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Scraps and facts. ? There was a $2,000,000 fire al Newport News last Saturday night. It originated in the great grain elevator of the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad, the largest elevator on the Atlantic coast. The elevator had a capacity of 1,400,000 bushel* of grain, and at the time container more than a million bushels awaiting shipment for the use of the Allied armies. The fire had spread from top to bottom before it was discovered, an two British steamers that were loading were badly damaged before they could be removed. The railway offices ai d a number of surrounding buildings were swallowed up in the flames. ? The Allan line steamer Hesperian (British) was sunk olt tne coast ot lieianu last Saturday, presumably by a German submarine. The passengers numbered 250 and the crew 200. All on board were saved. There were no American passengers in the list, but two members of the crew were Americans. The passengers included many wounded Canadian soldiers, homeward bound from blunders. It is said that the attack occurred about dark; but no one saw the submarine or the torpedo. there was no warning. However there seems to be no dispute over me lact that the ship was armed with a number of heavy guns which were plainly visible. ? To date 425,000 horses and mules have been shipped out of the United States for the European belligerents and their purchase has been a big boon in the market for medium class horses, department of agriculture officials said last Saturday. Government experts find that very few highbred horses have been exported, with the result that prices for ordinary equities have increased. Most of the horses have gone to England, but inaay shipmens have been made to France and Italy. The supply is not being seriously depleted, government officials estimating that there are today approximately 21,000,000 horses and 4,000,000 mules in this country. ? Adjutant Bertin, of the French aviation corps, says a Paris dispatch, has been cited in the orders of the day and awarded the decoration of the Legion of Honor for alighting behind the German lines and bringing back safely Adjutant Boyer, who was compelled to set fire to his machine as the result of an accident. Both aviators were engaged in reconnoitering expeditions in the same direction. Bertin's landing point was about four miles beyond that of Boyer. On returning after executing his mission, Bertin saw Boyer's machine in flames. He landed in face of a heavy fire, picked up his comrade and flew back to the French lines, with a fragment of a shell in his thigh. The aeroplane was struck In 98 places by bullets and pieces of shells. ? Up to three weeks ago the British navy alone, without regard to the , navies of France and Italy, had sunk or captured 42 German submarines. This information is contained in a personal letter from Field Marshal Sir John French, commander-in-chief of the British army in Flanders. The letter was written to one of the best I known officers in the American army, i who is an old friend of Sir John's, ac- , cording to a Washington dispatch. This information would indicate that Germany had lost from all sources at least half a hundred submarines since , the war began. Three weeks ago antedates the linking of the Arabic by a German submarine, and the list, there (ore, does not include that boat, which is reported to have been sunk the day , following, August 20. The French torpedoboat destroyers are known to 1 have accounted for several submarines and Italy may have accounted for one ] or two. ? More than 11,200,000 acres of land were eliminated from the public do main during the past fiscal year by ' homestead and other entries and sales to individuals, the annual report of Commissioner Tallman, of the general land office, will show. There are still, however, open now or will be 297,- 1 544,404 acres, "unappropriated and unreserved, of which 172,987,912 acres are surveyed and the rest unsurveyed." All this is in the twenty-five public 1 land states, and in addition to this enormous area there are approxi- , mately 300,000,000 acres in Alaska which will be available to American citizens. Nevada is shown to have the most public land, 55,417,746 acres, of which 30,000,000 acres are already surveyed, and Missouri, with only 823 acres, reports the least public land. Public lands remaining in southern states embrace: Alabama, 47,940 acres; "Arkansas, 278,133; Florida, 268,484; Louisiana, 101,016, and Mississippi, 36,882. ? During the visit to the British battle fleet in the last week a correspondent, after boarding all of the more important ships, witnessed a magnificent spectacle?that of all the forces heading out to sea, according to a London dispatch. All the places the Lion was hit were not discernible owing to reconstruction of the section where the shells burst. In other cases ihe location was evident, patches < having been placed over the damaged , plates. The Tiger, sister battle cruiser of the Lion, had fewer scars to show. On the Queen Elizabeth the only signs of her experiences at the Dardanelles : visible were a section of new planks on deck, where a shell penetrated, and a dent from a glancing shot on one of her 15-inch guns. The Inflexible, the flagship in the Falkland Islands' battle, suffered less injury there than at the Dardanelles, where she was struck by a mine and was under heavy fire from shore. A piece of the mine is kept in the ward room as a souvenir. The correspondent heard repeated and sympathetic remarks of hardships during the gruelling year at the Dardanelles. The only color visible in that vast assembly of ships were the blue uniforms of the crews and a signal flag flying from the shipyard. While the correspondent was on board the flagship of Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, a message was brought to the commander in chief. Word was passed around that the whole fleet had been ordered to proceed to sea. Guests on board a destroyer at the mouth of the harbor watched that unprecedented procession of naval power make its exit, led by its graceful light cruisers and flotillas of destroyers. Twenty dreadnoughts were counted as they went and out of other smoke clouds in the harbor more dreadnoughts were coming before the King Edward VII and pre-dreadnoughts had their turn. The commander of the destroyer which the correspondent was aboard looked at his watch and said it was time to go, as he must take his appointed place in the fleet. At 30 knots an hour he cut across the bow of a battleship, taking his guests to the landing place. As the destroyer rounded the headland the correspondent had a last glimpse of that seemingly endless column of ships, still not free from the harbor, on its way on an unknown errand in the North sea. ? That the warships of the United States navy are only half manned and have not enough officers to handle them properly in time of war, is the criticism in a report of John Hays Hammond. Jr., who represents the conference committee on national preparedness at the recent conference of . governors in Boston. Mr. Hammond's report says in part: "I had the privilege of witnessing, aboard the Wyoming. the impressive naval review of part of the North Atlantic fleet. To the layman, it was an imposing sight to see the torpedo flotilla as it steamed past in double line formation at about 1 20 knots an hour. But the layman is impressed only with the picture aid his thoughts in the matter go no further. The torpedo boats, as they passed the scrutiny of one knowing j their true condition, would have shown , *t numiit'i m lut'i^. in uir iiim jiiat*these boats instead of having the four to six officers aboard, necessary for 1 their proper handling, had only two : officers. The crews consisted of only about one-half the necessary number of men. In case of sudden national emergency these vessels could not be properly handled to perform the func- , tions for which they are designed. With the small crews operating them ' they could not maintain their max- ' mum speed of 28 knots, which is the 1 most essential quality in craft of this ( type. Today what few torpedo boats we possess would he easily swept from ' the seas by the fast cruisers of the < enemy possessing speeds far superior ( to our destroyers and torpedo craft. . sea-going qualities enabling them to run down these torpedoboats and an 1 armament that in an engagement would soon turn our boats into scrap iron. A few minutes later ten of our capital ships steamed past in impressive line formation. To the uninitiated they seemed invulnerable; to those interested in naval development it was obvious that only four out of the ten would make a real showing under modern battle conditions. These vessels were only half manned, and as it takes four years to train a sailor, they would have to fight in this condition should the occasion arise any time within the next four years. With every resource tapped, we are 30,000 men short in our navy. We have 1,900 officers of the line. We must have 1,400 more. It takes 10 years to make a well-trained officer. Who will insure us peace for that time? The organization of the navy is the root of its inadequacy. It must have a governing staff to formulate a consistent policy of naval development." <?ht \(or!u'iltr (Enquirer. Entered at the Postoffice at York as Mail Matter of the Second Class. YORK. S. C.: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7. 1015 The Alabama senate has passed a bill providing for a uniform system of cotton warehouses throughout the state. The bill as it stands is modeled after the South Carolina law; but is subject to further amendment. But peace or no peace, it is now up to the people of this country to quit worrying about the war in Europe and get down to still closer interest in their own affairs. It has been made perfectly clear that the people of this country can still take care of themselves regardless of what goes on in Europe. In the first story of the sinking of the Hesperian, the information was that no lives were lost; but subsequent statements are to the effect that there are 26 known dead and others missing. The information that the Hesperian was armed came from an American consul; but this information is denied from British sources. As yet there is no apprehension that the incident will bring additional complications between the United States and Germany. Of.course, if the United States goes and lends Great Britain a whole lot of money, then the United States will be just that much more interested in British success. There is nothing unreasonable in the claim that an American loan is the only means whereby it will be possible to preserve the stability of British sterling exchange; but we have a feeling that it will be just as well for this country to leave sterling exchange to fluctuate all it wants to until the close of the war. Governor Manning, according to a Columbia dispatch, refuses to commit himself on the liquor fight now going on. He, however, is generally understood to be a local optionist. When he ran for governor the first time, he favored the state dispensary; but since (hat time he has not emphasized hi. position on the liquor question. The party with which and for which ho stands, however, is a liquor party. His present attitude is that he will endeavoi to enforce the laws whichevei side wins. We are unable to reconcile ourselves to government sanction of the liquor business. We do not want to see any government revenue from the liquor business. We believe the business is wrong and that the government should not be a party to it. We believe prohibiten is right even if it does not prohibit. We do not claim that liquor selling can be stopped by law, any more tnan any omer crime or misucmeanor can be stopped by law; but nevertheless, we think the liquor business should be outlawed, and the government should exert itself to see that the laws against it are enforced. There are two sides to this liquor question, as we see it; but only one right side, and that is the prohibition side. We would rather see the prohibition side in a little different shape than it is. We would rather have more assurance that prohibition will be enforced if it carries: but still we are for prohibition whether it is going to be enforced or not. We are not identified with the Anti-Saloon league, because we are not quite sure of the purposes of the men behind it after prohibition carries, if it does carry. We are not mixing up with the local option crowd because we do not believe in their doctrines. We have no politics in the matter. We are going to vote for prohibition because we believe that prohibition is right, and after the election we are going to continue to work for prohibition and temperance to the best of our ability. As to the politics in the thing, and politics there is in it, we do not care to say anything right now. We prefer to wait until we can see how the thing is going to shape up. Hut if prohition carries, we shall vote for men who will try to enforce the law. There has been a renewal of peace talk in the papers of late. The origin is attributed to the Poj>e of Home. The story is that the Germans are willing to make peace on a basis of freedom of the seas, independence of Poland and complete emancipation of the Jews. There is nothing official about the story and how much real foundation it has is necessarily a matter of surmise. Hut according to our view it seems vain to look for peace soon, especially on this basis. Great Britain has not been able to accomplish a great deal except to hold the Germans in check; but of course this means much. The expenditure of blood and treasure goes on steadily and surely and at an awful rate that cannot last indefinitely; but Great Britain believes she can hold out longer than Germany can and she is not going to quit so long its she can help herself. If Russia is beaten to her knees or France is forced to quit, that might make a difference. Also, the opening of the Dardanelles might be accompanied by determining consequences, and then again It is possible [hat Germany is approaching dangerously near the end of her resources, although there has been no very great vidence of the latter contingency. But Great Britain is not going to be in a ! Iiurry to make peace, whatever she may , think of the independence of Poland or t the emancipation of the Jews. She will not stand for the "freedom of the seas" in the sense of renouncing her supremacy. She would not be willing to forego her navalism even if Germany would agree to forego her militarism, so there is very little hope for peace on that basis. As we see It, there will be no peace until one side or the other is completely prostrated. Senator McLaurin's apostrophe on cotton as reproduced today from the speech delivered in Spartanburg last Saturduy, recalls to mind the comparisons that were made in the press some years ago between Henry W. Grady and McLaurin, when the latter, in 1897, made his famous speech on the subject of the "South und Her Opportunities." There is much that seems common to these two men in poetic Imagery, vivid expression and personal magnetism. Both idealize the nrnsiiin facts of life as dreamers. There is in McLaurin, however, thut militant heritage, Scotch, as it is characterized by many, which makes him fight for the materializing of his dreams, and in this he is also a builder. Grady left fhe smooth, pleasing Impression of soft music and poetry with never a harsh note, while beneath McLaurin's music and fiowers, there is the clash of steel, and the call to battle. If there has ever been a finer tribute to "King Cotton," than that uttered by McLaurin at Spartanburg, it is surely to be found only in Grady's classic oration. The principal difference between these two seems to be the difference between the sweet toned violin and the inspiring blast of the war trumpet. More Grain. This county is so much better off because of the grain planted last year that it is almost impossible to estimate the difference; but it is well to remember that the good work- must not be allowed to stop. The quantity of oats sowed and harvested was far in excess of the wheat; but there was an Improvement in the quantity of wheat, the crop being the largest since 1902. Of course it is all right to sow oats, and the more the better; but then it ? 111 -1 II of ill m?ra ol. win uiau uu wen iu guv pun mv/iv M.vtent ion to wheat, because wheat pays better than most people think. The idea so prevalent that a farmer can buy Hour with corn or cotton, or even oats, cheaper than he can raise .t, is an economic mistake, notwithstanding that appearances are so strongly to the contrary. If one counts the number of bushels of wheat raised on an acre, and its money value as compared with oats, <t will look like oats has the advantage, and this may be true as a purely ihoney propositon; but it is not true as a matter of actual profit. There is a remarkable difference between the dollar made and the dollar saved, and there is very good ground for the reasoning that this difference is two dollars. There are people who will not see the fact; but they always find it diftlcult to point out where the error lies. The Enquirer is not willing to advise or claim that it will pay anybody in this country to raise wheat for export, especially in view of the fact that there are so many crops that can be depended upon for larger returns; but every land owner In the county can make money by raising all the wheat he needs for his own family and for running his farm. More than that, farmers who fail to raise their own bread, lose money, and that is regardless of the price of cotton. The main object of this article, however, is not so much to discuss the money value of the different crops as it is to urge upon the readers of The Enquirer the importance of preparing for another wheat crop. For those 1 who have not already commenced their arrangements the time to begin is right now. Knocker and Booster. We have seen some wonderfully interesting editorials of late, some on the subject of knockers and some on the subject of boosters, and we feel that it is not amiss to make a little study along that line also. What's a booster? We have heard him variously described. One of the commonest definitions describes him as a cheery, light-hearted individual who has a good word for everybody and everything and is always willing to give up his last cent on demand for any purpose that might be suggested by the other fellow in the name of progress. But unfortunately he seldom luis a last cent to give. What's a knocker? Oh, he is one of those contrary kind of cusses who looks before he leaps, and who keeps his hand on his pocket book to an extent that will enable him to inquire into the whys and wherefores before he can be induced to give up his hard-earned substance. What is the relation between the booster and the knocker? Why that is a very difficult question. Knockers frequently pass them selves off as boosters and boosters frequently pass themselves oft as knockers. In fact so frequently Is the booster a knocker, and so frequently is the knocker a booster, that is very hard to tell which is one or the other, j Sometimes the boosters and knockers can hardly tell themselves which they 1 are. When is a booster a knocker? Why when the booster trys to do the knocker in his own interest and the knocker refuses to be done, then the ; booster goes straightway to knocking, 1 and of course becomes a knocker. When a man tells you "to be a ( booster," what does he mean? To shut your eyes and raise your < hands. And suppose you do not see proper j to comply? I Then you are a knocker. And if you do comply? You are a booster. The other fellow? ( lie is a booster too, just like you. s He boosts you, you know, and that makes you a booster, as long as you look pleasant and make no complaint. Hut if you object to the arrangement, , 1111*11 yon art* a kikh-kit. < Do boosters do Rood for their com- ' munities? , Well they so claim; hut it is rarely < the case that they can make the other I fellow believe it. Do knockers build up communities? Well, yes; paradoxical as it may ^ seem, the knocker us a rule is the real , booster. It is the men who are con- I stantly at work producing something. < who are the real town builders, and I consequently the real boosters. Ordi- ' narily he is too busy to think whether * he is a knocker or a booster, or either. Really does not think much about the matter. He knows that if he gets any- < thing he has got to work for it, and he t cannot see how the other fellow who < does not work can be much good. * Therefore he is more disposed to eon- j sort with the fellows that do work ; and steers clear of "boosters." 1 But don't booster*', work? Oh, yes, they work the other fellow. Not the knockers': No, if a knocker illows himself to be worked, he becomes a "booster." If a man desired recognition as a real booster, he most always acknowledge the pass v/ord when uttered by the other fellow, and he must not look either Into the other fellow's record or probable present designs. If he docs he Is a knocker. MERE-MENTION ?our negroes weie Kmed by a d.uuu u?at t>?epi i.iursnauVine, Gu., iu?i baiurciay A new suae in the x-anaiua canal has uiocked ihe passage 01 an snips anu it is expected iuat some time win eiapse betore tne canal can be cleared A West lnuiuii nurneane wnien swept ucross tne Gun 01 Mexico did great damage in norma, Georgia and lennessee. Seve>ai people lost their lives Mrs. jeanneue Jcnwartz died in Brooklyn, i\. i., Saturday nighi, aged 107 years, sue was two and orie-nalf teet hign and weigned 25 pounds F. W. iiainmond, a prominent merchant of Memphis, Tenn., was shot from ambush Saturday night by an unknown negro. rive little gins lost their lives Ill U 111^; WHICH UCOllUJCU lUC ot. trances girls' orphanage in San Francisco, last Saturday Nivens Massey, 8-year-old son of Mrs. J. W. massey of Hampton, Va., committed suicide Saturday by hanging himself with a piece of rope after nis mother nad ordered him to go to thte attic because of his bad behavior lieutenant Joseph C. Morrow and Adam Khuekryk, a private, U. S. army aviators, fell 150 feet in their machine at Brownsville, Texas, last Sunday, and were badly shaken up; but noi seriously hurt The American steamer, "Supply," crashed Into three American submarines, the F-l, F-2 and F-3, at Honolulu last Saturday and put them all out of commission Charles A. Boynton, of the Associated Press, and one of the best known of American newspaper men, died at Washington last Sunday The Greek parliament has adjourned to October 28, without taking any public action looking to participation in the war. The Warehouse in Georgia.?The appropriaton bills were defeated at.thc recent session of the Georgia legislature so as to force an extra session to act upon prohibition of the state warehouse bill. The warehouse situation is being demented to a large extent by Asa G. Candler, of coca-cola fame, the richest man and largest banker in GeorgiaMr. Candler is in ftvor of a state warehouse system; but he wants it to be comprehended in a central warehouse located in Atlanta. The opposition to Mr. Candler wants warehouses located in the neighborhoods where the cotton is grown, so as to keep the money at home. They hold that if all cotton that is to be used as a basis of credit be constructed in Atlanta, then the Atlanta banks will furnish all the money, and the country banks will get nothing at all, or at least be forced intu complete subserviency to the city nanks. Then again the cotton producers will be subjected to additional expense in having to pay the freight on cotton to , and from Atlanta, in order to get accommodations. It is clear too to the opponents of concentration, that every local warehouse will be a separate center of credit and banking pov-n\ and it is believed that the distribi.ii m of credit all over the state will be far better for the state than concentration of credit in Atlanta. Chas. S. Barrett, p *esldent of the National Farmers' Union, has called a meeting of farmers and business men to consider the situation and the president of the Georgia state union has Invited Senator McLaurin to address this conference in Atlanta on September 21, at 11 a. in. In his letter to Senator McLaurin, the president of the Georgia union says- "We want a warehouse like yours ,'n South Carolina and we need your lelp." They Have Preache s, Too.?This , state is now being Hooded with circulars and pamphlets against prohibition, sent out by the National Liqu Dealers' associaton. One of them is a booklet entitled "Religion and Drink," which is an attempt to make the Bible argue against prohibition. The book is credited to "Rev. Dr. E. A. Wasson, Rector of St. Stephen's Episcopal church, Newark, N. J." The arguments in this book are very lame and far-fetched. For instance, here is how the reverend doctor explains the Proverb, "Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; and whosoever erreth thereby is not wise." Dr. Wasson says: "This sounds sweepng enough. But so does 'Knowledge puflfeth up;' yet is knowledge thereby condemned? So too, 'The tongue is a fire.' Is speech then condemned? Likewise, it is only the wine whereby one 'erreth' that is condemned?" About equal to this argument is the rest of the reverend rector's long dissertation. We wonder if St. Stephen's- church at Newark is paying the full salary of Rev. Dr. Wesson, and why his hook is being distributed free in South Carolina. We have heard of preachers committing murder, theft, bigamy, perjury and other crimes. It is too much then, to expect all the preachers to be in favor of prohibition.?Pee Dee Advocate. Columbia State and Liquor.?The State newspaper says that the reason prohibitionists object to its course is because it does not come out for prohibition. This is just ahout as big a mistake as many others that this same newspaper has been making for a number of years and as erroneous as some that it is now making. No "sirree," this is not the reason. The reason is that the aforesaid paper is doing all that it can for the liquor business editorially. It is flghting as ( though its very life and existence depends upon the defeat of prohibition. It is scouring the earth all from France to the rest of the earth to And objections to prohibition. It seems mad in its efforts. As mad as it did against Featherstone in the first primary some years ?k?. auu even us inuo as 11 was with Onlie when it found him in the race in the second primary with the man it had foupht so bitterly and unjustly at first. It elected Blease and it will certainly contribute a pood deal towards the victory of prohibition in the cominp election. It is pood to have some people apainst you.?Greenwood Journal. m - I SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS | ? J. W. Patrick, a well known citl- ' zen of Brooklyn, Williamson county, ' committed suicide last week by shoot- i inp himself. ? Geo. W. Tidwell wn<? found puilty , rtf manslauphter for the killinp of R. Emmett Walker. In the Greenville ' county court of peneral sessions last 1 week. Tidwell was sentenced to seven 1 years' imprisonment. He was releas- 1 ed on a $!>,nno bond, pendinp an ap- 1 peal to the supreme court. < ? Mrs. Mattie Frost, a white woman ibout 45 years of ape, was killed when she was run over by a freipht train at Killian. in Richland county, last FriJay. The woman was returninp from ! a visit to a neiphbor, and did not hear 1 the train as it approached. ] As to Consistency.?One of *the t most protesque siphts that met our ! eyes the past week was a newspaper? ! r several newspapers?with one pape l ill ?no'i 4 in<r iifnli n n/1 n not > #1 (\ivwvuiiuh I'x'iiii/uiun """Uiri 11*1locating liquor selling That is really 1 more shocking than both pages ad- 5 coca ting liquor selling?as some papers are doing. That is at least con- ' sistent.?Newberry Observer. < 1 A True Indictment.?The Yorkville Knquirer that has always been consistent and true to the cause of prohibition or for that matter to every >ther cause that it advocates, makes the following just indictment against he State newspaper.?Greenwood lournal. ? It is now admitted by the Russians that instead of losing vessels in he battle off the Gulf of Riga, the lermans intentionally sunk three small vessels there for the purpose of reventing the Russians from landing i force that might threaten Hindennirg's left (lank. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS Fecanaway Place, Orangeburg, S. C.? Offers "Schley" budded pecan trees In large or small quantities. J. H. Wltherspoon, Executor?Gives notice to debtors and creditors of estate of Dr. J. H. Wltherspoon, deceased, to make settlement with him. L. R. Williams, Probate Judge?Gives notice that Mrs. Carrie A. Watson has applied to him for letters of administration on the estate of J. P. Watson, deceased. Southern Railway?Announces a popular excursion to Columbia on September 13th. Fare, $1.50 from all points in this vicinity. Liggett & Myers?Tell you that you can get tobacco and cigarette coupons redeemed at the Shieder Drug Store. Ferguson & Youngblood?Can supply you with seed rye, and tell you of the good qualities of Ato tea and Ophir coffee. Full line of tobacco. McConnell Dry Goods Co.?Is ready to serve you with an immense stock of seasonable dry goods. Carroll Bros.?Want to furnish farmers with bagging and ties and cotton baskets. About tlour. W. E. Ferguson?Has a most complete line of canned goods, bottled goods, etc. Cereal foods. James Bros.?Say they have disposed of all but one of their last car of mules and expect to ship another car soon. C. F. Sherer?Has sold his Lincoln street lot, but still has other real estate to offer. City Market?Phone 74, wants to furnish you with the best of all kinds of fresh meats. Cattle wanted. York Drug Store?Suggests that you try "Every Day Tonic" for that "Noappetite-this-morning" feeling. Carroll Supply Co.?Are ready to furnish farmers with bagging and ties. Luzianne coffee. Also hnve a big supply of farm supplies. R. E. Heath Co.?Sells Owensboro farm wagons, disc and drag harrows, Osborne mowing machines, Luzianne coffee. Thomson Co.?Tells you" that Miss Bacon has arrived and also a large shipment of millinery. Sherer & Qulnn?Ask you to see them for enameled cooking ware, Bakerized coffee, tinware, groceries and farm hardware. York Trust Company?Writes all sorts of Insurance in old line companies that are reliable. J. M. Stroup?Invites men who want good shoes to see his Peters and Herman lines of fine shoes. First National Bank, Yorkvllle?Insists that you can only get ahead in a financial way by saving. It will assist you. Governor Manning in his recent speech here, declared himself unequivocally for the state warehouse law; but he did not set any npplause at that point. There were very few cotton producers in the audience at the time. Even though you live in town, and are located not closer than a quarter r?f a mile from the postoffice, you can have your mall delivered free If you like. All you have to do is to put up your rural delivery box and notify the postmaster of the number of your route, etc. There are a number of rural free delivery boxes within the corporate limits of this town. It gives us especial pleasure to call the attention of our readers to the advertisement in another column of the Pecanaway Place in Orangeburg county. This pleasure has a two-fold basis. In the first place there is opportunity to bring the matter of pecan growing to the notice of the York county public afresh, and in the second place, we are able to give assurance that Mr. M. O. Dantzler, the proprietor of the Pecanaway Place, may be relied upon without reserve to give intelligent and trustworthy information and to live up to his contracts. The writer hereof has five fine pecan trees, two of them from seeds planted by his mother 25 years ago, and three budded shoots, set out by himself ten years back. All are bearing excellent fruit in satisfying quantity and because of the experience of this writer, and the experience of others in this vicinity, The Enquirer has time and again attempted to point out the certain pleasure and probable future profit that may be expected as the result of such attention as might be devoted along this line, and that is why it gives us especial pleasure to notice this particular advertisement. Mr. M. O. Dantzler is a brother of the late Judge Dantzler, who was so well and favorably known throughout the state, and is himself a man of the highest standing in his city and county of Orangeburg, with extensive acquaintance elsewhere. He has been giving his attention to pecan culture for a number of years past, has spent many thousands of dollars in the pursuit of the hobby, and now has a beautiful grove of about forty acres, that is easily one of the finest, if not the finest in the state. The price at which Mr. Dantzler offers his trees is quite rea sonable indeed, and it is our opinion that people who are interested will do well to get in touch with him at once. RAINFALL FOR 1915. Mr. B. I. Walker of R. F. D. No. 3. Clover, who has been keeping a record of the rainfall for some years, gives in his data from December to September, inclusive, as follows: January 5.C25 inches. February 4.250 inches. March 3.000 inches. April 2.250 inches. May 7.625 Inches. June 4.625 Inches. July 4.625 inches. August 6.625 inches. COMMON PLEAS With Judge Hayne F. Rice presiding and the regular officials of the court in their accustomed places, the September term of the court of common pleas was opened at 10 o'clock this morning. The docket is full and it is hardly likely that any delays of consequence will be necessary. The first case taken up this morning was that of Givens vs. Seaboard Airline railway. J. Harry Poster, Ksq., of Rock Hill represents the plaintiff and James H. Gleen, Esq., jf Chester the defendant. SHERIFF'S TAX SALE Cnder tax executions directed to Sheriff Brown, that official sold the following property before the courtDouse door this morning: Lot and two buildings in Rock Hill, the pro|>erty of Mrs. J. C. Witherspoon. Taxes, penalties and costs, (44.58. Bought by Geo. W. WWiams for $101. Bicycle, the property of Jas. McCul[ough. Taxes, penalties and costs, (6.59. Bought by J. Q. Wray for $12. Two black shouts, the property of Will Hlngins. Taxes, penalties and costs, $16.01. Bought by Thos. W. Boyd, for $16.01. MRS. N. B. BRATTON DEAD Following a long period of ill health Mrs. Minnie Mason Bratton lied at the home of her daughter Mrs. Ft. Moultrie Bratton here Saturday md was buried in Itose Hil' cemetery today afternoon, following funeral services conducted by Rev. John A. UoMurray and Dr. R. R. Gillespie. Mrs. Bratton who was about S3 rears of age was born at Clover Hill k'a., the daughter of Malor Enoch and Mrs. Eliza Mason. She first met her husband Mr. Napoleon Boneparte Bratton while he was a prisoner in the Old Capitol jail in Washington during the War Between the Sections and to which place she had come to minister to the needs of the Confederate prisoners. It was a case of love at first sight. She married Mr. Bratton in Ephany Church in Richmond, Va., Jan. 14, 1863, the ceremony being performed by the noted Bishop Peterkin. After the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Bratton went to the home of the groom ut Brattonsviile and there they lived happily together for more than 60 years. When Mrs. Bratton's daughter moved to this place in 1913, Mr. and Mrs. Bratton also came here where I they have since resided. I M wo in utipvlvo/1 Hi/ HAT mto< iiiaiivu in oui tn vu wj husband, Mr. N. B. Bratton, a daughter, Mrs. K. M. Bratton of this place and two sons, Mr. Muson Bratton of Guthriesville and Dr. C. S. Bratton of Palestine, Texas. THE CHAUTAUQUA WEEK The three days' chautauqua programme cume to a close last Friday, witn a picnic dinner shortly after noon, and a fireworks display at private expense at night. The very full report in the last issue of The Enquirer gave a correct and satisfactory story of the proceedings up until noon on Friday, when the paper went to press. The attendance was considerably better on Friday than on other days, more especially because of the picnic and the pyrotechnic display, of which events the people throughout the county had been duly advised in The Enquirer of Tuesday. Because of weuther conditions the picnic dinner was served in the Rose hotel building, and eatables were distributed in individual trays. The supply of provisions contributed by the ouiside public, fell considerably short of requirements; but the committee on entertainment was able to supply immense quantities of ham sandwiches, and thus make up in a large measure for the shortage. It is estimated that aitrvcrotVior thorn wno dinner for some Ave or six hundred people, probably more. Most of the country visitors who came in for the picnic, remained for the fireworks. Their numbers were largely augmented by others who came especially for the tireworks, and as this feature of the entertainment did not take place until after the last I Chautauqua entertainment, the big tent was filled Friday night to its capacity. The fireworks display took place shortly after 10 o'clock, in the held to the rear of the Yorkville Graded school building, and was witnessed by easily the lurgest crowd of the week. In all there were as many as two thousand or two thousand five hundred people, including the greater portion of the population of the town and all the visitors from the country. The fireworks display was a highly creditable affair, being managed under the personal supervision of an expert from the fireworks factory In New Jersey. It included several set pieces, cascades of fire, representing all the colors of the rainbow, bombs, rockets, imitation shrapnel and the like. One of the set pieces was a United States flag and another the words "Good Night," but these were not so satisfactory because of the dampness. However the display was a marvel to most of the spectators and taken altogether, it was a grand success. A NEAR TRAGEDY An automobile driven by Mr. J. W. Leech of Hickory Grove, and occupied by Mr. Leech, his daughter, Miss Marie Leech. Mr. W. S. Buice, Mr. B. B. Steedly, Jr., and Misses Minnie Winn and Vinetta Mlllhouse, was fired upon about one mile east of Sharon about 8 o'clock Friday night by Jim Hayes, a white man, who was arrested early Suturday morning by Policeman Lattimore of Hickory Grove and lodged in the Jail here. Four of the party in the automobile were struck by shot from the man's double-barrel shot gun. Messrs. Leech and Buice received several shot in their backs. Miss Leech was shot in the cheek, the shot breaking the skin, and Miss Winn received several shot in her arm. The shooting occurred without the slightest warning. Hayes was standing in the road when the automobile passed. He appeared to be drunk, and when the automobile had passed him he raised his gun and fired, most of the shot being lodged in the back of the car and striking the persons named above. After the man had discharged his gun, Mr. Leech put more power to his machine and stopped at the home of Mr. R. M. Sherer in Sharon, where it was discovered that none of the party were seriously hurt. The party proceeded on to Hickory Grove and then secured a warrant for the arrest of Hayes whom Mr. Leech recognized before he had raised his gun. Hayes was found early Saturday morning and was arrested. He denied the shooting or that he had met any automobile. The shotgun with which the shooting is alleged to have been done was also taken. It is said that after shooting into Mr. Leech's car, Hayes met a negro man and woman in the road and took a shot at them, although neither was wounded. Mr. Leech is at loss to understand Hayes' motive in shooting at his party. He knew the man by sight, but had never had any trouble with him. Hayes lives on the Caldwell place near Cain's spring. It is said that he has served time on the chaingang in Cherokee county for assault and battery with intent to kill. He is a man of about 55 years of age and is a gunsmith by trade. He has a wife and four children. It was stated Saturday that Hayes said he knew nothing of the shooting but admitted that he had been drinking heavily for several days. ANTHRACNOSE. When Mr. W. T. MoClaln, who lives about three miles north of town, on last Saturday brought to The Enquirer office, a stalk of cotton containing about a dozen blasted bolls, and asked for information, the editor told him that the disease was anthracnose; but to make sure he would send one of the bolls to Prof. H. W. Barre, the botanist at Clemson. Prof. Barre sent a prompt reply confirming the editor's diagnosis and enclosed the following information that should be of interest to cotton growers generally: "Reports received thus far indicate that cotton anthracnose, the fungus boll rot of cotton, is even more widespread and more destructive this season than heretofore. During the past five years the disease has caused an annual loss of more than a million dollars In South Carolina. The disease seems to be becoming more destructive from year to year and this in spite of the fact that the investigations conducted at the South Carolina experiment station show that it can be prevented. We have found that the fungus which causes anthracnose grows into the inside of the diseased bolls, attacks the lint and seed, and grows into the seed. The fungus remains alive in ( such seed until they are planted and germinate and start to grow, then it attacks the seedlings. The disease remains alive on these stalks and at- 1 tacks the bolls when they appear. In ' this way it is carried in the seed and continues to spread from year to year, i A study of the history of the outbreaks in South Carolina during the past four years shows that in very ] noorlv OVOPV m isp the riisonsp WHS I brought to the farm in the seed, und usually in seed of some supposedly highly improved variety which was purchased at a high price. There is no way of curing a stalk after it is once diseased with anthracno.se. The only thing that you can do is to protect your cotton next year. The first and most important step in this Is to secure seed which are free from disease. It is best to secure your seed for next year's planting from a t field where there Is no disease. If it i Is not possible to do- this, the next best thing to do is to pick your cotton ( for seed from stalks which show no , signs of disease and which are ntft near diseased stalks. It is not safe to . pick healthy looking bolls from stalks which have rotton bolls on them. We have been able to get entirely rid of anthracnose in three badly dis- | eased varieties of cotton simply by i selecting our seed from healthy stalks and then planting these s$ed the fol- ; lowing season on land on which the ( disease has not occurred. We find that the disease will remain , in the land or in the old diseased 1 stalks and bolls for as long as one year, but not longer than this. So it is necessary to practice rotation which will 1 leave cotton off the land for one year. 1 It is advisable to rotate crops for this and other reasons, but where it ] is impossible to do this and your cotton 1 is diseased, the next best thing to do is to plow under diseased stalks as soon as the cotton is picked In the fall. Where we have followed this practice und used seed the following season which was free from disease, we have had very little anthracnose. "In conclusion then I would say not to buy cotton seed from any one unless they are willing to make affidavit that it is free from anthracnose. Select your own seed from fields where there is no disease or from healthy stalks in a diseased field. Oln this cotton In a gin that has been thoroughly cleaned. Practice a rotation. Plow the old diseased stalks and bolls under aR early in the fall as possible. WITHIN THE TOWN ? Many of the young people of the town who are attending various colleges in this state and others, will leave this week to resume their studies. ? Will Smith, colored, plead guilty before the mayor yesterday morning to the theft of three heads of cabbage from a car at the C. & N.-W. depot. He was fined $10, which he paid. ? Carpenters began work on the store room In the McNeel block this morning preparatory to fixing up the building with suitable furniture for postofflce purposes. It Is understood that the postofflce will be moved to the new quarters some time this month. ? There was a meeting of the York County Medcal society held in the J County Medical society held in the were made by several well known , physicians. A number of doctors from i adjoining counties attended the meet- ' ing. ? Tlrzah's cornet band won the , coveted $35 cash prize in contest with the Hickory Grove band in the Chautauqua tent Friday afternoon before a large audience. Each band was , limited to sixteen men and was required to play two marches and one overture. The judges were unknown to the contestants. It was said that the contest was quite close and that the work of both bands was far above the average. The Tirzah band wrts di- i rected by Mr. Springs Moore and the Hickory Grove band by Mr. W. B. ! Wilkerson. ? Slit skirts are coming back into vogue this fall, according to the decree of New York fashion dictators. But the slit will be of a different kind from the three or four Inches above ] the ankle of past seasons. It will ex- 1 tend all the way from the waist down, and beneath it will be worn baggy bloomers, wth fur cuffs aroud the bottom. All manner of freak boots have 1 already made their appearance for winter wear; boots that lace up the side, boots that button up the back; boots that look as If they were designed by ginger-bread bakers; boots that have no laces or buttons at all, but i which are loose with cuffs at the top like those worn by the Russians. ? The prospective removal of the postofllce to the McNeel building, suggests the different locations occupied during the pant fifty years, beyond 1 which there has been no special effort I to go. Before and during the civil < war according to the best information obtainable, the postofflce was in a ; building that stood on the corner of Congress and West Madison streets, ' the site now being occupied by the residence of Mr. J. W. Dobson. The postmatter was the late John Alexander. From the Dobson corner the office was removed to what is now the residence of Mr. Louis Roth and occupied a room now used by Mr. Roth's family . as a "sitting" room. The late John ] R. Wallace was postmaster. This was < about 1872. The next move was to a building that stood on the spot occu- : pied by the rear portion of the Kirkpatrlck-Belk store. From there the i office was moved to the wooden portion of the old Parish hotel, about the 1 spot now occupied by the R. E. Heath j company. After that, Mr. Wallace , still postmaster, the office was moved to a wooden building that stood on I the spot occupied by the York Drug i Store. This was in 1886. When the late W. A. Moore succeeded Mr. Wal- I lace In 1886, he moved the office to 1 the room in his own building, where it has been ever since. The present ] room has to be abandoned for lack of ; the necessary space to accommodate j rural carriers and the parcels post j business. The principal advantages | determining the selection of the room t in the McNeel building to which the office is now to be moved, are the ] hitching lot in the rear, size and light, j TTn tr? o vonr np twn ntr(\ thwfl was i considerable talk of a prospective public building' for the town; but that has about died away. ABOUT PEOPLE Dr. C. N. Munro left today to resume her work at Winthrop college. Miss Mabel Ashe is spending this week with friends in Columbia. Mr. Barron Kennedy of Rock Hill, visited friends here this week. Mrs. R. S. McConnell is visiting relatives at Grover and Shelby, N. C. Mr. P. D. White leaves this week for Chester, where he has secured a positon. Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Brown have returned to Spartanburg, after "a visit here. Miss Gazzie Turner of Chesney, S. C., is visiting her sister, Mrs. J. A. Lee here. Mr. W. P. Neil of Charlotte, spent Saturday and Sunday with his family here. Prof. J. Harvey Witherspoon of Gaffney, spent Saturday and Sunday 1 here. v Messrs. John W. Miller and S. E. ? Lowry were visitors in Chester this f week. c Miss Annie Munn of this place, vis- r ited Miss Alma Holler in Rock Hill t last week. Y M,. HntvnrH Mr?Ijiln of Charlotte, t visited relatives and friends in Clover v last week. Dr. John R. Ashe has returned to Charlotte, after visiting friends and relatives here. ' Mrs. J. Frank Watson and children, of Bullock's Creek township, left to- r day for Texas. Mrs. Ernest Guntharp of Rock Hill, spent Sunday here with her sister. I Mrs. G. G. Eaves. Mrs. Robert McElwee visited the f family of Mr. Walter McElwee in r Clover, last week. b Dr. and Mrs. T. B. Kell and daughter, Ella, of Fort Lawn, visited friends \ tiere last week. Miss Hattie Dowry left last week j for Shelby, N. C., where she will i, teach school this year. tl Miss Lottie Klutz has returned to t] ler home in Chester, after a short vis- 8 t to relatives here. tl Miss Carrie Love of Sharon, has re- tl urned to Epworth, S. C., where she o will again teach this fall. Miss Liddle Condrey has returned to her home in Gaffney, after a visit to Miss Laura Jenkins here. Mrs. Boyd Hames and Miss Alice Ross of Gaffney, visited Mrs. J. Meek Smith in Clover last week. Mr. George W. Kunz of King's Mountain, N. C., returned home Sunday, after a brief visit here. Mr. Robert Allein of Columbia, visited his parent, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Allein, here this week. Mr. Morris Cobb of Rock Hill, spent Sunday here, the guest of the family jf Mr. L. R. Williams. Dr. George Walker cf Baltimore, Md., visited relatives and friends here on Saturday and Sunday. Mr. Lawrence Lau.<hridge of this place, spent several days last week with relatives in Clover. Miss Rocina Woods has returned to home here, after a visit to relatives in Hendersonvllle, N. C. Mr. Marion Newbolh of Chester, has returned to his home after visiting Mr. George Henry, near Clover. Miss Fay Guntharp has returned to her home In Rock Hill, after a visit to relatives and friends here. Mr. and Mrs. Mason Bell of Florence are the guests of the family of Mr. J. C. Bell at Outhrlesville. Miss Anna C. Schorb of Fort Lawn, [>assed through here Friday, on her way to visit friends in Bullock'B Creek. Messrs. Robert and Lamar Glenn leave this week for the Alabama Polytechnic Institute at Auburn, Ala. Miss Eleanor Crawford has returned to her home at Guthrleevllle, after, visiting relatives and friends in Rock Hill. Master William McCorkle, who has been spending the summer in Asheville, N. C., has returned to his home here. Mr. D. E. Boney has returned to his borne here after spending several days in Minneapolis, Minn., and other western cities. Miss Sarah Wilkins, who has been spending some time with relatives in Mississippi, has returned to her home here. Mr. Paul Bratton leaves this week for the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, where he will resume his studies. Mrs. Edward Land has returned to her home in Texas, after spending Borne time with relatives in York county. MIbs Elolse Bacon of Baltimore, arrived last night to take charge of the millinery department of the Thomson company. Mr. W. G. Brown and family of Filbert No. 1, have moved here and are occupying the May house -on East Jefferson street. Master George Edwin Lowe has returned to his home in Concord, N. C., after a visit to his sister, Mrs. J. R. Cannon, here. Miss Julia Witherspoon, who has been visiting her sister, Mra J. M. Hemphill in Chester, returned to-her home here today. Miss Hattie Williamson of Rock Hill, visited Messrs. Charles and Harvey Williamson in the Outhrlesville Bection last week. Mrs. J. L, Grier, who has been spending the summer with relatives here, left this morning for her home in West Palm Beach, Fla. Miss Lil Parish or Georgetown, was here Friday on account of the burial i of her father, Mr. C. G. Pariah, who died in Atlanta, Thursday. Mr. C. R. Glllam, formerly of the Hoskins Wholesale Grocery Co., has taken a position as bookkeeper with Mr. J. S. Maokorell, here. Messrs. C. 1a Allen of West Point, Ga., and Hamby Allen of Atlanta, are visiting the family of their father, Mr. Tom Allen, in Clover. Misses Nora Williamson of Rock Hill, and Maragaret Marlon of Chester, have resumed their duties as teachers in the Graded school here. Mr. J. D. Wltherspoon left this morning for his home at Westminster, after spending several days with his mother, Mrs. Phoebe Wltherspoon, here. Mrs. Alex Little has returned to her home in Cornelius, N. C., after spending several days with her sister, Mrs. W. H. Chambers on R. F. D. No. I. Mrs. Calvin Brice, who has been spending some time with the family of Mr. J. M. Brice on R. F. D. No. 4. left today for her home in Woodward, 8. C. Mrs. Annie K. Sanders and Masters albert and Hammit Smalley, who have been spending several weeks with Mr. W. B. Keller on R. F. D. 1. left this week for their home in Grand JinC'on, Tenn. Mrs. J. E. Mlskelly and Misses Annie and Hazel Miskelly of Brlmlngham, Ala,, are visiting the family of Mr. J. D. Miskelly and other relatives in ^ Fork county. Mrs. Susan Caldwell and family of Filbert No. 1, expect to move here in the near future. They will occupy the house of Mrs. Janie Parish, on South Congress street Mrs. N. W. Craig of Lancaster, nee < Miss lone Plaxco, has returned to the home of her parents. Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Plaxco, on R. F. D. No. 1, where she expects to reside in the future. Misses Minnie Winn of Waterloo, and Vonetta Millhouse of Columbia and Mr. B. B. Steedly, Jr., of Spartanburg, are the guests or the family of Mr. J. W. Leech-in Hickory Grove. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Windsor left for their home in New York this morning, after spending several weeks with Messrs. D. M. and J. N. Benfield, and Mrs. M. L. Norman, near here. Gastonia Gazette, Sept. 3: Mr. and Mrs. W. Y. Warren and children spent yesterday and today with Mr. J. F. Pursley's family on Crowders' Creek. Mr. F. M. Howe of Clover, S. C., route four, was in the city on business yes terday. Messrs. W. L. Williams and A. M. Barnett have sold to Mr. J. J. J. Robinson of Hickory Grove, their tract of land on R. F. D. No. 2, known as the Barber Roddey place. The farm contains more than 100 acres and is at present tenanted by Mr. Jas. Garner. Cadets States and Robert Flnley, Carl Williams, Leon Plaxco and BamTord Garrison, Clemson college stulents left this morning to resume their itudies at that institution Cadet \rchie Barron will leave this afterloon. Mr. J. A. Sherer went over to Sha on Sunday to see his uncle, Mr. R. M. Sherer, who has been confined to his led for some weeks with a broken leg. [nformatlon some days ago was that dr. R. M. Sherer was not getting along fery well: but Mr. J. A. Sherer found lis uncle very much Improved, and juite cheerful, notwithstanding the act that the doctor holds out very litle promise that he will ever have sat- _ sfactory use of his leg again. ^ Mr. C. J. Youngblood is in bed at lis home on King's Mountain street, luffering from numerous bruises revived when he fell from the porch of lis home Sunday evening. Mr. Youngilood was sitting in a rocking chair vhlch he undertook to tilt back when me of the rockers broke and he was turled to the ground, a distance of our or five feet. A number of musiles in his back were sprained and he eceived other bruises. Luckily no tones were broken and although lis injuries are very painful, it is hought that he will be able to be out rithln a few days. LOCAL LACONICS ilo Mails Labor Day. No mails went out over tne rural outes yesterday, owing to the fact hat It was Labor Day?a national loliday. Jntil January, 1916. The price of The Yorkville Enquirer or three months is 50 cents. Upon eceipt of this amount, the paper will e sent to any address from this date o January 1, 1916. Vill Build Warehouse. * Rock Hill Herald, Saturday: The lerald understands that a number of ical farmers are considering the ereclon of storage warehouses for cotton, he same to be operated under the tate warehouse law. The details of , he plan as to the size or number of he buildings have not been given ut.