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Scraps autl |acts. ? Senator Clover on last Friday introduced into the Mississippi senate a concurrent resolution to amend the constitution by providing that no children will be admitted to the public schools of the state where the parent is liable for the poll tax of the current year and the same remains unpaid. The effect of this amendment, If inserted into the constitution, would be to baa- nine-tenths of the negro children of the state from the schools, unless the negroes shall pay the poll tax with greater frequency than at present. in a word it would practically accomplish Gov. Vardaman'B theory of a division of the school funds between the races. Mr. Clover also proposed to make the school age from 8 to 18 years. ? Robert Lilliston of Norfolk, Va., was convicted at Raleigh, X. C., last week of murder in the second degree and sentenced to the penitentlary for fourteen years. The crime for which he was tried consisted of the killing of the innocent third party while engaged in a pistol fight with another man who was trying to kill him. A story from Raleigh is to the effect that since the conviction. a woman of good reputation j who was at the depot when the kill ing occurred, says that she saw the i whole affair and that A. G. Smith j the bystander who lost his life was ] not killed by a bullet from Lilliston's i pistol; but that he was deliberately < assassinated by another party whose i name has not yet been brou^nt into i the affair and who no doubt took advantage of the opportunity to &at- < Isfy a private grudge. I ? Washington special of January 1 19 to the News and Courier: Speaker Cannon received another present today from a South Carolina admirer. < The gift was a pair of hand-knitted i home-made "galluses." The sender, i who transmitted the present through i Representative Aiken, expressed the ' thought that Inasmuch as the speaker was wearing a suit of handspun jeans, it was proper that the < trousers thereof be held up by a < pair of old-fashion "galluses." i The galluses are made with yarn, i closely and carefully knitted in sep- ' arate pieces, with double button holes, for it is expected that they j will stretch. The speaker declared | they were just the kind he used to wear years ago, and he will use these for the purpose for which they were intended. "They are Just the kind ' worn by the one-gallus brigade, of ( which Governor Oglesby used to tell, * and to whom Champ Clark appeals in 1 his district in Missouri," said the ( speaker. ? The supreme court of Tennessee 1 handed down an important opinion ' last Saturday regarding the rights of ' newspapers to publish fair and truth- 1 ful reports of the proceedings of courts of Justice. This' matter was considered by the court in connection with a damage suit hied against the Nashville American in which case a verdict was rendered against The reversed this Judgment of the lower American for 15,000. The supreme court reversed this judgment of the lower court and the case was remanded. The supreme court ruled that unless a court has prohibited a publication or unless the proceedings are unfit for publication the proceedings may" be published, the owners of the newspapers occupying the same status as other persons. Publications of suits must be fair. They must not be mingled with comment, the place for comment being the editorial columns. Reports of law suits need not be verbatim, but no undue prominence must be given to prominent damaging facts to the exclusion of facts which explain or modify the former. Extraneous matters must ^ not be introduced. In brief, news re ports of the proceedings of courts of justice must be fair and accurate. ? The case of the United States vs. Benjamin D. Greene and Julian F. Gaynor, the two contractors charged with conspiracy in connection with Captain Oberlin M. Carter and others, is still in progress in Savannah, and entered upon its third week yesterday. In outlining the case of the government to the jury last Saturday, Attorney General Marion Erwln said that shortly after Captain Carter took charge of the work, Greene and Gaynor got him interested in alleged outside contracts, all of which was ostensibly profitable. They loaned Carter money, in small amounts, at first. Later the amounts grew larger. At first the loans were paid from alleged profits that Carter had reason to believe were bona fide. Later the loans were increased to as much as $2,500 and there was some alleged bad luck on the side contracts. Carter owed Greene and Gaynor more than he could pay. Then he began to conspire to give them advantages over other contractors. Where other contractors were the lowest bidders. Carter made the conditions so hard that they had to lose money. This killed off competition. Things were made easy for Greene and Gaynor. Prominent citizens of Savannah were induced to use their influence to secure additional appropriations, and the thing was managed so as to swindle the government out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Carter participated in all of these "profits." Judge Speer, who is presiding, explained to the lh.>t nannKol LVifln'o olntamonf . was not to be taken as evidence; but 1 merely as an outline of the facts he j proposed to prove. i ? Says a Washington special to the 1 Charlotte Observer: It will be recall- s ed, by those who take the trouble to 2 peruse these documents, that the s postmaster general. In his annual re- s port, recently issued, suggested that c it might be well, in the interest of economy, to decrease the number of rural free delivery routes in districts ( wherein it appeared that such service ( was not appreciated. An effort has ? been made this week to learn what s the department means by "apprecia- j ted," and an obliging official explained , that, whenever it was shown that the t carrier does not handle more than ( 2,000 pieces of mail each month it i mifrht be taken as conclusive evi- * dence that the patrons of such routes were lacking in their sense of appreciation. Each carrier, it was stated, must carry at least 2,000 pieces, or he would sooner or later be called off and the route abolished. If the department sticks to this determination to carry out the suggestion of the postmaster general, some of the southern states, notably North Carolina, will get hit hard. Uncle Sam's pocketbook has been considerably depleted by the extension of the rural free deliver)', and many fear that the threatened curtailment of the ser- i vice will materialize. Of the routes c established in North Carolina the car- g riers do not carry on an average e more than 1.900 pieces of mall each c month, and department officials are t rapidly coming to the conclusion that \ the correspondence of Tar Heels is t less voluminous than that of the peo- t pie of any state in the United States, s The South Carolina carriers handle I an average of 2,400 pieces of mail a each month, while carriers of such r oa Voiv Vnrlr u ml Ohio handle r twice that number of pieces. f t c (The \|orhvillr (Enquirer. < - - t YORKVILLE, S. C.: t TUESDAY, JANUARY 23. 1906. c Mr. John G. Capers is now in Wash- a Ington trying to find out Just how he e was hit. He says that he has not been r served with a copy of the charges against him. and he thinks it is his right to be regularly indicted if he is guilty of criminal wrong doing. Mr. y Capers is certainly right in that propo. r sition. If he has done anything criml- b nal, he should be indicted. It may be n that the attorney general, however, can show him facts that will satisfy a him to let the matter drop without fur- p ther proceedings. s Major W. B. Moore and Captain M. ? C. Willis left for Washington last p Saturday evening to represent the 1st s regiment at a meeting of the Nation- ? a.1 militia. Gens. Jno. D. Frost and p Wilie Jones, Colonels Thomson and c Fuller, U. S. A., and Major Haskell. JJ 1st regiment, from Columbia, and c Colonel Schaehte, 3rd regiment, from b Charleston, will also attend. Import- ^ ant matters will be considered for the betterment of the stute militia. y The meeting was to be in session yes- v terday and today. Delegates from ? all the states will attend and an en- 3 thusiastic meeting is expected. n , . , Ii t< Although the press dispatches have n riven but little emphasis to any portion ? >f Senator Tillman's recent attack on g; President Roosevelt other than to that tl vhlch related to the Mrs. Morris lnci- a r lent, as a matter of fact the real force tj >f the attack lay in the senator's ex- is sositlon of the manner in which the r sresident went on to put into effect ? :he San Domingo treaty before it had y :>een ratified by the senate. There is d io doubt about the fact that the presllent has been guilty of an usurpation >f authority In the matter of the San n Oomingo treaty, and the Republican s senators know it as well as does Sena- a or Tillman. But as things have gone j he attention of the country has been d twitched off of that to the other mater, which though not at all creditable Q o the president, or rather to those a vhose business It Is to look after such " ;hings, does not involve any funda- ? nental principle with which the senate f las to do. The treatment of Mrs. Mor- s is was disgraceful. There is no doubt ? >f that, and the matter could have ^ been managed with more credit to a :hose concerned; but it can hardly be 1< considered as a matter of national im- ri e jortance. The shrewd Republican sen- v itors no doubt had this in mind when w hey side tracked the San Domingo V natter by bringing the Mrs. Morris natter into special prominence. There is a strong probability that :here will be some warlike develop- r nents off the coast of Venezuela this . veek. It may be that they have al- e eady commenced. President Castro is n continually in hot water with some- a jody. If it is not the United States, a :hen it is Germany, Great Britain or t Prance. He knows that because of the t jeneraly accepted interpretation of the t Vlonroe doctrine, the United States is > landicapped in any desire they might a lave to make him behave and at the t same time, he knows that this govern- o pent cannot afford to let any other s rovernment give him such a trouncing v is he deserves. That is the situation s is we see it. For quite a while Cas- a :ro has been at outs with the French a rable company. Which is right and I vhich is wrong, it is difficult to say. c But that seems to make little differ- b mce. The French government took up I he cable company's end of the mat- n :er, and after a few diplomatic pas- t =ages, Castro announced that things ^ vere just so: that they had to be so f md that was the end of It. About the c .imc the situation became most tense, 1 he French charge de affairs left Ca- t acas to go to the French ?warship I Vlartinque In the harbor after dis- s patches from his government. Castro n efused to allow him to come back to 1 Caracas, and although it was not exact- t y an act of war It was so nearly such J in act that there was nothing left for c Prance but to resort to other meas- y .ires. Because of the Monroe doctrine, o Prance did not care to declare war. u 5uch a step without a previous under- 1 standing with the United States would t ie quite serious in Its consequences, v But now comes a statement from ii Washington to the effect that France E md the Washington government s lave reached an understanding li md although there Is no information t is to the exact nature of the step v Prance will now pursue, it. is under- t stood that she intends to give Vene- v :uela some kind of a drubbing. The " situation is very interesting and the re- c suit is being watched with a great deal d )f curiosity. a We have a letter from Columbia ' :a!ling our atttnlion to the fact that a he committee on claims has introduced p i bill providing -that election notices shall be printed in only one newspaper n a county, and suggesting that we | vrite to our representatives and call |j heir attention to the aleged injustice a jf the measure. It is urged that the )ill will force the election commission- p( In no/ih nnn.iK' fa uolanf nnu litinPr tl n a county, or force two or more pa- t< )ers to publish tluse notices for prac- a ically nothing, and as a reason why r til the papers should be paid for print- g ng these notices it is argued that the t( tewspapers of the state do sufficient ^ service for which they receive no com- ^ nnsation, to warrant an occasional li )lck-up from the state like this. Indi.idually The Enquirer cares nothing J, ibout this bill, whether the election no- b ices are published in a single paper, or n n all the papers; but we do not think his bil is exactly as it should be. Q some of the counties can be completely \\ overed by an advertisement In a single newspaper; but In the case of othr counties it is necessary to use two >r more papers. We don't think that lie publication of this or any other adrertlseinent should contemplate anyhlng other than carrying Information o the people, and if the general asembly con confine the matter to that >asis it wil do well. There have been ibuses in the expenditure of the state's noney in the publication of election lotlces, in that after the desired ground las already been thoroughly covered he advertisement are also given to ither papers that are incapable of exonHinp thflr rmhlicltv even to the malest degree. As we see it, the plan ^ f the committee is calculated to seure the maximum of service at the ninimum expense, at a saving of about 0 per cent of the outlay that has hereofore been customary. The confining f the publication of the notices to slnrle newspapers in each county will not , n all cases give the best results from he standpoint of publicity; but it is luite safe to say that on an average he work can be done thoroughly in wo newspapers in each county. Hereofore, the commissioners have been islng from one ta a dozen papers in ^ ach county, ranging in circulation rom say 100 copies to 6,000 or 7,000 .nd paying exactly the same price toach paper, regardless of the com- ' nercial value of arvertising space. A Word of Warning. 1 This, from the Augusta Chronicle of esterday is so full of sound, sensible , eason as to make us wish it could e brought to the attention of every nan in the south, who is able to read: Bv nature we are of the hopeful kind, nd not at all Inclined to be pessimisIc but every one should learn to be irudent and cautious, and we now see ufficient reason for a few words of earning. "In time of peace, prepare or war " "In time of plenty prepare or scarcity," are the old maxims; for irosperity will beget recklessness, and o it is with us now. We farmers hould show our wisdom by not being ash or extravagant in this our day of irosperity?if so the pendulum will as ertaJnly swing as far in the other diection and "hard times" will be upon s again. Hard times are likely to ome anyway; but our misconduct will ring them all the sooner and make heir effect ten-fold worse upon us Inividually. But the main thing we deplore and hat causes us to sound this note of arning, is the reckless gambling spirit 3 deal in "cotton futures." that we see 11 over the south. If Wall street will eal in "futures" let them do it, but lerchants and farmers to their calling t will require all your time and money 3 run your business properly. .There ever was?there never can be any ood to come from this dealing in fuures. We have seen many make thouands, but they always continued until hey lose it. It is neither a proper nor right way to make money. It corupts our morals?distracts our attenlon and energies from legitimate busaess?and ends in final loss for the eason that one can not be satisfied, t begets the gambling thirst if you sell otton for 12 cents as we know many ;ho did; as soon as it reached this oint they immediately set their stakes or 15 cents, and so on. Last week we were talking to one of lie leading bankers in the state, and a mn gifted both in wisdom and foreight, through the aid of which he has massed quite a fortune. He said: With all of our prosperity at this time. am looking for panic at no distant ay." I was surprised a^d asked him why?" He replied: "Because of the eokless dealing In cotton futures all ver the south. The southern farmers nd merchants are simply now on this ne. and are putting every dollar they an into it. and should cotton go down, ou will see a regular panic follow." >ur times are getting too flush; the afeguards are being Ignored and evil_ orseqnences are sure to follow, hence" re send out this note of warning while : Is yet time so that some may heed nd profit by it. At least you can not >se by taking the advice?Don't be eckless?Don't deal in futures?Don't o in debt. If you have any money lnest it in land or in improving that hich vou already own?In this way ou can not lose anything and it will ring you both prosperity and peace of ilnd. MERE-MENTION. Senator Chauncey M. Depcw is seiousljr ill at his home In New York. ...President Roosevelt has appolntd General Luke Wright, now gover~ T> V* 11lr.nI>iA Tolonrlo UI U1 U1C rilllippiui: laiauuo, iu uv mbassador to Japan John Alexnder Dowle has been superceded in he financial control of Zlon City by v hree men appointed by himself at he Instance of his creditors. lews from China continues to be of . disturbing nature, and there seems c o be no further doubt of the purpose f the Washington government to end troops to the Philippines with a j lew to having them available for ervice In China when the emergency rises The story that Japan is nxlous to take over ihe Philippine sland, either by exchange or purhase, Is being revived There has ieen a political revolution In Great Jrltain, the Liberals winning a big najority over the combined opposiion in the house of commons V. R. Joyner, chief of the Atlanta Ire department, has announced his andidacy for mayor of the city 'here was a head-on collision beween a northbound Seaboard Air Jne freight train and a southbound witch engine at Mina station, seven niles north of Atlanta last Saturday, 'hree men were killed instantly, and wo were more or less seriously Inured New York harbor and ity were wrapped In a dense fog esterday. Navigation was so perilus that ships were afraid to come ip the bay A committee of promnent Belgians are arranging to petiInn Mice Allfd Rnnspvplt tr? intprrprlp t kith her father to use his influence t n behalf of Edward Jaris, a native j ielgian, condemned to death in Con- 1 tantinople for alleged participation t n an attempt to assassinate the Sul- t an of Turkey Parts of Huntsille, Ala., were flooded by a cloud- s lurst yesterday morning The s leather bureau at Washington sent ( ut cold wave warnings yesterday for louth Atlantic states, including South 1 'aroliua Dispatches of yester- i ay reported the most severe snow i nd sleet storms that Chicago has exH-rienced for years Process ervers are on the trail of John D. tockefeller, trying to -serve him with t subpoena in the case of the State ( f Missouri vs. the Standard Oil com- r any. . s Acainst Oamuu.no.?Mr. Sanders' c ill against gambling dens and blind r igers to require magistrates and poce officers to dllligently proceed s gainst them under penalty was passed t 3 its third reading in the house yes- g ?rday. The bill requires police officers a make frequent diligent investiga- y Ions and report to their mayor or in ?nda it once a week the prese .ee of s ny gambling place or blind tiger, to- c ether with the names of the persons tinning the place, those doing the * ambling or buying. The mayor or inindent is then required to turn over t tiis report to the nearest magistrate, j ho is required to issue warrants and ave arrests made. If either the po- ' c> man. mayor or the magistrate fails v ? do his duty he is guilty of a mis- ^ eineanor and is to be fined or impris. . ned in the discretion of the court. The ill is evidently directed at graft in E municipal police circles. h Mr. Sanders' bill relative to correct- j lg errors in judge's charge was the nly other bill much discussed, and it J as killed. t LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. York Drug Store?Again calls your attention to Its hair tonic?the best for the purpose?which sells at $1 a bottle. J. Q. Wray, The Leader?Offers all men's and boys' clothing at from 25 to 35 per cent discount. He wants you to see him for shoes. 0. P. and R. E. Heath, Corporators? Give notice that the books of subscription to the capital stock of the Yorkvllle Banking and Mercantile Company win oe oyenea ai j. Heath & Co.'s store, Jan. 24th, 1905. Hugh G. Brown, S. Y. C.?Gives notice of the sale of certain personal property seized In the case of Shannon & Hope vs. T. G. Mlckle. First National Bank?Says to be Independent, with the right to look every man in the face, you should have a bank account with It. Fork Supply Co.?Until Feb. 1st will make special prices on all kinds of plug tobaccos. It calls your attention to Wilcox & Glbbes manipulated guano, made by the Macmurphy Co. Forkvllle Hardware Co.?Invites you to come to It for your hardware. Just received a supply of Kellpy's axes, < poultry wire and staples, chain, etc. Star Drug Store?Has a full line of the celebrated Hawke's crystlllzed eye glasses and Invites you to see it if you need glasses. Fred C. Black?Says that any time Is a good time to buy life insurance, but that now is the best time and the Security Life and Annuity company has the best policy you can buy. Sam M. Grist?Asks if you bought your insurance from the agent or the com" pany writing the policy. He says the Mutual Benefit's policies are best. Foushee Cash Store?Wants you to know it Is here to stay as long as Its trade continues so good. Will make a specialty of bargains this year. I OI"K MBUll anu riunii'iim *_,u.? you where to find It, what It does and what It expects to do. Tour orders are solicited. Mr. W. R. Conrad has sent The Enjuther a pretty fully developed horse tpple of the second crop of 1905 pluckid from the tree on January 2. It Is sound, fragrant and delightfully flavored. ' At a poultry show In Boston last veek $750 was paid for a single buff Plymoth Rock hen. The hen had been sriced by the exhibitor at $100. It was sought at that figure by one fancier wo resold It to another purchaser. Messrs. Drevenstedt & Hutchins of iJew York for the larger price quoted. The 1906 seed catalogue of T. W. 5Vood & Sons, just received, is far in idvance of any previous issue. The value of this publication in giving full ind up-to-date Information In regard ;o both vegetable and farm crops for southern planting cannot be estimated. The annual issues of this catalogue lave done more to aid In the dlverslfl atlon and growing of profitable crops n the south than any other similar sublicatlon In this country. This catilogue Is mailed free to farmers and gardeners upon request, to T. W. tV'ood' & Sons, Richmond, Va. The warm wave which swept over his section Saturday, cohtlnulng hrough yesterday Included all the :ountry east of the Mississippi valley 1 0 the Atlantic coast. What the weather bureau describes as Its "crest" was n Ohio, where -the temperature ranged rom 70 to 74 degrees. Thunder dorms have been prevalent almost sverywhere. A cold wave has devel>ped in the northwest, but It Is expect- . ?d to lose much of its force before it rets down this far south. According to I he records, there has been no such ligh temperature at this season since 890. In connection with the installation of < 1 second linotype machine in The EniUiRER office last spring, there was an ; >xplanation to the effect that one of { he objects of the publishers was to ruard against the consequences of posilble accidents to the machine already , n operation. The plant was already to ; ill intents and purposes a duplicate >ne except in the matter of typesetting nachinery, and the second machine . vas added partly to allay an apprelension as to breakage in that quarter. 3ut with the installation of the second , nachine there developed the necessity >f keeping it busy, and it was not a ong while before it was also employed >n the paper. The result was a very naterlal enlargement in the amount of 'resh reading matter compared with vhat we had been giving. Now both nachines are busy on the paper an iverage of something like eight hours l day, and during the remaining hours ind often until far in the night they , ire kept busy on job work. The point >f this statement is that we want our lubscrlbers to know that they have ' >een the principal beneficiaries of the iddltion of a second machine Just as hey will be the principal beneficiaries >f other improvements we propose to naugurate as rapidly as we are able. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? The Thomson company has comnenced moving Into the new O'Leary , >uilding. i ? The U. D. C's held a rummage sale , n the court house last Saturday and ealized quite a neat sum. ! ? Mr. John M. Pollock has moved his j itore from the J. W. P. Hope old stand , o the T. B. McClaln old stand. | ? There Is to be another street fair , n Yorkville soon. The license contract vas made with the town council last | veek on a basis of $25 a day. ? Messrs. J. S. Brlce, W. Brown tVylie, W. D. Glenn and W. D. Grist , vere, on last Sunday morning installed , is ruling elders of the Associate Re'ormed church of Yorkville. I ? Miss Daisy Gist showed the repor- ( er yesterday a beautiful specimen of ( he climbing Wooten rose that she had . ducked from Congressman Finley's > >ush. Its mission seemed to be to bear estimony to the remarkable mildness i >f the winter up to this time. I ? Mr. John S. Sandlfer is soliciting | lubscriptions to the capital stock of a iteam laundry company. He wants $3,- | 100 in 300 shares of the value of $10 < uch. The people have been subscrlb- | ng very liberally and there seems to | >e no trouble about raising the desired i apital. ] ? The excellent music programme at ( he Miss Laura Josephine Bridgman j ?ntertainment in the opera house last | rhursday night, which, as already < itated was a most delightful feature | >f the evening's entertainment, was ar- 1 anged by Miss Julia Allen, who has < ilnce been receiving much congratuJa- < ion on account of its pronouned I uccess. ? Miss Mary Jane Grist died at the < ionic of her nephew, Mr. w. E. Fergu- ( on last Friday afternoon at 3.30 i I'clock of senile pneumonia. Miss 1 Jrist was the last living child of the I ate John E. and Betsy Grist. She was t >orn in Yorkville October 18, 1839, and t ived here all her life. She was a suf- * erer from rheumatism from early vomanhood and her life was one of 1 ;reat physical pain. She taught school t luring a number of years; but had to 1 five up that kind of work because of t ler Infirmity. She joined the Assoc'ate \ Reformed church about twenty-five I 'ears ago; but was seldom able to at- t end services. The funeral took place s last Saturday morning, the services being conducted by Rev. W. C. Ewart, < her pastor, assisted by Rev. E. E. Gil- i lesple. The Interment took place In the Yorkville cemetery. Six nephews ( of the deceased acted as pall bearers. ABOUT PEOPLE. Mr. John R. Ashe of Kershaw, spent yesterday In Yorkville. Miss Cora Kuykendal returned to TTI11 m.olor/lov n nr n vlolf flul'jv run jcoiciuaj auwi a piiui v ??"?v to Mrs. W. B. Moore. Mr. H. F. Akickes of Raleigh, N. C., spent a day or two in Yorkville last week, the guest of Mr. Withers Adickes. Mr. I. B. Faries, formerly of Clover No. 2, is now pleasantly located In his new home in Mecklenburg county and his present address is Charlotte R. F. D. No. 12. Mr. J. D. Davis of Carlisle, has taken charge of the Southern depot at Yorkville, as agent. Mr. Davis expects to move his family to Yorkville in a few days. Mr. Ike Campbell of Gastonla, was in Yorkville one day last week the guest of Mr. John N. O'Farrel. It was Mr. Campbell's first visit to this place during several years; but he met quite a number of friends who were glad to Bhake hands with him. Thomas F. McDow, Esq., went over to Charlotte Sunday to attend the funeral of Mrs. T. S. Clarkson, Mrs, McDow's sister-in-law. Mrs. Clarkson died rather suddenly of pneumonia on Saturday morning. It was not known by her most intimate friends that she was critically ill until a very short time before her death. The deceased was the widow of the late Capt. T. Simons Clarkson. who died in Augusta on August 8, 1904, and was 49 years of age. She was well known in Charlotte, and was held in the highest esteem by all who knew her, especially because of a sweet and lovely disposition which sought to give help, hope and encouragement to the unfortunate and the needy. The Charlotte Observer states that her death Is a distinct loss to tne city In which she has done so much good. The funeral was largely attended, and there were numerous floral tributes. GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY. The following venires of Jurors have been drawn to serve during the special term of the court of common pleas which will convene on Monday, February 5: For the First Week. W. B. Roddey Catawba. J. E. Poag Catawba. J. A. Bolln Broad River. Joseph M. Whitesides ....Broad River. J. E. Bankhead Bullock's Creek. J. G. Walker Catawba. J. F. Gordon York. W. A. Maloney Bullock's Creek. W. R. Neely Catawba. W. J. Shilllnglaw Broad River. A. C. White King's Mountain. J. C. Wood King's Mountain. A. D. Holler Catawba. R. E. Burns King's Mountain. G. B. Sweat Catawba. W. J. Miller Ebenezer. R. D. Sealy Catawba. J. M. Taylor Ebenezer. Z. T. Balles Fort Mill. S. G. Moore Catawba. C. L. Westmoreland Broad River. H. E. Moore Catawba. R. D. Wallace York. A. B. Currence Bethel. B. L. Jenkins Bullock's Creek. R. W. McConnell Bethesda. T. E. Patton Catawba. J. S. Parks Fort Mill. R. R. McCorkle York. W. A. Fewell Catawba. J. W. Howell Bethesda. O. W. Saddler Bullock's Creek. W. D. Klmbrell Fort Mill. J. T. Brandon Bethel. S. T. Ferguson York. John Jones York. For the Second Week. John G. Greene Broad River. J. F. McCarter ..King's Mountain. J. E. Brandon Bullock's Creek. R. K. Lowry York. W. T. Hollls Bethesda. R. A. Barnett Bethel. J. L. Brandon Bethel. S. P. Wilson Fort Mill. C. H. Sandlfer York. R. S. Adams Catawba. John M. Wllliford Catawba. F. D. Black Catawba. T. J. Glenn Bethel. J. H. McMurray Fort Mill. J. Q. Cousart Fort Mill. S. E. McFadden Bethesda. R. B. Oats York. I. C. Grayson King's Mountain. W. A. Brandon Bethel. B. F. Massey York. E. M. Walker King's Mountain. Robert Whisonant Broad River. B. Hill Bullock's Creek. W. S. Nicholson Catawba. J. A. McCoy Catawba. W. O. Harshaw York. E. L. McElhaney Fort Mill. J. L. Garrison Catawba. J. B. Fewell Ebenezer. B. F. Massey Fort Mill. J. M. Hartness York. J. E. Youngblood York. W. B. Moore King's Mountain. D. A. Whisonant Broad River. W. W. Stanton Bethel. John E. Plaxlco ;. Bullock's Creek. THE MONUMENT WORKS. After long and vexatious delay, cuused principally by the failure of the Catawba Power company to deliver its electric current here in accordance with expectations, the Yorkvlle Monument works, have at last been able to put all of their machinery in operation, and the situation around their plant is becoming interesting. Electric power was applied last Friday. The working of marble and granite by hand is a slow and tedious process. With the old mallet and chisel It is peck, peck, peck, and a day's work on ( i big block of granite hardly makes a showing of anything having been done. And after days and days of persistent pecking in reducing a dimension stone 1 to a reasonably even surface other Jays and days of rubbing with stone, sand and water are required to put on j work a reasonably respectable polish. The machinery down at the monu- , ment works does away with all of the I more tedious hand processes. An elec- i trie motor operates a big air compressor, and this compressor in turn de- ( livers its power through strongly con- ( atriipfrnl lntr? r?1*?vprlv rnntrlvprl J v.v.vt.j ?,?> *> ? ?little engines which operate hammers ' that deliver their blows on chisels, rou- ] ters and surfacing tools of various kinds. Where the old mallet and i :hlsels operator had to laboriously 1 ?uide his chisel with one hand, while he pounded on it with a mallet in the j pther hand, the air now does the , pounding, striking perhaps fifty to a i hundred blows where only one could be 1 struck by hand and the operator has inly to guide the tool in the direction ie wants it to go. With a pneumatic chisel in the hands jf an expert operator, it is possible to :ut the letters on a slab or monument ivith almost as much ease .as they can je painted. The operator merely ouches his tool to the lines he wants o follow, and the dust flies away as ;hough he were working in chalk indead of on marble or granite. When the reporter visited the works Sntnrdnv one (if the most Inter >sting things he saw perhaps, was Mr. ' "rank Happerfield's son, aged about \ en years, surfacing a great stone that i vouid weigh several tons. The little F joy had only to guide the pneumatically s Iriven tool over the surface of the t itone; but upon inquiring It developed t that he was doing what would at a fair estimate be the work of not less than twenty men. C The monument works is literally crowded with orders. The management had expected to get Its machinery In operation last summer, and made no hesitation In taking all the orders It * could get. Later on, as it became apnoront (hut (ho ilulav vuaa tn hp Innnrpr ^ than had been anticipated, the manage, ment became more cautious about taking orders, and was forced to beg the indulgence of Its numerous customers all of whom have been very accommodating about the matter. Mr. W. Brown Wylie, the general manager of the works and the affairs of the company, has been quite blue over the situation for some time; but now he is feeling easier. Barring such accidents, as are likely to occur, especially while the machinery Is being adJusted, he thinks he will be able to make a short shift of all the work that Is now crowding, and in the meantime he stands ready to make estimates on everything In the monument line in sight. LOCAL LACONICS. Death of James A. Jackson. Mr. James A. Jackson, whose critical Illness was mentioned Friday, died last Saturday at the home of his son Mr. R. C. Jackson of Tirzah, and was burled In the Yorkvllle cemetery on Sunday. Mr. Jackson was 73 years of age. He died of paralysis. Rain, Wind and Linghning. An unusually heavy thunder storm broke over this vicinity last evening about 6 o'clock, and all the water courses were soon booming at a terrific rate. Telegraph and telephone wires were blown down, and there was no doubt Incalcuable other damage. Rumored Shooting Affair. A report reached here Saturday of a shooting scrape between two negroes on one of the Thomson places In Bullock's Creek township; but up to tnis wnuny it ncus nut uccn p?u^ticable to get reliable particulars. In fact we have no Information that places the alleged story above the dignitary of a rumor. What the reporter has gathered is to the effect that there was bad blood between two negroes, father and son, both named John Adams, and after preparing themselves for each other with pistols they began to shoot it out. The story is that the younger John Adams was killed, and the older was mortally wounded. Sheriff Brown and Coroner Louthlan have heard rumors of the affair; but neither have any definite information. Death of W. A. Robinson. Mr. Wlliam Alexander Robinson a highly esteemed citizen of Sharon, died at his home there last Thursday evening in the 79th year of his age. Mr. Robinson was a native of York county, having been born on the Robinson old place near Hickory Grove on May 26th, 1827. He connected himself with the Presbyterian church at an early age, and was an elder in Olivet church almost from Its organization. The following children survive him: Mrs. Sallie E. Hood, J. J. J. Robinson R. M. P. Robinson, S. A. D. Robinson, Mrs. Jemima Plexico. So far as Dr. Saye, the attending physician was able to determine, Mr. Robinson had no organic disease, his death being due principally to a general break down incident to old age. He was conscious almost to his last breath and talked rationally to those around him. The funeral took place at Bullock's Creek on Friday, the services being conducted by Rev. J. B. Swann. SOUTH CAROLINA NEW8. ? Colonel John M. Patrick, assistant adjutant and inspector general, is critically ill at his home in Anderson. son. ? W. A. Eudy, who was until recently cashier of the Commercial bank of Chester and who left that position to become cashier of the ? Exchange bank, is now out of a Job. After he left the Commercial bank, the officers found a shortage in his accounts, amounting to $325 and called his attention to it. He denied the shortage at first, but because the evidence was so convincing he Anally broke down and confessed. Eudy was regarded as one of the most active and reliable young men in Cheater and until this development last Saturday could have had his choice of all the best Jobs going. ? Ollle Smith, twelve years of age, fell into a steaming vat of mass at a government distillery seven miles from Greenville last Saturday afternoon and was literally cooked. The boy was feeding cows from a cool vat, and as he watched them eat the boiled corn meal he leaned against a post supposed to protect the steaming vat, the post gave way and he fell in, only his head and one shoulder being above the boiling mass of meal four feet deep. When pulled out he dashed himself into a cool mountain stream in the hopes of easing the pain. When his clothing was removed most of the skin came off with it. ? The principal charge against John G. Capers was that he allowed himself to be retained as counsel for the Richland Distilling company in an action brought against that concern by an Asheville, N. C., distilling concern, at a time when there was reason to believe that the Richland concern was liable to Indictment in the United States court. The charge was brought by Congressman Aiken, who laid the facts before the proper authorities. Congressman Aiken says that his action was not suggested by politics, but that he did what he did for the best interest of the state. As the representative of the Richland distilling concern in one case Mr. Capers was not In a position to prosecute it very vigorously in another case. ? Laurens special of January 20, to News and Courier: The county board of election commissioners today investigated all boxes, tabulated the returns and prepared a signed statement to the effect: "The most Just and fairest method of disposing of the matter is to declare that there has been no legal election held in Laurens county as provided for under the Brice act," and it was so declared. The commissioners declared that thev found all the allegations in the petition correct, "besides numerous * ither irregularities in other boxes." r Counsel for both sides gave immedi- j. ate notice of appeal, and it seems that the contest has only begun. The j ifflclal count, including the contest boxes, gave "No dispensary" 67 ma- g lority. To have thrown out the boxes named in the petition would have t ?iven the "Dispensary" 1G8 majority. n ? The grave of Robert Keith Dargan, who was buried In Darlington v last July after his most sensational ^ suicide, was opened last Friday morn- b ng in the presence of some sixty or v more representative citizens of Dar- '] Ington and vicinity. The opening the * he grave was at the instance of the Fi- v Jelity Mutual Insurance company, in y ivhich Dargan had a policy for $25.- ^ )00. It will be remembered that Dargan took poison from the hands if his brother. Pegram Dargan. Af- 7 :er his burial there originated a ru- b nor to the effect that the whole li hing was a hoax and that instead of a i corpse the grave contained a wax igure. The Fidelity Mutual compa- tl ly declined to pay the policy until a he grave was opened. Dargan's peo- p lie at first refused; but at last con- T iented. The opening of the grave a vas the work of several hours, the r? offln having been encased in brick o aid in cement. When the casket was si ipened it was found that the body ] ivj olmnsl iinrppn^niMhlf as that of r>l i human being. It was recognized T >rlncipally by the shape of the skull pj ind the color of the hair. The peo- b, )le who saw It, however, said that hey were satisfied that It was the q tody of Dargan. ni ROCK HILL AND VICINITY. q\ U Celebration of Lee's Birthday?What the U. D. C's Are Doing?Mr. E. B. ci T Rock Killed In a Seaboard Collision Near Atlanta?Other Notes. JurresiiondeiK-e of the Yorkville Koquirer. Rock Hill, January 22.?The cele- L >ration of Lee's birthday has been nore general and enthusiastic in this :ity than perhaps ever before in Rock N Sill's history, while no business louses except the banks closed their tt ioors there has been a holiday air ^ julte noticeable, perhaps made more pronounced by the beautiful weather. It has for some years been the cus- si pm of the "Ann White" chapter U. D. 2. to honor the veterans of Catawba . ^amp U. C. V. and any visiting veter- 01 ms with a dinner on this the annlversary of their great commanders birth; w :he day which saw the advent of the greatest soldier of modern ages, periaps the greatest soldier and peerless n gentleman of any age. These ladles tl lad prepared this ferrst and the tables h were set In McElwee's restaurant Just ^ icross the street from where the veterans hold their meetings and at the Cl conclusion of the camp's business nee ting a large sliver waiter arrived it jpon which were heaped dainty little n geranium leaf and violet "favors" tied with the Confederate colors. Each 11 member and visitor was supplied with y >ne of these which proved the "token" u >r passport to the dining hall. These pouquets were sent by Mrs. A. B. Fewill of Ebenezer, a devoted daughter c' whose father was until very recently n i member of Catawba camp. The Catawba Male academy had suspended . exercises for the day and as the vet- n erans marched from the ussembly hall tl :o the dining room the cadet band p played patriotic selections. The line of veterans marched between double lines pf the daughters as they entered the b room and took their places at the daln- a tlly laden tables. There were Just jj Ifty-flve Including the Juniors, who sat J1 lown to the elegant dinner of turkey 11 ind ham, rice and gravy, dressing and 8 mlad, sweets and coffee. No one can injoy a good dinner more than these ? grizzled remnants of the "thin grey Jj line" and these caitalnly enjoyed this * good one. d CapL Iredell Jones, commander of Cktawba camp acted as master of cere- ? monies and Introduced "Junior com- Jf rade" W. J. Cherry, Esq., who wel- d pomed the camp In behalf of the laughters. After dinner, "junior com- " rade," Prof. J. W. Cherry was intro- 11 luced and thanked the ladies in behalf ? jf the veterans. The ladies of the * chapter, of which Mrs. James F. Reid 1 is president, personally waited upon the tables and solicitously administered to 0 the wants of the old soldiers. It was * in occasion of much pleasure and long ? to be remembered. The Catawba Male Academy held 0 their annual "Lee's Birthday Exer- " ilses" In Frledheim's hall this even- b Ing at 8 o'clock, with a well filled ? house. These exercises comprise an ' iratorical contest for the medal offered p by the "Ann White" chapter U. D. C. 11 md music by the cadet orchestra. The contestants for the medal spoke ? is follows: Daniel Brimm, "Our HeroInes;" Oran Crawford, "A Typical " Hero;" Robert Crawford, "Under the f Southern Flag;" William Porcher Gel- {J ser, "The New South;" Ebe.iezer Get- " tys, "Men and Memories of the South;" * Thomas Gettys, "Vindication of South D Carolina;" James Gillespie, "From p Death to Life;" Thomas Reid, "A c Tribute to the Honored Dead;" Wil- n iam Thomson "Spartacus to the Glad- " ators;" Church Whitner, "Defense of 1 South Carolina." Between these de- * jlamatlons the orchestra discoursed D ippropriate music. Judging by the * amount of applause, these young ora- ? :ors were very acceptable to the audi- 0 ;nce. After consultation the commit- ? tee awarded the medal to Sergeant ? Robert Crawford, whose subject was 'Under the Southern Flag." Sergeant Urawford is the young soldier who won 7 the individual prize drill when the cadets were in Columbia last June and ? Irilled in the Capitol grounds. He was ' personally congratulated on that occa- ^ don by Governor Heyward who was ? in interested spectator. g Prof. Yates Snowden of the South * Carolina college, who had been invited. J to addrewtlte Wlnthrop college chap:er U. D. C. on Lee's birthday, spoke !' n the chapel that afternoon and dellv?red a very Interesting address. Rob- ? irt E. Lee was the basis of his lecture, >ut he paid tributes to Stonewall Jackion and others of our great generals. : In the course of his lecture, Prof. 3nowden related a number of incidents _ vhich have never been published. His address was much enjoyed by the roung ladles and others who had the P rood fortune to be present f At the business meeting of Catawba :amp U. C. V., which immediately pre- , :eded the dinner given the camp by t| :he "Ann White" chapter U. D. C., , ;here was exhibited a handsome "me- t] norial" which a former resolution had :aused to be provided. This memorial t( s about ten by twelve Inches square ind beautifully printed on strong fine paper and is used for presentation to t, :he family of a deceased comrade of :he camp. It is handsomely gotten up t, md as a crest bears the Confederate lag In colors. Blank spaces are left ^ for the name, regiment, etc., of the deleased.. These are to be signed officially and make an accurate record as h veil as a handsome souvenir and menento for future generations. Mr. E. B. Rock, who was for a numper of years agent of the Southern ![. *allway at Rock Hill, was killed in a ,t vrpck near Atlanta late Friday afterloon. Mr. Rock, who was telegraph jr >perator at the Seaboard Junction near . Atlanta, was accustomed to go into the city, to his home, on the switching en- , jine which at about 5 o'clock gener- e, illy had a string of cars to take Into j :he yard. On this occasion he had n coarded the engine which was pulling a T lalf dozen or more cars. Before they _ lad gone a mile the colored fireman iaw the headlight of a train meeting hem. He yelled and Jumped out. In lr i moment the two trains were togeth- jt >r at full speed and were a mass of jr vreckage. The fireman rolled down he embankment but was not killed. The engineer, Mr. Rock and a young n crakeman named Head were killed Initantly. Mr. Rock's body was badly ^ crushed and scalded. It was brought 'n] iere today accompanied by his son, Mr. 3. B. Rock, Jr., the widow and several f( laughters. They were met by Clapt. L. tf. Davis, an old friend of the deceased md his family and taken to his resl- ^ lence. The funeral was conducted this ifternoon from St. John's M. E. church >y the Rev. Watson B. Duncan. The f( call bearers were Messrs. John G. An- 01 lerson, George Beach, A. J. Evans J. 3. Johnson, J. E. Parker and Capt. L. r( A. Davis. The Interment was In Laur- ^ tlwood cemetery. A small barn on the premises of Dr. JVIll R. Simpson was burned Saturday norning about 2 o'clock. A lot of hay C( i-fls burned but the horse was gotten mt after an effort. The loss was en- 11 ire without any insurance. ( bl Dr. LeGrande Guerry of Columbia. r ras railed to this city Thursday last w o visit a son of Mr. James L. Willlamon a prominent citizen of Bethesda lr leighborhood. The young man is much ta letter at this writing. A Mrs. Jack Bratton of Guthrtesville a s a visitor at Mr. E. E. Poag's. A Mr. S. T. Frew of Florence, spent r Junday with his family here. r Dr. and Mrs. J. R. Stokes have re- r urned from their sojourn at the for- r ner's old home in Hampton county. q Hon. John T. Roddey and his bride, q i-ho was Miss Eliza Russell Willis of q\ Vinchester, Va., are expected home to- <3 ight. Their wedding which was a ej ery quiet affair occurred on the even- q ng of Wednesday the 17th instant, at r he home of the bride's mother. They ,*i!l make their home for the present r ;ith Mr. Roddey's sister, Mrs. W. C. p, Vhitner in Oakland. F1 g< Onr op the Best In the Statu.? Gi 'he Yorkvill^: Enquirer, one of the Gi est newspapers in the state, is pub- H shlng in serial form Dr. Robert Lath- H ns* "History of South Carolina." K< The history covers the period from be first settlement to the Revolution- Li ry war, and is of great value and lm- L< ortance. It was first published In L< he Enquirer in serial form in 1875, M nd Is now being republished at the M jquest of some of the older readers N< f the paper. It is a paper that de- Ot ?rvfs to rank along side of Logan's Oi History of Upper South Carolina." A Pi bapter Is published In each issue of Ri he Enquirer, which Is a semi-weekly Sa a per. Several chapters have already Sp pen published. Si The subscription price of The e^.'- Ui iriRER is $2 a year, or }1 for six W lonths, and the publishers of The En- Yc l'iiieh will start the subscription with le first chapter of the history. Every udent of the history of the state lould have Lathan's History, and It in only be secured by subscribing to he Enquirer.?Anderson Dally Mall. * REVIEW AND F0RECA8T. egislative Situation as Seen By Mr. August Kohn. ews and Courier. OoLtTMtiA, January 21.?Just about vo weeks of the legislative session ave gone by. In that time there has ?, een considerable work done. The seson thus far has been one of the very usiest In recent years. It has not sen so much that bills have been dopted and new laws have found their ay to the governor's office, but many leasures have been started in that dl;ction, but, what is best of ail, most of le propositions after being discussed, ave been defeated, and the statute ook has been left without further amplications. There has been the utmost good feeilg on the part of members. There is o sign of factional feeling, the fact of tie matter is there has not been for ears, and those who have thought of nfurling such a flag have noted the m ad experience of some of their predeessors and have undertaken to And ew methods of achieving prominence. During the entire two weeks there as not been a harsh or ugly speech on tie floor of either house, and from the resent tone there is not likely to be. Tomorrow's session promises to be rlef. The sessions begin at noon and t 2 o'clock the members hear the diner call. At present the committees are ard at work,'and It would be useless a undertake to hold afternoon or night essions. The elections for the present session, xcept those connected with the state lspensary, have been scheduled for ^lesday, and there Is naturally a great eal of interest in the results. In the matter of the election of udges the candidacy of Senator Mciowan against Judge Klugh Is taking eflnlte shane and will hA nne nt the ghts of the elections. There was alk of opposition to Chief Justice Pope 11 the early days of the session, but ecently this talk has dissipated, and here is no longer any serious sugges- 4. Ion of opposition to him. Quite a number of members of boards f trustees of state colleges are to be lected. The disposition appears to be 0 re-elect these members for various oards, and in each instance the friends f the colleges are asking that the lembere whose terms expire this year, e re-elected, as everything is moving long so smoothly and pleasantly that hey do not care to interfere with the oards that are doing such conscienlous and gratuitous work. Both the house and senate have dellned to.hold any dispensary elections -4 or the present and the present outlook 1 that should there be any dlspensay elections they will be in the very ist days of the session, when it will ave been determined beyond cavil /hat, if any dispensary legislation will e enacted at this session. The prospects are that the elections in this onnection will not amount to anything luch, except in the event of eitlru fallre to obtain any legislation whatever. 'he dispensary folks are working with eal and intelligence for the bill offered y the dispensary committee, and rhlch will represent the concerted efort of the friends of the system. This ill provides for the same machinery nd conduct of the business as .if half f the state had not already gotten from under" the dispensary system. Objection has been made to the Moran local option bill on the ground that : may involve the counties that have lready voted the dispensarv out In ew elections. If such be the case and his is not desired, it can readily be mended. It is also suggested that the onstitutional provision as to the ranting of licenses is somewhat dif?rent to the provisions of the Morgan HI. but if licenses should be permitted, : is suggested that there would hardly e any counties that would take this ptlon as against county dispensaries, uch as are in operation in Georgia. There has not yet been any legisla- 4 Ion on taxation. The disposition is 3 await the final report and suggeslons of Comptroller General Jones, rho is held in high esteem by the members. It is likely ttyrt the approbations will be made by tht assemly, but that the state levy wlil be left >r future consideration. The general ssembly will have adjourned before it . M *ka MAStlU A# I PUOBIUIC IU (UH/CI IO.III IIIC I COUli vt tie new assessment of property In the tate, and It la the opinion of Mr. Jones tiat the best thing la to indicate, in le appropriation bill, what monoy la ) be expended, and then leave It to tie comptroller general and perhaps f thera, to flx the levy on the basis of tie assessed value of the property. It 'ill be simply a mathematical calculaon. Members of the board of trustees of Pinthrop college appear to be much oncerned relative to Mr. Laney*t> bill, squiring the board to give a Chrlf tmas oliday. Members of the senate, where le bill now la, have received letters rging the defeat of the bill on the round that it will injure discipline, nd making the further statement that Is intended to further consult the T' ishes of the parents, and asking that 1 the meantime that there be no such iglslation. This Is not the first time that such gislation has been suggested. Sevral years ago an act was passed abolihlng fraternities at all institutions jcelvlng aid or money from the state, his bill was offered by Mr. Garrls and as adopted with very little opposion. # The bill of the dispensary investigatig committee giving it further authory, will go through the legislative mill 1 a few days. The senate amended le house bill, and the house is now icpecting to agree to the few amendlents adopted by the senate to the ouse bill. The only material amendlent is that the senate struck out the mendment of Mr. LaFltte requiring le committee to wind up its work be>re the end of the session. The obiction to this was that the commlt>e is expected to have all accounts ue audited, which will take eonsldera!e time, and the suggestion is made iat witnesses might leave the state >r twenty davs and if they remained ut of the state until after the end of je session of the assembly that the jmmittee would be powerless to get o'.d of the witnesses. Average Taxable Values.?The >mptroller general has prepared for >e information of the general assem- j[y, the following interest table showig the average value per acre at hich lands were returned for taxation i the various counties in 1906. The ible is as follows bbeville 14 67 iken 3 14 nderson 5 38 amberg 3 06 arnwell 4 00 ? eaufort 2 27 erkeley 1 14 harleston 3 04 herokee 4 38 hester 4 32 hesterfield 1 43 larerdon 2 40 olleton 1 58 arlington 3 92 orchester 1 42 dsrefleld 3 91 airfield 3 06 lorence * eorgetown * " reenville J *' reenwood ? jz ampton J orry ? ershaw 2 33 incaster ? '* 1^?".::::::::::::::::::::::::: <" ?xington 2 26 . arlon 3 30 arlboro 4 jwberry ? :onee 2 30 J angeburg ? Vt ckens 3 10 chland ? 42 luda 4 ^2 >artanburg ? imter 3 49 lion 3 68 llllanasburg 1 4Jj >rk 4 67