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"" Scraps and facts. 7= 7 ?? ~t J ? The. mayor or ^Philadtgphia lhajC signed^in order lot the *upt>raasiah & the Cfitnsman In the theatres of the city. The play" wgtTput on (ast week and after, a few representations . the negroes raised a big row, which came near developing Into a riot. On Tuesday a number of leading negroes asked the mayor to suppress the play, claiming that its continued toleration would result in bloodshed. The mayor compiled with the request of the negroes and the management of the play has applied for a writ to restrain the mayor from Interfering. A ^Amwiloolnn a u t VirwHvorl bllV land ln?the southern states and experiment w'lth it in raising cotton in behalf of Lancashire spinners who are interested in the plan to raise their own cotton and thus escape having to rely on the middlemen for the supply, will sail for New Tork on the steamer Coronla, Bays a London dispatch. The report submitted by the first commission which went to the United States to Investigate the possibilities of such a plan being carried out was so favorable that it was decided to send a second commission with much wider powers to buy land and begin experiments. ? It has now been definitely stated in official circles that the idea which originated with President Roosevelt of placing a tax on accumulated wealth has taken a very practical shape and that at the next session of congress the matter will be introduced. Men tion. however, should be made of the fact that It is not the Idea of the president to have the matter Anally decided at the next session of congress which will last only three months, but he has always found it good policy to bring such reforms to the attention of the country in a short session to as to arouse discussion and generate public opinion for use in the long session of the following congress. Another important matter congress has to consider at its next sitting is the Federal licensing of corporations but it has now been settled that it is to the fortune tax that the president will devote most of his attention. ? Rev. W. W. Boyd, for thirty years pastor of the Second Baptist church, one of the wealthiest congregations in St. Louis, Mo., announced Monday that he h?-d quit the ministry, declaring all clergymen must be subservient to "the money power" or leave their churches. "The modern fashionable city church," said Doctor Boyd, "is bun by from one to six men who are the largest contributors to the funds and who therefore insist on certain policies of administration. These men could put no padlock upon my lips. What I believe I preach. Men take the church for a cloak of respectability. The way modern churches are run is responsible for building up of great ethical culture societies. Christian science creed and kindred organizations. The tendency of the modern fashionable church is wholly to subserve the interests of the rich." ? No romance is of keener interest than the story of the development of the mining industry in Alaska during the past decade. It is attested roughly by the increase in the value of its annual output from $2,400,000, in 1895, to over $15,000,000 in 1906. The gold production of 1906, according to a report of the United States geological survey, Increased Drobablv 60 oer cent over 1904. "An Important factor in the advance of Alaska's mineral Industry during the last decade," says the report, "is the great reduction in mining costs which has taken place during this period. The pioneer miners of the Yukon could not afford to handle gravel averaging less than $10 or $15 to the cubic yard. In the same district good wages can now be made, even by crude methods, In extracting gold from a pay streak averaging less than $5 to the cubic yard." ? W. J. Bryan, in a letter to Chairman Griggs of the Democratic Campaign Congressional committee, predicts that the next house will be Democratic. He says: The indications are that we shall have the next con gress ana men our jjemocruuc uou?e can send to the senate remedial measures and join issues with the Republicans if they refuse to adopt them. The Republicans are so under the control of predatory wealth that they will not support the president when he attempts to follow Democratic advice and secure some reform.' The president does not go far enough in the direction of reform, but his political associates are all the time throwing obstacles in his way. The best way to support the president is to elect Democrats in the place of Republicans, for the record shows that the Democrats have stood by him better in the senate and house than the Republicans have. ? The president has formally announced the proposed retirement of Secretary Shaw from the treasury de partment, and that the event will be accompanied by the following changes: George B. Cortelyou to be secretary of the treasury; Hon. George Von L. Meyer to be postmaster general; Hon. Charles J. Bonaparte to be attorney general; Hon. Victor H. Metcalf to be secretary of the navy, and Hon. Oscar S. Straus to be secretary of commerce and labor. The appointment of Mr. Straus caused considerable surprise as it will be the first case where a citizen of the Hebrew faith has been made a member of the president's cabinet. He was born December 3rd, 1850, and is well known as a merchant, diplomat and author. He represented the United States as minister to Turkey on two different occasions, and was appointed by President Roosevelt to fill the vacancy caused by the death of ex-President Harrison as a member of the permanent court of arbitration at The Hague. ? Charlotte Observer: The railway postal clerks are reported to be agitating the passage of legislation requiring the railroads to equip their lines with what thfey term accidentresisting cars. By this they mean a heavy steel car, similar to one which is in use on one or two railroads. This kind of car, they say, has been severely tested and not found wanting, and that if its use were made compulsory the number of injuries to mail clerks would be greatly lessened. They say, too, that it frequently happens that enough valuable mail is destroyed in one wreck to pay for a thoroughly modern steel mall car. As to one tnmg the public in general will agree: the railway postal clerks are among the most faithful and efficient public servants, and are entitled to more adequate protection from death and injury than Is that at present afforded them. More than any other persons on the train they are at the mercy of accidents. The engineer and fireman can often jump and thus escape danger. The postal clerks are not in a position either to see or to escape from danger, and the frail car which incases them affords no protection. ? Thomas A. Edison has worked out successfully the problem of cheap power. He promises to put In the market within six months a new storage battery which will enable every man to travel in his own private carriage without the cost of carfare. Without danger; without breakdowns, without cost. ,aJmost, a carriage, supplied with the .heV power for J200, will travel without repairs for fifteen years, for 100.000 miles if necessary, says the wizard. Mr. Edison says he has invented a storage battery which will solve the problem of congested traffic in the big cities of the world as soon as he can manufacture enough of the batteries. He is erecting two large factory buildings, now nearly completed, and is installing In them new ma chlnery especially for the manufacture i of the motor batteries. "In fifteen j years from now the horse will be a cu- . Tiosity. We shaJV b?j paying 4P (Stilts to loolf^it him in sideshow!;" teilcEM#. I fcdisoit "Nickel fafcedft Wher tilings failed, eve?^tlKhfc*-U& infeehLutifc Edison, with his trained scientific mind cotiia- *o^iTr-rawd; ?ttr?r 1 < tried cobalt,"* ;He sUflf afid jSaficttifetfed , the statement With a broad sfnlle. "One ( of the most difficult problems in metallurgy is to separate cobalt from the ores with which it is associated." "And you have succeeded?" "Completely. I can positively promise that the new battery will be on the market In the spring. The factory * * *? ?manhinorv DUliaings tu'e icau/, cuiu mc . J Is being Installed. The actual cost of ' recharging the new battery Is a matter of a few cents a cell, the greatest achievement being in making it light in weight, in compact shape and, above all, durable.". .. ?hr ^lorbinUf (gnquirrr. afflB YORKVILLE, S. C-.s FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1906. Phbsidhnt Samuel Spencer of the Southern, passed through Greenville the other day and In a short talk with a newspaper man remarked that Charleston Is soon to become an Important seaport. This Is very Interestlng: but It-is not to be taken as ' news altogether. There are lota of peo- j pie all over the state, who have been , quite sure of this fact for several years. 1 A n.fws letter to The Exquirbr from Rock Hill recently, which should have been delivered Friday morning, was carried by and not delivered until late In the afternoon, when, after It had lost all its value it came with i an extra charge for postage. Govern- j ment ownership of railroads? Bah! , Government ownership of the postal system, where patrons have to take ' what comes with no right to complain is bad enough. ' The Japansee newspapers are mak- j ing quite a fuss about the action of western school boards in excluding ! Japanese children and it is said that > there is a growing feeling of hostility throughout Japan on account of the , incident. The Japanese are beginning i to feel that they are as good as any- ! body, and they are showing resent- , ment toward Americans in their I country. There is even some war talk;, I but that may or may not be entirely ( gratuitous. According to the London dispatches 1 It appears that the Lancashire spin- , ners really mean business about purchasing lands In the south and engag Ing In cotton raising. Well, let them ; come. If they ever raise enough cotton to affect the price, they will come to a better appreciation of the fact that the average price they have been paying for the last thirty years has been too low. And If they do not raise enough cotton to affect the price they , will learn exactly the same thing. Yes, let them come. There are plenty of places In the south for the disposition , of all their surplus money. , Burton paid his laundry bill and attended to other small matters before going to jail. It's a pity he did not 1 learn to be honest long ago.?Charleston Post. ] Burton's crime, we believe, was tak- ( lng a fee for representing a client be- , fore a department, or In a general way ; using his official position for private 1 ? T* ?'oii *Vio v?q hoo hoon rnn ? Saul. 11 10 ncii uiuv u? nMw , vlcted; but really we do not feel like gloating over the fact. We fear that there Is too much other crime along the same line. We fear that he has been made a scapegoat of. We fear that the crime of which he has been convicted is too common among his former fellow members of the senate. He should serve his sentence all right, and no doubt he will; but how many other of his former colleagues ought to be In his place. ( The pure food law Is disturbing the , minds of the liquor rectifiers. Louis- , vllle whisky dealers recently asked Dr. N. W. Wiley, chief chemist of the department of agriculture to define the ( provisions of the label law' as it is to , be made to apply to rectifying and he replied by telegraph as follows: "The , mixing of two whiskies would be a blend, but mixing a whisky with neutral spirits would not be blended whis- , ky, but might be a blend of distilled , whisky. If rye whisky is one of the constituents of a compounded mixture, the mixture cannot be labeled rye , whisky." This view of the matter does not suit the rectifiers at all. Most whiskies are largely mixed with t cologne spirits and still called whisky. The cost of producing a proof liquor ] in this manner is 36 cents a gallon less than the cost of producing a straight , whisky of equal proof. If the recti- | fiers are forced to label their ] products in such manner as to j show exactly what it is, they will have , to reduce the price. They say they are ; unwilling to accept the ruling of Prof. Wiley on the subject and say that the , matter will he tested In the courts. The pure food law will be a great thing If properly carried out. 1 Sir Almroth Edward Wright, an Englishman. Is attracting the interest- I ed attention of the medical world to 1 a startling theory of his own development as a probable specific for tuberculosis. His theory is based on further research along the lines of Dr. Koch, < the German, who startled the world a dozen years ago with the announce- ; ment of a discovery of his consump- , turn cure. Koch It will be remember- ' ed. discovered the tubercle bacillus. He J thought also that he had discovered a , means of destroying the bacillus. His i remedy, however, proved Ineffective, or ' worse than that positively dangerous. J Following along the line of Koch's re- | search, Ehrlich, another scientist a 1 * -31 1 I? ! lew yeurs ago umtuvereu m me uwuu additional chemical substances that were not previously known to exist, and classified them. Two of these substances that are of especial Interest in connection with consumption have been called agglutiniUs and opsinius. It has. beep known for a long time that the .wjii^e corjwwie* ph^gjoqy^a are'the police of the blood, the scavengers which attack and drive out impurities. The British physician, Sir A. E. Wright, has discovered that when the blood is poor in opsinius or opsonic sauce, as he termed the substance, the white blood corpuscles are unable to do anything with the tubercle bacilli;- but when there is , plenty of the opsonic sauce the white blgbd corpuscles easily., devour unfUdl- j the .tubercle, hacllli.. .The sclen- J tlsq? claims' thai "he" lis "able" fo "supply thjj opsonlrv sa,uce .wheaavef.-there, Is a j deficiency;' antf tnal then (ftaq bafcllll cafe be introd^deG W'atfiaCk arfcF-'-ffefetl '! on live bacclllt to repletion, completely destroying the live bacilli. It is claimed that promising results have devel oped from this treatment at various hospitals in England, and although the new discovery is still In the experimental stage, a large part. 9^.-the medical world Is convinced that Dr. Wright has madej.a most remarkable ; discovery that promises great things j lit the fight against-consumption. * r ROCK HILL ANO VICINITY. Accident to MiM Bigger*?Real Estate Condition?Personal and Other Notes. Correspondence, of the Yorkrille Knautrer. Rock Hill, October 26.?Miss Minnie Diggers, while starting away from the home of a friend recently met with an exceedingly, painful accident. She with her sister was standing upon the piazza ready to leave. When she started the heel of her shoe caught in some way upon the top step and she i was thrown headlong to the ground, a distance of several feet striking upon 1ier forehead and rendering her unconscious. She was soon revived and > taken to her home and for some time her injuries were thought to be more serious than they have proved. She is ' getting along very well now and expects to be out in a few days. THe KOCK tllil cnamoer oi buiuumw will on Friday evening the 26th enter- , tain the mayor and members of the city council and the members of the Board of Health at a supper which J they will give at McElwee's cafe. It J 's expected that during the evening a ? discussion will be held upon a number of topics vital tQ the welfare of the city's advancement and then a proflta- ( ble as well as enjoyable evening will . be had. , Col. John J. Waters of this city, who J is well and favorably known In all this section will be married "ppesday to i Mrs. F. L. King of Greenwood. Col. . Waters is one of Rock Hill's most prominent business and professional ( men and has several terms.,be^P may- < or of the city. He has innumerable friends, who wish him Joy.- ., Real estate Is on a boom In this city and has been for some time. If*. W. * J. Roddey recently sold the lot whence ] he had just rolled his former residence for $26 per front foot. This price was refused for another.vacant lot two * blocks further out on Oakland avenue near Wlnthrop college. , Messrs. Wafle B. Roddey . and, C, 8- \ McCrory have returned from Atlanta wherd they went to attend the Car- < rlage Builders' association. Mr. John | G. Anderson of this city, who Is a ( prominent member of the association, beads the list of vice presidents eleoted * at the meeting. ? 1 Miss Fannie Wilson,.a graduate of j the law department of the University . of Pennsylvania, who has since her graduation two years ago been in her 1 father's office, has opened an office in \ Washington, where she will engage in , office work. Miss Wilson is a bright lawyer and will undoubtedly succeed. ( She Is the daughter of Hon. W. Black- < burn Wilson of this city and a granddaughter of the late Col. W. Blackburn. . Wilson of Yorkvllle. . Mr. Fletcher Ruff, Jr., after a pleas-. < ant stay In Washington. Winnsboro, l Columbia and other , cities.-, has. re- f turned home. Mr and Mrs. J. Leonidas Moore of 1 Ashevllle, accompanied Mrs. Walter H. Moore on her return home and will visit here and In the county. MERE-MENTION. < . The Southern. Produce Exchange of Norfolk, Va., has appointed a committee to look after the enforcement of the vagrancy laws against Idlers; who refuse to accept work where, work Is to be'had... .The rides and carbines taken from the Cuban revolutionists were on Wednesday, byu>rder of Secretary Taft, sunk In thirty fathoms of water. Secretary Taft had promised to put the weapons where they could do no further harm..,. ..Clarence N. . Hughes, a noted young Georgia forger, has been convicted In Texas on three counts and sentenced to six years In the Texas penitentiary The Ute Indians have left their reservation in Wyoming and are committing depredations. They have refused to turn back in compliance with tTie request'of army officers sent after them and say they, are going to South Dakota, Serious trouble is expected'. .'..The People's Saving Bank of Washington, D. C., has been placed in the hands of a receiver... .Senator Culberson of Texas, delivered a strong speech at Dallas last Wednesday night agalpst government ownership of railroads... .Beginning last Friday night snow fell [continuously for ninety hours in eastern Colorado. The snow, varied frojn twenty-one Inches to , four feet ,!p depth .i. .Ahna Held, the Actress, had n50,0$0 worth of diamonds and otheV Jewelry stolen from her state room in a Pullman' car near Cleveland, Ohio, early Monday morning Midshipman Asahi Klligakl, a Japanese student at the Annapolis naval academy, has resigned, because of deficiency in studies. No more foreigners will be admitted to the United States naval academy The United States' export trade with Asiatic countries during the past eight months was J58.000.000, a decrease of J37.000.000, as compared ?'-4 m 'PWa D*?4f lnV> otno mor Willi 11181 year. . . . 11IC uilliou oivaiuvi J Kanawha, transporting' 600 horses from Newport News to Havana, lost 112 animals during the hurricane of | last week. The vessel arrived at Havana Wednesday and was considerably damaged Fonner United .States Senator Burton of Kansas, on Tuesday began serving a six months' sentence ' In Jail at Ironton, Mo.' Burton was convicted of acting as attorney for a St. Louis concern, before the post of- 1 flee department, in fraud order pro- 1 ceedings Fred Scheely, aged eighty years, walked twelve miles to hear W. 1 J. Bryan speak at Log&nsport, Indiana last Wednesday'and fell exhausted in the outskirts of the crowd Seven 1 men were killed by an explosion of gas 1 In a coal mine pear Johnstown, Pa., < last Wednesday. i Negroes For the Canal.?A dls- | patch from Washington says: Col. N. F. Thompson of Chattanooga. Tenn., called at the White House and Invited President Roosevelt to attend the im- ' migration and quarantine conference , to be held in Nashville next month, * md on the president's invitation Col. ' Thompson called again. Upon leaving the White House Col. Thompson said ( the president was obliged to decline the invitation because he could not 1 Rrwl it nnculhlo tn tttfpnrl Although he 1 would be pleased to:do so. "While \ talking to the president I made a sug?estlon," said Col. Thompson, "which [ told him would help to solve the labor problem on the Panama canal t ind at the same time help to solve the s race problem In the south. "The suggestion I made was that the Idle ne- ' rroes in the south be utilized for la- ' Dor on the canal. No force would be ? required to secure their services. The setter class of negroes In the south wfnild^ald the WhJJftrl?*or. le In securing this ftass of laQp^ construction c ^ftfkiyn the greaf inier-oceanlc wa- . tefvwB. It Is .the^/ldle neflfp^ "that Jnak^fthe trduLle-'ln^tlSe south, and It :S lh0% kind that"'reflects on the-better c flalisijSf their rtade. ' Their presence In- 'j :erferes with the Introduction of forqgn Immigrants. The president was mpressed with the suggestion and c isked me to see Secretary Taft and 1 Chairman Shonts of the Panama canal j ;ommlsslon. before leaving, and talk with then* on the subject. I will call c >n them'."-? "v t LOCAL AFFAIRS. si mtyt **YE*vfi%ME!4T% i A H. H. Beard?Has a pony- for sale. Jt . --wnrks-weH and good saddle animal. Standard Oil Co.?Says to use a Peer! Usi' ftO 1>4At*j-; '<&A* hftto-' ^jd ?(rao^/sSflth 'bd.AinWst^ that tttfe.. nrAiU/vi>AW oKna (a t Ho hoot nhnp for men. Reed shoes for ladles will be In soon; ladles' sweaters, men's and boys' clothing, etc. York Drug Store?Invites smokers to Inspect its line of cigars, smoking tobacco, chewing' tobacco and cigarettes. Mew Magazines. Dobson Bros.' Cash Store?Wants you to remember that Mrs. Dobson always furnishes her customers-wllh stylish aifd up-to-date, 'millinery. { M. W. White?Says It Is a question as to whether It is better to M{k or buy stocks. AlwayB use' discrimination. Yorkvllle B. & M. Co.?Will give 15 to the child giving the ten best rear son why its school shoes are best First National Bank?Tells you to send money or checks by mall, and prompt notice of credit will be seftt to you. - Foushee Cash Store?Is receiving Its Xmas goods. Is showing rugs, fascinators, gloves, shoes for children, trunks, mattings, clothing, etc. York Supply Co.?Requests parties Indebted to it -for fertilizers to pfty op or before tyov. 1st, as Itsnotes are due at thkt time'. > ' /v Sam M.. Grlst-7-Cornpares the buying of real estate to buying life Insurance, and tells you why you should invMHmtP before buvlng insurance. Thomson Co.-r-TaJks about two-tone silks, satins, krinkledown, domestic, outing, calicoes, apron ginghams. etc. ; 1 >f At this time last year .cotton was juoted on the local market at 10.15. Catawba river, which has been unusually full all summer was up to tHe 12 foot mark at Wright's ferry laift Tuesday;' The saw mill people are now cutting large quantities of'"baby timber" ?timber that a few years ago woiijf' mve been rejected even for cord wood. The probate judge of this county Has funds under his control, as guardian, imounting to about $16,000. Practi:ally all of this, however, is loaned >ut A few weeks ago the odds against 5V. ft. Hearst were three and four tti )ne..; .No\y the gamblers are generally jutting up even money. The chances )f Hearst's election to the governorship seem , to be very good. 'Tt is not likely that a great mapy, lew cases will be entered on Jun? calendar for the approaching term of the :ourt of common pleas. The calendar s already overloaded, and it will be luite a long time before the new cases ire reached. According to a bulletin issued yes:erday by the census bureau, there h^s jeen ginned up to October 18, 4,910,290 jales of cotton against 4,990,686 bales jp to the same date last year. This -eport was regarded as bearish and the jffect of it was to depress the prtdfe >f cotton about 60 points. u ,)u.r The Charlotte Observer complains hnt mm' and bovs are shooting parr :ridges In Mecklenburg* couhty In vlot atlon 6t the law. They claim to^bf1 ifter rabbits and squirrels, but art' In ealityafter'partridges. H- la oonlnonly reported that the sarhe thlng'-fr ?olng on In this county and there hlje i number , of sportsmen who are very inxious to convict some violator bT :he law. The open seasoh for pdtfridges does not commence until Npjrember IB. 1 ' As a result of his trip to Texas Itist vlnter, Mr. W.. B. Keller of Yorkvlllfe. MoT 1, has adopted the Texas method >f cotton picking. In this section, as everybody knows, the picker makes use >f a' small sack in which to put.the jotton as It comes from the bolls, and is the sack Is filled It Is emptied into la'mpers. The sack Is carried on thfc jhoulders. The Texas equipment/consists of a canvas sack, about two feet n diameter and seven or eight feet ong. The picker attaches.a sack to fclp shoulders by means of straps as in-the ;&se of the smaller sacks; but he does lot pretend tp be burdened with the instahiiy' t^creasJng\load of cotton :he sack. Instead the sack Is dragged ilong the row until It has been Ailed when the contents are weighed together with the sack.' The sack holfls, vhen full, forty or Afty pounds of cotton. .U\ ' The Anderson ' Chamber of Commerce has been.,^investigating comoffnnf thot thh JIU..LU La ui laimci o iu HK3 cuwh % *? ? ? peat mills have not been paying full /alue for cotton offered on that markjt. It has been charged that the mills R'ere In a combine In restraint of comaetl^lon andj that the farmers had to fihe.'what tKey were offered. The mill jeople all denied knowledge of.or coniectlon;wlth a combine of any kind; jut explained that they had adopted a :>lan of buying cotton at an average jrlee regardless of grade; that Instead, if paying the top of the market for :he best cotton and the bottom for the poorest, they were accustomed to pay :he same price for all medium grades, rhis plan the mill people claim has iroved more satisfactory to themselves ind about as advantageous to the farners. As the outcome of the Investigation the Chamber of Commerce idopted a resolution asking the mill people to return to the custom of buyng cotton on its merits. ABOUT PEOPLE. Miss Mary Deal of Cherokee Falls, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. B. Frank White. Rev. Dr. J. L. Stokes is off on a short vacation and will be gone a week or en days. .,. Mrs. J. A. Reedy of Liberty Mills, /a., is visiting Miss Hattle Lowry in L'orkville. Mr. Broadus Thomasson of the Urion neighborhood, left Wednesday for in extended trip to California and oth?r western states. Because of the large amount of vork Mr. Keller has under way over :here, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Keller have irranged to move to Rock Hill. Mrs. D. T. Woods and sons, Masters Thomas and Joseph, returned home yesterday after a visit of two weeks :o relatives at Huntersvllle, N. C. Rev. Oliver Johnson - of Neely's IJreek passed ' through YorkviUe this norning on his way to Clover, where le will assist Rev. R. M. Stevenson vith services in connection with comnunion next Sunday. Mrs. Thos. P. Moore and her daughers, Misses Margaret and Corinne and ions. Masters Joe and Tom, left Wedlesday afternoon for San Francisco. They will be joined in Atlanta by Mr. i?a m? Wllsnn Tate, who will also nake California their future home. Mr. E. F. Wolfe, who has been con*,, lucting a Jewelry repair shop in York* llle dn^ng the^ past PQpths,, Jpft rVednesdh'y for MonhOfe; 'N\*~c?; to ac-1 liyy.p. bjusiness offftr; at pfftc^. dr. Woife Is a good workman, an J" rave very general satisfaction to his tustomers here. He said that he would lave been very well satisfied to remain n Yorkville, ekcept that the Monroe ipening seems to offer advantages lytt mal^fea the change desirable. * Mrs. J. F. Youngtolood, who Is oonvalesclng from Cevajv .w? Ja^ten to , |?aafo>l*. on -ad- ;? fffff* ff the critical Illness of her tj lnother, tits. Gattts. The Qastonta p Gazette .of this morning refers to ,the s condition df rl.'dattis as'-k foll'dwk:' d lifrs.'^W. ti. Gauls' Its at the point of r death in Salisbury. Several days ago f sihe was carried to the hospital there p lo undergo a dangerous operation for t un internal disorder. Following the o operation which was performed Wed- s ndsday, a telegram came to Mr. Gat- I; 'tis announcing her extremely danger ous condition. Mr. Gattls and his 1 daughter, ; Miss Mary?-Tom went, to p Salisbury on next train. o r? _ , t WITHIN THE TOWN. ? ? The new store room to be occupied E by Messrs. Williams. A McConnell is p rapidly near.ng completion. ^ ? Mre. S. M. McNeel a few days ago t received an order from China for four copies of the "All Through the Year" o oook book. ? The Southern freight service has t begun to improve somewhat within the r 5ost few days. There have been a a number of extra trains. ? ? Mr. J. O. Allison is laying down li the material for the erection of a cot- 1 Cage on a lot recently purchased from ? Mr. J. P. White on East Liberty street c Dr. J. H. Wltherspoon has pur- s chased the old Wheeler Buggy factory J property on South Congress street from t Messrs. W. R. Carroll and Louis Roth, s ? The Yorkville Banking and Mer- a cantile company is erecting an ad- ? dltional machinery warehouse on the f Latta property on East Liberty street, t ? Whether real estate values are high c in Yorkville is a matter of opinion; 5 hut there is no question o1 the fact r that they.are steady and firm. There v are very few people who are willing to r sell and transfers are not numerous. ? n CA8E6 ON CALENDAR 1. 1 Following includes all the cases on ( Calendar 1, that stands a reasonable d probability of coming to trial during t the approaching term of the circuit ? court which convenes November 19. c The .court will do a record breaking J business, however, If It disposes of as f many as a dozen of the cases: ? I 8. ; Southern Railway Co. vs. P. R|it- ? teree. ' a ; 13. Green vs. Catawba Power Co. r 17. Whltesldes vs. Holmes. c 18/ McCorkle vs. Allison. . a 19. Gadsden vs, Catawba Power d Co. r . 20. Scogglns Vs. Scogglns. t 24. Boyd vs. Catawba Power .Co. d 25. Smith vs. Catawba Power Co. 0 27, Auten vs. Catawba Power Co. | 29. Bratton vs. Catawba Power Co. 30,. Sims vs. Southern Railway Co. t 32. Johnson vs. Southern Railway r <_o. ? 33. Good. vs. Western Union Tel. Co. 34. 8. V? Caste vs. Ubfoty et 35. Parker , vs. C. & N.-W. Ry. Co. 'i? 37: Nelson vs. Columbia Electric, tttx, Co. et ah . . a v 38. Mendenhall v?<. C. & N.-W. H:y. tJb. * ? *sA<?v' . p { '39. New Home'Setf. Mach. Co." vs. S So. Ry. Co. T, . . , ' 'f V F i -40. Carnes -vs. Southern Ry. Co. J -4l. Carolina Manfg. Co. vs. Harris. ' '42. L. C. Hope et al. vs. Hope. Bratton vs. Haas. ?- ?4.' Hartness va Seaboard Air Line W 'h r 'fit; McNeel Warble Co. va White- [ sides. 48. Bell va Western Union Tel. Co. i ? 47J Catawba Power Co. vs. Barron i ? 48. Catawba Power Co. vs. Barron. J > 49. Haines vs. Wilson. I' 51. Qwln vs. Wylle. V'53: Miskelly vs. Caston. l'?63. Bowen vs. Becker Co. > 54. Toole vs. White. " -46. Bookout vs. So. Ry.?Car. Dlv. 57. Catawba Power Co. vs. D. W. Barron. 8 F/ . t 't^ANK8GIVING PROCLAMATION. F The president on last Tuesday Issued a proclamation naming Thurs- t day, November 29, as a day of thanks- g giving. The text of the proclamation L is. as follows: . ."The time of year has come when, AT,accordance with the wise custom of oar forefathers, It becomes my duty n ,ta set aside a special day of thanks- j giving and praise to the Almighty be- a Wee of,the blessings we have recelv- v And of prayer that' those blessings c may be continued. Yet another year of widespread well-being has past. Never before in our history' or in the history of any other nation has a people 8 enjoyed more abounding material pros perlty ..than la ours; a prosperity so great that It should arouse In us no j spirit of reckless pride, and least of all a spirit of heedless dlsrejgard of our responsibilities; ., but rather a sober sense of many blessings and resolute ? purpose, under Providence, not to forfeit them by any action of our own. "Material well being, Indispensable though' it Is, can never pe anything but th? foundation of true. national greatness and -'happiness. It we build nothing upon.this foundation, then our g national life .w.lll be ,aa . meaningless I and emptytaa a house where only1 the foundation has been laid. . Upon our iheferial well b&ing^ must be built a superstructure of Individual and na- {* tional life lived In accordance with the 1 laws of the highest morality, or else a bur prosperity itself will in the long run turn out a curse Instead of a blessing. :We should be reverently thank- ti ful for what we have received, and j Mrnnstlv bent uDon turning it Into a n means of grace and not of destruction, c "Accordingly, I hereby set apart Thursday, the 29th day of November next, as a day of thanksgiving and siippllcatlon on which the people shall G meet In their homes or their churches, & devoutly acknowledge all that has been E given them, and pray that they may In E addition receive the power to use these gifts aright. "In witness thereof, I have hereunto g set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be afllxt. "Done at the City of Washington, this 22nd day of October, In the year g of our Lord one thousand, nine hun- n dred and six and of the Independence E of the United States the one hundred and thlrty-flrat. (Seal) "Theodore RoosirvsxT." ? By the President: B Elihu Root, Secretary of State. THE NEW RAILROAD J There Is no new Information as to g the progress of work on the South and Western or southern extension of the Seaboard Air Line. * IV From the report of our Rock Hill > correspondent In his letter of last Tuesday It appears that the Rock Hill people are guessing also. There are those who think , that the g proposed new road cannot get into ? Rock Hill from the northern side of g the city except at very great cost, and F If It has to cross the Southern west of K Winthrop college, it will necessarily come by Yorkvllle. That Is If the line ~ runs several miles north of Yorkvllle, t< it will necessarily have to enter Rock y Hill from the northern part of the town. An expert opinion Is to the effect that If It be the purpose of the build- y ers of the road to go from Shelby to Catawba Junction by way of Rock Hill, Yorkvllle will have to be tapped 11 -1? " *> It ii-.kiilH Ofiot mnre to leave T an ll ? V/M.X4 ? , Yorkvllle to the south than It would to go through the northern part of the town. v.j v' It has leaked out In some way and Is taken a pretty definite form of convlc- a tlon that the plans of the builders of tl the proposed new line includes the re- s< grading of the Carolina Central be- ^ tweqn, Rutherfordt<J*^,and 8helby to ? make it conform Mi^he grades be- w yond Marlon?*; -VYW. H While it has&eeiMgren, out that,4he 9 muickjobjectof the iBfcbiira people Is yj tr> dfeCure a coal llw?troin Jfwifessee ? to Charleston, js?ill irj^probfttiiTe that 2 the increasing market for coal along J! the line is not to be ignored. When the railroad people will begin in to break dirt down this way Is a mat- di ter of conjecture, but it Is probable M that this may occur as early as next ai spring. , ? P RURAL MAIL- CARRIER8. , According ?0u recently published tatements, ;*y?- a^'W&shfngton letter p the' GreekvUle ^ implosion' re vails in South Carolina anil other taies that the. policy or the poitofflee epiwft'rrtent his been changed and tftaV ural carriers who, it M stated, were ormerly permitted to deliver newspaiera free of charge for thirty days? hus enabling country newspapers to btaln new subscribers?are now retrlcted to three days' delivery, greaty to the injury of the country press. Postmaster Qeneral Cortelyou says Vila la > mlalnl/a T f la nnt n ntir an/) ii id id a mioianc, aw id uui iivit auu lever has been the policy of the delartment, to permit newspapers or any ther second - class matter, except coun y newspapers in the county of puliation. to pass through the malls and ie delivered by rural barriers free of postage. Sample copies of newspapers lalnly marked as such, are allowed to >e . sent through the malls at pound ates, but not to the same person more han three times a year. The erroneous impression probably riglnated in the fact that In the early lays of rural delivery, when the pay f carriers was much less than now, he department permitted rural car-^ lers to act as agents for newspapers ,nd other publications and sell news apera and other publications on- their >wn account. The newspapers they deIvered in this way did not pass hrough the malls. This practice was tot changed by any ruling of the delartment; but by law. By the act of ongress making appropriation for the ervice of the postofllce department or the fiscal year beginning July 1, 904, It was provided "that on and afer said date rural carriers shall not ollcit business or receive orders of .ny kind for any persons, firm or corloratlon." and instructions were thereore given prohibiting rural carriers rom soliciting or receiving subscrlplons to newspapers or other periodials and from acting as agents for any lublications, and permitting them to leliver newspapers to patrons of their outes only when such newspapers rere individually addressed and the equired postage was prepaid. The act making appropriations for he service of the postofllce departnent for the fiscal year ended June 30, 90B. and for other nurDOses. Drovided: For pay for letter carriers and clerks n charge of substations of rural free lelivery service, $20,000,000; provided, hat not exceeding $12,500 of the .mount hereby appropriated may be ised for compensation of clerks in harge of Substations. On and after uly I, 1904, letter carriers of the rural ree delivery service shall receive a alary not exceeding $720 per'annum, md ho other or further allowanoe or alary shall be made to said carriers; Lnd on and after said date, said carters .shall not solicit business or reetve borders of any kind for any peron, firm or corporation, and shall not luring their hours of employment cary any merchandise' for hire; provided hat said carriers may carry merchanllse for hire for and upon the request f patrons residing upon their respeotve routes whenever the same shall not nterfere with the proper discharge of heir1 official duties and under such egulatlons as the postmaster general nay prescribe, THE D. A. R. CONFERENCE. Following is a list of the officers .nd delegates who are expected to be resent at the annual conference of the louth^Carolina chapters of the D. A. l.'s to be held in Yorkville next week: Vice president general, National Solety, D. A. R, Mrs. Minnie Nichols; tate regent, Mrs. R. Moultrie Bratton; tate .Vice regent, Mrs. A. I. Robertson; tate Secretary, Mrs. A. C. Phelps; coresponding state seoretary, Mrs. A. C. .lgoni state historian, Mri. John Bull; sslstgnt state historian, Miss Kate A\y Blue; state genealogist. Miss Mae *. Scott; state registrar, Miss Mabel iimpson; state treasurer, Mrs. Flora ?. Dill; ex-state regent, Mrs. Bacon; x-state regent, Mrs. Clark Waring; x-stafte regent, Mrs. H. W. Rlchardon. r Catawba Chapter, Rock Hill. Delegates?Mrs. H. B. Bulst, regent; Irs. T. L, Johnston, Mrs. Phil Taylor. Llternates?Miss A. E. Marshall, Mrs. '. F. -Reld. Mary Adair Chapter, Chester, Delegate?Mrs. Paul Hemphill. Alernate?Mrs. J. J. Strlngfellow, reent. .ewis Malone Ayer Chapter, Barnwell. Delegate?Mrs. Cole Blease, Columbia Chapter, Columbia. Delegates?Mrs. Burney, regent; 4ra. J. W. Bunch, Mrs. A. W. Haraby, Irs. Reed Stoney,' Mrs. Hi W. Rloh.rdson. Alternates?Mrs. C. M. Qalloray, Mrs. F. H. McMaster, Mrs. L. D. "blldfl. William Capers Chapter, Columbia. Delegate?Mrs. Frank Sims. Re enl'S' alternate?Mrs. Hettle Earle, v Esther Marion Chapter, Aiken. Delegates?Mrs. Henderson, regent; f wo WaaH t Cateechee Chapter, Anderson. Delegates?Mrs. A. P. Johnston, Mrs. I. fe.'.Ho'vard. Muagrove Mill Chapter, Clinton. Mrs. R-nily Davis, regent; Mrs, Josph A. Bailey. 8wamp Fox Chapter, Marlon. Delegates?Mrs. Lula B. Buck, reeat; Mrs. Walter Stackliouse, Mrs. >|bbte. Cowpen'a Chapter, 8partanburg. Delegates?Mrs. W. C. Burnett, reent; Mrs. R. K. Carson, Mrs. James 'j Harris, Mrs. D. A. DuPre, Miss Elitbeth Cleveland. Kate Barry Chapter, 8partanburg. Delegates?Mrs. Wilson, regent's alernate; Mrs. J. B. Idles; Mrs. Edwin ohnston, Miss Alma Boyd. Alterates?Miss Lois Dean, Miss Carrie Jleveland, Mrs. Gertrude Taylor. Nathaniel Green Chapter, Greenville. Delegates?Mrs. Dill, regent; Mrs. [rldfey, Mrs. Mayes, Mrs. P. T. Hayne, Ilss,Gllreath. Alternates?Mrs. A. H. )ean, Mrs. P. A. McDavid, Mrs. W. C. Hack, Mrs. George Putnam. Sumter's Home Chapter, Sumter. Delegates?Miss Edith DeLorme, reent; Miss Moses; Miss Purman. Moultrie Chapter, Orangeburg. Mrs. A. C. Llgon, regent; Mrs. Edar Culler, Miss Pauline Izlar. Alterates?Mrs. A. C. Dukes, Miss Kate lull. Eutaw Chapter, Orangeburg. Delegates?Mrs. John Cart, Mrs. T. [. Wannamaker. Alternates?Mrs. Joe terry, Mrs. Theo Jeffords. Rebecca Motte Chapter, Charleston. Delegates?Mrs. F. M. Jones, regent; Irs. Allan Miles, Mrs. J. Palmer Lockood. .ndrew Pickens Chapter, Clemson College. Delegates?Mrs. P. H. Mell, regent; Irs. Ramsey Doyle. Alternates?Miss Una Hunter, Miss Mary Cherry. Star Fort Chapter, Greenwood. Delegates?Miss Louise Fleming, reent; Mrs. Annie Foster, Mrs. W. P. lean. Alternates?Miss Frances Pemerton, Miss Etta Calhoun, Mrs. A. E. arrant. [jnga's Mountain Chapter, Yorkville. Mrs. W. B. Moore, regent; Miss Magie Gist, Mrs. W. S. Tlllinghast. Aljrnates?Miss Bessie Barron, Mrs. W. [v Fowler. . . LOCAL LACONICS. Ke Will Send The Enquirer From this date until January 1st, 907, for 38 cents. he Assailant* of Mr. Fayssoux. Gastonia special to Charlotte Obserer: From authority that Is good, It i learned that Weaver and McDonId, who are In jail charged with cutng Messrs. J. R. and Hunter Faysoux, at their merry-go-round some :eeks ago, are planning to tell the >ole .story and to. t.elj the truth of it, len they are brought up for trial at i November term of Gabion court, ey say that there aspm? persons plicated in the trdubte Whose narhesi ve not so far been disclosed,. rt Mill Dramatic Club. ^ort Mill Times: At a meeting held i the Commercial club rooms on Monly afternoon, October 22, "The Fort L11I Dramatic Club" was r'organized, id the following officers were elected: resident, J, Harvey Witherspoon; vice president, Dr. J. B. Elliott; secretary and treasurer, S. L. Meacham: critic, Miss Kittle Klrkpatrick. stage inuu(fer, ft. H.r Hoggins j, pifeM uttol. J. X.; BalJep. - -decided that the flfat production would come off on Nouqpiber 28th, Wednesday night before Thank*8iYlnff,-.."J?jwn. la Dlaie" Is the. ;np? oT the-play aele^ted. ? . ; Curious Old Will. W. W. Lewis, Esq., has been engaged In looking up some ancestry Informfltlnn /nr o ollont In Unrinlnlit namftH Dickey. Among: other places, to which he has been, Is the office of the probate judge. There he found the will of one of the ancestors about whom Information was wanted, and quite a curious provision in the. wilj. made It the duty of one of the Matt'-to* cairy grists to mill for his mother as. longas she should live. Mr. Lewis' found also from Draper's King's Mountain and other sources that the in which the Honolulu man is interested was a patriot soldier in the Revolution. Ths Sugar Creek Bridge. Fort Mill Times: The Times is pleased to announce that the Commercial club has taken up the matter of building an Iron or Steele bridge over Sugar creek and will exert every effort to succeed in the undertaking. A special meeting of the club was held Monday morning and the bridge matter was the subject of a lengthy discussion. A committee consisting of Messrs. J. M. Spratt, W. B. Ardrey and 8. A. Epps, was appointed to communicate with the officials of York and Lancaster counties In regard to the matter, and this committee has addressed a letter to officials of the two counties asking that they meet the committee on Friday next, or at a convenient date, for the purpose of taking some definite action. It is explained In the letter that the trade from Pleasant Valley and upper section of Lancaster county is being diverted to Plneville on account of better roads and bridges, and that the people of Fort Mill are willing to "go down in their pockets" to help build the bridge and hold the trade which rightly belongs to the town. This Is a matter of the utmost importance to the people of Fort Mill township and the upper part of Lancaster county, and it Is to be hoped that the officials nf thA two counties can come to an agreement and give us a bridge that can be crossed at all times. The D. A. R. Conference. Charleston Post: Elegantly gotten up announcements have been received In the city of the annual conference of the South Carolina chapters of the natlon-j al society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, to meet in Yorkvllle from October 31 to November 2, by Invitation of the King's Mountain Chapter D. A. R. The emblem of the order of the D. A. R., a distaff and spinning wheel, around which are the words. Daughters of the American Revolution, and thirteen stars, representing the original thirteen states, handsomely embossed In blue, adorns the first page of the announcement; on the third Is the programme for the conference. It Is most attractive and novel, and it appears that the little town of Yorkvllle Is to excel all of the places where conferences of the D. A. R. have been held In the number and variety of its entertainments, a pleasing feature being that not only are the delegates to be entertained by the several D. A. R. chapters of Yorkvllle, but by a chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy as well. When next a conference Is held In Charleston, It Is said that the old city will have to look to her laurels In the matter of entertaining. Among the charming events arranged for the pleasure of the delegates is a novel one to be given by Mrs. R. Moultrie Bratton, the state regent, D. A. R., who lives at Guthriesvllle, a little place some miles out of Torkville. It being impracticable for her to entertain at a conventional function in Torkville, she has Invited the daughters to the old homestead, where she lives, the drive out to be taken in the early afternoon, and the return drive to be enjoyed by moonlight. The novelty of this attention and the hospitality to be received at the charming old home plaoe makes it one of the most attractive that have ever been arranged at a conference. The programme is the following: Wednesday, October SI, at 12.30 p, m? luncheon complimentary to the daughters by the Winnie Davis Chapter, U, D. C., at Mrs. W. Q. White's; 2 o'olock. drive and the "Old Homestead" hospitalities tendered the state oonference by Mrs. R. Moultrie Bratton; Thursday, November 1, open session from 11 to 2 o'clock. At 2 o'clock, the daughters entertained at luncheon by the King's Mountain Chapter, at Mrs, W, B. Moore's. Business session S.30 to 6.30 p. m. At 8 p. m. there will be an address; 9 o'clock a reception by the King's Mountain Chapter, at Mrs. 8. M. McNeel's. Friday, November 3, a business session from 9.30 to 1 o'clock. The beautiful announcements are> sent only to regents of the various ohapters of. the state and the delegates who are to attend the conference.' The only fcsvm Pharloatnn whn will ! attend the conference In Yorkville are: Mrs. F. M. Jones, Mrs. J. Allen Miles and Mrs. J. Palmer Lockwood. Oottoln Goods Rising.?The prloeof cotton goods Is rising, very probably on account of the short cottoa crop. The following from the Nhj^xork Commercial on the advance In oottcn goods will show that there Is something in the report that the cotton crop is short: In the primary market it is stated that buyers are now taking goods with less reluctance than was the case earlier In the week. They realise how short supplies are in first hand and believe they are safe in taking stook at present valuations. Many buyers have tried to conceal the urgency of their needs, in the hope of getting some concession granted them. But this has ceased to be their policy and they openly admit they want goods and are willing to pay sellers their price. For spot delivery, the cutting-up of trade has been forced to accept special constructions in lower count cloths than they are accustomed to use. These specials have brought values far above ' TMannsaino* men piVl)Uilluiiaic nuiui. the question of delivery, selling agents state that the labor scarcity in the south is acting a* a serious Impediment to the tilling of orders. The high cotton.In spinning grades is acting as a check to New England mills, so that both east and south production is being retarded. This operates strongly In keeping values on cotton goods regular throughout the market. Jobbers are doing a steady business in all departments, as the store trade and sales made by road men show no diminution on account of prices. In fact, goods as offered by Jobbers, are comparatively cheap. In the woolen division of the primary market it Is stated that values on the 1906 heavyweights that are regular, and that suitings and overcoatings in staple grades are In quite active demand. Struck Breakers For Southhrn.? The first detachment of strike breakers were distributed over the Southern railway system last Wednesday. Two carloads reached Spencer during the morning and promptly began work. Three additional carloads were carried to Atlanta and other points south. The machinists were secured In Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York and have been In readiness for service for ten days. AH of the men are being housed and boarded In the shop buildings, where commodious commissary departments have been fitted up. Another detachment of nearly one thousand machinists Is expected to be distributed over the system within the hext week. Negotiations for a settlement of the strike by arbitration have been declared off. ? Union, October 25: The papers In a suit for damages that will be of widespread interest on account of the hlghstandlng of the parties here and in New York, were filed here today by Stanyarne Wilson, a former congressman. representing L. M. Jordan, executor,: Mrs. Isabel -F. Jordan and L. W. Jordan against Fleitman & Co., a big commission; firm of iNew. York, for finishing money for the former president of the Union, Cotton mills, T.- C. Duncan,; to engage In gambling speculations, by which the Union Cotton mills were wrecked and ruined. These suits are for $1,065, $1,860 and $1,860, respectively, and while these amounts are not large, yet, on account of the points involved, will be of great interest. 80UTH CAROLINA NEW8. i ? The attendance at the state fair thiB year ?has been larger than for yeaca There were eight thousand people c on the grounds * Tuesday, and . it Is estimated that there were fully fifteen thousand visitors In the city Wednesday. The number yesterday was also very large. There were quite a number of politicians In the city as usual from all parts of the state. ? Columbia State, Friday: Mr. J. A. Massey of Chester county was thrown from a northbound passenger train No. 66, near Blaney, yesterday morning*. He was picked up by a crew of the special train coming to this city and was in an unconscious condition at the {time. He was brought to tbe hospital and,died yesterday afternoon. Mr. Massey was about thirty-four years of age and leaves a wife and two children. He was riding on top' of the I'iJUUlI tt.HU BUllCU IU IHC puyBIUIIIU i/w", fore- his death that he Was beatlhg "hi* way to Columbia. ? Spartanburg special of Wednesday to the Charlotte Observer: The city council has increased the license for the -operation of cotton and stock exchanges from $200 to $1,000, which, probably means that bucket shops will become a thing of the past, for those who are familiar with the business declare that it will be almost impossible for exchanges to be conducted with profit with such a large license upon them. Since the failure of Ferguson St Co., several weeks ago there has been only one exchange here, the one operated by J. B. Ramsey, who has since been taking a briefer service on account of the increased expense, as he and Ferguson had joint wires. Mr. Ramsey is now in New York, whither he went for the purpose of arranging fcr a more complete service. In his absence the council Increased the license and it Is not known whether, Mr. Ramsey will continue his business. Def.nl te Information is expected upon bis return to the city. ? Columbia special to Charlotte Observer: At Oreenvllle in the Federal court yesterday, Judge William H. Braw ley rendered an important decl slon, which affects the practice in criminal cases materially and Is therefore of interest to Federal court procedure thioughout the country. It was argued by an attorney that an Indictment against some of the attorney's clients should be Quashed on the ground that the district attorney was present In the grand Jury room while the jury was deliberating on the case, which was age Inst the spirit of the constitution on the subject Judge Bntwley refused to quash the indictments, but he did rule that hereafter the custom which had prevailed .in the Federal courts in this section for the past quarter of a century of the district attorney or his assistant being present during the actual deliberations of the jury should cease, though it was perfectly proper for, the district attorney's office to be represented before the Jury before It began Its deliberations to point out the v law and see to the swearing of witnesses. ? Following is a private letter written by Commissioner Watson to a Columbia friend under date of October 8. It tells in an Interesting manner the difficulties that Mr. Watson has met and conquered: 1 am taking a few moments to write to you before I quit this city of twenty-six islands f?r good and start for Bremen. As Oscar expresses it, there is quite a stirring up here. It will be greater next week and still greater when the special train that I have got the Belgian government to furnish pulls out of the station here. Oscar is running around like a chicken with its head off. and five people are. working night and day in his offlea I have been, for the tenth time thlf week, to Brussels and Antwerp, and at last the red tape ball has petered out and I have the official sanction of the Belgian government to everything I am doing. I cannot explain to you what this means, because you are in Columbia and can't understand. Old experienced people look aghast at It, for they told me 11 could never be done. I wrestled In the matter with the Barron de Farereau, the minister of foreign affairs himself, and oofiiotlv K!? AWAnllanAtr'ti Alamlfn QVV UUi 9AWUVIIV/ O Ui^lUk/ OU well smothered that he did something never heard of In Europe?sent me the teit of his decision by telegraph. Getting this without Washington's aid hat really been the neatest thing I halve accomplished since I got over here. It means much for the future, and that Is what I have been lighting for. My cargo Is assured and Is loading and It looks as If there will be more cargo returning than I need. So fat- as I can see now all of the real troubles and obstacles are practically out of the way. I have 260 people already booked in Germany, and can Increase it as -I see lit by wire. Frdm here I hope to bring 164 agricultural people, In families, paying their own way. without regard to the mill help falnilles. I feel a sight bettsr over the whole thing than I did when I wrote you last I was certainly up In the air iJid down In the mouth. Tou can easily understand why. Herbert has handled his end of the proposition with conspicuous ability and speedily, and I will never forget him. I hope I may never be in such a sea of uncertainty again, with so much hanging on it It was positively torture. Now I am working day and night with the thousand and one details of booking, etc, that are a part of the undertaking of opening a new steamship Una I am utterly worn out and really long for the next twelve dayu to roll by, so I can rest for at least one day." -I AT THE CHURCHES. I CHURCH OP THE GOOD SHEPHERD. j_ Rrv. J. o. babik. bsctor. Scndat Services?Lay service at 11: a. m. Sunday school at 4 p. m. j FIRST PRESBYTERIAN. RRV. S. . OLLJJCiPir, PASTOR Sunday Services.?Sunday school at 10; a. m. Morning service at 11 o'clock. * ? Evening service at 7.30 o'clock. TRINITY METHODIST EPISCOPAL. : rev. j. l. stokes, d. d., pastor. Sunday Services?Morning service at! 11 o'clock conduoted by Rev. R. E. Stackhouse, presiding elder. Sunday orhrwtl At 4 n m No evenlnsr service. ASSOCIATE REFORMED PRESBTTERIAN. rbv. w. c. CWART, PASTOR. Sunday Servicer?Sunday school at . 10 a. m. Morning service at 11 o'clock. Evening service at 7.30 p. m. BAPTIST. ' Sunday Services?Sunday school *t 10 o'clock, a. m. Spgcial ^oticfs. Lunch at the Church. It Is the plan of the Sharon Associate Reformed congregation to have IhbkIi at tha rhtiroh next Tuesday and Wednesday during the sessions of synod. This announcement is official and is for the information of all interested. Letter to E W Long, Yorkvllle S C. Dear Fir: If we sell Devoe to paint your town, your road won't have so much freight to handle. It takes 10 gallons to paint a fairsize house, and that house won't want painting again for 5 or 10 years. That* . true in a way; but people, you know, rather like fresh paint, and they paint < for nothing but looks sometimes. That house would take 12 or 13 gallons of almost any other paint than Devoe, and would have to be painted again in half that time. Ten years is a very long time for a paint to wear; and five isn't short. Which makes the most freight, a 10 or 20-gallon paint? 5 or 10-yearpaint? But the 10-gallon paint is the 10-year paint; and the 20-gallon paint Is the 5-year paint. Which makes the most freight? Ask your paint-dealer which he'd rather sell, and which he could sell most of. Ask your painter which he'd rather paint; whether good or bad < paint is good for his business; which y Is good paint, the 10 or 16-gallon paint; which pays most freight, and which pays most wages. Which will you buy yourself, the 10-gallon 10vphr or 20-srallon 5-year. Dalnt? Yours truly 21 F W DEVOE St CO P. S.?J. J. KELLER St CO., sell our PAINT. I