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Scraps and ^acfs. ? Tamplco, Mex., February 10: The great oil arid wat?r volcano at Dos Bocas, seventy-five miles southwest of here, Is rapidly assuming a terrifying aspect. The original aperture has increased in size until it now covers an area of more than forty acres. The temperature of the water and oil is increasing at the rate of one degree a day. It was 196 degrees Fah., when taken by scientists, who have just returned here from a visit to the volcano or geyser, and says that molten lava will soon begin to flow from the crater. The pressure behind the water and oil is constantly growing stronger, and the lake Is a seething, boiling caldron, m/hioh hn? an outDut of many million barrels of water dally. It Is a mystery where the enormous water supply of the volcano comes. It Is the theory of some scientists that an underground connection with the Pacific has been struck and that the water becomes heated in passing through the volcanic region of southern Mexico. ? J. G. Hood, at one time a leading dry goods merchant of Charlotte, N. C., was shot and almost instantly killed in that city last Tuesday morning by W. S. Biggers, a well known citizen of Mecklenburg county. The shooting was the most sensational ever occurring in Charlotte. The tragedy was enacted on the sidewalk in front of the Central hotel, in the very heart of the city, and was witnessed by several hundred people. Four shots were nrea by Biggers, three taking effect in the head, the fourth barely missed a negro hack driver. Biggers surrendered his gun to officers and was taken to the police station, where he is now, apparently in a state of violent insanity. The shooting grew out of business troubles, dating back four or five years ago, when the two men were partners. Biggers claims that he lost all his investments with Hood, and that the latter got the funds. Hood was a middle-aged man. He leaves a wife and two children. Biggers has a wife and family. He has only one arm. He was a dealer In blooded horses. ? Philadelphia, February 9: The Rev. Dr. Frank DeWltt Talmage, pas tor of the Chambers-Wylle cnurcn, taking as his theme Sunday night "Fallen Mantles," spoke upon "the modern marriage as a political and Immortal crime against the church and state." "I do not know whether there are any Methodists sitting before me," he said, "but whether you are Methodists or Episcopalians or even coldblooded Calvinlstlc Presbyterians, If you have any intelligent patriotism you shouted 'amen' and 'hallelujah' when last week you read the announcements in the daily newspapers that two bills had been Introduced into our state legislature to prohibit sick people and mentally and morally incompetent people from marrying. This marital farce has been licensed too long by our state laws. It is high time that we heed the warning call of our physicians and say that no incompetent man or woman should be allowed to marry. Once the " * " * ? Kof church held to tne insane UCUCl kuuv all marriages were made In Heaven, but now we know from the records of the divorce court and the penitentiaries and the insane asylums and the hospl tals and the poorhouses that many of our marriages are not inspired of God. but by ignorance and sin. No woman reeking with tuberculosis should be allowed to become a mother. No man who Is an habitual criminal has a right to reproduce his depraved nature in a degenerate son. Such marriages are crimes against society and crimes against God." ? The entire question of the type of canal that should be adopted in the construction of the Panama canal was before the senate Tuesday, Senator Klttredge, chairman of the committee on interoceanic canals; Senator Foraker and Senator Teller all declaring that they believe a grave mistake had been made in adopting the lock project. The discussion grew out of a report by Mr. Kittredge on the bill Increasing the limit of cost for the canal to $500,000,000 and authorizing the secretary of the treasury to issue bonds to that amount. He said that this committee had decided that the measures should be considered by the finance committee and he reported it back with that recommendation. In making the report Mr. Kittredge took occasion to say that the canal committee disapproved of the proposed issue of bonds and he read a statement of the expenditures on account of the canal showing that to date they have been $170,964,468. Senator Kittredge said that while the engineers of the canal zone had originally placed the cost of a lock canal at $139,000,000, they had now increased their estimates to $400,000,000, whereas it had been estimated that a sea-level canal could have been built for $247,000,000. In response to a question from Senator Foraker he expressed the opinion that the lock canal had not progressed so far that it would not now be possible to adopt the sea-level " " * 1 ?UU VVf type. Mr. r oraKer agieeu nun xu*. Klttredge that the sea-level waterway would have been preferable from an economic standpoint. Senator Teller expressed the opinion that a sea-level canal could be constructed more cheaply than a lock canal, and he added that It would be in far less danger of destruction. Referring to the reports that Mr. Taft had "ordered" the widening of Culebra cut, Mr. Teller, in response to questions by Mr. Mooney, said he did not suppose Mr. Taft actually "ordered" the change, but that he had recommended it. The regular order was demanded and without disposing of the canal question, the senate passed to other subjects. ? On January 31, Governor Gillett, of California, made public a letter from Roosevelt regarding the anti-Japanese legislation in that state. The president quoted from a letter from former Secretary of State Root to Gov. Gillett, and from a memorandum, pointing out inai Air. auui saw nu w %* law which treated all aliens alike, but that to avoid conflict with the constitution such statute should contain an expressed provision excepting from its operations any rights secured by treaty between the United States and foreign nations. Mr. Roosevelt said that this view had his cordial indorsement. Another bill was added on February 2, to the long list of anti-alien and anti-Japanese bills in the California assembly, when the chairman of the committee on judiciary reported favorably his measures specifying "Japanese" in the law segregating Mongolians and Indians in the public schools. On February 3, after a seven hours' debate, the California assembly rejected the Drew bill barring aliens from holding land in the state, by a vote of 48 to 28. The objections to it were that it would drive at least a billion dollars of foreign capital from the state and might jeopardize the present friendly commercial relations with Japan. Of February 4, two other minor bills were defeated, but were followed by the unexpected passage of the segregation bill noted above, which segregates Japanese children in separate schools along with the Chinese, Koreans and other Asiatics. This bill was regarded by the president as the most offensive of all, and hardly had it been passed before Governor Gillett received a message from Roosevelt asking if it could be stopped in the legislature or by veto. The further correspondence on the subject has not been made public at this writing. The assembly, however, on February 5, by unanimous consent postponed further action on the bill, also reconsideration of the vote, until February 10. On the same day the governor sent a special mesage to the house raising the point of the bill's constitutionality. Nevada is also working on the anti-alien question, and on February 3, passed a measure urging the stringent exclusion of all aliens from the state. Before passage, however, all reference to the president and tn intervention was eliminated. She ^orkviUf nquim. Entered at the Postofflce In Yorkville as Mail Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE. S. C.i FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1909. Senator Tillman has succeeded in whipping the senate out on the question! of confirming the nomination of W. D. Crum, the negro doctor, as collector of the port for Charleston. Senator Frye, who has charge of the nomination, decided a few days ago that he would push the nomination no further and so announced. It is generally believed that this is the end of the Crum question, and that Mr. Taft will not renominate him. Senator Knox is to be Mr. Taft's secretary of state and to hold the position he will have to give up $4,000 a year. It was understood some time ago that Mr. Taft desired Mr. Knox for the state portfolio. But it happens that Mf vnrw i<2 a member of the senate that Increased the salary from $8,000 to $12,000, and the law says no senator shall have the benefit of an Increase brought about under such circumstances. The Judiciary committee of the senate has decided that there Is nothing the matter with Mr. Knox taking the position at the old salary of $8,000, and that Is what he will do. Senator Tillman has corrected the statement sent out by the correspondent of the Atlanta Constitution that he told the senators in executive session that he once voted for a negro congressman. The correspondent seems to have misunderstood. He says that when he was governor and a member of the state board of canvassers, he voted to give the certificate of election to George Washington Murray, over a white man. The district had been so gerrymandered as to include nearly all the negro voters of such a large territory, that to give the certificate to Murray seemed only in accord with the original design of the gerrymander. He would not have it understood that he ever voted for a negro, or went further than to give a negro a certificate to which he was so overwhelmingly entitled on the face of the returns. There will be a general feeling of MAlinf r\ * KfAnlrlvtr* A# tVlA /loo /II aaIt i ciici ai iiic ui vanius v?t iwc utauiwn in the general assembly over the selection of an associate justice to succeed Ira B. Jones, and except in the case of the especial and particular friends of the unsuccessful candidates, not a great deal of disappointment. From the beginning the state did not stand to lose anything. All of the gentlemen voted for measured up to every reasonable requirement, and no matter how the election may have gone, the office would have been creditably filled. It is a noticeable fact that this situation seems to have been generally recognized by the newspapers which kept out of the controversy and loft the matter entirely to the general assembly. But there is no doubt of the fact that in Judge Hydrick, the state will have an honest, earnest, capable and fearless associate justice. The general assembly could hardly have done better. Assuming that there are a great many people, who have not been able to keep track of the road law situation, we will attempt to explain the matter. What is known as the Saye law, the one about which there was so much controversy during the campaign of last summer, now has its place in the statutes as the plan and guide of those who have charge of the roads in this county. This law, while upon the whole, a good one. is defective in cer tain particulars. Mr. Stewart introduced in the senate a bill to change the Saye law in a number of particulars. The full text of this bill was published in our issue of January 29. The house delegation did not fully agree with Mr. Stewart's ideas, and introduced a bill setting forth its views of what the road law ought to be. The full text of this bill is reproduced elsewhere. We do not understand that the house delegation is unanimous with regard to this bill; but it was finally adopted on a basis of majority rule. Mr. Stewart Is able to pass through the senate, practically any bill he desires to pass affecting only York county. The other senators rarely ever interfere with purely local measures. The house delegation can, in a like manner, pass anything through the house on which it agrees unanimously. Members from other counties rarely interfere with the unanimous desire of a county delegation in matters affecting only the delegation's own county. Where the senator and the house delegation disagree, however, the disagreement must be settled on a give and take basis in free conference. Where no agreement can be reached the bill in controversy has to die. If there is n<? agreement between the senate and house delegation as to the Stewart proposition and the house proposition, then both will have to die. The effect of this would be to leave the Saye law as it stands, entirely practicable in all its provisions; but needing amendment in several important particulars. For one thing, as is recognized by both Mr. Stewart and the house delegation, it now imposes on all male residents of incorporate towns above the age of 18 years, a capitation tax for county road purposes. If the law Is neither repealed nor amended, this tax may be collected. The bill by Messrs. Hollls and Wilson seems to be designed to correct defects in the Saye law, in the event there can be no reconciliation of the house and senate ideas as to the proposed substitutes. If there can be no agreement between the senate and house delegations as to the proposed substitutes for the Saye law, it would seem that the best thing under the circumstances would be to adopt the amendments proposed by Messrs. Hollls and Wilson. But as to how the delegation will view the matter, remains to be seen. "A Split In the Delegation." While in the city the other day, the editor of the Herald had an interesting talk with Senator W. H. Stewart with reference to his road law which has passed the third reading in the senate. There seems to be some opposition to some sections of the law among the York delegation, consequently the way matters stand at present, as we understand it, there is a split in the delegation. There are two parts of the law that some of the York delegation propose to change, viz: the two main thoroughfares and the township commissioners. During the campaign last summer, Senator Stewart advocate.d both of these provisions and by the people, the majority at least, electing him to serve as their representative in the senate shows plainly that the majority of the voters In the county were in favor of Mr. Stewart's road Ideas. As every reader of the Herald knows the road question was the burning issue in the campaign and after speaking in every crook and corner in the county, advocating the two main thoroughfares and the township supervisor provisions, and promising the people that he would, if possible, carry out his ideas, Mr. Stewart has endeavored to do so. But today he is handicapped by a split in the York delegation which, we believe should not be the case. The majority of the people have wanted the two thoroughfares and the township supervisor plan or they would not have elected Mr. siewart 10 represent them. They undoubtedly were not satisfied with the present road law or Dr. Saye In all probability would have been re-elected. To the Herald, the township supervisor plan Is what York county needs today. Every reader of these lines knows that the present system of building: roads has been a failure. Admitting this to be true what should be done? A change is necessary to accomplish anv great amount of good. Would the township supervisor plan accomplish what is needed? Would the roads in each township not be worked under the Stewart law? Would not the township supervisors, all of them, have to perform their duties, or forfeit their bond, which they are compelled to dvo as a Dledge that they will per form theJr duties well? Are the roads in each township In York county worked as they should be under the old law? These are a few of the many questions that could be asked. It Is useless for us to answer them, and we will leave It to the reading public to decide. We hope the York delegation will come together on this question for it is a most important one to the whole county. Differences of course, will arise out of almost any question but differences of this kind are easily overcome if brotherly love and harmony exist between men. Let the York delegation get together again and try to reach some agreement before the road law is knocked out of existence, for from what we can learn that is what is about to occur. The Fort Mill Times has expressed itself as being in favor of the Stewart road law, the Rock Hill Herald is in favor of it. So far we have found four men who were opposed to parts of it, their objections arising from the two main thoroughfares. We read in the Fort Mill Times Thursday where a Mr. Bailes objected to it upon the ground that taxes were too high. The sentiment of the people we believe is for a change in the law. The Stewart law changes the law materially and we believe it would mean a blessing to York county, ir enacted, in me ?nape ui good roads. We would like to hear what The Yorkville Enquirer has to say on the proposed road law.?Rock Hill Herald. Although we have reproduced the bill that Mr. Stewart has introduced in the senate as a substitute for the Saye road law, and we are reproducing today the measure that the house would substitute for Mr. Stewart's bill as it passed the senate, we are not so seriously alarmed for the welfare of the j roads, as our contemporary, the Herald, seems to be. The Herald seems to forget that we already have in the Saye law the most effective road law that has yet been enacted for this county, and should there | be no new legislation at this session, I the Saye law will still be with us, awaiting the trial to which it is properly entitled. The Herald can hardly ? ---1 * 1* n.Kon It etnfua "thjlt IlltfUU Wliai Jt oajo n ucii i v uvmvvw, the present system of building roads has been a failure." The old system was a failure to be sure, but the "present system," has not yet been tried. There has been nothing done except to collect taxes preparatory to a trial. As we understand it, the vital issue of last summer was not the proposition for the building of two main thoroughfares, east and west, and the creation of township supervisor. Most of the capital that was made was derived from appeals against the 2 mill property tax and $3 capitation tax, and while we regretted very much to see this kind of campaigning, we are very glad to know that neither of the contending elements over the proposed substitute law is trying to do away with these taxes. Although there Is something to be ootrl nn Hnfh oirloc nf thP thP amendment raising the road age to 21 years meets our approval; but we would rather not see the work or pay alternative. We fear that this will have a tendency to take us back to the "old system" to which our contemporary evidently intended to refer, and under which so many people neither worked nor paid. The theory of work or pay is all right: but past experience has made us doubtful as to its practical operation. But if the "work or pay" system is to be adopted instead of the proposed peremptory capitation tax, then we think the road age may very properly be reduced to 18 years. We do not see anything bad wrong with Mr. Stewart's proposition to build two main thoroughfares north and south, and east and west. Of course, the first thing it would mean would be the construction of a road from Rock Hill to Yorkville, and from Yorkville to Hickory Grove, and if the plan were persisted in, it would mean a road from the North Carolina line, tKr/mcrh Hlnt'or Vnrlfulllo fSllthriPS ville and McConnellsville to Chester. This would logically be followed by roads from the northeast to the southwest, and from the northwest to the southeast. Such a plan would naturally antagonize many interests that would not be immediately benefited; but if there is to be a well defined campaign of road improvement along intelligent lines, we are unable to suggest any better way for it to begin. . We do not see a great deal in the township supervisor idea, as we believe that with the assistance of paid overseers the county board of commissioners can do all the work that Is to be done, just as effectively and with less chance of friction. Taken all in all, we think that while the present Saye law needs to be amended to correct certain oversights that have already been pointed out, that I with an earnest, Intelligent effort, It can be made very effective as It stands. Except In the particulars referred to, the differences between the Saye law and the bills proposed In the senate and house, are merely matters of sentiment and of little practical consequence. Since the writing of the foregoing, we have received a copy of a bill introduced by Messrs. Hollls and Wilson to amend the Saye law as It now stands, which bill appears elsewhere In this issue. These proposed amendments seem to meet most of the objections that were urged against the Saye law last summer, and If adopted will cure all of the real defects In that law. THEIR UNION LABEL. Farmers Should Adopt That of the Cotton Fabric. President Charles S. Barrett, of the National Farmers' Union aDDeals to members of his organization to promote the use of cotton by employing it as bagging and clothing to as great an extent as practicable, In a letter issued recently. The address is directed to all the officers and members of the Union, and begins with the request that at the next meeting all organizations take action looking towards the promotion of the movement. He trusts that everything possible be done to widen the use of cotton in every direction. "The Farmers' Union is on record as being the first in the field to work for such extension of the use of the south's lpnrilnc stnnlo ernn " hp rbvr "Our work from year to year, and at our conventions, has tended to promote this idea. There have been several indications of late that responsible organizations of the country are waking p to the advantage of assisting us in this regard, and we simply cannot afford to neglect the duty of pushing this great movement at this most prosperous time. "Activity is demanded of us from the fact that source after source, government department after government department, association after association has taken steps looking to increasing the consumption of cotton. "At your next meeting I ur?*e most earnestly that you request the local and wholesale merchants you patronize to specify that all commodities they handle in wrappers be enclosed in cotton. Of course there will be some cases where the substitute is not practicable. It is practical In any number of instances, where no other coverings are used. "The man from whom you buy your sugar, your flour, your mea.ts, your clothing?the majority of the everyday necessities of life?has it in his power to neip on tnis movement, ne can au so by demanding that the manufacturers and jobbers and wholesalers use cotton wranping wherever possible. You patronize him. Make him assist you. It is to his interest no less than your own. "Visit such men personally, through strong and influential committees. You will never accomplish anything unless you go after the matter yourselves. "Efforts, practical and persistent. In this direction, can increase the annual consumption of cotton hundreds of thousands of bales. It can raise the price a cent or the fractional part of a cent every year, for good. "This matter is one of the most urgent now before the Farmers' Union. I believe that the public can be educated into the use of cotton articles in such fashion as will ultimately double the present consumption of the staple. The suggestion I have outlined for Immediate action will make a good beginning in that direction. "My work in connection with the commission on country life is now virtually concluded and the report of that body is to be made in a few days. It is a source of gratification to me, and I believe will be to our members, that ? a tl/vnn In fklo many ui me icuuiiiiiiciiutmuno m uuo report read like resolutions passed at a Farmers's Union convention. I am convinced that I have been able to be of material assistance, both to the members of our organization and to the rural population generally, in connection with the commission's work. It has not been permitted to Interfere with my duties as your president, but I think the extra time crowded in will prove to have been an excellent Investment for the cause I represent. It may be of interest to the brethren to know that the members of the commission deferred to my Judgment in a number of matters vitally affecting their recommendations." With reference to the movement to promote the use of cotton goods, Mr. Barrett states that no time is to be lost, and names the following committee to urge it: J. Z. Green, North Carolina; D. J. Niell, of Texas, and M. F. Dickerson of Arkansas. "ENGLISH AS SHE IS SPOKE." Some Pertinent Points on Proper Pronunciation. Editor Yorkville Enquirer: Disclaiming membership in the club of the "literati", I can not undertake to say which is the correct pronunciation of the word "automobile". Webster's International gives us "automobii", while the Standard gives us "au tomobeel". It is, however, distinctly refreshing: to note that one of our citizens (Mr. W. S. Gordon) thinks it worth while that we should pronounce properly the words of our language. Certainly, it is painful to hear an educated person say "dierectly" for "directly" and "dierect" for "direct", while they carefully refrain from saying "dievide" for "divide": and still more painful to see such a person purse up his mouth and hear him say "inquirry" for "inquiry", even though able to properly pronounce "Inquirer". I congratulate Mr. Gordon. It doesn't matter that authority is found for giving the "1" in the last syllable in "automobile" the same sound that it has in "caprice", there is abundant need for directing the attention of our people to the matter of the proper pronunciation of the words in our language that are in common use. Auto. ? The report of John G. Capers, commissioner, and Charles A. Crampton, chief chemist, of the office of internal revenue, on methods of denaturing alcohol practiced abroad, recently submitted to congress, makes several recommendations for legislation affecting the Industry in this country. The Ger man system ior lusienng me pmum,tlon and use of alcohol could not be adopted In this country under the present law, they state. It will be necessary, In order to procure an Increase In the production of denatured alcohol, to provide for a direct bounty to be paid upon every gallon used for Industrial purposes. The cheapness of benzine and kerosene will operate, they urge, against the use of denatured alcohol as a source of energy until the price of alcohol is materially diminished. They recommend also that congress raise the limit of dally production imposed upon the industrial alcohol producing distillers from 100 to at least 200, and probably 300 proof gallons. They also recommend denaturing at 'he factories instead of at the distilleries. Greater efficiency of government inspectors is suggested as a means for proper enforcement of the internal revenue law in respect to denatured alcohol. i ? Thos. Croft, white, 26 years old, convicted at Lexington on Tuesday, of ( murdering Garfield Hutto, ana recommended to the mercy of the court, was sentenced to life imprisonment by Judge Dantzler. ? Union, February 11: Great public i interest in this state centres around i the motion for a new trial in the case 1 of \V. T. Jones, charged with the mur- i der of his wife last July, who on last i Saturday was found guilty of murder | with recommendation to mercy, which 1 hearing will come up before Judge R. I W. Memminger here tomorrow. Jones 1 is quoted as saying that the real fight I in this case has only Just begun. He i has been very ill with gastritis, but Is < better. 1 LOCAL AFFAIRS, NEW ADVERTI8EMENT8. T. M. Whlsonant, Chester?Offers the Dye place, 656 acres, near Hickory Grove for sale, for cash or on terms to suit the buyer. Henry Watts?Has thoroughbred Poland China stock hog. Address No. 1, Yorkvllle. A. W. McParland?Requests subscribers to The Enquirer on his club to make settlement W. G. Reld & Son, Rock Hill?Are conducting a special clearance sale of furniture to make room for the spring stock of furnishings. M W white?Ha, I^oan and Savings Bank stock for sale. Other stock offerings and wants. Loan and Savings Bank?Is always glad to assist its depositors in any way it can. It would be pleased to have your banking account. J. L. Williams & Co.?Tomorrow and Monday have a variety of goods offered at special prices. Herndon & Gordon?Invite you to see them for the various kinds of goods they carry. Good qualities at the right prices, is their motto. Bank of Clover?Publishes a list of Its officers and directors. D. B. Boney, Agent?Warns you not to carry the risk of losing your live stock by fire, when insurance is so cheap. Your turn may be next. York Furniture Co.?Wants to sell you the paints and stains that you will need when you begin your renovating in the spring. Iron beds. First National Bank?Tells you how to deposit your money with it by mall. It offers to do your bookkeeping for you and give you monthly statements. National Union Bank, Rock Hill?Is giving its customers money at 6 per cent interest on all commercial loans. Its intention is to give York county the best banking facilities. Yorkville Hardware Co.?Calls attention to its big lines of hardware, such as is used on the rarm. it wants to serve you. Thomson Co.?Talks about table damask, which It is showing in various qualities. New cotton foulards, colored dress linens, shoes, etc. Royal Baking Powder Co.?Directs attention to the purity of Royal baking powder. See page four. Carroll Bros.?Talk about the advantages of a stalk cutter, of which they have two styles. Star Drug Store?Calls attention to the quality and freshness of its line of Nunnally's chocolates and bonbons, received each week. Auditor Hunter has recently fitted his office up with inexpensive, but very well planned furnituro, and the books and papers were probably never arranged in a more convenient or systematic manner. The time in which property may be returned for taxation without penalty, expires next Saturday, February 20. The returns are not nearly complete yet. The cold wave that was promised for Wednesday, came on time, but It was not quite so severe as was generally expected. The presumption is that Mr. J. C. Hill, the juryman who died In the court house the other day from over exertion, ran because of a fear of the unknown possible consequences that might be meted out to him for tardiness. Most of the circuit judges insist that jurors and witnesses must be In their places when called, which is very proper. It Is probably not understood by Jurors and witnesses that there is no effort to secure a strict enforcement of this rule until after the organization of the court. Those who get to the organization late with a good excuse are generally excused. It is not until af< the court is organized that really strict attendance is enforced. ABOUT PEOPLE. Mr. Louis Williamson of Birmingham, Ala., arrived in Yorkville Sunday to see his aunt, Mrs. S. K. Wells, who has been quite ill for several weeks. Capt. R. H. Jennings of Columbia, spent a few days this week in Yorkville on business and while here was the guest of his son, M. B. Jennings, Esq. The following local knights attended the grand conclave of Knights Templars, South Carolina Commandery, in Columbia this week: Dr. J. H. Saye, Sharon; I. H. Norris, W. L. Williams and Quinn Wallace. Mr. M. C. Willis attended the annual meet ing or tne urana *jnapier, at tne same time. Columbia State, Thursday: Dr. J. H. Saye of Sharon, who represented York county In the legislature for two years, was at Wright's last night. Dr. Saye is well known among his former colleagues and was kept busy exchanging greetings and expressing his views on prohibition and the fight for associate Justice. Dr. Saye says York is "there" as the blue ribbon county?that although some people may cry hard times, he has seen many a community in worse condition financially, than la fnrlo v WITHIN THE TOWN. ? The York Cotton mill la running a part of Its machinery at night on special work. ? General business continues very good considering the season; but it is not as brisk as the business people generally hope to see It within the next few weeks. ? The cemeteries should be named. If there was only one it would be all right to call It the Yorkville cemetery; but there are two and it is often awk ward to try to distinguish between them. ? The Shandon hotel has been doing quite a fine business since the opening of court, and Proprietor Sadler is in a fine humor. Many of his guests are telling him that he has one of the best commercial hotels in the state. In fact, but few of them will try to cite a hotel that they think is better. ? The previously announced dramatic entertainment, under the auspices of the Ladies' Improvement committee of the Episcopal church, is to be held in the graded school auditorium tonight. The bill Includes two short plays, both of them humorous and good, and the rehearsal and practice work that has been done insures that both will be presented in an admirable manner. It will be well worth the while of everybody to go. THE SPECULATIVE MARKET. The developments in the speculative market yesterday, according to an Associated Press dispatch of last night, were as follows: The cotton market met with quite a good deal of support today, but continued nervous and unsettled with the close barely steady at a net decline of 2 to 6 points. Sales were estimated at iou.uuu oaies. The market opened steady at a decline of 1 to 3 points with the active months selling 2 to 4 points net lower right after the call owing to disappointing cables, liquidation and local bear pressure. At the decline to 9.40 for July and 9.27 for October there was active buying both for the account of some of the large spot houses and through commission houses. These demands checked the downward tendency and during the middle of the day prices sold 1 to 5 points net higher with late months relatively firm. Buying orders were withdrawn on the advance, however, and later the market again weakened owing to talk of ship- j ments here from the south for delivery an March contracts, liquidation by early buyers and a renewal of local bear ; pressure. The close was at very near- ! ly the lowest of the clay. Southern spot markets officially reported early were generally unchanged to i lower. The report of the national ' ginncrs' association that 12,814,000 i bales had been ginned to February 6th and that no cotton remained to be ginned except in a few counties of Mississippi, Arkansas, Texas and Oklahoma, i owing to dry weather in the southwest, may have helped the rally after the opening but did not figure largely in the market. The New York market will be closed tomorrow, re-opening for i business on Saturday, but Liverpool and New Orleans will be opened tomorrow as usual. Receipts at the ports today 20,073 1 bale?, against 36,003 last week and 26,159 last year. For the week 190,000 bales against 251,633 last week and 177,752 last year. Today's receipts at New Orleans 6,544 bales against 8,822 last year, and at Houston 10,480 bales against 6,659 last year. DR. CHEYNE ON TUBERCULOSIS. Quite a number of ministers, physicians, trustees and teachers from all parts of the county gathered in the graded school auditorium last Wed nesday morning to hear Dr. waiter Cheyne of Sumter, lecture on tuberculosis, and these together with teachers and older pupils of the graded school, filled the hall to its capacity. Dr. Miles Walker, president of the York County Medical association, called the gathering to order and presided, Rev. E. E. Gillespie, paster of the First Presbyterian church of Yorkvllle, offered the opening and closing prayers, and Dr. E. W. Pressly of Clover, in a short but appropriate talk Introduced the speaker. Dr. Cheyne has a good lecture, very practical, thoroughly prepared and well within the comprehension of the intelligent laity; but was at some disadvantage for the reason that much of it is illustrated by means of stereoptlcon views, which could not be shown because of too much light in the building. Much nf what the doctor said was in confirmation of the very clear talk made by Dr. Pressly some weeks ago and reproduced in The Enquirer shortly afterward. He took care to emphasize how tuberculosis must be dealt with rather more in the prevention than in the cure, and that the strongest hope held out for the eventual eradication of the disease is the widespread dissemination of the knowledge that is being acquired on the subject He made it clear that filth is the principal source of tuberculosis, that the bacilli or germs originate and are Incubated there and attack any debilitated condition they may find In the human system. He undertook to impress upon his hearers that while much could be done to prevent and stamp out tuberculosis in its inclpiency; but very little could be done after the disease had once gotten hold. Physic he said was of practically no value, and people who re sorted to it were up againsi a vain uupc. There was much virtue In plenty of fresh, pure air; but even that more often than otherwise proved a vain hope. To successfully push the fight against tuberculosis, he said, It Is necessary to enlist the help of Individuals, of medical societies, of municipal, county and state governments, and In fact every influence and power possible. But If the Intelligence of the country will bestir Itself, enter Into the fight with determined zeal and keep at It, the great white plague may be finally exterminated. From Yorkvllle, Dr. Cheyne went to Rock Hill where he repeated his lecture Wednesday night with all of his illustrated views, to the very great Interest and Instruction of his audience. THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. The first half of the spring term of the court of common pleas for York county, which has been in session since February 1, adjourned yesterday afternoon and Judge Klugh left last night for his home In Abbeville. He goes to Wlnnsboro next Monday and returns to Yorkvllle In April to finish the work of the term, ~ - - ~s rr,l- ? TV, I wnen ruesaays issue ui *wc quirer went to press, the court was engaged on the case of the Pavl" j Bank of Fort Mill against Alexander ? Sprunt & Sons, a suit for $1,500 bal- 1 ance due on bills of lading. A repre- f sentatlve of Alexander Sprunt & Sons, t had been doing business for them t through the bank. While it seems that ? there had been no definite understand- , ing between the plaintiff and defendant i as to the status of the agent, there had 1 been a sufficient number of transactions ? to establish the relationship of the de- e fendant as principal. Finally, the agent J made some shipments that failed to * net profits to his principal and the r principal declined to make good the s money advanced by the bank. The 8 dispute seems to have been over the ? actual status of the agent in his rela- e tlon to the defendant. The Jury found t for the plaintiff in the full amount sued ? for. Spencers & Dunlap for plaintiff; t "" "o t w MnHnn and J. S. Brice v for defendant. 1 The next cases taken up were those ^ of Walter Qulnn, plaintiff, and J. H. g Quinn, plaintiff, against C. B. McFadden, defendant. 8 b By consent, both of these cases were tried together. The complaint In the s first case alleged that defendant, by the 8 reckless manner in which he drove his ' automobile, caused the mule which a plaintiff was driving to run off and in- t fiicted personal Injuries upon plaintiff s to the extent of $300. The second ac- t tion was by J. H. Quinn for $200 for i damages to the buggy in which Walter t Quinn was riding, J. H. Quinn being c the owner of the mule and buggy, and a for frightening and injuring the mule o to such an extent that he has been spoiled and made unsafe to drive. The ^ defendant entered a general denial and ii alleged contributory negligence. In the y case of Walter Qulnn, the Jury found ? for the defendant, and made a mistrial s in the case of J. H. Quinn. Mr. T. F. t] McDow for plalntifT; Messrs. Spencers a and Dunlap for defendant. g The next case was that of the West- ti ern Manufacturing company, vs. the ? Hill Banking and Mercantile company. The plaintiff, a corporation under the t i-jivu nf thp state of Minnesota, alleged s that it sold jewelry to the defendant b to the value of $135, and the suit was 5 to compel payment. The defendant a denied ever having ordered jewelry b from plaintiff, and alleged that if its ?' name appeared to any contract tor t< jewelry or other goods, the said name tl was put there by some party other than Jj, the defendant and without the defend- ^ ant's consent. The jury found for the n defendant. Mr. T. F. McDow for plain- n tiff; Mr. W. W. Lewis for defendant. The last case taken up was that of p W. J. Shelton vs. the Southern Rail- nr way, South Carolina and Georgia Ex- 'r tejision division. Thi was _ suit for c] personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by the derailment of a freight a train. In Kershaw county about four a years ago. Plaintiff set up that he was cl not seriously hurt at the time, or rather he did not think he was seriously hurt; but afterward it developed that his nervous system had been deranged as the result of the shock and his health had been completely shattered. He wanted $50,000 damages. The defendant sought to show by expert testimony and otherwise that it had not really Injured the plaintiff at all. The jury remained out less than two hours and returned a verdict of $13,500 for plaintiff. After hearing argument on a motion for a new trial, Judge Klugh concluded that the verdict was excessive and announced his purpose to grant a new trial nisi?nxmg tne amount he thought the plaintiff ought to be willing to accept at $10,000. Mr. W.'A. Holman of Charleston. Mr. John Gary Evans of Spartanburg, and Mr. M. B. Jennings of Yorkville, represent the plaintiff. Mr. J. E. McDonald represents the defendant. TO AMEND SAYE LAW. Following Is a copy of a bill Introduced by Representatives Hollls and Wilson to amend the Saye road law, and read in the house the first time on February 8: A Bill to Amend an Act Entitled "An Act to Amend and Declare the Law with Reference to Working Roads in York county, Approved 24th of February, 1908," with Reference to Civil Engineer, Citizens In Incorporated Towns and Cities, Age of Persons Subject to Road Duty and Road Tax. Be It enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina: Section 1. That section 1 of said act be amended by striking out the same and substituting the following, to be known as section 1, to wit: Section 1. That for the purpose of working and improving the public roads and highways in York county, the county board of commissioners may employ an engineer, by contract, for .J "V/IIC UilU iti.VJ "H ? V J vu* w, WMWW ^ zens in incorporated towns and cities, ind persons blind or wholly disabled, vhlch road tax shall be collected as ill other taxes are collected. Section 5. That said act be further imended by striking out section 7 and nserting In lieu thereof the following: Section 7. All taxes heretofore or lereafter collected by the county treasjrer from the two mills levy on real ind personal property, and the comnutation road tax shall be kept by laid county treasurer as separate ownship road and bridge funds, giving :o each township 'all taxes arising from ill of said sources within said townihip, and all moneys due for contract vork for the maintenance and im>rovement of roads, and building and -epalr of bridges, shall be paid by the :ounty treasurer of said county from said township's road and bridge fund, ifter the sworn itemized bills for same lave been approved by the county su>ervisor or engineer and audited and ipproved by the county board of comnlssioners, and upon their warrant for tame drawn upon said township's road md bridge fund: Provided, that no :laim for work done under contract on my bridge or section of road shall be ipproved unless accompanied by a ceriflcate from the county supervisor or mgineer, that the work has been done iccording to plans and specifications mder which the contract for said work vas awarded: Provided, further, That he county supervisor shall not expend innually in any township more than he amount of money to the credit of aid township's road and bridge fund. Sec. 6. That said act be further imonHed hv strlkinar out sections 8 nore than the road for some time will >e able to transport. Work on the Spartanburg end of the Carolina, ^Ilnchfleld & Ohio Is progressing rapdly. sucn lime as in men juugiuciu maj be necessary, fix his bond and compensation, and prescribe his duties and powers. Sec. 2. That section 2 be amended by striking out the words "during the month of April," on line one thereof, and inserting in lieu thereof the words "the first day of July, 1909;" so that Bald section when so amended shall read as follows: Section 2. That on or before the first day of July, 1909, and during the same period each year thereafter, the supervisor and county commissioners shall award to the lowest responsible bidder all contracts, not otherwise let out, for the Improvement and keeping in repair of said roads and the bridges over all ditches and small streams, after advertisement at least one week in a newspaper published in said county. Said supervisor and county commissioners shall require a bond from all successful bidders for the faithful performance of their contracts. Sec. 3. That section 3 be amended by inserting in line three thereof, between the words "sections" and "In," the words "in the several townships;" ind by striking out the words "a book" ind inserting in lieu thereof the words 'separate books and files;" so that said section when so amended shall read as follows: Section 3. The clerk of the county commissioners shall keep a detailed account of all transactions in regard to the various sections in the several townships in separate books and files specially provided for that purpose, which shall at all times be open to public inspection. Sec. 4. That section 4 of said act be amended by striking out the word 'eighteen" on line ten thereof and Inserting in lieu thereof the word "twenty-one" and Insert between the words veers" and "which" on line eleven thereof the following: "Except citizens in Incorporated towns and cities and persons blind or wholly disabled;" so that said section, when so amended shall read as follows: Section 4. For the maintenance and Improvement of the public roads and tiighways under the direction of the supervisor and county commissioners, ind for the building and repair of all pridges in said county, there shall be in and after the year 1908, levied, an xnnual tax of two (2) mills on all real ind personal property, which shall be evied and collected as all other taxes ind at the same time. In addition to ibove levy of two mills on real and personal property, for roads and >ridges, there shall be a road tax of :hree dollars, on all male citizens in said county between the ages of twen " Aflvo vnoPO AYnpnt pit. ind 9. Sec. 7. That section 10, of said act hall be changed to section 8 and imended by inserting in line three hereof, after words "1908," the rords "and 1909;" and by striking out , ill of the remainder of said section; so hat when so amended said section hall read as follows: , Section 8. That this act shall not inerfere with the present plan of work- ; ng the roads of said county during , he years of 1908 and 1909. Sec. 8. That section 11 shall be ( hanged to section 9 and shall be mended by inserting at the end thereif the following: , It shall be assigned as equitably as ( lossible by the county board of commissioners to work in each township J n the county, during a period of two , ears, said assignment to be subject to ( uch rules, regulations and require- ( rnents as . the county board of commis- , ioners may prescribe. The work of , he chaingang shall be done under plans ( nd specifications made by an engi- , eer: Provided, When macadam, sand, , ravel, or clay is specified to be used, j he county supervisor shall have the . ame properly placed on the highways, j f the said material is furnished by the j ownships in which it is working. So | hat said section when so amended hall read as follows: Section 9. The chaingang shall not e used except on permanent road and < ridge building. It shall be assigned 1 s equitably as possible by the county t oard of commissioners to work in i ach township In the county during a I eriod of two years, said assignment ? 5 be subject to sucb rules, reguia- ' Ions and requirements as the county { oard of commissioners may prescribe. > he work of the chaingang shall be f one under plans and specifications t iade by an engineer: Provided. When t lacadam, or sand, gravel or clay Is e peclfled to be used, the county super- c isor shall have the same properly 8 laced on the highways, if the said s laterial Is furnished by the township c 1 which it Is working. 1 Sec. 9. That section 12 shall be i hanged to section 10. t Sec. 10. That this act be further r mended by striking out sections 13 t nd 14. S Sec. 11. That section 15 shall be C hanged to section 11. 1 LOCAL LACONICS. ' Voted For Hydriek. On the final and decisive ballot, the entire York county delegation voted for Hydrlck for associate Justice. To Bridge the Broad. Representative Wilson of York and Senator Otts of Cherokee, have introduced bills authorizing the county commissioners of their respective counties to construct a steel and iron bridge across Broad river, and to raiso funds to defray the expenses of the same and provide for the maintenance thereof. Rock Hill Will Have Sewerage. By a vote of 369 to 110, Rock Hill on yesterday decided to issue 1260,000 worth of bonds for sewerage purposes. Ira B. Dunlap, Thos. O. Flowers and EI H. Johnson were elected commissioners of public works. Mayor Roddey was elected for the third time. The vote was 293 for Roddey to 213 for his opponent, Mr. J. Boyd Creighton. Mr. E. W. Hall was elected in ward 1 as alderman, Mr. J. M. Cherry in ward 4, and Mr. J. E. Parker at large. The Bank of Clover. The third annual meeting of the stockholders of the Bank of Clover was held on last Tuesday afternoon. Mr. F. B. Clinton was elected as a member of the board of directors to succeed Capt W. B. Smith, deceased. All the other old officers were re-elected, an annual dividend of 10 per cent declared and a sufficient amount added to the surplus funds to make It $3,000. Since the bank commenced business, February 1. 1906, 24$ per cent has been paid In dividends and a similar amount added to surplus. Fort Mill 8unday 8ehools. Rock Hill Record: The eighth township to join with the others in the Sunday School association was that of Fort Mill, which was organised at the Baptist church In Fort Mill on last Sunday afternoon. Quite an Interesting meeting was held and much Interest was manifested. Addresses in regard to the work were made by Rev. E. S. Reaves, Capt W. W. Boyce and Un T D mi. ?i. 0. V/iciBuiuu. me iuuuniui officers were elected: 8. A. Epps, president; W. H. Crook, vice president; Miss Aileen Harris, secretary and treasurer; executive committee, L. M. Bauknlght, 8. A. Epps, 8. M. Garrison, H. Hamilton and J. F. Boyd. MERE-MENTION. Wealthy citizens of New York have contributed a fund of $100,000 to found the Bureau of Municipal Research, the purpoees of which will be to formulate plans to guard the city against wasteful extravagance in municipal affairs. Harry J. Bauraan, alias Dr. Herman Brandt, has been sent to prison at Jollet, 111., from Chicago, on charges of swindling. Bauman is said to have married not less than fifty women and swindle them out of not less than $500,000. He is wanted in a dozen or more states... .An unknown man shot another in a Chicago moving picture theatre Sunday night in a quarrel over a 5-cent seat Mrs. Georgia Sampson has been indicted by the grand Jury of Wayne county, New York, on the charge of murdering her husband. .... Denman Thompson, famed as an actor and author of "The Old Homestead," is critically ill from pneumonia at his home near Keene, N. H Fire did damage to the extent of $100,000 in the docks of New London, Conn., early Monday morning Joseph Janer, of Brooklyn, N. Y., who is held oy the Baltimore police on- a charge of felonious assault on the person of 12year-old Katherine Loerch, is said to be worth $600,000; but his property Is under the strict control of his wife, and she refuses to help him out of his trouble A Brunswick, Ga.. lumber company has a contract to furnish 200,000 crosstles and 4,000 piles for the Panama canal The Anti-Saloon League and W. C. T. U.( have begun an active campaign for state-wide prohibition in Kentucky It coats the United States government an average of 1109,856 a year to keep its first-class battleships in proper repair The tide of Immigrants from European countries has again turned to the United States for the first time in more than a year King Edward of England is on a visit to his nephew, Emperor William, at Berlin. This is King Edward's first visit to Berlin during twenty-one years. Relations betwren the two rulers have not been altogether pleasant for several years The Illinois Central railroad is preparing to issue 8110,000,000 of bonds for refunding and construction purposes....Roby Baa kin, a negro, was lynched at Houston, Miss., Tuesday afternoon by a moo of 300 white men. Baskln had murdered Rev. W. T. Hudson The anti-alien bills before the legislatures of Nevada and Oregon, and aimed at the Japanese, were killed Tuesday.... rrance and Germany have signed a treaty which settles their differences relating to Morocco The worst snow storm and bllzsard of the past dozen veers is renorted from the tto. cnaracier. miss josepmne riooa, of Asheville, North Carolina, who In 1905 was married to a John C. Cavendish, a bigamist, who claimed to be an English "lord," and who later deserted her, has been located at Tucumcarl, Mexico, after a search which extended all over the world. The young woman was supposed to have committed suicide after finding that she had been duped by "Lord" Percy Reginald Sholto Douglas The Jury which is to try Patrick Calhoun at San Francisco on seventeen indictments charging him with bribing public officials, was completed Wednesday after the court had spent four weeks in an effort to fill the jury box More than 100 Farmers' Union cotton warehouses of Georgia, Pave been amalgamated under one Poard of control. ? The last rail on the Carolina, Dlinchfield & Ohio railroad, between Dante, Va., and Bostic, N. C., a dis:ance of 189 miles, was laid last Wedlesday. The rail was one connecting :his road with the Seaboard Air line it Bostic. Shipment of coal from the Virginia field to the Carolinas will befin at once and on Monday of next veek passenger service will be inaugurated. The Blue Ridge division of he Carolina, Cllnchfield & Ohio rises :o a height of 3,000 feet above sea lev(1 with a maximum grade of one-half >f 1 per cent. The Cllnchfield corporitlon. a subsidiary of the Carter-Ryan lyndlcate, which is building the road. >wns 300,000 acres of coal lands in Dickenson county, Va., near Dante. It s estimated that the output of these InMa ti'lll roonh 1 AHA cora a Ha v nr kotas, Wyoming and Idaho The Standard Oil company has acquired a controlling Interest In the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad The poetofflce at Canton, Ga., was entered by yeggmen early Tuesday morning, who cracked the safe and got away with 12,000 worth of stamps All the citizens of Rosario, Argentine Republic, including merchants, bankers and 6,000 dock laborers are on a strike against an increase in municipal taxes. i Thirteen persons, including six I Americans, were killed on the Central I railroad of Peru, Tuesday, by the col- 1 lapse of a bridge Oscar R. Hull, \ formerly an employee of the Atlantic Coast Line railway, is wanted by detectives of the Southern Express company on charges of cashing forged express money orders totalling $6,000.... According to Chief Engineer Goethals, up to February 1, 62,000,000 cubic yards of material had been excavated on the Panama canal work, leaving 111,000,000 cubic yards yet to be excavated. The total cost is now estimated at $297,000,000 In a fire at Philadelphia on Tuesday, caused by dropping a lisrhted match in a can of sraanlina 175,000 worth of motor cars were destroyed A New York and New Jersey interstate bridge commission has recommended the erection of a bridge across the Hudson river at New York, to cost about $30,000,000. It will be the costliest single structure in the world An explosion in the Catherine coal mine at Yuzovka, Russia, on Tuesday, Imprisoned 125 miners. Four members of the rescuing party were killed Jack Binns, the wireless operator of the steamer Republic, was given a great reception upon his arrival at Peterborough, England, bis home town, on Tuesday A determined crusade is being made in Philadelphia by clergymen and laymen to put an end to the production of the opera "Salome," in that city, on the ground of its blasphemous and immoral