Straps and ?arts. ? The annual report of the commit tee on penal and charitable institu tlons to the general assembly, amoni other things recommends that the po sition of superintendent of the Con federate home be abolished, and tha the duties now performed by that of fleer be placed upon the commandan of the institution. The position of su perintendent pays $1,000 per annum and the committee holds that th< money is wasted. ? Cotton exports for December wer 1.202.115 bales compared with 1,230, 830 bales in December, 1913. Export for the first Ave months of the cotto year were 2,607,164 bales, compare with 5.437.4S0 bales. Of the month' exports the United Kingdom and Itai showed increases over 1913. Th former took 100,000 bales and Itai 120,000. Germany's takings showed decrease of 276,000. Cotton used i the United States in December wa 450,834 bales, about 5,000 more tha December, 1913. For five month! 2,122.000 bales were used against 2, 299,326 in 1913. ? Washington, January 12: Th house of representatives tonight, by vote of 204 to 174, refused to submi to the states an amendment to th Federal constitution to enfranchis women. A two-thirds majority woul have been necessary for adoption o the resolution submitting the amend ment. Hundreds of women who ha< sat in the crowded galleries through out the eight hours of debate greet ed the announcement of the resul with varied expressions of approval o disapproval. Dejection mingled wit! enthusiasm as the purple and yelloi sashes of the suffragists and the re* rose bedecked anti-suffragists file* out Into the house corridors, weariei with the long strain of oratory. I was the second defeat suffered by th suffrage cause in congress within i year. On March 19. last, a suffrag constitutional amendment received i vote of 35 to 34 in the senate, obtain ing a bare majority, but not the nec essary two-thirds. Suffragist leaders undismayed by the result of tonight' vote, declared that the fight was by n means over. Dr. Anna Howard Sha\ and other prominent suffragists wh> sat with her in the gallery through th debate, predicted a more favorable re suit when congress again is called oi to vote on the question. Anti-suffra gists were well satisfied. "The re suit is what we expected," said Mrs Arthur M. Dodge, president of th ~ ?1 HnnnfiAfl tn Wo dUUIiai AOOVVlavtvti w? men Suffrage. "It means that th suffrage movement, fostered by hys terical women. Is on the wane." ? The proposed international nava rendezvous at Hampton Roads haj been abandoned, according to plam announced Wednesday night by Sec retary Daniels for the cruisers of th< Atlantic fleet and visiting foreign wai craft to San Francisco in celebratioi of the Panama canal opening. In stead, the programme provides tha the ships shall proceed directly t< Christobal, at the eastern end of th< canal, to be passed through at statec intervals. Consent of congress mus be obtained for the change as the lav authorizing the cruise provided tha the United States should invite th< maritime nations of the world to sen< vessels to Hampton Roads for thi event. Secretary Daniels said, how ever, he had no doubt the necessar; legislation would be enacted at once He pointed out that the war had mad< impossible a rendezvous of the inter national character contemplated b; congress, and that the isthmus woul< be a more convenient gathering placi for the American fleet and the fev visiting vessels that would participate Only Spain, Portugal, Argentina an< Cuba so far have indicated their in tention of sending ships. The pro gramme has been worked out in th< confident belief that passage througl the canal will be possible, althougl Governor Goethals has given notici that he cannot guarantee it on accoun of recent slides. February 25 is fixe< as the date for passage of the van guard of the Atlantic fleet. Othe vessels will go through day by day un til March 10, when President Wilsoi is due to arrive on the battleship Nev York and transfer to the old Oregoi for a trip through the waterway. A1 Viova h?on framed Darticu iUC |SIC*?*0 IIM * V wvv. ? - m-~'- ' larly with a view to interfering as lit tie as possible with the winter maneu vers and drills of the Atlantic flee! Two weeks will be saved by changini the place of rendezvous. Mayor May and a delegation of Norfolk citizens accompanied by Senator Swanson talked over the change of plans Wed nesday with Secretary Daniels. Th delegation protested, but after the in terview said they were content witl the department's decision. ? Berlin, January 14: Emperor Wil liam was present in person during th spirited battle on the Vregny plair northeast of Soissons, which resultei yesterday in that elevated ground be ing cleared of the French and whicl * is described in the German offlcia statement today as a "brilliant tea for our troops." In the engagemen the Germans claimed to have captur ed 14 French officers and 1,130 mer The text of the communication reads "In the western theatre of the war, ii the dunes near Nieuport and south west of Ypres, artillery combats ar going on. The enemy directed an ex tremely strong fire on Westende, whicl they soon will have entirely destroyed Their torpedo boats disappeared quick ly as soon as they received our fire. I continuation of their activities on Jar 8, northeast of Soissons, our troop again made an attack on the height of Vregny and cleared this elevatei plain of the enemy. In a pouring rail and deeply sodden clay trench afte trench was taken by storm until afte dark and the enemy was driven bacl to the border of the elevated plain Fourteen French officers and 1,13 men were taken prisoners and fou cannon, four machine guns and < searchlight were captured?a brillian feat for our troops under the ver; eyes of their uppermost war lord "Northeast of the camp of Shalons th French attacked again and again ii the morning and afternoon witl -* out r\f Pari hp.t strong ioiv.ro, iu vnr v? ... They penetrated at certain places ou trenches, but were repulsed by ener getic counter-attacks and driven bac] with heavy losses into their own posi tions, leaving 160 prisoners in ou hands. In the Argonne and the Vos ges nothing of importance has occur red. In the eastern theatre of wa Russian attacks to the southeast o Cumblnnen (East Prussia) and to th east of Loetzen have been repulsei and many hundreds of prisoners hav been taken. The situation in north ern Poland is the same. Our attack west of the Vistula are being contin ued. Nothing important has occurre on the eastern bank of the Pilica. Th total results of the fights of Januar 12 and 13, northeast of Soissons, wer 3,150 prisoners, eight heavy guns, on revolver gun. six machine guns am much war material." ? Italy, according to a Rome dispatc of Wednesday, has been visited by a earthquake of wide extent, which, ac cording to the latest advices has re suited in the death of 12 000. and in jury to possibly 20 000 more in town and villages destroyed. The shock wa the strongest Rome has felt in mor than 100 years. The towns of Avez zaro.-in the Abruzzi department, 6 miles east of Rome, has been levelle to the ground and here 8.000 person are reported to have been killed. I many small towns surrounding Rom< buildings were partially wreckec while at Naples a panic occurred an houses fell at Caserta a short distanc to the east. From below Naples i the south to Ferers in the north, distance of more than 300 miles, an _i ,.f thu nnnn inmost in*- n iiii.il i? .hit v. ?.. try 'he undulatorv movem< nt con tinned 'or a considerable period. I Rome, it was thought at first that tw shocks had occurred but the seismo graphic instruments in the observa tories showed there was only oni which beginning at 7.55 o'clock i the morni' g lasted from to 2 seconds. In the capital itself so fa as known there was no loss of lifi but a great deal of damage was don< on lur.i r?u -vi ?i>^ ...?o For ? lime the people were stricke with fear and there was a veritabl pari" in hospitals monasteries an convents. Ruildings on both sides c the Horta del papain, the north en trance to Rome, threatened to fa and the eagle de cora at the pat crashed to the ground. The obelis in S* Peter's s "U*'re was shaken an badly damaged, while the statue n St. John Lateran and the statues of the Apostiles surmounting the basilica are in danger of collapsing. The far mous colonnade decorating St. Peter's square was lowered four feet and the " adjacent house once occupied by the ~ sisters of Pope Pious X, was badly _ cracked. Owing to the wide extent ~ of the disturbance and its evident j terrible consequences, the actual effects are not at present known. Comj munications are cut off. The fortified city of Aquila is Isolated but it is reported several villages in .that region ' were destroyed. Likewise. Potensea, capital of the province of the same name, on the eastern declivity of the e Apennines, which has a population of - nearly 20,000, has been isolated. In s 1857, this town was almost destroyed n by an earthquake, d ?^??? I Ihe ^(orkrilK (inquirer. * Entered at the Postofflce in Yorkvllle n as Mail Matter of the Second Class. 8 __ d YORKVILLE, S. C.: t FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1915 v Hon. Chas. A. Smith, governor. That j* sounds pretty good even if it is to be j for only a few days. t e The story that Governor Blease in* tended to turn all the prisoners loose a from the chaingang was evidently un true. g Two bills have been introduced for u the repeal of the acreage reduction v law passed at the recent extra session ? of the general assembly. n If the constitution says that no new " county line shall be run through an , incorporated city or town and such a e line is run anyway, the question sug* gests itself as to what does the conf stltution mean anyway? 1 When Representative Warren of s Hampton, declares that the state 8 warehouse law is nothing but a develg opment of politics, we wonder if he r realises that he is at the same time 1 admitting that politics is also his reaj son for desiring to destroy the sys3 tern. s ? ? ? | According to our understanding of .. the matter, any so-called state-wide t prohibition bill that makes provision e for shipping whisky into the state ung der any conditions, will be more or - less of a Joke, for the reason that It y will operate to help in the evasion of ' the Webb law, the main reliance to g . secure real prohibition. y J The outlook is that a statewide ? compulsory education bill will be passed by the general assembly at its presi ent session. There does not appear to " be any especial enthusiasm about the g matter; but legislators generally seem i to have reached the conclusion that i such a bill should be passed, although ? very few of them seem to have any j definite idea as to why, and passed - it will no doubt be. r , m , ~ The Late L. M. Grist. v This date marks an anniversay that n is peculiarly sacred to the publishers ' of The Yorkville Enquirer, because it I was on this date, twelve years ago, - January 15, 1903, that the late Capt. L. M. Grist, who we regard as the found^ er of this paper, ceased his earthly labors and went into the reward that is >, set aside for the just. Of the life and labors of Captain ^ Grist, it is not necessary to go into ex h tensive detail for the reason that there are so many of his contemporaries - who arc still in the land of the living, ? and who stand ready to give their tes(j timony as to the extent to which he _ endeavored to serve his fellowmen, his h country, and keep the faith with the j Divine Ruler of the universe, who takes \ such great pleasure in the efforts of t those of his children who earnestly . seek to do his will. , The one especial work to which Captain Grist devoted his life was the earl tablishment of a newspaper along . pure, clean and unselfish lines, which e would be a fearless and impartial . recorder of the truth so far as in its f! power may lay, and which would nevI er become the tool or mouthpiece of i sinister selfish interests either of its n publishers or others. That he lived up , to his ideal during his earthly career s' regardless of any and all personal s costs that seemed to have been involv } ed, is known of all men, and although n his successors are conscious of the r many personal imperfections and r weaknesses that make almost impossible the full attainment of the high , standards that have been set for them, (j they are none the less mindful of the r great responsibility that continues to d devolve upon them, and will do their t duty as best they can. y ?? ' The Warehouse System. * While in Columbia, Wednesday, the h Editor of The Enquirer called on Hon. i. John L. McLaurin, at his office in the r state warehouse down on Gervais ^ street, near the river, and found him - hard at work on problems connected r with the financing of cotton. Asked about the details of the sysr tern and as to how he was getting f along generally, Mr. Mcl^aurin said ^ that he was still taking over other p warehouses, and that the system was . growing, but unless the general assems bly should see proper to enlarge the ^ powers of the commissioner, especiale ly as to the matter of making sales y and negotiating loans, the law may c as well be repealed so far as any j present or future value to the farmers is concerned, h It is very well understood that the n $15,000 appropriation carried in the bill that was passed at the extra ses~ sion, was barely sufficient for office s and traveling expenses necessary to s organize a system on a basis of waree houses leased at a nominal rental and > operated by their owners, and that to d build warehouses and compresses uns der the law, is out of the question. But , that is not the whole trouble by any \ means. Although so far only three d thousand dollars have been expended, e and most of that has come out of the a private funds of the commissioner, d within the past few days Comptroller - Gen< ral Jones has taken the position that appropriation made by the state ^ could not he paid out after January 1 . last, without another act of the gener al assembly, and although Mr. McI-iiurin can see no sense whatever in 0 this ruling, it is possible that the matr t* r may have to be referred to the ? courts for a settlement. ?. It is generally understood that there t. are a number of legislators who are n bitterly hostile to the permanent e establishment of the warehouse sysd tern; but also it is known that others if who have heretofore fought the whole - Idea have changed their views and II are now in favor of carrying out the e ideas of Mr McLaurin in accordance k with his original proposition. Just d how this is going to In- remains for f the developments of the next few days or weeks; but it Is safe to say that unless the warehouse commissioner is to be clothed with power to represent the owners of cotton as a sellin**' agent and to negotiate loans, the whole state warehouse plan may as well be abandoned. Mr. McLaurin, although without any official authority along that line, has been devoting a great deal of labor to the financial side of the cotton problem, more especially with a view to developing such benefits as may be possible under the general reserve banking system, and it is very well understood in Columbia and elsewhere that he has made substantial progress that bids fair to develop into something important. BLEASE QUITS GOVERNORSHIP Handed Resignation to the General Altemoiy on TSSioraajr, Correspondence Yorkville Enquirer. Columbia, Jan. 14.?Without warning and like a shower from an apparently rainless sky, Governor Cole L. Blease today, shortly after noon, sent his resignation to the general assembly of South Carolina. The resignation was accepted and ten minutes later, IJeutenant Governor Charles A. Smith took the oath of office as chief magistrate of the commonwealth. In a brief message, transmitted to the general assembly. Governor Blease simply stated, "I hereby resign my office as governor of South Carolina." Neither in the message nor as far as can be otherwise learned, has the exgovernor given any reason for his action. Of course, there have been conjectures as to why he quitted the office only five days before his successor, elected last November, is to be inducted into office; but at most, these were guesses, one of which is perhaps as good as another. Thus passes from the most important office within the gift of the people of South Carolina, probably the best liked and most cordially disliked man who has ever occupied the executive mansion. Whatever may be the individual opinion of Governor Blease, and whatever may be or may have been written of him, there is one thing about his administration of the last four years which no one will gainsay: He has been governor of South Carolina. Governor Charles A. Smith is a native of North Carolina. His home is in Timmonsville, Florence county. where he is interested in mer' " ? '1 UJo lA9Ql CnanuiSlllK anu minung. HID tvs?? successor In office as lieutenant governor is Legrand G. Walker, senator from Georgetown, who would succeed to the office by virtue of the fact that he was on Tuesday, last, elected president pro tem. of the senate. He, however, is not willing to resign his office as a senator for the honor of being lieutenant governor until next Tuesday, when, with Governor Smith, he would have to step aside to make way for the new administration headed by Richard I. Manning of Sumter, as governor, and Andrew J. Bethea of Richland, as lieutenant governor. MERE-MENTION An unknown man saved the lives of twenty persons in a Chicago fire, last Tuesday John Redmond has been re-elected president of the Irish league. Gen. A. S. Burt, U. S. A., retired, veteran of the civil war. the SpanishAmerican war and the Philippine war, died in Washington, Tuesday, aged 75 years Col. Siglsmond Milkowski, the famous Polish patriot and well known writer of Polish history, died in Poland this week, aged 92 years. The house naval committee agreed to recommend the construction of two battleships during the present year The Virginia legislature met in special session in Richmond this'week, for the purpose of completely revising the tax laws of that state. ....Judge Irwin of the Illinois circuit court, has issued a temporary injunction restraining the state from slaughtering forty cattle for use at the state training school for girls. The cattle are said to be afflicted with the foot and mouth disease Four prisoners, serving long terms for murder. escaped frbm the Virginia penitentiary at Richmond, last Monday, after overpowering their guards and scaling a thirty foot wall Megwa Singh, murderer of Immigration Commissioner Hopkinson, was hanged in the provincial prison at New Westminister, Canada, this week. Three hundred Hindus gathered at the jail, but there was no outbreak. Hopkinson, who had been active in enforcing the Canadian Immigration laws, was oYyr\t /IqqH hu the T-Tinrin in n rourt room at Vancouver, laat October Parker A. Bryers, for many years champion billiard player of the world, died in LaFayette, Ind., this week, aged 62 years A. R. Gowan, former auditor of a bondlqg company, was arrested in Pan Francisco, this week, charged with smuggling opium into the United States. When arrested he had thirty-nine tins of opium in his possession Jim Flynn and A1 Reich foueht a ten-round bout in Brooklyn, N. Y., this week. During the fight Flynn broke his wrist and Reich severely sprained his. In spite of the handicap both men fought to the end Flynn flnallv winning the decision. Samuel M. Inman. capitalist, and for years, one of Atlanta's most prominent Citizens, died in that city, this week, aged 72 years Several New York bankers, including J. P. Morgan & Co., have agreed to lend the Russian government $12.000,000 The Norwegian steamer Castor, was sunk by a mine in the North Sea. this week The steamship Afiuilla, now at New Orleans, has heen libelled by the New Orleans Export Co., for $50,000, for failure to transport a cargo of cotton seed cake to Stockholm, Sweden. It is claimed the owners of the steamer have demanded an exorbitant freight rate for transporting the cargo on account of the new war risks The Mexican national convention has renamed Gen. Eulalio Gutierreck, as provisional president to serve until November, 1915. SOUTH CAROLINA COTTON Preliminary Report of Ginnings by Counties to January 1. Wm. J. Harris, director of the census, department of commerce, announces the preliminary report of cotton ginned by counties in South Carolina for the crops of 1914 and 1912. The report was made public for the state at 10 a. m., ' on Saturday, January 9. The amounts for the different counties for the crops of 1914 and 1913 are furnished for publication in the local paper. Quantities are in running bales, counting round as half hales. Linters are not included: Crop. County 1014. 1913. Abbeville 31.932 32 791 Aiken 46.313 46,391 Anderson 53,488 69.618 Bamberg 26 825 26.916 Barnwell 58,506 55,445 Beaufort 8,496 7,379 Berkeley 15 973 13,243 Calhoun 29 845 26,240 Charleston 15.928 14.908 Cherokee 15.800 17,412 Chester 33.412 31.843 Chesterfield 32,309 29.086 Clarendon 47.350 39,566 Colic-ton 21 950 18.793 Darlington 42 836 36,581 Dillon 36 857 Dorchester 17.782 16.477 Kdgefield .31.481 32.140 Fairfield 23.4ns 25.'1'> Florence 45 343 42.854 Georgetown 5 037 3.641 Greenville 42 602 40,969 Greenwood 30 291 31.207 OA O-O 1 A A AT Hompion iv.oii i^.uii Horry 11,111 9.738 Jasper 6.396 6.095 Kershaw 29 522 26.398 Lancaster 22.*42 23 566 Laurens 26 496 42.891 y op 40.4T, 36 039 I ' ylnirtnn 26.502 25 181 Mfir'on 11 1" 251 2">8 50.829 Newberry 32 511 28 059 Oconee .' 18 265 19 574 Orangeburg 81,286 76.266 Pickens 1M13 17.518 Richland 25 400 22 1 "8 Pallida 23 515 24 739 r* ^ i C OOl CQ ?AO ^jwrianuurK m Sumtpr 50 518 .19.971 I'nlon 18.275 29 07? Williamsburg .11.762 25 1?7 York 37 402 .19.316 Total 1.388.779 1,342.737 LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTI8EMENT8 Smoak-Brown Co.?Has a family horse for exchange or sale; a few mules for sale or exchange and a few Tyson & Jones buggies?bargains. Lyric Theatre?"The Jungle Master" tomorrow. First of the "Terrence O'Rourke" series on Monday. "Trey O'Hearts" on Tuesday. W. W. Ferguson?Has a mule, a mule colt, wagon and harness and a Jersey bull for sale. Miss Myrtle Hall, Yorkville No. 1?Offers a variety of thoroughbred chickens for sale. Mrs. A. R. Ewart?Can accommodate a few boarders at her home on Wright avenue. Mrs. Jas. H. Beckham?Solicits the patronage of travelers at the Central house. Board by day or week. W. M. Matthews and E. B. Price, trustees?Give notice that on Jan. 20 they will apply for charter of Incorporation for the Clover Baptist church. J. J. McCarter and J. C. Lilley, Trustees?Will on Jan. 20, apply for a charter for Union Baptist church. Klrkpatrick-Belk Co.?Has finished stock and offers remnants in every department at bargain prices. I McConnell Dry Goods Co.?Offers 300 house dresses, nicely made of good material at $1.00 each. Yorkville B. & M. Co.?Wants you to try Melrose, if you want the best flour you can buy. Primero coffee pleases particular people. W. E. Ferguson?Can furnish you all weights and sizes of brooms. Has fresh crackers and cakes and other Kood and fresh groceries. J. J. Keller & Co.?Suggest that you have the small repair jobs that are needed about your home, done now. York Drug Store?Invites special attention to toilet soaps, toilet articles, and to fine stationery. Kandy Kitchen?Wants you to know that it sells good cigars and all kinds of cigarettes. Fruits of all kinds. Lewis M. Grist?Says that now is a good time to have your sewing machine worked over for early sewing. L. M. Grist's Sons?Quote prices on a variety of rebuilt typewriters?-Rebuilt as good as ever. Most of the trains are running light because of the bad weather, and travel continues light because of the prevailing business stringency. Tho election of Mr. A. E. Hutchison as reading clerk of the house will be very gratifying to the many friends of that gentleman throughout the county. Mr. Hutchison is a good reader and having a strong voice, with great carrying power, will fill the position to which he has been chosen admirably. Ordinarily during the sessions of the general assembly Columbia is pretty well crowded with visitors and unless one makes arrangements beforehand, there Is very little certainty about getting hotel accommodations. This year, however, there are comparatively few visitors in Columbia and none of the hotels are crowded. The clerk of court has forwarded to the York county delegation in the general assembly, copies of the annual report of the York county grand Jury, which was submitted to the fall term of court. The report, which was published in The Enquirer at the time of its submission, contains a number of recommendations concerning county affairs. THOUGHT OF HI8 FRIEND8 Just before his death early Wednesday morning, Mr. W. M. Kennedy wrote a note requesting that certain old soldiers?messmates and companions of his during the War of Secession, act as his pallbearers. It was not practical, however, to carry out the request. The list contained the following names: Col. A. Coward, N. B. Bratton, S. L. Davidson. Jas. L. Strain, Capt. John D. McConnell, John L. Ralney, J. N. McDlll, J. B. Robinson. L. R. Williams, G. H. O'Leary, J. Alex McGill, R. J. Withers. ' i PLEASES 8WEARINGEN County Superintendent of Education John E. Carroll haa received the following from J. E. Swearlngen, state superintendent of education, which is self explanatory: Supt. .T. E. Carroll, Yorkvllle, S. C. Dear Sir: Thanks for a copy of the York directory. Allow me to congratulate you upcn the excellence of this folder. I wish every county in the state would follow your example. If you can spare fifty of these folders, bring them to Columbia In order to permit me to distribute them among the county superintendents. Such a distribution might induce the preparation of similar directories in other counties. Yours respectfully, J. E. Swearlngen, State Supt. of Education. DEATH OF W. M. KENNEDY Mr. William M. Kennedy, one of the oldest citizens of Yorkvllle, died at his home in this place last Wednesday morning at 5 o'clock, after a brief illness with pneumonia, and was buried in the Yorkvllle cemetery yesterday at 11.30 o'clock, the services being conducted by Rev. J. L. Oates, pastor of the Yorkvllle A. R. P. church, of which the deceased was an elder. Mr. Oates was assisted in the service by Rev. D. G. Phillips of Chester, Rev. A. S. Rogers of Rock Hill, and Rev. B. G. Pressley of Hickory Grove. The activq pall bearers were Mr. Kennedy's four sons, named below; Mr. Porter B. Kennedy of Sharon, and Mr. John K. Allison of Hickory Grove, nephews, and Dr. R. A. Bratton, the family physician. The elders and deacons of the Yorkvllle A. R. P. church, served in the capacity of honorary pall bearers. Mr. Kennedy was born near Sharon on November 23, 1834, and spent his early years on a farm. He was married on January 20, 1859, to Miss Rachel McGill, and upon the breaking out of the civil war volunteered his services to the Confederacy, as a member of Company D, Seventh calvary. His first colonel was I. G. McKissick of Union, and later he was under the gallant A. C. Haskell. His York county comrades in the same company, who were associated as the "York Mess," were E. L. Minter, Jos. W. Leech, J. W. McKeown, James L. Strain, D. T. Byers. Mr. Kennedy moved to Yorkvllle in 1876 to become a member of the firm of Kennedy Bros. & Barron, which commenced business In the store room now occupied by Mr. W. E. Ferguson, and which afterward erected the building now occupied by the Cloud Cash Store. This firm continued in business until the late 90's, and for a number of years afterward Mr. Kennedy remained in business on his own account, finally retiring a few years ago because of his increasing years. Mr. Kennedy was a life-long member of the Associate Reformed church, his membership having commenced at Sharon, when he was quite a young man and afterward being transferred to Yorkville, of which church he became a member in 1876. He was elected a ruling elder at Sharon In 1874, and continued in the office until the time of his death. The deceased is survived by his widow and the following children: Mrs. Ida Wylie, Prof. James B. Kennedy, Dr. W. M. Kennedy, Dr. Moffatt Vonno/lv Mr Rarrnn Kennedv. Misses Pelle and Amelia Kennedy, and also by one brother, Mr. James R. Kennedy of Yorkvllle R. F. D. No. !?. TOWN OF*^SMYRNA. The York county delegation in the general assembly is to make another effort at the present session, to correct the error that was made when the line between York and Cherokee counties was run tnrougn ine town of Smyrna; but with what success remains to be seen. The constitution of 1895 provides that no new county line shall be run through an incorporated town; but when the new county of Cherokee was erected, the constitution was violated in at least two Important particulars; in the first place as to containing the necessary area in square miles, and in the second place as to disregarding the lines of the incorporated town Of Smyrna. It will be remembered that The Enquirer called very emphatic attention to these irregularities at the time, and made every effort that was in reason to prevent the disregard of the constitution that was in contemplation. But its efforts were without avail. A commission was appointed to erect the new county and that commission simply went to work and did what it was appointed to do, notwithstanding the fact that it well understood that its action Involved the ignoring of the constitution, which it was especially and particularly sworn to uphold. Senator Beamguard took the matter up in the senate in 1913, and tried to have the old wrong corrected; but without success. The judiciary committpp nf thfl senate was willing to , admit that the constitution had been disregarded; but held that as the thing had been done in due form, by a regularly constituted commission, the senate was up against a case of "res ajudicate" a thing that had been done and could not be undone, for the reaapn that all things have to be finally settled somehow. Senator Beamguard said Wednesday, that he would bring the matter up again at this session of the general assembly and although he did not know definitely what could be done, he hoped for better success than heretofore. WITHIN THE TOWN ? A collection was taken among the school children of Yorkville yesterday, to go to the Belgian relief fund. Quite a good sum was realized. ? There was no picture show at the Lyric, Wednesday, owing to the failure of the films to arrive. Numerous people who came to see the show had to return to their homes disappointed. ? The town council has appointed night Policeman Richardson to the position of dav Doliceman during the ill ness of Chief Love. Mr. W. T. McClain is serving as night policeman temporarily. ? Students of the Yorkville Graded school propose to publish a monthly magazine to be edited by high school students. If the students interested are able to put the proposition through the first number of the publication will appear at an early date ? There has been an unusually large amount of cotton seen on the streets of Yorkville this week. Much of the cotton has been warehoused and quite a good deal of it has been sold at prices ranging from 7 to 7J cents per pound. ? Appropriate exercises commemorative of the birthdays of Generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson, will be held in the Yorkville Graded school auditorium next Tuesday. The "Children's hour exercises," which were a feature of the state convention of the U. D. C., held in Yorkville last month, will be reproduced, and other attractions will be added. ? The secretary of the Yorkville Board of Trade has sent out invitations to numerous citizens to attend a smoker, to be given by the board in the McNeel building tonight at 8 o'clock. According to the programme five minute talks will be made by the following gentlemen on various subjects: W. W. Lewis, T. F. McDow, I. W. Johnson, W. B. Moore, John R. Hart, J. C. Wilborn, Revs. E. E. Gillespie. J. L. Oates, J. H. Machen, Henry Stpkes and T. T. Walsh. ? Yorkville Camp, No. 38, Woodmen of the World, held their annual banquet in the camp's hall last evening, quite a number of members of the camp and invited guests being present. Mesdames D. T. Woods and John E. Carroll prepared delicious refreshments, which were served by Misses Essie Wray, Jessie Baber, Margarite Bradford and Marilla Ewart. The officers for the ensuing year who were elected several weeks ago, were installed, Mr. John E. Carroll performing the installation ceremony. Messrs. W. S. and J. G. Dickson were elected escort and manager, respectively, succeeding the Messrs. Whitener, who had moved away. Following the sub- . stantial luncheon, cigars were passed 1 around and the Woodmen heard remarks from Messrs. R. C. Allein, Geo. < W. Williams, D. T. Woods, Thos. W. ' *-? j ?' r\ T> Honrv Stnlrpa 1 DU/U, i?. f , v/ncuo, mvm*, Mr. John E. Carroll acting as toast master. Before the company adjourned a vote of thanks was tendered the ladies for the pleasing manner In which they had prepared and served the repast. ABOUT PEOPLE Mr. L. J. Davidson of Rock Hill, visited friends in Yorkville this week. Mr. George Bennett of Charlotte, Is spending several days in Yorkville. Mr. J. L. McManus of Yorkville, was a visitor to Columbia, this week. Mr. Clarence Slaughter of Hickory Grove, was a visitor in Yorkville, this week. Rev. Henry Stokes and Mr. John R. Logan of Yorkville, spent Wednesday in Rock Hill. Miss Mozelle Thomasson of Yorkville No. 2, visited relatives in Rock Hill, this week. Mrs. J. W. Kirkpatrick of Yorkville, visited relatives and friends in Gastonia, this week. Rev. Henry Stokes and Mr. J. A. . Sherer of Yorkville, were visitors in Rock Hill, this week. Rev. W. W. Arrowood of Tazewell, 1 Va? is visiting his father, Rev. W. B. 1 Arrowood, in Sharon. 1 W. W. Lewis, Esq., of Yorkville, at- j tended the funeral of C. S. Gadsden, in Charleston, Wednesday. Mr. George Ashe has returned to Brevard, N. C., after spending some ' time at his home In Yorkville. Mrs. Edward R. Shannon of York- ( ville R. P. D. No. 4, visited relatives ' and friends In Rock Hill this week. J Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Webb of Mc- ' Adenville, N. C., visited Mr. and Mrs. . Joseph Hoke, in Yorkville, this week. Mr. John Bennett of Yorkville, is in t a serious condition as the result of an operation for a carbuncle on his neck. < Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Steele of McConnellsville, visited the family of Mr. * S. G. Strait near Smith's Turnout, ( this week. * Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Sowell of Ker- f shaw and Mr. Charlton McKnight of : Yorkville No. 4, expect to move to . Yorkville, this week. J Mr. O. L Sanders of Yorkville, is a candidate for membership on the E board of directors of the state peniten tlary. s Announcement has been made of the ( approaching marriage of Miss Emily c Wright of Clover, to Dr. Ralph Stev- 8 enson of Chesterfield, the ceremony to c take place in April. c Dr. William J. McGill, who is now * engaged in the practice of medicine at I'nion Mills, N. C., has decided to move > to Tirzah, where he will succeed Dr. R. W. Hughes. Dr. McGill is a native of c York county, a son of Mr. Leroy A. Mc- ^ Gill, formerly of Bethany, but who now c resides at King's Mountain, N. C. Rev. John W. Ham, who conducted ^ a series of meetings in the Yorkville c Baptist church in October, is now in g Philadelphia, for two or three weeks r attending the revival meeting being conducted in that city by Rev. Billy Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Milton H. Jackson have issued invitations to the marriage of their daughter. Miss Olive, to Mr. Arthur Mason Suggs, the ceremony to take place at the home of the bride's parents on Thursday afternoon, January 28, at 3.30 o'clock, Yorkville R. F. D. No. 6. News has been received in Yorkville of the appointment of Dr. R. Glenn Allison, son of Mrs. N. G. Allison, of Yorkville, to an important position in a large Chicago hospital. Dr. Allison is now connected, with the Sea view hospital of New York and leaves for Chicago in a few days. He was one of 100 applicants for the Chicago position. Among the out-of-town people attending the funeral of the late VV. M. Kennedy in Yorkville, yesterday, were: Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Quinn, Dr. Frank MtGIll and Mr. J. K. Allison. Rev. B. G Pressly, Hickory Grove: Mr. and Mrs. Victor Plexico. Messrs. James R., Samuel and Porter B. Kennedy Sha- n ron; Miss Catherine McConnell, Kev. " Dr. D. O. Phillips. Chester, nnd Miss Rachel Wylle of Converse college, h S'Ttanhurg; Rev. A. S. Rogers Rock t Hill. I n MANY RUMORS News was received in Yorkvil' ihortly after noon, yesterday of th eslgnation of Governor Blease, tfr lews coming as a distinct surprise I some, while others expressed th jpinion that they were not surprise it anything the governor might d Dispatches concerning the rum< were meager; there were a number < people on the streets and soon Dan: Rumor was traveling at a rapid rat By two o'clock everybody on tl streets knew the governor had reslgr >d. but there were a score of stat< ments as to the reason of his action. "Say, had you heard It?" asked or nan. "Hieard what?" another replie 'Why, Governor Blease has turn* oo8e every blamed prisoner in tl penitentiary and on the chainganf ind resigned his Job." "Well, I'll declare," was the rejolr ler. "What do you know about thai Who did he resign to?" "Why, tl .leutenant governor, of course," wr :he answer to the question. "Wei [ never thought he would do It." "Well, Colle's quit," an adminW ration sympathizer Informed an anl 'I'm sure glad; It's a ^ood riddanc [ reckon he was afraid he would 1 mpeached," was the answer. "My friend," replied the lnforme 'I don't know why he resigned. Lin't heard. But don't you think tvas because he was afraid of belr mpeached. That word 'afraid,' )ne woid, the meaning of which Co Blease ain't never learned. You fe ows ought to know by this time thi le ain't afraid of nothing." There being no come-back to thl :he supporter carried the news in or llrectlon and the antl in anothe 3oon the news was in the midst < mother group. "How are we goir :o work our roads without any chair rang?" one man asked, and the repl vas: "Why, man, you don't beliei :hat rumor do you? I don't belle\ i word of It. He may have resigne 3ut he ain't turned all the convici ,oose. I'll bet you a Stetson hat 1 Un't turned six York convicts loose "And Governor Blease has quit mother man commented. "Well, lon't know why he did it. He had reason. But if I had been him ivould not have done it. I would han stayed in office until January 1 noon, Just to show my enemies that tvas governor to the last moment < my time. Well, as I was saying, 1 mows what he's doing. We will kno ill about It tomorrow when the pap< pomes out. I declare"?and he walk* jp the street telling the news to ? east three people between the tempc rary court house and the corner. "Humph, I don't care what he does sxclalmed a pompous citizen. "We wl lave a decent governor in a few day What Blease does doesn't matter I me. If I thought I looked like Bleaslte, I'd leave the county. I reckc ne's gone crazy and quit." "The legislature was voting to inr peach the governor this morning. E neard It and resigned, and that is a :hat kept them from doing It," anoth< man said. "He deserved it too. Not we will have good government." "Oh, I don't know," replied anoth< man, who took the news coolly. "TI next governor will pardon about i many folks as Blease has pardone But the newspapers will stand in wil nim and won't say anything aboi :hem. Therefore, you won't hear muc pussing about pardoning. Blease hi made as good governor as any of ther rhe newspapers have given him tl lickens. They won't bother Mannin rhat is about all the difference. Wh lo you know we have some lawyei ight here in York county who ha> seen so bitter against him, but wl ire really Indebted to him for favorspardons for their clients and the Ilk But I'll tell you one thing, it's like 1 nimself says, he's 'shore been govei nor.'" And thus the rumors and the con ments continued throughout the aftei noon and evening. LOCAL LAC0NIC8 More School Funds Received. The York county treasurer has r? peived a check for $198 from tl state school extension fund; $98 of tl money is to go to District No. 1, ar (100 to District No. 12. fork Ginning Keport. According to figures furnished Tl Enquirer by Mr. Joe M. Taylor, specli igent of the census department, 37,2( Dales of cotton were ginned In Yoi :ounty up to January 1, 1915, t i?*ainsl 39,336 bales to January 1, 191 Low Rate for Inauguration. The Southern railway has grant* i rate of $3 for the round trip to C< iumbia from Yorkville, on account i :he inauguration of Richard 1. Mai rilng as governor next Tuesday, number of people of Yorkville and v :lnlty have announced their Intentlc >f attending the ceremony. Furniture for County Home. The sum of $1,000 or more will t necessary to buy furniture for the ne bounty Home, which Is nearing coir ?letion. The amount for the furnitui s Included in the county supply bll inder the heading of County Home e> senses, the total amount of which e> sense this year Is estimated : 17,615.53. Two York Negroee Paroled. Governor Blease on Wednesday, pa oled Elsie Bratton and Samuel Fewe] negroes serving lifetime sentences f< nurder. Fewell was convicted at tl April, 1911, court of general sessior for York county and Bratton was cor dieted at the July term in the follow ng year. Many Names Secured. Mr. Sam M. Grist, York county ex< icutive committeeman, on yesterda VinviirHod the netitlons bearine tti lames of York county voters request ng the calling of an election on state vide prohibition, to the secretary < he prohibition movement in Columbii Vlore than 1,100 York county votei ligned the petitions. Commissioners Entertained. County Commissioner W. W. Jack ion was host to his fellow commlssior ?rs, Messrs. T. W. Boyd and Joseph V Smith, at a turkey dinner at his horn >n Filbert No. 1, yesterday. While i he neighborhood the commissionei ook advantage of an opportunity t ook over a number of roads that ar >adly in need of repair. laptist Representatives Met. Members of the several Baptist as lociations of South Carolina, met i 'olumbla this week, for the purpose c liscussing the church's foreign mis Ion work. The York associatior omposed of the several Baptis hurches of the county, was represent id by Rev. W. J. Nelson, pastor of th iMrst Baptist church of Rock Hill, fork Has Big Gang. Despite the fact that a number c lonvicts have been released on parol ?y order of the governor, the Yor ounty chaingang is still large, In poln if numbers, forty-live hands doing roa vork at present. Five of those on th ihaingang are white men. The chain ;ang is now working the road near th lome of Mr. R. L. Campbell, In Beth( ownship and if the weather permit vill be ready to move to the Rock Hil oad in ten days or two weeks. >iew Coroner In Office. York county's new coroner, Mr. J. 1 Strait of Rock Hill, has filed his bon nd assumed the duties of his offlci Jr. Strait was elected in the secon irlmary last summer, defeating Mr. F ^ Ua onnnoArlu P'l nf A V! /. CCalJ AAV ouwvvuo vupvi ??4 flack of Rock Hill, who was appoints oroner by Governor Blease, upon th leath of Mr. L. W. Louthlan, mor han a year ago. ipecial Examination. Special examination for prospectiv eachers is being held in the office o he county superintendent of educa ion today. The following are takln; he examination: Stark Slaughtei eon M. Allison. Eula Wilkerson, Ol Vilkerson. Hickory Grove; Maggi folin Yorkville; Mary Garrison, For dill No. 4; Lula Belle Hayes Roc! fill No. 4; Julia McKnlght. Yorkvill Co. 4; Jno. S. Blankenship, Fort Mil Co. 4. "o Organize Association. Principals of several York count; ilgh schools, as well as those in coun ies adjoining, have been asked ti ne< t in Rock Hill tomorrow, for th purpose of organizing a high school |e athletic and oratorical association for this section of the state. The purpose of the association. If formed, will be ie to bring the schools in closer relation, :o and control and purify athletics and ie also to promote interest in oratory and , declamation, id 0 Swanger Wants Release. >r Petitions are being circulated for the release of Rastus Swanger, a white man, who is serving a sentence of six ,e years on the York county chaingang e. on conviction of forgery on three ie counts. He was convicted in 1913, having swindled the Cloud Cash Store of Yorkville, and other Arms in the county. In case Swanger is granted executive clemency, he will be held on ie warrants from North Carolina, chargd ing him with similar offenses in that ;(j state, ie School Improvement Work. ?8 While in Columbia next week ati tending the meeting of county super /> lntendents of education, Superintendle ent Carroll will endeavor to make ar.c ransrements with Miss Mary Eva Hite, H president of the State School Improvement association, to spend some time j. among the York county schools. It is ti. Mr. Carroll's Intention to try to have Miss Hite come to York county as ,e soon as the roads will permit travel between the schools. Sharon Bank Electa Officers. it The annual meeting of the stockig holders of the First National Bank of Is Sharon, was held In the banks offices le last Tuesday afternoon. A semi-an1 nual dividend of three per cent was it declared and officers and directors were re-elected as follows: President, s, J. H. Saye; vice president, J. L. Rai>e ney; cashier, John S. Hartness; directr. ors?W. C. Thomson, Kelly Inman, jf Jno. E. Plexico, W. B. Good. C. M. Inig man, S. V. Aycock, J. H. Saye, J. L. i- Raine.v, J. S Rainey, J S. Hartness. ^ Big Dance Near Filbert. re The home of Mr. A. J. Parrot near d, Filbert, was last Wednesday night the ts scene of one of the largest "breakle down" dances held anywhere in York ." county in many a day. There were 36 young ladles and more than 100 boys I present, together with the best of a good music. Young people from all I parts of York, Kings Mountain and re Bethel townships were present and all 9, pronounced the social gathering as one I of the most pleasant they ever at}f tended. ^ For Rural 8chools. sr York county rural graded schools will >d receive state aid amounting to about it $3,500 this year. The amount, how) ever, will have to be fixed by legislative enactment. The exact number of ," York schools which will benefit by this ill fund is not definitely known yet To s. receive such aid from the state a to school must have an average attenda ance of fifty pupils. Several of the in schools have not yet gotten their average attendance up to the required i- number. ^ What a Dime Did. er "I have heard people talking and v, telling how many debts a dollar will pay when It is kept moving, but I sr never thought much about it until a ie few days ago," said a Yorkvllle man is yesterday. "Last week a man came d. into our place and bought a small ar;h tide and handed me a dime in payjt ment. It happened that I owed a dime :h to another party who was there at the is time. I passed it to him for my debt n. and he in turn passed it to another ie creditor. And right there the fourth g. man paid that ten cents to a fifth man y, to cancel a debt. I don't know where r-8 the dime went after that but it amusre ed me to see that one dime paying io forty cents worth of debts Just in a ? few minutes." e- A Home For Bachelors. Mr. J. W. Cannon of Concord, N. C., who is the head of the Cannon string of cotton mills, is soon to begin the r_ erection of a building at Kannapolis, N. C., to be known as "George Washington Inn," the special purpose of which is to be a home for young men who go to that town to work in the mills, and who do not have families or homes in which to live. Some months s- ago Mr. Cannon built a similar home, ie the "Martha Washington Inn," in ie which about 40 or more young women id who work in the mills live. The home for girls is in charge of a matron and is equipped with every possible convenience that makes for comfortable ie living. The home for men will be built and run along the same lines as >4 is the home for the girls. It ts Death of Mrs. J. L. Strain. 4. Mrs. J. L. Strain died at her home at Wilkinsville, in Cherokee county, Wednesday, following an illness of a id week with pneumonia. Mrs. Strain > was 67 years of age. The funeral and interment was at Salem Presbyterian >- church at noon, yesterday, funeral A services were conducted by Rev. W. B. Arrowood, assisted by Rev. Mr. ,n Boozer of GafTney. The deceased is survived by her husband, Mr. James L. Strain, three daughters, Mesdames. Lesslie Blackwell, C. A. Blackwell and >e H. D. McDaniel, and two sons, Messrs. w James and Samuel Strain of WilkinsJ" ville. Two sisters, Mesdames Amanda f.e Leech and Ellen Osborne of Texas; ' and three brothers, Messrs. William c" Estes, of Texas; Hayes Estes of Washington, D. C., and Mr. James Estea of Wilkinsville. also survive. Nolan Bound Over. Thomas Nolan, the alleged safecracker who has been In the York " county jail for the past ten days, was )r taken to Fort Mill yesterday and given a preliminary hearing before Magis| trate R. P. Harris, on the charge of J* having blown open and robbed the safe of the Fort Mill bank in 1902. He was remanded to jail in default of $5,000 ball bond, to await trial at the April term of court. There were three y witnesses who gave testimony against [e the alleged yeggman, W. B. Meacham, >_ cashier of the bank at the time of the [_ robbery; Mr. A. A. Young, whose shop was broken into at the time of the a robbery, and with whose tools the bur,g glary is alleged to have been committed and Walter Glover, a farmer of Fort Mill township, who testified that Nolan was the same man who had been at his house the day before the i- robbery. Postoffice Inspector H. T. /, Gregory was also presented, related a ,e history of Nolan's movements for n some time leading up to the time of his s arrest in Columbia during the state o fair in 1902. When arrested he had e several hundred dollars In money on his person, a pistol, a flashlight, pawntickets and other property, according to the inspector. Following the prei limlnary Nolan was returned to the n York county jail last evening. >f ? ii, ?Columbia State, Thursday: "House it bill No. 1" in the general assembly . is a measure to compel the attendance e at school of all children between the ages of 8 and 13 years, after a majority of electors of a county have voted in favor of compulsory educa>f tion. The bill, the first presented in e the house, was offered yesterday, by k Mr. Harper of Darlington, who fathit end the compulsory school attendance d bill passed at the last session by the e house. The new bill by Mr. Harper - provides for holding elections, at some e day to be fixed, in which the electors ;1 will vote "For compulsory attend- ( s ance." or "Against compulsory at- , II tendance." In counties in which a majority vote in favor of compulsory attendance is cast, the law shall go into effect. The bill authorizes counties that reject the law at the special elecd tion to vote upon it at subsequent ' general elections. The Harper bill , d says that children of the ages speci- ! t. tied shall be kept In the public school t- nearest their home for the entire d term unless excused for physical dis- j * ability or unless the labor of the child , 6 is necessary to the support of the , parents. The school trustees of the , district are authorized to buy books and clothing for children whose |( f parents are unable to pay for them. 3 A penalty is pmcea upon parents who " do not send their children to school. , ~ The law is to be operated under the i ' direction of the county superintend- j ents of education and the school | ,t trustees of the districts in the counk ties that adopt it. e ' * " 1 II According to the annual report of i t*\ M. MCAiasier, insurance cumiuis- i sioner of South Carolina, 2,288 fires j were reported to him last year. The i y aggregate loss was J 1,307,811.85. The | - commissioner says over $52,000,000 | o of insurance was carried on these < e fires. 1 THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY Seision Open* Auspiciously With York Members Well to the Front. '-tirmpcndcnn Th? TorkvllU KDqulrar M Columbia, January It.?The 71st session of the general assembly of JH South Carolina met in the state capltol Tuesday. Perhaps a little more interest was observable in the meet- W ing of the body this year than has been the case for several years? more Interest at least among those who live in or near the capital and are therefore in position to attend the opening days' sessions without inconvenience. There were many visitors in the galleries and elsewhere about the legislative chambers when the bodies were called to order, and there was, of course the usual amount of handshaking and many pleasant greetings among the members about to take their seats. There has been a big turn-over in South Carolina polltics since the last regular session of the legislature met a year ago. This change of course Is more noticeable in the house than in the senate, the membership of the former body being % am 1 a rera a a the aiiuuoi kiu cc wtss^o ua ?m. ov ^ latter. Many who were prominent as ? legislators a short time ago, have walked the plank and some of them will not, perhaps, be seen again in public life. Of the total house membership of 124, less than 30 of the ~ members today served in the last general assembly or have hitherto had legislative experience. Nothing like a proportionate change occurred in the personnel of the senate, where half the membership held over and a number of old senators were reelected. One thing which is noticeable in the house is the unusual number of young men?men between the ages of 22 and 40 years?occupying seats. There are at least three members of the house who are just wlthing the dead line?21 years. Cherokee < county, York's neighbor to the west, J by the way, sends to the house a very J young man in B. F. Ramseur. An- J derson sends the baby, however, in A Representative Fant, who if it be worth noting, did a rather unusual thing in the house Tuesday, by noml- Ml nating one candidate for clerk, and immediately gave his vote to another candidate. Everything seemed to be more or less cut and dried, in advance of course, for the opening day of the session of the senate. Monday night the hold-over senators met, as Is the custom, and agreed on the commit- * tee assignments. Their action was ratified in open session the next day. There were no contests for the elective places, and it therefore took the body only a short time to get down to business. York county's senator, Mr. Beamguard, fared unusually well in committee assignments. Besides landing on the very important, finance committee, he was also assigned to the committees on agriculture, claims and grievances, engrossed bills, commerce and manufactures, retrenchments, privileges and elections, and is chairman of the committee on county offices and county offlcera Senator Beamguard Is In position to ao enecilve work at the present session. Practically the entire opening day's session of the house was consumed in the election of officers. For the speakership there was no contest. Representative Hoyt of Richland, being the unanimous choice of the body j for presiding officer. Not so with the mm clerkship, for which there were six nominees. The choice finally fell upon J. Wilson Olbbee of Columbia, "J who won on the ninth ballot Follow- 1 ing the election of Mr. Olbbes, the 1 next business in order was the selec- J tlon of a reading clerk. Repreeenta- 4 tlve Gray don of Abbeville, nominated Mr. S. McG. Slmkins of Edgefield, and / Representative Bradford of Tork, nominated Mr. A. B. Hutchison of Rock Hill. The contest was rather one-sided, Mr. Hutchison winning 76 to 39. It was remarked that only two of York's four members supported Mr. Hutchison, Messrs. Bradford and Xunn, while MAssrs. Cherry and Lesslle voted for Mr. Slmkins. Mr. J. S. Wilson was re-elected sergeent-atarms, and the Rev. J. P. Knox, an A. R. P. minister of Columbia, who formerly had a charge in York county, was re-elected chaplain. Some little time was then devoted to the consideration of proposed changes in the rules, with the result that the only important change adopted has for its purpose the elimination of the filibuster. The house and senate have agreed to accept the invitation of President Johnson to visit Wlnthrop college, and the trip will be made on next Wednesday. None of the matters which have been talked about as of unusual statewide interest have yet been taken up in either house. The prediction is made that both bodies will loaf along Am and do little until Governor Manning is Inaugurated next Tuesday. With the advent of the new governor the leglslative mill is expected to turn out considerable grist. But it is certain that there isn't going to be easy sledding for any of the numerous bills which are heralded as panaceas for ' many of the ills, some alleged and others real, that beset the common- H wealth. Meanwhile it might be re marked that there is the prospect of an interesting session, to say the least, whether anything substantial is ac complished or not. 1 York county's delegation probably H will not have a great many bills to in- 1 troduce. I J ?? m for fhft 1 The committee assignments w> house of representatives, were an- | nounced by Speaker Hoyt late Thurs- J day afternoon, and Tork county seems J to have fared well at the hands of the 1 presiding officer. With Senator Beamguard on the most important and a number of other Important senate committees, Tork is perhaps second to no county in the state in this important respect. There is an ambition among most members of the house to serve on the ways and means commit- jd tee and it is said that more than one V member of the Tork delegation was not averse to going on the committee. Representative Bradford, however, was selected for the honor. He is one of the few new members assigned to ways and means. Representative Cherry goes on the ^T Important Judiciary committee, and neither he nor Mr. Bradford, therefore, under the house rules, are assigned to any other committees. Mr. Xunn is to serve on the following committees: Commerce and manufactures, claims, and engrossed bills; while Mr. Lesslie was assigned to roads, bridges and ferries; fish, game and forestry, and penitentiary. The chairman of the ways and means committee is Dr. Dick of Sumter. Representative Boyd of Spartanburg, is chairman of the Judiciary committee. ? In a telegram to John Skelton Williams, comptroller of the currency, John L. McLaurin, state warehouse commissioner, said Wednesday in substance that the Wade cotton loan plan A is of little benefit to the farmers and bankers of South Carolina. Commls- * sloner McLaurin received the following message from Mr. Williams: "Letter 9th received. Why is It that farm* U~ **" n rtr\t o?/o|Ifn