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JSctaps and Jacts. S ? ?- F " ? Secretary Glass announced last g Monday that approximately 12,000,000 P persons bought Victory loan bonds, 1 and that the subscriptions to the loan ^ amounted to $5,249,908,300. One- third of the entire loan was taken by r the New York Federal Reserve Bank district, whose quota was $1,350,000,- [1 000. The subscriptions from the New ' York district aggregated $1,762,684,900, h an over-subscription of $412,684,900, or N 30.57 per cent., and nearly as great as the total subscription in tne liosxon i e and In the Philadelphia districts. ( Nearly 60 per cent., of the loan, or I $2,663,754,850, was taken by those who { subscribed for not in excess of $10,000 each. ? The printing: train which the Germans brought to Versailles and in which they had been putting: into type running through the presses and binding into pharaphlet form, their count- { er proposals to the peace treaty terms i \ comprises 12 cars. One of these is a j sleeping car, another a passenger car- f riage, arranged half for first class and J half for second class; a flat car loaded with coal, eight cars with printing and other typographical apparatus _ and one empty car. Steam engdne 1 and dynamore on the train provide electricity for lighting the cars and power for operating the printing machinery. The printing press is of the flat bed type, operated by electricity. 1 Lithographic apparatus forms a part g of the equipment, as does a photographic laboratory, including projection apparatus and a work shop. By special contrivance the operation of a the printing machinery is possible even while the train is in rapid motion. 1 The printing train is under the direct- t ion of Her von Over, a map making specialist, attached tq the German ? WU .14 army, who has is men unuer 1119 U*- | rectlon. t ? Regarding the appointment of Con gressman E. Y. Webb, of the ninth t district, to the United States district c court, a special dispatch from Greensboro, the home of Judge Jamas E. e Boyd, says: President Wilson will not appoint Congressman Yates Webb to succeed Judge James E. Boyd, of the United States district court, within * the near future, according to informa- e tlon from a reliable source. Under the p law the president must be convinced that a judge is physically or mentally b unfit to perform his duties before he p can name a successor. Judge Boyd appears to be about the healthiest looking speciman around Greensboro, and if looks count for anything he is o in the pink of condition. Should Judge p Boyd decide to retire, or should his health fail, President Wilson will im- s mediately name the Shelby congress- d man to succeed him. It is known that ti the president has finally made up his ^ mind to this effect, and has told North Carolina congressmen that Webb is his choice for this high judical honor. Webb is the only democrat in North Carolina who can be confirmed by the present republican senate which holds t< the majority vote. Webb has always w been popular in Washington, both with jj republicans and with his democratic associates. It is learned from repub- 11 licans of high rank that Webb will k 1? nmvided the Dresident f, does not try to displace Judge Boyd solely upon political -grounds. In such an eventuality there would be strong opposition to his confirmation. g ? Thirteen former soldiers took the f( witness stand to testify for Henry Ford in his $1,000,000 libel suit against l< the Chicago Daily Tribune in Judge w Tucker's court at Mount Clemens, t] Michigan Wednesday. Their testi- .. mony was all of the same general effect in refutation of charges made in w the body of the alleged libelous editorial headed "Ford is an Anarchist," The editorial stated that Ford would not pay his employees who went with r the National Guard to the Mexican o border; would not care for their fam- tl ilies, nor would hold their positions open for them until they return- ' ed. The plantiff admits that he did t! not pay salaries of his men while ab- v sent, but denies that he deserted their dependents and asserts that the posi- 0 tions of guardsmen were held open just ii as positions were held for any other 0 employees who left the factory for causes beyond their control. Those who testified today all had been in 11 Mr. Ford's employ when the National E Guard was mobilized in 1916; all a joined the colors and all testified that they were placed in their old positions s: or better ones without discrimina- tl tion when they returned. According e to Walter P. Johnson, one of the witnesses, Mr. Ford sent an emissary to look up Ford employees in the National Guard to reassure them that p the editorial statement that their jobs ' A 1 ... C would not oe neia ior mem untrue. Direct examination of each one t! included a question whether the wit- g nesses had expected to be paid while D away and the replies were invariably ^ in the negative. Most of the witnesses were without dependents, according to e the testimony. 0 ? Lisbon. May 27: The achievement ? of the first trans-Atlantic air flight, with Lisbon as the first European d stopping place has aroused theen thus- c iasm of the Portuguese as no event t] has stirred them for many years. . When the American seaplane. NC-4, came over the Tagus River this even- c ing the populace, crowding all places b of vantage, gave full expression to this enthusiasm by cheers of welcome to which was added the bombing of guns 13 and ringing of bells. For days the people of Lisbon had been awaiting the completion of this monentous voyage and. thoueh disappointed from day to day because of the inability of s Commander Read's craft to continue t its flight from the Azores because of a unfavorable weather condition, yet . each day they looked hopefully toward 0 the west. Now they are able to say >' that they never doubted that NC-4 t would wing its way safely across the in- . tervening 800 miles of water. Early in the day word was flashed that the e NC-4 had started and at intervals p there were bulletins of the progress c made. The whole city was en-fete and . during the later hours of the day vir- 1 tually all business was abandoned by r those who crowded every where to r witness the arrival. Guided by skillful hands the American plane, which had covered the distance between the c protecting destroyers along the route t with the clocklike regularity, swept t in over Lisbon and settled down gracefully near the cruiser Rochester. r It was not forgotten by many of t those who witnessed the triumph of the American commander that another man, equally stouthearted, the Australian. Hawker, was being welcomed in England on his return from \ a wonderful trans-Atlantic flight, more spectacular but not so successful in its ending and there was praise for t both. i ? London, May 26: This promises n to be a critical week in the relations v between organized labor and the government. The "Triple Alliance" of run Wit > men, tvai luiucia, u.lu port workers, a million and a half of g men, has prepared an ultimatum to the government and has been defied by Andrew Bonar Law. The unions " demand immediate abolition of con- \ scription, withdrawal of all troops a from Russia, immediate lifting of the blockade against Germany, release of 1 all conscientious objectors now in a prison, and raising exemption from t income tax to $1,200. The demand is . accompanied by a poorly veiled threat to call a general strike to enforce it. t As leader ?f the House of Commons, c Mr. Bonar Law has declared that the ^ request cannot be granted, and that the government will use all powers of the State if an attempt is made to challenge its authority by force. The executive committee of the Triple Alliance is meeting today to consider " what steps are to be taken, and a call a for a general strike within the next 0 feu.- weeks is not improbable. That the government considers the situa- v tion as unusually serious Is shown hv e the fact that Sir Robert Home, Minister of Labor, has flown over to Paris to discuss it with Lloyd George. The danger is made more real and immed- ' late by the action of the National s Union of Police, covering the whole of England. Ireland. Scotland, and Wales. A secret ballot, entirely with- w out the knowledge of the government si has been taken, as a result of which it the police all over the United King- ^ dom will go on strike June 2. unless meanwhile the government grants the n demands of the police union. The po- b lice demand recognition of their union, immediate increase in wages?which are now really shamefully low?and fr ?instatement of certain discharged onstables. The police ultimatum will e presented to the government on riday. To make its threat more danerous, the police union has secured a romise of the executive Committee of he Triple Alliance to support it in rhatever steps it may decide to take, le&nwhile the more radical and even evolutionary elements continue their .gitation. At a large open-air meeting eld Sunday afternoon in Trafalgar Square, Tom Mann and Sylvia Pankurst openly advocated immediate reolution. The \UnknUr (fnqumt Intered at the Postofflce at York as Man Matter of the 8ecoad Class. FRIDAY, MAY 30, 1919. Hawker beat Road across, even if le did have to go part of the way by teamer. Information yesterday was that an igreement had been reached between he Allies and Italy on the Fiumequeslon. Suppose it had been possible to hrow a real good scare into the farmrs last winter as to the price of coton, would the sharpers on the exhanges and elsewhere not have rcapd a rich harvest? This is a time for economy and hrift. The people who use the greatst diligence in saving now are the eople who will derive the greatest enefit from the present season of rosperity. But by the way, cotton is not the nly crop that is going to bring a good rice this fall. All kinds of food are oing to sell high and the man who oes not produce food enough is going a have to pay for it with what he oes produce. The main reason why York county rill not spend a million dollars for au^mobiles during the next few months ill be because the cars cannot be devered fast enough. It would be much lore profitable to the peeple if a irger part of the money would go for irm tractors. The main reason why farmers are etting thirty cents a pound and better >r their cotton Is because they held on 5 it. It has been evident for quite a rhile that somebody was going to get flirty cents or very much more; but : was not so certain that the farmer rould be that somebody. It is the good fortune of The Enquler today to be able to reproduce anther one of those very interesting leters from Col. John W. McConnell, .'ho has been in the medical service of he army since the beginning of the . ar. Each of Col. McConnell's previus letters have been among the most iteresting that we have seen from the ther side during the war and this one anira with the best of them. In be ig permitted to print these letters The Inquirer has enjoyed a rare privilege, nd Colonel McConneA may feel asored that his fine courtesy in conneclon with the matter is duly appreciatd by all concerned. It is difficult to think of a more imortant study to which this generation an devote itself than the problem of he direction in which to devote eneries that will contribute most to the eace, happiness and prosperity of all he people. If in the history of human ndeavor any one issue has been thorughly settled along this line, it is the bsolute futility of the idea that an individual can obtain true happiness or ontentment through lines that seek his boon for himself alone- It is esiblished that reasonable satisfaction an be had only by doing for others; ut the great question is how to get verybody to trying to do all that can e done for everybody. Maybe the hesitation and doubt bout the peace treaty has been having omething to do with the violent flucuations in the market; but that is not t all certain. The people who have een manipulating the market all these ears have learned a lot. One of the hings they learned years ago about he best way to demoralize the farmrs was to put the market up a few oints and then let it drop. It had ome to be accepted as a fixed and defnite proposition that holders vould tot sell on a rising market, whil- they ushed over themselves to turn loose ,s the market was going down. Most if these fluctuations that are alleged o be based on rain or drouth, or fricion over the peace treaty are mere nanipulations intended to influence mying and selling. International Trade. The subject of the influence of the var on international trade is so vast ,s to be almost beyond comprehension; tut nevertheless even the average mind s able to grasp the fact that there is 10 other material issue in conrection vith it all, that is of more outstanding mportance. To get a hint of the situation, let us ;o at it like this: For the year 1912, the last purely lormal commercial year before the var for which satisfactory statistics re available, the total intern itional rade of the world, including imports ,nd exports, was $18,092,500,000. Of his enormous total the following countries had; ireat Britain $2,929,500,000 Jermany and allies 2,851,500,000 Jnited States 2,051,000.000 Total 57,!>3^,t'0U,Ul?U Now then as the result of the loss of er navy and merchant marine, to say othing of the various other penalties f defeat, Germany is practically out f it, and what she had is to be dividd among the victors. Because of the submarine and of the errific strain on her resources, Great tritain is no* now in position to reume where she left off. Because of the German ships to hich she has fallen heir, added to the tiips she has built, backed by the limless wealth she has acquired, the nited States is in a position to do lore than twice as much international usiness as she has ever done. There is not a business in America 0111 spring shoes to building ships and railroads that will not be directly or indirectly affected by the situation. This country, every portion of it, is in for the greatest prosperity the world has ever seen. Flight Over the Ocean. There has been more or less comment over the lack of sensational interest in the achievements of Commander Read and Messrs. Hawker and Grieve in connection with their ocean flights. It is a fact that the country did not become very greatly excited at first, however much interest it is beginning to show now; but why should there be much surprise. Most of the sensation went out of the possibilities of the airship within a few montns arier me nnsm w?..ers performed their feat of remaining in the air as long as an hour. The world then saw that it was only a question of time, and a very short time, before airships would be traveling everywhere with freight and passengers, and while there is and will continue to be interest ir? each progressive step, it is hardly to be conceived that we may again look for as much sensation as was developed in | connection with the first flight across the English channel, or by the subsequent flight from Key West to Cuba. Of course when those three flying boats left St. Johns, Newfoundland on Friday afternoon of May 16, there was more or less concern throughout America as to the success of the crews in reaching the Azores islands in good shape; but very few had a thought as to whether the undertaking involved the question as to whether it was possible to fly across the Atlantic, for that was accepted as a foregone conclusion. The first steamship voyage across the Atlantic was made by the Savannah, a little sidewheeler that depended partly upon sail however, in 26 days. This was in 1818. It did not seem to be much of a feat then, hardly as much as Read's flight to Portugal seems nr>w- hut the present generation can easily see at this time almost as much progress In air flying during the next fifty years as has been made in ocean navigation in the past hundred years. And it is not unreasonable either. The time will come, no doubt, when aviators will start from anywhere in America for trips to anywhere in the world, and pay as little attention to the intervening ocean as they will to the intervening land. However, In all we have said, we do not want to be understood as detracting from the achievements of the splendid pioneers who have made these splendid flights over the Atlantic, because whatever may be the developments of the future they have not failed in making most glorious contributions to the early beginnings. Cotton Prices Should be More Stable. It is probably unreasonable to deny dealers in any commodity the right to buy as low as they may and sell as high as they can. This principle seems to be fundamental, and we see nothing wrong with it. Of course we do not admit the right of any Individual to take unfair advantage of the necessities of another individual. Under conditions that are uninfluenced by the operation of ordinary competition, no good man will extort profits in exceBs of what might be regarded as a legitimate return for his labor and investment. To be sure due allowance must be made for the enterprise, foresight and superior intelligence of those who devote themselves to supplying superior and more desirable articles not sup~U*J U" In zlomnnH ntllv hv piieu uy UUICI5, aim in those who are always able and anxious to secure the best. A commodity of such extensive production and consumption as cotton, necessarily has, at all times, a fixed value in relation to other commodities and to money, and there is no good reason why the price of it should not be practically the same at any given time everywhere throughout the r< gion in which it is produced. There is certainly no good reason why the market price of cotton in anyone South Carolina town should be widely different from the price of this commodity in any other South Cuvolina town. The difference in the cost of handling from the point of production to the point of consumption, infinitesimal and the economic conditions surrounding the handling are practically the same everywhere. One day last week a gentleman in Rock Hill, told the editor of The Enquirer that during the previous week Mr. W. N. Ashe, of Van Wyck, ha 1 been offered in Lancaster 8 cents i pound for a bale of storm cotton and 20 cents a pound for a bale or goou cotton. Later he was offered 24 cents round for all the cotton. He declined to sell; but a few days afterward accepted from a Rock Hill buyer 16 1-2 cents a pound for the storm cotton and 30 cents round for the other eight bales. It is hot understood that there was any special effort to work the Lancaster buyers one against the other; but it is understood that the Rock Hill buyer was unaware of the fact that the cotton had bben previously offered. This circumstance is mentioned, not for the purpose of emphasizing any difference between the Lancaster market and the Rock Hill market, because under existing general conditions It could Just as easily have occurred that the Lancaster price might have been higher than the Rock Hill price. The point of inquiry is why should there be such a wide difference In the value of such a staple as cotton in two such closely contiguous markets at the same time? It seems that there ought to be some answer to this question, and there no doubt is an answer if the people who are most concerned?those who would get full and exact market value for their cotton, will look for the same. In the case of a commodity like cotton the common article of production of a whole people, looking after ihe conditions under which it is marketed, should be the special charge and duty of every man who has any cotton to market. It is entirely practicable to provide for the strict grading and classification or every Date 01 comm. <>, m mmv... weighing of every bale by a public official duly bound to give exact Justice to buyer and weigher, and also it is practicable to provide and ensure that every hale sold on the same day within a given area shall he paid for at the same price according to grade and conditionBut in order to bring all this about the sellers of cotton must have themselves represented collectively just as the buyers are represented collectively. It Is necessary to discourage the free lance seller as well as the free lance buyer, and so bring the thing about that cotton may go direct from the organized owner to the large distributer in lots sufficient to reduce middle men's handling and other charges to the smallest possible minimum. Publicity a Commodity. If there is any public or semi-public institution in the land that is more necessary to the life and well-being of the community in and for which it is printed than is the country newspaper, Judicial establishment of the facl would be an extremely difficult undertaking. The fact that the country newspaper is the most grievously abused institution in the land can be established with less difficulty. All of them admit it. The country newspaper is abused by a large part of the public and also it is badlv abused by its editors and pub Ushers. The abuse from both sources arises largely out of the same consideration?largely Ignorance. Newspaper editors and publishers run as many different grades of capacity as the number of newspaper editors and publishers. Some know a great deal more than others begin with, and some know a great deal more than others by hard work and experience, but none ever attain the scale of perfection where it can be truthfully said they fulfill requirements. It would i>e neither fair nor honest to say that any of these remarks have been "suggested" by the following announcement from the Lancaster N'ews; but it is both fair and honest to say that this announcement is being used as a text: The News finds it necessary to again call attention to its rules regarding advertising Notices of entertainment* where admission is charged or collections taken are charged for at regular advertising .rates. Only notices of church services or entertainments for charitable causes are printed gratis, This is a rule in force in all well-regulated newspaper offices, the Justice of which can easily be seen when it is considered that the advertising space in q npwananer is the newDauer's stock of goods, Just as the shoes or dry goods in a store are the stocks ol goods of the merchant. Every editor and publisher upon whom devolves the responsible task ol plant, machinery and materials for the publication of a newspaper, and meeting weekly payrolls and numerous other expenses, including power, light and water bills, insurance, taxes, repairs and so on, can fully sympathize wit* the state of mind in which the editor of the News finds himself when he wrote the foregoing paragraph. The proposition of the News that it wants pay at regular advertising rates for all the space that is required of it for advertising entertainments and the like that charge admission, ought to be within the comprehension of the most unsophisticated. Surely no one who pays for everything else in connection with a money raising entertainment, would expect the publisher to contribute free publicity, the most expensive commodity connected with it all. In making news of notices of church services?the mere notice?there is also reason; but in extending the offer to gratuitous publicity for all kinds ol church and other charitable entertainments, the News is extending its generosity to a point that seems to threaten bankruptcy. It is not to be understood that the revenue from such advertisements Is Important. It is safe to say that all the revenue that the News has ever received from this source during the course of a year has not been sufficient to pay the wages ol its lowest cost employe for a week, while the editor's salary would not be adequate compensation for the time, worry and hard-feelings involved in explaining the Justice of charging for things the public would think ought to be free. There are the fewest number of people of any importance who do not have occasion at some time or other to make use of the publicity of the country newspaper. Most business people make more or less constant use of this Dublicity. With others it is different, They only come once in a while and perhaps at long intervals. Business people generally know what they are about, and it is as easy for them tc come to an understanding with the publisher about publicity, as it fs for the ublisher to come to an understanding with them as to the commodities they have in trade. But amongst others there are all kinds of cases. "What do you consider advertising and what do you consider news?" courteously asked a prominent gentleman who had been designated to help manage the publicity end of one of the big war purpose drives, of the editor not long ago. The gentleman was perfectly sincere. He really knew nothing about such matters, and in some vague kind of a way he seemed to think tnat 11 was up to him to at least furnish the "inspiration" for such propaganda as editors are accustomed to wage on their own account in behalf of such ' ovements as they feel called upon to help. It was not really a fair question from the publisher's standpoint, because it was based upon imaginary premise that did not exist; but it was in good fuith, and the editor, understanding what was meant, undertook to answer it fairly and frankly like this: "Well, sir, this thing of newspaperlng for a living involves the collection, clipping, compilation and writing o 1 such matter as the public might be willing to pay for in the shape of subscriptions to the paper. The only standard the editor recognizes in this work is the limit of his capacity and resources. In no sense of giving only what he can get away with; but rather of giving all that is in him. AH this is as a bid for the appreciation of the subscribers he has and more subscribers. This is what you would understand as being comprehended in the general term of 'news.' According to the success of the publisher in securing the appreciation of readers, counting of course the number and character of those readers, there becomes available certain space that has a commercial quality for advertising purposes. Now, in all such movements as that in which you are interested the editor does all that he thinks he is justified in doing at his own expense or nviv be. and if you prom, u? mi: .. feel like you can arid to what the editor is doing by the use of the same medium he is using, all you have to do is to pay the cost and go to it. You are in exactly the same boat as the publisher as to the good you can do, and the profit you may receive, except you have much less responsibility and not nearly so much expense. "The answer to your question then is that the main difference between news and advertising is the difference between what we would print if it were us and what you would print if it were you. What we have to pay for ours we don't know, for there is no telling where the pay commences or where It ends; but in your case it is easy. You < only pay so much an Inch for what you print, and when you are through you are done." 1 But all this hardly touches the sub Ject. ! To be sure the outside public is able ' to offer and does ofTer no end of mat- , i ter the publisher is glad to get. There is a letter on the first page of today's ; paper, for instance, for which the pub- , Ushers would have willingly paid ten dollars, had a price been demanded. One of the sorest trials of the publisher is when enthusiastic propagan1 dists ask him to print as "editorial," or "news" that which they have been tacking on billboards- Then in view of ' years of time and labor and thousands of dollars of expense in trying to create a medium of publicity with commercial value, he well may ask, "What's the use?" 1 SEES COTTON SHORTAGE. ' Commerce Monthly Article, However, Predicts an Improvement. > Stocks of cotton for civilian coni sumption cannot be other than short, according to the interpretation of conditions by the National Bank of " Commerce in the current issue of 1 The Commerce Monthly. The world production, it is asserted, is below what may be considered as the normal pre' war average. There is every reason, ! it is said, to anticipate a favorable fu. ture both for the production of raw cotton and the manufacture of cotton ' goods. Attention is called to the fact that Japan has replaced Germany as I the third largest consuming country in the world, but the belief is expressed that Germany has the machinery to ' resume her former position. In reference to this the publication says: I " Germany had 11,186,000 active spindles in 1913. In the number of ; spindles as well as the consumption of cotton she was the third leading na' tion. So far as machinery goes, she , is prepared to resume her place as an important cotton manufacturing coun1 try. Russia had 9,213,000 active spin: dies in 1913, France 7,400,000, and ; Austria-Hungary, 4,909,000. Consump, tion of cotton for normal civilian uses has been greatly curtailed in two directions as a result of the war. The 1 Central Powers did not consume it, because they could not get it, British > consumption was somewhat reduced, because the national good judgement demanded curtailment to meet the exigencies of the situation. Not only did 1 Great Britain curtail her total con, consumption, but a large part of her spindle capacity as well as that of the 1 United States, was diverted from civ' ilLan to military purposes. The cotton , manufacturing industry expanded in Japan, and, to a lesser degree in some other countries,* but those countries 1 which before the war depended on i Great Britain and Germany for their supply of cotton goods cannot be oth' erwise than short." 1 ?Greenwood, May 29: Official estimate of demonstration agent and , county officials place damage from a severe hail storm last evening in this 1 county at $50,000. A strip nine miles , long and five miles wide around , Hodges was made bare of all growing crops by the storm. All cotton will have to be planted over. Fruit trees 1 had bark beaten off by force of hall. A negro church in which a singing , convention was being held was blown down and though several were injur1 ed, none was killed. ? Charlotte May 26: The cotton mill strike situation here, which has been steadily growing worse for days reached the ugly stage today when President C. W. Johnson of the Highland nrk Mills, one of the plants affected, , was roughly treated by the striking element. Eggs were thrown at Mr. Johnson as he was entering his autoi bile and abusive language hurled at , him. The police were called but there , was not sufficient number to control either crowd. The strikers are deter. mined that no one shall work in the i Highland Park Mills. The Louise Mill owned by A. J. Draper, was closed to' day. Mr. Draper will not employ > union men and the men continued to join the union until there were no t operatives left, the mill was forced to shut down. This situation is the worst that has ever existed in the mills here. ! Nashville, Tcnn., May 26: With f credits and annual stipulated contri butions for missions, officially report, ed subscriptions in the centenary campaign of Methodist Episcopal Church 1 South, tonight amounted to $48,000,000 the subscriptions aggregating $23,077,000. Although under the original ptan for the campaign credits 1 were to be given for stipulated toni tributions the centenary commission , is now seeking to bring the subsenpt( ions to $35,000,000 with regard to credits. Twelve conferences are beyond ' their quotas, the New Mexican and , West Oklahoma conferences having . reported over this afternoon. The " os nnn hv I UUUI1 IIII33IVJH jv|;uiivu v?t/,WV cable Monday, although there is no conference on the island, Cuba being in the foreign missionary field. Campaigns are to be energetically prosecuted this week in districts and conferences which have failed to raise i their quotas. , ?If there is one place more than another where the league of nations as a concrete possibility is believed in, it is Geneva, Switzerland, which is to be the seat of that august institution. The state council has issued an optimistic proclamation to the citizens i upon the subject, congratulating them 1 upon the fact that their city has now ! been elevated to the position of "the ] moral capital of the world" and call- , ing fittention to the "noble duties placed upon it." Genevans are asked 1 to rejoice unrestrainedly, to display i their flags, to ring their joy bells and ( to greet "with acclamation the dawn of this newly born era of far-reaching ' reconstruction," but especially to show themselves worthy of the confidence | placed in Geneva. "Long live Geneva!" exclaimed the council. Well might Genevans utter the last cry. I Geneva has been intimately associated \ with many of the great social move- | inents and ideas of the past. It was the city of freedom from the fourteenth 1 to the sixteenth century; later the city of reform, the city associated with . Rousseau. It was also the first seat , of international arbitration. No won- ' der that the place which gave birth to the author of the "Social Contract," * the precursor of the "Declaration of 1 the Rights of Man," is pledging itself to be worthy to be the "cradle of legislation to determine the rights of peoples." j ? The coroner's jury which investi- ] gated the death of Harry L. Montgomery, who was killed in Myers park, j Charlotte, last Friday night, while rid- r ing with Miss Lorraine Owen, a young j girl of eighteen, to whom he was en- ? gaged, has charged the murder against j Krnest Hunter, a negro. Miss Owen's ( story from the beginning was that ] Montgomery was shot by a negro, but , on Saturday she was unable to recog- , nize Hunter as the man. On Wednes- ^ day she swore positively to Hunter's ] identity. Her story was that she and her lover were riding in a Ford- As ] they crossed Sugar creek, a negro ask- ] ed them to please stop. Mr. Montgom- ^ ery stopped the car. The negro ap- ^ proached and shot him. She put her j arm around Montgomery and began e screaming. The negro pulled her j loose and said that if she did not keep j nnfot he would kill her. She broke ? away from him and ran up the road j until she pot help. Montgomery's j pockets were rifled of a lot of letters, which were left scattered on the ground; but nothing of value was missing;. The testimony and circumstances in connection with the killing leave the ? whole affair surrounded by quite a lot r of mystery. There are a good many people who have doubts about the negro story. When Miss Owen positive- v ly swore that Hunter did the killing. 1 the report say she trembled somewhat; but it stated also that later he I left the courtroom smiling. a LOGiU. AFFAIRS, NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. fork Furniture A Hardware Co.?On page 6 I tells you some of the reasons why Fisk tires j are good and why Its sales are increasing. P. D. Hopper. Clover?Has a horse, buggy and harness for sale. A-No. 1 condition. fork Motor Car Co.?Points out the superior qualities of Mlchelln inner tubes?they are made full size and why they last longer. See page 4. York Motor Car Co.?On page 6 says "We know United States tires are good tires. That's why we sell them. Has full stock on hands to meet your requirements. Walter D. Benfleld?Will be at Sharon express office tomorrow to buy chickens and eggs. York Furniture A Hardware Co.?Announces "Great Majestic Range Bargain Week," for week of June 9th to 14th. See page 4 for full particulars about Majestic ranges. C. E. Spencer, Attorney?Is prepared to make long term loan on York county farm at 6 per cent, or at 6 1-2 per cent through Federal loan banks. Mrs. W. D. Glenn, Pres.?In behalf of Winnie Davis Chapter, U. D. C.. invites Confederate veterans, their wives and widows, and A. E. F. veterans to annual dinner next Tuesday. W. S. Willis, Sec.?Gives notice of meeting of Absalom Cody Council, Royal and Select Master Masons this Friday evening at 9 o'clock, for conferring degrees. Carroll Bros.?Offer spring tooth cultivators, iron beam and handles, seven teeth, detachable plows, at $7.50 each. York Supply Co.?Can supply you with horse feed, and has cotton hoes, plows, bows, grain cradles, screen doors, etc. Flour below the market price. Feinstein Bargain House?Wants you to see its Georgette waists, priced at $4.60 and upward. All good colors. McConnell Dry Goods Co.?Is showing men's silk lined suits, brown and green, at'$25 and $30. New middy suits, new skirts, shirt waists. Georgette dresses, etc. York Drug Store?Tells about the curative qualities of Campbell's Anti-Ferment in all stomach troubles. Star Theatre?Presents a serial chapter and a comedy tomorrow. Comedy-drama on Monday, and "The Temple of Dusk" Thursday. O XT 1 a C?nnlu Want. ranners aabiuvtbiv; ? wu|/F./ w. ? supply you with binder twine or grain cradles. A soap special for Saturday?18 cakes for SI. Also flour is a special for Saturday. First National Bank, York?Suggests that you do your own banking instead of letting some one else do it for you. It wants your account, large or small. J. M. Stroup?Is showing splendid lines of the better grades of summer clothing for men? correct in style and price. Straw hats and underwear. There will be no rural free delivery mails today, on account of Memorial day. The twelfth annual convention of the York County Rural Delivery association meets in Rock Hill today. There appears to have been some subsidence in monkey rum activities throughout the county during the past week. It Is a perpetual reproach that something is not done to put that YorkvilleRock Hill road in condition and keep it in good condition.* Quite a good many bales of cotton were turned loose last week while the market was rising so rapidly; but after the reaction started the desire to sell was gradually dissolved. The first troops of the Elghty-flrst division left Brest last Monday on their way home. They sailed in the American battleships South Carolina, Minnesota and Missouri. Many troops of this division are South Carolinians. Most of tlie travel between York ana Rock Hill is by way of what is known as the upper road, that Is, the road by way of Tirzah, Newport and Ebenezer. This is no doubt largely because the travel Just happened to get started that way. Perhaps the upper road is really better in winter. But as to whether the upper road is better than the lower road In summer there Is a decided difference of opinion. In fact there are many who are claiming that the lower road Is the better. The lower road as most usod now, takes the right at the county home, goes to the T. L. Carroll place, bears to the right again just before reaching Fishing creek, passes through the Glenn & Allison place, on across the creek over a bridge to and past W.. F. Jackson's store, with a quick bend to the left, then another bend to the right, and on past R. M- Anderson's, John Mcllwain's, H. J. Zinker's, Weeping Mary's church, D. H. Brown's, Oak Grove school house, the lower edge of the Finley place, past V. B. McFadden's and into Main street. Rock'Hill, at the National Union bank. It is a remarkably smooth and easy road for automobile travel, especially* in good nrAtn + V?a?* an/1 or* inrronolne' numhpp nf automobilists are going that way. There Is so little difference in the distance either way that it is hardly worth counting. THE MARRIAGE RECORD. The following marriage licenses have been issued since the last issue of The Enquirer: May 28?Mack R. Alexander, Smyrna to Jessie Quinn, Clover, (white) May 28?Samuel Haglar, to Bessie Holdbrooks, Clover, (white) ASK FOR SPECIAL LEVIES. School districts Nos. 3 and 22 want more money for the operation of their schools, At least a considerable number of oeoDle in each of these districts want more money. As to whether a majority of the people are of the same mind, the elections will show. Bethel district No. 3 is the only district in the 20unty which now has no special levy. By voting a 4 mill levy it will be able to get $200 state aid. The following sitizens of the district have signed a petition to the county board of education asking for an election on the question of levying four mills: i T. C. Barnett, J. M. Barnett, W. H. Burnett, D. N. Nivens, K. N. Nivens, J. B. Ford, J. M. Miller, D. L? Davidjon, A. B. Currence, A. P. Currence, < tV. A. Cook, J. W. Jackson, H. A. 3uinn, E. N. Miller, Mrs. M. J. Miller, ; W". G. Jenkins, J. D. Boyd, J. H. Cur ence. Bowling Green district N'o. 22, which ; ilready has a levy of 4 mills, wants to ' ncrease the levy to eight mills. The ' petition for an election on the ques- 1 ion is signed by the following: R. Ij. Quinn, Mrs. R. L. Quinn, G. C. ( Brandon, W. D. Glenn, W. H. Glenn, r. H. Riddle, VV. W. Stanton, \V. H. i Stowe, W. N. Wallace, A. E. Sifford, rhos. N. Dulin, T. E. Brandon, J. E. : Brandon, F. C. Brandon, J. L. Branion, J. H. Patrick, S. D. Meek, E. N. 1 sranaon, u. m. uranaon, a. v.\ i^ren- ? ian, L. O. Brandon, T. B. Quinn, Mrs. ' VI. T. Riddle. D. M. Ford, W. B. Flan- 3 igan, B. C. Adams, W. B. Riddle, T. J. Patrick, H. C. Riddle, F. M. Jackson, r. E. Adams, R. M. Dulin, M. H. Ford, 1. W. Smith, Mrs. R. M. Sifford, A. YV. Fackson, J. E. Drennan, J. P. Adams, V. YV. Riddle. B. C. Harmon, J. Ajuinn, D. A. Pendleton, N. B. Dulin, L M. Sifford, A. M. Ford. C. N. Gibion, E. M- Adams, E. L. Adams, G. R. Jowe, A. C. Gibson, J. H. Adams, J. C. lenkins, E. M. YY'hlsnant, D. E. Jackion, Jno. YV. Jackson, E. M. Moore, T. F. Bradford, Mrs. E. M. Adams, G. D. Flanagan, J. M. -Adams, ABOUT PEOPLE Master John Marion, who has been pending several weeks in Chester, has eturned to his home in Yorkville. Mr. John McCain Nichols, of Yorkille, received his D. D. S. degree from a he Atlanta Dental college this week, d Mrs. Henry YY'. Searcy and Mrs. Lem 1. Stephens of Forsyth, Ga., are the ti iiests of Rev. and Mrs. B. H. YY'augh, I Mrs. A. V. Snell, of Charleston, Is o visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. T W. S. Hart, in Yorkvllle. a Mrs. D. L. Rambo, who has been ^ spending some time in a Chester hos- ? pital, has returned to her home in Yorkvllle. q Mr. A. C- Grist, of Atlanta, is spend- ? Ing the week-end with his -nother, t) Mrs. O. E. Grist, in Yorkvllle. jt Mr. Ellie G. Brandon has taken his f< old position, as assistant in the electric v light department of Yorkvllle. a Miss Olive Smith , who has been e teaching at Raleigh, N. C., has return- P ed to Yorkvllle for the summer. Messrs. Forest Smith and W. B. Thomasson, of the York Furniture " company, were business visitors to . High Point, N. C., last week. 11 c Messrs. I. L. Faris and Rufus Boyd, ^ of Flint Hill, were in Yorkvllle Wed- a nesday, on business in connection v with the Flint Hill school. n Mrs- J. D. Land has a letter from s Rev. Steven C. Lewis, in China, saying n that her daughter. Mrs. Lewis, was se- v riously ill at the time of the writing of t the letter. r Captain J. D. Fulp, formerly super- I intendent of the Fort Mill schools, has 0 cabled his acceptance of the suparin- c tendency of the schools of Abbeville- ' Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Cummings and Miss Annie Dickson, of Columbia, spent the week-end at the home of Mr. J. C. Dickson, Yorkvllle No. 1. 1 rivate Frank Kiser arrived at his home in the New Zion section, last a week from France. He served six c months with the Eighty-second divi- * sion. a Corporal L>ewls M. Grist writes that ' he reached Newport N'ews last Tuesday, after ten days from Bordeaux, I and he expects to be home within the next ten days. c Private Wm. Allison, of Tlrzah, who i for the past eight months has been sta- ? tioned at Camp Johnston, Jackson- a ville, in the motor service division, has i been discharged and was a visitor in g Yorkvllle this week. . Mr. T. T. Sandifer, of No. 3, Yorkvllle, has information that his son, T. S. Sandifer, of the American Expedi- ' tionary Forces, has arrived at New- ? port News, and will be discharged ^ from the service at Camp Jackson, 1 within the next fow days. c Rock Hill Herald, Tuesday: Yester- * day afternoon at the home of Miss . Mary Marshall, the teachers of the 4 high school gave a kitchen shower to 1 Mrs. Erwin Moore, a member of the teaching staff, who will make her home j in York after the close of school, j Those present were Mesdames R. C. c ? ?TT-ii *T7? u? aM?iu T a .tSUrca, Hj. w. nail, waiter oruiiu, u. uJohnson, A. C. Izard, Boyd Creighton, J. E. Marshall and all of the teachers of the Central school. Mr. B. M. Dobson, of the navy, who was in Yorkville last Tuesday and Wednesday on account of the burial of his father, Mr. T. M. Dobson, now holds the rank of commander in the paymaster department. Commander in the navy is equivalent to lieutenant colonel in the army. During the war Commander Dobson was on the New York, stationed in European waters with the Anglo-American fleet. He participated in the taking over of the surrendered German fleet. WITHIN THE TOWN Mayor Johnson said yesterday that he was expecting the paving work to commence next week. ? If the drinking fountain at the courthouse cannot be properly repaired, there should be a new one. ? Something should be done about opening new streets. It will be expensive no doubt; but It Is worth while. ? The Peoples Bank and Trust company has under very serious consideration the idea of building warehouse accommodations sufficient to take care of 4,000 bales of cotton. ? The Mackorell-Hart company, of Yorkville, on Monday made application for an amendment to its charter allowing an increase in capital stock from 110,000 to $15,000 and a change of name to the Hart Grocery company. ? The following: boys and girls received their diplomas from the Yorkville High school last night: Dell Alexander, Pearl Boyd, Sarah Carroll, John Carroll, Jr., A. Y. Cartwright, Jr., Sarah Grist, Eleanor Herndon, Mary Alice McDowell, Eula Mae Plaxco, Sarah Russell, Thomas Speck, Jr., Floyd Wray. ? Messrs. C. F. Sherer and Andral Sherer had quite a close shave for their lives in a serious automobile wreck last Monday night. They were driving up North Congress street, at a pretty rapid rate in a big seven-passenger touring car, when they over took a truck loaded with young people. In running to the right to miss the truck the big automobile went a little too far and crashed against an electric light pole. Both of the Messrs. Sherer were thrown out, and painfully but not seriously hurt. Mr. C. F. Sherer was cut about the nose and lip and otherwise bruised; but was able to walk. Mr. Andral Sherer was less c pumiuiiy (Iuru mc 115111. iiviii miw. , of the car was smashed, and the elec- t trie light post was broken so badly f at the top that a new one had to be f substituted. B ? The body of Mr. T. M- Dobson, who -J died in Atlanta last Monday morning, g arrived in Yorkville on the 10.20 a. m., s train from Blacksburg, accompanied s by Mrs. Dobson, Messrs. Frank G. and Keene Dobson, sons of the deceased, Mr. and Mrs. V\"m. Dobson and Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Dobson, of Gaffney. Com- f mander B. M. Dobson, of the United States navy, oldest son of the deceased, arrived in the afternoon. From the 0 train the body was taken to the home b of Mr. J. W- Dobson by the Masons, e who had charge of the funeral ar- c rangements. The funeral took place shortly before 3 o'clock, the body be- J* ing followed to the grave by a large ' concourse of people from the town and a surrounding country. The religious 0 services were conducted by Rev. Dr. E. ^ E. Gillespie and Rev. J. E. Mahaffey, after which the Masons took charge s and conducted the interment in ac- ? cordance with their burial rites. C ? The class day and graduating exer- ^ cises of the Yorkville Graded school p took place yesterday. The class day g exercises commenced at 10.30 yesterday morning and included the following programme: "Song. President's c welcome. Miss Sarah Grist; Class history, Miss Pearl Boyd; Class poem, Q Miss Dell Alexander; Class criticism, )( A. Y. Cartwright; Class newspaper, h Thomas Speck; Class song, (composed by Miss Mary Alice McDowell); Class D statistics, Floyd Wray; Class girts, Miss Sarah Carroll; Class will, John e( Carroll; Class prophecy, Miss Eleanor Herndon." The programme of the graduating exercises last night was: ^ Song, "America." Invocation, Rev. J. E. Mahaffey. Address to Graduates, S( Prof. T~ T. Baker. Song. Awarding CJ. D. C- and D. A. R. medals, by Rev. ol J. L. Oates. Presentation of diplomas, ay Thomas F. McDow, Esq., Chairman ? Board of Trustees. r ? The Winnie Davis Chapter, U. D. ir C., has somewhat changed the form of :heir original invitation to the annual v] iinner to be given to the Confederate 01 veterans next Tuesday, June 3. It is leeired to honor the veterans of the vi ate war as well as the Civil war, but b( because of the large number of veter- w ins of the world war, there is no satis- 01 actory way of knowing just how to nake preparation. If all should come ol here would be close to a thousand; M >ut it is reasonably certain that all will lot come, and if preparation should be hi nade for a thousand, and only two or Ihree hundred should come, there vould be a great deal of waste. So in dew of the problem presented the la- fj lies have decided to extend their invi- tr ation to all Confederate veterans, wl- |j( es and widows of Confederate veterans {j{ ind all returned members of the expe- f| litionary forces. cc ? "Up to what hour do you take se lews and advertising for the paper? th >o you take advertising after 12 ui 'clock on the day of publication?" 'his question was asked yesterday by lady, who went on to say that she ad understood "that the forms were losed at 12 o'clock, noon, the / be3re publication." The answer to the uestion is about like this. All changes f contract advertising must be made y noon preceding the day of publlcaon. News and transient advertising i handled ud to the closing of the arms- The forms are closed anyrhere from 7 o'clock p. m., to 2 o'clock . m., preceding publication, dependnt upon how the mechanical work rogressee. It Is not unusual to stop he press even after a part of the edilon has printed, to put in important ews. But that is not done except rtiere the news is considered really mportant. Transient advertising isaeepted up to the last minute, even at he serious inconvenience of a tired hd worn out mechanical force, prolded it is something urgent and could lot Just as easily have been furnished ooner. But all concerned should relember that the newspaper is always forking against time and that the right ime to bring in news or advertisenents is the first possible moment. The onger the delay up against the hour if going to press, the . narrower the hance of getting the matter pubished. ^ LOCAL LACONIC8 Jelks to Open in Rock Hill. The Belk Bros., have entered into an irrangeraent with Mr. John T. Roddey >f Rock Hill, under which arrangenent Mr. Roddey is to erect a J25.000 itore room in which they are to estabish the 25th unit in their chain of tores. load Commission Organized. TKa Vinff'o Vfnnntofn tnnmahin rnoH lommission, consisting of Messrs. W. r. Beamguard, M. R. Falls and J. D. Jmith, met In Yorkville a few days igo and organized by the election of dr. Beamguard as chairman, and Mr. imith as secretary. Pine Wheat. There are some remarkably fine lelds of wheat scattered about over the :ounty this year. There is one on the -Vinthrop college farm, another on the Cherry farm and also an equally good >ne on the farm of Mr. W. L. Williams >n the southeastern outskirts of Yorkdlle. The wheat most generally up>ears to be above the average. Port Mill Goes Over. Fort Mill, May 28: The Rev- W. R. louknight, in charge of the three dethodlst churches of the Fort Mill iircuit, composed of St. John's church n Fort Mill; Pleasant Hill church In Lancaster county, and Philadelphia, ibout two miles north of Fort Mill, re>orts that thi pledges up to this time or the centenary fund amount to $11,100. The allotment, which was $7,800, las thus been exceeded by above 46 )er cent. Called to Anderson. Anderson Dally Mail, Monday: Grace episcopal church. It was decided at he vestry meeting which concluded he morning service Sunday, will lstue a call -to the Rev. T. T. Walsh, of fork, S. C., to assume the rectorship >f the local parish. Rev. Walsh, who s rector of the parish and is also ihaplaln at the orphanage. In York, has >een in Anderson previously and was >lcasantly received shortly before Caster at Grace Episcopal church. Che approval of the vestry ixr its selecion of rector is unanimous by the :ongregation and It is hoped that he vill accept the call. The call asks itcv. Walsh to come to Anderson Sepember 1, allowing the time to adjust lis affairs in York and to put the local . ectory, which is at present rented, in eadiness for its new occupants. fork Graduates from Winthrop. The following York county girls will eceive A. B. degrees from Winthrop lollege next Tuesday night: Misses Uice Anderson, Louise Anderson, LynLall Bass, Elizabeth Brown, Carrie Jyers, Eunice Donald, Helen Fewill, Margaret Fewell, Christine Holer, Elizabeth Law, Dorothy Lowney, Cstelle McAlp'.ne, Mattie Matthews, ^eona Moore, Isabelle Phillips, Manna lay, Maude Sadler, Carrie Sturgis, dargaret Thomson, Cora Westbrook, )live White, Ruth Williams, Rock iill, Margaret Bratton, Margaret Marshall, Luclle Moore Louise Oates, forkville: Marie Walker, Filbert dary Lewis, Fort Mill; Alice lettys, Martha Belle Campbell, Tirah; Mary Ella Ferguson, Elizabeth ^esslie, Lesslle; Miss Kathryn Beach, >f Rock Hill, will receive the B. Mus. Legree. Vew Hotel for Rode HilL Rock Hill, May 28: The citizens of his city have subscribed 833,000 in . itock of the hotel company which is )cing organized here. This sum will >e doubled by means of a loan hrough the Mechanics Building and ^oan association of this city, making he total amount available for investnent in a new hotel building approxinately 365,000. Subscriptions to the itock of the proposed company have >een solicited voluntarily by members >f the Rotary club. A meeting of the itock subscribers and other interested litizens was held at the Chamber of Commerce Tuesday night and a board if corporators, composed of J. B, ^reighton. Dr. W. G. Stevens, R. E. Jarron, DeWitt Johnston and O. K. .Villiams, was appointed to apply for lommlsslon as a corporation. The toard of corporators, naving oeen auhorized to take such action, met Wedtesday morning and decided that the orporation shall be called the "City nvestment company" and that it shall >e capitalized at $65,000. An application or commission as a corporation was orwarded to the secretary of state it Columbia Wednesday afternoon, is soon as this commission has been-xanted a second meeting of the stock ubscribers will be called to select a uitable site for the hotel. CLOVER CULLING8. brrespondence of The Yorkville Enquirer. Clover, May 28.?Mr. Howard Smith f York No. 1, who until recently "has een preaching in Mission, Texas, fllld the pulpit of the Presbyterian hurch here Sunday morning. Rev. and Mrs. W. P. Grier and childen spent the past week end in CoLimbia, where on Sunday Rev. Grier ssisted with the installation services f his brother who is pastor of the l. R. P. church there. Misses Ethel Adams and Martha imith spent the week end at Hartsille, S. C., with Misses Louise and Ihristine Smith. Dr. and Mrs. E. W. Pressley, Miss ignes Youngblood and Mr. Frank McJlwee spent the past week end at llowing Rock, N. C. Mrs. J. E. Beamguard attended the ommencement exercises at Chicora ollege this week. Miss Bleeker Beamguard, a member f the graduating ciass ai towvn, ?. ;ge, Columbia, S. C., has returned to er home here for the summer. Mrs. Herbert L. Wright is in a hosital in Baltimore for treatment. Mrs. Sam Pierce of Gastonia vlsiti her mother Mrs. M. A. Dorsett here lis week. Miss Mell Nlell is spending a few ays in Gastonia this week. Mr. James Nlell of Rock Hill spent jveral days here this week with the imily of his brother, Mr Z. M. Nlell, n R. P. D. No. 4. Mr. James Hill of Moore county. N. . Is visiting his sister Mrs. Hampton arnett on Route 3 and other relatives l this community. Misses Margaret and Nina Ford are [siting the family of Mr. Hope Ford a Route 1 this week. Miss Emma Pursley. who has been Isiting her sister Mrs. Frank Lineerger in Charlotte for the past few eeks, returned Tuesday to her home a R. F. D. No. 4. Mrs. Edward Hardin and children ' Chester visited the family of Mr. [. L. Smith here this week. Rev. John L. Yandell spent Tuesday pre with the family of Mr. Robert J. ove. German Reply Handed In.?The erman counter proposals to the peace eaty, drawn up for them by the Al?s. were handed over at Paris yesterty. They include about 75,000 words. he reply was taken under immediate nsideration by the Allies. The prestation of the treaty proposed for e Austrians, has been postponed itil next Monday.