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Scraps and iarts. ? Washington, April 10: During the consideration of the census bill in the senate, Bailey of Texas, asserting that he had heard it reported that Taft would veto the pending census bill if it did not provide for placing the appointments, said that if the president ' had this early in his administration undertaken to coerce congress he would find the experience of the last seven years a holiday compared with what the next four years would be." He said the president had had poor training for the presidency by having been on the bench. These remarks followed a general denunciation of the civil service law, which he declared he had j vmm as a "hum OppUJSCU iVl l H V?4VJ / V%?aw ... bug and a pretence." Senator Bacon said he had seen the statement that President Roosevelt had 315 times suspended the civil service law to put individuals into office. He did not know whether that was true, but he thought there was no provision of law to warrant the president in making such exceptions. ? Washington, April 9: Representative Brownlow and Representative Austin, of the first and second congressional districts of Tennessee, respectively, have undertaken to make the widow of the late Senator Carmack postmaster at Columbia, in that state. They are the only two Republican members of the Tennessee delegation, and in addition to exercising their influence as individuals they have now * nnnlo?n nr?o nf set to WOTK lo gei me ? the state's entire representation at Washington. In furtherance of this purpose they have prepared and are circulating a petition to the president asking him to nominate Mrs. C&rmack for this office. So far the document has been signed by ten out of the twelve members of the delegation, the only signatures lacking, being those of Senator Taylor and Representative Padgett. Mr. Padgett is the representative from the district in which Columbia is located and has declined to sign the paper because he has already given his endorsement to the re-appointment of the present postmaster. Senator Taylor has so far failed to either sign the petition or to give any reason for not doing so. ? Asheville, April 10: The "yeggman" George Barton, who escaped from Greenville, S. C., and who was later captuVed near Asheville by Deputy Sheriff Rogers and placed in jail here, has the county authorities and especially Jailer Mitchell puzzled. When placed in jail Barton was! searched and nothing found. Later a big Barlow knife was taken from him and he was more thoroughly searched. Yesterday a piece of steel or silver wire looped at one end was found. Now it develops that Barton has plen " nt mnnpv but where he keeps it and just how he gets it or has gotten it is & mystery and a puzzle to the officers. When searched yesterday only a small amount of change was found on the man. His cell was also searched and no money or anything else found. This morning Barton gave a trusty in the jail a (20 bill which he desired changed. Prisoners in the jail have told the jailer and the sheriff that Barton has a "roll of money as big as your arm." That the prisoner has plenty of money is certain. He doesn't care to eat the Jail "grub," but insists upon sending out to a restaurant for his meals. The officers are keeping a close watch over the prisoner to prevent his escape or attempt to escape. ? Washington, April 12: President Taft has instructed Director North of the census bureau, to disregard political party lines in selecting supervisors of the census and there is Joy among on^ T-AnrMpntatlveS in consequence, especially among the statesmen who train with the Democratic party. The unofficial order means that they will get their share of the pie if the census director treats - - fair and there are good reasons for supposing that he will not disregard the wishes of the executive. Under the terms of the census bill as amended by the senate supervisors are to be appointed by the president subject to the approval and confirmation of the senate, and the president, in making such appointments will be guided in large pa?t by the recommendations of Director North. Having instructed the director to disregard party lines in the distribution of this patronage it follows that Mr. Taft intends to appoint Democrats in Democratic districts and Republicans in Republican districts. When the last census was taken a Republican administration was in control of the machinery, but party lines were not closely adhered to in the appointment of supervisors. In Democratic Georgia, five Democrats and six Republicans were named to fill the eleven offices, one In each district. ? Austin, Texas, April 11: Upon the expiration of the first called session ol the legislature today. Gov. Campbell called the lawmakers to meet tomorrow for a second special session, submitting legislation in the matter of appropriations for the state government for the next two years and the enactment of a law for the protection of bank deposits. In a special message to the legislature the governor scored the legislature for failure to enact the platform demands. "Your regular session of 60 days was expensive and of little value to the people," says the governor. "Not a single platform demand was enacted into law; one was defeated and you adjourned without even considering the appropriation bill, whereupon the lobby applauded and it is not strange you received through the newspapers the felicitations of the chairman of the Republican executive committee of this state. Altogether your honorable bodies have been in continuous regular and called sessions since January 12. It will hardly be denied that everything that has been done In the way of legislation by the regular or called session could have /-?* * /Io Vo a r?r1 thpn thp UCCU UUI1C in It i a UU.T0 V..V appropriation bills should have been considered and passed." He recites at length what the governor has sought to be enacted into laws with special emphasis upon the bank guaranty law. the failure to enact which he severely condemns. ? Fort de France, Martinique, April 11: Prior to being taken aboard the steamer Versailles for deportation to France, ex-President Castro prepared a written protest against the action of the French government, which has been submitted to the authorities here. In it he protests against the action of the French authorities of Martinique. He says that "the case constitutes a breach of international law and a denial of the rights of individuals." Just before sailing he said that if he was at liberty when he arrived at St. Nazaire, he would immediately proceed to Spain and take passage for Santa Cruz, Tenneriffe. Hardly had the steamer loft port when a party of Castro's friends arrived from Saint Lucia. They were surprised that he had been expelled. The removal or tne iormer president of Venezuela from the hotel to the steamer was not without its pitiful aspect. Immediately on the announcement by the medical commission that he was capable of making the voyage, the commissary of police, with an escort of gendarmes proceeded to his chamber. They found the expresident in bed. He protested that he could not move but they carried him down stairs, the patient all the while moaning dismally on a mattress, and placed him on a stretcher. Officers from the United States cruiser North Carolina, helped to make him as comfortable as possible, and then the stretcher was picked up by four negroes and taken to the steamer dock. In saying farewell to his brother, he waved his hand and exclaimed: "Goodbye for the moment." The Versailles immediately started on the voyage. ? Buffalo, N. Y., April 11: The voice of Niagara was mute today for the second time in the memory of man. The first time was late in February when, following a severe northerly blow, the falls ran dry. Now, following a severe southwester, the river is frozen solid from bank to bank. On Wednesday of last week the worst gale of the season and the most violent in the history of the weather bureau for April was recorded. The solid ice fields of Lake Erie were churned from end to end and piled in a nuge conglomerate mass at the lower end of the lake. At Niagara Falls there had been a heavy ice bridge in the pool below the cataract since the middle of winter. Under the impact of the mass of f ice from the lake above and the added floods brought down by the wind, the bridge gave way and began to surge * down the rapids, but before it could win freedom in the ample waters of 1 Lake Ontario, the wind shifted again to the north. Instantly the moving floes packed at the mouth of the river, t Each instant of cold congealed the s pack more solidly and each hour q brought added pressure from above, t Unable to escape by its natural chan- j nels the level of the river rose by leaps s and bounds. The highest flood level t recorded from previous years is 28 feet above the normal. Friday night the f river was 40 feet above normal. Conservative estimates place the damage ? at $1,000,000. All the estimates of ul- 1 tlmate damage are conditioned by 1 what the weather may have in store. The best that can be hoped for J is a succession of calm, warm days. * Then the ice will melt gradually and r subside bit by bit. For the moment 1 the upper reaches of the river are run- * ning clear, but as far as the eye can ; see the white mantle of the frost blank- r ets the lakes. If that great mass should [ be driven down on to the Jam below, " the damage would be inconceivable. J Slhe WorfeitiUr ffiuouirrr. 1 ~ Entered at the Postofflce In Torkvllle as Mall Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE. S. O.I TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1909. c Scientific farmers continue to dis- a cuss the Williamson plan of corn rais- a ing, and evidence is accumulating that 8 with the same amount of fertilizer, t more corn ia produced by other meth- 1 ods. We do not pretend to have any 0 expert knowledge on the subject; but r we want to remark that it Is just as well for the papers and others not to 0 be too Inconsiderate of the William- * son plan. For Instance, we have seen ^ articles in which the Williamson plan was referred to as a "failure." Now, v while we would not pretend to say that more corn cannot be raised at ^ less cost by other methods, we Insist v that the Williamson plan has not been and Is not a failure. Whether It Is the best plan or not, It has done more than any other one thing we have any ^ knowledge of to stimulate Intelligent f interest In corn production, and from t this standpoint Is a grand success. It Is quite possible. If not altogether probable, that Mr. Williamson Is mistaken In his stunting theory, and that ^ Just as much corn can be made with- v out stunting; but whether the Wil- { liamson plan is absolutely the best or t not, there Is no question of the fact r that Mr. Williamson's discoveries have been of very great value to the people of the state. ' ' d Supervisor's Disbursements. Elsewhere In today's issue we repro- t duce from the Rock Hill Herald, the c official report of the disbursements by r the county board of commissioners o for the quarters ending March 31, 1909. t For the publication of this report I the law provides a compensation of a $60 per annum, and the service Is t well worth that sum, particularly In ii a paper of the circulation of The En- c qulrer; but this installment is pub- t lished In The Enquirer without any j compensation, except the appreciation j] of those of our readers who may not f nave me opportunity to see it eise- p where, and to us that is entirely sat- j] isfactory. It has been the custom of the coun- t ty board of commissioners for a num- j, ber of years past to submit the pub- p lication of this report to competitive j bids, and while there is no question t of the fact that the principle of com- j, petitive bidding is fair, we have felt a that The Enquirer was at a decided n disadvantage for the reason that the e service it would offer for a given e amount was so much greater than j. could or would be rendered by any j, possible competitor in this county for t the same sum. I For instance, in connection with (j this matter, it has been argued by t those who think The Enquirer should Q not be favored with this business, that the subscribers of the other pa- 0 pers nave jusi as mucu rigm iu see c the advertisements as have the subscrlbers of The Enquirer. This prop- ^ osition we would not deny, for it is ^ absolutely true; but in a like manner each subscriber of The Enquirer has j exactly the same right to see the advertlsing as has each subscriber to any other paper, and if The Enqui- ^ rer has more subscribers than any ^ other paper in the county, as we ^ claim it has, then in determining the relative cheapness of the respective bids submitted, it seems that the question of circulation should be con- ' sidered. Understanding all these things as well as we think we do, we have been taking them into consideration in our responses to the invitation of the com- " missioners to submit proposals. Up to about ten years ago, we used to V*io ti'nrl/ }iv t r\r i r? cr frt t'UIIlCIIU IVI illio itvm ?? J...Q %w ^ underbid the other fellow; but once we purposely allowed the other fellow to underbid us at about 15 cents, and when the board afterward paid him v $1 we decided thenceforward to stick ' as nearly as possible to rockbound business principles, and since then ^ we have not offered to cut prices that h were none too high for the service v we had to offer. J* Two years ago, The Enquirer offered to print these reports alone for the ^ sum of $60, or to print them in con- 0 nection with any one or all the other c papers of the county, or as many as *desired to go into the arrangement, u for its pro rata share of the $60, the 11 share being determined by the num- s ber of papers among which the whole ^ sum was to be divided, regardless of i] the circulation of each. The board n awarded the contract to the Rock J Hill Herald and the Yorkvllle New u Era, a paper of small circulation v that was being published in York- e ville at the time. The New Era sus- 1] pended publication before the com- ? pletlon of the contract, and the re- s maining reports were published in the ? Herald alone. Only the report for a n single quarter was published in The ^ Enquirer that year, nnd that was pub- S lished gratuitously. At the letting a t year ago. The Enquirer made the a same bid as before, except that it t stipulated that the papers that went '? into the arrangement must accept as ^ compensation their part of $60 in the * proportion that the respective circu- t latlon of each bore to that sum. The s contract was awarded to The Enqui- a rer, which printed the reports alone v last year for the sum of $60. d In response to the last Invitation or bids, something over a month ago, The Enquirer submitted the followng: Yorkvllle, S. C., March 2, 1909. Co the County Board of Commissioners of York County: We have your favor advising us that he Supervisor and Commissioners deilre to let a contract for printing the luarterly reports of disbursements of he Supervisor during the year at rour next meeting on March 3, and iffording us an opportunity to die a >id if we so desire. In reply we beg leave to submit the bllowing propositions: 1. We will print all four reports is required by law for sixty dollars, he sum you are allowed to pay for he same. 2. We will print the reports In jonnectlon with any one or with all he other papers of the county?as nany as desire to go into the ar rangement?with the understanding hat each paper that completes all the vork will accept for its pay its pro ata part of sixty dollars in the pronation that its bona fide circulation tears to that sum. Such papers as nay fail to complete the work are to ecelve nothing, and the sixty dollars s to go to the papers that carry out he contract on the basis named. We suggest that the matter of cir:ulatlon be established by affidavit of he respective publishers in accordmce with the rules prescribed by the >ostofflce department, with the unlerstandlng that the mailing lists and >ooks of each bidder be open to all he others, and to Inspectors of the >ostofflce department. We are willing to make affidavit hat the bona flde circulation of The forkvllle Enquirer at this writing is 1,100 copies per issue. Respectfully, THE YORKVILLE ENQUIRER, L. M. Grist's Sons, Pubs., W. D. G. 'ine matter 01 teuing me prupuaeu ontract was not acted upon at the neeting that was to have been held >n March 3, nor at the adjourned neeting held on March 10; but upm Inquiry of the clerk of the board tbout March 30. The Enquirer was .dvised that the supervisor had intructed the recording of a minute to he effect that the contract for the >ubllcation of the quarterly reports if the supervisor is awarded to the lock Hill Herald for the sum of (55. We have no quarrel with the board f commissioners in this matter and re have no quarrel with the Rock 1111 Herald. The Rock Hill Herald ias just as much right to bid for this r any other advertising as The Yorkille Enquirer, and the county board f commissioners has the power and liscretion to award contracts for adertlsing as it sees proper, regardless f circulation or price so long as It loes not pay a price In excess of that described by law. And while for business reasons The inquirer is not willing to lubllsh hese reports gratuitously for the ioard, still some of them are of sufcient news value to warrant their lublication for the benefit of such a arge proportion of our readers as fould not see them otherwise, and hat we will do the best we can to ake care of our readers, they may est assured. MERE-MENTION. F. Marion Crawford, the novelist, lied at Sorrento, Italy, Friday night. Mrs. Georgia Allyn Sampson, ried at Lyons, N. Y., last week on the i-ior hnshand. Har narge ui inuiucung ? , y Sampson, was acquitted Burning '11 from a 10,000 barrel reservoir of he Standard Oil company at Port tlchmond, Cal., spread fire over eight ores of ground Friday. Two men lost heir lives...:..A grand Jury at Ashind, O., has Indicted two common pleas ourt Judges, a state senator and a iank cashier on a charge of embezzling 15,555. A wealthy woman died, leavng 140,000 to an orphan home, but beore the estate had reached the orihans, it had dwindled to >1.44. The ndictments grew out of this bequest. Two men were killed and seveny-flve persons were injured at Wayne, J. J., Friday, by the explosion of 50,000 lounds of powder at a powder mill.... Sthan Allen Hitchcock, secretary of he interior under President McKiney, died in Washington on Friday, ged 74 years. He was a native of loblle, Ala. Mr. Hitchcock's strongst characteristics were his own honsty and his determination to stop the ind grafting in the west A Wash ngton, Pa,, Methodist church is aaverising for the person who dropped a 1,000 bill on the collection plate Sunlay of last week. The church officers hink the bill must have been dropped n the plate by mistake The Mex;an government has appropriated $1,00.000 for the erection of a monument ommemoratlng the 100th anniversary f Mexican Independence next year.... it Manchester, N. H., Thursday, fire estruyed seventy-five tenements and endered 5,000 people homeless ohn Anderson, 51 years old, shot one roman to death, wounded another, and ommitted suicide at Aurora, 111., 'hursday. Anderson was insane luring the year 1908 there were 88 /xn *"? ? nmnnop nlimltAru nf thp Alnd mountains of Switzerland. This is a ecord number of fatalities Midmd, Texas, was visited by a >300,000 Ire Thursday Tallahassee, chief f the Seminole Indians of Florida, is ead. He was about 90 years old. Talihassee's religion was "me no lie, me o steal, me no kill. Big sleep come, treat Spirit take me." Since Janary 1, 1908, there have been 101 perons killed by automobiles in New 'ork city Former Governor Haniy of Indiana, is to be a candidate or the United States senate. He ,'ants the toga of Senator Beveridge. A plant is being erected at Cor eie, ua., to manuiaciure news prim. aper from cotton stalks Six Ice louses, containing 400,000 tons of ice, k-ere destroyed by fire at East Wateron), Me., Thursday The Bingampton Trust company of Blnglampton, N. Y? with a capital of $300,00 and deposits of $3,000,000, was losed Friday by bank examiners )n the arrival of twins at the home f Wm. Hedinger, a Pennsylvania farrier, Friday, the farmer committed uicide and his mother-in-law dropped ead from heart disease In a suit revolving $65 at Dalton, Ga., 200 wltlesses have been subpeonaed.... John ackson, charged with participating in , night riding raid when two negroes fere murdered and five others woundd, has been sentenced to one year in rison at Paducah, Ky The mayor f McRea, Ga., has issued a lengthy tatement in which he claims that Pope i. Hill, the Macon lawyer, was not lurdered, but committed suicide l New York judge discharged a boy Saturday, who had been arrested for he theft of six cents worth of coal, nd told the boy never to steal anyhing again until he got to be at ?ast a railroad president Jas. i. Patten, the Chicago wheat king, old 5,000 bushels of wheat Saturday, o a miller at $1.38 a bushel. Patten ays there will be no cheap wheat gain soon Ben Brame, a negro, ,-as lynched in Trigg county, Ky? Friay, for attempted assault. LOCAL AFFAIRS, c NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Baker Importing Co., New York?Desires to secure a representative, man or woman, to Introduce Baker-Ized coffees In this vicinity. Mrs. Jane A. Thomas, Hickory Grove ?Will pay liberal reward for return of pair of gold spectacles lost Friday on the Hickory Grove road. York Supply Co.?Tells you that the Planet Jr. riding cultivator is recognized by the best farmers as the best implement of its kind ever devised. See peas and cane seed. First National Bank?Asks you to make it a visit, and get better acquainted. It wants your business, and wants to help you in a business way. You'll be welcome. J. Edgar Poag, Broker?Distributes from 6,000 to 12,000 copies of Poag*s Real Estate Monthly each month, and thus offers you a splendid opportunity to reach buyers and sellers of real estate. Carroll Bros.?Are still selling Roderick cultivators at $37.50, and say they ? always give satisfaction. More I than fifty sold last year. Other i farm implements. < Yorkvllle Hardware Co.?Has a big: < line of garden hose at 12Jc and 15c i a foot, guaranteed quality; also has 1 nozzles, couplings, reels, etc. Bar- < gains in cooking stoves. Star Drug Store?Don't want you to 1 make the mistake of failing to take < a course of medicine for your blood 1 this spring. It has several godd { blood purifiers and tonics. < Thomson Co.?Is showing a big line ^ of spring clothing for men at prices { to suit all comers. See the new line of spring oxfords, men's shirts, belts and straw hats, and also the Interwoven sock for men, at 25c. Standard Oil Co.?Calls attention to j the good qualities and advantages of a Perfection blue flame cooking f stove for summer use. See fourth ^ page. i Chas. M. Stleff, Charlotte?Offers a , special bargain in a piano at $150. It is reflnlshed and in ebonized case. J See fourth page. t J. C. Wilborn?Has a 132-acre farm ( r. rtatVioi town8hin. for sale; 35 acres in cultivation, balance in tlm- ' ber. Near Perry Ferguson's. < York Drug Store?Wants to supply you with paints, alabastlne, plastl- < co, Jap-a-lac, etc., for your spring renovating. < Rock Hill, Chester and other towns are pulling for the location of the central offices of the Southern Power ] company. It is stated and re-stated that the Southern Power company will * certainly move its offices from Char- ^ lotte. In the death of Rev. John Stewart 1 Grier of Sharon, another brave, zeal- , ous soldier in the cause of righteousness goes to his eternal reward. Mr! i Grier was an earnest, courageous, pure hearted servant of Christ He hated all that was mean and low; but he loved all of his fellowmen and freely I gave the service of his high office wherever needed, ministering alike to 1 rich and poor, high and low. To him ] it made no difference, whether those who stood in need of his ministrations | were professed Christians, much less 1 I whether tney were memueiD ui ui? i church to which he gave most loyal allegiance. It was the Joy of his life ( to be useful. On all moral questions, he occupied high ground, and he knew no compromise. He was ever ready t to fight for what he knew to be right, { win or lose, and was not cast flown by temporary defeat. He was an able 1 preacher, an ideal minister and a most lovable man. To those who knew him I best it seems that his work had only i just begun; but still in his short life, he has accomplished much, and his 1 memory will continue as a sweet treas* ^ ure to those he leaves behind. ABOUT PEOPLE. J Rev. E. E. Gillespie left this morn Ing for presDytery, wmcn cunveuea >? Clover today. s Mr. D. E. Finley of the University of j South Carolina, spent Saturday and Sunday in Yorkvllle. r Mr. Frank G. Dobson of Atlanta, Ga., t [ spent Sunday with his father, Mr. T. , M. Dobson in Yorkville. t Mr. George Hart of Greenville, spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. g Geo. W. S. Hart in Yorkville. r Mr. Willie Betts of Lesslie, spent s several days last week with his father, i Mr. J. W. Betts on Yorkville No. 3. Dr. and Mrs. W. G. White, have re- i turned from Jacksonville, Fla., where > they went to the annual meeting of f the Southern Railway surgeons. 1 Miss Frances Faulconer, who has c been spending the past month in \ Washington, D. C., and Greensboro, t N. C., returned home Sunday. JMrs. D. L. Shieder and children, have j returned from Chester, where they e went to see Dr. Shieder, who is in the hospital there. Dr. Shieder is report- f ed as getting along nicely. ^ t WITHIN THE TOWN. t ? The Easter hats, the Easter hats! r There were hundreds of them out Sun- s day. t ? At a congregational meeting in the t First Presbyterian church last Sunday r morning, a resolution was adopted pro- t viding for an increase in the salary or r Rev. E. E. Gillespie, the pastor, from ' $1,200 to $1,500 per annum. ? M'.as Winnie Crawford Is soliciting t subscriptions In Yorkville in behalf t of the monument to the Women of the * Confederacy. The state of South Car- t olina has appropriated the sum of $7,- c 500 for such a monument, the sum to t become available when an equal v amount has been raised by private v subscriptions. h ? There was' an Easter egg hunt on the lawn of Mrs. N. J. N. Bowen yes- p terday afternoon, under the auspices c of the St. Agnes Guild, of the Church s of 'the Good Shepherd. The particl- a pants paid 5 cents each for the priv- o ilege and more than one hundred children were present. The occasion was a a very pleasant one. v ? The Easter elections of the Church c of the Good Shepherd resulted as fol- u lows: Wardens?Geo. W. S. Hart, M. P C. Willis. Vestrymen?Walter B. Moore, d O. E. Wilkins, R. A. Bratton, Jno. G. Barnwell, Thos. P. Moore, Jos. E. Hart and R. C. Allein. Delegates to Diocesan Council?Walter B. Moore, O. E. n Wllkins, Geo. W. S. Hart and M. C. t Willis. r ? The Church of the Good Shepherd 6 and Trinity church were decorated on e account of Easter as usual, but there a were no services except in the Church of the Good Shepherd. Rev. T. T. f Walsh conducted services appropriate r to Easter, and the services were very o much enjoyed by those who partici- f pated. Rev. O. M. Abney was unable t to be out, suffering very considerably f on account of a vaccinated arm. g " o THE SPECULATIVE MARKET. ? The developments in the speculative h market yesterday are summarized in a an Associated Press dispatch of last a night as follows: v The cotton market was very active b today with near months selling above c 10c. for the first time since last June. There was something of a reaction In the late trading, but the close was A steady at a net advance of 11 to 18 p points. v The market opened firm at an advance of 4 to 11 points on an Increas- a ing demand from outside sources, cov- a ring of shorts, and aggressive sup- Si port from local and western bulls. w Realizing was very heavy but was veil taken around the 10-cent level. re md as profit taking sales diminished, ai :he market worked higher, reaching in :he best point during the middle of the Jay when May and July sold at 10.12 md October at 9.96, or 20 to 23 points al let higher. Later prices reacted sev- li< ;ral points under realizing by early q puyers and room traders who were . probably Influenced by the talk of rain n the southwest, but offerings were cc jy no means urgent, and the close if vas well up from the low point of the _ lay. Advices from Texas suggest that rerent rains were heavier than indicated in py official reports, and some additional 0| precipitation for the 24 hours ending r this morning was reported, but the Texas forecast was for fair and colder C weather, except 'showers In easterly t\ lections, and local bulls argue that the rainfall has not been sufficient to offlet the poor season in the ground. ^ Interior markets are said to be follow- e< ing the advance in futures, and the cj louthern markets officially reported loday were 1-16 to \ higher, while reirlews of the dry goods situation indl- c< rated a more active business in cotton b< roods. Liverpool will reopen tomor- a| ow morning and is due to come about . 11 to 15 points higher to meet Ameri- D< * -* ? ni ;an grains since ner ciose iiiunsuay. - Receipts at the ports today 19,168 la jales against 12,178 last week and 8.121 last year. For the week 85,000 jales against 91.004 last week and 71.- S( >14 last year. Today's receipts at New ci Drleans 2.981 bales against 4.290 last u, rear and at Houston 5,585 bales ? igainst 1,894 last year. g< CALENDAR ONE. ?' At a meeting1 of the bar yesterday, :hose Interested went over Calendar 1, c< ind came to such understandings as 01 vere practicable as to the cases that v< vould be for trial, etc. There are six- o( :y-two cases on the calendar In all, ,0 ind of these a majority will be con- L Inued. The following were left "open" 'r >r "for trial," which means that they S( vill either be tried, continued or mark- tr id ended: d< 4. W. W. Auten vs. Catawba Pow- " jr Co. ti 5. R. A. Bratton vs. Catawba Powir Co. 7. E. F. Bell vs. West. U. Tel. Co. 20. A. V. Worthy vs. Southern Railway Co. 22. Natl. Cash Register Co. vs. Mc- fc Plhonov fn , 27. Southern Rwy. Co. vs. Pride Rat- !' :eree. ' lr 28. Mrs. Richardson vs. Seaboard V. tt L Ry. tt 29. Jas. A. Barron et al. vs. Cataw- a] in Pnwnr Co 31. C. Scott Wilson, adm'r., vs. p< Southern Railway. 33. Mattie L. Beckham vs. Rock Hill tt W., L. and P. Co. t. 34. Salina E. Moore vs. Rock Hill iV.f L. and P. Co. w 36. George Hall vs. Southern Ry. Co. o\ 39. Smith-Fewell Co. vs. Southern tt *wy. Co. 40. Arcade Cotton Mills vs. Southern H ly. Co. sc 41. Geo. W. .Plyler vs. Metropolitan dl u. Ins. Co. er 42. Mackorell Bros. vs. West. Union . rel. Co. " 44. J. H. Quinn vs. C. B. McFadden. 45. Rob't L. McGinn vs. Rock Hill th 3uggy Co. ^ 48. J. J. Owens vs. Southern Ry. Co. . 49. J. S. McKibbon vs. Southern Ry. n< 2o. in 52 York Supply Co. vs. R. K. Lowry. to 53. Rosa M. McLean et al. vs. Ca- T awba Power Co. 54. Augusta A. McLean vs. Cataw- M )a Power Co. st 55. Rosa M. McLean vs. Catawba ?ower Co. b 56. W. E. Ferguson vs. Southern hallway Co. M 57. Mackorell Bros. vs. Southern la tailwav Co. j? 58. Mackorell Bros. vs. Southern p Railway Co. 59. J. M. Stroup vs. Southern Rail- H vay Co. ni 61. W. R. Carroll vs. J. P. Barnes. 62. York Monument Works vs. Southern Railway. t0 K SMALLPOX SITUATION. A There are now only four cases of J* imollpox out at the York cotton mill, 8C wo of them convalescent, one serious LI ind the other In a critical condition. T. rhe last case to develop In this quar- W er, was that of Mr. John Thompson, ^ vhose son was among the first vie- Bi ims, and his case and that of Mr. W. Pi iV. Williams are the two that are re- W rarded as serious. Mr. Williams Is M lot expected to live, and Mr. Thompton is regarded as facing a serious or- pc leal. B. Peter McFadden, colored, whose case le ias been previously mentioned, and ..u^ ?>na koufrVii fn Ko o-oHlncr nInner fir VHU wan mwugui iu MV bv*w?*0 ?'""0 airly well last Friday morning, died re n the afternoon. The doctors say the be ause of his death was pneumonia, ui vhlch, of course, was superinduced by ot he smallpox. The health authorities th lad considerable difficulty in getting ot JcFadden burled; but finally succeed- ed id at a cost of nearly $50. th Jefferson Pettus, the one armed Con- st ederate veteran at the county home, vhose case has been previously men.- ro loned, died Saturday night and was er >uried on Sunday. The doctors say as (ositively that Pettus did not have p f ?? mallpox; but that his death was due o apoplexy. The old fellow had got- ar en caught in the same house with Hi- w' am Alexander before Alexander's case lad been identified as smallpox, and Wl le had to be kept In the same house with Alexander, until after the latter ur le lied when, as stated, he was moved to he newly provided pest house. He had leen vaccinated In the meantime, and ^ lis vaccination was doing all that was o have been expected of it. He was (le onsidered to be out of all danger from he smallpox, and the apoplexy, to i'hich he has been subject for quite a k-hlle, developed suddenly and carried lim off. ca There are now no cases of small- ,. lis iox within the town of Yorkville, that f Peter McFadden, originating as tated from the case of Klrby Pugh, ^ t the York cotton mill, being the only ^ ne up to this time. tei The local board of health is holding ,bout thirty negroes in detention for iolation of the quarantine laws. No _ ases have developed among them, and an inless there Is some change In the iresent situation within the next few ays, these negroes will be released. REV. J. S. GRIER. fix Rev. J. S. Grier, whose critical 111less at his home at Sharon was men- jr. ioned in the last Issue of The Enqui- gt er, died on Saturday morning at about an o'clock, and was burled In the cem- Sfe] tery at Sharon on Sunday afternoon Ka t 4 o'clock. The statement that Mr. Grier had wj alien and broken his arm was incor- ^ ect, the story having gotten currency f)a tho tftlonVinnr, In onmo mfinnor Tinf ,C. ... ..... ga ully accounted for. He had been In iad health for quite a while, suffering tu rom acute indigestion, and the beinning of the end came while he was ut in the yard, giving directions to an ome hands about certain work he was ye laving done. He was seized with pj( cute pains in the small of the back, nd was compelled to sit down. Help an iras summoned as soon as possible; pa ut there was no improvement, the end i oming within about twenty-four hours. m? From the Centennial history of the issociate Reformed church, it ap- 1 ears that Rev. John Stewart Grier w as a son of Rev. Robert Leroy Grier ^ nd his wife, Martha Ann KIrkpatrick, wa nd he was born in Troy, Tenn., on be! / eptember 9, 1868. His parents died hile he was quite young, and he was ared by his maternal grandparents id his uncle, John Moore Kirkpatrlck, l Mecklenburg county, N. C. He was raduated from Ersklne college in 1891, rid after a course in the seminary, was censed by the First presbytery at harlotte, N. C., in 1893. His first large was Ebenezer In Jefferson >unty, Ga., where he served from July, 193, to April, 1896, when he received call to Sharon, where he has been rer since, serving also as pastor durg most of the time, the congregations f Hebron and Tlrzah. In 1896, Mr. rier married Miss Julia Elizabeth n of Ebenezer, Ga., and she, with vo children, survives him. The funeral took place last Sunday fternoon, the services being conducti in Sharon Associate Reformed lurch and the Interment being In the wotflmf Thorn xva a a frpmprtriniis incourse of people In attendance, they sing gathered from all parts of this id surrounding counties, and numering In the aggregate close to 1,000 r 1,200. The church was not nearly irge enough to accommodate those ho desired to enter. Every available at was occupied, and people were owded In the aisles and vestibules, ntil there was hardly room to turn, everal hundred who were unable to st even Into the door, had to remain jtside. The services of the occasion were inducted by Rev. J. L. Oates of Hick y Grove, assisted by Rev. R. M. Stesnson of Clover, Rev. E. E. Gillespie t Yorkvllle. Rev. J. B. Swann of Bulck's Creek, and Rev. R. A. Miller of owell, N. C., and were touchingly npresslve, not only In their general jope; but particularly In the tender Ibutes that were paid the beloved sad, who was held In the tenderest gard, not only by his own congregaon, but by all who knew him. THE CIRCUIT COURT. The spring term of the circuit court >r York county convened yesterday, Is honor, Judge J. C. Klugh, presldig, Solicitor J. K. Henry representing le state, Stenographer McCaw taking le testimony, and the sheriff, clerk id various other officials at their res;ctive posts. There had been some little talk about le possibility of the suspension of the rm because of smallpox; but this as all on the outside, and came more it of a desire on the part of some of le people in attendance to get back to -essing work than on account of any iriousness of the situation. The court d not And in the alleged situation tough menace to demand consideraon. All of the grand jurors answered lelr names with the exception of Mr. r. W. Miller, who was confined at >me with mumps, and in the drawg to complete the venire, the lot fell i Mr. Thomas W. Speck, of Yorkvllle. he jury organized by the election of r. J. S. Sandlfer as foreman, and now ands composed as follows: J. S. Sandlfer, foreman; J. A. Barjr, W. E. Feemster, J. J. Jones, S. A. ltchell, J. H. Sutton, S. M. Shlllingw, E. B. Price, J. M. Ferguson, D. F. ickson, J. W. Feemster, O. S. Poe, . N. Stevenson, S. H. Epps, W. L. lnson, J. W. Patrick, D. A. Whlsoint, T. W. Speck. The following petit jurors answered i their names: W. H. Faust, M. R. ell, R. D. Owens, P. B. McAfee, Thos. . Mills, J. P. White, R. M. Whltesldes, C. Burge, W. M. Stowe, W. S. Dick>n, W. L. Baber, J. D. Land, W. F. limn .t n WnrisnAth .T. Thorn Neelv. , H. Merritt, C. F. Brandon, S. P. riIson, G. R. McCarter, I. C. Grayson, r. H. Hagans, J. A. Clinton, R. F. oyd, P. M. Caldwell, J. C. Lilly, A. J. irrott, J. C. Harper, Thos, J. Glenn, r. R. Ratterree, W. A. Nichols, W. J. lller, A. L. Nee'y. T. C. Lester o? Broad River was rented not found, being in Georgia. N. Craig, E. Gourley and W. J. Mllr were excused. In charging the grand jury, his hon contented himself with a general view of the ordinary duties of that >dy, and did not attempt to lay stress jon any special featu?~ of '* work her than the responsibility of seeing at the laws of the land are properly voonrftH on/1 enfnrno/1 T-Ta P m nhnfll? I the fact that the best way to secure e supremacy of law and order Is by rlct enforcement of -the statutes gainst crime. He reminded the Juts of their duty to exercise a genal oversight of not only the people i a whole, but of public officials, esicially the rural officials, including ustees of the school districts, etc., id to investigate all derelictions hich in their judgment, they think iould be investigated. Paul Sanders, charged with murder, is allowed to plead guilty to involitary manslaughter, and was senneed to two years on the chaingang. Will Williams, Harper Williams and 111 Hunt were arraigned on the charge arson, in attempting to burn their ly out of Jail last January. They sired to plead guilty, and a Jury was lpaneled in order to have a verdict regular form. The case as to Will illiams was nol pressed. There was recommendation for mercy in the se of the other two. Harper Wllirns was sentenced to twenty years id Will Hunt to twelve years. Foy Feemster plead guilty to forging e name of Mr. E. W. Long on an orr to the Thomson Co., and was senneed to twelve months on the chainng. Love Robinson, the negro ooy, who is convicted last summer of murder, d sentenced to be hanged, which sennce was suspended on account of an peal to the supreme court, was ar ignea again yesieruay aaiexnuuu, tmu -sentenced, Friday, May 14, being :ed as the day of execution. ".'he first case taken up this morng was that of the State vs. Roland eele, charged with housebreaking d larceny. He was convicted and ntenced to two years on the chainng; Jim Whitener and Lum Caveny, both lite, plead guilty of distilling and reiling and were each sentenced to y a fine of $100 or go to the chalnng for three months. In both cases, ntence was suspended, pending fure good behavior. Herbert Crosby, a little negro boy, ed 11, plead guilty of housebreaking d larceny, and was sentenced to two ars in the state reform school at orence. r\mzi Gaston plead guilty of assault d battery with intent to kill and id a fine of $100. William Williams, was convicted of ilicious mischief, and was sentented nine months or one hundred dollars. When the forms of The Enquirer ire closed at noon, the grand jury is still engaged In the consideration bills of indictment, and the outlook is that it would not be discharged fore tomorrow. / . l . . LOCAL LACONIC8. Until January 1, 1910. We will send The Yorkville Enquirer j from this date till January 1, 1910 for i $1.48. j Preparing the Land. The farm demonstration work re- i quires thorough preparation of land 1 for seeding. The ground must be first j well broken with the plow, torn all to ; pieces, and then harrowed. The department will not have any of this 1 thing of merely plowing out cotton ^ stalks and putting In fertilizers without harrowing. The Proposed Sharon Bank. 1 The proposed bank of Sharon refer- I red to recently will certainly materialize shortly. Up to this time $21,- | 000 of the $25,000 desired has been subscribed, and the remaining $4,000 i Is within easy reach. If It is not subscribed by citizens of the neighborhood immediately surrounding, citizens of 1 Sharon stand ready to take It Wet Plowing. Rpnnrf* nf farmers who were In ! Yorkvllle yesterday in attendance on court are to the effect that there has been lots of plowing done; but unfortunately much of it has been wet. All along the roads are to be seen large, slick looking clods, which seem to indicate that it would have been better to wait for dryer weather, and which suggests trouble in the cultivation of the crops. Stewart-A'rdrey. Charlotte Observer, Monday: An occasion of much interest throughout the state was the marriage of Miss Mabel White Ardrey and Mr. George Blake Stewart, which took place at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Ardrey at Fort Mill, S. C., Saturday evening. The home was beautifully decorated for the occasion, the parlor in white, the library in red and the dining room in white carnations and smilax. Camp Micah Jenkins. The annual meeting of Micah Jen- ; king Camp U. C. V., was held in Yorkvllle yesterday, pursuant to the published call of Capt John D. McConnell, commander. About a dozen mem- i bers were present. After the reading 1 of the minutes of the previous meet- ! ing, the incumbent ofBcere were re- ] elected for the ensuing year. A reeo- \ lution was adopted endorsing the rals- J ing of subscriptions in behalf of the , State Monument to the women of the 1 Confederacy, and tributes of respect I naooa^ *A thn mamnrv rtf thfl lfltd ' TV Vi O ^UOOVU fcV me u<VM?Vl J vuw WW | Comrades W. B. Smith and B. Frank , White. Death of Mrs. Ellen M. Crawford. \ Chester Reporter: Mrs. Ellen M. i Crawford, mother of Mr. E. A. Craw- i ford, of this city, died at her home j at McConnell8ville at 9 o'clock Monday . morning:. She was in her 83 year, 1 and her death wa3 due to the encroach- ' ments of old age. The funeral services \ will be held some time tomorrow. Mrs. , Crawford leaves in addition to her son < here, the following sons and daugh- j ters: Messrs. J. T. and S. A. Crawford and Miss Mary Crawford of McConnellsville, and Mrs. C. E. Porcher of Wilmington, N. C. Also two sisters, , Misses Mary and Louise Ashe of McConnellsvllle. She was a consecrated and godly woman, and an active mem- i ber of the Presbyterian church. J As Dr. Williams 8mi it. Dr. C. F. Williams, secretary of the state board of health, on last Friday gave out the following statement as to the smallpox situation in the Tork cotton mill village: "There have been in this epidemic, in all, twelve cases, with six deaths. The first case recognized at the mill developed March 7. It was a most malignant type and resulted in death. Eleven people were exposed to infection from this case, nine of whom had never been vaccinated. All of the nine developed the disease, but the two who had previously been successfully vaccinated escaped. As soon as a diagnosis was made in the first case all of those who had been exposed were isolate and kept under observation. A campaign of vaccination was immediately started and every one was vaccinated and revaccinated. The disease has been confined to the families of those exposed to the first case, and only two cases have developed from the second exposure?both of these being mild. We have every reason to believe now that the disease is sunoressed and that there will be no spread from these cases. The disease has been of the most malignant type, as shown by its high mortality, and should be a warning to those who, either negligently or foolishly, deny themselves immunity by .vaccination. 80UTH CAROLINA NEW8. ? Blacksburg special of April 12, to' Spartanburg Herald: N. W. Hardin, Esq., former member of the house of representatives, is being urged from all over the county to become a candidate for the senate, to fill out the un* * - M ?? A44? ntk/\ Viaa expired term 01 oeiimui um, mw ..?*? Just recently been appointed solicitor c of the Seventh circuit, In. place of Thos. ? Sease, elected judge. He is about giv- 1 en his consent to run, and we expect a r hot campaign as there are some lively 1 issues to be settled. He can take care of himself. ? Augusta, Ga, April 11: Employes j of the Southern railway here report s that early yesterday morning at the Denmark, S. C., railroad crossing a ne- v gro seized a grip 'containing $8,000 in r j currency, the property of N. G. Evans j, of Edgefield, S. C., leaped from the ^ moving train and escaped into the v woods. Mr. Evans was riding in the r first-class coach and the grip was by his side when the thief snatched it and jj broke away from men of the train crew v who tried to halt him. Up to this |; time no arrest has been made. The t railroad men intimate connection be- v tween this thief and the wreckers who ^ wrecked a train on the Seaboard Air g Line Saturday morning near the same n place. The theft occurred three hours v after the wreck. n ? Columbia, April 12: In order to |] prevent a lyncmng, a negro Known a.a y "Peg-Leg" Hughes, was brought here late last night from Hampton county, c and lodged in the penitentiary. Hughes a is accused of attempting to assassi- p nate Clerk of Court W. B. Causey, and p he also shot Jesse Sheppard, who was g with Mr. Causey at the time. Hughes c had recently completed a sentence in y the penitentiary for killing a negro, y The shooting of Mr. Gausey occurred t; Saturday night, the negro secreting a himself In a ditch near where the p shooting took place. Mr. Causey wais n taken to Augusta for an ooeration. It fc is not thought his wound will prove fatal, though excitement ran high in t Hampton and it Is said Hughes would h certainly have been lynched had he not a been hustled off to Columbia. w ? Columbia Record: Though Con- ii gressman Lever has won a splendid c victory In the house In having the p Payne tariff bill amended with regard u to the duty on German potash. In the a opinion of Commissioner Watson the a fight Is not over, and all hands are C looking to Senator Smith to hold the n senate In line for retention of the ti change. It Is feared that strong effort a might be made to restore the duty In t< the senate, as word comes that a strain tl will be made to so change the bill as si to provide for about twenty millions a additional needed for revenue. Noth- a ing .has been heard from Senator Till- tl mon on the subject, and It Is feared he will not get to Washington to Join in ti the fight. However, he has been fully a advised of the situation. So far as is fl known here, he is still at his home in si Trenton "on the Job" of recovering his e health and strength. ? Chester Reporter: Mr. C. L. Gambrell of Wax haw, N. C., was brought here on No. 41 Sunday night, suffering from a severe gunshot wound in the stomach, received yesterday afternoon it Waxhaw at the hands of Tom Davis. Mr. Gambreil was taken to the Magdalene hospital and was operated on this morning. His intestines were perforated in about forty places, and It required about three hundred stitches to sew up the wound. Mr. Gambreil was shot only once, although Da- . vis flred at him three.times. He was struck by the first bullet, but before his strength was too far gone struggled with Davis and succeeded in diverting the course of the other bullets. The two men had fallen out over an election for cotton weigher, In which both were candidates. Gambreil had been successful, and Davis resented it Yesterday afternoon Gambreil called his opponent off, and after a few words began filing. Mr. Gambreil Is a sonin-law of the late J. P. Yandle of Chester, having married the tatter's daughter, Miss Bessie. Mr. Gambrell's condition is regarded as very critical. Dr. Pry or said this afternoon that Gambrell's condition is hopeless and that he is apt to die within a few hours. ? Chester, April 12: Walker-Gaston camp, United Confedera' i Veterans, held its stated quarterly meeting here today. The chief business was to fix the date for holding the state reunion which comes to Chester this year. The time decided on was the 23rd and 24th of June, subject to approbation of Chester chapter, Daughters of the Confederacy. Commander W. H. Hardin, Col. J. W. Reed. Capt. W. H. Edwards, Adjt W. D. Knox and Mr. I. McD. Hood were appointed a committee to confer with the ladies of the chapter. Col. J. W. Reed was elected general manager or chairman of the general committee of arrangements for the reunion. A finance committee was appointed, consisting of Col. J. W. Reed, Commander W. H. Hardin, Adjt. W. D. Knox and Mr. S. B. La than. Delegates to the state reunion are: Messrs. J. W. Reed, W. H. Edwards, H. W. Hafner and I. McD. Hood. Mrs. Geo. W. Gage was elected state sponsor, with authority to appoint her maid or maids of honor, with such committee or committees as she may deem expedient Delegates elected to the general reunion to be held in Memphis, Tenn., on June 8, 9 and 10 are: Messrs. J. M. Grant W. B. Robinson, W. S. Turner nriaA tuiu AIMWIUCi 11 UIV. ? Blacksburg, April 10: Blacksburg has had a Bensational bear hunt While making his rounds some time after midnight the watchman of the J. R. Smith Carnival shows found that two young bears had escaped from their cage, and he at once called for assistance to hunt the bears. Dogs were secured and easily trailed some distance, but suddenly lost them. After daylight, when it became generally known that the bears were out, children stayed indoors and everyone was on the lookout for bruin. After 9 o'clock. Chief Duncan got a clue and it led him to Oaffney, where he found that a man had hired a team, come to Blacksburg, secured the bears and returned to Saffney, where he hired another team and drove to Pacolet. There he, with the bears, caught a train for Carlisle and from there he went to Whltmlre. Chief Duncan had a message at Whltmira ahead of the alleged bear thief and the police arrested him and the bears. Magistrate Llgon dispatched bis constable, J. H. Allison, for them, who brought back one, George Dearborn, alias Indian George of Niagara Palls. Dearhorn claims to be an Inlian and he was accompanied by his wife, a very handsome young white woman. He wag committed to jail in default of $500 bond. Magistrate Llgon says he has given a death blow to bear stealing in the state. BU3INE88 IMPROVING. Well Known Manufacturer Sees Things In Encouraging Light. Mr. S. B. Tanner, president and treasurer of the Henrietta mills, who returned Sunday morning from New fork and the east, had the following to say to the Charlotte Observer, of . i the situation as he found it: "The business situation has Improved perceptibly during the past few weeks from a mercantile and manufacturing standpoint The banking situation has been good for some time. [ heard some prominent people say that Mr. E. H. Harrlman, who, as everybody knows, is one of the leading railroad men of the country, had Just returned from an extended inspection trip to the west and southwest and that he was very enthusiastic over the >utlook for a speedy return of prosperous times throughout the entire country. This means activity in all ines of mining and manufacturing which is the basis of consumption. "The sentiment in New York Is that Willie 011. Xiail llUUIl l?9 OUJ/JWOVV* fcV B? (V :he most of his attention to his own justness, he struck the keynote a few lays ago when he said that the govsrnment should be operated on busness principles and not raise salaries n the army and navy and Increase othir expenses as was done last year durng a panic when the people in all lines >f business were in distress and at a :lme when there was a large deficit ivhich the people must raise In some way, "The greatest trouble about raising his money outside of direct taxation s to get the tariff on a revenue basis. Svery section seems to want everyhlng it buys free and a high prohlbtive tariff on everything it sells. This >f course would not put any money in he United States treasury and it vmilri he like the woman's riffhts ad rocates claim that they are treated, tamely, 'robbed by their friends and iklnned by their enemies.' The govirnment spent last year over one billon dollars, which means a tax paid >y this country amounting to $12.50 or each man, woman and child and hen the income fell short many milions of dollars. So it is plain that :ongress cannot afford to put many irticles on the free list nor can it aford to put a prohibitive tax on very nany, unless it curtails expenditures naterially which is not probable. "They think that one of the greatsst factors in the return of business ionfldence is the fact that political Incs have been broken, making it ab loiuteiy necessary, as tney reei in new fork, to frame a fair, tariff bill which vill pay the expenses of the governnent and give the manufacturers and a bo re re fair remuneration and that if hey agree upon a bill of this kind they vill be forced to appoint a tariff coranlsslon and adjourn. "They do not seem to lay much stress ipon the house bill as they feel that it rill be almost certain to be laid aside n the senate. In fact, I understand hat some of the Republican members oted for the bill simply to expedite >usiness and to get the views of the enate expecting an arrangement to be nade between the two branches which rill be satisfactory. Well Informed nen say that both factions realize the mportance of an early adjournment rhlch will soon modify extreme views. ^ "The comparatively large demand for j "hina during the past few weeks, prob,bly twice the amount that has been urchased during the entire two years receding, with prospects of more, has iven a much better tone to the cotton . loth market and on some numbers of arns. Unfortunately some counts of arns have been produced more rapidly han the trade could use but this conition of affairs will soon mend if not ? ressed too heavily. Further curtaillent is advisable until the surplus has een consumed. "mu _ ?11 ?* ?kla 1 lie tan iui guuuo iui v^iiuia ai tins Ime was particularly fortunate, the ome trade being such as not to be ble to absorb the output and prices rere weakening. This Increased bus less will not only hold the prices of loth but It has already advanced the rice of cotton. The cotton cloth manfacturers were getting very dlscourged over the situation at home and broad. We had been trying to get the 'hinese to add one inch to their garlents in the Interests of civilization and rade and while they were not buying nything, our people were beginning i wear sheath gowns but thanks to lie 'rubber necks' I am told that this tyle of dress has proven unpopular ^ nd no doubt the usual amount of otton goods will be worn hereafter In Ills country. "There are many indications of retiming prosperity. Immigrants are rrivlng In great numbers and they . nd employment in great squads on aj treet railway tracks, railway lines and Isewhere. "I saw some merchants from the - - ' " - ? ?