Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, November 19, 1915, Image 1

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YORKYILLE ENQUIRER. ISSUED SEMI-WEEELT. l. m. OEIST'8 sons, PabUiher.. | % 4amilS ^or th; JJromotion sj th$ political, J$oqiaIr Sgriptfopt and Commercial Interests o|f geoplj. | ESTABLISHED 1855. YORK, S. C- FRIDAY^ ISTOVEMBEH19, 1915 "~yQ. 93. T ARZ THE By EDGAR RIC J Copyright, 1912, by tho Frank A. M CHAPTER X. The Forest God. When Tarzan had finished his repast he rose and, pointing in a very different direction from that which Clayton had been pursuing, started through the jungle toward the point he had Indicated. Clayton, bewildered and confused, hesitated to follow him, for he thought he was but being led more deeply Into the mazes of the forest, but the ape man returned and, grasping him by the coat, dragged him along until he was convinced that Clayton understood what was required of him and then left him to follow (voluntarily. The Englishman finally concluded that he was a prisoner and saw no alternative but to accompany his captor, and thus they traveled slowly through the jungle while the sable mantle of the impenetrable night of * the forest fell about them. Suddenly Clayton heard the faint report of a firearm a single shot and then silence. In the cabin by the beach two thoroughly terrified women clung to each other as they crouched upon the low bench in the gathering darkness. The negress, sobbing hysterically, bemoaned her departure from her dear Maryland, while the white girl, dry eyed and outwardly calm, was tortured by inward foreboding. She feared not more for herself than for the three men whom she knew to be wandering in the abysmal depths of the jungle, from which now issued the incessant shrieks and roars, barkings and growlings of its terrifying and fearsome inmates. Now came the sound of a heavy p body brushing against the side of the w cabin. She could hear the great pad ded paws upon the ground without. Then for an Instant all was silent. "Hush!"' the girl whispered. "Hush, Esmeralda!" for the woman's sobs and k groans seemed to have attracted the thing that stalked there just beyond the thin wall. A gentle scratching sound was heard on the door. The brute tried to force an entrance, but presently this ceased, and again she heard the great padded paws creap stealthily around the cabin. Again they stopped?beneath the window, on which the terrified eyes of the girl now glued themselves. "Heavens!" she murmured, for, silhouetted against the moonlit sky beyond, she saw framed in the tiny square of the latticed window the head of a huge tiger. The gleaming eyes were fixed upon her in tense ferocity. "Look, Esmeralda!'' she whispered. "What shall we do? Look! Quick! The window!" Esmeralda cowered still closer to her mistress and glanced affrighted toward the little square of moonlight . just as the tiger emitted a low, savage snarl. v The sight that met the poor black's ^ eyes was too much for the already overstrung nerves. "Oh, Gaberiel!" she shrieked and slid to the floor, an inert and senseless mass. For what seemed an eternity the ^ great brute stood with its fore paws upon the sill, glaring into the little room. Presently it tried the strength of the lattice with its great talons. The girl had almost ceased to breathe when to her relief the head disappeared and she heard the brute's footsteps leaving the window. But now they came to the door again, and once more the scratching commenced, but this time with increasing force until the great beast was tearing at the massive panels in a perfect frenzy of furyCould Jane Porter have known the immense strength of that door, builded piece by piece, she would have felt less fear of the tiger reaching her by this avenue. For fully twenty minutes the brute alternately sniffed and tore at the door, occasionally giving voice to a cry of baffled rage. At length, however, he gave up the attempt, and Jane Porter heard him returning toward the window, beneath which he paused for an instant and then launched his great welt t against the time worn lattice. The girl heard the wooden rods groan beneath the Impact, but they held, and the huge body dropped back to the ground below. Again and again the tiger repeated these tactics until finally the horrified prisoner within saw a portion of the lattice give way, and in an instnat one great paw and the head of the animal were thrust within the room. Slowly the powerful neck and shoulders were spreading the bars apart, and the lithe body came farther and farther into the room. As in a trance the girl rose, her * hand upon her breast, wide eyes staring horror stricken into the snarling face of the beast scarce ten feet from her. At her feet lay the prostrate form of the negress. The girl, standing pale and rigid against the farther wall, sought with Increasing terror for some loophole ol escape. Suddenly her hand, tight pressed against her bosom, felt the hard outlines of the revolver that Clayton had left with her earlier in the day. Quickly she snatched it from its hiding place and leveled it full at the tiger's face, pulled the trigger. There was a flash of flame, the roar of the discharge and an answering roar of pain and anger from the _ beast. Jane Porter saw the great form dis^ appear from the window, and then she, too. fainted. But the tiger was not killed. The bullet hud but inflicted a painful T wound in one of its great shoulders In an other instant he was back at the lattice and with renewed fury was crawling at the apertures, but with AN OF ! APES : ;e burroughs i unsey Company. I I lessened effect, since the wounded i I member was almost useless. 1 I He saw his prey?two women?lying senseless upon the floor. There was no longer any resistance to be overcome. Sabor had only to worm his way through the lattice to claim it. Slowly he forced his great bulk, inch by inch, through the opening. Now his head was through, now one great fore leg and shoulder. Carefully he drew up the wounded member to insinuate it gently beyond the tight pressing bars. A moment more and both shoulders through, the long, sinuous body and 1 the narrow hips would glide quickly after. It was on this sight that Jane Porter again opened her eyes. When Clayton heard the report of the firearm he fell into an agony of fear and apprehension. What were , the thoughts of his strange captor of guide Clayton could only vaguely con- , Jecture, but that he had heard the shot and was in some manner affected ( by it was quite evident, for he quickeded his pace so appreciably that j Clayton stumbling blindly in his wake, ( went down. For a moment Tarzan looked at the young man closely as though undecided as to Just what was best to do; then stooping before Clayton, he motioned him to grasp him about the ( neck, and with the white man upon , his back Tarzan took to the trees. , The next few minutes were such as the young Englishman never forgot. High into bending, swaying branches he was borne with what seemed to him incredible swiftness, while Tarzan , chafed at the slowness of his progress. From the first sensation of chilling fear Clayton passed to one of admiration and envy of those giant muscles ] and that wonderous Instinct of knowledge which guided this forest god through the Inky blackness of the night. Presently they came to the clearing before the beach. Tarzan's quick ears , had heard the strange sounds of Sa- ; bor's efforts to force his way through the lattice, and It seemed to Clayton , that they dropped a straight hundred feet to earth so quickly did Tarzan descend. Yet when they struck the , ground It was with scarce a jar, and , as Clayton released his hold on the ape man he saw him dart like a squir- , rel for the opposite side of the cabin. . The Englishman sprang quickly after him Just in time to see the hind | quarters of some huge animal about j to disappear within the cabin. As Jane Porter opened her eyes to ( a realization of the again imminent t peril which threatened her her brave , heart gave up its final vestige of hope, ] and she turned to grope for the fallen weapon that she might mete to | herself a meciful death before the ] cruel fangs tore at her flesh. i The tiger was almost through the window before she found the weapon, and she raise it quickly to her temple ( to shut out forever the hideous Jaws gaping for their prey. , An instant she hesitated to breathe ( a short and silent prayer to her Maker , and as she did so her eyes fell upon ( the poor Esmeralda lying inert, but alive, beside the cupboard. How could she leave the poor, faithful thing to those merciless yellow fangs? No, she must use one cart- l ridge on the senseless woman ere she turned the cold muzzle toward herself again. : She shrank from the ordeal. But | it would have been cruelty a thousand times less justifiable to have left the loving black woman who had reared i her from infancy to regain conscious- i ness beneath the rending claws of the I tiger. Quickly the girl sprang to her feet i and ran to the side of the negress. She : pressed the muzzle of the revolver ] tight against that devoted heart, f closed her eyes, and? i The tiger emitted a frightful shriek. I Jane Porter, startled, pulled the trigger and turned to face the beast, 1 and with the same movement raised l the weapon against her own temple. 1 She did not fire a second time, 1 Astounded, she saw the huge beast ( being slowly drawn back through the window, and in the moonlight beyond 1 she saw the heads and shoulders of two men. 1 As Clayton rounded the corner of 1 the cabin to behold the animal disappearing within it was also to see the 1 1 ape man seize the long black and yel- ' i low tail in both hands, and, bracing himself with his feet against the side ; of the cabin, throw all his mighty strength into the effort to draw the i beast out of the Interior. Clayton was quick to lend a hand, but the ape man jabbered to him in a commanding and peremptory tone? orders. Clayton knew, though he could : not understand them. At last, under their combined efforts the great body commenced to appeal farther and farther without the window. and then there came to Clayi ton's mind a drawing conception of ' the rash bravery of his companion's act. ( For a naked man to drag a shriek; ing. crawling man eater forth from a i window by the tail to save a strange white girl was indeed the last word in i heroism. In so far as Clayton was concerned it was a very different matter, since the girl was not only of his own kind, but was the woman whom he loved. ! Tarzan was still issuing orders which Clayton could not understand. He was trying to tell the stupid i white man to plunge his poisoned arrows into Sabor's back and sides, and 1 to reach the savage heart with the I long thin hunting knife that hung at Tarzan's hip, but the man would not understand and Tarzan did not dare i release his hold to do the things i himself. He knew that the puny white I man never could hold mighty Sabor alone for an instant. Slowly the tiger was emerging from the window. At last his shoulders were out. And then Clayton saw a thing done which not even the eternal heavens had ever seen before. Tarzan, racking his brainB for some means to cope single handed with the Infuriated beast, had suddenly recalled his battle with Terkoz, and as the great shoulders came clear of the window, so that the tiger hung upon the sill only by his fore paws, Tarzan suddenly released his hold upon the brute. With incredible swiftness he launched himself full upon Sabor's back, his strong young arms seeking and gaining a full nelson upon the beast, as he had learned in that other day during his bloody victory over Terkoz. With a shriek the tiger turned completely over upon his back, falling full upon his enemy. The black haired giant only closed tighter his hold. Pawing and tearing at earth and air, Sabor rolled and threw himself this way and that In an effort to dislodge his antagonist Always tighter and tighter drew the iron bands that were forcing his head lower and lower upon his white breast. Higher and higher crept the steel forearms of the ape man about the back of Sabor's neck. Weaker and weaker became the tiger's efforts. At last Clayton saw the immense muscles of Tarzan's shoulders and biceps leap into corded knots. There was a long sustained and supreme effort on the ape man's part?and the vetebrae. of Sabor's neck parted with a sharp crack. In an instant Tarzan was upon his feet, and for the second time that day Clayton heard the bull ape's savage roar of victory, and then he heard Jane Porter's agonized cry: "Cecil?Mr. Clayton! Oh, what is it? What Is it? Running quickly to the cabin door, Clayton called out that all was right and bade her open. As quickly as she could she raised the great bar and fairly dragged Clayton within. "What was that awful noise?" she whispered, shrinking close to him. "It was a cry of the kill from the throat of the man who has Just saved your life, Miss Porter. Walt, I will fetch him that you may thank him." The frightened girl would not be left alone, so she accompanied Clayton to the side of the cabin where lay the dead body of the tiger. Tarzan of the apes was gone. Clayton called several times, but there was no reply, and so the two returned to the greater safety of the interior. "What a frightful sound!" cried Jane Porter. "Don't tell me that a human being made it" "But it did. Miss Porter," replied Clayton, "or at least it not a human throat that of a forest god." And he told her of his experiences with this creature?of how twice the wild man had saved his life, of his wonderous strength and agility and bravery, of the brown skin and the handsome face. "I cannot make it out at all," he concluded. "At first I thought he might be Tarzan of the apes. But he neither speaks nor understands English, so that theory is untenable." "Well, whatever he may be," cried the girl, "we owe him our lives, May heaven bless him and keep him in safety in hiB jungle." "Amen," said Clayton fervently, "Fo* de good Lawd's sake, ain' Ab Said?" The two turned to see Esmeralda sitting upright upon the floor her great eyes rolling from side to side, as though she could not believe their testimony as to her whereabouts. (To be Continued.) THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION Governor Manning Calls Attention to Blessings Enjoyed by the People. Governor Manning on Tuesduy issued the following Thanksgiving proclamation: "We live in a Christian country. We believe in God. and our prayers ascend to him for those blessings that affect us as individuals and as a people. It is fitting and in conformity with custom, that during the harvest season and near the close of the year, our people should assemble in places of worship and give expression to their feelings of gratitude to Almighty God for the manifold blessings bestowed upon us. "It is a matter of profound gratitude that we have not been entangled in the dreadful war that now afflicts so many of the great European countries; that our national hon or nas Deen jcaiouBiy guaruea ana our interests protected. The war has brought to us new duties and responsibilities. They have been bravely and unflinchingly met. The Industrial crisis brought on by this war, for which we were In no way responsible, has been overcome by courage, economy and effort. That crisis is now behind us, and our people are stronger and better for the discipline and experience and the lessons it brought home to us, "Our schools and institutions of higher learning are full, and never before has the Interest of our people been greater and more alive to the importance of that educational training which will make our citizenship higher, better and more efficient. i ne narvesi season nas Drougni a return of confidence and prosperity. We face the future with a firm assurance that better industrial, commercial and educational conditions will be ours; that the spirit of help, of brotherhood and of unity, will abide with us. "These thoughts fill our hearts with hope and with faith in the future of our state and our country, and it is eminently proper that with grateful hearts and with prayers for strength and grace to help the needy and suffering in our communities, to guide the young, to lend our help, to strengthen Christian character, to develop rugged and pure manhood and womanhood, that we should set apart a day of thanksgiving and prayer. "Now, therefore, I. Richard I. Manning. governor of South Carolina, do hereby set apart and designate Thursday, the 25th of November, A. D., one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, as a day of Thanksgiving and prayer for all our people." gttscrllanmis grading. JUDSON MILL TROUBLE Member of the Labor Union Explaini Whole Situation. Editor Yorkvllle Enquirer: Please allow me space to set forth a brief review of the trouble at Judson cotton mill. Let me say in the beginning that, being myself connected with a labor union, my testimony may not be considered unbaised, but there are quite a number of people in South Carolina who know me well enough to believe I would not knowingly be guilty of falsifying. Since the striking operatives at J llUoUIl Iliive uppctticu IU puuiit Bell H ment, it is proper that the public should know the facts upon which they base their claim for support. Sole Question Involved. There is but one question involved ?the right of the operatives to affiliate with a labor union. Wages, hours of labor or working conditions have not entered into the controversy. It is freely admitted that such conditions at Judson mill were better than those in many other mills?that wages were slightly higher and some other conditions better. The reason for this is not far to seek, and it was not based upon paternalism, but upon a cold-blooded business proposition. The exhibit of Judson mills at the recent Textile Exposition in Greenville was truly a revelation as to the character of goods produced in that establishment and was a splendid tribute to the executive ability of the management and the efficiency of the workers. It was this efficiency which commanded the higher wages. Why then should everything have not remained in peace and harmony at Judson? Why the necessity for a union? Increase a man's efficiency and his earning capacity and you will find that his hopes and aspirations increase correspondingly. Perhaps it was the desire for an outlet to the hope of betterment of their kind that prompted the movement. But, whatever the cause of forming this union, upon the fundamental principle of the right to organize there can be no question, as this right is recognized by every state in the Union and in our own state is protected by the following statute. I quote from section 486, code of 1912: "Every person or corporation who shall willfully impede or prevent the commissioner of agriculture, commerce and industries, his agents or inspectors, in the free and full performance of his daities, or who shall discharge or discriminate in the payment of wages against any person because of his or her membership in a labor organization shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor." Northern Agitator* Not Responsible. Let it be understood that northern labor agitators were not responsible for this trouble. The union was a voluntary association of the employes of Judson mill. There happened to be among the operatives some who had worked under union conditions in southern mills and having seen that unionism was beneficial, they attempted to form a union at Judson? there was no attempt at coercion and none were wanted who would not voluntarily enter. Learning of this effort at organization, the president of the mill called his help together and endeavored to persuade them that they were in error, laying great stress upon the fact that they were associating themselves with his enemies, the Textile Workers of the North, appealing strongly to their sectional feeling. Perhaps his Influence deterred a good many rrom joining tne union, Dut 11 failed to break up the union, so that other measures had to be adopted. In ordei to check the further spread of the union It appears to have been determined to summarily discharge such as had connected themselves with the organization, as will be seen by the certificate published below. When the union learned that this was to be the case a committee was Instructed to wait upon the management and insist that unless those discharged were re-instated a strike of all the union people in the mill would be declared. The president of the mill refused and the strike was called. The certificate below establishes the fact that at least some who were discharged were told that no fault could be found with their work, that they were discharged solely because they had joined a labor union. In all fairness, what recourse other than a strike was left to the operatives? Aware of the fact that discharge for such a case would prevent employment elsewhere in their chosen field, what else could they do? Effort* to Conciliate. There has never been a time since the beginning of the strike that the operatives were not willing to meet the management more than half way on a basis of conciliation. On October 26th. the operatives addressed the letter below to the president of the mill, but if it has borne any fruit none is apparent: "Mr. B. E. Greer, President, "Judsnn Cotton Mill. "Greenville, S. C. "Dear Sir: "The undersigned have been appointed as a committee, duly authorized to act, in behalf of the workers in your mill. We will be glad to meet you at your convenience to discuss plans of settlement of the differences which now exist between us, either in public or private conference. "Further we are quite ready and willing to leave this matter to a board of arbitration; or we would leave it to Governor Manning to suggest a means of settlement. "Hoping that we may soon reach an amicable agreement, we are, "Yours very truly, "W. C. Williams, "J. T. Carman, "J. A. Cox, . "F. O. McGee, "R. M. Leatherwood, "J. G. Bradley, "C. A. Jones." Every effort at conciliation has failed because of the uncompromising attitude of the mill authorities. Law Enforcement. Along with every other good citizen, I am jealous of the good name of my state and am anxious to see all the laws enforced?the law against discrimination as well as the law against assault and battery; the law protecting human rights as well as that which protects property rights. I feel sure that the people at Judson mill are as law-abiding as the average of our citizenry and that they 1 can be depended upon to keep the peace. If they fall In this I shall be : among the first to commend and uphold the proper officer who makes them respect the law. But there is one 1 thing the public should bear in mind, ?nd that is the sore temptation of the ! apparent starvation policy of the mill corporations and the plain Invasion of the rights of these people, contrary - to the statutes "in such cases made and provided." But with all this I believe the union people of Judson have more sense than to believe they can establish and maintain their cause outside the law. But a situation confronts the striking operatives who were brave enough to defy the lightning which is appalling and which must appeal to any man who has within him a single spark of the divine. This situation is worse because so many helpless women and children are involved. Because of the general attitude toward union men it seems impossible for them to obtain employment, and unless aid is soon forthcoming their suffering will be acute. Their backs are to the wall, while starvation stares them in the face. They have only one chance? to win their fight at Judson; one alternative?to starve. What say the people of South Carolina? Shall they starve and in starving light a torch that will kindle a flame of unreasoning hate which will live to curse and plague us all? I append a statement from several of the people involved in this trouble. Others of like purport can be produced If necessar^. No list of those Involved may have been sent out, but if the experience of those who have tried to find employment is worth anything, it will not be an easy matter for them to find work and it can be obtained only at the sacrifice of truthfulness. Even as far as Danville, Va., where weavers were wanted, employment was refused to at least one party who participated in the strike. Following is the statement: Greenville, S. C., Nov. 15, 1915. The undersigned certify that on the 20th and 21st of October, 1915, they had notices of discharge from their superior officers at the Judson mill, who stated that they were being discharged because they had become members of a labor union. They also state that they have repeatedly applied for employment at other mills and have been refused upon those grounds. H. G. Leatherwood, W. G. Leatherwood, J. T. Barker, J. H. Carman, J. T. Carman. Very respectfully, W. T. Walker. Greenville, S. C., Nov. 16, 1916. GETTING AHEAD Editor Disoussea Life and Gives Some Good Advice. In the north-western part of the United States, where the resources are barely touched, just as they are barely touched in this section, many of the young people seem endowed with that bold pioneer spirit of their ancestors?a spirit that conquered deserts and put the plow in giant forests. And since the pioneer spirit is fellow to common sense, the young people choose mates and go out to a section of logged-off or burnt-over lurem iuiiub, auu, wuu a. guuuo uua for a dinner table and a tent for a home, beg-in the young jolly task of turning a bleak field into a little section of paradise. It may be that soil and climate out there rather favor an adventure of this kind, but right here in this staid old. long-settled south there are unnumbered opportunities for the young folk who have back-bone and ambition. It is rather customary here for the young folk to expect the older ones to "set them up" in business or housekeeping. Or, if the old folk are poor, the young ones resign themselves to a like poverty and say: "Pa worked hard all his life, and never had anything to show for it. There ain't no use tryln'. I'm going to spend what little I make, and have a good time while I'm young." Feeling that way about it, they manage to live and die poor. Of course they feel rather bitter toward the world and blame the government for their poverty, but they never think of denying themselves the Christmas "licker," or attendance at a circus, in order to save a few dollars. They seem to think that circuses and distilleries and similar things will last but a few years, and that they must get their share at once. Meanwhile the few who have sense and ambition forge ahead. If they need help in starting, help is forthcoming. Bankers are apparently cold creatures, but never was a banker who "'Olil rl nrvt 11 ? nn n tKo nlfinfl f?f thp clear-eyed young chap who proposed digging prosperity out of the soil. Bankers are glad to help men who show ability and courage enough to help themselves, for bankers know that the poor boy of to-day whose only capital is grit, self-denial and industry, will be one of the heavy depositors a few years from now. It isn't too late to start toward prosperity. If you haven't made that start, do it now. Deny yourself all pleasures, wear out old clothes, live close and hard, if need be, until you have the little necessary to start something. Then get a bull-dog grip on a piece of dirt, dig your initials in it, and call prosperity on long distance to tell 'em you are coming. The world is old, but opportunity is new. If you don't get somewhere in life, it will be because you lacked the grit to try and try hard. The Ivord hates a quitter. Hang on. Keep a-diggin'. You'll win. A man is never licked until he gives up. Don't give up. Just grin and hustle; spit on your hands and stay with it. You can't fail if you try long enough and hard enough.?Fountain Inn Tribune. TOLD BT LOCAL EXCHANGES News Happenings In Neighboring Communities. CONDENSED FOR (DICK READING Dealing Mainly With Local Affaire ot Cherokee, Cleveland, Gaeton, Lancaster and Cheater. Cheeter Reporter, Nov. 15: Mr. Wm. Jirel, formerly employed by the C. & N.-W. shops and the Chester Machine & Lumber Co., in this city, died Saturday evening at his home In Columbia, after an illness of about three years Mrs. S. C. Walker passed away Thursday evening at the home of his sister, Mrs. B. W. Marshall, on Center street, and was laid to rest Friday morning In Old Purity graveyard, after funeral services at the house by Rev. A. D. P. Ollmour, D. D. Mr. Walker was a member of the Presbyterian church and was well known throughout the county. He was among the young boys that saw service in the Confederate army during the closing days of the Civil war. He served at various times on the police force of the city and as deputy sheriff. In addition to his sister, Mrs. Marshall, Mr. Walker is survived by a half-sister, Mrs. Oscar Moore of McConnellsvllle Judge of Probate A. W. Wise had the biggest run Saturday and yesterday that he has had recently in the matter of marriage licenses, having granted twelve, nine colored and three white Married at the First Baptist parsonage Saturday evening, Miss Lillian Cauble of Cheater, and Mr. James Fischel of Columbia, Rev. H. A. Bagby, D. D., officiating A trio of negroes, Will Davis, Jim Walker and Tom Williams, were arrested Saturday In connection with the theft of some cotton from Mr. AJ. Steinkuhler*s wagon at Courtney's gin on Friday evening. Davis Is charged with stealing the staple, while the other two are accused of having the cotton In their possession. Fully 500 persons were present at the Pleasant Grove community fair Saturday morning, and the total number that attended the exposition at various Intervals during the day was much greater. Pleasant Grove since the Inception of Its community fair has never failed to hold an exposition that would do credit to any communl-j ty and this occasion was no exception. Persons present who had never attended one of the community's fairs before, and therefore, were unacquaint ed with the neighborhoods material resources and hustling spirit, were simply amazed at the pretentiousness and all-round general excellence of the exhibition. Gastonia Gazette, Nov. 16: Ac* cording to the bureau of the census, department of commerce, there were ginned in Gaston county prior to November 1, 3,740 bales of cotton as compared with 4,138 bales ginned prior to the same date last year Gastonia expects to entertain the 1916 session of the Western North Carolina conference of the Southern Methodist church, which convenes this year at Reidsville tomorrow Mr. Thomas P. Workman died at 8.16 o'clock last night as a result of a stroke of apoplexy which came upon him suddenly without warning at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon At the home of the bride's father, Mr. R. W. Warren, near Groves station, Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock, Miss Rose Warren became the bride of Mr. Sidney Fort of Spartanburg, S. C Their many friends will be glad to know that Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Love have moved to Gastonia from Spencer Mountain. They are occupying their residence on East Franklin avenue. Lancaster News, Nov. 16: Mr. T. O. Blackmon has returned from Rock Hill, where he recently underwent an operation for cancer of the nose at the Fennell Infirmary. Mr. Blackmon's friends will be pleased to know that he reports that the operation was entirely successful The new bridge over Twelve Mile creeK is nearing completion and for the past few days vehicles have passed over It, finding it much more convenient than the old bridge. The road approaching the bridge has been straightened and the whole work is a great improvement. This bridge is the longest in the county Mr. R. E. Hicklin, formerly of Lancaster, but now of Albemarle, N. C., was married last Wednesday, November 10, to Miss Alice Lisk of Albemarle The flower show and bazaar held last week by the Ladies' Aid society of the Presbyterian church, passed off very successfully. The chrysanthemums were very fine and so were the fall roses, while the fancy work found ready sale. Many attractive Japanese articles were sold at an artistically decorated booth. Refreshments consisting of oysters, a salad course and coffee were for sale. ? Gaffney Ledger, Nov. 16: Col. T. B. Butler and Hon. R. A. Dobson were the principal speakers Saturday afternoon at the exercises incident to the unveiling of a Woodmen of the World monument to the memory of the late Obidiah Tate. The ceremonies took place at the Llttlejohn graveyard, where the deceased is buried. A large number of Woodmen and friends and relatives of the late Mr. Tate witnessed the unveiling, which was under the auspices of Wilkinsville Camp No. 141 Cherokee county has been selected by Mr. R. E. Grabel, agricultural agent of the Southern Railway company, as one of the three in South Carolina in which Boys' Pig clubs will be organized Practically every teacher in the county attended the first meeting of the Cherokee County Teachers' association held at Limestone college Saturday. It was an extraordinarily pleasant affair and was very profitable as well as entertaining for all. The teachers were welcomed by Dr. Lee Davis Lodge, president of Limestone college. Among those who took part in carrying out the programme were: Prof. Lueco Gunter, state rural school supervisor: Dr. H. N. Snyder, president of Wofford college, Spartanburg: Miss Sarah Withers of Winthrop college, and various members of the association. The following officers were elected to serve for the present year: President, E A. Montgomery, superintendent of the Blacksburg schools; vice president, Miss Eunice Ford of the Limestone 1 faculty: secretary and treasurer, Donald Huggin, superintendent of education. Rock Hill Herald, Nov. 16: The pastors of the Baptist churches of the county met Monday for the regular conference to discuss the work of the denomination in the county and to plan for a greater usefulness. Among those present were Revs. S. P. Hair, Fort Mill; J. H. Machen, Yorkville; M. M. Richardson, Clover: J. B. Talbert, Hickory Grove, M. J. Nelson. F. I T. Cox, H. J. Woods, J. T. Going and J Rev. Mr. Goins, Rock Hill Miss Eula Cook has accepted a position as teacher in the Newport school and is now at that place H. J. Culp, who now resides near Catawba Junction, and is known widely throughout southern York county, was a visitor here today. Mr. Culp could, if he should, tell many incidents of the early history of Rock Hill, as he says that he used to come through here when there was only one store in this "Good Town."... .This evening at 8 o'clock, at the residence of the bride's mother, Mrs. Rawdon, on Pine street. Miss Belle Hahn will be united in marriage to K. B. Duke of Charlotte. The officiating minister will be Rev. E. K. McLarty, pastor of the Tryon Street Methodist church, Charlotte. John F. Williams of Ebenezer, was host last night to a number of friends at an elegant course dinner, quite a number from Rock Hill being among those invited. The occasion was greatly enjoyed by all. WOULD NOT BE GOAT Winston Churchill Vindicates Himself Before Commons. Winston Spencer Churchill, who has been the most severely criticised member of the government and who has been held personally responsible for the loss of Rear Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock's fleet in the Pacific, the 1 destruction by submarines of the British cruiser* Orwurv Wnmie and < Abouklr, the ill fated Antwerp expedition and initiation of the naval attack on the Dardanelles, defended himself before the house of commons last Monday after his recent resignation of his cabinet post. "I won't have it said." was his dramatic assertion, referring to the Dardanelles attack, "that it was a civilian plan foisted by a political amateur upon reluctant officers and experts." ' And this sums up his reply to all hla critics. In every case he showed that experts had counseled and concurred before any of the expeditions condemned were undertaken, and it was clear, before he had gone far, that the house sympathized with him. For months Mr. Churchill has lived under reproaches. His entrance to the house on Monday was passed almost unnoticed. As he rose his supporters gave him encouraglng_?heers. Approbation increased in volume as he answered one charge after another, and he coneluded amidst a hurricane of applause while members of all parties crossed the house to congratulate him. There was nothing apologetic about the speech of the former first lord of the admiralty, who some months ago was transferred to the chancellorship of the Dutchy of Lancaster, the office he has Just resigned. His references to Admiral Lord Fisher, the former first sea lord, who, he said, had not , openly opposed the Dardanelles undertaking, were spoken In firm tones of condemnation. In the opinion of the house, Mr. Churchill fully Justified every step he took while head of the admiralty. As to the dispatch of Rear Admiral Cradock's squadron, he said he was In full agreement with the experts and advisers of that time?Admiral Prince Louis of Battenburg, and Vice Admiral Sir Frederick Sturdee?and that the dispositions were the best that could be made under the circumstances. There was no truth In the charge that he had ordered, against the advice of experts, the Hogue, Cressy and Aboukir to remain at sea, where they were sunk by a German submarine. The Antwerp expedition originated with Lord Kitchener, the secretary for war, and the French government; while the naval attack on the Dardanelles was elaborately considered and had the full support of the advisers at home and those on the spot. MONEY IN HOGS American Farmers Can Profit by Raising 8wine. In the current issue of Farm and Fireside, the national farm paper published at Springfield. Ohio, appears an article showing how money can be made In the raising of hogs. The world Is eating the pork produced in America and the chances to make a profit lie before every farmer. Follow Ing is an extract from the article: i "Hog products which were exported t from the United States for the ten c months ending with April, 1915, s amounted to more than 1115,000,000. c The large export increase was due to 1 the European war. And when peace ? comes again to Europe, the demand ( for hog products will be greater than c now because the hog herds of Europe > are being slaughtered to furnish the i armies with meat. ? "The supply of beef in the United < States will be limited for several ( years, and the production of mutton j will not be able to meet the demands { of a rapidly increasing population. T There is but one big supply left?the ? hog. ( "But the American hog, if given a chance, will furnish not only the United States with meat, but Europe also: and in doing so it will yield a ' handsome profit to the American farmers who prepare now for the high 1 prices that are certain to be paid for hogs in the future. J "I know from a practical and sue- ; cessful experience of more than fifty years in the swine industry that the , hog is the most profitable animal kept on the farm, and in the future, owing to the decrease in the supply of other ; meats, will be, when properly cared for, more profitable than ever. Even ! the tenant farmer, with his short lease and limited capital, can embark successfully in the swine industry." 1 ? Rev. Dr. Robert C- Holland, one 1 of the most prominent Lutheran ministers of the south, died in the Baptist hospital in Columbia Wednesday afternoon, aged 75 years. PALMETTO GLEANINGS Current Events and Happanings Throughout 8outh Carolina. Mayor Z. F. Wright waa re-nominated mayor of Newberry on Tuesday without opposition. The state board of pharmaceutical examiners will meet at Greenwood on November 17. to pass upon the fitness of applicants for license. Ten murder cases will be tried in Anderson county at the approaching term of court of general sessions for Anderson county. Charlie Manning of Calhoun Falls Is in the Anderson hospital suffering From wounds inflicted by his brother, Moot Manning. Feaster Jones who killed Dr. L. O. McXalla at Starr, in Anderson county, several weeks ago, is now on trial for bis life in Anderson county. Capt Thomas Pinckney, one of the best known citizens of Charleston lied at his home in that city on Monday. He was 87 years old. Governor Manning, accompanied by a number of entomologists connected with Clemson college, is inspecting the boll weevil infested territory of the Mississippi this week. Governor Manning in an interview riven out Monday afternoon declared that he was opposed to the plan for in increase in the salaries of state stHcers. John Bragg, an aged white man ind Confederate soldier was run down by an automobile driven by E. S. Werts in Newberry county this week, receiving injuries from which he died i few hours later. A company of coast artillery of the South Carolina National Guard will be organized at Greenville within the next few days. The Federal government will furnish about $90,000 worth of equipment to the new company. Governor Manning has again granted a reprieve to Willie Bethune, a negro under sentence of death for the killing of G. B. Nlmms, a white man In Clarendon county in 1910. Bethune. was to have been electrocuted on last ruesday. He has several times been reprieved by the governor. Mrs. William Ilderton has brought )ult for separation and alimony igainat her husband Dr. William IIlerton a prominent citlxen of Florence ind former state senator from Florsnce county. In' her petition for separation Mrs. Ilderton alleges neglect. :ruelty and Immorality on the part of ler husband. A smooth fiim-flammer has been at vork In Greenville for the past few lays and as a result of his operations with the aid of confederates, two sanks 'have cashed bogus checks aggregating $160. The crooks would call i bank over the telephone and represent themselves as a depositor who vas ill saying that they would' send l kinsman to get a check cashed. This ittle game worked smoothly in two >anks, but one bank official became lusplcious and upon investigation 'ound that the checks were bogus and ;hat the real depositor had not been 11. Messrs. John P. Colpoys and Charles Jonhelm, commissioners of conciliaion of the United States, are expected o arrive in the city this afternoon, lays the Anderson Daily Mail of Monlay. They are coming to Investigate the strike at the Brogon mill and o try to bring about an amicable setlamjint nt tha trmihlA ThMC STAntle nen have been in Oreenvllle making in investigation of the Judson mill itrlke, which ended yesterday aftertoon at 1 o'clock. Word came from Greenville last night that they would :ome to Anderson today, and up to 1.80 o'clock this afternoon they had tot registered at any of the local totela Mr. W. C. Jaynes, the outside superntendent at Orr Cotton Mills and, ncldentally, a splendid farmer, states hat he has cut his alfalfa six times his year, according to the Anderson Dally Mail. Mr. Jaynes has two and i half acres in alfalfa and from this >atch has harvested 20 tons?8 tons :o the acre. "And the beauty of it ill," continued Mr. Jaynes, "we can tell every pound of this feed right low for 222.50 per ton." We do not tnow, of course, what it has cost the Drr Cotton Mills to grow this crop, >ut from the above figures?the correctness of which we will vouch for? he crop will bring them $180 per icre. A non-transferable railroad mileage book, sold under conditions that t would be forfeited if presented, by iny other than the original purchas?? ma 17 Tint he fnrflp<t(>d if liregented >y the purchaser himself for transjortation of another person, says a Washington dispatch of Monday. The mpreme court so held today in the :ase of Samuel J. Campbell, who prelented to a Southern railway conluctor two non-transferable mileage jooks for transportation for himself md wife from Greenville, S. C., to 3reensboro, N. C. The conductor de:lared the book presented for the vife's transportation forfeited. Campjell recovered judgement of $37 igalnst the railroad for the conluctor's action. "The forfeiture conlition does not fit this case," said ruatlce Hughes. "The action of the Jouth Carolina courts in giving Judgenent and holding the road to the itrict terms of the contract do not leny the railroad any federal right." Love and Arithmetic. *e was teaching Eliza arithmetic; He said that was his mission, ie kissed her once, he kissed her twice, ^nd said: "Now, that is addition." \.nd so he added smack to smack With Joyful satisfaction; ^nd soon he took a few from her, And said: "That Is subtraction." Vnd still they sat there side by side In mutual admiration, le said, while paying back tenfold: "That Is multiplication." Jut father came and raised his foot And snorted in derision, rheh chap struck earth three miles away; Pa said: "That is long division!" ?E. C. Staber, In Pathfinder.