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Scraps and .farts. ? The Prince of Wales arrived at Newfoundland last Monday on his promised visit to Canada and the United States- He came across on the British cruiser Renown. The prince is 24 years of age. He served through the world war with distinction and won a French decoration. He is tc spend some time in Canada and then come to the United States. The understanding is that while in Washington his home will be in the White House. ? rinia imnorts to the value of ?1, 000,000 sterling have been recovered by salvages from the wreck of the former White Star Dominion liner Laurajrfic, which was sunk Jan. 38, 1917, off Fasadi Light, Ireland. The Laurentic, a vessel of 14,892 tons, which Mas acting as a British auxiliary cruiser, struck a mine off the north coast oi Ireland. Of a personnel of 470, only 120 were saved. According to the testimony of Captain Norton before the Coroner's hearing a large number ol the men perished in open boats as a result of the bitter weather then prevailing . ? Authority to- increase temporarily the parcel post weight limit to 125 pounds so buyers of army food maytake full advantage of the opportunity to purchase through postmasters and letter carriers has been granted to the postmaster general by the interstate commerce commission. It also announced that during the sale buyers might place several orders at the same time without paying the initial postage charge of 5 cents a pound more than once. The orders must be in writing and in duplicate and the cost plus postage will be collected with them. They will be fitted in the order received. ? Offering to the public of 2,000,000 surplus all wood, cotton and wool and cotton blankets has been announced by the war department arrangements having been completed for their distribution through postofflce and municipal channels on the same plan as that adopted for foodstuffs. For individual purchasers, prices will be $6 for new wool blankets, and $5 for reclaimed wool: $5 for new cotton mixed and $3.50 for reclaimed; $3 for new cotton and $1.25 for reclaimed cotton; the reclaimed, it is explained are blankets used less than a year which have been renovated and laundered. These sell* ?1,1 flvo/J fnr Qtnnks T0 lug prices win uc u*cu ... -- tailed through municipalities and postmasters. In addition, the department will sell blankets in bale lots of 20 at prices lower than the retail figures. No more than 10,000 blankets will be sold to a single purchaser. ? The United States was a diplomatic outsider in the war with Germany and never did know until the war was over how the allied nations had discussed and agreed among themselves in regard to territorial dispositions. The United States was then called on to ratify the secret agreements of our al. lies, some of which were in direct op** position to the underlying principles of this government. This was the effect and substahce of the testimony of Secretary of State Lansing before the senate foreign relations committee last Thursday. He admitted quite frankly under close questioning these facts in regard to the ignorance of the United States of the agreements among all the other allied nations: 1. That all during the discussions leading up to the Lansing Ishii agreement the canny diplomat. Viscount Ishii, never said a word about the understandings which the government had with Great Britain, France, Italy and Russia in regard to Chinese territory. 2. That neither Lord Balfour, British Foreigpi Minister, nor former Premier Viviana of France: when they were in the United States, told this government of 1 r\f thoir KOV ine variuus agi?uiv..? ?. ernmont in regard to territorial dispositions at the end of the war. 2. That the first knowledge of the United States in regard to the secret agreements came in the first part of February, 1919, after the peace conference had assembled, when the information was transmitted to the American delegation. ? The traditional decorum of senate procedure was upset today by an unusual demonstration of approval from the galleries following an address by Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, chairman of the foreign relations committee, assailing provisions of the league of nations covenant. For more than a minute the gallery spectators applauded and cheered in violation of senate rule, and then when order had been restored they interrupted with howls and hisses a speech by Senator Williams, Democrat, Mississippi, in reply to Mr. Lodge. In spite of a sharp admonition from the chair, there were more hisses mingled with applause when Senator Hitchcock, Democrat, Nebraska, seconded Williams' speech. Vice president Marshal made no attempt to check the first demonstration until it had begun to die out, but later he twice threatened to clear the galleries unless order was preserved. Senator Lodge's address, itself uninterruDted. was aimed chiefly against league provisions which, he said wouJd make the United States "a subject nation" and ended with an appeal for the preservation of Americanism. The convenant in its present form, he asserted, would not establish a league of peace, but would destroy the Monroe doctrine and give other nations the power to decide domestic American question and to order American troops into foreign service. Senator Williams bitterly assailed the foreign relations chairman, declaring that in three months of preparation he had wordeJ his addresses to serve Republican political ends and to play to the galleries. There was no appeal in Senatoi Lodge's address for rejection of the league altogether nor was there an> mention of the program of reservations proposed by seven Republican senators as a basis of its acceptance. It was learned, however, that this program had been discussed with him bj some of its sponsors and that a conference of Republicans would be helc within a few days at which an attempt will be made to bring the Massachu setts senator and several others intc agreement on such a plan. It was understood the reservation group felt they had good ground for believing that their proposal would be accepter by Mr- Lodge and that enough Republicans then could be lined up to insurr success of the movement should th< Democratic leaders give their assent. ? The railroad brotherhoods througt their counsel. Glenn E. Plumb, or Tuesday laid before the house interstate commerce committee theii charges of corruption in the management of the railroads under private control. The charges-, announced as forthcoming a week ago, were thai many of the great railway systems hac been plundered systematically by the financial interests and that the railroads illegally held millions of acres ol public lands. Eighteen representative railroads of the country, the brotherhood attorney asserted, issueel stock aggregating $450,414,000 between 190C anel 1010 as bonuses and paid millions of dollars in dividends on these bonuses. These same railroads, he furthei charged, were "controlled in whole 01 in part by the Morgan interests, the Rockefeller interests and the Gould interests." Coupled with the charges which came just before the house com mittee closed its hearings on organizer labor's bill for elimination of private capital from railroad ownership, was the demand by Mr. Plumb that congress make a thorough investigatioi of the matter so that "the Americur people may know to what extent it is tr>om t/i ovnlotation' sougni iu sui/jcw vuvu. .x. ?..l under the other plans proposed for frn ture disposition of the railroads. There was no intimation as to what cours< the committee might take in regard tc the request for an investigation. Chairman Esch, in half a dozen questions indicated that to go into the charge.' would be like traveling over olc ground, as they had been threshed oul long ago. Plumb told the committee that either had the evidence to suppon every charge or knew where it coule be obtained. Presentation of the charges apparently failed to arouse much interest among members, as nc one except the chairman sought light through examination of the witness. A, B. Garretson, former head of the Order of Railway Conductors, closing his statement begun Monday eleclared with utmost frankness that if a vote were taken today the country probablj would reject organized labor's plan He explained, however, that this would be due to general suspicion against new things, and he predicted that it would be endorsed and adopted in the not distant future. The opinion was i expressed by Mr. Garretson that there i had been no fair test of government ) operation of railroads, because the i railroads since being taken over had , been operated by officials who were I opposed to government ownership and | wanted to demonstrate that it was not t best for the country. With the filing . of Plumb's charges the committee con, eluded hearings on his plan for public . ownership and employ operation of the railroads, and will take up later the plans to be offered by security holders and railway executives, both ot which, labor officials have testified, are more f radical than that framed by Mr. Plumb and endorsed by the brother' hoods. It probably \^ill be a month before the committee can make a final report. SAW 3(1 urt* rift? $tt01lirfr Entered at the Postofflce at York as Mail Matter of the Second Class. FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 1919. The street car strikes over the country' have brought the bicycle into more extensive use. Business people who need to travel swiftly and who cannot afford to use automobiles, are generally resorting to the bicycle. It cannot be repeated too often that the Important thing for the farmers of this country is to produce food and more food. Once the reply to this proposition was that we are in debt and how can we pay our debts without cotton? There was some reason to that. But ncy most people have at least had some opportunities to discharge their debts, and the thing now is to raise food in the shape of cattle, hogs and the like, xnese mings mi) now be raised with greater profit tjhan ever. Take the meat trust, for Instance. Barring New York, Illinois, Pennsylvania. and a few others, it is financially stronger than almost any state in the Union. In a way it is as strong as the national government. The same is true of the flour trust, the steel trust and many others. These trusts are able to control prices, at will, buying raw materials at their own figures and making the public pay what they please. The idea of individual or even corpoi%te compe1 tition is out of the question. The . trusts are too well grounded. They are able to oppress the people at will. They are able to be more oppressive even than a duly constituted state government that wants to be oppressive. They are virtually responsible to nobody. Then if the only way to secure relief from these trusts is by means of the competition of a sovereign state, what is wrong with such tornpetition? A. C. Townley represents economic reform of a far-reaching nature. He warts .stajA-owned banks, state-owned elevators and state-owned terminal facilities. He is not opposed to private enterprise in any of these lines; but merely seeks to furnish state competition in cases where competition is to be had in no other way. Monopolistic interests are fighting back at Townley. They recognize that unless they put him out of business he will put them cut of business. There seemed to be no other way to get Townley except by the enactment of a law that made the preaching of his doctrine a crime. The legislature of Minnesota, under the control of Governor Burnquist, a representative of big business, .readily passed such a law. Townley continuing to preach his. doctrine in Minnesota. was arrested and put on trial before a packed jury. He was denied the right to speak in his own defense and was convicted of disloyalty. North Dakota farmers are pressing for a new trial and say they are willing to back Mr. Townley with all the money that may be necessary to secure Justice. 1 Special correspondents from Russia i are writing the big newspapers they ' represent that Lenine is beginning to realize that the jig is up so far as the 1 ~r ll-inrt V>!u (tronin nf estsib IlUpr ui inui/a.ih *<? ?w.... ?. lishing Bolshevism is concerned, and l.enine is realizing1 too that there is ' little else for him now than to seek an s asylum In some place where he may live out the remainder of his days in ' peace, if such a place is to be found, r lie is beginning to see more clearly every day that If he remains In Rus' sia, sooner or later he will be assassi' rated., He finds that while the do> less people, the tramp element, the j - i lenient that has never been willing 1 to work anyway, is desirous of hold[ ing on. the solid substantial people of . the kind who do the labor in the J t factories and on the farms are unable J to see in Bolshevism anything like just and equitable recompense for 1 their industry, and all Russians are 1 roeing more clearly than ever that the r brains, experience and skill to plan are fully as important as is the labor to 5 execute. The idea that the profession? a) irmn, the scholar, the preacher and 1 others are non-productive leaches i on the body politic is fast disappearing ; and with the passage of this idea Is j also disappearing the idea that politi. ?al or economic systems of any kind > may lift men above their natural or J acquired qualifications. Russians gen. < rally, even those who embraced the Renine idea at the beginning, are being disillusioned. But it is not to be understood that Lenine is trying to desert , 'he whole btsiness. it Is stated that - I t is trying to turn the government ' over to less radical elements more 3 likely than himself to be able to hold . the situation together. i , m , | Authentic advices from Russia in dicate the probable early collapse of - tho various eamuaicns acainst the J Bolshevist forces. On the one side is ) the Bolshevist government of Lenine . and Trotsky, undoubtedly having con. trol of the greater part of Russia in j Europe. Opposed to the Bolshevists t ::ie Admiral Kolchak, at the head of > the provisional government of Siberia, t with Omsk for his capital. (Jen. DeneJ Kine, operating in the southern part of' > Bussia, and what part is left of the j i retiring French and British forces in; t the province of Archangel to the north. There are nine thousand Americans in j eastern Siberia, and an inconsequent i number of Japanese. The Americans and Japanese are presumably there only for the purpose of protecting the eastern end of the Siberian railroad. In the spring Kolchak, with more than 100,000 men held positions along the Ural front. Since then the Bolshevist armies, estimated as numbering from 300,000 to 500,000, have driven him back a distance of 800 miles- He has been compelled to make three different retirements over an aggregate distance of 175 miles, within the past ten days. His army consists for the most part of raw levies badly equipped, while the I Bolshevist armies are largely composed of well disciplined veterans, said to | be led in part by German officers. Geni?mi nonekine's Cossack army to the | south is much better equipped and supplied with big guns, tanks, machine guns and small arms; but it is not so strong in numbers. Denekine is within easy reach of help from the Allies; but Kolchak is far from possible help. The British and French are soon to leave the Archangel district, so it has been officially announced from both Paris and London. It is a common fear of anti-Bolshevist sympathizers throughout the world that the Bolshevist armies plan first to crush Kolchak and then go after Denekine. South Carolina Marriage Laws. For nearly. 250 years?from the first settlement of the state, in fact South Carolina has stood out all alone on the divorce questionThere have never been any divorce laws in this state except for a few years between the resconstruction period from 1868 to 1876. There are no divorce laws in South Carolina now. This commonwealth Btill holds the distinction of being the easiest state in the union In which to get married and the hardest in which to get unmarried. Until the enactment of the license statute of 1911, there was no legal requirement for any kind of a written record in connection with g. marriage eeremony. All that was necessary to constitute a marriage was the sworn testimony of credible witnesses to the effect that they had heard the parties in question acknowledge themselves as husband and wife. Barring the requirement nt Viovinir flr?t nhtnined a marriage li cense and that is all that is necessary now. # This is the law; but hardly the moral sentiment of the public. In addition to a license, the most wholesome public sentiment requires an approved marriage ceremony in which the contracting parties solemnly bind themselves to the obligations of the state into which they are entering. At this ceremony either a Christian minister or any public official with power to administer an oath may officiate; but a Christian minister is preferable. But by whomsoever the ceremony, based upon the duly issued license, there is no legal manner of undoing the marriage. The dower rights of a woman in all real property owned by her husband at the time of her marriage, or subsequently acquired by him, have always been carefully guarded by the law?so carefully in fact that until 1902, these rights were simply r.on-forfeitable. By an act passed in 1902 it was provided that if a woman willingly leave her husband, and continue away in adultery, she should forfeit her dower rights, subject to reconciliation with here husband. At the last session of the general assembly this statute was further amended so as to provide for the forfeiture of dower rights of a woman who may willingly remain away from her husband for a period of five years; or who may be convicted of adultery; or who may obtain a divorce in another state. Is is provided in all cases however, that if the husband agrees to a reconciliation such forfeited rights are restored The Problem of Britain. As a refuge from the widespread unrest and threatened disorganization as the result of the conflicting aspirations of labor, capital and autocracy, David Lloyd George, easily recognized as the foremost statesman of the world, is now pressing for a general overhauling of the British government, for hundreds of years the local sovereign arbiter of the political affairs not only of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland, but of all outside possessions and dependencies so as to form what will be in fact, as well as in name a mighty empire every part of which will have equal representation and power with every other part, in ^ proportion to population, wealth and intelligence. The British government is a strictly party affair- After a general election, the king selects as his prime minister the leader of the dominant party and the prime minister organizes his cabinet of ministers as circumstances seem ts\ enocnet nciio 11 \r frnm fimnnC thft leaders of his own party; but in the case of naiional peril, as during the great war, from all the parties that have strength enough to compel recognition. Ordinarily the dominant party governs with an iron hand In accordance with its own peculiar policies, swerving out of its course for nothing except unmistakable rebuke or complete overthrow by the popular electorate, which, at best, has but an indirect way of making known its desires. British social, political and economic conditions of-today constitute more than anything else a thousand years driftage of a hap-hazzard policy that has all along been based on the principle of "eveiy man -for himself and the devil take the hindmost." Land titles are for the most part traceable back to the strongest arms, wielding the most skillful swords, and for hundreds of years the labor of the masses went with the lands upon which they lived. Gradually and slowly what Is now understood as "business" began to i win the recognition of the sword, and now labor, strengthened with a slowly but surely dawning intelligence, is beginning to lay more or less wellfounded claims to rights of which It has so long been deprived. In the light of the great war, nothing is more natural than the present upheaval. All classes were called upon to offer their lives and all they had. Hundreds of thousands died. This was for the preservation of the wealth the homes, the altars and fires , the liberty and the prestige of those who had such things. And what is more natural than that those who had nothing of their own to light for should now be asking for an equitable share of that which they helped to save for others? If that does not touch the cause of the existing unrest, then the explanation Is indeed a mystery. But no man can be trusted to help himself according to his own ideas of his own deserts. The most convincing proof of this is to be found in the' results that followed the old time practice under which the titles to the lands went to the strongest and boldest swords. The possession of wealth, ( prestige and privilege is by no means prima facie evidence of unfitness or wrongdoing. The intelligent direction 1 of brains and learning has had as much to do with the prosperity of ] Britain as has manual labor, and j more. Without this intelligent direction of brains and learning, Britain j w/Milri novnr hnvp hponme what she is. and with the intelligent direction of brains and learning separated from [British wealth today, under whatever ownership this wealth might fall, It would become as the ashes of Sodom. There Is probably no other man in the world who has a more comprehensive appreciation of the problems of Great Britain and of civilization at this time than Lloyd George, and there is probably no other man in the world who is more fully competent to work these problems out on a basis of righteous justice to all. Will Not Deal With Striking ShopMen.?No dealings with representatives of the railroad shopmen now on strike will be made by the railroad administration, Director General Hlnes repeats in a letter to James Hamilton Lewis, former senator from Illinois, who telegraphed the administration August 9 in the interests of the strikers. "The strikes which have taken place have not been authorized according to the laws of the shopmen's organization with which the railroad 1 administration has dealt," the letter says, "and these strikes have the ef- < feet of repudiating the established organizations and of bringing the con- ] sideration of the matter to a standstill. The president himself has fully . adopted the policy." Sensible Talk on Negro QAettion.? Sensible leaders like Rev. E. L.?Madison, a negro preacher of Wilmington, 1 can render a great service to the country by sane counsel to members of , their race. As quoted in The Wilmington Star, Madison, in a sermon last Sunday, called the attention of his con- 1 gregation to the advantages and opportunities enjoyed by negroes in the south and warned them against listening to radical orators, either north or south. Speaking of opportunities in . the south, and of the fact, recognized 1 by all thoughtful negroes, that the < southern white man is the negro's best I friend, he said. "In every city or com- ( munity the honest, industrious negro man can get any favor which he may : need and ask from the hands of his good white neighbor." "What we have ( lost in centuries," he said, "cannot be iegained in a few years. No eloquence of men's agitation, no bullying threats of men far away from among us, who would make appeal to passion can . serve the purpose of the negro in the south. Let us continue to prove 1 worthy of the friendship of ourywhite < neighbors who have stood bj^ and *- -? J In nKiin. Iieipeu U3. VV C Iltvvc menus 111 uuu.ldance and we must not forget them. We can ill afford to part with them. We should not prove ungrateful to them. Let us look things in the face and be square with them."?Lumberton, N. C., Robesonian. The Profits of the Cotton Industry.? In the interest of all parties concerned, but more especially to determine whether cotton manufacturers are earning more from the spinning of raw cotton than is justified under present high price conditions Representative Byrnes of South Carolina, who, a day or two ago offered a resolution calling upon the federal trade commission for data on this line, says that the information given him while satisfactory as far as it went, was not sufficient. it is shown in the figures supplied him what it costs the cotton mills to make the different kinds of cloth, but there is nothing to show what they get from it, and it is the net return, after other expenses are met, that Mr. Byrnes wishes to secure. "I am going to introduce a bjll" Mr. Byrnes said "calling for the enactment of a law which will compel the federal trade commission to publish quarterly an itemized statement from all cotton mills. This will show what the mills ' paid for the raw cotton, what they 1 paid their selling agent, the cost of mill help, and, finally, what they re- ] i-pivfii for the finished troods. It will show in detail, how much the mill help received and what others received, and l'rom this will be determined whether there is fair play all around or whether under present circumstances warrant, whether it is the middleman or some one who is profiteering"." Opposition to the Plumb Plan.?The Board of Directors of the Chamber of 1 Commerce of the United States has issued a formal statement regarding the demand of railroad labor organizations for government ownership, in which it was pointed out that these demands create a situation * which "calls for the most serious attention and deepest thought of all citizens." "These demands," the announcement r read, "raise vital questions which af- j feet directly every phase of life throughout the United States. They constitute a definite program for gov- r eminent ownership and this despite the fact that government ownership t has proved to be disastrous wherever C it has been applied. t Any proposal for government own- t ership of railroads, whatever the provision for operation, raises questions t which every citizen must eventually ( consider for himself. To increase the s present public debt from $30,000,000,000 to $50,000,000,000 in order to acquire t the roads would severely strain the i credit of the Liberty and Victory i bonds held by millions of people. The t public as a whole through the governm< nt would be asked to assume the f burden and financial risks of railway t capital, while the roads would be run l?v and for the managers and em- c ployes. The suggestion of possible re- r (Suction of costs of transportation and ] betterment of service under such a ( system is purely theoretical and has not been established in practice by the f government operation of the railroads. { On the contrary, in this country as ( elsewhere, the very opposite results have been shown. 8 "Government ownership means a re- j tarded development of the railroads. Because of the war the country is B cadly behindhand in railroad construe- jlion. Additional facMities must be a added at once, and enormous railway f extensions must be made during the c next few years to meet the actual demands of our country's growth. This g ' alls for the highest type of individual t initiative and enterprise. Politics must lie kept out of the railroad business." MERE MENTION. Delivery of thirty vessels to the 1 shipping board during the week ending August 9, brought the total since the 1 I eginning of the war to 1,937 of 4,- 1 f.i2,L'7S gross tons All resiricnons ( a the sale of gasoline in Atlanta, and i suburbs have been raised. Sale of i gasoline was restricted when it became apparent that the supply would be dl- ( minished on account of the lailroad v strike ... K. Shiedehara, vice minis- , ter ol foreign affairs in the Japanese cabinet has been appointed Japanese ambassador at Washington, to succeed ^ Viscount Ishii A Binghampton, ' X. Y., grocer was fined $500 this week 1 in Federal court for selling sugar at fifteen cents a pound Nine men 1 were arrested a*ul $10,000 worth of t liquor was confiscated in Cleveland, O., I Wednesday when a special agent of the t department of justice captured two r trucks which were carrying liquor i from Pennsylvania into Ohio The i lirst bale of the Mississippi cotton crop 1 ol 1910 was sold at auction on the t Memphis. Tenn., cotton exchange Wed- I nesday for $1 a pound Three 1 white men, disguised as negroes held 1 up the cashier of the Citizen's Hank of 1 South Carroll ton, Ky., Monday and v (scaped with $23,000 in government c bonds and $8,000 in currency In- I bict meats against thirty-six negroes il and four white men charging offenses a renving from assault to murder were ii returned Tuesday by a special grand t hiry investigating the recent race riots t in Chicago. ii LOCiU. /^TAIKS, NEW ADVERTISEMENTS Courtney Tractor Co.?Te!l? about a tractor demonstration held last Monday, and invites all interested to another demonstration today from 12 noon until you t satisfied. Liggett & Myers?Say that Americans lik" American tobacco in their cigarettes and th it is one reason why Piedmont sigarettes please. [. W. Johnson, Mayor?Advertisers for two policemen for the town of York. Piedmont Wagon & Mfg. Co., Hickory, N. C.? Has lot of firewood for sale, 9 miles from York. Et. D. Hope?Wants an experienoed shoe repairer. Good pay. Peoples Trust Co.. Rock Hill?Has city property in Rock Hill for sale, as well as farms up to 600 acres. The Strait property, Ogdon. J. R. A. Wallace?Wants all sorts of country produce at his store at the Cannon mill. [lev. O. L. Jones. Clover?Has five belted Hampshire pigs for sale, at |10 each. D. T. Woods, Clerk?Calls for meeting of W. O. W., in the Yorkville camp hall tomorrow night, to hear M. W. Bobo, district manager. 3eo. W. Williaihs, W. M.?Gives notice of special communication Philanthropic lodge, No. 82, A. F. M., next Tuesday night. J. J. Glenn. M. D.?Can be found in his office next to Shieder-Snelling Drug Store, or telephone No. 86. J. L. Houston. Probate Judge?Gives notice that S. W. Thomas has applied for letters of administration on estate of Manerva E. Thomas, deceased. Smyrna Y. P. C. U.?Will present "Among the Breakers," in Hickory Grove school auditorium this Friday evening. Teinstein's Bargain House?Is showing newest styles in ladies' waists and also a line of ladies' dresses. "irst National Bank. York?Calls attention to the convenience and efficiency of doing business with it by mail and wants you to try it. (irkpatrick-Belk Co.?Buyers now in the markets. New goods arriving. Big lines of ladies' wear, shoes, etc. fork Supply Co.?Can furnish you with several grades of cedar and pine shingles, iron and composition roofing. Scrap iron wanted. Jank of Clover?Will pay $5 to the seller of the first bale of 1919 cotton on the Clover market. The record, fork Furniture & Hdw. Co.?Offers Ford front springs at $2.76 each. Also has good line of Ford parts and accessories. Star Theatre?Programme for today tomorrow, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. ?\ C. Ridddle?Says the Deleo lighting system is so simple a child can operate it. J. M. Stroup?Talks about the fall trade and the goods he will have for his trade and the service he will continue to give. 5. L. Courtney?Suggests that you use only genuine Ford parts on Ford cars and tells you where to get genuine Ford repairs. , WcConnell Dry Goods Co.?Invites attention of mothers to dress goods for school children. Coats and coat suits, dresses, clothing, etc. Peoples Bank & Trust Co.?Extends cordial in VllAllOn to larmera uu urn ... .... ? vice it can render them now or later. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Cov?Gives you facts as to why Prince Albert is the satisfactory tobacco for smokers. ^ev. B. F. McLendon, the evangelist, who Is so well known in York county, commenced a four weeks meeting in Wadesboro, N. C., lasj. Sunday, after having just completed a successful meeting in Sanford. Employes of the Southern Power Company and Southern Utilities Company are on strike in Charlotte, Winston-Salem, Greenville, and other points for a better wage scale. The street car service went out of business In Greenville and Charlotte, on Sunlay. There ie being published in The Enquirer today the game law as revised at the last session of the general assembly. Especial attention is called to the license taxes now required of hunters. And in view of the importance of this law, all persons who are Interested, or who think they may possibly be Interested later on, are idvlsed to clip out the law as published and take care of the clipping for future reference. The county commissioners of Gasion county, N. C., have fixed Tuesday, August 19. as the date for the holding 3f an election on the question of lslsing $500,000 worth of road bonds. Among the highways agreed upon to Pulld Is one from the Catawba river (westward to Gastonia, and another 'rom the Lincoln county line to the i'ork county line, the latter road to onnect with the north and south road hrough York county. THE MARRIAGE RECORD. The following marriage licenses lave been Issued by Probate Judge louston. Aug. 11?Clarence Stephens to Ella ?Mnconnon. Fort Mill. Aug. 11?Clarence Falls to Eliza Polk, Gastonta. Aug. 11?Vand S. Harris to Zelda Vlays, Concord, X. C. Aug. 11?Pink Porch to Mary Ham>y, Belmont, N. C. Aug. 12?Lester Dale to Vama Rogers, King's Mountain township. Aug. 13?Jno. C. Williams, Rock 3111 to Nevada Smith, Bethesda townihip. Aug. 13?Coyt Taylor to OHle Fin:her, Rock Hill. Aug. 13?Luther Victor McMackln o Bessie Connolly, Rock Hill. WORKING THE ROADS. Road improvement work was comnenced in King's Mountain township ast week, and it is now being pushed vith much energy and speed over a lumber of different roads. There are two big squads of graders .vorklng on the road from Bethany to Plover, one at either end, and also a op soiling squad working toward Closer. There is another squad at work on he Piedmont-Bethany road from McJill Bros.'s store out toward Piedmont iprings. There is another squad working over o the north of the Battleground, comng this way by the Galloway old mill ntn thp Pipdmont-Bethanv road, close o the home of J. E. Bigegrs. There is another squad working !rom the Grady Adams place by Mrs. 7. C- Faulkner's toward Clover. The work is under the general :harge of Mr. Gamble, an experienced oad man of King's Mountain, with Price Falls, also of King's Mountain, as ;ngineel\ In all there are more than 100 men >n the Job, working with road marhines, drag pans, plows, picks, shov,'ls, etc., and of course teams. The ruling price is $5 a day for team md driver and $2 a day for the man >ehind a pick or shovel. There has been no trouble in getting ill the labor needed at these prices; >ut it is generally understood that the ibundance of labor can continue only or a few weeks until cotton pioking, orn gathering, etc. Whenever possible the road commislioners are trying not to exceed a 5 per :ent grade. WITHIN THE TOWN ? Cotton sales have been practically iil during the present week. --The sales of blind tiger liquor are lot nearly so great as they once were; lit still some sales are being made. --The time in which municipal license axes may be paid with out penalty xpires today. --Welcome to Drs. Hunter and !enn. They were all right before they v; nt to the army; but now both are inich better equipped than ever. --The Gulf Paving Company's forces vere out of business Tuesday on acount of the rain; but now they are nuking good headway. ? Mr. Phillip W. 'Love has tendered is resignation as chief of police of the own of York, to take effect at the ileasure of the council. This event ook place last Tuesday. The resignation was entirely voluntary and ipym Mr. Love's own motion. He has lecided that for the present at least .is health no longer warrants his coninuance, in the responsibilities of the josition, and besides he feels that ic will be more comfortable to give .i; entire attention to his own private n siness. The council will respect his ishes, and release him as soon as it an find a satisfactory successor. Mr. .ove came to Yorkville in 1892 as leputy for the late Sheriff Crawford, nd after four years faithful service n that capacity, in 1896 he accepted he position of chief of police of the own of Yorkville. He has been serv- j tig continuously in that capacity ever since- a peiiod of twenty-four years. And a most excellent officer he has been, Intelligent, prudent, courageous, fair and impartial. More than once in the oi l days has. his courage and grit been tested. He has been among knives, i ticks and bullets; but he has never been known to flinch. And neither has he ever forgotten his position. From the beginning he had the confidence, respect and esteem of the people he served and he has it now. 4 ABOUT PEOPLE Mr. P. W. Love Is quite ill at his home in Yorkvllle. Mrs. X. J. N. Bowen, of Yorkvllle, spent Wednesday in Rpck Hill. Miss Helen Hatchett of Spartanburg, is visiting relatives in Yorkvllle. Mrs. M. E. Plexico and children of Yorkvllle, are visiting relatives in Cherokee county. Mr. Hubert Olive of North Carolina visited th" family of Mr. T. W. Speck in Yorkville, this week. Mrs. A. V. Snell of Charleston, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Q. W. S. Hart In Yorkville. Miss Jane Atkinson of Lowryvllle, la visiting her aunt, Mrs. J. M. Ferguson, In Yorkville. Miss Bessie Pegram of Bishopvllle, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Pegram in Yorkville. B. P. Barron who has been engaged in government work in Tennessee has returned to his home in Yorkville. Miss Sallie Mackie and Mr. Elwood Iiutiedge of Yadkinville, N. C., are visiting the family of Mr. Henry B. James in Yorkville. Mr. and Mrs. Horace McGhee and family of Anderson have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. C. W. McGhee. in Yorkville. Miss Sarah Logan, stenographer at Clemson, is spending some time with, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Logan, in Yorkville. Mr. George Jenkins has returned to |iis home in Laurens, after a visit to relatives in Yorkville, Rock Hill and Clover. Floyd Allison of Yorkville, after a short visit to Ashevlllo and Chimney Rock, is now visiting relatives at King's Mountain, N. C. Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Riddle of Clover No. 2, have returned home after a visit to Mr. and Mrs- George Jenkins in Laurens. Rev. J. L. Oates has returned to his home in Yorkville, from Troy, S. C., where he has been assisting Rev. C. B. Betts, in a series of meetings. Mr. John Whitesides who has been undergoing treatment in the Fennell Infirmary, Rock Hill, has returned to his home near Hickory Grove. J. A. Marion, Esq., who has been undergoing treatment in the Fennell Infirmary for appendicitis has returned to his home in Yorkville. Misses Mary Summerford and Anple McCarter of the Bethany section are attending the Teacher's Institute at Lincolnton, N. C. William M. Jones of Yorkville, has been awarded a scholarship in the Medical College of South Carolina in Charleston. The appointment carries an allowance of $150 for one year. Mr. R. T. Castles. carrier on Smyrna, No. 1, has been enjoying his annual vacation. He returned to Smyrna, Tuesday after a visit to relatives and friends at Wlnnsboro. Mrs. S. J. West and little son, Shell, Jr., who have been visiting Mrs. West's l>arents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Raterree, in Yorkville, have returned to their home in Camden. Dr. Chas. A. Mobley, for a number of years assistant surgeon at the 1'ennell Infirmary, has moved with his family to Orangeburg, where he is establishing a hospital. Among the York county members of the Junior Order United American Mechanics who attended the state convention of the order in Aiken, this week,were the following: N. A. Howell, W. B. McGill, Jas. A. Barrett, W. J. McCarter, R. A. Brown, L. H. Castles, Wylie White, W. R. Koon, S. W. Plyler.' Mr. F. C. Riddle of Yorkville attonded the convention of Delco Light dealers which was held in Columbia, this week. The entire district comprising North nr.d South Carolina and south-west Virginia was represented by more than 100 Delco dealers and salesmen. Mr. Riddle sa>s (hat the reports of delegates indicated fine progress in Delco sales in all parts of the country. Caffney Ledger, Aug. 14: J. Harvey Witherspoon, superintendent of the Gaffney public schools, is expected to return Saturday from _New York, where he has been taking a summer course at Columbia Universty. The petition requesting Mr. Witherspoon's removal as superintendent has been turned over to the board of trustees, it having been mailed with an unsigned note requesting that in case of unfavorable action it be returned to any cne of the signers. There are 192 signatures, according to report, but a large number are the names of people who are not patrons of the school. The trustees have not held a meeting recently. The public schools will probably open Monday, September ^st. Gastonla Gazette, Aug. 13: Mr. A. P. H. Rhyne officiated at the marriage of Mr. D. S. Sexton of York and Miss Lizzie Scruggs of Gastonla, at his home here Friday night. Misses Madge and Kathleen Beatty are spending a few days with relatives at Filbert, S. C. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Pegram returned to their home in York, yesterday after spending a few days here w'ih relatives. Rev. J. M. McLean, of Clover, S. C., is spending the day in tlie city. Miss Emily Dulin and Mr. Haskell Dulin, of the Bethel section, were in the city yesterday. Rev. E. L. Flannagan passed through Gastonla esterday tnroute from his former home near Clover to Montreat. Rev. Mr. Flannagan has recently been disI \??? wir. w 1 o ci ohonlfiln from thp flrmV and he and Mrs. Flannagan are spending several weeks at Montreat. During the absence from the office of County Agent C. I.eo Oownn of Miss Johnsie Dulln, Miss Nannie Howe Is substituting. Mr. Harold Flannagan, of Clinton. S. C., Is visiting friends and relatives in Clover. Misses Nannie Ferguson and Mattie S?ummerford, of Clover, S. C.. route one, are spending the week with Miss Ethel Snencer at her home in West Gastonia. Miss Edna Henry, who is doing government work in Wilmington, returned yesterday after spending a two weeks vacation with homefolks in the Bowling Green section. HERE AND THERE. Mr. Henry B. James of Yorkville, has sold his farm on the southern outskirts of Yorkville to Mr. Dave Cameron of Yorkville No. 3. There are about 65 acres in the tract. The purchase price is understood to have been in the neighborhood of J250 an acre. Dirge congregations are attending the series of protracted services which are being conducted at Beersheba church by Rev. Dr. Robinson. Serv:c. s are being held daily and are bein; attended by large crowds from the sin rounding county. There was an unusually large crowd present at the si vice Sunday morning. A basket dinner van renvoi on the grounds. he best wheat yield of the year so , far .is lorK county is concerneu se< ins to bp that of Messrs. W. L. Wil- ( I Jams and Raymond Carroll. Accordio. to Mr. Fred C. Black who thresh- ( od tbe yield. Messrs. Williams and , C' -roll sowed fb*e husl els of wheat on s " en acres of Mr. William's plantation so tb-west of Yorkville. It yielded 136 b.r.r'iolj and a slight fraction over. ' Successors to Policemen Love and . Ferguson who resigned this week will not likolv be elected for some time .vet." said Mayor 1. W. Johnson yester- | dav. "There is no hurry about the j fatter." said Mr. Johnson, "and council will have no trouble in employing substitutes until regular policemen < lire elected." Already there have been i several applicants for both places, ac- ; cording to the mayor. Sale o' York county real estate f continues on a large scale. Several ' transfers have recently taken place In I Bul'ock's Creek township and considerable selling Is reported In other > actions of the county. Real estate 1 dealers in Yorkville, Rock Hill and c oiliT places in the county are being J visited almost daily by people from ./ i without the county looking for homes j and the real estate market c' the county generally is more dourlsh.ng I than has been the case in recent years. | Now that "laying by" time is at hand numerous York ror.ity farmers and their families who own automobiles and Fords are enjoying a short | vacation in the mountains of North Carolina. Reports from the North Carolina mountains are to the effect that thore are hundreds of visitors from North and South Carolina there at the present time?the largest number in fact that have visited the mountain regions in the past several years. indications are that there will be a large attendance upon the meeting of the Broad River Township Improvement association which is to be held in Hickory Grove today. A number of members of the association from Sharon will attend as well as the Hickory Grove members apd others interested, in the work that the association is doine. The DrineiDal soeaker ol" the occasion will be Solicitor J. K. Henry of Chester and there will likely be several other speakers. Moonshiners are still doing some business in Bullock Creek township, according to Magistrate J. L. Duncan who together with his constable Mr. Coy Jones were visitors in Yorkville yesterday. Magistrate Duncan and other officers while out looking for 11iilicit distilleries several days ago came upon an old plant which had been thrown aside after It had been burned out. A second plant was set up on the original spot and this was carried away to other quarters when the operators considered It a good time to move. In addition to the ifirst plant Magistrate Duncan said that ,a number of boxes and barrels were left. "Farmers are taking on the Fordson tractor in a manner that is highly pleasing to us," said J. Albert Riddle of the Coui tney Tractor Company yesterday. Mr. Riddle said that six orders for Fordson tractors had been placed with his firm within the past few days and that the firm had quite a number of other promising prospects. A demonstration of the abilities of the Fordson tractor was held on the farm of T. H. Riddle in Bethel township lust Monday, attended by some seventy-five or more farmers of Bethel and the surrounding country and the witnesses were much Impressed with the performance of the machine. H White nf Pnclf Hill r.irpntlv appointed a state constable to succeed J. 1*\ Bateman, deceased Is already very much on the job. Mr. White in company with Hock Hill police officers recently raided the Imperial Drug Store, on West Black street in Rock Kill and seized a quantity of patent medicines containing a high percentage of alcohol, which it Ls alleged, was being sold for beverage purposes. W. S. Alston, colored, proprietor of the store was placed under $3'J0 bond to await trial at the court of general i sessions. Later Mr. White and other officers seized a quantity of patent medicines at the Southern depot in Rock Hill, which had been consigned to the Imperial Drug Store. Prospects for cotton in that section between Augusta, Go., and Aiken are about the poorest I ever saw," said Mr. W. B. McGill of Bethany who roturne'' home yesterday after attending the state council of the Junior Order United American Mechanics as a delegate from Bethany council. "It does not appear to me that the farmers in the section I have just mentioned are going to make any crop at all hardly," said Mr. McGill. "With the exception of a few spots, the crop situation between Columbia and Augusta presents a mighty poor prospect: I did not see any crops in that section that would compare at all with those in York county. Aiken is a most hospitable I town and we delegates attendant upon the convention of Juniors were given a most royal reception. The York county delegates went to Aiken' Monday and practically all of them returned yesterday. News from Rev. B. H. Waugh, pastor of the First Baptist church and the Charlotte Street Baptist church of Yorkville, is that he is getting along nicely. Rev. Mr. Waugh went to the Baptist hospital in Columbia last Friday for the purpose of having his tnnuilu romnvoH Ho -had boon in a bad way physically for quite awhile, and has been attributing his trouble to diseased tonsils. But the trouble was not with the tonsils in the opinion of the examining physicians. The physicians agreed that Mr. Waugh was being poisoned by discharges of pus, but in their opinion the pus was coming from abscessing teeth, and instead of cutting out the tonsils they remov-1 ed the teeth. This, by the way, is becoming very general practice nowadays. Many bodily ills, the original nature of which were formerly a mystery, are now being attributed to pus poisoning. These ills include rheumatism, neuritis, headaches, persistent temperature and other symptoms. The physicians have absolutely no doubt the tact that pus is playing In most asea; but often it is more or less diiiicult to locate the origin of the troubles. More frequently than otherwise the teeth are to blame. It has been established that at the root of a tooth there may be a "blind" abscess, or pus pocket, which without giving any hocal trouble, might poison the whole body. The only way to stop the How of poison Is to remove the source of it. During the past few years - ...i-ou .1 f rnmnfl rntivelv VOUne and middle aged folks throughout this loll lit y have been having their teeth removed on this account. HUNTING AND FISHING Following are the laws as to Ashing and hunting In South Carolina as passed at the recent session of the general assembly, and approved by the governor on March 16. Section 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of the state of South Carolina, That all wild birds, wild game and Ash (except Ash in strictly ponds and lakes entirely separated from other waters) shall be and are here declared to be, the property of the state. See. 2. For the purpose of this act the following classiAcation shall be recognized: (a) Domestic Game Birds?Black birds, pheasants, doves, partridges (quail )and wild turkeys. (b) Destructive Birds?Eagles, buzzards, crows, Cooper's hawk, Duck hawk, English sparrow, great horn-' itl OW1, jay Diras, toggerueaus uuu sharp skinned hawk. (c) Game Animals?Bear, deer, fox mink, rats, oppossum, otter, rabbits, raccoons, skunk and squirrels. (d) Game Fish?Jack lish, or pickerel, pike, black bass or pond trout, striped bass or rock fish, warmouth. red belly, bream, copper face or ball faced bream, yellow belly perch, sunperch, red-fin trout, flyer speckled trout, crapple rock bass, goggle eye, and white perch. (e) The open season for quail or partridges shall be from November 1 .th to February 15th of each hunting season and the bag limit shall be fn'icen par day to the hunter, and trapping or snaring of quail is absolutely prohibited except as provided for scientific or propagating purposes. The open reason for wild turkeys -hall be from November loth to April 1st of ea *h hunting season with a i/'g limit ol two per day and a total of twenty per season, but no wild turkey must at any time i>e snut froi i any natural or artificial blind or hiding: place vhcn lured by bait. This provision against snaring quail or partridges shall apply to wild turkeys. , The open season for doves shall be from September 15th to December ( 31st of each year. The open season for black birds Hhall be from October 1st to March 15th of each season. "'hero shall be a closed season for pheasants for five years after the > passage of this act. , (f) Destructive animals?Foxes J md wild cats may be killed by own- , ?rs and othcers of the law upon their holdings and without licenses at jny time. (g) All domestic birds not named i ibo"e arc non-game birds and shall < ~iOt be destroyed In any way at any 1 time. ' (It) The open season for hunting ' r.iine animals shall be from October I t: t to March 15th of each year, ex- i 'opt that deer may be hunted from ' "miter 1st to December 31st only. ' The hag limit for squirrels shall i ' J I j be, fiiii'wn (15) per day. i'rovtued, that the open season for I hunting foxes shall be from Septemj ber 1st to February 15th of each } ear. (l) The catching of game fish shall be Willi hook and line only In all the r!.>ar water streams and waters of i.e state. <j) Gill-nets (not to extend more than half way across a stream, lake or pond) traps (seines, trot lines or v other device which does not break the passage of fish in streams), may be used in the m,tiddy streams of the state: Provided, They be not used within one hundred (100) yards of . * a# nlnn r? nrntnt* of raom emptying Into same. Provided, further, That a seine or ndt may be used in fishing between the first day 01 September and the first day of May. No traps, nets or other devices shall be used at the mouths of or ' inside of any rice field ditches. (k) The tickling, pegging or catching of game fish by any means, except rod and line or by hand line, or single set line, outside of beds is strictly forbidden. Sec. 3. Any violation of the provisions of this act shall.be a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, the offender shall suffer penalty of fine of not less than ten ($10) dollars nor more than twenty-five ($36) dollars or Imprisonment of not less than ten nor more than thirty days. r-ec. 4. It is unlawful to poison the streams or waters of the state in any manner whatsoever for the purpose of taking fish. The muddying of streams or ponds or the Introduction of any substance which results in making the fish sick, so that thc-y may be caught, is hereby declared to be poisoning in the sense of this act No sawdust or acid or other injurious substances shall be discharged into any of the streams of the state, where fish breed or ? abound. It shall be unlawful to throw, place or put any dynamite or any other explosive In any lake, stream of water In the state for the purpose of taking fish. For the violation of this section, the person or persons so violating, shall be lined five hundred ($500) dollars or Imprisoned not exceeding one year. Sec. 5. It shall be unlawful for any transportation company to re- fet c&ive for shipment any of the game birds or animals of the state, except in season and unless the package containing them shall be so labeled as to show the consignor or consignee and the number and kind of b'rds and animals. Sec. 6. There shall be no night hunt-, ing in this state, except for raccoons and oppossum and foxes and the penally for hunting deer with torches or artificial lights of any kind shall be not more than thirty dhys or one (1100) dollars fine. Sec. 7. When not otherwise specified, the penalty for violation of any part of the game, bird or fish laws of this state shall be a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, the offender' shall suffer penalty of llne-of not less than ten dollars, nor more than twenty-Ave dollars, or Imprisonment of not less than ten or more than thirty , day?. ^ :t -J Sac. 8. It shall be the positive duty of all sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, constables. rural policemen and special officers, to actively co-operate with the game department, and game wardens in the enforcement of the game and fish laws of the state. Sec. 9. The destruction of bird's nests shall. be punished In the same way as the destruction of the birds. Sec. 10. It shall be unlawful for any one to hunt within this state, without first procuring a license to do so from the deputy game warden in the county in which he may propose to hunt or an adjoining county of the state. A resident of any county shall pay for a county license a license fee of one and in inn / i inf rfnllaM A nnn-roaMant shall pay a license fee to bunt in any county of three and 10-100 (ft.10) dollars, except landowners and members of their families, hunting or fishing upon their own lands, or In waters on their lands leased by them. Every lion-resident of the state shall pay a hunter's license fee of fifteen and 25100 ($15.25) dollars during any one season; Provided, any employe residing in this state may fish or hunt on the lands of his employer, owning or leasing the land, by the written permission of the person so owning or leasing, or his superintendent, with the same privileges as the said owner or person leasing may enjoy. Sec. 11. All non-residents of this state before fishing for game or other fish in any manner in the inland streams or waters of this state shall first procure a non-resident fishing license, the fee for which shall be three and 25-100 (IS.26) dollars. ^ Sec. 12. Provided, That the provisions of this act shall not prevent residents of the state from hunting without license on their own lands in any county of the state. Sec. 13. That the Federal Migratory Bird Treaty Regulations, being the supreme law of the land, under article VI of the constitution of the United States are hereby declared to be the [ law of this state, and the penalty for their violation shall be punishment of not less than $10 nor more than $25 fine or thirty days' Imprisonment. Sec. 14. This act shall take effect Immediately upon its approval by the governor. LOCAL LACONICS Fort Mill concern unarraraa. A charter has been issued to the Tatterson Dry Goods store of Fort Mill with a capital stock of $20,000. The ' ./ ^ corporators are E. FL Patterson and M. B. Patterson. 1 Discharged From 8?rvice. The Columbia War Camp Community service reports the discharge of the following York county soldiers: Brice Stowe, Robert Crockett Pelas Jones, Robert H. Long, Will Harden, Ernest Cauthen, John Shilllngl&w, Jaa. L. Faile, Lee R. White, Henry Duncan, Fred B. Nance, Henry C. Bunage. Work Begun on Bank Building. Construction work on Clover's new tank, building was begun this week. The building is located on King's Mountain street on a lot purchased from Mr. W. B. Stroup. It is expected that the building will be completed within two or there weeks, and the new bank will be reaay ror uusmesa about October 1. Fort Mill Wants Batter Roads. A petition is being circulated throughout Fort Mill township, and ia being freely signed, addressed to the ** board of county commissioners, calling their attention to the present deplorable condition of the highways in the' township and praying for their con-, sideratlon and effort to relieve the situation. Little effective work has been done for some years past and scarcely none at all in the past year or more. In consequence some of the roads are almost Impassable during wet weather. Within the limits of the town, a petition is being circulated among the freeholders asking town council to call an election to consider the question of an issue of $25,000 bonds for the purpose of permanent street improvement. Carhartt Running Again. Employes of the Carhartt mills of Rock Hill, who went on strike Monday afternoon for an Increase of twenty-five per cent in wages returned to work Wednesday afternoon. A conference of workers was held Tuesday afternoon when a decision was reached to accept an offer of 5 per cent, increase in wages made by offlci-r.ls of the mill when the employes first requested an increase of pay. The operators, however, rejected an offer ^ of ^n additional wage increase of 2 1-2. per cent. October 1 and January 1, rmin^ UIUI uv;i;c^iaiicc vi wiiio vuci would place upon them obligations which they did not care to assume. There was no disorder among employes nnd no feeling of animosity toward the mill officers was displayed during the strike. Attempt at Suicide. Charlotte Observer, Thursday: After a search of several hours, relatives, sf Clem Oraham, a white man about 20 years old, found him near Sharon church yesterday morning, barely conscious and suffering from self-inflicted gunshot wounds. He was carried to the home of his uncle, Bob Oraham, V* with whom he lived, and physicians were summoned, who after an examination, said that he had a choice for \ % M,