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Scraps and ^acts. ? Advices were received in Washington Tuesday from Pekln, through official channels, to the effect that the merchants of China had decided to abandon the boycott of American products, for the time being at least. The plan is to await action by congress on the exclusion law, which, if favorable, will mean the complete eradication of the anti-American movement, but if adverse to Chinese Interests will result in the prosecution of the scheme with renewed vigor. The decision, which is reported to have been reached by the Chinese merchants throughout the empire, Is in line with the recommendations of the Chinese government, which were based upon the attitude of President Roosevelt. ? Because of a peculiar freak of nature, Robert Gardiner a prisoner In York county, Illinois, Jail charged with the murder of Agnes Morrison may escape the death penalty. When arraign ed In court last Monday, his attorney William Buckney startled the court by saying: to Assistant State Attorney Barbour: "This is a case where It won't do you any good to ask for the death penalty. They can't break this man's neck if they try to hang him, and you may lose him altogether by hanging him and falling to execute the sentence In full." It appears that the prisoner is suffering from ossification of the vertebrae and tissues of the neck. According to a well-known medical authority, only five cases similar have ever come to the notice of the medical profession. ? When the flood of Sept, 8. 1900. swept the Galveston, Tex., district Geo. Wright his wife and 3-year-old son lived at Virginia Point. This hamlet was quickly demolished and Wright with his family sought safety further Inland on an Improvised raft. While battling with the flood the child was snatched from Its father's arm and disappeared. The parents were rescued and made diligent search for their child without success. The morning after the storm the child. In an almost lifeless condition, was picked up on the roadside near Texas City and nursed back to life. Not being identified it was sent to the Luting Orphan asylum. from which It was adopted by an aged couple near Brownwood. A railroad man knowing that Wright had lost a child during the storm and that this child had been found after the storm notified Wright who found It was his baby boy. ? While much talk Is heard on all sides regarding the annual message of President Roosevelt, which is almost completed a high government official remarked In Washington last Wednesday that there Is a greater disposition on the part of politicians to believe that there will not be a break between Mr. Roosevelt and congress this winter over the rate question. This does not mean that the chief executive Is *hny the less determined to frame some measure by which one of the chief evils of the country can be remedied, but it is rather believed that he has won a number of opponents to his side who " could pretty well control things in the senate and cause a lot of W? nAA^lAdalu rleotifn Allt rliuAHQ. UCIOJ uy Iicruirooij uiunu vm? sions and debates. The house, under Cannon's lead, is counted with the president, so whatever opposition his views might meet is expected to be encountered in the senate. ? According to recent German statistics. the length of the railroads of the world was 537,105 miles on Dec. 31, 1904. of which 270.386 miles were in America, 187 776 miles in Europe, 46,592 miles in Asia, 15.649 miles in Africa and 16.702 miles in Australia. Of the mileage of European railroads Germany stands first, with 34,016, followed in their order by Russia. 33,286; France. 28,266; Austria-Hungary, 24,261; the United Kingdom, 22,592; Italy. 10,025; Spain, 8,656; Sweden and Norway, 7,730. The average cost of construction of the European railroads per mile Is estimated at 3107,577, while for the remainder of the world the estimate is only $59,680. The total value of the railroads of the world, according to these statistics, is 343.000 000,000, of which the European roads figure for 322.000.000.000. The estimate for rolling stock is as follows in numbers: Locomotives. 150,000; passenger coaches, 255,000, and freight cars, 3.000,000. ? H. F. Werley. an agent of the Insular bureau, who was sent to Santo Domingo to Investigate the revenue conditions on the border between the Dominican and Haitian republics, has made a partial report to the war department. Mr. Worley made a trip into the interior of Hayti while he was on the Island, and says that reports were often brought to him of savage customs in the wildest regions, including cannibalistic feasts where the victims are babies. These reports were sufficiently authentic to be believed by him. He estimates that smuggling that has been going on across this border has cost* the Dominican government from 3350,000 to $400,000 a year. The method was to land goods at points in Hayti and send them by coasting vessels near the Dominican line. They were then carried over the border by mule trains. The tariff in Santo Domingo, according to estimates made Mr. Worley, is about 73 per cent ad valorem, which is a great inducement to smugglers. ? To go from the Pacific to the Atlantic ocean quicker than anybody else has ever made the trip is the ambition of E. H. Harriman, according to a Chicago dispatch. Although it will be two weeks before he arrives at San Ftanclsco from the Philippines officials of his railroads have begun ar rangements to give him a recordbreaking run. "We hope to have Mr. Harrlman's special train ru:i from San Francisco to Chicago in fifty hours flat," said an official of one of the Harriman lines. "That would beat the record six hours. His train will run over the Southern Pacific, Union Pacific and Northwestern to Chicago. From here to "New York it will go over the Lake Shore and New York Central. The best time between Chicago and New York Is sixteen hours, by the Twentieth Century limited on June 18 last. We hope to arrange to have Mr. Harriman taken to New York in fifteen hours. If our plans carry, Mr. Harrlman's train will run in sixty-five hours from San Francisco to New York." ? Professor Behring, the man who discovered the anti toxin serum used so successfully In the treatment of diphtheria, announces that he is about ready to proclaim a method for the cure of tuberculosis. The understanding is that he is satisfied that he has established the efficiency of the treatment; but that he does not desire to give it to the world until he has been able to make from it a sum sufficient to help him in the prosecution of other investigations along the same line. The Nobel prize in medicine, the value of which was $40,000, was awarded to Professor Behring In 1901 for his method of rendering cattle by innoculation immune from tuberculosis. In a lecture delivered shortly afterward in Stockholm. Behring said that he would devote the prize money to further experiments in the same field. In April of the next year proofsheets of a book by Behring upon this method were given out. The book gave the results uf six years of Investigation and experiment. In the following May the success of his serum treatment for diphtheria was noted in the official statistics of Berlin, where a death rate of from 1,300 to 2,000 was cut down, in 1901, to 469 by use of the serum. In March, 1903, Professor Behring made public the fact of the extension or nis luoercuune ments to human beings and expressed the belief that they would be successful. (The (Bnquiror. YORKVILLE, S. C.t FRIDAY, OCTOBRR 13, 1905. The word graft is good English but It Is not as good as the word stealing to express the same Idea. Secretary Taft claims that the Chinese boycott of American goods cost the Celestials about $15,000,000. The boycott has fallen through because It was too expensive. The American bankers in convention in Washington have adopted resolutions In favor of the ship subsidy proposition that has been under consideration In congress during several years past. As the bankers see It. the development of an American merchant marine is absolutely necessary for the proper expansion of American trade. They argue that foreign ships make no hesitation in coming to America for raw materials of all kinds; but foreigners understand the ins and outs of business too well to send their ships here to transport our manufactured products to market on the same terms with their own manufactured products. All who have( studied the ship subsidy question, very well understand that the development of an American merchant marine without the help of government subsidy is well nigh impossible for various reasons, principal among them being first the fact that foreigners already have the advantage of establishment and experience, and the diferent European governments stand ready to give their shipping industries all the assistance necessary to keep them abreast with competition of whatever kind from whatever source. On the announcement that Dr. Behring of Paris, had discovered a treatment which he thinks will be an Infallible cure for consumption: but which he does not desire to make public until next August, a New York millionaire offered tc give the doctor J50.000 if he would make the treatment known at once. The only condition imposed by the millionaire was that other responsible and reliable scientific men should give it as their unqualified belief that the treatment will be effective. Dr. Behring says In reply to this proposition that he is unwilling to accept aid of any kind from private individuals; but would consider a proposition from the American government or from some organized scientific institution. He explains that after all his discovery Is really no longer a secret; that he has already advised several competent persons of his own choosing, and that the matter Is safe should anything happen to him. Discoveries of consumption cures have been announced frequently In times past only to raise false hopes; but the announcement by Dr. Behring commands the most serious consideration of the scientific world. The man who discovered infallible cures for diphtheria and lockjaw may very well be expected to do still greater things along the same line and it is not at all improbable that he may have at last found means with which to circumvent the great white death. Too Much Stealing. The wholesale stealing, called graft, in connection with the management of the various life insurance companies, that has been made public as the result of various investigations evidences a state of affairs that is at least not complimentary to modern civilization. Expressions of shocked amazement in connection with these developments are common; but that is about the most marked result that has been noiced, and It is indeed doubtful as to whether these expressions are really sincere. It is a common saying that little thieves are caught ana pumsnea, wnue big thieves are held in higher honor than if they had chosen to continue along the straight and narrow path. There are those who would hold this view to be a mere expression of misanthropic bitterness; but somehow, we are incjined to the deliberate opinion that it comes nearer to being a true and pointed arraignment of the hypocrisy and sham that pervades so many of the professions of our much vaunted civilization. We shall not pretend to suggest that there is no such a thing as an honest man because that would not be true. There are plenty of good men here and throughout the whole United States who could not, under any circumstances. through hope of private gain or what not?be induced to intentionally wrong a fellow man. We say such men are common; but still they are not to be held entirely blameless for the spirit of graft which seems to so completely pervade the entire body politic. Along with the honest men there are thousands who are dishonest?unprincipled. unscrupulous sharks, who if they ever in their lives entertained for a moment a really generous sentiment. it was so long ago that it has passed entirely out of their memories. These men are generally known of all other men. if not at sight, then certainly by a little association. They are smooth and hypocritical, and are frequently able with their tongues to disguise the intent of acts committed by their hands, and to do dirt that cannot be maxte the subject of absolute proof; but never has there been one so slick as to be able to escape even all well-founded suspicion. These are the men who do the stealing when the opportunity presents, and their honest associates generally lack the nerve to mete out to them such punishment as they should have. It Is clear that the managers of the blfc Insurance companies, or at least many of them are unscrupulous thieves. They have diverted and perverted funds of others by means that are hardly as creditable as are those used by the ordinary burglar the difference being that the burglar takes his life In his hands while these men are able to accomplish their ends without even ordinary danger. But let us not wax too virtuous In empty condemnation of these or other big thieves. The fact that a thief, whether big or little, can ply his trade" and be left free to enjoy the frulM thereof. Is not so much a reproach to the thief as It is to that portion of society as Is to be considered as being made up of honest men. If the balance of society, having all the power *?* ,J w~ nf Hon no more v no. I CUUiU uc cuucci?V? ... gumption than to allow convicted thieves to continue In the enjoyment of the fruits of their thievery then the balance of society Is only being treated as It richly deserves."' The thirty-second annual edition of Latham. Alexander & Co's. Cotton Movement and Fluctuation has been published and The Enquirer is pleased to acknowledge the receipt of a copy of It. The volume this year Includes 206 pages, and as usual It Is filled with a vast quantity of usefuj statistical and other Information not to be found elsewhere In such comprehensive and satisfactory shape. Messrs. Latham, Alexander & Co., are widely conceded to be among the best informed and most conservative people connected with the cotton trade, and their views as to conditions, etc., command universal respect. They . don't allow themselves to go to extremes, to become too optimistic or too pessimistic; but are generally found to be in pretty close accord with actual facts. Referring to the situation as it now presents Itself they say: "While any opinion at this time of what the current crop will be Is utterly unreliable, yet, remembering how deceptive the early and even mid-season bad reports of last year's crop proved to be, we venture the suggestion that the early evil reports this year are to be taken with due allowance for possible exaggeration. At the same time, we think there is every reason why the current crop should bring good prices and if the yield should prove to be not more than 10,500,000 bales, it is altogether possible that through the combined effect of legitimate demand for consumption and speculative manipulation we may see cotton sell very high between now and next summer. In any event, the prospect to us seems fairly promising for the planter, and we have no doubt he will take all proper advantages of It." FARMERS HOLDING COTTON. President Smith Says Paper Contracts Won't Make Yarn. President E. D. Smith of the Cotton Growers' association, has just issued a statement that will be of general in terest to the cotton growers 01 me state. He argues that "what cotton is now going to market is to meet contracts and that no cottoo 1s being sold at prevailing prices and that thespinners cannot spin paper contracts, but have to get the real cotton. He says: "I have just returned from a trip in the upcountry, having spoken* at Laurens and Gaffney. At the latter place met President Jordan, and he and I discussed the situation as it now stands. "There la no cause for alarm on the part of those who are holding cotton, but rather everything to encourage them. The entire situation may be summed up thus: As might have been expected, this being the debt paying time, the lieners, tenants and smaller farmers were expected to sell their cotton together with quite a number of others who were In a position to hold if they would. The season for gathering was so fine and the cotton opened so rapidly that ail of this cotton has been rushed to market and has created the impression that few, if any, would regard the association minimum price. . On the other hand a large per cent of the crop already picked and ginned is being held by strong hands. They can afford to wait and will wait until they feel that they have been rewarded for all delay, expense and anndyance, and attempted ridicule on the part of the opposition, has been fully and amply paid for. It is my honest opinion that enough cotton is being held from the market by strong and determined men to put the spinning world at their mercy long before the prospect of another | crop is in view. It would not surprise me if subsequent events do not prove that it would have been wisdom on the part of the bears to have given minimum prices for the entire crop rather than to be forced to pay for their opposition, for as they have taken advantage of the weak by virtue of their position at this debt paying time, it is very probable that some of us will see to it that restitution is made when the advantage lies In our hands. This week cotton has practically all been marketed, but from now on they may gamble as they please, but when they want spot cotton we will have our price. Let no one be uneasy, for cheering news comes from every state and we are bound to win." MERE-MENTION. Thirty horses were burned to death, several firemen were injured, and $75,000 worth of property was destroyed by a livery stable fire in Boston, Tuesday Daniel J. Sully, the cotton bull operator of New York, addressed a large audience in Raleigh, N. C\, Tuesday. He urged farmers to hold their cotton for 11 cents The American Bankers' association Is *- ? - ?1.1 ?. ? ?.im a nnn in session 111 h amiiiigiun, mm ->,vw members In attendance British Consul Bonar died of yellow fever In Pensacola, Florida. Tuesday Admiral Saso, inspector general of the naval construction corps of the Japanese army, died at Tokio. Tuesday. The gold shipments from the Yukon territory for 1905 are estimated at $6.000,000.... Mrs. Phoebe I Hearst has made a donation to California university of $500,000 The Knights of Columbus all over the United .States celebrated the 413th anniversary of Columbus' discovery of America, yesterday. I Tub MuxiKRN-LircAS Cask.?Speaking of the rather curious interpretation that was placed on Judge [ Pritchard's decision in the MilllkenLueas case Sunday, and to which the News and Courier called attention, a lawyer who has studied the case from the beginning said to a reporter yesterday: "Mr. Milliken asked three things: First, to enjoin Lucas from further proceedings in the state court. This Judge Pritchard grants. Second, to enjoin Lucas from In any way interfering with a legal meeting of stockholders to be called, and at which Milliken will vote. This Judge Pritchard refuses, saying that the court had no jurisdiction over the question. Third, to declare that in the meantime and pending the holding of such meeting, the new board of 1905, now In charge of the mill, shall be put out and its affairs be managed by the old board of 1904. This also Judge Pritchard refuses as a matter over which the court has no jurisdiction. "Unless my view Is a mistaken one the case Is not settled or closed yet by a long shot."?News and Courier. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERT!8EMENT8. G. H/O'Leary, Chairman?Calls for a ; meeting: of Bedford telephone subscribers at the court house tonight (Friday) at 7.30 o'clock. Opera House?Announces the appearof Old Madrid, a three act farce comedy at the opera house, Monday nert, October 16. J. M. Campbell. Administrator?Gives notice to the debtors and creditors of N. B. Campbell, deceased, to pay up indebtedness and present claims against the estate. Victor Cotton Oil Co.-r?Beginning today will gin cotton at >1 per bale. York Drug Store?Has comic post cards,two for Ave cents. Send them to your friends. They are all the go these days. J. Q. Wray, The Leader?Calls attention to his large stook of underwear for men, women, boys, girls, infants. He reminds you of the high quality of his shoes. He wants you to see what he has to offer before you buy t a sewing machine. Dobson Bros.' Cash Store?Says that Mrs. Dobson's hats are the talk of the town and country. . All ladles are Invited to call on Mrs. Dobson for points as to styles in millinery. Foushee Cash Store?Will have a big special sale of underwear for men, women and children on Monday. Opening Xmas goods. 150 pieces German china at 10 cents eacn. Carroll Bros.?Have four secondhand wagons for sale at bargain prices. Three of them are complete, one has running gear only. J. M. Heath & Co.?Offer staple cotton goods at old prices. Have some special October clothing offerings. Large stock of medium and long cut styles in ladles' jackets. The-ladies are Invited to see their immense line of dress goods. Ferguson & Clinton?Have Swift's "Premium" hams at 16c lb. Armour's "Star" brand at 15c lb. Star Drug Store?Wants you to remember that paracamph takes the place of menthols as a remedy for headaches, bruises, burns, cuts, etc. . Light froats were reported by different people in different localities yesterday morning. There was also frost this morning. Subscribers desiring -their papers changed from one address to another should invariably give the old address along with the new one. This Is for the convenience of our mall clerk. Where both addresses are given there is but little trouble about making changes. Where only one address Is given, much extra labor Is Involved. We are always glad to make changes of address whenever they are desired. ' While St is not to be dented that the effect of the hold-up In the marketing of cotton is noticeable In business still It is gratifying to note that there has been nothing like stagnation. We have passed through many a fall during the past ten years when trade conditions were not as good as they are now even with cotton moving freely^ Summed up In a nutshell, the people are not selling because they don't have to, and they don't have to because they can get along without selling. There are occasionally revealed some irregularities In the United States postal service, but taking It all In all, the system Is a wonderfully perfect and practical one, says the Charlotte Chronicle. Aside from Its pi>ctlcal^ operations, there Is a sort of sentN ment which helps to protect the system from Interference. When we think of the multitude of letter boxes located in every part of the United States and located at the by-ways where In many cases people are afraid to Walk at night, and In connection with this, think of the fact that it is one of the rarest things that one of these- letter boxes in Interfered with by thieves or otherwise, we are naturally impressed with the fact that the people, and even the thieves have a sort of respect for the government postal service and particularly for the letter boxes holding the people's letters, that Is beyo-d the ordinary consideration In which things are held. A common thief with an ordinary hammer could smash any of these letter boxes and generally speaking. out of a dozen there could be found more or less money, quite enough to. tempt the ordinary thief.. Yet. we rarely hear of a letter box belnytnterfered with. There are two hindering influences. The people themselves would have no patience with a man who would break open a letter box while the government almost always catches the thleL sparing no money In order to accomplish this. The fact that' the letter boxes are so safe froth marauding Is one of the elements which makes the postal system so convenient and so useful both for business and social correspondence. ABOUT PEOPLE. Miss Kitty Stewart of Rock Hill Is visiting Mrs. W. G. White. Miss Zula Stephenson is spending the week with Mrs. R. J. Herndon. Mrs. J. Y. Miller of Gastonla, is the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Jenkins. Mrs. H. F. Horton of the Gould neighborhood of York county, is quite sick with fever. Mr. and Mrs. John H. Pollock of Blacksburg. are at Dr. A. Y. Cartwright's. Mrs. W. B. Williams returned home last night after a visit to friends at Marion, N. C. Dr. C. Fred Williams of Columbia, and Miss Mary Williams of Wlnthrop college, came to Yorkville this morning, having been summoned on account of the serious condition of their mother, Mrs. L. R. Williams. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. B. Jenkins of Rock Hill, have sent out invitations to the marriage of their daughter, Annie Lee, to Mr. Joseph Leonard Bird, the ceremony to take place on Wednesday evening, October 25, at 8.30 o'colck. CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS. Two of the condemnation cases brought by the Catawba Power company pursuant to the establishment of its pole line between the dam on the river and the towns of Yorkville and Clover were heard last Tuesday pursuant to appointment. Thnorlntr u*flu hod In Rhiinpzpr township, on the lands in dispute? and after everything had been gotten in readiness was disposed of in short order. The cases were those of Mr. S. W. Barron and Mrs. Elizabeth J. Barron and others. W. B. Wilson, Esq., represented the power company and the land owners were represented by Mr. Walter M. Dunlap. ; Only two witnesses were examined, Mr. Harry Wylie in behalf of the power company and Mr. S. W. Barron in behalf of himself and Mrs. Eliza J. Barron and others. Mr. Wylie explained that the power company only sought the right of way over a strip of land eighty feet wide; that after the poles and wires had been erected it would not need to go on this right of way any more except for the purpose of making repairs; that the owner of the land could continue to use and work the land as heretofore. Mr. Barron testified that In his opinion the erection of the pole line would have a tendency to injure the sale of the land In case It should be desirable to dispose of it The proposed line runs through the lands of Mr. S. W. Barron a distance of 6,815 feet and through the lands of Mrs. Eliza J. Barron a distance of 2,640 feet. In the one case the area of the 80 foot strl|i would aggregate 10 acres and In the other case It would aggregate about five acres. The land owners thought that the damage would amount to about 160 an acre, $500 in the case of Mr. S. W. Barron and $250 in the case of Mrs. Eliza J. Barron. After due deliberation the Jury, Mr. T. M. Allen foreman, decided that $10 an acre would be a fair assessment of the damage Involved and rendered a verdict accordingly, giving $100 In the case of Mr. S. W. Barron and $50 in the case of Mrs. Eliza J. Barron and others. THE COTTON MARKET. The cotton market continues about as It has been?the local buyers unable to pay 10 cents or over and-the producers refusing to sell at a less figure. There has been no appreciable increase in the receipts during the past week. Cotton is still going to the gins in a steady stream and from there back to the farms or Into the warehouses. About the time cotton went below 10 cents the mills were Just getting ready to buy; but when the decline commenced they stopped giving their orders, and as the farmers would not sell anyway trade came to a standstill. There have been a few Inquiries from mills within the past few days; but buyers are not especially anxious to sell at the prices that are being offered, being uncertain as to what may be the disposition of the farmers. Receipts continue pretty heavy especially In Texas and other gulf states; but in-the greater part of Georgia and South Carolina the farmers seem to be content to stand pat at least for a while yet. There Is iiot a great deal doing in Xew York except In futures, which are active enough to make It quite Interesting for the speculators. There are about 200,000 bales of spot cotton In the city at this time, and this has been quite a factor in bearing the market during the past few weeks. THE TELEPHONE QUE8TION. A meeting of subscribers to the local telephone system has been called to be held In the court" house tonight for the purpose of Anally disposing of the issues that were raised between these subscribers and the telephone company on the acquirement of the local exchange by the Piedmont-Bell people. It will be remembered that as the result of a mass meeting held some time back, a committee was appointed to take up the subject of rates, etc., and report as to what would be a reasonable and fair basis of agreement between the subscribers and owners of a local exchange as to rates, etc. That pommlttee made Its report In due time, and It was Instructed to confer with the Bell-Piedmont people and get from them the best proposition they were willing to make. The committee had a conference with the Bell-Piedmont people, Messrs. Maupin and Bablngton, and they insisted that they could not accept the terms and conditions which had been pro-, posed; but Instead submitted the following: This agreement, made this 9th day of August, 1905 between the Piedmont Telephone and Telegraph company, party of the Arst part (hereinafter called the Telephone Company) and the committee of "citizens empowered by the Citizens' mass meeting to act for a r\t thu lolonhnnc Hllh CLl iu uu uctian u? ?iiv hv*v|/nv>iw scribers In Yorkville, 3. C., parties of the second part, (hereinafter called the Committee) wltnesseth, 1st. The Telephone company agrees to Install a switchboard through which an efficient grounded telephone service may be operated, and to repair its pole routes so that an efficient grounded circuit telephone service shall be furnished its subscribers in Yorkville. 2nd. Until such a switchboard is installed there shall be no change In the rates heretofore charged by the Bedford Telephone company, nor shall any toll be charged to any point in the county of York, S. C." 3rd. After the said switchboard is installed the rates for telephone service sh^l) be as follows, .viz: Within the limits' of Yorkville, $. C., $15.00 per annum. , For residences, and- for business, $24 per annum. AU of the territory In the'county of York formerly operated by the Bedford Telephone Co. including only such stations as were owned, by said; company, the rate shall be $24 per ahnurh. All of the territory in tlie county of York, formerly owned and operated by the Bedford Telephone Co., Including Rock Hill, S. C., and points controlled by the exchange at Rock Hill now owned wholly or In part by Mr. Paul Workman, and to Fort Mill, S. C., the rate shall be $30 per annum. For farmers' stations on party lines the rate shall be $24 per annum, which shall entitle such stations to all points given under the $30 rate aforesaid. 4th. The Telephone company further agrees that night service shall be given and the Sunday service shall continue to be operated. 5th. The committee hereby undertakes Jointly and severally to assist in securing such right of way as may be needed through and over private property. 6th. This agreement shall terminate with the expiration of the franchise granted by the council of Yorkville, S. C.. to W. B. Moore for the Bedford Telephone company, and not before except by mutual consent of the parties hereby bound by it. The committee representing the telephone subscribers has not seen proper to take the responsibility of accepting the foregoing, and the meeting tonight is for the purpose of laying the matter before all who may be Interested in order that they may take such action as they may deem proper. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? The ladles of the Presbyterian church will hold their annual flower show during the latter part of this month. The date will be announced later. ? John R. Hart, Esq., has sold the two Watson houses on Cleveland avenue, the James A. Watson house to Mr. James F. Thomson, of the Thomson company, and the Miss Sue Watson house to Mr. Frank TIddy. ? Sealed bids for the $7,000 worth of bonds recently voted by the town of Yorkvllle for electric light and other purposes, were opened last Tuesday night. There were four bids in all ranging from par to a bonus of $101. The highest bid, which was made by a Chicago concern, was accepted. A local bidder offered $7,036 for the Issue. The bonds draw 5 per cent Interest. ? It was a little later than this last year when the need of more houses began to be so seriously felt In Yorkvllle. Since then more than a dozen have been built?the exact number we do not know. But it is a fact that there has been no appreciable relief. The demand for more houses is stronger now than it was at any time last year or even in the spring. There are a number of people who are considering the Idea of building; but it is not likely now that they will commence before next summer. In the meantime the house problem threatens to grow daily more pressing. ?The millinery opening of the Thomson Company, which commenced last night and which continues through today, has been successful up to the highest expectations of.Mr. Thomson and his efficient staff of assistants. A great crowd of ladies from all parts of the town visited the store last night and from 8 o'clock until after 9, the scene in the store, especially In the millinery department was suggestive of a big social reception. The people seemed moved with a common desire not only to see what was being offered but to give the newcomers a welcome. Mr. Thomson and the clerks, both ladles and gentlemen, had on their best bibs and tuckers, and also their most engaging manners, and there is no question of the fact that they scored additional points in the generally favorable impression they have been making since their arrival in Yockville less than a month ago. As creditable as Is the present showing, however, it is fair to say that the Thomson Comrtonv la nnl npnrlv nt Its best. It8 FU,V ? ? quarters are too crowded. Only a small proportion of the big stock of goods can be shown to advantage and many cannot be shown at all:, but all these difficulties, Mr. Thomson hopes, will disappear when the company gets into Its new quarters up town. ? The marriage of Miss Bessie Neely Moore to Mr. Wilson Tate of Pairfield. Fla., which took place at the home of the bride last night, was an event of much local Interest. It was a typical autumn wedding. The home was appropriately decorated on a color scheme of green and white carried out with potted plants and seasonable cut flowers. At the appointed hour 8 o'clock, the entrance of the bridal party was announced by the strains of Mendelssohn's Wedding March, played by Miss Marie Moore, Four little ribbon girls, Misses Mary Speck, Corrlnne Moore, Frederlca Lindsay and Margaret Moore led the way. followed by the bridesmaids and groomsmen In the following order: Miss Jessalyn Gantt with Mr, Paul N. Moore; Miss Josle Coleman with Mr. Louis McKesson; Miss Iva Withers with . Mr. Ernq?)^ Erwln. Then came the matron of honor, Mrs. T. L. Hobble with the maid of honor, Miss Addle Moore, followed by the bride In her gown of white with veil and orange blossoms, leaning on the arm of -her father, Mr. T. P. Moore, They were met under the bridal bower by the groom and his best man, Mr. Frank Tate, and the officiating minister, Rev. W. L. Hughson, pronounced the. Impressive ring service of the Church of England, A reception followed the ceremony, the newly wedded couple receiving the congratulations and good wishes of their frlenda Mr. and Mrs. Tate left on the southbound Southern train for Ocala," Fla., for a short stay after which they will make their home In Fairfield, Fla. Mrs. Tate Is the second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Moore. She Is a young woman of many attractions and graces and during her short residence In Yorkvllle has made numbers of friends who wish her every happiness In her new home. Mr. Tate was formerly of Morganton, N. C., but for several years Mas'been In business In Fairfield, Fla. He Ip In every way deserving of the bride he has won. Among the out of town guests attending the marriage were: Messrs. Ernest Erwln and Frank Tate, and Mrs. T. L. Hobble of Morganton, N. C., Messrs. John and Joseph Gantt and Miss Jessalyn Gantt of Burlington, N. C. Rev. W. L. Hughson of Morganton, Mr. E. P. Moore of Chester; Miss Josle Coleman of Columbia, Mrs. Jane Torrence of Crowder's Creek, Mr. John McDowell of Concord, N. C. 7 LOCAL LACONIC8. Federal Jurors. The following citizens of York county have been drawn to serve as grand and petit Jurors at the next term of the Federal court which convenes at Greenville next Tuesday: Grand Jurors?Edward Avery, Mason Bratton, S. V. Wallace, N. B. Campbell, Robert Clinton, Robert Wltherspoon. Petit Jurors?Judd Jones, J. C. Lowry, J .W. Westerland, T. W. Clawson, D. Hutchison, John Allen. Of the foregoing the following are deceased: S. V. Wallace, N. B. Campbell. Decision Reserved. Messrs. W. B. McCaw and Marion B. Jennings representing the plaintiffs and W. B. Wilson, Esq.. representing the defendants, went before Associate Justice Jones at Lancaster yesterday and argued for and against the order of prohibition that was recently issued In the matter of the power company's condemnation proceedings. After hearing the attorneys on both sides, the associate Justice announced that the matter was of too great importance to be decided off hand, and he took the points raised under advisement. Arrested In Charlotte. Fort Mill Times: According to the Charlotte Observer of Monday. R. A. Barrett and son, of this place are now In Mecklenburg Jail awaiting trial upon the charge of selling whisky. The arrest of Barrett and son, was made at Plnevllle Saturday by Constable Lon Culp. When arrested the men had In tnelr possession three five gallon kegs and a two gallon Jug of whisky. The men were charged with retailing and after a hearing were committed to Mecklenburg Jail In default of $400 boi:d Young Barrett wus also laund guilty of carrying a concealed weapon. Cannot Visit Winthrop. Professor D. B. Johnson, president of Winthrop college, on Tuesday Invited the president to visit the college on his approaching southern trip. As a member of the board of trustees of the Peabody fund the president has been Interested In Winthrop college since its establishment. It will be probably an important beneficiary of the Peabody fund when It Is finally distributed. The president said that the arrangements for his trip had been completed and It would not be possible for him to visit the Institution. Captain Cary Seriously III. Union special of October 9 to the Charlotte Observer: Captain John C. Cary, president of Lockhart mills, one of the big mills of the famous MH11ken group, which has no connection whatever with those reorganized here last week, was suddenly taken desperately 111 yesterday at his home at Lockhart, S. C., and was unconscious for nearly ten hours; but a special today at noon announces that he Is conscious and much better. He has been quite unwell for some time, owing to unusually heavy pressure of business on account of the erection of Lockhart mill No. 2, of 50,000 spindle \ capacity, but he would not give up. His condition was considered so critical that a special train was run to Spartanburg for Dr. Dean, a celebrated practitioner, who was called in consultation with the regular physician, Dr. J. C. Brawley. It was reported today that Captain Cary had suffered a stroke of paralysis, but that Is Incorrect, and while his condition may still be considered serious, with his splendid constitution it is believed he will recover. As a prominent manufacturer, Captain Cary was one of the committee who recently waited on President Roosevelt rela>tlve to appointing a commission to open the markets of the east to southern cotton goods. ROCK HILL AND VICINITY. The Water Question?Farmara Hold Cotton For 10 and 11 Cente?Now Presbyterian Church at Harmony? Mr. J. L. Moore Quite III. Correspondence of the Verkrllls Enquirer. Rock Hiu* October 13.?The Water. Light and Power Co.. of this city will begin In a few days tne sinking of an. other deep well to Increase their water supply. For sometime the pressure In the mains has been low and there was considerable complaint. The council put a committee to work on the matter and they have met with nothing but pleasantness in their' dealings with the Water, Light and Power people. The latter say the cause of the low pressure is from an inefflolent pump and they have an expert at work night and day now to remedy this, The decision to sink another well is because of the constantly Increasing demand on the part of consumers and also In anticipation of the very large increase which the Installation of sewerage would call for, An expert hydraulic engineer will locate the new well. This company is also disposed I to work with the city In the matter of draining the lowland in the immediate vicinity of the reservoir and power plant. There has been considerable talk recently about the purity of the water bring furnished by the Water, Light and Power Co., and the officials of that company are naturally Interested (n showing that the water supply is as |t should be. While not a true artesian well the one from which the olty Is supplied Is quite deep. It Is, to be exact, 315 feet deep and was drilled through tough pipe clay and rook. With such condition there should be very little If any danger In the water becoming Impure. The company has had four analyses made, two of which were this year, one In July and one In September. All of which show the water to be pure and safe, Mr. J. Boyd Crelghton of the Rock HU1 Buggy Co. has just returned from I Philadelphia where he attended the meeting of the National Association of Carriage Builders. | Mr. Harris Williams, one of York's most substantial farmers, who resides n< ar Harmony station was married Tuesday evening by the Rev, W. B. McCuen of the Baptist church, his bride being Mrs. Addle Shaw. There Is practically no cotton being sold here as the farmers are resolved to hold to ths 10 centd limit. As a matter of fact only a small proportion of the cotton of this section would be sold at ev^n that figure. Most of the farmers hereabout want 11 oents and they are pretty near In a position to hold their product until that price is obtained. A Presbyterian church was organised Sunday afternoon at Smith's Chapel near here. This was In accordance with the recent order of Bethel presbytery. The commission was made up of Revs. J. K. Hall. W. L. Llngle, W. B. Arrowood and A. H. Atkins and Elders Lewis and Bratton. Messrs. Jas. Barber, John Strait and E. A. Grant were made elders of the new church. Messrs. J. E. Flncher, C. W. Ratteree and J. O. Matthews, deacons. , Messr*. Parker A Miller, breeders of fine poultry, shipped about 200 head of their prize winning stock to Greensboro yesterday. They enter the state fair at Raleigh also and after that the S. C. fair where they are annual exhibitors. Mr. J. Leon Moore was taken 111 Monday with a severe chill, followed by another that night and his condition was such that Mrs. Moore, who has been in Ashevllle for some time, was telegraphed for. Mr. Moore Is much better now and hopes to be out in a few days. The Synod of South Carolina will meet in the Presbyterian church here next week and there will be present about 210 delegates, six presbyteries being represented. The Rev. James McDowell the retiring moderator will preach the opening sermon. The synod will convene through Saturday. EDITORIAL BULL'8 EYES. Columbia Record: The New York Sun says that the best way to inculcate business morality in . the insurance business, would be to put some of the leading men in It in jail, where there is plain living and hard thinking. The same remedy would be ' - *** j ~H?ao a# Kndnoflfl emCHCluus III umci uuca w?. ?%>??* ?-?! and especially as to public officials. Gaffney Ledger: If the southern patrons of bucket shops would withdraw their patronage they would do much towards making the price of cotton go up. Just so long as the southern gamblers go to the bucket shop and bet that cotton will go up, Just so long will northern gamblers do all in their power to put the price down; and they will put it down, too, for they have more money than the southerners. Let southerners desert the bucket shops for one month, and then southern farmers can get their own price. As matters now stand the southern gambler in cotton futures is a menace to southern cotton growers. Columbia Record: The fall of George W. Murray, he being convicted and sentenced for forgery, excites more comment than the same crime committed by a white man would, because Murray has long posed and was ascepted as a representative of his race in this state. He possessed their unbounded confidence and was held before the world as being typical of the possibilities of ihe development and advancement of the colored race. He swindled ignorant men of his own race, which makes his crime so much the worse, because they had such Implicit, childlike faith in him. The frequency with which such leaders fall is not encouraging, to say the least. Spartanburg Journal: A number of newspapers in this state are printing free a large amount of matter advertising the state fair to be held at Columbia the latter part of this month and by so doing by implication either confess their space is worth nothing or that they are willing to give it away to benefit Columbia. The state fair, as everybody knows, is a Columbia enterprise, the purpose of which is to induce people to -visit Columbia and spend money there as they do in large numbers. Why the Columbia interests which promote and manage the affair cannot afford to pay the news papers of the state for advertising the show Is as Inexplicable as is the action of the newspapers which print the stuff free, alongside of other advertising for which they charge. We suppose this Is none of our business, except to avoid being made a tool of In this manner, but the incident is worth mentioning as showing what Is asked of the newspapers of the state by the city of Columbia and what some of them are foolish enough to give. ? The state supreme court on Wednesday handed down a decision affirming the action of the circuit court in convicting George Washington Murray of forgery. Murray was a congressman. He is a coal black negro and one of the most conspicuous members of his race. He is one of i the largest landowners in Sumter i county, and la worth over $25,000. He was out on a >3,000 bond. It Is said that he will lose his bond and leave 1 the state rather than serve his three 1 years In the penitentiary. Murray was < charged with forging the signature of i an old negro to notes for land sold i by Murray. 1 % SOUTH CAROUNA NEWS. ? The supervisor of Greenville county has called a Brice law election to g. be held on November 16. ? The Martoi) dispensary went out of business last Saturday. The stock was shipped to Florence. ? There was a Brice law election In Darlington county last Tuesday. The vote was quite small; but the dispensary went out by a majority of about two to one. ? The body of a negro about 40 years of age was found urwr a shed on Boyce's wharf, Charlqa*.jii, last Tuesday, The nurfro had i fen dead for several days, ? Mr. L. U. Campbell, mineralogist and mining man of Oaffney, has what he thinks Is the largest amethyst In this country. .The stone was found In a monazite mine a few miles above Gaffney and was purchased by Mr. Campbell theru Saturday. It Is octagon shaped, the sides being perfectly * smooth as if cut by hand, and weighs seven and one-fifth ounces, without a flaw Inside. Mr. Campbell intends to take the stone to New Tork with him in a few days and have It ex* amlned by an expert ? Says a Columbia special of October 11: There are strong indications that the prohibition executive committee will break out here at the fair week meeting with a state ticket # with Jos. A. McCullough for governor and Louis J.~ Bristow for lieutenant governor. At the conference held here a few weeks ago both these men opposed nominations being made, but In today's Issue of the Baptist Press, edited at Greenwood by Mr. Bristow. he nominates Mr. McCullough for governor and advocates putting out a ticket. It is' significant that the editorial favors county control of the question. "Let us have a prohibition law. but. where it will not be enforced let It not be a farce," says f the editorial. "Where a majority of men are willing to write their names on a petition asking for the privilege of selling whisky, the best thing to do Is to allow them to sell under stringent regulations," . . ? Lancaster special of October IS, to Columbia Stater The eourt has been engaged the entire day In the trial of A. Jefferson Gregory, oharged with the murder of W. Thomas Catoe in the 'own of Kershaw on the night of Aug, 8th last. Catoe was shot in the bowels by Gregory on the pavement In front of Catoe's store. From the testimony I' appears that several years before the men had a personal diffloulty in. whloh Catoe was shot. Gregory was tried for assault and battery with Intent to kiil a d was acquitted. Tne aerense onerrd testimony to the effect that Oatoe had aald several times that he had not received justice and would get even with Gregory. On the night of the fatal encounter Catoe had been carrying a gun ii company with "Buddie" Watson, but hgd gone to his store and nut the gun inside, leaning against the doof; about thlii time Gregory, who was night policeman, came along. -J, T. Davis, an eye witness for the state tra iled that-Catoe had put his gun . * behind the front door of the store preparatory to closing the door. At this time Gregory came by and as he was about to pass Catoe hollered "Hurrah for Kershaw." That Gregory turned around and shot Catoe. "Buddie" Watson, an eye witness, was put up by the defense. He testified that as Gregory passed by Catoe hollered "Hurrah for Kershaw," and reached for his gun. and Gregory turned and shot him. Catoe's dying deolgratlone were offered In evide ce. and were to the effect that Gregory shot him without cause, and ran off'and then came back, beat him over the head with a -pistol and then carried -him to the guard house. The defense established the fgot that when drinking Catoe was a dangerous, quarrelsome man,' that he was drinking freely that night and as stated aboye had made threats against Gregory, t Gregory testified that he was going his regular round Us night policeman, and was trying to arrest Catoe, that as he passed Cato#'- store Catoe reaohea tor his gun and , the same time leveled a pistol a^d snapped It at him and just before dolnR so hollered in a bolster* ous tone. "Hurrah for Kershaw." that knowing Catoe's reputation for violence when drinking and remembering the threats and htlng as he believed In danger of Iqslng his life, he shot to pave his life. J!. D. Blakeney, Esq.. of Kershaw represented the defendant, Solicitor Henry was assisted in the prosecution by Oreen ? Hlnes. The jury after deliberating about an hour brought In a verdict of "not guilty." ? Columbia State, Thursday: Mr. R. W. Porter, the Kershaw man who was struck ip the head and so dangerously Injured at the time Mr. R. A. McDowell was foully murdered, and who was brought to the Columbia hospital with his life hanging in the balance one week ago last night. Is now regarded by his physicians as being out of danger and his recovery Is only a matter of days. For the first time since he has been here, a representative of the 8tate was allowed to see him yesterday. Mr. Porter was eating his supper when the .reporter was admitted. Mrs. Porter was with him and tenderly waited upon him during the meal. The wounded man was reclining on his cot, but was strong enough to raise himself upon his elbow while he took his supper. His head was swathed In bandages that cover It entirely above ? 'the ears and eyes. There are still black bruises around both eyes, which Mr. Porter thinks were received when he fell after being struck. Mr. Porter is entirely rational, but was no more able to recall anything of the attack than whqp he awoke at the Wateree bridge the morning after the tragedy. Speaking slowly and in a voice that sometimes trembled from weakness, he related how he remembers as if in a dream that his first moment of memory was when he was * walking along the road toward the bridge. He was dazed and had no pain or sensation of injury, but felt that there was .something wrong with his head. He can now recall that one of the first things he did was to take off his hat and look at the place that had been' broken In It by the blow. He does not know, but feels vaguely that some one called his attention to the' hole in his hat. He has no impression of who this was, * If it really happened. He was conscious then that his face and hands were covered 'With blood and all night long he could feel the blood dripping from the ghastly wound In his head, but never once did he realize what it meant or feel the necessity of calling for help. When he grew faint from the loss of blood he sat on an embankment on the side of the road for awhile and then walked to several trees that grow In a pea field, bordered by the embankment on ? which he had been sitting. Here he remained until daylight, when he was slightly more revived and then went to the house of the bridge keeper at the Wateree river bridge, and was washing the caked blood from his face at a pump when Mr. Ammons, the rural mail carrier, took him In his buggy and carried him to Dr. Dunn's office in Camden. The hat worn by Mr. Porter when he was struck was seen in his room at the hospital. It is a new black stiff hat. There Is a hole about half an inch in width and about two Inches long, where the blow was struck through it, on the right side In front. The brim is broken across the rront and there is also a break m the back that looks as if it had been {>unched with a small stick or other agged instrument. The Inside of the hat is smeared with blood. Mr. Porter will probably not leave the hospital for another week. He spoke very feelingly yesterday of the kindness that has been shown him by his friends and , even by many here whom he does not know. Grebne and Gatnor Case.?The trial of Greene and Gaynor, charged with conspiracy, in connection with former Capt. O. M. Carter, to defraud the government in the carrying out of contracts for the improvement of Savannah harbor, will probably take place during the November term of the United States court for the Southern District of Georgia. Judge Emory i Speer is ih North Carolina and nothing definite as to the trial has yet been ascertained. It has usually been Judge Speer's custom to open the term the first Monday In November, but then 1 to adjourn court until a date in December. it Is said, however, that in view Df the importance of the case of Greene and Gaynor it will probably be taken up very soon after the court convenes tor the term.