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Straps and |acts. ? Col. 'Goethals. governor of the Canal zone, cabled to Washington last Friday, asking that torpedo boat destroyers be sent to enforce neutrality In canal waters. It developed that the allies have a large tieet rendezvoused within a short distance of the canal and that colliers from this fleet have been making rather free in the harbor of Balboa and the adjacent waters, picking up and sending wireless messages of a warlike character. The colliers would steam away without paying any attention to signals from the authorities of the canal zone to stop, and Col. Goethals decided that it was about time to send lor some destroyers to make the altogether too Independent colliers more careful as to the manner of their behavior. ? Washington, December 14: Whirling forward at tremendous speed, winter's decided attack today had left snow or cold weather in its wake throughout the east from Alabama to Maine. Storm warning were displayed along the coast from Hatteras to Bastport. Heavy snows delayed business in parts of New England, Tennessee, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and the mountain district of the Middle Atlantic states. Fifteen inches of snow fell at Oswego, New York. The temperatures' decided drop was almost general throughout the east and middle west. As far south as the gulf coast, the mercury fell to below the freezing point and to below zero in the upper Mississippi valley and north plain states. Continuance of wintry weather is predicted today. Freezing temperatures are expected for gulf and South Atlantic states, except south Florida. ? Farm wealth of the United States estimated at 140,000,000,000 should be made the basis on which the prosperity of the country rests permanently, yet there Is no adequate law in existence under which to finance the farm, says a St. Joseph. Mo., dispatch. This was the condition discussed here last Friday at the Interstate Agricultural congress by W. C. Brown, ex-president of the New York Central railroad, and now an Iowa farmer. "The establishment of farm credits is one of the most important questions now before the nation." Mr. Brown said. "The farmer is paying twice the interest he should. Long time loans at a low rate would enable the farmer properly to finance his work and It is this financing upon which depends to a large degree, the prosperity of the country. Mr. Brown said the people should indorse President Wilson's plan for a land bank. ? A dispatch of Saturday to the London Evening News from Valpa-oton Ohiio mvs it in rpnorted that the German cruiser r>resden has taken refuge in an inlet on the coast of Patagonia. The Dresden is the only vessel of the German squadron which met the British fleet in the South Atlantic. December 8. that has not been accounted for. The engagement of December 8, oft the Falkland islands, resulted in the destruction of the German cruisers Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and Leipzig. Later it was announced the Nurnberg also had been destroyed. The Dresden escaped and was supposed to have fled westward. That would take her to the coast of Patagonia, where the Valparaiso report places her. Patagonia and the straits of Magellan offer numerous bays and inlets where a vessel could take refuge. There are also some Chilean ports where a warship could intern. British warships doubtless are in pursuit of the Dresden and it is said that Japanese cruisers are watching for her. ? Cotton consumed during November was 420,663 bales, exclusive of linters, compared with 456,356 in November, last year, the census bureau announced on yesterday. Consumption for the four months ending November 30, was 21,678,378 bales against 1,843,064 last year. Cotton on hand November 30, in manufacturing establishments was 1,060,765 bales, compared with 1,426,638 a year ago, and in Independent warehouses, 5,008,374. compared with 3,262,714 a year ago. Exports were 760,929 bales, against 1,501,257 last year, and for the four months, 1.405.049 against 4,206,650 a year ago. Imports were 13,274 bales, against 7,281 last year and for the four months 67.828 against 28,084 a year ago. Cotton spindles active numbered 30,441,315 against 30,949,337 a year ago. Linters consumed 78,373 bales, against 58.823 a year ago. and for the four months 107,509 bales, against 111,961 last year; on hand in manufacturing establishments "n u-C Q fiOQ q voflr O.iU uairo, agamsi u?,g?? .. .7 ago, and in independent warehouses 56,809, against 34,541 a year ago. Linters exported were 7.267 bales and for the four months 14,064 bales. ? Richard Canfleld, for many years the best known gambler and sporting man in the United States, died at his home in Brooklyn, last Friday as the result cf a fall down the steps of a subway entrance in New York on Thursday. Canfleld at one time operated at Saratoga, the first gambling palace in America. It was said that among the frequenters of his place were governors. United States senators. society leaders and others. He would not allow any citizen of Saratoga to gamble in his place, and also he allowed no poor man or "piker" to take part in a game. During a long series of prosecutions which ended several years ago, it came out in the testimony that Reginald Vanderbilt at one time owed him $100 000. It said that he neither gambled nor thank alcoholic liquors himself. In < i correction with his Saratoga gambling place he ran one of the first and expensive restaurants in the ^^^^ nited States. The pursuit that final v ran him down was led by Wm. avers Jerome; but no case was ever ^P^BVoven against him until the New ^^ork assembly passed an act compelling any man who might be seen entering a gambling place to testify to what may have occurred within. Canfleld was an art collector and at one time owned a million dollars worth of pictures. It is said that he left a large fortune. ? In his annual report for the fiscal year ending June 30, Secretary of Agriculture Houston says in part: A large increase in the meat supply involves the eradication of the cattle tick, tuberculosis and hog cholera, and prompt suppression of such maladies as the foot and mouth disease. I-ast year 6.000,000 hogs, worth $60,000,000, died of cholera, and the cattle tick caused an annual loss of $40.000,000 to $100,000,000. Tuberculosis is increasing among cattle. In this connection the secretary asks for a special emergency appropriation with which to fight the foot and mouth disease. For other branches of agriculture the outlook does not seem to be so gloomy. Dairying in the last generation has become an important * L ??-u.iWnrQl annnnmv Thp iirancii ui a(iivuiiuiai cvumv...,. annual production includes more than 1.500,000,000 pounds of butter, 500,000.000 pounds of condensed milk and 333,000,000 pounds of cheese, all of an approximate value of $600,000,000. The production of vegetables (truck) is worth more than $400,000,000. The hay crop is worth more than $800,000.000, and the poultry products of the country have reached a point where their annual value Is about one-half that of the cotton crop. In all products except corn and meat animals there has been a marked increase in the 10-year period. The year 1914 was an especially fruitful one. Wheat yielded 892,000.000 bushels cotton 15,340,000 bales. The total production of six leading cereals was 5.000.000.000 bushels, nearly 500,000,000 in excess of the crop of 1913. ? Members of the house of representatives will be called upon to take definite stands on national prohibition and woman suffrage as a result of action last Saturday, by the rules committee. It was decided to report special rules for consideration of constitutional amendments on both subjects. Yea and nay votes will be required. Chairman Henry said the rule on the Hobson prohibition resolution would be presented December 22, and after eight hours' debate would he passed to a vote. The suffrage resolution, he said, would follow immediately. The action of the committee was taken as evidence that l>e*rMKTntio leaders were determined to limit the -holiday to a recess of two or three days. Prohibition and suffrage sUjPfKVte** immediately began t line up their fiwe^s for the coming encounter. Representative Henry issued a statement saying he would vote against both of the proposed amendments. It generally was predicted that the special rule would be passed, as a majority vote only is required. Opponents of the two amendments, however, were confident that neither of them would have the necessary two-thirds majority on the final vote. The prohibition amendment would forever prohibit "the sale, manufacture for sale, transportation for sale, importation for sale, and exportation for sale of intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes In the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof." The suffrage proposal declares that the right of citizens to vote shall not be denied or abridged on account of sex. Ihe ilmkrillr inquirer. tfca Dnolnfflna In Ynrkvlllft CilliCICU OV HIV A VDVV*?*VV - ...... as Mail Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE. S. C.i TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15,1914 The Federal Reserve Board has approved a reduction of the rediscount rate of the Federal bank of Atlanta, to r nn in.^ov maturities 5i ner o J/CI vtuv UV ^ - cent on 60-day maturities and 6 per cent on longer maturities. The eleven other banks were notified of these reductions, with the comment that they are at liberty to do likewise. A movement started by Pope Benedict of Rome, to get the warring powers to agree to a truce over the Christmas holidays, has failed, it is understood, because the Russians observe the day according to the calendar of the Greek church, and the Turks do not recognize our Christmas at all. The report is that Great Britain, France, Germany and Austria were agreeable to the arrangement. General Carranza is quoted as saying that the Americans who have been killed or wounded by Mexican bullets during the fighting on the border at Naco, are victims of their own impudent curiosity. The general evidently thinks that when Mexicans want to fight the Americans should run away from their homes or hunt refuge in cellars. It is curious what notions some of those Mexican leaders entertain. The attention of those persons who are continuously howling for compulsory education is called to the brief list of Income tax payeis published in the last issue of The Enquirer. Almost every reader of this paper knows men who are not in that list whose incomes are larger than are incomes of some of the men who have returned the same. Compulsory education is principally a matter of more money. Let us not impose any more taxes on the people of small means until the people of large means have come up with their share. We believe that the Federal government could help the distressed cotton crop if it would and we cannot understand why it won't. If we cannot get help from a Democratic administration an administration that could not exist except for the assistance of the south, we are not encouraged to look elsewhere. Under the circumstances, we think Democratic congressmen, or rather southern congressmen should kick?not just make believe they are kicking, but actually kick?and if necessary clean out of the traces. As to whether it is best to pass the bill of Senator Works of California, to prohibit the shipment of war supplies to the belligerent nations with a view to the sooner stopping the war, we do not know: but we think the United States could very well afford to say to Great Britain, Russia and France, that unless they are willing for the United States to sell to Germany and Austria as freely as to them, they will*stop all exports to them. It is not necessary, maybe to put the matter as bluntly as that; but the proposition seems fair and just, and we would like to see it put into execution. We have often wondered as to the extent to which British suggestions, British arguments and British interests generally have had their influence in preventing the development of an American merchant marine. Every fairly well informed cotton mill man in the south knows that in the early days of the building of cotton mills in the south, northern spinners urged that spinning was impracticable in this section, in the first place because the climate was unsuitable, and in the second place, we lacked the labor and could not get it. Both of these obstacles were purely imaginary, as has been demonstrated. But it is a fact that the northeast which was on the ground first with its selling organization, still discriminates against the quality of southem products except where the southerners manage to smuggle their goods through as being of eastern manufacture. It is known also that there are other serious and annoying discriminations against southern mills. These facts are mentioned only to suggest the plausibility of the arts that may have been used by the British ugainst us as to ship owning. It is very well understood that the importance of the British Isles now depend as much as anything else on their domination of the ocean carrying trade, and behind this very question, we believe is the secret of the present great European war. But nevertheless America is paying a fearful price because of her lack of ships to take care of her foreign trade, and h is up to congress to take such steps as may be necessary to remove all existing handicaps. America should not allow herself to be bluffed, bulldozed or de ceived. Rumors of Distress. Although no specific cases have been reported, The Enquirer hus heard rumors of poverty and want among certain of the laboring classes of the county, particularly negroes: but including some whites. People have complained thut while it is well enough to talk of sympathy and help for the unfortunate Belgians and other war sufferers in Europe, it is well enough to nmemuer mat we have privation and want at our own doors and that the situation promises to grow worse rather than better. A prominent farmer who lives several miles southwest of Yorkville, told the writer yesterday that he knew of a number of negro families in his neighborhood who have nothing to eat and a poor way of getting anything. He thought the situation would grow worse before it would grow bette:; but expressed the opinion that the whites who are in better shape would no doubt be willing to give them work i to enable them to earn their food and clothes, even if they could spare or promise very little money. We have no suggestions to make on the subject except that we have reason to believe that the stories of pri vation and want that we have heard are real, and threaten to become worse later on. The situation imposes great responsibility upon our people, and this responsibility must be met with a good sense and generosity that has never yet been known to fail. Acreage Reduction. In a personal letter to the editor of The Enquirer, Mr. C. T. Revere, of New York, who has a national reputation as a writer on financial subjects, says: "Keep pounding away on the southern farmer as vigorously as you can that a calamity as great as that of the civil war faces the south, if something is not done to reduce cotton acreage fully 50 per cent, in order to stabilize cotton values." We fully appreciate the wisdom of Mr. Revere's advice, and we recognize the Importance of acting upon the same, notwithstanding that we feel that he is somewhat extreme in his estimate of the extent of the calamity that threatens, especially in this particular locality However at the risk of being classed among extremists ourselves, we will say this: The farmers of the south could better afford right now to enter into an absolutely binding agreement never to raise another boll of cotton, than to go on next year and raise as large a crop as they have produced this year. Of course that proposition is unthinkable. Its carrying out would mean a complete revolution and re-organization of our entire industrial, commercial and social system; but at the same time that would hardly be as disastrous as the situation that now seems to threaten. We have no hope of being able to reach all the farmers of the south and we have no hope that even if we could reach them, they would listen to our warning. As a matter of fact we expect only a small per cent of those who read what we are saying, to give It more than a second thought; but we have no hesitation in saying that the situation is extremely critical. As we have pointed out time and again and as all our readers realize we have, through no fault of the southern farmer, been caught with a cotton crop sufficient to supply all the spindles of the world, running on full time, and as matters stand only about one-third of the spindles of the world are available for the spinning of this crop. It is very well understood that if the American cotton crop had been only half as much as it now is, even under present conditions, it would be sold for more money than this crop is going to be sold for, and so general and thorough is this understanding that it is not worth while to take the time and space necessary to explain it. The cotton farmer is in a hole, and if he uses such resources as he has remaining to add to the crushing crop he now has on his hands, he will, only dig that hole that much deeper, and make his position that much more hopeless. As we have said, we do not expect to reach the farmers of the south, nor would we expect them to listen if we did reach them. The only hope we have is that some of our readers will see the point, and realize that the only wise course for them is to raise all the food supplies they possibly can, and to raise not a single pound of cotton that requires the outlay of a single extra cent. Put It in the Bank. A week ago The Enquirer advised people who have more cash than they need to put it in the bank?the bank of their preference. To business people this advice is unnecessary for that is exactly what practically all of them do. They do it for safety, for convenience, and because they understand how it helps other people and the country generally. ThiB thing of hoarding cash is very foolish. We are not disposed to censure anybody for anything of the kind; but still it is foolish. There is no sense in one's carrying around more loose money than is necessary for his needs. It is more convenient in the bank, it is safer there, and it will do more good there. Of course we have a pretty accurate general knowledge of the views that our readers have on this subject. We have some readers, good men and women, who have been accustomed all their lives to holding on to all the ready cash that comes their way until it becomes necessary to make a purchase or pay a debt, and then they give it over directly to the merchant or creditor as the case may be. They never think of depositing the money in the bank and paying, by check because they have never been taught to pay their debts that way. We have some readers, too, who are suspicious of the banks. They either remember themselves of bank failures in which depositors lost money or they have been told of such failures, and they feel that they should take no risks. We have other readers, hundreds of them, men and women of large financial resources, who would not think of carrying around in their pockets or keeping hidden away bo much as a twenty dollar bill, simply because they know that that bill is safer in the bank than it is in their pocket or in any hiding place they can put it. It would be foolish for us to say that there is no possibility of bank failure, There is no human institution that is absolutely safe. But we have no hesitation in saying that each and every dollar on deposit in a York county bank is more secure to the owner than is any other dollar that or any other owner has outside of a bank, whether on his person, in a hole under the ground or elsewhere. One of the first reasons for depositing all money over and above such change as is necessary for immediate use, in a bank is security to the owner thereof, and another reason is the benefit that will come to this locality generally, and to the depositor himself. As illustrating what we mean, we suggest that any reader hereof who happens to already have or who may come in possession of a roll of bills, to examine such bills and note how many of them come from the First National bank of YorkvUle. the People's National Bank or the National Union bank uf Rock Hill, the First National Bank of Sharon, or the First National Bank of Fort Mill. The point is that those bills eaoroount li , . rr> c* 111 w I \?' u Haiuiultu are going around doing business and loosening things up and if the real owners of this money had. Instead of depositing It. kept It In their pockets or hidden It away. It would not now b?' available for the man who Is using it. We mentioned these national banks instead of the state banks only because the bills they have issued may Identified. The money deposited in the Bank of Clover, the Loan & Savings Bank of Yorkville, the Savings Bank of Fort Mill, and the Bank of Hickory Grove, is floating around doing its work just the same as the money deposited in the other banks. As we have said before, we believe there is more loose currency floating around in York county right now, under conditions that virtually amounts to hoarding than there is in all the banks put together, and the reader can easily imagine the beneficial effect on the county as a whole if this money were deposited in the banks. Of course we understand that there are a great many people who think that the deooslting of this money in the banks would mean to take it out of circulation; but they do not understand. The truth is just the opposite. As soon as the money is deposited it becomes available for loaning, and as rapidly as it is loaned, it gets busy, paying debts and loosening things up. There is more or less criticism as to the policy that is being pursued by the banks at this time; but this is another matter that has no connection with the proposition we are urging?the depositing of all idle money, and the payment of debts by checks. There are two sides to the question as to whether the banks are pursuing the policy they should pursue, and it Is probable that a clear understanding would develop that while in some cases the criticism is entirely just, in others it is not well founded. SOUTH CAROLINA GINNING Output of Cotton Loos than Up to Same Date of Lat Year. Wm. J. Harris, director of the census, announces the preliminary report to December 1 of cotton ginned by counties in South Carolina for the crops of 1914 and 1913. The report was made public for the state at 10 a. m., Tuesday, December 8. The amounts for the different counties for the crops of 1914 and 1913 are furnished now for publication. (Quantities are in running bales, counting round as half bales. Linters are not included). Crop County 1914 1913 Abbeville 28,555 27,105 Aiken 42,571 42,032 Anderson 49,050 60,807 Bamberg 24,807 24,002 Barnwell 54,677 49,811 Beaufort 6,918 6,218 Berkeley 13,721 11,682 Calhoun 26,551 23,044 Charleston 11,740 11,217 Cherokee 14,264 15,145 Chester 29,428 26,965 Chesterfield 28,620 24,826 Clarendon 41,897 35,009 Colleton 19,576 16,935 Darlington 37,089 31,072 Dillon 32,361 29,975 Dorchester 15,542 14,772 Edgefield 28.189 27,972 Fairfield 20,277 20,741 Florence 38,440 37,427 Georgetown 4,206 3,080 Greenville 38,269 34,600 Greenwood 27,054 25,630 Hampton 19,223 16,937 Horry 8,407 7,736 Jasper 5,762 5,599 Kershaw 25,448 22,933 Lancaster 20,033 19,571 Laurens 33,337 36,642 Lee 36,256 32,216 Lexington 21,845 22.172 Marion 12.317 15,673 Marlboro 53,245 44,029 Newberry 28,276 32,299 Oconee 16.038 16,369 Orangeburg 71,709 67,336 Pickens 217,384 14,626 Richland 22,385 19,458 Saluda 20 811 21.566 Spartanbur" 60.588 58 473 Sumter 45,142 35.240 Union 16.026 16,819 Williamsburg 29,164 21,484 York 33.041 33,482 Total 1,230,239 1.160,725 MERE-MENTION. Charles Oerier, president of the French academy of medicine, died in Paris, Sunday. He was born in 1836. Arthur Brisbane, editor of the New York Evening Journal, is critically ill in Atlanta, Ga.....Rev. Sedgwick Bidwell, said to be the oldest Methodist minister in the country, died at Middlebury, Vt., Sunday. He was 105 years old The Norwegian steamer Sigrum which left New York Nov. 9, is being detained at Newport, Eng., pending a search by the British authorities for contrabrand goods, suspected to be in her cargo...Fire Sunday night completely destroyed the wharf at Skagway, Alaska. The loss is estimated at $210,000 A Philadelphia manufacturing concern has received an order for $800,000 worth of steel shells and other munitions of war from a European power Two men were frozen to death in Kansas City, Sunday night. The weather has been unusually severe in Kansas, Missouri and Iowa during the past few days Wnen Conductor Black, running a freight train from Sanford, N. C., to Fayetteville, N. C., Saturday, saw two fine young deer loping beside the train in a deep cut he became so excited that he fell from the engine in which he was riding. He landed on the back of one of the deer and managed to hold the animal until the train was stopped, when the crew captured it An Italian warship has gone to Beirut, Asia Minor, to protect Italian subjects from the Turks Frank Moore, recently shot at Waycross, Ga., continues to live although his spinal cord was completely severed by the bullet. Moore will never regain use of his lower limbs, but physicians say he may live for years The Elemonte, the first steamer to sail direct from New York Tor a German port since war was declared, left New York Saturday... .Fire in Birmingham, Ala. Saturday, destroyed a department store valued at ?400,000 Joseph Gamble, a farmer living near Washington, Tenn., has been arrested charged with beating his wife to death with the butt end of a shot gun Clark L. Borton, a Germantown, Pa., contractor, on Saturday decided to risk his fourteen-year-old son's life in a surgical operation, In an effort to cure the boy's criminal tendencies.... Mrs. Frances O'Reilly of Brooklyn, has appealed to the New York supreme court for a divorce from her husband, Dennis O'Rielly. She Is 68 years old and he is 74....Henry Sienkiewicz, author of "Quo Vadls," and holder of the 1905 Nobel prize for literature, has been elected an honorary member of the Russian academy of sciences Edward Crouch and his wife, living In Warren county. Miss., were killed In their home last Friday night. The house was afterward burned. No clue to the murderers has been discovered John Shequeen aged 106 and his wife, aged 96. celebrated the 75th anniversary of their wedding, at Balaton, Minn., Friday... The steamship Liberia, which sailed from Galveston, Texas last October, with Chief Alfred C. Sam and his followers in the "Back to Africa" movement among Texas and Oklahoma negroes, has arrived ut Salt Pond, Gold coast of Africa Yellow fever has broken out at Caracas, Venezuela. Ras Chrlstianson, cashier and principal stockholder of the Bank of Romeo, Col., has disappeared and oKnnt tinn flftft r.f Iha hnnU'o fnn/la cannot be found since his departure. ? The first passenger car on the new Charleston-Northern railroad was run Saturday. The road is fifty-seven miles long. ? A. B. Patterson, M. D., of Barnwell, has resigned as assistant physician at the state hospital for the insane, the resignation to take effect Dec. 31. ? F. H. McMaster, insurance commissioner of South Carolina, has sent out a warning to all persons who sell fireworks that they must have a special permit attached to their policies. ? Col. J. H. Wharton of Laurens and J. A. Hunter of Abbeville, have announced their respective candidacies for appointment as superintendent of the state penitentiary to succeed Capt. D. J. Griffith. ? Information from Chester |s to the effect that Senator P. L. Hardin is (JyinR In a Baltimore hospital, where he recently underwent a grave operation. The physicians hold out n<> hope for Klu ran/iiroru ? Mr- Herbert A. Mopes hap been selected by Governor-elect Manning as private secretary. Mr- Mosep ip a son of the lute Altamart Mosep. and has been serving Mr. Manning In the relation of private secretary for the past five years. Mr. Miles Wood is to be official stenographer of the governor's office. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTI8EMENT8 J. R. Hogue, Yorkvllle No. 2?Offers a three or four horse farm for rent R. S. Hartness, Yorkvllle 5?Will appreciate information as to whereabouts of an estray or stolen horse. McGUl Bros., Yorkvllle 1?Will run their ginnery three days this week, the lar.t for this year. Shieder Drug Store?Invites holiday snoppers ana especially cnnaren, 10 see its holiday goods now on display. McConnell Dry Goods Co.?Continues its stock reduction sale and insists that you take advantage of it. York Furniture Co.?Has many things in its large stock, especially suitable for Christmas gifts. Thos. W. Boyd, Supervisor?Gives notice of time of holding annual meeting of board of county commissioners of York county. S. T. Lanham, Master, Spartanburg Co.?Gives notice of sale of real estate in York county, on salesday for January. 4th. Yorkville Bargain House?On Friday begins a holiday sale and reduces prices on all kinds of dry goods, shoes, clothing, hats, etc. Sale will close December 30. Thomson Co.?Offers ladles' coats and suits, and children's coats, at half price. Men'B clothing at one-third off. Dolls for the little folks. Kirkpatrick-Belk Co.?On page four reminds you that you have only nine more shopping days before Christmas, and quotes prices on dry goods, etc., to interest close Duyers. York Drug Store?Extends an invitaj .tion to holiday shoppers to come and see its Christmas goods. Something to please everybody. Page page 4. Thos. W. Speck, Jeweler?Says he will be pleased to have you call and inspect the elegant stock of goods that he is showing for the holiday trade. See page four. Carroll Bros.?Have country, watermeal, N. O. molasses, and North Carolina buckwheat flour. The responsibility for illicit liquor selling rests entirely upon the local authorities, county, township and town, and where liquor is being sold illegally the people who do want the law enforced should bring their pressure upon these authorities. There is no need for a special constable, and the real truth about the matter is that there has never been such need. Ninetenths of the seizures and arrests that have been made by special constables in the past were made on information furnished by citizens to magistrates, and by magistrates to the special constables, and these arrests and seizures could just as easily have been made by the magistrates constables or police. It is a fact that the liquor laws are being violated all over the country, and we agree most heartily in the belief that something should be done; but if the taxpayers will take our ad vice they will not submit to the extra expense of a special constable in addition to all the constables we already have. Th* organization of an independent temperance society at Beth-Shiloh last Thursday night is a development of more than ordinary interest and importance. Without definite information as to how it came about, we assume that this development has its origin in a desire to check the spread of the liquor habit in the community, and that it also seeks to discourage the indiscriminate sale of liquor. It occurs to us too that the movement may have had its inspiration in the re-publication in The Enquirer of the numerous lists of temperance workers who were so active throughout York county in the period immediately preceding the Civil war. As had been shown in the history reviewed in "Footsteps of the Fathers," the time was once when this whole county was pretty well debauched with whisky, and besides the hardships borne by the families of those who gave themselves up to the liquor habit, such a thing as a clean, honest election was unknown. People went into public office on a basis of how much they had to spend for liquor and how close they could get to liquor drinkers. But, however this may be, the organization of the temperance society at BethShiloh is a good thing. It will have a wholesome effect on the people of that community, and we sincerely hope and believe that the work will sprepd to other parts of the county. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? A number of young men living at the Ancona cotton mill have organized a brass band, and are practicing under the instruction of Prof. R. J. Herndon. The band numbers twelve members at present. ? Fire was discovered in a closet in the home of Mr. H. E. Ferguson on iviiig o iuuuwiaiu aiirvi, ouui njr aiici noon yesterday. The blaze was extinguished soon after the arrival of the fire wagon. The loss Is about $100, fully covered by insurance. COLLECTED BY MAGISTRATES. The nine York county magistrates turned over the sum of $3,975.70 to , County Treasurer Neil, as the amount of fines and fees collected during the , fiscal year ending July 1, 1914. The amounts by townships were: H. E. Johnson, Bethel, $215; A. J. Quinn, King's Mountain, $159.20; J. C. Comer, York, $308; E. A. Crawford, Bethesda, $177.60; J. L. Duncan, Bui- ' lock's Creek, $386; R. L. A. Smith, Broad River, $298.90; J. F. Wingate, 1 Catawba, $1,395; J. A. Howe, Eben- 1 ezer, $560,80; R. P. Harris, Fort Mill, $475.20. I , I LIQUOR IS BARRED Of course none of the York county I agents indulge. Still the following ' might be worth reading: I To the Industrial Companies: "Dear Sirs: Please inform each of your agents that hereafter no man who drinks whisky or uses any other drug to excess when on or off his work will be licensed as an industrial insurance agent. The women and children and the wives of the poor people who usually carry industrial insurance policies are entitled to complete protection from any man who uses whisky or any other drink. "The rule is to be made absolute, and whenever a man loses his position on account of the use of whisky or any other drink, he will not be relicensed until he is able to bring to this department an affidavit showing that he has not been intoxicated or under the influence of liquor for at least six months. "Very truly, "P. H. McMaster. "Insurance Commissioner." FOR THE GOOD OF THE BOYS Pursuant to previous notice, about twenty-five boys, residents of the Beth-Shiloh neighborhood, met at Beth-Shlloh Presbyterian church op last Thursday night, and effected the organization of what will be known as the Young Men's Heth-Shiloh Temperance society, the members of the independent organization pledging themselves to ahstain from the use of intoxicating beverages. Rev- F. Ray Riddje, pastor of the church, w'as present, and was InstrM' mental In effecting the organization- J Rey. J. L. Oaten addressed the young :| men along temperance lines, and fol- t lowing his remarks the society, the c first of its kind In York county in 1 many years, was organized with the election of Mr. J. E. Jackson as presi- u dent, and Mr. T. H. Robinson, as secretary and treasurer. At the reouest of the voune men. Rev. Mr. Oates prepared a pledge, which In substance, was as follows: "We, the undersigned, realizing the evil of intoxicating beverages, hereby pledge ourselves to abstain from the use of all alcoholic liquors, except in case of prescription by our family physician." The pledge was signed by the following young men, who are between the ages of sixteen and twentyiflve: Hugh Gordon, Willie Gordon, John Jackson, Stacy Chambers, Earl Chambers, Dennis Chambers, Henry Hogue, John Campbell, Albert Engle, Howard Engle, Ivy Engle, Robert Engle, William Carroll, Tom Robinson, John Alexander, James Wallace, Ed Shillinglaw, George Wallace, Sam Hartness, Rev. F. Ray Riddle. DR. C. C. LEECH DEAD Dr. C. C. Leech died at his home in Hickory Grove shortly after noon, Friday, death resulting from a complication of diseases, which until Wednesday, were not considered serious. The funeral and interment was at Hickory Grove, Saturday, services being conducted by Rev. B. G. Pressley, assisted by Revs. H. B. Hardy and J. L. Oates. Columbus Chesterfield Leech was the son of G. C. and Sarah Smith Leech, and was born at the old Leech homestead near Hickory Grove, in January, 1875. Dr. Leech spent practically all his life in Hickory Grove, except while attending the University of Tennessee, from which institution he graduated in medicine, in 1899. On Dec. 11, 1900, he married Miss Reola, daughter of the late Dr. J. W. Allison, who with three children, Lucile, Thelma and Sarah, survive him. One brother, Mr. J. M. Leech, and three sisters, Misses Belle and Mattie Leech and Mrs B. F. Scogglns, also survive. Dr. Leech was a member of the A. R. P. church of Hickory Grove. He was also a member of the Woodmen of the World and his funeral was attended by a large number of brother members who came in a body. He was highly esteemed by his fellow citizens in the community in which he lived and was possessed of many acquaintances in all parts of the county and In counties adjoining, who will regret to learn of his demise. EASTERN TEACHERS MEET About fifty teachers attended the first meeting of the Eastern Division of the York County Teachers' association, held in Rock Hill, last Saturday. The meeting was an interesting one, the features being addresses by Dr. J. R. Miller and Prof. Lueco Gunter, state supervisor of rural schools. Other business gone into was the election of officers and the selection of the next meeting place. The teachers went on record as endorsing compulsory education and medical inspection l/I OCI1UU1 U1I1U1CII. Prof. R. C. Burts of Rock Hill, presided, and following the invocation offered by Rev. W. J. Nelson, Dr. J. R. Miller of Rock Hill addressed the body on the subject of medical inspection in schools, pointing out its advantages, and telling of the great need for such Inspection of school children. Prof. Lueco Gunter, state supervisor of elementary schools addressed the teachers and told them of the work in which he is engaged. Officers of the division were elected as follows: President, J. P. Coates, Fort Mill; vice president, O. C. Kibler, Lesslie; secretary and treasurer, Miss Claude Godfrey, Rock Hill; executive committeeman, R. C. Burts, Rock Hill. Musical selections were rendered throughout the meeting by the music class of the Rock Hill schools under the direction of Miss Oleson. The teachers were entertained at luncheon by the county board of education, the sumptuous spread being prepared and served by the domestic science class of the Rock Hill schools, under the direction of Miss Catharine Connor. The eastern teachers decided that the next meeting of their organization will be held in Rock Hill on Saturday, January 30. ABOUT PEOPLE Miss Bessie Connolly of Rock Hill, visited relatives in Yorkville, this week. Miss Eunice McLaln of Rock Hill, spent Sunday with relatives in Yorkville. Chester Reporter: Dr. W. G. White of Yorkville, spent Saturday in the city. Miss Mattie Cowan of Charlotte, is visiting Mrs. J. M. Barnett of Yorkville No. 6. Mr. H. F. Adlckes, Sr., of Raleigh, N. C., spent Sunday with Yorkville relatives and friends. Misses Bessie and Mamie McConnell of Yorkville, are visiting Mrs. Herbert Wright, in Clover. Mr. S. F. Glenn who has been living on Yorkville No. 6, has moved to Clover R. F. D. No. 3. Mrs. C. J. Youngblood of Yorkville, spent several days last week with relatives in Hickory Grove. Mrs. M. A. Bland and Mrs. Rpbt. Moore of Charlotte, visited Mrs. T. F. McDow in Yorkville, last week. Miss Daisy Gaulden has returned to her home on Yorkville No. 3, after a visit to friends at Pickens, S. C. Messrs. Earl Chambers and Henry Hogue of Yorkville No. 2, visited relatives In Rock Hill, this week. The condition of Probate Judge L. R. Williams, who is undergoing treatment in Columbia, is much improved. Judge C. M. Eflrd now presiding over the court of common pleas for York, spent Sunday with relatives in Greenville. Mrs. William Howie McConnell has issued invitations to the marriage of her daughter, Elizabeth Jones, to Mr. John Leonard Grler, the ceremony to take place at the home of the bride's mother, on December 28, at 4.30 o'clock. Mr. and Mrs. John N. O'Farrell, formerly of Yorkville, now of Atlanla, have announced the engagement of their daughter, Miss Catharine Meek to Mr. Robert Deaver Caldwell of Atlanta, the wedding to take place in January, at home. The following were among the boys attending the Corn Club meeting in Yorkville, Saturday: Marvin Wallace. Gus Cain, Nesbit Burgess, Nim Horton, Sam Campbell, Jas. W. Draffln, Alex Campbell, William Carroll Clyde Thomas, Marvin Faris, Bratton Land. Frar * Stephenson, Earle Land. Roy Steph.nson, Eugene Mickle, DeLoach Whitesides. COMPENSATION OF THE CLERK The Enquirer has been asked by iniividuals from time to time about the :ompensation received by the clerk of the court of York county: but we lave not at hand the data under kvhich we can give this information ivith anything like exactness. The clerk of the court of York coun- ' y receives a salary of $300 for his 1 ivork in connection with the sittings < )t the courts of common pleas apd jeneral sessions and in lieu of fees ind costs in criminal business. The main portion of the clerk's compensation copies from fees and commissions in connection with the ecordipg of papers, the giving of cer:ificates and the like, and although it s certain that }n the aggregate these 'eps, costs and commissions amount o a considerable sum. so far as The Enquirer has information, there is iow no law that provides for the naking of the amount public or that rlyes the citizen the right to find out he exact amount, Up to last year there was a statute yhlch provided that the clerk should ceep a record of all amounts received iy him, and make return under oath, o the county supervisor. The law irovided that all sums in excess of !3,Q00 per annum should be paid over o the county treasurer for use for jrdinary county purposes; but this aw was repealed last year. The repeal of the law was brought ibout quietly, without enough debate to attract public attention and the understanding is that it was done through the efforts of the state organization of clerks of the court. So far as we have been able to ascertain from the county treasurer, the clerk of the court of York county hae at no time paid over to him for ordinary county purposes any sum in excess of the $3,000 allowed as salary, onrf thp nrpxiimntinn therefore would be that the receipts of the clerk of tht court's office has not heretofore exceeded that sum. HE DOES NOT WORRY. There is at least one York county farmer who is not worrying over the low price of cotton. He does not worry, for two reasons?first, because then is no use, and secondly, because he made 33 1-3 per cent more cotton or the same amount of land this year than he did last year, and there was no extra cost in raising the additional yield This farmer, Mr. S. W. Draffln, ol Lesslle No. 1, believes in living at home first and raising all the cotton he can as a surplus. He is not a big farmer; that is, he does not work many acres. He does not employ anv help, and everything he raises is the result of the labor of himself and his 12-yearold son, James. This year Mr. Draffln made 271 bushels of corn on eight acres. He alsc raised enough of other kinds of grair to provide for the needs of his family In addition to this he has three hogs tc kill. These hogs will average 25C pounds, net. He has four shoats foi next year. Mr. Draffln made nine bales of cotton on ten acres. Last year he only made six bales on the same ten acres He has sold this cotton, getting about seven cents a pound. Last year he sold his six bales at about twelve cents pet pound. In spite of the low price now prevailing he considers that he hat aone wen. Mr. Draffln has a high regard for th( work being done by the governmenl farm demonstrators. He himself Is a graduate of Clemson college, having taken the two year agricultural courst at that institution. He believes that the government Is helping a lot; but he believes that more Intelligent hard work on the farms will do more toward making farmers independent than anything else. COMMON PLEAS The last case taken up in the second week of the court of common pleas was the action* of Julian L Strait against'the City of Rock Hill Mr. Strait who was nominated as coroner of York county at the August primary, alleged that on Oct. 11, 1913, while employed as a laborer by the defendant corporation to do such work as should be required of him upon a rock crusher, his left hand and arm was caught in the machinery, and the accident necessitated amputation of the member. He asked damages in the sum of 120,000. The jury found for the plaintiff in the sum of $5,000, Wilson & Wilson represented Mr. Strait and Dunlap, Dunlap & Hollls were retained as counsel for the City of Rock Hill. The third week of the court of common pleas was entered into yesterday morning. The following Jurors were excused from further attendance: C. E. Porcher, J. H. Steele, S. H. Blankenshlp, J. P. Giles, B. C. Adams, C. W. Frew, H. B. Maxwell, V. B. McFadden, W. W. Miller, J. A. McAllley. A special venire composed of the following Jurors was drawn: J. W. Bennett, I. W. Johnson, M. L. Carroll, Jno. M. Williford, J. J. Gaulden, T. D. Mullinax, H. W. Adkins, H. C. Robinson, Benjamin Levy, Jas. A. Sherer, S. L. Thomasson. Mr. Sherer was excused from service. The first case before a Jury was that of William Preston McAbee vs. the Southern railway, the plaintiff alleging that he purchased a ticket from Yorkville to Sharon, paying for same, that the ticket was not directed properly and he was made to again pay his fare as well as to suffer humiliating treatment. He asked damages in the sum of $2,000. A mistrial was ordered. Court is now engaged in the complaint of Carrie Hendricks as administratrix of the estate of R. C. Hendricks vs. Roddey Reld, the plaintiff asking damages in the sum of $15,000, alleging that Hendricks was killed in an automobile smashup, due to the carelessness of the defendant. AS TO MARKETING There has been more or less talk throughout the state lately as to the unscientific and unbuslness-like practices as to marketing that prevail throughout South Carolina; but so far as we are able to see the same chaotic conditions complained of in the beginning continue to prevail. If there was any way to make the cotton producers of the state realize ine exieiu iu wuujii mcj nave ouuci ed on account of the unbusiness-like methods that have so long prevailed in connection with the marketing 01 their one great staple crop we believe they would raise a big row; but as to this of course we do not know, as our farmers are patient and long suffering to a degree. There should be a regulation that would provide an expert public weigher and grader for every cotton market in South Carolina, and the grade and weight of every bale of cotton should be officially passed upon before it changed hands. So far as we know there is no such thing as an official grader in the state, and except at Fort Mill, this county of York has not even a public weigher. Ordinarily York is one of the most progressive and intelligent counties in the state, and how the old conditions should have been permitted to go on for so long, we do not know how to explain. But there should be a change, and the farmers of the county owe it to themselves to demand a change. Now, whether there is going to be any reduction in the cotton acreage we do not know: but certainly there is going to be a much larger grain crop than usual. The grain crop, especially oats, is going to be much larger than will be necessary for home consumption. and there will be many oats to ship out of the county. At present, however, there is no means of handling the surplus. The average York county farmer with one thousand bushels more cais man ne n?rcvio, would find It difficult to get a fair market price for them, and unless something is done to insure the business like distribution of the surplus oats that the farmers will have on their Jiands next summer, the result will be discouragement and loss. The county has at present no organization of any kind that is capable of dealing with this problem properly, and it is important that something be done without delay. CORN CLUB BOYS REPORT. The annual meeting of the York County Corn Club boys was held in the Yorkyille Oraded school building, taat Saturday, about fifteen members f this year's club attending. Quite i number of parents attended and also several boys who will be members next year. The meeting was conducted by Demonstration Agents John R. Blair and A. A. McKeown, and in addition to the announcement of the winners. awarding of prizes and an nouncement of plans for next year, two Interesting addresses were made uy Mr. J. C. Wllborn. mayor of Yorkyllle and Prof. W. H. Barton or Clemlon college, who Is In charge of the 3outh Carolina branch of Boys' Corn trlubs. Mayor Wllborn complimented the joys on their work and urged them to nake greater efforts next year. Boys today have a great advantage over hose of yesterday, he said. They should make the most of those advantages. Prof. Barton used a chart In lllus-. s trating his address, the chart repre> sented the state as being built on two columns, one named "Agriculture,' and the other "Education." The expert in a clear and forcible manner > showed how education was dependent i on agriculture, and pointed out that it was tne work or the corn ciuds ana other branches of the work which , were teaching people how to get more 1 from the soil. He stressed the im> portance of sowing cover crops which should be turned under in the spring and said that legumes were much more valuable as fertilizer than the commercial stuff which South Carolina farmers use so extensively. r Agriculture, said Prof. Barton, > should be taught in the public schools , because agriculture is the life of the state. The soil is the farmer's bank ! account upon which he is drawing all t the time. Unless legumes are put on , this soil the bank account will sooner fail. 1 At the dinner hour a Dutch lunch was served to the boys and others who . attended the meeting, the luncheon . being provided by the Yorkville Board of Trade, which also presented tickets : to the Lyric theatre, to all who cared s to go. James W. Draffln of Lesslle No. 1, , made the largest yield of any of the Corn Club boys this year. The acre of . corn worked by this 12-year-old lad : yielded 132 3-5 bushels, at a cost of . 8} cents per bushel. This is the laraest vield ever made bv a York County Corn Club boy, and is proba< bly the largest amount ever raised by ? any person in the county. The corn i was gathered some time ago and was . measured in the presence of Messrs. ? N. B. Williams and Harry Boyd, of I the S&ntuc section. About 1,300 bun dies of fodder were also pulled from the acre of corn. The following are the Corn Club ' boys who won prizes in the contest . this year: The Winners. Best display by boy belonging to r club: 1st, Jas. W. Draffln, Lesslie, $15; , 2nd, Gus Cain, Sharon, $10; 3rd, Roden Cornwell, Rock Hill No. 1, $5; 4th, . J. Ben Smith, Rock Hill No. 5, $3; 5th, t Clyde Thomas, Rock Hill No. 1, $2. i Class L?Largest and most economlf cal yield (yield, 60 points; economy of > production, 50 points): ; First prize?Jas. W. Draffln, Lesst lie, one month's scholarship to ClemI son college. I Second?Jack Fewell, Rock Hill No. . 4, 10 sacks of 8 per cent cotton seed meal, donated by Highland Park Mfg. Co., Rock Hill. Third?John Horton, Hickory Grove No. 1, rocking chair, awarded by Bass ' Furniture Co.. Rock Hill, i Class II.?Best bushel of field selected seed corn, shown on ear: First "prize?Jas. W. Draffln, Less' lie, one month's scholarship to Clemson college. Second?Gus Cain, Sharon, Vulcan turn plow, donated by Gill & Neely, ' Rock Hill. ! Third?Clyde Thomas, Rock Hill i No. 5, porch swing, donated by W. G. , Reid & Son, Rock Hill. Class III?Best ten ears prolific corn: First prize?J. Barr Smith, Rock Hill No. 6, $10 cash, donated by National Union bank, Rock Hill. Second?Earle Land, YorkviUe No. 1, one pair $4 Crossett shoes, given by the Thomson Co, Yorkville. Third?Jas. W. Draffln, Lesslie, $1 in merchandise, donated by Thos. W. Speck, Yorkville. Class IV.?Best ten ears of corn (single ear variety): First prize?Gus Cain, Sharon, $10 savings account in People's National bank, Rock Hill. Second?Roden Cornwell, Rock Hill, No. 1, $2 hat, donated by A. Friedholm M, Rm Prw-*lr Hill Third?Nesblt Burgess, Hickory Grove, $2 cash, given by J. W. O'Neale Grocery company, Hock Hill. Class V.?Best single ear corn (prolific variety): First Prize?Jas. W. Draffln, Lesslle, spring tooth cultivator, gift of the ^ Smith-Fewell company, Rock Hill. Second?John Horton, Hickory Grove, one pair $3.60 shoes, donated by Cloud Dry Goods company, Rock Hill. Third?Bratton Land, Yorkvllle No. 1, necktie, donated by W. H. Hope Mercantile company, Rock Hiill. Class VI.?Best single ear of corn (single ear variety): First prize?Gus Cain, $5 plow, given by Yorkvllle Hardware company. Second?Roden Cornwell, Rock Hill No. 1, fountain pen, the donation of Standard Drug company, Rock Hill. Third?Nesbltt Burgess, Hickory Grove, ribbon. Class VII?Best six stalks of corn (prolific variety): First prize?Jas. W. Draffln, Lesslie, brace and bit, donated by Syleecau Mfg. Co., Rock Hill. Second?J. Barr Smith, Rock Hill, gold cuff buttons, given by Ruff Jewelry company, Rock Hill. Third?Bratton Land, Yorkvllle 1, ribbon. Class VIII.?Best six stalks of corn (single ear variety): First prize?Roden Cornwell, $3.60 suit case, donated by Efird's Department Store, Rock Hill. Second?Gus Cain, gold scarf pin, donated by Beach-Ihrie Jewelry company, Rock Hill. Class IX.?Best essay on "How I Produced My Corn": First prize?Alex Campbell, Tirzah, $6 cash, offered by J. M. Cherry, Rock Hill. Second?Marvin Wallace, Rock Hill No. 1, pair $4 shoes, offered by Mutual Dry Goods company, Rock Hill. Third?Jas. W. Draffln, Lesslie, ribbon. Class X?Best essay on "How I Selected My Seed Corn In the Field": First prize?Alex Campbell, Tirzah, _i i- u ? ..aI..aA 1 o ?n set Oi single Harness, vatueu at tit.nu, donated by Neely-Marshall Mule Co., Rock Hill. Second?Bratton Land, $3.50 pair of shoes, given by Dlehl-Moore Shoe Co., Rock Hill. Third?Jas. W. Draffln, umbrella, offered by R. W. Cranford, Rock Hill. Special Prizes. The Rock Hill Fertilizer company offered three prizes?$20, $10 and $6, respectively, to the boys using their brands of fertilizer who made the three largest and most economical yields. The winners were Jack Fennell, Rock Hill No. 4. first; J. T. Garrison, Fort Mill R. F. D., second, and Charlton Garrison, Fort Mill, R. F. D., third. Carroll Broa, of Yorkville, offered prizes to the boys using their brand of fertilizers who made the largest and most economical yields. The winners were: First prize?Sidney Carroll, Filbert No. 1, five sacks 8-3-3 fertilizer; second? DeLoach Whitesides, Filbert. No. 1, three sacks 8-3-3 fertilizer. The Palmetto Fertilizer company, and the Morris Fertilizer company, through their agents, the York Supply company, of Yorkville, each offered first, second and third prizes of $15, $10 and $5 to the Corn Club boy making the largest and most economical yields with their products. The winners of the Palmetto company's priaea were Bratton Land, Frank Clark and Roy Stephenson. Earl Land, Frank. Stephenson and Edgar Ferguson were the winners of the prizes offered by the Morris Fertilizer company. Those Who Enrolled. When the Corn Club was organized In the spring there were flfty-flve members as follows: Jas. N. Ashe, McConnellsviUe No. 1; Nesbltt Burgess, Hickory Qrove No. 2; Qrler Barnett, Yorkville No. 7: Frank Blanks, Rock Hill No. 4; Tom Bankhead, Sharon No. 1; Clarence Boyd, Rock Hill No. 1; Newman Bagley, Rock Hill No. 4; Henry Christen bury, Yorkville No. 3; Silas Courtney, Rock Hill, No. 1; Sam and Alex Campbell, Tirzah; Wm. Carroll, Yorkville No. 7; Augustus Cain, Sharon; Sidney Carroll, Filbert No. 1; Truman Castles, Smyrna: Frank Clark, Yorkville No. 1; Roden Cornwell, Rock Hill No. 1; Woodward Carter, Rock Hill No. 3; John Duncan, Rock Hill No. 2; Davidson Dulin, Bowline Green; Glen Dulin, Clover No. 2; W. E. Drennan. Rock Hill No. 2; James W. Draffln. Lesslie No. 1; Floyd_Davi81 Clover No. 2; Marion Faries, kock Mill xvo. 1; Edgar Paris, Clover No. 4; Jack Fewell. Rock Hill No. 4; J. H. and Charlton Garrison. Fort Mill; John Horton. Bullock's Creek; Nimwell Horton. Sharon No. 1; Carl Hovis, Smith's Turnout No. 1; H. J. Harshaw, McConnellsville No. 1; Laurence N. Hollis. Rock Hill No. 5; Otis Jones. Hickory Grove No. 1; Earl and Bratton Land. Yorkvllle No. 1; Wm. S. Moore. Yorkvtlle No. 3; Eugene Mitchell. Quthriesville R. F. D ; Earl Martin, %