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Scraps and facts. ; ? New York, August 5 4: A shrap- 1 nell shell which was once stored In ' the magazine of the battleship Maine when she was blown up in the har- 1 bor of Havana, exploded yesterday in ' Jersey City and severely injured several children. Eldem Kenney, 11 ' years old, was playing with the shell. ' Around him were half a dozen youngsters, listening to the story of how a sailor gave the missile to the elder Kenney as a souvenir. The boy to show how heavy and strong the shell was, dropped it on the ground. With a roar that shattered windows and 1 broke panes of glass nearby, the metal r>vllnrtor avnlndod Youne Kenney WSS fearfully mutilated and may die. Two of his companions, Grace Ruddlck and George O'Rourke were bruised and 1 lacerated. The shell has been used as a toy by the Kenney children for years. It was understood that the charge had been withdrawn. ? The escape of a prisoner from the Mount Holly, N. J., jail one day last week, was prevented In a very unique way. George Clark, held on a charge of attempt to murder, had been engaged In making a hole in the outer wall and In his efforts to get through dropped a brick on the floor, which awakened his cell-mate, Joseph Misler. When Clark found that Misler was awake he rushed upon the latter, saying: "I am going to kill you and then commit suicide." He allowed Misler time to pray. The latter on bended knees prayed so loudly and so fervently that a trusty was awakened by the commotion and went to investigate. He then notified the warden that there wan trouble. The warden and several deputies entered Clark's cell to And out the cause of the disturbance. They discovered the work of Clark in his effort to escape and transferred him to a steel cage for safe keeping. Clark was armed with a razor. ? Raleigh, N. C.. special to the Charlotte Observer: "A railway engineer says that no where south of the Ohio river has there been such magnificent and successful railway construction as that of the South & Western road through the North Carolina mountains. It lays In the shade the much-talked-of work on the North Carolina road which traverses that region and which has been considered a marvel of engineering. The grade on the new road Is only 1 per cent In the high mountain division, while that on another mountain road, the Asheville and Spartanburg, is a trifle over 4 per cent. Orders were given in regard to the work on the South and Western to get a low grade, no matter what the cost; to have the finest engineers to be had and to make the work in every respect of the very highest class. It ' is said It will be one of the very finest roads in the world. Enormous sums i of money are being spent and there ' an untold millions behind the scheme. i This road and the Tidewater are rl- I vals, though the South and Western has many times greater problems to overcome." 1 ? Sault Ste Marie, Michigan, August 24: According to reports In circulation here, General Jacob S. Coxey, who led the famous march of the unwashed In tho onHriff of 1K94 is iu ft aoiuiigiuii in ??.0 "? ? ? planning another hobo crusade with Wall street as the objective point. While Coxey refuses to explain the purpose of the expedition, it Is believed that he intends to present another "petition with Its.boots on," demanding the government ownership of railroads and all monopolies. It Is known that government ownership has been Coxey's fad for some time, and he has often declared that the great issue of 1 the day is "whether the railroads and corporations are going to own the government or the government own the i railroads and corporations." Coxey's 1 first march to Washington started as a demonstration of discontent among the 1 unemployed after the financial panic of 1903. At that time Coxey was the 1 proprietor of a flourishing quarry at Massilon, O. Forced to close down 1 his plant and throw his men out of * employment, he brooded over his 1 troubles until the idea of leading an 1 army of the unemployed to Washing- ' ton occurred to him. He intended to 1 demand that the government furnish 1 employment on public improvements ' until the "hard times" had passed. By ' the time he had reached Washing- ! ton, however, his ragged army had ' dwindled to a thousand, and the pro- ! ject became the subject of ridicule. 1 ? Colorado Springs, Colorado, Au- , gust 24: When Mrs. Margaret Howell Jefferson Davis Hayes, daughter of President Davis of the Confederacy. ' learned that a member of the fighting Fifteenth cavalry, attending the re- 1 union here, had hung upon the walls of the Antlers hotel a copy of an old proclamation offering a reward of J360,000 for the arrest of her father ' and other Confederate leaders for alleged complicity in the assassination of President Lincoln, she immediately raised a protest to General William J. Palmer, host of the reunion. Be Tore her protest nau Deen received, however. General Palmer had heard of the proclamation and ordered that it 1 be taken down, out of deference 'o Mrs. Hayes, who Is the wife of J. V. 1 Hayes, a banker in Colorado Springs. "I was a small child at that time." 1 Mrs. Hayes wrote, "and like most southern children, I looked upon Lincoln as the arch enemy of my country. As the servants and guards 1 around us were thoughtlessly rejole- ' Ing. I ran to my father with what I ' supposed would be good news to him. 1 He gravely and gently took me In his 1 arms and explained to me that this terrible deed was done by a crazy man. who no doubt thought that he was the ' savior of the south but was really her worst enemy. 'Always remember, my 1 little daughter.' he said, 'no wrong ' can ever make a right. The south does not wish her rights to come through dastardly murders, but through fair fights,' when he sighed heavily and said, 'this is the bitterest ; blow that could have been dealt to the i southern cause. Lincoln was a just man. and would have been fair and generous in his treatment of the southern people. His successor is a man we can expect nothing from.' " ? The indications are that France does not Intend to try to settle the 1 trouble she has raised in Morocco. < Possihlv it is not fair to say that France raised this trouble. It is a fact that there are several pretenders to the throne. They have been making trouble for years. Some time back it was generally understood that i France had stirred them up by means I of intrigue with the idea of seizing the country in the confusion it was < proposed to create. But about the i time serious work was commencing, i Germany made a big row and the Al- I geciras conference was held with a I view to arriving at some basis for the s settlement of the difficulty. As the ( outcome of that conference; it was agreed that France and Spain should ] be charged with the duty of policing | Morocco; but that neither should be t allowed to help itself to Moroccan < territory. Casablanca was fired on 1 by the French recently with the idea < of restoring order, and the fighting i that followed was for the same pur- l pose. It proved rather more serious I than was expected, however. The whole country' has been aroused from i one end to the other. The fierce Moors, i unable to agree in politics, find no * trouble in making common cause against all Christians, and that is what they are doing. The country is now ivild for war. France, however, is unwilling to go further into the matter merely for the sake of peace. She sees that the situation can be controlled only by the expenditure of millions of treasure and thousands of lives and she does not care to undertake such a task without having some idea as to where her compensation is coming from. The situation is more aggravated than it has ever been and might very easily bring about another European snarl. JEhe UorkvilU YORKVILLE, S. C.t TUESDAY, AUGUST 27,1907. Although some of the railroads may have been great sinners, what they are coming in for now seems to t>e a plenty. ? - ? ? The whole south suffered beyond calculation last fall and winter because of the Inability of the railroads to handle us tramc. i ne acnun ui iuc legislatures of the various southern states since that time has not especially encouraged the railroads to make preparations for next fall's business, and there is no good reason to expect much better conditions. The telegraphers' strike shows but little signs of Improvement. The telegraph companies claim that they are making nice progress in restoring normal conditions; but the telegraphers Insist that they have won great advantage and this is probably true. , There is no question of the fact that business of all kinds is suffering because of inability to rely on quick ( transmission of information. The cot- i ton interest, both north and south, is being seriously hampered. Dealers are in the dark in the conduct of a business that is hazardous at best; but J especially so under existing conditions. "A Caijpdrnia editor," says the 5 Waco, Tex., Tribune, "made oath to 1 the postmaster of his town of a much | larger circulation than his paper had, i and now the United States court out i there is after him, and he is having 1 trouble, which proves that it pays to deal straight with Uncle Sam." Just i exactly what this means we do not 1 know?why the editor made oath to , the postmaster as to his circulation. Nothing of the kind is required here. < It is a fact, hdwever, that the postof- ' flee department is getting stricter and \ stricter with regard to the second class i postage privilege, and it may be that this editor was required to make oath , eis to his bona fide subscription?that | u Kits aithanrlntinn list lo uiai pan. ui mo ouvovk.t/vw.. that is either paid for in advance or ' for which there are agreements on the , part of subscribers to pay within the j subscription period. The time was ' when the second class privilege was j outrageously abused. By the second- ( class privilege is meant the privilege i of the publisher to mail papers to 1 subscribers in the county of publica- J tion free of charge, and to mail papers to subscribers elsewhere at the rate of one cent a pound. This privliege was never intended for the ben- , eflt of publishers, so much as for sub- i scrlbers. The theory is that competl- ' tion makes the publisher give the sub- j scriber the benefit of all the advantage < offered by the government in free and 1 reduced postage. But abuses grew up. 1 There developed newspapers, so called | and periodicals that had no other ob- ( |ect than to circulate advertisements 1 at big prices, and still others that were J designed to promote the private, so- j cial or political fortunes of indlvidu- ] als. Papers of this kind were scatter- ; sd broadcast to all the names that could be secured, whether subscribers \ or not. The publishers collected sub- 1 acriptions when they could in order 1 to reduce expenses or increase profits; but never thought of stopping a paper because of inability to collect. Whether the object of the publication was | "power," or advertising value, it was more important to have it circulated than it was to get pay for subscriptions. The government was a long time realizing that this practice worked a great injustice on the more ignorant portion of the public, and it has had a difficult time in bringing about reform. But there are signs of progress. The restriction of the "sample ; copy" privilege has helped and the I idea of making me pUDiisner swear | that he does not send out his paper to others than those who have either ! paid In advance or who have agreed to pay within the subscription period, , Is calculated to complete the reform, i The result will be of great benefit to < the reading public as well as to legitimate publishers everywhere. The Politics Of It. No matter what line of policy may i be indicated by one statesman, there are always others to advocate some- | thing like the opposite. This makes party politics?gives the party that is i out something to discuss?something , to pull for. From what Mr. Bryan said on his return from his recent trip around the , world, there was no room for any oth- < er conclusion than that he was resolv- ! ed to use his utmost efforts to govern- \ ment ownership of railroads. He had ] the whole scheme worked out almost ' in detail ami would have had it so ! I that the states would own the lines | within their limits and the Federal government would own the lines that traverse two or more states. , When a number of leading Demo- I crats took issue with Mr. Bryan on the ( government ownership question, he modified his views to the extent that ] he was willing to postpone the issue | for the present; but continued to in-|l list that government ownership is the ?ventual solution. It is very well understood that Mr. Roosevelt has already adopted and (tut into execution so many policies :hat were advocated by the Demo?rats as to raise the complaint that he has stolen practically the whole Democratic platform, and his recent speech it Provlncetown seemed to indicate that he had about appropriateu me balance. Now it begins to look as If Mr. Bryan is preparing to face about and take the other side of the question, even though It Involves the repudiation of an issue that he sough' to make himself. The Two Elders. Elsewhere In this issue is published the remarks of the News and Courier on the new Andrew Jackson letter recently unearthed by The Enquirer from the files of The Yorkvllle Pioneer of 1824, and here Is what the Charlotte Observer has to say In reply to the News and Courier: It is amazing how little evidence it takes to satisfy some amateur historians. The Charleston News and Courier copies from The Yorkville Enquirer a statement to which we referred last week, that it has found a copy of a letter written by Andrew Jackson to the intendant of Charleston in 1824 in which he spoke of South Carolina as "the state that gave me birth"?as if he had not written the same thing on two other occasions. It makes no difference, in the face of the facts, If he had written it forty times, but the News and Courier, thinking it establishes its foolish contention, quotes this letter and cackles loud enough to alarm the whole barnyard. The Enquirer is taking no part in this dispute except to enjoy it. We do not know where Andrew Jackson was born, xcteept that there Is no dispute that it was in the Waxhaw settlement. Parton admitted that there was dispute about the matter in his day, and he settled that dispute to his own satisfaction by deciding In favor XT ?- U Cn.nllro Rllf It Is slenlfi-1 Ul a MM III vat Uiiiiu.. ??.% .. ? cant, perhaps, that his showing was ex parte; that although he mentioned that there were two sides to the controversy, he recited evidence on only one side. In his "Messages and Papers of the Presidents," Richardson says that Jackson was born in North or South Carolina. The only positive, direct testimony on the subject is from Jackson himself, and the Charlotte Observer insists that this Is unreliable because the witness was too young at the time of the occurrence to know what he was talking about. The Observer seems to lose sight of the fact that the testimony was delivered after the witness became president of the United States, and was able to speak with authority. HEMPHILL'S CANDIDACY. Argument to Prove That It is Quite a Serious Matter. Editor Waring writes as follows in one of last week's issues of his entertaining paper, the Charleston Evening Post: "In its last Sunday's Issue the New York Herald surpassed ail its previous efforts at newspaper making. There has never come from the presses of an American newspaper a finer product of journalistic enterprise and industry. It had every competitor skinned to death, and It had no rivals. "The first page of The Herald's chief news section had a fine picture of Secretary Taft, illustrating a long and important Interview with that statesman, slated for the presidency, on the state of the Union. That was probably important; the first part of it seemed so, and a good many people started in to read it, and might have gone through to the end of it, had it not been that after one column it ran over to the second page of the paper and took all eyes there to behold?'Major Hemp "" ??I-Itu- Q.I-0 TTn mil s ?enaioritii aiiiukiuu c??? w*> South Carolina's Politicians." All that In thirty-six point type, across three columns, two of which are given largely to the accommodation of a beautiful picture, the arch-type and Ideal countenance of a statesman. It Is grand. But that Is not all. There Is more on the editorial page, and that Is something to the point. It is to some such utterance as this that we are trying to bring the newspapers of South Carolina. Says The Herald: South Carolina Democrats would streng'^en their organization and gratify the rank and file of the party throughout the country by sending a man of Major Hemphill's high character and abilities to the senate as a counterpoise to the impetuous and fiery senior senator.' "In the news story the chairman of the Hemphill campaign committee [The Observer here interrupts the narrative to say that Waring is the chairman] is quoted as saying, in response to an Inquiry as to whether his man would be in the race, that 'of course Hemphill is a candidate. You may take it from me?and I think if anyone should be able to speak with authority I should?that he will be in the race.' That ought to settle. Certainly a man's campaign manager ought to know whether his principal is a canJate for office. The newspapers in South Carolina, which have been waiting for some definite declaration of his candidacy to come out for Hemphill and would not take The Evening Post's word for it. are referred to the New York Herald's Sunday feature. That ought to catch thorn." Everybody ought to know now that the Seceder elder's candidacy for the senate is a very solemn thing?not a subject for incredulity nor a thing to jest about.?Charlotte Observer. LOCKHART LINKLETS. Personal Mention?Services by Rev. J. C. Lawson. Correspondence of the Yurkville Enanirer. Lockhart, August 26.?Mrs. W. D. Hope and children, and Mrs. J. E. and Miss Bessie Robertson and Mrs. J. E. Bankhead have gone to the White Diamond Lithia springs for a few weeks' rest and recuperation. Mrs. W. H. West brooks and Mrs. Sam McCullough have been on a week's visit to friends and relatives at Hickory Grove and Hoodtown. They returned yesterday. Miss May Black has been on an extended visit to friends and relatives in Hoodtown. Lowryville and Chester. She returned last Saturday. Rev. J. C. Lawson preached two very interesting sermons in the Baptist church. There was a good attendance and what the preacher had to say was listened to with marked attention. He announces that he will protract from his next appointment, which will be the second Sabbath in September. The services will be exclusively for the children. They will be invited to the front, while the older ones will have to occupy a back seat, provided there are any. The services will consist of songs, talks and preaching as the preacher inay elect. The old ginnery buildings are being remodeled and additions made for the purpose of a boarding house to be kept by Mr. W. E. Ammons. ? Washington, August 23: Commissioner of Internal Revenue Capers tolay received a telegram from Internal Revenue Agent Surber, at Greensboro, X. C? dated today, saying: "Deputy Collector Hendricks, with posse from Raleigh. N. C.. and Deputy Collector Henry, with posse from Durham, met it a moonshine still last nignt. aacn took the other for moonshiners and fired on each other. Deputy Marshal Ionian was mortally wounded and Deputy Collector Henry and two pos*einen were seriously wounded. Commissioner Capers telegraphed instructions that no expense be spared in faring for the wounded. ? The Charleston dispensaries have t>een forced to cut the price of liquors in order to compete with the blind tigers. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. L. H. Williams, Probate Judge?Gives notice that W. Daniel Alexander has applied for letters of administration on the estate of John Edgar Alexander, deceased. J. C. Wllborn?Advertises additional tracts of York county real estate that he offers for sale. Thirty-five acres in town of YorkvlUe. M. W. White?Tells what frenzied finance has done'for Wall street. He is able to flnanpe deals placed In l is hands. Local stocks wanted. First National Bank?Assures the safety of all moneys deposited with I It. Capital, undivided profits and surplus, and stock holders' liability amounts to $115,000. Loan and Savings Bank?Says that a good bank account Is exceedingly In Hmoa nf n?pH An an count with It gives a feeling of security and satisfaction. Star Drug Store?Buys and sells Nunnally's candies and gets a fresh supply from the makers every week or ten days. Yorkvllle Hardware Co.?Has a full line of canvas and leather belting:, belt lacing and strips, and sides. York Drug Store?Wants to supply you with turnip seed of best varltles and qualities. It wants your prescription work, and will give you best of service. First National Bank?Publishes its statement of condition at the close of business on August 22nd. A. L. Porter, McConnellsvllle?Will pay for information leading to re- J covery of an estray bloodhound, which disappeared last Friday. National Union Bank?Advises you not to depend on your salary, but to place a part of your earnings In its savings department, where it will draw 4 per cent interest. Cotton boila have been cracking open for a week or two and the first bale will be on the market in a few days. . The Rock Hill Record prints a rumor to the effect that there Is to be an upto-date newspaper and Job printing plant in Yorkvllle, and advises, "Don't." We do not exactly understand our contemporary's advice. While it is true tnat tnere is a luierably up-to-date newspaper and Job printing plant here now, something a little ahead of anything of the kind to be found in any town in the state twice the size of Yorkvllle, still the business is free and open to all. comers, and for the development of superior excellence there is nothing like competition. If such a plant is established in Yorkville, The Enquirer will be able to learn some things it does not know and become a little better itself. We hope our contemporary will not persist in its discouragement. The public weigher question is about like this: No matter what the system, the seller has to pay the expense of weighing. If the buyer does his own weighing, he has to charge it up to the seller. If there is a public weigher, the seller must pay the expense. If the expense is collected off the buyer, he collects it off the seller. There is no other way for it. If there is a public weigher, everybody has to go to hirn alike. He may treat everybody with all possible fairness; but there will be those who will not be satisfied with his treatment. Where every buyer does his own weighing, sellers have the right to choose between them. If any particular seller does not like the weights or methods of any particular buyer, he can sell his cotton to some other buyer whose weights and methods he likes better. It is possible that there are advantages in the public weigher system. If so, however, there are disadvantages. Such things are not to be regulated with absolute satisfaction to everybody. The Soutnern rower company m?w has contracts to furnish power for about seventy manufacturing enterprises In South and North Carolina, principally cotton mills, using from 100 to 1,000 horsepower and over, each. In every case where electricity has been Installed as motive power, the management has found that it is not only more efficient in that the same number of Indicated horsepower does a larger amount of work than steam, but it is more economical. In the case of one mill that used 5771 horse power through its steam plant, it was found that electricity did the same work at an expenditure of 450 horse power. The saving, amounting to 127 horsepower, was effected in a large measure by a more efficient system of belting. It Is very well understood that much of the power of a steam plant is lost by the slipping of the large belts and by the running of the main shaft. By the use of electric power, it is practicable to group the different kinds of machinery under separate motors in such manner that each group may be run only as it is needed, and with a minimum of loss because of the elimination of unnecessary shafting and belting. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? Are there any tigers In town? ? Nothing doing yet about the macadamlzatlon of Main street. ? The band gave quite an enjoyable concert in the court house yard last Saturday afternoon. ? The machinery and printing material making up the plant of the Yorkvllle New Era, was sold before the court house door last Saturday, under foreclosure of a chattel mortgage held by Mr. W. Brown Wylie and bid In by J. S. Brlce, attorney, for $150. ? In his sermon of last Sunday Rev. H. J. Cauthen threw out a very prac tlcal suggestion to the etiect inai every county seat town should have a public hospital. There is no question of the fact that there should be such an institution in Yorkvllle, and the town and surrounding country would do well to provide it. From two to three thousand dollars would put up a building and equip It very nicely. ? Mr. D. A. Mauney of Uastonia, N, C., has opened a restaurant in the Hose Hotel building, and is fixing the place up in first class style for the accommodation of both ladies and gentlemen. The restaurant is to be in charge of Mr. D. J. Jamieson, assisted by his wife. Mr. Mauney has been in the restaurant business at Gastonia for several years past and will continue his business there, coming to Yorkvllle from time to time as occasion may require. He proposes to have a quick lunch counter, and also to serve anything and everything in tlie shape of eatables that his patronage may demand. ABOUT PEOPLE. Mr. John S. liratton of Ensley, Ala., ' ,in?u In Ynrlrvllie 1.1 .ipcuuiIIB u. ... . Miss Willie Williams has returned home after a two weeks' visit to Charleston. Mr. W. H. Steele, Jr., of Anderson, is on a visit to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Steele. Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Strauss returned to Yorkvllle Saturday after a visit of two weeks to Abbeville and Cokesbury. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Bailey of Union county, spent Friday and Saturday in Yorkvllle, guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. F. Thomson. Mr. W. B. Steele of Yorkvllle, Is critically 111 as a result of a general breakdown Incident to old age. He Is In his 82d year. Mrs. Arthur V. Snell, accompanied by her brother Oliver J. Hart, leaves tomorrow evening for her home In Oklahoma City. Congressman Finley Is In Lancaster county today attending the picnic of Cedar camp. Woodmen of the World, at Old Waxhaw church. Mr. John B. Whitesldes Is quite 111 at his home In the Hickory Grove neighborhood, suffering from the effects of a fall sustained about two weeks ago and from the efTects, also, of extreme old age. Twenty-one people were Injured by the derailment of a northbound Southern train nine miles south of Charlottesville, Va., last Monday. R. N Sturgis of Rock Hill, was among them. His arms and body were bruised. Charlotte Observer, Monday: Mrs H. K. Steele and Mrs. S. A. Weber ol Yorkvllle, S. C., and Mrs. Emily Hughes and Miss Hallle Matthews of Montgomery, Ala., who have been the gruests of Mrs. C. C. Kennedy, on North Church street for several days, have returned to Yorkvllle. Morganton special of July 25 to the Charlotte Observer: The family of Mr T. P. Moore, which has been spending the summer here, will return nexl week to Its home at Yorkvllle, S. C. where Mr. Moore has purchased a beautiful home near the Lockmore Cotton mills, which he Is erecting there. FORT MILL ELECTION. The election that was to have beer held In Fort Mill township last Satur day on tne question or erecting scnuo, districts Nos. 4, 26 and 28 into a high school district, did not come off as advertised; but was postponed on account of new complications. It seems that No. 26 has a specla tax of three mills and No. 28 has c special tax of two mills, while No. 4 hat no special tax at all and does not want any. Districts Nos. 26 and 28 proposed to No. 4 that if It would vote foi the erection of the district it would nol be taxed, and here came the rub. On being asked for his opinion, Superintendent of Education McMackir said that as he saw it, while Nos. 2( and 28 might have a right to use a par of their special taxes for high schoo purposes, he thought that If No. ' should become a part of the district that It would have to be taxed on ar equality with the others; that he coult not see that It had a right to divert t portion of its common school funds foi high school purposes, and on th< strength of this opinion the matter wai held up pending further investigation Letters have been written to Superintendent of Education Martin, Prof Hand and Attorney General Lyon ir the hope of developing more light or the subject, and the proposed electlor Is to be held In abeyance In the meantime. ALMOST DROWNED. Mr. F. D. Hardin, accompanied b: his nephew, J. W. Hardin, Jr., both of the Smyrna neighborhood, har quite a serious adventure at Roc) creek on the Adair's Ferry road, abou eight miles from Yorkvllle last Friday night, as the outcome of whic) they lost a mule, a wagon load ol goods and had a close shave for theli lives. They had come to Yorkvllle in t two-horse wagon and were returning with a lot of merchandise. A heavj rain came up after they had been or the road some little time, and the streams were swollen from hill to nui It was about 10 o'clock when th< wagon reached Rock creek. The clouds hid the moon and it was pitch dark. The little stream was high ou of its banks and the current was hurtling by like a mill race; but withou much Idea of the extent of the dan ger Messrs. Hardin drove in and attempted to cross. The mules were soon swept off theli feet end unable to make headwaj against the current, the whole outfl was swept down stream, a distance 01 about 200 yards, the Messrs. Hard!) making every possible effort In th< meantime to guide the mules to one bank or the other without success. Mr. J. W. Hardin, Jr., managed t< swim out. Mr. F, D. Hardin, belnf unable to swim, gave his attention te the mules. One of them became fastened in such a way that he could d< nothing with it. It was drowned. H< succeeded, however, in cutting the other loose, and it carried him to safetj on its back. Nothing could be done towards getting out the wagon and contents thai night; but after securing help Messrs Hardin went back next morning ant recovered the wagon and part of theli goods. Their loss, Including the value of the drowned mule, was about $200 THE BIG PRIZE OFFERS. Up to this time nobody seems tc have started after the very libera prizes offered In the subscription-vote getting contest recently inaugurated bj The Enquirer. Quite a number of subscriptions have come In during the past few weeks; but they have come from individuals each ordering and paying for the paper on his own account for three months, and six months, until Januarj 1, next. No one has yet indicated a desire tc vote. The sum of $100 in prizes Is stil! hanging and extending an invltatlor to those who care to take it down. There are lots of uses that may be made of any one of the cash prizes There is a Jamestown trip in even the smallest of them, and two or more ir the largest. Then the sum of $50, $3( or $20 is a nice thing to have Just foi what any of these sums might buy. It Is not a difficult thing for almost any lady to go to work and pick uf 5. 10. 15 or 20 three months' subscrip tions at 50 cents each, and It Is easily possible that 15 or 20 such subscriptions might cariy off one of the prizes This cannot be guaranteed, of course; but It is guaranteed that if 20 three months' subscriptions, worth $10, oi even three such subscriptions worth $1.50, should carry the largest numbei of votes cast in the contest, then the lady receiving those votes will get the $50. The lady receiving the next largest number of votes will get $30 and the lady receiving the third largesl largest number of votes will get $20 even though the third largest number of votes should be only five. There is nothing to prevent any one who might desire from participating In the contest. An energetic lady can g<: in on her own account, or husband, father, brother or friend can take the matter up In behalf of wife, daughter, sister or friend. It is only a matter of sending In the subscriptions and instructing the publishers who the votes are to be counted for?5 votes for a three months' subscription: 10 votes for a six months' subscription and 25 votes for an annual subscription at $2.00. It is quite certain that there are only a few York county neighborhoods in which a considerable number of new subscriptions are to be obtained; but there is not a single neighborhood in which energetic canvassing will not obtain a few subscriptions, and a very few subscriptions may be sufficient to carry off one of the prizes. Under the offer, those who fail to win prizes will be quite liberally paid for all the work they may do. SALARIES OF THE CARRIERS. There seems to be a general misunderstanding among postal employees says the Columbia State, as to the effect of the new salary schedule for rural carriers, which was adopted July 1. In this state there are several routes of less tnan tne sianuaru length?twenty-four miles or upward? and the carriers thereon have In some instances gotten the impression that they would be entitled to the full raise |?from $720 per annum to $900?made | by the new schedule. In order to settle all questions on the point, Congressman Lever early this month wrote to the superintendent of rural delivery, in Washington, requesting a construction of the law. The reply goes into the matter at some length. It Is as follows: Hon. A. F. Lever, Peak, S. C. Dear Sir: The receipt is acknowledged of your letter of the 5th instant, addressed to the superintendent of ru ral delivery, inquiring as to the atl tude of the department in the matt of the salaries of those rural lett carriers, who, up to July the 1st, 19< were paid the maximum salary, whi i under the law could be allowed to r ral carriers, $720 per annum, althoui serving routes of less than the stan and length on account of having be in the service June the 30th, 19< when the maximum salary was i creased from $600 to $720 per annu and the length of the standard roil from 20 to 40 miles. ' In reply, I have to say that t i schedule of salaries adopted by t i department, effective the 1st of Ju contemplates the payment of the ma r imum salary authorized by congrt to carriers serving routes of twent four or more miles, and a proportion! . Increase to all carriers serving roul : of less than that length. The arrang ment of the new schedule is the reai of careful deliberation by experts, a . Is undoubtedly the most equitable a justment possible, based upon the I tent of congress as shown by the rt ords, namely the allowance of an a i equate compensation tor service p< i formed, as recommended by the c > partment. Under the recent adjustment of t i 37,731 routes In operation, on June . 1907, the carriers on 23,592 routes $ ' receiving $900 per annum; on 7.1 t routes, $864 per annum; on 4,075 rout , $810 per annum, and on 1,284 rout l $720 per annum, leaving the carriers > but 1,000 routes below the grade ' $720 per annum. The Idea of the department has b? to make the readjustment conform the Intention of congress that carrli shall be enabled to properly malnti 1 their equipments, and In that view ' Is manifestly essential that carriers 1 routes of twenty-four or more mf ' should be given greater compensatl " than those serving routes of less ml ' age, some of which It Is practicable cover with one horse, while on 1 routes of twenty-four or more ml L two or more horses are necessary. ' Readjustment on a basis that woi t give all carriers, who up to July ' 1907, received $720, a salary of $900 i [" annum, or a bonus for having heen L the sen-Ice prior to July the 1st. 19 would necessitate a complete char " In the basis of adjustment, and accoi J Ing to the records, would be contra J to the evident Intent of congress, a * It would then be necessary under 1 J anpronriatlon available to pay ma J carriers sen-lng routes of twenty-ft 1 or more miles less than $900 per a 1 num. and those on shorter routes, w 1 have entered the sen-ice since July 1 1504, materially less than the amoi r embodied In the new schedule. i For your Information, there Is t 5 closed herewith a copy of the scht ules governing the salaries of ru " letter carriers. Very respectfullv, 1 A. C. Conrad 1 Acting Fourth Assistant Postmas 1 General. Schedule of Salaries. Following la the Hat of aalaries < fectlve July 1 of this year: Per Anna ?4 miles and over $901 , 2' to 24 miles 86' *>0 to 22 miles 81< 18 to 20 mllea 72( . 16 to 18 miles fill . 14 to 16 miles 54i [ 12 to 14 mllea 50' . 10 to 12 mllea 46) 8 to 10 miles 421 6 to 8 miles 391 J LOCAL LACONICS. r We Will Send The Enquirer J From this date until January 1 i 1908 for 66 cents. i Died of His Injuries. J A telegram received here Sund i morning from Lenoir. N. C., annoui t ed the death at Salisbury, N. C., li Saturday night of J. Cass Grist, I t young Southern brakeman who v - knocked off a freight train by an ov head bridge a few days before. Pi ticulars of the occurrence are pt r lished on the fourth page of toda T issue. The unfortunate young m t was a son of the late John T. Grl f formerly of Yorkville. He leaves > mother and a number of brothers a sisters. The funeral took place J Lenoir yesterday. An Enterprising Trader. . Chester Reporter, yesterday: Mr. j M. Hardee, the liveryman, was t victim of an audacious and nei " trick last week. A certain party w< , to Mr. Hardee and hired a horse 1 three hours, paying the necessary ) \ in advance. When the three hoi rolled around the fellow did not 8h< up with the horse, and Mr. Hare f became alarmed when a longer perl had passed by and still there w j nothing of the absentee. Sund ' evening. In response to ap advertli , ment, Mr. Hardee learned that t ' party had driven the horse to Yoi ' ville and traded with a Yorkvllle mi afterwards going to Spartanburg a selling the Yorkvllle horse to a dea In that city. Mr. Hardee wept J Yorkvllle this , morning to get 1 [ horse. It Is expected that there w i be some developments In the case ' a day or two. BULLOCK'S CREEK NOTES. Oormpondenca of th? Yorkrilla Knqulrer. 'f Bullock's Creek, August 26.?Crc are pretty good In this nelghborhoi There has been a little too much rt for cotton, but late corn Is fine. Mr. W. C. Thomson and family s spending a while at White Dlamo Llthla springs. k Rev. J. B. Swann has returned fr( ' a month's vacation in the mountal ' of North Carolina. Mrs. Swann spt a week with him at Montreat. . Miss Ola Porter of Charlotte, vis . ed Miss Margaret Swann last week. Mrs. W. T. Moore of Yorkvllle, h been spending a week with her fath Mr. Jos. E. Feemster. ' Mrs. Lizzie Cranford Is spending " while in Greenville with her daught Mrs. W. G. Riggins. Mrs. W. O. Blair of Rock Hill, h been visiting her mother, Mrs. S. ( Feemster. ; Miss May Blankenshlp and brot er, Master John Swann Blankensh J are at Rev. J. B. Swann's, Mr. Jos. E. Feemster has be ; right sick for several days. Dr. W. S. McMurray is taking ' two weeks' vacation at White Dl [ mond Llthla springs. Communion services will be held ; Bullock's Creek on the fourth Sa bath in September, preaching begl nlng on Thursday previous. Rev. N Arrowood of Bethel, is to do t 1 preaching. ? Columbia special of August 24 ! the Charlotte Observer: It looks i ; most like a strike up at Clemson c< lege. Three professors and the cha man of the bpard of trustees ha 1 quit, qpd |t seems as If the end Is n yet. The recent resignation of Color 1 Clay as commandant, following t revolt of seniors, Is now followed the resignation of Colonel R. 1 Simpson, who has been chairman the board of trustees for fifteen year of Prof. Louis A. Klein as veterin rlan; of Prof. H. D. House, of t chair of botany: and of Prof. Jo] Michels, of the chair of animal indu try. Colonel Simpson's place was fl ed this week by the election of Re resentative Alan Johnstone of Xe' berry, the first man to be elected II 1 tru.stee of the institution, taking tl place of the late Colonel D. K. Xorr The other vacancies have not y been filled, but there are many app cations tor each vacancy. Prof. Kle has gone to the University of Pen sylvania, his alma mater; Prof. Hou has accepted a position with Syracu University, in his native state; ai Prof. Michels, one of the best dalr men in the country, has gone to t A. & M. college at Raleigh, N. C. Cc onel Simpson's resignation was esp eially regretted by the board, whi< tried to persuade him to reconslde but he said he thought it time for a other to take hold, as his time w required wun ms private uuuua. i was the attorney and intimate friei of Mr. Clemson and drew the will favor of Clemson college. ? Miss Carrie Bailey, a highly e teemed young lady of Anderson, ag< about 19 years, was drowned In tl dam at Portman Shoals last Monda She and two other young ladles we precipitated Into the water by tl breaking of a wire on which they we leaning. The two other ladies we rescued by Mr. Belton Diver, who w escorting the party; but Miss Hail* went to the bottom before he cou give aid to her. Her body was reco ered. tl- ROCK HILL AND VICINITY. er Bitten By a Snake?Miss Neely March ried to Mr. Hair?Personal and u- Other Notes. I" (Jornfuxjndeuc* of the Yorkrille Enquirer. Rock Hill, August 26.?Mr. A. J. Ballard was bitten on both feet by a snake J*' which one said was a rattler and anil" other a highland moccasin. The bites Ir* caused great swelling, pain and nausea and the effects have not yet worn off, . although several days have elapsed P? since the occurrence. Since the bumIng of his residence In the White grove ,y" several weeks ago, Mr. Ballard has been sleeping In an outhouse on the premises In order to protect and attend to the poultry, etc. That morn:?!? Ing at day break he got up and started ;? In his bare feet to the well. On the lilt way he trod uP?n the snake with the result as noted above. "a Miss E. Brownlee Neely Was married Thursday afternoon to Mr. Fred Hair, ^n" dispatcher for the Rock Hill division of the Southern. The marriage was an 4a" exceedingly quiet one, very few knowing of It until afterward. The cerele" tnorty was performed by the Rev. Artlmr S. Rogers of the A. R. P. church. 2le Miss Neely Is a daughter of the late JU* John Harvey Neely and his wife, who IT? was a Miss Lowry. and has made her 116 home with her sister, Miss Bessie, at es? the family residence, corner of Black ?8, and Saluda streets, where the mar0,J rlage occurred. Mr. and Mrs. Hair ?r left after the ceremony for a northern tour. !?n Mrs. Sam Llneberger died at her to residence on Jones avenue, Saturday srs night and was burled Sunday afterl,IJ noon In Laurelwood cemetery, the lt Rev. A. S. Rogers of the A. R. P. on church, conducting the service. *?8 Mr. Joe Gaston, who had charge of lon the dry goods department of the '?~ Smlth-Fewell store?which depart1 ment was abolished and the stock sold a!1 to E. E. Cloud?will after the 1st of les September be found at his old post In the Roddey Mercantile company's J,d store. Mr. Chas. L. Cobb, cashier of the 5er People's Bank, whose illness was re,n cently noted, Is greatly Improved and will be at his place of business In a l5? few days. Mr. Eugene Mills, who since Its iry opening has been with the Diehlnd Moore shoe store, has resigned his position. Mr. Moore of the firm has ny given up travelling and will hereafter >ur be found in the store, in- Miss Annie Witherspoon of Yorkho vllle, who has been visiting her sister, 1. Mrs. H. M. Dunlap, has gone to Carmt lisle. Mrs. Chas. T. Connors of Lancas i ter, Is a guest at the home of her >d- brother, Capt. R. E. Tompkins, ral Mrs. W. H. McCaw has returned to her home in Columbia, after a visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John G. Anderson. ter Mr. George Moore has returned from Ashevllle, N. C., where he went to visit his father, Mr. J. Leonldas ef- Moore and his family. The Moores, who went from this city, seem well im. pleased with Ashevllle's climate and ) advantages and will not return here I at present. I Miss Emma Thomson has returned ) from a visit to friends In Van Wyck. ) Dr. Paul Pressley of Clover, spent ) the Sabbath with relatives here. Be Ing a former resident of Due West, he I was amazed when almost the entire I force of the National-Union bank 1 turned out to greet him. Miss Evelyn Frew is visiting friends In Lancaster. Mrs. C. K. Schwrar and children are visiting relatives In Charlotte. 8t> Misses Patrick of Charleston, are guests of Mrs. W. J. Orr. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Gaston and Mrs. , Rosa Strait are visiting In Edgn^oor. - . ast BRYAN SEES IT 0THERWI8E. :he gr* The Democratic Leader Takes Issue ir- With the Republican President. William J. Bryan, commenting on *8 President Roosevelt's last speech, rr said, according to a Lincoln, Neb., dispatch of Saturday: j| "The president has at last disclosed his scheme for centralization, at which he has hinted in former speeches. In his Provineetown, Mass., address he proposes the national incorporation of A. railroads and all other corporations ;he engaged In lnter-state commerce, vy Here Is the secret: It is out at last, mt The states are annoying the corporaTor tions and the corporations demand fee Federal protection from state leglslajrs tlon. The president thinks that action ow is most pressing as regards these corlee poratiops, which, because they are iod common carriers, exercise a quaslras public functiop. The states have been lay enacting two-cent-fare laws and laws Be- reducing freight rates, and the railhe road managers demapd that they shall k- be relieved from further fear of such in, legislation. The president's Hamiltonnd Ian ideas make him ap easy victim ler and he yields to the entreaties of the to railroads. Ills "If it were the public he sought to rill protect he would recommend Federal In remedies which would not Interfere with state remedies, but It is the railroads, not .the public, that demands the removai of authority to Washington: The Democrats can be depended upon to oppose with all their might ,p8 this movement toward centralization. 3d. 11 any Democrat wavers, his constitute ents look into his business relations and see whether he Is under obligate tlons to the railroads, nd "A Hamiltonian Republican, like the president, may honestly think that >m the farther the government is removIns ed from the people, the better it will >nt be; but a Jeffersonian Democrat does not cherish any such delusion. Even ilt- the Hamiltonian Republican ought to hesitate to trust congress with any las more power while the United States er, senators are elected by the legislatures. It is fortunate that the people a have had an object lesson recently, er, "The Federal law stopped rebates and passes, but the railroads make ias more money than they did before, p. The states, on the other hand, gave <he people a reduction in rates, and h- those who are receiving the benefit of |p, these reductions will be slow to render the advantage thus far gained, en "It Is doubtful whether the Republican congressmen from the west will a dare to support the president's propola sltlon, but If an attempt is made to put such a measure through congress at the Democrats will stand a good .b- chance of retiring every western Re- ) in- publican who votes for it." Ir. ?*? he MERE-MENTION. Unable to sell Its bonds on a 4 per to cent interest basis, the city of New il- York has raised the Interest rate to 4 J jl- per cent in the hope of selling the reir malnder of a J 15.000,000 issue ve Mills Bros., Wall street, New York, ot brokers, made an assignment Thurs- j lei day, with liabilities of more than j he $100,000 The yellow fever sltuby atlon In Cuba is reported to be lm- ' 5V. proving England now gets the or larger part or us wneai suppij n^... s; Argentine Edward H. Potts, a a- trusted employee of the American he National bank, Washington, D. C.. dls- i hn appeared last week with $11,000 of the is- bank's securities New York will . 11- erect a state educational building at p- Albany at a cost of $3,000,000 kv- Geo. M. Lannlng, ex-postmaster and 5 fe president of the board of education of ' he Florham Park, N. J., has been senIs. tenced to seven years' Imprisonment 'et on confession of uttering two forged II- burrough notes aggregating $11,000. in Paul C. Barth, ousted from the n- office of mayor of Louisville, by a dese clslon of the Kentucky court of ap- i se peals, committed suicide last Wednes- ] tit! day Wilbur Glenn Voliva, sue- f y- cessor of John Alexander Dowle as the ] he h*ad of Zion City, has quit his Job . >1- and will establish another "paradise" e- in New Mexico Jos. M. Brown ch has been suspended from his office as ;r; railroad commissioner of Georgia by n- Governor Smith... ... Philip McLaughas fin, a Philadelphia steeplejack, while Je at work on a high church tower last 1 nd week, in an effort to catch his hat 1 In which had blown off, lost his balance and fell to the ground, being instantly killed Russia and Japan are ars ranging to Install a wireless telegraph ed service across Siberia, A New he York rumor is to the effect that Secrey. tary Cortelyou will soon deposit $30,- ] re 000.000 of treasury funds in the banks . he of the country to relieve the money re market The Russian minister of re railways asks for appropriations cov- 1 as ering five years and amounting to , sy $458,000,000 for the improvement of s Id Russia's state railways Connec- t v- ticut tobacco growers are harvesting their crops before It Is matured on ac count of the long continued drought Frank lams of St. Paul, Neb., last week Imported 310 head of Pert-heron, Belgian and German coach horses for breeding purposes. Some of the Pereherons and Belgians weigh from 1,800 to 2,500 pounds each Benjamin C. Welsberg, treasurer of the Virginia Peanut company, is under arrest on a charge of embezzling J 1,000 Owing to the scarcity of labor In the west and the curtailment of coal production, the Harriman lines have made contracts with Australian mines for a portion of Its supplies A monument to President McKlnley will be unveiled at Canton, Ohio, on September 30th The United 8tates and Great Britain have agreed to lay the long existing dispute over the New Foundland fisheries before The Hague tribunal for arbitration About ^ 17,000 machinists of Greater New w York are demanding an increase of twenty-five cents a day in wages and will probably strike if it is refused.... O. W. Roberts, Jr., of Charlotte, was killed by a police officer at Asheville, N. C., Friday night Thousands r\t nuu-nhftuu f rrtm all twrar tha pdlin. "4 try were at the Jamestown exposition Saturday?"Newsboys' Day." The prisoners In the prtson for the criminal Insane at Oannemora, N. Y., made a desperate effort to escape from the prison last Friday. One prisoner was killed The state of Texas has tiled a suit against the International Harvester company, charging violation of anti-trust laws, and demands penalties of $1,700,000..... ... .A strip g twenty-five miles long and one to six miles wide in Barnes county, 8. D., was devastated by hall last Thursday. Six men were killed by the explosion of a donkey engine boiler at Hoboken, N. J., Friday Pittsburg, Pa., had a $1,000,000 fire last . Friday. An entire block of the shopping district was wiped out The Pennsylvania railroad has sent out a circular In which it claims that tramps cost the railroads of the country $25,000,000 annually John Miller, a negro hod-carrier, fell from the third story of a building at Camden, N. J., Friday. He fell on his head, with the brick he was carrying on top of him. He was only slightly injured by the experience Two men are dead and two men and one woman are badly wounded as the result of a free-forall pistol fight near Barbourville, Ky.,' Friday The Atlantic battleship fleet, accompanied by a number of torpedo boat destroyers, will start for the Pacific in December.--... .The Washington police raided five alleged ^ bucketshops in that city last Friday, and ordered the proprietors and patrons to appear In court Fourteen persons, including three women holding babies, were thrown into the water at Green Bay, Mich., Friday, by the collapse of a small dock. All were rescued Southern railway common stock fell 2i points on the New York Stock Exchange Saturday. American automobile manufacturers are suffering a great slump In orders for their machines on account of the apparent tightness of money throughout the country Four thousand men have been laid off on the Panama canal work on account of lack of funds Evander McIver, a wealthy Chicago contractor, was murdered and robbed by thugs last Thursday The French war department has sent a number of balloons to Casablanca for use In the campaign against the Moors. * -. .Four men are under arrest at Los Angeles, Cal., on a charge of being Implicated in a plot to assassinate President Diaz % of Mexico The Thrall hospital at w Middletown, N. Y., was badly damaged by Are Saturday night Twentysix patients were rescued from windows by means of firemen's ladders. Counsel representing the interstate commerce commission will soon begin taking testimony in New York with the end in view of dissolving the Standard Oil company ,,A man died at Brunswick, Germany, last week, after having lived for thirteen years in a bath tub filled with warm y water The fourth Eucharistic congress of the Bom an Catholic church will be held at Pittsburg. Pa.. October 16, 16 and 17...Walter Cutler, 10 years old, of South Bend. Ind., kidnapped by gypsies four years ago, made his escape last week and w returned to his father ..A supposedly mad fox terrier caused at panic at Coney Island last Saturday afternoon, and before It was shot had bitten thirteen people..,.,.,. .A womftn was rescued Friday from a chasm in the Swiss Alps, after being imPflsone-l for twenty-two days. She had lived twenty days on moss, grass and water. ... Five persons are dead |n Boston as the result of a blaze caused by the overturning of an oil lamp Two men were killed in the cinder p|t of ^ the Homestead Steel works at Pittsburg, Pa., Saturday, by the explosion of gas Three persons were seriously injured in New York Saturday, in a collision between ap automobile and an electric car* ,, Word comes from Tromsoe, Norway, that tyalter Wellman is about ready to start from { Spitzbergan on his balloon trip to the north pole A company with a capital of $40,000,000 has been organized in Sweden to control the sugar production of that country. 80UTH CAROLINA NEW8. ? Walker Forrester, a Bell telephone lineman, was killed at Greenville Saturday by coming in contact 4 with a live electric wire. ? The Spartanburg County Southern Cotton association passed a resolution Saturday declaring 13 cents as the minimum price for cotton. ? The new Presbyterian church at Bennettsville was destroyed by fire * - - 1 A# early Saturday morning, wmi * .u?u. 120,000, insurance $8,000. The edifice had just been completed. ? Practically all that remained of Cherokee county's cotton crop of last year, 365 bales, were sold at Qaffney last Saturday for 13$ cents a pound. The purchaser was Mr. R. 8. Lipscomb. ? Columbia State: The figures on . the assessments for the railroads ^ doing business in South Carolina, will be made public in a few days. The assessments wore practically decided upon by the state board of railroad assessors some time ago, but there has been much discussion as to the basis of taxation. It is 0 understood that the Southern railway has been assessed on a basis of $20,000,000, which is a raise of about $6,000,000, and the Atlantic Coast Line on a basis of $14,000,000, a raise of about $3,000,000. There has been no material change in the assessments of the Seaboard Air Line railway. On the increased assessment the two roads would pay $45,000 additional to the state on the 5-mlll levy for general purposes and $27,000 on the constitutional 3-miIl tax for schools, not to speak of an average of 4 mills for general purposes in each county * through which the roads pass. AT THE CHURCHE8. BAPTIST. Prayer meeting Wednesday eveulqg it 8.15 o'clock. ^ TRINITY METHODIST EPISCOPAL. Prayer-meeting Wednesday evening it 8.30 o'clock. Special gotires. Card of Thanks. ^ We desire to thank our friends and neighbors for their kindness and sympathy in connection with the illness ind death of our darling son, Walter, it* Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Merrltt. OBITUARY. Died?September 21st, 1907, WALTER CLEVELAND, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Merrltt, Yorkville No. 4, iged about 2 years. $hf djotton Jflarhft. Yorkville, August 27.?Cotton 11 to 13}. BLOODHOUND STRAYED. FRIDAY, August 23. Black on back, yellow belly and legs. An- ^ iwers to Rex. Will pay for informalon. Write me at McConnellsvlHe. A. 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