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Scraps and jracts. ? Dr. Dernburg, former German colonial secretary, and known in this country since the beginning of the European war as official spokesman for the German cause, has voluntarily decided to leave America. Upon the sinking of the Lusitania, Dr. Dernburg made speeches in New York city and Cleveland, Ohio, justifying that act, and although the German ambassador disclaimed any responsibility on the part of the Imperial government because of the doctor's utterances, much feeling was engendered on that account, and it became known that President Wilson was also much displeased because of it. There was talk in the press of asking Dr. Dernburg to leave the country; but no official action was taken. It is believed that the American government will undertake to send I>r. Dernburg home on an American vessel; but that has not been definitely decided. ? Secretary McAdoo and Comptroller Williams on yesterday answered the charges of malice, conspiracy, etc., made by the Riggs National bank of Washington, in injunction proceedings. orougm oy me oanit. me guvciumoiv officials say th?y have nothing personal against the Riggs bank; but are proceeding againsit it because it has violated the banking laws in various important particulars. For one thing the Riggs people are charged with making dummy loans to its officers on notes drawn in the name of employes. The bank is charged with conducting a stock brokerage business, with lending: money on real estate transactions and with doing various things it has no right to do under the laws. The government officers submit along with their answer a detailed record of transactions of the bank extending over a number of years. The hearing took place yesterday and the court was asked to dismiss the Injunction. The matter, however, is still under advisement. ? Construction of the navy's first dirigible was authorized last Friday, by Secretary Daniels, who awarded a contract for its manufacture to the Connecticut Aircraft company, of New Haven, on a bid of $45,636. The balloon is to be delivered within four months?to be used at the naval aeronaut station at Pensacola. It is designed to carry four student observers in addition to a crew of four. It will be 175 feet long, 55 feet high, have a gas capacity of 110,000 cubic feet and a speed of 25 miles an hour. The two-hour radius of action can be doubled by replacing with gasoline the weight of the extra men. Congress appropriated $1,000,000 for aeronautics in the last naval bill. The armored cruiser North Carolina is to be overhauled for use at Pensacola as an aviation ship. With her arrival and delivery of the airship contracted for the Pensacola station will start the training of officers and men on a larger scale than ever before. ? In one of the most far reaching decisions of recent years, the interstate commerce commission last Saturday, , decided that the railroads owning and operating steamship lines on the Great Lakes must give them up after December 1. The principal eastern i trunk lines which carry the great volume of freight traffic between the Atlantic seaboard and the west are affected and the decision may altar par- ( tially trade routes over which are i moved millions of tons of the west's H<?h stores of raw materials to the east, and millions of tons of manufactured products to the west and i northwest. In effect the decision es- ; tablishes a water route, independent of railway control, from New York to points on Lake Superior and Lake Michigan. The commission points out that the Great Lakes, for many years dominated by the railroad owned fleets, again will be open to inde- 1 pendent shipping and that the Erie canal again has the opportunity of becoming a main artery of traffic. ? Those timtd mortals who assume that, as a matter of course, Japan or Germany could conquer the United States with great ease should attend a night school class in history, says Girard, in the Philadelphia Ledger. We have double Japan's population and ten times her wealth. Our credit is the best in the world, and 6,000 miles of salt water separates Japan's navy from a better one of our own and California We have 75 per cent more people than Germany, 200 per cent more weath and 3,000 miles of ocean lies between us. When England, which already had possession of the American colonies prior to 1775, tried to hold them, it had several times their population, a dozen times their available wealth, undisputed control of the sea and a big army. England seized Boston, then New York, then Philadelphia and then Charleston. It sent hither the largest army which that empire had ever shipped across an ocean. It hired 29,000 Germans, many of them the ancestors of England's foes today, to battle against Americans. For several years England struggled and still failed. ? Since 1906, the average day's haul of cotton from the farm to the shipping station has been increased from about 1,700 pounds to 3,000 pounds, according to a report made by Mr. Frank Andrews, chief of the division of crop reports of the United States agricultural department. Commenting on this, President Harrison of the Southern Railway company, said: "While the shortening of the average haul, due to railroad construction and the use of heavier draft animals, has probably been helpful, there can be no doubt that the principal factor in this large saving in the cost of marketing the cotton crop is the direct result of the progress that has been made in improving the country highways of the south. It is a practical demonstration of the economic advantage of improving roads radiating from market to towns and shipping stations so as to give the benefits of good roads to the largest practicable number of farmers ii\ the community. That there is still room for further improvement in many localities is shown by the fact that the average wagon load of cotton varies in aiuerem puns ui mc tuuun ueh from two and one-half bales to eight bales." ? Washington, May 15: American marines will be landed at Guaymas and sent to aid Americans threatened by Yaqui Indian outbreaks if the commanders of warships sent to the Mexican port believe it necessary. After a conference today with Secretary Bryan, Rear Admiral Benson, acting secretary of the navy said: "We hope Americans will make their way to the coast and be taken aboard, but if it is necessary to send out landing parties, Commander T. C. Magruder of the Raleigh, is authorized to take that action." The Raleigh and New Orleans have been ordered to Guaymas. State department advices from Mermosillo today confirmed the reported killing of J. J. Dovovan, J. J. Fay and Jack Wilson and the Wounding of Z. O. Stocker, all Americans, in the recent outbreak in the Yaqui valley. Secretary Bryan said information from several sources showed all Americans in the valley to be in danger. The department, he said, was making every effort to protect them and get them out of the danger zone. Admiral Howard, commanding the Pacific Meet, notified the department late in the day that the Yaqui and Mexicans still were fighting. Regular Mexican troops, he said, had refused to advance against the Indians. The latest fighting was reported at Pres. east of Hermostillo. The capture of Alamos by the Villa forces in southern Sonora is reported. ? Figures indicating the growth of the Southern Baptist church in the last year and the extent of its membership are combined in the annual report of Dr. Lansing Burrows statistir.nl oocru ?nrv submitted to the church's convention at Houston, Tex., last Friday. According to the report the Southern Baptists have 24.338 churches, with a membership of 2,588,633. Since the last convention 151,441 converts have been baptized into the fellowship of these churches and 11.686 members who had been excluded were re-instated. During the year 28,279 members were expelled and 20,397 died. Connected with these churches there are 17,233 Sunday schools in which 1,705.871 pupils are enrolled. Dr. Burrows reports that the property of the Southern Baptists is valued at $.">6,861,492. The church's gifts for missions last year totaled $1,759,821, and the amount contributed by the church and Its members for all purposes aggregated 113,073,939. The negro Baptists in the south, according to the report, number 2,083,246. In the United States, outside of the south, there are 1,341,933 Baptists, making the total number of the Baptist denomination in this country 6,013,812. The report states that Texas, with 336,679 members, has the largest number of Baptists of any state in the Union and that Georgia is second with 293,244 members. Dr. Burrow's report gives the number of Baptists in countries other than the United States, as follows: Canada 133,516, Mexico 2,917, West Indies and Central America 56,525, South America 12,562, Europe 621,765, Asia 207,195, Africa 17,991, Australia 30,188, a total for the world world of 7.096,471. ifhc \|orkrilte (Enquirer. Entered at the Postofflce in Yorkville as Mail Me'ter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE. S. O.i TUESDAY, MAY 18, 1915 If the Riggs bank people should be upheld In their contention that the animus of the activities of McAdoo and Williams is persecution, notwithstanding the fact that they are guilty of the various things charged, it would seem that the laws intended for the regulation of national banks could have but little respect in the future. It may be that there are hundreds of other national banks that have been doing all the things alleged against the Riggs bank; but if these things are in violation of law, there is no excuse for any of them. The Greenville News last week took occasion to make a sensible and pointed reply to the criticism of a Chatauqua lecturer who complained at the News because of its neglect to give an extended summary of his lecture after the same had been delivered. The News pointed out how it had given extended advance notices of the lecture, not so much because it felt bound to do to, as because it felt that the lecture was worth while, and it wanted the people who might be interested to go cut and hear it After the lecture had been delivered the newspaper was busy about other things, including the matter of getting the wherewithal to make a living. The lecturer, it appears, was even critical of the News on this account, complaining because the space occupied by certain paid advertising was not being put to as good use as if it had been occupied by a summary of his lecture. All that the News said in reply was proper and to the point, except it may have made a mistake in paying any attention to this fellow at all, though if an editor is ever allowed an expression of personal feeling on any account, he is not to be blamed for such indulgence on this occasion. To be sure the lecture was a good thing, and well worth the price of admission; but so also is the advertising space of the newspaper a good thing and well worth the price asked for it. Except for door receipts there would be no lecture and except for advertising and subscriptions there would be no newspaper. It is not fair to say that either the lecture or newspaper is altogether for money; but one is hardly less so than the other, and by what right this lecturer undertakes to criticise a newspaper that owes him nothing either by way of duty to Itself or its readers, we do not see. The newspapers have had their say on the early phases of the Lusitania incident, and that say seems to have developed beyond question that there is a very large section of the American press that is standing ready to push this country into a declaration of war with Germany at the first opportunity. The effort was made in connection with the sinking of tne Lusitania, and it would have easily succeeded except for the fact that President Wilson kept his head. That the thing is to be repeated in connection with some other incident is reasonably certain; but In the meantime let us look into the justice of the thing as it appears on its face. England undertook to blockade German ports. She had a right to do it if she could. She could and did. But the blockade of German ports was not sufficient, and England undertook to blockade all ports, hostile and neutral, through which supplies could reach Germany. She had no right to do this; but she did it. Our own nation protested but did not resist. England asserted her right to hold up and search ships 011 the high seas. The United States protested, but did not resist. Germany cut off from intercourse with the outside world, declared her submarine blockade. The famous U-9, that had sunk the Hogue, Cressy and Aboukir, held up a British passenger ship in the North sea; but the gallant commander, being unwilling to sink the vessel without giving the women and children a chance to get away, was himself sunk by a torpedo boat convoy while he was waiting. After that no other German commander cared to take such risk, and the Lusitania was sunk without warning. There is no justification foi the sinking of the Lusitania, neither is there any justification for the blockade of neutral ports because Germany can be reached through them. There is no justification for the ruin of Belgium by the Germans, and neither is there nny justification for the ruin of East Prussia by the Russians. Germany is not to be excused for taking the lives of Americans on the Lusitania: but is the British government to be excused for allowing the Lusitania to sail through water infested by German submarines? It was the British admiralty who, before the tragedy, urged Americans that there was no danger and who after the tragedy declared that it did not have sufficient resources to convoy such vessels as the I .Iiult-i ni-> When think of the cif cumstance of American lives being sacrificed as victims of a German submarine. it makes us see red as against the Germans: but when we think that except for British duplicity and British cowardice which was willing to sacrifice those Americans for the purpose of inciting us against the Germans the red gets thicker. However, it is quite clear that Mr. Wilson sees through the whole thing, and does not propose to let either side use us against the other if he can help it. The Approaching Municipal Election. On next Tuesday?this day week, the qualified voters of the town of Yorkville will pass on the question as to whether they would have the name of the town to remain as it is, or have it changed to "York." There has been a good deal said on this subject in The Enquirer, and in discussions among the people during the past few weeks, and the public generally is pretty familiar with whatever merit there may be in the question. It will be remembered that the proposition was first proposed by its individual author to the Crustbreakers' club, a local exclusive social organization, and through that organization it was proposed to the town council by Mayor Wilborn and later to the "gettogether meeting" of the Board of trade, by Mr. W. B. Moore. As to who made the suggestion to the Crustbreakers there is conflict of testimony; but is a matter of no material consequence, as the question is now to be passed upon by the voters, and the preeumptlon is that they will deal with it on its merits, or otherwise as they may see proper. After the Board of Trade meeting, an effort was made by individuals, acting whether officially or otherwise, makes no difference, to have the gennrnnnaarl Cl ttl aODCIUUljr IU uiaivc biiu |/i change forthwith without a vote of the people. The legislative delegation declined to take the responsibility of making the change except with the consent of a majority of the qualified voters of the town, and amended the bill that had been submitted to them in such a manner as to make provision for such a vote. Dissatisfied with this action of the legislative delegation, the people behind the bill requested its withdrawal, which was done. After withdrawing the bill that was intended to guard against such confusion as would be inevitable in case of the changing of the name of the town, the movers in the change proposition started out along a new line. Proceeding under an act that provides a means whereby the general act under which the town is incorporated may be amended "in any manner not Inconsistent with the constitution arid laws of the state," the movers presented the town council with a petition purporting to be signed by a majority of the freeholders of the town and asking for an election or the question of changing the name. The town council called the election to be held on Tuesday, May 26. Among the public arguments that have-been submitted in favor of the proposed change are: 1. "Ville," meaning a village, suggests insignificance, smallness, etc. 2. The writing of the word "ville" consumes so much time and ink as to make it a burden on business and financial resources. 3. All the country people say York anyway, and why not change it? 4. Andersonville, Laurensvllle, Lancasterville, Chestervllle and Unionvllle, have changed their names to Anderson, Laurens, Lancaster, Union and r?K aotfir 5. If the name were changed the town would grow. 6. To change the name of the town would embarrass The Yorkville Enquirer, the owners of which have a great deal of pride in the name of their paper. Among the answers to the various arguments here outlined, the opponents of the proposed change have submitted the following: 1. The suffix "ville" is a part of the name of some of the largest and most progressive towns in the country, like Louisville, Nashville, Knoxville, Jacksonville, Greenville, and more than a score of others. 2. Business people to whom time and ink are objects, usually have their stationery printed, and the printing usually includes the date line and the name of the town. Outside of this a quart of ink would serve to write all the "villes" that would be required in a* century, even though "ville" were a suffix to every town in the state. 3. If country people say "York." it is only as a popular and familiar nickname; but as a matter of fact there are as many of the country people who say "town" as there tire who say "York," and there are probably as many who say "Yorkville" as say either town or York. Besides the country people are not thought to be in favor of the change. 4. Anderson and the other towns referred to struck oft' the ville because their names were fully long enough and satisfactory enough without it. York county reprt sentatives had the case of Yorkville under consideration when the names of tne other county seats were shortened and elected to keep the name of their own county seat as it was. 5. No one has suggested any reason why the town would grow any more with the name changed than it is growing now. 6. There would be no embarrassment to the name of the Yorkville Enquirer on account of the change and friends of The Enquirer who may be in favor of the change for other reasons: but who would not cast their votes that way on this account, are urged not to hesitate in the least. While the editor and publishers of The Enquirer prefer that the name of the town remain as it is, they have no concern whatever because of any effect that the proposed change might have on the fortunes of this paper. If any reasons other than those stated have been advanced why the name of the town should be changed, they do not occur to us. Among some of the reasons why we do not think the name should be changed are the following: 1. No good reason has been given. 2. It is not necessary. 3. The town, as Yorkville, has a long and honorable history. 4. If has a reputation for hospitality, culture and refinement, as well as for education and intelligence, and that reputation has been made under its present name. 5. As Yorkville, it figures most creditably in the educational and religious history of the state as well as the patriotic and military history. When in the future it shall become necessary to refer to any of the events or achievements of the old town and the writer has to say "York (formerly Yorkville)" he will leave an impression on the reader that will necessarily suggest a question point. <5. Yorkville is on school maps, government maps, postofflce maps, topographical maps, soil survey maps, and other maps galore. If the name Is changed it will be generations before the new name will be as well known as is the present name. There are numerous other reasons that could be given why this name should not be changed; but it is hardly worth while to state any more. We feel quite sure that most of the voters are going to weigh this whole matter as carefully as they can, and act according to their best judgment. We feel sure that some honestly think their duty calls upon them to vote for "York." We feel quite sure that others feel that their duty calls upon them to vote for "Yorkville." There are some who without caring one way or Via nthor will vnti> fnr "VtirWvilln " and others who without caring one way or the other will vote for "York." With many the matter is of deep concern for sentimental, historical am; business reasons, and with others it is of no concern at all. Every man, however, has a right to vote as he pleases, and how any man may vote, for whatever reason, it is no other man's business. We hope the name will not be changed: but we recognize the equal right of every othjr individual to hope it will be changed, and however any individual may vote, we recognize that we have no right to think any the less of him because of that vote. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS G. Percy Berry?Phone No. 144, la ready to take you pleasure riding in an automobile, or take you on special trips at reasonable rates. E. L. McSwain?Invites the public to an ice cream supper at the Cannon mill, Saturday evening, for benefit of the Woodmen. McConnell Dry Goods Co.?Offers a lot of ladles' hats, formerly selling at $2 to (5, at 25 cents for choice. J. J. Keller & Co.?Have hydrated lime and recommend It for sanitary use and for gardens to destroy bugs and wormu that infest vegetables. Old George, the Butcher?Wants to supply yon with choice fresh meats and vegetables of all kinds. ? - ? vr Tlfo n 4 Ferguson ? iuuuguiuuu?num tu furnish you with cotton hoes, farm hardware, cane seed and feedstuff. W. E. Ferguson?Suggests that while you may be Interested in many different things, you must eat, and he wants to supply you with groceries. Thomson Co.?Announces a three day special sale of seasonable goods, and invites you to come. First National Rank of Yorkville?Advises you to build a financial fort to protect yourself and family in the future. One dollar starts the fort Stonecypher Drug & Chemical Co., Westminster, S. C.?Guarantees its potato bug killer to destroy the bugs without injuring the plants. See page four. Kirkpatrick-Belk Co.?Offers special bargains in every department and x invites you to attend special lace sale this week. "Bobs"?See page four for "Bobs," "the chewiest chewing gum ever chewed"?5 cents. At the present time Yorkville is neither English, French nor German. It is distinctively American?an American name of an American town. There were 750 transfers of real estate recorded in York county from March 1911 to March, 1912; 798 from March. 1912, to March, 1913; 516 from Murch, 1913 to March, 1914; 529 from March, 1914 to March, 1915. Mr. C. H. Smith of No. 5 Yorkville, brought some alfalfa to The Enquirer office yesterday that measured three feet in length. He says he got about five tons of cured hay off two acres at his first cutting last week. To change Yorkville's name on the strength of such flimsy pretexts as have been offered in favor of the proposition, will make the town smaller instead of bigger in the eyes of the outside world, which will have a right to conclude that after all it is only a "one man town." Through a rather peculiar accident, the sticking together of two photographs in such a way as to show up a title on one that belonged to the other, another photograph was substituted for Smyrna school in the last issue of The Enquirer. The sketch is being reproduced today with the proper cut As a prerequisite to voting on the change of name question next Tuesday, the voter must show his municl-. pal registration certificate and receipts for all past due municipal taxes. To vote in the election for school trustees to be held at the same time, it will be proper to show state registration certificates and receipts showing the payment of all past due state, county and school taxes. Reports of good stands of cotton are common, and the concensus of testmony seems to be that the general situation is better in this regard than it has been for at least ten years. Mr. J. M. Stroup of Yorkville, who is one of the largest planters in the county, has in 500 acres of cotton, and he says it has been twelve years since he has had as good a stand as he has this year. Stands are good on all kinds of land. If the people who have lived in Yorkville in the past have handed down no reproach on those who live here now, why* should the people who live here now be willing to throw reproach upon those who have lived here in the past? Yorkville became Yorkville by act of the general assembfy representing the state of South Carolina generally and the people of York county especially. Could the old people speak, those who have lived, striven and died here, they would say: "If there is any good reason for changing the name, do it; but if there is no good reason for the change, why vex each other about such a matter?" The South Carolina county seats whose names end in ville are as follows: Abbeville, Bishopvllle, Bennettsvllle, Greenville, Yorkville. The following county seats have different names from their counties: Monck's Corner, (Berkeley), St. Matthews, (Calhoun), Gaffney, (Cherokee), Manning, (Clarendon), Walterboro, (Colleton), St. George's, (Dorchester), Winnsboro, (Fairfield), Conway, (Horry), Camden, (Kershaw), Bishopvllle, (Lee), TD? / Marllu.n.l WoIViqUq UC1I IICllOT 1>1C| \ iuai IWW1 \//| **?* &* ? y (Oconee), Columbia, (Richland), Yorkville, (York). There are fifteen of these, a fraction over one-third of the 44 counties in the state. This is in reply to those gentlemen who are solemnly assuring people who have confidence in them, that Yorkville is the only county seat in the state that does not have the same name of its county. CROPS LOOKING FINE John R. Blair, York county farm demonstration agent, who has been making an inspecting tour through the country during the past few days, is well pleased with the prospects of a good crop of wheat, oats and clover. According to Mr. Blair, some of the finest wheat and oats he has seen are in Bethel township and one of the best fields of crimson clover he has seen is that of Dr. T. N. Dulin of Bethel. This field, which includes about ten acres, was sown according to government instructions and bids fair to make a good yield of hay. Mr. W. B. Riddle of the Bowling Green section, has a wheat field which was sown in February and It promises well?being fully equal to most of that which was sown in November and December. Mr. Blair says that the wheat fields of Mr. W. B. Keller of Yorkville No. 1, are the most promising he has seen anywhere. This wheat was sown after clover and without fertilizer. About 50 pounds of nitrate of soda was put on half the field; but the other half which had no soda at all looks just as well and promises just as good a yield. DIOCESAN COUNCIL ADJOURNED Rev. T. T. Walsh and Mr. G. W. S. Hart returned to Yorkville Saturday, after attending the 125th annual coun CH of tne Jipiscopaj cnurcii, wnicn meeting was held in Florence last week. The next meeting of the council of the diocese will be held in Columbia. Trustees were elected to serve the Church Home Orphanage, which is located in Yorkville, as follows: Revs. \V. H. K. Pendleton, O. T. Porcher, E. A. Pennick, John Kershaw and C. H. Jordon, and Messrs. H. P. Duval, W. B. Moore and O. A. Gulgnard, W. M. Barnwell, Jesse Cleveland, P. THayne and Governor Richard I. Manning. The following were elected delegates to the provincial synod which meets in Sewanee, Tenn., this summer: Revs. K. G. Finlay, Geo. C. Williams, L. O. Wood, Harold Thomas and Messrs. W. C. Blssell, H. P. Boggs, W. B. Moore and H. M. Ayer. A commission on social service consisting of Rev. C. W. Boyd, Rev. O. T. Porcher, Mr. Allen Jones and Mesdames W. P. Cornwell and Alex Long, was appointed. The diocese ordered that one Sunday in each year should be devoted to sermons and addresses on Christian education in each parish and mission in the state. Report was made to the council of the need of another building at the Church Home Orphanage in Yorkville, but no action was taken In the matter. Before adjournment a resolution thanking the people of Florence for their hospitality was offered and adopted. SECOND HAILSTORM A second hailstorm, fully as destructive as that mentioned last Friday, visited pretty much the same territory on Saturday afternoon and wrought still further damage. The path of the second storm appears to have been about a mile wide on/4 If ovtonrlo/l fpnm fho noichhnphnotl of Bowling Green to a mile or two south of Tlrzah, passing Yorkville about five miles to the northeast. At some places along Its path the storm was rather light and did but little damage, but at other points the downpour of hail lasted from five to ten minutes and destroyed everything in its path. So far as Information has been gathered one of the severest sufferers was Mr. R. E. Wingate, who lives on the J. J. Miller place, about a mile south of Tlrzah. Although generally the hail was accompanied by wind, at Mr. Wingate's there was no rain until after the hailstones had been coming down for several minutes. Of a 25acre cotton field, just up to a nice stand, all but about two acres will have to be planted over. The crops of R. H. Gardner, Sam Roach and John Simpson, near by, were also cut to pieces There have been numerous reports of heavy damage to fruit along the path of the storm, in some places complete destruction, and in others losses of varying degrees of severity. It is understood that the fine field of wheat belonging to Mr. W. J. Gordon of Yorkville No. 6, which was recently mentioned in The'Enquirer as holding out so much promise, is almost totally ruined and other farmers living along Yorkville routes, 2, 6 and 7, who had fine fields of grain will feel the effect of the destructive hail. It has been the opinion of many farmers that wheat and oats could not be hurt by hall at this time; but the destructive storm has shown the fallacy of that opinion. Luckily there was not a great deal of corn planted in the storm-stricken area; but where there was the great hailstones, which measured from the size of a partridge egg to some say a guinea, cut the young corn as though a flail had been used. In no case was any farm so completely damaged that a total replanting will be necessary; but among those reported to The Enquirer as being hard hit are the following: W. W. Alexander, A. J. Sturgis, S. E. Sturgis, Geo. R. Wallace, A. M. Wallace. W. J. Engle, Zan Carroll, O. W. Hartness, W. E. Gettys, Harvey Adkins, W. S. Peters, Bradley Barnett, Mrs. Kate McCarter, Milton Jackson, J. J. Miller. ABOUT PEOPLE Mrs. J. E. Hart of Yorkville. visited friends in Columbia, last week. Mr. A. W. Sturgis of Yorkville No. 6, is visiting relatives in Rock Hill. Miss Hazel Oliveras of Aiken. S. C., is visiting Miss Mary Henley Willis in Yorkville. Mr. Barron Kennedy of Rock Hill, visited relatives in Yorkville this week. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Scott of Yorkville R. F. D. 3, are visiting relatives in Spartanburg. Miss Mamie Moore of Charlotte, N. C., is spending some time with relatives in Yorkville. Miss Clara Alexander of Yorkville No. 4, is visiting Miss Carrie Nicholson, in Burlington, N. C. Rev. J. W. Moore of Salisbury, N. C., visited his uncle, Mr. W. N. Ferguson, in Filbert last week. Mr. W. M. Allison of Charlotte, visited his mother, Mrs. Nannie G. Allison in Yorkville this week. Mrs. K. D. McMaster, who has been visiting friends in Yorkville, returned to her home in Winnsboro yesterday. Miss Hattie B. Lowry, who has been teaching school in Shelby, N. C., returned to her home in Yorkville, Saturday. Dr. Jas. B. Shirley of Yorkville, left yesterday afternoon for Honea Path, S. C., where he will visit relatives and friends. Mr. A. B. Willis of Yorkville, left Sunday for Ashevllle, N. C., where he has taken a position with a piano company. Miss Mamie Sturgis has returned to home on Yorkville No. 6, after a visit to relatives and friends in Rock Hill and Lancaster. Mr. N. J. Dillingham, who has been living at the Cannon mill for several years past, has moved to Yorkville No. 3. Miss Margaret Gascoigne of Bullock's Creek, is visiting relatives and friends in Yorkville, the guest of Mrs. O. E. Grist. Miss Mary Dunn Boss, who has been visiting Miss Fannie Stroup in Yorkville, left this morning for her home in Charlotte. Rev. J. L Oates of Yorkville, left this morning for Woodruff, where he ffona tn ooaiot In fho or*eranIva tInn nf bWV" kV MWOiRV H?v wiOM.OW.w.. w* | a troop of Boy Scouts. Mr. John S. Land of the Presbyterian Theological seminary, Columbia, is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Land, on Yorkville No. 1. Rock Hill Record: The condition of Mrs. Paulina Wood and of Mrs. J. J. Hull, who have been critically ill for some time, is reported about the same. Prof. Foy Dickson who has been teaching the Gold Hill school in Fort Mill township, returned to his home near Yorkville Saturday. Prof. Dickson will have charge of the Gold Hill academy again next term. Messrs. R. S. McConnell, B. F. Smith and W. Gist Finley left yesterday for Greenwood, where they will represent the Yorkville fire department at the annual Fireman's tournament, which is being he'd in Greenwood today, tomorrow and Thursday. Mr. Howard D. Smith of the Presbyterian Theological seminary, Columbia, who has been spending several days with the family of his father, Mr. J. F. A. Smith, near Yorkville, leaves this week for Montgomery, Ala., where he will fill the pastorate of the Second Presbyterian church of that city during the summer months. WITHIN THE TOWN ? The Cannon mills are putting a new boiler in the boiler room of their Yorkville plant. ? Rev. R. A. Lummus, pastor of the A. R. P. church of Richburg, Chester county, conducted services in the A. It. P. church Sunday night. ? Considerable hail fell with a heavy shower of rain yesterday afternoon. Some of the hailstones were quite large and the hail was thick in places. It lasted only a few seconds. ? One of the prettiest spots in the town now is the arbor and lawn at the C. & N.-W. depot. The lawn is a beautiful green, uniform In every respect and the arbor is covered with pretty flowers and vines. ? Yorkville is getting some advertising on account of this change the name agitution, but the advertising would be much better if it were on ne- I count of a proposition to establish n public park or to concrete Liberty street sidewalks. ? In a game featured by the heavy hitting of both teams, the Neely Cotton Mill baseball team defeated the Latta school on the diamond In the Cannon Mill pasture Saturday afternoon. The score was 13 to 11. Batteries: Neely Mill?R. Boyd and Lockrldge; Laita school?Shllllnglaw and Shillinglaw. Umpire, Harris. ? Probably the lust game o* baseball which the present Graded school team will play this year, will take place this afternoon on 4 bo local grounds with the Rock Hill Graded school. Both teams claim to be the best In the Fifth congressional district and a hard fought contest Is expected. ? A marriage which came as a surprise to their many friends and acquaintances was that of Mr. M. W. Beach to Miss Annie Lee Moore, the ceremony taking place Friday evening at the Baptist parsonage, and being performed by Rev. J. H. Machen. The marriage had been kept secret from all save a few intimate friends. The bride Is the second daughter of Mr. W. T. Moore and has many friends in the town as well as elsewhere. Mr. Beach is a native of Boone, N. C., and for several years past has been in the employ of The Enquirer. He is well and fuvorably known to a large circle of acquaintances. Immediately after the ceremony, Mr. and Mrs. Beach drove to the residence of Mr. John W. Miller, where they will reside. ? Mr. Louis Roth recently received a letter from one of his sisters, who lives in Munich, Germany, stating that the Germans were well pleased with the progress of the war and had not the slightest doubt of its favorable ending to Germany. Mr. Roth has two nephews who have seen service In the German army. One of them recently suffered a wound in the hand, but as soon as his hurt was healed he offered to again take his place in the ranka The authorities, however, refused to accept hlrn. Another nephew is now with the German armies in East Prussia which are fighting the Russians. According to the letter recently received, the refusal of the army officers to accept a man who had received so nlight a wound as that mentioned, is an indication of the fact that German soldiers are by no means scarce. Mr. Roth's sister writes that present conditions in Germany are little changed from those which existed before the outbreak of hostilities. The cafes ol Munich are alive with diners each night and the theatres are crowded every nigni as uiuugn mcie ytcic hu war. The letter speaks of the writer's attending grand opera quite often. In the letter to Mr. Roth it is stated that there is not the slightest scarcity of food and supplies and the people have no fear that such shortage will occur. The German people are solidly behind the imperial government and are confident of the success of the German arms. LOCAL LACONIC8 Communion at 8myrna. Services preparatory to communion last Sunday began at the Smyrna A. R. P. church Friday, the pastJr, Rev. B. G. Pressly, being assisted Dy Rev. R. A. Lummus of Rlchburg. Each of the services were largely attended. Hail in Smyrna Section. According to a number of residents of the Smyrna section, there was much hall together with a heavy rain In that community yesterday afternoon. No damage of consequence to crops has been reported. 8everal Yoi-k Girls to Graduate. One hundred and twenty-eight young ladies expect to receive diplomas from Winthrop college next month. Ten York county girls are included in the large graduating class. They are: Anna Roddey Miller, Frances May Milling, Louise Sowell, Annis E Nichols, Blanche Plexico, Jennie Lee Kerr, Frances Green, Eulalle Poykln Cook, Mary Anderson Craig, Rock Hill; Elliott M. Quinn, Clover. Lightning Strikes Horse. During a severe electrical storm last Wednesday afternoon, a horse belonging to Mr. Walter Latham ol Yorkville No. 3, was struck by lightning and received injuries from which it will very likely die. The horse was in a stable and the bolt of lightning seemed to have struck it in the head. Part of the mane and hair on its head were singed off by the bolt, and the horse has been acting queerly since the accident. Good Crops In Southern York. There are some fine fields of wheat and oats on the road between Yorkville and Chester, and according to people living along the road there is more of it this year than there has been for many a year in the past. The grain crop in Chester county, between the York county line and the town of Chester, is looking pretty good and it is evident .hat Chester county, as well as York, has much more grain in the fields this year than usual. Fort Mill School Closes. Fort Mill's Graded school will close the year's work Friday night with an interesting entertainment gotten up by the pupils. Rev. W. A. Hafner, pastor of the Fort Mill Presbyterian church, preached the baccalaureate sermon on Sunday. One of the fea tures of the exercises to be held Friday evening will be an address by Prof. E. D. Esterling of the University of South Carolina. Several boys and girls will graduate from the school this year. Services at Clover. Evangelistic services which have been in progress in the Methodist church at Clover for several days past, are being largely attended. Rev. J. W. Moore, who is doing the preaching has already won for himself the admiration of his hearers. The services Sunday were very largely attended, many people being unable to secure even standing room in the church. The meeting will continue indefinitely. Was a Native of York County. Gaffney Ledger: Mr. L. J. Jackson died at his home in this city Sunday night after an illness of only a few hours. He went to church Sunday afternoon. Upon returning home he ate his supper as usual, being taken ill a short time later. Mr. Jackson was born in York county, March 26, 1859, and therefore was slightly over 56 years old. He is survived by his wife and several children. The funeral and Interment was at Buffalo church cemetery. Changes Among the Schools. Prof. J. \V. Shealy has been re-elscted superintendent of the Clover school but has not yet accepted. Prof. R. E. Allen of Clover, who taught the Pine Bark school during the past session, has been elected principal of the Filbert school. He has several situations in view and has not yet decided whether or not he will accept at Filbert. Prof. Rodney Love, who taught the Latta school during the term which closed last Friday, will be in charge of the Smyrna school next year. Bullock's Creek Holds Memorial. Fitting memorial exercises were held at Bullock's Creek church Saturday afternoon, the feature of the occasion being an inspiring patriotic address by J. A. Marion, Esq., of the Yorkville bar. Mr. Marion spoke at some length on the causes of the war between the sections and his address was listened to with much interest. It was Intended to decorate the graves of the Confederate dead and have other exercises at the church Saturday; but owing to the threatening attitude of the weather th'e programme was cut short. Ridge Has Fine 8chool House. That the recently constructed Ridge school house near the home of Dr. T. N. Dulin in Bethel township, is one of the finest and most modern rural school buildings In York county, is the opinion of Superintendent Carroll, who inspected the building Friday, and formally accepted it. The building is built on the latest Clemson plan and Is an Improvement over even some of the buildings which have been completed during the last two years. The school house has not been painted yet; but will be In a short while. It will also be fitted with furniture in keeping with the house. Rav. Nabors Lectured. Rev. Chas H. Nabors, former pastor of the A. R. P. church at Prosperity, preached at the Sharon A. R. P. church Sunday morning and in the evening presented an illustrated lecture on the subject, "John Barleycorn." Both services were attended by large audiences. Rev. and Mrs. Nabors left yesterday morning for Tuscaloosa, Ala., where Rev. Nabors has accepted a charge. They are making the trip to their new home by automobile and expect to be on the road about five days. They are accompanied by Miss Lois Whltesides of Hickory Grove No. 2. Hall-Barnette. Tork county people will doubtless be pleased to receive the intelligence of the marriage of Mr. R. F. Barnette to Miss Besse Hall, which occurred May 6, at Knoxville, Tenn. Mr. Bamette Is a son of Mrs. W. E. B&rnette of the India Hook section and was formerly employed by the South. ern Power company at Rock Hill. He is at present in the employ of the Tennessee Power company at Emf, Tenn, and there he and his bride will reside. Mrs. Bamette is a daughter of the late D. L. Hall of Clinton, Tenn., and for several years past has been employed as a stenographer by the Tennessee Power company at Cleveland, Tenn. 8pecial Course for Girls. A special course for girls in home demonstration work, will be held at Winthrop college under auspices of the Federal government from June 21 to July 3, inclusive, and 54 young ladies from twenty-four counties in this state which are organized in home demonstration work, will receive the benefits of the course. Several Tork county girls will take the course of instruction. Miss Edith Parrott, state agent for home demonstration work; Mrs. Dora Dee Walker, assistant state agent; Miss Minnie Lee Garrison, Tork county agent; Miss Jo Yarborough, who is in charge of the work in Chester county, and C. C. Cleveland, state agent for the Poultry club work, are now at Winthrop, mak, ing plans for the course. When Insurance Was Profitable. Mr. W. E. Gettys of the Tlrzah section, struck it lucky on hail insurance Saturday. It will be remembered that Mr. Gettys suffered severely in the hailstorm of last Wednesday. Saturday morning he took out some hall insurance on the balance of his crop and Saturday afternoon his farm was again visited by hail. While discussing the incident above mentioned, a gentleman of the Bullock's Creek section remarked yesterday: "Yes, Mr. Gettys was rather lucky?much more lucky than I was with insurance. For five consecutive years I took out heavy hail insurance on my crops. There was no hail. The sixth year I decided to discontinue the Insurance and that year my crop was almost totally destroyed." ' Hailstones at Ebenezer. Mr. J. J. Matthews of Ebenzer, was in Yorkville this morning and reported a heavy hailstorm throughout his , neighborhood yesterday afternoon. There was considerable damage to oats, an average of something like two to three bushels to the acre being knocked out of the fields of F. R. i Black and W. H. Matthews. There i was also damage down toward the Blackjacks; but detailed information had not been received. Mr. Matthews 1 said he saw signs of the hail along i the road toward Ycrkville, but not a great deal of damage was reported. "If I had not been in the storm of last July," he said, "I would have consid: ered this storm as pretty heavy. As , it is J will have to describe It ais rather moderate." Only One Date for Election. As to whether any of the York county school districts with the exception of Hickory Grove, expect to enforce i compulsory school attendance during > the coming year, is not known; but it is a fact that the question is being agitated in several districts. Where a petition signed by a majority of the registered voters is presented, the county board of education can order the compulsory act enforced; but where a i petition is signed by only one-fourth 1 of the voters, an election must be held on the matter, and under the act, the only time such an election can be held is the second Tuesday in June, i The board of education has received ' no such petition and it is hardly likely that any of the school districts save Hickory Grove, will operate under ? the law during the next school year which begins July 1. The Hail Was Hard. Mr. George R. Wallace of Yorkville No. 2, came near losing a promising colt on account of the hail Saturday. 1 Mr. Wallace's son, Mr. James R. Wallace, and a colored man were returning home from Yorkville, when the hailstorm came up. They were driving a mare whose nine-day-old colt was running alongside its mother. The colt tried to run under its mother to obtain shelter from the hail?the mare becoming frightened and bruising the colt considerably. In the meantime. Mr. Wallace and the negro got out of the buggy in an effort to extricate the colt, and both were pretty severely pelted with hailstones. According to Mr. Wallace, there were a number of bumps on the negroe's head where the hailstones had struck him Saturday afternoon. Gang Making Great Change. York county's chaingang is making a wonderful change in the YorkvilleRock Hill road?la fact, a new road altogether. The steep hill between the Langham branch and the residence of Mrs. M. J. Simril has been reduced n onoh nn pvtant that it reaulres little effort on the part of machine or beast to pull it. The road is being made a standard width of thirty feet and where heretofore it has sometimes been difficult for two machines or buggies to pass, they now have plenty of room and to spare. The gang is now engaged in building a strong concrete culvert over the branch at the Latta school and work on the road has not progressed further than that point. It will very likely be some time before the road builders reach Fishing creek. Commissioners Condemn Roadway. The county commissioners visited the Quinn property on the YorkvilleFilbert road Friday, for the purpose of inspecting the same with a view to condemning a portion of it for right of way. It will be remembered that at a ; hearing of the commissioners several weeks ago a petition signed by a large number of people from the Fil- j bert section was presented the com- J missioners asking that the road be changed to run across the Qulnn prop- ( erty in order that the sharp turn in ] front of the residence of Mr. Thomas McLain might be avoided. After in SpeCUIlK lilt* )JI cmiaca uic kuiiiuiiamuu.ers decided that a strip several hundred feet long would be necessary and formally condemned the needed land valuing it at $25. The present objectionable piece of road is the property of the Misses Quinn and will revert back to them. It is understood that the landowners will appeal from the decision of the commissioners. Should Have Voice In Election. That people living In every section of York county are very much interested in the "Change of Name" election to be held in Yorkville next Tuesday, and are of the opinion that the country people as well as the citizens of Yorkville should have a voice In the election, is evidenced by the many expressions that have been heard on the matter, coming from every community. Only recently a party of gentlemen were discussing the matter and MV. J. E. Brandon of McConnellsville, said: "Well, it looks like they are going to have the election anyhow, regardless of those residing out of town. But in my opinion the country people have Just as much say so in the matter as others. I have Just read an article In the paper on the subject and I tell you it concurs with my views exactly. Yorkville is my county seat. I pay my taxes there and I am sure that not only myself but every other man living in the country should have a right to say whether its name sh jld be changed or not." Death of Rock Hill Lady. Intelligence was received in Yorkville Sunday afternoon of the d.eath of Mrs. Anna Roddey Phagan, wife of Mr. K. B. Phagan of Rock Hill, which occurred in a Baltimore, Md., hospital cany sunuay morning. aim. r-n>ui had been In bad health for some time but bronchial pneumonia was the immediate cause of death. The deceased was a daughter of the late David Miller and was born in Mlscanopy, Fla., about 28 years ago. She was a graduate of Winthrop college and for a number of years was a teacher in the Rock Hill Oraded schools, to which city her family moved after the death of her father. She was a loyal member of the Presbyterian church of Rock Hill. She is survived by her mother, Mrs. Nettis Miller, her husband and three brothers, Messrs. A. A., T. R. and Robert Miller of Rock Hill. The funeral was held from the the home of Mrs. W. L. Roddey in Rock Hill yesterday afternoon and the interment was in Laurelwood cemetery. 80UTH CAROLINA NEWS ? Dr. Paul H. E. Sloan, treasurer of Clemson college, died suddenly Saturday morning. He was 79 years old. ? Miss Annie J. L. Ensor, for 17 years connected with the Columbia m postofflce, has resigned her position. A ? The Southern Baptist convention w has asked South Carolina Baptists for 138,000 for home missions, and for $65,000 for foreign mlsslona ? Rev. W. P. Yarborough, an evangelist of the Methodist church, well known In South Carolina, died at his home at Leesvllle, Wednesday. ? Governor Manning has appointed John R. Sumter, who, for the past two and a half years, has been chief of police of Sumter, to the position of chief constable of the state. ? The home of John C. Prultt, eight miles south of Anderson, was destroyed by fire Monday afternoon. The residence was valued at $10,000 and was insured for $6,000. ? At a meeting of citizens of Chester yesterday, It was decided to call an election on the question of Issuing $100,000 In bonds to be used in street and sidewalk improvement. ? Miss Agnes Suber was struck by an automobile at Long Lane, Newberry county, Saturday and received Injuries from which she will probably die. ? Fire of incendiary origin destroyed two of the most prosperous stores in Greenville county Sunday. They belonged to Hendricks and N. H. Harris of Greenville, and were located Ave miles from that city. The loss Is estimated at about $15,000 with $3,000 Insurance. ? Governor Manning on Saturday night wrote the following letter to Mayor Grace of Charleston: "In regard to the report of Chief of Police Cantwell, dated April, 1916, to you and by you transmitted to me, this says, 'I beg to report the following parties and places have discontinued business.' I, like you, received this * report in good faith and took it to mean that these parties had discontinued business as a result of the activities of the police squad. On looking Into this, however, I find that the statement of Chief Cantwell is erroneous and misleading and I will mention but two Instances: Ll Williams, who died some months ago, and M- H. Alkett, who was burned out Many of the places said to be closed are selling liquor. This seems so serious to me that It should demand an investigation and I suggest that you investigate this report I have not received any subsequent reports." ? Fred H. Dominick, assistant attorney general, left Columbia Saturday night for Washington, where he will appear before the United States supreme court to present arguments * in the Vaughn and Grant case. He also will ask the supreme court to dismiss the appeal of Will Bethune. T. U. Vaughn, former superintendent of the Odd Felows' home in Greenville, is appealing to the supreme ffonrt on ? writ of error, contending that he was sentenced to be hanged; that in the interim between the time he was sentenced and the date set for his death the mode of capital punishment in South Carolina was changed to electrocution; that death by the latter mode of execution was unconstitutional. Vaughn was convicted in Greenville of statutory criminal as-sault and was sentenced to die December 20, 1912. He appealed to the state supreme court on a writ of error and the Judgment of the lower court was affirmed. Interning the Germans.?Several thousand subjects of enemy countries of military age, says a London cable of last night, were sent to internment camps today. The majority of them were men who voluntarily surrendered. At least 2,000 came from the Soho district of London, while those In the East End waited for the police to take them. Many of the prisoners were owners of small businesses, which they have disposed of since the order for a general internment was issued by the government. Those remaining at large and for whom there is no room in the camps have been ordered not to leave their homes between 5 o'clock in the evening and 5 o'clock in the morning. This action on the part of the government and the fines and Imprisonment inflicted upon men. women and boys who wrecked and looted German shops have virtually put an end to the rioting. Standing By the President.?The German Catholic union of Baltimore, which has a membership of 8,000, at Its annual meeting Sunday, adopted the following memorandum, addressed to President Wilson: "While proud of our German ancestry, we know only one flag, the flag of our country, and we tender to you, the standard bearer, our undivided loyalty. "We have every confidence In your cool Judgment, honest and brave manhood and are convinced that you would rather be right than president. That God may guide you is the praver of the German Catholic union of Baltimore and vicinity." ? Cotton used during April, 613,610 bales, exclusive of linters, compared with 499,646 In April last year, the census bureau announced last Friday. During nine months ending April 30. cotton used, 4,091,285, bales against " 4,264.856 in the same period of the previous year. Cotton on hand April 30 in manufacturing establishments was 1,831.035 bales, against 1.572,058 last year; in independent warehouses 2,850,189 bales, against 1.353.295 last year. Exports in April, 672,008 bales, against 398,223 last rear: for nine months, 7,361,621 bales against 8,334,298 last year's period, Linters used, 36,863 bales, against 26.636 last year; for nine months, 261,269. against 148,074 previous year's period. ? The archbishop of Canterbury In a letter to Premier Asquith. and the bishop of London in a sermon last Sunday, says a London dispatch, appealed to the government not to make reprisals against Germany for the use af asphyxiating gases by authorizing the army to adopt means of attack, rhe letter of the Ar.chblshop of Canfprhnrv shM- "T pnrnpstlv dn trust we shall never anywhere be Induced ar drawn to take a course which would lower us toward the level of those whom we are attacking:." Antllerman riots also were denounced by the prelate, who offered the full pow?r of the church to induce every person In the kingdom to do his share n the war.