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Scraps and |acts. ? Representative Lever of South Carolina, announced yesterday, that a bill will be introduced and urged for passage at this session of congress, for the creation of a commission to revise the government's system of expendi turee with a view to reducing expenses as much as possible. Government expenditures approximate about a billion dollars annually. "If nobody takes the initiative and introduces such a i measure, I will do it." said Lever. For years there has been a growing con- l viction in congress that the budget 1 system of making Federal approprla- ] tions should be adopted, instead of the hap-hazard method now in vogue, un- 1 der which various committees prepare J the different appropriation bills with- J out consultation together and without i reference to the probable revenue of i the national treasury during the period j for which appropriations are made. Under the budget system, one body ' would apportion appropriations and ' proportion them to the expected na- ' tional revenues. ? Lodz, the second city of Poland and J lying seventy-five miles south-west WftMorn ha a fa Han tft the fieriTiail arms. It was occupied Sunday, ac- ' cording to an official announcement I from Berlin. Around this important town a desperate battle has raged for ] days. Countless thousands have fallen in desperate hand to hand conilicts and from the shells of hundreds of guns. L was evident from the occupation of Lodz by the Germans that the heaviest kind of fighting has been going on, for late advices told of a vicous attack and bombardment of Lodz and fighting on j the outskirts of the city and previous j to that, of operations 20 miles west 01 Piotrkow, which lies considerably south of Lodz and along a line from Glowno, i sixteen miles northeast of Lodz, to the Vistula river Lodz long has been an objective point of the German army. ; It has grown in recent years from an insignificant place to one of the most populous cities in the Russian empire. In 1910 its population numbered 415,604 and with this important place as a . base the Germans are expected to ' make a strong effort to reach Warsaw the capital of Poland, in the days of j her great sovereign power. ? Pittsburgh, Pa., December 5: A li- , quid explosive as powerful as guncotton, but which neither fire nor cone us* 1 sion will detonate, is what Shekrey 1 Harow, a ynu"~ Syrian, claims to have j invented. He alone knows the secret . of exploding the liquid, and he carries the mysterious liquid always with him; 1 he even sleeps with it. Halow, a stu- < dent and the son of a chemist, got into ? trouble with the Turkish government , on account of his persistence in experi- J menting with the fluid and fled. Ten i months ago he came to this country and was joined by his wife. He has been testing his invention with Alexander F. Humphrey, a consulting engi- d "" 1?!..? Wa oKnnt _ new, nere. inn cApiuamc w<?d a 30 cents a gallon, and the Inventor says one gallon is sufficient to charge q a 13-inch gun. Tests have not been C made with guns beyond 2& inches in 8 calibre, but Humphrey's tests on Tuesday, on his private proving grounds in Harmonv. proved the terrific force of ? the liquid. Halow recently gave a dem- t onstration of the exDlosive in the ordi- 8 nance department of the government in Washington, under the supervision 1 of Malor Edward Philip O'Hara, who c is now ascertaining the efficiency of the liquid when used in 13-inch guns. ? The number of drug "fiends" in the United States is not nearly so large as 1 had been supposed, the public health i service reports. It had been estimated i that between 1 and 2 per cent of the . population were drug habitues. The ' report also states that the evils due to 1 the improper use of such drugs have 1 been greatly exaggerated. In Tennessee ? during the first six months of the anti- , narcotic law, 1,403 permits were Issued to persons. The approximate number * of average doses of habit-forming i drugs imported into the United States ( in 1911'and 1912 was resDectively 3.040,900 <*00 and 2,308,700.000. From this ( data, the report says, it would appear I from the average consumption of the ( drug habitue in Tennessee that each addict would take 1 000 doses each month, or 12,000 doses a year. Tennessee, it Is added contains one-flfttefh ( of the population of the United States . and on that ratio there would be a to- 1 tal of something more than 70,000 drug t habitues, consuming approximately ( 850.000,000 average doses per year. , "This quantity," says the report, probably is somewhat low, but it is fair to ' assume that not more than double this * amount of approximately l,70i),uou,uuu average doses, are consumed annually by drug habitues." ? Toledo, Ohio, December 4: The tight skirt must go. It must give way to fullness below the waist line. Such is the expression of the style committee of the National Cloak, Suit and Skirt Manufacturers' association which went into convention here today. Although the convention did not formally act on the decree at the first day's session, it will do so tomorrow, according to Hugo Stein, of Cincinnati, the . style authority of the association. In working out the styles for the coming 1 season, Stein explains that the idea is to have more sense in the fashions, j more along the lines of the practical t American woman, the colors of battle- i ship gray and tans and the conserva- i tive foreign suggestions of color or t style being eliminated. "We want to t get as far away as possible from any- j thing suggestive of sorrow or conflict t in the working out of one harmonious t scheme," said Stein. The coats and < skirts are to be shorter, and almost en- v tirely there will be a tailor-made season in 1915 for American women. J. P. Hovland, of Chicago, retiring president ( of the association, in an interview, to- t nifht, said: "The time has arrived for the garment manufacturers of this country to begin creating styles that will be acceptable to the women of 1 America. We have the most wonder- i ful women on the face of the earth, t and there is no reason why the designers and manufacturers cannot get to- 1 gether and create styles which will be t entirely acceptable to the millions of < women of this country." . ? Asa result of a conference between the British ambassador and state department officials. Secretary ( Bryan announced, yesterday, that an i arrangement to minimize delays in- , cident to cotton shipment from Amer- r ican ports to European countries, including all belligerents. The British 1 government already has become a t party to this arrangement and the j French ambassador has given assurances that his government will ap- 1 prove. The plan is to have the cap- 1 tain of a cotton laden vessel receive < from the British consul at the port of departure a statement to the com- ' manding officer of any warship of the allies which might speak him. The British consuls are expected to satisfy ^ themselves as to the character of the i cargo before a ship sails, but it is , understood they will be instructed to accept the assurances of reputable 1 exporters as to its character. The < state department is not to figure in < tVtAOA ot-Mnrromonto wVilnV* Q PP tn Ha 1 made between American shippers as individuals and foreign countries' officers. Tn this connection a large steamer is soon to sail from Charleston. S. C., for a belligerent port, and it is believed that the vessel will proceed to its destination with little or no delay. It was learned, yesterday, the British government finally has obtained assurances from neutral European governments that copper shall not be permitted to pass across their borders into belligerent states. Negotiations still are in progress regarding raising of the embargo on rubber exports from Great Britain's colonies. ? Officials at Washington, yesterday, were much interested in press dispatches stating that Gen. Villa and Gen. Zapata had met in a suburb of Mexico City and had reached a working agreement which would mean the maintenance of order in and around Mexico City. The official advices telline of the meeting had not reached Washington. but the state department gave out the summary of a dispatch which was filed before the two chiefs ! conferred. It was as follows: "According to an official dispatch from Mexico City, dated December 4. Special Agent Carothers accompanied the envoys of Gen. Villa to Cuernavaca. where they went to confer with Gen. Zapata. The delegation was courteously received by Zapata and was successful in convincing him that he and Villa should at once meet and come to <. in understanding It was arranged that Zapata should come to Mexico City for a conference. Zapata has stated that he desires complete harmony and both he and Villa have assured the department's representatives that they will undoubtedlv arrange ail matters in a satisfactory manner." Official reports of the meeting, which took place at Zochimilco, near Mexico City, are expected to arrive at Washington today. Secretary Bryan took occasion, yesterday, to deny reports that Great Britain is about to reopen the Benton case. The state department also made public the following statement regarding conditions in Mexico: "The Spanish vice consul at Mazatlan, who has had certain difficulties with the local authorities and concerning whom representations nave been made by the Spanish embassy in Washington, is en route to San Francisco on a steamer. It is reported that Gen. Eduardo Hay has arrived in Monclova from Saltillo and that he is seeking: to persuade certain officials to remain loyal to Carranza. It is re[>orted from Vera Cruz under date of December 5, that 15 bandits robbed six Americans on a ranch. After being robbed the victims walked five miles to El Boro station, 14 miles south >f Vera Cruz. The Constitutionalists furnished them with transportation to Vera Cruz.*' iltt florinillr tfnqitirrr. Entered at the Postofflce In Yorkville as Mall Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE, S. O.t TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8,1914 People who do not think are uncongenial to people who do think largely jecause they do not think, and people who do think are uncongenial to people who do not think because they do think, f people who do not think would learn :o think then they would become more :olerable to thinkers as well as to :hemseves; but if thinkers should :ease thinking, and put themselves on i parity with those who do not think lust think what an unthinkable mess t would make of us all. There are persistent rumors of a well leflned difference between Mr. Bryan i .nd President Wilson on the liquor ' [uestion. Mr. Bryan's paper, the i Commoner, some weeks ago, made ; ome emphatic declarations in favor . >f prohibition, and it is believed that i ilr. Bryan is seeking nomination for I he presidency on that issue. Mr. Wil- 1 on, although a prohibitionist in pracice, does not believe in it as a politial proposition. It is not believed in Washington that ! here will be any serious effort to take lp legislation looking to the establlshnent of a system of rural credits at the < present session. It is reasonably cer- i ain, however, that the ship purchase i )ill will receive serious consideration, ilthough there is no good reason to tope for its passage. President Wilson 'avors the bill; but there are strong nterests against ' and as the session ixpires by constitutional limitations pn. March 4, it is probable that the i proposition will be filibustered to i leatb. , Since the failure of the bond proportion we do not see any immediate tope for immediate improvement in he price of cotton. Of course the i pwner of cotton understands that the pest thing he can do with his property s to keep it off the market if he can. tVhere, however, a man has debts and s able to pay them, there is nothing jetter than to do so. The hope of advance sufficient to offset interest pharges is exceedingly slim, and there s nothing in the way of advance, even hough that advance be sensational, hat can make up for the impairment )f a man's credit. In an official statement General Vila, the Mexican leader, is quoted as 'ollows: "Time alone can prove, as it has jroved so far, that I had and have no imbitions regarding the presidency of ny republic. My one ambition is that , ny people shall be free, and that no yrant, under whatever name or at he head of whatever party, may op>ress them because they cannot pro- ; ect themselves. No one knows better han I that I am unfitted for the presilency. I have no aims or designs ipon it." A man with a platform like this >ught to win, and given time he will vin. So far as The Enquirer has informaion, no specimens of the regional reserve currency have been seen down his way. The editor saw some specinens in the office of the assistant secretary of the treasury a few days ago. Dn one side of the face of a ten dollar Jill are machines and implements manjfactured of steel and on the other side jf the face, cultivating and harvesting nachinery. The engravings, of course, epresent agriculture and commerce, rhe assistant secretary remarked that when the New York financiers first saw :he bill they undertook to twit him with ts apparently complete symbolism of :he trusts. His reulv. however, was to :urn the bill over and show the portrait >f Thomas Jefferson on the back of the paper. It is understood that several Yorkville stores will dispense with the services of a number of their clerks on January 1.?Yorkville Enquirer. Something similar to the above is likely to occur in Chester, if the public loes not pay all bills owing the merchants as promptly and fully as possible. The merchants just like the farmer are having the most distressing.experience in their history, and at the autset of a new year will be forced to cut down their expenses materially, one etep in which course will be dispensing with the services of employes and thus rendering many families without iieans of subsistence. Conditions, however, can be materially improved, if everybody will go to work with a will to pay up accounts and buy?not ex:ravagant!y, but with judgment?as their needs dictate. Nobody can hope to make any money in the present criiis, but by the proper co-operation concerns can be kept going, clerks can rceep their Jobs, and daylight will finally break in a few months.?Chester Reporter. We are reproducing the remarks of the Reporter solely because of the opportunity the reproduction affords to commend the sound sense these renurks contain. Throughout many of the northern jtates the Boy Scout movement is :oming in for a great deal of attention from leading business men, teachers, jhysicians, etc. The movement is not ooked upon as a passing fad: but is ;>eing pushed forward in the belief that he movement will be of vast benefit to he whole country In the years to ome. Commenting on the Boy Scout organization, the Philadelphia Ledger says: The trained Boy Scout puts to good use faculties that otherwise might rust in idleness. He has no mere vaeue smattering of "parlor tricks" and accomplishments, but the ability to do many useful things and do them well. He is at home wherever he is set down in the world, and has the equipment of practical knowledge to make his way. The counselors of the organization are not sentimentalists; they view the expense for meeting places and equipment, camps and outings, as an investment which in peace or war yields sure returns. The fact that these boys are trained to obey and to serve is not encouragement to militarism; but the discipline is useful to those who in civil life are to be "soldiers of the common good." The question of the abolition of capital punishment is under severe agitation out in Arizona There were eleven prisoners under sentence of death, and Governor Hunt, who does not believe in capital punishment, was most reluctantly averse to signing the death warrants of the condemned men. He caused the question of modifying the punishment to be submitted to the people by referendum. The people refused to change the law. Then with the idea of intensifying the horror of the thing the governor announced that he would have all the people then under sentence of death in his state?eleven of them?hanged on December 19, at the same time and from the same scaffold. The public executioner could not stand for this and resigned his job. Governor Hunt had reason to believe that his referendum had been defeated mainly through the efforts of the heads of the railroad and copper companies. Under the law there must be a Jury of twelve at each execution, and the governor announced that he would appoint as Jurors these same corporation heads and others who had opposed his referendum. This naturally caused additional consternation and reluctance. Last week the supreme court granted new trials in the case of six of the condemned, and the penal board that has charge of such matters granted a schedule of reprieves in the case of the others. In the meantime the governor has succeeded in putting the voters of his state down to some solid thinking It is understood that at the opening of the coming session of the general assembly, the prohibitionists propose to launch a movement to submit the matter to a vote of the people. The movement will be blocked by petitions from every county in the state, and from almost every township. Objection is being raised from certain questions, the argument being that the legislature should be given an opportunity to carry out the constructive policies, especially compulsory education, that were advocated in the campaign of last summer. It is argued that the fact that Hon. Chas. A. Smith was not elected, is evidence that the people do not want prohibition. If there are any so-called constructive policies to the fore, such as are likely to command the united action of the general assembly, we have failed to keep track of them. We have never considered the compulsory education slogan other than in the light of so much political claptrap. By that we do not mean to be understood as objecting to more education, especially common school education. We have never yet complained of any tax for educational purposes. and we hope we will never complain, however heavy that tax may be. According to our view, all that Is needed to advance educational work as rapidly as it can be advanced, is the money. Give us the money sufficient to provide schoolhouses and teachers for all the pupils who want to go to school and there will still be plenty of time to consider compulsory measures against those who would hold back. It is being charged that this prohibition movement is purely political. Maybe so; but we do not believe it. If It Is political, however, it is no more political than is the compulsory education movement, and so far as we are concerned, we consider prohibition?a law that will enable us to benefit from the Webb law? as of more immediate importance than some kind of a makeshift of a compulsory education law. And furthermore. with prohibition established, such prohibition as will now be easily possible with the Webb law, the educational problem will be greatly simplified. Considering the nature of the dispatches that have been carrying the war news in the papers, it is not surprising that so many people, especially in view of their preconceived notions of British power, should be led to believe that the Germans stood no show to win in this war. But now the thing has gone far enough and developed enough, it seems to us, to at least warrant us to pause sufficiently to readjust our pre-concelved notions. There is no discounting the fact that England, France and Russia have been giving unmistakably creditable accounts of themselves, but at the same time it seems foolish not to see at least a part of the extent to which the Germans and Austrlans have discredited original estimates. It is true that the Germans were checked in their march on Paris, and It Is true also that they have not yet been able to take the English channel ports along the French coast for which they have been so stubbornly and persistently striving: but it is very well not to forget the significance of the fact that the Germans are still holding their own after all these months, and if the French and British have made any considerable headway against them at any point, the facts have not been presented in a way that carries general conviction. During last week the papers several times told us with large headlines that the Russians had the Germans trapped in Poland; but each time the first reports have been followed by seemingly more authentic statements that the Germans have "gotten out of the traps," and sent large numbers of Russian prisoners back into Germany. Germany has been pretty well wiped off the highseas; but not until her few scattering vessels had done more damage to her enemies than has ever been done by any other nation under anything like similar circumstances, and the extent to which the British navy has suffered in the meantime from mines and submarines, principally submarines, is simply appalling. It may be that the war is going to end within a few weeks or a few months: but we fail to see it that way. Until the Germans are driven back to within their own borders, we are inclined to consider them as still having the best of it, and when they are driven back into their own borders, if this shall ever happen, we shall look upon the war as having only fairly commenced, with the advantage rather in favor of the allies. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTI8EMENT8 D. T. Woods, Clerk?Especially urges a full attendance at meeting of Yorkville camp, W. O. W., Thursday night for election of officers. Sherer & Quinn?Have new crop molasses in barrel and cans, and also a variety of other goods that are Reasonable at this time. G. W. Whitesides & Co., Sharon?Offer special values in underwear, overalls, shoes, and Royal tailored clothes for men. Feed hogs on rice bran. Lyric Theatre?"Trey O' Hearts" tonight. Special programmes Thursday and Saturday. Thomson Co.?On page four, announces haJf prices on ladies' coats and suits and children's coats; clothing reduced a third. For Christmas shoppers, T. W. Speck?Invites you to come and see the elegant line of holiday goods ?jewelry, silverware, etc., now on display at his store. McConnell Dry Goods Co.?Reminds you of its forced sale now in progress, Men's overcoat special. Good time for merchants to fill in stock. Klrkpatrick-Belk Co.?Thursday begins a special stock reducing sale in all departments to continue until December 31st. Reductions everywhere. There was considerable snow in the vicinity of Lesslie station, Sunday night. Why not send three subscriptions to The Enquirer and get a good pair of scissors or ten subscribers and get a 31-plece dinner set? If there ever was a time when the people of this locality needed to be fully and correctly Informed on the developments of the day, that time Is now. The delegates to the nineteenth annual U. D. C., convention held in York vllle laat week thoroughly enjoyed themselves. The state historian of the division, Mrs. Carrie McC. Patrick, of Anderson, voiced the sentiment of all the visiting ladies when she said. "Why, we didn't know It was raining!" While the special war taxes are being collected, it will not be possible for the principals in real estate transfers to conceal the amount of (honey involved in sales by the use of the time-honored phrase, "for $1 * and other considerations." No matter what sum figures in the deed, it will be necessary to attach a 50 centgtamp for each $500 value of the property sold. Because of the exceedingly bad weather prevailing during all of last week, the management of the Southern and C. & N.-W. railways have been taking extra precautions against possible accidents that might result from washoutp or defective track due to the wet weather. Engineers on both roads have been receiving cautionary orders to slow down at certain points and trackmen have been required to make close inspections to see that their sections were in good shape. It is hoped that all the members of the Boys' Corn club and all the farmer boys of eligible age in the county will come to the meeting in Yorkville next Saturday. In the early days of the corn club, the matter of the "largest yield" per acre was stressed more than anything else. This was natural, as it was the one point that suggested common interest for the largest number. Even in the beginning, however, those responsible for the corn club did not consider the size of the yield as the thing of the greatest importance. They looked up economy of production and the quality of the product as taking first place, and now this idea is being pretty generally understood by those boys who are entering most fully upon the spirit of the whole splendid qaovement. At the meeting next Saturday the speakers will likely give a very comprehensive idea of all that has been accomplished from the beginning, and suggest additional inspiration for the future. For that reason It is hoped that there will be a full attendance, not only of the active members, but of those who expect to become members. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. A verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $1,000 was returned In the case of Florence W. Creed vs. the Rock Hill Fertilizer company, Saturday. When the second week of the court of common pleas began yesterday, all the jurors answered to their names. The following were excused from service: E. B. Chambers, T. C. Branson, H. F. Stephenson, J. E. Poag, O. Motz, A. M. McGill, T. S. Reed, J. E. Poag. It was necessary to draw a special venire of nine jurors, and the following names were taken from the feox: T. G. McCarter, J. J. McCarter. J. G. Wardlaw, W. B. Thomasson, J. W. McFarland, N. S. Black, J. A. Latta, G. F. Grant, J. W. Kirkpatrick. The first case taken up was the complaint of J. C. Poole vs. the Carolina Traction company of Rock Hill. The Jury awarded the plaintiff $600 damages. Court is now engaged in the case of Daniel S. Hoilis, vs. the Carolina Traction Co. Damages in the sum of $5,075 is asked, the plaintiff alleging that he has suffered much pain and mental anguish as the result of his horse being frightened by a street car in Rock Hill, the accident occurring July 4,1913. WESTERN TEACHERS MEET The first meeting of the Western division of the York County Teachers' association was held at Clover, Saturday, Prof. J. W. Shealy of the Clover school presiding. Although there were comparatively few teachers present, the meeting was an interesting and successful one, due to the fact that practically every teacher took part in the several discussions of various phases of school work. Rev. W. W. Lipscomb, pastor of Clover and Union Baptist churches, offered the opening invocation, and Dr. E. W. Pressly in a short address welcomed the teachers to Clover. The principal speaker of the day was Rev. Dr. A. D. P. Gilmour, pastor of Purity Presbyterian church, Chester, who took as the subject of his address, "The Denominational College?A Denominational Necessity." The following were elected officers of the Western division for the coming year: President. Miss Cammie Roddey, Clover; vice president, Miss Lucile Rabb. Hickory Grove; secretary, Miss Mary Cartwright. Yorkville; treasurer, Miss Sudie Allison. Yorkville. Luncheon was served to the association members in the school building, the county board of education bearing the expense of the spread. It will be remembered that at the last meeting of the teachers' association in Yorkville. Superintendent Carroll announced that the county board of education would hereafter provide luncheon at all meetings of the association, thus relieving the people In the place where the meetings may he neia or me burden of entertaining the teachers. The afternoon session of the meeting Saturday, was in the nature of a high school conference, the teachers discussing the question of the number ot studies a high school pupil should take and the most important of those studies. Before adjournment the teachers decided that the next meeting or the western division shall be held in Yorkville. Jan. 2"*. The following teachers attended the meeting at Clover: Misses Lizzie Woods, Annie Jackson, Margaret Faulkner. Pearl Knox, Edna Henry, Bessie Gettys. Jennie Currence. Bessie Adams, Euzelia Wilson. Mabel Flanagan. Cammie Roddey. Annie Lee Neil, Anna Lewis, Sudie AlHarm \fnrv Portwrltrhf M^duru R F! Allen. R. H. Holliday, R C. Riddle J. W. Shealy, County Superintendent John E. Carroll. The eastern teachers will meet at Rock Hill, next Saturday. BOYS' CORN CLUB The Boys' Corn club of York county is to meet in Yorkville, next Saturday. I and not onlv all who have been active I s members this year; but all the boys * who desire to avail themselves of this cr splendid work are invited to give their ? attendance. The fathers of the boys, d and other farmers who are interested will also be welcome. c The main purpose of the meeting is J to award premiums on the work of the r past year in corn production, seed selection, economy of cultivation, and j various other matters. There are a \ large number of valuable premiums to | be awarded, and they do not all de- c pend upon the number of bushels of corn produced to the acre, either. The o cost of production per bushtl counts R for more than quantity, and quality counts for as much as either cost or t( quantity. n There will be a welcoming address by Mr. J. C. Wllborn, mayor of the town ^ and president of the board of trade, ^ and also addresses by well known ag- t ricultural experts, Prof. Beeler of Win- * throp, and W. H. Barton-of Clemson, f for the boys, their fathers, and such \ portion of the general public as may be * Interested. a Prof. Beeler is to take for his subject, "Purposes in Life," and Mr. ( Barton, who is assistant state agent of t the Demonstration work, is to talk on t "Boys' Corn Club Work in Soil Build- a irtg." r Messrs. John R. Blair and A. A. Mc- i Keown, demonstration agents in this t county were here making arrange- y ments for the meeting yesterday, and t the board of trade was glad to see to it i that a suitable hall would be secured, ^ and that lunch would be provided for the Corn Club boys and their fathers ^ either at the hall or some other suit- g able place. The board of trade also d promised that the boys would be en- 2 tertained at the Lyric theatre, and that i everything possible would be done to . make the day both pleasant and profit- , able. , It has developed that James W. ? Draffin of the Santuc section, has led ~ everybody in corn production, having harvested from his acre a yield of 134 bushels; but that fact is not expected n to discourage attendance. It is espe- t cially desired that all the members of i the club come out to the meeting next J Saturday, including the Ebenezer and <1 Bethel boys who lost their crops in the ^ great hall storm last summer, and all I the other boys who wish to identify t themselves with the work. There will a be a pleasant time for all, and between r the addresses referred to and what the boys can learn from each other, the occasion will prove profitable. THE MARRIAGE RECORD " Up to noon yesterday 1,633 marriage licenses had been issued in York coun- j ty. The number of licenses issued b from Nov. 6 to Dec. 6, was forty-three, an increase of nine over the previous 8 month's licensure. Mr. J. L Houston <; has charge of the probate judge's office g during the illness of Judge 'Wiliams. n Following are the licenses issued since Nov. 5: w Nov. 7?William Robinson and Mary Ramsey. 11 Nov. 7?William F. McWaters and P Bessie Roberts. n Nov. 7?Finley W. Mitchell and Bes- ^ sie C. Ramsey. Nov. 7?Jake Brown and Lillie Mc- n Clooney (colored). Nov. 9?Thornwell Culp and Ocey Hood. 1 Nov. 9?John T. Goforth and Nannie 8 Patterson. t Nov. 9?A. Headen Bynum and Alice h Butler Cherry. Nov. 10? Robert McCluney and Lora n Queen. c I Nov. 10?Fred Mobley and Mary McCright (colored). Nov. 11?Blakely Wallace and Jane v Wilson (white). I Nov. 11?Rob Webb and Hattie a Thomas son (colored). Nov. 12?J. Clifton Turner and Ozzle 8 L. Maxwell. P Nov. 13?Miles B. Johnson and Min- ^ nie Cornard. Nov. 14?Eddie Fewell and Mary Meeks (colored). si Nov. 14?Dan Lingerfelt and Maggie C( Dee Queen. Nov. 14?James Wellman and Ollie a Costner. c< Nov. 16?Benjamin P. Hawkins and w Minnie Lee Comer. N Nov. 17?Robert Ramsey and Macle * Pruitt. b Nov. 17?Charlie Lindsay and Lattie Mobley (colored). . Nov. 18?Charlie Jones and Hester 11 Benson (colored). c Nov. 18?Roy M. Neil and Minnie Robbie Miller. ~ Nov. 18?Sam Glenn and Lula Wilson (colored). s' Nov. 20?John Cloniger and Annie n Lee Railey. Nov. 20?Frederick Massey and Florence Dunlap (colored). b Nov. 20?Martin L. Lesslie and Flor- -j ence Simpson. Nov. 20?W. Brown Love and Julia a Foster. 8 Nov. 21?Torry McKlney and Eliza t Brice (colored). t, Nov. 21?William H. Rogers and Lll lie may j. uumas. Nov. 21?George King and Mattie Hardin (colored). Nov. 22?Solomon R Moore and Em- P ma Ruffln. s< Nov. 23?Jno R. Blair and Clyde t| Cain. . Nov. 24?James Whitlock and Maggie Archie (colored). Nov. 25?Allen G. Lawrence and b Annie Thomasson. _ Nov. 25?Jeptha G. McKnight and Mattie P. Gettys. Nov. 25?Lucius Fewell and Carrie tj Stephenson (colored). . Nov. 28?Ewart Jennings and Selma n Helms Nov. 30?Thomas J. Roland and c] Belle Workman. ? Nov. 30?Barry Robinson and Jennie Lee Carroll. 8 Nov. 30?Jno. T. Locke and Ethel w Black. n Dec. 2?James Archie and Gusta Chisom (colored). Dec. 4?Arthur Barnett and Mary E. ti Holly (colored). _ Dec. 5?Ernest Wright and Emma Alexander (colored). " Dec. 5?Agie Worthy and Hattie n Woods (colored). * c h ABOUT PEOPLE tl Mr. Frank Putnam of Yorkville. j, spent Sunday in Camden. Mr. B. G. Lilley of Filbert returned home Sunday, after a visit to Colum- P bla, b Miss Tilla West of Newberry. S. C., tl visited Miss Ruth Crosby, in Yorkvtlle, this week. Mr. J. W. McLuin of Charlotte. Is n visiting his father, Mr. W. T. Me- P Lain, on Yorkvllle No. 5. t< Mr. B. P. Smith of Yorkville visited a his brother, Mr. Harry C. Smith in u Charlotte, this week. Mr. H. C. Sowell of Van Wyck. visited the family of Mrs. J. C. McKnight v on Yorkville No. 4, this week. si Miss Louise Dobson of the Union w school, spent Saturday and Sunday at t) her home in Yorkville. Mrs. Henry Massey of Rock Hill, f visited her sister, Mrs. J. C. Wilborn, n in Yorkville, last week. a Mr. C. T. Thomas of Clover, is vis- p iting his son, Dr. Jos. E. Thomas, at 8( Jefferson, S. C. Mr. Thomas Reid returned to his home in Rock Hill, yesterday, after tl a visit to friends in Yorkville. di Mrs. P. M. Parr of Union, S. C? tl is spending several days with her , niece. Miss Julia Smith, in Yorkville. Mr. Croswell Slaughter, who has w been working in Shreveport, La., re- " turned to his home in Hickory Grove, bi Saturday. p. Miss Thelma Beckham, who has been spending several months In Leesvllle, S. C., has returned to her ci home in Yorkville. a Congressman D. E. Finley delivered -?? r% V?o mamnpial ovnrnluPD an auuicaa ai uic mciuvi ?ui vnv.v?UVw , of the Columbia lodge of Elks, In that city, Sunday. E Mr. W. W. Wyatt of Smyrna, was In S Yorkville yesterday on business, this \ being his first trip down this way tor tI many months. Col, W. W. Lewis of Yorkville, left this morning for Charleston, where n he will attend a meeting of the board of visitors of the Citadel, the military ~ college of South Carolina. Mr. P. B. McABee of Sharon No. 1, 411 is in Charleston, this week, repre- w icr.ting Hoodtown Masonic lodge at he grand lodge, now In session. Mr. 8. H. McLean, division passener agent of the Southern railway, pent several hours in Yorkville, Friay, in the interest of the company. Miss Georgie Burke, who has had iharge of the millinery department of he Kirkpatrick-Belk Co., this season, eft yesterday for her home in Baltinore. Mr. and Mrs. A. Rose and son Mr. Indral, of Leesville, returned to Yorkrllle, FYiday, and will reside here in uture. They are living in the cottage ormerly occupied by Mr. C. T. Stroup ?n Railroad avenue. Mr. D. T. Woods, worshipful master f Philanthropic lodge, No. 32, A. F. I., Yorkville, and Mr. Starr N. Stacy, ;orshlpful master of Alpine lodge, No. 08, Clover, left yesterday afternoon o attend the annual grand lodge leetlng in Charleston. Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Ryder of Atanta, * ~ J jo,,, utivt? tuiiiuuuucu Lilt; ciiKa^cuiciu if their daughter, Miss Martha, to Mr. Villiam H. Barnwell, the marriage to ake place in Atlanta, Jan. 6. Mr. Barnveil is a brother of Mr. John Barnwell, ormerly superintendent of the Yorkrille Water, Light and Power Co., and le, himself has many friends in this lection. Prof. R. H. Holliday of Hickory Jrove, who was among those attending he meeting of the Western division of he York County Teachers' association it Clover, Saturday, spent Saturday light in Yorkville. Prof. Holliday who s serving his fifth year as principal of he Hickory Grove high school, says le does not expect to offer for re-elecion to the prlncipalship of the school. Ie has not yet fully decided where he vill locate. Rev. and Mrs. J. H. Machen of rorkvllle, were called to Greenville, aturday afternoon, on account of the eath of Mr. Machen's sister, Mrs. O. ). Riddle. The Interment was at 'rinceton, Laurens county, Sunday. Irs. Riddle is the second of Mr. lachen's sisters to die within the past ew months, the wife of Mr. R. A. looper, another sister, having died ist summer. Mr. W. D. McCarter, who recently noved his family from Filbert to Yorkdlle, expects to engage in the log buyng business exclusively next year. Mr. dcCarter will make Yorkville his headluarters, although his work will take dm into various parts of the county. Ie is now engaged in cutting logs on he Moore place, near Clover, and will loon move to the James Cansler lands lear Tlrzah. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? Only fifteen more shopping days ntll Christmas. ? The sixth installment of the serial hoto play, "The Trey o* Hearts," will e shown at the Lyric theatre tonight. ? The pupils of the Yorkville Graded chool will have two weeks' holiday at Ihristmas this year. School work will uspend the Friday preceding Christnas. ? The Yorkville camp of Woodmen f the World will hold Its annual iieeting next Thursday evening, for the urpose of electing officers for the ext year, and to transact such other luslness as usually comes up at an anual meeting. ? Attention has been called to the act that now Is the time to buy dry oods In Yorkville. Practically all of he dry goods people have given up all ope of profit, and have their goods narked down to an equality with 7 ents cotton. ? Workman are today laying concrete /alks on the A. R. P. church grounds, t will be remembered that a few weeks go the lawns were sown with la.wn rass seed. The congregation Is exectlng the grounds to present a beauiful appearance next spring. ? A person does not have to put tamps on telegrams. Pay the one snt tax and the company will look fter the rest If you have an acount at the telegraph office, don't orry. The war tax will be charged, ever mlnu the stamp. Just pay the ill. ? The Rt. Rev. W. A. Guerry of Colmbia, bishop of the Episcopal dloese of South Carolina, preached in le Church of the Good Sheppard, unday morning. There was a good zed congregation out to hear the oted divine. ? Yesterday, salesday for December, nought an unusually large crowd to rorkville, and the merchants report , fairly busy day. There were a ood many horse traders here, and here was more trading in that line han there has been at any time this all. ? That the holiday season is aproaching is evidenced by the fact that iveral of the stores are already putng out their Christmas goods. Boxes f fire crackers, Roman candles and ther noise-makers dear to the small oy's heart, have also been seen In lore than one window. ? Frank Smith, an electrician at le Ancona mill, was pretty badly urt, Saturday morning, when he fell om a ladder on to one of the mahines in the mill. He was repairing motor overhead when his ladder lipped, hurling him on the machine, hich, fortunately, was not in opeition. ? Magistrate J. C. Comer of York ownshlp, Is anxious to secure office uarters In the court house when that ulldlng Is completed next year. The laglstrate of Union township in Union ounty has an office in the Union court ouse, and Magistrate Comer thinks bat he likewise should have an office i the York county court house. ? The postofflce department has suplted the Yorkville office with a numer of pamphets containing informainn In rpcnj-d to the narcel Dost and ther postal matters. Most of the busiess houses have received copies of the amphlet and the postofflce Is anxious o place the pamphlet in the hands of 11 parties to whom it might prove seful. ? The First National bank of YorkUle, expects to move into its handome new building, within the next reek or ten days. The work of putng in the fixtures is now nearing eomletion. The furniture is of handsome larble and mahogany, and the railings nd grills are of brass, and when coAileted the building will be the handomest banking house in the county. ? Not a single girl attending Wln>rop college spent Sunday and yesteray at her home. As a usual thing lere are a dozen or more Winthrop Iris here each week. Examinations ill begin at Winthrop this week, and le girls evidently thought they had fst stay at the college and try to repare themselves for the ordeal. ? At the regular monthly communiation of Philanthropic lodge, No. 32, .. F. M., held last night, the followlg officers were elected to serve durlg the next Masonic year, beginning ecember 27: W. M., J. E. Hart; . W., John E. Carroll: J. W., J. P. IcMurray; secretary, F. E. Quinn; -easurer, J. Q. Wray. The appointee officers have not yet been anounced. ? Notices were posted in the Neely, ravora and Lockmore mills last Frily, to the effect that the three mills <iuld close down on December l!)th. | probably for a period of two weeks, until January 4th. Of course if the demand for yarn Improves, the notice of the shut-down may be changed. The present understanding is that the Ancona mill will close only three days for the Christmas holidays?24th, 25th and 26th. ? "Well, I'll tell you this," said an employe of the Ancona fhill a day or two ago, "the people out here certain ly ought to be thankful for a mill like this one to work in. It is the best place to work that I have been and I have worked at different places in North Carolina?at Concord and Kanapolis?and although the Cannon company owns the North Carolina mills, this mill out here beats them all. The working conditions are good, the pay is as high as it is anywhere, and they are certainly good folks to work for, and there is plenty of work in sight." ? Information was sought at the postoffice this morning as to the number of depositors there were in the Yorkville Postal Savings bank. The postoffice authorities declined to give the information on the ground that it was against the rules of the postoffice department.- It was stated, however, that the number of depositors is small and the amounts on depost are smaller still. Oalnsvllle, 6a., is the largest Postal Savings depositary in the south. The Postal Savings bank deposits are always larger In towns where there is considerable foreign population. ? At the regular monthly meeting of Mackey chapter, No. 16, Royal Arch Masons, of Yorkville, held last Friday night, the following officers were elected and appointed and later installed, to serve the chapter during the next Masonic year, beginning December 27?the festival of St. John the Evangelist: High priest, O. E. Wliklns; king, A. M. Grist; scribe, J. P. McMurray; P. S., A. T. Hart; C. of H.. F. E. Quinn; R. A. C., S. W. McKnlght; 3rd V., R. S. McConnell, 2nd v., J. Q. Wray; 1st V., N. C. McCorkle; sec., W. S. Willis; trees., S. L. Steele; sentinel, W. R. Latimer. A Dutch lunch was served during the evening. ? An employe of one of the local mills last week, showed that he was a real, live edition of Sherlock Holmes. The man la employed in the power room of the mill and when he hung up his coat he left in the outside pocket a watch attached to a chain through the lapel buttonhole. Later on another party came In to grind an axe on the mill grindstone. In the meantime, the owner of the watch left the room. On his return, he noticed that his watch was gone. He noticed that on the lapel where the chain passed through the buttonhole, there were dust marks that looked like grindstone dust, evidently left there by the party who purloined the watch. The watch owner said nothing of his suspicions, but sent for Constable Peters. He told the officer that his watch had been stolen and that he suspected two persons, and felt sure one of them was guilty and named the parties and the reason for his suspicion. The constable, accompanied by the watch owner, approached one of the suspected men, and said in effect: "This man has lost his watch, and either you or So-and-So has It. I want it and I want It right now." "I haven't got it," was the reply, "but I saw him when he took it out of the coat" The watch was recovered. LOCAL LACONIC8 Post Oak 8chool Opens. The Post Oak school in Bethel township began its winter term yesterday morning with a fairly good attendance. Mrs. Ollie Turner is teaching the school. York Medical Association. The York Count;- Medical association is holding: its regular monthly meeting at Clover today. Quite a number of York county doctors are In attendance. York Minister to Remain. Rev. C. W. Boyd, rector of the Episcopal church at Rock Hill, who recently received a call to the church at Beaufort, has declined acceptance of that pastorate, and will remain In York county. Yorkville Wins. Tl)e Yorkville Graded school football eleven defeated the strong Lancaster school team on the tetter's muddy field test Friday evening by a score of 7 to 0. This is very likely the last game the Yorkville school will play this season. Registration Board Met. The York county board of registration, Messrs. R. M. Wallace of Piedmont; J. B. Barron of Ebenezer and L. G. Nunn of Rock Hill, held their annual meeting In Yorkville, yesterday. Only three persons made application for registration certificates. Good Farming, This Mr. John M. Hartness who lives In the Beersheba community is said to have the largest crop raised with three mules In York county, this year. Mr. Hartness made about fifty bales of cotton and something like 500 bushels of corn. Summerton Boy Wins. J. A. Mood of Summerton, a student at the Citadel, has secured the scholarship to the United States naval academy at Annapolis, as the result of the competitive examination held In Co lumbia, recently, uniy one lore county boy?W. Latta Law of Rock Hill? was a contestant for the scholarship. Acreage Reduction. A friend writes from Santuc, that one-fourth more grain is being sown down there than heretofore; but he sees little evidence of any intention to reduce the cotton crop. He does not think his neighbors are going to pay a great deal of attention to the acreage reduction law. York Man Elected. Prof. J. Harvey Wltherspoon, superintendent of the Gaffney schools, and former superintendent of the Yorkville Graded schools, was on Saturday elected president of the Cherokee County Teachers' association for the coming year. Dr. Lee Davis Lodge of Limestone college, was ' elected first vice president. Rock Hill Mills. Only two of Rock Hill's mills?the Aragon and the Carhartt, are running full time, and as a result of the curtailment on the part of the others, Rock Hill merchants have been hit more or less. None of the mills have been closed down entirely and there Is no Indication that they will be at any time soon. M ** anel M AnfU HlsAatA. I 1 V ( Wk MIIW WWMVWI Several York county fanners have written Dr. R. O. Freely of Clemson college, making inquiry us to the probability of the foot and mouth disease among cattle reaching this section. The state veterinarian has is- . sued a statement in which he says Ar that he has no fear of the dreaded disease spreading over South Car.)Una. ^ Aid to the Chaingang. Deputy Sheriff Quinn took three white men to the chaingang yesterday. They were sent to Yorkvllle Saturday ^ from Rock Hill where they had been arrested as hoboes. The men were Journeying southward when they were stopped In Rock Hill and made to assist in York county road building for ^ a short time. There are now between fifty and sixty convicts on the York county chaingang. Clerk's Sales. Two tracts of land were sold before the court house door by the clerk of the court yesterday morning. The G. R. Turner land in Bethel township, containing 106 4-5 acres was first exposed to sale. It was bought by O. A. Neil, the purchase price being $3,000. ? In the action brought by Samuel Fried helm et al., vs. Dora C. Jackson, et al., / a tract of land containing 62 acres, was sold to S. H. Jackson, the land bringing $1,000. Prof. Carberry to Loavs. Prof. J. L. Carberry, who for several years past has been engaged in mill improvement work in co-operation with Winthrop college, leaves this week for Beaufort, where he has accepted a position as farm demonstrator for Beaufort county. Prof. Carberry is well known in York county, every section of which he has visited, and his work has been or mucn value 10 ine w county. Confsrsnco Ended. The thirty-fifth annual session of the North Carolina Weeleyan conference, held in Rock Hill last week, came ^ to a close Sunday night. The conference will be held in Asheville,, N. C., next year. Rev. E. W. Black, who has had charge of the Weeleyan pastorate in Rock H411 the past year has been transferred to Gastonia. Rev. S. P. Chapman is the new pastor of the only York county Weeleyan church. Federal Prisoner Free. T. E. Lindsay placed his t. et upon the ground for the first time In seven and one half months, this morning. Lindsay has been confined in the York county Jail, having been convicted in the Uited States court of operating an ^ illicit distillery. He was given a sentence of nine months, but six weeks of the sentence was taken off on account of his very good behavior. Lindsay lives near Greer, S. C., and returned home tod{iy. Andrew Jackson Chapter. One of the four chapters o* the South Carolina division, U. D. C., to be organized within the last year, and report of which was made at the state convention in Yorkville last week, was the Andrew Jackson chapter, of Clover. The V officers of the new chapter are: Mrs. E. ? W. Pressly, president; Mrs. M. L. Moulton, vice president; Mrs. R. A. Jackson, recording secretary; Mra 7. H. Jackson, corresponding secretary; Miss Llla Jackson, treasurer; Miss Jessie Neil, historian; Mra J. D. Duff, regis- p trar. Death of York County Man. Mr. Valdora Garrison, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Garrison of the Ogden section, died in the Rocky Creek section of Chester county, Saturday, following a three weeks' Illness with typhoid fever. The deceased was born near Ogden, M about thirty years ago. He had been living in Chester county for some time as manager of a farm belonging to Mr. John Fraser of Cheater. He had been married about a year, and is survived i 4 < by his widow, who was Miss Elaine \ . Simpson. The funeral and interment was at Caper's Chapel, Chester county, ^ Sunday afternoon. Inscriptions Tabooed. York county people who propose to send packages of clothing and food for the relief of the distressed Belgians, hnvA hppn wurnwl that one feature of the plan must be abandoned. It was proposed that "Made in South Carol! - j na," or "From South Carolina," be In some way inscribed on each package of clothing or food sent from any part of the state. The Belgian relief committee has stated that no such legend, or even so apparently an unobjectionable phrase as "Merry Christmas," may be carried by these packages, either inside or outside. The waning nations will not permit of the passage through their territory of any parcel bearing t anything which could possibly be used as a military cipher. Look for Certificate. As York county people well know, most of the Irish potatoes used in this section are shipped here from the north and west. The department of & agriculture on Saturday, issued a warning to farmers of the southern states against buying seed potatoes from Maine, unless they bear the department's certificate showing the potatoes to be free from powdry scab. They are also warned against the use 4 of table potatoes for planting purposes, as these, according to the department, even though they do not show the disease, may have been exposed to it. Death of Mrs. M. S. McElwee. Following an Illness of a little more than a week with pneumonia, Mrs. Mary Sadler McElwee died at her home in Rock Hill shortly after six o'clock Friday afternoon. Mrs. McElwee, 41 who was about 76 years of age, was born near Guthriesville, and was a daughter of the late Newton Sadler. She was twice married?first to W. H. Poag. and secondly to the late Lewis McElwee. Of the first union, two children, W. H. Poag and Miss Esther Poag, survive. Two children of her second marriage, Mr. J. N. McElwee and Mrs. S. T. Frew, also survive. The deceased also leaves a brother, Mr. Samuel Sadler of Rock Hill. The funeral and interment was held in Rock Hill. Saturday afternoon. At Rock Hill Again. VVinthrop college will again be tfcy scene of the South Carolina Intercollegiate Oratorical contest on Friday, April 20, 1915. The executive committee, composed of one student A of each of the South Carolina college', met at Winthrop. Saturday, and in a short time decided that the contest shall again be held there. Until the burning down of the famous Oregon hotel in Greenwood, several years ago, the annual oratorical contest was held ^ at Lander college in that city. The " new Oregon hotel of Greenwood has been completed and a representative cf the Chamber of Commerce of that place appeared before the executive committee. Saturday, urging that Greenwood be selected as the place for the annual event, his argument, however proving fruitless. U. 0. C. Officer*. The last business to be taken up before the nineteenth annual convention of the South Carolina Division, U. D. C. in Yorkville, came to a close last Friday, was the election of officers for the ensuing year Miss Alice Marlon Earle of Columbia, was re-elected president and Mrs. J. L. McWhirter, cf Jonesville; Mrs. J. D. Holstein of Edgefield; Miss Mary Williams cf Yorkville, and Mrs. A. C. Sinclair, cf Bennettsville, were re-elected vice presidents. Mrs. John Mixson of Union was elected recording secretary to succeed Mrs. Chapman G. Milling of Darlington, who declined re-election, and Mrs. Annie Calhoun Ancrum of Camden was elected auditor, vice Mrs. U. R. Brooks of Columbia, whose term had expired. The other state officers W H r*olv nt OrnantHll.. corresponding secretary; Mollle O. Perry of Lancaster, treasurer: T. R. Trimmler of Spartanburg, registrar, and John Cart of Orangeburg recorder 0 of crosses, were re-elected. The convention adjourned amid the chantinsr of the famous hymn of farewell. "God Be With You Till We Meet Again" and most of the delegates returned to thejr homes on the evening trains.