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Scraps and .farts. ? Death decreased the government's civil war pension roll nearly ten per cent during the last fiscal year, according to the annual report of Commissioner of Pensions Saltzgaber. made public a few days ago. A total of 396,370 Union veterans remained on the roll July 1, 33,255 less than a year ago. Payments to Civil war pensioners during the year totalled >156,668,771, compared with >172,417,546 in 1914. Pension office records show the total death toll since the close of the war has been 1,816,995. In that period the Federal government has paid to ' * * * * ? ? ? J rtWil/lr??n veterans, tneir wiaows mm tuuuiv?, $4,614,643,267. ? A German estimate of the physical results of the first year of the European war was received by the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce last Wednesday in a report from the American association of Commerce and Trade of Berlin. The report said: "It is of interest at the close of the first war year to record the amount of hostile territory occupied by the belligerents. In regard to prisoners taken, only German data is available. The territory occupied by the Allies consists of: In Galicia, 3,861 square miles; in Alsace Lorraine, 405 square miles, a total of 4,266 square miles. This territory is about the size of the state of Connecticut. The territory occupied by the central powers consists of: In Belgium, 11,197 square miles; in France, 8,108 square miles; in Russia, 50,193 square miles; a total of 69,498 square miles. This territory is about the size of the state of Missouri and about one-third the size of the German empire." .The estimate fixed the number of prisoners taken by the central powers at 1,694,869, of which 8,790 are officers, and the number of guns captured at 8,000 field pieces and 3,000 machine guns. ? The commission on industrial relations, after two years of work, says a Washington dispatch, was unable to agree on any programme of social legislation to be submitted to congress. The life of the commission expired on August 23. Two reports have been prepared?a majority report signed by the three representatives of the capital and by Prof. John R. Commons and Mrs. J. Borden Harriman and a minority report signed by Chairman F. P. Walsh and three representatives of labor. One of the rocks on which the commission was hopelessly split was a recommendation in the report drafted by Chief of Staff Basil M. Manley and fostered by Chairman Walsh that congress enact laws confiscating, upon inheritance, all great fortunes In excess of $1,000,000. In other words, Mr. Walsh and the three labor members of the commission proposed to forbid heirs of wealthy Americans from inheriting more than $1,000,000 from any one estate. All in excess would go to the Federal government. Prof. Commons, Mrs. Harriman and the three members of the commission representing employers, refused to give serious consideration to such a proposal. ? The killing of three wild ducks by Harvey C. Shauver of Arkansas, is to be made the basis for seeking a supreme court decision on the constitutionality of the Federal law authorizing the department of agriculture to regulate the killing of migratory wild game. Although the law was enacted in 1907, this is the first case involving its validity to reach the supreme court. Shauver killed the ducks on a day prohibited by the department, but when the government sought to prosecute him, the Federal district court In Arkansas held the law to be an unwarranted interference by the Federal government with powers invested in the states. On Wednesday he filed a brief in the supreme court at tacking the law. The brief to be filed within the next three weeks. "There is no decision by any court, Federal or state, that supports a Federal right of property, in migratory game," Shauver's attorney urges in his brief, "and there is nothing in the Federal constitution authorizing congress to assume superintendency, authority or control over such. Game and fish, by the English common law, were the property of the crown, and in the several states of the United States they are the property of such states, and the states individually may exclusively control their taking in the same manner as it may control any of its property." ? Economic conditions in Germany after one year of war are described in a report compiled by the American association of Trade and Commerce in Berlin and received last Tuesday at the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce. It says the financial record has shown "the results of rigid organization and discipline," and draws particular attention to the fact that Germany has raised $2,250,000,000 in war loans, and the Imperial Reichbank has accumulated a gold reserve of $600,000,000. The change of the entire economic activity from its peace conformation to one of war, says the report, has with the aid of the Reichsbank taken place rapidly and thoroughly. The establishment of the official loan banks and credit institutions has provided credit accommodation in abundant measure. It is significant that in the past war year, when Germany was not only in a military, but also in an economic sense confronted with superiority of hostile forces, the issue of industrial securi icka rl i^ nAf Anma to a ofnn RpsidPS the official new corporations, organized as purely war measures, quite a number of new corporations having no war connection have been established. Many existing concerns have increased their capital stock. From the outbreak of the war up to August 1, 1915, altogether $125,000,000 have been invested in new and existing industrial undertakings, as against new issues of $250,000,000 in 1913. During the month of July, 1915, $10,000,000 were invested in industrial undertakings. This result is overshadowed by the amounts reached in subscription for the war loans, as after seven weeks of war. $1,125,000,000 were paid in, and after nine war months $2,250,000,000 had been paid. The enlarged field of the Reichsbank activity was followed by a healthy strengthening of the gold cover, and at the end of the war year the gold cover reached $600,000,000, as ugainst $312,000,000 on July 31, 1914. ? Charlotte Observer, Wednesday: "If the presidential election were held tomorrow, I am persuaded that Woodrow Wilson would be re-elected by the largest majority that any chief executive ever received," declared Congressman E. Y. Webb of Shelby, yesterday, who is spending several days in the city with friends. The discussion centered about the national situation apropos the great struggle abroad and its multitude of vexatious diplomatic questions arising therefrom, and Mr. Webb paid a high tribute to President Wilson. "The manner in which he has held true the ship of state on an even keel, varying neither to the right nor to the left, amid the shoals of intricate diplomatic tangles, has been the admiration of all disinterested persons and the great statesmen of the world. If the war should close tomorrow, his would be the one figure in this country looming large upon the world's horizon. And you tell me that his fellow citizens would turn him down whpn he has handled himself and the nation of which he is the head in such masterly and supurb fashion? I am confident that if the election were held tomorrow, he would receive more votes for president than any man that ever offered for this high office." Congressman Webb spoke most interestingly of conditions at home and abroad. He expressed his firm belief that the submarine issue with Germany would be settled altogether satisfactory to this country and that thereafter the questions with Great Britain would be handled likewise. In fact Mr. Webb stated that negotiations have been pending between Washington and London for some time past, with notes following notes, but that, for special reasons, little publicity has been given to this phase of the question. Mr. Webb hazarded the belief that as a result of the able and effective work of Secretary Lansing that the $150,000,000 worth of goods held up in Rotterdam and other Dutch ports, would be allowed to be moved through. These goods were ordered and contmeted for before the orders-in-council were issued and are such as should . be permitted to move without interference. The state department has been working on this matter for some time and it is believed that at an early date the necessary arrangements will be concluded. Mr. Webb is very optimistic along business as well as political lines. He stated that in the west there was general prosperity while in the south business was picking up to a marked degree. He expressed himself as confident that there would be an abundance of money in the south this fall and winter. Germany. he said, was buying cotton right along and the market was slowly hut snrplv risine. Manufacturers and merchants are reporting larger orders and commercial life is showing gratifying signs of abounding prosperity. <Jhr tlorkrillc <?nquiw. Entered at the Postofflco at York as Mail Matter of the Second Class. YORK, S. C.: .FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1915. The latest information from the foreign loan negotiations is to the effect that the amount originally asked for has been scaled down from $1,000,000,000 to $500,000,000, and that there is more or less question as to whether the last named amount can be raised. And we believe that Mr. Lever's law that requires future speculators to deal in real cotton is neiping me sn.uatlon some too. The cotton bear, no matter how bold, is Inclined to think many times before he will sell unlimited quantities of cotton that he might bo culled upon to deliver in specified grades. The future market position is a very different thing from what it was before the Lever bill became a law. Charlotte, Greenville and other towns have been having "Dollar Days." The idea is for each merchant of the town to offer one or more especially attractive bargains for a dollar. In some cases the dollar offers consist of articles that are usually worth (2, and in other cases there are combinations of several artices worth altogether much more than the dollar asked. The result of many attractions of this kind is quite a large crowd of buyers and an increased volume of business. Dispatches from various belligerent capitals indicate that the Germans have sent quite a large army in the direction of Turkey with a view to opposing the operations of the Allies against the Dardanelles. The figures have it that army numbers 800,000 men with full and complete equipment. It is understood to be the intention of the Germans to march through a corner of Servia and to make a Junction with the Bulgarian army, which is being mobilized, presumably with a view to assisting the Germanic allies. The constantly recurring slides in the Panama canal are a source of increasing uneasiness and expense for' the United States. Although it was anticipated from the beginning that there would be slides, it was hoped that by this time the annoyance and inconvenience would have ceased. At this writing, however, the canal is blocked by a tremendous slide that cannot well be removed before another week, and there Is reason to expect that it will be necessary to spend many millions of dollars before the trouble can be entirely eliminated. USURY MUST BE DESTROYED Secretary McAdoo Gives Opinion in Letter to McLaurin. Hon. John L. McLaurin on yesterday gave out the following correspondence between himself and Hon. W. G. McAdoo, secretary of the treasury: Mr. McAdoo'g Letter "Dear Mr. McLaurin: Please accept my hearty thanks for the copy of your letter of September 1, to the president, which I have, read with interest, and also for the copy of your speech, which I was glad to receive. I inclose copy of my statement about the (30,000,000 deposit in the Federal reserve banks and copy of the Federal reserve board regulations concerning commodity paper. If the banks of the south do their duty, the farmers of the south should be able to get money at 6 per cent, to help them market their crops, or carry their crops of staple commodities for a reasonable length of time, until they can be marketed in an orderly manner. "I agree with you fully about the c.urse of usury in the south. I hope to live long enough to see usurious practices destroyed and to contribute something myself to that end. I believe it can be done and that it will be done. The states, however, must do their part. Usury ought to be made an offense subject to grand jury investigation to be prosecuted by various state's attorneys. So long as the remeuy ior usury is fiiatcu in mo hands of the borrower, not only he, but the average lawyer Is afraid to raise the issue. The Federal reserve system will, by extension of its bonetils to the masses of the people, educate them to the necessity for upholding and preserving this great piece of legislation. "I congratulate you on the splendid work you have done for an intelligent warehouse system in the south. Cotton seems to be doing well." McLaurin's Reply. "My Dear Mr. McAdoo: 1 thank you sincerely for your letter, and can assure you that the farmers of the south appreciate the courageous stand you take for right and justice. Your statements, with those of President Wilson, have inspired a new patriotism and given fresh hope to the producers of the country. "Many of our South Carolina banks are giving loyal support to your efforts. "I am inclosing an extract from a speech delivered in Atlanta on the 21st, which is. creating a storm among some of the bankers in South Carolina. but which is accomplishing just what I expected it to do, in bringing forth protestations of ability and willingness to loan money at 6 per cent. "The national banks have a splendid opportunity through the reserve system, but our state banks are, generally speaking, at a disadvantage, unless they can get accommodations in the money centre. Those who ventured most in 1914 to aid their customers, and who are therefore most worthy of consideration, as a rule, find their bills payable so extended that they are not in a position to comply with the requirements for entering the federal reserve system. It is not that they are not willing and anxious to do so, but cannot until tneir customers can sell a sufficient amount of cotton to reduce their liabilities, which are treated differently under the Federal law. I am undertaking to assist them in securing accommodations in New York to tide them over until such time as they can nationalize. 1 have not talked to a single one of these state hankers yet who has not expressed the intention of entering the Federal reserve system as soon as he could. I have found the New York banks very reasonable, and entirely willing to extend accommodations when convinced that they are safe in so doing. There are those in South Carolina, however, who, from selfish interest, have been trying to discredit the state system with the New York banks. "I know that you have nothing to do with state banks, but your moral support, generally speaking, is of tremendous value even to them, and as your letter is such a gratifying in dorsement or my wont, i um usius for that purpose. "With kindest personal regards and assurances of my profound appreciation.'' SENATOR SMITH ON COTTON Discusses the Situation from Standpoint of Finance. Senator E. D. Smith on Tuesday, gave out the following to the press from Florence: "Some weeks ago I met with the Federal reserve board, for the purpose of discussing the practical operation of the new banking and currency law, as it relates to the farmer. I propounded certain questions to them, in the form of a letter, to which letter the governor of the board replied. Among other questions propounded was: What would be the rate of rediscount? In other words, what interest would our regional reserve bank, Richmond, charge our state banks, that is the national and member banks of this state, on cotton certificates. I suggested to the board at that time that in view of the fact that cotton always was an extremely liquid asset the world over, and especially now, when the consumption by virtue of this war and its uses as the basis of high explosives, and in view of the other fact that it was practically imperishable, when properly protected from fire and weather, that I thought it was entitled to a special rate. On last Thursday, I again saw the governor of the board and was informed by him that the board had determined on a special commodity rate for cotton. I was informed that it had issued a statement to the member banks throughout the cotton belt that In case any bank would agree not to charge the party or parties obtaining a loan on cotton exceeding 6 per cent that the reserve bank, in our case Richmond, would not charge but 3 per cent discount. I was greatly gratified to see that at last the commercial and banking value of cotton was being recognized by the Federal power. faper lasuea upon couun prupruj stored. Insured and grade ascertained and the ownership established, is under the law the basis of the issuance of Federal reserve notes. Therefore, the local member bank that takes such paper assumes practically no liability. The cotton Itself guarantees the loan; now it does seem that every national and member bank In the south would gladly accept this proposition. They receive the money from the reserve bank at 3 per cent, and give It to the maker of the paper at 6 per cent, which means a gross profit to them of ino per cent with practically no liability on their part. "Under such terms as these with the present price of cotton, every farmer who so desires can hold a part or all of his crop from the market without a serious per cent of its value being taken up in interest. "The present crop is undoubtedly ore of the smallest that has been made in years. The demand for cotton, both in this country and abroad, has not abated a particle. Therefore, withholding the cotton from the market and only selling at will may , rapidly enhance the price and tend to recuperate losses sustained last year. Under our present banking and currency law. as administered bv th? present officials, the financial status of the seller is made approximately as strong as that of the buyer. This is the condition which we have 'ought for for all of these years. As long as it was hard and costly for the farmer to finance his cotton, and practically easy for the buyer to obtain credit, the fight was unequal and the prices disastrous. "Mr. Harding of the Federal reserve board, who was made chairman of a committee charged with the investigation of conditions, made some startling revelations at a banquet last night In Raleigh in reference to the rate of interest charged by certain banks in certain southern states. The comptroller of the currency has promised in his official reports hereafter to Rive the amount of paper discounted by member banks on farm products, the kind of paper, the rate of interest charged the maker of the paper and the rediscount rate of interest charged the bank by the reserve bank. I am of 'he opinion that this will help. "I gather from the opinion of certain correspondents that their estimate of the present crop is that it will not exceed 12.000,000 bfiles, with the possibility of ll.OOO.OQO bales being nearer the mark. With, the confusion occasioned by the unexpected war last sioned by theaoin aoinad. ..qjvsbresu year, with the demoralization of both the financial and marketing world and with a sixteen-million-bale crop after a temporary depression, the market rebounded to nine and ten cents, with order having been restored, with confidence returned, our new banking and currency law put into operation, with abundance of crop money and a small crop, it is almost impossible to say what would be the price of cotton with proper marketing. "While in Washington last Thursday, Secretary of the Navy Daniels in sisted that I should accompany him to Raleigh as a guest of the chamber of commerce at its annual banquet last night. Mr. Harding' discussed the cotton situation from the standpoint of the Federal banker, and I from the standpoint of a customer of that bank, We were in hearty accord and the audience seemed also to be unanimous. It seems as if North Carolina borrowers have been more fortunate than even South Carolinians, in that it was developed that the rate of interest in that state has been around 6 per cent, while in South Carolina it had been considerably higher, and in one instance at least as high as 15 per cent. In the country, and particularly at Raleigh, there were evidences of returning prosperity. To me the outlook is more hopeful than it has ever been in the history of the cotton belt." PUBLIC OPINION Fundamental Element Not Subject to Editorial Caprice. The "State" of Columbia, is reputed to be the greatest single influence In South Carolina. Many contend that its locks were shorn when Wm. E. Gonzales went as ambassador to Cuba, but even these folk look to the State as a guiding influence. Last Tuesdays referendum election raises an interesting question. When Cole L. Blease was twice elected governor in spite of the State's consistent and unrelenting opposition, the matter was easily explained by the fact that the State's clientele is limited to the most intelligent people of South Carolina, while it has practicnllv no rirrulntion and therefore no influence among the class to which Blease made his greatest appeal. But this referendum election was another matter. The majority of the men of South Carolina who vote for gubernatorial candidates could not or did not vote in this election. Those who voted were qualified electors, presumably of the class that supports the State. The State has stood for local option?or at least has opposed prohibition?not with its usual sureness and skill, to be sure, but in a rather hesitating. shame-faced way that yet left no doubt as to its desires. Wherefore, then, did prohibition win? Has the State lost its iniluence even among the clientile it cherishes? Hardly that, I fancy. The truth of the matter is the State tried to lead its following into a moral wrong and the followers, proving more righteous than the leader, balked. From which it follows that, since newspapers are but a reflection of the minds of their readers, the State will shortly see a great light and take one step up in the moral scale. It maybe stubborn about it. for editors will get bull-headed and swell-headed, and love to preach at without being preached to, but the change will come, for a' that.?Fountain Inn Tribune. ? Robert H. Rawl, a young white man, was exonerated in the court of general sessions of Lexington county this week, of the charge of attempted criminal assault. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTI8EMENT8 T. B. Glenn, Manager?Gives notice that the Tirzah Ginnery has been thoroughly overhauled, new machinery added, and will gin cotton at $1 per bale. Love & Black?Give notice that they will thresh clover In Yorkville oh TucsdEys. Jno. J. Jackson, R. F. D. 6?Will pay liberal reward for return of two $20 bills lost on the streets of this town last Tuesday. R. D. Dorsett?Wants to sell his restaurant and pressing club business and has two pool tables for sale or exchange for automobile. A. M. McGill, R. F. D. 1?Makes lib eral offering on mens maae-tomeasure clothing. Talks about coffee, dress goods, staples. Eggs, chickens and cotton seed wanted. First National Bank, Sharon?Wants to loan you money at 6 per cent on Sharon warehoused cotton. How It is done. Thomson Co.?Millinery opening continues today and tomorrow. You're invited. Coat suits, coats, men's clothing, Stetson hats. Carroll Supply Co.?Today is paying 45 cents a bushel, 30 pounds, for cotton seed, and wants all you have to sell. Kirkpatrick-Belk Co.?Received 38 coat suits and 19 one-piece dresses this week. New millinery every day. Immense stock of shoes. J. M. Stroup?Invites attention to his grocery department. Seed oats, salt fish, coffees, feedstuffs, white and red onion sets. Plant now. Bank of Clover, Clover?Is prepared to loan money on cotton stored in the Filbert and Bowling Green warehouses. See them about it. C. F. Sherer?Offers another small but desirable farm, located near Yorkville, at a bargain price. The state and county tax rate in York township this year is about $2.90 per $100. There were 86 deaths from typhoid fever in South Carolina last month, and of these there was but one In ium tuuiu/. The farmere of York county are keeping close up with the cotton harvest and they have very little time to look after other things. Most emphatically we think that It is Rimply absurd to Impose a license tax on the horse swappers. We are unable to conceive of a single reasonable ground for such a thing. "We need tome more knockers in Yorkville," observed a well known farmer of Yorkville No. 3, yesterday morning. "The knockers In the town are doing lots of good. They have knocked the price of cotton seed up to a point which It would not have reached had they not been here. It seems to me like the knockers are really the boosters." It is about time for the Yorkville Board of Trade to have another gettogether over sandwiches with "those that are wanted" invited. If permitted, The Enquirer will take pleasure in sending a reporter to report the proceedings for the benefit of those who are not Invited, or who are unable to come. Also It will agree to provide a sandwich for itself without expense to the Board of Trade. Inollna _ I rioro IV a vcxjr nvbiuca'Uiy iiivini?~ tlon on the part of people throughout this whole section to speculate in cotton. . There is nothing new about this, of course, for the inclination to speculate is always present. But this year the common feeling is that cotton must necessarily go up, and nine out of ten people seem to have the idea that It is the thing to buy. Some people are selling their cotton as fast as they can get It out; but that is not the rule. The larger cotton producers feel certain that prices will steadily grow better and better. We do not want anybody to think that we are asking the town council for anything whatever. We are not asking anybody for anything. Thanks to the kind appreciation that the public has shown and is showing for the service we are trying to render we ltre comfortable. But we desire the local public, and the York county public to know that we think we are being unfairly treated. From our viewpoint advertising and job printing are both strictly business propositions. The value of newspaper advertising depends upon the circulation and prestige of the medium used. By prestige we mean what the general public thinks of that medium?the confidence and esteem of the public. Circulation, of course, relates to the number of readers. The advertising values offered by The Yorkville Enquirer both in the town of its publication and in the county are recognized by the business people of the state to be second to that of no other paper In South Carolina. It is conceded everywhere that nobody does any better job printing than The Yorkville Enquirer. Common sense and common justice requires that the business of a municipality like this be distributed equally among the newspapers thereof. We desire the public to know that the town council of Yorkville has, for reasons of its own, seen proper to ignore the Yorkville Enquirer in the distribution of the business of the town and that it has never even asked this establishment for terms or prices. It has given us no reason, and the only reason we can think of is that we insist upon being our own judge of our responsibility to the public in what we shall print and what we shall not print, and also that the mayor and his backers being interested in a newspaper of their own, propose to use the public funds for the support of their, own business rather than for the support of a business that depends for its being on its service to the public. As we have said before, we do not want this to be understood as a complaint. We are telling the public because we think the public should Know the facts. WITHIN THE TOWN ? Cool weather began to show up Tuesday night, and since then there has been more of an indication on the part of the people to get busy. ? The King's Mountain road is now the most popular highway for pleasure out of Yorkville; but when the Rock Hill road is completed a few miles further the automobile traffic will likely go in that direction. ? Cotton is coming into the Yorkville Cotton Oil Co.'s ginnery at a rapid rate now and the gins are running steadily from early morning until dark. Sixty-five bales were ginned here on Wednesday. ? Boys in the local Graded school have already begun the practice of football and the prospects of their having a strong eleven this season are pretty good. There are a number of students in the school of sufficient size and ability to. develop into good players. ? Mr. G. W. S. Hart has resigned from the board of trustees of the Yorkville Graded school. The news was first rumored about the streets last Wednesday morning: but it was not practicable to get any satisfactory information. A reporter asked Mr. B. X. Moore of the board, for informa tion on Wednesday morning; but he did not see proper to throw any light on the subject. He admitted it was a fact that Mr. Hart had resigned; but preferred that no publicity be given the matter, as efforts were being made to have Mr. Hart reconsider. Afterward it was learned definitely that Mr. Hart had refused to reconsider, and the reporter called upon him yesterday to know whether he had any objection to giving out reasons for his resignation. He replied: "Personally I would not object to stating my reasons for resigning from the board; ! but since to do so might injure the i school, a thing I would avoid, I will not make the matter public." Mr. Hart was chairman of the board. YORK BAPTIST ASSOCIATION The forty-seventh annual session of the York Baptist association, which convened in the First Baptist church of Rock Hill on Tuesday morning, adjourned Wednesday afternoon, after completing all the work for which it was called together, was one of the most successful in the history of the body. With a single exception each one of the eighteen churches composing the association, was represented by delegates?the majority of them by their full quota. The body was called to order by the moderator and after devotional exercises, conducted by Rev. J. H. Machen, pastor of the Baptist churches of Yorkville, an address of welcome was delivered by Prof. R. C. Burts, superintendent of the city schools of Rock Hill, which was responded to in behalf of the association by Rev. J. B. Talbert of Hickory Grove. The next business was the enrollment of the representatives of the various churches, after which the regular order of reading reports prepared on various subjects, such as state, home and foreign missions, orphanage, Sunday schools, aged ministers, public morals, education, the hospital, woman's work, etc. Each report was discussed; in tnru, and all the discussions were interesting. Following representatives of various enterprises fostered by the denomination watv nresent: Rev. W. T. Derieux, D. D., corresponding secretary of the state mission board; Rev. Chas. A. Jones, corresponding secretary of the education board; Rev. W. M. Whitesides, of the efficiency department of the state mission board; Rev. J. B. Bozeman, representing the Connie Maxwell orphanage; Rev. T. J. Watts, representing the Sunday school board, Rev. B. P. Mitchell, representing the Baptist Courier, Rev. J. R. Moore of Fort Lawn, representing foreign missions. The financial reports showed that while several churches had failed to pay the full amount apportioned to them by the executive board of the association, others had exceeded theirs, and that the total amount appropriated with few exceptions had been paid. Following were elected delegates to the Southern Baptist convention: Rev. F". T. Cox, J. T. Going, Geo. W. Brown. To the state Baptist convention, M. M. Richardson, S. P. Hair, J. H. Machen, A. E. Willis, J. Hi Barry, J. B. Talbert, R. C. Burts, A. M. Grist, J. H. Dickert, .7. D. Smith, P. D. Hopper, O. B. Paxton, S. L. Meacham, W. J. Nelson, D. G. Howell, Jas. P. Sturgls, D. W. Thomasson. The following executive board was elected to serve during the ensuing year: Revs. S. P. Hair, F. T. Cox, W. J. Nelson, J. H. Machen, M. M. Richardson. The following officers were elected to serve during tne ensuing year: a. E. Willis, moderator; Jas. F. Boyd, vice moderator; Sam M. Grist, clerk; E. B. Johnson, treasurer. The association adjourned Wednesday afternoon to meet with the First Baptist church of Yorkville on Wednesday after the third Sunday in September, 1916. LATE8T IN MILLINERY If York county dames and dunsels can find nothing becoming or nothing to suit them in the way of fall and winter headgear at the store of the Thomson company in Yorkville, then indeed are they hard to please, according to several local ladies who are wise in the ways of fashion, and who were asked about the mat'.er yesterday, when the Thomson company threw open its millinery parlors and exhibited to a large number of ladies from the town and country their hats for fall and winter wear. Quite numerous were the patterns on display and the clerks in the store have been busy yesterday and today assisting visitors in trying on the many pretty headdresses. Exceedingly varied as regards shape and style and almost without exception wonderfully becoming, are the new hats which have been prepared for the trade by Miss Eloise Bacon, who is beginning her second season as head milliner at the Thomson Co., assisted by Mrs. John F. Youngblood and Miss Agnes Bludworth, who are well known to the ladies of this entire section. Those who prefer small toques and turbans will find plenty of choice little shapes at the Thomson company's to suit them, while others who may still prefer the large picture hats, will be able to indulge to the full In their affection for wide, shady brims, long ribbon strings and soft plumes of ostrich feathers. Two things are most pronounced in the new millinery displayed at the Thomson company's store yesterday and today? the crowns of the smartest hats are very high and ostrich feathers have returned to favor. Black velvet is going to play a great role in the fall and winter millinery creations of Thomson's milliners. The jaunty velvet "tammy" has already established itself to a great extent and will be popular throughout the season. The French sailor is to be seen, rendered in black and navy velvet and trimmed either with a plain band of ribbon or with a single white gardenia, a brilliant pink camellis or a golden rose. The high crowned hat with negligible brim is the innovation of the season. It really looks uncommonly like a man's high hat. A feature of the fall and winter hats this season is the lack of trimming?a direct contrast with the last aancnr, 11'hon mnph trlmmlnc wnn In vogue. Ostrich fancies will be used qute as extensively as plumes, while there is also an abundance of narrow ribbons. Most flowers and fancies to be used for trimming are of wool materials and a great deal of fur will also be used. The old stove pipe crown will be much in evidence. It would have been impossible for birds to have been as important as they have been during last summer in all decorative motifs and in every out-of-door effect without seeing some echo of the bird fad in the millinery of the winter, and at Thomson's opening this week a number of hats trimmed with bird's wings, etc., were exhibited. Bird effects and wing effects will be good on small turbans and, also, quite apart from all feathered motifs, is a popular bird design in gold or silver ornament. A little turban of velvet is made most effective by an upstanding arrangement of these flat bird ornaments in either gold or silver braid. When a representative of The Enquirer called at the store of the Thomson Co. yesterday morning, he found the milliner and her assistants quite busy. A number of hats had been sold and orders taken Tor a number or others. A subject of favorable comment by lady visitors and a little news which will be hailed with delight by I husbands and fathers is this: The price of millinery and notions at the Thomson company's store are quite reasonable this year, the hats ranging from $2.60 to $6. Of course there are patterns more costly but they are very few. What was considered one of the pretty patterns at Thomson's was a large picture hat with a transparent brim of gold caught on the side with two pink French plumes. The hat had a large draped crown of black velirnt nm/1 n Krno/1 V\ 1Q nl/ v<raf KinHiniT vci aiiu a Ui vau uiavn t ci t vi on the edge of the brim. It waft caught on the side of the crown with a black jet ornament. A hat which was admired by a number of ladies was a large shape covered with purple velvet, the top of the brim being inlaid with gold and a crown of the same color. The crown was a soft affair and rather high. Its only trimming was an ostrich plume in purple and fur. The under brim of the hat was of a pretty shade of purple. Visitors were attracted to a large black velvet hat trimmed in gray fur and having a turquoise ostrich band. It was caught in the back with an ornament of cut steel and Jet. The crown of the hat is very low and is also of black velvet. A tailored sailor hat attracted considerable attention. It also was of black velvet with a narrow band of gros grain around the edge of its wide brim. At regular intervals little dots of hand embroidered gold appeared on the brim. The only trimming on the medium sized crown was a black and gold chenille on the front. Another beauty seen was a large sailor of black velvet with a very high crown. Its only trimming was a pair of pink wings across the front. In marked contrast to the great majority of pretty headdresses seen at Thomson's was a large black velvet shape with a particularly tall crown of white bengaline silk. Its only trimming was a black fancy caught with a Jet ornament. SCHOOL ACCOMMODATIONS. Tht question of more adequate school accommodations is beginning to press Itself on the consideration of the people of Yorkvtlle. There are those who have been looking forward to the matter for several yeat-s; but it is only of late that the problem has come to be a subject of general talk, and not yet have there been any public expressions that may be taken as showing the trend of local opinion on the subject. Upon the completion of the present school building some twelve years ago, it was deemed adequate for all reasonable requirements for many years to come. With the establishment of the Church Home orphanage here, and the admission of the orphans into the school, some six or seven years later, the accommodations were considerably taxed, and certain steps were taken to meet the situation. Later the Church Home managed to complete the establishment of a school of its own for primary and intermediate grades, and the pressure was temporarily relieved. But now, as the result of the natural growth of the town, the enrollment is larger than it has ever been, and it is apparent that additional accommodations cannot be much longer deferred. borne few years ago, in 1911, a bill was passed through the general assembly to authorize the school district of Yorkville to vote on the issue of 135,000 worth of bonds to provide additional accommodations by the enlargement of the present building or to purchase additional grounds and erect new buildings thereon. It happened, however, that the municipality had Just voted additional bonds for the purpose of constructing a filter system and extending water mains. These bonds had not yet been sold, and prospective purchasers raised objection because of the subsequent act authorizing the issue of additional bonds. The objection was based upon the fact that the issue of $35,000 of additional bonds would Increase the town's bonded Indebtedness beyond the 8 per cent limit permitted by the constitution, and queer the bonds already voted. On this account the act authorizing the school district to vote on the $35,000 of school building bonds was repealed. At the last election, however, the people of the state voted for a constl lUtionai amendment, auiuuruiug wo school district of Yorkvllle to vote bonds in excess of the 8 per cent limit ?that is bonds in amount greater than 8 per cent of the assessed value of the taxable property of the school district. This constitutional amendment "took olT the lid," in so far as the school district is concerned; but in so much as the boundary of the school district and of the municipal corporation are identical, and nothing was said as to the municipal corporation, there may be some question yet as to whether all obstacles have been removed. However, the fact remains that the school district and the municipality are confronted with the need of additional school accommodations, and the whole matter is receiving serious consideration. Among the plans that are being discussed are: 1. The enlargement of the present building sufficiently to accommodate all the school children of the town. 2. The erection of a new building on King's Mountain street for the primary and intermediate grades and the retention of the present building for high school purposes. 3. The retention of the present building for the primary and interme I diate grades ana tne erecuon ui a j building on King's Mountain street for high school purposes. 4. The erection of a new building somewhat similar to the present building, and the maintenance of complete | primary, Intermediate and high school systems in both buildings. As has been stated, no one having any recognized prestige or authority for leadership, has yet publicly voiced an opinion as to just what is best to be done or when; but at the same time the whole subject is receiving quite a lot of consideration privately, and the facts are laid before the people of the town in order that each and every individual may reach his or her conclusion as to what is best to be done. ABOUT PEOPLE Mrs. D. T. Woods is visiting relatives at Huntersville, N. C. Mrs. Jos. G. Sassi of Yorkville, is visiting friends in Norfleld, Vt. Miss Annis O'Leary is visiting Mrs. Grady Hardin in Denmark, S. C. Miss Fannie Duff is visiting her brother, Mr. J. D. Duff in Clover. Mr. W. B. Byers of Rock Hill, was among the visitors here yesterday. Mr. Harvey Ferguson of Yorkville, is spending several days in Columbia. Miss Louise Smith of Clover, has entered Lander college at Greenwood. Mr. John A. Shurley of Ebenezer, was a visitor here this week. Senator J. E. Beamguard of Clover, spent a few days in Columbia this week. Mrs. Robert Witherspoon of York ville, was a visitor in Charlotte this week. Mr. Ross Love of Clover No. 4, has secured a position with W. L. Hill In Sharon. Mrs. John Knox of Clover, is visiting the family of Mr. R. D. Dorsett in Yorkville. Rev. and Mrs. F. W. Dibble of Clover, are visiting relatives and friends in Columbia. Mr. C. H. Ferguson has returned to Clover after spending several days In Norfolk, Va. Rev. W. J. Roach of Gastonia, visited Mr. and Mrs. James Garner in Yorkville this week. Dr. and Mrs. J. J. Glenn are occupying the Witherspoon cottage on Cleveland avenue. Mrs. J. J. Glenn, who has been spending several weeks in Pendleton, has returned to this place. Messrs. M. T. Williams and John Matthews of Clover, were visitors In Gastonia this week. Cadet Karl Williams of Clemson college, visited his mother, Mrs. J. L. Williams, here this week. Miss Belle Quinn of Gastonia, is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Frank Davis in the Bethany neighborhood. Miss Janie Ashe who has been teach* ing school In Union county, has returned to her home near McConnellsville. Kershaw Era, Wednesday: Miss Scotta Brown returned last Thursday from a visit to Yorkville, Belmont and Charlotte. Miss Bessie McCarter has returnee to her home on Clover No. 1, after spending sorae time in Greenville and Gastonia. Mrs. N. J. N. Bo wen who was recently operated on for appendicitis in a Charlotte hospital, has returned to her heme here. Mrs. K. a. muuie, ania? dhuiub Riddle and Master Robert Gray ot Clover No. 2, were visitors in Yorkville Wednesday. Miss Annie Wit hers poon, who has been spending several weeks with lelatives here, has returned to her home in Columbia. Messrs. Joe Leech and Horace Foster of Hickory Grove, resumed their studies at the University of South Carolina in Columbia this week. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Higglns and son, Palmer, of Baltimore, Md., are guests of their sister, Mrs. William Caldwell, at King's Creek. Mrs. Newton Dickson, who has been undergoing treatment for appendicitis in a Charlotte sanatorium, has returned to her home In Clover, much improved in health. Misses Emily Dulln, Gladys Nichols and Bleeker Beamguard of Clover, left Wednesday night for Columbia, where they enter Chicora College for Women. Among the people of the Bethany neighborhood who went on the Southem's excursion to Tampa, Fla., this week were Mr. and Mrs. Meek Howell and Misses Lena and Llla Howell. A. R. Presbyterian, Sept. 22: The new students in the seminary are: Mr. W. W. Parkinson of Rosemark, Tenn.; Mr. Rofft E. Huey of Arlington, Tenn., and Mr. P. A. Stroup of Clover, 8. C. Mr. W. T. McClaln of Yorkville No. 1, was in Rock Hill yesterday on account of the illness of his son, Mr. Ed McClain, who is undergoing treatment in the Fennell infirmary, in Rock nm. WInnsboro News and Herald: Rev. W. H. Stevenson of Lesslie, one of the talented young ministers of the A. R. P. church, preached last Sunday to a large congregation here on "Sabbath Observance." . Mrs. Jas. H. Beckham Is visiting her mother, Mrs. Alonzo Rose, at Leesville, 8. C. Mrs. Rose had the misfortune a few days ago to run a nail in her foot, and has since suffered much pain. Mr. Lyle Love, who has been spending the summer with his parents, Mr. and Mra R. R. Love, on Yorkvllle No. 3, has resumel his studies in the law school of the University of South Carolina. King's Mountain Herald, Sept. 23: Rev. J. M. McLain of Clover, filled the pulpit of the Presbyterian church here unday morning and night. He preached two splendid sermons which were heard with interest. He was the guest while here of Capt and Mrs. H. N. Moss. Rev. J. H. Machen, A. M. Grist, J. C. Comer, G. W. Brown, S. L. Courtney and Sam M. Grist attended the York Baptist association at Rock Hill, this week as representatives of the First Baptist church of Yorkvllle, I while J. J. McSwain and J. C. Robinson represented the Second church. Information from Due West is to the efTect that Dr. J. 8. Moffatt presi: dent of Erskine college, will hereafter put in most of his time traveling for the college. During the absence of Dr. Moffatt, Prof. E. B. Kennedy, the vice president, is to discharge the duties of the presidency. Gastonia Gazette, Sept 21: Mra. J. F. Pursley and little Miss Margaret Pursley of Crowdere Creek, are in town today. Messra. S. C. Wood and J. W. Kirkpatrick of Yorkvllle, are business visitors in Gastonia today. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Riddle of Bowling Green, are shopping in town today. Mr. Lucius Jackson of Bowling Green, is in Gastonia today., r. Rock Hill Record, Sept 23: Mra. J. K. Allison and son of Hickory onont tnHov In tho ritV. thft guests of Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Whlsonant. Misses T. Leech and Elizabeth Allison and Joe Leech, Jr., of Hickory Grove, spent yesterday at the Carolina hotel en route to Columbia. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Nell and family will leave the first of the week for Columbia, where they will reside in the future. Dr. and Mrs. E. W. Preasly, Miss Youngblood and Miss Matthews of Clover, motored to the city today in the former's car and visited friends. Tom Castles of Hickory Grove, visited friends in the city today. LOCAL LACONICS Until January, 1916. The price of The Yorkvllle Enquirer for three months is 60 cents. Upon receipt of this amount, the paper will be. sent to any address from this date to January 1, 1916. Charged With Theft Henry Price was committed to the county Jail by Magistrate Glenn of Ebenezer township, this week, on the charge of larceny. He was later released on bond. For Carrying a Pistol. D. C. Cannon was committed to jail last week bv Magistrate T. B. Glenn of Ebenezer for carrying a pistol. Ho was later released on bond to answer the charge at the court of general sessions. Many Whita Men on Gang. At present there are eleven white men and more than 30 negroes on the York county chaingang. This Is the largest number of white persons to be on the gang since the establishment of that institution. Bachelors Defeated Benedicts. In a ten-inning contest, a baseball team of married men of Clover, defeated a team composed of single men on the Clover baseball diamond Tuesday afternoon. The score was 2 to 1. The batteries were?married men? Moore and Nell; single men?Williams and Parish. Umpire, J. H. Grayson. Death of Mrs. W. T. Ligon. Mrs. W. T. Ligon died at her home near Rock Hill Wednesday following a stroke of apoplexy, and was buried in the cemetery near Catawba church Tuesday, following funeral services conducted by Revs. W. J. Nelson and F. W. Gregg. The deceased was about 42 years of age and is survived by her husband and several children. Inspecting Alfalfa Fields. A number of farmers from Mecklenburg and Lincoln counties in North Carolina, are in Rock Hill today inspecting the alfalfa fields and studying the methods of the progressive farmers of that section. The North Carolina farmers made the trip by automobile. Their visit will not only include the alfalfa farms around Rock TTI11 U..? ?Ill vtAtMv 111/nLf hn oVi/vnm run, UUi Iiiojr win rci/ Iintij uv q?iwi?m over Wlnthrop college. Death of MiM Sallie Howe. Miss Sallie Howe, who lived near Hickory Grove, died very suddenly Tuesday night and was buried In Hickory Grove on Wednesday, following funeral services conducted In the A. R P. church at that place, by Rev. W. B. Arrowood. Miss Howe was the last member of her immediate family. She was 75 years of age, having been bom in 1840. The deceased was well known to a large circle of friends and acquaintances in York and Cherokee counties. She was for many years a member of Salem Presbyterian church. Cheaper Insurance at Fort Mill. H. C. White of Columbia, is here today representing the Southeastern Tariff association for the purpose of adjusting the Are insurance rates, says a Fort Mill dispatch of Wednesday. New rates will be issued as soon as the survey is completed and will partake of those published for third class towns with probably a deficiency charge of 5 cents. This will effect a considerable reduction in rates, especially on mercantile buildings. Grover Bond Issue Carries. King's Mountain Herald, Sept. 23: The town of Grover, our neighbor, has covered Itself In glory. The recent bond Issue for school building * carried In the ratio of 62 to 11. The " issue is for not less than $6,000 and not over $6,000. Arrangements for selling the bonds have been about completed and work will begin on the new building right away. Grover has one of the best schools in the county h and when It is housed in the new building, will be a monument to the good people of the town. Fort Mill Invention. Fort Mill Times, Sept. 2$: R. M. Hood of this city, on Saturday received Information from Washington of the granting by the United States patent office of letters of patent upon a car wheel fender which Mr. Hood Invented some months ago and for which application for patent has been pending for some time. The serial number of the patent Is 744211. The fender can be attached to the trucks of railway and street coaches and Is designed to prevent the wheels of cars passing over any object which might fall upon the tracka Mr. Hood will ^ arrange to give a demonstration of the merits of his invention to railroad offlclals within a short time. Oats Will Come in Good. "1 tell you my oat crop Is going to come In good this fall and winter," remarked Mr. J. Claude Bell of Outh- ? rieeville, who was a visitor here Tuesday evening. "Corn In my Immediate section is not good this year, while the oat crop Is good, and where we don't have enough corn to do we can make out with oats." Mr. Bell said that he made over 200 bushels of oats on his place and more than 160 bushels of wheat. The cotton crop In the Guthriesvllle section, he said, was pretty good but was short The great majority of the farmers In his community intended selling their crop as fast as they could get It out Mr. Bell said that he was unwilling to sell bis cotton crop at 10 cents per pound, because he believed that It would bring a much better price between now and spring. a Electrification Talk. I Charlotte Observer, Wednesday: A month ago the Observer outlined a i number of railroad possibilities for the Blowing Rock section of the state, and L one was the running, at some future i time, of electric cars from Indepen- 1 dence Square through Oastonla and W . Lenoir and on to some point of the ! extended Carolina ft North-Western ' railroad. The reoent trip of Mr. Duke in that section of the state has re' vived speculation and has inspired new hopes In the minds of the mountain people. The electric car trip spoken of Is not only a possibility, but may be said to be a probability. The electrification of the Carolina it Northwestern road would bring it to pasa The C. ft N.-w. Is not only a pros peroua line, but it has been always under a progressive and aggressive management It is surrounded by cir, cumstancea that create natural advantages for its operation by electric power. The cost of changing from steam to electricity would be an item of much consequence, but one that in a short time would be more than offset by expedition in service and economy in operation. There may be great possibilities in store for the Carolina A, North-Western. To Tax Shareholders Direct. Auditor Love has received from the ^ state tax commission a list of 46'/ ' snare holders in York county banks, witn instructions to add to the personally already charged against each one oo per cent of the book value of his or ner bank stock holdings Heretotore the banks have been making returns for their stockholders, and pay- * ing taxes for them. The tax commission sought to equalise bank returns on this basis according to their own ideas of Justice and equity. The banks went to the courts, and Judge Watts held the commission up. It seems now that it is the Intention of the com miss I on to require the banks to pay taxes on their realty only, and require each shareholder to pay taxes on his own stock holdings. The assessment laid by the tax commission is nearly twice the amount most of the banks have been returning heretofore. In other words, the commission is evidently seeking to get from the shareholders the same amount it originally sought to get from the banks. The auditor will have to carry out on his books the amount charged against each shareholder and the treasurer will have to include all these amounts In the different receipts. That this new move on the part of the tax commission will be resisted as strenuously as was the effort to raise the assessment against' the banks goes without saying. The tax commission however, claims that it is only trying to enforce the law as it has stated all along. Issnhowsr Cass Comes to York. % Winnsboro special of September 22, to the News and Courier: At the opening of the court this morning, Judge Rice announced that the case of the state against Jesse Morrison. Jas. Rawls and Ernest Isenhower, charging them with the shooting of Sheriff A. D. Hood, Rural Policeman Boul- * ware and the negro prisoner, Jule * Smith, on the courthouse steps in June, would be transferred for trial at York. During the day a formal order was signed by the Judge directing that the case be tried in York county. The question of granting the change of venue has caused considerable discussion since the Judge ordered the case to be heard by the Jury of another county, and a great many citizens have expressed themselves as desiring the cases disposed of by a Jury composed of Fairfield men, believing that the county should not shift the odium of trying one of the most deplorable and terrible tragedies that ever occurred in South Carolina to another county in the Judicial circuit. Solicitor Henry requested the grand Jury, who were in session, to make a report in the matter and ac- . quaint him with the views of the peo- > pie, and in their report, which was not read yesterday, but which waa made a part of the record, they unqualifiedly reported that the cases should be tried in this county. However, it must be stated that few people with whom the correspondent has m talked are of the opinion that a Jury free from bias or passion could be secured without great difficulty, as almost every citizen seems to have a conviction either on one side or the other. The next term of court of general sessions for Tork county convenes November 23, but whether these cases are to be tried at this term has not been determined. MERE-MENTION W. B. Slaughter, president of the Mercantile National bank of Pueblo, Col., which failed last March, has been arrested by Federal officers on account of his connection with the bank's failure The Central of Georgia railroad proposes to place an order for-_^_ 500 freight cars and 500 refrigerator cars Jas. W. Alexander, former president of the Equitable Life Assurance society, died in Tuxedo, N. Y., Tuesday night. J. J. Mendenhall is on trial at Clearwater, Fla., for the murder of Mrs. Bessie Elliott and her ^ daughter, Susie, on the night of July 2. ... .Two men were killed and four seriously injured in a pistol battle at the commissary of the L. N. Dantzler Turpentine company at Dantzler, Miss., Sunday night. Seventeen miners lost their lives in a Are in a coal mine at Nuneaton, England, Tuesday William H. Baker, manufacturer of the famous Baker chocolates and a leading banker of Virginia, died in Winchester, Va., Tuesday, aged 65. Queen Wilhelmina and her little daughter were badly bruised Monday when an automobile in which they < were riding, collided with another ma ouigana is i c^/ui icu tv have mobilised 100,000 men Chatham county, Ga., of which Savannah Is the county seat, has voted a $900,000 bond issue to be used in building good roads Victor D. Rush is in Jail In Cros8vllle, Tenn., charged with the murder of his brother, Will Rush, and his brother's wife Joseph B. Foraker, former United States senator ^ from Ohio, and one of the most famous lawyers in the United States, is in a critical condition in a Cincinnati hospital Dr. Richard P. Strong, head of the American sanitary commission in Servia, is on his way to this country. Mrs. Beulah Hoover of Woavers- ^ ville, N. C., was killed Wednesday, when an automobile in which she was riding dashed into a tree.