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ISSUED SEMI- WEEKLY. l. m. grists sons, Pubii.h.r., ^ ^amiltj Uetespaper: ^nr the promotion of thij apolitical, foetal, Igritultupl and (Tommercial interests?(the ?fopI?. \ tertm?^?coit,^ifomti*nce I ESTABLISHED 1855 * YORK, S. C., FRIDA.Y, OCTOBER 3l7l919. '. > 3STO. 87 I NEWS ABOUT CLOVER ! ^ mftyterlHS, Contemplate New Ctarch Edifice Te Cost $35,080. FREIGHT SERVICE UNSATISFACTORY Road Project Still Doubtful?Veterans of Confederacy Entertained?Aunt Becky Holds Cotton?Other News ^ Matters of More or Less General Intwrait. Clover, Oct. 80?The congregation of the Clover Presbyterian church wants a new building and plans are under way whereby It is proposed to build a new church to cost $35,000 and probably more. The matter of a new Presbyterian church for Clover was taken up several years ago under the pastorate of Rev. A. A. McLean. There was considerable talk about It but the church was never built. At a recent congregational meeting it was the unanimous sentiment of the member* present that a new church should be erected and that the present was the proper time to do It The following canvassing committee with Mr. J. Meek Smith as chairman, has beer appointed to -see the members with a view to ascertaining ^ust how muct can be raised for the purpose: R. A. , Clinton, S. J. Clinton, J. Sam 'Jackson, J. Clyde Ford, J. Meek Smith. A building committee composed of tht following has also been appointed: M L. Smith, W. T. Beamguard, S. N. Stacy. Subscriptions totaling several thousand dollars have already been secured, and it is the opinion of lead / ing members of the denomination hen thgt the necessary funds for the building will be raised without conpiderabk > difficulty. Dissatisfied With Freight Service. Merchants and other business people of Clover are complaining greatb : because of the poor railroad service that they are getting at the pieseni time, and they have no hesitancy i; saying that It is crippling their bust ness seriously. At present Clover ho one freight train a day?the trail going north one day and south th next. It is impossible to get cart shipments are delayed and the ser vice generally they say. appears to b demoralised and unsatisfactory. Aske. Wednesday what he was going to d< about it, one of the leading busincsmen of the town replied, "Nothing v there is nothing to* do about It.becaua since thegoirfcttwtierit is running 'th railroads I don't .know who to m&k complaint to and I don't know that i would do any good if I did complain.' But no matter whether they make formal complaint to the railroad au thoritles about it or not the fact If nevertheless that the business peoplare very much wrought up about th? service. Clover*e Concrete Street. Now that the election on the uues tion of whether or not Clover shal come under the terms of a leglslativ. act assessing anutung property 10 street Improvement purposes ha: gone in the affirmative by a vote o 28 to 6. the next step in case thtown is to secure $10,000 Federal ah in the building o 1 the concrete roat through the main street is to secure the signatures of two-thirds of thfreeholders living along the street af fected stating their willingness to hav* their property assessed for the purpose. And there the rub is coming according to local talk. Everybod; would like to see the concrete road bu: some of those who will he called upor to pay the cost and pay heavily too take the position thut they don't want it bad enough to pay the price. Aske< about it the other day, Mayor I. J. Campbell, one of the most progressive citizens of Clover said: "I believe h is the best chance Clover will eve: have to get a concrete road through the main section of town with outside assistance. We are going to give th( freeholders a chance to say their say. Of course it is entirely up to them.' There are twenty-nine freeholders affected, it is understood. There is some talk of paving KingV Mountain street or rather building a concrete road in the event that b concrete road is built through the Main street of the town. A numbei of leading citizens have had the mat ter under discussion recently and have expressed themselves in favor of the idea. King's Mountain street it 9 is pointed out, Is one of the leading residential sections of the town, soim of the most handsome residences and leading business houses being located on that street. Nothing definite has been done yet?it is pll Just talk; but in the event Main or Railroad street as it is sometimes called, is made a concrete road, King's Mountain street may follow in the same direction. Entertainment for Veterans. Andrew Jackson Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy of Clover, was hostess today to surviving veterans of the War Between the % States who reside in Clover and vicinity at an elaborate dinner served by members of the chapter and their friends. The dinner was served in the Pressly. residence on Kind's * Mountain street and in addition to the veterans the several ministers of the town were guests of the occasion. A feature of the day was an address by Rev. W. I*. drier, pastor of the A. It. I'. church. Holding for a Higher Price. Aunt Becky Armstrong, well known old negress and one of the leading colored farmerettes of the community, believes that cotton is going' still higher and is backing her judgment by holding for a price .which is nearer right according to her idea of the fitness of' things. Aunt Becky has a couple of bales of last year's crop according to Dr. J. E. Brlsoh, and 3?5 cents and better which she has been offered for it hasn't tempted her to part with it yet. Aunt Becky is a pretty good farmer who farms her own land, lives economically, tends to her own business pretty well and enJoys tho. respect of a considerable portion of the white folks. Barbers Boost Business. Score one for the barbers of Clover! If you get a haircut or a shave or anything else within the realm of the tonsorial artist in this town now, you'll get as good a job as you will get anywhere else and you will pay Just as much for it as you would in | Rock Hill or Yorkvllle or Gastonia. Local barbers recently formed a trust to boost prices and each and every one of them have solemnly said they are going to stick to the advanced scale regardless of whether or not you call 'cm Bolshevlki or Reds or what. "You see, It's like this," said Clarence' Harvey, well known Clover' barber Wednesday. "We have been mder other towns around for quite a bit but we have found it necessary to aise our prices in order to keep up with the grocer and the dry > goods men and the increasing cost of things renerally. We believe that Clover >eople and those in the surrounding country will understand it and we lon't believe we will lose the trade )t anybody but some bird who -dosen't jet a shave bdt once every other Saturday night and a haircut every .linety days and we won't lose hhj rade because he'll find that he will lave to pay as much anywhere else as he will in a good town so he wlil iust drop into line too." Business Rather Dull. "It has been a rather dull week in Clover from a business standpoint xcording to a number of leading Miolnooo man that in thp flrnf thrpf? lays of trie week judged by the standards of the past Bevcral weeks, .nd It Is explained on the ground that nany of the farmers have been tutting in the first three days in pickng out more cotton and gathering >ther crops. Still nobody is grumbling. Vll business men are handling more noney than they have handled at this -eason Uit>iIf?r in; many y?ara. If ver before and ihdicatldris are that hey will continue to do so. For in/ tancc resources of the Bank of Clover eached a total of more than $1,000,>00 this week and Mack Ferguson, topular assistant cashier of the instlution not being exactly used to uggling figures of such proportions ouldn't point off the digits properly at irst to save his life. Cashier Jns. A. 'age vouches for the correctness of ho story and Mr. Ferguson won't leny It. may ran i nrougn. "There's a possibility thai the new rhurch project may fall through for he present," said Rev. O. Ii. Jones, lastor of Clover Baptist church, Wedlesday. "We havo recently lost 'everal of our staunchest and most ihcral members through their removal 'o other fields and In view of the fact ve nlso have our assessment for the laptist $75,000,000 campaign to meet t Is possible that we will not be In >osition to begin erection of our new church as early as we had expected." Other News Matters. In order that room might be made 'or the growing business, new arangemcnts connected with the removil of cases and the installation of adlitional shelving have recently been Tliiae oy ur, it. Lt, w yue, prupriciui ui the Clover Drug Store. "Business ?vas never better." said Dr. Wylie, the other day, "and we arc looking forward to an even more prosperous future." Mr. Walter Griffin and family, well known and highly esteemed residents of the Clover Mill village, have recont'y moved to the Lennox Mills near Charlotte. Mr. Griffin was one of the oldest residents of the Clover mill village, having lived there twentynlno years. The series of revival services which in Plni'ne TVfothnrH?t WCIC UVHU UV. Itu ?<t viu* v? A>?vvxwv>?Mv church last week by Rev. A. B. Harbin of Holly Hill, Orangeburg county, came to a close Sunday night. Considerable interest was manifest in the several services and Methodist church leaders here were well pleased with the results obtained. Th Wesleyan Methodist congregation, here, it is understood contemplate making improvements to their church which will cost in the neighborhood of $2,500. J. S. Brice, Esq., of YorkviHe. ad/Irouaerl thr> nonfivpsrntions of the A. R. I\ churches in Clover and at Cpowder's Creek last Sunday in the interests of the $250,000 Forward Movement of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian synod. Mr. Brice spoke at the A. R. P. church Sunday morning and at Crowder's Creek Sunday afternoon. Friends of Miss Mary Moore will regret to learn that she is undergoing treatment in a Charlotte hospital. Mrs. J. E. Berryhill is also undergoing treatment in Charlotte. Mr. J. A. Forbes who has been in a hospital in Gastonia, for some time past has been returned to his h/.ne here. There is little imprevent/it in his, condition. VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS Brief local Paragraphs of lore or Less Interest. PICKED DP BY ENQOIRER REPORTERS Stories Concerning Folks and Things Soma of Which You Know and Some You Don't K^ow?Condensed for Quick Reading. Would /ou be willing to shave a man If he would give you a mule for the service? It would depend upon how bad you wanted that mule?'the point of view, you say. But that's Just what happened in .a York county town the other day?a barber refused to accept 1 a mule payment for a shave, preferring to accept fifteen measly cents instead. A stock dealer entered the 1 barbershop and got a shave. "I've got an ok! gray mule that I'll give you in payment for this shave instead of fifteen cents," ho told the barber after his face had been shaved until it shown like a mess kit on inspection day. "Whafs the matter with the mule?" Inquired the barber. "Nothing," said the stock man, "except he is gray and old. He can walk; but he ain't sick." "Oh go along," said the barber, "you know there's something wrong with that mulf besides what you say." Anamesioca man said, "no, I'll swear there is not. I'll even lead him up to your shop,." "Never mind," said, the barber, "I Relieve you would do It all right; but don't bother. Just gimme fifteen cents instead. I bet that scoundrel could eat a bushel at a crack and besides I ain't interested In jack-asses." No Bouquets. ? "Out of tho army and a sure enough full fledged citizen once more," smilingly said G. Percy Berry, well known young man of Yorkvllle. "Got my discharge at Camp Gordon, Ga., last Sunday." "Didn't any of them ' captalnr and majors or other birds kiss you good bye and tell you that you won thr war, did they?" inquired a friend of his- And Percy said they didn't. Still Overseas. "Well, I guess my son John will be about the last of the York county boys to get home from overseas," remarked Mr. George W. Knox pi Clover th other day. "He went into the nava< servicesoon after the outbreak of war r.nd haw "hben soVhrewher? oversbar pretty nearly ever since. We had i letter from him some time ago when he was In Siberia and at that time h< was making a Dtart toward home. 1 guess he will turn up one of these ? days." The Ccurt of Final Reeort. "Ever look In upon tho bunch o{ loafers dotdh at Bean's place." lnqulret a Clover man the other day. "Thcr< Is held Clover's court of final resorl The old men of the town are wont t< congregate there from day to day whei they have nothing else to do. Ther< they'tulle local affairs and affairs 01 the state and of the nation and of th< world- It Is a sort of supreme councl they hold down there and some folk' think that nothing is finally settle( around here until the council of th( old men have said their say." \ He Bawled Them Out. "Funny story comes out of Rock Hil In connection with the recent politica pull-agalnst between the 'Youm Turks' and the Old Regime,'" said t , former resident of that town last Wednesday. "In the employ of a Rock 1111 concern Is a bright young3ter who ros< to the rank of major in the late war He has got his friends like anybod> else and he has a little bit of a mljid o. his own. The*members of the firm for whom he works were dead against . the bond issue which carried in th< election laet Tuesday. He was a"Young ( Turk.' He bourds in the home t)f another man who was dead against th< bond issue. All sorts of pressure wai , brought, to bear, on the young fellow to turn and finally one of the member , of the firm suggested that he should ( remember where he gets his bread. | That got his fighting blood up and he told the big1 boss pronto; 'By Golly, ] , had a job before I ever saw Rock Hill and there are Ju3t plenty of them around yet. And if you don't like my attitude on the bond business you and your firm and your job can just go to . the devil.' He voted for the bonds, and ( he still holds his Job." The Lesson of Roads. "If I learned one lesson that is more 1 valuable than another during my service in France," said Col. John W. McConnell to Views and Interviews on Wednesday morning, "it is the tremendous importance of road improve- I ment over every other line of forward < enaeavor. wnue i nave aiwuja ueeu / a good roads man," he went on, "I do not believe that I have always had a really correct conception of .the proposition. It is quite probable that my i former ideas were based rather more I on my own convenience than on any other consideration . To be right frank about it, I was probably a little narrow, as many of us arc inclined to be about lots of things. But over in France and Belgium I was able to see things differently. There is no denying the wonderful development of these countries. There is no denying that in some important respects the people over there are far ahead of 1 ours. Now don't misunderstand me. Taken all in all, our people are ahead of anybody anywhere. But In the matter of understanding the matter of co-operative effort, Mie French and Belgians have it on us. The most important ? ctor in the wealth and pros- | perlty of France and Belgium is the road system. Of ourse we'vo got to give the people cr< lit for building the roads; but the rc ids havo certainly j contributed to the lUlldlng of the people. I am persuac id now more than ever that a good r wd is more than a \ mere matter of < toriVenlence. I am sure that good roidg will develop a farm, a neighborhood, a county or a state in proportion^ to the quality, and the mileage. A road through a farm adds to the value of the farm h many times the coflt of the road. It is o true of a neighborhood, of a township v, or a county, and about the only thing * we need to put this oountry hundreds p of years ahead of centuries did France s Etnd Belgium is to get our people tl educated up to where' their people are educated on the road question. We've cj got more ability to db than they have, F ten times more; but somehow dur peo- N pie have not yet quijje got to the point w where they realize tte full significance 0 of the situation." CORN AND {So PRIZES. * Record of Awards Made at the State Little Miss Johnsie Smith, of St. Charles, Lee county, Jholds the high listinctiop of being jsbe champion pig g( alser among the cljb boys and girls of' South Carolina. This little girl hAH afw mftniho' nl/f Pnl find Jl UUgllk 1IC1 OIA M4VHV..O v<v* ^ ~hina pig to the state fair this week j tnd yesterday took rash prizes to the n im^unt of $27, besides two trophies? w me silver and the other bronze?and llso a year's subscription to the agri- . niltyral paper. She also got the grand t? championship prize over all breeds ex- o] ilbited by the club representatives. The pig cost' $20 last July. Three fine purebred pigs are to be twarded as prizes tp the club mem?ers today in a livestock Judging con:est among the clufc members at I ^ /clock. The first ^prlze ic a Duroc ^ dlt, sired by Prince Orion, Jr., of the h( Duroc Hog Farm at Oartersville. This Jr ilg has been given by the Cartersviile ' 'arm as an encoutugement to the w oungsters who ar$ engaged in the t? lub wprk. Prince prion, Jr., yest^rlay got the grand qhnmplon prize as ^ - ?J ! ??- HI,., f* rnn hiu rnfuand ICI U UUfll . X IIW ?|kl MI *MW .10,000 for him. ^ The second prize a Poland-China ^ ?'g, given by Dr. B. J? Summers of Third premium fs a Berkshire p'^ he gift of the Sunshine Berkshire Q1 arm, five miles from Columbia on the fli Vfonticcllo rood. The club members 8, ire to meet in the arena at the hog ">arns at noon for some brief talks Q| <n judging livestock before the coinictltion begins. ^ Fine Pigs Shown. c] In Class A, sow and litters, the fallowing awards wore made: Oscar '.ever, Blythewood, first, $12. C. D. . \Vilson, Jr., Blythewood, second, $10; ^ '.ester Bowc, Lexington, Inird, *7; Sdna Shull, Lexington, R. K. D., No. ^ I, fourth, $5. 8, Class B, gilts, four to 12 months >ldr George Caughman, Lexington, first t <10. There were no other entries in ^ his classification. jr Class D, boars above one year old: I Rto Howe, Lexington, flint, $10; Volllc ja" L. Roof,- Lexington, v\ F. D. No. 3 lecond, $5. Q( Class E, sows above one year old; Dscar Lever, Blythowood, first 510; C. "). Wilson, Jr., Blythewiiod. second, $!?; tj. Lester Bowe, Lexington, ribbon, and a Sdna Shull, Lexington, ribbon. w Five special Poland-China prizes of ^ >10 each were awarded to the follow- ' ng: Miss Johnsie Smith, St. Charles; a| >Vashlngton Davis, Bishopvllle; R. B. Blyther, Bishopvllle; Earl Durham, Q] Smoaks, and Vollie L. Roof, I/exingon. Each of these will receive a year's pj subscription to the Poland-China Jour- 4 lal. The special prize of $5, offered Q] ty the National Poland-China associa- ^ ion, was awarded to Miss Johnsie tl Smith. UnmnoKlfo onAPlfll nrl?.A Of 410 ? -? * -- ? si 'or the best Hampshire gilt from four tt :o twelve months old, was awarded to ^ Ernest Caughman of Lexington. The tj. ?pecial Hampshire prize of $10 for the s( oest boar of this breed from four to tj. twelve months old was awarded to leorge Caughman of Lexington. a] Prizes for Corn. Prizes were also awarded for the jest exhibits from corn club boys, yes- p( terday. The doctrine of making two sars of corn or maybe three grow where only one, or possibly not a d full ear, grew before, is gathering pow- ^ >rful momentum among the club boys u, vnd some particularly good corn is be:ng exhibited. The highest yields this w fall are not yet known, but in 191S ? there were 992 boys, each cultivating |c one acre, from which they grew 31,- ^ 155 bushels. Howard H. Eieazer of Richland county last year stood at the n head of the list with 177 3-4 bushels f( on his acre. Prizes for corn were | awarded to the boys yesterday as toi- CJ lows: . tj Class A, 10 ear exhibits: Tommie a( Drake, Anderson, first, $6; C. D. Long Qi Prosperity, second, $5; Frank Dpake, Ci Anderson, third, $4; James \V. Draffin, tj York, fourth, $3; Hugh Campbell, q York, fifth, $2; Oscar Lever, Blythewood, sixth, $1.50. (] Class B, single ear exhibits; Furman Long, Prosperity, first. $3.50; James 0 Beatt.v, Anderson, second, $2.75; Mar- ^ cus Herman Lester, Prosperity, third. 0 $2.25; Tommie Drake, Anderson, p fourth, $1.75; Roy Maloney, York, fifth, $1.25, and Vernon Campbell, Belton, sixth, $1, c f v ! WORLD'S MIGTHIEST RIVER ^ ? I nstructlve Facts About Golf Stream. Funrno niu'iTc nr rnuTiucirre cmrcno (lUflJiic ur iiuniMLni* Various Thsoriss a* to Origin of Mys* terious Phenomenon?Not Yet Definitely Established from Whence the Warm Waters Issue or to Whence they Qo. Recent reports of seamen concernig the present excessive temperature f the waters of the Gulf Stream, to rhlch some experts attribute the heat rave along the Atlantic coast, rompted the National Geographic ociety to issue a bulletin concerning His mighty current. The bulletin, based on a communiatlon from Rear Admiral John E. 'illsbury, U. S. N., president of the lauonai ueograpmc society ana me -orld's foremost authority on tho ulf Stream, follows: "The Gulf 8tream Is probably the randest^and most mighty of any ter?strlal phenomenon. Its waters are haracterlzed by a deep Indigo blue >lor of great clearness and high :mperature. It can be penetrated by ' le eye to considerable depths, and ' enerally its meeting with the less Uine polar waters can be at once i8tinguished. "It is difficult for the 'mind to grasp le immensity of fhls great ocean ver. The Straits of Florida at its ( arrowest point is about * 40 miles , ide. A calculation of the average olume of water passing in one hour , Ives the enormous sum of 90 billion . >ns. If this one single hour's flow r water could be evaporated the relaining salts would require many ( mes more tnan ail tne snips in me orld to carry it# , "When one is on board a vessel, , eating upon its waters, one is not as iuch impressed at the power and ( randeur of this, wonder of nature as e is when he stands before a tower* iff mountain, an immense iceburg, or fall of water such as Niagara, but hen one remembers that the mighty irrent, speeding on hour by hour and , ay by day in a volume equal to all ie largest rivers In the world comned. carrying its beneflcient heat to mper the climate of continents, ono sgins to realise that of all the tr ces r tfre physical world none can equal its one rtver df the ocean. -v'" "Ponce de Leon, while on his famjs search for the Fountain of Youth, iftde the discovery of this great ;rcam. After his failure to And, on 10 coast of upper Florida, the means f cheating death, he turned to the luthward and skirted the shore for , undreds of miles, thus stemming the irrent. "The name of 'Gulf Stream' was rst suggested by Benjamin Franklin ecause it issues from the Gulf of [exico. While it is only a part of the rnnd scheme of ocean circulation, and ic uuii 01. ivi^aicu 10 in icmuj win/ u opping place, as It were, for Its aters, this name is generally applied i the current now as it was given y Franklin?that Is, the current comig from the Gulf of Mexico and reading abroad over the North At.ntlc. "The theories as to the cause of :ean currents have been many. ^ "Franklin's theory, which has many ivocatcs at the present day, was that le winds produce the current by the ( Ir moving over the surface of the ater, and he illustrated this theory , y the following: "It Is known that large piece of water, 10 miles broad ( nd generally only 3 feet deep, has by ( strong wind had its water driven to le side and sustained so as to become , -* ?.Mi. leei ueej], WIIUC mc niuunaiu omv .id dry.* As will be seen later, this a well-taken example of the force ( f the wind In causing the Gulf Stream ut it does not quite show the whole uth. j "In the tropical regions there Is a :eady movement of the air from east > west known as the trade winds, outh of a certain line situated near le equator they come .from a more )uthwesterly direction, while north of le equator they come from a more ortheasterly direction. The winds re not always strong, nor are they instant in direction, but they do not Eiry much, and then only for brief eriods. "Winds blowing over the surface of , ic water Induce a current in the latter ue to friction. At first it Is only the lerest skim that moves, but gradally the motion is communicated om layer to luyer until at last, if the ind is long continued as in the trade ind region, the movement extends to iwer depths. 300 or 400 feet, or peraps more. "These trade wind currents meet fl' ? any, me partial earner ui me umuuo >rming the eastern part of the Caribean. and a portion of the flow esipes through the passages between lem. From here it continues its course cross that sea until it reaches the bstruction of the Honduras and Yuitan coasts, from which it escapes by le easiest route, which is into the ulf of Mexico. "It has been found, however, that le water entering the Caribbean by lis means is not more than one-hulf f the amount which flows through le Straights of Florida from the Gulf f Mexico, and the other half is sup- < lied from a source which docs not cine under the head of a measurable urrcnt. The other source is the wave / % caused by the wind. Every ripple carries a certain amcfant of water In the direction toward which it la flowing, irrespective of the current by Its friction, and when tho waves become largo tons of water are hurled from the crest lrito the trough every time the wave breaks. "In a large area like the Caribbean, having a comparatively constant wind blowing over its whole surface, this action is practically a slmultan^pus movement of its surface waters to the westward and a continual escape of the water heaped up at the obstruction offered by the land Into the Gulf of Mexico, through the Straits of Tftnrlria a nrl IntA fhn Atlantic "The Gulf Stream would be little felt on the coast of Europe did it not receive a great addition to its volume of hes? when en route. This Is by means W a gentle flow from the northeast trade wind current that passes outside the Carribean Islands and the Bahamas. The surface of this outside current is about the same In its passage along the West Indian Islands as the Gulf Stream in the Straits of Florida, but it is less violent in its movements and ti>ere is less intermingling of its upper and lower waters, sp that it arrives off Cape Hatteras with a much higher temperature than that of the more turbutent Gulf Stream." BORAX IN FERTILIZERS s ' Department of Agriculture Issue* Important Order. Senator Dial of South Carolina afcordlng to a Washington dispatch has made public the text of orders issued by the bureau of soils, department' of agriculture, which are designed to prevent crop damage through the sale and the application of artificial fertilizers containing undue proportions of borax. While these orders are primarily of Interest to South Carolina, they in part cover the entire south in their Bcope. Photographs Illustrating damage alleged to have been wrought by American or "Tr ona" potash In the Pee Dee section of Soutty Carolina were exhibited to the wayp and means committee of the house of representatives recently, In the course of hearings oo the proposal to establish an import duty which would protect the Infant, American potash industry. Dr. C. C. Fletcher of the bureau of soils was Bept to South Carolina last July to study the conditions there, In furtherance or ?ft. fliviMtlaatlcm. then belli/ made by the Vtireau and the orders now Issued are the outcome of the findings. Secretary Houston deemed it advisable to pomply with a recent request from Senator Dial, for a copy of Dr. Fletcher's report, but today the senate received from the chief of the bureau of soils. Dr. Milton Whit? ney, a letter enclosing orders which had just been issued. Dr. Whitney advised the senate that the department had considered the subject of "High Borax containing potash salts, such as are derived from the Searles Lake deposit, and under, authority of the control act of August 10, 1917, has issued an order to the Searles Lake producprs and to all brokers, fertilizer manufacturers And mixers to insure the Bafe use of this material for fertiliser purposes." The order to the producers is dated October 24 and is in part as follows: "The deDartment has Investigated the damage to crops attributed to the use of fertilizer containing high borax potash and has traced in important instances this potash to the produce of Searles Lake. In order to permit the safe use of this product in future, the department, under authority of the control act of August 10. 1017, has decided to place such restrictions on the use of potash salts containing borax as will guarantee the use of an application of not more than two pounds of anhydrous borax per acre. In order to efTect this, you are Instructed not to sell direct to farmers as straight goods, or to any broker or other person for use toy farmers as straight goods, potash salts containing more than 5-10ths or 1 per cent of anhydrous borax." An order has been Issued to brokers, fertilizer manufacturers axfd mixers which permits them to continue using In mixed goods potash salts containing borax, but they must not allow more than two pounds per ton of borax. The United States department of agriculture has therefore sustained in substance the contentions made by the planters that the crop damage of which they complained was due to impurities in the American potash salts supplied them. TOO MANY OFFICES. Govarnor Will Recommend Abolition of Numerous Boards. Radical legislation, involving the abolition of certain state departments will be recommended by Governor Cooper of the next general assembly, which convenes In January. Governor Cooper said recently that he proposed recommending to the legislature the abolition of the boards of the various penal institutions and the creation in their stead of one central control body, and also the repeal of all special school district legislation and the enactment in its place of one statute covering all such special districts, which would put them under the control of the state board of education. The governor's plan is to recommend the abolition of the board of directors of the state penitentiary, the . J; i > board of the istate ho*pU{^ *h* boartte ] i of the various reformatories. His Idea Is to have In place of there one board of odnbW Which would administer the affaire of all the penal lnstltu- j tlons. With regard to the educational Institutions, the governors idea is that suggested by him to the legialat&re last year, for the appointment of one central board of trusteed to. take the place of the boards of the various schools. This would mean the abo- < lltlon of the boards of trustees of the -!-i University of South Carolina, of Win- t j throp College, of C\?mson College, J of the Citadel and ppfttbly other edn? cational Institutions,' such as the Medical College -of 'Charleston, and ; <-j ' - ?- ,? ? ?i?< -?J inu4 . Uie acnooi iui mo wou auu u>tuu, .<>v . Spartanburg. The governor's plan this yeer goes further than his suggestion of last gear. It would also Include the present state board of education as a pah of the one central board of education. The single board would have charge of the higher educational Institutions, and also the public school system, providing one central state education '% commission. >&? WAR IN RU88IA Progress Against Bolsheviki Net ea . JS Eneoursging. The chances of General Yudenltch, ? commander of the Russian northwest- 'vjj evn army, to capture Petrograd before ;$ winter and put an end to operations, r_: according to a London correspondent of the Associated Press, seems again t' to be fading. The Bolsheviki have brought strong reinforcements from other fronts and have started a successful counter-offensive, which baa pmuKaiI In th? rsoaDtim of ^ Krasnoye-Selo and thrusting the .;jJ9 Yudenitch line south of that place. Yudenitch still holds Oatchina flrm-? ly, according to the British war offlce review of the, situation up to Sunday :'2 The Bolshevikl reinforcements Include some of the beet communist. J troops led by specially selected com* mlssaries from Moscow! They have forced back Yudenitch's troops at several points, and the latter were obliged to evacuate Tsarskoye-Belo and Paviovsk Saturday. ^ By another strong attack on Sunday the Bolshevikl recaptured Kraanoye'-Selo, the Yudenitch forces fall" *% Krasnoye-Selo and Vladlihirskaya And six miles east of QalchirtSu This line 1$j covering Oatchina has besn success fully held against furious Bolshevikl ;jg| attacks, which now at* reported to g have oeased. According to a government statement in parliament Great Britain is ' ; no longer supplying funds or supplies' * ;% to Admifr&l Kolchak and does not con- ' * template supplying Genftrai Deniklne indefinitely. This statement, in view of the un expcctedly large deficit estimated' ror . .ra the present year, mainly dtle to mill- * tary expenditure, la regarded as foreshadowing & future modification of ,'d the government's policy toward Russla. Latest advices say that possession of Kiev is being still disputed between the Bolshevikl and DenlSlne"* forces, *5 The Bolshevikl held the city for two days last week, but It waS retaken by Denlklne, who however, has been obliged to retire at some potnU south of the town. / A Copenhagen dispatch gtvsn the A Lettish press bureau's rerview of the position, according to which, after a fortnight's fighting against the Russo- ?' German forces under Col. Bermondt, the Letts' position was regarded ad' secure. The Germans nowhere have succeeded in crossing the Dvlna, tho right bank of which la fifthly held by the Lett's while on the lsft in the vi-i'" clnlty of Riga, the Letts hold Usf -.913 rtirlnab /Hunomtin/1a\ ihdMhv thfOflt. eningr Bermond't left win# Which has been thrown forward to Thorn berg, Hagenberg and the suburb* of Ri*a. The Letts have also repotted all at:> . tempts to cross the river at Frleder- ? lchstadt. Bermondt holds only two out of the ten districts of Courland' namely Mltau and Bauske and the Mitau Merael railway. * > ? ? a ii i. Revenue from Game UoShsee.?Receipts from hunting licenses, fines and other sources received by Wade Hamp/ UlC ton Gibb8, chief game warden, will amount to nearly 912,000 for October, according to indication! of the re- . ,T ; ports already in the office. Approxl-, mately |8,000 has been turned into the treasury from the various coun- >tles and this'will be Increased to., about( 912,000 befqre the end of the . .. . month, Mr. Glbbs thinks. The amount.? this month will exceed by probably ,tlf A i 97,000 the receipts for the same per- . .( lod last year. Mr. Gibbs Said yester- , , v?rhi day he had printed 33 per cent more licenses this year than last and found the supply to be far from .adequate. This is true despite the fact that practically not a day suitable for hunting has yet been had in the state. Mr. Gibbs has just returned from an ex tended tour to the counties In the Piedmont section In interest of game protection. He reports that everywhere he has been the farmers and all other citizens are realizing that the game laws are for protection and not / for oppression. This is aiding the game wardens in their fight and they ^ are receiving cooperation of the citizona In moat cases.?Columbia State, Wednesday.