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Scraps and partus. ? Eight children, ranging: in age from 12 to 16 years, were blown to pieces at Watertown, New York, Wednesday by the explosion of a 75 millimeter shell on the back porch of a house in Dimmlck street, occupied by Edward W. Workman and William L. Salisbury. The dead: Morris Salisbury,-16; Frances Wiley, 13; Vivian Jones,i;12; Olin Brown, 11; Anson Workman, 13; Edna Workman, 14; Sarah -Harden, 13; and Donald Hoi ton, 12, of .Pulaski, N. Y., who was visiting the Brown boy. The shell, which was | owned, by Mr. Workman, was one which"3ie had kept as a souvenir and used on the.rear porch to hold the door from closing. It was believed to be wdead." The children were playing croquet in the back yard. The shell is believed to have either been set oft by the hot sun or to have been 14 U A struck by one' of the victims wnu, ?. croquet mallet. Windows within a radius of two blocks were shattered by the explosion. Practically all of the clothing was blown off the bodies of the children. Fragments of it lodged in trees and house tops in the vclnlty. The bodies were horribly mutilated, but identification was passible in every instance. ? Walter S. Ward, who has been held In the Westchester county, N. Y., jail for the past 26 days on an indictment charging him with first degree murder of Clarence Peters, a former sailor, was released at White PlainB last Tuesday in $85,000 bail by Supreme Court Justice Seeger, although the court refused to dismiss the in' dictment. Mrs. Willard Curtis, Ward's mother-in-law, who was sought for weeks in New Rocholle, by subpoenaservers without success, sat through the hearing beside her daughter and left K>th Ward's party without any attentat being made to serve her. According to Ralph I?. Ward, brother of Ura Curtis has been lilt ucimuaui, living quietly in New Rochelle with her daughter all the time. Justice Seegdr, .In announcing his. decision to admit the wealthy defendant to bail said no evidence hud been submitted to prove that Ward acted other than in self-defense or that the crime had been one of deliberation. i?Germany served notice on the allied powers through the reparations commission Wednesday that she could no longer meet cash obligations of any sort, whether growing out of the Versailles treaty stipulations undertaken by acceptance of the I^.ndon ultimatum of May 5. 1921, or arranged by the schedule of payments drawn up by the reparations commission on March 21, 1922. The depreciation of the mark on foreign exchanges is given as the reason for the impossibility of Germany to pay, and for her request that she be relieved of cash engagements, including the payment of 32,000,000 golds marks on Saturday, as well as all subsequent payments, in 1922, 1923 and 1924. The German note submitted to the commlsisnn makes nc ,i? ?c riM-monv's intention re nii'imuii ui uvi ? garding cash payments after 1924, but asks thut the negotiations for a foreign loan interrupted at I'aris last month, whidh Germany blame s for ^"Mhe continued fall of the mark, he resumed at the earliest possible date, or a financial, economic and social catastrophe in Germany is likely to develop. r ? Anthracite mine owners on Wednesday submitted a respons to the governments offer of arbitration in the Scoal situation that President Harjng was said to regard as a complete acceptance. Meanwhile the mlndhs' union and, to a degree, the bituminous coal operators continued to pursne a policy which high officials declared was intended to evade or delay an immediate response and in which officials saw a disposition to reject the government's settlement plan if public opinion would approve such a course. John^L. Lewis, president of the United MinsT Workers of America, ami other offices of that organization called on Secretary Davis Wednesday and were understood to be endeavoring to induce **^the president to make arbitration proposal to all the partially unionized territory, as well as the mining area shutjdo^n by the bituminous strike "So J5ar as the willingness of anthracite miners to settle was concerned." Mr Lewis'said, arbitration in the anthracite -geld would be considered by the min^^workers along with the bituminous arbitration proposals at the general policy committee meeting Saturday." Responses from the bituminous industry, it is evident, will not be ir the president's hand before Monday. ? Members of all unions affiliated with the metal trades department ol the American Federation of Labor were.instructed in orders sent out Wednesday from the headquarters nl Washington that no further repaii work will be authorized on locomotives coining from railroads on which ^ rikes are in progress, to outsid< shops employing union labor. Tht ord? sent out by A. J. Berries, secretary-treasurer of the department was to be effective at once, ldentica copies went to the presidents of all internationals affiliated with the meta trades group who were instructed t( notifiy their locals. The unions affected include boilermakers, elect i lea workers, pipe fitters, plumbers, painters and carpenters, as well as machinists and blacksmiths. The American Locomotive works, to which manj of the railroads affected by the strik* have been sending' their hauling equip merit for necessary renair, was speri flcally referred to in the order. In t statement Wednesday. Mr. Berries declared there was "enough work oj new locomotives in the plants of thii company to keep the workmen bus: and there will be no cessation fron work unless attempts arc made t< force the men to do the repair work This action was taken upon th< earnest solicitation of the organiza tions affiliated with the railroad do partmcnt of the American Fedcratioi of Labor." he said, "many of whon are also affiliated with the meta trades department. Kvery assistance that can be given to the shopmen nov on strike on all railroads should bi given." ? Signing a judgment for $0,00 against the .federal reserve bank o Richmond, Judge Henry (1. Cohnor in federal district court at Raleigh has declared that the bank had ox ceeded its authority in accepting fron the Rank of Lumber Rridge its checl on another bank in paying of a checl held by the reserve bank for eollee tinn. ' "An appeal probably will hi taken to definitely establish the ques tions involved. Judge Connor hold: that the "Massachusetts rule" tha banks collecting checks are agents o the original drawee of the check am not of the first bank handling th same lias become of universal appli cation, lie reduced the issues pres ented in the case to two, the righ of the reserve bank to transmit tin cheek directly to the Rank of Luinbe Rridge. and the right of the reservi hank to accept any payment othe than money. The question came be fore judge Connor in a suit brought b; Ma Hoy Brothers, of Quitman. (!;i. agniAst the Federal Reserve hank o Richjhond and Napier H. (1. Balfour of Fayctteville, On November 3iJ 1T920, RaIfoUr sent a check for $9,000 t#> Ma Hoy Brothers, \vho deposited it l W collection in the l'erry Banking c voapang of Perry, Flu. After passii k through banks .at Jacksonville and A tlanta, the check reached the Feder. Reserve hank of Richmond, and on December 10 was transmitted direc tly to the Bank of Lumber Bridge. On December 13 the drawee bank mar ked the check "paid," charging it : to t'. te account of Balfour, and on the j same' date sent to the reserve bank Its cl leek on the Atlantic Banking and Trust' company, of Greensboro, for $9,203 .90 in payment of that and other items. On December 17, the reserve bank was informed that the check on Green sboro was no good, and on the same day wired the Bank of Lumber Bridgo It must make the check good, but th/O latter bank was placed in the hands of a receiver on December 23 before the check was paid. The check was chaiged back by each bank in turn and finally debited to Malloy Brothers by their -bank. ^odmUc (Enquirer. Entered at the Postofflce at Tork, as Mail Matter of the Second Class. FRIDAY, JULY 14, 1922. Sow is \he time for all good men to get together for the enforcement of the laws. The state cami>aign continues painfully quiet; but men of experience will not deceive themselves into believing that the election will go by default. Only ten more dnvs for enrollment. Those who huve not yet qualified ihomselves to vote in the primaries need to attend, to the matter without further delay. i ^ 'Dispatches from Washington indi| cate the probable early revision of the ! century-old agreement between Great Britain and Canada and the United ' States limiting armaments on the Great J Lakes. The old agreement specifies the size of war vessels and armaments that can be used in terms of old time craft and ancient guns that would be ' useless today for any purpose. The need for revision of the agreement arises out of the necessity for policing the lakes against various outlaws, cs, pecially the whisky smugglers. All : easonable presumption points to fticendiarism in connection with the repeated destruction of the property of , E. M. Whisonant through fire. So far i as The Yorkville Enquirer has infor imilion theft ha# been no suggestion [ of un important clue ]>ointing to the incendiary. In offering a reward in ? connection with tho matter the Farmers Mutual Fire insurance company is entitled to commendation and . also it is entitled to all possible us' sistance in running down the incen: diary. Crimes of this kind should not . be allowed to go unpunished so long i as there is a possible chance of detect! ing the criminal. 1 and in its lust analysis infallibly just 1 and correct. And where the editor ' would be of real service he must rest . his case on that last analysis. Quite often, as The Observer points out, the editor is confronted with the necessity of printing things he would much pre. for not to print, and sometimes, not J so often perhaps, he reluctantly leaves 1 out things he would prefer to print Indeed if he is at all qualified for the J duties of his position, he is not long in . finding that Instead of his having con ? ttinu Imvii control ? irui UI L11 vac uuuvo w??vj *<M.v t of him. Otherwise the editor would r not last long. But after all. The Obi server did not attempt to specifically ? point out the things that should not be ' printed, and it is hardly probable that it will, because after all has been said I that can be said, each case must con tinue to be governed by its own cir' cumstances. 1 In the Charlotte Observer of yesterday there is an editorial on the subject . of "What Not to Print." It is an old, Mold subject; but is handled in the thor? I oughly sensible style that is eharacterj istic of The Observer, and therefore ' i j worth while. The writer makes it s quite clear that although he may not i 1 ! know what to print or what not to ! . ! print, lie at least knows what he is i ; talking about, which is something that 1 ' the average layman don't know. At ' least, this is true in the opinion of ev. cry editor who has had sufficient ex periencc to gather an intelligent idea * i of the responsibility of his position. 1 I Public taste mig. have something to 2 | do with the matter; but public opinion , >' I has a great deal more. Atid here is ' ! u-li.. tho inti-lliiffiu-c :inil eharaetcr i of the editor must meet the severest J test. There is nobody to tell him what to do. There is nobody who could toll j i, him. He must rely upon the fact: - ! that however srnail or narrow some of ' his individual critics might be, public t j opinion is broad, liberal, intelligent, It is very well for the people of this j s country to take notice of the menace of ( j. i increased lawlessness with which they I j have to deal. Evidence is to be found e in the large number of white defend ants who are appearing before the bur . |of the sessions court. It is very w< il [? to remember that these are only a r small per cent, of the transgressors. l" It is very difficult and unusual for ! any man to commit a crime without k- falling under suspicion; but it is only1 . a small per cent, of the offenders who 1 are actually arrested, and those who ,'Iarc arrested should serve as some in diejition of,the extent of the outlawry that is furnishing without restraint. Several guilty defendants escaped punishment at the recent term of the court simply through lack of public interest In the efforts of the officers. The officers of the law arc doing what they can to keep down lawlessness; but they cannot occotnplish a. great deal without proper public support. The menace of lawlessness now under consideration is against the public, and the public will do well to become more aggressive in its attitude to this danger. Senator LaFollette, of Wisconsin, has stirred up the United States senate >vttb a resolution in which he demands the iinmed.ate repeal of the EschCummins Transportation act. He especially wants to get rid of that feature of the law which leaves it in the power of the interstate commerce commission to raise and lower railroad rates so as to keep the net earnings of the railroads up to 5 1-2 or 5 per cent. This is looked upon by all interests throughout the country, except the railroad interests, to be a most outrageous proposition, the more especially since it allows the railroads to spend all the money they want to spend for salaries, upkeep, betterments, etc., and to still have from 5 1-2 to G per cent, to pay stockholders dividends that they were never able to get before anyway. Senator Capper introduced a hill for the repeal of this guarantee in April 1921, and it has been lying in committee ever since. Now Senator LaFollette wants Hhe matter disposed of forthwith by repeal of the whole business. The senators have been quite content to leave the Capper bill at rest in committee; but it is not be- ! iHnv nf them who nr^ mem burs of the Farm Bloc will dare oppose Senator LaFollette's resolution, the more especially since there is a common belief over the cnt're country that it is the Each-Cummins la?v and the Esch-Cummins law alone that is preventing the reduction of freight rates throughout I'ls country. The strike of the railroad shopmen throughout the country is being felt more and more every day and conditions are becoming more and more critical. Although there have been reported many cases of serious disorder in different localities, the striking shopmen are generally depending upon orderly methods. It was foreseen when the shopmen went out that locomotives, then in good condition, would soon begin to require the attention of workmen of skill and experience and that has happened. Many engines and cars have given down and trains are being annulled in large numbers. The news comes from Washington that the president has virtually decided to call out troops to ensure the non-interference with mail trains. Maintainance of way men who, after consideration, decided to remain on the job until further developments, are now giving it to*be understood that unless the guards are removed from the railway shops they will quit work also. Station agents and clerks arc leaving their jobs on a number of the big Eastern lines. President Harrison of the Southern, has given out a statement in which he says that although reluctant so to do, unless the strikers come back to their jobs at once, he will soon be compelled to till their places with other men, because of his duty to the public. The railway executives, with headquarters at Chicago, persist in their refusal to entertuin peace proposals from the striking shopmen fTnlow ?nmr> Uiiirl nf understanding is reached very shortly the outlook is that the situation may get entirely beyond the control of any of the parties to the controversy. The Hague conference has failed, Just as was expected. Everybody knew before the conference met that it was impossible to mix oil anil water. Yet the conference was called for just that. For instance there was the capitalistic system, controlled by individual ownership, on the one hand, and the. socialistic system under which everybody l>elongs to the state, on the other hand. The main issues were: First, the demand upon Russia to restore the private property seized from foreigners by the Bolshevik government. Russia agreed to make good to all alien nationalists all they had lost; but could not promise to restore the identical property that had been taken away. That was impossible In most cases, for to have complied with that demand would have meant abandonment of the principle of socialism. Then the Allied powers wanted Russia to agree to pay Allied claims, and Russia wanted to know the amount of those claims. The Allies declined to fix the amount except with the help of a mixed commission and to this liusisa would not agree, the more especially because the amount that might bo due is complicated with Russia's claims against tin* Allies. Then last Russia wants to borrow from the Allies a large sum of money, and this sum the Allies are unwilling to advance because of the absence of a satisfactory basis of security. The Russians sayi that everything was stacked against i them from the beginning and the Allies j say that the Russians do n??t want to reach an agreement anyway. The truth ; of the whole matter is that there is no possible way of reconciling an agree- ) meat between the capitalistic and so- j cialistic systems. ? The post office department alleges J a shortage of $1,010 in the accounts of I .Mrs. .Mattie Heard, postmaster at j Warrcnville, for the past ten or fifteen , years. The alleged shortage is secured ! by bond. William .M. Terry, post-| master at Millettsville has been bound j oyer by I'nited States commissioner Mnrgnn on the charge or having cm- | hez/.led the sum of $8.11.21'. lie gave bond in the sum of $1,000. LOCAL. /UTI^WIS, - .?: ? 1 . ?r^; NEW ADVERTISEMENTS Hank of Clover?Statement of condition. Sam M. Hi S. Earle Grist, District Agents?And still another. J. M. Stroui)?Gee, but it is sure hot! Nathan Feinstcin's Department Store ?Feinstein's great emergency sale now going on. Bank of Clover?Only two things. J. P. Ramsey?Notice to debtors and creditors of the estate of W. A. Ramsey, deceased. Farmers' Mutual Life Insurance Company?Will pay a reward of J10U for evidence to convict the i?arty or par ties who set tire to the buildings of E. M. Whisenant. J. D. Boyd?Candidate for magistrate in Bethel township. George W. Williams, Secretary1?Notice to the voters resident in .Yorkville school district. C. F. Sherer, Real Estate?New offerings of property at CI >vcr. Carroll Bros.?Nitrate of soda. W. F. Jackson?Fruit jars. York Supply Co.?Another car of nitrate of soda. Standard Oil Company of New Jersey Inuf wtint rifivna that motor ill your car. The B. F. Goodrich Rubber Co.?Goodrich tires. Roek Hill Furniture Company?Auction ? sale of fire damaged property tomorrow. In a recent editorial comment The Yorkville Enquirer said, "As to whether honey bees will also be killed, will depend largely on whether they extract honey from buds or blossoms." This of course was a stupid slip in which the writer for the moment had forgotten the fact that the bees will go after molasccs or sugar in any other form anywhere and at any time. News of the death of Dr. M. J. Walker, in a Richmond hospital on Tuesduy night, while not unlooked for, brings deep sorrow to many a heart in Yorkvillo and the surrounding country. For not only was Dr. Walker a physician of unusual ability; but he was consciennous, ana i?nusuiAuig his service and wonderfully considerate in his charges, especially to the poor. It was pretty commonly conceded thnt Dr. Walker was one of the most accurate diagnosticians fn the state, and as a "country practitioner" the all round doctor?he had few superiors anywhere. He ha#l been in bad health for a number of years, especially since about the first of the present year, since which time he has considered that his work was done. Dr. Walker's name is a household word ir many a home, and because of his life of untiring usefulness to his fellows, the present generation will have entirely passed before he is forgotten., REAL ESTAT.E TRANSFERS. Real eslate transfers have been indexed in the office of the county auditor as follows: Ebenczer?Ttluo Buckle Cotton Mills Inc., to Industrial Cotton Mills Co., 165 1-10 acres; $5^nd other considerations. fL COMMUTATIpN ROAD TAX The total numbei* of receipts issued for the commutation road tax in York county, outside of incorporated towns, for the year beginning July 1. 1922 was 3,440, and the aggregate amount collected was $10,320. T.hc number of. receipts issued a.jd the amount of money collected in each township was as follows: Bethel 375 $1,1217.00 .?o '>71 S13O0 Broad River ..31* 954.00 Bullock's Creek 348 1.044.00 Catawba 533 1,599.00 Ebenezer 535 1,505.00 Fort Mill 510 045.00 King's Mountain mo 1,580.00 York ?335 1,005.00 3,440 $10,320.00 GRAND JURY REPORT As its final presentment to the court of general sessioni before it was discharged Tuesday ^ the York county grand jury attached a letter from R. L. Plexlco, poet master at Sharon, complaining that he had been unable to get any action from the county commissioners relative to the rebuilding of a bridge over Turkey creek at the flill place on Sharon Xo. 2. The grand jury in its presentment recommended that the letter be referred to the proper authorities. The Sharon postmaster In his letter to the grand jury Raid: "More than two months ago we had a bridge washed away on Turkey crock on Sharon Xo. 2. I have been .after the commissioners for some time to have this bridge rebuilt but so far have failed. Therefore if there is any thing that you gentlemen of the grand iury can do to cause the erection of this bridge it will be very much appreciated by me and the community." Asked about the matter Supervisor Hugh fl. Brown said that a contract I had boon given Mr. Bascom Deal j some time ago to furnish the necessary timber for rebuilding the bridge. ! Mr. Deal had been unable to furnish it so far: but would have it ready in a few days and the bridge would be speedily restored. BOYD'S BRIDGE ROAD Work on the mile and one-half of roadway to connect Boyd's Kerry Bridge with Bethel township's system of roadways is in progress it was learned yesterdaj-, Stewart & Jones, the contractors having forty mules and a large force of hands employed in building the road which will be completed in about" thirty days. The ; contractors are under the necessity of building practically an original road from the Bethel road to the bridge. X<> trouble has been experienced, however in getting all the hands desired and there is no reason why the road should not lie completed in short order. The contract price for the job was $3,670. Information is that because of the continued presence of quick sand the Hardaway Construction Company which has the contract for building the new steel and concrete bridge across Catawba river at Boyd's Ferry are having a hard time of it and that progress is slow. The bridge contractors are seeking to establish piers \ on the York county side where there | is a long approach and where they i are meeting great difficulty on account ' of quick sand. According lo those familiar with the difficulties under which the contractors are laboring there Is no telling when the 1,300 foot bridge will bo completed; but it will bo nt least six months and probably lonwr. None ] of the steel frame work has been j erected due to the delay in estab- ( lishing firm foundations. Neither is there any telling what the ultimate cost will be because of trouble which has developed. One-third the cost of the bridge is being borne by York county and two-thirds by .Mecklenburg county. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? Large fryers arc bringing SO cents on the market when peddled front house to house. A total of ISO bales of cotton were sold on this market the first four days of the week, according to a statement made yesterday by K. E. McClure, public weigher. ? Policeman Broome, who has been serving on the Yorkville police force during the past four months, stated Tuesday that he has secured a position in Conway, S. C., and that he will enter upon his duties there about August 1. ? Local dealers in calcium arsenate, for use as a boll weevil poisoning, have been selling large quantities of the poison to the farmers of the surrounding country during the past two weeks, it was said yesterday. The ,? - 1 .1 tvfiiinil prevailing |iru-? i? n i-- nuw ? although if one buys a large quantity he will set the poison at a somewhat lower figure. 'Many farmers are buying their poison wholesale. ? Children of Mrs. William McCloud who live on East Jefferson Street were badly frightened Wednesday night when Robert McCloud saw or thought he saw a man who was concealed in the kitchen. The little fellow, according to neighbors had.gone into the kitchen for some purpose when he saw the hands of a white man whose body was concealed. He immediately notified his sisters and his mother and the alarm was given. Neighbors who made a search of the premises were unable to find any signs of the presence of an intruder. REV. JENNINGS ARRESTED Charged with snapping a pistol in his wife's face and with carrying a nistol. Rev. Q. W. Jennings, pastor of CJallilee Baptist church, colored, Yorkville, was arrested this morning and lodged in jail. He was later' released on bond. Jennings was arrested neat* his home in the western part of town. A Colt's revolver was found on his person. The arrest was made by Magistrate Black and Chief of Police Ed Steele. Bond of $100 was required of Jennings by the town on the pistol charge. The preacher attempted to explain the pistol toting charge by saying that he conducted a store near his hom? and that he used the pistol to protect himself while traveling between his house and his store. It seems that Jennings had a row with his family yesterday as the result of which it is alleged he snapped i pistol in his wife's face and threatened other members of the family. Complaint was made to the officers and Jennings was arrested this morning. He did not resist. Rev. Jennings is one of the best known colored ministers in Yorkville. He is said to be very influential among the colored race and despite many dissensions in his own church over him because of his alleged conduct, has managed tn maintain tlio upper nann, i His son died on Wednesday and was buried yesterday, and it is said thnt the family row which led to his arrest came a Tier the funeral. It was stated this morning thnt Rev. Jennings will lie tried in mayor's court in Yorkville tomorrow morning on the charge of carrying a pistol. PLENTY OF MONEY There is no longer any question of the ability of the South Carolina Cotton drawers' Cooperative Marketing Association to tlnanee the cotton of its members to the best advantage. That matter has heen definitely settled. After a hearing of the officers of the Cooperative Marketing association in Washington Wednesday, the War Finance Board approved an advance of $10,000,000 for use in financing South Carolina cotton. There was present before the board representing the South Carolina Cotton Marketing association, H. G. Kaminer, president; R. D. Jennings, of the executive committee. W. Rogers Scarborough, treasurer, J. Pope Matthews of Columbia, and Harold G. Booker, secretary of the association. rT,t Ua ../1?.n?no/1 S&t in I lie l" auiniiii i. 10 v.. he used solely for the purpose of carrying the cotton of the members already made and to l>o made. On turning their cotton over to the association members may, if they so desire, obtain advances to the amount of firt per cent, of its then market value, the cotton of course being warehoused until such time as it may be disposed of by the association. The association has not yet perfected its warehouse system; but it has full assurance that there will be no difficulty about obtaining all the warehouse room that may be necessary. It Is not expected that the War Finance board will be called upon to furnish all the money that will ho necessary for financing the cotton of members of the cooperative cotton marketing association; but rather to i supplement the resources of the banks j as far as may he necessary. DID LETTERS DO IT? That Albert Zimmerman would now bo a free man if his council had not introduced in his behalf numerous letters he had received from Pink Hoggins and Mrs. Eftie Hoggins was intimated | by two members of the jury who found hiin guilty of murder hist night with I recommendation to mercy. After the ! verdict had been returned two members j of the jury jvere asked by the reporter: j "What part did the letters from ' Huggins and Mrs. Huggins to Zimmer- , man play in rendering your verdict?" "They had much to do with it." re- | plied one of the jurors, "in that they [proved to us conclusively that Huggins all the while regarded Zimmerman as I his friend and not the despoiler of his j home until a short time before he was j killed. We could interpret nothing in those letters to show that Huggins was a party to the unlawful cohabitation j i of Mrs. Huggins with Zimmerman. On the other hand they proved to my mind that lie had an affection for Zim- ; merman." "The letters, the doctor's testimony '! as to the range of the bullet and Zim- ; merman's own story caused our ver- !. diet," said another juror. "There was j < nothing in those letters reflecting on Huggins. They showed conclusivelj , that he trusted Albert Zimmerman and j had confidence in him until a short ' time before his death when he dis- i covered Zimmerman's treachery and told him ttuit the fact that lie had dis- I covered his wife did nop Care for hiin ' made his life a hell." "If we had not known of those let- ' < I i tors," tho juror wont on to say, "the verdict might havo boon different." <?n the lir.st ballot, it was learned the jury stood two for conviction of manslaughter and ton for verdict with recommendation to mercy. -It really required not more than an hour to reach a verdict, however, since the jurors were at supper at the Shandon Hotel much of the time they were together after the case had been given them for consideration. ABOUT PEOPLE. Miss fleraldine McConnell of Yorkvillc, is visiting friends in Chester. Mlr.s Bessie Mason of Yorkvillc, is spending a few days at Montre.it, N. C. Mr. John T. Spencer, of Catawba, was among the visitors in Yorkvillc on Wednesday. Mrs. B. A. Correll and children of Yorkvillc. are visiting friends at Lenoir, N. C. Miss Minnie Lee Charles of Union, is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Miles Wood in Yorkville. Misses Rocona Woods and Catherine Wvlie of forkville, are visiting friends in Hock Hill. Mrs. Chas. P. Cochrane, of Riverside is the guest of her* sister, Mrs. M. W. White, in Yorkville. Dr. and Mis. Clarence Bratton of Palestine, Texas, are guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Bratton in Yorkville. Mrs. L. G. Robins and two daughters of Chester county are visiting Mrs. M. L. Mitchell in Yorkville. Mr. Thos. J. Bell, of Savannah, C.a? is spending a while in Yorkville, the guest of the family of Mr. .1. M. Brian. I Miss Annie Witherspoon. of Columbia, and Miss Georgie Witherspoon of Rock Hill, are spending the summer 1 at their home in Yorkville. Mrs. John S. Jones. Miss Sarah Jones and Miss Pauline Oates of Yorkville, are visiting friends in Chester. t Mrs. H. H. Crossland and children have returned to their home in Bennettsville, after a visit to the family of Mr. Sam M. Grist in Yorkville. Mrs. George R. Grist and children have returned to their home in Charleston, after a visft to relatives on Clover No. 4. Mrs. Itose C. tfmith is suffering at her home in Yorkville with a fractured limb, sustained several days ago when she fell in her home. Mrs. .lennie Whitesides who has beeii :11 at her home in Yorkville with typhoid fever for some time past is getting along quite nicely. Mr. 11. AI. Johnson is quite sick at his home in Yorkville, suffering with heart trouble. His relatives and friends are very much concerned about him. Dr. George Walker of Baltimore, Aid., was a visitor in Yorkville this week having been called here on account of the death of his brother, Dr. Miles J. Walker. Air. George C. Hammersley. of Blacksburg, veteran Southern railway engineer, running between Hock Hill and Alarion with Mrs. Hammersley, will leave in a day or two for a two week's visit to relatives in Pittsburg, Pa. Former Probate Judge I* R. Williams collapsed while sitting in the court room in Yorkville yesterday morning. It is believed that over heating caused his trouble. He was removed to his home where he is getting along nicely. air. una Airs. j. m. toner, air. and Mrs. J. /H. Crenshaw and Mrs. u. S. Massey of Van Wyck, came over to Yorkvillc yesterday on account of the funeral of Dr. M. J. Walker, not knowing of the arrangements that had postponed the funeral until today. Mrs. William Cline and children of Gregory, Texas; Messrs. Conner Hohhs of Southern Pines, N. C., W. P. Hobbs of St. Petersburg, Fla., and John Hohhs of Tampa, Fla., have returned to their homes after spending a few days in Yorkvilie visiting their sister, Mrs. Rose Smith. Information has been received here of the promotion of Capt. George W. Williams, formerly of Yorkvilie to he Rear Admiral in the United States navy. Rear Admiral Williams Is the oldest son of the late W. R Williams, for many years auditor of York county. He was horn in Yorkvilie in 1S6J. Mrs. W. 11 Williams, his mother, lives in Columbia. Admiral Williams is a graduate of Annapolis and has a long record of distinguished service in the navy. LOCAL LACONICS Game Law School Funds. Chief Game Warden Richardson has paid to tiie state treasurer up to July 10 lines, licenses, etc., the sum of $ 17,605.20. Of this sum York county gets $1,731.00. Farm Animals Burned. A horse and mule were burned to death when lightning struck a barn belonging to Alex Powell, situated near the county home, about two miles east of Yorkville Tuesday evening. A wagon was also burned in the lire which destroyed the barn. Officers Got Still. Prohibition officers found a "gasoline drum still" on lands of W. L. Hill about one mile north of Sharon yester- j day. The still was not in operation and there was nobody about. The 1 captured outfit was brought to Yorkville. State Constable H. L. Johnson and Constable Coy Jones of Bullock's Creek township made the seizure. Rock Hill Man Gassed. While attempting to screw a loose tap on a tank of chlorine gas yesterday, Ira P. Hutchison, a member of the Rock Hill Water and Light plant force.was overcome by the gas and I narrowly escaped suffocation. Fellow employes came to his rescue and oxygen was later administered him. Ho is getting along nicely and it is exnoidpil f 11 11 ho will ho fullv ropiii'oroil : in a few- days. Young Boys Chased Out. Boys tinder 16 years of acre were chased out of the courthouse during} the Huggins trial Wednesday afternoon, by order of Judge McCJowan.; Mrs. Kfiie Huggins was on the witness stand at the time reciting the story of her relations with Albert Zimmerman. Titos. K. MeDow. Ksq., suggested to the court that the courthouse at that par- : ticular time was no place for young boys to be and the court agreed, with the result that the sheriff was directed to clear the court room of all under 16. Numbers of boys beat a hasty retreat. Autos in Collision. Mrs. Annie Burns of the Cotton Belt section, her daughter, Margaret Burns iiul Mr. Leon Smith were slightly injured when the Kord touring car driven by Mr. Lesslie Smith came in collision with a Kord driven by Br. John I. Barron of Yorkville in which Mrs. Barron and little child were ridng. The accident happened about one inile north of Yorkville on the King's i Mountain road. Mr. Smith, carrying i its son Loon Smith and Mrs. Burns i ind children was on route home front : Yorkville Wednesday night about 1" , /clock, while L>r. Lairon and his' family were coming toward Yorkville when the collision occurred. Both ears were considerably damaged and three of the occupants of the Smith car were slightly injured, it was said this morning that the occupants of the Barron car were uninjured. Shelby Walloped Clover. In the presence of a large crowd Shelby defeated Clover on Hawthorn Field, Clover, yesterday afternoon X to 1. With the exception of Lncey raffish, Clover third baseman, the Clover team.was unable to hit, Lee, the Slu-lhy Hurler while Yarhoro of Chester, pitching for Clover was hit freely. Clover had little chance to win, however. since their team was clearly outclassed by the husky Shelby aggregation. Sold Car to Pay Lawyer. Sacrifice of a Dodge touring car by Claud Zimmerman of Kannapolis, N. C., brother of Albert Zimmerman, in order that the money might be used to retain a lawyer for his brother, was necessary, it was learned yesterday. Albert Zimmerman, a poor man without funds, had no money for lawyers' fees, when his brother, Claud, prompt- ' ly sold his Dodge automobile to help the younger brother in trouble. Claud Zimmerman nut beside his brother practically all the time the trial was in progress, as did his brother-in-law, E. M. Watson. Assaulted His Wife. The following from tiie Cleveland (Shelby, X. C.) Star of last Tuesday will be o# Interest here, Mr. and Mrs. Turner having formerly resided in Yorkville: "Claud Turner, wealthy yogng business man of Shelby was placed under arrest Saturday, charged in the warrant with a deadly assault upon his wife, while under the influence of whisky, using an automobile pump. The affair, which has caused much comment in Shelby, look place Saturday morning on the Cleveland Springs road in front of I'.eir handsome new $10,000 home. A number of people in the neighborhood witnessed the affair and sent for Sheriff Logan who placed Turner under arrest, but he was released under bond and went to a point in Spurtanburg county, S. C., where he remained over Sunday. His wife, after recovering somewhat from the shock left Saturday for her home in South ' Carolina. It is understood that there lias been a reconciliation between , mem ana mac mey win return 10 Shelby. After Turner was released under $500 bond he left for South Carolina, but if Is understood that he will return to Shelby for a hearing which will be given him next Saturday before Recorder Falls. He has employed O. M. Gardner to defend him and Mrs. Turner has secured the services of Clyde R. Hoey to represent her." ? Among the many mourners at the funeral of "Uncle" John Shell, 131 yeurs old, were his two sons.William. ninety, and Albert, seven, it became known at Louisville, Ky., Friday, when news was received that the oldest white man in the world had died Juiy 6 at his home at Greasy Creek, Ky. Albert is the offspring of a second marriage, "Uncle" John's first wife, who is said to have been two years his senior, havirtg died about ten years ago. The aged man retained full possession of his faculties to the last and discussed his funeral arrangements with Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Creech, with whom he had made his home since he lost his own through the roreclosure of a mortgage several months ago. He is said to have been born in Tennessee, September 3, 1788, the son "of Samuel Shell, a gunmaker. Until he was "discovered," about four years ago, "Uncle" John had led a secluded life in the mountain country, but had since travelled considerably, exhibit- A ing himself at State fairs. In 19111 he took his iirst airplane ride. On his visits to cities "Uncle" John told newspaper interviewers that he remembered having; seen Daniel Boone and recalled the general mourning: that followed the death of George Washington. He said he was too old to enlist in the Mexican War. TARIFF ON COTTON. Senator Smith Insists That Thero Is No Need for Protection. The senate came to its struggle over the tariff duties on cotton and cotton products Wednesday, with Senator Smith, Democrat, South Carolina, opening the fight against the general duties proposed. Arguing that the proximity of American eotton mills to the world's supply of raw cotton in this country should be tariff protection enough, the South ^ Carolina senator said the country was faced with the peculiar conditions of tariffs against cotton manufacturers of England, which are absolutely dependent upon tl'.o United States for supplies of raw cotton. Senator Smith also declared it was an indictment of the cotton producers i iirid business men generally of America : that Liverpool dictated the world's J prices for cotton. He pointed out that j 70 per cent of the world's cotton was | produced in the United States and I that, due to peculiar climatic and soil conditions this country had an "absolute monopoly" of the producing of | cotton for mill purposes. Because of this, he contended, the United States should tlx the world's price. One trouble, the speaker said, was the lack of a proper cotton marketing and financing system. He asserted that, should the cotton crop in the United States absolutely fail for one season, the English mills would be closed and the millers would be bank- I rupt. He recalled that during the Civil J war. when Englund practically was cut off from the American cotton supply, the price of American cotton In England raised to $1.8!* a pound. Opposing specifically an amendment by Senator Ashurst. Democrat; Arizona, for a tariff rate of 15 cents a pound on Vuma, or Arizona long ntaplc cotton. Senator Smith declares this cotton did not come into competition Willi the Egyptian long staple commodity, which he asserted, was selling here for a higher price than the American produet. despite the duty in the emergency tariff rate. Senator Smith explained how different soils and different cli mates even in this country produced entirely different fibres, and said tho Yuma and Egyptian cotton were wholly different and were used "or different I purposes. MERE MENTION A party of five traveling by automobile from Altoona, Pn., to Erie, Pa., to attend a wedding was wiped out at (Jreenviile, l'a., Wednesday by being struck by a train In Cleveland, Ohio, a few days ago Mrs. Christine Miller was sentenced to go to the workhouse for 30 days and pay a line of $25 for careless driving of an automobile. She had run down an eight year old child in front of a school Jim Bradley, a young strikebreaker, was badly I tea ten by striking shopmen in Augusta, <!a.. Wednesday. Tho attorney general of Illinois, has offered a reward of $1,000 for information to r-onvict any individual who committed murder and assault in connection with [fie coal strike in Williamson county, Illinois.