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Scraps and .facts. ? Lemans, Franco, September 5: Wilbur Wright, aeroplanist, made a magniticent and highly successful flight here this morning. His machine was in the air 17 minutes. 48 2-5 seconds thus approaching within a fraction of a minute Henry Farman's record for the longest public official Might. The distance covered by Wright was not accurately measured, but it is estimated at between 141 and 17 miles. The feat was accomplished by a remarkable series of evolutions, demonstrating the precision of Wright's control of the machine. When he alighted easily within three feet of his starting apparatus the American aeroplanist was overwhelmed with congratulations. ? Atlanta, Ga., September 4: Commissioner of Agriculture Hudson to> day. in an interview, stated that in his belief the cotton crop of Georgia has been damaged by the recent rains to the extent of 500,000 bales. The commissioner said that in only two counties in the state is the crop up to the standard of that of last year. "The heavy rains which were general throughout the state two or three weeks ago. followed by the exceedingly hot weather, acounts for the damage," said Commissioner Hudson. "The two excesses caused the cotton to shed its young bolls and injured it to such an extent that every acre of farm land in Georgia was literally covered with them. The damage is greater this year than ever before in my knowledge." ? New Orleans, August 31: Sigmund Odenheimer, president of the Textile Mills Corporation, with plants in New Orleans and at Wesson, Miss., announces that a contract has been signed with J. L. Colliss, business agent of the Mississippi division of the Farmers' Union, to supply cotton bagging to the cotton planters of Mississippi this season, experiments carried on at the Wesson Mills having proved successful. The product will come In 70-yard rolls, weighing from 11 to 12 ounces a yard, sufficient for 10 bales of cotton. The price is in excess of jute, but there will be nine pounds saved in tare, balancing the cost of jute. Severe tests show that the cotton bagging meets require ments as to nre, waier, noon anu weather resistance. ? Victoria, B. C. Sept. 5: News was received by the empress of India from South China of an ambush of 100 i French troops. Tirrailliers and Leggonnaires. on the Tokin border. Captain Fleury. leader of the force, and Lieutenant DeLattre were shot down soon after the fight opened. Between five hundred and six hundred Chinese had a position on the low hills at each side of a gully, through which the French troops entered the village. The French captured the village twice, it being retaken by the Chinese. Shots were exchanged during the greater part of the fight at from 30 to 50 metres. "When Captain Fleury and Lieutenant DeLattre, who went to assist their leader, were shot, the Chinese threw themselves upon the bodies not yet dead and decapitated them, carrying away the heads amid cheers. ? Charlotte Observer: The Baltimore News concludes that the Hearst Independence League is an organization that is out for mischief. It points out that its vote of 1,252 in the Vermont election of last week out of a total of 66,747, was about 2 per cent of all, and that a percentage of 3 carried into New York, would mean about 4 5,000 votes; that in Vermont it had no backing and no footing, while in New York, Illinois and California it has a substantial organization and powerful newspaper support. Of course the supposition of The News that the league means mischief is undeniable, as also its conclusion that it derives its support principally from the Democratic party. It required no peculiar gift of prophecy to divine, as much as a year ago that this organization had one mission in life and that the defeat of Mr. Bryan and this is more apparent now than ever before. ? Fort Worth, Texas, September 8: At the closing session today of the annual meeting of the National r->? rtlonc nrtnntpd r U I ini*i r* t IIIVII) j'inii>? I*vi V v.?vr for marketing the crop for the members of the organization, which would eliminate the middlemen. It is proposed that a commission of twelve members, one from each of the cotton growing states, with officers at Memphis, deal direct with the spinners at home and abroad. This commission is to have exclusive handling of the cotton in union warehouses and when a sale is made the amount to be taken from each warehouse is to be apportioned according to the amount held. It developed today that the Mississippi Bankers' Association had agreed to advance sixty per cent on cotton warehouse receipts and it is hoped to extend this arrangement to other states. Other than that it probably is a sliding scale, nothing as to the minimum price for which it is proposed that the crop be sold can be ascertained. The secret price will be given members of the union only and the secret is to be carefully guarded. ? Washington. September 6: Sur^ n.ikiu geon uenerai uynmn, ox mc x uu<u Health and Marine Hospital service, has issued in pamphlet form a paper prepared by Assistant Surgeon J. M. Eaget giving a history of the spread i of bubonic plague during the last fourteen years. Xo study presents more important and difficult sanitary problems. Dr. Eaget says,than the lines of march taken by bubonic plague during the period mentioned in its advance from the remote endemic focus of the disease in the province of Yunnan. China, to the numerous countries in all quarters of the globe, where in many instances it has established itself in defiance of the most carefully planned preventive measures. The revival of the plague, Dr. Eaget says, dates from 1804, when, escaping from the western Chinese province of Yunnan, it reached Canton. Between March and August. 1894. the number of deaths front plague in Canton is estimated at 120,000. All classes among the native population suffered and rats were found to be affected, but in the foreign quarter of Canton, with a population of about 300. not a single ease occurred. During the next year cases of plague were reported in Hong Kong. Ainoy. Macao and Foochow, and in 1S96 sanitary attention throughout the world was focused on the threatening epidemic by its appearance in Bombay. Starting in August. the disease spread throughout the whole vast territory of the Bombay presidency and before the end of the year showed a total of 2.980 eases and 2.2*18 deaths. During that year plague reappeared in Hong Kong, where it has been epidemic ever since. In China there were epidemics at Amoy and Swatow with many deaths in other sections of the emnire and in the following year there were 150,000 cases in India with a mortality of 117.000. In 1900 plague was present in every quarter of the world. The Philippine Islands were included in the march of the disease, 150 deaths occurring at Manila. The most notable fact in the history of the plague in the western world was the appearance of twenty-two fatal cases in San Francisco. In 1S91 in India a great augmentation took place, until in 1904 plague caused the death of over 1,000.000 persons in India alone and epidemics prevailed to a greater or less degree in nearly all parts of the world. India, the great centre, suffered terribly in the year 1905. but in the year 1906 there was a great decrease. the number of deaths being about 332,000, but again in 1907 there was great increase, the deaths numbering 1,200.000. For nine years, Dr. Eaget says. Hawaii hi 1907 had not been free from plague, but the Philippine Islands now seem to be clear of the disease. During the year 1907, 156 cases of plague with 76 deaths occur?^.ri Co,-, Vranr>l?pn There were also a few cases at Oakland and other close neighbors of San Francisco. At Seattle, Wash., three fatal cases occurred last October. ?he \(ovliriltr (!hu)uim\ Entered at the Postofflce in Yorkville as Mail Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE. S. C.: TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 8, IDOS. The compliments of the majority of the voters of York county, Mr. Smith! Mr. Rhett's campaign bill was pretty heavy. The big man from Charleston, however, did not neglect to put everything down. There is no question of the fact that the Hon. John Cary Evans has the most thorough political organization that has operated in this state for a good many years past. ^ Now, let the L nited States circuit court of appeals decide that dispensary fund matter in favor of the state, and we will likely see some lively doings. If the politics of South Carolina could be raised to the Rhett standard, it would be much better for the state. Mr. Rhett's campaign was the cleanest we have any recollection of. except that made by Wade Hampton. Mr. E. D. Smith was kept busy yesterday sending telegraphic chasers after an eleventh hour campaign yarn, to the effect that he ran as an independent candidate for the legislature in Sumter county in 1890. In his telegrams. Mr. Smith denounced the story as false, saying that he was elected on the regular ticket. A significant feature of the campaign just closing has been the use the candidates have been making of the advertising columns of the newspapers. In a number of cases, candidates have made free use of the advertising columns of papers that were opposed to them. The Columbia State for instance, was against the Hon. John rtnry Evans. It fought him hard: but it fought him fair. Evans' friends were -' i- l-.of.li- of tho Rtntp tlironirli its news columns where they were entitled to do so. and where they had no reasonable right to the news columns, they went into the advertising columns, using these with considerable effect. It is not to be claimed that reason and right have yet gotten full sway in political, any more than in other matters; but it is not to be denied that they are making progress. Tiikrk's entirely too much bitterness in political races. Why can there never be opposition without hate, rivalry without strife, differences of opinion without prejudice in our politics? Will the day never dawn when we shall have an era of good-feeling? And the worst feature about all of it is that the most of the political quarreling is over nothing. Rut in spite of everything, humanity is going to advance upward and onward.?Ben Hope's Filbert letter to the Gaffney Ledger. That is a timely sentiment, well put. It is a fact that there was unusual bitterness in the campaign just closed, and we have heard it stated on good authority that at some of the county precincts many voters who were not in accord with the majority of their neighbors, were actually afraid to let it be known how they stood. There were cases where men were intimidated to vote against their convictions and preferences. Of course, this was not general: but such a thing should not have occurred at all. Intimidation and coercion are bad enough in the cities of the north: but they should not be practiced in South Carolina. The ballot is the most sacred of our institutions. It is legitimate enough to influence it by fair argument or reason; but when r*'f)ple undertake to intluence it by force, they commit a most dangerous offense against the perpetuity of free institutions. The observations of "Ben Hope" are both sensible and timely. We have not much confidence in the progress of humanity, however, so long as there is intimidation or coercion in the use of the ballot. m Responsibility of the Newspaper. The Ledger is grateful to the people of Gaffney, Blacksburg and Cherokee county for the very loyal manner in which they have stood by it duiing its lifteen years of existence. There have been times when we have felt like casting anchor and giving up the ship. These were when adverse winds struck our sails and tossed our frail barque about upon the ocean of uncertainty. But through it all we have had an abiding faith in the final triumph of right. We know we have sometimes run against the current, we knew at the time we were, but we believed all along and we are still firm in the conviction that we were working for the best interests of all and if we bad it to go over again, we wouldn't alter our course. Time will tell whether or not we were right. We know we have always acted from principle and that the consideration of the dollar has never entered our mind. If we had chosen t.i <li> s.i we might have sold out and thus been the gainer for a moment, but there are greater things in this world than dollars?and that is the consciousness of being right. The Ledger is today on a firmer foundation than ever before. We shall continue to try to make it worthy of the patronage. esteem and good will of all. We ask the cordial co-operation of the entire populace in our effort to make it the very best newspaper which the surroundings will permit. There are hundreds of people in this county who do not read a newspaper. The political demagogue comes along and poisons their minds against newspapers in general and they swear they won't read one or allow certain papers to enter their homes. Kverv man ought to inform himself and there is but one way to do it ? that is to read. If your neighbor does not take a paper lend him yours until he becomes accustomed to reading it and then try to pursuade him to take one of his own.? Gaffney Ledger. This article, more or less personal in its nature, interests The Enquirer more than it does the average reader, because The Enquirer is in a better position to appreciate just exactly what the Ledger means. There are newspapers and newspapers; but the Gaffney Ledger is no ordinary newspaper. It has always stood for something, and it stands for something now. By that, we mean it is edited by its editor. He has ever stood ready to advance that which was good for this town, or county; but he has never been willing to lend himself or his paper to the promotion of the selfish designs of individuals or combina mUn* Ir, rx# [ions UI 1I1U1 VlUUtLlS. .lllcll 10 imc wi the things he has In mind when he disavows the "dollar consideration," and every real newspaper man appreciates exactly what he means. Another situation mentioned in the article reproduced above, which is to be appreciated only by newspaper men of experience and discernment, is comprehended in the reference to nonnewspaper readers. There are hundreds of these not only in Cherokee, but in every other South Carolina county. The trouble with most of them is that they cannot read. There are many, however, who though able to read, have no inclination to do so. It follows as a matter, of course, that neither class can be properly informed as to men and things, and both classes are a prey to the demagogues, who are making constant use of them in carrying out their selfish designs. Of course, all intelligent reading people understand that the newspaper is the best possible .medium for the enlightenment of the unenlightened, and we can think of no better way than that suggested by the Ledger, of developing the newspaper reading habit. THE ASSAULT ON MR. GRIST. Comments on the Recent Incident In the Office of the Clerk of the Court. (News and Courier, September 1.) Last week Mr. W. D. Grist, editor of the Yorkville Enquirer, was assaulted by \V. H. Windle, with C. P. Blankenship, and the clerk of the court of York county, one of the peace ofhcers of that county, looking on with evident approval, and locking the door of his office so that succor might not reach the victim of the assnilanfs who cried out lustilv for help, it was not a brave thing for Mr. Windle to do, but he did it, and left his mark presumably upon his helpless and unresisting victim. The occasion of the assault was a statement made in Mr. Grist's newspaper that Windle had taken an active part in the political campaign in York county. There does not appear at this distance to have been any warrant in such a statement as that for the brutal assault upon the editor of the Enquirer. We are glad that Mr. Grist was not killed outright, and we have no doubt that he will keep on printing one of the best newspapers in the state. (News and Courier, September 4.) Mr. C. P. Blankenship did not take part in the assault last week upon Mr. \V. D. Grist, the editor of the Yorkviile Enquirer. We are informed by our Yorkville correspondent that Mr. Blankenship was attending a meeting of the county executive committee on the second floor of the court house building at the time the assault was made on Mr. Grist in the clerk's office on the first floor. The chief assailant of Mr. Grist was W. H. Windle and the bystanders were Clerk of the Court Tate and W. Thompson Jackson, a local politician. The affair is greatly to be regretted and just as strongly to be condemned, and the blame should be placed where it belongs. It is too much to hope, possibly, that the law will take cognizance of the affair. That is the reason why the law is held in contempt. It has its favorites. (Chester Lantern.) When that fellow Windle kills W. D. Grist the trial ought to be a simple matter. Premeditation will not have to be proven, unless the defense should attack the defendant's veracity. lie said he would kill the editor if his name appeared again in The Enquirer. (Chester Lantern.) We beg a thousand pardons for meddling, but possibly the supervisor and commissioners of York county had not thought what a scheme it would be to levy a license upon those statesmen who use the clerk of court's office as a ring in which to beat liquor sentiments into the heads of those whom they cannot convince by metjins of other arguments. As the business is a little disreputable they might make the license pretty steep. (Spartanburg Journal.) The assault on Editor Grist of the Yorkviile Enquirer by a couple of political heelers was one of the infrequent features of the newspaper business. There are still a few deluded persons who think they can browbeat the newspapers by making personal assaults on the editors; but these accomplish nothing and sometimes even get the worsb of the battle. In Mr. Grist's case he was attacked by two men while seated and engaged in writing and, of course, had little chance to defend himself. This made the attack all the more outrageous and indefensible. (News and Courier Comment on the card of J. A. Tate, C. C. C. Pis.) It is true that Mr. S. M. Grist, the Yorkviile correspondent of The News and Courier, is a brother of Mr. \V. II. Grist. He has been the correspondent of this newspaper for nearly a score of years, and it is simply justice to him to state now in connection with the publication of the above card ?- TG. ? ^ tKof Thn I rUIIl V- U'l'h 111 V,nui l i tur mm ? ,?v News and Courier has always had unbounded confidence in Mr. Grist's honesty and veracity, and that it has never found that confidence misplaced.? Editor The News and Courier. Cll Altl.KSTOX'S MISTAKE.?"Ml'. Rhett did not lose anything by not getting into tile second primary for the senate," says the Spartanburg Journal, "as with either Smith or Evans he would have been defeated, and largely on account of this very thing?the it00 majority given for Blease in the county of Charleston." "Ansel's friends throughout the state," says the Journal. "would have resented Charleston's course toward the governor by scratching Charleston's candidate for tile senate. Two years from now, and four years from now, Charleston will have the burden of this to bear." The sentiments expressed by the Spartanburg Journal have been expressed also by the Anderson Mail and by the Yorkville Enquirer, two of the most loyal and helpful friends Mr. Rhett had in his campaign for the senate, and representing many of his most devoted supporters in upper Carolina. The Anderson Mail says: "Charleston has declared her preference for an unworthy man for governor. and that stigma will remain upon her." The Mail had the right to say that in view of the fact that Mr. Rhett re- | eeived 1.061* votes in Anderson county. In the county of Spartanburg, the home county of Mr. Kvans. Mr. Jtlu tt received !?.'{!? votes, and in the county of York, with seven candidates in the field for the senate Mr. Rhett received one-fourth of the total vote cast. These newspaper friends, which have spoken so plainly in regard to the Mleuse defection in Charleston county have the right to speak plainly. Much as we may r? grot it. the Please vote in Charleston will lie thrown up against us for a long time to come.? News and Courier. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. National Union Bank?Advises you to save a part of your income and to begin today. It will help you to save and pay you 4 per cent on deposits. First National Bank?Points out that the saving habit is not so bad as the drink habit or as expensive as the tobacco habit. It wants your savings account. W. M. Garrison, Pineville, N. C.? Wants to buy an 8-h. p. Tozer, portable engine in good condition. J. T. Crawford, McConnellsville?Has two good milch cows for sale. J. C. Wilborn?Offers the C. S. Whitaker place, 105 acres, and the T. E Whltesides plantation, 175 acre'?, for sale. Sam M. Grist?Explains that he pays ior iisnes wneii yum in upvi ly i? insured in one of his fire companies before the fire takes place. I?an and Saving- Bank?Says that interest is the incentive toward saving. It pays interest on savings deposits and certificates of deposit. Victor Cotton Oil Co.?Announces that it will ffin cotton at $1 a bale. York Drug Store?Offers $2.50 reward for overcoat lost between Yorkville and Clover Monday night. J. Q. Wray?Is receiving new fall goods and will soon be ready for fall shoppers. Thomson Co.?Tells about new Amoskeag outings in handsome patterns at 10c yard.. 6ther dress goods attractions. Palace Theatre?Will show "The Sleeping Beauty." a handsome hand colored picture this evening. M. W. White?Tells you that the use of "gray matter" as well as hard work, is necessary to get ahead in the world. Real estate offerings. J. L. Williams & Co.?Make especial offerings of old lots of shoes for women and children at attractive prices. York Drug Store?Always ready to give prompt service, reliable goods, fair prices and always appreciates your patronage. W. E. Ferguson?Reminds you that he is ready to furnish you with seasonable groceries, that are fresh and of right qualities. Full cream cheese. Strauss Smith Co.?Is receiving new fall and winter goods and will be ready to serve you in a few days. Come and see. Cotton picking has been in progress in some localities for several weeks and a number of bales of cotton have been put <?n the market. Picking, however, will not become common until next week. CAMPAIGN SUBSCRIPTIONS. The Columbia State of yesterday acknowledged the following additional subscriptions sent from York county, by Frank P. McCain, Esq.: Dr. W. G. White $ 2 0(5 J. L. Sanders 1 00 D. M. Hall 1 00 John F. Gordon 1 00 Arthur Hart 50 J. G. Dickson 50 Hickory Grove. Tohn S. Wilkerson 2 00 J. N. McDill 1 00 J. N. McGill 1 00 John D. Whitesides 1 00 N. M. McDill 50 J. W. Castles 50 Dr. C. C. Leech 50 J. H. Wylie 50 R. L. A. Smith 50 Rev. J. L. Oates 50 Total $14 00 YESTERDAY'S ELECTION. Although good weather prevailed today. the vote in the second primary held throughout the county was not so 'arge as that in the primary of two weeks ago, when there was so much hinderance on account of rain. The total vote of two weeks ago was 3.312 and that of today was 3.274. The falling off is probably due to the fact that there was a considerable reduction in the number of candidates, and a consequent curtailment in interest; According1 to the returns as published and they are substantially cor rect. Hunter has been nominated auditor. Clem F. Gordon has been nominated supervisor, and Messrs. W. A. Aycock and L. J. Bumpkin have been nominated county commissioners. The collection of the county returns was completed at about 7 o'clock, and up to 8 o'clock no news had been received as to the result in the state. Virtually complete returns from Cherokee. Fairfield, Chester, Chesterfield and York, including 11,061 votes, give Finley a majority of about 2,200 over Butler and indicate Finley's renomination to a practical certainty. Scattering returns received by the Columbia State up to 8 o'clock to night, gave Evans 14,949; Smith, 19,694; Cansler, 14,576 and Caughman, 11,753. R. H. HIGH SCHOOL MATTER. At Chester, on Friday, according to the Rock Hill Record of yesterday. Judge Gage handed down the following order in the High School controversy : The State of South Carolina, County of York In the Common Pleas. Alex. Long et al? plaintiff, against Ira B. Dunlap et al., defendants. Order. The defendants move to increase the bond heretofore required of the plaintiffs from five hundred dollars to live thousand dollars. The pleadings make an issue between Winthrop college on the one side, and the Rock Hill school district on the other side; but the school district, which is represented by seven trustees, is divided in counsel?four on one side and three on the other. The matter at issue is a parcel of land containing eight (8) acres, with the high school building thereon, and lying directly across thd street from Winthrop college. The college wants this property and is willing to pay f'>r it the sum of twenty thousand do lars. Of the board of trustees of the school district, four desire to sell at tha* pi ice and three oppose the sale. It the allegation of the complaint te proved, the college must fail; otherwise, it wins. For who are the plaintiffs acting in this case? The high character of the plaintiffs forbids me to imagine that they are acting for their own private interests. If they are not acting for a considerable constituency of Rock Hill, then they will soon be put out of office; but they are in office. If they are acting for such a constituency, then they are performing a public service and ought to be encouraged. If in such service they fail, then the burden of failure ought not to fall grievously on their shoulders. It is true the school district is in debt; but so is every school district of consequence in this state. If this debt shall be paid, then another will forthwith be created. That is the history of the school District of the place. I am clearly of the opinion that the bond ought not to be increased. It is so ordered and the motion is refused. Geo. W. Gage. Chester, S. C., Sept. 4th, 1908. [What the Record cannot understand is why the learned judge should have fallen into the error of stating in his opinion that the minority members of the school board "could be put out of office." Judge Gage probably does not know that our board is a self-perpetuating body and that nothing save death or a special act of the legislature can eliminate any one of these g'-ntlemen from the board. As mat tors now stand, should any one or mem die or resign, the people here have no voice in the selection of his successor, but the hoard would elect him. Another thing: It seems to us that Judge Gage acts upon a gratuitous presumption when lie syys that "when this dfht is paid another one would be created." This is not a fair presumption and is not based upon the facts in the case.] H I = 2 ='= s i 5 55 = E.ST3 - =;=: p-ESs: 3 53- = ?5?: rl" : ?o: : : = = -; f 2.r~r;n * ?i : : : 5 2 ": : $ : ?: : : ? ? : : : ? ? 5 J : s ? : i : 2 ! 8 ! s j ic ?: : \\c~\ | j ST-9 j | i = j **j j : S ^lM#55rl!a?Sgggr|=JS 11 S^!sil!!Sl?SSKgIfeSg3?ll5?3 ? i g~,KS??Z?2SSe,S?g?*I5?a8.38 S! IS2J?g;g??gBg|tgg!h5s5iS 21 =S?g3!^S-5?!???g = ?23 11 S28KS55S_5SSSSBSSKSSSn 11 SI h 22 x ?s oo3E fe ? in o fc to <? ? 4- x. ? 5 |Ll|?2|i|Mi4lM|jM| _Sl fegifeSrssssssi^Seaiggs II gSfe5S3B?g8SftSt?8SSgSfeS _ll ?^?^K8gS^8|S.?S??S5S2 ? I 51? r ?25 ? Scsja ? 51^*1 SSSteSt I I 2??SS?il?SlS55jSSS255ifegJ IIS3^???!?2fcSg53$S?SfcS ?1 ?g223l??3&?i?2l8??S?? WITHIN THE TOWN. ? By a unanimous vote last Sunday, the Associate Reformed congregation decided to pay over to Mrs. W. C. Ewart the salary that would have been due to the late W. C. Ewart for services during the balance of the year. ? The salesday crowd yesterday was a little larger than usual, principally on account of the interest in the election. There was very little horsetrading. Men stood about the streets In groups during the greater part of the day talking politics. There was a large amount of campaign literature on hand for distribution, and a great deal of it was carried to various parts of the county. ? The Rural Carriers' Association of .York county met in the court house yesterday with about sixteen members present. Mr. D. C. Clark, the president, presided and Mr. B. R. T. Bowen, the secretary, kept the record. There was no business out of the usual routine. The next meeting of the association will be held at Sharon on May 30, the Federal decoration day. The visiting carriers were entertained at dinner at the Bowen house by the local carriers. ? The meeting at the Methodist church, which began Sunday morning, will continue through this week. The preaching is being done by Rev. D. H. Comann of North Carolina, and is of a very high order. Mr. Comann is a splendid expounder of the Scriptures. He uses no sensational methods, depending only on the simple gospel to influence men. His sermon Sunday night was heard by a congregation that taxed the capacity of the church, and has been the subject of most favorable comment. The day services are held at 4 o'clock; the night services begin at 8 o'clock with song and prayer and preaching at 8.15. ? The Yorkville Graded school was opened yesterday morning with an enrollment of 223. The opening exercises consisted of prayer by Rev. Henry Cauthen, the reading of a Scriptural ltsson by Rev. I. G. Murray, and talks by Thos. F. McDow, Esq., of the board of trustees, Revs. I. G. Murray, Dr. S. A. Weber and E. E. Gillespie, and Mr. J. H. Witherspoon, the superintendent. Mr. Witherspoon said he hoped for earnest, conscientious work, and assured the pupils of his purpose to try to give them the best service that was in him. Mr. R. C. Love of iMCUonneiisviue, is principal auu uc anu Mr. Witherspoon are to have charge of the high school department, consisting of the 8th, 9th and 10th grades. Miss Bessie Poag of Rock Hill and Miss Margaret Hart of Yorkville, have charge of the grammar school department, consisting of the 5th, 6th and 7th grades. Misses Ella Neely, Geraldine Lowry and Sudie Allison of Yorkville, have charge of the primary department, consisting of the 1st, 2d, 3d and 4th grades. Miss Pauline Gwaltney of Hickory, N. C., has charge of the music department. ABOUT PEOPLE. Miss Ida Dunlap of Delphos, is visiting in Due West this week. Miss Mary Fant Herndon returned | last week from a visit to Union. Miss Kate Padgett of Gastonia, is visiting her sister, Mrs. George Sherer. Miss Nellie Moore, of Yorkville, is with the Thomson company as cashier. Miss Wilmoth Jackson, of Newport, has taken a position at Winthrop college. Mr. W. T. Moore left last week to accept a position as drug clerk in Laurens. Mr. Raymond Jackson of Yorkville No. 3, is with the Carroll Furniture company. Mr. J. L. Williams of the J. L. Williams Co.. left yesterday for the northern markets. Mrs. G W. Foster of Greenwood, is spending sometime with her mother, J Mrs. W. B. Steele. Mr. and Mrs. T. Howard Riddle of Bethel township, spent last night with relatives in Yorkville. Mrs. Wm. McCloud and two children, of Columbia, are visiting Miss Mamie Turner on Wright avenue. Miss L?e Williams returned to Yorkville on Saturday, after spending three weeks in Rutherfordton, N. C. Mr. W. B. McCaw, whose critical iilness with gastritis was mentioned last Friday, is now out of danger. Mrs. R. L. DeVinney and daughter, Miss Mamie, have returned home from the White Diamond Lithia springs. I'nited States Service Orders, Thursday: Bussed Assistant Paymaster Dobson, to naval station, Key West. Mr. and Mrs. James Beckham and children have returned from a viist to relatives and friends in Lancaster. Master Carroll Grist returned home yesterday after a visit of two weeks to Mr. it. B. Riddle's family at Zeno. Mr. C. K. Spencer and family have returned from Blowing Rock, where they have been spending the summer. Mr. J. D. Witherspoon of Laurens county, is in Yorkville on a visit to his parents, Dr. and Mrs. J. H. Witherspoon. Mis Janie Belle Gaston, of Lowryville, has been visiting her grandfather Mr. M. P. Faries, in the Bethany neighborhood. Miss Daisy Hart returned to Yorkville last Thursday, after a two months' stay in Chatham, Va., with Mrs. Jas. F. Hart. Mr. Henry C. Strauss returned from Asheville. N. C., Friday night and reports that Mr. Chas. W. Smith is improving steadily. Mrs. S. Ij. I^itimer came up from Columbia on Saturday to spend a few days with her sisters, Misses Georgia and Annie Witherspoon. Mr. P. \V. Love is in a serious condition on account of an abscess at the back of his ear. Grave fears are entertained as to the probable outcome. Miss Marie Moss and Mr. H. P. Al 15 ' ? 1 5 I H ? gc I ~ ??; CD HH jii John Gary Evans ' | ca.^ * ?4 1 *' C/9 jg | E. I). Smith ' J*; ^ ,_| 8. It. Mellichainp 1f1 ? : 14 w? S bll . 55 J J. E. Swcarington j ? | 0 j James Cansler p . _ j B. L. Caughnian | ? I Total Vote Cast for I I State Office . _ cd J o | T. B. Butler ? I 2.^^ - J*1 W I D. E. Finley | |! 3 ^ I Thos. W. Boyd ? ! ^ -5QoJ -x ^ .... I C. F. Gordon " * k_^ :SL L. ^hq jg|j.J. Hunter _ _ 11Lgpfl r w Broad us M. Love ? I "rs SJlL 3^ c a I W. A. Ayeock | p* ' i = ? K^. - _ | M. S. Carroll *?. I pi i*. I John C. Kirkpatrick i x | KW I " , ^ | L. J. Lumpkin g| I Total Vote Cast For " I County Officers lison of King's Mountain, and Misses Ruby and Pearl Falls of Greenville are visiting the family of Mr. J. W. Dobson. Miss Ida deLoach, after spending several weeks In Washington, D. C., and New York, returned last Friday, accompanied by Miss Isabelle Erwin of Washington. Mr. and Mrs. P. R. Bratton, who have been spending a part of the summer at Asheville, N. C., returned to Yorkvllle, yesterday. They are at the Parish hotel, where Mrs. Bratton will probably remain for a month or more. Mr. R. G. McCaw of Wilmington, N. C.. and Mrs. L. W. Perrln of Abbeville, are in Yorkvllle, having come on account of the Illness of their brother, Mr. W. B. McCaw. Rt. Rev. T. D. Bratton, Bishop of the Episcopal diocese of Mississippi, \i*aa In Vnrlfvllla lact u'Pplf nn aonniint of the Illness of his cousin, Mr. W. B. McCaw, and conducted service In the Episcopal church on Sunday. The following young ladies and gentlemen left this morning for the Due West colleges: Misses Florence and Grady Moore and Leila Dunlap, and Mr. John Scott of the Delphos neighborhood and Miss Mamie Byers of Rock Hill No. 1, and Messrs. W. G. White and Brlce Dickson of Yorkvllle. Dr. A. Y. Cartwright. who has been spending the past six weeks at various recreation resorts including Sullivan's Island, the Isle of Palms and the mountains of North Carolina, returned home yesterday. The doctor has been in bad health for quite a while, and although he finds himself but little stronger, he has reason to hope that he has been veery much benefited by his outing. Mr. W. S. Smith of Newport News, Va., paid The Enquirer office a pleasant visit yesterday. He is spending a short vacation with his parents, Capt. and Mrs. J. J. Smith of Clover, and came down to Yorkvllle to look up former friends and acquaintances. During the past two years, Mr. Smith has been the Associated Press operator for the Newport News Daily Press, a position requiring a high order of ability; but which he fills with credit to himself and great satisfaction to his employer. Mr. Smith Is also an amateur artist of no ordinary attainment, and has made quite a reputation as a cartoonist. Besides all this, he is pleasant and agreeable company, and his visit to Yorkvllle was very much enjoyed by all who had the pleasure of meeting him. LOCAL LACONICS. We Will Send The Enquirer FYnm this rlnfp to .Taniwrv 1st. 1909. for 60 cents. Receiver Appointed. AshevlUe, September 5: On the application of the Commonwealth Title Insurance and Trust company, in a suit brought in the United States circuit court for the western district of South Carolina, Judge Pritchard today appointed P. A. Wilcox receiver for the Rock Hill Water, Light and Power company. The complaint charges mismanagement and insolvency. The receiver is authorized to issue $50,000, receivers' certificates to meet maturing claims. High Water In Beaverdam. People living on Beaverdam creek say that the recent freshet raised that stream to a point higher than has ever been known. There is a great deal of corn in the Beaverdam bottoms; but the information is that not much of it was injured. The bottoms of the creek are wide arid except at a few points the water did not get up over the corn ears. There is very little bottom land on CrowdePs creek from a point several miles above Riddle's mill to the river; but further up the creek corn was damaged considerably. King's Mountain Monument. From a citizen of the neighborhood, who was in Yorkville yesterday, The Enquirer learns that the progress of work on the King's Mountain monument was arrested because of unexpected trouble at the foundation. The original specifications provided for only four feet of excavation at the foundation; but the slate rock under the proposed site proved to be seamy and soft and the engineer in charge would not permit the erection of such a tall shaft as Is contemplated without going down deeper. The contractors have gone down about 15 feet and have only reached a satisfactory foundation. They now have this deep hole, about 25 feet square, to fill with concrete before they can begin with the regular construction work. The original plan was to have the monument ready for unveiling before October 7: but the understanding now is that there is no reasonable probability that the monument can be completed by that date. Killed By Saw Log. Frank Snipe, a young white man, aged about 19 years, lost his life last Wednesday as the result of being crushed under a saw log. Young Sn'ne was employed as a teamster bv Messrs. Kiser Bros., who gre operating a saw mill near King's Mountain battleground. While driving along with a log on the wagon, a wheel struck a stump and threw him off. The log fell in such a way as to pin him against a wagon wheel. Unable to extricate himself he began to call for help. This started the mules and the full weight of the log came down on the young man's left leg, breaking it and also mashing him internally. As soon as help arrived, young Snipe was car- : ried to his home in Cherokee county, about two miles away, and Drs. Caldwell and Miller did what they could for him, setting his leg as well as was possible. The accident occurred at about 4 o'clock in the afternoon and the young man died at about 12 o'clock that night. There was a chain on the ! wagon; but from appearances the young man had neglected to make use J of it in properly securing the log. ? Columbia, September 5: At five i o'clock this morning the Seaboard Air i Lino bridge over Haskell creek was ] washed away, passenger train No. 3S i having crossed the trestle an hour . previously. The Seaboard had just < gotten three trains across its Savan- i nah river bridge yesterday afternoon I and last night. Now the main line is < blocked again. Train No. 41. with i about forty passengers is held up at 1 Abbeville. The officials of the road < state that they hope to have the < bridge replaced by noon Sunday. ] SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The published statement that the opening of Clemson college would be postponed, was a mistake. The college will open tomorrow. ? Nfne hundred gallons of contraband whisky was seized at one time in Charleston one day last week, and a considerable quantity was also seized in Columbia on Saturday. ? Learning a lesson from the great flood, the engineers of the Chicago, Cllnchfleld and Cincinnati railroad have decided to raise the track down Broad River about eight feet higher than was originally intended. ? Spartanburg. September 4: It Is an ill wind that blows no good. It was stated here tonight by one con ?.UL Anrrlnoorlno* Hfinort llt?UlfU Willi IIIC CIlftlHCVunn V ment of the C. C. & O. railroad that the recent record-breaking high water in Broad river may be the means of saving that company thousands o' dollars. It Is this way: The company's engineering corps now running a line from Spartanburg to Columbia down this stream has been given a very valuable opportunity to know just how high the river can rise, and as a result of the demonstration the whole line will be raised between 10 and 15 feet. It Is said the recent waters rose over the line as previously located. ? Sumter Item, September 5: Mr. John Gary Evans is spending considerable money to get his literature Into the hands of the voters of Sumter county. A complete poll list of Sumter county was obtained a few days ago and today Sumter and Sumter county was flooded with autograph typewritten letters from Mr. Evans, endorsing a varied assortment of campaign circulars. Every voter in the city and county appears to have received one of the letters. If Mr. Evans has sent the letters throughout the state as he has In this county, the item for postage alone will exceed $2,000, to say nothing of the cost of the circulars, envelopes and expenses incidental to sending them out. ? Beaufort correspondence Sumter Herald: The race down here between Talbird and Christensen was set at a high pace. The father of the young senator came from the north long years ago, and was in the northern army, for which he nows draws a pension from the government. All possible changes were rung on this fact, and the iniquities of the father were piled upon the head of the son. Then, too, it was charged that Mr. Christensen had had a hand in the graft business, and had been paid ever so much for doing certain public service, and so the charges went to and fro like a shuttle-cock. On the other hand, it is still neia against Talbird that he was In company with the notorious Jim Tillman when he shot down editor Gonzales. Mr. Talbird declares It was a purely accidental meeting between him and Tillman Be that as It may. It defeated Talbird once before, and did not help him this time. So, Mr. Chrlstensen goes back to the senate. ? Chester, September 5: Gus Lee colored, convicted of the killing of Lucius Jones at the spring term of court in 1907 and sentenced to be hanged, but who managed by the efforts of his attorney Mr. W. H. Xewbold, to secure a new trial, was this afternoon found guilty of murder, with a recommendation to mercy. This special term of court was presided over by Judge Gage. Mr. S. E. McFadden assisted Solicitor Henry with the prosecution. The homicide was committed In June, 1906, but the defendant was not arrested until January of the following year. He was duly convicted and sentenced; but the case was taken to the supreme court on appeal. This tribunal refused to Interfere, and at the next term of court of general sessions Lee was resentenced. Mr. Newbold then took the case to the supreme court on the ground of after-discovered evidence, and the case was remanded for a hearing at the July term of this year, Judge Gage granted the motion for a new trial, and fixed September 3 as the date for a hearing. ? The State, Monday: Owing to the fact that the delegates who attended the national convention of the Farmers' union in Fort Worth, Texas, can not reach here in time, the meeting of the state executive committee of the union, which was to be held Tuesday has been postponed till the 15th Inst. At that time business of great imporfonoa t<-? *ho nnlnn will h#> transacted. On the 16 Instant at 5 p. rn.p the county presidents will meet with the executive committee here in Columbia. The object In having the presidents to meet is to give them a report of the national convention which has Just adjourned and to perfect the methods and means in the efforts by the union to control the price of cotton this fall. This state was represented In the national convention by President B. Harris of Pendleton. Joseph L. Keitt of Newberry and T. C. Willoughby of Florence. It will be gratifying to the many friends of President C. S. Barrett to know that he was again elected the national president. It was President Barrett who held the South Carolina association together when there was danger of disruption two years ago. ? Columbia State: The "Handbook of South Carolina" for 1908 issued by Col. E. J. Watson, head of the department of agriculture, commerce and immigration, is just from the press, being the second edition of the work that shows so completely the state's resources. The book is most attractively bound and contains a wealth of information on the state as to its agricultural, commercial and'manufacturing industries, in addition to statistics along other lines. The book is divided into nineteen chapters as follows: "The state of South Carolina," "The Story of the State," "How the state is Governed," "The Climate," by J. W. Bauer, director of South Carolina section, United States weather bureau service; E. J. Watson, "Tourist Advantages," "Geology and Mineral Resources," by Earle Sloan, state geologist: "The Water Powers of South Carolina," by Gadsen E. Shand, C, E.; "Education in South Carolina," by A. R. Banks, member state board of education; agriculture, as follows; cotton, trucking, general; rice, record crops; silk culture; tea culture, tobacco, good roads, miscellaneous: horticulture, as follows; general, fruit growing, pecan groves; live stock, as follows; general and statistics, cattle and hogs, dairying, cheesemaking, poultry, Angora goats, sheep; manufactures, including general manufacturing; cotton manufacturing and special manufacturing; Commerce, Transportation, Immigration and Emigration," "Population," "Hunting and Fishing," Forestry and Timber Industry," by A. C. Moore; "The Principal Cities," "The State by Counties," Statistics and General Information Not Otherwise Classified, "The State at Expositions" and handbooks. ? Columbia, September 5: More and more the university authorities are striving to link the institution to the common schools of the state. Several members of the present faculty have for years been closely identified with the common schools?teaching in the state and county summer schools* for teachers, addressing teacher bodies and the public on school matters. Realizing that the high school situation in the state was far from satisfactory, the board of trustees a little more than two years ago established in the university a chair of secondary education, and called to it a man who had taught for nearly twenty years in the common schools, most of that time in South Carolina. Prof. Hand began by giving half of his time to teaching in the institution, and the other half to field work over the state. Within less than a year the demand for his ? m hoa l-v thai from that time since he has given almost his entire time to this high school work over the state. In the meantime the legislature has appropriated $50,000 annually to aid the high schools, and the state board of education made Prof. Hand its state inspector, further linking the institution to the schools. There are now in round numbers one hundred state aided high schools, town and rural. These schools are getting the benefit of his services in building courses of study, ?lassifying their work, and urging on the improvement of these schools. For the first time in the history of the state all the colleges and the public it large have access to detailed, tabulated information as to the actual , work done in all of the high schools ;?f the state. The volume of corres pondence and the number of bulle- < tins of Information which pass through this office are heavy and are growing almost dally. This department of the university Is devoted to the educational Interest of the state rather than to the Individual Interest ? of this institution. Chicora College.?Chlcora college opens Its next session on September 17. Everything in connection with the buildings, is about In readiness for the return of the pupils. During the summer many small improvements have been made, which add greatly to the beauty and comfort of the buildings. The interior, Is attractive, as well as substantial. The reception halls, have Just been finished in hardwood, and the walls beautifully papered. The parlors, offices and Infirmary, have all been overhauled and finished in an elegant, attractive paper and Ivory enamel paint. An additional furnace Is being added to the heating plant, and the athletic courts improved. The outlook for the approaching session is the most encouraging in the history of the institution. The evl dence or tne popularity or unicora, is seen In the very large and unprecedented number of new applications. There have been very nearly, If not fully enough new applicants to fill the dormitory buildings. The college authorities have been compelled to rent additional houses for the accommodations of the pupils. The prospect at present is, that the number of boarding pupils will exceed that of last year, by fully one third to one half. Many requests for catalogues have come from distant states, and the future of the college is exceedingly bright. The great need of the present, is additional dormitory room. The faculty will begin to return next week. A number of the teachers spent thq summer at the various universities of the country, studying along their special lines. The music department will be stronger than ever. The faculty of last year, will be with the college again, and will be strengthened by the addition of Prof. Berghauser, who is accomplished in both pianb and voice. lilt? \ uuuege cxpcuia IU u^cn uu a standard of twelve units, which Is as high as any Institution in the state. Chicora is now certainly offering the very best advantages in higher Christian education, and its future is assured. Together with the other institutions of this city, it should be the pride of the community. An exceptionally large day patronage is expected, as there have been many applications and inquiries. It is the purpose of the president, S. C. Byrd and his associates to make the institution a'blessing to the people of Greenville.?Greenville News. Erskine Ready to Open.?Erskine college will open Septembjr 9. It is evident that the number of students for the coming season will be larger than the number last year which num,ber broke all previous records. Practically every room in the dormitories has been rented. There will be, however, many private lodging and boarding places at which the young men can be accommodated. Several improvements have been mt.de on the campus. A deep well has been dug Just In the rear of the main building from which an abundant supply of pure water mav be obtained. a snlendid system of sewerage has been installed in the dormitory and In the Wylie Home. The campus and buildings have all been thoroughly put In shape for the opening of the college. Prof. Edgar Long, associate professor of English, has Just returned from Columbia university. He spent the summer there, taking a special course in the English language. Prof. L. C. Galloway, of the chair of history and economics, has just returned from the University of Chicago. where he has been studying since the close of the last session. At this time there will be no important changes in the courses of study. The study of the Bible?two recitations each week?will be required in all classes. Heretofore this work was elective in the junior and senior years. Many new buildings have been put up in Due West this summer. Practically every store room has been rebuilt. The old wooden buildings have been replaced by handsome brick structures. These buildings add considerably to the general appearance of the town.?Due West special of September 5, to the News and Courier. Campaign Expenses.?There seems to be some dissatisfaction in some quarters as to the campaign expenses of R. G. Rhett of Charleston. Just why, we fail to see. If a man chooses to spend a hundred thousand legitimately in making his race for any office, whose business is it but his own? The man who spends legitimately his money injures no man, and his expense account is put before the proper authorities for consideration. We find no unjust item in Mr. Rhett's account as published, and doubtless the state executive committee found it satisfactory, or they would have been heard frnm Wp henrri nrtthlnc nf "Rhett money" coming1 in Oconee, but there were undercurrents that indicated that there was other money here. It is not the legitimate expense of a candidate that debauches and pollutes politics, no matter what that expense may be. One candidate may spend half as much as another, yet if his expense account filed before the executive committee accounts for but one-half or a third of his actual expenditures, there is where the pollution comes in. We have seen no such item published as "$500 sent to heelers in Oconee," yet we have heard intimations that such was the case, and we have seen also "the straws that went with the wind." We have not heard an Intimation that there was any "Rhett money" sent to this neck of the woods. Small, questionable expenditures are Infinitely worse than large, legitimate expenses. ?Keowee Courier. ? Paris, September 6: Leon DeLagrange, president of the Aviation club of France, established a new world's records with his aeroplane at Issy this morning, both for length and duration of flight. Mr. DeLagrange remain ed in the air for twenty-nine minutes, fifty-four and four-fifths seconds, and circled the field fifteen and a half times, covering a distance of 24,747 metres, or about fifteen and a quarter miles. He thus beat the longest flight previously made, that by Henri Farman in July, by nine minutes, thirty and a flf>h seconds, and exceeded the distance covered by Wilbur Wright yesterday, by about one and three-fourths miles. The new records have been accepted officially. M. DeLagrange's sensational flight, which closely approached the longest unofficial flights claimed by the Wright brothers in the United States, is rendered still more impressive by the fact that he came down only because the fluid used for his motor became exhausted. When he cut off the power he came lightly to the earth. A dead calm prevailed during the recordbreaking flight. ? London, September 7: The British Cotton Growing association Is more determined than ever to make Great Britain independent of the American cotton market, and at a meeting of West Indian cotton growers at Liverpool the other day at which many prominent English manufacturers were present, It was resolved that the association would spend one million sterling annually to encourage the growth of cotton in Africa and British West Indies. A resolution was also passed urging the government to establish on a permanent basis the imperial department of agriculture for the West Indies and to extend the scope and area of its work. It was na thA fit iui Liicrr 1 CLumiiicnucu mai ao mv *uture prosperity of the whole empire is largely dependent upon the development of cotton and other raw materials and agricultural products, it is essential that there should be a permanent central department on an imperial basis for the purpose of investigation, experiment, Instruction and education and for the co-ordination, collection and dissemination of informal' n Sir Alfred Jones promised the Wst Indian cotton growers that In o: der to p )le them to successfully ompete with American cotton In the Engilsh market he would carry all cotton free from Jamaica for twelve months in the steamers of his company, Messrs. Edler, Demyster & Co.