Scraps and iacta. ? Eighty-three men were killed out right, and fifty others were terrriblj burned, many of them so badly that i was expected that they would die ai the result of the explosion of thre< hundred pounds of black powder in th< Baltimore tunnel of the Delaware an< Hudson Coal company at Wilkesbarra Pa., last Thursday. The explosion wa the result of an accident caused b; reckless carelessness. The powder wa being taken into the tunnel over a trol ley line, and the piled up iron powde kegB came in contact with a sagglni overhead wire, forming a short circuit \ ? More than 40 Americans and Mex leans have been killed by Yaquisan< bandits in the La Colorado district o Sonora, Mexico, during the last tw< weeks, according to the statements o minine men who ar nine AUIVi ? rived at Noagles, Arizona, from tha neighborhood, last Saturday night. Thi party of Americans, whose homes nr< in Arizona, Colorado and California have sent a statement on conditioni in that district to the state depart ment at Washington with copies t< Senators Thomas, of Colorado, John son, of California, and Marcus Smitl and Henry F. Ashurst, of Arizona. ? Admiral Kolchak, in his not< answering proposals made by the A1 lied and' associated powers, declares ii general he adheres to the principle! outlined by the powers. He dwells a length on the spontaneous wish o Russia and the men speaking in he; name to proceed with national recon struction on a most democratic basis Concerning the new countries formei on the borders of Russia, he says his government already has recognizee the independence of Poland, but fina frontiers will have to be adjusted bj mutual agreement. Concerning the Russian debts, Admiral Kolchak reiterate! the decision of his goveraraent to pa: all debts contracted by the various governments up to November, 1917 "?1? ha Rnlshevik revol the Degumuns w w. ution. 'Organization of the $100,000,00( American Cotton Export and Financial corporation was brought a step nearei completion at a meeting in New Orleans last Saturday of the executive committee of the corporation, which appointed its first board of directors and launched a movement for the holding of a conference of cctlon interests at Dallas, Texas. The meeting which was presided over by Governor R G Pleasant, chairman, was held behind closed doors. The board of directors composed of fifteen members, eleven of which are members of the executive committee, and four at large, was decided on as follows: Governor R G Pleasant, Louisiana, chairman; George W. Rogers, Little Rock. Ark.; Hintor E. Carr, Birmingham, Ala,; J. A. Browr Chadbourn, N. C.; L. D. Jennings, Sumter, S. C.; R. F. Willingham, Macon, Ga.; LeRoy Percy, Greenville, Miss.; K. A. Kemp, Wichita Falls, Texas; R. B. Snowden, Memphis; Senator R. L. Owen, Oklahoma, and W, B. Thompson, New Orleans. The four members at large are to be named later. All members of the executive committee were present at Saturday's meeting with the exception of Senator Owen and Mr. Kemp, of Texas. It was stated that no decision had been reach"d as to the selection of permanent headquarters of the corporation. ? A nation-wide strike of telegraph and telephone operators who are members of the Commercial Telegraphers' union of America was ordered Sunday to take effect tomorrow morning at 8 o'clock, standard time. The order was issued at general headquarters of the union at Chicago on telegraphic instructions from S. J. Konenkamp international president, who was ir Pittsburgh on his way to Chicago The strike order applies to employes of the Western Union Telegraph company, the American Telephone and Telegraph company and the Postal Telegraph & Cable company with its associated institutions. It is estimated at headquarters here that the strike would affect between 60,000 and 100,00( individuals, of whom nearly 15.000 were said to be members of the union OutsMe of the union ranks, it was sale many wire workers had pledged themselves to support a strike. The decisior to call a nation-wide srike was reached hv President Konenkamp. aftei spending several days in Washington where he had directed a strike of union employes in 10 southern states That strike followed a strike of telephone workers in Atlanta, where the telephone employes were said to have been discharged because of union affiliations, although the Southerrn Bell Telephone company denied union membership had been the basis of any discharges. ? Now that the government has coinrOotd war time shipment to India of silver from melted dollars. Director of the Mint Baker has disclosec how thousands of tons of the mota were hauled from the Philadelphis mint to San Francisco in special trains guarded by armed men without th< loss of an ounce and without genera knowledge of the procedure. Eightteen of these treasure trains made the trip across the continent in the twelve months ending last April 23, with the silver like bricks piled high in each of the five express cars composing s special train. Two men with automatic pistols at their hips and sawed ofl shot guns on their laps sat in each car, and later guarded the secret transfer of the white bars from trair to ship at San Francisco. Each silvei brick weighed about 62 pounds ant wna worth S1.000 and each train car ried between $5,000,000 and $10,000,00( of the bricks. Wrecking1 of the trains and theft of the metal by bandits was considered an ever-present menancs to be guarded against. Guarded shipments of silver dollars also were mad< from the treasury in Washington anc from the New Orleans sub-treasury t< Philadelphia. These dollars travelet in stout bags in $1,000 each, and wen handled much like bags of sugar ex cept that armed men always wen near. More than 265,000,000 silver dollars were melted and shipped to Indif during the year to meet urgent dc mands for coinage. ? Sergeant Alvin C. York, the hen of the Argonne drive, was married las Saturday to Miss Gracie Williams, hi 17-year-old sweetheart. The marriagi took place at the York homestead, i little cabin by a spring in the Cumber land mountains, near the town of Pall Mall, in Fentress county, Tenn. Govern or Albert H. Roberts performed th ceremony. It was a great picnic occa sion attended by people from all th Q 1-niind und thev brought al UUU11U/ aivuuu _ manner of good things- Before th ceremony the members of the govern or's staff presented York with a colo nel's uniform, eagles and all, and th suffragists ef the state presented Mrs York with a beautiful brooch engrave* with the wedding date and the date o the passage of the suffrage amend ment. The honeymoon trip is to be ex tended to Salt Lake. Utah, as the guest of the Rotarians of_ Nashville an?l Sal Lake. Mrs. Mary YorK, ine serseaui mother, who had not been as far a the county seat of Fentress county bu twice in her life, accompanied th young people as far as Nashville an* her visit was made most pleasant. Mrs Alvin C. York, the young bride, ha< never been outside of her native coun ty before and the people everywhere of course, will bestir themselves to mak< memorable her wedding visit. York' people are very poor. Mrs. York's peo pie are comfortably well-to-do. It i ? stated that Mrs. York's mother ohjecte* to her marriage to York; but her ob Jections were withdrawn after he be came famous. ? Governor Hobby, of Texas, want troops sent to the Texas border. Hi wants the war department to use Tex or, tmnrw n_s far as possible, presuma' bly in order that he might have mor< control of the situation himself. Hi; request, which was made to the wai department by telegraph last Satur day night, was as follows: "The Mex lean situation appears to be so criti cal that an emergency may arise a: the most unexpected moment requiring a larger force of troops on th< border to protect lives and property of citizens than are at present avail able. I appreciate that for border dutj cavalry is the most effective arm of th< service and I also appreciate that th< regular army is short of cavalry Therefore, I respectfully urge ar.d rec ommend that the first and second brl gades cavalry, national guard of Tex as, be cal'ed Into the federal sendee T urge that the call include brlgadi commanders and brigade headquartcri detachments so that the cavalry organization may go intact under command of two brigade commanders. I also : suggest mobilization be fixed for defi. nite date not less than 20 days from . date of call in order that officers and t men can arrange affairs and ouch of8 fleers and men who have dependents and s for other satisfactory reasons may be e discharged and their places filled with j otherS'Who will be available to go into active service. This 20 days period g will also provide time to arrange de,, tails for transportation and camp. I g suggest Camp Maybry at Austin as mobilization camp. My anxiety that " hves and property of citizens be amply protected and my knowledge of con. servatism and efficiency of officers and " men of Texas cavalry brigades prompts - this suggestion." 3 ? She ^Jorkvillc (Snquirn t Entered at the Postofflce at Tork at i Mail Matter of the Second Claaa t J TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 1919. ' These murdor traps at grade cross1 ings have been tolerated long enough. * ? 1 Texas will vote on a J75.000.000 bond ' issue in November. It looks like a , terrible sum of money, and it is, all in r a lump; but proportionately it is not 5 as big as is King's Mountain town' ship's sixty thousand dollars. j The only way to put a stop to grade I crossing tragedies is to do away with : grade crossings. Of course it will be expensive to put the railroad over or | the highway under. Certainly it will i be expensive; but the cost will not measure up to the value of a single 1 life. Do away with the gradi crossing. i The suflfarge forces at Washington J have wired the governors of all the states requesting them to call extra . sessions of the legislature to pass on the question of ratifying the suffrage , amendment to the constitution of the , United States. Many of the states will act at once; but It Is pretty safe to say ' that South Carolina will hardly hold an extra session of the legislature on . the subjectIt is now pretty well established that i the French government Is the prime mover behind the Rhenish republic un' dertaking. The French want an in; dependent German state between them and the Prussians and to secure the 1 same are willing to make extensive , concessions in the way of indemnity as well as territory that they would oth: erwise expect from the Germans. While It appears that there is not a . little sentiment among the German in. habitants of the Rhine provinces in fa1 vor of the proposed republic, the maj Jority is opposed. The* Prussian sentl ment is overwhelmingly opposed to the J Rhenish republic idea. | Wise ones to the contrary notwith> standing we are upon the age of the ' tractor, and the sooner people generally begin to realize the fact the better j for all concern**. The tractor is not perfect yet, of course; but neither is 1 the airplane nor wireless telegraphy. ! Both have come to stay. Except for , the tractor there would have been more suffering in England, France and Ger' many during the war than there was. > Except for the tractor bread would be ' scarcer in the United States right now ( than it is. The tractor is more expensive than mule power; but it is more productive. There are people who are going to buy tractors and fail with them. Certainly. There are people who fail at anything. But where one i will fail with a tractor or because of a 1 tractor, there are many others who | will drop out of the running because > of failure to come to tractors. The 1 tractor is here and it is going to grow ' bigger and bigger. * ^" > Senator Lodge told the senate last i Wednesday that he had seen an un1 published copy of the peace treaty in l> New York, and Senator Borah of Idai ho, made the very ugly charge that 1 the American representatives in Paris P had contrived to get the treaty into the i hands of Wall street interests before the United States senate was allowed [ to have the text for consideration. Seni ator Hitchcock declared that such i charges were scandalous in the ex" treme and demanded an investigation. J It does seem a little strange that the ) people who are engaged in doing the | people should have a peep at a paper * like this before its submission to the ; people whose business it is to repre sent the people. If it shall turn out 1 that Senator Lodge's statement is true and that members of the peace delega1 * - ?? J V? 1 V\ /\ 1 no lr tVin 3 uon are respunaiuie iui uic i^n, ?. ?*. t American people have still more cause * than they have already had to wonder i where they are at. People who have been raised under Christian influences in Christian lands e _ take naturally to the idea of Zionism e the restoration of the sovereignty ol 1 the Holy Land to the Jews. They unQ _ derstand. of course, that that means - the setting up of a new state, or rather e the new setting up of an old state. But j why not? Do we not all know how f God chose that land for the Jews and - the Jews for that land? Every reason" ably well read man Is familiar with the \ manner in which the Almighty taught s to mankind the correct principles ol 3 human government, both spiritual and * political, and it is down deep in the 3 hearts of most men and women that il i. the Jews had given due obedience to 1 the Divine teacher Palestine would . have continued forever the seat of the f> strongest and most perfect empire thai 3 has ever existed or can ever exist, ~ Most of us see, or think we see in the 1 Scriptures, the promise of God that - the Jews will again be gathered to" gether in Palestine. Many of us hope that the Jews have already sufficiently D expiated the sins, on account of which . they were dispersed and that the time is near at hand wnen me propriety m B which so many of us believe will be 3 r fulfilled. But while this time may be - at hand, it may not be. It is well to " remember that the Jews are not today j the dominant people of Palestine. . There are more Arabs in Palestine than there are Jews, and they are more ' powerful. Most of them are Mohammedans. and not only that they are ? owners of most of the lands. Politi71 cally maybe they are no more powerful than the Jews: but materially they are . very powerful, and they do not at all - relish the Idea of Jewish domination, ^ The Arabs of Palestine are taking p Zionism quite seriously, and it is their . purpose to do all they can to prevent action that will place them and their property under the domination of the Jews. Boy Scouts. All of the grownups of today who were not boys before they became grownups, were girls. Of course those grownups who are still boys and girls, are excepted in the classification, very i much to their credit. But one of the strangest things about grownups, especially those grownups who are not still boys and girls, is the 1 fact that so few of them rememoer that they ever were boys and girls. There are lots of grownups who as sume that they know all about boys and girls because they "have been all i along there themselves," and therefore what the boys and girls are doing is to : them an old story. As a matter of fact most of these grownups deceive themselves. Instead of knowing all about boys and girls they know little or nothing about them. Worse than that, it seems that they cannot learn anything?that is, most of them cannot learn anything. Some wise fellow said once that the "boy is father of the man," and at first glance the proposition seems self-evident; but when you reverse the proposition a little without altering in the least the relation thus declared by saying that the man is the son of the boy, your puzzle is not materially changed. 1 No, there is no intention to try to make fun of the boy or the grownup, either. The subject is too terribly se ; rious for any attempted gaity. Really and truly just us the boy is the father of the man, the man is the son of the boy. There are thousands and hundreds of thousands of .people who, if they think about this Boy Scout movement at all, look upon it as a kind of a kindergarten game something to amuse the children. And in that they are making the most serious mistake ot their lives. It is not a child's work by any means. It is the school of men and women. The Boy Scout organization has been in existence in this county for about Ave years. There have been troops at Yorkville, Rock Hill and Fort Mill, and the troops at the last named places are still in effective working order. Grownups who have been noticing have seen some very interesting developments in connection with these troops. For one thing the principles of the scout call for honor, character, truthfulness, cleanliness, courtesy, courage, usefulness. These qualities are more inherent in some boys than i?> nihoro- hut thev are admired by all boys. Organize the boys into a scout troop under a scoutmaster who is equal to the requirements of the high position, and almost like a "presto change" the highest and best that is in the best of the boys spreads through and takes charge of all the boys. That is the tendency, as has been proved time and again. During the Ave years the Boy Scouts have been organized in Yorkville occasion has several times arisen for a certain quality of "police work." For instance the town would be filled with visitors to a convention or some gatha similar nature that called for more or less guidance or direction. Whenever the Boy Scouts have been in charge their work, has been perfect , Several times there has arisen necessity for canvasses of different sorts, and each time such work has been entrustes to the Boy Scouts it has been done perfectly. One of the school superintendents, Lieutenant Riddle, some time ago said to the writer: "It was not but a little while after I took charge of the school that 1 was able to spot those Boy Scouts with unerring accuracy, and furthermore I was not long in finding that by following the principles for which they stood I could use them in the smooth and easy direction of the school." To be sure the boys are not men yet, not in all things; but they are men in some things, men even beyond their elders, and in so far as this scout organization gives opportunity for the full play of all that is best in the boy, it is something more than worth whileIt is something that should be assisted and encouraged to the limit. Of course there is no doubt about the fact that the boy of today is the man of the future?physically speaking, to say the least of it. Anybody can see that; but it is well too, to ponder how much of the man of the future, spiritually speaking, there may already be in the boy of today. COOPERS COLONELS. Staff of the Governor Just Now Made i Public. Columbia, June 6.?Special: Governor Cooper today announced the appointments to his personal military i staff. While he did not adhere strictly to commissioning men who saw armed service in the world war, the majority of his staff consists of veterans, ranging from enlisted men through various grades of commissioned officers. The staff appointments so far an nounced follow: W. W. Moore, Columbia; Adjutant t General and chief of staff. R. E. Rabb, Laurens; law partner of , Governor Cooper. S. T. Lanham, Spartanburg; Major in reserve, and Master in equity, of i Spartanburg County . Jesse T. Crawford, Anderson; major I*8th infantry. W. D. Workman,'Greenville; major 118th infantry. R. A. Childs, Columbia; sergeant 306th regiment, Eighty-first division. J. T. Stanton, Clio; Farmer, i Edgar A. Brown, Barnwell; lawyer. Arthur Lee, Laurens; captain ComI pany D., 118th infantry. J. L. M. Irby, Charleston; captain 117th engineers> C. O. Allen, Greenville; live stock - business. Dr. James A. Haynes, Congaree; ' State health officer. A. T. Allen, Allendale, farmer. W. A. Byrd, Edgefield, banker. J. R. Park. Greenwood, lawyer. W. T- Greene, Abbeville, lawyer, E. J. Sherwood. Conway, lawyer. ! J. Waties Waring, Charleston; assistant district attorney, eastern district. J. Campbell Bissell, Charleston, sales f manager. - John R. Hart, York, lawyer. W. W. Wannamaker, Orangeburg, 1 manufacturer. 1 Herbert Peeples, Estill,.. Sergeant, i 118th infantry, farmer. , A. M. Simpson, Chester, lieutenant coast artillery. John T. Langston, Darlington, cotton 1 business. F. H. McMaster, Columbia, city editor the State, former state insurance commissioner. ' Henry C. Tillman, Greenwood, maj! or, coast artillery. James W. Perrin, Bishopville, lieutenant. Thirtieth division, now in army of occupation. R. R. McLeod, Hartsville, lieutenant. Thirtieth division. W. H. Nims. Fort Mill, sergean/, 118th infantry. ' J. X. Wright, Spartanburg, lieuten, ant, coast artillery. James R. Turner, BennettsvlUe, lieutenant, lost arm in one of last battles in France. Henry Watkins, Belton, private, Co. A, 118th infantry. W. F. Caldwell, Chester, lieutenant, 317 infantry. T. H. MofTatt, Columbia, major, 371st infantry. T. W. Dantzler, St. Matthews. A. H. Marchant, Orangeburg, captain, Eighty-flrst division. Edwin P. Lucas, Columbia, captain. Eighty-first infantry. John- D. Frost, Columbia, assistant adjutant general, former adjutant of the Fifteenth division, with rank of major. COTTON BUSHWHACKERS. Mr. Wannamaker Explains How the Slump Came About. J. Skottowe Wannamaker, president of the American Cotton Association, in a statement issued from St. Matthews 1 ? ? * 4.. .. nftAxnAAn rl nnl Q I'OQ a itlSl Dittui uaj anci iiuuu v..?*v "the same bear speculators who sold an enormous amount of cotton for July and October delivery with the full expectation of depressing the price of cotton to a starvation point?that is around 12 1-2 cents per pound basis middling?are the people who are today breaking the cotton market." He declared that "their only hopes of saving themselves a tremendous loss is to frighten the holders of spot cotton into selling their cotton." He declares that if they succeed it will prove truly a calamity. "1 wish," said Mr. Wannamaker in his statement, "that I could write all that I know concerning the inside manipulation. However, I do not feel that this would be for the best. Some day some things will be brought to the attention of the public concerning the handling of cotton thr.t will prove not only a sensation but a scandal. When the curtain is pulled aside and the public is permitted to get a clear view and a truthful history of cotton, and how the price was depressed and manipulated since 1914, the result will be a complete shock. Inflation of Money "Political economists are agreed that the price of commodities will rise or fall as the value of money is increased or diminished. This economic law is unalterable and unchangeable. On the basis of currency inflation, the price of cotton today would be as follows: In 1914 the end of the fiscal year showed under the old national bankins: system a gold reserve of about $600,000,000. The last report from the federal reserve system is about $1,800, 000,000. This is an increase on a ratio ol' three to one. On the basis of currency inflation cotton would be bringing to day 39 'cents, while in 1014 it brought around 13 cents. "On the basis of the world the inflation is about six to one. Enormous prices of everything measured by the dollar are with us to remain for years to come. "American mills, according to the United States census bureau reports, held on April 30, 1919, a total of 1,378000 bales against 1,808,000 bales the same time last year, or a deficiency of 430,000 bales, and to make up this deficiency and supply their wants for the next three months, leading mill men admit that it will be necessary for the American mills to buy in excess of 1,500,000 bales from the close of April to the close of July, this amount being absolutely necessary to fill their wants, in order to supply the manufactured product. They will be forced to largely increase their purchases over 1,500,000 bales from April lo the close of July. Three Million Bales Short. "At the outbreak of the European war foreign reports show mills held of American cotton 2,700,000 bales, of which today they hold only 1,200,000, making a deficiency of 1,500,000 bales. Thus it will be seen that America and Europe need to make up a deficiency of at least 3,000,000 baels from the present supply. It must also be remem bered that the world Is bare of cotton goods, and this deficiency must be made up by extra time of mills on both sides of the Atlantic, and that this will require far more than 3,000,000 bales from the close of April to the close of July. If the mills do not consume 3,000,000 bales within this period it means there will be great avf* fering on account of the undersupply and the need for cotton goods. "Spot cotton in large quantities is being shipped to Europe and just how much may be shipped abroad during the next three months is only a question of available tonnage and a speedy acceptance of peace conditions, and the conpletion of the export corporation to furnish credits. If the peace conditions are accepted, the tonnage supplied and credit furnished, Europe will take alone an amount of cotton in excess of the amount in the American and European mills." MERE MENTION. An Italian steamer left Wilmington, N. C., last Saturday with 18,000 bales of cotton for Genoa The army bill as prepared by the house military affairs committee, will provide for an army of 400,000 men, and carry an appropriation of 3800,000,000, as compared with $1,117,000,000 as it-passed the house at the last session The navy department is trying out a plan of distributing surplus food and clothing of the department by sale to navy yard workres General March announces that so far 50,000 men have enlisted for the American foreign service The Prince of Wales is expected to make a visit to the United States in August Five hundred barrels of beer, valued at $8,000, were dumped into the Sandusky river at Fremont, O., Friday, on orders from the United States revenue department. The beer was in storage when Ohio went dry In his address to the graduating class at Annapolis last week, Secretary Daniels predicted the day when the navy would have mile-aminute ships It is the understanding In Washington that President Wilson will return to the United States before July 1st, possibly leaving for home this week General March announced Saturday that within two weeks all of the original American expeditionary forces at Archangel will have sailed for home. Fertilizer Prices to be Lower.?"Farmers of the country obtain their mixed fertilizers for the fall season of 1919, at an average price of about 30 per cent lower than the prices which obtained for the spring season just passed," the department of agriculture says in an announcement giving a list of prices ranging from $21.75 to $56.25 per ton for ammonia, phosphoric acid and potash compounds, to which manufacturers have agreed. These will apply as a maximum on 30 ton shipments from Baltimore, Philadelphia and Carteret, N. J., it is explained on sales ready for dealers or farmers, but {will not govern shipments to southern states, for which agreements have not | yet been received. The announcement, it was saia, could not be construed as a fixing of prices, but "reflected the action of the department in dealing with the fertilizer trade under the terms of the food control act." ? Gradual discharge from the navy department of 8,000 women who enlisted for clerical duties during the war were recommended by Secretary Daniels before the house naval committee Saturday. He urged that a year should be allowed to enable the women either to find other work, or to take the civil service examination and obtain a permanent appointment. Chairman Butler declared that in his opinion the women should t>e anowea to retain positions but that the rank of yoewomen should he taken from them together with the extra pay and allotments. Eighty-first Arriving: Bringing about 2,500 troops, mostly units of the Eighty-first (North and South Carolina and Florida National Army) Division, the battleships South Carolina and Missouri arrived at Newport News Sunday from Brest. The units aboard included the Three Hundred and Seventh I'leld Artillery, complete, battalion headquarters and companies E. F and (1 of the Three Hundred 'and Sixth Ammunition Train " 1 J nurl/ .qnH fnnp UK* inil'd vvipo ihuiici.! casual companies, including two for New York. ? Chester June 7: T. O. Ellis, a well known Chester county citizen, has been appointed a food Inspector of South Carolina by B. Harris, commis'siener for agriculture, and will assume I his duties at once. LOCiU. AFFAIRS, < NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. , York Motor Car Co. Uses its spaoe today in | giving some pertinent facta in regard to the j Ford Motor Company and ita product. J. M. Stroup Talks to the fathers who have boys, about clothes for those boys. He has ' the right kind of boys' clothing. Peoples Bank ft Trust Co. Says to farmers that it has money to lend them on cotton at ] 6 per cent if they need it. Your business is solicited. Farmers Hardware ft Supply Co. Offers the DaaUa timo fit aiit/imnWlo nwnf-ra. fillftrfln. teed to give 5,000 mile* of service. Kirkpatrick-Belk Co. I* now showing a new shipment of the famous Dove brand of underwear for ladies. First National Bank, York Tells farmers that they should keep accounts of receipts and expenditures and offers to do this for them. W. M. Riggs, Pres. Gives full information to prospective students about CI em son college, its scholarships, courses, requirements, etc. See insert. H. E. Watts, Clover No. 4 Has Poland-China boar, also Holstein bull. Geo. W. Williams, W. M. Reminds members of regular communication of Philanthropic lodge, No. 32. A. F. M., tonight. J. S. Wells, York No. 2 Wants a buyer for a 60-gallon oil tank. Sherer ft Quinn Invite you to see them for the best teas for making ice, aad also to see them for coffees, and vegetables. Star Theatre Eddie Polo and a comedy today. "Perils of Thunder Mountain" Thursday. A Blue Ribbon feature Friday. York Supply Co. Inquires if you need horse feed and tells you what it has and also tells about some other things it can supply. Mcuonneu ury uoooa uo. nu onenngi ior ladies, others for men and boys, and oxfords for men and women. York Furniture & Hdw. Co. Calls special attention to a beautiful line of grass rugs in brown and green, in 6x9, 8x10, 9x12 sizes. Trustees, Distriet No. 31 Give notice of tax election for school purposes at Allison Creek school house on June 26. Trustees, District No. 49 Publish notice of a special tax election at Cotton Belt school house on June 26. "No, our people are not expecting to work all the roads of the township with $60,000," said George A. McCarter, of Santiago, King's Mountain township, Saturday. "Put our main highways in first-class condition and we will get to. them with the neighborhood roads, and you need not fear about that." Those people who, last winter were cultivating fears that the county's stock of pigs was rather larger than the county would likely demand, will do well to quiet down a little on the subject. At present prices of lard, hams and side meat, the outlook is that York county will find demand for all the pigs she now has and then some. The Cleveland mineral springs property, about two miles from Shelby, has been purchased by Mr. John A. Darwin of Athens, Ga., for $35,000, and the understanding Is that a fine hotel building is to be erected at once. Cleveland mineral springs for many years up to about ten years ago, when the hotel was burned, was one of the most noted health resorts in either North or South Carolina. i A cornfield that was prepared and planted with a Fordson tractor by Mr. S. L. Courtney last week, on his farm on the King's Mountain road, about three miles north of Yorkville, is receiving attention from passing farmers who take note of such things. The most striking features of the field are the thorough manner in which it has been pulverized, the mathematical reg- 1 ularity with which the rows have been laid off, and generally workmanlike appearance of the Job. Though without intention to do so", Mr. Courtney seems to have challenged public attentiorx and whether he likes it or not, his cornfield is going to receive the closest watching and criticism from now on. MARRIAGE RECORD. Marriage licenses have been issued i to the following persons on the dates named: June 6?Willie Hall to Estelle Kendrlck, Bethel township, (colored). June 7?Bratnard B. Ferguson, York No. 5, to Lorraine Latham, Sharon. i June 7?J. Thomas Byers, Rock Hill, i to Eva Cook, York. June 7?Frill Roaks to Bertha Caviness, Rock Hill. Jane 9?Grover C. Stowe, Charlotte, to Carrie Ibel Merritt, Rock Hill. YORK COUNTY SOLDIERS. The Columbia War Camp Community Service reports the discharge of the following York county soldiers to date: James C. Faris? Rock Hill. 1 Thos. F. Sandifer Yorkville Samuel S. Anderson Rock Hill James G. Blair Yorkville Claude E. Smith - Yorkville < Wm- O. Sparrow Clover Wm. P. Hawkins Rock Hill i Wm. B. McCleave Yorkville i Jas. P. Poag Rock Hill Francis S. Hope Rock Hill Alexander H. Barnett Clover 1 Robt. D. Stephenson Catawba Alfred A. Archie Rock Hill i John J. Givens Yorkville i Robt. M. Hope Yorkville Earl B. Ferguson Rock Hill i PENSION MONEY RETURNED. Of the sum of 18,304 received by i Clerk of the Court Logan last April, for distribution among the Confeder ate soldiers and widow3 or conieaerate soldiers on account of pension allowances, the sum of $828 has been returned to the comptroller general to go back into the general fund that is to be divided among the old soldiers and widows generally, who have not heretofore been on the rolls. This $828, almost exactly 10 per cent of the whole sum, represents pensions that were not paid because of death or removal or remarriage of widows. Pensions returned are as follows: S. J. Meek $36 00 W. A. Harmon 36 00 < W. S. Moore 48 00 < J. R. Goings 36 00 < G. W. King 36 00 J. T. McCowan 36 00 ' Pascal Sanders 36 00 ( S. R. Carothers 36 00 i Agnes I. Moore 36 00 Mary L. Outlaw 36 00 Mary A. Pearson 36 00 ( Sue Whisonant 36 00 Mrs. J. G. Maloney 36 00 i Mrs. Mary O. Youngblood.... 48 00 < T. P. Meek 36 00 1 Mary Ann Hamrick 48 00 I Minerva E. Thomas 48 ou Martha L. Wallace 48 00 Gillie J. McGill 36 00 D. M. Stewart 36 00 Total $828 00 STRAIGHT TO THE MOUNTAINS. There Is a well defined movement on foot for the building of a flrst-class highway from Columbia through Fairfield. Chester and York counties to connect with similar highways in North Carolina and lead straight into the mountains, due north to Blowing Rock, in one direction, and over northwest to Asheville in the other. Chester, Winnsboro and Columbia have already commenced moving, the York Automobile association is moving in connection with these towns and also with the people between Yorkville and the Chester line, as well as wPh the people on the way to Gastonia and King's Mountain, fully determined to do everything that is possible to co-operate ir? the direction of completing the links through York township. There is no question of the fact that the route to Asheville from all parts of the state north and east of Columbia, is shortest and best through Yorkville, and the same is true as practically all that part of the state which lies south of Columbia. People from Bennetts vine ana wneoierneiu, oniaiur witunu- , rin, Congressman Stevenson and oth- < era, found several years ago, even 1 when the roads were not nearly a? good as they are now, that there was j no shorter or quicker route to Hender- < jonville and Ashevllle than through f Yorkville. e There was a mass meeting at Winns- i boro yesterday, attended by the lead- a Ing people of the town and country, that had up as one of its principal 1 Items of business the matter of a first- t class road from the Richland line to r the Chester line, and the Chester peo- i pie are joining heartily in the determi- ( nation not only to meet Fairfield at a the county line, but to come up in the direction of York. ATTENDANCE OFFICERS. j Miss Alice Garrison, of Rock Hill, j has been selected by the county board of education as the colleague of Miss i Belva Saunders, to help look after the ' enforcement of compulsory education. . After having the matter under con- f slderatlon for several weeks and de- < bating thoroughly the question as to ! whefhop it was more desirable to ap- , point one man and one woman, two men or two women, the board on last Saturday settled the matter by the selection of Miss Garrison. As a matter of fact it would not be fair to say that the question of whether the officers should be men or women entered very largely into the matter. The action of the board was determined more by its judgement as to the most desirable material of that which was available. Miss Garrison is a Winthrop girl who has taught successfully at India Hook and other places in the county, and who the board of education believes will satisfactorily discharge the duties -of the position to which she has been selected. Both ladles will have quite a lot of field work to do along with considerable office work, and the official headquarters of both will be in the office of the superintendent of education. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. The following transfers of real estate have been indexed in the office of the auditor since me iasi puuiiutuun ?i the record: Broad River W. G. Moss to R. H. Westmoreland, 1 lot; consideration, ,wba Catawba Real Est. Co., to J. M. Wfcloonant, 3 lots; consideration, $840. First Trust & Savings Bank, of Rock Hill "Trustee" to W. G. Stevens and John T. Stevens, 4 lots; consideration, $1,175. First Trust & Savings Bank of Rock Hill, Trustee to W. G. Stevens and John T. Stevens, 1 lot; consideration, $304.60. Catawba Real Est Go., to Jack C. White and W. J. Cunningham, 2 lots; consideration, $1,050. T. A. Barron et al to Joseph Janetta, 1 lot; consideration, $1,100. Catawba Real Est. Co., to J. C. Cauthen, 1 lot; consideration, $485. Catawba Real Est, Co., to C. R Barker and Ethel M. Barker, 1 lot; consideration, $485. C. A. Flncher, trustee to William E Hartsell, 1 lot; consideration, $250. Mary L. Hall to A. B. Lindler, 1 lot; consideration, $3,200. Ebenezer Jno. R. Williams to Levy Deas, 1 lot; consideration, $1,500. Amma W. Buchanan to Josie B. Dunlap, 1 lot; consideration, $10,000. Fort Mill Wm. A. Watson, et al to ' M. Anna Watson, 1 lot; consideration, 1 $1,500. 1 King's Mountain W. L. Purcley to J. Roy Grayson, 1 lot; consideration, $25. n ta t r? iir n d tt* u vi. r J. J >v . a., uiiu iv. cj. nambright to J. L. Vandike, 8 1-2 acres; consideration, $127.50 V. P. Hambrlght, et al to R. D. Hambrlght, 66 acres; consideration, 51,200. York Walter B. Moore, Sr., to Marie Moore Hart, 1 lot; consideration $3.00. Sarah M. Robinson to O. E. Wilkins, 1 lot; consideration, $600. HERE AND THERE No, the street and road tax exemption does not apply to every man who filled out a questionnaire. Some are of that opinion, quite naturally; but they are very much mistaken. The exemption applies only to those who were actually Inducted into the service of the United States, whether as volunteers or by the exemption board. All those who took a step forward and answered "Here" are exempt, not only now but for all time. Those who were enlisted through recruiting officers are also exempt. After July 1 the postage on domestic letters, now 3 cents an ounce or fractional part of an ounce, will drdp to 2 cents an ounce Postal cards will be one cent instead of two cents. People who have stocks of printed envelopes carrying 3 cent stamps will do well to use them as rapidly as possible. Of course such stamped envelopes will be redeemed; but the understanding Is that redemption will require about six months of timeThere was an unbidden guest at the feast given by the Winnie Davis chapter, U. D. C., in honor of the Confederate veterans of York county recently. One of the veterans who was present, and who had a right to be present, complained to The Enquirer about the matter last Saturday. "It is rather unpleasant," he said, "and I do not like to mix up with the matter if I can help it; but it is a fact that there was among the guests u man who was a deserter, and his presence was not only a reflection on the ladles; but an insult to the veterans who have clean records. Of course the ladies did not know It. The obejct of their society Is to honor only those veterans who by reason of their records are entitled to honor. That a deserter should come In is a shame. I feel like I should have denounced the man there; but I refrained becausi I did not like to mqke a scene. I will Just say this. If anybody wants to take the matter up further, you will please give them my name, and I will give them all the facts they want. If a shameless creature like this person is coming into a place like that the next thing we know, he will be getting himself on the pension roll, which is, as it ought to be, a roll of honor." WIND AND HAIL. ? There was quite a heavy wind storm j over a considerable portion of the i :ounty Sunday afternoon, accompanied r In some places with hail and In some f sections there was loss to the crops r md other property, particularly in the c northern part of the county from ? Bowling Green, over in the direction of c Catawba river. Out to the immediate west and northwest of Yorkville there was strong wind that blew down a good many trees and unroofed small houses and 1 the like; but so far as could be e learned there was very little rain and no hail. The wind was quite severe I an down to the south of Yorkville as * far as the Chester county line and beyond, and several items of damage are ( reported in the Philadelphia neighbor- j hood, like blowing off shingles, etc., but there was nothing especially seri- ( jus. h The heaviest part of the storm appears to have been in the northern t part of the county, and especially from : Bowling Green southeast to Catawba, river. There was both wind and hail, the hail setting in heavily about Joe c Brandon's and extending along the ^ ridge, doing damage to his crops, the riops of T. H? J. S., and R S. Riddle, r ind also to the farm of C. H. Glenn v n the Point. Full particulars could not be had \ yesterday because of the breaking v Jown of telephone wires; but some trustworthy reports naa it inai in spois t the damage from hail was as great as T in 1912. Mr. R. O. Clinton of Bethel, who (vas in Yorkville yesterday morning, 8 said that there was very considerable S lamage to the grain crop throughout ills neighborhood. Where wheat and v Dat-s had been cut and shocked the e shocks were thrown about promiscu- b jusly, and where the grain had not seen cut it was leveled with the ground. v Mr. Clinton said that many trees had v seen uprooted in the path of the storm. e Unverified reports yesterday afternoon were to the effect that R. S. Ridlle's home and barn were partly un oof ed. The Gastonia tiaaeue nas u inai ir.? Host seriously devastated section Incudes a belt two miles wide, extending'N rom King's Mountain to Catawba river A md taking in the farms of W. B. Rid- 01 lie, John Currence, J. D. B. McLean, J ind many others. Horace Ware, 16-year-old son of a lilies Ware, was killed by lightning, f( our miles west of King's Mountain. A legro preacher was also killed while g -eadlng his Scripture lesson at Shady e; Irove church, on the outskirts of Bes- f American citizenship. . li Each year the Boy Scout movement ^ is turning out thousands of better ooys and creating the finest types of future American patriots. No cause jhould appeal more strongly to the nothers and fathers of America than the Boy Scout cause. v The Boy Scouts raised several hunIred million dollars in the Liberty Loan and war savings stamps campaign. TJiey did splendid work for n the Red Cross in its several national li :ompaigns. They served the government In many other effective ways c luring the great world war. It is an a organization of gallant patriots and a ieserves the encouragement and supfoort of the nation. . The week beginning June 8 and ? ending June 14 has been set apart as ? Boy Scout week for the purpose of en- 1 arging and strengthening the Boy Scout organization. Associate mem- t oerships in the Boy Scout organization q will be offered to the mothers and a fathers of American boys and to other idult American, citizens. This, if sue- i :essful, will provide a supporting adult a jrganization to the Boy Scouts of 0 \merica which will assure the enarged usefulness and effectiveness of t ;he Boy Scout movement. Surely Z. here are 5,000,000 American men and h women who are willing to help the " aoys of America to become the best v >f all American citizens. Surely there ire millions of other American citizens y who are willing to contribute a small 0 mm to Dut the Bov Scout oraranizatlon f jn a strong and permanent basis which e #111 assure the continuous training of :he young of America in the finer * deals and conceptions and citizenship h in the greatest democracy on earth. n This worthy cause stands alongside q :he Red Cross and other humanitarian S >rganizations which have had the gen- c jrous support of the American people, v [n the name of America's best boy- r lood I beg America's manhood and r womanhood to help. a ii TREES ALONG HIGHWAYS. ? The time when most of the roads of 9 :his county ran for the greater part of s iielr way through woods is a familiar * recollection of all the natives who have ^ ?assed fifty or sixty years. d Take, for instance, any of the high- v ways leading out of the town of York- 11 rille?that towards Howell's ferry, that o :oward Rutherfordton, that toward s Lincolnton, or King's Mountain or g Rock Hill, or Charlotte, and there was nore wooded mileage than there was n cleared mileage. <] Of course there is nothing to be re- 8 fretted in the clearing up of the land tl ;hroughout the country, for the land a leeded to be cleared before it could a 3e put to its proper use; but there is jj >ne thing that is to be regretted and u hat is that in the clearing the old & lolks did not look ahead to the days a :vhen the shade which was then more c ;han abundant, might come in for p ilgher appreciation- n All our York county boya who have j, >een in France, havtf brought back most c pleasant and delightful word pictures a >f the highways. In the first place e he roads have been well graded, in the ^ iecond place they have been splendidly n surfaced, and last, but by no means e east, they are bordered on both sides w >y delightful shade trees. q How often has the destruction of the beautiful shade trees along the French j "ugh ways been made the subject of sto- (1 ies that have sickened the hearts es- <; ?ecially of those who admire the use- ^ !ul as combined with the beautiful in ^ mch a connection. Just why the Ger- e nan armies should have devoted their e ime and energies to destroying these t( ihade trees is difficult to realize; but c n this connection their reasoning seems a rood. The Germans are a very practi- v :al. methodical, systematic and intelli- n jent people. They are not a people to 0 vaste valuable time, labor and effort b >ut of mere . wantonness. Of course p hev know that the setting out and ? rrowth of the French shade trees rep- j". esented generations of time and effort _ vith all the value accrued. The busness of the Germans was to Injure the _ Trench as much as possible, and we b nay well feel assured that from their itandpoint the Germans felt that they ? w^re being fully repaid for all it cost o ruin those shade trees. And if these trees were of such tre- J1 nendous value to the French, why " vould similar trees not be equally ? vorth while to us? We have nothing * )f the kind; certainly nothing of the ei cind that we have a right to claim any ipecial credit for or that we have a P ight to be proud of. That we have ? lothing of this kind, however, is no a eason why we should not have our w ull share. Properly organized the young people b >f the county could soon set out dou- n >le lines of shade trees along every tl oad, and if they would only do it such c( jndertaking would carry both present P ind future reward. The present re- P vard would come in part in conscious- ti less of a service rendered to the future ci ind years later on there would be still w uture reward to be realized from the s< nost pardonable pride that will be oc- a asioned through the expressions of f? ippreciation and gratitude, which will s< hen become the invariable rule in n :onnection with the matter. ci a ABOUT PEOPLE J Mr. A. M. Inman, who graduated at ci Davidson college last week has return- ic d to his home in Yorkvuie. Mr. William Jones, of Charleston cl dedical college, has returned to York- P ille for the summer. * Mrs. Spencer Macfie, of Brevard. N. ^ is visiting her mother, Mrs. S. C. * tshe, in Yorkville. Q] Miss Esther Ashe, of Chicora college, w Columbia, is spending the holidays at ei ler home in Yorkville. w Mr. C. R. Stroup, of Georgia Polly- te echnic college, Atlanta, has returned ol o Yorkville for the summer. sc Miss Viola Johnson, of the Woman's 81 ollege, Due West, has returned to w forkville for the summer. Mr. D. L. Rambo, has recently re- ~ noved his family to Pittsburg, Penn., 'fl rhich they expect to make their home. Captain G. C. McCelvey, of Camp J. Vadsworth, visited friends in York- , ille this week. ce Mr. Hugh Smith of Rock Hill, spent ai he week-end with his brother, Mr. R. jt x Smith, of Filbert R. F. D- No. 1. 0( Mr. W. C. Duncan of Rock Hill, se pent the week-end with Mr. Joe W. m imith, on Yorkville R. F. D. No. 1. pi Miss Mary Fant Herndon, of York- ^ ille, Is attending commencement ex- ** rcises at Converse college, Spartan- ,e; urg. "} Mrs. T. M. Dobson, who has been Islting friends and relatives in Yorkille, and country surrounding, return- B d to her home in Atlanta, last Friday. ^ Misses Anna Ma? Dowdle and Mar- tli aret Qascoigne, of Sharon, attended ca he commencement exercises of the th Roman's College at Due West ^ Mr. John A. Jenkins, who Is with the va Tew York offlce of the Equitable Life co ssuranee society, Is visiting the family f his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. enklns, in Yorkvllle. Miss Martha Brandon of Yorkvllle, nd Misses Ruth Morris, Mary Ratch>rd and Clara Armstrong, of Qastonla, ft yesterday for a trip to Norfolk, altimore and Washington, with the Kpectation of being away about ten ays. ^ Wlllard Neelands, of Filbert, who as been in France with the American Expeditionary Forces, since last Auust, returned home last Saturday, aving landed at Newport News on lay 29. He got into the fighting on November 1, and saw some pretty exiting times. For the present he exects to make his home in Yorkvllle. V. Freidheim McCarter has wired his tother, Mrs. E. C. McCarter, on York to. 6, that he has landed in New York ild is now at Camp Mills. The preumptlon Is that he will be discharged viii v^ciiiiv vm-ivaun. r reiuneira naa een overseas about eight months. In recent letter he wrote that he was t oming home, and he would be satis- I ed to spend the balance of his life 1 rlth "Mrs. E. C " (his mother). fl Corporal Leen put in proper shape. It is pitiaile to see people try to get water and all. ? If you have not paid your continuation street tax you had better do so uickly. The penalty begins to attach fter July 16. ? Mr. J. R. Cannon has purchased >r. Cartwrlght's portion of the T. B. fcClain farm on the western outskirts f town. Mr- Cannon now owns It all. ? Men who are exempt from continuation taxes should nevertheless secure eceipts from the treasur'as the exilbitlon of receipts showing all taxes aid is a pre-requlslte to voting. ? The fire department was called out esterday by an alarm from the home f Mrs. O. E- Grist, occasioned by the laring up of an oil stove. The fire was xtlnguished with but little damage. ? What was one of the most severe windstorms that has been experienced lere for years swept the town from orthwest to southeast during about a uarter of an hour following 3 o'clock lunday afternoon. The wind was preeded by high up, thick clouds, loaded irith dust and trash? hut avldontlv no ylng little water. The higher eleaents seemed filled with leaves, dust nd pieces of paper. The wind came a angry gusts that slipped into steady ales, some of these gales continuing or several minutes at a time and eemlngly growing stronger and tronger; green branches were torn rom trees, garden truck was twisted, orn and irt many cases corn was laid lat The streets were littered with lead branches and green leaves that irere whipped from the trees. Electric ight and telephone wires were more r less tangled; but there was no conlderable damage. There was not a reat deal of rain. ? The nation-wide drive which comlenced yesterday and which continues uring the balance of the week to well the associate membership roll of he Boy ScButs of America, finds conitions locally in rather unfortunate hape. Scout Troop No. 1, which was a a flourishing condition for five years p to January 1, appears to be in a isorganized condition for the moment, t least- The troop is without an offlial head. It came about like this. lev. J. L. Oates, who had been serving lost efficiently and acceptably, found ist fall that he would be unable to ontinue to give to the position the ttention its duties demanded, and aftr giving the boys due notice, sent in is resignation through proper chanels. Prof. Glenn, who has been electd as superintendent of the schools, /as agreed upon as successor to Mr. ^ lates, and at the earnest solicitation of he boys Mr. Oates agreed to serve as Ir. Glenn's assistant. The papers were uly prepared along this line, and Mr. iates said yesterday that he presumed hey had been sent in; but up to this Lme he has not received any acknowldgment or commission. "I have sevral checks," said Rev. Mr. Oates yeserday, 'from parties who wish ihus to ontinue their associate membership nd help the work along; but being rtthout any authority to handle the loney, to hold it or forward It, I know f nothing else to do but to send It ack to the people who sent It to me." 'eople who have been In more or less lose touch with the Boy Scout orguntation have been Impressed with the plendid work it has done and the in* uence it has exerted, and Information f the situs tlon as outlined will merely i e sufficient to bring such steps as will ut the local troop in good standing gain at the earliest possible moment. There was a fairly good attendance t the meeting held in the courthouse ist Friday night for the purpose of onsiderlng the question of adequate f chool facilities. The trustees had no special plan to propose. The condions in general, are like this- The resent school building is Inadequate 5r the accommodation of the present ttendance. It can hardly be said that tie accommodations are good as far as tiey go. The basement floors of the ullding are not sanitary. There Is ted for about 20 per cent more room ian is now available perhaps 80 per ent more room. Building plans pre area a lew years ago causa iur tui w endlture of $65,000. The same faciliee that were contemplated then will ill for something like $125,000. This rill include the erection of a high ihool building, necessary repairs, and ddltions to the present building and lirly adequate provision for the negro :hools. These figures are approxilate, not final. There was some dis- +* ussion of the question of enlarging the rea of the school district, by going out rom a mile to a mile and a half, as ir as possible in fact, without enroachlng upon any other district. The lea is to increase the area of the preset district so as to increase its flnanlal strength and to afford facilities to eoplt living beyond the limits; but ho cun get better facilities in the dis ict. This will be done by petition. 'o final action was taken, but there semed to be a feeling that the people f the school district would stand for hatever the trustees might deem necjsary, and the meeting adjourned 1th the understanding that the trusies would meet with the county board r education this afternoon, and as ton as possible thereafter institute ich proceedings as may be necessary > provide badly needed school facllie8. * ? There is general realization of the ,ct that there Is need for better school icilitles in Yorkville school district, o. 11. It would not be fair to say tat there is very considerable enthuasm on the subject Take -the consnsus of the sentiment of the town id there is some doubt as to whether measures up to p-"?per appreciation ' the situation. There are people who em to have a reeling mat witn an tne oney that has been spent for school lrposes In the past, they should have rest from further expenditures in the iture- There are people who more or ss triumphantly advance the arguent that having educated their own tildren as far as the primary and gh schools are concerned, they are > longer interested In the question. at there is only one answer to any of ese suggestions, and that answer is at the standard of the community unot possibly be advanced beyond > e standard of the schools. The andard of the schools may be ad.need beyond the standard of the immunity, and the standard of the