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~ John Henry Charles, Sr., a farmer of Greenville county, who died recently left an estate of $200,000 to his widow. Maj. G. M. Corbett, formerly of Jacksonville. Fla., has been put in charge of the United States Public Health. Service hospital at Camp Sevier, Greenville, to succeed Capt. C. P. Knight who was removed because he was not running things to suit the war department. Patients in the hospital -petitioned the department some time ago to retain Capt Knight. vBy a ^very -close vote of 38 to 40 the senate has kilted the treaty amendmoit ill ff$bat<m. 'Johnson,** ofLqalU- ; folhia, Jhltejl&oufcht to elinftiuitejtlta vdles that Ave British provinces at-e tccWve in the League of Nations, the being that to allow a British pqgvince ..a separate vote from the nfeither;::?fdu"nfry means that many additional votes for Great Brltuin, and therefore the dominance of the league the British*, ?pponentsr. of the league, and the\treflttfto. general hqkl that the senate did* k hot accept this proposition so much because it approved it as because of a growing cohviction that- the rejection of any provision of the treaty will mean the T^bction of the whole treaty. It is claimed that When the treaty comes up? Jot final adoption there will be tacked on home reservations that will define the position of the "United Rtates aa-not being bound by the whole document; but as to how that will bo, the final vote alone can show. William O. Jenkins, United Htates consular agent at Pueblo, Mexico who was captured by Mexican bandits recently and held for ransom, has been rsleaaed upon the payment of $300,000 to the bandits. It had been stipulated by the bandits that if any attempt was made to release Jenkins by force he would be killed. Accordingly, on bein* provided with the necessary money, Senor M est re. personal attorney- of 'Jenkins, offered his services and <o the camp of the bandits, seyeral hours' ride by automobile, from Puerto. . Benor Mestre was conducted to t MCu in which he found Mr. Jenkins In'foed, in a state of collapse. Ho nua been hidden In the woods for i>ome days, sleeping on the ground at night. He. was brought to Pueblo in a pretty ba' condition. The negotiations for tha release of Jenkins were directed by Sepor Eltinge Hanna, of the American embassy in Mexico. As to what the UiDted States government proposes to do: about the whole thing .is hot yet fully developed; but it is expected that th$. Mexican government will be held to striot accountability. ? Thousands of organised workers of thi District of Columbia, who paraded down Pennsylvania avenue in honor of Samuel Oompers, president of the Atnertcan Federation of Labor, last Tuesday night, later heard the veteran labor leader assert that "big bus'ness" definitely had determined "to give labor because of its growing strength, a btpw between the eyes." The attitude of the United States Steel corporation towards the steel workers unions, he atfded, was only one. manifestation of this determination on the part of industry. Mr. Gompers said that while at'the beginning of, the steel strike, he considered it' "untimely," since learning of the plans of the steel companies i- all loecrn nmnlnvpru ht> in cvmuivu **im an iai(tv v...r.v, had changed his mind and now the steel strikers had his utmost sympathy. As. evidence of this sympathetic attitude he appealed to the District of Columbia workers to Contribute to the support of the strikers. The parade wWch preceded the mass meeting at which Mr. Gompers was the principal speaker, was in recognition of the federation president's efforts on behalf of labor and the nation during the war. j Wdfc-kers representtnvqn^pfvtradeBaiKi industries participated in me parhde, which required two hours to pass- The v la'<ior leader was introduced by Secrcn t^i^r of Labor Wilson as "a man who ahpve all loves his fellow man." ? The senate on Tuesday followed the lead of the house in passing the prohibition enforcement act over the president's veto, the vote being 65 to 20, or eight more than the necessary twothirds majority. The president's objec1 tion to the bill was the fact that it continued the war-time prohibition law, which was intended to be operative oniy unui mp rttuiiwuvn ui ~1 treaty, and which, he said, had fulfilled the purpose for which it was intended.' Word went out from the White House just before the senate votejl, that the president had announced it as his purpose to suspend the war-time prohibition law ipimediately upon the ratification of peace. The attorney general having already given an opinion that this law is unconstitutional, the president still has it in his power to suspend the operation of this much of the law when he sees proper after the ratification of the treaty. The effect of such action on the part of the president will be to put a two months debabch on the part of those people of the country In states that have not yet voted prohibition, who may desire to indulge in it: -It is stated in Washington that the managers of the Anti-Saloon league and other prohibition influences will continue to oppose the ratification of the treaty up until January 1 1 in Ar/lnr tn avnifl thp 1| 11 U< Vi UVI ? v.v. ~ flood of liquors that is threatened. It is generally recognized that in the whole thin)? there is a lot of politics, both the "Democrats and Republicans seqking^to'eo manage as to get all they caif of the prohibition and liquor vote. 8e#a*or Dial voted to override the president's veto. The vote of Senator Smith is not recorded. ? Speeches in four languages and songs in as many more, constituted the opening session of the first international congress of working women, at Washington last Tuesday. Some fifty of the delegates attending came from foreign countries, eleven nations and the United. States being represented in the gathering, but with the services of a corps of young- women interpreters, all of the addresses made during the day were fully understood, us was indicated by the succeeding waves of applause which swept over the hall at the conclusion of the various versions. All of the talks partook of the nature of a formal exchange of greeting. Mrs. Raymond Robins, as president of the National Women's Trade Union league, called the gathering together,, and hailed :it as hot only the first assemblage of Its kipd, but also as the forerunner of jbiany similar ones to come. As she concluded, 'a girl who hud taken her renaari^aown in snortnana, reau mem i off in Fr^rtcti, while others who follow- | ed Jrecited thfem again in Polish and; Bohemian- These four languages generally sufficed? the Italian, Japanese and other' nationals getting the meaning^through one of the four languages. Dr.- Alice Jioreau, who responded, to the* welcome in behalf of Argentine, used French. She was warmly applauded fox her assertion that "women must organize to overcome the old prejudice that she is some sort of an inferior.animal to man." Mrs. Margaret Bindfleld, who is attached to the English delegation attending the international conference, spoke of the conference as "working to build a new civilization, that will not have the evils of the old." This also pleased the delegates greatly, and drew a triple demonstration as each of the interpreters rendered It.- At the afternoon session, MIM-Mtry VtfttKUBQki fortt?My"?Ptha I labor dep^tpa.ept^dUcussed.ttoPartlc- "i ipation of wttaen 4b'labor organization ' and industry, predicting that a few 1 decades would find them out of the < class needing special protection by rea- < son of theii 'ability and organization. I Miss Van Kleeck condemned both rad- ! Icals and conservatives or extreme 1 views, and advocated a middle course i in meet'ng social and industrial problems. . J I (The liotknllf tfnquirrr. ; Entered at the Postofflce at York aa i M4U Ifatter of the Second Class. .^FRIDAY, .OCTOBER 31, 1919. < The Mexicans are evidently up against the puzzle as to how they can make Uncle Sam tight. None of their - efforts so far have availed, and it is difficult to think of anything else that might answer. The business man who is satisfied with his business as it is should close it out and retire. There is no such a thing as a standstill business. Business goes eitner forward or backward. There are amongst us people, good t people, who are ever looking forward to the time when they can get their affairs in good running order that will require no further attention. Some of them have reached the point of realizing that such a thing is im- \ possible. Others never reach such a point. If the coal strike goes into effect and . becomes effective, there will be a widespread paralysis of business. The extent of such paralysis is hardly to j be foreseen. And of course it can effect the cotton market. The mills cannot run without coal, and even if they have coal they will still be paralyzed \ without transportation. rtf onnroo trill mOfln ft hfld Pf feet on the ^H'lce ?* cotton. Under such conditions, the mills will not continue to buy cojton except at heavy discounts. But it is very well to remember that this is no time for panic. It is time for men to be real men, face the situation as men and fight | it out ps.men. This country can maintain ? itself " .Somehow until things get right again., ^ t ** It would be difficult to conceive of anything that could happen to this country in an industrial way that would be worse than the coal strike that is t? BO 'into >' effect tomorrow. The country no doubt has quite a lot of surplus coal on hand. There are sections that have plenty of coal for heating, etc.; but it is out of the ques- tlon that there should be enough to ; f*SJ poWen.?i**fils and all the i trains running. An effective tie up of . the miners could easily operate to tie ' up the railroads and with railroad V'ansportation tied up, a freezing country would be in a most fearful condition. Food would soon become a problem, and a most serious problem. Insufficient food, heat, etc., can very easily bring on suffering, disease, death, and general ruin. As to where the blame lies, we do not know; but if the coal miners are greedy and un- | reasonable, it is quite probable that i thecoal operators xare no less so. Cawn?m Monument. Writes the (Jaffney correspondent of j the Columbia State: < A meeting was held at the Hotel 1 Carroll Friday evening of the mem- ! bers of the Cowpens Battleground as- ' sociation, the object being to devise ways and means by which the battle- 1 ground may be suitably marked and l if possible to induce the congress of the United States to convert the spot into a national park. The records : will show that .every congressman ' who has represented the Fifth district 1 for the past 50 years has introduced a 1 bill to either make this battleground a national park or to erect a suitable 1 monument thereon to commemorate 1 one of the most important battles of \ the Revolutionary war, but up to this i time nothing has been done and the i association is determined to make one ' more effort to have the spot suitably marked- 1 < t _ it a. i .iii _ * rt iL n it--. 1 in an me ciues ui aoum v^urunnu there ife not a handsomer a more conspicuous memorial than the bronze statue of General Daniel Morgan in the heart of the city of Spartanburg. Along about 18781 the Association referred to above succeeded through the efforts of the late Congressman Ivans in getting from the Federal government an appropriation of $10,000 to suitably mark the Cowpens battlefield. After the appropriation had been secured, there went up a clammor from the people of Spartanburg against the absurdity of locating such a handsome statue in the woods, and insisting that it be located in town, where it could be seen. In that way Spartanburg got a statue even Baltimore or New York might envy as the equal of anything they have. The Morgan statue in Spartanburg could hardly be duplicated today for j $30,000. | Certainly there is still as much 1 reason today why Cowpens battle ftel4 should be properly marked as ' there has ever been; but still we ] do not exactly like the assertion that 1 nothing haa ever been done along this line. It does not seem fair. , , m I Free Publicity Nuisance. < Every newspaper in South Carolina I now receives daily a huge wad of 1 publicity matter in behalf of nearly . a dozen causes. The newspapers are : requested to publish all of this stuff. < If they did, there would be nothing < else in an issue but this matter. r ' The men whp grejmro these artiqfle* nost of w^B^dcm/aln ji? jnevre, *a*? K'ell paid for trair service's. For hold** ing down the job of publicity director )f one of these organizations for a ;ouple of month3 a little shrimp, who Is not even a trained writer, received (5,000. The newspapers which published the articles he sent out didn't get a penny. . Thus it conies about that every newspaper in the state is being asked to devote the greater part of Its space to publicity campaigns. This means the outright gift of a large amount of money representing paper, ink and labor on the part of the newspapers, making an immense total expense to each of them. _ . Then, too, the publicity is, as a rule, poorly written, padded, often just plain bunk. The publicity man, preSs agent, or publicity director, call Him ,?in frodiiphtlv a man WlJUt JVM ** ? ? who lias failed to make' godd in ,th& nejyspapei* game. ' This sort of thinp cannot go on much longer. No mdtter how worthy a luusf la.v4f itar organization< . hew enough morfcy to hire press agent's, It ought to pay for its publicity. The South Carolina Press Association ought to establish softie, mutual agree* ment that win check th? #Ter-sw#UIng flood of materjal- of this sort by requiring payment for It on a parity with other advertising matter. There are too many campaigns on now and too much publicity material is being shoved at the newspapers. The press has been very generous, but the more it has give?, the more is requested of it. The time has come to put up the bars.?Greenville Piedmont. We agree to all of that, with the exception of the suggestion invoking the aid of the South Carolina Press Association, help from which is rather too remote to bk relied upon. Also, from the very nature of the case, the press association is incompetent to deal with the matter in a satisfactory manner, Foi** any' single editor, or a whole association of editors to attempt to ' ?'? ?n establish a rule ior mo kuiu?ih;c ui an editors, would of Itself be in violation of all that a free press meahs or represents, for when any editor submits to the dictation of anybody, he thereby surrenders the preoragative which is tbe foundation of his profession and he ceases to be nn editor. , Every editor worthy' of the name must serve the public as a'free agent, responsible to no individual or organization; but at all times mindful of his' thorough complete, and inescapable alienability to the public lie serves. In his relation to these propaganda artists to which the Piedmont refers, the editor -and his charge may very aptly be compared to the driver of a treasure laden stage coach through a country infested with highwaymen, and prepared to give up all he has rather than give up his oharge. The only legitimate place for the other fellow's publicity?the publicity the other fellow is interested in giving out, is the advertising cojumns? Which furnish' all the publicity that can be furnished through the editorial columns, and in which the advertiser himself can carry free and untrammeled, as he should, the respgnsibility wl\ich the seeker after free space would put on the editor. : Open and aboveboard dcullng is the Kiuintessenee ,;of proper newspapermakintr and there is no other way that we can think of in which open and aboveboard- dealing is to be had. WILL TAKE DRASTIC ACTION Government Proposes to Prosecute Coal Strikers. The government is moving swiftly to meet the nation-wide coal strike ordered for Saturday. Refusal of the miners' organization at Indianapolis to withdraw the order calling out half million men brought instant announcement that drastic action would be taken to keep the mines in operation. As to those miners who go on strike knd thereby curtail production the food and fuel control law with its added criminal penalties of fine and imprisonment will be enforced without regard to persons. The attitude of the government, Attorney General Palmer made clear, does not affect ,the right of workers to strike for redress of grievances in other cases where no violation of the law is involved. Every resource of the government, in the words of Attorney General Palmer, will be used to prevent the "naMennl disaster" certain tn follow the stoppage of work. Adequate - police protection with troops as a last resort if necessary, will be given those men desiring to remain it work. Report from government agents show that a big part of the miners ordered to quit work, want to stay on the job. Rights of the public will be protected through revival of price control regulations suspended when the fuel administration went out of existence February 1. This means an early drop in the price of soft coal and gives assurance against profiteeringMr. Palmer's announcement of the government's plans, made after a consultation with Secretary Wilson, Director General Hines, Assistant Attorney Seneral Amos, in charge of prosecution under the food and fuel control law, Assistant Attorney General Gark'in, directing criminal prosecution ind investigations of the department if justice; Secretary Tumulty, representing the president, and Dr. H. A. Sarfield, former fuel administrator, iid not mince words in dealing with the strike. "The proposed strike," the announcement declared, "would be a more deadly attack on the life of the uation than an invading army. The facts present a situation which chal lenges lilt; aupninatj ui uiu inn. i>ir.ector General Hines later issued a jtatement showing that the production >f coal this year has been below normal. MERE MENTION President Wilson has nominated Representative Yates Webb for appointment as Federal Judge for the Western District of North Carolina. . Basing its conclusion on answers from 1,600 correspondents, the New York Journal of Commerce reports that cotton has deteriorated 8.7 points during the month ending October 22, the decline being from r>6.8, :he figures of last month President Wilson on yesterday received :he king and queen of Belgium in his sick room. They were admitted separately. The royal couple sailed for home at noon today on the George Washington from Newport News Japan has ratified the treaty of Versailles .The International labor invention in session in Washington, >n yesterday voted to admit German md Austrian delegates. LOCAL AFFAIRS, ,f if ?r n NEW ADVERTISEMENTS First National Bank, Clover?Opened ? for business Saturday and thanks its t patrons for their business and invites t you to become a patron. g M. P. Hall, Pres.?Asks donations for the benefit of Friendship college, at f Hock Hill. City Pharmacy, Clover?Is showing a new line of Thermos bottles and j workmen's lunch kits, $2.75 to $5.75. _ S. L. Courtney?Ford sales and service. {: A story of the Ford from China. , J. M. Latham, Pres.?Announces the . "Great Chester "Fair" for November t 4, 5, 6 and 7. Bigger and better than r evei before., t ? r First National1 Bank, York?Suggests g that you saves part of your earnings while the eaVntng and saving is good. J. C. Wllborn?Offers the 143 acre tract j of Mrs.' Mary Foster at $10 per acre- , Thos. F. McDOw, Esq.?Is prepared to j loan money on Improved real estate j at 7 per cent-Interest. /IIwaw fhnt xioruce wnut'siuts?iuhvb nuuv.e his wheat mill will be closed after December 1st. Guthricsvllle Mercantile Co.?Will operate Its ginnery four days a week until further notice. Carroll Bros.->-HaVe four two-horse , wagons, second-hand, for sale. Lipe's Garage?Now has Its vulcanlz- y ing and re-tredding machine in oper- , ation. Your work solicited. , Star Theatre?Corinne Griffith today. Albert Ray and Elinore Fair on Monday. Special feature Nov. 14 and 16. Clover/Drug Store?Tells you that 19 years practical work Is behind its service and suggests what this may ' mean to you. M- I>. Ford, Clover?Invites you to see ] him for furniture in suites. A new line of Crex rugs and Axmin3ter . squares. Some time ago The inquirer stated i that the public road out of Chester up towhrd Lowryville, was the wost J anywhere in this section. This road is still the worst. The Chester people are lookingVor- 1 ward to ^he opening of the greatest of Chester County Fairs next Tuesday, November 4. There will be a large number of entries from Chester and Surroundings, and there are to be some free public exhibitions that will 1 be of interest to all yisitors. Special arrangements have been made to take care of the crowds. 1 Note the list of clubmakers published today. It is quite a long list in which every section of the county is represented. Present subscribers who desire to will find any of these clubmakers glad to send in their subscriptions. Intending new subscribers are advised here again as elsewhere that by paying one of these clubmakers $2.35 now> they (may have The Enquirer until January 1, 1921, 14 months for the price of a year's subscription. Of course it is understood that this ofTer of extra time holds i good only uhlilJanuary' 1, 1920. That was quit* an Interesting light that the Rock Hill folks have been having on the J>ond question; but it has been worth while to everybody, even though some of the folks did get ' a little huljty oyer it. While The Enquirer may be mistaken, somehow or other it does hot believe tha't anybody much in Rock Hill was really" opposed to the .bond issiie. It would not have -been .like Rock Hill to turn down. proposition, ilka rthat. Of course there* VWiV <Wb sidles to the question, it was right to consider the city's present debt, i? was right to consider whether the bonds could be sold and it was right to ( consider whether the c'lly could get value received for the money it would have to spend.! It was- right also to have enough agitation to make the people think. There is a lot of perplexity in all piese times, especially in these Incomprehensible times. The details of the situation are very, well calculated to confuse and befog: almost anybody. We have not a , doubt that the brightest and ablest leaders on both sides are more or less befogged in the < details. Anything else would be more than remarkable. But on the proposition that the city is in sore need of all the, contemplated Improvements there can bo no difference of opinion. So far as we have kept up with the controversy nobody has undertaken to suggest such dif- ( ference. The thing has been decided ] without regard to the confusing de-i tails, and on the general proposition that the city npeds all the things it is working for find simply must get them. Of courpe there Is a plunge in j the dark, but we cannot see that the i situation is much darker without the 1 plunge than .with it. We think that j It. wns hast tn tnke the nlunere. So i far as all that rowing was concerned, ' It really amounts to very little. There were good fellows on both sides and they are as gdod fellows now as they were before. Roth sides will now get together, pull together, come out on top togethqj-, and If need be go down together. But we don't think there Is going to be any going down together. The only thing that can prevent Rock Hill from winning will be a general cataclysm that will sink the whole business. CATAWBA PRESBYTERY. The lirst session of the newly erected presbytery of Catawba, created at the recent meeting of the Associate Reformed Synod of the South, of those churches in South Carolina, including Crowders Creek, in North Carolina, that were formerly a part of the First t presbytery, met in Chester'on Tuesday. Heretofore the bulk or presbyterlal r business has been transacted in the 1 fall, just before the annual meeting of synod; but synod having changed its \ time of meeting to spring, the fall v work of presbytery is lighter, and because of this being the first meeting * of the new presbytery, without even * preliminary organisation to be effected, the routine was unusuully light. The u meeting was called to order on Tues- I day morning, and all the work was completed during the day and evening, j final adjournment being reached at (j about 10 o'clock Tuesday night. v In all there were 31 delegates present. Rev. J. S. Moffatt preached the . opening sermon and presided as mod- f4 erutor, and Rev. D. G. Phillips, stated " clerk, kept the records. The congregations of New Hope and T White Oak, Rev. W. W. Parkinson. ^ / astor, and Hopewell, Rev,;W. A. Kenedy, pastor, advised . presbytery that hey would no longer require the supilementary assistance they were reeiving, and would be able to support hcmselves hereafter. This leaves all he churches in the presbytery on a elf-supporting basis. Tirzah is to call a pastor as soon as he congregation can find and agree ipon a suitable man. Rev. \V. P. Grier, director of the forward Movement fund In Catawba resbytery, made a brief talk in which le gave a most encouraging report of he progress of the work, stating that f the churches yet to report hold up he ratio of the chufehes that have aleady reported, presbytery's apportionnent of $59,000 will be largely1 overlubscribed. Rev. J. L. Oates gave a? most en:ouraging report of hi& recent visit to <*lorlda,' in behalf of the Forward Movement, saying that Florida had argely over-subscribed her apportlonnent. t Student E. B. McGill on Tuesday jight preached a highly creditable trial lermon that was unanimously endorsed as a specimen of progress. The session came to a close on Tues lay night with an interesting account jy Rev. J. W. Ranson, of his missioniry work in India. Rev. W. A. Kennedy, of Blackstpck, was unanimously elected moderator of he next/meeting, the place of holding which Is to be announced later. THE MARRIAGE RECORD Marriage licenses have been Issued Oy the probate court as follows: Oct. 24?Andrall Z. Falls to Calla Y. Martin, King's Creek. Oct. 24?J. Mason Wilkerson to Julia Bell McGill, Hickory Grove. Oct 25?Blsh McConnell, Sharon to Mattie Bird, Clover, (colored). Oct. 25?James W. Hall to Minnie L. Coin, York, (colored). Oct. 25? S. Harley Childers to Beulah Roach, Rock Hill. Oct. 25?Hobert Armstrong to Ethel Robblns, Bethel township, (colored), Oct 25? Matthew H. Wright, Hickory Grove to Gillie J. Ham, Smyrna. Oct. 25?Sherman Pace to Dora Armstrong, Rock Hill. ' Oct 27?Roan Jennings to Emma O. Poolo, Gaffncy. ' " Oct 27?Sam E. Humphries, King's Mt. to Narlie Green, Bullock's Creek. Oct. 28?Hobson Darnall to Sallie Crump. PIneville, N. C. Oct 29?Robert Floyd to Carrie Barnett. King's Mountain, (Adored). Oct. 29?Thomas W. Patterson, Detroit Michigan, to Gertrude Jones, McConnellsvllle, (co'ored). Oct 30?Ed Strand, Ebenezer to Lizzie Hutchison, Catawba. HERE* AND THERE A number of York county people went to Columbia this week for the purpose of attending the state fail held In that city. The fair was up t< the usual standard they said upon return and Columbia hotels and restaurants gouged them about as much a; usual. Still they enjoyed It, they saj and w.ill probably go again next year if a fair is held. The Rhoda Royal Shows which played In Yorkville last Tcsday turned out tp be about the kind of a circus that people thought it would be. There was a large crowd in attendance upon both iperformahces and they enjoyed the show more- or less as show crowds always enjoy the attractions that they ' go to sea Tht Rhoda Royal outfit was a small affair; but quite creditable considering. The two elephants which the show carried were well trained, a man and a woman rider with the outfit were above the average and .there were other, .attractions of Home interest. Hawkers with the outfit did a good business. Local merchants did considerable business with the crowd. Several extra policemen were put into service for the day; but their services were not needed. It was a well behaved crowd and according to Chief .of Police Steele, not a single arrest was made during the da; Came a story out of the Ogden country Tuesday that the son of a well known farmer had been held up by a negro who looked just exactl; like Joe Turner, wanted for the murder of Policemen Joe Kitchen and Alfred Hlair of Greenville, which occurred several weeks ago and robbed of about $30, the proceeds of the sale of the seed of a bale of cotton. The story had it that the negro appeared on the roadside with a gun and tolthe boy to come across prontp, which the boy did. and then gave the nlo r?rr* A nuaan o nnna rorl ova/1 Kncrnn IHUI ??? U^i|/cai vu auu K/\.gfixki search for Turner; but there was nc negro answering the description to be found. Now comes a story from the same neighborhood to the effect that It was all a fake and that the story was invented by the boy who wanted to devote the $30 seed money to hit own use and sprung the story to foe his folks. "Have you noticed the wonderful Improvement in evidence along ithe Yorkville-Rock Hill road during the past few years?" This question was asked by a former York county mar, In conversation with Here and There a few days ago. The man.who asked the question had been away for qu" a while, and he had been over the road on Monday for the first time in more than two years. "There seems to be more building over the Rock Hi1' wav," he continued "but you can notice improvement all along the 1'" including a few scattering hooves an'' bettor crops everywhere. This road has never, been noted for pogresslve ness, you know. I have often been impressed in times past by the poorness of the crops, even when crops dsewhere were good; but it dawned an me as I was passing along tho* :here is marked improvement, and I ?ould not help letting my imagination run into the future when someday ;his road will be like one long street." f-Iere and There agreed with the rentlemen that he was right, for mindful of the fact that much of the ironerty along this road is steadily irifting into moj;e progressive hands, le is willing to believe that from now ..rill !.?, atonrlo ?iwl Ml umiu'vciiKJiit win kc nicauj auu ind rapid. ABOUT PEOPLE Mrs. M. L. Carroll of Yorkville, spent Vednesday in Gastonia and Charlotte. Miss Irene Starr of Yorkville, visited ler sister, Mrs. Walter H. Moore, in tock Hill, this week. Rev. and Mrs. B. H- Waugh of York ille, were visitors in Rock Hill, this reek. Miss Elizabeth Wilborn of Yorkville isited Mrs. Henry Massey in Hock lill, this week. Mr. J. C. Parrott of Yorkville, Is indergoing treatment in the Fennel! nfirtnary, Rock Hill. Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Rlckenbacker of .ako City, are the guests of their aughtcr, Mrs. S. L. Courtney, in Yorkille. Messrs. S. L. Courtney and J. A. Rid- j le of Yorkville, were visitors in Cotmbia this week. Misses Helen O'Neal and Catherine 'oe of Rock Hill are the guests of liss Rachel Wylie in Yorkville. Withers Adlckcs whs- his been 1 working in Akron, O., for some time i past has returned to the home of his mother in Yorkville. J. B. I'egram who has been spend* ing some time in Richmond, Va., undergoing treatment has returned to his home in Yorkville. Dick Kerr, well known young man of Rock Hill, who served overseas as a lieutenant, has received his discharge and returned home. ' Mrs. W. R. DeVinney of Rock Hill, who has been undergoing treatment In the Fennell infirmary, has so far recovered as to be able do return to her home. GastonlA Gazette: Mr. O. 8. Hope, of the clerical force of the Hope'Mercantile company, Spent Sunday at New- 1 port, 8. ,C.( with his parents, Mr. ahd Mrs. T. W. Hope. Gastonia Gazette: Mrs. Maggie L. Wilson, of Lenoir, is spending some ' time in tne city visiting tno ramuy 01 Mr. E. Lee Wilson and other relatives and friends. She and Mrs. E- Lee Wilson went to Clover today to visit Mr. J. J. Wilson and family. Sheriff Fred E. Qulnn got a bad lick on his cheek bone last Tuesday afternoon while attending the show on the colored baseball ground on California street, when one of the show ponies became unmanageable and kicked the sheriff before he could get out of the way. The pony also stepped on the foot of the sheriffs little son, James: but the littte fellow was not badly hurt. Rock Hill Herald: Crawford Nicholson, who is a member of the motorcycle corps at Camp Jackson, is getting along nicely following a recent accident in which his arm was broken. His father, W. S. Nicholson, and brother, T. K. Nicholson, and wife, spent Sunday with him in camp. He hoped to be able to come home on leave of absence while the injury is healing, for a few days. ? Col. and Mrs. John W. McConnell, and little son, of Davidson College, came over to Tork county on last Tuesday and returned on Wednesday, after spending the night at the old home at McConnellsVille. Although the doctor's discharge has been withheld since he returned from France until now, because of his health, he is to again appear before a medical board next week and feels that If he 19 hot discharged as he wants to be, he ought to be. During his short stay in Yorkville, Dr. McConnell met a few of his many friend* and admirers, all of whom were as glad to see him as he was to see them. After securing his discharge Dr. McConnell will return to Davidson fluid resume the practice.6f hU surgical specialties, troubles with the eye. ear and throat, In which specialties he Is generally recognized as one of the most efficient In the country. There has been and still is much pressure to get him to locate' in Charlotte but as to whether he expects to make a change he'did not say. Mr. Sam Johnson, Jr., who has been connected with the Internal revenue department ror tne past nve or six years has resigned his position in order to open offices in Columbia and Rock Hill, in which he wiii tender to the public the expert services he has heretofore rendered to the government Mr. Johnson is one of the most thoroughgoing tax experts in the entire internal revenue department He knows all the complex intricacies of the Income tax, excess profits tax, sur tax, inheritance tax, etc., and also his experience has taught him how much the public is in need of expert advice and assistance in connection with this whole matter. It is very well understood by those in a> position to know that taxpayers are constantly giving up much more than is required of them simply because they are unable to understand the unusually intricate and corifusitig law on the subject, and other* lay themselves liable-to severe punishment for exaotly the same reason. It is commonly recognized that there is quite a broad field for the service of a reliable and efficient expert who understands the requirements of the situation, and those who are acquainted with Mr. Johnson's quailflcat'ons In this connection feel that he Is doing exactly the right thing In taking up thld Important work. * I . . I WITHIN THE TOWN. ? The handbag advertised by Mr* Thos. F. McDow, in the last issue of The Enquirer, had been found by Mr. J. W. Dobson, who, of course, reported ? The work of spreading asphalt was commenced on East Liberty street ^ - ? -A-xi ..J ai me nuuinurn hiuiiuii i ueauuy tuiu it is now progressing * toward the courthouse. ? C. A. Salley and J. C. Pou, of Springfield, were in Yorkvtlle last week looking for a location with a view to moving here and entering the retail grocery business. ? What's the matter with running streets through some of the big quarter sections of this town and having more room for growth? There can be very little more growth without more steets. ? The J. W. P. Hope house and lot on South Congress street, the property of J. B. Peg. am, has been sold to L. H. Cassells of Filbert. The transaction was made through the real estate agency of Geo. W. Williams, and the consideration was $3,300. ? Dr. W. S. Currell, president of the South Carolina University, is- to deliver a Red Cross address in the courthouse tonight. Always interesting, entertaining and instructive in all his addresses, with such a subject as the Red Cross, Dr. Currell's address tonight will be especially worth while. ? The annual meeting of the Sandy River BaDtlst association composed of thirty-one colored Baptist churches of York county is being held at Gallilee Baptist church (colored) in Yorkville this week. The association opened its deliberations on Thursday and the meeting will be concluded on Sunday, i .About fifty delegates from the various | churches are in attendance. ? The Young Peoples Christian Union . of the Associate Reformed church, is making quite elaborate preparations I for a Halloween carnival on the lot next to The Enquirer office this evening and tonight. They have a pro- * gramme that enlists the services of for- I tune tellers, introduces ghosts and hob- < goblins and includes quite a lot of fun generally. The carnival continues on up to the hour of midnight, with the expectation that there will be fun go- j ing on all the time. The generous pa- | tronage of the public is anticipated. ? With a view tfl\ encouraging inter- , est in a proposition to raise (1,000 for Y. M. C. A. work in the western sec- I lion 01 r otk county, u numiuei wua held nt the Shandon Hotel here last j evening; attended by twenty-five people. Addresses were delivered by ' Messrs. Martin of Spartanburg and t Mell of Hock Hill who are interested i in Y. M. C. A. work and $300 was subscribed to the cause by those pre- r sent. Ten solicitors were engaged 1 Friday morning in soliciting subscrlp- i lions in the town with a view to rals- j, ing the remaining $700. The assessment in York county Is $2,500?81,500 r ol' the amount to be raised in Rock b 1 1111 and vlclaJty and tbei remainder m n this section. if.njqxs too wlal ? Of course the public has read the M Ldvertlsement of the Floral society of he Presbyterian church, giving notice >f their annual flower show next Tueslay. This advertisement is just as It vas telephoned to The Enquirer that 'owing to the unfavorable season, etc., he flowers are not up to standard, and 30 admission fee will be required." The urkey dinner will take place as usuah [t occurs to The Enquirer that the lalles have not done themselves justice In this matter. Was It really because ji me umavoraoie season uiai tne flowers are not up to standard? That may have something: to do with the * matter: but there was something else. It requires not one, but several seasons to grow superior flowers. Thefev' was no flower show* 1*4.jTRJhwi;? During the previous spring and l".r? many months before the women ofthis . country were bending Well'" every effort, ' to getting their sons and brothers and, sweethearts off to thfe'&M&t WftT. The life and honor of the . land drqre at'/j. stake and the ladies had things to thim<.. about' other than their beautiful flowers. Some 6f them had, flowers, of * course, as was right, propetf.and'natdJ v . rah; but one year ago was hot time tot the delightful pleasure thd exhibition of these flowers affords, and pf iall the people in the world, nobody understood that better than these ladies. Things that the ladies hold above every- , \ thing, not excepting flowers, had the right of way. The show was suspended for the time being until better tlm*?? and with but little thought as to whfh those better times might come. KoW:. the ladies, in forgetfulneas of self, m that because of unfavorable season "no . admission fee will be required." This Is not fair. These flowers that wlil be exhibited this year are the choicest and most precious thad have ever been, entered in a show. They may not. bq, as large or as perfect: but they stand for more than any that hav4 heretofore been exhibited. As for admission, let <thoso who so desire, accept the pofc? < llshed announcement Nobody will ib* required to pay: but sureTy the pubUa Will not feel Justified in accepting free admission on any such basis The #hq?. J will be worth the price of admission. , and the ladies will find a way to make, propor use.of every dollar, every quarter and every dime, theft may be tendered. But however, anybody may IaaV of thla fantnfA nf tViP rniiA 1a# mt? erybody go and let everybody go with a feeling that all the great show* > the Ploral society has ever given this is really the greatest ! .< ' 7/ r/ , ? Charlotte Observer, this morning; "What are We doing in Torlt (vtlle;'(! und what are we planning to do? Well , we have the good roads and good aide- * walks mania at present" The speaker' was Hon. IUian W. Johnson, Mayor of York, S. C, who spent yesterday in the , city. He came to The Observer to see the men who are optratlng' the airplanes, with reference to having them come to York. "Sneaking of what we1 are doing," said the mayor, "we are going to spend $100,000 in putting asphalt all over the city. We already , have cement walks but practically the whole city will be asphalted. Ws hfve a fine sewer system, water system, etc., and all owned by the city. We have four, mills, three banks splendid)/' ' /manned, and general conditions that 1 make us feel that we are jitstliled in, being quite proud of ourselves. . We are 40 miles by rail .from Charlotte, going by Rock Hill, and 48* miles by rail, going by Gastdnia. ! generally r make the trip, in my car and ehorteft < the trip considerably. ,Wq hope to b* in more direct . immunicatloh with Charlotte when the T>ropoeed new bridge is built. You have writtfn of that. The only, thing that stands 1ft, the , way of the Inability to come to agreement to nn th<* site, or location, of the bridge, two Kites being proposed kind tho advocates of each stubbornly hold-to lng to their preference. The.bridge la , .? to coat $76.ew: Vortt \t<TW?n? third and. Meckienburw iwo-thihls." Tea, York and Mecklenwlrg are con- >< tlguous, the rhrer bplpg we dividing line. We hatd always been good friends. The people In York always ' like to come to Charlotte. When we cet the new bridge we can be closer " friends in the matter of business as well as friends. How many churches have we? Six. Presbyterian,' Methodist, Baptist, (2) Episcopal and Aaso-. elate Reformed Presbyterian The second Baptist1 church Is near one of the mills. We have one orphanage?Episcopal. Real estate is on the boom In Tork, not only in the city hut tho same ia true of the farm lands. The demand for homes Is two to four times as great as the supply. Labor is difficult to get In any kind of work, We have no. organized labor in the city or county. Among our projected Improvements' is a city hall which we expect to com,mence work on in the spring. We have a brand new courthouse erected at a cost of $75,000. The old courthouse was burned. Which is larger Toft or Lancaster? York covers more ground. I should say. but Lancaster has more people. Our population Is 3,000. Why did we change from Yorkvllle to York? Well, we got up a sort of factional , t: fight over it and those in favor of dropping the "ville" won. Come over in the airship and see our little tdwh.7,, We are mighty proud of it and we.ire.^ always glad to have Charlotte people*, to visit us." . ? . . S LUCAL LAWniVS. Committed to Asylum. * . Curtis Bryant, a young white nhttt u of the Filbert section has been com- . mitted to the state hospital'for the Insane. '''* Donation to Hospital. Col. C. B. Armstrong, president of the Lockmore Cotton Mill of Torkvllle, has donated $1,000 to the orthopaedic hospital in Gastonia, founded by R. B. Babblngton. ' / Hall Cotton Sold. X , m A lot of two hundred and three bales of cotton, the property of the estate of the late D. Martin Ilall was. Bold this week to J. D. Hope, a cotton buyer of Sharon for a total of $$$,243.28. Some of the cotton was eight and ten years old. Finley Farm 8?ld. Approximately ho acres, u pumun of the estate of the late D. E.(Finley, J lying on' the outskirts of Rock Hill, were sold at auction Wednesday by :he Catawba Real Estate company.The lands brought , a total tit about' " 122.S44. the average .price pier aero, oelng $157.50. Land offered .for sale.<r.t ncluded six building lots, one of " vhich brought $1,97S. , ' " . .. i'. -or Bigger Mills. Hamilton Carhartt has announced , lis purpose to double the capacity of , lis cotton mill at Carhartt station, beween Rock Hill and Fort Mill and to ? argely increase the capacity of his > nill in Rock Hill. Mr. Carhartt is ooking for an era of prosperity far n excess of. anything that has yet teen experienced and recognizing the tecessity of more capacity in contributing to and taking advantage of /