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Scraps and Jacts. ? Rear Admiral Peary, speaking at a Republican banquet in New York recently, said: "We cannot stand still. A hundred years hence, we either shall be obliterated as a nation or we shall occupy the entire North American world segment." A sentence from Secretary Bryan's criticism of this last Wednesday is: "Such a prediction from an obscure man would be foolish; from one in his position, it is little less than a crime." ? A British submarine went ashore in the Dardanelles a few days ago within easy range of the Turkish guns. Some of the members of the crew, who survived, were made prisoners. The submarine itself was in a position where the Turks, on favorable opportunity, would be able to save it, and probably use it against the British. There was naturally great concern among the British naval commanders as to the outcome and they called for volunteers to destroy the boat. Young officers and seamen offered themselves for the undertaking without hesitation, and approaching the stranded submarine under a very hot fire, they succeeded in blowing the boat to pieces, with the loss of but a single man. ? Imaginary ammunition orders by the Allies multiply over night, it appears, and become quadrupled by sunset, says a New York letter. If the Allies are buying all these millions of dollars' worth of shrapnel, it is contended, it is high time that they also establish credits in this country to foot the bills. So far Wall street had heard only of the "orders" and not of credits in sufficient amount to pay for one-ten\h of the ordnance which the mills are supposed to be turning out. Whether imaginary or real, however, the "orders" remain a great factor of the market. Any rumor, it appears, suffices to send the war stock higher. Every heap of scrap iron In the country, gathered together by peddlers at perhaps four pounds for a cent, becomes transformed into a heap of gold by the rumors of the shrapnel press agents. The highest price paid for shrapnel steel by the willing Allies, according to one apparently well-founded story in circulation today, is $45 a short ton. In other words, shrapnel steel, when cut up into dealth-dealing slugs for the 75-millimeter French field guns, is about twice as valuable as steel rails. ? A squadron of three foreign cruisers, the most powerful gathered here since the war began, lay off the entrance to New York harbor last Wednesday. The nearest the shore was a four funnel British cruiser, seven miles east of Ambrose channel lightship. Her name and the names of her companions could not be made out, even through glasses. Ten miles east of the Highlands rode the second ship, an auxiliary cruiser, big and with lines that spelled speed. This cruiser, observers thought, was a | stranger, the Caronia having depart- J ed, presumably for supplies, me largest ship of the squadron, a fourfunnel cruiser, lay 15 miles southeast of the Highlands. This vessel, too, had not been seen previously by shore observers. For more than an hour messages were exchanged between the two warships. Apparently the four-funnel cruiser, in command of the squadron, was issuing orders. Later a small boat bearing officers put out from the auxiliary cruiser and made the five-mile trip to the four-funnel cruiser, and the officers went aboard. Meantime the cruiser off the Ambrose light ship signalled the incoming motor ship Falstria, flying the flag of Denmark. The Dane answered the warship's signal by steaming slowly close by, as If for inspection. After running up answering signals the Falstria headed for port. ? The British expeditionary force in France, which at the beginning of the war consisted of six divisions, has been increased to more than 36, or, roughly speaking, 750,000 men according to a statement by David Lloyd-George, chancellor of the exchequer, in the house of commons Wednesday. The Chancellor added that the place of every man who had fallen in battle had been filled and that the army was adequately equipped. But he reiterated the need for munitions declaring that during the batt'e of Nueve Chapelle more ammunition was used than in the whole of the South African war, which lasted nearly three years. The interesting information also was given that th? output of the munition factories had been increased more' than nineteenfold since the outbreak of the war but the call was still for more, and, as Mr. Lloyd-George continues to hold the opinion that consumption of liquor is interferring with the work, he promised legislation to deal with this matter. The figures made public by the chancellor as to the size of the British army in France and the expenditure for ammunition has caused great surprise in England where the opinion has been general that about half the number of men had reached the front, especially as there has been no sign of any decrease in the number of khaki-clad men training in this country. It is likely that many of the new men already have been under fire as the Germans are making repeated attempts to re-capture. Hill 60 near Ypres which the British took Sunday and have, according to Field Marshal French's report, been repulsed with great loss. ? "I am glad you ask that question. This is not a war of the Turkish government, but a war of the Turkish people," said Enver Pasha, the most remarkable man in Turkey, who at the age of 33 years is war minister and generalissimo of the Ottoman Army, to the Associated Press correspondent in the first interview ever tr\ tho Anipriffln nrpss. "Lome: before we took this step Russia had grown ugly on the Black sea and in the Caucasus, invading our territory there, while England had already operated against Mesopotamia and had concentrated a fleet before the Dardenelles. We were unwilling to start the ball rolling, and even after the Russians attacked our fleet in the Black sea we still waited one week before war was declared. "We knew that Turkey would again be led to the slaughter-block. Being unwilling that this should happen, we took the only course open. We Turks feel that we have a right to exist, especially when the best of us are straining every effort and are catching up with other countries in intellectual and material dwvelopment. There was a time when Turkey was merely a government clique." Replying to questions as to the present status of the campaign the generalissimo said: "Conditions in the Caucusus are more satisfactory. Regarding the situation in the Darlanelles I will say we arc fully confident that it has been demonstrated that fighting down the forts there will be a huge task for the allies. But even should that happen. we would still be master of the situation there by means of howitzers, mines and a fleet. The allies coming up the strait would be obliged to move in single file, and the effectiveness of our protective measures should he apparent." ? The I'nited States renlied Wednes day to the recent memorandum in which Count von Bernstorff, the German ambassador declared that "if the American people desire to observe true neutrality they will find means to stop the exclusive exportation of arms to one side, or at least to use this export trade as a means to uphold the legitimate trtide with Germany, especially the trade in foodstuffs." The American note signed by Secretary Bryan, was drafted at the state department, but was finally penned by President Wilson himself. After pointing out that the language used by Count von Bernstorff "is susceptible of being construed as impunging the good faith of the United States in the performance of its duties as a neutral," the note "takes it for granted that no such implication was intended." and suggests that evidently the German ambassador "is laboring under certain false impressions." It then declares that while the relations of the United States with any one of the belligerents "cannot wisely be made a subject of discussion with a third government." such corresjxmdence between the United States and the allies as has been published shows "the steadfast refusal" of the American government "to acknowledge the right of any belligerent to alter the accepted rules of war at sea insofar as they affect the rights and interests of neutrals." The attitude of the United States on the question of exportation of arms is restated?namely, that to place any embargo on arms during the progress of a war would be "a direct violation of the neutrality of the United States.'* The note refers to the spirit of friendship which the United States desires always to manifest toward Germany and its people and concludes with the declaration that the neutrality of the United States "is founded upon the firm basis of conscience and good will." The communication was delivered by messenger to Count von Bernstorff late Wednesday and by arrangement with the German embassy, the state department mace it public Wc-dnesday night. &hc \|orhrillr (Enquirer. Entered at the Postofflce In Yorkville as Mail Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE. S. C.s FRIDAY, APRIL, 23, 1915. At the conclusion of Gov. Heyward's address, the veterans will be paid off according to rank in Confederate money from a wagon in front of the Confederate monument in the state house plaza. This will be the first pay the soldiers have received since Appomattox.?Columbia State. Bright idea that, and just like Columbia, too! The correspondence beween Governor Manning and Mayor John P. Grace with reference to law enforcement in Charleston, is growing more and more interesting. Governor Manning is insisting that Charleston be cleaned up entirely. Mayor Grace says that he has put a stop to wide open gambling, as far as possible, and he is doing what he can to hold liquoi selling down to a minimum: but he does not promise to close the liquor shops entirely for the reason that he claims it cannot be done.' He insists, however, that the authorities are doing everything in their power, and that Charleston has made as good a showing in this regard as any other community. We are giving space to the full text of President Wilson's address at the Associated Press banquet in New York last Monday, not only because we consider it our duty to do so; but because we are quite sure that many of our readers will especially be pleased to see what the president thinks of the matter discussed at this time. As to whether it was really necessary for the president to say anything, we are not altogether certain. We are inclined to think that because he has been living and acting the views expressed, the people of the country not only understand them, but are in pretty close accord with them, l^ost of our readers will feel that the president has only told them what they already knew, and they will continue as they have have been, content to follow him to the end. Rumors have gone out from Rome to the effect that peace is a probability of the near future. There is no authority behind the rumors and no explanation beyond the statement that the information comes from high and responsible sources. What it means we do not know; but from what we have gathered by all the study we have been able to give the situation, we are not led to believe that either side is near exhaustion. We have been able to understand in a manner reasonably satisfactory to ourselves why the sentiment of this country has been that the allies would certainly overcome the Germans. Our idea is that this sentiment owes its existence to a natural belief that the issue should be decided by numbers, and there has not been enough importance attached to preparedness. We have a feeling that Germany has run up against rather more than she has been counting on; but we do not feel that we have any reason for believing that Germany has approached any nearer to exhaustion than has the allies. We do not think that the allies are anywhere near the end of their resources, either of men, money or munitions. It looks to us that both sides are being steadily and surely ground away. But that is not the point. If there has been any good cause for this war it has been the conflict between German militarism on the one hand and British navalism on the other. We consider that both nations seek to dominate the earth, and the main issue is as to which shall have the right of way, England with her ships or Germany with her armies. The issue has not nearly been decided, and a peace upon any other basis would at best be only a temporary peace, liable to be broken as soon as the struggling powers are able to recover themselves sufficiently to make a new start. So far as we are concerned, we feel like we would be glad to see an early settlement of it all, even though such settlement came through compromise, but there is nothing in the present situation that leads us to believe that the end is in sight through compromise or otherwise We hope we are mistaken. The Bank Fight. The old I'nited States bank tight is on again! That is what it looks like and there is nothing pleasant in the orosoect: but nevertheless it appears to be a matter of duty, and it is very probably coming. The outcome will be a matter for the future. The determination of this issue will depend in large measure on the one 'juestion as to whether the masses of the people, who always stand for the right, will ever be able to fully comprehend the merits of the case. Down underneath it all are many important conditions that are all wrong, and which the great work-a-day world knows is all wrong; but upon which that great work-a-day world will be so easily confused, that it will seem a matter of chance whether it will take the wrong side or the right side. Andrew Jackson was not the lirst powerful publicist to see and realize the dangers of tin old t'nited States bank system in both theory and practice; but up to his day. he was the lirst president to have courage and! ability to tackle it. The struggle be- I tween Jackson anil the t'nited States bank was terrific, and although Jackson partially whipped the bank, he did not complete the task because of the then impossibility of the thing, and there was widespread comprehension of the fact that there would come a day when there must be another great and probably decisive battle of the same character. All the various presidents since Je ckson's day, more especially since Lincoln's day, have understood the isisue; but it is only now that the Issues are becoming fairly joined. The cry of "money trust" has been more or less familiar for more than a generation. At first those who constituted the money trust, and those who thought themselves beneficiaries thereof, said "pooh, pooh; nothing but ignorant demagogy!" but the congressional investigation at the beginning of the Wilson administration left little doubt of the truth. The 1 entire country is now aware of the fact | j that there han been and is a money trust, and a large proportion realize that although the regional reserve system was established for the purpose of putting the money trust finally and forever out of business, the thing will not be finally accomplished without another terrific legal and per haps terrific battle, that will be or as much immediate consequence and as far reaching in Its effects as the famous battle that was won by Andrew Jackson in 1836. There has already been talk of personal ends, the use of official position to accomplish individual spite and all that, and there will be more of it. Such Is human nature. There have always been those who will not look for motive beyond immediate self-interest and there will always be such. But people who have an intelligent and comprehensive knowledge of the vital principles involved in the old United States bank struggle, will take no stock in allegations that the motive of the present fight is petty spite or anything akin to that. The idea is positively absurd. It will be remembered that in the fall of 1913, there went out a distressful cry to the effect that because of the scarcity of currency, there was going to be difficulty about moving the cotton crop. There was created an impression that the New York banks which had been furnishing the money supply, did not have it to spare. That meant low priced cotton and the situation looked very gloomy. Then came the news that Secretary McAdoo proposed to deposit $50,000,000 in the national banks, and things began to loosen up. There came statements from certain quarters that there was no use of the secretary's action, because the New York banks had plenty of money with which to move the crops. The people never fully understood the matter; but the fact of the business was that the "money trust" had determined to curtail the currency supply so as to reduce the original selling price of cotton, with a view to transferring mainly to the northeast, the ad vantage or me rise mat wouia ioijow when currency became more free. Mr. McAdoo's action was taken to checkmate this old, old scheme and give to cotton producers a larger share of the proceeds of their labor. The money trust did not relish taose proceedings even a little bit, as might naturally be supposed. It will be remembered that last summer when, before the regional reserve system was in shape, the European war came on, and it looked like thfcre' was going to be a panic, Mr. McAdoo averted the trouble by depositing in the banks millions of Aldrich-Vreeland emergency currency, and it will be -emembered how, later on, he had to rebuke some of the banks because they used this 2 per cent money to pay their own 5 per cent notes. It will be remembered how, during the campaign of 1912, when Mr. Wilson was telling of his plans for reforming the country's finance, some man in the crowd shouted that the "money trust won't let you," and Mr. Wilson replied, "Yes, and we will hang the money trust higher than Haaman," or words to that effect. It is very well understood that the "money trust" is not at all favorable to this regional reserve banking system, because the full and free operation of that system will "hang the money trust higher than Haaman." This whine about Treasurer McAdoo and Comptroller Williams being after the Riggs bank for 'personal reasons" is not creditable to the Riggs bank, even if there were any foundation for it; but in view of all the facts and circumstances of the ease, it is about what is to be expected of the money trust. McADOO AND THE SOUTH Secretary of the Treasury Did What He Could for Cotton Producers. W. P. G. Harding of the Federal reserve board, gave out last night a letter he has written to J. L Hughes of the Southern club of Chicago, in answer to an inquiry of the secretary of the treasury as to what the Wilson administration did for the south last fall when it was in distress over the cotton situation. Mr. Harding wrote to Mr. Hughes that Secretary McAdoo, among other things, had called a conference of those interested in transportation last August, recommended a bureau of war risk insurance, worked for a government-owned merchant marine and looked with favor upon the establishment of a cash fund of $100,000,000 to be subscribed by banks throughout the non-cotton producing states, out of which loans should be made on cotton on the basis of six cents a pound. "I'nder the conditions that prevailed last fall," said Mr. Harding, "the creation of a fund of this magnitude to be loaned upon a commodity which was then regarded as unmarketable, was a termendous undertaking, but Secretary McAdoo devoted all of his energy and ability to the task. In the face of enormous odds, he was successful. and as soon as it became evident that he would succeed In raising the fund, a demand for cotton, at prices slightly above the loan values fixed, sprang up, and this demand has continued without intermission, so that the best grades are now selling in the south around 10 cents a pound, a price which in the opinion of experts, is as great as would have obtained had there been no war. While the benefit of the cotton loan fund was, therefore, confined to its moral effect, it was unquestionably a great factor in restoring confidence and in initiating a movement of cotton which has developed beyond all expectations. "Having lived in the south all my life and having been engaged in the banking business twenty-eight years, 1 feel warranted in saying that I have never seen a situation in the south, apparently so desperate as that which existed last fall, that worked out as rapidly and jis satisfactorily and I wish to say never before within my recollection has a secretary of the treasury devoted as much time and energy to the solution of south) rn problems, nor shown such knowledge of, 21 nd sympathetic interest in the necessities of that section. The relief afforded the south by Secretary McAdoo was intelligent and effective, and his spirit of helpfulness was restrained onlv by the limitations of law and the obligations of his oath of office. The deeds and motives of the administration will be more and more appreciated in the south with the passing of time."?Washington s|>eeial of April .2. to the Charlotte observer. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTI8EMENT8 Pulmetto Monument Co.--Offers a $75 computing scale for sale for $25. J. J. McCarter and Others?Invite the public to hear an address by Hon. John L McLaurin at Filbert on 29th of April, at 8 o'clock p. m. The City Market?Buys eggs and sells eggs; buys good butter, and sells stall-fed beef. Sherer & Quinn?Want you to try the Magnolia brand evaporated peaches, and also want you to see them for choice canned goods. Lyric Theatre?"The Million Dollar Mystery," today. 'The Master Key" Tuesday. "Changed Lives," Tuesday, an Imp drama. McConnell Dry Goods Co.?Invite you to see its goods and compare Its prices. Prices on staples. Carroll Bros.?Are introducing "Russell's Clover Brand Coffee," and say it is of extra quality?two lb. cans, 75 cents. York Drug Store?Suggests that you use coro-napntnoieum ror aisimecimg your premises. Nothing better. W. E. Ferguson?Wants to supply your table with the best qualities of groceries. Lowney's candies, 40c. Thomson Co.?Calls attention to Turkish bath towels, white quilts, bed sheets, curtain scrim, center pieces and table scarfs and covers. J. M. Stroup?Is showing big line of spring and summer dress goods and invites the ladies to see them. Ladies' fine oxfords and pumps. As will be noted from the advertisement in another column, it has been definitely settled that Hon. John L. McLaurin will speak at Filbert on the night of April 29. His subject, of course, will be the state warehouse system. Mr. McLaurin will go to Gold Hill Friday morning and speak at the school closing and he has also accepted an invitation from the mayor of Fort Mill to speak in the town of Fort Mill on Friday evening. Discussing with the editor of The Enquirer the proposition to change the name of the town of Yurkville to York, recently, Mr. James L. Moss, a prominent citizen who lives on the outskirts, said he could not understand in the first place why anybody should ever think of such a thing, and in the second place he thought that in a matter like this the people of the whole county should have a say-so. There are many who think like Mr. Moss in the matter. The name of Hickory Grove was changed a few years ago to "Hickory." The thing was not done at the instance of the people; but by a cranky postal official who sought to distinguish himself by wholesale vandalism in shortening up names of towns throughout the country. The Hickory Grove people did not like the change at all, and they soon found no end of annoyance in the miscarriage of their mail, freight and the like. At last when there was a change in the administration, the name of the town was changed back to Hickory Grove. If they should try a "get together" gag out at Hickory, Grove for the purpose of trying to change the name, somebody would regret the move. There is more home mixing of fertilizers throughout York county this year than ever before in the history Df cotton production. Generally the farmers are using 16 per cent acid and 7j per cent cotton seed meal. The common Droportion is two tons of acid to one ton of cottonseed meal, which Rives an analysis of approximately 10J per cent acid, 2J per cent ;immonia and 65-100 per cent potash. This mixture is beinR produced at a cost of approximately $17.50 a ton, against $23 per ton commercial goods analyzing 8-2J-1. Potash is now worth $125 a ton, and very little is being used, mainly because of the price, rather than because o:l the advice of the agricultural department and Clemson college, that it is unnecessary. It is a fact that many of the farmers are resorting to the mixture described above more because of its cheapness than because of their faith in it; but most of the recognized experts say that the results are going to be so satisfactory thut home mixing will become more popular in the future. YORK VS. YORKVILLE. The town council has published a notice calling an election to be held on Tuesday, May 25, on the question of changing the name of the town of Yorkville from Yorkville to York. At the same time and place, and under the supervision of the same set of managers, Yorkville school district will elect two trustees of the Graded school. The municipal registration books are to be open from May 1 to May 10, inclusive, for the benetlt of voter.3 who may be entitled to register; but who have not yet done so. Carl H. Hart, secretary of. the Board of Trade, has been appointed municipal registrar, vice C. A. Boney, resigned. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS Court of common pleas for the spring term, has been moving along rapidly all the week without the slightest indication of a breakdown, and will hardly adjourn before tomorrow afternoon. When The Knquirer went to press last Tuesday, the court was engaged in the case of W. K Hill vs. P. B. and C. L. Kennedy to i-ecover the value of a note of which they were the endorsers. The jury found for the defendants. The case of G. C. l^eech vs. C. S. Moorehead, the plaintiT alleging libel, was compromised out of court, the defendant agreeing to retract certain statements which he is alleged to have made and paying the sum of $25 toward costs of the plaintiffs action. The jury retuned a verdict for the defendant in the case of the SrnoakBrown company vs. Wallace. In the case of Bert Nivens vs. Waddy Thompson, colored, in which the plaintiff sought to recover property given him by the defendant under a mortgage covering the payment of a horse, the jury found for the defendant in the sum of $85. The next case to engage the attention of the court was that of the Shannon-Smarr company of Sharon, against R. W. Hope, the plaintiff asking judgment against the defendant for alleged non-payment of an accourt The jury found for the plaintiff in the sum of $358.78. The court is now engaged in the trial of the case of Edna E. Land against J R. McGarter et ah, the suit involving title to a lot of land in King's Mountain township. RECORD OF RAINFALL Mr. B. I. Walker of Clover No. 3, has handed The Enquirer a record of rain fall that he has been keeping from and including U?02. He explained that he had no it ecu rate rain gauge, but uses an ordinary tin can, open at the top and the same size all the way to the bottom. He has measured the various rains at the end of each twenty-four hours period and kept the record in the white space around the dates of his calendar. The statement that he brings The Hn?|uirer, gives the total rainfall of each year up to July 1, in the first column and the aggregate for the year in another. His statement, while probably not absolutely accu rate as to inches, because of the inadequacy of the gauge, ought certainly to show the proportionate rainfall of one year as compared with another. It is as follows: Year. To July 1 To Dec. 31 1902 21 51J 1903 24} 57 1904 34} 51} 1905 .28} 54} 1906 21 1-16 49 1907 28} 504 1908 31} 58 1909 21 48 1910 19 46 1911 17 41 1912 23 51 1913 16 38| 1914 8 3-16 394 1915 to April 19 14} HERNOON VS. WAROLAW In its summary of supreme court decisions, the Columbia State of yesterday, gives the following statement of facts involved in the recently decided case of R. J. Herndon vs. J. Q. Wardlaw: R. J. Herndon, claimant, respondent, vs. J. G. Wardlaw as receiver of York cotton mills, defendant-appellant, in re Stevens, Sanford and Jordan, plaintiffs, vs. York cotton mills, defendant. Herndon advanced to York cotton mills $6,000 and received from it 60 shares of its preferred stock of the par value of $6,000, the transaction being evidenced by two writings as follows: To R. J. H., "We agree to take $6,000 from you, say, on April 25, May 25 and June 24, 1910, to issue you preferred stock bearing interest at 7 per cent, payable semi-annually. It being understood that after the expiration of one year, if so desired by you, and after due notice, that we will reimburse you for the amount or continue the transaction upon the same terms as at present, viz.: to pay you an additional 1 per cent, per annum on $6,000, which shall begin upon the issue of the stock. I consent to the above. R. J. Herndon. J. G. Wardlaw, Pt." "Memorandum of agreement made this 1st day of June, 1910, between R. J. Herndon and J. G. Wardlaw, president of York cotton mills, all of county and state aforesaid witnesseth: "R. J. Herndon has bought 60 shares of the preferred stock of York cotton mills, paying therefore $6,000 in cash, and has been issued three certificates of stock each for $2,000 and dated July 1, 1910. "The York cotton mills agrees to pay the said R. J. Herndon 8 per cent, on the said $6,000 from July 1, 1910, payable semi-annually, that is, 1 per cent, in addition to the 7, per cent, dividend named in certificate. "On July 1, 1911, after 30 days' notice, this contract may be terminated by either party, the $6,000 being paid to the said R. J. Herndon upon surrender of the certificates of stock, or, by mutual consent, it may be continued upon the same terms its hereinbefore mentioned. "In witness whereof we have set our hands and seals this 1st day of June 1910. "R. J. Herndon, (L. S.); J. G. Wardlaw, President (L. S.), York Cot ton Mills." Thirty days prior to July 1, 1911. H. gave notice to York cotton mills that he demanded his money and would surrender his certificates of stock on July 1, 1911. Held that H. was a creditor and that the stock was only taken and held by him as collateral security. Before Judge J. W. DeVore, York. Affirmed. A creditor's bill was filed against York cotton mills and a receiver appointed. On notice to creditors to come in and prove their claims, H. presented a claim for $6,000 with interest and relied upon the writing hereinabove set out. The receiver contended that H. was not a creditor, but had paid $6,000 for 60 shares of preferred stock and was therefore a stockholder. This contention being overruled by the circuit court, the receiver appealed. The opinion of the supreme court by D. E. Hydrick, A. J., affirmed the decision of the circuit court. Associate Justices Watts, Fraser and Gage concurred. E. B. Gary, chief justice, disqualified. C. E. Spencer, J. S. Brice for R. J. Herndon; W. W. Lewis for receiver. ABOUT PEOPLE Mr. S. L. Miller, Jr., of Columbia, visited friends in Yorkville this week. Mr. James F. Thomason of Gastonia, was a visitor in Yorkville this week. Mr. J. Miller Drakeford of Columbia, visited relatives in Yorkville this week. Dr. E. W. Pressly returned to Clover this morning after a visit to relatives at Due West. Misses Allison and Scoggins of Hickory Grove visited relatives and friends in Rock Hill this week. Mrs. W. C. Twitty of Rock Hill, has returned to her home after a visit to Mrs. J. L. Williams in Yorkville. Mrs. T. P. Whitesides of Yorkville No. 1, whose recent illness was mentioned in The Enquirer, is improving. Miss Marie Jackson, who has been teaching school in Kershaw county, has returned to her home near Guthriesville. Mrs. John Watkins and daughter and Miss Mattie Sitgreaves of Hickory Grove are visiting relatives in Winnsboro. Rev. T. Tracy Walsh returned to his home in Yorkville this morning, after attending the Greenville convocation of the Episcopal church. Mrs. Albert Martin has returned to her home on Yorkville No. 3. after a visit of several weeks to relatives in Gonzales. Texas. Prof. J. W. Shealy of Clover was among those who attended the South Carolina High school meet in Columbia this wek. Rev. W. W. Lipscomb of Clover is to conduct services in the Cherokee Avenue Baptist church in Gaflfney Sunday morning and evening. Miss Annie J. Ferguson returned to Savannah. Ga? Tuesday, after spending some time with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Ferguson near Clover. Mr. J. M. Rawlinson and Mrs. Sallie Griffith who have been visiting the family of Col. W. W. Lewis in Yorkville, have returned to their home in Charlotte. Misses May and Aggidel Sherer of Sharon, and Miss Kate Williford of Lesslie No. 1, have takefT positions as nurses in the new Chester sanitorium, which was opened this week. Mr. B. F. Smith of Yorkville went ?LL. ...AAI# ?V?A t%i?etwiun Ill \ ui u in i/iti tins ?rri\ i\n mr |uu j?wm of settling up the affairs of Co. L., 1st Infantry X. G. S. C., recently disbanded, with the adjutant general. Mr. S. W. Boyd of the Gold Hill section, who was drawn for jury service this week, was taken suddenly ill Tuesday afternoon, and had to return to his home. Dr. J. D. McDowell has returned to his home in Yorkville after attending the annual meeting of the South Carolina Medical Association in Greenville. Gowl Slaughter of Hickory Grove, is a member of the pitching staff of the Presbyterian college (Clinton) baseball team; and Howard Smith of Yorkville Xo. 1, is playing with the University of South Carolina team. Mr. R. Kmmett Ixtve of Clover, was taken to the Fennell infirmary. Rock Hill, this morning, where he will undergo an operation made necessary by blood poisoning in one of his toes. Relatives are alarmed at his condition. Dr. and Mrs. C. S. Bratton of Palestine. Tex., are visiting relatives and friends in Yorkville and other sections of York county. Dr. Bratton, who is a son of Mr. X. B. Bratton of Yorkville, has been in the drug business in the Texas town for many years. Mr. H. \V. Witherspoon of Yorkville No. 6, is this week planting 100 hills of watermelons and 100 hills of cantaloupes. The latter seed of the nutmeg variety and it is Mr. Witherspoon's intention to supply the local market, as well as other markets with the melons. The University of South Carolina ilfclded not to send Oscar Plexico of Yorkville, to the annual athletic con- I | tests at the I'nlversity of Pennsylva- I nia, in Philadelphia this week. The university will not be represented in the contests, the reason being that negroes have been entered in the competition. The Enquirer had a call yesterday from Mr. Rufus Nichols, a former citizen of York county, but who has been a resident of Cleveland county, N. C., since 1882. Mr. Nichols was born in the Ramah neighborhood, close to the place at present owned I by Mr. Felix Quinn, about 75 years ago. He left the county first in 1871 on account of the Ku-Klux troubles, and later settled in North Carolina. At the present time he is living on Buffalo creek, about nine miles south of Shelby, and his postofflce address is Grover, N. C., R. F. D. No. 2. WITHIN THE TOWN ? Dr. John I. Barron has handed the mayor his resignation as a mem ber of the board of health. ? The people of the town should "get together" on May 25, at least sufficiently to save the name. ? It Is evident that warm weather is now permanent?the Ice wagon has begun making Its rounds of the town. ? What do they want to change the name of the town from Yorkvllle to York for? is a question that has not been answered. ? The Yorkvllle Graded school baseball team plays the Fort Mill high school team on the local field at 3.30 this afternoon. ? The baseball game scheduled for this afternoon to be played on the Yorkvllle grounds between the Yorkvllle Graded school and the Gaffney Graded school, has been canceled. ? Mr. J. Q. Wray of Yorkvllle, has purchased a merry-go-round and expects to operate the machine in Yorkvllle during the summer months. He has not yet decided upon a location for the attraction, which will be run on Fridays and Saturdays. ? The dairy instruction car, which under the auspices of the extension department of (Tlemson college, has been giving instructions in dairying in various parts of the state during the past few days, is in Yorkvllle today. The car Is in charge of Dr. W. W. Fitzpatrlck, dairy agent, assisted by D. W. Watkins and J. C. Nelson, dairy husbandmen, who are associated with Clemson college. G. W. Humphries,! agricultural agent of the Southern railway is also with the dairy experts. The car is fully equipped with all dairy necessities, even to a concrete floor. The car will remain In Yorkvllle all day, and will go to Rock Hill tomorrow. ? Dr. William Spencer Currell, president of the University of South Carolina, Is to make the commencement address to the graduating class of the Yorkvllle Graded school on Friday evening, May 23. The commencement exercises will be held on Thursday and Friday nights, May 22 and 23. The first night's exercises will be devoted to declamation contests, etc., while the graduation exercises proper will be held on Friday night. There are about twenty pupils in the graduating class this year and it is understood that about ten of them are desirous of entering Wlnthrop college next year. ? The home of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Starr of Yorkville, was the scene of a very pretty wedding Tuesday evening, when their eldest daughter, Miss Mary, became the bride of Dr. S. K. Lowry of Yorkville. To the notes of the wedding march, played by Miss Frances Burgess on the piano, accompanied by Miss Ola Allison on the violin, the wedding party entered the parlor, where the young couple were made husband and wife by Rev. Dr. E. E. Gillespie, the double ring ceremony being used. The wedding party was led by the ushers, Dr. P. W. Hunter and Mr. C. A. Boney, who were followed by the ring bearers, little Miss Pauline Moore and Master Tscharner DeGraffenreid. They were followed by the bridesmaids, Misses Mary Cartwright, Frances Finley, Gerald Lowry, Carrie Cartwright, Lurline Phillips and Carrie Sadler, each of whom wore a white llngere dress and carried white carnations. The dame of honor, Mrs. T. H. DeGraffenreid, then entered, dressed in a yellow gown of crepe meteor, followed by the maid of honor, Miss Alee Starr, who wore a pink gown. The bride, wearing a dress of white crepe meteor en train, with pearl trimmings and carrying a bouquet, entered upon the arm of her father and was followed by the groom with his best man, Mr. J. R. Lindsay, Jr. A reception, which scores of friends of the yooing couple attended, followed the wedding ceremony. The couple were the recipients of many beautiful wedding presents. They are residing in the Laws cottage on Lincoln street. ? There is not a town in South Carolina whose streets present a more beautiful appearance at this time of year than do those of Yorkville. The elm trees are wearing their dress of green which appears to be even more beautiful than ever this year. So extensive are the tree branches along both sides of Main street that at many points they meet and form a beautiful canopy overhead. With the coming of spring have appeared the usual number of birds. My lord and lady cat bird have returned for the spring season and are now busily engaged in erecting their spring and summer homes, and during the early morning and late afternoon they fill the air with their sweet music. The saucy biue jay has also arrived and the feud which has been going on between him and the lord and lady cat bird from time immemorial is again in full swing. The pretty red cardinal has been seen, has also the yellow hammer and the thrush. A few red head woodpeckers have taken up their abode in Yorkville as is evidenced by the freshly drilled holes in a number of valuable trees, and if one happens to be on the outskirts of the town about the time of sunset or maybe a little later, he may hear the call of the whip-poor-will. In the small streams around Yorkville, the bullfrog's rumble can be heard?a sure evidence that the cold weather is past, since the old fellow would never dare raise his voice in such manner were he not sure that he can now in comfort, lay upon the stream banks and bask in the sun. In gardens surrounding, apple, peach and pear trees are in bloom, various early vegetables are nearly ready for use and in short, every sign points to the fact * I a I n rvl ? ? ttniwrh U'intar \*i imu ?III r.MTruuiRi^ i wu^n over. LOCAL LACONICS Spring Communion at Clover. A series of services preparatory to communion on Sunday, will begin in the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church of Clover tonight. The pastor. Rev. \\\ P. flrier, will be assisted by Rev. J. B. Hood. Schools to Close This Week. Several York county schools will close their 1?U-1"? terms this week. Among them are the Newport and Santiago schools, which wind up the year's work tonight with appropriate commencement exercises. Sharon Farmers Busy. Mr. John S. Hartness, cashier of the First National bank of Sharon, who was in Yorkvtlle yesterday attending court, said that the farmers in the section surrounding Sharon were now quite busy planting and that they were apparently planting as much cotton this year as last. Checking Up Accounts. J. E. Beamguard of Clover, senator from York county, is in Columbia this week checking up the books and accounts of state officers. Other members of the legislative committee appointed for this purpose are Representatives D. L. Smith of Colleton county, and A. Q. Martin of Greenville. The work will require several days. I *u?r in firhrvol The Clover high school closes Its 1914-15 term May 7. The teachers and pupils are planning an extensive commencement programme to be held on Thursday and Friday nights, May 6 and 7. Congressman Asbury F. Lever, representative from seventh congressional district has accepted an Invitation to deliver the closing address on the night of May 7, Governor Will Veto. Columbia special of April 21, to the Charleston Post: Governor Manning announced today that he will veto the act of the last general assembly to prohibit the operation of motor trucks owned by non-residents, in York, Clarendon and Aiken counties without a license of $100 a year for each car. Several hearings have been held on the measure. J. J. Miskelly Dead. James J. Miskelly, for many years a resident of Rock Hill and that section, died at his home on Hutchison street in Rock Hill, Monday night, of hemorrhage of the lungs. He was about 70 years of age. He is survived by his widow and several children. The funeral was held at his late residence Wednesday and the interment was in Laurelwood cemetery. Many Cars Being Sold. If the sale of automobiles can be taken as a herald of the return of prosperity, York county is rapidly recovering from the effects of the financial stringency of the past several months. One dealer has recently sold two carloads in the territory surrounding Yorkville and It is estimated that twenty or more new automobiles have been sold to York county people during the past month. Will be Tried in Federal Court. Deputy United States Marshal Bruce of the western district Federal court, was in Yorkville Wednesday for the purpose of taking Durham Huggins, colored, to Greenville for trial. Huggins, who is a young negro boy, is charged with having robbed a postoffice in Lancaster county several months ago. He has been in the York county Jail since a short time after the alleged crime was committed. Burts Re-elected. Prof. R. C. Burts was on Monday evening re-elected superintendent of the city schools of Rock Hill. Prof. Biurts was headmaster of the Furman Fitting school of Greenville before coming to Rock Hill. Other teachers for the Rock Hill schools will be elected next month. According to the report of Superintendent Burts, there are 1.132 white pupils In the white schools of Rock Hill and 794 In the colored schools. Have Hold Last Meeting. The brief meeting of the York County Teachers' association which was held in connection with the Field Day exercises last Friday, was the last which will be held during the present scholastic year. It has been customary at the last meeting to elect officers for the ensuing year. At the the meeting Friday, it was decided to postpone the election of officers until the first meeting of the joint divisions in September. jtmfl Settled Out of Court. The case of Black vs. School Dis trlct No. 50, which was on the calendar for trial this week, was settled out of court. The case arose out of a misunderstanding with reference to the maintenance of Oakley school, along with the Mt. Holly school In the same district. Mr. John Stultz claimed to have received authority from the trustees to employ a teacher at $40 a month for the Oakley school, and the trustees did not understand it that way. The matter was compromised by allowing the Oakley school the taxes paid by the patrons, amounting to $177. I Much Cotton Being Sold. Farmers in various sections of Yr county have sold quite a quantity o. cotton during the past few days a. ten cents: but the great majority seem to be holding out for a further advance. Mr. M. W. Smith of Hickory Grove who was in Yorkvllle yesterday said that about 400 bales had been sold by farmers in that section during the last three or four days. Mr. W. W. Jackson of the Filbert section said that more than fifty bales had been sold at ten cents by farmers in his section, while local buyers have bought considerable amount at that figure. High Schools Compete in Columbia. The annual South Carolina High school oratorical and athletic contest is being held at the South Carolina University this week, the oratorical contest taking place last night, while the athletic contests among high school boys are being held today. A large number of the state high schools are being represented, among them three from York county, viz: Clover, Hickory Grove and Rock Hill. James Pifford and Robert Lawrence are the representatives of the Clover school; Gill. Dobbins and Crawford are the representatives of the Rock Hill school, and Hickory Grove is being represented by Messrs. White and Allison. State Sunday School Convention. The annual convention of the South Carolina Sunday School association, which was held in Newberry Tuesday, Wednesday and yesterday, came to a close yesterday afternoon. Officers of the association were re-elected as follows: President, Maj. T. T. Hyde; vice president, J. E. Wannamakcr: secretary, Rev. D. D. Jones: treasurer, S. T. Reid; departmental superintendents?elementary, Mrs. S. N. Burts; secondary division, H. A. Wise; adult, Paul Quattlebaum; teacher training, Rev. F. W. Gregg: home department, W. A. Harrison. Before adjournment the association went on record as favoring prohibition for the individual, the state and the nation. Among the York county people who attended the convention were Dr. J. E. Walmsley, J. T. Fain, Misses Eunice Plaxco and Lena Howell and Rev. Henry Stokes. Reunion In Columbia. It is estimated that about 800 Confederate veterans are attending the annual state reunion which Is being held in Columbia this week. The exercises began yesterday morning and will end with the annual re-union ball tonight. The feature of yesterday was the address of Rev. Dr. W. E. Boggs of Atlanta, Ga? and a resolution offered by (Jen. C. Irvine Walker of Charleston, first commander of the United Confederate veterans, and which was unanimously adopted, to the c(T?ct that the south was not fighting in the War Between the Sections to perpetuate slavery. "Recollection Night." was held at the Columbia theatre last night, the evening being given over to the relating of incidents in connection with the great war. The annual parade of the veterans will be held this afternoon, after which they will be addressed by ex-Governor D. C. Heyward. Among the York county veterans attending the reunion are W. M. Gregory of Rock Hill: H. F. Horinn of Sharon, and J. B. Robinson of Clover. ? Governor Manning has accepted an invitation to attend the annual reunion of Confederate veterans to be held in Richmond, Va., June 1, 2 and 2. The governor and his staff and the South Carolina veterans who attend : the reunion, will lead the parade of veterans, this state having been the first to secede from the Union. i AS SEEN IN LONDON General Summary of War Activities All Along the Line. Glowing accounts of the strength and condition of the British army and of the great increase in the output of munitions, which it is expected, next month will amount to 25 times what it was last September, given by David LJoyd-George chancellor of the exchequer, end Harold J, Tennant, parliamentary secretary of the war office, in the house of commons, have increased enthusiasm and confidence of the people of England in the war. Supplementing the statement of the chancellor, that Great Britain has more than thirty-six divisions of troops on the continent and that the output of munitions has increased enormously, Mr. Tennant, speaking on behalf of the secretary of war, Lord Kitchener, declared that recruiting had been most satisfactory and grati fying; that the health of the troops was splendid, and that the wounded were in the London hospitals twentyfour hours after they were stricken in France. He wished to impress on the country the necessity of increasing the supplies of artillery ammunition, adding: "There is no limit to the amount required." The frankness of the cabinet ministers in making known the number of men at the front, and the reports that reach London from various sources, have convinced the people that at last the big effort against Germany and Turkey is about to commence. Both In the Aegean and North seas there are signs of increasing activity. From today all steamboat communication with Holland is stopped by order of the British government. Taken in connection with the news from Berlin that British submarines have been in the Bight of Heligoland, where the German admiralty lays claim to have sunk one, and perhaps more, this is believed to foreshadow some movement in the North sea; while there is no longer any endeavor to hide the fact that a big AngloFrench force is prepared to go, as General O'Amande, the French commander has said, "to any point where it is required." A German report says that part of this force which is under command of Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton, has been landed at Enos, a Turkish town near the Turko-Bulgarian border on the northern side of the gulf of Saros, under the support of the allied fleet. At the same time there is news of transports loaded with troops passing the island of Jutomoa not far from the entrance to the Dardanelles, and of others being sighted off Smyrna on the coast of Asia Minor. This makes it uncertain where the blow is to be struck. There are Anglo-French troops in the Aegean sea, including Senegalese, who were transferred from France, and British "Tommies" from the outposts of the empire, which, with the disappearance of the last German raiders, are considered safe from attack. F'arther east, in Mesopotamia, the Turkish army sent to bar the British advance from the head of the Persian gulf, after having suffered 6,000 casualties, is in full retreat, harrassed not only by the British but by the Arab tribesmen, whom they had enlisted on their side, and who. now that the Turks have been defeated, have turned against them. Nearer home the British are holding tenaciously to Hill 60, near the Ypres, which they captured from the Germans Saturday, and which the Germans since have been trying to retake. The French are pressing hard on the two sides of the German triangle in the Woevre. The Russians, according to their accounts, are repulsing repeated Austrian attacks southeast of Lupkow pass in the Carpathians and are holding their own against the Austro-German efforts on their flanks near Gorlice in western Galacia and Stry, in the eastern part of the same province. These attacks apparently are being made with tha AhWf r\t hoMInc th a Ptit. sians where they are while the Germane are preparing to strike at the Russhfa lines at probably some other Indicate that the tension between Rome and Vienna has been slackened but the belief Is general that before many weeks both Italy and some of the Balkan states will assume a more definite attitude. MERE MENTION Damage approximating 1125,000 was caused by mountain fires in Cumberland county, Pa., this week Rev. Allen Hasklns, a primitive Baptist preacher, was murdered while he lay in his bed at his home near Leliaton, Ga., Tuesday night Mrs. William Cummins Storey of New York, was on Wednesday night reelected president general of the .ghters of the American Revolum, defeating Mrs. George Thatcher luernsey of Kansas, by a vote of 695 to 461 Mrs. A. R. Canfleld, 74 years old, was elected mayor of Warren, III., Tuesday. She is the first woman to be made chief executive of an Illinois municipality Dr. Ed- j ward Kidder Graham was on Wednes-^^^*^ day inaugurated president of the Universlty of North Carolina. President Graham is 39 years old and was born In Charlotte, N. C More than a dozen persons are believed to have lost their lives and more than a score are known to have been injured in the wrecking of two stores in Birmingham, Ala., Wednesday, when a five story wall fell upon f'.em Will Bell, a negro, has confessed to having murdered B. N. Mann, a grocer of Durham, N. C., several weeks ago Donn M. Roberts, ex-mayor of Terre Haute, Ind., recently convicted of election frauds and sentenced to six years in the Leavenworth, Kan., prison, has been given a position in the office of superintendent of construction of the prison Jack Johnson, defeated negro heavy-weight pugilist, left Havana, Cuba, Tuesday for Spain, from whence he will go to England The Wisconsin legislature this week defeated a proposition to submit the question of woman suffrage to the people A United States army biplane, flying over Fort Prown. near Brownsville, Tex., Tuesday, was fired upon by Mexican troops on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande. About twenty shots were directed at the flying machine, which was uninjured Attorneys for Leo M. Frank have announced that they will make a plea for clemency for Frank before the Georgia prison commission, at an early date John Weslev Gaines, former congressman from Tennessee, now secretary of the international boundary commission, was convicted Tuesday in a Washington police court of an assault upon a haberdasher, following a quarrel over a fancy vest. He was required to give bond to keep the peace According to Commodore J. Stewart Blackstone of the Vitagraph Moving Picture company, motion picture houses throughout the United States made the sum of $275,000,000 during 1913. He stated further that more than 11,000,000 people visit the movies daily. A oliirVit on rf hniiu Iro u'nn fplt nt San Luis Obispo, Cal., Wednesday. No damage was done Enrico Caruso. the famous Italian tenor, sailed from Naples. Italy, for Buenos Aires. Argentina, Wednesday. The singer is to give ten concerts there during May for which he will receive $7,000 each. Officers of the State Medical Association.?The South Carolina State Medical association in session in Greenwood, elected officers for the ensuing year last Friday night as follows: President?Dr. G. A. Neuffer of Abbeville. First vice president?Dr. R. B. Kptlng of Greenwood. Second vice presllent?Dr. J. J., Clhckley of Bamberg. Third vice president?Dr. Coleman of Barnwell. Secretary and treasurer?Dr. E. A. Hines of Seneca. Councillors were elected as follows: First district?Dr. A. E. Baker of Charleston. Third district?Dr. Bailey of Clinton. Fifth district?Dr. M. J. Walker of Yorkville. Seventh district?Dr. S. C. Baker of Sumter. The board of examiners elected are as follows: Dr. T. Taylor. Charleston: Dr. John Lyon. Greenwood: Dr. E. W. Pressly, Clover: Dr. E. J. Watson, Columbia.