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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
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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.
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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
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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,
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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
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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
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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.
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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