Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, August 16, 1918, Image 2

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Scraps and /acts. --According to report* reii'jvnl in l-ondon. three c;?Tman K?-nerals who win' In t'twrgf of *Montdidlei sector. have h-cn cashier. d from th? army for netrlect of ?luty. Proprietors of all huMim-tutc* ami professional wen with onl| a few* except ions will P"> an annual Federal lie*Tim-* of II" and head* of wholesale concern* ilolnjc a yearly business of jjiiu.ooo or more will la* required to pi) an annual fee of f'Jj, lucordimc to a schedule inserted in tlx* draft of the I8.UOO.OOO.OOO ri vcnui' lull l,y the house way* and means committee. Farmers, merchants, minister* ami teachtrs will I** exempted from the $10 occupational tax. as w ill concern* dolnx an annual business of ten* than lt',000. A tax of lo per cent has been levied on ull Jewelry composed wholly or partially of platinum. This I* in addition to a manufacturer'* tax of 10 |>er cent on all form* of jewelry. ? Union. Auxust 14: John Vinson was shot and killed t>y William 1-aw Uogansville church and within a <jar tcr of a mile from the residence o Mr. I.'iw.soii, in a secluded spot on th plantation of Mr. W. J. Bet sill, am Mr. l^iWHon Immediately after th shooting went to Buffalo and surren dered to Kural i'olicetnan W. A. Bob inaoti. Both parties are men of fainl ly. Mr. Lawson being about 60 year old and has a wife and two daughter* and Mr. Vinson had a wife and fly children and was about 31 years obi There had been bad feeling existini between the parties for some tirn* owing to domestic affairs. The shoot ing was done with a double-burn shotgun and the shot entered Vinson" right shoulder. At the coroner's in iiiest. held last night, the verdict ren der?-d was that John Vinson came t< his death from a gunshot wound a the hands of William l^awson. ? Women who have been knitting fo the Bed t'ross will soon have a largi part of their efforts diverted into oth er channels of helpfulness as the re suit of an order issued by the wa Industries board on Tuesday. Ti such great pro|>ortlons have the ordi nary wool needs of the army growt it was found necessary to serve notici on spinners of hand knitting yarn: that no more wool for worsted ham knitting yarns may be manufacturer until further notice. Bed t'ross otfl cials have the assurance of the wai industries board that all !>ossiblc knit' ting wool supplies will be provided thi organization, but because of the urg' ent needs of the army for wool foi uniforms there is bound to be a shari cut in the amount supplied the Be< t'ross. The work of all the womet will still be wanted In other activities and so far as yarn, which is sold the workers at cost, is available, knittin* of sweaters and socks .will be encouraged. During the first five months ol this year hundreds of thousands ol patriotic women and girls of the Bet CVoss bav? knitted 7,000,000 garment* including sw? atcrs, mufflers am1 socks. ? Information recently made available ill IiOiulon makes it possible t< describe the fate of the (iernuin submarine commander who sank the Lusitania in May. 1915. His name h Sohwelger and his rank captain lieutenant. In September, 1917. he commanded the I'-ss, not the submarine he commanded when he sank tht I.usltanla. The l'-88 was proceeding on a voyage frotn a Herman port in company witli another submarine, ami its tiieir escort left them both submit rlnes MunmtTKi'ii. wnm wie luuiumuuer of the I'-NN's companion submarine found his boat hampered by a heavy chain. He concluded from this and other sounds that they wen in the middle of a British mine itch! recently laid without the knowledge ol tin- Hermans. Shortly afterward the Herman commander of the U-8S's companion boat, while still submerged. felt a very heavy explosion near him. He came to the surface, which he was compelled to do as being his only chance of safety, and tried to get In touch with the l'-8S by means of submarine signals and wireless. He rbc i 'hiiout inniin. uuukiiu got no reply and the U-Ss never hi been heard of since. There is i doubt that Captain Lieutenant Scl welger and his whole cbew perishi In this way. . ? Abnormal wartime demands fi cotton, particularly of the hlghi grades, were blamed for the disparil between prices In the southern marl ets and future quotations on the ej ehaiwrt s. by witnesses who testilh at tne government Inquiry into ti cotton trade In New York on Tuei da>. Several brokers told Charles , Brand, conducting the investigation : chief of the department of agricu ture's bureau of markets, that e: acting army and navy apeclflcntioi have contributed toward high price For articles for which In private trai Inferior grades are used with conr plete success, the witness said, tl government departments have requii ed white cotton of the finest typ Announcing that the investigation wi not he confined to the operations < tne IV cw iorK ronun ijniuuim-, >>i will go Into the entire question < prices where cotton Is grown. tnillc ami traded on contracts for futui delivery, .Mr. ltrand declared that tti present differences in rates "seems t be wholly unjustified." The hurea has conducted a general Inquiry lnt the sharp advance between spot an exchange prices, he said, and propose to apply a remedy, but Is seeking tli views of the public and of the broker before compiling Its final re|*rrt. ? With a broad work or tight amend nrent designed to prevent strikes an a new provision for educating at gov eminent expense after the war r youths under 21 serving In the mill tar.v or naval service, the adtninlstra tion manpower bill extending dral ages so as to include ull men be tween IS and 45 years of age. wa ordered favorably reported yesterda with the understanding that its con siderutiun would be taken up in th senate next Monday, cutting short th senate vacation period by a week. Th bill, which was prepared under th direction of Secretary Baker, Is fram ed to enable the nation to increase it war programme in accordance with ni understanding reached with the Allies About 13,000.000 men would be regis tered under the law, and Provost Mar shal General Crowder estimates it wil make available ut once for mllitar; service 2.39S.000 men between thi ages of 18 and 20 and 32 and 46. Ac tion by the committee followed abou a week's consideration. During tha time Secretary Baker. General Marcl and General Crowder appeared to ex plain the Imperative necessity for ex tending the draft ages and to urgi prompt action. The work or flgh amendment, accepted, was ofTered b: Senator Heed of Missouri, as a sub stltute for one presented by Senatoi Thomas of Colorado. It provides tha "when nny person shall have beer placed In deferred class" he shall "no be entitled to remain therein unlesi he shall in good faith continue, whih physically able to do so. to work anc follow such occupation." Should h< fall to do this he would become sub. Jed to Immediate draft. , ? The poor condition of the cottoi crop in the western portion of the belt was not only further intensified by th< continued absence of rains and higl temperatures, but in localities east o! the Mississippi, where conditions hac been satisfactory, the crop last wee! mArlA virtnollv nft oHvunpompni th< national weather and crop bulletin Is sued Wednesday announced. Th? statement continues: "As a result 01 icood showers or moisture from preceding rain, cotton made generallj satisfactory progress in the Carollnas Florida and much of Louisiana anc southeastern Tennessee, but elsewhere throughout the belt. littl< growth was made or the crop actuallj deteriorated, except in a few loca1 areas. The crop is in only fair condition in Georgia, due to shedding rust, black root and insect depreciation. but In many localities the plant: continue vigorous, with new bloom that should mature with favorabU weather. There are also complaint: of shedding, rust and red spider actlvity in many eastern localities. Th? crop made fairly good progress it Louisiana, except In the southwesl portion where much damage resulted from the high wind and heavy rainfall accompanying a tropical storm of the sixth; while In Arkansas only pooi advance was made generally and de FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1^18 Now. here comes the Columbia State trying to twist into |?urtisan politics what we said about the kaiser's forcing the I'nited States inyj war. Huh! That Turkey creek drainage project may be regarded its a great iAd valuable piece of internal improvement that has been entirely lost by controrywiso litigation. We want to register a protest against those poor Herman soldiers who have been court mart ialed for failure to stop the Americans in the recent drive. It was simply. not in their power to do what was ex|>ectcd of them. While the soldiers overseas arc very much interested in baseball among themselves they no longer feel tho slightest interest in professional baseball in the I'nited States. On the contrary they are disgusted with all the professional baseball entries, looking upon them as slackers who should l?e in the trenches. A long story went out from the oast of North Carolina a few days ago to the effect that a Herman submarine came up there, let oft' a few acres of oil, which oil was s|ieodily converted Into asphyxiating gas, which overcame several people on the shore. It was a sensational story, anil a number of timid people were very much overcome by it; but now the story is being put down as rather t'out' thnn nthi<i<u.'iu<> The war industries board now requires all newspapers to adhere strictly to the paid in advance system, and it has arranged to enforce that requirement through an understanding with the paper manufacturers who will decline to furnish stock to the newspapers which refuse to obey the board's orders. Under the orders of the board many of the daily newspapers have discontinued the practice of J publisher buys and pays for such paj pers as he wants the same as othei people. r <Jen. March has given out the in, formation that (Sen. Koch's two recent Irives were mainly for the purpose ol J freeing Paris from the menace of tlu ,? wedges the Germans had thrown across the Maine south of Chateau Thierry, and Montdidier. The Ger_ mans jire not now nearer than ttt'ty . miles of Paris at any point. Hoth ol ? these recent drives were of a defen dve nature and the next drive is tc lie an offensive. While there Is no ? official authority for saying so. Amerl -an officers are now hopeful that there j will soon be an all American attack In f the Champagne district. It is said that the result of the sec| ond Marne battle has put the Germans , to quarreling among themselves, i There is a division of people who 1 claim that if it had not been for the l unrestricted submarine warfare, t America would not have come into the Alii,... un,il,l v,.,,.,, 1 defeated lone ago. Those who are in the position of having to defend the submarine blunder, say ?that America would have come into the war anyway, and that the unrestricted submarine warfare was no mistake. In reply to the complaint of The Enquirer that It made this paper say things it did not say. and attributed to The Enquirer an opinion it did not express, the Chester Reporter explains that it had clipped the paragraph complained of from another i>aper. It evidently had not occurred to the Reporter that In clipping such a paragraph without credit. Its readers had no way of knowing but that the Reporter was responsible. Except for the fact that we have respect for the character and motives of the Reporter. wv would not have referred to the matter at all. The senatorial race In Georgia is between Thomas \V. Hardwick for re-election, and W. J. Harris and W. S. Howard, who are after the seat now held by Hardwick. The president has not hesitated to make known his opposition to Hardwick. and a fewdays ago there came a suggestion from the president that Howard quit the race and leave the field to Harris. Howard has come out in a statement in which he insists upon his loyalty to the president: but says he will not withdraw for to do so will insure the re-election of Hardwick. It takes the votes at the ballot box to convince any man that the people do not want him. Announcement was made not long ago that Arthur Guy Empy, author of "Over the Top," was slated for a captaincy in the United States army and followed the Information that for some mysterious reason the commis sion was not Issued. The count; y was puzzled and disappointed, because, although it understood that Empy had only been an enlisted man like hundreds of thousands of others, his book created an impression that he was a hero and deserving of honor. But now it has come out that Empy is very small potatoes and not very many of them. Some weeks ago he appeared in a patriotic play in Washington. and answering to a curtain, he made a speech which was made up with a slur on the drafted man. Ite feneration on uplands Is report oil. The intensely hot weather with drying winds and lark of moisture, was unfavorable in Oklahoma and the plants In that state are small, sheddiiur, opening prematurely and burning on uidamls: the condition of the erop is now very |#oor to t>oor. The previous deterioration in Texas con-1 tinm<l generally and the crop will he a failure In some sections of that stat#-; sb#-?ldlntr. premature ojs-nin^ and top blooming are lie-coming B#-n< ral. Cotton is maturing rapidly in tit#- southern portion of the belt and soiii#- is going to market as far north as Arkansas. The weather was fa\oruhle tor picking and ginning in th<- <-arly districts and this work is progressing satisfactorily." Jhf -yorhiillt (Enquirer Entered at the Postofflce at York as Mall Matter of the Second Class. The German resistance has stiffened considerably; but the Allies ar? still un the offensive and they continue to make good progress. It Is estimated by high French authority that since July IS the Germans have lost 350,000 in killed and wound d and also uhout 70,000 prisoners. Most of the German fighting at the present time is in the nature of <K?spernte rear guard work resorted to mainly with the idea of holding: th? Allies hack while the main German armies are being withdrawn tc stronger jjositlons alone the old Hin The Allies are still pressing fo ward with sufficient force to keep tl enemy on the move, while their ov forces are being organized and di ftosed with a view not only to hob . ing all gains; hut to make forth ' progress on a large scale. i MERE-MENTION ' Members of draft hoards will n he ullowed to resign from the servii prior to the registration |>eriod In tl > hills now before congress A Wnsl ington dispatch says that thousands < women arc to be drawn into railroi ? cmplo.nncnt to till places now Dili ' - ...III u..r.r, l,? ing the uriny The I'an-Germs paper Deutfhe Zoitung of Berli says the I'icardy battle is the mo serious reverse of the war to (lei many A new German airplan brought down in the Kngllsh linos i I'icardy, was equipped with five et Kines, each developing 260 horsepov or, making a total of 1,300 horse|>owr The Ftoekefeller institute. No York, is undertaking the work of ei terminating the hookworm in the b land of Jamaica Because of serious Ice shortage, the food adtnir ist rat ion has ordered that no it cream be made in Washington for week. The shutdown of the ic cream plants will save 000 tons of it ikm- day Three naval student avia tors were killed at 1'ensacola. Fla Monday evening, when their inachin fell into 1'ensacola bay. while makin a practice flight No addition: farm loan bonds are to be offered th public or investors for several monthi by order of Secretary McAdoo. Aboi $60,000,000 of these bonds have bee withheld for issuance. This Is i preparation for the next Liberty loa issue More than COO state bank and trust companies are now include in the Federal reserve system. Thes include $300,000,000 capital. $360,000, 000 surplus and $6,225,000,000 total re sources. Elliott Springs Wounded.?Col. l.c roy Springs was in the city yesterda on business with the tax commissiot He has only recently heard from hi son, Klliott W. Springs, who is not in a hospital in France recoverin from injuries received from a fall I his plane after a fight with severs Hun machines. Young Springs 1 only 21 years of age but he has severs Hun machines to his credit, and hi father says that his letters indicate great desire to get back to the fron and he at thciil attain. Elliott Springs volunteered In Sep tember, 1917. and was attached t Major Bishop's flying squadron. Thl squadron has to its credit 32 Hun ma chines brought down In 30 days, an Major Bishop has a large number t his individual credit. On June 29 Elliott Springs was li a tight with a Hun machine when hi own machine was badly damaged am with it he fell to the earth. His ma chine was broken into five parts, bu he escaped except for face woundf Since then he has been confined in i hospital.?Columbia State. ? An order for more than a hal million dollars' worth of sportini goods has just been placed by th; national war council of the Y. M. C. A for the American expeditionary force in France, says an Atlanta dispatch Ten manufacturers of sporting goodi submitted bids. The order was ap portioned among them, the award; being made on a basis of quality an< price. The goods for next season"; requirements, and to make assuranci doubly sure that they arrive in Franc; by early spring, deliveries must b< made in New York by December 1 There are 1S0.000 baseballs In the or der, 43.000 bats, 18,000 fielders' gloves 2.700 catchers' masks, 4,500 catchers mitts and 4.500 protectors. The or. der also includes 900 medicine balls 14.400 soccer balls, 5,400 volley balls 3,600 volley ball nets, 37,000 indooi baseballs. 43,200 indoor baseball bats 7.200 basketballs. 10,800 Rugby footballs. 3.600 sets of boxing gloves anc extra bladders for all the inflatec balls. The day the order was placed a request was received from France asking that 2,000 sets of boxlni gloves be forwarded at once to the French army. This request was complied with. asserted that the volunteer was th real thine and no credit should attacl to the man who has to fight. Th president happened to l?e in the au dience, and when Kmpy's commissior properly filled out. was laid befor him not long afterward, he neglectei to sign it. It is pretty safe to sa that Mr. Kmpy is about through. Th spirit of America will not stand fo sentiment like that in anybody. Information from Vienna is to th cflV( i that the people of the Austria capital are greatly stirred by th recent feat of Italian airmen in drop ping propaganda 011 their city. Th propaganda brought by the Italian carried a question as to why the Aus trians were willing to serve as th tools of the Prussians. Hut it wa not this question that disturbed th lieople of Vienna so much as the pr&c tical demonstration of the case wit! which the Italians could bring bomb instead of leaflets. Heretofore th Austrians have believed that hecaus of the long distance intervening be tween their capital and the Italiai border and the high mountains be tween. Vienna was safe from airplan attack. > The British government has issuei a declaration formally recognizing th ('/.echo-Slovaks as an Allied natior and three Czecho-Slovak armies tha are operating in Russia and Siberia a Allied forces regularly waging war fare against the Central powers. Th ('/.echo-Slovaks, it will l?e remember ed. tire a people inhabiting the coun try to the south of Germany and un d< r the dominion of Austria-Hungary Shortly after the beginning of thi war, in 1914 and 1915, these peopli went over to the Russians in largi numbers. There was some appear a nee of their having been captured but as a matter of fact they merel: took adv.'intage of an op|>orttinity ti jet out from under their oppressors Tlu-y have since been defending them selves as independent armies; bu lighting with ropes around theii necks, or more probably in the shad ow of black walls, for if they weri captured by the Austrians or Germans they would be shot. It is tin plan of tin* Allies to re-lnforce then wit): arms, men and supplies and huih up a great army around them. Th< army is to be devoted to the rehabilitation of Russia, and eventually t< establish the independence of th< '/.echo-Slovak race. Tide of the Battle. The progress of the lighting is stil favorable to the Allies. So far since July 18, the Alllet have won buck nearly half of the territory that the Germans overran ir ih?.l.- \luirli offensive. ti ?S? 0 NEW ADVERTI8EMENT8 - Cherokee Canning Co., Gaffney?Can furnish No. 3 packer* can* in any quantity at Si per 100. f. o. b.. in quantities of 1.000 and over, b Write for information. j Mantone?The king of reconstructive tonics. Sold by all druggists. Builds up the nerves. V Loan and Savings Bank -Gives notice that the Anal 40 per cent payment on Liberty bonds is now due, and asks parties to call for their T bonds. New issue on tale Sept. 28. M. L. Carroll and W. If. McConnell. Publicity Committee?Announce the coming of the RadelifTe Chautauqua, e McConnell Dry Goods Co.?Has a magnificent line of silks and crepe de chines and asks n you to compare qualities and prices. . t- Bank of Clover?Will pay $3 in gold to the i seller of the first bale of 1918 cotton on the '* Clover market. b G. W. Whiteside* A Co., Sharon?Has nice line of khaki bound Testaments suitable for H gifu. Waterman Ideal fountain pens 12.60 and upwards. New goods arriving. Clinton Bros.?Have just received forty pounds of raisin loaf cake, and sell it at 40 cents a ?s pound. It is fresh. Star Theatre?Gives its programme for today. Friday and Saturday. Five reels. Including two reels of serial on Saturday. h I. W. Johnson. Mayor?Warns the users of the public water that the supply is becoming " aKnrt an/) lirt/M pvprv r>n? tn ho .. I economical in ita use. W. H. Howell. Supervisor?Gives a statement e of road fund disbursements in King's Mountain township, from April 1 to August 1. Calutab- -The new perfected calomel, is effin cient and has none of the bad qualities of calomel. W. C. Wilson and R. C. Patrick. Petitioners? e Give notice of opening of books of subscription to espial stock of the Ridge Gin and Seed company, near Bowling Green. W. W. Walker. Hendersonville. N. C.?Offers . reward for recovery of a Fisk JOxJ 1-2 automobile tire, c J. C. Dickson. Yorkville No. 1?Has a grade Jersey cow and calf for sale. J. M. Stroup?Wants a renter for a six-room t house, all conveniences, on Wright avenue. Harrison Randolph. President?Gives information relative to College of Charleston. It is co-educational and has speeial features, in.. eluding military training. Yorkville Cotton Oil Co.- Requests its patrons because of the growing scarcity of Ice. to be carefnl in making a little go as far as possible, so all may have some. - J. M. Stroup- Talks about comfortable clothes for men's wear during the balance of the summer months. Boys' clothing.f s b The scarcity of ice is beginning to p threaten the freezing of cream. Karo syrup has come into pretty general use at the soda fountains bel" tMise of the inability lo get sugar. j Sharon is having considerable trouble In getting a sufficiency of Ice t to supply the local requirements. The town is sometimes out of ice for days at a time. Grant Currence, who works for Mr. . Lawrence Robinson, two miles west ? of Yorkville, had the lost dog adver, tised by Mr. J. O. Pratt on No. 1. I Sharon. ' The Red Cross ladies at Sharon have raised considerable money sell) ing Ice cream, but they have been compelled to discontinue ice crenm making because of Inability to get sugar. If anything has been done to pro' vide the i>eople with fire wood next winter it is very little. Such labor ' as has been available for anything ut ' all this past summer has been used ' for purposes other than cutting wood. The outlook now is that Are wood is ' going to he very scarce this winter? scarcer than it has ever been known. Registration on Saturday, August There are close to 1,200 York county soldiers in the National army, according to my estimate," Bald Mr. H. E. Neil of Local Exemption Board No. 2 a few days ago. "Nearly a thousand have been inducted into the service 1 by the two boards," he went on to explain,* "and including the Rock Hill and Port Mill companies I would say 1 thnt there are at least two hundred ' volunteers. ( - 1r.???_ *wbo*"have reacte r_ the age of 21 since the.second regls(ration last June 5, has been ordered .n by Provost Marshal General Crowder H under a proclamation by the preslj_ (lent. The puri>oso is to add quickly (>r to the almost exhausted class 1 to meet army draft cnlls In September. About 150,000 young men will register. Most of them will qualify for class 1, and therefore will join the 01 army probably within a month after CO 10 their names are recorded. There will he no new drawing to establish order of liability of the new registrants. Hi The I,rovOBt marshal general's office r. has announced that 1,200 numbers in drawn for the June 5 registrants " would be sufficient to cover the Aust r_ gust 24 registrants in the largest dlse, trlct in the country. In , HERE AND THERE '; There has been an unusual Increase in the manufacture of moonshine liquor in these parts of late. Most of * the illicit distilling is going on in the northern part of the county; but the J" business is not confined to that sec' tlon. A man who knows has informed Here and There that the distillers have learned a process through which, ' by the use of molasses, they are able to get about ilve gallons of liquor out " of a bushel of corn. Also a run of ? liquor can be made in a much shortI ar time than undef tfie old method. and after the stufT is made it readily w brings from $10 to $20 a gallon. n LIQUOft PLANT SMASHED Sheriff Qulnn received notice Tuess day that there was an illicit distillery d in operation somewhere in the vlclnle ty of the I. H. Norris old place, about * four miles west of Yor'iville, and he acted promptly: but it turned out that the operators of the still had learned - of the sheriffs Information before the y sheriff got it, and the results of the l* raid were not altogether satisfactory. v The sheriff went out Tuesday aft? ernoon and found the location of the n illicit plant on what is known as d Blue Rock branch, a short distance below the spring. The still had been i) removed a few hours before: but near 8 where it had stood there was aquanR tity of "mash," bubbling in a way that t indicated that It would soon be ready for use in the still. The "mash." which the sheriff estlo mated as including about 16 bush8 els of meal, was overturned and other . nxtures mm were kiihuiuio were deel stroyed. 0 The finding of a keg of black molasses in a wood nearby was the clrcumn stance that led to the location of the 8 moonshine outfit. 1 - PROGRESS OF REGISTRATION i. Registration by precincta up to a tast Wednesday evening totaled only 1.906. Following are the figures in detail: Bethel 63 Bethany : ? 66 e Blalrsvllle 63 g Bullock's Creek 39 Coates's Tavern 23 ' Clover 83 Ebenezer 24 ' Filbert 68 H, Fort Mill 27 Forest Hill 16 * Hickory Grove 14 Lcsslle 42 e McConnellsvllle II s Newport 19 New ZLon 82 Ogden 25 Rock Hill 470 Sharon 55 Smyrna >8 Tlrxah U ' Yorkvllle _ 445 r , I ABOUT PEOPLE J Dr. I. J. Campbell of Clover, la to ' go Into the army medical service as a first lieutenant. Mr. J. L. Grler of West Palm Beach. , [ Fla., is visiting Mrs. W. H. McConnell In Yorkvllle. Mr. Luther G. Baber of Charleston, ! Is spending * few days with relatives to reduce their consumpt and friends In Yorkville. lowest possible limits if A viator! land olph u^',eof Dayton, escape the worst. This wj Ohio, is visiting Dr. and Mrs. w. G. ? ,, White In Yorkville. from Mr H. E. Neil, ma Misses Violet and Louise Anderson Yorkville Cotton Oil co of Ebenezer visited Miss Louise Oates official notice of it is to in Yorkville Tuesday. another column. Asked Miss Marr Ferguson of Yorkville jmrtlculars. Mr. Neil sai No 5. is visiting relatives and friends in Columbia and Hampton. situation has become ?,i Mrs. O. E. Grist and daughter. Miss havt' not ab,c Sarah, of York villa, are visiting rela- eient ice from any one so tives at Bullock's Creek. have been getting It from Mr. Boiiver Carson, until recently could. The fearfully hot with the Kirkl^trick-Belk Co has cre;ised the demand on takeu a position with the Shleder , . . Drug Store? plants, and it has Increa Mrs. S. S. A bell and little son. Ed- consumption tremendous! ward, of l/owryville. are visiting Mrs. unable to get as much AIhH'8 mother. Mrs. E. A. Crawford, when the demand was I in forktille. situation is becoming critl iting his father. Mr. M. E. Plexico. In qu momenta; uui mings a Yorkville. proaching the critical st Mr. George W. Sherer of YcikvlUe, ?people should Ik- told to has been quite ill at his homo on most economy in consu South Congress street for the past , , iwo weeks. >rett> soon n>any of thei Miss Nellie Hart, who has been lo do with?"l- The best spending some time at Camp Alta- fan offer just now is thu merit, N. Y.t has returned to her home suiner should do on as in Yorkville. . possible. In the meantl Dr. A. Y. Cartwright of Yorkville. doing even thine in o.ir n, has received a telegram announcing uo,n? ** '? >"> our p the safe arrival overseas of his son, UP t"e supply." Lienti nant Thomas F. Cartwright. * Rev. C. V. Waugh left Wednesday DECREE IN DRAINA< morning for his home in Jacksonville. JuU 1>rlnce h h Fla.. after spending several weeks , . . with his son. Kev. B. H. Waugh. In detrte in what is knoi Yorkville. "drainage case." By the Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Walling and lit- decree, he various obje< tie son of Ridgcwood \\ J who have hy the plaintiffs were dir hern visiting the family of Mr. W. B. ,. . , Keller for the past two weeks have d,'cll'? ru"> sustains I returned home. ticular the drainage law. Mr. M. 1* Ford of Clover, has re- ln 1917. about one hi eeiwd information of the safe ar- fifty citizens of York a rival overseas of his sons Clyde and counties organized what Edwin, and Mr. T. E. McMackin of _ , , , Bethany, also has a card Stringing the ' Turkey Creek dralnag same Information as to his son How- York and Chester cot ard. All of the boys are with the Slst drainage district was org; division. They left a New Y'ork camp about two weeks ago. sua,nt to an am^nd,nClii ' Dr. Harvey McConnell of Chester, is t,Ut,on a,,thorl*lng the so critically ill in a Baltimore hos- drainage districts and th pltal that there Is no hoj?e for recov- assessments upon lands 1 ery. His malady is a rare one involv- *"1' area to be drained t big the complete destruction of the mt'nt ol the costs thereo .. 1 1.1 1 1? r. r\ AftCI* O Hi U H iZU t i O H Of known remedy. The sick man Is a ^ ven or eight land ow son of Captain John D. McConnell ol '""ds are embraced with McConnellsville. He has enjoyed a b08*;11 ?li?trict. brought an large and lucrative practice In Ches- Jesting the constitutions ter for a number of years and has 'aJv a,u' raising a great friends wherever he has acqualntan- minor objections. The co CWI sworn to, and an lnjunctli , ed against C. M. lain; Cameron and A. D. Steadi BEERSHEBA CELEBRATION elected commissioners for The congregation of historic Beer- ','^0 Kubsequentl ... , , . , .u . required that as a condi shel.a church, about six miles northwest continuance of the injuncl of Vorkvllle, has been having a great plaintiffs should give bon time this week, the occasion being a plaintiffs did not do, and jubilation cel.bration of the new church building and a eessary that bonds be is remarkable rejavinatlon of the con- sum of $G0,000. Th(* re'legation. those bonds and the payi h . ' . ... .. _ interest thereon Is provi Among other things the programme assessments on the landov contemplated a reunion of all the llv- drainage districts, each la: ing former pastors, and while this ing assessed in proportion did not materialize completely, two of reCf1^ d'. . - .. r. .. ? 1 P?n the heating of the them, Revs. M. R. Kirkpatrlck and H. fore the court, only two < J. Mills, were on hand, and along with plaintiffs appeared to < them were Rev. W. A. Hafner of ninttcr. These were W. T Oaffney, Rev. J. B. Swann of Bui- Aeleiuon?of "ttn^co lock's Creek, and others more or less for the carrying out of t closely identified with the progress of project. In this election the church in the past. was a candidate for the < ? . of the comm ssioners, and There was an unusually large num- ed ,, ,8 not knowj; whf bcr of people in attendance on last the plaintiffs will appeal Sunday, and with most able and ap- prcme court from Judge I' propriate preaching, splendid music, and exhaustive decree, and Christian fellowship among the Hemphill & Hemphill i people, old and young, It was a most of Chester, represent the pleasant and profitable day, as were and J. S. Brice and Joh the days following up to Wednesday represent the defendants, night when the meeting came to a Many years ago the T close. ' bottoms produced more Beersheba In many respects is one any other section of York of the most notable congregations of old writer, In commentin South Carolina, andhaa to its credit corn ctwp xaiaad on tbes t 'long rand Honorable ' Vecorft. Jus! concluded his account it when the spot first became a place mont, "Truly, the bottor of Presbyterian gathering is now a creek constitute the gra matter of more or less doubt: but it county." For many year Is certain that Beersheba links the owing to the clearing of present with the colonial period, and it keeping the bed of the Is equally certain that the Presby- front trash, the bed of 1 terians who established the spot as a so tilled up that the b place of divine worship contributed become practically usele very materially to the establishment drainage canal, it is of American Independence. bring this large area ol If not actually the first pastor of Chester counties back i Beersheba, one of the first, was Dr. tion. and it is believed I Joseph Alexander, a Scotch teacher have studied the matte and preacher of the colonial period, again will these fertile His place of residence was near the stored to cultivation an present site of Bullock's Creek church, er corn crops of former of which he was also pastor; but he grown and ruised there also preached at Beersheba, and hijj ? pastorate was referred to as extend- PREACHING OF Df ing from Dan to Beersheba. .. ... ., ... Along about 1779 or possibly the How the World Wj early part of 1780, the Whigs of this Christianity," t.as the si section became a little shaky on the William Vines in his so proposition as to whether they should cv_,t r?nrifiQ. v take British protection while yet there ^rel Baptl8t church of Y was time to save their property, etc. day? and every one who J It Is related that the people of Beer- mon is agreed that it w sheba, as well as the People who piece from every standp made up a congregation on Thlcketty, . .. . in what Is now Cherokee county, as- because It gave sembled at Dr. Alexander's home at believe is the secret of Bullock's Creek and as the result of which the great war will able and eat nest exhortation from hlin ^nA ??A decided to fight It to the last. It is a" e"d and the Ch assumed that this incident had much w'" t>? benefitted by the to do with the events that finally led Dr. Vines read a part ol j i j .u . chapter of Genesis, and And it is hardly to be denied that . . .. . ? .. . there Is still a good deal of the old ?* time spirit In Beersheba congregation , uf "Uild us today. More than once there have tower, whose top may res been severe tests, and had the sentl- ven:. and us make us ment not rung true, it Is hardly prob- *'e /?e scattered abroad i able that the celebration of the com- or. the whole earth. D pletion of the present handsome P'-a'z?d the independent church building would be taking place d??cendents of Noah wl at this time. The old building would PV1 tp build the tower of have still been good enough and after ]P*t God entirely out of a few more years, old Beersheba Then the narrative relat would have been only a tradition. came down to see the cl , ? which the children of m within rue tou/w how he saw the people within the town language, and how nothl ? The registration board registered strain them?they were i only three or four, people yesterday. "J ^^Z^undelaUnd ? The town council is surfacing a they were scattered abr< part of Main street and tho sidewalks 'ace of the earth. The i ... . on to show how the peop with sand. the chrj8tian nations, and There was n connlAornhle hun.-h rst United States, in their in registrants in town yesterday tostnnd . . , - ure had gotten to the poii physical examinations. considered themselves pr ? Watermelons are selling at from a" things?they forgot Go a ,a ? . i . . observed that If the kalse 10 to 40 cents according to size; but y[sen ln Germany had re; thr 40 cent kind is scarce. ter of Scripture and ret ? Chief of I'ollce I\ W. Love has Perhaps they would have in -? li v . . , 'ore plunging the world been quite ill at his home since last holocaust, in their greed Sunday. He is confined to his bed. clalism and world domin; w ? t>??? . . that this would mean. Th ? Contractor W. T. Beamguard is had been by others concreting the sidewalk opposite the failed. How will the woi homes of R. J. Herndon. B. N. Christianity? A presum] Moore, J. R. Cannon, W. I. Wither- ion* Powlb'y. because Chi , .... ... remain as long as ther spoon. Mrs. Helen Adlckes and Mr. need for Christianity. Gi \V. B. Moore, his work through human -The people ol the ,o?? w,? .t SfelSeT..0"^?to? once recognize the very serious situa- Christianity a failure? tion to which Mayor Johnson calls true. "Hie world war ha attention with reference to the water do with Christianity. A supply and in the circumstances It is I incumbent on every citizen to consti- ady; but the man doesn't tute himself a policeman in helping to It: he may throw it awa carry out the mayor's suggestion. *?r,d 'lJ'ce thlfl,IJaaK 00 ity will save the world, b ? The annual conference of the must take Christianity In Methodist Sunday schools of the cured. What is necessar Rock Hill district was held with Trinl- ^usn^pff to 'the ty M. EL church yesterday. The Rock great wealth and prospei Hill district includes all of York and rapidly drifting through Chester counties and parts of Lancas- carelessness, flippancy to . ? . ,. .. .. would destroy the world, ter and Fairfield counties. There ti,roUgh the holocaust of were about three hundred delegates brought to its knees an in attendance representing practically Christian world is on 1U .ka v.? Tk.-, - humbles Itself before G O" * knowledges Him as Us number of excellent addresses during creator and king then, an the meeting, and among the especially will the Christian church fine ones were those of Rev. W. C. ??wer ? "av? ?* wort _ The world war is bringing Owen of Columbia, state secretary, a realization of the m Kiss Marie McDonald, state superin- Christianity and when it tendent of primary work, and Rev. R. back to a realization of i E. Stackbouse of Columbia. A most Sdlnc^o? HhSTT'tm enjoyable feature of the meting was Christianity for the great a big picnic dinner served on the which Is its mission on < church lawn. Tuesday night Dr. Vines subject, "Home, Sweet I ? The town is threatened wrlth an the discourse was along th Ice famine, and It Is up to the people proper training of childre / V Vta .mSjj ... a' . . - * ion to the and morally, and held up the life they would Samuel, the prophet, as a model for that is good and right In the train urnlng comes Qf chl,dren knd how lmportAnt ? nager of the desirable is the proper training of cl mpany. and dren today in the ways in which tl be found in *?j . ... Wednesday night s congregation t for runner iarRer than that of any other sorv d: "Yes. the so far this week, and the doctor's si lite serious, lect was "The Unpardonable Sin." ... ?,lfH subject that has for ages been one the most discussed and leant und urce, and we stood of all religious subjects, and w w herever we it all there has hardly eier been t si>ell has in- People, at least among iaymen. w ,. . . could agree on the subject When all the ice yjne8 c|osed his discourse there w sed the local few. if any of his hearers, who did : ly. We .are have a good understanding of his si now ?< J"*1- doctor took his text fr * ,l3 Matthew 12:32: "And whosoe ess and the 8peaketh a word against fie Son leal. We are man. it shall be forgiven him: I to meet re- whosoever speaketh against the H Ghost, It shall not be forgiven h re now ap- ,.i ,_ .i age und the to come-" use the ut- The speaker said that there v mniinn nr something solemn tn this text?it ii in pi ion, or menllce a wamlnjf of danger. It t< in may have U8 t0 8top. He likened the solei advice we warnings given by; President Wilson t every eon- Germany in his state puj>ers prior ... . . the declaration of war by the Unii lime ice as states t0 this solemn warning agal me. we are this sin. But Germany did not heed ! Diver to keep Wilson's warnings and has doubtl awakened to the fact that the ari which was contemptibly small in 1 eyes of the imperial government GE CASE Germany, will yet tlx its destiny. "1 inu n hia thls warning against the unpardona ? uown ' sin is deeper than that." said Dr. Vln vn as the "And there is no question of its bel terms of the committed in every community ev< tions raised ,,ay- What is the unpardonable sir Dr. Vines divided the answer to I mussed, and qUogtion into three parts in which In every par- gave his authority, analogy and ana sis. His authorities were quotatii unHroA nnri from the (Hd and New Testaments a the agreement among modern Bi nd (. hester scholars of all denominations as is known as what the sin is. Under the head e district of analogies he told his hearers that I , unpardonable sin is the wilful, persi intles. hum en^ malicious rejection of the tea< anized pur- ings of the Gospel of Jesus Ohr o the consti- Those who have been enlightened, whom the gospel has been preach creation ot and tRuRht lf"thoy turn ftway fTI e placing ol such teachings they are lost. Whei ying within man becomes so hardened that or tl pa' - shows no response to religious affa and the work of the gospel and ] the district, conscience is dead to such teachln ners whose he has committed the unpardonal lin the pro- gin. action con- Under this sub-division Dr. Vii lity of the pointed out that all truth is one. G many other i8 one, the universe is a unit?t mplaint was Mime God mnde all. Turning to t )n was issu- sciences of geology, botany, astronon in. Johnson zoology, chemistry, physiology- a nun, the duly i>sychology. the speaker gave illusti the drain- tions to show how after certain thir y. the court hud become fixed they were unchanf tion for the ble. He pointed out that there wi ion that the unpardonable sins in ethics, in socio d. This the gy, and under this division used t the injunc- case of Benedict Arnold, the trail ised. In or- who sold out West Point to the Briti ;, it was ne- during the Revolution. How he w sued in the once highly respected and honored, t payment of was brought to a betrayal of his cou ment of the try in order to get money to satis ded for by the desires of an extravagant wife, a vners in the how afterwards he went to Knglu ndowner be- and there was held In the utmost cc to the bene- tempt by the people who were suppc edly to have benefitted by his treac matter lie- ery. He had committed an unpurdor >f the seven ble sin against society. Dr- Vines al contest the touched upon the double standard . Dallas and living. He said that this abomlnat pruviuen ior iniriK wub nere unu wuum pruut&i mmlssloners stay. Women fall to the lowest hell he drainage men don't. Many of these women a McCarley saved through the grace of Jen jfflce of one Christ. Women commit the forbldd was defeat- sin and hundreds wear the scarlet 1< it her or not ter. The scoundrel who caused h to the su- downfall often marries some pure w rince's clear man in the best families and is i spected. Men do not fall as far as w ind McLure men?they haven't so far to fall. T! i plaintiffs, is an unpardonable sin against socle n R. Hart Analysis?The unpardonable sin the persistent, deliberate, wilful rejt urkey creek tlon of the religion of Jesus Christ u corn than til there is no consciousness of its I county. One fiuence for better things. It Is II g upon .a the' ease of a.?majr whow constan e BottoVnu. dfrmed-efrhis danger attd porststen rflithe "state-1 begge<ftooeware of thjff^dlOTgJy/ ns of Turkey liberately and wilfully says: "I It nary of York my business. I'll do this thing," s past though, goes on to destruction. "The mi lands and not the church member?who has the t stream clear in his heart, never was converted," the stream is Dr. Vines. He related an incident ottoms have man who had been caught under I ss. By this ing walls, and while rescuers \ proposed to hurrying to help him, the victim ci f York and be heard faintly crying. "Hurry, 1 nto cultiva- ry," but when his rescuers got to by those who ho was dead. 'There are men r r that once here in this community who ough acres be re- cry out to the Christian people h d the bump- 'Hurry, hurry, help me to be save years will be In conclusion Dr. Vines said on. God never deliberately turns his t ? on the children of men. He n< I. VINES leaves ofT pleading with them, but ... win o trouble is that men and women d? win have erately, persistently and raallcio abject of Dr. turn their backs on Jesus Christ rmon at the thus they commit the unpardoni orkvllle Mon sin ot rejection. 0 Services are being held each m< leard the ser- jng at 10.30 and in the evening at t as a master^ olnt, and es- LOCAL LACONICS what many p,r?A hv Liahtnina. the way In \ tmrn on a farm near Ogden. be brought to longing to T. I.. Johnson of Rock I ristlan world was destroyed by Are last Satur wnr night, the Are having been c< munlcated by lightning. The Are 1 t the eleventh plainly visible from Yorkville took for his from points north of this place, that chapter: jh? County Campaign. The canvass of the county by n.?*T candidates for county offices, was sumed at Hickory drove yesterc L Today's meeting will he held 2? Blalrsvllle and the last meeting spirit of the he|d nt yorkville Saturday afl ten they be- noon Babel. They noontheir plans. Whites and Blacks About Even. es h< w God Asked yesterday as to the num ty and tower of registrants sent to camp by Ix en built, and Board no. 2, Chairman Brlce said t all had one up to last Saturday the number i ng would re- f,#g 0f which 213 were white and jnlted as one were colored. Since then one m language find white registrant has been sent up i another, and that makes the whites outnumber Dad over the blacks by a single soldier, speaker went . , . le of Europe. Pr,ce of Ginning. I those of the Mr. J. F. McElwee, food admit reat prosper- trator for York county. Informs ' after pleas- Enquirer that the food admlnlstrat it where they has Axed the price of ginning at $: e-emlnent In for a 500 pound bale or less and id. Dr. Vines cents a hundred for all over r and his ad- pounds. This Is exclusive of bagg ad this chap- and ties which the farmer may f id It aright, nish or not as he prefers. If the g hesitated be- nor furnishes the bagging and t into such a he may charge |1.50 therefor. Sio^SPaU wi" EnUr th? 8#rvie*te same thing A- Meek Barnett. for the past do; and all had years one 01 ine ownem ui inc ii rid war save Drug store with W. L. Williams, 1 ptlous quest- so'd his Interest In that concern to -istianity will Kenneth Lowry, until now with e Is human Khleder Drug store, and will shoi Jd carries on volunteer his services to the an agencies and The trade between Messrs. Bam ildren allow and Lowry has been consummat* this purpose, hut the actual change will not U It Is not place for some days or rather ui a nothing to after stock taking can be complet man may be Mr- Barnett wants active work In i describe me- army; but may have to go into 1 ure his mal- hospital service for which he is have to take eminently fitted. * Christian- Sug"r Ragulation*ut the world Mr* ^ *' McElwee says the sui order to be regulations provide that no Bin y to perpet- Purchaser in town may buy more th *ity and aer- lwu k~u,,<jo ?' ? ?? " ?v var in our Purchaser may have more than thi rity we were P?und" at a t,me- The ration la t shallownena P?und? per person per month." 1 that which *"etaIler muat not charge more th Humnnitv one cent a Pound profit except whl war will be the c08t Price ' ?- b- b,a railroad a1 a when the t,on shows a fraction of & cent, i knees and tbat caae 'or one pound he ra BnH __ charge the fraction with an even c< maker an.i added for one pound: but he Is not < d onlv then P**c,e<1 under any circumstances i exurt the a"k 'or more than three cents prt a and itaeif on a two pound sale or four cei people back I,roflt on a thre? P?und aa,e" :riousnesB of isa brings them ?Frank M. Dobson. physical dirt their depen- tor at Camp Jackson, has been' a ' their inde- si-^ned to recruiting work tn Sou have saved Carolina for the army Y. M. C. work which There is need for 100 men a month rarth. promote the "Y" work in PersMni took for his ai my. A special school is to be ope lome," and cd at Blue Ridge. N. C.. from Augi line of the 28 to September 20 to train men I n religiously this "7" work. ' of CLOVER CULLINGS all v 'nf Corrrupondenc* of "n? Yorkrill* Inquirer. ind nil- Clover, August 14.?Rev. \V. P. Hey Crier anil family returned from frue * ; West Monda> afternoon, dee *,r' Conway of Charlotte, ub- spent Sunday here with his sister. a Mrs. M. B. Neil. cf Mrs. W. H. Pursley and little er_ daughters are spending this week fth wilh th'" family of Mr. James Pursley wu in the Crowders Creek .vetion. j,0 Mrs. K. L. Wylie and children reQr turned Saturday from Clinton, where ,.r,> they have l>een for the past few not I vv,'t'*BMr. Sam Hrison of Camp Sevier, om s?iH-nt a few days recently with his ver parents. Captain and Mrs. \V. I. Hrlof son. bu{ Miss Mill Niell is visiting Mrs. O. S. ^1.. Baldwin in Lake City. |m Miss llleeka Beamguard. who has rlii ,M*en taking a course in music in Chicago, returned home Friday. raJ, Mr. and Mrs. J. it. Moore and lit s a tie daughter. Janis. who have la-en ?)l? visiting the family of Mr. \V. D. Moore |nn for the |?ust week, left for their home to in Hichmond Tuesday night. They t0 were accompanied home by Miss [(Hj Louisa Moore, who expects to enter n8t school in Itichniond. kjr Mrs. IV M. 1 'arrott is spendIng a ess tVw days in Yorkville with relatives. nlv Mesdantes K. \V. I'ressly. John M. thp Smith. Misses Jean and Klsie I'ressly of and Messrs. Frank McKlwee and Hertut ^rt Smith motored to Blowing Hock bl,. Saturday and returned Monday. 08 Mr. Thompson Jackson of Knur's inp Mountain, s|H-nt Sunday here with his f.rv son. I'oliceman J. A. Jackson. , Mrs. \V. \V. Itmdeinan and chllIhe dren. also Miss Jtihnsie Stacy who has he l?een on an extended visit to her sis|v tor, Mrs. Itiipleinan in Tarboro. N*. t\. ,na are visiting their parents Mr. and n,| Mrs. J. I? Stacy here, t)!,. Misses Margaret Adams and Kloise to Harron of Kock Hill, are s|*-ndiiu.? a of few days here with Miss Martha Smith. 8t. Mr. M. ]? Smith and son. Kdwiird, t). list'e ?one north on a business trip, ist. The Itithcl Tow nship Sunday School to convention was held on August 10 at ie,l Allison Creek church, and was very 3m largely attended. The convention , a was presided over by the president, h,. C. T. Itrandon. Devotional exercises irs w,,re conducted by I lev. J. t\ Drier, his I 'resident Itrandon introduced as the pa first speaker Mr. A. C. Hariier of the I'oint section. He was followed by Miss Mil wee Davis, state elementary tea worker, who delivered a splendid ado,i dress. She was followed by Mr. Ilnslje kell Stanton of Bethel, tin calling the lte roll of the Sunday schools it was nyt found that live of the six schools nd were represented. The first speaker a- 'n the afternoon was I lev. J. C. Drier, ipa imstor of tli church, followed by Miss fa- Jennie Dnrrenee. assistant secretary .re of the York association. The last i- sneaker was Mr. -I. T Fain of Book 'he Hill. The following officers were or elected to serve for tile ensuing year. 8h President, Mr. A. t'. Harper; vlce as president. Mr. Itoheit A. Stewart: 1'ut secretary - treasurer. Miss Klliott in. Quinn; elementary su|?erintcndent. ify Miss Kci*Se Qiiilin. n,| Mr. John T. Matthews of Camp Send vier, spent Thursday here with in_ friends. )8_ Miss Ksther Kord is visiting friends h- at Ijcxslio. ia- Senator J. K. Beamguard was a |8o hitslness visitor to drecnvillc Inst of week. jje Itev. W. I'. drier, pastor of the ,ly Bethany. Crowders Creek ?tn?l Clover I A. It. I', churches, has heen granted a ro month's vacation, lie and his family lU8 are spending part <?f the vacation In en Hue West with relatives. ?t- Miss Kthel Hitch has as her guest jer Miss Ola Hlanton of Shelby. o- Little Miss Laum Currenee and e- Italph Currence of the Point section, o- spent a few days here last week with lis Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Ferguson, ty. Prof. \V. It. Koon has moved his ts family here and they are occupy in >7 ?c- the f>. A. Matthews residence on n- Main street, n- ? ke N0TE8 FROM SMYRNA now Shiyrna. August 14.?Mr. Krnest $ and Scogglnx l-ft yesterday for Due West, in? where he will spend his vacation with levll relatives. said Miss Bessie Quinn of Clinton. Is of a spending her vacation with her |?arfall ents. Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Quinn. core (julte a number of Smyrna families ould have cottages at Piedmont; amnio; tiur- them are Air. Warr-n Whiteaidcs ami him family, Mrs. Susan llamhright and ight Mr. and Mrs. James 'Juinn. t to Misses Kdith and Silage Castles iere. have the Misses Seoggins of Hickor> d.'" drove, as their guests for u few days, that Piedmont Springs seems to be quite ack popular this season. There is plenty ever of water, plenty to eat and plenty of the folks to take charge of the "water" (lib- and "eats." usly Mr. and Mrs. lister Whiteside leave and 'n the morning for the mountains, iblc They expect to visit several resorts. !l moil IT Ihoin stfllll.ln M,..,. ...... I >rn- Henderson viile. They will make the 1.45. trip in their car. Mis. I). B. Belts of llock Kill, has l?een visiting her sister, Mrs. Ia'Stcr Whiteside. Mr. It. T. Castles has received inl>e formation that his son. Sergt. Guy 4111, Castles has arrived overseas, day My. Claude Wilkinson of Hickory ->m- Grove, and Mr. Lcsstic Faulkner had was the misfortune to run their ears toand aether and damage them considerably. Both drivers escaped unhurt. People In this section, although hindered to a great extent by heavy the rains, have about finished with their re- crops. lay. There arc about twenty-live young at men in the training camps from this will community. Those of us at home f< el ter- sure that each one of them will do his bit nobly. bor SHARON SHAVINGS >oal hat Correspondence of The Yorkville Enquirer. y118 Sharon. August It.?It is the com243 mon testimony of all the country |0re round about that crop conditions have and never been better at this season. Corn the Jl8 good as cotton, and cotton Is as good as corn. People who have been accustomed to taking a cold drink at the fountain rhe w'hrn they felt like it are feeling the 'i wax time pinch on luxuries. Some."i" times there is Ice ami sometimes J there Is not. Most generally there is not. All the different syrups have I been exhausted except some substlnK tutes made of molasses, and with the exception of the bottled drinks, there is practically nothing to be had now tes, oxcept grapc Juice. That is in the soft drink line. The strong drink is noticeably on the Inzen crease. Signs are to be seen of it (jpg from time to time. The understandhas lni? ,M that there has never been more <3 moonshinlng than now. It Is a horri the l>lt? kind of stuff that the moonshln^ly ers are making; hut It sells at anyny where from $3 to $5 a quart. The people turned out splendidly in 5<j. response to Mr. J. S. Italney's call for a cleaning up of the cemetery recently and the work was thoroughly well ed. donethe ' 1 the SOUTH CAROLINA NEW8 ?Columbia State, Wednesday: No notice of a reprieve in the case of J. L. Hanahan, convicted some time ago ?ar of manslaughter and sentenced to serve Ave years, had been received In ian the city yesterday. The serving of try the sentence la due to begin today. K. ree C. Hardin, convicted of manslaughter w0 and sentenced to two years' itnprison>he ment. was granted - a reprieve of SO ian days by telegraphic communication !>re from Governor Manning in order ta- "that further Investigation might be In made." ?Greenville, August 14: Thomas Al -? ien, a wniie man, about 80 years old. was lodged In the county jail Tuesday night charged with having killed Bob ' J1 Sloan, a negro about 60 years of age. lta In the Marydell section of Saluda _ township, Tuesday morning about 11 o'clock. A shotgun was the weapon sc- used and the top of the negro's head us- was almost blown off. No reason can ith be assigned for the act. According A. to the details received here, Allen and to Sloan were conversing casually, when g"a suddenly Allen went Into his hous-n-_ and got his gun and returning used it ist with fatal results to the negro. Allen 'or was an inmate of the state hospital for the Insane up to about a year ago. fit?*