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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.
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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.