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Scups nntl .facts. ? Hudson Maxim has invented a new position indicator for submarines which, he declares, is at once cheaper and much better than those now in use in the various navies. This instrument will enable a submarine to find her own position under water, and will do away with the dangerous necessity of going to the surface for that purpose. Mr. Maxim has applied for a patent on this. The device, he says, would enable the captain of a submarine to find his position on a map at any time within 100 feet or so. "There are position indicators of an English design in use in all the navies of the world," said Mr. Maxim. "Their work, however, is crude. My device costs only $1,000 to install in a submarine, while the position indicator at present In use costs $17,000." Mr. Maxim is also experimenting with an improved periscope. ? David Lloyd-George, the British minister of munitions, announced on the tioor of the house of commons Wednesday that he would give the organized labor leaders seven days in which to get their forces in shape to guarantee the production of munitions of war to the capacity of the various factories. If the labor leaders were not able to secure a sufficient number of men for full time, and guarantee that they put in full time, then the minister announced it as his purpose, a bill had been prepared to enlist all laborers as members of the army and require full work The labor leaders have accepted Ihe minister's warning in apparent ?ood faith and promise they will get the men necessary for all requirem ;nts. The understanding is that the men are employed as in the service of king and country, that they are to receive liberal pay, and the profits of the owners of the factories are to be limited to a reasonable per cent not out of proportion to the pay of the laborers. There is to be no age limit so far as enlisted laborers are concerned. ? Newspapers of the Canton of Grisons, eastern Switzerland, says a Geneva dispatch of Wednesday, give details obtained from Swiss soldiers and guides respecting the fighting at Stelvio pass and the neighboring heights overlooking the Vallentine valley. This region is known as the rear door to Italy, through which it would be possible to threaten Milan. The Austrians have fortified Stelvio pass strongly with mountain artillery and blockhouses. The Italians hold other passes nearby and duels are in progress daily above the clouds, which cut off the valleys from view. In consequence both the Austrians and the Italians have to depend upon field telephones for obtaining the range for their guns. Italian howitzers lower down have the exact range of the top of the pass and fire through the clouds. Their principal target is a hotel on the summit in which the Austrian staff is lodged. Dreispachen Spitze, with an altitude of 9,327 feet, which is an Austrian artillery station, is being bombarded from Scurlazo. In one hour the Italians dropped 85 shells there, working havoc to the summer hotels. Stelvb- pass is covered with two feet of sn^w. At night it presents an unusual spectacle, being illuminated by searchlights of both sides and by flames of artillery fire, piercing the clouds. ? Robert Lansing, who as counselor of the state department, has advised Tfc?nrilortw in low on/i nrppp - dent in the policy pursued by the United States toward* belligerent nations since the outbreak of the European war, was named on last Wednesday secretary of state to succeed William J. Bryan. Few appointments in recent years have given such widespread satisfaction in the national capital. Mr. Lansing is a life-long Democrat, but he has devoted his time to international law and diplomacy and is as popular with former Republican officials as with his colleagues. Members of the cabinet and close personal friends of the president advised the selection, and Mr. Bryan himself, although not consulted, is understood to have hoped for the promotion of Mr. Lansing. Official announcement of the selection of Mr. Lansing who has been secretary ad interim since # the resignation of Mr. Bryan on June 8, was made in the following statement: "Before leaving this evening for a brief rest in New Hampshire, the president announced that he had ofTered the post of secretary of state to Mr. Robert Lansing, the preseni counselor of the state department and that Mr. Lansing had accepted the appointment." A commission was prepared which President Wilson signed Wednesday night, giving Mr. Lansing a recess appointment. When congress reconvenes, the nomination will go to the senate. No opposition is anticipated. ? Washington, June 23: Gen. Venustiano Carranza has informed the United States that under no circumstances will he treat with Gen. Villa and that he will continue his military campaign to crush his adversaries. President Wilson today had a long report on General Carranza's views as given in informal conversation with an American consular officer at Vera Cruz. He found in it little hope for an accommodation of differences between the Mexican factions. General Carranza reiterated that his was not a campaign for the elevation of personal ties, but for the principles of the revolution that his opponents were "reactionaries" and desirous only of satisfying personal ambitions. Outlining his plans for the future, Carranza declared he soon would grant amnesty to all who were not guilty of crimes. General Villa and his associates, however, according to General Carranza, either must leave the country, or be tried by a military court. General Carranza's views did not surprise officials here, as he consistently has ignored all offers of peace made by the Villa-Zapata faction, as well as suggestions of foreign mediators. There is a possibility, however, that Carranza does not understand the earnestness of the United States in demanding an early settlement of the trouble in Mexico. Charles A. Douglas and Eliseo Arredondo, representatives ot General Carranza, will leave here on Friday for Vera Cruz to confer further with the First Chief. They are familiar with the American point of view and know there must be a conciliatory disposition on the part of Carranza toward his opponents before he can hope for the moral support of the United States. No advices have been received officially as to the outcome of reported differences between Carranza and Obregon. Enrique Llorente, Washington representative of the Villa-Zapata government, today gave out messages from General Villa and from General Angeles, denying that any friction existed between the two. ? El Centro, Cal., June 23: Sharp earth shocks today centered the anxiety of Imperial Valley settlers on the head ga'tes of the great irrigation system which had transformed nearly 250,000 acres of desert. Tonight the intakes of the Colorado river, near Yuma, and the headway at Sharpe's were reported safe although the Sharp's Heading was shaken and sagged. Engineers reported that another shock as severe as the one that last night rocked the little cluster of towns in the valley and cost half a dozen or more lives in the Mexican border town of Mexicali, undoubtedly would wreck the works there. Scientists appear to agree that last night's shocks lay along the line of what is known as the San Andreas Fault in the earth's formation, which was involved in the north-central California earthquake of 1906. Damage estimated at X400.000 was clone in the (lis trict extending: roughly from the shoulder of the Cocopah mountains of Lower California to San Bernardino and Needles, Cal., on the north, Yuma on the east, and San Diego on the west. The zone where the tremors were felt most centered about Calexico and Mexicali, where the free revelry of a frontier collection of saloons and dance halls was halted when the first shock put out the lights and where all the fatalities occurred. The loss at Calexico was estimated at something less than $200,000. Several fires at Calexico added to the damage done there by the quakes, which threw the municipal water tank off its 60-foot tower. The collapse of the tower deprived the town of water pressure and the fires burned several residences and two business buildings. North of El Centro the damage was Colonel House may have been concerned in Is not known. There is not a great deal known about Colonel House except that he hails from Texas; that he first met the president about three years ago; that the president thinks he is one of the levelest headed men in America; that he does not want any public office for himself or anybody else; that he is interested mainly in the general good of the country. The Newberry Herald and News this week was confronted by a most unique situation. Lust week a prominent murder trial was held In Newberry and. of course, the newspapers carried long accounts of the trial. On Tuesday of this week the Herald and News contains letters on the front page from two correspondents, each accusing the newspaper of being unfair; one being in favor of the defendant, who was acquitted, and the other sharply criticising the Jury for its verdict. The dead man's friend said the report was one-sided; the live man's friend says the report was unfair and that it omitted important testimony. It seems to be a well estnhlished fact that everybody cannot comparatively light. Towns further up the valley suffered slightly. No damage was done outside the valley. Meagre reports brought here by train and automobile, said that six or seven men and women had been killed at Mexical and that the bodies of two men had been taken from the debris and identified. Strict guard was established in the various towns as soon as the quakes began. Special deputies here, and at Calexico a troop of United States cavalry which had been patrol!ng the border, kept order and protected property. Across the line Col. Estaban Cantu, the Mexican commandant, established martial law. <5hf \jorlsrillr tfuquircr. Entered at the Post office in Yorkvllle as Mail Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE. S. C.? FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 1915. Make-believe tricks never pay per manently. Business prosperity is more or less psycologlcal, it is true, but to bring it about and keep it going, requires considerable intelligent vim and energy, nevertheless. The most ideal psycologlcal conditions will not pay for potatoes. It is the Observer's religion never to pretend knowledge or undertake to write learnedly of a subject upon which it is not well Informed?Charlotte Observer. And that is why the Observer is always so level-headed in its editorial columns. A splendid rule that?a rule that may be followed with profit, not only by other newspapers, but by the world at large. People who have allowed themselves to come to the belief that the disagreement with Germany on account of that Lusitania matter is settled, might do very well to go a little slow about the matter, less they come in for a jarring surprise. Germany has been getting along very well with her plans of late and there is no good reason why she should show this country any special consideration. Rev. Baxter McLendon is preaching to tremendous crowds in Anderson, and is making numerous conversions; but the people over that way either have no money at all or they are holding on to it like tightwads. According to the Daily Mail, 853 conversions have been reported up to last Wednesday at noon, and of the incidental expenses incurred amounting to $550, there was still 3239.50 to be raised. Mr. Richard Spillane of Commerce onf? Vinanop is nf the oDinion that this year's American cotton crop will not amount to more than 12,000,000 bales. He is taking into consideration both acreage and fertilizer reduction, along with reports from the fields. While cotton is promising very nicely now; he is looking forward to heavy deterioration during July and August because of lack of nourishment. There is a story going the rounds of the press to the effect that when the European war broke out, Japan made arrangements to send an army of 300,000 men against the Germans and Austrians; but because of advice from the United States, England notified the Japanese that the proposed expedition was not desirable. This story comes from Germany, and it is said that Washington officials decline to comment on it. Japan had a big army in Manchuria at the beginning of the war, but the understanding is that the army was for the purpose of invading China if such a step should become necessary. Efficiency means knowing how to do it and doing it. It is a great mistake to quarrel with efficiency. It is like kicking against the pricks. The principal significance of such a quarrel is the realization of incomptency; that is the lack of painstaking labor, and impatience with that which is the result of such labor. The man who quarrels with efficiency is only findfhg fault with his own slothfulness and incompetency. Rather than quarrel with efficiency it is better to become efficient, to learn how to do it and do it. Most people can become efficient if they will use the means, and those who cannot or will not become efficient, may as well reconcile themselves to acknowledged inferiority to those who are efficient. The action of the United States supreme court in turning down the "Grandfather" clause of the Oklahoma constitution, is not surprising. Alter vuiismuuv/ii V/A lite Viliivu i'luivu prohibits restriction of the franchise on account of race, color or previous condition of servitude, and it seems that this should be sufficient. How anybody could expect a tribunal of the dignity of the United States supreme court to uphold a subterfuge like the "Grandfather" clause, we are unable to see. We do not believe the negroes should be allowed to vote, so far as that is concerned, and we have very little respect for that provision of the constitution of the United States which undertakes to guarantee the right of the negro to vote; but it the constitution is to be overturned let it be overturned by fair and regular methods?not by lies. There is a more or less mysterious gentleman by the name of Col. E. M. House, who has been exciting national interest of late because of his alleged close relationship with the president of the United States. When Colonel House returned from Europe a few weeks ago, it was commonly reported that he had been visiting the various belligerent capitals as the personal representative of the president, with a view to getting a line on the situation with reference to peace. Colonel House, when asked about the matter, said there was no truth in the report. It seems to be generally conceded that the colonel is one of those men who though not talking a great deal, invariably speaks the truth when they talk at all. There is no effort to deny the fact, however, that Colonel House is close within the confidence of the president, and that during his European tour he carried credentials that would have commanded for him all the consideration that could be expected by an ambassador. Whatever politics be pleased, but when both sides criticise one he must be pretty near correct.?Bamberg Herald. Correct in every particular; but after all only a recurrence of an old established truth. Fair and truthful statements rarely ever please the parties at interest, because most people want more than they are entitled to. Nevertheless, as our Bamberg contemporary points out, the evidence here is that our Newberry contemporary has discharged its duty. It did not take Lloyd-George, the well-known British economist and one of the ablest leaders of the government, a great while to find out that the most serious drawback to British especially desirable; but comment is not of such absolutely certain value. As to whether comment pays depends largely upon the merit of it. That is, if it is sensible and timely, the reader is appreciative. Otherwise the reader is disposed to resent any such stuff being tried on him. nut it Is this personal stuff, we have in mind. Too many "editors" seem to think how smart it is to be referring personally to other editors, in regard to matters in which their readers have no concern and in a way to leave the readers with the impression that the editorial columns are in a large measure agencies for the exchange of small reparte that carries little sense to the individuals directly concerned, much less to the general public. Of course, where an editor prefers to indulge in that sort of thing, he has a right to; but according to our notion, if there is anything to it at all, it is rather an expensive luxury. The public, which pays for the newspapers, would like those newspapers devoted to public matters, and where editors have occasion to concern themselves with private matters, it seems to us that it would be better to correspond by means of personal letters through the mails. But, as we have already remarked, we recognize that whether anybody wants to take this advice or not, we have no cause for complaint. All of our readers are interested in the subject of taxation, many of them more so than they seem to feel, and many of them are disposed to study the question with a view to trying to arrive at a clearer understanding of it. It is for the benefit of this last named class that we are printing the protest of the banks against the proposition , of the recently created State Tax commission to compel the assessment of the banks on a basis that will require those institutions to pay a larger share of the revenue necessary to pay the expenses of the government. This protest involves the same principles that were under dispute in the protest of the National Union Bank of Rock Hill, and the Loan and Savings Bank of Yorkville, with reference to bonds, , etc. These banks alleged that they should be entitled to exemption on account of non-taxable bonds included in their capital, and the state was insisting that it was not trying to tax those bonds: but was trying to tax the bunk's capital, of cdurse, there < was involved the question as to whether the banks were being taxed out of proportion to the individual, and that ; also is a question of law and equity 1 that is difficult of decision because of the complexities involved. All this is to be argued in connection with the litigation that will grow out of the present fight; but we are not looking for a settlement on that basis just i yet. The banks are probably going to j win this time, as they should, on account of irregularities in the passage of the law complained of. Everybody knows that this act went through the . general assembly in a miserable bun- 1 gle. Whether this bungle was intentional or otherwise cannot be established; but the fact remains that it was a bungle. In our view the tax commission should not have attempted to organize under such a law. it should have waited until the bill could ' be regularly passed In proper shape. Of course the supreme court can find a way to uphold this alleged law if it desires to do so; but we hope It won't, for nobody will have any respect for < a decision to that effect. At the same time, we do not want to be understood as objecting to the tax commission idea. The idea is good and the text of 11 efficiency was too much liquor; but when he undertook to correct at once an evil that had been growing for centuries, he ran upon a task that was far beyond his abilities. Because of liquor he found that skilled and unskilled labor could not be depended upon for more than half of Its time even in the manufacture of munitlor^ of war, upon which the life of the empire seems to depend, and he had little difficulty in arousing parliament to the gravity of the situation; but when he attempted by means of heavy taxes to reduce and curtail the liquor traffic, he found that business entrenched far beyond his calculations. In the first place, It developed that the heaviest income for the crown came from large distilleries in Scotland and elsewhere, and from the rentals on buildings used for the conduct of the liquor business throughout the kingdom. The same was true in the case of most of the nobility; but worst of all, the established Church of England has revenues amounting to millions from various liquor sources. The king was willing to make the sacrifice and so were many members of the nobility; but the Church of England exerted its powerful influence secretly and openly to hold things as they are, and so the movement fell through. It is very probable that if England falls it will be on account of liquor and because the established church holds its revenues from the liquor business above the continuance of the empire. It is hardly worth while to specify; but in all kindness we desire to remark that there are a number of County papers in South Carolina that are making a serious mistake by devoting so much of their time and thought to matters of purely personal concern as between themselves and other publishers. The business of the newspaper, it seems to us, is to inform the public as to facts of general and local importance as intelligently as possible, and to supplement this work with such editorial comment and explanation as may be necessary for a comprehensive understanding of the anmo Pnmnrphpnslvp pxnlanatinn is this alleged act is gooa; oui uecause of the manner in which it was passed , or was not passed, we think it best to call It ofT and start over. However, if the supreme court could be Induced , to decide the main issue, whether the banks are to be taxed on a basis of the value of their capital stock, or whether they can secure exemption ' from taxation by such indirection as is now involved, there will be that much gained that will not have to be gone over again. Fall of Lemberg. Lemberg, the capital of the Austrian province of Galicia, which had been occupied by the Russians since shortly after the beginning of the war, fell before the furious attacks of the combined German and Austrian armies 1 last Tuesday, and the Russians have 1 been thrown back, defeated and demoralized into their own territory. The dispatches do not bring a great many details In connection with the assault on Lemberg; but there appears to be no doubt of the fact that the Russians attempted a desperate stand and that they were finally forced to give away before the most furious bombardment that has yet occurred during the war. The fighting was fierce and bloody and the losses on both sides were appalling; but there is reason to believe that the Russians had been anticipating the outcome and had removed from the city practically everything of military value. Also they protected their rear well as they retreated and lost but few prisoners. According to reports that are being sent out from Petrograd the fall of Lemberg was due solely to the lack of ammunition; but as to whether this is strictly true, there is room for more or less doubt, notwithstanding it may be admitted that lack of ammunition may have had more or less to do with the brevity of the defense the Russians were able to offer. What is going to happen next is largely a matter of speculation; but the most plausible diagnosis of the situation seems to be that if it is a fact that the Russians are pretty well demoralized and crushed, the AustroGerman armies will leave a sufficiency of force in the territory to hold the Russians in check, while the main armies will be transferred over to France with a view to Increasing the activities In that theatre of fighting. TherS is a Russian army operating south of Lemberg and with the Austro-German forces between, it is a matter of considerable Interest as to whether this southern army can be overthrown before it makes a Junction with the forces that have just been driven out of the captured city. Price of Cotton. On a basis of supply and demand there seems to be every reason why the growing crop of cotton should bring a splendid price. All of us remember how we felt last fall with the breaking out of the great European war just as a sixteen million bale crop was being gathered, and nobody blames anybody for getting panicky as to price. England played havoc with the financial situation because of her eagerness to get her hands on the gold supply of the wyrld, and with cotton producers everywhere looking upon the great staple as being sought after only in connection with the pursuits of peace, of course the outlook for a fair price was not good. But now that we have seen more cotton burned in the form of gunpowder than would have been used in peaceful commerce within the same length of time, and as we more fully | realize that all this cotton, along with a great deal more, has been absolutely annihilated, we find it difficult to estimate what could be done with the present actual supply along with the new crop coming into existence, if we l could only hit upon the best way to : handle it. 1 How long the war is going to last i nobody knows; but whether the war goes on for long o; comes to a close within the next few months we know , to a reasonable certainty that cotton is i going to be in strong demand. The cotton producer, however, has already learned to his sorrow in numerous instances, that no matter how strong the demand for cotton may be, he will get but a slim share of the prices stimulated by the demand unless he puts himself in a position to protect himself. The greatest and most practical plan that has yet been devised for the full protection of the cotton producer, is me siaie warenduse uin ongmuieu i>> Hon. John L. McLaurin, and passed into a kind of a makeshift law at the extra session of the general assembly. Although this law is not nearly as satisfactory as it would have been had ' it been accepted in its original form, ' it is potently the best thing that has ever been devised along that line and embodies unlimited possibilities for < good. < But let the South Carolina law be as ] it is for the present, if the Georgia and 1 Alabama legislatures will pass the bills that Mr. McLaurin has prepared for | them, they will immediately bring day- j light to view, and it will be but a few , short months until the south will find ( itself well able to protect its cotton crop against the world, including the American spinners who expect to be- f gin making prices from the close of the war onward. We are watching with much interest the fate of the McLaurin bill in the Georgia legislature. It is reasonably ' certain that the interests which fought the bill so hard in the South Carolina ? legislature will light the Georgia bill nil the harder, for with the passage of the Georgia bill, the South Carolina iaiv can be amended to conform, and j ihen with the two states working together, the cotton producer will be ' fairly on the way to his own. f 1 ? Depuly J. ft. Boulware, who suft'uroil corlf illy iniiiri?>M in tho Winnc. < boro tragedy a few days ago, is stead- < ily improving at a Columbia hospital. . Deputy Beckham who was shot in the leg at the time, has been discharged ' from the hospital and has returned to t his home in Winnsboro. ? The annual meeting of the South t Carolina Building and Loan associa;ion is being held in Columbia this 1 week. I LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS D. M. Hall, Yorkville 1?Has six good fresh milk cowb for sale or exchange for dry cattle. J. R. Hogue?Offers for sale to highest bidder, 178 shocks of oats, in the field. R. J. and J. S. Mackorell?Announce dissolution of firm of Mackorell Bros., by mutual consent. J. S. Mackorell to continue business. The Reily-Taylor Co., New Orleans? Suggest that you give a fair trial to Luzianne coffee. If it doesn't satisfy you it will cost you nothing to try it. 25 cts. a pound. Carroll Bros.?Want to supply you with Lookout Mountain seed Irish potatoes, for second crop planting. Sherer & Quinn?Sell Dunlop flour? Best and self-rising. Also have fruit jars, tops and rubbers. Tin and enameled ware. W. E. Ferguson?Sells Wesson cooking oil. ice cream salt, Diamond crystal salt and has cantaloupes, fresh lemons, and Stone's cakes. J. M. Stroup?Invites special attention to his shoe lines for men, women and children. Shoe sales larger this season than ever before. I I1UIIIMUI1 i/U, uucm a vaunj m ui; Roods, notions, etc., at odd lot prices good today and tomorrow. The township Sunday school conventions are getting in some good work that will no doubt bear wholesome fruit later on. These conventions are being fairly well attended, and it would be better if the attendance were still larger. Th? consensus of reports from the county are to the effect that the cotton farmers are now about up with the biggest grass crop with which they have had to contend for many years, and cotton is growing with amazing rapidity. There are some sections of the county in which the farmers are still behind with their work; but generally farm work is well forward. News of the dissolution of the firm of Mackorell Bros., will be received with regret throughout the business community. This firm has been established in Yorkville for close to fifteen years and has made good. Both members of the firm have numerous friends not only in Yorkville, but throughout the territory surrounding. Mr. R. J, Mackorell has not announced his plans; but as will be seen from the advertisement in another column, Mr, J. S. Mackorell proposes to continue in business here and it is safe to assume that the past reputation of the firm will be fully upheld. THE PROHIBITION ELECTION. Although there has been very little agitation of the matter yet, it is very well for the people to take note ol the fact that there is to be an election on September 14 next, on the <]ue8tion of total prohibition throughout the state. This coming election has been regularly provided for by an act of the general assembly, and since our people are somewhat rusty about such regular elections, it is very well for them to remember that everybody who votes must present a registration certificate. The registration books are to be open during the week commencing July 5, and as officially announced, the supervisors of registration will spend one day during that week in each of the following towns: Yorkville, Clover, Hickory Grove, Sharon, Fort Mill, Rock Hill. After this special canvass of the county, the supervisors will also open the books in Yorkville on Monday, August 1. All persons who are entitled to registration certificates, but who have not yet procured the same, and persons who have lost their certificates, or transferred their places of residence from one precinct to another, will do well to qualify themselves to vote in the election of September 14. GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY The York county Jury commissioners this morning drew the following thirty-six petit jurors who will be summoned to serve at the first week of the court, of general sessions for York county, which will convene in the new courthouse on Tuesday morning, July 13: J. VV. Smith Bethel A. C. Fennell Catawba S. G. Carroll Broad River S. F. Black King's Mountain W. H. Ferguson .... King's Mountain A. M. Wallace King's Mountain F. A. Dunlap Catawba F. E. Patton Catawba R. E. McClure York W. W. Collins Catawba S. S. Brandon Bethesda J. Mc. Moore Bethesda W. F. Wood King's Mountain S. S. Glenn Bethel 0. W. Hartness Ebenezer F. C. Rawlinson Catawba E. M. Moore King's Mountain E. B. McCarter .... King's Mountain J. H. Quinn King's Mountain C. O. Boyd Bethel J. H. Currence Bethel W. M. Epps Fort Mill J. W. McFarland York D. H. Gaulden York Walter M. Bigger. Jr Bethel R. A. Foster Broad River W. H. Williamson Bethesda J. M. Patterson Fort Mill W. S. Dickson York B. D. Kennedy Catawba J. R. Hoagland Catawba \. R. Starnes Fort Mill rar -C fimkoll Pnrl Mill S* eV A'tkins".'". ....1....... r. Bethei H. X. Alexander .... Bullock's Creek C. V. Bradford Fort Mill WITHIN THE TOWN ? The directors of the First National Bank of Yorkville, have secured a charter for a trust company to be operated In connection with the bank. The capital stock is $25,000. ? "The Mohawks," the senior colored baseball team of the town, defeated a team from Gastonia on the Mohawk's diamond, Tuesday afternoon, by a score of 10 to 6. ? The Xeely mill baseball team expects to play the Highland Park Mill :eam of Rock Hill, on the local diamond tomorrow afternoon at 4.30 /clock. ? Rev. Alva Hardie, a missionary of Jescalvado, Brazil, who arrived in the United States only a few weeks ago Tom his mission field, lectured on 'Mission Work in Brazil," in the First Presbyterian church Wednesday evenng. Rev. Hardie has gone to Monreat, X. C.. where he will spend the dimmer. a ?l Otcr Trlho .-\I U llicrilllg 111 01& VIIIIT1 * .?v, S'o. 61, Improved Order of Red Men, n the tribal tepee Tuesday evening, he following officers were elected to ierve during the ensuing six months: Prophet, W. D. Hannon; sachem, C. IT. White; senior sagamore, W. F. Smith; junior sagamore, J. E. Burns; ihief of records, Jas. D. Grist; eolector of wampum. M. W. Beach: teeper of wampum, M. L. Mitchell; rustees?B. F. Marley, J, Y. Lucas, Leonard Boyd. ? That people are swatting the tly his year with a greater determination o exterminate the pest than ever jefore, is evidenced by the fact that never before has such great quantities of fly powders, fly paper, fly traps and other means of killing the creatures been sold In the town. A member of a Arm which handles several preparations for killing flies, said yesterday that they had sold three times as much of these articles this summer as they had sold in any previous year. ? Although he struck out seventeen of the opposing team's batters and allowed only three hits during the entire nine innings. Oower Slaughter, pitching for Yorkvllle, lost the third of the series of games played with Wlnnsboro this week by a score of 2 to 3. Inability of the local team to r nit when hits were needed, were responsible for the defeat. The local ' 1 -? 1 1 4- V.o iearn returneu nunitr m.n ingm, inning won only one game out of the three i played. That was the opening game Tuesday afternoon, the score being 13 to 1. The second day Winnsboro i won, 4 to 3, and they repeated the trick yesterday by a score of 3 to 2. Although they lost the big end of the "serious," the local team is not discouraged; but intends to play many more games this season. They express themselves as being highly appreciative of the treatment accorded them by the Winnsboro boys and expect to play a return series with them on the local field some time this summer. ? Pupils, teachers and others connected with the A. R. P. church, enJoyed their annual picnic at Sutton's , Springs, four miles west of Yorkville, Wednesday, and numbers of those who went on the excursion, say It I was a most pleasant gathering. The party?about 125 strong?left the steps of the A. R. P. church about 10 o'clock Wednesday morning In automobiles, the cars being furnished by citizens 1 of the town. Upon arrival at thespring the younger folks amused 1 themselves by wading in the creek, plucking leaves, playing games, etc., 1 while the older people were content to sit in the shade of the trees and 1 watch the antics of the little folks. Dinner was spread on one long table ' at noon. The head of each family 1 present carried a well filled basket * * ? J ana mere was an auunutmoe ui guuu things to eat, and to spare. After ' dinner a "tug o' war" contest was held between the men and women, the latter finally winning the pull, much to the chagrin of the former. It was late in the afternoon before the picnickers returned to town. ABOUT PEOPLE Dr. J. B. Kennedy of Yorkville, is recuperating after a severe illness. Miss Isabelle Erwin of Washington, D. C., is visiting relatives in Yorkville. Miss Lutie Jenkins of Yorkville, is , spending several days in Baltimore, Maryland. Miss Julia Smith has returned to her home in Yorkville, after a visit to ' Union. Mr. W. F. Christman of Spartanburg, visited friends In Yorkville this week. Mrs. A. C. Burgess and children of Rock Hill, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Love at Sharon. Dr. and Mrs. Wilson McConnell of Davidson, N. C., are visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Jones in Yorkville. Miss Aggiedel Moore of McConnellsville, visited Miss Wilmore Logan in Yorkville this week. Master James Neil of Rock Hill, is ' visiting his uncle, Mr. J. R. Hart, in Yorkville. Miss Elizabeth Carroll of Yorkville, visited Miss Ellen Stewart in Rock Hill this week. Dr. A. Y. Cartwright and Mr. J. R. Cannon of Yorkville, are spending a i short time in Augusta, Ga. Dr. and Mrs. D. L. Shieder and children of. Yorkville, are visiting relatives at St. George. Miss Marie Inman returned to her home in Yorkville yesterday, after a visit to friends in Anderson. Miss Jeannette Lumpkin of Yorkville, is visiting her father, Mr. La J. Lumpkin, at Newport. Congressman Finley Is to deliver an address on the occasion of a celebration at Blacksburg, July 3. Misses Margaret and Genevieve Scott of Atlanta, Ga., are visiting Mrs. J. E. Sadler in Yorkville. Misses Margaret and Quinn Parrott of Clover, are the guests of Mrs. Frank Faulkner in Yorkville. Miss Bonnie Plaxlco has returned to her home in Rock Hill after visiting relatives in Hickory Grove. Mrs. J. Frank Wilkes and Miss McIver Wilkes of Charlotte, are guests of Mrs. J. K. Alston In Yorkville. Mr. O. E. Wllkins and daughter, Miss Majorie, of Yorkville, are spend ing several days In Columbia. Mr. A. J. Klrkpatrick of Hickory, N. C., visited his brother, Mr. J. W. Kirkpatrick, in Yorkville this week. Miss Sadelle Stewart has returned to her home in Rock Hill, after a visit to relatives and friends in Yorkville. Miss Beulah, daughter of Mr. W. E. Ferguson of Yorkville, was taken to a Charlotte sanatorium this week for treatment. Miss Hazzie Betts has returned to her home on Yorkville. No. 3, after a visit to relatives at Rock Hill and Lesslie. Miss Kate Hunter of Yorkville, is attending the summer school for teachers at the University of South Carolina. Columbia. Mrs. Nancy Erwin, Miss Nancy Burge and J. C. Burge, Jr.. of Yorkville R. F. D. 3, are spending some time in Forest City, N. C. Mr. Arthur Barnette of the Bethel section, who recently underwent an operation for appendicitis in Rock Hill, has returned to his home. Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Long and children have returned to Greenville, after a visit to the family of Mr. J. W. Quinn in Yorkville. Miss Nellie Hart, who has been attending school in Charleston, has reurifed to her home in Yorkville for the summer. Miss Nelle Moore of Yorkville, is teaching a music class at Filbert. At present there are about fifteen pupils in the class. Mr. Sam M. Grist is attending the annual convention of the North Carolina Local Agents' association in session at Hendersonville. Chester Reporter: Miss Margaret Marion left this morning for a visit of several weeks to relatives in Charlotte and Fountain Inn. Mrs. M. W. White and daughters, Misses Lesslie and Lula, of Yorkville, are visiting Mrs. White's parents at Riverside, Lancaster county. Misses Sallie and Julia Adams of a Charlotte, and Miss Alice Adams of Sharon are visiting Mrs. D. E. Fin| ley and other relatives in Yorkville. Mrs. R. W. Lowry has returned to Yorkville, after a visit to relatives in Rome, Ga. She was accompanied by Mr. Lowry, who went to Rome a few days ago. Chester News: Dr. Sam Brlson of Clover, S. C.. has accepted a position with the Shieder Drug Co. Dr. Brlson comes highly recommended as a druggist. Mrs. R. E. Stevenson has returned to her home in Camden after a visit to Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Campbell and other relatives in Clover. She was accompanied home by Miss Mary Cart,vright of Yorkville. Mr. M. B. Hanna of Greenwood, a representative of the Due West Female college of Due West, has been pending a few days In York county in the interest of that institution. Mrs. El/.ie Myers and Miss Mary Jo Dickson have returned to their'I home in Central, after a "visit to the family of Mr. J. G. Dickson in Yorkvllle. Yorkville friends of S. L. Latimer, Jr., of Columbia, who has been critically ill with typhoid fever for some time, will be glad to learn that he is steadily improving. Miss Frances and Isabelle Wltherspoon, who have been visiting their grandparents, Dr. and Mrs. J. H. Witherspoon in Yorkville, left this week to visit relatives in Lowryville. Gastonia Gastonian: Mr. Millard Williams of Clover, S. C., came up this morning. He brought his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Williams, who were on their way to the mountains to spend some time. I Friends of Mrs. William Hunt of Yorkville. who has beeh undergoing treatment in the United States pellagra hospital in Spartanburg, will be glad to know that she is much im proved and hopes to return nome shortly. .Master Frank and Misses Selena and Anna Smoak, who are students at the South Carolina Institute for the Deaf, Dumb and. Blind at Cedar Springs, Spartanburg county, are spending the summer with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Smoak, in Yorkville. Mrs. J. N. Martin of Newberry, has issued Invitations to the marriage of her daughter, Miss Eleanor, to Rev. G. L. Kerr of King's Mountain, the ceremony to take place at the home on Wednesday evening. June 30. Rev. Mr. Kerr, who is now pastor of the A. R. P. church of King's. Mountain, and a teacher in Linwood college, was formerly pastor of the Hickory Grove and Smyrna churches. Fort Mill Times: Mr. A. P. Dominy, the veteran pumper of the Southern railway In this city, was painfully injured Monday, when a valve blew out of his pump near the Millford mill, the hot water and steam striking him on the right side and scalding his entire right arm and side of his face. Mr. Dominy has suffered great pain since the accident. LOCAL LACONIC8 Garage Commissioned. The secretary of state has commissioned the Roddey Reid Garage of Rock Hill, with a capital of 11,000. The petitioners are Roddey Reid and Bessie L. Reid. The Earliest Roasting Ears. Mr. S. T. Meek of Bethel township. Informs The Enquirer that he and his family are enjovlng roasting ears out of their corn patch. According to Mr. Meek, his corn is showing up well. C. A. N.-W.'s 9 and 10. General Manager L. T. Nichols, of the C. & N.-W., has sent out a notice to the effect that beginning July 4, trains Nos. 9 and 10. heretofore operated daily except Sunday, will be operated dally. S. W. Guv Bankrupt. S. W. Guy, a merchant, trading as S. W. Guy & Co., of Lowryville, has filed a petition in bankruptcy with the clerk of the court of the western district Federal court at Greenville. Liabilities are given at $20,130.32, and assets at $18,209.38. Inspecting York County Farms. Messrs W. A. Ridhour, J. F. Hambright, D. M. Baker and L. A. McGill, all well known citizens of King's Mountain, N. C., made an automobile trip into York county yesterday. The main object of the trip was to view the alfalfa fields of W. J.t Cherry and others near Rock Hill. The party also spent several hours in Yorkvllle. Additional Cannon Food. A freight train passed over the main line of the Southern railway Friday, consisting of twenty-one cars laden with horses presumably going to Norfolk, Va., from whence they will be shipped to Europe for service on the battlefields. This is the second tralnload which has passed over the Southern in the past few weeks. Raises Buckwheat Mr. J. S. Jones, carrier on Yorkvllle No. 5, reports that Mr. J. R. Fish who lives on his route, has more than an acre of buckwheat sown this year. Buckwheat ripens much later than ordinary wheat and that on the farm of Mr. Fish is just now in bloom. According to the farmer, the buckwheat is not showing up as well this year as usual, although a fairly good yield is expected. Rock Hill Woman Dead. Mrs. Susie Ussery, wife of W. W. Ussery, died at her home In the Highland Park mill village Monday afternoon, following a brief illness. The funeral of the deceased was held from the late home Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock, and was conducted by her pastor, Rev. W. J. Nelson. The interment was in Laurel wood cemetery. Mrs. Ussery is survived by her husband. Splinter Likes Courthouse. Says "Splinter," the Gold Hill correspondent of the Fort Mill Times: "Mr. J. L. Kimbrell came along yesterday in his new Ford car and took us over to Yorkville, which was truly a pleasant outing for us. The crops on our route are quite small and grassy and the most of it seemed to have the draw-ups. The new courthouse is a fine building and we will be ready for another ride most any time you may come along." Living at Home. Rock Hill Record: Oran S. Poe is apparently farming the right way. He has just finished harvesting 2,200 bushels of oats, 350 bushels of wheat and 45 bushels of rye. He is now preparing to plant 50 acres in alfalfa. Now, that surely is farming along proper lines. Not a word about cotton, you see. Mr. Poe is going in for feedstuffs and his land is producing bountifully. Died of His Injuries. M. J. Small, a well known young white man of Lancaster county, died in the Fennell infirmary in Rock Hill Tuesday evening, of Injuries received the previous Friday, when he fell from a gasoline engine which he was driving. The heavy wheels of the machine passed over his body and inflicted injuries of an internal nature. Young Small was about 22 years of age. His body was shipped to Lancaster Wednesday for burial. Wants a Jitney Bus. Rock Hill Herald: It is rumored on the streets that with the completion of the improvement on the street leading to the Aragon-Manchester village, a Jitney bus line will be Inaugurated, thus putting the business center of the city in close touch with the village and vica versa. It is more than probable that such a line will be started as there is a good deal of travel between the villages and the city, a distance of more than a mile. Filbert Warehouse. Messrs. W. L. Pursley. W. B. Keller and A. J. Parrott, trustees of the Filbert Warehouse company, propos? to meet at Filbert tomorrow for the purpose of definitely deciding where the proposed warehouse will be located. the capacity of the building, when work of construction shall be besrun and other matters pertaining 'hereto. It is hardly likely that the building will be constructed with the idea of housing less than 1.000 bales. Cutting Section Forces. The Southern railway, for satisfactory reasons, has cut its section forces lately. Where formerly four men composed a section crew, only three are now used. As a result the condition of the track cannot be kept up to its usual standard. In York county, however, the track is in pretty good condition. A local section-master said recently that five men would likely be assigned to each section in the near future. Enloe-Brackett. The many friends of the contracting parties, will be pleased to learn of the marriage of Miss Iva Rnloe to Mr. Escoe Braekett, which took place in Yorkville yesterday afternoon, Rev. J. L. Oates officiating. The ceremony was witnessed by only a few intimate friends of the young couple. Mrs. Brackett is the daughter of Mr. John Enloe of Clover, while the groom is the son of Mr. W. M. Brackett, also of Clover. After the ceremony, Mr. and Mrs. Brackett went to Clover where they will reside. York Boy Accopts Position. Dr. James Land of Chester, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Land, of Yorkville No. 1, has accepted a position as pure food inspector under the state department of agriculture. Mr. Land will also be clothed with Federal authority and will work in conjunction with Federal inspectors In pursuing a vigorous campaign for the enforce ment of the pure food and drug lawn in the state. He will enter upon the duties of his new position July 1. Judgment Executed. Sheriff Brown on last Monday, closed the automobile garage of Roddey Reid, which is located in Rock Hill, In execution of a Judgment of (6,000 secured against Reid by Carrie Hendricks as administratrix of the estate of the late R. C. Hendrix at the November term of the court of common pleas. Hendricks died several years ago of injuries received when a carriage in which he was riding, collided with an automobile driven by Reid. His widow, Mrs. Carrie Hendricks, sued Reid for 115,000 damages and secured a verdict of 15,000. Thomson-Spencer. Numbers of friends and acquaintances of the couple attended the wedding of Miss Mary Livingston Thompson and Mr. Samuel R. Spencer which event took place at the home of the bride's parents in Rock Hill Tuesday evening, Rev. Alexander Martin officiating. The bride is a popular young lady of Rock Hill who has many friends there. Mr. Spencer is the son of Mr. John T. Spencer of Lesslie. After a short bridal trip in the mountains of North Carolina, Mr. and'Mrs. Spencer will return to Rock ^ Hill where the groom has a responsible M position. S Would Remove Chains. * Dr. P. B.. Wells, pastor of St. John's Methodist church of Rock Hill, re utrimy appeared Deiore me cuy council of Rock Hill as a representative of the chamber of commerce, requesting that the shackles be removed from prisoners serving on the Rock Hill city gang, stating that the chains looked bad, their rattle did not sound good and that the sight had an undesirable effect upon the youth of the city. Dr. Wells was Informed in effect that if the streets were to be worked by convicts, it was absolutely necessary to attach chains to the workmen, lest they grow tired of their Job and leave It. To Meet in Rock Hill. It has been announced that the annual convention of the York County Sunday School association will be held * in Rock Hill this year, the dates having been fixed as Thursday and Friday, July 29 and 30. As is well known, the township associations are now having their annual meetings, the King's Mountain township meeting having already been held and the York township meeting being advertised in another column of The Enquirer for next Sunday. Each township association will elect delegates to the meeting of the county association. Among the speakers who will be heard at the county meeting are President J. Henry Harms of Newberry college, and Rev. W. H. K. Pendleton, pastor of the Church of the Advent, Spartanburg. York County Delegates. Following are the young people who have been selected to represent the various York county A. R. P. churches at the first convention of the Young People's Christian Union of the A. R. P. church, which is being held in Columbia, the convention beginning yesterday and closing today: Clover, Misses Maggie Faulkner and Mattle Ratterree; Neely*s Creek, Miss Gammle Roddey, Mr. W. T. Simpson, Rev. W. H. Stevenson; Rock Hill, Miss Jeannette Roddey, Miss Marie Cowan; Sharon, Miss Eva Mitchell, Robert Mitchell; Hickory Grove, Miss Mamie McGllI, Waldo McGtll; Tlrzah, Ebenezer Gettys, Saye Berry; Yorkville, Misses Fannie Stroup and Marilla Ewart. Gone to North Carolina. Mr. A. J. Qulnn of Clover, who Is collecting tax executions in King's Mountain township, said recently that never before had he heard of so many people moving to North Carolina from this section in so short a time as had been the case this year. Where a parly has left the state no effort is made to collect taxes due from that party and therefore there are many who will pay no tax for the past year. Most of those who have left the state in time to get out of paying their taxes are small fanners?mostly croppers who lived in York county when they made their return and who, during the past several months have moved to Cleveland, Gaston or Mecklenburg counties. w? a native or rone. Mr. D. B. McCarter died at the home of his son, J. H. McCarter, in King's Mountain, Tuesday afternoon, following an Illness of several weeks' duration, and was buried in Bethany cemetery on Wednesday morning, following funeral services conducted by Rev. E. O. Cole of King's Mountain. Mr. McCarter was a native of York county, having been born in the Bethany section about 83 years ago. He was for many years a member of Bethany A. R. P. church. He was a veteran of the Civil war. For the past year or more Mr. McCarter had been making his home in North Carolina. He is survived by the following children: Messrs. H. M. and J. S. McCarter and Mrs. W. S. Falls of King's Mountain, and Mrs. J. C. Ferguson of Gastonia. Died of Pellagra. Martin C. Key, for a number of years employed as a clerk by A. Friedheim & Co. of Rock Hill, who was well known thoughout the eastern section of the county, died In the United States pellagra hospital in Spartanburg, Tuesday, following a short illness with the dread disease. Mr. Key was about 31 years of age. He is survived by three brothers. Messrs. John Key, Rock Hill; Samuel Key. Georgia, and Cephus Key, who is in the west. Four sisters also survive as follows: Mrs. John A. Neely and Miss Rosa Key of Anderson: Mrs. Killebrew of Florida, and Mrs. Laura Little of Marion, N. C. The funeral was held from the First Presbyterian church in Rock Hill Wednesday, conducted by Rev. F. W. Gregg, and the interment followed in Laurelwood. Potash Supply Nearly Exhausted.? It is the expressed opinion of fertilizer men that all the potash in this country will be consumed by the manufacturers within the next 60 days. Germany will not permit the exportstinn nf nntnah Hnrlnp thp nrASAnf vflr. "'O *"v " ? and from the outlook, war will continue in Europe for considerably more than 60 days. The outlook Is another season without, or virtually without, potash. Fertilizer mixers in all parts of the south mixed practically without potash during the season just past and crops that are now growing in South Carolina have been made largely without potash, which has advanced fabulously in price since the embargo passed by the German government upon its exportation. While protests are being made by original fertilizer manufactures in all parts of the country against conditions that so seriously affect the crops of the nation, government experts are continuously at work seeking substitutes for potash in domestic neius. vvnue no announced suDsmuie has been proved, unqualifiedly satisfactory to date, considerable confidence Is expressed In the ultimate success of some of the more recent researches in western territory. Potash is not the only ingredient commonly employed in the mixing of commercial fertilizers, that has been directly affected by the dogs of war. It Is rumored that sulphuric acid will shortly sell at $10 or $15 a ton. The normal price of this product is $5 per ton.?Charleston Post.