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ff y ^ SEMI-WEEKL^^ ^ l. m grist s sons, pnbii?her?.; % <s$faimljt Jlcirsgapcr: Jjor th$ gromoliim of the JMiticat, Social, ggrieullura! anil ffommercial Jnlercsls of <hij gtoplit. J ESTABLISHED 1855. " YORKVILLE, S C., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1914. ~ MO. 93 Novemi THE DETECTIVE By HESKETI Copyright, 1913, by Hesketh Pricl W CHAPTER III. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron." 4 No sooner were we away than I put my eager question, "What do you think of it." Joe shrugged his shoulders. "Do you know any of these men?" "All of them." "How about the fellow who is on bad terms with"? November seized my arm. A man ^ was approaching through the dusk. As he passed my companion hailed him. "Hello. Baxter! Didn't know you'd come back. Where you been?" "Right up on the headwaters." "Fitz come down with you?" "No; he stayed on the line of traps. Did you want him. November?" "Yes, but it can wait. See any moose?" "Nary one; thing but red deer." "Good night." "So long." N "That settles it." said November. "If he speaks the truth, as 1 believe he does, it wasn't either of the Gurds shot Lyon." "Why not?" " Didn't you hear him say they hadn't ? seen any moose? And I told you that the man that shot Lyon had killed ii moose quite recent. That leaves jus; Miller and Highamson?and it weren't Miller." "You're sure of that?" "Stark certain. One reason is that Miller's above six foot, and the man as camped with Lyon wasn't as tall by six inches. Another reason. You heard the storekeeper say how Miller and Lyon wasn't on speaking terms. Yet ^ the man who shot Lyon camped with him?slep' beside him?must 'a' talked to him. That wveren't Miller." His clear reasoning rang true. "Highamson lives alone away up above Lyon's." continued November. "He'll make back home soon." "Unless he's guilty and has fled the country," I suggested. "He won't 'a' done that. It 'ud be as r>o o />Anfoccinn \'n hp thinks he's done his work to rights and has nothing to fear. Like as not he's back ?home now." The night had become both wild and blustering before we set out for Highamson's hut. and all along the forest paths which led to it the sleet and s ^ snow of what November called "a real ^ mean night" beat in our faces. It was black dark or nearly so when at last a building loomed up in front of us, a faint light showing under the door. "You there, Highamson?" called out ivovemoer. As there was no answer, my companion pushed it open, and we entered ^ the small wooden room, where on a single table a lamp burned dimly. He turned it up and looked around. A pack lay on the floor unopened, and a gun leaned up in a corner. * "Just got in," commented November. "Hasn't loosed up his pack yet." He turned it over. A hatchet was thrust through the wide thongs which bound it. November drew it out. "Put your thumb along that edge," he said. "Blunt? Yes? Yet he drove that old hatchet as deep in the wood as Lyon drove his sharp one. He's a strong man." ' 4" ho crwilro ho was liiisvinir himself with the pack, examining its contents with deft fingers. It held little save a few clothes, a little tea and salt and other fragments of provisions and a Bible. The finding of the last was, I % could see, no surprise to November, though the reason why he should have suspected its presence remained hidden from me. But I had begun to realize that much was plain to him which to the ordinary man was invisible. Having satisfied himself as to ever> article in the pack, he rapidly replaced them and tied it up as he had found it. when I. glancing out of the small winFIGHTING FROM Al Belgian sharpshooters firing on t trains that have been so useful to tl about Ypres. $er Joe. OF THE WOODS. 1 PRICHARD. iard. dow, saw a light moving low among the trees, to which I called November Joe's attention. "It's likely Highamson," he said, "coming home with a lantern. Get you into that dark corner." I did so, while November stood in the shadow at the back of the closed PjjS\\1 j And the Next Instant Xe and Novem ber Were Struggling Together. I door. From my position I could sec the lantern slowly approaching: until it flung a gleam of light through the window into the hut. The next moment the door was thrust open, and the heavy breathing of a man became audible. It happened that at first Highamson saw neither of us, so that the first intimation that he had of our presence was November's, "Hello!*' Down crashed the lantern, and its bearer started back with a quick, hoarse gasp. "Who's there?" he cried. "Who"? "Them as is sent by Hal Lyon." Never have I seent words produce so tremendous an effect. Highamson gave a bellow of fury, [ and the next instant ne ana .\ovemoer I were struggling together. I sprang to my companion's aid, and even then it was no easy task for the two of us to master the powerful old man. As we held him down I caught my first sight of his ash gray face. His mouth grinned open, and there was a terrible intention in his staring eyes. But all changed as he recognized his visitor. "November! November Joe!" cried he. "Get up!" And as Highamson rose to his feet, "Whatever for did you do it?" asked November in his quiet voice. But now its quietness carried a menace. "Do what? I didn't?I"? Highamson paused, and there was something unquestionably fine about the old man as he added: "No, I won't lie. It's true 1 shot Hal Lyon. And what's more if it was to do again I'd do it again. It's the best deed I ever done. Yes, I say that, though I know it's written in the ihiok, no so sneuuein man s uiuuu, by man shall his blood be shed.' " "Why did you do it?" repeated November. if ARMORED TRAIN r - ^ I ' ; ". \V4fiwi- tf )j\~?'* > he Germans from one of the armored le allies in the fighting in the region Highamson gave him a look. "I'll tell you. I did it for my little Janey's sake. He was her husband. See here! I'll tell you why I shot Hal Lyon. Along of the first week of last month I went away back into the woods trapping muskrats. I was gone more'n the month, and the day I come back I went over to see Janey. Hal Lyon weren't there. If he had been I shouldn't never 'a' needed to travel so far to get even with him. But tnat s neither here nor there. He'd gone to his bear traps above Big Tree. But the night before he left he'd got in one of his quarrels with my Janey. Hit her, he did. There was one tooth gone where his ?fist fell." Never had I seen such fury as burned in the old man's eyes as he groaned out the last words. "Janey, that had the prettiest face for fifty miles around. She tried to hide it from me?she didn't want me to know. But there was her poor face all swole and black and blue and the gap among her white teeth. Bit by bit it all came out. It weren't the first time Lyon'd took his hands to her, no, nor the third nor the fourth. There on the spot as I looked at her I made up my mind I'd go after him, and I'd make him promise me, aye, swear to me on the Holy Book, never to lay hand on her again. If he wouldn't swear I'd put him where his hands couldn't reach her. I found him camped away up alongside a backwater near his traps, and I told him I'd seen Janey and that he must swear. He wouldn't. He said he'd learn her to tell on him. He'd smash her in the mouth again. Then he lay down and slep*. I wonder now he weren't afraid of me, but I suppose that was along of me being a quiet, God fearing chap. Hour by hour I lay awake, and then I couldn't stand it no more, and I got up and pulled a bit of candle I had from my pack, fixed up a candlestick and looked in my Bible for guidance. And the words I lit on were 'Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron.' That was the gun clear enough. Then I blew out the light, and I think I slep', for I dreamed. "Next morning Lyon was up early. He had two or three green skins that he'd took off the day before, and he said he was going straight home to smash Janey. I lay there, and I said nothing, black nor white. His judgment was set. I knew he couldn't make all the distance in one day, and I was pretty sure he'd camp at Big Tree. 1 arrived there just after him, as I could travel faster by canoe than him walking, and so kep' near him all day. It was nigh sunset, and I bent down under the bank so he couldn't see me. He went into the old shack. I called out his name. I heard him cursing at my voice, and when he showed his face I shot him dead. 1 never landed; I never left no tracks. I thought I was safe, sure. You've took me; yet only for Janey's sake I wouldn't care. I did right, but she won't like them to say her father's a murderer. That's all." November sat on the edge of the table. His handsome face was grave. Nothing more was said for a good while. Then Highamson stood up. "I'm ready, November, but you'll let me see Janey again before you give me over to the police." November looked him in the eyes. "Expect you'll see a good deal of Janey yet. She'll be lonesome over there now that her brute husband's gone. She'll want you to live with her," he said. "D'ye mean"? November nodded. "If the police can catch you for themselves, let em, and you'd lessen the chance of that a wonderful deal if you was to burn them moose shank moccasins you're wearing. When did you kill your moose?" "Tuesday's a week. And my moccasins was wore out, so I fixed 'em up woods fashion." "I know. The hair on 'em is slipping. I found some of it in your tracks in the camp, away above Big Tree. That's how I knew you'd killed a moose. I found your candlestick too. Here it is." He took from his pocket the little piece of spruce stick, which had puzzled me so much, and turned toward me. "This end's sharp to stick into the earth; that end's slit, and you fix the candle in with a bit o' birch bark. Now it can go into the stove along o' the moccasins." He opened the stove door and thrust in the articles. "Only three know your secret, Highamson, and if I was you I wouldn't make it four, not even by adding a woman to it." Highamson held out his hand. "You always was a white man, Nov," said he. Hours Inter, as we sat drinking a final cup of tea at the campfire, I said: "After you examined Lyon's upper camp you told me seven things about the murderer. You've explained how you knew them, all but three." "What are the hree?" "First, how did you know that Highamson had been a long time in the woods without visiting a settlement?" "His moccasins was wore out and patched with raw moose hide. The tracks of them was plain," replied November. I nodded. "And how could you tell that he was religious and spent the night in great trouble of mind?" November paused in filling his pipe. "He couldn't sleep," said he, "and so he got up and cut that candlestick. What'd he want to light a candle for but to read by? And why should he want to read in the middle of the night if he was not in trouble? And if he was in trouble, what book would he want to read? Resides not one trapper in a hundred carries any book but the Rible." "1 see. Rut how did you know it was in the middle of the night?" "Did you notice where he cut his v.ndlestick ?" "No." said I. "I did. and he made two false cuts where bis knife slipped in the dark. You're wonderful at questions." "And you at answers." November stirred the < miters under V... l; t ,,,. I.iu nr nruir. ?tim wit- iiicii^iii m i?j? ? ?-? t:ne face as he turned with a yawn. "My." said he. "but I'm glad Highanison had his reasons. I'd 'a' hated t<> think of that old man shut in where he couldn't see the sun rise. Wouldn't you (To be continued.) X' Retlectors for automobile headlights formed of gold rolled on copper bases are said to be unaffected by heat, dampness of sea air and to provide a light of great penetration in fog. I FOOTSTEPS OF THE FATHERS As Traced Id Early Files of The Yorkville Enquirer NEWS AND VIEWS OF YESTERDAY Bringing Up Records of the Past and Giving the Younger Readers of Today a Pretty Comprehensive Knowledge of the Things that Most Concerned Generations that Have Gone Before. The first Installment of the notes appearing under this heading was published in our issue of November 14. 1913. The notes are being prepared by the editor as time and opportunity permit. Their purpose is to bring into review the events or tne past ror the pleasure and satisfaction of the older people and for the entertainment and instruction of the present generation. (Thursday Morning, Sept. 26, 1861). Death of F. H. Simril. It becomes our painful duty to announce the death of Captain F. H. Simril who departed this life on Saturday night last, after a short and painful illness. * Cotton Picking, Mr. George W. Byers, who superintends the Fishing Creek farm of Col. R. G. McCaw, six miles southeast of this place, furnishes us the result of one days' picking of the hands under his care: Big Peter, 19": Little Peter, 218; Nelly, 250; Charles, 220: Eliza, 142; Albert (one arm) 160; John, 220; York Kate, 155; Little Kate, 165; Lucy, 140; Cloe, 120. September 16, 1861. * Virginia Correspondence. Camp Near Germantown, Fairfax, Va., 5th Regiment S. C. V'., Sept. 7, 1861. Dear Enquirer: In consequence of the indisposition of "Our Corporal," who has been absent from the camp for some two weeks, I offer you and your readers, a brief and hurried note, giving you an account of an attack made by us a few days since. On Tuesday evening last, 3d instant, about S o'clock, p. m., we received orders to be ready to march in half an hour. At the appointed time we were in readiness, and took up the line of march, accompanied by the command of Lieut. Moorhcad, whose services were invaluable: the whole being under the command of our gallant Colonel, M. Jenkins, and numbering about six hundred and seventy-five effective men. The night was dark and gloomy, so much so that oftentimes a soldier could not see even his file-leader, but by indomitable perseverance, we managed to make our way over the roughhills, through the dark valleys and narrow defiles, which lay in our way. After having traveled the whole night in quick time, over a distance of twenty miles, with blanket, one day's rations, gun, accoutrements and forty rounds of cartridges, we found ourselves near the banks of the Potomac at a point known Dy me name ui "Great Falls," some twelve or fifteen miles above Washington; and some fourteen miles in advance of our advanced pickets. The sun had just risen high enough to exhibit the glittering dew drops as they hung upon the verdant grass, which covered a hill overlooking the Potomac, at a point opposite where the enemy were encamped, when our battery was ordered to ascend it. At about 7i o'clock a. m., our commander had us in position?placing the battery upon the hill of which we have first spoken. Captains Goss' and Walkers' companies of Light Infantry, out as skirmishers, a few hundred yards to the right, fronting the enemy's barracks, and Capts. Seay' and Seabrooks' about half a mile still further to the right, fronting a ferry, while Capts. Carpenter' and Jackson', with one company of cavalry, were placed about two miles still farther down, to prevent the crossing of the enemy over a bridge known here by the name of "Difficult Bridge." The post was considered quite a dangerous one figuring from what I have seen of the courage and coolness of these men displayed in past engagements I have no doubt, should the enemy have attempted to cross they would have disputed their passage as gallantly as did the brave Spartans that of Xerxes' hosts at the pass of Thermopylae. Capt. Foster with the other company of cavalry, was posted higher up. to the left of the battery, and Captains Glenn. Giles and Bower in rear as a reserve. At S precisely, the command "fire" was given, when to the utter surprise of the enemy. Lieutenant Squires opened his battery upon them, scattering them in every direction. After firing some ten minutes upon what we believed to be their headquarters, they hoisted upon the building the yellow (lag?sign of the hospital?when, though doubting their veracity, our lire was immediately changed and directed against the works of the acqueduct, which, 1 believe, supplies the city with water, and to scattering groups who were trying to conceal themselves behind bushes and rocks along the banks of the river.?The river was so wide and the country so rough that we round it impossiDie to use our infantry to much advantage. Two companies. however, (Captains Seay and Seabrook), succeeded in getting to the waters' edge and kept up a pretty constant fire with considerable effect?the former captain, with his long ranger, killing two of them himself. After having fired upon them as long as we could see them, which was between three-quarters and an hour, killing, as near as we could judge, some twentylive or thirty (although 1 have heard subsequently, more), without their returning a single fire, with the exception of a few musket shots that were r. 1 I... onm/, ..f tlmir liltru \> lllinui rnvwi, ??.* nuuiv W* pickets or advanced sentinels, the whole command, was ordered hack upon the reserve, and, agreeable to orders, was immediately put upon tho march for our encampment, to prevent the thousands who lay, both above ana below us, from marching across and cutting us otT, which, had they known our position, they might have easily done, though I believe we would have perished or cut our way through rather than have given our necks to the halters. and our hands to the hand-cuffs which they have in store for us. Hut the march was too long and arduous for many, and for miles back they were left scattered along the roadside, 1 the greater portion, however, returning before sun-set after having marched without rest, a distance of over i forty miles, in one night and day. Wagons were immediately dispatched for those who were left behind, and in a short time we found ourselves with- | in the lines of our regimental guard, 1 and although we suffered some from fatigue in our long march, we have the consolation of knowing that we are the only regiment, as yet, in this division, marched to the banks of the Potomac and fought the enemy across it. Before closing, permit me to give you a brief sketch of a visit I paid a few days since, in company with our colonel and several other friends to "Munson's Hill." This hill is about live miles from the Potomac, and about four N. E., from "Falls' Church," and is now held by our advanced pickets. From its summit, with the aid of a telescope, or marine glass, we could see very plainly the enemy about equi distant between the hill and the river, very busily engaged throwing up works, evidently preparing to resist an attack. The city is seen very plainly at a distance of five miles N. \V., while Alexandria appears to be about six N. E. Many of their encampments, with the Stars and Stripes floating over them, are quite ] visible to the naked eye. Our pickets : are within musket shot of each other, ! J keep up a pretty constant firing. ) One of ours was killed about half an ] hour before our arrival, and I learn < that we have lost several; but, as usual, we generally get the better of it. , To my utter astonishment, while i standing on the hill, viewing the beau tiful scenery around, I saw three ladies { ascending. They were the wives of ( some of the officers in command of i that post. Knowing the dangers to { which they were exposed, (one man . having been shot upon it, the day pre- | vlous), I felt that he must be truly > happy who knows that there is one, at j least, who not only loves him, but who, ? in the hour of peril, is willing to risk ' life Itself to be by his side. I had for J some time past considered myself for- i tunate in times like these, in being per- i mltted still to enjoy the celibate state, < but when I there saw true love exhi- j bited?saw the willingness of these ? loving wives to follow their brave hus- , bands, through every danger, and to ( share their hardships, I readily came j to the conclusion that they were much r more fortunate than we, who have not i been permitted to approach Hymen's shrine. If I were to prophecy, I would say, judging from our movements and that of the enemy, that "Munson's ] Hill," is soon to become a field of str'fe 1 and bloodshed. And as I stood upon it ' and saw in the distance the city of , Washington?the capitol of the once e greatest republic the world has ever f known, and nearer the silvery waves of the world-renowned Potomac, and ( nearer still the thick foliage, and deep < forests that grow upon its banks, and ( ium. er still the valley below me. J through which limpid streams make { their way meandering to the waters of ? tne foiomac, i couia dui gaze wmi uumiration, but when I reflected how soon that city might be reduced to ashes?the lovely scenery and the green meadows around torn up and trodden down amid the tumult of war, and perhaps those crystal streams turned to streams of blood, and the many brave sons that warred, perhaps there sleep the last long sleep of death, I could not refrain from dropping a tear. How long this war is to continue and who shall survive it. God only knows, but I trust that every son of the south will go forward fearlessly, and with alacrity whenever and wherever duty may call him, until we have forced the north to acknowledge our rights, our liberty, and nationality. C. (To Be Continued). | TURKEY'S WAR MINISTRY ) ( ?\ t t r I t \ 1 t iS&M.jli&k,,. N Enver Pasha, the war minister of tC Turkey, is said to have the upper a hand in the affairs of his country at " present and is believed to be respon- * sible for the entry of Turkey into the i; European war as an ally of Germany, v I The War and Temperance.?The war j; is proving a preat influence for tern- s perance. ^ Although the British soldier is allow- n ed a mere taste of rum in his tea, yet I. liquor is practically barred from the ^ .army, and soldiers have been caution- J' ed strictly to abstain from the use of a intoxicating beverages. a Russia has gone still further. An r' imperial decree has been issued closing all places selling liquor, and a heavy i, penalty has been imposed on anyone P engaging in the traffic in any manner during the war. j Furthermore, Russia is closing all the t( booze places in Austria as fast as she f< extends her power there. ? Germany also has restricted the use n of intoxicants in the army and is en- 1 forcing temperance among the sol- K diers. u That the action taken will have wide ^ effect goes without saying. It is in line tl with the trend of the times. A man j.' cannot be efficient and dependable if he is addicted to the use of liquor. And h the recognition of this fact is promot- d ing the cause of temperance by leaps ^ and bounds.?Empire Star Gazette. aj TOLD BY LOCAL EXCHANGES News Happenings In Neighboring Communities. CONDENSED FOR QUICK READING Dealing Mainly With Loc?l Affairs of Cherokee, Cleveland, Gaston, Lancaster and Chester. Shelby Highlander, Nov. 14: The Western N. C., Methodist conference has captured attention and the whole hearted hospitality of Shelby. The town is entertain^ the more than 400 ministers and delegates without a bobble or a hitch. There were over 300 here for the opening day?Wednesday*. Business sessions, committee meetings and the like hold the boards all day and there is usually an inspiring sermon each afternoon Hon. Champ Clark speaker of the National House of representatives and a man of world reputation as a statesman and orator, will deliver his famous address on "America" at the Shelby auditorium on Saturday night, November 21. That Cleveland county with the co-operation and assistance of nearby towns, will give Mr. Clark a notable reception, goes without saying. He will be Introduced by his colleague in congress, Hon. Edwin Yates Webb. * t a King's Mountain Herald, Nov. 12: Rev. M. B. Clegg held his final service vs pastor of the Methodist church here Sunday night, and left yesterday for Shelby where he is attending the annuil session of the Western North Caroina conference and from which, according to the laws of the Methodist hurch, he will be sent to another field. Brother Clegg has served his fullp four ^ears as pastor of King's Mountain and Elbethel charges and in the meantime las established himself in the hearts )i an denominations, nis mnwsir nas jeen on a high plane, his service effluent and effective and his general deneanor an example worthy of imita:ion. He has worked himself into the icarts of all men. Christians love him ind non-Christians like him. The peojle of his charge are loathe to gice him ip and the town feels a distinct loss. Mr. Clegg's family is one of the most popular here and to see them go means i loss Sam Parker, Jr., son of Mr. fhomas Parker, fell from a thirty foot adder last Friday and broke his right irm twice and bruised up his left arm jadly, besides being severely shocked. 3e was painting a residence in the ^ora Mill village when the acident oc;urred Rev. D. E. Vipperman has jeen unanimously called to the pastorite of Patterson Grove Baptist church. ...Mr. John Hamrick of Patterson Jrove section, was nearly killed Satlrday about noon when his motorcycle umped the abutment of Nebo bridge, a nile north-west of town on the Waco oad. * Fort Mill Times, Nov 12: Mrs. A. C. Wallace has been seriously ill for some days of typhoid at her home on Sooth street, this city ur. \r. s. iirkpatrick, who has been ill for some veeks, underwent an operation at one >f the Charlotte hospitals, Wednesday, lis condition on yesterday, was report'd as favorable... .Miss Ethel Hughes, ildest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. lughes, was attacked, Saturday by liphtheria, but the disease yielded to imely treatment and the young lady's londition now promises an early re:overy The Pineville Drug company, a new corporation for the progressive village of Pineville, has been jranted a charter by the secretary of state, a copy of it having been filed on Tuesday, in the office of the clerk of he court at Charlotte. The authorized capital stock of the new enterprise is 125,000, and the incorporators are dessrs. E. H. Hand, C. R. Adams and Ernest Porter, all of Pineville The >nly fatality of Tuesday night's fire vas the brindle office cat of the dills & Young company. "Tom" was ound beneath the stove, where he evidently died of suffocation Only wo streams were available from the lew water system, Tuesday night, lad there been twice as many the fire vould have "died a bornin'." Probably the first shipment of homegrown corn from this place was that nade on FYi lay, by Mr. Boyce Benlet of lower y0rt Mill, to a grain deal>r a Charlotte. There were 100 bush ls in the shipment and Mr. Bennet eceived 95 cents per bushel for the :orn. Chester News, Nov. 13: Miss Emma Dickey, daughter of Mr. Nelse Dickey, vas married to Mr. William R. Yongue, 'riday, at Bethel M. E. church parsontge, by the pastor. Rev. J. C. Roper. Vlrs. Yongue is a young lady of many :harms and has a host of friends that vish both much happiness. The troom is one of Chester county's progressive farmers Miss Jo Anna farborough, Chester County's Canling and Poultry club agent, will oflisially begin work for the new year in January. December is supposed to )e rest month with her, but she exacts to start the ball rolling even hen, so that by January, her work vill be in full swing. She is immensey encouraged over the capital work hat the Canning clubs did last year, vhich was the initial year. Miss farborough's exhibit at the state fair :ame second and she said that next ear that nothing less than first will atisfy her Sheriff Colvin arrested r. W. Pennington of North Carolina, esterday, charged with soliciting orlers for a whisky concern. He was [iven a trial before Judge J. J. Mc-ure and was lined $300, which he paid, udge McLure also fined some gambers $T>5, yesterday Mr. W. A. amison, representing the American telegraph and Telephone Co., was a isitor in the city a few days ago. He ame here to look over the Chester 'elephone system. He complimented Janager Bell on the excellent system f this city. He made a careful survey f the entire system and rendered quite number of suggestions that Manager Jell thought were timely, frum time to ime, these changes will be made and mticable improvements will be seen i a the present line service. r* UnviaH DonAr4ar? Nnw 19* \Ir ?laude Turner of the Landsford sec-1 ion, had the misfortune to have his .utomobile practically destroyed by ire, Monday, near Rowell's. The car kidded into a ditch and in a moment ras a mass of flame, Mr. Turner barey escaping without injury. The car ias insured Mr. and Mrs. VV. J. teid of Richburg, announce the enagement of their sister. Miss Klorrie letts, to Rev. Leonard Porter Ander011 of Songdo, Korea, the marriage to e in December The big barn on he farm of Mr. N. M. Yongue, about ne and one-half miles from Fort <awn, was totally destroyed by fire, londay, evening, a considerable quanIt.v of feed also being destroyed. The >ss is practically covered by insurnce Mr. W. W. Blair has been warded the contract by Mr. J. A. Barnn for remodeling Dreamland theatre, nd will begin work next Monday lorning Mr D. A. Caution has een appointed carrier on Richburg 1. ! '. L>. No. 11, to succeed Mr. C. M. ibley, resigned, and will enter upon is new duties next Monday >r. S. W. Pry or was in Washington lis week, where he went to have con ,?rred on him a reiiotvsnip in me merlcan College of Surgeons. The Dllege of surgeons is the most promient organization of surgeons in the nited States, corresponding to the loyal College of Surgeons of England nd a fellowship in this college is an onor that carries with it much preside and is bestowed only upon men tat have achieved signal success in leir chosen line Mr. J. H. Stertig. one of the oldest and best known isidents of the Hlackstock neighborood. died Monday night at his resi- ' [ nee two or three miles east of i lackstoek, and was buried on Tues- ( iiy afternoon at Hopewell graveyard, , fter funeral services by Rev. R. I. Mc- 1 Cown. The deceased was a native of Chester county, and was eighty-three years of age. He enlisted in the Confederate army in a Louisiana regiment and made a brave and fathful soldier. The court of common pleas is engaged upon the case of Walter G. Cureton, administrator of the estate of W. A. Cureton, deceased, vs. the Lancaster & Chester railway and Leroy Springs. The case was taken up Tuesday afternoon. and will hardly be concluded today. This is a suit growing out of the Hooper's creek wreck on July 30, 1913, in which W. A. Cureton received injuries that subsequently resulted in his death. The plaintiff is asking for $40,000 damages. The suit of Mary Caldwell et al, vs. S. D. Cross was heard Tuesday and resulted in a verdcit for the defendant. * Rock Hill Record, Nov. 12: We do not know what success the negro fair| is meeting with from a standpoint of attendance, but the parade yesterday, was a most creditable one; in fact, many parties say that it entirely outclassed the industrial parade of the York county fair by a good deal from the fact that there was so much more of it and some of the tloats were very good, indeed The many friends of of Mrs, E. E. Poag, who has been in the Fennell infirmary for treatment, will be glad to learn that she was able to return home, yesterday afternoon. Mr. John T. Roddey entertained a few of his .friends at supper, Monday night, at his handsome home on Oakland avenue. 'Possum, fish and crab soup were the "pieces de resistance"? and the affair was heartily enjoyed. ' At a mepting held Tuesday after- ' noon at the Community Y. M. C. A. J office, the Associated Charities of Rock Hill, was formally launched by the , election of officers and a board of directors. This organization was the result of the efforts of several pastors in the city, and it will undoubted- j ly serve a worthy purpose and fill an , existing need, as it may to a large extent, curb the number of beggars who wander through the city. Mr. W. J. ' Roddey was chairman of the meeting, ! with Mr. H. R. Tucker, secretary. Mayor spencer, ur. J. ttcaaey Miner, Revs. W. P. Gregg, Alex Martin, P. B. ; Wells and W. J. Nelson were named ' a committee to draft a constitution and by-laws, and the meeting then 1 elected the following officers: Presi- ! dent, Rev. W, F. Gregg; vice president, Rev. B. P. Wells: treasurer, Mr. ; Herbert R. Tucker, he also to act as secretary temporarily until the office could be filled The North Caro- ( lina conference of the Wesleyan Meth- J odist church, will assemble here on ! December 1, and will remain in sesuinn until tha ?th Tho sPQ?sinn<2 nf thp conference will be held in the Wesleyan church on Hutchison street, the ' host of the conference being the Rev. E. W. Black, pastor of the local ! church. One hundred delegates are expected to attend the conference, the president of the body being the Rev. H. W. Hawkins of Gastonia, N. C. j Election of the delegates to the gen- ] eral conference, which will convene I next June, will be one of the items of business before the conference. The ; Wesleyans have a conference in South [ Carolina, but the Rock Hill church be- ; longs to the North Carolina conference, which is the reason for holding ! this meeting in this city. Gaffney Ledger, Nov. 13: The diary of Captain Michael Gaffney, covering < the period for 1793 to 1853, recently presented to the Carnegie free library by Mrs. R. R. Wilkins, has excited considerable interest among Gaffney people. The document is replete with | authentic historical data of events occurring during the life of Capain Gaffney, the man for whom the city of Gaffney was named Miss Martha Eugenie Beam and Mr. Perry Black, both of Grover, N. C., were married, : Tuesday afternoon at the home of the 1 bride. Mrs. Gracie Brown and Mr. * AUCI 11(1111,) VTiCril, UUUI Ul V.IICOIIWV, were married, Wednesday, by Judge of Probate W. D. Kirby, at his office ' at the court house Rev. W. T. ' Thompson, yesterday, preached the < funeral of Mr. J. E. Carter of Bethesda church, where the interment took place in the cemetery. Mr. Carter was a deacon in the church and was a respected, honored citizen. His death, I which occurred Wednesday, was the result of a stroke of paralysis, suffered a short time ago Many Gaffney and Cherokee county people 1 will regret to learn of the death of ] Mrs. Charles Rauchfuss, which occur- | red at her home in New York on No- . vember 7th. Before marriage, Mrs. Rauchfuss was Miss Julia C. Clarke of 1 Limestone Springs Commission- < ers of the Federal and state election, ( held on November 3rd, have announced the result in Cherokee county as follows: Federal election: United < States senator, Ellison D. Smith, 1,107; i n/?nirroQoinnn1 tn t i VP r?f tht* Fifth district, D.* R Finley, " 1,139* ' Commissioners of the state election merely announced that the Democratic ticket of the state and county officers were elected overwhelmingly, not a single ballot being cast in opposition in Cherokee county. The total vote cast was 1,409. Following is the result of the races for township commissioners: Cherokee township, W. E. Moss; Limestone township, J. E. Sarratt; Morgan township, R. E. Sarratt; Oowdysville township, D. Booth Hughes: Daytonville township, W. I. Jones; White Plains township, J. B. Brown. J. E. Plaxico liled notice of a contest in the case of Cherokee township. alleging illegal and fraudulent voting. The commissioners of election. R. A. Dobson and T. Davenport, were unable to decide the contest, so it has been referred to the state board, whose action will decide the matter. All of the eleven constitutional amendments were carried by large majorities, according to the commissioners of election, who did not give the statistical vote for any officer or on any question. None of the amendHARD WORK FOR NURSES Some of the Red Cross nurses serving in the war zone seem to be pos- n sessed of the strength of men. Two h 3f them are here seen carrying a p wounded English sailor. v ments were of direct interest to Cherokee county... .Five young men, three white and two negroes, appeared in police court Wednesday morning, charged with beating trains They plead guilty and were sentenced to pay tines of $5.00 each, or to serve twenty days each on the county chaingang. They gave their names as Horace Jones, Herbert Lockey, Raymond Aldrich, Jim Hansom and Clint Montgomery. The hoboes claimed to be on their way to Norfolk, Va. The arrest was made by Chief of Police Lemons Annie Mae, four-yearold daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. Darwin of Gaffney route 6, died Sunday night after suffering from diphtheria for only a few days. She was burled at Corinth church cemetery, Tuesday. Annie Mae was a very charming little girl, and the bereaved parents have the sympathy of a large circle of friends. Gastonia Gazette. Nov. 13: Capt. A. L. Bulwinkle of Company B, North Carolina national guards, the local military company, received, Saturday, from the adjutant general's office medals to be presented to those members of the company who distinguished ttiomonlirno in c rvr* t i n cr Q t t ho annual encampment last summer. There are nine of them as follows: Expert rilleman. C. L. Hord; sharpshooters, W. L. Glover. Herman Glover, Verge Short; marksman, R. E. Conrad, W. A. Moneyhan, John Glover, R. F. Bumgardner, F. R. Stroup At the regular monthly meeting of the city council for November, Tuesday night, Aldermen S. S. Shuford from ward 6, and R. G. Rankin from ward 1, tendered their resignations which were accepted. Both have recently moved outside of the city limits, thus disqualifying themselves for service on the board. Mr. Shuford has gone to his farm in York county, while Mr. Rankin has moved to his farm on the York road south of the city. Mr. M. F. Kirby, Jr., was chosen alderman from the sixth ward to succeed Mr. Shuford. rhe election of a successor to Mr. Rankin was postponed until a future meeting Following are the vital statistics for the month of October, taken from the records in the office af Vital Statistics jOflicer W. Meek Adams: Gastonia?ueatns, is; Dirtns, 13. Gastonia township, outside, deaths, 5; births 14; total for entire township, deaths 24, births 47. Of the total, 19 deaths were whites and 5 colored; 36 births were whites and 11 were negroes Mr. E. S. Millsaps of Statesville, district agent of the farm demonstration work of the United States lepartment of agriculture, addressed a meeting of farmers at the Pisgah school house, on Tuesday night. Mr. Millsaps made an interesting talk, touching on a number of topics of live interest to his hearers. He discussed the need of cover crops and the advantages of early sowing. He also dwelt at length on the "live at home" dea, and stressed the great possibilities of this section in the matter of having something growing on the farm ind in the garden all the year round. He was heard with very great interest md profit by a large audience. Mr. Millsaps' visit here was for the purpose of assisting and supplementing the work of Mr. B. P. Folk, the county farm demonstrator, who is proving a very great help to the farmers of the county in planning and carrying out Improvements in their farm and crop methods. Mr. Folk is an enthusiast on the need of cover crops for the soil of this section and has succeeded in increasing very greatiy the acreage which will be sowed to such crops this fall. Vripnda of Mr W. T,. Peeram of Charlotte, a former resident of Gaston la, will regret to learn that he is quite 111 at the home of his kinsman, Mr. E. Lee Hanks, on East Main avenue in this city. Mr. Pegram was spending the night at Mr. Hanks' home. Tuesday night, with the intention of undergoing a slight operation for a throat trouble on the following day at the City hospital here, when ibout 1 o'clock Wednesday morning, he suffered a stroke of paralysis. The paralysis affected only one side of his body, and although quite a serious attack, his condition is more favorable today. EGYPT CUTS COTTON AREA Decree Makes Great Reduction in Acreage for 1915. Consul-General Olney Arnold reports from Cairo, Egypt, that by a decree published on September 22, the area to Pe devoted to cotton in Egypt auiln? the agricultural year 1915, Is limited to i maximum of 1,000,000 feddans (a fedIan equals 1.03 acres), the cultivation >f the fibre being entirely prohibited in the basins of Upper Egypt, and no >wner or tenant being permitted to cultivate cotton over an acre exceeding me-fourth of a single agricultural property. In those localities not suited :o the growing of grain, cotton may be ncreased to one-third, but in no case s the maximum of 1,000,000 feddans to >e exceeded. An exception is also made is to lands in districts irrigated by .vater from the Nile and canals. Non:onformance with the decree will entail joth punishment and fine and the destruction of plantings beyond the legal imit. Wheat, corn, beans and other ?rain and food products (as noted in Daily Consular and Trade Reports for Dctober 7) are to be grown in place of ;otton. In reviewing the situation thus jrought about, the Egyptian Gazette of \lexandria says: "The temporary curtailment of cultivation of cotton in this country will lot be the unmixed calamity that it night at first sight appear. The total European production of grain of all sorts Is estimated at 600.000,000 tons, ,vhile the imports to Europe from all ither parts of the world are 30,000,00 :ons only. On these figures it is apparent that should the coming European crops show a shrinkage of not nore than 5 per cent which is quite a ow assumption under present condiions, this deficiency will necessitate mports of double the quantiy of normal times. Unfortunately also the )Ut!ook is for a prolongation of the var beyond this year, and in these cir umstances we must foresee famine irices for foodstuffs. The year 1813 iresents many parallel features with he present and at that time prices rose 150 per cent over normal ones. Foodstuffs will thus be very valuable and vill advantageously replace the deprecated cotton. "Apart from the exigencies of the financial situation, it may be remarked hat the cotton land will now obtain he rest that many authorities conider it to be badly in need of. A furher point is that our old enemies, the nsect pests, will be starved out, and ve shall be able to make a fresh start vhen cotton cultivation is resumed, vlso wheat is an inexpensive thing to row, requiring less labor and less waer than cotton does. "Thus, far from being a necessary acrifice, reducing cotton cultivation t present will eventually prove a boon r the Egyptian peasant, in view of the igh prices and the possibility of obilining two crops from the same land, iesides a glut will thus be prevented, nhancing the value of the unsold porlon of the 1914-15 crop." i-j'To aid in watering lawns a Minesota inventor has patented a hose older resembling an enlarged hairin with a sliding crosspiece to eleate the nozzle.