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L. Scraps and iarts. Atlanta, Ga, April 26: Revised schedules for local telephone rates were filed here late today with the State railroad commission, which it %' was said, if put Into effect, would give the telephone companies about a 13 per cent increase from telephone rates. Schedules for new rates were filed today, it was announced, in eight other southern states and in Indiana and IllinoM. The schedules for new rates were filed by the Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Company and by its associated line, the Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Company acting, it was announced, on orders of Postmaster General Burleson. New ' schedules, company officials said, filed today with State railroad commissions o*- similar bodies in North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida and . Alabama on behalf of the Southern Bell and in Mississippi. Louisiana, Tennessee, Indiana and Illinois on the behalf of the Cumberland Company: The new schedules are to De iuea mwi week In Kentucky, it was said. Only parts of Indiana and Illinois will be effected. The new rates effecting: solely local telephone sendee will work out to give a slight decrease in rate for many residence telephones and an Increase for rates of business telephones. Both unlimitea sen-Ice and limited sen-Ice lines will be effected. It was said at headquarters here of the Southern Bell that the petition for new rates would have been filed, whother or not the government had taken over operation of the telephone lines, it being held that increased income is necessary. The rates were filed, with the railroad commissions, it was sidd, more as information than anything else, the whole matter of the authority of the postmaster general to order increased rates being expected to be threshed out in court at a later date. Revised schedules, which would give the 18 per cent, in total operating Income in Georgia, it was said, were p-aetically the same as those filed in the other states, although the percentage of increase might be slightly different. The new rates are to be in effect May 1. The government proposes a literal , enforcement of the war time prohibition act, including a ban on production and sale ol all beers and wines, whether or not they are intoxicating the department of justice announce*! through a special representative in the federal court of New York last Wednesday. While no stepe will be taken to prevent brewing, pending a court determination of the laws constitutionality raised by brewers of the New York district, manufacturers will operate in peril of future" prosecution according to the statement of William C. Fitts, special councel appearing for attorney General Palmer in the beer litigation. The attorney advised Judge A. N. Hand, who heard arguments on the government's motion to !?. dismiss the' suit brought on behalf of national brewing interests by the Bk.' Jacob Hofmann Brewing Company to restrain the federal authorities from Interfering with its production of 2 3-4 per cent beer that the department of justice did not know and did not care whether beer of the strength indicated was Intoxicating. The law prohibited sale after June 30 of distilled beverages as well as manufacture after April 20 and sale after June 30 of "beer, wine and other intoxicating malt or vinous liquors for beverage purposes" pending the demobilization of the military forces, he said. The words "beer" and "wine" were not qualified, in the opinion of the government. he added, and the apparent congressional intention to stop the waste of grains and fruits in the production in any strength would be enforced. With "half the world looking to America for food." Mr. Fitts contended, "the necessity of its conservation was greater "even than on the day of Chateau Thierry" and it was equally " " 4 urtthh^id from wvs6niini intti uv( uvi o w ??...... __ public sales while the army and navy were undergoing demobilization. To this statement. Judge Hand added his opinion that the war was "still in progress" which upset one of the complainants' contentions. Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, assailed the administration of Postmaster General Burleson in a statement issued in New York last Saturday declaring that "he must walk the plank sooner or later." Mr. Gompers charged Postmaster General Burleson with carrying out "an archaic, autocratic policy in the oonduct of the postal, telephone and telegraph services of the United States" and said "he needs only a wider field and better opportunity to fit him for succession to some of the world's best known but unlamented ex-dictators." Mr. Gompers' statement follows: "The troubles of Postmaster General Burleson which in a recent statement he attributes to a plot or a conspiracy on the part of the American publishers are not due solely to any dispute there may have been between the postmaster general and the publishers to whom he refers. The most recent eramDle of Mr. Burleson's autocratic nature does not come as a surprise to those in the labor movement who have come in contact with his administration. Labor was long ago forced to the conclusion that Mr. Burleson was - . completely out of sympathy with the trend of American thought and was totally unable to comprehend what America meant when it declared war upon autocracy every where. Mr. Burleson needs only a wider field and ^ a better opportunity to fit him for succession to some of the world's best known but unlamented ex-dictators. The only difficulty in Mr. Burleson's way is that the world has reached the decision that it wants no more dictators. The United States postoftlce department is one of the very few places in the world not yet in accord with that decision. Long before the United States government took over the telegraph systems of the country Mr. ontAPpatio t rpat Huneson s c-viu a.nu ment became known to the workers engaged in the postal service. Naturally resentment has followed this course and this resentment has increased in volume exactly in proportion to the increased field over which Mr. Burleson rules. The workers in various branches of the postmaster general's department have come to understand the roughly that democracy and the postoffice department has nothing in common except that they exist under the same government. Time after time these employees have endeavored to secure the opportunity to bp heard by the postmaster general through their representatives for the purpose of presenting grievances or just causes for complaint They have sought to lay before him their complaints in order that they might have his consideration and in order that any adjustment might be brought about through the democratic procedure of negotiations. These pleadings for an opportunity to w- 1 1 hoon na vain as they ue ncaiu na*v vvv- . have been frequent. My own experience with the postmaster general has been of a similar nature. Acting for the workers I have had a number of conferences with him in which I have endeavored to induce him to grant the opportunity to his employees to be heard through their representatives. These efforts of my own have also been in vain. It has been rather a favorite pose with the postmaster general to appear as a high minded Derson. generous and sympathetic with his employees. Always, however, sympathy has been defined by him to mean that if any one of the employees had any thing' to present to him that employee might come and present the rase. Under any circumstances such a course would be unsatisfactory and intelligent employers nowhere attempt to deceive anyone with that ancient and long since adeo. Only the most reactionary and brutal employers still endeavor to deal with the workers as individuals. In the case of the post office department, however, where the employees are scattered throughout the United States, such an attitude as that assumed by the postmaster general becomes not only ridiculous and preposterous but constitutes an effront and an insult to the intelligence of the men and women in his department ftnd to the citizenship of the country as well. The portion taken by the secretaries of the war department, the navy department and various other government departments In dealing with the workers, the decloratlon of the war labor board approved by the president of the United States concerning bargaining have failed to make the slightest impression on the mind of the postmaster general and he has insisted upon a line of conduct as completely out of harmony with the balance of the government as it well could be. Mr. Burleson's troubles can not successfully be laid by him at the doors of those whom he may assume are his enemies for political purposes only because heir source is something deeper. Mr. Burleson's troubles arise from the fact that he has attempted with singular zeal to carry out an archaic, autocratic policy in the conduct of the postal, telegraph and telephone sendees of the United States. Any postmaster general who will follow the same policy will inevitably face the same public condemnation and eventually walk the same plank that Mr. Burleson must walk sooner or later." ilorluillr tfiuuircr Entered at the Postofflce at Tork as Mall Matter of the Second Class. # _ TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 1919. There does not seem to be a great deal of zeal about the raising of this last loan. What is the matter? When they were armed ve treated them rough, and now that they are not armed we must treat them right. Might does not make right, but right is might. If right were not might, then how could might be right? In the light of the heroic courage and sacrifice of American soldiers at Chateau Thierry, St. Mihiel and the Argonne, Mr. wiison s siana ror rism, truth and justice at Paris loses none of its grandeur. The soldier who deserves the greatest credit in this war is the enlisted soldier without a commission. As to whether or not he wanted to go, does not matter. He had to go; but his conduct after he went was up to him. If he had not chosen to do hi3 duty, there would have been a mighty poor way of making him. In character, manhood and fitness he averages up to tfcose who held commissions and more than once when his officers fell down be showed them how to lead, how to do. and how to die. Now that it is' all over, he will show that he is nobody's fool. As to whether or not the Germans are going to sign that treaty is a matter of more or less doubt. That they do not want to sign it is quite certain. The French did not want to sign in 1870. The French thought they could n Ai nn If Vx H Vx/'x*' noir 1# Vl Q nor. IIVl ytx V , VUV HICJ U1U y ' A. W * * V VI V? their territory will be occupied, and mans do not sign, more and more of the blockade will be contiruea. The Germans have taken millions from France and Belgium billions in fact and France and Belgium must have their treasures restored. If those treasures are not returned directly and by indemnity, of course the French and Belgians will find other ways of getting them back. But as to what is going to be the outcome of it all, we can only wait and see. t + There is no doubt about it that England and France promised to give Italy everything she asked for to go into the war. Italy was in reality bound to fiprmnnv and Austria, and it was nee essary for England and France to bid high for support which involved something which looked very much like a breach of faith. But America was not a party to the bargain, and owed Italy nothing. That is not all. The armistice was agreed to on the basis of the fourteen points. The fourteen points included repudiation of secret treaties and guaranteed self-determination. Italy signed the armistice, and In doing so she waived any advantage that she might have claimed under the secret treaty of London. But that is not all. Except for the fact that the United States came in, it would have been ~ ?un TU/n/1 vjci iucliij nimcau ui 111c i.uucu oiaii-b which would have written the peace terms. So Italy has no grievance. Ami England and France have good reason to be thankful that the United States had the courage and the manhood to stand for the right thing. Civil Service. In full knowledge of all the penalties that apply to the charge of political heresy, we want to say that we take no stock in the alleged merit and efficiency standard of selecting government employes. The civil service, as we see it, is simply a fraud. Instead of making for democratic efficiency it makes for autocratic indifference. Ori this subject we do not hesitate to admit that we are reactionary. Take any department of the government you please, and you will have to admit that its efficiency cannot exceed the efficiency of its directing head. The formation of ironclad rules that will successfully govern any business under any and all circumstances is absolutely impossible. The idea of a directing head of anybusiness being unable to compel obedience to his own initiative in a critical situation not provided by the rules, is absurd. The public official who is responsible only to himself and not to the public cannot be a satisfactory public servant. We have never believed and do not believe that the civil service itself has ever lived or is living squarely up to the civil service creed. We believe that the party which controls the appointment of the civil service commission controls the selections of that body. We believe that civil service is used as a kind of a camouflage, under which political appointments are made for political purposes. We do not believe that the public interest is subserved as well under this kind of political camouflage as it was under a system that made the appointing power responsible for the conduct and efficiency of the appointee. Even if we had no suspicion as to the integrity of the civil service system, we would not have as much confidence in its efficiency, as we would have in the efficiency of a system that makes all appointees r? sponsible to the public it serves. Say knowledge of the multiplication table is the qualification for a position, and where each of two applicants know the multiplication table, th< preference must be given to the om that can say it more different way: with the least hesitation, might it no be that the other applicant knows hun dreds of other things that are impor tant to the position to be filled mucl better than the applicant who wins th< selection? Yes, we believe this civil service bus iness is little better than a fraudulen kind of camouflage. There is a lot of inefficiency in th< government service these days, mucl more than there used to be, and ther is very good reason to believe tha much of it is more due to the civil ser vice camouflage than it 4s to straigh politics. DRAFT OF THE COVENANT. World Document as Revised Submit ted to Peace Conference. The revised covenant of the leagui of nations as -it was presented at Pari: Sunday to the peace conference in pie nary session yesterday made publii by the state department at Washing ton. Its essential features, including important amendments designed t< meet criticisms in the United Statei of the original draft, already had beei disclosed through an official summar; issued two weeks ago when tne re vis ion was completed. Attached to the text, however, is th< hitherto unpublished "annex" referre< to in the covenant, in which are namei the 31 states, including the self gov erning British dominions, which ari to be invited to accede to the cove nant. The original members are al the nations which declared war or Germany, and in addition the nev states of the Czecho- Slovakia and PO' land. Those invited to become mem bers by acceding to the covenant an the three Scandinavian countries, th< Netherlands, Switzerland, Spain am Persia and the American republics o Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay Salvador and Venezuela. Mexico was not represented in th< conference of neutrals at Paris and as was expected, does not appear in th< list. Provision is made in the cove' nant, however, for the admission t< the league of any fully self governinj country which will give required guar an tees, upon a two-thirds vote of th< assembly, composed of representative! of the member nations. As in the original document th< covenant provides that the league shal aqt through an assembly, in whicl each state shall have one vote and no more than three delegates and a council composed of one representativ< each of the five great powers and eacl of four other powers to be selectet from time to time by the assembly. Publication of the text discloses tha the official summary quoted verbatin the new article recignizing the Monroe doctrine. It provides that nothing in the covenant shall be deemed "t< affect the validity of international en gagements such as featies of arbitration or regional understandings lik< fnr Ufpurlntr thl Llic: IIIVIU VU UVVbl 4UV AV> WVVM....O ..... maintenance of peace." Changes suggested in criticisms ii the United States senate add provis ions for the withdrawal of a membei nation upon two years' notice aftei fulfillment of the league obligations exempt domestic questions from th< league's jurisdiction, provided tha mandatories over German colonies o: former Ottoman dominions shall b< given only to nations willing to accep them, leave it to member states to de cide what armed force, if any, it wil contribute to the force required by th< league to enforce its mandates, an< make it clear that member states in dividually will pass upon proposed lim itations upon their armaments. With modifications the new draf includes all the provisions for the sub mission to the council of internationa disputes, for inviting non-member na tions to accept the obligations of mem bers for the purpose of adjusting dis putes and for breaking economic .rela tions or the use of armed force ii dealing with a state which has brokei the covenant and thereby committei "an act of war against the league." Except in certain specified instances unanimous agreement is required fo all decisions. In the provisions fo the settlement of disputes, it is se forth that the votes be unanimous, ex cepting the representatives of the par Hoe tn tho rlionntA Geneva, Switzerland, is named aj the seat of the league, where the sec retary general will maintain head quarters and where the council and as sembly will meet at stated intervals unless some other place of meeting h designated. Treaty to be Ready Friday or Satur day. It was stated iA French circles Saturday night, that the peace confer ence would be ready to present th< peace treaty to the Germans Friday or Saturday of this week. The draft ing commmittee worked throughou the entire day while the merpbers o the council of three were taking ? respite from conference work. The French idea is that the text o the treaty is nearly completed. Th< military and naval sections have beet finished with the exception of thow pertaining to the Kiel Canal and somi secondary points. Aside from the disposition of Kiax Chau, which some of the delegates ar< confident will be settled tomorrow there remain to be settled conclu sively questions of the customs re gime in the Duchy of Luxembourg the disposition of the German cabli lines and the repatrition of Gcrmai prisoners of war. The report of thi special commission on the latter ques tion is expected tomorrow. It was sai< tonight that all the other problemi had been solved and drafted intothi articles of the treaty including th< control of the west bank of the Rhine The latest reports are that a secre plenary session will be held Thurs day or Friday evening for communl cation of the terms to the allies an< associated powers. Ready to Attempt Flight Across At lantic. The big naval seaplane NC-3 which completed a successful trial a the naval air station at Rockawa; Reach. V Y.. last Sunday, may "jumi off" any time now for Xewfoundlam on the first leg of its trip overseas according to a statement Sunday nigh by Commissioner John E. Towers, ii charge of the navy department's plai for a trans-Atlantic flight. Commander Towers asserted the ma chine was ready for the "hig hop," bu declined to say whether it would b held here until the XC-4 and NC-1 the other naval entries, are ready fo flight. It is said these planes will no be ready to take the air until the em of this week. Commander Towers made his state ment after he had talked with the pi lots who have taken the NC-3 up fo two short but satisfactory flights. Oi each trip the machine carried abou 28,000 pounds. While official announcement of offi cers and crews selected for the fligh was not expected until yesterday, won has been received from Washingtoi that Lieut. Walter K. Hinton and El mer K. Stone have been selected t< pilot two of the machines. Three of the F-5 type of plane whicl recently made good showings a Hampton Roads for both speed .am duration have arrived at Rockawa; Reach. It is believed that they wil convov the larger seaplane on the firs leir of the trio from here. Rock Hill School Bonds. Taxpayer of the Rock Hill school district oi Monday voted in favor of issuing school bonds in the sum of $75,000 t( provide funds for erecting additiona school buildings in the city. The vot< was 4S for and three against the hone issue. Many citizens of the distric who otherwise would have been qual fled to vote in the election were bar red from the polls because they couh not show their registration certificates and tax receipts. The mono; raised by the sale of the school bond: will probably be used "in building ar additional grammar school for white children and in constructing a public school building for negroes. The bond.' will be made payable to bearer, wil run not exceeding 20 years from date of issue and will bear interest at a rate not to exceed 5 per cent., payable annually or semi-annually. B LOCAl^ AFFAIRS, B * s NEW ADVERTISEMENTS * Mrs. Theodosia Wilson, Lowryville Will appreciate return and pay reward for return ol a lost black traveling bag. Lost April 31 between Yorkville and Clover. Arthur T. Hart and Others Give notice ol 1 meeting of stockholders of Mackorell-Han e company, to be held on May 27th, 1919. S. A. Mitchell, Sharon Has a young milk eov with first calf for sale. . Piedmont Tel. & Tel. Co. Wants operator foi Clover central, and also wants a relief .op t erator. P. W. Love Is prepared to do plowing anc harrowing for the public. i Star Theatre Offers a serial installment anc -j comedy today. Tom Mix in western dramj tomorrow. Billy Burke on Thursday, e W. F. Jackson Requests return of a package t of cigars lost from his wagon on Rock Hil road last Friday. Picked up by driver of t Ford runabout, t Farmers Hdw. & Supply Co. Offer a gooc dray horse and wagon for sale. A bargain York Supply Co. Suggests that you plant lesi acres and use more fertilizer. It has al sorts of fertilizers on hand. York Motor Car Co. Fords and Hupmobiles tires, tubes, oils, greases, gasoline, etc. York Hardware Co. Is waiting ready to sup ply your needs in every kind of glassware Sir* 11 a Manlina Annrinoa onrl oal/a 4Knf mm. J. not forget the Caloric heater. 2 Ferguson & Youngblood Askyou to insist or 9 the "mixed feed in the checkerboard sacks.' J. L. Houston, Probate Judge Gives notice * that Mary Martha McKnight has applied foi letters of administration on estate of Mrs R. H. C. McKnight, deceased. 3 W. B. Wilson, Jr., Chairman Publishes notice 3 of a bond election to be held in King1! 9 Mountain township on May 10th, on th( 1 question of voting $60,000 of road improvement bonds in said township. ' First National Bank, Sharon Asks you a verj pointed question in regard to what you ar< doing in the way of buying Victory loar 2 bonds. It tells you to buy bonds now. 1 Farmers Hardware & Supply Co. Is agent foi j Florence automatic. King Bee and Adelphii oil cooking stoves and suggests that you buj one for your wife. Get its price first. s Feinstein's Bargain House Is now showinf the May styles in Welworth and Wirthmoi 1 waists for ladies $2.50 and $1.50 each. 1 Kirkpatrick-Belk Co. Addresses itself espe j cially to men who want style and quality ai well as correct prices in the matter of foot' wear. It says it has what you want. i Early planted cotton suffered a se| vere setback by the cool spell of lasi Friday and Saturday. This was especially true of cotton that was just comJ ing up. Farmers with cotton in the ? sprouting stage are looking for pool " stands and considering the probabilltj > of having to replant. | The Victory Loon chairman in Edge; field county has "perfected an arrange* ment under which he is displaying a s German helmet at each bank, with the \ understanding that at the close of the l drive there will be a drawing, as the 1 result of which the helmets will be ^ distributed among those who draw the i lucky numbers, one helmet going froir 1 each bank to the subscriber drawing t the lucky number at that bank. l It is more or less common to hem " people referring to the prohibitior j question, express themselves like this: . "Don't you see that people just wil: - make it and sell it, and there is no us< I trying to stop them? Doesn't commor sense suggest that since they are going 1 to sell it anyway, it would be better tc " license the sale and get some revemu p out of it?" Among those who put th< i, matter this way, there may be some whc - are really convinced by their owr | questions; but if so, it is only a verj 2 superficial view that these people are capable of taking of quite a plain question. To be sure there are people wht will make and sell it as long as ther< is such large profit in it; but the big price itself is the best evidence tha' the number of people who are willing to make and sell it is smaller than ii has ever been. And that is not all The makers and sellers might increast in number a little; but they will no1 increase much. The fact that they ar< in such a minority and the fact tha' J they have few supporters, compaAk j tively speaking, is against them. The majority sentiment of the country i! ' now demanding that the liquor busily ness be wiped out entirely, and in this t matter the majority sentiment is go - ing to have its way. They are people " who think the making and selling o: s liquor offers very great attractions; bu - they are very shortsighted people. The " public is not going to put up witt them these days at it once did. 9 CIRCUIT COURT. A motion for a new trial was arguec . in the case of W. L. Hill & Co. vs. R 3 M. P. Robinson, and Judge Gary tool . the papers away with him, promising 2 to file his order later. In the case of the National Citj . Bank of Memphis against the Hughey> t Martin Drug company, involving alse f the Colhoun Drug company, as sucx cessor to the business of the defendant the court directed a verdict in favor 01 f the plaintiff. The issue in the case was ? mainly a question of equity. The Cali hound Drug company had purchased 3 the stock and good will of the Hugh ; ey-Martin Drug company. The National Park bank held notes againsi j the Hughey-Martin Drug company i and sought to hold the Calhoun Druj company for payment. The Calhoun Drug company sought to deny respon. sibility on the ground that it did no , know of the existence of the notes e that it has been told that there were \ no such outstanding claims. The judgi ment of the court places responsibilitj . on both concerns. j There was to have been anothei s short ease on Friday morning; but dee fendant was not ready and the case e was continued. The plan of the week's business had t contemplated the re-trial of the case ol . W. B. Wilson, Sr vs. the Southorr . railway, involving the ownership of s ] piece of property in the Southern railway yards at Rock Hill. At a previou: trial of this case last winter the Jurj fminrl tVint tV?r* nrnnhrtv hnlnnfftM ti * the plaintiff and also gave the defend ' ant damages. Judge Memmingei 1 granted a new trial. The first trial ol y the case consumed about three days P and it is not expected that it could b< ^ re-tried in less time. It was decider ' not to go into the case under condi1 tions of serious doubt as to whether i 1 could be concluded during the week and the matter was continued. Judge Gary went home Friday aft ernoon. t * CAUGHT IN THE ACT. r Sheriff Quinn, accompanied by Cont stables Johnson and Jones, and severa 3 people of the neighborhood, capturei a little pawpaw factory in a hollow - about two and a half miles southwesi - of Sharon, last Saturday night. r The location of the pawpaw factor} it was reported to Sheriff Quinn by Magt istrate J. L. Duncan. It seems that ? citizen of the neighborhood had rur - upon the place the day before while or t the hunt for crow's nests. Seeing a 1 smoke at an unlikely place this citizer had investigated further, and had seer - a negro named Sam Sanders, working p at the still. The citizen did not make himself known; but reported to Magis3 trate Duncan and Magistrate Duncar t reported to the sheriff. 1 Armed with exact information as t y the location of the spot, Sheriff Qu T I and party waited until well after nighl 1 and moved on the place. After reach ing the still they placed themselves i: n#l ii-n itiul nllll-tlV fflf ill WUUCCUilllCllb till VA tiuivv u ... 3 vclopments. t "A Friend," presently came a voir ? out of the darkness, and the outline o ~t a man looked up between the spots in 1 which Sheriff Quinn and Constable [> Johnson were waiting. 1 "And what do you want?" ask t Sheriff Quinn, as he put one hand < . the newcomer's head, while with tit . other he flashed an electric light in I 1 face. "I was er I was er I was er Jus , huntin* my cows," said a very much * frightened negro, in a somewhat lie? i itating manner. > "Likely place for cows, at this tim< * of night." observed the sheriff, dryly j "but you stay around here quietly s< I they wont run over you." After it began to appear that therr i would be no more cow hunters, p > party made a search of the surroundings, and found the dismantled stilling atflt. It consisted of a five-gallon lk can Inverted In a 100 pound lard can, with a tin bucket for a cap. Some of those present thought they could feel the warmth of a recent Are; but the sheriff was unable to confirm the notion. From the still the party went to the house of Sam Sanders, and put San under arrest. Sanders owned up with out trying to deny anything excethat he claimed that this was his first experiment In liquor making, a c that the sheriff did not believe to b< true. While Sanders was talking the sheriff flashed a light and disclosed th + ratlins' r\tt tho man's tao, I fCiafiianuu < " I | in great drops. I At the request of Sanders the partv t went with him to the house of Mr. J. L. Rainey, who signed a bond for hi: I appearance when wanted. I POULTRY CLUB PICNIC. There were nearly two hundred people at the Poultry Club picnic that was given at the Winthrop poultry farm ? last Saturday. It was a representative , gathering from all parts of the county and the day was both pleasant and ! profitable to everybody. Misses Minnie Garrison and Lillis Ashe, of the home demonstration department, were the promotors of the picnic. Their purpose of course was the common benefit to be derived from bringing the poultry fanciers of the county together in social contact at a place where they would all be in actual touch with the highest development of the most up-to-date methods in poultry raising. It is ibe. common verdict of those present that the day was worth while. The Winthrop poultry farm, In charge of Mr. N. G. Graham, is easily the largest in the county, and probably in the lead of anything of the kind in the state. They have 500 white Leghorn and 300 barred Plymouth RocK ^hna Alcr* nnmorniiQ hnntoat rtorh^ represetntng the pi.ck of all the fines breeds of most.of the poultry raiser: : throughout the state. Winthrop has chosen Leghorns and . Plymouth Rocks, not necessarily because the manager of the farm consC 1 ers those to be the best, but because 1 the management understands that it - cannot concentrate Its attention to advantage on each and every kind of chicken, and because, properly looked after, are probably as good as any oth er chicken to be had. The contest pens are furnished by leading private poultry raisers. A pen 1 consists of a cock and six hens. Under certain conditions, Mr. Graham i undertakes to take charge of and look after pens of chickens sent to the farm 1 from elsewhere. He houses, feeds an< i cares for the chickens. Keeps a record of their egg production, and fur, nishes certificates which show what the chickens are doing. The owner: of these chickens are able to use the . certificates thus furnished as evidence of the quality of their special strains. ' and a basis of comparison with other chickens. The poultry farm has quite a num, her of incubators, including an electric incubator with a capacity of 2,500 eggs. The electricity figures in the operation of fans that are used to pre i serve an even temperature, ana for , hatching on such a large scale the con? trivance is quite an. advantage. . ! The laying houses, feed houses, i brooder houses and the like have been , constructed after the most approved , methods. After visiting the poultry farm the ! Poultry club members and their friends enjoyed a picnic dinner at the Cherry , farm, spent quite a while in discussing the improvements that they had ! inspected and in exchanging experi' ences, and had a good time generally. Largely through the efforts of Miss, es Ashe and Garrison, there are more ' York county people giving careful in; telligent attention to poultry raising . than ever before, and there is every y reason to expect that this picnic will add not a little to the rapidly developing interest in the industry. t * ABOUT PEOPLE. ! Mr. W. E. Hall of Pensacola, Fla., is s visiting his son, Mr. E. A. Hall, in Yorkville. Mr. Nathan Feinstein of the Fein'' stein Bargain House, is a business vis itor to Greenville. Miss Margaret Finley of Winthrop r cuuege, spent me wten euu in vyiuiis, boro. , Miss Zula Stevenson, who has been 1 teaching at Union, is at her home in 1 Yorkville for the summer. Mrs. Marion W. Davis, of Savannah Ga., is visiting in Yorkville, the guest of the family of Mr. J. R. Ferguson. , Misses Elizabeth Gooding and Claire Kearse of Winthrop college, spent the ; week end with the family of Mr. W. D. ; Grist in Yorkville. ' -P. H. Ashe of the Q. M. C., U. S. navy, has received an honorable discharge and is now at his home in , Yorkville. Miss Rachjl Parks entertain* d about , fifty members of the Christian En' deavor society, at her home on York. ville No. 1, last Friday night. Rev. Howard D. Smith and wife, of Mission, Texas, are visiting his parents Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Smith, in the Beersheba neighborhood. Miss Violet Dobson, who has been spending several weeks with her sister, in rampuco, s. u.t Mrs. vv. n. rmsion. has returned to her home in Yorkville. Mrs. C. J. Youngblood, who has been undergoing treatment in a Spartanburg hospital, has returned to her home in Yorkville, Very much improved. Mr. Robert J. Smith, of Raleigh, N ' C., accompanied by Mrs. Smith, is vis iting the family of his father, Mr. J. F. A. Smith, in the Beersheba neigh borhood. The following Winthrop girls spent the week-end at their homes in Yorkville: Misses Sarah Jones, Margaret Marshall, Mary Alexander, Louise and r?auline Oatcs. Corporal Horace Bonner McGill of , the Q. M. C., U. S. A., has received an honorable discharge and is spending several days with relatives in York and Newberry counties before entering into business again. Lieut. Howard White of the U. S. ! navy, spent several days last week with his mother, Mrs. W. G. White, in Yorkville. Lieut. White is to start today on his fourth trip across the Atlantic. Rev. .1. L. Dates and Elder .J. M. St roup leave this morning to represent the Associate Reformed church of Yorkville at presbytery and synod, which convene in Charlotte this week, J presbytery today and synod tomorrow. Mr. Wnt. J. Jones, formerly of York county, and for many years owner and manager of Jones's mills, two miles south of Yorkvillc, was in Yorkville on last Friday on a business visit and met up with many old friends and acquaintances. Mr. Jones, since leaving York county, has been located at Calhoun Falls, where he conducts a general repair shop. ? WITHIN THE TOWN. The people vote tomorrow on the incorporation of the abutting property law in the town charter and on the question of issuing ?(10,000 bonds for paving the streets. ? Early panlcns suffered more or less damage from frost last Friday night. Snap beans and potatoes, and tomatoes wore Killed in some of the gardens. The killing, however, was not general. In some cases whole rows of beans and potatoes would be killed, ami in other easts only an oeeasional plant was blasted. Some gardens escaped entirely, lee was plentiful. ? A bunch of four Winthrop girls scouts, accompanied by Miss Louise Wilson, came over to Yorkville last Saturday on n "hike," leaving Winthrop at S.30 and arriving at the courthouse at 12.30. They went to the Shan/don hotel for dinner, and put in the day walking about the town, taking pictures and having a pleasant nine Kciieraii.v. i in- |i,u i\ h ujrm u iu < Winthrop on the !>. 1 r? train, thorouphly pleased with the "hike," the day in town, and promising to eome a pa in." ? Why is not somethinp done with i the Rose old hotel? There is a pi-eat pile, in fairly pood condition, repre- ' sentinp many thousands of dollars of < invested capital, and idle for years and years. There are many towns in the state, much larger than Torkvllle, that would he proud to own such a building, and if they had It, they would certainly make use of it. There is al- ' most as much to it as there is to the Carolina hotel in Rock Hill. Built originally before the Civil war, and conducted as a hotel with fairly good success; but since then vacant more than it has been occupied, It is indeed a strange problem. The building ought to be put into profitable use. After having assisted Rev. B. H. Waugh, the pastor, in a series of meetings at the Charlotte Street Baptist church, during the past week. Rev. J.: Dean Crain, who did the preaching, left yesterday morning for Gaffney to preach for a week in the Cherokee Avenue Baptist church of that town. The services at the Charlotte Street Baptist church have been well attended, and much interest has been manifested. After the Sunday night service, Rev. B. H. Waugh baptized seven candidates, two of these having been received previous to the opening of the meeting just closed. Altogether there were nine additions to the church during the meeting. The earliest houses of Yorkville, has been given as the subject of papers to be handed in by the members of the seventh grade of the Yorkville Graded school. Among the oldest houses In Yorkville at the present time, first, the house now occupied by Mr. R. D. Alexander, next to the Rose hotel, on South Congress street. The oldest brick houses are the "Old Jail," opposite the courthouse, the Latta and McCaw buildings, and the main body of the B. N. Moore residence on North Congress street. The house occupied by J. E. Lowry, on South Congress street, is nearly one hundred years old, and the house occupied by G. H. Sherer, next door, is somewhere near the same age. The residence of Mrs. Drakeford, main building, dates back to about 1830, possibly a few years earlier, and the Miss Sallie Adickes house on East Liberty street, is somewhere near the same age. The first house built in Yorkville was located Just within the present corporate limits on King's Mountain street. It was erected in 1774 by a trader named David Dixon. It disappeared before the Civil war. So far as this writer has information,. there is not how in the town a house or building of any kind that was erected previous to the year 1800. Information to the contrary, however, might be developed in some of the papers submitted on the subject. HERE AND THERE The rublication of the story that Mrs. "A. B." of the Piedmont springs section smashed up a still by which she was being annoyed, brings out another ir cident of the same kind. Sheriff Quinn told the writer last Saturday that not long ago he heard a story like this: "While working out on their plantation in Cherokee county, two ladies, mother and daughter, saw a suspicious smoke arising from the woods on a branch some distance from their home. They went to the spot irom wnicn ine smoKe was rising ana saw some men working at a still. The men ran away. The mother left her daughter to watch the situation while she went back to the house and telephoned Sheriff Thomas. The sheriff came on the scene without delay, and lost no time in breaking up the still, and the ladies did not fail to give him the names of the men who had been operating the still. In a letter, dated at La Pallice, France, April 9, and addressed to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Grist, Corporal Lewis M. Grist of Motor Truck Company 520, says that his vacation at Luchon was spoiled by a bad cold, accompanied by considerable fever, that kept him in the hospital for a week. "I went to the doctor," writes the young soldier, "to get a headache tablet; but instead of giving me the tablet he sent me to the hospital, and naturally I felt very much disappointed to have my vacation interferred with in any such manner, for I wanted to get all there was .to the outing, and I was not right sure that I was in neeof physic. But it turned out about right.' I had considerable fever and a pretty rough time for about four days. But it was not nearly so bad as It might have been. It was a French hospital in which American soldiers were also treated, and at one time it was taking care of 5,000 patients. There o rn nnlv o fmv hunrlroH nnw InnlnHinf perhaps a dozen Americans. And there were two American nurses who were just as good to us as anybody could wish. In fact they gave us well-nigh everything we asked for, and did it in a way that made us feel that they were glad to be of service. I am glad of th( time spent in this hospital, because now I feel that I have probably escaped more serious illness. I left here to be gone seven days, and I was gone fourteen days. And another pleasant incident occurred. I met up with Leon Plaxco of Yorkville, the first pre-wai acquaintance I have run upon since leaving the United States. If you < believe both of us enjoyed the meet ing, ask Leon." The idea of preparing individual narratives and testimonies of the war while the subject is still fresh in tin minds of those who participated in it is not new. It has occurred to many of the older people who, by past experience and observation, have been impressed with the importance of such work. But the puzzle is how best to accomplish this work. There have been suggestions of the erection of especial memorial buildings in which to store and preserve such records. That suggestion is good, if it can be carried out; but the question is, can it be car ried out? Honestly, there is but small hope in that direction; but the absence of such a building need not interfere with the plan, because if there is a will to prepare these records, the work can be accomplished as satisfactorily and as thoroughly without a building as with one. It occurs to u that the best way to handle the task is through the public scnoois. mere are few families in which there wert no soldiers and.still fewer families which there are no school chlldrer Every soldier who was drafted for the war is represented by a child at school if not by a brother or a sister, tl certainly by a niece, nephew or cousin If there is any better means of mind training than in the writing of historical narratives like those here involved the nature of it does not occur to i< The war experience of a brother, uncle or cousin ought to appeal to every child as a most interesting subject, and if every school will take the matter up, it will be a comparatively c;t matter to compile a complete record of every soldier. Now we have the idea. Why put it off? LOCAL LACONICS Fire at IJlacksburg. The home of Mr. W. A. Blaleck of Blacksburg, was destroyed by fire last , Friday. The loss was in the neighbor- | hood of $3,000, partially covered by < insurance. i Frost in the Mountains. Mr. J. R. Cannon and Dr. A. Y. Cart- 1 wright, of Yorkville, made a trip to ' Blowing Rock, N. C., last Friday, and they report that the cold up there was very severe. The thermometer registered 22 degrees and bursted water pipes were common in the unoccupied summer cottages. Bethel Presbytery. , Bethel presbytery, which held its | spring meeting in Chester last week. ? adjourned to hold its next session J Liberty Hill, in Lancaster county, in , Set ti mber. The following were elect- i ed as commissioners to the general as- j sembly, which meets in New Orleans in May: Rev. Hugh R. Murchison of j Lancaster and Rev. D. M. Douglas of ] Clinton* F'der T. D. Green of Lancas- , t r. and Hlder W. A. Douglas of Rock Hill. Rally at Kings Mountain Chapel. There was an all day rally at Kings " Mountain Chapel, four miles north of Yorkville, last Sunday. It was largely r attended by members of the congrega- "! t ion and by people irom many mu? o around, especially in the afternoon, r The rally was in connection with the c Centenary drive that is being made by \ the Methodist Episcopal church for c the raising' of a $32,000,000 fund for J various purposes of the church. The I speakers were Rev. C. C. Herbert and \ Messrs. J. R. Dye and L. E. Brown of d Chester, and Hon. Geo. W. Wilson of r Sastonia, X. C. A feature of the rally I was excellent singing by a large choir, led by Mr. W. M. Stowe. Close to the End. Elsewhere today is recorded the death of Mrs. W. O. Toungblood, of the Clay Hill neighborhood. She and her husband have been critically 111 for some time. News went out last Saturday that Mr. Toungblood was dead. Later came the report that he had rallied, and on Sunday it was announced that Mrs. Toungblood had passed away. That was correct. Mr. Toungblood Is now about as low as he can be to be alive. It is not expected that he can live more than a few days; but if he Is not already dead when this appears, he may yet rally. Victory Loan Drive. The people of Rock Hill and vicinity, Mr. C. L. Cobb, chairman, have alfooHif rolaeH nhnnt tfiOrtOOO of their apportionment of 1593,000 In the Victory loan drive Fifth Liberty loan; but the drive in the central, northern and western parts of the county, Mr. B. N. Moore, chairman, has not yet been gotten fairly under way; but it la not to go by default. Clover reports only about $6,000 so far. Hickory Grove has about $2,000. Sharon has a few small subscriptions, but "nothing worth reporting yet," according to information from there yesterday afternoon. Hickory Grove is arranging for a rally, and Sharon expects to show up as usual. The Loan and "Savings bank and the First National bank have applications for about $10,000 worth of bonds each, and the Peoples Bank and Trust company has so far taken applications for about $20,000 worth of bonds. Lesslie school district in Catawba township, has the credit of being the first school district of the county to "go over the top,'" having already subscribed $21,000. The ladles committees have been canvassing the town of Yorkville, and have been getting some subscriptions; but are not yet prepared to report. BURLESON vs. GOMPERS. Postmaster General Makes Reply to Labor Leader. Postmaster General Burleson, in o statement Sunday night, defended his administration of the postofflce department and his policy In* operating governmental controlled telephone and telegraph systems against charges made Saturday by Samuel Gompers, president of the 'American Federation ol Labor, that the postmaster general was carrying out "an archaic, autocratic policy" In the conduct of the Postal Teleghaph Company and the telephone sendee and "was completely out of sympathy with the trend of American thought." Mr. Burleson, in his statement, continued his criticism of what he termed "certain selfish publishers." The postmaster general said the value and Importance of the service rendered by Mr. Samuel Gompers during the recent war "was surpassed by few men in America," and that the labor official "is entitled to our grateful appreciation for this service, but this does not imply that there should be an acceptance of his views on all other issues." "As the postmaster general sees It," said Mr. Burleson in reply to the attack made by Mr. Gompers on his labor policy, "it is little short of silly to talk about collective bargaining with an executive officer bv civil service employees under his administration. The salary and.wages to be paid such employees, the hours of labor and working conditions are fixed by the executive branch, and it is for the executive head of a department to strictly follow the law in respect thereto. That the legislative branch can be relied upon to act generously is shown by the postal establishment in which within two years increases have been granted aggregating more than $40,000,000 annually. "The attitude of the postmater general toward organization of government employees and their affiliation with outside organizations having the strike as a means of redressing grievances has long been known, has been fully set forth in his annual reports and notwithstanding the fact that the postmaster general has been denounced by the American Federation of Labor in national convention, his views on this subject have undergone no change. "In the matter of telephone and telegraph employees, they are at pres ent working for the government and the postmaster general insists that a strike on their part is not permissible and he will nev.er concede that it is. . Mr. Burleson said he had strictly observed the rules and policies laid down by the war labor board for telegraph employees before the wires were taken over by the government, and added: "Frankness requires the foregoing statement by the postmaster general, but he again declares that if he can prevent it this labor question shall not be used by certain selfish publishers to obscure the real issue. The postmaster general insists that the issue now is. Shall these certain selfish publishers who have been bloodsucking the postal establishment for years to the extent of $72,000,000 annually be fully restored to this privilege, having been checked off by congressional action of only one-third jot their 'pay.' The postmaster general says no." MERE-MENTION Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, was badly injured in New York last Sunday afternoon when a taxicab in which he was rld|ng was struck by a street car. Three ribs were broken and his hip was injured. Although he Is 69 years of age it is not thought that his injuries will prove fatal With the exception of a few detached companies, the Rainbow division has arrived in New York Secretary Baker, who has been in France and England, for several weeks, sailed from Brest last Sunday on the George Washington, on his return home. Cancellation of contracts made during the war for construction of two million tons of steel ships has been announced by the shipping board, which is preparing to close government work in many shipyards through out the country. This brings total cancellations since the signing of the armistice to four million tons. In the brief announcement issued from the office of Chairman Hurley no reference was made to the actual number of contracts involved or to the yards affected by the cancellation order. It was explained, however, that action at mis time would not come as a surprise to ship builders, as notice was served on them months ago of the hoard's new policy, the chief feature of which was the elimination of buildins plans for all ships under 12,000 Ions. At the end of March about 300 ships for the board had been launched but not delivered. These ships represented a tonnage of about 1,800,000. On the same date, keels had been laid for some 500 ships aggregating 3.000,)00 tons. Special Uotircs. Bcth-Shiloh, Allison Creek, Bowling Green. Work day at Beth-Shlloh church on rhursday of this week, in order to put he building, grounds and cemetery in shape for the spring meeting, which begins on Friday morning. Service twice laily through Sunday 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. All who can, come and bring :ools, implements and lunch. Something of the same programme s arranged for Bowling Green the folowing week, and Allison Creek two veeks later. Pastor. OBITUARY A x 1 T_T ill UUSLF Al ner iiuii1c in iiic v?aj a*?ji leighborhood, on April 27, Mrs. W. O. fOUNGBLOOD, in the 81st year of her ige. The deceased was, before her mariage to Mr. Youngblood, the widow >f the late Reuben Dulin. She is survived by two brothers, Mr. L. L. Smith if the Beersheba heighborhood and dr. A. L. Smith of Little Rock, Ark. ler husband, Mr. W. O. Youngblood, vas still living at the time of her leath; but was expected to die at alnost any hour. The Interment was at leth-Shiloh. She (Cotton Jflarhtf. Monday, April 28, 1919. Sharon ? Clover 28 Filbert 28 Bowling1 Green 28 Yorkvllle 28 NOTICE OF ELECTION. 1 In King's Mountain Township, on the Question of Issuing Bonds to the Amount of flirt* rv^n v A^vn 1IW> for the Improvement of Roads in Said Township. x STATE OF SOUTH CAROUNA, County of York. YX^HEREAS, under the provisions of ~~ an Act of the General Assembly of this State, entitled "An Act to Enable Townships In York County to Issue Bonds for Roads,' approved March 11th, i 1919, Petitions purporting: to be signed i by one-third of the resident freehold electors of Kings Mountain Township were'presented to the County Board of : Commissioners of said County, praying that an election be ordered in said Township for the purpose of voting on the question of issuing Sixty Thousand > Dollars in either Serial or Coupon Bonds, for the purpose of improving the roads of said Township, and alleg' ing that said sum of Sixty Thousand Dollars did not exceed eight per centum of the assessed taxable property of ' said Kings Mountain Township; and, Whereas, upon thorough examination into the fact the County Board of ' Commissioners of York County, South ' Carolina, at their regular session on i the 9th day of April, 1919, passed the following Order and Resolution, to wit: "Offloe of County Commissioners, York County, South Carolina. April 9th, 1919. Petitions having this day been presented to the County Board of Commissioners of York County, purporting to be signed by one third of the qualified, resident, free-hold electors of King's Mountain Township, in said County and State, and the Detltlon containing: the affidavit of the Supervisors of Registration of York County to the effect that, if the signatures were genuine, the petition contained more than one third of the Qualified resident electors of said King's Moun- , / i tain Township, and the petition containing the affidavits of responsible > citizens to the effect that said signa' tures were genuine, and the County Auditor of York County, South Carolina, having certified that said petl- ' tioners were resident free-holders of said Township, and that Sixty Thousand Dollars does not exceed eight per centum of the assessed taxable property in the said Township, the county Board of Commissioners of York County, South Carolina, find that the said petition does contain one third of the qualified resident free-holders of said King's Mountain Township, and said petition praying for an election on issuing serial or coupon bonds for the construction of public highways in said Township, under the provision of an act entitled, "An act to Enable Townships In York County to Issue Bonds for Roads," approved March 11th, 1919, to the amount of Sixty Thousand (160,000.00) Dollars, which said sum does not exceed eight per centum of the assessed taxable property of said Township. The said County Board of Commissioners do hereby order an election to be held, in said Township at the prenlnnta Kw low viuvvo u iuvu wj mvv, cuiu uuuvi uiv laws governing the holding of general elections in the State, under the provisions of said Act, above referred to, on the 10th day of May, A. D. 1919, the said election to be conducted by managers appointed by the State and County Commissioners of Election for York County, South Carolina. THOS. W, BOYD, Supervisor, JOHN C. K1RKPATRICK, Commissioner, L. Mf LUMPKIN, V " ** Commissioner, Constituting County Board el? Coma~ < miseloners of York County, S. C. Now, therefore, Notice is hereby given that a special election will be held at the voting Precincts prescribed by law in King's Mountain Township, in the County and State aforesaid, on Saturday, May 10th, 1919, for the purpose of determining whether said King's Mountain Township will issue Sixty Thousand Dollars worth of Coupon or Serial Bonds for the purpose of road improvement in said Town" ship. Only qualified resident electors of said Township can vote in said election, and the Managers of election shall require of every Elector offering to vote In said election, before allowing him to vote, the production of his Registration Certifies*." and proof of the payment of all tax a assessed uKuiuai mill uxiu cuuavuuie uuniig uie year 1918. The production of Certificate or the receipt of the Officer authorized to collect such taxds shall be conclusive preof of the payment thereof. Thtf ballot used by Electors on this occasion shall be of plain white paper, clear and even cut, without ornament, designation, mutilation, symbol or mark of any kind whatsoever, except the words hereinafter prescribed, and shall be so folded as to conceal the contents thereof, and so folded shall be deposited in the ballot box furnished the Managers of Election for this purpose. On the one ballot shall be printed: "For permanent Road Bonds Yes." On the other: "For permanent Road Bonds No." - . Electors in favor of said Bond issue will vote the first described ballot. Electors opposed to said Bond issue , will vote the second .described ballot. Before the hour fixed for. opening the Polls, Managers and Clerks must take and subscribe to the Constitutional oath. The Chairman of the Board of Managers can administer the oath /* Vinw mamKasd Ofl/i tho Plorlf IU IIIC 1/llICl I11V1I1I/V1 Of MMV* VV VMV waw-n* A Notary Public, must administer the oath to the Chairman. The Managers at each'precinct elect their own Chairman and Clerk. Before permitting any elector to deposit his ballot in the ballot box, in addition to requiring q?uch elector to produce his Registration Certificate and to furnish proof that he has paid all taxes assessed against him the previous year, the Managers will administer an oath to such an elector to the effect that he is qualified to vote in this election according to the Constitution and laws of this State, and ^ has not voted before in this election. ^ arfd they shall further require the said Elector to satisfy them that he is a resident of King's Mountain Township, in said County and State. Polls at each voting place must be opened at seven o'clock A. M., and closed at four o'clock P. M. TVio rrro no crora have the nower tO fill a vacancy, and if none of the Managers attend, the citizens can appoint from among the qualified resident electors the managers, who, after being sworn, can conduct the election. At the close of the. election, the Managers and Clerk must proceed publicly to open ballot boxes and count the ballots therein, and continue without adjournmept until the same is completed, and'make a written statement of the result, and sign same. Within three days thereafter, the Chairman of the Board of Managers ^ or some one designated by the Board, m must delKer to the undersigned Commissioners of Election the poll list the box containing the ballots and a written statement of the result of the election. 'The following Managers of-Election have been appointed to conduct this special election at the various precincts in King's Mountain Township, to wit: Bethany: Jno. W. Pursley, T, E. McMackin, and S. C. Pursley. Clover: F. . H. Jackson, Thad. P. Clinton and R. A. Jackson. Filbert: W. L. Pursley, W. E. Land. on/I I T. Tomnlotnn New Zion: W. N. Bigger, A. C. / White, and W. J. McCarter. Mr. Jno. E. Carroll is Clerk of the Board, and the Managers will get their boxes, tickets and blanks from him at his office in the Court House on or before Noon of Friday. May 9th, prox. W. B. WILSON, Jr. ^ Chairman. W. P. BOYD, J. D. SMITH, Commissioners of State and County Elections for York County, S. C.