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^ctaps and .facts. ? That a great part of Europe's enormous war munitions orders did not begin to move from the United States uinil comparatively recently, was indicated by export tigures issued last Monday by the commerce department. The statistics show that while exports of war supplies increased tremendously during the year ending with June, the greater part of the increase left the United States in the latter month. The 12 month period showed exports of explosives valued at $41,476,188, as against $6,272,lr7 in the preceding year. More than one-fourth of that total?$11,688,754?was shipped during June. Gunpowder showed exports of % ?iAi. #r I 13.234,549 in June compared wmi *?>,091,542 for the year. Sixty-two aeroplanes were exported in June as against 152 for the entire year. In the preceding year only 34 were shipped. Nearly eight times as many automobile trucks were exported in June as in the entire year ended June 30, 1914. Of both passenger automobiles and trucks the exports for June were valued at 313,364,830, and for the year at 360,254,634. In the preceding year they were 326,574,574. Figures for barbed wire, harness and saddles showed similar export conditions. ? "If the commander of a German submarine exceeded his instructions in sinking the steamer Arabic," says a Berlin dispatch of Wednesday, "the German government will give full satisfaction to the United States," Cancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg informed the Associated Press correspondent in an interview this evening. The imperial chancellor made the following statement of Germany's position on the sinking of the Arabic: "As long as the circumstances surrounding the sinking of the Arabic have not been fully cleared up, it is impossible for me to make a definite statement. Thus far we have received no report about it. Now we do not even know whether the sinking of the ship was caused by a mine or by a torpedo, fired from a German submarine, nor do we know whether in this latter case the Arabic herself may not by her actions, perhaps, have justified proceedings of the commander of the submarine. Only after all these circumauuivcs have been cleared up will it be possible to say whether the commander of one of our submarines went beyond his instructions, in which case the imperial government would not hesitate to give such complete satisfaction to the United States as would conform to the friendly relations existing between both governments." ? Just a week after Austria made an official announcement of the destruction of the Italian submarine Nereide, according to a Rome cable, she is reported to have safely reached a port in the Adriatic. For seventy hours the submarine was imprisoned under water, while her crew, sleepless, almost starved and in complete darkness, worked frantically to repair damages to the machinery. When the boat finally emerged the captain and three men had died of exhaustion. Two more died on the way to port. On August 13, the Austrian admiralty reported that Italy had lost the submarines Nautilus and the Nereide. Both had been engaged by Austrian forces and their failure to re-appear caused the inference that they had been destroyed. On the same evening the Italian naval authorities announced that the Nautilus had not been damaged and that the Nereide "apparently sunk owing to the derangement of the motor." It was the motor trouble that compelled the Nereide to sink in haste when attacked by a strong force of Austrian warships. The nerve racking ordeal that followed drove some of the men nearly insane. Until he dropped from exhaustion the captain inspired his men by his brave, calm demeanor. His last command was given in a whisper. ? The long struggle of the authorities with the lawlessness in the portion of western Kentucky culminated in the Ohio county circuit court at Hartford last Wednesday, when a nlanoH nn t fifll score Ol pcrsuua ncic timwx for alleged participation in night riding outrages. When court adjourned for the day two men had plead guilty and nine others were on trial and 53 were awaiting a hearing. The two men who threw themselves on the mercy of the court were sentenced to three years each in the penitentiary for Hogging a man and a woman. One of the defendants is the son-in-law of the prosecuting witness. The nine men on trial were indicted with them. Charges against the remainder, allege maltreatment of various persons and the murder of a negro. Scores of persons in Ohio and contiguous counties have been flogged at night and their homes riddled with bullets within the last ten months by bands of mounted men. Whites and negroes alike have suffered. The authorities say reasons advanced by the victims indicated the night riders were endeavoring to regulate the conduct of communities through intimidation, displace negro labor with white and fix prices which merchants should charge for merchandise. The guilty plea of the first two cases called those of Jerry Clark and Ernest Webster, caused surprise. It was believed all the defendants would resist conviction. ? Postoffice officials announced in Atlanta yesterday, that an investigation was being made of anonymous threatening communications received by officials and others from different parts of the country in connection with the lynching of Leo M. Frank. Gov. Harris, former Gov. John M. Slaton, who commuted Frank's sentence to life imprisonment, Mayor Woodward of Atlanta, Josiah Carter, editor of the Marietta (Ga.) Journal and Recorder, and Herbert Haas of Atlanta, who was one of Frank's attorneys, are among those to whom letters and postcards have been sent. R. E. Berry, local postoffice inspector of Atlanta, said that the communications appeared to come from persons on both sides of the case, some threatening officials unless members of the mob were punished, while others warned against any effort to arrest the lynchers. Failure to comply with advice, some of the letters said, would result in death for the offender. A large number of such letters have been received by officials of Marietta, near where Frank was lynched and where Mary Phagan, his alleged victim, lived. While recipients generally have not regarded the communications seriously, several of the letters and rx>stcards have been turned over to the postoffice officials. ? Brest-Litovsk, the main Russian fortress and concentration center for the Bug river line of defenses, was occupied by the Austro-Gennans yesterday, according to a London dispatch. While the Russians offered stout resistance during the invaders' approach, it is apparent no attempt was made to defend Brest-Litovsk itself. It was evacuated as was Ossowetz, in conformity with the Russian intention to take up new positions farther east. The Germans are now in possession of the whole line of railway from Chelm to Bialystok. The Russians having already evacuated the latter city, the lesser fortresses of Grodno and Olita now are the only strongly defended positions remaining in the hands of the Russians. Both these are being approached by the Germans. They probably will be given up when they have fulfilled their purpose of facilitating the Russian retreat. The Russians have not yet entered the vast Bieloviezh forest, which extends 30 miles north and south and has a width of from 17 to 30 miles. The forest is a famous hunting center and a bison nreserve. South of it are the Pripet marshes, which protect the Russian left and with plenty of roads and three or four railroad lines, it is expected here Grand Duke Nicholas will make good his retirement if Gordno and Vilna can hold out long enough. Even if they should fall, military observers say the grand duke would be well on his way to his new positions before the Germans could reach his Hank. There is again talk of Russian preparations for a stand, but no indication as yet as to where this attempt is to be made. Aircraft again have broken the monotony of the western warfare. Sixty-two French aeroplanes flew over the Dellingen iron works near Saarlouis. Rhenish. Prussia, dropping 150 bombs, while a British aviator is reported to have dropped a bomb upon and destroyed a German submarine off 4 tstend. The German report says four of the French machines in the attack near Saarlouis were brought down, one of them, however, falling behind the French lines. The admiralty report of sinking the German submarine stated that it has not been the practice of the admiralty to publish accounts regarding the losses of German submarines, "important though they have been." in cases where the Germans had no other sources of information as to the time and place at which these losses occurred. It has been reported for months that a large number of German submarines, variously stated at 20 to 40, have been caught by the British navy, but today's statement is the only official admission that there were others than those previously announced by the admiralty as having been destroyed. The Italians claim further minor successes on all their fronts, but these are consistently denied by Austria. Of the operations on Gallipoli peninsula, there is no further news. Except for the postponement of the statement of the Greek premier, M. - ' - ?..* Venizeios, on me imure Greece, there is nothing new in the Balkan situation. $hf \|otln'iUf inquirer. Entered at the Postofflce at York as Mail Matter of the Second Class. YORK. S. C.: FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1915. The best sort of system is not going to work itself. If the banks and the people of any section of the south do not avail themselves of the advantages of the Federal reserve system, it will not help them.?Newberry Observer. All of which means that unless there are enough warehouses to take care of South Carolina's cotton crop, cotton producers will not fare as well as otherwise. We are reproducing on the first page of today's paper an address of former Governor Blease of South Carolina, delivered before the Conference of Governors in Boston yesterday, on the subject of pardons and paroles. With all that was heard on this subject in South Carolina during the four years of the administration of Governor Blease, it would seem that the people of the state ought to be pretty well advised; but the governors, it appears, wanted to hear more. They had evidently assumed that the stump talk along this line was only vote getting claptrap, and they wanted the real philosophy on which former Governor Blease's remarkable pardon record was based. The governor's address speaks for itself. It is able and interesting and well worth the most careful consideration of all thoughtful South Carolinians; those who think like Mr. Blease and those who do not, for however people may view the matter, whether as reckless disregard of the established order of things or as a most courageous effort to bring about a high and noble reform, it will be many a year before the precedent that Mr. Blease has set will have been forgotten. We trust that the plans and wishes of the most optimistic citizens of the good old town of Yorkville may be speedily realized?only we are sorry that it is to lose its old time name which is so thoroughly identified with its past history.?Greenwood Journal. Never fear, good friend. Yorkville was not herself when she voted that change else she would never have voted it. She was temporarily pulled aside by undue pressure under which the dominant crowd was made to feel that it would inse Its nrestige if it should fail, and timid ones shed tears at being forced to vote against their sentiments. Gradually and slowly the real purpose of the change, the ecclesiastical historical significance and ultimate purpose, are dawning upon the people, and they are growing less and less pleased. But things will come all right after a while?when the people who were deceived begin to realize just exactly why and how. Of course there are some who will be stubborn and slow to acknowledge their error; but so strong and pronounced are the springs of action underlying the whole thing that it is impossible that the present statu quo can continue indefinitely. Results in the Fourth. While as a matter of course there will be all kinds of views and arguments about the political significance of the congressional race in the Fourth district, there is little reason to expect that anybody will be convinced contrary to the views they have all along entertained. Mr. B. A. Morgan is a public man of big service in the general assembly and well known throughout Greenville county. His affiliation has been with the "Conservative" party, and the affiliation of Mr. Nicholls has been with the "Reform" party. In all his political activities, Mr. Nicholls has been extremely partisan, while Mr. Morgan has been rather more conservative; but there has never been any reason for mistaking the political alignment of either. During the campaign that followed the first primary, both sides essayed to discard factionalism and rely upon personal merit and the like, as established in past records. Both Spartanburg and Greenville appealed to county pride in behalf of their respective candidates, with the result that nolitical sentiment was largelv at a discount, and each candidate carried his own county by a two-to-one vote. The majorities in the home counties about offset each other. In the other three counties, party spirit, as aroused during Nicholls' previous campaigns, figured with full effect to the advantage of Nicholls, giving him the majority. Mr. S. J. Nicholls will be remembered as tlie man who bore the brunt of the W. J. Burns fiasco in 1912. A Burns detective cocked up a story of a princely fee that was to be obtained through the pardon of a certain convict. got acquainted with Nicholls, tilled him with liquor ami had a long conversation dictagraphed from a room in a Spartanburg hotel. In the state of public expectation existing at the time, the dictagraph report made it appear to many people that Nicholls and Blease were colluding in the sale of pardons; but later when it developed that the whole thing was a framed up fake, there was a revulsion of sentiment from which the people of the state have not yet fully recovered. Although partisan lines were obscured as nearly as possible in (Jreenville and Spartanburg in this election, it is natural to assume that this was done only as a temporary expedient, and that in next summer's campaign when the fight will have to be fought over again, party politics will be worked to the fullest extent by both sides. THE SUBMARINE QUESTION Germany About to Come to Friendly Agreement. Washington, Aug. 26.?Two developments today in relations with Germany further reduced tension and were taken to foreshadow a declaration from ( Berlin on submarine warfare which would eliminate that source of discord. 1 Count Bernstorff, the German am.bassador, called on Secretary Lansing and informed him that the statement I presented Tuesday by direction of | Berlin, saying there was no intent to cause loss of American lives when the White Star liner Arabic was destroyed, was intended to imply that German submarine commanders had been ordered to attack no more merchantmen without warning. Ambassador Gerard, reporting from Berlin the substance of a conference with Foreign Minister von Jagow, confirmed Associated Press dispatches that Germany, even before the sinking of the Arabic, had adopted a policy designated to settle completely the whole submarine problem. The state department did not make public Ambassador Gerard's dispatch but the optimism apparent at the state department and the White House was taken as convincing proof that the situation once threatening a break in friendly relations, was on the way to settlement. The more hopeful officials thought the crisis past and inferred that the views which Ambassador Bernstorff had been urging on Berlin ever since the sinking of the Lusitania had prevailed. Secretary Lansing, while outwardly encouraged, was reserved, awaiting some definite declaration from Berlin; and the same attitude was reflected at ; the White House where it was indicat- < od that President Wilson, encouraged ] at the prospect of averting a break would keep his mind open until all de- 1 tails are cleared up. ' One fact was outstanding in the whole situation. It was thought that a further communication is coming from Germany, outlining a policy which, it is said, is expected to be satisfactory to the United States. It is understood Germany will announce her submarine commanders will be instructed not to I sink any merchantmen without warning pending a diplomatic discussion of a proposal for a modus vivendi for relaxations of the British blockade against neutral commerce. From such information as had reached sources here it was apparent the sinking of the Arabic?assuming the ship was sunk by a submarine?was as much of a surprise in Germany as to * fn?? nlthmicrh It has not yet been officially stated. It is believed German submarine commanders, after the sinking of the Lusitania, received instructions to avoid another such disaster. It was suggested today in diplomatic quarters that while Germany had avoided making a public announcement of that fact, she now was in a position to do so because of the victories of the German arms in Poland. The same sources pointed out that the victories of the German armies aided the leaders in Germany who had been contending for the views which Count Bernstorff has been urging on his foreign office. The Berlin news dispatches referring to the Gorman chancellor's declaration that Germany had adopted a policy designed to settle the question, was puzzling to American officials and even to those in German quarters. It was suggested it might foreshadow diplomatic negotiations to work out a modus vivendi. TWELVE CENT COTTON Farmers Can Have it if They Will Stand Steady. The farmers of the south have the cotton situation in their own hands, if they will only manage wisely. With a crop 5,000,000 bales short of last year's and 3,000,000 bales short of the world's expected demands for the coming year (using up all this year's crop and 3,000,000 bales of the world's present surplus), we only need wise marketing in order to make this year's short crop worth as much as last year's big one. Here, as we see it, is the situation in a nutshell: 1. Conditions Justify twelve cents for cotton. A prominent lawyer and student of conditions says twenty cents. The Mecklenburg county, N. C., Union says fifteen cents. We also believe that if farmers were properly organized, fifteen cents might be obtained. But twelve cents seems to us reasonable under present conditions, and a price farmers should fight for as a minimum. 2. Don't get scared by the "contraband" talk. Out of 8,543,000 bales exported in the year ending July 31, 1915, only 242,000 bales went to Germany. anyhow. The contraband plan will hurt us somewhat and we must fight it to a finish, but the announcement about it affected the cotton market but little. Contraband or no contraband, twelve cent prices are amply justified. 3. Southern banks can finance the crop. As President Hirsch of the Texas Bankers' association, told the big Cotton States Conference of Southern bankers in Galveston: "For the first time in the history of the south, gentlemen, the southern bankers have the nnanciai aoiiuy 10 miirKei grauuauy this crop. It would almost appear as if the Federal reserve act had been drafted for the benefit of southern producers." Because the reserve act doesn't give the farmers all the help they need, is no reason for denying the great advantage it does offer. 4. But it is not enough to have the machinery for help; it must be used. Proper warehousing is necessary to make cotton prime collateral, and the banks must use the warehouse receipts and advertise the fact that they will use them. They should not passively, but actively join the farmers in the crusade to get us the worth of our crops. And to this end farmers in every county should meet at once and form a marketing association?or use their county Union as a marketing association?and both see that warehousing conditions are all right and that banks will help the farmers hold. 5. Don't overfeed the market. The great need is to hold. The crop is short, and the world wants cotton. Hold your own crop, help your neighbor to hold, and get your county organized for holding. Let every grower get busy in the fight for twelve cents ;is the minimum for middling cotton!?Progressive Farmer. ? The English pound sterling was worth less in American money yesterday than at any other time since its coinage was begun in 1817, according to a New York dispatch of yesterday. In a thoroughly demoralize*! foreign exchange market, its value dropped to ' $4.63 3-4, nearly 23 1-4 cents below normal. When the day's business end- , ed there was every indication that it would go lower still today. The pre- 1 vious low record had been $4.64, reached last week. German money alone stemmed the torrent of downward rates, reichsmarks rising to 81 7-8, the LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTI8EMENT8 Board of Election Commissloners-sGive notice of election to be held on ' September 14th on question of prohibiting manufacture and sale of liquors in this state, and also give list of election managers. D. Frank Jackson, Admr.?Publishes notice to debtors and creditors of estate of W. A. Jackson, deceased. C. F. Sherer?OfTers several pieces of real estate for sale?town lot and country property. Sam M. Grist?Sells all kinds of good insurance and is prepared to give you the best'service backed by the strongest companies. First National Bank, Sharon?Emphasizes its readiness to help you build up a competence. It is always ready to give you first-class service. McConnell Dry Goods Co.?Says it has new goods and live-wire prices for home coming. New goods are arriving daily. J. M. Stroup?Wants you to know that he is well prepared to serve you with the best of everything in groceries. All kinds of feedstuffs. " * ^ ? T? f a allrtnlv IOFK UrUK OIU1C lO 1 cauj iw nu,,,;!; school children with all kinds of school room requisites. James Bros.?Have only a few mules of the car recently received left at their barn. Today is a good time to buy. Thomson Co.?Says that Mr. Wood Is in the markets buying fall and winter goods and assures you of satisfactory service in all departments. Louis Roth?Wil have a supply of cabbage plants next Monday. Kirkpatrick-Belk Co.?Is making an early showing of new fall goods and invites you to come and see what is new in all lines. The people who have been growing alfalfa for two years or more, have quit talking of the crop as an experiment. They speak of it in about the same manner as they do corn or other crops. Farmers from different sections of the county, report that the fodder pulling season is now in full blast. Owing to the fact that the corn crop throughout the county is unusually good, there Is much fodder to pull. Numbers of York county people have been to the Catawba river in and around Wright's Ferry recently, fishing. Several good catches have been reported. Of course most of the fish that are caught are carp. Mr. J. R. Doas of Filbert, brought to The Enquirer office yesterday sever' * -* 44 4 -1 # ?. ill siaiKS 01 cuiuni uihcii iiwm a nnu of Mr. J. C. Lilley, which appears to have suffered greatly from the ravages of the re<l spider. Mr. Lilley has about six acres in the field from which the sample was taken, and Mr. Deas says the whole is pretty badly afTected. The cotton was worked out rather late. In a private letter to The Enquirer, Hon. \V. F. Stevenson, who is at Montreal N. .C., takes occasion to say that the automobile highway through York county by way of McConnellsville, Yorkville and Clover, is undoubtedly the best and shortest between Columbia and Asheville. fhe distance, Mr. Stevenson says, is 196 miles, as against 200 miles by the most commonly used present route, and if the ioute between Yorkville and the town of King's Mountain is made practicable, the distance will be cut to 185 miles. There is no doubt says Mr. Stevenson, about the approximate correctness of these figures, and if the people of Yorkville and other places along the line in York county, will give the matter proper attention, there will be no difiiculty about establishing this as the most popular route. TAX ON GASOLENE The wicked Standard and the wicked Texas companies have raised the price of gasolene. As to whether it is on account of that license tax schedule, which requires $75 a year each from oil companies, of course there is no way of telling; but it is a fact that the price of oil went up about the time the license tax went into efiect. Gasolene was selling at 14 cents wholesale and 16 cents retail, and now they are asking 16 1-2 cents wholesale and 20 cents retail. The oil companies, or at least two of them, will pay the tax all right; but they will collect it from the people who run the automobiles and who use gasolene fcr industrial and manufacturing purposes. CRIMSON CLOVER One of the subjects that came up for discussion at the Campbell reunion yesterday was crimson clover, and as the Campbell "boys," Messrs. R. L., I. H., and A. L., are generally recognized by their friends and neighbors to be among the most successful farmers in York county, what they have to say on the subject will be of interest. The question was as to how to get a stand. Mr. R. L. Campbell said this: "Prepare your seed bed thoroughly well. Of course you can do that best when you have some season in the ground; but you do not want to sow vnnr opoH nn n spasnn. T>eavp the mgnesi since excnange values siarieu down more than two weeks ago. Francs lost 10J cents, lires f>J cents. When ( the market closed an American dollar was worth 5.fi!)?. francs or 6.47J lires. From the opening the values of foreign moneys, reichsmarks alone excepted, began to gravitate and their course was not once checked. This was said to be due to increased pressure of war supply hills against foreign buyers of American goods presented for payment here. Although the situation was regarded as acute at the day's close, New York bankers were not fearful. ' What is need, they said, is a big for- | eign credit, which they expect to be | established as soon as a deputation of British financiers .arrive to work out a relief plan. The strength of German money yesterday was attributed largely to the casing of tension in diplomatic relations between that country and the Fnited States. It even was reported Germany might seek to borrow money here later on. ? J. Madison Odom of'Govan, died Tuesday night from the effects of a wound inflicted by the kick of a horse. He was whipping the animal, when it l.'ifL'iwl him in thn ?tnmnph seed bed to get as dry as a bone, then sow your seed on top of the ground and do not cover. The first good season that comes along will sprout your seed and give you a good stand." I. H. Campbell said: "That is all right enough; but if after you have prepared the land well and sowed your seed in the dust, you get only a light season, your seed are liable to sprout, grow off nicely, and then if you do not get another season in time, you have made a failure." R. I* Campbell admitted the correctness of this and so did A. L. All three agreed that there was no absolutely certain method of getting a good stand, and in spite of everything that can be done, the crop is sometimes lost. At the present time Messrs. R. Jj. and A. L. Campbell have fine stands of crimson clover in their corn fields. HAD BUSY SESSION Although the meeting of the county hoard of commissioners which was held here Wednesday, was only called for the purpose of discussing with several township supervisors the question of the cleansing of streams and of finding out who had been delinquent in the matter, there were a number of other matters to come before the meeting and the session lasted nearly all day. Supervisors present were W. S. Percival, Bethesda; A. L. Black, York; J. S. Plcxico, Bullock's Creek; R. M. Robinson, Kings Mountain. Broad River and Fort Mill townships were represented by proxy. The several supervisors reported that quite a number of persons in their respective townships had not looked after the clearance of streams as they should, and stated that some had good excuses for their delinquency. It was decided that the time for the cleaning of streams without penalty should be extended to September 8. A strong delegation of citizens from Bullock's Creek township, presented the following petition to the commissioners, the petition being signed by approximately 128 citizens of the township: "We, the undersigned citizens and taxpayers of Bullock's Creek township, respectfully petition your honorable hoard to give Bullock's Creek township the chaingang to widen the public road from J. E. Latham's to B. E. Trammel's, a distance of three and one-half miles. The road is narrow and in some places two buggies cannot pass. It is impossible to do this work with the township funds." The petition was discussed at considerable length by seveial members of the road delegation and no doubt was left in the minds of any one that improvements to the road mentioned was badly needed. The commissioners arrived at no definite conclusion in the matter. An agent of the Taylor-Waters Construction Co. of Columbia, builders of the new county home, was present to discuss the matter of repairing the roof of the building. As has been mentioned in The Enquirer before, there are numerous leaks in the roof of the building and although the structure has been declared finished by the builders for several months, the county home inmates have never been moved into their new quarters and the county has never fully paid for the home on account of the unsatisfactory condition of the roof. It will be necessary to recover practically the whole structure and the understanding is that the work will be begun Monday. Comptroller General sawyer was present and made his annual settlement with the supervisor. As was the case with the other officiaTs, he found everything in the office in good shape. CAMPBELL RE-UNION There was a delightful re-union of the descendants of Andrew Campbell, one of the pioneer settlers of York county, at the home of Messrs. R. Lesslie and A. Lee Campbell, who now hold the lands on which the founder of the family established himself on first coming to this country some years before the breaking out of the American revolution. This re-union made no pretense beyond a bringing together of as many of the blood and marriage connections of the family as cared to come out, along with a few especial and particular friends; but nevertheless, it was of more than ordinary interest, historic wiiiy as well as socially. It was the first re-union of this particular family, which in its connections and ramincations now numbers probably four or five hundred souls, and among those present, there were adult second and third cousins who saw each other for the first time. The day's programme began with the signing of a register that is to be kept us a memento of the occasion, general introduction of arriving guests who wore not already acquainted, music, pleasant social intercourse, a great picnic dinner, the taking of photographs, an appropriate little speech by Dr. E. W. Rressly, a tour through some remarkably fine crops, games among the children, an afternoon lunch and leave-taking. The dinner, of course, was a most bountiful affair. It was served out on the lawn on a table about three feet wide and some sixty feet long. This table was literally loaded with good things, mostly home-raised and homeprepared. For one thing there was a sheep that netted 207 pounds, and which was served in every style known to those who are fond of mutton. There was no end of ham, chicken, roast beef, steak, hash, soup, jellies, jams, preserves, pickles of various kinds, pies, pastries and cookies of every imaginable kind. There was enough in sight for 250 people; but it is impossible to itemize or describe it all. The old negro cook, who had_ been with the family for a generation,' told the whole truth when she said: "Why, dat editor can't put all dat in de paper. He ain't seed it all, cause we ain't brought more'n half of it out dare!" During the afternoon Dr. E. W. Pressly of Clover, who had not been able to be present during the morning, made a brief but appropriate little talk. He spoke of the Campbells in their original home in the Highlands of Scotland; told how they had ever been valiant champions of civil and religious libei ty, how because of this they left their native fastnesses, sojourned a while in Ireland, then came to America, and wherever they have been located they have impressed characteristics that make for sturdy manhood and high class citizenship. He acknowledged his own indebtedness to the backing and support of the Campbells from the time he became a citizen of York county, and paid a touching trioute to the princely character of the late Dr. A. P. Campbell, with whom he had been associated for several years previous to that gentleman's death. From Mr. R. L. Campbell, the reporter gathered some facts about the Campbell family that should prove of general interest. The pioneer's name was Andrew. He was a cousin of Col. William Campbell, who led the patriot forces at King's Mountain, and was born in Virginia :n 1733, and died in Bethel on October 22, 1808. His son, Isaac Alexander, was born in 1769, and died July 18, 1854, leaving four sons, all now dead as follows: Dr. A. P. Campbell, Blind Sam Campbell, Marshall Campbell, William E. Campbell. William E. Campbell, the youngest of the four sons, was the father of R. L., I. H., and A. Lee Campbell, who were the immediate hosts of yesterday's gathering. William E. Campbell was born February 1, 1843, and died April 14, 1888. Mr. R. L. Campbell showed the reporter the deed of original land grants obtained by Andrew Campbell, one from George II. for 380 acres, dated Feb. 23, 1754, and recorded at Wilmington, N. C., then the capital of Anson county, N. C., and another from George III. for 350 acres; recorded at Wilmington in 1764. and described as lying in Mecklenburg county, N. C. According to Mr. Campbell, these plantations have been under the jurisdiction of five different counties, viz.: Anson, Mecklenburg and Tryon, NT. C., and Craven and York, S. C. After the register of the day had been made up, it read as follows, all but about a dozen of the names being of the generations of the Campbells: John F. Williams, Sallie C. Williams, Frances V. Williams, Ruth M. Williams, Leroy W. Williams, Sarah C. Williams, Elizabeth C. Walker, Frank C. Walker, Pearl W. Walker, Ida Pearl Walker, Laura Marie Walker, John A. Jackson, Mrs. John A. Jackson, Annie M. Jackson, William Knox Jackson, Lila Jackson. John W. Lawrence, Eugenia Lawrence, T. N. Wood, Mrs. T. 17* 1 Mru 17! T. ?>. ?? UUU, XU. i J. TT uv/u, mio. . Wood, Roy Wood, Edward Wood, Tom Wood, Chess Wood, Lizzie Wood, Meek Wood, Leila Wood, Truman Youngblood, Hester Youngblood, Lillian Youngblood, Blanton Youngblood, Louise Youngblood, S. J. Clinton, Mrs. S. J. Clinton, W. E. Adams, Sarah C. Adams, Annie Lee Adams, Ethel Adams, Bess Adams, Ed C. Adams, G. W. Pleasants, Carry A. Pleasants, Billy Pleasants, Jr., Ed Brison, Mary A, Brison, Sarah Patterson, J. J. McCarter, Mary McCarter, Alice E. McCarter, David McCarter, Katie McCarter, Frances McCarter, May McCarter, Johnsie McCarter, W. B, Choatc, Nannie W. Choate, Mary J, Choate. Fennie Choate, Carrie Choate, Faye Choate. Nan Choate, Iva Choate. Helen Choate. Clarence Choate, Annie Lee Alexander Choate, Andral Campbell, Mary Glenn, Marion Campbell, Jack Campbell, Martha Campbell, Rev. J. M. McLain, Mary Ellen McLain, James Howard McLain, Lowry Pressly McLain, Ruth White McLain, Pascal Carothers McLain, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Matthews, Sam Jackson, Matthews, Addle Campbell Matthews, James Ebenezer Matthews, Dr. J. W. Campbell, Mrs. J. W. Campbell. I. H. Campbell, Mrs. I. H. Campbell, Bettie C. Campbell, I. A. Campbell, Mrs. I. A. Campbell, James A. Campbell, Frederick Campbell, Mary Cartwright, Margaret Cartwright, A. Y. Cartwright. Jr. Campbell Barnett, Mrs. Campbell Barnett, Annie May Barnett, Pailey Barnett. Felix Quinn, A. J. Qulnn, T. D. Quinn, Robert Quinn, Choate Quinn. Albert Quinn. Deaver Quinn, Jno. W. Quinn, F. E. Quinn, Lucy Burns. Quinn Rurns. James Camp n Wol. ! bell Wallace, Mrs. aiuiiico v_. ?.a.lace, Clementine Wallace, Edison Wallace. Lloyd Wallace. J. C. Wallace, Juanita Wallace, Cornelia Wallace, Eudora Wallace, John A. Wallace, Mrs. John A. Wallace. A Ida I. Curry, Robt. O. Clinton, Hattie C. Clinton, Samuel Ij. Clinton, Mary E. Clinton, Grace Clinton. R. O. Clinton, Jr., Dr. E. W. Pressly, Mrs. E. W. Pressly, Elsie Pressly, Mrs. Mattie Caldwell Wright. Herbert L. Wright, Herbert L Wright, Jr.. Mrs. Kelly Jackson, D. K. Jackson. Jr.. T. M. Caldwell, Minnis Cald! well. William M. Caldwell. Robt. Miller Caldwell, Miss Cynthia Barnett, J. B. Robinson, R. B. Riddle, Mrs. N. J. I Riddle, Robert Grey, Sallie Wood, , Henrietta Wood, Herbert Wood, Mrs. Margaret Traywlck, Mrs. D. E. McConnell, Dan McConnell, Margaret Mc- 1 Connell, Pansy McConnell, J. M. Bar- < nett. Master Robert C. Barnett, Miss | C. E. Barnett, Thad P. Clinton, Miss Bessie Love, Joseph Barnett, Miss 1 Pearl Knox, Charlie C. Johnson, Kate 1 Campbell Price, W. D, Grist I WITHIN THE TOWN ? The North Carolina apple wagons ( have begun to move. Several were on ) the streets last week. < ? The time for the payment of the < license tax imposed by the town coun- 1 cil, expired Wednesday. ? Local business people who handle the same, are disposing of quite a good 1 deal of bagging and ties. ? Young people of the town as well ' as a number from surrounding towns ' attended a dance in the opera house i Tuesday evening. ? A number of people from this section went to Atlanta and Birmingham over the Southern's excursion which left here at 7.22 yesterday morning. ? The old town clock is In its belfry i once again and many citizens were pleasantly startled when its toll of the 1 hours reverberated once more this week after so long a period. ? Continuing a custom which has , been prevalent for many years, a number of Indians from the Catawba ( reservation were here this week selling i pottery of their own making. They sold quite a number of articles. ? Asked yesterday if he had received a reply to his recent letter to the mayor in which he had requested certain information regarding the financial condition of the town, Mr. W. R. Carroll replied in the negative. The mayor he said, had promised to reply to his letter and he expected a reply shortly. ? "Why la the world did you people change the name of your pretty little town from Yorkville to York?" asked a Columbia booster of a "prominent citizen" of the town yesterday afternoon. And the prominent party hummed and hawed and gaspetl and fidgeted and twisted and never did answer the question to the satisfaction of the Inquirer. ? Bub Castles, a negro boy, about 17 years of age, was arrested last night on the charge of breaking a lock and taking and using an automobile without the consent of the owner. The boy was caught up with as the result of his running the machine in a ditch about two miles north of town and being unable to get It out. Mr. W. D. Thomaason is the owner of the car, and it was Mr. Quinn Wallace who caught up with the culprit, he having happened on Castles while the latter was trying to get the car out of the ditch. ? Mrs. L. H. Barker, known in all the large cities of the United Sit&tee as "the little mother," on account of her having visited the great prisons of the United States and ministered to the prisoners therein, was here this week, soliciting subscriptions to go toward establishing a home for the friendless at the Loray mill in Gastonia. The prison missionary has secured a 14-room house in Gastonia and proposes to maintain the home for the benefit of the aged and infirm, oiphan children and indigent widows. Mrs. Barker secured quite a number of contributions here. ? Some little excitement developed on the streets yesterday afternoon about 2 o'clock when the advance gua*d of the Columbia Boosters came in. There were six cars carrying about twenty citizens of Columbia and a portion of the brass band which accompanied the party. E. J. Watson, commissioner of agriculture and labor, piloted the party to this place. The boosters left Columbia yesterday morning?more than sixty automobiles being in the procession. The boosters came here from Chester and it is presumed that the great majority took the wrong road and traveled directly to Rock Hill, where they were scheduled to lunch, in place of coming here. Local people had prepared a great quantity of lemonade and other refreshments for the party and when it was found that the | boosters would not be here to partake thereof, people who were gathered along the streets were invited to go to the opera house and refresh themselves. The six cars which came here remained only a few minutes and then went to Rock Hill. ? There can be no growth of this town, and no booming of this town until there is established recognition of law and order. As long as there are those who claim special privileges in any direction, and who are able to compel the acknowledgment of those special privileges, the town is not worth booming. The trouble in this town Is inequality of taxes, inequality of ( privilege and inequality of responsl- ' bility, and these facts are understood by every citizen of the town who has sufficient intelligence to understand anything. Although that recently promulgated license tax schedule Is by no means the rawest and most harmful outrage against law, justice and right that has been perpetrated In 1 recent years, it ought to be apparent 1 to everybody, those who are called upon to pay the tax and those who do not have to pay It, that a free self- ; respecting people cannot rest under 1 such an imposition and maintain confidence in the people who are responsi- ! hie for it. No matter what the pre- | tense for this tax, and at best It Is based only on pretense, It should not I be tolerated in any democratic com- j munity. And, furthermore, we want J to warn our fellow citizens now and . here, that if they do not begin to give , more particular and intelligent atten- l tion to their statutory and constitutional rights, affecting both property j and liberty, they are liable to wake I up some morning with a realization that they have very little left to look ] after. ? It was a tired and dusty bunch of boosters who returned here about 7 ] o'clock Wednesday evening, following j a day's tour of the county for the pur- * pose of advertising the Chautauqua and home-coming week to be obseryed : here. Members of the party report a , pleasant and what they believe to be a profitable trip. The party was unable 1 to make all the points designated on ' the planned itinerary, the tourists not ' going to Mr. Banks Good's store in the Bullock's Creek section nor to Fort 1 Mill. Good time was made throughout < the trip and only about three of the cars were delayed for any length of ' (imp nn account of mechanical troubles, i As previously planned, the boosters lunched at Clover. The pood people i of Clover had been appraised of their J arrival and everything had been put in readiness at the Clover opera house ^ for their coming. There was plenty of j ice water and cold lemonade on hand ( to quench the thirst of the dusty iravelers and numerous Clover people extended the "glad hand." It was the same way at Rock Hill where the party was taken In charge by the chamber of commerce and taken to the mil of that Institution where refreshments were served and where there were also a number of citizens on hand to meet them. Various kinds of advertising matter was distributed along :he routes, advertising the coming atiractions. The boosters say that York county's roads as a whole are in bet :er condition than they thought. Sev?ral members of the party were of the ipinion that the only really bad road which they traveled In their more than 100-mile journey, was that between Tirzah and Guthriesville. It was the nost extensive trip over the county which many of the party had ever nade and a number expressed surprise at the healthy condition of the :rops and the general prosperity which was evident on every side. ABOUT PEOPLE Miss Annie Stevens of this place, Is visiting friends in Chester. Mr. H. E. Ferguson of this place, Is spending a few days in Columbia. MIbs Virginia Watson of Richmond, Va., visited friends here this week. Miss Emma Wilkerson of this place, visited friends in Charlotte this week. Mr. R. E. Smith of Chattanooga, Tenn., is visiting Mr. A. E. Hall here. Mrs. W. D. Grist and Miss Elizabeth Grist were visitors in Rock Hill this week. Mrs. Samuel L. Latimer of Columbia, is visiting relatives and friends here. Mr. and Mrs. Myron Sandifer of Lowryville, visited friends here this week. Mrs. Hattle Watson and daughter of Hickory Grove, are visiting in Rock Hill. Miss Eleanor Crawford of Guthriesville, is visiting her aunt in Spartanburg. Mr. R. J. Davis and family of the Bethel section, were visitors here yesterday. Mr. S. L. Courtney and son, Rush, are visiting relatives and friends in Lake City. Mottlfl anS T3alla Xf^CSIll nf Hickory Grove, are visiting friends In Sharon. Misses Grace and Fern Bell of Guthriesvllle, are visiting relatives in Bessemer City, N. C. Mr. T. W. Boyd went to Lin wood yesterday as a representative of Neely's Creek church. Miss Margaret Perclval has returned home after a visit to Miss Emma Wilkerson here. Mr. Wade Willlford of Hartsville, spent yesterday with relatives and friends here. Miss Gerald Lowry of this place, is visiting her brother, Mr. Avery Lowry, in Union. Master Joseph Woods of this place, is visiting relatives and friends In HuntersviHe, N. C. Misses Julia and Gertrude Ferguson of Lancaster, are visiting Miss Sallie Craig here. Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Mitchell of Sharon No. 1, are visiting relatives at Richburg. S. C. Mrs. Alexander Long of Rock Hill, visited relatives and friends in this place this week. Master George Edwin Lowe of Concord, N. C., is visiting his sister, Mrs. J. Ross Cannon, here. Master Chalmers Butler of Hartsville, S. C., is visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Mackorell here. Mrs. P. T. Gordon and children of f&gle Lake, Tex., are visiting Mrs. Margaret Johnson here. Miss Margaret Spratt has returned to her home in Fort Mill, after a visit to friends in this place. Miss Elizabeth McClain is spending this week with her sister, Mrs. James Watson on R. F. D. 7. Mrs. Lillian Reevee of Blshopville, is visiting the family of her brother, Mr. D. E. Durant, at Guthriesville. Mrs. W. E. Sanders of the Guthriesville section, is visiting relatives and friends at Rockingham, N. C. Mr. Joe Saye Plexico of Sharon, has taken a position with the Carolina Drug company, in Chester. Mr. W. J. Devinney of Philadelphia, Pa., is visiting his brother, Mr. R. L. Devinney, on R. F. D. No. 4. Miss Leila Fowler has returned to her home in Woodruff, S. C., after a visit to Mrs. W. H. Fowler here. Misses Juanita Brown and Clara Alexander of R. F. D. No. 4, are visiting friends in Belmont, N. C. Miss Ethel McAfee of Savannah, Ga., is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. B. McAfee, on R. F. D. No. 1. ? The first bale of new crop cotton in Dorchester county, was sold Tuesday. It brought 8 cents per pound. ? The state railway commission has recently completed an inspection of railways in the Piedmont section. Mrs. J. M. Youngblood and children of Rock Hill, are visiting Mr. Perry Ferguson in the Forest Hill section. Miss Louise Curry has returned to Rock Hill after a visit to the family of Mr. D. P. Curry, near Guthriesville. Mr. S. C. Wood of the Thomson Co. left Wednesday for the northern markets to buy fall goods for his firm. Rev. W. H. Stevenson of Neely's Creek, is among those attending the laymen's convention at Linwood college. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Horton and Mr. R. M. Hogue of Columbia, are visiting the family of Mr. J. N. Hogue of New Zion. Miss Agnes Curry of the Guthriesville section, has entered the Magdalene hospital, Chester, for training as a nurse. Miss Hattie Meek Moore of Rock Hill, visited her grandfather, Mr. John L. Starr, and other relatives here this week. Mrs. W. M. McConnell and children have returned to their home here after spending some time with relatives in Lilackstock. Mr. James W. Crawford of Fort Benton, Montana, visited his father, Mr. S. A. Crawford, at McConnellsville, last week. Rev. and Mrs. E. E. Gillespie and children have returned to their home here, after spending a month at Sulivan's Island. Master Frank McElwee returned to lis home here last night, after spending several weeks with relatives in Montgomery, Ala. Rev. T. T. Walsh and family, who lave been spending several weeks with relatives in Walterboro, have returned :o their home here. William, the 13-year-old son of John Liove of McConnellsville, broke his irm Monday evening as the result of i fall from a mule. Mr. M. C. Willis and Miss Mary Henley Willis returned to their home here Wednesday, after a visit to relatives in Atlanta, Ga. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Crossland, who tinvA hocn vivitlncr thfdr dauerhter. Mrs. F. C. Riddle here, have returned to their home In Aiken. Mr. J. D. F. Green of Oklahoma, and Misses Mary and Ruth Moore of Sheljy, are the guests of Mr. P. B. McAfee jn R. F. D. 1. Lancaster News, Aug. 24: Miss Ella Rhoda Mackorell of Yorkville, is the ruest of her grandparents, Major and Mrs. J. M. Riddle. Mr. Edward Shiver, who has been spending some time with Mr. Karl Williams here, returned to his home in 21emson College yesterday. Mrs. W. H. W. Baker has returned to her home in Spartanburg, after a visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Scott on R. F. D. No. 3. Rev. and Mis. E. B. Hunter of Sharon, are among those who are attendng the conference at All Healing Springs, Linwood, N. C. ? The Southern railway depot at Barr, Lexington county, was broken nto and robbed Monday night and a juantity cf freight was stolen. Mrs. D. C. Sturgis and children have returned to their home In Rock Hill, after spending some time with relatives and friends In Sharon. Misses Mary Fant Herndon, Nellie Hart and Rachel Wylie have returned to their homes here after spending some time in the mountains of North Carolina. Mr. and Mrs. L. I* Parish and Miss Iva Parish returned to their home in King's Mountain, N. C., yesterday, after a visit to the family of Mr. R. L. Robinson on R. F. D. No. 6. Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Plaxlco, formerly of Charleston, are spending a few days with relatives in Sharon before going to Ashevilie, N. C., where they expect to reside in future. Mr. J. B. McGulrt, formerly of Tlrzah but for some time past of Bennettsville, has moved to Tatum, S. C., where he is in the employ of the Southern Cotton Oil Co. Prof. F. W. Dickson, who has been doing special work at the University of Virginia during the summer, returned home last week and will re-open his school next Monday. Messrs. John S. Hartness and John S. Rainey of Sharon, were here yesterday soliciting subscriptions toward helping with the work of repairing the Plnckney road between this place and Sharon. There was a called meeting of Bethel Presbytery here last Wednesday, for the purpose of receiving Carl Jackson Matthews of Clover, under the care of Presbytery as a candidate for the ministry. Fort Mill Times: B. M. Lee and family, who for several years have resided at Finlay, Texas, returned to Fort Mill Monday at noon and will again reside cn Mr. Lee's plantation south of town. Misses Mary, Zola and Annie Lee McFarland entertained a large number of young people at a lawn party at their home on R. F. D. No. 4, Wednesday evening in honor of their guest, Miss Reola Toungblood. Merchants and others throughout York county will regret to learn of the death of Mr. W. H. Howze, a popular commercial traveler, who died in New York Thursday. Mr. Howze was a native of Chester county and for 20 years had traveled the entire south for a well known New York clothing house. Rock Hill Herald, Tuesday: C. K. Schwrar, editor of the Record, has returned from Baltimore and other cities, where he has been for treatment. Mr. Schwrar states that he was much improved by the treatment. His. condition appears considerably improved. Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Zinker of Pelion, S. C., are the guests of the former's brother, H. J. Zinker on route 1. Associate Reformed Presbyterian, Aug. 25: Prof. J. L. Pressly returned last week from York county. He canvassed the county for students during his stay in York. Dr. Robinson returned Monday from a trip to Lancaster, Chester, York ana Anaerson counuett In the interest of the Woman's college. The Presbyterian learns that Rev. R. L. Qrler, who is now located at Mayesville, S. C.P is getting on very nicely In his work. The Neely's Creek, S. C., congregation have given their pastor a month's vacation. Gastonia Gazette, Aug. 24: Prof. J. W. Moss and family of Smyrna, 8. C., were here for the singing at Boyd's school house Saturday, and several days with Mr. C. A. Spei. r and family in West Gastonia. Dr. Ike Campbell of Clover, was a visitor In town Saturday. Mrs. Ike Campbell of Clover. S. C., and Mrs. W. B. Peay of Chester, S. C., are the guests of their brothers, Messrs. R. H. and L. L. Brison and families. Messrs. Thad Clinton, J. A. Page, Lesslie McGill, Mr. and Mra H. B. Jackson, Rev. A. A. McLean and Miss Mell Neil of Clover, were here yesterday for the game. Rev. E. L. Flanagan of Belhaven, Va., who has been spending two weeks at Montreal passed through Gastonia yesterday en route to Bethel. He returns this afternoon to his work in Virginia. LOCAL LAC0NIC8 Ssnt Up From Fort Mill. Loma Reid Is in jail, charged with assault and battery with Intent to kllL Thfc commitment was made by Magistrate R. P. Harris of Fort MUL Layndry Goes Broke. The Rock Hill steam laundry has been closed pending bankruptcy proceedings and Rock Hill citizens have been put to some little Inconvenience thereby. It Is not thought that the plant will be closed for long. Rock Hill May Have New Bank. There is a rumor here to the effect that a new bank is to be established in Rock Hill October 1. According to the story a number of Rock Hill people and several outsiders are interested in the proposed venture. A well known Rock Hill man will be president of the new banking institution, it is claimed. Virginia Governor Invited. The King's Mountain Battle Memorial association is making preparations for an elaborate celebration of the 136th anniversary of the battle of King's Mountain, which is to be held October 7. Governor Stuart of Virginia, has been Invited to make the principal address of the occasion. He has not yet signified his acceptance. "Heap Big Chief at Clover. Numbers of Red Men from Clover, Gastonia and other places are expected to be the guests of the Clover tribe of Red Men tomorrow night, the occasion being an address by Hon. Albert E. Hill, Grand Prophet of the Improved Order of Red Men of this state. As will be noted from the advertisement in another column of The Enquirer, the meeting is to be held in the Clover opera house. Jail Becoming Filled. There are seventeen prisoners in the York county Jail at present, and since it is nearly two months until the next term of the court of general sessions, it is expected that all available space in the jail will be filled by that time. With one exception, all the prisoners in jail are negroes. Most of the prisoners are charged with housebreaking and larceny or assault and battery with intent to kill. Bridge in Need of Repairs. Fort Mill Times. Aug. 26: The county bridge over the Catawba river, east of Fort Mill, can be used with safety no more until extensive repairs are made on the structure. The bridge has been in need of attention for some time, according to persons crossing the river at that point, and on Tuesday, became impassable when one of the spans of the approach on the east side gave way and allowed one section to sag something like one foot. Comptroller Settles With Officers. Charlton W. Sawyer, comptroller general of South Carolina, was here Wednesday for the purpose of making his annual settlement with the county officers. Owing to the fact that the ~?" affairs of the officials were in such good shape, Mr. Sawyer completed his task In a short time. He went to Gaffney Wednesday evening. Mr. Sawyer was much impressed with the new courthouse, which he said, was one of the handsomest structures of its kind in the state. Election Commissioners Meet. The board of commissioners of state and county elections met at the courthouse last Wednesday for the purpose of making preparations looking to the holding of the prohibition referendum on September 14. Messrs. J. B. Nell and W. B. Keller were present. Dr. 1. J. Campbell, chairman of the board, resigned some months ago; but as his real ornnt inn hnd not been acceDted. he has decided to go on and serve rather than run any chance of embarrassing the* election in this county. Bitten By a Snake. Fort Mill Times, Aug. 26: A young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. K. Moore, who reside on EaSt Confederate street, suffered intensely for several hours Monday afternoon, as a result of having been bitten on the foot by a snake, supposedly a spreading adder. The child was in the woods near its home when bitten by the snake. A physician was hurriedly summoned and after working with the child for several hours, the pain subsided and the little girl, it is now thought, will suffer no further inconvenience from the wound. Moat Patients Very Poor. C. K. Chreitzberg, fiscal agent of