University of South Carolina Libraries
1 Established 1891. SHORT NEWS STORIES FROM MANY SOURCES Just as the national political pot this year contains candidates for president of the United States who are newspaper publishers, so does the State of Arkansas bonst of huvlng a real live, progressive newspaper man as a candidate for governor. John A. ltlggs, publisher of the Hot Springs New Ern, one of the best dullleg In Arkansas, Is making' an active rtice for governor. His slogan of "flod flrst, Arkansas next," is winning many friends for him. Defender Resolute gave the Rrittish chnllenger. Shamrock IV, the worst drubbing of the 1920 regatta In the tlnal race of the scries off Sandy Hook. N. J? Tuesday, winning boat for boat by 13 minutes and 4 5 seconds?and the America's famous yachting cup rentnlns American property. Attorney Cleneral A. Mitchell Palmer agreed with representatives of the coal industry at a conference In New York Tuesday to appoint a committee which will tlx the maximum price for bituminous coal. It Is agreed that individuals and llrms ex- I acting profits beyond the fair margin | subject to investigation nml fixed by the committee will l?c prosecuted under the Lover act. Price breaks doubled In violence in the wheat market In Chicago Tuesday those of the day before. An extreme loss at one time of lfi cents a bushel was the record as compared with 8 cents loss Monday. Financial strain was again the chief reason ascribed. Corn and oats shared more or loss the collapse of wheat, but In contrast with grain. the provision market scored a general advance. The village of Weston. Wis., had long wanted a church, but never could afford one until prohibition came, fclven then its citizens were not wealthy enough to erect a building, but the man who for years had gerved liquors with a free lunch came forward and said he had decided to go Into another business. He offered the use of his saloon and dance hall for the church, and his home for the parsonage. The tlrst Sunday the church wns open he came into town from his farm, took a drink of water from the town pump and sat in the front row during service. The reputation of grasshoppers as destructive insects is well established In Kansas, hut Francis Callahan of Abilene lins what he clnlms is the record "hopper" story. Francis declares that grasshoppers consumed his pay chock. Ho had obtained the chock In town and white cultivating corn discovered that the check had become soaked with perspiration. He lnid It on the ground to dry out. An hour later when he returned to get his check he found only a few remnants and a number of grasshoppers devouring what was left. As evidence. Francis produced the tattered remnants to his emloyer and got a new check. _ Whnt he says he believes to l>e a "flaw-prrfof" will has been made and tiled in the otllce of the clerk of Polk County, la., by Theodore Mantz, a Des Moines lawyer. Mr. Mantz dictated his will into a talking machine, nnd had It recorded In wax. At the end of the dictation, C. 11. Miller, a lawyer, and H. W. Itrandt, a court reporter. testified Into the machine they were witnesses to the "making" of the will nnd spelled their names in full as the witnesses. The record then was put on a machine and reproduced the voices. Hcing pronounced eorrect by Mr. Mantz, he took it to the clerk's office, had the box containing it sealed in wax nnd tiled. Mr. Mantz hns instructed Mrs. Mantz to take the case to the highets court of the country if the vnlidlty of the will should he questioned. Another sinner has returned to the fold, writes "lluck" Tirynnt to the Charlotte Observer from Washington Hoke Sntith. of Georgia, who did all the harm he could during the consideration of the peace treaty, now announces himself for the senate, and I* standing squarely on the Domoorntlo platform. Jim lteed is trying to break hack into the party in Missouri. These arc considered straws that show the course of the wind. Kenntor Vnnco used to tell n story about the calf that left its mother nnd ran off after an old steer. The owner of the cow and the calf when asked what he was going to do about it said "the llttlte fool will come back nt feeding time." The mischief-making Democrats, who cherished the congrat ula tins of llenry Cabot Dodge, the South-hater, are now seeking the support of real Democrats. Wanted by ItoiHiriler. Recorder ' ?tt Monday morning issued a warrant for the arrest of Claud Chapman, until recently employed nt a local garage, who is charged with reckless driving, using profanity on the streets and contempt of court. Chapman is alleged to have violated the speed ordinance Sunday afternoon. Monday morning the ' other eharges against him are said to have arisen when he was summoned by the police olllcer to appear before I the recorder, which he refused to do. but instead got in an automobile nnd i left town. To Stamp Out Illltcrtu-y. Miss Inn Ashe, county organizer of schools for illiterate adults, urges that as many as possible of the trustees and teachers of the various public schools of the county attend a meeting to be held in the court house nt York Saturday morning nt 10:30 o'clock, nt which plans will be lnid to stamp out Illiteracy In the county. "he F NEWS OP YORK COUNTY. Item** of (ionoral Interest Clipped Prom the Yorkvtlle Enquirer Farmers on the western side of the vuuui) uu iiui Ht'viii 10 uc quue ho wen up with their work an are the farmers on the eastern side. Most of the western farmers are hoping to get two or three more furrows In their cotton, and also their corn Is still needing work. The gates to the Democratic primary In this county will he closed on Mondny, August 2. at noon, and the opening campaign meeting will be at McConnellsvllle on Tuesday, August 3. All would-be candidates must sign the pledge and pay their assessments before the first named date. Comptroller General Sutherland and Clerk Jackson of the comptroller general's office visited the court house Wednesday for the purpose of making their annual settlement with Treasurer H. K. Nell and Auditor B. M. Dove. The State officials found tho books of the county officers In a very satlsfactry condition. I?nst Saturday morning's session of the court of common pleas was devoted to memorial exercises in honor of the late W. B. Wilson, Sr., Judge Moore presiding. Tributes were rendered by Messrs. C. E. Spencer, G. W. S. Hart, W. W. I*ewis, J. A. Marlon, Thos. F. McDow, J. S. Brlce, Herbert M. Ptinlap, Walter M. Dunlap. W. J. Cherry nnd Judge Ernest Moore. All of the spenkers testified to their high appreciation of the character and legal ability of the deceased, nnd a resolution of respect was spread on the minutes of the court. A verdict for the plaintiff In the Slim of fan IK'fm. I "" 'I ?cft punitive dnmnRos was returned by the Jury at the recent session of the court of common pleas in the case of If. I/. Johnson against Frledhelm McCarter. Johnson brought suit in the sum of $400 for alleged damages suffered by his automobile In collision with an automobile driven by McCartcr on November 29 last. The accident occurred near Post Oak school house In Bethel township. Many Bethel township people heard the testimony In the ense Thursday. The handsome new church building recently completed by the Beersliebn congregation was solemnly dedicated to the worship of God last Sunday with exerciser appropriate to the occasion. The programme included an address by Col. W. W. I.ewis, on the problems of the modern church, the regular morning sermon by Bev. M. It. Kirkpatrlck, the oldest living former pastor of the church, and the dedicatory sermon In the afternoon by Itev. George E. Guile. There was a picnic dinner during the recess hour thnt included plenty of the best of everything for the grent crowd that was in attendance. All of the exercises were entertaining and Instructive, and the signing, especially under the leadership of Mr. E. M. Dickson, came In for unusual commendation. II. 1<\ Eldredge, a Columbia advertising agent, has published a chart which purports to give the name, location, circulation and frequency of issue of all the newspapers in the Stnte. He has the Yorkville Enquirer down us having a circulation of 2,600, and being published once a week. The Anderson Daily Tribune does not appear on his list at all. The Fort Mill Times, one of the best of the coui^ry weeklies, has been overlooked entirely, while other papers of less Importance appear with considerable prominence. The chart has caused ?iulte a commotion In some of the newspaper offices, which are making vigorous protests because of I alleged misrepresentations. The idea I of the chart Is good and helpful and ' lis execution Is (piite creditable, proI aided the innecuraeies are in good faith: but whether these inaccuracies are in good faith or not. it would I seem that they ought to be corrected .t least to the extent of naming all of the different newspapers' type. So far as The Yorkville Enquirer is concerned It does not care, because it has long since learned to appreciate that the paper shows for itself, and I representations that arc inconsistent with the facts have never done It any permanent harm. So far as the Yorkville Enquirer has information, the boll weevil has not yet made his appearance In any part of York county. If he succeeds in establishing himself for long before he is located and identified such success will be surprising. All the farmers are looking for him and in t^eir search they are learning a good deal about Insects of all kinds. There are bugs and bugs in this county, h eluding bugs that have been here nlwsva ivlthflllt Vinvlno ~ J ? * ?? ..?? ii?e niiim iru cvrn missing notice previously. They nro I.< lng noticed now. Kvery now and again one of them is run down and hotted on suspicion, and unless somebody can vouch for him. just as apt as not he Is brought to the office of 'he Yorkville Enquirer for identification. The Yorkville Enquirer is not maintaining n department of entomology; but whenever it thinks that a suspicious Insect needs to be examined further, that Insect is sent to Clenison. Quite a number of such suspicious insects have been sent to t'lempon recently; but so far all of them have been able to prove thai they were victims of mistaken identity. The vigilance of the cotton growers has been in no wise relaxed and the outlook Is that there wil be no rdaxntion of that vigilance. Mrs. Hamilton Courtney of Savannah Is in Fort Mill visiting her parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Oulp. Miss ' Mannle Oulp of Greensboro. N. O.. another daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oulp. i also Is their guest for several days. ORT ] FORT MILL, S. C., THU! MARKETING OF COTTON STRESSED BY SPEAKERS About 150 farmers and business men of Fort Mill attended in the Masonic hall Friday evening a meet ing under me auspices of the American Cotton association in the interest of the better marketing of cotton. There was some confusion as to the hour of the meeting, otherwise it is thought the attendance would have been larger. Addresses were made by John O. Richards of Kershaw, A. A. McKeown, district demonstration agent, W. H. Mills of Clemson College, Asbury K. Dover, member of the federal farm loan board, and Dr. D. B. Johnson of Rock Hill, president of the York County Cotton association. Each of the speakers was given close attention and committees were appointed to stir up interest in the housing of the local cotton crop and to secure funds for the cooperation with other townships of the county in the employment of a county cotton grader. The meeting was presided over by Dr. Johnson. Peculiar interest attached to the speech of Mr. Dcver, for J8 years the representative in the lower house of Congress of the Seventh South Carolina district, who resigned a few years ago to accept a place on the federal farm loan board. For six years Mr. Dover was chairman of the committee on agriculture of the house of representatives nnd Is considered one of the leading authorities on agricultural conditions of the country. He was the author of the Dover food control act, a war measure designed to prevent protiteerlng in the necessaries of life, as well as much Important legislation in behalf of the agricultural interests of the country. Hla speech in Kort Mill urging the farmers and business men to stand by the American Cotton association in its efforts to promote the better marketing of cotton was a strong presentation of the necessity for the cotton growers to unite in protecting themselves uguinst the cotton speculators miu ui\iuiciuvai it UlU.v uuuiu ICCCIVU the value of their product. Krcquently during Mr. Lever's speech he was applauded and a number of those who heard him remarked, after the meeting that it was regrettable that South Carolina should lose the services of a man so well equipped to serve the public. Major Richards, the first speaker of the meeting, said in opening his address that if the coton farmer received the profit to which he Is entitled on his product It would not only make for his own prosperity but the prosperity of the Southern people generally, adding that men who do nothing toward the production of the cotton crop are the men who are reaping the big rewards from it. "Until the American Cotton association was organized," he said, "the cotton farmers never had the real sympathy and assistance to which they were entitled from the business interests of the South; but all are now standing shoulder to shoulder and through the cotton association this cooperative effort has in the last few years saved half a billion dollars to the South on cotton raised during those years." He urged membership in the cotton association. saying it was a fight for the industrial freedom of the South, and w'th adequate warehousing facilities. proper grading nnd official weighing a new day would dawn for the cotton States. "The farmers know as much about grading cotto:i," he* said, "as W. J. Bryan does about the different brands of liquor; and because of their lack of knowledge of the different grades of cotton they are annually beaten out of an immense amount of money. "They lose enough in this way every year." he said, "to build a warehouse at every ginnery In the South. Most of the buyers are honest, but like the farmer know little about the different Krnnes 01 coiton anu ramer man run the risk of losing use too much conservatism in grading the cotton." "South Carolina ought to huve facilities for warehousing 500.000 hales of cotton," said Mr. Mills, "but the storage facilities today will care for only about 200,000 bales," he added. "York county Is better off in this respect than many other counties of the State. The annual cotton crop of York amounts to about 40.000 bales and the county has warehouses with a capacity of 20,000 bales." lie was of the opinion that Fort Mill needs a warehouse of about 600 bales capacity, the cost of which would depend upon the kind of material used in its construction. He estimated that cotton could be stored in such a warehouse as Fort Mill needs at about 24 cents per bale per month. "The big farmers are able to take care of themselves by erecting their own warehouses and putting them in the State system," he said, "but it is the small farmer who needs the benefits of the public warehouse so that he the market as soon as it is gathered.. He directed attention to the ruinous practice of many farmers who leave their cotton exposed to the weather and said that every farmer should store his cotton to the best advantage to he aide to got cheap insurance on it. Following the address of Mr. Mills. Mr. McKeown wont into a detailed statement of the plans of the cotton association to provide for warehouses and the employment of official graders. Mr. McKeown's statement wus listened to with marked Interest and made a splendid impression on the audience. Mr. I^ever got to his subject at once and after referring pleasantly to the comparative good looks of himself l i i " i Mill R8DAY, JULY 29t 1920. ATTAMPTED POISONING CHARGE AGAINST WOMAN Saturdny afternoon J. M. Epps, far. mer, who lives near Fort Mill, swore out before .Magistrate E. S. Parks a warrant for the arrest of his wife, Mrs. Emma Epps, charging her with an attempt to poison Saturday morn. Ing himself and his daughter, Mrs. S. F. Sutton, with parts green placed In the coffee pot at Mrs. Sutton's home, a few hundred yards from the home of Mr. Kpps. Mrs. Kpps was arrested Saturday afternoon by Magistrate J. F. Lee and Saturday night was taken to the county jail at York, where she Is being held pending the outcome of the charges against her. Saturday morning Mrs. Kpps had occasion to visit the home of Mrs. Sutton and it was while there she is accused of entering the kitchen and placing in the coffee pot the poison. According to Mr. Kpps' statement she and his daughter, Mrs. Sutton, have not been on the best of terms recently. While at the Sutton home. Mr. Kpps further states. Mrs. Sutton saw Mrs. Kpps at the cook stove with her hand In the coffee pot, but thought nothing of the incident until she made the coffee for the noon meal and then discovered the presence of a green substance boiling out of the pot. The incident was reported to Mr. Kpps and he came to town and had a physician go to his home and analyze the contents of the coffee pot. The physician gave the opinion that there was paris green in the coffee pot. I-ater in the day Mr. Kpps swore out the warrant for the arrest of his wife. Mr. Kpps is of the opinion that his wife is of unsound mind and thinks she should tie committed to the State Hospital for the insane in Columbia or the home for the feeble minded at Clinton. He and Mrs. Kpps, his second wife, who was Miss Knimu Kimhrell, were married on December 22, 11*19. DtN-Uiios Mtiorvsvlllc fall Dr. E. E. Gillespie, pastor of the First Presl.yterinn church of York, has announced his declination of the call extended him several weeks ugo by the First Presbyterian church of Moorcsvllle, N. C. and Mr. Mills, said that he had not come to Fort Mill to soft soap the farmer, "who is a poor business man," he said. He referred to the conditions that obtained for the cotton farmer shortly after the outbreak of the World war In 1914 and said that if the South again experienced similar conditions it would be the South's own fault. "The farmer knows all about producing cotton, but has little information ubout marketing it. I do not want the farmer to receive a fair price for his coton, but I want him to get the value of it. When cotton mills in New England, and some even In the South, are able to pay dividends of from 100 to 300 per cent, that Is evidence that the farmer is not getting the price for his cotton that he is entitled to." He said the shirt he was wearing cost hint $5 and that there was about f>0 cents worth of cotton in It. "If 1 were attorney general of the United States." he said, "I think I could find some important work to do in this connection." "Who got the $4.r?0 difference?" he Inquired. Sixty-thre per cent, of the farmers of South Carolina are tenants?a bad condition for the State. Recently on a trip through his home country. I.exington. he counted six farm houses in which some years ago well-to-do families lived. These families had quit the farm for a reason, he said, and that reason was that there was nothing attractive about farm life. He deplored the nationwide tendency to move from the country to town and said it could he halted by the farmers making their places more homelike and installing for the benefit of the women and girls of the family, if for no other reason, some modern conveniences to be found in the cityhomes "Not 10 per cent, of the farm homes in South Carolina have In them running water or a modern lighting system and the average farm woman works IS hours a day," he said. He urged the farmers to make life easier for their wives and daughters by improving living conditions at their homes. "It took South Carolina 36 years," Mr. I*ever raid, "to regain the wealth she lost by the four years of war between the States. With the return of prosperous times it is the duty of the farmers to provide good schools for their children. Why, the government sets aside one-third more compensation for the charwoman that cleans my ottlce in WashinKton than is paid the average country school teacher in South Carolina," he said. lie urged the farmers to buy automobiles, sayiiiK that they made for more attractive farm life and enabled their wives to get away from many of their burdens and the grinding isolation of country conditions. Mr. Rever closed his speech by urging the farmers to Join the cot 1on association and support the movement, which was in their interest, lie said that the State should cooperate in the warehouse movement by Issuing bonds. Following Mr. I*ever, Dr. Johnson made an interesting talk in which he referred to the liberality of the York county banks in lending the farmers money on their eotton and of the federal government In aiding the farmers by letting them have money at a lower rate of Interest than the government can now borrow money Dr. Johnson feared that If the Republicans win In the election this fall the farm oan aett will he repealed. Time HOMES FOR CHILDREN. Welfare Board Considers Applications of Fort Mill Families. Mrs. Mildred Wooten of Columbia, representative of the child placing department of the State board of public welfnrc, spent Tuesday In Fort Mill making the investigations required by the rules of the board in response to applications that recently have been made by 1>ort Mill families for children now in the care of the board. Refore Mrs. Wooten left Fort Mill she stated that it was not improbable that a number of children would be placed in Fort Mill homes. The Stnfe board of public welfare was created at the 1920 session of the General Assembly and has since taken over and enlarged the work done by the South Carolina Children's society, which was an association of prominent women of the State whose purpose was to place in suitable homes orphan children and children whose parents were unable or unwilling to care for them properly. The child placing department of the welfare hoard now has 16 children under its care. These children are in need of homes and it was with the view of placing two or three of them here that Mrs. Wooten came to Fort Mill Tuesday. "We feel," said Mrs. Wooten while in Fort Mill, "that we are doing a good work and that the public is appreciating our efforts- it would surprise the average citizen to know of the great number of calls our office receives to provide homes for destitute children. To give you an illustration of what we are doing, let me tell you of a case that we handled in the Tee l>ee section of the State not long ago. Word came to us that there were five children, all in one family, in the backwoods of Marion county in great I ..? I ... Mnrinn county and investigated the case. There were four girls, the oldest about 15, and one little hoy in the family. Their home wuh near a logging cuin|. at which a great many negroes were employed and I found them in extreme poverty, living alone, with nothing to eat except potatoes and cornbread. Their mother was dead and their father, it delicate man who had done the best he could for them, had gone away from home and fallen ill. He was unable to return home and could do nothing to relieve thi condition of the children. 1 took them to Marion and I hero succeeded in placing in good homes the little boy and one of the little girls. The Deln llowe home, in Abbeville county, took in and agreed to rear the thro.e remaining ehlldren. It was a source ol great relief to ntc to see these children comfortably provided for. All ol them had good manners, indicating that both their father and mother had the proper conception of the duty ol parents.". FAI.L OF XimiANon.K Fort .Mill Hreck I'leascil With the Victory of His Countrymen Harry ("arms, proprietor of the Fort Mill Kiindy Kitchen, who is a native of one of the islands in the Aegean sea captured by (Ireece from Turkey in the Kulknn war of 11H1-12, was greatly gratified to learn from the press dispatches a day or two age that the Greeks had driven the Turks out of Adrianople, first city, next to Constantinople, in Importance in European Turkey. Harry is confldent that if the allienl governments of Europe allow Greece a free hand in the war between that country and Turkey, the "Asiatic Buzzard" will be driven from Europe for all time. Adrianople was taken from the Turks In the war Greece, Serbia and Itulgarla had with Turkey In 1911-12 and was allotted to Bulgaria only again to fall under the sway of the Turks in the war with Bulgaria fol, lowing closely upon the heels of tin Balkan war. "Most Americans do not know ot the unspenkable atrocities which the Greeks have suffered at the hands ol the Turks." Harry said. otherwise they could understanel the feeling of bitterness we have for them Now my countrymen are repaying then in a measure for the centuries of persecution to which they subjected us. and I thank God fe>r it. If the pi lies would let Greece alone, the Turk would soon shake the dust of Constantinople off his feet. Constantinople belongs tee Greece tinyway and she ought to be allowed to take it." Celebrates Hltli Birthday About H>0 guests gathere-d at the home of Mr. and Mrs. I. A. Patterson in Barbervlllo. Lancaster county Wednesday. July 2 8. to join with them in the celebration of Mr. Pat tereon's 84th birthday. Mr. Patterson has tlve snn?, four daughters and grandchildren, most of whom wore present at the. celebration yesterday The remainder of the company was made up of friends and neighbors anii other relatives. A delightful dinner was spread on tables in the ample shade in the yard, well laden baskets having been brought by many who attended the celebration. Aftei the blessing by the Itev. J. W. II Dvehes. Mr. Patterson's pastor, all present partook of the bountiful dinner and enjoyed a social hour together. In the afternoon T>r. Pyohes read the lOftd Psalm and offered a prayer for the aged couple, their descendants and all present. Mr. and Mrs. Patterson, who have traveled life's road together for many years, are hod in high esteem by their neighbors and greaty belored by their children, and these annual gi.inerings in their honor are always largely attended and greatly enjoyed. I s. S1.25 Per Year SAYS WORLD WAR MEN SOON TO RUN COUNTRY "American l,eglon men and other veterans of the World war will run this country live, ten or 15 years from now," Franklin D'Oiler. national commander of the legion, told U00 legionera at a luncheon given in Ids honor in Kansas City a few days ago. "The ex-army men will be most prominent in business, in professions and in polities, not merely because | they are ex-service men, but because. to get m the nrni.v. they were picked carefully." The Irglon, Mr. Ii'Oiler said, itas performed a greater service than has been generally realized, hoth in keep, lug down lawlessness and in aiding men disabled in the war. "The most important thins before the legion today is to set some form of payment for the service men and to make further provisions for those disabled. The fourfold compensation plan, which passed the lower house of Congress at the last session, but which was not considered by the senate, seems to he satisfactory to almost everyone who understands It. When the plan was presented to Congress we asked It to make the reparations its much as was consistent with the welfare of the country." The fourfold compensation plan offers four options to service men. Farm loans to nhl them In purchasing farms; home aid. so Hint they may buy homes of their own; vocational training to put them in position to earn a good living, or a cash bonus, depending in amount on the length of time in service. "The charge that this plan would bankrupt the country is. to me, laugh aide." Mr. D'oiler said. "These men thought enough of their country to of'or their lives for it?and they did offer their lives, whether they fought <r France or not?and they surely think enough of it now to see that It 's not bankrupted." VEIIDICT AOAINST STOCKTON Jury Awards Mrs. Itroom $l,.Mlll for Injury to Child Fifteen hundred dollars is the amount of damages awarded to Mrs. Kdna I.oe Broom of Fort Mill last Wednesday afternoon by a Vork county Jury, with John S. Sandifer as foreman, for injuries, including a rotten iirin. 10 i lie iz year om laughter of Mrs. Itroom on White street, in Fort Mill, some months ago, 'he ease heltig against T. C. Stockton -?t Cleveland county, N'. C., who was i-barged with reckh-ssly driving ttic utomohile which struck and caused the child's injuries. Several Fort Mill citizens appeared as witnesses in the case. The verdict was said to he the largest ever returned hy a York jury ai:ain:t an automobile driver. Stockston and three otiier men were driving a car through Fort Mill some months ago and the itroom child in crossing tlic street near the otlice of the Fort Mill Manufacturing company was knocked down and seriously hurt by the car. Stockton and his companions continued on their way to Charlotte, hut were there arrested upon request of the Fort Mill oHlclals and immediately brought back t'o Fort Mill and fined for reckless driving. l'cw Want Victory Medals. Instead of being swamped with applications for the Victory medal, the war department has joceived only 50,000 applications since June t. when distribution was commenced hy the a tiny. The department had prepared to issue approximately "5,000 a day, it which rate it wounhl have taken four months to complete the distrihu 1on. At the rato applications havu been coming, however, it would take almost six years to Issue the medals '? the men entitled to receive them. Applications for the medals should i? made l>y ollicors and men in person >t hy mail to the nearest post camp, tation or recruit ing otlice, where 'dunks ami full instructions will ho 'tirnished sts to the class of medal 'ltd nuiehcr of battle clasps to which 'he applicant is entitled. The dis harice papers, which must he submitted, will then l>e returned, and irders forwarded to the depot otlicer I" the <|iiartcrma>-'tcr corps at I'hila'e!|ihin to ship the medal directly to he applicant. The no dal will he isued to the nearest relative of an olli cr or enlisted man entitled to it. w ho vns kllltd in action or h is since ?1:ed >' application is made in the manner described. stating the fact of death. l?r. ott iiittiini'v Kccorarr. I >r. A. L. <>(t a few days ?ko aeroptctl the ofliee of rccooliT to which he was elected liy town council at its neetinK Tuesday evenlnc of last week and is now ready to hear any oases over which the police authority of the 'own has jurisdiction. Yesterday In. 'Mt stated to The Times that it was his purpose to enforce impartially the ordinances of the town. "| do not urpose to make fish of one and flesh >f another," snhl in- i hi. When a Icfei.dant Is brought befor" inf I hit 11 not iissume that lie is .tuilly, hut if ho is innocent lie will he aide to establish Ids Innocence, otherwise [ he 11 i 11 pay for his wronjfdoing." Sunday School Library Looks Six hundred new books have been d?led to the circulating library of the South Carolina Sunday School ns?oela( n, aocordinK to an anonnccmcut ol v>e ffr'rr.l superintendent. With his addition, the library now enn ii'ns, it Is said by the association, early all of the best hooks in print tealirjj with Sunday school methods The association loans out these hooks free of ehrir**o to any Sunday school workers of any denomination.