Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, December 01, 1914, Image 2
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
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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
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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
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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
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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."
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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
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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 *
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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. ^
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"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
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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.
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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
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S. S. RALLY AT UNION R
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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.
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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
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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