Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Scraps and .facts. ? Asheville special of Wednesday to the Charlotte Observer: "Coley is far from a dead one," declared Cole L. Blease, former governor of South Carolina here yesterday, when asked if he intends to re-enter South Carolina politics. Mr. Blease was en route to Hot Springs, N. C., for a rest of a week or ten days and will return to South Carolina by way of this city, stating that he intends to spend some days at Asheville before returning to the Palmetto srtate. Other than to affirm that he's far from a political corpse, the former picturesque chief executive of South Carolina was not inclined to spend any time in the discussion of political conditions in that state. ? Theodore Roosevelt spoke twice last Wednesduy at the Panama-Pa Cine exposition. one ituuieaa nas uu military preparations and the other was a brief, personal talk to "the men on the line," soldiers, sailors and marines at the Enlisted Men's club. The colonel held both willingness and ability to be soldiers as desirable attributes of good citizens. He told the enlisted men a man "afraid to fight is not fit to vote," and a "mother who is not willing to raise her boy to be a soldier is not fit for citizenship." Before the address at the club house he planted a tree. "War and Peace" was the topic of Colonel Roosevelt's address to an immense audience gathered in the Court of the Universe. Col. Roosevelt was given a presidential salute of 21 guns by the warships in the harbor. ? Senator Bankhead of Georgia, and Representative Tribble of Georgia, urged Fresident Wilson Wednesday. to take further steps to stop British interference with cotton shipments from the United States to Europe. The. president assured them the government was acutely conscious of the situation and was doing everything possible to better it. Senator Bankhead said a large surplus from this year's cotton crop must be carried over as a result of interference with American trade. Representative Tribble, following the interview, said the administration is hopeful that the cotton export situation will be much improved this fall. "President Wilson is closely studying the situation with reference to getting our staple to European markets, and believes a way will be found to insure safe delivery," said Mr. Tribble. "If the administration is able to carry out its plans the prices of cotton should be stiffened as a result." ? The latest report from Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton, commanding British expeditionary' forces at the Dardanelles, given out in London last night by the official press bureau, says: "Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton reports that in the north a raiding party rushed a trench on the front of our line the night of July ** * '* m * '? ?-/vwAAnf nno 18. All Oi me eneuij' ncu, mv^k. v..v, who was killed. On July 19 an antiaircraft gun was hit by one of our shells and blown into the air. On the southern area the Turks on July 18 attacked some newly captured trenches in the French section, but were repulsed with ease. In the British section there has been steady progress daily, consolidating and in some cases extending the trenches won on the 12th and 13th. Yesterday, the 21st, a small redoubt was captured with insignificant loss and a successful attack was made on part of a communicating trench held by the enemy. A Turkish machine gun opposite our left, was knocked out by the French artillery. In both sections the enemy's artillery has been active." ? In a statement given to the press at Savannah, last Wednesday, Dr. Joseph Goldberger of Washington, head of the department for pellagra research of the United States public health service, in announcing his conclusions about the malady and its causes, said: "After experiments conducted at the Georgia state sanitarium at Milledgeville and in a similar institution at Jackson, Miss., we have come to the definite conclusion that our theory, made public last year, that pellagra is the result of eating too regularly too much starchy food, is correct. Patients in these two institutions kept upon a proper diet have failed this year to develop symptoms of the disease. We also know that pellagra is not contageous. There is not the slightest danger of catching the disease by contagion with one who has it. Pellagra, we have found, is more prevalent in the south than in the north, although there is just as much a possibility of the reverse, except for the fact that people in the north eat a great deal more meat and other non-starchy foods than do people in the south. What we need more than anything else is to return to the old smokehouse meat age." ? That a large part of the shipments of American cotton held up by England probably will be condemned by the prize court was indicated in a ruling last Wednesday by the British government. The ruling, announced by the board of trade, held that when the ownership of cotton shipped under the agreement with American exporters passes from the American shipper to an enemy of Great Britain it will not be purchased by the British government under the terms of the agreement. Premier Asquith An miAOtinn H n r lUUt'UCU UU 11IC Wtbvil 4UWV.V ing the debate in the house of commons on the new vote of credit. "The government is not without hope," he said, "that we shall obtain without much delay a more satisfactory and more adequate solution of the various difficulties surrounding the cotton question than has yet been possible. I am not satisfied myself with the existing state of things. I believe a great deal of this material which is a necessary ingredient in the manufacture of very formidable kinds of ammunition, reaches the enemy which ought not to reach him. On the other hand, we have to be very careful in the exercise of our belligerent rights not to unduly infringe on the trading interests and legitimate susceptibilities of neutral powers with which we are on terms of perfect amity, and with which we do not desire to provoke anything in the nature of an unnecessarily gratuitous quarrel." The premier added that no subject was receiving more watchful and anxious attention from the government, but it was a delicate and difficult matter. The ramifications of the cotton trade were so complicated, he said, that a particular line of policy which might appear to present an easy and practical solution would in reality multiply rather than minimize the difficulty. ? The Austrians and Germans, according to a London dispatch, continue their drive at Warsaw from the north, the west and the south, and are reported further north toward Riga. The tone of Petrograd dispatches bespeaks plainly that Russia is aware of the gravity of the situation involving not or Iy the fate of the Polish capital but the integrity of the Russian army in Poland, which might be cut in twain by a deicsive defeat along the LublinCheim railroad. It is along this latter section that the Russians are fighting most desperately, for the railway is Poland's sole great artery of communication with southern Russia. Having several times been reported within five miles of the railroad and now. according to Austrian claims, having pierced the Russian front, the Teutonic forces probably are within rifle shot of the line. No claim has been made of having seized it. Northwest of Lublin the Teutonic forces have pushed forward to the bridge head positions south of Ivangorod, and thence northward. Around the circle tightening on Warsaw they have made steady progress, though meeting with serious opposition along the Narew river, northwest of the capital. Elsewhere. generally speaking, the Russians are employing in their retreat the tactics with which they harassed Napoleon in 1812. They are burning bridges, destroying roads and laying waste the countryside with fire, and dynamite. All Courland has been laid waste and Windau. in flames, sent up a glow visible many miles away, r.nminating the stroke against Riga, operations in Poland occupy a front of roughly 800 miles, divisible into three areas. The first along the Narew, north and west of Warsaw; the second. centered on the Vistula between Warsaw and Ivangorod: the third in the vicinity of Lublin, where the Austrians and Germans are fighting for the railway. The situation, as the British press sees it, is critical, but the papers recall that once before Russia checked the Germans at the gates of Warsaw and drove them back. Coincident with dispatches saying the spirit of the Russian army is unbroken comes the report that the feeling is growing that Russia is doing more than her share in the war, bearing at present almost the entire burden. These complaints, according to special correspondents, are not confined to the rank and file. Russian newspapers contrast the colossal battle in which the nation is engaged with the comparative inaction along the west ern front. (The iforluitlr inquirer. Entered at the Postofflce In Yorkvllle as Mail Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE. S. C.t FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1915. Hon. John L. McLaurin does not count for much with the politicians; but he is growing stronger with the people every day. Is it not strange that the munition manufacturers who are so unwilling to work in belligerent Britain are so willing in neutral America? There is still no telling when the European war is going to end, and apparently there are still to be plenty of opportunities for America to get into the mixup. At any rate, York county has more to eat this year than she had last year, and the people did not suffer last year on account of something to eat. It is the British workmen who have done most to curtail the whisky traffic in England. The principal opponent of the workman has been the British aristocracy. Sound and wise is that good old doctrine which teaches that "those who will not work should not be allowed to eat," for In strict accord with It is the proverb which runs: "An idle brain is the devil's workshop." There has been a good deal of talk about the likelihood of the president provoking war with Germany; but it is very well to remember that nothing has been done along that line up to this time. People who want to find out all about the causes of the great war, have only to study their Bibles. Let them keep in mind the idea of disobedience and Divine punishment thereof and they will be able to ferret out the whole thing. The adoption of state-wide prohibition by a vote of the people on September 14, will not interfere with the gallon-a-monm law, except m ou *cw as it may be notice to the general assembly at its next meeting to repeal the same. There was a proposition in Charleston not long ago to hook the expenses of one of the commercial bodies on to the city treasury in such a manner as to put the city under private control at public expense. As we understand it, the scheme did not work, and the city is to be congratulated on its escape The attack on Leo M. Frank has excited much sympathy for that notorious prisoner, and we are Inclined to suggest that if it be true as reported that his leading thought when he believed himself to be on the point of death was forgiveness of his assailant, he is really not so guilty as so many people believe. If those people who are selling munitions of war by the hundred million dollars worth are not straining the neutrality of this country to the breaking point, we do not know the reason why. And under the circumstances, it is indeed strange that they should want to scold the people of the south for making a fuss about their cotton. None but those engaged in the task understand the difficulties of those who would publish a country newspaper solely in the interest of its subscribers. His responsibility is like unto that of the shepherd who would keep the wolves from the flocks; and where it is so easy and so common for the wolves to masquerade in sheep's clothing, the responsibility is all the greater. Everybody in this section knows how immaoonrflhlv hntfpr off tVlP average citizen is because of the curtailment of the liquor traffic since the abolition of the dispensary in Yorkville. Thousands who did not realize such a thing before, have come to realize that abstension from liquor is the surest guarantee of respectability. The whisky regime can only come back at the behest of those who will suffer most harm from it. It is too early to calculate on the peace arrangements that will be made after this war; but in the event the allies win, it will be interesting to see what kind of an agreement England and Russia will arrive at. Since the days of Cromwell it has been the policy of England not to allow any other country to be as powerful as she, and being absolutely devoid of sentiment in matters of business it is not to be expected that she will change her policy at this late day. Wo Irrn.w cnmplhinp nhnilt that bank equalization question. We had to pay to learn. Two York county banks that were liberal customers of ours withdrew all relations from us merely because we gave the public the cold facts in regard to the matter. Such is our deliberate opinion. And we have had occasion to study the whole subject as carefully as a lawyer. We have no hesitation in saying that in our opinion Assistant Attorney General Dominick understands the situation thoroughly, and we do not think that Praser Lyon is capable of helping him a great deal. According to a writer in the Saturday Evening Post. Germany has been able to buy munitions of war even from Canada. Early last October, when it became clear that the trench warfare was going right on through the winter, Germany sent to the United States an order for many thousands of sheet iron heating stoves. The concern that received the order could not furnish the stoves within the time specified; but knowing that these articles were to be had in Canada in large quantities sent for them there. The stoves, of course, were shipped from America and the Canadians became responsible for keeping their enemies warm. When people talk of the alleged idiocy of the buy-a-bale movement, and chide our people because of their impatience at the British policy with regard to cotton exports, we feel inclined to retort: "Yes, you care nothing about the fellow who raises the cotton; all you are after is to get the proceeds of his labor for your own benefit without giving him value revmi nn^ht to have sense enough to know that if you crush out I the cotton farmer, you sooner or later 1 destroy your own source of income." ' According to our view of the matter, i this government is easily able to see i that the farmer gets a fair price for i his product, and without doing injus- < tice to anybody. If the man who assumes the risk of the cotton crop and i performs the labor to make it, is not J entitled to some profit, we do not know i who is entitled to the profit. - . Detroit, Mich., July 21.?Herbert. H. I Dow, president of the Dow Chemical company of Midland, Mich., told the ( Federal trade commission meeting here today that indigo and other products < could be produced fully as cheaply in I America as abroad. All that is neces- . sary is a little more experience and knowledge of the "tricks of the trade," 1 he said. Mr. Dow said indigo is most im- i portant of all dyes, and although it is a German monopoly, American manufacturers are developing the process. ( "We would spend more money on 1 these dyes if we were sure the pres- , ent price would hold," he said. "If there was some kind of a tariff which would take effect when the price was down and not when it is steady or i going up, I think we could compete on ( equal terms with Germany." It is strange how people forget. The time was when rice and indigo were the staple products of South Carolina. Indigo was extensively grown in this section seventy years ago; until cotton displaced it. But now, of course, the ? 1 ~ ?"**IA Inn w A*mr Qo*nin pt?upie WUUIU nave lu itai i uf VI ^ ' ' ( While the North and South Caro- < Una newspaper parties were exploring ] the top of Mount Mitchell recently, ] there was question as to the altitude | of the "timber line." No one seemed i to know, not even Mr. August Kohn, J who had climbed some of the loftiest peaks of the Alps. Mt. Mitchell is < 6,711 feet high and is heavily timber- < ed to within a few feet of the very ' top. To all appearances the timber ( would have continued several- thou- i sand feet higher if the mountain had ' risen to that much higher altitude. We have before us a bulletin from ] the United States topographical sur- i vey, which gives the information that 1 the altitude of the timber line varies ( with latitude, being greatest of course j within the tropics. In the Alps the timber line is generally at an altitude 1 of about 6,600 feet, while in the Col- ( orado Rockies, the average is in the i neighborhood of 11,500 feet. In the 1 tropical Andes, the timber line runs a thousand feet or so higher. The i snow line is approximately the same i as the timber line. I We notice that several South Carolina papers which discuss live questions ! in a positive way, agree with the Pied- < mont in its condemnation of the custom i which has more or less prevailed i throughout this state of letting politi- \ cians secure control of the party ma- , chinery of the Democracy. The fight is a < righteous fight. It is a fight for an ( absolutely correct principle. And it will i not end until the Democratic constitution is so amended that the party ma- | chinery cannot be selfishly used by politicians for gratification of their per- \ sonal political ambitions. As we have ( said before, there are tens of thou- ; sands of able and loyal Democrats, in i South Carolina who neither hold nor i desire public office. The. party will be i best served if control of,its machinery i is vested in such men. There is no Justification for allowing a politician to . monopolize public office and party hon- i or. Of course, many officeholders and ( seekers are entrenched now in party i places. Some recognize the justice o? < the Piedmont's contention and will act i accordingly while others will attempt j to retain party places as a stepping stone tn nnhlie office.?Greenville Pied- i mont. 1 We agree with the Piedmont in what it is driving at; but what about the fellow who though wanting no office himself, desires to sit behind the throne and pass on things to his own notion, requiring the actual office holder to consult him about tho distribution of pie, etc? One place where reform is needed is in the matter of grading. It is probably true that no other producer of a commercial product in all the civilized world has lost more through undergrading than has the cotton grower of the southern states. It is a maxim of law that "No man should be judge in his own cause," and yet from time immemorial the cotton buyer has been the judge as to the grades of cotton handled by him, while not one grower in ten has been able to tell whether that grading was properly done or not. If anybody wishes to know in detail what the results have been, let him send five cents to the division of markets, United States department of agriculture, and get the bulletin on cotton marketing in Oklahoma. We know of another leading cotton county in which the state and national departments of agriculture sent cotton graders last fall, and the farmers of that county say that never until then did they get recognition for grades above good middling. And in this connection the statement is made by Senator John L. McLaurin, warehouse commissioner of South Carolina, that not one bale of cotton out of a thousand is sold to the mills on which the buyer does not ( make a profit on the grading in addition to his legitimate profit as a buyer.?Progressive Farmer. The foregoing is from the pen of ' Clarence Poe, editor of the Progressive ] Farmer. So far as we have informa- i tion, there is not a more earnest, sin- 1 cere or conservative pen than his em- j ployed in American journalism. It was Senator McLaurin who first sounded 1 the alarm in this matter, and Clarence ( Poe is merely advising the farmers to assert their rights and decline to be imposed upon any longer. This whole matter should be finally and forevei settled at the next session of the general assembly. Newspaper Advertising. In the aggregate the number of people in this country who understand the true science of newspaper advertising is large; but the percentage of these people compared with the total number who advertise is small. One of the elementary principles of advertising embraces the idea of publishing information about a specific \ thing for a specific purpose, as when i an individual loses some article of 1 value to him and tries to locate the J same by inserting an advertisement in | a newspaper. i Of course this is advertising; but it is only advertising the thing instead of the individual, and does not begin ' to embrace the idea of advertising in f its widest and most important sense. c Every time the name of an Individual appears in a newspaper, whether in a news statement or paid notice, there is involved a certain amount of Advertising that is of social or economic value to the person named, ac jording to the nature of the connection in which the name appears; but that of course, is involuntary adver- ' tising without especial commercial dgniflcance. Wise and sensible commercial ad vertising involves careful and discriminating publicity in the favorite newspapers of the people the advertiser 3eeks to impress. The mere fact that a certain advertisement is brought to the attention of certain individuals. Is not nearly so important as is the circumstance as to how or where this may be accomplished. The advertisement on a stray, printed circular trampled under foot is not nearly so well calculated to impress the reader as that same advertisement in the reader's favorite newspaper. There are numerous reasons for this, and one of these reasons that is especially potent is the fact that very often the reader really loves and respects his newspaper, and a part of that love and respect naturally goes out to the business man whose advertisement, by its presence, shows a fellow feeling. The most essential requisites of sue- 1 cessful newspaper advertising are clear, concise, Comprehensive and truthful statements of the things the advertiser desires the reader to know, and these statements should be made with sufficient frequency to attract an/1 nnouoo t Vta raoHnr'u intnrnct AIIU IIIV 4 v U U vl O 444 VVI bOl, The advertiser who makes liberal i and intelligent use of a newspaper that is the favorite of a large number < of people can, if he will devote him- < self to that end, eventually secure to himself the same kind feeling that the readers feel for the newspaper, and herein lies the real science of newspaper advertising. DIDN'T NEED LYON Attorney General Can Manage Without ; Extra $2,000 Appropriation. The injunction proceedings in the cases of Peoples' National bank of Greenville, the National Loan and Exchange bank of Greenwood and W. TBailey of Greenwood, against the state , tax commission, heard in Laurens yesterday afternoon before Associate Jus- ' tice R. C. Watts, says a dispatch, took i rather sensational turn when Assistint Attorney General Dominick objected to the association in the case of J. Fraser Lyon, employed by the governor and the chairman of the tax ' commission, without consulting the attorney general's office. The court sustained the position of the attorney general and Mr. Lyon took no further part in the proceedings. The attorney for the complainants md the assistant attorney general presented voluminous arguments for and against the issuance of the injunction. Judge Watts took the matter under advisement and stated that he would hand down his order as soon as practicable, intimating that it would be 1 done within a few days. The com- . plainants were represented by F. B. Grier of Greenwood, and T. P. Cothran , of Greenville. Mr. Dominick appeared j for the state. The incident of Mr. Lyon's elimination from the case at this time was the more dramatic because of its suddenness. Mr. Lyon had apprised the court of his commission in a few ( words when the assistant attorney general abruptly arose and made objection to the appearance of the special attorney in the case on the' ground of lack of legal authority and the embarrassment it might cause the state's interest. Mr. Dominick made the point that it was prerogative of the attorney general's office to conduct the case and that outside legal services could be procured only upon the consent of that department. Mr. Dominick stated that the department had been employed in a study of the case and it was fully prepared to make the answer. Furthermore, he said, tne attorney general s omce was not in possession of the points that the special attorney might raise and that without this knowledge he would not be willing to risk the state's interest. In making his ruling on the case Judge Watts cited the law that the attorney general's office was empowered to employ assistance whenever the occasion warranted and that without specific authority elsewhere it was the sole prerogative of the attorney general to employ help. Mr. Lyon thereupon raised the point of the , special fund of $2,000 appropriated by the last general assembly for legal services to be expended by the governor, but Judge Watts was not impressed by this contention. Mr. Lyon made a request of the presiding judge that in ; writing the order in the case mention be made that he had appeared there 1 as the representative of the tax commission and the governor. Mr. Domi- 1 nick requested that it also be included In the order that the attorney general's office had not been consulted about the matter. Mr. Lyon arose and 1 stated that in justice to himself he wished to have it included that Mr. Jones, the tax commission chairman, in retaining him had informed him that the attorney general's office had been consulted. Mr. Dominick replied pointedly that Mr. Jones had not requested that Mr. Lyon be employed. There was a dramatic silence followed shortly afterward by a further statement from Mr. Dominick that both the governor and the chairman of the tax commis don had been in his office and had asked his opinion as to the outcome of ' the case but had not made any request for legal assistance. Mr. Lyon's name lad been mentioned, he said, as having :>een consulted about the merits of '.he case, but he unequivocally declared that no request had been made of the ' ittorney general's office to engage Mr. Lyon in the case. Repeated references ' were made in the tilt about factional and political differences. Mr. Lyon stated that he was acting only in a le?al capacity and was appearing upon ' what he considered proper legal auhority and that his appearance in the ? case was not prompted by any political jr potential consideration. ' The hearing of the case was not concluded until after 7 o'clock. < All Russia at Prayer.?In an order if the day, issued in connection with he services of prayer held throughout . Russia yesterday, Clrand Duke Nicholis, the commander-in-chief, called on he troops to accomplish fresh deeds to \ ichieve a victorious end of the great , jattle now raging. The order follows: "By desire of the emperor and the loly synod, the whole of Russia is tolay praying for the victory of Rus- ] dan armies. I firmly believe the joint irayers of the emperor and his peo- 1 >le will be fulfilled. "The whole of Russia has united n its efforts to supply the army with ill that is necessary to wage a vie- ' orious war against the enemy. You i lien of the heroic army and navy who j lave been confided to me do not forget that the emperor and all Russia 1 ire aiding you by their prayers and heir labors. , "Imbued with this thought and itrong in our courage, let us show 1 hem our gratitude by fresh deeds. ' lod and his powerful help are with us, ind we carry in ourselves that faith which is the earnest victory." m 1 ? According to a Columbia dispatch, 1 i iiiriuuri in inc tjcvunu i c^uiiciii, o. : 2. N*. G.. which was in camp at Green- , t'ille last week, is now insane as the esult of drinking a concoction of lrugs and whisky, sold to him while ] he regiment was in camp. The drink , s said to have been a concoction of ' ilcohol and narcotics. 1 1 ? Checker players from all parts of 1 he south will gather at Chick Springs < luring the first week in August, to ompete in the annual southern hecker tournament. 1 LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS York Drug Store?Has a variety of turnip seed and advises you to plant your patch early. W. E. Ferguson?Invites attention to fancy goods for socials, teas, etc. All kinds of fancy flxins. T. W. Speck?Tells you about the fine qualities of Waterman Ideal fountain pens. McConnell Dry Goods Co.?Has a special laundry soap sale on for 10 minutes tomorrow?Saturday morning. Summer goods must go. First National Bank, Sharon?Emphasizes the importance of teaching your children to save a part of their earnings. Thomson Co.?Sells and guarantees Phoenix silk hosiery for ladies; silk hosiery for men; bargains in shirt waists and skirts, and millinery. J. M. Stroup?Reminds you that tomorrow, Saturday, winds up his 25 per cent discount sale on low shoes, and suggests you get busy. "Bobs"?On page four gives additional reasons why you will like this delightful confection. J. S. Moffatt, D. D? Pres.?Gives information relative to Ersklne college, Due West, and the opening of the next session. The Filbert Chautauqua and picnic takes place next Thursday. Among the speakers expected are Congressman Lever, Warehouse Commissioner McLaurin, former Governor Blease, Congressman Finley and Hon. W. F. Stevenson. Also, perhaps, others. The picnic part is to be furnished by the people of the surrounding country. David W. Robinson of Columbia, secretary, writes to the Presbyterian Standard of Charlotte that the executive council of the steering committee of the prohibition movement in South Carolina, asks pastors to observe Sunday, August 15, as temperance day, in order that interest may be aroused In the prohibition referendum of September 15. REMINDER OF THE HAILSTORM The people of the Point section of Bethel township naturally feel a great deal better over their situation Just now than they did at this time last year; but they have not forgotten the big hailstorm of July 6, 1914, by any means. During a recent visit to Yorkville Mr. S. S. Glenn of the Point secH/v?* f n 1/1 a TKa E1 nnnlror* iiuii, ou.iu vvr x lie tta* w* "It was on Monday evening, July 12. There was a high wind, dark black clouds, backed by a reddish fringe. It occurred to me that it was exactly one week later than the date of the big hailstorm of a year before, and we were at exactly the same point in the field doing exactly the same kind of work?the wind, the cloud and all the surroundings brought a reminder of the year before, and it Just almost made me sick." Mr. Glenn told the story somewhat more impressively than it has been repeated, and he left no possible doubt of the fact that people of his neighborhood still have the big hailstorm of last year in mind. PARCELS RATES REVISED Mra M. E. Nichols, postmaster at Yorkvllle, has received the following order, issued by Postmaster General A. S. Burleson: Order No. 9,010: Subparagraphs (b) and (c), paragraph 2, section 455, postal laws and regulations, edition of 1913, are amended to read as follows, effective September 1, 1915: (b) For delivery within the first zone, five cents for the first pound or fraction of a pound, and one cent for each additional pound or fraction of a pound, except as provided in the next preceding paragraph (and except where the distance by the shortest regular mail route from the office of origin to the office of delivery is 300 miles or more, in which case the rates of postage shall be six cents for the first pound or fraction of a pound and two cents for each additional pound or fraction of a pound.) (c) For delivery within the second zone, five cents for the first pound or fraction of a pound, and one cent for each additional pound or fraction of a pound, (except where the distance by the shortest regular mail route from the office of origin to the office of delivery is 300 miles or more, in which case the rates of postage shall be six cents for the first pound or fraction of a pound, and two cents for each additional pound or fraction of a pound.) THE MARRIAGE RECORD During the first twenty-one days of this month, L. R. Williams, Judge of probate, has issued the following licenses to couples to marry, making a total of 1,921 such licenses which have been Issued in York county: July 3?Robert F. Estes and Sallle McDanlel. July 3?Alf Lytle and Maggie Mackan, colored. July 3?Dewey Reed and Pearl Rucker. July 3?James L. Willis and Mattie C. Anderson. July 6?W. Franklin Grant and Mabel Bailey. July 6?John Robinson and Flonney Randlee. July 7?Willie Kimball and Jessie Denton. O TD Tknmoa on/1 TTfltHo ?J u I _y O-JUIIH X . ? liuiuao u.nu Aauvk??# H. Hanna. July 8?Tracy Proctor and Jennie B. Mackorell. July 10?John Chandler and Lucy Tramble. July 10?Pinckney C. Nicholson and Agnes McCammon, July 13?Oscar E. Morris and Maggie Poag. July 15?J. Robert Martin and Alma Payssoux. July 17?Waltar Pagan and Georgia Ann McOarter, colored. July 17?Hunter Clark and Florence E. Lilly. July 17?Jack Anderson and Emily Boyd. July 17?Lem Ferguson and Jessie Medlin. July 18?Claud Clonlger and Mrs. Alice Orr. July 19?John Steele and Alice Collins. colored. July 19?Gary Jones and Bessie Kls?r. July 20?Lester Barry and Ruth Gllass. July 21?James E. Smith and Daaie Starnes. WITHIN THE TOWN ? The thermometer has averaged about 90 this week. ? Mr. Luther G. Thompson of Cllntin. N. C.. has purchased the residence of Mr. John B. Plaxco with a view of returning to Yorkville to live. ? Evidence of the fact that "layingt>y" time is nigh, is the unusually large number of farmers who have been In lown at various times this week. ? Tomatoes and corn and okra and beans and squash are getting to be quite common now. Locul grocers and butchers say they are well aware of the fact. ? Quite a number of people from this section went on the excursion over the Southern railway to HenderaciIiavIHa nnil #ith*?r nlnoesin western North Carolina Wednesday. ? Jenny Bryant, a colored girl, has been committed to jail by Magistrate Comer, charged with the theft of a small sum of money from a negro woman. ? An itinerant preacher has been harranguing the passers-by on Main 3treet each morning during the past several days, and many of those who have stopped to hear what he has had to say, have been struck with his ?arnestness and zeal. ? Mr. C. J. Youngblood, chief of the ipp denartment. has received a letter from F. IL McMaster, Insurance commissioner, informing him that the visit of Louis Behrens, chief of the Charleston fire department to the local department, for the purpose of giving instructions in the latest methods of fire fighting, has been indefinitely postponed on account of the tragedy in Charleston last Saturday, when Assistant Fire Chief Michael Morris was killed in an automobile collision. The Charleston fire chief expects to make his visit here at some future date. Voi^V, ParAllna (a n meat CmitV, ^ Carolina In a checker tournament | here next Wednesday. North Caro- i Una Is to be represented by Messrs. Pope, Tally and Killian of Gastonia. said to be the best players In their vicinity. Messrs. G. M. Carroll, S. E. Jackson, J. IJ. Pegram and others will , be among those who will try to show < the North Carolina exponents of the game of checkers that they know ab solutely nothing of the game. The ] contest will be held in the shop of Mr. J. F. Moore at the temporary \ courthouse and It Is expected that a I large number of checker "fans" will witness the contests between the different players. , MUCH INTEREST IN REVIVAL Seldom before In yorkville has In- J terest been so great in a revival meet- i ing as Is that In to s^ies of evangelistic services which are now being j conducted at the Cannon mill chapel , by Evangelist F. D. King of Charlotte, assisted by Prof. E. L. Wolslagel of i Asheviile. Despite the fact that there has been rain during the four nights of the revival this week, every seat In the little chapei has been filled and when the weather has been clear the 1 church has not been large enough to accommodate the congregations. ' Evangelist King has proved himself ( to be an orator of the "gatllng gun" kind?one of those who forces a truth upon his hearers and immediately drives it home with others no less striking, in a way that compels the closest attention to all of his short, but wonderful sermons of twenty-five or thirty minutes each. The evangelist has proved his declaration that he is a practical preacher who wishes to tell only the truth and who cares not whom the truth hits. One of the most forcible sermons which he has yet delivered, according to many people who have heard them all and a sermon about which his hearers are still talking, was that of Tuesday night in which he sought to show that "The Wages of Sin Is Death." The evangelist flayed the tobacco and whisky habits, as well as sin in its other forms with a relentless vigor. He declared that man must pay for his misdeeds. Even the lynching of a poor negro, though he be guilty of the most heinous crime, is a sin which only Jesus Christ can pardon. Governor Claton of Georgia, he declared, did more to incite mob law when he < commuted the sentence of Leo M. Frank than 100 other men could do. ( It is a sin to violate the law. It Is a , sin to try to defeat the purpose of the law. { In this connection the evangelist declared that fully one-half the legal trials that were brought in the name of Justice, were simply travesties upon 1 justice and he had no doubt that the 1 percentage of such travesties in this vicinity was as great as in any other. The preacher, he said, who did not preach practical religion and who did not denounce those things that are wrong in his congregation because he was afraid of his Job, was not fit to preach. "Rather than be such a i preacher I would be a billy goat or any other thing that is foul and low and mean," he said. The minister paid his respects to , cigarette smokers and users of snuff , and tobacco. "A man ought to kiss i his wife," he declared. "But still if | that wife's mouth is foul with snuff I ( don't blame that husband for not kissing her. If I was a wife I would not kiss my husband if his mouth bore , signs of chewing tobacco. "I kiss my wife, pretty often," he said, "still if I : should ever see signs of snuff about i her mouth, I would never kiss her again." : "No young girl," declared Mr. King, "should keep company with a young man who smokes those vile, filthy, lm- 1 pure, stinking, nasty cigarettes. God 1 didn't intend that man should pollute . his body with such things." ' The evangelist held a special service ? Wednesday morning, when he spoke j on the subject, "The Ideal Woman." There were about 200 people present ' "Felix Before Paul," was the subject I of his sermon Wednesday night. A < feature of the service was the singing of a solo, "A Clean Heart." by Prof, i Wolslagel. Seventeen person profess- ( their faith in Christ at the conclu- < sion of the service. I "Samson," was the subject of the j evangelist's sermon last evening. It , was a powerful discourse on the power j of Satan, showing how he manages to j "blind, bind and grind" man. and how ] God, even as he did with Samson of , old, will return the strength of man j provided he will break his bindings | and profess his faith in Jesus Christ, j "Why Ye Wander," was the solo se- < lection of Prof. Wolslagel. At the j close of the service sixteen persons marched up to the pulpit and promised the preacher to lead better lives. ' Up to date about seventy conver- t sions have resulted from the meeting. 1 These converts will connect them- 1 solves with the various churches in 1 Yorkvllle. Six more services are to be 1 held before the meeting closes. The 1 first of the six is to be held at 8 o'clock 1 this evening. Tomorrow afternoon at 1 3.30 a special service will be held and 8 each person attending is asked to < bring a nail. Service will also be held > tomorrow night at the usual hour. Three services are to be held Sun- * day?11 a. m, 3.30 p. m., and 8 p. m. 1 "The Call to the Brave," will be the evangelLst's subject Sunday afternoon, 4 and the singer will sing, "The Old Ac- f count." Those in charge of the meet- \ ing are anxious to have 500 men at- 1 tend this service. i I ABOUT PEOPLE 5 Mr. J. P. White of Yorkvllle, was ( a visitor in GafTney this week. r Mr. Herbert Woods of Chester, is 8 visiting relatives in Yorkville. Master Frank Dorsett of Yorkville, ? is visiting relatives in Clover. j Miss Mabel Ashe of Yorkville, visited friends in Charlotte this week. Mr. Harry C. Smith of Yorkville, j was a visitor in Charlotte this week. ( Miss Fannie Darby of Lowryville. ( visited friends in Yorkville this week, j Miss Margaret Marion of Chester, ( visited relatives in Yorkville this week. 1 Miss Nellie Moore of McConnells- J ville, is visiting friends in Lancaster, j Miss Anna Lewis of Yorkville, is ( visiting Miss Cammie Roddey at Rod- j deys. j Mr. J. R. Carlisle of Newberry, is 1 visiting Mrs. W. M. Kennedy in York- J ville. J Mr. Roy Pinner of Atlanta, Ga., is * visiting Mrs. J. F. Youngblood, in I Yorkville. * Miss Virginia Singleton of Yorkville, ^ is the guest of Mrs. Alexander Long in Rock Hill. Miss Sumter White of New York, is 8 visiting the family of Dr. W. G. White I in Yorkville. ? Mr. J. A. C. Love of Clover No. 4, | visited his brother, Mr. W. S. Love, at " Sharon, this week. p Miss Janie Ashe of McConnellsville, j left this week for Shelton, S. C., a where she will teach. a Miss Ada Davis of Clover, is visit- I ing her uncle, Mr. W. P. Fulton, in ? Kings Mountain, N. C. a Miss Annie Lee Adams of Clover, ^ visited the family of Dr. A. Y. Cart- * wright in Yorkville this week. Miss Mary Wallace of Yorkville No. [ 2, is visiting the family of Mr. A. M. f Wallace on Clover No. 1. s Miss Mary Harshaw of McConnells- r ville, left this morning to take charge p )t the summer term of the Forest Hill school. Miss Harriett Coan of Wlnnsboro, Is the guest of Miss Elizabeth Wllborn in Yorkville. Rev. F. D. Jones of Clinton, spent i short while In Yorkville with relatives and friends this week. Miss Rachel Wylle, who has been visiting friends In Lancaster, has returned to her home in Yorkville. Miss Eloise Norrls, who has been visiting friends in Yorkville, has returned to her home in Chester. Miss Hattie Glover of Walterboro, is spending some time with the family t>f Rev. Henry Stokes In Yorkville. Miss Sadie Dunlap of Churlotte, is the guest of Miss Annls O'Leary In Yorkville. Master Joseph and Miss Lucetta Moss of Yorkville No. 3, are visiting relatives at Gastonia. Miss Ethel Latimer of Yorkville, is visiting Mrs. Christopher Atkinson In fnliimhtft. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace McNair, who have been visiting Mrs. F. C. Riddle In Yorkvllle, left this week for their home in Kitchlngs Mills, S. C. Miss Kate Hunter, who has been attending the summer school at Columbia, has returned to her home in Yorkville. Fort Mill Times: Miss Sarah Mendenhall of McConnellsville, is the attractive guest of her aunt, Mrs. R. Q. Kendrick, in this city. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Willis and Misses Mary Henley Willis and Miriam White of Yorkville, are spending some time at Hendersonville, N. C. Miss Camilla Beard, who has been spending several weeks with Miss Esther Ashe in Yorkville, has returned to her home in Charlotte. Prof. Joseph A. Maclean of Decatur, Ga., is spending several days in Yorkville, on his way home from a visit to northern cities. Misses Letitia and Hulda McNeel, who have been visiting Mrs. B. N. Moore in Yorkville, left today for their home in Birmingham. Mrs. M. H. Curry and son, Mr. Leonard, who have been spending several weeks in Yorkville, have returned to their home in Qastonia. Mesdames S. M. McNeel and W. H. Herndon, and Miss Minnie McCorkle and Daisy Gist of Yorkville, are spending some time at Montreat, N. C. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Lindsay and family have returned to.their home In 3astonia after a visit to the family of \A *> T. n T.lnHaov nnar VnrlfvlllA Mrs. W. M. Kennedy and children, who have been visiting friends in Chester, have returned to their home In Yorkville. Reports from Mr. A. M. Wallace of Clover, who is undergoing treatment In a Charlotte sanatorium, are that he Is not much improved. Miss Barbara Rudisill, who taught music in the Clover schools last year, Is to have charge of the musical department of the Kings Mountain graded school next year. Miss Helen Brandon of Bethel, who has been attending the Winthrop summer school, leaves tomorrow for Kershaw, where she will visit Miss Sarah ITssery. H. A. C. Walker of Orangeburg, has been elected principal of the Waters avenue grammar school in Savannah, 3a. Prof. Walker was formerly principal of the Yorkville Graded school. Dr. and Mrs. J. G. Johnson and children, James, Mary and William, spent Wednesday and yesterday in Yorkville, en route from Cheeter to Charlotte. They were guests of Mrs. A. M. Grist Mr. Smith Gordon of Yorkville No. 6, who. recently underwent treatment for appendicitis in a Chester hospital, was in Yorkville Wednesday. Although still quite weak he is rapidly recovering. Mias Irene Timmie of Yorkville No. 3, left yesterday for Asheville, N. C., where she goes to attend her brother, Mr. Samuel Timmie, who recently sustained painful injuries to his foot in a railroad wreck. Mrs. Henry Stokes of Yorkville, expects to leaves tomorrow for a visit to the Pacific coast, which will include ihe expositions at San Francisco and San Diego. She will be accompanied by her sister, Mrs. W. O. Neebit of Charlotte. Among the Yorkville people who look advantage of the Southern railway's mountain excursion rales Wednesday, were the following: Mr. and Mrs. Press Thomasson and son, Miss Mozelle Thomasson, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Montgomery and son, and Mr. R. 3. McCaw. Lancaster News: Miss Ruby Phillips of Rock Hill, is spending awhile with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. James Robinson, of the New Bethel section. Mrs. R. N. Plaxco of York county, is here on a visit to her sonin-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Walker Craig, the former being quite sick. Miss Edna Henry of Clover, is the guest of Mrs A. C. McDow of the county. McConnellsville, July 22: A few very pleasant hours were those spent it the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. 3wlnn on Sharon No. 2, Saturday evening in honor of their guests, Miss Blanche Sanders and Mr. Law Mobley ?f Chester, and Miss Mildred and Mr. Eugene Mickle of McConnellsville. The music rendered was enjoyed by alL Partners were matched and ice cream was served. All spent the evening pleasantly. There were about fifty present, from Chester, Lockhart, Bulock's Creek No. 1, Sharon Nos. 1 and 1, McConnellsville, McConnellsville No. I, and Guthriesville, No. 1. Kings Mountain Herald: Mr. Wlliam White is reported very sick at he home of his daughter. Mrs. Lowry HcGill, near Bethany. Mrs. G. W. McL.aughen left Friday after a visit to per son, J. E. McLaughen here. She ives with her daughter, Mrs. Kirkpatrick, in Yorkville, S. C. Mrs. A. T. Lindsay was taken to her home at Jnwood Saturday from the Charlotte lanatorium, where she underwent an pperation. Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Fulton dsited in the home of Mr. Leo Davis it Clover Sunday. G. Fred Hamprlght is arranging to build a good pouse on. his farm on Kings creek. Mr. Jeptha Smith of Yorkville No. i, had a narrow escape from death or lerlous injury last Monday afternoon vhen he was thrown from a wagon aden with wood. Mr. Smith was drivng down a steep grade on his father's place near Turkey creek, when one >f the standards which supported the vood slipped, throwing the load and Iriver to the ground. In some manler his clothes became hooked to the itandard. His team traveled on, dragging him some distance. A badly icratched arm and hurts about the ihest were about the extent of his inuries. Gastonia Gazette: Mr. Will Riddle >f Bowling Green, is a visitor in town odav. Mr. J. T. Matthews of Kenne ly's pharmacy, was a business visitor o Yorkville yesterday. Rev. and Mrs. V. A. McLean of Clover, are the guests >f Dr. and Mrs. C. E. Adams. Mr. Robert Jackson of Crowders' Creek, vas a visitor In Gastonla Saturday, dr. and Mrs. A. W. Sherer and daughers, Misses Pearl and Nora, of Mcr'onnellsvllle, were week-end visitors n town, the guests of the family of dr. and Mrs. J. M. Davidson. Mr. rhad Clinton of Clover, S. C., was here Saturday for the ball game. Mr. Robt. rackson of Clover, S. C., and his )rother-in-law, Mr. Harris Adams, of dississippi, were Gastonia visitors Saturday. Mrs. J. F. Pursley and laughter. Miss Martha, of Crowders' Ureek, are in town today. A. R. Presbyterian: Following a pedal sermon which the Rev. J. P. Cnox. pastor of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church, Columbia, jreachcd to the Ladies' Aid society, Sabbath morning, Mrs. T. S. Harris, >resldent of the society, presented to dr. Knox a gold headed cane. Rev. r. H. Prosslv of Statesvllle. N. C.. will issist Rev. W. P. Grier of Clover, with i week's meeting, beginning August 2. lev. B. G. Pressly of Hickory Grove, I. C., will assist Rev. R. D. Byrd with . meeting at the Timber Ridge chapel, ,ra., including the first Sabbath in August. Rev. J. L. Oates of Yorkville, S. !., began a series of services at Proslerity, Tenn., on the 14th instant. Dr. t. M. Stevenson has let the contract or a dwelling to be erected on Bonner treet, next to and Just south of the esidence of Prof. E. L. Reid. He iurchased this lot from Prof. Long. LOCAL LACONICS Garage Chartered. Secretary of State McCown on Tuesday, issued a charter to the Roddey \ Reid Garage of Rock Hill, the capital stock of the company being 11,000. Mr. Roddey Reid is president of the company. Well Known in Eastern York. After a short illness, Mrs. Amelia Henrietta Faris died Tuesday at her home at Edgemoor, Chester county. She was about 60 years of age. The funeral and interment was at Ncely's Creek Wednesday morning, the services being conducted by Rev. R. A. Lummus. Summer School Closed. The Winthrop summer school closed this week and the hundreds of teachers tt.uu wiuiiiiup oiuuciiio wiiu nave urcu in attendance are returning to their homes today. The session Is said to have been the most successful in the history of the summer school. Many York county teachers and pupils have been among those in attendance. Gold Hill Begins Summer Work. Gold Hill school In Fort Mill township. began its summer term last Monday. Miss Minnie Garrison of Fort Mill, is in charge of the school, which will continue about two months. The Newport school will begin its summer term next Monday, with Miss Hearen of Blshopville, in charge, assisted by Miss Lula Hayes of Newport. Needing Rain Badly. Although most sections of York county have been bountifully supplied with rain of late, there are a few sections where crops are suffering much from drought. Notable among these is the community around Guthriesville. A gentleman from that section who was In Yorkville yesterday, said that his section had received no rain of any consequence in six weeks. Many 8choois Opan. Among the York county schools which began their summer terms this week was that of TIrzah, Misses Ethel Caldwell and Eva Mitchell of Sharon, being the teachers in charge. The M school opened with a fairly good en- M rollment. About ten of the county's ^ schools began their summer terms this week and there will be a number of others to open next week. Will Build Naw School House. Trustees and patrons of Olive school district No. 16, at a meeting Tuesday, decided to erect a new one-room school building to be erected at a point about one mile north of the present building and near the home of Mr. John Burris. The construction of the new school building will begin right away. It will cost several hundred dollars. Physicians Agree on Practice. The seven Yorkville physicians on Wednesday made an agreement with Supervisor Boyd to do the medical practice at the county home and jail for the sum of $300. The doctors will take turn about in serving and will divide the money among them. The chaingang practice is separate and distinct from the contract made Wednesday. Last year the county paid $250 for medical attention at the county home and Jail. Entertainment at Gold Hill. There was an ice cream supper and entertainment at Gold Hill schoolhouse on Yorkville No. 2, Wednesday afternoon, the social being attended by a number of young people and others living the vicinity. Quite a quantity of ice cream was sold, the proceeds being devoted to the school which only recently began Its summer term under the instruction of Miss Elliot Quinn of Bowling Green. Wreck on C. & N.-W. The C. & N.-W. northbound passenger train No. 10," was wrecked two miles south of Maiden, N. C., about 10.2'J Wednesday morning. No passengers or members of the crew were hurt, the only damage being that done to the track and engine. No part of the train, left the track except the engine The train was delayed until an engine from Hickory could reach the scene of the wreck. A number of passenger phoned to Maiden for automobiles to take them there. Dry in Texas. Fort Mill Times: Mr. Thos. D. Faulkner of this city, is in receipt of a letter from his nephew, Mr. J. F. Faulknpr nf Tayqh in whlrh tho latter states that there has been no rain in the section around Eddy for a number of weeks. Mr. Faulkner adds that the weather there is dry and hot; that the corn crop is light, but that the acreage is about double that of last year and the yield will be about normal. The acreage to cotton is about 25 per cent less than last year. He says that ^ the farmers of his section have "worlds" of feedstuff. Mr. Faulkner was a visitor to Fort Mill some weeks ago. Jail Being Re-filled. Four persons were committed to the York county Jau yesterday to await trial at the fall term of the court of general sessiona They were Fred Thomnsson, who was sent up by Magistrate Wingate of Catawba township, on the charge of larceny; Charley QUI, charged with housebreaking and larceny and committed by Magistrate Quinn of King's Mountain; Will Holly, charged with assault and battery and who was committed by Magistrate Crawford of Bethesda, while the fourth member of the quartet was Wilson Glenn, charged with assault and battery with intent to kill, and who was committed to Jail by Magistrate Johnson of Bethel township. Mr. Bishop Moore Dead. Following a long Illness, Mr. Frank Bishop Moore died at his home in the Philadelphia section, Wednesday and was buried at Bethesda church yesterday morning, following funeral services conducted by Rev. John A. McMurray. Mr. Moore was the son of the late Frank E. and Eleanor Sadler Moore and was born in this county November 25, 1859. Until ill health prevented several months ago, Mr. Moore was actively engaged In farming. He was for many years a member of Bethesda Presbyterian church. Deceased is survived by his widow and the following children: Misses L.ilu, Marie, Lena Bess, Minnie B., Lucile, and Rufus and Perry Martin Moore. York Man Becomes Tar Heel. Lincoln County News: Mr. William Logan Smarr this week became a new resident of Lincoln county. He arrived last Monday from his native county of York, S. C., and is the gentleman selected as the county farm demonstration agent. He expects to enter actively upon his work next week. Mr. Sman is a son of a York farmer, having been raised on the farm, where he worked until 19 years old, when he entered Clemson college, from which inat if lltirtn crro/1noto/i ainnn tirliinh time he has been teaching in Louisiana, the school with which he was connected, having c large demonstration farm. In addition to college training. he has the practical side of farm work, having done all kinds of work on the crops, starting in to plow when a mere boy. He is unmarried. A Strange Negro. Rock Hill Herald: Magistrate Glenn of Ebenezer township, informs the Herald that a strange negro has been roaming about in the woods and has so far eluded the officers. Yesterday morning, Magistrate Glenn was informed that he was seen about the farm of F. C. Whitner. With Constable Garner, Mr. Glenn went out and a thorough search was made with no result. The negroes on Mr. Whitener's place said the negro was unknown to them; that they had followed him for some distance, but when he entered the woods he fired a pistol, whether at them they did not know, but it stopped their pursuit. The negro has been seen by a large number of negroes in that section and not one of them recognize him. So far as known, he has nnmmIttoH r\r\ atlAno In nnm. munlty. The Road to Sharon. "It's going to take a powerful lot of work to mai<e anything like a decent road over the proposed route between the residence of Mr. J. M. Brice and Sharon." remarked Supervisor Boyd yesterday, when asked about the situation after he and the county engineer had completed their inspection of the route indicated. According to Supervisor Boyd, citizens of York and Bullock's Creek township who are interested in the building up of this road into