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Scraps and facts. ? In his annual report issued last Friday. Lieutenant Oeneral H. C. Corbln of the United States army, makes a strong plea for the re-establlshment of the army canteen at army posts. In part General Corbln says: "It would seem unnecessary to argue to a fair-minded person the superiority of a system which provides a mild alcoholic beverage at reasonable cost in moderate quantities under strict military control, to one which results in luring the soldiers away from his DarracKS 10 neignoonng uives nunc his body and soul are poisoned and ruined by vile liquors, with the accompanying vice of harlotry, and where his money is taken from him by gamblers and thieves." ? The navy department, says a Washington dispatch, has received a report from Rear Admiral Evans, commanding the Atlantic fleet, in which he scathingly rebukes the people of Portland, Me., for their attitude toward sailors from the battleships Indiana and Iowa during a recent trip to that port. The sailors, says Admiral Evans, were conducting themselves In an orderly manner on shore, and were subjected to gross indignities and set upon by policemen and a citizen who drew a gun upon them. The admiral claims that sailors were denied admittance to places of amusement, notably a skating rink, because they wore sailors' uniforms. Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte, will take up the subject of Indignities to American seamen in uniform in his next annual report to' congress, and will recommend the passage of a law which will insure to wearers of the United States uniform proper recognition of their rights by civilians. ? Receiver Earle of the defunct Real Estate Trust company of Philadelphia, has worked out a plan, which has been eagerly accepted by depositors and directors of the concern, that it is believed will save the institution from utter ruin and will eventually bring the trust company out of its tangle on a dollar for dollar basis. Receiver Earle's plan Is that the directors of the trust company shall raise $3,000,000 In cash, which sum will be used to pay off the claims of the small depositors, if they want their money. To the * large depositors, those having sums ranging from $1,000 and upwards, it is the plan to issue to them preferred stock to the amount of two-thirds of their deposits, the balance to be paid in cash If desired. The capital of the reorganized trust company will probably not be in excess of 15.000,000. Receiver Earle's plan, although drawn up in a very short space of time, is complete in all its details, and has been enthusiastically received by both depositors and directors. The trust company will resume business within a few days. The amount of the failure was $7,000,000. ? The body of Henry K. Wampole, head of the well-known firm of chemical manufacturers of Philadelphia, was found floating in the North river, opposite Weehawken, N. J., last Friday morning. Mr. Wampole had been mysteriously missing since the Saturday previous, having eluded his two attending physicians in a New York hotel, who were taking him to a sanitarium in the Adirondack mountains. For the past five years Mr. Wampole had been failing mentally, as a result of overwork. His condition was not considered at all serious, and he continued to attend to his business up to a short time ago. The cause of his final breakdown Is supposed to oe aue to the defalcation of the company's representative at Perth, Canada, Henry M. Brick, who was a favorite of Mr. Wampole. When this occurred, Mr. Wampole's mental decline was rapid, and after considerable persuasion he consented to go to the Adirondack sanitarium in the hope that he would recover his mental balance. In some way he eluded his attendants and although every effort was made by the New York police to find him, nothing more was heard of the missing man until his body was found floating on the North river. ? Officials of the postoffice department, says a Washington dispatch, are very much gratified with the results or me euucauonai campaign inaugurated through the newspapers, with a view to reducing the number of pieces of mall matter received at the division of dead letters. While the business of the division is naturally increasing, the results of the requests submitted through the press, that writers place their own addresses in the upper lefthand corner of the letter or package mailed, are greatly facilitating the return to writers of undelivered letters, many of which contain valuables. Fourth Assistant Postmaster General DeGraw has received a large number of newspaper clippings, containing editorials and news items upon the subject, calling the attention of the public to the large volume of mail being lost, especially that containing valuable enclosures, and emphasizing the importance of placing the return address upon all mail matter. The consensus of opinion among the newspaper writers is that the daily press is the best medium of reaching the people in this connection, and all newspapers are urged to take up the matter in their columns. Numerous suggestions also have been received at the department from persons who have read the newspaper articles, many of the schemes being worthy of consideration and showing the ingenuity of the average American. A local postoffice employee offers the suggestion that some words of warning, such as, "Never mail a letter without putting your name and address in the upper left-hand corner of the envelope," be InpliiH^H In thp r*a nppllincr atomriQ thim appearing on every piece of mail deposited. Another suggestion is that similar notices be placed on the street letter boxes and at the depositing places in postofflces. ? Developments of the past few days go to show that President Roosevelt considers the situation in Cuba as rather serious. When the insurrection began three or four weeks ago. it was supposed to be but a momentary ripple and would be over in a few days. The insurgents, however, have been gaining in numbers steadily and drawing nearer and nearer to Havana, committing greater or less excesses in various parts of the island in the meantime. The cruiser Denver arrived at Havana last week and landed 120 marines for the purpose of protecting American property from an anticipated insurgent attack. The cruisers Dixie. Des Moines, Minneapolis, Tacoma, Cleveland and Newark, with about 2,000 marines on board, are already in Cuban waters or are under orders to be ready to go there without unnecessary delay in case of need. While it is not the intention of President Roosevelt to intervene in the quarrel between the Cuban government and the Insurgents at this time, the Federal authorities at Washington have given the Cuban government to understand that unless the insurrection is checked without much more delay, the United States will be obliged to take a hand in order to protect American interests and property throughout the island. It has been stated that President Palma would welcome American intervention at any time, for the reason that he feels that the Cuban government cannot afford a long drawn out conflict at this time because of the very heavy debt incurred in the payment of Cuban soldiers for services in me war wun spam, a spei-iai tension of the Cuban congress was held on Friday to consider ways and means of ending the conflict. President Palma's message to the congress recommended the increase of the rural guard to 10,000 men and the artillery service up to 2,000. Senator Sanguily opposed this on the ground that it was a silly and useless measure. He recommended that the government authorities should seek to make a compromise with the insurgents. Congress adjourned after a short session. Site ^orhi'Ulr (Inquirer. YORKVILLE, 8. O.i TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18. 1906. The only way to get good roads Is to pay for them. There should be a law to make everybody work or move on. There Is plenty of labor in this country if it | were only employed. Within a few years more automobiles will be as common in good roads countries as wagons, making possible and practicable rural express and drayage service. Really is it not about time to begin trying to do something with our public roads? There Is nothing entertaining about the subject, but it is a case wherein hard work will pay. All or ine iorit t-uum; ?^u? tlves are especially pledged not to vote to repeal the Brlce law, and they cannot vote therefore for any dispensary' law which does not make provision for the continuance of the Brlce law. If Ch&rleston has a return cargo for the first immigrant ship next month, other Immigrant ships will follow. Otherwise the experiment will come to grief and not only South Carolina; but all the South Atlantic states will be among the losers. Except for lack of quick and easy transportation facilities, the dweller in the rural districts has every convenience that the dweller in town has. The elimination of this disadvantage will put the rural resident on a better basis than the resident of the town. CSood roads will do the trick. Next winter will be the time for the general assembly to pass a bill provid Ing that only registered voters may participate In primaries of any kind. Such a law is In effect in Charleston and it should be made to apply to the whole state. With the registered voters divided, the unregistered voters have the balance of power to determine whatever issue. It Is all wrong to allow unregistered voters to rule the state and that Is the effect of present conditions. Fair Election. There Is one incident of the recent r,?-jmorv pipptinn that ought to be very K? ? ?- J ? gratifying to all the voters of York county, and that was its absolute fairness. especially as to the counting of the votes by the managers. It is a matter of common knowledge that ballot box stuffing and flim-flam counting were generally practiced in this state In 1876, and the precedents set then have been followed in many of the counties to a greater or less extent ever since. There has been more or less cheating at different boxes in York county from time to time, and there are numerous good men who have all along been doubtful as to the integrity of our elections even as they are now conducted. The first primary on the 28th of August was so close as to necessitate an entire re-count of the legislative ticket. The recount developed a few errors, errors that were sufficient to change the result; but so very small as not to even give color to a suspicion that there had been any intentional unfairness. The work of the managers throughout the entire county was confirmed almost absolutely, and to an exactness that was remarkable. Of course, there are always some irregularities in an election of the extent of this. It Is necessarily so, because out of so many voters made up of aft kinds of people, there are bound to be some who will try to take unfair advantages; dui me general icsuii the recount referred to cannot but be gratifying to the people of the whole county as illustrating the remarkable fairness with which their elections are conducted. The Trouble In Cuba. Just what the trouble In Cuba Is It Is difficult to say with a great deal of authority; but the probability Is that It means little else than that the Cubans have demonstrated their unfitness for self-government and that they are about to be annexed to the United States. While there are a great many good, Industrious, enterprising people In Cuba. the great majority of the population Is made up of doless malcontents, who would not be satisfied with anything. They do not have to work and they are not going to work unless they can be made to do so. The end of the late war left the country filled with adventurers including thousands, who If not born on the island had spent their lives there, and these have since been engaged in trying to get soft places wherein they would not only be vested with power and authority, but be assured of Incomes that would enable them to live in luxurious idleness. The Cuban politician has but little idea of statesmanship as that profession is understood in this country. Here the politician is generally sup posed to advance some policy as opposed to some other policy advocated jby some other politician; but down In I Cuba they have little idea of the expedient of issues. There the game Is merely the offices for the leader and his friends as against another leader and another set of friends. According to all reports from the Island. Cuba has never been more prosperous than now. Laborers are able to get twice as much for their work as they could get five or six years ago, and money is free and easy everywhere; but the people who would get money by working for it are not plentiful. Earned money has but little at iracuon iui iiicui. The conditions are all that could be desired for stirring up discontent. The present rebellion was Inaugurated almost without effort, and If It has any definite purpose that purpose has not yet been made clear. Indeed the revolutionary forces consist of but little else other than the organization of numerous bands of marauders Into larger bands that make the whole more formidable. The government officials are but little better than the leaders of the marauders and there the matter stands. That Cuba will eventually be annexed to the United States goes without saying. Almost everybody In this country Is looking for such a consummation. at some time; but as yet there are some serious obstacles In the way. For one thing sugar, tobacco and several other articles are produced more cheaply In Cuba than In the United States and the sugar refiners and cigar manufacturers of this country are opposed to the annexation of the Island on that account. But there are other American Interests to be subserved by annexation, and the matter will have to be fought out before a final conclusion Is reached. *"? - - * To ft Via fl for I lie present, ocucioij a <*?% gone over to Cuba to see what he can do In the way of bringing about some kind of a reconciliation as between the contending Interests, and it Is probable that he will be more or less successful. Whether he Is successful or not, however, the probability Is that annexation will be a development of the j near future anyway, and In the meantime this country will keep Cuba In such shape as will best suit Its convenience. .As to whether the annexation of Cuba is desirable Is a serious question perhaps: but that Is not the Issue. Americans already own a large part of the Island and they are not going to leave their property Interests to the protection of a people who are not able to maintain a stable government for more than a year or two at a time. Tillman a Loser. Senator Tillman said last week that notwithstanding the fact that the men he voted for were defeated he was pleased. Just as the senator was formerly a good winner, this declaration goes to Indicate that he Is also a good loser. However this may be. the fact remains that the senator has lost. It was not at all necessary. There was no reason why he should feel called upon to stake his fortunes on the fate of the tottering dispensary, but he saw proper to do so. and?lost. It's the fate of the politician. History is full of the records of men who have risen to political position and power in various ways. Many of them became absolute masters for a time. But the story of all Is the same. Whether they followed the golden rule and governed with kindness and consideration or whether their sway was more or less tyrannical, the outcome has always been the same. Unless death came first, eventual defeat was certain. There Is no doubt about the fact that Senator Tillman's methods with his home people have been generally those of a demagogue. People have to do his way or not at all. He has never been willing to concede to the other fellow the right to have an opinion of his own. He always insists on being everything or nothing, and the man who does differ with him in anything is, in his opinion, only worthy to be smashed. That the South Carolina dispensary has been the battle ground of lots of bitter partizan strife is a matter of * * A Ti o*. A# roonrH nisiory. n i? m?u a uiaiiEi .w?.> that Senator Tillman prevailed over his opponents In every battle, even securing the subversion of the constitution In behalf of his cause, and succeeded at last in firmly establishing the dispensary' system as the leading institution of the state. It is claimed by some that the dispensary was ruined by its enemies; but that is not strictly true. It fell as the result of corruption?the corruption of friends from within. The "enemies" who ruined It were enemies only in the sense that they were friends for what they could make of it. They were certainly not political enemies. The efforts of political enemies had long since proved Impotent. And that is where Senator Tillman made his first great political miauise. He should not have attempted to uphold this rotten institution?an institution which can never be cleansed. At one time last year he declared that If the last legislature did not purify It he would help to kill it. That was wise, and If he had held to that determination he would have won out. Such a humiliating defeat would not have come to him at this time. The significance of Senator Tillman's defeat is greater than appears on the surface. The populace is made up of all kinds of elements and a large per centage of It is fickle?very fickle. It Is usually more or less content with the existing situation, no matter how intolerable that situation may be. In the campaign just closed thousands and thousands of people voted for men and measures championed by Senator Tillman merely because they considered that Senator Tillman's championship of those men and measures made them invincible. As the result of the election this illusion has been dispelled, and hereafter these voters will seek new alignments. The dictatorial power of Senator Tillman has been tremendously weakened. It Is hardly probable that he will ever again wield the influence in South Carolina that he has wielded in the nasi. Senator Tlllinan. however. Is safe In the United States senate for the next six years. The reputation he has already made there Is one on which he could have rested with indifference as to the fate of the corrupt dispensary at home. If he devotes himself to the interests of his people as they may be subserved in the senate, there Is no reason why he should not spend the remainder of his days, no matter how long they may be. in that body; but If he elects instead to sink or swim with his disease infected baby, his political finish is not involved in a great deal of doubt. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Geo. W. Kunz?firing's to your attention the Evans' sash holder, which takes the place of cords and weights. Xeely Mfg. Co.?Has a pair of Howe platform scales, 1,000 capacity, for sale at a bargain. C. T. Thomas, Adm'r.?Gives notice that on Sept. 28, he will sell the personal property of the estate of Mrs. M. E. Thomas, deceased. H. A. D. Neely, County Treasurer? Gives Information relative to the collection of state, county and special taxes for the fiscal year 1(06. Louis Roth?Offers red rust proof seed oats and bagging and ties for sale. Thomson Co.?Announces a bargain sale of kid gloves for this week. Flannelettes, outings, linens and clothing are called to your attention. York Drug Store?Reminds you of the benefits to be derived by sufferers from malarial diseases, by the use of Its chill remedies. Fels-naptha soap for easy washing. J. Q. Wray, the Leader?Invites the ladies to see his new dress goods arrivals, which are shown in great variety of quality and prices. Shoes for everybody. First National Bank?Suggests that you deposit your money In the bank and pay your bills by check. M. W. White?Tells you to get the habit of saving and then begin buying stocks and bonds. Foushee Cash Store?Announces a Gigantic opening sale to begin Sept. 26th, and continue for ten days. Yorkvllle Hardware Co.?Says that the Lynchburg turnplow is the monarch of all turnplows wherever it is known. Cotton is being gathered very rapidly, but the producers are not showing a great deal of anxiety about getting it on the market. The sales up to this time are very much less than up to this time last year. As poor as is the average condition of the cotton crop In the lower part of the state it Is not nearly so poor as in other localities. People who have traveled pretty generally over the state say that in some sections the average yield of cotton will hardly be more than one bale to ten acres. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? Rev. E. K. Hardin preached at the Methodist church last Sunday night, and there has been much favorable comment on the able and interesting sermon he delivered. ? The Yorkvllle graded school commenced work yesterday morning with quite a full attendance. The exercises were opened with scriptural reading and prayer by Rev. E. E. Gillespie and short talks by W. B. McCaw, Esq., chairman of the board of trustees, Rev. W. C. Ewart, Rev. Dr. J. L. Stokes, Rev. Mr. Gillespie, and Superintendent J. C. Allen. The pupils were Instructed as to the books they would require and everything was put In shape for serious work to be commenced this morning. The total attendance is 189 pupils, and the various grades with the number of pupils in each and their teachers are as follows: First and second grades, 45 pupils. Miss Allison; third and fourth grades, 45 pupils, Miss Neely; fifth grade, 28 pupils, Miss Squler; sixth grade, 26 pupils, Miss Daniel; seventh, eighth and ninth grades, 15, 20 and 8 pupils respectively, Mr. Gentry. THE BRYAN RECEPTION. Columbia is expecting thousands of people from all over the state to be in' that city tomorrow on account of the Bryan reception. Mr. and Mrs. Rrvan are to arrive In the cltv early tomorrow morning, and during the afternoon Mr. Bryan is to speak from a stand in front of Legare college on the grounds of the South Carolina University. The central Columbia committee has extended a general Invitation to all the people of the state and special Invitations to some 400 citizens to represent the various counties on a grand reception committee. The members of the general reception committee from this part of the state are as follows: Chester: A. M. Aiken, J. H. Marlon, P. L. Hardin, Paul Hemphill, A. O. Brice. J. J. Hemphill, S. W. Guy, Lowryvllle; A. L. Gaston, R. B. Caldwell, W. H. Hardin, J. H. Buchanan, Judge Gage. Cherokee: T. B. Butler, J. C. Otts, E. H. DeCamp, A. N. Wood, W. S. Hall., Jr., A. C. Osborne, Gaffney; Dr. William Anderson, Dr. Jno. G. Black, N. W. Hardin, Blacksburg. Lancaster: Mayor R. E. Wylie, A. R. Banks, LeRoy Springs, C. T. Connors. Cant. S. E. White. J. H. Fos ten T. Y. Williams, Capt. J. W. Hamel. York: G. W. S. Hart, J. S. Brice, W. D. Grist. Yorkville; J. T. Roddey, D. B. Johnson, F. H. Barber, W. M. Duniap, A Friedheim, John G. Anderson. Rock Hill. A great many people have been looking for announcement of reduced rates on the railroads: but as yet no such announcement has been published. The crowd however, will be large nothwithstandlng. THE YORK DIST1LLER8. While passing through the western part of the county a few days ago, the reporter took occasion to talk with a certain citizen who has long been in a position to know more or less about the operations of the moonshine dis -* * 3 4 ? A It* illiern ui wiai neuiiuu, anu iu get. a mtle information on the subject. The party referred to has no particular interest in the question of breaking up moonshiners?no more Interest than any other citizen and he was unwilling to speak of the matter except with the understanding that his name be not published. The ;9tipuiation, of course, prevents the publication of the names of the people he mentioned, because to use the tames might very easily provoke a demand for proof, which would have to be furnished. "Yes, I have positive knowledge that there are a number of. distillers doing business in the vicinity of the battleground, and on some of the smaller streams that drain Into King's Creek. There is also some distilling in Cherokee county, and I expect thai in the whole neighborhood there are as many as a dozen plants. "Behind practically all the stilling that is done in York and Cherokee there are two men, both pretty wellknown. One of them, livir.g in Cherokee over on Broad river, inakos most of the stills and the other lleing in York Is the financial bucker of most of the distilling operations. Neither of these men take any risk in the business. The maker of the stills manages his business In such a way that it is doubtful as to whether the government could do much with him even if it should catch him In the act. He fixes up contrivances by means of which whisky can be distilled without infringing to a very large extent on the specifications laid down in the Internal revenue laws. "Just what kind of a grub stake arrangement the man who furnishes the money has with the people who make the whisky. I do not know. I can't say either whether the man who makes the stills does so on a partnership bails, or for straight out hire. I do know that he Is seldom seen about where the stilling is going on, and he dots not take much chance of getting caught." "What about the chance of breaking up this business?" "Oh, It can be broken up, of course; bui: it Is not likely to be under exist ing arrangements. I don't believe there is a distilling plant in this whole section that is worth more than }l>0 or such a matter. Most of the stills are worth much less than that Aa they make a run the modnshlners Invariably remove the whisky to a place of security almost as fast as it is made, and when the constables come upon the m, they leave out with the still cap and leave nothing of value except a few bushels of fermented corn meal. The only way to break these fellows up is for some one to lay about in the woods for weeks until he gets thoroughly familiar with the entire surroundings, get things in the right shupe and then pounce down upon and arrest the moonshiners in the act Such raids as the constables have been making for some time past have not accomplished a great deal. As a matter of fact when the people of this vicinity hear of constables coming around and destroying a few tubs of beer and carrying away still, they only laugh!" LOSSES FROM TEXA8 FEVER. Thomas Taylor, Jr.", chairman of the Texas Fever committee, writes as follows on the foregoing subject: In a previous article it was explained how the cattle ticks restricted the market for the cattle produced in this state. But in recent years these parasites have had even a more serious effect and one that is more generally felt. Before the operation of the stock law all our cattle were exposed to ticks from the time of birth and all acquired in this way a natural protection against Texas fever. But after the passage of the stock law conditions were greatly changed. The cattle were all kept up. The ticks disappeared from some plantations and the cattle raised on these places did not acquire the natural protection against Texas fever. On other plantations the ticks continued to thrive and the cattle became proof against the disease, as under the old conditions. So that today we have some places Infested with ticks and others that are entirely free from the parasite. When a cow Is taken from a tick-free place to one where ticks exist she develops Texas fever and usually dies. If a town-raised cow Is sent out to pasture on such a plantation the same thing usually happens, because townraised cows do not have an opportunity to acquire immunity to the disease. II' a cow Is taken from one of the tick-Infested places to one of the tick-free places, the cattle raised on the latter place take the disease and most of them die. In this way enormous losses are sustained by cattle owners from- this one disease. The situation also interferes with the local trade In cattle. One may desire to buy a certain animal from a neighbor but cannot do so with safety because his plantation is Infested with ticks and the animal in question has been raised on a tick-free place, or his own cattle may not be nroof against ticks and the animal he desires to purchase is Infested with ticks and would Introduce them into his herd. There Is only one way out of the matter and that is to eradicate the ticks from the Infested places. This will not only overcome the difficulties mentioned but will also open up a larger market, for as soon as a part of the state is free from ticks It can be placed above the quarantine line, provided the legislature passes a law authorizing the establishment of a state quarantine line. ABOUT PEOPLE. Miss Mamie Devlnney is at Piedmont Springs. Mrs. N. J. N. Bowen spent Sunday with frleads in Rock Hill. Mr. jo in it. niair 01 r>iaiiovmc, hm returned to Clemson college. Miss Plnckney Smith of Charlotte, N. C., is the guest of Mrs. B. B. Beard. Mr. J. M. Spann and daughter, Miss Anna, left Sunday night for their home In Sumter. Miss Clara Grist of Lenoir, N. C., spent Sunday in Yorkville, the guest of her brother, Mr. Paul O. Grist. Mrs. R. L. Devlnney who has been at Piedmont Springs for about two weeks returned home last Sunday. Mr. Frank Noland has returned to Yorkville after a stay of several weeks in St. Peter's hospital, Charlotte. Mr. and Mrs. Jas. F. Thomson returned home last night, after a visit of a few days to relatives at Due West. Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Radcllffe and little son of Charleston, are visiting in Yorkville, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. I m U. l. i\auvuuc. Miss Nellie Schorb went to Chester Friday to be ready to begin her work In the graded schools of that city yesterday. Mrs. M. W. White returned on yesterday from the country, where she has been boarding for the past two months with Mrs. Walter L. Jackson. Miss Ada Heyman of Baltimore, arrived In Yorkville last week, and will have charge of the Yorkville B. & M. Co.'s millinery department this season. Misses Wtlma Logan, Mary Starr and Leon White of Yorkville, and Miss Aggie Dell Moore of McConnellsvllle, will leave tomorrow for Chlcora college, Greenville. Mr. W. E. Gallyard and wife of Jackson county, N. C., have been vis iting In Yorkvllle, the guests of Mrs. Gallyard's aunt, Mrs. W. L. Baber. Mr. Gallyard Is the editor of the Jackson county, N. C., Journal. Captain E. A. Crawford, who has been confined pretty closely at his home for some months past has been able to be out a little during the'past two or three weeks. One eye Is about useless; but the other is very good. The captain Insisted on voting in both primaries. This is something in which he has never failed If he could possibly get to the polls. He was at church Sunday. Dr. A. Y. Cartwright returned last Saturday from a three weeks' visit to his old home in Columbia county, Ky. He had not been there previously for twenty-one years, and the visit, of course, was made from a natural desire to see hov.' things looked now around the scenes of young manhood. The old home place Is thirty-seven miles from the nearest railroad, and having been deserted for years, has gone to ruin. The doctor says he would not have been able to recognize the premises had he come upon them unawures. The apple trees that surrounded the yard are gone, the spring is filled up and trees as large as his body are growing In the fields, in which he served his apprentice as plowboy. He saw a great many of his boyhood friends and acquaintances, hut it seemed to him that at least four out of five were gone. Some he was able to recognize; but to others he had to be Introduced. He remained for several days in the neighborhood of the old home place, and spent the oaiance 01 lire nine mill u rim it: is unu sisters in other parts of the state. He was two days at the Great Mammoth Cave. He feels very much better, as the result of the trip, and is now content to buckle down to hard work again. I LOCAL LACONIC8. We Will 8end The Enquirer Prom this date until January 1st, 1907, for 60 cents. Mail on the C. A N.-W. There will be postal clerks on the Carolina and North-Western's Nos. 7 and 8 after the 24th instant These trains have been carrying sealed pouches heretofore, but no regular mall service. Mr. Lumpkin Loeee His Home. The home of Mr. Ladd J. Lumpkin, near Newport, was destroyed by fire last Saturday night at about 11 o'clock. The Are is supposed to have had its origin in a defective flue. Everything was lost. Special Rates to Lanoir. The occasion of the big sale of lots, advertised in another column to take place at Lenoir next Friday will furnish a convenient opportunity to those who desire to visit this growing little mountain town, and also perhaps there may be offered some attractive investments. The Lenoir Realty and Insurance company proposes to see to It that all visitors are delightfully entertained, regardless of whether they spend money at the auction sale of lots. Picnic at McConnsllsvills. The annual Sunday school picnic of the Springsteln Cotton mill, Chester, was held at McConnellsville last Saturday. A hundred or more people went up on the morning train and were met at McConnellsville by the people of the neighborhood with twohorse wagons, and driven to Mr. P. M. Burris's grove about one and a half miles awav. The dav was scent Quite pleasantly, everybody having a good time, thanks to the delightful hospitality of the McConnellsvllle people. Marriage In Qastonia. Gastonla special of Sept 17, to Charlotte Observer: A pretty home wedding took place at the Avon Cotton mill yesterday morning at 10 o'clock, when Mr. Robert Beard, an employee of the Oastonla Furniture company, took as his bride Miss Carrie Arthurs, daughter of Mr. Amos Arthurs. The groom Is from Statesvllle, but has been In Qastonia In business for some months. While here he has made many friends. Miss Arthurs Is known not only here, but all over the state, having at different times conducted religious revivals under the banner of the Wesleyan Methodist church, or the Sanctiflcatlonlsts, as they are somtlmes called. The couple left this morning for a visit to the home of the groom at Statesvllle. They will stay there a short while and will then come to Qastonia to live. The Army Worm. Reports from different fanners of that neighborhood seem to indicate that the army worm Is ravaging a large part of the territory to the nnrthnraat nf Wirlr Mr fl?n S. Wll Hams Informed the reporter last Saturday that the worm was working great injury in his pea held, and he was all the more worried because people who professed to know advised him that the worms would continue to operate on the pea vines even after the latter had been harvested. Mr. F. M. Stewart who lives about three miles north of Beersheba says that the worms made their appearance on his place a few days ago. They first struck a patch of about five acres of grassy cotton and cleared the grass out of it to the last spear without doing any other damage. Then they went across a pea field cutting a swath about 100 yards wide. Mr. Stewart says his turkeys are working on the worms greedily and great swarms of winged insects seem to De preying upon them also. Where the worms came from Mr. Stewart does not know; but behind the cotton patch in which they made their first appearance there are about fifty acres of woods. THE McKINLEY MONUMENT. Quits a Panic at ths Unveiling Last Friday. With panic threatening a crowd of 50,000 persons surging about a stand erected at the capltol grounds frantic tn oofnrp a irllmnsA of Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, the president's daughter, the oratorical exercises arranged for the unveiling of a statue of William McKinley at Columbus, O., last Friday afternoon were suddenly postponed until night after the statue of the martyred president had been hurriedly unveiled by Mrs. Longworth. The crowd was so large and cramped that It got beyond control and the shrieking of women and children who were caught In the crush rapidly worked the crowd into a frenzy. Many women fainted and were carried out of the crowd by the police. Mrs. Eliza Muhn and a negress were trampled upon and had to be removed to a hospital in an ambulance. Both will recover. Mr. and Mrs. Longworth had an exciting experience in escaping from the excited crowd. From the speaker's stand they went through a window overlooking the platform, into the governor's office but they were scarcely Inside when the people began to surge through the doors from the corridors and the office was quickly filled. The Longworths then attempted to reach an automobile which was in waiting for them in the street, but once Inside the building they were caught in a surging crowd, finding no immediate avenue of escape Congressman Longworth fought a way for his wife out of the capitol grounds and across Broad street into the Outlook building. 'mere tney remainea unui me police cleared a way for a carriage, which took the congressman and his wife to the hotel. Later the Longworths took a train to Cincinnati. The committee on arrangements had expected an enormous crowd, but In view of the solemnity and dignity of the occasion the committee believed that the crowd would be easily kept in restraint. Under ordinary circumstances the police arrangements would have been adequate but the officers quickly found they were powerless to cope with the crowd. Memorial Hall Friday night was filled with people. Governor Harris presided. The speakers were William K. Day, associate justice or tne supreme court of the United States; John W. Daniel, United States senator from Vlrglna; General Joseph McKay of Brooklyn, commander of the Union Veterans' Legion, and Gen. R. B. Brown, commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic. Mrs. McKlnley was unable to attend the dedicatory exercises, but she was represented by her niece, Mrs. Ida McKlnley Day. Senator Daniels said In part: Today we praise God, that He filled with lnvn r\f nnnntrv anH Invo nf all hid countrymen the great, good man, whose Image stands before you. Around you people of Ohio, representative not only of yourselves, but representatives also of the majestic and far-stretched masses of our fellow-citizens who are in the mutitudlnous homes and cities of the greatest republic of the world, Inhabited by the freest peace of all the ages. One language do they speak. One voice do they utter. It Is the voice of gladness that William McKlnley lived, mingling In pathos with the voice of sorrow that he died. Ohio gave him to the republic. He glorified In Its deeds of peace, friend- < ship, fraternity and charity. The republic grave him to humanity. The world is wiser, happier and better that he lived, and it saw In his death "the evidence of thing's seen and the substance of things hoped for." He brought all his countrymen together between understanding and closer communion. He sent forth the wearers of the blue and the wearers or ine grwy iu iwiiie, eiuuw iu ciuuw, heart to heart, rank to rank. In honor preferring one another. He trusted all alike, well he might Time and again I heard him say that his highest ambition was to make all the people feel that they were Americans. No one of the presidents of the United States ever touched a deeper or tenderer cord than he did and no one more thoroughly appreciated the good will that was given him. By a dastard, pervent and degenerate hand he fell. Apotheosis of folly. Not a being In ah the world was bettered, not a hope of betterment was kindled In a single breast. Not a tie that binds society together was severed. The foundations of authority were unshaken. The government went on Just as before. "The president is dead," rang out like a knell. "Long live the president," rose on the American voice; stern commanding, victorious, a warrior, forward." This day Ave years ago McKinley died. The whole people were in tears and everybody felt he had lost a friend. I leave you with this prayer for the gentle companion of his life, who may go to him who cannot come to her; and for you all, .men and women of Ohio, and all our countrymen: "May all love, his love unseen but felt, o'ershadow thee; "The love of all our sons encompass thee; "The love of all our daughters cheerl,h thu' "The love of all our people comfort thee; "Till God's love ' sit by his side again." BIG STORM AT WILMINGTON. West Indian Hurrioane Swept North Carolina Coast Yesterday. WimL*OTO*, N. C., Sept. 17.?Cottage. hotel and railroad property was damaged to the extent of $8,000 to $10,000 and for six or eight hours upwards of 200 men, women and children were cut off from the mainland in Imminent peril by a fierce northeast storm which swept Wrightsvllle Beach, nine miles east of Wilmington, early today. The storm came without -warning and hundreds of cottagers at the beach received their first intimation of danger upon awakening to find breakers sweeping clear across the beach to the sound and rolling high upon the mainland, two miles beyond. A trolley car kept on the beach In case of emergency took about twenty-five early risers across the sound on the trestle by which It Is reached and four other cars- responded from the city to a telephone message and brought others across, while waves swept the trestle. Those left on the beach were fearful of crossing the trestle and refused to come across, the airuviuiv giving wa/ imiiicuiaioij alter the last car reached the mainland. The storm Increased In fury until noon, when the rescue work was begun by a number of anxious ones who sent surf boats across the channel at great risk, bringing first the women and children and later the men, the last of the number brought over at 5 o'clock. Sheriff Frank H. Steadman was among those caught at the beach and at once swore In a number of deputies who closed the barrooms and are patrolling the beach to prevent looting of the places there. At Carolina Beach, further down the mainland there was some damage to cottages, but the residents had left there the day before upon the falling barometer, j At Southport, at the mouth of the Cape Fear river, the harbor craft had a narrow escape from the storm, sev eral of the passenger boats being slightly damaged. At old Brunswick, between Wilmington and South port, the steamer Atlantic of the Fisheries company of New York, was blown broadside ashore on the bank, but it Is not damaged to any great extent. The Clyde liner Navahoe, due here at 4 o'clock this morning, has not yet arrived. She probably encountered the gale off this coast and put to sea to escape the fury of it Tonight the storm has abated and no further damage Is expected. Wire communication from Southport has been cut off since early morning. MERE-MENTION. Germany has put In force a meat Inspection law that practically excludes all American meats Mr. Claude Matthews, for sixteen years city editor of the Charlotte News, died In Asheville last Thursday D.tn/ta Uanrv nf Prnaaln has haen Afi pointed commander-in-chief of the Prussian navy Pour persons were killed and two fatally wounded by a Nebraska cyclone last Friday. Sir Thomas Llpton Is soon to visit New York, with a view of making: another effort to capture the America's cup Albrecht, prince of Prussia, and said to be the richest prince of Germany, died last Thursday Secretary Taft and Acting Secretary of State Bacon, left Washington Sunday for Panama, to make an Inspection of the canal work For the eight months ending Aug. 31st, the value of exports from the United States amounted to $606,847,069 New York's customs receipts for the last fiscal year were $200.698,240 Abram Jose Negates, head of the Mexican revolutionists' Junta, has been deported from the United States as an "undesirable foreigner." Miss Ethel Roosevelt while driving a spirited horse at Oyster Bay last Friday, was thrown from the cart, and was painfully bruised, but not seriously hurt. The steamship Manchuria, which went on a reef at Honolulu, several weeks ago has been floated. The empress of China Is having drawn up a scheme to give provinces and districts of the empire local self government The bean crop of Michigan Is estimated at 6,000,000 bushels George Metcalfe, a Mobile, Ala., ship broker, was killed Friday, by a stick of timber falling on his head ..A London cable says the Standard Oil company, Is planning to buy oil-producing properties in southeast Russia Because of Insufficient school buildings in Greater New York, there are 82,600 parttime pupils Daniel O'Day a prominent official of the Standard Oil company, died In France last Thursday, aged sixty-three years The Misses Bertha and Barbara Krupp, daughters of the great gun maker of Essex, Germany, who are soon to be married, spent only $260 ' each on their trousseaux Sail- 1 ors continue to desert from the Russian navy in large numbers Seven directors of the wrecked Milwaukee Avenue bank of Chicago, have been indicted, charged with embezzlement ROCK HILL AND VICINITY. Winthrop Begin* Work Again?Mr. Sadler Better?Personal and Other Notes. cvtrrMoowlence of the YorkrilU tcaounet. Rg:k Hjll, Sept. 17th.?Quite a number of Winthrop pupils and practically all the teacher* are here. Tuesday the girls in blue will be rolling In by the carload and all Rock Hill will welcome them. Every thing around the college has been made spick and span for their coming. While there la dormitory room for less than 600 there have been somewhere around a thousand applicants and all the rooms were assigned months ago. Such a pity that all cannot be accommodated. The splendid new Carnegie library will be open for use this session and a gem it is with its splendid librarian. Mr. W. J. Roddey has returned from Columbia where he attended a meeting of the executive committee of the South Carolina Bankers' association. Mr. Parker, an eminent florist and horticulturist of Hartford, Conn., spent Thursday In the city. He came In regard to drawing plans for the future Improvement of Wlnthrop college grounds. Mr. Rufus E. Sadler, whose critical Illness was mentioned In this correspondence, has greatly improved much to the surprise and delight of his many friends and Is now able to sit up some. His son, M. Hope Sadler, who was thought to be with an engineering party in Canada, was found to be at his headquarters in Schenectady. N. Y? and came home several days ago. Miss Maggie Lee Sadler, who has been doing stenographic work at Clemson, is at home for a few days. Something unusual in the way of an express package came here Mon* day. It was a mammoth Kentucky jack and was consigned to a stock farm near, this city. It is a very fine animal and although only two years old it is fifteen hands high. Mr. W. H. Bailey of Greenwood, brought a daughter to Winthrdp, and is spending a few days at the home of his cousin, Mrs. D. P. Steele near the city. Miss Helen 8tewart of Tampa Fla., is the guest of Miss Marion Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. Percy Blackman and Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Moore, innnlao morrio.-l IVI PViarldfl. ton, are In the city with relative*. Mrs. Nettie Roddey Miller and children of Micanopy, Fla., are visiting at Capt Roddey'*. Mra Miller has a daughter fn Winthrop. Mr. Arnold Friedheim was on the street Monday for the first time in some weeks. He is much better. 80UTH CAROLINA NEW8. ? The fag end of the West Indian ijq hurricane struck the coast in the vicinity of Charleston yesterday; but the blow was only at the rate of about forty-seven miles an hour and with the exception of the blowing down of a number of trees there was no considerable damage. ? Senator W. E. Johnson of Aiksn, died last Saturday, and his death is of some political significance. He was a dispensary man and as the dispensary is very close indeed on the dispensary question, the election of an anti-dispensary successor will mean something. Ex-Representative Toole, a local optlonlst will probably be a candidate. ' ? Spartanburg Herald: Recently there was born to Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Powers, who reside on a rural route near Moore, a son. The child was born on the 11th day of September and weighed eleven pounds. Mrs. Power had been married elev en years on the day of the child's birth and this is her eleventh child. There are eleven letters in her name, Mrs. J. H. Powers. It's eleven for her not twenty-three. ' ? Columbia correspondence of .the News and Courier: It is already evident that the dispensary advocate* see the handwriting on the wall and that they want to shift scenes in the midst of the play. They do not think the dispensary should'be the absorbing issue at the approaching session but suggest that it would be very much more to the advantage of the state if taxation, immigration, or almost anything else were discussed and acted upon than the dispensary. The dispensary folks are going to try their same old game of delay. Delay has been the winning card of the dispensary folks all these years and that is what will be done this time, if the dispensary forces can control by any hook. For two years they have been talking about "purification" but nothlnr has haen done and year after year the cry has been "five us a little more time to remedy the admitted mistakes or evils." The unexpected and unfortunate death of Senator Johnson of Aiken, will give the anti-dispensary forces another member of the senate. The voters of Aiken county, by their votes in the last primary, showed by the election of members of the house that they favor local option and they voted nearly two to one in favor of Mr. Ansel; although it was expeeted that the large mill vote in the Horse Creek Valley section would go largely for Manning. If a few more elections for senators could be held at this time the senate would no longer be in any cloud of doubt. The house is admitted opposed to the state dispensary. ? vuiumum outie, meiaay: A large number of executive committeemen and officers of the 3outh Carolina branch of the Southern Cotton association met here yesterday to discuss the present situation and arrange for action that would hold the staple up to the price agreed upon at the meeting at Hot Springs, Ark. It was decided at the outset that the price was low enough, and every effort will be made to Interest the farmers in the proposition which is to their interest to uphold. "The people," said Mr. Smith, "might as well make up their minds that cotton will not be sold for less than ten cents, and the quicker they realize this the better for all concerned. As a matter of fact the southern planter is tired of furnishing: all the product and none of the price, and if they will but stand together I will pledge them to end present conditions by the first of the year." It was generally agreed at the meeting that the South Carolina crop will be about forty per cent less than last year, when the yield was about 1,181,000 bales. When the plan for the formation of an Incorporated company to buy all cotton offered at less than the agreed price, was brought up there was considerable enthusiasm and a committee of seven was appointed to draw up the plans and f/v *KA nsAnla TKn van_ 3UUII1U UlCIIi IU IIIC JAJVJ/iw. a t*v ?v-ueral executive commltttee of the south is now at work on similar plans and the full details will be published soon. The special committee appointed yesterday will meet this afternoon. ? Columbia special of Sept 15, to Greenville News: Arrangements for the Bryan reception are proceeding very well, owing to the activity of the several committees. The committee an arrangements had a brief session last night, at which a tentative outline programme drafted by the chairman. Mr. C. M. Galloway, was read and approved. This was submitted to the executive committee at noon today and formally adopted. Mr. and Mrs. Bryan will be met at the depot by a