Yorkville Enquirer from York, South Carolina • 2

Scraps and Ida Cooper, a negro woman, living on the outskirts of Lake City, was burned to death by her husband, Will Cooper, Tuesday. Cooper set tire to his wife's clothes and then poured a pitcher of gasolene upon the blaze.Betore she died, the woman stated that her husband had once before tried to kill her. The man has not been captured. The Aldrich-Vreeland emergency currenoy law, under which nearly four hundred million dollars was put into circulation during the first days of stress of the European war, died at midnight Wednesday, by its own limitations. It was intended to ovtanrlAd pire laai year uui uau by the new Federal reserve law.

Practically all the currency issued has now been retired and every dollar is expected to be redeemed during the next few days. For its operation, $500,000,000 in notes have been kept on hand in the treasury. The expansion and contraction of currency hereafter will be taken up in the Federal reserve system by notes issued at the regional banks on commercial paper. News and Courier: Judge Ernest Moore, in an opinion handed down in the case of the state against Laura E. Reed, charged with violating the act prohibiting the traffic in seed cotton or unpicked lint cotton by purchase, barter or exchange within the county of Charleston between August 1 and December 31, of any year, held the act to be unconstitutional.

He based his opinion on the fact that it was an attempt to enact a special and local law upon a subject to which a general law can. be made applicable. On her trial before a magistrate the defendant was found guilty of buying seed cotton in the county of Charleston and was sentenced to serve thirty days in the county jail of Charleston or pay a fine of $25. The percentage condition of cotton on the average date of June 24, as compiled from the replies of the special correspondents of the New York Journal of Commerce, was 79.7 per cent, a decline of 0.7 per cent from the previous month, when the condition was 80.4 per cent. This compares with 78.6 per cent last year, 80.9 per cent in 1913, 91.3 per cent, in 1912, 85.9 per cent in 1911, and 80.1 per cent in 1910, and against a ten-year average of 80.2 per cent.

Deterioration occurred in all states except Louisiana and Texas, where an increase of 3.6 per cent and 2.3 per cent took place, respectively. Freedom from damage by insects and favorable weather are accountable for the improvement in condition in these states. Practically all other states have suffered from too much rain, but recent improvement in lo AwoKliwfy form. weainer cunuiuun is ers to catch up with cultivation. The season for the whole belt averages ten days late.

The condition in Carolina is placed at 79.7. The Dominion freight liner Armeni an, flying the British flag and carrying mules from Newport News, to England, was torpedoed and sunk Monday night by the German submarine U-28, ofT Cornwall, England, and nearly a score of American muledealers aboard are reported lost, according to messages to the state department at Washington, from John S. Armstrong, consul at Bristol. Twenty-nine men in all were lost and ten Injured. The news created a sensation in official quarters, as it was the first case of loss of American lives since the sinking of the Lusitania.

The action of the Washington government, however, depends almost entirely on whether the Armenian was chartered by the British government and was, in fact, a transport of war aboard which Americans would sail at their own risk, or whether she was an unarmed merchantman. In the latter case, even though carrying contraband, the ship should have been subjected to visit and searched and those aboard transferred to a place of safety before the destruction of the vessel was attempted, officials hold. Secretary of War Garrison has asked Attorney General Gregory for an opinion as to whether army officers have an inalienable right to resign their commissions in time of peace. The decision will be of far-reaching consequence, not only to the government itself, but to every branch of the united navy, marine corps and coast-guard service, as well as the army. The appeal of the department of justice for an opinion on this question has never been determined, despite the fact that officers, both of the army and navy have at various times insisted that they have the right to resign, grows out of the large number of resignations of officers of the ordnance department of the army during the last six months to enter the manufacturing field as ammnnitlrtn ovnorta Sines last Decem ber six ordnance officers have resigned.

Secretary Garrison, acting for the president as commander-in-chief of the army, has accepted four of these resignations, but has refused to accept the other two until the question of the right of an officer to resign in time of peace has been passed upon by the attorney general. Treatment of "war shock," one of the newest afflictions known to medical science, was brought to the attention of the American Institute of Homeopathy at its annual meeting in Chicago Wednesday. Dr. James Zarson of London, a surgeon attached to the Anglo-American hospital, the homeopathic war base in Paris, in a paper on the work of physicians in the European war, wrote that "war shock had caused much temporary insanity among the soldiers. One of the great problems has been the treatment of the new disease," Dr.

Zarson wrote. "It is an undefined but real ailment, due to a large part to the terrible and incessant noises of gunnery and the generally acute excitements and emotions accumulating and expressing themselves on the nervous system. Quiet and sleep are the great need of these men, but it is hard to get them in a condition where they can sleep. A most remarkable medical development is the way soldiers are able to stand up to their waists in icy water for stretches of 36 hours without visible injuries resulting. 'Trench foot' has been much in evidence but it is almost incredible how splendidly the mass of men went through the experience." A Washington dispatch says: of the wounds in the Galacian fighting were caused by shells, half of which were fired from bil-calibre guns, said Surgeon Major Lesghintseff to an interviewer returning to Warsaw from the front.

"Bullets play no part now," he continued, "and the infantryman's rifle is a toy. Infantry merely occupies the trenches; the cannon have won." Most devastating of all are the new Skoda shells of the German allies, which are 17 inches in diameter and weigh 2,800 pounds. The Skoda howitzer shoots at a high angle and its shell penetrates 20 feet into soft earth before exploding two seconds after striking. These howitzers do not resemble the Krupp mortar of the same calibre, to which they are said to be superior in every way. When a Skoda shell hits it Hon 1 Vi to pvprvthinc within Ji radius of 150 yards and even farther off.

The pressure of its gas ribs open the bomb-proof shelters and catches those who escape the metal fragments and flying debris. This gas enters the body cavities and tears flesh asunder, sometimes stripping the men of their clothes. The men in the immediate neighborhood of the explosion are annihilated. So fierce is the heat of the exploding shell that it melts rifle barrels as if they had been struck by lightning, it is said. Washington, June 30: A billion dollar trade greatest in American a year which has seen commerce depressed by eleven months of world war.

is the commercial record of the United States. Official announcement was made today at the department of commerce that with the closing of the fiscal year at midnight it was certain that the billion dollar mark had been passed. "The figures for eleven months ending May 31," it was announced, "show a favorable balance of As thirteen ports which ordinarily handle 90 per cent of the country's foreign trade show for June 1, export balance of approximately $60,000,000, it is now known that the excess exports over imports has at this date exceeded $1,000,000,000, surpassing by nearly $400,000,000 the highest record here I I tofore made. The inward flow of gold," says the department's announcement, "which became pronounced about the commencement of the current year, continued In May at an accelerated Rite imports amounting to $31,136,311 against $1,972,411 in May 1914. Gold exports totaled $1,277,554, compared with $16,835,202 in May, 1914.

In the eleven months ending May 31. 1915, gold imports totaled $119,278,015, an increase of $56,505,468, while gold exports aggregated $143,402,160, an increase of $79,470,695 over a like period a year ago." nquiw. Kntered at the Postofllce in Yorkvllle as Mull Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE, S. C.i FRIDAY, JULY 2, 1915.

A sane to church Sunday; also to Sunday school. If General Huerta could get into Mexico and start another revolution, would just one more make any material difference? When a politician quits shaking hands he loses his Mail. They never quit until the skinning man with the hook comes along. General Huerta may not have any respect for the Stars and Stripes, but he may have respect for our courts before he is through with his "pleasure trip" to the Game is so scarce in Missouri that the sportsmen have, taken to swatting flies. They might find useful and exciting employment in hunting News and Courier.

Charleston's game is more plentiful tigers and mosquitoes. The Annapolis naval academy is not the only school in the country where has been a common practice for years and years. It is common in schools of all schools, male and female institutions, technical schools, universities, etc. Alienists testifying in the case of Harry K. Thaw, who is trying to convince the New York courts that he is of sound mind, are testifying that Thaw is sane and always has been sane.

Thaw's money proved that he was crazy when he murdered White and now his money is going to prove that what it proved then was a lie. In an address before the New York State Liquor Dealers' association at Utica, Tuesday, David Neuberger of New York city, attacked W. J. Bryan, and advised his hearers to disavow all allegiance to the former secretary. He termed the prohibition crusade the result of "ignorant prejudice and hypocritical intelligence," and declared Mr.

Bryan represents one class and John L. Sullivan the other. If experience is a competent teacher, John L. certainly ought to know why it is a good thing to boost state-wide and nation-wide prohibition. Judge Frank B.

Gary at Lexington last Saturday, signed an order granting a new trial in a case against a fertilizer company, in which the plaintiff was given the full amount asked for, $250, unless the "plaintiff shall within ten days after notice of the order remit upon the record all of the verdict except $32.75." In grant ing the motion Judge Gary said, in part: "A motion in the above entitled case having been noted by the defendant, and upon consideration of same it appears to the court that the jury disregarded the instructions of the court, as to the measure of damages, for the size of the verdict can be accounted for on no other ground than that the jury was carried away by the eloquence of the plaintiffs attorney." It is cruel for Judge Gary to use an asphyxiating' shell like this on eloquence that puts a jury to sleep while his honor is giving his instructions as to the law of the case. FISCAL YEAR ENDED Treasury Officials Unable to Say What Deficit There Will Be. The business of the Federal government for the fiscal year came to an end tonight with treasury officials still unable to determine how much of a deficit the accounts of receipts and expenditures for the last twelve months would show, says a Washington dispatch of Wednesday night. Internal revenue officers throughout the country telegraphed tonight that figures on the last day's returns would not be available until tomorrow. The deficit today, exclusive of disbursements on account of the Panama canal, was well over $75,000,000, but officials were confident that figure will be materially reduced.

The income tax up util today had produced only about $40,000,000, but estimates of the total return from this source have agreed on something over $80,000,000. Congress amended the law so that persons or corporations who do not pay until July 10, are not subject to penalty, and there is no way of telling how many are waiting until the last moment to pay. Estimates of the treasury deficit today varied between $40,000,000 and $60,000,000. Receipts in the last few days, however, have made it apparent there will be no present need for a bond issue, looked upon' as a probability a few months ago. Irto oof Hot i.fHoiolu nut look in considering the present condition of the treasury is that the postoffice department has run behind somewhere between $10,000,000 and $15,000,000.

Many reasons are given for this development, among them the condition of business during the first few months of the war. the closing (if stock exchanges for a long period and the falling off in foreign business. Custom receipts of the government apparently have not been far under what was expected by officials a few months ago. Secretary McAdoo estimated that customs would bring in about $240,000,000, and it seemed probable tonight that the total would not be below $210,000,000. l-Yom all information available now the emergency tax law has not been as good a revenue producer as was expected.

The internal revenue bureau has not divided receipts from this source from those from ordinary internal revenue taxes, but it is pretty well understood that the law has not lived up to expectations. Receipts from whisky taxes in particular have shown a falling off. Conditions in the Beverly I). Harris, vice president of the National City bank of New York, has i 1.: I iifi'il iiuimiiK uu.m viiuiiiin in umiuitions in the south, and in response to a request by the Journal of Commerce, has jfiven that paper a summary. He writes from Houston, and one thirty he swms disposed to emphasize is the fact that the crops this year have been raised at abuut half the ordinary expense.

As Mr. Harris sees agricultural conditions, they indicate one of the most favorable years on record. The effect of the economy in the production of the crops, he says, has been renecied in a reduced volume of business and unsatisfactory trade in mercantile lines. Collections have been better than anticipated, he says, but real estate values have been depressed. With easy money, banks are calling lor little outside assistance, ana, in tact, in some instances, bankers are complaining of lack of demand to Keep their funds employed.

Strong eftorts are being made, says Mr. Harris, to largely increase the warehouse facilities between now and September, when the cotton movement will begin, and he suggests that the state banking laws be so amended as to permit state banks to accept drafts representing reasonable advances against cotton stored in state warehouses. The reduction in cotton acreage, he says, will probably not be more than 10 per cent. He expresses the opinion that the situation with respect to the cattle industry is such as to require conservative management. On the whole, Mr.

Harris believes that the general situation, while not up to the mark, will continue to get better from now Observer. Evelyn Nesbitt Thaw, wife of Harry K. Thaw, has been located at Lake Chauteauguay, N. and will be carried to New York city next week where she will testify against her husband in the jury proceedings to determine his mental condition Miss Genevieve Clark, daughter of Champ Clark, speaker of the house of representatives, and James M. Thompson, publisher of the New Orleans Item, were married at the home of the bride in Bowling Green, Wednesday.

Thousands of people from all sections of the United States attended the wedding The state council of the North Carolina Farmers' Union has decided that the next meeting of that body will be held in Durham, N. Nov. 16, 17 and 18.... Cumberland Gap, the westward opening of the Cumberland mountains, where the states of Tennessee, Virginia and North Carolian corner, was the scene of a notable ceremony on Wednesday, when a monument was unveiled by the Daughters of the Revolution, to mark the trail of Daniel Boone, who blazed the way in the exploration of that part of the country. Governor Rye of Tennessee, was the chief speaker at the celebration.

Three Norwegian vessels were sunk by German submarines Tuesday. Gen. Marcelo Caraveo, Ike Alderete and Frank Alderete were arrested in El Paso, Texas, by Federal authorities Wednesday, in connection with the alleged Huerta plot to launch new revolution in Mexico A New York judge on Tuesday discharged an alleged fortune teller, charged with being a disorderly person, after the fellow had demonstrated to the court that he could really read the judge's W. J. Bryan is spending a few days at his home in Nebraska.

His reception in Lincoln is described as a "frost." President Wilson has definitely abandoned his trip to the Panama-Pacific exposition. The president desires to keep in easy reach of Washington on account of probable developments in the European war situation The French senate has passed a bill providing for $1,120,000,000 for war expenses during the next three months A Charlotte, N. man has invented and patented a nickel-in-the-slot soda fountain apparatus Several naval academy midshipmen at Annapolis, have been placed under arrest, charged with hazing members of the new fourth class Asheville, N. is requiring its washerwomen to secure a license from the city health officer before they are allowed to do public washing. About two hundred women have been licensed One hundred and forty-nine lawyers were admitted to practice in the courts of the District of Columbia, Wednesday.

More than two hundred business and professional men of New York city, have signified their intention of taking a month's training in the state's military training camp at Plattsburg Enforcement of the prohibition laws in West Virginia during the first year has cut down the number of arrests in 35 cities and towns more than half, according to statistics just trial of Porter Charlton, alleged wife murderer, which was to have begun at Como, Italy, on July 5, has been postponed again, this time until autumn. William Ridley of What Cheer, won the amateur championship of the Indiana trap shooting tournament held in Cedar Point, Wednesday. Ridley broke 300 targets without a miss A Berlin dispatch says that recent rains have greatly helped the crops In Germany Three and one-half fare automobiles began operating on the streets of Spokane, this week. The cars seat ten passengers. Books containing tickets for 100 rides are being sold for $3.50.

The Fulton county grand jury on Wednesday, returned indictments wQnttf.eiv on nrrpstpfl hv iwviuj-oiA Georgia militia last week on account of their demonstrations in the vicinity of the home of Gov. Slaton of Georgia, after he had commuted the sentence of Frank from death to life imprisonment Gen Felix Diax, Mexican revolutionist, is in New Dr. Harry Friedenwald of Baltimore, has been re-elected president of the American Federation of Zionists FAMINE IN MEXICO Anarchy in Mexico City Threatens Safety of Foreigners. With unparalleled conditions of famine an anarchy in Mexico City threatening the safety of foreigners, officials of the United States were giving serious consideration last night to relief measures, says a Washington dispatch. Long dispatches by courier to Vera Crux from the Brazilian minister at Mexico City were before Secretary Lansing at Washington, and President Wilson at Cornish, N.

who may authorize an effort to obtain the consent of General Carranza to send supplies into the old capital through neutral agencies. The diplomatic corps in Mexico Gity is counted on to provide for the removal of foreigners from the lighting zone. "Only the opening of the railroad from Mexico City to Vera Cruz," said one of the Brazilian minister's messages, "can bring relief to the situation." The dispatches, the first the department had received in nearly two weeks from the Mexican capital, revealed that while the cable from the city is not cut, Carranza authorities refuse to permit messages to pass. It is understood the United States will inquire of Carranza to learn the responsibility for stopping of diplomatic communications. While it appeared yesterday that the Zapata forces still controlled the capital, fighting was continuing in the outskirts.

The political situation in it iranemllv holipved. deuends on the course of military operations. Continued Zapata successes in opposing the entry of Carranza's troops into the capital has deadlocked operations in the south, while in the vicinity of Aguas Calientes, Gen. Villa claims to have retaken Lagoes and defeated Gen. Hill, who succeeded Obregon in active command of the Carranza forces.

Carranza officials, however, declare their troops are having continuous successes. Efforts to restore peace wait to some extent upon the return of President Wilson to Washington, although the outcome of the military situation in the next few weeks will have an important hearing on the problem. Cotton for British government announced through its embassy at Washington Wednesday, an agreement with the Swedish Coteon Spinners' association for unrestricted importation into Sweden of 10,000 bales of cotton each month if consigned to the association. That amount is said to be more than twice normal consumption of Swedish cotton mills and fully acceptable to those importers. The embassy notified its consular officers throughout the I'nited States.

Geo. Brown, former superintendent of education of Newberry county. has assumed liis duties as supervisor of mill schools. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS W.

E. you to try Stone's cakes, fresh today; 9 10 cents. Canteloupes today. White W. Jackson, Yorkville No.

Is prepared to do canning for the public. Write or phone for terms. Kirkpatrick-Belk your attention to its lines of table damask and doilies to match. Thomson showing a big line of Rountree trunks, suit cases and handbags for vacationists. Your patronage is invited.

First National Hank, its report to the compti oiler showing condition at close of buslnpw on June 23. Total resources are $358,751.37. First National Bank, statement of condition as submitted to the comptroller, showing condition at close of business June 23. It has total resources of $132,659.39. The Enquirer page four, calls attention to its new serial story, "The Price," beginning today.

Many farmers of the county are complaining of damage to corn by worms. It is expected that a large number of people will be in Yorkville on Tuesday, July 13, on account of the dedicatory exercises in connection with the opening of the new courthouse. People living along rural routes will receive no mail Monday, since government employes will observe July 4, on that date. The Fourth this year, however, comes on Sunday. Those in charge of the arrangements for the Filbert picnic, which is to be held on July 29, are making preparations to handle one of the largest crowds which has ever been there.

The county registration board will till Its regular appointment for the registering of voters, in Yorkville next Monday, and during the remainder of the week will 1111 appointments at the various towns of the county, as previously announced. A town that Is large enough and good enough for a man to earn his living in, is good enough for him to buy his provisions in. If he does not think so, both he and the town would be better off if his tent were pitched on other prairies. Mr. C.

H. Smith of Yorkville No. 4, recently cut his alfalfa and secured a yield of approximately twelve tons of i -ar rpuu nuy Ull ui iwu airra. mis la nic artond cutting Mr. Smith has gotten this year.

Provided the seasons are good, he is expecting to obtain at least twenty-five more tons of alfalfa off the two-acre patch this year. Mr. H. W. Witherspoon of Yorkville No.

6, was showing a cotton stalk in Yorkville yesterday which was more than two feet high. Mr. WithI erspoon said the cotton is being grown by Ed Sadler, colored, who works on his farm and who has about fourteen acres in cotton, nearly every stalk of which was as good as the sample he had with him. COTTON BLOOMS Cotton blooms have been coming into The Enquirer office at a rapid rate since Tuesday afternoon, the blooms being sent in by farmers from every section. Examination of the files of The Enquirer show that the blooms received this week are later than the first to come into this office last year by about a week.

Mr. J. A. Carroll, carrier on Filbert No. 1 was among the first to send a bloom.

It was received Tuesday afternoon and was plucked from a field owned by Mr. W. S. Paris of the Zadoc section. Mr.

Carroll stated that Mr. Faris made twenty-five heavy bales on twenty-five acres last year and is expecting to repeat the trick. Others who sent cotton blooms Tuesday afternoon were James Russell of Yorkville No. 2 and J. R.

Latham of Yorkville No. 5. Mr. R. J.

Starnes of Hickory Grove No. 2 sent in a bloom Wednesday. It was plucked Monday. Mr. C.

S. Whltaker of Clover No. 3 also sent The Enquirer his first bloom Wednesday, while one was also received from Mr. J. F.

Lindsay of Yorkville No. 3. THE MARRIAGE RECORD Since June 10, L. R. Williams, judge of probate of York county, has issued eleven marriage licenses, six to white couples and five to negroes.

Since the law requiring the issuance of such licenses went into operation several years ago, 1,896 licenses have been issued in York county. Following are those who have obtained license to marry since the last publication of the record in The Enquirer: June Darby and Catherine Tate, colored. June B. Titman and Edna Wimberly. June E.

Braekett and Margaret Enloe. June T. Dillard and Emma Ruby Whisonant. June McDowell and Pearl Robinson, colored. June Camp and Mae Hopper.

June Davie and Carrie iiigui, luiurru. Juno Perkins and Esther Harris. June A. Douglass and Margaret Anderson. June A.

Adair and Margaret Jones, colored. Juno Dili and Mary Horsey, colored. INCOME TAXPAYERS Eighteen York county citizens have notified Broadus M. Hove, county auditor that they are liable for income tax this year, while about a similar number have informed the auditor that they are not liable to such tax, the latter number including one or more who paid such tax last year. The state law requires that all persons having an annual income of more than $2,500, shall pay an income tax, a tax of one per cent being placed upon those whose income is from $2,500 to one and one-half per cent on incomes from $5,000 to two per cent on annuities of $7,500 to two and one-half per cent from $10,000 to $15,000, and a tax of three per cent on all incomes of $15,000 and over per annum.

The comptroller general has been unusually active in trying to enforce the state law regarding incomes this year, and instructed every county auditor in the state to do what they could toward requiring every person who was liable to make returns. At tli? i st i irn ii hi thp oinntitrnllpr eral, Auditor Love several weeks ago, sent out notices to a number of York county people whom he had reason to think should pay an income tax. and he has received a reply from each person to whom he sent such notices. It is possible that several persons will pay their income tax this week, although the time expired July 1. For reasons satisfactory to the auditor, these parties were granted a few days of grace.

Last year only eight citizens paid an income tax to the county, the total tax paid by the eight being Although the list of taxpayers this year is increased by ten, the amount of tax will not be much larger than that last year. Those who paid last year were J. Roddey, J. it. Johnson.

I). It. Johnson, J. It. Rarron.

Ira R. Dun la p. J. M. Stroup.

fl. H. o'Lenry and T. L. Johnson.

Those who have already made a re turn of their income taxation are: M. L. Smith, Clover; Alex Long, John Anderson, Samuel Friedheim, D. B. Johnson, Mrs.

Anna B. Roddey, Ira B. Dunlap, T. L. Johnson.

J. B. Johnson, Rock Hill; J. R. Cannon, J.

S. Brice, J. M. Stroup, Mrs. S.

M. McNeel, W. R. Carroll, W. B.

Moore, Thos. F. McDow, B. N. Moore, J.

E. Johnson, Yorkville. A WEATHER REVIEW Accoraing 10 iuik? nave figures and tabulations, the half year which ended Wednesday night at midnight has been rather remarkable in more than one respect when considered from the standpoint of the weather which it has brought to York county. The period as a whole has been colder than the normal, there being an accumulated deficiency in temperature for the first six months amounting to 125 degrees or a little less than one degree per day. The period also ended with a deficiency in rainfall amounting to about an inch and a quarter.

January was a month with much rainy weather and a total precipitation of 5.67 Inches. February was warmer than it should have been, with much brighter weather near its close that swelled the fruit buds to such an extent that they had a narrow escape from freezing later on. March was the coldest one in 37 years, smashing all previous records by a large margin. April was ushered in by a cool spell, and an all day snow on the third. It ended by being the driest April since a local record has been kept.

May was very wet and rainy, the longest period in the month without rain being two days. June has kept up with May, ending with an inch in excess of the normal amount of rainfall. June has been characterized by its lack of temperature extremes, as the highest temperature was about 91 degrees on the 14th, and by its remarkably cool nights, there being but three nights in the month when the temperature did not pass below the 70-degree mark. TO ENTER WINTHROP Twenty-five young ladies of York county are standing the entrance examination to the freshman class of Winthrop college, which examination is being held in the Yorkville Graded school building today, the group being in charge of County Superintendent Carroll and Prof. E.

W. Hall of the board of education. A similar examination is being held at Winthrop college and the majority of the young ladies who live in eastern York and who expect to enter Winthrop, are taking the examination at the college. Young ladies taking the examination today have a chance to win one of six scholarships. One is offered to the York county girl making the highest average on her examination; two are offered by Dr.

W. G. Wylie of New York, to the girls of the state at large; one is offered by the South Carolina division, U. D. to the state at large and one is offered by the South Carolina Federation of Women's clubs, to the South Carolina girl having the highest standing in the examination which is being held in every county seat in the state today.

The sixth is offered by the Ridge District Conference, U. D. to the girl In York, Chester, Fairfield, Lancaste'r, Richland, Lexington and Kershaw counties who makes the highest mark on examination. This scholarship is worth $100 in cash and free tuition. The following young ladies are taking the examination in Yorkville today: Lucille Poole Moore, Marie Aycock, Kathleen Armstrong, Bessie Smith, Margaret Mason Bratton, Alice Iva Gettys, Mattie Bell Campbell, Louise Anderson, Myrtle Hayes, Mary Duff, Sallie Sandifer, KJttie Sandifer, Janie Olivia Land, Ruth M.

Williams, Edna Clinton, Annelle Good, Ella Lee Byers, Mattie Summerford, Mary Armstrong, Elsie Horton and Bessie Bankhead. WITHIN THE TOWN Go to church next not? An entertainment is to be held in the local tepee tomorrow evening for the benefit of members of The Big Chief Tribe No. 61. and their families. Quite a number of people are eating tomatoes of their own raising.

The I uiinnli' hnwovor Is not nlentiful Vet I by any means. A number of patrons of Yorkville school district heard the annual report of the trustees of the Graded school read yesterday morning, the report showing the school to be in very good financial condition. The C. trains, Nos. 9 and 10, which begin Sunday service next Sunday, will not carry a regular mail clerk.

It is probable that an arrangement will be perfected whereby a locked pouch will bring the mail from Chester to Yorkville. People living along Main street yesterday shortly afternoon, were alarmed by a heavy report of lightning and the presence of a great ball of fire, the lightning striking a tree near the City Market and tearing the bark therefrom in a number of places. It is quite probable that most of the local stores will be closed Monday in order that employes might be given an opportunity to observe the Fourth of Juiy. Celebration appropriate to the occasion will be held in Rock Hill and Chester and it is likely that many local people will avail themselves of the chance to visit one of these towns. H.

G. Morganworth, postoffice inspector, with headquarters at Greenville. has posted a notice in the local postoffice, advising that bids will be received tomorrow looking toward leasing a building fitted up suitably for postoffice quarters, the building to be leased for a period of from five to ten years. It is stipulated in the announcement that the building to be leased must contain at least 1,000 feet of floor space. Boy Scouts, in charge of Scoutmaster J.

Li. Gates, Assistant Muster D. T. Woods and Mr. Geo.

W. Williams, spent the greater part of yes terduy building a "wash hole" on a branch on the farm of Dr. R. A. Hratton on the southern outskirts of the town.

Several weeks ago the Scouts built a dam in a branch on the farm of Mr. C. M. Inmun. The dam wasn't strong enough to hold the water and burst before the Scouts had time to enjoy the fruits of their labor.

The boys later elected to try and build a dam on the place of Dr. Bratton because of its superior advantages. J. E. Moore, spent Wednesday night here en route to Winnepeg, Canada, from Jacksonville, Pla.

Moore is making the distance, 2,000 miles, on foot and says he is competing for a prize of $1,000 offered by a Chicago, 111., newspaper to the person making the distance in the shortest time. The pedestrian claims that three men are competing for the prize. Under the rules of the contest the entire Jour ney must be made in less than seventyfive (lays, and each participant must have left Jacksonville, without a cent, depending upon making their living in any way they might. While in Yorkville, Moore gave an exhibition in pool playing and had little trouble convincing local pool "sharks" that he could handle the cue. After the exhibition he took up a collection of several dollars.

Moore said that since leaving Jacksonville thirteen days ago, he hart been making an average of 45 miles per day. He Is a pedestrian of considerable experience, having made several cross-country trips before. He left early Thursday morning for Kings Mountain, N. C. I ABOUT PEOPLE Miss Sue Smith of Concord, N.

is visiting Mrs. J. R. Cannon in Yorkville. i Miss Elizabeth Caldwell of Columbia, i is visiting Mrs.

R. T. Allison in Yorkville. Mrs. J.

B. Bowen and son of Charlotte, are visiting relatives in Yorkville. I Mr. G. W.

S. Hart. of York- ville, was a visitor in Gaffney this week. Sheriff H. G.

Brown of Yorkvllle, was a business visitor in Rock Hill this week. 1 Miss Mary Plaxco of Yorkville No. I 1, has as her guest, Miss Statia Phillips of Chester. Miss Jennie Lou Thomas of Gaffney, is visiting friends in Yorkville and 1 Rock Hill. Rebecca, little daughter of Dr.

and Mrs. J. D. McDowell, of Yorkville, has appendicitis. Mrs.

J. M. Riddle of Lancaster, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. J. S.

Mackorell, in Yorkville. Mrs. D. E. Finley of Yorkville, was the guests of the Misses Roach in Rock Hill this week.

Mr. and Mrs. John R. Hart of York- ville, visited Mr. and Mrs.

W. S. Neil in Rock Hill this week. -Mrs. Fay Kilbourn of Texas City, Texas, is visiting her mother, Mrs.

M. A. Metts, in Yorkville. Miss Julia McKnlght of Yorkville No. 4, visited her sister, Mrs.

H. C. Sowell in Yorkville last week. Miss Jennie Falls of the Bethany section visited Miss Ethel Davidson in Kings Mountain this week. Dr.

and Mrs. J. D. McDowell have returned to Yorkville after a visit of severul days in Baltimore, Md. Mrs.

Edward R. Shannon of Yorkville No. 4, went to Rock Hill Wednesday, on a visit to relatives. Mr. Sam Kassler and children left Yorkville yesterday for Union, where they will reside in the future.

Laurens Advertiser: Miss Beulah Beamguard of Clover, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Geo. R. Grist. Mrs.

Christopher Atkinson of Columbia, is visiting her mother, Mrs. W. C. Latimer, in Yorkville. Miss Lois Gillespie of Yorkville, is visiting her grandparents, Mr.

and Mrs. J. M. Mclver In Gulf, N. C.

Misses Gaynell Boone and Louisa Reid of Gastonia, are the guests of Mrs. N. C. McCorkle in Yorkville. Misses Elizabeth and Edith Grist of Yorkville, are visiting the family of Mr.

R. B. Riddle on Clover R. F. D.

No. 2. Miss Marie and Master William Brice of Yorkville No. 4, are visiting their aunt, Mrs. A.

B. Correll, in Maiden, N. C. Lieutenant L. T.

Meek of the United States Army, has returned to Staten Island, N. after a visit to relatives in Bethel township. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Windsor of Woodhaven, N.

are spending some time with Mrs. L. M. Norman of Yorkville No. 5.

Miss Sue Meek Allison and Masters William Darby and James Glenn of Yorkviile, are visiting relatives in Sumter. Mrs. J. M. Ramsey and daughter have returned to Yorkviile after a visit to relatives and friends in Hickory, N.

C. Mrs. Paul T. McNeel and children of Richmond, are visiting Mrs. B.

N. Moore and other relatives in Yorkviile. Mr. Smith Gordon of Yorkviile No. 6, was taken to Chester yesterday, where he will undergo treatment for appendicitis.

Mrs. Eliza Peterkin, Mr. Perry Ashe and Misses Annie Ashe and Nelle Peterkin of Yorkviile spent Wednesday in Charlotte. Mr. and Mrs.

C. E. Spencer and Miss Lutie Jenkins have returned to their homes in Yorkviile after a brief visit to Baltimore. Mrs. A.

L. Caldwell of Guthriesville, and Miss Sue Moore of Yorkviile No. 3, are spending a few days with relatives at Woodruff. Mrs. N.

C. Weatherly, who has been visiting Rev. and Mrs. E. E.

Gillespie in Yorkviile, left this morning for her home in Greensboro, N. C. Miss Julia Witherspoon who recently underwent an operation for appendicitis in Rock Hill, has returned to her home in Yorkviile. Dr. and Mrs.

D. L. Shieder and children have returned to their home in Yorkviile after a visit to relatives and friends in St George. Mrs. D.

L. Glenn has returned to her home in the Cedar Grove section after a visit to relatives and friends at Waxhaw and Monroe, N. C. Mrs. J.

L. Grier of West Palm Beach, arrived in Yorkviile last night on a visit to her mother, Mrs. W. H. McConnell, and other relatives.

Mr. J. W. Roddey and family of Rock Hill, passed through Yorkviile this morning in their car, on their way to spend some time at Montreat, N. C.

Mr. Geo. W. Kunz who has taken a position as foreman of the Klser Lumber of Kings Mountain, N. moved his family to that place this week.

Mrs. Wm. H. Poston and little son I of Pamlico, Florence county, arrived in Yorkvilie Wednesday evening on a visit to the family of Mr. J.

W. son. Gastonia Gastonian: Mr. H. G.

Stanton of Bethel, S. was a visitor day. Mr. W. P.

Smith of Clover, S. was a business visitor to Gastonia today. Mr. C. E.

Dobson, who has been visiting the family of his father, Mr. J. W. Dobson in Yorkvilie, expects to leave this evening for his home at Pensacola, Fla. Mesdames R.

R. McCorkle and N. C. McCorkle, who have been visiting Mrs. T.

W. Wilson and other relatives in Gastonia, have returned to their homes in Yorkvilie. A phone message from Charlotte this morning says that Miss Beulah Ferguson, who underwent an operation for appendicitis, in that city on Monday, is getting along nicely and will return to Yorkvilie in a few days. Mr. J.

O. Allison of Yorkvilie, and J. A. Carroll of Filbert, expect to attend the annual convention of the South Carolina R. F.

D. Carrier's association which meets in Florence Monday. Fort Mill Times: Report from Gold Hill ssvs there is no improvement in the condition of either Sam'l Boyd or the infant of David Gibson, both of whom have been dangerously ill for some time. Miss Jane Pursley, who lives with the family of Mr. Samuel Pursley, on Clover No.

4, is critically ill. Miss Pursley is probably the oldest person in York county, and is very close to the century mark. Columbia State: Samuel L. Latimer, of the State, who has been a typhoid patient for several weeks at the infirmary of the University of South Carolina, has had no fever for 1 several days and is believed to be well 1 on the way to recovery. 1 Mrs.

Sarah Mnuaskin and children left for their home in New York Wednesday night after spending several weeks in Yorkville with the family of Mr. Sam Kassler. They were accompanied home by Mrs. Kassler. Fort Mill Times: Friends of Capt.

J. W. Ardrey, who has been confined to i his home for several months on ac- i count of accidental injury, will be pleased to know that he has so far re- 1 covered as to be able to move about his home with the aid of a crutch. Among those who attended the wedding Wednesday I evening were Mrs. Allen Adams.

Miss Nina Latham, Messrs. Edgar and W. i P. Robinson, Howard Williamson Rev. W.

S. Patterson, Lancaster; Miss Louise Funderburke, Matthews, N. Misses Ida Pursley, Lula White- 1 sides, Jane Crawford and Mr. Major Whitesides. CSastonia.

i LOCAL LACONIC8 Death of a Child. Albert Earl, the two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. R. A.

SllTord of Bethel township, died Wednesday, June 23, following a brief illness. The funeral was held at the home Wednesday afternoon, conducted by Rev. R. K. rimmons, and the interment followed Bethel cemetery.

Patterson. At the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J.

Hyndman, in Charlotte, N. Wednesday evening, their daughter, Miss Mattie Beard Hyndman, was married to Dr. Reid Patterson. Mr. and Mrs.

Hyndman were former residents of Yorkville, moving to Charlotte about twentyfive years ago. Dr. Patterson is a practicing physician of Charlotte. Hopewell Elects Teachers. Messrs.

W. E. Good, W. T. Dowdle and M.

M. Jones, trustees of Hopewell school district No. 38, have elected Prof. N. P.

Kelly of Congaree, Richland county, principal of the school for next year, and Miss Bell McGill has been named as assistant. Some time ago the trustees elected Mr. and Mrs. W. M.

Mahoney of Moore, Spartanburg county, as teachers of the school, but later they declined to take charge. Charged With Stealing Oats. Martin Thomasson. colored, was ar rested at his home in Yorkville Tuesday night, by Constable W. S.

Peters and is now in jail, charged with stealing oats from Mr. C. M. Inman. For some time past Mr.

Inman has been missing oats from his barn and investigation during the past few days pointed to Martin Thomasson. The negro's house was examined by the constable and Mr. Inman Tuesday and about eight bushels of oats were found in the loft of the house. The defendant was tried before Magistrate Comer this morning; but the case had not been concluded when The Enquirer went to press. Vote Additional Tax.

By a vote of 79 to 9, citizens of Clover school district No. 19, Tuesday decided to increase the special tax of the district from two to five mills on the dollar. By this increase in the school levy, about $900 will be raised. For several years past the school had been running in debt every year and both trustees and patrons had gotten to the point where they realized that additional money must be had if the school is to be kept up to its present excellent standard. Start New Year.

Both state and Federal governments began a new year yesterday, and several county officials entered upon the four year terms to which they were elected last summer. Those who hold their Jobs for four years from yesterday are: John E. Carroll, superintendent of education; H. E. Neil, treasurer, B.

M. Love, auditor; L. R. Williams, judge of probate. Those who entered upon a two-year term are T.

W. Boyd, supervisor, and J. L. Strait, coroner. Douglass-Anderson.

Mr. William A. Douglass and Miss Margaret Anderson were married at Via Viaiyia Via i lie iiuuic ui iuc uiiuc Rock Hill Wednesday evening, Rev. D. M.

Douglass, brother of the groom, and Rev. P. W. Gregg officiating. The bride is the daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Geo. B. Anderson of Rock Hill, while the groom is a well known business man of that city. After a short bridal trip to the mountains of North Carolina, Mr.

and Mrs. Anderson will return to Rock Hill. To Organize Church. Revs. P.

W. Gregg, J. T. Dendy and Alexander Martin and a number ol other PTesbyterians expect to meet at Tirzah Sunday for the purpose of organizing a Presbyterian church at that place. It will be remembered that at the spring meeting of Bethel presbytery held in Yorkville, a committee was appointed to organize a church at Tirzah on June 1.

Owing to the fact that a number of representative members did not have their letters of dismissal in hand, the matter was postponed one month. Death of Fort Mill Man. Following a long illness, Frederick Harris, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. W.

F. Harris of Fort Mill, died at hit home in that town about 5 o'clock Wednesday morning and was buried in New Unity cemetery, following funeral services conducted by Rev. E. James, pastor of the Fort Mill Methodist church. In 1908 Mr.

Harris married Miss Agnes Taylor, who, with four little children, survive him. Until his physical condition prevented his having active charge, Mr. Harris conducted the Palmetto hotel in Fort Mill. Flour Mills Busy. Mr.

R. S. Riddle of Clover No. 2, who was in Yorkville Wednesday, said that both the Riddle and Davis mills on Crowder's creek were being kept very busy just now and it looked like the season would be the best for grinding wheat they had ever known, Mr. Riddle said that the proprietors of the Riddle mill had found it necessary to run their plant both day and night on several occasions lately in order that they might grind the large quantity of wheat which is being brought in by farmers from all sections of York county.

Speakers Have Accepted. Mr. W. L. Pursley, chairman of the committee on arrangements for the Filbert picnic, which is to be held on Thursday, July 29, said yesterday that he had received replies to invitations extended to former Governor Cole L.

Rlease, W. F. Stevenson and Congressman A. F. the three gentlemen stating that they will be glad to be present on the occasion.

Invttations to be present were also sent Governor R. I. Manning. Congressman Finley and John L. McLaurin.

but up to last night Mr. Pursley had received no intelligence from any of the three. Kerr-Martin. York county people will doubtless learn with Interest of the marriage of Rev. G.

L. Kerr, former pastor of the A. R. P. churches at Smyrna and Hickory Grove, but now of King's Mountain.

N. to Miss Eleanor Martin which occurred at the home of the bride's mother in Newberry, Tuesday afternoon, Rev. J. W. Carson, assisted by Rev.

Dr. T. Sloan, officiating. About 200 friends and acquaintances of the young couple saw the ceremony. After a short bridal trip lo Washington and other points.

R' and Mrs. Kerr will return to King Mountain where the groom is pastor of the Boyce Memorial A. R. P. church, and teacher of Latin and Greek in Linwood college.

Upper Fort Mill Man Dead. Fort Mill Times: A 'phone message from Upper Fort Mill late Tuesday afternoon told of the sudden death of William Culp, a well known farmer of that section. Mr. Culp had not been in good health for several months but had not complained of feeling unusually ill on Tuesday. At the time of his death.

Mr. Culp was at work in Vila Knmo onH Llut 11 If nriu iirni 1110 numc unu uuu juoi finished a conversation with a gentleman of this city. Heart failure was supposed to have been the cause of his death. Mr. Culp was about 60 years of age, was twice married, and survived by his second wife and a ruimher of children.

The burial was it New Unity cemetery, this city, Wednesday afternoon at 1 .10 o'clock. A Correction. The story carried in The Enquirer ruesday concerning the reduction of bond of O. C. Deas of the Manchester mill.

Rock Hill, charged with selling alcoholic beverages from to $500 was partially Incorrect. It ivas Magistrate T. B. Olenn of Ebeiezer township instead of Magistrate iVingate of Catawba township, who rehired the bond and who caused the irrest of Deas. The bond was first placed at $1,000 because it was thought that Jim Neal, the man who was made desperately ill by drinking a concoction alleged to have been sold by Deas, would die and Deas would necessarily have to be held as accessory to his death.

When Neal recovered sufficiently as to convince physicians his condition was not serious, the bond of Deas was then cut down to $500. Ogden Farmer Dead. John James Dunlup, who lived in the Ogden section, died suddenly at the home of his son, Mr. S. L.

Dunlap. about 11 o'clock yesterday morning of heart failure. Early yesterday morning he was up and about the farm and had not complained of feeling badly. His deatn came as a surprise to his family. Mr.

Dunlap was born and reared in the Ogden section, was about 74 years of age and all his life he had been engaged in farming in that community, where he enjoyed the respect and esteem of a large circle of friends and acquaintances. Deceased is survived by one daughter, Mrs. W. C. Pearson of Ogden, and six sons, as follows: J.

J. Dunlap, Rock Hill; S. M. M. W.

D. and W. H. Dunlap of Ogden. The funeral was held from the late residence of the deceased today and the interment followed in the cemetery at Rock Hill.

Dog Went Mad. Considerable excitement was caused in the Hopewell section near Hickory Orove, last Saturday and Sunday on account of the strange actions of a dog belonging to Mr. J. Q. Parks.

The dog was first missed Friday night and appeared in the neighborhood early Saturday morning, snapping at anil biting dogs and other animals. Great quantities of foam issued from its mouth and there was no doubt thai the canine was mad. News that a mad dog was loose in the community spread rapidly, and quite a number of men and boys held themselves In readiness to kill the beast. It was finally killed by a member of Mr. Snarks' familv early Sunday morning.

although it had been shot at quite a number of times before by various people without being hurt. It is fear- ed that the animal bit several cows before being killed and citizens of the community fear ill results from the escapade. Fort Mill's Unlucky Day. The genius who is responsible for bad luck seems to have had his habitat in Fort Mill yesterday, says a Fort Mill dispatch of Wednesday to the Charlotte Observer. Beginning In the morning, the steering wheel on Dc.

A. T. Neely's car failed while scendlng the hill on Trade street and, but for his presence of mind, must have caused serious damage to his car i and Injury to himself. A short while later the young son of S. E.

Qarris broke his leg while at play at the ol(f White ginhouse. Dr. J. B. Elliott had hardly finished the work of setting the broken limb when he was called to the home of Sam Merritt, whose daughter i had a wrist badly injured in a wind: ing machine.

About the same time S. H. Patterson, while wiring the new building of the Miller Young Co. on Trade street, fell from a tall ladi der and sustained severe injuries, though no limbs were broken. Plaxco-Robinson.

1 A beautiful wedding was solemnized at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. Newman Plaxco on Yorkville No. 1, at 8 o'clock Wednesday evening, when their daughter, Miss Eunice, became the bride of Mr.

R. Mack Robinson of Lancaster. The simple and impressive ceremony was held in the parlor of the home, the room being artistically decorated in green and white. Shortly after 8 o'clock, to the strains of the i wedding march, played by Miss Ida Pursley of Gastonla, the bridal party entered as Master George McGlll opened the prettily constructed gate, Rev. I W.

P. Grier of Clover, and Rev. W. 8. i Patterson of Lancaster, leading.

Then came the ushers, Messrs. Boyce Plaxco and E. B. Faulkner, who were lowed by the bridesmaids, Misses I Reola and Lula Whitesides. Next came the maid of honor, Miss Mary Plaxco, sister of the bride, followed by the dame of honor, Mrs.

Walker Craig of Lancaster, another sister. The bride then entered on the arm of her father. 1 She wore a pretty gown of white char' meuse with court train and carried a bouquet of bride's roses and maidenhair fern. Her veil was caught with a bunch of forget-me-nots and her only ornament was a diamond lavalier, the gift of the groom. After the bride came the little flower girls, Misses Elizabeth Couser and Sudie Green Plaxco, and the wedding party was completed with the entrance of the groom, accompanied by his best man, Mr.

Howard Williamson of Lancaster. During the ceremony, Miss Statia Phillips of Chester, sweetly sang, "Oh. Promise Me." Immediate ly after the ceremony, a reception was tendered the young couple at the home and scores of guests attended, nr. and Mrs. Robinson left yesterday 1 morning for Lancaster where they will reside.

Mr. Robinson is a member of the Robinson-Latham Jewelry of that town. German Prisoners in i sure that no one of those who at Amiens yesterday witnessed the spec. tacle offered by the marching past of the first batch of prisoners taken by the French In the attack near Hebuterne will ever forget the sight, says 1 a correspondent of the London Times. The spectacle was lamentable.

The i Prussian guards advanced with lagging footsteps, men helping each er along. Some very young men abso lutely cried from fatigue and exhaustion. The French authorities have decided, according to the famous order of Joffre's, to give the Germans "a terrible lesson of humanity." They have given an order for our best ambulance wagons to follow the column and to pick up those whose legs refuse further service. In the middle of the Chassee-Perigord the said procession stopped. The men threw themselves on the pavement and the majority fell asleep at once.

One could her soldiers calling piteously in their sleep, "Mother! Mother!" as they lay there. The three officers, escorted by gendrams, passed in front of them. They still maintain some of their arrogance. Seeing the men on the ground the angry order burst forth, "Get up! Hold yourselves straight!" and then followed a volume of abuse. But their iron rule no longer held.

Most of the prisoners did not so much as turn their heads at the voice that two days before would have made them tremble with fear. Today several hundred prisoners have been sent to Longau, and they are not now led through the town of Amiens. Those of yesterday were well cared for. They were given a bath and disinfected, and 150 of them, who were unable to continue the march, were taken into hospitals, together with many of the prisoners taken at Tout Vent. Our allies encountered a considerable number of women and children in the trenches, whom the Germans, when retiring six months ago, had obliged to accompany them.

These unfortunate people were in a lamentable condition. There are, so I learn, other women in captivity all along this part of the front. Russia to Make More Russia's reply to the brilliant series of Austro-German victories in Galicia is a law creating a board of munitions empowered to spend unlimited money and given unrestricted power over all private industries over the entire country, says a London dispatch. It is reported from Petrograd that the creation of the board became a law with astounding alacrity, which is taken to indicate that Russia fully realizes the recent disasters to Grand Duke Nicholas' forces were largely due to a lack of munitions and equipment. Comparative quiet is prevailing on all the fronts excepting the border separating Russian Poland and CJalicia.

The Law as to to a query from Frank White of Springfield, Thos. H. Peeples, attorney general, has made plain the law as to taking toll for grinding wheat or any other grain. The law requires that "no person shall take more toll for grinding wheat, into good flour than one-eighth part of any quantity under ten bushels, and for ten bushels or any quantity above, at one time brought, one-tenth part only; for all grain chopped Into hominy, onesixteenth part.".