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Scraps and Jracts. ? Congress appropriated at its last session $1,116,118,138 for the current tiscal year, against $1,098,678,788 for the last fiscal year, according to the final computation announced by the appropriations committee of congress. In addition, contracts were authorized, subject to further appropriations aggregating $40,333,000, and including 9600,000 for fortifications, $38,350,000 for the navy, $10,000 under the sundry civil act and $573,000 for public buildings. The total actual appropriations exceed the total of estimated revenue for the current fiscal year, the revenue estimate being $1,055,000,000. ?Carlo. Egypt, November 28: Abbas, the second, khedive of Egypt, has been deposed and Prince Hussein Pasha reigns in his stead. It is unknown what title the new sovereign will assume. Abbas the second's re_1 .1 K.A??Kt tHmnvh BlSUailUU nao utvueuv awvui mmvmq" the rage and Jealousy of a discarded woman. On the occasion of one of his excursions to Vienna some time ago, the ex-khedive met and fell in love with a beautiful girl. He took her to Egypt with him and installed her at the palace of Koubbeh, near Carlo, as prime favorite. For three years she held sway and all was wel. But the khedive wearied of her and despite his inamorita's pleadings, she was finally packed off back to Austria vowing vengeance. Before long her rage took definite form > 1 ??? -V- /HonlAQO^ thp uriu ii wtu> sue >> iiu ui^.vovu .... political intrigues of her royal master with Turkey and Germany. The result is that Abbas the Second has left Egypt somewhat hurriedly, and is not likely ever to return. ? Ashboro, N. C., Nov. 30: Lowe Daniels, charged with shooting and . killing his sister, Cora Daniels, his sister-in-law, Ethel Luther, and Edgar Varner, a visitor at the Daniels' home, and probably fatally wounding his wife, at their home near here on Sat- 1 urday night, was taken to the scene of the crime for a preliminary hearing. He had been lodged in jail here since yesterday. Daniels, since his arrest, has refused to talk of the crime. He laughs incoherently whenever the triple killing is mentioned and according to jail officials appears to be in- i sane. According to information from the scene of the killing Daniels came home Saturday night after an absence of three days. Following a brief quarrel, it is alleged that he drew a revol- ] ver and shot and killed his sister, Miss Luther and Varner. Mrs. Daniels was ' shot through the shoulder as she fled from the room, it is alleged. Physicians say she can not recover. Officers say that when arrested, Daniels was sitting in the room with the bodies, picking a banjo and singing. 1 ? The effects of the war on the prices ] of provisions had, until late in October, , hardly made itself apparent here, says a Berlin correspondent In the last few 1 days, however, a sharp general rise has set in, embracing practically everything except meats, which, owing to Germany's unusually large stock of ? -I * 1U?U swine, nave risen uui muc. bles have practically disappeared from < the market. Some lentils are to be had, but only inferior culls. Beans are scarce and hulled peas are not to be had. The government recently confiscated all coffee held at Hamburg, by . English warehouses, but even with this, the supply is running short and prices have increased markedly. Fresh oranges or lemons are rarely to be had. and with the entrance of Turkey into the war the supply of dates and figs will probably be cut off. Cold storage stocks of eggs have been greatly reduced, and it will be but a short time 1 before there will be none to be had. Potatoes have reached prices which < are a hardship to the poorer classes. < Last year at this time they cost 50 cents for 110 pounds. Today the price 1 is 51.25. The rise in grain prices was such that as has been reported, the federal council was obliged to set a limit to them. The prices thus fixed, , however, are very high. They are: , Wheat, $1.69 per bushel (it has reached $1.71); barley, $1.62; rye, $1.44. The high price of barley particularly is directly due to the fact that the impor- ; tations of barley from Russia are cut * off. Potato flour, which generally costs $2 to $2.50 per ton less than rye flour, is now quoted at substantially the same figure as rye flour. , ? If an application for executive , clemency should be made to me as governor of the state of Georgia," said Governor Slaton, in an interview in New York, Friday, "I shall read every word of the evidence and form my opinion from the evidence. I have not followed the case and its development closely, and while I have read about it in the newspapers, I can say that I have not the slightest opinion as to the guilt or innocence ' of the convicted man. When I arrive /*A?nlnolAn T ahall writp tx L iny un ii vvuviuoivii a out my opinion, as I always do when , application is made for executive clemency. I shall be guided solely by the merit? of the case and my own conscience. I believe in the enforce- ; ment of the law, but there are frequent instances where executive clemency can be exercised with justice. The people have recognized that the courts are likely to make mistakes just like human beings, and for that reason they have invested in their executives the pardoning power. I don't want the impression to go out over . the country that the state of Georgia and the governor of Georgia could not give Justice to a Jew. I believe such an impression has been created in all parts of the United States, because I } receive letters from persons everywhere, the majority of them appealing to me on behalf of the convicted man. The question simply is this: If ] Leo M. Frank is guilty, he ought to be hanged. If he is not guilty, he ought to be saved from the penalty which has been imposed on him. Frank shall not be a victim of injustice simply because he is a Jew." ? The apparent failure of the cotton pool scheme has given stimulus to efforts iniated before that pool was far advanced to induce purchasers of cotton by inventors, says a Chicago dispatch. It is not merely brokers and persons of speculative habit that I are urging purchases, but substantial i people north and south. They declare : that cotton is selling nearly 50 per i cent below the cost of production. < and that, while the buyer may have 1 to wait a considerable time for a profit, he will be ure to get one. ' The success of the trading since the 1 cotton exchanges opened indicates 1 safety at least in the investment, and ' the buyer would probably have to count only on the question whether 1 carrying charges would equal or ex- 1 ceed the enhancement in the value of the merchandise. The plan of storing cotton with no thcught of selling it at current prices has been adopted 1 much more widely than is commonly | sunnnaed. There are ueonle in Chicago . that are taking this course. An instance is that of Henry Pope, president of the Paramount Knitting company, who has built a warehouse at Kankakee, 111., for this one purpose of storing 8.000 bales of cotton in excess of what his business is likely to need. He is urging a similar policy on other people, and his gospel of "sell highpriced grain and hold low priced cotton." seems a reasonable one. The point is well taken that Europe, with phenomenally low-priced cotton, plus its normally low cost of labor, can make competition with our cotton manufacturer hotter than ever. ? "Work! Justice! Bread!" Those are the striking, pathetic words in an , appeal to the people of the United States by the peace pleading citizens of one Mexican town near the American border, sent to Washington by Mrs. E. C. Hendrix, who is employed in the American consulate at Matamoros. She writes: "The day before ( the Christmas ship sailed with its car- . go of good cheer for the war stricken countries of Europe, a little company of Mexicans came together in a town | near the international boundary and , issued an appeal addressed to tne | 'American people and their excellent < authorities.' The conditions in Europe which shock the civilized world, have existed here on our borders for four years unconsidered. Mexico is peopled with widows and orphans and famine is in the land. At first it 1 reached us only as a rumor from remote places, but now it is present in our midst on both sides of the Rio i Orande. One sees it daily in emaci- i ated forms, shrunken cheeks, tightly drawn skin and burning eyes: sees it ' in the faces of women, old men and i little children. Many have died on 1 American soil during the past year. ostensibly from obscure diseases but actually from starvation, and there are hundreds of children who have never had sufficient food in their pitiful little lives. That is the heartbreaking tragedy of it all?the quiet, unsmiling little children who sit silently by the doors of huts through the long hours of long days. The sound of laughter and playing children is stilled in Mexico. They have endured much, but now has been reached the end of even their stoicism, and from the east and the west and south comes a cry for bread for the starving." ?lte \lorhiillf (fritquim. Entered at the Postofflce in Yorkville as Mail Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE, S. O.t TUESDAY, DECEMBER i, 1914 Christmas is only 24 days away, and it is up to everybody to look pleasant about it. "Liquor threatens British troops," says a headline. And the threat is just as deadly as German bullets. The sultan of Turkey can call on the Moslems to "jine" in a holy war, but that doesn't mean that all the Moslems will be "Jiners." The "Buy-a-Bale" movement is said to have been a failure. But it has kept many a bale off the market that would have been gone, but for the movement. "Wonder if it will be dangerous to kill a man alter Blease quits office?" comments the Greenwood Journal. Well, anyhow, we are not going to experiment. And Governor Colquitt of Texas, made 158 convicts a present of their liberty on Thanksgiving day. But, then, Texas is somewhat larger than South Carolina. "England can lose a dozen ships safely," says Winston Churchhill. Yes, and she will no doubt lose several dozen if German submarines keep up the pace they have started. "Another warship sunk," is almost as common in the European war dispatches now as was "I regret to report," in the British dispatches in the Boer war a few years ago. Nobody denies that the Petrograd correspondent is a direct descendent of Ananias.?Greenwood Journal. Or that he has a brother in Berlin, one in Paris, one in London, another In Vlpnnn and nerhans a sob sister in Constantinople. Some men don't put 'em on so that they can brag about weathering the gales in summer ones. Others have more sense.?Greenville News. And still others don't because they haven't got 'em?some of the Belgians for instance. A Mexican calling himself "General Pablo Gonzales," is the latest to proclaim himself "provisional president" of Mexico. It appears that anybody who can gather around him a few ragged brigands can be president of Mexico until some other fellow who is able to raise a larger force, scares President No. 1 away. Although District Attorney Chas. S. Whitman of New York city, was elected governor of the state in the November election, there seems to be a feeling in the Empire state that Mr. William Barnes, Republican boss, and not Mr. Whitman, will be the real governor. If Mr. Whitman does not let Mr. Barnes do things his way, it is possible that he may try a trick like Murphy played on Sulzer. A Washington special to the New York World, says that the general staff and war college for the past two months has been working out details for increasing the state militia to $500,000, giving an army including regulars, of approximately 600,000 trained men. Under the proposed plan, which will probably be endorsed by the secretary of war, in his annual report to congress, South Carolina's military force would be increased from 1,950 to 7,611 men. THE WAR IN EUROPE. News Paraqraphs Telling of Happenings at the Front. Three thousand Italians in the vicinity of Hazleton, Pa., have received orders from Italy to report for enrollment before December 31, or be considered deserters from the colors. Most of the Hazleton Italians are said to favor the allies. A Copenhagen correspondent says that 12,000 school boys, aged 15 to 17, have been enrolled as volunteer recruits. In the province of Bradenburg, including Berlin, the boy recruits number 60,000. According to the correspondent, these boy recruits are to take the field next spring. A London dispatch claims that the t l-cenumeire guns, uuui uy me Krupps for Germany, are from plans stolen from the offices of a London firm of patent agents, to whom the plans had been submitted by an American firm for English patents. The British now claim that they have later plans from the same source that will enable them to build better guns than the Krupp firm is building for Germany. President Poincare of France, has conferred upon General JofYre the "Medalille Militaire," the highest honor that can be conferred on a general. A diplomat, now in London, says Italy will hardly take part in the European war before next spring and that when she does take part, it will be on the side of the allies. The sultan of Turkey and twentyeight Moslem priests have issued a proclamation calling on the Moslem world to join in a holy war against Great Britain, France and Russia. The proclamation was issued Friday. Emperor William of Germany, has promoted Gen. von Hindenberg commander of the German army in Poland to the rank of field marshal. A shipload of 1.620 horses left New Orleans, Friday for France. On the same day 1.000 horses left Newport News. Va., for France. Field Marshal Baron von der Ooltz has been relieved as military governor r\f Uftlirin*v> or>/l o o nVi n/1 f/iP t ho rn _ mainder of the war to the entourage of the sultan of Turkey. Emperor William has joined Field Marshal von Hindenberg in the eastern European battle zone, to offer his advice and to encourage his troops. Field Marshal Sir John French of the English army, gives it as his opinion that the German losses have been thrice as great as those of the allies and speaks optimistically of the future. According to reports from Petrograd, Russian troops captured 30.000 Austrian soldiers in the battle before Cracow last week. A secret store of arms and ammuni tlon is being searched for on the Isle of Orleans in the St. Lawrence river, Just off Quebec. A concrete base upon which a siege gun could be mounted, has already been found there. A German gentleman two years ago bought a tract of land on the island, and last year a moving picture company, the principal officials of which were Germans, occupied the island on pretense of making moving pictures, and it is believed they hid a number of siege guns una inner munitions ui war guiiicmicic on the island. President Wilson is expected to confer during this week with Henry Van Dyke, American minister to the Netherlands, who it is reported has brought a message from Queen Wilhemina, proposing a plan for peace. An Athens dispatch says Turkey intends to sequestrate all religious establishments in Palestine belonging to France, Great Britain and Russia Heavy snows have been falling in Servia where the Austrians are making a suDreme effort to rid themselves of their difficulties. An official London dispatch says that Australia has raised a second contingent of 19,000 men. GOV. BLEASE TO MR. MANNING Asks for Name of "Turf Magnate" Who Could Fix Things. The following correspondence between Governor Blease and Governor elect Manning is self-explanatory: "Nov. 26, 1914. "Hon. R. I. Manning, Sumter, South Carolina. "Dear Sir: I notice in this morning's News and Courier, page 3, column 2, under the head, 'Manning and Racing,' an article in which you are quoted as having said: " 'The turf magnate is quoted as having said that there would be racing in Charleston next January and February, regardless of the incoming governor. We fixed it up with Blease all right, and can do the same with Manning.' "I write to ask that you be so kind as to furnish me with the name of the 'Turf Magnate' you refer to, if it be true that you made this statement. "Very respectfully, (Signed) "Cole L. Blease, "Governor." Mr. Manning replied as follows: "Sumter, S. C., Nov. 28, 1914. "Gov. Cole L. Blease, "Columbia, S. C. "Dear Sir:? "Your letter of the 26th, referring to newspaper article, 'Manning and Racing,* is received. "I am unable to comply with your request to furnish the name asked for, as it was not given to me. The conversation referred to, in the clipping sent me, was related to me as an amusing incident, and I so treated it in relating it. The publication of this matter was not made at my suggestion, and I am surprised to see that the same has been done, and regret it. "Very respectfully, (Signed) "Rich'd. I. Manning." SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS ? Sixteen young men stood the examination in Columbia, Friday, to fill a vacancy at the U. S. Naval academy, Annapolis, Md. ? Fire destroyed the Farmers' Union Warehouse company's warehouse at Barnwell, Friday night and 165 bales of cotton were burned. ? Five negroes were arrested at Hartsville, Sunday, charged with the robbery of Hi R. Seegars' store near that place. About 5400 worth of goods were taken. ? A census bulletin of the Federal government, recently issued, says there are only 57 Chinese and eight Japanese living in South Carolina. ? Governor Blease has mustered out of the service, Company C, First infantry of Clifton, First regiment N. G. S. C. The company was mustered out on the recommendation of the company commander and on the recommendation of the regimental commander. ? Will Miller, an Indian who received a parole at the hands of Governor Blease, Thanksgiving day on condition that he leave the state and never return, has refused to accept the parole for the reason, he said, that he wanted to be a free man when he left the penitentiary. ? Horace Finch, W. R. Belcher and Robert Wilson, convicted at Spartanburg, last week, on a charge of rioting and assaulting the Spartanburg county jail, in an effort to lynch a negro, charged with assault, were on Saturday, sentenced by Judge Moore, to serve three years each in prison. They will appeal to the supreme court and bond was fixed at 51.500 each. ?Neils Christensen, member of the state senate from Beaufort, has refunded 555 to the state treasurer from the 5200 paid for his services during the recent special session of the legislature. Senator Christensen introduced a resolution in the special session to provide 55 a day for each member in attendance thereon. The legislature was in session twenty-nine days and the senator refused to accept full pay, hence the refund. ? Spartanburg, Nov. 28: Spartan Council United Commercial Travelers, at its monthly meeting this afternoon, adopted a resolution directing the senior counsellor to appoint a committee of eight members to direct a campaign in South Carolina for the Dassaee of an anti-tiDDine law. They would have the law patterned after a law now In force In Mississippi, making it a misdemeanor to either give or accept a tip. ? Governor Blease on Saturday, appointed the following delegates to represent this state at a conference in Washington, December 11, when the advisability of undertaking an effort to place unemployed immigrants upon southern farms: Assistant Attorney General Fred H. Dominick, State Warehouse Commissioner Jno. L>. McLaurin, W. H. Andrews, mayor of Georgetown; A. V. Snell, secretary of the Charleston chamber of commerce; Claud X. Sapp, member of the state historical commission, and Sam J. Nicholls, city attorney of Spartanburg. ? Commissioner John L. McLaurin, after remaining in Washington since yesterday, left for New York tonight, where he will confer with leading bankers on the South Carolina warehouse plan, says the Washington correspondent of the Columbia state, Sunday. Asked today what the government officials thought of the scheme and whether in his opinion it would prove a success, Mr. McLaurin said that while he did not wish to be quoted on the matter at the present fimp that hp fplt no hpsitatinn in sav inK that treasury and other officials were entirely friendly to the plan and to the certificates which will be issued on cotton. He was at the White House for a few minutes and made another engagement for next week. ? Reports of conditions of state banks at the close of business, October 21, show that $76,604,450 is invested in the 338 banking institutions of this state. Of the total resources of these institutions, $60.814,256 is represented in loans and discounts, and $556,354 in overdrafts. A total of $6,137,255 is due from banks and bankers. Liabilities of these institutions include capital stock of $12,647,118, deposits subject to check totalling $17,048,242, and savings deposits aggregating $17,119,888. and time certificates of deposit of $4,537,631. Their surplus funds aggregate $4,786,978; bills payable, including certificates for money borrowed aggregate $13,303 282. Rediscounts total $2,280,903. and their undivided profits amount to $2,342,906. ? Columbia. Nov. 30: State Treasurer S. T. Carter today opened bids for the $150,000 loan proposed for the state of South Carolina to secure money to meet certain current expenses. Bids were submitted by the Palmetto National Bank of Columbia, and the Peoples National Bank of Rock Hill. The Palmetto bank proposed to loan the state the money at five per cent. The Peoples Bank asked five and one-half per cent for the cash. The state proposed to borrow it until February. The loan fell through on account of the attitude of Governor Rlease, who refused to sign the notes for the state. The governor had previously announced that the state ought to be able to get the money for three per cent, and it is supposed the question of interest rate was what caused him to refuse to sanction the loan. LOCAL AFFAIRS. i< NEW ADVERTI8EMENT8 * Thomson Co.?Gives you some point- ? ers about Its Mid-Winter Stock Re- tl ducing sale and invites you to come n and see for yourself. A. M. McGlll, Yorkville No. 1?Gives notice of a big clearance sale of dry * fWAnnrlno otn tn hoffln at Viin A feisiruo, s> ww. ivo, vw., %v ?ve... ?? ?? store next Saturday morning. r B. M. Love, County Auditor?Publishes notice in regard to tax returns f and a schedule of county appoint- f ments that he will meet. _ Yorkville Hardware Co.?Sells and t recommends Clauss shears and scis- J sors, of which it has a good stock. Kirkpatrick-Belk Co.?Extends a cor- g dial welcome to the delegates at- j tending the U. D. C. convention. Q R. D. Dorsett?Has moved his restaurant to the Williams & Barnett build- g ing and solicits your patronage. First National Bank. Yorkville?Has a t( four-room cottage on Church street, Yorkville, for rent, $7 a month. j, Lyric Theatre?Presents programme g for Thursday, Friday and Saturday. a "Trey O' Hearts" today. j, W. R. Carroll?Will pay 30 cents a t] bushel for cotton seed?30 pounds to the bushel. 8 Lesslle Smith, Clerk?Requests members of Filbert camp, W. O. W., to ^ pay dues promptly. 0 Emily R. Smith?Has a three-horse farm for rent. Address Yorkville s No. 1, for particulars. ^ ? c "Wrap securely, address plainly, g mall early," is the request of the pos- \ tal authorities to persons who expect c to send Christmas presents by parcel post. v A Sharon gentleman said a few days 8 ago, "Well money is tight, but things could be worse. A year ago at tnis time you could hear people passing along the road at all hours of the night, yelling and whooping. There's been none of that this winter. Yes, p things could be worse." s The meeting of the York delegation in the legislature which was to have p been held in Rock Hill, yesterday, tl was postponed, due to the fact that I, Supervisor Boyd is not yet ready to c submit his 1st of furnishings for the new court house. The supervisor will ^ work on the matter this week, however, anc it is likely that the meeting j to consider such purchases will be a held next week. & Postmaster General Burleson, throueh the parcel post service, is doing every- p thing possible to further the "farm- c to-the-table" method of bringing all u kinds of produce from the farmer to 8] the town and city consumer by means t| of the parcel nost. Under the pla- of the postal officials fresh butter, eggs, t] poultry, fruits, vegetables, etc., may c] be ordered direct from the farmers. In free delivery cities perishable matter g will be delivered at the door of the ^ consumer daily, including Sundays. Tho many friends of Rev. Henry Stokes in Yorkville and vicinity, will o be pleased to know that he has again been returned to the Yorkville charge for another year. Mr. Stokes numbers p his friends by his acquaintances and the only reason he hasn't more friends ^ is that he hasn't more acquaintances. Since coming to Yorkville two years ago, Mr. Stokes has had the pleasure Q of seeing the churches under his ^ charge make rapid advances In all lc lines of religious endeavor. g fl F COMMON PLEAS j, The first week of the court of com- . mon pleas for York county convened ^ yesterday morning with Special Judge Eflrd on the bench. Although thqre are e] numerous cases on the roster," it is v rather doubtful whether the court will ^ continue in session three weeks, al- t] though all preparations therefor have a been made. t( The following were excused from h Jury service: T. O. Flowers, R. S. Mc- 1( Connell, J. F. Youngblood, W. F. Ritch, g Kelly Inman, W. I. Wolfe, S. E. Steele, t( J. C. Hardin, J. D. Hope h An extra venire of nine lurors were drawn from the five mile box as fol- t( lows: C. C. Stewart, R. W. Bailes, J. n H. Carroll, Jas. H. Beckham, S. C. je Wood, A. C. Hogue, W. D. Thomasson, 0] S. N. Johnson, T. A. Gardner. Messrs. 5, Carroll and Beckham were excused. n, In the case of Hibbard, Spencer, ^ Bartlett & Co., vs. the White Motor o1 Co., the Jury returned a verdict for the jr plaintiff in the sum of 1143.98. o1 The next case taken up was that of p n U At nl iro CnutkArn . lii uanuiiti , ci ai., va. ouuuicin ^ Railway Co. y d S. S. RALLY AT UNION R D What proved to be one of the most ^ interesting religious meetings held anywhere in York county in a long time, was the Sunday school rally at j Union Baptist church, last Sunday, w practically every member of the Sunday school?old as well as young? ^ taking part in the exercises. At the noon hour a bountiful dinner was ^ served, and the exercises of the afternoon were given over to the Young Women's Auxiliary societies. The exercises consisted of songs, readings, recitations and the like. Rev. W. W. Lipscomb, pastor of Union Sl church, and Mr. Henry Youngblood, ^ superintendent of the Sunday school, a made interesting and instructive ad- tc dresses. Every class in the school, 1! from the little tots who are just learn- A ing to answer the question, "Who made you?" to those who have been ta Sunday school attendants for more ls than a score of years, took some part D in the interesting programme. The exercises of the afternoon were closed with the hymn, "Take My Life and Let It Be," followed by a silent ta nraver. a collection, and a benediction by the pastor. 'n The following were among those who took part in the exercises of the U1 day: m Hazel Thomas, Mary Jackson, James 'n Lilly, James Jackson, Hazel Deas, Lil- ct lian Youngblood, Elizabeth Jackson, b; Elizabeth Smith, Edward Woods, Ben ty. Youngblood, Josie Youngblood, Avery Deas, Ewart Youngblood, Eunice Lilly, 01 Janie Erwin Pursley, Annie Lee Lilly, w Elizabeth Pursley, Worth Youngblood, C( Moffatt Thomas, Allen Robinson, Otis Thomas, Lesslie Youngblood. Roy Bt Smart, John Smart, Roy Wood, Dave vt McCarter. Knox Jackson, Leila Wood, er Fred and Walter Thomas, Lindsay r Youngblood, Ruby Smart, Finley McCarter, T. N. Thomasson, Jr., Meek kl Wood, Max Youngblood, Jesse and tr Ethel Deas, Mary Smith, Prue Smart, es Lola Lilly. Margaret and Lessie Robin- . son, Mary and Luetta Youngblood, Alice McCarter, Misses Hattie and Hel- a en Thomasson. Barnette Miller, Lizzie ai Wood, Reola and Mary Youngblood, Daisy and Carrie Robinson, Rena aj Smart, Florence Lilly, Eunice Youngblood, Janie Smith. Mrs. W. W. Lips- jn comb. Messrs. Jas. McCarter, Tom and at Chess Wood, Hugh Jackson, Bruton w and John Youngblood. Baxter and jj, Hugh Robinson, Ernest Sturgis, Joe Thomasson and Arthur Smart. yc TROUBLE AHEAD ** d York county women, and in fact wo- pi men all over the country are asking ... . ~ hi tne question, mow is me war in i*,urope going to affect the fashions during Ve the winter and spring?" It looks like the women are going to have to depend on cotton goods and wear the creations of American designers, because ta Prance and Paris, the capital of fash- th in, has closed shop and gone to war. Cotton gloves and cotton stockings >rlll very likely soon be in vogue. Most f the kid gloves worn by women In his country are imported from Gerlany and France, and of course the /ar has largely stopped such importalon. Kid, cape and mocha skins for imoriran rlovps nil romp from Eli ope. The most beautiful laces, buttons, urs and silks come from abroad and he American supply is even now runiing low. The models that have come o America from Paris since the war egan are those that only embodied the Irst tendencies of coming styles, and ince the famous French designers, 'oiret, Paquln, Doeuillet, Cherult and thers who say what mi-lady shall and hall not wear, are now engaged in hooting and beie- shot at, most anyhlng the York cou?**" woman sees fit o wear may be considered fashionable. The "wear cotton" movement promses to become national, not from any pecial boosting but from necessity; nd such necessity may incidentally ave much to do with an increase in he price of the south's greatest crop. A unn n. ioiuuuo laamuii capci t iiaa lino iu a.v about the matter: "The chances are that America will e thrown for some time to come, not nly upon her own " oods, but her own ress ideas. Pretty clothes having tyle and originality are what every imerican woman wants. The Amerian woman buys Paris model gowns ecause they are lovely, smart in deign and ex"uiste in color combination. Vhen she can find just as charming lothes here in America she will be erfectly satisfied to buy them and deghted to wear them. The European rar is surely the American dress deigner's great opportunity. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? Only twenty more shopping days efore Christmas! ? The fifth installment of the serial icture, the "Trey 'o Hearts," will be hown at the Lyric tonight. ? Mr. R. D. Dorsett has sold his ool tables and restaurant located in he J. W. Dobson building, to Mr. W. Castles of Filbert. Mr. Castles will ontinue the business at the old stand. ? "Dan Peat," a race horse belonging o Messrs. James Bros., of Yorkville, ron the horse races in Rock Hill, on 'hanksgiving day, the horse covering mile in 2:15. Several hundred people aw the races. ? Many of the store windows are rettily decorated with Confederate olors in honor of the U. D. C. convenion this week. Most of the windows hpw considerable artistic ability on tie part of the decorators. ? A party of thirty-five children of tie Church Home Orphanage, In harge of Deaconess Gadsden, left yes- i ;rday In a special car over the South- 1 rn railway for a four days' trip to tldgeway, Columbia, Greenville, Sparinburg and Blacksburg. ? The Yorkvllle Cotton Oil Co.'s gins ontinue in operation; but work is ither slack- A gentleman who is exerienced, said yesterday that he did ot believe there were more than 700 r 800 bales of cotton still in the flelds 1 i this vicinity ? Mr. L. G. Baber has rented the uarters occupied by the Western 1 tnion Telegraph Co., and expects to >cate his barber shop there after ( anuary 1. The Western Union ofce will have quarters in the new Irst National bank building after anuary 1st. ? Winnie Davis Chapter United daughters of the Confederacy now ave everything in readiness for the ; ntertainment of the 19th annual conention of the South Carolina Division, delegates from the various chapters in : le state are coming in on every train nd all indications point to a lar~e at- i ;ndance when the opening session is 1 eld in the Yorkvllle opera house at . j o ciock tomorrow morning, me pro- ( ramme for the convention is an ex- ; ;nsive one. Business sessions will be eld in the Yorkville opera house which ' le local chapter has caused to be flt;d up for the purpose. Many social umbers-on the programme will doubt ss add much toward making the stay f the visiting delagates in Yorkville oth pleasant and profitable. The busiess of the convention will be conclud3 at Friday morning's session when fflcers for the ensuing year will be istalled. Following are the present (fleers of the South Carolina division: resident, Miss Alice M. Earle, Columia; 1st Vice President, Mrs. J. L. Mc- ] /hirter, Jonesville; 2nd Vice Presi- j ent, Mrs. J. D. Holstein, Edgefield; ' ecording Secretary, Mrs. C. J. Milling, arlington; Corresponding Secretary, j [rs. W. H. Cely, Greenville; Treasur- i r, Mrs. Mollle J. Perry, Lancaster; "d Vice President, Miss Mary Wil- ' ams, Yorkville; 4th Vice President, ] Irs. A. G. Sinclair, Bennettsville; His>rian, Mrs. Carrie McC. Patrick, An- , erson; Registrar, Mrs. T. R. Trim- 1 tier, Spartanburg; Recorder of j rosses, Mrs. John Cart, Orangeburg; uditor, Mrs. U. R. Brooks, Columbia, j 1 THE WAR TAX j Regardless of the fact that Uncle am is not at war, the citizens of the < nited States are called upon to pay ] war tax, similar in many respects * ) the war tax that was exacted In j 398, at the time of the Spanlshmerican war. 1 Many of the provisions of the war ix law became effective November < it, and if the tax was not paid on ^ ecembef- 1st, a penalty of 50 per 1 ;nt of the taxes is added to punish le delinquent. There are so many things that are ixable under the war tax act, ap- t roved October 22, that it is almost i npossible to enumerate them all. 1 Among those who must pay taxes s re proprietors of pool rooms, at so r uch per billiard or pool table; mov- t ig pictures and other theatres, ac- ? >rding to the seating capacity; to- c icco and cigar dealers, graduated to f le gross sales. Then there is a tax i i telegraph and telephone messages, y here the cost of same is over 15 nts; then there is a tax on mort- t iges and deeds, graduated to the face I ilue of the paper, proxies and pow- e s of attorneys to sell and convey 1 al estate. There is a tax on all e nds of proprietary medicines, ex- t acts, colognes, powders, tooth wash- c t, pastes and powders, etc., accord- t g to the retail value. There Is also f tax on your fire insurance policies r id your casualty insurance. t Also a tax of one cent is levied on ] 1 manifests, bills of lading or other a ddences of the receipt or forwardg of freight. This applies at points 1 which there are railroad agents as v ell as to points where freight is de- t rered to conductors. If you have a dog that stays at ime, there is no tax on him, but if * >u want to transport him as far a ,vay as from Yorkville to Smyrna in j baggage car, then you will have to ly a stamp tax for the privilege. u Building and Loan associations will c ive to affix stamps to practically all n e papers they use?mortgages, con- j yances and so on. Those liable to pay the taxes on 1 e various items that are required to r accounted for on a formal return. v icier the stamp tax law, unless mei x was paid yesterday or previous to 1 at day, are now liable to a penal- I ty of 50 per cent additional. The tax due and payable yesterday, is to cover the period from November 1. 1914, to June 30, 1915?two-thirds of a year. TO ASK FOR STATE AID Fifteen York county rural schools are expecting to receive sums ranging from $200 to $300, from the state board of education, to aid in continuing their respective terms seven months. Their applications for aid have not been sent to the state superintendent of education yet, however, because the county authorities have not yet been able to ascertain whether they can comply with the conditions of the state educational board. To receive $300 aid from the state, a school district must have voted a special tax of four mills, run Its school for seven months, have three teachers, an enrollment of seventyfive pupils, and an average attendance of forty. Three York county schools?Filbert, Tirzah and Mount Holly?will each very likely receive this sum. Twelve school districts?Ogden, Bullock's Creek, Bowling Green, Laney, Bethesda, Philadelphia, Gold Hill, Smyrna, Friendship, Cotton Belt, Guthriesville and Lesslie, will very likely come in for $200 each from the state. To secure this amount, a school district must have voted a special levy of four mills, run Its school six months, employ two teachers, have fifty pupils enrolled, and an average attendance of thirty. All the schools i nthe list above received $200 from the state last year, except Laney, which has risen a notch. Nineteen of the schools of the county have made application for aid1 from the state in the amount of $100, or rather the amount of their special levies. Where the regular school funds of a district are not sufficient to run a school five months, and a special levy of at least two mills has been voted, the state board of education will aid by a sum equal to the amount of the special levy. In no case, however, will more than $100 be given such district. A number of schools which received this aid last year will not benefit this year, for the reason that all their fund was not used and the remainder added to their respective general school funds, gives them enough money to operate their schools five months this year. Following are the school districts which will receive amounts equal to their special two mill levies this year: McConnellsville, Concord, Massey, Blairsville, Flint Hill. Hopewell, Roddey, Beersheba, Allison Creek, Union, Rock Hill. Oak Ridge. Wilson. Ancona, Newport, Ebenezer, Belmont, Santiago. Catawba. ABOUT PEOPLE Mr. W. R. Carroll of Yorkville, spent yesterday in Rock Hill. Miss Margaret Marshall of Yorkville, spent Saturday, in Gastonla. Miss Margaret Marion of Yorkville, visited relatives in Chester, last week. Mr. F. D. Underwood of Yorkvllle, spent Sunday with his family at Lesslie. Rock Hill Record, Thursday: Mr. P. D. McCord is in the Fennell Infirmary for treatment. Miss Sallie McDonald of Rock Hill, visited the family of Mr. C. E. Spencer, in Yorkvllle, this week. Rock Hill Herald, Friday: Miss Mabel Flannagan of Clover, is visiting her cousin, Miss Mary Jenkins. Rock Hill Herald, Friday: Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Adams of Hampton street, visited in Clover, yesterday. Mrs. J. W. Quinn of Yorkvllle, visited her daughter Miss Louise Quinn, at Winthrop colllege, this week. Misses Bessie and Margaret Sandlfer of Yorkvllle, visted Mrs. J. H. Witherspoon in Gaffney, last week. Miss Mary Youngblood has returned to her home at Sharon after a visit to relatives and friends in Charlotte. Mrs. J. E. Carroll and daughter Miss Elizabeth, of Yorkville, spent several days last week with relatives in Rock Hill. Capt. W. H. Edwards of Chester, who is to address the U. D. C. convention, arrived in Yorkville, this morning. Mr. J. M. Mclver, who has been visiting his sister Mrs. E. E. Gillespie, in Yorkville, returned to his home in Gulf, N. C., yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Hammond and son, Albert, Jr., of Columbia, came to Yorkville, Saturday on a visit to relatives and friends. Mr. Job F. Carroll of Baltimore, Md., Is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. r. L. Carroll and pther relatives in Yorkville. Mrs. S. E. Williford and little son have returned to their home at Mount Holly after a visit to the family of Mr. Jno. M. Williford in Yorkville. Mr. Robert C. Whitesides of the Bethany section, who has been critically ill with typhoid fever forf some time, is now on the road to recovery. Miss Ada Sanders, who has been spending several months with her sister Dr. Saunders, in Columbia, has returned to her home in Yorkville. Miss Fredrica Lindsay of Yorkville, who was one of the attendants at the Wilson-Mclver wedding in Darlington, last Tuesday evening, has returned to her home in Yorkville. Columbia State, Sunday: Miss Prances Finley of Yorkville, is here lor the Marshall-Hammond wedding, i guest at the Marshall home on Laurel street. Mr. Sam M. Grist of Yorkville, left Saturday to spend a day or two in Bennettsville. He expects to return ;his evening, accompanied by Mrs. Grist, who has been in Bennettsville, lor several weeks. Rev. L. W. Langston, a son of Rev. SV. J. Langston, formerly pastor of the Yorkville and Union Baptist churches, jailed from New York, Saturday, for Saulo Paulo, Brazil, where he goes as i missionary. He was accompanied by lis wife. IN THE INTEREST OF GRAIN If York county farmers do not sow i great deal more grain this fall and lext spring than they have ever done lefore, they are going to almost face itarvatlon. Such was the gist of the emarks of Commissioner of Agriculure E. J. Watson and Prof. A. G. Imith of the United States department ?f agriculture, who addressed sixteen armers and business men, gathered n the Loan and Savings bank at noon, esterday. Prof. Smith undertook to point out he advantages of a grain elevator, ie told of the manner in which grain levators were successfully operated in lis home state, Illinois. Most of the levators there are owned and conrolled bv the farmers themselves. He lid not think a grain elevator would >e profitable in this section unless the armers first pledged themselves to aise several times as much grain as hey have been raising. In fact unless 00,000 bushels of grain, over and bove that required for local consumpion, were raised, such an elevator vould not be profitable to York couny farmers. However, no matter how nuch grain the farmers in this secion might raise, they would never be .ble to compete with the middle west n selling corn, wheat, rye and oats mtil they organized grain elevator ompanies, and thus make way for a larket. In the course of his remarks, Jrof. Smith spoke of the great opporunlty York county farmers had to aise hogs, mules and beef cattle, i hich, he said, were almost as profitaile as the growing of corn. , Commissioner Watson spoke at i some length of the situation In Europe. He reviewed the history of cotton raising In a clear and forceful manner; told how and why southern farmers were on the verge of ruin on account of the over-production of cotton. Such conditions have not been brought about entirely by the European war, he said. Had there been no war, farmers in the south would not have received the fabulous sum they had expected for their crop this year. Only $110,000,000 is realized from the South Carolina cotton crop, and the speaker quoted figures to show that the cost of producing such a crop is in excess of that amount. South Carolina farmers have gone crazy on fertilizers, said Mr. Watson. The fertilizer bill for the past year is about $31,000,000. Much of this fertilizer is potash, with which most farm lands are already sufficiently endowed. Commissioner Watson concluded his remarks with a plea to the farmers to raise more grain. We have the greatest opportunity that ever came to any people, he said. The wheat crop in many parts of the world is a failure. The warring European nations are going to require bread before long. European gold will pour into South Carolina and other sections of this country if we can supply tfieir demands. They can't use our cotton?for months, maybe years?they will not be able to use it. There is no better wheat growing country in the world than York county, and we have an opportunity to get rich. At the conclusion of Col. Watson's address, the grain experts left for Rock Hill, where they were scheduled to address an audience in the afternoon. THE METHODIST CONFERENCE The annual conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, adjourned yesterday after a session of several days at Sumter. Perhaps the most Important work of the conference was the division of the South Carolina conference Into two parts. These are to be known as the Upper South Carolina and the South Carolina conferences. The dividing line begins at the North Carolina state line and passes between Lancaster and Chesterfield counties, thence between Fairfield and Kershaw to the city of Columbia, passing between the city and Columbia college, near Hyatt Park; thence passing between Calhoun and Lexington and Aiken and Barnwell counties to the Georgia state line, thus dividing the state into almost two equal parts in territory and membership, as well as into districts?there being six districts in each of the two newly formed conferences. The Upper South Carolina conference Includes all the territory to the west and north of the dividing line. The South Carolina conference includes all the territory east and south of the line of division. All of the educational institutions, Including Wofford college and Wofford Fitting school, Columbia college, Lander college, Cokesbury Conference school, Carlisle Fitting school at Bamberg, and the Epworth orphanage at Columbia, are to be the Joint property of the two conferences. The conference made a slight change in the Yorkville charge, of which Rev. Henry Stokes is the pastor in charge. The change was brought about at the request of officers of Trinity church In order to give Mr. Stokes more time for the development of the Yorkville field, which has developed materially during the past two years. The Yorkville charge will now Include Trinity church, Yorkville, and Olivet church at Tirzah. Philadelphia, formerly In the local charge, has been , transferred to the Clover circuit, with Clover, King's Mountain chapel and St Paul, of which Mr. Dibble Is to have charge. Rev. Mr. Stokes has been appointed a member of the board of missions of the Upper South Carolina conference, and is to serve as the treasurer of the board. The appointments for the Upper South Carolina conference for the ensuing year are as follows: Anderson District?T. C. O'Dell, presiding elder; Anderson, St. John's, J. W. Speake; Orrville and Toxaway, W. T. Belvin; Bethel, S. W. Danner; An- ] treville, B. M. Robinson; Calhoun 1 Falls, George Gary-Lee; Clemson, J. 1 M. Steadman; Central, Elzie Meyers; 1 Honea Path, S. T. Blackmon; Lown- 1 desville, J. C. Chandler; McCormlck, J. | F. Anderson^ Pelzer, J. H. Danner; Pendleton, W. M. Owens; seneca circuit, N. G, Ballinger; Starr, J. L. Singleton; Townville, R. H. Lupo; Walhalla, J. L. Stokes; Walhalla circuit, H. A. Whitten; Westminster, D. O. ] Spires; Wllllamston and Belton, S. H. Booth; G. T. Harmon and W. S. Martin, superannuates. Cokesbury District?W. P. Meadors, presiding elder; Abbeville, S. O. Cantey; Abbeville circuit, J. N. Isom; But- j ler, A. M. Gardner; Broad River, D. , P. Boyd; Cokesbury, J. B. Conne'ly; ; Greenwood, Main Street, L. P. McGee, j R. A. Childs, supernumerary; Mills, J. , E. Steadman, supply; Greenwood cir- ( cult, G. F. Clarkson; Kinards, W. H. ] Murray; McKendree, to be supplied; < Newberry, Central, F. E. Dibble; ( O'Neal Street and Jalappa, Cobe j Smith; Newberry circuit, W. R. Bouk- , night; Ninety-Six, R. F. Morris; Parks- , ville, B. H. Covington, Jr.; Phoenix, ( J. H. Manley; Prosperity and Zion, E. , P. Taylor; Princeton, R. E. Sharpe; j Saluda, O. A. Jeffcoat; Waterloo, J. T. ] Miller; Whitmire, J. M. Friday; Lander College, J. O. Willson. president; assistant editor Sunday school literature, Li. F. Beatty. Columbia District?J. W. Kilgo, pre- i siding elder; Aiken and Williston, A. s E. Drlggers; Aiken circuit, J. M. 1 Meetze; Batesburg, J. E. Mahaffey; 1 Columbia, Main Street. R. E. Turnip- < seed; Washington Street, S. A. Steele; 1 Green Street, D. W. Keller; Whaley 1 Street, D. R. Roof; Brookland, J. A. i Campbell; Shan don. L. D. Gillespie; l Edgewood, E. L Thomasen, supply; ? City mission, John Paul; Waverleyand 1 College Place, A. L. Gunter; Edgefield, ? J. R. Walker; Fairfield, J. A. Bledsoe, t E. W. Mason, supernumerary; Lang- 1 ley, D. A. Lewos: Leesville, C. E. 1 Peele; Leesville circuit, J. E. Rushton; ? Lexington, J. G. Farr; Lexington Fork, t F. T. Whitlock; Middleburg mission, t W. D. Quick; Xorth Augusta, R. O. ? Lawton; Ridgeway, J. P. Winnigham; Swansea, J. W. Neely: Upper Richland. J. K. Inabet; Wagener, W. T. Patrick: Columbia college, W. W. * Daniels, president: Epworth orphan- * age, W. B. Wharton, superintendent. , Greenville District?P. F. Kilgo, pre- J siding elder; Clinton. W. A. Fairey: ' Easley, J. D. Holler; Fountain Inn, M. } T. Wharton; Gray Court, T. W. Munnerlyn; Greenville, Buncombe Street, " M. L. Carlisle; St. Paul's, A. E. Holler; *! Hampton Avenue, E. R. Mason; West " Greenville, S. S. Rogers; South Green- ) ville, P. R. Kilgo and A. M. Doggett; ^ Bethel and Powc, W. B. Garrett; Brandon and Judson, J. E. Strickland; ? Greenville circuit. J. G. Huggins; : Greer, W. J. Snyder; Laurens, J. R. T. d Major: Laurens circuit, W. H. Lewis; t Liberty, J. W. Elklns; Pickens, L E. ?; Wiggins; Pickens circuit. L. W. John- ? son; Piedmont. O. M. Abney; South Greer, Foster Speer; South Easley, W. L. Mulliken; Travelers Rest, A. Q. t Rice; conference secretary, education, J. R. T. Major. V Rock Hill District?R. L. Holroyd. presiding elder; Blacksburg, H. C. d Mouzon; Blackstock, W. M. Harden; k Chester. J. C. Roper; Chester circuit, e W. T. Duncan; Clover, F. W. Dibble; g East Chester. J. V. Davis: East Lan- c caster. W. C. Kelley; Fort Mill. E. Z. n James; Hickory Grove, H. B. Hardy; d Lancaster, E. T. Hodges: Lancaster tl circuit. C. W. Burgess; North Rock v Hill, D. H. Attaway: Richburg. W. S. is Goodwin: Rock Hill, St. John's and C West Main Street, P. B. Wells and W. o II. Polk: Rock Hill circuit, J. I. Spink; j< Van Wyck, J. H. Montgomery; Winns- v horo. J. B. Traywick: Yorkville. Henry b Stokes; missionary to Corea, L P. b Anderson. b Spartanburg District?R. E. Stack- u house, presiding elder: Belmont, W. P. c Meadors, Jr.; Campobello, T. F. Gib- h son: Carlisle. W. B. Duncan, Jr.; Cher- c; okee, A. H. Best; Chesnee, G. H. a Hodges; Clifton and Glendale, C. P. i Carter; Drayton and Beaumont, to be } J supplied; Enoree, J. J. Holman; Gaff- V ney, Bufort Street, G. C. Leonard; Limestone Street, J. W. Shell; Gaffney Afl circuit, R. L. Keaton; Inman, M. M. flH Brooks; Jonesville, W. B. Justus; Kel- MB ton, J. R. Copeland; Pacolet. C. M. Peter; Pacolet mills, A. V. Harven; Reldsville, S. T. Creech; Spartanburg, ?Bethel, A. N. Brunson and W. E. Patrick; Central, C. C. Herbert; Duncan, J. A. Cook; Union-Buffalo, J. M. Gasque; Green Street, W. F. Gault; i Grace, J. L. Daniel; South Union, J. " W. Lewis; Woodruff, G. G. Harley; Saxon and Textile Industrial institution. J. H. Brown; field agent Textile and Industrial institution, D. R. Camak, president; superintendent AntiSaloon league, J. L. Harley; commis- # sioner of education, W. I. Herbert. LOCAL LACONIC8 Ager Set Free. Malachi Ager, the only York convict to receive clemency at the hands of Governor Blease on Thanksgiving day, was liberated last Saturday morning. The negro lacked only two months of completing his two years' ? sentence. Gin Burned at Hickory Grove. The ginnery, saw mill and grist mill belonging to Mr. Mason McGUl of Hickory Grove, was destroyed by Are about 6 o'clock. Saturday afternoon. The origin of the Are. which totally % destroyed the property, is unknown. Mr. McGUl had some Insurance on the plant. Bethany Lost Game. The Bethany High school basketball team lost a good game last Saturday afternoon to the King's Mountain school the game being played at the latter place. The score was 28-26. This is the Arst game the Bethany boys . have lost in two years. ' Prof. Hand at Clover. Prof. W. H. Hand, state high school inspector, spent yesterday at the Clover Graded school. He was accompanied to Clover by Superintendent of I Education John E. Carroll. Both gen tlemen expressed themselves as being well pleased with conditions there. fro I. nana is itpeiiuiiig iuuaj ai ocuiany. York Negress Dies. Columbia State, Tuesday: The body of Martha Leech, a negress who had been sent to the state hospital for the a insane from York county, June 25, and who disappeared on October 24, was found, yesterday, in a bar about seven miles out on goon road. It is thought that she died about Ave weeks ago. Coroner Scott said yesterday, that he was not going to hold an inquest % Eleven Hands for the Gang. As a result of the court of general sessions for York county, last week, eleven convicts were secured for the county chalngang, and were sent to the camps on Thanksgiving day. Not a single convicted man went to the penitentiary, as the supervisor has the prerogative of determining whether a convict shall serve in the penitentiary or on the chalngang, and since all the convicts were strong and healthy fellows, it was decided that the county had need of them to assist in improving the public highways. , Child Burned to Death. Rock Hill Herald: The two-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Garrison, died Saturday night, as a result of burns received Friday afternoon. The little one was standing 4 by the open grate and while the mother was getting a bucket of water from the well the dress caught on Are. The little girl ran out on the porch and a passing negro extinguished the Aames with his coat. The child was horribly burned and there were no hopes for her recovery. The funeral was held Sunday, the interment being in Laurelwood. Gettys-McKnight. 1 Married, at the home of the bride's parents, at 2 o'clock Friday after- , noon. Miss Mattie Gettys and Mr. Gwin A McKnight, Rev. E. E. Gillespie, pastor of the Yorkville Presbyterian church, 'B officiating. The bride is the daughter B of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Gettys of Yorkville No. 4, and the groom is the son of Mrs. J. C McKnight of the same vicinity The ceremony was witnessed only by a few relatives and intimate friends of the contracting parties. The young couple are possessed of many friends and acquaintances, all or whom extend their best wishes to them. They will reside at the home of the groom's mother. < Will Be Two Conferences. The South Carolina conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, in session in Sumter last Saturday, decided to divde the body Into two conferences, one to be known as the South f Carolina conference, and the other as the Upper South Carolina conference. The two conferences will be about equaly divided In numbers and will very nearly divide the state geographically. The next session of the South Carolina conference will be held In Charleston and the upper South Carolina conference will meet in Spartanburg. Peculiar Death of Negro. Mike Garvener, a negro man, died at A Hand's Mill on Yorkville R. F. D. No. 7, m last Tuesday afternoon under rather peculiar circumstances. The negro came to the mill for the purpose of having some corn ground. While there he complained of being ill and requested the miller to assist in hitching his . horse preparatory to returning home. 4 The miller assented, and the negro in the meantime was taken with a coughing spell. Blood rushed from his nose amd mouth, and he expired in a few moments' time. Garvener, who lived an Mrs. Janie Simrill's farm, had a severe attack of measles in the spring, md it is thought the disease settled on his lungs. Wesleyan Methodists to Meet. The North Carolina conference of the (Vesleyan Methodist church, will meet A n Rock Hill tomorrow, and the sessions are expected to extend through Sunday. Something like one hundred ninisters and lay delegates are exnectid to extend the conference. Rev. H. W. Hawkins of Gastonia, is president of :he body, and Mrs. A. E. Belk of Knox- t Mile, Tenn., is secretary. Among the visitors who will attend the conference ire F. A. Butterfleld, editor of the tVesleyan Methodist, Syracuse, N. Y., ind Miss Cleo Young, a missionary of he denomination, recently returned 'rom the African field. Rev. E. W. Slack, pastor of the Rock Hill Wesleyin Methodist church, is expected to be ormally ordained into the ministry of he denomination this afternoon. Secretaries Met in Rock Hill. The State Chamber of Commerce Secretaries of South Carolina, held V heir annual meeting in Rock Hill, last "Yiday. Among the speakers who adIressed the bodv were Prof. W. W. A>ng, state agent of farm demonstraion work; President D. B. Johnson of Vinthrop college; Prof. Chas. R. Veeks of Winthrop, Prof. R. C. Burts t >f the Rock Hill schools; A. S. Johnon of Greenville; P A. Whaley of Anlerson; J. C. Wilborn, president of the rorkville board of trade, Dr. W. S. 'urrell, president of the University of iouth Carolina and Vaughan Howard, f the U. S. department of lmmigraion. Before adjournment the secrearies named Porter A. Whaley of Anlerson. as president of their organizaion during the ensuing year; A. V. inell of Charleston, vice president and t. W. Holcombe of Columbia, treasrer. The selection of the next annual tieetlng place was ieri in tne nanas or he executive committee. Vill Edit Christian Advocate. At Saturday's session of the Methoist conference in Sumter, W. C. Kirkind was named as editor of the Southrn Christian Advocate, the official oran of the Methodist church, to suceed Rev. S. A. Nettles. As has been oted elsewhere, the conference was ivided into two bodies. The part of he division resolution which has to do rith the conduct of the church paper v i as follows: "That The Southern % Ihristian Advocate shall be the organ f the two conferences equally and lintly. The Southern Christian Adocate shall be controlled and directed y a board of eight managers, four to e elected by each conference. This M oard shall be elected quadrennially nnmlnoflnn c\f *ho hno rH nf _ ation of each conference, and shall ave power to contract for the puliation of the paper, elect the editor, nd as trustees of the conferences, di