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Straps and jracts. ? Gaffney special of Feb. 17 to News and Courier: The people of Gaffney were shocked this morning to learn that J. W. Tolleson, a prominent merchant of the city, had died during the night at his home here. He lived with his sister, Mrs. Pack Hamilton, and when his little niece went to call him to breakfast this morning she found him cold in death. Mr. Tolleson was . 58 years of age and leaves two sisters, Mrs. I-elix Littlejohn, of Spartanburg, and one brother, Gist Tolleson of Phoenix, Arizona. ? Three shots fired by unknown persons killed A. D. Oliver, known as the "King of Climax," widely known for his financial schemes, in front of his bank at Leesburg, Ga., last Wednesday night at 8.30 o'clock. Oliver had jusi eraurjseu ttvui ins nisuiuuvii, v>a<~ banners' Bank and L<oan company, when he was assassinated. Three men were seen running away from the place just after the shooting, but nobody seems to have had a close view of them. No threats upon Oliver's life are known to have been made in Leesburg, but recently at Smithville, where Oliver also had a bank, several of his old creditors are said to have made threats to shoot him to death should he come back there again. That there is any connection between these threats and the shooting is doubted at Leesburg. What motive caused the shooting, however, is a mystery, although Oliver had been in scores of deals and came in contact with practically every person In the Leesburg section. Oliver was released from the penitentiary in Mississippi about six months ago, where he had ; served four years on a charge of , bigamy. He satisfied the court that his name was not Harding, under 1 which name he had been arrested. ? Fifty thousand prisoners and many cannon and machine guns were cap- j tured by the Germans when the Rus- , sian Tenth army was defeated in Mazurian Lake district, East Prussia, i according to a statement given out by i the German general headquarters at , Berlin, last weonesaay. in u muc days' battle in the Mazuirian Lake district, the Russian Tenth army, consisting of at least least eleven infantry and several cavalry divisions, not only was driven out of strongly entrenched positions east of the < Mazurian Lake plateau but was i forced back across the frontier. Utter ly defeated at almost every point, only the remnants of the army managed to reach the woods east of Suwalkl and < Agustowo, where they are being pur- ! sued. The number of prisoners taken has not been ascertained, but certainly exceeded 50,000. More than 50 cannon and 60 machine guns besides an i unknown quantity of war material | were captured. Emperor William was present during the decisive fighting | in the center of our line. The victory ' was won by veteran East Prussian troops assisted by other troops who , were young for such work, but proved their worth. The achievements of these troops under fearful weather conditions, marching by day and by night and fighting against such a stubborn enemy, are beyond al praise." 1 ? The house last night passed the 1 Banks-Evans amendment to the j warehouse bill, allowing the state warehouse commissioner to act as the selling agent of owners of cotton stored in state warehouses on request of such owners: Section 21. That the , commissioner in addition to the duties hereinbefore vested in him, is also permitted and empowered, upon the request of the owner or owners of the j warehouse receipts and cotton stored in such warehouses to aid, assist and co-operate, or, as the duly authorized 1 agent of such owner or owners, to se- j cure and negotiate loans upon the , pledge of his or their warehouse receipts, and for his or their benefit; 1 and upon the like request of said \ owner or owners and his or their duly authorized agent, to sell and dispose of his or their warehoused cotton for Commerce, instructing him how to vote on u certain measure. Commenting on the incident the senator said: "That telegram was gotten up by one little secretary and the Chamber of Commerce knows nothing about it." He went on to say that he had previously made up his mind to vote differ- ] ently from the instructions contained in the telegram and this he proceeded lo do. llet fifteen cents that Clemson college will never pay that loan she is asking at the hands of the state. The fact of the business, as we see it, Is that Clemson undertook the demonstration work originally in order to get control of the fund that was being donated by the General Education board. Rockefeller foundation, and now that the fund has been cut off, she is squealing for help, not openly, to be sure; but like the genteel dt adbeat who instead of asking for a gift tsks for a loan. We are not looking for a return of that "loan;" but instead. we figure that next year there will be a requ?st for an appropriation, based upon the benevolent work that trivi lf>Mii dnnp h i ?f< ?r?? Thu rl om - ? ?iir:. ion work is all right so long as i t came as a gift; but if it is to be t continued at the expense of the tax- j payers, let's have it under the control , of some authority that will be direct- . l.v responsible to these same tnxpay- , ers. , ? i In spite of the fact that the house j had. on Saturday, upheld Mr. MoLau- , rin and his warehouse law by a vote i of 6" to 1!?. Senator Lee of Darling- ; ton, renewed his fight in the senate j on Monday night. He went wild i about the matter and heaped all kinds I of abuse on the ex-senator. Among other things he argued too. that the J people had no confidence in the originator of the warehouse scheme, and cited the fact that only twenty-nine j members of the last house have been ] re-elet ted and 40 per cent of the sen- i ators are new as evidence of his as- 1 sertion. He undertook to make it ap- , pear that the wayside had already ( been strewn with the political corpses because of alleged popular opposition to the warehouse bill. He held up the , "terrible" political record of Mr. Mc- i such owner or owners, either in the home or foreign markets, as may be agreed upon between such owner or ( owners - and the said commissioner. And for said loan or sales said com- 1 missioner shall charge reasonable and Just commission, without discrimina- | tion, all of which shall be accounted for and held as part of the fund for ' the maintenance of the state ware- < house _ system: Provided, however, i That ' the state incurs no liability : whatever for any act or representa- i tion of the commissioner in exercis- i ing any of the permissions or powers < vested in him in this ection: Provided, further, That the bond of the commissioner will be liable for any unfaithful or negligent act of his by reason of which the owner or owners of such warehoused cotton suffer damage or loss." ? Assurance that the United States is in no danger of a food shortage, despite enormous exports to Europe, was given Tuesday night by the department of agriculture in a statement to the public. The surplus of wheat, above domestic needs, on hand February 1, the statement said, would permit the exportation of nearly 1,000,000. bushels daily?about the recent average?until the new crop is available. Moreover, there were larger supplies of corn and other grains, meat animals, dairy products, potatoes and fruit at the opening of 1915 than for many years. Incidentally, it was pointed out tnat tne average price of meat animals was seven per cent lower in January than a year ago; butter two per cent, potatoes 35 per cent, apples 37 per cent, and the price of chickens slightly lower. "The 1914 wheat crop of the United States was estimated to be 891,000,000 bushels," the statement said. "The estimated surplus carried over from the 1913 crop was about 76,000,000 bushels, making a total available supply of 967,000,000 bushels. As the normal annual per capita consumption of wheat in the United States is about 5.3 bushels, 520,000,000 bushels should meet our normal domestic requirements for food; 90,000,000 bushels are required annually for seeding, therefore, 610.000,000 should supply the normal domestic demand. This would leave a surplus of 357,000,000 bushels. Of this surplus about 210,000,000 bushels were exported by January 30. This left 147 000,000 bushels, or 40,000.000 bushels more than our average annual export for the past five years, for export between February 1, and the appearance of the new crop, or for carrying over into the next crop year." ? The London Times began the publication last Wednesday of a series of articles by a neutral traveler of wide and varied experience, who has just spent several weeks in Germany. What he says discounts greatly the butch and banish newspaper stories to the effect that Germany Is seriously feeling the pinch of war. The writer. too, according to the Times, knows Germany extremely well, and possesses careful Judgment, says he saw no sign of German straits in any important respect. There is an unshaken determination to continue the war. The people, he says, are extremely hopeful and are making prodigious eflorts to economize their staying power. The Times says the whole series of articles give a picture of wonderful, machinelike organization, moving with great smooth n? ss. and contends tnat the allies must press forward their preparations with the utmost energ> without speculating on the prospect of the machine breaking down. Wednesday's article records the extraordinary German distrust of their diplomatists. They declare that in the future that they will have no great diplomatic place filled without consultation with their great banking and commercial men. Every one of them believe that the end will be favorable to Germany. The writer says: "Yet one hears little talk of victory. There is little boasting of tin- prowess of German arms. Stranger still to foreigners the emperor's name rarely, if ever, figures in conversation. In point of popularity with the people he ranks about fifth. Eield Marshal von Hindenburg is the national hero, al though among well informed people his chief of staff. General von Ludendorf, is given credit for his victories. The war on the eastern frontier is to the Berliner of far more interest and importance than the campaign in the west. Next comes the crown prince. Nothing could attest his rising to fame more strikingly than the fact that bristling moustaches a la the kaiser, have practically disappeared.! all the officers having clipped their moustaches to the tooth-brush style worn by the heir to the throne. After ] them, running a close third, comes J Count Zeppelin, the man who made i England shiver and quake in fear and ? mope about in the dark to the delight 1 of all Berliners. Then comes the j crown prince of Bavaria, and the t duke of Wurtemburg, both of whom ? have proved themselves great military t leaders. After them comes the em- i peror. The Crown Princess Cecilie is j undoubtedly the most popular woman j Germany has had since the days of < Queen Louise, wife of King Frederick i William of Prussia, the 'Emile of J Berlin,' as she is called, and her four s sturdy little sons, all in military dress, s aroused the wildest enthusiasm whenever they appear." (The ^(orkvillc (fnquitcr. ; -? -? *1 |? Vnrlrvllla I Dlliercu ttl llic ruaiumvc III aviatcmv as Mail Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE. S. C.t FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1915 Germany says she is not hungry yet: but is merely conserving her resources to stave off the time when she might be hungry. The senate on Wednesday voted on Senator Lee's proposition to substl- 8 Lute Mr. Watson for Mr. McLaurin as 8 ?j Btate warehouse commissioner, and r sat down on the obstreperous gentleman from Darlington, 27 to 13?two to one and one over. The senate on yesterday passed the Warren-Boyd bill limiting the amount of whisky that could be ordered by my one person to one gallon a month. The provision that sought to put the individual liquor supply under the control of clerks of the court was stricken out. The plan to legislate the attorney general out of commission has partially succeeded, and it looks like it is going to succeed in the case of Dr. Strait. In the case of Senator McLaurin, it was a signal failure. The matter of the state board of education has not yet come up. It is a downright pity that this Mr. Lee of Darlington, who would work the Pollock-Jennings racket on Mr. McLaurin, was not In the senate last Tall when the warehouse bill was passed. What Mr. McLaurin would have done for the gentleman would c have been worth the price of ad mis- v sion and then some. t We cannot condemn a man for dif- N fering from a majority of his party r when his convictions lead him in a different direction; but when a man c gets elected to the United States sen- j ate on the coattails of a president, as t did Mr. Hardwick of Georgia, he ought to stay with that president or resign. That would be the decent thing; but of course the decent thing r is not expected from such men. t We are printing the compulsory c education law today despite the i crowded condition of our columns be- 1 cause by so doing we have the distinction of holn? thp first nanpr in thp i state to give the full text of the bill i as it left the committee on free con- \ ference and as it goes to the governor \ for his signature. Also it will be no- , ticed that The Enquirer is the first and only paper to print the York ' county supply bill. 4 Here is the first bid for a Joint de- ( bate between Mr. McLaurin and Mr. , Lee of Darlington, or Mr. Carlisle of ? Spartanburg, or little Mr. Evans of Marlboro, to be held at Filbert next summer. The subject to be political or personal as outlined by the gentlemen last named in their attacks on the floor of the senate, with a free hand for McDufT. We suggest that the members of the attacking party have one hour each at the opening, and that Mr. McLaurin have two hours in reply, if so much be necessary. But anyhow, Filbert has put in the first bid. Senator Epps of Sumter, is rather too well seasoned to allow himself to be worked by "Chambers of Com- 1 merce" and "Boards of Trade." He j understands how such organizations, k especially in small towns, are often 1 manipulated by a few individuals, sometimes only one, and that one attempting to do business in the name of a whole community and not responsible to anybody. A few days ago the senator received a two page telegram from the Sumter Chamber of Laurin In all its hideousness, and even admitted that he was not after the warehouse quite so much as he was ifter the commissioner. After Mr. Lee and others had fired oft their torpedoes and dropped their aerial bombs, he senate voted on the proposed imendment. The commissioner and he warehouse were upheld 27 to 13, a natter of two to one and then some. \mong those who voted with the malority are several who are known to pppose Senator McLaurin and the warehouse; but who at this critical juncture evidently thought it best to ihow due consideration of their conitituents. When you give a case to a lawyer, ,'ou are supposed to trust to his ad,'ice. That is right, for if you underitood the law, you would not need a awyer. But suppose you were the lefendant in foreclosure proceedings, >r a party in partition proceedings, nvolving the sale of land, you would hink you were entitled to a fair deal, vould you not? All the plaintiff is ntitled to in a foreclosure, is the full imount of his debt. The defendant s entitled to have his property bring ts full value. The parties to partiion proceedings are entitled to the >ame consideration. The best way to ret full value in either case is through >roper advertising, for the more thor>ugh the advertising the stronger he probability of more prospective ?uyers. The more prospective buyers, if course, the better the prospect for he highest price. The law requires idvertising in both cases. The theiry of the advertising is the better >rotection of all parties at interest, specially the mortgagor or the perons interested in partition. The reaon for this is obvious. If a mortgagee could sell property under foreclosure without any publicity at all, le could arrange matters so that he vould be the only bidder. While the aw does not attempt to require the neatest publicity for the purpose, ommon sense and common justice lemand this procedure. Now sup >ose in advertising foreclosure or parition the lawyer in charge, could each twice as many people at he same price it would cost for half is many, and he spends the money for lalf as many, what would be the staus of the fairness of that lawyer? Suppose it were a fact that this law'er were in the advertising business limself, and he thus discriminated igainst the defendant at interest soley for his own profit, or suppose intend of a lawyer, this thing was done >y an official in the same position as 0 interest, what additional coloring vould that put on the quality of the ense of fairness or the official inegrity of either? If a man would do 1 thing like this without first having ibtained the consent of all parties involved, defendant as well as plaintiff, vhat about him? And if a man would ake an unfair advantage like this for lis own personal gain, how would rou be able to tell in what kind of a natter you could really trust him? * Serious Economic Problem. All that was said at the economic lonference in the court house last Satirday was very well so far as it went; >ut it seems to us that it failed to ouch at all upon one of the most rexing and perplexing problems of the iresent day. We have reference to the necessity >f a good shaking up of the body poltic so as to get rid of the unproducive and unprofitable leeches. Society has always been shouldered vith the responsibility of supporting nany people who realize no responsiilllty as to giving value received, and vho naturally demand more than any >ther class. As producers this class s almost nil and as consumers it ooms up big. we are not taiKing aoout tramps, jr the down and out, or the shabby, renteel bums and loafers; so much as ve are of the high flying parasites vho hold to the doctrine that the vorld owes them a living and who jroceed to take the same from such sources as seem to offer the least resistance. The stray dog will dart into the tiichen, steal a piece of meat ana nake off with it wniie the cook s back s turned. The leopard will lay for hours on :he brancn of a tree and drop down ind sink his claws into the neck of he hist deer that comes underneath. The hawk will perch himself at a point of vantage, watching the kingisher at work on the banks of a >tieani, and whenever the kingfisher nakes a catch worth having, the lawk will swoop down and take it iway. Ail these have their prototypes in organized society; but organized sociJty has to conress many useless, expensive and dangerous nuisances vhich have no prototypes in nature. There are prowling agents of vari>us kinds who take advantage of iglorance in the exchange of worthless rash for hard earned wages. uro ti'tkll /I fnocii/l V-ttrvVt i iicic ai t >? tn ui coocu, 111511 oiauung specimens of genteel respectabllty wno impose upon the innocent but tonest credulity of the faithful work>r and under pretense of service, retiring no more effort than the wagsing of a slick tongue, take from itm the proceeds of weeks of faithful a our. The list could be drawn out indefllitely; but we have gone far enough .0 make reasonably plain what we liean. All such creatures are a drain on ;he economic resources of the comnunities on which they prey, and :hey should be marked for elimina:ion if, for no other reason, than that heir room may be occupied by people ivho will try to give value for what hey receive?who will earn their keep. ? The authorities of the railroads operating in this state have readily igreed to a re-adjustment of the rates >n grain. A conference was held in Coumbia on the subject last Wedneslay. The general opinion was expressed by practically all of the wltlesses that south Carolina must "look >n t tto UMiit h " fiitKnr thun tn thn oudt n the matter of a market for grain. Florida, it was shown, consumes several million bushels of wheat and is iirectly connected by three trunk line ailways with all points in South Car>lina. John L McLaurin, state coton warehouse commissioner, was imoag the witnesses to appear before he commission. He said that it would H' necessary for many farmers of the state to find a market for their grain mtside the state. The farmers, he said, will need ready money, because :hey are already carrying one crop. Phe South Carolina grain crop will be hrown on the market early in June, rhe value of the crop this year will >e about $16,000,00(1. It was urged hat the crop must be turned into cash is soon as possible, so that the farm rs will derive the greatest benefit. \rnnntr those attending the hearing vere: L. E. rhaloner, freight traffic nanager of the Seaboard Air Line railway; J. \V. Perrin, general freight igent, Atlantic Coast Line railroad; hlrnest Williams, general freight tgent, Charleston & Western Carolina railway; It. P. Pegram, general agent. Southern railway: J. A. Smith, division freight agent. Southern railway: \ C. '.raves, traffic manager; Rawley W. Holcombe and X. Monseratt, of the Columbia Chamber of Commerce: I). C. Durham of (Jreenville: Charles kemmich, Charleston: <J. C. White. I'nited States bureau of markets: W. W. Long. John L. McLaurin and V. Hooper of the Hill Ice Cream company. It was agreed by the railways iiiu lilt* uiui ?t I'IV'1'VI 111(41 ? ket should be established for the ?raln. that the markets should be found as near home as possible, although they were ready to "consider wmc arrangement to reach even the [ astern markets." The hearing was in session for more than two hours when 'he grain situation was discussed. The new tariffs are to be drawn and submitted to the railroad commission for approval. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTI8EMENT8 Thomson Co.?Offers work shirts for men and boys. 25c; ginghams at 3c and 5c; Cannon cloth at 10c; sea island at 6c; torchon lace, 2Jc yard. J. M. Stroup?Wants to supply you with seed potatoes, farm hardware, feedstuffs, heavy and fancy groceries, seds, etc. Kirkpatrick-Belk Co.?Is receiving new goods almost every day. Low prices quoted on domestics. New or.?in<r nvfnr/ta nn Hlanlnv tftdnv opinio """" 1 ? . W. E. Ferguson?Gives partial list of vegetables, fruits, etc., that he has I in canned goods. Six different kinds I of coffee for selection. York Drug Store?Recommends that you use "Common Sense Exterminator" if you are bothered with rats. T. W. Speck?Now has a lot of nice mantel clocks, ranging In price from $2 and upwards. Southeastern Mortgage Loan Asso., of Atlanta?Loans money In amounts of (100 to (10,000 on improved and , unimproved property. Representa- , tive wanted. E. Lawrence & Co., Chicago?Explains how "Gets-lt" quickly and easily, as well as painlessly gets rid of all corns. See page four. F. F. Dalley Co., Ltd., Buffalo?On page four gives you further points about the good qualities of "2-in-l" 1 shoe polish. Lyric Theatre?"The Trail Breakers," tomorrow. "The Master Key," on : Tuesday. "Grace Cunard and Fran- i cis Ford, on Wednesday. < , i The period during which The Enquirer may be had at club rates, (1.76 per annum, is rapidly drawing to a | close. i Some fertilizer has been hauled out ! of Yorkville this week; but the move- , ment does not appear to have reached nrnnnrtlnna vPt As fl VCI ^ cjvwssoavw V|/w. ? matter of fact, there is no reason to look for very large sales. The name signed to the advertisement in the last issue of The Enquirer should have been Parish instead of Parrott. Mr. Parish advises, however, that he found the owner of the pig regardless of the error. It was Mr. Parish also who gave us the information about the robins. WIDOWS AND SOLDIERS Since the publication of the full list of surviving soldiers and widows of the Confederacy, residing in York county, in the last issue of The Enquirer, the list including all who had been reported up to date, the following additional names have been received: Mrs. Susan Bookout, widow of M. D. Bookout, Rock Hill R. F. D., Co. F, 66th Regiment, N. C. Volunteers. Mrs. M. E. Connor, Yorkville, wldof of H. C. Connor, Co. G, Palmetto Sharpshooters. Mrs. L. A. Johnson, Yorkville, 4th North Carolina Cavalry. Mrs. T. P. Whitesides, Filbert No. 1, widow of MaJ. T. P. Whitesides, Co. G", 6th Regiment, S. C. V. A. R. Henry went from York county in state reserves, now lives at Grover, N. C. John L. Martin, King's Creek, served in Evans' brigade as a reserve, Robert McClure, captain. Perry Martin, Tirzah, Co. F, 17th Regiment, S. C. V. E. C. Falls, No. 2, King's Creek, Co. C, 27th South Carolina, Hagood's brigade. Mrs. Mary E. Miller, No. 2 Clover, widow of Frank E. Miller, Company A., 12th North Carolina. Mra D. F. Barnette, R. F. D. No. 6, Rock Hill, Co. E, 17th South Carolina. CORNER STONE LAID Although construction work on the building has long passed the niche left open for the purpose, the corner stone of the new York county home ; was formally laid yesterday morning, i J. S. Brice, Esq.. county attorney, acting as master of ceremonies. A number of county officers attended the ?xer- < cises. Among the articles placfeA in- i side the stone were copies of the i county papers, several pennies and other coins and a paper containing the following information: Corner stone laid February 18, 1915. Architect?N. Gallllard Walker. Contractor?Taylor - Waters Con- 1 struction Co. County Supervisor?Thos. W. Boyd. I County Commissioners?W. W. Jackson, J. W. Smith. ( County Commissioner-elect?J. C. , Kirkpatrick and J. E. Latham. ' County Engineer?W. W. Miller. ' County SherifT?Hugh G. Brown. County Clerk?J. A. Tate. County Auditor?B. M. Love. County Treasurer?H. E. Neil. Probate Judge?L. R. Williams. Superintendent of Education?John E. Carroll. County Attorney?J. S. Brice. County Coroner?J. L. Strait. Governor?R. I. Manning. President U. S.?Woodrow Wilson. Price of Cotton?8c per pound. Number of inmates in county home ?28. Population of York County, (approximated)?45,000. Population, Town of Yorkvllle?2,500. Population, City of Rock Hill?10,000. Population, Town of Fort Mill? 1.500. Population, Town of Clover?1,200. ABOUT PEOPLE Mrs L J. Strait of Rock Hill, is visiting relatives on Yorkvllle No. 1. Mr. T. H. DeGraffenreid of Yorkvllle, has taken a position in Atlanta, v?a. | Mrs. Norman Dukes of Augusta, Ga., 1 is visiting Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Patrick in Yorkville. Mrs. Julia Elam of Smith's Cross Roads, Va? is visiting relatives in Yorkville. Mrs. VV. A. Hood of Hickory Grove, visited Miss Mamie Plexlco in Eben- 1 ezer this week. j Mr. T. D. Turner returned to Yorkville last night, after a visit to relatives in Tampa, Fla. , Mr. Gowl Slaughter of the Presbyterian college, Clinton, Is visiting his parents at Hickory Grove. Miss Lula Moore Logan of York- J ville. has been elected goal-thrower | for the Winthrop basket ball team. Miss Annie Cowan of Charlotte, is | the guest of her sister, Mrs. J. M. i Rarnett on Yorkville R. F. D. No. 6. 1 Miss Kate Ratchford has returned i to her home on Yorkville No. 3, after visiting relatives in Blacksburg. Messrs. E. M. Williams and John Jackson of Yorkville Xo. 2, attended i the Layman's convention in Charlotte, i this week. ] Corporul W. A. Jackson of the penitentiary guard, Columbia, spent sev- 1 eral days with relatives near York- 1 ville, this week. ! ? Governor Manning delivered an address at the seventh annual negro j race conference held in Columbia on Wednesday night. ! Mr. Howard Smith, student at the Presbyterian seminary, Columbia, is 1 visiting his parents, Mr. und Mrs. J. 1 F. Smith, Yorkville Xo. 1. Mr. J. S. Mackorell of Yorkville, ' attended the meeting of the South Carolina Bottlers' association in Columbia, this week. Messrs John Gordon and Jesse Ford of Yorkville Xo. 6, attended the Layman's Missionary convention in 1 Charlotte. X. C., this week. Mr. E. B. Williams and daughter, 1 Mildred, who huve been spending some time in Connecticut, are spend- 1 ing several days with Mesdames O. E. Wilkins and It. C. Alleln in Yorkville, on their way to their home in Meridinn. Miss. Among the Yorkville people attending the Layman's convention in Charlotte this week were: Revs. J. H. Machen and J. L. Gates, Messrs. J. B. Pegram, D. T. Woods, J. A. Marion, J. i G. Wardlaw, I. W. Johnson. J. C, Purge, M. L. Carroll, and W. E. Sanders of Pethesda. IA/ITMIK1 TWP TOWN ? There have been more traveling salesmen In Yorkvllle this week than for quite a while. ? Carolina & North-Western passenger train, No. 9, was more than four hours late last night due to a blow-out above Dallas, N. C. The train reached Yorkvllle about 10.20 o'clock. ? Between 500 and 600 persons saw the tlrst installment of the new serial photo-play, "The Master Key," which was exhibited on the screen of the Lyric theatre Tuesday afternoon and evening. The play is quite different in character from the "Trey O' Hearts," the last serial picture exhibited. ? Chief of Police P. VV. Love has recovered from his long illness, and this week, regularly resumed his duties as day policeman. Policeman Richardson has gone back to his old Job as night man, and Mr. T. W. McClain, who has been serving during the illness of Chief Love, has severed his connection with the department. ? Dr. Mary Glenton, medical missionary among the Chinese for a period of twenty years and who has been in the United States about two years, delivered a lecture in the Church of the Good Shepherd, Wednesday evening on mission work In China. There was a fairly good sized audience in attendance upon the lecture. ? W. A. Edwards of Atlanta, architect of the new York county court house, was in Yorkville this week for the purpose of passing upon the brick, terra cotta and partition work in the building, which work has been completed. The work was declared satisfactory and Mr. P. D. Underwood, the sub-contractor, left Yorkville yesterday. The work of the steamfltters on the building will also be completed this week. ? Although the price of bread has gone up to six cents per loaf in most other towns and cities in the United States, the price remains Ave cents in Yorkvllle, and there is little probability of Yorkvllle grocers increasing the price at present. The bakers who ship bread to Yorkvllle are reducing the size of their loaves to some extent and where a loaf weighing 12 ounces heretofore sold for 6 cents, the loaf now weighs only about ten ounces. ? Few people in Yorkvllle have been able to do any gardening yet, although quite a number anticipated making a start this week, had not the rain of Monday interferred. A few, however, have succeeded in planting Irish potatoes, peas, etc. One One fact is noticeable, viz: it is not near so difficult to obtain labor to do gardening work as has been the case heretofore, there being quite a number of negroes around Yorkvllle who are anxious to obtain such employment. ? Students of the Yorkvllle Graded Bchool hope to have a fine athletic Held by the latter part of the school year. A field adjoining the present athletic grounds has been leased, and money has been secured to grade the baseball diamond. The thick hedge which has until last summer formed a barrier between a fielder and a ball knocked to a great distance has been cut down and will be kept closely trimmed. The work of grading the field has been begun and will be completed in plenty of time for the county school field day meet, in April. ? "Marbles" is now the prevailing game among the small boys of Yorkville and promises to remain in vogue until baseball weather sets in. Numbers of boys, both white and black, bave been playing the game during the past few days and many stockings and knickerbockers ' have been observed bearing a muddy complexIon. Several Yorkvllle stores that sell marbles have done a better business In the past two weeks than at any previous time in several months. Several of the boys have large collections of marbles, including the clay, china, catgut, agate and tiger-eye varieties, although the last named specimens are comparatively few. Some of the boys are really good marble players and can direct the little spheres with the accuracy of a rifle In a vise. Marbles will very likely Intaroat iho hnva fnr tho no*t three or four weeks, after which baseball and tennis wild hold their interest during the spring and summer. ? The Wlnthrop College Glee club played to a large audience in the Yorkville opera house Tuesday evening, and taking all in all the college girls' performance was quite a creditable one and highly pleasing to the audience. Solos by Misses Sada Williamson and Helen Darby brought forth much applause and the Glee Club quartette?Misses Carita Randle, Sada Williamson, Maggie May Seale and Jean McAlpine?were repeatedly encored. Possibly the most pleasing and best received number on the programme were the recitations by Miss Margaret Cheyne, who delighted the audience with her two selections? "The Conquered Coquette" and "The Quaker and the Maid." A vocal solo by Miss Ethel Hoffman and piano selections rendered by Misses Annie Roddey Miller and Prances Milling brought forth much applause from the audience. The Glee club, which was composed of about fifteen Winthrop students under the direction of Miss Louise Siddal, teacher of vocal music in the college, spent the night in Yorkville and returned to Rock Hill on the early train Wednesday morning. LOCAL LACONICS. Postmaster Appointed. Mr. W. M. Mitchell has been appointed postmaster at King's Creek, to succeed Mr. W. C. Wllburn, who has held that position for several years. No More Overdrafts. Directors of the First National bank of Sharon and the First National bank of Yorkville, have passed resolutions In compliance with instructions from the comptroller of the currency against allowing any overdraft. Will Have a Holiday. Monday, February 22, George Washington's birthday, will be a holiday among the public schools. Postofflces and a number of other public institutions will be closed on account of the national holiday. There will, of course, be no rural mall delivered on Monday. Will Clean Up Grounds. At a meeting of the Cotton Belt School Improvement association held at the school house Wednesday evening, the members decided to make a number of improvements to the grounds. A quantity of sand will be spread over the grounds and a number of trees will be planted. Congressman Lever to Make Address. Hon. A. F. Lever, representative in congress from the Second South Carolina district, has accepted an invitation to make the principal address to the graduating class at Winthrop college in June. He has also accepted invitations to ac.dress a number of other schools and colleges of the state during the spring and early summer. Sent to the Senate. Representative Nunn's bill providing for the establishment of welfare bureaus among textile villages of South Carolina, has been passed by the house and sent to the senate. Governor Manning on Tuesday, sent a. special message to the legislature urging that the bill be passed upon during the present session of the legislature in order that the work might be taken up at once. Increase Pastor's Salary. The board of stewards of Olivet Methodist church, which is composed of Messrs. T. \V. Jackson, W. A. Bolin, h\ P. Glenn and T. W. Hope, met In the store of Mr. Jackson at Newport last Tuesday, for the purpose of considering a number of matters pertaining to the church. Among other things, the board of stewards granted a substantial increase in the pastor's salary. Nims-Mack, Miss Elizabeth Nlms and Mr. F. Murray Mack were married at the home of the bride's parents two miles souin 01 rori .>1111, (Ycumnutij uiuuiIng. The ceremony was performed by Rev. W. A. Hafner, pastor of the Presbyterian church of Fort Mill. Mrs, Mack is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Xims and Mr. Mack is the son of the late Dr. J. B. Mack, and is engaged In farming in Fort Mill town, ship. Bitten by a Dog. otis, son of Mr. J. B. Garner, of Yorkville No. 2, was bitten by a dog some time last Saturday. Nothing was thought of the matter until it was learned that a supposedly mad dog had been killed on the outskirts of Yorkville. Investigation proved the dog to be the same that bit the boy. Although he has shown no signs of 111 effects from the bite, it was thought best to administer the Pasteur treat iiirm, aiiu iuc sauic wtuj urguu iuuaj. < Tax Collections Off. During the fiscal month ending j February 15, Treasurer Nell collected 1 taxes totaling $21,657.99. The amounts paid by townships were as follows: Bethel, $1,654.54; Bethesda, $1,688.15; Broad River, $2,176.95; Bullock's ' Creek, $1,748.87; Catawba, $6,660,27; 1 Ebenezer, $1,526.22; Fort Mill, $770.- ' 77: King's Mountain, $2,680.16; York, $2,752.06. Up to February 15, about $166,000, state and county taxes had been collected. This is considerably more than half the total tax assessment for the county. Good Attendance on Conference. With the exception of Enon. every ' Baptist church In York county was represer- d at the mission conference : of the ..ork association held in Rock Hill Tuesday. Morning and afternoon sessions were held and luncheon was served to the delegates in the First Baptist church. The principal 1 speakers at the conference were the Rev. J. E. McMannaway, evangelist of i the home mission board of the South- < em Baptist convention, and Rev. W. i D. Herring, a returned missionary to > China. - . .. ! Neu-nuTTstetier. Miss Maggie Neil, daughter of Mr. ! and Mrs. Lossing Nell, was married to Mr. C. D. Huffstetler of Spartanburg, Wednesday afternoon, Rev. Henry Stokes performing the ceremony at the home of the bride's parents. Mr. and Mrs. Huffstetler left after the ceremony for Oastonla, the home of the groom's parents, where they will spend a few days before going to Spartanburg where they will reside, the groom being in the employ of the Spartanburg Street Railway company. Will Visit York 8chools. Miss Mary Eva Hite, president of the South Carolina School Improvement association, will come to York county next Monday for the purpose of visiting a number of the public schools in the Interest of school improvement work. She will be accompanied on her inspection trip by Superintendent Carroll and if the weather permits, the trip will be made by automobile. The following schools will be visited: Tuesday?Delphos, Filbert, 'Cotton Belt; Wednesday? Sharon, Blairsville, Bullock's Creek; Thursday?Hickory Grove, Smyrna, Hopewell; Friday?Ogden, Mount Holly, Lesslie and Friendship. Much Cotton in the Field. Investigation among farmers living in various sections of the county develops that there are many cotton fields which have not been thorough'y picked. The reason given is that .t has been impossible to work in the fields owing to the weather. Speaking of the matter yesterday, one man who farms near Yorkvllle, said that there remained in his fields unpicked, between twenty and twentyfive bales of cotton. It is a fact that if all the cotton in York county fields were gathered and hauled to gins, the gins would have enough material to keep them busy for several days at least. Hold First Meeting. Messrs. J. C. Kirkpatrick and J. E. Latham who were elected county commissioners last summer, received their commissions from Governor Manning last Saturday and have taken up the duties of their office. The first meeting of the new county board was held yesterday, and the first business to come before the body were several petitions for admission to the county home. The commissioners passed a resolution that from henceforth no petition for admission of any person to the county home shall be granted unless some signer or other person interested in such petition shall appear before the board in person concerning the matter. Charged With Burglary. T. K. Cunningham, a negro, was arrested In Charlotte Wednesday, and brought to the York county Jail to await trial on the charge of housebreaking and larceny. It is alleged the negro stole several articles of clothing from another negro more than a year ago. After the alleged theft he went to Charlotte, and although a warrant was taken out for him it was for some reason never served. Last week the negro was held as a witness in court in Charlotte and when he gave his name as T. K. Cunningham, the Charlotte authorities remembered that a man answering to the name was wanted In York. The negro was then arrested. Sending Out Programmes. County Superintendent Carroll is this week, sending out printed programmes of the County School Field Day meeting to be held in Yorkville, April 3, to every school in the county and is urging every teacher to be on hand with their respective schools in a body if possible. The programme will include a number of attractions ?a visit to the picture show, etc. The matter of securing special trains from Fort Mill and Rock Hill \ the Southern railway and from Clover on the C. & N.-W., have been taken up with the railroad authorities and while they have given no definite answer to the requests for special trains, the authorities in charge of the Field Day exercises are not anticipating any trouble about securing the desired schedules. Time Up Tomorrow. Tomorrow is the last day that tax returns can be made to the county auditor without a penalty. The auditor has been kept very busy this week taking returns but many taxpayers of the county have yet to make their presentment. Speaking on the subject yesterday, Auditor Love said that many people liable to poll tax were not making such return due to the fact that they had the road tax and poll tax mixed. Persons over 55 years of age are not liable for road tax and persons over 60 years of age are liable neither for road nor poll tax. Many persons over 55 years of age in making their yearly return neglect to return their names for poll tax. As a ? rooi 111 r\t unoh miaitnHorof Q nHlntr nil ltd V iCOUil Ul OUVII IlllOUIIUVi OlUUUiliQl 4UlbV a number who have made their return complete, as they thought, will likely have to pay their poll tax with the penalty attached. ? Charles Gordon, a prominent citizen of Mullins, was run over and killed by a train at Hamlet, N. C.. Tuesday night. ? Governor Manning has accepted an invitation to attend a reception aboard the South Carolina relief ship St. Helena at Charleston, Monday. ? The house of representatives on Wednesday killed a resolution offered by Representative Cothran of Greenville, to use the hall of the house for the state ball of 1915. ? Dave Cureton, a negro, was killed in a pistol battle with Deputy Shoriff Maddox. at Piedmont. Green ville county, Tuesday night. The deputy had the end of one of his fingers shot off by the negro. ? The Fiji Indian volunteers, says a London dispatch, proved a sad disappointment to the crowd that lined the way to the war office to see the contingent march by. It was expected that they would rival the Indian Sikhs and Ghurks, the Algerian Turcos of the Senegalese for picturesqueness. But instead, the giant, coffee-colored islanders with skirts of tapa cloth and necklaces of beads, with perhaps modern rifles substituted for war clubs and spears, the crowd saw a band of tall, well-tanned British colonials, uniformed In khaki col orea snirts, riding ureecnew wmi puttees and gray slouch felt hats turned up on one side. There were sixty In number, of whom a quarter were born in the FIJis and the others In Australlia. They have paid their own way to England, sailing from the Islands to Vancouver and crossing Canada to embark for the mother country. So advanced Is the military training of the FIJI volunteers that they will he sent to France next month. They must first be outfitted for the cold weather, however, to which they are now quite sensatlve. COMPULSORY EDUCATION LAW Full Text of Measure as it Wsnt Through Both Houses, and as it Will Probably be Passed by the Governor?Very Little Compulsion in it; but Some Very Excellent Features Nevertheless. Jorrtiipoij<j?nc? Th# YorkvllU Enquirer Columhifl. Poh IS -.The nn 1 v thine 1 South Carolina now lacks of having a < local option compulsory school at- i tendance law?the district being the ; unit of compulsion, and not the coun- i ty or state?Is the signature of Gov- i ernor Manning. After many hours of < debate in both the house and senate . on the measure of Mr. Harper in the j former body and Mr. Sinkler in the j latter, each bill passed Its respective ; body and was sent to the other. Then i the committees on free conference i were appointed from the two houses, <. with the result that the differences in < the bills were composed In a bill which > it is thought will become a law in a very few days?as soon as the govern- | or'a signature is attached to it. Careful reading of the bill allays any fear that its provisions are apt to work a hardship on the people. No district 1 in the state which does not wish to adopt the law can be forced to do so. One of the York members, Mr. Bradford, was especially pleased when he learned that an amendment he had cffered to the Harper bill had stuck as section 11 in the bill finally adopted, which is as follows: Section 1. That from and after the first day of July, 1916, every parent, i guardian or other person, temporarily i or permanently residing in the state of South Carolina, having charge or i control of a child or children between the ages of eight and fourteen years, i shall cause such child or children to attend the local public school in the i district in which he resides, continu- i ously for the entire school term of j each year, except as hereinafter provided. The period of compulsory attendance shall commence at the beginning of the school term nearest to i the eighth birthday of such child, and < shall cover the compulsory period of : six consecutive school years thereaft- i er. This period of compulsory attendance for each public school shall i commence at the beginning of the school term of said school, unless i otherwise ordered by the county board < of education in writing; in case of t towns or cities of two thousand or < more inhabitants, according to the < preceding Federal census, by the board of trustees of the public schools of said towns or cities with the ap- i proval In writing of the county superintendent of education. Continuous i attendance upon such other public school, or upon some private or 1 church school taught by competent teachers, may be accepted in lieu of < attendance upon the local public school: Provided, That such period < of continuous attendance upon such i other school shall be for at least as long as the public school term each year: Provided, further, That any private school or church school receiving for instruction pupils between the ages of eight and fourteen years shall be required to keep such records i of attendance of such children, and t to render such reports of same as are < hereinafter required of public schools, i and attendance upon such school refusing or neglecting to keep such records or to render such reports, shall i not be accepted in lieu of attendance < upon the local public school of the l said town, city or district where the child shall be entitled to attend. Pro- i vided. further. That the compulsory school term in all agricultural districts shall be four months or the full ; term if the school runs less than four ( months, said term to be fixed by the ! board of trustees of such district; and i any child or children not engaged In i wo?k at home in such agricultural restricts, must attend a full term. This four months compulsory proirlalnn aViall alan onnlv tn oil rVHIHrPn residing in agricultural districts and < attending schools in any town located in such districts. Sec. 2. This act shall not apply in any case in which the child's physical r>r mental condition, as attested by any legally qualified physician before the board of trustees having jurisdiction nf the matter under this act, renders his attendance impracticable or inexpedient; or in any case in which the :hild resides two and one-half miles or more by the nearest traveled route from the schoolhouse; or in any case In which, because of extreme poverty the services of such child are necessary for his own support or the support of his parents, as attested by affidavit of such parents and of such witnesses as the trustees of the district may require; or in any case in which said parents, guardians, or other persons having charge of the child shall show before the trustees of the tlistrict by affidavit of himself and of such witnesses as they then may reluire that the child is without necessary books and clothing for attending school, and that he is unable to provide the necessary books and clothing: Provided, That when books and clothes shall have been supplied by iny means whatsoever, the child shall no longer be exempt from this provision: Provided, further, That if the -hild lives two and one-half miles or nore from the schoolhouse, and means of transportation is furnished, the said child, if otherwise eligible, 3hall be required to attend the said school under the provisions hereof, ind it shall be the duty of the trustees of the school to provide out of I the public school funds books for the ] use of such indigent pupil free of 1 charge. The power of the board of 1 trustees to suspend or expei any pupil shall not oe curta.ied by this act. md children so suspended or expelled shall not be subject to the provisions jt this act during such period of suspension or expulsion: And Provided, further, That the board of trustees of iny school district may excuse temporarily any child from attendance, jood and sufficient reasons being nade to appear therefor; and, in case iny child is excused temporarily unler the provisions of this act, the said poard of trustees shall reduce to wrltng the reasons for their action, and he time the said child is excused. Sec. 3. Every parent, guardian, or ither person in the state of South Carolina having charge or control of i child or children between the ages >f eight and fourteen years shall cause such child to attend school as aforesaid: Provided, That occasional absence from attendance by said child, imounting to not more than four (4) .inexeused absences in four consecuive weeks, shall not be unlawful: Prodded, further, That the superintendent, principal or teacher in charge of iny school may excuse any child for i temporary absence because of unisual storm, or bad weather, sickness >r death in the child's family, unforeseen or unavoidable accident, and such excuse and reason therefor shall >e recorded by said superintendent, rincipal or teacher In charge of the c tchool, and reported to the trustees as s lereinafter provided: Provided, fur- c her. That in case of protracted illness f if any child whose attendance is re- t luired under this act, or in case of c luarantine of the home in which the c :hild resides, upon report of the 1 lealth officer or upon satisfactory ev- t dence to this effect, the trustees shall t xcuse from attendance such child un- t 11 he is fully restored to health, or t jntil the expiration of the time re- t juired by law that he shall stay out s if school after quarantine has been s aised. c Sec. 4. Every parent, guardian, or g ither person in the state of South Car- s ilina having charge or control of a t hild between the ages of fourteen and e lixteen years, who is not actually, reg- a ilarly and lawfully engaged in some e lseful employment or service, or who c an not read at sight and write legible f :imple sentences in the English lan- a HJage, shall cause such child to at- s end regularly some public school as J iforesald. j Sec. 5. Any parent, guardian or t ither person violating the provisions a >f this act shall be guilty of a misde- t neanor, and, upon conviction, shall s >e liable to a fine of not less than two J lollars for the first offense, and not t ess than five dollars for any subse- 1 luent offense, nor more than twenty- y Ive dollars in any case; and upon r -lilure or refusal to pay said fine said a arent. guardian or other person shall 1 >e imprisoned not to exceed thirty t 'ays In the county Jail: Provided, c rhat the fine for any first offense may, c ?y order of court, upon the payment >f cost, be suspended and not collect- e d until the same party is convicted c >f u second offense: Provided, fur- b ther, That after the expiration of three days from the service of the notice by the trustees each and every day a parent, guardian or other person shall wilfully and unlawfully keep such child or children from school, or allow him to remain out of school, shall constitute a separate offense, and shall subject such person to the penalties hereinafter prescribed. Sec. 6. The following duties are hereby devolved upon the board of ? trustees of each school district. They shall take the census of children be iwrcii uic uRt-B ui nu unu inciu; -uuo years, and shall keep the attendance records of their districts. It shall be their duty to take an annual school census during the calendar months of July and August, and to furnish each superintendent, principal or teacher In charge of a school with an accurate report of said census of the district three days before the opening of the school, and also to furnish at the same time a copy of the said school census of each district to the county superintendent of education: Provided, That in case the school census is not taken as herein directed it shall be the duty of the county board of education so to do, and to meet the ex- < pense out of the funds of the district The board of trustees shall serve written or printed, or partly written and partly printed, notices on every parent, guardian or other person violating the provisions of this act and prompt compliance on the pa*?. of said parent, guardian or other person are hereby required. Prosecution under this act shall be brought in the name of the State of South Carolina before any magistrate or recorder of any municipal court within the limits of whose territorial jurisdiction the person prosecuted resides. The board of trustees shall have the right to visit and enter any office or factory or busin??> Virmne cmnlnvlne children, for the purpose of ascertaining the names und ages of the children employed to facilitate the enforcement of this act When doubt exists as to the age of a child, they may require of the employer a properly attested birth certificate or an affidavit stating said child's age; they shall keep an accurate account of all notices served, of ' cases prosecuted, and of all other ser- i vices performed, and shall make an annual report of same on or before July 16th of each year to the county superintendent of education: Provided, further, That the board of trustees of each school district la hereby vested with authority to employ a clerk or ^ clerks whose compensation shall not exceed three cents per capita for obtaining a census for each school district for each school term. Sec. 7. It shall be the duty of all superintendents, principals and teachers to co-operate with the board of trustees in the enforcement of the law; to this end it shall be the duty of the superintendent, principal or teacher in charge of any school in which pupils between the ages of eight and fourteen years are instructed, to keep an accurate record of the attendance of such pupils, to render during the period of compulsory attendance of each school term monthly reports of same to the board of trustees and the county superintendent of education, showing all absences, r excused or unexcused, and in case of each excused absence, stating the reason therefor. Upon the wilful or negligent failure of any superintendent, principal or teacher In charge of any Bchool to comply with the provisions it this section, the county superintendent of education shall deduct from his salary for the current month the a Bum of Ave dollars before approving < the voucher therefor; and in case of a secuiiu UIICIIOC VII IIIC l V1 aujr o vs ? perlntendent, principal or teacher, the county superintendent of education is hereby forbidden to approve the sal- ?, ary warrant of said board, who may appeal from such action to the county board of education, and the decision of the said county board of education shall be Anal. Sec. 8. It shall be the duty of the county board of education of each county to cause this act to be published in full in some newspaper published in the county, if there is one, and If there is none, in circular form, and given the widest possible circulation at least four weeks prior to the opening of the schools for the school year, beginning July first, 1915, and annually thereafter, if in their discretion it teems necessary. The board of trustees of any district, city or town shall give two weeks' public notice of the late of opening of any school under their Jurisdiction by publishing said notices In & county newspaper or by posting said notices on the school house door. Sec. 9. The notice of any board of trustees giving the date of opening of my school or schools shall also state :he proposed length of the term as nearly as practicable, and a copy signed by at least a majority of the board of trustees shall be filed at the date of issuance in the office of the L-ounty superintendent of education. j in any district, aggregation of adjoining districts this act shall not take effect and become operative until, and unless, a petition signed by a major- J ity of the qualified electors of such district, aggregation of districts, re- J iuesting the compulsory school A : en da nee under this act be authorized" 1 in such territory, shall have been sub- ? ^ nitted to the clerk of court. The said a# aaiii4 aVto 11 cvomlnn an/>K no. titlon with especial reference to the legibility of the names contained thereon, and after examination shall efer such petition to the county aoard of registration. Along with the petition the clerk of court shall send tils written statement showing that he lias counted the names thereon and las found them to be so many (giving the number). Immediately upon receipt of the petition and the statement jf the clerk of court, the county board, if registration shall check such petiion against the registration books of the county or of such number thereof is may be affected, and the said county board of registration shall certify ts findings in writing to the county mperintendent of education. Upon ecelpt of such certificate showing that such petition bears the signatures >f a majority of the qualified voters of he territory affected, the county board \ji )f education shall forthwith declare he provisions of this act of full force ind effect in such territory. If such letition for any district or aggregation A >f districts is filed with the clerk of M :ourt, checked by the county board of egistration, and certified to the coun- ~ y superintendent of education after he opening of any school or schools, he county board of education may fix he date for the beginning of the lompulsory school attendance for .that rear; or the said county board of eduction may order such compulsory ichool attendance to begin at the >pening of the next succeeding scholistic year. That where no petition is iled signed by a majority of the elect>rs as herein provided, upon the filing >f a petition signed by one-fourth of he qualified electors of such district. >r aggregation of districts, an election ihall be ordered by the county board if education, submitting to the qualiled electors of such district, or aggre ration of districts, the question of ompulsory school attendance for said listrict or aggregation of districts. 3rovided, further, That the county j toard of education, in all school dis- fl ricts containing a town of a popula- ^ ion of 1,500 inhabitants upon the pe- 1 ion of a majority of the board of rustees shall order such election. The aid election shall be held at the choolhouse or schoolhouses, for white hildren, in the said district, or aggregation of districts. The managers ihall be appointed by the board of rustees of each district, and the said lection shall be conducted in accordnee with the rules governing general 'lections. The county board of eduation shall supply printed ballots as ollows: "Compulsory school attendince accepted"; "Compulsory school attendance reiected". and if the ma ority vote in the said election "Com>ulsory school attendance accepted" hen the provisions of this act shall ipply to the said district, or aggregaion of districts. The said election ihall he held on the second Tuesday n June, 1915, following the filing of he said petition, or on the second ruesday in June of any subsequent a 'ear. Any district omitting, failing or ^ efuslng to accept compulsory school M .ttendanee as herein provided, either >v petition or by election, may adopt V ne provisions or this act in any sud- ^ 'iient year, either by petition or by lection as hereinabove provided. Sec. 10. The board of education of aeh county, and in case of towns and ities of two thousand Inhabitants, the y oard of trustees therein, shall have