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. * ISSUED SXVI-WEEKL^ i. m. orist's sohs. p?bu.h.n,} % 4fsmit8 U?<?|}a|in: dor tfc( promotion ojf fli< foliliipt, gtotfal, ^jri^lt?i;al and ^omntHcial Intern!* of <h< j * established 1855. YORK, S. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER"l5, 1915 ISTO, 83. tfflQPi " JLLUSmiOflSj ' CHAPTER XXXI?Continued. Broffln laid the pistol on the table, and put the key of the safety box beside it. Then he sat in grim silence for a full minute, toying Idly with a pair of handcuffs which he had taken from his pocket "By the eternal grapples!" he said, at length, half to himself, "I've a good mind to do it anyway?and take the chances." | As quick as a flash Griswold thrust out his hands. "Put them on!" he snapped. "There are a hundred lawyers in New Orleans t who wouldn't ask for anything better than the chance to defend me?at your expense!" Broflin dropped the manacles into his pocket and sat back in the swingle chair. "You win" he said shortly; - and the battle was over. For a little time no word was spoken. Griswold smoked on placidly, seemingly forgetful of the detective's presence. Yet he was the one who was the first to break the strained silence. "You are a game fighter, Mr. Broffln," he said, "and I'm sorry for you. Try one of these smokes?you'll find them fairly good?and excuse me for a few minutes. I want to write a letter which, if you are going down town, prehaps you'll be good enough to mail for me." He pushed the open box of cigars across to the detective, and dragged the lounging chair around to the other side of the t&Die. 'mere was stationery at hand, and he wrote rapidly for a few minutes, covering: three pages of the manuscript sheets before he stopped. When the letter was inclosed. addressed, and stamped, he tossed it across to Broffln, face up. Tli? detective saw the address. "Miss Margery Grierson," and, putting the ^ letter into his pocket, got up to go. "Just one minute more, if you please," said Griswold, and, relighting the cigar which had been suffered to go out, he went into the adjoining bedroom. When he came back, he had put on* a light top coat and a soft hat, and was carrying a small handbag. j "I'm your man, Mr. Broffln," he saidj quietly. "I go with you?and plead guilty as charged." Wahaska, the village-conscious, had its nine-day's wonder displayed for it in Inch-type headlines when the Dally vvanasiULii, reaeaising mr olui J u, me New Orleans bank robbery, told of the voluntary surrender of the robber, and of his deportation to the southern city to stand trial for his offense. Some few there were who took exceptions to Editor Randouph's editorial in the same issue, co nmenting on the surrender, and pleading: for a suspension of judgment on the ground ^ that much might still be hoped for BCnBn| HH Mj BT, iBy "And You?You've Paid the Price, Haven't You?" from a man who had retraced a broad step in the downward path by voluntarily accepting: the penalty. Those who objected to the editorial were of the perverse minority. The intimation was made that the plea had been inspired?a hint basing itself upon the fact that Miss Grlerson had been seen visiting the office of the Wahaskan after the departure of the detective, Matthew Broffln, with his prisoner. The sensational incident, however, had been forgotten long before a certain evening, three weeks later, when the Grierson carriage conveyed the > convalescent president of the Bayou State Security from the Grierson mansion to the south-bound train. Andrew Galbraith was not alone in the carriage, and possibly there were those in the sleeping car who mistook the dark-eyed and strikingly beautiful young woman, who took leave of him in his section, for his daughter. But the whispered words of leave-taking were rather those of a confidante than a kinswoman. "I'll arrange the Raymer matter as yau suggest," she said, "and if I had even a speaking acquaintance with God. I'd pray for you the longest day I live T'nrle Andrew. And about the trial; I'm going to leave it all with you! Just remember that I shall bleed little drops of blood for every day the 4> _ judge gives him. and that the only ^ way he can be helped is by a short sentence. He wouldn't take a pardon; he?he wants to pay. you know. Good-night and good-by!" And she ^ put her strong arms around Andrew Galbraith's neck and kissed him, thereby convincing the family party In lower seven that she was not only the DKT mYNDE rCDHIOKS CXY>YX/C*r3yCH**LCJ XMBAOtt JO*? old man's daughter, but a very affectionate one, at that. The little-changing seasons of central Louisiana had measured two com plete rounds on tne yeany aiai ui time's unremitting and unhastlng clock when the best hired carriage that Baton Rouge could afford drew up before the entrance to the state's prison I and waited. Precisely on the stroke of , twelve, a man for whom the prison I rules had lately been relaxed sufficiently to allow his hair to grow, came out, looked about him as one dazed, and assaulted the closed door of the carriage as if he meant to tear it from its hinges. "Oh, boy, boy!" came from the one who had waited; and Jien the carriage door yielded, opened, closed with a crash, and the negro driver clucked to his horses. They were half-way to the railroad station, and she was trying to persuade him that there would be months and years in which to make up for the loveless blank, before sane speech found its opportunity. And even then there were interruptions. "I knew you'd be here; no, they didn't tell me, but I knew it?I would have staked my life on it, Margery, girl," he said, in the first lucid interval. "And you?you've paid the Price, haven't you. Kenneth? But, oh, boy, dear! I've paid it, too! Don't you believe me?" There was another interruption and because the carriage windows were open, the negro driver gnnneu auu confided a remark to his horses. Then the transgressor began again. ' Where are you taking me, Margeiy??not that it makes any manner of difference." "We are going by train to New Orleans, and this?this?very?evening we are to be married, in Mr. Galbraith's house. And Uncle Andrew is going to give the bride away. It's all arranged." "And after?" "Afterward, we are going away?I don't know where. I just told dear old Saint Andrew to buy the tickets to anywhere he thought would be nice, and we'd go. I don't care where it is? do you? And when we get there, I'll buy you a pen and some ink and paper, and you'll go on writing the book, just as if nothing had happened. Say you will, boy, dear; please say you will! And then I'll know that?the price? wasn't?too great" He was looking out of the carriage window when he answered her, across to the levee and beyond it to the farther shore of the great river, and his eyes were the eyes of a man who has seen of the travail of his soul and is satisfied. "I shall never writ? that book, little girl. That story, and all the mistakes that were going to the making of It, lie on the other side of?the Price. But one day, please God, there shall be another and a worthier one." "Yes?please God," she said; and the dark eyes were shining softly. THE END. BULGARIA'S SEAPORT Latest Entrant in European War has Only One Outlet. Dedeagatch Is the port upon the Aegean sea to which the Bulgarians I pin some of their brightest hopes for a rich commercial future, according I to a study in war geography recently I prepared by the National Geographic | society. A free outlet to the Aegean and the Mediterranean was something long coveted by Bulgarian statesmen, who felt that their foreign trade would tirst begin with their acquirement of a port upon the open sea. In Dedeagatch, the patriotic natives see a future New York, a Balkan London, and the possession of this harbor appears to them one of the greatest benefits of their war with Turkey. Bulgarian products, from attar of roses to grain and hides, are soon to leave for the world's central markets in Bulgarian boats from a Bulgarian port. Holding their port so important, it is small wonder that the Bulgarians felt the loss of the railway through Adrianople, which connects Dedeagatch with the interior of their country, to be a disaster that must be made good at the earliest possible moment and at all hazard. The recently reported cession of territory by the Ottoman empire restores to Bulgaria the land through which this railway runs, and so restores to the sturdy peasant nation its ardent hopes for the age to come. With their small strip of seashore along the Aegean and with an export city at Dedeagatch, with its communications safe upon home soil, the Bulgarian feels that his country has become more than a Balkan power; it has become a Mediterreanean power, a member of the family of Europe, a state with a future as wide as the oceans. Dedeagatch is situated upon tne gulf of Enos, about 10 miles north of the Maritza estuary. The little town began its career as a seaport under Abdu Hamid II. when it hegan to capture much of the trade that had formerly been done through the port of Enos. which lies upon the southeastern point of the gulf of Enos, on the southern bank of the Maritza river. Forty y\ars ago. Dedeagateh was merely a cluster of fishermen's huts, struggling back from an open roadstead. Since then, a new town has grown up. small, with only 4.000 population, but alert, progressive, confident. Several factors have entered into this promise of Dedeagateh. First among its advantages, is that of its railway connections, which link it with Coni stantinople, Sofia. Bourgas and Salonii ki, its rival to the south, Enos, suo cumbed to its unhealthy climate and to the shifting of coastal sandbars. The inhabitants of this harbor city, as ail along the coasts of the Aegean, were mostly Greeks up to the occupation and administration by the Bulgarians. Greek commission houses and shippers had most of its trade in their hands. The opening of the Constantinople-Saloniki railway in 1896 brought rapid prosperity to the place, some of which was lost again when railway connections were made between the interior and the Black sea port of Bourgas. The city is the na. tural outlet of the Maritza valley, I lie <in#o??AMKlA | iiuwuvcit Oiiu, uuoj/nc no uiuawi?w?v | harbor, an unsheltered, open roadstead, it will probably become a rich city as Bulgaria's first Mediterranean port. SEPTEMBER WEATHER Summary of Weath^ Conditions Shows Low- Precipitation. According to a report of the United States weather bureau in Columbia, September was a remarkably dry month. The following general summary of weather conditions throughout the state during the month of September will be of interest to York county people: In direct contrast to the conditions of the preceding month, September, 1915, was remarkably dry, with temperatures considerably above the seasonal average. The distribution of rainfall continued extremely Irregular, particularly after the first week, and but two smaller areas received amounts above normal, while an extensive region of the northen. portion experienced conditions bordering on drought. This was greatly intensified by unseasonably high day and night temperatures during this period, 7th to the close of the 22nd. The drought was broken by copious showers throughout the section on the 30th. As a result of marked change from cool, wet weather to excessive heat and maximum sunshine after the first week, cotton opened rapidly and picking, ginning and marketing continued with but little interruption until about the close of the month. In view of irregular periods of cool, wet weather, with intervals of intense heat during the growing season, the general output was better than was expected, and the condition ranges relatively about one-third fine and still fruiting, one-third fair and one-third poor, according to methods of cultivation and fertilization. While more moisture would have materially improved corn, field truck, gardens, forage and pastures, these crops were generally promising at the close of the month. The weather was especially favorable for harvesting a large crop of good hay. Peanut culture was considerably Increased this year, and gathering the season's crop began during the last decade. Temperature. The monthly mean for the section, determined from reports of 42 stations was 75.9 degrees, or 1.6 degrees above the established normal. 3.0 degrees below the mean of the warmest Septem ber, which was in 1911, and 6.3 degrees above the mean of the cool September of 1888. Eight previous Septembers were warmer, and 20 were cooler. The highest temperature was 101 degrees at Saluda. Saluda county, | on the 11th. This is 8 degrees below j the record September maximum, which ; occurred in 1912. Eight previous Septembers have had maximum temperatures of 101 degrees or higher, and 13 have had temperatures of 100 degrees or above. A persistent heat wave that prevailed from the 7th to the close of the 22nd, was attended by daily mean temperatures that ranged from 5 to 12 degrees above the normal. The warmest reported was between the 9 th and 11th. The lowest temperature was 46 degrees at Mountain Rest, Oconee county on the 22nd, and at Saluda on the 23rd. Fourteen previous Septembers have had minimum temperatures of 43 degrees or lower. The coolest period was between the 23rd and 25th, but by far the greater number of monthly minima were recorded on the 23rd. The average for the section, 55 stations reporting, was 2.38 inches, or 1.60 Inches below the established normal, 7.43 inches below the average of the wet September of 1888 and 1.26 inches above the average of the dry September of 1887. Twenty-five previous Septembers have had averages in excess of that of the month just closed, and but three have had smaller averages. Precipitation was unequally distributed in both amount and area. In a narrow strip of the eastern counties and in the extreme northwestern portion of the section, the amounts were above normal and ranged from 4 to over 7 inches, while the measurements were less than 3 inches; and In an extensive area of the northern portion less than 1 inch was recorded. The greatest local monthly amount was 7.06 inches at Klngstree, Williamsburg county; least amount, 0.42 inches at Darlington. The greatest 24-hour rainfall at any station was 3.40 inches at Smith's Mill, Georgetown county, on the 1st. The "Unspeakable" Turk.?Reuters Dardanelles correspondent tells a terrible and yet a thrilling tale of the warring on the Gallipoli, a story bearing out what the soldiers of the world have always claimed for the Turkish infantry. The New Zealanders the other day drove them from a long series of trenches by virtue of a heavy bombardment but met the Turks crawling and worming back right in the face of the fire. "They came by thousands," describes an officer, "and went back in hundreds." Raked by machine gun fire, the Turk came straight into the face of it and was slaughtered as they kill rabbits in a Texas roundup?but still they came on, until, the narrative declares, the trenches the British took were filled and overflowing with the dead bodies of the children of the sultan. No other soldier in the world had ever stood up, gone down and kept coming up and coming on in the face of machine gun fire in close and direct line. It is a leaden hail that flesh and blood melts before like snow on a hillside in spring. But these Turks actually advanced under it, it seems, and although ultimately slaughtered off for their temerity, they were not driven out of their trenches. The British had to redig them of the bodies which filled them.?Macon Telegraph. FOOTSTEPS OF THE FATHERS As Traced In Early Files of The Yorkrille Enplrer. NEWS AND VIEWS OF YESTERDAY Bringing Up Records of the Past and Giving tho Younger Readers of To* day a Pretty Comprehsnsive Knowledge of ths Things that Most Conosrned Generations that Have Gone Before. Th? flrat InataJlnaent of the notes OD* I pearing under this heading was published In our Issue of November 14, 1913. The notes are being prepared by the editor as time and opportunity permit. Their purpose is to bring Into review the events of the past for the pleasure and satisfaction of the older people and for the entertainment and Instruction of the present generation. 162ND INSTALLMENT. (Thursday Morning, July 18, 1867.) The District Court. The court began the July session on Monday, the 15th Inst., Judge Wm. C. Beatty presiding, and C. D. Melton, Esq., solicitor, was in attendance and presented a considerable budget of state business for the consideration of the court. A few cases of assault and battery were disposed of on Monday, and the civil docket relieved of some little business. On Tuesday, the court was engaged in fhe trial of the case of the state va I. T. Parish, charged with grand larceny. The state was represented by C. D. Melton and J. Bolton Smith, Esqs., and the prisoner defended by G. W. Williams and James F. Hart, Esqs. After an elaborate argument of the case It was submitted to the jury, who at a late hour in the afternoon returned a verdict of "not guilty." A few cases of bastardy and petty larceny remained on the docket, but will probably be disposed of during the week. (Thursday Morning, Aug. 1, 1867.) Appointment of Registrars. Gen. Sickles in general order No. 60, dated July 18, announces the appointment of registrars for South Carolina. Three boards of registration will be organized in York district, four in Chester, three in Union, 3 in Lancaster and 3 in Spartanburg. We subjoin a list of the appointments in above mentioned districts: District of York?P. J. O'Connell, P. M. Walker, E. E. McCaffrey, Hugh Simpson, H. A. D. Neely, Leroy Crook, Matthew Williams, J. A. J. Graham, W. J. Cullender. District of Chester?W. Ferguson, John A. Marion, W. M. Walker, W. B. Drennan, John Hood, R. Morrison, Geo. McCormick, Jno. A. Hafner, W. F. Farley, T. P. McKeown, A. W. Smith, Rev. G. Mr Pickett: District of Lancaster?Dr. W. C. Armfleld, Geo. Sinclair, Dudley M. Ussery, Alfred Andrews J. T. Copeland, F. K. Brummett, H. L. Beek, R. B. Thompson, James L Barr. District of Spartanburg?Samuel T. Pointer, Jno. Thompson, J. M. Barnett, Jno. Anderson, J. T. Woods, Moses Wakefield, Silas Benson, J. H. Shores, B. Hi Stead man. District of Union?Hampton Huckaby, Jesse Marbray, T. J. Gault, Jas. D. Oit, R. G. Ottls, Jefferson Whitlock, W. T. Sims, S. Chorb, R. Knight. In several of the districts the negroes have been appointed on the boards. Such is not the case in York. The appointments made for this district so far as we have heard any expression of opinion are satisfactory to the people. The appointees are not all generally known throughout the district and as some inquiry has been made as to the residence of each member of the boards, we have obtained the information sufficiently accurate for practical purposes. Mr. J. P. O'Connell, Fort Mill, F. M. Walker, four miles above Yorkvllle, E. E. MaCaffrey, Yorkvllle, Hugh Simpson, near Coates' Tavern, eight miles below Rock Hill; Leroy Crook, eight miles below Rock Hill, near Taylor's Creek; Matthew Williams, in same neighborhood; H. A. D. Neely, Smith's Turnout; J. A. J. Graham, 6 miles above Yorkville; W. J. Cullender, near Wright's ferry. We subjoin the following extracts from Gen. Sickles' order: The election precincts established by law or custom as voting places in the districts, parishes and municipalities of South Carolina, will be designated by post commanders as the places for rAclfltrntiAn T t fa tViat not more than six of these and preferably a less number be included In a registration precinct and assigned to one board so that ample facilities may be afforded for registration. Every board of registration will choose its presiding officer, who will represent the board and announce its action upon all matters coming before It. Regulations for the government of registrars In the discharge of their duties will be duly published as soon as practicable for general information. The time for the commencement of registration has not yet been announced. Married?On Tuesday, 23rd ult., by Rev. J. R. Baird, Mr. Reuben Dulin and Miss Sarah E. Smith, daughter of Capt. Sam'l Smith, all of York district. (Thursday Morning, Aug. 8, 1867.) Negro School. It will be remembered that a subscription was made up by the white citizens of the town some time ago for the purpose of purchasing a lot on which to erect a freedman's school house. We are pleased to announce that the money has been collected, the lot purchased and the title made out to Allen Beatty, Thos. Wright, Gilbert Dillard, Reese Joiner and Hannibal Galbraith as trustees of the school to be erected. Registration in York District. We have received f^pm MaJ. D. D. Lynn, commandant of the post at Chester, the following list of precincts and registering offices appointed for York district: 1st Precinct?Yorkville, Bethel Blalrsville, Clay Hill and McConnellsvllle. Registrars?P. J. O'Connell, F. M. Walker, E. E. McCaffrey. 2nd Precinct?Bethany church Boyd ton, Clark's store and Wylle's store. Registrars?Hugh Simpson, H. A. D. Neely, and Leroy Crook. Srd Precinct?Rock Hill, Pride's Old Tavern, Fort Mill and Coats' Tavern. Registrars?Matthew Williams, J. A. J. Graham and W. J. Cullender. The time for commencing the work of registration Is the 15th Inst., as fixed by Maj. Lynn, the several boards are required to organize at once and give public notice of the times they will meet at the several precincts assigned them. One of the election boxes mentioned In the Srd precinct Is Pride's Old Tavern, but we know of no oucn oox in zone ainnci. (To be Continued.) EDITORIAL VIEWPOJNT What Various South Carolina NewsPapsrs Think of Various Things. A certain distinguished gentleman In the course of a public talk referred to me as the t'bright theological editor." If he meant the phrase as a slur, I am going to forgive him. If he didn't mean it as a slur he lost agoldenopportunity. In either case he has given me a peg on which to hang a paragraph or two. People expect preaching from a preacher. They often resent It if it comes from a layman. A preacher is often a man apart If he have faults, they are blurred to public vision by his secluded life. He is a public figure only In the pulpit. On the street the atmosphere of his calling, and frequently the cut of his clothes, protect him from the touch of indecency and likewise shut him out from much that Is jovial but wholesome. A newspaper man, however, rubs elbows with all the world. If his training has been metropolitan he has seen hell with the lid off. He must be and is all things to all men. If he have vice, faults, fallings, these are the property of the public. He has no seclusion?certainly no atmosphere of sanctity. And yet he wishes to make his calling and his opportunity for publicity something bigger than a means of making money. He wants to do good. What greater good than to reiterate the doctrine of love and point men to him who is a shelter in a time of storm??Fountain Inn Tribune. Contempt Rewarded. The recognition of Car ran za Is proboKlv tha Knot thinor that paiiIH hA H ft IT A under the present circumstances, but it will not tend to strengthen American prestige in Mexico. Most Mexicans hate the grlngoes, as they call the citizens of this country. And combined with the hate is a contemptuous depreciation of American courage and character. Carranza is not undisputed ruler of Mexico, and possibly never will be. It was predicted that recognition of him would unite all other factions against him and give them recrulta It remains to be seen whether this prediction will be verified. But, -if American recognition is worth anything, it seems strange that it should finally be given to the Mexican leader who has paid least attention to the wishes of the Washington government. Should the topsy-turvey conditions In Mexico continue, as seems not unlikely, why should any of the contending leaders pay any attention to advice or suggestion from our national administration??Greenville News. ? Preparation. And speaking of preparation we might remark that now is the time to prepare. We are too prone in seasons of prosperity?and the price of cotton compels us to admit that this is a fairly prosperous fall?to put off until times of depression the preparation we should now be making, "Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof," may be Biblical but it is hardly lousiness. Those who save when times are good are not so much afTected by later depression. It we see the boll we-ivil, or any other evil, approaching us it is far better to prepare for It too scon than too late. Study now the situation that will inevitably confront us one or two years hence and many of the evils of that situation will be mitigated if not entirely averted.?Winnsboro News and Herald. County to County Campaign. The proposition to abolish the .coun iy iu uuumy utmyaiKu 10 up 05am, but there is nothing to it. The campaign will go on. Why not? The state will have a campaign anyway; if the candidates don't speak at the same dates and places, they will be running hither and thither over the state in a mad and desultory attempt to "meet the people face to face." The county to county campaign is simply a convenient arrangement to accomplish this purpose for the candidates and the people. If the abolition of the custom would result in less politics there might be some reason to advocate it; but it will not?rather the reverse. Mark this prediction: The county to county campaign will be here several decades yet.?Newberry Observer. FACT8 FOR YOU Some Things You know and Some You Don't Know. Telephones transmit sounds at the rate of about 56,000 miles a second. Osage orange wood has been found to dye textiles a permanent yellow. Italy has manufactured salt commercially for more than 2,500 years. Window sash can be lubricated with a solution of parafflA in turpentine. British West Africa exports nearly 20,000,000 gallons of palm oil annunllv An electrically heated lncuba-lor for the production of bacteria haa been developed by a Salt Lake City scientist. The second Pan-American Scientific congress will be held in Washington in December and January. Attachments for phonographs have been invented that make dolls dance to the music the machines produce. Steel safes that breaks the best bits and defies the hydrogen-actylene blow pipe have been perfected in Germany. Scotch ship builders have erected a crane that will lift 200 tons seventyfive feet from its mast or 100 tons 133 feet away. If all the documents stored in the patent office at Washington could be placed end to end they would form a strip that would reach around the earth three times. TOLD BY LOCAL EXCOANGES News Happenings In Neighboring Communities. CONDENSED FOR QUICK READING Dealing Mainly With Local Affaira of Cherokee, Cleveland, Qaston, Lancaster and Cheater. Rock Hill Herald, Oct 12: C. A. Dobbins, prominent citizen of Rock Hill, where he is in business as a building contractor, was very painful-1 '?- J I ? MM M,,4yvM/vkilA AAAidont I iy iiijurvu in mi auivuHAfiio iMA-muui, near Chester Monday night. His right leg was broken, he was bruised on his body and suffered some from shocks. He is at the S. .W. Pryor hospital and fairly comfortable at this time. The machine was not damaged to any considerable extent. Mr. Dobbins was returning from Chester to his home. At the crossing of the highway over the S. A L. tracks at the Eureka cotton mill, about half a mile from Chester, he evidently became confused as to which track a switch engine was operating on and turned his car from the crossing and went over an embankment The car turned onto its side as it went down the eight or more feet fall and Mr Dobbins, as he struggled to get free, was caught and injured as stated. The accident was seen by the railroad men and aid was immediately given. He was removed to the residence of J. L. Davidson, and made as comfortable as possible until he could be taken to the hospital in the ambulance. His family in Rock Hill were immediately notified D. F. Houston, secretary of the United States department of agriculture, and member of President Wilson's cabinet, spent some time in Rock Hill yesterday afternoon. He was accompanied by Bradford Knapp of the department, and W. W. Long, in charge of the work In this state. The party came through from Columbia In an automobile. They were due to reach here about noon, but automobile trouble landed them here about 6 o'clock. They left on the afternoon train for Charlotte and will go to Spartanburg this morning. President Roddey, Alex. Long and other officials of the chamber of commerce, met the distinguished visitor and about an hour was taken up in visiting a number of farms adjacent to the city. Mr. Houston exnreased himself as fa vorably impressed with the progressiveness of the farmers, whose places he had seen. He appeared deeply interested in the co-operative efTort being put forth by both business man and farmer and asked quite a number of questions. It was evident that the secretary was familiar with the hot air co-operation and his questions were so put that all hot air had to be eliminated from the answers given. He asked for concrete evidence and this was promptly forthcoming from Rrof. Weeks. President Rodedy and othera W. W. Long also joined in telling of the active interest shown on all sides. Saturday, Officer R. E. Steele nabbed a shoplifter, who had taken a number of articles from the store of the Mutual Dry Goods company. A penalty of $25 was exacted Monday In the city court. Saturday morning Managei Parker missed some goods and informed Officer Steele of this fact, telling him his suspicions. The officer got on the trail of the shoplifter, who proved later to be Roxana Archer, a negro woman, who Jives near the city. She was caught girith the goods, though she stoutly protested her Innocence until faced by Mr. Parker. She confess ed. Gaffney Ledger, Oct. 12: Dr. R. W. Sanders of Greenville, lectured Friday evening, Saturday morning and Sunday afternoon in the auditorium of the college upon the life of Dr. Thomas Curtis, the founder of Limestone. Each of the lectures were well attended. There are only two Curtis graduates now living in Gaffney, these being < Mrs. L. V. Gaffney and Mrs. A. V. Montgomery, of the class of 1857 Six moonshiners, who had been convicted In the Federal court at Greenville, were sent to Gaffney last week to serve their terms in the Cherokee county Jail. Five of them have sentences of one month each, and the sixth has a sentence of four months. The new road from Gaffney to the National Highway bridge over Broad river has been practically completed, although it will be scraped once or twice more. The chaingang moved last week to near Wllklnsville. When it becomes smooth and hard the new road will be the best In Cherokee county, according to local road experts. The first frost of the season appeared early Friday morning, biting potato vines and other growing vegetation. It was not heavy enough to injure cotton to any appreciable extent, but as It was also the first cold "snap" of the season, many people appeared on the streets wearing overcoats or other winter apparel. Lancaster News, Oct. 12: The summons came last night to Mr. Ernest Carnes of the New Bethel section of the county and he passed away at 12.30. The loss of this good man will be felt In the community in which he was born and reared. Mr. Carnes was about 28 years of age. He was a graduate of the University of South Carolina and a staunch, progressive citizen. Mr. Carnes was a devoted member of the Methodist church. He is a son of the late E. W. Carnes, and is survived by his wife, mother, five sisters and four brothers. Mr. Carnes was married about a year ago to Mrs. Ford of Columbia, who has been teaching in the New Bethel school, of which her husband was formerly superintendent Mr. Lawrence Flynn sustained the loss of a fine mule late last night. The animal, which was valued at $300, succumbed to an attack ofcollg Rev. J. H. Boldrlge, D. D.. pastor of the Baptist church at Woodruff, to which place he went a year ago or so, after a pastorate in Lancaster of about 20 years, visited here the past week-end and was cordially welcomed by hundreds of friends Miss Minnie Caskey who recently underwent an operation for appendicitis at the Fennell infirmary, Rock Hill, is steadily regaining her accustomed strength. ? Gastonia Gazette, Oct. 12: With bright skies overhead and balmy sunshine all around the first day of the Gaston county fair began this morn- i ing under the most auspicious circum stances. Ir the weather man's predictions do not run amuck this same brand of weather will prevail throughout the entire week. Under these favorable circumstances the fair management expects thousands of people from all over Oaston and adjoining counties to visit the fair between now and Saturday night Beginning November 1, Rev. J. C. Diets, pastor of the Gastonla Lutheran church, will also take the pastorate of the Bessemer City Lutheran church. Mr Diets will preach at Gastonia every Sunday morning and at Bessemer City every Sunday night Rev. L. M. Huffman, pastor of the Chapel Lutheran church, who has been serving the Bessemer City pastorate, has been called to the pastorate of the Stanley church, succeeding Rev. R. H. Cllne, resigned. Dr. R. M. Reid, city physician, assisted by Dr. L. N. Patrick and Dr. T. C. Quickie, on yesterday morning examined about 400 pupils of the primary grades of the Graded schools. These are the grades which were dismissed last Monday out of an abundance of precaution against the possible spread of diphtheria. All the grades were resumed yesterday as the danger is considered entirely past Some Ave or six children whose throats were slightly inflamed were excused from attendance this week so that they might be absolutely safe from any possible infection. There have been no new cases among the pupils of the city schools and all cases previously reported are recovering nicely. Notice was given yesterday to the principals of all the graded schools in the county that there is no epidemic in Gastonia and that all danger of any possible contagion is declared to be over Following a long illness with tuberculosis, Mrs. Fannie Long, wife of Mr. C. O. Long, passed away Sunday afternoon at her home on Modena . street Mrs. Long was before her marriage Miss Fannie Baker, and was 27 years of age. ess Chester Reporter, Oct. 11: Mrs. Mary Cross Edwards, wife of Mr. W. H. Edwards, Jr., and daughter of Mrs. Margaret Cross and the late R. M. Cross, died at her home two miles northeast of the city at 9.30 yesterday evening, and will be burled at Evergreen cemetery tomorrow morning, after funeral services at the house by Rev. H. A. Bagby, D. D. Mrs. Cross has been an invalid for many years, but Dore ner sunenngs wun sweet unnatl&n fortitude A wedding of unusual Interest and beauty was that of Miss Louise Hlcklln and Mr. Charles W. Boyd, which was solemnized on Tuesday evening at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Hlcklln, In West End Mr. A. A. Boone, one of the telegraph operators at the Southern passenger station, died this morning between eight and nine o'clock, after an illness of Ave weeks, and his remains, accompanied by his brothers, Messrs. Colvln and DeWitt Boone, who had been here during the latter part of his Illness, and friends, will be taken to Greensboro this evening for interment The annual banquet of the Brotherhood of Purity Presbyterian church, was held at the Commercial club Friday evening and was an unusually delightful and interesting affair. The supper was served by the Ladles' Aid society of the church. The crowd present numbered 130, and during the evening seventeen new names were added to the roll of membership. TURNING OUT 8HELL8 Some of the Details of the British Contracts. Rv th* pnri nf th? vMr AmoHrfln Locomotive will be making approximately 9,000 shells a day. It will then be one of the largest ammunitions concerns in the country. Under its contracts with the British government the company must ship 60,000 shells?25,000 high explosives and 25,000 shrapnel?during October and deliveries must Increase to 260,000 shells by December, at which rate they will be maintained during the duration of the contract New York Air Brake and Westinghouse Air Brake, which divided half the total British order for 5,000,000 shells, must ship the same number of shells between them, or 25,000 each, this month and 125,000 each by December. To meet its contract, American Locomotive must turn out something ever 8,000 shells a day, and as it has made provision to produce a safe percentage over this amount its output will be fully 9,000 shells. Apparently there is no present intention on the part of the management to extend shell making equipment beyond the limits arranged for when the order now being filled was taken. The feeling is that to do so might handicap the company in taking orders for locomotives when the hoped for betterment in railroad buying occurs. Besides its own proper share of the British shell contract, the Locomotive company has been turning out a number of forgings for the shells placed with Westinghouse, the latter concern having found its capacity inadequate for all this work on its order. It is understood that American Locomotive is now turning out forgings at a rate well ahead of the present requirements ui no uiiiuati. Two plants are devoted to the making of munitions; shrapnel is being made at Richmond and the high explosive shells at Dunkirk. Shipping at the rate of 250,000 shells monthly, American Locomotive will have completed its order about the end of August, 1916, and will then be in shape to start work on further war contracts. Whether these will develop or not will depend on the course of the war, but if hostilities are still in progress next spring there is little question that a company equipped and ready to make munitions would get all the business it cared to handle. The total value of the American Locomotive orders from the British government is $31,875,006, but the additional work it is doing on forgings will probably bring this total to nearly $33,000,000. If profits averaged only 11 per cent of the total order they would be sufficient to wipe out the entire debt of the company, amounting to $3,666,000. Profits of 20 per cent would pay off the notes and meet the preferred dividend for a year, leaving a balance of over $1,000,000 on the common stock.?New Tork Journal. rALMtl I u ULCAnmw I ??? Current Happenings and Eventa Throughout 8outh Carolina. The Baptist State convention ia to be held In Greenville December 10-16, Inclusive. W. F. Bailey, a prominent citizen of Clinton, died at the home of his son in Clinton, this week, aged 76 years. Walter R. Able, a cotton seed dealer of St. Matthews, purchased 600 tons of seed this week, valued at (25,000. It Is probable that the students of Winthrop college will be allowed to spend one day at the state rair in Columbia. Reed Welfer, assistant director of the United States weather bureau In Columbia, has been transferred to _ Augusta, Go. Rev. P. A. DeRosset, rector, of the Church of the Holy Communion, Charleston, died this week, following an operation some time ago. Expense statements filed by John P. Grace and T. T. Hyde, candidates for mayor of Charleston In the election held Tuesday, showed that Mr. Grace spent $4,833.43 and Mr. Hyde $3,024.07. An ordinance has been introduced in the Columbia council making It a misdemeanor for any person to drink in a public place In that city. Laban Morgan, business manager of the Southern Indicator, a negro newspaper published in Columbia,'and one of the leaders of the colored race in the state, died this week. The city of Sumter has made arrangements whereby it will receive $10,000 from the Carnegie library commission for the erection of a new library in that city. George Whitner, colored, was murdered in Anderson county on Sunday. The negro was first burned by his murderers and then shot. Three negroes have been arrested charged with the murder. T. H. Spearman, former railway mail clerk between Greenville and Columbia, plead guilty in Federal court at Greenville last week, to taking packages of registered mall from mail sacks. He was sentenced to pay a fine of $500 and serve six months in the Newberry county JalL Although the city of Florence will lose an annual revenue of $40,000 when the dispensaries go out of business, the city ooundl of Florence has decided not to increase the tax levy of the city at present. c. a. Sullivan, president or tne sui11 van Hardware company of Anderson and one of the most prominent business men of the Piedmont section, was stricken with apoplexy while in Columbia Tuesday afternoon and died a few hours afterward. Mr. Sullivan , was about 50 years of age. The steamship International, owned i by the Clinchfleld Navigation company, : is in Charleston. The steamer will i take a cargo of 2,800 tons of ooal to Gulf port, Mass. The ship will hate the distinction of being the first to convey I a cargo of coal from the new coal ' handling plant of the Southern raili way in Charleston. ' Hattie Williams and Jessie M. Williams of Lexington county, have brought suit against the S. A. L rall1 way in the sum of 210,000 damages for alleged injuries received when a mule which Mrs. Williams was driving became frightened at the unexpected approach of a passenger train while she was traveling over a railway crossing of the defendant company. Deputy Sheriff L E. Cooper of Greenville, has been held by a coro tier's jury, charged with the shooting of Mrs. Millie Fuller. The shooting occurred at the Wood side mill in Greenville, several months ago. Cooper had gone to the home of Mrs, Fuller with a warrant for the arrest of a man who was in her home. In the melee that followed the deputy sheriff shot several persons and killed Mrs. Fuller. The centennial celebration of the Pendleton Farmers' society is being celebrated at Pendleton this week. Among the speakers at the celebration were Governor Manning, Secretary of Agriculture Houston, Clarence Poe, editor of the Progressive Farmer, President Fairfax Harrison of the Southern railway, and many other prominent men. T. B. Stackhouse, president of the Standard Warehouse company, tonight gave out the, following statement, says a Columbia dispatch of Tuesday to the News and Courier: "My purpose had not been to give any statement to the newspapers relative to the proposition of merging the Standard Warehouse company and tne Auanuc States Warehouse company, which was recently presented to the stockholders of the Standard Warehouse company, but as considerable publicity of a misleading nature has been given the business from an unauthorized source, finally resulting in a lengthy comment by Governor Manning, I now feel It encumbent upon me to give facts and allay the suspicion that the question of competing with the system of state warehouses suggested a merger. On the contrary, the state licensed cotton warehouses have not been even remotely thought of in the consideration of a merger. The suggestion came from a New York broker, who expected from such a consolidation a good commission. I do not believe the suggestion of a consolidation of the two companies came from officers or stockholders of the Atlantic States Warehouse company and I know the idea did not originate in the office of the Standard Warehouse company. In calling a meeting of stockholders to consider the proposition, I believed it my duty to furnish them a statement of the earnings of the two companies for the past several years in order that an intelligent decision might be formed. I furnished this information only ??nolfhnM?r? nf tho Standard Warehouse company, and the use of it In a recent article in the News and Courier of Charleston, was without my knowledge, and haul I been consulted, would not have consented for the figures to be used. It is practically certain that an alarm has been raised without cause, for it is very probable the stockholders of the Standard Warehouse company will feel no interest in the suggestion." American cotton mills are now using more than 5,000,000 bales of cotton a year as compared with 1,000,000 bales forty-five years ago.