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Straps and .facts. ? Two young boys of Union, aged 12 and 14 years, stole an automobile, the property of Dr. J. F. Jackson of Union, Friday night, and driving the car to Spartanburg swapped it to Fred Brown, a boy of that .city, for a bicycle. They later pawned the bicycle to a Spartanburg pawnbroker for $7. When arrested some time later by the police they had $6.45 of the money, having spent 55 cents for food. The money was returned to the pawnbroker, the bicycle to Brown and the automobile to Dr. Jackson. The boys were returned to their parents. ? Herman Ridder, former treasurer of the Democratic national committee, and publisher of the New York StattsZeitung, died last night after a long illness with Bright's disease. Mr. Ridder was one of the most prominent of the German-American citizens of the United States. He was for many years president of the American Newspaper Publishers' association, and for many years he has held high offices in the Associated Press. Since the breaking out of the European war, his paper has attained tremendous circulation among the German-Americans of the country. ? Nearly 1,500 names appear on a list issued by the treasury department last Saturday night, says a Washington dispatch, of persons who have failed to repay money advanced them by the United States government when they were stranded in Europe at the outbreak of the war. The amount due aggregates several hundred thousand dollars, the sums advanced ranging from' $1,000 to $1,350. In many cases the government has been unable to locate the individuals at the addresses given. The act of congress appropriating $2,750,000 for relief of Americans abroad provided that persons able to do so should reimburse the government. Secretary McAdoo has given notice that he expects to proceed against delinquents who are in a position to pay. ? The six warrant officers of the interned German raider Kronprinz Wilhelm, who escaped from Norfolk, October 10, on the yacht Eclipse, were captured at sea by a British warship, according to a letter received in NewYork last week. The letter was sent to William Wolff, a New York manufacturer, by his mother-in-law, who was a passenger on the steamer Bermudian which left New York for Hamilton last Wednesday. According xo xne leun, the Bermudian was stopped a short distance from its destination by a British cruiser which engaged the passenger vessel in wireless conversation. The substance of the talk as told by the wireless operator of the Bermudian was that the cruiser, the identity of which is not given, had overtaken the missing Eclipse at sea, made prisoners of the German officers and sunk the yacht. The letter gave no other details. Reports in shipping circles for several days said the yacht had been captured by a British cruiser believed to have been Hi. M. S. Melbourne. ? Physicians diagnose half of their cases wrong, and the disease from which the patient is really suffering is not learned until after his death, according to the testimony before Judge Shortall of Dr. Phillip K. Brown, one of the most eminent authorities on tuberculosis on the Pacific coast, at San Francisco last Saturday. "Fifty per cent of all diagnoses are said to be wrong," said Dr. Brown. "That is a liberal estimate, is it not?" queried the examining counsel. "It is based upon the autopsy findings of the largest hospitals in the world." said Dr. Brown. "Pretty close to 50 per cent of the cases checked up by autopsy are found to have been mistaken diagnoses. It is a technical mistake, sometimes there is much to be made of it and sometimes Dn/\nrn*o + t i ret rt r? v wry HlllC. L/I. DlUnil^ KOUIUUIV was given in the suit of John W. Hesler, a bookkeeper, against the California Hospital association. He sued for $5,000 damages, averring he was not warned by the association's physicians that a bad cold for which he was being treated was developing into tuberculosis. The jury which heard the case, despite Dr. Brown's statement of "technical mistakes," which are made in diagnosing cases, awarded Hesler $2,500. ? Gen. Carranza has made it clear through the foreign office of his government that he dees not desire to deal with European governments through the United States and officials of the slate department are in accord with his course, says a dispatch of Saturday from Washington. Some of the European powers which have not yet recognized the de facto government have been transmitting representations through American officers in Mexico. Gen. Carranza now desires that foreign governments deal directly with him. This policy is expected to hasten recognition of the Carranza government by the powers of Europe. Great Britain, it is said, will soon extend recognition. Austria has already extended recognition while France, Russia and Germany are expected to do so in a few days. While the stale department was in no way concerned with Gen. carranzas action, omciuis felt relief that he had taken the step for it will remove much of the burden from American consular representatives who are busy caring for Americans in the reconstruction work in Mexico. The state department's summary today of conditions in Mexico reveals that Americans in Sonora are not in as great danger as had been reported, assurances having come from Villa officials that they will be amply protected. ? Columbia. Miss., Oct. 31: 'Jake Hughes, 30 years old, a member of a prominent family of Washington parish, La., was taken from the county jail here early today by a party of masked men and hanged to a tree a short distance outside the city limits. Hughes was under arrest in connection with the death of Laura Holloway, a well known young man of this place, who was shot and killed near here on the night of October 21. Otto Fortenberry, the jailer, said he was awakened about 1 o'clock this morning by three masked men who. after forcing him to give up the key to Hughes' cell, bound him to his bed. The lynchers worked quickly, Fortenberry said, and after forcing Hughes to put on his clothes, they removed him from the building without awakening more than two of the prisoners in adjoining cells. These were unable to say how many men were in the party. The jailer, who was released several hours later, reported to the sheriff and posses began a araivn nn mv )/iioviiv< ?*? ? ductors. A short distance outside the city Hughes' body was found swinging from a tree. According to the authorities, persons who witnessed the killing of Holloway in a lumber camp near here, said that Hughes shot the young man in the back without provocation. Holloway at the time, it was said, was engaged in a fight with another person while Hughes was an onlooker. A coroner's jury returned a verdict that Hughes had met his death at the hands of a person or persons, unknown. For several days after the killing of Holloway, the authorities guarded the jail but recently relaxed their vigilance. Hughes last Saturday waived preliminary examination and was remanded to jail to await the action of the December grand jury. ? Nine persons who were convicted on October 26, of espoinage in Belgium were executed yesterday, according to the Amsterdam correspondent of Reuter's Telegram company who says this information was received in an official telegram from Berlin. Ten other people, including three women, were sentenced to penal servitude, it is stated. The correspondent's dispatch follows: "An official telegram from Berlin states that in the last few day < two additional important espoinage cases have been detected in Belgium and northern France. In Belgium 21 persons nave oeen arresiea. u is aliened that after having confined their energies for some months to obtaining news by espoinage and sending it to France by way of Holland, they became bolder in September, planning to dynamite railways and buildings, besides assisting persons of military age to escape from Belgium to France. Among those arrested are four women, the principal charge against them being that they were endangering the safety of the German army. The espoinage system reported to have been discovered in France is alleged to have been managed by the wife of a French officer. It is charged that she received her instructions direct from the French military authorities. Two other women are also under arrest, and according to Berlin, the extent to which the system of espoinage is organized is indicated by the fact that the arrested persons figure prominently in the French secret service list. The guilt of the accused it is stated, already has been established. Nine persons, the message adds, were tried for espoinage in Belgium on October 26. All were found guilty and were sentenced to death. The sentence was executed Saturday. Ten others, including three women, were sentenced to penai servitude," J Ik \|or!uiUc (fnquirrr. Entered at the Postofflee at York ss Wail Matter of the Second Class. YORK, S. C.: tuesday november 2, 1915. The Sixty-fourth congress convenes on December 6. The Anderson Daily Mail says that the farmer who neglects to plant a full grain crop this fall, will be complaining about hard times next fall, and on that question the Anderson Daily Mail is as correct as usual. There is nothing new in the crop rules beine promulgated by the agricultural department; but nevertheless the agricultural department has done well to send out the information. The official nature of this statement is calculated to encourage more serious thinking. The flower show ladies of the county will be interested in that chrysanthemum story reproduced elsewhere in these columns from the New York World. "If the story is true," remarks the Gastonia Gazette, "it is some chrysanthemum and if it is not true, it is some story." But we do not dispute the story, because a paper like the World could hardly put off a thing like that if it were a joke. The Villa forces on yesterday commenced an attack on the Mexican town of Agua Prieta, just across the line from Douglass, Arizona. In anticipation of the fighting and the coming of bullets across the American side, some 6,000 American troops have been entrenched along the border. The town of Agua Prieta is being defended by the Carranza forces. Louis F. Taylor, a restaurant waiter was shot down on the American side last night, and a Carranza soldier shot an American private, Corporal Jones of Company G, Seventh infantry. It was presumed that the Americans would join in the fray during the night. News from the state fair is to the effect that both Gcvernor Manning and former Governor Blease held extensive levees, the governor at the mansion and at the state house and the ex-governor at his office in the Clark law building. The governor's levees were of a social nature mainly, and those of the former governor both social and political. It is said that while a thousand or more men, women and children called on the governor, there were probably as many callers on the former governor. The former governor's callers came from all parts of the state, as did the governor's callers. It is not to be understood, however, that the callers went from the former governor's office to the governor's mansion or from the governor's mansion to the ' - - ?- -OS TUA ftt'A iormer governors umue. xnc crowds were entirely se<parate and distinct. That $2,500 verdict that a San Francisco jury gave a patient against a hospital because of an unsatisfactory diagnosis is somewhat out of the usual order of things. It is not common to hold physicians accountable in damages for their mistakes any more than it is common to hold lawyers accountable for their mistakes. In commerce and trade, of course, the rule has always been that there must be considerations of value received on both sides, and that is right; but if the rule should be made to apply to the professions as well, especially the medical and legal professions, the result would be a most wonderful change in the practices that have always prevailed. The "no cure, no charge." doctor does not stand any higher with his associates than the "no win, no charge" lawyer. Both are supposed to charge for trying rather than for achieving. There is, of course, much show of reason and justice in the San Francisco verdict; but in the present state of the public mind on the subject, a state of mind that is the development of practice and suggestion covering many generations, there is little probability of any hurried change in the direction of the San Francisco rule. The Rock Hill Herald of yesterday contained an editorial that is evidently intended as a reply to what we said last Friday about its remarks of Thursday; but having failed to repro duce the facts and figures presented by us, we regret to feel that it has left its readers in the dark as to what it is trying to reply to. The opening sentence of the Herald's editorial reads: "The last number of The Yorkville Enquirer contained a somewhat lengthy reply to an editorial in the Herald of a previous date dealing with The Enquirer's charge that the courthouse commission favored other county newspajters instead of The Enquirer in placing advertising relating to the disposition of the old courthouse and building the new." Our readers have the complete record of all that we have said, and if there is anything therein that is suggestive of a complaint on our part as to the amount of advertising that was placed in The Enquirer, whv, then their understanding is very different from ours. We said nothing of the kind. The Herald goes on to say: "The Enquirer says it charged the rate allowed by law for the advertising done by the courthouse commission, and the Herald is entire ly willing to accept mis statement as the truth." Then, since the record shows that in each case the Herald charged more than the Enquirer for identical advertisements published in both papers, it seems to us that the Herald might be at a loss to explain why. The remainder of the Herald's editorial is devoted to a graceful effort to defend the courthouse commission in its generosity with the public funds. Had the Herald reproduced our remarks, we would have felt bound as a matter of fairness and courtesy to print all it said in reply; but under the circumstances there is no such obligation upon us. We will suggest, however, that if any of our readers aro interested to the extent of a nickle, they may procure a copy of the paper for that sum. It does not leave a good taste with us when we see newspapers trying to throw off on Wm. Jennings Bryan. While we have not seen proper to take sides as Deiween wusun auu dijou m to the conduct of negotiations with Germany, etc., we have never thought less of Mr. Bryan for his action in the matter. We have never known just what the difference between Mr. Bryan and Mr. Wilson was, and we do not know yet. The public does not know, and neither does the public know to what extent Mr. Bryan really influenced the action of the president in the matter. It is pretty generally conceded that the note which was sent after Mr. Bryan resigned, was very much changed from the note as it stood when Mr. Bryan raised his objection. But it is not on account of that resignation Incident that we are especially considerate of Mr. Bryan. We know that the whole attitude of this government toward the producing classes of the country has changed very much within the past twenty years. Twenty years ago, the citizen was not very much and the dollar was a great deal more than it is now. The dollar is still more than it ought to be compared with the man; but it is not nearly as much as it was. The change has been for the better and Mr. Bryan, more than any other one man in America, is responsible for the change. Nobody is going to deny that Mr. Bryan is responsible for Wilson, and those people who are pleased with Wilson should not withhold their gratitude from Mr. Bryan. Yes, the American people owe a great deal to Hon. William Jennings Bryan, and it is not becoming in the press to try to detract from the splendid service that gentleman has rendered or may yet render. What Will the Boy Do? Not long ago it was the privilege of the editor of The Enquirer to have a talk with a most estimable farmer couple, who had after a long, earnest and useful struggle on the farm, raised a fine family of boys and girls, and given them all a good education. All the boys but one had practically chosen their life work and this one was not yet out of college, and the question was what would probably be his chosen avocation. The attitude of the parents in this case was that they desired their boys, of all of which they were justly proud, to do what they liked; but it was a fact that the youngest boy had not yet given out any intimation except that he would continue to operate the old farm. The parents seemed to have a hope that such would be his final decision; but still they were evidently determined not to try to exercise any undue influence. Of course as to what this boy, with a practical knowledge of farming before he went to college, and a good education in agricultural chemistry when he comes home, is going to do, is problematical. A young man of clean life, fine character, and splendid physique, there is no reason to doubt that this boy will have many temptations in various lines of activity other than the farm; but if he should choose the farm, choose it willingly, the proba bility is that he will accomplish more for himself and for his fellow men than in any other line. If any one should undertake to belittle the intelligence of the farmers of York county as a class, we would hasten to their defense most strenuously. There are among the farmers of York county many men, some young, some middle-aged and some old, who will measure up most creditably with any class of people anywhere, and amongst them too are a few who are possessed of all that may be had from the best colleges in the land. However, the fact remains that many of our bright farmer boys, after having been raised to the hard work of the plow, the hoe, the turns and tht like, are disposed to seek other means of livelihood, and too few of them, especially after having received a liberal education, are willing to continue on the farm. According to the way we see it, there is no use of our trying to change any of this and we are not going to try to change it. We recognize that this is a free country as it should be, and every man should be allowed to follow the bent of his inclination without hindrance in whatever useful line; but at the same time we would be glad to see more of our boys go from the college to the farm. According to our belief, more than once previously expressed, there has been more progress in agriculture in this country during the past twenty years than during any previous hundred years, and up to this time there has only been a fairly satisfactory start. There has been accomplished only enough to show what can be accomplished, and with the start that has been made all that is now necessary to higher and better things on the farm?things as high from any standpoint as may be attained in any other avocation?is the assistance that the literary and scientific knowledge of the colleges can give th^ practical training that the farmer boys have received before going off to school. The time is coming, we hope, when the farmer boys, after getting through college, are going back to the farm to make use of all the really valuable knowledge that their fathers had, to discard such errors as their fathers may have made, and to use their enriched and broadened minds and energies in the better management of labor, and in the more scientific conduct of farming operations generally. The Cotton Market. The cotton market has been sick during the past two weeks, and one of the commonest questions among the people who have cotton to sell is, "What is the matter?" We are unable to answer the question to our own satisfaction, and therefore we cannot hope to be able to answer it to the satisfaction of those who are making inquiry. One explanation of the situation that is being strongly urged is that the recent loan of $500,000,000 to the Allies helped the situation as long as the money lasted; but now that this mrmpv has heen virtually spent, the Allies are without means to buy as freely as formerly and the price is showing its sympathy. Of course there may be something in this proposition; but we are not inclined to think so. England has never paid any more for cotton than she could help, regardless of how much money she may have had. In fact throughout the past, it has appeared that the more money England had, and the less America had, the less the price paid for cotton. As we have suggested. we are not inclined to absolutely deny the proposition under consideration: but somehow we are disposed to suspect that it is not based so much1 upon the actual belief of those who ] have put It forward as upon a desire to make sentiment in favor of another big loan to England. And regarding these loans to the Allies, we do not like them. The practice * of lending the other fellow money with which to do business so as to in- < crease the profits of the lender is fundamental. We very well understand that. In making a loan also it is run- , damental to inquire Into the use the proposed borrower wants to make of the money he seeks. If he wants It for legitimate business, it is all right; but generally if it Is for gambling purposes, it Is all wrong. Lending money to the Allies just now strikes us as a * pretty big gamble, and we do not think that the financial advantage that has accrued to America on account of the ' war up to this time ought to be Jeopardized in any such manner. j More likely than any influence that is being exercised by this prospective war loan, in our view, is the influence that is bfeing exercised by the spinning interests of America and Great Britain. Let the spinning interests talk 1 about the matter as they will; but what they want is low priced cotton. That portion of the crop which has J already been sold is in the hands of the spinning interests?all of it in fact that has not already been spun. The spinning interests have stocks ahead, and it is our belief that they are using , those stocks for the purpose of bearing the market and that is all there is to it. Other people may think differently, and if so that is their right r As we see it, the question right now is not so much what is making the cotton market sick, as what it is that has . been keeping it up, and what is it that will continue to be its reliance. That question is easily answered. It is the 6 per cent money that has been and is 1 being offered by the Regional Reserve 1 system and the state warehouse sys- 1 tem that has made that money availa- ' ble to the farmers. There are those who are opposed to this view, who will dispute with us on the ground that North Carolina and Georgia have no state warehouse systems, and that money is as cheap there as here. We will answer this by saying that notwithstanding the fact that the Federal treasury has previously furnished free money with which to help cotton, nobody ever heard of any 6 per cent money to the producer, on warehouse certificates, until after the establishment of the South Carolina state system, and since the establishment of the state system, 6 per cent money is available on warehouse certificates of almost any kind. Therefore, just as South Carolina banks lend on independent warehouse certificates, the same as on state warehouse certificates, so do North Carolina and Georgia banks do the same thing. Now as to how long the market is going to be sick, we do not know, and neither do we know whether cotton is going on up to 15 cents a pound or better; but we do say that if It is a fact that the present depression is due to the bearish use that the spinners are making of supplies already purchased, then the very best thing the cotton producers can do is to make use of that 6 per cent money that is being offered to them and carry their cotton on into next spring, or n ucucasai; until next summer. OUTPUT OF THE GINS South Carolina Figures of 1914 Compared With 1915. 7 The following report of the cotton ginned In South Carolina prior to October 18, 1915, compared with the ginnings to the same date In 1914, was made public b" Sam L. Rogers, director of the census on October 25. Quantities are in running bales, counting round bales as half bales and linters are not included: County. 1915. 1914. Abbeville 12,834 14,850 Aiken 22,019 26,880 Anderson 22,533 25,888 Bamberg 11,171 15,794 Barnwell 24,266 36.591 Beaufort 1,401 3,638 Berkeley 4,360 7,654 Calhoun 10,631 16,120 Charleston 2,244 5,251 Cherokee 4,814 6,010 Chester 16,407 16,293 Chesterfield 16,051 15.738 Clarendon 14,944 28,082 Colleton 7,7 3& iz,*<u Darlington 18,354 19,030 Dillon 17.051 19,153 Dorchester 7,038 10,083 Edgefield 15.569 16,386 Fairfield 12,653 10,058 Florence 16.738 20,583 Georgetown 1,215 2,090 Greenville 14.426 18,390 Greenwood 13,115 14,484 Hampton 8,176 13,779 Horry 3,284 3,276 Jasper 1,725 3.923 Kershaw 14,740 14,165 Lancaster 9,568 8,391 Laurens 16,887 17,262 Lee 18,649 21,348 Lexington 13.77S 11,315 Marion 7.563 6,962 Marlboro 27,494 31,120 Newberry 18,779 15,064 Oconee 5,661 6,761 Orangeburg 39,523 45,662 Pickens 4,801 7,827 Richland 11,108 13.346 Saluda 13,363 11,293 Spartanburg 27,274 29,650 Sumter 17,739 28,971 Union 7,166 6.904 Williamsburg 13,211 17,863 York 14,135 17.146 Total 582.091 693,444 True Happiness.?Helen Gould?or. if you insist, Mrs. Finley J. Shepherd? continues to get the most out of life. Since she was a little girl the keynote of her philosophy has been "make others happy," and it has been a wonderful success. She has won the love of the whole nation. She is famous for her womanly charm and virtue. Happiness has come to her in proportion. After her marriage, one thing was needed to make her home life complete?a little child. To a woman of her temperament a child was us necessary ;us tuuu. nn neai i yea.nied for a little fellow whom she could 1 love and fondle. And with character- , istic Gould directness she went out and found just the right one. 1 He is a little waif. The best de- ! tectives money could hire failed to lo- t cate his parents or relatives. He was deserted on a doorstep by his mother. Rut he is a fine little chap and the ' Shepherds are as proud of him as if ! he were their own son. They are go- [ ing to do their best to make a great ' man of him. j If mother love can accomplish that ' object, it is safe to predict that they will succeed.?Anderson Daily Mail. j ? j Bryan Asks No Quarter.?In a speech ? for prohibition at a mass meeting at t Cleveland. Ohio, last Sunday, William Jennings Brvan told an audience not to 1 pity him for his "unsuccessful politl- l cal career." 1 "Sometimes my friends have ex- | pressed their svmpathy to me because ] of what they termed the unsuccessful- < ness of my political career." said Mr. ] Bryan. "Why. they shouldn't do that. Since I've been in politics reforms ] have been accomplished without the ] loss of a single life that would have ( cost thousands of lives in sacrifice 200 ] years ago. "Pity me? Don't do it. If I had ] lived two centuries ago and advocated 8 what I do now I would have been hang- i ed. No one has accomplished any great reform without being abused and ( ostracised at first. Rill when a man ] believes he is in the right he must j speak out.*' I ? J ? Fred F. Donohue, alias "Brooklyn Slim," who was arrested in Charlotte t last week, charged with robbing sever- o al postoflices throughout the country, 1 is believed to be the man who robbed a the postoffice at Woodruff a few days a ago. LOCAL AFFAIRS. ! i Sessile Smith, Clerk?Cals on mem- 1 bers of Filbert Camp, No. 136, W. 1 0. W., to pay assessments at once. ' Vuto?Ofl'ers high grade automobile, ; in perfect condition, for sale at a bargain. fork Trust Co.?Asks if you are do- . ing your duty to your family in the ; matter of life insurance. It wants to supply additional insurance. j rhomson Co.?Has received express shipments of ladies suits and coats. Sh)es for ladies and men. Hats for men. Millinery styles, first National Bank?Gives you food 1 for thought in the inquiry, "What has become of my money " A checking account will tell you. I. M. siroup?wants you to Know mat Royal tailored clothes are for red 1 blooded Americans who want the 1 best for their money. I* M. Grist's Sons?Offer a dictionary to clubmakers and also to persons ( returning coupons. Fteil^y-Taylor Co.?Fall Into poetry in 1 telling of the merits and good qual- 1 ities of Luziannc coffee. IV. E. Ferguson?Sells Downey's can- ( dies at 40c a pound. Has cabbage j plants. He wants those who owe 1 him to pay noy*. !?uis Roth?Has a variety of new 1 and seasonable groceries, including . buckwheat flour, Fulton Market beef, barrel and dill pickles. Tames Bros.?Were disappoint 3d at rot receiving their fourth car of stock Saturday or Monday. Expect- 1 ing them every day. Speaking of good roads, people who 1 lave not been over the recently con- * itructed road from Clover out about >ight miles toward Catawba river, are lot qualified to discuss the subject. These eight miles of road constitute jasily the best stretch of public hlghvay to be found in York county, the 'amous "Filbert spur" not excepted. In the November American Magazine | rarl Mathlson Chapin has a very renarkable story, entitled "Destiny"? 1 i vivid portrayal of character in vhich he shows that men run to type vhether on a South Sea island or In a jreat city, and in his tale of two men ihipwrecked on a desert island Is the itory of many men. In the same issue 5. Richard Sehayer writes an interest- , Hg article entitled "The War Buzzard." The author, a soldier in the British , irmy, was in France in the trenches 'or six months and consequently is Lble to give some vivid descriptions of ( he horrors of modern warfare. Alfalfa is no longer an experiment in he Piedmont, especially in York couny. It has been demonstrated that this ( iplendld forage crop can be produced n this locality In as thorough-going perfection as anywhere. It may re- . juire a little more labor in the prepar- ( ition, and a little more expenditure 'or lime and other fertilizers than in ;he west; but after the proper means ! lave been used, the crop comes up to j ill expectations, and affords a suffl:iently larger number of heavy cutings to make up for all drawbacks as :ompared with supposedly most favorid localities. After the success that las been scored in alfalfa raising it vould seem that every farmer in the :ounty should try for at least one, two, :hree or more acres. Although quite a number of people started out to gather fifty coupons to jet a dictionary as per the terms of ' ;he offer published last Friday, so far lone have presented the required lumber. The time limit on that offer vill expire tomorrow evening at 6 j'clock, and up to this time w have lot seen proper to repeat it in the lame form; but in another column will je found another offer that is more lib- ' ;ral. We propose to give a dictioniry to the person returning the largest lumber of coupons by next Monday < svening at 6 o'clock, and also a die- i :lonary to the person returning the > second largest number of coupons to- I jether with one paid annual subscripion. This will insure a dictionary to < somebody even though they do not re- , :urn more than three coupons, and Wni % o hannnno t A Ko tho 1Q rcroot mim- i jer. I GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY The Jury commissioners this mornng drew thirty-six petit Jurors to lerve during the first week of the fall erm of the court of general sessions, vhich convenes in Yorkville on Monlay, November 22, with Judge Hayne Rice of Aiken, presiding. The velire is as follows: 1 >V. H. Barnett Bethel. F. M. Hartness York. ) 1. B. Ratterree Catawba. | j\ D. Black Catawba. , r. B. VVhltesides Broad River. H. L. Carroll York. 1 5. C. Carson -..York. 3. G. Parrott King's Mountain. r. J. Dunlap Catawba. : Y. N. Wallace Bethel, i 3. H. Neely Ebenezer. W. P. Fudge Catawba. iV. T. Ligon Catawba. 3. M. Kimbrell -..Fort Mill. r. E. Stroup York. Ft. F. Bankhead Bullock's Creek. f. Warren Moore Bethesda. 3. L. Wright King's Mountain. 2. M. Niell King's Mountain. iV. Clyde Faris King's M., antain. r. G. Hoffman Ebenezer. i 6V. F. Adams Catawba. ; W. Y. Russell Bethesda. r. M. Thrower Fort Mill. ' tV. J. Cornwell Catawba. I. R. Barrett King's Mountain. PV. T. Graves Broad River. 3. C. Blankenship Fort Mill. Robt. Whisonant Broad River. tV. B. Roddey Catawba. I T. Thorn Neely Catawba. H. L. Suggs Ebenezer. W. A. Roach Fort Mill. E. B. Mitchell Bullock's Creek. . T. T. Brandon Bethel. 3. F. Mitchell Bullock's Creek. AUCTION SALES l Fourteen tracts of land were sold aefore the courthouse door yesterday morning by the clerk of the court. A urge number of people attended the sales. Following was the property sold: Ethel C. Moore, individually and as , ;xecutrix of the estate of W. C. Moore, deceased, plaintiff, against Mrs. M. A. Moore, Mrs. Esther Hope, S. Ina Moore, 5. T. Moore, O. Ray Moore, Clarence i B. Moore, Margaret Starr Moore, and i Solomon R. Moore, defendants?Tract Vo. 1, 104 acres, bought by Finley & Marion, attorneys, for $15 per acre; i tract No. 2 96 acres, bought by T. H. : L?ove at $26 per acre; tract No. 3, 85i icres, bought by Dunlap & Dunlap, at- < orneys, for $15 per acre. Charles E. McGinnas, Ephrlam Lee I McGlnnas, Sallie P. Harrelson and Ju- 1 lie E. Beam, plaintiffs, against Wil- I iam J. McGinnas, Mary C. Beam- 1 juard, Margaret L. Beam, and J. A. Blackwood & Co., derenaants?iraci containing 140 acres, bought by G. Lee 1 Beam for $12 per acre. J. M. Rawlinson and W. W. Lewis, I plaintiffs, against Margaret C. Hope, J. Fred Hope, Alice A. Pursley, Ella F. 1 ^ooke, R. Bayard Hope, Julius M. 1 tfope, John Hamilton Hope, Samuel 1 tfope, Blanche J. Wallace, W. Blanton ' 3ope and Mrs. M. E. Jones, defendints?tract containing 67 acres, bought >y R. S. Quinn for $1,475. Margaret E. Witherspoon, plaintiff, , igainst Cornelia E. Hardin, Alva V. iardin, Jessie May Hardin, and Annie ..ois Hardin, defendants?140 acres; i >ought by C. E. Spencer, attorney, for ;550. ] Peoples Building and Loan associaion, plaintiff, against G. W. Jennings, j lefendant?lot on Green avenue in forkville; bought by G. W. S. Hart, ttorney, for People's Building & Loan ! issociatlon, for $100. British and American Mortgage 1 company, plaintiff, against J. A. Bolin, L. J. Bolin, James Bolin, W. L. Lock hart, D. Jeff Smith, T. Thomas Smith, Sarah A. Leech, Ella J. Scoggins, Mat- . tie Isabel Scoggins, Fred Scoggins, Sarah Evelyn Scoggins and James Calhoun Scoggins, defendants?Tract of 1 land containing 233 acres; bought by John R. Hart, attorney, for $2,025. Samuel M. McNeel, plaintiff, against H. E. Davidson, E. M. Davidson, Sallie Davidson Black, and Dora Davidson, and James Oormon, American Trust Co., as receiver of the Savings Bank and Trust company, Charlotte, N. C.. E. W. Hobbs and R. A. Dobson, trustees in bankruptcy of H. E. DavidBon, defendants?tract containing 161 acres, bought by C. E. Spencer, attorney, for $2,350. Mary Ann Parish, plaintiff, against Walter M. Dunlap, as administrator, et al., defendants?tract in Cotton Belt , section, containing 44 9-10 acres, bought by A. L. Black for $1,100. Samuel N. Johnson, Jr., plaintiff, against H. Ernest Gladden and H. E. Johnson as trustees for H. Ernest 1 Gladden; H. E. and S. N. Johnson, as trustees for H. Ernest Gladden and E. ' A. Clements as trustee for Goodwill Council, No. 26, Virginia Branch, Junior Order United American Mechanics, defendants?tract of land contain- ( Ing 130 acres, bought by T. P. McDow, attorney, for $2,775. R. M. Roark, plaintiff against C. C. 1 Hughes and Anna Hughes, defendants ?tract containing 460 acres; bought by R. M. Roark for $8,000. A. Lee Llneberger, plaintiff, against Cora S. Howell, Carrie R. Brown, Mattie Hn Beamguard, Willie May Lineberger, J. Frank Llneberger, Pearl R. Lineberger, Iva K. Llneberger and Ola S. Lineberger, defendants?two tacts containing 1331 acres; tract No. 1, containing 67 acres, bought by J. Prank Lineberger at $25 per acre; No. 2?66J acres, purchased by W. Bonner McGill at $33 per acre. Emily C. Wright, plaintiff, against P. O. Thomas, Beulah Thomas, John J. Bailes, and D. W. Flow, defendants : ?tract containing 891 acres; bought by S. L. Meacham for $1,300. i J. M. Stroup, plaintiff, against Margaret Ferguson, Mattie Falls and D. B. McCarter and Maggie L. Ferguson, as executrix of the estate of E. V. McCarter, deceased, and Smoak-Brown Mule Co., defendants?tract containing 75 acres; bought by Smith Bros., for $2,300.50. WITHIN THE TOWN ? Saturday was another one of those good days for local merchants and a great quantity of dry goods and groceries were sold by them to county purchasers. 1- - ? ragnieen persons who pruicoocu Christianity during: the recent evangelistic meeting conducted here by Rev. John W. Ham were baptized by Rev. J. H. Machen, pastor of the First Baptist church Sunday night. ? With a number of delegates from neighboring towns in attendance, the Woman's Junior auxiliary of the Sreenville convocation, Episcopal diocese of South Carolina, began its sessions in the Church of the Good Shepherd this morning. The sessions will be concluded on Thursday. ? The contract for the erection of the Charlotte Street Baptist church of Yorkville, was let Saturday, to Mr. W. T. Beamguard of Clover. As its name implies, the new church will be built on Charlotte street, near the Cannon mill. It is to be a frame building and will cost in the neighborhood of $2,000. ? Rev. Dr. P. B. Wells, presiding elder of the Rock Hill district of the Upper South Carolina conference and a* If T7? nkiimK pciiJLur ui oi< uumi a iu. JUI vnuivi* v* Rock Hill, occupied the pulpit at rrinlty Methodist church Sunday morning, having exchanged pulpits for the day with Rev. Henry Stokes who preached at Dr. Well's church In Rock Hill. ? A football eleven composed of the University school and Baird's school of Charlotte, defeated the Graded school team on the field here Saturday afternoon by a score of 7 to 6. The game was one of the best seen here this season although the local team was at a disadvantage owing to the fact that two of the best players. John Lewis, the left end and Andral Sherer, the left half back, were prohibited from playing owing to injuries, the former suffering with a broken rib and the latter with a dislocated collar bone. Quite a number of lovers of the sport saw the game. ? A meeting of the York County Medical society was held in the opera house last night and several papers on subjects of interest to the profesA on/1 HloonoanH hv varU 91UI1 ITCIC icau auu uihvubwvv* ous physicians present. Drs. Reid and McCombs of Gastonia, were guests of the association. It was expected that W. H. Darby of Florence, state inspector in connection with the Federal anti-narcotic act, would be present and deliver an address, but he was unavoidably detained. Among the out-of-town physicians who attended the meeting were: Drs. Bigger. Miller, Hayes, Stevens and Coward of Rock Hill; Drs. I. J. and J. W. Campbell and Dr. Pressly of Clover; Dr. Dulin of Bethel; Dr. Whitesides of McConnellsville; Dr. Miller of Smyrna, and Dr. Burruss of Sharon. ? J. E. Norris, the plumber, ordered a water heater for Charlie Miller from Cleveland, Ohio, with instructions that It be shipped to "York." After ten days the Cleveland firm has notified Norris that the heater was being held up at some point in Pennsylvania, where they knew of Yorkville, S. C., but no York, and asking for further Instructions. Norris wired that Yorkville is York and asked that the heater be sent on. A party who came over from Rock Hill yesterday morning says that when the train reached this place and the conductor announced "York," a passenger who remained unmoved in his seat, asked the gentleman who was getting ofT here, "How far is it to Yorkville?" "This is Yorkville," replied the gentleman, and the passenger gui uu, piuiuoc nnu muuno. "If you had not told me," he said, "I would have gone right on." ? There was nothing doing among the horse traders yesterday, although, as a rule salesday in November is one of the best of the year. What the trouble was is not known. There were several well known swappers in town and they had a number of pretty good looking horses and lots of plugs. One horse trader who was asked about the matter, said that "there was plenty of stuff here to swap but they were Just not talking right." Another ventured the assertion "that if it had been a little colder with a drizzling rain, and plenty of liquor flowing, there would have been lots of trading." Another said that since the imposition of the license tax, the horse traders who were wont to come here from a distance would come no longer for the simple reason that they were somewhat confused as to whether or not they would have to pay a daily license to do business. Anyway, whatever the reason, business was dull among the horse traders and the back lots were cleared of the few i traders who were here long before sun- | iown. . I ABOUT PEOPLE Mrs. J. C. Wilborn spent yesterdav ( in Rock Hill. Mr. S. L. Meacham of Fort Mill, was i \ visitor here this week. i Rev. J. M. Bigham of Huntersville. ' tf. C., was in Yorkville yesterday. Mr. S. S. Shuford visited relatives 1 n Gastonia Sunday. Mr. Lamar Pegra*- of <" otonla, was i visitor here this week. ( Mrs. Fred Garner of Union, visited t Mrs. S. M. McNeel here this week. * Mayor Jas. C. Hardin of Rock Hill, cvas a visitor in Yorkville on Saturday. < Mr. J. S. Plexico of Chester spent 1 Sunday with relatives in Sharon. Dr. R. A. Bratton of Yorkville was a visitor in Columbia last week. Mr. J. B. Cook of Yorkville spent Sunday with friends at Clover. Dr. B. N. Miller of Smyrna, was a visitor here Saturday. Mr. Lee Campbell of Bethel was among the visitors here yesterday. Mrs. E. B. Hunter of Sharon visited relatives in Rock Hill last week. Miss Rosa Jackson of Tlrzah is teaching school at Shady Grove. Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Comer and children of Le Orange, Ga., visited , Mr. J. C. Comer, here this week. Baxter Wells of Belmont, N. C., i visited relatives in Yorkvllle this week. Miss Esther Ashe visited her sisters, , Misses Annie and Mabel Ashe, in Spartanburg this week. Mr. J. R * Lindsay, Jr., of Columbia, visited relatives in Yorkvllle this . week. i Mr. J. W. Kirkpatrick has returned to Yorkvllle, after spending several days in northern markets. Miss Bessie Pegram, who is teaching Bchool in Oastonla, spent Sunday at her home here. Miss Annie Stevens has returned to her home here after spending several weeks in Monroe and Charlotte, N. C. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Abell of Lowryville, visited Mrs. E. A. Crawford here this week. Mrs. N. G. Allison leaves tomorrow to spend several weeks with her brother, Mr. J. F. Glenn, in Sumter. Messrs. John Matthews and Thad Clinton of Clover, were visitors In Gastonia Sunday. Mr. Brooks Lindsay of the Delphos section, was a visitor in Rock Hill yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Craig Wllkerson of Gastonia, visited relatives in Yorkvllle this week. Mr. P. B. Comer of Winston-Salem, N. C., visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Comer, here this week. Miss Ruth and Master Edgar Ferguson of R F. D. No. 5, visited relatives in Columbia last week. Mrs. H. L. Summit has returned to her home here after a visit to relatives in Gastonia. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn White returned to Yorkvllle Sunday evening, after a vHolf roloHvna of QVinlKv V P Mr. Audrey Inman of Davidson college, visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Inman here this week. Mrs. J. 8. Jones and daughter, Miss Sarah, visited Capt J. D. McConnell, at McConnellsville, last week. Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Rogers, of KingBtree visited Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Courtney here this week. Mr. J. M. Mclver of Gulf, N. C., is visiting his daughter, Mrs. E. E. Gillespie, here. Miss Kate Hunter, who is teaching in Gaffney, visited her mother, Mrs. J. J. Hunter, here this week. Mr. A. W. Whltaker of Rosswell, New Mexico, is spending a few days with relatives and friends in this section. Mr. and Mra John R. Stevenson and son, and Mr. Johnson of Land's Ford, visited the family of Mr. D. C. Clark on R. F. D. No. 1, this week. John Thomasson of the Boiling Springs high school, Shelby, visited the family of his mother, Mrs. Ada Thomasson in Yorkville this week. Messrs. Charlie and Harvey Williamson and Mr. J. T. Crawford were among the people from the Guthriesville section who were here yesterday. Dr. and Mrs. R. L. Wylie have returned to their home in Clover after at iM apeuuiiiB u. icw uaja in uaimuvici Md., where they took their little son Robert, for treatment. Mrs. M. T. Draffln of Riverside, Lancaster county Is expected here tonight to visit her daughter, Mra M. W. White. Mr. B. B. Framan has returned to Rutherfordton, N. C., after a visit to the family of Mr. I. C. Grayson on Clover No. 4. Mr. W. C. Erwln, formerly of Yorkville, now of Florence, who has been undergoing treatment at Lake Saranac, N. Y., is spending several days with relatives and friends here. Mrs. J. H. Witherspoon who has been undergoing treatment in the Charlotte sanltorium, has returned to her home in Yorkville. Her condition is improved. Messra John R. Logan, Jr., and C. E. Spencer, Jr., returned from Columbia Sunday where they attended the state fair. Among the people of the Sharon section who were visitors here yesterday were: R. D. Hope, T. H. Love, S. B. Pratt, George Plexico, J. H. Bigham, J. E. Plexico, Dr. J. H. Saye. Mr. Ebenezer Gettys of Tirzah has resumed his duties as principal of the school at Blairsville. He is being assisted by Mra S. A. Mitchell. Mr. Chas. T. Crook of Americus, Ga., is visiting his brother Mr. W. H. Crook and other relatives in the Gold Hill section of Fort Mill township. The condition of Mr. John Youngblood of the Tirzah section, who has been ill for some time with heart trouble and other disorders, remains about the same. Mr. George Hart of Yorkville, has taken a position in the First National bank, succeeding his brother. Mr. A. T. Hart whn nntlrin?tf>? Mvterlnsr the wholesale grocery business in Yorkville in partnership with Mr. R. J. Mackorell. Dr. and Mrs. B . N. Miller have issued invitations to the marriage of their sister, Miss Ida Whitesides. to Mr. Paul Densmore Karris of Rock Hil, the wedding to take place at Smyrna on the evening of Nov. 24. Messrs. W. L. Youngblood of R. F. D. No. 6, W. S. Hogue of R. F. D. No. 7, and J. Frank Faulkner left last evening for Greenwood where they will serve as Jurors in the United States court. Chester Reporter: Mr. J. G. L. White, deputy warehouse commissioner, was here Saturday and closed arrangements with Mr. R. C. Guy at Dinber, whereby the latter's 250 bale warehouse will become a part of the state system. Mr. and Mrs. James Philip Watson have announced the marriage of their sister Miss Margaret Rebecca Moore to Dr. James Furman Dobson which occurred in Bennettsville October 28. Dr. and Mrs. Dobson will reside at . Ridgeway, S. C. Dr. Dobson is a son of Mr. William Dobson, formerly of Yorkville No. 6, but now of Gaffney. Governor Manning has appointed the following; York county citizens delegates to tne Aiianuc ueeper Waterways association convention which Is to be held in Savannah Nov. 9 to 12: Dr. J. H. Saye, Sharon, J. C. Wilborn, Yorkville; M. L. Smith, Clover; Dr. J. B. Johnson, Rock Hill; Johnson Cameron, Yorkville No. 3; S. H. Epps, Sr., Fort Mill. Greenwood Index: "Greenwood ' county is fortunate in having as presiding judge at this term of court so good a lawyer and estimable a citizen 1 as Hon. Thomas F. McDow of York. I Judge McDow has made a splendid 1 impression here and the opinion is that it would be a fortunate thing for the state if he were given a permanent seat on the circuit bench." Mr. G. L. Suggs, who lives near the ( ferry on Yorkville R. F. D. No. 8, and who suffered a stroke of paralysis in i his right side about a month ago, is i Improving slowly and steadily. When stricken. Mr. Suggs was engaged in getting up a lot of hay out of his river bottoms. The paralysis came on slow- , ly and unexpectedly, and it was with much difficulty that Mr. Suggs could get to his home, nearly three-quarters of a mile away. He was confined to his bed for some days; but after about a week recovered sufficiently to be ible to get up, and now, with the help of crutches he is able to get out into his front piazza and also he can go to the dining room. His speech was i slightly affected during the first few i lays; but now he is able to converse without difficulty. Mr. Suggs's physi- ; Man assures him that he will continue i to mend steadily until he is his old self again, and Mr. Suggs feels that way about It himself. He is quite cheerful and patient in his affliction, and is always glad to see his friends, many of whom have been calling upon J him at every opportunity. J LOCAL LACONICS Released on Bond. Berrv Rainey, colored, was arrested yesterday morning, charged with dls- ^ posing of property under mortgage. He was later released on bond. Registration Board Meets. Messrs. J. B. Barron and D. T. Woods of the county registration board were in the board's office in the courthouse yesterday for the purpose of issuing certificates. Only one new certificate was issued while there were several renewals. Fir? at Ginnerv. There was a scary little Are at Mr. C. M. Inman's ginnery near Yorkvllle about 5 o'clock Saturday afternoon, the blaze being occasioned by the leakage of gasoline from the engine used to pull the gin. A considerable quantity of cotton caught fire but the blaze was extinguished without seri- * ous damage. Bible and Flag Presented. Wade Hampton Council of Rock Hill, Junior Order United American Mechanics, presented a Bible and flag to the Lesslie school at Lesslie, Friday evening before a large audience. About forty members of the order attended the exercises, which were held in the school house. Prof. O. B. Kibler, principal of the school, presided. Dr. J. B. Johnson presented the flag and Rev. W. H. Polk the Bible. Aged Citizen Dead. Mr. John Franklin Adams died at the county home Saturday from the inflrmaties of old age, and was buried in Bethany cemetery Sunday morning, following funeral services conducted by Rev. J. L. Oates. Mr. Adams was in the 84th year of his age, having been born in the Sutton Spring community in December, 1831. Mr. Adams' wife preceded him to the grave \ about Ave months ago. The deceased A is survived by one daughter, Mrs. ^ Hattie Whlttaker of Rosswell, N. M. Many Hear Evangelist. Rev. O. W. Belk of Hendersonville, N. C., evangelist of the Presbyterian ^ synod of North Carolina, delivered a sermon to men only in the Clover V Presbyterian church Sunday afternoon. The church was well filled with citizens of Clover and the surrounding country. The evangelist concluded his series of services which have been in progress at the Clover church for about two weeks on Sunday night. There were a number of accessions to Clover churches as a result of the meeting. Two Mors 8tate Warehouses. Mr. J. O. L. White, deputy state warehouse commissioner, was in Torkvllle for a short time yesterday, having come up to York county for the purpose of taking over the cotton w&re' W . Vf/Willi Rot* nf RAth. JIUUOCO U1 iUVQMO. MIWIIU W?v?? v? V*.any, and C. M. Inman of Torkvllle No. 1, under the state system. With the taking over of the two warehouses mentioned, York county now has six warehouses as follows: One at Bowling Green, one at Filbert, one at Sharon, one at Fort Mill, and the two just named. The Tirzah warehouse has not yet been taken over. Will Again Be in Race* Columbia State, Monday: "Yes, air, 'SM I will be a candidate for railroad commissioner," said James Cansler of ^ Tirzah, in York county, who was among the visitors In Columbia yesterday. "Your initials, please, Mr. _ Cansler?" "Got no initials, just plain , * 'Cansler of Tirzah."* "How old are you?" "Fifty-eight, but still In the running, and bound to win." "How many campaigns have you participated in?" "I don't know. They are all paid for." Mr. Cansler came to Columbia for the fair. Saturday he called at the governor's office. Held Regular Keception. York county citizens who were in Columbia last week during the state fair, say that former Governor Bleaae was one of the busiest persons in the whole city of Columbia during fair week. Hundreds of people from all sections of the state visited the law office of ex-Governor Blease in the Clark building and he evidently held an Informal reception from early morning until late at night. "They swarmed into his office like bees," said a gentleman the other day. "A *number of clients having business with the former governor were In his office while 1 was there; but they did not have a chance to discuss legal matters with him. Scores of York county people who attended the fair stepped Into his office merely to say 'Howdy,' and there were numerous admirers there from every county in the state." ^ Sharon Roll of Honor. ? Following la the roll of honor of the Sharon Graded school for the month of October, as furnished by M. L. Smith, principal: Tenth grade?Edna Low ranee, Fred Peninger; ninth grade ?Rachel Cain, Odossa Plexico, Grlcr * White. Eighth grade?Hugheger Rob- 1 inson, Annie Good, Ruth Hope, Eula Whitesldes, Paul Good. Seventh grade ?Fulton Horton, James Graves. Fifth grade?Nell Horton. Fourth grade? Oba Robinson, Thelma Pratt, Mary Whlsonant, Lillian Hope, John Faulkner Ralney. Third grade?Joe Scott Hope, Lee Youngblood. Second grade ?Mattie Mae Whitesldes, Alma Whisonant First grade?Julia Robinson, Margaret Whlsonant, Annie Lee Whitesides, Bert Hope. Death of Mr. B. I. Walker. More definite Information as to the circumstances of the sudden death of Mr. B. I. Walker at his home near Clover last Tuesday, does not confirm the impression of heart failure, then prevailing. It appears that Mr. Walker was in the held with some negroes picking cotton. He picked up a large basket of cotton and emptied it, holding the bottom of the basket high off the ground. Shortly afterward he placed his hand on his breast and spoke of a severe pain there. The negroes advised him to go to the house; but he said that the pain would pass ? away shortly and he went back to picking cotton. On reaching the end of the row, he sat down, and in a few moments he was dead. Mr. Walker was a powerful man physically, and it Is thought that he must have ruptured a blood vessel. The family had never known of any complaint on account of his heart previous to his death. State Elections Today.?Voters in New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Maryland, conservative eastern states which hitherto have not granted suffrage to women, vote on that question today after campaigns waged determinedly both by suflfragists and antl-suffragista So strenuous has been the fight to convert voters to suffrage that in many instances other Issues have almost been lost sight of, although in New York the question of the ratification of a new conauiuuuii xs uciui c mc ^w|nv. While Maryland does not vote directly on suffrage, candidates elected t to the legislature will probably have to pass on that question. In Massachusetts the gubernatorial contest promises to be the hottest straight Democratic and Republican battle since the Progressive party came into existence. In Ohio prohibition is the question at issue. Kentucky voters are to choose a rovernor and state offlclala Here both Republicans and Democrats seem confident of victory. In Virginia a legislature will be elected which will provide for enforcement of the state-wide prohibition laws. ? Rev. W. A. McAulay, pastor of the A. R. P. church of Spartanburg, has resigned his pastorate. Mr. McAulay is one of the best known ministers of the A. R. P. church and is particularly well known in Spartanburg county. His resignation becomes effective November 10. ? E. F. Cofleld, a shipping clerk of the Grogan mill, in Anderson, was severely beaten by striking operatives while attempting to load a freight car yesterday. B. B. Gossett, vice presldent of the mill was threatened by the strikers and a number of rocks were thrown at him.