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YORKVILLE ENQUIRER. IggOTP SKMI'WEEKLT. l. m. oeist'8 sons, Pubii.her., ( % #ntilg 31f icspapcr: Jior the promotion of (he {political, Social, agricultural and (Tommercial Jnfmsts of the jpeogig. J '"V.^ulVLpv'r" ick" ."" ESTABLISHED 1855. YOl^KYILLE, 8. C., TTJESDAYT MAY18, 19157" JSTO. 40." \ | When Billy Sunda $ By ALEXANI ^ Copyw right, 1913. by the H. K. F Kir>ixir>i<ic>4<ir>4'(w>4' CHAPTER IX. Man to Man. "V^.1 man rift 1u?t as VOU DleilSe. If you don't care anything about God and if you don't care anything about the results of your actions, you can lie if you want to; you can steal if you want to; you can fight booze, you can commit adultery if you want to, but listen to me: be not deceived, God is not mocked, and what you sow you will reap. You can go your way and you can go it to the limit, but as sure as there is a God above you you will have to pay the price." With these words, spoken with intense earnestness, Billy Sunday began an address to the men of Bronson and K the surrounding country one Sunday afternoon. It was a thrilling sight for the evangelist when he stepped on the platform. The immense tabernacle was crowded to the rear doors, fully ten thousand men being massed together in the most wonderful religious service ever held in all Michigan. In the choir loft there were fully one thousand more men and boys. It was after three weeks of hard campaigning, during which Mr. Sunday had preached as no one ever preached before in Bronson. He had denounced sin, hypocricy, ungodliness and every form of evil in a terrific manner, using at times a vocabulary of his own. He pictured the results of infidelity with unsparing vividness. But he had kept his great audiences night after night in good humor and he carried public sentiment with him In a manner that amazed such men as Bud McOrea and Mr. Graham. In his pictures of heaven and in his description of hell the evangelist became a tragedian and the r "You miMrablo low down wrotohoo." people rejoiced and trembled in turn. After the first two weeks he began to plead with men to forsake their sins and surrender themselves to Jesus Christ and take up the Christian life. The responses to his invitations were immediate. Hundreds pressed forward to confess their willingness to live henceforth for God. Among the penitents had been men of all classes, rich and poor, learned and ignorant. Some society women crowded to the front in company with operatives from the Gregory factory. Students from the normal school and professors also, were among the throng which "hit the sawdust trail." The Courier devoted more than half its space every day to reporting the meetings, and religion was the sole topic of interest in Bronson. Prayer meetings were held every day in every section of the city; shop meetings at noon were addressed by scores of ministers and prominent laymen. Business men who had never before mentioned religion to their associates now pleaded with them to accept the Christian faith. Elaborate preparations had been made beforehand to insure the success of the great men's mass meeting that Sunday afternoon. It was a beautiful winter Sabbath, and Reginald Nelson, who had remained faithfully at the press table night after night, sat on the platform and watched the regiments of men throng into the tabernacle. When the multiplied thousands filled the broad arena he said to himself, "This is an army." After the opening singing and prayer, Billy Sunday began his address. At the opening sentence he caught the attention of all. "I am going to hit right out from the shoulder today, men," he continued. " "God knows I feel kindly toward you and that I have no other aim than a desire to help you. Before you leave the tabernacle I hope I shall have convinced you that I did not come here today to pump you full of hot air." Here the speaker unloosened his collar and tie and laid them on a nearby chair and also removed his coat. "I am trying to practice what I preach." he exclaimed, "for I throw too many rocks at other people to live in a glass house. I am trying the best I know how to tote square." There was a burst of applause from the audience, and Mr. Sunday continued with increasing animation: "I know what it is to work. I lived on a farm in early life, and from nine years of age I have been doing a man's work in the world. My father died in the war, and my mother was left a widow with a family of small children. I tell you I have crawled up out of the sewers of poverty." The great army of men were now listening intently, and the evangelist iy Came to Town j >ER CORKEY $ ly Co. I plunged into his theme. "I have been told a good many things about some of you fellows here DfAnonn " ho HoaIotoH urn llflntr nn to the edge of the platform and glaring out over the throng. "I know that seme of you go home at night, you old devils, from places where you wouldn't think of taking your wife for all the wn'M. And you young bucks, I know about you, too. Some of you go down to the haunts of vice, and if some one asks you to go to the tabernacle and hear Bill you answer, 'Oh, no, he is too d?d vulgar.' You miserable, little, low down wretches, some of you would have to reach up to touch the bottom, and you are so crooked you could hide behind a corkscew." These statements evoked roars of laughter and applause, but F.eginald could see a number of young men flush as the speaker made these biting remarks, and among them was Roland Gregory, who had attended the meeting for the first time that afternoon. "I know the fellows who will find fault with my talk today," continued Billy Sunday. "Every fellow that is 1 not toting square, every fellow who is lecherous, false, dishonest and mean 1 will go away from here and cuss me, but you men who believe in what is 1 right and who want to see Fronson ! cleared up, you men who are trying to live the right kind of a life, I know you are with me. I don't expect to please either fools or rascals, and I never try to. "Christianity appeals to strong men," 1 he shouted. "It is the weak man who ' is the sinner. Sin is too much for him. The gospel makes the weak strong." 1 Many of the older men In the audi- 1 ence could well remember when the speaker's name appeared daily in the 1 papers as the fastest runner in one of ! the champion baseball teams in Amer- 1 ica over twenty years before, and their ' interest was intense as the former ball player referred to his life on the 1 diamond. ' "When I was playing ball," he said in colloquial tones, "I could run one hundred yards in ten seconds. I made the circuit of the bases in fourteen seconds. After I became a Christian I was just as good a ball player as before." The audience was now completely under the power of the evangelist's personality, and he became more personal in his address. "What are you living .for?" he asked. "Some of you are living for money, and I have no objection to wealth if it is honestly acquired, but remember this, gentlemen, there will be no pockets in your shrouds and if there were your arms would be too stiff to get your hands into them. When Commodore Vanderbllt who was worth $200,000,000, died some one in Wall street asked how much he left, and the answer was that he left it all. These words are true of every one of us. We came into the world without a dollar, and we go out without a dollar. If all the millionaires in hell could pool their money they couldn't buy a drop of watsr to cool their parched tongues. Remember that, you old rascals!" roared the evangelist. "You can't take your gold and silver with you when von leave this world, and it wouldn't do you any good," he added parenthet- I ically, "if you did take it, for it would all melt." ] A smile rippled over the audience at i this remark. < "Some of you are living for lust," < cried Mr. Sunday. Here the speaker launched into a discussion of the social evil and of its effects on society. He made a strong plea for a single standard of morals. "You cowardly, i contemptible young hounds!" he shouted, directing his attention to a crowd of younger men. "You betray i the trust of an innocent young girl, ] and society still recognizes you, while j the umpire shouts, 'The girl is out.' I tell you it does not make any difference to God whether you wear a plug ( hat or a hairpin. It makes no dif- . ference to him whether you wear a coat or a petticoat. God does not ] recognize two standards, and any so- ] ciety that does is too low down for , me." j Mr. Sunday then turned his atten- ] tion to the liquor business and at- , tacked the open saloon in vigorous { words. I "The saloons of Bronson," he exclaimed, "are the vendors of poison; < they are the breeding places of crime and pauperism; they are the nesting , places of anarchy and the incubators , of lawlessness. If no one ever preach- ] ed before to these old bull necked fel- , lows there is one here now who is not j afraid to do it." j A number of saloon keepers and . bartenders in the audience lowered , their heads ouicklv. "Let us stop finding fault with the ( sins of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob," ( continued the speaker. "Let us speak , plainly about the vileness and cor- , ruption of this infamous business j right here in Bronson, and we'll see ] better times. When I get through ( preaching here you can throw me in j the Bronson river if you want to, but j I know you will have to say, 'There ( goes a man who stood up for our ^ homes, our wives, our children and our community.' Don't you see it, , men?" he said, pleadingly. "I am fighting for you and for your homes." 1 In bringing his address to a close ' Mr. Sunday again referred to his ( baseball experiences. ! "I used to play bail," he said sim ply. "I played center and left field on the old Chicago White Stockings. I ( don't believe their equal was ever known, and I am sure their superior \ never was. ?>ne season we played all < year with eleven men. It is over twenty years ago now," he continued, while the audience bent forward to hear him speak. "The team was in Chicago. It was Sunday afternoon and I was with a company of bill players who were then famous ' throughout the world. We went into a saloon. After coming out we walked to the corner of State and Madison streets and sat down on the curbing. Across the street a company of men and women were playing on horns, flutes, slide trombones and some others were singing gospel hymns. They were the very hymns I used to hear my mother sing back in the log cabin in Iowa when I was a child. They were the songs I used to sing myself in the Sunday Bchool back in the old church." There were tears in the eyes of the evangelist and his voice was tender as he spoke. Thousands of men looked at the speaker through dimmed eyes and the silence in the tabernacle was profound. "I listened," continued the ex-champion of the diamond, "and God painted on the canvas of my recollection and memory a vivid picture of the scenes of other days and other faces. I began to cry and sob, and my heart was, oh, so lonely. A young woman stepped out and said, 'We are going down to the Pacific Garden mission. Won't you come with us? I am sure you will and enjoy it.' I arose to my feet and said to the other boys, 'Goodby; I'm going down to the mission with this crowd.' They saw I was interested and some laughed, others mocked, but none of them encouraged me. Some of them looked at me in Biienue. x icxi iiicm ui me curner, went to the mission and got down on my knees and gave my heart to Jesus Christ. I went over to the west side of Chicago and joined the Jefferson Park Presbyterian church." "Amen, praise God," said an old, gray haired man near the front when the evangelist had finished the story of his conversion. "I have thanked God ever since for Baving me that day," continued the speaker. "Listen, men, the other boys who were with me that afternoon are now nearly all gone." The speaker then told of the sad fates of his fellow ball players who were on the White Stockings team. One of them had died in an insane asylum in Michigan, a victim of cigarettes; another had crawled into a drunkard's grave; another died in poverty and squalor as a consequence of his sins. "Which of those boys won out that Sunday afternoon?" he asked. "Did I or did they? Thank God, I won through Jesus Christ. I am what I am through him." The speaker paused and said abruptly, "How many of you men will 3ay, 'Thank you. Bill, your sermon has helped me?'" The men began to rise in scores and hundreds and thousands until it seemed that every man In the tabernacle was on his feet. They sang a hymn, and as they sang teh evangelist pleaded with the men to come forward and do as he had done twenty years before and more in Chicago. "Who will be the first to step out before this host of men ard declare himself a Christian?" shouted the evangelist. In a moment Reginald Nelson stepr>f>d from thp nrpss tnhli> tn the anw dust floor and made his way over to where Mr. Sunday was standing. As Reginald did so he caught sight of rhomas Marchmount walking down the aisle, and the two men approached the evangelist together, who greeted them with a fervent "Thank God." As the editor and city reporter of the Courier were recognized a round of tpplause arose, and others began to rtream toward the front. Among :hem was Edward Prince, one of the largest manufacturers of Bronson. The sight of their employer "hitting the sawdust trail" stirred up scores of the employes in his factory to follow his example, and the front of the tab?rnacle was soon filled with the penitents. "This means a new Bronson," cried Billy Sunday, as he saw the wave of spiritual power sweeping over the auJience, and men yielding to Jesus Jhrist in hundreds." (To Be Continued.) DIED ON HIS BIRTHDAY Glen. Gates Was Born 187 Years Ago, April 10, 1728. Although he gained much prominence in the Revolutionary war, Horatio Gates was a poor soldier ind a mischief-maker. He was born 187 years ago, April 10, 1728, at Maiden, England, and died 109 years ago, on the same day of the month. April 10, 1806, in New York. Gates came to America in 1755 and served as a major in the army under Braddock. He was severely woundid at the time of the latter's defeat near what is now Pittsburgh. In 1760, he was stationed as brigade major, under Gen. Monckton, at Fort Pitt, ind in 1762, was Monckton's aide at :ne capture 01 Martinique. Buying a farm in Virginia in 1763, 3ates lived there in retirement until 1775, when congress appointed him idjutant general in the regular army with the rank of brigadier. In 1776, he was appointed to the command of the army which had lately retreated from Canada, and immediately began intriguing to supplant Gen. Schuyler is commander of the northern division. This he did through the influence jt New England delegates in the congress on August 2, 1777. The army under his command, after fighting the battles of Stillwater and Saratoga, forced Burgoyne to surrender. Gates received nearly all the credit, although Schuyler, Arnold and Morgan had done most of the work, while he had been conspicuous chiefly for incapacity and for an apparent lack of personal courage. Soon afterward Gates entered into the schemes of the "Conway Cabal," whose object it was to have him appointed in Washington's stead as commander-in-chief. For a time he was president of the newly organiz eu Doaru or war, dui was detected in several falsehoods, became discredited and withdrew in 1778 to his farm in Virginia, where he remained until 1780, when he was put in command of the army of the south. Owing chiefly to his wretched generalship, his forces were totally defeated near Camden, S. C., by Lord Cornwallis, and he was superseded by Sen. Greene. A court of Inquiry, after long investigation of his conduct. finally acquitted him. Gates again retired to his Virginia farm, and lived there until 1790, when, after freeing his slaves, he removed to New York, where he remained until his death, April 10, 1806,? Washington Post. FOOTSTEPS OF THE FATHERS As Traced In Early Files of The Yorkvllle Enquirer. NEWS AND VIEWS OF YESTERDAY Bringing Up Record* of the Past and Givina the Younaer Readers of To* day a Pretty Comprehensive Knowledge of the Things that Most Concerned Generations that Have Gone Before. The first Installment of the notes appearing under this heading was published in our Issue of November 14, 1913. The notes are being prepared by the editor as time and opportunity permit. Their purpose is to bring into review the events of the past for the pleasure and satisfaction of the older people and for the entertainment and instruction of the present generation. 132D INSTALLMENT. (Wednesday Evening, May 25, 1864.) 18th Regiment, S. C. V. Clary's Farm, Near Drury's Bluff, May 23rd, 1864. Messrs. Editors: It may be of Interest to some of your readers to learn the names of those of the 18th S. C. V., from York district, who were killed in the fight of the 20th inst., viz: from Company G?Lieut J. W. Good, commanding. Killed?Sergt. Isaac N. Enloe, Andrew Quinton, P. A. Jackson, J. L. Lemaster. Wounded?Sergt. J. F. Jamison, in shoulder, serious; Corp. D. F. McCarter, in arm, slight; Corp. F. Pursley, in THE HOMES OF Photographic Evidence York C This photograph of a handsome a number that The Enquirer has had provement that is being made along ? i 11. 1 SMYRNA This handsome little two-room cost of SI,200. The district has an e of 4 mills and receives state aid un amount of S200 per annum. The tru ler, R. J. Castles and R. M. Wallace. Bertha Barton. hand, slight; W. J. Thomasson, mortally; T. A. Enloe, wounded and missing; J. M. Estes, wounded and missing; H. S. Archer, in head, severely; J. C. Beamguard, thigh, severe; T. White, foot, slight; J. A. Pursley, hip, slight; John Thomas, foot, slight; J. C. Davis, wrist, slight; J. E. Garrett, hand, severe; W. J. Dowdle, abdomen, slight; Joseph Spencer, arm, slight; J. E. McCarter, in head, slight. Company H, 18th S. C. V.?Corporal R. H. Glenn, commanding. Killed?W. B. McCarter, L. W. Mitchell. W. Hi Merritt, F. M. Smith. Wounded?W. N. Abernathy, In breast, mortally; J. D. Boyd, arm and breast, severely; R. F. Poyd, flesh wound in thigh; William Carothers, in loins, severe; Chas. M. Carroll, in leg, flesh wound, severe: D. L. Devlnney, arm broken; S. L. Faris, in hand, severe; D. J. Glenn, in hand, severe; J. F. Glenn, shoulder, severe; C. H. M. Howe, in face, slight; C. C. Lenaer, in loins, severely. p. s.?The wounded from the above companies have been sent to the hospital in Petersburg, Va. In health, very respectfully, Your friend, W. B. Allison, Lieut. Col. 18th Reg., S. C. V. * * ? In Line of Battle, Near Spottsylvanla C. H. Va, May 16, 1864. Messrs. Editors: I Inclose you a list of the casualties in Co. B, 5th regiment, S. C. V. from the commencement of the battle in the Wilderness to the present dale: Killed?W. T. Morris. W. D. C. Wilkes. Wounded?Sergt. W. S. Traylor, in hands of the enemy; Corp. W. G. Stinson, slightly; D. M. Johnson, severely; J. B. Gladden, severely; Jno. Childers, slightly: L. A. Beckham, severely; T.J.Evans, supposed mortally, and in hands of the enemy. Missing, W. Z. Kell. You will please publish the above for the information of friends, and you will greatly oblige your friend, G. A. Patrick, Capt. Co. B, 5th S. C. V. List of casualties in Co. G. 5th regiment, S. C. V., in the battles of the Wilderness and Spottsylvanla, on the 6th and 11th of May: L* 111 n/I T P Pnrcrnonn Wounded?G. E. Brown In the hands of the enemy; J. D. Crowder, mortally; William Bolton, In breast; W. C. Hulander, Perry Waterson, in breast; Sergt. R. Beattie, thigh; Z. Dover, in head; T. Carroll, In leg, slightly; W. G. Cobb, in arm, slightly. Messrs. Editors: Please publish the above list for the information of the friends of the company and oblige your humble, servant, J. M. H. ? * Co. H. 12th regiment. S. C. V ? Killed?W. A. Workman, W. Hi "Williford, Leroy Hart, Halco Allen, O. Raine Wounded?W. J. Boyd, right arm off; Ebenezer Gettys, in arm, severe; D. F. Simpson, in thigh; J. G. Now land, in leg; Q. w. cardes, in side; Charles Wilson, In side; J. N. Steele, finger off; J. M. Steele, in hand: W. J. Klmbrell, linger off; Joe Patton, in foot; Y. Allison, J. N. Richardson, M, Ware. (To he continued.) Recalling Our Own War*.?One hears a great deal of the long-drawnout nature of the war in Mexico, as if that were something new in an ati tempt to decide upon some new theory of government; or as if we had not ourselves fought for some eight years winning our Independence, and some four years preserving the Union of states. This always reminds me of a very good story showing how others regard us, even if we are not quite fair to everyone else In judging ourselves, says a writer In the St. Louis PostDispatch. On a trip to Panama some years ago a couple of hundred of us from the United States went Inland in Costa Rica to see the capital of that country, San Jose. In the course of seeing the city some of us called on the president of Costa Rica, and in conversation with him it was inevitable that some simpleton should ask him how long it had been since they had a revolution. "I think you have had one since we have," the president answered. His interrogator smiled blandly enough. "The United States!" he exclaimed. "Truly. How long ago was your Civil war?" asked the genial Costa Rlcan. "More than 40 years," was the answer. "That is about right. Costa Rica has not had a revolution in 50 years. You have had one since we have," said the suave Latin-American. ? There is an epidemic of smallpox at the Waverly mills, near Georgetown. A. H. Hardin, M. D., has been sent here by the state board of health to combat the disease. THE SCHOOLS of Modern Progress In bounty. York county school building, is one of engraved to show the wonderful imthat line in York county. i v A f:i'1 ti t SCHOOL. structure was erected in 1912, at a nrollment of 60, pays an extra levy der the rural graded school act to the stees of the district are Dr. B. N. MllThe teachers are Bessie Faris and THE DIGNITY OF THE COURT Judge Prince Insist* that the Lawyers Should Wear Black. Within the bar encfosure In the courthouse this week, no lawyers or officers are wearing Palm Beach suits or other raiment of light color, but, instead, appear in sober and sombre black. This is due to the insistence of Circuit Judge Prince that all at torneys practicing before him shall, when in court, strictly obey rule VIII of the rules of the circuit courts of South Carolina which is: "The habit of the gentlemen of the bar and all officers of the court except constables shall be black coats; and no gentleman of the bar shall be heard if otherwise habited; and it shall be the duty of the sheriff to attend to the execution of this rule." Formerly this rule was rigidly observed by the bar of the state, but Judge Prince is practically unique in the enforcement of the regulation at the present time. He announced at the beginning of the term here that the prescribed garb must be worn, declaring that light clothes did not seem in place in the court room when worn by lawyers and officers of the court. Barristers who are fond of the flimsy apparel so commonly worn in hot weather have had to discard such attire for the time being. It is altogether certain that if the attorney general of the United States himself came into Judge Prince's court in a Palm Beach suit, he would be advised of the incorrectness of his garb. A Greenville lawyer who has lived in other states, yesterday declared that he was glad to see that Judge Prince insisted upon the matter because it is one of those things which lend dignity to the appearance of the tribunal of justice. In most of the states the black judicial gown has been discarded, although it has al ways been worn in South Carolina. It is said that upon one occasion James Louis Petigru, the old Palmetto state's most famous and learned lawyer, appeared in court in black coat and white duck trousers. The rule of court at that time required an attorney to wear black coat and trousers and the sheriff to wear a cocked i hut and sword. When Mr. Petigru rose and addressed the court, the judge said to him: "Mr. Petigru, you j are not properly attired to appear before the court. Your trousers are not black." Instantly Mr. Petigru re- , plied: "Your honor, the rule requires < that an attorney shall be garbed in 1 black coat and trousers and that the j sheriff shall appear in cocked hat and ] sword. If your honor holds that the 1 trousers must be black as well as the ! coat, will he also hold that the sword | of the sheriff shall be cocked as well ] as his hat?" "You may proceed, Mr. < Petigru," said the court.?Greenville ' Piedmont. I ? 1 ? The South Carolina division of the j International Order of King's Daugh- j ters and Sons held Its nineteenth annual meeting in Laurens this week. ? An unknown negro attempted criminal assault upon the wife of a prominent citizen of BennettsvilLe on Wednesday. He has not been captured. >tiy Most women are born leaders? and most men are born followers thereof. TOLD BY LOCAL EXCHANGES News Happenings In Neighboring Communities. CONDENSED FOR QUICK READING Dealing Mainly With Local Affaire ot Cherokee, Cleveland, Gaaton, Lancaster and Chester. Gastonia Gazette, May 14: The newly elected mayor and board of aldermen of the city of Gastonia, held their first regular meeting at the city hall Tuesday night, with Mayor C. B. Armstrong presiding, and Aldermen B. F. S. Austin, J. M. Shuford, A. B. Elliot, T. M. McEntire, A. J. Klrby, IT T n ? D Vf TAhnotAn vv. r. ivmubiu aim xv. aii u uutiowvu present. After the reading of the minutes of the called meeting of May 5th, the board proceeded at once to the election of the various city officials, which resulted as follows: City attorney, A. G. Mangum; recorder, A. C. Jones; assistant recorder, George B. Mason; prosecuting attorney, A L. Bui winkle; assistant prosecuting attorney, J. W. Timberlake. Chief of police, J. W. Carroll; patrolmen, O. F. Adderholdt, J eft Elliott, W. T. Rankin, A B. Hord; sanitary policeman and watershed inspector, B. W. Craig; sanitary and police patrolman, C. E. Wright. Fire chief, V. G. Grier; firemen, Robert Terrell, Ned Hayes. Cemetery keeper, John D. Lindsay. Tax collector and policeman, R. A. Ratchford. City clerk, T. A. Ratchford. Superintendent of water and light department, H. Rutter Declaring that the traits of character which drew to the southern Confederacy, its leaders and its men and women, the admiration of the world are the same traits that are necessary for success and progress In this age, Dr. Thos. W. Llngle of Davidson college, whose address was the principal feature of Memorial Day celebration here Wednesday, painted a roseate picture of North Carolina as she will be fifty years hence Messrs. A. F. Whitesides, Ed Whltesldes, J. P. Reid and W. L. Gallant left this afternoon in Mr. A. F. Whltesldes' automobile for Steel Creek, Mecklenburg county, to visit Mr. Frank M. Gallant, a nephew of Mr. W. L. Gallant. Mr. Gallant has been quite ill for some time, but is now much better Mrs. R. Love Davis received the sad news a few days ago of the death of her sister, Mrs. S. O. Robertson, which occurred on May 6th at her home In Heber Springs, Ark. Mrs. Robertson was 66 years of age and had been in feeble health for many months. Two sisters, Mrs. J. B. Boyd and Mrs. R. Love Davis of Gastonia, and two brothers, Mr. J. H. Workman of Gastonia, and Mr. J. C. Workman of Rock Hill, S. C., survive, as well as her husband and seven children. Mrs. Robertson formerly lived in Gastonia, having moved to Arkansas about 11 years ago. ? Gaffney Ledger, May 14s Funeral services over the remains of Mrs. Ruth Pettit, who died at her home near Corinth, Monday, were conducted at the residence Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, by Rev. F. C. Hlckson, assisted by Rev. A. L. Vaughn. The interment followed at the Thompson cemetery A call has been extended by the deacons of the Cherokee Avenue Baptist church to the Rev. J. R. Pentuff, of Washington, to supply this church during the coming summer. Mr. Pentuff preached at the Cherokee Avenue church last Sunday, making a very favorable Impression with the congregation. Some twenty to twenty-five years ago Mr. Pentuff preached and taught school in what is now the Macedonia section of the county where a majority of the older residents remember him favorably. He is expected to come to Gaffney with his family next week in time to participate in the revival meeting being conducted at the Cherokee avenue church by Dr. L T. Reed of Elizabeth City, N. C. Mr. Donald Huggin, who was recently appointed superintendent of -education in Cherokee county, Tuesday underwent a throat operation performed to remove an unusual growth. The operation was entirely successful. Mr. Huggln will probably be able to assume the duties of his office as soon as he receives his commission from the governor Evangelist L. T. Reed, D. D., of Elizabeth City, N. C., known as the "Man with the Glad Hand," Tuesday evening, opened a revival meeting at the Cherokee Avenue Baptist church in this city Dr. J. B. Watson of Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, spent a few days in the city recently, visiting his brother, Mr. Edward Watson. Dr. Watson holds the chair of psycology at the university and is president of the Psycological association of America. King's Mountain Herald, May 13: Commencement exercises of the King's Mountain Graded school, were held last Friday. One of the principal features of the occasion was an address by President Lee Davis Lodge of Limestone college. The exercises included an oratiort by John Floyd, class history by Miss Aleen Ormand, class prophecy by Miss Ethel McGill, class will by Miss Mary Hunter and an essay by Miss Virginia Mauney The King's Mountain delegation to the ChapmanAlexander meeting at Charlotte last Wednesday was a big success. Fullly a hundred of our people were there and in a body. A big reservation had been made for the delegation and we filled it The King's Mountain Pressing club, conducted by Roy and Sidney Brown, was robbed Monday night and fourteen pieces of clothing taken. The entrance was affected by removing a pane in the back window. A signboard advertising the King's Mountain battleground is to be placed near the passenger depot here by the Progressive association. The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Jackson of the Cora mill village, died and was buried last Thursday The Tenth of May Decoration and old soldiers' Memorial was celebrated Saturday, May 8, In the very best style. An able address was made by Col. T. H. Parker, president of the Greater Charlotte club, of Charlotte, in which the valor and bravery of the men of gray were recounted and the rapidly thinning lines eulogized for their faithfulness to the cause for which they so nobly fought. Chester Reporter, May 13: Mrs. R. G. Strieker of 109 Pinckney street, received a very interesting letter a day or two since from her sister, Mrs. T. P. McGrady of Manning, in which the latter gave a vivid description of the terrible tornado last Friday afternoon, that did so much damage in Manning. Mrs. McGrady says that the courthouse is ruined, in fact, the whole business district is practically destroyed. Tin from the roof of 9tores was blown nine miles in the country. There were a number of miraculous escapes, and in addition to the several that were killed many were so badly hurt that they will be maimed for life Mr. John Frazer, who purchased the scaffolding and lumber left after the new county jail was completed, is hauling the same away, ind as soon as the committee appointed by the county board completes the necessary outbuildings around the premises, Sheriff D. E. Colvin and family will move in Miss Jennie 3cott Castles, oldest daughter of Mr. At~a \\r TXT Wlllroo. surg, and Mr. Edward Walter Haile jf Kershaw, were married at Bethel VI. E. parsonage In this city yesterday lfternoon, Rev. J. C. Roper performng the ceremony In the presence of a 1 'ew friends The many friends of Rev. George Summey, former pastor jf Purity Presbyterian church, were ?lad to see him In the city yesterday ?venlng. Rev. Mr. Summey Is now < ocated at New Orleans, as pastor of < :he Third Presbyterian church and ( t as en route to Wilmington. N. C., ind Norfolk, Va., to visit his sons 1 and also to attend the Northern Presbyterian general assembly at Rochester, N. Y. Rock Hill Record, May 13: R. S. Hanna, one of the best grocery salesmen in this city and who has been associated with J. N. McElwee's grocery for for many years, has resigned that Job and is now with the Rock Hill Grocery Co A wedding which came as a surprise to their many friends in the city and county, was that of Miss Carrie L<ee Collins and George Turner Holler, which occurred Wednesday afternoon at 6 o'clock at the Methodist parsonage on Spruce street, Rev. John L Splnks officiating. The marriage was witnessed by a number of close friends and relatives. Immediately following the ceremony, Mr. and Mrs. Holler went over to the home of the groom's sister Mr*. W. R Rnarh nn Rnlnrin street and later left on a short bridal trip A message was received here this morning that Miss Pearl Hamilton, daughter of Mrs. Hamilton, who lives on Whitner avenue and Bast Moore street, and sister of Frank Hamilton of the Rock Hill Are department, who went to Saranac Lake some time ago, was critically ill and her death expected at any time. Fort Mill Times, May 13: Friends of Mr. J. H. McMurray, who was stricken ill about ten days ago and taken to a Charlotte hospital for treatment, will be pleased to know that he was able on Monday to return to his home in this city. Mr. McMurray is slowly improving and it Is the hope of all that he will soon fully recover The town of Fort Mill was "on its good behavior" Saturday night and Sunday, not a single arrest having been made by the police officers. This was in great contrast to the previous week-end, when the fines and forfeitures amounted to $47.60. The Times has been requested by a lady resident to ask the city council or whoever such duty might properly fall upon, to have the cannon balls which belong in Confederate park, put back in their proper places. At present the balls are half Imbedded in a ditch outside the park, and this lady very rightly thinks they should be given attention. * Lancaster News, May 14: Intelligence was received here yesterday of the death of Mr. Manly J. Porter, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Q. A. Porter, of the Dixie section, which sad event occurred at the home of the deceased yesterday unernoon in unanoue. Mr. Porter was about 30 years of age and was married some years ago to Miss Orr of Chester county Mr. James R. Mothershed of the Upper Camp Creek section, died at his home after a protracted illness, Wednesday night at 11 o'clock. He was a son of the late Ellsha Mothershed. He was about 56 years of age and was twice married, both wives being daughters of the late Levin Watson On Monday afternoon at 3.30 o'clock, Mrs. Hettle Stewart, wife of Thomas S. Stewart, died .n the mill village after a sickness of about Ave months. Mrs. Stewart was the daughter of J. T. Golns and was 39 years old. She was a member of the Second Baptist church. Her remains were interred in West Side cemetery, Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Rev. W. S. Paterson officiating Mart Hudson, a colored man living on Barr street, this afternoon killed a large coachwhlp snake in his house, which measured 6 feet and 7 Inches in length. Hudson poured hot water on the reptile to run it out of its hole and then shot it with a shotgun. He reports that there is another one that stays around the place A majority of the qualified electors of the Van Wyck school district have filed a petition with the clerk of the court, praying that the compulsory school attendance law be put in operation in that district The county board of education will act upon the petition and the law will go into effect in Van Wyck district under the law the second Monday in June, 1915. Pleasant Plain school district will be under the operation of the law at the same time, the petition from that district having been first filed. The Caston school district petition has not yet been hied, but as a majority of the electors in I that district will sign for it, it will make the third district in the county to have the compulsory school attendance law Mr. D. B. Green, who is studying for the ministry in the Presbyterian Theological seminary at Columbia, is at home to spend his vacation. He lacks only one year of completing his three years' course Twenty-six white and eleven colored teachers stood the examination recently for teachers' certificates, the largest number that has ever appeared at one time before the county board. PRESIDENT'S NOTE TO GERMANY What the Newspapers Think of a Remarkable Paper. President Wilson's note to Germany was editorially commented on throughout the United Staes last Friday with distinct praise and approbation. Extracts from editorials of some of the leading newspapers, as indexing American sentiment, follow: New York Times: It is the greatest diplomatic achievement of the note that it puts upon Germany the choice not only of what her reply shall be, but of what is to follow. . . . The president's eloquent appeal to her great traditions, to her sense of honor and Justice, must triumph over warlike inclinations she may feel to pursue a course that can have but one ending. New York Tribune: He (the president) has drawn an indictment against the German nation which will lie for all ages to come, if the kaiser's government fails now to meet the demands of the president of the United States promptly- and completely. Wronged, we have offered Germany a peaceful solution in the present crisis, but?and the president sums it all up ?we shall omit neither word nor act necessary to the performance of our sacred duty. New York Herald: It might have been stronger, It might have been < weaker; it will serve. Mr. Wilson has overcome the Infection of those i members of his cabinet who are for peace at any price. He has lived up to the very best traditions of his character. , New York World: It is calm. It is , restrained. It is courteous, but with , a cold, cutting courtesy that gives ( added emphasis to every word By the strength of his case and the ( moderation of his tone, the president ( has made it as easy for Germany to do right as to do wrong. If he Is to fall In his effort, it will be in good conscience and In a good cause. New York Sun: The note is im- 1 peachably urbane, though not without ' little Ironies, in its tone, friendly in 1 spirit, resolute in its assertion of American rights and of the freedom. It recalls Germany's contention for 1 that liberty. The president has spoken 1 firmly. The country, supporting him 1 as firmly, awaits the German reply. ( New York Press: Into the end of 1 his note to Berlin, President Wilson has put some teeth, and not too many at that?into the end because the first 1 of it is filled with those graceful but c empty rhetorical phrases which long 1 ago exhausted the patience of Amerl- t cans no less than they excited the derision of the Berlin militarists. Springfield (Massachusetts) Republican: The government's position in this case is the country's position. It is not extreme, yet it covers the ground. Buffalo (New York) Courier: Right minded men of every party will approve its tone and tenor. It seems to meet every requirement of American patriotism and honor. Buffalo (New York) Express: There has been no backdown. Let the people's response go out from every corner of the land. We are all Americans. Louisville Courier-Journal: The note to Germany meets the requirements and is such as the government of the United Staes should address to Berlin. The president leaves little room for parley and none other than mouthings or rupture remains for Germany. Louisville Anzelger: We agree with the president that the German government must prevent loss of American passengers, but we do not think that the death of Americans gives the president the right to demand the cessation of Germany's undersea warfare against British commerce so long as England does not abrogate its starvation warfare. Chicago Tribune: Whatever the fate of our relations with Germany, the president undoubtedly has voiced the sentiment of the nation upon the use of the submarine and as to the rights of neutrals on the high seas. Boston Globe: President Wilson has not shirked a grave responsibility. The American note clearly shows that Germany must relent or take whatever consequences we may decide to adopt. Boston Herald: President Wilson has never written a great state paper more exactly suited to the occasion. Boston Journal: President Wilson's words are those of a patriot We cannot believe that a' nation which is bound by so many ties of friendship to this nation is so far possessed by war madness that she will fall to heed the message. Boston Post: The note is all that such a message from a Justly aggrieved nation to the aggressor nation should be. In it is the voice of the American people at its finest Philadelphia Inquirer: We have iiui atna/o oqicvu nivt* vuo va>v?v?i? of the United States, but when It comes to a question of the nation's honor, the president must be upheld. The note is written deliberately and coolly. There is not a word spoken in haste. Philadelphia Record: The note is in every reepect a masterly document There can be no mistaking the concluding paragraph. Philadelphia Public Ledger: The administration has spoken and spoken to the point. Will Germany listen to the voice of prudence before it is too late? Washington Poet: The note is framed in moderate language and leaves abundant opportunity for the German government to reply in a way that will restore good feeling between the two countries. The question is now up to Germany. It is unnecessary to speculate whether the American note will lead to war or peace, because the issue rests with Germany and not with the United States. The alternative is clearly set forth. New York Staats-Zeltung: While the Staats-Zeltung makes no editorial comment today, it has the following to say, printed in Bngllsh: Nor is this a time to burden millions of the American people with unjust and unnecessary anguish of mind. The German-American must suffer in any conflict between the United States and Germany, pains of which their fellowcitizens can never know anything. It is rather time for showing them the greatest degree of consideration. They have fought to uphold the flag in the past and they will do so again, against any enemy. They deserve the fruits of past loyalty, until they have forfeited the right to claim them. There has never been but one flag under which the German-American ever fought There can never be but one flag under which he will ever fight, and that flag is the Stars and Strlpea Denver Post: The president's note to Germany is manly and patriotic. The stand of the United States is unquestionable. . . The red blood of the west would have preferred a note containing a little more emphasis and ? IAQO AIxaum 1 A/>II H An Qlif c* nine icoa vuuuwuuvut vf anyhow, come what will, the contents of this note and its sentiment are endorsed by the sentiment of the gTeat Rocky mountain regions. Indianapolis News: It is not simply the government, but the nation that speaks through the document St. Paul Volks Zeltung: The stand taken by the president serves notice on our own so-called leaders and the Irresponsible Jingo press that this country will not go to war without full Justification. We are glad to see the president take such a strong stand for upholding the rights of American citizens; we sincerely trust he will demand that hereafter all countries will respect our right to the sacred freedom of the seas. . . . Whatever the outcome, no matter how great the suffering and mental agony that German-Americans would undergo, there can be no question about their loyalty to the Stars and Stripes. Milwaukee Journal: The note asserts rights guaranteed American citizens under the laws of nations to safety of lives on neutral vessels and in merchant vessels of belligerents. The president's firmness and desire for friendship are certain of support rrom all Americans. San Francisco Chronicle: Unques tionably firm, the note is yet friendly in tone, and though this latter qualification may be displeasing to the jingoes, it commends Itself to the comnon sense of people unaffllcted with j n flammable hatreds. Sacramento Bee: The American jeople today have reason to be proud >f their president. Woodrow Wilson ias met a grave crisis splendidly, )ther, aren't you, Mr. Moll?" he askvorks. Seven tramps were arrested at iayne (Spartanburg Junction) Frilay, charged with train beating. Be ng unable to pay a fine of S5 each, hey are serving thirty days in Jail.