopl^. . J ESTABLISHED 1855. YORKVILLE, 8. CTFRIDA^Y, NOVEMBER 13T1914. NO. 91 xMOVEMB THE DETECTIVE By HESKETH Copyright, 1913, by Hesketh Prich ? ^ CHAPTER II. The Crime at Big Tree Portage. I have sometimes wondered whether he was not irked at the prospect ^ of my proffered companionship and whether he did not at first intend to shake me off by obvious and primitive methods. I had my work, and more than my work, cut out for me in keeping up with November, who, although he was carrying a pack while I was unloaded, traveled I through the woods at an astonishing pace. He moved from the things, bending a little forward. However thick the underbrush and the trees, he never . once halted or even wavered, but ' passed onward with neither check nor pause. Meanwhile, I blundered in his tracks until at last, when we came out on the bank of the strong and swiftly flowing river, I was fairly done and felt that had the journey continued much longer I must have been forced to give in. November threw down his pack and signed me to remain beside it. while he walked off downstream, only to reappear with a canoe. The rustle of the water as it hissed ^ against our stem and the wind in the birches and junipers on the banks soon lulled me. I was only awakened by the canoe touching the bank at Big Tree. Big Tree portage is a recognized camping place situated between the great main lumber camp of Briston and Harpur and the settlement of St. Amiel, and it lies about equidistant from both. A small shelter of boughs stood beneath the spreading branch> es of a large fir; the ground all about was strewn with tins and debris. On a bare space in front of the shelter, beside the charred logs of a campflre, a patch of blue caught my eye. This, as my sight grew accustomed to the > light, resolved itself into. the shape of a huge man. He lay upon his face, and the wind fluttered the blue blouse which he was wearing. It came upon me with a shock that I was looking at the body of Henry Lyon, the murdered man. November, standing up in the ca^ noe, a wood picture in his buckskin shirt and jeans, surveyed the scene in .dlence, then pushed off again and paddled up and down, staring at the bank. After a bit he put in and r waded ashore. In obedience to a sign I stayed in the canoe, from which I watched the movements of my companion. First, he went to the body and examined it with minute care: next he disappear*%.A f aa cVifiltrtr noma All t Q nH stood for a minute staring toward the river; finally he called to me to come * ashore. I had seen November turn the body over, and as I came up I was aware of a great ginger bearded face, horribly pale, confronting the sky. ' riffl 2% if .411 Aujcrio "Why did rot the murderer sink Lyon's J body in the water?" It was easy to see how the man had died, for the bullet had torn a hole at the base of the neck. The ground beside him was torn up as if by some small sharp instrument. t The idea occurred to me that I would try my hand at detection. I went into the shelter. There I found a blanket, two freshly flayed bearskins and a pack, which lay open. I came out again and carefully examined the ground in all directions. Suddenly looking up, I saw November Joe watching me with a kind of grim and covert amusement. "What are you looking for?" said he. "The tracks of the murdered." "He didn't make none." I pointed out the spot where the ground was torn. "The lumberman that found him? spiked boots." said November. "How do you know he was not the murderer?" "He didn't get here till Lyon had been dead for hours. Compare his tracks with Lyon's?much fresher. No, Mr. Sport, that cock won't fight. Lyon reached here in the afternoon of the day before yesterday. He'd been visiting his traps upstream. He | hadn't been here more'n a few minutes and was lighting his pipe in the shelter there when he hears a voice hail him. He comes out and sees a man in a canoe shoving into the bank. That man shot him dead and cleared ? 11 ] ier Joe. 1 < OF THE WOODS. I, I PRICHARD. ! ard. \ ^, t off?without leaving a track." 1 "How can you be sure of all this?" "Because I found a pipe of tobac- < co not rightly lit, but just charred on 1 top, beside Lyon's body, and a newly used match in his shack. The man inai Kllieu mm latuc uw m lion surprised him." "How can you tell he came down- c stream ?" t "Because, if he'd come upstream 1 Lyon would 'a' seen him from the shack," said November with admirable patience. "You say the shot was fired from a canoe?" "The river's too wide to shoot across, and, anyway, there's the mark of where the canoe rested again' the bank. No, this is the work of a right smart woodsman, and he's not left me one clew as to who he is. But I'm not through with him. mister. Such men as he needs catching?let's boil the kettle." We laid the dead man inside the shack, and sat down beside a fire which we built among the stones on the bank of the river. Here November made tea in true woods fashion, drawing all the strength and bitterness from the leaves by boiling them. I was wondering what he would do next, for it appeared that our chance of catching the murderer was infinitesimal, since he had left no clew save the mark on the bank where his canoe had rested among the reeds while he fired his deadly bullet. I put my thoughts into words. "You're right," said November. "When a chap who's used to the woods life takes to crime, he's harder to lay hands on than a lynx in a alder ( patch." I "Why did not the murderer sink Lyon's body in the water? It would \ have been well hidden there." t "He couldn't trust her; the current c is sharp and would put the dead man t ashore as like as not," he replied, t "And if he'd landed to carry it down 0 to his canoe, he'd have left tracks. And more'n that, Lyon might 'a' laid v in that clearing till he was a skeleton, but for the chance of that lumber- c lack happening along. There's one fact you haven't given much weight r to. This shooting was premeditated. The murderer knew that Lyon would camp here. The chances are a hun- t dred to one against their having met by accident. The chap that killed him v followed him downstream. Now, sup- t pose I can find Lyon's last camp, I v may learn something more. It can't 3 be very far off. for he had a tidy t sized pack to carry, besides those r green skins, which loaded him a bit. t And, anyway, it's my only chance." x So we set out upon our walk. November soon picked up Lyon's trail, t leading from Big Tree to a disused s tote road, which again led us due west between the aisles of the forest. a TTVrtm mlrlrfav nr throueh the whole Of r the afternoon we traveled until Joe found the deserted camp. v The very fir9t thing my eye lit up- g on caused me to cry out in excite- j, ment, for side by side were two beds r of balsam branches that had evident- 0 ly been placed under the shelter of the same tent cover. November, then. a was right, Lyon had camped with c some one on the night before he died, j I called out to him. His quite pa- s tience and an attitude as if rather de- j, tached from events fell away from v him like a cloak, and with almost un- v canny swiftness he was making his t examination of the camp. But I was s destined to disappointment, for. as far s as I could see, Joe discovered neither s clew nor anything unusual. To begin with he took up and sift- v ed through the layers of balsam j. boughs which had composed the beds, but apparently made no find. From them he turned quickly to kneel g down by the ashy remains of the fire c and to examine the charred logs one a by one. After that he followed a well - marked trail that led away Irom tne r lake to a small marsh in the farther part of which masts of dead timber s were standing in great profusion. t Nearer at hand a number of stumps c showed where the campers had chop- ^ ped the wood for their fire. f After looking closely at these f stumps, November went swiftly back ^ to the camp and spent the next ten a minutes in following the tracks which ^ led in all directions. Then once more he came back to the fire and me- f thodlcally lifted off one charred stick r after another. At the time I could ( not imagine why he did this, but c when I understood it. the reason was q simple and obvious as was that of his s every action when once it was ex- j plained. e Before men leave camp they seem v instinctively to throw such trifles as t they do not require or wish to carry <] on with them, in the fire, which is a generally expiring, for a first axiom of ^ the true camper in the woods is v novor tn Iphvp his fire Jilitrht behind him in case of a chance ember start- t ing a forest conflagration. I In this case November had taken f off nearly every bit of wood before I fc heard him utter a smothered excla- ^ mation as he held up a piece of ^ stick. ], I took it into my own hands and a looked it over. It was charred, but I t saw that one end had been split and r the other end sharpened. f "What in the world is it?" I asked, fl puzzled. November smiled. "Just evidence." he answered. I was glad he had at last found ^ something to go upon. for. so far, the f camp had appeared to produce parsimoniouslv little that was suggestive. \ Nevertheless, I did not see how this ^ little bit of spruce, crudely fashioned and split as it was, would lead us very far. November spent another few minutes in looking everything over a second time, then he took up his ax and split a couple of logs and lit the ^ Ire. Over it he hung his inevitabh icettle and boiled up the leaves of oui morning brew with a liberal handfu 'reshly added. "Well," I said, as he touched th< jnd of a burning ember to his pipe 'has this camp helped you?" "Some," said November. "Ant fOU?" He put the question quite serious y, though I suspect not withou some inward irony. "I can see that two men slep mder one tent cover, that they cu :he wood for their fire in that rnarsl sve visited and that they were hen for a day, perhaps two." "One was here for three days, thi >ther one night," corrected Novem jer, "How can you tell that?" November pointed to the ground ai he far side of the fire. "To begin with, No. 1 had his :amp pitched over there," said he hen, seeing my look of perplexity se added pityingly: "We've a westCARING FOR DYING SOLDIER jjr i Pathetic scene of Belgian peasanti caring for a dying French soldier aftei his regiment had passed on. ;riy wind these last two days, bui >efore that the wind was east, and he amped the first night with his bach o it. And in the new camp one >ed o' boughs is fresher than the ither." The things seemed so absurdly obious that I was nettled. "I suppose there are other indiations I haven't noticed," I said. "There might be some you haven't nentioned," he answered warily. "What are they?" "That the man who killed Lyon is hick set and very strong; that he las been a good while in the woods without having gone to a settlement; hat he owns a blunt hatchet such as ve wood chaps call 'tomahawk No ;' that he killed a moose last week; hat he can read; that he spent the light before the murder in great rouble of mind and that likely he ras a religious kind o' chap." As November reeled off these deails in his quiet, low keyed voice 1 tared at him in amazement. "But how can you have found out .11 that?" I said at last. "If it's corect, it's wonderful!" "I'll tell you, if you want to hear, when I've got my man?if I ever dc ret him. One thing more is sure, he s a chap who knew Lyon well. The est of the job lies in the settlement if St. Amiel, where Lyon lived." We walked back to Big Tree portge and from there ran down in the anoe to St. Amiel, arriving the folowing evening. About half a mile hort of the settlement, Xovember anded and set up our camp. Afterward we went on. I had never before 'isited the place, and I found it tc ?e a little colony of scattered houses traggling beside the river. It posessed two stores and one of the mallest churches I have ever seen. "You can help me here if you will," said Xovember as we paused tefore the larger of the stores. "Of course I will. How?" "By letting 'em think you've enraged me as your guide, and we've ome in to St. Amiel to buy some grut ,nd gear we've run short of." "All right." And with this arangement we entered the store. I will not make any attempt to decribe by what roundabout courses ol alk November learned all the news if desolate little St. Amiel and ol he surrounding countryside. The >rovineial police had evidently ound means to close the mouth ol he lumberjack for the time at least, is no hint of Lyon's death had yet Irifted back to his native place. Little by little it came out that only Ive men were absent from the settlenent. Two of these, Fitz and Baxter Jurd, were brothers who had gone in an extended trapping expedition, ^he other absentees were Highamon, Lyon's father-in-law; Thomas .liller, a professional guide and huntr, and, lastly, Henry Lyon himself, vho had gone up river to visit his raps, starting on the previous Frilay. The other men had all been way three weeks or more, and all lad started in canoes, except Lyon, i-ho. having sold his, went on foot. Next, by imperceptible degrees, the alk slid round to the subject ol ^yon's wife. They had been married our years and had no child. She had ieen the belle of St. Amiel. and there lad been no small competition for her land. Of the absent men both Miler and Fitz Gurd had been suitors, nd the former and Lyon had never ieen on good terms since the mariage. The young Gurd was a wild ellow, and only his brother's inluence kept him straight. <Tn ho cnnl itllied. 1 The Hydraulic Ram.?She was n Delaware county ftirl. She lived near Saston and was in Muncie with her scort, watching a piece of engineering vork that was being done about a new >ridge. Every once in a while there ame a peculiar grinding noise whose irigin she could not locate. "Jim. what makes that noise." she isked. "Oh. that's the hydraulic ram." "For the land's sake! Where do they :eep him!"?Indianapolis News. : FOOTSTEPS OF THE FATHERS j 1 i ? As Traced In Early Files of The; Yorkville Enquirer 1 NEWS AND VIEWS OF VESTERDAV ! t Bringing Up Records of the Past and j Giving the Younger Readers of To- I t day a Pretty Comprehensive Knowl- < t tdge of the Things that Most Con- i l cerned Generations that Have Gone 1 ? Before. < i ? The first Installment of the notes | . appearing under this heading was<|, published in our issue of November 14.1 1913. The notes are being prepared by the editor as time and opportunity t permit. Their purpose is to bring into review the events of the past for the pleasure and satisfaction of the 5 older people and for the entertainment I and Instruction of the present genera, tlon. NINETY-FIRST INSTALLMENT. Virginia Correspondence. Camp near Fairfax, Va., 5th Regiment, S. C. V., Sept. 1, 1861. Dear Enquirer: "Our Corporal" being at present "hors de combat" and disqualitied by a protracted illnes. from supplying your readers with his usual rich and racy effusions, I have deemed it not improper to ask space in your columns for a brief and hurried communication. I know the good people of "old York" feel a deep and anxious solicitation for the welfare of their friends in Virginia, who have sacrificed the sweet endearments of home for the hardships of the camp, r J -' * 11 U ? Kofflafioia 1 1 ^ ana me lurmuu ui iuc uaunn^u. * . am sure they will peruse with eager interest anything redounding to theii credit or relating in anywise to their movements, though emanating from the pen of an inexperienced writer. The usual dullness and monotony, characterizing camp life was suddenly dispelled some weeks since by the order to march in twenty minutes. Soon all was hustle and preparation, and such inquiries as these seemed to be shadowed from the countenance of all ?Where in the world are we going? } Has the long expected moment arrived, r when as victors we shall enter the city of Washington? These and such like questions, could not, of course, be an' swered for no one knew, and the only ' , consolation left was that we would . know on arriving at our point of desti, nation.? Determination and courage, , seemed mirrored on each manly brow; s and all seemed ready to meet the im- ? * i* ?s~u* pending crisis, wnaiever n or. By nine o'clock p. m., we were on the march to?we knew not where. The expedition was commanded by our gallant Colonel Jenkins, and consisted of our regiment of infantry, 5th S. C., three pieces of the famous Washington , artillery and two companies of Vir, ginia cavalry. The object seems to , have been to rout a party of Hessians on the Maryland side of the Potomatf , at Great trails, about twenty miles from our camp. It was attended with much hazard, required extreme secre- 1 , cy and caution, and the utmost dis- a t patch. We arrived at the point de , signatcd about 7 o'clock a. m., and the artillery having been properly placed in position, opened a well directed fire *" which told with deadly effect. I was some distance below on the river assisting in guarding a ferry and at the second discharge could distinctly hear the piteous groans and wailing of these deluded wretches, evidently showing ! that "somebody was hurt." These , compliments from our rilled cannon | , soon proving too warm for their taste, they were seen scampering away "in J good order" of course. They were ^ completely routed and it has been as, certained that about fifty were killed. 3 All the purposes of the expedition hav- x ing been thus successfully accomplish- 3 . ed, we commenced our return to camp, j I am told the tiring could be distinctly ^ heard in Washington, and that the most ^ ( intense excitement prevailed in this . modern bable. Doubtless the "Baboon' thought the hour of retribution had at ' c length arrived. I suspect his Jacksonian principals began to desert him, and it maybe his excited imagination ( had already pictured the fearful prophetic handwriting on the wall? "thou art weighed in the balance and f found wanting." The detachment of n the Washington under Lieut. Squires, v which had already won fadeless laur- j els in the affairs of the 18th and 21st r of July did not.Iamsure, tarnish them i in this engagement. The conduct of t our troops cannot be too highly com- t . mended. Though not engaged with c the enemy, the patience and submis- l ' sion with which they rendered the fa- |] tigue of this truly extraordinary march is worthy of all praise. On our return a , to camp we had accomplished a march 11 of forty miles in twenty hours, without * sleep or rest, and yet not a murmur or a complaint was heard. Although but I the volunteers of yesterday they have >' the spirit of veterans, and we have no fear that such men led by our gallant and beloved colonel, will not march ever to victory and honor. Our camp has been comparatively quiet since until a few moments ago, ' when we again received marching orders to what point and for what purpose we know not. The purpose and plans of our generals are of course, matters of conjecture. We give ourselves very little uneasiness, however, on this score, for having the utmost confidence in their ability and judgment, are eager and anxious to follow where they lead. We must believe, however, that a fierce and bloody contest is at hand and when it does come I have no fear but that we will knock the splendid affair at Fort Hatteras into a "cocked bat." The health of our troops is rapidly improving, and our ranks last ninng up. We have suffered very much from measles but are about through. Your i correspondent was himself a victim, but was so well cared for by the ladie9 j of a neighboring village as to believe that a second "crop" would not be a very great misfortune. 1 am glad of the opportunity to record my high ap. preciation of the noble and patriotic . conduct of the ladies of Virginia. They , seem to be absorbed entirely in adr ministering to the necessities of our , sick soldiery and to vie with each oth, er in acts of kindness and charity. I ^ know that many a grateful heart will 1 , hold them in lasting remembrance. 1 I had the pleasure some time since > in company of a few friends, of paying 1 . a visit to Munston's Hill, a point about 1 ten miles in our advance. This is a t height of considerable importance, and but a short time previously had been taken possession of by our troops. It Is about equi-dl8tant from Alexandria ind Washington?being five miles from each and presents a most delightful view of the surrounding country. I was highly delighted with the scene, and was amply rewarded for the fatigue of the trip. As I stood gazing upon the picture, the past and present came up before my mind in strange contrast. Could I have stood twenty years ago, me thought, on this same spot and looked out over the same scene, the emotions of my heart would have been only those of patriotic joy and pride, glorying in the birthright of an Amerioan citizen. The capitol of once the greatest nation of the earth was spread out to view. In close proximity was the birth-place of the Father of bis Country?the spot over which the Patriotic Pilgrim delights to roam; ind the affections of his heart love to inger. How changed the circumstances low from then, and how changed, too, tnd varied the emotions they produce. CVhat means this military pomp and preparation? Has a foreign foe invadid our soil? No?these are those, vhose fathers stood shoulder to shouller in our revolutionary struggle, and vhose united efforts contributed to the earing of the majestic dome, which aised its lofty spire from the neighjoring hill. Great God! And can it )e that this spot hallowed by so many rlorious and sacred associations shall )e made to How with the blood of broth>rs? Alas! the humanity, the rapacity ind treachery of man. The frowning jattlements on the height beyond, and he busy, bustling preparation of a vandal horde, re-echo back the answer ?Yes! We turned from the contem)lation of the scene regretting, it is rue, the dire necessity which was lpon us, but with confidence in no vise impaired, but rather strengthened in the righteousness and final suc:ess of our cause. I am glad that "Old York" has sent hree other companies in support of >ur glorious southern cause. I notice i publication in one of your recent 1slues, which while complimenting one >f these companies very highly, deracts somewhat from the corps to vhich I belong. It is from a highly espectable and respected source, and am sure that the allusions were not ntended. The writer seems to think v?of Knon whn vnliintopr nnw arp ac uated by sterner and purer motives >f patriotism than those who first reiponded to the call of their country. In ipeaking of those who first volunteerid, he says: "The imaginations of nany, no doubt, invested the camp vith a romance, with a sort of gala lay attire, that made it attractive to nany enthusiastic youthful hearts." *Iow we would ask, if, when the first :ompany left Yorkvllle the bombardnent of Fort Sumter had not comnenced? was it not the settled opinion hat the storming of that frowning brtress would cost the life of many irave and gallant spirits? Or our dejarture did not bring tears from the ;yes of mothers and sisters flow fast ind freely for a darling boy, or devoted brother, believing that they were Molina, intn tho lama of Heath? When >ur services were no longer needed on Sullivan's Island where we had some oretaste of camp life, did we not volmteer with a unanimity rarely equaled??Did they expect a "gala day ihow," in Virginia, when the vandal lorde of the north had already desecrated her soil with their unhallowed eet? I, for one, rather anticipated ather a serious entertainment. We lave already heard the music of the cannon's thunder and learned somehing of the hardships of a soldier's ife. Yet our spirits are as buoyant ind unsubdued as ever. I might advance motives of a far different charicter, which might possibly have actuited those who volunteered last. But forbear. I am ready and willing to >elieve that the purest and most pariotic motives have actuated them, ind would not detract one iota of the >raise due them, but have a decided ibjection to its being lavished at our xpense. Jasper. (To be continued.) Foot and Mouth Disease.?Many tersons are asking for information bout the hoof and mouth disease. It vas described yesterday by Dr. R. A. )evlin of the Meat Inspection Departnent of the bureau of health, as an ilcerated growth about the mouth and he hairy part of the legs just above he hoofs. The ulcers may not be luickly noticed and apparently do not >reak out in any other part of the ody. The disease is known technically as iphthous fever, and the causes of it lave never been discovered. As a re;ult, no other remedy has been found han the destruction of the infected nimal. The disease broke out in "ranee and then in Germany some ears ago.?Philadelphia Ledger. FIRST TROOPER IN OSTEND Decorated with the Iron cross that vas promised the German soldier vho came the nearest to entering Engand, this uhlan is one of the most envied men in the kaiser's cavalry. Durng the earlier raids of the uhlans he >enetrated to the very heart of Osend. I TOLD BY LOCAL EXCHANGES News Happenings In Neighboring Communities. CONDENSED FOR QUICK READING Dealing Mainly With Local Affairs of Cherokee, Cleveland, Gaston, Lancaster and Chester. Rock Hill Record, Nov. 9: Supt. J. E. Swearinpen, Maj. W. L. Glaze, Hon. J. E. Breazeale and Hon. D. W. McLaurln, all members of the board of trustees of Winthrop college, attended the annual fall meeting here on Thursday night. Mr. Swearingen spent Thursday here visiting the Training school and addressed the students in chapel that morning. Mr. McLaurin spent Friday as a visitor, also The Record is informed that Mr. Sutherland. who has been freight agent at this place for some time past, and one of the best that has ever served us here, will within the next ten days return to Hickory, N. C., and that Mr. Robert Russell will succeed him as agent a this place. Mr. Russell is one of the best posted railroad men in this section and will no doubt fill the place here to the entire satisfaction of both the railroad company and its patrons. A large proportion of the student body of Winthrop college, met on Thursday afternoon to devise some plan by which they might have a share in bringing relief to the suffering Belgians. Because of the financial pressure just now, all felt that if anything was done it would have to mean the sacrifice of some item already reckoned on among the disbursements of their personal budgets, inasmuch as most of the students were meeting as many obligations as they could. After an enthusiastic discussion, it was decided by those present that they would eliminate Christmas-gift giving among themselves, and thus have a share in the Belgian relief fund. So much interest was manifested that the literary societies, the Student Government association and the Young Women's Christian association met at once and voted contributions from their respective treasuries. It is impossible to say at this time Just what the fund will amount to Her friends will be glad to learn that Mrs. Mary Phelps Walker has so far recovered from her recent spell of typhoid fever as to be able to resume her duties as matron of the east dormitory at Winthrop A message was received this morning by Mr. Stoll Comer from Ross F. Roach, at Lugoff, stating that he had shot his brother-in-law, a man named White, who married a Miss Culp, sister of Roach's wife In a previous issue of the Record, in reporting McElwee's changes at his store, we stated that he had discontinued his restaurant. This was a mistake. He has moved it to the rear of the store and has a place wih a seating capacity of 40 to 50 Mr. and Mrs. Sizmore, formerly of Augusta. Ga., have recently purchased a home on Standard street and are now located there. Mrs. Sizmore before marriage was Miss Emma Creighton of this county, and a sister of Mr. W. J. Creighton of Route No. 3. Mr. and Mrs. Sizemore have a son attending the High school here. />-//?-- i - -J--- iu -in. uanncy uouyci, nuv. iv. ujic ui mc most commendable acts of the young men of this city was that done by the Baraca class of the First Baptist church last Sunday, when they appropriated one hundred and fifty dollars to build a chapel on the field in China where Rev. W, E. Crocker labors. It was their original intention of supporting a missionary, but Rev. Mr. Crocker said the present need of the chapel was greater than the missionary, and they consequently gave the money for that purpose. Not satisfied with what they had accomplished, one of the young men in the class suggested that the chapel be named in honor to their beloved teacher?Kate Techinor Dill The many friends of Mr. Ollie Kendrick will be glad to knowthat the attack of acute indigestion with which he was seized Saturday morning was very light and he is able nnt oo-nin Thorn rt'ii a o rfinnrt circulated Sunday morning that he had suffered a stroke of paralysis, but ihat was a mistake The completion of Mr. L. G. Potter' s home, corner Petty street and Rutledge avenue, is near at hand. Painters are putting on the finishing touches. Some one expressed it admirably when they said this was the biggest little house in Oaffney. Mr. Potter hopes to move within the next few weeks Mr. E. H. Gaines, is erecting on Victoria avenue what promises to be one of the most unique residences in Gaffney. Mr. Gaines has splendid taste and knows how to plan a pretty home Train No. 12 narrowly averted a serious accident on Sunday afternoon as part of the train left the track between Gaffney and Thickety. The accident was due to a broken brake rod and the train was only delayed about thirty minutes On last Thursday, Judge W. D. Kirby took to the Cedar Springs Institute for the deaf, dumb and blinn. Edgar Jennings, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roan Jennings, where he will attend the present session of that institution. The Irene Mills, which has been running day and night since its establishment by Mr. H. D. Wheat ten years ago, has discontinued the night shift and will hereafter run only in day time. The new arrangement went into effect Saturday and will be indefinite. Chester Reporter, Nov. 9: Complete returns from the general election in this county last Tuesday, show that all of the amendments were defeated except one of the two relating to the Cedar Springs Institute for the deaf, -J.. U n W/J TKa vnto fnr tho UUIHU cl I 111 VJI1IIU. x TVhc iVi V..X, amendments ranged from 350 to 400, and the negative vote was generally considerably In the majority. Richard I. Manning received 658 votes for governor, and the nominees for other state and county offices received about the same vote. United States Senator Smith received 616 votes in Chester county, and Congressman D. E. Finley received 615 The sale of the stock and fixtures of Mr. J. Fred Poag, bankrupt, was held Saturday morning at the store on Gadsden street, and attracted a large crowd, though the goods did not bring as good a figure as they doubtless would have done if the times were good. The goods, fixtures, and stock reserved as homestead were all purchased by Sam Camitta & Sons, of Philadelphia, Pa. The stock brought $2,295, the fixtures $320, and the homestead goods $460. The purchasers have shipped the goods away Mr. A. H. ltohleder, claim agent of the S. A. L. railway, was in the city Friday, making arrangements for a sale of unclaimed freight of the Seaboard Air Line railway, the Chesterfield & Lancaster railway and the Raleigh & Charleston railway to be held at the S. A. L. freight depot in this city Wednesday, Dec. 9th. commencing at nine o'clock A. M. These "Ole Hoss" sales always attract large crowds Mr. J. G. L. White went to Columbia this morning to begin his duties as deputy commissioner of the new warehouse svsiem under ex-Senator John L. Mc Laurin. Mr. White's duties will necessitate his absence from Chester for about one-half of his time... .Coroner J. Henry Gladden was called to the vicinity of Knox's. Saturday afternoon to view the remains of Philip Giles, colored, who was found dead in his lield. The examination revealed the fact that Giles came to his death from natural causes. He was engaged pulling corn and fell dead in his tracks. Mr. Jos. R. Terry, who was so seriously wounded last Tuesday morning. continues to get along nicely, and ihere is now ample reason to believe that he will recover, although he continues to suffer from paralysis on the right side Mrs. W. H. Xewbold and Miss Josephine Winn left this morning for Newberry to attend the meeting of the Woman's Missionary Union of the State Baptist convention. Misses Ethel Harrill, Jo Yarborough. Maud White and others will leave tomorrow morning. ? Chester News, Nov. 10: A marriage of much interest here yesterday afternoon, was that of Miss Jane Robinson, niece of Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Jackson, to Mr. A. iS. Thompson, of Columbus, Ga. There ceremony was performed at the Jackson home on Wylie street by the Rev. J. C. Roper, pastor of Bethel M. E. church. Only a few friends witnessed the affair. Immediately after the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Thompson left for Columbia, where they will spend a few days before returning to their home in Georgia. Next month they will take a trip to the different resorts of Florida The Rev. W. S. Goodwin while returning trom Landon, Sunday, in his automobile is said to have collided with the buggy of Messrs. Smith and Dunlap, of this cuy. lilt; uuggy was cuiiaiutiuui) iun? up and the animal frightened, while the occupants received minor bruises. Mr. Goodwin is said to have been traveling along the road at night without having his lights burning... .The Rev. George Smith, co-pastor of the First Baptist church at Rock Hill, preached Sunday night at the First Baptist church in the absence of the pastor, the Rev. W. E. Thayer The Rev. Homer McMillan, D. D., of Atlanta, preached Sunday morning and night at Purity Presbyterian church. He is an able speaker and both of his sermons made a profound impression Col. Leroy Springs of Lancaster, is in the city today. He is optimistic and soon looks for a change for the better in the present day gloomy commercial conditions. He is uncertain as to the time that he will be able to start work again at the Springstein mill, but the Eureka mill, which is running night and day, is caring for the former mill's employes. "The fact Is," he said, "we need more help in the spinning department at the Eureka, and can omnlnvmnnt tn miifp a niimheP of addltionai people. He stated thut he had orders considerably ahead on the white goods at the Eureka mill. Mrs. Louisa J. Smith, wife of Mr. J. M. Smith, died at her home in the Wylie's Mill community Saturday at 5 o'clock at the age of 60. The funeral services were held from the home, Sunday morning at 11 o'clock by her pastor, the Rev. J. R. Moore, of the F"ort Lawn, Hopewell and other Baptist churches. The burial was made in the Harmony Baptist church cemetery Mrs. Ellen Meadow's twostory house near the school building at Blackstock, was burned last night about 11.30 o'clock. The family had retired for the night, and were awakened by the light from the burning building, but fortunately no one was injured. The fire started in the kitchen, but the origin is not definitely known. It is supposed to have caught from the stove flue. The parlor furniture and some other things were saved, but much of the furniture and a number of valuables were consumed in the flames. The house was insured for $1,000 and the furniture for 1500. The building was being used as a transient boarding house, and was the only building in town .:ept exclusively for boarders. Gastonia Gazette, Nov. 10: At the hearing before Judge T. J. Shaw in Charlotte, last Friday relative to the receivership for the Progress Publish/\# rirt otnn \ a tho r^Ppiv 1II& tuill^auj Ul UCUJIVIIIU, v*?v . w?... ership was made permanent and Mr. J. W. Timberlake of the local bar, who had previously been appointed temporary receiver, was named as permanent receiver Friends of Mrs. J. S. Torrence will . regret to learn that she has been quite ill since yesterday morning at her home on South Columbia street A surprise wedding was solemnized at the parsonage of Main Street Methodist church at a late hour last night, when Mr. R. L. Jenkins and Miss Bertha Jenkins, of Mt. Holly, were united in marriage by Rev. J. E. Abernethy. The bridal part", which consisted of the bride and gi jom, accompanied by Mrs. Mildred Spence and Messrs. George R. Grice and Clyde West, motored to Gastonia from Mount Holly. Both Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins are well known in this city, having many friends whose best wishes go out to them upon the occasion of their marriage Shelby will be the mecca of Methodists from all over western North Carolina, this week. The twenty-fifth annual session of the Western North Carolina Conference will be held in the Central Methodist church there beginning lomorruw mu? mug * o'clock, with Bishop R. G. Waterhouse, of Los Angeles, Cal., presiding. Rev. William L. Sherrill, of Statesville, is secretary of the body, having filled this position for twenty years. He was elected at Statesville in 1894, and has served continuously since Friends of Mrs. A. T. Stoudenmire, who underwent a serious operation at the City hospital, last Friday, will be glad to learn that she is recovering very satisfactorily Rev. G. H. Harrison, whose arrival from Jacksonville, Fla., to enter upon his duties as rector of St. Mark's Episcopal church, was chronicled in the Gazette last week, began his ministry Sunday, by delivering two excellent sermons to good congregations Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Jenkins returned yesterday from Mars Hill, Buncombe county, where they < spent Friday night and Saturday with their son, Mr. Oscar Jenkins, who is a student at Mars Hill college. They left u m Amino- in \f r _T Afllci nS* Bulck and made the trip in 11 hours. Mars Hill is 18 miles west of Asheville and about 140 to 150 miles from Gastonia. They went by way of the Hickory Nut Gap and Bat Cave road. Mr. Jenkins says the road is splendid from Gastonia almost to Hickory Nut Gap, but is unusually bad for a considerable distance in that section. On account of heavy rains the roads were slippery in many places, notwithstanding which fact Mr. Jenkins had no trouble whatever with his machine. * * Lancaster News, Nov. 10: As Mr. T. E. Clyburn of the Hanging Rock section, was coming to town riding one of his mules this morning, the animal took fright at an approaching automobile, and threw its rider to the ground. Dr. Allen was summoned and attended on Mr. Clyburn, who, we are glad to say, was not seriously, though painfully hurt. He remained unconscious for some time. The accident happened on the Camden road, south of Elgin Charley Cook, son of Mr. J. A. Cook, had an attack of appendicitis at his home in Cheraw, last week. He was brought from Cheraw to this place, Friday morning, by his sister, Mrs. S. M. Webb. Mr. Cook carried him on to the Fennell infirmary the same dav and he was operated on. Sunday about midday. The operation was successful and the patient is doing nicely Pandemonium reigned supreme on Midway, just beyond the corporate limits of the town, from Saturday night up to about midday Sunday. Several arrests were made. It is to be hoped the authorities of the law will see to it that the matter is not hushed up, but that all parties concerned will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Whisky was at the bottom of the trouble. From what we can learn, the disturbance amounted to a riot and calls for summary action on the part of the authorities. and by the grand jury Mr. Lnnnie Phillips and Miss Carrie Threatt were married, Sunday at the home of Mr. Jim Phillips, by Rev. S. R. Brock Miss Lelia Gregory left today for Charleston, where she has engaged to teach expression in the Charleston Confederate college and the Porter Military school. Well, Hardly!?All those publishers who "fell to" the plate-matter advertising scheme of the state fair association are being royally wined and dined in Columbia this week?we don't think.?Fort Mill Times. tiT To facilitate spraying plants there has been invented a receptacle to con-} tain insectide in cake form, which may' be connected to garden hose, the water gradually dissolving the poison. AS SEEN BY MR. BLAIR Demonstration Agent Gives His Views on Agricultural Situation. Editor Yorkville Enquirer: Of course it is needless for me to say that the present situation has boiled down to what I predicted it would from the start: but it has boiled down to what I thought it would all along. I have said from the starting of the financial crisis caused by the European war that the situation would after (a great deal of talk, planning and scheming), end up with a great deal of talk and sympathy and at the end leave it to the individual to work out his own salvation. Preachers can preach eloquent sermons, hold great revival meetings and stir up a great deal of religious enthusiasm by pointing out and telling how souls must be saved, but if the individual doesn t take heed, repent and live right why his soul will be lost anyway regardless of the eloquent sermons that he has heard preached by eloquent ministers of the Gospel, and now this is the way the whole thing will work out in our present financial situation. Every one of us must start right now and repent of our old sins of .depending entirely on cotton, robbing our soils, extravagant living, and regarding a debt as a plaything. Therefore we must prepare to diversify our farming, live at home and go in debt as little as we can. Of course I will admit that many of us will be like the Irishman's mule. We will nearly starve to death getting used to the new way of living, but when we do get right we will be case hardened, tried and true. According to my honest opinion if what has been done and said concerning reduction of cotton acreage had on the other hand been said and done toward the increasing and enforcing of a larger acreage being planted to foodstuffs and put into law and practiced many years ago, this hard time situation would not be confronting us today. It is up to us now while it is yet seed time to be putting in plenty of wheat and oats for our own use re-, gardless of what the other fellow does. Don't pay attention to everybody and anybody?let him make you believe there will be too much oats and wheat raised. There is one thing certain: If there is too much raised we can find something that can eat it and if there is too much cotton we can't find a living animal that is fool enough to eat it, and get it off of our hands at a profit. I find on my rounds and travels that there is a great deal of sowing being done; but in many cases I find that the people are not sowing, but seem to be waiting to see how much the other fellow is going to sow so that he can go ahead and plant enough cotton to make up for what his neighbor has sown down. If we will go ahead and raise enough foodstuffs to do us and then some cot ion, we can Dener auuru iu ume oc iui what cotton we do raise than to try to raise all cotton on a 12c basis, and then have to take 6c. The state fair exhibits this year were all clear cut demonstrations of living at home and boarding at the same place, and I never saw people more keenly interested in the "living at home idea" than were the visitors ?t the fair. The slogan of almost all of the county exhibits were "diversification, soil building by use of leguminous crops." Cut your fertilizer bill, raise more home supplies and kill king cotton down to the extent that we make him a surplus crop." Now, brother farmer, if we will go ahead and prepare to meet the situation I feel sure that we will find less trouble finding credit than will the fellow that goes up and tells the merchant or banker that he is going to plant all cotton. If you will notice, I have said very little about hogs and cattle, but if we raise plenty of corn, oats and wheat the hogs and cattle and livestock of all kinds will find their place. Now, what I have said has been said not in a criticising spirit, and in case I have said anything amiss I would like to hear from someone else who will correct my weak point In a forcible, good-humored way that will benefit tne p'JDiic as wen as mysen. Let me say in conclusion if we do have to give up, let's all die together pulling and pushing and not kicking and pulling back. J. R. Blair. Receipted In Full?The following appeared in the Troy (Ohio) Record, and was printed from an exchange. It is herewith passed along: "Refused Notice." Every editor has received them. The postmaster sends them to the editor. For instance, there is a man by the name of John Blank, who refused to take his paper out of the postoffice. He did not want it any longer, and we wondered what was the matter. Upon investigation of our subscription book we found that John was short $5.70. He stopped the paper as a matter of economy to us. One evening we went to church, and John's melodious voice rang out loud and fclear in the soul stirring song, "Jesus Paid It All." The next day we sent him a receipt in full, begging his pardon for not knowing he had made arrangements for his liabilities in that manner. COMMANDS^^^^ARMIEJ General Joffre, commander-in-chief of the armies of France.