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The Washington times., 1915-12-15
CENTRAL WILL MEET
c. j. FRESHMENF0R
GAME At EPIPHANY
Expects Good Workout in Prep
aration for InterschoIastic
League Debut Friday.
BY BRYAN MORSE.

Central High School. newest entrant
in the 1nterscholastic Basketball
League. will get its first real tryout
tonight in the Epiphany gym against
the Catholic University Freshmen.
Coach Dc Grange gave the candidates
a taste Of what real basketball looked
like when he stacked them up against
[ Catholic University Monday afternoon,
hut today a real game will be played in
preparation for Fridays initial appear
ance on the Arcade floor in the league
battle against the Army and Navy
Preps.
There is consdera bile speculat ton as 20
the strength of the Central team. Games
with Epiphany have resulted in Central
victories. The Y. NJ. c. A. youngsters
were handily defeated while Friends
select broke even in the two games
played.
on Friday Central will have a real
battle on its hands. as the Army and
Navy prep defeated Friends and stood
4 up well before Western in two practice
contests. Coach DE Grange has Mar
bury, DeZcndorf. white. Selden. Gatchel,
, Cissel. Read. and Miller in tow. and is
confident of whipping u fast team into
shape for the long schedule this win
ter.
Little is known OF the strength Of the
Catholic University Freshmen, but they
tions The Central basketball team has
large following and Is bound to at
trac; attention this winter.
The lnterscholastic League moguls
Will get together tonight for the pur-
pose of closing up all details incident to
starting the games at the Arcade on
Friday afternoon. Lists OF numbered
players will be given out for the press,
and coaches will agree as to the method
of sliding in vogue on the floor at the
Arcade.
Several features OF the snort this win
ter will be announced. During the halves
and after the games there will be dan
cling at the Arcade. In addition as "A
regular feature there will be skating.
The regular athletic association tickets
plus cents will admit to the games.
Doubleheaders will be played Friday
And single games Tuesday. An orches-
ira will be in attendance to furnish
music during the afternoon
-
Catholic University took en- Business
and Western in practice at the Arcade
Yesterday afternoon. The Business
auint went for fifteen minutes against
the c. L. players, while Western stay
ed in for two fifteen-mlnute halves.
Both schoolboy Quints acquitted them
selves creditably. There is little ques-
ton that these schools will furnish the
ter. A meeting between the two is eX-
pected to draw out a banner crowd
1t will be remembered that Western
and business were tied up for the title
last season. Western won the playoff,
bat on the season the margin in favor
OF Western was only two points in four
games played.
The Washington times., 1915-12-15

"SeSS - w ~ on sale WV" Theater.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-06-15
The Duty to Think.

Most rational people have more or
less clear conception of the RESPONSE
bility that rests upon them to take
nothing in this world that concerns
their welfare for granted. and the
fact that so few people do their duty
in this respect is clear to everybody
except the delinquents themselves.
1t is common to estimate that not
more than or 10 per cent of a given
number of people, selected at random,
ever do their own thinking, and it Is
we'll understood among this or 10 per
cent, that many Of those in the 80 or
95 per cent class. who are supposed to
be actual leaders of thought, do not
think at all and are only followers.
1.-The minds of most men run in
grooves" it has been very well said,
and no less properly added. most men
want somebody else to make the
grooves"
Ordinarily the most pitiable fellow
to be imagined is he who depends en-
tirely upon someone else to do his
thinking-who argues that he has al
ways followed the other fellow, and
for that reason will continue to follow
him.
The world is full of such and it
seems that their condition is hopeless;
it is next to impossible to shake them
loose, Notwithstanding the fact that
frequently their dormant reasoning
faculties are greater than the more
active reasoning faculties of the people
they are inclined to follow, if they
were only aware of the fact.
For any individual man or woman,
to grope along without thinking. is
little short of a crime. not only to hu-
manity, but to the God who bestowed
upon him or her intellectual powers
that are often without limit.
The proper method Of thinking is by
the use of the machinery of ones own
mind. Let there be sufficient reading
or teaching to definitely establish the
fundamental principles of right and
wrong as set forth in the four gospels,
and then let restraint be removed.
Follow the mind into every cOnclu-
sion that can get approval of healthy
and honest conscience.
If people did more thinking, 1t
would not only be easier for them, but
it would be much better.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-06-15
ABOUT PEOPLE

Mr.. ]. r. Killian of Concord, N. C..
is in Yorkville today.
Miss Florence Wilson Of Yorkville
is visiting relatives in Rock Hill.
Mr.. Jno. S. Hartness Of Sharon, was
a visitor in Rock Hill this week.
Miss Helen Brandon Of Bethel is at
tending the Winthrop summer school
Miss Mary Brown Of Chester, is WIS.,
iting Miss Elizabeth Wilborn in York
Vile.
Mr. Barron Kennedy of Rock Hill
spent Sunday with relatives in York.
vile.
Mrs. ]. R. Ashe of Yorkville, is
spending several days in Brevard
N. C.
DR.. A. NJ. Barnett of Yorkville
spent Sunday with relatives in Cas-
tonia.
Mrs. j. r. Mackorell and children OF
Yorkville. are visiting relatives in Ian
caster.
Mrs. ]. II. Witherspoon Of Gaffney, Is
visiting friends and relatives in York
vile.
the home of her sister, Mrs. H. E. Neil
in Yorkville.
Dr. and Mrs. w. G. White of York
vile, are spending few days in Bal
timore, Md.
Spartanburg Journal: Mrs. Joseph
Amos and children are visiting In
Yorkville.
Mr.. Charlie Ross Of Russellville,
Ark. is visiting Mrs A. r. Ewart in
Yorkville.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. S. Gladney Of Allan
ia, are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. C.. w
Carroll in Yorkville.
Miss Julia Smith Of Yorkville. left
this week to spend several weeks with
relatives in Union.
Dr. John T. Matthews Of Glover, has
taken n position with the Kennedy
Drug Co., Gastonia.
Mr.. ]. c. Turner Of Charlotte, spent
last week in Yorkville, with his sister,
Mrs. j. A. Lee.
Miss Marguerite Schard Of Green
vile, is the guest Of Miss Fredrica
Lindsay in Yorkville.
DR.. c. F. Williams Of Columbia. Wis
tied his father, Mr.. l.. r. Williams, in
Yorkville, this week.
Miss Margaret McIver Of Gulf, y.
c.. is visiting her sister. Mrs. Il. f..
Gillespie in Yorkville.
Miss Sallie Mcdonald Of Rock Hill,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-06-15
CONVENTION AT BETHANY

With representatives from every
Sunday school in the township save
two present and with the largest at
tendance in its history on hand, the
annual meeting Of the Kings Noun
tain Township Sunday School associ-
alton was held in Bethany church at
2.30 Sunday afternoon, Mr.. w. T
Beamguard Of Glover, president OF
the association, presiding, and Miss
Jennie Currence of Glover, secretary
Of the association, assisting in the
organization Of the convention.
Every seat in the handsome edifice
at Bethany was taken, the audience
coming from every portion Of the
township. Although the convention
was in session more than two and
half hours, interest in the proceedings
never Jagged an instant and many
who were present pronounced the
meeting one Of the best which the as
sociations has ever held.
One Of the outstanding features OF
the meeting was the fine music, the
choir consisting Of ladies and gentle
men from the various congregations
in the township under the direction OF
Mr.. w. M. Stowe, who bears county
wide reputation as a choir leader.
The following twelve Sunday schools
compose the Kings Mountain Town
ship Sunday School association:
Clover Baptist, Glover Methodist
Clover Wesleyan Methodist, Glover
Presbyterian, Glover A. r. p, Bethany
Enon, Ramah, Cross Roads, Hero
Kings Mountain Chapel, New Zion.
The meeting was opened with a
praise service after which Rev. w. P
Grier, pastor Of Bethany church, made
q few Introductory remarks.
Growth Of the Sunday School!
Through Better Teaching" was the
subject Of an address by ]. T. Fair
Of Rock Hill.
Prof Joe s. Wray. superintendent
Of the public schools Of Gastonia, ad-
dressed the congregation on Holding
the Boys and Girls Through the Teen
Age" and ]. H. Milling Of Rock Hill
talked on The Importance Of Sun
day School Work"
DR.. E. j. Wamsley Of Winthrop col
lege, Rock Hill, talked on "Perfectine
the Individual Sunday School and the
General Sunday School Work." and
DR.. E. w. Pressly Of Glover, told
How to Apply the Sunday School
Work"
The addresses were intersperset
with music by the choir.
Election Of officers and delegates tt
the county meeting were postponed
until a later date.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-06-15

We notice many people attending
the McLendon meetings chuckle great
ly when the evangelist bears down on
the other fellows faults and short
comings, especially so-called society
people, whoever they may be, but
when he comes down on their own
McLendon is a crank
and don't know what he is talking
about.-Anderson Daily Mail.
Nothing but the same old story Of
the mote and the beam. But it does
seem that the world should be catch
ing on to this principle by this time.
There is no better way Of studying the
meanness of other people than by max
ing an honest survey Of our own mean
ness. And if we really have any good
in us, it is worth while to study that
for the benefit Of other people also.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-06-15

1t makes us tired to hear people
chewing the rag about "ingratitude,"
and the like. Surely your object In
trying to accommodate somebody Is
not to make a slave of him. If you
have spent three dollars with neigh
Dor and the neighbor has given you
value received, you are not going to
ask that neighbor to come and help
you to get even with some other fell
low by helping to set his house on
fire. If you extend helping hand to
anybody for any other reason than the
good you can get for yourself through
the consciousness Of having performed
a generous action, there Is no good In
you. When you accuse one OF your
intended victims of supposed ingrati-
tude, by that very act you denounce
yourself as being as disreputable as
you would have it to appear the other
fellow is. OF course kind acts in busi-
ness and in social and political life
draw people together, and when they
are done in the right kind of spirit
they are good and wholesome all
round. But, let's not have any pre-
tending victims of ingratitude COM
planning Of the failure Of their blan-
dishments against the other fellow.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-06-15
NEW LAW CAUSES TROUBLE

The new law requiring all persons
who check trunks on railroad tickets
to declare the value Of the articles
contained in the trunks, and to pay
10 cents for each 500 or fraction
thereof in excess Of the 500 value
permitted to go free, has gone into
effect, and the agents at the various
railroad stations are looking forward
to anything but a pleasant summer.
1t all comes under the Cummins
amendment to the interstate commerce
law. Under the law, as the baggage
agents explain it to the travelling pub
lie, a declaration must be made on
every trunk whether the value Is as
great as SO or not. Anyone who
signs a declaration subsequently found
TO be dishonest, will be held guilty Of
a misdemeanor.
Passengers already are manifesting
opposition to the law, which requires
they must go to the baggage room and
make the valuation declaration, as
the visit to the baggage room necessi-
tates the loss Of some time, and the
man who Is making his train by the
narrow margin Of minute or two,
hardly will know what to do.
fStllTOdu Iuell ehpldiu tildl luCy
have been carrying free, trunks and
other baggage not exceeding $50
pounds in weight with full fare tick
cts and have assumed liability up to
500. Unlimited valuation is permit
ted under the Cummins act, and the
railroads, to get around this as best
they may, decided to charge the 10
cents extra for every additional 500
valuation on trunk or baggage. 1t is
not an extra charge, as the railroad
men see it, but rather an insurance
rate the Cummins amendment per-
mits.
The baggagemen, while making no
objections, agree the law means a
lot Of extra work for their forces at
the station. 1t will also tend to mix
and muddle things in the hotels, where
the guests will have to superintend
the checking Of their baggage them
selves, instead Of leaving the task to
the porters, as in the past. There will
also be a difference under the new law
for people checking their baggage
from their homes. The transfer COM
panies will not be authorized to COL
lect fees for excess value, and trav-
elers will be compelled themselves to
go to the baggage rooms at the sta
tiOn
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-06-15
WILL MEET IN COLUMBIA

Every Associate Reformed church
in York county and throughout South
Carolina has been requested to ap-
point two representatives to the first
state convention Of the Young Peo-
ple's Christian Union Of the church
which will be held in Columbia on
Thursday and Friday, June "a and
25. The convention is to be held in
the A. R. P. church Of that city.
The Young Peoples Christian Union
of the Yorkville A. R. P. Church has
elected Misses Marilla Ewart and Fan
ME Stroup as delegates, and while al
the churches in the county have not
yet selected representatives, 1t Is ex-
pected that the matter will be COM
pleted next Sunday.
The programme committee has ar.
ranged the following for the state
convention:
Thursday Afternoon, Juno "a.
40O-Devotional, the Rev. ]. P
Knox; enrolment Of delegates; or
ganization; music.
4.30-"Relation Of synod and the
Y. P. c. U.," the Rev. /. N. Kennedy
Ora; music.
5.oO-"Y. P. C. u, and Evangelism
the Rev. w. A. McAulay, Spartan
burg; adjournment.
Thursday Evening, June "a.
S.0O--Devotional, delegate from
Neelys Creek; welcome, H. L. FL
lott; response, Claud McDill, Chester;
solo.
S.S0-Bible study.
9O0-"Christian Union a Force ir
the Church." the Rev. J. w. Carson
Newberry; duet; appointment Of COM
mittees; benediction.
9.3O--Reception for delegates.
Friday Morning, June rs.
10O0-Devotional, delegate from
Chester; "Y. P. c. U. and Mission
Study" Miss Macie Stevenson, return
ed missionary from Mexico.
10.30-"A Survey Of the Mission
Field" DR.. G.. G. Parkinson, Due
West; music.
11.O0-"Spiritual Conditions Essen
tial to Enlargement" the Rev. r. A
Lummus, Edgemoor; music.
11.30-"A Call for Workers." the
Rev. ]. G. Dale, returned missionary
from Mexico: adjournment.
Friday Afternoon, June IS.
4.O0-Devotional, delegate from Due
West
415-"Y. P. C. U. Organized" DR.
Sara A. Moore.
43O-"Importance Of Good Com
mittee Work and How to Secure the
Same" s. A. Leslie, Clinton; music
445-"Y. P. C. U. and Social Life
Of the Church." Miss Pinckney Lee
Estes, Rock Hill.
SOY. P. C. U. Problems" con-
Quoted by the Rev. ]. w. Carson;
music.
5.3O-"Medical Missions" Mrs. J
G. Dale, returned medical missionary
from Mexico; adjournment.
Friday Evening, June rs.
8.00-Devotional, the Rev. ]. P
Knox.
S.15-Bible study; solo.
S.30-Business.
9.0O-"Goal for the Year." the Rev
w. H. Stevens, Neely's Creek; quar-
tette
930-"Realizing Our Visions" the
Rev. ]. L. Oates, Yorkville; benedic.
tion.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-06-15

Mr.. Bryan has been given out state
ment after statement since his resig-
nation, and seems to be trying to re-
ply to every criticism that has been
offered. In a statement issued last
Saturday, Mr. Bryan undertook to ex-
plain that there was no inconsistency
in his signing the first note to Ger
many and refusing to sign the second,
for in the case Of the second note he
had a lot Of information he did not
have when he signed the first note.
Also, he said, the first note left the
way open for further negotiations,
while the second note, as originally
agreed upon, was more in the nature
of a peremptory finality. He stated
also that the second note was mate
rally changed after he had refused
to sign it. He had seen the second
note in it's final form before his resig-
nation took effect; but the modifica-
ton still lacked something Of coming
up to requirements that would warrant
him in asking to be permitted to with
draw his resignation. He insists that
he is not for peace at any price; but
he desires that Germany be accorded
the same treatment as to the right of
arbitration that would be accorded to
England, France or Russia.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-06-15
TUESDAY, JUNE IS, 1915.
TRAGEDY AT WINNsBoRo
Sheriff Gives Up His Life in Discharge
of His Duty.

Sheriff A. d. Hood of Fairfield, was
killed yesterday while trying to de-
fend a negro from the hands OF
mob. Jules Smith, the prisoner. and
Clyde Isenhower, the leader OF the
mob, were also killed, and several
deputies were more or less seriously
wounded.
The battle occurred on the court
house steps and about the front OF
the building as the sheriff and his
, deputies were bringing the prisoner
from the penitentiary at Columbia into
the courthouse for trial.
The mob, consisting Of probably
hundred men, was in waiting and as
the sheriff and deputies got out Of
the automobile with their prisoner,
closed around the party.
Clyde Isenhower, the commonly ac-
credited leader OF the mob, commenced
| firing at the negro, and Shertff Hood
returned the fire. About twenty 9TH
ers Joined in and soon the firing be-
came general. After Isenhower had
shot the prisoner, he began returning
the fire Of the sheriff. The two men
were so close that the barrels of their
weapons knocked against each other,
and the situation continued until both
weapons were emptied. In the mean
time there was a general fusilade from
the mob at the deputies and from the
deputies back to the mob.
The combatants except the sheriff
and Isenhower kept as close to cover
as possible, standing behind columns,
steps and the like
]. R. Boulware, deputy sheriff, was
probably fatally wounded. B. r. Beck
ham, a special deputy, was seriously
hurt. r. L. Kelley, magistrates
constable, was hit in the thumb and
arm, Earle Stevenson, also a deputy
was shot painfully but not seriously.
Several others were hurt.
Sheriff Hood was taken to Columbia
and Clyde Isenhower was taken to
Chester. Both died during last night.
The Fairfield grand jury on yes
terday afternoon, returned bills Of in
dictment against Ernest Isenhower,
Jesse Morrison and James Rawls,
charging them with the murder Of the
negro Smith. There are to be still
other indictments.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-06-15

We desire to call the attention OF
our readers to the straight from the
shoulder talk of Senator Hoke Smith,
reproduced elsewhere in this issue
from the Augusta Chronicle Of Sun
day. Senator Smiths views strike us
as being along the line Of good common
sense, and tending to practical results.
If we are going to get mixed up into
this European affair in defense of in
ternational law, it seems to us that
the right thing to do is to go into it
along the line of our actual CONNER
cial rights as we'll as along the line OF
our theoretical political rights. The
matter should be looked after from
both standpoints and not from one
standpoint to the neglect of the other
AS Senator Smith so clearly puts it.
our cotton has been held up in viola
tion of international law. England
has boldly assumed the arbitrary pow
er to treat our property as she pleas
es. There was some suggestion of a
bluff about paying; but it has been
poor pay and slow pay. The forcing
of Germany out of the market has cut
the price of cotton in half or worse.
and that has produced hardship in the
south that is burdensome and unjust.
1t seems to us that If this country
wants to make anybody stand around
and notice whose toes are being tram
pied on, that England is the country
that needs attention.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-06-15
COTTON AREA REDUCTION
r. M. cordiIl Does Not Expect II to
Exceed Three or Four Per Cent.

A report covering Mississippi and
the Atlantic by F. M. Cordill, who
has made a trip through the cotton
belt, indicates that he does not be-
lieve that the reduction in the area
Of cotton this year at the outside will
be more than three or four per cent,
If that. He says: Twelve consecu-
tive years Of obstruction have DEM
onstrated conclusively to my mind
that the matter Of acreage Is almost
wholly a matter Of the weather, and
this year is no exception. The weather
as n whole has been distinctly favor
able for soil production, termination
and cultivation, except In a limited
area in south Texas, which has been
replanted. OF the cotton grown IS to
so per cent Is produced by those whose
farms yield less than 25 bales each.
With these there is no reduction. OF
the other 20 to 25 per cent there may
be quite a reduction among some Of
them, but not all; at most ii would not
average 10 per cent Of the 20 or 25 per
cent. The further the season ad-
vances, the less one hears of acreage
reduction. except In market centers
All Of this reduction talk is an obes-
sion, or disease, and not a process Of
reasoning.
Il should put 1t that S5 per cent
Of the belt is in excellent shape; Is
per cent Indifferent and none Of II
poor. The foundation Of good crop
is laid and there Is nothing TO do but
watch the superstructure.
"As to fertilizers present indica-
tions point to a reduction Of about rs
per cent In the Atlantics, just mas
much as the distribution continues
well into July 1t is impossible to say,
with any degree Of accuracy. II anv
damage results from this source 1t will
not manifest itself before August
From Financial America.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-06-15

1t never really pays for man to do
wrong on his own motion. and it pays
much less for him to do wrong on the
motion of someone else. Where man
is doing wrong on his own motion, the
assumption is that he is to get what
ever may be coming on account Of that
wrong. Always he finds, sooner or
later that he has paid too much for
his whistle. Where a man does wrong
at the instance of some one else, he
not only fails to get his share of what
ever supposed reward there may be-:
but he pays the price of it all several
times over. 1t is always best for one
to keep straight on his own motion.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-06-15

There are conflicting reports as to
how the last American note has been
received in Germany. One report has
it that the Germans look upon the
note as being more conciliatory than
they had expected and the other has
it that they cannot accede to the
American demands. The probability
is that Germany's final decision will
depend upon the fortunes of the Teu-
tonic arms within the next few days.
If the Russians are beaten back suf-
ficiently or if the French are held in
check or compelled to give way, the
German answer will be pretty pointed.
Otherwise it will be more moderate.