Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Scraps and ^acts. j ? The American tank steamer Gulf- J light, which sailed from Port Arthur, i on April 10. for Rouen, France, was \ torpedoed off the Scilly islands last s Saturday, by a German submarine, f The captain of the Gulflight, Alfred Gunther, died of heart failure after . the torpedo struck his ship, and two , seamen jumped overboard and were ( drowned. The balance of the crew was taken off by patrol boats and , the injured ship was towed into Crow sound and beached. The Gulflight was a steel steamer of 3,002 tons, built ; at Camden, N. J., in 1914, and was the property of the Gulf Refining company. ? The sensation of the past few days 1 1 1 V V... m ..nt r\t j IliLS OWtl llie uuiuuai U1I1C1IV v. . on the northern coast of France. a short distance off the English channel, j by the Germans. A number of shells I j fell into the town on last Thursday, I i and although it was reasonably cer-1 tain that they came from long dis-1 tance guns, some reports had it that I: they were drooped from air craft. Thel bombardment was renewed on Saturday with the result that houses were destroyed, and a hundred or more men, I women and children were killed, and I then it was certain that the destruc-1 tion came from German guns eighteenl or twenty miles away. The allies have t been and are doing everything they I j can to silence these long distance guns by means of air craft and long range s guns; but the exact situation has notlt been fully ascertained. There are r claims that the guns have been silenc- n ed; but there is no certainty about the matter. Ic ? Casualties among the Canadians In the fighting at Ypres, says a Otta- r wa dispatch, are reported to have been 18 nearly 6,000. Of these, 2,000 are reported missing, the missing being ]r chiefly the Thirteenth and Fourteenth a battalions of Montreal Highlanders, > each 1,000 strong. It is stated that I 70 officers and men were killed and I 3,000 wounded. The totals thus given t would indicate that more than one- j fourth of the 21,000 men in the di-L vision were put out of action. The I Canadian official eyewitness reported I' that two battalions of highlanders t were left behind in the fighting at ( St. Jullen. "The German line," the I eyewitness said, "rolled over the de- " serted village, but for several hours 11 after the enemy had become master of 11 the village sullen and persistent rifle I, fire showed they were not yet master of the Canadian rear guard." As ' Berlin reported 1,000 Canadian pris-|c oners, It is feared here that 1,000 of ( these rear guards were killed before exhaustion of ammunition compelled 1 the detachment to surrender. IA ? A terrible accident occurred seven I' or eight miles southwest of Statesville, I' X. C.t last Saturday. Mrs. David I s Hartline, an aged lady, fell on a saw I ^ and was so badly injured that she died I in a short time. Mr. Henry Hartline, ' a son of Mrs. Hartline, was operating t a gasoline lathe saw in the yard of I their home and seeing that her son I needed assistance in handling the I lathe the mother went to help him. I Reluctantly the son agreed to allow I his mother to help in the work. Pres-I' ently a piece of timber which Mrs. I ] Hartline held in her hands caught in the machine and caused her to fall on I( the saw. Instantly the rapidly re- 11 volving circle of steel did its deadly 11 work. The lady's left arm was sawed I off and the saw plunged its way into I her body until the lung was penetrat- I' ed. Mr. Hartline pulled his mother I from the saw, carried her into the I, house and gave the alarm. Dr. Mai- I ley of Troutman was summoned by 11 telephone and he answered the call in 11 his automobile, but Mrs. Hartline was I ( dying when the doctor arrived. News I of the tragedy spread rapidly and 11 cast a gloom over the entire neighbor- 11 hood. Mrs. Hartline was about 74 L years old and is survived by a number I f of children. l ? The census bureau has announced I that according to its official estimates, r the population of the United States r passed the one hundred million mark ( at 4 o'clock on April 3. The manner I] in which the census bureau computa-1 trench the soldiers saw him fall, ' struck by a piece of shrapnel. While < tion was woraea oui, was simpic, k.jo "Greater New York." The estimate was computed under the direction of j C. C. Sloane, geographer of the census ( bureau. The process was to take the population of the United States on ' April 15, 1910, which was 91,927,266, i and subtract from that the population g of the United States on July 1, 1900, which was 75,994,575, the days named being the official dates for the actual 1 census of the years named. The dif- 1 ference, which is 15,977,691, when di- , vided by 118.5 which is the number of months intervening between the two ' census dates, gives as the actual in- 1 crease* in our population for one month , of 134,828.4. This being accepted, it is not a difficult task to find out that the increase for one day is 4,494.21 and 1 for one hour 187.2. Necessarily the ( increase for one minute appears to be 3.11. And with this result coming hot from the actuary's pencil it fol- 1 lows that three native-born Amerl- < cans, to say nothing of the fraction of ? eleven-hundredths, must dispute for J the honor of being the one hundred millionth. { ? Delays in repairs to warships and 1 in the transport service and the slow * output of war munitions is blamed on t drink in a white paper issued from ] London last Sunday, by the British government. From the commander- ( in-chief of the home fleets down to i the officers, responsible for the navy i reports, the white paper discloses that the short hours worked by the ' men in the yards is due to drink. They 1 describe conditions as deplorable and urge the government to adopt the ( total prohibition of alcoholic drinks or restrictions on the sale of them. { The slackness of the men, it is al- i leged, is due to the fact that they ( are earning more money than usual and that while they have any to ( spend they will not work. Sunday ! work is condemned as it is contended < double wages earned that day lead the men to lay off two days during the week. Vice Admiral Jellico, com- s mander-in-chief, in a letter to the i admiralty, says: "I am very uneasy , about the labor situation in the Cylde and the Tyne. An officer in a responsible position has arrived here t and his account of things on the Clyde 5 is most disquieting. He said the men refused altogether to work on Sunday afternoon; that they took Wed- ' nesday afternoon off every week, if .? not the whole of Wednesday and j worked on Sunday because they get double pay for it. He said also that ' they only worked in a half-hearted i manner. My destroyers, docks and , refits are delayed in every case by , these labor difficulties and they take 1 twice as long as they need to. I feel ' you ought to know these facts, and so < I put them before you." , ? The long, grim "death lists" of i the Austrian and German armies con- ( tain few names more mourned or respected than that of Jan Wisniewski, aped iu years, wno nas urcn uuum , with full military honors in Maehrisch-Weisskirchen. He was one of the youngest, if not the youngest, of the actual fighters in this war, says a Vienna cable to the Associated j Press. Jan's home was in Pychwald, from which he lied with his parents, Polish peasants, when the Russians came in December. The three were i making their escape in a wagon when , a piece of shrapnel struck the vehicle, killing his father and mother. Neighbors took him in, but his childish mind clamored for revenge. He waited only until it was night to run away and Join the Austrian-Hungarian forces. He begged so earnestly to be allowed 1 to stay with them that the soldiers i kept him in the trenches, doing odd ( jobs and he soon became a favorite. He was so small he could wiggle from ' one trench to another with food, tobacco and the like without making i much of a target for the Russians. The only trouble was that a constant watch had to be kept to prevent him 1 from taking too great chances. Then, i last month, ammunition suddenly ran low, while a vicious attack was in progress. So hot was the fire that it was out of the question to make one's way to the ammunition wagon. Jan i begged in vain for permission to make the attempt, and when it was refused, made a dash for it. He reached thei train in safety, loaded himself down j with cartridges and began the return'( journey. One hundred paces from the! he men, regardless of the Are, ran tovard him, he worked his way onward oward the trench until he collapsed en feet away. When the battle was >ver. Jan was removed to the field lospital and later to the hospital in \laehrisch-Weisskirchen. His wounds vere too severe, however, for him to lurvive them. He is mourned by his company as no other member has )een. (The ^jorhrillr inquirer. Entered at the Postofflce in Yorkvllle as Mail Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE. S. C.i TUESDAY. MAY 4, 1915 Some people who are considering he question of erecting state warelouses by means of co-operation, are i little mixed up on the question as o whether it is better to go into busliesj as partnerships or corporations. The principal matter of concern is that >f 1 miting liability, there being a beief that in the case of a firm each nember would be liable to the fpll tmount of his estate in case of a Judgnent or the like, while in the case of t corporation liability of a stockholder vould be limited to the amount of his itock. Generally speaking there vould be something to this; but the )roposition does not apply in this case. Jpon the erection of a state warexouse the owners thereof lease it to he state, and their responsibility eases from thence forward. Responribility for the operation of the warelouse devolves upon the custodian or nanager thereof, and his faithful service Is duly guaranteed by the bond le is required to give before he takes harge. There is no responsibility up>n the individual owners, except the >rivilege of electing trustees, and vesting them with power of attorney :o lease the property to the state. All :his can be done at a cost of five or ?ix dollars, while to Incorporate involves charter fees, advertising of noIces and the printing of stock oeriflcales. Changing the Name. It will be remembered that when rhe Enquirer notified the public about Mayor Wilborn's advising the town Hiiinoil of the desire of the "Crust jreakers" to change the name of the :own, we gave the people the first accurate information that many of them iad as to the mode of proceedure Our explanation was to the effect that there must first be a petition of a najority of the freeholders asking for in election, which election would have to be called on such petition, and if a najority of the qualified voters expressed themselves in favor of the proposition, the next step would be to ipply to the secretary of state for the lecessary change in the charter. Then ifterward the postofflce department nust be induced to change the name >f the postofflce. and so far as the egal procedure is concerned the thing will be accomplished. This procedure, all except that resting to the postofflce, with which :he state laws have nothing to do, has peen provided for in the statutes for nany years?In fact ever since 1899, ind It Is about all that is necessary, [t developed later, however, that :hose behind the scheme, had no nodon of consulting the voters in the natter. Their plan was to go to the egislature with a snap judgment petition, signed on the spur of the monent by people who would be asked :o commit themselves before they had iad opportunity for either information pr reflection. This petition was duly signed and forwarded with wonderful recommenlations as to its earnest and reprejentative character, and the legislative delegation was asked to go right ihead and do the thing up all at once, tn the meantime, The Enquirer had ilready called attention to the fact that a snap judgment change would ikely bring about no end of complications and probably many embarrassments that had not been foreseen; put which would rise up to plague the signers and the town as a whole in the future. Presumably to guard against the lifficulties of which warning had been sounded some of the "lawyers" prepared a strange and wonderful bill that was intended to guard against ?very possible difficulty and contingency; but which would have only "reated more complications and add-J - t. , *!'-> * tko oltnnilnn (l iu i fit* agKi ataiiuu >>i hit- ouuoviuu. ind sent that along with the petition n order to get the whole thin* hrough at once. But as good luck would have it, :here was on the legislative delegation tome level headed and prudent represents tivs who did not care to take upon themselves such grave responsibility. They had no way of knowng just how much importance was to be attached to the petition?whether it really represented the earnest deare and sober judgment of the majority of the qualified voters of the town, to they very properly decided to tack an to the pretty little law a proviso that the whole thing must be submitted to the qualified voters at an election to be called for the purpose. Now this vote business had never entered into the calculations of the "Crustbreakers" or the managers of the get-together meeting of the "Board of Trade." more recently being referred to as the "Chamber of Commerce." and the thing did rot suit. Before the legislature adjourned therefore, the bill referred to, which was well on its passage, was withdrawn from the calendar, and idlowed to go dead. If the delegation would not pass the bill so as to change the name of the town without a vote of the people, the generous, democratic projectors of the movement did not want the bill to go through at all. Although none of those who know, and who are in favor of the change, are going to admit it. just as a change under ordinary* proceedu-re threatens embarrassing and expensive complications, if the change had heen voted under that beautiful little gem of a bill, it would have made things many times worse. The difficulty of straightening out the future confusion would have been very much greater. As matters now stand the people are ealled upon to vote on the proposition is it stood before the mixup hill was Jrafted or introduced, and since the drafting of that bill was Itself an ad- J mission by the friends of the change that certain contingencies had to be guarded against, no one can deny now ^ that the property owners, voters and all, are being asked to plunge headlong into ills that they know not of. In the meantime the best reason that anybody has given for the change is, "Because." I SINKING OF THE GULFLIGHT ^ Washington Government Gives Matter Careful Consideration. j Pending an ottlcial Investigation after the circumstances of the wrecking of the American steamer Gulflight in the English channel, the United Stat^ \ will defer diplomatic representations as well as any pronouncement of policy. 1 Two messages were received in Washington yesterday 'from American Consul Stephens, at Plymouth, England, representing the Gulflight was F torpedoed off the Scilly islands Saturday, that her captain died of heart failure and two sailors were drowned. The texts of the messages follow: "American tank steamer Gulflight J torpedoed off Scilly islands first instant. Captain died heart failure. Body larded. Two of crew drowned, 34 saved. Vessel afloat, patrol boats F attempting tow her into Scilly. "Gulflight towed into Crow sound. Scilly, by British patrol. Torpedo struck bluff bow. Vessel down by head. Freeboard forward about two feet, fore hold full. Cargo apparently undamaged. n "Blowing gaie soutneasi. Secretary Bryan said he would ask for a thorough and complete report c from the consul and would direct Am- jj bassador Gerard at Berlin to make ^ similar inquiry of the German government for such facts as it might have. n The secretary said he did not wish to make any predictions as to the American government's policy until all 1 the facts were in hand. t Officials were careful not to take for p granted the truth of reports that a German torpedo struck the Gulflight. Should investigation bear out dis- d patches claiming that a German sub- h marine made the attack, the United States probably will demand an in- 0 demnity sufficient to cover the losses li Incurred by the ship and compensa- t tion to the families of the victims. It is thought probable that an expression of formal regret will be requested. Any diplomatic action of the United n States probably will be based on the treaty of 1828 with Prussia of which e the German government has taken f cognizance as binding in the present n day, having agreed to pay for the loss v of the American ship Frye under it. While the seriousness of the attack 1 upon the Gulflight was a matter of discussion and speculation in official quarters generally today belief was held by high officials that the German s government if responsible would not 1 seek to justify the act, but would c promptly agree to make amends. It was pointed out that until there is r proof of any deliberate intention on c the part of the German submarine t commanders to attack American ves- t sels the experience of the Gulflight must be regarded as an accident, though one for which ample repara- li tion would be demanded. President Wilson communicated with Secretary Bryan and state de- ^ partment officials who immediately began an investigation of law pertain- ^ ing to the case. Their unanimous opinion was that from reports thus far received there was no excuse for a the attack, for even if the vessel could I be accust-d of carrying contraband, N she should have been visited and searched and her crew transferred to * a place of safety before the cargo s could be confiscated. r Secretary Bryan tonight laid before . President Wilson preliminary consular reports telling of the torpedoing of ' the Gulflight. Following his conference with the president he reiterated his statement that no policy in the 1 matter would be decided on until 1 more complete information was re- t ceived. t r WAR NEWS SUMMARY g t Important Developments of Yesterday t as Sent Out from London. r According to Berlin and Vienna, the B German and Austrian armies have . achieved a notable victory in west s Galaeia, smashing the entire Russian ^ center along a front of many miles, t or as the Berlin official statement r puts it, across the whole western tip of Galaeia, from near the Hungarian border to the point where the river g Dunajec joins the Vistgfla, right at t the frontier of Poland. Though the 8,000 prisoners the Teutonic allies say they have taken c does not compare with the number r which some of Field Marshal von Hindenburg's rushes netted him in the r north, the achievement, if subsequent c reports bear it out, will mean at least c a temporary check to the Russians hammering their way westward since 1 the fall of Przemysl. { Berlin is celebrating the victory, p though it is admitted flags have been j flown before full details are at hand. England and France make no claim 2 to gains in the west, the British c merely saying that the German attacks on Hill 60 in Flanders have been beaten back; the French confirm this. The Germans maintain they are pushing forward to the northwest of Ypres and toward St. Julien, which ^ they captured after the attack follow- r ing their extensive use of gas, but which they were forced to yield under counter attacks. e In the fighting in the Baltic g provinces also Berlin finds cause to rejoice. Rejecting the Russian con- p tention that it is only a sporadic rj cavalry raid, Berlin wireless comment a received last night says it seriously t threatens the Russian right and the {( fact that troops could be moved so far northeast before they encountered resistance is considered a reflection on 1 the Russian intelligence system. So far as claims go, it was an 51 Austro-German day. A number of 1 vessels, neutral and otherwise, have s fallen victims to German submarines, g Norway being a particularly heavy loser. t If the Austro-German contentions i relative to the Galacian situation are ( correct in the opinion of some Eng- f lish military writers, it will mean that a the whole Russian campaign in the I Carpathians is seriously affected, mak- t ing extremely precarious the position r of the Russian troops pressing down 1 the southern slopes toward the plains s of Hungary. S The line between the Vistula and I the Hungarian frontier, was about 40 j miles east of Cracov/. The AustroGermans have been defending it stubbornly ever since the beginning of the Carpathian fighting The general German comment is somewhat reserved, pending the Petrograd version of operations. f Italy About to Move,?Advices reach- 1 ing the United States government \ through official and unofficial chan- , nels within the last few days indicate that Italy's preparations clearly 1 tend to her participation in the war at I an early date. > American diplomatists in Europe, some of whom are in touch with the Italian situation, believe Ituly's deci- I sion now is only a mutter of days and t arrangements already are being made to accommodate Italiun interests should the emergency arise. If Italy should enter the war, it is f understood she would ask the Ameri- t can embassies in Vienna, Berlin and a Constantinople to care for her diplo- a matic interests. Italy now is the cus- ; todian in the Turkish eupital of Rus- c sian interests, and Ambassador Mor- r genthau probably would have Pctro- r grad's subjects and interests to care i for. ( The recent call to Rome of the t Italian ambassadors accredited to a Great Britain, France, Germany and t Austria, is taken to foreshadow Italy's c linal decision. Diplomatists In the j United States would not be surprised f if the envoys to Germany and Austria did not return to their posts. t ? Field officers and company com- r mandcrs of the First and Second regi- t ment, South Carolina militia, are to \ meet in Columbia on May ?>, at which ^ time they will be addressed by the t governor and others. t LOCAL AFFAIRS NEW ADVERTISEMENTS ohn .T. McCarter and Others?Call meeting of parties Interested In Fll hert State Warehouse company, t meet at Filbert next Saturday, iumter Robinson, Sharon?Warns $1 persons against hiring or harborin his son, Smith Robinson, aged 13. *. W. Wallace, Filbert 1?Can suppl limited quantity of Ribbon can seed. forkville Hardware Co.?Sugests tha you. get your fly screens up now. 1 can furnish screens, screen win and all kinds of necessities, 'erguson & Youngblood?Sell Stone cypher's potato bug killer and ad vise you to get busy and try it I you would protect your potatoes. V. E. Ferguson?Says he is constant ly receiving new goods, and enu merates some of the new arrivals 'homson Co.?Is showing new line of men's four-in-hand and bow ties Oxfords for men, women and chil dren. Straw hats for men. 1*1 rat Knttnnnl Rank of Yorkv!U*?? Reminds you that it is the saving of today that will give you comfor and pleasure tomorrow. It want your savings account. . M. Stroup?Invites special attentioi to the big line of shoes he has fo all sizes and ages, from the littl chap to the heaviest man. lirkpatrick-Belk Co.?Wants you ti see its house dresses, shirt waisU separate skirts, etc. Has many spe cial values. Has Yorkville a "good name" o ot? Wonder if it is because the cza hanged its name that people have si ittle respect for dispatches from Pe rograd? "What do you want to change th ame of the town for?" "Because? Because what?" "Because, because, 'hat conversation occurred betweei wo citizens, both of whom are op losed to any change. Where a man feels that he has bee ishonored in the name of his towr e should not be censured for endeav ring to change that name, but un ?ss he has been considerably bette han his town, he is not entitled t luch sympathy. We are not willing to admit that i najority of the freeholders have ask d for an election; but we are per ectly willing to leave it to a majorit f the voters of the town to sa whether or not they want to chang he name. It was one of the members of th ouncil who is not in sympathy wit ome of the doings thereof who gav 'he Enquirer detailed information i onnection with all this monkey busi less in connection with the propose hange of the name. As to whethe he council has any further instruc ions from "higher up" just now, h loes not know, as they do not te dm everything that is going on. "I reckon we won't be writing it thi vay much longer," said Uncle Bo Wallace, the chairman of the count oard of registration supervisors yes erday as he wrote "ville" to "York'' o l certificate for a local elector. "Bu don't want to see any change," h vent on, "and I hope there won't b< Jecause it is the name of our count eat, they ought to let the countr >eople vote, and if they would, I knoi 15 at New Zlon who would be agi t." During a visit of the editor of Th Inquirer over in the Gold Hill sectio ast Friday, several of the citizens c he community mentioned the agita ion on the subject of changing th iame of the town of Yerkville. The leemed to have a pretty good idea c he animus behind the proposition >ut were not so much interested in th nerits or demerits of a local quarrt is they were in the broader view tha tince Yorkville is the county seat c fork, the whole county has a right t >e consulted with regard to any pro >osed change of the name. When the postofflce departmer ;ome years ago changed the name c he Rock Hill postofflce to "Rockhill, t raised a big row among the leadin itlzens of our sister town, and the nade trouble until the offense was re noved. All the citizens of Rock Hi >f whom the town is proud are prou if her, and they will brook no affror in the name. They made a row an hey kept at it until the postofflce de >artment changed "Rockhill" back t lock Hill. Yorkville has some clti :ens who are proud of her and not a if them are natives either. WITHIN THE TOWN ? Trade was unusually good i forkville last week, especially on Sat irday. ? The long spring drought was brok n yesterday morning, much to ?h ;ratiflcation of the gardners. ? Yesterday was salesday for Maj >ut the salesday crowd was lacking rhere were no horsetraders preseni ind in fact very few people were i: own: Neither were there any offlehi Luction sales. ? An old fashioned spelling bee i 0 be held In Graded school audito ium tonight for the benefit of th ithletic field of the school. Speller licked from the school will contes igainst a team of local ladies air rentlemen. ? A number of delegates, represen ative of most of the Episcopal par shes in the state, gathered at th ^hurch Home orphanage Saturdaj or the purpose of discussing way Did means whereby workers for th episcopal orphanage in the variou owns, could be brought into a close elation. An organization to b mown as the Federation of Orphan ige Committees of the Diocese o 5outh Carolina was formed, Mr: lie hard I. Manning being electe^resident. FUNERAL OF HANNIBAL. Hannibal Beatty, the old negrt vhose death was recorded in the laf ssue of The Enquirer, was burie rom the Associate Reformed churc ast Saturday afternoon, in accordanc vlth his previously expressed wis! ind his funeral In some respects wa he most remarkable that has eve ieen given to a negro in Yorkville, o :onth Carolina, if not in the south. The services were conducted b lev. J. L. Oates, pastor of the Associ ite Reformed church, of which Han libal had been the faithful servant fo 10 many years, assisted'by Rev. X. ,k smith, pastor of the colored Metho list church of which the deceased wa 1 member. The attendance include ibout 4 00 people, whites and blacks i ibout equal numbers, from town an ount'y surrounding in about equa lumbers and was about as thoroughl epresentative a gathering as has eve ieen seen in Yorkville on a funera ccasion. Officers of the church, th ounty and members of the bar acte is pall bearers, there were numerou loral tributes from both white an olored, and whites joined the ne troes in laying the body away in th (rave. The sole significance of this unusua ribute to a negro was the compellln inii-or of eh.'irneter worth fnithfnl less, its exemplified in a long life o nimble but honest service. Hannihii \as probably the best known negro li fork county. He was born in servi tide and reared in the home of a mas er and mistress who were the bes , products of ante-bellum civilization, and who had no children of their own. He was humble, courteous, alert, Intelligent, kind and obliging, and if a he ever intentionally gave offense to . whites or blacks, the circumstance is 0 not of record. He passed through periods of intense racial friction without II ever incurring the suspicion or ill will g of either whites or blacks, and so far as Is known has never been absent y from his post of duty except by reag son of serious illness. Hannibal was sexton of 'he Assot ciate Reformed church of ?orkville t from 1869, and was Janitor of the , courthouse from 1874. " The pall bearers were as follows: H. G. Brown, sheriff; P. E. Quinn, deputy sheriff; B. M. Love, auditor; H. E. Neil, treasurer; John E. Curroll, superintendent of education; J. A. Tate, clerk of the court; Thos. W. " Boyd, supervisor; L R. Williams, probate judge; W. W. Lewis, J. S. Brlce, ' Thos. F. McDow, J. R. Hart. J. A. Marion, members of the bar; H. I. UnPnvv PAiirt utanncrpunhor' .T I, Moss and Geo. W. Williams, deacons of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church. s t 8 THE BASS A CANNIBAL. n Black bass is the most destructive r fish that can be put in a pond, accorde ing to the experience of some of the York county fish raisers, and they will i have no more of them if they can - help it. "I have put some 1,500 bass, about 200 carp and twenty or more catfish r in my pond within the past few years," said Mr. J. C. Wallace of Yorkr ville, yesterday, "and when I let the n pond out last Saturday to see what I had, I found nothing but bass, and not very many of them." Mr. Wallace went on to say that he e was at Mr. R. L. Campbell's, in Bethel " township, when Mr. Campbell let out . his pond on the previous Monday, and although the pond had been well n stocked with bass, carp and other fish i- when the water was let off there was little oi nothing there. Mr. Campbell showed h?m a number of large bass n that were literally gorged with smallt, er fish, including bass several Inches . long. In some cases the tails of the smaller fish were protruding from the mouths of the fish that had swallowed r them and could be pulled out whole, o "Mr. Campbell told me," Mr. Wallace said, "that when I let out my own pond I would find that the same thing a had happened, and that is what I _ found. There was hardly a carp to be found and not a single cat. The bass had eaten up everything, including the y smaller fish of their own kind, y "No more bass for mine, if you e please," Mr. Wallace declared, "for they are certainly no good in a fish pond." e h THE MARRIAGE RECORD e Thirty marriage licenses were isn sued by L. R. Williams, Judge of pro bate for York county, during the d month of April. Of this number r eighteen were issued to colored !- couples. Two more licenses were ise sued during April than In March. A 11 total of 1,839 licenses have been issued in York county since the mar8 riage license law went into operation. 5 Licenses were granted to the followy Ing couples during April: April 1?Louie Massey and Mealis*** nniiint^t. HUH UAICUJJOf V^UIUI cu. n April 1?George Gibson and Janie it Burris, colored. e April 2?Guy Erwin and Ida Rawls inson, colored. April 3?Alexander Pratt and Sarah y Burris, colored. y April 3?Emmett Campbell and BesiV sie Russell, colored. April 5?A. B. Senter and Lannie n Nantz. April 5?T. D. Sanders and Ina e Pratt, colored. April 6?Thomas E. Burris and n Evelyn Mae Love. >f April 7?Levi Leech and, Nevada t. Crosby, colored. April 10?Tom Erwin and Alice Miller, colored, y April 10?Henry Hill and Amanda >f Moore, colored. April 10?Charlie Moore and Wilmer ' Good, colored. e April 12?Ralph E. Stevenson and *1 Emily C. Wright. Lt April 12?W. Sumter Cain and Lela >f Stevenson. April 12?Lonnie Chambers and ? Margaret Ramsour, colored, i- April 12?M. W. Bryant and Nannie Lee Sowell. April 12?Holloway Hunt and Misit souri Chambers, colored. >f April 13?J. P. Branson and Mattie ? A. Morgan. April 14?George Davis and Julia & Pagins, colored. y April 16?Vance Mauney and Lois ,_ Hawkins. .. April 19?William McWaters and 11 Mary Gardner. d April 20?William Wilson and Essie it Lineberger, colored. d April 20?Samuel K. Lowry and Mary E. Starr. April 21?Charlie Youngblood and 0 Ella Reid, colored. April 22?Will Potts and Callie ? Barnes, colored. April 24?Jack Nivins and Maggie Porter. April 25?Joe Reynolds and Bertha Burgess. April 26?Fate Anderson and Lillie n Tolbert, colored. April 28?J. L. Hardin and Anna Boheler. April 28?Ben Miller and Mary Glenn, colored. April 30?Lloyd Sides and Virgia e Lee Bust. r> CHANGING THE NAME [' Chester Reporter: We haven't any' thing whatever to do with the propos1 ed shortening of the name of Yorkville to York; but we believe if we were a resident of the town, we would s vote to allow the name to remain as it * is. Yorkville has a long and honorable e history, and there is a sanetity that S V, ...UinL U tf/.nl/l ho 1II>C01B llir" IlillllC- uilllll it ? wum wr sacrilege to disturb. 1 Lancaster News: Yorkville, whilst one of the most delightful communi* ties socially to be found anywhere, has - not made the progress that other e communities less favored have done. r> As a beginning, we suggest to her s people in the election soon to be held e to decide whether the "vllle" will l>e s dropped from the name of the place to r vote Yea. The present name is out e of date. Judging by the long list of - signers to the petition, upon which 'f the election was ordered, It would i- seem that public sentiment Is in fail vor of changing the name of Yorkville to York. Winnsboro News and Herald: Yorkville is to soon vote on the question of changing the name of the old burg ' from Yorkville to York. Just what it the grounds are for a demand of this J change, we know not, but unless there is something In the old name that her " citizens are ashamed of, it would be e advisable to leave the name as at present. Outsiders would usually look for "York" as some village post" office in the country and not the r same Yorkville, the county seat of r York county. It would be years before the new name would find a place on the maps of the county besides y many other disadvantages. We have 1- nothing to do with the change, but . we like the name "Yorkville" better than "York," if everything else were 1 equal. v Greenwood Journal: Just now the question Is up to change the name of s the town of Yorkville to York. Just <1 what Is the reason for raising such a n question we are unable to see, or what d possible good could come from the d change Is equally as Incomprehensiy ble. We have nothing to do with this r as we are not a citizen of Yorkville, il hut we are a citizen of the state, and e we are free to confess that, for more d reasons than one, we should hate to ? see the name of this old historic town fl changed, rnd we trust that It will not - he done. In the first place, the name e of a town or settlement Is of historical value, and for this reason it Is il not desirable to charge It. unless there g Is siime very valuable consideration - which outweighs this very Important f claim, and then It often causes con1 fusion that is entirely unnecessary, n and which might so easily have been - avoided. We should value land marks, and these changes may be it compared to digging up and destroy ing the landmarks of the fathers. The old Jewish law admonishes us against removing the landmarks of the fathers. The same reasons may be assigned against changing the names of streets of a city or town. We have had some changes of this kind in Greenwood that had better not have been made. There was no reason for these changes and the only thing that has been done is to produce confusion and destroy landmarks. But there Is always some one to raise issues of this kind, and the sad part about it is that he usually gets a following even when there is no sense or reason in the things proposed. These people care nothing for history, have no sentiments, and not much of anything else. They are not bound by local attachments; for they seldom stay in one place long enough to become attached to it or to anything or any one connected with it. REGULARITY OF SIGNATURE In connection with our analysis of the recently filed petition asking the town council of Yorkville to call an election on the question of changing Hn numo at thA town wp rhnrnrtpr ized the petition as irregular and illegal, and in doing so we were prompted not so much by a desire to discredit the petition as because we knew what we said was the truth, and we desired to take advantage of the opportunity thus afforded to emphasize the slipshod methods commonly pursued in the most important matters of this community. There was a slight hope at the time we published the statement that some of the people who are working for the proposed change of name would undertake to refute our assertion. We could not consciously say that we really expected anything of the kind, because we did not. We know exactly what we are up against and we know what to expect from them. We know that they know that we knew what we were talking about, else we would not have talked, and we know that they had sense enough not to come back at us becuase of what they would likely get in reply. We can see how it was so much easier to Just leave our statement go as it was and then undertake to tell different individuals who did not know any better that we were only Just talking. There has been many a wrong pulled off in the town over The Enquirer's warning, by this method. We assert that we can prove before any court of competent Jurisdiction that this petition is not i lawful one, and that the to 1 council was not warranted in calling an election on it; but we do not expect to do so for various reason. One of these reasons is, that being thoroughly democratic and believing in the people, that however grievous a mistake we believe it would be to change the name of the town, if a majority of the voters want the name changed we would not thwart them even if we could. At the same time the town council is here to do things in a lawful manner or not at all, and we want to show that the town council has not performed its duty in this matter in a lawful manner. Now there are scores of signatures to that petition that we could attack if we desired to do so; but for present purposes we will attack only a single one, that of "First National Bank." That is all there is to the signature. At least it is all there was to it when the petition was acted upon and when it was copied for The Enquirer. "First National Bank" of what? There is a First National Bank of Yorkville, and the First National Bank of Yorkville, is the owner of a freehold; but there is nothing on that petition to commit this freehold or the owner thereof to a request for an election on the question of changing the name of the town. It is quite evident that if this signature was not a competent one, it was the duty of the town council to strike it off before granting the petition. It was the duty of the town council to strike off every incompetent ifame, and every name that appears on the petition otherwise than in strict conformity to the requirements that would be necessary to a signature in the transfer of a piece of real estate, is Incompetent. ABOUT PEOPLE Mr. W. L. Pursley of Filbert, was a visitor in Rock Hill last week. Mr. R. E. Allen of Clover, was a visitor in Spartanburg last week. Miss Bessie Adams of Clover, visited Mrs. R. H. Hope in Rock Hill, last week. Mr. VV. Brown Thomasson of Yorkville, was a visitor in Charlotte, last week. Mr. D. A. A. Watson of Yorkville No. 8, visited relatives in Oaffney last week. Mr. Hugh Caldwell of King's Mountain, spent Saturday and Sunday with friends in Yorkville. Miss Mabel Ashe of Rockton, S. C., visited her mother, Mrs. S. C. Ashe, in Yorkville this week. Mr. S. J. Patrick of Charleston, visited the family of Mr. P. W. Patrick in Yorkville this week. Miss Mozelle Inman of The Enquirer staff, is recuperating after a severe ililness with pneumonia. Mrs. James A. Page of Clover, was imotiR those who attended the music festival in Atlanta, Ga., last week. Miss Elizabeth Thomasson of Charlotte, visited the family of her mother. Mrs. Ada Thomasson, In Yorkville this week. Mr. Geo. W. S. Hart of Yorkville, expects to leave tomorrow for Charleston, where he will remain a week or ten days. Mrs. J. E. Stroup and little son, James Ernest, Jr., are visiting Mrs. Stroup's sister, Mrs. E. W. Long, in Greenville. Misses Marie Hunter and Louise Blakeley of Charlotte, visited Misses Ruth and Claire Crosby in Yorkville this week. Mrs. W. F. Marshall represented the Winnie Davis chapter, U. D. C., at the district meeting of the organization held in Wlnnsboro, last week. Among the Clover people who attended the oratorical contest in Rock Hill Friday evening, were Messrs. T. M. Campbell, A. J. Quinn, Ernest Allen and Dr. D. D. Cook. Miss Roberta Peay of Chester, was the guest of Mrs. S. C. Ashe in Yorkville Sunday. Miss Peay acted as organist at the First Presbyterian church, in the absence of Miss Maud Eberhardt. i Among the Yorkville people who were in Rock Hill Friday night on ac- i count of the oratorical contest, were Prof. B. C. Riddle, Messrs. Tracy Proctor. G. P. Berry, Gist Finley, Edward Spencer, J. W. Evans, and Dr. Jas. B. Shirley. Mr- Tnhu M Williford of Lesslie No. 1. was a visitor in Yorkville, Saturday. Mr. Willlford said that his section was needing rain badly and that wheat and oat fields were suffering greatly for lack of rain. Rev. Chas. H. Nabors, pastor of the J A. R. P. church of Prosperity, Newberry county, has received a call from the Southern Presbyterian church at Tuscaloosa, Ala. He has not yet signified whether or not he will accept. Rev. J. L. Gates and Elder J. W. J (Juinn of Yorkville, left this morning ' to represent the Yorkville Associate Reformed Presbyterian church at the spring meeting of the First Associate Reformed presbytery at Concord, N. C. Chester Reporter: Mr. E. A. Crawford, Jr., who holds a responsible po- j sition on the road with a Life Insur- i a nee Company of Virginia, was in the . [ city Saturday on his way to Outhrles- ] | vllle, to visit his parents, Mr. and j I Mrs. E. A. Crawford. I The Yorkville Baptist church has elected the following delegates to the < annual Sunday school convention of 1 I the York Baptist association, being ] held at Enon church today and tomor- I row: Mesdames A. M. Grist, Beaty < Grist, J. H. Machen, S. L. Courtney, i Rev. J. H. Machen, Messrs. A. M. Grist and Jos. E. Grist. . The engagement of Rev. F. W. Dibble to Miss Ava Lee Tapp of Columbia, has been announced. Rev. Mr. \ Dibble is pastor of the circuit com- J prising the Philadelphia, King's Mountain Chapel, St. Paul and Clover ' Methodist churches. The bride-to-be is a daughter of James L. Tapp, well | known merchant of Columbia. The , wedding is to take place on May 26. j Mr. Henry B. James, who was quite < painfully hurt in a road accident last Thursday night, as described in The ' Enquirer of last Friday, is still confined to his bed; but hopes to be out J within the next few days. The princi- 1 pal injury was a slight displacement i of the knee cap, and although he has 1 been in considerable pain he has been i transacting business with all who have l called at his home for the purpose. , Rev. W. J. Roach, who is pastor of the Presbyterian church at Glenn , Springs, Spartanburg county, is visit- ' ini Vila sinter Mrs James F. Gardner in Yorkville Rev. Roach will assist , Rev. John A. McMurray, pastor of Bethesda church, in a series of ser- j vices beginning Friday night and ending with communion on Sunday. He I will also preach before the Beersheba congregation before returning to his , charge. 1 McLAURIN AT GOLD HILL Two interesting talks by Hon. John . L. Mt-Laurin, one on the subject of the state warehouse system, and the other explanatory of the causes, prog- ] ress and conduct of the European war, were a feature of the exercises l In connection with the breaking of the Gold Hill school this year. The school breaking exercises were i held last Wednesday, Thursday and 1 Friday. There was a three days' pro- I gramme for the occasion, maae up of plays, recitations, declamations, dia- 1 logues, etc., and participated in by j most of the school's pupils. It was all | very Interesting, especially to the pa- < trons of the school, and much of it 1 was well calculated to interest even j casual visitors. All of it was good, i and well worthy of a discriminating write-up, which, however, is not practicable. Mr. MeLaurln, who had spoken at 1 Filbert the night before, went over to , Gold Hill Friday morning, spent sev- I eral hours there, went to Fort Mill in | the afternoon, spoke in Monument Park at night and on Saturday went over into Lancaster county, where he spoke at another school breaking in i the afternoon. He was met by large and appreciative audiences at all points mentioned, and the people appeared to be deeply interested in all he had to say. At Gold Hill, the speaker was introduced by Hon. S. H. Epps, as a man who had held all the highest offices within the gift of the people of his county, his congressional district and of the state; a man who had devoted his life to the real welfare of his fellowmen, and who was coming ] to be appreciated for his real worth. Mr, McLaurin, Mr. Epps declared, had done and is doing more for the farmers of South Carolina than any other ( man of the state, and the speaker was proud to have the honor of Introducing such a man to the people of Gold Hill. 1 Mr. McLaurin spoke for about forty minutes. He had listened with Interest to recitations of several of the last speakers of the morning and was delighted with the manner In which they had acquitted themselves. His speech was along the line of the one he delivered at Filbert the night before and of his various published addresses, except that he went Into more detail as to the importance of grading cotton. There is not one bale of cotton in a hundred sold In South Carolina, he ' said, that is graded up to its full value < by the buyers, and the losses to the producers on this account are greater than any other one feature connected with the marketing of the crop. He told how he had had his eyes opened along this line in 1911, when he sold 300 bales of cotton for future delivery. In order to be sure that the cotton wa3 acceptable, he hod it graded in advance by a local expert grad- < er. and when the representative of the ( New York factor to whom he had sold came down to take it up, he made a difference on the local grader that I gave him nearly $1,200 advantage in ( the grading alone. In South Carolina and in most other cotton states, the rule among buyers j is to grade cotton on a basis of color j alone. Cotton picked in September and October is generally held to be best because of its white color and later on, in November, December and January, the grade is allowed to fall lower and lower. As a matter of fact, ! he said, the color of cotton In its raw state has absolutely nothing to do with its value, as in every case where color counts at all. all cotton has to go through a cleaning and whitening ' process that brings it up to standard color The real measure of value, he said, is in the length, strength and fineness of the staple, and by way of illustrating what he meant, he exhibited three samples of raw cotton of different colors. One was clear white cotton picked in October, another was of a darker shade picked in November and another wus still darker, picked in December. He declared that each of the three samples was of about the same value and that if there was any aiirerence it was tauier m favor of the December cotton, which , on the local market would be classed ? under the other two g 'ades. Then he ] showed a number of different samples of beautiful white processed cotton I that had been made from the various grades, and also samples of bleached linters. which he said would sell for ] several times the value of the raw < product. " ] His object in exhibiting these sam- i pies, he said, was to more emphati- I cally impress the points he was try- < ing to teach, and then he went on to 1 say how, when the farmers got up I their own warehouses, and were made I to realize the importance of grade, : they would soon get all this informs- I tion in a practical manner that would < be to their very considerable financial < advantage. , He explained the relation of cotton and finance and told his audience how if they had cotton stored in a state j warehouse of their own in their own ' neighborhood, with receipts in their * pockets, they would be able to get fl- I nancial advantages that they had nev- * er dreamed of. He wanted them to J do their banking with their local ' banks, and he was reasonably sure j that there would be no trouble along 1 that line. There would be presented 1 at first certain changes to the ad- , vantages of the farmer and rather out J of rhyme with the present ruling rate 1 of Interest and discount that might c make some of the bankers a little re- y luctant to come in; but it would soon J be proved that the farmers' advantage j was not to the bank's disadvantage. J The apparent curtailment of profits bv reason of reduced interest rates would E be more than made up by volume of business, and the volume of business j would help the banks as well as the . farmers, and the farmers as well as [ the banks. However, where there can j be no satisfactory adjustment of the new relations on a basis of the estab- ^ lished order of things, a state ware- a house with 500 or more bales of cot- jton converted into liquid securities on it basis of the facilities offered by the a state warehouse system always carries t the potential possibilities of a bank in itself, and the owners of the cotton j have it In their power to get all the j help they need through their own ef- t forts. v The entire audience, men. women ?, tnd children, listened to Mr. McLau rin s discussion or tne presumaniy dry r subject of cotton warehousing and v banking, with the deepest Interest and ittentlon, and several times during the ' talk applauded him vigorously. After the speaking those present e enjoyed one of those famous Gold Hill \ picnic dinners, and spent an hour In t pleasant social intercourse that was ( thoroughly enjoyed by everybody. The \ ?xercises were resumed in the after- a noon and concluded in the evening. b LOCAL LACONIC8 2uick Work. A letter from Mr. James A. Barrett _ ?f Clover, says: "Found my dog early Saturday morning, thanks to adver- # :isement." Yorkville Won. The Yorkvllle Graded school baseball team won a game from the Chester team last Friday. The game was played in Chester and the score was k I to 1. y Alfalfa Looking Good. There are a number of fine looking patches of alfalfa on the road between Newport and Rock Hill and barring a hailstorm, the owners are expecting fine yields. Like wheat and oats along the road, alfalfa Is needing a good rain. Wanted In Charlotte. Constable Allen and Policeman Strait of Rock Hill, on Saturday arrested a negro named Ernest McNeal, who is wanted In Charlotte for shooting Will Hicklin and John Roach, negroes, on May 6, 1912. The negro has been sent to Charlotte for trial. Destroyed by Firs. ^ The residence of Mr. P. D. Underwood. who resides near Lesslle, was destroyed by fire Friday night, the origin of the blaze being unknown. The dwelling was the property of Mr. W. J. Corn well. It is understood Mr. ?? Underwood had his furniture insured. Registration Board in 8ession. The York county board of registration, represented by Messrs. R. M. Wallace and J. B. Barron, held its regular monthly meeting yesterday. Mr. L. G. Nunn of Rock Hill, the third member of the board, was unable to be present. About twenty registration certificates were issued, mostly to citizens of Yorkville. Convention At Enon. The annual convention of the York county Baptist Sunday School association is being held at Enon church, near Smyrna this week, the sessions beginning this morning. A. E. Willis of Rock Hill, is president of the assotion. Practically all of the Baptist Sunday schools in the county are rep- " resented. The convention will adjourn tomorrow afternoon. In New Quarters. The Clover postoffice is now quar- 4 tered in the handsome new building m recently erected on King's Mountain 'W street by Mr. J. Meek Smith. The structure was erected with the idea of housing a postoffice. New lock boxes have been installed and both the postal authorities and the patrons of the office are highly pleased with the new quarters which are almost as large as those of the Yorkvllle office. Considerable Hail Yesterday. Reports from various sections of the county indicate that there was considerable hail in connection with the heavy shower of rain yesterday morning. There was a slight fall of hall in the Cotton Belt section and the fall of hailstones along the C. & N.-W. railway between Yorkvllle and Clover, was pretty severe for a few minutes, many of the hailstones being as large as a good sized marble. Will Close This Week. Exercises In connection with the closing of the Hickory Orove High school will be held In the school auditorium this week, beginning tomorrow evening and continuing through Friday evening. Eight pupils have ? successfully passed the tenth grade, and will be awarded diplomas FYlday night. They are: Florie MoGlll, Mabel Foster, Irma Hood, Dell Scoggins, Clifford Allison, Johnnie Buice, Wesley Love, William Hood. 0 Runaway Near Cotton Belt. An exciting road accident occurred Friday afternoon between the homes of Messrs. D. C. Clark and A. L. Black in the Cotton Belt section, when a mule driven by Mra J. D. Land and her son, Earl, became frightened by a motorcycle driven by Rev. F. W. Dibble. The occupants of the buggy were thrown to the ground Inflicting painful but not serious injuries. After running some distance the mule was stopped near the home of Mr. Black. Fishing Good in Catawba A Rock Hill man stated to a representative of The Enquirer FYiday, that there were lots of flsh in the Catawba river near the Catawba Power company's dam, this season. A number of people who have been Ashing there report very good luck and say that the flsh seem to be more abundant than they have been for several years. Most of the flsh, of course, are carp, suckers and cat flsh. Off on Inspection Trip. County Supervisor Thoa W. Boyd and several township supervisors left yesterday afternoon for Greenville, * where they went to inspect road | building in Greenville county. The party will very likely return tonight or tomorrow morning. The township supervisors of York county are: Bethel, R. S. Riddle; Bethesda, y W. S. Percival; Broad River, W. S. Wilkerson; Bullock's Creek, J. J. Plex- W ico; Catawba, Burton Massey; Fort Mill, C. P. Blankenship; Ebenezer, Jno. F. Williams; Klng^s Mountain, R. M. Robinson; York, A. L. Black. Good Crowd at Closing. There was a fairly large crowd at Guthrie8ville school Friday night on account of the entertainment in connection with the school closing and the programme rendered by the pupils proved to be quite a creditable affair. The teachers of the Guthriesville school during the year which haa closed were Misses Annie Miller and Mary Clark. The school trustees are J. C. Bell, M. Bratton and J. W. Moore. The Smyrna school in district No. 44, 1 Icrx Ua LVl/lntr wiuocu uo y cat a wum r i luaj. This school was In charge of Misses Elizabeth Faris and Bertha Barton. Lever At Clover. 4 A citizen of Clover who was In Yorkvllle Saturday, said that Clover j people were expecting a large number I jf people out to hear Hon. Asbury ''' I Lever, congressman from the Seventh I district, who has accepted an invl tation to make a., address before the L'lover school next Friday night. Con- j pressman Lever, who is one of the best known southern representatives in congress, is an orator of ability, uid his address will be well worth rearing. In addition to the address a < carefully prepared programme will be I carried out. Crimson Clover in Gold Hill. I The most noticeable features of the h undscape in the Gold Hill section of fl Port Mill township, are the wheat and H >at8 crops, the freshly plowed tields S slanted in cotton and corn, and more H especially the numerous patches of fl :rimson clover, from ten inches to (nee high and in full bloom. From I teveral of the farmers the reporter fl earned that they had been advised hat because of the war in Europe, it H would be well for them to save their n crimson clover seed this year, and V his they are making arrangements to 1 lo. In the Gold Hill section as else- j where, there is complaint of the spring J lrought that has allowed the ground 4 o get hard and withhold needed moisure from wheat, oats and clover: >ut generally things are looking well. Jryant-Hutchison. Rock Hill Herald: A marriage of nterest to friends of the contracting >arties in this city and vicinity, was jerformed Sunday morning by Rev. A. 5. Rodgers, at his residence on East iy nue street. miss feari Bryant, laughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mack Bryint, of West Main street, became the ?ride of Ira Hutchison of the South>rn Power company's plant at the Cfctiwba dam. The young couple left on he Charlotte train for a short wedling trip. The bride is well known 11 Rock Hill, and is quite an attractve young woman, whose circle of riends and acquaintances unite in visiting her much happiness. The rroom is from the Ogden section of fork county, and is an efficient opeator at the Southern Power plant, vhere he and his bride will reside. ? 'reacher Murderer Captured. Rev. Eley Sullivan, the negro preach r who shot and killed Rev. John Colin and Sam Sanders, colored, a dea on of Prospect Baptist church, In Chester county on Sunday, April 25, ? vas captured In Charlotte Saturday ind taken to Chester Sunday. It will te remembered that the negro preach