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?rtaps and |acts. ? Henry Ford was compelled to leave the peace expedition during the early pari ot last week on the auvice ox nis physician who told him that tne condition ot his health requires thai he go back to America and rest up. Air. Ford left the party at Stockholm, Sweden. It has developed that the iuipiv nan no official recoil uiiion abroad because it has had no such recognition in America. ? New York, December 23: Stockholders of the Chevrolet Motor Co., today authorized an increase of the capital stock from $20,000,000 to $80,00U.000 and empowered the directors to exchange Chevrolet shares for General Motor shares on a basis of live of Chevrolet for one of General Motors. it is known that certain banking interests of this city and Boston, wnich financed the General Motors company a few years ago, are opposed to control by the Chevrolet, but they were out-voted at today's meeting, the Chevrolet interests voting in person and by proxy 185,000 shares of a total of 2,000., Chevrolet shares which are traded in on the curb, closed at 167 today, while General Motors which is listed on the stock exchange and is one of its most prominent features closed at 465, a decline of 93 points from its high record price early in the month. Only recently General Motors declared a cash dividend of 50 per cent on its $16,507,000 of common stock. The Chevrolet company is controlled by interests which organized the General Motor company but which retired from the latter company when it was re-financed. ? Germany's experiments with substitutes for cotton in making gunpowder have been so successful that for eight months no cotton has been used. This statement was made by the president of the Bremen Chamber "of Commerce to a convention of merchants. "I have had the opportunity to establish officially that for eight months not a kilogram of cotton has been used for making powder," he said, "Thanks to German science and industry, we nave succeed in winning from the immeasurable supply of German forests a cellular material which is cheaper and better suited for powder-making than cotton. Even after the war German ammunition factories will not buy another bale of cotton from America. The second important ingredient?saltpetre, is now manufactured exclusively in Germany from the air. Our factories already are so advanced that in the spring they will be able to cover the entire requirements for nitrogen and if the war lasts longer they will even be able to export this product." The speaker also asserted that camphor, for seven years produced synthetically from America turpentine is now obtained by. chemical means from synthetic turpentine. ? There have been no sensational developments in the European war theaters during the past ten days, so far as the dispatches have recorded, that is comparatively speaking. The British and French have been collecting large forces at Saloniki in Greece, near the border of southern Serbia, and it has been a question as to whether the Germans and Austrians who have overrun Serbia, were going to attack. The situation has remained unchanged for some days. The Germans and Austrians are believed to have serious designs on Egypt with a view to overrunning that country and closing the Suez canal. Political agitation continues in England and it seems to threaten the downfall of Premier Asquith and the elevation of Lloyd-George to the premiership. ? J.J a r-ranee nas sucueeueu m iaiuuS tremendous war loan from her own people and is pushing things with undiminished vigor and no thought of peace. Russia is reported to have made considerable advance through Persia and is believed to be trying to relieve the British in Messopotomia. All lines are being held on all quarters, -but there has not been a great deal of fighting on account of the cold. It is thought that the Germans and Austrians will make another move against Flanders to the British channel soon, and that with the move against Egypt is the principal prospective development in sight. ? No American who has not seen an actual copy of an official German casualty list can have the slightest comprehension of the frightful toll of life which Germany is paying for her conquests east and west. It comprises the most awful death toll in the world's history, says Frederic W. Wile, special London correspondent of the Philadelphia Ledger. Before me as I write are the lists for November up to and including the 19th of the month. They are numbered 763 to 796, both inclusive (pages 9,763 to 10,254), a total of 491 pages. Averaging 360 names to the page, they disclose the incontrovertible fact that the kaiser's military machine, by its own authentic admissions, has suffered a loss in less than three weeks of 176,760 officers and men, or an average of 9,304 every Z4 nours. ine lOUll lor uie war, uy the same process of reckoning (10,254 pages or 360 names per page), aggregates the hideous sura of 3,691,440. As the war will be 16 months old by the time these figures are read in the United States, it may be figured that the Fatherland's acknowledged casualties havo certainly not been far from 250,000 a month. If Emperor William desired, as poor old "Oom Paul" Kruger did 15 years ago, when he essayed to smash John Bull, to "stagger humanity," he has had his wish. German humanity has been more than staggered. It has been decimated at a rate which even the world's record of pestilence does not surpass. ? Replying to a written question by P. A. Molteno, member of the house of commons. Premier Asquith on last Friday gave the total British casualties up to December 9 as 528,227. Detailed figures of the casualties as given by Premier Asquith, corrected the figures concerning losses at the Dardanelles given on Thursday in the house of commons. At that time the casualties up to December 11 were given as 112,921, a smaller total than the Premier gave today for the operations to December 9. The casualties were distributed as follows: Flanders and France: Killed, officers, 4,829; other ranks, 77,473; wounded officers, 9,943; other ranks, 21,359; missing officers, 1,699; other ranks, 52,685. Total officers and men. 387,988. Dardanelles: Killed, officers, 1.667; other ranks, 24,535; wounded officers, 3,028; other ranks, 72,781; missing officers, 350; other ranks, 12,194. Total officers and men, 114,555. Other theatres: Killed, officers, 871, other ranks, 10,548; wounded officers, 694; other ranks, 10,953; missing officers, 100; other ranks, 2,518. Total officers and men, 25,684. Grand total, 528,227. Detailed figures of the casualties as given by Premier Asquith, corrected the figures concerning losses at the Dardanelles given Thursday in the house of commons. At that time the casualties up to December 11, were given as 112,921, a smaller total than the premier gave Friday for the operations to December 9. ? Public officeholders and members of political party committees are made ineligible for election as officers or directors of Federal reserve banks by a resolution adopted unanimously at a meeting held in Washington oni December^ 23. by the Federal reserve board. rrne resolution, wnicn was offered by Secretary McAdoo, also informs member banks of the reserve system that in the opinion of the board such persons henceforward should not act as officials or directors \of reserve banks. The action of the board is understood to have been taken without extended discussion, the resolution being offered during the election of Class C directors of reserve banks, a task that was not completed when the session ended. Later it was said that the action was not I aimed particularly at any candidate ^ or at any director or officer now serving. The resolution follows: "Whereas, It is the opinion of the Federal reserve board that persons holding political or public office ) the service of the United States, or of any state, territory, county, district, political sub-division or municipality thereof, or acting as members of political party committees, cannot consistently with the spirit and underlying principles of the Federal reserve act, serve as directors or officers of Federal reserve banks. Resolved, that the Fed eral reserve board hereby expresses to the member banks its opinion that no such persons should henceforward be elected or act as directors or officers of Federal reserve banks, and prescribes a condition of eligibility that candidates for election shall comply with the terms of this resolution. Resolved, further, that copies of this resolution be sent to every member bank and Federal reserve bank and to - * * Jl rooorVO ail uirwiuro ui x- cuv?ui IVsv. *% banks." <TUc \|orkcillf (Enquirer Entered at the Postofflce at York as Mail Matter of the Second Class. YORK, 8. C.: FRIDAY DECEMBER 31,1915. Happy New Year to everybody. Now for another year of earnest endeavor and may It be fruitful. The political game, well on all the while, will grow warmer as the year I progresses. The year closing today has been largely what we made it, and the year beginning tomorrow will also yield to our making. Throughout York county things generally look much better than they did a year ago, and everybody feels better. 4 - * riWftOnnot nf ine II1US I uupicasaiu yiwinvi v? [ the coming year is the probability that the war will be with us to the end of it There is no better way to keep in touch with things throughout the year than by reading The Yorkville Enquirer, a real newspaper, edited and published for the promotion of the welfare of all of its readers. Sometimes people are constrained to wonder whether it is possible for the general assembly to pass a law that will really stand and operate as the general assembly would have it stand and operate. And according to Judge Rice, even the general assembly has not the power to break up the cotton buying combination in Yorkville. However, we hardly think that the supreme court will sustain Judge Rice in such a proposition. The possession of credit is absolutely essential to the well-being of any man. There are things probably that are more worth while; but they cannot exist without credit. The man who violates his credit hurts himself more than he hurts the individual from whom he pilfers. Waw faollif on/1 rtilv haun vnn nnt been able to see much improvement in The Enquirer last year? Hundreds of people have told us that they have noticed the improvement, and we are pleased to think that this improvement has been real. The publishers fully recognize that the paper's prosperity depends upon its usefulness to the public, and they have that incentive to make it as useful as possible. From that bill of J6 rendered to Mr. J. E. Burns after so long a time, one is led to assume that the revenues of the clerk's office are so abundant that little amounts like that are hardly considered as beihg worth looking after. It really would be interesting to know what the fees of this office amount to anyhow?that is, if there was any way of getting at the information. There are so many conflicting reports from Gen. Villa that it is really impossible to tell what he is going to do. Not long ago came the story that he had decided to disband his army and flee into the United States; but since then a dispatch has it that he intends to give the Carranza troops a final battle in the Sierra mountains. As to how many of the stories are facts and how many are inventions of space writers, there is no telling. As we see it, America cannot get into this war except on the side of England, and we have fully as much reason to fight England as we have to fight Germany, if not more reason. Suppose we should try to help Germany for instance, how would we ever get any troops over there? About the only thing we could do would be to take Canada, and there would be no need for that. We do not want Canada any more than Canada wants us. MERE-MENTION Plans for two types of motorboat submarine destroyers, designed to have speed of at least 41 miles an hour, have been submitted to the navy department at Washington.... Thomas L. Shevlin, millionaire lumberman and coach of the Yale football team, died at his home in Minneapolis, Minn., Wednesday of pneumonia. Shevlin was one of the greatest football players who ever played on an American team Andrew Ross, known as "King of the Cocos Islands,*' of New Zealand, died Wednesday The 20-round fight for the heavyweight championship of the world scheduled to be fought by Jess Williard and Frank Fulton in New Orleans, La,, March 4, has been declared off John T. Yates, sov ereign clerk of the Woodmen of the World is reported seriously ill of pneumonia at his home in Omaha, Neb Nitric acid obtained by extracting nitrogen from the air will be put on the market tomorrow by the Southern Electro-chemical Co. according to a statement made public in New York Wednesday by James B. Duke, president of the company. ....Joe Ximrod, a negro boy, 17 years old was lynched at Reddick, Fla., Wednesday morning after he had been identified as the assailant of a young white girl Ocean freight rates on cotton between Galveston and I.iverpool have advanced from 12 to $2.25 per hundred pounds.... The British house of lords has passed bills increasing the life of the present parliament eight months and increasing the authorized strength of the army to eight million men The Swiss general council has passed a resolution expressing itself as being of opinion that now is not the proper time for representations as to peace propositions On December 22 copper reached the price of 201 cents a pound the highest price since 1907. A Japanese steamer .the Yasaka, was sunk in the Mediterranean sea on Tuesday of last week. There was one Amercan on board but no lives were lost. The cargo included $12,500,000 in gold. It is known that the sinking was done by a cumarinine; but of what nationality has not been determined..... .The British government acknowledges a loss of 113,000 men in its Dardanelles operations. Of this number 25,279 were killed. LOCik^U ^ FAXKb. J m J NEW ADtftH i IOEIVIENTS , Thomson Co.?Extends the season's 1 best wishes and tells about a num- J ber of special offerings. i Yorft 'trust Co.?Asks you to "trust" ] it with your insurance business and i promises good service. i City .Pharmacy, Clover?Offers a New tears resolution for your consideration. sells Tanlac. James Bros.?Announce the arrival of a car of extra choice Ky. and Tenn. mules and invites you to come to see them Monday or earlier. Old George, The Butcher?Wants to turnish you with good beef, vegetables. RDnles. A word to those who, owe him. Kirkpatrick-Belk Co.?Returns its thanks to customers and friends for liberal patronage during 1916. Sherer & Quinn?Tell you that they will be on the Job every day next year to serve you In groceries. ; McElwee, Love & Co., Clover?Want you to give them a part of your trade if you are in reach of Clover. Carroll supply Co.?Invites you to see it before making arrangements for next year's supplies. McConnell Dry Goods Co.?Judging ! the future by the past assures you . of satisfactory service during 1916. > I Smoak-Brown Co.?Has a car of extra choice Missouri and Kentucky mules : and horses. Call and see them on Monday. Clover Drug Co.?Tells you It appreciates your past favors and solicits I your patronage during next year. Enquirer Office?Liberal reward for return of bag of money lost between Guthriesville and Yorkvllle. | Enquirer Office?Will appreciate re- j furn of ladies' gold watch, lost Dec. , 23rd. T. W. Speck, The Jeweler?Thanks , you for your 1915 favors and ex- . tends the season's compliments. I J. M. Stroup?Has had a good year's , business and extends his thanks to 1 his trade. New Year's greetings. j W. E. Ferguson?Wants you to know that he appreciates your business, and wishes you a prosperous year. Ferguson & Youngblood?Appreciate your favors and wish for you a good i year. See them for feedstulfs, etc. York Drug Store?Sells Tanlac?the t master medicine, at $1.00 a bottle; ( 6 bottles for $5.00 Aids digestion. Quinn & McGill, Clover?Have a car of choice mules and want you to see ' them for a buy or an exchange. ( Gasoline is now selling at 24 cents < a gallon wholesale, and they say it is j going still higher. Mr. C. H. Smith, Jr., complimented j The Enquirer with a bunch of Christ- 1 ? 1 .. * V.?o ABfn ra loinir aa finP ' iiul0 UCICI7 U1 ll AO vrni iuioiiiq WW MM* ( as can be grown. Mr. John M. Hartness of Filbert No. 1, has found the watch for which he advertised in The Enquirer. It was found by Master W. B. Keller, Jr., son of Mr. W. B. Keller of Yorkville No. 1. Mr. J. J. Bryant of Filbert No. 1, slaughtered two 14 months old hogs shortly before Christmas that netted 375 and 350 pounds respectively. The Enquirer is going out today for the reason that there are no R. F. D. mails tomorrow and otherwise subscribers on the R. F. D. routes would not get their papers until next Monday. TO RENEW SUBSCRIPTIONS Those of our subscribers who have not yet renewed their subscription for next year; but who desire to do so without missing any issues, should attend to the matter during next week This applies especially to subscriptions expiring January 1, 1916. Because of the two issues omitted, the issue that should have appeared on December 24, and the issue that should have appeared on December 28, all subscribers now on the list will receive both issues of next week; not ro much as a matter of favor as a matter of right After next week, all subscriptions expiring January 1, and not duly returned by a clubmaker or the subscriber in person, in the meantime, will be discontinued. It is our hope that the number of papers to be discontinued will be very sinaii. i MUNICIPAL LICENSE TAX The decree of Judge Hayne F. Rice, upholding the right of the town council to levy a tax on cotton and cotton need buying, regardless of the effort of the general assembly to protect these occupations from taxation, is based on that provision of the constitution which prohibits the general assembly from making a special law where a general law will apply. The court holds in effect that since the counties of Sumter, Clarendon, Orangeburg and Greenville are exempted from the provisions of the section in question, the whole section is nullified, and while the oourt does not say so, it would seem that if that be true, there is left no authority upon which occupation taxes may be levied at all. The court also holds that the general assembly cannot prohibit the levying of taxes on certain pursuits. The question of the obligation of the town council to levy all occupation taxes on a bcsis of gross income or capital invested, as provided in the statute, does not appear to have been touched upon in Mr. Brice's complaint, and of course the court io silent on this subject It would seem that if Judge Rice is correct in his view that the exceptions in the section under consideration, are unconstitutional, the whole section providing for the levying of license taxes would fall. However, in a previous case, where these same exceptions have been held void, the balance of the statute was left as a general law, and applying this view in the present case there would still remain the authority for the assessment of occupation taxes on a basis of capital invested or gross, income. "COSTS." The term "costs" comprehends the amounts a losing litigant is called upon to pay as the expenses of a suit at law. 1 In this state the items that go to make up a bill of costs, are the service of papers by the sheriff, and the recording of various papers by the clerk of the court. Also various other items depending on the nature and extent of the litigation. Costs are supposed to be taxed in all civil cases; but very often they are never paid, not necessarily because they cannot be collected; but very often because of circumstances that do not seem to justify their collection. For instance, sometimes the plaintiff serves his papers himself, or gets the defendant to acknowledge service, and then because the writing required of the clerk is such a small matter, and because the losing litigant may be a pretty good friend, capable of giving good value in return for a small service, he is not subjected to such petty annoyance. It is the business of the clerk to tax and look after the collection of costs in a case at common pleas and to disburse the same among the various parties to whom it may be due and owing: but there are a great many cases in which no costs are collected. Some several years ago?in 1911? of tho instance of a number of friends. Mr. J. E. Burns of Yorkville, under- ' took to test the question as to wheth- 1 er a certain statute that appeared to < authorize the creation of the office of public cotton weigher in Yorkville, , was really any good. Many of our readers will remember the litigation in connection therewith. As a matter of fact they were very much interested in the whole matter, so much so that when Chief Justice Gary in a rather disappointing decree, held that the statute in question was* virtually a piece of fraud and humbug. Mr. J. D. Clark of the Cotton Belt section, passed around a subscription paper and raised a sum of money that materially helped to pay expenses. The people who chipped in did so c because they thought that it was as t much their fight as it was the fight of t Mr. Burns?they felt that Mr. Burns \ was making a fight for them as much t is for himself, which was really a tact. And after they had subscrioed pretty liberally they tnought the whole matter was settled; but now it appears that the thing was not settled, as the following letter and bill seem to show: J. A. TATE, Clerk of Court of York County, Yorkville, S. C. Yorkville, S. C., Dec. 18, 1916. ? 1*11. J. JCJ. DU1UO, I York, S. C. Dear Sir: You will remember that | in 1911 you brought suit against the county commissioners relating to the matter of cotton weigher. You lost | that suit and the cost falls on the losing party. 1 am enclosing here- ] with the statement of the clerk's costs and will ask you to pay at your earliest convenience. 1 called this to your attorney's attention several limes, just after the termination of the 1 Buit; but do not know whether he ' called it to your attention or not. ] Yours truly, J. A. Tate, C. C. C. Pis. Piling complaint 50 < Filing return of Paul N. Moore. .25 1 Certificate as to filing bonds 50 1 Nine affidavits 2.25 1 Piling and recording order dat- J ed August 19, 1911 25 Piling and recording decree dat- . ed August 19, 1911 1.50 S. S. and E. judgment 75 j $6.00 J York, S. C., December 18, 1915. < Mr. Burns furnished the foregoing < letter and statement at the request of ] the reporter. He -had no comment to < make except that he had tried to set- ] tie all demands at the close of the < suit, and as he thought he had done so 1 was a little surprised on receiving this 1 bill at'this late date. He would have paid the amount long ago, he said, if . the bill had been presented. HERE AND THERE. Taken all in all it was a safe and < jane Christmas. 1 So far as is known not a single ! shooting scrape occurred in York :ounty during the holidays. Tomorrow, January 1, is emancipation day and negroes in different sections of the county will celebrate the anniversary as usual. 1 The authorities in charge of the Bhaingang gave the convicts a Christmas dinner consisting of beef, pork, fruits and the like. Merchants throughout the county jay that the holiday trade this year was unusually good and they have no complaint to make. Some say it was iouble that of last year. A casual glance at the fields on the -oadslde between Yorkville and Rock Hill shows that the farmers in that section have sowed a great quantity jf wheat and oats. A number of motorists traveling Between Yorkville and Rock Hill, have been using the Charlotte road, going by Beth-Shiloh church to Tir;ali and thence on. "Have you got any calendars?" is a. common inquiry around here the past few daya Quite a number of local firms are distributing pretty calendars to those who call for them. Owing to the heavy rains of the past two weeks the Rock Hill road, jpon which the chaingang is working, s in such a miry condition that it is ilmost Impossible for buggies and automobiles to pass. Examination of the marriage record in the probate judge's office shows that more licenses have been Issued to Fork county people during the past ten days than at any time since the narriage law became effective. "Gimme ten cents woth o' business, t please, suh," was the request of a negro who entered a drug store the oth- , ir morning. It was some time before the clerk was made to understand the negro wanted ten cents worth of bis- ' nouth. i?t i? ? ...... i. ?.. ii#. r.?, i i nave iicvci in inj 111.^ Auunu ao much sickness to be prevalent in this section at one time as there is now," said a druggist the other day. "Most if the doctors are being kept on the jo continuously. Most of the suffer?rs appear to be afflicted with la jrfppe." County Treasurer H. E. Neil and lis assistant Miss Lucia Reid Ewart lave been very busy collecting taxes :his week. The time for the payment if taxes without penalty expires tolight and while hundreds of people have already settled with the county reasurer, there are hundreds upon whom the 1 per cent penalty will rail. "I am in a quandary," remarked a farmer living on Yorkville No. 1, the ither day. "I have four cows and I san't afford to pay $40 per ton' for meal to feed them on. They are tpo poor to sell for beef cattle and I ata In it. But I will give them away before I will pay $40 a ton for their feed." York county's Jail contains but three prisoners at this time and with the exception.of two or three drunks run in by the town policemen during the holidays, has been almost empty dnce court adjourned. "It has been i very quiet and orderly Christmas," jommented Sheriff Brown yesterday. "So far as I have heard there was , lot a single serious affray in the whole county during the holidays ind I am truly glad." About the busiest persons in these parts during the holidays were the i postomce employes, nunareas or sxtra pieces of mall passing through their hands on account of Christmas. More packages were sent out from the Yorkville office this season than last while the number coming n was as large If not larger than last seasons' total. The mail carriers tlso had a hard time of it due to the extra malls they handled together frith the bad roads. "I have quit smoking," remarked Mr. Joseph W. Smith the other day. 'For a number of years past "I have been a slave to my pipe. I have smoked a package of tobacco a day in my old corncob almost longer than I ?an remember. It began to hurt me. One day I was sitting at home thinking, and I began to think there was no use in smoking. I placed my pipe >n the mantel-board and I haven't touched it since. That was away back n the summer. I have increased a 5reat deal in weight and feel better in 5very respect. I may go back to smoking, hut I don't think I will." WITHIN THE TOWN ? The A. R. P. Sabbath school held special exercises last Sunday in recognition of Christmas. ? A Chinese laundryman of Bennettsville was here this week leoklng nver the town with a view to operating a laundry. ? Construction work on the new Charlotte Street Baptist church is progressing rapidly. The building is located on the old McClaln property on the Charl sttc road. ? The Graded school resumes work on Monday and most of the college boys and girls who are at home here for the holidays will return to their respective schools on the same day. ? It was a sober Christmas here, rhere was lots of liquor consigned :o parties in town but its effects on cnose parues as a wnoie were nor ' portrayed so plainly as is usually the ease at Christmas time. 1 ? Exercises in connection with a 4 Christmas tree were held at the Community house at the Neely mill Christmas night. The exercises con- 1 iisted of songs and recitations and ivere thoroughly enjoyed by the j large number of people who attend- j ?d. ? Revs. Henry Stokes of Trinity t Methodist church and Jas. H. Machen \ jf the First Baptist church, were tho recipients of liberal poundings at the ^ lands of their respective congrega- y ions during the holidays. Many useful gifts were presented the families s >f the pastors by various members of K heir congregations. r ? Christmas exercises under the di- ^ ection of the Christian Endeavor so- j riety were held in the Presbyterian :hurch Sunday night in lieu of the egular services. The programme J :onsisted mainly of songs and recita- * ions on the part of the young people. A. collection which totalled a large sum Ivas taken as a holiday offering for the Thornwell orphanage at Clinton. ? Small boys and others did not ihoot nearly so many firecrackers this year as usual. .There was much Durning or powder Christmas eve uid Christmas day but alter that it seemed to die down and the report af firecrackers since that time Is almost as unusual as a report from a ?un. The shooting of firecrackers will tie prohibited atter tomorrow. ? At the annual St. Jonn's day communication of Philanthropic lodge Mo. 32, A. F. M., held Monday nignt, the following officers were installed: W. M., John E. Carroll; S. W., J. P. McMurray; J. W. Geo. W. Williams; treasurer, J. Q. Wray; secretary, F. E. Quinn; S. D., Lesslie Smith; J. D., A.. T. Hart; stewards, J. R. Barnwell und Berry McCleave; tiler, W. R. Latimer. ? Big Chief Tribe No. 61 of Yorkk'ille, Improved Order of Red Men lias elected officers to serve during :he ensuing six months as follows: Prophet, C. Y. White; Sachem, Jas. T. Burns; Senior Sagamore; G. F. 3rant; Junior Sagamore, W. D. Grist; chief of records, Jas. D. Grist; collector of wampum, M. W. Beach; deeper of wampum, M. L. Mitchell; trustees, J. G. Sassi, C. G. White, B. P. Marley. ? The annual Christmas tree for .he benefit of the little folks of the lorkville Baptist church, was given n the church on the night of December 23, and was attended by a goodly lumber of the young people of the Sunday school. The exercises included special music and songs appropriate to the occassion, recitations, etc. The tree was well laden with presents and these were taken from the tree by Santa Claus and distributed to the children by Rev. J. H. Machen. ? A surprise marriage of Monday ivas that of Mr. Truman D. Turner to Miss Lonnie Anthony, the ceremony being performed by Rev. J. L. Oatesat :he A. R. P. parsonage. Only a few close friednds of the contracting parses were present Mrs. Turner is the daughter of Mr. M. L. Anthony of Sforkville No. 7. Mr. Turner is well inown in this vicinity, having been In ;he livery business here for a number if years. After the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Turner left on a short bridal trip returning here yesterday. ? The Christmas mails this year Twnhahlv been the heaviest in :he history of the town, and have been splendidly handled. During several lays previous to Christmas day malls :amein and went out at the rate of from twenty to thirty sacks each twenty-four hours and on the day hetore Christmas there were nearly fifty sacks to handle. It was the parcel business, of course, that helped to jount heaviest, and with this all the rural mail carriers were loaded. The >ostofflce force worked with splendid mergy and efficiency and the patrons )f the office were waited on without jnnecessary delay. ? The R. E. Heath company, dealers n heavy groceries, plantation supplies *nd the like, has closed its doors pending answers from creditors to a jroposition for composition. The inlebtedness is something over $8,000, ind the assets are estimated at from 14,000 to $5,000. Mr. R. E. Heath, he principal owner of the business, proposes that everything be turned >ver to trustees for the creditors, and he assets be prorated in such manler as will entail the smallest expense. Jnless all the creditors agree to the irrangement, the company will of ;ourse be thrown into bankruptcy. ABOUT PEOPLE J. S. James of Galax, Va., Is spending tome time in Yorkville. Prof. Hv L. Dickson of Orangeburg, s visiting his parents in Clover. Carl Gaulden was a visitor in Rock 3111 this week. Mr. Barron Kennedy of Rock Hill, ,baited relatives here this week. Dr. M. J. Walker was a visitor in rtock Hill this week. Miss Frances Lewis visited friends n Lowryville this week. Miss Essie Moss of Smyrna visited 'rlends in Gastonia this week. Dr. I. J. and Mr. T. M. Campbell >f Clover, were in Yorkville yesterday. Mr. John Paysinger of Sharon, visted relatives in Newberry this week. Mr. William Moore of the Clover lection, was a visitor here yesterday. Mr. R. M. Stroup of Smyrna, was a ,'isitor here yesterday. J. W. Evans of Yorkville, is visiting elatives in Clarendon county. Miss Sadie Dunlap of Charlotte, is visiting Miss Annis O'Leary here. Miss Maude Eberhardt spent the lolidays with relatives in Chester. Miss Margaret Marion spent the lolidays at her home in Chester. Mrs. J. P. Hollis of Rock Hill, visited relatives here this week. Mr. David Bigger of Rock Hill, vlsted friends in Yorkville this week. C. R. Gillam of Yorkville spent the lolidays with relatives in Bamberg. Miss Louise Dobson is visiting relaives and friends in King's Mountain. Rev. W. S. Patterson of Lancaster, vas a visitor in Yorkville this week. William Christman of Spartanburg, visited friends in Yorkville this week. Messrs. L. R. and E. M. Williams ,vere visitors in Rock Hill this week. Meech Stewart of Gastonia, visited relatives here last week. Clark W. Adlckes of Atlanta, Ga., visited relatives here this week. Harley Barron of Yorkville, spent Sunday with relatives in Chester. Clyde Goforth of the Bethany sec:ion, was a visitor in Yorkville this weeK. Ardery Inman and William Jones of Oavidson college, are spending the lolidays with their parents here. Miss James Sanders of Rock Hill, s the guest of Mrs. C. H. Smith on iforkville No. 4. Miss Julia Witherspoon of New York, is visiting the family of her 'ather in Yorkville. Mr. and Mrs. John A. Neely and ions of Anderson, visited relatives in iforkville this week. Miss Kathleen Rich of Clover, visted Mrs. W. M. McCloud here this veek. Lyle Love of Columbia, is spending ;he holidays with his parents, Mr. ind Mrs. R. R. Love, near Yorkville. Master Joseph and Miss Rocina Woods of this place, are visiting Mrs. Dannie Morrow in Gastonia. , Miss Mattie Hall of Dinber, Chester i x?unty, visited Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Keller in Yorkville this week. Mr. Ben Comer of Oxford, N. C., risited the family of Mr. J. C. Comer n Yorkville this week. i Mr. and Mrs. B. P. Hawkins of Spartanburg, visited Mr. and Mrs. J. 2. Comer here this week. Mrs. Frank Putnam of Yorkville, 1 visited relatives at Gastonia during he holidays. Mr. R. Yorkston Grist of Columbia, visited relatives and friends here this veek. I Mr. and Mrs. Carl T. Stroup of iforkville, visited Clover relatives last veek. Misses Evelyn and Helen Machen < lave returned to their home here afer a visit to relatives in Greenwood. < Mr. Henry Euart of Harrishurg, \rk., visited his sister, Mrs. D. T. Woods, in Yorkville this week. Mrs. Lewis G. Grist has returned to < ler home here after a visit to relatives n Charleston. < Miss Mabel Simpson of Spartan- ' >urg, visited friends in Yorkville this i veek. Mr. John A. Jenkins of Rock Hill, risited Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Jenkins J lere this week. 1 Prof, and Mrs. T. L. Wilson of Spartanburg, spent the holidays with < elatives in Clover. < Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Long and chil- s Iren of Greenville, visited Mr. and drs. J. W. Quinn here this week. ] Mr. J. Miller Drakeford of Columbia, i isited the family of his mother, Mrs. 1 Sugenia Drakeford, here this week. Mr. S. Earle Grist of Bennettsville, t visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam v M. Grist, here this week. li Miss Sophia Ewart of Columbia, spent the holidays with relatives in C Yorkville. V Mr. W. K. J. Stanton is critically v ill at his home oh Clover R. F. D. No. 3. h Mr. Manning Stanton of Charlotte 1' visited relatives in Bethel township ? uuring the holidays. Mr. D. E. Finley, Jr., of Philadelphia, J" Pa., is spending the holidays at the 11 home of nis parents here. n Miss Frances Finley of Anderson, is spending the holidays at her home * n acre. I T. F. Cartwright of Anderson, vis-1h ited ttie family of his father. Dr. A. Y. Cartwright, here this week. c Dr. J. B. Kennedy of the Presby- {j tenan college, Clinton, is spending tne holidays with relatives here. A. Knox Quinn of New Bern, N. C., ? visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Quinn, here this week. Tom Quinn of Greenville, S. C., has ?, returned to that city after a visit to ? relatives here. y Robert Allein of Columbia, visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Allein ^ here this week. q William Allison of Charlotte, visited t his mother, Mrs. Nannie G. Allison, nere this week. ? Dr. R. Glenn Allison has returned a to Chicago, 111., after a visit to rela- h lives here. Mr. W. P. Neil of Charlotte, spent t the holidays with his family in York- s ville. e Mr. and Mra R. S. McConnell of York ville, visited the family of Mr. T. C D. Turner at Grover, N. C., this week, o Harry C. Smith of Charlotte, visited 8 Messrs. F. E. and B. F. Smith here this week. t Mr. J. D. Wltherspoon of Weetmln- ^ ster, is visiting his mother, Mrs. 8 Phoebe Wltherspoon, in Yorkville. Messrs. Croswell and W. T. Slaugh- * ter, Jr., of Hickory Grove, were vis- ? itors here this week. tJ David Lowe of Concord, N. C., visited his sister, Mrs. J. R. Cannon, in 6 Yorkville this week. Cleveland Goforth of Florence, is visiting the family of his father, Mr. _ Press Goforth, on Clover No. 1. ^ Miss Evie Lazenby of Abbeville, u visited Mrs. J. M. Ferguson in Yorkville this week. ^ Robert Adams of Yorkville, visited A his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Ad- d ams, at Ebenezer last week. Mr. J. G. White has moved from g Rock Hill No. 1, to Mr. J. E Latham's B on x\o. i snaron. Dr. Catherine N. Munro of Winthrop college, is visiting friends in h Yorkvllle. Miss Maggie Bolin of Saluda, N. C., ii is visiting the family of her father, Mr. W. A. Bolin, on Yorkville No. 6. j, Miss Nan Alexander of Charlotte, v was the guest of Miss Barnette Mil- C ler on Yorkville No. 6, this week. Miss Louise Cowan of Davidson, N. h C., is visiting her sister, Mrs. J. M. h Barnett on R. F. D. No. 6. v Prof. B. C. Riddle of Yorkville, spent the holidays with relatives at j Bowling Green. o Prof. G. C. McKelvey of Yorkville, I1 is spending the holidays with relatives in Abbeville county. * Mrs. R. D. Dorsett and children of 1' Yorkville, visited relatives in Clover v this week. Miss Kathleen and Mr. Rupert ^ James of Union, visited Mr. and Mrs. h O. E. Grist here this week. r Mrs. R. E. Heath and children are spending some time with relatives in a Monroe and Charlotte. Mr. Tscharner H. DeGraffenreid is f spending the holidays at his home here. Miss Loula Allein left Sunday morn- ** ing to spend several months with relatives in Columbus, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Glenn of Chester, * spent several days with, Mr. and Mrs. ? R. T. Allison here this week. Mrs. J. S. Jones, William and Miss Sara Jones spent' Christmas with Capt. *' J. D. McConnell in McConnellsvllle. ^ Mrs. J. J. Glenn of Yorkville, is visiting relatives in Belton and Anderson. ? Mrs. R. E. Cooper and daughter, h Miss Jessamine, of Winston-Salem, N. C., are visiting Mrs. H. B. Laws here. ^ Mr. C. F. Inman and daughter, Miss v Sudie, of Wilkinsville, visited relatives j here this week. Mrs. J. C. Wilborn and daughter, g Miss Elizabeth, spent last week with ^ relatives in Chester. q Miss Anna Lewis, who is teaching school in Chester, spent Christmas at h her home here. tl Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Patrick and h children spent last week with relatives in St. George. ]< Miss Bessie Pegram of Gastonia, is ii visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. d B. Pegram, here. Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Barber of Ches- I; ter, visited Mr. and Mrs. R. E. v Montgomery here this week. E Master Theo. Mackorell is undergoing treatment at the Magdalene hos- L pital in Chester. tl P. S. Youngblood of Birmingham, Ala., visited relatives on Yorkville No. 6, during the holidays. h Dr. Jasv B. Shirley has returned to * Yorkville, after a visit to relatives at * Honea Path. W. H. Johnston of the Presbyterian ? seminary, Columbia is visiting rela- ? tives and friends in York county. Mrs. Sidney Enloe of YorkvilU , visited relatives and friends in Clover this week. * Mr. T. S. Cartwright of Van Aulstin, n Texas, visited his brother, Dr. A. Y. h Cartwright, here this week. Miss Nora Williamson is spending g several days at her home in Rock ii Hill ' e Mr. Dock Whltener of Kannapolis, Y N. C.| visited relatives and friends here this week. tl Mr. George Cartwright of Gaffney, ii visited the family of his father, Dr. E A. Y. Cartwright here this week. S Miss Bessie Adams of Clover, attended the Frew-Hamilton wedding A in Rock Hill this week. t< George Jenkins of Rock Hill, visited P J'. I? DotViAl oo/tHnn +HI a X inriius in Lite ovmci ocwivu % week. Mr. T. F. Jackson was among the B people of the Clover section who were 8 visitors here yesterday. a Miss Margaret Drennan is spending the holidays at her home in Fort Lawn. , y Miss Beulah and Cody Ferguson are jj spending this week with friends in n Charlotte. Miss Virginia Miller of Rock Hill. Y is visiting her grandfather, Mr. L. R. s Williams here. jj Miss Wilmore Logan of the Sharon 6, school, is spending the holidays at her home in Yorkville. G Mrs. Stewart Abell of Lowryville, j( visited her mother, Mrs. E. A. Craw- C ford, in Yorkville during the holidays, tl Mr. EX, A. Crawford of Yorkville No. 1, visited relatives in Rock Hill this c week. ai Mr. and Mrs. H. EX Ferguson vis- 8< ited relatives in Shelby, N. C., this i* week. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Ramsey of York- C ville, visited relatives in Hickory, N. ai C., during the holidays. it Miss Elsie Hurtri^ of Shelby, is w visiting relatives in Yorkville and vicinity. ? Mr. J. B. Mc-Guirt and family of ^ Tatum. S. C., are visiting relatives and friends in the Tirzah section. W. W. Dickson of Yorkville No. 2, expects to move his family to the p Thomas place In Yorkville within the ? next few days. jj, Mr. John C. McDow and John C. McDow, Jr., of Charleston, visited w Mr. and Mrs. T. F. McDow here this r( week. p Misses Ora Dickson and Ella Ratch- Hi ford of Gastonia No. 3, spent several r< lays last week with Miss Janie Dickion in Clover. .. AI Mr. Edward Caldwell of King's hi VIountain, N. C., spent Christmas day gl n Yorkville with his aunt, Mrs. Jane C White. b; Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Currence and ion, Master Billy, of Yorkville No. 8, le isited the family of Mr. J. M. Brian n Yorkville last week. Mrs. R. R Sharp and children of 'okesbury, are visiting Dr. M. J. Valker and other relatives in Yorkille. Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Snell and Miss lellie Hart of Charleston, are spendng the holidays with the family of ir. Geo. W. S. Hart In Yorkville. Messrs. Alex Campbell and Ford lowell of Clemaon college, are spendng the holidays with their parents lear Tirzah. Wallace Marshall has returned to lebo. N. C.. after a visit to the family f his mother, Mrs. W. F. Marshall,! are. | Miss Mary Alexander of Lander tollege, Greenwood, Is visiting her a rents, Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Alexander, n Yorkvilie. Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Caldwell of laffney, visited the family of Mr. J. i. Miller on Yorkville No. 6, this reek. Mr. and Mra J. S. Riddle of Clover to. 2, visited Mr. and Mra. J. F. 'ursley near Rowling Green this reek. Messrs. J. Albert Riddle and Has.e11 Dulln of the Presbyterian college, linton, are spending the holidays with heir respective parents In Bethel. Misses Gladys Nichols and Emily >ulln of Chlcora college, Columbia, re at their homes in Bethel for the lolldays. Miss Rebecca Flanagan, who is eachlng school at Blacksburg, is pending the holidays with her parnts In Bethel township. Misses Mary Slmrlll and Mabel llenn of Rock Hill visited the family f Mr. J. A. N. Glenn in Bethel townhip this week. Miss Elliott Quinn who is teaching he Dixie school is spending the holiays with her parents In Bethel townhip. Miss Elizabeth Thomasson of Charlotte, visited the family of her nother, Mrs. Ada Thomasson, here his week. Mra. Senora Grey and Miss Mararet Grey of Gaffney, are visiting the he family of Mr. R. B. Riddle on Hover No. 2. Mra. John W. Miller and little son, ohn W. Jr., of Yorkville, spent the olidays with the family of Mr. Wlllam Borders at King's Creek. Miss Evelyn Gettys of Rennert, N. ,\, visited the family of her father, Ir. J. E. Gettys, on Yorkville No. 4, urlng the holldaya A. Carroll Grist of the Georgia Ichool of Technology, Atlanta, is pending the holidays with his a rents, Mr. and Mra. O. E. Grist, here. Charlie Sandlfer has returned to his iome in Florence, after a visit to his arents, Mr. and Mra. C. H. Sandlfer, i York villa Mr. and Mra. J. C. Woou of Harnett; I. Chave been spending the holidays /ith relatives and friends In the Hover and Filbert neighborhoods. Miss Florence Puraley of Charlotte, as been spending Christmas with er sister, Miss Kate Pursley, on doer R. F. D. No. 4. Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Youngblood of Llbemarle, N. C., visited the family f Mr. W. L. Youngblood on Yorkville !o. 6, this week. Rev. J. M. Bigham of Huntersvllle, I. C., and Dr. C. B. Draffln of Coumbia, visited friends here this reek. Mr. and Mrs. John L. Carroll of Vllliamstown, Ky., are spending the lolidays with Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Caroll near here. Mr. Virgil Fanning of Shelby, N. C., nd Mrs. Maggie Harris of Henrietta, 1. C., visited Mrs. W. D. Olenn here his week. Mr. Burritt W. Metts has returned to is home in Chicago, 111., after a vis: to his mother, Mrs. M. A. Metts and ther relatives in Yorkville. Robert and T. L. Qlenn, who are ttending Auburn college, Auburn, Ja, are spending the holidays at their ome here. * Miss Olive Smith, who is teaching chooi in Bast Redford, Va, is spendlg several days with her mother, Mrs. Lose Smith, here. Mr. R. J. Mackerell, who is underling treatment at a sanitarium in Charlotte, spent Christmas at his rime hflro John Land, of the Presbyterian 'heologlcal seminary, Columbia, is isiting the family of his father, Mr. . D. Land, on Yorkville No. 1. J. O. Castles of Wofford college, partanburg, is spending the holidays rith his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. T. 'astles at Smyrna. E. B. Faulkner and Carl Stowe, who ave been working in Kansas during be past year have returned to their omes in the Bethany section. Miss Etta Zemp, teacher of the Mil;r school in Bethel township, is spendig the holidays at her home in Camen. Prof. F. W. Dickson of the Gold [ill school. Fort Mill township, is lsitlng the family of his father, Mr. Immett Dickson on Yorkville No. 1. Mrs. H. W. Cuminings and Miss louise Dickson of Columbia visited be family of Mr. John C. Dickson on 'orkville No. 1 during the holidays. Miss Amelia Kennedy of Birmlngam, Ala, is spending the holidays irith the family of her mother, Mrs. V. M. Kennedy, in Yorkville. Miss Annie May Harshaw, who is eaching school in Jasper county, is pending the holidays with her parnts, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Harshaw, ear McConnellsville. Mr. W. B. Kerr, who has recidedon 'orkville No. 3, for some years, erects to move his family to McConellsville in the next few days where e will reside in the future. Miss Janie Wray, who is teaching chool at Midway in Bamberg county, ? spending the holidays with her parnts, Mr. and Mrs. J. Q. Wray, in 'orkville. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Faris returned to beir home in Rock Hill Monday evenig, after a visit to the family of Dr. I. N. Miller and other relatives at Imyrna. Messrs. Charlton McKnlght, Asa .she and Will Gaulden left Tuesday Dr City Point, Va., where they erect to secure employment with the >uPont Powder Co. Misses Helen, Kate and Martha irandon of Winthrop college, are pending the holidays with their parnts, Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Brandon, on Hover No. 2. Mr. W. O. Harshaw, who has been l the employ of Mr. J. M. Stroup in orkville for some time past, has renquished his position to go into busiess for himself at McConnellsvllle. Messrs. John, Will and Henry oungblood, who are working with the outhern Power Co., in North Carona, visited relatives on Yorkville No. , this week. Cadets Hal Mackorell, Perry and [eorge Ashe, Henning Adickes and oseph and McCain Nichols of the itadel, are spending the holidays at leir homes here. Miss Eloise Bacon, who has been in harge of the millinery department t the Thomson Co.'s during the past &son, left last week to visit friends > North Carolina, Mr. and Mrs. G. O. Doggett of !harlotte, and Mrs. Herbert Wright nd son. Herbert, Jr., of Clover, vised Misses Mary and Carrie CartTight here this week. Mr. Robert Faulkner, who has been vlng on the L. G. Grist place, south f Yorkville, expects to move to the owry place in the Bethany section, dthin the next few days. Mr. and Mrs. George J. Heilig and >n of Jonesboro, 111., and Mr. L. H. [eillg of Concord, N. C., are the uests of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Hall ere. Among the Clemson college students ho are spending the holidays at their ;spectlve homes in this section are: obert and States Finley, Karl Wilims, Leon Plexico and Archie Bar>n. Mr. J. H. Beckham has moved from [iss Sallie Adickes' residence to the juse formerly occupied by Miss Magie Moore on Main street. Mr. J. R. onnolly will occupy the house vacated y Mr. Beckham. Bamford Garrison of Clemson colge, and Miss Ola Garrison of Win throp college, are spending the holLdays with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. 1M S. W. Garrison, in the Philadelphia neighborhood. S Messrs. Scott and E. S. Hartness, V. Walter Kerr, Aiva Burris and John D. Stewart have returned to City Point, Va., after spending the holidays with their respective families in this section. Mr. B. J. Currence, who for several years past has been living on one of the farm* or tne aouinern ruwor vu. near the Catawba river, will shortly move to the Wm. Dobson place on Yorkville No. 6. Among the Winthrop college ?tu- > dents living near Yorkville who are at their respective homes for the holldays are: Misses Mary Ferguson, Ellie Feemster, Marie Walker, Lucy Burns, Annie Clinton, Alice Gettys, Mat tie Belle Campbell and Essie Shillinglaw. The following Winthrop students are sending the holidays at their respective homes here: Misses Lula Moore, and Sarah Logan, Louise Barron, Elizabeth Wilborn, Martha and . Margaret Marshall, Frances Lewis, i Irma Williams, Mary Jo Drakeford>^ Louise Qulnn, Elizabeth Grist, Marlj^MUH| and Frances Pegr&m, Agnes Huntar^^l^^^H Louise Oates, Frances Adlckes, My: Inman and Sara Wilklns.' Gastonia Gazette, Dec. 21: Mrs. W. E Morris, who lives at the Arlington w Mill, suffered a stroke of paralysis Friday night about 8 o'clock and has been in a critical condition since. Her son, N. A. Morris, manager of the Seaboard Cafe at Rockingham, is here with her as are also a cousin, Mr. Harvey Mode, of Columbua Oa.; her sister-in-law, Mrs. Margaret Morris, and the fetter's son, Reid Morris, of King's Creek, S. C. LOCAL LACONICS. Chargsd With Stealing Cotton. Robert Ellis was committed to jail Christmas day by Magistrate T. B. Glenn of Ebenezer, charged with stealing cotton. He is now serving thirty days on the county chalngang for the lu offense. 2 Page- Love. Mr. Saye Love of Bullock's Creek township, and Miss Bessie Page of \j Chester county, were married at the Bullock's Creek manse last week. Rev. V J. B. Swann officiating. 1 York Qinnings to Deoember 13. Mr. Joseph M. Taylor, special agent for the census department, reports that the cotton ginned in York countWi?nK,n 101K was 2R 4R1 bales, as compared' with 36,126 bales up to the same date in 1914. Woodmen Hold Oyster 8upper. Black Jack camp W. O. W. of Bethel, held an oyster supper in the camp's hall at Oak Ridge school house on Christmas evening. Owing to the bad weather but few members were present. Range House 8old. The cottage of former Co. U 1st infantry, N. Q. S. C., of Yorkvtlle, which was located at Sutton Spring, and used in connection with the rifle range at that place, has been sold to Mr. Edward Oettys of Yorkvllle No. 4. Mr. Oettys has removed the building. Inman-Wilkerson. Miss Ora Kendrick Inman, 'daughter of Mr. C. P. Inman of Wilkina- ^ ^ ville, was married at her homeThurs- sA day afternoon, December 21, to Mr. . Beattle Wilkerson of Hickory Grove, \ a large number of relatives and . friends attending the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Wilkerson will reside in the ? Wilkerson section near Hickory Grove. To Have Two Tsaohera. Owing to the Increased enrollment, it has been found necessary by the trustees of the Miller school to employ an assistant teacher to Miss Etta Zemp of Camden, who has been In charge since the school opened in the early fall Miss Nancy Castles of Wlnnsboro, has been employed. She . will enter upon her duties on Monday. V9 Called to Newberry. V Rev. J. Meek White, until recently 1 pastor of a group of Associate Reformed churches in North Carolina, has accepted a call to the Associate Reformed churches of Prosperity and Cannon's Creek, in Newberry. Mr. White, who has been making his home at Sharon for some time past, will move with his family to tax? charge of his new work next week. Want Special Levy. Votes of Shady Qrove school district No. 10, have filed a petition with the county board of education asking for an election In that school district on the question of voting a two-mill . special levy for school purposes. A Should the election carry only one j| school district in the county, Bethel, ^ No. 3, would be without a special tax levy. Band at MoConnellsviil* ^*4 The Tlrzah cornet band is advertlsed to present an entertainment In the school house at McConnellsvllle tonight, under the direction of Mr. Springs Moore. The entertainment which will consist of popular and classical music, will be the first of its kind ever held in this neighborhood. It is expected that a large number of people will attend. Ducks on the River. A number of Clover sportsmen, including Messrs. H, L. Wright and J. Meek Smith and Dr. Marshall Neil, as well as several from the surrounding country, have been having some good sport shooting ducks on the Catawba river during the past several weeks. By the use of a power boat and decoys the Clover hunters have managed to secure more than one good bag of the water birds. Black Jack W. O. W. Officers. * Black Jack camp, No. 247, W. O. W. 4 J or rjeinei, nan eiecieu uuwcib wi u? ensuing year as follows: Past consul ?1 commander, J. J. Stewart; consul com- A mander, R C. Ratchford; cleric, R S. 4? Riddle; banker, G. L. Brandon; ad- V visor lieutenant, J. C. Harper; escort, ?^ O. C. Stewart; sentry, H. O. Millen; watchman, W. P. Pryor; managers, C. H. Glenn, C. T. Brandon, J. C. Millen; physician, Dr. T. N. Dulin. York County Income Tax Payers. The report of the comptroller general of South Carolina shows that twenty York county persons paid income tax of (529.19 on incomes totaling $48,383 during the past fiscal year. All persons having an income of more than $2,600 a year are required to pay income tax. The total |^D amount returned to the comptroller general this year for the state income tax law was $31,126.87 compared with $15,126.87 the previous fiscal year. Great Windstorm Wednesday. What was said by some of the "old- "" 4 est inhabitants" to be the fiercest 4 windstorm to visit this section in * many years, occurred early Wednesday J morning, continuing in force for sev- I eral hours. The storm was the tail | of a heavy gale which swept the Atlantic coast this week, doing more or less damage to shipping along the coast. The powerful gale was accompanied by a heavy rain which literally flooded the whole community for a while but which was finally almost dried up by the wind. So far as is known but little damage was done by the wind. Purchase Site for New Mill. Mr. T. F. Jackson who lives on the southern outskirts of Clover, has sold 34 and a fraction acres of land to a syndicate of northern capitalists who will probably use the land for a site for a new mill to be erected at Clover. It will be remembered that some time ago northern capitalists purchased a tract of land from Smith Bros., and G. W. Knox on the northern outskirts of Clover upon which they propose to erect a mill and since the purchase of the land from Mr. Jackson it is presumed that two mills will be erected. The purchase price of the land obtained from Mr. Jackson was about 34,000. It lies along the public highway between the restdence of Mr. Jackson and Mr. E. B. Price. ^I Death of Mrs. Wood. ^ Rock Hill Record, Dec. 23: Mrs. Pauline Wood, one of the oldest residents of this city, died Monday night