Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Scraps and Jarts. j ? The United States' cottun crop for 1 1914, was the largest ever produced ! nnd reached 16,134,930, equivalent of j 500-pound bales, according to the ' census rejtort, the government's last ' report, announced last Wednesday. In 1 addition, linters amounted to 791,464 J bales. Texas, produced more than one- j fourth the crop, Georgia one-sixth, 2,- ' 718,037 bales. Those states with Ala- 1 bama. South Carolina, Oklahoma and ! Mississippi produced more than four- 1 fifths of the entire crop. South Caro- . lina's total was 1,533,810, Mississippi's , 1,245,535. Ellis county, Texas, was the ( banner cotton county, with 143,714 bales. ? Passage of a law to compel editors to show their financial interest . in policies they advocate was recom mended by W. J. Bryan last Tuesday in an address before the International Press congress at the Panama-Pacific exposition. Mr. Bryan put peace and play aside and appeared as a journalist. He further advised signed stories and editorials in newspapers. He < commended the influence of the "one i man ecutea weeniy as ut-1115 than that yf a corporation owned daily newspaper and expressed disapproval of "independent publications." Experience in the state department, Mr. Bryan said, had convinced him that public welfare would be benefited by a law compelling editors to tell what pecuniary interest they had in governments' policies they advocated so the public might know what weight their editorials deserved. 1 ? The big guns known as "Busy 1 Berthas," the conception of a Baltimorean and which were first made in ( Germany, are now being used by the British in the western theatre of war, says a Baltimore dispatch. When the 1 blue prints showing the design of the ] huge gun wore filed in the patent offlee in Washington, it is said they were stolen by a German spy employed in the office. He resigned his position and hastened to the Krupp , . works in Germany, where the guns were manufactured before the European war began. The Davison Chemical company of Baltimore, is reported to < have filed the patent. When Colonel ( Wilbur Miller, president of the company, read of the havoc wrought by 1 the "Busy Berthas" his suspicions 1 were aroused. At the patent office he j learned the blue prints had been abstracted. Duplicate prints were prepared and he went to England, handing the duplicates over to the British military authorities. , ? Frank Holt, the Cornell university professor who tried to kill J. P. Mor- , gan at his home in Glyn Cove, N. Y., last Saturday morning, and who was arrested and committed to jail at 1 Mineola, N. Y., managed to kill himself last Tuesday night, it is thought , by climbing to the top of his cell and jumping on his head. During Tuesday morning Holt managed to open a 1 vein of his arm with the point of a lead pencil; but the injury was discovered before the loss of blood had amounted to anything serious, and every effort was made after that to pre- 1 vent further attempts. The man was deprived of every possible means of j suicide, it was thought, and an officer was put on guard at his cell. I During the night there was heard a 1 loud noise which many thought was ( an explosion, and when the guard, who claims to have been standing fifteen feet away, rushed in, Holt was 1 lying on the floor dead, but bleeding j profusely from the head. It was ru- , mored that Holt committed suicide by chewing a percussion cap: but this 1 is denied. The jail physician claims that death was due entirely to fracture of the skull and concussion of the brain. 1 ? Further complications .in the ef- 1 forts of American textile manuXac- 1 turers to induce Germany to permit I shipments of coal tar dyes to the , United States were reported to the department of commerce at Washing- 1 ton Wednesday, by Commercial At- ' tache Thompson, assigned to Berlin, ] but now at The Hague. Barring of j American cotton from Germany by the , British order-in-council was the primary obstacle in the way of gaining < German assent to shipments and now | to that has been added reports of the , exporting of American dyestuffs to Great Britain. Until the ban is released from cotton, officials are convinced Germany will not permit ex- | porting of coal tar products loaded by American manufacturers. Department of commerce officials who began an 1 investigation after receipt of the latest < advices from Mr. Thompson, determin- , ed that coal tar products were not involved in the reported shipments to ' Great Britain because they consisted 1 only of vegetable dyes manufactured in the United States. Germany will , be informed of this in continued efforts to obtain the coal tar products. Com- ' merce department officials have been i active since the outbreak of war in , Europe in attempting to solve problems arising from shortage of coal tar dyes. A committee of experts of the department is conferring with the Federal trade commission to arrange to assure the stability of the growing domestic dye industry when on the restoration of peace, American manufacturers have to face German com- i petition. ? Frank Holt, the man who attempted to blow up the senate reception room at the capitol at Washington, who then tried to kill J. P. Morgan, ! and who afterward committed suicide, j has been identified as Erich Muenter, the Harvard instructor who is believed to have murdered his wife in April, 1906. Mrs. Muenter had given birth to a child and was not recovering as 1 rapidly as was naturally expected; but told the physician that she relied upon mind healing. The physician gave up the case. On the night of April 15, Muenter told the nurse to get some sleep while he watched at the bed- i side. Next morning Mrs. Muenter was dead. As the result of an autopsy evidences of poison were discovered, and Muenter was placed under arrest. ' He was allowed, however, to take the 1 body of his wife to Chicago for inter- 1 ment, and failed to return. He dis- ' appeared entirely. During Wednes- ' day the body of Holt was positively ! identified as that of Muenter, the identification being made by S. P. Smith, 1 state detective of the district attor- ! ney's office of Middlesex county, Mass., Theodore Hilllier, an automobile man j of Cambridge, who had lived with 1 Muenter and who took him to the 1 train when he ran away, and by A. T. [ Brown, a Boston newspaper man who ! knew Muenter personally. The detective had Muenter's Bertillion meas- i urements and they tallied exactly with the measurements of Holt. Holt or Muenter has a wife living in Texas, ' and she appears to have stuck by him i loyally after his arrest, promising to ( come when sent for. ? With their eyes on Trieste the Italians the past few days have been engaged in a series of desperate ac- : tions along the Isonzo front. Of these, i little has been recorded in the official communications, but correspondents say the plateau of Doberdo, which is of great strategic value with respect : to an advance on Trieste, has been the scene of one of the heaviest bombardments of the entire campaign and of brilliant assaults by the Italians and fierce counter-attacks by the Aus- 1 tria.ns, in which Austrians and Italians j fell in great numbers. One account has it that one-fourth of the Italian army was engaged in the operations against Goriza, but notwithstanding the terrific hail of shells and the heavy Italian infantry attacks, the Austrians repelled the invaders. The king of Italy and Premier Salandra are said to have witnessed part of the battle. ? A three-inch disappearing gun for submarines has been perfected by the navy ordnance bureau. Secretary Daniels announced last Wednesday, and in the future all American underwater craft will be equipped with these weapons for surface fighting. Mr. Daniels said every test had resulted satisfactorily and that within ten < days the" gun and its carriage would be sent from the ordnance factory to New York for mounting on the new submarine M-l, under construction. For nearly two years naval experts have been working on a weapon for use of submarines which would not delay the clearing of decks for diving. The increase in size, sj>eed and cruising radius of submarines in the last few years has made it imperative that they carry armament in addition to their torpedo tubes. The German U boats mount powerful rifles, as they r lave demonstrated recently by shelling r British merchantmen. No navy in the . world has a better weapon of the kind than the ordnance bureau has evolved, * according to the secretary. The new c ?un is shorter than the regular three- 8 inch navy rifle to meet space limitations. This reduces Its range some- t what, but it has been fitted for higher t angle fire which will give it some \ shance for use against aeroplanes. The r big cruiser submarines authorized by < the last congress probably will be i armed with two or more rifles, possibly s af 4-lnch calibre. 1 Jhc fforktullr (Enquirer.; Entered at the Postoffice In Yorkville ? as Mall Matter of the Second Class. s YORKVILLE. S. C.t FRIDAY, JULY 9, 1915. The paper which only praises has lost power to help.?Greenville Piedmont. This is a self-evident truth; but [here is very little use to argue the matter, for people who are unable to appreciate the fact on the face of the proposition are not to be convinced by argument. Concluding an editorial argument in advocacy of making cotton contraband of war, the London Daily Mail asks: "Are there not widows and orphans enough in Europe?" Answering the juestion, the Charlotte Observer remarks: "There are indeed, but we hear no motion to discontinue shipments to England." The North 'Carolina editors have taken up the matter of erecting a monument to the late Joseph P. Caldwell, who so long and ably edited the Charlotte Observer. This movement is highly creditable to the North Carolina editors, and we feel sure that there are a number of editors in South Carolina who will esteem it a privilege to be allowed to make their humble contributions. The Charlotte Observer notes a heavy decrease in receipts at many North Carolina postofflces and expresses the opinion that the decrease Is due more largely to the quart a month law of that state than to any other consideration. It is the belief of the Observer that the mail order liquor houses have been hit harder than anybody else by this law. This Idea had not occured to us before; but we are not prepared to say that there Is nothing to it. The German reply to the president's outstanding note on the Lusitania i matter is expected today or tomorrow. Germany has been trying to reach a final understanding through informal exchanges; but the president having given it to be understood that he is unwilling for anything like that, the formal note must now be delivered. It Is no' certain that the German reply will aggravate the existing somewhat drained relations with the United States; but that is altogether probable. "The only southern literary magazine that is actually being made to go," is what Miss Mae Lucille Smith claims for "Sky-Land," of which she is the editor and publisher. "Sky-Land" is a neatly gotten up publication of standard magazine size, handsomely printed on calendered paper, and filled with carefully prepared original matter relating mainly to things that are of North Carolina. Miss Smith, the editor and publisher, is a bright and comely young lady, a bundle of intelligent energy, and well qualified to make a southern magazine "go," if the thing is possible. She is doing her part most creditably at an expense of five or six thousand dollars a year, and she is trying to put it up to North Carolina patrons of good, wholesome literature to do the rest. The magazine is published at Winston-Salem and sells for 15 cents a copy or $1 a year, a ridiculously low price for such an excellent publication in a field so limited. We have a letter from Hon. W. P. G. Harding, chairman of the Federal Reserve board, in which that gentleman corrects a misapprehension that has gotten out to the effect that the board has in mind the idea of forming a special board to look after cotton. Mr. Harding says: "The Federal Reserve bank of your district will be asked to inform itself t Wnn/V?<nk1?f *\ r. */\ Ul?t>AK AIIOO f'J / ! lit ioU 1 U1U1 UU^ III J a.-) IV naiCHVUOt luviuuvu Iti North and South Carolina, the probable demand from local mills, the estimated volume of the growing crop, and the resources of the local banks. Similar information will be asked of Federal Reserve banks in other districts, and with this data in hand, the board will decide upon the next step to be taken. We desire particularly to have the season start off on as near a normal basis as possible, and to avoid any such demoralization as occurred last fall." The idea had grown up somehow that it was the purpose of the Federal Reserve board to create a special cotton board to look after the linancing of cotton in warehouses; but because of the backwardness of the states in making provisions along these lines, it is evident that the situation is not ripe for anything as advanced as that at this time. One of the most practical and sensible talks that was made to the editors at Chick Springs last week, was by Capt. Reid Whitford of Charleston, on the subject of road buildings. Capt. Whitford has charge of the road and drainage work in Charleston county, and he has made progress that has attracted the attention of that whole section. He took the position that the need for road construction was primarily a commercial need, and the main purpose always to be kept in view was the development of business and commercial intercourse between j neighboring localities. The matter of pleasure riding in automobiles is a secondary consideration. Koads are to be built in such manner as to facilitate heavier traflic?to enable a greater amount of transportation with less horsepower, and to do it cheaper. He reviewed the large amount of effort that had been expended in aimless ef- < forts at road improvement, generally 1 resulting in the development of a piece j of local road that started nowhere , and went nowhere, and which soon i deteriorates for lack of attention. The 1 burden of his message was that all , road improvement should be of a per- i ' nanent nature, and every piece of per- J nanent work should have in mind ulimate connection with other permalent work in the adjoining township ^ >r the adjoining county on across the itate. He pointed out that there were o be found numerous Instances In r his state of nearby communities that vere developing independently to their nutual disadvantage, mainly for lack ;f easy communication, which com- t nunication could be supplied with but imall effort. The especial object of lis talk was to develop sentiment hroughout the state that would tend lirectly toward more logical and exended connections in road construcion. Capt. Whitford's talk was senlible and practical throughout, and as here was nowhere in it the slightest q< suggestion of a desire to work the ediors for selfish purposes in the direcion of any private or local interests, ill the editors were very much pleas- q -d with all he had to say. The Prohibition Election. ^ Those citizens of York county who ire concerned about the probable outsome of the prohibition election to be leld on September 14 next, will do veil to reconcile themselves to the 'act that unless they go to work and t, teep at it, there is danger that York f'( nay vote for liquor. e There are those, especially among G he older people, who will hoot at this c uggestion. Remembering as they do E he old tights of fifteen or twenty u rears ago, and how the prohibition s sentiment was built up to an over- " vhelming majority, they will assume c hat the county is still prohibition, be- c >ause it was prohibition at the time c; >f the last test. ^ But it is not going to be safe to p sount on anything like this. It ? should be remembered that times e ihange and men change with them, There are many voters of today who S (now nothing of the old saloon days, ^ ind many others, who though remem- G jering those days, have forgotten the v horrible conditions by which they p vere characterized. As it is with an individual as to the ise or abuse of liquor, so it is with a rounty, or even a state. The difference 8 with length of interval. The aver- . ige individual who becomes addicted Ji :o the liquor habit has his "off" and 'on" periods, sometimes longer and c sometimes shorter. If it were other- -j ivise, the average life of the average iquor drinker would be shorter than a it is. In the old days it was a long, b edlous and difficult process to work tl in entire community up to the point i( ivhere it was willing to do away with iquor. The older people all remem- 8 )er that. Likewise they should under- s stand that after a long period of so- ^ ierness, there is danger of a strong ? ? -a l*- ?ftnnIKlo " lesire ior a enanse, auu n 10 pumh/h; hat this might result in a return to >ld conditions. No individual and no c lommunity would do tnis with full ^ realization of the results; but some- j, limes men forget, and in a like man- j ler communities forget. j, As yet there is but small interest j, n this matter throughout the county; t] }ut there is reason to believe that the vhisky people are planning to do a some work in their own behalf. If ;hose of our people who understand t( he horrible consequences of a return a :o the practically free and uncontroll- r id sale of liquor in accordance with j, :he old saloon conditions are wise, ^ ;hey will bestir themselves, find out n what the sentiment is, and take such a steps as they can to get wrong senti- s nent right. j ?- ?. h SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS (r ? Kenly Brisbon, a 14-year-old negro joy, is in jail in Sumter, charged with criminal assault upon the person >f a little eight-year-old white girl. ? A barn, stables, two mules, a horse s ind other property of Rev. Mosely, who . ives near Swansea, were destroyed by ire early Wednesday morning. It is v >elieved the fire was of incendiary o >rigin. ? Insurance Commissioner McMas- o :er has engaged Fire Chief Louis Behrens of Charleston, for a period g jf three weeks to instruct various ire departments in the state in the 4 atest methods of fire fighting. ? The Melville Manufacturing com- a pany of Enoree, has been commissioned by the state with a capital stock of 8 1500,000. This company is the former Enoree Manufacturing company, that S plant having been sold several days igo to Louis Parker and associates. d ? W. W. Huckabee, former sheriff >f Kershaw county, who was removed ay Governor Manning, has filed suit . to test the right of I. C. Hough, who was appointed sheriff by the gover- ^ nor. R. H. Welch of Columbia, is .* representing former Sheriff Huckabee, who has instituted the suit in the name of South Carolina. ? Atlanta special of July 8, to the c Greenville News: John L. McLaurin if South Carolina, delivered a two j lours' speech before the Georgia legislature's agricultural committee today, ( in the subject of a state warehouse bill. Mr. McLaurin received an ova- s :ion, and was formally requested to ^ remain over and deliver another ad- n Iress tomorrow on this same subject. 0 ? The township commissioners of n Spartanburg, held their monthly meeting last Tuesday behind closed loors and adopted resolutions disap proving of the recent Split Log Drag association, formed by residents along some of the chief highways in the a county. The commissioners took the a stand that caring for the county's f roads came under their jurisdiction. This is taken to mean that the claims of those who drag the roads will not * be approved by the commissioners t; md payment for the work will be held e JP- ft ? Hon. John L. McLaurin, state warehouse commissioner, left Wed- a oesday for Atlanta, to have a confer- s cnce with Georgia and Alabama legis- c ators with reference to proposed cotton warehouse legislation in the states mentioned. In view of the proposi- r tion to establish a special committee } under the direction of the Jurisdic- y tion of the regional reserve board to ook after the cotton situation, there *' is an obvious need of uniformity as to c ill state warehouse receipts. The g conference in Atlanta will have an ?ye largely to that end. _ ri MERE-MENTION f C Sheriff Holcombe of Mobile, Ala., seized $2,000 worth of liquor in the borne of Morris Meyer, a former dis- b :iller, this week Sir Cecil Spring- n Ftice, British ambassador to the United j states, held conference with Secreta- . ry of State Robert Lansing in Washngton, Tuesday According to n igures compiled by the Chicago Tri- r bune, 19 persons were killed, 903 were ^ njured and property valued at $239,125 was destroyed on account of " Fourth of July celebrations throughout the country last Sunday and Mon- b lay. This is the largest number of c persons to be injured in several years, r Silas Turner, a Jones county, t ja? farmer, was murdered Sunday r morning and three negroes have since ? been lynched in the vicinity of the r killing on account of their alleged t connection with the crime Six t persons were killed at the result of r in explosion in a powder factory at t Beloeil, Quebec, Canada, last Tuesday. I ....it appears quite likely that Gen. c Huerta, former Mexican dictator, who r Is now under arrest charged with inciting rebellion in Mexico, will be re- c leased by the Federal authorities on t his promise to leave the Mexican bor- I iler A tornado and cloud burst J swept St. Louis and St. Charles coun- g Lies in Missouri, Wednesday and about o sixty people were killed. The storm Y was also very severe in a portion of g Illinois and Indiana, destroying prop- s frty valued at hundreds ol thousands t r?f dollars Charles Inman was I killed, and Miss Addle Inman, Henry t Ionian and \V. J. Griffin were wound- v E*d in tt pistol battle at Griffin's home u near Waycross, Ga.t Wednesday, the a shooting having occurred following a f family quarrel The Federal Trade [ ommission has announced a tour of t investigation to cover the middle west, t the Pacific coast and the south, the c idea being to consult various munufac- t turers as to the best way to build up v the country's export trade. q LOCAL AFFAIRS. < i NEW ADVERTISEMENTS , arroll Bros.?Offer roofing at cost, I and also talk about wagons and 1 buggies. Eight pounds good coffee j for $1. 'irst National Bank of Yorkville?In- < vites everybody to make It a visit ' when in town next Tuesday for the ' courthouse dedication exercises, homson Co.?Announces a variety of < special bargains for ten days, and ' invites you to make Its store your headquarters next Tuesday. 1 lirkpatrick-Belk Co.?Give details of ] the annual clearance sale now in progress at Its big store. Special ; minute sales every day. Reduced 1 prices In all departments, aylor & Keene, Maiden, N. C.?Will ' run a aunuay scnuui excurmuu irum Yorkvllle to Edgemont, N. C.. on July 17. Round trip fare $1.76. sear W. Schleeter, Registrar, Charles- > ton?On page four gives Informa- < tlon relative to next session of the 1 Medical College of South Carolina. ' pouis Roth?Has Green Mountain ' seed Irish potatoes for second crop I planting. ! CLEMSON EXAMINATION Seventeen young men of York counY, are today taking the examination i >r admission to Clemson college. The ' xamination is being held in the traded school building and is in : harge of Superintendent Carroll and | !. W. Hall of the county board of ed- i cation. Three four-year scholarhips are to be awarded to the boys . laking the highest standing in the 1 xamination today. A one-year agri- 1 ultural course scholarship is also, va- < ant and will be awarded on the same onditions as above. These scholarhips are worth $100 in money and 1 ree tuition. A total value which will i ay practically all expenses at the | chool. Following are those who are being xamined today: E. B. Young, Peter larrison. Edward Westbrook, Fred i marr. W. F. Howell. Roy Feemster, lark H. Kirkpatrick, DeLoach WhiteIdes, Martin Bennette, Lewis M. Grist, (rier McFadden, S. Turner Moore, 1 Walter L. Gettys, Samuel Hayes, Spratt i 'lexico and Alex Campbell. , PRISONERS IN JAIL ! Ten persons are in the York county i lil expecting trial when the summer 1 ?rm of the court of general sessions ( onvencs in the new courthouse next 'uesday. There are, as usual, quite number of defendants out on bond; J ut it is hardly probable that any of , hese cases will come to trial, unless i t be the' case against J. S. Stevenon, the young Bullock's Creek townhip man who is charged with the j illing of John W. Hafner several 1 reeks ago. The state has not yet disposed of its j ase against Marion Foster, the young rhito mnn who is rhareed with aid- 1 ig and abetting in the escape of J. 1 t. Wyatt. When the case was tried i February a mistrial resulted. There i a little probability of a second : rial of the case at this term. Those awaiting trial and the charges gainst them are as follows: Arnold Johnson, arson; John Cure- 1 on, murder; Martha Smith, assault nd battery with intent to kill; Law- 1 ence Boyd, assault and battery with 1 otent to kill; Henry Oliver, housereaking and larceny; Ella McQuilla, lurder; Press King, violation of the ispensary law; Chess Lockhart, as- 1 ault and battery with intent to kill; R. Wyatt, house-breaking and 1 irceny and Jail breaking; Willie )uncan, assault and battery with in- 1 ent to kill. ^ YORK AS TO THE STATE The Winthrop Weekly News is reponsible for the following, showing ow York county ranks in comparison rith other counties along various lines 1 f progress: Thirteenth in total crop values, 34,66,666.00. Fourth in number of canning club iris, 130 (about). Sixth in total animal products, 31,01,379.00. Twenty-sixth in hogs per 1,000 i cres, No. 3. Eighth in cattle per 1,000 acres, No. Twenty-first in per acre crop yield, , 21.00. Thirty-first in per capita food prouction, $88.00. Twenty-first in per capita farm ,-ealth, 3294.00. Thirty-second in farm tenancy, (4,50), 74 per cent. There are 1,156 white tenants in 'ork county, representing 5,780 land?ss, homeless white people. One hundred and eighty four thouand three hundred and twenty-four, r 48 per cent of its farm area is unultivated. There are 563 illiterate white voters, 1 per cent. There are 1,577 illiterate whites over en years of age. Twenty-seventh in church-memberhip, 44 per cent, 18,650 church members, all denominations; 23,034 persons ot in churches; 16,585 over ten years f age not in churches; 7,619 of these ion-church members are whites. IN INTEREST OF GOOD ROADS That the citizens of Bullock's Creek nd Broad River townships are very nxious to secure a good road leading rom their respective communities to he county seat, was evidenced by the act that about twenty-five represenative citizens of that vicinity appeard before the county commissioners n the temporary court room Wednes!ay morning, for the purpose of preenting a petition signed by about 90 itizens asking that the commissionrs assist in the construction of a oad leading rrom tne residence 01 ilr. J. M. Brice to Sharon. This road fill connect with the Plnckney road eading out from YorkvilleJ and it is alculated that if the commissioners ;rant the petition and build the road, . fairly good highway will be had lad from Yorkville to Sharon and rom that place to points in Bullock's ;reek and Broad River townships. Whether the commissioners will iuild this connecting link of road or lot has not been decided. Supervisor Joyd promised the road delegation to lave W. W. Miller, county engineeer, nake a survey of the proposed route ight away and to make a report. Vhen that report is submitted final isposition of the matter will be made. It was an earnest and enthusiastic iody of men who appeared before the ommissioners Wednesday. They exilained that there was no section of he county so badly in need of a good oad as their section. The Sutton Iprings road, they said, was in a terible condition. On the other hand he Pinckney road and the road beween the home of Mr. Brice and Shaon was in a bad shape. The commitee believed that the latter road could ie placed in good shape a great deal heaper than could the Sutton Springs oad. Among those who addressed the ommissioners in regard to the mater were: Revs. E. B. Hunter and W. i. Arrowood, Dr. J. H. Saye, Messrs. ohn Rainey and Roger Smarr. These gentlemen pointed out the urgent need if a road for that community, which lad long been suffering in that re:ard. The Sutton's Spring road, they tated, was rough and almost impass*de in places. On the other hand th3 'Inckney road was also dangerous in daces. All things considered, it rould be best, they thought, to build ip the Pinckney road. It was shorter nd of benefit to a greater number of teople. The speakers pointed out further hat they caied not whether the couny agreed to build the road with the haingang or with funds taken from he county road fund. What they ranted, they said, was action and uick action. Help was wanted from iltizens living along the proposed road. Upon request of Mr. John R. Blair i ind Rev. E. B..Hunter, that they express themselves on the matter, since they were citizens of the Bullock's Creek community, Commissioners Ktrkpatrlck and Latham stated that they were aware that western York i was badly in need of a road. They themselves had ample opportunity to realize the fact. The road between the home of Mr. Brice and Sharon, was, they admitted, really dangerous. Supervisor Boyd also realized that the community needed a road and was ? * ? J~ 1 ^ AnnthftP Willing IU UU wimi lie evuiu. ??uv%.*v. I hearing in the matter will be held when the report of Engineer Miller | has* been made to the board. Among the citizens of western York who composed the road delegation were: Messrs. J. S. Hartness, D. A. Whisonant, R. L. Plexlco, Victor Plexico, J. L. Rainey, J. S. Rainey, J. H. Saye, W. C. Robinson, W. C. Thomson, J. M. Brice, E. R. Shannon, W. T. Sims, A. R. Smarr, Rev. W. B. Arrowood, Rev. E. B. Hunter, W. S. Wilkerson, Ralph Cain, J. R. Blair, S. R. Sherer, R. H. Sherer, J. J. Plexico, J. S. Plexico. OAK RIDGE SCHOOL "Oak Ridge school Is indeed taking a progressive step in taking over the WInthrop College Model Farm School," observed Superintendent of Education Carroll yesterday, in speaking of the action of Oak Ridge in offering money and a site for the school. Patrons of the Oak Ridge school have had this matter under consideration for several months and last Friday night decided to seek the school. At the meeting Friday night It was pointed out that it would be necessary to make an addition of two rooms to the Oak Ridge school house and to build a cottage for the use of Mrs. Hetty S. Browne and her assistant teachers who propose to live there. At the meeting last Friday night, Mr. John H. Steele, who is a member of the board of trustees of the school district, offered to donate a tract of Beveral acres for the use of the farm school and his offer will be accepted. The land will be deeded to Oak Ridge school district, No. 29. It is understood that several other patrons were willing to donate a tract of land for the purpose. Winthrop college proposes to pay the salaries of Mrs. Brown and her assistant teachers, and this will entail an expenditure of about $2,500 a year on the part of the college. Oak Ridge school district will bear all other expenses in connection with the operation of this model school, the first of it? kind in South Carolina and prob ably in the south. The expense to the Oak Ridge district in erecting the teacher's home and making improvements to the school building will be In the neighborhood of $3,000. Patrons of the district have not yet decided how they will raise this money, although it has been definitely agreed that it will be raised. Oak Ridge school is about three miles from Winthrop college. Students from Winthrop will be sent there at Intervals to study methods used there. Pupils attending the school and there will be quite a large number, since the district has also adopted compulsory education, will at all times be brought into contact with agriculture and a study of the soil. Mrs. Brown bears a national reputation on account o* her unique methods of Instructing children. Incidentally Oak Ridge school district and that community will come in for a great deal of advertising on account of their progressive venture. "It is largely an experiment," says Superintendent Carroll, "a revolution, bo to speak, in the methods of teaching in the schools of York county. I was anxious that all patrons of the district favor the venture before it was tried. It was evident that all approve the action. I, as well as the other teachers and school authorities in the county, will watch the experiment with Interest." WITHIN THE TOWN ? The Yorkville Cotton Oil company has filed notice with the secretary of state of an increase in capital stock from $40,000 to $50,000. ? The local baseball team is endeavoring to arrange a game to be played next Tuesday on the occasion of the dedication of the courthouse. ? The local postofflce has received notice tnat, beginning next Sunday, mail will be received over the C. & N.-W. for this point and that the delivery of mail from the Southern train Sunday afternoon will be discontinued. The postofflce will be closed all Hav Snnriav after 11 a. m. ? H. G. Morganroth, United States postofflce inspector, with headquarters in Greenville, was in town this week looking after prospective sites for the postofflce. It is understood that two bids were submitted to the inspector Saturday, offlering the lease of property to be used as a postofflce. These bids have not been made public. While here the inspector took measurements and other data on the vacant store room of Mr. G. H. O'Leary and the vacant store room formerly occupied by the Yorkville Bargain House. ? A marriage which came as a surprise to relatives of the bride as well as to the numerous friends of the young people, was the wedding of Miss Jennie Beard Mackorell to Mr. Tracy Proctor, the couple b<Mng married by the Rev. J. H. Machen at the Baptist parsonage, shortly after 10 o'clock last evening. The only witness of th^ ceremony was Mr. P. D. White, a friend of the young couple. Mr. and Mrs. Proctor left after the ceremony for Rock Hill from which place they will go to Wrightsville Beach, N. C., for a few days. The bride is the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Mackorell of Yorkville. The groom holds the position of telegrapher at the Southern depot. He is a native of Forest City, N. C., but for several years past has made his home at this place. ? zenas ?;rier or fori ami, reiumo his boasted title of champion checker player of York county. In fullfllment of his announcement made In Rock Hill Monday, he came to Yorkville Wednesday to play against the local players. Thursday morning he returned to Fort Mill bearing the "scalps" of the champion checker players of this section. Young Grier was expected to come Wednesday morning; but due to the fact that he missed connection In Rock Hill, had to come around by Chester, arriving in Yorkville on the afternoon freight from that place. Upon his arrival he was taken in hand by Mr. J. F. Moore in Kvhose shop the games were played and who warned the local players to prepare to meet the challenger. Mr. G. M. Carroll of Yorkville No. 1, who had bested young Orier in Rock Hill on Monday, was informed that the youth was in town and wanted to see him bad. A delivery auto truck happened to be passing Mr. Carroll's store a moment after receiving the information, and Mr. Carroll rode the truck to Yorkville, arriving about twenty minutes after the receipt of the message. In the meantime Mr. S. E. Jackson of Yorkville, who is undoubtedly one of the best players to be found anywhere, was summoned and he and Grier were soon at it. Twenty-five games were played by the two, the youthful exponent of the ancient game finally defeated his elder opponent by a score of 10 to 7, while eight games were declared a draw. Young Gelrr then engaged Mr. Carroll. The two agreed to play ten games. For a while It looked like Mr. Carroll would win easily. When the games stood 5 to 2 in favor of Mr. Carroll, numerous spectators around were sure that he would win. However, Mr. Grler then won three straight games, tleing the score and making it necessary to play the eleventh game, and this deciding contest was easily annexed by him. Mr. Grler remained In Yorkvllle Wednesday night and early yesterday morning renewed the contest with Mr. Carroll. It was agreed that they play another ten games which resulted: Grler 4, Carroll 3, draws 3. Having defeated Messrs. Jackson and Carroll, Mr. Grler was declared champion so far as this section Is concerned. Local checker enthusiasts say that he will have to defend his title pretty soon, however, as they expect to go over to Fort Mill and engage the youthful prodigy in an effort to "bring home the bacon." DADE COUNTY, GEORGIA "It's a wonderful country naturally; but there is plenty of room for improvement," said Deputy Sheriff F. E. Qulnn, Wednesday, in speaking of Dade county, Ga., to which place he went last week after the escaped prisoner, J. R. Wyatt. "The soil is naturally far more fertile than that of York county," Mr. Quinn observed; "but the great trouble is that the people know little of the great 'natural wealth which they hold. Little is known of modern methods of cultivation. In that country it is more or less a matter of digging a furrow, throwing in the seed, trusting to luck that it will grow and Increase. People of Dade county have few modern farming implements, if any. But they are a happy, care-free lot, and seem possessed of the idea that every convenience and improvement known to civilization is used by them. "Trenton, the county seat, is a place of about 300 souls," continued the speaker. "The little hamlet is entirely surrounded by mountains and in time of war, I imagine would be a place of strategic importance. It is about eighteen miles from the city of Chattanooga, Tenn., but mountain folk are not much given to going to the 'settlemints,' you know, and while I don't know it to be true, I'll venture that there are people in those mountains who are now enjoying the last year of their allotted three score and ten, and who have never been eighteen miles from home. "It is an ideal community for blockading and I understood that there was considerable liquor made in the mountain fastnesses. It. is a very quiet community withal?an automobile is still more or less of a novelty and a stranger, like I was when I first arrived, is even more of a wonder, who must endure the stares of the populace." Asked hew the courthouse of Dade 'J ? ? ? ?? "? it'UW fha V*o n/?_ county WUU1U tUlliptuo mill mc **??? %?some new structure being completed In the county of York, Deputy Quinn smiled. "You could put about four of the Dade county kind in the new building," he said. "Theirs is a twostory brick building, apparently having been built in ante-bellum days. It resembled a residence, more than a courthouse. "The town of Trenton," Mr. Quinn said, "knows nothing of the joys and conveniences of electric lights, and sewer and water connections. The proprietor of the single boarding house in the place did brag a good deal on the good quality of the water in the well." Mention of the boarding house proprietor caused the deputy to relate the following humorous incident concerning that personage, who it seems has a way of relating his troubles to every person who comes within his gates. According to Mr. Quinn, this hotel man said that he had come into Dade county some twenty years ago or more. He did not want to come; but he had to do so. He had lived in sunny Tennessee; but on an ill-fated day he had emptied his gun into the body of a magistrate and not caring to pay the penalty for injuring the officer of the law, had taken refuge lr Dade county. As time passed on he married there and accumulated considerable property, all of#whlch he recorded in the name of'his wife on account of his fear of the wounded magistrate. Finally the magistrate died and the offense of the refugee was remembered against him no more. For several years now he has been wanting to return to his native Tennessee. But his wife doesn't want to go. The wife has the deeds to all the property. The hotel proprietor would not think of leaving Dade county without his wife and his property. So he continues to conduct the hotel in Trenton, telling all strangers of his hard-headed wife and of his longing to return to Tennessee. Deputy Quinn was struck with the fact that there are few if any negroes in the county of Dade. Commenting on this fact in conversation with an "inhabitant," he was informed that "we don't 'low no niggers here. They can pass through this county; but they must pass quick. This climate ain't good for niggers." Mr. Quinn said he saw only one negro in the county and that one was in jail. Speaking of the crops he said that the corn in that county looked very good. Little cotton, 11 any, is raiocu I there, although potatoes, and other foods are raised in considerable quantity. If the people used York county farmers' methods, production would be enormous. Much coal is mined in the county?in fact mining is one of the principal industries. There are also numerous fine stock farms scattered throughout the region. "They are hospitable folk." continued the deputy. "They showed me every courtesy. I was in a hurry to get back, however, since I wanted to get Wyatt behind the bars once more." One of the most humorous incidents connected with the trip to northwestern Georgia, occurred coming back home. Early Monday morning while the train was speeding through Georgia on the return trip, Wyatt informed the deputy that he, (Mr. Quinn) could take a nap if he wanted to, and the deputy, with a grin replied, "No thank you, I'm not a bit sleepy." ABOUT PEOPLE Mrs. W. G. White of Yorkville, is visiting relatives in Charlotte. Miss Ida Miller Quinn of Yorkville, is visiting relatives in Greenville. Miss Anna R. Lewis of Yorkville, is spending several days in Charlotte. Mr. D. E. Finley, Jr., of Yorkville, is in the Fennell infirmary. Rock Hill. Misses Daisy and Maggie Gist of Yorkville, are visiting friends in Rock Hill. Mrs. Henrv Stokes of Yorkville, is visiting relatives in Charlotte this week. Mrs. C. F. Stoll of Lancaster, visited Mrs. W. A. Stoll in Yorkville this week. Mr. Samuel Speagle of Clover No. 2, spent Sunday with friends in Yorkville. Mr. E. C. Caldwell of Elkln, N. C.. visited relatives in Yorkville this ...aaU WCCA. ^ Misses Margaret and Norma Grist of Yorkville, are visiting friends in Columbia. Little Miss Nancy MacFie of Brevard, N. C., is visiting Mrs. J. R. Ashe in Yorkville. Mr. McCain Nichols of Yorkville, left yesterday to spend several weeks In Brevard, N. C. Mrs. Lowry Guy of Chester, is visiting her parents. Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Lowry, in Yorkville. Mrs. John F. Blodgett and daughter of Atlanta, Ga., are the guests of relatives in Yorkville. Mr. William Marshall has returned to his home in Yorkville after a visit to relatives in Winnsboro. Misses Letitia and Hulda McNeel of Birmingham, Ala,, are visiting Mrs. B. N. Moore ?in Yorkville. Mr. Crawford Heath of Baltimore, Md., visited hiu brother, Mr. R. E. G Heath, in Yorkvlile this week. Mr. Lesslie Faulkner of King's w Creek, is spending several days with n Mr. Frank Faukner in Yorkville. t) Mrs. H. D. Wolff and children of Petersburg, Va., are visiting the fami- ? ly of Mr J. E. Lowry in Yorkvlile. A Miss Rita Wltherspoon of Yorkville, ? is spending some time with her sister, Mrs. J. M. Hemphill, in Chester. (| Mesdames C. W. Carroll and M. L. jj Carroll and children of Yorkville, are p spending some time in Shelby, N. C. Miss Minnie Lee Garrison, agent for the Girls' Canning club in York county, was in Yorkville today on business. 1' Mr. L. G. Thomasson of Clinton, N. j* C., visited relatives in Yorkville and ? other sections of the county this week. ? Rock Hill Record: Miss Frances a Finley of Yorkville, was a guest in the a city for several days, of Miss Nellie s Roach. g Mrs. P. W. Patrick and children t< have returned to their home in York- o ville, sifter a visit to relatives in St. d George. tl Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Summltt and V child of Yorkville"1, visited Mrs. Sum- ^ mitt's mother, Mrs. B. L. Hicks, in Gastonla, this week. p "? r* Vnt-WIIIa No. 1. ? 1X11 D. U. U. viai VTA. * van*?.? - - v is in Rock Hill this week attending e the lectures on home economics ^ which are being given at Winthrop b college. n Mr. George Ashe, who has been in 1 Brevard, N. C., for several months c past, has returned to his home in fi Yorkville. b Mrs. J. R. Ashe, who has been a spending several weeks in Brevard, a N. C., has returned to her home in F Yorkville. ' Mrs. W. B. Moore and Misses Kate j Gordon and Mamie Hughes of Yorkville, left this week for the Panama- ( Pacific exposition. Mrs. P. N. Moore and children who t have been spending some time in I Hendersonville, N. C., have returned J to their home in Yorkville. t Misses Nellie and Violet Allison re- ' turned to their home at Tirzah last ' evening after a visit to the family of J Mr. J. O. Allison in Yorkville. Misses Marguerite Brown of Blacks- ? burg, and Jennie Lou Thomas of * Gaffney, are visiting Misses Nellie and f Mattie May Brown in Yorkville. Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Robinson have c returned to their home in Lancaster, t after a short visit to the family of Mr. ? R. N. Plexlcc of Yorkville No. 1. Mrs. W. B. Steele and daughter, Miss Rosa, who have been spending several weeks In Greenwood, have re- 8 turned to their home in Yorkville. Miss Nancy Ashe, who has been un- * dergoing treatment in the Fennell in- J firmary, Rock Hill, has returned to . the home of her brother, Mr. James . Ashe, in Yorkville. Mm P! w i^inar and children, who ? have been spending several weeks j with Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Quinn In i Yorkville, left yesterday for their j home in Greenville. j Chester News: Miss Annie Gordon, < a 1912 graduate of the Magdalene < hospital, is in the city on professional I business. Dr. W. M. Kennedy of . Yorkville, was a Chester visitor Friday. Information from Mr. Smith Gordon of Yorkville No. 6, and Dr. J. B. Kennedy of Yorkville, who are under- ^ going treatment in the Magdalene , hospital, Chester, is that they are Improving steadily. . f Chester News: Mrs. J. C. Bell, who t has been undergoing treatment at the i Chester sanitorium, has returned to { her home at Guthriesville. Rev. E. f E. Gillespie of Yorkville, was a Ches- i ter visitor Sunday. { Mr. John R. Blair, county demon- 1 stratlon agent, was in Yorkville Wed- t nesday for the first time in more than 1 two weeks, he having been confined | to his home at Sharon on account of illness. Mr. Blair stated that he had been threatened with typhoid fever J and had not been able to traverse the county much, hence he was not in po- 1 sition to give a fairly accurate report J of crop conditions in the county. Rock Hill Herald: Miss Mary Beam- j guard of Clover, is the guest of Miss i Ethel Pursley. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. , Hope leave tonight for St. Paul, Minn., ( to attend the meeting of the national . camp, WQodmen of the World, which j meets next Tuesday. They will be , joined by Senator and Mrs. Robert , Lide of Orangeburg, and Col. and j Mrs. T. C. Hamer of Bennettsville. f The party will go to Kansas City and . Omaha before arriving at St. Paul. They expect to take in the exposition before returning. i Mr. J. O. Allison and son, Floyd, re- 1 turned to Yorkville yesterday from ( Florence where Mr. Allison represented J the York County R. F. D. Carriers' 1 association at the state convention of ( Letter Carriers which was held there 1 Monday and -Tuesday. Mr. Allison J said this morning that he had an en- ' joyable trip and that the carriers 1 were royally entertained by the good { people of Florence. The attendance 1 on the meeting this year was not as I large as usual. Upon the adjourn- ' ment of the meeting, Mr. Allison and 1 his son went to Columbia to pay a c short visit to relatives. 1 Gastonia Gazette: Mrs. M. H. Curry j of Yorkville, spent Saturday and Sun- ( day in the city as the guest of Mrs. D. . A. Garrison and Mrs. P. R. Falls. Mr. ' William E. Ferguson of Yorkville, was in town a while yesterday en route t home from Charlotte, where he had e been to see his daughter, Miss Beu- c lah Ferguson, who underwent an ope- I ration a few days since for appendici- < tis. Mr. Albert Riddle of Clover route t 2, was a business visitor in the city ? Saturday. Mr. J. J. Henry of Bowl- t Ing Green, S. C., was in the city on i business Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. J. < W. Klrkpatrlck were in town a short 1 while yesterday, en route to their 1 home in Yorkville from the mountains. < Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Clinton of Clover, 1 were among yesterday s visitors in 1 Gastonia. I C LOCAL LACONICS 1 Good Yield of Oats. Mr. R. E. Montgomery, who runs a c small farm about two miles north of e Yorkville, has recently threshed his t oats. From a held of less than six { acres, he secured a yield of 340 bush- ( | els, an average of approximately 58 a busneis per acre. Oats Not So Good. A portion of the chaingang has this week been engaged in assisting at the threshing of this year's oat crop raised at the county home. A total of about 900 bushels was secured. Last year a total crop of about 1,400 bushels was raised on the poor house farm. Death of a Child. Mary Louise, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Moore of the Philadelphia section, "died Sunday, following a brief illness. She was not quite two years old. Interment was in the churchyard at Philadelphia the following day. funeral services being con- j ducted by Rev. Henry Stokes. In New Quarters. e Mr. I. P. Boyd, superintendent of the county home, has moved his family ? into the new building. The inmates J, of the present home have not yet been r transferred from their old quarters. It F is said that the contractors will have * about fifty leaks to repair in the 0 roof of the building before it will be ? formally accepted for use by the coun- J1 I Awaiting Trial. c Constable Frank Allen of Rock Hill, 2 brought Willie Duncan, a negro, to the c county jail Wednesday afternoon, where he is now held in default of a $500 bond, charged with assault and battery with intent to kill. Duncan 0 nllno'zwl t a ho vo horwma i n va! vpH In f a difficulty with Aaron Argus, colored, q near Lesslie, Monday night and is said * to have carved Argus' arm with a ' razor. Children's Day Observed. t Children's Day was observed at * Bethany church last Sunday, a large t congregation attending the exercises \ which continued throughout the day. a The pastor, Rev. W. P. (Jrier, preached j a sermon especially to the children g in the morning. Special music was a rendered for the occasion and the chil- i dren themselves presented a number e of recitations, dialogues, etc. Dinner t was served on the grounds at the noon c hour. iang Good Thing. Coroner J. L. Strait of Rock Hill, rho was in Yorkv?lle Wednesday, relarked to an Enquirer reporter that he city gang recently inaugurated i that town was having a good moral ffect which could be plainly noted, iccordlng to the coroner the city reorder of Rock Hill does not hesitate o fine offenders in his court good and trong. The idea of wearing stripes t the city of Rock Hill was not pleasig to a number of people who had apeored in police court before. till at Old Gam*. Mr. E. W. Pursley of Santiago, was fi Yorkville yesterday, ar.d while here dvised the reporter that he undertood that another petition was being irculated in the western part of the ounty on the question of cutting off strip of York county territory to be dded to Cherokee. The proposed trip includes King's Mountain battleround, and Piedmont springs; but as a whether it also includes the whole f the town of Smyrna, Mr. Pursley id not know. It will be remembered hat a similar effort was made some ears ago and was abandoned. fay Build Church. ^ Members of the recently established 'resbyterlan church at Tlrzah, are ontemplating the erection of a church diflce at that place. No formal aclon In the matter will hardly be taken efore fail. Rev. J. T. Dendy of Ebeezer, informs The Enquirer that Mr. \ M. Oates has donated a site for a hurch building. Since services were rst instituted at Tirzah last Septemer, the schoolhouse has been used as place of worship. Up to this (itae nd for the balance of the summer. reaching will be held In the school ard. According to Mr. Dendy. the hurch has a Sunday school of about 00 members. May Try Case Hare. It is rumored on the streets that here is a strong probability that Srnest Isenhower, James Rawls and esse Morrison who are charged with he murder of Sheriff Adam Hood of ^airfield county {luring the trouble at Vlnnsboro several weeks ago, will be ? ried in York county. The rumor, has t that it is practically certain that a hange of venue will be secured. The >rosecution for obvious reasons will tot consent to the case being tried in Theater county and it will therefore >e more convenient for all parties oncerned to come to York county han elsewhere in the Sixth judicial lircuit. Studying Away from Home. Scores of South Carolina teachers ire attending schools outside of the itate for further training, despite the act that Wlnthrop and Coker colleges, Jniversity of South Carolina and other nstitutions within the state are offer ng this game special training. Among he York county teachers who are atendlng summer school at the Unlverilty of Tennessee or the Peabody colege, the first named institution being ocated in Knoxville, and the second n Nashville, Tennessee, are Miss Mine Barber, Port Mill; Miss Stell 31asscock, Catawba Junction; J. P. Toats, Port Mill; H. U Dickson. T. N. 'laris, Clover. bounty Commissioners. Quite a number of matters came up 'or consideration before the board of rounty commissioners who were in nonthly session Wednesday. Messrs. >V. S. Lesslie and R C. Qettys of l^sslie, appeared before the commisiloners asking for the erection of a imail bridge in their community and he petition was granted. The comnlssloners Bold to the negro congregation at the county home, a tract of ibout three acres upon which they lave already erected a church; the mm of $125 having been realised from :he sale. A large number of claims igainst the county were ordered paid >y the board. Member Registration Board. The York county legislative deleration has agreed to endorse Mr. D. T. Woods of Yorkville, for the position >n the York county board of registra:lon made vacant by the death of the ate Mr. R M. Wallace. Mr. Woods' lame has been forwarded to Governor banning and he will doubtless receive lis commission in a few days. It is jnderstood that there were about a lozen applicants for the position. The position pays a salary of $100 per anlum in election years and $50 per anlum in off years. Provided Mr. Woods eceives his commission by the first Monday In August, the board will ilect a chairman. Their Salaries Reduced. The postoffice department at Washngton has Just announced its annual 'e-adjustmant of salaries. In seven iases salaries have been decreased, vhlle in twenty-three others they have )een raised. An increase in the salary >f the postmaster means the business >f the office has been Increased during he year. A decrease in salary means hat the business of that office has lecreased during the year. The York :ounty offices. Rock Hill and Fort Mill, suffered a decrease in salary. The )ostmaster at Rock Hill received $2,700 ast year and will be paid only $2,600 his year. Fort Mill's postmaster revived a salary of $1,400 last year and vlll receive only $1,300 during the jresent year. The salary of the postnaster at Blacksburg has been reluced from $1,200 to $1,100. Miss Frances Grist Desd. Aft^r Hiiffprlnfir for several weeks vith a malady, the nature af which ittending physicians have not even yet leflnitely determined. Miss Frances Jrist died in the Magdalene hospital. Chester, shortly after 3 o'clock yeserday afternoon. Her death came as l surprise since the physicians had nade examination ten or fifteen minltes before and had pronounced her :ondition somewhat improved. The >ody of the deceased was brought to forkville over the Southern from Chester last night and carried to the tome of her sister, Mrs. H. E. Neil. The funeral will be held from the 'resbyterian church, of which Miss Jrist was a member, at 5 o'clock this ifternoon and the interment will folow in Rose Hill cemetery. Miss Grist vas well known to a large number of >eop!e in this section, she having been ihief operator at the local telephone xchange. The young lady was in he twenty-second year of her age. She was the third daughter of L. Jeorge and Margaret Withers Grist, ind was born in Yorkville in August, 893. She is survived by her parents, two sisters, Mrs. H. E. Neil of forkville, and Mrs. A. B. Hammond of Columbia, and three brothers, Mr. Jeorge R. Grist of Laurens, and Messrs L Y. and J. W. Grist, of Yorkville. The Shoe Pinched. Citizens of Rock Hill have for some ime past been incensed at the action if the postoffice department in spelling he name of their city "Rockhill," and lave stirred up Congressman Finley o try and have the postal departnent recognize the names as being two vords. While in Washington recently or the purpose of "railroading" the ihange in the name of the town of forkville, the congressman decided to ook into the Rock Hill matter, and the hamber of commerce recently recelvd the following letter from him: Gentlemen: Replying to your letter f recent date. While I was in Washngton recently I took up with the Irst assistant postmaster general the natter of having the name of Rock Jill spelled properly in the files of the tepartment. Mr. Roper promised, and tates in a letter that it would be done, tut said such change must be made at he time when the term of postmaster xpires and a new commission is made iut. This will be done on February 0, next, and until that time nothing an be done about the matter." I he explanation.?yuue a numoer ?f North Carolina towns have lost In lostofflce receipts to an extent retiring a reduction in the salaries of ostmasters. Among the towns is forth Charlotte. The outside public teed not take thi9 as an indication of he loss of commercial business, other han that of a particular sort?that of vhisky orders. We have no doubt that his explains the reduced business, irhere reduction has been recorded, ind it is significant, not of any deiresslon in business, but of the progress of prohibition. The quart law .nd other restrictions have cut the nail order whisky traffic to such an xtent that the wonder Is so few owns appeared in the demoted olumn of the postofflce department. -Charlotte Observer.