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Scraps and .facta. ? The office of the Augusta. Ga., Chronicle was destroyed by Are last Monday afternoon, the loss being in the neighborhood of $75,000. The Chronicle has been very unfortunate in the matter of fire losses having been burned out twice before in its history. ? Extraordinary expenses to the United States up to date caused by the sending of an army of paciiication to Cuba aggregate about $2,500,000, according to figures which have been prepared by the war department. The navy has made no extraordinary charges for the part it has taken in the maintenance of peace in the island, but the marine corps has charged extra expenses for the organization of a brigade of marines to assist tn nreventine trouble. It has not been determined exactly when this money will be collected from Cuba by the United States. Congress authorized the collection of as much of this money as Cuba can spare, and practically allowed the war department to exercise its Judgment in this matter. ? Washington dispatch to Charlotte Observer: Under a new districting scheme, soon to go into effect. Char- J lotte is to be made the headquarters for the northern and eastern district of the Southern railroad. The whole system wiii be divided into two districts, the southern ajid western headquarters being in Atlanta. H. E. Hutchins, now stationed at Memphis, will be general superintendent for the northern and eastern division, having an office in Charlotte. He will be under the general manager of transportation for the whole roa<d, who will be J. N. Searle. Mr. L. R. Loyal 1, now of Charlotte, will go to Knoxville. The transportation manager for the southern and western district, with ' headquarters in Atlanta, will be Mr. M. M. Richey. ? George Edward Adams, employed at a salary of $3,000 a year in the United States assay office at Seattle, Wash., stole gold dust brought In by the Alaskan miners to the amount of $250,000. He was found out, confessed, and was convicted and has been sentenced to serve six years in the penitentiary at McNeil's island. It now appears, however, that when he has served his sentence Adams is likely to come out worth above $200,000. The government has called upon the miners who were defrauded to present their claims, but with practically all these filed, less than $50,000 has been called for. The remainder the government cannot possibly hold, although the evidence is conclusive that upward of $250,000 in gold dust was stolen by Adams. It is a peculiar case, and the wages of sin for this man will ultimately be a fortune. ? The attorney general of New York state has been asked by the National Independent Telephone association to step in and prevent the consummation of a deal between the Bell Telephone company and the Independent Telephone company of Rochester. The latter company wants to sell out and the Bell people want to buy, but the people who represent the National association are opposed to the deal for the reason that such a sale would only weaken their fight against the telephone trust which has so many of the cities all over the country by the throat. The independent company at Rochester puts up the plea that it is a case with them of either selling out to the Bell people or going through receivership proceedings and claim that by selling to the trust that they would be selecting the lesser of two evils?to them. The National Independent Telephone association people say that the case is simply another instance of modern high finance, and that the patrons of the Bell system will finally have to pay the price of the purchase in higher rates and poorer service. The New York attorney general has not yet reached a decision in the matter, but has given out a hint that he will most likely prevent the deal going through. ? London, March 20: The women suffragists attempted today a demonstrative raid on parliament more important and more numerous than any of their previous efforts. The police, nowever, uau iiincij t> ai nuig made preparations that resulted in making the demonstration somewhat ineffective. The only result was some amusing disorderly scuffles and the arrest of nearly seventy suffragists who were at once liberated on bail. Previous to this demonstration an indignation meeting, which was largely attended by the so-called "suffraggettes" and their friends was held at Caxton hall where the speakers denounced the house of commons for stifling the Dickerson woman suffragist bill. The raid was led by Lady Harberton. who was assisted by the most prominent women who took part in the previous raids. The women drove up in wagons, and after promenading before the house of parliament stormed the entire entrance of the house of commons, where the police reinforcements, drawn up for the occasion. waited the onslaught and drove the women back. After this first rebuff the women made a second determined attempt to penetrate the police cordon, but all to little purpose. In accordance with instructions the police employed against the women as little force as possible. At a late hour this evening the suffragists reassembled at Caxton hall and amid the greatest enthusiasm passed a resolution to send another deputation to the premier and to renew the demonstrations before t i n (T h' Q nAthOT mrtVP put iiuiiiciu. nvvviuuigtj wiivvmvi .?w was made against the house of commons. the disorderly scenes were repeated on a smaller scale and several further arrests were made. ? Francis C. Jones, teller of the Charlotte National bank, disappeared last Sunday night leaving a shortage of $68,000. He was bonded for $20,000 and the bank loses $48,000. The loss however, was easily made good out of the surplus and profits, the bank having more than $50,000 surplus, with its capital of $125,000 unimpaired. Jones stood high socially and otherwise. He was assistant superintendent of the Sunday school of the First Presbyterian church, and so far as the world knew was a man of exemplary habits in every particular. Everybody considered him a model citizen. Although he absconded Sunday, the story did not appear in the Charlotte papers until Wednesday afternoon, it has now developed as a fact, that Jones went to his undoing through speculation in cotton and stocks. He has been dealing largely through the bucket shops of Rock Hill and Fort Mill. Investigation of the books show that he stole small amounts at first and afterwards to cover his losses his stealings grew larger and larger. During the past few weeks he had been serving as substitute for the cashier, who was sick, and it develops that he carried away a very large sum in cash when he left Sunday night. The figures $68,000 given above, are as ascertained by the [bank officials. They, however, do not I pretend to be expert auditors, and admit that the stealing may be larger. Expert auditors went to work on the books yesterday, and they will find out exactly how much has been stolen. The bank and the bonding com. j ti nnn panies nave onereu u. n-nam w. for the arrest of Jones. They calculate that they will certainly catch him sooner or later, as the statistics of the past dozen years show that not one out of a hundred of such people make good their escape. (flic \|orhrillr (fuquircr. YORKVILLE, S. C.? FKIDAV, MARCH 22, 1907. It has developed that the story published in a Galveston paper giving the alleged confession of a negro participant in the Brownsville affair is a fake. The story was probably near the truth except that it did not come from one of the discharged soldiers. In the course of time, however, all the facts will come out. If that state dispensary stock is worth $600,000 as the Columbia Record would have its readers believe, why [ don't the Clarke Bros, people make the [ offer in that sum with the understanding: that the liquor be shipped out of the state? It is quite probable that the dispensary commission would not only accept the offer; but be willing to pay the freight. A ncmber of prominent physicians of Boston and vicinity make the announcement over their signatures that they have demonstrated scientifically that the human 30ul has weight. The statement is that for some time past ] they have followed a practice of putting dying patients on scales and care- 1 fully noting the phenomenon of dissolution. Their testimony that almost simultaneously with the last pulse beat, there is a sudden fall in the scales from 1J to 2i ounces. The fall comes with an uncanny jerk and it is almost instantaneous. They are unable to account for this change in the weight of the body except on the theory that it is caused by the departure I of the soul. The matter is being wide- 1 ly discussed. President Finley of the Southern, is making some strong and convincing speeches to the business men of different large cities, in which he is arguing that it is impossible for the rail- , roads to live or the south to prosper in the face of so much hampering railroad legislation. He claims that much of the- legislation is of such a character as to make it impossible for the railroads to pay interest on their bonds, much less to make a profit on common stock. As he sees it, the period of railroad construction is not nearly, over In the south. That is the south Is still short of having as many railroads as are absolutely necessary; but in view of the sentiment that is developing against this form of busl- , ness, there is no longer much encouragement for investment in railroads. EvelN so large a corporation as the city of Philadelphia is finding difficulty in getting 3J per.cent money these days. This was demonstrated a few days ago when the city undertook to sell {5,000,000 of 3j per cent thirty year bonds. The credit of the city of Philadelphia is as good as that of any city in the country, and better than many, but when the time was up for the filing of .bids for the city's bonds the authorities found that the only bid that had been received was for J125,000 at par. The mayor of the city was expecting a rush for the bonds and was much disappointed when the rush laneu 10 materialize. reu pic wiui money to invest in bonds are looking for something better than 3J'per cent and are not having much trouble in finding it. The city having failed in its efforts .to sell the bonds at par in large blocks, will probably try to sell them by popular subscription in slices to suit the buyers. Some of the state societies having headquarters in New York, are planning a permanent national fair to contain exhibits from every state in the Union, to be housed in a $14,000,000 building. The idea is to have a continuous exposition, showing the best features of all the great fairs of the past, and also showing exhibits?commercial, agricultural, literary, etc., from each of the states, and each state society to have its own club rooms. A great banquet hall to be used for receptions, lectures, dinners, etc.. will be a feature. As each state society will have its headquarters in tbe proposed building, the various states and its industries will be brought continuously before the thousandi upon thousands of American and European visitors to New York. Congress will, at its next session, be asketi to contribute $5,000,000 to the project and it is proposed to ask the legislatures of the different states to appropriate various sums to the undertaking. It is argued that as the various states have frequently contributed large sums for temporary buildings at expositions, it should not be difficult to obtain appropriations for a permanent institution such as the proposed inter-state fair to be located in the metropolis. Six Pages. We are giving our readers six pages today. Of course, it is not to be understood that there is to be any permanent enj largement. On several occasions within the past four or five months we have gotten out six pages where only four were due; but this was because.of the extra pressure of advertising which cut down the reading matter space to a point beyond what we thought was full justice to our subscribers. There is no special reason for the extra two pages today, except that we desire to give them purely as a matter of compliment. The two extra pages today are made up principally of a double installment of the Partisan, now being followed with much pleasure and interest by many of our readers and by a pretty, original short story of bird life by Mr. Robert G. Lee of Fort Mill. If the two extra pages we give today are enjoyed by our readers as we have every reason to believe they will be. it Is our purpose to show our appreciation of the fact by giving other extra pages from time to time, as our facilities may permit. Federal Control of Railroads. The press dispatches of the past week or ten days have told of the visits of a number of prominent railroad men to the White House, and there are being circulated reports to the effect that the . president is becoming a pronounced advocate of the policy of Federal supervision of railroads. One dispatch of a few days ago had it that the president has expressed himself as being of opinion that the rate law recently enacted by congress takes the whole matter of railroad legislation out of the hands of the various state governments, and that after the supreme court has passed upon the question the probability is that all state laws that are in conflict with the national railroad laws will become null and void. There seems to be no reasonable doubt of the fact that much of the leg islation that has been enacted Dy me various states has only served to hamper and embarrass the railroads without conferring any practical benefit upon the . public. A condition which subjects an inter-state railroad to different and conflicting laws throughom each few hundred miles of its route Is manifestly intolerable. On such a road a passenger train making a through run becomes subject, to a new set of legal restrictious every few hours, and the disadvantage of such an arrangement is manifest. The president's alleged construction of the present rate law, especially as to its effect on state legislation, raises the state rights question with a vengeance; but state rights or no state rights, it seems to us an utter impossibility that railroads can be operated either efficiently or profitably under existing conditions. John C. Calhoun. Today is the anniversary of the birth of John C. Calhoun. Special exercises were held in many of. the schools of the state to commemorate his memory. John C'. Calhoun was unquestionably a great man, and in his day he reflected credit on his state. But it is to be hoped that the teachers in the schools in which tl)e memorial exercises were held today took occasion to congratulate their pupils upon the fact that the principle of Nullification, of which Calhoun was the chief exponent if not the originator, did not prevail. If Nullification had been accepted the Union would have been split, not into two parts, but into as many parts as there were states. We would have had a series of petty and misgoverned countries instead of one strong and great country today. The southern states would have been owned absolutely by a few feudal lords, and the lands in the south would now be cultivated by black slaves and white peons. We should be profoundly thankful that the things for which Calhoun contended did not triumph. And yet Calhoun served his country well. He was an able man although an extremist. There were able men and extremists on the other side? those who believed in a centralized government?who wanted a government of the classes instead of the masses. They represented one extreme view and Calhoun another extreme view?both as opposite from each other as the poles. Out of their contendings came compromises. Not only the south but the whole country would have suffered if there had been no Calhoun to block the designs of the Hamilton school of statesmen; and the experiment of a republic on the western hemisphere would have come to an abrupt and sorrowful failure if there had been none to oppose Calhoun and hold him in check.?Anderson Daily Mall, March 18. We reproduced this merely for the purpose of endorsing what the Daily Mail says. That John C. Calhoun was an intellectual giant there is no reasonable ground for dispute. He was a great man, a good man and a patriot; but we do not think anybody will try to claim that any of the great principles for which he stood, prevailed. We do not think it can be successfully argued that the country would have been better off today if any of these principles had been established. But still it is a fact that John C. Calhoun occupied a more prominent place in the politics of the nation than any other South Carolinian has occupied before or since. Square Deal. The action of the state dispensary commission in refusing the offer of Clarke Bros, of Peoria, Illinois, to buy the stock of the state dispensary for $600,000 on condition that the purchasers be allowed to establish a bottling plant in the state dispensary, and sell to county dispensaries is still being discussed by the newspapers in its various phases. It will be remembered that while some of the members of the commission seemed favorable to the proposition, Attorney General Lyon gave it as his opinion that the commission would not be justified in accepting the offer for the reason that it was with out power to carry out the condition on which it was based. There is no question of the fact that the commission has the power to sell the state whisky for $600,000 if it wants to, and possibly it could sell for $600; but Attorney General Lyon's position is that it could not give Clarke Bros., or anybody else the right to open a bottling establishment for $6,000,000, or any other sum. As a matter of fact, the people who made this offer probably think very little of the stock of dispensary liquor on hand; but it is easy to see that $600,000 would be a small price to pay for the privilege of conducting a wholesale, blending and bottling establishment, even if they had to pour all the present stock of liquors into the Congaree before beginning operations. As matters stand, however, the wisdom or unwisdom of accepting the offer of Messrs. Clarke Bros., is not an issue so far as Mr. Lyon is concerned. As he sees it, the Carey-Cothran act does not allow the granting of such licenses, and that is the end of the mailer. 1 ne question 01 aouars ana cents does not enter Into the proposition. And Mr. Lyon is right. The Colombia Record, which is bitterly hostile to the new order of things, and which just now is more often unreasonable than reasonable, has made the point that the Richland Distillery company is now doing exactly what the Clarke Bros., people want to do and they are doing it under the sanction of the Carey-Cothran law. Our contemporary makes a very strong insinuation that this favoritism to the Richland distillery is not a matter of accident; but that the general assembly knew very well what it was doing when it took care of the Richland distillery in such a handsome manner. The point of the Record is well taken in so far as it covers the fact that the Clarke Bros, people are only asking , to be allowed to do what the Richland distillery is doing, but we are not prepared to endorse any of its insin- j uations as to ulterior motives on the part of the general assembly. However, if It Is a fact that the Richland distillery is enjoying any special advantage over outside competitors, it should be the duty of the general assembly to regulate the matter without delay. As to what is the best solution of the situation, we are unable to say at this time. We do not feel kindly toward the Richland distillery or any other distillery, for that matter; but as we see it, if the Richland distillery to to oAntlnno tn mamifantnra llmiAr for sale to the county dispensaries, the law should provide that other distilleries may be established to conduct the same kind of business under the same conditions. ' Until it clearly shows its Intention to be otherwise, we will believe that the general assembly intended to be 1 absolutely fair and Just in all the provisions of the Carey-Cothran law, and we believe also that at its next session it will do the best it can to straighten the whole matter out in a proper manner. Same Old Story. A few hundred dollars embezzled today with the intention of replacing it next week, one unluckly gambling deal following another until restitution is impossible, followed by a big steal of everything within reach, and < a hasty flight between suns in an idiotic effort to avoid the consequences. That is the story of Franc H. Jones, the absconding teller of the Charlotte National bank, and with a few variations it is the story of almost every other defaulter. , It is true that the motive is not always gambling. Sometimes it is dissolute women, sometimes it is greed, sometimes an effort to keep appear ances beyond an available legitimate Income; but always something absoliitoiir inovpiisnhlp And the windUD Is not always the same. Generally It 1 is flight, but sometimes it is suicide, and not infrequently a sullen or brazen facing of the consequences even ' though it be kr nvn that they have at their end a term In the penitentiary. But while so far as Jones is con- 1 cerned it is an old, old story. It Is still a question as to who Is to blame. We don't want to be understood as excusing Jones. He Is a thief all right. We do not doubt for a moment that when , he stole those first few hundred dollars, he fully expected to return them. . They all expect to do that. He figured . that he could easily put back his winnings as the result of a deal he was , having with the Fort Mill and Rock ( Hill bucket shops. He probably cal- ( culated also that if his deal should , fail, he would save up a little and re- , place the steal from his own salary. , But when put to the pinch he found , the honest method too slow and he ( decided to shorten up the agony with , another raid on the resources of the ( bank, so it went until concealment was , no longer possible. But after all, is ( Jones altogether to blame? Has the . public not also been more or less neg- . lectful of its duty? j Bank defalcations used to be more , common than they are now. Up to twenty-five or twenty years ago^they were so common that they were not telegraphed to the newspapers except when the amounts stolen were sensationally large. Then extradition treaties were not general and there were 1 many countries In which criminals of ' this class could find immunity and se- 1 curlty. But now all that has been changed. This country has extradi- 1 tlon treaties with every civilized government of the world, and thieves a rwl hrnncht hflrU from wherever they may be found. It is the big surety companies more 1 than the people at large who are responsible for this change, and sad to 1 relate it has been more a matter of 1 dollars and cents than of good morals. The surety companies learned long 1 ago that the best way to protect their resources was to punish all defaulters, ' and such punishment became a fixed 1 principle of their business. It was 1 largely because of their efforts that so 1 many extradition treaties were enact- I ed, and as they make it a rule to spare ( no expense In hunting down abscond- ' ing defaulters, they* have reduced the 1 business to such an exact science that it is claimed that nowadays not so ' many as one in a hundred of such peo- ' pie finally make their escape. There ' is a good reason to believe even, that a ' large per cent of those who are final- ' ly given credit for having made good 1 their escape are really suicides. And ! as the number of escapes grow less, 1 the surety companies find that their business grows safer. They have demonstrated beyond a doubt that sure punishment is the 1 best means of compelling honesty on the part of dishonest people for whose ! good conduct exigencies of their business require them to stand sponsof. I Ayd in it all there a lesson for the public. A public that in anywise ex- : cuses or condones embezzlemnt of any ) kind becomes theoretically at least, a party to that* embezzlement. A public I that frowns down embezzlement and ' so conducts itself that all would-be embezzlers are given to understand < that they will surely be punished if 1 caught, may very safely congratulate itself on having reduced the possibility of crime of this kind to a mini- 1 ?. I We are not conscious of any feeling * against this man Jones. We are con- ' scious of deep sympathy for his wife and children; hut as we see the whole I situation, we would not feel right with ' ourselves if we did not hope that he 1 will be caught, convicted and pun- 1 ished. He Was Thirstt.?Walter Phillips, a nine-year-old negro boy, who lost ] his feet under a railroad train several , days ago and was carried to the Good , Samaritan hospital, did quite a stunt , the night after the accident. Late in ' the afternoon the doctors amputated c both of his feet, with part of each leg. t dressed the stubs and put Walter to . bed. During the night the boy became very thirsty and having longed for a drop of water for some time without a way to notify any one, he became desperate and made up his mind to go after it. The spigot was i across the room and too high for a t sawed-off kid. but Walter let him- ( self down out of the bed, crawled across the floor, climbed upon a f cnatr, turned on tne water ana anion freely of the good, cool liquid.?Charlotte Observer. ? Mr. R. M. Lester and a negTO hand were instantly killed, and another negro badly injured Tuesday near Prosperity, as the result of a boiler explosion. ? Fire broke out in the property room of the Gaffney opera house last Tuesday afternoon and for a time it looked as if a good portion of the town would be destroyed. The office of the Gaffney Ledger is In the building and the plant sustained some damage. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Fohn E. Carroll, Sec.?Gives notice of special communication Philanthropic lodge No. 32, Monday, March 25th. Paul N. Moore?Will do general dray business, tranfer trunks and other hauling as required. Thomson Co.?Wants to know If you want a shoe that .will make you smile and give comfort to your feet Loan and Savings Bank?Publishes its statement of condition at the close of business March 19th. Clinton Co., Clover?Sell Lee's agricultural lime, a special fertilizer for corn, oats and wheat. 2. M. Parrott, Filbert?Wants a buyer for a Tanner engine and boiler, a Boss press, Wlnshlp gin, half Interest In 6 h. p. engine, etc. W. I. Witherspoon Co.?Sell various makes of corn and cotton planters the Watertown, Columbus, Anchor Phoenix and Hickory buggies, anc several kinds of wagons. First National Bank?Tells you tc add to your prestige by doing business through the bank with checks Your money is safe with it. M. W. White?Says keeping your owr counsel is considered a golden rule but keeping unprofitable investments is mighty poor business. Fork Supply Co.?Publishes directions as to what fertilizers to use to produce 50 bushels of corn on one acre Big lot of fertilizers and R. R. P seed oats just arrived. Dobson Bros.' Cash Store?Is ready tc fill all orders for Easter hats anc bonnets. Charlotte laundry baske leaves on Tuesday?returns Satur day morning. Forkville Hardware Co.?Has recelv ed a carload of V-crlmped iron roofing and advises early buying. Gar den hose at 10c, 12Jc and 15c foot J. Q. Wray, The Leader?Calls atten tlon to new spring goods now or display. The qualities are the bes obtainable, prices considered. H< wants to sell you groceries. ITork Drug Store?Reminds you that i has all kinds of field and garder seed and wants to supply youi needs. Easter egg dye, eight colo: s?5c. W. Adickes Co.?Has new shipment o: flower, garden and field seed, seec * potatoes, etc. Butter, eggs anc home ground meal wanted. Star Drug Store?Tells you that Pe ninsular paint will last the longes and cover more space than any oth er, and that it is the best paint foi you to buy, ""invor rcnip- On?TTndpr new manage ment invites your business. Pre scrlptions compounded by register ed pharmacist. Carroll Bros.?Notify their customer of arrival of another shipment o Red C oil and ask them to come it for it. Miss Rosa Lindsay?Asks if you hav< a plant, a tree, or garden spot tha you wish to remember. Have then photographed. People who come In from the coun try. whether they be residents of towi ar country, say the farmers are 'tear [ng up the earth," and that is evident ly the situation. The people, of Bethesda church hav< ilways been noted for their klndnesi to their pastors, but at no time ha: this kindness been more marked thai it the present time. In addition t< raising their pastor's salary more thai twenty-five per cent recently, on Wed nesday of this week they presentet tiim with money with which to buy t new horse. This kindness and thought' fulness which have always market - ?- - * on. me people 01 ocuit^ua tuuiui, ?v counts in a large measure for the lonj pastorates which the church has* en joyed. In 113 years the church has had only eight pastors, the last o: whom is still serving the church. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? Spring trade Is opening. ? The gardeners are getting busy. ? Travel is quite heavy just now Proprietor Sadler of the Shandon, sayi he has never known so many peopl< 3n the road. ? Messrs. J. J. Keller & Co., hav< the main warehouse building of the W t. Wltherspoon company well undei way. The work has been delayet somewhat for lack of materials. ? There was a fire in the picker roon t>f the Neely Manufacturing company Wednesday afternoon caused by t match In the cotton. It was discover sd early and extinguished before then was very much damage.' The loss wai about |Id. ? While he was taking a rest on oni 3f the benches In the court house yarc this morning, Treasurer Neely wai asked If the worst part of the tax col lecting work is not over. "No, he re plied, I have still to prepare the lis if executions for the sheriff and tha Is the worst part of the whole bus! ness." ? Judge Williams went up to Clovei last Tuesday on business, and ha; been expressing himself as astonish ed at the evidence of progress tha Is being shown l>y that thriving litth town. His surprise came from th< Tact that the work being done was o; so much greater volume and magnl tude than he had realized. ABOUT PEOPLE. Mrs. Henry Massey of Rock Hill, li visiting Mrs. J. C. Wilborn. Mr. L. A. Dameron of Charlott* 3pent Wednesday In Yorkville. Mrs. George Sherer is visiting relatives and friends at Gastonia. Mrs. H. I. White of Rock Hill, spen yesterday in Yorkville, the guest o: Mrs. J. J. Hunter. Mr. George Cartwright has taken i position with the Yorkville Hardwar< company as salesman. Mr. J. R. Lindsay has been electid lieutenant colonel of the first regment vice J. H. Marion resigned. Miss Willie Bradley, who has beer living in Yorkville with her sister Mrs. Frank Happerfieid, has returnee to Gastonia, her former home, to tak< i position in one of the dry good; itnroa Charlotte Chronicle, March 20: J B. Delveaux, a merchant of Gastonla las been declared bankrupt, notification having been received by Mr. Johr 3. Spence, referee in bankruptcy. Mr Delveaux reports assets of $350 anc labilities of $1,275.85. Dr. J- B. Allison and Messrs. P. W Love, F. C. Black. Quinn Wallace, W \. Ross and W. L. Williams of York,-ille and Messrs. Herbert Wright Meek Smith and Dr. J. W. Campbell >f Clover, went to Chester last nighl ;o attend a session of the lodge ol loyal Arch Masons of that place. RAILROAD NOTES. Mr. Louis Roth of Yorkville has In jerson and by representation made hree trips to Smyrna to deliver a car )f fertilizers shipped from Blacksburg >n March 7. The last trip was made >n last Tuesday on an assurance that he car was then at the station; but here was no car there. Mr. W. B. Williams, the new agent >f the Southern, says he has things in jretty good shape now and having reen assured by the railroad authorises that he can get all necessary assistance he will do the best in his tower to keep things straight. Mr. E. W. Long, the agent of the Carolina and North-Western, Is enoying life as compared with the other ailroad people in this immediate vi cinlty. He is comfortably busy most of the time; but is generally able to keep well up with his work and is not . coming in for much of the abuse that has grown so common against railroad ' people. A prominent railroad official same time ago said to the reporter: "Having had so much cussedness to deal with, [ I have at times felt like discharging almost every man under my Jurisdlci Hon, pulling off my hat and running away." And the poor fellow looked like he meant it. Of rniirse it is nossihle that time may prove the contrary; but there Is L good reason to believe that the man* . agement of the Southern railroad did a good day's work when It made Con' ductor W. A. Graham master of trains ' between Marlon and Camden. Mr. 1 Graham is a thorough going railroad man who has worked his way up | from the bottom, and Is recognized from one end of the road to the other as a man of unusual executive ability. 1 He Is well liked by everybody, and all ] the employees have unlimited confidence In him. Not only that, most of ' them are willing to Inconvenience ' themselves considerably for his ac" commodatlon and If he does not straighten out the present tangle In > pretty short order, then the problem Is J not altogether a question of efflclent . management. ; REGULATE COTTON SHIPMENTS. At the call of Mr. M. L. Smith, . treasurer of the Clover Manufacture ing company of Clover, S. C., says the J Charlotte Observer of (his morning, a > number of cotton spinners from North Carolina and South Carolina met here 1 yesterday, in person and by proxy, at J the Selwyn hotel, and on motion. Mr, . R. M. Miller, Jr., was called to the chair, and Mr. H. B. Moore was rej quested to act as secretary. After a j general discussion regarding the shipping condition in the cotton trade, " a conimittee on resolutions was appointed, consisting: of the following r named: George B. Hiss, M. L. Smith, Robert Chapman. J. O. White, R. M. Miller, Jr., and Hi. B. Moore. This committee submitted the following resolutions which were accept* ed unanimously by the meeting: "Whereas, Grave irregularities exist In the shipment of cotton, entailing s heavy financial loss and inconvenI lence to spinners, bills of lading being drawn omitting all car numbers and initials, rendering them useless for tracing or locating lost or strayed shipments, cotton actually remaining at initial place of movement two or three months before being finally loaded, getting water soaked before being compressed and otherwise carelessly and negligently handled. "Demand drafts being promptly drawn on these incomplete bills of lading presented for payment to said spinners who are thus placed at great expense and loss in having to settle same two or three months before receipt of cotton: said evils have become so great that cotton can be ordered from Egypt and received quicker and with no annoyance. "Therefore, Be it resolved that the said evils existing be respectfully calK ed to the attention, and the earnest co-operation of the American Cotton Manufacturers' association, the National Association of Cotton Manufacturers, the Cotton Manufacturers' Association of South Carolina, the Cotton Manufacturers' Association of Ncrth Carolina, and the Georgia Cotton Manufacturers' association, and f the Cotton Manufacturers' association of Alabama to the end that the said evils be remedied as set forth herein. "And be it rurtner resoivea inai with the op ing of the cotton season of 1907-1908 said spinners decline to honor drafts unless accompanied by bills of lading covering cotton actually In cars, and containing car numbers, said car numbers covering cars 3 actually holding said cotton as reprei sented by bills of lading. "And, be it further resolved that no draft be honored, regardless of car numbers being furnished on bill of lading where shipper resorts to. split r shipment or less than solid cars, where j the purchase amounts to as much as a solid car. "And, be It further resolved that 1 where cotton is sold landed all freight shall be prepaid by shipper. ' "And, be it further resolved that copies of these resolutions be furnish ed to the press, and to any shipper of 3 cotton upon request." , On motion a vote of thanks was extended to Mr. M. L. Smith for the interest manifested by him in calling i this meeting and the success which j attended the same. The meeting adjourned. 3 A large number of the leading cot ton mill men of this section of the . south attended the meeting at the j Seiwyn. [ LOCAL LACONICS. We Will Send The Enquirer r From this date until January 1st, 3 1908, for 51.56. - Rev. Mr. Leitch In Fort Mill. t Fort Mill Times: Rev. Thos. H. i Leitch, the well known evangelist, and i his singer, Rev. J. E. Marshall, will f conduct a meeting at the Methodist - church the coming week. The first service will be held Sunday morning at 11 o'clock and each evening following at 7.30 qclock. Rev. Leitch Is no j stranger to our people, having conducted a meeting here some years ago, 5 and the announcement that he Is to again visit the town will be gratifying news to all. The Sugar Creek Bridge. t Fort Mill special of March 21, to r Charlotte Observer: At a meeting held in the Commercial club rooms this afi ternoon of the supervisors of York and > Lancaster counties and a committee representing the club, the contract was let for an iron bridge over Sugar creek, connecting York and Lancaster counties. There were four bidders i present and the contract was finally , awarded to Mr. C. K. Crietzberg, rep1 resenting the Roanoke Bridge compas ny at $2,800. A hrst-class road will } be made from Fort.Mill to the bridge. Whisky and Cioarbttb3.?The re' cent edict of President W. A. Garrett, " of the Seaboard Air Line, that all emi ployees of that road must either ride high on the water wagon or give up . tneir positions, nas ut?eu rcuuuiwu 1 a moral lesson that the new head of the.road has drawn from the story of . Percy Martin, the young man who Is now serving a sentence of thirteen ' years for the attempted holdup of a Seaboard train. President Garrett attributes the I young man's downfall to intemperance and cigarettes, which developed the Jesse James propensities. Mr. Garrett has asked that the officials of the road give the story as much publication as possible. The story sent out to the different officials follows: "The story of Percy Martin, the young man who recently attempted, 1 single handed, to hold up and rob a Seaboard Air Line train in Meckllng. burg county, Virginia, should certain| ly be a strong argument in favor of ( temperance and anti-cigahette measures. "This young man by the constant < smoking of cigarettes and drinking to excess had undoubtedly weakened his intellect greatly, and further distorted i his diseased mind by the dime novel ' romanticism, until, fired by the worthy (?) example set by Jesse James and j others of his ilk, he attempted to hold up and rob a Seaboard mail train I several months ago. "Of course, there could be but one 1 ending to such an attempt, and now the young man is serving a thirteen I years sentence to meditate on the folly < of attempting to bring into practice l impossible ten-cent absurdities into modern twentieth century realities." i ROCK HILL AND VICINITY. In Ir Death of W. F. Cast on?Mr. T. L. ^ Johnston Makes Interesting Cotton w Seed Experiment?Personal. fr Correspondence of Uie YorkrlUe Enauirer. su Rock Hii.l* March 21.?A very sad death occurred here today, that of W. F. Caston, a veterinarian, who died of ar pneumonia. It has only been a few aj weeks since his wife died of the same disease and left a family of seven ?p| children. The oldest of these orphans, ce a boy, Is also very ill of pneumonia. ^ Quite a good deal has been said * j about the quality of the cotton seed of C| the 1906 crop, which most farmers T| would have to use In planting this ()r season. The contention Is that on account of the very wet season of 1906, and the general low quality of the crop the seed would not be good, or at least _ not so good as it should be. Mr. T. L. m Johnston of this city, who runs quite m an extensive farm, was so much Inter- 8V ested in the matter as to experiment c on It. He sent to various places In tc widely distributed localities, In the c.j cotton states and secured a small ta quantity of seed from each place all w from the 1906 crop. These he planted q nil# 1 Inm l?% /* */? MO rl OAftrl n# OO pVl ?PUIIIIIR III Ulic IIUI1U1CU a ecu W*. VMV*> ?in marked boxes and he also planted qi at the same time a like number of p, 1905 seed from his own farm. These ti boxes, which were all the same size a with earth from the same place, and w all conditions as nearly identical as tl possible, were placed in the propaga- tt tlon house at Winthrop college and it results awaited. The outcome Is 8| plainly to uphold the prevalent contention that the 1906 seed are not so " good as they should be. Fully 25 per {" cent more of the 1905 seed came up 13 and came clear and strong while of j*1 the 1906 seed, many of those which germinated are weak and yellow and 13 those who have examined the experimental plants are of the opinion that ~ In ten davs more the percentage will ~ be still larger in favor of the 1905 ' seed. Mr. Johnston did not send for p anv seeds beyond the Mississippi rlver on account of fear of the boll weevll. The seed which showed up most ^ favorably of the 1906 seeds were from r< southwestern Georgia. The boxes are ^ to he replaced in the hot house to ?? ..U.IU.. IUa rvlnnta CJ luruitri ie?i nitr viurnij ui uic 1/10.1*10. Mr. Weeks of Camden, will succeed * Mr. I* E. Ligon, agent of the Southern Express company here. He has al- j? ready arrived. " Mr. M. H. Sandifer of the state board of pharmacy spent Wednesday In Columbia on business of the board. T Mr. B. J. Barber, the proprietor of i; the Vienna bakery, has returned from }! Ashevllle. N. C.. where he has been tl for two months being: treated for his S health. There are a grreat many who t< will be glad to learn of his Improve- t' ment in health, and his return to his b business. p Mr. L. E. Ligon, who has been the f< manager of the Southern Express of- b flee here for some time, has resigned u that position to take that of depot v agent of the Southern at Shelby, N. C. n Mrs. A. E. Smith has returned from T an extended visit to Bartow and other s points in Florida. nr Mr. Dandridge of the National Un- a ion bank, has been called to his for- p mer home in Tennessee on account of ci the Illness of his mother and sister. n ? . 9 FEDERAL CONTROL. [J C President Is Having Conferences With fl Railroad Men on the Subject. The Interview between President tl Roosevelt and Charles S. Mellon, the & president of the New York, New Hav- U en and Hartford railroad, recently ar- h ranged for the purpose of discussing t< the railroad situation, says a Wash- si ington dispatch of the 19th, took place n at the White House today. It lasted a not more than 35 minutes. No state- tl ment of the particular questions dis- el cussed was made at the White House ei and Mr. Mellen declined to talk. 'i Mr. Mellen's visit today Is the out- & come of a call made to the White h House last week by J. Pierpont Mar- si ?an, the New York financier who came ei to Washington at the request of many is business men to discuss the present tl business situation, particularly as af- tl fectlng the railroads. At the time cl Mr. Morgan suggested to the president U that It would be greatly In the public p Interest if he would see certain rail- k road presidents and confer with them P "as to what step might be taken to al- tl lay the public anxiety as to the reia- h tlons between the railroads and the cl government." The visit of Mr. Mellen ? followed the conference he had several h days ago with Presidents McCrea, New- a man and Hughltt of the Pennsylvania, tl New York Central and Chicago, and b! Northwestern railroads respectively, si These four were the names suggested lr to Mr. Roosevelt by Mr. Morgan. It tl is not known at the White House w whether Messrs. McCrea, Newman and rt Hughltt will visit Mr. Roosevelt. The hi president will see them If they come, w So far they have not been heard from, ri During the past three weeks Presl- n dent Roosevelt has had visits from P1 half a dozen well known financiers and Ji railroad men, with all of-whom he has si discussed various phases of the rail- a: road situation. These Included: J. si Pierpont Morgan, James Speyer of h New York, President Stlckney of the t( Chicago Great Western railway, B. F. hi Yoakum of the Chicago, Rock Island w and Pacific, E. H. Harrlman of the R Union Pacific and Charles S. Mellen if of the New York, New Haven and tl Hartford railroad. All of these persons tl have made specific recommendations C Incorporating their Ideas on the ques- Jd tlon whether the president should ai recommend additional railway legisla- M tlon and most of them have urged rr him to make a statement defining his aj attitude in explicit terms with a view rr to allaying public apprehension on the hi subject that may exist. He has re- tl ferred his callers who want informa- m tlon as to his attitude to his oublic 01 declarations on this general subject es and has told them that he means to a: be consistent with what he has already ai said. a' The president said frankly that he is learning all he can regarding the railroad situation and that he intends w to continue to consult with railroad . people and others on the subject. It b is understood he is making inquiries on some points pertaining to Federal supervision and control of the railroads, to the question of an appraisement of the physical valuation of such * properties and to the matter of the jL issue of various forms of indebtedness. j( 0( MERE-MENTION. p< Jews are fleeing from Roumania by thousands in fear of their lives n( on account of a revolt among the w peasantry. All possible aid is being sc given the Jews by the Austrian government Thomas Bailey Aldrich, th for several years editor of the Atlantic al Monthly, died in Boston Tuesday at j^1 the age of seventy-one... .The grand p( Jury of New York has failed to indict fr Mrs. Lettle Wallau, who has been A held for several weeks on a charge of p? having caused the death of her moth- cc er by poison Thlrty-flve persons uj were injured and seventeen killed in ro a railroad collision near Harbin, |G Manchuria Tuesday Mrs James S( Tolbert of Fairmont, Ga, was brutally ?r is assaulted and her two months old baby murdered by a negro last Tues- or day afternoon. Robbery was the ag motive for the assault The Pullman company will exhibit at the a Jamestown exposition an all steel ly sleeping car. The car hasn't an ounce of wood in it and weighs ten tons more than the ordinary sleeper The a theory is advanced by French scien- bt tlsts that the explosions which caused Jj!j the destruction of the French battle- pr ship Iena last week were caused by ro wireless telegraph waves Presl- pr dent Castro of Venezuela has so far a recovered his health as to be able to In again assume the reins of government cli ....Charles Ludwig Christian Hugo or Miller has been discharged from the th signal corps of the United States army su because he was too big. He stands 6 an feet. 8 inches In his stocking feet. The gi cost of his clothes ate up his pay.... or The United States army transport Bu- If. ford will sail shortly for China, carry- ju Ing a cargo of 5.000 tons of provisions a for the relief of the famine districts, it The employees of the American wl Ship Building company to the number flc of about 2,000 are on a strike at Lo- ad rain, Ohio Two men were killed in rei Baltimore Tuesday by being caught In a l collapsing wall which they were tear- th g down The plant of the Republic on and Steel company, Chicago, Is ad up b>' reason of a strike of 1,200 nployees, who want an Increase in ages Harry K. Thaw has conibuted $100 to the fund being raised Pittsburg, Pa., for the relief of the ifferers from the recent flood In the llegheny and Monongahela rivers in at city Traffic officials of eastern id western railways have about freed on a schedule of increased eight rates to take effect May 1st. tie Increase will be from 2 to 10 per >nt The total valuation of the orthem Pacific railroad is officially ven at $324,675,486. The system Inudes 6,098 miles of trackage hree hundred journeymen tailors are i a strike In Philadelphia. SOUTH CAROLINA NEW8. -Columbia, March 20: The Calhoun onument commission held another eetlng yesterday morning and heard iggestion from Captain William A. ourtney and Dr. Henry A. White as > the statue to be erected at a cost $10,000. No definite action was iken, however, and another meeting 111 nrnhnklu l? u?1 J * 1_ 1 _ ai _ a. ... ,.../uauiY ue ueiu, una wine at lemson college, where several of the jsidents of that section were acuainted with Mr. Calhoun. They can, srhaps, offer some valuable suggesons. Among these are Col. Robert . Thompson and Major Aaron Boggs, ho knew the great statesman. In lis way the commission will be able ? decide the many little points and alts necessary to know before the atue can be made. ? Columbia, March 20: The request lank feature of the new dispensary iw, the failure to observe which pened the way to so much irregulary, graft and scandal under-the old lw, is to be strictly observed by the ew administration, Is an opinion renered directly to State Dispensary AuItor West and he will see to the enircement of the law. The opinion Is lear cut and positive. It quotes the lw to show that any dispenser or othr dispensary official who fails to cary out this part of the law Is to be amoved. The patron must sign or >ake his mark In the presence of the ispenser or clerk, who must attest, lough the dispensary official may use rubber stamp to attest. Aocordlng to ie opinion it is the duty of the auItor to report to the governor any illure to strictly enforce this and othr features of the law. ? A dispatch from Greenville says: he suit brought by R. H. Jones gainst the Woodslde Cotton mill for 2.50 wages and $20 damages occupied le greater portion of the day in Judge tradley's court. The suit is one of >urteen to come up within the next lvo weeks. Able arguments were made y Col. B. A. Morgan for the mill cororation and by Attorney J. R. Martin 3r the plaintiff. The case was heard y a Jury, which after half an hour's ellberatlon brought In the following erdlct: "We find for the plaintiff to ecover $2.50 wages and $20 damages,'* he hearing of the suit attracted coqiderable attention, the chief argulents of attorneys centering about a ontention as to whether or not the ractice of mills in rivinr information oncernlng employees was malicious or ot. The plaintiffs attorney claimed uch practice constituted "blackllst\g:" while the attorney for the de?nse upheld the custom as harmless, tolonel Morgan will, it is understood, le notice of appeal. ? WalhaJla special of March 18, to tie Columbia State: The Walhalla iethodlst church was the scene yesjrday morning of a most unusual and lghly dramatic service when its paa>r, the Rev. J. C. Tongue, with unuppressed emotions and deepest hulility, repudiated his recent utternces that have gone the rounds*of tie press in regard to the presiding Iders of the South Carolina confernce and their percentage scheme, 'he last annual conference sent Rev. ir. Tongue here and since his arrival e has made a most favorable irapreslon upon all on account of his deep arnestness and scholarly sermons. It i common talk, with no disparity to lose who preceded him, that he is le ablest preacher that the Walhalla large has ever had. His people beeve in him and when his articles apeared in the papers they let it be nown that the great body of the peole were with him. One may imagine le surprise to his congregation when e, with trembling voice and tearful heek, standing, not in the pulpit, but v ithin the chancel uttered the most umble apologies for his recent acts nd said that he at one time believed lat he was right and was doing a nole service, but now without any outde Influence his conscience was tellig him in no unmistakable tones lat he had done great wrong to those horn he had charged as being tyuits and cutthroats. He said that e still believed that there were rongs in the church that should be ghted, but he had not used proper lethods in correcting this evil. He ublicly apologizes to Colonel R. T. aynes, chairman of the board of :ewards and one of the district stewrds that fixes the salaries of the preiding elder. Col. Jaynes replied that e greatly sympathized with his pas- ' >r in his hour of deep repentance, but e believed that the great majority ere with him in his fight for reform. :ev. Coke D. Mann arose and said that certain reforms were not enacted ze Methodist chbrch was going to te bad in this state. Rev. G. F. larkson stated that he believed that [r. Tongue was wrong in his charges nd that he commended his course, [r. Tongue stated that he will go imlediately to see his presiding elder nd Rev. Mr. Creighton. The many lembers feel that their pastor may ave been too profuse in his recantaons, but do not feel like censuring a tan who follows the dictates of his tvn conscience. They have the greatit confidence in his piety and ability nd trust that he will continue to walk nd talk amongst them in the future 3 he has in the past ? Columbia special to Charlotte Objrver: According to information hich District Superintendent Loyall f the Southern railroad recently laid efore Railroad Commissioner Caughtan, the Southern's "dead freight" :count last year totaled over a milon dollars. According to figures he ive Mr. Caughman the Southern's ross earnings for the first seven lonths of the last fiscal year ended line 30 was In round figures $1,400,)0 greater than for the corresponding sriod of the preceding fiscal year, allough the net earnings were $1,300,>0 less?a remarkable difference of early three million dollars on the rong side of the ledger. Of course, >me of the difference is due to Ineased cost of material, to higher pay > employees and a number of other ilngs, but in the opinion of Mr. Loy1 most of it is due to the alarming crease in the "dead freight" account, he little town of Fort Mill with a < >pulation of about 1,000, had a "dead eight" account last year of $2,700. little station, also on the Southern, died Sievern, on the Batesburg and ?rry branch had a dead freight ac unt of over $900, and this line shows ) a deficit every year, according to ie official reports filed with the railad commission. But not all of this ss Is due to stealing by employees. >me of the.grafting is done by the nail merchants, so far as this slate concerned, who take advantage of ie South Carolina law, which not ily requires the road to pay for shortre within a few weeks from filing of aim, but adds a penalty of $50 for ilure to settle on time. There was case in the Richland court recentwhere a man not only recovered i a claim of 80 cents, but got his 0 penalty as well. The roads have r some time been trying to secure repeal or modification of this law; it the last legislature, particularly e house, was an anti-railroad body, ie bill seeking such a change was omptly knocked out on the first und in the house. As a means of otection the Southern has adopted plan throughout the system of send g inspectors around to adjust tnese ilms, compromise with the claimants i the spot and save sending all is stuff to the "dead freight" houses, ch as were maintained at Greenville id other points. The merchant is ven the privilege of buying the short J spoiled shipment at a Just discount. , on the other hand, his claim Is not st, the inspector may resist It with knowledge of the facts and carry to court with some confidence of nnlng. According to railroad oflals here the new system Is working mirably. Commissioner Caughman commended some such course as this year ago. It was put into operation e first of the present year.