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jfrrapis and partis. ; ? The treasury department has ac- ' cepted bids on Panama canal bonds to ^ the amount of S25.000.000 and has made . public the awards to national banks. . The average price paid for the bonds , was a small fraction over 103. The J highest price paid for any considerable . amount was 108.875 for 160,000 of bonds by the Farmers and Merchants National Bank of Oniey. Va. The lowest price realized by the government for the bonds allotted, was 102.125 and a considerable amount of the issue was allotted at that price. The allotments were made in sums of $10,000 and up- . ward, hundreds of banks agreeing to take bonds up to several million dollars j at their respective bids. The Palmetto i National bank of Columbia was allotted * $200,000 at $102.50. [ ? There is trouble at Goldfleld, Ne- { vada, on account of a general strike . among the union miners. The Federal government sent troops to the scene to preserve order. The sheriff of the county, who is in sympathy with the strikers, insists that there was no need for the sending of the troops, mat ne was well able to preserve order. The owners claim that they cannot start j up the mines with non-union labor, j without Interference from the strikers. I The Bheriff insists that there will be no j disorder. The commander of the troops says he haB nothing to do but to preserve order. Sheriff Ingalls, is the owner of the largest saloon and gambling place in Goldfleld, and his bias in favor of the miners Is easily appre- ] elated. President McKlnnon of the local miners' union, and manager of the strike, is a brother-in-law of Haywood of the recent sensational murder trial, t ? Washington, December 7: Chicago * was today. selected as the place and ' June 16th, 1908, the time for the meet- * ing of the next Republican national 1 convention. ^Thls decision by the Re- i publican national committee followed * a long and hard-fought contest be- c tween the advocates of Chicago and 8 those of Kansas City, Denver, Colo., * coming in at the end with a formal, ' but not Important effort to secure the c convention. The ballot showed thirty- c one votes for Chicago, eighteen for c Kansas City and four for Denver, the * vote being made unanimous after the j result was announced. All the south- 1 em delegations except that of Alabama 1 supported Chicago, the latter voting for v Kansas City. Every one accepted the decision of the committee good naturedly and the 60 or 70 Kansas City and t Denver boomers declared that they s would "come back after it again in 1 1912 and would be sure to get it at t that time." The selection of the time c for the convention was a compromise fi between the first of June and the last s of June and all are satisfied on that t point also. ( ? What is undoubtedly the greatest < disaster in American mining, occurred t in the mines of the Consolidated Coal 1 company near Monogah, W. Va., Fri- i day. It is known that there are nearly 1 550 men in the mines, and only four < are now known to be alive. The dls- I aster was due to an explosion of fire 1 damp. At least, that is as good an ex- < planation as anybody has been able * to give. This explosion occurred at < about 10 o'clock Saturday morning, and 5 it shook the country around as does an * earthquake. People on the surface who I went to investigate found four half dead 1 men crawling from one of the exits. ' These men could tell nothing except 1 that they had struggled with others 1 to get to air and that they had left ' other struggling men behind them. 1 Three dead men were found a little ' further on; but it was hours before 1 any more could be reached. During 1 Saturday about twenty-five black and ! mutilated corpses were taken from the 1 mine, and many more were gotten out 1 during Sunday and yesterday. The 1 rescue work is most difficult because 1 of the presence of fire damp in vast quantities. The description of the sit- 1 nation around the mines is heart rend- ' ing, because of the distress of the ' widows and children of the dead miners. About half of the victims of the disaster are Americans and the other 1 half are foreigners. The mines belong < to a powerful corporation, with head- ' quarters at Baltimore and capitalized ' at about twenty million dollars. ' ? A band of five hundred "night ri- I ders," an organization of Kentucky to- ' bacco growers, marched into Hopkins- 1 ville, Ky.. at an early hour last Satur- ' day morning and destroyed property to 1 the value of $200,000. The first thing 1 the mob did after entering the town 1 was to take charge of the telephone office and make the girl operators leave the switchboard. Then they surround- ( ed the police and fire departments, and ' after that set fire to the W. H. Sandy ( independent warehouse, the B. M. 1 Woolridge association warehouse, and 1 the Sandy and Farleigh warehouse. They fired into and wrecked the office of the Hopkinsville Kentuckian, a i newspaper belonging to the mayor of i the city, and which has been especially 1 severe in its condemnation of the raids i of the "night riders." They also riddled I with bullets the fronts of the Commer- I cial Banking and Savings Company, the First National Bank, the Planters' J Trust company and the Bank of Hop- j kinsville. Many private residences ; were also fired into; dui irom remain ably good fortune no one was killed. The fire department was allowed to do what It could to save buildings adjacent to those that had been set on fire; but with the understanding that they would not interfere with those the "night riders" had Intended to destroy. Shortly after daylight the mob retired from the city and a detachment of fifteen or twenty militiamen, hurriedly mobilized, started in pursuit. The militiamen got near enough to fire on the mob and the mob fired a few shots back; but nobody was hurt. The property of the Imperial Tobacco company and of the American Snuff company, containing more tobacco than either of the other warehouses, was not interfered with. The reason for this immunity has not been explained in the dispatches. ? Atlanta, Ga., December 7: That English cotton spinners are now buying and have been buying all the cotton they can lay their hands on, and that southern spinners, to meet the competition, are thus causing a steady rise in the price of the staple, was announced Friday by Joel Hurt, once head of the street railway system here, and a financier of wide operations. Mr. Hurt attributes this activity on the part of the English spinners to the enormous profits they made the past year when their net earnings amounted to 38 7-8 per cent according to advices received in Atlanta Friday. The southern spinners, according to Mr. Hurt, to assure themselves of enough cotton, are storing it for farmers free of charge, offering to buy it from them at any time at the then prevailing price. This will result, Mr. Hurt thinks, in a steady j L 1se in the price of cotton. Already he says, stocks are advancing and he contiders that almost any stock is a good nvestment just now. The whole south vlll profit, according to Mr. Hurt, but Georgia particularly. "The profits of English cotton mill men," said Mr. -lurt, "according to a report, have been 13 7-8 per cent and as a result they are n the market for raw cotton. They rnve been buying steadily for the past .hirty days, or since the season start>d. The condition has brought southfrn mills into competition, and, as a esult, the latter are now storing coton free of charge for farmers so they nay have It in hand. The farmers efusing to sell, the mills offer to hold t until they are ready to sell offering he then market price. This condition s bound to make the price rise steadly. It will mean $100,000,000 or more 'or the south, and In six months from jow there will be more money In the louth than you can tote, to use the zimmnn exnression." $lic igorHvillr (Snquirrr. YORKVILLE, S. C.? TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1907. The Hen law may have been a good hing In its day. There la ground on vhlch to dispute the question. But vhether the Hen law was ever good, It las outlived Its usefulness and should >e repealed. Right now this country 3 full of hungry negroes, who will not vork. Most of them have worked crops ?n Hens. Poor and improvident manigers, and not especially Industrious vhen left to their own Inclinations, they lave not made enough to pay out and arry them through the winter. Their :otton went to satisfy liens and their :orn went for a pittance In cash. They lave nothing, and have been spoiled as aborers because of a delusive experence as their "own bosses." This conlition of affairs alone Is sufficient to varrant the repeal of the Hen law. Wb sincerely hope that congress vlll be able to do something to develop i merchant marine. As to whether It s done by the subsidy plan or othervise, we do not care, Just so the mer:hant marine Is developed. We are iware that the Democratic party, as luch Is opposed. We are aware also hat the Republicans are not solid on :he question. But we believe this country should give much attention to ;he merchant marine question. No, ve are not looking forward to the development of a big navy, in order that ve may whip anybody in sight. Ol course, if wars are to come we hope :his country will be prepared; but that s not the thing. We understand that is the result of a liberal subsidy sys;em, millions will go into the pockets >f northern shipbuilders and northern shipowners; but that gives us no cause for concern. Raw cotton is the principal agricultural product of the south Cotton yarns and cloths are our principal articles of manufacture. Everycody knows that Great Britain, Germany and France are able to come >ver here and buy our cotton, manufacture It and make more profit than cur own mills can make. Right now foreign spinners are taking the bulk ol ill the American cotton that is being sold. American spinners say they cannot pay present prices for raw material and live. They say that they cannot get a price for yarns that will Justify their paying the price for cotton rhen why is It that the European spin lers can pay the price? Evidently because they have the markets In which to dispose of the products at profit They have the markets of the world These markets have been developed bj means of their merchant marine. Bemuse we have no merchant marine sve are at a tremendous disadvantage is to markets. We can do nothing ir South America or elsewhere. If the government of the United States would 3o something to develop a merchant marine in competition with those ol ither countries, and the merchant marine of other countries is developed and maintained by government help. It ivould not be a great while until we ivould be on a par with any of them There would be a better demand foi )ur manufactured products, and there ivould never be any reason why foriign buyers could pay more for oui aw cotton than American buyers are .ble to pay. ? President Roosevelt is not willing :o dismiss from his mind the fact that i large part of the more important lusiness interests of this country are jnder influences that do not engage lis sanction. He sizes up the situation in a general way as follows: "No nation has greater resources than ours and I think it can be truth'ully said that the citizens of no natior possess greater energy and industrial ibility. In no nation are the funda mental business conditions sounaei than In ours at this very moment; and it is foolish, when such is the case 'or people to hoard money instead ol keeping it in sound banks; for it Is mch hoarding that is the immediate occasion of money stringency. Moreover, as a rule, the business of oui people is conducted with honesty anc probity, and this applies alike tc farms and factories, to railroads anc oanks, to all our legitimate commercial enterprises. In any large body of men however, there are certain to be some who are dishonest, and if the conditions ore such that these men prosper 01 rommit their misdeeds with impunity their example is a very evil thing foi the community. Where these men are business men of great sagacity and ol temperament both unscrupulous anc reckless, and where the conditions are mch that they act without supervisior ir control and at first without effective :heck from public opinion, they delude many innocent people Into making investments or embarking in kinds ol lusiness that are really unsound. Wher the misdeeds of these successfullj jlshonest men are discovered, suffering jomes not only upon them, but upor the innocent men whom they have misled. It is a painful awakening whenever it occurs; and, naturally when it does occur those who suffei ire apt to forget that the longer it was ileferred the more painful it would be. In the effort to punish the guiltj, It is both wise and proper to endeavoi so far as possible to minimize the distress of those who have been misled by the guilty. Yet it is not possible to refrain because of such distress from striving to put an end to the misSeeds that are the ultimate causes ol the suffering, and. as a means to this ?nd, where possible to punish those responsible for them. There may be lonest differences of opinion as tc many governmental policies; but surely there can be no such differences as :o the need of unflinching perseverince in the war against successful dislonesty. There is a good deal in what the ^resident says; but summed up briefly, it is fair to say that there Is J nothing: new in it. He is merely worrying about the same conditions that have been like flies in the ointment j since the dawn of civilization. PASSING OF THE PANIC. j Review of the Situation Indicates Return to Normal Conditions. j The events of the past week in the financial world, according to review just sent out from the New York office ^ of the Associated Press, have been such as usually mark the gradual return of confidence and the restoration , of normal conditions in the banks. The decision of the secretary of the treasury * to issue only about MO,000,000 of the ' 1150,000,000 in new securities which he expressed a willingness to issue if conditions required, the disclosure of i unusually strong reserves by country banks reporting to the comptroller of * i the currency, the decline in the currency premium and the improvement in the New York bank statement have all been features of the week which have t tended towards stability and reassurance. The action of the secretary of the treasury, in limiting the issues of securities, was a part of the original 1 plan recommended to him to meet the situation by a resolute and adequate measure, but to carry the execution of the measure no farther than circum- ? stances required. The results of limiting the issue of the Panama 2 per cent bonds to $25.- ' 000,000, and the one-year treasury certificates to $15,000,000 will be to considerably simplify the problem of treasury ? management and money market conditions during the spring. It is anticipated by far-sighted bankers here that there will be a plethora of money J soon, instead of a dearth, and that it will be necessary to reduce in some way the large volume of currency which has been brought into use dur- ing the crisis. The increase in money in circulation outside the treasury, as shown by the monthly statement of the treasury department for November, was $131,872,887. Of this amount the increase in gold in the country is com puted at $7Z,UUV,VUV, lnciUULHg uuiugs- tic production as well as Importation from abroad. The fther principal form of Increase Is in bank circulation, In which an increase of 17,633,521 was ob- "5 tained by the disbursement of bank notes held in the treasury, cash, and $46,237,730 was obtained by actual increase in the notes issued by the comp- 1 troller and outstanding. There have been fears in some quarters that if anything approximating $100,000,000 in new bank notes were issued upon the security of the one-year C certificates the spring inflation would export in large amounts after the credits established by the crop movement were exhausted. This danger will be reduced to a minimum by the relatively small issue made by the treasury, and if small amounts in gold should be 1 exported it is felt that they could be o spared, in view of the large gold re- t sources In the country, to which President Roosevelt called attention in announcing the new loans. The total gold o ; in the country reported by the last e treasury statement, is $1,561,714,719, % which Is equal to more than 50 per cent of the total money in circulation. r i Some further increase in bank clrcula- c i tion is expected here upon the Panama t } bonds and the treasury certificates, but it is believed that the bonds will be 1 1 deposited in many cases as security for i the public money, which has left for 0 i the banks and wili not be employed as . a basis for circulation until the one' year certificates are cancelled in the F spring, when money withdrawn from \ : banks by the treasury for the redemp- v I tion of the certificates will release the ' bonds and the latter can then be sub- ' 1 stltuted for the certificates as security a : for circulation. If this proves to be the -] : case, the increase in bank circulation will not be very great during the next few months, and may even turn down- * i ward as soon as it becomes apparent v i that the banks have a large accumula, tion of cash for which there is little ' demand. 8 The reports of the condition of the r . national banks of December 3, which j , are being published in various localities and are gradually reaching the comptroller of the currency, aro verifying t the anticipations of leading bankers set t ) forth by the Associated Press a week t ago that large reserves would be disclosed in the interior banks, that the 1 ' disclosures would tend to restore confl- I ' dence, and that the banks would be j. ? willing to release such excess reserves , after making their statements. A 1 ' rough calculation of the reports of the \ ' Chicago banks, including some state \ banks, indicates reserves of nearly 35 e . per cent. About the same proportion - - ?? S Is reported irom sew uncaiu, ?*??? still higher reserves at smaller places, s where the law only requires 15 per cent, c including deposits in reserve cities. , The fact that the two failures of national banks of Importance have oc- 1 curred during the week without appar- c . ently causing any shock to confidence, c . even in their own localities, and still , less in the financial centres, is regard- 8 ed here as another favorable indication r ' of the state of the financial markets. >] , The increase of $4,471,000 In actual ? cash in the New York clearinghouse banks is regarded here as one of the * symptoms that the currency crisis as r ' such is practically over. The reduction . I of loans by about $11,600,000 is also . considered a favorable Indication of di- c J minished pressure. The increase in the t ' required reserve by $6,779,000 reduces j. the deficit In New York reserves to I $46,210,000, and part of this will be . covered by gold yet to arrive. 1 Not much is expected among New j ) York bankers In the way of currency . legislation by congress at the present session. The fact that the presidential c , election is approaching, and that there ' is wide diversity of view as to the ' proper form of new legislation, leads to the belief that the subject will be , only considered, without final action, j during the present session. The necessity of some important measure of reform is quite generally recognized, but J , the growth of sentiment for a strong ; central bank is checking in some de gree the movement for giving wider t powers of note issue to the existing ' , national banks. , a REPORT OF THE GINNERS. C , Census Bureau Report Far Short of t Last Year. 1 t I The census bureau on yesterday is. sued a bulletin showing that the total t cotton crop of this year's growth gin- c I ned up to December 1st was 8,338,854 j , bales, a.s compared with 10,027,868 bales * f for the same period last year, and 8,- 1 > 689,663 in 1905. Ginneries in operation > numbered 26.876. In this bulletin round 1 . bales are counted as half bales. The statistics of cotton ginned to c I December 1st include 154,341 round ? bales for 1907: 227,145 for 1906, and c I 239,770 for 1905. The number of Sea i i Island bales, Included is 55,141 for 1907, , 41,250 for 1906, 81,695 for 1905. i The distribution of the Sea Island s cotton for 1907 by states is: Florida 19,696; Georgia, 27,738; South Caro, lina, 7,707. There were ginned 7,300,665 bales r > to November 14th last. The percentage c f of crop ginned to December 1st in 1906 s I was 77.2 and 1905, 82.8. i The final 1906. crop Is given as 12,- , i 982,201 and the 1905 as 10,495,105. t ) The total of 8,328,854 ginned to De! cember 1st of this year, is distributed . by states as follows: , f Alabama 852,882 bales, 3,397 ginner- " i ies; Arkansas 485,427 bales, 2,062 ginr neries; Florida 40,570 bales, 241 gin,r neries; Georgia 1,518,252 bales, 4,463 , t ginneries: Kentucky 1,005 bales, 2 gin? neries: Louisiana 423,143 bales, 1,798 . , ginneries: Mississippi 955,539 bales, 3, i , 459 ginneries: Missouri 20,298 bales, .J 71 ginneries; New Mexico 46 bales, two ! i ginneries; North Carolina 468,732 * I bales, 2,645 ginneries: Oklahoma 599,781 , r bales. 937 ginneries; South Carolina 943,891 bales, 3,142 ginneries; Tennes- T see 177,172 bales, 664 ginneries; Tex- 1 I as 1,846,992 bales, 3,926 ginneries; Vir- J i ginla 5,195 bales, 87 ginneries. J *""" * s t ?Spartanburg, December 3: The e \ postofflce at Pelzer was entered by c , burglars early today and the safe t [ blown open by dynamite and robbed of b , $1,000 in cash and stamps. This is the t third safe robbed in this section dur- a , ing the past three weeks. A special t from Williamston says that burglars f entered the postofflce at that place last v night, blew open the safe and secured p $700 in cash. The safe was wrecked c 1 by the explosion. Williamston is two 9 ? miles from Pelzer. s LOCAX. AFFAIRS NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. eft D. Whltesldes?Says the Hlcko: Grove ginnery will be operated on on Fridays and Saturdays of ea< week. . M. Barnett?On December 16 at a. m., will offer at public auction lot of personal property at his re ldence In Bethel township. I. E. Ferguson and C. F. ShererW1 * buy all the turkeys, hens ar cahes offered them up to noon ne Monday. jm R. Williams. Probate JudgeGives notice that C. Scott Wilst has applied to him for letters of ai ministration on estate of D. Rain* Wilson, deceased. Jrs. J. C. McKenzle, President?Ai nounces a sale of fancy article candy, etc., by the Ladles' Aid soc ety of the Baptist church, at tl Yorkville Hardware Co.'s store ne: Friday morning. t. M. Bratton and Williamson Bro Guthrlesvllle?Will operate the ginneries on Fridays only after tb date. Hover Drug Co.. Clover?Is showli an elaborate line of handsome he lday goods and invites you to si the line without delay. joan and Savings Bank?Opens savings account on a deposit of $ It wants you to have one of Its sa lngs banks. Start now. d. W. White?Advises you to let hi advertise your real estate, stool and bonds. Real estate offerings. Valter Rose?Is prepared to grit cancojo fnr nnhllft at 1 pound. Good beef, oysters, etc. itrauss-Smith Co.?Are offering r ductlons of 25 to 33 per cent < men's, youths' and boys' clothin overcoats and pants. Q. Wray, The Leader?Reminds yc of his panic sale which began la Saturday and continues for t< days. Additional Prices. National Union Bank, Rock HillSays that its 3,000 customers we satisfied with the treatment accor ed them during the recent imag nary hard times, and asks if j'< don't want to be a customer. S fourth page, i^rst National Bank?Asks you start a savings account and bring your spare change today, tomo row or any other time. It's safe, fork Drug Store?Extends you a: other Invitation to see its holidi goods. It is a fine show and is goli on all the time. \ W. Speck, The Jeweler?Issues j invitation to you to visit his toy e; position, which is one of the be ever made in Yorkville. Other hoi day goods of all kinds. J. W. Sherer, The Butcher?Will ha choice beef, pork and sausage, fli and oysters during the Christmas he idays.Mr. W. E. Good of Bullock's Cre< ownship made this year 105 bushe f corn on two acres of land witho he use of fertilizers. There has been a change of schedu n the Rock Hill division of the Soutl rn railway, whereby the trains fro larion, which have heretofore be< unnlng only to Klngville, now run in Columbia. The schedule as it affec he stations on the line in this ten ory remains unchanged. The ofosing down of the operatio: if the Southern Power company Jinety-Nine Island has had quite a d iressing effect on business over in tl western side of the county. While tl vorks of the power company were ull blast Hickory Grove, King's Crei ,nd even Smyrna felt the good effeci ?he closing down was principally < a# tlohtnooa a# tho mn*v CtUUIIl Ui 1Mb WBMWiVBR V4 ?MV ?.. narket north, and it li hoped that rill only be temporary. 'The pow >eople say they hope to get to wo .gain by the first of February. Thi nay be able to arrange matters befo hen. Mary Ellen Smarr and Jack Goc wo negroes plead guilty last Saturdi 0 the charge of perjury. These a he witnesses upon whom the state r led gome time ago to prove that W Iryant burned Mr, Luther "Whltesldei tarn. At the preliminary examlnatli he two negroes gave testimony th rould have been sufficient to have co: 'icted the accused. At the trial, hov iver, they claimed that their origin statements were made under dure ind that they were not true, Becau >f this there was no evidence again he defendant and he was acquitte The witnesses were prosecuted on tl :harge of perjury and convicted. Tl ourt, however, granted a new trial < 1 trivial technicality. This time tl legroes gave It up and plead gulll The circumstance suggests somethii >ut of joint In connection with tl vhole matter. If It Is true that the legroes are guilty of perjury, then do t not follow that Will Bryant Is gull >f that burning? Under the constlti Ion he cannot be tried again. An: low, he Is gone. He left immediate tfter hlB acquittal, and that was we Vhere the Inefficiency of the law iroved so clearly as In this case, tl >eople at Interest are liable to provli ther remedies. ABOUT PEOPLE. Miss Mamie Lyles of Chester, is vl ting Miss Mamie Moore. J. C. Wilborn. Esq., went to Columb esieruay iu luieuu me supicmo wui Rev. R. E. Sharpe of Van Wye ;pent Sunday with Dr. M. J. Walkei amlly. Mr. John R. Logan, left yesterday ittend a meeting of the Mason Jrand Lodge at Charleston. W. W. Lewis, E3q., left for Charle on yesterday to attend a meeting he board of the Citadel academy. Mrs. J. C. Burge was called to Ga onla this morning on account of tl leath of her brother, Mr. The Smythe, who died at his home In Ga onla last night of pneumonia. Mr. J. McFadden Spann, has Issui nvltations to the marriage of h laughter, Miss Anna Barron to M Samuel Christopher McKeown, tl :eremony to take place In the Fir 3resbyterian church of Sumter on D :ember 19. THE SPECULATIVE MARKET. An Associated Press dispatch of la light reviewed the development of tl lay on the New York Cotton Exchani ls follows: The cotton market was nervous ai rregular during today's session wl rading a little less active than tl dose steady at a net decline of 5 6 points. Sales were estimated 150.000 bales. The market opened steady at an ai ance of 5 to 9 points on the censi eport which was fully as bullish i ooked for showing 8,338.000 bales gii led to December 1st against 10.027,0 ast year, and 8,689,000 two years ag This showing was believed by many ndicate a very bullish government e imate of the yield tomorrow, but ras evidently appreciated that the b lulls would utilize any buying movi nent on this expectation for reducir ring lines. Cables were disappointin t was rumored that New Englar nills would curtail production 25 p ent for the next three months ar hortly after the opening, the mark ased off under realizing and some h al bear pressure. Fluctuations durir he middle session were quite irregula iut rallies were comparatively slight he absence of aggressive bull suppo nd the market closed at practical he lowest figures for the day. Advici rom the south as to spot conditio! . ere generally bullish and official r< iorts made the southern markets ui hanged to l-16c higher. A canvass i 0 members of the local exchange r< ulted in an average guess as to tl showing of tomorrow's report of 11,- ce 645,000 bales, the lowest guess being be 10,800,000 and the highest 12,300,000. pr Receipts at the ports today 47,067 re ry bales against 41,572 last week and 64,- ke ly 793 last year. For the week 365,000 se :h bales against 372,452 last week and B414,161 last year. Today's receipts at 10 New Orleans 13,759 bales against 21,a 115 last year, and at Houston 8,547 bales th s- against 14,306 bales last year. re a CO ? WITHIN THE TOWN. JJ L ?Last Saturday "was a corking day bj for business. The local merchants sold m ? several thousands dollars' worth of ?1 E *?ods- ? 2y ?Prof. R. J. Herndon is considering jg the Idea of using his handsome store of building on North Congress street as a ^ ' warehouse, for musical Instruments. 'I* H j ie He may eventually establish a regular xt store. ^ ? The annual bazaar of the Ladies' y< t|P Aid society of Trinity church, which W Is was In progress, when the last Issue of The Enquirer went to press was sue- ot cessful up to the high promise lndicat- ed ee ed at the time. The stream of visitors ri which was heavy during the morning, g? a grew larger and larger during the af- pr temoon and evening and at times the to rooms were crowded almost beyond ar m comfort. Besides the members of the Ics ac church, the patrons included the court ry .a officials, jurors and witnesses and a ki a number of special visitors from Clover, Guthriesville, and other points. From the appearance of the booths in the g, morning, it seemed as if it would take ^ several days to dispose of all the good U{ things that were being offered; but by of ;n 9 o'clock practically everything had been converted into money, and the to? tal net proceeds amounted to $252.72. ar d All of the different committees made to Tc d- all out of their respective booths that g? >u were in them, but the blue ribbon went ^ ee to the "ready, made" booth, in charge oc to of Mrs. R. E. Heath, Mrs. Loui* Roth a In and Mrs. R. E. Montgomery. This gj r" booth netted $77.10. The refreshment m fl_ booth, including the dining room de- V iy partment, came next with $53.25. It ^ seems that preparations for the work, jt which were under the general direc- hi r_ tion of Mrs. E. B. Beard, were com d< st menced some weeks ago, and the de- 0j tails were carried out by various com- M ve mlttees, each committee having charge A Bh of a special department. The general ^ 1- fancy work booth cleared $50.75; the fa small fancy work and doll booth cleared ai $30.10; the remembrance booth $8; the candy booth, $11.37, and the handker- p< 1,8 chief booth $23.15. This last was in j0' ut charge of Mrs. J. L. Williams, Mrs. T. n< M. Dobson and Mrs. J. P. White. The ey '1? reception committee, not previously h- mentioned, but which contributed a a m full share to the success of the occa- M 9n sion, consisted of Mesdames W. B. Wil- " t0 Hams and W. H. McCorkle. The York18 ville string band furnished the music bt 'I- for the occasion. , A ns CIRCUIT COURT. *f at When the last issue of The Enquirer ce e- went to press the court was engaged CI he on the case of the State Vs. C. C. he Hughes, charged with obstructing a 30 in road. The prosecutor was Mr. James T ek Cansler. The prosecution fell through w ts. on a question of law. It was developed ^ an by the testimony that the road In ques- t0 ey tion, formerly a public road, had been Fi it discontinued as such by the county er board of commissioners. It ran through ot rk the lands of the defendant, and defend- ai ey ant's counsel held that when the road F, re was discontinued as a public road, the ft} V' title reverted to the original owner. re id, In obstructing the road, therefore, Mr. Ci iy Hughes was only doing what he had a re perfect right to do with his own prop- q e- erty. Judge Wilson sustained this view th 111 of the matter and directed the Jury to al i's return a verdict of "not guilty." ^ Dn Eli Hardin, convicted of burglary g, at and larceny, was senfented to the peni- N n- tentiary or the chaingang for a period v- of five years. ^ al Walter Thomas, charged with assault th ss with intent to ravish, was acquitted. it se Henry Ledbetter was convicted of st violation of the dispensary law and 0f id. sentenced to $100 or three months. fu he The case of R. J. Hill convicted be- K he fore Magistrate Faries of Clover, on ^ an the charge of running an automobile q, he wilfully and recklessly was heard on or ;y. appeal and the appeal was sustained. ig Alexander Stewart, convicted of ashe sault and battery of a high and aggra- m se vated nature, was sentenced to one P' es year or $160. .n ty Jack Good and Mary Ellen Smarr th u- plead guilty of perjury and were each or y- sentenced to two years or $100. The ly sentences were suspended on condition g( 11. that the defendants leave the state. m Is After the solicitor had taken the sa he usual orders, the court of general ses3e slons was adjourned sine die at 3 oi o'clock Saturday afternoon. ta The third week jurors answered this ar morning as follows: J. W. Betts, Geo. St. Julian Lorey, P. B. Good, R. B. b< 8 Hartness, W. L. Sweat, W. M. Stowe, H , T. F. Jackson, T. C. Barnett, W. J. 18. Morrow, Sam'l McColl, J. E. Brandon, pj Claude Inman, D. T. Wood, A. A. Brad- br .7* ford, T. N. Balfour, H. P. Jackson, J. se 3 H. Bingham, J. M. Craig, B. N. Moore, m C. H. Williams, D. A. Matthews, A. E. 01 . Gettys, James Tlddy, Jr., J. D. Lesslle, L< ? W. A. Aycock, S. L. Davidson, W. W. ^ Miller, J. B. Ford, J. M. Ivy, J. B. Few- jj' , ell, W. E. Adams, E. H. Garrison, H. 01 0 W. Adklns, W. E. Holmes, J. W. Gwinn, D. L. Evans. ^ Messrs. B. N. Moore, D. A. Mat- tr ? thews and J. D. Lesslle were excused ar >s. .. from further attendance. sThe only case taken up yesterday _ ^ was that of J. R. Key, plaintiff against ga l3 the Western Union Telegraph compa- P? jr ny. This was a mental anguish case hg arising out of the alleged negligence of fo g? the defendant in delivering a telegram. )n e_ The case was first tried at the De- ^ cember, 1905 term of the court of com- g( mon pleas for this county. The Jury pe found for the plaintiff In the sum of P gt $500. The defendant appealed and the ^ supreme court reversed the court be- be ?e low. The testimony was about the Y< same as In the previous trial. The Jury 1(j remained out on the case until about 11 ba th o'clock last night; but failed to agree at tie upon a verdict. A mistrial was orderto ed at us There were no cases ready for trial Ai 3- this morning and the Jurors were dls- 0lJ us charged until tomorrow morning. as ?. no LOCAL LACONICS. to o. Death of Mr. Tho?. Garrison. qq Mr. Thomas Garrison, a well known sp It citizen of Ebenezer township, died at w< lg his home near Rock Hill last Sunday e(' e~ morning at about 6 o'clock of paralysis. He was 84 years of age. His sur- _ id vlvlng children are Messrs. J. L., J. T. up er and W. A. Garrison, and Mrs. Cynthia co ^ Relnhardt, the latter of Forest City, N. C. The interment took place In Laulg relwood cemetery. co .r, ca In Mr. Price's Prediction. an rt Mr. C. T. Crook of Fort Mill town- ,n' ship, who was In Yorkville last week 1' 58 no 1S on jury duty, said that along about the be 2- first of September his section was TI Hooded with cards from Theodore H. Price asserting that cotton would sell wj le at 8 cents a pound by the first of De- su mber, and requesting that the cards ! held to that date as evidence of the edlctlon. "It has been suggested," marked Mr. Crook, "that all of us who ipt the cards should get them up and nd them back to Mr. Price." lis by Mr. Finley. Congressman Finley has Introduced e following bills In congress: Bill tc gulate and fix fees of United States mmlssloners. Bill relating to the reovaJ of civil cases from the state urts to the United States courts 111 providing for the erection of a onument at Cowpens battleground lerokee county, commemorative ol sn. Daniel Morgan and those whc irticipated in the battle of Cowpens inuary 17, 1781. Bill for the erectlor a public building at Chester. Bill r the erection of a public building at affney. 5 Foot Race Christmas. Charlotte Observer, Saturday: Mr r. A. McKlnney, whose postofflce is orkvllle, S. C., and who has charge ol right's ferry across the Catawba rlv, called at the Observer office yester ty to ask that announcement be mad? the big foot race which is to be pullI off In York county, Just across th< ver from his ferry, on Christmas ty, between Levi Boyd and Jacl :ltt, two old ante-bellum darkles, th< ize being a Jug of the finest spirits be had on the river. Boyd and Stiti e both nearing the hundred-yeai ark and are said to be remarkablj :tive for their age. Boyd is the ferman at Wright's ferry and is wel lown in Mecklenburg county. Ths stance will be one-quarter of a mile MERE-MENTION. The Liverpool cotton exchange is t< s closed December 25 and 26 and Janiry 1 and 2 Congressmen James ' Kentucky, and Sheeper of Texas ive introduced bills providing for ths storation of the motto "In God W< st," on all coins The Japaness . jassador, Aoeki, has been re-callec make a personal explanation of ths ipanese immigration question jnator C. A. Culberson of Texas, has sen chosen as the leader of the Dem sratlc minority In the senate A caucus held Tuesday, the Democrats ' the house decided to force the con deration, of the tariff question as ffth as possible John Harn ans r: F. Hunt of Savannah, and Georgs ooney and A. Jellot of Atlanta, wers owned in the Altamaha river nea: issup, Ga., last Tuesday while on i jnting exposition The ,ron an< tiling mills of Bristol, Tenn., have shu >wn, temporarily throwing hundreds ' people out of employment Mrs ary J. Cutliffe died at her home a lbany, Ga., last Saturday in the elgh eth year of her age. She was < sal daughter of the Revolution, he: ther having served in Washington's my The Georgia Federation o abor has gone on record as being op )sed to a reduction In railroad rates ..T. S. Ernest, a mineralogist, claims i have discovered a diamond flel< ;ar Long Mountain, Texas, that is ai :act counterpart of the South Africai amond fields... .Swarthmore collegs ' Pennsylvania, has decided to rejec bequest of several millions, made bj iss Anna I. Jeanes, a Quakeress, oi snditton that the college give up ath tic contests... .The Kansas corn croj r this year amounts to 146,000,001 jshels, with a home value of $63,000,' i0.... Patrolman J. A. Manier, of ths tlanta, Ga,, police force was shot t< ;atn Dy a urunKen negro in mai cuj riday afternoon. The murderer wai iptured by another negro Mra lara Bloodgood, a noted actress, com itted suicide in a Baltimore hotel las hursday night, while temporarily in ine E. W. Swenson of Smithville exas., on Thursday, shot his formei lfe and her husband to death and thei immltted suicide... .V. B. Trethaway ' Norfolk, Neb., shot his divorced wifi death and then committed suicid< riday The International Harvestei >mpany has been convicted in th< ate court at Topeka, Kan., on chargei ' restricting competition on 40 counts id Is liable to a fine of <40,000 , L. Seely has succeeded John Terne Graves as editor of the Atlanta eorgian The Oklahoma house ol presentatlves has passed a "Jin row" car law The body of Dad R. Rankin, cashier of the Merlants and Farmers' bank of Lawton kla., was found in Cache creek, neai at place on Thursday. Rankin disipeared when it was found that his >oks were crooked Henry O avemeyer, president of the Americar iigar Refining company, died at orthport, L. I., Wednesday The ational Bank of Commerce of Kansas Ity, Mo . suspended business Thursly as a result of a run continuing foi le past six weeks, during which time paid out to depositors $19,000,000.... he United States supreme court deded last week that the sale and use unused railroad tickets is a wrongil act under the new rate law ing Oscar of Sweden died last SunLy Yeggmen cracked the safe it ie store of D. H. Pope at Hapeville a., early Saturday morning and got lly about $50... .Governor Pattersor Tennessee, was married for the third me, at Union City, Tenn., Saturday ternoon Seven entries have beer ade for the proposed New York tc iris automobile race Vere St sger Goold has been sentenced to life lprisonment and his wife to death by ie guillotine by a Paris, France court i conviction of murdering Emma Len, for her jewelry A six-day cycle race was begin at Madlsoc luare Garden, New York, yesterday ornlng at 1 o'clock Wash Mus,y, a crazy negro, shot seven white lople at Augusta, Ark., Thursday, (fore he was finally shot to death nly one of Mussays victims was fally shot One man was killed and lother seriously wounded by a mani! in the ante-room of the office ol svernor Guild of Massachusetts at jston, last Thursday Louis W. arris, 18 years old, is under arrest In ew York, on a charge of stealing $10,0 worth of diamonds from his em oyers Nlcouna .Beooie anu uei other, Leonardo, were on Saturday ntenced to death by hanging, al ahnville, La., as accessories to the urder of Walter Lamana, an 8-yeard boy several months ago Mrs, juisa M. Taft, mother of Secretary ift, died at Mlllbury, Mass., Saturiy, after an illness of several weeks arry S. New has been elected to fill it the unexpired term of Secretary )rtelyou as chairman of the Republi.n national committee Wm. J. ryan and family are to take another Ip abroad. It Is stated that Mr. Bryi wants to leave the Democratic parfree to do as it likes. - The New York Tribune' last week ive the following summary of the inlc up to date: Panic began on Oc' in Man/ York Der 10. 1 en uaiiiva ** v * ? ? ? ive suffered runs, some of which reed suspension. Thirty-five banks other cities suffered runs. Eighteen aths have resulted, either suicides or rough sickness brought on by worry, sventeen banks In New York ausnded payment wholly or in part, fty-four banks in other cities susmded. Fifteen of this whole number ive resumed. About $126,000,000 has en withdrawn from banks in New ark, much of it, however, to be reiposited in other banks; $536,000,000, timated, has been withdrawn from inks elsewhere. Gold engaged from iroad, $81,225,000. Money sent from ew York for relief of interior, $100,0,000. Cities over 100,000 population ilng clearinghouse certificates, 23, nount of clearinghouse certificates itstanding in New York, $75,000,000. ills and factories closed or partly Bpended, 125. Number of employes it of work, 135,000. Number of faeries and mills assigning, 14. Amount money involved in failures, $28,805.0. Facts of previous panics; 1857, ecle payments suspended eight ireks; 1873, specie payments suspendslx weeks; 1893, specie payments spended five weeks. - The celebrated merger case came ? before Judge Klugh in the court of mmon pleas for Richland county yesrday, and Attorney General Lyon ade a motion for a discontinuance, ring as a reason that he did not nsider that the papers on which the se Is being brought were satisfactory d he desired to start over on plead?s drawn by himself. He said that he he should go into the case as it w stands, he would feel that he was Ing used as a whitewashing machine, le argument was not completed dur? yesterday, and it was understood at Judge Klugh would decide today lether or not he would grant a nonit. folio 160. under date of November 30th, 1905, this class of entries aggregate 330,982.57, demonstrating fully an utter lack of control over the books and accounts, with absolutely no desire to complete the records of the Institution." The company limited its investigations to "live accounts" and accepted the "supposition that all stipulations provided for by the state board of directors under the terms of the dispensary law were-fully complied with in the taking of goods into stock. A comparison of the ledger accounts with the claims died against the dispensary necessitated our calling upon creditors to furnish abstracts of transactions ' with the institution under review. The abstracts thus obtained revealed a multitude of differences, the pursuit of which has been laborious In the extreme, beside working hardships on the credl- i tors, without whose assistance the reconciliation and adjustment of accounts would have been impossible. The report reveals that an item of $475 paid twice by draft to a Kentucky concern finally turned up to the personal account to collect this amount from Mr. i Crum's estate." nu T ? TO IJ?M. , TILLMAN MAKES TROUBLE. Resolution to Investigate the Financial Situation. Senator Tillman on yesterday Introduced a resolution directing the committee on finance to investigate the recent proceedings of the secretary of the treasury, in connection with the financial crisis and also to making Inquiries concerning the clearinghouse certificates. The resolution was presented In two series, the first dealing with the operations of the treasury department, and the second with the clearinghouse certificates, both being divided Into three sub-divisions. The first resolution directs the committee on finance to Investigate and report whether the issues of certificates of indebtedness were for the purpose of borrowing money, as provided by an act of June 15, 1889, and If not whether there Is any warrant of law for the issue; whetrer the issue of $50,3 000,000 of Panama bonds were required f to defray the expenditures of the canal, and whether any legislation is neces sary to protect the people and business 5 Interests from the issue of unlawful money, if clearinghouse certificates are such, and to increase the public debt In 3 time of peace. c The second series directs the finance - committee to investigate and report 3 whether the issuing of such certificates t by an association of banks and for the r use of same as money is lawful; ' whether they are subject to 10 per cent tax, and whether It would be per1 misslble under the law as It is, for the i association of banks, warehouses and elevators to issue certificates based on cotton, wheat and tobacco, store It In such warehouses and elevators and fully insured to be used as money In ' marketing said crops in the same way " as clearinghouse certificates are now 1 used. ! SOUTH CAROLINA NEW8. j ? The Aiken dispensary board has 1 decided to put a dispensary in the town s of North Augusta on the South Caroll. na side of the river for the purpose of s catching the whisky business of Au. gusta after the Georgia prohibition law t goes into effect. North Augusta is one s of the principal realdence portions of the city, and the pepple there have all s along been ' fighting the location of a 1 dispensary there. 8 ?Chester special of December 8, to 8 News and Courier: The Methodist r parsonage, a handsome and commodious i brick structure, situated Just at the i rear of Bethel Methodist Episcopal t church, was almost totally destroyed by 8 fire this afternoon. The flames orlgi' nated In a pile of straw under the front 1 porch and quickly spread despite the efforts of citizens and the local fire de1 partment. The major part of the furr niture and other contents were de8 stroyed although most of the valuable f library of the pastor, the Rev. B. L. * Banks, who leaves Tuesday for Dar lington, was saved. Insurance on the 8 building amounted to 83,000. The fur* niture was also partly Insured. } ?At a cotton rally held last week at * Orangeburg, Mr. Moore, the principal ? speaker, suggested some plans, one of which is his plan to finance the cotton crop and obtain a fair price for it. The ideas introduced were very valuable and his plan briefly is given below: Mr. Moore advocated the organization of local companies in each cotton producing county with a capital of 85 per bale for every bale produced in the county. Thus a county with a production of 50,000 bales would have 8250,-, 000 capital for the company. A board of directors, as in the case of a bank or other corporation, should be chosen to direct the business of the local company; employ an expert cotton gardner; instruct him to watch the local market and when the foreign buyer will not offer the minimum price as named by the southern planters, the cotton company's buyer should bid 7-8 of a cent above the foreign bid and should do this until the minimum price is offered. Then the protective buyer to take all the cotton. If however, speculation or other causes lower the .price below the minimum then the protective buyoKamM ocraln ta lrft In oil that i Q ftf j fered iTelow the minimum price. ) ?The Baptist State convention con. vened In its eighty-seventh annual ses. slon In the First Baptist church of Orangeburg on last Friday night at 8 r o'clock and organized by electing Chas. . A. Smith of Timmonaville, president; j Rev. E. M. Llghtfoot of Orangeburg, and Rev. T. M. Bailey of Greenville, J vice presidents; Rev. C. P. Ew)n of t Landum, secretary. The attendance of , preachers and laymen aggregated \ about 300. The session of Friday night . was taken up with the reading of the r reports of various boards and they > showed that the year had been the ' most prosperous from every view point ! in the history of the convention. The 5 contributions to the various benevolent . objects fostered by the denomination aggregated about $120,000. The report \ on temperance on Saturday created , something of a sensation. It denounced the Carey-Cothran law and de' manded the passage of state prohibl\ tlon at the next session of the leglslaI ture, recommending that a committee r be appointed to go before that body , asking for the passage of such a law, , and It also recommended that congress be memorialized and petitioned to i amend the Inter-state commerce law r so as to prohibit shipping liquor into dry territory and to put a stop to the ! Issuance of United States license to f persons living In dry territory. The ! report also prayed for the passage by r congress of the Dolllver-Llttlefleld bill . now pending before congress. The re, port was unanimously adopted. The Baptists are 120,000 strong In the state, ' their numerical strength being about equal to that of all other Protestant de[ nominations conbined and should they Insist on the passage of a state prohl bltion law there can be little doubt of J the result. ? Spartanburg Herala, Saturday: i The cotton market openec! at 11.40 and closed at 11.40 yesterday. Though the mill buyers paid a few points higher In general for the staple, the majority of the cotton was bought by Messrs. Dun: bar, who handled over a hundred bales, i At an early hour quite a string of wagons was lined up in front of the . Dunbar place on East Main street. They were not paying Just then quite as much as the other buyers. For a . while it seemed as if the wagons were 1 going to move on and take the cotton ' to the other buyers. The farmers drove down into the square, Just like a circus parade, turned and came back * ? iV- ? rtitmKnn on/4 OAM f Q lr _ IU lilt; iucaoi a. jL/uuuar anu autu, tun ing a few points less. This was only a master move on the part of the growers to show to all their spirit, and that they were backing the independent buyers. ; During the day President E. L. Archer, i of the County Cotton Growers' association, called on the Messrs. Dunbar : and expressed his appreciation of i what they had done for the market, i He talked with them to some length on the subject, and said that he had no 1 doubt they would get the proper backing from the farmers. He appeared enthusiastic over the fact that the Spartanburg market was now higher than the markets of the surrounding ' towns. The merchants of the city have seized the spirit as well as the farmers, and they, too, will back the Dunbar Bros., to the last. One of the very largest merchants In the city advised his farmer customers yesterday to sell to the Messrs. Dunbar If they had to take less than the mill buyers paid. He told them that If they would do this he would pay them out of his own pocket | the difference In the prices to make up what they lost. Though the Messrs. Dunbar could not come to the price 1 that the mill buyers set, they bought three-quarters of the cotton sold here ycaici uaj . ? Columbia special of December 5, to the Charlotte Observer: The American Audit company employed by the dispensary commission to check up the books of the state dispensary has at 1 last made Its report, eight months behind the time members of the company lead the commission to believe It would make a report, bringing in a bill for some $8,000. The work was under the direction of Mr. E. A. Richmond of the New York office, and Mr. Charles Franklin of the Atlanta office. The report charges the dispensary system of book-keeping with all sorts of 1 sins, some of these willfully committed, bringing an extra wad of violent i charges against the system as It was I operated In the year 1905, when the 1 minute book of the board of directors < was spirited out of view never to be ' found again. "A conservative estimate J of the arbitrary entries coming under 1 our observation," the report says, "and ! investigated by us would amount approximately to $100,000. In Journal H, 1 ? vucBici LAyiciu, r nuii/. day and today the city has belonged to the Daughters of the Confederacy, that band of noble and devoted women, who by word and deed and act, are seeking to perpetuate the memories of their sires' illustrious achievements. Committees of reception, and in many cases the hostesses themselves with whom the different delegates and visi- V tors were to be quartered, met the incoming trains Tuesday evening and yesterday morning and welcomed the guests. Tuesday evening the palatial home of Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Jones on . Wylle street was the scene of a lovely reception in honor of the visitors. Most ^ of these had by this time arrived, and with their hosts and hostesses enjoyed the bounteous hospitality of Mr. and Mrs. Jones for the evening. On yesterday morning shortly after 10 o'clock the convention of the South Carolina division of the U. D. C. was called to crder by the president. Miss Mary B. Poppenheim of Charleston. The address of welcome on behalf of the city was delivered by Mayor R. B. Caldwell, who in felicitous style, bade the visitors welcome to the homes of the city. Mrs. A. W. Kluttz delivered a few words of welcome in -behalf of Chester chapter. Mrs. Klutts. referred to the noble character of the deeds that the U. D. C.'s are endeavoring to keep olive onH nf hnw Phaafor inii chapter are deeply interested In this i sweetest of all tasks. Mrs. M. J. Perry of Lancaster, in a few words, full of ?race and meaning, accepted the proffered hospitality of Chester and her people. The remainder of the morning session was devoted to the reading of . reports. These were all of an extremely encouraging character, and showed that the order is making progress along all lines. At 1 o'clock adjournment was taken for lunch, which was served in the armory. The delegates and visitors spoke in the highest terms of this feature of the entertainment In the afternoon the convention listened to the reading of further reports. The reports showed that forty-two chapters out of a total of sixty in the stats are represented in the convention and that four new chapters have been organised since the Greenville, meeting a year ago. All of the state officers are present, with one exception, and the reports from the different sections of * the state were gratifying In the extreme. In the evening the regular an- A nual historical meeting of the convention was held, under the direction of Mrs. R. D. Wright of Newberry, chairman of the historical committee. The I evening was devoted largely to a study of school histories, with the purpose of ascertaining what works are accurate and trustworthy, so far as precision of narrative is concerned. A list of ob jectlonable text books was also given out. The report showed that the U. D. C.'s now have in the archives of the Confederate museum at Richmond 117 collections of war manuscripts, fortytwo of which have been made up this year. The report showed that a list of 785 rolls of honor have been made up to date, there having been forty-seven additions to this list this year. These j are In bound volumes In the Oonfeder- V ate museum at Richmond. An interesting and enJ6j%ble feature of last night's entertainment was the reading f two poems, written by Miss Kate Cornish of Dixie Camp of Anderson. The poems were entitled, "A Camp Fire Dream" and "Memorial Day," and were read by Mrs. Sharpe of Anderson. "A Soldier's Revery," by Miss Cora Hardin of this city, and read by Mrs. Julia Campbell, was much enjoyed. "Incidents of the Battle of Sharpaburg." by Mrs. Taylor of Lancaster, was also greatly enjoyed: as was "A Leaf from the Life of a Soldier from 1861-1MS," read by Mrs. C. C. Featherstone of Laurens. . AT THE CHURCHES. BAPTI8T. , i Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock. CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD. Services .on Friday afternoon at 4.10 O'CIOCK. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN. Prayer meeting on Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock. TRINITY METHODIST EPISCOPAL Prayer meeting on Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock. ASSOCIATE REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN. Prayer meeting on Wednesday afternoon at 4.30 o'clock. Special gofires. Preaching at Hebron. Preaching at Hebron next Sabbath afternoon at 3.30 o'clock, by Rev. J. S. A Orier. F* Last Week Here. I The Glass Blowers in the Herndon ^ building will give exhibitions here all this week and close here Saturday night. They make Birds, Baskets, Fruits, Ships, Flowers, etc., from common crystal glass, which are given away free to their patrons. Admission 10 cents. (Jotton JRarhel. Yorkville, S. C., December 10.?Cotton lit New York, Dec. 9.?Spot cotton closed quiet, middling uplands 12.15; middling gulf 12.40; sales none. Futures opened steady and closed steady as fol- f lows: Dec. 11.64; Jan. 11.15; Feb. 11.20; March 11.26; April 11.31; May 11.33; June 11.28; July 11.25; Aug. 11.01. FRIDAYS ONLY. Hereafter our gins win be oper- 4 ated on fridays only. R. M. BRATTON, WILLIAMSON BROS. 98 t.f 2t ruitntiia, ncfls ajiu ualvab WE want all we can get delivered at Sherer"s market during Monday, December 16 up to 12 o'clock. We will pay 12J cents a pound for Turkeys, 4 30 cents each for Hens and 2 cents a pound for Veal Calves. H. E. FERGUSON. C. F. SHERER. 98 Lf 2t SAUSAGE GRINDING. N AS our Market is now equipped < with a First-Class Electric Sausage Grinder we are prepared to do Sausage Grinding for the public at 1 Cent a Pound. We can give you prompt service and entire satisfaction In grinding. See us for Best Fresh Meats, Oysters, Fish, etc. WALTEK KUSti. SALE OF FANCY WORK, ETC. THE public Is cordially Invited to ^ attend a sale to be held under the luspices of the Ladles' Aid Society of the Baptist church at the Yorkvllle Hardware store, commencing next Friday morning, December 13, at 10 a. ra. The articles to be offered will Include A in Interesting assortment of Fancy Work, Candy, Talcum Poiraft Soap, etc. Everybody will be welcome. Mrs. j. c. Mckenzie, It President