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Scraps and |acts. ? Fourteen years of unremitting efforts to save the beautiful palisades of the west bank of the Hudson river from destruction by blasting were crowned with success last Tuesday, when the completion of the purchase of the entire atrip of palisades from Fort Lee, N. J., to Plermont, N. Y.t was announced. This strip of land and precipitous cliffs, fourteen miles long, constitutes one of the most picturesque bits of scenery in the state, and under the plan by which the work of redemption has been completed it will become the Palisades park. ? Atlanta. Ga., September 29: Judge Richard B. Russell of the Georgia court of appeals, became father again today, for the thirteenth time. The baby is a boy with a proud record behind him, for he is the thirteenth child of a thirteenth child of a thirteenth child on his mother's side and the seventn son of a seventh son on the side of his father. What name this youngest of the Russells will bear Is a decision which the court has not yet handed down, for it is no easy matter to name a thirteenth child, let alone a thirteenth child of a- thirteenth child and a seventh son of a seventh son. Judge Rufsell was a candidate for governor against Hoke Smith when the latter was nominated some years ago, and ne urged people to support him as he needed office because of his numerous progeny. ? Wilbur Wright and Glenn H. Curtiss, gave successful flying machine exhibitions over New York harbor !ast Wednesday, as a part of the HudsonFulton celebration. Wright made three ascents. In the first he arose without difficulty from the flying machine house on Governor's Island and circled around the statue of Liberty. He remained in the air for seven minutes. In the second ascent, he re mained up six and a half minutes and traveled at the rate of fifty miles an hour. The third time he merely executed several circles in the air. Glenn H. Curtlss took a short flight at about 7 o'clock In the morning. Two dirigible balloons started on a race to Albany, but accidents happened to both of them before they had proceeded any considerable distance and both had to come down. ? The Hudson-Fulton celebration, now in progress along the Hudson river from New York to Albany, Is probably the biggest thing of the kind that has ever taken place in New York, if not in the history of the world. The occasion is in commemoration of Henry Hudson's discovery of the island of Manhattan, his sailing up the Hudson river, and Robert Fulton's invention of the steamboat. The central features of the celebration are exact duplicates, or replicas of Hudson's ship, the Half Moon, and Fulton's steamer, the Claremont The celebration opened a few days ago with a monster parade that Included a large number of historical floats, the costliest ever seen in this country, and hundreds of thousands of marchers. It Is estimated that there are more than a million visitors in New York, and that at least two million people saw the great parade through the city. The festivities that commenced in the city, are now being continued up the river to Albany. The river Is alive with the warships of all the leading maritlne powers, and thousands of smaller craft. Great bon Area are burning all along the route. ? St. Johns, Newfoundland, September 28: Harry Whitney of New Haven, believes that Dr. Frederick A. Cook found the pole, and that Commander Peary did the same. In expressing this belief today, Mr. Whitney said that he knows no reason for doubting Cook more than Peary. "Dr. Cook's story," he added, "seems to me truthful and probable. Nothing else would explain his twelve months' absence." The schooner Jeanle arrived here today with Mr. Whitney aboard, coming from the Greenland coast by way of Indian Harbor, Labrador. Mr. Whitney feels keenly the position in which he is placed. He went north, he said, merely on a hunting trip, and now finds himself in the Btorm centre of a polar controversy. Dr. Cook left with him at Annatok several cases containing instruments and some other belongings, but so far as Mr. Whitney knew, no written records. There may have been records, however, packed with Dr. Cook's personal effects, but the explorer did not tell him especially that he was leaving written TIn hla nnsspssion. SDeakinjf of Dr. Cook's detailed account of his trip to the pole, Mr. Whitney said that the explorer showed him how the western drift of the Ice had landed him in a region far remote from where he expected to go, and he was unable to get back. He could not speak with authority as to whether Dr. Cook and his two Esquimaux could carry on their three sledges enough food for their journey to the pole, as he himself is a novice In Arctic traveling. He declared he knew nothing of the controversy beyond the vaguest details. The first he learned of It was at Indian Harbor, when he received messages from several American papers asking for a statement Mr. Whitney denied that Commander Peary had removed Dr. Cook's stores * 4 ?XT' \X7Kn f Doarv I 1 ruin AllllttlUIV, iu iiiau. ff 111*1. A VMt J really did was to transfer a few things and rebuild the house at Annatok. Boatswain Murphy's only reason for refusing to help Caj>t. Bender's Canadian expedition to get dogs and sledges at Etah was that they were short of dogs themselves. Mr. Whitney had trouble In getting enough dogs for his teams all through the winter, and Murphy was looking out for Peary, so that he would have sufficient dogs for the commander's exploring trips around the country when he returned from the north. The day the Roosevelt was leaving Etah for home, Whitney informed Peary that Cook had entrusted to him certain belongings to bring home on the vessel that was coming up for Whitney, but as his ship had not arrived, Whitney was at a loss what to do with this property. Peary declined to permit Dr. Cook's belongings to be brought aboard the Roosevelt, and he put Whitney on his honor not to include anything: belonging to Dr. Cook in his own luggage. Whitney thereupon went ashore from the Roosevelt, separated Dr. Cook's property from his own baggage and with the aid of Capt. Robt. Bartlett, comander of the Roosevelt, whom he had asked to help him, repacked Cook's property in boxes. After this had been done, Whitney and Bartlett cached all Cook's property in a cave in the rocks. They built up the cave securely with stones and turf and left it, and the property in charge of one of Dr. Cook's Esquimaux. "It may be remarked in passing," Mr. Whitney went on," that ten years ago Peary did with the explorer Sver drup, who was cruising in Smith Sound, what he has done with Cook; he refused to bring back any of Sverdrup's letters or records." In conclusion Mr. Whitney declared he regretted being dragged into this controversy. He said he had found both Dr. Cook and Commander Peary courteous and considerate, and that he had never met any men whose conduct generally was more commendable or whose dealing with him had been more fair. 3ihf -Hlnrknllr inquirer. Entered at the Pustofllce In Yorkville Mall Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILI.E. S. C.t FKIDAV. OCTOBER I, 1909. If the Chester people really desire Samuels to resign, they should rebate him. The Atlanta people thought they had perfected arrangements to pull off a Joint debate between Wm. J. Bryan and Joseph W. Bailey on the "free raw materials" feature of the tariff question; but because Mr. Bryan Is afraid such a debate might do harm in the congressional elections next summer, it was decided not to hold It. All those people who have the good luck to get more money this fall than they know what to do with, should put it In a good bank until they have had an opportunity to look over the aitnniinn There is an increasing number of people In this county, who are being taught the advantage of doing business with the banks; but the number cannot become too large. The Federal government having erected a 130,000 monument to commemorate the battle of King's Mountain, can hardly be expected to do anything more. It Is the policy of the national government not to undertake the maintenance of Revolutionary battlefields. It looks after the civil .war battlefields all right; but leaves Revolutionary battlefields to the state governments and patriotic societies. But , something ought to be done to make King's Mountain Battlefield comfortable and pleasing, as well as attractive to visitors, and we do not sje any better way for it than through a legislative appropriation from the state of South Carolina. Those people who have Imbibed the idea that the battle of King's Mountain was fought principally by North Carolinians, should disabuse their minds of the error. The late Rev. Dr. L&than was the best authority on King's Mountain, of which we have any knowledge. During his life time he talked to some who had participated In the battle, and to Bcores who had heard fathers, who had participated in it, talk about It He had a tremendous collection of old manuscripts and he understood the conditions of the times to an extent that gave him a remarkable facility for considering and weighing things and getting at the truth. He was a true historian who cared only for the truth, and would have scorned to set down ad a fact anything about wnicn ne had the least doubt. His history shows that the South Carolina men were in evidence at the battle?that there were as many of them as there were of all other states combined, and also that they did their full duty. People who claimed that the South Carolinians were not fully represented, do so without knowledge of the facts. It Is for the supreme court to say, of course; but we are Inclined to think that Judge Robert Aldrlch has erred In holding that mayors of towns are without Jurisdiction to punish 11leg-.' iiquor sellers under town ordinances. Judge Aldrich's ruling was to the effect that because the statute places the punishment beyond the Jurisdiction of a magistrate, It is also beyond the Jurisdiction of the mayor. But according to our understanding, the statutes give municipalities full power to regulate the liquor business within their limits by ordinance, and to punish violations of the ordinance. It has been a common practice to punish certain classes of offenders twice or more ior uie same uueuoe, am.- w intllct punishment in the same degrees. This looks hard, but the only way to stop it, as we see it, is by statute. The supreme court has not been clear on the subject, unless we are misinformed. There is certainly no more wrong in the state taking up and further punishing an offender, who has already been punished by a town council than there is for the United States to punish an offender who has already been punished by the state. Of course, the state has little to say as to what the United States can or cannot do; but the principle is the same. All three jurisdictions, municipal, state | and Federal, have claims against the violators of the liquor laws, and it has not infrequently happened that such offenders have had to answer to all three jurisdictions. But whether Judge Aldrlch is upheld or not, it will have to be admitted that there is an important principle involved in this question, and his decision is striking at it in the right way. Any system that allows separate punishments under different jurisdiction for the same offense, is wrong. In the meantime, it is understood the city of Anderson is proceeding against tigers the same as before the decision was rendered. Concerning the personnel of the Farnum Jury, the editorial writer of the Columbia State says: "The writer has been a resident of Richland for twenty-five years, and knew, by name, one member of the Jury. An official of Richland county, who has time and again canvassed the county, informed the writer that he knew by name, one member of the jury. Another resident of Richland for more than forty years told the editor of the State he knew one member of the jury." This information is as startling as it is unexpected, and the question naturally arises, where did such a Jury come from??Greenville News. As to just how much Importance is to be attached to this, we do not know; but to us it appears more or less significant. To charge that a jury nas been packed might prove a serious affair; but those who hold that a jury cannot be packed are absurd. We know nothing of Richland county's clerk, treasurer or auditor, and we do not feel warranted in casting any im putation upon them or any one of them; but it seems to us that the suggestion of the State is well worth serious consideration. There is absolutely no question of the fact that the dispensary system was long in the hands of men who were net concerned about moral responsibility in taking all that seemed to offer. Tm..:* .-"en were the product of the political domination of men of their kind. Like breeds like. There is a class of criminals. who do not hesitate to try to apologize for crime by calling it politics. There are those who would try to distinguish a political assassination from any other kind of deliberate murder. Of course, no such view can be held by any but ordinary criminals; v..* dominate a government, the situation 1b indeed bad. Under the law the name of one qualified elector out of every three, goes into the jury box. Where the jury commissioners know their business and where they are in full sympathy with a certain purpose, it is an easy matter for them to fill the Jury box with the kind of men they want to do the thing desi;*ed. As we have said, we know nothing about this Richland jury; but if our observations are not fully warranted by the suggestions of the State, we fall to comprehend the situation. MERE-MENTION. A part of President Taft's entertainment at Butte, Mont., Monday, was a trip of 1,200 feet underground Into the Leonard copper mine... .Slight earthquake shocks were felt at St. Louis, Mo., Monday. The shocks covered a territory of b!x states, of which St. Louis was the centre Mrs. Chauncey M. Depew was seriously injured in an automobile accident in Paris on Monday, as the result of which she may lose the sight of an eye, caused by broken glass The fruit steam er Gere, Philadelphia to Sagrua La Grande, Cuba, foundered off Cape Hatteras on Sunday afternoon, and 12 of the crew of eighteen were drowned. ....President Brown of the New Tork Central railroad, Is predicting a serious shortage of freight cars all over the country. He estimates the grain shipments of various kinds will total 8,000,000,000 bushels. The figures for the fortnight ending September 18, show a reduction In the number of Idle cars to 68,502, a decrease of 38,175 An explosion of moving picture films in a vault in a Pittsburg, Pa., building on Monday, caused a 1200,000 property damage and Injured more than fifty persons in the building. The explosion was caused by an electric spark Four men killed, three seriously injured, was the result of a collision between a freight train and a hand care at Edgar, Wis., Sunday night Alexander Moore, 20years-old, a farmer, while playing shortstop in a ball game at Greenville, Tenn., Monday, was struck in the mouth by a swiftly knocked ball and instantly killed A Chicago woman is threatening to sue Alexio de Oueiroz Riderio de Sotto-Major d'Al meide y Vasconcellos, Count of Santa Eulalla, who married Mrs. Stetson, widow of John B. Stetson, the wealthy hat manufacturer of Philadelphia, claiming- that the count owes her the money because she made it possible to make the very desirable match Rev. F. A. Lott of Newport, Pa., has been called to the pastorate of the Presbyterian church at Marksboro, N. J., at a salary of $800 per year, but refuses to accept the call unless the presbytery allows him to accept a salary of only $700 a year. Mr. Lott says he needs only $700 a year and will not accept a larger sum... .Albert Chrlsman, a Chicago man, on Sunday threw dice to decide whether he would go to work or kill himself, wife and child. Two sixes up and he would go to work: two aces up and he would do murder and suicide. The aces turned up first and he murdered and suicided Five teams of motor cyclists are running a six-day race at Brighton Beach, N. Y. The contest will end tomorrow night Prof. Claus Hansen of Berlin, conceded to be the highest authority on leprosy, says that a portion of the skin of John Early, the North Carolinian, who has been declared free of the disease, shows unmistakable signs of leprosy. Early was recently discharged from a New York hospital Lee Oliver, 16 years old, was placed on trial at Franklin, La., Tuesday on the charge of murdering Dr. Allen King, in May last. Oliver's defense will be the "unwritten law." Nine persons were killed and a score were injured by a rearjnd collision on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul train near Chicago early Tuesday morning. A fast passenger train ran into a cattle train.... One man was killed and two were seriously woinded in a saloon on York RnoH "PMlc Holrkhto Mnnrlp v niyht hv a desperado, who attempted to hold-up the place Will Price, a negro, on Wednesday at Yazoo City, La., signed a confession that he murdered John Weltcher a white man and prominent, for $5, which was paid by the dead man's wife. ? New York, September 30: The October cotton report of the Journal of Commerce to be published tomorrow shows the condition of the staple on an average date of September 23, as ascertained from the replies of nearly 1,600 special correspondents, to be 59.5 against 66 a month ago, a deterioration of 6.5 points. While the decline in September Is about normal, I ihe condition of 59.5 is the lowest since the inauguration of the Journal's report In 1901. The crop had experienced a series of setbacks during the month and the West Indian hurricane of September 20 and 21, lowered prospects still f"rther. Louisiana apparently suffered most, but Arkansas and Tennessee fared better. Alabama was but slightly injured. Droughty CUJIU I l lunn \> inuii jucumtu uiivugu August and made such damage in Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and Oklahoma were only relieved in September in a degree and the declines in these states were due largely to this case. Top crop prospects are very poor, drought and storms being the chief cause of this condition. Insects have given little trouble and labor has been sufficient to care for the crop. North Carolina declines 8 to 71.0; South Carolina declines 5.6 to 71.0; Georgia 6 to 71.1; Florida 5. to 67.7; Alabama 5. to 63.2; Mississippi 6.2 to 56.0; Louisiana 12.6 to 41.4: Texas 7.5 to 51.6: Arkansas 5.2 to 56.2; Tennessee 5.9 to 63.2; Missouri 16.7 to 64.8; Oklahoma 4.2 to 59.0. Report of the Ginners.?The report of the National Cotton Ginners' association issued at Memphis yesterday, gives the condition of cotton as 60.2 and indicates that 2,564,000 bales had been ginned up to the 25th of September. The report by states is as follows: Ginned. States. Condition, to Sept. 25. Alabama 62 215,000 Arkansas 57 60,000 Florida 68 12,000 Georgia 69 531,000 Louisiana 40 73.000 Mississippi 60 101.000 North Carolina 69 82,000 Oklahoma 55 90,000 South Carolina 69 294,000 Tennessee 68 12,000 Texas 55 1,092,000 Totals 60.2 2,564,000 LOCAL AFFAIRS, NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. "Safe,"?Want8 to buy medium size safe, second-hand, at reasonable price. C. L. McKnight, Admr.?Requests parties Indebted to estate of J. C. McKnlght, deceased, to make payment; and parties holding claims against the estate are requested to preesnt them. Clem F. Gordon, Supervisor?Will on October 16, let a contract for the rebuilding of a bridge over Allison Creek. Miss Nellie Whiteside, Hickory Grove ?Invites the ladles to her fall millinery opening on Tuesday and Wednesday, October 5 and 6. Mary Young, Sharon No. 2?Wants to find an estray milch cow. The animal is red and has horns. First National Bank?Tells you of two ways In which a man may become wealthy?It will help you in either way you choose. D. E. Boney, Agent?Calls your attention to the fact that the cost of fire insurance in the Farmers' Mutual has only been $3 per 31,000 per year. York Supply Co.?Has shingles, iron roofing, bagging, ties, seed oats, fertilizer for grain, mill feed and groceries. J. L. Williams & Co.?Quote prices on staple goods and invite you to visit them on Saturday for bargains. Carroll Furniture Co.?Talks about trunks, suit cases and handbags, furniture, stoves, floor coverings, eta Loan and Savings Bank?Gives rea sons as to wny it is iu yum ?uvantage to do your banking business with it. Star Drug Store?Directs your attention to the fact that paint insurance against decay is as important as Are insurance against fire?Acme Quality paint will protect your building against decay. J. Q. Wray?Is showing a good line of "Superb" clothing for men, from $4.98 and upward. A coffee special for Monday. First National Bank, Sharon?Since opening for business its deposits have shown an average Increase of $1,000 per day. Thomson Co.?Places children's headwear and bear-skin coats in the front of the stage in today's store news; shawls, fascinators, hosiery, coat suits, and millinery aJso claim attention. Chas. M. Stieff, Charlotte?Explains that Stieff pianos are built on honor and sold on merit. See fourth page. It ie getting to be wheat sowing time, and those people who consult their best Interests, will sow large quantities of wheat. All the money that is being contributed to the celebration of October 7, is being put to good and proper uses; but the committee has not nearly as much money as it needs. Mr. W. C. McLure of Yorkvllle No. 5, is a crimson clover convert. He tried it last year, got a fairly good stand, and says it turned oqt to be the best hay crop he has ever raised. Mr. McLure is in for another crop next year. We are at a loas to know just how much Importance to attach to soil Inoculation; but we have an Idea that rough manure in sufficient quantity, will come pretty near furnishing all the Inoculation that will be needed for most crops. Mr. J. T. Crawford of McConnellsville, one of the best farmers In the county, is arranging to sow fifteen or twenty acres of hairy vetch. It Is very much in the way of an experiment; but Mr. Crawford usually experiments, when he experiments at all, on quite a large scale. Mr. W. H. Herndon, quite an enthusiastic farmer of Yorkvllle, is starting In to build up his corn production by careful seed selection. He has not paid a great deal of attention to the subject before; but is making preparations now to get his next crop from the best seed to be had out of his present crop. The object of the Audubon society is to promote the study or Dira lire; 10 study the birds that contribute most to the health, comfort, pleasure and wealth of mankind and to protect them from ruthless destruction. It is a fact that the bird population of this country used to number thousands, where it now numbers only hundreds. It Is a fact that the destruction and slaughter of the birds used to be more general than it is now. There has been some change for the better. One reason is because the birds have become so scarce that there is less Interest in their destruction, and another reason is that people have developed a ,JAA' * ?~ ?r\t fho rftfll IILilt: mux e a^^icviauuii W4 vmv - v,? value of the birds. A family in a neighboring county was recently afflicted by sickness. When the child died the incidental kindness of the neighbors was so much out of the ordinary that the father and mother of the dead child felt called upon to make public declaration of the fact. ' People in Abbeville are always kind to the afflicted, and no such notices or declarations in the newspapers are necessary here. We don't know however, what sort of people live in some other communities and can only judge by what we see.?Abbeville Press and Banner. That is a very proper comment, and in our Judgment it applies to other counties as well as Abbeville. It is almost a custom in this county to acknowledge kindnesses of this kind through the newspaper. The Enquirer, of course, charges for such notices at the regular advertising rates, and it seldom meets with a case where there is any objection to paying the price. But really, we do not see any need for such acknowledgments, and when the advice of the editor is asked, he always gives it to that effect. People are not kind to other people because of a desire to secure a public acknowledgment of that kindness, and a pub lie acknowledgment can have no appreciable weight In such matters. Of course, where people think differently, they are left free to act as they please. There is no harm in such public acknowledgments, even if there is no practical good. ACCIDENT TO NO. 14. The Southern's passenger train No. 14, due to reuch Yorkvllle at 10.04 a. m., was held up for nearly three hours last Wednesday morning by reason of the serious explosion of steam pipes on engine No. 3,824. The accident occurred about two and a half miles east of Smyrna. The engine was rushing along on schedule time, Cliff Lee driving, without a thought of danger, when suddenly there was a tremendous explosion, quickly followed by still another that was even louder, and both of which were heard a distance of ten miles or more. Involuntarily, Engineer Lee closed his throttle, and while there was no Immediate effect from that operation, the train soon came to a stop. Investigation developed that the first loud report had come from the explosion of the pipe that carries dry steam to the steam dome, and that the second report had come from the blowing off of the steam dome itself. There was a good deal of excitement among the passengers; but they were soon quieted by Conductor Graham, and when they got out of their respective cars, they found the engine enveloped in white steam, with Engineer Lee and fireman, both covered with soot and grime, helplessly looking on at the still more helpless engine. The accident caused a delay of some two hours or more, until a relief engine could be Bent from Rock Hill, when the train proceeded on its way, passing Yorkvllle about two and a half hours late. Engineer Lee is one of the most careful and experineced on the road, and no blame attaches to him. It is thought that the explosion was caused by a defect in the dry steam pipe. THE CELEBRATION FUND. Mrs. Q. H. O'Leary, treasurer of the King's Mountain Monument association, desires to acknowledge tne following subscriptions to be used for the purposes of the celebration at the battleground on October 7. Previously acknowledged $673 60 P. M. Burrls, McConnellsville.. 1 00 A. A. Burrls, McConnellsville.. 1 00 Miss Ella Love. McConnellsville 2 00 Nathaniel Greene, Chapter D. A. R., Orangeburg 10 00 Dr. W. G. White 2 60 C? I V? on/1 onn Vnrlrvlllo 1 ftH J. ill 011UUI cum OVII, Avtm*??svt - w Total to date $691 00 All subscriptions should be sent to Mrs. G. H. O'L^eary. Yorkvllle, S. C. APPLICANTS FOR CERTIFICATES. The regular fall examination of applicants for certificates to teach in the public schools of York county, Is In progress In the court house this morning, under the supervision of Messrs. T. E. McMackin and B. P. Castles, of the county board of education. The list of applicants Is as follows: Whites. Louise Nlsbet, Van Wyck; Foy Dickson, Yorkvllle No. 1; Edna Henry, Bowling Green; Belle McGlll, Hickory Grove; Ethel Caldwell, Sharon; Blanche Love, Sharon; Carrie Love, &haron No. 1; Bessie Sherrer, Sharon No. 1; Mrs. S. A. Mitchell Sharon; Myrtle B. Sherrer, Hickory Grove; Clara Mitchell, Sharon No. 1; Estelle Caldwell, Smyrna; Maggie Scogglns, Smyrna; Estelle Ashe, McConnellsvllle; Ina Ashe, McConnellsvllle; Mary Foster, McConnellsvllle; Julia Foster, McConnellsvllle; Kate Ardrey, Fort Mill; Johnsie Miller, Fort Mill; Fannie Smarr, Bullock's Creek; Mattle Lineberger, No. 1 Yorkvllle; Ina Pursley, No. 1 Bowling Green; Annie Florence Farls, No. 1 Fort Mill; Bessie Drennan, No. 2 Rock Hill; Annie Bonn, Smyrna; Bettle Henry, Bowling Green; Bessie Pegram, Yorkvllle; Ava Green, No. 1 Clover; Willie Lineberger. No. 1 Yorkvllle; Bessie Greene, No. 1 Clover; Mannie Ferguson, No. 6 Yorkvllle; Ruth O. Ferguson, No. 5 Yorkvllle; Clarolene Carothers, Plneville, N. C.; Kittle Blair, Sharon; Zula Stephenson, Yorkvllle; Zula L. McKnlght, Yorkvllle; Ava Allen, Clover; Ernest Allen, Clover; H. B. McGlll, Hickory Grove. Colored. Lottie F. Bratton, Rock Hill; Hattie Penderarase. Rock Hill; Amanda Pen dergrass, Rock Hill; Fannie W. Johnson, Yorkville; Annie E. Alexander, Yorkvllle; Bessie C. Love, Sharon; Mary E. Lewis, Rock Hill; Mary Bratton, Rock Hill; Esther Bowden, Rock Hill; Maggie E. Barron, Rock Hill; Lillian V, Murray, Yorkvllle; Albert Crome, No. 7 Yorkvllle; Katie Gordon, No. 3 Yorkvllle; Mary Gordon, No. 3 Yorkvllle; Esther C. Simpson, Tlrzah; Addle Steele, No. 2 Rock Hill; Camie L. Steele, No. 2 Rock Hill; Albertlne Harrison, Yorkvllle; Edna Ramseur, Rock Hill; Jennie M. Spencer, Rock Hill; Mary E. Hood, Rock Hill; Mary Ramseur, Rock Hill; Gertrude Jones, McConnellsville; J. J. Byers, Yorkvllle; Ida S. Heath, No. 2 Rock Hill; Sarah Boyd, No. 2 Rock Hill; Gertrude Orr, McConnellsville; Frances C. Lowry, No. 7 Yorkvllle; Mary E. Moore, No. 7 Yorkvllle; Allie B. Sims, No. 7 Yorkvllle; Pauline Lowry, No. 7 Yorkvllle. CELEBRATION EXERCI8E3. The programme for the exercises In celebration of the completion by the Federal government of the national ipenument In commemoration of the battle of King's Mountain, has Just been corrfpleted. It is to include two days, October 7 and 8, the first day being devoted to the celebration proper and the second to the reproduction of the battle by the military. The official programme is as follows: Thursday, October 7. Assembly at 10.30 o'clock a. m., at the grand stand and around the new monument erected by the United States government, the several bands playing In succession. Calling of the meeting to order, by Col. Asbury Coward, chairman of the executive committee, and Introduction of Gov. Martin F. Ansel of South Carolina, as presiding officer. Invocatory prayer, by President S. C. Mitchell of the South Carolina university. The King's Mountain Centennial Lyric, written by Mrs. Clara Dargan Maclean, music arranged by Prof. Linebach, to be sung by entire audience, led by the Yorkvllle Cornet band under the direction of Prof. R. J. Herndon. Addresses of welcome and felicitation? By Gov. M. F. Ansel of South Carolina. By Gov. W. W. Kitchin of North Carolina By Gov. M. R. Patterson of Tennessee. By Gov. J. E. Brown of Georgia urauon?ay rresiueni, nemj Snyder of Wofford college. I Music?National Anthem. Toast?The United States of America? Response by Hon. D. E. Finley, member of congress, South Carolina. Response by Hon. E. Y. Webb, member of congress, North Carolina. Doxology?(Long Metre). Sung by the audience, with band accompaniment. . Benediction. Friday, October 8th. Beginning at 9 o'clock, on the morning of Friday, October 8th, the combined forces of the national guard of North Carolina and South Carolina, will demonstrate for the benefit of the public generally, the battle of King's Mountain as originally fought by the forces of the American and British armies. North Carolina Troops? First Infantry, National Guard of North Carolina, Col. J. T. Gardner, commanding: First Battery Field Artillery, N. G. N. C. Capt. Robertson, commanding. South Carolina Troops? Provisional regiment, composed of companies from the First and Second regiments of infantry, N. G. S. C., Col. W. W. Lewis, commanding. The entire military programme will be carried out under the supervision and direction of Gen. J. C. Boyd, adjutant general, state of South Carolina. ABOUT PEOPLE. Dr. J. B. Bowen of Spartanburg, spent Wednesday in Yorkvllle. Mrs. W. L. Jackson of Gastonla, is visiting relatives near Yorkvllle. Mrs. E. B. Beard and children, of Yorkvllle, are spending this week in Charlotte. Mrs. T. P. Moore of Yorkvllle, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. H. W. Tate at Mint, Fla. Mrs. Calvin Brlce of Woodward, is visiting the family of Mr. J. M. Brlce on Yorkville No. 4. Mrs. J. E. Nlsbet of Van Wyck, is visiting her parents, Dr. and Mrs. M. J. Walker in Yorkville. Rev. R. E. Sharpe of Heath Springs, visited Dr. M. J. Walker's family, | Tuesday and Wednesday. Miss Arabelle Creighton of Rock Hill, is visiting the family of Mr. W. J. Fewell on Yorkville No. 7. Mrs. Margaret Roach of Houston. Tex., is visiting the family of Mr. J. M. Brice on Yorkville No. 4. Mrs. J. C. Steele and little son, Joe, of Waxhaw, N. C.. visited Dr. S. L. Steele In Yorkville, this week. Messrs. Howard White and Bennle Barron of Yorkville, left thla week for the College of Charleston. Mrs. Jessie Hugglns and little son, of Baltimore, Md., are visiting the family of Mr. J. N. O'Farrell, In Yorkville. Miss Carrie McCuen, who has been working In the postofflce at Pelzer, has taken a position In the Yorkville postofflce. Mr. George Goforth of Cherokee county, has taken a position with the Yorkville Hardware comapny as a salesman. Mrs. EI E. Gillespie and daughter, Lois, who have been spending some time in the mountains of North Carolina, have returned to their home in Yorkville. Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Matthews of Pottsville, Ark., are expected to arrive tonight on a visit to Mrs. N. A. Simrll, after spending a few days with her, they will make their home In Old Point. The following young ladies left Tuesday night for Wlnthrop college: Misses Mary and Carrie Cart wright, Fredrlca Lindsay and Elizabeth Finley, Yorkville, and Nancy Wltherspoon, Guthrie8ville. Charlotte Observer, Friday: Rev. J. M. White and family, and Miss Addle Moore, passed through the city yes terday en route to York county, Soutn Carolina. They will spend a week at Hickory Grove with Mr. Moses White and a week at Sharon with Mrs. White's mother, Mrs. 8. M. Scott, returning to Statesvllle about October IB. Mr. White Is the popular pastor of the New Perth and New Stirling Associate Reformed Presbyterian churches near Statesvllle. Miss Moore Is a member of New Stirling and a cousin of Rev. Dr.-G. R. White, pastor at Ebenezer, this county. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? The next move of the town council should be the paving of South Congress street ? Mr. James Henry Rice, secretary of the South Carolina division of the Audubon society, Is In Yorkville for several days, working up a York county branch of the society. The membership fee is $6, and the annual dues $1. Quite a number of people have joined. ? Mr. Van Landlngham, who has been In general charge of the concrete gutter work along Congress street will have no trouble in carrying off plenty of local testimony to the effect thai he thoroughly knows his business. ? Rev. J. I* Gates, the pastor of the Associate Reformed church, came down from Hickory Grove last Wednesday with his family, and is now occupying the residence of the late Mrs. Fannie B. McCaw on Wright avenue. Mr. Gates has already taker up his pastoral work. ? The Yorkville Cornet band, continues to practice nightly for the cele orauon or tne (in, tuiu 10 goiuu* n. first-class shape. It has the lyric music down almost to Prof. Herndon'c notion, and the voicea that are practicing with the band are giving abundant promlae of a soul stirring rendition well worth while. ? Mr. J. P. White, chairman of th? street committee, who has had general charge of the work of paving North Congress street, is entitled to a big bouquet, for the faithful and efficient attention he has given the task. As a rule, members of the council get more "cussing" than anything else; but in this case, there is room for som? well-merited praise. ? Mayor Hart has been advised bj the Federal department of good roads that it is contrary to the rules of the department to send demonstration agents to work in Incorporated citiei or towns. Accordingly, he has decided to ask that an agent be sent tc do some work on the country roads and if the necessary arrangement i? completed, he expects to secure the co-operation of Mr. A. L. Black, the townshlD supervisor, and, with the consent of the council lend the town'< steam roller for use outside the corporate limits. It is calculated that expert demonstration work on sane and clay roads will be of value to the town as well as to the surrounding country. ? Mr. Harry E. Nell and Miss Haze: Grist, were married at the Presbyrian manse last Wednesday night bj Rev. E. E>. Gillespie. Although the step had been contemplated for several weeks, the young people had taker but a few of their Irlends Into theli confidence, and the news of the ceremony was quite a surprise. Only ? few friends of the contracting parties were present as witnesses. The groonc Is the eldest .ion of the late J. W Nell, and the recently appointed anc highly acceptable treasurer of Tori county. The bride Is the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. Geo. Grist, anc has for several years been the clerk ol the board of county commissioners Both of the young people have numerous friends, who wish them all Joy happiness and prosperity In their new relation. LOCAL LACONICS. Until January 1, 1910. We will send The Yorkvllle Enqulrei from this date till January 1, 1910, foi 48 cents. Picked 303 Pounds In a Day. Mr. M. P. Farls, writes from Clover that Lee Gettys, a 12-year-old boy o: the Bethany neighborhood, picked an< weighed 303 pounds of cotton in a daj this we?k. Road to the Battleground. Mr. ,'f. L. McGlll of Bethany, say: the road from Yorkvllle to King'i Mountain battleground is In very goot condition for all kinds of vehicles, an< in better condition than It ha& evei been In before, since he has known it Ground Six Thousand Bushels. Mr. R. B. Riddle, the well knowr miller of Zeno, who has the reputatioi of making flour equal to the best tha comes from the west, was in town to day and said that he had converter 6,000 bushels of York county whea into flour, so far this season. See About Conveyances. People who Intend to visit King\ Mountain battleground on the 7th ond who have not already made ar rangrments for conveyances, shoulc attend to tne matter eariy, uecausc nn demand for conveyances on the 7th li going to be something tremendous. Road All Right. A party of eight went from Yorkvllle to King's Mountain Battleground and back yesterday In two automobiles. The trip going?about fourteer miles?was made in an hour and i half, and returning In an hour ant a quarter. The road was found to b? In very good condition, and no tlm? was lost either going or coming. In Charge of Chaingang. Rock Hill Record: Sergeant Samue Lindsay, who has been sergeant at th< penitentiary farm, left Columbia yesterday for Yorkvllle, where he wll take charge of the chaingang of thl? county. Mr. Lindsay Is a native ol Yfrrvmnpllsvllle. and Is returning t( his old home. He has been an officei at the penitentiary for ten years ant was held In high esteem by his brothel officers. Rev. E. S. Reaves Resigns. Fort Mill Times, . September 30: There was an extremely sad ending t< the excellent sermon of Rev. Edw. S Reaves at the Baptist church last Sunday evening. It will be recalled that mention was made In these columns several weeks ago that Mr Reaves had received a call from th( church of Honea Path and that h< would probably accept the call. Members of the Fort Mill and Flint Hill churches of which he has been pastoi for the past six years, had hoped and Insisted that their pastor remain with them longer, but Mr. Reaves, aftei earnest thought, saw in the new field an opening for greater work In the up1 " Jl- ? /%# n/vl'o Irlny^nm fin Pfirth UUJIUlllg Ul UUU O milftuuin w.. , and decided to accept the call. In tendering hid resignation Mr. Reaves expressed most tenderly his love for the members of his congregation and the people of Fort Mill generally, and, with the announcement of his Intention to sever his connection with the church, tears of regret sprang up in the eyes of many of his hearers. Mr. Reaves asked that his resignation be accepted to take effect by the middle of Octobe and at a meeting of the church officers immediately following the service, the request was granted. The people of Fort Mill and surrounding country deeply regret that Mr. Reaves and his excellent family are to move away, but coupled with this regret Is the fond hope that In their new home they may meet with much happiness and prosperity. Where the 8tart Was Made. A short distance out from Johnson City on the line of the railroad leading to the Cranberry mines In this state, says the Charlotte Chronicle, la located Sycamore Shoals. This place Is pointed out to the visitor as the spot where the mountain men forded the Watauga river, on their way to the battle of King's Mountain. Sycamore Shoals is regarded as an historic spot and is to be marked with a monument, and very appropriately, this monument Is to be dedicated on October 7, simultaneously with the dedication of the monument at King's Mountain. -The Sycamore Shoals monument was erected by the Bonny Kate Chapter D. A. R. The site chosen for It, we are told, by the Johnson City Staff, Is at the place where the men, under Sevier, Shelby and Campbell formed on their way to the battle of King's Mountain. On Sunday, September 25, 1780, Rev. Samuel Doak preached a sermon to the army which started on its Journey the following day, September 26. The monument Is about twelve feet high, the base of Tennessee marble and the shaft, flat slabs peculiar to the Nollchucky river, which are formed of a brick sediment, and are flat and circular. The Inscriptions of the monument were entrusted to Bonny Katei , chapter. On the face of the base, fronting the river will be the figures 1780-1909, and the words, "Erected by Sycamore Shoals, Bonny Kate and John Sevier Chapters, D. A. R., Sep! tember 26th, 1909. The sword of the Lord and of Gideon." On another side will be: "Fort Watauga, the first settlers' fort built west of the Allegheny, 1770." On the west side will be Inscribed: "Here was negotiated the treaty of Sycamore Shoals under which Trannsylvanla was acquired from the Cherokee, March 19, 1775." The simultaneous commemoration of 1 these two Revolutionary events is a happy circumstance, and from King's Mountain greetings will be sent to ^ Bonny Kate chapter. i ? ?? JOHN BLACK ON TRIAL. J Charged With Receiving Bribes As 8tate Official. Columbia, Sept 29.?John Black, , former member of the old state dla' pensary board was placed on trial In the Richland county court today on the charge of accepting a bribe In the sum of $2,600. The trial Is rather . significant as It Is the first one where ' a former member of the board Is to be tried. The only sensational feature of the ' evidence was the introduction of two ' banking papers. One was a draft for 1 $2,600, Black had made and got the cash on upon liquor drummer, John T. 1 Early by whom he Is accused of being bribed. This was collected through the bank of Colleton. It was made 1 to the order of Henry W. Black, Jr., and endorsed by him. > The other paper was a $6,000 check 1 dated at Savannah, and evidently i cashed there, made to the order of ; John Black and endorsed by him and : signed by M. A. Goodman, the liquor l drummer. s J. B. Wylie, who has turned state's i evidence, was back on the stand today, s He again went over the evidence he gave In the Farnum case about the , agreement entered Into to divide up the business among certain houses In ' accordance with a fixed schedule of | rebates. , At the opening of the bribery and rebate case against Major Black, Mr. Noiflnn for the defense, made the same technical objections to the Indictment J as made In the Farnum case, , but these were not argued. Judge J Memminger said he overruled them on , the "er.e grounds as he had overruled . the otnei'a. Henry W. Black, Jr., brother of the defendant was called by the state but ! he failed to respond, and a bench war. rant was Issued for him. There Is a , striking difference In point of atten' dance between this case and the Farnum trial. 1 J. B. Wylle was the first witness ' sworn. The witness exhibited a mem' orandum of what was done at the i much discussed meeting, this carried ' the figures of the famous "graft sched1 ule." This 'meeting was on tne night r of the 21st of March, Major Black was ' present, the letter "W" on the list r?1 ferred to the houses on the list he ' was to look after and "B" the list 1 Black was to look after and collect the commissions on. Witness then 1 read the schedule of rebates agreed ' upon. This was published in detail In the record during the Farnum trial. J "Was Mr. Black there, and a party ' to this schedule and agreement?" "Yes, sir, I discussed it with him." Mr. Nelson interposed a number of objections, the same as he put in the r former trial. Witness went on to tell how the March quarterly purchases were divided up between the members of the board. Witness said he got rebates from Earley through Jno. Black, the first commissions he got being In September. He went to Earley first J and then went to Black who said Earley had paid him 16,000 In round figures. Black turned over to Wylle his third of this. Mr. Lyon said to the judge: "We propose to show that this defendant > received 26,000 rebates from Goodman. We propose to show a series of such crimes, to cite this $6,000 transaction as shown In his corrupt mind. That It was one of the series to which the , $2,500 transaction belongs." , "We know all about the $5,000 matj ter," said Mr. Nelson, "and we are j prepared to meet It. In my judgment f we have a complete defense ror tms. But it is not right to bring this separate transaction here without notifying us in the indictment to meet it The i afternoon session was taken up with i the cross-examination of Wylie. t The charge against John Black, for. merly member of the state dispensary 1 board of directors, is Just the reverse t of that under which Farnum was tried and acquitted. The state offioial is the one who is now facing the jury, and is charged with receiving favors to in) fluence his vote as a member of the , board. John T. Earley, who represent ed the Fleischmann concern in this 1 state in the days of the old state disi pensary, is named in the indictment 3 as the man who paid the )2,500 alleged to have been received by Mr. Black in the transaction, because of which he is to be tried as set out in the in dlctment 1 It will be recalled by those who kept up with the dispensary commission > procedings, that one of the firms 1 through Its officers, admitted In affi' davits which were read at the last ses slon of the commission that certain - amounts were paid In this state to secure business. These affidavits, however, did not give the names of those to whom the alleged rebates were J given. It was upon this Fleischmann ; claim, the largest that was outstandJ ing against the state, that the affi1 davit was called Into play. Some mat* ters that came up at the recent trial ' were also touched upon during the dis' pensary commission's Investigations. [ Neither side will gain anything so 1 far as the legai side of the matter Is r concerned from the first trial last week. The testimony of all witnesses was only as to the transactions involv, ed in the case on trial, and was not allowed to extend to any other persons. Although Mr. Black was a member of the board at the same time that Mr, Wylie was, nothing was said In the trial of Mr. Farnum as to Mr. Black's actions. The specific charge named in the indictment was clung to throughout the trial. Yesterday's rroceeaings. I Columb'a, September 30: Today's sessions of the trial of John Black, I former dispensary director, charged i with having accepted a bribe from John T. Earley, were productive of tesI tlmony to the effect that Black, the defendant, received money from Ear, ley six or seven times, and that the i defendant drew on his brother, H. W. i Black, Jr., of Walterboro, S. C? and that the latter paid the drafts on Ul[ mann & Co., and M. A. Goodman, a 11, quor drummer. It was also brought out that John Black had deposited i {16,500 in the national bank of Savannah between April 21, 1906, and June 20. of the same year. With the close i of the afternoon session the State rested its case. John T. Earley, representative of Flelschmann & Co., who, it Is alleged, bribed Black to give him order* for liquor, testified that before Black was elected a director of the dispensary, the defendant had said he would rive Earley's house some orders when he jl took office. Earley is under indict- ^ ment but has turned State's evidence. "I got the orders," said Earley, "and I paid the rebates." Earley went on to say that he had given Black $2,500 to influence him in giving orders. The witness detailed the scale of rebates, as given by Joseph B. Wylle, Jfc who testified yesterday. On cross-examination Earley said that Black had borrowed money from him to secure election on the board. Black, the witness said, never taked for rebates, the division with the defendant being voluntary. He also said that the goods were sold at the same price as if there had been no rebates paid. The witness said he regarded his dealings with Black an "a business transaction." After Earley had concluded, J. J. Smith, an official of the Savannah bank, testified as to Black'4 deposits in the bank. The afternoon session developed . nothing of a sensational nature ex- M cept in relation to John Black'* account in the Palmetto bank fere. Deposit slips were introduced to show he deposited there during the last six months of 1906, $16,000, ranging in amount from a few hundred dollars to $2,700. M The State rested at the close of the ^ afternoon session. Whether the defense will put up any evidence cannot be said till tomorrow. If no more evidence is offered the case will go to the Jury tomorrow evening. Mistrial Ordered. Correspondence The Yorkellle Enquirer Columbia, Oct 1.?Two men were arrested last night for communicating " * - ? ?uu . t n > inrougn a wuiuuw wuu yum j. u. Perry, In the dispensary case. Investigation this morning showed that (here was nothing corrupt in the communication, it being a matter of a clerk, Mr. Dorn, communicating with his employer. This morning, however, it developed that the jurors had gotten a copy of The State newspaper after the commencement Of the trial, and Judge Memmlnger ordered a mistrial. Eleven of the jurors were dls charged; but his honor has not made - Aup his mind as to what to do with Perry and Dorn. CLOVER CULLING?, Cotton 8?ed OH Mill Almost Ready to ^ Run?Why The Enquirer Was Late. Corraapondano* Tba Yorkrllla Enqulrar Clover, October 1.?While there have been numerous annoying, but unavoidable delays in connection with the work of erecting the necessary buildings fox* the oil mill, all except the main building have been completed, and > . m it is expected that it will be completed during the next three or four days. All the machinery except the motors have arrived, and the work of installing it will be commenced next week ana rusnea mrougn u rapiui; m pui- . sible. It is the hope of the management that it will able to commence crushing seed about November 1. The plant, when completed will be one of the most complete and up-tp-date to be found anywhere, all the machinery being the beat and moat efficient of ite class. The management expected to be operating eight gins at the opening of the season, but owing to delay in the shipment of motors, have only been able to operate four, the old plant of the Clover Qtnnery, and up to today at noon, had ginned about 3SO bales. It Is claimed by the people from whom the motor* were bought that they were shipped on yes- 4 terday, and if the claim Is correct they may reach here by the latter part of next week and In case they do the four additional gins will start up early in the following week. More cotton was sold at this place during the month of September than A ever before during the same month, ^ the sales amounting to over 000 bales. Clover is strictly in line as a cctton market On Wednesday, the price was 12.87, on yesterday 12.76 and at noon today, it was bringing 12.62|. Becnuse of the price that It is bringing, the raisers are picking, packing, selling and smiling. Over 30,000 was paid W out by the bank for cotton yesterday. ** Owing to carelessness on the part of somebody connected with tb? railroad, Tuesday's Enquirer fa'led to reach here until the arrival uf the south bound mall train Wednesday afternoon, wlien it should have been received oh the northbound freight ^ Tuesday at about 8.30. As a result, there were numerous disap pointed subscribers here and along tt>i four R. F. D. routes, starting fror; here, and thev are hoping that the experence will not be repeated again won? If ever. 80UTH CAROLINA NIWS. ? Former Governor Miles B. McSweeney of South Carolina, who has been under treatment at Mount Hope Retreat, Baltimore, Md., since July 18, last, died there yesterday morning. Governor McSweeney was one of the vorv fpw in South Carolina to start ^ out as a strictly poor boy and attain high political position. He was left an orphan in Charleston at the age of 4 years, his father dying there of yellow fever in 1869. At 10 young Miles sold newspapers, attending night school the while. He clerked in a book . . store a year or so later. He served an f apprenticeship as a Job printer and later worked on newspapers In Charleston and Columbia. He won the typographical union's scholarship to Washington and Lee university, but had to return from there in a short '"4) time on account of his money giving out He established the Ninety-Six Guardian in Abbeville county in 1877, which became the present Hampton Guardian in 1879. He was chairman of his county Democracy from 1884 to 1894, when he was elected a member ^ of the legislature. He served as lieu- V tenant governor from 1896 to 1899, succeeding to the governorship on the death of Gov. W. H. Ellerbe, being elected to a full term to succeed himself. He was for eight years president of the South Carolina Press association and has always been popular with ? ?hwin?hnnt the me newspupci state. ? Greenwood, September 29: Four white men, Henry R. Williamson, Sloan Williamson, Ashby King and Sam W. Coope.', were arrested and lodged In Jail by Sheriff McMillan on the charge of having caused the death of a negro, Gus Gllcrease, near Dyson's, last Friday, by whipping him. An Inquest was held Saturday by Magistrate Jas. % Rogers of Ninety-Six. An old negro named Robinson testified at the Inquest, but stated that he knew nothing of the matter. Dr. John Lyon of Ninety-Six examined the body, and, with Magistrate Rogers, saw the marks of whipping, but nothing fuither de- ? veloped. However, the old negro. ? Robinson, came to O&pt. James Rogers, the magistrate, and told the truth, that he knew he was a dead man If he told the truth, but he had to tell the truth. He then told that the four men above named had whipped the old nesrro. and he afterwards dropped dead. Magistrate Rogers sent the old negro on here, and he is now In jail. Governor Ansel wired Sheriff McMillan to look Into the matter with all possible diligence, and also wired Magistrate Rogers. Sheriff McMillan went to Ninety-Six and Major S. P. Brooks, foreman of the grand Jury, also went down to Ninety-Six and there consulted with Magistrate Rogers and other "t citizens there, and Sheriff McMillan placed Messrs. Williamson under arrest there. Ashby King and Sam Cooper were in town and were arrested here. Henry R. Williamson Is the young man who served two years In I the penitentiary after being convicted Iwhlnnlnv of -T H Wertz. now living: hereT then a neighbor of Mr. Williamson. Special Betices ^ Communion at 8haron. The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper will be observed at Sharon on the second Sabbath of October, at 11 o'clock a. m.. preparatory services commencing Friday, preaching at 11 ? a. m. Rev. C. Y. Love will preach. W. S. Love, Clerk of Session.