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Scraps and |ac(s. ? Prof. J. D. Harris, the Virginia school teacher, who killed Editor W. A. Thompson at Warrenton some time ago in a quarrel over a debt, was convicted at Warrenton, Va? last Saturday of voluntary manslaughter, and was sentenced to four years in the s.ate penitentiary. Harris's counsel compared with 4,774. The corrected : statistics of the quantity of cotton ginned to September 1, was announced as 388,242 bales. The report today will > transmitted by mail by individual gin- < nera. 1 ? Bluefleld, W. Va., October 2: The guilt of Howard Little, who was ar- ! rested about a week ago charged with the murder of "Aunt Betsy" Juatia, Geo. A. Meadows and wife and their < three children, seems now to be es- < tablished beyond a reasonable doubt 1 Little's wife confessed today to having ' washed his bloody clothing after the < murder, and in her affidavit ahe says < also that he left their home about dark on the night of the murder and returned the next morning with his ? clothes all bloody and torn and said 1 that he would kill her if ahe told any- < thing about his condition. He bor- i rowed a 32-calibre revolver a few days i before the crime was committed and 1 returned It on the following Wednes- 1 day with two chambers empty. The body of George Meadows was exhumed and two bullets, taken from it by Drs. I Richardson and White, were almost 1 Identical in weight with the balls tak- i en from shells belonging to the wea- i pon Little had borrowed. Little's wife 1 also turned over the lantern that he 1 had brought home with him that night I which showed file marks as if some i one had tried to remove stains. He was seen in the barn next morning folding papers across his knee appar- . ently counting money, and he gave $20 | to a woman with whom he had plan- ] ned to start for the west a few days , after the murder was committed, with , which to buy clothing and prepare j for the train. Having done this she , returned $1.80 to Little, at which time , she swears he threatened her life if she revealed any part of their secret. ? Reposing in the vaults of a safe , deposit company at Washington, are | nine mahogany boxes, which it is ex- < pected will play a decidedly important , part in the annual $600,000,000, more or less, transactions in cotton in the ( United States. The nine boxes refer- , red to contain the nine standards of , cotton which ha\ been approved by ( the secretary of agriculture and which were decided upon by a committee of a wnro nr more of cotton men in all , sections of the country as summar- | izing all grades of commercial cotton. < Access to these nine standards can on- , ly be had by a committee designated ? by the secretary of agriculture. With- | in a short time?perhaps within a day , or two?the department of agriculture | will have replicas of these nine stand- | ards and will place them in the hands of a limited number of associations, organizations, exchanges and agrlcul- ( tural colleges for inspection. The sets ( will enable the cotton producers, cot- ^ ton merchants and spinners to become familiar with them by September 1, 1910, when it is expected they will govern all transactions in connection with the buying and selling of cotton. It is said that they take the place of ' about thirty varying standards now in use. Middling cotton Is used as a basis and establishes a standard of the nine different grades, designated as middling fair, strict good middling. good middling, strict middling, middling, strict low middling, low middling, strict good ordinary and good ordinary. ? A romantic story has been disclosed by postofflce inspectors regarding Harrison Hatfield of the family of ( feudists of that name, who died recently in the penitentiary at Moundsville, W. Va? says a Washington dispatch of last Sunday. Harrison Hatfield lived near Horse Pen, in the mountains of West Virginia. He was widely known as "Old Hatcher," and was a leader of the Hatflelds in the McCoy-Hatfield feud, which amounted almost to civil war and disrupted several counties on the borders of West Virginia and Kentucky. One of his eyes was shot out during a raid which the Hatfields made into Kentucky several years ago. The Hatfields owned large areas of land In West Virginia, from which they realized considerable money. "Old Hatcher" deposited $2,- i 854 in the Guyan Valley bank at Logan, W. Va. Subsequently, having need of the money, he authorized i Alexander H. Trent, postmaster at Horse Pen, to direct the bank to forward to him the money by registered mail. Hatfield called at the postofflce repeatedly for the registered letter, but when it arrived on April 24, 1907, he had left the office only a short time before to assist an intoxicated friend who could not sit astride his mule alone. Hatfield directed Postmaster Trent to take special care of the letter, i lest it be destroyed by fire in the post took an appeal to tne supreme cuun. and he was released on a bond of J30,000, pending the result of the appeal. ? Purls. October 2: A dispatch to the L*atin from Fez. says that inquiries show that El Roghi, the pretender to the throne of Morocco, who was executed at Fez in the middle of September. was put to death by Sultan Mulai Hafid himself under circumstances of revolting cruelty. According to the correspondent the monarch, assisted by his chamberlain, dragged the pretender into a cage of lions and then provoked the animals which leaped upon the manacled captive, inflicting horrible wounds. Then, as El Roghi fell to the ground motionless, the lions left him alone despite the goadlngs of the sultan, who thereupon pulled his still living victim outside the cage with hooks, emptied a can of lamp oil over him and set him on fire, feeding the flames with oil-soaked rags until nothing but the charred bones of the pretender remained. ? Washington, October 4: There had been ginned to September 25, counting round as half bales, 2,562,888 bales compared with 2,590,639 for 1908. These are the figures given in a report of the census bureau, issued today. The round bales included this year were 48,176, compared with 57,107 for 1908. The Sea island cotton reported for 1909 was 13,826, compared with 11,457, for 1908. The number of bales counting round as half bales, ginned to September 25, by states, was as follows: Alabama 188,6C?; against 316,349 in 1908; Arkansas 83,771 against 80,465; Florida 19,433 against 16,857; Georgia 535,026 against 514,890; Louisiana 62,351 against 79,042; Mississippi 996,697 against 199,001; North Carolina 89,472 against 89,063; Oklahoma 134,247 against 5,705; South Carolina 284,726 against 289,968; Tennessee 17,125 1 against 28,109; Texas 1,057,876 against < 966 607. and in all other states 2,219 as 1 office. An investigation of the Are and of the disappearance of the letter was made by postofflce Inspectors. It was discovered that Postmaster Trent had obtained a typewriter from a Chicago concern by fraudulent representations, to which he confessed. Later Postmaster Trent and his father were indicted for having stolen the registered letter. Postmaster Trent finally confessed to the theft and made a proposition looking to the refunding of the money. He produced from a Jar hidden under the barn the sum of (1.280, which, with $500 obtained from his bondsmen, was eventually turned over to Hatfield. Trent was convicted of the crime, but escaped from jail and is a fugitive from justice. Becoming insane from worry over the loss of his money and the sudden elation at the recovery of a part of it, Harrison HatnAiaAno/) hie u-lfo u'hn wfiQ n n Indian woman. He was sentenced to the penitentiary for life and there he died only a few days ago. It was not until his death that the postofflce inspectors felt justified in revealing all the facts respecting the case. Slit ^otknllr (Enquirer. Kntertd at the Postofflce In Yorkville ts Mall Matter of the Second Class YORKVILLE. S. C.i TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1909. No, trial by jury Is not a farce; but there Is a good deal that is farcical In any expectation of getting a Just verdict from a rotten Jury. Farmers have been rushing cotton to the market rapidly to pay their debts; but the probability is that so soon as the debt question is relieved somewhat, there will be less eagerness In ool llnor UV...UQ. That Richland magistrate who admitted to bail a man who had been sommitted by a circuit Judge for contempt, is certainly a bright one. Richland county has but a slim idea, it seems, of proper respect for the courts. We have several times expressed doubt as to whether the courts were strong enough to punish the dispensary grafters. One great trouble is that there are too many former pals of the grafters in control of the machinery of Justice. In its last issue, the Charleston Sunlay News reproduced in full Rev. Dr. Robert Lathan's admirable sketch of the battle of King's Mountain, the most accurate and comprehensive story of that historic event that has ever t>een compressed within the same number of words. Cotton is still low in the case of the man who has his food supplies to buy. Food supplies, it will be observed, are now "out of sight." Right now the man who has an abundance of home raised provisions and no cotton, Is in better shape than the man who raised all the cotton he could and no food supplies. "A jury of your peers," means a |ury of your equals; but who Is it that has not sense enough to comprenend that with unlimited authority and jiscretion in the making up of the names to be drawn from, smooth politicians can select a jury that is capable of finding any kind of a verdict that might be desired. It was a great disappointment to the law abiding people of the state that the Black case should come to an ?nd without a conclusion; but really there was nothing else to be done. Had Judge Memminger allowed the :ase to continue and there had been a verdict of guilty, the supreme court tvould have been compelled to turn it Jown. Spartanburg has convicted anoth \r? urhUo mun r\f mnrHou n rwl thp fpl. low has been sentenced to be hanged. Spartanburg considers criminal matters in a perfectly business like way. There is no maudlin sentiment about the proper disposition of a criminal who has forfeited his own life by taking the life of another. And Spartanburg is a great and prosperous county. It looks as if there is to be no end to the trouble that the British suffragettes are going to give the government in the effort to compel a concession of the right of the ballot to women. A number of suffragettes were placed in prison recently because of a disorderly breach of the peace in their efforts to compel recognition, and they forthwith proceeded to make martyrs of themselves by refusing to eat. The authorities countered by attempting to feed them by means of stomach pumps, and now they have instituted civil suits against the officers responsible for this conduct. pirvcrrn 1* a t a moqc meeting of c!tiz"ns at the court house tonight. Mayor Henry Samuels, who was mixed up with the dispensary cases, submitted his resignation, to take effect immediately. Mr. J. L. Glenn of the local bar read the resignation, which was accompanied by a request that the meeting adopt no denunciatory resolutions. Messrs. M. S. Lewis. T. H. White and L. D. Childs made remarks, calling upon the press, pulpit and citizens generally to accept the resignation and drop all further adverse comment. The resignation and the accompanying suggestions were unanimously adopted and the big audience present went home with the outlook clear for a bigger and better Chester Mayors are chosen by majorities, and Samuels having been so chosen was the representative of the majority. There is good reason to believe that the people of Chester knew as much about Samuels before he was chosen, as they do now, and If this be true It is puzzling to know whether the recent action of the mass meeting was only because the balance of the state has come to know as much as the town of Chester knows. It is difficult to account for the meeting on any other theory. And on this hypothesis, it was very proper to withhold denunciatory resolutions, for the logical force of those resolutions could only have fallen upon the heads of the people who passed them. We are quite willing to accede to the request of the gentlemen who desire that there be no further adverse comment; but at the same time, we sincerely hope that the town has not failed to make up Its mind to the adoption of bigger, better, broader and purer moral standards?standards w that will be able to withstand all the comments that "press, pulpit and clt- 1 Izens generally," see proper to make. The G. &. C. Merriam company of Springfield, Mass., have Just issued Webster's New International Diction- ^ ary, based on the International of 1890 and 1900. The revision has been so . radical and complete as to constitute a new book. The work has been In active preparation for many years, by a < large staff of experts, assisted by the contributions of eminent specialists, under the general supervision of Dr. W. T. Harris, recent unitea oiaiea . commissioner of education. The number of words and phrases defined has been greatly increased, mainly from ,? the fresh coinage of recent years both in popular speech and in the various arts and sciences. The revival of ear- j ly English studies is recognized by such an inclusion of obsolete words as to give a key to English literature from Its earliest period. The title-words in the vocabulary are more than doubled in comparison with the old Interna- . tlonal, now exceeding 400,000. The number of illustrations is increased to over 6.000. The book contains more ' than 2,700 pages. But the publishers desire to emphasize the quality rather than the quantity of the work, calling i attention especially to the thorough scholarship In all departments and the fullness of information under important titles. By ingenious methods of typography and arrangement, the in- ^ creased amount of matter is contained within a single volume, not perceptibly larger than its predecessor, and no less convenient for the hand and eye. Although the action of Judge Aid- ( rich in placing a witness in jail to ensure his being found when wanted at the next term of the court, may strike a large part of the unsophisticated ] public as unnecessarily harsh, people j who know enough about such things | to be able to comprehend the probable . true inwardness of this situation will j commend what the judge has done j as quite an effective blow at a long es- j tablished abuse. Of course, we know 1 nothing about this particular case, * other than is to be understood from ( the published paragraph; but from < what we have seen along this same line, we are not wasting any sympa- j thy on the poor witness. That he was surprised and thinks he has been mis- I treated, we have no doubt; but it is ^ quite certain that he had due notice of j the desirability of his presence at the trial, and it is very probable that if j the truth could be established, it would be found that he had been told not to appear. Just what his excuse was, we do not know. Sometimes, ^ however, it is sudden illness of the juror, his wife, or a child, and this is very often backed by a certificate from the family physician, showing it to be a bona fide case. Of course, there are * bona fide cases; but the humbug cases are so frequent and notorious as to ^ throw doubt on everything connected with such a situation. Judges have frequently continued cases on show- ( ings that they had reason to suspect ( of "queerness," but which they had to accept because of inability to establish 1 the contrary. But of late, there seems s to be a growing tendency to dlscour- 1 age such practices as have done so much to detract from the respect that ( the public should have for the courts, * and we sincerely hope that the good { _.|? \ *vui iv w hi un apace. COTTON CONDITION POOR. Most Unfavorable Report Issued In Many Years. The most unfavorable report on the condition of the cotton crop issued by the department of agriculture at this season of the year for many years was made public at Washington yesterday. Financial and weather conditions combined to make the report unfavorable. Yesterday's official report Indicated that on September 25, the condition of the cotton crop was only 58.5 per cent of normal, as compared with 63.7 per cent on August 25, 1909; 69.7 on September 25, 1908; 67.7 on September 25, 1907, and 67 per cent on the average (or ten years on August 25, 1909. After the announcement by the department of agriculture of the figures recording the average for this month, Dr. S. A. Knapp, chief of the co-operative demonstration work for the department of agriculture In the south, after the conference with Secretary Wilson, said that the serious falling off in the figures, especially for Louisiana and Mississippi, were due to two conditions. One was the excessive rainfall in the early part of the cotton crop season, followed by a serious drought and the second was the failure of cotton planters to obtain advances on their crops from bankers. The latter reason forced the planters to dismiss a considerable part of their labor at a time when the boll weevil was a most serious pest. ur. xviiupp suiieu mat auuiiiet icuson which induced a falling off in the s general average of Louisiana was that a there was practically 30 per cent less of acreage in cotton than in previous years. 0 The boll weevil did serious damage c during the past year in the southwest- ^ em quarter of Mississippi. "In my judgment," said Dr. Knapp a "the really serious trouble, which ap- a plies to all of the cotton states, was e brought about by the excessive rain- . fall in the early part of the season and the excessive drought in the latter part. In some of the states plant- d ers scarcely could obtain water enough for their live stock. This was particularly true of Texas and Oklahoma. s What is known as the New Orleans s storm, which passed up through por- v ti<?ns of Louisiana and western Mississippi, blew out immense quantities of cotton, and served seriously to de- t tract from the excellence of the crop." \ Secretary Wilson declined to make j( any statement regarding the figures given out by his department. He said that he could talk about the g wheat crop, about the condition of e cattle in the west and about almost anything else but cotton. He said d that Dr. Knapp knew more about the ( cotton crop from practical observance v i\f niintlitinni! in thn unnth thnn nnv other man in the department, and he had nothing to add to the statement ? made by him. I Comparisons of conditions by states on September 25 and the 10-year average follow: 10-yr. r 1909 1908 Av. h Virginia 71 78 75 _ North Carolina "0 69 70 South Carolina 70 68 69 Georgia 71 68 69 r Florida 67 72 71 ? Alabama 62 70 07 Mississippi 53 70 68 v Louisiana 39 55 67 1 Texas 52 71 63 e Arkansas 54 70 67 a Tennessee 68 78 72 Missouri 72 70 74 Oklahoma 55 70 69 d United States 58.5 69.7 67 t * ' a ? Insurance Commissioner McMas- a ter has issued a statement of "addi- , tional license fees," based upon premiums collected by the insurance companies for the six months ending June f 30, 1909. The amount Is $50,418.71. c York county's share of the additional fees is $656.38. Charleston leads with $4,446.20. Richland comes second with a $2,238.73. t X.OCAL AFFAIRS, NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. \. D. Dorsett?Wants beef cattle and hogs for slaughtering and will pay highest market prices. Louis Roth?Has seed oats, rye, wheat, crimson and red clover and fertilizer for grain. Ino. F. Smith?Will run his gin three days a week and gin cotton at $1 a bale of 500 pounds. Mrs. Jennie Whitesides, Filbert?Requests the owner to call for two stray heifers and pay expenses. T. J. Farls, Exer.?Calls on debtors to estate of J. R. Faris, deceased, to make settlement and requests creditors to present claims. Charleston?Invites music lovers of South Carolina to Charleston, during the musical and festival week, beginning October 25. Reduced rates from all parts of the state. I. L. Williams & Co.?Have received t their second shipment of Mrs. Jane j Hopkins' suits for boys and youths. Prices from $2 to $10 a suit. Sam M. Grist?Reminds you that < "now" is the time to apply for in- i surance in the Mutual Benefit. To morrow may oe too late. Miss Shafer and Mrs. Ferguson?Invite the ladles to see their fall millinery styles. They make a specialty of hand-made hats, forkvllle Hardware Co.?Carries a full stock of all kinds of bolts and screws for alL purposes?all sizes and all lengths. Builders' hardware. 3eo. W. Knox, Clover?Has a few Jersey cows and calves for sale?thoroughbreds. First National" and Loan and Savings Banks?Will be closed Thursday, October 7, the occasion of the King's Mountain monument celebration. Star Drug Store?Tells you what a lot of pleasure you will receive if you will brighten up the Interior of your home with Acme Quality paints. Call on them for further in.'ormation, prices, etc. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo?Prints a testimonial from a user of Doan's kidney pills, which tells of benefits derived. See page four. The Rock Hill Record of last Thursday stated that Winthrop openid with over 700 students. THE CELEBRATION FUND. Mrs. G. H. O'Leary, treasurer of the King's Mountain Monument associa:ion, desires to acknowledge tne folowing subscriptions to be used for the purposes of the celebration at the batleground on October 7. Previously acknowledged $691 00 Magistrates court, Yorkvllle 1 25 Mrs. Rebecca Bratton 1 00 f. R. Logan 1 00 L. W. Louthlan 75 Drder of Redmen, Yorkville .... 6 00 Collected by citizens of Shelby, N. C., through Mr. A. C. Miller 72 00 ifsrv Adair ChaDter D. A. R.. I Chester 10 00 Moultrie Chapter D. A. R., Orangeburg 5 00 t. R. Allison, Tirzah 75 T. M. and J. W. Smarr, Hickory Grove 1 00 *ev. E. EI Gillespie 2 00 ?owpens Chapter D. A. R., Spartanburg 50 00 Total to date 1841 75 All subscriptions should be sent to Mrs. G. H. O'Leary, Yorkville, S. C. * ABOUT PEOPLE. 1 Miss Mamie Rose of Yorkville, left ? his week for Wlnthrop college. Miss Mary McEHwee of Statesvllle, 1 M. C., is visiting Mrs. J. B. Pegram In ' forkville. * Miss Amy Garrison of Plneville, N. 2., is the guest of Miss Bessie Mc- 1 Jonnell in Yorkville this week. Mrs. Annie Sanders and Mrs. M. A. 1 McFarland of Yorkville No. 4, are 1 ipendlng some time at the White Dianond Lithla Springs. Messrs. S. N. Johnson and Preston ' 3oforth have some interesting relics hat thev will exhibit at the battle- , jround next Thursday. One is a 1 vooden canteen. The Charlotte Observer had the fol- 8 owing to say of Capt. S. E. White, on 1 he occasion of a recent visit to that :ity. Capt. Samuel E. White of Lan- * :aster, S. C., spent yesterday and last light at Mr. D. F. Hutchinson's and vlll leave this morning for Concord to 8 dsit at Capt J. M. Odell's. Captain 1 kVhite is making the trip by automo- J )ile. This is his first visit to Charlotte n fourteen years. Capt. White is one c >f the most prominent and influential 8 dtizens of South Carolina. He is { vlilely known as an "unreconstructed" k ion of the south, never, since the war, 8 laving crossed Mason and Dixon's line. c Captain White's love for "The Lost c 2ause" is attested in his home place? J rort Mill?where he has erected four landsome monuments in commemora- . Ion of the Confederacy?the first to c he soldiers of the Confederacy; sec- | >?wi tn tho women of the Confederacy; hird to the faithful slaves of the Conederacy; and fourth to the tribe of ndians who rendered valuable aid to Confederate soldiers in upper South Carolina. Since the war Captain White las been one of the largest planters In he state. He was the father of the ate Mrs. Leroy Springs, so much beoved here, and has wide connections c n Charlotte. . t KING'S MOUNTAIN. a After many weeks of more or less trenuous effort in completing advance rrangementg for the celebration of tne ompletion by the Federal government f if the national monument In commem- j 'ration af the battle of King's Moun- 0 aln, the committee in charge has done j, imost everything that could be done nd now, the complete success of the s xercises of next Thursday and Friday s up to the weather man. * "A bright antumnal day," such as is t lue for the season and those interested lave a right to expect, and the occa- ! ion will be a complete and glorious f uccess; but a cold rain, such as is t vithln the easy range of possibility, v md there will be a damper on ev?ryhing?the good ladies of the D. A. R., 1; cho have been so energetic and anxous, the monument committee, which j; las worked so faithfully, the invited j ;uests who have been considering the r vent with such pleasant anticipation, ' ind the great crowds of York, Gaston, v Cleveland, Cherokee, and other people b vho have been looking forward with o much interest to the record breaking J1 fathering that is sure to materialize, d trovided there is no untoward mishap, c Be there? Why certainly the people * tre going to be there. Almost every r nan, woman and child in the northern f lalf of the county, who can secure onveyance will be there, and there will * ?e good representation from other ^ tarts of the county, and from Chester, t Spartanburg, Union, Mecklenburg and * ither surrounding counties. The his- e oric old mountain will be covered from n nd to end and the surrounding woods r ilso will be full of people. The programme published last Frilay, gives an idea of the intellectual I reat that is in store for people who Jj ippreciate intellectual treats, and also t ippeals to those who enjoy dramatic eprescntations, for the reproduction of ( he battle on the scale that has been " ilanned, and with the precision of exe- v ution that may safely be relied upon, v rill be something well worth while, ^ md not to be witnessed again proba- e >ly for many years to come. Then V ilso, It will be a great occasion for a lelightful social reunion of people, ilready more or less pleasantly acjuainted, and altogether the day will je one to be remembered. Inquiry of the local liverymen develops that their transportation facilties are taxed to the utmost, and the mtlook is that those who desire to jo and who have not already made heir arrangements to get there, are joing to have no little trouble in flndng the necessary conveyances. But of one thing everybody may est assured and that is that there will )e tremendous crowds at King's Moun:ain on October 7 and 8. 80ME BATTLE HISTORY. There is many an interesting tradi ion or icing's Mountain suu auve hroughout all this section, and If they :ould only be gathered and published, hey would materially add to our too neager stock of local literature. In a casual conversation a few days igo, Prof. R. J. Herndon of Yorkville, ecited a bit of history that is worth epeatlng. Prof. Herndon Is a defendant of the Henrys, who were tmong the earliest settlers of York :ounty, and from whom Henry's Knob, he pretty little mountain a few miles vest of Clover, got Its name. The Senrys were good citizens in the old lays, as most of their descendants of he same name are today. "My grandfather Henry, was a 10r-ear-old boy at the time of the battle >t King's Mountain," said Prof HernIon. "He lived to a ripe old age, and [ remember to have seen him; but hat is about all that I can say about lim cf my personal knowledge. I was :oo young to take much interest in eminiscences then; but many a time [ have heard the other members of the 'amlly repeat the things he would tell. "During the day before the battle of ting's Mountain, my grandfather's nree Drotners, one a jieuienani anu :he other two privates, were engaged vith their company moulding bullets. There were about sixty of them in and iround an old house up In that secJon, now occupied by Mr. Beamguard. They made their bullets out of lead, jewter and whatever else they could itilize that would do. While thus en>loyed, three British spies came about he house, and all of them were capured, bound and gagged and placed n the cellar. What was afterward lone with them, I do not know. "All three of my grandfather's >rothers were In the battle, and the lext day he went to the battlefield with lis mother riding behind him on the lame horse, and they both spent the lay ministering to the wounded. My grandfather used to tell how he carJed water for the soldiers in his hat." THE FARMERS' UNION. There was a meeting of members of he York County Farmers' Union In ne court nouse yesieruuy, puisuaui. lu idvertlsed call of the president and lecretary, for the purpose of consid>ring the state of the order and taking luch steps as might seem desirable for he purpose, increasing the strength ind effectiveness of the organization. In all, about thirty Union men were jresent from different parts of the :ounty, and reports called for by the iresldent, developed that there is nore healthy vitality in the organizaicn than many of the members seemed to think. From representatives jresent and from the report of the ;ounty secretary, it was shown that here are no less than six local Unons, with their dues paid up to date, ind in good working order, and quite l number of others that are only off a (hade or two from good standing, In hat they are only a little behind vith their quarterly dues. Individual expression from practicaly all the members present, disclosed l unanimous sentiment in favor of a horough rejuvenation of all the lo:al Unions, and the consensus of opinon seemed to be that all that was ne:essary to accomplish this was to go it it. By a special dispensation of the State Union, it has been arranged that l11 those who have lapsed in their lues to the amount of more than a lollar may be reinstated on the paynent of a dollar, and those who owe ess than a dollar, may be reinstated >y paying what they owe. The unlerstanding is that where the locals >ull themselves together through heir own organizations, the dues are o be received and disposed of by such ocals as heretofore; but where, of :ourse, individuals wait for organizers o come around to do work that can >e done by the locals themselves, the irganizers will have to be paid their isual fees. A resolution was adopted constituing each member present a committee if one to urge among his fellow mem?ers the desirability and importance of jetting Into their respective locals gain without unnecessary delay. THE AUDUBON SOCIETY. The following, sent to The Enquirer rom Spartanburg by James Henry lice, Jr., secretary of the South Carllna division of the Audubon society, s accorded space with pleas .e: lenuded of bird life that once swarmd with scores of species and millions f Individuals. In hundreds of miles of lvers from which fish have disappeard. although within the memory of rien now living fish teemed In them. This country belongs to Its citizens, t is their duty to see that the heriage left by their fathers be preserved. ^heir interest lies m tne same aireclon. Now when the cause Is understood, and there Is certainly no excuse for a nan of ordinary Intelligence fallln? to nderstand it) it would seem to be a er.v Indifferent sort of citizen that roil Id be unwilling to contribute six iollars to such a cause. Would such man be worthy the birthright wrestd from the savage and preserved with oil and sacrifice? in answer 10 question raised oy ome of your citizens as to why citzen? should Join the Audubon society, laying six dollars therefor, to do a york that should be done by the- state, he following is pertinent: For three years (1907, 1908 and 1909) he Audubon society has policed South Carolina, last year convicting 104 men or violating the game laws. In that ime and for one hundred years preious the state has not convicted half o many. To enforce the bird, game and flsh aws, it has been found to be absoutely necessary for the source of the lower to be non-political. California lassed good game laws in 1878, but n an evil hour allowed the flsh comnission to have control of their en/v*AA*vt/vr>4 DfionU nfoo nnf ovon an .ttempt at enforcement until 1908, ihen the Audubon society managed to treak the power of commission. With the Audubon society, which is lothing but an organized body of cltzens, the enforcement of laws is a luty, a principle; with political others, enforcement of law is a function o be gone through with in the manler least calculated to arouse popular esentment, that is, with as little enorcement as possible. To make a long story short, the misrable failure of all the states to enorce any laws for the protection of ilrds. flsh and game, may be read In he bleaching bones of millions of bufalo on the western plains, in vast areas Back of every game law In the P United States or in the world for that matter, stands the Audubon society, . resolute, determined, patient, with an eye single to the general good. The president, Dr. William Dutcher, serves without pay and contributes p one-half his means to the cause. In h South Carolina President B. F. Taylor 1< has given three years of his valuable c time to the cause without a cents' remuneration. He has paid for a stenog- tl rapher, paid a heavy postage bill, and o time and again has gone down into v his pocket to tide the society over a h perilous crossing. o The*e things mark high-water mark p . In good citizenship, and in face of them p It requires a hardened Individual to re- u fuse the small co-operation asked, es- s peclally since it is an accepted fact that the raising of crops depends ab- a solutely on the preservation of our g birds. h This ought to be sufficient answer, g Who required more would accept none, v t WITHIN THE TOWN. j' ? The supreme court has reversed the g court below In the case of D. L. Shle- b der, respondent, vs. the Southern Rail- h way, appellant p ? A number of Yorkvllle people went o to Chester last Saturday to see "John b Robinson's" circus, and they seem to ? be agreed that the circus was nothing like what they were led to believe It t should be; that In reality It Is a great ^ big humbug. s ? The Floral society of the Presby- t terian church will hold their annual j flower show this year as usual; but t the date, of course, will depend upon o several considerations not yet fully developed, especially the maturity of the * chrysanthemums. -j ? The work on the county Jail Is v progressing very nicely, but It will be v a week or two yet before It Is com- t pleted. The remodeled Jail promises s to be all that could be desired In the e way of convenience and security and j; Sheriff Brown Is quite proud of It. p Heretofore, a Jail full of prisoners has r been a source of much anxiety to him; but he thinks that after the present } work Is completed, there will be but p little danger of Jail deliveries. The a experts say that It might be possible to break the steel cells with sledge p hammers or acids; but files will be a entirely useless. ? There was an ugly fight in the ? York Lunch room yesterday evening, p between Harvey Michael, Meek Robin- 11 son and Jonas Kelly. Robinson and j Michael, both under the Influence of 0 whisky, were eating when Kelly came In. The statement of those who saw the trouble, says that Robinson applied an offensive epithet to Kelly and E Kelly struck him In the head with a coco-cola bottle. While Robinson and c Kelly were scuffling on the floor, Kelly on top, Michael stabbed Kelly In the back. Michael and Robinson were ar- 3 rested by Chief Love and taken to the li guard house, and will be sent to Ches- 8 ter Jail this afternoon. Kelly Is pretty t seriously hurt, and may die. t ? It was no small undertaking to do ii the work that Is now being completed ? on North Congress street and consid- j erlng all the difficulties that had to be d contended with, the achievement Is 8 3 really something to be proud of. One of the greatest difficulties was the prob- ? lem as to what should be done with t 4l- ?1? J - f U/\ *-Ano n-nra In thp ^ 1116 BIIU.UC IICM. X lie IICCO nviv III mway; but to have undertaken to have g removed them would have been folly, t The people would not have stood for d It. It was accordingly decided to leave a strip of exposed earth along the line of the trees between the macadam b I side walks and the paved streets. This ^ gives the trees a chance; but as to whether they are going to live, cannot c be definitely answered now. However, It Is the best Judgment of a majority tl of the thinking people that proper pav- I ing along the principal business street Is of more Importance than the shade. ? ? Last Sunday was a day of unusual ? Interest to the church people of York- t vllle, and more especially to the As- ? soclate Reformed Presbyterians, It being the occasion of the initial sermons ]j of their new pastor, Rev. J. L. Oates. b Rev. Mr. Oates, preached two sermons, ? one In the morning and the other In c the evening, and there were large congregations out to hear both sermons. P At the morning service, the congrega- e tlon was composed mainly of Associate n Reformed Presbyterians, including P many from the surrounding country, ? and the house was pretty well filled. n As a special courtesy to Mr. Oates and b the Associate Reformed congregation, ? Revs. Gillespie, Murray and Abney, of v the Presbyterian, Baptist and Metho- c dlst churches, canceled their respective li evening services and with the excep- h tlon of Mr. Abney, who had an appointment to preach at the York cot- o ton mill, went out with representatives A of the congregations to hear Mr. Oates. j. Rev. Mr. Oates arose fully to the oc caslon and preached tyvo most excel- e lent sermons that were enjoyable and ? Instructive to all who heard them. g w LOCAL LACONICS. ? Until January 1, 1910. We will send The Yorkvllle Enquirer from this date till January 1, 1910, for 46 cents. Died of His Wounds. William Allison, who was shot in the leg In the Beersheba neighborhood on Q, September 22, by Ed Oates, died on h last Friday morning. Coroner Louth- b ian held an Inquest on Friday and de- ^ veloped the fact that death was due u to bloodpoisoning resulting from the c< shooting. The shooting was the re- ?j suit of a family row over the ownership of a bed quilt. Oates blazed away with both barrels of his shotgun, peppered Allison, his father-in-law In * the leg, and painfully wounded his C( wife and child. The woman and child are getting along very well, and are in n no danger. Oates is in the Chester Jan. Monument Association. The executive committee of the a j King's Mountain Monument associa- ti tion met in Blacksburg last Friday ai morning at 9.30 oclock, and was called to order by Col. A. Coward, the chair- C( man, with the following present: Dr. ? W. Anderson, Hon. E. Y. Webb, G. W. S. Hart, Esq., Mr. A. C. Izard. Col. Coward reported progress and Mr. m Izard urged that all prospective visitors who desired the assistance of the committee on transportation in getting p] to the battleground next Thursday, d< should send notification In advance. ,ri The next meeting of the committee tl will be held at King's Mountain next Thursday. P1 st ? Chester. October 4: What is gen- la omllv reirnrHerl as the finest official m yield of corn to the acre In Chester ^ county has been made by John L. Mil- 01 ler of Cornwell, R. F. D. 1, who is contending for the Watson corn prize and p< who cultivated his acre according to ec the directions furnished by Dr. Knapp's sr co-operative demonstration movement, ai for which Mr. R. L. Cunningham is g( the agent in this county. The com- sc inittee, appointed to measure the corn, pj found that Mr. Miller made 5,2971 th pounds in the shuck. The land was sc surveyed by Mr. James McLarnon and to resurveyed and re-measured by the w committee that weighed the corn. pi HILOSOPHY OF COTTON PRICES. Mr. Patten Sincere or Only Trying to Deceive? "Holland," the New York corresondent of the Philadelphia Ledger, In Is letter of October 1st, has the fol>wing to say about the high price of otton and foodstuffs: It is one of the proverbs to which hose who each year gain their incomes r add to their fortunes by the harestlng and marketing of cotton pay eed, that when prices for meat and ther food products are high, tnen rices for cotton are low. And the hiiosophy in this statement is based pon the necessity of economizing In ome way when food Is dear. That economy is usually reflected In . falling off In the demand for cotton * oods. But this year we may see both Igh prices for food and for cotton 1 oods. That is the opinion of some 1 . ho are familiar with market condiions, and it is a subject about which i nany who do business in the financial istrict.s are discussing with even ] reater interest than the movements i n the securities market. 1 If it should happen that we are to < iave high prices for food products, and ilgh prices for cotton goods, then an- ] tner or t.ie paraaoxes wnicn nave ieen so frequent in our modern busiiess conditions will have to be re-, orded. There are two aspects of the sltuaion in the market where cotton is lealt in which are Just now of especial nterest. One is the personality of ome of those who have recently ver.ured into this market. The other is he relation of the cotton harvest and he marketing' of it to our general uslness situation, and especially to >ur international financing. It is interesting to observe the cu1ous, hesitating way in which the dvent of Mr. Patten into the New fork cotton market is spoken of. Many yonder .whether he has not come here yith the intent that characterizes high peculation sometimes, of saying one hing and doing another. In fact, the tatement is made rather bluntly and mphatically that Mr. Patten, while iretending to believe that the price of otton Is to be higher, has, neverthe ess, been selling to those who were eally of this opinion. On the other hand, some who are usually good judges are persuaded that dr. Patten really believes that high rices for cotton will be maintained, ' ,nd In a little while may be increas- 1 d. The speculative side of the mar- 1 ;et, however, appears still to have vivd recollections of the violent dlsturb.nce caused by the Sully campaign Ive years ago. The consequences of hat disaster have not yet been entirely vercome. The wonder is whether the resent exciting upward movement nay not culminate as did the attempt if Mr. Sully to do with cotton what Jr. Keene, Mr. Leiter and one or two there had done earlier with wheat. HICKORY GROVE NOTES. Irass Band Organized?Westmoreland Mine Caves In?Personal Mention. orrespondence The Yorkvllle Enquirer Hickory Grove, October 6.?A cornet i and has been organized here, with ] Ixteen members. A meeting was held , ast Saturday evening to take steps to ecure the instruments as soon as posible. We have a lot of fine musical , alent among our young men. Among j hem are Mr. J. Mason Wilkerson, who i 9 to be the leader, and Messrs. Beaty and Sam Wllkerson, who have been , laying In the choir at ML Vernon , lethodlst church for some time. Be- ( lent, will make a band of unusual j ides many others, who, I feel confl- ( trength when properly trained. Rev. J. Meek White and family of ( itatesville, N. C., are visiting the . amily of his father, Mr. Moses White, , iear here. , At the request of the pastor, Rev. , I. D. Bailey, Rev. Mr. White occupied , he pulpit of Mt. Vernon church Sun- , ay morning, preaching an Interesting j ermon from the text, "Tea, I have , Dved thee with an everlasting love." j The following students are attend- j tig college, as follows: Miss Ona ( Vylle, Due West Female college; Miss j >la Wilkerson, Columbia Female col- j jge and Miss Sallle Allison, Cbnverse j ollege. Messrs. Frank McOlll and David Al- . Ison of R. F. D. No. 2, leave today , o resume their studies at the Atlanta , )ental college. ( Mr. J. Mason Wllkerson, who has , een acting cashier of the bank for everal months, during Mr. N. M. Mc- , Mil's absence, has been re-elected eacher for the Hopewell school, which e taught with general satisfaction to he patrons last year. Rev. S. D. Bailey went to Columbia ist Thursday, returning Friday evenng. He was accompanied by little iiss Lily May, whom he carried down o consult a specialist on account of a atarrhal affection. Operations have been suspended temorarlly at the Westmoreland mine, by he caving in of the tunnel on the astern side of the shaft early Sunday lorning. The cause of the mishap is artly attributable to the old tunnels, ug nearly 60 years ago. During the rogress of the work recently, quite a umber of pieces of partly rotten timers have been removed, at a depth f 45 feet, about 18 feet below the rater mark. Mr. C. M. Whisonant of Chester, ame up yesterday afternoon on bus- | less. i Miss Caveny of Shelby, is visiting j er cousin, Mrs. Wylie Wells. < Two new fever cases havn devel- t ped recently In the families ot Messrs. j u L. Doggett and C. L. Westmorland. ( .11 the patients are getting along nice- ] f- ' ? Our citizens . are very much inter- i sted in tne programme 10 oe carnw ut In connection with the unveiling of tie King's Mountain monument A reat many are expecting to go, and / ill arrange to camp out and remain ver for the second days' exercises. FACING A SHUT DOWN. pinning Industry In a Rather Critical Condition. harlotte Chronicle. A critical situation, and one that is t rare occurrence, is now impending l the cotton manufacturing business ecause of the high price of raw cotHi which will "in less than two weeks iuse the mills to begin to shut down nless there is a decided change" acsrding to ex-president, S. B. Tanner, t the American Cotton Manufacturers' ssociatlon, and president or tne nen- ^ ietta cotton mills. v "It is a very easy question to an- n tver," said Mr. S. B. Tanner, "as to v hat the mills, both cloth and yarn, a ill do in the event of 13 cent cotton d jntinuing as at preesnt." J* "It will mean that there will be no C loney in textile products and the a illls, after using up what small t :ocks of cotton they have on hand, d ill have to shut down?that is if r oth and yarn, especially the former, t o not take a decided Jump upwards, o bigger Jump than cotton manufac- n irers would expect under the circum- n ances," added Mr. Tanner. t It was further declared that the n lills are buying practically no raw d itton at prevailing figures?13 cents a -nor will they lay in stocks at ti lat figure, for the quotations on cot- e in goods and cotton yarns are far a >o low to leave any profit to the t< anufacturer today. a In other words the mill that make3 h irn or cloth out of 13 cents cotton 1? id sells its product at prevailing e rices, will lose its profit and a great 2 ;al more?in raci me proposition is .5 npractical and will not be experl- o ented in by any of the manufac- t< irers. a "What are the mills running on at g "esent?" Mr. Tanner was asked. C "Most of them," he replied, "have ti me little cotton on hand which they T id aside when prices for the raw n aterlal were playing: about 10 and 11 d nts, and they arw now using these ci jnerally limited stocks in filling the t( ders which they have on hand." aj "This 'good times' and this 'pros- a ?rity' Is solely the farmers," declar- n I Mr. Tanner, with a humorous 0 nile. "Yes, we have prosperity and p e glad of It, but the farmers have g it the whole situation their way and e me of the rest of us who have to n ly the price in a way while enjoying r< le prosperity that has come to the ci uthern farmers are ourselves having ci 1 do some close figuring to see where A e will come out when the price is p lid." 'k Mr. Tanner does not know whether sottou yarns and cotton goods will take a sufficient rise to make cotton nanufacturlng pay when cotton must ^ je used In this manufacturing process :hat costs the mills 13 cents per jound, but he leans to the opinion that within the next two weeks there will ie something transpiring among the Tillls that will put a new and novel !aetor into the prosperity problem, but t is understood that the m&nufactur- U ?rs are as pleased as any class of bus ness men that cotton is bringing such teir prices, as it means immense things to the entire country In many vays. 80UTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The Spartanburg Journal says that rudge Prince, who has been in bad lealth for some time past, is very much mproved, and hopes to resume work ibout January 1. ? Asa Baison, a young wnue man, was instantly killed, and his father, W. F. Batson, was slightly Injured near Marietta, Greenville county, Saturday morning, by being struck by a Green- -JB vllle and Knoxville train on a grade crossing. ? Gaffney, October 4: The good will, plant, etc., of the Cherokee News was )n Saturday turned over to J. B. Bell Py the Messrs. Parrott, who have been conducting the paper for several years. B rhe lessor has announced that he will conduct a first-class weekly paper, ind feels sure that he will get his portion of the public patronage. ? Spartanburg, October 2: Joe Bates, the former policeman who was convicted of murdering Mrs. G. R. Bolter cn August 29, was today sentenced to be hanged, October 29. The sentence was fixed on the same date for the big celebration of the opening of the C. C. & O. road into Spartanburg. The attorneys for the prisoner will appeal to the supreme court for a new trial. In sentencing Bates, Judge Devore told him that if the jury had acquitted him the court house may as well be torn down. When asked what he had to say why the sentence of death should not be pronounced, Bates stood with bowed head. Policeman F. R. Mulligan who was caught in the Dupre Book store In the night time by a brother police officer was convicted and sentenced fn serve twelve months In the penitentiary. ? Greenville, October 1. Russell Bal- a lue, a white man, a witness In the Harrison murder case, was placed in Jail yesterday, and will remain there, upon the order of the judge, without being admitted to bail, until the next term of court, in January. When the case of the State against Harrison, charged ^ with the murder of Ruble, was called, W the defendant's attorney, A. H. Dean, asked for a continuance on account of the absence of a material witness in the case. The request was granted, but at the same time Judge Aldrlch ordered that the sheriff bring the witness to jail and keep him there, without allowing him liberty on bail, until the next term of court in January. Ballue was placed in jail last night. ^ The case is a unique one, never hav- j Ing occurred in this county, so far as can be learned. The affair has caused some comment among the legal fraternity here. Several attempts have been made to get the man out on ball, V but the magistrates have refused all such requests. ^ ? Charleston is making preparations for the entertainment of hundreds of visitors from all parts of South Carolina during the week, beginning October 26. The special feature of the week will be a series of five musical concerts, features of which promise to surpass anything of the sort ever attempted in the south. The Russian Symphony orchestra, an organisation ot fifty high-class musicians, conducted by Modest Altachuler, has been engaged and the services of soloists of ability and special fitness for the mu slcal numbers to be riven have been % contracted for. The Russian Symphony orchestra has never before visited the south, but during the last two pears Its fame has been spreading throughout the east and west Its louraey across the continent last iprlng to the Pacific coast was marked <L by a chorus of enthusiastic praise, and critics In New York, Boston, Pittspurg, Cleveland, Detroit,. Los Angeles, San Francisco and doxens of other cities have proclaimed its excellence, k chorus of one hundred male voices ind one of one hundred and fifty female voices has been organized and the Immense auditorium of the new " >. Charleston Museum is being specially / fitted up for the occasion. A fund of tlx thousand dollars has been promised by leading business men of the city to assist in defraying the expenses it this great festival. Numerous oth?r amusement features are to be pro- . pided. King street is to he made the most brilliantly illuminated thorough- , fare in the south. The score of torpedo boats and submarines of the Atiantic torpedo boat flotilla will be returning to their home station at the navy yard here and it is hoped to have novfll nttroAHnna Phflrln?tnn In never more attractive than at this season of the year and the business and professional men of the city are united n the determination to make the present undertaking a splendid success, me which will be thoroughly enjoyed jy the host of visitors whom they hope :o have the pleasure of entertaining. MERE-MENTION. Four men and two women were family hurt In an automobile accident near San Antonio, Texas., Friday. The nachlne jumped into a ditch and :aught Are Because she was jilted ind lost twenty-five pounds In weight, Vflss Luella Lowstetter, a school w :eacher of Pittsburg, Pa., Is suing Prof. Earl W. Reed, principal of the ichool, for 125,000 damages Foy IV. Dulaney, the absconding clerk of he court of Washington county, Ter.n., ecently captured in Jamaica, has been >rought back to Tennessee, and asks ime to make good his shortage... .Dr. 3. P. Nicholson of Rising Fawn, Ga., s dead from poison taken by mistake or cough medicine. He was 74 years >ld It is reported from Los Anreles, C!al., that United States Senator ^ Pllnt will not be a candidate for re (lection. He says It is too expensive o be a senator W. L. Gillespie, a 'armer or itoans mine, iex., w?? ihot to death Friday by his son-inaw, Lester Taylor, who had eloped vith Gillespie's daughter some time ireviously The captain and seven nembers of the British schooner Martana, were picked up 140 miles northrest of Havana, Cuba, on September 2, by the Norwegian schooner, Fort Jaines, after the crew of the wrecked Iritish schooner had been adrift withut food or water for three days....A rhlte man, convicted of murder, and a legro, convicted of criminal assault, rere hanged at the state penitentiary t Nashville, Tenn., early Friday morn- ^ lay morning The Rev. D. F. Car- ^ lck has resigned the pastorate of the Christian church at Lawrence, Kan., .nd taken a Job as conductor on a rolley car line, because, he says: "I lon't believe a preacher can live a eally honest life. If he preaches the ruth he will be condemning the lives % f most of his congregation"... .Tarnlanv Democrats of New York have lominated William J. Gaynor, a Jusice on the supreme court bench, for fiayor of Greater New YorK. me canidate of the fusiontst is Otto Bannard. . banker On her last eastbound rip, reaching New York on Thursday venlng, the steamship Mauretanla gain lowered her best record by forty- ^ our minutes. Two days of the voy- ^ ge were against adverse winds and eavy seas The steamship Irak ?ft Galveston, Tex., Thursday for Livrpool, carrying In her hold a cargo of 6,873 bales of cotton, valued at $1,00,000 . According to the estimate "r f the Canadian department of the In- m ?rlor. Just Issued, 75,000 families, with n average capital of $1,000 each, have one from the United States to the 'anadian northwest during the past ivelve months as homesteaders. he national banks of the United States n September 1st. showed individual enosits of $5,009,893,080: the naid-ln anltal stock of the 6,977 national banks staled $944,642,067, and a surplus fund ggregated $597,971,876 Because of sharp trade war between the Gerrnn potash syndicate and Independent ^ erman potasn miners, it is quite robnble that American farmers will et their potash at lower prices the r>mlns year. The syndicate has anonnced that It will very materially sduce prices Quarreling: over a rust of bread In the Holmesburg aunty. Pa., prison, Friday morning, ^ ntone Zachlsh stabbed his cell-mate, 'eter Glmbronla,, to death with a broen razor blade The New York