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Scraps and |acts. ? The president has appointed Chas. A. Stilling?) of Boston Mass., as public printer to take effect Nov. 1. Mr. Stilllngs Is manager 0f the printers' board of trade of New York city. The appointment of Mr. Stilllngs was not forecasted by any discussion of his candidacy for the place. The large printing Arms of New York and Boston endorsed him as a practical printer and executive. He was also strong1 ? Ktr Qanninv Pro nn Y-Tp {Q I) enuui ncu uj dciuivi v><?re. .. a son of Gen. Stillings, who was adjutant general on the staff of the late Commander-in-Chief Blackmar of the Grand Army of the Republic. The position which acting Public Printer Ricketts will occupy under the new administration of the uffalrs of the government printing office will be determined by Mr. Stillings. ? The New York police are getting Information that seems to throw a little light on the recent murder of Jacob H. Thompson, exchange editor of the New York Times, In a leading hotel of the city. Shortly after the murder a negro boy named Richard Hannibal was arrested on suspicion. He had been in a difficulty with a negro woman named Mamie Gibson, and the woman cut his throat. He died on Wednesday. The woman now says that immediately after the death of Thompson Hannibal told her to say that he had spent the night of the murder at her house. According to the woman's story, Hannibal said that he had not killed Thompson; but Thompson ought to have been killed because he was so stingy with his tips. The police are coming to a suspicion that both the boy and the woman may have had a hand in the murder, and that the woman cut the bey's throat for the further security of the secret. ? It is stated on reliable authority, says a Washington dispatch, that In his message to congress President Roosevelt will recommend that a new department of government be established to take charge of the country's insular possessions. If congress acts favorably this will mean a new cabinet officer and the relieving of three existing departments of work that their chiefs have found to be enormous. The war department has the Philippines, the state department has Porto Rico and the navy department has Guam. The hardest work has fallen on the war department through its bureau of insular affairs. All the departments affected are earnestly In favor of a change which will bring relief. Gossip already names the man for the new place if it be created. He is Col. Clar" ence R. Edwards, chief of the war department's bureau of insular affairs. He is an Ohio man, a protege of McKinley and Hanna in the old days and is said to be well liked by the president. ? The story of how the finest Jersey cow in the Philippines met an untimely end, says a Washington dispatch, has Just reached the bureau of Insular affairs of the war department from Manila. Cows are scarce in the Phil- , ippines, and this Jersey was the prize animal of the archipelago. It was valued at something more than $1,000, , and was, until a few weeks ago, kept | at Manila. It was decided to send the animal to the government stock farm at Zamboango. and preparations were made to - ship her on the interisland transport Romulus. Zamboanga is a long Journey from Manila and the climate is such that fresh meat cannot be carried. Accordlngl> another cow of the ordinary kind and with no blue ribbon to its credit was taken along. When the time came for fresh meat the cook of the transport went to slaugh ter the ordinary cow. He looked both beasts over. The prize winner was much better looking and was by far ? the fatter. The cook killed the prize Jersey before those who really knew which cow was which could interfere, and the ordinary cow is still alive and happy. ? The weekly cotton region weather crop bulletin issued by the cotton bureau at Washington last Tuesday said: In districts where the proportion of ungathered cotton is greatest, the weather conditions of the week ending Oct. 30 were not favorable. Wet weather over a large part of the central and western districts of the cotton belt during the fore part of the week delayed cotton picking and caused injury to open cotton in northern Texas. Oklahoma and Indian Territories, Arkansas. the northern portions of Mississippi and Alabama, and western Tennessee. As a whole the week was cool. Frosts occurred in the central and western districts, causing considerable damage In Tennessee, northern Mississippi and Oklahoma and Indian Territories, but practically none in Texas. In the Carolinas. Georgia and Florida the wtather conditions were favorable. Picking is from one-half to two-thirds completed in Oklahoma and Indian Territories, Arkansas and northwestern Mississippi; a much larger proportion of the crop has been gathered in other sections, picking being practically completed in the more southerly districts. ? Further promises to prosecute persons shown to be guilty of crimes by the revelations in life insurance affairs now being made by the New York leglsla'.ive investigation committee ?~ loo* TnaoHou hv fllsitrlpt were Iiiauc ioo?, 1 uvuvsuj ? Attorney Wm. T. Jerome. The promises were made in reply to the construction which his rival for office, James W. Osborne, put upon Mr. Jerome's recent statement that if reelected he would employ Charles E. Hughes. now counsel for the investigating committee, to conduct the prosecution of insurance offenders. Mr. Osborne asked Mr. Jerome if he wanted to use Mr. Hughes in order to shirk the conduct of these prosecutions himself. Mr. Jerome said In reply today: "I have felt all along in regard_to :hese insurance matters that crimes had been committed and that the persons guilty of these crimes must be prosecuted. and it is my intention, as I have said on several occasions, to prosecute to the bitter end every person connected with these insurance matters against whom it is possible to obtain evidence showing the commission of a criminal offense." ? Oscar J. Ricketts. acting public printer, in testifying a few days ago before the Landes committee at Washington, declared that there were altogether too many copies of public documents printed and particularly conlau. ittklnk ? I, ? + 1,850 unbound copies shall be made of each of these documents. He said that the largest demand for these documents held In reserve did not exceed thirty per cent and the minimum was close to zero. In his particularized list of documents which were printed, but never called for he named a large number of agricultural department publications. Eulogies of departed senators and representatives he had ai discovered were utilized by coun- b; try clergymen, who found In them ol neat phrases which they stored in ., memory for use at funerals. In resume rr he said he thought many hundred ri thousands of dollars could be saved li; from the public printing bill by cut- . ting off the enforced printing of a cer- s? tain number of copies and the printing ci for reserve another certain number. di _ B <flu \|orki'iUf (inquirer. " Ol YORKVILLE, 8. C.i w FRIDAY, NOVEMBFR i. 191 5. a . T An attempt by the Tammany people dl to put the Hearst people In the atti- r< tude of standing for anarchy raised quite a hubbub in New York last Tuesday. The Tammanyites raised at the city hall an American flag with the M name McClellan on it and a red flag with the name Hearst on it. Underneath was the legend "Under which flag?" The Hearst people soon col- < lected In large numbers and In such threatening attitude, that the police ts were Anally induced to order the re- ni moval of the objectionable red flag. r< McClellan Is still In the lead for the m mayoralty, and his election Is practt- le cally assured: but the Hearst people p are developing a great deal more L strength than had been anticipated. " ? Chirf Constable Hammett has Is- Is sued an order placing on the black list about thirty-five alcoholic preparations sold In the drug stores as medi- h clnes. The list Includes cherry phos- tl phate, Maltine, Pabst malt, Hostet- ^ . ei ter's bitters Peruna, DeWitt's bitters, blackberry and cherry bounce, hi and others not so well known. The jr sale of cider of all kinds Is prohibited. ^ The order provides that the other preparations referred to may be sold fr on the prescriptions of physicians. ,n This Is the weak part about the or- ^ der. The dispensary law prohibits a, the sale of alcoholic liquors of any hi kind except through the dispensary. The constable has about as much m right to say that these blacklisted c< preparations may be sold on prescrip- c< tlon as he has to say that corn whls- " ky may be sold over counters by the drink. C tl ol During his trip from New Orleans to Washington on the West Virginia, lu President Roosevelt took occasion to ^ give especial recognition to the stokers of the navy. The stoker is the w man who shovels coal under the boilers M of the steamship. His Job Is a heart- * breaking one, and he can last only a w few hours at a time at it. Pew men c< can be induced to shovel coal as long as ^ It Is possible for them to get anything ai else to do, and it is exceedingly dlffl- C( cult to supply the navy with stokers, lr When the president went down into the boiler room the officer in command of the vessel gave him a profusely decor- r< ated shovel and requested him to 1,1 throw in a shovel of coal. He threw p in two shovelfuls. The boiler under hi which the coal was thrown is hereafter 01 to be kntfwn as the "Roosevelt" boiler. ^ When the president put down his w shovel the men broke it to pieces and s? claimed the fragments as souvenirs. s< * * r" Capital Punishment. The Christian Herald has raised ^ the capital punishment question again, tl with some strong articles holding that P the same is unauthorized in the prlnciples of Christianity and calculated a] to increase rather than discourage crime. While it must be confessed that this question of capital punishment is a p very grave one there is reason to fear R that most of the people who underOj take to speak in opposition do so with- a! out having given the subject as thor- di ough consideration as is warranted. We assume of course, that the ob- ^ ject in view is to discourage the crimes for which capital punishment is usu- si ally meted out. As to whether such jj, punishment would be warranted for n any other purpose, we are to say the least doubtful. ^ It will have to be admitted that capital punishment does not stop crime. Such ^ punishment has been provided for cer- A tain crimes during all time past and these crimes continue, notwithstanding an occasional infliction of the punish- h ment. But right here it is just as well to ^ admit that after all capital punishment is really more than half a bluff, v and if we are frank we will concede " that such failures as are generally charged to it. ought instead to be charged not to capital punishment; but to failure to inflict it. ? In several of the older countries, particularly England, Germany and Prance, the would be murderer knows ^ before he commits his crime, that if 01 he is detected the chances are 99 out c< of 100 that he will forfeit his life. As u a result murders are rare in those a countries. w Sudden and uncontrollable passion s' Is frequently argued as a specious ex- a cuse for murder, but where It is 01 reasonably certain beforehand that a such an excuse will not be considered, ? what 'otherwise might have been a r< murderous hand is often stayed. There Is something peculiarly horri- rj ble in the idea of taking a human life, v and it is difficult to reconcile the n proposition that even the state has a J.J right to do such a thing. tr But the law of God demands capital 't punishment, under proper clrcum- j,c stances, and it is not for ma 1 to rea- Cl son whether it be right or wrong. ti The mistake in this country?aye u the crime?is not in inflicting capital punishment for crimes meriting such w punishment; but for failing to inflict <1 it where it should be inflicted. * ' It MERE-MENTION. tl Four persons were killed and several w injured by the explosion of a steam si pipe in the power house of the Poto- u mac Electric company at Washington, jJH D. C.. Wednesday Several firemen Ci were Injured and $250,000 worth of rr property was destroyed by fire in Pen- ^ sacola, Fla., Wednesday Major 5' General Byrne, railroad magnate and tr one of the most prominent Democrats ti in New York died at Larchmont, N. jj' J.. Wednesday, aged 60 years Dr. (t Eleanor Chestnut, Mrs. E. C. Machle ti and child and Mr. and Mrs. Peale. all missionaries to China from the Pres- rp byterian church of the United States, si re reported to have been murdered y a Boxer band who raided the town r Lienchow, China, Tuesday night... ...Charles J. Devlin, the Chicago coal line operator, who went Into bankjptcy recently with over J5.000.000 abilities, died in Chicago, Wednesday. ...One person was killed and three riously Injured In an automobile acdent near Philadelphia, Pa., Wednesay A large lumber plant of the altlmore and Ohio railroad, with Its intents was destroyed by fire In Balmore Wednesday, with a property "- u of *ioo ooo Twentv Dersons ere killed and a hundred or more ounded In rioting between mobs and overnment troops In Warsaw. Rusan Poland, Wednesday. The mob as attempting to liberate political risoners whom the troops were uardlng Three German officers id thirteen soldiers were killed, and >rty men wounded In a battle between atlve rebel forces and German troops a the Orange river in German Southest Africa Tuesday and Wednesday. Rev. John F. Butt, a Methodist ilnister of Charlotte, dropped dead in street car in that city yesterday.... he vault of a bank at Vincennes, Inlana was dynamited by robbers and )bbed of $50,000 Wednesday night. ROCK HILL AND VICINITY. lusic at Winthrop?Viaited by a Burglar?The Royal Arch Degree?Jenkins-Bird Marriage?Miss Ruff and Mr. Cairthen. >rn*s|iniiilen< e of the Yorkville Knuulrer. Rock Hill, November 3.?An enter ilnment very much enjoyed by a umber of our townspeople was the scltal given by the departments of iusIc and expression at Wlnthrop edge auditorium Monday evening. Miss owell recited selections from James ane Allen's "Kentucky Cardinal" and \ftermath." Miss Georgia Steedly layed Grieg's "On the Mountain." [iss Jenkins, "The Thrush" and "Love i Straying, e'er Since Maying" by evlns. Miss Ryder sang Chamlnade's Rltournelle" and "Madrigal." When the family of Mrs. Lizzie [uey, who lives at Steele's crossing iree miles south of the city, arose uesday morning there were plain fldences that a burglar had entered >e house during the night. A window ad been prized open and raised. The itruder had left by a door leaving ath the window and door wide open, one of the family had been dlsturb1, but the burglar had probably been lghtered away by something as nothig had been taken. In compliance with the agreement jtween the Southern railroad officials rid the city authorities, the former ave begun the installation of electric ings at the crossings on Laurel and Wilson streets. The connection is iade when the approaching train imes within eight hundred feet and mtinues until the train has cleared le crossing. Bratton Chapter No. 32 R. A. M. conrrred the Royal Arch degree upon ol. W. W. Lewis and W. T. Ligon of lis county and Mayor R. E. Wylle ' Lancaster at their meeting Tuesday fentng. Hon. Jacob T. Barron of Coimbla was present and contributed reatly to the success of the occasion. Miss Annie Lee Jenkins, daughter ' Mr. J. H. B. Jenkins of this city, as married Wednesday evening to [r. J. L. Bird of Kershaw. The event as celebrated at the bride's home on eld street and the Immediate friends ere entertained at supper after the >remony. Mr. and Mrs. Bird left on le late train for a visit to Columbia id other dies south. Mlo? Hnttlp Thomson of Davidson >llege, who has been in the city teachig a class in pipe organ and acting as rganist for the Presbyterian church >r several months, returned to her r>me Tuesday morning much to the 'gret of the many who have heard pr delightful playing. The management of the Highland ark company's oil mill and ginnery as decided to double Its capacity in rder to meet the demands upon it. It is "ow supposed that the home of [arshall Dunlap, near Ogden, which as burned one night last week, was ?t on fire. Mr. Dunlap has very :rong suspicions as to the guilty parr, but not sufficient to Justify a warint just yet. Invitations are out for the marriage T Miss Christine Elliott Ruff to Mr. laude Cauthen. This will occur on le evening of the fourteenth in the resbyterian church a reception fol>wing and Will be one of the events f local society as both the parties re exceedingly, popular. Mr. McElwee, the new manager of pera house is starting out to please le show going public. His attraction ist week, "The Denver Express," was ronounced the best show for years in :ock Hill. He has booked for next eek "The Beggar Prince" a comic pera which is said to be clean, jolly nd wholesome. It will be here Monav evening, the 6th. Rock Hill claims to be an up-to-date >wn. She leads in having the first eath of a horse from heart disease, [r. Bollln was driving along Black treet Tuesday afternoon and when he eared the merry-go-round in full last his horse became frightened, fared and fell back dead. Mr. Herbert Diehl has returned from 7alhalla where he was an attendant t the Adams-Beckman wedding. The room, Mr. Sidney Adams, is a Rock [ill boy, the son of Mr. Frank W. dams. Mr. Eugene Holler has returned from business trip to the west. Mrs. Lingle of Salisbury is visiting pr son. the Rev. W. L. Lingle. Miss Frances Beckham has returned om an extended visit to Columbia nd Florence. Miss Daisy Williams of Yorkvllle is isiting her brother, Mr. John B. Wllams. TERROR IN RUSSIA. treets of Odessa Strewn With Dead Bodies. The Russian people have not yet een able to fully grasp the meaning f the czar's proclamation granting a anstitu'lon and disorders continue iroughout the empire. The dlsturbnce is altogether by mobs, however, Ithout definite or intelligent leaderhip. The representatives of the czar re doing what they can to preserve rder, not hesitating to shoot and kill s they have been doing. A dispatch f yesterday to the London Standard om Odessa describes a reign of ter>r In that city as follows: "The city rings with the reports of ifles and revolvers and occasionally a olley is fired. Every house and tenelent is bolted a-,d barred. The Infancy patrols are doing their duty perjnctorily, declining to fire on the iobs unless they themselves are attcked. The Cossacks are said to have >st over 100 men by bombs a -d shots om windows. Cossack patrols carry firbines and have their fi'igers on the Iggers. The streets are absolutely psafe for civilians. "The casualties yesterday are bellev1 to have amounted to 5,000 killed and ounded. In the Jewish quarters bo les still strew the streets and sldealks. Jewish women and children ere strangled and hacked to pieces i the streets where the mobs gained le upperhand. A Red Cross doctor Us me that the Klshlneff horrors ere repeated a hundred fold. The :udents alone saved the city from holesale sack and massacre. The illitary are now placing 100 machine uns at various points. Twenty-six trts full of wounded have just passed ly door. "Gen. Kaulbars was called to the ilcony of the palace this morning by 000 loyalists carrying Imperial poraits and ikons and singing the naonal hymn. The general earnestly it rented the assemblage to disperse nd go home but with ringing cheers ie loyalists resumed marching irough the city. "The sound of firing Is again moving estward toward the Jewish quarters, he mobs swear they will not leave a ngle Jew alive." LOCAL. AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. T. N. Dulin and H. G. Stanton, Admrs. ?Will sell the personal property of the late D. G. Stanton, at public auction, November 16th, for cash. R. D. Alexander?Wants to recover a hound pup, named Hunter, that got lost or was stolen last Wednesday. R. E. Gwln?For Harmony church, requests the members to help clean the church grounds Nov. 8. Robert Wltherspoon?Gives notice to the public that he owns the exclus lve nunung privileges on cerium lands and gives names of such. Yorkville Hardware Co.?Says that the time has come to begin turning the land and Invites farmers to see the Lynchburg plow before buying a turn plow. ' Foushee Cash Store?Announces that It will have a clearance sale of millinery next Monday. All millinery is to be closed out regardless of cost. Dobson Bros.' Cash Store?Says that all the ladies know where to get fine millinery. Everything Is up-todate. First National Bank?Wants you to know that It sells bank money orders that are good everywhere and thoroughly safe. The president has Issued his annual proclamation appointing Thursday, November 30, as a day of Thanksgiving. Mr. J. J. Matthews of Ramah, said yesterday that there was only a single able bodied negro man In his entire neighborhood Wednesday. All of the balance went to the show. It is easy to believe that the same condition of affairs existed in other neighborhoods. Mrs. W. G. White is probably entitled to the distinction of being the most successful chrysanthemum grower of Yorkville this year. Mrs. White has been growing chrysanthemums of many varieties in large numbers for several years, and her exhibits at each of the flower shows have commanded much admiration. Mrs. W. J. Wilkins of Gaffney, who won the first prize at the flower show Tuesday Is probably one of the most successful chrysanthemum growers in the upper part of the state. She has been giving close attention to chrysanthemums for a number of years and produces many fine specimens each season. Mrs. Wilkins also has many other beautiful flowers, including various kinds of roses. ABOUT PEOPLE. Mrs. Geo. W. Kunz and child, have returned home after a visit to relatives at Columbia. Miss Edith Jackson of Clover, spent Wednesday with Mrs. R. E. Montgomery. Mrs. Agnes Moore of Rock Hill, visited the family of Capt. E. A. Crawford this week. The condition of Mrs. P. B. McAbee, who has been critically ill at her home ,at Lockhart for the past Ave weeks, Is showing no signs of improvement. Mrs. W. J. Wilkins of Gaffney spent several days In Yorkville this week, having come over to attend the flower show. During her stay here she was the euest of Mrs. Geo. W. Brown.. .Mr. W. F. Bray came from Camden Thursday afternoon on a short visit to his family. Mrs. Bray and the children will probably leave In a few days to spend the winter with relatives in Georgia. Mr., and Mrs. G. T. Radcllffe, Jr., of Charleston, have been spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Radcllffe, Sr., of Yorkville, coming up on Tuesday and leaving yesterday for a trip north. They were married in Charleston on last v Monday. TIGERS IN PLENTY. The tremendous show crowd Wednesday furnished a Jungle well suited to the native wilds of the tiger and the beast came and went as he pleased throughout the day. There seemed to be no limit to the quantity of liquor afloat, especially throughout the forepart of the day, and It manifested Itself In an unusual amount of drunkenness, particularly among the negroes. The police kept as close an eye on the situation as possible and they are of opinion that most of the liquor that was so abundantly in evidence was brought by the crowds on the trains, some from Chester, some from Rock Hill and some from toward Hickory Grove and Blacksburg. The local tiger was also In evidence. He anticipated the favorable opportunity that would be presented by show day, and prepared himself accordingly. He had been lying rather low for some time past; but the crowds made him bold and he got his full share of the harvest. At one time during Wednesday morning, from about 10 to 11 o'clock, It looked as If about every other negro man on the streets was drunk; but the whites, who were not nearly so plentiful, were sober. It Is the general concensus of those who paid the closest attention to the situation that they have not seen so much drunkenness on the streets of Yorkvllle before for years; but at the same time they realize that It is a long time since they have seen Just such another crowd. PROTECT THE LITTLE BIRDS. "Yes, the open season for partridge shooting Is on all right; but It Is certainly a pity. The partridges need protection now worse than ever, and If we could have at least another month of protection?two months wouldn't hurt ?we would be assured of the largest stock of birds that has ever been seen In this county." The speaker was Mr. W. S. Nell, of Yorkville, who Is earnestly and enthusiastically filling the office of game warden for York county; but who is seriously handicapped because he has no power to give the birds the protection he thinks they should have. "I have just been out in the fields," he said, "not to shoot but to look over the situation and honestly It makes me sick to find things as they are. "There are more birds in the country than I have ever seen. They are actually plentiful; but most of them are young. 11:tie bits of things that can hardly fly, and people are killing them right and left. If the thing keeps up, most of the birds will be slaughtered within a month or two, and the splendid prospects we now have for good shooting during the winter will not be realized again for years. "A sporlsman won't shoot at a half grown bird. He believes In giving his game some chance. He has too much fairness to think, of taking such an advantage. Why, he considers it little short of murder. But there are hundreds of negroes and little boys who think of nothing but kill, kill, kill, and with them the fact that the birds are only half fledged is all the better. It makes them easier to kill. "There is but one thing to be done under the circumstances, and I would like The Enquirer to make an appeal to the landowners to give their assist- cl ance. Under the law as it now stands, E landowners are in a position to control 11 the situation. They can keep hunters di of all kinds off their lands, and If they t) will only keep everybody off the young ft birds for another month or two, it will w be best for all concerned. t< "Some people tell me that they don't n shoot the small birds; but only pick si out the old ones. That is no good, di When you kill the old birds you may t? as well murder the entire brood. The p young birds need the care of the old si ones, and deprived of that care when d they are still in a half fledged state, F they will all die. Those people who in- T Bist on shooting into half grown birds s< will do best to let the old birds alone. v< What they ought to do Is to keep n out of the fields, and give the birds a ai chance to get big and strong." THE VAN AMBURG SHOW. The Van Amburg show is like the d rest of them in that it undertakes to, f< make big capital out of the prestige ci of an old name and advertise lots of w things it has not got. V The show came down to Yorkville ii Tuesday night from Oastonia and Y spread its tents on the Springs property over near the Southern depot, a There were not nearly so many cars s< as the advertising agents represented, li and hardly h&lf as many horses, or c< people. b As a matter of fact the show was e quite a small one. The plant was o somewhat larger than that of the Gen- g try dog and pony show; but not so a nn ?Un t tViA TlfrtllnnA DpAO nl iai gy- IIIUI Ui IIIC yy auav>c uiuo.i a Joint Robinson, or other aggregations ci that have been to Yorkvllle during the past few years. T The street parade was not very Im- E posing either as to the number or fi character of the floats; but ^as T stretched out to double the length that v would have been necessary by leaving a long Intervals between the different wagons. The performance Included the usu- n al circus routine with no especial feat- n ures more striking than some good F acrobatic work, some skillful juggling tl and some very good springboard vault- w lng. n The crowd inside the tent at the af- tl ternoon performance numbered some- c thing like two thousand people; but c there was room for a great many more, h People who ' had seen shows and t< shows and who have begun to realize p and appreciate the sameness that char- gi acterizes the modern circus, were disap- si pointed; but still there were hundreds and hundreds who enjoyed the entire d performance as thoroughly as If the a show had really been the biggest on q earth. e 7 CIRCU8 THIEVE8. t< While so far as can be learned, no- q body was very badly hurt by their c operations Wednesday, the circus g thieves ? the fllm-flammers, short ^ change operators and others?were c In. abundant evidence Wednesday, and they reaped quite a rich harvest. Ij "fon't vnii sHve me nnnpr for some /? of this silver?" asked a man who was n selling reserved seat tickets of a cltl- 0 zen who had Just came Into the show 0 through the main entrance. h The citizen went Into his pocket book and produced a $5 bill. The ), ticket man held the bill for a moment e and asked: tl "Haven't you got anything larger j than that? I don't want anything smaller than a ten or a twenty?" p The citizen was sorry that the five was the largest he had; but shortly af- tj ter he got it back he noticed that it v was only a one. The attention of Policeman Sanders t| was called to "the circumstance, and n the policeman promptly went to one j( of the managers. j"Yes, yes," said the manager. "I j, have no doubt you are right. The tick- u et man has just found that he has $4 8 too much change and this must be where he got It." "Very likely," drily remarked the s policeman. . b "Well, you give this to the,gentleman,- tl with my regrets," said the manager j, handing over $4. "And how much do j, you charge for representing the young t] man?" The manager asked, still holding a roll of bills. "The town pays me for this kind of business," replied Mr. Sanders. Mr. Sanders had to come down on u this same manager at least three other Q times during the day, and the fellow made good each time without a word j| of complaint. * f( WITHIN THE TOWN. T ? There has been a noticeable dropping off In cotton receipts this week as ^ compared with last week. ? The police made about twenty-five arrests Wednesday and netted some ^ $60 or $76 in fines and forfeits. ? Mr. Harry Wylle promises to have the wires of the Catawba Power company completed to Yorkville this week. ? The chrysanthemum market has w been quite steady this week at 25 c< * ~ " klAAM, V.imAHAlia K1 n a Q A m a S t'Cilia a utuujii. 11 uiucivua have changed hands at these figures. p ? Next Monday is salesday for No- ^ vember, and there will be several val- 11 uable pieces of real estate to go under ,c the hammer in partition proceedings. ? The various business houses got S a pretty good volume of trade out of the circus crowd Wednesday. The trade commenced about 10 o'clock and tl lasted until 6. Every house in town ir got a share. f< ? The sorest need of Yorkvllle is the a opening up of new streets so as to put r< the town in more city like shape. The ci thing is of sufficient importance to de- f< mand the attention of all the leading cl citizens. tl ? Manager Moore of the opera tl house, has telegrams from several c? other managers, particularly the man- & ager at Anderson, recommending in c< the highest terms. The Beggar Prince, V which is to be produced here tomorrow night. ai ? The local camp of Woodmen of rr the World had a big oyster supper at fj Louis Roth's last night, and numerous B friends of the members were guests. The supper was served in Mr. Roth's ^ usual fine style, and everything was j, first-class. There were short talks by rl Hon. D. E. Finley, J. C. Wllborn, Esq., ^ M. B. Jennings, Esq., Prof. J. C. Allen, js Mr. W. F. Marshall and others, all very hf entertaining. The whole evening was M a very enjoyable one. ? There were four state constables S in Yorkvllle Tuesday and Wednesday to look after the tiger nusiness in connection with the circus. The local po- di lice gave them a list of all the negroes nr and others In Yorkvllle who are un- X der suspicion of dealing: in liquor and J,', afforded them as much assistance as ai possible. Two of them worked in dis- S guise, visiting different suspected tlgers and making every reasonable ef- w fort to get evidence of sales; but with- a! out success. i* ? The flower show, given under the [j auspices of the Presbyterian Floral so- tl lety, which was in progress when The nql trer went to press Tuesday, was berally patronized during the entire 1 a.y, and the door receipts netted someling over one hundred dollars. The matures of the evening's programme C ere the presentation of the premiums s > the successful contestants, and a i umber of delightfully rendered muIcal selections. M. B. Jennings, Esq., ( elivered the prizes, and acted as mas- I >r of the ceremonies, and the musical t rogramme consisted of several in- t trumental solos duets and trios, ren- c ered respectively by Mrs. W. H. f owler, Misses Julia Allen, Pansy s raywick, and Annie Ashe, and vocal )los by Miss Lllla Herndon, and a e ocal quartette by Messrs. M. L. Car- t >11, W. P. Harrison, J. G. Barnwell, nd Paul Neely Moore. ' ' THE CIRCU8 CROWD. Whether the show be large or small, ull or attractive, the most Interesting ?ature of show day Is the circus rowd, and the great gathering that ent to make up the crowd of last Wednesday was easily one of the most iteresting that has been seen in orkville for years. The crowd was composed of all kinds nd conditions of people from every action of the county, and no doubt lcluded considerable contingents from aunties adjoining. The van guard egan to arrive early in the morning, ven before daylight, on foot, in wagns, on mules and horses and in bugles and carriages. What was at first thin sprinkle soon swelled into a teady stream and for hours the people ame in endless procession. All the incoming trains were loaded, 'he early morning train from Rock mil was literally packed with people rom that town and points between, he train from Blacksburg and interening points was similarly crowded nd when the train from Chester came 1 it hardly afforded standing room. The great crowd collected for the lost part about the court house cor er, or rather centerea ai tnai poim. ( Vom 10 to 11 o'clock, not ortly were | ie sidewalks Jambed; but It was only 1 dth difficulty that a pedestrian could 1 take his way through the middle of fie street. Many strangers from the ] ounty, mostly whites?women and ' hlldren?people who looked as if they j ad not only not been to this town; but \ ) any other town for years?took up < osltlons along the sidewalks, and | tood for hours waiting for the proceslon to go by. The crowd included lots of well ressed, prosperous looking people from 11 parts of the county; but there Is no uestion of the fact that the negro lement was largely In the majority. , 'he proportion was easily five or six > one, so large In fact as to excite freuent comment. Sheriff Brown de- . lares that he never saw so many neroes before In his life, and he has een in Yorkville on every similar ocasion for a good many years past. There is no way of getting at a satifactory estimate as to the size of the rowd. Different people tried estilates; but It was evident that not one ( f them was satisfied even with his ' wn figures. Some put the total as lgh as 10,000 and but few had It at >S8 than 6,000. "But how are you go- . ig to tell anything about It," remarkd the sheriff. "There never was a . Ime all day when there was less than . ,000 people going and coming between he court house and the Southern deot." ( It Is not to be understood that any- f hine like all of the big crowd ( rent to the show. Most of the ] eople saw the procession; but here were thousands who did iot go near the show grounds. At ?ast, If they did they did not stay, luring the hours the performance was i progress there were enough people p town between Jefferson and Madlon streets to crowd all the tents on he show grounds. The regular police were assisted by everal extras, and all of them kept usy during the day looking for dlsurbances. There was a lot of drlnkig among the negroes; but conslderlg the size and character of the crowd he order preserved was remarkable. LOCAL LACONIC8. .ockhart Mill Tied Up. Lockhart cotton mill has been tied p this week because of the necessity f making repairs on the water wheel, 'he mill stopped Monday and It Is not kely that It will bfc started again be>re Saturday. restle Burned. j The Charlotte papers of yesterday . fternoon report the burning yester- ? ay of several benches of the South- r rn trestle over Catawba river be- t ween Charlotte and Gastonla. The ( re was discovered by a freight train ( t about 4 o'clock. < hisky at Tirzah. c Mr. S. M. Carothers has furnished us ( -lth a statement of the whisky re- 1 elpts at the Tirzah express office for r epfember and October, 1906, as com- 1 ared with the same months of 1904. I he figures are as follows: September, 1 904, 25 gallons; October, 1904, 56 gal- ( ms. September, 1905. 17 gallons; Oc- < )ber, 1905, 138 gallons. . C. A. Officers. ( A circular letter has just been is- 1 ued from the national headquarters of 1 le Southern Cotton Association calllg attention to the fact that the time 1 fj >r the annual election of officers Is J t hand. Township officers should be 1 '-elected on the first Saturday in De- r ember, 1905, and at the meetings held )r this purpose there should also be 8 hosen delegates to the county conven- * on to be held In the court hcuse on le second Saturday In December. The aunty convention will re-elect officers nd also choose a delegate to the state anventlon. /illiams-Caldwell. Mr. H. T. Williams of Lancaster, nd Miss Margaret Caldwell were larrled at the home of the bride's ither. Mr. John Caldwell, In the eersheba neighborhood, last Wednesay afternoon. The ceremony was erformed by Rev. J. S. Grler, of haron, In the presence of a few lends of the family. After the marage Mr. and Mrs. Williams left for ancaster, at which place they will lake their future home. Mr. Williams i a former resident of this county, avlng lived in Yorkville and Clover, frs. Williams has numerous friends ho hold her In high esteem. erviees at Ramah. There was quite an Interesting series f services at Ramah Presbyterian tiurch last week, commencing on Friay and ending on Sunday, with comlunion. Rev. A. H. Atkins of Lowryllle, did the preaching, the chureh beig without a pastor at present. All f the services were largely attended, nd great interest was manifested, lx young people made professions of ilth and connected themselves with le church. The ordinance of baptism as administered to one of these and Iso to three Infants. Although namered for lack of more frequent c reaching, members of the congrega- e on are very much encouraged as to I te prospects of the church. r LIBERTY FOR THE RU83IANS. "ext of the Notable Decree Just Issued by the Czar. The following is the text of ?zar Nicholas' proclamation of conitltutlonal liberty to the Russian peo>le: We. Nicholas II, by the grace of *od, emperor and autocrat of all the tusslas, grand duke or iungiana, eic. leclare to all our faithful subjects hat the troubles and agitation In our apltals and In numerous other places ill our heart with excessive pain and orrow. The happiness of the Russian sovereign is lndlssolubly bound up with he happiness of our people, and the lorrow of our people is the sorrow >f the sovereign. From the present disorders may irlse great national disruption. They nenace the Integrity and unity of our empire. The supreme duty imposed upon us >y our sovereign office requires us to efface ourself and to use all the force md reason at our command to hasten n securing the unity and coordination of the power of the central government and to assure the success of neasures for pacification in all cir:!es of public life, which are essential to the well being of our people. We, therefore, direct our government to carry out our inflexible will n the following manner: First?To extend to the population the Immutable foundations of civic liberty, based on the real Inviolability of person, freedom of conscience, speech, union and association. Second?Without suspending the already ordered election to the state iouma, to invite to participation in the douma, so far as the limited time before the convocation of the louma will permit, those classes of the population now completely deprived of electoral rights, leaving the ultimate development of the people sf the electoral right in general to the newly established legislative order if things. Third?To establish as an unchangeable rule that no law shall be mforceabie without the approval of the state douma and that it shall be possible for the elected of the people to exercise real participation in the supervision of the legality of the acts at the authorities appointed by us. We appeal to all faithful sons of rtussia to remember their duty towards the fatherland, to aid in terminating these unprecedented troubles and to apply their forces in co-operation with us, to the restoration of zalm and peace upon our natal soil. Given at Peterhof, October 80, in the eleventh year of our reign. (Signed) Nicholas. FIR8T A. R. PRE8BYTERY. Reported for The Yorkvllle Enquirer. The First presbytery met at Shiloh :hurch, Lancaster county, 8. C., last Tuesday, and the opening sermon was preached by Rev. R. G. Miller, D. D., >f Sardls, N. C., from Ephes. iv. 12. \fter the roll was called Rev. T. B. 3tewart of Newells, N. C., moderator ?!ect, took the chair. Unfinished business was taken up and disposed of, after which the committees were appointed and papers read and referred. It was noted with great satisfaction that the orders of jynod had been more generally obeyed than for years; also that the fl.ianilal reports were up to a high standard. The prosperity of our country is being felt in the liberality of the people toward the church. There has been a net Increase of membership In the congregations of the presbytery of about 400 since the last annual report. There was a united call from Union and Edgmoor, in Chester county, for the services of Rev. R. A. Lummis ot the Second presbytery and it is unJerstood that he will accept these ^alls and take up the work there within the next few weeks. There was a -equest for the moderation of a call 'rom Concord, N. C. This congregation is very active Just now, and gives promise of splendid development f the work is pusnea. The meeting was taken up largely with routine work. At 11 o'clock on Wednesday the presbytery receded From business for an hour, and the 3acrament of the supper was observed, which service was conducted Jy Rev. J. S. Moffatt of Chester. S. C. Statesvllle N. C? was selected as the place for the next meeting, and Rev. Wm. Duncan of Charlotte, N. C., was chosen moderator. After the singing of the 133 Psalm the presbytery adjourned. The weather was delightful, and the good people of Shiloh entertained the body in a delightful manner. ? The New York Journal of Comnerce published the last of its special nonthly cotton reports for the season, tt deals particularly with condition and the amount of cotton picked. Twelve lundred reports, bearing an average late of October 24, Indicate a deteroration since October 1 report of 4.3 jer cent, making the condition 65.1. These reports of the Journal of Comnerce for the corresponding dates 1904 md 1903 show a gain of 1.6 points and i points respectively. On the average late of the reports 69 per cent of the :rop had been picked this year, as :ompared with 57 per cent last year. Comparing with a month ago, Louisana shows the largest depreciation, tamely 9.3 points; Arkansas and Oklatoma come next, each showing 8 joints less, Mississippi is 6.5 points ower and Florida and Indian Territory >ach 5.7 points lower. The other defines by states follow; Missouri 3.5; Tennessee 3.7; Texas 5.4; Alabama 3.5; 3eorgla 0.3; South C&rollna 0.2. The jercentage picked in each state folows: North Carolina 81; South Caroina 85; Georgia 82; Florida 81; Ala>ama 77; Mississippi 59; Louisiana 65; Texas 73; Arkansas 41; Tennessee 52; Missouri 3u; UKianoma 93; muitm icrltory 23. Since last month's report he weather has been generally favorible for picking and as a rule cotton vas marketed rapidly about 10 cents, >ut holders are waiting for higher irlces. Frosts have done but little lamage in the Carollnas and Georgia, >ut In nearly all other states killing emperatures have more or less cut lown yield. Top crop prospects seem specially poor and worms are comilained of in Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas. A much lower yield than ast year Is universally expected. Howell-Union Dispensary Case >06tponj5d.?The argument of the South Carolina dispensary case, In vhlch J. G. Howell of Union, S. C? eeks to compel the board of control if Union county to allow him to reopen he dispensary in Union by claiming hat the Brlce bill, under which the lection which resulted in the dlspenary being closed, is unconstitutional ame to an abrupt end last Tuesday >efore the merits of the case were eached. Judge Prltchard on his own notion, raised the point that the relief lemanded, a mandamus, would be lm>roper in any event, that writ being ised only to enforce decrees of the :ourt, and after a brief argument he lismissed the petition without prejullce. Tmrvio/lln toln thorenftpr fin mAtlrtn >f Howell's attorneys, the court Issued l rule to show cause why a mandatory njunction should not be granted, directed against the same defendants and in favor of the same complainant. The hearing was set for Nov. 20, before Judge Pritchard, at Richmond. Ex-Attor.iey General G. Duncan Bellinger and R. H. Welch of Columbia and District Attorney J. G. Capers of Greenville represented the relator. P. D. Barron of Union representing the board of control; ex-Congressman Rtanyarn? Wilson and Judge-Elect' D. E. Hydrick pf Spartanburg and B. F. Townsend, .V. E. Depass and J. A. . Fawyer of Union, associated with Mr. Rurrn v and ranraoantinar fHa uitl.dl? pensary Interests are participating In the case. SOUTH CAROLINA NEW8. ? The water at Neat's Shoal on Broad rlw 1> tween Lockhart Olid Shelton, began to run over the dam about the 15th ult. It backs atnu' ten and a half miles to the foot of Lockhart Sl>oala The dam Is 980 feet long and. the maximum height Is 30 feet above the river bed. Work began April, 1903, and the work was finished October ID, 1905. ? Gaffney special of November 2 to Columbia State: S. P. Sims of the Arm of Sims & Hannon of Spartanburg, appeared before Judge Klugh here today and secured an order to the authorities in Spartanburg to show cause before him In Gaffney Monday, Nov. 6th, why the' supervisor and managers of election should not be enjoined from holding the election to decide nilAfltlnn "Hlononaa s\*> "nn 41a. pensary." ? The repoft Is in circulation that Oeo W. Murray has left the country, having gone to Canada, it la said. These reports are not confirmed, but Murray has not been seen for some time in Sumter city or county. The court has issued a bench warrant for Murray. Murray is under sentence of three years for forgery, and to avoid the sentence he is supposed to have skipped. It is said that he has disposed of all his property in Sumter county. ? Col. Thomas Stobo Farrow, died In Columbia last Wednesday night at o'clock after an illness of 24 hours. His home was at 1429 Pendleton street Col. Farrow was born In Laurens on October 12, 1882. He was educated at the South Carolina .college; served with distinction In the Confederate army; was quite prominent In the political revolution of 1876; held appointments under President Cleveland; had been living in Columbia for a number of years past. ? There came very near being a lynching in Columbia last Friday afternoon. A negro named Isaac Brown struck a lady in the face with a whip. Mr. B. L. Oaughman and son witnessed the occurrence and attacked the negro, who got away after a vicious fight When people began to realise the situation they raised a cry of "lynch him," and in the excitement that followed It looked as if something of the kind would ' probably be done. The police, however, managed to secure possession of Brown, and held him until the sheriff could arrive sad take him to jail. Brown was' sentenced to pay a fine of 840 or go to the chaingang for thirty days. He could not raise the money with which to nav the line and will serve his time on the chalngang. ? GalTney special of November 1, to the Charlotte Observer: A petition is being circulated in this city this afternoo i asking the governor of South Carolina to offer & reward for the apprehension of (he parties who flred into the house of Wash Lipscomb, a negro living near Gaffney, last night working negro. He thinks that about idgeTn shots were fired through bor of his house, in an effort it is said, to draw Wash from Inside. No one was injured by the shooting. In addition to shooting with shotguns around the premises the marauders, by the use of axes, knives, or some other kind of an instrument cut a buggy belonging to the negro entirely to pieces. The buggy was a new one and was entirely destroyed. The petition had no lack of signers and It Is probable that the reward will be offered. ? Greenville News: Lieut. N. A.KcCully, United States naval attache with the Russian armies during the Russo-Japanese war, passed through Greenville on his return to Washington from Anderson, where he has been visiting his mother, Mrs. Carrie McCully. He has been assigned to the naval intelligence bureau and will shortly stand an examination for promotion. In discussing incidents of his experience in 'the far east, Lieut McCully said that once he had occasion to call upon a nobleman near Nulchwang. At the door stood the count's body servant, black as the ace of spades. He commanded the negro in Russian to take his card, but the man replied in broad dialect, "Ar gw'an. Mister McCully, don't yo' talk no gibber to me. Ah's from South Ca'llna m'self, an' Ah'm moughty homesick, too." It developed that the negro was a native of Greenville. Lieut McCully regretted that he had forgotten his name, but said that it did his heart good to see a genuine southern darky so far from the cotton fields, and they had a regular reunion. The negro had drifted from the regular army of the United States Into service with a Chinese official and later became bodyguard to a Russian. Lieut. McCully said that he spoke Spanish, Chinese, Russian and Japanese fluently, and mai u looicea strange to see a southern negro, clad In red blouse, white trousers and big boots, with a sabre half his length, volubly gibbering in a foreign tongue. ? Anderson special of November 2, to Columbia State: Mrs. Maude Broadwick, wife of Charles Broadwick, an aeronaut with Rlddell's Southern Carnival company, fell from a balloon here this afternoon and was instantly killed. Mrs. Broadwick was an experienced balloonist herself and had made two ascensions while here, but was not to go up this afternoon. Her husband was to make the ascension and parachute drop, and she was standing by to give the sternal to cut the ropes when all was ready. She gave the signal all right, and when the balloon shot up into the air she was seen hanging to the ropes between the balloon and the parachute. After she had reached a distance of 200 or 300 feet she dropped to the earth, striking on the hard ground and was Instantly killed. The balloon went went straight up into the air and she fell wtthin a 'ew feet of the spot from where she started. A crowd of possibly 1,000 persons witnessed the tragedy. Broadwick, who was fastened into the parachute with a belt, went on some distance higher and then ci.t loose and descended in safety. Most of the carnival people are inclined to the opinion that Mrs. Broadwick's death was due to suicide rather than an accident. They say Broadwick and his wife had been quarreling for a week or more and 'his, together with the fact that she was an experienced aeronaut and there were no projecting ropes about the balloon harness liable to entangle a person. lead them to the suicide theorv. Rroadwlek admits that h? ??' his wife had quarreled, but says they made up, as they had done before. He says though that she knew all about balloons and that he does not see how she could have become accidentally entangled in the ropes. He has been | in the balloon business 15 years and 1 says his wife had been in the business I eight years and that she was quite as expert as himself. He says that as she I fell she called to him to catch her. but that he could not do so. He thinks ^ it was an accident and not suicide. Broadwick says Cincinnati is his home. He says his wife's people live there, but that they were bitterly opposed to the marriage and have never B become reconciled to their daughter B since her marriage, and for that reAaon B he has not notified them of her dentil B and will have the Interment take place B' here Saturday. He is almost completelv prostrated. Mrs. Broadwick was ^B about 22 years old and was very popular with the members of the carnival company.