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j; #rraps and ^trrts: ? Serious agrarian riots have been'jr progress in Russia in the vicinity ol Kishineff for several days past. The landlords having refused to grant leases to the peasants, the latter have retaliated by setting fire to stacks ol wheat, hay and straw belonging to the landlords. They have also appropriated the lands and expelled the authorities. There was an encounter between troops and revolutionists Tuesday night near Baku in the Trans-Cau??lo Tmnnl U'Arp fired UDOn With revolvers and they returned the fire with rifles, the shooting lasted half an hour. The Inhabitants are in a panic fearing another racial uprising. An unsuccessful attempt was made Tuesday to blow up the police reserve barracks at Helslngfors. A number of persons were more or less injured. ? Jackson, Miss., Sept. 25: "In my opinion the only solution of the race question," said Governor Vardaman, in discussing the Atlanta rfots, "is the repeal of the 15th amendment and modification of the 14th. The civilization of the white man cannot be suited to the low-browed, veneered, semi-savage negro. When you undertake It you demoralize the white man and spoil the negro. The civilization of the negro lasts just so long as he is under the control of the white man, who incul* cates it When left to himself he as naturally drifts back to the barbarism of the jungle. The crime of criminal assault is a brutal manifestation of the ? ? * A* ~ ? "Artift 1 AAlialUtf negro s aspiruuun iui bwhh cMu?..v To suppress that aspiration It Is therefore necessary to separate the races in the schools, in politics, on railroads and street cars and in church and industrial pursuits as much as possible." ? Paul O. Stensland, the defaulting president of the Milwaukee Avenue State bank of Chicago, reached New York on Tuesday night from Tangier, Morocco, and was locked up at police headquarters. On Wednesday morning he was lined up with a score of alleged pickpockets and other criminals, for examination. He was measured in accordance with the Bertillion system, and his photograph was taken for the rogue's gallery. Waiving extradition rights, Stensland left for Chicago In charge of detectives in the afternoon. On his arrival in Chicago he was spotted at the station by a crowd of Poles and Scandinavians, who made a demonstration, shouting epithets of the most scathing nature at the prisoner. Fearing an attempt at violence, a detective picked Stensland up bodily and tossed him Into a cab. The prisoner's face was ashy pale and he gave evlnt rioeiiAtit fear Stensland on a plea of "guilty" was sent to the Joliet penitentiary on an indeterminate sentence, the maximum of which is ten years. ? Gastonia, September 25: Engineer Derrett of a Southern railway wrecking train, was instantly killed at King's Mountain at 4 o'clock this morning, being crushed to death under his own engine. The accident resulted from a collision between the wrecking train and northbound freight No. 74, Engineer Austell in charge. The wrecking train had taken the siding at the Cora mill to allow No. 74 to pass. The engine, however, did not clear the post and was struck by the engine of No. 74. Engineer Derrett leaped from his engine when the crash came but was unable to get out of the way and was ninner] heneath It as he fell. No One else was injured. The engines of both trains were badly damaged. Wrecking trains were sent to the scene from Spencer and the track was cleared at 2.30 o'clock this afternoon, traffic on the main line having been blocked for ten hours. The wrecking train was in charge of Engineer Derrett and Conductor London, while No. 74 was in charge of Engineer Austell and Conductor Milton Clapp. The dead engineer's body was taken to Greenville. ? Charlotte, N. C., September 25: J. J. Hatch, a member of the freshman class at the University of North Carolina, shot and perhaps fatally wounded Bernard O'Neill, a sophomore of Wilmington, on the campus this evening. O'Neill received a bullet in his right groin, and was carried to the college infirmary, where he is in a serious condition. Hatch, following the shooting, tied to his room and held off would-be captors with his pistol. Finally he admitted a newspaper correspondent to whom he gave his version of the tragedy, and then, after a talk with President * Venable, surrendered to the civil authorities. Hatch, who is a youth of seventeen, stated that while crossing the campus in a patch of woods, in semi-darkness, a crowd of students caught hold of him, and he fired. He betrayed no nervousness over the affair. O'NeiU's companions say they were strolling along the campus with no thought of Hutch until they came upon him. He drew his gun and then they caught hold of him in self-defense. Both young men are socially prominent in their respective towns. ? The police authorities of Augusta, on Tuesday discovered a secret organization of Ku Klux in the city and broke it up. Detectives found in a local job printing office literature privately printed for the organization and on further investigation, found that a local tailoring establishment of high reputation had made gowns and other regalia for the band. The literature and gowns were confiscated, the former being destroyed. A number of the young men connected with the organization were arrested and placed under peace bonds. It was the purpose of the Ku Klux to make their first visitation on W. J. White, a negro preacher who was also editor of the Georgia Buptist. White had several times brought about incipient clashes and riots between the races on account of articles in his paper, and a few years ago was saved from injury and his office from destruction by a mob which had surrounded it with the intention of applying the torch, by a prominent attorney. He received a mysterious warning Tuesday morning to the effect that he had better make himself scarce and he left at midday. It is said that he told the mayor that he would not return to the city. ? A deadly infernal machine was handed to a letter carrier in Philadelphia Monday afternoon, addressed to Jacob H. SchilT, the New York banker. The package was carried to a substation of the postofflce, and it was while in the hands of the cancelling clerk that a few grains of black powder were seen to sift from a small hole broken in a corner of the package. The clerk growing suspicious, turned the package over to an inspector, who in turn soaked the package in water for a couple of hours. When thoroughly saturated the infernal machine was torn open. It was made with subtle cunning and contained sufficient high explosives and leaden slugs to kill a half dozen men. Dangling on the outside of the box was a short ; Atring,. which .upon -J>etng. pulled .was. Intended to strike matches attaclie^ across a si*\alt-j?iecihpf Ifcndpaper. Thi? blaze from the matches was intended , to fire the loose powder, which in turn was to set off the high explosive, which ] was guncotton and powder. It is be't lieved in police circles that the in, fernal machine was the work of some | Russian Terrorist In this country, who was seeking revenge on Mr. Schiflf because of his firm having floated large amounts of Russian bonds In th United States. Mr. Schiff Is one of I the foremost bankers of America. He is well-known at home- and. abroad far I - ,-S. his philanthropy. During the recent Jewish massacres in Russia, he w?tf treasurer of the American relief fund for the Russian Hebrews, and worked hard to raise money for that cause. 2Tlu \1otkriUr (Enquirer. TORKVHJJS, S. c.i FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1906. Thj5 authorities of Mobile, Ala., forbade the production of "The Clansman" in that city a few days ago. The play is booked for Atlanta next month, but the probability is that the date will be postponed. Conservative people fear the probability of riot. It is to be hoped that tne dispensary investigating committee will have at least one more good session before the next meeting of the general assembly. Mr. Lyon did his duty all along without flinching; but now that he has had such thorough and complete endorsement at the hands of the people it is quite probable that people who have heretofore been in his way might be easier to loosen up: Charles E. Hughes, the Republican nominee for governor of New York Is the Fraser Lyon of the committee that let the light on the rottenness of the big insurance companies. He is a man of great ability and undaunted courage. and about the stralghtest candidate the Republicans could put in the field. It is generally conceded that his election will contribute to better government than New York has been accustomed to for a good' many years past. v k Hurrah for Spartanburg: Her Juries slip sometimes, but taking the record of the county as a whole it is unequaled In the south for the strict enforcement of the laws. Ubi Millican, the young man who killed his stepfather, H. L. Cannon in defense of his sister's honor, was yesterday convicted of manslaughter with a recommendation to the mercy of the court. Judge Dantzler immediately imposed a sentence of two years In the penitentiary. Ninety-nine southern juries out of a hundred would have found a verdict of not guilty, but they would have been wrong. The>^ would have violated their oaths. The Spartanburg jury has arisen high above personal feeling in the matter. Young Millican did only what he should have done and he will not be punished. The Spartanburg people will now make application for his pardon and a pardon he will get. But there has been no prostitution of the law. The Yorkvilx.e Enquirer, after calling Senator Tillman all the hard names It could think of before the primary, now says "there Is no sense in continually nagging at Tillman." Those who are In a position to know say that York county's refutation of the cause advocated by The Enquirer has had a wonderful softening effect on its editor and that for a little he would now embrace Tlllmanlsm.? Orangeburg Times and Democrat. The ENquirer does not happen to have the pleasure of an exchange with the Orangeburg Times and Democrat. The above comes to it by way of the Columbia Record, and we have no reason to doubt its authenticity. As to how our Orangeburg contemporary may have gotten the idea that we have been calling Senator Tillman hard names, we will have to leave to our readers. The proposition is too hard for us. So also is it difficult to understand what our contemporary means by embracing "Tillmanism." The use of the word is quite common in the newspapers, but just what it means we confess we do not know. We do not understand either, why the Orangeburg Times and Democrat, which we understand has long enjoyed the reputation of being quite a reputable newspaper, should try to misrepresent The Enquirer. This newspaper has never objected to any town voting out the dispensary. A dispensary would not be forced upon any town that does not want it. In a like manner we think a county dispensary. with all its bottling and other doubtful works, should not be forced upon us. The state dispensary is bad enough, but forty county dispensaries would be worse.?Abbeville Press and Banner. We agree with all this except the proposition that the county dispensary can be worse than the state dispensa ry. The murderous, debauching influence on the individual is as bad in one cuse as in the other. Either will make the poor, weak besotted victim sell the shirt off his back in order to get moni ey with which to buy. One will cause as much degradation and destitution as the other. There is absolutely no good in either. But the influence of the county, dispensary under state control is more far reaching than the county dispensary under local control. In the case of the county dispensary under state control, there is opportunity for bigger graft?more corruption. A central management with power to milk graft from forty dispensaries is a more serious proposition to deal with than a central management with power to get graft from only a few local dispensaries. Rut if the general asuomhlv nmpniln tho nrRSPnt la\V SO fli? to abolish the central machine, the Press and Banner may look for It that all the political adventurers who have been trying to save the slate machine, will at once devote their attention to getting control of the county machines. We hope the Press and Banner will be on the other side when that time conies and will give its influence against the inauguration of the county dispensary system in Abbeville. Tiir Democratic state convention of New York has nominated William R. Hearst as the Democratic candidate for governor. Hearst had already been nominated by the Independence League, and as the league had at the same time nominated a full state ticket, anti-Hearsi. Democrats, of: w^om there are not a few throughout the country, were hopeful that he would not get the Democratic nomination. But Hearst is a worker, and during the past few years he has developed Into a great political power. There were two other candidates before the convention for the nomination, and the result of the first and only ballot was: Hearst, 309; Sulzer, 124; Dlx, 17. Necessary to a choice 226. There is no reasonable i doubt that Hearst was elected mayor of New York city in the last election I and that he was counted out. Tammany opposed him. As to what Tammany may do this time there is no certainty; but all the same Mr. Hearst may be depended upon to make a good | run. His chances of election are more than even, and If he is elected governor of New York, he will be a formidable candidate for the presidency two years hence. He Is the choice of the labor vote to a larger extent than is any other man in America, and he will have the solid support of organized labor everywhere. The Republicans held their state convention at Saratoga the same day and nominated for governor Charles E. Hughes of New York city. Mr. Hughes is the choice of the Roosevelt wing of the party for the governorship. The man who pays his debts and his taxes may be a blessing or a curse to the community. It depends on what else he does. In making this statement it Is to be understood that by the word "debt" is meant the ordinary cash obligation which a man incurs in the transaction of his business. There are men who appear to believe that so long as they are not indebted to their neighbors for goods purchased or the municipality or the state for the last tax levy they have discharged their whole duty and nothing more can be asked of them. But in reality a man s duty 10 nis neignoor is winner only by his power to do his neighbor good, and his duty to the community by his ability to be of service to it. The community in which the prevailing statement, is "What do I get out of it?" is one which does not and cannot prosper.?Rock Hill Record. We agree with the Record In the declaration that the "what do I get out of it?" community does not prosper; but we hope our contemporary does not desire to detract from the duty of discharging cash obligations. There are few people who would not give a hungry neighbor bread. There are few people In this country who would knowingly allow a fellow man to suffer for want of any of the necessities of life. But this does not touch the debt paying matter. Debts generally involve accommodation. The man who seeks to buy on credit usually does so because he lacks the cash. The man who sells to him on credit reposes confidence in his integrity. The would-be purchaser gives a direct or implied promise that he will pay. The circumstances of the transaction Involve the highest and most sacred responsibility on the part or the purchaser. The man who will fail to discharge such an obligation is devoid of every principle of selfrespect and regard for honorable dealing. Of course, it may be that the debtor may be unable to pay. That happens some times, and alters the circumstances. In that case it is the moral duty of the creditor to wait until the debtor can pay. But the debtor who can pay and won't pay, who keens for his own use and en joyment that which belongs to another, is an abandoned specimen of humanity for whom there Is very little home either in this world or the world to come. Enforce the Law. If called upon to name the most flagrant cause of lawlessness In thfs country we would have no hesitation in saying that it is remissness on the part of those whose duty it Is to enforce the law. From all that has come down to us, Rome, under the first republic, had the best government the world has ever seen, either before or since, and the reason of it was that the laws were not only just, good and wholesome, but they were enforced without fear or favor. One of the most notable examples of the administration of justice for the sake of justice alone, in the history of the world was that which went on record when Lucius Junius Brutus sat In judgment over his two sons and condemned them to death for treason against the republic. The action of Brutus was considered unnatural by many even in his day, and I. l~ .. I Hut uun ii id aiiuuoi iiiv;uiii^i ciiciioiuiw, mu?. nevertheless it was right. The penalty of the law was death. There was absolutely no question of the proof and representing not himself but the law, why should a just judge have refrained from visiting on his own son that punishment which he would have, as a matter of course, and without giving ' occasion for comment, pronounced against the son of any other citizen? No man who has a proper appreciation of the position of the judge in this case will question the correctness of his action. Had the power Brutus exercised been his own, he would have been free to do as he might wish; but he realized that the power was not his; that it was his metely to interpret the will of the law, and from that there was no escape. But this old spirit is rare today. There Is as much patriotism now probably as there ever was; but there is less realization of the responsibilities of citizenship. Where then men looked upon public office as a trust of the highest responsibility, too many of them now look upon such position as merely furnishing the opportunity to gratify personal ambition and to promote the private interests of themselves and retainers. It is a fact that in large measure today politicians have no idea of trying to benefit the public, of being useful to their country or their fellow citizens. As a general thing their only aim is to surround themselves with such bucking and support as will help them to power, and they do not hesitate to divide out smaller positions among lesser politicians purely in consideration of aid in securing plunder. It is not an uncommon, thing in this day and time to see unscrupulous politicians use their influence with judges and solicitors in behalf of notoriously guilty offenders, and often the consideration of such influence is that the offenders give service to the politicians in some degree commensurate with the favor thus secured. There are men in every community who pursue wealth and position by du bious methods, frequently violating the criminal and other laws; but usually taking care that the offences they commit are against poor and helpless citizens who are not likely to have sufficient prestige to be able to bring them to justice. These offences are committed almost daily in the sight of the general public which though cognizant of what is going on is usually too busy with Its own. affairs^ tBtfy. jThe public! yery well frdftTfjes/fftl these things. It knows that it cannot practice Injustice without somebody paying the penalty, and all men of more than average intelligence are able to realize the present and future consequences of the conditions referred to; but still nobody seems to feel any responsibility. It is absolutely essential to the well being of society that the law-abiding class array itself against the criminal class, and people who will persist in committing sneaking offences against lajw, order and morality should receive what they merit, the complete and sustained contempt of all who aspire to clean, respectable living. It is as much the duty of a good citizen to show their disapproval of disreputable practices in others as It is to refrain from disreputable practices themselves. EDITORIAL SNAPSHOTS. All Kinds of Views on All Kinds of Questions. The weather department expects soon to be able to predict the meteorological conditions a week ahead. If it will only learn to be accurate twenty-four hours In advance we shall all be reasonably well satisfied.?Charleston Post. If the police commission of Columbia wants to earn the plaudits of the citizens of Columbia, the Record does riot mind telling them that one of the best ways to do so is by thoroughly enforcing the law against vagrancy. Every man who does not work should be made to work or to leave the city. Idleness breeds crime. The man without visible means of support who does not work Is a menace to the community. There is plenty of law to reach' him if those in charge of the administration of the law will only do their whole duty without fear or favor.?Columbia Record. It is very generally recognized that the coming of a ship to Charleston direct from Germany with immigrants and freight means a great opportunity for Charleston. But we should not stop there. It is an opportunity for South Carolina 'as well. So let those of us who live in the interior not lose aiglll ui inc latu nittk mc of making the line permanent by furnishing return cargoes rests upon our shoulders as heavily as it does upon Charleston. It ts Indeed a great opportunity and the fact is widely recognized. What will help Charleston in this Instance will also help the rest of South Carolina; and should the venture turn out to be a failure it would reflect upon the whole state.?Greenville News. A number of candidates for the legislature in the various counties during the course of their campaigns stated that they were opposed to bucket shops or "cotton exchanges" where people gamble in cotton futures. Now, will the legislature pass a law putting these institutions in charge of the state and running them?the profits to go to the schools? This is what was done when the dispensary law was enacted. The people voted for prohibition, yet the state put a lot of private citizens out of business and went to selling whisky under a system of state management. Let us hope that such will not be the case, but that bucket shops will be abolished In South Caroling.?Bamberg Herald. The authorities of Macon, Ga., declined to permit "The Clansman" to be presented there last night, on account of the excited state of the public mind over the Atlanta affair. This very action of the authorities is cal culated to stir up more feeling by reason of creating undue notoriety, than the smooth presentation of the play would have done. The Charleston News and Courier's idea Is that "the condition of things which the Dixon play portrays is precisely the condition of things that has resulted In the race war in Georgia. The fault Is not in the play, but in the attempt which is being made to permit two entirely different races to live on the same soil on terms of equality."?Charlotte Chronicle. The first test of the strength of the forces for and against the dispensary In the house will probably come over the election of speaker. Both sides claim a majority, and the election of the presiding officer will undoubtedly be made the occasion of a show down. The anti-dispensary forces have latterly shown evidences of a generalship they have sadly lacked in previous years. The election of Ansel showed it. All other candidates were practically eliminated, so that the anti-dispensary support could go solidly to him. Does anybody dream that he, was selected because he was wholly acceptable to the anti-dispensary forces? He was selected simply and solely because he could be elected. There was where the generalship came in. An ideal candidate from an anti-dispensary standpoint would not have had a gnosi of a show of election?and the antidispensary leaders knew it. So they took up Ansel, who was a very nice sort of all-things-to-all-men gentleman, who had within eight years been a prohibitionist, a state dispensuryite and a county dispensary advocate, and put back of him the power of their political organization and the daily newspaper trust. He drew support from all elements?and was elected. The dispensary forces displayed no such generalship. They went into that flghtdivided and fighting each other and got licked, though they were in a .majority. The anti-dispensary forces will show the same generalship in the fight tKo onoolrofohln Thorp nrp spvprftl antl-dispensary statesmen who want the honor of presiding over the house, but all save one will be practically eliminated by the time the election comes, and the anti-dispensary strength will go solidly to that one, who. In all probability, will be R. S. Whaley of Charleston, a very genial and able gentleman. popular with all factions. Are the supporters of the dispensary going to show in this fight the same lack of generalship which cost them the governor's race? Are they going to have three or four candidates for the place, each fighting the other? Or, are they going to practice a sensible policy of elimination and consolidate their support upon their strongest man? The dispensary forces in the next house will be stronger than for years past In one respect?they will have more really able men, fully capable of playing their hands in the great political came called the session of the legislature. There are more strong men favorable to the dispensary in the next house than the last two or three houses have contained. They should show their sense in the generalship with which they manage their side of the fight for the speakership.?Columbia Record. ? Secretary Taft and Assistant Secretary of State Bacon informed the Havana correspondent Associated Press Tuesday afternoon that they were thoroughly disgusted with the petty methods of the government leadership and the American commissioners admitted that they had practically abandoned hope of bringing peace from the turmoil now existing. Mr. Taft said: "The government officials, instead of co-onerating with us to save the re public, have resorted to every kind of obstruction with the object of continuing their control of the administration. President Palma and his advisers have rejected terms of peace which were honorable to them, though in the form of a compromise with their opponents. We are still striving to arrange a settlement and we trust the American people will give us credit for doing everything possible to accomplish a settlement without resorting to force. I cannot say that we are hopeful, for I have never known a more disgusting situation. Investijra-i tion convinces us that the elections were thoroughly rotten. We do not want to intervene but the conditions afield may necessitate it. Our reports show that the insurgent commanders have lost control of their forces, which are now lawless bands that at any moment may loot and bum. The situation seems to demand the use of force." ! y.o?a iwwabms. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. J. A. Tate, C. C. C. Pis.?Gives notice that after proper notice he will proceed to set off the homestead and homestead exemptions for the benefit of Mary L. Hope. Jno. R. Hart, Mayor?Publishes an ordinance relating to mutilating electric light poles within the town of Yorkville. L. M. Grist's Sons?Offer ten volumes of The Enquirer, bound, containing Dr. Lathan's history of South Carolina. L. R. Williams, Probate Judge?Gives notice that Mrs. Mollie Jones has applied to him for letters of administration on the estate of Moore Jones, deceased. Foushee Cash Store?Reminds you that its "opening" sale is now on, and tells you not to wait, but to follow the crowds. Bank of Clover?Wants your banking business and is prepared to keep your money safely against burglars and fire. York Drug Store?Is showing a nice line of Waterman fountain pens from $2.50 to $15.00 each. Other fountain pens as low as $1.00. Strauss-Smith Co.?Directs your attention to its handsome showing of fall dress goods. Everything that is new and stylish can be had at its counters. J. J. Keller & Co.?Want you to paint vour house with Devoe and you will have a lasting: job. T. W. Speck, Jeweler?Invites you to call and see his rich display of sterling silverware and beautiful cut glass goods. J. Q. Wray, the Leader?Has a full and complete line of fall dress goods, which includes all the newest and popular shades. Sam M. Grist, Special Agent?Says that the Mutual Benefit has always stood for all that is best in life insurance. York Supply Co.?Calls your attention 'to Its lines of shoes for men, women and children. All its shoes are guaranteed. Dobson Eros.' Cash Store?Is receiving new shipment of all the latest things in millinery every week. Remember Charlotte laundry?best work. Thomson Co.?Extends an invitation to spend Monday at its store. Special offerings in pictures of various sizes and prices. It is pretty generally conceded that there is more upland corn this year than for a good many years past, and the corn is generally better. It looks more like that grown In river bottoms, but it is suffering some damage now on account of the wet weather. The corn Is rotting in the ear. People who are familiar with the crop situation along Broad river say that there has been no considerable damage to the corn crop over that way. Some corn has been ruined by high water; but taken altogether the crop along the river Is the largest that has been raised for years. The Atlanta city council is after the participants in the recent race riot, and lias made an appropriation of $200 for each conviction. It Is sincerely to be hoped that the action of the council is not merely intended as a bluff. The conviction and punishment of some of the ring leaders of the original riot will do good; but failure to convict and punish will now only work harm. While the atory of "The Pumpkin that Turned to Gold" published on the first page of today's paper might suffer somewhat under too searching professional criticism, still it is the most creditable exhibition of local talent in the Action line that has been brought to our attention in quite a while, and as such it is submitted for the entertainment of our readers. The registration books will be o'pen next Monday as usual. Under the law the books are to be closed thirty days before a general election. The general election comes on the first Tuesday In November. Next Monday the regular date will be thlrty-slx days away. So people who desire certificates will find the board at the same old place In the sheriff's office. Mr. W. T. Smarr of Bullock's Creek No. 1. was In Yorkvllle yesterday and In conversation with the reporter mentioned a remarkable sorghum crop that was made by his neighbor, Mr. A. T. Haffner this year. Mr. Haffner had In one-fourth of an acre and from it he made seventy gallons of molasses, 370 bundles of fodder and ten bushels of seed. The molasses sell readily for 50 cents a gallon, making $35, the seed are worth $1.00 a bushel or $10 for the lot, and the fodder is worth $1 a hundred or $3.70, making the gross yield of the quarter of an acre $48.70. Charleston is now preparing for her annual Gala Week to be held November 5 to 10, and extends a cordial in vitatlon to all tne people 01 tne aiaie. A rate of one fare plu9 25 cents for the round trip has been secured on all railroads In South Carolina and for several points In North Carolina and Georgia. The programme as far as announced shows that there will be splendid military features, Including a competitive "Guard Mount" by mllltla of the state. A mammoth pyrotechnic and aquatic carnival on the harbor, off the Battery, floral, fantastic, military and trades parades, band concerts, etc. Everything will be free. McClure's Magazine for October, just out, contains the opening installment of a wonderfully Interesting story of "Ben B. Lindsay, the Just Judge." Judge Lindsay Is a development of Denver, Colorado, and has made national reputation by the manner In which he deals with Juvenile offenders against the law. He has won the confidence of all the neglected boys of the city, and they take his advice as a revelation of the way of life. The story goes into detail as to the manner In ? hlmaolf in this splendid work and tells of the success he is meeting in carrying it out WITHIN THE TOWN. ? Cotton receipts continue light. ? The local merchants are receiving fall goods in large quantities. ? There is but little improvement In the labor scarcity that has been so noticeable all summer. ? Next Monday is salesday for October. The only sale of realty advertised for that day is the L. K. Armstrong plantation. -? There was quite a large audience at tie Presbyterian church last night to hear Mr. Cameron Johnson's stereoptleon lecture on Japan. The pictures and the lecture were good and were generally enjoyed. ? Messrs. J. L. Williams and W. Mason McConnell are arranging to go into the dry goods business soon. They will occupy the store room now being buill by Mr. B. N. Moore. They left +javL- VnrV and other i jesiniuaj markets. ? A dispensary constable has been Iocaled iri Yorkville for some days past and with the assistance of the local 1 police has made a number of small J seizures. He has been watching the , express office carefully, and got one J4jg that came in a fictitious name. In another case he noted the arrival of a jug for a negro who Is under suspicion of b;ing engaged in tigering. He asked the negro whether or not he had ordered any whisky. The negro said no, j stuff as derellcf. ?-The mll)lnery opening' of tberYork-C vllle Banking'and Mercantile company commenced this morning and will continue through tomorrow. The company is making a very attractive display and the numerous visitors are delighted with the style and quality of the exhibits. An electrical contrivance in one of the show windows by which three beautiful hats are made to appear from and disappear Into three wells Is quite an attractive novelty. ? ine oiganuc aaie 01 me ruusnee Cash Store has been quite a feature ot the week. The store was closed Mon-| day and Tuesday to give an opportu-*' nity for the arrangement of offerings in the most attractive and convenienj: shape, and the doors were not finally' thrown open until about 10 o'clock Wednesday. Then there was quite a rush of buyers, and during the balance of the day the blf, force of extra clerks was actually ovei whelmed. There was little for the clerics to do except to wrap up purchases, as the customers were pretty well able to do their own trading. It was very much the same yesterday, and business has been good today. The most serious draw back to the complete success of the sale has been the weather, which has been wet and disagreeable since Tuesday night; but notwithstanding this, Mr. Foushee has been especially well pleased with his big enterprise, and has no complaint to make on any account. The sale continues until the latter part of next week, and the outlook continues to be all that could be desired. COTTON PICKING. According to reports from all sections of the county the progress of cotton picking this season has been slow er tnan ror a good many years past. The trouble has been in large meas-: ure due to the wet weather; but the scarcity of labor is also playing an important part in the situation. Most farmers have sufficient force to gather their crops provided that there are no hindrances on account of unfavorable weather; but such hindrances this year have been so frequent and long continued, that it has been difficult to catch up. There is lots of open cotton in the fields. In some fields where there has been no picking at all, two thirds of the crop Is open. And the crop is suffering considerable damage by reason of the cotton being knocked down on the ground to become filled with mud. The ruling price for cotton picking throughout this vicinity is 40 cents a hundred. So far as the reporter has been able to learn this price Is generally satisfactory, but still the cotton is not coming out. Labor is too scarce. ABOUT PEOPLE. Mrs. W. E. Herring of Washington, Is a guest of the Yorkville Hotel. Mrs. John F. Youngblood Is visiting relatives and friends in Gastonla. Mr. Quiller Jackson has matriculated at Furman University, Greenville. Mr. John S. Bratton of Birming ham, Ala., is on a short visit to Yorkville. Miss Minnie Miller of Bethel, left last week to resume her studies at Linwood college. Miss Bessie Duff of Gastonia and Miss Mary Grier of Harrisburg, N. C., spent several days last week with Mr. R. R. McCorkle's family. Gastonia Gazette, today: Mrs. Jno. Jones will arrive from Yorkvllle tomorrow to be the guest of her brother, Dr. D. E. McConnell. Miss Gussle Beatty, who has been at her home at King's Mountain for Some time past, expects to resume her place at the Thomson Company's soon. Mrs. P. R. Bratton and son Paul, Jr., who have been spending the summer in Yorkville as the guests of Miss Ida deLoach, returned to Charleston yesterday. Mrs. Margaret Trawlck is spending this week with Dr, and Mrs. D. E. McConnell of Gastonia. Mrs. M. L. Carroll and children, spent Wednesday in Gastonia, guests of Dr. and Mrs. D. E. McConnell. In addition to those already mentioned the following are assisting at the Foushee Cash Store: Misses Bessie McConnell, Mamie Turner, Nannie Brown, Messrs. S. L. Latimer, N. J. N. Bowen, Will Lowry. Mr. Julius A. Hope, who sold his farm at Smyrna last spring with the privilege of gathering this year's crop, has bought the John Harvey Hardin place six miles west of Chester and will move there with his family during the early part of December. Messrs. J. L. Strain and W. J. Vaughan of Cherokee county, came over to Yorkville yesterday on a visit to Mr. W. M. Kennedy and other friends. Messrs. Strain, Vaughan and Kennedy were tent mates during the war between the states. All belonged to company C, Seventh South Carolina cavalry. LOCAL LACONICS. We Will Send The Enquirer From this date until January 1st, 1907, for 54 cents. Bethel Preebytery. There was a full attendance at the fall meeting of Bethel Presbytery at Bethel this week, and the business of the session being confined to the usual routine was conducted smoothly. The delegates were delightfully entertained by the members of the congregation who turned out to the dally sessions in large numbers. At Bethany Again. The surveying corps of the South and Western railroad pitched its camp at Bethany last Wednesday and is work Ing the country between Shelby and Yorkvllle. This seems to be along the line of the most expert opinion obtainable here; that if the road is built at all it will come down to Yorkvllle by way of King's Mountain. A Former York County Legislator. Charlotte Observer. Wednesday: Sam Kirkpatrick, the burly, blonde janitor at the county court house, has had his big crop of peavlnes harvested. Never grew vines to greater luxuriance than those on the court house yard. The mowing was done by Louis Houser, colored, who was a member of the Sojth Carolina legislature from xirk county in the year 1871. House- a Mecklenburg negro, but was living at | Rock Hill at that time and was rent to the legislature by the Republicans. Houser says that he does not like mowing as well as legislating, but he .nade a good Job of it. He had considerable trouble in keeping his blade sharp, because of the innumerable bottles it struck. He has found more than a score of pint bottles, quart bottles and bottles of all descriptions. Houser is undecided as to whether the denizens of the court house or passersby are responsible for the number of bottles in the yard. The Ogden Election. Yorkvllle correspondence of the News and Courier: "It is said that recent elections held at Ogden precinct, in this county, were illegal and void and that the vote should not have been counted. It is alleged that the precinct club was not reorganized in accordance with the express require menu of the law, and that the old $lub roll had been lost and none was Eised In the elections, another express equirement of law. Had the vote been thrown out the result of the drst election would have been entirely changed so far as the legislative tick- r et was concerned, as the only candidate who would have received a iua- * jorlty without the Ogden vote would have been Dr. J. H. Saye. Your cor- f respondent asked Chairman trice about the matter a few days after the J result of the first election had been ( Ullll'lc&lljr UCUiaiCU, auu nioi ^wih-iviikiu advised that while he was satisfied that the club had not been reorganized, and that no club roll was used at the election, he only knew of it as ian individual and not officially, and, -therefore, was not in position to take faction. All such irregularities as this, as well as others too numerous to mention, would be eliminated were ;the law changed so as to allow only ^qualified electors to vote in primaries, and public sentiment in this section seems to be growing in favor of the change. GULF C0A8T 8T0RM 8WEPT. Great Damage to Towns Along Water Front. The most furious tropical storm that has been felt In the southern states for years has been sweeping the coast of the Gulf of Mexico during the past forty-eight hours, and although Its fury has been spent, it Is still a matter of impossibility to get full and satisfactory information. The breadth of the storm seems to have extended the entire width of the gulf from Florida to Texas and there has been heavy property loss along the entire coast, especially in the towns and cities directly on or near the water. Pensacola, Fla., is probably the .worst sufferer, and the storm there is described as the worst that has visited the town since the village of Pensacola was swept off of San Rosa island 107 years ago. All the telegraph wires having been destroyed, the Western Union manager went to Flomaton, Ala., to send information to the outside world. He described the storm as having reached its height at about 12 or 1 o'clock Wednesday night; but as having not yet subsfded yesterday afternoon. Every house in Pensacola was more or less damaged, and hun- ' dreds of them were unroofed. The city was literally strewn with debris and there were rumors of loss of life. A tidal wave swept Into the city, lifting all kinds of shipping high on the shore and carrying it to points never before reached by the tide. The coast Is strewed with wreckage for miles on either side of the city and the docks and wharves have been practically obliterated. The property loss is hardly short of $3,000,000. The wind struck New Orleans at a velocity of about fifty miles an hour and brought with it a tidal wave five or six feet high. The Louisville and Nashville and New Orleans and Northeastern roadbeds were submerged, along with miles and miles of trestle over lakes Pontchartraln and Catharine. A part of the city was submerged for several hours but last night at dark the water began to drain away because of a change In the direction of the wind. It is estimated that the Louisville and Nashville railroad has been damaged to the extent of $1,000,000. Telegraphic communication Is destroyed in the case of many of the gulf | Coast towns and It is feared that many of them have suffered seriously. The most consoling thought in connection > with the situation is that they had at < least two days warning of what was < probably coming. The storm was last night headed up the Mississippi valley, and Is probably < now In Tennessee and Kentucky. It < Is expected that It will increase In vio- j lence as 11 sinnes ine lane regiuu. The Situation Today. , By Telegraph to The Enquirer. ChajujOtte. N. C., Sept. 28.?Atlanta special from Flomaton, Ala., tells ex- ! perience of a man just arrived1 there from Pensacola, Fla. Spent twentyfour hours In fierce hurricane. Hotel caught fire, rain fell in sheets, part city under water. All shipping crippled badly. No estimate of loss of life or property made. Special from Jacksonville places loss at twelve million dollars. Trackage from Pensacola to Escombia bay wrecked. Forty cars of coal washed into bay. Sidney Ormond, veteran newspaper man arriving in Atlanta from Vlcksburg having left Wednesday, says train rocked by violence of storm. Heavy wind storm at New Orleans last night. Vessels ordered not to leave harbor. Nothing heard from Mobile. Damage In Georgia except crops in southern section slight. Railroads and shippers have been heaviest losers throughout. Weather bureau says the storm is now centered over Little Rock, Ark., and Is headed for the Great Lakes; but with decreasing force. Most serious damage is feared in cotton fields. The Chro-vtcle. THE ATLANTA SITUATION. Peace Has Been Restored In the Georgia Capital. All kinds of business which had been practically suspended during: the few days previous, was resumed in Atlanta on Wednesday morning, and things c have since been moving along as c smoothly as ever. _ , . The list of killed up to Tuesday nifrht stood as follows: , White. d County Policeman James Heard, killed in South Atlanta Monday night ' Negroes. t Marshall Carter, thirteen years old, c boy; killed in fight with another negro . Monday. " Clem Rhodes, killed in South Atlan- 8 ta Monday night. a Sam Magruder, wounded at South , Atlanta Monday night; died at Grady hospital Tuesday morning: ^ Frank Fambro, killed at South At- F lanta Monday night. ? Annie Laurie Sheppard, negro womon, killed Saturday night. 11 Henry Welsh, killed in Cuban pool ii room Saturday night. Frank Smith, killed Saturday night Milton Brown, killed on Marietta street Saturday night. Will Marlon, killed on Marietta street c Saturday night. U Zeb Long, lynched at Eastpoint Monday morning. n Will Moreland, killed by city police at 0 Magruder and Randolph streets Tijes- i day morning. _ James Fletcher, killed at same time and place. K Unidentified negro man, killed at South Atlanta Monday eight. Body in undertaker's establishment. Five unidentified bodies, located at ? various points. -J A precautionary measure of Tuesday 1:1 was the arrest of 257 negroes at ' Brownsville, including Clark univer-,, ^ sity. One hundred of these were com- " mitted to Jail pending further invest!- v gation. A committee of leading citizens, call- B ed to consider the* situation in connec- 0 tlon with the city council recommend- ^ Hnonona t\f all oa lAnna nf \ CU I I Id. L IIIC JtVCUOVU V4 Ult UW*\'VUM w? the city be revoked until October 1, t( and the recommendation was acted up- ls on favorably. The understanding Is b that In the meantime the council will n make an investigation which will resuit In the abolition of the more objec- t! tionable dives. M Dispatches Indicate that public sen- ,(: tlment is strong for the detection and d punishment of the people who started c" riots. Already several white men n huve been convicted of rioting and sen- d tenced to pay fines of $100 each or go 8 to the city stockade for thirty days. C e X ? ReV. R. C. Hammond, colored, of ? New York, s-ddressed a large audience t( of his race at Wilmington, Del., last n Tuesday evening on "Law and Order," n because of the large increase of crime b recently by men of his race. He de- T nounced reckless conduct by colored it men, and said the colored race would T have to work with the white In up- e holding taw and order. He said God -a had ordained the white race to rule fhe t< earth for the present. Because of the h. conduct of some negroes, Rev. Ham- g mond said their race had decreased 12 n per cent in the last twelve years. He t< said the golden rule of "do unto others o' as you would have them do unto you" b should be followed by negroes as the n best means to preserve law and order. Ir ROCK HILL AND VICINITY. 'residency of ths Negro College at Abbeville?The Missionary Lecture? Personal and Other Matters. '-ormuoiMlriM-e of the torfcville Kixjulrer. Rock Hill, September 27.?The lev. Calvin M. Young of this city, a olored minister, who for the past ourteen or fifteen years, has been the >aator of Hermon Presbyterian hurch of thts city, was on the 18th nstant elected to the presidency of iarblson college, at Abbeville, the dace made vacant by the departure inder peculiar circumstances o( its ormer president, Amos. Rev. Young las duer uciiuerduuu ucuiucu iu ept the position and will leave here Saturday the 29th, to take charge of he affairs of the institution. Without iny exaggeration those in authority night have culled the United States i-ithout finding a better man for the lace. The new president is a native if Abbeville county in the town of )ue West, of a good Christian parentLge and had the good fortune to be eared under the Influences of the Asociate Reformed Presbyterian peo>le of that American Drumtachty. Vhen he had grown to manhood here he went to Biddle university at Charlotte, N. C., and beginning at the ilgh school course spent twelve years here under the teaching and influence if such men as Drs. Mattson and " Awrence. He has been known to his correspondent for twenty-three 'ears or more and he has always been mown as an upright and useful Christian citizen, teaching his race lothlng but that which would make or their own good and consequently hat of the white citizenship. Rev. Toung is well known by the white ieople of Abbeville county . and avorably. It was no doubt this good -eputation which brought about this insought for election to an important >ositlon where the opportunity for he wielding of good influence is large, lis congregation here will give him ip with regret. He has been not inly pastor, but teacher, he and his vife who is a congenial helpmeet. Mr. Cameron Johnson, an indelendent missionary worker who has ipent the past twelve years in Japan, vill lecture in the First Presbyterian :hurch Friday evening under the auslices of the Ladles Missionary sociey. The lecture will be illustrated by i stereopticon views which are said :o be very fine. Saturday evening at Friedheim's hall 'The Denver Express" will be prelented by one of the best companies in the road. Monday evening a minitrel show will be there. Rev. Drs. W. L. Lingle and J. D. Primm, Rev. J. K. Colt and Messrs. David Hutchison and J. C. Cork at e m ue<J me meeting ui pienuji ici j ai Bethel church this week. Mr. John A. Neely took his little ion Martin to Charlotte, Wednesday, 'or a throat operation. Mr. Alex Fewell of Ebenezer, left Wednesday for Philadelphia to enter i medical college. Mr. Archie Barron has gone to fanderbllt for his second year in nedlclne. Misses Lizzie and Louise Sherfesee )f Charleston, on their way from the mountains are stopping at Capt W. L Roddeys. Mrs. B. C. Rivers and Miss Lucile Rivers of Charleston, who have been visiting Mr. Edward Rivers, have returned home. MERE-MENTION. Six persons were killed and a score njured as the result of a rear end colision on the Minneapolis and St Louis -ailroad at New Prague, Minn., Monlay Owing to the increase of the :ocalne habit in India, the government las imposed stringent regulations unler which the mere possession of the irug is a serious crime Chas. R. \dams, a tobacconist of Danvllie, Va., :ommitted suicide at Spencer, N. C., Wednesday, by jumping in front of a rapidly moving switch engine. He 'aid he was tired of life Terry tfarthr knocked out Jack McKenste in l prize fight at Portland, Me., Tuesday light. McKenzie died from the effects >f the hlow The United States vheat crop for 1906 is estimated as beng 735,000,000 bushels According o statistics compiled by the departnent of commerce and labor, the rallvay earnings of the United States exceed $2,000,000,000 President Oom)ere of the American Federation of La>or will make a strenuous effort to de'eat Speaker Joe Cannon In his effort o be re-elected to congress from 1111lols Three persons were killed ind thirty-eight injured in a collision m the Wabash railroad at Cattlin, HI., Wednesday John B. Moore has >een nominated for governor by the ndependence League of Massachu>etts....The sultan of Turkey Is sufering from cancer and his death is iredicted in a year The foreign rade of the United States for the u-Alva mnnth.n enriinar Alltr. tlsL imounted to $3,013,817,633 Colonel r. L. Luck, of the United States army :ommitted suicide in New York last Wednesday. Ill health was the cause if the deed J. P. Kennedy, captain if a foot ball team, was killed at >rinceton, N. J., last Wednesday, by eing kicked in the head Hon. W. Bryan has been speaking in the lull an Territory during the past few lays Since January 1 last, the iner-state commerce commission has ollected $283,075 from railroads grantng rebates The pay of the Qeorria troops during the Atlanta riot .mounts to $7,000 It is reported hat District Attorney Jerome of New fork, will bolt the nomination of W. t. Hearst Large numbers of nero refugees from Atlanta have flocked nto Chattanooga and other surroundng cities. SOUTH CAROLINA NEW8. ? At a meeting of the Columbia city ouncil last Wednesday Alderman Colins, who is in the drayage business, nade the statement that there are"~5,00 Idle negroes in the city. A resolulon was adopted providing for the lore vigorous enforcement of the varancy laws. ? Columbia special of Tuesday to the lews and Courier: Chairman Burton f the house committee on rivers and arbors, is here at last, and the Chamer of Commerce and Congressman .ever and Congressman Finley are rorking him over-time, entertaining im and showing him the business adantages and possibilities of the town ' river navigation is perfected. Mr. lurton came in this morning by way f Augusta and was met by a commlt?e of citizens, who escorted him to i'right's Hotel, where he was allowed j get a brief rest This afternoon he > being driven over the town for a ersonai inspection of the principal lanufacturing plants, the wholesale entres and the power development at lie Canal and the possibilities of navjation in a limited way through the >cks and on the river above there. He ined at Wright's this evening with a ammlttee of citizens. Tomorrow lorning Mr. Burton will be taken own the river for an Inspection of the overnment dam and locks, Just below Columbia, and from there will be takn by Captain Howell and Engineer t'hitescarver of the government -orks, and a committee of Columbians > the mouth of the Congaree, fifty dies below Columbia. Prom the mouth of the Congaree the visitor will e taken across country to catch the hursday afternoon Coast Line train ito Georgetown, where he will spend hursday, leaving that city Thursday rening for Washington,.. Congressman Pinley, Jfcho-wants to-get Mr. Hnr>n Interested In Catawba river, will ccompany the party down the.. Cooaree and will go on to Georgetown ith Mr. Burton. He wanted Mr. Burin to stop over at Camden for a look rer the power development near there, ut the visitor has Important engagements north, which demand his goig on. t