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Scraps and .farts. ? Beverly, Mass., August 16: In a letter addressed today to Secretary Xagel of the department of commerce and labor. President Taft served notice that any man engaged in taking the thirteenth census, who was engaged in politics in any way will immediately be dismissed from the service. Outside of casting their votes, the president believes that supervisors and enumerators should keep clear of anything that savors of politics. The president orders that the secretary of commerce and labor and the director of the census should embody in the regulations governing the taking of the census the rules forcibly laid down in his letter. Taft says that in appointing the census supervisors it has been found necessary to select men recommended by senators and congressmen In their districts. He says that he realizes that this method of selection might easily be perverted to political purposes and it is to take the census out of politics, so far as actual work is concerned, that he has thus explicitly expressed his desires. ? New York, August 15: Gen. Theodore L. Bingham declares that during the first year he was police commissioner of New York city he could easily have made $600,000 in bribe money, and that $1,000,000 would not have been an excessive figure for him to have realized had he been seeking bribes. "One day shortly after my arrival at police headquarters an acquaintance dropped into my office," writes Gen. Bingham in a magazine, just issued. " 'Commissioner,' he said, 'there is a house at No. ? West Thirty-third street run very quietly. It will be worth $10,000 a month to vnn '?Rut the sentence wan never finished, to my knowledge. A few months later I was offered >5,000 in cash and $500 a month merely to l>e seen shaking hands with the proprietor of an upper Broadway cafe." Qen. Bingham estimates the money value of graft, and blackmail of all kinds in New York each year to be not less than $100,000,000. He declares that between 1500 and 2,000 members of the police force "are unscrupulous grafters, whose hands are always out for easy money." The former commissioner blames the personnel of the courts for much of New York's unrighteousness. ? Memphis, Tenn., August 16: The weekly cotton crop summary of the Commercial Appeal says: In practically all of the territory east of the Mississippi river there was a marked improvement in the condition of the cotton crop. The showers that fell were moderate and beneficial. The plant is small, and still late, but is growing nicely and is well fruited for its size. Many correspondents note that the prospective yield is better than was at one time thought possible. In this territory conditions are best in Georgia and South Carolina and poorest in Mississippi. Rainfall was scat tered and deficient in Arkansas ana Oklahoma. There are sections where no rain has fallen in five or six weeks and the plant is shedding, but while this is true other sections of these states have had rain and prospects are fair. Rains In Texas were frequent and rather general during the week. The crop Is on the road to improvement and If these rains are supplemented during the coming weeks by further precipitation, the crop outlook will improve materially. Rains have retarded opening of the bolls and as the plant is growing rapidly, picking will not become general for fully two weeks yet. ? Charlotte Observer: Can you touch the end of your nose?eyes shut?with the Index finger of either hand, first trial? If you cannot, you i are insane, according to a decision from the bench of a New York city committing magistrate. A woman was brought before that judge the other day by her family physician, asking that she be sent to Bellevue hospital for further examination. The evidence produced did not convince the judge of the necessity for making the order. But he told the woman to close her eyes and touch her nose : with her right forefinger. She failed on the first two attempts, whereupon the Judge declared: "I grant the application. This test satisfies me." We suggest to District Attorney Jerome that he spring this on Harry Thaw during the next insanity investigation. We have heard of another test of sanity similar to the above and just as simple, which was used at times in the past, but whether still followed : we do not know. This is to cause the subject to stand perfectly erect, with eyes closed, heels close together, arms straight, and hands pressed against the thighs. It is said that a person with defective brain cannot do so without the body wavering or reeling. Those who read this had better not try either test unless they are quite sure of themselves, for we would not like to be instrumental in making them believe they are not as strong minded as they thought they were. ? Atlanta, Ga., August 13: Passen gers wno were on tne soutnern train wrecked near Bristol. Va., yesterday, arrived here tonight, bringing details of the bravery of Engineer Samuel Bush, of Knoxville, Tenn., who died today as a result of his injuries. Bush was slowly and painfully working his way out of the wreck of his engine, scalded and frightfully bruised, when the few passengers who retained their senses, dug into the mass of twisted and burning iron to meet him. As the passengers began a hunt for whisky to stimulate him and were breaking open suitcases in their search, Bush asked for a last look at his old engine, as hopeless a wreck as was its engineer. When they came to him with the liquor he begged them to look after the comfort of the passengers. Told that no passengers had been injured, he said: "That's good. But before I take this whisky I want you men to smell my breath and testify, if need be, that I had not been drinking when this happened." Although suffering agony, the engineer would not touch the stimulant until four of the men had smelled his breath and promised to bear witness to his sobriety. "All the engineer has is his record," he said feebly, "and he cannot afford to have anything against that." Engineer Bush went out upon his last run with his record spotless. He had been in the service of the Southern railway for more than thirty years. He leaves an estate valued at $100,nnn ? Raleigh, N. C., Aug. 15: The WareKramer Tobacco company, formerly of Wilson and now of Norfolk, has filed with the clerk of the United States Circuit court here a suit against ; the American Tobacco company, claiming a total of J2.400,000 dam ages for Injury to the business of the plaintiffs through trust practices alleged to be exercised by the American Tobacco company, in crushing out competition. The suit is filed through F. A. Woodard. of Wilson, and C. C. Daniels, Goldsboro, as counsel. An especially notable paragraph declared that R. C. Briggs, of Wilson speaking for the American Tobacco company, made this threat against the WareKramer company, while its organization as an independent was in progress: "We will crush hell out of you and your new company. If you go to China, Japan or anywhere else In the world we will follow even to the gates of hell and we will crush hell out of your company. We will do this by fare means or foul." This language is alleged in the bill of complaint to have been addressed to F. D. Ware of the plaintiff corporation. Two causes of action are set oat in the suit, one claims $1.400,000 damages and the other <1,000,000 damages. The bill recites in detail trust methods in crushing out competition as directed especially against the Ware-Kramer Tobacco company. The American Tobacco company Is declared to be a menace to legitimate business, against whiph husinpRs intearritv and legiti mate business methods are powerless. ?hc \torkiiltr inquirer. Entered at the Postofflce in Yorkvllle as Mail Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE. 8. O.i TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1909. THK public may as well reconcile Itself to the conclusion that It will not hear the last of Harry Thaw until the whole Thaw family Is out of money. It used to be common to hear antiprohibitionists assert that they would favor prohibition If It would prohibit, and to declare that they would be grlad if It could be so arranged that no liquor could be made. These declarations are not so popular now-a-days. The fact that prohibition does prohibit has become m> plain that no man can deny it, and the heavy deficits In the excise taxes show that there is not nearly so much liquor made now ? Ko Wo a ro not SO {? UIC1C uo^u MV. ? W ? sanguine as to believe that the end is in sight; but we certainly believe that prohibition is making progress. The Alabama house of representatives has passed a bill that spells dry times in Alabama. Not only does the bill provide many stringent regulations for prohibiting the sale of liquor in Alabama; but it seeks to prevent the circulation of whisky advertisements by prohibiting the sale of newspapers in which such advertisements are printed. The mail order business Is the sole remaining source of vitality in the liquor business of many prohibition states, and if the advertising columns of the local newspapers can be closed against the liquor houses, they will be pretty nearly at the end of their row. There is a lively campaign on in Spartanburg county over the question of issuing $400,000 worth of four per cent coupon bonds for the purpose of building good roads. The election is to be held next Tuesday. August 24. Prom the reports in the papers, it looks at this distance that the bond issue is going to win; but we are notdisposed to bank too much on that proposition. We freely concede that Spartanburg is a remarkably wideawake and progressive county; but she can be all that and still not be big and broad enough to take such an advanced step as is here involved. But if Spartanburg does make this move, then it will mean that South Carolina will once more begin to assert her leadership of her sister states of the south. This is the tallest corn story of the season, and is being told among the traveling men over the state. It is said to have been in a letter written home by an eastern visitor. "Most of the Kansas streets are paved, grains of corn being used for cobblestones, while the cobs are hollowed out for sewer pipe. The husk, when taken off whole and stood on end, makes a nice tent for the children to play in. It sounds queer to hear the feed men tell the driver to take a dozen grains of horse feed over to Jackson's livery stable. If it were not for soft, deep soil here I don't see how they would ever harvest the corn, as the stalks would grow up as high in the air as the Methodist church steeple. However, when the ears get too heavy, their weight presses the stalk down in the ground on an average of ninetytwo feet, and thus brings the ear near enough to the ground to be chopped off with an ax."?Kansas City Journal. We do nut believe a word of that; but if the Kansas people really want to see some corn as is corn, they should come down to York county. We have not got it to pave streets with and we have none to burn: but the outlook is that we will have it little to sell. It is well for free American people to keep in mind the fact that public officers are and should he public servants. This country is not supposed pie, and the public official who grows to imagine that he Is a "ruler" should be disillusioned at the very first election after his mistake becomes apparent. A government "of the people, by the people, and for the people," means before it means anything else, a government of reason and justice as comprehended in written law. The law alone may be taken as the supreme ruler of the land and care should be taken to guard against abuse and tyranny perpetrated in the name of the law. It has been more or less flippantly said, "that you can find law for anything." This is true only with the qualification that some lawyers can do so. when there are no lawyers on the other side. Of course the laws are not always right: but they are always what the people make them, and they should always be obeyed so long as they are of force and effect. Even a bad law cannot be safely ignored. The only way of correcting it is by amendment or repeal. But all this does not in any wise affect the proposition that this is a government of. for and by the people, and that the peo pie should rule through good and wholesome laws. Of course there are individuals who undertake to. and do, for a time, usurp powers that have no sanction of law: but for this the people are also responsible. Theoretically. every individual citizen is as great and as powerful before the law as any other individual citizen, be he officeholder or not, and so long as every in- I dividual citizen recognizes and insists on this fact the country will be free from abuse. T1IK dispatches of the past few daysindicate that there is certainly going to be some more bloodshed in Crete, and that pretty soon. It is the same old trouble, the desire of the Cretans to get from under the Turkish yoke and become a part of Greece. This was the cause of the Graeco-Turklsh war of 1877. The Cretans hauled down the Turkish flag and hoisted that of Greece. The Grecians sent volunteers to assist the Cretans, and the Turks declared war against Greece. The Greeks had the best of it until the Turks began to overpower them with a preponderance of numbers, and then a concert of European powers began to interfere, put a stop to the war, and undertook to make the Cretans submit. Crete remained quiet until not long ago when the troops of the united powers were withdrawn from Canea, the Cretans again raised the Grecian flag over the fortress. This, of course, very much excited the Turks, who are in a state of considerable turmoil anyway, and they immediately began making arrangements to send a fleet to bombard the Cretans into submission. The united powers of Europe, including Great Britain, France, Germany, Austria and Italy, at once got busy, and are now assembling warships before Canea with the intention of making the Cretans take down the objectionable flag. Turkey has been notified that she must keep her hands off. The situation is such that the Turks will not stand for the independence of Crete, much less her union with Greece, and the United Powers know that if Turkey goes after the Cretans the result will be something horrible. The Cretans are in such deadly earnest over their desire for liberty that it is not expected that they will pull down the Cretan flag until made to do It, and the powers are of a mind that it will be better for them to compel submission than to leave It to the Turks, The belie:' is that the Cretans will not subside without some fighting even with the united powers, and there is a common conviction that Turkey will not give up Crete without a struggle, even though that struggle be with the whole of Europe. As the cards are stacked, it looks as if there is very little chance for Crete; but still with the fighting once commenced and the complications that may arise, there is no predicting what the outcome may be. There is a strong sentiment throughout the Christian world, especially in America, in favor of the union of Crete with Greece; but as to whether there is any good ground for a realization of such an outcome, especially under existing conditions, is very doubtful. MUST STAY AT WASHINGTON. People Are Tired of Representatives Neglecting Duties. Correspondence News and Courier. Washington, August 14: All over the country, from one end to the other, there is becoming a more fixed sentiment from day to day, according to what well-posted men say, for a higher degree of accountability from the members of congress to their constituents. In recent years the practice has become prevalent for members of the senate and the house to quit official duties on almost any possible pretext and to either go home, take a spin arouna ine country on me lecture platform or otherwise engage themselves in some calling for which they were not appointed by the people. It is said, too, that if the present practice of leaving congress when important matters are being discussed is continued it will, in time, become necessary for some kind of account to be kept and to fine the members of congress for each day's absence without excuse, however humiliating such a course might be to the lawmakers. Among the members of the upper house it has become a regular thing recently for senators to have lecture engagements all through the session, and. for them to remain in Washington just long enough for their absence not to become noticeable. Among the members of the senate who are the best known lecturers are Lafollette, Beveridge, Dolliver, William Alden Smith, Tillman, of South Carolina, and Taylor of Tennessee. In the house, Richmond Pearson Hobson and Champ Clark and Speaker Cannon are the drawing cards, but it must be said to the credit of Mr. Clark that he scarcely ever quits his official duties to go on the platform. There are perhaps a dozen others in the house who are equally as popular as Clark and Hobson. Until the retirement of Adam Bede, of Minnesota, itisi year, ue iuu, was tt U15 auracuuu, as was the case with Charles Landis, of Indiana; Bourke Cockran and others. When the tariff bill was under discussion Senator Tillman quit Washington, and up to a few days ago was said to be coining money at the rate of $200 a night in the west. Senator Taylor, of Tennessee, "Fiddling Bob," is another senatorial absentee. Long before the tariff bill was passed the southerner left Washington to go aflddling among the Tennessee "Hillbillies." It is said, too, that he will make enough during the remainder of the summer to pay his expenses in Washington all during the next session and that what he receives as his salary as senator will come in handy as loose change. The practice of running away from Washington on every known pretext is one that will probably make the law-makers sit up and think in the near future. The people all over the country are demanding a more rigid report from their representatives, and there is every reason to believe that the man who plays the quitter hereafter must answer to his people. ? Anderson, August 13: Since the announcement that the names of the supervisors of the next census will be given out within the next few days, a singular situation has developed in Anderson. Messrs. D. H. Russell and W. W. Russell, of this city, are both applicants for the position. They are brothers, and one is a Democrat and the other a Republican. Mr. D. H Russell has been a life-long Democrat and has held several public offices. He was for several years county superintendent of education, was a member nf tho onnatlt titl r?r*n\*on tirtn nf 1895 and census supervisor in 1900. He has some strong endorsements, including, it is said those of Senator Tillman and Representative Aiken. Mr. W. W. Russell, on the other hand, has been a Republican for a good many years. He left the Democratic party after the campaign of 1876; was at one time postmaster at Anderson, and a good one. He, too, has some strong indorsements, including those from many business men of the city. Other possible candidates have been spoken of from this congressional district, but it is not known whether or not they have made formal application. It is generally believed that one of the Messrs. Russell will land the job, but the question now is which Russell? The result will be awaited with a great deal of interest. Honor for Colonel Watson.?Colonel E. J. Watson, the South Carolina commissioner of agriculture and immigration, was yesterday elected vice president of the national irrigation congress at Spokane. That is exactly as it ought to be. and in honoring Watson the congress honored itself, and, more and better than that, gave South Carolina and the other southern states a chance to share in the work of drainage and irrigation, which the government at Washington must do if it is to be done.?News and Courier. LOCAL AFFAIRS, NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. J. A. Maloney and Others, Trusteed? Give notice of a special tax election for school district No. 10, to be held in said district on August 31. Star Drug Store?Explains that a doctor's prescription is an important message to it and that it pays strict attention to what the doctor says. Clem F. Gordon, Supervisor?Gives notice of the letting of a contract for a bridge over Susybowl creek at New Bethel church at August 31, at 11 o'clock a. m. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.? Prints a testimonial from a Rock Hill man who tells of the benefits received by the use of Doan's kidney pills. Chas. M. Stieflf, Charlotte?Advises you to visit more than one piano wareroom before you buy, and then see the Stieff line of pianos and you will buy. See fourth page. Herndon & Gordon?Say that while Mr. Herndon is away, those left beV, ln.^ orft oHll dnlnc thplr hpat tn sorve the trade with goods in their Hue and call special attention to "Fir>o" coffee. York Supply Co.?Wants you to take special notice that it is making attractive prices on flour, meal, shorts, sugar, fruit jars, corn. Has iron roofing, shingles and roofing paint. Loan and Savings Bank?With resources of $300,000 and the high character of its service, solicits a part or all of your banking account and in return will give you the best possible protection. Yorkville Hardware Co.?Tells about its ice cream freezers, and admits that while the season is late, insists that now is a good time to buy. The best freezers at the right prices. J. L. Williams & Co.?Say that they sold 300 pairs of Tilt shoes last season and secured 298 satisfied customers. They have the line again in $3.50 and $4 and want you to see them. York Furniture Co?Offers all of its hammocks and lawn settees at greatly reduced prices In order to close them out quick. It will make you prices on these goods that will induce you to buy. Although The Enquirer has not had an opnortunity for inspection by direct representative, it understands that some first-class work is being done on . he Rutherford road out of Yorkville, under the direction of Overseer W. i Keller, within the supervision of Mr. A. L. Black. It will require considerable labor to clear the top of King's Mountain of the undergrowth, that w'!I otherwise be in tht way of th'* tremendous nrnttvl that h tn naaoinhlp thprA nn October 7, and the D. A. R. chapter In charg;- has a poor way of raising the func i necessary to pay for this labor, except through liberal subscriptions of patriotic citizens interested If the King's Mountain monument were located In Yorkvllle or any other town of Its size, there would be no trouble about raising all the money that might be needed for the dedication occasion on October 7. Business interest would be a sufficient Incentive to subscriptions in abundance. As the matter stands, however, the principal incentives are county and state pride and national patriotism. These really go further than more selfish considerations. Formerly visitors to King's Mounain battleground were accustomed to hltchout at the old soapstcne monument where the road crosses the branch and ma te that point their stopping place. Thc-e is a better arrangement now, however, and that Is to drive on up the mountain to the base of the .new monument. There Is a good spring down the west side of the mountain, a short distance from the new monument, and it Is much more convenient to this point than it is to the old stopping place at the foot of the hill. The Rock Hill Record calls upon The Enquirer to give some information as to how to reach King's Mountain. It is very proper that this in formation should be prepared and published; but while we are In a position to give it quite fully, we think it best not to do so at this time. There is a full and competent committee on transportation, and we are quite sure that it will soon be prepared, not only to give full Information about the roads to the mountain from any and every direction; but how to get over them with all kinds of conveyances. The Enquirer has had some letters from individuals who desired information as to how to go about getting appointments as census enumerators. The only advice we could give at the time was that those desiring such positions should make application to the supervisor to be appointed over the district in which they live. Since then, Dr. R. L. Douglas of Rodman, Chester county, has been appointed supervisor for the Fifth congressional district, and those who desire to help in the census enumeration should make application to him, not neglecting to send with their applications endorsements and recommendations from leading citizens of their respective communities. BASEBALL NOTES. A game of baseball between the Clover Mill team and Yorkville was pulled off on the local grounds Saturday afternoon. The visitors got the best of the argument in the first inning and clinched such a good lead that the locals, despite fairly good work, were unable to overcome. The final score was 6 to 1 in favor of Clover. The butteries were: Yorkville? Smith, Howe and Willis; Clover? Paris and Hagans. The McConnellsvllle team, Burris, manager and Otto Moore, captain, left last night to play a series of three games with Winnsboro. It was understood that Hardin was to pitch the first game and Joe Moore was to catch. There will be two games of baseball at Clover tomorrow. One In the morning between the Clover Mill and Begonia teams, and in the afternoon there will be a game with Lowryvllle and Clover as the contestants. THE SPECULATIVE MARKET. Following were the developments in the speculative market yesterday as summarized in a New York dispatch of last night: The cotton market was very quiet today, but while fluctuations were more or less irregular, the general running of prices was higher and the market closed steady at a net advance of 3 to 9 points. The market opened steady at an advance of 3 to 5 points in response to steady lute cables from Liverpool, reports of renewed clear hot weather in the southwest and expectations of a bullish private condition report at midday. There was not any aggressive bull support, however, and the market sagged off during the morning under scattering liquidation and bear pressure until prices were within 3 or 4 points of Saturday's finals. The private condition report proved even more bullish than expected, making the condition 70 per cent against the report of 7:1 by the same authority toward the end of July and the market was steadier during the , afernoon selling at about the highest point of the day. This Improvement was not fully maintained, however and the market at times was so narrow that a comparatively small order would influence it either way. The detailed Texas report showed no rain over Sunday and high temperatures at many points, and the forecast was for clear weather generally in the western belt- Southern spot markets officially reported early were generally unchanged. One of the private cables received from Liverpool said the south was an anxious seller of spots at present prices and that daily offerings were large but another cable reported that the Manchester market was more cheerful. Receipts at the porta today 1,238 bales against 1,207 last week and 4,817 last year. For the week 15,000 bales against 11,028 last week and 43,907 last year. Today's receipts at New Orleans 218 against 810 last year, and at Houston 2,065 against 4,033 last year. ABOUT PEOPLE. Master William Slmril of Yorkvllle No. 7, is at Old Point, visiting relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Mason Blair of BlairsOiinilov irlttl relatives in VUIC, opcuv uuiiuwj ft . Chester. Miss Alice Adams of Rock Hill, is In Yorkvllle on a visit to Miss Bessie Mason. Misses Maude and Fanny Barron of Chester are visiting Miss Daisy Simrll on Yorkvllle No. 7. Mr. Frank Love of Statesville, N. C., is the guest of Mr. R. R. Love on Yorkvllle No. 3. Mr. T. G. Matthews, of Clover, passed through Yorkvllle yesterday on a visit to friends in Chester county. Mrs. C. H. Dixon and son, Master Augustus, of Columbia, are visiting relatives and friends In Yorkvllle. Dr. G. B. White and Mr. W. A. Corkill of Chester, spent a few hours in Yorkvllle on business last Friday. Dr. O. Frank Hart of Columbia, came up Saturday to spend a few days with tiie family of Mr. Geo. W. S. Hart. Mr. J. Ernest Lowry, Jr., left on Sunday night for Monroe, N. C., where he will engage in the cotton business. Mrs. J. C. and Miss Elizabeth Wllborn have reurned to their home In Yorkvllle after spending two weeks at Lenoir, N. C. Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Bratton and son, Master Paul, left Yorkvllle 0,1 Sunday to spend a few weeks at Asheville, N. C. Mrs. J. P. White was called to Wilkiftflvllle on Saturday, on account of the illness of her mother, Mrs. C. W. Whisonant. Mr. and Mrs. John E. Carroll returned home Sunday evening after a week's visit to friends at Lincolnton and Shelby, N. C. Mrs. O. E. Wilkins and daughter, Miss Sara, of Yorkville, returned homo last Sunday after an absence of t\ j weeks in Atlanta. Mr. W. I. Wltherspoon and sister, Miss Lesslie D. Wltherspoon left on Monday morning for a two weeks' visit to Montreat, N. C. Miss Minnie Bradford has returned to her home near Delphos, after spending a month with friends at Hickory Grove and Gastonla. Misses Mary and Louise Dobsrn have returned from a three weeks' visit to relatives and friends in King's Mountain, N. C., and Clover. Mrs. R. A. Chandler and daughter, Miss Kannie, of Mayesville, are on a ten days' visit to Mrs. Chandler's mother, Mrs. W. B. Steele in Yorkville. Mrs. W. J. Dawkins and daughters, Misses Irma and Nellie of Asheville, N. C., returned home on Monday after a visit to Mrs. Dawkins' sister, Mrs. E. B. Beard. Mr. W. E. Simpson of Lesslie, visitled the family of Mr. J. W. Betts, on vnrbi.nio.Nfi 3 lnst week. Mr. Simp sun Is traveling in the Interest of Ersklne college. Mrs. W. C. Ewart, and Misses Marilla, Sophia and Lucia Reed and Master James Knox Ewart left Saturday for a visit of two weeks to relatives at Anderson. Miss Julia Plexico, who won one of the Winthrop scholarships from York county, is of Rock Hill, Instead of Sharon, being a daughter of Mr. W. L. Plexico of Rock Hill. Mr. George W. Kunz has been confined to his bed for the past week with a carbuncle on one of his legs. Roberta, his eldest child, is a sufferer from diphtheria, but is getting along very nicely. Dr. A. Y. Cartwright and Mr. I. W. Johnson left yesterday for Asheville, N. C., where they joined a party for a visit to Niagara Falls and other points of interest in the north. They will be away for about two weeks. Mr. A. L. Smith, formerly of York county; but since 1871 a resident of Little Rock, Ark., arrived in Yorkville last night on a visit to relatives and friends. He is a brother of Mr. L. L. Smith of the Cotton Belt neighborhood, five miles northwest of Yorkvllle, and of Mrs, Sallle Youngblood, Mrs. Eliza A. Hogue and Miss Emily Smith, all of this county. Mr. Smith says the Arkansas cotton crop is very good, but the corn crop does not show up so well. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? The local banks are now closing a ?i. ? .v. Uj^aaiI ot no HI * " flllL'K |?. ill., ninirau uv regular hours as heretofore. Because they had no regular hours for closing heretofore, the banks have been having a very uncomfortable time of it. often receiving deposits after dark. A large portion of the outside public has a very indefinite idea of the work there is in connection with keeping the books of a bank straight, many people seeming to think that when the doors are closed at 3 or 4 o'clock the officers and employes have nothing more to do until next day. As a matter of fact it is not until after the outside doors of the bank are closed that the real work of the day begins, and heretofore the clerical forces have frequently found it necessary to work late at night to keep up. The establishment of regular hours will make tne situation much more bearable for the banks, without incon rvllKU/1 vriiirnvr iu mc fuunc. ? It is common to hear the remark that it Is cheaper to rent a house In Yorkville than it is own one; but we think this remark is very misleading. People no doubt believe what they say when they say it; but we are inclined to think that they are more or less thoughtless about it. As a matter of dollars and cents it may sometimes be cheaper to rent a house than to own one?that is, if tlie residence contemplated is only temporary: but otherwise the proposltl< n is not true. Reasonably well taken care of premises always increase in value, and this is a source of profit that is not often considered in the question of owning and renting. Then again the homeowner himself necessarily adds to the general wealth of the community much more than he does if he Is not a home owner. As a matter of fact, it is doubtful as to whether a family is ever justified In renting: a home rather than owning one, if only a temporary stay Is contemplated. ? Mr. J. D. Boseman, superintendent of the Lockmore cotton mill, had quite a rough experience with a night prowler on Charlotte street last Saturday night at about 8.30 o'clock. He had gone on a visit to Superintendent Killian of the York mill, and while near the residence of Mr. J. R. Connolly was approached by a white man he did not recognize in the darkness. The man passed him, then came back to within a few yards and struck him a terrible blow with a stone, knocking him down. His assailant then ran away across fields toward the York cotton mill. Mr. Boseman reported the matter to the authorities, who next day arrested Will Qoodson, a young white man of the York mill village, on the charge of having committed the assault. At the preliminary examination before Magistrate deLoach yesterday afternoon, Mr. Boseman was unable to Identify Ooodson as his assailant except that bo far as he could tell In the darkness he very much resembled the same man. Constables Johnson and Sanders, however, had information that about a week before Goodson had had some words with J. L. Ramsey at the York cotton mill, and the next night had held up a negro, presumably by mistake, for Ramsey. Goodson admitted holding up the negro, but said that* It was merely to have some fun out of him. Will Neal testified that Goodson had told him that he stopped the negro because he thought he was Ramsey. The theory of Constable Johnson and others is, that if Goodson is the man who assaulted Mr. Boseman, he was after Ramsey Instead. The testimony of the officers was that the tracks across the field appeared as if they had been made by Goodson,. except they could not be absolutely positive In their testimony because the man who made the tracks was running. Magistrate deLoach bound Goodson over to the court of general sessions In a bond of $200. Mr. Boseman was quite painfully hurt by the blow he received with the stone and Is still carrying an ugly bruise over his right eye. ? The street committee has set up a rock crusher on the Parish hotel lot and the Kelly steam roller and plow began pecking at the macadam at the Liberty street crossing yesterday morning, preparatory to making a sure enough street between the Madison and Liberty street crossings. It Is the purpose of the committee to do a thorough and creditable Job. It Intends to do It as economically as possible; but has no idea of trying to do It too cheap. The rock crusher and the fifteen horsepower motor with which It Is to be operated, are already the property of the town. The steam roller with plows, etc., Is under probation. The Kelly people have a machine here In charge of Mr. Patrick Palmer. The J. I. Case people are also to send a machine here to be demonstrated by Messrs. Glenn & Allison. The manufacturers claim for their respective machines ability to do certain things, and the council Is to have a thorough and complete demonstration before It makes a purchase, If at all. There seems to be very little dispute, however, as to the necessity of a good steam roller If the work is to be done as contemplated, especially In view of the fact that the present undertaking Is only the beginning of further and more extensive operations along the same line. The macadam work Is to be done under the supervision of a competent engineer. The plan is to plow or dig up the heavy cobblestones with which the street Is paved, crush them and put them back in such a way as to make a good, substantial roadway with a well rounded surface. If the shade trees were not in the way, the macadam work would be extended all the way to the concrete sidewalks; but as it Is, it will have to be brought to a slightly raised curbing at the outer edges of the gutters. It is Intended that the gutters shall be paved to a grade, and in such manner as to eliminate the mud proposition as far as possible. The shade trees along the sidewalks are something of a problem. It is conceded that they are seriously In the way of a complete and sightly job of paving, and it is also admitted that it is only a question of time when their roots will begin to tfear up the I present substantial looking sidewalks; but the council seems to have no disposition to raise the question of their removal at this time, and will undertake to deal with the situation as it is now, as well as it can. LOCAL LACONIC8. Until January 1, 1910. We will send The Yorkvllle Enquirer from this date till January 1, 1910 for 74 cents. A Meeting of the Governors. Columbia special of August 13 to the News and Courier: It is very probable that five governors will attend the unveiling of the King's Mountain monument, on October 7. All have been asked and are expected to ac- 1 cept. Those Invited are: Governor Ansel, Governor Patterson, Tennessee; Governor Brown, Georgia; Governor Kitchln, North Carolina, and Governor Swanson, Virginia. Eight Ears to Stalk. Mr. Cal S. Gordon of the Bethesda neighborhood, left at The Enquirer office last Suturday, a stalk of corn that had on it eight fully developed ears? not nubbins; but good ears. There were three suckers on the stalk, all springing out above ground, and each having one good ear. The specimen is of the Marlborough Prolific variety, and Mr. Gordon says he has three acres of It, and while, of course, it Is not all up to the eight ear standard; eight ears to the stalk Is not at all uncommon. Supervisor of the Census. Dr. Robert L. Douglas, who has just been appointed supervisor of the census in the Fifth congressional district, Is a native of Fairfield county, a graduate of the South Carolina college and has been practicing medicine about twenty years He - 'ns over about forty or fifty outer applicants, mostly Democrats, and his success in landing in the much coveted job is generally attributed to the endorsement of Congressman Flnley. From such information as The Enquirer has Dr. Douglas is thoroughly competent to discharge the duties of the position to the entire satisfaction of the government. It will be his duty to divide his district up into sub-divisions of e about 2,000 population each, appoint 0 an enumerator for each sub-division, e and supervise the work of the enumerators until It is completed, after t which he will report to Washington, p The enumeration work will be done g during the month of April next. For a his supervision Dr. Douglas will re- n ceive about $2,000. i: ed by quite a severe electrical storm last Friday night, but so far no serious damage has been reported. A tree in the yard of a negro tenant on Mr. John Ferguson's place was struck by a bolt of lightning. A woman in the house received a severe shock and two hogs in a pen nearby were instantly killed. Two hogs belonging to Mr. L. G. Edwards at Harmony, were struck or badly shocked by lightning also, and a vacant house near Catawba Junction was struck and burned to the ground. No further damage of any consequence has been reported. The summer session of the Ogden school will close on Friday of this week with a big picnic. Lou Walcott, a colored trained nurse of this city, died Friday from pellagra. She was a graduate of the Charleston college and had a good reputation af a nurse. Dr. J. R. Miller has a colored patient, Jeff Roblson, suffering with what the medical fraternity term pellagra sine, which is a form of the disease minus the eruption or breaking out on the body, which is one of the cardinal symptoms of the disease. The negro has been sick for nearly a year, but his trouble was not pronounced pellagra until Dr. Miller was called to see him about two weeks ago. Previous to that time he had been treated hv some of the colored Dhvsicians of the city. Dr. Miller has had several other physicians to- examine the patient and all of them agree with his diagnosis of the case. Rev. W. M. Owings, pastor of North Rock Hill circuit, had the misfortune to lose quite a valuable horse Sunday night from an attack of acute indigestion. It Is quite a heavy loss to Mr. Owlngs, as he paid $260 for the horse about two years ago. Invitations have been sent out announcing the approaching marriage of Miss Martha Steele Smith, the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Smith of Ebenezer, to Mr. John J. Balles of Pinevllle, The ceremony will take place at Ebenezer church on the evening of Wednesday, September 1, at 7 o'clock. Mr. William M. Wilson, son of Hon. and Mrs. W. B. Wilson, and a member of the Rock Hill bar, has made arrangements to move to Charlotte the first of next month, where he will locate for the practice of his profession. Mr. R. M. Hall, wife and son, and Mr. W. R. Cunningham of Downs, Ala., are visiting the families of Messrs. W. J. Caveny and A. R. Kimbrell, and other relatives In this city. They will also visit relatives in Fort Mill and In Lancaster county before returning home. Quite a number from Rock Hill expect to attend the annual picnic at Oakland church on Wednesday of this week. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Johnson expect to leave the latter part of the week for a trip through Canada, first spending a few days In New York city. SHARON SHAVINGS. Correepondence The Yorkvllle Enquirer Sharon, August 17.?Mrs. Arthur Whitesldes and child are visiting relatives here. Mr. Smith Byers and niece, little Miss Margaret Valley, of Council, N. C., are visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Byers. Mr. Byers Is engaged in the lum Der ousiness wiin nis Dromer-in-iaw, Mr. John Valley. Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Shannon are taking a vacation "down home," with Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Smarr. Mrs. C. L. Kennedy will give a social this evening complimentary to visiting guests. Mr. V. S. Hambrlght Is at work again after a week's vacation with his parents at Grover, N. C. Mr. John S. Rainey is busily engaged in planing lumber for his new dwelling. The specimen of lumber to be used is of a rare quality in this community, since it is cut from the original forests entirely. It is far superior to the ordinary lumber, since It has not been "bled" as most shipped lumber has been. Coroner Louthlan passed through town this morning on his way to Pinckney ferry, to hold an inquest over the body of a negro who was supposedly drowned near that point. Mrs. Sam Robinson of Clover, is ! visiting relatives In town. ] Misses Rosa and Mary Ratchford, , daughters of Mr. Will Ratchford of , Carlisle, and Misses Jessie and Bertha Ratchford, daughters of Rev. ' Ratchford of Waxhaw, are visiting i Mrs. C. L. Kennedy. Mr. A. M. Haddon of Rock Hill, was in Sharon yesterday on business. 1 An aggregation of Plexlcos defeat- < ed a scrub team of Sharon in a base- < ball game yesterday. Mr. D. M. Clark left Monday for 1 Ridgeway, where he will participate < In a tennis tournament this week. The meeting at Bullock's Creek be- ( gins Wednesday night. Mr. Swann will be assisted by Rev. H. J. Mills of 1 Clover. I ' 1 SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. 1 ? Advices from Washington are to ' the effect that the Rev. W. P. Jacobs ( of Clinton, who was knocked down s and severely injured by a carriage in j that city last week, is improving as rapidly as could be expected. ? Ernest C. Clvburn. a son of Cap- 1 tain W. U. Clyburn, committed suicide at his father's home near Halle Gold Mine, Lancaster county, Friday, afternoon. No reason Is known for the deed, further than that It may be attributed to the death of his mother, some months ago. ? An Associated Press dispatch of Sunday from Beverly, Mass., announces the appointment of the following census supervisors In South Carolina: First district, William J. 3toren; second, George Waterhouse; third, William Walker Russell; fifth, Robert Leroy Douglas. ? The statement that the trustees of Clemson college had declined to accept the resignation of Dr. Mell, was premature. The resignation was duly iccepted; but with reluctance. Dr. Mell resigned because of certain objections to the regulations for discipline. The trustees have decided to evise these regulations in accordance with the doctor's ideas of what they should be. ? Anderson, August 14; John Dean tiall, a negro about 45 years old, died it one of the county convict camps a lay or so ago under rather peculiar lrcumstances. He had made an atempt to escape from the gang late in he afternoon, when one of the guards ired on him. The bullet went wide h me mum, nuwever, never naving >een intended to strike the negro. He c an on for thirty or forty yards and s ell in a clump of bushes and when f ound a short time afterwards was >aralyzed from his waist down and * telpless. A physician was summon- n d and declared death to be the result g if apoplexy, probably brought on by xcitement. ? ? Spartanburg special of August 14, * o Greenville News: Paul V. Moore, f resident of the Spartanburg county e ;ood roads' league, today made a sav- j, ge, personal attack on ex-Congressnan Stanyarne Wilson, who recently 3sued a circular setting forth twelve f< ROCK HILL HAPPENINGS. High School Matter In Another Form ?Heavy Electrical Storm?More Caeee of Pellagra?Personal Notes. Correnpondence The Yorkvllle Enquirer Rock HIU, August 17.?Through Governor Ansel, chairman of the board of trustees of Wlnthrop college, the local Bchool board has received a proposition for renting the High school property for one year. Governor Ansel's idea is to run the model school in the High school building and thus oHwo mnro mnm nt Wlnthron for the large number of new pupils that will be enrolled at the opening of the next session. It la understood that a meetlng of the board will be held this afternoon for the purpose of considering the matter, but as the board is divided on the question of selling this property to Winthrop, it is not very likely that an agreement will be reached on the renting proposition either. Since the death of Captain Roddey, who was one of the majority members of the board on the proposition to sell the High school property to Winthrop, the board stands 3 to 3 on the matter and are hopelessly deadlocked. It is said that an effort will be made to elect a successor to Captain Roddey, if a meeting is held today. The Harmony community was visit reasons why citizens should vote against Issuing bonds in the sum of $400,000 for good roads. Moore reprints Wilson's circular and across the face prints in red ink that the circular was issued by Stanyarne Wilson, M a rich lawyer and cunning politician, who has resorted to subterfuge and C1IVIICUUO OU41C1UCIHO, UOOC IllfllllUditions and impossible interpretation! of the good road j act to mislead the people. Moore also refers to the fact that Wilson was at one time connect- ^ ed with the Mutual Fire Insurance ^ companies in which many people claim to have lost money. There are those who believe that Mr. Wilson Is opposing the bond issue with the hope of getting back into the political arena. ? Charleston, August 14: The disabled Clyde line steamship Arapahoe, Captain Chichester, towed by the ocean tug Rescue, of Norfolk, reached her pier here this afternoon with forty-five first class and twenty steerage passengers, fifty-three hours overdue from New York. The Jacksonville passengers and freight will go forward oy tne Apacne tomorrow, wnue tne Arapahoe will be towed back to New M York. Since breaking her tall shaft at four o'clock Wednesday afternoon, when twenty-one miles southwest of Diamond Shoals lightship, the Arapahoe has met with good weather, the passengers have experienced no discomfort and the delay has been with- m out incident The Iroquois had been 9 instructed to tow the Arapahoe here, but as the weather appeared threatening Captain Chichester thought it best to accept the assistance of the tug, without waiting for the Arapahoe's sister ship. The Arapahoe was at all times In touch with the land or with other vessels by wireless. ? Oaffney, August 18: Oaffney and vicinity was visited last night by the heaviest rain which has fallen for years. Thlckety and Beaverdam creeks were higher than they have been for years, and large quantities of corn growing on these streams has been badly damaged. Thousands of , English sparrows were drowned In the town, 2S0 having been found under one large tree this morning. The Southern railway sent out flood warnings after the storm calling upon the different sections between Spartanburg and Grover to keep special watch as to damage to the track between the two points. The power house In the city was flooded, and AA when the night man was awakened by a box floating against his feet in the dead of night, was badly frightened and seised his pistol intent upon defending himself against the Intruder. If the storm extended all over Cherokee county, the damage td the grow- ^ lng crops will amount to thousands of dollars. A resident of the western part of the county has Just informed your correspondent that Cherokee creek was higher than it has ever been within his recollection; that the lands adjacent to the stream are under water and that the damage to the crops in his section is immense. ? Columbia, August 14: According yto a letter received at Commissioner ' Watson's office from the chief of the bureau of manufactures of the deportment of commerce and labor, it will be impossible to send an expert to foreign countries to gather data and information for the benefit of the cotton producers of the south. The rea- % son given is that there is no appropriation for the sending of an agent at this time for the special service. The request was made on the national government as a result of a resolution adopted at a recent meeting of the State Farmers' Union held in Columbia. A similar resolution was also passed at a meeting of the National Union held in Atlanta some time ago. While in Washington several weeks ago Commissioner Watson pressed the matter with President Taft. The Question was referred to the deDart ment of agriculture bv the president 4 and afterwards to the department of * commerce and labor. The following is the letter received: "Your letter of July 19, received and copy of your resolutions adopted by the State Farmers' Union of South Carolina at its meeting In Columbia have been refer- . red to this department by the honor- * able secretary of agriculture and have come to this bureau for consideration. The importance of acquiring full informa'ion through lnvestlgatlo is '4rcr abroad that would be helpful to tlie producers of cotton is realised by, tMs department, but while much' that would be profitable might be learned ? through a special inquiry under a competent man, the fact should not be overlooked that much information along these lines has been obtained through special agents and consular officers and published in daily consu- A lar and trade reports, as well as in % pamphlet form. This information re- ^ lates generally to the baling and shipping of the staple and, notwithstanding the advice and admonition contained in these reports as to objections of foreign buyers to methods of shippers, it is to be regretted that the causes for complaint have not been removed. However, this department will gladly co-operate with any movemanf v\i>n?nata *ka oole a# aiiw Uivu? W VUIVfcO kUO MNV VI. V Ul great staple, but under the appropriation act It is not possible to appoint an agent at this time for that special service. We have now two ripeclal agents appointed In the interest of the cotton industry, namely, cotton fabrics and cotton seed products." ^ MERE-MENTION. Miss Caroline Mlddleton, aged 16 /ears, was drowned In East lake, Atlanta, Ga., Friday morning while 4 swimming with a young lady friend, rhe young lady had been swimming with the aid of "water wings," and in some way these became detached from tier body and she sank before assistmce could reach her......The Lon- . Ion Dally Mall has offered a prize of 15,000 to the aviator who covers the greatest number of miles, regardless ji me numoer or nignis oeiween Aug. 16, 1909 and Aug. 16, 1910 Secretary of the Navy Meyer Is considering the advisability of securing a fleet of Hying machines for the navy....The postofllce department has begun a fight against the fake medical heal>rs that are doing business through>ut the country with cancer, conjumptlon and other "cures." It s now certain that the Australian iteamer Maratah, which has been nisslng two weeks, has been lost at tea. She carried a crew and passenger list of 200. Pour bodies have >een found at sea in the track the vesiel is supposed to have traveled.... * Df 170 buildings standing at Milton, Del., early Friday morning, all but welve were destroyed by Are. The Ire loss was more than $1,000,000. Washington inrormauon is 10 ^ he effect that when Mr. Roosevelt 'eaches Berlin next spring from his African trip, a presidential boom is to >e started In his behalf, with the idea >f putting Mr. Roosevelt In the White louse for another term Mlnlser Wu Ting-Fang, Chinese ambassalor to the United States, has been re- ^ ailed by his government -Two obbers entered a bank at Franklin, 11., Thursday and at the point of pisols made the cashier hand over $2,00. One of the thieves was later aptured Abdul Hamld, ex-sul- ^ an of Turkey, is reported to be In a i lying condition at Salonika The I egislature of Georgia has put a tax if one-fourth of one per cent on the toss income of the manufacturers of oca cola and like extracts in that tate Dynamite cartridges were ound secreted In the coal bunkers of wo British war vessels at Portsnouth, England, Friday A neto porter Is under arrest In Chicago |t n the charge of stealing (10,000 ;orth of diamonds from Mrs. William talney Harper President Taft Is ngaging in boxing bouts these days i order to reduce his surplus weight. Bank detectives foiled a plot of ^ jur men at Logansport, Ind? Satur