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Scraps and Jracts. ? Unless there is an unexpected increase in the demand for loans, says a Washington dispatch, the $135,000,000 cotton fund plan will be abandoned shortly after February 1. Subscriptions of northern, western and eastern banks will be cancelled, and southern bankers and cotton men left to finance the surplus crop in their own way. Applications for loans so far have amounted to about $12,000, and officials have no reason to beli* ve there will be many more applications before February 1, when the period for makine them expires. The Fed era] reserve board, in its individual capacity as central committee of the loan fund, has concluded in view of this showing, that the plan should be abandoned. "The $12,000 applied for probably will be taken care of by some bank in New York and the other securine banks will be released from their pledges." Members of the board said that in spite of the few applications the fund has done its work in keeping up the confidence of the cotton man at a time when confidence was needed. ? In commemoration of his birthday, Kaiser Wilhelm, on Wednesday, granted a general amnesty to hundreds of offenders against military and disclpli ??fniou ninre the outbreak of the war. All of Germany celebrated the birthday of the Kaiser. In the trenches songs of a patriotic nature were sung and brief services were held during the lull in the fighting. The ehiperor is at the front himself. Emperor Wilhelm II. has the distinction today, as he celebrates his 56th birthday, of being more able to wield power for good or evil than any ruler since the first Napoleon. No man in history has aroused so much discussion. He is conceded everywhere to be the central figure in the war. This man of whom everyone is talking, was born on January 27. 1859. His father was Frederick III, his mother, the Princess Victoria of Great Britain. When his father died on June 15. 1888, after a short reign, the present emperor succeeded to the throne. He married Princess Victoria of Schleswig Holeswig Holstein, who is three months older than he. on February 27, 1881. They have seven children, six princes and one princess. ? It became apparent last Wednesday that the party fight in the senate over the government ship purchase bill had settled down to a physical endurance test. While Republican Leader Gallinger held the floor, Senators Root, Lodge, Smoot, Burton and others held an informal conference and determined to resort to every possible parliamentary expedient to check the majority's plan to hold night sessions. If the majority succeeds in overriding their objections from day to day, it is probable a quorum will be insisted upon at every available opportunity, thus demanding the continuous presence of Democratic senators. Senator Gallinger, most of the time talking to less than half a dozen senators, read long newspaper editorials opposing the bill and statistics of various foreign nations as to the effect of their policies towards shipping. He declared the groat developments in mercantile marine always had followed extension of subsidies, with the requirement that ships receiving such benefits must be <?notriirtpH in home yards. By that process, he said, Germany had built up her ship yards. Senator Nelson asked if a discriminating duty on goods transported in American bottoms would not meet the present emergency. Senator Gallinger replied that he would like to see it tried, although he could see the difficulties which would arise in connection with various treaties. ? Mexico City, Jan. 28: Provisional President Garza and his government left the capital early today for Cuernavaca, where a new seat of government will be established. This afternoon the last contingent of the army of evacuation is hurrying through the streets. The army of occupation lingers on the outskirts of the city, but is expected to enter soon. All the commercial houses and banks and even private dwellings are barred and shuttered, although no disorder has attended the fleeing of the Zapata and Villa forces. The national palace, the Federal telegraph and postofflces and other government establishments are closed. The oncoming Carranza forces are commanded by Gen. Alvarado, former post commander here. Fooo prices have soared beyond the reach of the needy. The supply of food is low and unless the railway line to Vera Cruz is opened soon it is believed there will be much suffering. The government's decision to quit the capital came after a heated discussion at the session of the convention Tuesday night. It was decided President Garza, his government and members of the convention should proceed after midnight to Cuernavaca. Col. Garza and Gen. Ernesto Santoscoy are reported to have departed on a special locomotive. The deputies who have not left already will be forced to proceed from the city in automobiles as there is not fuel for the locomotives. Zapata's troops are entering in 30 electric trains in Xochimilco and Morelos. There is a rumor in circulation that the vanguard of Gen. Obregon's troops is four miles from the city, advancing. In a secret session of the convention some of the deputies urged that Gen. Zapata be called on personally to take command of his troops and fight the forces of Cnrranza. However, it was decided c'terward that the capital be abandoned. ? Curtailment of battleship construction until lessons of the European war can be applied, was proposed in the senate last Tuesday by Chairman Tillman, of the senate naval committee. He introduced an amendment striking from the naval bill the administration plan for two battleships this year and substituting a request that the secretary of the navy submit next year specifications for four battleships of a type determined by the results of contemporary naval battles. "It seems to be time for congress to go slow in expending these tens of millions of dollars because of some supposed necessity or the desire on the part of some one to have ships constructed in certain navy yards or in certain places." Senator Tillman declared. "I feel sure a half dozen or more battle cruisers strong enough to put up a good fight and swift enough to catch anything afloat, or run away, as wisdon may dictate, would serve the country's needs at this time far better. Just the type of battleship we ought to build, we do not now know. "The fight in tne ,\orin wa nas urmonstrated that speed is vital. The faster German cruisers got away, but the slower Bluecher, although faster than any battleship we have, was sunk. Yet the general board urges construction of more battleships." The South f'arolina senator declared the war in Kurope would explode many theories about battleships and submarines. "The Germans or some other nation may be holding in reserve some devil's engine which will make superdreadnoughts as obsolete and useless for war purposes as Indian canoes," he continued. "Time alone can teach us whether future fighting will be waged most successful on, under or above the water. The relative merits of dreadnoughts, aeroplanes and Zeppelines will be found out ere long and we can reap the fruits of the experiments now going on without sharing any of the dangers." ? London, Jan. 26: The British fleet did not escape unscratched in Sunday's North sea naval battle with the Germans. The battle cruiser I.ion which led the British squadron, and the tor peao onat nesiroyer -Meteor. were ui.?a bled and were towed into port, while one officer and It men w? re killed and three officers and 26 men wounded on three of ihe ships the Lion, the Tiger and the Meteor. This information is contained in an admiralty stat* ment issued tonight. The statement denies German reports that one British cruiser and two torpedo boat destroyers were sunk by declaring that all the British ships engaged in the action have returned to port in safety. The announcement was made by the secretary of the admiralty whose statement said: "All the British ships and torpedo boat destroyers engaged in Sunday's action have returned in safety port. The Lion, which had some of her forward compartments Hooded by shells below the water line was taken in tow by tne cruiser Indomitable. The destroyer Meteor, which also was disabled, was taken in tow by the destroyer Liberty. Both vessels were guarded by strong escorts of destroyers. Repairs to both vessels can be spedily made. The total number of casualties among the officers and men reported to the admiralty is: On the Lion. 17 men wounded: on the Tiger, one officer and nine men killed and three officers and eight men wounded: on Meteor, four men ; killed and one man wounded. It is ( not believed that any other casualties occurred, but if so, they will be immediately published. As soon as Ad- i miral Beatty reaches port a full account will be given." The statement adds that the damaged British vessels can be repaired speedily. A Ger- > man shell hit the Lion below the water i line and some of her forward compart- , merits were flooded. Details 01 me damage sustained by the Meteor were not announced. The Lion and her sister ship, the Princess Royal, were the largest in the British squadron. In leading the line the Lion came in closer contact with the Germans and did most of the fighting. She was largely responsible for the sinking of the German armored cruiser Blucher. The Meteor is one of the largest and fastest torpedo boat destroyers afloat. She is one of the 13 of her class built under the 1913 naval estimates. A dozen similar boats were authorized in the 1914 estimates. Two hundred additional survivors of the German cruiser Blucher, sunk in the North sea Sunday, by British warships, have been landed. They included a fewpetty officers. Ihr \torhrillc inquirer. Entered at the Postofflce in Yorkville as Mail Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE. S. O.i FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1915 Representative Bradford has introduced a bill requiring the reading of the Bible in the public schools. The bill will very probably stir something; but it is right. Leaving out of consideration the religious aspect of the matter if such a thing be possible, there is no better text book in existence than the Bible, and it should be read in the school as well as in the home. We are well aware of the terrific opposition of Roman Catholics to allowing the indiscriminate use of the Bible by the public; but we have never been able to account for it except along the line of the reasoning offered by Alexander Pope, when he wrote, "So Papists refuse, the Bible to use, lest flocks be as wise as their guide." At a guess we would say that this bill is going to be killed, although we hope not. However, let us watch developments. The house has passed a bill Intro- i duced by W. W. Dixon of Fairfield, giving the Judges the right to refuse f appeals to the supreme court in all ] cases where in the opinion of said i judges, the errors alleged are not of a , nature that will work substantial injustice, even though the commission of such errors be conceded. As to i whether the bill will finally become a j law, remains to be seen, as does also ( the proposed reform after it has been < put in operation. We are inclined ; however, to think the idea of Mr. Dix- i on is good. Thousands and thousands j of cases go up to the supreme court and thousands of verdicts are set aside i on purely trivial errors of procedure, with the result of costing the taxpay- j ers many thousands of extra dollars, ] without securing the slightest benefit whatever in the direction of substan- j tial justice. i I We are reproducing on the first page | of today's paper editorial correspon- ; donee from Senator Appelt to the ( Manning Times on the subject of the ( state warehouse. Of course all people more or less familiar with conditions | in this state, very well understand that the warehouse act could never have been passed except under the desperate state of affairs that existed last fall and It got through then only as the result of almost ruinous compromises on the part of its friends. Since then the opposition has been bringing to bear every resource in its power to kill the law at the present session; but because the cotton producers of the state have already begun to realize the real significance of the unde-rtaking, the effort to kill has so far failed. Mr. Appelt who has been a friend of the warehouse idea ?rom the beginning and who has extended invaluable aid in what has been accomplished so far, understands the whole situation thoroughly and the editorial correspondence referred to is well worth reading. < Information of the probable with- ' drawn! of the Wade fund offer soon I atter the first of February, occasions little or no surprise, for various reasons. There are those who claim that 1 while the cotton owners made no de- i mand for this fund, its existence did < a great deal of good, and while we i are not prepared to deny the proposi- I tion, we are inclined to think that if '< it is really a fact, the good comes through the evidence that has been I afforded that the farmers of the south and the south itself was in a stronger 1 position than the originators of the < Wade fund enterprise seemed to 1 think. As a matter of fact if condi- 1 tions in the south had been sufficiently desperate to make the Wade fund, i on the terms under which it was of- I fered, really desirable those condi- 1 tions would have been desperate in- . deed It would have meant little short I of starvation. So far as this immedi- < ate section is concerned there has 1 never been a time when owners of I cotton were not able to borrow money i on far better terms than were offered under the Wade plan. < The failure of the Newberry Herald I and News, following the failure of the J Chester News, and the reduction in I size of certain other county newspa- 1 pers, are developments that are regretable, but not necessarily surpris- 1 ing to those who really know the i newspaper business. We are repro- s (lueing a personal statement from Mr. !?' H lull rHiit i?r**ttv n?*i?rlv t??lls thi? < whole stoiy, and we desire to remark that this story would he of great value to South Carolina publishers general1\ if they would only believe what is said. As we understand it, and we are satisfied that we are correct, Mr. Aull's trouble is solely in the business end of the business. In the old days of hand composition and hand printing. it was possible to keep even a pretty sorry newspaper alive almost indefinitely. The custom was to take s advertisements of any kind at any i old price, tind to send papers to any i ind everybody who could be thought | of. with ami without authority, hi the hope of collecting enough subscriptions to keep things going somehow. The expenses for labor and the like were heavy enough to be sure, but the publisher of resource found means to worry along in some kind of style, and managed to stave off the final day nf accounting indefinitely. But with the advent of improved and costly machinery like the Mergenthaler linotype. and power presses, newspapers became more subject to business laws, and many of the expenses that could be evaded in one way or another under the old conditions, could be evaded no Ipnger. Business demands became inexorable but most of the publishers railed to realize the fact. They continued to pursue their old custom of fiving away their stock in trade, without fully realizing the extent to which they would have to make good, and hr?w thcv could not make good un ess they required the other fellow to pay. Mr. Aull's statement of the un:ollected subscriptions he charged off, Uustrates a part of what we mean, ind if he had gone on to say that he lias all along been giving advertising jpace at from 8 to 15 cents an inch that cost him from 20 to 30 cent an nch, he would have made the story still more comprehensive. We know of many newspapers in the state, includng some of the larger dailies, which, from a business standpoint, are in as aad shape as is the Newberry Herald ind News, except they have not been actually closed down, and are still living on hope, with but little possiPility of ever getting their heads ibove water. Most of the newspapers >f South Carolina today are living on borrowed capital, and we doubt exceedingly as to whether there are as many as twenty that are in really *ound shape. The Yorkville Enquirer tias all along been able to pay its debts ind report to the Federal government that it does not owe anything; but we bave no hesitation in saying that if it ivere not for the fact that its owners ind publishers are all practical newspaper men and printers, doing their awn work as such, it would not have been able to meet the heavy expense entailed in its publication even in the best of the past fifteen years of its existence, notwithstanding the fact that we do not believe there is a county paper in the state that has enjoyed i larger income during that time. In ather words we mean to say that the Income has not been sufficient to pay fixed charges, including the salaries the owners could command as employes working for other people, and leave anything over for interest on the money invested in the business. The ?reat trouble with the county newspapers, therefore, Is that they are trying to accomplish the impossible in fhut urhinh pnsts 5 J > I I IfS 1UI UIIC UV1IOI VIIUV if ? them from two to three dollars to produce. The Roads. With the large amount of money that has been spent on the roads of York county during the past fifteen or twenty years, there was reason to believe that at least some of the roads were in condition to withstand almost any test of bad weather, but this has hardly been the case. The road from Hickory Grove to the county bridge over Broad river, near Howell's ferry, generally considered to be one road that would prove equal to any amount of wet weather and traffic, has been cut to pieces in the long stretches; the.North and South road from McConnellsville to Yorkville, is in bad condition, and although it is much better from Yorkville to the North Carolina line, there are some very bad places even on the last named stretch. There was reason to hope that many sections of sand and clay road that seemed to be perfect, would prove equal to any and all conditions, and a few of these sections have been holding up splendidly; but in most cases their present condition is very disappointing. There are some people who have reached the point where they are ready to condemn the sand ana ciay idea as a failure; but others insist that this is not fair. They argue that sections of sand and clay construction as have withstood all tests, prove that the trouble is not such due to fault of theory, as errors of practice, and that with proper construction the sand and clay road will withstand any test. In spite of all the study we have given the subject from time to time, and all the opportunities we have had tor observation of what has been clone, we make no pretension of expert knowledge on the subject, and the best suggestion we can make is that the authorities simply grasp the proposition with all the more tenacity, and do what they can to discover the real secret of proper road construction. Mail Order Business. There is not so much of the maii order habit in York county probably as there is in many other sections of the state, but there is a great deal more than there ought to be. If there is any one thing that The Enquirer believes in more than another it is that each adult individual is entitled to live his or her life in accordance with his or her own notion, in so far as that notion does not conflict with the commandments or the Sermon on the Mount. Where people are inclined to disregard either or both of these charts, we are not inclined to interfere with force or authority beyond the laws of ordinary self-defense; but at the same lime we reserve the right to feel sorry for such people. There are lots of folks who have not the slightest compunction ubout patronizing the mail order houses for things that they can buy at home to (ust as good advantage, and often of better quality at the same price; but the reason these people have no compunction about the matter is because Lhey do not fully realize what they tie doing. Maybe the injunction to do unto others as you would have them do unto you, had no relation whatever to business men; but all business men us well as all people who have tried the rule, find that it is very beneficial to all in practical operation. The merchant, if he is intelligent, honest and fair, as most of them are, ire about as important members of iociety as are to be found in the list. iVe refer especially to the local mer hant. It is a rare thing that we find i merchant who does not entertain :he livest sympathy with his customers, and who is not willing to assist them to the best of his ability in vhatever appears to their advantage. Most of them contribute to various undertakings which their customers ry to promote: but as liberal as sucii contributions may be, they do not approach in value the voluntary attenions and the experienced advice these ?ame merchants often give. Hut that s only a part. The merchant who is nade strung by the patronage of the icople always feels under kindly obli gatlon to those people, and makes that obligation felt in many ways. The mail order concern may be all right In so far as its home town Is concerned, and all the owners and employers may be useful citizens of the communities in which they live; but they are worth absolutely nothing to the people who support them. They may give value received In each transaction, only such value could Waam aktnlna/1 o Uavma1 Kll# Krv IltlVC ucci i uuiaiucu aw uuuic, wu-i wv yond that their usefulness does not go. Unfortunately most of the money that is made in this locality goes abroad for various things that we do not produce at home. A certain per cent at least has to go abroad on every purchase, and when we send abroad for any article the whole value thereof has to go. Is it not sense therefore, when we can buy an article at home, at as low a price as abroad, to do so, especially if we can keep the profit on that article at home? MERE-MENTION Negotiations were closed at Sharon, Pa., Tuesday, by a manufacturing company for 1,500,000 pairs of woolen socks for the use of the French army. Work was ordered resumed and contracts let in Charlotte, N. C., Tuesday for approximately (400,000 in new buildings, some of them held up at the outbreak of the European war. Three short, sharp earthquakes were felt along the Isthmus of Panama this week An item of (252,540 has been placed in the national agricultural bill for the purpose of buying seed to be distributed among congressional constituents Shipment of cattle and hogs from the Chicago Stock Yards was halted Tuesday, after discovering foot and mouth disease in car lot shipments to Philadelphia W. T. Jerome has been dismissed as a deputy attorney general of New York to assist in the prosecution of Harry K. Thaw, on the ground that the state does not feel Justified in continuing tne expense 01 special counsel Reports by way of Copenhagen from Russia, say that thirty persons were killed in the recent bombardment of Kielce, Poland, bv Austrian air craft The senate on Tuesday, confirmed the nomination of Henry Clay Hall of Colorado, to succeed himself as a member of the interstate commerce commission over vigorous opposition from senators who criticised the commission's recent action in granting increased rates to railroads John Young, former auditor of the Farmers' Deposit National bank of Pittsburgh, Pa., died in the Pennsylvania state penitentiary on Tuesday of tuberculosis. Young was convicted of complicity in the embezzelment of $1,050,000 from the institution in 1908 Col. Theodore Roosevelt delivered a lecture in New York, Tuesday night, the proceeds of the house being contributed for the benefit of New York's unemployed The London Globe is responsible for the statement that 212 German papers have suspended publication as the result of the war. At least half that many publications have suspended publication in England Gen. Noriel, the famous Philippine leader, and two associates, were hanged in Manilla, Tuesday morning. They had been convicted of slaying a political enemy Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, celebrated his 65th birthday In Washington, Wednesday Dr. J. K. Bodlne, for many years dean of the medical department of the University of Louisville, died there this week, aged 84 years Jacob Levin, a popular Atlanta, Ga., man, this week received a check for $17 in payment for a game chicken which was stolen from him when he lived in Columbia, S. C., forty years ago. He does not know the identity of the sender of the check The Indiana legislature has passed a measure to regulate lobbying. The bill will require all lobbyists to work in the open Deputy Sheriff George McNeill was shot and kill?4 Mobile, Ala., Wedneday, by James Fowler, whom he had attempted to take into custody The AmericanHawaiian line freight steamship Wash ingtonian, was sunk in collision with the five masted schooner Elizabeth Palmer, off Fenwick shoals lighthouse, N. Y., early Tuesday morning. The accident was due to fog and the schooner was badly injured by the collision. One life was lost. The Washingtonian and her cargo were valued at $1,500,000.. .The Philadelphia police closed 33 moving pictures theatres in that city, Tuesday, because of failure to pay the license tax of $100 each for 1915 The Ernst Tosetti Brewing company of Chicago, has been forced into involuntary bankruptcy. Tho hrewers hlaJm their troubles to "dry"' sentiment, votes for women and the war tax on beer W. L. Petri kin of Denver, Col., is reported to have bought 115,000 bags of sugar beet seed in Germany for export to the United States, paying therefor $635,000 in gold. PROGRESS OF THE WAR Situation Yesterday as Summarized by Associated Press. Heavy lighting in the west which preceded and was contemporaneous with Emperor William's birthday, again has deteriorated into sporadic artillery duels and infantry attacks. Paris, in its latest communication, reports cannon and rifle engagements in the vicinity of Zonnebeke, on the Aisne, in the Argonne forest and in Alsace, but in none is any claim made except that the French everywhere held their ground against the German offensive. An earlier announcement says the emperor's birthday proved a good day for the French. In the east the Austrlans and Russians evidently have been at strong grips and if Vienna's report is true, Russian arms have received a check. Vienna, says eastern Hungary to the south of the Carpathian range, has been cleared of the Muscovites. Several towns were taken from them and in addition 700 prisoners and five machine guns were captured. Of the operations to the northward, in Galicia, Russian Poland, and East Prussia and of the combats between the Rus sians and the Turks In Trans-Caucasus no new details are at hand. Servia, except for a few skirmishes, is calm along the entire fighting line. A Paris newspaper asserts that Archduke Charles Francis, the Austrian heir apparent, had a long interview with Emperor Francis Joseph on the archduke's return from the German military headquarters and connects this story with a previous rumor that the Austrian ruler is arranging to abdicate. A news agency report from Constantinople that an attempt had been made to assassinate King Constantine of Greece, was characterized by the Greek legation in London as false. The Austro-Hungarian foreign minister has requested Secretary Bryan that the American ambassador at Petrograd make new representations to the Russian government for the better protection of Austrian and German prisoners. Secretary Bryan complied with the request. The expenditures of France on account of the war for six months have amounted to $780,000,000, according to Alexandre Rlbot, the French minister of finance, a much smaller amount, he Intimated to the chamber of deputies, than had been expected. ? The president, his cabinet and congressional leaders on yesterday conferred over the deficit in the United States revenue. The cabinet discussed the matter deeply with the president Wednesday and there is intense interest in the outcome of yesterday's conference. The estimates of expenditures for the coming nscal year far exceed the prospective revenues and the administration leaders are convinced it is imperative to forestall the deficit which is confronting them. The present estimates of expenditures exceed the estimated revenues about ?60,000.000. One plan is to abandon the $34,000,000 rivers and harbors appropriation bill and adopt Burleson's suggestion for reducing the rural delivery service cost $17,000,000, by putting on contracts. This would save $f? 1,000 000, and avert any possible embarrassment for the present, it Is claimed. Other plans are to cut the army and navy appropriation bills and lower the Income tax exemption helow $3,000. LOCAL AFFAIRS. < \ NEW ADVERTI8EMENT8 I Lyric Theatre?Presents programme for next week. "Terence O'Rourke' on Monday. "Trey O' Hearts on Tuesday. Mary Fuller on Friday. W. E. Ferguson?Has choice breakfast bacon and hams. Fresh shipment of Stone's cakes today?10 cents. Sherer & Qulnn?Have evaporated peaches, prunes, sun dried apples, and other good groceries. York Drug Store?Calls attention to a i tine line of hair brushes, now on < display in south show window. J Thomson Co.?Started its white sale < yesterday and is much pleased with ? the first day's business. Splendid 1 values in men's clothing. ? Kirkpatrick-Belk Co.?Closes its big ? white goods and clearance sale to- t morrow. Specials in shoes for men I and women. 1 Reily-Taylor Co. New Orleans?Calls a attention to the fact that Luzianne a coffee is packed clean, and is fra- f grant when you get it. a F. F. Dalley Co., Ltd., Buffalo?On a page four gives more reasons why ( you should use "2-in-l" polish. a G. C. Buquo Lime Co., Columbia?In- 1 vite.8 you to write to it today for a valuable book "Liming for Profit." t . It tells you why lime pays?how to a test your soil. It Is free. f Mrs. R. N. Leech, Admrx.?Requests t persons having claims against estate of Dr. C. C. Leech, dec'd., to settle with her. Those having claims are requested to present them. Mary Belle Ramsey, Exetrx.?Requests persons indebted to estate of Elias f Ramsey, dec'd., to settle at once, r Those having claims against said g estate are asked to present them. ^ Representatives Cherry and Lcsslle voted for the repeal of the state ware- y house law and Representatives Braa- t ford and Nunn voted against repeal. 8 \ The Sharon town council consists of R. M. Sherer, mayor and J. L. White- S sides, C. S. Pratt, R. H. G. Caldwell, and T. R. Pennlnger, aldermen. The outlook is that shipped mules t are going to bring more money this spring than they did last spring. * The long spell of wet weather has ( furnished considerable protection to the partridges. * Clover is to elect municipal officers on February 9. So far Mayor W. F. Rich for re-election and Dr. I. J. I Campbell are the only candidates an- ? nounced for the mayoralty. No candidates for aldermen have been announced. 1 If changing the name of the town 8 be of any possible benefit to anybody, r nobody who feels an interest in the g matter, should object. The only rea- e son offered so far is that It would ^ save time and ink employed in writing the syllable ' vllle," and those who advanced this argument seemed to forget that since the whole name is J printed on their stationery, they rare- 11 ly have occasion to write it anyway. There being no practicable reason for this suggestion, it would follow that v there must be some other kind of reason. What is It? li We are beginning to fear that when all the returns are in, it is going to de- ? velop that the wheat acreage of York county is not as large as the public has v been led to believe. It is a fact that > more acreage was prepared for wheat than usual, and in every case the peo- * pie who prepared the land had the seed In readiness; but the rains commenced Just about sowing time, and t much of the wheat that was intended to go in has not been sowed yet. Some v of the people who were intending to (~ 8ow wheat insist that they are going to put it in yet as soon as the weather j, clears up; but it is very well understood that wheat sowed as late as this II stands but a poor show of making ^ anything. Although we feel assured of the sin- y cerlty of motive on tne part or air. Cherry in introducing his bill to elect ? trustees by the people Instead of hav- a ing them appointed by the county board of education, we are exceeding- p ly doubtful as to the wisdom of the method. While it is a fact that trus- F tees acceptable to everybody cannot n be secured by any method, either elec- ^ tion or appointment, we are persuaded j( that the appointment method is likely to give the best results with the least C friction. In the first place, under the h present method of appointment, the patrons of a school district or a ma- g jority of them are able to get anybody y they want for trustees by simply mak- o ing known their desires to the county board of education, and that gives ? practically all that could come from p Mr. Cherry's proposed act. But to change the law so as to provide that s trustees must be elected by ballot Is * calculated to foster and encourage the 0 most disagreeable kind of politics pos- w sible without any better results. No y one should attempt to gainsay the pro- u priet*' of majority rule, as a general ? principle; but everybody can under- a stand how this principle is directed under circumstances that involve com- v plications of family ties and neighbor- ? hood feuds. We are inclined to be- p lieve that as a rule the best results e will be accomplished by having the n trustees appointed by the county board of education as heretofore. t, "i WITHIN THE TOWN J ? Carpenters are now engaged in the ' work of remodeling the parsonage of h Trinity Methodist church, of York- n vllle. Additional porches will be added und the interior of the residence re-arranged to some extent. Connection with the sewerage was made some a time ago. The remodeling, which will > cost several hundred dollars is being F done by J. J. Keller & Co. The money b for the work was provided by the La- t, dies' Missionary society and other or- g ganizations of the church. t< WHY NOLAN DIDN'T GO J With the first news of the Jail de- p livery that swept around town yester- tl day afternoon, there was coupled the " information, "That Nolan, the safe- ^ cracker, did it; he picked the locks k of the steel cage and let the prisoners out." J( A reporter of The Enquirer happen- s< ed to be standing on the corner when the negro laborer at the jail brought ^ the news of the delivery to the sher- j, iff, and reached the scene at about n the same time that officer got there. c< After the sheriff had finished talk- s ing with Nolan, the reporter said to 0 the alleged cracksman: T "Why, I am surprised to see you j,? here, Nolan. They are telling up town ,, that you put up the whole job and d went oft with the others." "Yjs," replied the alleged crucks- (1 man. in his rich Irish brogue, "that's jv what they're always doing?puttin' something 011 Tom Nolan that he did ... not do. Whut do Oi want to go fur? Oi'll stoi here till spring, and if Greg- fr ory don't put nothing at me but the ividence, Oi'll go free," j5 ???- ol DEATH OF MRS. WM, CURRELL, tl Mrs. A. T. Currell, widow of the late O Wm. Currell, formerly of YorkvUle, but since th? death of her husband in c< 1X88, making her home with her chU- di dren and grandchildren, died at the T home of her daughter, Mrs. J. I. Vance, in Nashville, Tenn., last Wednesday, rf ind was buried by the side of herhua)and in Rose Hill cemetery, at this dace, today. Airs. Currell was born in Charleston, \pril 18, 1826, Miss Agnes Wilkie, and herefore would have been 89 years of ige this spring. She was twice marled, the first time to Thomas Hutson Uolcock, who was a member of the Gillonville bar, and they lived at Log rla.ll, the Colcock home in Beaufort :ounty. Of this marriage there were 'our children, the late Mrs. Adolphus Hoore of Yorkville; Joseph Wilkie Colcock, William Hutson Colcock and rames Dunwody Colcock. Of these :hlldren onlv the last named survives , tnd he lives In Washington. Prof. F. I iorton Colcock of the University of' | South Carolina, Is Mrs. Currell's step- ( rrandson. Her second marriage was ( 0 William Currell, also of Charleston, i Host of their married life was spent In < forkvllle, where Mr. Currell first had j 1 private school and later was assoct- 1 ited with Col. Asbury Coward at the | amous King's Mountain Military j icademy. Of this union two children | lurvive, President William Spencer ( Currell of the South Carolina unlver- , ilty, and Mrs. J. I. Vance of Nashville, Tenn. I T'...? funeral services were held In | h? Presbyterian church this morning < it 11 o'clock by Rev. Dr. E. E. Gllles- ] fie. Many relatives and friends of | he family were In attendance. VETERANS AND WID0W8 The names of the following veterans , ind widows of the Confederacy suriving in York county, and who are 1 lot now on the pension roll, havo been lent in since the lost Issue of The En- ' luirer: Bullock's Creek. Mr. John L. Rainey of Blairsville, on 1 resterday gave The Enquirer the fol- < owing as Including a list of all the oldlers and widows In his township, . vho are not on the pension roll: O. J. Gwlnn, Company G, Palmetto ' Sharpshooters. i A. C. McKnlght, Company G, Pal- < netto Sharpshooters. I T. F. Meek, Company K, Seveneenth Regiment. ' J. P. Blair, Company A, Twelfth | legiment. . H. F. Horton, Co. F, 6th Reg, S. C., Jol. Aiken, Butler's Brigade. J. L. Rainey, Company G, Palmetto | !V?o maK AAf Ara J John E. Plexico, Reserves. W. R. Hayes, Reserves. Mrs. W. M. Bailey, widow of W. M. Jalley, McKlssick's company I, Holomb's Legion; afterward transferred o Capt. O. Barber's company. King's Mountain. A correspondent sends the names of !\ H. Logan and H. J. Hullender as urvivtng Confederate veterans of ting's Mountain township, who are tot on the pension roll, but fails to ;lve the company and regiment of either. A. E. Gettys, Co. F, 5th Reg., S. C. J., and wife, R. F. D. No. 1, Filbert. York. T. N. Thomasson, state artillery. Myra E., widow of William Dickson, asper Light Infantry, Fifth Reginent, 8. C. V. ABOUT PEOPLE Mr. T. P. Moore of Charlotte, was a Isltor in Yorkville, this week. Mrs. W. H. Moore of Rock Hill, visted relatives in Yorkville this week. Mr. W. B. Moore of Yorkville, is pending several days In Philadelphia, ?a. Miss Elizabeth Connolly of Yorkille, is visiting friends in Hickory, I. C. Rock Hill Record, Thursday: Miss Sunice McClain is visiting relatives in Torkville. Dr. E. W. Pressly returned to Cloer yesterday after spending some ime in Due West. Rev. Dr. E. E. Gillespie of Yorkille, spent several days this week in ,'olumbia. Mrs. W. O. Nesbit of Charlotte, visted the family of Rev. Henry Stokes, 11 Yorkville, thi3 week. Miss Maird Little of Charlotte, visted the family of Mr. Jesse Ford, on i rorkville No. 6, last week. t Mesdames W. B. Moore and J. R. , Jndsay are spending several days rith relatives in Camden. Mr. A. W. Sturgis, son of Mr. A. J. 5 tturgis, of Yorkville No. 6, is ill with < . slight case of pneumonia. < Mrs. W. I. Barber of Chester, is < isiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. ( I. Montgomery in Yorkville. Mrs. W. L. Youngblood of Yorkville * t. F. D. 6, who has been ill with pneu- 1 lonia, is steadily improving. i Wonrv fitnkoa nf Yorkville. and ter guest, Mrs. W. O. Nisbet of Charatte, are visiting friends in Rock Hill. Miss Reola Faulkner of King's !reek, is spending some time with her rother, Mr. Frank Faulkner, in forkville. C. W. F. Spencer, Esq., and Miss allie McDonald of Rock Hill, were in 'orkville today to attend the funeral f Mrs. Currell. Little Miss Sara Faulkner is crltially ill with pneumonia, at the home f her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank 'aulkner, in Yorkville. Mr. Jas. H. Beckham of Yorkville, pent Wednesday and Thursday of his week in Columbia and Leesville, n business. Mr. R. L. Plexlco of Sharon, who /as in Yorkville yesterday, said that rhile business in that town was not p to the average, business people of lharon generally, had little cause for omplaint and really were doing about s much as they had expected. Dr. W. C. Whitesides of McConnellsille, was in Yorkville yesterday. He aid the roads in his section, as in thers, were in pretty bad shape, toads in the Black Jack section howver, were not as heavy as the red lud roads in the vicinity of Bethesda hurch. Mr. J. J. J. Robinson who lives close < o the bridge over Broad River, was in 'orkville Wednesday and brought with im a contribution of clothing for the iethel hail sufferers. He turned it ver to the committee of ladies who ave been looking after the matter of inking shipments. CONDITIONS* IN MEXICO The following letter to the Associte Reformed Presbyterian by Dr. Jeill E. Pressly, father of Rev. B. G. Tessly of Hickory Grove, who has een a missionary in Mexico for thiry-five years, is of local as well as of ,? eneral interest: g "The many readers of the Presby- v ?rian would like some reliable news h rom Mexico; but it is not to be had; \ 0 one can put any confidence in the p eports that are sent to the press in s tie United States. The real facts are \ ot known, and everything is so ex- p ggerated. That conditions are la- k lentable beyond what the world ii nows, no one will deny; and there e 1 no immediate, visible hope that f lings are improving. The aspirants s > political power increase and the n alution to the problem is made more a umpiex. ine causes umi uruugm <j lis terrible conflict on the nation n ave not been remedied, and in the arleys an 1 conferences the knife has i: ot been applied for the removal of t< inditions that afflict laboring classes, p "The people as a whole are ignorant, v cventy-eight and two-tenths per cent tl f the population are illiterates, ii here are the official figures, and the s irger half of the remaining 21 per ii ?nt are sadly deficient in education, o et they know that they have been tl eprived: they have come to know f< leir rights and the needs of educa- t< oil, citizenship and ownership. The e ly of serfdom has passed, the peon us seen the light, the Cienttflco has tl pen unmanned ana mum step aown n ud out. tl "The term Clentlflco was developed ii om a sinister group of speculator- tl ollticians, who at first guided the e: iaz government; but in the course tl r the time cientlfico-spirit permeated w le states and Included the governors, si utside of the cabinet the term Clen- tl tico stood for scientific business, p hese were the men. who ruled the b >untry and directed the whole pre- o itory operations upon the lands of o rrarlun democracy, upon the public li sources and the national treasure, he science lay in the method for cur- V 'nt and prospective business; for 1< maintaining the equilibrium of the affairs by means of the suppression, the dissemination and coloring of news; the division of profits and the distribution of rewards and punishments to friends and enemies. These Clentiflcos represent less than ten per cent of the population; they pay less than ten per cent of the taxes and the masses demand representation in the government, equality in taxation, the restoration of the lands taken from them, and free suffrage. A most Interesting and instructive book has been published under the title of "The Political Shame of Mexico," by Messrs. McBride, Nast & Co., New York. "The Romish church has figured no little in the Clentiflco-politico government, and that is the reason the church has been closed in Tampico reported through the papers. The church ahs been closed in Tampico since the occupation of the Constitutionalist army. The parish priest was imprisoned, had to pay a heavy fine, ind was expelled from the city. At this very time a wireless is being installed suspended from the two towsrs. "Our services have in no way been Interrupted and we never had better In the history of the mission. It is with profound gratitude that we acknowledge God's goodness and his rich blessings." LOT8 OF CLOTHING "I very well understood that the Yorkvllle people were as generous ind kind hearted as any people in the tvorld," said 8upt. I. P. Boyd, of the county home, yesterday afternoon; 'but I had no idea that they had as much surplus clothing as has come out is the result of that appeal in behalf of the hall sufferers of Bethel." When Mr. Boyd came to Yorkvllle ruesday morning he found that the main portion of the task he had blocked out for himself, that of canvassing the town, for contributions of clothing, had already been performed by the Boy Scouts, and there was in the sample room of the Shandon hotel sufficient old clothing to stock a second hand dry goods store. The tremendous pile of clothing amazed him; but it did not knock him out. He shucked his coat, and with the aid of a negro he had employed for the purpose, went to work assorting It sut and packing it in boxes for shipment, and although he had the help of an additional hand for part of the Lime, and also the help of delivery wagons from some of the dry goods stores in addition to his own wagon, It was not until yesterday afternoon Lhat he got it all to the C. & N.-W. lepot "There was over three thousand pounds of the contributions altogether," said Mr. Boyd, "and some of the slothing was absolutely new and fresh. I could not see that it had been used at all. In all, it seemed to me there is a plenty to provide for everybody who needs clothing, and I im only concerned now about the big lob that the Bethel committee is going to have in getting it all distributed among the people. "I wish you would say." Mr. Boyd went on. "that not only did the Yorkville people contribute clothing and the like until it seemed that there was more than was necessary; but the people of the country contributed handsomely also. Many people brought their contributions in and left them at different dry goods stores, ind I got often over the telephone from all parts of the county, until it was beyond my ability to handle them ill. "Some of the people contributed provisions, and although no call had Deen made for provisions, everything Lhat was sent was packed up and sent forward along with the rest, the] freight, amounting to something over four dollars, having been contributed freely by different citizens who were idvlsed of the need." 8EN8ATI0NAL JAIL DELIVERY There was a somewhat sensational ind decidedly mysterious delivery at he York county Jail, yesterday afterloon, as the result of which four vhlte men, J. R. Wyatt, Sam Harper, 3. I. Rush and Jesse Wellman, all charged with burglary, got their liberty. Rush and Wellman were recaptured within an hour after their escape; but up to the time The Enjulrer went to press, shortly afterloon today, Wyatt and Harper were itlll at large. The first news of the delivery developed at about 4 o'clock, when Dan Davis, an old negro employed at the all, ran up town and told Sheriff 3rown that he had seen two prisoners, itush and Wellman, running away tovards a nearby patch of wooda The iheriff Immediately sent messengers liter all the local officers within reach ind hurried to the Jail to investigate he situation. Upon reaching the Jail and running lp stairs, the sheriff found the door >f the prison ajar and the inner door o the Jail broken and the door to the :orridor between the steel cages closed, >ut unlocked. Pushing on inside to he cell of Tom Nolan, the alleged tafe cracker, he found that individual luietly reading a magazine. Nolan vas the sole occupant of the white Ipnftrtment of the 1ail. but all the ne rro prisoners were still securely locked In their cells on their side of the corridor. Upon inquiry, Nolan explained the iltuation. He said that the four white nen had broken Jail, Wyatt and Har>er about an hour before, and Rush ind Wellman about fifteen or twenty ninutes later. They had found the loor to the steel prison open, he said, ind had managed to get the other loors open themselves. Beyond this le was unable to give any satisfactory nformation. By this time Deputy Sheriff Quinn, ?hief of Police Love, R. L. Wilkerlon, Billy Rogers, T. D. Turner, W. S. >eter3 and others had arrived, and >ursuit was started at once, some of he officers going on horseback and ome on foot. All the facts and circumstances available indicated that he fugitives, certainly the last two, tad proceeded in a south-westerly llrection, and the pursuit naturally iroreec?d accordingly. Within ten or fifteen rrAnutes after he start, Deputy Sheriff Quinn and >thers ran upon a man on the hill t the Ross graveyard on the Sutton Spring road about a mile and a half yest of town, and called upon him to lalt. He failed to heed the order; but yhen a shot was fired past him, he iromptly threw up his hands and tood at attention. This was Jesse Veliman. About the same time or irobably a little later, Mr. R. L. Wilerson met a man coming toward him n the Liberia section. The man askd Mr. Wilker8on, "Are you looking or esoaoed prisoners?" Mr. Wilkeron, who had already sized up his tan, replied "Yes," and the fellow dmitted his identity and asked to get n the horse behind the officer. This lan was Rush. Just how the delivery was effected i not certainly known; but according o Nolan, Wellman, Rush and a negro risoner, Deputy Sheriff Quinn inadertently left the door unlocked after lie noon feeding. Deputy Quinn is iclined to think that this was imposlble, or at least very improbable; but t unable to account for the mishap therwise, as an seem 10 iiiina uim hat It was simply out of the question ar anybody to have opened the door 3 the steel prison from the inside, veil with a key. It Is agreed by all the prisoners hat Wyatt was the first man to get hrough the corridor door. They say he door gave way while he was leanlg against it, and taking the cue from lat he got busy. There are two oth- : r doors, one of iron lattice work, and ie other of heavy timber studded dth nails. Wyatt secured a piece of teel spring from his bed and with tiis managed to rush out the open i adlocks and throw back the sliding i olt on this door. Then with the help f Harper he picked the locks of the i uter door, and soon had a way to 1 berty. As soon as the doors were open, i .'yatt and Harper informed their fel- i >w prisoners and invited them to ( make a break for liberty. They led the way. Rush and Wellman followed fifteen minutes or a half hour later. . The negroes could not go because their q side of the cage was securely lock- I ed and could not be opened, and Tom Nolan decided that he would Just as lief remain where he was, which he did. At about 5.30 o'clock, the telephone at the Jail rang. Mrs. Brown answered. A voice said: "I understand some prisoners have escaped. Were Wyatt and Harper among them?" "Yes," replied Mrs. Brown. "Well, I am Wyatt," continued the voice, "and I Just wanted to tell you that tney win never get me." Mrs. Brown answered, "I hope they will," and hung up the receiver. The sheriff tried to find out the location of the voice; but could get no information except that central thought It came over the McConnellsville wire. As to whether it was really Wyatt, who was talking he is not certain. The search for Wyatt and Harper was continued all night and is still in progress, the telephone having been used freely in all directions in the meantime. LOCAL LACONIC8 8tole a Watch. Ed Cowser, a negro boy, was placed <n the county Jail last night charged with the theft of a watch, the property * X*- TXT TITUU??1 XX* ?l.AMr ui mr. ?*. m. yyiiiicoiucb ui nitnui j Grove No. 2. The watch was stolen last Wednesday. Bought 8overal Mules. J. W. Millsaps, representative of the Hudson Mule Co., of Atlanta, Ga., was at the stable of James Bros., Wednesday for the purpose of buying mules, ostensibly for army purposes. Quite a number of mules were offered for sale and the buyer purchased eleven. Inspecting the Road. Supervisor Boyd, Commissioners Smith and Jackson and Engineer Miller went out today to Inspect the Yorkville and Rock Hill road to Fish- ^ ing creek with a view to getting an ^ idea as to the work to be done in con- ^^4 nection with the rebuilding that is soon be commenced. Fire at Fort Mill. A Are alarm was turned in from the Harris Furniture store of Fort Mill ^^^1 shortly after noon Monday, the Are being caused by the falling of a hot stove pipe on a pile of mattresses and screen doors. The volunteer Are company of the town responded promptly and the blaze was quickly extinguished by means of a hand chemical extinguisher. Lost Residence by Firs. The home of Mr. Hugh Wallace, who lives on Filbert No. 1, was destroyed by Are between seven and eight o'clock Tuesday night. The origin of the Are is unknown, neither Mr. Wallace nor any of his family being at home at the time. None of the contents were saved. The house, which is the property of Mr. John Hartness, was Insured. Degree Work at Lando. A number of members of the Rock Hill camp W. O. W., went to Lando, Chester county, Tuesday night, to as- j| sist in the initiation of a number of citizens of Lando into the mysteries of woodcraft. W. T. Slaughter, state organizer of Woodmen of the World, was also among the party who attended the initiation exercises. About . thirty members were iniated into the order. Bibla Class Organizsd. Organization of an adult Bible class waii perfected by the Sunday school of Woodlawn Presbyterian church of Sharon last Sunday by the election of the following officers: President, M. L. Smith; vice president, G. W. Whitesides, secretary, Boyce Whlsonant; treasurer John R. Cobb; teacher H. W. Shannon. There are at present about eighteen men in the class and the prospects for an increased enrollment are good. To Go 8low in Bridge Building. Tt iu nnf llkolv that thArA will ha any large steel bridges built in York county this year for the simple reason that there is no money with which to build. Asked yesterday If any bridges similar to that built over Fishing Creek on the Saluda road near Rock Hill, would be constructed this year, Supervisor Boyd said that it was not likely. Although steel bridges are needed over one or two streams in the county, the financial condition of the county will not permit such expenditure. Father and Son Banquet A Rock Hill, always enterprising, in- M aueurated a new feature in this sec- J tion Tuesday night by holding a father and son banquet, the object being to bring fathers and sons into closer fellowship. The banquet, which was held in the chamber of commerce hall <1 in that city, was attended by more J than 100 fathers and their sons and in *f addition to a sumptuous spread there wtM were a number of speeches by good speakers, and other forms of entertainment. Fox Caught in Bothol. There was an exciting fox chase In Bethel township during the wee sma' hours of this morning, and as a result of a two hours' chase, Messrs. Guy and Floyd Davis and Isaac Harper caught a fine gray fox, the first to fall into the hands of hunters in that section in quite awhile. Messrs. Davis and Harper struck the trail of the fox about 2 o'clock and from that on to 4 o'clock the animal afforded the hunt era anu nuunus pieniy 01 excuemeni, the chase extending through a wide scope of territoryAppointments Recommended. a Governor Manning on yesterday 4 sent the names of the following York county officers to the senate for confirmation: Auditor, B. M. Love; treasurer, H. E. Neil; county commissioners, J. C. Kirkpatrick, J. E. Latham; magistrates?Bethel, H. E. Johnson; Bethesda, E. A. Crawford; Broad Rlver, R. L A. Smith; Bullock's Creek, J. L. Duncan; Catawba, J. F. Wingate: Ebenezer T. B. Glenn; Fort Mill, R. P. Harris; King's Mountain, A. J. Quinn; York, J. C. Comer. The officers will probably receive their commissions within the next few days. To Decide Time and Place. Profs. R. E. Allen and R. H. Holliday and Miss Mary Cartwright, representing the Western Division of the York County Teachers' association will go to Rock Hill tomorrow to confer with a like committee of the Eastern division of the Teachers' association in regard to the fixing of the time and place for the proposed York county school Field day. The Field day meet will either be held in Rock Hill or Yorkville some time in April, and m in case the two committees are unable to agree, the matter will De aeciaeo oy w the executive committee of the York County Teachers' association. Would Change Law. f jH Chester Reporter: Solicitor J. K. Henry, who is in Columbia attending the meeting of the general assembly, / has made certain recommendations ' that are incorporated in the annual report of Attorney General Thos. H. Peeples. Mr. Henry wants the law changed so that Juries in criminal cases be selected Just as they are now in civil cases and that the constitution be changed so as to allow the general assembly to regulate the procedure of arraignment and allow the defendant in certain cases to waive It In a plea of guilty between terms before the clerk of court, with power to impose sentence of not longer than three years or fine not to exceed $500, this upon the consent of the solicitor of the circuit. Governor to the Sheriff. Sheriff Brown has received the following from Governor Manning: "In my inaugural address I stated that I would expect the law officers of every county to enforce the law, and that I would heartily co-operate with them: that I wish each locality to manage Its own affairs, and that I would not charge myself with the en- J forcement of the law In a locality un- m less I found that the local authorities I were neglecting to do so. To show i my good faith, I followed this up by * i proclamation discharging all special constables, dispensary constables, de