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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-10-22
FIRST A. r. PRESBYTERY

With about sixty-five delegates in
attendance, the First Presbytery Of
the Associate Reformed Presbyterian
church met with the church at Coddle
Creek, N. c., Tuesday afternoon and
adjourned Wednesday afternoon, after
deciding to hold the spring meeting
with the Glover church on Tuesday
after the second Sabbath in May with
Rev. G. l.. Kerr, formerly pastor Of the
Hickory Grove and Smyrna churches
but now of Kings Mountain, N. c., as
moderator-ele
All of the York county A. r. P.
churches with the exception Of Tirzah
and Sharon, were represented by elders
as follows:
Bethany-D. T. Quinn; Glover, w.
B. Stroup; Crowder's Creek, ]. j.
Henry; Yorkville, r. R. Love; Smyrna,
]. A. McGill; Hickory Grove, d. w. F.
McGill; Rock Hill, w. H. Mitchell;
Neely's Creek, w. s. Leslie.
The following York County minis
ters attended: Revs. w. H. Stevenson,
A. S. Rogers, E. B. Hunter, w. P.
of Hickory Grove was detained be-
CAUSE VI d hASSetho ~-~
was conducting at Cherokee Falls.
There was but little business to
come before Presbytery. The statis-
tical reports showed good financial
condition among all the churches and
net increase in membership Of 500
since the last meeting Of Presbytery.
Presbytery found that the every
member canvass plan and voluntary
contributions to home and foreign
missions was proving a success and
the method will be continued.
Since the last regular meeting OF
Presbytery a new church has been es-
tablished, that Of Sheppard's Cross
Roads, N. c., with a charter member
ship Of 80. The new church Is located
between Statesville and Mooresville.
Rev. J. Meek White resigned his
charge as pastor Of the church at
New Perth, N. c.
Mr.. Paul Stroup, son OF Mr.. w. b.
Stroup Of Glover, has entered the theo-
logical seminary at Due West and Is
under the watch care Of the First
Presbytery.
A new pastorate was formed Of the
Sterling, Elk Shoals and Amity, N. c.,
churches and the congregations have
presented call for the services OF
Rev. G.. E. Kidd.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-10-22

the tax. It Is quite evident that the
ordinance was formed with he pro-
tective idea in mind. One who knows
conditions here and the characters OF
some of the people who are generally
believed to have given their o. K. to
the ordinance before 1t was put into
the hands Of the town council. are able
to see evidences Of protection, OF
oppression" and or favorltlsm.
What on earth was the sense OF put
ting that $25 tax on lightning rod
dealers. when there Is only one light
ming rod dealer in the town? How
about that merely nominal tax on real
estate agents and building and loan
associations? How about that heavy
tax on newspapers, ostensibly equit-
able, but strikingly discriminating?
, In giving the power to levy occupa-
ton taxes, the general assembly had
no idea Of protection" nor did it have
in mind anything else than the rails
ing Of revenue on a just and equitable
basis. And in drawing up the sched-
ule, the people who had the matter in
mind left out many sources OF revenue
that could have been tapped just as
equitably as any that have been tap
ped. Gross income or capital in
vested" That is the only lawful basis
of the tax. There are in town people
who do nothing but draw incomes
from capital invested. They get every
benefit from government that anybody
else gets. Why should they not be
made to bear their share Of the bur-
dens of government and the expense
Of public improvement the same as
other people? The one thing that we
cannot understand about 1t all Is thai
q free and intelligent people should al
low themselves to be treated in any
such way.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-10-22

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

c. F. Sherer. Real Estate-Offers the
Shannon & Hope store house anc
lot at Sharon for sale, at a bargain
price for quick buyer.
w. G. Reid & Son, Rock Hill-Are ex
elusive agents in York county fol
several we'll known pianos and or
gans and ask you to see them he
fore buying a piano or organ.
Thomson Co.-Uses do 1t now," a!
a text for its ad. today, and also
tells about shoes for men and wo
men, coat suits, clothing, and GU
glass bargains.
]. M. Stroup-Says he has everything
in shoes except the feet. JOB lot!
of shoes for men and women. Th'
Herman, Peters and Irving Drew
shoes for men, women and children
Order Eastern Star, Columbia-In
yites Masons visiting Columbia dur
ing fair week to dine. with them a
leila Main st.
Mcconnell Dry Goods Co.-Ofer:
money-saving specials in domestics
clothing, shoes, rugs, etc.
Sam M. Grist, Special Agent-Talk:
about the superior benefits Of thu
Mutual Benefits policies to the
man who buys life insurance.
First National Bank, Sharon-Point!
out the difference between think
ing well" and "acting we'll" as ap
piled to banking.
James Bros.-Received their thirt
shipment Of horses, mares ane
mules this week and invite you tt
see them.
Royal Baking Powder Coon page
four, says that Royal baking pow
der is absolutely pure. No alum
no phosphate.
Standard Oil Co.-Calls attention t.
the convenience and economy OF th'
Perfection smokeless and odorles
oil stoves for quick heating.
Southern Railways preparing spe
cial fares and trains for the South
ern Commercial congress in Char
lesion, Dec. 1917. See page 4.
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SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS

- James c.. Jennings has been ap-
pointed postmaster at Pickens and
George Schlunson has been named as
postmaster at Marion.
"A hearing was held Wednesday
before Governor Manning on the ques-
tion Of ordering an election for the an
nexation Of port Of Darlington to Lee
county.
- Sidney Cohen, the young news
paper man who was killed in Charles
ton last Friday, was buried in Beth
Elohim cemetery, Charleston on yes
terday.
- The coroner's jury investigating
the death Of Sidney ]. Cohen returned
the following verdict at 1907 o'clock
yesterday morning: THAT the said
Sidney ]. Cohen came to his death
October Is, 1915, at Roper hospital
Charleston county, from a 3S calibre
pistol shot wound, said pistol having
been fired from vicinity of doorway be-
tween anteroom and executive COM
mittee room on the southwest corner
King and George streets, Charleston
county, by party or parties unknown
to this jury, on October Is, 1915"
Henry j. Brown, former ice wagon
driver, and Edward R. Mcdonald, a
stevedore, are held in the county Jail
for further orders from the court. They
were arrested Friday by the police
and later Brown was accused Of MUIR
der by the police and Mcdonald OF
conspiracy to commit murder and as
sault and battery with intent to kill.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-10-22

King Cotton's March.-King Cotton
is the one king who Is now making
such a decided advance along an ex-
tended front that he may begin to hope
for a victory out Of the war. At first,
King Cotton was the hardest hit Of all
the kings in the world, and in the depth
of his disaster it was Sften foolishly
said that he had lost throoe. In the
panic, many holders who could have
awaited the turn Of the tide, sold their
cotton at low prices to investors who
are now either selling it at IL cents or
holding for a still higher prices.
Texas, the greatest Of the cotton
states, tells the story in the Dispatch
state, with 100000 bales Of cotton less
than they held at this time last year,
stand now to make 800 1000, 900 more in
the total price Of the crop. They are
diSpoSing Of this seasons crop about
as fast as it can be picked, although
there Is confident expectation Of prices
above IL cents, which is the price at
which the Texas crop is now moving
out. A part Of the increase in dollars
is in money paid for cotton seed for
oil, which is now bringing a price
practically double that paid last year.
And the agriculturist can already be
seen travelling the way Of the Wall
street operators who, after several
years Of dire adversely, no sooner find
that Wall street is Easy street again,
than they begin plunging in the old
way likely to bring the old results.
Planters and cotton dealers are report
ed as calculating that prices must con-
tinue to advance for several years
without reference to when or how the
war may end. Cultivation Of this over
optimism is likely to lead to the same
overplantlng which contributed some
thing to last years blackness. An un-
doubted factor in the higher price Of
this crop is that this year the cotton
acreage was greatly reduced. To dis
regard this fact will be to invite dan
ger.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
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Real Estate.

There is noticeable increase Of in
quiry for real estate.
1t would not be fair to say that there
is anything like a boom in prospect,
because so far as we can see there is
nothing of the kind; but there is more
inquiry right now than there has been
since the fall of 1913.
1t is a good. healthy inquiry too,
coming from people who mean busi-
ness-people who have either already
gotten hold of money or who have
money in sight and who want to in
vest in land.
AS the result of the semi-panicky
conditions following the first six
or eight months after the war, the in
quiry for real estate dropped off, and
there was some letting down in prices.
There have been very few transactions
during the past year, because pros
pective buyers have been more or less
hampered and uncertain; but now that
condition seems to be passing away
1t is possible that for time real es-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-10-22
Stand Steady.

It was quite an easy matter last fall
to convince the farmers Of this section
that the wisest thing they could do
was to sow wheat, oats, legumes and
the like.
The general conditions were such
that anybody could see that there was
very little else to do.
There have been larger crops OF
wheat and oats and more cover crops
than usual, and to make things much
better still, to the surprise OF every
body, cotton is selling at good price
Every reader of this will agree with
us that notwithstanding the heavier
crop of wheat and the bumper crop OF
oats. nobody has found that they have
more of either crop than they need.
Everybody who has sowed crimson
clover, burr clover or vetch last fall
has found that these crops were
profitable, and people who have whear
and oats on hand feel as If they nave
lust that much cash, or that whlch
can be converted into cash on short
notice If desired.
Now then, from all present appear
ances, the next crop Of cotton ought
to bring a good price also: but in view
of all the facts, nobody should go
wild.
The thing to do is to SOW down as
much land again this year as was
sowed down last year, and look for
ward to holding down the cotton acre
age to this years limit.
Add just one more year to the ex-
perience that the people have had TINS
year and the splendid lesson that will
have been learned will be simply in
valuable
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-10-22

council, had their say. We base this
suspicion on the fact that the people
who, under the law Of the state are
liable to the heaviest taxes, got off
light, and people who, under that same
law ought to get off light are burden
ed heaviest.
The law-the law Of the state-says
that the tax shall be assessed on basis
of gross income or capital invested,
and there is absolutely no authority to
assess a tax on any other basis.
Throughout the whole schedule there
is not a single item Of assessment that
comes within the spirit Of the law and
,, very few that come within the letter
of the law.
The banks and cotton mill, for in
stance, are assessed q given amount
on a given capital stock and given
amount for each additional $1,000 Of
capital; but it cannot be held to be
just or equitable, for the reason that
justice and equity requires that the
banks and cotton mills be assessed just
as other businesses, according to the
gross income or capital invested.
The law contemplates that all pro-
fessional people be taxed on a basis
Of their gross incomes and all taxed in
Just proportion. There has been no
pretense Of anything Of the kind.
If cotton mill were taxed on a bas-
is Of a drayman, and it should be
under the law, the drayman's tax
should be reduced or the cotton mills
tax increased. The drayman is now
paying in tenfold higher proportion
than the cotton mill. whether the bas-
Is Of equity be capital invested or
gross income.
And that tax on cotton and cotton
seed buyers is simply absurd. The
law says plainly that no such tax
shall be levied. Yet for the purpose Of
creating a local monopoly along this
line, and keeping out foreign buyers,
the law is deliberately violated.
The supreme court has already de-
cided that there can be no discrimina-
ton as between foreign and local deal
ers in the same commodity; but in this
ordinance the supreme court Is treat
ed with contempt.
The great interest Of the people Of
Yorkville in this question lies in the
arbitrary manner in which they are
being treated by a few self-appointed
individuals, who would exploit the
productive energies Of the community
to their own interest and aggrandize-
ment, regardless Of law, reason or jus
tica
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-10-22
PRESBYTERIAN SYNOD

Scores of ministers and elders OF the
Presbyterian church were in Rock Hill
this week attending the annual meet
ing of the synod Of South Carolina,
which was opened Tuesday evening in
Oakland Avenue Presbyterian church.
when the body was called to order by
Prof. A. E. Spencer and a sermon
was preached by Rev. F. D. Jones OF
Clinton.
Rev w. B. Arrowood, pastor OF
Woodlawn church, Sharon, was elect
ed moderator Of synod. Eight pres
byteries are represented at SYNOD
representing nearly 300 churches and
about 10000 communicants.
At the morning session wednesday
Rev. r. A. Miller Of Rock Hill, a
member of the North Carolina synod
was introduced to the assembly by
Rev. J. B. Swami Of Bullocks Creek,
and given the privileges Of the floor
The feature of Wednesday morning.
session was an address by Rev. DR.
A. A. Little Of Atlanta, representative
of the executive committee Of home
missions for the assembly.
Winthrop college was visited py
synod Wednesday afternoon at the
invitation of President Johnson, the
ministers and laymen being shown all
over the great institution. Wednesday
evening was taken up with addresses
by Rev. ]. b. Green Of Greenwood;
Rev. DR.. Thornton Whaling Of Colum-
bia; Rev. w. A. Blackwood Of Co.
lumbia, and DR.. A. D. P. Gilmour OF
Chester.
The report on Bible cause was sub
mitted Wednesday by Rev. T. H. Law
Rev. B. M. Porter Of the synod Of Vir.
ginia. addressed the synod in behalf
of the American Bible society, which
will celebrate its Tooth anniversary
next May.
Rev. DR.. E. E. Gillespie Of Yorkville
submitted the report Of the committee
on local home missions Wednesday.
This included the report Of Rev. G. G..
Mayes, the superintendent, who de-
clined reelection on account OF the
health Of his family.
Synod adjourned last evening after
adopting resolutions Of appreciation
Of the hospitality Of Oakland Avenue
church, Winthrop college and the
people Of Rock Hill by rising vote. vote,
The greater part Of the closing
service last evening was a popular
meeting in the interest Of foreign mis-
sions. DR.. Alexander Sprunt, chair
man Of the foreign mission board.
presided. Rev. H. F. Williams, field
secretary Of the general assembly for
foreign missions, addressed the synod
on Japan" the address being illus
trated by stercopticon views.
Resolutions were adopted looking to
the greater circulation Of the Presby-
terian Standard Of Charlotte, as the Of
fetal organ Of synod.
The time and place Of next meet
ing was not decided. the matter being
left in the hands Of the stated clerk.
Many of the delegates returned home
last evening with the others returned
tOday
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-10-22

Why, certainly, they will go on with
it. They know they have not got a
shadow Of show Of law, right, reason
or justice, but they knew that from the
beginning. They merely took shot
at it in the belief that they would not
be called down, because they have
been able to do so many similar things
without being called down. They
figured that everybody would pay,
grumble a little and let it go at that.
And for that they care nothing. SO
long as they can have their own way
they do not care what people think.
But they will go on with it all right.
They will probably side-track, dodge
and delay so as to stave off the real
issue as long as possible. Now that
the attention of the whole public has
been called so pointedly to the matter
they will deem it necessary to try to
make it appear that there really was
some question, and the mistake was
perfectly honest. Lie down and quit
like they ought to? No not they. They
re not built that way
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-10-22
WILL THEY GO ON2

do you reckon they will go on with
it?" asked a gentleman of the Bethany
neighborhood, who had read Hon. w.
+. Stevenson's brief on the license tax
question, and who thought that brief
so conclusive that there could be no
further question from any reasonable
man.
The question was directed to the
editor of The Enquirer yesterday and
he replied:
DO l reckon they will go on with It?
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-10-22

While, as we see it, there is still no
satisfactory ground on which to base
a prediction as to when the war will
probably end, we are inclined to think
that there has been a very material
change in the sentiment that was so
strong last year to the effect that the
Allies would win in the end. AS
things look now, the Germans have the
best Of it, and are either making
headway or holding their own on all
fronts. Those who believed that the
Allies would surely win in the end, are
now holding to the view that the war
will result in a draw. That seems
reasonable, but it is by no means GER
tain. If the Germans should, within
the next month or six weeks succeed
in forcing either the Russians, the
Italians or the Servians to a separate
peace. the outlook for the British and
French would at once become more
desperate than it has been at all to
this time. On the other hand, unless
the war is brought to a close during
this fall and early winter, it seems
reasonably certain that it will at least
continue well along into next sum-
mer
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-10-22
WITHIN THE TOWN

Another evidence of the return of
prosperity: Twenty travelling men
spent Monday night here.
The Graded school football eleven
is scheduled TO play the Chester team
on the latter's field this afternoon.
Repairs are being made to the
building formerly occupied by the
postoffice and the building occupied
by S. l.. Steele.
Despite the bad weather, consider
able cotton has been brought here
this week to be ginned. Very little
cotton has been sold.
- The time for the settlement Of
fertilizer bills, ETC., is now on hand
and local merchants say they have lit
tie cause to complain Of collections.
There have been a great many
people in town this week, many for
Very few have paid their taxes as yet.
Thieves stole two heavy suit cases,
the property of ]. j. Enloe of Colum-
bia, out of the waiting room at the
Southern depot shortly after o'clock
last evening, and up to noon today
they had not been recovered. although
the officers are on the lookout. Mr..
Enloe, who has been spending some
time with relatives in the Cotton Belt
section, brought his two heavy va
Uses, filled with clothes, ETC., to the
depot last night, en- route to Rock
Hill. Asking e. young boy whom he
saw there, to keep an eye on the bag
gage, he went back up town and when
he returned about an hour later, the
valises wehe gone as was also the boy
whom he had asked to watch. 1t Is
said that two tramps were seen loaf
ing around the depot yesterday after
noon and evening, the young boy
whom Mr.. Enloe approached, being
one of them, and the supposition Is
that they carried the valises away.
There are a number Of people in
this town who seem to think that the
principal object of that occupation tax
law is protection" to people who pay
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-10-22

Although it is universally conceded
that cotton is absolutely essential ir
the manufacture Of the best powder
for high explosives, ETC., 1t Is con-
ceded that wood pulp is the next best
substitute. Since shortly after the be-
ginning Of the war. the Germans have
been unable to get cotton for powder
making and they have been manufac-
turing all their powder from wood
pulp. The Allies, especially Great Brit
ain, France and Italy, are able to get
all the cotton they want; but the Ger
mans seem to be making about as
good use of wood pulp as the Allies
are making Of cotton.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-10-22

It gives us pleasure to note the 21s'
birthday of the Sumter Item, which
event was celebrated by that paper
last week with a creditable special
edition. We have known the Item
from it's birth and for number OF
years past have regarded it as one OF
the most truly journalistic daily news.
papers in the state. 1t came into being
not to serve any selfish interest OF
personal design; but rather to serve
the public from the standpoint Of the
common good, and it has remained
true to it's mission from the begin
ming. 1t is edited and controlled by
it's publishers, and so far as we know
has never bowed the knee to sinister
influences Of any kind. 1t is what it is
by virtue of it's own character and
ability, rather than by special favor
from any source. and is a credit to its
publishers as we'll as the town in which
it is published.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-10-22

There are those who insist that the
German government yielded to the
contention Of President Wilson on the
submarine question because 1t hac
found that the British were getting the
best Of the submarines. We have not
felt that way. No doubt many sub
marines have been sunk; but that the
undersea boats are still doing business
is evidenced by an official report
which sets forth that during Septem-
Der they sank twenty-nine British
merchantmen, two transports and
seven traWlers.