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Scraps and .facts ? The Panama canal commission has forwarded an estimate of $43,063,000 as necessary to continue the construction of the canal in the fiscal year of 1911. The estimate is $10,000,000 more than 1910 and $15,000,000 more than 1909. Fifteen and a half million is for labor; $20,000,000 for supplies and the remainder for general expenses. Two hundred and ten million dollars has been appropriated for the canal to date. ? Atlanta, (la., October 8: Henry S. Reed, editor of the Cotton Journal, ha-3 Issued a statement about the alleged large stocks of that commodity carried over and now held in reserve. He says: "Statements have been made relative to the enormous stocks of cotton carried over, etc. But the carryover, as shown by the following figures for September 1. 1908, and September 1, 1909, was but normal. Spinners' stocks In Great Britain on September 1, 1908, were 202,000 bales as against 277,000 bales on September 1, a year ago, or an actual shortage of 75,000 bales this year as compared with last. Spinners' stock on the continent of Europe September 1, 1909, aggregated 1,324,000 bales against 1,187,000, September one year ago. This is an actual Increase of 137,000 bales, making the Increase in foreign stocks September 1, 1909, over September 1, 1908, 62,000 bales or enough to run the continental mills three days, or enough to run English mills five days. The English mills used 80,000 bales per week during August. 1909, and 60,000 bales during August, 1908. The continental mills used 110,000 bales per week during August. 1909, and 1908. The total weekly consumption abroad during August, 1909, was 190,000 bales against 172,000 during August, 1908." ? Richmond, Va., October 11: John Skelton Williams, former president of the Seaboard Air Line railway and leader of the spectacular fight some years ago with Thomas F. Ryan for the control of that property, upon his return today from the meeting In New York of the reorganization committee and board of directors of the Seaboard. Stated Ills regTeiS tnai sume newajm- I pers and persons had sought to herald the action of the committee In appointing himself and some of his friends to the directorate of the road as a Williams victory, when the meeting was purely in the interest of harmony. He said that the matter of a probable president of the road was not one to be discussed now, nor until the end of the receivership, when the entire subject of the management of the road would be taken up in a harmonious and friendly spirit, and announced the merger of five small southern lines, with a total of four hundred miles of track, with the general Seaboard system. The following are the merger lines: The Atlanta and Birmingham Air Line railway, operating 237 miles - * -* - J- "T i <1 or iracK; me f ionua weai duuic i?*nway, operating 70 miles; the Plant City Arcadia and Gulf railway, operating 19 miles, and the Tallahassee and Southwestern railway, operating 39 miles. ? Tokyo, Japan, October 11: Copies of circulars issued in north China by a body of Chinese calling themselves the "Popular Association of Three Eastern Provinces," and spread broadcast among Chinese of the lower classes, have created something of a sensation upon their receipt in Japan. The circulars contain Inflammatory statements against the Japanese. They bear upon what is called the weakness of poor China and "the insulting aggression of Japan." Assertions are made that Japan has devastated the arable lands of north China, has en< slaved laborers along the line of the Antung-Mukden railroad; that Japanese officials have beaten the men, In suited the women and terrorized the people. The circulars point out that the weakness of China In a military sense makes It impossible for her to resent this treatment except by a boycott and calls upon the people of China generally to refuse all dealings with the Japanese. All students and persons who value freedom are called upon to propagate the doctrines of the association. Failing In this, they are threatened with vengeance and even death. The document concludes with the request that Chinese vehicles, vessels and railroads refuse to carry Japanese goods. An endless chain Is sought in the request that patriotic citizens Into whose hands the circulars may fall shall have them reprinted and scattered broadcast In order that Japan may be completely shut out from all commercial relation with China. EfTorts are being made to prevent the spreading of the circular among the Japanese of the lower class. Meanwhile there is reason to believe that Japan has called or will Immediately call the attention of the Chinese authorities to the illegality of the boycott propaganda, demanding that the circulars be outlawed as illegal documents and that the "Popular Association of the Three Western Provinces" be disciplined. ? Key West, Fla., October 11: As a result of the hurricane which struck the southern coast of Florida this morning. Key West tonight Is a mass of wreckage and the damage to property Is estimated at $2,000,000. Martial law was proclaimed by the mayor at 6 o'clock and the Key West guards are patrolling the city. The United States government has been asked to dispatch troops here without delay, to assist in patrolling- the stormswept area. Chaos reigns on every hand and few people remain in their homes, hundreds of which have either been totally wrecked or damaged. It is impossible at this hour to say whether there has been loss of life, but It is feared that many lives have been claimed along the coast. It is known that many have received more or less serious injury and reports are current that several lives have been lost, but these have not been verified. The storm reached its height at 1 o'clock this afternoon, when the wind reached an estimated velocity of 100 miles an hour. There was a hard, steady blow from 8 a. m. to 3 p. m., when the wind began to die down and by 4 o'clock the center of the hurricane had passed this point. While the hurricane is the wurai mat xvcy ncoi nets cvu ca^ci lenced the local weather observer announced tonight that the indications are that the entire east coast of Florida will suffer terribly tonight. Of one hundred local vessels in the harbor this morning but five remain at anchor, the others having either gone to sea or been washed upon the beaches. The streets along the water front are a mass of wreckage. Brick as well as frame dwellings throughout the city suffered alike from the fury of the heavy wind and many miraculous escapes from death or serious injury have been reported. Besides the several score of residences either totally wrecked or blown from their pillars, nine factories were partially destroyed, including the Havana-American, Martinez, Nichols, Ruy Lopez, Manuel Lopez, Floitas Torrls, Cortez and Wolf cigar manufactories. No. 1 and No. 3 engine houses of the city fire department were destroyed, the firemen narrowly escaping, but several of the horses being killed. The top of the First National bank was blown off, the postofflce damaged and two running gears of the government coaling station were wrecked. Every telephone and electric light pole on Duval street, the principal thoroughfare of the city, were blown down. Slit ^orht'illr (Enquirer. Entered at the Postofflce In Yorkvllle as Mall Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE. S. C.i TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1909. Op course, It must be presumed that ** * ^ ? 1*^ o mornlv ontArlnf senator omuu ?iaa >u?>vV ? Into the North Carolina spirit when he said that he did not believe that there was a battle at Moore's Creek, because there was a battle there and It was really an important one. Except by those, however, who had set speeches, history was trampled on so unmercifully, that there was not much room for surprise at anything. When Governor Kitchln of North Carolina so blithely told how he had Introduced the original bill and oiled the way for the appropriation that resulted In the erection of the splendid monument at King's Mountain, he Jarred us a little; but when he told how there Is a man in North Carolina who makes a million pounds of butter and a million pounds of cheese a week and runs twelve sawmills with his buttermilk, we understood It all. The New York municipal campaign has commenced with William J. Gaynor and William Randolph Hearst as tne leading eaiiuiuuiea iui xiicbjr mi . Gaynor Id the nominee for Tammany and Hearst has the nomination of the anti-Tammany element. The understanding is that the Hearst people we're to use the name "Civic Alliance," but it is possible that the Tammanyites have already appropriated that title and there will be some legal squabbling over it The campaign promises to be quite a lively one. There is not the slightest reason to doubt the sincerity of the spinners when they say that they are shutting down for the purpose of forcing up the price of manufactured goods; but at the same time common sense says that curtailment in production means a menace to the price of raw material and the cotton growing farmers will do well to look out after their end of the situation. We see no harm in making the people pay more for manufactured goods; but at the same time we think that as between the producer and the manufacturer, the producer has the 1 44 ?1 ?L 4 ""'I a A? "Vll J ueuer ngiu iu unjicaocu umc wn ? Investment and labor. According to the South Carolina Idea, North Carolina claimed too much of the glory for the battle of King's Mountain. As a matter of fact, our speakers at the dedication of the monument seemed rather disposed to rub It In. The Yorkville Enquirer thinks that their claims are "simply ridiculous." "There is no doubt," says Th^ Enquirer, "of the fact that a large army of patriots came out of what was then western North Carolina to fight the battle of King's Mountain, but most of them were South Carolinians who had Hed to that section, rather than surrender or take British protection." And there is no doubt of the fact that these same South Carolinians were getting the prettiest sort of a licking about the time the North Carolinians arrived on the scene of action and saved the day.?Charlotte Chronicle. Now, if there is one North Carolina paper more than another that we do not want to quarrel with, it is this same Chronicle, for in all things except in matters relating to things belonging to South Carolina that North Carolina would like to have, it is able, amiable and wise. But just listen at this sug gestion of the "South Carolinians getting a licking when the North Carolinians arrived." We draw from this a single inference and that is that tne Chronicle has a sub-consciousness of the important part that the South Carolinians played, else why would it have represented its people as merely coming to the rescue after initiators had joined Issues? Fact is, that after getting down to Rutherfordton and finding Ferguson gone, the North Carolina contingent wanted to go back home, and would have done so except for the earnest persuasion of the South Carolinians to come on and help them. However, that is hardly the point. All the school children down this way know, that after the battle was once Joined the North Carolinians and South Carolinians were all the sameJust patriots. That is on the American side. There were North Carolinians and South Carolinians on ;he other side too, and whether there were more North Carolinians on the Whig side, there certainly were on the Tory side. We do not mean this as a matter of pleasantry or as a matter of reproach; but merely as a matter of fact, easily established by the proof. Tell the Truth. A wen Known consideration mat is always taken into account by advocate lawyers, Is the chance that witnesses who may give damaging testimony against their client will weaken and fail to tell the truth, and prosecuting lawyers have also to take account of this same consideration. The natural presumption of the outsider is that the defendant is more apt to falsify in the hope of escaping punishment than is the prosecuting witness, who merely seeks to promote the ends of justice; but of course, many other considerations enter into both sides of most prosecutions, and there can be no such thing as following a general rule. Where a prosecution has grown out of spite or malice, which is often the case, the witnesses for the prosecution are as apt to be full of bias as are the witnesses for the defense full of evasions, and to arrive at the truth in such a case is often difficult. But in many cases, even where the witnesses for the prosecution are unwilling witnesses?where they would much rather not be mixed up with the case at all?they are subject to threats and intimidation that are calculated to try the character of men to the utmost. There is no doubt of the fact that it is always best to tell the truth and the whole truth on the witness stand. No matter who may be helped or hurt; but the man who thinks that this is always an easy thing; to do, is very badly mistaken. Many an honest and disinterested witness has gone on the stand with the knowledge that his life has been threatened if he tells what he is sworn to tell, and although real men do not regard such threats, there are times when such threats are more or less disconcerting. But no man has ever really lost anything by telling the truth, while the liar on the witness stand, no matter what his reasons, invariably loses the respect of those even for whom he has undertaken to lie. The North Carolina chapter of the American Daughters of the Revolution are making a strong fight to have the King's Mountain battleground taken over by the National government and declared into a National park. The News is in hearty sympathy with the movement and believes it will be successful. The Greensboro Record, sanctioning the movement, says: "It is a wise move and it is to be hoped it will have the desired effect on congress. The battleground should have been taken over by the National government long ago, but such things are not easy of accomplishment, and it is only by keeping up the agitation that it can be done."?Charlotte News. Why, yes, that is a good idea, and it is to be hoped that the North Carolina D. A. R.'s will go on with it The South Carolina D. A. It's, who own the ground, are not at all adverse to the National park proposition, and will no doubt give the government anything it wants when the time comes. But somehow, we fear that if the North Carolina intentions are all we have to depend upon, there will ~^~ t + AwAAnf ? 1I + +1 a rv*r?**n I lievci uc iuuuu ui ik cavc^i a uitic uivtv talk. GENERAL CURTAILMENT. Gigantic Movement Affecting the Cotton Industry. A gigantic movement, born of unrest of long standing, is in progress throughout the leading cotton textile districts of the world, looking towards a general curtailment of production during the remaining months of this year and in 1S10, says a Boston dispatch. The principal reasons advanced for the movement are the gradual increase in the cost of raw material and the failure of the dry goods maraets to respond in a way which would assure continued profit to manufacturers during the next twelve months. in Lancashire the yarn spinners have been runnning their mills on short time for two months, and recently many otner English mill owners voted to shut down two days each week until November 8. On September 15 the Arkwrlght club, of Boston, representing 14,000,000 out oL 17,000,000 spindles in New England, sent out to all the cotton mills in this district, which is second in the industry to Lancashire, forms of an agreement for signatures for a curtailment The investigations of the executive committee of this club convinced it tnai no cumcuuy wouia De expsnenteu in securing the signatures representing: seven million spindles. The proposition calls for the suspension of work for 224 working hours between the date of the agreement and August 1, 1910, to become effective when no less than seven million spindles have been signed up. Reports from different sections of New England indicate that the proposition of the Arkwright club is meeting with an encouraging response. Such a curtailment, however, is not likely to become effective in this state in the immediate future, as many of the mills that will sign an agreement will be unable to fill present orders without steady running until well into January. The Rhode Island and Fall River manufacturers are, as a rule, willing to curtail production, providing that they are not called upon to withhold goods while outside centers continye | to run in full. The curtail movement is of great interest in Now Bedford and other places where the operatives have been refused a restoration of a ten per cent cut in wages made in 1908. It is suggested that if the New Bedford manufacturers are in sympathy with the thirty-day closing movement the effect of a strike in that city would be partially nullified. The curtailment has also been taken up by the southern cotton mill owners, Yesterday the board of governers of the American Cotton Manufacturers* association at a meeting iu v/iuuiuuc, N. C., adopted resolutions setting forth their claim that the present disparity between the price of cotton and cotton goods precludes the possibility of the successful operation of southern mills. A committee was appointed to formulate a curtailment agreement which every mill in the south will be urged to sign. In certain cotton producing and selling centers the claim is made that the present curtailment movement is largely an attempt to hold down the price of the staple. The officials of the operatives' unions In several New England cities profess to see in the campaign an attempt to avoid an advance in wages but the officials of the Arkwright club deny that the wage question has anything to do with their existing plans. The cotton mills of New England, including yarn mills, employ upwards of 200,000 handd. DECISION AGAINST MORSE. Former Ice King Will Have to Serve Sentence. Unless the supreme court of the United States reverses the decision, or the president of the United States interferes, Charles W. Morse, one time "ice king," coastwise steamship line Arcronl?7nr Ko nlrnp on/1 nlf o Hat tfflll serve fifteen years at hard labor In the Federal prison at Atlanta, Ga. After having been at liberty under $125,000 ball since June 17 last, he is back in the Tombs prison tonight where he contemplates the decision of the United States circuit court of appeals, rendered today, sustaining the judgment of the lower Federal court, which found him guilty in November last of violating the national banking laws. There was solace in the decision of the court of appeals today, however, in that only ten of the fifty-three indictments on which he was convicted were sustained, and on the strength of this, his counsel, Martin W. Littleton, will immediately carry the case before the United States supreme court on a writ of certiorari. To this end the United States pourt of appeals has granted a 40 days' stay of execution and pending a decision by the supreme court application will be made to have the prisoner again admitted to bail. Morse took today's decision calmly, though he was plainly grief-stricken and surprised. Mrs. Morse was with her husband in the marshal's office during the entire morning. When word came that the decision was against him she said: "All along we had the utmost confidence that a new trial would be granted. The decision today came as a surprise to us. But my husband Is brave and he will continue to struggle for his liberty." One of Morse's keenest regrets at being forced to return to prison is the interruption of his beaver-like struggle to rebuild his fortune. Since his liberation under bail he had been reelected president of the Metropolitan Steamship company, a New England corporation; and of the Hudson Navigating company, operating a line of boats on the Hudson. He Is credited with having discharged the bulk of his debts. From the two big transportation lines that had within the week elected Morse as their president, there was no official statement forthcoming after today's decision. It was understood that for the time being, at least, I the elections would stand. LOCAL AFFAIRS, NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Enquirer Office?Will pay suitable reward for return of watch lost at the battleground last Friday or on the road to R. N. Plaxco's. R. Meek Barnett, Chairman?Gives notice of primary election to nominate a magistrate for Bethel township, to be held October 30. Enquirer Office?Offers a reward lor return of locket and chain lost at the battleground on Thursday. Mrs. J. W. Carroll, Executrix?Gives notice of the sale of the J. W. Carroll home place for partition on October 28th. Ladies' Aid Society?Invites the public to an entertainment at Filbert school house on Friday evening, for benefit of King's Mountain Chapel society. Jas. F. Jackson?Has lost a pocketbook, containing money and papers, and will pay reward for return of same. W. P. Smith, Clover?Has 1,000 privet hedge plants at 83.50 per 100, ready for dellverv. Cotton Belt Ginning Co.?Is running its ginnery three and a half days a week. Improved Order Red Men?Full meeting next Wednesday evening. Lots of work and lots of Interest. Thomson Co.?Draws attention to fall clothing for men and boys, and talks about Mary Garden capes, coat suits and lots of new arrivals for ladles and gentlemen. York Supply Co.?Says that there is no dispute about its being the b?st place to buy groceries, plantation supplies, seed oats, fertilizers, etc. J. L. Williams & Co.?Tell you to buy dry goods, clothing, shoes, hats, furnishings, etc., from them. Carroll Bros.?Have buckwheat flour from North Carolina, a car of zenith flour, a car of corno horse feed, and all kinds of farm implements. Yorkville Hardware Co.?Call especial attention to leather and gandy belting, belt lacings, hooks, etc., and wants to supply your hardware wants. National Union Bank, Rock Hill?Expects its deposits to reach the million mark by January 1st Its deposits now are $100,000 ahead of last year at this time. Herndon & Gordon?Talk about a fresh shipment of "Fino" coftee, choice lemons and fresh candies. Star Drug Store?Gives five strong reasons for fall painting and invites special attention to Acme Quality paints. Chas. M. Stieff, Charlotte?Asks "UTViot'o lr> o noma" nnrl aavd thpro is a lot in a name if it is Stieff, and refers to pianos. See fourth page. J. Q. Wray?Makes a few remarks on the subject of buying shoes and getting your money's worth. He is now ready with fall and winter underwear. R. B. Davidson Co.?Is completing its stock of Edison and Victor records, and will receive several thousand this week. Phonographs up to $125. First National Bank, Sharon?Points out the convenience and safety of doing business through the bank. Deposits are over $35,000. W. M. Kennedy, Agent?Can now supply his custome-s with the best grade of N. C. buckwheat. Lamm & Co.'s made-to-measui e clothes for good dressers. The law car be re-established in South Carolina only by punishing the people who violate it. The new proceedings in the Seminole case, if they are to be earnestly pushed, will show where the rottenness really was. The statement in the last issue of The Enquirer to the effect that the stone provided by the late Major A. H. White to mark the spot where Col. Ferguson is buried was never placed, is an error. The stone is in position. All the small farmers of this section, who have been able to pay out this fall and get a little money ahead, should remember that the lien law goes out of existence next January. If they have more money than they actually need, they should put the surplus In the banks, and be careful with It. That surplus will come In quite handily next spring. A notable circumstanc? In connection with the celebration at King's Mountain battleground last week, was the absence of liquor as compared with the occasion of 1880. There was very little drinking last week, only a few intoxicated people and no disorder. During the celebration of 1880, liquor was plentiful. It was raw corn whisky, made within a mile or two of the battleground, and sold indiscriminately to whoever wanted to buy. There were numerous tights and brawls, and the military was kept busy during the greater part of each night trying to preserve some semblance of order. Most of the liquor that was in evidence last week was private supplies, brought by individual visitors for personal use, and It did not become troublesome. There was a little whisky on the ground for sale and some was sold; but the officers of the law were very vigilant and the liquor sellers had to be careful. A small quantity of liquor, two or three quarts maybe was seized by the officers. But the most noticeable thing in connection was the marked Improvement of the behavior of the crowd as compared with 1880. News of the death of Wm. McG. Bailey of the Olive neighborhood, suggests the exercise of the privilege of printing a mild tribute to the memory of that excellent and worthy citizen, and we shall not refrain from our desire to do so. Mr. Bailey was a quiet, unassuming citizen, who was very well known to his neighbors, and who had a more or less extended acquaintance throughout York, Chester and Union counties, as well as a few scattering friends elsewhere. He was a clubmaker for The Enquirer for a great many years, farther back than this writer can remember even as a child, and all those who have ever had dealings with him about this office have considered him as being absolutely reliable. When he made a promise, it could be depended upon implicitly. This applied to business as well as all other matters. He took a healthy interest in governmental affairs, and sought invariably to cast his vote for the choicest and ablest men who offered for the different offices. His judgment was generally good. Although a faithful, energetic worker, he was not able for various good and honorable reasons to accumulate much of a competence; but he never failed to pay his honest debts, nor was he a man to grumble at results, after he had done his best. Mr. Bailey was a most excellent citizen, and his children have a right to be proud of his record as 9UU1. ABOUT PEOPLE. Miss Eugenia Childs of Columbia, visited Mrs. G. W. S. Hart in Yorkville last week. The little son of Congressman E. Y. Webb, who was so ill last week. Is better and is out of danger. Miss Anna C. Schorb of Winthrop college, spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Schorb in Yorkville. Mrs. Kate Fewell and daughter, Miss Anna Kate Fewell of Rock Hill, visited Mrs. J. E. Sadler at the Shandon hotel in Yorkville this week. Mr. T. C. Dunlap has resumed his former position as cashier of the Loan and Savings bank. Mr. N. M. McDill, who has held the position for some months, during the time Mr. Dunlap has been resting, has resumed his former position as cashier of the bank of Hickory Grove. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? The executive committee of the King's Mountain Monument association will hold its final meeting in the court h;use at Yorkville on next Thursday morning at 11 o'clock. ? The work on the jail is now being completed and the prisoners will soon he returned from Chester. There are fifteen prisoners in Chester jail at the present time. ? Paving work on the streets was largely suspended last week In order to give the owners of the teams employed to do other work that was necessary; but the work was resumed yesterday, and will be pushed to completion as rapidly as possible. ? Rev. E. E. Oillespie, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, commenced an interesting series of tent meetings just below the Tavora cotton mill on South Congrress street, last Saturday night. The meetings are Demg neia nightly for the especial benefit of the mill people; and are being largely attended by them and by the public generally. THE CELEBRATION FUND. Mrs. G. H. O'Leary, treasurer of the King's Mountain Monument association, desires to acknowledge the receipt of the following additional subscriptions made for the purposes of the celebration at King's Mountain last Thursday, and to help pay expenses in connection with the proper care of the grounds, etc.: Previously acknowledged 841 00 R. S. Lipscomb, Gaftney 1 00 Shuford & LeMaster, Gaffney .. 1 00 D. A. Thomas, Gaffney 1 00 Cash 75 D. R. Bird, Blacksburg 50 W. J. Moorehead, Blacksburg .... 50 E. F. Bell, Blacksburg 60 W. E. Anderson, Blacksburg .... 50 B. J. Gold, Blacksburg 50 L. F. Fowler, Blacksburg 50 O. A. Osborne, Blacksburg .... 50 AUie Osborne, Blacksburg .... 25 W. A. Whlsonant, Blacksburg... 25 W. G. Cousins, Blacksburg 50 F. V. Caldwell & Co., Blacksburg 60 J. M. Caldwell, Blacksburg 50 E. A. Montgomery, Blacksburg 50 J. C. Mills, Ruthfordton, N. C... 6 00 Ed Bean, fiutnerroraton, xv. (j... 1 oo M. O. Dlckerson, Ruthfordton.. 50 O. S. Waldrop, Ruthfordton .... 50 H. J. & H. R. Carpenter, Rutherfordton 1 00 M. L. Justice, Rutherfordton .. 50 R. M. Twltty, Rutherfordton .. 50 J. C. Twltty, Rutherfordton .... 50 Watt McBrayer, Rutherfordton 50 B. J. Justice, Rutherfordton 25 J. M. Carson, Rutherfordton .. 25 W. C. Twltty, Rutherfordton .. 25 Mrs. A. B. Andrews, Raleigh, .. 5 00 W. S. Wllker8on, Hickory Grove. 6 00 J. R. Halle, Fort Mill 1 00 Total to date $872 50 THE MIMIC CONFLICT. Although there was a tremendous crowd of people at the battleground again last Friday, half as many as on Thursday, the proposed reproduction of the battle did not come up to expectations. In the first place, there were not nearly enough troops present altogether, to properly represent one side, and in the second place, because of the anxiety of the soldiers to start home, the programme was Bhoved up half an hour, and the shooting continued for only about twenty minutes. There were a good many cartridges fired, but no effort to Imitate the manoeuvers of the warriors In the original fight. Most of the people who were on hand at the beginning, or who got there before it was over, enjoyed the demonstration very much. The Columbia correspondent of the News and Courier gathered the following from members of the Richland volunteers who participated: "The British troops were represented by the Spartanburg, Cornwell and Dallas companies, the last mentioned being from North Carolina, under command of Major W. B. Moore of Yorkvllle. The Colonists were companies K. I and L, of the First regiment, and company B, of the Second. Company B started the attack coming up the side of the mountain. The conflict was waged just between the new and the old monuments erected In 1880. Company B attacked and company I followed. Company B had been deployed as skirmishers and with company ! from the other side, drove the British troops in front of them. As they retreated company K fired and simultaneously from the other side company L opened fire. The British troops retreated back to the point of entrance. Again the attack was made, and on the second attempt to pass the British were repulsed, being enveloped by companies B and I, followed by the attack of companies K and L. The death of Col. Ferguson being announced, the fight ended." KING'8 MOUNTAIN TRADITION8. The subject of King's Mountain has always been one of never failing interest to the people of York county, not only because of the decisive character of the famous battle that was fought there, but also because of the fact that so many York county people did their duty against the enemies of their country on that famous field. It is true that, thanks to Mills, Loss ing, Dr. Dathan, Draper ana ouiers, much has been written about thia battle; but still we have reason to know that the half has not been told?at least so far as the present generation is concerned. From experience we know that there are hundreds of families throughout this section that continue to cherish traditions of what their ancestors did at King's Mountain, and we are absolutely sure that the| present day publication of many of these traditions would prove of present interest and future historical value. Although The Enquirer has plenty of space that it would be glad to give matter of this character, it is rather handicapped in the getting up of the necessary material. We have published lots of it in times past, of course; but there is just as much more that we have never been able to run down, and we want to suggest that if people who know any of these traditions will Just write out the facts for us, we will be glad to reproduce their stories in a special department that we will set aside for the purpose. What is wanted is just anything that bears on the battle and the connection of York county people with it. Among those who will read this will be many who know something; but who do not consider it Important enough to attempt to write about it. The possibility Is that they are correct; but the probability is that they are wrong. Things that have become familiar and commonplace to some people are ofariA ItiforoaUnc to nthftTQ O nH this will prove the case with many hitherto unpublished traditions of King's Mountain. If all those who have anything: on the subject, will Just take the trouble to state what they know In writing:, and send It to The Enquirer, we feel sure that the symposium that will be prepared will be something: well worth reading and well worth preserving. LOCAL LACONICS. Abreast of the Best of Them. An appreciative subscriber of The Enquirer, who had seen all the papers that attempted to report the battleground celebration last week writes, "The Enquirer Is abreast with the best of them. Send me ? copies to mall to some of my friends." The Abode of Hawks. Mr. J. J. Henry, who lives a few miles west of Clover and not much further from King's Mountain, heard the shooting in the mimic battle last Friday, and shortly afterward saw Duncnes 01 nawKS nying away num mc field. In all he counted more than forty hawks. Deposits Increasing. As the result of the cotton sales during the past few weeks, the deposits in the York county banks have been swelled enormously. One bank, which on September 1, had $75,000 of (deposits, now has $110,000, and this but tells a story that Is common to the others. The farmers are not only going to pay their debts; but are going to have some money to spend and some to ,'nvest. Wm. McG. Bailey Dead. Mr. Win. McG. Bailey, a well known and highly esteemed citizen of the Olive section of York county, died at ! Ills home near the Chester line last Thursday, after a long period of bad health. Mr. Bailey was a Confederate veteran and a most excellent citizen, a man who at all times stood for the square thing as he saw it, and of unimpeachable integrity. He was a farmer by occupation, and at the time of lis death was 75 years of age. He leaves a widow and several children. Again In Health. The members of Cotton Belt Farmers' Union, held a meeting last week, and after a little discussion of the situation, it was resolved to pay back dues and put the organization in good working shape again without delay. "We do not want any big number," said one of the members to The Enquirer. All we want is men who are really Interested, who will attend the meetings and pay their dues. Fifteen or twenty of these are worth more than a hundred who are merely seeking benefits for themselves." Only Indigestion. Columbia Record: Oeneral Boyd was back In his office today from King's Mountain looking as young and dapper as ever and very much surprised that a report had been sent out from Columbia that he had suffered a severe auuivc ui apLfpicAy. nc atLj a lie imu only a slight attack of Indigestion. Like Senator Tillman, General Boyd does not swear for publication, but he made It very plain that he considered being accused of having suffered a stroke of apoplexy as slander. He spoke of It as Mark Twain referred to a report of Mark's death, that the thing had been greatly exaggerated. To Complete Map of the County. Rock Hill Record: Mr. A. T. Jones of Rldgeway, and Mr. Galllard Walker of Rock Hill, have been awarded the contract for completing the official maps of York county. Mr. Jones is a civil engineer- and contractor of unusual ability and Is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, i Mr. Walker is also a civil engineer of some note and was formally associated with Mr. Jones In railroad surveys. Jones and Walker will have the rights to all maps and notes and will publish and sell the official map of York county. This Is the second county In the state that Mr. Jones has surveyed, he having but recently completed a map *f Fairfield county. No Time to Argue. Mr. W. H. Herndon tells a King's Mountain tradition like this: The wife of Gilbert Enloe, who lived a few miles from the battleground, was alone while her husband was away, no doubt fighting with the patriots. About 4 o'clock, a neighbor, who was a Tory, came galloping up to her home on a horse that was foaming with sweat, and asked for something to eat Mrs. Enloe let down the bars and asked him how went the battle. He told her that he did not know; but she replied: "I know better than that John, you are whipped; that's the reason you are running. I've been hearing those guns for the last hour or more." Johr?John who, Mr. Herndon did not say?replied: "I ain't got no time to argue that; give me something to eat quick and let me go." Death of Mrs. R. E. Gwin. Mrs. Sarah Elvira Gwin, wife of Mr. R. E. Gwin, died at her home a few miles east of Sharon last Thursday morning, after a lingering illness extending over a year. The deceased was a daughter of the late W. J. Stephenson, was born January 29, 1858, and was married to her husband on December 18, 1889. She was a most excellent woman, highly eeteemed by all who knew her. She leaves a husband and three children, the names of the children being Harry, Claud and Margaret. She is also survived by her mother, eight sisters and- one brother. The sisters are Mrs. W. N. Neil, Mrs. J. M. Templeton, Mrs. J. C. McKnlght, Mrs. R. M. P. Robinson, Mrs. J. M. Plexlco, Mre. J. T. Feemster, and Misses Fannie and Zula Stephenson. The brother is Mr. E. N. Stephenson. The funeral took place from Woodlawn church, Sharon, on last Friday. Killed In Ginnery. Rock Hill special of October 8, to the Columbia State: Mr. G. W. Browne, a prominent and well-to-do farmer of this county, living in the River Bend section, east of this city, was so badly Injured at his ginnery this morning about 8 o'clock that he died a short while afterwards. It is not known just how the accident occurred, but Mr. Browne was around the engine and it is supposed, there being no one else near at the time, that his clothing got caught in some way in the fly wheel of the engine and he was whirled around the shafting, possibly several hundred times before he was discovered, and the engine stopped. When taken out both legs were found to be broken and he was badly injured otherwise. Drs. Fennel and Stevens of this city were hurried to his home in automobiles and rendered every service possible, but to no avail. A Former Pastor of Neely's Creek. Prnf n PqIHwpII rilori In Diia West, Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Two weeks ago he was stricken with paralysis, and since that time has been In a critical condition. He received a second attack one week ago, which has proved fatal. His death will be a severe loss, not only to his wife and live children, all of whom are at his bedside, but a shock and great loss to the whole synod of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church. He was licensed to preach after his graduation at Ersklne Seminary In 1875. He occupied the Associate Reformed pulpit at Gllead and Statesvllle in North Carolina, and Neely's Creek in York county. In 1894 he was called by the synod to the Latin-French chair at Ersklne college, Due West, where he has labored successfully. His death is mourned by scores of alumni who knew him at his best. Appropriate funeral services were held by the colleges at Due West yesterday morning, and the remains were laid to rest dur ing the arternoon. A Superior Molasses Cane. Mr. H. B. Gordon has left at The Enquirer office a sample gallon of molasses, with which he gives quite an Interesting history, It being made from a cane called the sugar drip, and which so far as Mr. Gordon knows, Is entirely new to this section. "I procured the seed," said Mr. Gordon, "from Messrs. T. W. Wood & Sons, the well known seedsmen of Richmond, Va. Although very much Impressed with testimonials I had seen, I did not care to experiment too extensively at first and bought only two ounces. These seed were put out in such a way as to save every one that came up, and they were sufficient to plant a little patch that was hardly more than forty feet square. The stalks grew large and high, with unusually long joints, and last week I cut it and had Messrs. M. H. Jackson and W. J. Engle to make it into molasses. All the tops were saved, and from them I got two bushels and three pecks of seed, while the yield of molasses was twenty-two gallons. Messrs. Jackson & Engle say that it is no trouble to grind two loads of this cane with the same work that It takes to grind only one load of any other that they have had experience with." Ansel on Prohibition.?According to Gov. M. F. Ansel of South Carolina, cava a Maw Vnrk rtlanatoh. of Satur day, the south will stand solidly for prohibition within the next five years. He expressed an opinion to that effect today. The governor is in the city to attend the annual meeting of the George Peabody educational fund. "It looks to me as if the south would be solidly prohibition within the next five years," declared the governor. "Prohibition is making tremendous strides all through the south. In my state, the places where a thirsty man can get a drink are few and far between." And then he proceeded to tell how prohibition had gained a foothold in the state and spread prior to August last. "Fifteen additional counties went 'dry' at the elections in that month," he continued, "and after November 15, next, it will be possible to get a drink in only six counties of the state, and then only through the medium of I the county dispensary." Governor Ansel discussed other phases of the liquor question and concluded by saying that "there Is no doubt that the prohibition movement has come to stay, and that it Is making steady progress." Such a potent ' M A 1? - 1 * Kr.rtAma fHrnii(rhnnt thft lauiur iius it south, he stated, that all political parties are forced to recognize the Issue. Banker Walsh's Conviction: The Moral.?One of the most protracted legal battles of recent years has at last been decided by the final conviction of John R. Walsh, the millionaire banker of Chicago; and the aged offender will now be forced to pay the penalty of his misdeeds. He has already paid something on account In the hours of remorse which he has spent In brooding over his mistakes. But society exacts still more. The inducements to speculation which his temporary success has offered to the youth of the land must be overcome by the weightier logic of the law. The disposition to forsake the beaten paths of safety In this mammon-mad age of the world Is already too great; and while we reverence gray hairs, we reverence pure public morals still more.?Atlanta Georgian. MERE-MENTION. The Canadian government Is contemplating the expenditure of $20,000,000 during the next six or seven years In building a navy J. W. Holman, official poisoner for the government, reports that he has killed 760,000 prairie dogs In the southwest during the past eight months, and says that he will kill 1,600,000 more during the next eight months Olney Arnold has been nominated by the Democratic party of Rhode Island for the office of governor During the past few weeks $18,000,000 in gold has been shipped from the United States to Japan. The Japanese government will use the money for building up the reserves of the state bank....The army transport Buford which reached Manila on Thursday, reports that when 3,300 miles out from San Francisco it established wireless communication with stations on the Pacific coast of the United States Five persons. including iour women, were oumea iu death in a grocery store fire at Nashville, Tenn., Friday A woman was killed and two men were fatally shot at Greenville, Miss., Friday, in a raid of blind tiger boats on the river by state officers Fifteen Mexican laborers were killed and ten others were hurt in a railroad collision on the outskirts of Topeka, Kan., Friday... .The mayor, chief of police and entire police force of Marshalltown, la., have been indicted by a Federal grand Jury for imprisoning -government agents, who were seeking evidence against Marshalltown saloons Aps Ard, a negro, was lynched and his body burned at Oreensburg, La., early Friday morning. Ard had made an attempt on the life of Senator T. B. Young.... Wm. R. Hearst will be an independent candidate in the New York mayoralty race in November Ruth Bryan Leavltte, daughter of Wm. J. Bryan, has announced her candidacy for congress from the First Colorado district. Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, arrived in New York on Saturday, after spending several months in Europe studying labor conditions... .After an hour spent in meditation and prayer, Martin Shulick of Pittsburg, Pa., got rait nf hid h?H at davlldht Saturday morning and going to the bed of his wife, crushed her skull with a heavy griddle... .The United States supreme court began Its fall session at Washington, yesterday Steamship advices received at New Orleans, Saturday, are to the effect that between 2,000 and 3,000 persons were recently drowned on the islands off Yucatan by a great tidal wave George Moseley, a prisoner In a Jail at New Haven, Conn., committed suicide Saturday by getting on a car which feeds a buzz saw In a furniture factory, starting the machinery and placing his neck In line with the saw, and cut his head off.... One man was killed and another was seriously injured at De Soto, Mo., Thursday by an automobile accident, caused by an exploding tire A meteor weighing more than 200 pounds was found on a farm near Norwood, Mass., Friday A $50,000 fire was started In a Brooklyn automobile garage Friday by the explosion of a gasoline tank on one of the automobiles. The Continental Telegraph and Teleohonn com Dan v has been lncor porated under the laws of New Jersey with a capital stock of $50,000,000. The company will, to some extent, make use of the wireless telephone....A case of pellagra has been discovered in New York city In an automobile race at Philadelphia on Saturday, the winning car made the distance of 200 miles in 3 hours, 38 minutes, 58 4-5 seconds Wilbur Wright made a new world's record for a flying machine at St. Louis, Saturday, by going 500 meters, about 1,070 yards In 68 3-6 seconds Rear Admiral Wlnfleld Scott Schley celebrated his 70th birthday Saturday, and says he feels as young as he did thirty years ago Two engineers were killed and three other persons were seriously hurt In a heed-on collision between a cattle train and a light engine at Allentown, Pa, Saturday morning during a fog. Tom L. Johnson Is a candidate for mayor, for the fifth time, of Cleveland, O., and has a good chance of reelection, although the Republican party is putting forth every possible effort in money and prominent speakers, to defeat him The Russian ministry of railroads Is asking the douma for an appropriation of $31,000,000 for railroad construction in 1910 During the past ten years, 47,416 persons trespassing on railroad property have been killed and 60,000 person* were Injured in the United States. SOUTH CAROLINA NEW8. ? The date of the State Fair this year is from November 1 to 6. ? Ballue, the Greenville witness, who was committed to Jail because a murder case had to be continued on account of his absence, has been released on a 1200 bond. Judge Aldrich, who had at first announced that Ballue should be held In Jail until the next term ef court, reconsidered his first decision. ? Greenville, October 9: Meredith Gossett, aged 40, was instantly killed, near his home In the neighborhood of Marietta, this morning by being crushed beneath a log weighing 3,000 pounds, oossett ana companions were MWing the log in half on a hill aide, Gosaett being on the downside. As the saw penetrated deeper, the log became weaker and finally broke. The chock which was holding the log to its position on the hill flew out, striking him In his breast and knocking him down. Immediately the log began to roll down the hill and before Gosaett could move, had crushed him to death. He was a prominent farmer in that section and unmarried, but leaves ' many relatives. ? Columbia, October 11: The first sensation lr. the well known Wade case against the Southern railway came out today in the second trial of this complicated case. Today attorneys for the , plaintiff moved that the testimony glv- , en by R. J. Kelly, an eye witness to . the killing of Theodore Wade, at the , former trial of the case, be read to the , Jury as the presence of the witness , could not be secured. Two affidavits , were read from M. S. Bodle and M. L. Howell, alleging that Kelly told one ( of them in the presence of the other < that he was not going to testify in the ( case again as the railway company had ( Koon trnnH tn him in arivinK him passes , and that at that time he had one in his pocket. The Jury was sent in the room when the affidavits were read and Judge Memminger ordered the two men making the affidavits to be summoned for examination in the morning. ? Rock Hill special of October 9, to the Columbia State: A telegram was received here this morning from Dr. D. B. Johnson, president of Winthrop college, who attended a meeting on Friday in New York city of the Peabody board, stating that the board had made a special donation of $5,000 to Winthrop college, to go into the $100,000 fund being raised for the creation of a model school. Dr. Johnson now has In hand $90,000, and he must raise the other $10,000 by January 1 next, in crder to make effective the gift of $25,000 from J. Pierpont Morgan and a gift of $15,000 from Andrew Carnegie. It will be remembered that the state | of South Carolina appropriated only j $20,000 toward the erection of a model school, conditioned upon Dr. Johnson erecting a building to cost $45,000. That Dr. Johnson will raise the remaining $10,000 there is no doubt. If he finds that he is having any trouble doing so, it is a sure thing that the men of Rock Hill will stand behind the college and raise that $10,000 right here in Rock Hill. i ? Columbia special or wtiuuci o, iu t the Charleston Post: Injunction proceedings by the receivers and attor- t neys for the Seminole Securities com- E pany against the officers and directors 1 of the Carolina Agency company tal- 3 lies up another sensation from the I Seminole-Carollna Agency company 1 muddle. The order from Judge Memminger requires the defendants to show cause on Monday why the receiver should not be appointed and in the meantime all persons are restrained ^ from further dissipating the assets or proceeding any further with the suits against the agency company. The complaint alleges that John Y. Garllngton. while treasurer of the agency company, dissipated $47,600 of the agency's assets in addition to changing ffc his $76,000 block of agency stock, ~ which had not become legally his, for $76,000 of Seminole stock, the defendants, W. A. Clark, Wille Jones and T. S. Bryan, being Seminole as well as Carolina agency directors; that the only business of the Carolina Agency company was the general agency of the Rome Mutual Insurance company and was wiped out by the Rome Mutual cancelling this agency contract. ttuu uuu. uie atsciivy vum^du; uuw naa no Income, and is dissipating the few hundred dollars it has left In its treasury in attorney fees in a suit against Garlington for $25,000, a suit against the Rome Mutual and a cause of action against its own officers for falling to %. require a bond of Garlington while he was treasurer as stipulated by the bylaws; that the agency company's offices have been closed and the books and assets transferred to Mr. W. A. Clark, who will probably hold the compony responsible for the services he is now rendering. Paragraph 11 of the W complainant says that "the defendants, W. A. Clark, Wills Jones and T. 8. Bryan, own and control a majority of the stock of the said corporation and are themselves the wrongdoers as hereinbefore and hereinafter alleged." The title of the proceedings is E. N. Chlsolm, W. C. Fairey, Tolson Rickenbaker, D. W. Halgler and A. C. Watson, as Carolina agency stockholders, against the Carolina Agency company, W. A. Clark, Wllie Jones. T. 8. Bryan, John T. Garlington, J. Fuller Lyon, George 8. Legare, John R. Black, Willie Stackhouse and T. A. Amaker. What a Manufacturer Thinks^?One of the best Informed cotton manufacturers in the south expressed the opinion in our office last week that cotton prices are bound to advance rather than declinA "The cotton mills last year," said he, "used 13,100,000 bales, leaving only a visible supply of 1,400,AAA VA1?JI mv* Ski. vvv utuca. IUO wuBuiuyuuu wiio la almost certain to be about 13,500,000 bales, and it would accordingly require X a crop of 12,100,000 bales even to keep the mills going after exhausting Lne last bale of the 1,400,000 surplus. The prices of cotton goods are at present by no means In keeping with the high prices of cotton, but the world Is bound to have the goods, and prices a of the manufactured product must w soon adjust themselves to the new conditions. That the crop is alarmingly short no one doubts. I know, not only from government statistics, but from first-hand reports of men who have traveled in Texas and in other leading cotton state*. Even with a 12,000,000 bale crop we shall have barely cotton enough, and all signs point to . a practical cotton famine before the next crop is gathered.?Progressive J Farmer. Pellagra Due to Impure Water.? Army surgeons, says a Washington ? dispatch, have Just made Important m discoveries as to the origin of the d~ead ^ disease "pellagra." These discoveries have been made at Peoria, at the Illinois State General hospital for the insane, where a close study of the disease has been conducted by Surgeons Joseph F. Slier and Henry J. Nichols, it has been found that spoiled corn or corn which has fermented does not cause the trouble. It appears that patients afflicted with pellagra have iin/lartfAns art a lot Inn rtf f Kb 4 VI ? aiiot uituciguiio cut muiwmvu vr? m*v ???testinal tract, resembling dysentery, which is often brought about by an impure supply of water. It appears that the army surgeons found great ignorance at the Peoria hospital as to A the. nature of pellagra. It is alleged that several hospital attendants were discharged because of the belief they had scalded pellagra patients. The peeling cuticle on the bands and arms, the authorities thought, was caused by A scalding water instead of by a dls- f ease. PRESBYTERIAN. There will be no prayer meeting this week. METHODIST. ^ There will be no prayer meeting this \ week. M BAPTIST. a There will be no prayer meeting this Jfl week. ASSOCIATE REFORMED PRE8BYTERIAN. There will be prayer meeting on Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock. ttnsriaf Dntiirsa ff * I ?I* * ?*??%# Preaching at Bet head a. Next Sunday evening' at 8 o'clock, by Rev. J. B. Swann. J. Mack Moore. The U. D. C.'? The U. D. C.'s will meet at the residence of Mrs. J. R. Hart on Friday *4 morning at 10.30 o'clock. An election of officers will be held. Mrs. W. Q. White, Pres. Communion at Bethel. There will be preaching at Bethel . Presbyterian church, Thursday morn- W lng, Oct 14, at 11 a. m., preparatory to communion services on Sunday, 17th. Rev. J. M. Holladay of Wlnnsboro will assist the pastor. It W. B. Arrowood. - ^ $he (Jotton IRarhet. Yorkville, October 12.?Cotton 12J. New York Cotton. ^ New York, October 11.?Spot closed quiet, 5 points higher; middling uplands 13.65; middling gulf 13.90; sales 4,400 bales as follows: Oct. 13.24; Nov. 13.22; Dec. 13.33; Jan. 13.34; Feb. 13.36; March 13.42; April 13.43; May 18.46; June 13.40; July 13.41; Aug. 13.15; Sept. 12.36. New York, Oct. 11.?An early decline was followed by an increasingly active and decidedly firmer cotton market today owing to reports that the gulf storm had reached the coast of Florida Eind was threatening the Atlantic belt with disturbances of considerable severity. The close was a little off from the best under realizing, but steady In * tone, and 2 to 11 points net higher. The opening was steady at a decline if 1 to 6 points and during the first hour sold off to a net lOSS of 7 to 9 points under liquidation for over the local holiday tomorrow and bear pressure which had the encouragement V of higher temperature in the south ard the failure of weather reports to show iny frost of consequence over Sunday. Cables were indifferent, and Liverpool was a seller here, but while the storm situation seemed to be ignored at first rumors' of easier southern spots were not confirmed, and later numerous private wires regarding the course of * the tropical storm started covering by * iarly sellers and fresh buying for long iccount. The market at New Orleans ind Livemool will be open as usual tomorrow, and recent sellers evidently 'eared that If the storm actually reachid the cotton country these markets would be decidedly higher before the ^ ocal opening on Wednesday morning. 4 4* any rate December contracts advanced from 13.21 to 13.39, while March told up from 13.30 to 13.48 with the general list showing a net advance of I to 11 points during the afternoon. December closed at 13.32 and March it 13.42 bid. Southern spot markets )fflcially reported early were unchang;d. The advance during the afternoon vas promoted by the heavy exports, nore cotton leaving the ports than was ecelved for the day. There were no 'resh developments with reference to >roDoseri curtailment among manufac- ^ urers, and local traders In raw cotton leem to be little Impressed by the )rospects for organized short time. Receipts at the ports today 69,168 >ales, against 59,297 last week, and >7,176 last year. For the week 375,000 >ales against 417,881 last week and 172,811 last year. Today's receipts at sTe\v Orleans 8,694 bales, against 9.244 ast year.