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???????I??-I???????????^????^^ ^ I8SUED SKMI-WBKKL^ ______ l. m. grists 8058. Pnbii>h?r.. } % 4aulilS l> spa9'i; ". 4?r <M $r?molton of th< folitita!, Social, ijri^ultnral and (Eommmial interests of (h< fjoojt*. ) 11,1re'riwl^f."" ESTABLISHED 1855. ~' YORK, S. C.. FRIDAY. DECEMBERT7,1915 ~ ~ JSTO. 101. TARZ THE By EDGAR RIC Copyright, 1912, by tho Frank A. Mu BBKK CHAPTER XVII?Continued. j rWhen D'Arnot regained consciousness he found himself lying upon a bed of soft ferns and grasses beneath a little A shaped shelter of boughs. At his feet an opening looked out upon a greensward, and at a little distance beyond was the dense wall of Jungle and forest. He was very lame and sore and weak, and as full consciousness returned he felt the sharp torture of many cruel wounds and the lull aching of every bone and muscle in his body as a result of the hideous beating he had received. The incessant hum of the Jungle, A the rustling of millions of leaves, the Y , buzz of insects, the voices of the birds jv and monkeys seemed blended into a k strangely smoothing purr, as though he lay apart, far from the myriad life that surrounded him and whose sounds came to him only faintly. At length he fell Into slumber, nor did he awake again until afternoon. Looking through the opening at his feet, he saw the figure of a man squatting on his haunches. The broad, muscular back was turned toward him, tanned though it was, D'Arnot saw that it was the back of a white man, and he thanked heaven. The Frenchman called faintly. The man turned and, rising came toward the shelter. His face was very handsome. the handsomest, thought D'Ar not, that he had ever seen. Stooping, he crawled into the shelter beside the wounded officer and placed a cool hand upon his forehead. D'Arnot spoke to him in French, but the man only shook his head?sadly, it seemed to the Frenchman. Then D'Arnot tried English, but still the man shook his head. Italian, Spanish and German brought similar discouragement. After examining D'Arnot's wounds the man left the shelter and disappeared. In half an hour he was back ft with fruit and a hollow, gourdlike \j vegetable filled with water. ' D'Arnot drank and ate a little. Suddenly the man hastened from the shelter, only to return a few minutes later with several pieces of bark and?wonder of wonders?a lead pencil. Squatting beside D'Arnot, he wrote for a minute on the smooth inner surface of the bark; then he handed it to the Frenchman. D'Arnot read: I am Tarzan of the apes. Who are you? Can you read this language: D'Arnot eagerly seized the pencil; then he stopped. This strange man wrote English. Evidently he was an Englishman. "Yes," said D'Arnot. "I read English. I speak it also. Now we may talk. First let me thank you for all that you have done for me." The man only shook his head and pointed to the pencil and the bark. 'Mon Dieu!" cried D'Arnot. "If you are English, why is it then that you ^ cannot speak English?" And then in a flash it came to him? the man was a mute possibly a deaf mute. So D'Arnot wrote a message on the . bark in English: f v I am Paul D'Arnot, lieutenant in the |P navy of France. I thank you for what you have done for me. You have saved my life, and all that I have is youra May I ask how it is that one who writes English does not speak it? Tarzan's reply filled D'Arnot with still great wonder: I speak only the language of my tribe, the great apes who were Kerchak's, and a little of the language of Tantor, the elephant, and Numa, the lion, and of the other folk of the jungle. I understand. With a human being 1 have never spoken except with Jane Porter by signs. This is the first time 1 have spoken with another of my kind through written words. ^ D'Arnot was mystified. It seemed incredible that there lived upon the earth a full grown man who had never f spoken with a fellow man and still more preposterous that such a one could read and write. He looked again at Tarzan's message?"except once with Jane Por^ ter." That was the American girl who had been carried into the jungle by a gorilla. A sudden light commenced to dawn on D'Arnot. This, then, was the "gorilla." He seized the pencil and wrote: Where is Jane Porter? And Tarzan replied below: Back with her people in the cabin of i Tarzan of the apes, k D'Arnot wrote: I She is not dead, then? Where p was she? what happened to her? Tarzan answered: She is not dead. She was taken by Terkoz to be his wife. Tarzan of the X. . apes took her away from Terkoz and killed him before he could harm her. None in all the jungle may face Tarzan of the apes in battle and live. I am Tarzan of the apes, mighty fighter. D'Arnot wrote: S I am glad she is safe. It pains me to write. I will rest awhile. And then Tarzan: Ves rest. When von are well I shall take you back to your people. For many days D'Arnot lay upon his bed of soft ferns. The second day a fever had come, and D'Arnot thought that it meant infection and he knew that he would die. He called Tarzan and indicated by signs that he would write, and when Tarzan had fetched the bark and pencil D'Arnot wrote: Can you go to my people and lead ^ them here? I will write a message w that you may take to them, and they will follow you. Tarzan shook his head and, taking the bark, wrote. I thought of that the tlrst day. I ^ dared not. The great apes come often to this place. If they found you here " wounded and alone they would kill you. D'Arnot turned on his side and closed his eyes. He did not wish to die, but he felt that he was going, for the fever was mounting higher and higher. That night he lost consclous fek For three days he was in delirium. A and Tarzan sat beside him and bathed his head and hands and washed his wounds. On the fourth day the fever broke AN OF APES E BURROUGHS nsey Company. as suddenly as It had come, but It left D'Arnot a shadow of his former self and very weak. Tarzan had to lift him that he might drink from the .gourd. The fever had not been the result of iniecuon, as u araui nuu uiuu?iu, uu<. one of those that commonly attack whites in the jungles of Africa and either kill or leave them as suddenly as D'Arnot's had left him. Two days after they sat beneath the shade of a great tree, and Tarzan found some smooth bark that they might converse. D'Arnot wrote: What can I do to repay you for all that you have done for me? Tarzan wrote In reply: Teach me to speak the language of men. And so D'Arnot commenced at once, pointing out familiar objects and repeating their names in French, for he thought that it would be easier to teach this man his own language, since he understood it himself best of all. It meant nothing to Tarzan, ot course, for he could not tell one language from another, so when he pointed to the word "man" which he had printed upon a piece of bark he learn* ed "homme,"' and in the same way he was taught to Dronounce ape "singe" and tree "arbe." He was a most eager student and in two more days had mastered so much French that he could speak little sentences that as "That is a tree," "This is grass," "I am hungry," and the like, but D'Arnot found that it was difficult to teach the French constrnrtinn unnn a foundation of Ene liah. (To be Continued.) LIQUOR LAW WITH TEETH Jail Sentence Without Alternative of Fine For Violation of Law. If the juries of this state convict violators of the prohibition law who are tried before them after the first of January, says an Orangeburg dispatch of Tuesday, a bill which is to be introduced at the coming session of the general assembly by Hon. J. T. Liles of Orangeburg, if passed, will do more towards bringing about absolute observance of the law, than any other factor. This new bill does away with the alternative of a fine where trials result in convictions, and forces the presiding judge to impose a sentence of not less than three months' service on the public works upon the convicted violator. The law, if passed, places the responsibility directly up to the Juries. If they reach verdicts of guilty, the offender has a term on the chaingang staring him in the face, and with a three months' stay on the gang penalty for violating the law, there will be very few who will have tne courage to violate it. Mr. Liles has drafted the law, and will place it before the general assembly in January. It remains to be seen if the lawmakers of the state will have the backbone to stand by the vote of the people and do their part to bring about the enforcement of the law, which the voters have decided upon. Mr. Liles was one of the most enthusiastic advocates of prohibition in the campaign this summer preceding the referendum vote on September 14. Since that time he has been Working on the problem of the enforcement of the law, and he believes that his bill will bring about that end. In drafting and backing such a measure, he realizes the position in which he places himself. He knows well that the combined strength of the liquor forces will be hurled against him; but he also realizes that only through a measure of this kind, can it be hoped to bring about the enforcement of the law. and he is willing to do his share in the enforcement of the law. Mr. Liles, in discussing his bill, said: "I hope and believe I shall be successful in securing the passage of this bill and its enforcement as a law, in my opinion practically rids South Carolina of the evils of liquor traffic. The failure of the prohibition law of this and other states has been due largely to the fact that the penalties imposed did not sufficiently punish. This will not be the case under this V-111 oa V? nrimirinllv {n> UIII. CTV uu ao VUVT ... clined are concerned, fear of punishment is the greatest incentive to respect and regard for law. And if convictions of selling alcoholic liquors means as this measure provides, a chaingang sentence without the option of a tine, all of which the circuit judges cannot under any circumstances suspend, blind tigers will soon become conspicuous for their absence-. "It is my judgment that the great majority of the thinking people of South Carolina are ready and anxious for real prohibition and I shall be glad indeed if I am instrumental in advancing the cause. It will be glory enough for me if I can contribute to the elimination from my state of the evils of the legal or illegal liquors, the curse that has impended the progress of our state, that has wrecked homes debauched man and womanhood and produced ignorance, poverty and crime. "Of course I understand that the introduction of this measure will result in bringing upon me the criticism, sneers and the antagonism of the liquorites and I am not so unsophistocated as not to realize that from a political standpoint this will not be without effect, but for the time being, ~ -? ? ? * V?n KAolufnnnv i n (II illl.V lilir, l lia*c uu iicaiciiuiivj saying, "Lay on, McPuff, and damned be he who first cries, "Hold, enough!" ' The bill which has been drafted by Mr. Liles and will be Introduced by him. is as follows: A Bill To amend section 811, volume 11, criminal code, 1912, in reference to intoxicating liquors. Be it enacted by the general assembly of the state of South Carolina: Section 1. That section 811, volume II, criminal code, 1912, be and the same is hereby stricken out, and th following inserted in lieu thereof to b known and designated as section 811: "Section 811. Any person who vio lates any of the provisions of sectio: 794 to 802, inclusive, shall be guilty o a misdemeanor and upon convictloi thereof shall be Imprisoned at har labor for not less than six monthi nor more than Ave years, and for an; subsequent offense, upon convictior shall be imprisoned for a term of no less than one year, nor more than flv years. Provided, that any circui 4iiH oa mnv in hia inn ananPni all of such Imprisonment exceptthre months upon such terms and con ditions as he may see fit to impose but in each and every case any persoi convicted of the violation of any o said sections shall be required t serve at least three months of the sen tence imposed upon him." Section 2. That this act shall tak effect immediately upon Its approva by the governor, and all acts or part of acts, inconsistent with this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. DRIVING OF FIRE APPARATUS Comparison Between Motor Drivinj and Horse Driving. A motor Are truck takes the plac of four fire horses and two wagons gives better and quicker services, ant is maintained considerably cheaper. These facts were brought out in t well prepared paper which was reat at the firemen's banquet last night b: Mr. J. Fur-man Greer, assistant chie of the fire department and driver o the motor fire truck. Mr. Greer's subject was "Moto; driven apparatus against horse drawr apparatus." The paper reads as follows: In the fire service greater strain ii placed upon the apparatus than or any other conditions, but in spite o this handicap there must be a quali' flcation of reliability. A number of departments in th< country have in the past, with a viev of economy, purchased horse drawi equipment built by concerns entirel; unfamiliar with conditions in fire ser vice, only to realize that while th< first cost was slightly less, this wai more than offset by the expense o: keeping same in repair. The appara tus was frequently out of service pending repairs, and for that reasoi alone it did not measure up to thi same high standard of efficiency of th< properly designed types, and as be tween inefficiency and efficiency then can only be one choice in a Are de partment. It's been demonstrated beyond an; question of doubt that this feature o proper construction is so importan with horse drawn apparatus, then oni must acknowledge that it applies witl considerably greater force to motoi driven apparatus, due to the fact tha there are problems complication! -not found in the former. Utilizing a pleasure or touring cai chassis for this purpose has been fount a serious mistake and this applies at well to a commercial truck chassis The explanation is not very difficult at it lies in the fact that neither was de signed for that character of duty? the former cannot carry the necessary weight and the latter was designet for slow speed, incident to commercia usage. In order to bring about the desiret results and be in a position to sue' cessfully manufacture this type o apparatus, It has been necessary t< build up a very efficient organizatioi for the purpose. Special machiner: had to be procured and while the ex penditure has been tremendous, then is no doubt that the result will ampl? justify the outlay. It can hardly b< denied that after all this effort a cai should be procured possessing mani points of superiority. Automobile engineers all agree tha a car to be successful in fire servic< must embody the following essentials The truck" must be wide, center o gravity, perfect balance, and materiali of the very highest grade. In. drawing comparison betweei the relative cost of horse drawn ap> paratusand motor driven the most im portant factor cannot be estimated ii dollars and cents. I refer to the in creased efficiency of the moter drivei apparatus. In the first place, it reach es the scene of the fire in qulcke: time. That in itself should be sufllci ent to give it the preference over thi horse drawn type, for this means tha it is effective in saving more property and in many cases lives, and can als< cover a longer distance. The actual cost of maintalnance be tween the two types, if we cover sue! items as can be definitely figured would compare about as indicated ii the following tables though this is i very conservative estimate: Horse Drawn. Feed for four horses $528 01 Shoeing horses 48 0* Veterinary and medicine 25 Oi Harness and truck repairs 25 Oi Stable equipment. blankets. brushes 25 0< Total $651 01 Motor Driven. Tire replacement $100 01 Gasoline and oil 25 01 Repairs, rags and polish 75 0i Total $200 01 The motor driven car will do th< work of four horses and two wagons carrying more hose, ladders, chemica tnnl/u ??nrl will rl r\ it nVion nor ? Anderson Daily Mail. ? London dispatches say that re cruiting is going on inore brisk): throughout England right now than a any previous time during the war The explanation is that eligibles de sire to avoid conscription. Since th< beginning of the war, the British peo pie have been reluctant to enlist ii sufficient numbers to satisfy those ii charge of the matter of raising th< necessary armies. The matter wa taken in charge by Lord Derby, who after strenuous efforts to secure vol untary enlistments, and failing ti bring the number up to requirements announced that there would be n< conscription until after last Saturda; if at all. and wthether there shouh be conscription then, would depem upon results in the meantime. Durini the week previous to last Saturday tin recruiting offices were crowded P such an extent that it was impossible for the staffs to take care of them so it was decided to extend the tlm< until tomorrow. Dispatches represen every recruiting station in England ai crowded with applicants for enlist ment. As to whether conscription wil at last be resorted to has not yet beet announced. : FOOTSTEPS OF THE FATHERS ; As Traced In Early files of The * Yorkvllle Enquirer. a , I NEWS AND VIEWS OF YESTERDAY y * n i i _ n. i_ _ r ii n i ..J 1, cringing up necorui ot inv rm ina >t Giving the Younger Readers of Toe day a Pretty Comprehensive Knowlt edge of the Things that Most Cond cerned Generations that Have Gone e Before. it The first Installment of the notes appearing under this heading was published in our issue of November 14, * 1913. The notes are being prepared by 0 the editor as time and opportunity permit. Their purpose is to bring into review the events of the past for the pleasure and satisfaction of the older e people and for the entertainment and 1 instruction of the present generation. 172ND INSTALLMENT. ' (Thursday Morning, Feb. 6, 1868.) Sudden Deaths. The coroner had a busy time on Saturday last. An old negro man, while riding through town on a mule, ? had some sort of a fit, and fell off dead. Another unfortunate of the same color?an old woman?was frozen to death on Friday night It is sad to think of the numbers of these poor creatures that are in a state of abBO3 lute destitution and misery. * ^ The Tournament Our quiet little town is all agog with excitement this (Tuesday) morning; for the tournament?the grand tournar ment?the long expected tournament? 3 is to come off at last; and all the small boys in town are agape at the sight of "knights in real armor, ladies in royal robes," etc. J The thing passed off with great eclat; the riding was superb; the knights.were clad in fine costume and were full of enthusiasm; the attend0 ance large and Interested. The folf lowing knights took part in the tour1 nee: T. A. Lipsey. knight of Ravenwood. John Gallagher, knight of the Lone 8 Star. ? Edward Wylle, knight of Lookout Mountain. Jas. Lowry, knight of King's Moun*' tain. 1 Edward Atkinson, knight of the " Forest. ' Chas. Alexander, knight of Ivanhoe. 0 John A. Bradley, Jr., knight of Dixie. Jas Caldwell, knight of Argyle. * Dawson Heath, knight of St. John. Wm. Holly, knight of Ellersile. * Robert Love, knight of the Golden 0 Fleece. 1 F. Pagan, unknown knight. Wm. Reed, knight of the Highlands. * John Stringfellow, knight of SnowSamuel Walker, knight of the Black ^ Prlneii ' Fred Walker, the Highland knight. 9 C. C. McCoy, knight of the Alham1 bra. 8 The four first named knights were decreed by the judge, to be the most successful in the tilt, though their vicf tory was closely contested by Messrs. * Atkinson, Bradley, Caldwell and oth' era, and was only decided after repeated trials. 1 The knight of the Alhambra acted as herald, and his elegant costume exf cited great attention. 5 Mr. Roberts, as marshal of the day, 1 was very efficient In preserving perf feet order and decorum. Not a single accident of any kind 9 occurred to mar the pleasures of the f day, and the tournament is conceded 3 by all to have been a perfect success. r Tonight the following young ladies f will be crowned at the Thespian hall: Miss Carrie Alexander, queen of 1 Love and Beauty. 3 Miss Annie Brawley, 1st maid of honor: Miss Amanda Lowry, 2nd maid ' of honor: Miss Jane Wylle, 3rd maid 3 of honor. THa AnfArtnlnmpnt will nrohflhlv he 1 one of the moot brilliant ever known ' In this part of the country. All praise " is due to the ladies whose kind hearts 1 first conceived, and whose energy has ' so successfully consummated this 1 splendid entertainment for so noble an " object; and to the gentlemen who have r so handsomely aided them. 5 Married?On the 28th ult., by D. D. t Moore. Esq., Mr. A. W. Gladden of , Chester district, and Miss M. I. Wyatt j of York district. In Catawba county, N. C., on the - 28th ult., by Rev. Elijah Allison, Mr. i Wm. M. Corkill, formerly of York, ville, and Miss Julia A. McCoy of the i former place. l (To be Continued.) OUR TRADE WITH INDIA ) q She Ha* the Market, We Have the j Goods, but Neglect the Opportunity. 0 Now that exports from Germany, and Austria to India have been stopped by j the war it is interesting to see how _ few American manufactures have 5 grasped this rare opportunity of introducing American goods to a market 0 which is rapidly expanding and with j which we are comparatively unfamill9 ar. During the past ten years India j practically doubled the value of her f imports, and yet in that same period exports from the United States to j India showed an increase of only 25 per cent. The United States now supplies about one-fortieth of the merchandise imnorted bv India. The ever growing: Indian market for . foreign goods should he particularly t tempting to American manufacturers >. owing to its demand for the very goods that are extensively produced in * the United States. In 1913-14, India j imported engineering products, all : i kinds of machinery, iron, steel, rail? way plants, motor cars, etc.: clothing, " worth nearly $136,360,000, including - haberdashery millinery, boots and shoes, to the value of $15,559,850; while ' the imports of patent foods, biscuits, y canned and bottled goods, condensed 1 milk, patent medicines, soap, cigarettes i 1 and beer amounted to $13,529,120. p Japan, which for some years has r> enjoyed close commercial contact with i e India, has not overlooked the present ' ojuportunlty to advance her industries < ( and has already made an apparently i s successful effort to obtain the larger i beer trade which was formerly con- > ^ trolled by Germany. Can it be that United States mer- ] chants have become so interested in the prospect of increasing their wealth by means of war supplies that they have forgotten to take into consideration the fact that some day the war will be over??New York Sun. THE ISENHOWER CASE Newspaper Comment on Verdict of a York County Jury. The verdict of the jury in the iBenhower case at York last week was the triumph of outlawry.?Gaffney Ledger. Wo are certainly sorry that Fairfield case was brought to York for trial.' Five witnesses solemnly swore that 'they saw Isenhower Are the shouj that killed Deputy Boulware. Yet * York county Jury cleared him, thus condoning that dreadful blow to the majesty of the law! But, what is the law between friends? Has Blease adopted York county or has York county adopted him? In the trial at York last Friday he reminded Solicitor Hill: "Over here In York we do thlngB different from the way they^do In Spartanburg."?Rock Hill Thd Jury is the principal instrument through which the people rula By means of the jury the people exercise the power of life and death over themselves. It is a right and a power not second to the ballot. Juries sometimes make mistakes but, in the long run, In free American states, they do Justice. The correctness or the error of Jury Verdicts Is usually in proportion to th0 development of a sense of justice imong the people. Anyway, we depenp in the main on the juries to preserve law and order and civilization and t^iese three can be no better than are the juries that ascertain truth and decide questions of guilt or innocence. There are extraordinary circumstances in which a newspaper may with propriety criticize the verdict of a Jury, but it should do so with caution and restraint. The State has nothing to say about the verdict lately rendered in York. We have unshaken faith that so long as cases in the criminal courts shall be left to the juries of South Carolina there will be steady progress in the enforcement of law and the ? a# 11 nn/1 nsAnarlv Tn. prUlCVUUU ul iuc cutu |/? v|a/i v/1 *m terference with the verdicts of Juries whether by newspapers, executives or citizens is a profound menace to public safety. Were Governor Manning to assume the privilege of reversing, in other than extraordinary circumstances, the verdicts that the people render through their Juries the liberty of the people would be imperiled and the peace and civilization of the state would be seriously affected. It were far better to abolish the office of governor than to impair the office of the Jury. The State has greater respect for tKe office of the Juryman than it has for the governorship. A substitute for the governorship might be found; we can conceive of none for the Jury and it behooves the people that it be held sacred.?Columbia State. WHERE PEACE MAY BE MADE Lucerne in Switzerland, Regarded as Likely Place tor uomerenco. Lucerne, toward which, rumor has it, all peace plans of the world now take their way, and upon which the eyes of many troubled millions have been turned in the keen hope that the bright mountain city may soon attain the enviable fame of sending forth the call to cease hostilities in the world's greatest war, is described in a statement issued by the National Geographic society. Prince von Buelow's visit to the city strengthened peace rumors which have been growing in assurance during weeks past, and centered- peace activities in Lucerne. The war primer telling of Lucerne reads: Lucerne, situated in an amphitheater of mountains upon the exquisite Lake of Lucerne, is one of the most beautiful and most picturesque towns in Switzerland, and, in the land of the pilgrim's paradise, it has been one of the principal tourist centers. In tone, it is thoroughly cosmopolitan; for during normal times, representatives of all the people of Europe and both Americas are continually passing through the place, to and from the famous St. Gotthard. More than 100,000 visitors were entertained in Lucerne each year in normal times, and, though a place of only 40,000 population, it possesses 70 hotels, many of them are as pretentious as those to be found in New York or Parla Mountains wall the city, save where the wall is broken through by the tor rent of the Reuse, which drains L?ucerne lake. The Pilatus range, Rigi, and the Alps of Uri and Engelberg frame the crystal waters at their feet. Lucerne is primarily a city of peace, because its support depends upon the good will, the prosperity and the leisure of nations productive and at peace with one another. The annual 100,000 visitors pay the running expenses of the place and furnish It with plenty of pocket money for incidental luxuries. Before the outbreak of the war, Lucerne was a resort patronized all the year around by vacationists, those in search of winter sport, mountain 1 climbers, by the infirm in need of bracing air and inspiriting surroundings, and by the small army regularly bound for the passage of St. Ootthard's pass. The town, itself, is full of picturesque and historic values. The older part of the city is medieval, thread- 1 ed by narrow, crooked streets and built up with ancient houses. Part of > the old defenses are still standing wniie me town nail is a survival irmu the 16th century. In it, is now housed a museum rich in antiquities. i Lucerne 1b conveniently situated for informal conferences between the warring: nations, for it is neutral land almost in the heart of battle-torn Europe and the only place equally accessible to all the larger combatants. In less than a day's time, representatives can (father here from London, Paris, Berlin, 1 Rome and Vienna. More difficulty is in the way of the representatives 1 sent from Petrograd, but, for all practical purposes, Lucerne is the placid center around which Europe's cyclonic i storms of war are raging In widening circles. As the hub of trouble and 1 destruction, it iB a fitting point from 1 which to send out the suggestions of peace and reconstruction. 1 TOLD BY LOCAL EXCHANfiES News Happenings In Neighboring Communities. CONDENSED FOR QUICK READING Dealing Mainly With Local Affair* of Cherokee, Cleveland, Gaston, Lancaster and Chester. Gastonia Gazette, December 14: Mr. G. M. Nolen of Washington, D. C., and Miss Clara Patrick of Union, were united in marriage Saturday night atl 8.30 o'clock at Union Presbyterian |, church by the pastor, Rev. G. A. Sparrow. The wedding came as a great surprise to their many friends, being performed at the close of the services , which were held at the church Satur- , day night The report of the bu- , reau of census, department of commerce, shows that there were 7,127 bales of cotton ginned in Gaston coun- j ty prior to December 1, of this year, j compared with 6,834 bales ginned prior ] to the same date in 1914 Mrs. < Jane Caroline Stowe, whose critical ( illness was mentioned in last Friday's , Gazette, passed away at 1 o'clock yes- , terday morning at hor home on North , Weldon street, aged 76 years and 28 ( days. Mrs, Stowe had been in very , feeble health for the past three or i four months, but had grown some better when on last Wednesday , morning she suffered a severe stroke of paralysis, from which she never recovered. Mra Stowe was, before her marriage, Miss Jane Caroline Hunter, ' a daughter of the late John B. Hunter and was born in the Bethel section of York county on November 16, 1839. 1 She moved to Gastonla with her hue- 1 band, the late Capt. W. I. Stowe, 1 about 20 years ago and had made her ( home here since. Mrs. Stowe was the 1 mother of nine children, only three of whom now survive. Messrs. Chas. 1 F. and William H. Stowe and Miss ' Annie Lee Stowe, all of Gastonla. 1 Capt. Stowe died on January 6, 1908. ' Funeral services were conducted at * thn hnrnn at 10 n'elnek thin mornine H by Rev. J. H. Henderlite, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, of which the deceased had been a member for many years, and the body was taken to the cemetery of Olney Preebyterlan church for Interment beside the body of her husband Wo are Informed on good authority that Mr. Ftank Ware of Belmont, killed a Tamworth hog a day or two ago that weighed 720 pounds net On account of necessary repairs to the cars being still under way, the 30 minute schedule for the local street cars was not put on last Friday as announced, but will begin tomorrow The records of the local postofflhe show that the receipts for November, 1915, were $1,654.60 as compared with $1,364.86 for November, 1914, an increase of $296.74. Gaffney Ledger, Dec. 14: At a recent meeting of Limestone Grove, No. 49, Woodmen Circle, the following officers were elected to serve next year: Mrs. Lizzie Bright, guardian; Mrs. Nancy Moore, adviser; Mrs. Nannie Smith, chaplain; L T. Vinsett, clerk; P. C. Poole, Sr., banker; A. B. Hdltzclaw, attendant; W. D. Kirby, outside, sentinel; Mrs. Selena J. Buice, inside sentinel; Mrs. Dora A. Roberts, man ager; miss (jaine wiiiiams, assiaiani. clerk, and Mrs. .Ora A. Gladden, assistant attendant..... .The four pure bred Hereford bulls bought by the First National bank were assigned Saturday by a representative of the live stock department of Clemson college, as follows: Ftank McCluney of Wllklnsville, M. E. Gottys of Grassy Pond, J. W. Brown of Goucher, and W. A. Young of Macedonia. This arrangement puts one of the animals within easy reach of the farmers living in any section of the county H. Cahlll, a traveling man, stumbled and fell, breaking his right leg in two places Just above the ankle, Frlday afternoon while a guest at the Gaffney hotel. He was taken to the city hospital where he was given medical attention Dr. J. S. Dill, Dr. J. R. Pentuff, Mr. F. C. Hickson, F. B. Gaffney, A. W. Gaffney, E. J. Clary and R S. Porter are among the Cherokeeans who have been and are attending the state Baptist convention in Greenville. Rock Hill Record, Dec. 13: There will be three vacancies on the board of trustees of the Rock Hill school district on January 1. The terms of E. H. Johnson and J. B. Crelghton expire, having served the full six years. J. B. Sykes will move from the city, leaving his place to be filled The secretary of state has Issued a commission to the Blankenshlp-Johnson company of Rock Hill, with a capital of $10,000. The petitioners are V. B. Blankenship and C. A. Johnson Dr. D. B. Johnson, president of Winthrop, and Mrs. Hetty S. Browne, principal of the farm school at Oak Ridge, were in Gaffney Saturday and spoke before the Cherokee County Teachers' association Rev. J. C. Roper, the new pastor of St. John's, arrived here Friday with his family and are now occupying the parsonage on Caldwell street. Mr. Wells and family have moved to the presiding elder's home on Hampton street. Chester Reporter, Dec. 13: At the meeting of Franklin Chapter, No. 9. R. A. M., Thursday night, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Dr. W. E. Anderso^, excellent high priest: W. D. Knox, king; G. W. Chltty, scribe: S. E. Wylle, secretary, D. E. Colvin, treasurer.... Mr. W. W. Graham, a native of Chester and for most of his life a resident of this city, died yesterday evening at his home in Columbia Sandy River lodge, No. 207, A. F. M., elected the following officers at the meeting Thursday night: H. A. Brakefleld, r M*. M.; R. O. Atkinson. Jr.. S. W.; C. ?. Atkinson, J. W.; G. B. Mlnter, ( treasurer; Walter Simpson, secretary. The total number of bales of ? cotton pinned In Chester county to . December 1. was 27,343, as compared with 29,377 bales up to the same time r last year Judge of Probate A. r W. Wise issued marriage licenses to 0 the following couples Saturday: Miss 11 Dora Oline Wooten and James A. Ly- * brand, Jr., and Miss Rettie Knight and f Mr. Earl Jones, all four from Great f Falls Mr. C. K. Bell is expecting ? his family to arrive here from Mem- e phis, Tenn., the latter part of the week. Mr. Bell and family will occupy Mrs. W. R. Brown's residence on Hinton street. Rock Hill Herald, Dec. 13: Robert Nicholson, who lived near Harmony Btation, died Monday morning, following an extended Illness. The remains were brought to Rock Hill and Interred In Laurel wood cemetery this afternoon at 1 o'clock. Mr. Nicholson was something over fifty years of age. He is survived by his wife, formerly Miss Giles, and one son. John. He was a brother of W. S. and P. C. Nicholson, of this city, and Mrs. Rebecca Wilson of Port Mill. Mr. Nicholson was well known throughout the eastern part of the county. He resided in and near the city for a number of years. He was a member of the First Presbyterian church Rock Hill has a generous supply of pure water for all uses these days. Since the completion of the pipe line to the Catawba river and the Installation of the new Altering plant, no one has had cause to register a kick regarding the scarcity of water The supply Is sufficient for a city twice the size of Rock Hill At Monday night's meeting of Walnut Camp, No. I, W. O. W., officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows: Council commander, J. EX Parker; A. L., J. N. Wilson, clerk, Max O. Bryant; banker, W. T. Comer; escort, Q. W. Ayers; watchman, W. H. Caveny; sentry, W. S. Nicholson. COL. JIM SMITH DEAD Ssorgia Farmer, One of Richest Men of that 8tate. The death of Hon. James M. Smith it his home in Smithsonia, removed from the stage of action one of the nost successful of Georgians and one >f the state's most unique characters, lays an Atlanta dispatch of Tuesday. He had reached almost to the four score mark and during his long life lad accumulated one of the largest fortunes in the state. He was primirllv n fnrmpr and the sreater nart )f his wealth was dug out of the fround in Ogelthorpe and Madison :ounties where his large farm of more :han twenty thousand acres was looted. He had at various tlmee served the itate as a member of the general assembly and at various Democratic inventions he had been a delegate 'rom Georgia. His interest in political iffairs in the state was always a lively me. He always manifested a deep interit in educational affairs and several .'ears since gave ten thousand dollars :oward the erection of the James M. Smith Hall at the State Normal ichool. He believed in his state and section md quite a large portion of his money was Invested in a number of splendid ndustries in Athens and throughout (he state. " ' As a farmer he achieved great success and demonstrated what could be lone on a Georgia farm in the way of setter production of crops and the iccumulation of more than a com >etency. He was a strong, rugged Georgian, lot without faults, springing from comparative poverty, struggling igainst adversity and mastering many lifflcult problems. A New World's Champion.?In the ivery stables of Kansas, Missouri, [owa and Nebraska; in the alleys and :he barbershops of the Missouri valley :he praises of Frank Johnson, cham>ion of champions, are being sounded, fie has taken home the golden shoes. 3e has met and vanquished the chamjions of many cities and of many itates. In Kansas, of which he is a rntive, he is greater than Jess Wilard. And why shouldn't he be? He met it Kansas City the pick of the world n tournament and won 24 out of 25 fames in the great American pastime >f pitching horseshoes! In the one rame that he failed it was by so nar ow a margin that had the shoe flopped :o the right instead of to the left his score would have been perfection. To appreciate Jackson's form you lave to know that he shot ninety-seven ingers. That's averaging four ringers .0 the game. The highest average posilble is six ringers?a mark never nade unless back in the olden Grecian lays when Socrates and Euripides ,vere tossing' quoits. Baseball has been called the great \merican game. Possibly it is but n not a few parts of the Union "pitchn* the shoes" runs it a close second if t does not exceed it in popularity. iVhat a somnolent town would do vithout a game of pitch is harrowing o contemplate. Men who would not ise from a cracker box in a village itore to see a fire have been known to ihow life and animation when a game it the shoes was in progress. The >arth has been scarred perhaps In a nillion or more places in these United 3tates where the horseshoes have falen near or around the stake and it vill be scarred millions of times more efore "pltchln*" goes out of fashion. America has produced many great lorseshoe pitchers but never one to >qual Frank Jackson. He deserves nuch from the people of the middle vest. He has given something to the nen to talk about In the long winter lights other than the war.?Comnerce and Finance. i " " i ? Gigantic guns mounted on motar rucks or railway cars probably will >e added to the country's coast de- ( ense system as a result of experinents now being made by army ord- ( lance experts. It was learned last Frilay says a Washington dispatch, that i scheme is being worked out con- | - ? K1 ioVim ont f\t m n fill (Jlill II1J5 IIIC COW1UIIOII...V..V -W- ... ? die batteries to protect stretches of oast line not commanded by the pernanent fortifications built or to be ecommended. Part of the $80,000,i00 expenditure for coast defenses inluded in the administration's program nay be devoted to this work. The Euopean war has demonstrated that dgh power guns can be used as moHe weapons, such guns as the Gernan 42 centimeter howitzer having evolutionized land warfare by the asy reduction of forts believed impregnable. The experiments are to deermine how big a gun can be efectively transported and transferred rom its carriage to a concrete oundation. Consideration is being iven to 12 inch, 14 inch, 16 inch and ven larger weapons. EDITORIAL VIEWPOINT What Various 8outh Carolina News* Papers Think of Various Things. "Georgetown Freshman Weds."? Washington paper. That is nothing. Down here in South Carolina they marry before they learn their letters, sometimes.?Greenville Piedmont. The present cotton crop, though some four million bales below last year, is bringing the grower some $85,000,000 more than did the crop last year. Then why not continue to grow what you need to eat and make cotton your surplus and get as much money for lees ootton and make more money??Newberry Herald and New*. ? * Michelle a Live One. We would just like for some one to explain how it was that Sam J. Nlcholls, the newly elected congressman from Spartanburg was put on the very Important committee of military affairs, assigned to It even before he was sworn in, and we have members that have been there for years not on such an important committee. The ? committee is more Important than ever in view of the "preparedness" fever that has struck the country.? Abbeville Medium. Help Wanted 1 About eight years ago the editor of the Dally Mail built a house, and the roof leaked. It still leaks. We have since tried every roofer and tinker we could get hold of to try and stop the leak. It still leaka We had all the whole blooming roof torn off and a new one put on. It still leaka If there is a man In the whole shining world that can stop a leaking roof, send him on here to try his hand. But we wish to state right here that we ain't going to pay out "nar nother cent" unless the leak Is stopped. The offer Is open to the world.?Anderson Dally Mall. Free Tuition In 8tate Coilegea We have some intimation that there is a movement on foot to have a law passed giving all students who attend state institutions free tuition provided they will consent to teach at least two years in the state, or even If they will consent to live In the state that long after graduation. This Is going some, and is a policy that will be hard on the denominational colleges that are about the best assets that the state has and assets that do not ooet the taxpayer one cent We take the position that South Carolina, ui iui uia.i uuuiw uv wiaer bulib, can do without the denominational colleges. They are an absolute necessity, and it is time that some people whose eyes have not been opened to this fact should be made to see. Instead of free tuition in the state colleges, let the legislature pass a law providing for the education of young men and women who are not able to pay tuition, but giving them the amounts necessary and permit them to select the college they wish to attend. This is fair, and the denominational colleges should certainly have fair competition. Something they are not getting. Let the denominations in South Carolina get together and demand their rights in the matter, and they will get them. We know that the lobbyists will be on hand, and work to defeat any measure of this kind, but there is no reason why the most astute lobbyist should not be defeated In his efforts along this Una There are lobbyists who are always at work for the state institutions. They go so far as to haul legislators by train loads In order to get what they want, and they have been doing this for yean. They will do it at the next session of the legislature.?Greenwood Journal Pour It Into tho Gutter. The singular announcement Is made in dispatches from Columbia that authorities of the state are concerned about stock* of spirltous liquors tbat will remain unsold in county dispensaries after the state-wide prohibition law takes effect January 1, 1916. Why? Surely no Gordian knot is here presented. The liquor will be contraband of law. There will be no county dispensaries. Liquor In the hands of unlawful custodians has been common in South Carolina. The suggestion that the dispensary stocks be placed in the hands of sheriffs 1s proper enough, it goes too far when it is proposed tbat the liquor be held for the general assembly to dispose of. The general assembly could by no Imaginable means dispose of it. It is a state-wide prohibition body. Composed though it be of more than 200 members it could not possibly consume more than a gallon a month; It Is perhaps to asperse its reputation for sobriety to intimate that in the aggregate, as an entity, it could absorb so much. Nor can the general assembly sell this liquor or "dispense'' it. The sale and dispensation of splritous liquors, after the fateful first, will be unlawful, vicious, heinous, damnable. In "old times" the blasphemers of the "Great Moral Institution" were accustomed to taunt Grand Old South Carolina with "being in the liquor ^ business," and that when the traffic was most lawful, desirable and, in the eye of Governor Tillman and his dynasty, commendable. It was im piuuo ui cuurec uui it wao uuc, uiaiiu Old South C&rolina was In the liquor business. Shall the scoffers be given another turn? After January 1, shall they say, not simply that South Carolina is "in the liquor business," but in it as "a blind tiger" according to its own definition of the term? Beyond cavil, after that time, any disposition of liquor, by the connivance, consent or order of the general assembly, other than by pouring into the gutter will be a confession of "tigering" by the state. In no circumstances will the general assembly permit the sale of "liquid damnation" to its own citizens after Golden Age sets in, nor can it with propriety permit its sale to the citizens of other states even in quantities of a gallon a month. South Carolina has not hesitated in the past to confiscate the liquor of the citizens. It cannot hesitate to confiscate its own liquor. As the loss will fall solely on the counties having dispensaries and will result from the act of the state, the dry counties should assume their proportion of the loss. It should be listributed among all the counties. So much common honesty would require. Pour the liquor into the gutter and let the taxpayers of South Carolina pay for it.?Charleston Poet.