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Scraps and /acts. ? Atlanta. Ga.. September 29: "The cotton crop of Georgia will be the shortest in years." said Commissioner of Agriculture Hudson today. "A conservative estimate of the total yield is 1.300.000 bales against 2100,000 bales last year." According to CorAmissioner Hudson's statement the decrease for the year will be S00000 bales. ? Kansas City, Mo.. September 29: A special to the Times from Guthrie, Okla. says: Governor C. X. Haskell is preparing vto bring suit against William R. Hearst because of the latter's charges concerning Governor Haskell's alleged connection with an attempt to bribe Frank S. Monnett for the Standard Oil company. The suit will be brought in Missouri, probably at Kansas City. H. C. Simrall, of Mexico, Mo. is here as attorney for Governor Haskc 11, preparing the petition. ? Chicago, September 30. Concealing himself in the vault of the office of W. D. Allen Manufacturing company, a thief yesterday stole $700. after committing a murderous assault on Henry Gibbes. the superintendent. The robber struck Gibbes on the head with a revolver when he open the door of the vault to get the money, which was part of the payroll. Thrusting the superintendent into the vault and making him a prisoner by turning the combination knob, the robber leaped toward the door. The way was blocked by the company's stenographer and bookkeeper. "If you raise a hand to stop me I'll kill you both." the robber said as he leveled a revolver. Springing over the railing the robber, who was masked, reach the door before Miss Walters or Gallager could attract the attention of a large force of employers, who were within hearing distance. He ran to North street where it is thought a horse and buggywere waiting for him. ? Washington, September 30: President Roosevelt will not reply to the latest letter of William J. Bryan, given out by him last night at Rock Island, 111. Secretary Loeb stated today that the president felt that inasmuch as Mr. Bryan's letter was simply an attack upon him personally, there was no reason why he should answer it. Secretary Loeb today also made the statement that President Roosevelt had no intention at present of making a tour in behalf of the Republican candidate for president. Many invitations had been received by the president. Mr. Loeb said, but Mr. Roosevelt never has stated that he would take the stump. When asked whether, if the situation took such a turn that the president might consider that making a speaking tour would materially aid the Republican cause, the president in that event would take the stump. Mr. Loeb replied that he might or might not do so, and added that no one could tell what the future would bring forth. ? New Haven, Conn., September 29: President Hadley of Yale, on Sunday delivered his annual address to the student body at the beginning of the university year. His text was "Seekest Thou Great Things for Thyself? Seek Them Not." He said in part: "A man with whom ambition is the dominant motive is liable to three kinds of mistakes?mistakes of dishonesty. mistakes of selfishness and mistakes of judgment. His life may be insincere; his life may be semsn. It is the greatest merit of American college life today that it values the charlatan least when his advertising signs are biggest, and has the least mercy for the selfish schemer when he has most obviously got ahead of his fellowmen. The question whether our friends win or lose any contest, from a tennis match to a presidential election may appear overwhelmingly important at the moment, but the ternnis match looks very small two months hence, and within two generations even the presidential election sinks into comparative insignificance." ? Washington, September 29: That 5.000.000 people are now living in the United States who are doomed to fill consumptives' graves unless something is done to prevent, was the startling declaration of Prof. Irving Fisher of Yale university in an address on "The Cost of Tuberculosis" before the International Congress on Tuberculosis today. Prof. Fisher's address. which "was the feature of the day, created a sensation among the hundreds who listened to his statements. Prof. Fisher further declared that 139.000 persons who die of consumption annually in this country cost in hard case more than $1,000,000,000 a year. The second division of the International Congress on Tuberculosis opened this morning. The entire morning was devoted to the work of section 1, with Dr. Wm. H. Welch of Baltimore presiding. Participating in the discussions, which dealt principally with such phases of tuberculosis as the channels of infection. latent infection, predisposition and heredity, were many distinguished medical scientists from abroad. ? Lemans. France. September 30: I^azare Welller a prominent French financier and aeroplane promoter, announced today that he had ordered the construction of fifty aeroplanes on the Wright model, as he was convinced that the Wright brothers would be able to carry out the contract recently signed by Wilbur Wright and himself as a syndicate which specifies the payment to Mr. Wright of $100,000 by the syndicate on the accomplishment of certain conditions and the granting to the syndicate of the sole right to construct the Wright type of aeroplane in France and the colonies. These conditions require the American inventor to make two flights of fifty kilometres each in a moderate wind, the machine to carry two passengers or an equivalent weight, and sufficient gasoline to allow a flight of 200 kilometres. Wilbur Wright has won the Aero club prize of $10,000 for the longest flight over an enclosed ground, the time limit of which expired at sunset tonight. His flight of one hour, 7 minutes and 11 4-5 seconds, made September 28th, stands unbeaten. The conditions of the prize required that the flight should be made before sunset which debar- [ red him from consideration in his other record breaking flights. ? Hyderabad. India, September 30The catastrophe that overwhelmed Hyderabad, the capital of the Nizamas dominions and left in its trail thousands of dead, was one of the most sudden and most appalling of many visitations on India. In the Nizamas dominions are many tanks or lakes, the largest of which communicates with the river Musi. Tremendous rains *V./v lnl'AO Infn tho tauncu uic lanw IU mw ?.v river, which in turn burst its banks. A liood of water 60 feet high swept down upon the city, carrying everything before it and completely devastating several quarters of the city. Thousands of tons of water crashed in a dense mass against the houses, burying under the ruins the natives to a number that cannot be estimated. When the flood subsided a vast quagmire of black mud. out of which arises a poisonous stench, marked the spot where thousands of people lived. Bands of natives are now searching this pool for the bodies of their relatives, and the scenes are sickening. Many of the bodies have been recovered and all of them are badly mangled. Many more are buried in the debris of masonry and twisted iron. The flood actually wiped out a district a mile long and half a mile wide. ? New York. September 30: Important work for the uplifting of the negroes of the south will be actively undertaken the first of next year by the. Roman Catholic church by its recently organized "Board for Mission Work Among the Colored People" of which the Rev. Father John E. Burke is the director general. Tt represents an effort to reach the negroes through industrial education, and the effort is boing made to found institutions somewhat on the plan of the schools conducted by Pooker T. Washington and others. The work is now in a formative, state, but it is expected that missionaries and members of various religious orders will go to the south shortly, and that the funds which the Rev. Father Burke is collecting in novel ways and from all classes of the community will be sufficient to justify the beginning of several schools. Heretofore, much of the educational work has been done by Protestant bodies. Although there are negro Catholics below Mason and Dixon's line, the Methodists and Haptist have been most aggressive in making dark skinned converts. The field is practically new to the Catholics. IThr \|orhville (Bnquirrv. Rntered at the Postofflce in Yorkville as Mall Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE. S. C.: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1908. And Mr. Roosevelt has decided not to reply to Mr. Bryan because Mr. Bryan's last was so much in the nature of a personal attack. That is pretty good. But was not Mr. Roosevelt's first somewhat in the nature of a personal attack? While, of course, it is rarely the case that a question is ever conclusively settled in a newspaper controversy, j the advantage remains almost invariably with the man who is best able to uphold the truth with facts. Mr. Bryan has not been hurt in his controversy with Mr. Roosevelt. If the voters of the south will add an average of about 10 cents each to their votes, there is every reason to hope for the election of Mr. Bryan to the presidency. The principal thing needed is money. It is true that Mr. Bryan was defeated in 1896 and again in 1900; but no one need take discouragement from these circumstances. Except for the split in the Democratic party in 1896, Mr. Bryan would certainly have been elected. Palmer and Buckner got only a small per cent of the Democratic votes that were cast against Bryan that year. In 1900, Bryan was handicapped by the defeat of 1896 and also by the fact that prosperity had again begun to smile on the land. But now the Republicans are badly split in almost every Republican state, and the Democrats are working together more harmoniously than they have worked at any time previously since the war. A great many good Democrats were honestly opposed to the nomination of Bryan. They thought that John Johnson was the man; but practically every one of these is following the lead of John Johnson in working for Bryan and Bryan himself is making a campaign that no other living man would be able to make. It certainly looks like Bryan is going to win. If the voters of the south will only come along with their dollars, they will make Democratic victory certain. What a Lazy Man Did. The Carolina Spartan gives an interesting epitome of a speech delivered in Spartanburg not long ago by Mr. C. * * ' ^ ^ A o _ t'. Aioore, presiuem ui uic v/viwu ^ sociation of North Carolina. Mr. Moore told about the laziest man in his state. He was a cotton farmer. He believed in cotton and planted little else. He kept getting poorer and poorer. The cotton crop got lighter and lighter. Instead of making both ends meet at the end of the year, he had no ends to bring together and no means to fasten them. His children had scanty clothes. There were no books and papers and no time to go to school. As he got poorer he got lazier and he soon got so lazy that he quit planting cotton and tried home supplies. Mr. Moore said that he visited him at his home and took dinner with him, several vears after he quit cotton. Strange to say this lazy man had a well furnished house, neatly dressed children, an elegant dining room and a dinner that was not to be forgotten, nearly all of which was produced on the farm. After dinner he walked out to the barn and there he saw more signs of the man's laziness. He had a splendid barn and fine stock but he was actually too lazy to open the doors of the stalls and water his animals. He had a watering fountain in every stall. All he had to do was to turn a spigot when the fountain was empty. He was too lazy to throw hay and fodder from the loft and distribute it in the stalls. He made a sort of funnel out of strong fencing wire in a corner of every stall and the lazy fellow would chuck in a hundred or more pounds of hay and the horse could cat as long as it lasted. None would be wasted. When he raised nothing but cotton, he would slip off to the creek Saturday I afternoon and wash tne ausi ana an t off and dry on the bank. He had only a few towels then. But he had become entirely too lazy to' go to the creek to wash. He just walked into a bath room and turned on hot or cold water as he desired and got into a porcelain tub. He then had two towels to dry his body intead of none as in the old cotton days. The lazy fellow had also put water in the kitchen so that wife and daughters did not have to go to the well, or throw waste water out of the window. He was a very lazy man indeed and wished to save steps and to take all the burdens off his wife and daughters. He was too lazy to teach his children, so he supplied them with books and magazines and sent his daughters to a college in Charlotte and his boys t<? other schools and colleges. Such is the sketch of Mr. Moore's laziest man. How many such lazy men have we in South Carolina? Would it not be well, the Spartan asks, if they could be counted by the hundreds in every county? HASKELL BACK AT PRESIDENT. Oklahoma Governor Raises Strong Presumption In His Favor. Gov. Charles X. Haskell, formerly treasurer of the Democratic national committee has given out a long letter to President Roosevelt, repeating his published defense to the charges made against him. The letter in part is as follows: "The serious character of your charge against me should have suggested to you that you as'chief executive should proceed with deliberation and certainty before making such hearsay statements as your own declarations. "Your attack upon me finally rested on my conduct toward the Prairie Oil <S: Gas company, in this state. I have said that you were responsible for granting a franchise before statehood, thereby creating vested rights. You seek to evade the issue and create wrong impressions. You said the interior department had no power, except where crossing an Indian reservation. You would have your readers believe that Indian Territory was then conducting its own government and that only parts of the same were Indian reservation. "Mr. Roosevelt, you know it is not true; you know all the land was Indian land without county, township or territorial government. What halo of integrity surrounded you last week, like the mist, has faded away and the interior department holds the record which convicts you. "You granted the franchise at the solicitation of Senator Depew, and a few days thereafter received $260,000 in cash for your campaign fund. "You charged me with having attempted to bribe the attorney general of Ohio. That vas presumably nine years ago. Y have abandoned that position C'hai'eo P. Taft said through his paper that no evidence was ever produced that would convict me of the charge. "In touching on the State University question you pretended to quote from the Outlook Magazine, but how dishonestly you enlarged on the magazine article. That article charged me with substituting Democratic for Republican professors for political purposes. I have shown that statement to be false, but I charge you with trying to enlarge on that magazine article and give the world the impression that we were improperly using the money appropriated to conduct that institution. "Your charge that I vetoed a child labor law you have not apologized for, notwithstanding you know that I did it with the approval of union labor and that our state constitution, which you said was 'so bad your opinion of it would not look well in print,' contains more detail and child labor legislation than all you have recommended to the I\ew rorK legisiaiuie us gwveniui ui to the congress of the United States as president, and that I had approved fourteen acts of our legislature passed at the solicitation of union labor. "You said in your first statement that I had suits brought against me to recover title to Creek Indian land. I overwhelmed you on that statement. Adopting your usual policy, you flee from that statement without just apology and adopt the statement now that ( it was government townsite lots that you charged me with being sued for. Yes, I believe I am a defendant as to certain government townsite lots in one of nearly 11,000 suits that you have had brought against as many different honorable and highminded citizens of this state during this presidential campaign. and you will not undertake to deny that petty politics for the purpose of Republicanizing about 20,000 Indian voters was your sole motive for having those suits brought: and I charge you with knowing that there has been no delay in these cases, except thai :casioned by the court's deliberations, taken by himself as time he deemed necessary to consider whether or not there is any merit in the petition filed by , your attorney. "You say that on that land question vou will see that I get a hearing in court. Yes. sir, I will come to your hearing. Call to" your assistance all the power that your high office commands. present cases in any form you like. I am ready to meet it and before its conclusion the people of America will be disgusted that they ever elected you president of the United States." NOTES FROM OGDEN. Progress of Farm Work?No Damage From October Frost?Plenty of Lintless Cotton?Personal Mention. Correspondence of the Yorkrille Enauirei. Ogden, October 1.?With the exception of a big rain on Saturday, September 5th, there had been four weeks of uninterrupted operations on the farm up to last Saturday night, so far as weather conditions were concerned, and a great deal was accomplished during those four weeks. Over 50 per cent of the cotton crop has been picked and an abundant forage crop harvested. , The work of cutting peavine' for forage is still in progress. There is an ; abundance of fodder in the country that was not pulled for the reason that , there was so much late planted corn, , and when the weather cleared up the , last of August, cotton and fodder both came on at the same time and hands ( could hardly be induced at all to pull fodder when they could get cotton to , pick at from 40 to 50 cents per hundred. As cotton picking progresses everybody is being more firmly convinced | that the shortage in the crop has not : been over-estimated. Farmers on the red ridge lands report that the crop is practically all open now as there is no ' top crop at all. Cotton usually grows | late and puts on a good top crop in ; this low Blackjack section, which does ] not open until late In the fall, but such Is not the case this year. The gin- 1 neries have been getting about all they could do the past two or three weeks, but the rush will not last long this year. Several good farmers of this section say they will sow more grain and peas and plant less cotton next year than ever before. Peavine hay when baled, sells readily at 75 cents and $1 per hundred, therefore an acre of cotton land sowed in peas will yield good ; returns besides the improvement to the land. The October weeds have been in bloom for a week or more, the fruit i on the cocklebur weeds is about matured and all kinds of vegetation is ( rapidly maturing, all of which indicates early frost, according to the local weather prophets. No one is uneasy, however, as there is scarcely anything that frost would hurt even at this date, everything being in such an advanced state of maturity. We have some of the lintless cotton mentioned in the last issue of The Enquirer in this section. The lintless ( bolls, however, are not confined to the tops 01 siuiKS. i\o goou uuns ai an are found on a stalk of this kind, and when the bolls open there is just barely enough lint in them to keep the seed, which are black and perfectly smooth, from dropping out. There is some of this lintless variety of cotton seen every year, but not so much as there is this year. Mr. and Mrs. S. E. McFadden, of this place, are a little anxious about their son. Ernest, about 19 years of age, who left home on the night of September 19th, and has not been heard from yet. When he went away, young McFadden told his parents that he was going to call on a friend of his in the community and would return by the next day, which was Sunday. He did not return however, and on going to his room the next night, his parents found that he had taken all his clothing and personal effects with him. They are of the opinion that he has gone either to Norfolk. Va.. where he has a friend, or to Greenville, Texas, where an uncle and aunt of his recently went from this place, and they are expecting to hear from him every day. Young McFadden was a member of and quite an active worker in the Antioch Sunday school and was considered a model young man in his community. He, of course, had no cause to leave home as he did and it is believed that he did so only because he feared that his parents would not consent for him to go so far away from home if he mentioned the matter to them. There is no suspicion of foul play and both the young man's parents and his friends, believe he will soon be heard from. The bulk of the forage crop that has been cut the past two weeks is still in the fields, the most of it put up in small stacks and it is hoped that the weather will continue nice until it can be hauled up. Mr. W. S. Percival has about recovered from his attack of malarial fever and erysipelas, although he came very near having a relapse on account of getting out too soon. Dr. W. M. Love of McConnellsville, who sprained his ankle so badly a few weeks ago, was in this section Monday and is still using crutches. Strict educational Qualification.?There is no question at all but that there are some mighty serious defects in the primary system now in effect in South Carolina. The Record has l>>ng contended that no man should vote in the primary who is not a qualficd elector?namely, one who can read and write or who pays taxes on property valued at $300. Indeed, we would go further and say that it would be better for the future of the state of South Carolina if the property qualification were eliminated and let the educational qualification be the test of a man's right to bp one of the electorate. The man who cannot read or write, but who happens to be possessed of a little property, ordinarily has but a small grasp on governmental affairs. Nine times out of ten the illiterate man knows little and cares less about who should (ill office, and is not himself capable of judging whether any particular candidate is qualified for the office he seeks. The man, in other words, who cannot read the newspapers can hardly be said to be a first-class citizen.? Rock Hill Record. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Enquirer Office?Will pay reward for return of two bills, $5 and $10, lost on streets of Yorkville this morning. Gentry Bros. ?Will exhibit their famous dogs and ponies, elephants, monkeys and acrobats at Yorkville on October 6. Royal Baking Powder Co.?Tells of the absolute purity of Royal baking powder. See fourth page. Standard Oil Co.?Explains the advantages and conveniences of a first-class oil stove. See fourth page. Parish Hotel?Call and see a Steinway piano that is for sale or rent. J. McC. Moore. Yorkvllle Xo. 3.?Has found a sum of mpney which owner may have by proving property. T. X. Dulin. Pres.r?Calls an important meeting of Bethel Union for Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Thos. W. Boyd. Supervisor?Gives notice of letting of contract to build a bridge near residence of P. B. McAfee on October 8. J. Q. Wray?Invites visitors to the show next Tuesday to make his store their headquarters. Closing out prices on clothing. Miss Rosa Lindsay?Suggests that photographs of family members increase in value with age. Get yours now. Bank of Hickory Grove?Reminds you that one dollar starts an account in its Savings department. It wants you to make a start. Sam M. Grist?Wants you to know that when you make a purchase, whether you get the best or not, it is you that pays the freight. This is especially true of life insurance. Carroll Bros.?Are paying 22* cents a bushel for cotton seed and want what you have to sell. See them about an Oliver turnplow. York Drug Store?Is ready to supply possum hunters with first-class lanterns, extra globes, wicks, burners, chewing and smoking tobacco and pipes. York Furniture Co.?Calls especial attention to Cole's hot blast coal stoves as the best, quickest, hottest, most economical and convenient of coal heaters. It has others. First Xational Bank?Invites you to do your banking business with it on a business basis. Your funds will be safe and it pays 4 per cent on savings deposits. T. W. Speck?Has a large stock of lamps, Including all styles from a cheap hand lamp to elegant parlor and hall lamps. He wants you to see them. J. C. Wilborn?Offers the J. H. Xeely home, near Clover, for sale. A bargain for quick sale. R. B. Davidson Co.?Says the Farrand pianos and organs are far superior] to the popular priced instruments on the market. Edison phonograph records?a new style. T. W. Speck?Wants you to see him for lamps. He has a large stock in a big variety of styles and prices. I. W. Johnson?Tells about the seasonable edibles that he has for you. He wants you to can ana see wimt Thomson Co^Is, a^es'^cloaks ^and c?oate stilS. They are handsomely trimmed, well made and stylish. All the gins in the county continue busy; but it is generally conceded that Sin a week or two more the rush j "'it wilTnot be a bad investment for the Democrats of this county to subscribe to the national campaign fund. No one need hurt himself. Fr?in \f\ 15 Is a ptemy for each IndlvW^l. If Mr. Bryan should win, and there is a S ttrheVed^Jt g with their shouting, but with their "aiihounh we are inclined to think that "guiltv of murder" would have been the pfoper verdict In ?e Williamson, the verdict of manslauBhdid not believe the case that the de fSSS, -r sfd"emof.ehe "d'efe'nU! 5? ? diet would no doubt have been guilty." BRYAN CAMPAIGN FUND. Dr. T. N. Dulln, Clover * 2 J? R. R. Allison, Tirzah BY THE PEOPLE ONLY. A petition is being circulated in Yorkville looking to securing an amendment to the town charter so as to provide that, hereafter franchises may be granted only by the consent of a majority of the qualified voters. The proposition originated with the citizens' committee having in charge fhe telephone franchise now under consideration, and its object is to provide for the satisfactory settle men tof this and similar situations that may arT^VJceedlngs referred to are beIn which towns may amend their ChY^jrkville, like most other towns in the state, exercises its municipal authority under what to known as the -General Incorporation Act which | was framed with the idea of relieving the general assembly of the trouble and annoyance Incident to enacting specla charters for each particular town in the state. While all charters are necessarily similar in many Important j resnects, it was recognized that tnere would be cases where towns d Jerire to change some of the provisions of any general law that might e enacted. and to facllitate thls, it was r.rnvifled that upon a petition signeu by a majority of the freeholders the ftwn council should ca I an e ectlon ln which the qualified voters might pass upon any specified amendment The freeholders who sign the peti Hon now being circulated, are asking he tmvn council to call an election on the question of amending the charter. so that hereafter no fra?ch,*!Ji?aL*,e granted until the people shall have passed upon It in an eiection. If a majoritv of the freeholders sign the peHtlon. the council will at election and if a majority of the voters so indicate their desire, the charter will he amended as described. ABOUT PEOPLE. Miss Kate Hunter of Yorkville, left Wednesday for Winthrop. Miss Bessie Gryder of Rock Hill, Is visiting the family of Mr. J. C. Burg , near Yorkville. M B. Jennings, Esq., of Yorkville. left yesterday for Chase City, Va., on tirofosslnriJil business Mr. Philip W. Hunter of Yorkville, left Wednesday morning for the Charleston Medical college. Mrs. Mason Ferguson has returned to Yorkville. after spending several davs with Mrs. J. J. Keller in Rock Hill. Mr. William Smith of Washington, D. C., spent several days last week in Yorkville, with the families of Messrs. O. E. Wilkins and R. C. Allein. Mrs. J. W. Retts and children, Mastor Robert Walker and Miss Miriam, returned today from a week's visit to the family of Mr. R. S. McConnell at Catawba dam. Mrs. M. W. White and children, have returned from a three months' trip to the country, where they have been boarding during the summer with Mrs. Walter L. Jackson. State Chairman Wilie Jones has appointed Messrs. F. P. McCain. D. E. Finhy and W. D. Grist to solicit subscriptions from citizens of this county for Democratic national campaign. The following Yorkville delegates are in attendance on the Ladies' Missionary union, which Is holding its annual meeting in Lowryville: Miss Rose Lindsay, from the Asheville conference; Miss Bessie Williams, from the Miriams; Mrs. J. F. Thomson, from the Ella C. Davidson society; Mrs. W. H. Herndon. Mrs. S. W. Inman, Miss Lesslie D. Witherspoon and Miss Maggie Gist from the Willing Workers. Rock Hill special to Columbia State; Ira B. Dunlap, cashier of the National I'nion bank: Dr. W. W. Fennel, one of the city's leading surgeons, and J. W. O'Neal, a wholesale grocer, are off for a tour of the west. They will go as far as Denver. While on the trip Dr. Fennel will spend a time at the surgery of the famous Mayo Brothers, and Mr. Dunlap will visit his brother, Mr. Bemie Dunlap, in East St Louis. He will also attend the meeting in Denver, of the American Bankers' association. FINE KEIFER PEARS. Mr. John W. Gladden of Bethesda township, was in Yorkville yesterday, and left at The Enquirer office a half dozen Keifer pears, taken from his orchard about four miles south of Guthriesville. The pears weigh from a pound and a quarter to a pound and three-quarters each, and contrary to the general reputation of the Keifer, are yellow, smooth, ripe and delicious to eat. "These pears," Mr. Gladden explained, "are raised on a sandy soil. That is why they are so smooth and yellow. It also accbunts for their flavor. The Keifer does not do so well in a red soil. It is rougher, and does not mellow as readily and does not have as good a flavor." Continuing, Mr. Gladden said he has about five hundred Keifer pear trees. They are from three to ten years old, and while all of the trees are not well fruited, the crop this year is pretty satisfactory. Some of the trees have about four or five bushels of pears on them. , Asked as to what he would do with the product of his orchard, Mr. Gladden said that he was having no trouble to dispose of his pears at a dollar a bushel right there in the neighborhood, and he thought he could ship them at even a better price. "My neighbor, Mr. S. C. Wilson, started a man to Rock Hill the other day with six or seven bushels of pears, but he never did get there. The people bought them on the way." Mr. Gladden says he was induced to commence planting his orchard some ten years ago, because of the difficulty of getting satisfactory labor. He has been very well satisfied with the result so far and is expecting still better returns later on. FARMERS' UNION RALLY. There were several hundred farmers from different sections of York county in Yorkvllle today on account of the Farmers' Union rally advertised to be held in the court house, and although President Harris, Secretary Reid and Mr. F. H. Weston, who were among the invited speakers failed to show up, the proceedings were interesting and profitable. The meeting was ealled to order by Mr. J. Frank Ashe, president of the York County Union, and opened with prayer by Rev. W. B. Hurt, after which Mr. Ashe introduced as the first speaker. Mr. S. F. Parrott, of Columbia, editor of the Farmers' Union Sun, the organization in this state. Though professing not to be a speaker, Mr. Parrott made quite an interesting and instructive talk on the achievements of the Union and the purposes it has in view. He urged upon the non-union members In convincing manner, the duty of affiliation and co-operation, looking to the achievement of the great ends in view, and also presented the claims of his excellent paper to the consideration of inose wnu are mieresiea in agriculture. He was liberally applauded. The next speaker was C. E. Spencer, Esq., president of the York County Southern Cotton Association. Mr. Spencer made a {food common sense speech, urging the importance of living at home, and telling how to do it. In the course of his remarks, he took occasion to describe the cotton association as the forerunner that prepared the way for the Farmers' Union, and while he was satisfied that the Farmers' Union is filling a field that is not to be filled in any other way, he showed that there is room and need for both organ'zatinns and urged that both be maintained. During his remarks, Mr. Spencer provoked some enthusiastic applause. After the adjournment of the public meeting, President Ashe announced that after dinner, the Union would hold an executive meeting and when The Enquirer went to press, this was in progress. THE MILLINERY OPENINGS. The fall millinery openings at the stores of the Thomson company and the Yorkville Banking and Mercantile company brought out a large majority of the ladies of Yorkville last night, and these attractions have continued popular all day. Many Yorkville ladies, who failed to get out last night, have been availing themselves of the daylight opportunity. Others who were out last night have returned to note the difference in daylight effects, and with these there have been a number of lady visitors from the country, who are interested no less than their sisters of the town in what the arbiters of fashion have decreed will best harmonize with their beauty during tbe coming season. Both the Yorkville B. & M. company and the Thomson company made their usual elaborate preparations for the event. Their big stores were handsomely decorated for the occasion, with their prettiest and newest goods all on display where they would soonest attract the attention of the expert critics for whom the show was arranged. The show windows were, of course, a striking feature and invariably compelled a pause of the visitors on the sidewalks outside before they entered the stores. The Thomson company's windows were so arranged as to give a comprehensive glimpse of all the season's attractions, and the Y. B. & M. company's display was along the same line, only it was set off with a section of a regulation picket fence, showing an open gate inside of which was a column crowned by a tremendous creation of the millinery art, typical of the season's style. The Yorkville Banking and Mercantile company gave out as souvenirs preny lime wuaii uuuiiiia that illustrate the "Merry Widow" dance a la moving picture. Anything like at attempt at detailed description of all the hats on exhibition would grow tiresome, even to the ladies long before it could be completed; but it will be interesting to note that as usual, millinery this year is fearfully and wonderfully made, and is characterized by all the dash and picturesqueness of the Directoire and Empire periods. Huge shapes, many of them flat as a mushroom, gorgeous plumes, velvet streamers and neck ruches of the same satin of which the hat is made, stunning models of the empire period, which are conspicuous because moderate in size, are some of the features of the season's styles which first impress the observer. While the majority of the hats shown are especially well adapted to the tall slender woman in that they are very large and richly trimmed, there is a greater variety in size than is generally supposed, and before the season waxes old a number of them will be seen. One of the most fashionable colors is raspberry. Amethyst colors are good, and canard green is a favorite. Scarcely a big, fetching hat in the colorful exhibits was built on other lines than the flaring poke-bonnet models and the modernized versions called "mushroom." And frorrt the brims, from the crowns, from almost anywhere to which a streamer could be attached, flowed the silky ribbons which are destined to nestle quaintly next winter under oval chins. A black, rounded shape of velvet and satin, with a groat cluster of scarlet poppies wreathed about the crown, was perched in the centre of the opening display, and from a point just back of milady's ears came two black streamers for a bewitching bow. For sterner uses, though none the loss charming, was a soft French felt of grayish taupe, surmounted by a beaver crown of identical shade, made in a wide almost Hat street hat for tailored wear. At the base of its crown was twisted a gold cloth fold, into which was woven the soft, dull colors of an eastern rug. Across the crown were two slim feathers of dull brown, upon which were embroidered little scales of Irish grass green. A big brown hat of velvet brim and shirred satin crown was a general favorite because of a bizarre orangeand-gold bird of paradise which flaunted it splendid length upon its crown and over its brim. In the breast of the bird and through its flaming plumage were all the rare I tints of autumn sunsets, the glories of dying forest monarchs, the mellower tints of ripe fruits and the scar- I let of fires. Bows of ribbon In shad- i ed orange and soft yellow completed ' the daring model, and a flash of brilliants came from a half-hidden buckle on one side of the crown. A smaller shape of old blue corded 1 silk attracted much attention by virtue of a band of Persian embroidery about the crown and the soft red of satin roses in a cluster at one side. A big black Merry Widow shape for street wear had a white satin scarf knotted about the crown, from which rose two tremendously long quills in black and white stripes. The crown was of black and white stripes, and a black jet buckle caught the ends of the quills in a firm grip in a chou of white satin. A fetching model of amethyst velvet was of similar shape, and two smart stiff satin bows were the sole garniture. A larger shape in hyacinth blue was of panne velvet, with a soft satin orlee. nhout the crown of which was roped a giant willow plume of harmonizing shade. The plume was of such length that Its journey about the crown made scant Inroads on its trimming capacity, and the remainder of It was twisted into a ohou and swung over one shoulder. Several charming black picture hats were shown which combined the drooping grace of CoFonial models with the chicness of modern garnitures. GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTER. Laurens, October 2.?(Special dispatch to The Enquirer). In the case of the State against J. Henry Garrison, the jury rendered a verdict at 11 o'clock this morning of guilty of manslaughter, with recommendation to the mercy of the court. S. E. Boney. The Columbia State of this morning contains the following detailed account of the trial J. Henry Garrison for the killing of J. Louis Williamson. Laurens, Oct. 1.?J. Henry Garrison was tried today in the court of general sessions for the killing of J. Louis Williamson. All day was consumed in hearing the testimony, the arguments of counsel and the judge's charge. Messrs. Richey and Eeatherstone addressed the Jury in behalf of the defendant, while Messrs. Cooper and Nelson spoke for the State. On the witness stand today, for the nrst nine, were aeciareu me ueia.ua of the tragedy, which occurred near Gray Court at about 11 o'clock on the night of July 31, and in which Mr. Louis Williamson of Bethesda, York county, lost his life. Miss Mary Garrison and her father were the principal witnesses, Miss Garrison for the State and the defendant for himself. Although summoned for the State, Miss Garrison's testimony was decidedly in favor of her father, a fact impossible to be concealed. The prosecution sought to show that Mr. Williamson was not taking advantage of Miss Garrison; that his conduct was but the legitimate caresses of a lover and a future husband. The defense endeavored to show that these acts were not within the bounds permissible and that they were committed against the will of Miss Garrison, who protested against them, and endeavored to free herself. It was testified that Williamson had been drinking, was intoxicated when he arrived at Gray Court, but it was not proved that he had had any whisky after his arrival and the State contended that he had time to sober up before the shooting took place. The defense held that Garrison did not know that his daughter was engaged to Williamson. The prosecution contended that no harm or injury was committed, while the defense took the position that the indications were sufficient to convince the father that harm was attempted. Judge Memmlnger made a brief but unusually strong charge to the jury on the points of law involved, showing under what circumstances an act like Garrison's would constitute a defense of a female member of his family and at 8.15 o'clock the jury retired to find a verdict. Something over an hour was con i 1 _ 4L. sumea tms mvming in me twitxnuu ui a jury to try Mr. J. Henry Garrison for the murder of Louis Williamson of York county. Ten farmers, one clerk and a merchant composed the panel. The State opened its case by the testimony of Dr. C. E. Rodgers of Gray Court, who was called in to attend the deceased. Dr. Rodgers testified that he was called by Mr. Garrison at about 11.30 to come to his house to see a "man he had shot." Attended the wounded man and ascertained that there was no hope of recovery. Death caused by internal hemorrhage. Some gunshot and wadding in the wound. Shot entered to left of abdomen. Miss Mary Garrison was next put upon the stand. Had been teaching in the Bethesda high school, near Rock Hill and in two miles of the Williamson home. Met Mr. J. Louis Williamson and later became engaged to him. Returned home May 2 of this year and Williamson came to see her in June. Upon question from counsel she stated that she had not told her mother of the engagement, but her mother knew it after tVat first visit. Williamson's conduct was proper and becoming a gentleman on. this first visit. On July 31 Williamson arrived at her home at about 4 o'clock in the afternoon with J. H. Garrison, her father, who had gone, upon her request, to meet him at station. They went walking in the afternoon, had supper together and sat for a while on defendant's porch, together with members of family. Later ?at about 9.30?she and Williamson went into the parlor together and the family retired to their rooms for the night, she supposed, for they were not on the porch. Relating the circumstances just prior to the shooting. Miss Garrison said that Mr. Williamson acted in a manner unbecoming a gentleman, went too far, took undue liberties. She was begging him to desist in tones loud enough to be heard outside. Then she saw the barrel of a gun stuck into the window from the outside, heard her father's voice calling out something. Did not know what. She got up and ran. Williamson also got up and in just a moment she heard the shot. After the shot she, with her sister, Fannie, and her mother entered the parlor. Williamson sat down, but later walked without assistance into the bed room, just back of the parlor, where he pulled off his coat and with her (Miss Garrison's) assistance pulled off his collar. She fanned him and stayed at head of bed most of the time. Slept a little while on sofa next morning. Had sent some flowers along with the body next day and identified her card on the flowers. Also identified a letter of sympathy she had written Mrs. Williamson after the tragedy. This letter was not admitted as evidence. When Mr. Nelson handed the letter to Miss Garrison she looked at it a moment and then tore it in two, throwing it on the floor. At the conclusion of her testimony Mr. Featherstone apologized for the act, saying that under the severe strain Miss Garrison was not herself. Judge Memminger stated that he appreciated the situation and the act would not be deemed contempt of court. On cross-examination by Mr. Featherstone Miss Garrison said that she knew by his general demeanor that Mr. Williamson had been drinking. She gave Mr. Williamson's dying statement to her. It was this: "I know I i 1 ? ? 'll? ? -? T too o a Klo mo am KOlIli; HI UIC clliu 1 IW umms for the shooting and not your father, and I don't want your father hurt for it." Re-examined by Mr. Nelson, Miss i Harrison said that after the shooting, Mr. Williamson asked her to get his suit ease. She did so and he got a bottle of whisky out of it. Some of (he whisky had been taken from the bottle. Mr. T. L. Shell and Mr. W. B. Blythe were put up by the State, the first tes- 1 tifying that he was notified of the shooting and went to the Garrison f house at about 12 o'clock and stayed < until nearly morning. Williamson i made a statement to him, but it was I not admited as testimony at first. Court heard statement while jury re- I tired, which was "I don't see why that 1 man shot me." Proper legal foundation for the in- ' traduction of this had not been laid. < hence it was ruled out. but later from 1 another witness It was introduced. Mr. : Rlvthe was the undertaker who em- i balmorl the body. J Besides numerous witnesses who tes- I tified as to seeing Mr. Williamson on the afternoon of July 31, and that he was in an intoxicated condition, the defense put up Mrs. Garrison, wife of the defendant, J. H. Garrison. Mrs. Garrison heard the dying statement of Williamson. Went to the parlor when she heard shot after leaving th'e porch. Went to her room and retired, but did not know whether or not she had been asleep. Heard Mary's voice in the parlor directly under her bed room. "Heard enough to know that Mary had no business In there, so I got up to go down ana can ner out. umn i Know where Mr. Garrison was. Had left him down stairs. Just had gat into the back hall when I heard the shot." Mr. J. Henry Garrison sworn, testified that he was the defendant, aged 57 and a half years, the father of Miss Mary Garrison. Had gone to the station the afternoon of July 31, distance of about half a mile, to get shoes for mule and had been asked by Miss Mary to meet and bring out Mr. Williamson. Saw Williamson when he got off train. Thought he was a little dazed from riding but did not approach him at once, as some one called him. Later passed him in the postofflce, told him to wait a minute for the mail, then they would go home. Had not up to this time noticed that he was intoxicated. Did notice later when he went to get in buggy. Drove home and worked In field until sun down. Ate supper with Williamson, who appeared to be still intoxicated, but did not say anything out of the way. After the couple went into the parlor he went up stairs and sat in a window directly above the parlor. Was suspicious of Williamson in his then condition. About 10 he went to his room up stairs and stayed until nearly 11 o'clock. Heard a scraping noise as a chair dragged across the room. Went down stairs. Half way down .heard his daughter say: "Please don't." Heard it again. "As I reached the bottom of the stairs I thought of my gun in the passage way just outside, picked it up, walked out the back way around the house to the window on side, saw Williamson with his arms around her. Put the gun into window and hollered: "Move," -for he didn't want to shoot the man in the back, whereupon Miss Mary ran and Williamson exclaimed: "Mr. Garrison, Mr. Garrison." Shot was fired almost Immediately after Garrison hollered "move." After being shot Williamson said, "I intended to marry your daughter and you have killed me," to which Garrison replied, "May be you did and may be you didn't." Williamson asked not to be shot again and Garrison said he would not on/1 iir?nn rn/niput nf U'PTlt for Dr. Rodgers. Mr. Nelson in the crossexamination asked Garrison why he did not go directly into the parlor from the hallway instead of sneaking around on the outside and spying on his own daughter, to which Garrison replied that he did not want to give them warning, that if there was anything wrong he wanted to know it. Asked why he shot the deceased, he said, "Because I thought he vyas trying to take Improper advantage of my daughter." Counsel had defendant admit that Williamson was not doing anything at the time he was shot. On question from counsel, Garrison stated as his reason for bringing Williamson home with him in a drunken condition that he wanted to get him away from where the neighhors would see him, as there was already talk about the young man being drunk. A number of witnesses testified that Williamson was Intoxicated on the afternoon of the 31st. None, however, that he took a drink after his arrival at Gray Court at 3 o'clock up to the time he was shot at about 11 o'clock. The defense in a nutshell was around this point, that young Williamson was under the influence of whisky and acted in such a manner towards the girl's father in defending her. The State had a number of character witnesses here, among them Mayor John T. Roddey of Rock Hill, to testify to the good character of the deceased, but because the defense did not assail his general good character, that testimony was not taken. LOCAL LACONICS. We Will Send The Enquirer From this date to January 1st, 1909, for 50 cents. Plenty of Partridges. The outlook for a good partridge crop this season is good. Many of the birds are more than half grown and there seems to be lots of them. Death of Mrs. John Brown. Mrs. John Brown died at her home in the Beersheba neighborhood on Tuesday night, and was buried in Beersheba cemetery on Wednesday. She is survived by her husband; but leaves no children. Election Commissioners. The governor, has appointed election commissioners for York county as follows: Federal?F.. W. Whitesides, J. Q. Howe, C. P. Blankenship. State?D. P. Lesslie, P. Ml Burris, J. E. Latham. Of Consumption. Mr. Ennis Burns died at the home of his father, Mr. W. A. Burns in the Beersheba neighborhood on September 22, after a long and wasting illness with consumption, in the 31st year of his age. Meeting a* Sharon. Services in connection with the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper to be administered next Sabbath, were commenneri in the Associate Reformed church at Sharon last Thursday night. Rev. J. P. Knox of Columbia, is doing the preaching?two sermons each day. Of Typhoid Fever. Master Clarence, the son of Mr. U. M. Pursley of Lesslie, died in Rock Hill last Wednesday of typhoid fever. He had been moved from Lesslie to Rock Hill about two weeks before. The deceased was about 16 years of age. The funeral took place at Neely's Creek church yesterday. Work on the Monument. The contractors are about to the surface of the ground with the concrete foundation of the King's Mountain battleground monument. They followed the seams of slate rock to a depth of about 12 feet on one side and about 18 feet on the other, and have been filling the excavation, 24x24 feet with concrete. The work on the main shaft has not yet been commenced. Up to this time the expenditures of the contractors aggregate something over $3,000. Coming Next Tuesday. The Gentry Bros, show has been to Yorkville once and the hundreds of people who saw it were well pleased with the performances of the dogs, ponies and other trained animals. One of the advance agents advises The Enquirer that at the time of the first visit, the show was divided into four sections, only one of which came to this place. Now the four sections have been consolidated into two sections, and the section that will come to Yorkville will be more than twice as large as that which came on the first visit. Another Bank For Fort Mill. Charlotte Chronicle: Steps are being taken for the organization of a second bank at Fort Mill, S. C., with a capital stock of $25,000, business to begin about January 1st of next year. A subscription for stock is now being taken, prominent among those taking shares being Dr. T. S. Kirkpatrick and Mr. W. B. Ardrey of Fort Mill, and* Mr. W. A. Watson of Charlotte. Work will begin on the bank building and officers will be elected within a few weeks. The growth of Fort Mill warrants the establishing of this institution, there having been in that city only one bank, the Fort Mill Savings Bank, which is a prosperous and popular institution. The advancement of the town along progressive lines amply provides the city for another financial enterprise. Gold For the Rainy Day. '*A bulky bag of gold containing $8,000 of the yellow metal was found," says the Charlotte Observer, "in the bottom of the late Mr. J. P. Bailes* safe when those having charge of the disposition of his estate opened it at the Bailes' home near Fort Mill, S. C., a few days ago. This money was in an nut-of-way place in the bottom of the safe, where it had been, some of it at least, for more than a score of years. Its discovery came as a surprise, although members of the family had an idea that there was a pile somewhere. Mr. Bailes was a most provident man, was known to reserve all the gold that ;ame into his possession but no one believed that he had accumulated such 1 sum. Aside from this sum in ready :ash, Mr. Bailes left an estate condsting of 2,000 acres of fine land and from $20,000 to $30,000 in stocks, etc. MERE-MENTION. Miss Sllvey Speer, 17 years old, a rich heiress and high in social circles of Atlanta, Ga., was married Monday morning in that city to Russell Thomas, chauffeur of her father. The marriage has caused a social sensation in Atlanta The steam yacht Argonaut, collided with the steamer Kingswell, Tuesday, off the coast of England and sank. Her 250 passengers and crew were saved in small boats The leading mercantile establishment of Erie, Pa., was destroyed by fire early Tuesday morning with a loss of {500,000 Mrs. Mary Dougherty of New York, while cleaning house Tuesday morning, closed a folding bed In which a two-year-old baby was asleep. When she thought of the -child and opened the bed the baby was dead Six students of Guilford college were arrested at Greensboro, N. C., Tuesday on a charge of assault and battery upon a fellow student whom l.hely were attempting to haze Three men were killed and two wounled, one perhaps fatally, as they were standing in a church door at Anthras, Tenn., Sunday morning. The killing was the work of a drunken mob The semi-annual meeting of the National Association of Cotton Manufacturers Is In session at Saraioga Springs, N. Y Heavy rains began falling in the Adirondack mountains, New York, Monday night and it is hoped the forest fires which have been burning for several weeks will be extinguished. Many lives were lost as the result of the forest fires. Large numbers of bears are being killed in Yellow Stone National park. The bears are being killed by soldiers because they are too numerous for comfort The Methodist conference of California, In session at Los Angeles, passed a resolution Monday calling on the Methodists of his district to give Speaker Cannon "a vacation of two years without pay." More than 300,000 persons 1:00k part in a demonstration against a license bill now before the English parliament in Hyde Park, London on Sunday Chairman Hitchcock of the Republican national committee, claims that out of a total of 483 votes in the electoral college, Mr. Taft will receive 307; Mr. Bryan 158, and 1J are doubtful The cholera victims ot Russia up to Sunday numbered 15,183; of these 7,102 have died. Sanitary conditions have slightly improved during the week, with a slight decrease in the number of new victims of the scourge. John E. Redmond, leader of the Irish Parliamentary party of Ireland, Is making a tour of the United States in behalfc of his countrymen... .Two army officers went up in a balloon near Dusseldorf, Prussia, Monday to a heighth of 6,000 feet. At this altitude the gas bag collapsed After descending 4,000 feet the torn balloon opened out, acting as a parachute, and the men reached the earth without serious damage Train robbers made a successful raid on a train near Vllna, Russia, on Monday, getting away with $100,000. A ? - - ? u * 1 - a urnrn lr'illo/1 UUIUUtri U1 lillliuau suatun n V ??UW? In a Marathon race run at Milan, Italy, on Sunday, a 19-year-old boy covered a distance of 26J miles in 2 hours, 56 minutes and 6 seconds Forest fires destroyed the village of Homestead, Mich., Monday, rendering twenty families homeless New York state on Wednesday, had a cash balance in its treasury of J27.000.000. The state's indebtedness totals $26,230,660 The thirty-fourth annual session of the American Bankers' association is in session at Denver, Col The United States Steel corporation will expend $15,000,000 during next year in improving its plants in the vicinity of Pittsburg, Pa During the year 1907, 3,125 men lost their lives in coal mines in the United States; 5,316 others were more or less injured Twelve counties of Ohio on Tuesday under a new local option law, voted "dry." This makes fifteen counties in that state to vote for prohibition under the new law, closing nearly 400 saloons. The population of the fifteen counties is 400,000 The strike of mechanics of the Canadian Pacific railroad, which has lasted for about one month, has collapsed Election bets in New York have changed recently from 5 to 1 in favor of Taft to 5 to 2 and 3 to 1. The change is said to be due to the interference of President Roosevelt. The opinion being that the president has helped Mr. Bryan's chances of election Governor Hanly of Indiana, Vioo /lomanHorl In VDflt\f3TU tInn hV thft legislature of a charge made against him to the effect that he offered a bribe to a representative to secure his vote for the recently passed local option bill. _ SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Anderson special of September 30, to the Greenville News: What might have been a serious accident occurred on West Market street yesterday as the Gentry Bros, show parade was returning to the show grounds near the C. & W. C. depot. A team of mules became frightened at the procession and attempted to run. One of the wheels of the wagon struck a big elephant, throwing the rider, who was perched on the monster's head, to the ground. In wheeling around the elephant tripped a dromedary and this animal nlnneA a foot on the man. SDrawline In the road. The man was slightly bruised, but otherwise no damage was done, and the procession proceeded. ? Greenville special of September 30 to the Charlotte Observer: The state executive committee of the Independence party met in this city today and elected the following officers: Chairman, D. E. McCuen, of Grtenville, S. C.; secretary, S. C. Price, of Columbia, S. C. The personnel of the entire executive committee will b<* given out as soon as the list is completed. A full electoral ticket will be put in the field for the November election. The executive committee has under advisement the subject of a state ticket with candidates for governor and all state offices. A decision as to this matter will be reached in a few days and a statement given to the public. State headquarters will be located in Greenville. The state chairman issues a call to all those interested in the Independence party movement in the state to communicate with him at once. ? Columbia, September 29: In response to the call of the department of agriculture upon the various county auditors of the state for information as to the number of abandoned farms in the various counties and an expression of opinion as to whether the individual ownership of farming land is decreasing or increasing. Commissioner Watson has already received the reports from practically one-third of the auditors of the state. The exceedingly gratifying showing is made in every report that there are practically no abandoned farms in any of the counties reporting, showing that marked progress has been made in the last few years in the revival of the agricultural industry. The reports indicate a marked tendency towards the smaller farm and a most pronounced tendency toward individual ownership. In some counties also is shown the fact that negroes are beginning to purchase and operate small.farms. McLaurix and Archbold.?A new phase of the discussion of the socalled "Standard Oil correspondence," was made public last Tuesday when John D. Archbold, vice president of the Standard Oil company, made a statement to the Associated Press setting forth the details of the alleged theft of letters from his flies. Former United States Senator McLaurin of South Carolina also entered the held with a signed statement declaring his attitude in the matter. After saying he had no apologies to make, Senator McLaurin says; "I believe that the south and especially the state of South Carolina, is today throttled in its natural progress and its intelligent exercise of the right of self government by an oligarchy which Keeps alive prejudices of past generations through perpetuation of ignorance and fertilization of corruption, and I shall welcome the day when an educational propaganda which can only be spread by the use of money, whether it be Standard Oil money, railroad money, or any other money, save that derived from the governmental sale of whisky, will enable the people to see more clearly their own best interests and cast out those leaders whose hypocritical morality and illdisguised selfishness is responsible i'or the fact that in the south illiteracy is greater, and increase of populatian and wealth slower, than In any other great section of the Union."