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Scraps and iarts. i:- r ? ^ r. ? ? M. Tchilihpi?^i,,^h? .Soviet 'torvlpr\ minister, has given out a statement in which he says in effect that if the Allies think they are going to settle the question of the commercial navigation of thp Straits without consulting Russia, they are mistaken. Russia, says M. Tohitcherin is a world power, and must bo reckoned with. The disposition of the Allies has been to arrange things with regard to the Black sea ports as though Russia had no interest there and Russia is not going to stand for any such proceedings. ? Announcement was. made at the White Hopse Tuesday that the presidentliopes'llhe government- can'so diminish expenditures as to obviate the Necessity of new taxes. It was denieij the president is considering a reconjmenotation tor a- new tux uu undivided surpluses. The White House spokesman added that ;!f Secretary Mellon had been considering any such tax, "he hah said nothing about it. Democrats hrfve charged the administration might have to call for new tax levied to make up the deficit in the treasury, "Ifrhich was placed by the present in his bonus message at approximately $550,000,000. Republican congressmen have insisted that by trimming appropriations and retrenching tjie deficit can Le turned into a surplus. ? Topsy, the big four-ton elephant of tjie Hagenback & Wallace circus, has %een creating a lot of excitement in and around Wilmington, N. C., during the past few days. The animal became enraged Tuesday morning by the terking of a dog and broke loose, to lead her keepers a merry chase through the city and into the outskirts. , Two attendants who hooked u-wp rlrnceprl several hun dred yards before they pave it up as a bad job. In passing: along the streets the filephant would throw out her lrun]( and pull down piazza posts and she ^almost demolished a dye plant. She was finally captured in a deep bog, but "fcefore she could be put on the train she got loose again and made her * way into a river swamp, where it is general'y believed she would be abler to stay until she got ready to comft out. Quite a number of suits, ranging from *20 to $5,000, have been filed against the circus management. ? Old man Asa G. Candler, the multi-millionaire soft drink king, is figuring in another big scandal, growing out Qf his breaking an engagement to marfy Onezima dc Bouchel, famous beauty and society woman of New Orleans. Mrs. Bouchel attended the Confederate reunion at Atlanta as chape rone general, and old man Candler became quite attentive to her and the ladies of her court. He sent flowers, candy and automobiles. After the reunioh Mrs.; Bouchel returned to New Orleans, and, ?}uidK.'l\ jjonfipuedsthe acqualiWance1 iV mdahy' of fc'oH-esporidence, with the result that the lady afterward announced their engagement. Then the other Candlers, heirs prospective to Asa's millions, began to raise a big rumpus, with the result that the old man broke the engagement^ r?iHe wrote Mrs. Bouchel, saying that they could not be happy. She ran "Over o Atlanta for particulars and made Candler come out with it that confidential friends of his had told him l^iat JVI.s. Bouchel had invited, men into -he^ jnbt ms at the hotel while in Atlanta, handler would not tell who told him. say. ng that unless the friends came out .vith it voluntarily he would assume the r :sponsibuity. Mrs. Houchel says she does not want any of Candler's old money, as she has plenty of her own; but she is going to make somebody pay and pay dearly for this foul attempt to besmirch her reputation. ? President Harding has announced the personnel of the commission which is authorized by an act of congress to make an exhaustive investigation in both the bituminous and anthracite coal fields with a view to recommending legislation designed to bring tranquility to this industry. John Hays Hammond of Washington, an internationally known mining engineer, heads the list, the other members being ^rmer Vice President Marshall, Judge. Samuel Alchuler of Chicago, Clark Howell, editor of the Atlanta, in* \ Pnnotltlltinn OnAIW. Otii- Cmif'n director of the United States geological survey; Dr. Edward T. DcVine, New York city, and Charles P. Neill, manager of the bureau of Southeastern railways. The commission will meet in Washington within ten days for the purpose of organizing, it was stated at the White House. It is expected to hold hearings both in this city and in the various coal fields and is required under the Borah-Winslow act to make its first report to the president and congress not later than next January 15. This report would deal with the bituminous industry, but a separate, report of the anthracite industry would . be required on or before next July 1. Among other things the commission will inquire into will be the ownershfp and title of mines, thcjprices of coal, organizations and persons connected with ithe industry, both in production and distribution, profits of producers and distributors for the last ten years, labor condition, wage contracts, waste and irregular production and the cause of labor disturbances in the coal fields. Also the commission is to inquire into and recommend regarding the standardization of the mines with the possible closing of those unable to maintain that standard, standardization or' the I cost of living and living conditions among miners and the advisability of legislation having to do with government or private ownership, regulation and control. The commission is expected to divide itself into subcom% mittees which would conduct sinvil tanfcous friqulffes Hi* tlie 'i'eve'ral pfinclprl coal fields, such as the central competitive district.^the Southern district, the district and t^e anthracite district': A fund of $200i00*0 has boon appropriated for the inquiry, which is designed to be the most exhaustive ever conducted by any agency of the federal government. The commissioners will receive a salary of $7,500 a year each; ?ht ^orkviUc (Enquirer. Entered at the Postofflce at Tork, as Mail Matter of the Second Class. FWIDAY, OCTOBER 13^922. So Great Britain appears again to have made France see some light on the Straits question. Election of judges by the people would go a long ways toward making substantial justice a common sense matter. Thn nrniwe.mda for the cancellation of the Allied debts to the United States Is well under way. Practically all of the big international financial interests appear to be set in that direction. It is argued that the debts are paralyzing trade, and because of this paralysis surplus American crops are rotting, while Europeans, who would be buying except 'or the debts, are starving. The situation is difficult of comprehension: but the cancellation propaganda is getting the best of it; Governor Harvey wants /to reform the custom whereby applicants for pardons are allowed to appear before the governor and the board through counsel and present their petitions in person. Inasmuch as such an ex parte procedure seems to involve all the essential elements of a new trial at which the prosecution is not represented he thinks it will be proper to require that the grounds of the application for pardon be submitted in writing. This in order that the governor and the pardon board may have abundant time for mature consideration that will facilitate the making of at leisure any special inquiry that may seem desirable because of the new matter introduced. It does not involve a great deal of labor or expense to set out a tree. At Inst there are lots of people who have the facilities and who might just as well-Jt>e -setting out trees as hot. In fact "'they had better be setting out trees. There is not a farm in York county that cannot be improved by the setting out of trees. To be sure the growth of a planted or reset forest is I slow; but it is sure, and in time its value is certain. To properly vision the matter, one has only to imagine the present prospect of a certain tract had it been set out in hickory or oaks, or walnuts or pines or pecans ten years ago. But it was not done ten years ago. All right, do it now and imagine what it will be ten years hence. It is largely a matter of a little present labor, and not a great deal of future attention. Nature will do most of the work, and create the val- i ues. Senator William H. McKinley, of Illinois, and Representative Theodore E. Burton, of Ohio, returning' from the Interparliamentary Union at Vienna. Austria, have advised President Harding that the United States has not been the loser by remaining out of the league of nations. They base their comment on the obvious fact that the league has practically abandoned the idea of trying to exert its influence in the direction of terminating wars by furnishing international police for the preservation of order. But somehow we are not very much impressed with the pertinency of the observation. We have always had an idea that while England and the United States would constitute a very effective league of nations even without the help of any of the other nations, with either England or the United States left out, the league could hardly hope to be so effective. The reason the league of nations does not count for a great deal is because the United States is not a member. The British malcontents?meaning those who are objecting to the admin istration because they want ornce themselves?have started another biff movement to oust Lloyd George. Although the present parliament has a year to run, it looks as tf a general election may be forced right away. The present agitation which has been in progress . for some weeks had its origin in alleged dissatisfaction with the government's near eastern policy. For one thing it was claimed that Lloyd George had been encouraging and backing up the Greeks, except for j which the straits crisis would not have | developed. During all the tensest period of the Mudania negotiations, the opposition at home was bewailing t^e imminence of another war, ami j trying to make as much trouble as j possible, and now since it appears , that Lloyd George has carried his j point without having to go to war, the malcontents are trying to make capital ' out of the tremendous expenses in- J curred hy the government in putting its land and naval forces in shape to : make the Turks rome to time. While, of course Americans may have no ! business' tvlth* HtKish "fxilittea, from* all that can bo gathered on this side of the^water, it ?>oktflas if Ur.filMl George- has I icon handling things Very nicely and if the Tlritishers have as much good hard sense as they, are generally credited with having, their premier is going to be sustained in all that he has done. State Forestry Organization. Following a conference held in the state house last Tuesday on the call of Governor Harvey and presided over by the governor, steps were taken for the organization of a State Forestry association with the general purpose of conserving what is left of the timber supply in South Carolina and promoting reforestation. In attendance on the conference were a number of leading conservationists from different parts of the state*.and, interesting and instructive addresses were made' by J. Girven Peters and James R. Scott, of the United States forestry bureau. As the immediate outcome of the conference, the governor, in a resolution offered by Raven I. McDavid of Greenville, was revested to appoint a committee to take charge of the work of perfecting a statewide forestry association, made up of local organizations in each of the respective counties. By thoughtful and progressive minded people throughout the state this movement is regarded as one of very great importance. Those people who have reflected over the situation are arousing themselves to a realization of the terrible loss the state has suffered throueh the tremendous waste of its timber resources, both actual and potential, and if anything is ever to be done to begin repairing the damage" on behalf of the future, there will never be a better time than now to commence. It was developed at the conference that an effort will be made at the next session of the general assembly to secure the establishment of a forestry commission with such reasonable powers as may be delegated to it to the end that it may, through educational and other means, build up necessary sentiment on this important subject. Cotton vs. Cattle. The handwriting on the wall is that cattle raising must supercede cotton production as the leading agricultural interest of York county. It is not a matter of preference; but a matter of necessity and sooner or later the change will come about automatically. Of course it does, not mean that all cotton, farmers will become cattle konn oil oottoo #o omono o Mo i (xioui Of utv.auat au iwuuii ia? unur* ai v not capable of raising cattle. Cattle raising is a higher type of farming tK^t is cattle production. Successful cattle raising calls for a high order of intelligence, close attention to business, and good management. . There is very little cattle raising in York county now. There are people in the cattle business; but they are mostly cattle speculators rather than cattle raisers. Successful cattle raising involv s proper selection to begin with, careful breeding of good stock, proper pasturage, intelligent attention, home raised feed, patience, etc. The returns from cattle raising depend upon the intelligence, care and industry with which the business is conducted. And if the cattle business is ever developed in this country at all, it must be developed from the ground up, from small beginnings. Big capital mav be emnloved of course: but it cannot be employed successfully without large experience. It will be found in this section, however, as elsewhere, that the more attention our people give to cattle raising-, the more interest will be developed, the more interest the more enthusiasm, and the more enthusiasm the more profit. To be sure our farmers are going to keep on giving their attention to cotton; but it is already plain to most of them that they must supplement their efforts in this direction with other activities, and of all the possible lines that hold out more or less inducement, nothing seems more obvious than cattle. t ? Six former governors of South Carolina have been invited hy Governor and Mrs. Wilson G. Harvey to be their guest at a dinner October 23, when Mrs. George W. Vanderbilt will be the guest of honor. Mrs. Vanderbilt has accepted a dinner invitation, in connection with her visit to the South Carolina state fair. Besides the former governors and their wives, the only other guests will be Thomas G. McLeod, Democratic nominee for governor, and Mrs. McLeod, and Mr. and Mrs. U. M. Cooper, of Wisacky, Mr. Cooper being president of the State Fair association. Former governors who have been invited, together with their wives, are John C. Sheppr.rd, of Edgefield, John Gary Evans, Spartanburg: Martin F. Ansel, Greonville; D. C. Heyward, Columbia; Richard T. Manning. Columbia and Ii, A. Cooper, of Washington. Former Governor Bleasc is not included in the list. ? Sumter county peach growers have organized a corporation for marketing their product. It is known as the Wedgeficld l'each Growers' Corporation of Wedgefleld and has a capital of i $10,000. II. II. McLaurin of Wedge- j field and J. I'. Bootli of Sumter are the : incorporators. ? ? The Christian scientists of Char-1 leston have arranged for the erection j of a church building at a cost of $2,.r>00. 1 They have heretofore been renting a i room. 1 ' ? X.OCA3U AITIFVUCRS* NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. York County Fair?Rock Hill, October 18, 19. 29. City Pharmacy, Clover?Clean white teeth without a dentist. J. C. Plonk, Hickory, N. C., Seed wheat for sale. J. Calvin Wylie, Executor?Executor's sale of real estate. Star Theatre, J. Q. Wray, Manager? Earl Williams today in the "Purple Cipher." York Supply Company?Plant grain. Clover Supply Company, G. P. Reid proprietor?Look at these prices. M. L. Ford & Sons, Clover?Hlanket bargains. D. M. Parrott, Clover?Shoes. C. H. Smith?Notice to trespassers. Erskine Atkins, Administrator Executor's 'sale of real estate. J. S. Brice, Plaintiff's Attorney?Notice to absent defendants, in the matter of Noah Banks afid others against Burt Newton and others. MoConnell Dry Goods Company?Take dur word for it. Southern Railway?Reduced fares to Tfork county fair. Nathan Feinstein's Department Store ?Specials for this Saturday. J. M. Stroup?Right now is the time and Stroup's is the place. C. F. Sherer, Real Estate?Additional offerings. John E. Carroll, Supt. Of Education? Teachers Examination. Standard Oil Company of New Jersey ?There's no oil shortage. Courtney & Cannon?Firestone tires. Even the people about the towns seem to have grown more careless about the planting of shade trees than formerly. Why? There has been no recent change in the detour between Gastonia anu Clover. It is a matter of turning to the left at Bowling Green and coming out at Pleasant Ridge. The road is very good except for its numerous curves. Very good progress is being made on the section between Bowling Green and Pleasant Ridge, apd it will be great traveling between Bowling Green and Gastonia when the work is completed. ELECTION COMMISSIONERS John A. Marion, county Democratic chairman has recommended to Governor Wilson G. Harvey the appointment of the following as Federal and state election commissioners: State?W. M. Dunlap, Rock Hill; J. T. Crawford, McConnellsvillc; Dr. W. F. McGill, Hickory Grove. Federal?Erwin Carothers, Rock Hill; John F. Gordon, Tirzah; William Riddle, Bowling Green. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS Real estate transfers have been indexed in the office of the county auditor as follows: Catawba?E. L. Childers to W. E. Miskelley, 1 lot, $5. W. E. Miskelley to E. Childers, 3 lots, $5. George Anthony to Gu/ Agurs, 105 acres, $5. E. L. Barnes to R. B. Gollins, 1 lot, $300. -Mrs. Annie F. Jenkins'-to Mrs. J. M. London, 1 lot, $5. / * Jno. R. Williams and Jno. G. Kee to Martha Taylor, 1 lot, $15, Mary E. White et al? ,to Mary A. White, 1 lot, $250. Brice Hemphill to Adam T. McDaniel, 1 lot, $1,350. John R. Williams to J. E. Marshall, 1 lot, $245. King's Mountain?J. Fitch Pursley to I. J. Campbell, T. M. Campbell and j S. J. Matthews, (Campbell-Matthews 'Co.), 1 lot, $4,000. York?Nelson S. Smith to R. J. Crockett, 1 lot, $800. NO ATTENDANCE OFFICER Although the York county legislative delegation at the last session of the general assembly made provision for such an officer. SuDerintendent John E. Carroll said yesterday that the county board of education had not yet elected a compulsory attendance officer for the year 1922-23 and that it was likely that no such officer would be employed. Mr. Carroll's daughter, Miss Elizabeth Carroll who completed n course at Winthrop College last year vs assisting in the office of the county superintendent of education and it is likely that a part of the duties that would ordinarily be done,by an attendance officer will be handled by her. The county superintendent said that he had recommended to all the trustees throughout York county that the compulsory attendance law become effective November 5. Under the lawall children between the ages of 8 and 14 must attend school eighty consecutive school days following the date on which the trustees in each district declare the compulsory term operative. It is the presumption that most of the trustees of the rural school districts will adopt November 5, as the date for the operation of the compulsory law. YORK COUNTY FAIR Boosters for the annual York county fair to be held in Rock Hill, who were in Yorkvillc this morning' reported that "things are coming on all right and prospects arc good for a big annual gathering of people of York county and a fine collection of York county products. Never before, it is said, have the grounds and buildings looked so spie and span; in fact everything has been whitewashed and when the carnival company pitches its tents in the fair grounds the fair area will look like a tented city sure enough. The fair at Rock Hill opens Wednesday morning and is to continue through Friday. The opening day has been designated as "Farmers Day" and Thursday is to be known as "Everybody's Day." one of the features of "Everybody's Day" is to be a football game between the freshman teams of Davidson College and the Presbyterian College and while the gamo is not a "varsity" affair, still it should prove of considerable Interest to football fans. ,An effort is also being made to stage a football game between the Rock Hill eleven and another high school team. Coach Johnny Logan has written the Charlotte University school of Charlotte, inviting them to be the goat for Rock Hill. One of the daily afternoon features during the three big fair days are to be the horse races which will begin at 2:30 each afternoon. It is stated by the fair management that already horses from Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, Georgia, North and South Carolina have entered. It is announced, that the followingrural comiuunities will have representative booths at the fair: Flint Hill, Gold Hill, Oak Ridge, Mount Holly, Ebenezer, Sharon, Dixie and Cotton Belt. 0, E. WILKINS DEAD The body of O. E. Wilkins, formerly of Yorkvillo, who died in Charlotte last night, was brought to the home of Mrs. R. C. Allein on Wright avenue, Yorkvillo, this morning. It was stated that the funeral will be held at 3:00 o'clock this afternoon from the Church of the Gocd Shepherd, Episcopal, of which church Mr. Wilkins was a member during his residence here. O. Edward Wilkins, aged about 62 years, for seventeen years president of the former First National Bank of Yorkville and a resident of this town until the summer of 1920, when he moved to Charlotte, died in the Presbyterian Hospital in that city last night apparently from the effects of taking an overdose of a poison drug. Mr. Wilkins was found about 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon at Independence Park in Charlotte by Charles Goodman, a taxi driver. He was carried to the hospital where he never ^regained consciousness. Bad health and financial reverses are believed to have caused him to take his own life. Mr. Wilkins with the late Robert C. Allein came to Yorkville in 1903 and organized the First National Bank of Yorkville. In January 1920, that institution was taken over by the Peoples Bank and Trust Co., and several months later Mr. Wilkins and his family moved to Charlotte, where tney have since lived. He was engaged in various business enterprises in that town and it is stated by close friends that since leaving Yorkvillc he had suffered a number of financial reverses that preyed upon his mind. He was a native of Cherokee county, born Nov. 22, 1860, and came to Yorkville 19 years ago from Gaffney, where he had been in business. He leaves many relatives in Cherokee and Spartanburg counties. Mrs. R. C. Allein of Yorkville is a sister of Mrs. Wilkins. His widow and two daughters, Misses Sarah and Marjorie Wilkins survive him. ABOUT PEOPLE Mrs. Eldrcd Griffith of Charlotte, is visiting her sister, Mrs. W. W. Lewis Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Scoggins of Smyrna, were among the visitors in Yorkvillc yesterday. Mr3. D. D. Thomas and little son of YorkvIIle, arc visiting relatives in Shelby. Mr. Ephriam Wilson of Lowryville, is undergoing treatment in Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore. Mrs. R. N. Plaxco and Mr. Frank ! Plaxco of York Xo. 1, recently visited relatives in Lancaster. Dr. and Mrs. W. F. Youmans of Hartwell, Ga., have recently located at McConncllsville, where Dr. Youmans will practice medicine. Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Jenkins of Rock Hill, have moved to Lowryville where Mr. Jenkins will be engaged in farming. Rev. George Rogers, pastor of the Baptist church at Lowryville has moved his family to Chester. Rev. Rogers will remain pastor of the Lowryville church. , Master Charles Stroup, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Stroup of Yorkvillc, suffered an injury to his left shoulder ?-4 yesterday when he ten in mo yarn m the residence of his parents. It is feared that the bone is broken. Rev. \V. S. Patterson of Lancaster, was operated on for appendicitis at the Fennell infirmary, Rock Hill, yesterday. His friends and acquaintances in this section will be glad to learn he is getting along nicely. Mr. and Mrs. Wych Elder and son, Mr. Sterling Elder, who have been occupying rooms in the residence of Mrs. \V. H. Herndon, have moved to the residence recently occupied by Mr. H. < T. Williams and family on Wright avenue, Yorkville. Mr. and Mrs. George M. French, 1 who have been spending several days : in Florida, arc visiting the family of Mr. Geo. W. S. Hart In Yorkville. 1 They are en route to their home in Ansonia, Conn. 1 Rev. J. L. Oates, D. D., formerly ' pastor of the Yorkville A. K. P. j church and now pastor of the A. It. P. [ church of Columbia, was a visitor in { Yorkvillc yesterday and received the j ( greetings of hundreds of his friends ^ and acquaintances here. Itev. Mr. | Oatos expressed himself as being well pleased with his new field of labor. Among those in attendance on the , fall meeting of Catawba Presbytery J s at Tirzah this week was Rev. R. M. I r Stevenson. I). IX, editor of the Asso- j j elate Reformed Presbyterian of Due | j West. Dr. Stevenson was at one time f pastor of the churches of the A. It. P. j denomination at I.ethany, Crowdcr's ^ Creek and Clover. At the meeting of the Diocese of j Upper Smith Carolina of the Kpisco- ! pal eliurcli in Columbia this week, W. s B. Moore of Yorkville and G. II. Greene of Rock Hill were elected trustees of the Church Home Orphanape of Yorkville and Rev. T. T. Walsh of Yorkville and Rev. W. E. McCord of Rock Hill were elected trustees of St. Mary's school, Raleigh, N. C. Lex Kluttz, of Chester, who is well known in Yorkville as an athlete, is supervising the relief work for 50,000 refugees in Salonica, they having been made homeless because of the successes of the victorious Turkish Nationalist army. According to a cable rrom Mr. Kiuttz, ine retugees unuer his care are badly in need of attention as the rainy season with danger has begun and there is a shortage of housing facilities. WITHIN THE TOWN ? It is stated that practically all of the ootton that is being stored here now is the cotton of members of the South Carolina Cooperative Cotton Growers' Association. Many farmers in this section signed the association's contract several months ago. ? Numbers of local citizens who want their garden spots turned under for the winter are complaining that they have been unable to get anybody to do the work who has the necessary .equipment. It is stated that if some farmer with a plow and harrow would inquire among the citizens of the town and desired such work he could get enough garden plowing to do to keep him busy for several weeks at least. ? H. W. Witherspoon, farmer of York No. 6, is making preparations to enter the dairy business here. Mr. Witherspoon believes that there is an opening for such a business here and in the event it should prove profitable he sees no reason why he should not be able to sell his butter fat to creameries in surrounding counties at a profit. His idea Is to start off with six cows. ? The Mackorell Drug Company which was put out of business several weeks ago by reason of a fire which did considerable damage t o the stock and fixtures is making arrangements to re-o'pen for business. The interior of the building is being worked overand it is the intention of the management to re-open as soon as the necessary arrangements can be made. ? A potato storage house with a capacity of several hundred bushels has been built on the farm of Frank P. Morrison which farm lies near the Cannon Mill and the house is being made available for the storage of sweet potatoes of farmers of the community. The potato storage house was built by John C. Thrift who recently sold hiB farm to Mr. Morrison. The sweet potato crop according to farmers is turning out unusually well this season and numbers of farmers who have recently brought sweet potatoes to town for sale have readily disposed of them at $1 a bushel. ? Yorkville High meets Chester High in a game of football on the local field this afternoon and a battle royal is expected. While Chester is supposed to have a better team than the locals according to press reports from cnesier, several ui me vunici icgulars will be out of the line-up this afternoon and that is expected to even things up somewhat. The "dope" is that a number of Chester football enthusiasts are coming to Yorkville for the game and an effort is being made to get out a big crowd of local folks for the game, which is to start at 3:30 p. m. Coach Oressette's gang has been hard at practice during the week and the boys are determined to give the very best account of themselves possible. ? Fraternal leaders in the town and community are complaining of the lack of interest of their members in the respective fraternities during the past several weeks and the statement has been made that interest is so lethargic that it is hardly possible to get more than a quorum to attend a meeting of any fraternity that has membership in the town. It is reported that two of the local fraternities that have been flourishing in the past are now seriously considering the surrender of their respective charters since the great majority of their mem- I . I ncrs nave Kiutui tu pu> uuca v?.?. past quarter. One of these local fraternities has several hundred dollars in its treasury and in the event the charter is surrendered this money will go to swell the coffers of the supreme lodges. ? The series of revival services in progress at Trinity Methodist church during the past ten days with Rev. J. G. Iluggin of Clover, doing the preaching, came to a close Wedncs- , day evening and it was stated that a number of persons had affiliated themselves with the Methodist church and other churches of the town as a result of the meeting. Large congregations heard Rev. Huggin at practically pach of the services and he impressed his hearers as being a preacher of j sreat power and persuasion. In his ( tinal sermon of the meeting Wednes- ( lay evening Rev. Huggin talked of sin ( ind the frailties of humankind in , nany particulars as he has done at >11 his services and his closing ser- ( lion was declared by many who heard dm throughout the meeting as being ( no of the most impressive of the en- t ire series. God doesn't think much f >( the man or woman who is seized r vith periodic spells of religion, he I mid among other things. There are t nany of this kind who grow very s >ious on Sunday morning and then go I >ack to their favorite pursuit of negro ( heating on Monday. Some think it is c >erfcctly proper for one to affect rcli- a ;icm while a meeting is in progress li rd then forget all about it when the v ireaeher has taken his departure, r 'aying his respects to so called "high . ooiety," Rev. Huggin said that human I society won't do to run a church by. There arc no doubt women in this audience who think that if they were in the social swim with certain other women : they would be supremely happy even as there are many men who think that if they could be elected to a political office they would have achieved perfect satisfaction. But much so called high society is much like some celery, it is rotten at the top, and men and women should know that perfect satisfaction will come and can come only through redemption, from sin in the blood of Jesus Christ. Money won't bring this satisfaction of which I speak, said Mr. Huggin. Some of the wealthiest men I have ever seen are among the most restless and most dissatisfied men I have ever known. There can be no complete comfort and satisfaction in earthly things alone. The minister spoke his opposition to card playing which ho said is a habit that comes from the devil's own fingers and to dancing which was a dangerous thing. He said that he did not believe in turning church members out for dancing and card playing; but he did think that good Christians should make every effort to get those who indulged in such practices to refrain from them. There are so-called good white men, he said in.the course of his sermon who think it is perfectly all right to une.ii poor, ignorant, negroes out or their money, and there were women who talked in the missionary society meetings about saving the poor savages of Africa while at the same time they were scheming and planning how to beat the wash woman at home. At the conclusion of the service Rev. J. K. Walker, pastor of Trinity church publicly expressed the appreciation of his congregation and himself to Rev. Huggin for the great service that he had rendered the church and the people of the community through the meeting. LOCAL LACONICS The Miller School. The Miller school on York No. 4 opened last Wednesday with Miss Guemilla Feemster as teacher and an nnpnllnaont r\f V-? 1 ?? ?? mmlle vnt VI H*I1 ij J'UJJIIO, Magistrate Davidson. Zeb Vance Davidscta has been appointed magistrate i'or Chester by Gov. Harvey to succeed H. H. Shannon whose resignation was forced because of alleged immoral conduct. Mr. Davidson is expected to take office November 1. Shealy to Jail. Jim Shealy, negro who shot and slightly wounded his wife and daughter at their homo on the Carroll place on York No. 4, last Sunday morning with a shot gun that he thought was on "safety" jias been committed to the county jail awaiting the outcome of their injuries. It is expected that he will be relens'ed on ftori'd' within a short time. Had Big Fox Hunt. Numbers of fox hunters of the Clover community joined with Gaston county lovers of the fox chase in a race starting from the home of Jim Falls In the Crowder's Creek section Tuesday night. A fox which had been obtained for the purposes of chase was given a start and the hunters with the pick of the fox dogs in the community started after him. They chased the fox to Henry's Knob among other places and all around and after a two hour race succeeded in catching it. Chester Negro Killed. While Claude1F. Kluttz, who operates a meat market in Chester was taking a gun out of his automobile with which to kill some beeves, Wednesday, in some unaccountable way the trigger came in contact with some part of the car, firing the gun, the load entering the body of William Caruth, a negro who was to assist him in the slaucrhterine of the cows. The negro was hurridly carried to a hospital, where he lingered for some time, hut died. Immediately upon his death Mr. Klutz surrendered to Sheriff D. Gober Anderson and was released on bond. Gaston County Fair. Hundreds of York county people most of them from York, King's Mountain and Bethel townships attended the Gaston county fair in Gastonia this week and declared themselves well pleased with the exhibition of domestic, agricultural and industrial progress as well as the hundreds of other attractions at the fair. According to Secretary Fred M. Allen, the Gaston county fair this year has proved perhaps the most successful fair ever held in that county both from the standpoint of the number of exhibits rnd their quality and in point of attendmce. More than 7,000 people were in ittendancc on the fair Wednesday and i crowd equally as large was there yesterday. The fair comes to a close 1 ? 1 1^ /-?u nf luinorruw unit uic lai^toi w. :he annual fall gathering for Gaston ounty are expected to be present tolay and tomorrow. The lair opened Tuesday. , Cherokee Boy Shot. Otis Huskey, 17-year-old youth of 'herokee county,-was shot and pain'ully wounded in the yard of his 'other's home at Midway Tuesday norning at 11 o'clock, and immediatey following the shooting, the father of he injured boy came to Galfney and lecured a warrant for the arrest of vxrry RIanton and Enoch Gaffney, 'harging them with the crime. Acording to Mr. Huskey. his son was ,t work in the yard of the Huskey inme, together with several other men, irhen the two men for whom the warants were secured drove by. Ac- ( (Continued on rage Eight.)