Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, November 13, 1914, Page 2, Image 2

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Straps and iracts. ? Representatives of all branches of the cotton producing and marketing are in Washington, explaining to Secretary Houston and treasury officials their views on administration of the new anti-futures law. The act does not become effective until February, but officials aim to have the machinery lor its administration determined upon, so the cotton Industry may become accustomed to the new conditions. The law is directed at cotton futures gambling. By prescribing a Federal tax of two cents a pound on all cotton sold for future delivery, except under contracts coniorming to regulations of the department of agriculture, it is expected to prevent speculation and manipulating of prices on exchanges. ? The United Daughters of the Confederacy in session in Savannah, Ga., on yesterday re-elected Mrs. uaisy McL-aurin Stevens of Mississippi, as president general and elected tne following other officers: First vice-president general, Mrs. R. B. Rose, Auburn. Ala.; second vice-president general; Mrs. W. T. Culbertson. Kiowa, Okla.; third vicepresident general, Mrs. I. W. Faison, Charlotte, N. C.; recording secretary general, Mrs. F. M. Williams, Newton, N. C.; corresponding secretary general, Mrs. W. F. Baker, Savannah, Ga_; treasurer general. Mrs. C. B. Tate, Pulaski, Va.; registrar general, Mrs. Orlando Haliburton, Little Rock, Ark.; historian general. Miss Mildred Rutherford, Athens, Ga.; custodian crosses of honor, Mrs. John W. Tench, Gainesville, Fla.; custodian flags and pennants, Mrs. Frank Anthony Walke, Norfolk, Va. ? A Daily Mail correspondent in the north of France, says that an encounter between eight airships, four on a side, took place during the week and that once again the Germans came oil second best. "There was a clear blue sky," says the dispatch. "Signals were received that four Taubes were heading toward the allies. Instantly two British and two aeroplanes took the air. It was a sight never to be forgotten. The eight aeroplanes maneuvered for positions; first up, then down a long sweeping circle, and back again. Now the allies are in a favorable position. A signal comes from below. It is a clever maneuver. The allies have enticed their opponents into range oi our guns and on the signal being given have turned away and are gliding to earth. Realizing their perilous position, the Taubes make as if to ascend, but too late. Shells are bursting around them. They collapse and dash to the ground a mass of flames. Not one escapes." ? The important farm crops of the United States this year are worth $5,068,742,000 or $104,000,000 more than me vaiue or me same crops uusi ytxu, notwithstanding a loss of $418,000,001 sustained by cotton planters on lint alone as a result of the European war. Preliminary estimates of the important farm crops announced Monday by the department of agriculture and statistics of the average prices paid to producers on November 1, indicate that this year's wheat and corn crops are the most valuable ever grown in the United States, that the wheat and apple crops are record harvests, and the potato crop is the second largest ever raised. The huge wheat crop and the increased price of that cereal, the large corn and apple crops and the increased price of oats, barley and rye more than ofTset tne big loss in the value of the cotton crop resulting from the war. It was announced that the record corn crop would amount to 2,705,692,000 bushels. ? One of London's great department stores has removed from its windows its royal patronage signs. This is said to be due to a royal rebuke. This store, where Queen Alexandra has heretofore done her shopping, sent a check for ten thousand pounds to the Prince of Wales fund. So large a donation might well he nut to the credit of its adver tising account in view of the publicity given it. However, the managers of the Wales fund discovered that the store dismissed half of its staff, so that the donation came really not from the firm but from its unfortunate discharged employees. Whereupon the check was sent back and the royal patronage taken from the firm. The problem in England is to avoid pauperizing the unemployed. The burden placed on private charity is all that it can stand. Both in the case of the Prince of Wales' and of Queen Mary's fund, the principal is to provide employment rather than to make doles to the idle. While some industries have received an artificial stimulus through the war, others have been forced to close. It is the aim of the royal family to induce employers to keep their business going, even at a loss, rather than to discharge hands and soothe their consciences by giving to charities which their own actions have made necessary. ? Practically all of the eight hundred horses on board the British steamship Rembrandt, were burned or smothered to death when the ship caught afire off the Virginia capes, last Monday, according to information reaching Norfolk, Va., Tuesday night. The Rembrandt was bound from Baltimore to St. Xazaire. France, and the animals are understood to have been intended for the armies of the allies. It was reported at Norfolk that Capt. Rdlin, of the Rembrandt, had notified officials of the Lamport and Holt line, owners of the steamship, that she was set or fire by German spies, who were members of the crew. The captain is said to have claimed that threats against the ship were made before it steamed from Baltimore. Saturday. No confirmation of these reports was available. The Rembrandt steamed backward and forward in a circle ten miles ofifc Cape Henry, while the crew was busy disposing of the carcasses in the sea. Less than a dozen of the horses were left alive. Forward compartments of the ship are reported badly damaged. When the fire was discovered, the ship was zoo mnes on me capes. xuc smoke was so dense that the crew could not reach the flames. And the stampeded animals were left to their fate. The ship's hold was flooded and the hatches closed, these efforts finally resulting in the fire having been brought under control. ? The German cruiser Emden. was destroyed in the bay of Bengal by the Australian cruiser Sydney, last Saturday. The Emden was driven ashore on the Island of Cocos, southwest of Java, in the Indian ocean. The Sydney sighted the Emden in the morning, and a running fight ensued. The Emden was set on fire by the Sydney's shells and run on the beach. Losses among the Emden's officers and crew reported were heavy: the Sydney sustained slight loss. The sinking of the Emden ends a remarkable chapter this ship has contributed to the war's history. For sheer audacity and success she has few parallels? none since the Alabama, the famous old Confederate warship, roamed the seas. Twenty-two ships, mostly English, valued at $4,000,000, exclusive of cargoes were destroyed by this cruiser. Japanese, British, Australian and Russian warships have been trying to destroy her for two months, but her great speed always enabled her to escape. Her most daring exploit was at Penang, in the Malacca straits. A fourth smokestack was rigged on deck, and a Japanese flag run up. Thus dis guised, sne sieamea uoiaiy imo me hi rbor, and passing under the British guns of the fort, torpedoed and sank the Russian cruiser Jemtchug, and a French destroyer, and then escaped. She was a light cruiser, her heaviest gun being 4.1-inch. The Sydney is faster, and carried heavier guns. ? President Wilson and Secretary Bryan, according to a Washington dispatch of yesterday, have decidea not to fix a date for the American evacuation of Vera Cruz until it is determined which faction can dominate that part of Mexico sufficiently to carry out guarantees asked by the I'nited States as a pre-requisite to withdrawal. General Candido Aguilar is in command of the troops in the immediate vicinity of Vera Cruz, and is believed loyal to General Carranza who is in open conflict with the national convention that declared Gen Eulallo Gutierrez provisional president of Mexico. The president is unwilling to withdraw the troops until the guarantees can be enforced and until there is no danger that some other faction will disclaim responsibility of negotiations hitherto conducted with Carranza. The Washington government does not desire to interfere in the controversy between the various military chieftains, but the administration officials showed plainly, yesterday, their chagrin at the fact that several generals who wrote their names on the Mexican flag recently, pledging in their word to abide by the acts of the convention at Aguas Calientes, have refused to support General Carranza. The United States will continue its^ custom of dealing with each element that is in de facto control of a certain territory. Special agents are accompanying Carranza, Villa and Guierrez. From all came advices, yesterday, re.'lecting the uncertainty and doubt which enveloped the general situation. (The ^(dtkrillr inquirer. Entered at the Postofflce in Yorkville as Mail Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE. S. C.: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1914 One of the greatest mysteries of the recent extra session of the general assembly is why certain newspapers who . at first showed a disposition to boom the proposed bond issue, suddenly fac| ed about and began to fly-blow it. We would like to see some explanations > from these papers; but are not looking ' for anything of the kind. Elsewhere in this issue we are printing the record in the matter of the refusal of State Treasurer Carter to honor the warrants of the warehouse commissioner. It appears that after Mr. McLaurln had made up his case as presented in the published statement, Mr. Carter thought better of the matter and paid the comptroller's warrant. Just what prompted Mr. Carter in his original attitude, he alone is aDie to explain. The total vote in York county for state offices was 677, and the largest vote on any of the constitutional amendment propositions was 395. On the proposed amendment to do away with the 8 per cent limit on the bonded indebtedness of Yorkville school district, the vote at the Yorkville precinct was 27 "yes" and 20 "no." The vote in the county was 199 "yes," and 98 no." In the case of all of the propv s ed amendments the majority was "yes." In the old days most of the South Carolina daily newspapers devoted themselves mainly to the spreading of the light of truthful information, and now the sole object of many of them seems to be the promotion of the schemes of the interests by which they are owned. Would that there could be a return to original principles, and that all of our papers could be lifted above the undignified and disreputable condition of personal interest press agency, ur course me puduc wiu revolt against these things eventually, but how much harm is being done in the meantime! The burning of the Emden off Cocos Island, and the bottling up of the Koenigsburg off Mafia Island, has afforded much relief to the allies who have suffered great anxiety and loss because of the activities of these two daring vessels. The Emden had just taken on two months' supplies when it was sighted by the Australian vessel that was her superior in armament and guns as well as speed. The Koenigsburg, when discovered, had taken refuge some six miles up the mouth of the Rufiij river in German East Africa, and the Chatham, the British vessel pursuing, cannot get within reach because of greater draught. At last accounts the Koenigsburg was still bottled up with the Chatham on guard until vessels ol lighter draught could be procured. Cotton is worth 18 cents a pound in Bremen and 19 cents a pound in Hamburg. That sounds good; but it does not mean a great deal to the farmer who would be glad to sell at 8 cents or 9 cents. All Germany cannot handle more than 50,000 bales of cotton a month, and two months' supply ahead would quickly cut the price down to two or three cents above the American market. In a like manner American cotton is selling in the local markets of this section at slightly over 7 cents; but no considerable quantity of cotton can be sold at that price under present conditions. An effort to market the crop even at 7 cents, would put prices down almost immediately. O. course we cannot speak for the individual right now. He can dodge in and sell a few bales at the present market price without hurting anything; but when a large number of individuals try this, prices will break, and break sharply. Speaking for the south as a whole, there is no question of the fact that it is much better to borrow and pay debts, provided the money can be had, than it is to try to sell. If the cotton owners of the south could borrow on their cotton to pay their debts, and keep the cotton off the market, the crop could be marketed to much better advantage than if sold at the market price for immediate consumption by the mills. In the one case the mills would have to keep bidding until the owner of the cotton should be tempted to let go, and in the other case the mills would only buy enough for immediate consumption leaving the owner to carry his load until the mills get ready for it. Wheat Growina. In looking back over the files of The Enquirer twenty-five years ago, the editor is reminded that in those comparatively recent days, only a small per cent of the corn necessary to run the farmers was purchased at home. The paper contains comment after comment calling attention to the immense quantities of western corn that was being brought into this country, along with numerous editorial exhortations for the production at home of at least suflicient corn for home requirt ments. The argument of those days was directed against a bad economic policy, the cultivating of all cotton and the selling of the cotton to pay for the supplies used in the production of it. Farmers bought their supplies of the west?their corn and their meat?and when their cotton was sold it seldom brought enough money to pay for what had been consumed. Most of the older men of today whose memories of agricultural conditions ] extend back to the Civil war will agree 1 that almost without exception the old j time farmers who persisted in raising nothing but cotton, went to the wall < and lost their farms, while almost without exception those who set out to raise cotton only as a surplus after the necessary food crops had been provided for, managed to keep their heads above water and eventually become independent. There is still too much corn and meat shipped into this country though nothing like as much as there once was. While our people have made wonderful improvement as to corn raising, they have done very little as to wheat raising. Some of our farmers raise enough bread to do them; but most of them depend upon the granaries of the west and continue to pay far more for their bread than It would cost them to raise it at home. According to the way we see it, the man who pays one dollar for a bushel of wheat that could be raised at home at a cost of 5 cents, is out very nearly $2. It is hardly worth while to elaborate the proposition beyond the wise old saying which runs: "a dollar saved is a dollar made." The correctness of this saying has already been proved out in the matter of corn and meat, and it will prove out in the matter of wheat. Then again it is well to remember that in the old days before the Civil war cotton was not the only "money crop" of this section. Wheat stood it a close second and some years was first. In those days nobody thought of buying foreign flour or grain of any kind. They raised at home all they needed except in the one year of 1845, when there was a general crop failure, and both corn and wheat had to be bought from North Carolina and Tennessee and the Mississippi valley. Although the fact has been published before, it may be interesting to many nevertheless, that the flour sack is actually a York county invention. Previous to the building of the King's Mountain railroad to York county in 1852, all shipments of flour were made in barrels. The late T. S. Jefferys of Yorkville, once had a shipment of flour to make, and having no barrels to ship it in, put it up in cotton sacks. From that beginning, the flour sack has increased until it has multiplied in millions. But the thing that is interesting us now is, why are we raising so little wheat? Of course no one would claim that we can raise wheat any more as an article of general commerce; but every one should be able to see that we cannot buy flour from abroad as cheaply as we can raise it at home. And there is another thing. Why can we not have a grain elevator in York county? Marlboro county, which has never raised as much wheat as York, is making an elevator experiment. As to whether it will pay or not remains to be seen; but it will depend only upon whether the farmers of Marlboro will raise enough wheat to fill it. This idea is recommended to the rarmers of Bethel township. They probably produce more grain than any other township in the county, and the establishment of an elevator in that township would tend to further stimulate wheat production to the profit of the entire community. Whether an elevator is established in York county or not, we want to commend the idea of more wheat to the serious consideration of York county people. We want those who think wheat growing won't pay to get the notion out of their minds. We want every farmer who is buying flour and that means most of them, to think how much better off they would be if they had raised their own wheat. And we want those who see that it would have paid them to sow wheat last fall to consider how much better prospect they have for profit if they will sow this fall. ALONG THE BATTLE FRONT Situation in West Flanders is Quite Critical. London, Nov. 12.?9.10 p. m.?A critical stage in the battle in west Flanders has been reached, and the next' few days, if not hours, should produce something decisive. The Germans, with all the forces , at their command, have continued to attack the British and French who hold the line between Dixmude and Ypres, but except for the capture of Dixemude, which occurred on Tues- , day, and some little progress around Ypres, they have not made material ' advancement. The French official report says all the attacks have been repulsed. The Germans no longer are utilizing green troops in this region, but have brought up the pick of their army, including some Prussian ; guards, who attempted an offensive movement against the British, but 1 without success. 1 Both sides express satisfaction with [ the progress of the battle. Berlin says the allies' attacks have been re- ] . V, . I, ,. , ..... I. 1 1'UIOIU (I1IU Uldl llirii UW 11 <UUIL1\ 1 o making headway; while in London and 1 in Paris, it is felt that so long as the \ allies can hold the line of the canal : from Nieuport to Ypres, their position ; is strong. In France, from the northwest to ! the southeast, there have been en- 1 gagements of lesser importance, in which, according to the French report, General Joffres's armies have gained ground and strengthened their positions. The Germans continue to destroy bridges and railroads in Belgium, but with what object remains a secret. < It is thought, however, that they are < making preparations to winter in that ^ country. The Russian army, under General s Rennenkampff, is lighting its way into ] east Prussia and has taken Johannis- , burg which is on the railway from Lyck to Soldau, both of which towns 1 already are in Russian hands. This ] gives to Russia the control of an im- ] portant railway line which skirts sev- s eral branch railways running into the interior. The central army, which drove the Germans back from the Vistula, has , had only unimportant engagements, j but it is known to be pushing forward to the borders of Posen and Silesia, 1 which the Germans are crossing. The Russian left wing has followed i the Kielce railway to the Austrian . frontier and is within a few miles of Cracow whose siege is imminent. The southern army, under General < Ruzsky, is at Rzeszow, between ' Przemysl and Cracow and the Aus- ( trians are opposing its crossing of the 1 San river. Another detachment con- S tinues the sieere of Przemvsl. while another is operating against Austrians ' holding the passage of the Car path- I ians. f The army of Armenia, whose base is * on Kars, trans-Caucasian, is approach- * ing the fortress of Erzerum. 1 The manner in which General Duke a Nicholas, the Russian commander-in- f chief, is wielding these armies and a the nobility they are showing are the t subject of admiration by military men a here. 1 A message from Sara jo ve says the a governor of Bosnia has addressed a a proclamation to the Austrian army declaring the Servians must be de- f feated before winter. In conformity c with this, the Servians have been ? driven back to their own country, but a acording to the Servian account, they defeated the Austrians who attempted ' to follow them. 1' There is a steady How of recruits t for Kitchener's army and it is ex- t pected that with the territorials, who r number 600,000, England before long, c will have an army of 2.000.000 men. New armies are also being organist- r ed in India. ? The fifth convention of the Woman's Conference of the United Lutheran Synod adjourned Tuesday, following a three days' session in Colum- . bia. Mrs. M. < . J. Creps. of Columbia, 11 was elected president of the confer- ' nee for the ensuing year. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS B. B. Ferguson, No. 5, Yorkville?Desires Information as to whereabouts of an estray heifer. L. M. Grist's Sons?Offer "Directories of York County," for sale, and tell you where to get them. Yorkville Hardware Co.?Is showing a big line of lap robes?{2 to $12.50 D. E. Boney, Treasurer?Publishes a notice to Farmers' Mutual members in regard to assessments. Lyric Theatre?Presents its moving picture programme for next week. Thomson Co.?On page 3, Invite your ottonflnn tn Itc citrtnlr roHiintinn qaIp now in progress. Cloud Cash Store?Commenced a fire and water damage sale this morning and offers goods at big reductions. Page six. Kirkpatrick-Beik Co.?On page 5. tell about "War Prices" that now apply to goods of every description, and invites your patronage. A. M. McGill, No. 1, Yorkville?Invites you to visit his store during the "Piercing Arrow Sale." now on. J. M. Stroup?Asks you to visit his store when shopping. Sugar, 25 lbs. for 51.50. Cecil Rnleigh, author of "The Whip," the serial story published in The Enquirer several months ago, died in London, Tuesday, aged 58 years. Citizens of Bethel have advised The Enquirer that glowing reports of a few isolated instances of good corn crops in the hail stricken belt are calculated to create a false impression of actual conditions. There are some cases of well-to-do farmers, amply able to helj themselves who planted corn and other crops immediately after the terrible hail storm and who have made good yields; but where there is one such case there are a dozen who are either able to plant nothing or have yields that are not worth gathering for any other purpose than forage. Most of the people who were hurt by the hail storm are still hurting. There are a great many people who look with more or less suspicion on special sales, claiming that they are usually humbugs. That a certain class of merchants sometimes use the special sale as a deception, there is very little doubt. The practice is dishonest, and it is bad policy for it loses out in the long run. Generally the run is not very long either. We are willinr to vouch for all the various merchants who are now offering special sales through The Enquirer. They appreciate the stringency of the times so different from what was expected when they bought their goods, and they know they have to sacrifice a part or all of their profits in order to keep things going. Many goods are being sold below cost, and people who need to buv should take advantage of the 1 situation. There is no sense in one's buying things he does not need because it is cheap; but where one really '' needs goods, now is the time to get them. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? Only one package was sent from i Yorkville for the relief of the Belgians, on the relief ship Jason, which ] left New York this week. This pack- ' age was sent by Mrs. O. E. Wilklns. Several other people directed packages, but they were received at the i Yorkville express office too late to reach the ship. ; ? The tenth grade of the Yorkville , Graded school, presented a scene from < Julius Caesar, at the chapel hour on j Wednesday morning. The entertain- } ment was witnessed by the lower ] grades and a few patrons of the school, who had been invited to attend. CANVASS OF THE VOTES The Federal commissioners of elec- ' tion. Messrs. J. A. C. Love of Clover. and Nye W. Allen of Rock Hill, and the state election commissioners, Dr. I. J. Campbell, and Messrs. W. B. Keller of Yorkville No. 1, and J. B. Neil of Filbert, met in the court house at Yorkville, at ten o'clock Tuesday morning, to officially tabulate the returns from the various precincts in the general election of last Tuesday. The work of counting the votes proved to be a pretty big undertaking and the commissioners were kept busy nearly all day. The total vote for state officers was 656, and for state and county officers, 677. Following is the total vote at the respective precincts of the county: Finley Smith State Yorkville 73 73 95 Hickory Grove ... 30 30 29 New Zion 27 25 26 Bethany 27 25 26 Forest Hill 11 11 11 Fort Mill 50 46 51 Rock Hili 146 146 140 [Joates's Tavern .. 19 19 21 Ggden 11 11 11 McConnellsville .. 38 38 38 Blairsville 29 29 29 Bullock's Creek .. 23 23 22 c Bethel 32 32 32 Clover 66 66 64 Newport 13 13 13 t Sharon 27 27 3d t rirzah 16 16 16 n Smyrna 11 11 u Ebenezer 18 18 17 r Total 656 650 677 c * a HAIL RELIEF FUND v The committee appointed by Govern- r ir Rlease to receive and distribute (1 such voluntary contributions as might a >e made by the people of the city and ll state for the relief of the York county ^ people who suffered in the great hail- ^ storm of July 6, met in the directors' p oom of the People's National Bank of 1 v Rock Hill, last Wednesday, to com- c plete arrangements for the final disposition of the money, and supplies that d lave been contributed. g All the members of the committee v ?xcept Mr. R. M. Barnett, who was n sept away on account of illness in his j1 tome, were present as follows: Dr. T. ^ N. Dulin, W. W. Stanton. W. D. Grist. a 5V. B. Byers, J. T. Roddey and C. L. I< Cobb. 11 Mr. W. D. Grist, the chairman of the [ . ommittee and the custodian of the unds subscribed, explained the object )f the meeting as stated above and r -eported the amount on hand as being ,, 5800.06. I On motion of J. T. Roddey, duly 0 seconded, a resolution was adopted providing that the entire fund be plac>d at the disposition of Dr. T. N. Dulin. i, md Messrs. R. M. Barnett and W. W. n Stanton, with the understanding that ,, ne pruceeus inereoi ue uismuuiea j] imong the hailstorm sufferers of Beth- n '1 township, other than those who had ilready received aid at the hands of t] he Rock Hill chamber of commerce ind that the committee have full au- s hority to appoint such sub-committee e, is it may deem necessary in the carying out of the work. jj Dr. Dulin and Mr. Stanton announc d their appointment of a committee v insisting of J. L. Curnnce. chairman, 0 >. S. Glenn and A. C. Harper, which j, ippointment was confirmed. tl It was the sense of the committee n hat the fund be invested in different n tinds of seeds, and that the distribu- );1 ion be made in that form, although he committee in whose hands the t; natter was placed, were left free to ^ xercise its discretion. w There being no further business, the c] neeting adjourned. * tl ABOUT PEOPLE n' Miss Mayme McGill Is to teach the f" chool at king's Creek, this fall. Miss Lizzie Blair of Blairsville. vis- w ed her brother Dr. M. W. White, in j c( 'orkville, this week. I 0( Mrs. Meek Adams has returned to A her home in Gastonia, after visiting relatives in Clover and vicinity. Rev. J. L. Oates of Yorkville, is conducting a series of services at New Hope church, near Winnsboro. Mrs. N. T. Draffln of Riverside, is spending some time in Yorkville, visiting her daughter, Mrs. M. W. White. Miss Clara Patrick of Union, visited relatives and friends in the Bowling Green community this week. Misses Eva and Bessie Mitchell of Sharon No. 1, visited relatives and friends at Hickory Grove, this week. Spartanburg Herald. Wednesday: Mrs. Hattie Cooper has returned to Yorkville, after a short stay here. Mr. and Mrs. William Pleasants of Roland, N. C., have moved to the W. E. Adams place, in Bethel township. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Howell of Gastonia, were guests of Mr. W. B. Riddle's family at Bowling Green, this week. Rev. and Mrs. F. Ray Riddle who have been spending the past two weeks in Florida, are expected to arrive in Yorkville, tomorrow. Miss Kate Davis of Mecklenburg county, N. C., will teach the Crowder's Creek school during the fall session which begins Monday. Miss Marilla Brooks, who is teaching school at Lowryville, is spending several days with Mrs. A. R. Ewart, in Yorkville. Masters Arleigh and Edward Faulkner of Yorkville, visited their grandmother, Mrs M. A. McElwee, near King's Creek, this week. Mr. W. H. Adams, son of Mr. J. Hope Adams of Ebenezer, has purchased the old A. H. Barnett home place in Bethel tdwnship and expects to move there in January. Dr. S. A. Webber of Charleston and Miss Mary Jackdon of Newport, spent several hours in Yorkville, Wednesday. Dr. Webber conducted services at Trinity Methodist church, Wednesday evening. CHAS. A. BERRY DEAD Charles Albert Berry, eldest son of Mrs. Hattle Berry of Yorkville, died at the home of his mother-in-law, Mrs. Daura Biggers, on East White street, Rock Hill, yesterday afternoon, following an illness of one week and one aay, witn typhoid fever. His condition was not regarded as critical until Wednesday night, and Thursday morning all hope for his recovery was abandoned. Charlie Berry was born in Yorkville about twenty-six years ago. He lived in this place all his life, until about two years ago, when he went to Rock Hill to take a position with the public works commission of that city. Few more popular boys of the younger generation in Yorkville, have been held in as high esteem as was "Gad" Berry, as he was known to a host of friends and acquaintances. j The small boys and girls liked him for his many little acts of kindness, and the older folks admired his sunny smile and cheery disposition. Mr. Berry was an electrician by oc- ( cupation. He learned his trade under Mr. J. G. Barnwell, formerly superin- : tendent of the Yorkville Water, Light and Power department. Although de- , prived of the advantages of a techni- ' r?Q 1 linn finri Ktf ^ili rr?~iT-? aftt/ltp I ?-* V*lo i_?*i cuuv-anuii, Uiilgciil Oiuujr lit llio home at night and in his spare moments. he managed to secure a good understanding of his craft and he was regarded by electrical experts as a young man of much promise. In July of last year, Mr. Berry married Miss Janle, daughter of Mrs. L. L. Biggers, who survives him. The deceased is also survived by his mother. Mrs. Hattie Berry: one sister, Miss Mabel, and one brother, Percy, ill of Yorkville. Mr. Berry was a member of the Methodist church. The funeral service was held at the home of his mother-in-law at 3.30 o'clock this afternoon, and was conducted by Rev. P. B. Wells of Rock Hill, assisted by Rev. Henry Stokes of Yorkville. The Interment was in Laurelwood cemetery, Rock Hill. CLEANSING CLOVER The truth of the old adage, set a ?rook to catch a crook, was proven at * Clover, Tuesday, when five negroes were convicted in police court at that alace, charged with gambling and sellng liquor, and the town treasury was enriched by more than $200, which money will be used toward the moral . md physical improvement of said J :own. Two negro detectives who work- j ?d up the cases are not confirmed Tooks, but only assumed the role tern- 1 jorarily.* ? For some time past Clover has been nfested with negro vagrants, although hose negroes appeared to always have ilenty of money. There has been much Irunkenness among them also, which , ed the authorities to believe that g nuch cheap whisky was being sold s imong them. Clover negroes stick to- f, fether pretty well?that is those of the ^ jetty criminal class, and it is almost p mpossible to get one to tell what he mows about another. b Realizing that the situation was be- s :oming pretty bad, the town author!- F ies some time ago decided to root out ? he evil. Communication was estab- c Islud with a Charlotte detective agen- a y recently. Ten days or two weeks ~ .go, a careful observer loitering around he Clover depot would have noticed c wo strange negroes get off the train. ? rhey were much like other negroes. v lowever, and after getting the lay of u he land, they sought work picking w otton in fields surrounding the town, v nd in fact were willing to work any- B vhere other Clover negroes are emiloyid. li In a few days they had made the ac- ri [uaintance of every negro, both male Y .nd female, who possessed a rather tl luestionable reputation. They soon h tecame known as "good sports,'' by b he other negroes, and invitations to p lot suppers, games of "skin," etc., soon ir loured in upon them. They were even n old where they could buy "pop-skull" k-hisky, and in whose houses they ould gamble. ? Things went on merrily for a few V ays. There was plenty of whisky. The _ lew arrivals did not appear anxious to ?! amble or buy liquor but were always . rilling to adopt the suggestion of local p legroes. Last Monday a big game was . n progress. The negroes had slipped nto a barn belonging to Dr. J. W. C 'ampbell, and the "bones" rolled cross the rough planks of the barn A oft with a merry rattle. After some Ittle time one of the new members of a he Clover negroes' gambling fraterniy declared to his fellows that he was a broke;" but that he knew a man f)l own-town from whom he could bor- o] ow money. He said he would go and sj et some more money and would reurn. He returned?but with several fficers, who caught the gamblers right w i the act. Then the local negroes realized they R ad been harboring vipers. The two egroes who had appeared to be such is ood fellows proved to be employes of tp he aforesaid detective agency. They vi ot only had the gamblers; but they th ad the names of blind tigers, and bot- at les of liquor purchased from these ti-. th ers, a label as to the identity of the ki eller and the price of the booze on of ;ich bottle. vi Tuesday was a big day in Clover poce court. Two Yorkvllle attorneys m ere summoned?one to represent Cloer and the other to defend the alleged 0 ffenders against the law. Those who card the testimony in the case, say th tere was a legal battle royal. The two br egro detectives were the star wit- lei esses, and proved to be pretty good til iwyers themselves. They stated that so ley were not working for a per cen- to ige of fines imposed. One of the ne- tu roes, a mulatto about 28 years of age, ho ho can neither read nor write de- fo lared that it was immaterial to him wl om a financial standpoint whether of le Clover negroes were convicted or ot. He was paid $60 a month and ex- Tl enses by the Charlotte detective sency, he said. bti The detectives had done their work li\ ell. There was nothing to do save in >nvict the defendants, some on one Y< nint, some on two, and some on three, hi: nd there are several warrants out- m< standing for two or three alleged violators of the law who managed to make their get-away. After the round-up the detectives departed as silently as they had come. But hereafter when negroes who come to Clover desire to be initiated into the mysteries of the negro underworld of the town, they will have to undergo a careful?a very, very careful examination as to from whence they came and what they are. LIST OF CLUBMAKERS Especially for the benefit of the people who seek to renew their subscriptions to The Enquirer for next year, and more particularly for the benefit of those who desire to take advantage of our offer to send the paper from the time the name is entered until January 1, 1916, for the price of a year's subscription, we herewith publish a list of clubmakers. The list includes all who made clubs last year except one who has died and one who has moved out of the county, and it also includes several new clubmakers who have already begun sending in names for next year. We are assuming and hoping that all our friends who did such good work last year will find it agreeable to continue the work this year; but in cases where for any reason, it does not suit the clubmaker to continue in the list, we will be glad to have notice by postal card or otherwise as soon as practicable so the name may be dropped. The complete list follows: Miss Sallie W. Allison Hickory Grove Miss Nellie Allison Tirzah John K. Allison Hickory Grove Kloyd Allison Yorkville G. R. Alexander No. 2 Smyrna Miss Marie Aycock ...No. 1 Rock Hill I. L. Brandon No. 4 Yorkville James Diggers No. 1 Yorkville E. C. Boyd No. 3 Clover R. A. Barnett Rock Hill J. A. Barry Filbert Mrs. S. L. Blair No. 1 Sharon Claude Burns No. 1 Yorkvil'e W. A. Barrett Clover Miss Nannie Barnett.-.No. 2 Yorkville Mrs. Walter Bell Guthriesville Miss Lottie Barnes Guthriesville J. H. Btgham Sharon W. W. Campbell No. 1 Rock Hill B. J. Currence No. 8 Yorkville W. H. Crook Fort Mill Mrs. Fred Cook No. 2 Yorkville J. J. Dunlap, Jr Rock Hill J. W. Y. Dickson Yorkville S. G. Dixon No. 2 Yorkville A. D. Dorsett Yorkville J. R. Davidson No. 3 Clover Frank Dagnall Hickory Grove Mrs. W. Guy Davis Clover E. D Ford Clover Mrs. M. A. Gaston ....Bullock's Creek Sam M. Grist Yorkville Mrs. R. H. Gwlnn Sharon No. 2 Carl Hovis Smith's T. O. No. 1 Mrs. W. W. Jackson.. .No. 6 Yorkville William Jones Yorkville W. F. Jackson No. 7 Yorkville ; Miss Mary Jackson Newport : G. W. Knox Clover 1 Miss Lola Lilley Filbert 1 Mrs. J. D. Land No. 1 Yorkville 1 n 7 CI T r.1 J ~ T nnnlln I >v. o. i^fsaut? i>caaiic Stanhope Love No. 1 Yorkville ! W. W. Love No. 7 Yorkville A. W. McFarland No. 3 Yorkville Eiarry Miller No. 6 Yorkville Mrs. T. V. McFadden Rock Hill Miss Sallie McConnell McConnellsville Mrs. T. C. McKnight Sharon 3eo. A. McCarter No. 4 Clover Miss Nannie Brooks Matthews No. 4 Rock Hill F. J. McSwain Ancona Mill Miss Grizzie Mullinax... .King's Creek r. R. Neil Yorkville Mrs. M. E. Nichols Yorkville L. G. Nunn Rock Hill W. A. Nichols No. 2 Smyrna Earl Parrott Filbert Eharlie Parrott Filbert [>ee Pursley No. 4 Clover Mrs. T. Howard Riddle...No. 2 Clover Miss Margaret Robinson...6 Yorkville ras. T. Robinson Clover reptha Smith No. 4 Yorkville r. P. Sifford Clover r. H. Sherer Sharon R. F. D. 3rier Sherer Sharon No. 2 r. F. A. Smith No. 1 Yorkville r. R. Shlllinglaw No. 7 Yorkville 3eo. L. Suggs No. 8 Yorkville Mrs. John M. Smith Clover 3uy K. Sturgis No. 6 Rock Hill _ L C. White King's Creek 'f DeLoach Whiteside Filbert ' iV. W. Wyatt Smyrna t >ster Watson ..No. 1 Hickory Grove , r. C. Wells No. 1 Clover refT D. Whitesides I No. 2 Hickory Grove drs. Raymond Whitesides lj No. 1 Filbert fJ I. W. Whiteside Smyrna ^ diss Lizzie Wood No. 3 Clover <drs. S. D. Youngblood Clover v m C LOCAL LACONICS ' "inning Report. p According to the report of Mr. Joseph f I. Taylor of Rock Hill, who gathers t tatistics in York county for the cen- v us department, up to November 1 s here were ginned in York county, a 4.028 bales of cotton, against 24 641 h tales up to the same date last year, t ror Belgian Relief. a Mr. W. J. Roddey of Rock Hill, has ii een named as the York county repre- s entative of the committee for relief of tl lelgians in war stricken Europe. A . epresentative will be appointed from ach county in the state to assist in ollecting supplies for the destitute ^ nd unfortunate people. 11 Ci ridge Not Finished Yet. n The detail from the county chain- A ang engaged in building a steel bridge n n the Saluda road about five miles e: rom Rock Hill, is still engaged on the h -*ork. About two more weeks' time a . in be required to rinisn tne structure n rhich is 332 feet long. Fourteen con- w lets are building the bridge. ol lack from Atlanta. ^ Messrs. Thos. W. Boyd. John F. Wll- p; ams, J. B. Cauthen and W. J. Miller, ^ eturned to their respective homes in 0] ork county yesterday, after attending t, lie National Good Roads congress 0, eld in Atlanta, this week. "It was the s) est meeting we ever had," said Su- w ervisor Boyd, in speaking of the meet- tj ig yesterday. jr lew Secretary on the Job. Mr. W. R. Timmons of Greenville, ;cent'y elected secretary of the Rock N 'ill chamber of commerce, took up the * uties of his new position Monday. He {V lcceeds C. W. Roberts who left Rock " ill to take a position in Birmingham, la. Mr. Timmons before coming to ' ock Hill, was assistant secretary of . le Greenville chamber of commerce. tj. her?ry-Bynum. A Miss Alice Butler Cherry and Mr. . Headen Bynum were married at le home of the bride's parents, Mr. nd Mrs. J. M. Cherry, in Rock Hill, Wednesday evening in the presence of h( large number of friends and ac- or uaintances. Rev. F. W. Gregg, pastor tv f the First Presbyterian church, as- nj isted by Rev. P. B. Wells, of the P1 lethodist church, Rock Hill, perform- J51 i the ceremony. The young couple 1)6 in reside in kock miu. hi ev. Smith at Clover. re Rev. J. A. Smith, synodical evangel- 21 t of the Presbyterian church, is con- ti< acting a series of evangelistic ser- si; ces in the Clover Presbyterian church th lis week. The meeting began Sunday th id will likely continue throughout Pf le week. Rev. Mr. Smith is well Ci lown in this county where he has ye ten conducted meetings. Each ser- br ce has been well attended and great N< )od is expected to result from the M eeting. M Id Reuben Sold. Reuben, the famous old fire horse of e Yorkville fire department, who pe oke one of the small bones in his all ft leg last March, and who since that nil nr has been unfit for service, was ca Id Wednesday, to Mr. John M. Willi- la< rd. The old horse has been in a pas- lis re since he received his hurt, and thi is mended to some extent. Mr. Willi- mi rd will take the horse to his farm, on here he will probably spend the rest W his days. tai ie Oldest Inhabitant? fU] Henry Stroughter, colored, of Blacks- ' irg. is probably the oldest person cr; ring in the Piedmont section. He is loi his 102rd year, and has lived in 1 irk and Cherokee counties nearly all m? s life. Negro Methodists held a ha eeting at Zoah A. M. E. Zion church, thi three miles from King's Creek, last week. The aged negro attended the services, leaving the train at King's Creek and walking to the church. It required three hours' time for the old negro to complete the three mile walk. Judge Williams' Second. Miss Laura Oueen of the Ancona Cotton Mill, and Mr. Robert McCluney, of Yorkville R. F. D., were married in he office of the judge of probate Tuesday morning, Probate Judge L. R. Williams performing the ceremony. This is the second marriage ceremony Judge Williams has performed since he was first elected probate judge eight years ago. "I don't mind issuing licenses, but I would much rather let the ministers perform the marriage ceremony," said Mr. Williams, this morning. York County Club at Clinton, There are nine York county boys enrolled at the Presbyterian college, Clinton, this year. These boys have recently organized the York County Club n f tKn Anl1/vraA .... ^ 0 at me i nc uuiucra ui mr ui ionization are as follows: President, Harry C. Hicklin; vice-president, J. A. < Flannagan; secretary, W. H. Young- i blood: treasurer, S. A. Lesslie. Mr. 1 Desslie, the treasurer of the recently 1 formed club, formerly taught at the Sutton's Spring school and last year I was in charge of the Beersheba school, i vlaxwell-Turner. ( Miss Ossie Maxwell, daughter of Mr. i VV. B. Maxwell of Clover, and Mr. Clift ' Turner, son of Mr. Robert Turner i of that place, were united in marriage by Rev. Henry Stokes, at the Methodist i parsonage in Yorkville, yesterday ] morning. The young couple came down , to Yorkville by automobile and were | accompanied by Dr. I. J. Campbell. Mr j A. J. Quinn and Miss Clinton, i of Clover. They returned to Clover | immediately after the ceremony. Rock Hill Home Raided. Rock Hill Herald, Wednesday: Rev. ( and Mrs. A. S. Ropers and children re- , turned last night from Arkansas, where they spent three weeks visiting friends | in Russellville, and attending the meet- j ing of the A. R. P. Synod, in Little j Rock. Upon arrival at their home on s vnst White street, they found that the \ "good fairies" had preceded them, , leaving the pantry stocked to over- j flowing with good things of all kinds. , Thus did the congregation of the local ( A. R. P. church express its appreciation of the pastor and his family. i Henry-Carpenter. Miss Louise Carpenter, daughter of , Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Carpenter of Ches- ( ter and Mr. Albert T. Henry, of that j place were married at the home of the bride's parents in Chester, Wednesday evening. Rev. J. C. Roper, pastor of the Methodist church, performing the ceremony. The bride is a Wlnthrop gradu- i ate and a young lady of charming personality. Mr. Henry is a son of Solicitor J. K. Henry, so well known in York county. Mr. and Mrs. Henry will 1 reside in Chester, where he holds a responsible position with the National Exchange bank. Erskine to Have Football. Granting a petition signed by the majority of students of Erskine college, the Synod of the A. R. P. church In session at Little Rock, last week, decided to allow Erskine college to play intercollegiate football, and the college will next year put out its first varsity football team. Wofford and IT*1? o n C?a?itVi r*o *?a1 I ti o "Vf /vt V* / > _ ? u i iiiu.ii, lite uuuiii \^ai uiiua *?i emu 3ist and Baptist colleges, respectively, , ire playing inter-collegiate football this year for the first time in several years. For this reason the Erskine students have been very anxious to se- ] :ure permission to do likewise. Presi- . lent Moffat t read a telegram in chapel * it Erskine, Monday morning, announc- * ng the Synod's action, and the news * ,vas received with loud cheers for foot- ? >all and the Synod. 3ig Fire in Fort Mill. I Fire in Fort Mill at a late hour Tues- a lay night, wiped out the firms of 8 Wills & Young; Meacham & Epps and t L?. J. Massey. It is thought the fire va8 of incendiary origin. The rear loor of Meacham & Epps' store was >pen when the earliest arrival came ipon the scene of the fire, and it is hought the store was robbed and then let on fire, the conflagration spreadng to the other stores. Part of Fort dill's waterworks system which is now s teing Installed, was used to advantage, I leveral streams of water being brought h o play on the fire. Assistance from he Rock Hill fire department was tl ummoned about 1 o'clock Wednesday <j norning, and a hose reel and several n Iremen were sent to Fort Mill by a pedal train. The fire was under con- q rol when they arrived. The total loss g s about $40,000 covered by insurance, g n the Cause of Prohibition. Mr. Sam M. Grist of Yorkville, has V icen appointed York county's member ei f the executive committee of the Pro- n libition party in South Carolina. Mr. o Jrist has recently received a letter yhich has been sent to the executive a ommitteeman in each of the forty- ? our counties of the state, and which s eads partly as follows: "The princl- p ial duties which you are asked to perorm, are to organize your county and (( o have petitions circulated in it, which w /ill be furnished to you, and to get the SJ ignatures as far as possible, of only n dual voters, but of as many as posslle. in each voting precinct, asking ' he incoming legislature which meets " n January, to pass an Act authorizing ? n election on state-wide prohibition ri September next, and also asking for ? tringent laws for the enforcement of 81 tie law when carried." mother Distillery Captured. Constable C. F, Hedricks of King's tr fountain township, assisted by Po- ir ceman W. W. Bindeman of Clover, w aptured a good sized still on the Har- fr ion place about two miles from King's Iountain battleground, at dusk Wedesday evening. The distillery was . aptured complete, the operators not ? aving time to remove the worm and ap before the approach of the of- ... cers. About 1,000 gallons of beer ere poured out, and several gallons f newly-made whisky were captured, horse and buggy belonging to one ? r more of the distillers or to some n< arty or parties, who were visiting the uj licit distillery, were seized by the or fflcers and taken to Clover. Owing m > the lateness of the hour, when the m (fleers came upon the distillery. Con- n< table Hedricks and Mr. Bindeman cc ere unable to distinguish the identi- w r of several persons who were operat- to ig the plant, but who escaped. of ativ? of York Commits Suicide. ^ Rock Hill Herald. Thursday: W. J. re eely, yesterday afternoon, received a ar lessage informing him of the death of th is brother, G. H. Neely, which oc- th trred in a hotel in St. Louis, Mo., sti irly yesterday morning. The news m Ispatch quoted below gives all the th iformation received here regarding re ie death: "St. Louis, Mo.. Nov. 11.? pa man and woman registered as G. H. wl eely and wife of Cushing. Okla., to- ed ty, were found dead in a local hotel, or pparently the man shot his wife and ot len committed suicide. Nine bullet >les were in the woman's body and ie in the man's." Mr. Neely has been ~ rice married, his last wife being a itive of Richmond, Ind., to which "? ace her remains were taken for ba trial. The remains of Mr. Neely will JJ] > brought to Rock Hill for interment Tr id will arrive Friday night or Sat- W? day. Mr. Neely was born and P.r ared in this vicinity. At the age of r*c he went west and, with the excep- Be :>n of one or two visits home, has r'c nee remained in the middle part of ^ e nation. He was connected with fhl e Petroleum Iron Works of Sharon in' i., but his headquarters were in 'nl ishing Okla. The deceased was 4? Pe ars of ape. He is survived by three a 1 others W. J., H. G.. and Eugene ?d ?ely. all of Rock Hill, and two sisters an rs. F. M. Hair of Charleston, and Pei rs. J. A. Coley, of Macon, Ga. "n tie Spreading the Light.?The newspa- as; rs In Columbia and Charleston did ba in their power to misrepresent and of Islead the reading public, they daily of rried in the editorial columns fal- Rh :ious arguments; they would pub- tw h any and everything in opposition to Th e bond issue, but when given a state- goi ?nt by Senator Lide of Orangeburg, bri e of the committee that was sent to wii ashington to confer with the secre- cui ry of the treasury, and the members th< the Federal Reserve board, tney re- les sed to publish it.?Manning Times. tht The Orangeburg Times and Demo- a i it comments on the foregoing as fol- ste ,vs: eat We are of the opinion that the state- in >nt. if it had been widely read, would tha ve materially helped the chances of ste ? bond issue. Senator IJde had visit- det ^ ed the officials in Washington, knew their minds and intentions, and the people would have recognized the weight of his opinion. The daily papers A did not print the statement which hud been handed them, and this was, of Yj course, a step which aided the oppo nents of the bond issue. We do not defend their suppression of what was virtually a public document. THE WAR IN EUROPE News Paragraphs Telling of Happenings at the Front. A Berlin dispatch says one of the German prisoners of war in Englun.. has written a letter declaring that as a result of bad treatment, bad food and housing in cold barracks, 46 out of 70'. ' German prisoners died within one week of pneumonia and typhoid fever. The Pope of Rome will soon begin negotiations to bring the war in Europe to a close. Kaiser Wilhelm has named the German crown prince as commander-inchief of ail the German and Austrian irmips nnprntine aeainst Russia orith Gen. von Hlndenberg commanding the left wing and Geri. Dankl the right. The British torpedo gunboat Niger has been torpedoed by a submarine in V the Downs, according to an official an- ^ nouncement made in London, Wednesday night. The Niger foundered but all the officers and crew were saved. Two men were severely and two slightly Injured. < A message received at the navy yard it Esquimault, B. C., last Wednesday rrom the commander-in-chief of the Japanese second squadron which bombarded Tsing-Tsau, said: "The following vessels were found by us sunk by explosion in Kiao Chow bay: Ja?ura, Luths, litis, Comorant, Tiger, Taku and Ruchin, which was a mine boat and in addition the Kaiserin Elizabeth. All these ships were German except the Kaiserin Elizabeth which was Austrian." Four thousand severely wounded Glermans arrived at Liege, Tuesday, from the battlefields around Dixmude, according to a dispatch from Mae3tricht to the Nieuws Van Den Dag, i af Amsterdam, on Wednesday. The message adds that 8,000 Hungarians sassed tnrougn Liege on Wednesday. ?nroute to Cracow with several 8.30 :entimetre guns. In a speech In the house of comnons Wednesday, after the opening of parliament, Premier Asquith declared :hat he doubted whether the war tvould last as long as some people originally predicted, but that it would ast long was certain. RELIEF FOR THE BELGIANS Arrangements Have Been Made for j Transportation Without Expense to Contributor. Editor Yorkville Enquirer: Referring to letter of his excellency, 3overnor Blease, November 3rd, 1914, . luoting cablegram from Mr. Herbert Hoover, of London, in regard to the irltical condition which exists amongst he people of Belgium. His excellency, the governor, is in ecelpt of the following additional jablegram, which is self explanatory, ind which you may desire to publish 'or the information of those who wish :o contribute to the relief of the Belgian people: "London, Nov. 9-14. 'Governor of South Carolina, Columbia, S. C. "With respect to our telegram second ve have now been endowed with fund or sole purpose paying transport on i 'oodstuffs .from central point your " itate an dothers to Belgium, therefore very pound of foodstuff which can be lubscrlbed to or purchased in your tate will reach the people of Belgium vithout transportation cost to your leople. Iowa, California, Minnesota .nd many others are giving us most xatlfying support. Cable address, ^ ?revooh, London. "(Signed) Herbert Hoover." Yours very truly, W. F. Blackburn. Private Secretary. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS ? The car barns of the Columbia I treet railway were burned Tuesday. eleven cars were destroyed. The loss 3 estimated at (100,000. ? N. B. Sullivan of Anderson, one of he foremost business men of the state, led in A8heville, N. C., Monday afteroon, aged 51 years. ? South Carolina butter made at leinson coiiege scorea yJ oui or a posfble 100 points, at the National Dairy I how, recently held in Chicago. ? "Taft," a fourth class postofflce in Williamsburg county has been changd to "Bryan," on petition of the postlaster and a majority of the patrons f the office. ? Governor Blease has named George * .. Browning Jr., of Goldville, Laurens ounty, to succeed A. K. Sanders of umter, as a member of the board of enitentiary directors. ? The trial of W. S. Chadwick, the inerant preacher and mill operative 'ho killed Deputy Sheriff J. F. Lindry in Greenville, several weeks ago, is ow in progress in that city. ? Nelson Farmer, the negro who acked his wife to death in Greenville, ept. 20, and whom Greenville negroes led to lynch at the time, was on Wednesday convicted of murder, and ?ntenced to be electrocuted Dec. 30. ? Claud N. Sapp, former member of le house from Lancaster county, has een appointed by Governor Blease a lember of the state historical com- 1 lission to succeed Jos. A. McCullough, ho has been elected to the legislature om Greenville county. ? The Woman's Missionary Union of le Baptist church of South Carolina ?ia us tweirtn annual convention in ewberry this week, the closing seson being held this morning. More lan 400 delegates attended. Kind Appreciation of The Enquirer. Of the number of well conducted m ?wspapers in South Carolina ve look pon The Yorkville Enquirer as not lly well edited, but on questions of oment requiring thought, one of the ost conservative in the state. It is iver extravagant in its statements or inclusions, and always advocates M hat it conscientiously believes to be r the general welfare, and, because its careful study of public questions, is frequently chlded by the impetuis and ultra press. We have been a ader of The Enquirer for many years, id its editorial utterances are given e most serious consideration by us. erefore when such a newspaper akes its reputation with its endorseent of views similar to ours, we feel at we are in excellent company. We produce from that excellent news.per expressions on the bond bill ^ lich proposed to relieve the depress- 0 financial conditions in this state, in der that our readers may see what hers think.?Manning Times. - The military expert of the London tily Mail estimates that the war will it end until 1917. The estimate is sed on the belief that the Germans 11 commit no great tactical error, le Daily Mail's authority divides the ir into six periods?two past, one esent and one to come. The first pe>d was the German advance through lgium into France. The second pe>d was the battle of the Marne and e German retreat to the Aisne. The ird period comprises the fighting on e Aisne, continuing and developing '.o the battle of Calais. The fourth riod will be the German retreat and battle on the Meuse. The fifth periwill be a further German retreat d a battle on the Rhine. The sixth riod will be the allied march on Ber. The expert estimates that the batof Calais will not end completely Tore the beginning of December. He signs a period of five months for the ttle of the Meuse, bringing the end this battle in Anril nr the hpcinnlnc May, 1915. The campaign on the ine, he estimates, should last nearly Ice as long, or until February, 1916. e final march to Berlin and the ne- . tiations for peace, he figures, should ng the war to an end with the final thdrawal of the allied armies of ocpatlon in 1917. The estimate gives i total period of the war as rather s than three years. It is presumed it the Russian advance will occupy ^ similar period and that only the w ady combined pressure of the allies l bring matters to a conclusion withthe period suggested. He assumes it the German forces will withdraw adily and that there will be no sudl collapse on either front.