Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Straps and |acts. i ? Gen. Huerta and three former Mexican generals and two members of his 1 personal statf arrested here yesterday on charges of conspiracy to violate 1 American neutrality laws remained in jail here tonight, says an El Paso, 1 Texas, dispatch of Sunday. Apparent- ' ly no effort was made today to provide bond for their release. Huerta's attorneys conferred with him at the jail but no one else was permitted to see him. It is understood an effort will be made to get bonds for the men Tuesday. Whether last week's developments mean the abandonment of a new revolutionary move has created a division of opinion even among Huerta's adherents. Certain persons close to Huerta, says his arrest merely has delayed action, but others say that any organization move has been indefinitely postponed. That Pascual Oroaoo, who escaped from his guards Saturday has reached Mexico is conceded. Only a half-hearted search was conducted on this side today. Orozco is reported to have joined a small party of his followers east of Juarez and from his camp across the river to have summoned his partisans to join him in an attempt to wrest Juarez from Villa. ? A rough census of war workers, says a London dispatch, has revealed approximately 3,000,000 are employed, directly or indirectly, in furnishing i supplies for the British army and navy and for the other allies. Of| these, more tnan i,uuu,uuu are ensas^ i in shipbuilding:, engineering and the I making of munitions. It is estimated I that fully another million can be employed on this work, and it is proposed to provide the necessary plant for this number at least. The advisers of the government are of the opinion that if trade union objections can be overcome, not much difficulty will be experienced in obtaining this extra million of workers. On this assumption the government is content to rely on voluntary labor for the present, but if it should be found that, after a reasonable period, their hopes are not fully realized, the government will take any action necessary to recruit the full complement. Once the plant is mobilized, it is intended to employ it to the fullest capacity; and labor must be found for this purpose, regardless of opposition from any quarter. Trade union leaders concerned are now in doubt regarding the intentions of the government, and they are trying to smooth over the difficulties in order to avoid compulsion. ? The share of the United States in feeding the world, a task vastly increased by the European war, was disclosed Friday in statistics of the department of commerce. Foodstuffs vaiued at $724,000,000 were exported during the 11 months ending June 1. This was the principal factor in the nation's billion-dollar foreign trade balance. The effect of the war is seen in the enormous increase in the value of foodstuff exports compared with the ] figures for the same 11 months a year , ago when a total was $443,000,000. in all, 249,576,000 bushels of wheat were ' exported, an increase of 164,000,000 bushels. It was valued at $319,961,000, showing an increase over the previous year of $239,136,000. Oats valued ' at $51,669,000 were shipped, an increase ' of $51,026,000. There were 86,428,000 bushels, an increase of almost 85,000,000 bushels. Flour showed the next ; largest increase, with a value of $87,650,000, or $37,638,000 more than the I previous period. Almost 5,000,000 more barrels were sent this year, the ( total being 17,077,000. Corn exports ' were valued at $34,542,000, an increase 1 of $28,551,000. There were 43,178,000 \ bushels exported, an increase of about , 35,000,000. Almost 305,000,000 pounds ' of bacon were shipped, an increase of ' 122,000,000 pounds. It was valued at < $41,294,000, or an increase of $17,028,- \ 000. There was a big increase in beef shiDinents. Fresh beef exports were 1 121.487,000 pounds, an increase of almost 116,000,000 pounds; canned beef, 65,359,000 pounds; an increase of 61,000,000; pickled beef, 28,622 opunds, an increase of 7,000,000. : ? Gen. Proflro Diaz, former president of Mexico, died in Paris early 1 Friday night. Gen. Diaz's wife, Senora Carmen Romero Rubias and their son, Porfiro Diaz, Jr., and the latter's wife were by his side when the end came. Gen. Diaz began to fail rapidly about three weeks ago and while his death was not unexpected, owing to his advanced age and recent failing health, the crisis came suddenly. Portiro Diaz, Jr., and his wife were hastily summoned and arrived at the bedside only a few minutes before the end, which came at 7 o'clock Friday night. Col. Diaz, in announcing the death of his father, said that he was unable to state . the nature of the malady, but expressed the opinion that a complication of diseases due to advanced age was the cause. Two tragic circumstances marked the death of the exiled ruler. Owing to the troubled state in Mexico it has been judged impossible to send the body home with all the ceremony which would have befitted one of the figures of Mexican history, and further, Col. Diaz, Jr., has tried in vain to inform his sisters, Senora Ignacio de La Torre and Senora Rincon Gallardo, now in Mexico, of their father's death. No less tragic, perhaps, is the fact that not one of those whom Gen. Diaz raised up as his assistants in governing Mexico and who prospered and grew rich in the shadow of his greatness were with him when he died. Jos Yves de La Mentour, former Mexican minister of France, is in London; Francisco de La Barra, former provisional president of Mexico and holder of other important positions, and Guilermo de Landa, former governor of the Federal district in Mexico, are in Biarritz, France. Scarcely any one outside tne family knew of the seriousness o? Gen. Diaz's illness or that he was in Paris. The end seems to have been due to failure of the heart, weakened by an attack of grippe last year. This illness left the aged exile blind. Nevertheless he walked daily last spring in the Bois da Boulogne, which he loved because it resembled the Chapultepec in Mexico City. He had been hoping to go to Biarritz shortly, but illness prevented. General Diaz lived in Paris in simplicity, occupying a modest apartment in striking contrast to the great houses maintained by friends who left Mexico with him. ? J. P. Morgan, head of the tirm of J. P. Morgan & Co., was shot in his home at Glen Cove, N. Y., last Saturday morning, by a man named Frank Holt, a native American. There had been a terrific explosion of dynamite in the senate wing of the Capitol at Washington the day before and Holt was responsible for this also. Holt appeared at Mr. Morgan's home at the breakfast hour, placed a revolver at the stomach of the butler who had answered the door bell, and pushed him backward. Mr. and Mrs. Morgan were at breakfast. The butler shouted , to them to run unstairs. Thev did so without knowledge as to why and 1 came down almost into the arms of Holt, who shot Mr. Morgan twice in ] the hips. The servants, including the butler, knocked Holt insensible, tied 1 him with ropes and turned him over < to the police. Examination showed | that while Mr. Morgan was painfully . wounded his wounds would not likely prove fatal. The police put Holt 1 through a severe grilling and brought ' out the fact that he had gone daft on , the European war. He admitted that he had caused the explosion in the 1 Capitol and said that he had done so to call the attention of the country to the horrible crime of which this country was guilty in shipping ammunition and munitions of war to the belligerents. He had learned of the vast : loans that Mr. Morgan had negotiated 1 for England and he desired to put a stop to such proceedings. He said it was not his intention to kill Mr. Morgan; but merely to make him promise to stop furnishing the money with which murder was being done. He wanted Mr. Morgan to end the European war by putting a stop to the export of munitions. Holt is a former instructor at Cornell university and had been chosen to head the department of French in the Southwestern Methodist university at Dallas, Texas, next fall. When asked by the police judge whether or not he was insane. ! Vto coiri th'it Ho httfl hoon trvinir fur i long time to decide that question, and had not succeeded. He continually repeated and emphasized the idea, ' however, that in furnishing the means to carry on the European war, we were participating in murder Just like the others. Holt is 35 years of age and is highly educated. He discussed the whole matter with the utmost frankness and told how he had caused the explosion at Washington by means of a contrivance of his own, consisting of sticks of dynamite, popping matches and sulphuric acid. He complains that he is living in hell because of the murders in Europe. $hr \|orhrillr tfiiquitcr. Entered at the Postofflce in Yorkville as Mail Matter of the Second Class. mmmm YORKVILLE. S. C.i TUESDAY, JULY 6, 1915 All of the members of the State Press association think highly of those Spartanburg and Greenville newspaper men everywhere; but when the association meets near Spartanburg or Greenville the local editors show up at their best. Mr. W. P. G. Harding, chairman of the Regional reserve board, is very much afraid that there is going to be another congestion of cotton stocks this fall, and is endeavoring to perfect plans that will obviate a recurrence of last year's financial troubles. From what has developed so far, it is evident that if South Carolina provides herself with a sufficiency of state warehouse space, she will get the best of what is going. The editor of The Enquirer does not hesitate to testify that Chick Springs is a fine place to spend a summer vacation. As to the virtue of the water he is unable to testify except to a limited extent; but its reputation is good. The new hotel, however, is easily one of the finest and best appointed to be found at any southern watering place, and Manager Tom Arnold comes up to every specification of an ideal host. The members of the press party paid their bills most cheerfully and went away speaking pleasantly of everything connectrvst nrUVt thnlf oiov cu mill iiitu Messrs. Ed H. DeCamp and W. F. Caldwell, president and secretary of the State Press association, have both made good and given the members profitable and enjoyable meetings, rhe meeting of last week, from start to finish, ranks well up with the best that have so far been held. Mr. DeCamp could not be re-elected because of the constitutional limitation of two terms, and Mr. Caldwell declined re-election, because he claimed he had served long enough, a rather poor excuse. But both gentlemen are entitled to the sincere thanks of the association. Doctors and Advertising. Dr. Edgar A. Hines, secretary of the South Carolina Medical association, was allowed the privilege of speaking to the editors at Chick Springs last Wednesday night in furtherance of a campaign that his association has been waging against the advertising of patent medicines. The doctor talked about sanitation, health statistics, hook worm and the like, but the burden of his remarks hinged around the following resolution, adopted by the State Medical association some time ago, and sent out by the doctor to the editors in a circular letter: "Believing it is the duty of the newspaper to protect the readers from deceptive and fraudulent advertising, the Medical Association of South Carolina resolved that it would request every newspaper in the state jf South Carolina to accept no medical advertising that is antagonistic to public welfare, or which is undenianly fraudulent or deceptive." Although the doctor said his say, it was without any result in creating cr ieveloping sentiment and the say may ts well not have been said. There is jretty strong feeling on the subject so far as the newspaper men are concerned, and that feeling is against the ittitude of the medical association; cut owing to the peculiar circumstances there was no expression. It was ik theis: A request had been made in cehalf of the doctor to address the association, and the request was granted by a unanimous vote. The natter had been postponed to the last ausiness meeting, and as this was :rowQcu with routine matters, the loctor's address was postponed to the ivening banquet. It did not belong here, anyway, and in view of the general good fellowship prevailing, editars who would have expressed themselves in reply, refrained. Now we have no brief to take the matter up with Dr. Hines or anybody else, and we absolutely disclaim any feeling in the matter. We claim that we have always practiced and continue to practice the very policy that is outlined in the resolution printed above. We have never solicited a medical advertisement since the establishment of The Enquirer, and we have turned down hundreds if not thousands of medical advertising propositions, some because we would not be willing to run the copy involved; but most of them because the would-be advertisers wanted more than we were willing to give them for their money. Honestly and sincerely, we do not believe there is a newspaper publisher in the state who objects to the resolution above as the same is worded; but it may as well be understood now and here that there are very few editors who feel that the resolution says what it means. The majority of the editors construe the doctors as saying something like this: "Here, you newspaper men, these medical advertisements you are running are interfering with our business. These shrewdly written advertisements of cure-alls convince many of your readers that they can spend 25 nonte f??i? nntnnt Dii.dioiiwi t Vi'it will do them as much good as a half a dozen visits from a doctor at $2 per visit. It is costing us money, and we want you to stop this kind of thing so as to give us more complete control of the field." Now while all the newspaper men do not look at the matter like that, Dr. Hines and the State Medical association may take it from us that most of them do. Also, we are betraying no secret when we inform Dr. Hines that the newspaper man who does not entertain the following view of the matter, comes under the head of the exception rather than the rule: "Newspapers do more pro bono publico work than anybody, not ex cepting the doctors. It costs money to run newspapers, and one of the most important sources of a newspaper's revenue is dependent on advertising The doctors are for some reason dead against advertising, more particularly ail kinds ol paid advertising, and therefore their teaching and their preaching strikes at the foundation support of the newspapers. The newspaper man can see no reason in the world why if one doctor is better than ntintli?r knows more than another. and all that, he should not make the fact known just as other people do. The newspaper man does not believe that a simple diploma and license makes a doctor; but he does believe that inhibition against advertising imposes upon the public many a mutt who, if exposed to the light of publicity, would have to take up a different line of business in order to earn a livelihood. Now, no newspaper man can see why any doctor should not run at least a professional card or something like that In order to keep himself before the public and to discharge some of his obligations to the newspapers. And every newspaper man feels that if all the doctors would run professional cards in their repective county papers, the newspaper men would feel a great deal less like helping to bring in against them the competition of patent medicines and the like, and also all feel that if it were necessary to do so under such circumstances, the State Medical association could come with much better grace with a request to the editors not to print any kind of a patent medicine advertisement." A few words personal in conclusion. We have not butted in in this matter. Except for the letter of Secretary Hines and his speech, we would not have had a word to say. What we have said expresses the views of scores of newspaper men, including our own views. We have had many a doctor to tell us something like this: "I like The Yorkville Enquirer because it is not filled up with patent medicine advertisements." This has not influenced our policy in the least. We are governed solely by what we conceive to be business considerations based on right; but since the doctors have moved in the presentation of their view, it is proper that we give them what we conceive to be the view of the newspaper men, and of course if anybody sees proper to dissent from the view we have expressed, whether doctor or newspaper man, it is up to them to do so. "Good and Lawful Jurors." Governor Manning sent for the Charleston county jury commissioners last week and had a talk with them on the subject of preparing jury boxes, etc. In substance the governor urged the commissioners to see to it that no names went into the boxes except ol men who could be depended upon to do their duty, etc. The matter of sending for the commissioners of course has grown out of the refusal of the Charleston grand jury to return true bills, notwithstanding evidence that was sufficient to convict before a petit Jury, to say nothing of evidence sufficient to establish a reasonable presumption of guilt. The problem with which the governor is contending is a most difficult one, and in his trouble he has our sincere sympathy, the more especially because we consider the matter as one that rises high above the domain of petty politics into the domain of public safety, and involving, we might say, the preservation of civic liberty. It is not fair to say that the Charleston Jury commissioners are dishonest, because we have no positive information to that.effect; but we can and do say this: The duty of a grund juror to enforce the law is most solemn. No grand Juror has a right to use his discretion in the enforcement of laws according to whether he does or does not like those laws. A grund juror who refuses or neglects to return a true bill in a case where a true bill should be returned, perjures himself. There are plenty of people in Charleston who realize these facts, and who can be depended upon to do their duty. The proportion of such people is as great in Charleston as in any other county in the state. uniy sucn men ure i?iuj*snjr cugiuic to jury service, and only the names of such men should be put in the jury box. We believe the Charleston Jury commissioners know who these men are and that it could make up the box with such names if it really wanted to do so. But now comes the problem that confronts the governor, and the point upon which he is liable to be criticised ?not only criticised but criticised in a way that will hurt. "What right has the governor to say these commissioners are not honest?by what rule can he declare the jurors he wants them to select are any better than the jurors they do select? The packing of a jury box is the most pernicious practice a man can engage in, and it is just as wrong to pack a box to convict a man as it is to acquit him. What right has the governor to ask these men to pack a jury box?" All this argument is specious, of course, but it will have its weight. It can be handled in a way to make it appear that the governor is trying to trample on the magna charta itself, and he will find it exceedingly difficult to make it appear otherwise, especially in the minds of people who do not want to believe in the sincerity of his motives. As we have already said, the governor has our sincere sympathy in this matter. We do not think he is after getting bills so much as he is after vindicating the law. We think his implied suspicions are well grounded and we think his motives are pure; but as we have made clear, it is exceedingly doubtful as to whether he can accomplish any good along the line he is now proceeding. At the same time, considering the vastness of the problem with which he is wrestling and the tremendous importance of it, he is not to be censured for trying to reach some satisfactory solution. ? Greenville Piedmont, Saturday: In spite of rain this morning several hundred people gathered at the Judson mill picnic ground to hear Cole L. Blease. The crowd was very enthusiastic and cheered the ex-governor repeatedly. His general subject was liberty. Not so much personal liberty, but the liberty that is secured through wise and unselfish legislation. He in sisii'U (inn nit; (line iicia tunic vviii-ii public officers must be elected on tlic basis of merit and not on the basis of personal regard. He touched upon the present banking system of paying interest in advance and said that it was robbing the man who was forced to borrow money. The gist of his speech was that the workingman is a part of 01 r democracy and has the right to exercise his powers in his own behalf, through the ballot. He pointed out to the people that honorable and wise government can only be secured through wise legislation and that wise legislation must come from a wise and impartial exercise of the right of vote. His speech, summed up, was a plea for the workingman to play his part in state as an honorable citizen and to exercise his power for the betterment of government as a whole. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS VV. K. Ferguson?Has all kinds of extracts lor navoring, all kinas of gei&liues, baker's chocolate and cocoa, ana ice cream salt. first National Bank, Yorkville?lieminds you that it can give you the best of banking service and tnat you need the service it will give you. Kirkpatrick-Belk Co.?On Thursday begins a nine days' mid-summer clearance sale. All goods at reduced prices. Minute sales every day. J. M. Stroup?Wants you to know that he has the groceries?heavy and fancy?that will please you in qual iiy and price. Sam M. Grist?Tells you about the efficiency of Pyrene fire extinguishers for fires in tneir incipiency. They reduce insurance rates. McOonnell Dry Goods Co.?In its July clearance sale is offering all kinds of seasonable goods at attractive prices and want you to see them. People's Trust Co., Rock Hill?Announces that it has established an investment department and solicits the patronage of persons who wish to buy or sell stocks, bonds, etc. Mrs. W. W. Jackson of Yorkville No. 6, has sold the organ which she won as a premium in The Enquirer's club contest to Mrs. John J. McCarter of the Filbert section. Speaking of the crop outlook in his section Saturday, Mr. D. M. Hall of Yorkville No. 1, said that worms were playing havoc with the corn and the prospect for a good crop was the poorest he had observed in years. Mr. Hall stated that where nitrate of soda was plentifully applied to corn, the worms were doing little damage. Comparatively little nitrate of soda had been applied, because there were so many other things to do. The many friends of Sheriff Brown will rejoice with him and Deputy Sheriff Quinn because of their success in the capture of Wyatt, not so much because they care one way or the other about Wyatt, as because the sheriff has all along been so anxious to get i the fellow back in jail. It is not to be understood that Sheriff Brown has i been "chewing the rag" about the matter, for as a matter of fact he has been having very little to say, except to some of his closest friends, and he did not hesitate to let them know that he was going to get Wyatt back if it took him ten years and he had to sell his plantation. He was in dead ' earnest about it. Just how the trick ' was accomplished has not been made public and will not be made public; ! but it is a fact that success has been ' due altogether to the persistent and well directed efforts of Sheriff Brown 1 and Deputy Quinn. So cautious were they in their proceedings that after locating wyau at a nousc on a rurai route down In Georgia, instead of trusting the Georgia officers to make the arrest, it was arranged that Deputy Quinn go himself, and the deputy had instructions like this: "And if you get him, don't start back until you have had a real good sleep and you are sure that you will be able to keep your eyes open." In view of what has happened the sheriff well understands that he has a smooth clti;:en to deal with, and he proposes to take but few chances on Wyatt's getting away again. COMMENDS WORKERS. Every representative of the South( ern railway in York county, in South Carolina and over the whole system of the Southern has received a telegram from President Fairfax Harrison, expressing his appreciation of and pride in the work done by the entire system during the year, which ended July 30: "To all officers and employes: We are closing today a fiscal year which has been lull of anxiety and difficulty, but through team work and loyal selfsacrifices and effort by the entire organization we have come out of it sound and full of courage for the future. This result has not been due to any one man or group of men, but to the co-operation of every man who has recognized the problem and given up in our common duty the best that w? in him. I send my personal thanks to every one of you. The fight is not yet over, but the spirit of the past ten months is bound to see us through, meanwhile, I want you to know my pride in you and in what has been done already." UbUibAiunr tAtnv/ioco The York county courthouse is to be dedicated Tuesday, July 13th, with appropriate exercises. The programme of the occasion is set forth in the following self-explanatory letter: Yorkville, S. C., July 5, 1915. Yorkville Enquirer, Yorkville, S. C. Gentlemen: As a matter of news and not as an advertisement, and to be published as news to the county, if you see fit to do so, I would state as chairman of the courthouse commission, and, as chairman of the special committee appointed by the bar in connection with the dedicatory exercises, that the new courthouse at Yorkville, will be dedicated on Tuesday, July" 13th, inst., the exercises to begin at 11 a. m., and the following programme will be observed: \V. B. Wilson, Sr., the oldest member of the York bar, to preside. Proceedings to be opened with prayer by Rev. Dr. E. E. Gillespie. Address in behalf of bar, by Thos. P. McDow. Dedicatory address by Chief Justice Eugene B. Gary. Delivery of keys of courthouse to clerk of court, by J. S. Brice. The public is cordially invited to attend these exercises. The ladies are invited also to attend. Respectfully, J. S. Brice. NEW CHURCH AT TIRZAH In pursuance of an order of Bethel presbytery, a commission consisting of Rev. Alexander Martin and Rev. W. F. Gregg of Rock Hill, and Rev. J. T. Dendy of Ebenezer, together with Elder J. F. Reid of Rock Hill, met at Tirzah Sunday afternoon for the purpose of organizing a Presbyterian church at that place. This commission was designated to perfect organization the first Sunday in June, but conditions not being favorable, the matter was postponed until the first Sunday in July. As is well known, persons of the Presbyterian faith have been holding services in the school house at Tirzah for the oast vear or more, althonirh organization of a Presbyterian church at that place had never before been attempted. Rev. J. T. Dendy, pastor of Ebenezor church, has been preaching to the congregation at Tirzah for some time and on Sunday was engaged as supply* pastor. He will preach twice each month, the services to be held on Sunday afternoon and the church will continue to use the Tirzah school house as a place of worship. In completing the organization Sunday, the following were elected elders and deacons: Elders?S. M. Shillinglaw, R E. Clinton, W. S. Gordon; deacons?J. M. Campbell, J. S. Sadler and John P. Gordon. WITHIN THE TOWN ? Rev. Henry Stokes preached to the chaingang at the gang's cam)) near the county home Sunday. ? The colored baseball team defeated a team front Gastonia on the local Meld yesterday afternoon?7 to 4. ? The Neely and Travora mills have shut down this week for the purpose of cleaning up and making repairs to machinery. ? Passenger trains Nos. 9 and 10 on the Carolina & North-Western rail- ; way made their first Sunday trip this year last Sunday and the first Sunday's fares gave promise of a good , business during the summer. , ? Independence Day passed off quiet- ' ly in Yorkville yesterday. Most of the stores remained closed throughout the day. Many local people as well as a < number of people from Clover, Hickory Grove, Sharon and other places in the county attended celebrations in | Rock Hill and Chester. ? The first ripe home-grown water- , melons of the season were brought to The Enquirer office this morning by Mr. Raymond Carroll of Yorkville. ( They were of the "rattlesnake" variety and were fine specimens. They were grown by Mr. Ed Burton on the W. R. Carroll lands, four miles south of Yorkvllle, from seed planted on the 2nd day of April. ? Mr. Wylie White of Filbert, recent- 1 ly elected janitor at the new courthouse, has entered upon the duties of his position and is now engaged in thoroughly cleansing the handsome structure. Representatives of the Van Dorn Iron Works of Cleveland, O., are putting in the metal furnishings and the whole building will be ready for use in a very short while. 1 ? Employees of the Cannon mill are pleased at the action of the mill management In attaching individual motors to looms since they are enabled to put in more time if they wish. A number of employes of the mill have been going to work at least an hour or so earlier than the whole mill is started since the attachment of the motors and as a result their pay checks have been increased considerably. ? Big Chief Tribe No. 61, Improved Order of Red Men, was host to a large number of its members and their relatives at an entertainment given in the tribal wigwam last Saturday night. Refreshments consisting of cream, cake and fruits were served during the evening and sweet music was rendered by a local string band. The entertainment was pronounced by the members as one of the most pleasant ever held. ? There is in sight a reasonable hope of a roomy and commodious postofflce for Yorkville at an early day. In response to a notice posted in the lobby of the present building, Mr. B. N. Moore, who has the management of the McNeel building, has submitted a reasonable bid for the lease of the room formerly occupied by Sam Kassler, for a period of five or ten years, and the govenrment now has the same under consideration. The reporter learned that one or two other bids had probably been submitted; but was unable to get definite information in regard thereto. ABOUT PEOPLE Miss Ida Mae Matthews is visiting relatives in Clover. Mr. Arthur Neely of Columbia, is visiting relatives in Yorkville. Miss Agnes Youngblood of Clover, is visiting in King's Mountain. Robert Finley of Yorkville, visited friends in Rock Hill last week. Miss Georgia Bratton of Guthriesville, is visiting friends 'n Yorkville. Miss Lesslie Withersroon of York ville, is visiting friends in Charlotte. Mr. John Logan joined the Loray baseball team of Gastonia, last week. Mr. Haskell Flannagan of Bowling Green, visited friends in Yorkville last week. Mr. J. T. Parish of City Point, Va., visited his family in Yorkville this week. Misses Amelia and Belle Kennedy of Yorkville, are spending toduy in Chester. Miss Kathleen Ritch of Clover, is the guest of Mrs. William McCloud in Yorkville Miss Esther McMurray of Fort Mill, visited Miss Mamie Johnson in Yorkville last week. Miss Agnes Hunter of Yorkville, visited Mrs. John R. Williams in Rock Hill, this week. Miss Margaret Fain of Dandridge, Tenn., is visiting Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Riddle in Yorkville. Miss Mary Stokes has returned to her home in Yorkville, after a visit to relatives in Charlotte. Miss Addie Matthews has returned to her home in Clover, after spending some time in Rock Hill. Messrs. John Matthews and John Page of Gastonia, spent Sunday with friends in Yorkville. Mr. W. B. Moore, Jr., has returned to Yorkville, after a short visit to friends in Charleston. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Dunlap of Charlotte, visited Mrs. J. S. Mackorell in Yorkville, last week. Misses Annie and Agnes Bludworth of Yorkville, spent yesterday with friends in Rock Hill. Dr. John G. Clinkscales of Spartanburg, visited the family of Mr. M. L. Smith in Clover this week. Mr. Tom Quinn of Greenville, visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Quinn in Yorkville, this week. Mesdames J. H. Machen and S. L. Courtney of Yorkville, are visiting relatives and friends in Greenwood. Mr. W. R. Hartness and family of Shelby, N. C., visited Mrs. Harvey h. Ferguson in Yorkvllle, Sunday. i Mrs. V. L. Smith and children of Yorkvllle, are visiting relatives in Simpsonville, Greenville county. Mr. John F. Gordon of Tirzah, returned home this morning after a , visit of a few days to Greenwood. Miss Jennie Currence has returned ; to her home in Clover, after a visit to relatives and friends in Asheville. Miss Bessie Pegram, who has been < teaching school in Gastonia, returned I to her home in Yorkville, Saturday. I Gastonia Gastonian: Mrs. Arthur ; McCarter has gone to Clover, S, C., 1 to spend some time with her parents. 1 Mr. Oscar Plexico of Yorkville, left j this week for Morganton, N. C., where he will join the baseball team at that | place. The condition of Miss Frances Grist, j of Yorkville, who is undergoing treat- i ment in a Chester hospital, remains | critical. Misses Ruth and Mary Ferguson of < Yorkville No. 5, are visiting their 1 brother, Mr. T. M. Ferguson, in Col- ' umbia. 1 Messrs. Sam Matthews and Millard ' Williams of Clover, left Saturday for a few days* visit to Baltimore and other cities. Mr. T. M. Spencer has returned to I Yorkville. after spending several < weeks with relatives near Hickory I Grove. I Mr. P. W. Fatrick ot Yorkville. left J Saturday for a few days' visit to rela- J tives at St. George's, Dorehester county. . J Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Ruff have re- , turned to Rock Hill after a visit to . Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Wilkerson in Hick- ] ory Grove. , Mrs. Willie Covington and children, ] of Lincolnton, N. C., are visiting Mes- i dames. J. G. Beckham and C. M. Miller i in Yorkville. I Mrs. R. E. Montgomery and Miss ( Jessie Baber of Yorkville. spent yes- 1 terday in Chester with Mr. and Mrs. ' W. I. Barber. Misses Eleanor Herndon and Mary ' Bowers and Janette Maekorell of Yorkville, are visiting Miss Sara Dun- , lap in Charlotte. * *' ** i~tii ,1 Y?^K_ i All's. J. Al. neiii|iiuu unu .iun, nuu- i . ert Wltherspoon, who have been l spending some time with Mr. and Mrs. 1 Robert Witherspoon in Yorkville, t: have returned to their home in Ches- r ter. tl Miss Sara Dunlap has returned to a her home in Charlotte, after a visit to " Misses Mary Bowers and Janette 11 Mackorell in Yorkville. Miss Elizabeth Wilborn, who has J been spending some time with relatives in Chester, returned to her home ? In Yorkville this morning. Mr. Alex Neely, who has been vis- \ iting his grandmother, Mrs. H. A. D. v Neely in Yorkville, left this morning n for his home in Anderson. a Mr. J. Oscar Allison represented the h York County Rural Letter Carriers' t association at the state meeting of that ^ body in Florence this week. * c ~tt tt. v.ii Ttr n nruiti. A b xi. Hi. ixcii, vy. vjr. >v iiilc auu . J. C. Wilborn of Yorkville, and J. B. n Neil of Filbert, went to Hickory, N. . L\, on business this morning. Rev. W. W. Lipscomb, pastor of v Clover and Union Baptist churches, ^ who recently suffered a heat-stroke, is now away on a month's vacation. a Mr. W. E. Ferguson of Yorkville, h spent Sunday and Monday in Char- c lotte. M rs. Ferguson and Miss Beulah p expect to return home on Saturday. p Mr. H. C. Allen of Yorkville, was * among those who attended the meet- " ing of the South Carolina Press asso- 1 ciation at Chick Springs, last week. ? Friends of Dr. James B. Kennedy of ^ Yorkville, who is undergoing treat- ^ ment in a Chester hospital, will be pleased to know that he is getting _ along nicely. a Miss Hazzie Betts of Yorkville No. 3 3, left Saturday for Rock Hill to visit e relatives. She expects to spend sev- e eral weeks among relatives in the p eastern section of the county. t Mrs. J. J. Glenn, who has been f spending the past several months in ? Anderson, joined her husband in York- 1 ville last week. Dr. and Mrs. Glenn ? are boarding at the residence of Mr. F J. W. Quinn. ? Winnsboro News and Herald: Miss >] Bessie Smith has gone to Fort Mill j for the summer. Miss Sudie Smith j, went to Yorkville on Tuesday. Miss Beck Hannahan is with relatives in j Yorkville. e Friends of Mr. Smith Gordon of 1: Yorkville No. 6, who was recently operated on for appendicitis in a Ches- g ter hospital, will be glad to know that t he is convalescent and expects to be r able to come home in a few days. s Gastonia Gazette: Messrs. Ell and R. B. Lineberger and A. H. and E. S. Robinson made a trip to York county yesterday in Mr. Eli Lineberger's car I and spent the day with Mr. W. W. Faris, who lives about five miles west c of Rock Hill. They report cotton two v to three weeks late in that section, ( Just as it is here, and say that the 0 corn in that section is very poor this c season. d t WYATT BACK IN JAIL \ J. R. Wyatt is in jail again. He was captured on a farm three miles west * of Trenton, the county seat of Dade j county, Ga., about 11 o'clock Sunday ( morning, by Sheriff W. N. Tatum of c that county, although the arrest was * made at the Instigation of Deputy p Sheriff F. E. Quinn, who was in Trenton at the time. Wyatt was brought c back to Yorkville yesterday afternoon ^ over the C. & N.-W. and is now secure- ( ly locked in a cell in the Jail where c he will remain until his trial for the t robbery of the stores of Messrs. J. T. ? Crawford and J. M. Williams at Mc- ? Connellsville about six months ago, and also for his daring escape from the ? ? iJ jail on Thursday afternoon, January ?] 28. f News of the capture of Wyatt in J the Georgia county reached Yorkville 'f about 5 o'clock Sunday afternoon. The c arrest was the chief topic of conversa- j tion all of yesterday, numbers of people gathering on the main square t after each train in the hope that they t might catch a glimpse of the cunning * prisoner as he was being taken to Jail. r Quite a little excitement was created s when Deputy Quinn, his arm in the * arm of his prisoner, who was hand- I cuffed, marched to the corner and turned him over to Sheriff Brown, who j! was waiting here and who conveyed j the man on to jail. Wyatt wore a non- f chalant look as he passed the crowd r on the corner; in fact, he seemed to [ J ignore the presence of any one. There a was a broad smile on the face of ^ Deputy Quinn as he greeted the sheriff and there was a smile of equal { breadth on the face of Sheriff Brown a as he greeted his deputy and the cov- e eted prisoner. "Why, howdy, Wyatt," * said the sheriff and the escape replied f with a grin, "howdy, sheriff." e Where Sheriff Brown and Deputy J Quinn got the information concerning e the whereabouts of Wyatt and upon ? which they were able to capture him, is a fact known only to the two. Several score persons have asked the of- 1 liters that question in the last twenty- 0 four hours. The officers have told no a one, nor will they. Wyatt himself has " in vain tried to gain this intelligence J from them. * For several weeks the offcers had d known that Wyatt was going by the r name of J. E. Woods. Until the past " font rlat/o thmr rlirl nnt 1/ n nn/ hia ov. '' ?*.?. ""-J ? ".v., ""v v? . act whereabouts. At last having obtained all necessary information, | Deputy Quinn left Yorkville Friday afternoon for the little town of Tren- ^ ton, which is the capital of the wild v and mountainous county of Dade, in s Georgia. He arrived at his destina- c tion Saturday and informed Sheriff c Tatum of that county, that J. E. c Woods, who ran a small farm about ' three miles out from the little town ^ was J. R. Wyatt, who was wanted in n the county of York for burglary and p jail breaking. t Sheriff Tatum was surprised. He _ had heard of Wyatt. In fact, he had B a picture of the man, a complete description of him and a notice of the S reward which Sheriff Brown had of- tl fered for his capture. However, he h knew Wyatt, alias Woods well. Woods' a farm joined his own and he was even f< then dealing with Wyatt, alias Woods h for the purchase of his farm. He had h never connected Woods with Wyatt, ti however. v Deputy Quinn was anxious that the g Gteorgia sheriff go with him at once tl to arrest Wyatt; but that officer sug- 1 gested that no action be taken until is Sunday when he, being on good terms a with Wyatt, would go out and arrest p him without exciting the least suspicion. Deputy Quinn agreed and the aext morning Sheriff Tatum arrested P Wyatt, who denied that he had ever o: heen in York county, South Carolina h lTpon being greeted by Deputy Quinn 0 in Trenton, he confessed that he was the man wanted and readily agreed to come without requisition. Sunday afternoon he was brought to Atlanta and from that place to V Blacksburg yesterday morning. Coniiection there for Yorkville was missed b md the deputy had to take his man Y to Gastonia and from thence to C Vorkville yesterday afternoon. y Wyatt's Story. Wyatt was visited by a represen- d tative of The Enquirer after his in- tl carce ration in the jail yesterday af- H ternoon. He was stretched upon a s< pallet on the floor of his cell and ap- T jeared to be thoroughly worn out as p veil as greatly chagrined at being r jack again. His physical appearance B was quite different from what it was u when he was in jail before. He was fi considerably thinner and had shaved T iway his mustache and beard. His ti race wore a care-worn expression s which he did not possess formerly. j( Re talked quite freely to the reporter md stated that it was all over now u md that he was going to make a clean ircast of the whole affair when his a ;aso comes up for trial next week?the ai robbery charge and the jail-breaking Si accusation. a; He said that he was not surprised t^ it his capture, and that he had several M iines remarked to his wife that he ir would not be surprised to be taken, dl Speaking of his escape he said that M while he was the man who opened the f( loor to the cages, other prisoners in H he jail had attempted to do so before rr lim. He did not think he should be d: ried for Jail-breaking, he said, for th eason that he had broken nothing i he jail when he made his escap bout 4 o'clock on Thursday after oon, January 28. All the prisoner n the Jail at the time with the ex eption of Tom Nolan had vainly trie o do the trick which he succeeded i olng. Upon being asked by the reporter t ive a history of his travels from th Ime he escaped until his capture Vyatt said that he lay out in th /oods near his home in the McCon ellsville section for several night fter the get-away. On Sunday afte e escaped he went to the home of i riend near Rock Hill. The followin; Wednesday he said he got on th rain in Rock Hill, having shaved hi eard and mustache and disguise ilmself and went to Charlotte. He purchased, a mileage book in th ltter place and continued his joume o Chattanooga, Tenn. From there h /ent to Memphis and from thenc e went to Little Rock, Ark., wher ie nas relatives, nere ne auupieu w lias "J. E. Woods." For several day e vainly searched for work in th Ity of Little Rock and his effort iroved fruitless, he returned to Mem ?his, Tenn., where he secured a pos) ion as coal heaver on the steamboa James Ross," which he says plies o he Mississippi river. He grew tire f this job and returned to Chatta iooga, Tenn., managed to get a job a . salary of $16 per week as a sales lan for the Southern Ice company. His wife joined him a short whll fterward and he decided to conduc . grocery and restaurant business a 03 Bast Main street, Chattanoogi Iverything went well and he prosper d; but ever fearing the hand of th elw, he decided to try and still fur her throw the officers off the tracl Ie accordingly sold out his businea .nd purchased twenty acres of lan hree miles from Trenton in Dad :ounty, Ga. He paid $325 for th iroperty, he said. The whole tract I low covered with splendid crops < iorn, beans, cabbage, etc. Sheri Saturn of Dade county, owns land ad oining his and the sheriff had offere iim $500 for his little farm. He did not want to sell, howeve Ie thought he was safe. He didn ver intend to return to South Care ina and the scene of his misdeeda "They got me," he concluded. ' I ai :oing to come clean with the whol hing now. That's why I didn't de nand requisition. They've got m itraight, and I know it." LOCAL LACONICS naurance Paid. Mr. Lesslie Smith, clerk of Filbei amp, Woodmen of the World, las ireek paid over to Mrs. William Mc barter the sum of $1,750, the amour if insurance which her late husban arried upon his life in the insurant lepartment of the W. O. W. organize Ion. round Guilty of Charge. Martin Thomasson, colored, wh vas tried before Magistrate J. ( Comer Friday on the charge of stea ng several bushels of oats from M J. M. Inman, was convicted of tt :harge and received a sentence < hirty days' imprisonment or a fine < 130. He raised the money. KcWhirter- Lipscomb. Miss Kathleen McWhirter, daught< ?f Mrs. C. C. McWhirter of Jonei rille, was married in the Methodii :hurch in Jonesville Wednesda ivening to Samuel Milton Llpscom if Perth Amboy, N. J., the ceremon >eing performed by Rev. W. W. Lij tcomb of Clover, brother of tt rroom. >eterted the Army. F. P. Bently was arrested in tt Manchester mill village in Rock Hil Thursday, charged with desertio rom the United States army. Bent! oined the army in Charlotte in 191 ind deserted at Texas City, Texas, tt ollowing year. He will be taken I harge by army authorities. Had Good Rains. According to citizens of that se< ion wbo were in Yorkville yesterda; he Hoodtown section of York cour y was visited by a good rain earl yesterday morning. This is the fin ain of any consequence which th( lection has had in several weeks and vas badly needed. Jr. Clinkscales Spoke. Numbers of people from the westei tection of York county heard Dr. J oh J. Clinkscales, professor of mathemal cs in Wofford college, and candidal or governor in the primary last sum ner deliver addresses Sunday. D Clinkscales spoke at Mount Verno Methodist church in the morning an it Shady Grove in the afternoon. Charged With Attempt to Kill. Chess Lockhart, colored, is in Ja iharged with assault and battery wil itternpt to kill, the negro being charg d with having struck and serious! vounded another negro several montt go. Lockhart has been out on bon or several weeks but was surrendei d to the authorities by his bondi nan, Mr. C. M. Inman, last Saturda; le will be tried in the court of gen ral sessions next week. lusinoss Was Brisk. Probate Judge Williams performe hree marriage ceremonies inside < ne hour Saturday, which establish^ . record for him. One of the couple narried were negroes. The probat udge advised the three couples the vhile he was glad to issue licenses h lid not like to perform marriage cere rionies since he thought that the dut f a minister. The couples persistei towever, and he disposed of the thre n less than one hour. niteracy in ror-K uouniy. According to the report of Mn Lnnie Bennett of Greenville, wh< working under the auspices of th tate department of education, ha ompiled figures showing the per entage of illiteracy among the whit people of each county, there are 1,57 lersons in York county over the ag f ten years who can neither rea or write. This is 10 per cent of th ntire white population of the coun y. lullock's Creek Farmers. The Latham Bros., Messrs. Waltei lam and Claude, of the Hoodtown sec Ion of Bullock's Creek townshi] ave divorced themselves from cotto s their principal crop. With a tota arce including themselves, of seve: ands on their farm this year, the ave a total of only seven acres of cot an. They are devoting themselves t ,-heat, oats, corn, peas, sorghun rass. pigs and cattle. At this tim liey have about 100 pigs on hanc 'he seven acres of cotton they hav i said to be as fine as can be seei nywhere and is well above knee high 'lenty to Eat. "Well, Bullock's Creek certainly ha lenty to eat this year." said a farme f that township, Saturday. 'Every ody has good gardens, there are lot f Irish potatoes and fruit is plenti j1?apples, peaches and plums, am esides, there are lots of chickens li ie country and they are fat. Ever: lan who sowed wheat made a goo< ield. One man who sowed three jurths of a bushel, threshed out 2 ushels and lots of others did as well es. we've plenty to eat in Bullock'! reek." 'orkville Lost Two. Yorkville lost both games of thi ouble-header exhibition played witl ie Heath Springs baseball team a [path Springs yesterday, the first by i ?ore of 4 to 3 and the second, 8 to 0 he two games of ball were one of thi rincipal features of an Independence ?ay celebration which was held a [path Springs yesterday and whicl as attended by hundreds of people om Kershaw and Lancaster counties he Yorkville boys received roya eatment at the hands of the Heatl prings people and all say they en >yed the day's trip. eaths in Rock Hill. Rock Hill Herald: W. M. Morrow Confederate veteran, passed awa; t the family residence on Jones street unday morning. He was 82 years o ge and is survived by his wife am ,vo children. The funeral was hel< tonday morning, the Interment belni i Laurel wood. J. W. Motle: led at the home of his brother-in-law nil Sloop, in the Manchester village tllowing an illness with tuberculosis [e was 34 years of age and was un larried. The funeral was held Mon ly, the interment being in Laurel' e wood. The year-old child of n Mr. and Mrs. John Mullinax died Bate urday night at the family residence in - the Manchester village. The funeral s occurred Monday. J Registration Board Met. n Messrs. L. G. Nunn and J. B. Barron of the county registration board, o were in their office In the courthouse e yesterday and issued several registra>, tion certificates. The board also e passed upon the petitions asking for . the enforcement of the compulsory eds ucation law in Hickory Grove and Oak r Ridge school districts, which petitions a were presented to the clerk of court g some tl/ne ago. So far as the regis e iration ooaru wu nuie iu asm uuu, s the petitions were signed by a majority d of the qualified electors in the respective districts. e To Hold the Youngsters. e Rock Hill Herald: The First Bape tist church has ordered a large tent e for outing purposes and group* of boys e and girls will be taken on outings s from time to time during the summer e months. C. Al. Joye is in charge of the 8 outiugs for the boys. He will take . the first group out Monday to remain SB j. overnight at a suitable camping spot ^ t some miles from the city. Later anothn er group will be taken out, until the d boys have been given an outing. A _ lady will be in charge of the various t groups of girls who will go on outings at various times, these using the tent also. e Will Have Good Road. Mr. A. C. McCarter of the Bethany ' neighborhood, said Saturday that the , Cleveland county authorities were * making rapid progress in the construc, tion of the road to the South Carolina line and that the highway will be one * of the best constructed in North Caroj lina. Mr. McCarter, who is road over? seer for the Bethany section of King's ? Mountain township, said that it was :? quite probable that a good deal of work would be done on the road from ji the York county side in an effort to I have it compare favorably with the j other side. No work will be done from the York county side before August. r. Fourth in Rock Hill. . ^ Hundreds of people were in Rock XJII1 1faotA?<1flv an o aaaii n t\f tKo X&IU /coiciua; vu avvvuuv biiv Independence Day celebration in that n city, although the threatening attitude le .of the weather prevented other hun " dreds from being in attendance. The ie principal feature of the morning's exercises was an address by Congressman A. F. Lever, who confined his remarks to a discussion of the h*gh cost of distribution of farm products. An attempt was made to carry out the ^ published programme of the day and ,t the barbecue was held on the fair grounds together with a few horse races, the principal events being won 4 by horses belonging to Mr. Burton ,e Massey of Rock Hill. l~ Celebration at Blacksburg. A crowd estimated at more than 2,000 persons attended a "Fourth of 10 July" celebration at Blacksburg Sat2 urday. Good order was maintained ? throughout the day and rothing tranar pired to mar the pleasure of the occalc slon. The features of the occasion jf were addresses by Special Judge Chas. jf Carroll Sims of Barnwell, Congressman D. E. Flnley of Yorkville, and Hon. W. F. Stevenson of Cheraw. Two games of baseball were also played beir tween the Blacksburg and Yorkville teams. Blacksburg won the first game st by a score of 6 to 4. The second y game went for eleven Innings, the score being 10 to 10. A home run by y Bert Smith of the Yorkville team de> cided the contest?11 to 10. The ie Hickory Grove cornet band rendered good music throughout the day. Got a Heavy Jar. |? Yorkville people who were in Blacksburg Saturday on account of the Inn dependence Day celebration in that f place tell of a peculiar and what 3> might have beeen serious, accident to ,e a white man who was on the early in west-bound train of the Southern. The fellow, who appeared to be intoxicated, got off the train at Blacks, burg, not noticing a train which was passing on an adjacent track. Before he could be warned of his peril, he had " been struck by a protruding obstacle '-T on one of the cars, his jaw getting the full force of the blow. Medical asj? slstance was summoned and in a little time the man was walking around apparently as well as ever. He is said to have told some people who inquired n about the accident that had it not n been for the several drinks of liquor which he had taken he would certain;e ly have been killed. i- The Challenger Defeated. r' One of the moBt Interesting features '"J of the celebration in Rock Hill yesterday was a checker match played for the championship of the county. It will be remembered that several 11 weeks ago, Enos Greer, aged 17 years, h son of Mr. R. F. Greer of Fort Mill, issued a challenge to anyone in the [y county to engage him in a checker ,3 match. A match finally arranged be- ( j tween Mr. Greer and Messrs. G. M. Carroll of Yorkville No. 1, and J. B. j. Pegram of Yorkville. Mr. Carroll defeated the challenger four games to three, while Ave other games played resulted In draws. Mr. Greer defeated Mr. Pegram in every game played. Several other checker players were on 4 hand but none were in the class of ,f those above mentioned. Mr. Greer !8 has announced his intention of corn's Ing to Yorkville tomorrow for the pure pos of again playing Mr. Carroll and Lt Mr. Pegram as well as any other playie ers who might care to engage him. To be Model Farm 8chool. ^ Winthrop college has made an ar^ rangement with patrons of Oak Ridge school in district No. 29, whereby Oak Ridge is to become a model farm school under the supervision of Mrs. g. Hetty S. Browne, who bears a nation), al reputation as one of the foremost e teachers of farm life as applied to s schools. Winthrop's farm school hs? - heretofore been located on the Wine throp college farm which is on the 7 outskirts of Rock Hill. Oak Ridge e school is situated three miles or more d out of Rock Hill. It is Mrs. Browne's e purpose to spend all her time among i- patrons of the Oak Ridge school. Seniors at Winthrop college will visit the model farm school from time to time, studying methods there and getp? ting all first hand information. Mrs. Browne will use the same methods at '? Oak Ridge that she has been using? " that is, teaching pupils everything by lI agricultural illustrations. The school n will very likely be begun next Sepy tember, shortly after the opening of " Winthrop college. Oak Ridge school 0 district has recently decided to adopt ' compulsory education, e I. e ? In explanation of the part J. P. , Morgan & Co., has taken in the furnishing of war munitions and supplies for the European nations at war, it s was stated authoritatively in New r York Sunday night, that the firm had handled more than $500,000,000 worth s of contracts for the account of foreign - governments since the war began. Of i this amount about $400,00,000 worth n has been purchased for the British y since the Morgan firm was appointed 1 agents for Great Britain in this coun try, and $50,000,000 for the French 8 contracted for within the last month, I. the Morgan firm having been appoints ed by the French government to act in the same capacity as it does for the British government About one-half of the total amount contracted for in & this country represents contracts for h ammunitions, shells, powder and the t like, but of the whole amount of am1 munition contracted for only a small part it was stated, had been forward9 ed to the purchasers. The remainder s is being manufactured. The Morgan t firm's commissions for placing the contracts was said to be on a sliding s scale, which began at two per cent ' and decreased In proportion to the 1 magnitude of the contracts. It was ^ explained that of the total of 1450, 000,000 worth of war supplies contracted for by the Morgan firm only a small proportion had been paid, alr though advances have been made to some firms. This explanation was ' given to correct the impression that i the large purchases of war supplies [ had been responsible for the fall In i foreign exchange. The low quotations were due, it was said, to enormous ? purchases In this country of grain and r foodstuffs. i. ?The Presbyterian congregation at - St. Matthews proposes to erect a - church at that place at an early date, - the edifice to cost about (2,500.