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Scraps ami .facts. ? A white woman clerk In a Chicago confectionary store was arrested a few days ago for refusing to wait on a colored woman customer. The negro woman came into the store and after standing for some time without receiving attention gave her order to one of the white women clerks. The clerk told the negro that negroes were not served In that store. The negro woman applied to a negro lawyer, who procured a warrant for the arrest of the clerk. The clerk, whose name Is Miss Emma Wagner, was released on a |400 bond. Miss Wagner had been employed in tne store oniy aooui iwu months. The white man In charge of the business, Sawyer Berry, declined to back Miss Wagner up In her refusal to wait on a negress. ? Vienna, November 7: Advices received here from Roumania state that all Bessarabia is aflame with anarchy. Conditions are described as frightful. At Ismail, where disorder reached the climax last night, a state of siege has been declared. This l morning the town Is repor ed l?? be In flames. The firemen, Instead of checking the flames, are assisting the incen- I diaries. A massacre of Jews similar to that at Odessa and Kishineff is proceeding. Last night the mob marched , through the Jewish quarter killing even' Jew that could be found. This morning the dragoons fired on the rioters killing forty-two and wounding 114. Near the railway station at TlrasdoI. last night, a band of robbers, as slated by soldiers, made an attack on a train containing the fugitive Jews. ( AH passengers were killed, and another j armed band recruited from the butch- , ere marched up and down the country murdering people and robbing them. This work is continuing unchecked. ? Numerous freak letters are being received at the offices of the Panama canal commission among the many ap- i plications for employment on the isthmus. A man who wanted work as a carpenter wrote, in part, as follows: "My experience at carpenter woik is such as building houses, barns bridges, mills, sidewalks, fences, docks, boats, passenger coaches and freight cars. I am very skillful In other works too numerous to mention, such as railroading. building railroads, lumbering, steam-boa:ing. saw milling, farming, 1 building pavements, concrets docks water fountains. As it Is, I am won- 1 der to the world, but not to God. As I have no tools, maybe it would be best to buy them there. Will I need anything to fight elagators with? Or 1 sharks? I am very brave. What is the people like? Can they talk United States? Have they churches there? And preast? I have learned to love the government here, yet do not love its custom, because they are not wise, i How can they be? They chew tobacco, drink Intoxicants, play silly games, can not learn nothing in college." ? Washington. Nov. 6: The senti- , . ment among naval officials in favor of < larger war ships with increased gun power will, it is expected result in an appeal to congress to Increase the tonnage of the two battle ships author- 1 Ized by the act of March last to 18,000 j tons. The general board of the navy, i of which Admiral Dewey is at the ; head, has submitted to Secretary Bonaparte a recommendation for a naval increase programme. The secretary now has the subject under consideration. It is understood that the general board has recommended the construction of battleships of greater tonnage than any yet projected for the American navy. One of the principal objects aimed at by the advocates of bigger battleships is the installation of a greater number of the largest sized guns carried by American men-of-war. Consideration has already been given to the possibility of installing ten 12Inch guns on a battleship, and if congress favors an increase in tonnage of the Michigan and South Carolina, the two battleships authorized last March, from 16,000 to 18,000 tons, one of the problems to be solved will be the disposition of the large number of 12-inch guns, which it is desired to mount. ? Washington, Nov. 8: During the past year there were 6,533 desertions from the army, of 11.07 per cent of the entire enlisted strength, an increase of 660 over the preceding year. Inspector General Burton has Just submitted his annual report to the war department saying that reports of inspectors in the fteid show the principal causes as follows: The large number of bad men or "snow birds" among the recruits who are unfitted for service but who enlisted only to get food and clothes for the winter: second, the crime of desertion Is too lightly punished: third being stationed near the frontier where wages are higher; fourth, inefficient pay; fifth, isolation of posts and lack of amusement; sixth, enforcement of strict discipline: seventh, no beer in post exchanges; eighth, debt incurred in various ways. General Burton adds that in his opinion the chief reason there are so many desertions is Hie Inadequate punishment inflicted. If a soldier knows the penalty of the crime will be five years i:i prison, there would not be one desertion where today there are twenty. The best judgment of the army is if exchanges furnished the soldier with light beer under the supervision of commanding officer, the result would be greater contentment. This, however, is only one of the causes leading to desertions, and not the greatest. ? Knoxville, Tenn.. Nov. 8: A special from Middlesboro, Ky., brings news thut all the ringleaders in the trouble in that city have been arrested with the exception of Frank Ball, and it is announced that he will come in and give himself up to the authorities In a short time. The members of the gang who are in custody are Shelby Ball, his son. Riley. Jim Stewart and Fat Gulley. Riley Ball who is only 16 years of age. but who led the gang that defended the blind tiger against the militia on Sunday, was the first to be taken into custody today. His arrest was prearranged on Tuesday night, and this morning he surrendered to Sheriff-elect W. R. Johnson and C. D. Ball, his uncle. This afternoon Shelby Ball went to Pineville, Ky.. the county seat, surrendered, and is now in jail there. Stewart and Gulley were arrested at Cumberland Gap, Tenn., by Sheriff Greene, of Clairborne county. They had ridden in to "shoot the town up" in true western fashion, on Tuesday afternoon, and promised to return Wednesday morning. The sheriff was notified and. af ter deputizing: several citizens prepared for their arrival. When they came they rode into the sheriffs trap, were quickly disarmed and arrested. A posse, headed by Sheriff Johnson of Bell coun'.y. rode into the mountains this afternoon in search of Will Burch and Neil Daniels, two other members of the gang:. The arrest and confine ment in jail of the men, for ail will be c taken tonight to Plnevllle by soldiers n and officers, greatly relieves the sltua- | ii tlon here. Further good news Is that ( f< the torch has been applied to the blind il tiger In which the desperate men bat- n tied with the soldiers last Sunday and lc that it has been destroyed. nlfnrlnvllr <?ilrtlt!tvr ti ^ * SI ? -i mr. t? YORKVILLE, S. C.: w ol FRIDAY, NOVRMBRR 10. 1005. "< In his splendid fight against Tam- s< many. Mr. W. R. Hearst has proven n that if he is not quite large enough t" for presidential timber, he does not n lack a great deal. c' C( W. L. Dottolass, the Democratic rr governor of Massachusetts refused to d stand for re-election, and the Repub- n 'leans have elected their man. Guild, c< by a majority of about 23,000. Whilk it is pleasant to know that the Democrats have carried Ohio, the S' victory Ih really not worth a great deal. Ohio sometimes goes Democratic In off years; but In presidential years ahe in snrelv Renubllcan. a ci It Is to be presumed that District ^ Attorney Jerome of New York, will now make It lively for dishonest and ^ corrupt life insurance officials. There j are quite a number of these gentlemen c who would look well In stripes. . ? ai It looks as If Tammany rule Is p pretty nearly at an end In New York, tl and it Is certainly to be hoped for. Tammany poses as a Democratic orsrarization: but as a matter of fact there is no'hlng Democratic about It. It stands for nothing but corruption and graft and has no regard whatever for honesty and decency In govern- a| ment. b -m- - w Thb reform element of Philadelphia, tl under the lead of Mayor Weaver, has carried the city by a majority of not p less than 100,000, and there is great p rejoicing in the old town In conse- ci quence. Philadelphia has for years, c< until the reform wave developed some lc months ago, had the distinction of be- pi Ing the worst governed city In the vv United States. Si Every member of the cotton asso- p elation should come down with his as- p sessment of 5 cents a bale, and every c< man who raises cotton should consider p himself a member. Nobody, however, n need confine himself io the 5 cents a a: bale limit. He hould consider that a tr soleinr moral obligation, and he should tl contribute as much more In addition al as he might see proper. a "There Is profit in this liquor business, and I propose to have It. The tl use of whisky may debauch your hus- tl bands and sons, but what do I care so tl long as I get my per cent. I am here tl to make money. It does not make any n difference how it Is made, so I make it. h I'd as leave sell your blood at so much & a pint as any other way. If the profit w was sufficient. Yes, the law prohibits P the sale of whisky; but that is all P right. Nobody is going to Interfere 11 with me unless you tell on me. and If b you tell on me I'll kill you." That, we understand is the attitude of the tigers of King's Mountain township, and the R balance of the county is expected to P acquiesce. 81 tl Disci'ssino the constitutionality of a the Brice law as the question was pre- 8< sented to him in the Spartanburg case. 15 Judge Klugh, among other things said: n "I think that view would be suffl- b cient to warrant the court in h aiding k hat the position is not well taken as ei to the unconstitutionality of the act. jt But further than that it is well settled. so much so that it may be said P to be familiar that an act that is con- fl stitutional in part of its provisions and unconstitutional in other parts will not be declared to be void in toto unless the constitutional part of the act is a so dependent upon the part which Is ]| unconstitutional and will become ^ meaningless, unless the unconstitutional portions of the act are sustained." r< And this, we think, may be taken to n mean that while the special penalty p tax amendment is unconstitutional, (* there is nothing wrong with that part lf of the law which allows communities to vote out dispensaries in cases where they so desire. b If a truthful report goes out from the south to the effect that the cotton a growers do not think enough of their b association to pay 5 cents a bale for p its maintenance, then good bye to the c influence of the association. Of course, the cotton association does not de- ^ serve all the credit for the good prices that have been received for cotton. There is no need to claim such a thing. But there is not a shadow of a reason p for doubting that except for the efforts d of the association cotton would now 1 be selling for from one to two cents a a pound less than it is bringing. For the s first time almost in the history of the a cotton trade, the bear manipulators h have real opposition other than timid R dollars, a ;d when pitted against the h leaders of the Southern Cotton asso- c elation, who are supposed to have the 1 farmers at their back they are at a p tremendous disadvantage. But when 0 it begins to develop that the farmers a do not think enough of their associa- a tion to back it to the extent of 5 cents h a bale, then good bye to its influence. ^ > A not a blr feature of last Tuesday's ^ elections was the thumping setback f that was received by some of the most ^ conspicuous poli ical bosses in the s country. These bosses, who got what was coming to them, were Geo. B. Cox ^ of Cincinnati. Israel W. Durham, Phil- p adelphia, and Benjamin B. Odell and 11 Charles F. Murphy of New York. Cox, ^ who is a Republican, has dominated a the politics of Cincinnati and Ohio for r fifteen years. Upon being assured of h the result of Tuesday's election, he is- e sued a card announcing his retirement s from party leadership. Dunham was ( the right hand man of the late Matthew S. Quay, and has been the boss t] of Philadelphia for about ten years. . The success of the Weaver movement has knocked him out completely, jj Odell has been the leading Republican of New York for some years past; but in the campaign just closed he ^ switched about considerably and j, brought his leadership into much dis- t| redit. Murphy, the head of Tamlany, is still in the position of havig won a political victory, but his Drees are badly shattered, and even he should win out, it will be with luch loss of prestige as a political ;ader. The Right Way. Now that cotton has been re-enlroned as king and the prospects >em good for a continuance of the rosperity that is dawning upon the ountry. the farmers are getting all inds of advice as to the policy they hould pursue to get the best of the 4 f 1 - ? nnnnft* fn ho I pponum. ICS limi nun IV vv teirs. We are pleased to admit that the resent situation is a gratifying one > contemplate, and speculation as to le possibilities of the future Is also in'resting employment; but about these uggestlons looking to the perfection f schemes to corner cotton and force p prices by artificial means there Is jmething we do not like. The thing for the 'farmers of the nuth to do is to keep their heads and ot go cotton wild. There never has em a time when a farmer could lake both ends meet by planting all atton, and that time is not likely to ame in the future. The people who lanaged to get ahead of the world uner old conditions were those who ilsed everything necessary for home ansumption that it was possible to ilse, and then made such cotton as ley could as a surplus. The old rule of correct action still olds good. People who devote them dves entirely to the raising of cotn, will continue to fall Just as they id In former times and people who ilse us much cotton as possible, In adItlon to all the other products that in possibly enter Into the needs of the irm will continue to succeed. If the farmers of the south will re lember the lessons they learned when le price of cotton ranged from 4 to 6 ents, there will be no danger of fulre overproduction, and they will be Bsured of an indefinite lease on the rosperlty that now dawning upon lem. Farm Lands. The increasing prices of farm lands iroughout this country Is a condition lat Is too natural and easy to require luch explanation, and although there re those who are disposed to express ut little confidence In the situation, e are not Inclined to agree with tern. Everybody understands that the resent high price of farm lands, which rice Is not yet really high, has been lused by the advance In the price of atton. When the price of cotton was >w money was scarce, its purchasing ower was great, and the price of lands as correspondingly low. Now with the price, of cotton at a itlsfactory figure, and money more lentlful than it has ever been, the rice of land goes up as a matter of Durse. The cause of, the Increased rice is nothing more than the ordlary operation of the laws of supply nd demand. Most of the surplus loney now afloat has been drawn from ie land by people who know more bout land than about anything else, nd who would naturally prefer land ) any other form of Investment. Under the circumstances therefore, lere is good reason to assume that lere will be some permanency about ie present situation?that whether ie price of cotton continues high or ot. the price of land will continue to old its own. Suppose cotton should o down again, why would the farmer ho has just bought land want to give up again? If he has made only a artial payment, and Is unable to meet ie balance, he will have to give up; ut not otherwise. But then it Is reasonably certain lat we are to have at least one more ood year no matter what comes. The resent cotton crop Is not sufficient to upply the spindles of the world and le season Is almost bound to end with cotton famine. It is possible for the 3Uth to raise 16,000,000 bales maybe; ut no such crop is apt to be raised ext year, except with the help of the est seasons that have ever been nown. And then, even If It is raisd, with the south in a position of such idepeidence as it now occupies, the rice can still be held up to a fair gure. Farm lands are undoubtedly high ow as compared with a few years go; but we are among those who beeve that they lack a great deal yet of aving attained anything like their pal value. Far less productive lands orth and west command much better rices and compared with these fifty ollars an acre is low for such of our inds as are now selling for thirty ollars an acre. We are firmly of opinion that It will e several years yet before the maxllum level of prices will be reached or agricultural lands in this country, nd after that level is reached It will e maintained for quite a while. The robabillty is that the people of this ountry will never again see land sell or such low prices as have obtained uring the past ten or fifteen years. MERE-MENTION. W. D. Vandlver, Missouri state suerintendent of Insurance, on Wednesay suspended the certificate of auhority of the New York Life Insurnce company to do business in that tate The Southern Quarantine nd Immigration conference convened n Chattanooga, Tenn? today. The overnors of eight southern states are n attendance. The address of welome was made by Oovernor Cox of Ynnessee Four persons were kllld, and one seriously Injured In a headn collision between a passenger train nd a freight on the Rome, Watertown nd Ogdensburg railroad near Liveriool. N. Y.. Tuesday William Loeb, l* President RoospvcIi's Hpr?r*?tiirv 1m elng sued for $50,000 damages by Cadage Doree. a Jewish authoress. Iterctary Loeb had the woman ar sted when she was attempting to orce her way to the president to bring er book to his notice... .Twelve perons were killed and several Injured n a wreck on ihe I?ackawanna and Vestern railroad near Scranton, Pa.. Vedne-alay $300,000 worth of roperty was dtstroyed by fire In the lanufacturtng district of Birmingham, tla., yesterday The vault of a ank at Volin S. D.. was blown open, nd robbed of $3,000 Wednesday. The obbers made their escape Three iersons were burned to death, several ijured, and $750,000 worth of propery was dts'royed by fire In the tentory building of the San Francisco 'hronicle, in San Francisco, Cal., 'uesday night. The dead men were mployes of the paper who were on he roof watching the election returns. The cornerstone to a monument i Ji fferson Davis, was laid under the usplces of the United Daughters of ie Confederacy, in Richmond Va., ? There was a seizure of Peruna at entral i t Pickens county last Tuesay under orders frotn Chief Constale Hammett. The seizure Included 1 Ight bottles. < LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. R. C. Jackson, Tlrzah?Has a seveneighths Jersey milk cow for sale.' Box 40, care J. C. Rell, Guthriesvllle? Wants a cropper for two horse farm on Capt. E. A. Crawford's farm for next year. Jno. R. Hart, Captain?Requests all members of Co. "L," S. C. N. G., to report to him at the Armory on Saturday night Nov. 18th with regard to uniforms, etc., in their possession. Opera House?Announces the coming of Humpty Dumpty on next Wednesday evening. Geo. H. Adams, the original clown, heads the company. Tickets now on sale. Louis Roth?Has Wilkerson's new crop molasses at 50c gal. Also has V P Knnlrti/hoot onH nr?. pared buckwheat flour. Tip Top mackerel, 10c each, three for 25c. Adlckes* Emporium?Has full stock of seasonable goods and offers them at lowest prices. Two tons granulated sugar at (5 a hundred. Wanted? eggs and beeswax. I. W. Johnson?Wants you to telephone or come and get lemon cling peaches, apricots, Helnz's pickles, new crop N. O. molasses, buckwheat flour, fresh mackerel, etc. Star Drug Store?Says that Its white pine syrup and tar for coughs and colds touches the spot. 25c bottle. W. Brown Wylie, President?Gives notice that the annual meeting of stockholders of the Yorkvllle B. and L. association will be held at C. E. Spencer's office, December 11th. J. Q. Wray, The Leader?Invites the ladies to see his line of cloaks and jackets, and new arrivals In dress goods before buying. Remember him for shoes. First National Bank?Says that a safe place for your money should always demand your attention. It uses every safeguard to protect money deposited with It. The peavine hay crop has been unusually good this year and It has been saved In fine condition. The last issue of The Enquirer included 1 980 copies, and the same number Is being printed today. It is not only farm labor that is scarce; but skilled labor of all kinds. Everybody who wants to work 1b busy. Up to this time TreasurerNeely has collected taxes only to the amount of about $5,000. As usual the taxpayers are holding back their tax money until the last. Oats sowing is progressing on farms where disc plows are available. Elsen.hara oonwiqHv on red lands. the farmers are waiting for rain to .soften the ground. . Mr. F. H. Barber of Rock Hill, Is one of the largest farmers In the county, and he says he has but little trouble In getting all the labor he wants because he provides good comfortable houses. If York county would pay her full assessment to the Southern Cotton association it would amount to (1,500; but from the way things are going, there Is. reason to fear that she will not raise a third of that amount. We printed quite a number of extra copies of the last Issue of Tkb ENr. qterer containing the first Installment of the Clansman, and we also print an extra supply of today's Issue. New subscribers commencing now will have no trouble about getting back, numbers. Although Mr. Jas. M. Stroup's purchase of the Major W. B. Moore property the other day adds considerably to his Yorkville holdings, It Is not to be understood that this is Mr. Stroup's first investment this way. He has been a real estate owner In Yorkville for years, and he has taken stock liberally In every Industrial enterprise that has. been established here. Mr. Stroup has lots of faith In Yorkville, and he has contributed not a little Jo the prosperity of the town. KILLED BY A TRAIN. Mr. Eugene Jackson, a young section hand In the employ of the Southern railroad, lost his life Tuesday afternoon while trying to save the life of a little dog. The tragedy occurred within a short distance of Hickory Grove. Jackson, along with the other men working on the section, had Just stepped from the track to allow the approaching train to pass, and when the train was within a few yards of the spot It was noticed that the dog was still In front of the engine. Jackson at first shouted at the dog; but the animal paid no attention to him. and with a sudden impulse he Jumped before the locomotive with the evident Intention of grabbing the dog In his hands and getting away safely to the other side. It seems, however, that his foot was caught In some way under the rail and while It was still fas* a * ~ AMflrlVtA utrnolr Vilm IflH'U Hie CIIBIUO OH uvn ....... Several of the section men witnessed the tragedy. At least they saw Jackson when he Jumped In front of the engine, as did also the engineer; but the whole thing happened so quickly that nothing could be done to avert the disaster that followed. One of the legs of the unfortunate man was cut off and his body was thrown some ten or twelve feet from the track. The engineer stopped his engine and backed back to the spot where the section men had already gathered, and found Jackson's dead body. Mr. Jackson was about 25 years of age. He leaves a widow; but no children. He was buried at Sharon on Thursday, the services being conducted by Rev. J. S. Grier. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? The cotton receipts have" been quite steady this week. ? Something should be done about laying Yorkville off in streets. ? Town taxes are now due and the penalty will be attach after Nov. 15. ? The Graded school moves along nicely, and without friction. The institution is doing good work. ? The coming of electric power opens splendid opportunities for various lines of Industry. ? Collections have been easy all fall, the merchants having but little trouble with their customers. ? Mr. Jas. H. Sherer is erecting aj five room cottage on East Jefferson street near the Graded school building. ? The Idea of a town laundry Is being talked: but there has been nothing yet to encourage a hope of definite action. ? The need for more dwelling houses continues unsupplied although a number are going up in different parts of town. ? Humpty Duinpty is to be at the opera house next Wednesday night, with George H. Adams, the famous pantomlmlst and clown In the title roll. The Humpty Dumpty people are about 20 strong, and they have a programme that Is full of interest and fun. ? The services In the Presbyterian church next Sunday will be conducted by Rev. G. W. Painter, who has been doing missionary work in China during the past twenty years. There will be a sermon In the morning and In the evening a general praise service, par tlclpated in by all the local congregations. ? There was a small fire In the picker room of the Tavora Cotton mill yesterday shortly before noon. The origin of the Are Is not definitely known, but It is probable that It was from a hot box In the machinery. It may have been from something else. The flames were discovered as soon as they developed and were promptly extinguished. The loss was In the neighborhood of $75 or $80. ? Mrs. Janie Wardlaw Moorman, widow of the late Col. T. S. Moorman of Columbia died at the home of her brother-in-law, Mr. Withers Adickes, In Yorkville at 1 o'clock Wednesday afternoon after an illness of three months of typhoid fever. The funeral services were held at the residence at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and the Interment was In the Yorkville cemetery, the services being conducted by Rev. E. E. Gillespie. Mrs. Moorman was the eldest daughter of the late Dr. J. J. Wardlaw of Abbeville county, and was born in that section In 1863. She was married to her husband In 1900 an-! made her home in Columbia until his death two years ago, since which lime she has made her home In Gaffney. Surviving Mrs. Moorman, are three sisters: Mrs. J. G. McCants of Wlnnsboro, Mrs. Withers Adickes of Yorkville, and Miss Fannie Wardlaw of New York; one brother, Col. J. G. Wardlaw of Yorkville; five stepsons, Messrs C. W., R. C., J. J., and Robert Moorman of Columbia, and Lieutenant T. 8. Moorman of Fort Slocum. N. Y., and one stepdaughter, Miss May Moorman of New York. ? The home of Mr. L. E. Dameron, on West Madison street, was the scene of a pretty marriage Tuesday afternoon, the contracting parties being Miss Lula Dameron and Rev. R. A. Rouse, pastor of the York circuit. Numbers of invited guests had assembled in the prettily decorated parlors, when, at the hour appointed, 6.30 o'clock, the strains of Mendelssohn's Wedding March, played by Miss Bertha Jenkins of Mt. Holly, N. C., announced the entrance of the bridal party. The bridesmaid, Miss Mollle Brown of Charlotte, and the groom's best man, Mr. John W. Miller of Yorkvllle, entered first, followed by the bride on the arm of the groom. In the center of the room, they were met by Rev. W. P,. Meadows, the presiding elder of Rock Hill district, who In a few well-chosen words united them. A reception followed- the ceremony 'after which a course supper was served to the bridal party. The bride's gown was of white silk organdie, with dainty trimmings of hand embroidery. The bridesmaid wore white, and the groom and best man the conventional black. Mrs. Rouse Is the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Dameron. She is a young woman of unusual attractiveness, and has made many friends during her short residence In * Yorkvllle. Mr. Rouse Is a son of Capt. J. J. Rouse of Latta, and for the past year has had - * V/tt.lr cnarge ui me unuituca ui mc mm circuit of the >Iethodlst church, filling t'he post acceptably to his congregations. Mr. and Mrs. Rouse are making their home for the present with Mr. and Mrs Dameron. Among the guests from a distance were: Mr. and Mrs. Thad Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Bradford and Miss Elizabeth Hagans, of Clover: Miss Bertha Jenkins of Mt. Holly, N. C.; Mrs. T. B. Creighton and Miss Molly Brown of Charlotte; Mr. and Mrs. Fife of Lowell, N. C. ABOUT PEOPLE. Dr. Robt. L. deLoach has taken a position at the York Drug Store. Mrs. S. M. McNeel Is in Greenville, attending the D. A. R. state convention. Rev. and Mrs. W. C. Ewart and Master James Knox Ewart, are attending synod at Due West. Mrs. N. T. Draffln of Riverside, Lancaster county. Is In Yorkvllle, on a visit to her daughter, Mrs. M. W. White. Mr. Church W. Carroll, who has been In a hospital at Charlotte for the past three weeks with a severe case of iritis, returned home on Tuesday evening very much Improved. Mrs. J. G. McCants and Miss Marie McCants of Wlnnsboro, and Messrs. C. W., R. C. and J. J. Moorman of Columbia, came up for the funeral of Mrs. T. S. Moorman yesterday. Mr. W. O. Hobbs of Tampa, Fla., was In Yorkvllle today, on his way home from Fort Scott, Kansas, where he has been to buy a drove of horses. He leaves for Tampa this afternoon, and will be accompanied by his father, Mr. W. P. Hobbs, who has been spend ing the summer with friends In Yorkvllle and vicinity. Baptist Courier: Bro. W. E. Hurt, who has been pastor of the Yorkvllle church, and also of Union and Clover churches near Yorkvllle since 1902, tendered his resignation of the Yorkvllle church last Sunday. It Is the purpose of the Yorkvllle church to try to secure the services of a pastor his whole time. We are glad to know that Bro. Hurt will remain as pastor of the Clover, Union and Enon churches. The Yorkvllle church Is In fine condition and the outlook for Papttsts in York was never so en couragtng as now. tsro. nuri .ma done there an excellent work. LOCAL LACONICS. Week End Passenger Trains. General Passenger Agent Reld, of the C. & N.-W. has Issued an order for the discontinuance of week end trains Nos. 7 and 8. These trains will make their last runs on Saturday. November 11, and Monday, November 13. The County Commissioners. The county board of commissioners held Its regular monthly meeting In the office of the supervisor last Wednesday, and spent the greater part of the day In auditing and paying accounts. The proceedings were of a routine nature, no special business of general Interest being transacted. Committed For Housebreaking. Joe Kennedy and Dan Johnson, both colored, were committed from Bullock's Creek township, by Magistrate Duncan last Wednesday on the charge of housebreaking and larceny. They are believed to be the parties who broke Into Thomson's store, near the York and Chester line and stole about $35 or $40 worth of goods. State Regent of the D. A. R's. A telegram received here yesterday announced that the D. A. R. convention in session at Greenville, has elected Mrs. R. M. Bratton of Guthrlesville, a member of the King's Mountain chapter. as state regent. Mrs. Bratton is well qualified to fill this high and honorable position In the order, and her election Is to be taken as no small compliment to the King's Mountain chapter. 8tate Against Kiser. There was still another effort last Tuesday to try the case of the State against Daniel Klser, charged with filling up a ditch on the public road In violation of the statute. The hearing was before Magistrate Comer and a Jury. The trial commenced shortly after 10 o'clock and continued all the afternoon. The testimony was very much the same as developed at the previous trial. John R. Hart, Esq., represented the prosecution and W. W. Lewis, Esq., represented the defense. After listening to all the testimony and receiving the lnsructlons of Magtrate Comer, the Jury took the papers and tried to agree upon a verdict, but without success. They stood this lime three to two In favor of acquittal. Former Citizen of York. Wlnnsboro News and Herald Nov. 1: Mr. John R. Patrick died at hla home at White Oak on Saturday morning last after several months of failing health. He was about 84 years of age. He was born and raised on Bullock's creek In York county, where he married and raised a large family. His widow, five sons. R. A., T. G.. J. B.. S. R. and W. M. Patrick; and two daughters, Mrs. J. J. McDowell of White Oak and Mrs. John A. Smith of Montlcello, Ark., survive him. He moved from York county to White Oak about thirty years ago. He was a devout member of the A. R. P. church, of which he was a ruling elder for more than forty years. He was a true Christian, a devoted husband, a fond parent and a kind friend. Potato House Experiment. Mr. B. N. Moore Is making quite an Interesting experiment this year In connection with the saving of sweet potatoes. During the summer at an expense of several hundred dollars, he rrected an air and light proof house. It is constructed with double walls throughout, with saw dust between, and with provision for thorough ventilation when ventilation seems necessary. The po'atoes are stored away In crates, and the temperature can be kept at any desired point. There are about thrre hundred bushels of pota lors in ine uuuse etc tins time. mi. Moore got the idea In North Carolina and concluded that about the best way to find whether or not It would work here would be to make a trial. The house Is located on Mr. Moore's farm on the northern outskirts of Yorkvllle and the experiment is being conducted under the supervision of Mr. W. J. Gordon, ROCK HILL AND VICINITY. Sale of the Hart Land?-At the Thea? tre?Mr. Paul .Workman MarriedCharged # With Stealing a HoneAfter the Tigers?Penonal Mention. . nrrntpondenre of the Yorkrille KnquiKi Rock Hill, November 10.?At the sale of the estate of the late Mrs. Lou Hart, which consisted of the old homestead of the '.ate Harvey Hart, the farm of 215 aces and the home was bought by W. C Blggers, who has lived upon and farmed it for some Wars. The theatre going public of Rock Hill had a pleasant surprise In "The Player Maid" which Miss Florence Davis with excellent support played at Friedhelm's hall Wednesday evening. Miss Davis, who is a southern woman, a grandnlece of the ' Confederacy president, Is a charming actress and won the hearts of her audience. It was a first class show and if Manager McElwee keeps up the pace he is now setting he will have difficulty in seating his- house. Miss Beulah Barron and Mr. J. Ed Reld have been elected as organists at the Presbyterian church. The people of the congregation of this church are nutting down a handsome carpet and making some improvements In the walls. The church Is a handsome one and these improvements with the elegant pipe organ which was Installed recently will add to its beauty, comfort and usefulness. News has been received here of the marriage at Thomasville, Ga., of Mr. Paul A. Workman and Miss Mattle Miles. Mr. Workman |s a native of this county the son of Mr. W. G. Workman. He Is superintendent of th^ Electric Light works at Thomasville. Rich Walker, colored, was before Magistrate Beckham charged with stealing a horse and buggy from Mr. J. W. Lilly of Newport, but was discharged as it appeared that he was not guilty. Mr. Lilly was In a store on White street and the horse which he had left unhitched wandered off. Walker found It and went to Mr. Brevard Fewell about it, who told him to take It to a livery stable. In doing so he passed the store mentioned, ana thus got Into trouble. He had various exciting exeprlences before he was through with It. His only crime, however, appeared that he drove the team a little more than was altogether necessary In finding the owner. The flower show under the auspices of the U D. C. is progressing at the Commercial club and Is having a good patronage. There are some of the finest collections that have ever been seen In Rock Hill, especially In the way of chyrsanthemums. There are several booths selling fancy work and candles and refreshments are served to those who wish them. A beautiful bride doll, the guesser of whose number will obtain her, is attracting a great deal of attention, especially of the little tots who surround her three deep. Blind tlgerlsm Is rampant, but our officers are doing their full duty and if any escape their watchful eyes and keen scent, he or she, will have to be up and doing. Two negro women came In on the train from Charlotte Wednesday night and by their nervousness aroused the suspicions of two of the policemen who were already giving some attention to a trunk which was to be handled carefully. One of the women held the check for this trunk, so while on the way to Jack Knox's residence It was nabbed and found to contain ten and one-half gallons choice tiger Juice In Jugs packed In old bedding. The women were put In the lock up and Thursday morning the one who held the check was fined $100. Jack Knox who Is rather celebrated, welcomed the women when he first saw them and before he saw the officers, but at the trial he disclaimed- all knowledge of them and theirs. Mrs. John D. Wylle of Lancaster Is one of the visitors to the flower show. She is the guest of Mrs. A. H. Greene. The announcement of the coming marriage on the 15th, of Miss Frankle Erwln of Steele Creek, N. C., to Mr. J. B. Pegram of Yorkvllle, Is one in which our city Is Interested. Miss Erwln has been a frequent visitor here a-,d has many friends. Misses Elolse Elliott, Helen McDonald and Nell Gooding of Wlnnsboro are here for the Ruff-Cauthen wedding of next week. Tuesday's Elections. ? Elections were held In various states last Tuesday with varying results. The outcome In New York Is fully set forth elsewhere. The principal Issue In Maryland was a constitutional amendment providing for the disfranchisement of the negroes. The amendment was defeated. J. Lee Plummer, a Democrat was elected treasurer of Pennsylvania. Pattison, Democratic, was elected governor of Ohio by about 40,000 majority. The Republican candidate for governor of Rhode Is land was elected by a plurality or about 4,000. The Democratic majority in Virginia was very much reduced, being only about 30,000 as against 60,000 or 75,000 ordinarily. In Nebraska the Republicans elected a judge of the supreme court. Tom L. Johnson was re-elected mayor of Cleveland, O. Ezra Thompson, candidate of the American or antl-Mormo i party, was elected mayor of Salt Lake City. Massacre oe Missionaries.?Hong Kong advices received In London yesterday morning state that terrible atrocities were committed upon the American women missionaries recently masacred at Lien Chow. Dr. Machle, whose wife and daughter were among the victims, brings the horrifying details. He states that the women were stripped naked and exposed to view in the public Chinese temple. Finally, while still alive, they were thrown into the river, where the Chinamen speared them with tridents. Mr. Peale, who was also slaughtered, was stripped and clubbed to death in the presence of his wife, later she met the same fate that Miss Chestnut. Mrs. Machle, and her daughter had 1 suffered. COTTON CROP SHORT. State Preeident Smith Inveetigatee k Situation In the Weat. President E. D. Smith, of the South Carolina Southern Cotton association returned to Columbia last Tuesday from a trip through the southwest and gave out the following: "I am just back from a tour of the West, where I have been in the interest of the Southern Cotton association to meet the executive committee of the Texas district. In Atlanta 1 was Joined by President Jordan, and we together went via Vlcksburg. This carried us through Mississippi, Louisiana and a part of Texas. Throughout Mississippi the cotton crop is certainly as short as or shorter than has been reported. The frost and worm, so far as our observation went, has completely destroyed all prospect of anything like a crop from the top crop of the old cotton. From Vlcksburg to Shreveport, between which two points is the delta of the Mississippi and the Red rivers, and unquestionably the finest cotton lands of the world, there will not be made more than 45 or 50 per cent of last year's yield. Near Monroe, La., where is the very cream of the delta, there Is practically no cotton at all. Thousands of acres have been abandoned and thousands have been only partly tended, with a net result that the Louisiana crop is practically a failure. At Shreveport, where we missed connection and had to He over for six hours, we had an opportunity of Interviewing cotton men and business men and they confirmed the Impression that we had received from our own observation. From Shreveport we went through a portion of the best cotton lands of Texas, and the same condition obtained throughout this portion of the State. "At Dallas, the State fair was In Droeress and representatives of every county In the State, as were also the members of the executive comml'tee, were present. The facts, as stated by these different parties, were to the effect that In the eastern, central and northern portions of the State, the crop was from thirty to thirty-five ner cent short of last year. In western Texas, where the boll weevil Is most numerous, his ravages have not been so great this year and as a consequence the western Texas crop Is as good or better than last year's, but It must be understood that this means a restricted yield and the production per acre does not exceed more than one-half a crop this year compared with the same territory without the weevil. I think It would be a conservative estimate to place the shortage in Texas at 1,200,^00 bales. From Texas we returned via Texarkana and Memphis. This took us through the entire State of Arkansas where we had ample opportunity of seeing the crop in that State and practically the same per cent of shortage was evident. The frost In Arkansas seems to have been more destructive than In any other State with the exception nos?iMy of northern Georgia. From my observation of the crop In every State, for I have visited all save Florida, the statement issued by the Southern Cotton association makes the crop for this year 9,164,000 bales, which does not include, of course, Unters, a conservative estimate." ANNUAL REORGANIZATION. President Harvie Jordan Issues a Call to the Gqtton Growers. President Harvie Jordan, of the Southern Cotton association, has Issued a call for the annual reorganization of the association. The e)ept!onof officers and 'delegates for'ajl the civil sub-dlvlslo ~8 will occur on the first Saturday In December. On December 9 the county or parish meeting will be held at the county site and a county organization will be perfected by the election of officers. The state meetings are to be held at the various state capitals on January the third at which time members of the new executive committee will be elected. President Jordan urges that the members of the association give attention to the reorganization in order that the machinery of the association may be kept in order for fighting for a fair price for cotton. The following ia*the call of President Jordan In full: The annual reorganisation and reelection of all the officers of the Southern Cotton association in all of the cotton growing counties and parishes |s near at hand. The election of officers and delegates for all the civil sub-divislors. townships, militia districts and school precincts, as they are differently termed }n the several-states, will take place on the first Saturday in December. Farmers, merchants and bankers are urgently requested to meet on that day at their local meeting points in the various sections of the county and choose from one to five delegates to represent them In their county organization. The county pr parish meeting will be held at the county site on December 9th, or the following Saturday. These delegates will then perfect their county organization by the election of officers and the selection of from one to three delegates to represent their county or garish at general state meetings. The state meetings wjll be held at the different 8'ate capitals on January 3, and the delegates chosen by the county organization on December 9 will elect their state officers for 1906, and also the members of the executive committee of the Southern Cotton association on the same basis of representation as for 1905. The executive committee of the national association so chosen will meet at Hot Springs, Ark., on the third Tuesday In January, 1906. Farmers throughout the cotton belt are urged to promptly attend this call on the first Saturday in December and get the machinery of the local organization in motion. Follow the different meetings and let the association get on a sound, systematic and substantial basis. Members of the Farmers' Union and other organisations are cordially and earnestly Invited to join the association that every farmer In the south may co-operate shoulder to shoulder for the purpose of handling the great staple crop of the south at profitable prices to the producers. The press Is ear ies'ly requested to publish this call. Very truly, Harvib Jordan, President Southern Cotton Asso. THE NEW YORK ELECTION. McClellan Gets the Plurality and Hearat Claims Fraud. The New York city election last Tuesday did not result In an overwhelming victory for anybody, but rather In a remarkably even division of votes between the various candidates, and the disclosure of the most flagrant frauds, especially on the part of Tammany. According to the count made by the election officials Tuesday night and Wednesday McClellan, the Tammany Democratic candidate, received 228,651 votes: Hearst, the municipal ownership candidate received 225.166, and Ivins, the Republican candidate, received 187,049. Jerome, the Independent, was elected dis rlct attorney over Osborne, the Tammany candidate by a majority of about 8,000. The election was, in many respects, one of the most closely contested that has ever been held in New York. Tammany has been accustomed to run things in New York as It pleases. It is well understood that the organization has no regard whatever for the integrity of the ballot, and at every election it subserves its ends by means of fraud. Thousands of Illegal voters deposit their ballots under the names of duly registered voters and then the election officials usually make up in the count what was lacking In the voting. The Hearst organization sought at tremendous pains and expense to watch Tammany as it has never been watched hefore. and an the result neeured unquestio-able evidence of wholesale fraud. Mc^lellan ballots had been deposited by Tammany colonists In the names of people who would have voted for Hearst or Ivlnsand when the really qualified voter would appear to cast his ballot he would be denied the privilege on the ground that he had already voted. Again, while the count was In progress In some of the voting places it would develop that Hearst was running ahead, and the election officers would close the doors and take a recess until they could fix things differently. There were numerous cases of knock down and drag out in different parts of the city. Hearst and Jerome had many watchers to look after fraudulent voting and where these watchers would try to make arrests they would be mobbed. Scores of watchers were beaten by Tammany strikers. Upon receiving reports of the developments of the day, in the form of thousands of affidavits, Mr. Hearst became convinced that a re-count might change the result and he announced his purpose to contest the election. After a conference of the advisory committer of the municipal league, it was also decided that every effort would be made to punish every frauduvnfpr a era 1 nat whnm aiifflplpnt proof could be secured. I Al! of the newspapers of New York city are united in claiming wholesale fraud on the part of Tammany, and thousands of influential citizens who, were opposed to Hearst, including Ivins, the Republican candidate, are protest!ig against such Impudent and wholesale subversion of the right of _ franchise. ' BL0008HED IN RU88IA. Unspeakable Horrors of the French Revolution Being Outdone. The revolu'ionary wave, says a St. Petersburg dispatch of Wednesday, Continues to subside except in the Caucasus. As de tails of what happened throughout European Russia during the upheaval arrive the story grows more revolting. In the Baltic provinces murder, riot and incendiarism prevail. In Poland v< n h" clergy, Catholic and Protesant. participated in the manifestations I > favor of the autonomy of the ancle nt Kingdom. In Southwest Russia iiuiuij u vii/ ui lumi cbutpeu gkwiii m asaacres. At Tomsk, Siberia,- according to the la'est reports received here, the whole population of 40,000 and the mlUt&ry stood by while s|x hundred men, worn n and children were burned in 4 heatre. The court house at Tomsk and the mayor's resldenoe, where the students and revolutionists took refuge from the mob were burned, and those who tried to fly were killed in the streets In Moscow the Social Revolutionists and the Black.Hundred and the Cos* wras and police fought bloody battles. The descent of the butehers Qf Moscow with their knives and axes upon the students was one of the most horrible chapters, but not as pitiful, hew* ever, as the attask of the Black Hundred on a procession of school children carrying red flags. When the children sought to escape a oordon of police barred the way and ihe youthful martyrs were beaten into insensibility and In some cases were actually torn tfl pieces. 1 In the Alexander Oarden at Moscow, Cossacks lay in ambush in the shrubry and set upon their victims w(th whips. Ma^y were beaten to death and others ware hardly able to er&wt away. The repor's from the Caucasus show 'here is no immediate prospects of suppressing the present state of alfalfa, Battles between Tartars and Arm en* lans, contl-ued destruction of the m{lroads and lack of troops made |t impossible for the authorities to popp w|th the situation, EDITORIAL. VIEWPOINTS, 1 Anderson Daily Mall: Here is \Y\li old thing happening afaln. A man In Saluda county so)d a tract of land for $1,000. Instead qf puttipg the money In a bank hp hid it under his bed. tku..*vo i ?vi- 1 ?a a nit * ca uivac iniu ifia qui(w unp ni^n( and stole every dollar of it. Nq doqbt If he had waked up he would If&ye tried to defend h,s money and the thieves would haye killed Hi in. Keep? Ing large sums of money in qne's house Is dangerous. It invites dishqn? esty, and the map who will enter a house to rob it will commit murder it he is Interfered with. The safest way. the only sensible way, is tq keep mqn? ey in a bank. News and Courier: The department ,of agriculture, at Washington, asked 1,272 seedsmen for qampleg of fed ?!Q; ver and alfalfa seed, as offered for sale by them and-obtained and examined G68 samples. It thep purchased fx? the open market a number of tots of kepd and has Issued a circular giving the nanus and addresses of the seedsmen who sold the lots foqnd tq be adulterated, together w}th the pereentage*! Of adulteration In eaph lot. In nineteen cases the department found seed SQld as alfalfa to be adulterated tp the ey-? tent of from 1.26, |n the quae of a Petersburg, Va., house to in the case of a New Haven, Conn., ponperp. It would do wel) for all those who are engaged in the cultivation qf olqypr and alfalfa to ask th? department for a list of the seedsmen Who have been caught selling adulterated seed, Wlnnsboro News and Herald: ?}yen the doubting Thomases are cqnting forward now and apknow|edg|ng that the Southern Cotton Association K&s played no small part In maintaining a fair price for the soqth's leadingstaple?for the leading agricultural commodity of the who)e world, qn which this section has a monopoly. Just enough has beep accomplished through this assoclqtiQn tq demon? strate to the financial world th&t in organization of the southern farmers Is not like a search for the fountain of perpetual vouth. that th? itoaH work has merely begun. There must be a closer organization of the farmers another year and the time tq begin Is right now, so that p)ans may be thoroughly matured before the planting time for the next year's crop arrives. What - has already been accomplished must not be permitted tq lose any of its good results by a failure to push the organisation of (he farmers on to greater effectiveness: Charleston Post: Spartanburg pame In out of the wet yeaterday with something of a whoop. The dispensary was kicked out of the oounty so hard that its fragments could be heard falling about the State headquarters at Columbia. Now Spartanburg is one of the greatest counties in the State and Its attitude on any public question ia of high Importance, When it votes against the dispensary in the proportion of six to one it gives the political leaders something to think about. Moreover in joining the list of counties which have voted the dispensary out of their borders under the provision of the Brlce act, Spartanburg has lengthened the broad belt across the Piedmont, the most populous and powerful section of the State, which is marked as free of the State liquor system. In only two of the eleven counties of this State bordering on North Carolina is the sale of liquor now legal- and that, of course, only through the agency of tl.e State, under the dispensary law. Oconee, Pickens, Spartanburg, Cherokee, York, Lancaster, Marion and Horry have voted out the dispensary, within the past year, since the Brice law was enacted. Marlboro has never had a dispensary, having maintained its right of prohibition by special exemption from the operations of the dispensary law. Greenville and Chesterfield are the only counties of the upper border line of South Carolina which remain under dispensary operation and in both of these counties movements to vote out the system are under way and will probably prove effective to banish the state liquor monopoly. Besides these border counties, three others of the state have a regime of prohibition. Union and Newberry have voted out the dispensary quite recently and Greenwood has been like Marlboro from the first, exempt from the operation. Twelve of the forty-one counties of the state, therefore, have prohibitory liquor laws in operation and almost as many more are agitating the question of removing the dispensary from their borders. Anderson county, which with Spartanburg. Greenville and Charleston is one of the richest divisions of the State, Is expected to fall In soon with the general movement, which is sweeping the Piedmont, and Anderson counts for a good deal in any undertaking of State concern. It is rather remarkable. in view of the conditions, that the wiseacres of politics continue to smile with a superior air at the talk t\f a eranernl banishment of the dis pensary from the State. While the people are steadily ridding themselves by counties of the State's liquor Institution. the politicians who foregather at Columbia insist that it means nothing at all and that the dispensary is a sure winner and will beat all comers. There Is bound to be an awakening before long.