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Scraps and |acts. ? rue pressure from me south lias lorteu tne auiniuistration s haau in1 me penuing protest to ureat Britain agaaisi putting cotton on tne comraOdiiu tun. Uiucials were made to itaiize luai 111 tne absence of a v igorous action betore congress conveues tne southerners in tne senate auu nouse will unite in demanding an embargo on exports to Great Britain. ine torthcoming note reminds Gieat Britain that she joined tne I noA/i ? t no In tho firntnat to HlW. U UllCU UM4VCO 111 ?IIV >? vvvw? ?v . s?a when ine latter tried to maxe cotton contraband during the Japanese war. It takes the position that Great bntain is exceeding its rights and the united Slates will nave to insist on compliance with international law. ? President Wilson has informed Senator rletcher of Fiorina, chairman or the commission on rural credits, ox his continued interest in the enactment ox rural credits legislation, says a Washington dispatch. Mr. fletcher asKed tne president particularly to mention rural credits in his address in convening congress, but on that point the president made no definite repiy. Alany congressmen doubt that discussion of the preparedness plan, means of raising revenue and the ship purchase bill will leave time tor extended consideration of rural credits. A sub-committee of the joint committee on rural credits is having frequent meetings now in an effort to lay before congress a definite recommendation by January 1. But it is known that there are wide differences of opinion as to the Federal and state aspects of the general proposals. "Germany," said Mr. Fletcher, referring to tne commission's tour of Europe before the war, "could never have made the fight she is making against the Allies if she had not fortified herself by strengthening the farmers of the country and enabling them to supply food for the population. In 1770, six years before our Revolutionary war, a German rural credits system was adopted and it has proved a saving grace." ? Havas' Athens correspondent in a dispatch filed Saturday confirms the report that the Entente Powers have declared a commercial blockade of TWa onnAiin/mmnnt in t hd UI CCtC. X lie auuuuiiw?ivuv| ...w form of a note issued by the British legation at Athens is given as follows: "Because of the attitude taken by the Hellenic government in regard to certain questions touching closely the security and liberty of action to which the Allied troops have the right under the conditions of their disembarkment on Greek territory the Allied powers have deemed it necessary to take certain measures which will have the effect of suspending the economic and commercial facilities which Greece has received from them heretofore. It is not the intention of the Allied powers to constrain Greece to abandon her neutrality to maintain which, in their eyes, is the best guaranty of her interests. The Allied governments have been somewhat disturbed by certain allusions to eventual measures which, if taken by the Hellenic government would appear to them to be conciliatory to assurances they have received. As soon as their doubts on that subject?due, no doubt, to a misunderstanding?have been dispelled, the powers will be happy to remove the obstacles nowopposed to the arrival of merchandise in Greece and to accord her facilities which result from normal relations." ? Comptroller of the Currency John Skelton Williams said at the WaldorfAstoria, Thursday that he had no comment to make on the action of the advisory council in recommending to the Federal reserve board that his office be abolished. The recommendation was made at a meeting in Washington, Wednesday which the Comptroller attended. "I am an ex-offlcio memDer 01 ine reuerai rescue board," said Mr. Williams to a reporter. "Under the circumstances I do not see how, with any degree of propriety, I could discuss a matter pending before the board in advance of action by that body.'' "It has been suggested," Mr. Williams was told, "that the action of the advisory council was directed against you personally rather than against your office." "I am fully aware,'' was his reply, "that my efforts to make the national banks obey the law have not tended to make me popular with a certain class of bankers. But I should very much dislike to have you infer from this statement that I question the motives of the advisory council, which is composed of many excellent and high-minded men, in making the recommendation." Comptroller Williams in recent utterances has complained that many national banks are in the habit of charging usurious rates of interest in making loans to persons in humble circumstances. "It is the purpose of the present administration to stop all such practices and make the national banks comply with the statutory provisions relating to rates of Interest in the respective states where they are doing business,'' he said. ? This dispatch from Berlin, came by way of wireless to Sayville, on November 21. It gives the situation from the German viewpoint: "The defeated Serbian army drags siowiy aiong over snow-covered mountain trails, accompanied by a large number of women, children and aged persons. The Serbians already have crossed the Montenegrin frontier but inasmuch as Montenegro already is suffering from lack of food it is extremely difficult to care for the new-comers. Frequently Montenegrin patrols approach the Austrian vanguard sentries and beg for bread. On account of these conditions increasing numbers of Serbians are returning as deserters into Old Serbia, which is now completely in the hands of the Austro-German forces. Special reports from the front say that the number of Serbian prisoners taken last week was 26,000, and that the Serbians lost more than 500 cannon. Meanwhile Austrian and German troops are marching through the SanJak. Apparently heavy cannon and ammunition already have arrived at the Galliopli peninsula, for re-inforcement of the Turkish artillery. In this connection interests attaches to the recent speech in the house of commons by A. Bonar Law, British secretary for the colonies, who was preparing public opinion for evacuation of the Gallipoli peninsula in the near future. Field Marshal Kitchener is to decide to what part of the world the Dardanelles army shall be transferred. It probably will be sent to Saloniki. No one expects Italy to give assistance to the Entente troops in Macedonia. Field Marshal Kitchener himself made an effort in Rome to obtain a promise of troops, at least for Egypt in case England should be obliged to send reinforcements to India and southern Persia from her army in Egypt. The Italian losses on the Isonzo front have been appalling. If attempts to conquer Gorzia once more fails Italian public opinion will not consent under any circumstances to the use of Italian troops outside of Italy in order to help England out of her embarrassments after her failures at the Dardanelles and in Serbia." ? Six Chicago physicians composing a coroner's jury on last Friday held that Dr. H. J. Haiselden, who permitted an infant. John Bollinger, to die when an operation might have saved him to a life of unhappiness as a defective, was morally and ethically justified in refusing to perform the operation which his conscience did not sanction. An implied disavowal of a course wherein a physician might determine if it was or was not desirable for a patient to live was contained in the concluding paragraph of the verdict. "We believe that the physician's highest duty is to relieve suffering and to save or prolong life." The jury was composed of the following physicians: J. F. Golden. Mercy hospital: Arthur Rankin, professor of anatomy, I?ynla University; D. H. Chislett. dean of Hahnemann college; D. A. K. Steele, dean of the Physicians' and Surgeons' college of the University of Illinois; H. F. Lewis. professor of obstetrics. Cook County hospital; Ludwig Hektoen. professor of pathology. Rush Medical college of the University of Chicago. Dr. Haiselden in his testimony said he did not reach his final decision not to operate until he consulted fifteen practicing physicians. fourteen of whom approved his course of letting the life expire. The mother of the child, wife of a workman and the mother of three either children, all physically and mentally | normal, also agreed that the boy would be better off dead, he declared. "I did I not operate, first because of the deformity of the child, and second, because of the seriousness of the case," | he said. "I did not urge the parents to| follow my advice. I simply gave my j opinion as a consulting surgeon. I was morally certain the child would be I a defective." Dr. Haiselden said he [ based his opinion on the child's ac-: tions. He said he was unable to determine beyond all doubt that the child was both deaf and blind. He j said, however, it failed to respond to * * 1 * - ?n 4 V>n 4 4 V\D I ine customary ugiu ifsio auu uiai c*tw .. fact that one of the ears was not de-11 veloped at all and the development of i the other was only rudimentary, con- i | vinced him that the child was deaf. I J $lu ilorkrille tfnquircr. 1 Entered at the Postofflce at York as | Mail Matter of the Second Class. | YORK, S. C.: TUESDAY NOVEMBER 23, 1915. And still the end of the European war is not in sight. Champ Clark will probably lead the Democrats in favor of Wilson's de- < fense plans. It is expected that there Is going to be a big fight over increased army and ' navy appropriations. Those opposed to big appropriations insist that the ( oceans make us safe. Rorpntiv nublished statements that Governor Manning had gone on a tour of the boll weevil infested districts of Mississippi for investigation purposes, were premature. The governor changed his plans because of press of business; but says he has not given out the idea. When we look back to the begin- ; ning of the European war and consider how many people there were who ' thought its duration could not be ' more than a few months, we are more and more impressed with the general j inability to comprehend the situation. At the present time, the outlook is that the war may last for years; but there is no certainty even about this. In no other country on earth has ev- i ery citizen the same right to equal rec- > ognition for equal merit, and it is hard- 1 ly too much to say that in no other < country in the world is it possible to i establish this recognition as America has established it. It is also true that , of the many advantages that free dem- i ocratic America has over other coun- i tries, this is easily the greatest and j most worth preserving. ( It is very natural that most of us I should feel that Mr. Bryan is soured j by the fact that he has not been able ( to attain the presidency. Almost any individual who will examine himself Vinnooti,, will hovo tn tiHmit that he would be soured under the circumstances. But somehow we do not believe Mr. Bryan is at all sour. We believe that he would take the presidency if he could get It without sacrifice of his principles; but we do not believe he really wants to be president. And furthermore, we do not believe that the presidency would bring him any greater destinctlon than he has. Cotton Marketing. One of the ancient differences between the Yorkville Enquirer and certain people in this town has been over the question of cotton marketing, The Enquirer always holding that the local market should be free, and those who differed with it standing up for protection. The first record of this difference is found in The Enquirer of the 18th of December, 1856. The town council of that day had promulgated an ordinance in which it levied on non-resident buyers a direct tax of 50 cents a bale for each bale purchased, and it was frankly stated in the ordinance that the object of the same was to preserve the market for the benefit of the local people. me Hinquirer at. me ume maue a. vigorous editorial protest against this ordinance. It urged in the first place that the ordinance was unlawful and unjust, subversive of the principles of liberty and calculated to cripple the growth and prosperity of the town. It was argued that because of the injustice of th^ thing, to say the least of it, people of the surrounding country would be prejudiced against this market, would hunt other markets as far as possible, and where they were unable to find access to other markets, they would be impressed with a feeling of injury and distrust. Nothing was said of the spirit out of which this old ordinance grew. It was not any more proper in those days than it is now to impugn one's personal motives. Then, as now, one could only go by the facts as they appeared. But it seems strange to us today. that those old folks had no better appreciation of the intelligence and independence of York county people than to think that they would allow themselves to be coerced into selling their cotton on a protected market where, in the absence of competition, the buyers having agreement among themselves, could establish prices as they chose. The records of even that day do not show on what ground, if ? any, the local buyers sought to justify < the I.?y of arbitrary tribute from the ' cotton producers of that day. But it , is a fact, for this community, an un- j fortunate fact, that the old ordinance 1 stood, and although cotton continued . to come to Yorkville, many and many | a bale that would have otherwise come < here, sought a free market elsewhere. ! Time and again since the Civil war, efforts have been made to free this lo- j i * 1.?* 1... ????!*_ 1 rul UUUMI iiidini'i uj rniauiiniiuif, lie platforms to be presided over by public weighers. More than once men have secured the necessary signatures to petitions required by law; but eventually somehow all these efforts have been defeated. The statutes have b?en hocus-pocused in the matter, and the courts have been invoked along side issues that have served to uphold the continuance of the old hide-bound protection idea to the satisfaction of an interested few and to the hurt of the community at large. Only recently very pointed .attention has been called to the fact that although the general assembly had specifically sought to exempt cotton buyers from the operation of the occupation tax law, when a local ordinance was framed on the subject of occupation tax, cotton buyers were specially included. If anyone wants to believe hat there was any oversight about he ordinance which seeks to set aside in act of the general assembly, they ire welcome; but as for ourselves we see nothing in it all but the protection it that old small, narrow, selfish, au.ocrauc spirit that settled down on .he community to its everlasting hurt nack in 1856. 11 is a long, hard fight that The Enquirer has had on this question of ;ne freedom of the local cotton market, ind we have no guarantee even now mat we are near the end of it. We nave the law to be sure; but we have had the law all along and since it has been circumvented time and again before, what right have we to hope that it will not be circumvented again?! But anyhow, we want to call attention to the fact that the prediction which The Enquirer made in 1856 has been fully verified in all the years that have elapsed since, and further, we want to say that the people who have ill along been standing in the* way of this reform and who are still standing in its way, may shout "get-together," "progress," "quit your knocking," and ill mat until they are hoarse; but they will not deceive anybody, and furthermore, the community ought not, will not, cannot, begin to come to its own until its cotton and other domestic markets are set free. Not only is it necessary to overthrow that protectionist license tax that was levied in direct disregard of the ict of the general assembly; but it is necessary to establish a public platform to be presided over by an official weigher to be elected by the cotton producers. With -the accomplishment of these things, the town will begin to take on new life. MERE-MENTION Vincent Moreci, aged 60, a prominent Italian of New Orleans, La., and head of many organizations of his countrymen, was assassinated early Friday morning The threatened urder curtailing the sale of intoxicating liquors in London, England, was issued last Friday. After November 29, the trade will be confined to 5 1-2 hours on week days and five hours on Sundays Charles B. Munday, former vice president of the LaSalle Street Trust and Savings bank of Chicago, of which William Lorimer was president, was found guilty Friday night at Morris, 111., of trying to wreck the institution and was sentenced to serve five years in prison. Rabbi Solomon Schechter, president of the Jewish theological semi nary of America and widely known as a traveler and author, died in New York, Friday Mrs. Hetty Green, the richest woman in America, celebrated her 80th birthday on Sunday. Kenneth G. Triest, a former student of Princeton university, who has been held in London for several months on suspicion of being a German spy, was released Friday Six physicians, composing a coroner's Jury in Chicago, 111., Friday held that Dr. H. J. Haiselden, who permitted an infant, John Bollinger, to die when an operation might have saved him to a life of unhappiness as a defective, was morally and ethically justified in refusing to perform the operation which his conscience did not sanction Mrs. Bessie Brown, wife of a druggist of Charlottesville, Va., and Boston Herndon, proprietor of a fac- J tory at Barboursville, Va., were instantly killed Saturday night when an automobile in which thfey were riding ner Barborursville, was struck by a Southern railway train A sharp earthquake was felt throughout California Saturday night Samuel Gompers was re-elected president of the American Federation of Labor at the annual convention of that organization in San Francisco, Cal., Saturday...? .Porter Charlton, who for the past five years and one month has been in jail in Como, Italy, on the charge of murdering his wife, was given his liberty Saturday. Charlton Is an American Pope Benedict of Rome celebrated his 61st birthday on Sunday. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS ? St. Matthews, November 19: A lecision that will be of great interest o those counties in the state which ire interested in the new drainage laws was made by Judge Prince yesterday. Judge Prince held that the law tvas not unconstitutional but declared for its validity. The question presented was that under the scope of the law is now given, it was equivalent to establishing and increasing the bonded lebt of the communities in which it night operate in a manner which was contrary to the constitution. The new drainage law is invoked -in a way similar to the law which allows the levy af taxes upon abutting owners on streets in towns and cities, where the required number of holders has subscribed to the petition. Judge Prince leld that the levy authotized was not i tax but an assessment. His decree setting forth his reasons in detail will lie filed within a few days. The suit is entirely friendly and is for the purpose of clearing the way to sell the securities. The matter will not be ippealei to the supreme court for a inal judgment. ? Bennettsville, November 21: West Soon, a negro, shot and killed two ivhite men, Ben Parker and Ben Johnson. The double homicide was it McLeod's mill, in the upper part jf Marlboro county, near Kollock. rhe shooting occurred this morning ibout 7 o'clock and Coon was capturid twelve hours later. He is now in ia.il at Bennettsville. Johnson was ibout 35 years of age. He is survived jy his wife and four children. Parker was about 32 years af age and is survived by his wife and one child. \.n inquest was held over both bodies :oday, the verdict being that they ?ame to their death from gunshot .vounds at the hands of West Coon. L"he negro is originally from Cayce, n Lexington county. The negro is said to have gone to Johnson's house, lbout 100 yards from his own house, ast night when a difficulty arose. Mrs. Johnson ordered the negro away vhen he is said to have drawn a revolver and threatened her with the veapon. Ben Parker took the revolver from the negro and it was in urn taken from Parker by Johnson, ivho used it to beat the negro over he head. The negro is said to have eft. to return later with a gun, which ne snapped at Johnson several times vithout succeeding in firing it. He is said then to have gone to the home )f Lovett Davis from whom he secured another gun. This morning ibout 7 o'clock, Parker and Johnson svere walking near Johnson's home, vhen the negro is said to have killed :hem both with shots from the single barreled gun secured from Lovett Davis. The shells were loaded with BB shot. The negro escaped for the moment, but was arrested tonight at 7 b'clock, by Sheriff R. J. Patterson, ivho found him hiding in the loft of tiis father-in-law's barn on the plantation of O. M. Pegues. With Lovett Davis, Coon was brought to Bennettsville and placed in the Marlboro jail. Census Report of Cotton Ginning.? rhe fifth cotton ginning report of the season, compiled from reports of census bureau correspondents and agents thioughout the cotton belt and issued it 10 a. m., yesterday, announced that 3,777,794 bales of cotton, counting round as half bales, of the growth of 191 has been ginned prior to November 14. That compares with 11,668,240 bales, or 73.4 per cent of the entire rop, ginned prior to November 14 last vear. 10,444,529 bales, or 74.7 per cent n 1913, and 10,299.646 bales, or *76.4 ier cent in 1912. The average quanity of cotton ginned prior to Novemjer 14 in the last ten years, was 9,.'oT.Sl" l>ales, or 73.0 per cent of the ;rop. ? From dispatches of the past few lays it is evident the long drawn out ind bloody effort to take the Dardalelles from the land side has about Seen abandoned. The Allied troops ire evacuating the Gallipoli peninsula is rapidly as they can; but the Gernans and Austrians are giving lots >f trouble to the transports on which the troops are being carried away. Several of these transports have been sunk by submarines, but how many there is no way of knowing. One of the things contributing most to the lecision of the Allies to evacuate Galipoli was the bringing by Germany f numerous large calibred, long range cannon to bear upon the situation. This has been made possible by reason of the conquest of Serbia. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS D. D. Covington, Optometrist?Will be at Ho >d's drug store, at Hickory Grove, Thursday, to fit glasses and do other optical work. G. W. Culbertson, Photographer?On Thursday will make babies' pictures free at his gallery. Only one to a family. J. Sam Jackson, Admr.?Gives notice to debtors and creditors of Benjamin I. Walker, deceased, to make settlement with him. E. M. Russell. Guthriesville?Wants to find a lost dog. Will pay for Information leading to recovery. T. W. Jackson?On behalf of ladies' aid society, Olivet church, invites the public to an oyster supper at Newport Wednesday night. Bratton's Farm?Gives notice of an increase in the price of pure cream. J. Hamilton Witherspoon?Warns all persons against hunting or otherwise trespassing on his lands. S. J. Kimball, Rock Hill?Has a carload of horses and mules and carload of buggies and harness and invites you to see him for what you may want in these lines. Trustees School District, No. 25?Give notice of special tax election, to be held at Clark's Fork school on Friday, Dec. 10. N. B. Bratton and Others?Publish a notice warning all persons not to in any way trespass on their lands under penalty of the law. First National Bank, Sharon?Reminds you that it will loan you money at 6 per cent on warehouse receipts. Your account is wanted. James Bros.?Tell you that they will not put a mule in your Christmas stocking, but advise early purchase. Bank of Clover?Presents its statement of condition at close of business on November 10th. Has resources of (190,149.00. Carroll Supply Co.?Has a big line of shot guns and wants to sell them at the right prices. Also has loaded shells for hunters. Thomson Co.?Asks you to see it for blankets, for clothing for men and boys, and offers a special in ladies' suits. Kirkpatrlck-Belk Co.?Quotes a long list of prices on seasonable goods. Prices are quoted on goods in every department. J. M. Stroup?Emphasizes the good qualities of clothing for men and I Kavo Kn anl 1 a onH n lun thn ovtnnt c\f his stock of clothing. City Pharmacy, Clover?Wants you to take its white pine and tar for that troublesome cough. Try San-Tox, the greaseless cold cream. First National Bank?Insists that you handle your business by the best of methods?the banking method. It will be glad to have your account. The past week or so has been regular hog killing weather and many York county farmers have killed their first hogs of the year during the past few days. In a letter enclosing a check for a bill rendered for the flour mill ad. recently inserted in The Enquirer, Messrs. J. C. Hardin & Co., of Rock Hill, writes: "The small ad. inserted about our mill brought some good inquiries, which we are glad to say resulted in a good quantity of wheat brought in." This is pleasing to The Enquirer, both on account of our readers having made it known how they got information of the mill, and on account of the generosity of the mill people in acknowledging the value received quality of the advertisement "That is a highly commendable policy of the Southern railway under which pure bred bulls are being distributed over the country'to encourage cattle raising," says Dr. R. A. Bratton of Yorkville. "but it strikes me," pursues the doctor, "that our railroad friends can more quickly ac complish the end sought 11 tney win give us better rates on lime and phosphate rock, so we can get the wherewith to feed the cattle. Our greatest need to facilitate the production of legumes, clover, vetch and the like, is lime and phosphate rock. Give us lime with which to sweeten the soil, and rock with which to develop the phosphoric acid, and we will not ask Germany or anybody else any odds about potash. We have all the potash in our soils, at least in most of our soils, that we need, and the legumes, more particularly vetch, liberates potash as rapidly as anybody could desire. The fact is a man is foolish to buy potash for fertilizer, when he can get it so much more cheaply by sowing legumes; but he cannot hope to get the best results with legumes without lime. All I ask of the railroads is a fair rate on lime, only such a rate as they give up in Illinois and Ohio where they do not charge more than half what they charge here. Yes, what we need most is lime and phosphate rock." FOURTH WEEK JURORS The following venire of petit Jurors was drawn this morning to serve during the fourth week of the present term of the circuit court: F. B. Huey Catawba. J. Buice Broad River. George Brown York. H. R. McFadden Catawba. S. M. Graves Broad River. Henry Stoll Catawba. G. W. Wilkerson Broad River. L. S. Branch York. R. L. Sturgis Catawba. W. B. Glass King's Mountain. J. R. Finley Bethel. T. E. Merritt Fort Mill. R. S. Quinn King's Mountain. D. M. Hall King's Mountain. J. E. Barnett Ebenezer. T. G. Hope Ebenezer. A. L. Jonas Ebenezer. C. H. Sandifer York. J. B. Broadenax Catawba. J. F. Glasscock Catawba. J. C. Costner Catawba. H. C. Robinson York. Grover W. Brown .... Broad River. R. H. Glenn Bullock's Creek. J. C. Bigger Bethel J. W. Moore Catawba. John G. Barron, Jr Catawba. R. F. Willis Catawba. W. C. Quinn King's Mountain. V. B. Blankenship Catawba. J. A. Steele Bullock's Creek. James G. Beckham York. W. E. Feemstcr Bethesda. W. H. Ford King's Mountain. G. W. Knox King's Mountain. R. C. Foster King's Mountain. THE ISENHOWER CASE "When is the Isenhower case coming up? Will It come this term?" were questions around which most of the conversation among people attending court yesterday, centered. Nobody could answer the questions for the simple reason that nobody knows. A lawyer who is connected with the case, told the reporter yesterday that it was practically certain that at least one of the three defendants, Ernest Isenhower, Jesse Morrison and Jim Rawls, would be tried at this term, lie did not think the case would be reached before the third week, although he gave the reporter to understand that he knew little about it. Ernest Isenhower, one of the three defendants, and his brother, Rev. John Isenhower, spent yesterday in Yorkville, a fact which was known to only a few people. No reference was made to the case in court yesterday and numerous people who are interested merely out of idle curiosity, are still curious. Only one thing is certain about the case, it won't be tried this week. Solicitor Henry said last night that the case would very likely be tried this court. He also said that Solicitor Albert E. Hill of Spartanburg, had been ordered to assist him in the prosecution by Governor Manning, and that M. C. Boulware, father of Deputy 1 Sheriff Raleigh Boulware, who was killed in the battle at Winnsboro, and others, had retained Thos. F. McDow, < Esq., of Yorkville, to assist in the 1 prosecution. 1 Counsel for the defense will con- i slst of former Governor Cole L Blease i of Columbia; A. L Gaston of Chester, 1 and James W. Hannahan of Winnsboro. Solicitor Henry said yesterday ' that he had heard that Claud N. Sapp of Lancaster, would be among counsel for the defense. That interest in the Isenhower case is great among York county people there is no doubt, and it is likely that there will be scores of people here from all parts of the county, as well as from Fairfield, Lancaster and Chester counties when the case is finally called to trial. FORMS OF LAW. It would not be correct to say that the forms of procedure In connection with the arraignment of a defendant and the empaneling of a jury are very complex. At the time these forms were instituted, no doubt, the effort was to make them as simple as possible. But notwithstanding the centuries during which they have been in use, they are still Greek to many of the ignorant free American citizens to whom they are applied. Upon the arraignment of a negro defendant in the court of general sessions yesterday, the clerk of the court explained the procedure in connection with the drawing of the jury, telling the defendant that upon the presentation of each juror he would say, "Object," or "swear him." The first Juror was presented and the clerk proceeded with the usual formula: "Juror, look upon the prisoner. Prisoner look upon the Juror. What sayest thou?" The prisoner stood in a state of dazed stupidity, apparently unable to realize what was expected of him, land after a brief interval the solicitor asked: "Have you any objection to that Juror?" "No, sir," replied the negro. "Say, -'Swear him,' then," instructed the solicitor. "Say swear him then," said the negro to the clerk. And as each additional juror was *1? fKa /-lark preocilicu llic IIC51U oa*u tv Viiv "Say swear him, then." A NEAR TRAGEDY What came near being a tragedy occurred yesterday morning shortly after the Carolina & North-Western passenger train left the depot at Yorkville, when an auto truck, driven by Mr. D. B. Parish of Clover, was struck by the passenger train, the large truck being torn up pretty badly, while Mr. Parish, with John Tims, a negro laborer, who was with him, received more or less serious injuries. The accident occurred at the railway crossing on Charlotte street near the store of Mr. B. M. Nlvens. Mr. 'Parish and the negro Tims, who was driving the truck of Mr. J. Howard Jackson of Clover, were proceeding to the side-track at the Neely mill just a few feet from where the accident occurred, to unload a car of lumber. Mr. Parish, evidently not noticing the approach of the passenger, struck the train between the engine and tender, the force of the impact hurling the truck some distance from the track, breaking several connections in the engine and otherwise damaging the machine. Mr. Parish and the negro were hurled some distance from the overturned truck. Engineer Scott Brawley, in charge of the train, brought his engine to a stop within a short distance of the scene of the accident, employes of the railway being among the first to get to the Injured men. Medical assistance was hastily summnned and the wounds of the two men were attended to at once. Physicians In attendance said they did not think either Mr. Parish or Tims was seriously hurt, although both were suffering greatly from bruises and cuts about their faces and heads. Mr. Parish said that he was approaching his destination at a slow rate of speed, that he did not see the train approaching and had no idea that the train was anywhere near the crossing. Mr. J. Howard Jackson, who was on the scene soon after the accident, said he did not know how much injurywas done the truck, but that Mr. S. ii Courtney, the well known automobile expert, told him that he did not think it hardly worth repairing. The C. & N.-W. train proceeded on Its run after spending about ten minutes at the scene of the accident. Dr. I. J. Campbell of Clover, who was called to attend Mr. Parish shortly after the accident, said that one of Mr. Parish's legs was badly injured, and a bone in his hand was broken, and that he will be incapacitated from work for some time. The negro Tims, was able to be up and about yesterday afternoon but he had to take his bed today. WHO MUST PAY? Supervisor Boyd has been very much concerned for some time past as to who shall pay the cost of the homi- , cide cases that have been transferred from Fairfield to York?the cases against Ernest Isenhower, Jim Rawls and Jesse Morrison. The supervisor is very well aware that according to the statutes bearing \ upon such matters, the county in which the transferred case originates, must pay all expenses; but that fact ( alone does not relieve his perplexity. . The people who have to perform ] the service In this case are York county people, summoned by York county officers, and who look for their pay to the treasury of York county. The supervisor understands that these people must be paid, and he will see to it that they are paid; but the matter that has been giving him concern is how, if he makes payment out of the county treasury, will he secure reimbursement from Fairfield county. Under the law as stated by Mr. J. S. Brice, county attorney, the York county clerk of the court will certify the amount due each witness and Juror engaged in the trial of the case, and these certification tickets, after being signed by the presiding judge, will be valid orders on the treasurer of Fairfield county. Then in addition to the Jury and witness tickets, there will be made up an accounting showing the pro rata expenses of all York county officials engaged, along with other proper expenses, and this accounting. duly certified and signed by the presiding judge, will become a valid order on the treasurer of Fairfield. But Supervisor Boyd is desirous of having this whole matter arranged and understood in advance. There was something of a jangle between Fairfield and Lancaster some years ago on account of a Lancaster case transferred to Fairfield, and York had a big bill to pay once on account 01 naving j one of her cases transferred to Lan- j caster. 1 It is very well understood by the su- f pervlsor that unless a matter of this | kind is looked after properly from the 1 beginning, the county is liable to be held up for a whole lot of expense for which it may never be re-lmbursed. LAW MUST NOT BE EVADED Attorney General Thomas H. Peeples has just rendered an important ( opinion on the enforcement of the 60hour law. He holds that it comes within the duties of the commissioner of agriculture and the factory inspec- j tors under him to enforce the law strictly, and according to his view it is virtually unlawful for a cotton mill to run its machinery more than 60 hours a week. The ruling is as fol- | lows: i "I am in receipt of yours of the I 12th instant, in reference to a con- i struction of section 421 of the crimi- J nal code of 1912, and also your fur- i ther letter of the 16th instant, in 1 which you ask whether or not it is t the duty of yourself and your factory < Inspectors to enforce this section. "It seems from your letter of the 12th instant that the tactory inspectors tind that many of the mills start their wheels from 10 to 30 minutes betore the regular starting time in the morning, run their wheels during the noon or dinner hour and some time at night, making a total running time?11 1-2 to 13 hours per day. That during this time operatives run their machinery and are paid for the work done during this extra time; other operatives who do not work this extra time and who do not get equal production are punished by their set of looms being taken away from them and given to operatives who will work this extra time. You ask. whether or not, in my opinion, when a mill pays a weaver for this extra cloth woven during this extra time does that constitute a violation of the law. "In reply thereto I will say that, In my opinion, such action on the part of the mill is violation of the law. The statute prohibits and makes it unlawful for any person to enter Into or enforce any contract for hours of labor other than as allowed by the section. I am clearly of the opinion that under the state of facts presented in your letter that this is a violation of that statute. "As to your inquiry of the 16th instant, as to the duty of yourself and factory inspectors to enforce this section, I will say that section 851 of the code of 1912, volume 1, In creating the department of agriculture, commerce and industry, charges the department with the execution of the work usually developed upon a bureau of industries, of a bureau of agriculture and a bureau of publicity. "By section 855 the commissioner is charged with the work of looking to the promotion of agriculture, manufacturing and other industries, etc. "By section 861 of the code he is required to collect certain statistics and make an annual report, which statistics show among other things the number of hours of labor per day, the manufacturing industries, etc. "Section 867 provides for the appointment of factory inspectors and requires them to aasist the commissioner in the discharge of the duties imposed by article 11 of the code, from and including section 861 to the end of the article. "Section 872 requires that the Inspectors shall enforce the provisions of article 11 of the code and prosecute all violations of the same. "Section 421 of the criminal code is not specifically Included in article 2 of the code, as codified by the code commissioner, but as similar laws are included in that article and the fac4. tirUk fViA lury uispctiurs aic cuaxgcu n<iu mu enforcement of those laws, and as such a law seems to me to be within the work usually devolved upon a bureau of industries, I am of the opinion that it is the duty of your department and your factory inspectors to enforce this section." WITHIN THE TOWN ? Union Thanksgiving services are to be held in the Associate Reformed church Thursday morning. Special collections for the several orphanages of the various denominations will be taken. ? Ministers of the several churches announced from their pulpits Sunday morning that the Rev. John Black, evangelist of the Presbyterian synod, would begin an evangelistic campaign in the Presbyterian church beginning next Sunday morning. ? Attended by numerous people of the town and community, the annual oyster supper prepared by the Ladles' Aid Society of the A. R. P. church, which was held in the old Rose hotel building Friday evening, proved quite a financial success, the total proceeds amounting to about |65. Oysters, stewed and fried, and a salad course was served, to the enjoyment of the large number of diners. ? An alarm of fire about 9 o'clock Saturday night, was caused by the explosion of an oil stove in the bathroom of the home of Mr. J. B. Pegram. The fire was extinguished be iore me arrival 01 me nre wagon. Leonard Curry of this place, was badly burned while In the act of trying to drag out the burning stove. He was severely burned about the face and hands, but his injuries are not considered serious. ? That occupation tax law is broad enough to compel the help of every male citizen of 21 years and upwards, who derives any direct or indirect benefit from the municipal government. and the ordinance should be made to include all. This idea of taxing the active earning and producing class of the community for the benefit of all, including many who do nothing but enjoy the proceeds of the other fellow's labor, is not at all satisfactory. ? The regular fall communion service of the A. R. P. church, was observed Sunday, services reparatory to communion beginning Friday morning. Rev. \V. A. M. Plaxco of Brighton, Tenn., assisted Rev. J. L. Oates, the pastor, at the services, preaching Friday morning, Saturday morning and twice on Sunday. Each service was well attended, not only by members of the A. R. P. church, but from other congregations. Rev. Mr. Plaxco made a profound impression on his hearers. ? Rev. Henry Stokes, for the past three years pastor of the Yorkville charge, which is composed of Trinity Methodist church of Yorkville and Olivet church at Tirzah, left this morning for Spartanburg, where he will attend the upper conference of the Methodist church. The past year has been one of the best if not the best, year oi Mr. Stokes' service here. There have peen about 50 accessions to the two churches during the year which has :oine to a close. The work of the charge is well organized, there being i Ladies' Aid society in connection with each church, and an adult and ^oung people's society at Trinity church. Trinity church has three organized Sunday school classes which ire registered with the Sunday school poard of the Methodist church at Nashville. The work of the Sunday jchool and the attendance has improved about 200 per cent during Mr. Stokes' pastorate. During the past dx months the individual communion cup service has been substituted for the common cup. In a material way the past year has been a good one for the charge. The trustees of Trinity church re-covered the edifice and initalled bath room fixtures in the parjonage. The Ladies Aid society has ldded a new room to the parsonage ind otherwise made it more com'ortable. The charge has raised for all purposes about $1,800. Rev. Mr. Stokes ;oes to conference with all claims expected from the two churches paid in run. GENERAL SESSIONS. With Judge Hayne F. Rice presiding and the other regular court officials in their accustomed places, the ourt of generai sessions for the fall ;erm convened at 10 o'clock yesterday morning, and since that time the juJicial machinery has been grinding iway at the various grists brought to :hc mill. With few exceptions all of :he grund Jurors were present. Sev?ral petit jurors were excused from jcrvice for various reasons. There are an unusually large number of cases on the criminal docket ind therefore much work for the ?rand Jury, which will hardly ask for ts discharge before tomorrow and probably not until Thursday. There ire fully as many defendants out on Jond as there are in jail and the court vill therefore be engaged a large part next week with the criminal dock et. There will be an adjournment over Thursday on account of Thanksgiving. The trial of the case of James Stephenson, who is charged with the killing of John W. Hafner in Bullocks Creek township several months ago, has been set for Friday. Jess Dickson and George Phillips plead guilty to the theft of a call valued at J15. Phillips was not inclined to enter the plea at first, saying mat hp did not xfpnl thp naif hut was only with Dickson. He said he did not, know it was a crime to be with a man who was engaging in a theft until he was so informed by the solicitor. Judge Rice sentenced the two defendants to serve one year each upon the public works or a like period in the state penitentiary. Allison Cloud, colored, plead guilty to the larceny of dishes, quilts, etc., the property of W. R. Simpson, and asked the court to be merciful, since it was his first appearance before the bar of judgment He will assist in improving the highways of York county for a period of one year. John Hines and Ed Robinson plead not guilty to the charge of larceny, the state alleging that they entered into a conspiracy to rob the safe of Sherer & Quinn in Yorkvllle on October 1, Robinson engaging the attention of Mr. Jas. A. Sherer at the back of the store while Hines entered the safe at tho front. The jury returned a verdict of guilty as to Hines and guilty with recommendation to mercy concerning Robinson. Hines was sentenc? ed to eighteen months' hard labor. Counsel for Robinson have appealed for a new trial. Samuel, alias Robert Kelly, plead guilty to the theft of a bicycle, the property of R. R Montgomery, Jr. Robert said it was his first appearance in court on any charge and the judge was disposed to be lenient. Kelly will serve one year on the roada Samuel Hood and Dudley Thompson appeared before the court to answer to the charge of breaking into the store of Mills & Young at Port Mill on the night of July 22 and stealing goods valued at S7R. Thompson plead guilty, Hood was adjudged guilty by the jury. Judge Rice sentenced the two negroes to serve two years each on the chaingang and advised them that if they ..... ..... ..J k.#... ki~ n olmllnr CVCJ oij/^coi cu uciuiu nun via cl ouiumm charge he would double the dose. Price Dunlap, well known in county and municipal courts, plead guilty to ihree charges of house breaking and larceny. He was given four years on the chaingang and was admonished by Judge Rice that if he didn't mend his ways the rest of his days would be spent in stripes. Fayett Thomasson admitted that he stole a bicycle valued at $15. He will sojourn In the state reformatory for colored youths at Lexington for a period of one year. Boy Watson, a negro boy, 12 or 13 years old, plead guilty to entering the home of Bully Wltherspoon and stealing therefrom $8.81. Two years In the reformatory for colored youths at Lexington was the sentence imposed. Charlie Gill, colored, plead not guilty to stealing about eight bushels of oats, the property of A. A. Lockridge of the Battleground section on the night of July 20. He was found guilty but had not been sentenced at noon. The following special venire from the Ave mile box, was drawn this morning to supply the deficiency in the Jury list: C. J. Youngblood, R. E. McFarland, J. B. Miller, John C. Dickson, E. B. Lowry, R. E. Heath, K. C. Faulkner. Jake Love plead guilty to the theft of a bicycle valued at $20, the property of the Sims Drug Co. "This is my fust time up here, Jedge," said the prisoner when brought before the bar and I ax yo' all to let me off light." One year on the chaingang was the sentence. Bub Castles plead guilty to stealing an automobile from Mr. W. D. Thomasson several weeks ago and taking a joy-ride therein. Judge Rice told Bub he was not sentencing him for Joyriding but for entering the house and taking the automobile. In sentencing Castles to two years' servitude on the public works, his honor told the prisoner that after the expiration of one year, if he could obtain a certificate from the. county supervisor saying that he had made a model prisoner he " ould recommend his pardon by the governor and was sure such pardon would be granted. * James Hayes plead guilty to assaul ana Danery or a nign anu aggruvaicu nature on four counts. Hayes is the white man who shot into an automobile in which Messrs. J. W. Leech, W. S. Buice and others were returning to their home in Hickory Grove from Yorkville several weeks ago. At noon sentence had not been imposed on Hayes. Sam Rice was arraigned this morning on the charge of housebreaking and larceny, his alleged offense being the taking of a suit of clothes. The case was postponed awaiting the arrival of witnessea When The Enquirer went to press [ W. E. Gardner, a young white man was being arraigned on the charge of breach of trust, the state alleging that he appropriated a watch valued at $50 to his own use. THE MODE OF BAPTISM Rev. Henry Stokes who has been pastor of Trinity Methodist church and Olivet church at Tirzah for the past three years, preached his farewell sermon of the present conference year in Trinity church yesterday morning before a large congregation. Mr. Stokes took occasion to say that he had never served a more loyal and liberal people and that the past conference year as well as the other years he had spent in Yorkville were years of pleasant labor. Preliminary to the service yesterday morning Mr. J. P. White, church treasurer read a financial statement, jdr. N. J. Dillingham of the Cannon mill presented the church with $14.75 donated by members at the Cannon Mill for church work. At ths eervice Sunday morning $26 was raised to supplement the amount previously pledged for the work of church extension and other causes. In announcing his subject "The Mode of Baptism," Rev. Mr. Stokes said that it was a subject on which he had never before spoken and he was preaching the sermon at the request of one of*his church members. The denominations which practice sprinkling and pouring in administering the ordinance of Baptism, he said, included 90 per cent of the Christian population of the world, who believe that they have Scriptural authority for their practice. The first controversy regarding baptism did not concern the mode of baptism, said Mr. Stokes; but the question of whether one other than Jesus Christ had the right to administer the ordinance. Still there are people and good people, too, who are forever saying something about the mode of baptism and it is therefore , fitting that those who represent 90 1 per cent of the Christian world and who believe In sprinkling and pouring, should occasionally say something from their pulpits in defense of their practice. < John the Baptist did not set in motion the ordinance of Baptism, j Paul says it was administered many j years before the coming of Christ. The Mosaic law did not specify baptism by immersion. John the Baptist ( who was the son of a preacher and , whose parents were strict advocates J of the Mosaic law pertaining to all things, would not have dared such an innovation as uupwsiu uy luiuicrDiuu. In Isaiah 52:15 we And the follow- 1 ing in which the greatest of the ] prophets refers to the coming of 1 Christ: "So shall he sprinkle many nations: the kings shall shut thel. ' mouths at him: for that which hau I not been told shall they see, and that < which they had not heard shall they i consider." Some people, continued Rev. Mr. ] Stokes, make a great deal of capital s out of the baptism of Jesus. They say 1 his baptism is an example to us. "I , deny that Jesus was baptized as an example, because hundreds of people ( were baptized before he was. His baptism, therefore, could not have f been as an example. I assert that , Jesus could not have had a point of , contact with you and me in His baptism. John went up and down crying repent ye and be baptized. Jesus was 1 baptized and yet He was without sin. * Jesus tells us why he was baptized when he said to John who felt that Jesus should baptize him rather than mat he should baptize Jesus, "Saner it to be so now for thus it becometn V., us tu fulull all righteousness." Jesus underwent the same ordinances as other Jewish priests. On tne eigntn uay alter his birih he was circumsized, on the fortieth day he was brought to the temple. When in his tweitth year when talking in the tern- 4 pie he was no doubt consecrated in accordance with the law as laid down in Numbers 8:7: "And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: bprinkle water of purliying upon them." Paul said it behooved Christ to do like his bretheren. Scholars say, said Mr. Stokes, that the word "sprinkle" occurs in the Bible more than 40 times while the word immerse does not appear at all in the revised version which is commonly used. It is to me unthinkable that Jesus would adhere to the law and fail in the manner of his consecration. It was reported to me said Mr. Stokes, "that recently it was stated that while people may have left the ^ Baptist church for other cause, cot 4 a single Baptist had ever left on ac- >' count of his unbelief or dissatisfaction with the Baptist mode of baptism. I have here a copy of Fairfield's Letters, written by Dr. Fairfield an eml- ^0 nent Baptist preacher for 26 years, who-left the church and wrote a series of letters on sprinkling and pouring. "On April 23, 1896 Dr. Whitsett, formerly connected with the Baptist sem inary at Louisville, wrote tnat prior to 1641 Baptists in England practiced sprinkling and pouring. Sept 9, 1880 Dr. Whitaett wrote that the earliest Baptist professions of faith all contemplate sprinkling or pouring." In the 8th chapter of Acts, said Mr. Stokes, we have the story of Phillip baptizing the eunuch in a desert "In the account of the baptism of Jesus, reference is made of his stepping out of the water. That Is not positive proof of his immersion, because in , other passages we are told that he 1 went up into the mountain. Tet we 1 don't believe that Jesus made a hole 1 in the mountain and pulled the hole in after him. "To my mind," said Mr. Stokes in conclusion, "one of the best evidences ^ of the authority of sprinkling and v pouring method of baptism is seen on 41 the walls in the catacombs at Rome. Here among numerous other early historical references in hieroglyphics is a picture of John the Baptist pouring water on the head of Jesus. I have preached this sermon fearlessly, faithfully and in all charity, .We should all be big enough and broad enough to allow all people to think as they please." ABOUT PEOPLE Mr. W. L. Fanning of 8helby, N. C? spent Saturday here. Mr. R. T. Castles of Smyrna, was in Yorkville last Saturday. Miss Annis O'Deary is visiting friends in Baltimore, Md. Mr. W. M. Wallace of the New Zion section, was here Saturday. Dr. Jas. B. Shirley of Torkvllle, was a visitor in Spartanburg recently. Mrs. H. L. Summit left Saturday for a visit to Gastonia relatives. Congressman D. E. Flnley was a ^ vionur iu new xuiiv imv nu^iw. Rev. and Mrs. Elzie Myers of Central, are visiting relatives in Torkville. Miss Jean Miller of Rock Hill, visited Miss Elizabeth Flnley here, this week. Mr. Andrew Wilkerson of Yorkvllle, spent Sunday with relatives In Oastonia. Mrs. J. W. McFarland and little son visited relatives at Forest City, N. C., this week. Mr. W. T. Sims of Sharon, was among the visitors in Yorkvllle yesterday. Mrs. H. E. Neil and daughter, Gladys, visited relatives in Rock Hill last week. Mr. John F. Williams of Ebeneser. was among the visitors here yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Stroup of this place, spent Sunday with relatives In Clover. Mr. J. Sam Jackson of the Clover section, was among the visitors here Saturday. Mr. Barron Kennedy of Rock Hill, spent Sunday with relatives in Yorkvllle. Mrs. W. P. Boyd of R. F. D. No. 8, is spending this week with Mrs. J. M. Brian here. Mr. and Mra James Biggers of the Santiago section, were Yorkvllle visitors yesterday. Mrs. T. J. Kirk land of Camden, is ^ visiting Mesdames J. R. Lindsay and W. B. Moore in Yorkvllle. Rev. W. A. M. Plaxco of Brighton, Tenn., is spending this week with relatives in Rock Hill. : Mrs. Stewart Abell of Lowryville, J visited her mother, Mrs. Mary Crawford, here this week. Mrs. S. L. Courtney and children have returned to their home here after a visit to Lake City. Mr. hobert Adams of Yorkvllle, spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mr. J. H. Adams at Ebenezer. Mr. H. L. White and daughter, Miss Anna of the Santiago neighborhood, were Yorkvllle visitors Saturday. Mrs. B. J. Currence of Yorkvllle No. 8, visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Brian, here this week. Mrs. Jno. L. Carroll of Willlamstown, Ky., is visiting the family of Mr. T. L. Carroll and other relatives here. Misses Marion Bankhead of Washington, D. C., and Alice Glenn of Chester, are visiting Miss Ola Allison here. ? Mrs. Henry B. James and baby and 4 Miss Gladys James left this morning to visit relatives in Yadkinville, N. C. Mr. and Mrs. Meek Howell were among the people of the Bethany section who were visitors here Saturday. Mr. James A. Barrett Rev. F. W. ^ Dibble and Messrs. Haglns and Whitner of Clover, were visitors here Saturday. Robert Turner Allison of the Hastoc school, Spartanburg, is spending some time with his parents in Yorkvllle. Mrs. F. W. Lawrence and daughter of Lenoir, N. C., visited the former's sister. Mrs. J. F. Youngblood, here this week. Among the Bethel township people here yesterday were Messrs. R. S. Riddle. J. W. Patrick. J. M. Adams, H. E. Johnson and H. L. Johnson. Clover "fceople who were here yesterday were: R. L. Robinson, Dr. I. J. Campbell, A. J. Quinn, Jno. M. Smith, - m J. Howard Jackson. J. B. Robinson. ^ w Miss Margaret Drakeford, who has been undergoing treatment in a Charlotte sanitarium for several weeks past has returned to her home here. Mr. J. W. Y. Dickson of Yorkville No. 5, suffered a second stroke of _ paralysis Saturday afternoon and is in " a critical condition. Mrs. W. D. Glenn and Misses Maggie Glenn and Sue Meek Allison left today to attend the Williford-Hall wedding in Sumter. Mr. A. G. Lawrence, who is engaged in railroad work in Virginia, spent Saturday and Sunday with relatives on R. F. D. No. 6, Yorkville. Mrs. H. F. Adickes and daughter, Miss Sallie, of Asheville, N. C., who have been spending several weeks with relatives here, left this week to visit friends in Shelby and Rock Hill. Among the Bullocks Creek people who were yesterday were the following: Rev. J. B. Swann, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Kirkpatrick, Messrs. J. E. Latham, J. L. Duncan. Mrs Joseph G. Sassi returned to her home in Yorkville Saturday, after i visit of eight weeks to friends in Vermont, New Hampshire and Massa- ^ huscits. Among the people of the Hickory ^ drove section who were here yepterJ If. ? T Tlf G utty were, ixreoors. ?j uc uccvu, t? *^. Ruice, Rev. J. B. Talbert. O. C. Leech. R. L. A. Smith. W. T. Slaughter and A S. Wilkerson. 1 Revs. Henry Stokes of Yorkville, F. W. Dibble of Clover, and H. B. Hardy if Hickory Grove, left yesterday for