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Scraps and ?arts. ? Lessons drawn from the war in Europe were discussed by Vice President Marshall and former Secretary of State Bryan before different audiences in Boston last Sunday. Speaking at a "world peace service" conducted by an organization of Odd Fellows. Mr. Marshall said there was a need for adequate steps to preserve our republic." He disclaimed being a militarist, but added: "I would like to have a citizen soldiery, by which I mean a body of citizens whose first choice would be the Hug of the United States, and wno WUUiU KI1UW WIUVII Cliu Vk a e>""l to put to their shculder." Mr. Bryan, who delivered a lecture at the Braves Field, particularly opposed "preparedness." The former secretary said that no nation challenged us now, but that "if any of the madmen of Europe should challenge us our nation would be justified in saying, 'no, we will not battle with you; we have 100,000,000 of people to guard, we have countless ideals to preserve and we will not go down and wallow in the mud of war with you." ? Winnsboro special of yesterday to the Columbia Record: Tho Fairfield county grand jury consumed the morning here examining witnesses in the case of Ernest Isenhower, James Rawls and Jesse Morrison, alleged principals in the shooting affray in front of the Winnsboro courthouse on June 14, this year, which resulted in the death of Sheriff A. D. Hood, Jule Smith, negro accused of criminal assault; Clyde Isenhower, brother of Ernest Isenhower, and Rawley Boulware, rural policeman. A true bill was found against the three men by the grand Jury on June 15, for the murder of the negro Jule Smith. It is thought that true bills will be returned this afternoon for murder in the cases of the other three men killed. It is known here that Solicitor Henry will ask the judge for a change of venue to either York or Lancaster counties, on the allegations that the state cannot receive a fair trial because of the intense sympathy felt for the men by the citizens of Fairfield county. It is said that a like degree of sympathy is manifested for Isenhower. Rawls and Morrison in Chester county. It is believed that if they are tried in either Fairfield or Chester counties that* at least a mistrial is forordained. ? Washington, September 19: Prospects for recognition of Gen. Carranza it was admitted in official quarters today are much more favorable than at any time since the United States began to exert its influence toward establishing a central government in Mexico. The decision of the Pan-American conference in New York to study within the next three weeks "the military and moral capacity" of the elements aspiring to recognition has led to the general belief here that unless the military situation changes soon the recognition of Carranza is virtually certain. The United States and the several governments which have taken the situation under advisement, intend, however, to investigate carefully the physical state of affairs in Mexico to learn whether the faction in control gives promise of creating a stable government. To demonstrate in the meantime that the Carranza movement does not control the territory it claims in Mexico will be the object of a delegation of Villa-Zapata followers expected here this week. They will be heard by Secretary Lansing as well as Carranza's representatives. To support the argument that the Carranza movement should not be recognized because of an alleged lack of moral character, the Villa government is planning an extensive guerrilla warfare. ? A few persons who saw the first Zeppelin raid over the heart of London on the night of September 9. reached New York yesterday, aboard the Orduna with thrilling stories of the fight between the invaders and British aircraft. There are said to have been three Zeppelins although those telling the story yesterday saw only one. They encircled the theatre and hotel section, dropping explosive and incendiary bombs. One of the latter is said to have destroyed an entire block of warehouses in five minutes' walk from St. Paul's church. An explosive bomb destroyed a six-story tenament house, killing a dozen or more men, women and children as they slept. Several bombs fell near three hospitals. The raid occurred between 10.45 and 11.15. Persons in the Metropole, Victoria and other hotels were aroused by the whirr of aeroplanepropellers as the British fleet took wing to repel the invaders. Just as the Zeppelins appeared over the Strand, most of the theatre crowds were on the street. A panic was threatened when the word Zeppelin passed from mouth to mouth. Some said lights were turned out and men and women in evening clothes fought for taxicabs and other vehicles to get home. Other said there was no panic but a great wave of fear seemed to engulf the section of the city before the anti-aircraft guns started. Suddenly searchlights flared into the sky in every direction. They soon found the Zeppelins. ? Facts concerning high interest rates being charged by national banks throughout the country, particularly in the south, were disclosed by W. P. G. Harding, member "f the Federal reserve board, in a sp*. x;h last night before the Raleigh, N. C., chamber of commerce. Mr. Harding was explaining the reserve board regulation granting preferential re-discount rates to notes secured by staple commodity warehouse receipts provided the mak- ' ri uas urru niai^ru uui uiuir man oia per cent interest, and defending the action of Secretary McAdoo in depositing $15,000,000 in the southern Federal reserve banks to aid in financing the cotton crop. "The comptroller of the currency," he said, "has information from sworn reports to his office regarding the maximum and average interest rates charged by national banks throughout the United States. From the report of June 23, 1915, it appears that there are five national banks in Alabama whose maximum rates of interest average 26 per cent, the rate in one case being 60 per cent and in another 34 per cent. In Arkansas one national bank admitted making a loan at a rate as high as 120 per cent, another one at 60 per cent, another at 60 and another at 25. In Georgia there were eleven banks where the average maximum rate of interest was about 30 per cent. No bank in South Carolina admitted charging more than 15 per cent. In Texas a number of banks reported rates in excess of 100 per cent and many of them stated that their average rates on all loans were one per cent per n. jnth or more." ? New York, September 19: The probable mammoth credit loan to Great Britain, it was reported tonight, is to be underwritten by a syndicate of American financiers and bankers who are to receive a commission for their services. The securities offered, it was said, will be British and French 5 per cent government bonds and the price to the investor is to be par. The amount of the loan, it was reported, is as yet undetermined, but will be between $600,000,000 and $300,000,000. Whether war munitions will be included within the scope of the credit has not been derided, it was believed tonight. The underwriting syndicate, it was reported, would be the largest of its kind in the United States and probably will be open to nearly all national banks, trust companies and state banks that care to participate. While the amount to be paid these banks was not announced in percentage, it is understood the profit will be a small one. possibly onehalf of one per cent. Elimination of Reported differences between Amerircan financiers and the Anglo-French ; commission over the manner of placing the loan apparently has resulted in a victory for the American financiers. It had been rejwirted the commission wanted the loan placed by subscription and that there should be no underwriting syndicate. So far as the plan has now developed, the intention of the conferees, it is reported, is to open their books to virtually ail banks, or all who wish to participate and to place the bonds with pnv and all of them. pro-German and otherwise, at a figure only a shade better than that which the investor will pay. One vital issue yet remains for decision, whether the big sum realized by the sale of the bonds will l?e available for payment of war munitions. Chief of minor details yet : to be worked out is the matter of Russia's participation. The indications were tonight that munitions would be excluded. Two other ways for paying for munitions are open: Payment in gold to be shipped to the United States from abroad, or payment by the sale in this market of American securities owned in Great Britain and Prance. It was said to be within the range of possibilities that a separate credit loan would be established to provide for munitions, but this was regarded as unlikely. Whether Russian will participate in the loan will depend, it is said, wholly on the conference at London by the British chancellor of the exchequer. There will be no definite announcement of an agreement tomorrow. This became definitely known tonight. The situation is regarded as encouraging,! but there are points to be agreed on that will require some days to settle. A fortnight more may bring an announcement that both sides have agreed on all details. The commission will continue its meetings tomorrow with American financiers. JTItt ^(orkfillr (fnquirrr. Entered at the Postofflce at York as Mail flatter of the-Second Class. YORK, S. C.: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21,1915 In a speech in Raleigh last night, Hon. W. P. G. Harding, chairman of the Federal reserve board, said: "It is no longer a secret that there is a broad foreign demand for cotton. Estimates now range from 10,000,000 to 12,000,000 bales, and a price of 12 cents looks less improbable tonight than 10 cents did a month ago." Those of our readers who are not aware of the fact, will please be reminded that Mr. Harding is virtually at the head of the American financial system, and he would not speak lightly about such a grave matter as this. There is a growing feeling in the big business interests of the country that Charleston is to become the most important seaport on the South Atlantic. This is because Charleston is the nearest Atlantic port to the Panama canal, and because of her connection with the Clinchfield coal fields. There are those who think that the Charleston people will be slow to develop Charleston, but the conditions are such that Charleston must be developed anyway and she will not be long about it. And let us all hope now soon. The development of Charleston will have its efTect on the entire state. Take it as we may, the liquor question is hard to manage, and if we expect to sell liquor, either as private individuals or as a government, in such a manner as to get rid of the evils inseparable from such traffic, we are very great fools. There is no doubt in our mind that the dispensary plan furnishes as good a way to deal with liquor AC r>'i n ho Hotr!oorl ovoonf H\r rlnintr uo VUH MV uvuotu, KfJ away with the traffic entirely, and if the temperance people and our lawmakers have any other idea in getting control of the liquor traffic than to eventually blot It out altogether, all we have to say is may God help our future.?Yorkville Enquirer, June 21, 1893. As a result of a conference between Governor Manning and Warehouse Commissioner John L. McLaurin, it develops that Governor Manning is not secretly hostile to the state warehouse system, as was legitimately deduced from published remarks recently attributed to him. It is quite clear that if there should be a regulation providing that managers of state warehouses should be absolutely disinterested parties, neither owners of the warehouses nor or the cotton stored therein, there could easily develop a situation very different from that under which all present progress has been made. But from the reports ot the conference referred to it appears that the governor is most sincerely solicitous of developing the warehouse i system along lines that will work to the interest of the producer of the cotton first, and the public generally, second. The conference referred to, we understand, developed that there was a practically complete agreement between Mr. McLaurin and Mr. Manning as to what shall be done and the jutlook is that such recommendations is the governor shall see proper to make to the general assembly with re- ' gard to improving and strengthening the warehouse system, will be made ; jnly after complete agreement between the governor and the warehouse commissioner. ] We are interested in an editorial iisclaimer in the Charlotte Observer jf Sunday, as to pernicious partisan- i ship with regard to the European sit- 1 jation. A German sympathizer charged the Observer with sympathy for the Allies, and the editorial was written in reply. Among other things the Observer calls attention to the fact that , partisans of each side have accused it , jf being in sympathy with the other side. It is not to be understood that Lhe Observer is worried by any of :hese accusations. It does not consider the matter from that standpoint; it merely sets forth the efforts it is making to be fair and emphasizes and i joints out with clear cut, but inoffensive logic, how the partisan of either side is unable or unwilling to tolerate fairness. In this connection we want to say that absolutely disinterested fairness is a rare quality in the best jf men, including the ablest judges or lie ablest of newspaper editors. There ire those who want to be fair; but as great as their desire along that line may be, they will make mistakes, *uiueuuies uiiousn enuia ui juusmi'iit, sometimes through misconcepLion of facts, and sometimes from other causes. But of all the newspapers ihat come to this ofhee we do not know one that is fairer in all things :hun this same Charlotte Observer. We try to be fair, and whenever we realize that we have not been, we are more or less vexed about it. Sometimes we are mote or less vexed with nurseIves on realizing that the Charlotte Observer has been able to be < fairer with regard to a given proposition than we have been. We lind ourselves feeling almost like that fellow who wanted to banish Aleibiades because, "I am tired of hearing people refer to him as 'the Just.'" With regard to the Kuropean question, the observer strikes us as being a sympathizer with neither party; but rather intensely American. We are inclined to think it condemns many things lhat both sides are doing, with regard to each other; but we have noted no disturbance of its fighting spirit except when one side or the other commits an offense against the United dates. \nd if our judgi >ent is of any value in the matter, we will say that of all the Indications of resentment we ht.ve seen, or Imagined we have seen, in the Observer, against one side or the other of the European belligerents, the strongest have been against Great Britain, especially in connection with that countiy's disregard of American rights. A great many think it necessary' in oruer to succeed, that they be equipped with new tools. They are unwilling to use such as are provided and excuse lailure by blaming the instruments given to them, uf course the thmtr in iin in to fall and charge the blume to others. Another view, however, which is unfortunately acted upon by the minority of men, is to use the tools furnished to the greatest good and overcome disadvantage, 'these men do not excuse themselves or cast blame upon others, they have reason to evince their pride in success. A most interesting illustration of this use of the tools furnished is that of Hon. John L. McLaurin, warehouse commissioner. The act of the legislature passed last fall establishing this oltice was most incomplete and was most chary in giving the commis[ sioner the use of the state's credit. If a state warehouse system is to be a recognized thing in South Carolina and other southern states, as is hoped will be the case, the largest share of credit is due Mr. McLaurin. His enthusiasm and his arguments have impressed themselves on the people of the south. He has urged in convincing languuge the necessity of the system and has convinced so many that the system in this state has become established and indications are that it will be adopted in other southern states. Mr. McLaurin was not discouraged by the failure of the legislature to make full provision for the warehouse system. He determined to use the law as it was to the best advantage and to make himself the exponent of the warehouse system as it should be. Doubtless it is necessary to amend in many particulars the present law on the subject. The use of receipts cannot be too carefully guarded, for the name of the state must not under any circumstances be subjected to scandal. We are sure that Mr. McLaurin will welcome the efforts of Governor Manning and the members of the iegislature to improve the warehouse system. He has done well with the tools which have been supplied to him, but he has shown that he can do still better if better instruments are furnished. He has zeal and enthusiasm. It may be there are others who are superior to him in details, but there is an opportunity for both classes of men. Mr. McLaurin is need?d to popularize the system and secure adoplicn of Its use. Others there may be who shall watch the operations of the system in detail and guard against abuses. ? Greenville Piedmont. That is a very sensible appreciation of (he work that has been done fnthe state warehouse system. The warehouse commissioner has Indeed been up against the task of making brick without straw and wonderful progress he has made. That Mr. McLaurin will be glad to sec the system improved goes without saying; but if anybody thinks that he will sit supinely by and let anybody ruin the system under pretense of "making it better," let them try it. A Senseless Waste. Now that the time for sorghum making is on again, it is appropriate to call attention to a senseless waste th*u has heretofore been constantly practiced, and which may as well be stopped. The Enquirer has referred to the matter before; but it has been at times that were not exactly seasonable for adequate remedies. Why are the cane pummies wasted? It used to be that the molasses makers knew nothing better to do with cane pummies than to leave them lying at the mill, or if perchance the pummies were in the way there, to haul them to the fields and use them in an effort to stop the washing of gullies. It is better of course to use the cane pummies in the gullies than it is to * Worn a rrn nnm nlotolv tn iVildtP! auun uiciii tw gv vv*??|/?vwv * ? ???, , but there is a better use than that for them. Who of the cane grinders has not seen the cows, in the dead of winter, burying their heads in piles of cane pummies to their shoulders, and eating every scrap they can ,get that has not been too badly spoiled by exposure. Just what is the best way to take care of the cane pummies we do not know; but rather than leave them in unprotected heaps, or rather than 1 throw them in gullies, we believe it would be better to put them up in covered pens, or pile them in stacks like hay. It seems a strange thing to us that a farmer would employ the labor of 1 himself, his hired help and his teams in cutting, curing and housing Means < grass or something like that, and letting his pummies, which are already i conveniently piled up, and as good roughness as Means grass or any other kind of grass, go to waste. According to our notion cane pum- * mies might be used to advantage for filling silos; but whether they are de- ! sirable for this or not, there is unquestionably some way by which they can be utilized to an advantage that 1 would be better than leaving them lie < in the weather. 1 | I MERE-MENTION , The German government has decid- 1 ed to issue proclamations declaring < the annexation to Germany of territory in Prance and Belgium which is 1 now occupied by the German troops, i Mrs. Selina Moore Holman, for i 15 years president of the Woman's i Temperance Union of Tennessee, died j in Fayetteville, Tenn, Saturday, aged 65 years Governor Henderson of Alabama, on Saturday signed the i "Chamberlin shipping bill," by which i all persons in that state having whisky in their possession are given 20 days in which to ship it into wet territory Bob Burman, famous automobile driver, broke the world's record for a mile run Saturday at Providence, R. I., when he covered a ' mile in 45.73 seconds Brig. Gen. 1 Edward Ripley who led the first Fed- | eral brigade into Richmond after the surrender of Gen. Dee's army, died in Rutland, Vt., Saturday nig>ht, after a : long illness Dr. Henry Smith, one i of the best known physicians in Vir- ' ginia, died in Norfolk, last week, aged 80 years John Hodgin, a negro 1 prisoner, killed J. C. Freeman, a guard 1 at the state prison camp at Albe- ' marie, N. C., Saturday and then made I his escape Secretary of the Navy ' Daniels will recommend to the next I congress that a giant dry dock be < built at the Norfolk, Va., navy yard, i Fishermen at Masonboro Sound 1 near Wilmington, N. C., Friday, ! caught 4,000 bunches of mullets Monroe Coffey, a negro of Lenoir, N. I C., held up and robbed Miss Birdie 1 Younce, a young white woman in ' Hickory, N. C.. last week. The negro < was later arrested and confessed his I crime Bunn O. Lucas, a white man, has been charged by a coroner's i jury in Macon, Ga., with the murder 1 of his wife, Mrs. Ida Lucas, in Macon, ' Saturday night. Lucas cannot be found A serious slide occurred on i the east bank of the Panama canal i Saturday. It will be a week at least before ships even of light draft, can i pass through the waterway The i battleship North Dakota of the United ' States tleet, will have to be equipped with new turbine engines before she can take her place in the fleet again, according to statements made Sunday s at the Philadelphia navy yard I Martin Graves of Denver, Col., won a : 100-mile motorcycle race at the state i fair grounds in Detroit. Mich., Sun- < day. setting what is claimed to bo a i world's record. He made the course < in 1 hour. 24 minutes and 41 seconds. I William A. Varty, a veteran i newspaper man of North Carolina, and I the first newspaper correspondent to 1 set his foot on Cuban soil during the I Spanish-American war. died at the < Isle of Pines. N. (\, Saturday t Brigadier General P. A. Kenna of the i British army in the T>ardanelles. who j was well known in the United States | in racing circles, has been killed. some of mine last year ror 7 and s L'onls and was Klad to gef it. It will lake at least 12 cents cotton to :>c|uare i me on the amount I lost when I sold 1 for 7 and 8 cents last year. Of course 1 [ need money. I have needed it worse < before, however. I have got plenty 1 7f stuff to do me this fall and what I < im going to do is to warehouse my < product, borrow what money I have I lust got to have, and wait for a better : irice." I There are numerous farmers who 1 LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS W. J. Davis, Clover No. 4?Will appreciate return of hand satchel lost last Friday on road to Bethany church. John B. Plaxco?Has two or threehorse farm near town for rent. See him at once. A. M. McGill, R. F. D. No. 1?Will welcome you to his store next Saturday, and promises you a good time if you come. Dots of new and seasonable goods. Thomson Co.?Extends an invitation to everybody to attend its fall millinery opening Thursday and Friday ot this week. L.ot 01 new gooas. | C. F. Sherer?Offers a farm of 185 acres, all or part, four miles west of town. Other properties. Ferguson & Youngblood?Have rice meal and bran, mill feed for hogs. Atlantic mackerel, good coffees, Horse and mule feec. Carroll Supply Co.?Will this week receive carload of fence wire, and two cars of cotton seed meal and hulls. Continues to pay 40 cents for cotton seed and wants all you have. McConnell Dry Goods Co.?Says it is the greatest bargain house in South Carolina, selling goods at retail at wholesale prices. J. M. Stroup?Is making a showing of new fall dress goods and asks the ladies to come and see what he has to offer. Other arrivals. York Trust Co.?Asks if you have any lots to sell, insurance to protect from fire or other insurance you desire written. First National Bank, Yorkville?Emphasizes the good business sense of transacting your business through the bank?pay with checks. Page 4. James Bros.?Will receive second car of mules either Saturday of this week or by Tuesday of next week. If an oath to support the constitution and the statutes means anything at all, what about the individual who takes such oath and knowingly violates it? CURING THE HICCOUGHS While Sheriff Brown and a party Including Policeman Bindeman, were out on a raid one night last week, Policeman Bindeman was seized with a fit of hiccoughs. After he had endured the discomfort for some little while, he said to Sheriff Brown: "I've just got to get some water somewhere to get rid of this hiccough." "All right," said the sheriff, "there is a spring up here on the side of the road; but before we get there I want you to tell me what it was you were telling Church Carroll about me." "I have not been telling anybody anything about you," declared Bindeman. "Are you right sure about that?" persisted the sheriff. "Why, I do not even know Church Carroll." said the policeman. "You can tell that to somebody else," said the sheriff, doubtingly. "Well, you heard what I said," retorted Bindeman. "Yes, I heard what you said, but what about your hiccoughs?" quietly asked the sheriff. Sure enough the hiccoughs were gone, cured by the sheriffs little ruse in diverting the mind of the sufferer to something else. TAX ON COTTON BUYERS "I am not going to pay that license tax on cotton buyers and cotton seed buyers?not unless the law makes me, and I am willing to try them a round on that." said Mr. W. R. Carroll in the presence of the reporter last Saturday. "Chief Love," Mr. Carroll went on, "came to me to know whether I was going to pay license for buying cotton and cotton seed, and I told him no, I expect the council will try to make me pay It; but if so, it is up to them. "I am sorry now," continued Mr. Carroll, "that I paid the license on my store, automobile, etc., because I do not believe any of it was lawful; but I Just wont stand for that cotton and cotton seed license. That provision In the statutes that exempts buyers of cotton and cotton seed from municipal occupation tax was put there as a protection to the farmer. It was intended to keep down monopoly and encourage competition among the buyers. Of course if the council can collect the tax, the farmers will have to pay it, not only for me but for all the rest of them: but I am going to fight it to the last ditch before I pay one cent of this unjust and unlawful tax." SOUTHERN RAILWAY NOTES There has been such an increase of business on the Marion and Kingville division of the Southern railway that it has become necessary to put on a local freight train each way daily instead of every other day as heretofore for several months past. The local freight business along the line is said to be heavier now than at any time in many years. The cotton movement on the southern end of the line is especially heavy Just now. The cohiDanv has commenced im proving the Marion and Kingville division so as to put it in better condition than ever before. Heavier steel i ails are being laid between Kingville and Camden and the understanding is that the heavier rails are to be laid all th * way to Marion, N. C. The track is also to be gravel ballasted all along the line, and one or more trains are engaged in hauling the ballast from the gravel beds. It is also rumored that appropriations have been made for three steel bridges to replace the present wooden structures at Buffalo creek, above Blacksburg; the Manning's branch bridge at King's Creek, the highest on the line, and the bridge at Catawba river. "This is rumor. I have not heard it officially," said our informant. "How is the travel on the road?" was asked of a conductor. "Nearly is good as it ever was. and picking up every day," was the reply. TO SELL OR TO HOLD Whether York county cotton producers intend to market their product as fast as they can get it ginned or whether much of the staple raised in this county will be held for a higher price, is a question that is not settled yet, and one upon which there appears to be much difference of opinion. Interviews with farmers from all sections of the county within the past few days, developed the fact that there are many who consider it to their interest to sell not only a part but all of their cotton at 10 cents if they can get that price, rather than to take chances of warehousing it, borrowing money at 6 per cent, and receive 12 or 15 cents for it between now and spring. Commenting on the situation yesterday, a well known farmer of the Sharon section said: "Of course I would rather have 12 cents than 10 cents for my cotton and 1 really believe that it will bring that price by March 1. I can get 10 cents for mine now. It is green, you know. If I warehouse it there is no doubt but what it will lose some in weight. Warehouse charges, interest on borrowed money, etc., will come pretty near eating up the difference between 10 and 12 cents per pound for my crop. I can see 10 cents now. While, is I said a while ago, I believe it will bring 12 cents later on, I can't see the 12 cents. See?" Discussing the situation last Satur1; y a well known farmer of the Bethiny section, took a different view of i I he matter "Ten cents," he said, "is , i pretty good price for cotton. I am i not going to sell at that, however, be:aus3 I believe I can get more. Isold i intend to sell only a small amount of their cotton and hold the balance for a better price. It has been stated recently by persons who are In a position to know, that the great majority of the cotton which has been sold in York county the past week or ten days is "distress" cotton?that is cotton which had to be sold to satisfy pressing obligations. The concensus of opinion is that cotton will continue to bring a good priee throughout the fall and winter and that this community will see no such stringent period as was experienced last year. WITHIN THE TOWN ? The enrollment of the Graded school h^re totals aoout a&u students, the largest number In the school's history. ? A number of young people of the Neely cotton mill, enjoyed a moonlight picnic at Sutton springs Saturday evening. ? Considerably more than 100 bales of cotton was sold on the local market last week and as a result thereof merchants and other business people were a little busier than usual. ? The cement paving on West Liberty street, which was begun some days ago, and which it was at first calculated would ixtend no further than the Presbyterirn parsonage, will be built beyond 'ne residence of Mr. F. 3. Smith. ? In passing through the cemetery Sunday afternoon, the editor of The Enquirer noted the lone grave of J. U. Zurcher, and was impressed with the idea that the present generation might be interested to know something of that individual. Mr. Zurcher was a native of Switzerland. He came to Yorkvllle with his wife some years before the Civil war, and established a bakery and confectionery shop. He had very little money to begin with, but was sober, frugal and industrious, and in a few years he began to acquire a fair competence. He purchased a store building on the lot now owned by Mr. C. F. Sherer, and occupied by John Demas. The house was destroyed by fire in 1871 or 1872, and was replaced by the building which now stands on the lot. Mr. Zurcher was famous in his day for his candy, his cakes and a peculiar brew of non-alcoholic beer. He was the favorite of all the young people of his day because of his candles, fruits and cakes, and he was fond of the young people not ?"?1" Lrtrtn linn ft# ft Iftl/ftl Q on/1 umy uccauac ui men mvncio mmv? dimes; but also because he was Intensely human and very friendly. He was an enthusiastic admirer of Gen. Wade Hampton, and when Hampton was elected in 1876 he gave the small boys of the town quite a quantity of fireworks with which to celebrate. He died shortly afterward. Mrs. Zurcher returned to Switzerland and died there a few years later. FINDING A MATCH The whites of Ray Thompson's eyes, were still in the ascendancy yesterday morning when he assumed the witness stand in recorder's court to tell the true story of how he looked down the barrel of Ernest Barnes' pistol, says the Charlotte Observer of Sunday. Close observers also noted that Ray's raven-wined hued countenance still showed splotches of gray in spots and that Ray s hand denoted unsteadiness when he held aloft the Book and swore to adhere firmly to the truth. From which the general deduction was drawn that somebody's equilibrium must have been strangely disturbed at the intersection of Caldwell and First streets on Friday evening. "Jest so fur as I kin recillect," vouchsafed Ray as he pried himself loose from a collar which evinced intentions of adhering to an ebony neck, "I ain't never seen dat nigger afore. Leastwise not afore Friday night," hastily corrected the witness. "I seen him den all right 'T wuz standin' dere at Caldwell and Fust long erbout nine, Jest, projeckin' wid some boys, when up comes dissere feller. I wuz aimin' to go over to de pickcher show, and it wuzn't long after he cum, dat I knowed whut er mistake I'd made by no goin' sooner. He comes walkin' up ter me and he sez: " 'Is ycr got er match ?' " 'Naw, I ain't got no match,' I sez, sorter careless like, not knownln' den whut kind uv er nigger he wuz. " 'Naw, and you don't keer much whether you gits one, do you?' he sez, looking me in de eye. " 'Not perticular,' sez I. 'De fact is dat maybe I got one on my pusson right dis minnie, but dere ain't no strange nigger kin say how he sees me hurryin' none after it.' "And den dis prlzner, runs er hand back to er hip pocket an' speaks right slow, jest fer all de world like er funeral. " 'Would dissere hope you 'tall In findin' dat match?' he sez, and fore I even looked, I knowed It would. An en when me and dat argiment looked each other right in de face, I wuz shore. Befoah, I wuz jest kiddin' him rbout having dat match, cause so help me. I ain't toted er match in ten yeahs being a chewah. Eut when d4 muzzle uv dat gun growed and growed till it looked like er water main, dere wuzn't no doubt I knowed dere was bilged ter be some fire erbout me somewheres. In de linin' uv my coat, I felt it, an' lemme tell you jedge, dere ain't never 'icen no operation whut come nowheres round de one I formed gittin' dat match outen de lining uv dat coat, jest so fur ez shorenuff speed ez concerned. An' Jest ez I went ter hand it ter him, it dropped outen my hand. Cose I wuz sorter cited, spect, but it dropped. An' den de muzzle uv dat gun cum closer an closer, till it looked like a smokestack and dat nigger sez right slow an' soft: " 'Would dlssere hope you any in flndin' dat match?' "De place where dat match dropped is natcherlly de darkest on any street, hut dese fingers of mine went to it like it wuz er magneto an dez wuz needles. Den he lights er cigarette, slow and deliberate, jest like he talked. and sez: " 'Now. nigger, maybe dissere will teach you ter treat visitin' gemmen frum Rock Hill wid moah respect,' and den he thumps dat burnin' stick in my face an' walks erway, still slow, like he had plenty uv time. "Dat's erbout all, ceptem dat dey caught him, and you see as ez how I ain't ouite got overen it." And then Recorder Jones imposed a fine of $25 and the costs upon the "visitin" gemmen from Rock Hill." JUNIORS AT CLOVER Witnessed by an audience which filled the spacious hall and the large front porch of the Oraded school building, Clover Leaf Council, No. 21, Junior Order United American Me- ' chanics, presented the Clover Oraded school with a flag and Bible Saturday afternoon. The crowd in attendance j contained many people from the country surrounding, many of them members of other councils of the Junior Order in the county. There were a large number of the children of the Clover school present as well as a number of its patrons. Striking in their simplicity were the exercises of the occasion. Senator J. E. Beamguard presided and the exercises were opened with prayer by Rev. W. J. Nelson, after which a choir sang 'America.'' Rev. W. J. Nelson, .pastor of the First Baptist church of Rock Hill, who is state chaplain of the Junior Order in South Carolina, in a short speech presented the Bible to the school on behalf of Clover Leaf Council. He briefly reviewed the history of the Bible and said that all that our country is we owe to the principles taught in the Bible. The Junior Order United American Mechanics, he said, stands for home, for country and for higher citizenship. We are not a Christian civilization, he said. Only SO per cent of the citizenship of this country are Christians and a great majority of them are only nominal Christians. What we need is more adueation and a greater knowledge of the Word of God. Then we will have i better citizenship. Holding the handsomely bound Bible in his hand. e Ftev. Mr. Nelson advised the teachers r of the Clover school that the Junior Order wanted the Bible read in the school often in order that the children might get Inspiration therefrom. He hoped the trustees of the Clover school would encourage the children to seek a closer knowledge of the Bible, a book in which the greatest examples of loyalty and friendship are to be found. After the rendering of a second selection by the choir, James C. Hardin, mayor of Rock Hill, who was chosen to present the Stars and Stripes on behalf of the Clover Juniors, was introduced. He was proud to be a member of the fraternity, he said. The older was doing a great work in presenting a Hag and Bible to schools throughout the country. The object of the Junior Order, said Mayor Hardin, is to inspire liberty, virtue and patriotism. The stability of our country, continued the SDeaker. demands educa tion. Society craves It. We must ed-! ucate and elevate our children. Around I us here are the greatest opportunities we can find anywhere. There is much to do, much to acquire. The lives of Lincoln, Garfield and others should inspire the boys and girls of the Clover school and of other schools to do better things. Who knows but what this flag which I shall present the Clover school shall float over the head of a future Lincoln, McKinley or a Wilson. It ought to instill within the breast of every pupil of the Clover school a desire and determination to oecome a good and useful citizen. The Junior Order has done well In pointing out that education does more than train the mind, said Dr. E. W. Pressly, chairman of the board of trustees of the Clover school, who accepted the gifts of the order in behalf of the trustees and patrons. These things, he continued, pointing to the flag and Bible on a table, are not of great intrinsic value. It is often the case that little things are not little. The Bible is of peculiar appropriateness when presented to a school. Were every other textbook in the world lost, no poor scholar could be developed if he depended on the Bible for his textbook. The flag, he said, has been our protection for many years. In blessing ourselves we will bless that flag as well. In behalf of the trustees, the patrons and scholars he desired to return thanks to the Clover Leaf Council for their gifts. At the conclusion of the speaker's address the audience repaired to the front yard of the school and there watched the flag as it was raised to the top of the staff over the school building. There was hearty applause as it caught the breeze and waved triumphantly over the commodious building. ABOUT PEOPLE Mrs. Sue Cain is visiting her sister In Pineville, N. C. John R. Hart, Esq., is in Union on business today. Mr. Joe J. Enloe of Columbia, Is visiting York county relatives. Mr. J. D. Blvens of Albemarle, N. C., visited friends here this week. Mr. D. M. Hawkins of this place, is visiting relatives at Davidson, N. C. Miss Julia Witherspoon left Saturday to spend the winter in New York. Messrs. W. R. Carroll and J. A. Latta were visitors in Charlotte yesterday. Mr. Baxter Wells of this place, is spending several days in Gastonia and Belmont. Mr. Edward McDowell of Camden, visited his aunt, Mrs. J. R. Ashe, here this week. Miss Ona Wylie of Hickory Grove, visited Miss Cleo Whlsonant in Rock Hill last week. Mrs. Stewart Abell of Lowryville, spent Saturday here with her mother, Mrs. E. A. Crawford. Miss Ella Lee Byers of Sharon, visited the family of Mrs. Mary Crosby here this week. Mr. Wallace Marshall left this week to work for the Southern Power Co. near Marion, N. C. Mr. R. M. Falls of Pisgah, N. C.. spent today in Yorkville, the guest of Mr. John Warren Qulnn. Mr. Jas. A. Latham of R. F. D. 4, visited the family of Mr. W. F. Jaquet in Columbia last week. Mr. W. F. Moore of Charlotte, has returned home after a short visit to relatives in the Delphos section. Mr. W. J. McClain of Charlotte, visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. McClain, near here this week. Gastonia Gazette, Sept 17: Mr. C. H. Ferguson of Clover, S. C., was In Gastonia on business Tuesday. Miss Elizabeth McClain returned to Rock Hill yesterday, after a short visit to relatives on R. F. D. No. J. Mr. W. F. Robertson, secretary of the Greenville chamber cf commerce, visited relatives and friends here this week. Mr. John A. Jenkins of Rock Hill, visiied the family of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Jenkins: here this week. miss Ji.inei mcaree nas reiurnea 10 Savannah after a visit to her parents Mr. and Mra P. B. McAfee on R. F. D. No. 1. Mrs. W. D. Glenn returned to her home here Saturday after a visit to relatives and friends in the Bethel section. Mesdames J. D. DufT and M. C. Pegram of Gastonia, are visiting their sister, Mrs. R. R. McCorkle, on R. F. D. No. 6. Misses Mary Fant Herndon and Rachel Wylie left today to resume their studies at Converse college, Spartanburg. ' Mrs. Hattie Berry and daughter, Miss Mabel, of Yorkville, attended the funeral of Mrs. L. L. Biggars in Rock Hill last Sunday. Miss Effle Thomasson returned to her home in Clover yesterday, after spending several days with Miss Bessie Thomasson here. Mr. and Mrs. Craig Wllkerson returned to thoir home in Belmont, N. C., yesterday morning after a short visit to relatives here. Miss Hilda Jaquet returned to her home in Columbia last week, after spending some time with the family of Mr. John T. Latham on R. F. D. 4. Messrs. Waynne Shannon and A. R. and Fred Smarr of Sharon, and Misses . Fannie and Mae Smarr of Columbia, spend Sunday with Misses Claire and Ruth Crosby here. 1 Mr. John T. Spencer of Lesslie, at- 1 tended the marriage of his son, T. B. 1 Spencer of Greenville, to Miss Nan 1 Evans of Cheraw, the wedding taking place in Cheraw Friday night. ' Among the people of the Clover sec1 i/\n uho nmro iriuifnrci horn f hlu were Messrs. Carson Hedricks, James ] Faulkner, Robert Adams, A. J. Qulnn, , Ross Love, Dr. I. J. Campbell, Miss , Ada Davis. ] Among the people of this section t who left this morning over the South- < ern railway excursion to Tampa, Fla., i were Messrs. W. R. Carroll, Louis i Roth, J. A. Sherer, Johnson Cameron, < M. L. Thomasson, Mrs. Press Thom- i asson, Miss Mozelle Thomasson, S. L. . rhomasson, T. K. Thomasson and two children. . t FILBERT WAREHOUSE t The Filbert state warehouse, with a | capacity of about 700 bales, is practi- ( cally completed, and there was a meet- c Ing of the owners last Saturday afternoon to ariange certain necessary de- j lails in connection with the future t conduct of the business. I Mr. W. D. Grist, editor of The Yorkcille Enquirer, presided over the meet- j ing by special invitation and took oc- t casior to make a few remarks in | Ahich he expressed pleasure at what j lad been accomplished, and in which t ne gave his views of the general situa- ) ion. a "There is no question of the fact," t said Mr. Grist, "that you people have s aken a wise and commendable step s 1 n the erection of this warehouse. And t is an advanced step, one th it prom- ^ ses to result in much good not only j o you gentlemen especially, but to the r mtire community; but as to how prof- p table the venture will prove, will nec- 5 ssarily depend upon the manage- f nent. As to the management I have ii no misgivings, lor people who are able lo accomplish wnat you nave accoinpnsiieu unuer tne conuitions wan wiuuu you nave nad lo ueal, are tuny auie 10 nanuie sucli prooiems as may anse neieailer. Although 1 nave no investment in your euiei prise, anu no cotton to store, 1 want to say tnat i au a peisohai pleasure ill wnat you nave accompusneu, anu i want to excess tne nope mat you win continue on wan tne worn until you nave inaue a complete success ot it. all inat is necessai y to ensure tnat is tne continucu practice ot uie nearly co-operavion tnat nas inuraeU your etorts up to tins time, me state warehouse sy?vein, ' air. orist went on to say, "IS in us niiancy. it it is aeveiopeu in accoruance with the pians anu uesires oi its lounuer, me Hon. jonn a* jici^tunn, it win eventually become a complete ana scieutinc means ot nuauciug ana marneling tne cotton ci op ot the south unuer conaiuons uioie uuvantageous to the proaucer man has ever uetore been reauzeu. ' Mr. urlst auvised the owners of the wurenouse to stick to their enterprise inrougn thick ana tnin ana unuer no circumstances to allow the owiversnip or control to pass to people wno hau greater interests in otner lines of tne cotton inaustry than tney haa in cotton prouuction. lie saia that intelligent ana loyal co-operation in connection with tnls undertaking would, In the course of time, increase the financial ana business importance of the members ot the warehouse company as individuals and.as a whole to an extent that would be gratifying if not surprising, and for that reason more particularly he wanted to see all stana together and work for the success of the undertaking. The speaker also called attention to the 6 per cent money now being offered by the banks that are members of the Regional reserve system, and made no hesitation In declaring that this development, the like of which had not been heard of in this country uetoie, was one of the results of the long continued efforts that Hon. John Li. McLaurin had been making in behalf of the cotton producers of South Carolina and the south. After the conclusion of Mr. Grist's remarks, Mr. W. W. Jackson called the roll of the stockholders, and when it was ascertained that a majority of the stock was represented in person and by proxy, the regular business of the meeting was taken up. A resolution was adopted suggesting a storage rate of 25 cents a bale for the first month and 20 cents a bale for each month or fractional month after that. It was recognized that some warehouses charge more and some less than the amount fixed; but it was assumed that the superior advantages' offered by the state warehouse in connection with the borrowing of money and selling the cotton, fully warrants the price asked. The resolution under which the above quoted rate was suggested, goes on to put it within the power of the trustees to make such rates as in their discretion may seem proper. It developed that not quite all the money subscribed had been paid in, and that the building cost about $150 more than the total amount sub-scribed. The trustees were authorized and instructed to proceed with the collection of unpaid subscriptions, and to raise the balance of the sum necessary to pay for the building by soliciting additional stock or borrowing the money, as might seem most desirable. Two names were presented to the meeting as canuiuai.es xor revummeiidatlon for appointment as custodian; but by reason of his active connection with the enterprise from the beginning and the intelligent and effective work he has been doing, Mr. W. L. Pursley was recommended by a unanimous vote. Mr. W. B. Moore of Yorkville, who was present at his own request, was accorded the privileges of the floor to make a statement. He expressed himself as being in full sympathy with the movement of the cotton producers to protect themselves. He said that as a manufacturer he preferred high priced cotton to low priced cotton, and he suggested that while ho was not In a position to buy cotton in small lots, he might utilize space in the warehouse, if there was any to spare, to the mutual advantage of himself and the owners of the warehouso. He said that in order to identify himself with the enterprise, he would be glad to take one or two shares, or if the company desired, he would take ten or fifteen shares, as much as might be nocessary to make up the deficiency that had developed in the erection of the building, etc. LOCAL LACONICS Until January, 1916. The price of The Yorkville Enquirer for three months is 50 cents. Upon receipt of this amount, the paper will be sent to any address from this date to January 1. 1916. Rev. Epps to Darlington. Rev. Grover C. Epps who has been living in Texas for some time ;past, has accepted a call to the pastorate of the Central Baptist church of Darlington and will enter upon the work of his new field about October 1. Mr. Epps is a native of Fort Mill township, and is wen ivuuwn tintsugiiuut xuiiv Luumj. Cotton Ginning Comparison*. Up to September 1, of last year, the total amount of cotton ginned in South Carolina was 14,633 bales, and this year up to the same date the total ginnings aggregate 4,305 bales. York county ginned only one bale before September 1 of this year, compared with 57 bales last year. Negro Dropped Dead. Sumter Robinson, a negro apparently between 60 and 70 years of age, who lived on Turkey Creek, dropped dead in Sharon Friday afternoon. The negro was looking after his mule when he was stricken. Physicians who saw the man said his death was due to heart trouble. Cream Served at Cotton Belt. More than 100 people of the neighborhood gathered at Cotton Belt school house Friday night on account of an ice cream supper, which was given under the auspices of the Cotton Belt School Improvement association. The proceeds of the sale of cream amounted to $13.05. Fort Mill Will Elect Mayor. Owing to the resignation of Mayor A. R. McElhaney, who has moved to the country, the town council of Fort Mill has ordered an election to be iield on October 14, to elect his successor. The names of W. M. Carothers and B. E. Patterson have been mentioned as possible candidates. Dr. J. L. Spratt, mayor pro tern., has i charge of the town's affairs at present. The Official Vota Dr. I. J. Campbell and Messrs. J. R Neil and W. B. eller, commissioners of election of York county met at the court house this morning for the purpose of making an official canvass of ( he vote in the prohibition election , election last Tuesday. A total of 977 rotes were cast?813 against the manjfacture and sale of intoxicating li- 1 luors and 164 for the manufacture ind sale. < Heavy Crop of Muscadines. People living m aiirereni sections or ( he county report an unusually large ; :rop of muscadines this year. Just at , his time the luscious fruit is at the j lelght of its development. There have , >een numerous people on the streets ( )f this town during the past few j lays offering muscadines for sale. | The fruit was pretty scarce the past | wo years, but the quantity and quali- j y this year appears to make up for , he shortage which went before. , tfay Erect Masonic Temple. Numbers of prominent Masons of j ioek Hill and vicinity are considering he idea of erecting a Masonic temple , n that city at an early date, the j >uilding to cost about $20,000. Rock ( Jill Masonic Lodge No. 11, is already he owner of a handsome lot which j vas acquired some time ago with the 1 dea of erecting a temple thereon at , ome future time. The matter has ( >een agitated considerably of late and ^ lomething is expected to develop t eon. rook Poison by Mistake. ' Mrs. A. Rembert Barrett of Rock {ill. wife of the registry clerk of the I lock Hill postoffice, died Saturday i light from the effects of a dose of 1 >oison which she took by mistake. i Irs. Barrett had been in bad health i or several months and had been tak- f rig a quantity of medicines. When i she discovered Saturday afternoon that she had taken a dose from the wrong bottle she immediately phoned a physician and several responded. Every possible efTort was made to save her life but without avail. Miscreants Arrested. Ira Barber and Sid Anderson, colored, were arrested last week, charged with using stock without the consent of the owner. The two negroes are alleged to have stolen a horse and buggy belonging to Supervisor T. W. Boyd from Neely's Creek church Sunday night a week ago. The team was later found near a negro church close to Rock Hill. The negroes were bound over to court under $300 bonds. They will very likely be prosecuted for cruelty to animals. Reserve Monay at Thraa Par C?nt. The regional reserve bank at Richmond, has sent out a circular letter to member banks, offering to let them have money at 3 per cent to lend to cotton producers on warehouse certificates at 6 per cent The 3 per cent money is not to be available for any other purpose than to lend to actual producers of cotton and the banks are required in their return to make af- j fldavit that the money was loaned to 4 actual producers of cotton at not exceeding 6 per cent, for the purpose of enabling said cotton producers to hold their cotton. Picnic at Gold Hill. A goodly number of people living in the Gold Hill school district a few miles northeast of Yorkvllle, attended a picnic held at the school house on Saturday. An interesting programme had been prepared by the children and this was carried out in a manner which occasioned much favorable comment from friends and patrons present. Superintendent of Education Tarred 1 was present and made a short talk. A number of patrons of this school are agitating the erection of a new school building, and it is likely that the work will be undertaken very shortly. Bethany Picnic. There was a pretty good sized crowd in attendance upon the annual Bethany picnic last Friday, the great majority of those present being residents of the immediate neighborhood. Good order was maintained throughout the day and everybody appeared to enjoy the occasion. Three speeches were heard, the speakers being Senator J. E. Beamguard. Congressman D. E. Finley and Rev. J. L. Oaten A baseball game was played in the afternoon between Bethany and Clover teams, the former winning by a score of 7 to 8. The batteries were: Bethany?F. Grayson and C. Quinn; Clover?M. Williams and L. Parish. Umpire?W. J. Da via Pleased With York County. Waxhaw Enterprise: Rev. A. F. Jackson of Bond's Grove, who has been engaged in a meeting near Rock Hill, spent a few days last .week with his brothers. He recently traveled over a large pari or rone county ana is enthusiastlc about the crops over there, especially peas and late corn. He wis greatly interested at the many evidences of waking up around Rlchburg, the old home place of the Jackson a He says the people there all live in splendid homes of their own,.surrounded by crops that speak for themselves of prosperity. Mr. Jackson will teach the Smith's Turnout school thl? winter. Loans on Cotton. So far very few loans have been M made on cotton. While a representative of The Enquirer was in Rocc Hill the other day, he learned that many thousands of dollars of loans that were made last spring at 8 per cent had been renewed on a 8 per cent basis; but so far there have been virtually no applications for new lo&nu. The new cotton is not yet available and it is rather early. Inquiry of th<> bank of Sharon developed the fact that although there has been much interest in the published offer to lend on warehouse certificate* at 6 per cent discount, up to this time ther? have been no applications for the actual money. York Baptist Association. The forty-seventh annual session or the York Baptist association, composed of seventeen churches in York county and one in Lancaster, convened in the First Baptist church of Rock Hill this morning, and it is expected to complete its work and adjourn tomorrow afternoon. Mr. A. E. Willis of Rock Hill, is moderator, Mr. Jas. F. Boyd of Fort Mill, vice moderator, and Mr. Sam M. Grist of Yorkvilla clerk. The reports of the churches show that the present total membership is 2,308, an increase of 285 since August 30, 1914. They also show a Sunday school enrollment of 2,223, including officers, teachers and pupils, an increase of 393 since the last report. During the year the churches contributed $858.32 for state missions, $746.64 for home missions. $952.63 for foreign missions, J $675.47 for Connie Maxwell orphan- ^|| age. The total contributions for all purposes amount to $15,033.60. Living in Hope*. "We are living in hopes that some of these days the county chaingang will again work the original Sharon 4 road, that is the road via Sutton V spring," remarked Mr. R. E. McClure of R. F. D. No. 6, the other day. "Of course the road is not the best in the county by any means, but I have traveled much worse highways. The people out my way contend that the road from Yorkvllle to Sharon by Sutton spring is shorter than any other. One great trouble is that our road is too narrow. It was built that way. It has been some seven or eight years since the chaingang has done any work on it whatever. We are doing what work we can voluntarily from time to time and we believe that some of these days in the near future the chaingang will move over there and that they will adopt the road by Sutton spring as the best route between Sharon and the county seat." Monument to Col. Williams. . GafTney special of September 19, to the Greenville News: The Daughters of the Revolution of Gaffney have for some time been thinking of erecting a monument to the memory of Col. James Williams, who commanded the South Carolina troops at tbs oattle of King's Mountain, and to tl is end the % regent of the chapter, Mrs. il. P. Pierson, has appointed a committee to confer with the city authorities and select a site for the monument. Col. Wil liams was mortally wounded at the battle of King's Mountain and died on a plantation in the Buffalo section of this county, which is now owned by John Mints. In order to verify that Col. Williams was burled at this spot, some years ago the grave was opened and it was found that there had been a burial there and remains of the cowhide in which the body was wrapped were found in the grave, as well as the bones of the fallen hero. Col. Williams was an ancestor of J. Harvey Witherspoon. superintendent of the Gaffney Graded schools, and the erection of the monument holds for Irim? x peculiar Interest. Clover Junior Order. Clover Leaf council, No. 23. Junior Order United American Mechanics, boasts one of the largest memberships 3f any branch of the order in York county. The Clover council has be- * tween 140 and 150 members. The council meets regularly and its work is of as high an order as that of any council in the state. The Clover council proposes to present a flag and Bible to the Bowling Green school some time in the near future. Members of this council are gathered not only from the town of Clover, but the community surrounding as well. Officers cf the Clover Leaf council are: Past councilor, F. E. Whltener; councilor, M. A. Enloe; vice councilor, C. J. Forbes, recording secretary, J. A. Barrett; assistant recording secretary, L. M. Barrett: financial secretary, W. B. Hagans; treasurer. Sam J. Matthews; conductor. J. E. Jackson; inside sentinel. D. C. Turner; outside sen:inel, J. S. Hopper; chaplain. Rev. F. 5V. Dibble; trustees, C. J. Forbes. O. U Jackson. J. E. Jackson; represenatives to state council, J. A. Barrett, fV. H. Hagans; national representaive, J. E. Beamguard. Death of Mrs. Laura Biggars. Mrs. Laura L. Biggars. relict of the ate John J. Biggars. died at her home n Rock Hill Saturday evening, folowing a long illness. Mrs. Biggars vas. before her marriage. Miss Laura Steele, and was bom near Rock Hill ** ibout 74 years ago. She was twice narried. Her first husband was the