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Scraps and ^arts. ? A petition from a number of citizens headed by CI. W. Knight of San Marcos, has been presented to Governor Lanham of Texas, asking that the state permit mob punishment of negroes who assault women. The governor is asked to indorse the policy of absolute unprotectlon to negroes guilty of assault. Insuring that they be given no trial by legal Inquiry of any kind and that they may be hanged instantly as soon as apprehended. Governor Lanham's response principally is directed to the legal phase of the proposition. It Is set forth that it is impossible for him to countenance the policy in view of his oath of office and state legislation which he is bound to protect. ? Pat Crowe, who is in Jail at Butte, Mont., awaiting officers from Omaha, has been putting in his time "con - - v?Iq oacanades. reusing" 10 some Last Friday he told about a plan he formed, soon after the Cudahy kidnapping, to steal John D. Rockefeller and get $2,000,000 ransom from his son in Chicago. He took in a partner and they went to Cleveland to study the situation and concluded that it would be "dead easy to steal old man Rockefeller" from Forest Hill. It was planned to hold up the watchman, gag him and then enter the house. The time was fixed, but Crowe's partner weakened at the last moment. Crowe then feared his partner might peach, and he fled to New York. ? New Orleans, October 6: Secretary Hester's statement of the world's visible supply of cotton issued today shows the total visible to be 3,090,704. against 2,938,474 last week and 2,142,432 last year. Of this the total of American cottor is 2,351,704, against 2,142,474 last week and 1,627 432 last year, and of all other kinds. Including Egypt. Brazil, India, etc., 739,000, against 796,000 last week and 515,000 last year. Of the world's visible supply of cotton there is now afloat and held in Oreat Britain and Continental Europe 1,512,000. against 1,132,000 last year; in Egypt 44,000, against 61.000 last year; in India 454,000, against 240.000 last year; and in the United States 1,081.000, against 709.000 last year. ? Governor Folk of Missouri, in a speech at Portle Springs that state, last Friday night, expressed his views on life insurance graft In most emphatic form, and inferentlally paid his respects to President McCall of the New York Life. "When the directors of a great insurance company used money in their hands for their own purpose," said he. "that's graft; when the president of a great Insurance enmnanv takes funds held In trust for the beneficiaries of the insurance policies and without their knowledge or consent pays a part of the trust funds Into the political campaign fund, that Ib embezzlemen', just the same as if a public official In charge of the public funds" were to put his hands Into the public treasury and take therefrom money which he turns over to some one else for political or private purposes. The time may come when the state may Insure her own citizens at far less cost and with far more safety to those who need that protection." ? Five thousand panic-stricken tenants were driven from their homes In New York city, early Saturday morning when a great fire swept across two entire blocks from 106th and 108th streets First avenue and Avenue A. Lumber yards, stables. Ice houses, rag shops and storage sheds furnished material far the blaze, and the fire be came so threatening that tenants of neighboring blocks were driven from bed from fear of the flames spreading. Fire lines were established by the police, who had the greatest difficulty keeping the throng back. Many bent on saving a portion of their property threw themselves against the lines of bluecoats and it became necessary for the latter to use their clubs freely In holding them back. To add to the excitement, flre maddened horses, released from burning stables, dashed Into the crowd of half-clad people until the mob became so excited that reserves from three stations were unable to control them. The fire started from unknown causes and originated in one of the several rag shops of "Little Italy." Twelve horses were burned to death. There were several narrow escapes. The loss is estimated to be over $100,000. ? Closing a week, every day of which has produced a sensation that has stirred the country, the special legislative committee Investigating the methods of life insurance companies In New York adjourned last Saturday until today. While the other weeks of the hearing have been full of sensations no previous one has had sensations every day as the one concluded with Saturday's session. In Saturday's testimony the sensational development came when Mr. Hughes demanded the pay roll of the executive officers of the Mutual Life Insurance company. This was produced and showed the salaries of these officers for the year 1904. President McCurdy received $150,000, two vice presidents were paid $50,090 each, another vice president $17,500, still another $15,000 and the treasurer $50,000. Robert McCurdy said he never knew the salary of his father until today when he heard it read In the ' committee room. He thought, however. there shculd be a limit to the salary of such a position because It should be in accordance with the accumulations of the company. When asked If there was any benefit to the policy holders to increase the salary of the president Mr. McCurdy said he thought the trustees had considered that when they Increased the president's salary. ? Says a New Orleans dispatch of Oct. 7: At the close of the eleventh week of the struggle against yellow fever the health aiithnrltltx: have Slim med up the situation today as one full of encouragement. The fever has not been entirely wiped out as was one time hoped it might be at this date, but the difficulties to be overcome proved greater than were expected. The chief obstacle to complete suppression has been the disposition among a certain element of laymen and physicians not to work In harmony with the marine hospital. These refused to accept the mosquito theory or even give it a trial, and their attitude has been even more harmful than was expected. The authorities contend that the disease is steadily waning with the present week presenting lower totals since the first week in August. They are confident that all serious danger has passed and this is evident by the response which is being made by the participants to the suggestion of President Surgeon, Dr. White for saying quarantine should be lifted, by the rush of New Orleans people to their homes and by the in creased number of people from other sections who are visiting In New "Orleans. The total number of deaths from yellow fever In the city to date is 410. Jhf ^(orkriUr (fuquircr. YORKV1LLE, S. C.i TURSDAY, OCTO0RB 10.1905. Othhr county officers are - evidently unable to see any good reason why dispensary officials should have a monopoly of graft. What became of that Texas negro who murdered a family recently? Why the mob said It could not find him. That is what became of'him. The manner In which Attorney Newbold was treated at Kershaw will furnish first-class grounds for a change of the venue of that damage case to some other county. Several of our contemporaries are advertising various brands of whisky "on sale at the dispensaries." At the rate things are going now it will be necessary for the advertisements to designate where the dispensaries are. Cotton may start up tomorrow or it may go still lower. As to this the uninitiated are unable to divine; but whether the crop be large or small there is no occasion for surprise In the present situation. Up until two weeks ago the mills bought free at 10 cents and over. They now have enough cotton to last them at least a few weeks, and they will naturally not be in a hurry to buy any more so long as there is a hope that prices may go lower. President Harvle Jordan of the Southern Cotton association has issued another address to the farmers of the south, claiming that the present decline in prices is purely the result of manipulation and urging that the farmers hold their cotton at least two weeks longer. President Jordan closes his letter to the farmers with a strong appeal to "stand together and resist to the last every attempt to break the present organized effort of the producers to secure fair prices for their staple." ?? 9 *' * The census bureau on yesterday Issued a bulletin showing the producf tion and distribution of the cotton of the United States available between Sept. 1, 1904 and Sept. 1. 1905, to be 14,455,994 bales. Of this 61 per cent was exported. 30 per cent was used in domestic consumption, leaving a surplus of 9 per cent. The domestic consumption includes 36,776 bales destroyed by fire. The exportation amounted to 8,334.929 bales, the domestic consumption 4,315,756 and the surplus 1,305.309. Of the total 13. 693,279 bales were inciuaea in me crop of 1904, and the remainder in that of 1905. Of the quantity consumed In the United States, 2,138,829 bales were used In northern and 2,140,151 in southern mills. In addition to the totals given, 124,469 bales of foreign cotton were Imported into the United States. 4 That man John T. Morrison, who was lynched at Kershaw was a fiend in human form and deserved death. There is no question of that. But he should have been dealt with by law. Had the law done its duty by him, there would have been no second or third murder and no lynching. Had York county done its duty when the case was before It, there would have been no necessity for the subsequent lynching. But all this does not excuse the lynching. Two wrongs cannot make a right and the law will never be purified or strengthened by the usurpation of its powers at the hands of a mob. There is no reasonable justification for the murder of Morrison, and there is no reasonable justification for any effort to prevent the proper operation of the law in the punishment of the Morrison lynchers. These lynchers should be held amenable to the law just as Morrison should have been. The provision of the constitution which provides for fines against counties in which lynchings occur is good in theory; but it will never amount to anything until It is carried out in practice. The South Carolina Military academy, commonly known as the Citadel, is in trouble and its trouble is of a nature that seems to call for immediate relief at the hands of the state. The long and short of the matter is that the Citadel Is over-crowded. The splendid work that the institution has been doing for so many years past is at last rorcing ltseir upon tne recognition of the people of the state. Citadel graduates are filling numerous prominent positions as teachers, engineers, physicians, lawyers, ministers, etc. It Is a fact that no educational institution in the state can make a better showing, and it is because of this that many of the most successful men of the state are seeking to send their sons to the Citadel. The rush of new recruits to begin work at the session just opened was such as to overcrowd the accommodations afforded in the barracks. The superintendent, the commandant of cadets and the quartermaster have each given up rooms heretofore occupied by themselves and families; but still there is too much crowding for health, comfort or proper discipline. Something has to be done. It will not do to check the growth of this splendid institution just at the moment that it has been able to force recognition of its superior merit. The United States government admits that as a military school It is second only to West Point, and the hundreds of graduates are proving that its military feature is not Its principal claim for consideration. The best interests of South Carolina require a still greater Citadel, and it is hoped that the general assembly will lose no time in doing all that seems to be necessary. MERE-MENTION. Fourteen men were killed by a. cave-in at the Vermont State company's quarry near Granville. New York, Friday, among the number J. B. Williams, president of the company. .. .Thirteen indictments have been returned against Newton C. Dougher ty, city superintendent of school*-pf Peoria, Illinois, and "president of the' Peoria National bank, charging him with, forgery and embezzlement Edhem Pasha, commander-in-chief of the Turkish army during the. GrecoTurkish war, and leader of the Turks In the defense of Plevna against the Russians, died in Constantinople Friday E. S. Peters, vice president of the Southern Cotton association, has Issued a circular letter advising farmers to sell their cotton as the price in his opinion will not be higher Twenty-seven persons were killed and thirty-flve injured in the wrecking of a mail train near Vladikavkaz, Russia, Saturday... .The state convict prison at Rivpr Bend, Ala., was destroyed by Are, -Saturday. All the con vie; s were saved. Three men were killed, one was injured, and a carload of race horses were so Injured that they had to be shot, as the result of a collision between a passenger train and a fast freight ^ on the Pennsylvania railroad near Mlllersvllle, Pa., Sunday,,. .i .^Two men were kHl-j ed and a . woman and child injured in an autompblle accident at Detroit, Mteh? Sanday John H. Sunmnsrgill aged 21 years, a member of Frank-; lin college, Pa., football team, was killed in a game at Chester, Pa., Saturday.......Benjamin D. Green and John F. Gaynor, principals In the Savannah harbor government swindling case, arrived in Savannah from Montreal yesterday. ROCK HILL AND VICINITY. Case of Assault and Battery?Charged With Theft From the Person?Seaboard Wreck Cases?A Move For Sewerage. UorrenpomletK'e of the Yorkville Rnquirer. Rock Hiu,, Oct. 10.?While John Cash, a citizen living in Johnson Row in the western part of town, was passIng the home of John Moten, the latter appeared on the porch and opened fire on Cash, firing five times, but without doing any damage. He was arrested and put under a light bond to appear before Magistrate Beckham this mornirg. When the time came he asked for a postponement until Saturday morning as his attorney was in Yorkville. He will be tried then for assault and battery with intent to kill. Moten claims that Cash stopped at the gate and cursed him. This Cash and others deny and say that Moten was drinking and thinking about a trouble these two had some months ago. At preliminary Moten was bound over under $300 bond, which was givpn. J. N. Huey and Hope Cornwell had Clyde Clounts arrested and brought before Magistrate Beckham charging him with appropriating rno*ey front their persons one day"*Jttiis wiek, _when the three spent the day together and were drinking. "In the cold gray dawn of the morning after they had no time for song or laughter" for the wads of the two mentioned were missing, Cornwell losing forty dollars and Huey two dollars. They could not produce sufficient evidence, however, at the trial and Clounta was dismissed. Miss Jennie Dunlap, aged twentyfour years, residing near the Highland Park mill, died Monday after almost recovering from fever.- She leaves a widowed mother. The funeral was conducted by the Rev. W. L. Lihgle of the Presbyterian church. M. Carlisle, Preston Leslie, J. N. McElwee and S. T. Frew went to Abbeville this week as witnesses in suits arising from the wreck on the Seaboard near Catawba a year ago. M. B. Massey, who conducts a grocery, on R. R. avenue,-has bought the stock and fixtures of R. A. Mosely. in the same street and will continue it as a branch of his main store. R. W. Feathers tone will have charge of It. R. D.- Seely, .rwho has for several years been *wlth Robbins & Wilson, is now with L. M. Davis. D. A. Hurley, the representative of V. P. Randolph & Co., brokers, has put In a private wire telephone from the office here to Charlotte. . I was informed yesterday by the Rev. Oliver Johnson, pastor of Neely's Creek A. R. P. church near here, that his congregation, would begin the erection of their new church Just as soon as they could ^et the material on the ground. The building will be a handsome and substantial one seating about 600. J. S. Starr of this city is the contractor. , John McOown colored, was up before the mayor Monday morning on I the charee of drunk and disorderly. He said that he was subject to "fits." Mayor Roddey was Inclined to think that this one was acquired and not congenital and consequently fined John $10 for the fit and $25 for resist'ingr the-officer, v ' - r- ^ . } George Gregory was released .fro<n custody Monday morning on a bond of $:l(?0. The evidence In Gregory's case Is unprintable, but the substance Is that he carved up a negro woman about a week ago, mention of which was made, and until this time it was thought she would die. A petition which Is of great moment to the welfare of the city Is being circulated here this week. It Is praying the city council to order an election to say whether the city shall have a system of sewerage. The petition recites the fact that the town is already bonded up to the limit allowed ordinarily. It also repeats the special act passed by the general assembly, several sessions ago, by which Rock Hill, Columbia, Charleston, Florence and Georgetown are allowed to issue further bonds where the proceeds are applied solely for the purchase, establishment, maintenance, or increase of water work plants, sewerage system. EDITORIAL BULL'S EYES. News and Courier: To the Newberry Herald and News: Why should you be so careless as to say that the News and Courier claimed to have "discovered something new" in pointing out that dispensaries could be converted into bar rooms, when we distinctly stated that it was not a new discovery? We had overlooked the fact that it had been made during the last session of the general assembly?possibly because we had .been familiar with It before the time of its making. Mp Phillip H. Gadsden, and possibly other lawyers, had noted the point long previous to last February. The News and Courier was, of course, mistaken in Its thought that its editorial was the first public mention of the matter. Meanwhile, certain gentlemen, champions of the dispensary law, have claimed that they had forever expelled bar-rooms from tTtfc Stafe. and the important thing is that they may be egregiously mistaken. Thr legislature may turn the dispensaries Into barrooms. Anderson Intelligencer: There, is no better law on our statute books than that against the carrying of concealed weapons, and yet the enforcement of it Is a regular farce. Occasionally some poor, unfortunate fellow is snatched up and fined or imprisoned for carrying a /iAnoonlo/1 n-oo nnn whilo thAPP fl_pp hundreds of men and boys in this civilized country defiantly carrying pistols In their- pockets every day in the week and Sunday, too. The - ready pistol has been the cause of a great many, cojdbiooded murders that otherwise never"-would have occurred. It is |true 'here is no danger whatever from a very large majority who -carry pistols simply for a bluff, some of whom haven't actually got the requisite amount of grit to pull a setting hen from her nest, and wouldn't use their nis'ols only to disturb peace and quiet of the community, or to shoot some barking dog on one of the back streets. There is no danger from this class, but there are others who will shoot whenever they think the provocation 'Ufflclent. and that is why the carrying of pistols should be stopped and we do hope the next legislature will take steps for the more rigid enforcement of this law for the preservation of human life. ? The Due West people are going right ahead with the work of securing 1 a railroad to Donalds, four miles away. Citizens have subscribed J12.000 and It Is proposed to bond the town of Due , West for J 10,000 additional in aid of 1 the proposed road. The present plans l contemplate the securing of a charter as soon as possible, and upon the com- 1 pletion of the road the operation of 1 motor cars between Due West and 1 Donald's. It Is thought that the road I will be completed by next June. I LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. L. R. Williams, Probate Judge?Gives notice that Robt. L. Golf has applied to him for letters of administration on the estate of Df. J. W. Trlbble, deceased. J. A. Tate, C. C. C. Pis.?Will on Monday, salesday for November, sell certain real estate in the case of John W. North, plaintiff, against Nancy Raglan Dye, et al., containing 254 acres, more or leas. Louis Roth?Has red rust proof seed oats, seed wheat for fail sowing. Will have a regular grain guano in a few days. Calkin him. The Thomson Company?Has everything in readiness to serve its customers. Tells you not to forget Its millinery opening Thursday evening and Friday. ,.. W. M. Kennedy, Agent-^-Has new lot. of tinware, enatnelware.'and 410mlnmnrware. Porto Rico molasses, etc. Starr Drug Store?Haa the following ' deeds- for fall planting?rVe' and , barldy? Orlnjupn bnd red jplow&r seed. JWT fend yellow onfott e#ts. J. W? JohdfcJn?flays- he ks stnl/ lead.ipg Ih .teas and coffees, haa> fresh hams and breakfast stHps. * W1IJ sell cakes Saturday for ladies of ttye ? M. e; church. i , , Sam M. Grist; Special Agent?Sayp a careful investigation of the Mutuki Benefit will convince you that. its conduct Is absolutely honast. Fred C. Black, District AgentM^Wants to know if the double benefit, nonr lapsing policies of the S. L. and A. Co., interest you. Strauss-Smith Co.?Wants you to remember that it has the largest line of shoes it has ever carried, and today calls especial attention to children's, misses' and boys' shoes. Yorkville Hardware Co.?Has supplies for hunters, including guns, cartridges, shells, powder, shot, etc. See It for hardware. Foushee Cash Store?Is too busy opening new goods to write ad. You will hear later about it. . > Sam M. Grist?Is prepared to Insure cotton in towns or on farms. Money can be secured on fire insurance policies. J. Edgar Poag. Broker?Announces a big auction sale to take place in front of the court house on Wednesday, Oct. 25th. The sale will include country and city property. The Whisonant suburban property will be one of the attractions of the sale. October 25th?Wednesday. While the registration books were out on account of the recent Brice law election the managers at some of the .precincts Improved the opportunity by checking off the nameg of such voters as they knew to be dead or to have moved away. ' The Incident sug-' gests the readiness with whlcfj the books can be revised if the general assembly will only provide proper authority. ?. : Unless there is a circus in Yorkville this fall there will probably be none in the county. The Southern railroad does not haul circuses any more;' and Yorkville is the only town In the county that can be reached by a railroad other than the Southern. The C. & N.-W. road carries circuses when It gets the opportunity; but what the policy of the Seaboard is as to circuses, we do not know. Up to this time there has been no Intimation of the coming of a circus through this sec;ion. The cool spell of the past few days has been very suggestive of frost, which Is being watched for with much interest. There were indefinite reports of frost on Saturday morning and "??*? Cnn/lau Knt ar\ fa r o a thp rP> porter has been able to asoertkfo they were not very well substantiated. Because of the dryness of the weather up to- this time, a light frost wbuld be of little oonsequence. A heavy?- frost, however, would be of s6me damage to late corn and would also be more or less Injurious to unopened cotton. The hold up of the pole lines of the Catawba Power company is operating to the serious inconvenience and loss of various interests In Yorkvillfe and Clover. The Neely Manufacturing company is probably the heaviest sufferer. President Moore has been pushing his work against vhrlous-obstacles and has been ready to run for a month or more, all except the power. ,-i-i The power .would have been delivered by this time had It not been for the right of way complications. Because of delay in ordering motors, etc., the town of Yorkville is not seriously inconvenienced as yet. The Clover Cotton mill, the Tavora Mill and the Victor Oil mill, having other power in the meantime, can probably make out until the right of way complications are adjusted; but under the circumstances there is no little interest in the whole matter and the people generally are quite anxious for a speedy settlement of the pending troubles. TEACHERS' EXAMINATION. As the result of the recent fall examination of teachers certificates were issued to the following: First Grade?Jennie Gettys, Leslie. Second Grade?R. E. Love, Hickory Grove; Mary McGill, King's Creek; Rachel McGill. King's Creek; Mattie E. Ratteree, Yorkville; Ethel McAfee, Yorkville; Maggie Creighton, Rock Hill; Bessie Gettys, Lesslie; J. M. Baugham, Sharon; Marion Logan, Yorkville; Mary Brian, Yorkville. THE TRESPASS LAW. In spite of the fact that an act was passed at the last session of the general assembly which removes the necessity of advertising against trespassers, The Enquirer is still being asked about the publication of such notices. People who make inquiries on the subject are promptly advised that it Is a part of the business of the paper to print advertisements; but under what is known as the Ardrey law, such notices are no longer necessary. The Ardrey law reads as follows: Section 1. Be It enacted by the general assembly of the state of South Carolina, That from and after the approval of this act, any person or persons entering upon the lands of another fdr any of the following purposes of hunting, Ashing, trapping, netting, gathering fruit, straw or surf, vegetables, herbs or cutting timber on the same, without the consent of the owner or manager thereof shall pay a fine of not more than twenty (20) dollars, or be imprisoned at hard labor not more than thirty (30) days, for each and every offense. Section 2. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed. WILL IT BE ENFORCED? As was stated at the time of its passage, T.he Enquirer heartily approves of the Ardrey trespass law and hopes to see Its rigid enforcement, especially wherever there Is a dlsposl- < tion toward wilful violation. But will this Saw be enforced?'; We fear that it will not. There are people who will not recognize the rlgtit of 1 ownership In anything, much less In land, and these people will continue to trespass for hunting or other purposes, ; Just as they have been doing, and "land owners will continue to permit such i trespass. We would not be understood as urg- I Ing the landowner to undertake to ] prosecute as trespass an entrance on I land that was manifestly without in- 1 tent to violate the law. That would ] oe mean and churlish; but where, < without permission, one individual assumes to enter upon the lands of another for the purpose of hunting, fishing. cutting timber or otherwise using ? as his own, the landowner owes It to himself and to .the public to make prompt appeal to the law. If no one pays attention to this law it will soon become a dead letter; but If the people for whose benefit it has been enacted stand by It and enforce it from the beginning they will soon find that It Is very well calculated to fully accomplish the purpose for which It was enacted. ABOUT PEOPLE. Miss Anice O'Leary left yesterday for a visit to Washington, D. C. Miss Josle Coleman of Columbia. Is tha-guest-of Miss Iva Withers. ''Mr.rifle<J:-T. 3chort Is visiting Dr. i nd Mnl.' T. JB. Kell In Chester county. Mrs. White and Miss Daisy Brown of Chester, spent Saturday with Dr. and Mfg., M. W. White. Miss GuBSle Beattle came down from Oa^tonla yesterday to t&Ke a position with the Thomson Company. Mrs. W. E. Herring arrived In Yorkvllle Saturday, and will be at Mrs. Jas. F. Hart's for the winter. Miss Nellie Schorb and the Misses Arlall of Hickory Grove, spent Saturday and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Geo. T. Schorb. Mr. T. H. White of Chester, and his three boys, Masters Carlisle, Tom and Wylle, came up on the "week end special" Saturday and spent a half hour with Dr. M. W. White. Mr. R. L. Helton and family, who have been at the York cotton mill for the past eight years, left yesterday for Hartwell, Ga., to take a position In the mill superintended by Mr. Ira Grimes. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? The town council Is of opinion that It can get along for the present at least without the levy of additional taxes. ? The dispensary closed Its doors last Saturday morning, and turned away 4ulte a number of disappointed customers during the day. ? The local butchers, Messrs Rose and Sherrer sold six large beeves last Saturday, and In addition several hundred pounds of sausage. ? Billions of mosquitoes have arisen out of the old brtckyafd diggings in Swamptown. If It Is a fact that mosquitoes cause malaria, then pity poor Yorkvllle. ? Although nothing to what it would have been with cotton 10 cents and over, trade last week was fairly good. There has been something of a lull in collections. ? From the way things look now, there Is no telling when the electric power will reach Yorkvllle. It will hardly be before November and maybe not then. ? No,t more than 50 bales of cotton have been sold In Yorkville since the price went below 10 cents on October 4. Quite a number of bales have been warehoused. ? The lowest- temperature In Yorkville up to date was a few days ago when the mercury registered 49 degrees. Under favorable circumstances, clear weather, frost comes at 40 degrees. ? Rev. J. O. Babln of Wllllamsport, Pa., will spend the winter In Yorkville. He has accepted charge of the Church of the Good Shepherd for six months, and is expected to hold his first service on Sunday, the 22nd of this month. ? The play, Ten Nights In a Bar Room, was performed under canvass In Mr. F. E. Smith's vacant lot by a traveling company last night. The show had been well advertised and there was a tremendous audience, Jn-. eluding many . ladies, in attendance. Although the acting was not of a very high standard of excellence, and the play was but Indifferently presented, many of those present were very well pleased with the performance. Quite a number, however, were very much disappointed and left as soon as the play was fairly commenced. FRANCHI8E REGULATIONS. While the provisions of the constitution of South Carolina seem to cover the suffrage question as fully as might be desired, it Is hardly to be denied that the acts on this subject are, to \ say the least, inadequate. - i One of the principal objects of the framers of the constitutional provisions as to suffrage was to . get rid ( of the negro vote as far as possible, and this is all right; but it seems that in giving too much attention to this part of the problem the general assembly has left serious loopholes elsewhere. The constitution contemplates the enrollment of every qualified voter at least once every ten years; but the statutes have not yet provided for the carrying out of this provision. They provide for the enrollment of only such as desire to be enrolled, and therein Is a weak place. According to the statutes, a citizen who may otherwise be a duly qualified elector Is not liable to Jury duty unless he Is registered as a voter, and there Is reason to believe that some otherwise qualified electors neglect to register for no other reason than to escape Jury duty. While there Is no warrant for claiming that this exemption from Jury duty Is the only reason why so many substantial citizens fail to register, it is a fact that the law which makes nonregistered voters exempt greatly limits the range of choice that would otherwise exist in the making up of Jury lists. If there Is one thing more Important In government than the free exercise of the franchise by all those people who are eligible to vote, that one t">lng Is the necessity of making up the Jury list irom aniung me ucm aim musi intelligent element of the state's citizen- [ ship. 1 In a general way we would say that i the man who would neglect to register | for !he purpose pf escaping Jury duty Is r.ot much of a citizen and hardly fit ( for such duty; but we are quite sure < that many people who are unregistered have other and better reasons, even though those reasons might not be i sufficient to entirely exonerate them * for this neglect of duty in this mat- 1 ter. ' ' * But since It has been deefned desirable to confine jury, service to regis- j tered voters only," and .we- can see j many good reasons why this should 1 be the case, the general assembly 1 might go further and adopt some ex- j pedient that will require aJI eligible < citizens to register. i Of course, there are those who will 1 hold that a man' should not be com- , pelled to qualify himself as a voter un- I less he desires to be so qualified; bit 1 we submit that In Article II, section 4, paragraph (b) the .constitution re- f quires just this, and we submit that t also as a matter of right and fairness, one man to another, the thing should be so arranged. TftE CONDEMNATION CASES. Four of the Catawba Power company right of way cases go to trial at once on their merits and the others are held up at least until the supreme court meets in November. That is the way the thing looks at this writing. As already explained, Messrs. W. B. McCaw and M. B. Jennings represent the plaintiffs in some of the cases and Mr. Walter M. Dunlap is the plaintiffs attorney in other cases. When it developed last Friday that Messrs. McCaw and Jennings had raised the question of the constitutional right of the power company to condemn lands, there was a conference with the idea of a compromise; but the matter could not be adjusted to the satisfaction of both sides and Clerk nf rh<? Court Tate nroceeded to draw Juries intjie Cases In which Mr. Dunlap represented the plaintiffs. The juries are as follows: No. 1?W. S. Perclval, J. L. Williamson. T. M. Allen N. B. Williams, J. A. Westbrooks, J. S. Stultz, B. R. Smith, J. J. J. Robinson, R. E. McParland, W. O. Harshaw, P. M. Burrls, S. M. Roach, Jr. No. 2?J. B. Rawls, J. A. Williford, J. W. Patrick. R. M. Barnett, E. B. Price, Felix Quinn, S. L. Pursley, W. T. McKnlght R. T. Castles, W. W. Whitesldes, J. M. Russell. Sep Massey. Two of the cases?those of Eliza J. Barron et al. and S. W. Barron were appointed for today, one this morning and the other this afternoon. Jury No. 1 was appointed to hear them. The other two cases, those of A. A. Barron and D. W. Barron, were appointed to be heard on the 20th Instant before Jury No. 2. All the cases will be heard on the premises involved In the condemnation proceedings. W. B. Wilson, Sr., represents the Catawba Power company. It is probable that the cases of which Messrs. McCaw and Jennings have charge will not be heard until after the supreme court acts, and if the constitutional point that has been raised Is sustained they will not be heard at all. - LOCAL LACONICS. 8uit Against the W. U. Telegraph Co. Sheriff Brown on last Saturday served papers In the'case of Pinckney Good vs.- the Western Union Telegraph company. The plaintiff asks for damages In the sum of 12,999 because of the failure of the defendant to deliver a telegram promptly. The telegram was sent from Gaffney on May 9 last and related to the death of Mrs. C. S. Good. It was not delivered until next day. Messrs. Ftnley A Jennings represent the plaintiff. Wants $22,000 Damages. The complaint in another big case against' the Catawba Power company was hied with the clerk of the court last'Friday afternoon, the papers having been served upon the officials of the company during the day. Dr. R. A. Bratton and other heirs of the estate of Dr. J. R. Brattop. deceased, are the. plaintiffs, and the suit Is brought on account of alleged damages to the MCCaw plantation occasionea Dy ine raising of the water in Catawba river by the dam of the Power company. The plaintiffs ask for damages In the sum of $22,000, and they also ask that the dam be removed or at least that the Power company cease its obstruction of the river. W. B. McCaw, Esq., represents the plaintiffs. Dined In the Air. The completion of the smoke-stack of the new mill at Lockhart was celebrated the other day with a sumptuous feast that was served at the top of it. The stack Is 127 feet high and the diameter of the top is nine feet. President John C. Cary, entertained the white men who did the building at dinner on a platform constructed for the purpose. Including Mr. Cary there were nine people in the party. The feast was a sumptuous one, consisting of roast tarkey and all the usual accompaniments. The colored laborers were treated to a feast on the ground below, about: the base of the stack. ."Long' President Cary and his eight guests sat over their repast," says a correspondent of the Charlotte Observer, "and from their high vantage point could get a lovely view of Broad river as it winds around the base of the hills between Tork and Union ' counties, could hear the roar of the great Lockhart. Shoals where 10 000 or more horse power can be developed, ahd could see, climbing up from the base of the smokestack, the mammoth new mill where soon will hum 50,000 spindles and 2,000 looms and another mill which for eight years has been operating 28,000 spindles, giving employment to hundreds of persons, while near at hand were the pretty cottages, the church, the school hodse, where reside and worship and aequlre an education the people of Lockhart, one of the best mill towns in South Carolina."; Death of a Most Estimable Lady. Miss Elizabeth C. McGUl, a wellknown and highly esteemed lady of the Smyrna congregation, died at the home of her sister-in-law, Mrs. Mattle McGill, near Hickory Grove last Saturday morning at 6 o'clock. She had been in bad health for quite a while; but her death which was the result of a nervous disorder, was sudden and unexpected. The funeral took place at Smyrna on Sunday afternoon, the services being conducted by Rev. J. L. Oates. There was a large attendance. The deceased was a daughter of the late John McGill, who In his day was one of the most wealthy and promineht citizens of western York, and was a sister of Mrs. W. M. Kennedy of YorkviHe and Mrs. R. M. Plexico and Mr. James C. McGill of Smyrna. She was In the 62d year of her age. Miss McGill had been a member of Smyrna church for many years, and was known throughout the congregation and the entire neighborhood as well as a Christian worker of unusual energy and zeal. She took the lead in many good works in which leadership was necessary, and also did many noble things that were unknown to her most intimate friends. A few years ago minutes of the Associate Reformed synod contained acknowledgement of a gift of $400 for the use of the mission in Mexico by "one who was not willing to let the left hand know what the right hand did." Since her death It has developed for the first time that it was Miss McGtll who sent this money. Miss McGill leaves an estate that w'Ould have been sufficient to havq kept her in'comfort for years to come. The Newbold-Kershaw Incident. The Columbia State of Saturday publishes a card from W. H. Newbold with reference to the recent unseemly occurrence in Kershaw, and in that card he makes the following statement of facts: "On arrival at Kershaw on Tuesday, I and Mr. W. T. Castles, the administrator, and also one of the best citizens of this county, alighted from the train at 10.30 a. m. Certain persons immediately set up a howl at us and told us to get back on the train and leave town. Mr. Castles very properly did so, as he thought a riot was Imminent. I called to the chief of police to arrest the men or stop their file cursing In the streets In the presence of ladies. He at first stopped them a.nd then Joined In with the crowd and tfiey all insisted on me walking out of town Immediately. This I declined to do and went into the depot. After about 20 minutes a gentleman offered to send tils boy with me to the mayor's house, t walked down there, about a block and j was never more cordially treated in my life than I was by Mr. Welsh. His ; son did come In and wanted to fight me In the parlor, and ordered me out >f the house, but the elder gentleman J stopped that. I stated my business and the reception that I met with at the lepot. Mr. Welsh and I were on the way to his lot to hitch up his buggy 'or him to carry me up town, when Dr. ] Halle and others of the best citizens | )egan to arrive and advised us not to 1 ituir.pt to go, I stated to the mayor ( tnd the committee that I would do as . hty said, except walk away from town r< or conceal myself on a train, but that < I thought that we were making a mis- I take by being dictated to by any one, I and that I would go up town if they I wanted me to do so. As a result of i their advice, however, the mayor took 1 me in his buggy to the tank a mile I rust of ovr and wfc attempted to hag" i the train that your correspondent said was searched, for me, but the train ' went by and the mayot- stayed and put i me on the next train, which was a freight bound for Camden, at 4.30 p. i m., and I came home by Hamlet that i night with a half dozen of our citizens 1 that were at Camden attending court." < THROUGH THE COUNTY. Gleanings of Interest to Dwellers Along the Rural Routes. Yorkville No. 1. The decline In the price of cotton , below 10 cents has well nigh put a stop to marketing among the people along this route. -They do not have to | sell at under 10 cents, not just at this time anyway, and they are not disposed to do so. Cotton picking Is still progressing at a lively rate, although many fields have already b?en picked clean. Yorkvills No. 2. The people out this way have been quite busy during the past week or ten days mowing peavlnes, of which large crops have been made, particularly by Messrs. W. T. Nichols and W. L. Hogue. Farmers are pretty nearly through with cotton picking and have little else In sight now than to gather corn. The young people enjoyed a singing at the residence of Mr. W. E. Qettys Friday night. m ? SOUTH CAROLINA NEW8. ? Lee Loeb, a prominent citizen of Charleston committed suicide at his home in that city last Sunday, having lost his reason as the result of a business deal. ? J. M Whetsell, treasurer of Dorchester county, has been found short In his accounts and the governor has suspended him from office pending further Investigation by the grand Jury. ? Governor Heyward has offered a reward of $500 for the arrest of the parties who waylaid and killed R. A. McDowell on the streets of Camden last Wednesday night, and at the same time Indicted dangerous wounds upon J. W. Porter In the attempt to take his life. A reward of the same amount had been offered by the city council of Camden. Gov. Heyward received an appeal from SherlfT Trantham and this was endorsed by a number of the most prominent and most reliable men in Camden, among them Mayor H. G. Garrison, Capt. W. M. Shannon, Mr. B. B. Clarke, lfr> C. C. Moore. Col. T. J. Kirkland, Mr. W. R. Hough, Dr. A. W. Burnet, Mr. E. D. Blakeney, Capt. E. C. von Tresckow, Mr. L. T. Mills, My. Jofct Hough, Col. W. D. Trantham, Capt. M. L. Smith, Capt. A. D. Kennedy and Senator J. T. Hay. ? Spartanburg Herald, Sunday: The alleged yeggman, J. M. Marcey mention of whose escape from the Laurens jail appeared in yesterday's Herald, was arrested in the Spartanburg postoffice yesterday by Officers Brown and Cooksey, of the police force. The arrest was attended by no unusual incident, the man quietly submitting. Subsequently he acknowledged to the police that he was the mair who escaped from the Laurens jail. He is a young leiiuw, a ^ailauiaii, anu . t yarded a? a very smooth artist by the authorities. Recently he was arrested in Laurens on charge of vagrancy, aqd when being searched there wis found on his- person a map of the town of Clinton and a diagram of the Bailey bank in that town. Chief of Police Dean has notified Sheriff Duckett of Laurens, of the arrest, ahd that offloer is expected to come up today and carry Marcey back to the Lgursns prison. ? Columbia dispatch of October 1: It is evident that the prohibitionists are seriously thinking of putting out a state ticket despite opposition to this movement on the part of somer' of the members of the organization who do' not think that this is the best way to win. Two meetings have been held in Columbia this, week- and at both the members of the state organization formed several months ago were present and discussed* the out-1 ook for a state ticket. Among those here were John L. McLaurin, Joseph A. McCullough, C. C. Featherstone, L. I. Bristow, Sam M. Grist and others. It is regarded rather'significant thht at least three of these are spoken of > as possible nominees should this party decide on a -state ticket, McLaurin, . Featherstone and McCullough. It waa , stated afterwards that the .majority , of the members of the conference fcre opposed to the putting out of a state ticket. ? The Standard Warehouse company of South Carolina has been organized with a capitalization of $500,000. The following directors were elected at a meeting in Columbia last Friday night: Gov. D. C. Heyward, E. A. Smyth, of Pelzer; L. W. Parker and W. E. Beattie, of Greenville;. R.. B. Llgon and J. A. Brock, of Anderson; J. K. Durst, of Greenwood: E. W. Robertson and August Kohn, of Co- ' lumbla. The directors will meet- in Greenville tomorrow to elect officers. The headquarters will be In Columbia and all reports will be sent from the other warehouses to the headquarters. This company has acquired the standard warehouses at Green- j ville, Columbia, Anderson and Greenwood, the aggregate capacity being 15.000 bales. There are half a dozen mill presidents - on the board of dl- ' rectors. It is sold to be the intention of the company to establish 1 warehouses in other parts of the | state. ? Darlington, S. C., October 6: i The Interior Telephone company, of , Darlington, was chartered last week i with a capital stock of $25,000, with | L. S. Welling. W. M. Haynesworth, | N. L. Hanel and others as corpora- j tors. Darlington will be the headquarters and for the present it is , likely the most of the business done i will be done here, but it is proposed to extend the system to Florence, Timmon8ville, Lamar. Society Hill and possibly other places. It is not the intention of the new concern to try to drive the Bell system out of this territory, but to compete with them, believing the business a profitable one, and that the competition will result In giving the people of I this section better and more satis- I factory service. For some time past the Bell service has not been satisfactory to the people of Darlington. It is true the system has been practically rebuilt here in Darlington, but that has been the cause of com- , plaint, for several years, that is, j that they are always rebuilding and , do not seem to ever build one suf- . flclent to meet the growing demand. ? The noted Glllis murder case, which has excited and stirred Kershaw county for eighteen months and which has attracted attention throughout the state on account of the prominence of the principals, came to a conclusion after three trials, last Saturday at noon with a verdict of , "not guilty." The killing occurred ' >n the public highway, near Boykln Station, the men having met In their buggies, Glllis* father being with him. the derendant. ana xucriae wininner, * the dead man, being accompanied by i. his friend. Ancrum Boykin. The two men renewed a quarrel about whether Glllls had set Are to a piece of woods " belonging to Whltaker. Whltaker "] died where he dropped, Glllls stand- J Ing over him and firing Into his body after he fell. The state's evidence was to the effect that after the two men met and agreed to disarm themselves and fight a fair fist flight, Whltaker was In the act of passing his revolver over to his friend, muzzle down, and that Gillls took advantage of this unguarded condition to fire Into his side. Gillls carried Whltaker's revolver away in his own pocket, remarking that two shells had been exploded. The defense claimed, however, that Boyktn and his friend were the aggressors throughout, overtaking them after they had previously quarreled and Whltaker had apologized for cursing Gillls, and that the firing began simultaneously, Gillls being wounded In a finger. ?Spartanburg Herald, Sunday: Mr, Milllken and his interests are having their inning in the litigation, which involves the control of the Laurens cot top' mills. United States District fudge Jeter Prltchard yesterday returned a decision, restraining Presi * lent Lucas or others on his side of the case from carrying the matter any further in the state courts. It will-be J borne in mind by those conversant with the details of this interesting action. that at a meeting of the stockholders of the Laurens mills several months ago. the. Lucas interests rngde what the French' express so nicely a 'coup d'etat," and in a dramatic (thinner forced -the representatives of Seth M. Miiliken from voting the large number of shares of stock he held in the. mill. This and other legal procedures were sustained by the state courts; but subsequently in the United States courtr Judge Brawley rendered a decision to the effect that Lucas should appear before the United States court and shotf cause why he should not be permanently enjoined from proceeding further in the case in the state courts. This phase of the case has culminated with the decision of Judge Pritchard at Ashevllle. It was carried from $reenvllle to Ashevllle. The decision of Judge' Pritchard .restrains Lucas and other parties to-the suit which was brought in the stkte courts by Lucks some time ago 4hd subsequently removed to the Upgted States court, from taking, any further ?t?na nr nmceedlnm In the state court. The practical result of this decision will be that the MtUlken Interests will call a stockholders' meeting for the purpose of electing a board of directors of the Laurens mills for the rear at once. Under Judge Pritchard's de- *" clslon Lucas and others interested with him will be powerless to Interfere against such procedure In the state courts. ) . m i v AFTER JANUARY WHAT? Editor Yorkvllle Enquirer: I notice In your paper of last date that a number of farmers have signed their names to. a pledge that they will not'sell their cotton for less than 10 cents until after January. Please let me know if they mean by that that they will sell their cotton at less than 10 cents after the first of January. What is written would Imply that such was the case whether they Intend to do so or not. Yoqrs very truly, * 8amubl E. WHTHD, % Cotton Farmer of Tork County! Lancaster, 8. C., Oct 7, 1906. . ____ As we understand it, the pledge referred to Is in force only until 1, 1900, after that date the slgnyrs will \e free to do as they may choobe. Ed. ENQunuaL ?? i;T ' AT THE CHURCHt*. " FIRST PRE8BTTERLAN. i REV. E. . OILLBSPIB, PASTOR. , Prayer meeting at 7.00 o'clock tomorrow evening. , rRIWIJX U REV. J. U SPOKES, D. D., PASTOR. t>ravar mMiint Wednesday evening at 7.30 o'clock? ? ASSOCIATE REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN. rsv. w. c. uwart, pastor. Prayer-meeting tomorrow afternoon at 4.80 o'clock. Special Solids. Preaching at Ramah. Rev. A. H. Atkins will, begin a series of services at Ramah on Friday morning preceding the 6th Sabbath of October, preaching at 11 o'clock In the morning vand 7 In the evening. Communion on the 6th Sabbath. Oct 10 t It 1... She gorkuille Cotton JRarhet. Corrected ftemi-Weekly by Msssri. Latta Bros. " Vorkvlliac, "October TC*tf m?Th# local qiarket stands as follows: r ' Cotton .... 9| * Latta Bros. HYMENEAL, Married?By Rev. 8. A. Weber gt his residence in YorkVlUe on Shnday, October 8, 1906, Mr. BOYCB Y. WHISONANT, of WllklnsVUIe. S. C.. * to Miss LULA C. SMITH, of Hickory Grove, .8. C. . ...? By Magistrate J. C. Comer on October.1, Mr. J. R. HUDjDLESTON and Miss MINNIE LUCAS. GOTTOE IHBVKAjrCE. ' ' I AM prepared to Insure cotton either in town or on farms at minimum ratea, In time tried and fire tested companies, and guarantee insurers who desire to borrow money on their cotton, that they can secure as liberal treatment as where policies of other companies than those I represent are offered. See me before placing your insurance. - f. 0AM M. GRIST. Oct. 10 U tf TATE OP SOUTH C AMOUR A, ? County of York. LM probate court. By L R. Williams, Esq., Probate Judge of York County. WHEREAS ROBT. L. GOFF has applied to me for Letters of Administration, on all and singular, the goods and" chattels, rights and credits of Dr. J. W. TRIBBLE, lats of the county aforesaid deceased: < These are, therefore, to cite and ad- , monish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to be and appear before me at our next Probate Court for the said county, to jbe holden at York Court House ort his 28TH DAY OI? OCTOBER, 1905, ?to shew cause, If any, why the sold Administration shduld not be granted, liven under my hand and seal, this 7th; day of October, In the year of bur Lord one thousand nine hundred and Ave and In the 130th year of American Independence. ' L. R. WILLIAMS. Probate Judge of York County. Oct. 10. * t ft Seeds For Fall Planting. Just now is a good time .to sow your Fall Seeds. Of course we have the Seeds you will want to sow. Come to us to get what you want. Among others we have . YELLOW ONION SETS, WHITE ONION SETS, RY E SEER and BARLEY SEED. RED CLOVER SEED and CRIMSON CLOVER SEED. ; 1 Come to- us lot what you Wast <ow Is a good time to put these seed n the ground. Our prices?you will find?are Just lght. Come and see us. STAR DRUG STORE, D. L. Shieder, Prop. For Fall Sowing rj: t * ' I have the Red Rust Proof Seed Oats-at 60 cents a bushel. Also have Seed Wheat (a red beardless variety) at $1.40. I expect in a few days a regular Grain Guano. g i . *.?*. * \ Give me a call for the above If in need of same. LOUIS ROTH.