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Scraps and .facts. ? Galveston, Texas, February 3: Ocean freight rates for cotton are deollnlnir aeeordiner to the information received here today. The rate to Bremen has decreased from $3.50 a hundred pounds to $2.50 and Barceloann from $1.35 to 85 cents. Rotterdam is $2 to $2.10 as against $2.50. The rate to Liverpool remains at $1.15 to $1.25, but is reported as likely to change. ? A Oerman by the name of Werner Van Horn dynamited the international railway bridge between Maine and Canada, on Tuesday, and escaped to Maine. The bridge was damaged considerably but was not destroyed. Van Horn was arrested in Maine by the state authorities on request from Canada. He claimed that he was an officer of the Germen army and that his act was an act of war. For that reason he claimed that he could not be extradited. The Canadian government claims Van Horn is an ordinary criminal. The matter is likely to figure in diplomatic correspondence. ? Columbia special of February 3, to the Greenville News: That the receipts from the fertilizer tax during January of this year, were $13,926.16, as compared with $64,788.10 for the same period last year, was the informaton given by W. M. Riggs, president of Ciemson couege, wno is tuuvug n?*> \-isitors In Columbia. The tag tax from July 1, of last year, to January 31, 1915, amounted to 325,000, as compared with 175,000 during the same period of the last fiscal year, Dr. Riggs said. Ciemson college will not ask the legislature for an appropriation. A loan will be asked with which to continue the public v-ork of the institution. ? Washington, February 3: The break in German cotton prices from 19 l-2c to 16 l-2c a pound is due, American Ambassador Gerard stated in a dispatch today, to arrival of cotton steamers at Bremen, opening of the port of Rotterdam, slackening of demand from spinners on account of freer offerings and anticipated decline in prices and sale of captured cotton stocks from Lodz and Antwerp. Cotton mills in Germany are running three quarters capacity, and using 150,000 bales a month, Commercial Attachee Thompson at Rotterdam reported. "This amount is apparently provided by ships arriving and afloat," he stated. "Cotton prices are declining. Shippers are cautioned against expecting continuation of present high prices. They should go slow about chartering ships at the present inflated charges." ? Columbia special of February 3, to the News and Courier: Dr. J. W. Babcock, former superintendent of the state hospital for the insane, called attention tonight to the fact that the greater part of the recommendations made by Dr. A. P. Herring, the efficiency expert, who has Just completed an investigation of conditions at the asylum, were made by him in his testimony before the asylum investigating committee on April 28, 1909, when in answer to a question from the chairman, he gave his reasons for asking for the investigation. Dr. Babcock also referred to an article written by himself for the Centennial edition of the News and Courier, in which many of these same recommendations were made. He said he thought it only justice to himself to bring these facts out, as these recommendations, he said, were made to the general assembly several years ago, and that they are only repeated by Dr. Herring. ? Raids by German submarines on British commerce might make a United States merchant marine valuable to Great Britain as a means of supplying food, in the opinion of the London Daily News, which prints an editorial justifying President Wilson's attitude on the ship purchase bill. The paper says this "unprecedented development of state socialism," is the only means whereby the United States can recover its place in the world of shipping. The editorial set forth that the submarine has become a serious menace to England's food sqgply, and in any future war will dominate her position unless in the meantime science should discover some effective means of defense. "Should It then threaten our shipping, with destruction and ourselves with starvation," says the Daily News, "it will not be an unimportant fact that a great neutral country, possessing a mercantile marine of its own, can sends its ships into our ports unmolested and unafraid." Kolonna r\f t ra H o in fovnr c\f the United States during January, was the greatest for any month in the nation's history. Returns Tuesday from thirteen ports, which handle 86 per cent of the country's total imports and exports, show a favorable advance from January 2 to January 30, of $131,133,888. Officials pointed out that a complete report probably would materially increase that figure. Exports for the four weeks through the thirteen ports reporting were $238,574,096, an average of $59,643,524 a week. Imports were $107,440,208, an average of $26,860,052 a week. The week ended January 30, produced a favorable balance of $35,901,535, the largest for any one week in more than ten years. Exports totalled $63,668,139, and imports $27,766,604. The year 1908 produced the largest yearly excess of exports over imports, the figures being approximately $666,000,000. Cotton exported during the week ended January 30, amounted to 387,775 bales, making a total of 2,250,699 bales for the last eight weeks. ? "For the first time in history England can say 'the sea is free,'" declared Winston Spencer Churchill, first lord of the English admiralty, in an interview with Hughes Leroux, editor of the Paris Matin, a few days ago. "In the days when you and we fought each other," he continued, "our most important victories never brought us security comparable with that which we enjoy today. Even after Trafalgar, we knew nothing like it. Supposing Germany has friendships and relationships in South America, how can help reach her from there now? There remains the United States. Public opinion there hesitated, perhaps, in bestowing its sympathies, but at the present moment, it is fully unified. We shall arrange to take precautions fully compatable with the riarhts of bellieerents and the respect due to neutrals. Our adversary, perhaps, can obtain a few supplies from Turkey and Asia. I cherish no illusions, for as long as there are neutrals a complete blockade must be a chimera. Germany will continue to receive a small quantity of the whereof she has considerable need, but while you and we breathe freely, thanks to the sea, we have kept and can keep open, Germany is like a man throttled with a gag. You know the effect of such a gag when action is necessary. The effort wears out the heart, and Germany knows it. This pressure shall not be relaxed until she gives in unconditionally, for if even you of France and if our ally, Russia, shall decide to withdraw from the struggle, which is inconceivable, we English could carry on the war to the bitter end. The action of a navy necessarily is slow, but the pressure it exercises on an adversary is unrelenting. Compare it to the forces of nature to the inexorable grip of winter and remember that it is a stress nothing can resist." A mKuooa/lAP Potro q t T .nnrlnn no. nuiuaooauui a wv uuhuvji, via bled the state department last Tuesday that the British fleet had been ordered to treat grain and flour cargoes destined for Oeimany or Austria as conditional contraband, subject to seizure and confiscation. This step, the ambassador explained, was taken because Germany had decreed confiscation of all grain and flour to conserve the nation's food supply. Since the publication of the German order, the ambassador at Washington. Count von Bernstorff, has personally assured the American government that no foodstuffs imported from the United States or other neutral countries would be seized by the German government and press dispatches have announced the issuance of a modifying decree making such exemptions by the government. Ambassador Pag?- said Great Britain had agreed that an exception would be made in the case of the steamship Wilhelmina. now .bound from New York for Hamburg with grain and other food, because she had uu 11 Viofnrt* thp flprmnn ri PPTPP was issued. The vessel would be seized, it was said, but she would be released and her cargo purchased at invoice price by the British government. Warning was given, however, that hereafter similar shipments, as well as the vessels, would be seized and confiscated. This announcement added a new phase to negotiations that have been in progress intermittently since the beginning of the war in regard to the right of neutral states to ship food to belligerents. In the British note regarding the Dacia, it was stated that it had been decided not to interfere with such shipments provided they warn infenHpH fnr nnn-rnmhatants and not for the army or government with which England was at war. It was intimated then, however, that exceptional conditions might warrant some change in this plan. The state department has not decided what shall be done. As a preliminary, it has advised that W. L. Green Commission company of St. Louis, owners of the cargo of the Wilhelmina of the British government's determination to appropriate the cargo and pay for it. ihr \lorkvillc (enquirer. Entered at the Postofflce in Yorkville as Mail Matter of the Second Class. YORKVIIXE. S. O.i FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5,1915 The governor and comptroller general have agreed to extend the time for the payment of taxes without penalty, until March 1. The New York Press reports that a wireless telegraphy apparatus is to be installed on the island of Juan Fernandez, known to fame as Robinson Crusoe's island. The news is Interesting; but there are thousands who will agree with us when we say we are glad that there was no wireless apparatus there in Crusoe's day. Although the long correspondence between Governor Manning and Attorney General Peeples was only received this morning, we are able by special effort to lay it before our readers today. There appears to be pretty serious conflict between the two individuals; but beyond this we do not prefer to comment at present. It is better to leave the correspondence to the people on its merits. Yorkville feels that it has gotten most too big .to have a "ville" tacked on its name. How about Greenville? ?Spartanburg Journal. The Journal fails to catch the point. The theory is that the "ville" keeps the town from growing like Ashevllle, Nashville, Knoxville, Jacksonville and Louisville. Yes, stunting the growth was the original argument, eighteen years ago; but it nas not oeen usea this time for obvious reasons. Betcher the general assembly pays no attention to the recommendation of Attorney General Peeples with reference to the investigation of the rightful ownership of the Columbia canal. It is quite possible that a complete investigation of the whole matter would show that the present ownership is "lawful," but it is absolutely certain that the uncovering of the records would show a devious and dubious trail that would shock those people of today who believe that the only clear title to property is that acquired by giving value received. An honest investigation would be Worth while, even if it were made for no other purpose than to have the truth of history. As terrible as are the operations of the opposing armies in the great European war, it is very easy to realize that these operations are nothing like as terrible as they will become when the weather begins to break in the spring. Although flesh and blood can perform the almost impossible in spite of the weather, it is foolish to assume that it can hold out indefinitely in such a fight. The weather has been the all important factor for several months; but now with the coming of spring, when the weather releases its grip, the armies will fly at each other 8 throats without restraint on this account, and with the result that developments will proceed more rapidly than heretofore. It is with a feeling of regret that we note the suspension of me Fountain Inn Tribune, edited and published during the past four years by Robert Quillen. Of course we are not surprised, for we have been satisfied all along that Fountain Inn could not support a newspaper, and we do not hesitate to say that in our judgment there is not one publisher in a hundred who could have kept the paper going there as long as Mr. Quillen did. He, however, is one of the most original and interesting newspaper writers of whom we have any knowledge, and we are inclined to think that if he had cast his lot in a more favorable field, he would have received better support His valedictory, published elsewhere is characteristic, straight, blunt and to the point. The Yorkville Enquirer, one of the best semi-weeklies anywhere, announces that if the splendidly historic name of Yorkville is changed for something else, as is being proposed, it will keep its temper, and it will also Keep its name, ine declaration will be cordially received by all its friends, for it has won for the title a special distinction in its section and this should be preserved. We are not familiar with the arguments that are being made to change the name of the town, but they are certainly without application to The Enquirer.?Charlotte Observer. That is certainly generous, and we appreciate it. The "arguments" with which the Observer is not familiar, are that the people who do not use printed letter heads will, in the aggregate, save an hour of time and a quart of ink within the next hundred years, and the saving, they insist, will outweigh all the sentimental attachment that has accumulated since the name was Fergus's Cross roads. MERE-MENTION According to a report of the eomp troller of the currency, nineteen new national hanks were commissioned during January, with a capital of $737, <M>0 Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, president of the National American association addressed a joint meeting of the North Carolina legislature at Raleigh, Tuesday in behalf of the women suffrage bill now before that body Gen. Erneste Asbert, former governor of Havana province, Cuba, who last June was sentenced to twelve years' imprisonment for killing General Armande Rica, chief of the national police, has been released by the passage of a general amnesty bill. Official statements given out in Berlin. Tuesday, say that 1,279 German inriutu havo hp^n ?l;t in in hiittlfi since the beginning of the European war Earthquake shocks were felt throughout Yorkshire, England, Moni day night. One miner was killed John P. Branch of Richmond, abank, er, reputed to be one of the wealthiest men in Virginia, died Tuesday. He was 84 years old Nine members of the Macedonian Woodmen were cremated at Maybury, Pa.. Wednesday morning as a result of a gas explosion in a hall where they were holding a ? celebration W. N. Conoly, at one time one of the best known evani gelists in the south, died in Tampa, Fla., Tuesday Last summer J. W. Britain, a Valley Falls, Kan., farmer, bought a pig for seventy-five cents. ! The animal was killed the other day and weighed 565 pounds, and sold for > $100 Naval Liuet Von Kluck, 1 eldest son of Gen. Von Kluck, the famous German commander, was kill' ed in an artillery battle January 27, according to a dispatch of Tuesday... A bill to separate whites and negroes on passenger vehicles in the District of Columbia, was favorably reported ? nnxo-rooo tViio n'ooll BTOW lng out of the agitation over the high price of bread have been raging in various parts of Italy this week, strong bodies of troops being necessary to preserve order Mrs. George W. Doyle and two of her children were burned to death Wednesday, when Are destroyed their home near Cass, W. Va Dr. Len G. Broughton, formerly of Atlanta, Ga., has resigned as pastor of Christ ch\irch, London. Ill health is given as the reason for the resignation The whipping of a pupil by a school teacher near Melrose, Fla., Tuesday, resulted in a fight in which William Yates, the teacher, was killed and Claude Holtzendorf, father of the pupil, was probably fatally wounded Alexander Cameron, a millionaire tobacco man of Richmond, Va., died this wek, aged S2 years A. Hill, a rural mail carrier running between Walnut Cove and Danbury, N. .C., is missing, together with a mail pouch containing $3,000 Albert H. Smith, a prominent real estate dealer of Macon, Ga., was drowned when a canoe into which he had leaped from a sinking ferry boat, capsized in the Oumugee river near Holton, Ga., Wednesday...... .A joint resolution for an amendment to the state constitution dividing Texas into three states, has been introduced in the Texas legislature A poll of the lower house of the Pennsylvania legislature, shows that a majority of the members are in favor of a local ontion liauor law. A bill for state wide prohibition has been introduced in the house Pieter Grobler, a grandson of Paul Kruger, is under arrest at Pretoria, South Africa, charged with treason against the British government When the price of bread is raised to 6 cents a loaf, it is estimated that New York's bread bill will be increased $16,500,000 a year May wheat reached $1.65 a bushel in Chicago, Tuesday. This is 5 cents a bushel higher than the top price reached in the James A. Patten deal in 1909 Sheriff Houghton of Middlesex county, N. J., who hired the deputies charged with shooting strikers at Roosevelt, N. J., about ten days ago, has been placed in jail and will probably have to face a charge of murder One hundred and fifty indictments have been returned against Colorado labor leaders, charging murder, assault and arson. Twelve of the accused men are held in jail without bail Mrs. Sophie Ghee, known to the New York police as the "Opium Queen," was sentenced by the Federal court in that city Tuesday, to pay a fine of $2,000 for smuggling. Because of aid given by the woman, eighteen men are to be tried on the same charge. TWO FEDERAL DISTRICTS South Carolina Delegation Working For More Judicial Facilities. Congressman Aiken, assisted by other members of the South Carolina delegation, says a Washington dispatch to the Greenville News, has been successful in having the house judiciary committee make a favorable report on his bill providing for the appointment of a district Judge, a district attorney and a marshal for the western district of South Carolina. The securing of a favorable report on this bill is a long step, it is believed, toward its passage and it is quite probable that at an early date it will be called up in the house. It is provided that there shall be a district judge for the eastern district of South Carolina and a district judge for the western district of South Carolina, who shall be appointed as district judges are appointed in other judicial districts of the United States. The present district Judge, who is a resident of the eastern district of South Carolina, is to be assigned to the eastern district. All causes of civil nature and motions submitted and all cases and proceedings of a civil nature, including proceeding in bankruptcy, now pending in the westem district of South Carolina or taken in whole or in part, and submitted to and passed upon by the district Judge and proceeded with and disposed of by this Judge, who may for that purpose continue to exercise Jurisdiction in the western district. The bill also provides that there shall be a district attorney for the eastern district of South Carolina and a district attorney for the western district of South Carolina, who shall be appointed as district attorneys are appointed in other judicial districts of the United States. The district attorney for the eastern district of South Carolina, the district attorney for the western district of South Carolina, shall each receive an annual salary of $4,500. The present marshal, who is a resident of the eastern district of South Carolina, is to be assigned to the eastern district. There shall be a marshal for the eastern district of South Carolina and a marshal for the western district of South Carolina, who shall be appointed as marshals are appointed in other judicial districts. The marshal for the eastern district and the marshal for the western district shall each receive an annual salary of $4,500. The terms of the district court for the eastern district, it is provided, shall be held at Charleston on the first Tuesday in June and December; at Columbia on the third Tuesday in January, the first. Tuesday in November; at Florence the first Tuesday in March, and at Aiken on the first Tuesday in April and October. Terms of the district court of the western district shall be held at Greenville on the first Tuesday in April and the first Tuesday in October; at Rock Hill the second Tuesday in March and September, and at Greenwood the first Tuesday in February and November. The office of the clerk of the district is to be at Greenville and the office of the clerk of the district court for the eastern district at Charleston. THE WAR IN EUROPE News Paragraphs Which Tell of Happenings at the Front. According to a statement issued by the Austrian minister of finance there is an ample supply of foodstuffs for Germany and Hungary until after the next harvest. An omctai statement rrom retrograa reports the sinking of a German torpedo boat destroyer by a Russian submarine in the Baltic sea on January 29. Lieut. Col. Kemp and his command of Boer revolutionists have surrendered to the British government. Lieut. Col. Maritz is the only one of the original rebel Boer commanders who has not surrendered. According to reports a German airship which recently Hew over Swiss territory was flred on hy Swiss soldiers. Berlin dispatches of yesterday are authority for the statement that large bodies of French troops have been defeated by insurgent Moroccans in the vicinity of Fez, Morocco. Turkish troops attacked the Suez canal with a force of about 12,000 men this week but all attacks were repulsed. The English claim to have taken 200 prisoners. Lieut. Sharpe of the Canadian con4l? C /.f uiiKfiii ui tiic r i)in^ v.ui jjo oa the English army, was killed Thursday when his biplane suddenly dived to earth. Dispatches announce the success of German arms at Massipes on the VosKes river, the Germans claiming to have occupied French positions for more than a mile and capturing more than 600 men. | LOCALAFTAZR8. < NEW ADVERTI8EMENT8 > W. E. Ferguson?Has a fresh line of { Helnz's sweet and sour pickles, as < well as other relishes. Fresh ship- r ment Stone's cakes. , J. L. McGill, Chairman?Gives notice of the sale at auction of the old * Bethany church, together with its 1 furnishings. I McConnell Dry Goods Co.?Offers a , variety of specials, and also a few special specials for tomorrow. < T. W. Speck?Tells you about the good * qualities of "Big Ben" alarm clocks. Wedding presents. ?- rv ? tn J I I UI K J-/IUK oiurc?Vttiio auciiuvu tv | the benefits that come from care of 1 the teeth. It has the brushes and dentifrices. Sherer & Quinn?Want you to see them for garden seeds when you are ready to start work. They sell Luzianne coffee. E. Lawrence & Co., Chicago?Says "2 drops of 'Gets-It' and out comes the corn." See page four. L. M. Grist's Sons?Suggest how you can use a rebuilt typewriter to advantage in your home. Prices are very low. See page four. F. F. Dalley Co., Buffalo?Gives more reasons why you should use "2-in-l" shoe polish?10 cts. in easy opening boxes. See page four. Thomson Co.?Makes special prices on goods that are suitable for early spring wear. Clothing at half price. Kirkpatrick-Belk Co.?Quotes prices on seasonable domestics, etc. A job counter of shoes at low prices. Cloud Cash Store?Closes it business on Feb. 13, and requests persons owing it to pay up at once. The National Banks of York county ( have been notified by the comptroller of the currency that they in common with other national banks of the country must cease the practice of allowing overdrafts. It is stated that efforts will be made to get the state banks to co-operate. Mr. G. L. Suggs of Yorkvllle, No. 8, on Wednesday, advised The Enquirer of a wagon load of clothing that was 1 sent into his neighborhood by the peo- 1 pie of Rock Hill, recently, for distrl- ' bution by himself and others. The ! distribution was effected as quickly ' as possible, and the gifts were most ' acceptable to the recipients. 1 There are very few survivors of the famous Company G, Palmetto sharpshooters; but by some kind of a co-incidence The Enquirer has had the very pleasant honor of having visits from three of them within a week. These were Messrs. John L. Rainey of Sharon No. 2, A. C. McKnight of No. 2, Sharon, and Thad L. Carroll of R. F. D. No. 7, Yorkvllle. All these gentle- . men came in to renew their subscrip- . tions. Deputy Sheriff Quinn has maintain- j ed from the beginning that he locked that Jail door on the day of the deliv- < ery of the prisoners, and because he ( was so positive about it, most of his { friends felt equally certain. Every- j body who knows Fred Quinn has abso- j lute confidence in his integrity, and the idea that he would misrepresent , any kind of a fact to shield himself is , simply absurd. But nevertheless it is j gratifying to his many friends to have j the whole matter cleared up, as it has t been, beyond question. ( Perhaps the most Interesting thing I about the month of February is the < fact that the calendar shows only < three phases of the moon, instead of ^ the usual four or occasional five. There will be no full moon this month. It t requires on the average 29 days and \ 13 hours for the moon to pass thrqlyh ? all of its phases. Owing to the <*>m- I plexlty of the moon's motions, the ? period is variable, but as it is never i greater than 30 days, every month ex- r cept February must have all of the phases, and as the period is always greater tnan z? days, .reoruary can never have more than four phases of the moon. Every other month may have five phases of the moon and two of the months each year will usually have five phases. Not s'nce 1902, has February had only three phases of the moon. In that year there was no last quarter. Not since 1893, has any month failed to provide us with a full moon. The full moon occurred January 30, 11.41 p. m., and the next full moon occurs March 1. 1.33 p. m. VETERANS AND WIDOWS The names of the following veterans and widows of the Confederacy surviving in York county and who are not now on the pension roll, have been sent in since the last issue of The Enquirer:. Bethel. Mrs. Sarah E. Youngblood, wife of W. O. Youngblood, Co. H, 18th Reg., S. C. V. D. M. Johnson, Co. B, 5th Reg., S. C. V. King's Mountain. Mrs. Mary P. Summerford, Clover R. F. D. No. 1, widow of J. T. Summerford, Co. K, 17th Reg., S. C. V. York. Thad L,. Carroll, No. 7, Yorkville, Co. G, Palmetto Sharpshooters. Ebenezer. William J. Faris, Co. E, 17th Reg., S. C. V. W. D. McCARTER DEAD William David McCarter, an account of whose shooting on the premises of his mother, Mrs. Kate McCarter, on Yorkville No. 6, last Tuesday morning, was given In the last issue of The Enquirer, died Wednesday evening at 7.30 o'clock, and was buried in Union fi cemetery yesterday at noon by Filbert t Camo W. O. W.. after services con- e ducted by Rev. W. W. Lipscomb, pas- 1 tor of Clover and Union Baptist t churches. r There were no eye-witnesses to the t shooting of young McCarter, but sto- \ ries are in circulation to the effect t that his wounds were self-inflicted, t and that his purpose was suicide. The i understanding is that two shots were " fired, and a stick that was lying near s him when found was probably used for the purpose of discharging the gun. The first charge seems to have only grazed the unfortunate man's s body and the second took effect in the 1 right side, as already described. There was no inquest and none of the facts | in the case have been judicially established. t The deceased was a son of the late v David McCarter, and he was born on March 12, 1888. He grew to man- -5 hood on his father's farm, and contln- ( uea to ronow rarming ror a nvennoou until a few months ago, when he en- s gaged in the saw milling and logging business. He leaves a widow, who was Miss Mabel, daughter of Mr. J. C. Lilley s of Filbert, and three small children, r and is also survived by three sisters, Mesdames Robert Youngblood, Ed- J ward Sturgis and Lytle Wood, and F four brothers. Messrs. John J., Gettys, James. Friedheim and Finley McCar- v ter. f The sad tragedy was a severe shock to the family as well as numerous . friends, who held the deceased in close j esteem. HARPER SURRENDERS J "Well, Sammy, you are back, are you? Glad to see you!" s This was the greeting that Sheriff ii Brown gave Sam Harper, when that ^ worthy was brought into his office at about 10.30 last Tuesday night by ^ Messrs. Claud Bell. William Harper 0 and R. A. Hardin. | Harper was one of the men who es- | v :aped from the Jail with Wyatt, Wellnan and Rush last Thursday afterloon. His brother, William, came up )n him at the home of their sistei ibout a mile west of McConnellsville ruesday night, and persuaded hlrr :hat he could do nothing better that five himself up. After the fugitivt lad agreed to follow the advice of hi? arother, the latter applied to Messrs Bell and Hardin, and the party camt to Yorkville on a C. &. N.-W. motoi ar. "Yes, sheriff, I am back," replied Harper, "and I am glad of it. In fact [ wish I had never gone away." The returned fugitive went on t< iay that soon after their escape, h< ind Wyatt made their way to th< Turkey creek bottoms, and they followed the creek down to a point wesl )f McConnellsville. They had nothing to eat until late Friday night, wher they got some food at the home of a legro, and they slept in bams and outlouses. The two remained togethei intil about dark Sunday night, wher Harper claims he slipped away front Wyatt. He had told Wyatt previously ol lis decision to surrender; but Wyatl lad no notion of doing anything of the {ind himself, and he did not want Harper to do so. When Harper left Wyatt, according to his story, thej were in the Turkey creek bottoms ibout two miles west of McConnellstrllle, and somewhat south of the resilence of Mr. A. A. Burrls. In reply to questions of the sheriff Harper said Wyatt had about $7.35 Ir lis pocket when he left the jail, and h was very much , determined to get en.irely out of the country If he could possibly manage to do so. ROBBERY AT HICKORY GROVE There was a wholesale robbery al Hickory Grove last night or early thh uornlng which was discovered wher :he stores of Messrs. J. N. McGill & Son, Klrby Bros'. Drug Store, Hlckorj 3rove Hardware Co., and J. M. & C R. McGill were opened for business :hl8 morning. All four of the stores had been broksn Into by the forcing of windows, etc. ind Immediate Investigation developed :he fact that quite a good deal of merihandise and other articles wer* jtolen. About $7 or )8 was taken from the .111 In Klrby Bros*. Drug Store and 3? >r 40 cents was secured from the store pf J. N. McGill & Son. No merchandise lad been missed from these stores up ;o 10 o'clock this morning although the proprietors could not say what furthei investigation might disclose. The robbers stole quite a quantity ol partridges from the store of the Hickpry Grove Hardware Co., as well at ieveral watches and razors. It is quite ikely that other articles were alsc aken. From the appearance which the store of J. M. & C. R, McGill presented when opened for business this morning, It was evident that the marauders Hade themselves at home there. Remlants of soda crackers and pieces ol pracker boxes were scattered all over :he floor and about one-third of a cake >f cheese had been consumed. A pair >f shoes and perhaps other articlet were missing. Authorities at Hickory Grove who ook the case soon after the robbery vas discovered, believe that there were ieveral persons concerned in the rob>ery and have reason to believe that i horse and wagon were used to renove goods from the stores. No arests, however, have yet beer .uade. UiiTUIAI TUC TAU/U nil nin l i b- i wit i* ? The Western Union Telegraph :ompany has installed new fixtures in ts Yorkville office. ? Messrs. James Bros, of Yorkville, ihipped seventeen horses and two nules to Knoxville, Tenn., Wednesday, t is understood that most of the aninals will be sent to Europe for war lervice. ? An attempt was made by burglars o enter the residence of Miss Annie dcPheeters on Railroad avenue, early Wednesday morning, and the would>e housebreakers were frightened iway when they were discovered by he occupants of the house, who were iroused by the noise. It is said that here were two of the would-be burrlars. ? Martin and Mell McKnight, Bud Wheeler and Don Boler who have been leld in the county jail since Sunday in suspicion of having been the paries *who entered the store of Mr. J. M. 5troup Saturday night, were given a jreliminary hearing before Magistrate ?omer yesterday morning. The testinony in the case was of a circumitantial nature which the magistrate lid not consider strong enough to warant the holding of Martin McKnight, Joler and Wheeler. Mell McKnight vas bound over to await the action of he grand jury at the spring term of :uun. ? Messrs. Wilborn and Dickson of he town council appeared before the ounty board of commissioners Wedlesday in behalf of a request for the issistance of the chaingang in raising he fill on East Liberty street to the ast of the Southern depot in connecion with the rebuilding of the road >etween Yorkvilie and Rock Hill. The nembers of the council represented to he commissioners that the town is vithout money with which to put the ill in question in shape to conform to he balance of the proposed work after t has been completed. The commisioners. however, did not commit hemselves with regard to the propoition. ABOUT PEOPLE Mr. John S. James of Yorkvilie is pending a few days in Knoxville, Cenn. Mrs. L. B. White of Yorkville, has teen quite ill during the past two reeks. Miss Emily Wright of Clover, vlsitd friends in King's Mountain, this veek. Mrs. L. George Grist has returned to rorkville, after a visit to relatives in Columbia. Dr. J. J. Glenn formerly of Anderon, has located in Yorkville for the >ractice of medicine. Mrs. Ada Williams of Yorkville is pending some time in Kershaw with elatives and friends. Mrs. R. S. Riddle of Clover, R. P. D. Jo. 2, is undergoing treatment in the "ennell Infirmary, Rock Hill. Mrs. Stewart Abell of Lowryvllle, isited her mother, Mrs. El A. Craword, in Yorkville, this week Mr. Austin Cobb and family, resi lents of Yorkville for some time past, lave moved to Hickory Grove. Mrs. J. A. Berry of the Tirzah comnunity, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. ames Mitchell on Sharon No. 1. Mrs. Lou Wilson, who has been pending several weeks with relatives n Yorkville, has returned to her lome in Columbia. Messrs. Lonnie Farris and William loltharp of Fort Mill township, are isiting the family of Mr. J. C. Burge n Yorkville R. F. D. No. 3. Mr. Gordon Hughes and family, ^ho have been residents of the Ogden community, expect to move back to . their former home at King's Mountain, at an early date. Miss Mary Fant Herndon of Converse college, Spartanburg, has been . called home on account of the illness i of her mother, Mrs. R. J. Herndon, of , Yorkville. Dr. William Kennedy and family, formerly of Chester, moved to York' ville this week and are occupying the . home of Mrs. W. M. Kennedy on East ? Liberty street. r Miss Addle Matthews of Clover, who recently underwent an operation in the Fennell infirmary, Rock Hill, is i doing nicely, and will soon be able to , return to her home. Mrs. W. C. Ervin, who has been , spending several months at Saranac Lake, N. Y., arrived in Yorkvllle this i week to spend some time with her parJ ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Lowry. The . many friends of Mr. Ervln will be , glad to hear that he is steadily im" proving. Daily Oklahoman, February 2: An1 nouncement is made of the marriage l of Miss Jessie Stucker and Mr. John . R Dickson of this city, which was solemnized Sunday in Kingfisher, at the home of the bride's father. Mr. ' Dickson and his bride returned to the i city yesterday afternoon, and are re, siding at the New England apartments. L * . THE MARRIAGE RECORD t Thirty-seven marriage licenses were t Issued by Probate Judge Williams r during the month of January, bringing the total number of licenses issued . since the marriage license law went . into effect, up to 1,751. Licenses were Issued to the following persons during , January: i Jan. 1.?Ell Harden and Bessie Mor, rison, colored. Jan. 2?Samuel J. Latham and Onie Mary Shillinglaw. I Jan. 2?Sam Beaty and Leathla Witherspoon, colored. Jan. 2?Lunn Falls and Emma Adams, colored. Jan. 4?John D. Hartness and Pearl , I. Gordon. Jan. 4?Knox Hickman and Dora 5 Price, colored. i Jan. 4?William Hall and Rosa Dan. iels, colored. ' Jan. 6?John Meadows and Ella Smiles, colored. It was not the neglect or inadvert1 ence of Deputy Sheriff Quinn, that en abled those prisoners to escape from the jail last Thursday; but rather the mechanical skill and genius of J. R. Wyatt. i That is a part of the information | that Sam Harper gave Sheriff Brown last Tuesday night, and not only did he assert the story as a fact; but he i was able to prove it as a fact. As Is well known, the lock to the i door which opens Into the corridor between the steel cages in the Jail is of very Intricate construction, and after examination of it, the average in, dividual would be willing to swear to the impossibility of its being opened without a key. And this would be a pretty safe proposition provided the lock was In good order; but as the re, suit of the constant use for the past eight years, defects began to develop. According to Harper, Wyatt began to study the operation of that lock . from the first day he was committed to jail. He kept within hearing every time the key was turned, whether to lock or unlock, and after a while he 1 discovered that when the bolt was thrown fast, it was held there by means of a ratchet catch operated by a spring. As the result of wear, the spring failed to work sometimes, and in such cases, even after the bolt was thrown home, there was nothing to hold it. The thing had happened several times, but conditions were not favorable for experiments. The spring failed to work when the jail was locked Thursday at noon, and as soon as possible thereafter, Wyatt got busy with tools improvised from his iron bed, and there being nothing to hold the catch in its place, he managed to draw the bolt. The result of his success has already been told. Although until Harper explained the matter, no one seemed to suspect that such a thing as working that lock without a key was possible, still there were many who did not accept the theory of carelessness or inadvertance on the part of Deputy Sheriff Qulnn. They had knowledge of the fact that after Wyatt's arrest, the sheriff took from him a key that would unlock the front doors of several different Congress street stores, and they were inclined to feel that if there was any possible way of picking that jail lock, Wyatt was fully competent to do the job. After hearing Harper's story. Sheriff Brown convinced himself of its probable correctness by making a successful practical experiment along the lines indicated. LOCAL LAC0NIC8 Griffin- Matthews. Mr. Richard A. Matthews and Miss Alice Griffin were married at the residence of Mr. Matthews' niece in Clover at 8.30 o'clock Wednesday evening. Rev. W. W. Lipscomb officiating. Taken to Chaingang. Five persons were taken to the chaingang in Bethel township yesterday, to serve short sentences, the men being sent up upon their conviction on minor charges in Rock Hill. Three of the men were white. There are now ten prisoners on the chaingang. Miss Hite Coming. Superintendent of Education Carroll has received a letter from Miss Mary Eva Hlte, president of the South Car ollna School Improvement association, stating that she will visit the York county schools Feb. 24. Miss Hite expects to stay four days. Three schools will be visited each day. Chester News Purchased. Chester Reporter, Thursday: Messrs. Stewart L. Cassels, W. W. Pegram and J. H. Williamston have purchased the Semi-Weekly News, and took charge Tuesday. The new owners are all practical and energetic young newspaper men. Announcement will be made in an early issue of the News. Pat Rftlnian RmIiaI The Enquirer is in receipt of the sum of $8.92, the proceeds of a collection taken up at a recital given by Miss Barbara Rudlslll's music pupils at Clover last Friday afternoon, with the understanding that the same go to the Belgian relief fund. The contribution has been turned over to Mrs. J. K. Alston, chairman of the Belgian Relief Workers. Mill to Begin Work. Fort Mill Times, Thursday: C. W. McNealy, superintendent of Mill No. 1 of the Fort Mill Manufacturing company, Tuesday authorized the Times to state positively that the mill will resume operations on next Monday. Preliminary steps to starting the mill were taken Tuesday when the company bought a large lot of cotton from a local dealer. Elected City Manager. At a meeting of the Rock Hill city council Monday night, Mr. John G. Barnwell, for the past three years superintendent of the water and light plants, was elected city manager of Rock Hill. A salary of $200 per month is attached to the postion. Before going to Rock Hill, Mr. Barnwell was for six years superintendent of the Yorkville water, light and power department. Black Jack Camp Officers. Black Jack Camp, No. 47, W. O. W., of Bethel, has elected and installed officers for the present year as fol1 nf Annnttl nom ?/* nn/lot> T T Jan. 6?George Davis and Mary i Jones, colored. Jan. 7?Milton M. Pursley and Effle J. Bolln. Jan. 8?Tony Meeks and Betsy Mc, Call, colored. I Jan. 9?Colin Bridges and Margaret Lee. Jan. 11?Ester Wellman and Belle ! Bolin. Jan 12?Will McKinney and Edna , Davis, colored. Jan. 13?Ben P. Massey, Jr., and ' Annie Russell. > Jan. 13? William Thomas and Em> ma Keenyan, colored. , Jan. 14?Valdora Robinson and Roxeaver Robinson, colored. ' Jan. 15?EM Childers and Sis Aus burne, colored. Jan. 15?Jesse Smith and Lula Pat, terson. Jan. 16? Will Johnson and Mary ' Feemster, colored. i Jan. 19?Will EMwards and Ola , Mobley, colored. Jan. 20?Charlie Moss and Leona 1 Hinson. Jan. 21?Lawrence Parker and > Mabel Latham. Jan. 22?Sid McCamron and Ethel Shugart. Jan. 22?John Guye and Lula Love, i colored. Jan. 22?Wilie H. Long and Clara E. , Trairs. Jan 23?James Lowry and Pearley ' Ratchford, colored. > Jan. 26?Arthur M. Suggs and Olive , H. Jackson. Jan. 26?John Gill and Mary Roberts, 1 colored. Jan. 26?Earnest Floyd and Ethel , Glenn, colored. Jan. 27?Renus Freeman and Maggie Latta, colored. > Jan. 28?Ehiral McCollough and Sarah Jackson, colored. Jan. 28?Edd Jones and Nancy ' White. Jan. 28?Abraham Wilson and Annie Mobley, colored. Jan. 30?Fred Sadler and Sallie McGill, colored. Jan. 30?R. R Fawcett and Clarena Good, colored. Jan. 30?Sam Hempniu ana jame 1 McFadden, colored. WYATT DID IT lUWOi J aoi wuuoui vvuiuiauuvi) w ? Stewart; consul commander, R. E. Ratchford; advisor lieutenant, J. C. Harper; banker, Q. L. Brandon; clerk, R. S. Riddle; escort, G. C. Stewart; watchman, W. P. Pryor; sentry, H. O. Millen; physician, Dr. T. N. Dulin; managers?E. H. Glenn, E. P. Brandon. J C. Miller. Another Still Captured. Magistrate A. J. Quinn of Clover, accompanied by George Sparrow, S. O. Gordon and C. H. Hedrick, captured another moonshine still near King's Mountain battleground yesterday. The still was in operation when the officers approached; but the moonshiners got information of the situation in time to get away with the worm and other things that were easily movable. The posse destroyed a lot of mash with the still. To be Near Yorkville. Since the county commissioners at their meeting Wednesday have definitely decided upon the route of the Yorkville-Rock Hilll road, it is quite likely that the chalng&ng will be moved at once, and the new camp will be situated somewhere between Yorkville and Fishing Creek bridge. The camp will remain in the vicinity of Yorkville for a period of eight or nine months. There are at present about 45 convicts on the chaingang. Commissioners Held Last Meeting. The present board of county commissioners, which is composed of County Supervisor Boyd, and County Commissioners J. W. Smith and W. W. Jackson, held their last regular monthly meeting Wednesday. The board spent a busy day auditing claims, hearing petitions and getting the affairs of the office in proper shape to turn over to the new commissioners, Messrs. J. C. Kirkpatrick and J. E. Latham, who expect to receive their commissions within the next few days. Bread and Tomato Club. Miss Minnie Lee Garrison, York county Canning Club agent met a number of young ladles at Tirzah school house last Thursday and organized . a Girls' Bread Club, one of the first to be organized in York county. The following young ladies of the Tirzah community subscribed as members: Edna Jackson. Mary Hartness, Carrie Williams, Florine Youngblood, Kathleen Adklns, Mattle Belle Campbell, Annie Carroll. Leila Garrison, Carrie Youngblood, Elizabeth Campbell, Annie May Sadler, Pearl Shillinglaw, Annie Lee Allison, Margaret Allison. Organization of a Girls' Tomato Club was also begun. Three members were received as follows: Sudie Garner, Florine Youngblood, Elizabeth Campbell. ANOTHER PAPER QUIT8 Editor Quillen Gives Up the Newspaper Game. This is the last issue of the Fountain Inn Tribune until some arrangements can be made to pay the expense of publication. I have deferred this step as long as possioie lucpense nas Deen cut 10 uic bone. I have had my telephone taken out, and have laid off the only printer, but the patronage received now does not even pay for blank paper and mailing. There have been many times within these four years when I have thought such a thing as this inevitable. But always before I have been able to pull through. This, however, is the end. I have no reserve funds on which to draw, and newspapers cannot be run on credit. The Tribune could live on a gross advertising patronage of $20 a week. That would pay expenses?no more. Of late, the patronage has averaged about $16 a week. Please do not think that I take this step willingly, or that I have not done ray best. r or me present, at. least, 1 auan the shop open and try to make a living doing job work. Failing in that, I will close the shop and go to some larger town. I make this promise to my friends and subscribers: Some day, perhaps next month, perhaps next year, the Tribune will be resurrected. When publication is resumed, each subscriber will be given credit for the time the Tribune lay dead. The date of the resurrection depends altogether upon the business houses of Fountain Inn. When they are again able to afford the necessary advertising patronage the paper will come to life. Until that time, I bid you all goodbye, with a hearty wish for your prosperity and happiness. Cordially, Robert Quillen. P. S.?I suspect I shall be rather generously cussed next week. Those who cuss the loudest will be business men who have never given me an ad, and subscribers who are two or three years in arrears. By the way, these latter might help matters somewhat by sending in what they owe. I shall not refuse to accept it. R. Q. Tax Extension Law,?Without debate, the house on yesterday morning, passed to third reading the Nicholson tax extension bill from the senate, and the understanding was that the bill would be ordered ratified today. The bill reads as follows: "Section 1. That the county treasurers of this state be, and they are each hereby, authorized and directed to receive without penalty, all taxes aue Dy taxpayers to me county or state, until April 1, 1915. Provided, That all tax executions issued by the county treasurer to the sheriff or other officer charged with the duty of collecting same be returned to the county treasurer on or before July 1, 1915. "Sec. 2. That on all tax executions issued for the year 1915, there shall be added a penalty of 5 per cent for nonpayment of same." ? G. W. Proffltt and G. L. Long, J sons of prominent Laurens county farmers have been arrested and lodged in , jail charged with having robbed the Bank of Waterloo, in Laurens county Long has confessed the robbery, according to the police. Part of the j money has been recovered. ? Frank George has entered upon i his duties as postmaster at Lexington, i succeecnng sam J. Leapnari wno nas served for fourteen years. MANNING VS. PEEPLES Governor and Attorney General Lock Horns. OVER APPOINTMENT OF NR. DOMINIGK # Correspondence Given to the Publio? Governor Claims Attorney General unerea to know mm to Appoint Assistant?Attorney General Claima He Did Nothing of the Kind?Conflict of Statements that is Irreconcilable. Governor Manning on yesterday gave out the full correspondence up to date between himself and Attorney General Peoples, In connection with the appointment of the attorney general's assistant. The correspondence Is as follows: Hon. Thomas H. Peeples, Attorney ^ General, Columbia, S. C. Dear Sir: As I have said to you heretofore, I was elected to the office of governor upon a platform In opposition to the policies which have prevailed In this office for the last four years and it is, therefore, desirable that vour assistant should be a man in sympathy with my policies. Tou have seen flt to appoint Mr. Fred H. Dominlck your assistant, who was a supporter of the policies of my predecessor in this office. In these circumstances 1 do not feel that I can rely upon your office for legal advice. I shall need legal advice in the administration of my office, and therefore shall be compelled to call this matter to the attention of the legislature for such action as they may see flt to take, If you insist in making this appointment. Please let me have your reply. Very respectfully, (Signed) R. I. Manning, January 21. Governor. ^ People* to Manning. Hon. Richard L Manning, Governor of South Carolina, Columbia, 8. C. Sir: I am in receipt of your letter of the 21st inst, wherein you substantlally, If not expressly, demand that I shall rescind the appointment made by me of Mr. Dominlck as my assist ant, and In the event I do not, you practically threaten to call my refusal to rescind such order, and appoint such person that will be satisfactory to what you term your "policies," to the ancilliuu VI Uiv icgiaiahuio i.v? action as they may see fit to take. I shall endeavor to answer your letter, so surprising in its character and so disagreeable in its tone, as courteously as my feelings will permit I had occasion to reply to a letter of yours, inquiring as to what recommendations I would make in my report so that you might Incorporate them in your message designed by you to be sent to the legislature. In doing so, I expressly declared to you, with great sincerity and candor, the following sentiments: "I shall be glad at any time to confer with you upon any of these subjects (alluded to in my letter) and shall always be pleased to carry out any of the directions that you, as governor, shall make within the powers conferred upon you by the constitution and statute laws of our | ' state. With much regard and with a [ sense of duty towards you, as the legal adviser of the officers of the state I and the head of the department of justice of such state, and as that head to serve you as the chief executive officer of the state, I remain," etc. This statement, then expressed, I still entertain and there will be no effort lacking upon my part to perform by duties and to co-operate, as to the duties devolved upon me, with you in any matter becoming our duty to discuss or to take action upon. By the constitution of this state, article 4, section 24, it is declared that "there shall be elected by the qualified voters of the state ... an attorney general (and other officers therein mentioned) who shall -hold their respective offices for a term of years and until their several successors have been chosen and qualified and whose duties and compensation shall be prescribed by law." It is again, by article' 5, section 28, declared: "There shall be an attorney general for the state, who shall perform such duties as may be prescribed by law. He shall be elected by the qualified electors of tbs state for the term of two years, and shall receive for his services such compen--*? -l--.il V- v., lAm ? aauon as 011u.11 ue iucu ujr wn. By the code of laws of 1912, volume 1, section 710, the legislature, In pursuance of the terms of the constitution, enacted: "The attorney general shall receive a salary at the rate of $1,900 per annum; and the assist- fc ant attorney general, who shall be ap- 1 pointed by the attorney general, shall receive a salary of $1,350 per annum." (Since increased.) The powers and duties of the attorney general are further provided for 4 in subsequent sections, to which ref- ^ erence is asked to enable you to have ? a clear comprehension of the powers, A duties and limitations of the office I now hold and especial attention is invited to section 717: "He (attorney general) shall, when required by the secretary of state, treasurer, adjutant and inspector general, comptroller general, railroad commissioner or other state officer, consult and advise with them, respectively, on questions of law relating to their official business." An examination of all the statutes and law relating to my office will show (aside from the duties devolved upon the attorney general as exofflcio member of certain boards, which he can exercise not by assistants but personally), that it was never in contemplation nor within the purview of the custodian or of any of the acts of the general assembly to . make the office of attorney general as 4 legal adviser of the different departments a political one In the sense of having the opinions, which It Is the duty of the attorney general to render, biased by what you may term, or have termed, your "policies," or that of any officer of the state to whom it is my i duty to give a legal opinion. It would be clearly an anomaly of law and good sense to attempt to bias or prejudice the view of the law In Its construction of the statutes by the attorney general because of the political party or party faction to which the governor or any officer of the state may for the time being belong. I must, therefore, insist, and as long as I am attorney general, will insist, upon giving my opinions as to what I conceive to be the law, whether it is sympathetic with t this, that or any other party or par- J tisan. I would be unworthy of the po- J sition, and so would any other man, m who considers himself In the position of having to render opinions and ad vice to officers of the state except as H he conscientiously believes the law to be, irrespective of all political policies or other views. It is quite true that you have taken gj occasion to state to me, heretofore, that you had been elected to the of five of governor upon a platform in opposition to the policies which have prevailed in the office of governor for f ^ the last four years. This was a matter ' nf rirh loh T Viq/1 nn nnnoarn nn/1 Koira ui TTIIIVII A n?u ?IV VW1IW4 it auu HUT v never entertained any. The advice given from this office, whether by myself or assistant, bears no color of faction or of party. My personal preference as to who should hold office in South Carolina has never influenced or swayed the construction of any Btatute or constitutional provision which has been submitted to me, nor have the prescribed duties made by statute been viewed by me, when asked as to their meaning, and as to what action should be taken under them ever been rendered in view of any policy which was thought best by the executive officer. It is further known to me that your views, or at least your expressions, have not been in accord with your prdecessor's in office, to whom you allude, and that your election may be construed as an indorsement of this by the majority of the people voting ^ at the primaries, and that you will be held responsible for carrying out such views, whatever they may be. I do not profess to have made any careful study of your platform or of your A speeches. While you may thus prop- I erly indulge in the idea, I must call l to your attention the fact that, having 4 served two years as attorney general. ^ that I was elected to my office by a majority of the votes of the qualified