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^"^"J k SEMI- WEEKLY. ^ l. m. grists soNS. Pubiither*. ~%dfsmHj Ifcirsppor: ^or flic jjromofion of Hie political, Social, Jgriculluqat and Commercial Interests of th< fjeoplq. T"'Sw^??"?e???wee 11 >, ESTABLISHED 1855 YORK, S. O., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8. 1922. NO. 98 VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS Brief Local Paragraphs of More or Less Interest. PICKED U?lf ENQUIRED REPORTERS Stories Concerning Folks and Things, Some of Which You Know and Some You Don't Know?Condensed For Quick Reading. "Yes we had quite a successful hunt- j ing trip down on the Edisto river near Osborn, S. C.," said J. Clyde Ford of Clover who returned from the hunt Tuesday night. Included in the party wh6 went from Clover were about a dozen well known sportsmen of that vicinity who usually make a trip down near Charleston each year in quest of deer and other game. "We got seven , deer this trip," Mr. Ford went on to say, "and in addition to the deer various members of the party killed other game. We had a nice time of it indeed." The Red Cross Drive. ( "Yes, the people of Yorkville re- ( sponded quite readily to our requests ( tnat they join the Red Cross during the drive that ended November 30," ( said Mrs. W. R. Carroll one of the canvassers for the town when asked J about the results obtained. "I haven't j the figures at hand as to the number ( of persons who joined and the amount ( of monny pledged for the support of the local Red Cross work: but I know ( th.it there were few uersons who were asked to join another year who de- ^ elinod to do so. But the people of this j town, you know, have always been t prompt to respond to any call In the f name of charity." j Interested in Georgia Negroes. ^ "I saw a statement in The Enquirer ' recently to the effect that many no- t groes in the vicinity of Winder. Ga., t were in a bad way and almost without c clothing because of the failuro of their r crops this year," remarked Mrs. J. M. Brian of Yorkville the other day. "It occurs to me that there are many men ] and women throughout this much ^ mere prosperous section who would be a ,glad to send them clothing and other j articles if they knew just where to i send. I wish you could get more in- ^ formation relative to the condition of these people around Winder who are j reported in such a plight." Views and i Interviews immediately complied with the request of Mrs. Brian by writing ? to a responsible party in Winder relative to conditions but so far has re- j celved no reply. Nothing to Pay With. "This has been the quietest meeting I of the county commissioners we. have had since I have been supervisor," was J the reply of Supervisor Hugh Brown when asked Wednesday afternoon about the proceedings of the county ? commissioners who held their regular monthly meeting that day. "We have 1 had many claims presented us today as usual; but we have paid none of them for the reason that we have had no ? money with which to pay. The truth is the county is out of money. The tax I books, you know, usually open on October 15; but this year they have opend December 1. Last year's funds are j I exhausted and this year's revenue has j so far been coming in rather slow. We | I have no authority now- to borrow any I money and there is nothing for those j who have claims against the county to I do but wait until we get the money." I Think of tho Letter Carriers. "By the way," commented a thoughtful lady this morning, "I'd just like to say a word in the interests of the city and country letter carriers over the i ^ county which is appropriate at this time. Neither the city men nor the 1 country carriers pet a holiday on Christmas, you know, and the peneral rule has been that they have been the 1 busiest kind of folks for a few days precedinp Christmas. Now if people 1 would start to do their Christmas shopping right now and would mail their Christmas packages earlier than ( they generally do the Christmas rush on all of Uncle Sam's postal employees ' would be lightened a lot. And since most of the Christmas packages are mailed by the women, I'd like to address these remarks especially to the women of the county who read The 1 Yorkville Enquirer." Much Flue in Rural Schools. i "There are many cases of influenza j among pupils in the rural schools of , the county according to reports reach- , ing my office," commented John E. , Carroll, county superintendent of edu- i cation last Wednesday. "While so far | < it has not been necessary to close any 1 of the schools on account of the infill- ] enza situation, of course I am unable to say how long it will !>o before it will ! , l?e necessary to take such a step.', While this is Education Week over the state and nation, Ave decided not to j undertake any programme of general observance in York county at this! time because of the flu. The plan now is to observe Education Week some i time during the month of January at which time speakers will visit practically every school d strict in the county and hold meetings in the interest of < better educational facilities." County Home in Good Shape. I. I*. Boyd, superintendent of the York county almshouse avIio, by the way, is the best superintendent of the best almshouse in the state, was ask- ; cd about conditions out his way the . other afternoon: "We are getting alon, quite nicely at the home," was hi reply. "The county home has recent ly been replastered and otherwise im proved inside and is now in the bes condition it has ever, been in. Yoi remember that since the county horn was built several years ago we hav been having much trouble because o the faulty plastering: but Superviso Brown recently had it done over am it is now all right. We have twenty five inmates in the home at present, Superintendent Boyd went on to sa> "There are nine white and fourteei negroes. We made three bales of cot ton on about three and one-half acrei this fall. I haven't measured the co'ri yield but we made enough to do am some over. We have about 200 bu shels of sweet potatoes, a pretty goo< turnip patch, a number of hogs am other produce. Folks were good to th< inmates of the county home a Thnnlraclvinc and I have no doubt tha' Ihey will be remembered at Christmas is they generally are." County a Big Loser. "York county will lose hundreds anc probably thousands of dollars in uncollected taxes this year by reason ol the fact that the tux books were not ipen until December 1, whereas the) ire ordinarily opened on October 15/ commented a county olTiciul yesterlay. "For instance, there are man) tegroes who had money up to Novemier 1, and who would have paid what axes they owed by that time. Now hey are broke and furthermore scores md scores of them are leaving the county and going elsewhere in search >f work. The same applied to white leople who would have paid; but whe K'tween now and January 1, will pull jp stakes and leave. Their taxes will ro unpaid because they have left nothng to levy on. I know of many nerroes, particularly, who inquired at the anks over the county before Novcm>er 1, about paying their taxes. When hey were told the books would not >pen until December 1, they worried io longer. Ami now the>* are gone." Shop Early. "The postoffice department," said Postmistress M. E. Nichols of Yorkrille, "has sent out the following ipropos of the Christmas season, urgng everybody to buy it now and mail t early:" ["en more Christmas shopping days "Oh that's lots of time '11 wait until tomorrow." Then there were nine. 'line more Christmas shopping days? 'Too bad it is so late, dad planned to shop a bit today." Then there were eight. Sight more Christmas shopping days? "I ought to but, good heaven! dy head aches, so I'll stay at home." Then there were seven. Seven more Christmas shopping days? "Today I'm in a fix V lot of company due to come." Then there were six. six more Christmas shopping days? "Downtown was a hive! looked around and then came home." Then there were five. Mve more Christmas shopping days? "Looks like it will pour; '11 wait until the weather clears." Then there were four. 'our more Christmas shopping days? "I'd go now but, dear me! roo late to draw some funds from bank." Then there were three. rhree more Christmas shopping days? Oh, well, my needs are few; '11 buy thrm all tomorrow." Then there were two. rwo more Christmas shopping days? "And I have not begun! AV11 roflllv I'vp nn timo tnrlnv " Then there was one. Due more Christmas shopping day? "I'll make it on Ihe run." tut when she went to buy her RiftsBelieve me, there were none. DOUGHBOYS AS SANTAS Chipping in Millions of Marks foi German Kiddies. The American doughboys at Cohlenz in the Rhineland are making up a purse of many millions of marks with i\ hich to give German youngsters a real Christmas. The Rhineland l'osl of Veterans of Foreign Wars started the purse with 300,000 marks and everj soldier in the American forces is giving at least the equivalent of one dollar, which is more than S.OOO marks. Relief work already has begin among the German poor. A nurnbei of soup kitchens are operating, supported largely by officers, and the Vet crans* Commit too is collecting clothing and toys which are to be distributed to the German children at tin customary Christmas tree of tlx American forces in Germany. ? In the United States district cour in Charleston Tuesday night a jur; returned a verdict of not guilty in tin case against Herman M. Miller of Dil Ion county, charged with havinj forged signatures to treasury check during the early part of 1921 and mis appropriating the amounts to his owi account. Miller was formerly a rura mail carrier in Dillon county. < CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMS Let People Elect i .jdent by Direct Vote. . * FARM BLOtfWANTS* MODERN METHOD f r " ^ Would Establish Majority Gove-nment On Effective Basis, and Put People of the Country In Closer Touch With the Administration. , Members of the new progressive bloc in congress got into action Tuesday, s but at the very outset ran into White , House opposition. j Led by Senator Ncrris, Republican, Nebraska, bloc members sitting on the ] senate agriculture committee obtained j a favorable report from that commit5 tec for a constitutional amendment ( providing for abolition of the electoral . college and for direct election of presj ident and vice president and for aboli tion of the long period of time usually elapsing between a congressional election and the regular meeting I ' of the new congress. Such an amend" ment forms one of the planks in the ^ platform adopted by the bloc at its ort ganization meeting last week. Opposed By Harding. Opposition on the part of Fresident ' Harding tcf any such change in the con- 1 stitution was expressed by a White j House spokesman soon after the senate " agriculture committee resolution was laid before the senate and assigned to ! a place on the calendar of business. Some administration leaders in the sen' ate likewise voiced their disapproval of thp amendment and Tuesday night it ' appeared that any efforts by the bloc J ' to press the proposal might bring on a ' fight which would test the powers of j the progressive faction. The proposed amendment would provide specifically that "the choice of each state for president and vice president shall be determined at a general ' election of the qualified electors of such state," thus permitting voters to cast their ballots directly for president and vice president. The vote would be I canvassed by the senate and house1 meeting in joint session, each state be ing given as many votes for this purpose as it has senators! and representatives. If such a canvass by states should dieclose lack of a majority, then the president would be chosen by a majority vote of the house ' from the persons having the highest number, not exceeding three, on the list of those voted for us president." The vote for vice president would be canvassed in a similar manner, except that in event of no choice by majority of the voters the senate would select that official as between the two persons receiving the largest number of votes. The committee in reporting the amendment resolution through its chairman, Senator Norris, pointed out that the proposed system might result in the election of a president and vice president from different parties?"a matter of fundamental justice we ought to be protected by law in taking .... should we desire it." The amehdment would further provide that the terms of senators and representatives should begin the first Monday in January following the biennial congressional election and that congress should meet each year on that date. This would wipe out the session of the old congress after the biennial elections. Changes Date. Another provision of the amendment would be to change the date of inauguration of the president from March 1 to the third Monday in January. White House officials in presenting President Harding's views on the proposal represented the executive as feeling that constant changes in the constitution were unnecessary and in some cases unwise. Mr. Harding, it was . said, regarded the present procedure ! under the constitution whereby a new i congress does not mce-: for more than a year after its election as one of the wisest steps taken by the nation's . founding fathers as it allows passions to cool. The agriculture committee in its report, however, took an opposite view, declaring "the present condition of affairs is not only unfair to the citizenship at large who have expressed their will as to what legislation they desire but it is likewise unfair to.their ser; vants whom they have elected to carry i out this will." i 1 With respect to abolition of the eleci' toral college the committee declared its : amendment would make it possible for I an independent candidate to run for president without establishing an ela borate political machine ir. every state which "means the expenditure of a vast sum of money," i j When the amendment and report r i were laid before the senate some | members informally expressed surprise' - at such a resolution being reported out by the agriculture committee, but com mittoe members said they regarded the 1 course as proper, inasmuch as the rcso2 lution was % substitute for one recently offered in the senate by Senator Caraway. Democrat, Arkansas. t The Caraway resolution would have v declared it the sense of congress that l< defeated members should not vote on - other than routine legislation at the ? session following an election and was s referred to the agriculture committee - | by request of its author who said rei ; ference to any other committee would 1 bring about its death. j At the same time the agriculture committee was in session a judiciary subcommittee hoard an endorsement from William Lowell Putnam, of Boston, representing the American Bar association, for the pending Ashurst resolution amending the constitution so that the terms of president and congress should begin soon after the elections. No action was taken by the sub-committee on the resolution. DR. GALLOWAY Deserved Tribute to a Big Man Who Has Gone On. i Gastonia Gazette. Like a shock of corn ripe for the harvest was th? passing of that saintly man, Dr. J. C. Galloway. There need be no sorrow or mourning over his departure, for he had served his time here. He was ready to go, and we doubt not but wiat ho was glad to leave the pains and infirmities of the world to enter into the fuller life be! yond. For months he had been a sufferer from physical weakness and frailties, and the translation into another life( was but a happy change for him. It Is no exaggeration to say, and the writer is guarded in his statement, that Dr. Galloway was the most beloved man in Gastonia. Everybody admired him, respected him, loved him. The general public had no idea of the hold he had on the affections of all the people in this cfty. Before he fell a victim to disease, he never failed qp visit the sick and the needy, regardless of denominational lines. He was everybody's friend and counsellor. Par- 1 tial proof of the universal esteem in which he was held is found in the fact < that he officiated at the funeral of nearly every person of prominence and i city-wide acquaintance, who died within the past few years. Be they Metho- 1 dist, Baptist o:- Presbyterian, the friends of the deceased wanted the I venerable Dr. Galloway to take part in the last rites. His tall, stately, slow moving figure was a loved and familiar sight on the streets of the city. It was his custom while he was abl<, to come down town a little while each day. Nearly every day he was a visitor in the editorial rooms of The Gaz tte, coming in to i glance over the n iwspapers and magazines on the exch ange table. We knew < the papers he waited to read and kept them laid out lor him within easy I .reach. There war always the pleasant morning greeting and word of saluta- < tfon. On the streets his presence was a l benediction. Ve lerable, stately and i dignified, he radiated holiness, kindness < and goodness. 1 For nearly 30 years he has seen 1 preachers come and go in Gastonia in < every church and denomination. He is ' the Nestor of them all, and to him all < the newcomers went for advice and counsel. In the ministers' meetings his words were listened to with respect and < obedience. His ccunsels were wise and deep. His was the experience of many I years of fruitful labor and learning. '1 His stalwart cha.-acter anu outstnad- ' ing life were gu de posts for all the i town. 1 As a pastor anc preacher he was supreme. There was never a shepherd i more faithful to his flock than was Dr. I Galloway to his people In their hours of trouble. When advancing years and physical infirmities began to slow his step and dim his aye, he wanted to resign the active pastorate in favor of a younger man, but his people would not hear to it. They clung to him even until the last, and ht the time of his death he was still pastor, his resignation not being effective until January 1, 1923. We hold, therefore, that there is something of the super-man about a person who can hold the affections of a people in this manner for nearly 30 years. Dr. Galloway's physical body is gone. His spirit remains in Gastonia to bless and beautify. Years from now, history will recall his sainted memory and his name will be a household word in this community. Children will rise up and call him blessed. Though he be dead, ! he yet speaketh, and his life and in- j fluence will live forever. CHRISTMAS GOLD RELEASED !j Treasury Department Changes It^s j < Folicy. ( The old custom of using gold coins for Christmas gifts, so strongly dis- ; couraged during :he war, is no longer looked on with disfavor by the treas * : ?v.A irwiA??ni : Ill .V. ilUUIIH uv*. X mil U1 CI1C X UUVIU1 1 Reserve Board informed Reserve banks recently that the treasury had withdrawn its objections to the release of i gold for such purposes, and said the < Reserve Board invited a revival of the < practice. The original request that issuance of gold by banks be curtailed was purely a wartime measure, Treasury officials said, and its continuation, largely, was due to a desire to reduce the loss occasioned by wear in the circulation of the coins. j ? The extra session of congress ad- ; I journed without confirming the second nomination of J. W. Tolbert to be United States marshal for the Western District of South Carolina. ? Charles Martin Richland county convict, was on Tuesday ordered freed ! from the state penitentiary by Judge 1 J. T. Mauldin. The judge held that Martin's sentence ha^Vexpired, although he hnd serV N* a portion of it, having been. ?\ Nor a portion of the time. N. CAN'T KEEP HIM IN No Prison Strong Enougn to Hold Hoy Oickerson. HIS PALS STICK CLOSE TO HIM Recently Escaped From Alabama Pen After Telling His Keepers He Was Going to Do It?Has Noted Criminal Record. "If this man takes one step toward escape, shoot to kill." Warden Pittnwn, of Kilby prison in Alabama, was talking to the prison guards, relates a Montgomery, Ala., dispatch. They were grouped before him. Near the warden stood another man, smiling, harmless-looking, and. debonair, even in his convict's clothes. As he waited, inspecting his nails, he might have passed for a suave salesman, provided the stripes could have been taken from his shoulders. The warden was pointing toward him. "That's Roy Dickerson," he said, "bank robber and jail-breaker. No. prison has ever yet held him. He boasts that he'll be out of here in a month. If he is, I want a bullet to go with him. That's all." Nov. 14, Dickerson escaped from Kil by prison. This was on Augrust 22. On Tuesday, Nov. 14, Dickerson escaped from KilEscaped in Broad Daylight. He was considerably overtime about the job, but he did it thoroughly. The mystery of his escape has neve been solved, and at this writing no clue has been found that will lead to his recapture, On the morning of his escape Dickerson was at work at 10:15 o'clock in the prison yard, as a member of a gang handling steel to be used In construction work at the prison cotton mill. This much is certain. At noon, when the prisoners were checked over, they turned up one short?that was Dickerson. In broad daylight, with guards on watch cautioned to pay particular attention to him and to kill him if he made a move toward escape, the bankrobber someway found the way to liberty. An investigation was begun by William F. Feagin, state warden general, to discover Dickerson's method of escape. This inquiry showed that wagons were trxiLviuiK auu ti-aviu^ mc H1 ,owl1 grounds for the purpose of hauling materials to be used at the prison cotton mill but that a guaid inspected ev^ cry wagon and every person that entered or left. Five other guards stood on the prison walls, and a sixth was on watch at the point where a railway line enters the prison. The Underworld Helps Him. How, under such circumstances, could Dickerson have escaped? The conclusion of the investigators Is that the bank robber must have had help from someone Inside the prison, ind that he probably hid himself under i railroad car or a road cart, and after that made his way clear of the prison. But nothing definite has been learned is to how he found his way to liberty ?it never is?, and no clues have been discovered that will aid the officers in their efforts to recapture him. Members of the convict department of Alabama believe that Dickerson has former confederates living in Montgomery and in other parts of this state, and that they will go the limit in helping him to retain his liberty, rhey believe that this suave, smiling young man is one of the most powerful members of the underworld, and that it is partly because of aid from fellow crooks that he is able to make bis way from any prison. He once made the boast that it cost him $10,000 to break jail in Los Angeles, Calif., where he was being held .in the charge of assisting in the robbery of the Phoenix-Girard bank, and officers believe he was telling the truth. Warned His Confederates. In telling of his capture early this year in Birmingham, he declared that in 30 minutes after the police had him, tie was able to send out warnings that enabled each of his confederates to escape. In the year 1014, on September 5, Dickerson was convicted of assault to rob and was sentenced to two years. He made such a model prisoner that on October 27, 1915, he was paroled by Governor Charles Henderson. He then went from Alabama to Georgia, and on the old charge of robbery, was sentenced to the chaingang. He easily escaped. The next heard of him was when the Phoenix-Girard bank, at Girard, Ala., was robbed in open daylight. Several of the robbers were caught and convicted, but Dickerson escaped and niude his way to Los Angeles. There he was captured, and Sheriff Russell started to California to bring him back to Alabama for trial. Before the sheriff was well on his way, Dickerson had escaped. Many months later, in Birmingham, private detectives surprised and arrested him, and he was returned to Russell county, Alabama, for trial. On April 5 of this year he entered a plea of guilty in the case of the PhoenixGirard bank robbery, and was sentenced to 25 years. Planned to Dynamite Way Out. He was sent to the coal mines at Flat Top, where he remained until August ID. Just in time, the warden, Charles R. Davis, learned of a plot by which Dickerson meant to set fire to one part of the prison, and while guards were at work there fighting the fire, intended to blow a hole in another section of the prison wall and make his escape. In fact Dickerson was caught with a pail of oil and a stick of dynamite in his hand, on his way to that part of the prison that he meant to set on fire, although such a blaze might mean the death of scores of other prisoners. The prison authorities were never able to find out how he got the kerosene and the dynamite, although one report was that the dynamite was smuggled in to him in small Quantities and that he concealed parts of it in his pipe. He didn't make the mistake of smoking this pipe. Next he was transferred to Kilby prison, and from there stepped forth, seemingly muffled in the folds of an invisible cloak. Sinoc his return to liberty the fact ' has been discovered that any person employed by the state who assists a prisoner to escape is liable, under the laws of Alabama, to receive a sentence equal to that of the prisoner. In other words, if a state employe aided Roy Dickerson to leave Kilby prison, then that particular person would be liable to* 25 years for the offense. Likes Tattoo Marks. Circulars describing the Jail-breaker are being sent broadcast. They picture Dickerson as follows: Age 27; height, five feet, eight and three-eights inches; teeth fairly good; smooth shaven; ocweight, 139 pounds; medium build; blue pvm' hrnwn hair- mprtinm cnmnlpyinn cupation, engine hostler and fireman. He has numerous tattoo marks on both arms, and a five-pointed star near the base of his left thumb. In fact, Dickerson seems to have , had a great liking for tattoo marks. On. , his left forearm is a dagger piercing the flesh, an eagle, and. another fivepointed star. On his right forearm, a woman standing on a stump in front of an American flag, a wreath on her head. Below his left knee, a cross. If Dickerson is captured, it will be easy to identify him by these marks, as well as by his finger prints. DR. RIGGS AND FOOTBALL Newspapers Discuss Attitude of Clemson President. The Chronicle has given the position of Dr. W. M. Riggs, president of the Clemson .College, before the Booster Club of Greenville, when he declared that too much importance is being given to athletics, espec'ally football, in the colleges of the country. 1 He blamed the alumni, the newspapers and the public. Dr. Riggs has brought down on himself a fire of criticism, especially by ' those who tell of the school rulo which exacts proficiency in class standing as one of the requisites to "make" the football squad or the baseball team. 1 The Spartanburg Herald rushes In ' to defend the newspapers, in that Dr. Riggs so spreads out his indictment as to involve them. The following is quoted from that paper: ! "The newspapers and college athletics is an interesting subject. The news- 1 papers are, of course, interested in 1 college athletics, because they know the public is interested and intensely interested. And the more men the col- ' leges send out into the world the more the world will be Interested. The telephones in ncwcpaper offices on 1 Saturday nights of the football season ring as persistently as on election nights. College men, or the fond parents of college men, wunt to know the score. The newspaper that does not give the score and all the details of the games the next morning Is thoroughly uninteresting. The subscribers pay for the paper to get all the football news. And the more foot- ball news they get, the more football news they Want. That is why the ' i sport page is called the 'Dope Page.' ' In the face of this situation the news- * papers are helpless. And we suspect I the colleges are in just about the same ' fix the newspapers are in. The public wants football. The colleges have 1 given the public some football and they want more football and better football. So what is to be done about it?" I The Chronicle's experience is ju3t as ' that of the Spartanburg Herald. It * has given a great deal of space to college athletics, and athletics of ail 1 kinds. Many newspaper readers have ' been so partial as to say that The Chronicle's sporting news page is one of the very best in the South. How ever that may be, we know that we would not dare to go to press without the news of the sporting events. The Columbus Enquirer-Sun is rather disposed to twit Dr. Riggs. When it sought to answer the college president's arraignment, it recalled that "football is part and parcel of every educational institution, from 1 high school to university," and it also recalled that, at Benning, 'that great- 1 est of all training institutions," foot- 1 ball is well fostered. But the Enquirer-Sun sought to make sure of the i position it would take and it decided to call in its sporting editor for con- ' sultation. ' "What," demanded the editor of the j1 sporting page editor, "what is the an- !' swer to Dr. Riggs?" j< The sporting editor reached for a ! copy of the Enquirer-Sun and turned ' to the page of sports. He pointed at ' a line of type. We read: 1 Furman, 20; Clemson, 6.?Augusta , Chronicle. MINISTERS ASSIGNED Members of Lower Conference Given Work For Next year. AS ANNOUNCED BY BISHOP DENNY Most of Methodist Preachers Down ?tate are Well Known Up Stato? Appointments Are Therefore of In* terest. 1 At the close of the evening service of the South Curolina Methodist Conference at Marlon Sunday night, Dishop Denny addressed the conference and then announced the appointments. At 10 o'clock in the forenoon the conference love feast was held and was conducted by the Rev. James G. Stevenson. For one hour songs and prayers and testimonies to religious experiences made a joyous occasion. ti 11 Di..kAn Jil xx u tiutiv uiouup JLSViuijr picnuied a great sermon on "A Plea tor Divine Mercy." At the close of the sermon the ordination service took place. i The Rev. William L. Parker and the Rev. Henry D. Shuler were ordained deacons. The Rev. L. D. B. Williams, the Rev. Samuel E. Ledbetter, the Rev. Henry Williams Shealy and the Rev. Roberts and Pickney Hucks were or- ' dained elders. Two interesting incidents were brought out during th;s service. One was that Bishop VCllgc was converted on the spot whort the beautiful First Methodist church stands. The second ' was that the church was built during the pastorate of the Rev. S. B. Harper. It was remarkable that the memoirs of both of these ministers were read in the church this afternoon. At 7:30 o'clock this evening the Rev. George T. Harmon of Florence preached. At the conclusion of the evening service Bishop Denny took the chair and called the conference to order for a short session. Resolutions of thanks to the people of Marlon were adopted by a rising vote. The Rev. R. H. Jones was placed on the conference budget commission. ( * Bishop Denny addressed the confer ence and then announced the appointments. Following are the appointments: M Charleston district?F. H. Shuler, presiding cider; Allendale, S. W. Hen-. ry; Appleton, W. R Jones; Beaufort, A. D. Betts; Bethel Circuity G., T. Rhoad; Blackswamp, L. T. Phillips; Bluff ton, J. T. Campbell;. Charleston: Bethel, C. F. Wimberly; liampstead Square, N. D. Busbee; Hampton Park^. ; E. G. Coe, (supply); Spring Street, J. H. Danner; Trinity, F. A. Buddln; Cottageville, H. W. Whlttaker; XJbr- ~ cheater, W. T. Patrick (supply); Ehrhardt, Hamlin Etheredge; Estill, 8. E; Ledbetter; Hampton, R.#W. H??niphries; Hendersonville, J. G. son; Lodge, R P. Turner; Moggtitta, 3. C. Gardner; Ridgeland, R P. Hucks; Rldgeville, J. A, Graham; Sumniervllle, L. D. B. Williams; Walterbpro, P. A. Murray; Yemassee, M. M. Bird, / supply; Panic Island and Marine, Pastor, C. B. Burns; Student Emery university, B, M. Bowen; Superannuates, S. A. Webber, J. W. Wolljng (under suspension.) Florence District?D. D. Bedennaugh, presiding elder; Bennettavllle, W. I. Herbert; Bennettsville circuit, M. W. Hook; Brlghtsvllle, J. A. Campsell; Bethlehem Circuit, W. O. Henson; Blenheim, J. K. Inabinett; Chew n rinnpan 'Ghosterfleld. L. E. Peeler; Darlington: Trinity, Peter Stokes; Darlington Circuit, C. P. Chewnlng; East Chesterfield, H. D. 3huler; Florence; Central, G. T. Harraon; Hartsville, S. O. Cantey; Jefferson, W. V. Jcrnan (supply); Lamar, 2. M. Peeler; Liberty, J. L Mullins; Marlboro, J. 13. Prosser; McColl, W. i. Snyder; McColl Mission, J. O. Bunch, (supply); McBee, R. R. Tuck?r; Patrick, H. W. Shealy; Pageland, 3. L Ingram; Timmonsvllle and Pisjab W. R. Phillips; Timmonsvllle Circuit, D. C. Spires; Superannuates, T. B. Owen, J. H. Moore, J. N. Wright, D. N. Rountrce, W. L. Wait, A. S. Lesley, W. W. Williams and G. R. VYhittaker. Kingstrce District?C. C. Derrick, presiding elder; Andrews, E. H. Beck mm, Blackriver, B. S. Hughes; Cades, J. R. Johnson; Cedar Swamp, J. W. lones; Cor.lcsville, W, A. Youngblood, (supply); OcorrTftown: Duncan Memprial, W. A. Beckham; West End, J. VV. Elkins; Greeleyville and Lanes, M. F? Dukes; Hemingway, J. E. Clark; Honey Hill, A. C. Corbell, (supply); Johnsonvilie, f. D. Bailey; Kingstree, J. P. Inabinett; Lake City J. T. Peeler; McClellansvllIe, J. C. Inabinett; New Zion, T. E. Derrick; Pamlico, E. P. Hutson; Pinopolis, J. F. Way; Rome, 3. K. Way; Sampit, W. S. Myers; Scrantpn, F. A. Lupton; Tuberville, A. V. Harbin; Trio, W. S. Heath; Supermnuates, It. W. Spigner, W. A. Betta. Marion District?D. A. Phillips, presiding elder; Aynor, O. K. Garrison-; Brownsville, T. G. Phillips; Buckvllle, W. L. Guy; Centennary, B. H. Covngton; Clio, B. G. Murphy; Conway, I. C. Atkinson; Conway Circuit, W. L. i'arker; Dillon, G. F. Kirby; Dillon and Hamer Mills, J. M. Gasque, (t^ipply); FMoydale, P. K. Crosby; Gurley Circuit, r. W. Williams, (supply); Lakeview, j. W. Davis; Latta, W. C. Kirkland: J. Bethea supernumerary. Little River, K. S. Carmichael; Little Rock, K. J. James: Loris, W. W. Mltcheum; II. L. Singleton, supernumerary; Mar(Contlnued on Page Two.) .< :'-4