Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, January 29, 1915, Image 2
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
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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
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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
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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