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Scraps and iracts. ? The destruction of the American steamship Carib by a mine off the German coast, February 22, while en route to Bremen, was described in New York, last Saturday, by officers of the vessel who arrived there Sunday. The mine was hit, the officers said, when the Carib was within a two-hour run of safe waters of the Waser river. A Holland North sea pilot taken off the Hook of Holland, was on the bridge. The explosion caused one of the Carib's boilers to blow up, killing the third engineer, William Bazzle, of Jacksonville. Fla.. and an oiler and a coal passer. The officers declared the mine blew a hole in the Carib big enough for a life boat laden with men to have entered. The 28 survivors took to the life boats and were picked up by the German patrols there and taken into Bremerhaven. ? Three battleships, the British Irresistible and Ocean and the French "Bouvet" went down in the entrance to the Dardanelles last Friday. British reports have it that all three ships were the victims of mines; but the Turks insist on some credit for the guns of their forts. Most of the members of the crews of the British ships were taken off before the vessels went down; but practically all on board the French ship lost their lives. Two other ships, the British battle cruiser Inflexible and the French battleship Gaulois, were hit by shells and damaged by shots from the Turkish forts. These results followed a bombardment of several days, during which altogether more than 2,000 shells were flred at the forts without inflicting very extensive damage. There is a growing belief that it will be impossible to force the Dardanelles from the sea without assistance from land forces. ? Preparations have been made for consideration by the United States supreme court shortly after Easter of litigation involving the constitutionality and interpretation of the Webb-Kenyon liquor law, enacted by congress in 1913. The "drys" contend that the Webb-Kenyon law has withdrawn from interstate shipments of intoxicating liquor consigned to local option territory the protection previously afforded such shipments by the commerce clause of the Federal constitu- ( tion. The "wets"' declare the law was merely aimed at ' bootlegging" and ' does not withdraw the commerce clause i protection from interstate shipments designed for personal use. Express companies and railroad lines are as mnrh concerned over the Drooer con structlon of the law as over the question of validity. Liquor dealers , throughout the country have gone Into , the court to compel carriers to accept shipments of "personal use" into dry 1 territory. In Kentucky, the courts i adopted the "wet" construction and an express company foreseeing an alleged necessity of employing a big force of inspectors and detectives to ferret out ] the purpose of each shipment, appealed | to the supreme court. It is this case , which will be argued after Easter. Somewhat similar cases involving > West Virginia and North Carolina li- i quor laws are also before the court. ( ?. Cabels from Delhi, India indicate considerable danger of serious trouble in that quarter of the globe because of the disorganized conditions in Europe. ( Seditions are said to be breaking out j in many oarts of the Indian empire be- . tween Hindus and Mohammedans, as the result of the Holy War proclama- t tion sent out some time ago from Con- | stantinople. It will be remembered j that during last year, a boat load of Hindu emigrants were refused permission to land in Canada. These Hindus were worse than sullen about the mat- , ter. As a matter of fact they were in- . clined to fight, and it was not until after a considerable little conflict that ! they were finally sent back to India, i When they arrived at Calcutta they ( were still mutinous and they indulged , in rioting that resulted in the killing 1 of sixteen of them. This affair created much excitement in the city and it has made a bad impression throughout the country. In February last, it will also 1 be remembered that a regiment of In- < dian troops revolted at Singapore on , its way to Egypt, and 400 or more of , them have been killed. This also produced a bad effect, and now it is said 1 that revolutionary proclamations are i being circulated throughout India. The , British government officials are very much concerned and are doing what 1 they can to prepare for defense in the ] event of a general uprising. ? Carranza and Villa forces are expected to clash soon in the vicinity of Monterey and Tampico in one of the most important battles of the present civil strife in Mexico. The Carranza agency in Washington received advices from Vera Cruz last Sunday , night, saying Villa troops had evacuated San Luis Potosi at the approach of Gen. Benjamin Hill, with the advance guard of Gen. Obregon's division, which is moving north. This is the first intimation of the direction which Gen. Obregon took on evacuating Mexico City, and with these advices, Carranza officials in Washington , admitted that their forces were concentrating for the defense of Tampico. Gen. Obregon is perported to have an army of about 22,000 men. Gen. Pablo Gonzales, the Carranza commander at Tampico, is said to have 12,000. Gen. Villa is at Monterey with his main column of 20,000 men and is under- 1 stood to have several thousand men , along the railroad lines approaching San Luis Potosi and Tampico. Elizo Arendondo, head of the Carranza agency, returned to Washington Sun- , day, from Vera Cruz, where he spent two weeks conferring with his chief. He issued a statement on his arrival in Washington, that Carranza would i protect property in Yucatan. The , statement branded as false reports that property was being destroyed and cities being sacked. It is said that < Cu it? n?i whaustcrf everv means to bring about a peaceful solution of the Yucatan trouble before he sent Gen. Alvarado to subdue the rebels. ? The 1914 cotton crop of the United States aggregated 16,102,143 equivalent 1 500-pound bales, the census bureau an- : nounced last Saturday. The depart- ( ment of agriculture December 10, estimated 15,966,000 equivalent 500-pound bales. These flflgures compared with 13,992,811 running bales, or 14,156,486 equivalent 500-pound bales in 1913; 13,988,539 running bales, or 13,703,421 equivalent 500-pound bales in 1912, and 15,692,701 equivalent 500-pound bales in 1911, the three largest crops prior to 1914. Included in the 1914 figures are 121,451 bales which ginners estimated would be turned out after the March canvass. Round bales included numbered 57,618, compared with 99,962 in 1913; 81.528 in 1912 and 101,554 in 191). Sea island bales included numbered 81,598, compared with 77.563 in 1913: 73,777 in 1912, and 119,293 in 1911. The average gross weight of bales for the crop was 507.2 lbs. compared with 506.2 in 1913. Ianter cotton, < not included in total ginning figures, amounted to 791,464 equivalent 500pound bales, compared with 631,153 running bales, or 638,881 equivalent 500-pound bales in 1913; 602,324 run rung: naies. or oes.as-j equivalent owpound bales in 1912. and 556,276 running: bales, or 557,575 equivalent 500pound bales in 1911. The grinning reports as to the several cotton states was as follows: Alabama, 1.750,381; Arkansas. 1,015,674: Florida, 80.963: Oeorgia. 2,713.470; Louisiana. 447,861: Mississippi. 1.244.703; Missouri. 81,587; Xorth Carolina. 925.233: Oklahoma. 1.261.350; South Carolina. 1.524,595; Tennessee, 382,431: Texas. 4,584,933; Virginia. 23.182: all other states, 63,880 bales. ? Admirals of the allied fleet who conferred aboard the French tlagrship SufTern. Friday, are believed to have decided unanimously to renew soon the general attack on the Dardanelles. says a Havas dispatch from Tenndos. The French battleship Daulois. the dispatch says, which was t?adly damaKed by the Turkish forts, is anchored in deep water, while her sister ship, the Charlemange, is standing by. It has been found difficult to make immediate repairs on the (laulois because of stormy water. Complete details of the damage suffered by the forts has not been obtained but the allied commanders believe it was serious. Fort Kum Kale, which had been repaired by the Turks, directed an accurate fire against the warships. The Havas correspondent obtained from a survivor of the Bouvet the following story of the sinking of the French battleship: 'The Bouvet advanced at full speed into the narrows. We bombarded Fort Hamilieh. whose batter ies responded vigorously. The Turkish shells at first were poorly aimed, but they soon determined the correct range. Shells burst on the Bouvet and on all sides near her, causing serious damage. My station was under the bridge of the commandant, who had just given orders to change our course, when I heard a terrible noise. It was the explosion of a powder magazine. Immediately the Bouvet commenced to list heavily and many of her crew were swallowed up by the rushing waters. The forts kept up an increasing fire against our ship although she was sinking. I was saved by an English boat." Torpedo boats are dragging along the shores of the Dardanelles for bodies of drowned sailors, which are placed aboard the hospital shipa Canada and Soudain, as soon as they are found. JTItc \(orkrillr <? aquifer. Entered at the Postofflce in Yorkville ? M?<l r\t tha Sppnnrt Class. aa man iumw^v* v? YORKVILLE, S. C.i TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 1915 March appears to be gathering energy for his lion-like departure. The Dardanelles are proving somewhat more difficult than was at lirst supposed. Let's divide South Carolina into two states. It would mean a number of new Jobs, and they would help mightily.?Anderson Daily Mail. Clearly that is some of Carpenter's sarcasm. He knows that South Carolina has enough jobs for two states now. If there had been a great deal of merit to that row of last year about asylum matters, there would be an early restoration of the original status quo; but if there is any very considerable movement in that direction we fail to notice it. The action of Secretary of the Navy Daniels in rescinding the order prohibiting the marriage of midshipmen, is wise and proper. That order was foolish to begin with, and the rescindng of it is the best thing that can be lone with it. The Anderson Daily Mail calls at:ention to the fact that the moon gets full twice in March in spite of the 'gallon a month law"; but our con:emporary must remember that the Irst time was before the 12th and the aw had not yet gone into effect. The European war beats a protective ariff for the stimulation of American ingenuity and American production. Scores of articles that were only to be had from Europe before the war broke out, are now being successfully made n America. , Suppose the surplus of tomatoes and other vegetables raised in the gardens af South Carolina for home consumption?merely those in excess of the needs of the family?should be put in marketable shape, how many extra thousands of dollars would the state realize? Then why not look after these things and slightly increase the output? We do not imagine that there was a very enthusiastic sentiment in favor of allowing that carnival crowd to come to Yorkville. As a matter of fact sentiment has seemed to be very well crystalized in the opposite direction for a good many years; but nevertheless all that such aggregations have to do is to offer to pay the price. The authentic information that England is trying to mobilize an army of a million women to take the places of the men at the front, only emphasizes the dire straits to which one country of the allies that has suffered loss has been reduced. It is not to be understood that the women are expected to go to the front and engage in actual Fighting, though it is undoubtedly a fact that there are already many women on the firing line of all the armies engaged. In our state government we have need for more diggers and fewer overseers. In other words there are too many people who want to tell how to do and too few who want to do. We have officials enough to run a government ten times as extensive as this. The principal trouble is that the work of these officials is not as well systematized as it might be, and then some of them might be a little more competent without detracting from their efficiency. There is a warm controversy 011 between Postmaster General Burleson and the railroads, over the defeat of the pustoffice appropriation bill. The postmaster general claims that the bill was defeated by the railroads because of the effort on his part to secure greater equity in their pay. He says that most of the roads are overpaid, while a few are underpaid, and he ? * 4- .. !..? Koolo TV>o UdlllS U? tTMUUIlMl a JUSl ua.^w. i uv railroads' side of the matter is that their pay has all along been too low and the rates prescribed in the recent bill amount to little short of confiscation. Although money is apparently scarce, there is more currency in the country than is generally appreciated. Speaking generally we would say not nearly so much currency has gone out as went last year, else the banks would not be shipping currency in, as most of them are doing. All the usual influences in connection with the matter lead to the conclusion that many people are keeping their money at home instead of depositing it in the banks. Just why this should be the situation we do not know; but we do not believe it is best for anybody. By all means every individual who has idle money should keep it in the banks, where it can be put in service. If there are those who think their money is safer in their own personal custody they lire mistaken. There is no place that is safer than the banks. There is a very noticeable change in the editorial conduct of the Columbia Record since Editor Moore has been succeeded by Editor Hanks. Editor '' ? if if ,.-STO 1>I? to make people believe what he wanted them to believe, regardless of facts. The utterances of Kditor Banks are conservative, and his editorial columns are interesting and instructive. The principal drawback to the Kecord. as we see it, is its ownership, which is too independent of the public to inspire confidence. The new editor is incapable of the policies pursued by his predecessor; but as to whether he or anyone else is capable of overcoming the handicap of the obvious purpose of the owners of the Record remains to be seen. The editor of a I newspaper that is maintained primarily for the promotion of individual, personal ends, rather than the benefit of its subscribers, is a peculiarly trying proposition. We have an idea that if Editor Banks is allowed to run this paper without suggestion, Interference or dictation from the owners, he will make a success of it: but otherwise we do not look for him to continue long on the job. The Yorkville Enquirer expresses the opinion that creation of the western Federal district of South Carolina was unnecessary and that the state could have gotten along as well without it. Others take the same view. Is it a correct conception of the value of the creation of the new district? The lawyers say not. They call attention to the inconvenience and cost to lawyers of this section in having to , go to Charleston to attend to Federal court matters. "Ah!" we can hear the critics replying, "the new district is for the convenience of the lawyers, to save them the time and the cost that a trip to Charleston involves, is it? Well, we do not care about the lawyers." That is a superficial view. What costs the lawyer costs his client, for the lawyer is not so altruistic as to foot such bills. So the new district is economical not for the lawyers, but for every man in this section who has business in the Federal court that requires his lawyer to see the judge of the district at Charleston. The court will probably come very near paying for itself in the economy it will effect.?Greenville Piedmont. The Piedmont will please take note of the fact that we have not discussed the lawyers in this matter at all. It is very well established that very little comes back to the litigants when the | case goes to Charleston, and we are i not so altruistic as to expect any more from Greenville. Our contemporary ] must be trying to throw off on us. \ ' ' l The banking system of the United \ States is now the best in the world, , and it is so arranged that if the southern people would study its provisions as the same relate to cotton and make use of the same, cotton would easily , become the most valuable of all banking credits. Up to this time the splendid possibilities of the regional reserve bank have been but vaguely realized. There are probably many reasons why this is the case; but a sufficient one is that the process of adopting improved methods in finance is always slow and difficult. Through the steady development of generations New York city has become the banking centre of the United States, 1 if not in the world. All the banks of ' this country have direct or indirect 1 relations with New York, and the 1 piling up of the reserves of outside 1 banks in that city makes money so 1 plentiful there that it is almost impossible to utilize it all. That makes < cheap money in New York for pur- 1 poses of speculation and the like, not ( only locally, but to borrowing banks elsewhere. Of course the potential resources of the regional reserve system are far greater than those of the i New York banks; but as yet there I has been little or no competition. The 1 New York banks and big corporate < banks of other cities have been allowed to have their way. How long this nnnilnns jo a matter nf sneeula tion. For the regional reserve system to undertake to reduce discounts with too much rapidity might work hardship with the independent banks and no doubt would; but under conditions as they exist it would seem that reductions are bound to come eventually, and that in the course of time these reductions will necessarily be brought within the reach of individual borrowers. In the meantime, it would 1 seem that tHe people of the south should put forth their best abilities and best en'ergies in securing to themselves the benefit of the special favor ! that has been conceded to cotton collateral and get rid of the unjust finan- ! cial handicaps under which they have heretofore labored. The Unwelcome Carnival. Originating as a separate institu- j tion about the time of the Chicago exposition. and for a time more or less popular in many of the larger towns and smaller cities of the country, what is known as the carnival or street fair has about run its course , through inability to find a sufficient number of towns close enough together to stand for it, and it is well. The typical carnival is closely akin ; to what is commonly known as the 1 "mid-way" at a county fair. It is made up of an aggregation of various ; kinds of shows, some of them respectable, some not, and all kinds of catchpenny schemes, gambling devices, immoral exhibitions and the like. The original plan of operations was to interest some local fraternal organization, generally the strongest and most influential in the town, the local fire company, the board of trade or any other public or semi-public institution that could be taken by the hope of a good percentage, and play the town without license and backed up by all the local influences that could be brought to bear. It was common in the early days to inaugurate a voting contest for a ring or some other trinket to be given to the "most popular young lady," and often a whole community was worked up to a high state of enthusiasm that operated in the interest of the show people. Because of its nature, the carnival game was one that could seldom be worked twice in the same community with equal success. The whole thing was too transparent. There were too many people with sufficient intelligence to realize how they were being taken in by becoming involuntary sponsors for thinly disguised immorality, gambling games and extremely doubtful methods generally, under pretense of help for various worthy causes. Town authorities became more and more reluctant to admit such aggregations under any pretense and after a time most towns refused to tolerate them at all, even on the payment of straight license. During the past several years the question of admitting carnivals has been the occasion of controversies between the citizenship and councils of various towns throughout South Carolina and adjoining states, and often these controversies have been so heated as to cause much feeling and lasting enmities. In most cases the citizens have won and the carnivals have been tabooed; dui smi mere are iuwhh that cannot resist the blandishments of these people and the end is not yet. ? The fortress of Przemysl, an Austrian stronghold, in the province of Galatia. surrendered yesterday, after a siege of six months, without a fight. It is stated from Petrograd that the garrison consisted of 50,000 men and 30"' officers. The surrender was brought about by starvation mainly, as all provisions were exhausted. During the early days of the siege the Austrian* inflicted heavy losses on the Russians; but of late there has been very little fighting. This fortress is regarded as the key to Austria and the Russians think that after invading \ustria it will be much easier for them to get into Germany. Several times Austrian relief columns have approached within twenty-five miles of the city, and the garrison of Przemysl has been making desperate efforts to push through the Russian lines to join them: but of course without success. The besieging army of the Russians is said to number 110,000 men. LOCAL AFFAIRS, j NEW ADVERTI8EMENT8 Sum M. Grist?Prints a letter from Mr. M. L>. Smith in regard to the efficiency of Pyrene Are extinguishers in , fighting fires. McConnell Dry Goods Co.?Is now displaying Douglass oxfords and wants you to see them while it has your 1 size. Harem veils, 10 cents each. J. W. Evans?Says he is again in York1' county with a supply of Watklns ] remedies and will call on you soon, i \V. E. Ferguson?Sells Lowney's candies?name on every piece?at 40c < a pound. Dunham's cocoanut, nice fruits, etc. Ferguson & Youngblood?Are ready to , supply you with everything in farm supplies, groceries, farm hardware. Pratt's cow tonic is good. 1 1. vv. specK, jeweier?invites aiiention to a big line of Waterman Ideal fountain pens. He has the pen that will suit you. J. J. Keller & Co.?Again call on you to pay them before April 1st. They want you to pay because they expect to change their business. Southern Railway?Gives rates and routes as well as other information in regard to the expositions on the Pacific coast Thomson Co.?Will have Its spring millinery opening this week, and invites you to attend. Millinery at low prices. James Bros.?Ask you to see them for a mule, either to buy or exchange. They promise a square deal either way you want to trade. Kirkpatrick-Belk Co.?Opening on today and tomorrow. Fine display of millinery, dress goods, silks, shirt waists, laces, nets, etc. J. M. Stroup?Asks the ladles to call and see the Irving Drew fine oxfords for spring wear. C-B corsets in all the newest models and sizes. First N'ational Bank, Yorkville?Insists that you do business through the bank. It is the safe, sure, business way. It wants your business. F. C. Walker, Filbert No. 1?Offers several hundred bundles of good fodder for sale, $2 per 100 bundles. We have been unable to get any definite or satisfactory information as to the progress of the enterprising gentlemen who would make a new town by changing the name of the present town; but of course we will publish the list of freeholders as soon as the town council has declared that it includes the required majority. No government can command respect unless it is based upon a just and equitable enforcement of the law. This applies as much to municipal affairs as it does to county and state affairs. Neither the constitution of the state nor the sentiment of the people sanctions any such thing as arbitrary exercise of authority, and the only thing that prevents any official from realizing this is vain egotism, which means a lack of common sense. Although the spring season commenced Sunday, the weather was more In keeping with that of dead of winter and if it keeps up its record of the past few days, some little time will remain before the singing of the birds and the song of the plowman and all the other creations of the poet which e are said to herald the coming of spring. There were no straw hats in evidence on the streets Sunday and no lightweight suits of clothes. Overcoats were quite popular. Unless there is a decided change in the weather in the next week or more, Easter Sunday, which comes on April 4, will also be devoid of any indications of spring. THE GRAND JURY. The names of twelve York county citizens were drawn from the tales j box this morning to serve on tfie grand jury during the year 1915. The J six grand Jurors who hold over from last year are: M. W. Latham, J. E. Burns, J. A. Shillinglaw, S. E. Sturgls, S. B. Pratt, Geo. A. McCarter. The following were drawn by the jury commissioners this morning: \V. P. Boyd Bethel. J. J. Jones York. W. O. Stone Catawba. J. C. Cork Catawba. C. F. Gordon Catawba. H. A. Falls King's Mountain. B. R. Smith King's Mountain. J. L. Brandon Bethel. \V. L. Cranford Bullock's Creek. J. G. Smith Fort Mill. * B. N. Moore York \V. H. Dunlap Bethesda. * a c/?tiow or cruooi tdi iqtcco "I have had a number of inquiries ' from patrons of schools in various # sections of the county regarding the election of school trustees," said Superintendent of Education John E. Carroll yesterday. "The present school trustees who were appointed by the county board of education, were appointed for two years, and their appointments hold good until July 1, 1916," continued Mr. Carroll. Following is the provision of the act concerning the election of school trustees in York county, which has been signed by the governor and is now law, and which was introduced in the last general assembly by Representative Cherry: "That upon the petition of onethird of the qualified electors of any school district in York county, except special and graded school dls- . tricts created by special acts, filed with the superintendent of education of said county, on or before the 1st day of June in any year when trustees are to be appointed, the county board of education shall order an election to elect the trustees for such school district, in the manner herein provided for the election of trustees of special school districts." GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY Petit jurors to serve during the first week of the court of general sessions for York, which convenes April 12, with Judge Halcott P. Green, presiding, J were drawn this morning, as follows: J. P. Farris Ebenezer. J. F. Pursley Broad River. W. B. Flanagan ....King's Mountain. T. C. Brandon Bethel. Millard T. Williams .King's Mountain D. F. Jackson Bethel. S. L. Meacham Fort Mill. J. E. Lowry Yorkvllle. W. O. Sparrow King's Mountain. J. B. Williams Catawba. A. W. Sherer York J. W. Smarr Broad River E. L. Wood King's Mountain. O. L. Sanders Bethesda. I O. X. McCall King's .Mountain, r \V. M. Steele Catawba. I O. K. Williams Catawba, t L. H. Simril Catawba e O. K. Wilklns York, t It. M. Dulin King's Mountain. C. D. Reed Catawba, t Sam Smith King's Mountain. s J. M. Taylor Ebenezer. I J. M. Miller Bethel. 1 J. K. Bass Ebenezer. t J. A. Whitesides Catawba. ti .1. J. Plexico Rulloek's Creek, c J. H. Jackson King's Mountain, j E. R. Maloney Bullock's Creek, t Ruff X. Adams King's Mountain, i F. M. Mack Fort Mill, t R. F Boyd Fort Mill. E. G. hnthani Bullock's Creek, s J. T. Stone King's Mountain, t H. T. Williams York, t J. It. Brandon Bullock's Creek, t ? g ABOUT PEOPLE Mrs. S. \V. Inman of Florence, Is visiting relatives in Yorkville. Mr. VV. H. Barron of Chester, was a visitor in Yorkville, this week. Mrs. L?. T. Pressly of Woodruff, is visiting relatives In Hickory Grove. Mr. J. Forest Smith of Yorkville, spent Sunday with friends in Chester. Rev. J. D. Andrews of Newton, N. ("., visited Mr. C. M. Inman, in Yorkville, this week. Miss Estelle Mclver of Gulf, N. C., la visiting her sister, Mrs. E. E. Gil- it lesple. in Yorkville. h Mrs. F. C. Riddle and son have re- ri turned to Yorkville, after a visit to d relatives in Aiken. v Miss Agnes Curry of Guthriesville, ? dslted her cousin, Miss Ona Belle, in Rock Hill, this week. Miss Minnie Lee Garrison, agent of C] the Girl's Canning club work was in Yorkville last week. e] Messrs. John Cameron and Lindsay tl Devinney of Yorkville No. 3, were vis- w [tors In Chester, this week. lc Miss Mary Frances McDowell of ? Camden, S. C., visited her aunt, Mrs. u J. R. Ashe, in Yorkville, last week. c' Mr. J. N. McDill of Hickory Grove, tvho has been confined to his home by < in attack of pneumonia, is slowly im- ,, proving. Two York county Doys, Messrs. us- o: jar Plaxico of Yorkville, and Joe Leech of Hickory Grove, are members t< jf the baseball team of the University C1 if South Carolina this year. h Rock Hill Herald, Saturday: Miss Slizabeth Parker arrived this morning n :o assume charge as superintendent c< ind head nurse of the Fennell inflr- tl nary. 8 The friends of Mrs. W. W. Miller of 11 Rock Hill who was injured In a run- v* iway accident several days ago will 01 >e glad to know that she is improving v< steadily. . Mr. R. J. Mackorell of Yorkville, vent to Charlotte Sunday, to undergo a] in operation for some ear trouble pi vith which he has been suffering for w some time past. fc Rock Hill Record: A. F. Ruff has w esigned his position with the Carhartt w nlll and he and T. L. Johnston will gi ngage In the brokerage business under tl he firm name of Johnston & Ruff. He vill be succeeded at the mill by R. M. c< Jutchlson. tl Mr. A. M. Wallace of Yorkville No. tl !, was painfully burned yesterday afternoon as the result of a mishap at he Wilson mine, seven miles northeast >f Yorkville. Arrangements had about . >een completed for connecting the j iteampipes from the boiler to the jump down in the mine. When the b' steam was turned in, a rubber hose n: oint pulled loose and Mr. Wallace got he full discharge of steam under his irm. A physician was sent for and di elief was secured within a short time. n< Wallai>? In ntlll nuflferinfiT. but his _ ;ondition Is not thought to be danger- 81 )U8. ? la GOOD SHOW AT SHARON. c< One of the most enjoyable enter- If alnments presented in Sharon In a s' ong while, was that held at the lharon High school auditorium last fc Friday evening, under the auspices bi >f the Sharon School Improvement O issociatlon. The sum of $31.10 was oi ecured as the proceeds of the exhi- tl tition and the money will be used to m >uy electrical fixtures for the school >uilding, Mr. W. L. Hill of Sharon, e( laving agreed to build an electric line hl o the school building provided the j ichool Improvement association pays b| or the installation of fixtures and ja ipkeep. b( Miss Isabel Arrowood is president, ind Miss Stella Cain is secretary and reasurer of the Sharon School Im- g( >rovement association, which has a arge membership and is doing much p or the school at that place. w The programme rendered Friday b< >vening was as follows: T Concert. h( Chorus?"Tipperary, . .. Glee Club. Recitation .. Miss Helen Peninger. Piano Solo ..Miss Alllene Shannon. F! "Grown-up Folks," Primary Grades, a Violin Solo, Miss Isabel Arrowood. t}. Chorus?"Rose of the Mountain rrall" Glee Club. b< Recitation.. Mr. Lee Youngblood. o< Piano Duet n< Misses Arrowood and Logan. Pantomime?"Abide With Me." Recitation .. Miss Eugenia Pratt, th Song?"Come Where the Lillies k? ?loom." nl Piano Trio liases Wilmore Logan, Lulu and Isa- >el Arrowood. th DAAU?Ham Vfr Tomoo CIravoh Violin Solo.. Miss Isabel Arrowood. Chorus?"River Shannon" ,n Glee Club. Y Dr. Cure-all," a Comedy. g< Cast of Characters. or Dr. Cureall Mr. John Wylle. cc Mrs. Brown .. Miss Peninnah Cain. w Miss Jane Scrim pins . Miss Wllmore Logan. Mrs. Scrawney th Miss Isabel Arrowood. fa Mr. Alphonso DeJones . Mr. M. Smith. Mrs. Rotchkins Miss Lulu Arrowood. r0 Miss Kate Rotchkins . Miss Ella Lee Byers. 10 Miss Seraphina Paddington .... er Miss Mary Youngblood. w Maria, the Maid gj Miss Marie Graves. Mrs. Blooming rf Miss Ella Lee Byers. sr Chorus?"Medley".. .. Glee Club. m e 01 CARNIVAL COULDN'T STAY m "All packed up and nowhere to go." ai That's the chorus that members of ^ he "Roger's Greater Shows," a car- T1 lival aggregation that held forth in 01 forkville last week, chanted yesterday m fternoon. The carnival crowd remain- d in Yorkvllle last night, but the fu olces of the various "spielers," the ca talian band, the snake-eater, etc., la rere stilled. This morning the show pe oiks left for Rock Hill where they ri< /ill exhibit the remainder of the week. it all came about over the action of he town council in granting the car- rlival people license to do business in ha forkville again this week, and at the e\ tearing over the matter which took ar ip most of yesterday, it developed hat the council granted the show pl oiks license last week without prop- be r compliance with the ordinances on W( he subject. Under the town ordi- . lances the consent of a majority of he residents and property holders ?P idjoining and adjacent to the place ri< u oLau> la Knl/1 mnof Ha QP. V I It:I C 11IC ouun AO itviM, i?uU% ?>. yj ured before license can be given to my carnival company, and it was to dearly brought out at the hearing th hat this ordinance had not been com- &r died with. However, there was no remontrance over the matter last week. bl The manager of the aggregation ap- tw teared before the council last Saturlay and stated that while business lad been poor in Yorkville, it would ce vork great damage to the carnival to >roperty were it moved during the en ough weather of Saturday and Sunlay, and he wanted to stay in the own another week, for which priviege he was willing to put up a sec>nd hundred dollars. A majority of the council consentsd to the proposition. Mr. W. S. fif Dickson said yesterday, that he voted 'c igainst granting the license. Mr. C- Tl -rank Sherer refused to vote on the natter, saying that his fellow-mem- "i >ers of the council had acted in the bl irst instance without consulting him, ind that so far as he was concerned . hey could handle the balance of it. Learning that the aggregation had bl >een granted permission to spend a ty lecond week in Yorkville, Sheriff ]j( 3rown, who lives diagonally across rom the lot where the shows were " 'i-ected, began circulating a petition fr isking the council to revoke their or- ai ler, and this was met with a counter jetition from persons in me vicinuy o the effect that they were not an- l)( joyed by the yells, shooting, etc., on ahe grounds. ln J. S. Brice, Esq., represented the sheriff at the hearing yesterday, and illeged that the show was obnoxious m o the family of the sheriff, members th )f which were in a highly nervous a| itate therefrom. Sheriff Brown stated that he had m jut up with the nuisance one week dc vithout complaint; but his physician jad advised that it would be dangerjus to the health of his family to la lave the show remain in such prox- b< mlty. a The manager of the shows stated y. hat he had nothing to say in regard o the matter, other than that the <lt own council had agreed to grant li- qi ense for a second week and he ex- p jected them to abide by their agreenent. Sil Yesterday afternoon a second meet- al jg of council over the matter was eld. The attorney for the plaintiff ead a petition signed by a number of Itizens asking that the license be reoked. In addition some half dozen ffldavits were read to the effect that ambling games and immoral shows rere being presented at the carnival, ie affidavits going on to name speIflc cases of gambling. Replying to these, Manager Rogrs of the Carnival company, stated lat the shows would exhibit this eek as they did last. He stated that >cal police had visited the shows and bserved the games and he could not nderstand why the shows were not losed last week if they were Immoral. Mayor Wilborn stated that the chief f police had reported to him that the tiows were within the law, and that le affidavits before him were the rst knowledge he had of the conduct f the shows. The carnival manager was invited ) prepare counter affidavits to those harging violation of the law. This e declined to do. It develoDed that under the ordi ance regarding the granting of li?nse to shows, there is provision to le effect that if such shows include ambling places and obscene exhibions, the council has a right to reoke such license, and on the strength f the affidavits the license was reoked. The show people began tearing own their tents at once, but since ley cancelled their engagement head after they had been granted ermission to remain in Yorkvllle this eek, they were greatly embarrassed r a place to go, but arrangements ere made last night by which they ere permitted to Join a similar aggreition which is exhibiting in Rock Hill lis week. Manager Rogers of the Carnival ampany, said yesterday afternoon lat he intended to bring suit against le town for alleged damages. WITHIN THE TOWN ? The annual inspection of Company , First regiment, S. C. N. Q., is to e held in the armory tomorrow ight. ? Yorkvllle has a negro funeral unirtaker's establishment, several local agroes being interested in the propotion, which is doing a good business. ? Rev. Davidson McDowell Doug,ss, president of the Presbyterian allege, Clinton, conducted services i the First Presbyterian church, unday morning and evening. ? Saturday was the regular time >r the monthly meeting of the local ranch of the state Farmers' Union, wing to the state of the weather, nly a few members were on hand at le appointed hour and there was no eeting. ? Milton McKnight, colored, arrest1 some time ago on the charge of aving burglarized the store of Mr. M. Stroup of Yorkvllle, and who is since been confined in the county ill, was released last week on a $300 and. ? The spring opening of millinery )ods began at the store of the Kirk itrick-Belk Co.; this morning and ill continue through tomorrow. Many ?autiful creations are being shown, homson Co.'s spring opening is to be eld Friday and Saturday. ? Every youngster who attends the leld Day exercises in Yorkville, on J pril 3, will be given a free ticket to le movies. Already an order has ;en given for 3,000 tickets for the :caslon, and more can be secured if jcessary. The Lyric theatre has ranged an excellent programme for e occasion and the show will be >pt running all day and late into the ght. ? Rev. John R. Matthews, rector of ie Episcopal church of Greenville, N. , began a series of mission services the Church of the Good Shepherd, orkville, last evening. There was a >od congregation in attendance up1 the first service. The meeting will mtinue through Friday night and ill include two services each day?at [ a. m., and 8 p. m. Rev. Mr. Matews is to conduct a special strvice r men tomorrow afternoon at 4 clock. ? Had it not been for the heavy iinfa.ll which preceded the day beire, the grounds would now be coved with a heavy mantle of snow, hich fell for about six hours last ( iturday. Although the weather bu- ' >aus reported clear weather, the low began to fall early in the ornlng and continued to fall with- i it intermittence until shortly after j >on. However, the ground was wet id the white flakes only added to ie water as they fell to the ground, tie snowfall was the most contlnu- : is and the heaviest that this comunity has seen In several years. i -There was quite a good deal of j n In the Wild West show at the | rnival which exhibited in Yorkville i st week, on account of the show ; ople's announcement that they would Je any local mule, horse, cow, etc., ; at might be brought to them. Mr. Cleve Dunlap of Yorkville No. 3, is two mules which no person has rer been able to ride. The two ' limals were brought to the carnival iday night and the word having en put out that Mr. Dunlap's mules i ere to be ridden, there was quite a 1 rge crowd on hand. After some time ( >ent in getting "set," one of the ; iers with the show mounted the mule < hich appeared to be half frightened I death, and refused to budge. Then j e second mule was mounted. This < iimal appeared to have much more j ilrlt than its mate. For something te Ave minutes, it vaulted and ] . isted and turned like a dog with a < ig tied to its tail, and the rider re- | lved a rapid series of severe jolts, J the great amusement of the audi- < ice, but the man Anally got the best 1 the bout. ? "Price of liquor in Yorkville has < z," remarked Mr. "They Say," Sat- 1 "day. "An* if yer want any at that fger, you had better register early, i ause the supply is shore limited. ( his new fangled gallon a month law is sure played the dickens with the ( ind tiger business." he continued, t used to be that a feller could git ' her fellows to order the stuff for m and some of them ordered pret- j often. The man who ordered the 1 juor was given a pint for his trouble, j ut now a feller has to have more , lends to order for him than ever ] id in fact, the time is soon coming 1 hen additional friends will have to , 1 made in order to keep the ball rolling. The tigers is shore water- I g their liquor now," continued Mr J hey Say. "One gallon of liquor j akes about two and a half gallons of 1 ie 'rot-gut' stuff they are selling, ' id let me tell you," he said, as he { ade a wry face, "It's an awful j >se? would make a government mule I ek. l*p to the time this here gallon 1 w went into effect, 'rot-gut' could ( ? bought for 60 cents a pint, or $1 ^ quart. Now tne price arouna tors- lie is 75 cents per pint and you j >n't get it no cheaper by buying a lart. It is mighty scarce at that. 1 on't never see no sealed liquor for ( le 'round here any more. It has j 1 been tampered with once and f then maybe, again. Believe me." con ttnued Mr. They Say, "between th? strict vigilance of the Yorkvllle po lice and these here new-fangled laws old Yorkvllle is sure gettln' to be i dry town." _ LOCAL LACONICS Will Have New City Offices. The Rock Hill city council has le the contract tor the erection of offlcei for the city officials. The contrac price is $2,080 which includes the in stallation of the fixtures. The work l! to be begun within, a few days. Getting Ready for Field Day. Blanks have been sent out to thi teachers of all the York count] schools with the request that the] fill in the names of their pupils wh< expect to enter the various contest! to be held on County Field Day ir Yorkville, on Saturday, April 3. A1 have been requested to return th< blanks to the proper committees b] next Saturday. Rock Hill Man Dead. Mr. E. S. Campbell, well known li Rock Hill and the eastern section o: the county, died in Charlotte Satur day afternoon following a long periot of 111 health. He was more than 71 years of age. The deceased was foi many years employed as book-keepei for A. T. Fewell & Co., of Rock Hill The funeral and interment was ii Rock Hill Sunday. The deceased ii survived by one son and two daugh< ters. He May be Valuable. Bogan Cash, colored, is still hel< in the York county jail on the ac eusatlon of John Gordon, colored, tha Cash is wanted in Columbia for th< theft of a coat. The authorities hav< an idea that Cash is wanted in anothe city for murder and that a rewart aggregating several hundred dollars i offered for him. A photograph wa made of Cash yesterday, and will b< sent to the city In which the reward ii offered, for identification. Tirzah School Cloaes Tonight. Tirzah's school will close an elgh months' session tonight and quite ai elaborate programme has been arrang ed for the occasion. The school has ai enrollment of about ninety pupils ant during the past term has employe* three teachers. Included in lomgnn programme will be a play, a numbe: of recitations and musical selections The Tlrzah school is the first of thi eight month schools of Tork count: to close the 1914-15 term. Proud of Road. Mr. E. N. Miller of the Bethel sec tion, who was in Yorkvllle yesterday said that people living along the ex cellent thoroughfare recently com pleted by the county chaingang, wen doing their best to keep the road ii good shape and expect to continue t< do so. The road In front of the prem ises of property owners is beinj dragged by such owners after eacl tain, Mr. Miller said, and if the prac tice is continued, the road will b< kept in good condition for many year to come. As to Fertilizers. Asked whether the use of fertilizer among farmers in his section waj going to be extensively reduced thi year, a gentleman of Bethel townshi] said the other day that he could no say whether such was going to be thi case or not. "You really can't tell,' he said. "Some folks are talking lik< they are going to cut their fertilize! bill two-thirds; others say one-half and others say they are going to do 01 twenty-five per cent less. It is hart to estimate Just what the decrease ii going to be." Elk's Lodge Instituted. More than one hundred Elks fron various towns in North and Soutl Carolina enjoyed the ceremonies ir connection with the initiating ol forty-seven citizens of Rock Hill aj charter members of Rock Hill Lodgi No. 1,318 Benevolent Protective Ordei of Elks last Friday night The "babj lodge" started off with a membershij of fifty. Officers were elected and installed Friday night as members: Exalted Ruler S. J. Poag; Esteemed leading Knight T. W. Huey; Esteemed Loyal Knight B. N. Craig, Jr. Esteemed Lecturing Knight Georgi Jenkins; Secretary, I. B. Cauthen Treasurer, J. P. Poag; Tiler, F. E Gross; Trustees, J. L. Phillips, Juliar Johnson, H. E. Ruff. The Elks havi engaged the quarters formerly occupied by the Palmetto club in Rock Hill, which will be known as the Elk'i Club. Women Workers Held Meeting. Delegates from nearly all the churches composing the York Baptist association, attended the semi-annua meeting of the Woman's Missionary union of that organization, which wai held in the Northslde Baptist churci at Rock Hill, last Friday, presided ovei by Miss Emma J. Dowell. Among thi speakers at the meeting were Mrs George Davis of Orangeburg, superintendent of the state Y. W. A., who delivered an address on the subject ol "Efficiency," and Miss Macia Stevenson of Lessiie, a returned missionary from Mexico, who told of the condition! in that troubled country. A little Mexican girl who accompanied thi missionary, sang several songs ir Spanish during the meeting. A meeting of the associationai conference ol the York Young Woman's auxiliary was held in the First Baptist church of Rock Hill,. a day previous to the meeting last Friday, the meeting being presided over by Mrs. B. A Scruggs, superintendent. Among th< speakers were Mrs. H. E. Ruff, Roch Hill; Miss Ruth Moorehead, Yorkville; Miss Llla Davis, Flint Hill; Miss Francis Smith, Fort Mill, and Miss Lyndal Bass, Rock Hill. AN OLD NEWSPAPER The Southern Enterprise, Printed ir Greenville, Nearly Fifty Years Ago. By courtesy of J. Luther Bagwell ol near Easley, the Sentinel is in possession of an old and interesting issue ol The Southern Enterprise," dated Greenville, S. C., Thursday morning March 7. 1861. It is Vol. VII, No. 41, C. M. McJunkln and J. C. Bailey were proprietors. W. P. Price was editoi ind C. M. McJunkin was assistant editor. This copy of the paper was addressed to A. B. C. Trotter. Advertising its subscription price, it says: 'One dollar a year in advance; one dollar and a half if delayed." The paper is four pages with seven columns .in each page and is well printed. Its leadings and make-up greatly resemble some of the headings and the make-up of The Yorkvdlle Enquirer, ?ne of our best present-day newspapers. The Enterprise contains some in:eresting articles. It contains an account of the inaugural address ol President Lincoln and comments editorially upon it. We expect to reproduce in the Sentinel soon this editorial. Under the head, "From the Congress," appears news of the 'Southern Congress," dated at Monttomery, Ala., and of the "Northern Congress," dated at Washington. In this old paper we notice several idvertl8ements which look peculiar iow. One advertisement reads: "Nerroes to Hire, by the Year. Apply to 5. Martin." C. H. Judson advertises 'or a servant girl. One of the most prominent advertisements reads: 'Wood, Eddy & Co.'s Lotteries, au:horized by the states of Delaware, Vlissouri and Kentucky. Draw daily In public commissioners. Prizes vary !rom to $100,000. Tickets, $2j to ton > Greenville was only a town when his paper was published and one no:ice says: "Town Taxes are Now Due." Office-seekers appear to have leen more plentiful then than now. fourteen candidates are announced 'or tax collector. A news item head;d, "Sales Day." reads: "A large numjer of the citizens of our district were iresent in the town on Monday last. As >ut little property was sold, we premme that most of them came to look ifter their money matters, and find >Ut how things were going. A negro voman, aged about 26 years, and her :wo children, a girl and a boy, aged 5 md 7 years were sold for nineteen lundred and ten dollars." The paper is In fairly good state of ^reservation and we expect to reproluce for our readers later on several irticles from it, as we believe it will jrove as interesting for them as it has or us.?Pickens Sentinel . THE ANTI-TRUST LAW % - i - United States Court of Appeals Knocks it All to Smithereens. i Two years ago last month twenty- " seven owners and employes of the National Cash Register company, Including two lawyers, were convicted at Cincinnati of conspiracy and monop- N I oly under the criminal clauses of the ' 3 anti-trust act and sentenced to tines 1 and imprisonments. On Saturday the j United States court of appeals for the Sixth circuit set aside the verdict and remanded the case for a new ? trial. r As this was the most important and f successful prosecution that has yet > been based on the theory of personal 3 guilt, the judgment on appeal cannot i fail to raise again very seriously the 1 question whether business wrongs, no i matter what their magnitude, can be } punished. For many years prosecutors would not prosecute. Then for - ' * /.lolmah that IiiHam a. nuie il ntu t,uuiu>.u would not convict. Now In a case i that seemed very clear one of the J f higher courts finds Insuperable obsta cles in the way of effective action. 1 On the trial of the Cash Register ) people, evidence was produced showing r that they controlled 96 per cent of r the industry, that they habitually re. sorted to bribery and Intimidation; . i that they harassed competitors in s many unlawful ways; that they main. taiued "knock-out" men, who persuaded purchasers to repudiate contracts with rival manufacturers, and that by espionage, vexatious litigation of the 1 misuse of the patent laws they ter rorized all who did not yield quickly t to their will. 0 So well satisfied was Judge Hol0 lister of the guilt of the defendants r that in sentencing them he referred to 1 their acts as "despicable/' "mean," s and "petty;" as calculated to stifle leb gltlmate trade; as proceeding from a 0 desire for gain that led them to for0 get everything else; and, asserting that the government was strong enough to protect its people from such methods, he expressed the hope that M 1 the penalties that he was about to 1 1 inflict would stand out as a warning " to all who were tempted thus to vioJ late the law. * Although this case was prepared 1 under the eye of so great & lawyer . 8 as George W. Wickersham, then at- ^ r torney general, the court of appeals . ' now finds that if all or any of the - w 0 e(Tenses charged had been committed, f the statute of limitations ran against them; that the defendants were pioneers and business men of great capacity, which facts alone were suffl" cient to account for their success; that there was no proof of conspiracy and no presumption of monopoly, and " that it is not unlikely that the de? fendants' trade was "pirated" by some : of their competitors. 5 ? -L- - W,_, . 1?...? V. n vA 1 \f I HUB me iiiBiici wuu iwiou uouuij ' a shred of the elaborate indictment f which two years ago was so fully 1 sustained by the finding of Judge and " Jury. There is talk of another trial. ? but how can there be another trial 9 when the whole case, involving both the law and the facts, is ripped wide open? The Cash Register gentlemen appear to have been sorely oppressed. _ There never was any reason to proceed against them, and it may be that j they are entitled to some relief at the : hands of the public. I A notable law enacted by the con. gress which recently expired has a a a section Intended hereafter to empha- w " size personal guilt. Evidently there , was urgent need of such legislation, j for, in view of Saturday's Judgment, . it is no longer possible to accept un: reservedly Justice Holmes' assertion that the Sherman law is a criminal . statute. | SOUTH CAROLINA NEW8 i ?The postofflce at Providence in f Sumter county, was robbed last week i and about $260 was secured. * ? Governor Manning has accepted an r invitation to deliver the commencer ment address at Wofford college, * Spartanburg, June 7. ? Rev. W. H. K. Pendleton, rector j of the Church of the Advent (Episcopal) Spartanburg, has declined a call to Macon, Ga. > ?C. J. Lyon has resigned as sheriff ; of Abbeville county, to become mar. shal of the Western Federal district, i There are several applicants for the > position of sheriff. ? Spartanburg Y. M. C. A. basketball i team won the amateur championship i of the state by defeating the Columbia T. M. C. A. team in Columbia, Saturday night. The score was 30 to 26. ? Lee Johnson, a negro, was killed ' near Baldec, Barnwell county, last j Thursday, while resisting arrest. He f slightly wounded a member of the , sheriff's party. i ?Several persons were bitten by a r mad-dog in Columbia last Saturday. ^ i Examination of the animal's head . showed that it was suffering from . rabies. ? W. C. Napier, secretary of the Y. ' M. C. A. at Rion, Fairfield county, ar* rested last week on the charge of as' saulting a young Italian girl, has . ? been released on condition that he wg > leave the state, never to return. 5 ? Miss Nellie Pearson of Winnsboro, 1 has been appointed sponsor to the state p reunion of Confederate veterans in Co lumbia, April 22-23. She will also be ' a sponsor at the general reunion which ^ meets in Richmond, Va. ? W. H. Darby of Florence, has been named by the United States treasury 1 department as an inspector for the Federal government, to carry out the . provisions of the new Harrison drug act. I ? W. S. Chadwick, an itineratnt preacher and mill operative, was convicted of manslaughter in Greenville Saturday, and sentenced to fifteen years in the state penitentiary. Chadwick killed Deputy Sheriff J. F. Lindi say in Greenville, several months ago. ? Greenville special of March 20 to 1 , Spartanburg Herald: Charles B. Wood, ' ' a prominent young man of Greer, and , Miss Mollle Flynn of the same town, : were married in the criminal court 1 here yesterday, a murder trial being 1 halted for a few minutes to allow the -v ceremony. The groom was convicted I [ early in the week of having caused the girl's downfall. Sentence had not been pronounced and Wood secured the ^ girl's consent to a marriage. The case has attracted wide interest on account of the promlnerfce of the parties con1 nected in the matter. J ?Columbia Record: The annual , hand book of the state department of* agriculture is receiving commendation , in high places. W. G. P. Harding, chairman of the national reserve bank1 ing board has congratulated Commissioner Watson upon the contents of the book. In an address recently, Mr. Harding took practically the same > view of the cotton situation that is expressed in the annual report of the state department. William Ingle, . president of the National Reserve w bank of Richmond, in a letter in | which he comments upon the book, says in part: "I am glad to notice that you in the way of remedial legislation advocate the passage in South Carolina of a Torrens land title bill . . and also that you would appreciate the JL presence with you of rural credit banks. Both are important and for the same reason, but if congress could arrange for the rural credit banks to be run, not with government aid, but under its police supervision, I think we could have with us an instrumentality which would do more good than : almost any other single thing, not only to help your agricultural section in a positive way, but to relieve state banks of dead, if sound, assets, which now make up such a very large share , of their resources. I hope you can , persuade the South Carolina members of congress in the Interest of their state to advocate such a measure." ? The government's novel plan of i mobilizing women to replace the men i needed for war service, although only tentatively outlined by the board of trade, says a London dispatch, has aroused wide discussion. Organized labor circles are somewhat disturbed g at the prospect of an influx of thou- w annri<s nf untrained non-union women into the - . !ous Industries. Miss Mary ^ MacArthur, secretary of the women's trade union league, an organization with a membership of 240,000, says there now are at least 40,000 union women without employment, and she feels it is incumbent upon the government to give them first consideration.