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Scraps ami .facts.
? George McManus, a respected citzen
of the Union church section of
Lancaster county, died suddenly last
Saturday while assisting in digging a
grave tor a neighbor.
? Remarkable figures regarding a
new German naval gun are given by a
German artillery expert writing in the
Artilleri8tiscue Monatrhefte, says a
Berlin dispatch. In discussing an assertion
by the London Times that the
German navy possesses a gun which
carries three miles further than the
best British weapon, the writer admits
that the Krupps are manufacturing a
gun whose projectile weighs 920 kilograms
(about a ton) and which develops
muzzle velocity of 940 metres
(about 3,800 feet) a second. The expert
reckons from these figures that
the gun has 58 per cent more muzzle
force than the British navy's best
weapon and has a range of about 42
kilometeres (about 28 miles), while
the channel at Dover is only 33 kilometres
(about 22 miles) wide. He
says the figures given, if correct, will
permit the Germans eventually to
command the English coast from Calais
for a distance of nine kilometres
(about six miles) inland with the gun.
? West Virginia's share of the debts
outstanding against Virginia when the
state separated in 1861, was fixed in
a special master's report to the supreme
court at more than $12,000,000.
The report, presented by Special
Master Charles E. LJttlefield, after
a long series of hearings, is expected
to be made the order of the court.
The court held in 1911 that West
Virginia must pay $7,100,000 of the
principal of the debt, which totaled
$33,000,000. The questions of interest
and participation in Virginia's assets
in 1861, were not decided. The
special master reported that West
Virginia was entitled to share to the
extent of $3,400,000. minus some
$500 000 already ^ald, in the Virginia
sinking fund and turnpike and railroad
bonds in which the debt was
based, and which were valued at a
total of $14,000,000. He also held,
however, that West Virginia must
pay not only the $7,100,000 principal
designated in the court's decree, but
interest on it from 1861. Representatives
of West Virginia have estimated
that Interest at $8,000,000.
Bond holders claim it will amount to
$14,000,000.
? Columbia State. January 26: Sheriffs
from various counties met in Columbia
yesterday to discuss legislation
pertaining to railroads issuing free
passes to the sheriffs. The legislature
will be asked to modify the law so as
to permit sheriffs to accept free transportation.
Sheriff Rector of Greenville,
invited the officers to hold their
next meeting at Chick Springs. This
invitation was accepted and the next
convention will be at Chick Springs,
July 22 and 23. Sheriff Salley of Orangeburg.
was elected vice president
yesterday. Sherm Manin 01 wwncston,
had been elected president previously
and Sheriff Rector of Greenville,
secretary. Among the sheriffs
present at the meeting yesterday
were: Morris of Barnwell, Martin of
Charleston, Ashley of Anderson, Lyon
of Abbeville, Hill of Calhoun, Thomas
of Cherokee, Colvin of Chester, Register
of Darlington, Lane of Dillon,
Hood of Fairfield, McMillan of Greenwood.
Burch of Florence, Lightsey of
Hampton, Miller of Lexington, Dozier
of Marion. Patterson of Marlboro,
Blease of Newberry, Davis of Oconee,
McCain of Richland, Fant of Union,
and Salley of Orangeburg.
? A German squadron that attempted
another attack on the coast of
England got the worst of it last Sunday.
There were four large cruisers,
and a number of smaller craft in the
expedition. The Germans went out
from their base at Heligoland and
were proceeding toward the British
coast when they ran upon a British
fleet much stronger than their own.
As soon as the Germans took in the
situation, they decided that it would
be suicide to go further and they
turned about. The; British ships
pursued and some of them being the
faster, they soon overtook the Germans
and there followed a running
fight that lasted four hours. The German
cruisers Bluecher went down
with her crew of 885 men of whom
only 123 were saved. The battle cruisers
Derflinger, Seydlidtz and Moltke
were more or less damaged, but reached
the protection of home mines and
submarines before they were disabled.
The British followed until close
to the German base and gave up the
pursuit, because of the almost certainty
of their destruction, had they
gone further. The British report
their loss to have been eleven men,
and claim that none of their ships
suffered any material damage.
? The case of the Dacia is described
by most newspapers in Canada as being
too transparent to be seriously
considered, says a Toronto dispatch.
"Americans are a keen and resourceful
people," says the Montreal Star,
"and they would think the British
government a very foolish organization
indeed if it permitted itself to
be 'bluffed' by so unconcealed a
'hand' into permitting these German
ships to so slip through the blockade.
For, of course, if the Dacia got
back to German waters it is assumed
the entire German fleet now tied up in
foreign ports would be quickly transferred
to other Mr. Breitungs." The
heart of the American people is undoubtedly
right in this great world
war for liberty and democracy We
must not fail to appreciate this fact,
in spite of the more or less successful
maneuvers of Interested aonar cnasers
(a breed not confined to the United
States), or of the apparent easiness
with which this breed makes the present
inexperienced administration at
Washington their docile 'catspaw.' "
It is probable that when parliament
assembles on February 4, an attempt
will be made to get some of these
questions into politics. The bold
tacticians of the Conservative party
are credited with a determination to
get the United States war policies
discussed.
? A record cotton crop for the
1914-15 season was indicated in a
census bureau's report last Saturday,
showing 14,907,941 running bales had
been ginned prior to January 16.
Glnnlngs from January 1 to 15,
amounted to 460,149 bales, and exceeded
those of that period in any
previous year. They also took the
total ginnings beyond any previous
year, exceeding the record production
year of 1911 by almost 400,000 bales.
Until the census bureau's final ginning
report is issued on March 20, the exact
size of the 1914 crop will not be
known, but it is believed it will be
larger than the 1911 record production?15,553,073
running bales. It depends
upon the quantity ginned from
January 16 to the end of the season,
which in 1911 amounted to 1,037,274
bales, and for the past five years has
averaged 485,596 bales. Should as
much be ginned as in 1911, this year's
crop would be close to 16,000.000
bales. Ginnings by states: Alabama,
1,676,081; Arkansas, 941,681; Florida,
88.113; Georgia. 2,596,842; Louisiana,
424.479: Mississippi. 1,14" Y0".; North
Carolina, 853,830; Oklahoma, 1,147,497;
South Carolina, 1,425,768; Tennessee,
342,982: Texas, 4,120,906; all
other states, 136,062. Ginnings of
sea island cotton by states: Florida.
33,203; Georgia. 41.214: South Carolina.
5,067.
? Attorne" General Peeples in his
annual report to the general assembly
asks for authority to investigate the
status of the Columbia canal with a
view to ascertaining *he rights of the
state in that property. It is definitely
known that the present owners of the
canal originally bound themselves to
make very considerable expenditures
in return for their holdings and it is
known also that they really did very
little. There has been more or 1< ss
monkeying on the subject by the legislature
at different times and the exact
status of the situation is not
known On this subject the attorney
general says: "There has been some
litigation and investigation in regard to
the status of the Columbia canal and
the question as to whether the present
owner has reasonably performed its
contract of purchase. This is a much
mooted nuestion and a matter affecting
the public interest to a considerable
degree. In order that proper legislation
may be enacted relating to this
subject or proper legal proceedings to
secure the rieht of the state therein
may be instituted I recommend that
this office be authorized and empowered
to make full and complete txamin
ation into all matters concerning the i
Columbia canal in which the state has j
or may have an interest, with a view
of reportig to the general assembly at 1
its next session what action in the i
light of such examination is to be de- <
sired on the part of the state." He rec- ,
ommends that sufficient appropriation
be made to meet the expenses of such 1
Investigation and litigation. i
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YORKVILLE. S. O.i 1
TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1915 !
North Carolina has had a modification
of the Torrens law on her book
for some years; but has been unable
to put it In operation. This fact sug- '
gests the question: "After all, what's 1
the use?" 1
Why not call It Yorick? Then you
could always say, "Alas, poor Yorick." *
- -New berry Observer. i
Considering the influences that have i
dominated this proposition, there is <
more of the tragedy in the suggestion {
of the Observer than there is of the i
Joke. I
The British report of the Sunday's t
naval fight in the North Sea, claims (
the sinking of a German cruiser, but ,
denies serious injury to any of the ,
British vessels. The German report t
admits the sinking of a German cruis- c
er and claims that a British cruiser f
was also sunk. t
The matter of amending the constl- t
tution so as to provide for biennial i
sessions of the legislature Is up again, ]
but whether it will pass or not re- t
mains to be seen. It will be remem- j
bered that the people of South Caro- <
lina voted to amend the constitution t
so as to provide for biennial sessions; j
but the legislature disobeyed the or- i
ders of the people on the subject, and f
rerusea to rainy me amcuuuicuk =
A bill to allow the use of educational
funds In the operation of moving
* 'cture shows in public schools, has
been passed to a third reading in the
house with York county exempted
from its provisions. The York county
members, having some practical
knowledge of business, very well understand
the impracticability of operating
moving picture shows in country
schools under present conditions.
The Democrats of the senate have
agreed in caucus to make the ship purchase
bill a party measure and the understanding
is that the bill will now
be pushed on to its passage with some
probability of its getting through before
March 4. The Republicans are
fighting the bill on various grounds;
but are making their strongest point
in the claim that the purpose of the
proposition is to purchase the German
ships that now lie interned in American
ports and this will necessarily
bring friction with the British government,
and possibly result in war.
President Wilson does not allow himself
to be influenced by such claims; I
but continues to favor the bill with all t
the resources at his command. s
The British government it is understood,
claims that while the Dacia was
purchased from a German owner by
an American citizen, the money was
furnished either by the German owners
themselves or other Germans, and
the purchase was not bona fide. That
is the showing the British will try to
make against the Dacia in the prize
court proceedings. It is claimed in
Great Britain that if the Dacia purchase
is allowed to stand, the German
government will easily find a way to
release the German ships now interned
in American waters, and the British
determination is said to be against any
such development. The issue not only
involves the exigencies of war; but
also the question of future competition
in the ocean carrying trade, an exclusive
monopoly of which Great Britain
demands for herself.
We are not exactly able to follow
the proposition that the governor is
without power to disband the military
forces of the state, whenever he may
see proper to do so. It is easy to conceive
of circumstances where it might
become necessary for the good and
safety of the state for the governor ?
to have such power, especially for the a
purpose of complete re-organization. 1
we ao not Know enougn aooui me situation
to say whether Governor Blease
was justified in his order of January
11, or whether that order was the best
thing under the circumstances; but
we have had no doubt as to the effectiveness
of it. In our view, therefore,
it would have been better for Governor
Manning to proceed to the re-organization
of the militia, rather than
declare of no effect the order by which
his predecessor sought to disband the
same. However, all's well that ends
well, and if the militia does not claim
liberty under the order of Governor
Blease, it will be just as effective maybe
as if no such order had been issued.
A bill has been Introduced in the
general assembly looking to the abolition
of the state home for Confederate
soldiers. The understanding is that
the matter originated with the United
Confederate Veterans, and quite a
number of different camps have adopted
resolutions calling for the abolition
of th? home. The Enquirer is not at
all surprised at this development. It
will be remembered that we opposed
the establishment of the home from
the beginning. We took the position
that while there were many veterans
throughout the stute who were in need
of state aid. there were very few who j
would riot prefer to remain in their t
familiar surroundings, no mattter how t
humble, rather than go to such a home I
as the state would provide. We pointed
out that notwithstanding the ex- t
pressions of patriotic sentiment with f
which the Old Soldiers' Home move- r
ment was being pushed, the only thing ^
behind it was the selfish object of hav- r
ing the state make additional expendi- c
lures for the upbuilding of Columbia, c
But the home was established never- t
theless, and it has been a failure from j
the beginning, just as was predicted, s
As a matter of fact, if it were not for t
large numbers of foreigners who were >
in the Federal armies and who never (
I nail any llUliir iirw ill una uiuuuj,
there never would have been any need t
for the various magnificent homes that
have been established by the national
government. And even as it is, the old
soldiers who live in these homes are
only able to make existence bearable,
through running about from one home
and to another, etc. That it is the duty
Df the state of South Carolina to look
after her old soldiers there is no question;
but the only way the thing can
be d me with real satisfaction and
credit to the state, is in the homes of
the old soldiers themselves. This fact
has been fully demonstrated, and the
sooner the home in Columbia is abolished,
the better for all concerned.
The Greenville Piedmont undertakes
to speak in a commendatory manner
of the comments The Yorkville Enquirer
saw proper to make on Governor
Manning's Inaugural address,
and to be somewhat patronizing about
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LUC OOiUC. TT c aic juov a i??mv ??..
prised at our contemporary, considering
the age and experience of the editor,
his knowledge of journalism and
Pis familiarity with the course of The
Enquirer generally. Thii ( newspaper
las always had its opponents and always
expects to have them. The
principal and most aggressive opponents
of this paper are a few people
vho are obsessed with the idea that
ilthough the paper be owned and pubished
by L. M. Grist's Sons, they
ihould be consulted as to the edltorihlp.
They seem to think that our
failure to accept them at their own
estimate is something akin to crime;
ind that for us to do our own thinkng
is assumption that approaches im-.
sudence. Their objection does not
ipply to political matters alone; but
;o social and business matters, and
sven matters affecting our good faith
vith our readers. It was these people
vho sought to whip us into line under
:heir domination by undertaking to
characterize us. They knew they were
fuilty of the grossest misrepresentaion;
but they cared nothing for that.
What really worried them was the
rue character of this paper?that edtorlally
it stands for true, honest journalism
and that it is the organ of no
>no. The Enquirer tried to give Gov.
Vnsel a fair show, it tried to give Governor
Blease a fair show, and it will
:ry to give Governor Manning a fair
ihow; but it will be a blind partisan of
10 one. Our subscribers all underitand
that, and for that reason, astaults
against us, whether secret or
>pen, and there have been plenty of
>oth kinds, have only served to increase
the confidence the people have
n our honesty of purpose. We have
emarked that the suggestions of the
Piedmont have surprised us, and have
laid why. The record of this newsjaper
is an open one. The Piedmont
las seen every issue during the time
he Piedmont has been in existence,
et it reproduce so much of the record
is will show that we have tried to
)ias our readers for or against any>ody.
We have often been Impressed
vith the fairness of the Piedmont, and
nore than once we have remarked
;he fact; but we claim that The Enjuirer
is always as fair as is the PiedTiont,
and we believe it is as non>artisan.
And furthermore, if the
Piedmont thinks that The Enquirer
vill undergo any change of conviclons
as the result of a change in adninlstration
it will find itself very
nuch mistaken.
Attack On the Warehouse
We are reproducing on the first
>age of today's issue a broadside that
he Columbia Record has fired at the
itate warehouse commissioner and
>ver the head of the commissioner, at
he state warehouse system.
While we are not at all impressed
>y what has been said, and do not
:onsider the article worth the space it
>ccupies from any standpoint, still
lince we desire to make a few comnents,
we do not desire to do so un;il
we have given the reader a fair
md full opportunity to see what we
ire talking about.
The editor of the Columbia Record
s an able man, working for able and
ihrewd men of masterful spirit and
rroat flnanolal nnuvr and nuite a con
renial combination it makes, because
vith both it is means to an end and
,'ery little regard on the part of either
as to what means are necessary.
In this case, we consider that the
jroprietors of the Record told their
employe, the editor, to sail in and kill
he warehouse system with the legisature,
and although he has undertak:n
to obey orders to the best of his
ibility, so far as we are able to unlerstand,
this first broadside is not an
iltogether creditable effort.
Let it be known to begin with, that
he largest stockholders and dominatng
owners of the Columbia Record,
ire rich and powerful bankers, who
ire owners of the Standard Warejouse
company, which has for years
)ast been making big money storing
;otton for the farmers and negotiating
oans thereon, and who see in the state
tystem an effort to save to the cotton
jroducers themselves the big profits
hat have heretofore been going to the
:ompany.
In this editorial we note a preended
complaint against Commissionir
McLaurin for not having furnished
he general assembly with a detailed
itatement of the business transacted
luring the past eight or ten weeks
luring which he has been trying to
jet the new system in operation, and
irilll'isiii iui unci ins insicau auuinuuil
facts and argument as to why the
indertaking should be put on the
>road and useful basis originally conemplated.
There is no effort to show
hat the warehouse system is not
naking fine headway, and we are indined
to think that if the editor had
'acts on which he could make such a
ihowing his editorial would not have
>een written, because he and his emjloyers
would have had no occasion
or worry.
We do not hesitate to say that alhough
the state warehouse system
las not yet made nearly as much
>rogress as we are hoping for it, Mr.
dcLaurin has already accomplished a
rreat deal more than we thought was
jossible with such means and powers
is trie general assemmy proviueu m
he act under which the system has
teen started.
We beg to remark too, for the ben>fit
of the Record, that although the
'act may not be susceptible for demnistration
by figures, it is a fact nev rtheless,
that the new system has already
been worth far more than it has
:ost by the effect it has had on the
jwners of private warehouses, in put:ing
them on their p's and q's in givng
such improved service as would
leem to make the state warehouse sysem
unnecessary, and as the whole
dtuation develops this benefit will be ome
more and more marked.
From what we have seen and know,
he efforts of the Record to throw off
on Mr. McLaurln's recent trip to Washington
as a Junket, Is entirely gratuitous.
The editor of The Enquirer was
along on that trip, and he Is prepared
to testify that Mr. McLaurin worked
faithfully and intelligently, and accomplished
results that have already
become apparent In the securing of
recognition from the Regional Reserve
bank authorities of the proper
claims of the warehouse certificate as
collateral, and we are Inclined to think
that this Is another point at which the
shoe is pinching the owners of the
Record. The editor of The Enquirer
does not pretend to have been of any
value to Mr. McLaurin during the trip,
but as to whether he was or not the
Record has absolutely no concern, for
the reason that the editor's expenses
were not paid out of the funds of the
warehouse appropriation; but entirely
out of the funds of L. M. Grist's Sons.
And note that cheap throw off on
Mr. Price, who has nothing whatever
to do with the matter. Mr. Price if a
cotton speculator. Sometimes he is a
bull. Then he is popular in the south.
At other times he is a bear, and then
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lie la uiipupumi. wiiru ivix. lutuaui'
In was in New York during the latter
part of November, Mr, Price was a
bull, and practically everybody on the
Stock Exchange was making fun of
him and claiming that he himself did
not believe what he was talking about.
Whether he did or not, the fact remains
that cotton is now selling a full cent
and a half a pound higher than it was
at that time. Bull or bear, popular or
unpopular, abused or praised, It is a
fact that Theodore H. Price is probably
today the leading authority of the
world on cotton, and while he Is by
no means Infallible, getting burnt
about as often as he burns, he is capable
of giving valuable pointers on this
subject to anybody.
But we are not hunting any controversy
with the Columbia Record on
the subject of the warehouse or anything
else. Since James K. Hoyt was
driven away from it, in the way he
was driven, we have had absolutely no
respect for that paper, and we do not
care to waste time or thought or effort
in arguing with it, about the
warehouse question or anything else.
MERE-MENTION
Dr. H. M. Hamil, chaplain-general
of the United Confederate veterans,
died at Tate Springs, Tenn., last
Thursday night The state of
Alabama will become prohibition territory
after July 1, 1916 Harry
K. Thaw is again in the hands of New
York authorities, having been returned
from New Hampshire. He will
soon be tried on a charge of conspiracy,
the charge being based on
his escape from Matteawan insane
asylum more than a year ago......
^uuui ivau oiucixvu, pi cwuci ui
Austria, has tendered his resignation
to Emperor Franz Joseph Lonnie
Rowland, confessed slayer of a
Jacksonville policeman, was hanged
in that city, last Thursday A
portrait of President Wilson, painted
by Seymour Thomas, was hung in the
White House gallery Friday, with
the portraits of other presidents
A dead whale which drifted ashore a
few days ago on the northern part of
the Dutch coast, was found to have
been killed by three-inch naval shells.
Presumably it had been mistaken for
a submarine by some of the patrolling
warships More than $6,000,000
have been placed at the disposal of
the Italian authorities for alleviating
conditions in the earthquake zone.
Extensive relief work is being done.
Forty-four acts of heroism,
largely those of young men and women
in widely scattered places in
the United States and Canada, were
recognized at the eleventh annual
meeting of the Carnegie Hero fund
commission held in Pittsburgh, Pa.,
last week, by the award of eleven silver
medals and thirty-three gold
medals An Austrian aviator bearing
messages to the besieged fortress
of Prezemysl Friday morning, collided
with a Russian airman, who was
trying to intercept him. Both machines
were hurled to the ground and
the aviators killed Gov. General
Harrison of the Philippine Islands,
on Saturday, directed that Gen. Noriel,
a noted insurgent leader of the Philippines,
be executed on January 27,
for the murder of a native, the murder
being committed in 1902
Isidre Cortes, a citizen of Mexico City,
has been arrested by Mexican police,
charged with having fired the shot
which killed Gustave Madero, brother
of former President Madero, at
Mexico City, February 19, 1913
German airmen attacked the town
of Dunkirk, France, Friday night,
throwing bombs and killing and
wounding a number of people
The postofflces at Lowell and McAdenville,
N. C., were broken into
and robbed at an early hour Saturday
morning. Several hundred dollars'
worth of stamps and about $135 in
cash was secured by the robbers
Garland Pearson, a negro butler of
Greensboro, N. C., has been sentenced
to eighteen months' imprisonment for
using Indecent language over the telephone
The United States cruiser
Washington has been ordered to proceed
to Haiti on account of a revolution
in that country A Seattle,
Wash., firm has been awarded a contract
for 15,000 railroad cars to be
used by the Russian government....
Miss Katheryn Clark at a special
election in Oregon, last Thursday, was
elected to the state senate over two
male opponents. She Is a Democrat
and the first woman to be elected to
the Oregon senate The American
steamer Matanza, left Norfolk, Va., on
Saturday, carrying 6,300 bales of cotton
to Bremen, Germany Edward
V. Metcalf. former president of the
Atlantic National bank, and Henry deKay,
a New York broker, were convicted
at Providence, R. I., Saturday,
of mis-appropriating $219,000 of the
bank's funds Two 16-inch guns,
weighing seventy-five tons each, were
lashed to the deck of the steamer
Transylvania, when she left New
York, Saturday. The guns were consigned
to an Irish ship-building company
Paxton Thomas, cashier of
the Citizens' Bank and Trust com
pany of Batesvllle, Ark., locked himself
In the hank's vault and shot himself.
Saturday. Ill health Is said to
have caused the act It has been
discovered that Ed Johnson, a Vicksburg,
Miss., negro who was lynched
by a mob last week, was an innocent
man. Johnson was charged with
stealing and making away with a cow.
Forty-eight hours after the lynching
the cow. which had strayed away, returned
to its owner, who had not even
accused Johnson of the theft
Figures given out at Washington, on
Friday, stated that there were 280,000.000
bushels of wheat in the United
States available for export. Professional
crop reporters of Chicago, say
that the government estimates are
from 100,000,000 to 180,000,000 bushels
too high Low water in one
of the boilers of the United States
cruiser San Diego, caused an explosion
while the vessel was in the Gulf of
California, Thursday. Five men were
killed and eight injured. .. .The American
steamship Wilhelmina cleared
from New York. Friday with a cargo
of 2.000 tons of grain, flour and general
food supplies, valued at $200,000,
for Hamburg. Germany, for the con
sumption or civilians Mrs. Anna
C. Sharp, wife of Rev. Arthur B.
Sharp of Richmond. Va., committed
suicide In Philadelphia, Friday, by
jumping from a fifth floor window of
a hospital, in which she was being
treated The army appropriation
bill, carrying a total of $104,124,511.
was passed by the national house of
representatives. Friday night.
? Rev. J. M. Trogdon of Clinton, has
accepted a call to the First Baptist
ehurch of Lowryville.
? The annual meeting of the State
c.onierence 01 n,pwonn i^eapues win
be held in Columbia, June 16-20.
? The body of G. Buist Lucas who
was drowned in Wando river near
Charleston on December 23, was found
last Friday.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
W. E. Ferguson?Assures you of the
freshness of the goods he sells. A
fresh shipment of Stone's cakes.
He sells "Luzzianne" coffee.
James Bros.?Are doing some business
almost every day and say that
business looks good to them. New
stock to be shipped In.
Bank of Clover, Clover?Is ready to
do everything foi- you that it is pos
sible for a good bank to do. It solicits
your business.
York Drug Store?Talks about correspondence
stationery, Kodaks and
supplies for amateurs, and asks you
to call Phone No. 24 for service.
McConnell Dry Goods Co.?Offers a lot
of reduced prices on goods that are
in season just now. Bargains in
shoes at |1 a pair.
H. C. Smith, Jr., Yorkville No. 3?
Will appreciate return of pocketbook
and money, lost in Yorkville,
Saturday last.
Carroll Supply Co.?Sells "Luzlanne"
coffee, has best flour and can give
you close prices.
Thomson Co.?Thursday opens up a
special white goods sale for 10 days.
Que :n Quality and Boston Favorite
shoes, 98 Cts. a pair.
Klrkpatrick-Belk Co.?Continues its
white goods and clearance sale and
emphasizes the savings on goods
bought now.
First National Bank, Yorkville?Relates
an incident in the life of Andrew
Carnegie, to illustrate the need
of taking care of little things.
PoqK Qtnra?To molrlnff n ohnw.
ing of early spring styles In ladles'
coat suits, and invites the ladies to
come and see them.
F. F. Dalley Co., Ltd., Buffalo?On
page four gives further information
about the good qualities of "2-ln-l"
shoe polish?10c in easy open box.
Lyric Theatre?Mentions programmes
for part of this week. "The Treasure
Train," will be the main card on
tomorrow. Also a Crystal comedy.
York county citizens who contemplate
making application for appointment
as notaries public, are reminded
that their application must be endorsed
by at least one member of the county
delegation before it will receive consideration
at the hands of Governor
Manning.
Announcement has been made that
Postmaster General Burleson expects
to try cold storage plants in the parcel
post service and if the experiment
proves successful it is believed that the
department will apply to congress for
appropriations to establish cold storage
outfits in every postofflce building of
any size in the country. It is proposed
to make the experiment at the Denver
postofflce, which is a new building.
It develops that by oversight the architect
failed to provide in his plans
for an augur stairway leading from
the clerk's office to the basement of
the new courthouse, and as it was not
up to the contractors to put the same
in, the stairway must be provided otherwise.
It has been suggested that the
oversight will be corrected by making
provision for it in the appropriation to
be made on furniture account. Some,
however, think that the architect
should correct his own oversight.
What on earth does anybody want to
Bend their dollars away from home to
a mail order house when they can get
as good or better at home for the same
price? Make a round of the various
stores of this county and we dare say
there can be found any staple article
that a mall order house can furnish,
and on terms that are as fair. Send :
the money off to a mail order house,
and it Is gone. Spend the money at
home and a part of it remains here, '
with a good show of either getting t
it back into your own. pocket, or your }
getting additional direct or Indirect .
benefit. There is no need to go to the
mail order houses for anything. i
Every reader of The Enquirer who '
finds pleasure in a first class serial 1
story should make it a point to read
the opening chapters of "The Call of
the Cumberlands," in today's paper.
This story is undoubtedly one of the
best we have had the pleasure of
printing for many a day. It is founded
on fact and follows closely the history
of a famous feud that existed
over many years in the Kentucky
mountains. There is a hero who is
worth while and a heroine who is fully
his equal, and both characters are remarkably
true to life. We are quite
safe in promising that no reader of
this splendid story will be disappointed
in any part of it.
The Enquirer has been advised that it
is the purpose of the Loan & Savings
bank of Yorkvllle to withdraw the suit
it filed against Treasurer Neil for the
return of taxes paid under protest.
The First Trust & Savings Bank of
Rock Hill has written the treasurer
withdrawing its protest on account of
1913 taxes. As to whether the National
Union and the First Trust and Savings
bank propose to continue the case as
to 1913 taxes, we have not been advised.
It will be remembered that these
protests were brought to test the right
of the state to tax otherwise non-taxable
bonds when the same are the
property of a banking corporation
which makes its returns on a basis of
the value of its capital stock rather
than on the basis of the value of its
assets. The banks have lost so far in
the litigation; but secured a decided
gain last year from the board of
equalization In reduced assessments.
The main question on which the protest
was made remains unsettled, and
manv public officials are hoping that
the litigation will be pushed to a conclusion
in order that there may be a
final determination of the issue.
There are a great many people in
Yorkville who look upon the circulation
of that petition for the change of
the name of the town as childish. It
is dawning on some of them that, although
they had no idea of such a
thing at the time, that this scheme
was the underlying object of all that
recent smoker entertainment and the
pretty programme of speeches. No
one doubts the good faith of the
speakers; but the suspicion covers the
idea that the change of name people
anticipated that as the result or tne
speeches those present would agree to
any proposition, however absurd, that
might be made In the name of "harmony."
It is a fact that while a goodly
number of representative citizens
have refused to sign the petition at all,
there are many people to whom it has
never been presented, for the reason
that the circulators thereof know they
will not sign. It is a fact also that
some of the people who have signed
the petition are expressing regret that
they did so and declaring that they
would not so sign if they had it to do
over again. Also that if they get a
chance to vote, they will vote no. So
far no one seems to advance any ar- >
gument, or even sensible reason why 5
the name of the town should be j
changed, after a hundred and thirty (
years of honorable existence. More "
than anything else the thing looks like a
another joke on the innocent credulity t
of many of the most earnest and con- j.
sciencious people of the town.
OPENING OF BETHANY
Sunday, February 21, has been se- r
lccted as the date for the formal open- t
ing of the handsome new Associate ^
at RetV<? .1/ and an
interesting programme for the occa- ^
sion is in the making by Rev. W. P. ^
Grier, the pastor, and a number of the
r
congregation.
Rev. Dr. R. M. Stevenson, former
pastor, now editor of the Associate 1
Reformed Presbyterian, will deliver an e
address, based on his pastorate of
twenty-five years. Rev. J. L. Oates .
will speak on the "Effect of the Temporal
or the Spiritual," and J. S. Brlce, E
Esq., will speak on "What May be Ex- s
pected of Bethany During the Next j
Twenty-five Years."
The other features of the programme 1
have not been definitely decided upon; (
but they are being arranged with due
regard to the unusual importance of
the occasion, and the programme will
be announced later.
STATE SUPERINTENDENTS
County Superintendent of Education
John E. Carroll returned from Columbia,
Friday night where he attended a
meeting of the superintendents of education
of the state. The association
recommended to the legislature a local
option compulsory education bill as
suggested by State Superintendent
Pwearlngen.
The superintendents also recommended
the establishment of a state
board of examiners for school teachers
instead of the county boards which
now exist.
Appropriations for the public schools
of South Carolina were recommended
as follows: High school aid $60 000
term extension, $60,000; rural graded
schools, $90,000; libraries, $20,000;
buildings, $25,000; contingent fund not
less than $50,000.
Superintendent Carroll was one of a
committee appointed to appear before
a joint committee' of the house and
senate on education to discuss the
proposed local option compulsory education
law.
"Taken all in all the superintendents
had a good meeting," said Superintendent
Carroll yesterday, "and I believe
some improvement along certain lines
of school work will grow out of the
discussions in Columbia."
WITHIN THE TOWN
? March 24 has been set as the date
for the inspection of Co. L, N. G. S.
C., of Yorkville.
? A thief or thieves etered the home
of Mr. H. B. James on West Liberty
street last Thursday night and took a
quantity of meat from the pantry. Mr.
James had recently purchased a hog
and had stored away the meat for future
use. The thief evidently knowing
of the purchase, took all the meat
which was missed Friday morning
when a servant went to get a portion
to cook for breakfast.
? Business conditions in Yorkville are
improving acordlng to a number of
business people who were consulted
yesterday. One said that last week'3
business was the best he had had in
six months, and others stated that
they had little cause for complaint.
The number of traveling salesmen
always present at this season, are
making their appearance, and are securing
orders from Yorkville merchants
equal to those they have been
used to having. A representative of a
Baltimore tailoring concern was in
Yorkville at Thomson Co.'s last week
and secured about as many orders for
tailor-made spring su'~s as he did at
this season last year The tailoring
companies which are represented in
Yorkville by the Kirkpatrick-Belk Co.,
McConnell Dry Goods Co., HarshawCloud
Co., Carroll Bros., J. M. Stroup
and others expect to send their representatives
to Yorkville within the
next few days and are confidently expecting
as much business as usual.
IRA HARDIN PASSES.
Mr. Ira Hardin died at his home in
Blacksburg, last Friday night, following
an illness of only a few days. Old
age is supposed to have been the cause
of his death. Although 84 years of
age, his health has been good until a
few days before his death. Practically
all his life was spent in the open
air and his profession (surveying) led
him into every section of York, Cherokee
and adjoining gountles.
The deceased had many friends in
York county and quite often came to
Yorkville to meet old acquaintances,
who were always glad to see him. Up
until the past few months he has been
actively engaged in his work.
Mr. Hardin was a veteran of the
war betwen the states and his comrades
say his record was that of a
grood soldier.
He was for many years a member of
the Blacksburg Baptist church, and
was always considered a strong pillar
of that institution. His funeral was
held at that church Sunday afternoon,
services being conducted by Rev. J. D.
Bailey of Cowpens, and the interment
was in the cemetery at Blacksburg.
Mr. Hardin leaves a widow and the
following children: A. T. Hardin, New
t? if t a a n 1_
xuitv, r. iu., xj. a, aiiu n. u. naiuiu
of Atlanta, Ga., and Hon. N. W. Hardin
of Blacksburg.
PLENTY OF CLOTHING
The movement started by Mr. I. P.
Boyd, superintendent of the county
lome last Friday, for the relief of suffering
people In the hall stricken secdon
of Bethel township has been successful
up to all reasonable expectations,
and the practical results are all
that could be desired.
Acttng upon Mr. Boyd's suggestions
the pastors of the various churches,
tfter agreeing that the excellent Boy
3cout organization was just the thing
ivith which to make a thorough canvass
of the town, made announcement
if the plan from their pulpjts on Sunday
morning, and the whole under:aking
was carried out with effective
horoughness.
As soon as they got out of school
yesterday afternoon, the boys having
ilready agreed upon a systematic division
of the town by streets, made a
'anvass of every home and every home
nade liberal response with all the
clothing that could be spared.
The donations included almost everything
in the line of wearing apparel
for men, women and children, and
nany of the articles donated were
^radically as good as new. When It
vas all collected together it made up
l bulk that was easily sufficient to
nake two good two-horse wagon loads.
The Scouts turned over their collecions
to the committee of ladies that
las been doing such handsome work in
he collection and forwarding relief
'or the Belgians as well as for the hail
mfferers and this committee with Mr.
3oyd has this morning been engaged
n assorting and classifying the various
irticles so as to get them in proper
shape for shipment.
All the numerous articles collected
>y the Boy Scouts and by the ladies of
he Belgian relief committee on account
of the hail sufferers are to be
lacked in suitable boxes and shipped
vithout delay to the Bethel relief comnittee
at Clover.
WESTERN TEACHERS MEET
The first meeting of the Western Division
of the York County Teachers'
issociation for the year 1915, was held
n the Yorkville Graded school last
5ULUIUa>, ct I iu IIUIII puiiiL ui aucnumce
and interest in the proceedings,'
he meeting was one of the best ever
leld. Teachers were present from
inme of the most remote schools in
he division, rough and muddy roads
lotwithstanding.
Miss Cammie Roddey of the Clover
Traded school, who is president of the
iVestem Division, presided, and the
xercises were opened with prayer by
lev. Henry Stokes, pastor of Trinity
dethodist church. Several musical
lumbers by high school students and
>th -rs which were rendered at various
imes during the meeting were much
njoyi d by the teachers.
Prof. R. C. Burts. superintendent of
he Rock Hill schools, made an inter-sting
address to the teachers on the
lubject of "Athletics and Organized
3lay at School." The speaker told of
he athletic training which the ancient
?reeks and Romans gave their chil
dren and of the benefits such training
was to them. He advocated the giving
of more attention to athletics by the
teachers of the public schools of York
county, asserting that athletic practice
was one of the best ways of teaching
the laws of health and at the same
time arned the teachers that they
must guard against the tendency of
some pupils to give too much attention
to athletic sports.
Prof. B. C. Riddle of the Yorkville
Graded schools read a paper on the
subiect of "Good Teaching," in which
he discussed ways and means whereby
teachers might give the best instruction
to students in their charge.
The matter of having a county Field
Day some time this spring on which
occasion the sixty-one schools in the
county would be represented, was discussed
at some length by Prof. Riddle,
oupennienueni Barron, rroi. curia
and others, and all the teachers heartily
endorsed the proposition. The
teachers propose that the Field Day
exercises shall be a kind of county picnic
at which not only the school children
but their parents shall be welcome.
Athletic and mental contests
will be staged and the teachers propose
to arrange a programme whereby
ill eh schools shall compete against
h,t"h schools of similar numerical
strength, grammar schools against
similar schools, etc.
The president appointed Miss Mary
Cartwright and Messrs. R H. Holliday
and R. E. Allen as a representative
committee of the Western Division to
meet with the Eastern Teachers' association
in Rock Hill next Saturday,
for the purpose of agreeing upon a
time and place for the monster county
field dav.
Shortly after twelve o'clock lunch
was served the teachers, the same beiner
provided by the county board of
education, which body was represented
ai ine teacners meeting Dy uouniy
Superintendent John E. Carroll and
Mr. T. E. Mc Mack In.
After lunch the teachers were divided
into the various departments of
school work in which they were enpaged
and entered into round table
discussions of their work, each teacher
telllnc the other of his or her experiences
in teaching and making suggestions
from which benefits might be
derived.
VETERANS AND WIDOW8
The Enquirer has offered its assistance
in collecting information as to
the names of surviving veterans of the
Civil war, and the names of surviving
widows and veterans who are not now
on the pension roll.
It is proposed to collect this information
by having the veterans and
widows of veterans or friendly disposed
citizens who are interested in them
to send such information as they have
to this paper.
What is wanted in the case of a veteran
provided he is not on the pension
roll, his name, postofflce, company
and regiment, and what is wanted in
the case of widows who are not on the
pension roll are the postoflic addresses
and the names, companies and regiments
of their deceased husbands.
This effort has nothing whatever to
do with names that are now on the
pension roll, and such names should
not be sent to us and the sending will
only make confusion.
This information should be completed
before the first of March and veterans,
widows and friendly disposed
people who are willing to assist, will
please govern themselves accordingly.
The names received since the previous
acknowledgement are as follows:
Bsthsl.
T. E. Harper, Company H, Eighteenth
Regiment, S. C. V.
Mrs. Mulvina Cook, No. 8 Yorkville,
u'ihaw f\t fho lot a T d paaI/ Crtrwnft
"??W ? w? V. Ak. wvn, vviuyaiij
H., Eighteenth regiment, S. C. V.
Youngblood, W. 0., Company H,
Eighteenth regiment.
Catawba.
Mrs. M. A. Strait, Rock Hill, widow
of John R. Strait, Company A, Seventeenth
regiment, S. C. V.
York.
L. L. Smith, No. 1 Yorkville, LaFayette
S. C. Artillerv
W. A. Bums, Smyrna 2, Company A,
Twelfth regiment, S. C. V.
F. D. Davison, No. 3, Yorkville;
Company H, Seventeenth regiment, S.
C. V., and wife Mrs. H. C. Davison.
Broad River.
Caldwell J. M.. Co. F, 17th S. C. V.
Fort Mill.
The following names have been sent
by Capt. J. W. Ardrey, who has tried
to leave oft all who are drawing pensions,
but not having a pension list at
hand, is not altogether certain:
Veterans.
Ardrey J. W., Co. C, N. C. Cavalry.
Boyd W. F., Co. I, 1st S. C. C.
Coltharp J. H., Co. B, 6th S. C. Reg.
Epps J. P., Co. B, 6th S. C. Reg.
Epps S. H., 1st Ala. Cavalfy.
Kimbrell J. S., Co. H. 1st S. C. C.
Kimbrell Harvey, Co. C. 3rd Battallion
Reserves.
Massey B. H., Co. E, 5th Batalion
Reserves.
Shannon Kirkland, Co. K, 7th S. C.
Cavalry.
Savllle Crockett, Co. K, 30th N. C.
Blankenship S. B., Co. Hi. 11th N. C.
Spratt M. J., 12th S. C. Regiment.
Mendenhall M. J., 12th S. C. Reg.
Smith Kohab, Co. H, 12th S. C. Reg.
Potts Hames H. G., N. C. Battery.
Torrence R. S., Co. H, 23rd N. C.
Regiment.
Merritt Bowman, Co. B, 6th S. C.
Regiment.
Widows.
Laura J. Drakeford, wife of Capt. J.
.T nrakpfnrrt
Rebecca H. Mills, wife of Simon M.
Mills.
Creasey Alderson, wife of W. T. Alderson.
Octavia Felts, wife of J. W. Felts.
Mrs. Frank Johnson.
Alice Mull, wife of P. K. Mull.
Rebecca Carothers, wife of Thomas
Carothers.
Mary Meacham, wife of Thos. B.
Meacham.
Hattie Mack wife of Dr. J. B. Mack.
Minnie Sophia Darnell, wife of Wm.
Darnell.
Ellen Jones, wife of John Jones.
Anna Miller, wife of James Miller.
Ellen Bailes. wife of Z. T. Bailes.
Sarah Coltharp, wife of John J. Coltharp.
Marv McCelland, wife of Wm. Mclelland.
ABOUT PEOPLE
Mr. I. H. Norris of Chester, Is in
Yorkville, today.
Miss Mary Williams of Yorkville, is
visiting relatives in Columbia.
Mr. Sam M. Grist of Yorkville, is in
Columbia on business, today.
Mrs. E. B. Hunter of Sharon, is
visiting relatives in Rock Hill.
Mrs. W. G. Duncan of Rock Hill, visited
relatives near Yorkville, last week.
Mr. William Allison of Charlotte, N.
C.. visited relatives in Yorkville, this
week.
Mrs. W. G. White of Yorkville. spent
several days this week, with relatives
in Chester.
Mrs R T Rcame-iiard and children
of Yorkville, are visiting relatives in
Rock Hill
Mrs. Kate Fewell has returned to
her home in Rock Hill, after a visit to
Yorkville relatives.
Mr. John A. Jenkins of Spartanburg
visited his parents Mr. and Mrs. W. W.
Jenkins in Yorkville, this week.
Mr. Milas T. Oeahler of Paul's Valley,
Okla., is in Yorkville, on a visit to
his neice, Mrs. D. T. Woods.
Miss Florence Cody of Yorkville loft
yesterday afternoon for Tampa, Fla.,
where she will visit relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Bomar Whlsonant of
Blacksburg, spent several days this
with with Mrs. G. G. Eaves, in Yorkville.
Dr. M. J. Walker returned to his
home in Yorkville, Saturday night after
a visit to relatives in Denmark.
S. C.
Misses Pauline McCreary and Catherine
Earle of Winthrop College, visit
ed Mrs. D. E. Boney In Yorkville, this
week.
Mr. Boyce Eaulkner of Clover No. 4.
visited the family of his brother Mr.
Robert Faulkner near Yorkville, last
week.
Friends of Mr. Walter B. Kerr are
circulating a petition asking for his
appointment as supervisor of Bethesda
township.
Mr. Dock Howell of Hickory Grove,
visited his nieces, Mrs. J. J. Matthews,
at Ebenezer, and Mrs. R. R. Allison, at
Tirzab last week.
Miss Anna Cherry Schorb, who Is
teaching at Bullock's Creek, spent several
days last week with Miss Sara
Logan in Yorkville. '
Dr. W. M. Kennedy who for several
years past has practiced dentistry in
Chester, expects to move his family to
Yorkville about Feb. 1, where he will
locate for the practice of his profession.
County Demonstration Agent John
R. Blair, and Mr. A. A. McKeown,
agent of the Rock Hill Chamber of
Commerce, leave this week for Clemson
College, where they will attend
the meeting of demonstration agents
of South Carolina.
Speaking of the fearful condition of
the rjad bejtween his home ^and York
vine, lasi rriaay, air. a. o. nwiu ui
Yorkvllle No. 2, said that he came to
town on horseback and that his pony
pulled three shoes nearly off In the
road on the way.
Following are the teachers who attended
the meeting of the Western
Division of the York County Teachers'
association in Yorkvllle, last Saturday:
R. E. Allen, H. A. Brakefleld, Jr.,
Clarence Castles, Ebenezer Oettys, J.
Roy Grayson, C. D. Guess, R. Hi Holliday,
R. M. Love, S. R. Moore. G. C.
McKelvey, B. C. Riddle, J. W. Shealy,
M. L. Smith, Bess Adams, Sudie Allison,
lone Ashe, Llllls Ashe, Kittie
Blair, Annie Bolin, Mary Cartwrlght,
Jennie Currence, Louise Dobson, Marl
11a Ewart, Myrtle Falls, Maggie
Faulkner, Ruth Ferguson, Mabel Flannagan,
Bessie Gettys, Mary Gettys,
Willie May Grayson. Ava Greene, Edna
Henry, Lena Howell, Annie Jackson
Mattle L. Kirby, Lillian Klrkpatrick,
Mrs. Maud Lee, Anna Lewis, Fredrlca
Lindsay, Wilmore Logan, Gerald Lowry,
Margaret Marion. Annie M. Miller,
Mrs. S. A. Mlicneu, Aggiaei movrc,
Marie Moore, Maggie Belle McCarter, ;
Ella Neely, Annie Lee Neil, Eva Little, '
Minnie Palmer, Mrs. J. M. Plexico,
Cammle Roddey, May Russell. Anna
C. Schorb, Lela Stephenson, Euselia V
Wilson, Kittle Blair, Nora Williamson, W
Prank Orayson. 1
Capt. Thos. J. Bell, of Savannah. Oa-T^X^Sl
has been visiting in Torkvllle some
days, the guest of his sister, Mra J.
M. Brian. He Is a native of Tork
county and grew to young manhood in
Yorkvllle, but went to Savannah many ^
years ago where he became a stevedore,
and Is now in the employ of the
Merchants and Miners' line. He talks
quite interestingly of his work and of
Savannah which he says is now third
In importance of all southern porta.
New Orleans ranking flrst and Galveston,
second Savannah, he says, is the
greatest port in the world for naval
stores. and of course everybody knows
that immense quantities of cotton are
exported from there. At this time,
however, business Is very dull as compared
with normal seasons, and it has
been so since the breaking out of the
war. Several German steamships are
interned at the port and many large
coastwise steamers are lving Idle for
lack of business. The business of the
stevedore is to superintend the loading
and unloading of ships. In loading
he takes instructions from the captain
of the ship as how his vessel is to lay
in the water after the cargo has been
put aboard?how much water the vessel
Is to draw, and how much drag
there is to be astern. It is up to the
stevedore to put the freight in so these
requirements will be complied with
and so there will be no listing and no
a# a a# tViA Aflr or/% In
uan^ci ui a ouuuug u* v??v v??Qw
rough weather. After the loading of
the cargo the stevedore prepares a
chart showing where the different
items of freight are to be found, so as
to facilitate in loading in whole or in
part. Capt. Bell is fond of his work
and sticks to it closely. He has made
but few visits to Yorkville since he became
permanently established In Savannah
and says he would hardly be
here now except for the fact that he
was badly shaken up as the result of
a fall sustained recently, and being
unable to work, he decided to run up
and see the relatives and friends in
York. He is the youngest son of the
late Thos. J. Bell, Esq. " '
LOCAL LACONICS
York County Ginning.
Joseph M. Taylor, special agent of
the census department, reports that
there was ginned in York county, prior
to January 16, 38,122 bales of cotton
against 39,980 bales up to the same
date last year.
Registrar Appointed.
Dr. Edward Brlson of Clover, has
been appointed registrar of births and
deaths for Kings Mountain township.
Since the filling of the vacancy in this
township, the corps of registrars in the f
nine townships of York county is complete.
Seats Havo Arrived. 1
The seats for the handsome new A
church at Bethany have arrived, an^ M
workmen are now engaged in arrang
ing them. With the exception of a
few minor details the new structure is
now completed and will be formally
opened in a short while.
Bridges Down.
As a result of the heavy rains, several
bridges have been washed away
in the county and others are in need
of repair. Two of these bridges are
over Crowders' Creek whose waters
have been higher at various times during
the past two months than for several
years previous.
Oyster Supper at Filbert.
There was a large crowd of people
at Filbert, Friday evening for the oyster
supper, previous notice of which
had been given through the columns /
of The Enquirer. The supper was given
under the auspices of the Ladies'
Missionary society of Chapel church,
and more than $26 was raised.
Tax Levy to be Increased.
It is likely that the tax levy for
county purposes will be increased by
about one mill this year, owing to the
hail storm of July 6, the matter of furnishing
the courthouse, etc. Exemption
from taxation of people in the
hail storm district totals quite a large
sum and the only way to meet the deficit
in the county's expense fund is by
increasing the levy.
Much Cotton Sold at Clover.
There was a considerable amount of
cotton sold at Clover last week, many
cotton holders selling at eight cents or
more because they believed the market
would not go higher in the near future.
As a result of the selling last
week, considerable money was released
and according to several Clover
merchants, business in that town last
week was very good. ^
Making Improvements. 4
Inquiry among a number of school
teachers in Yorkvllle, Saturday, developed
the fact that quite a number of
schools have made improvements of
late through the purchase of maps,
globes, blackboards and other useful
equipment. It was learned also that
several schools are badly in need of
desks?in some instances as many as
three pupils being seated in one desk.
Would Make New District.
Citizens living in Mount Holly
school district were in Columbia last
week for the purpose of presenting
the legislature with a petition
asking that a new school district be
created in their community. The
complaint of the petitioners is that in
some instances children are from four
to five miles from the nearest school.
The legislative delegation has not yet
acted on the petition. m
uymnaaium building Proposed.
York county's delegation in the gen- ^
eral assembly Introduced a bill Saturday
authorizing the construction of a
suitable gymnasium building for Wlnthrcp
college and carrying an appropn
\tion sufficient to cover the cost of