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Scraps anil .facts. ? "The enemies of tariff reform are not asleep. I do not think that those who intend to support Champ Clark for speaker of the next house of representatives can announce the fact too soon," said Henry George, Jr., Democratic representative-elect from New York, and son of the famous singletaxer, last Saturday. Mr. George said that he would support Mr. Clark for the speakership. "The next stand of enemies of tariff reform." he continued, "will he with regard to the speakership. It will be their policy to encourage all possible confusion and dis(ho viow I?f slimiincr into the speaker's chair some 'safety' man. Champ Clark led the fight against the Payne-Aldrich bill. He is thg man to put in an important place in the fight to reduce the cost of living by revising the tariff downward." ? Frank Fehringer. the self-confessed Obion county, Tenn., night-rider, in jail in Chattanooga, for attempting to kill his wife, tried to commit suicide last Friday by drinking two ounces of tincture of iodine. Fehringer attempted suicide while in jail at Dresden, Weakley county, where he was held as a witness before he married the woman he more recently attempted to kill, and this is his second attempt at suicide since coming to Chattanooga, where he has iived since his release from jail in Dresden. He was one of the state's main witnesses in the celebrated night-rider cases tried in Obion county, which resulted in the passing of death sentences on two and life imprisonment on six men charged with the murder of Capt. Quenton Rankin at Reel Foot Lake. Fehringer has told his jailers here several times that he intended to kill himself before he would go to the penitentiary. ? James Gallagher, who shot Mayor Gaynor in Hoboken last August, has not yet been indicted by the grand jury. He is in jail in Jersey City and although the mayor has been performing the duties of his office for several weeks. Gallagher is still detained "to await the results of the injuries" which he inflicted. The Jersey City prosecutors declare that they would be glad to get Gallagher's case before the grand jury and move it to a speedy trial, but efforts to procure from the physicians a written statement to the effect that the mayor is out of danger and strong enough to stand tne oraeai of appearing at the trial have been in vain. A statement from the prosecuting attorney says: "While Mayor Gaynor may be well and sound and aide to attend daily to his official duties. it seems strange that the doctors attending him won't send to me a written report saying just what the mayor's condition is. Until such a report is forthcoming, we shall not present the case to the grand jury." ? Eugene X. Foss, governor-elect of Massachuse'ts. issued a statement last Saturday night in which he demanded that Henry Cabot Lodge withdraw from the fight for re-election. In the event of a refusal Mr. Foss declared he would go into every section of the commonwealth to defeat the senator. Mr. Foss's statement in part, is as follows: "In the name of the majority of the sovereign people of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, I demand that Henry Cabot Lodge surrender his. seat in the United States senate by withdrawing from his contest for re-election. His election to the senate would be a repudiation of the great victory of the people at the last election. He was on trial as much if not more than Governor Draper, and if he had been the can didate my majority would have been double what it was. The issues on which the fight was r- de. on which I was elected, were hon st tariff revision downward, lower Ju:ies on the necessaries of life, free raw materials, an untaxed food supply, reciprocity with Canada and more democracy in our form of government. We all know where Senator Lodge stands on these issues and where he has stood all these years. To re-elect him would be a step backward and Massachusetts has never learned to walk backward. I shall never sign his credentials except at the end of a campaign t rat ion. It is quite possible that in- , terference with the tariff may cause embarrassing re-adjustincnt; but if the farmers of South Carolina are careful, we do not see how or why they should be hurt. Their products are not prois presiding, and it is expected that j tieally all that they have to buy will j | come cheaper. I The Associated Press dispatches published this morning put a more serious coloring on the situation in ( .Mexico than appears from the summary of previous dispatches published ' in this issue. It develops that the t revolutionists were better organized ] than the government was willing to I acknowledge, and that tierce lighting J is now going on in many parts of tin- i republic. The government has taken i control of the Associated Press wires 1 and is suppressing news. United \ States troops and Texas rangers have i which will make the last one iook like an afternoon tea party. He must surrender or fight. He must defend his position before the people. The people of Massachusetts will not permit him longer to mop up the legislature. I am ready and if he does not retire will be on the stump in every section of the state and we will find out where the people stand. Senator Lodge is not in touch with the new order of things, with the progressive spirit of the times. He does not represent the people, the men and women in the ordinary walks of life." ? Imposing national ceremonies in the Tuilleries Garden, Paris, last Sunday in connection with the dedication of a statue erected to the memory of Jules Ferry, the French statesman, were marred by an assault upon Premier Briand. who while walking with President Fallieres was struck twice on the face by a royalist. The premier was not seriously hurt. The vast crowd which gathered in the garden set upon the premier's assailant and only determined intervention by the republican guards saved him from being beaten to death. The incident occurred at the conclusion of the exercises. which were attended by thousands. President Fallieres. M. Briand and the other ministers were walking toward the gateway when a man broke through the republican guards that lined the road, leaped to M. Briand's side and raising his clinched fists high in the air brought them with full force upon the premier's face. M. Briand reeled under the blows but did not fall. As friends rushed up to assist him he cried: "1 am all right, we must protect my assailant." The very audacity of the assailant rendered the crowd momentarily speechless, but a shout of anger and cries of "Kill him" arose qu'ckly from all sides, as men fought their way to lay hands upon the assailant. He was kicked anil beaten and badly injured before the republican guards, urged on by the premier, succeeded in rescuing him. The man was taken before a magistrate and gave the name of Lacour. He said he was a member of the executive committee of Comeltos Du Roi, an organization of young royalists, and that he wished to strike at the republic in the person of Briand. The Comeltos Du Itoi met this afternoon and unanimously elected lacour vice president of the association in token of their sympathy anrl Admiration for his act. The statue to M. Ferry was erected by the public school children of France and the colonies, 2,000,000 of whom each contributed one cent. The ceremonies while honoring M. Ferry as a statesman and upbuilder of the colonies, especially honored him as father of the public schools of France. ? Count Leo Tolstoi, the noted Russian novelist and reformer, died at Astopova, Russia, at 6.05 last Saturday morning, after suffering from severe attacks of heart failure throughout the night. The attending physicians had told Tolstoi's son, Michael, of the count's serious condition and the family was expecting the end. Tolstoi had suffered several serious attacks of heart failure during the night. During the early morning hours these followed each other in rapid succession but were quickly relieved. Between the first and second attack the members of the family were admitted to the bedside. Tolstoi's condition after each attack was what the attending physicians called "deceptively encouraging." Friday the patient slept a little, seeming to breathe more comfortably than usual. Drs. Thtehurovsky and I'soff, nevertheless, in a statement to Tolstoi's son. Michael, held out but slight hope and did not hesitate to predict a quick end under ordinary mortal circumstances. Tolstoi they said, was a splendid patient in mind and body, except the heart. During one of the heart attacks Tolstoi was alone w'th his eldest daughter. Tatina. He suddenly clutched her hands and drew her to him. He seemed to be choking but was able to whisper: "Now the end has come, that is all." Tatina was greatly frightened and tried to free herself so that she might run for the doctor, but her father would not release his grasp. She called loudly from where she sat. The physicians injected camphor, which had an almost immediate effect in relieving the pressure. Tolstoi soon raised his head anil then drew himself up to a sitting position. When he hail recovered his breath Insaid: "There are millions of people and many sufferers in the world. Why always anxious about me?" Countess Tolstoi and other members of the family, who had not before been allowed to see the count, were admitted to the sick room while the patient was sleeping. Several important communications, including that from Antonius. the Metropolitan of St. Petersburg, had not been shown to him. The condition of I the count was considered too grave to permit of his being agitated by written appeals to him to make his peace with the church. During the day Count Tolstoi, weakened by the failure to sleep, lapsed into unconsciousness several times, but during his conscious moments he seemed thoroughly to understand his critical condition. <Thc ^(orlsnllr (fitquirrr. Entered at the Postofflce in Yorkville as Mail Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE. S. C.: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1910. Charleston has always been inclined to be pretty "wide open." It looks like those Mexicans are going to keep on misbehavinp until they cause real trouble. The programme of the next legislature is somewhat in the air. Nobody seems to know what to look for. Oreille and Wilbur Wright will not allow aviators using their machines, for exhibition purposes, to fly on Sundays. If the proposed new Columbia paper makes good, there is going to be some hustling in the journalistic field that will be felt all over the state. There are so many things to be thankful for that it is difficult to determine where to begin with the enumeration. News comes from Columbia to the effect that all of the constitutional amendments voted on in the recent election have carried. In some cases the vote was remarkably light, however. All kinds of folks are coming forward to tell the triumphant Democratic party what it should do, and the situation looks serious, because there is truth in the old adage that "too many cooks spoil the broth." A Massachusetts farmer who raised 103J bushels of corn on an acre is claiming to have broken the world's record. He is evidently ignorant of the fact that he is not in a class even with the children of South Carolina. The old Augusta Chronicle has of late gotten to be one of the most valuable of the South Carolina papers, giving news that is hardly to be found in any of the state dailies. Rut the Chronicle has always been a good The vote in the state on the constitutional amendment providing for an increase in the number of supreme court justices from four to five was 6.345 for and 4.203 against. The amendment relating to abutting property carried 5,255 to 3,052. Fourteen cents cotton has sometimes turned the heads of sensible men.?Columbia State. That is true. We are hearing York county farmers predicting that there will not be as much small grain sowed in this locality this year as there was last year. We have no information as to i whether York county will be repre- < sented at the big corn show in Colum- 1 bia next month; but we hope there will be representation. It will be quality instead of quantity that will count, and that is the line along which our people need special education. The editorial writer on the Sumter Item should be compelled to produce more matter. What he does produce is always good; but he takes too many days off, or at least leaves his editorial columns blank too often. To pick up the Item and find not a line where we are accustomed to find good food for thought, if we find anything at all, vexes us. In another column is published the government's estimate as to this year's corn crop in South Carolina. The figures given are 44.733,''00 bushels. Commissioner Watson's estimate is 49,740,000 bushels. The commissioner will challenge the government's estimate, and if he is as successful as he has been on previous occasions, he will compel a revision. A conference of prominent men from all parts of the country is being held in Washington today, for the purpose of trying to effect an organization and turn into practical account all the ef ( forts that are being made to further road improvement in all parts of the United States. Secretary James Wilson, of the department of agriculture, is presiding and it is expected that the organization to be effected will be national in its scope. In a speech in Chicago last Sunday, Secretary James Wilson of the agricultural department, predicted a return of hard times under Democratic adminis- ! been sent to the border, and Americans are leaving Mexico in large numbers. There is current a story to the effect that racing men are arranging for the establishment of a great meeting place for race horses at Charleston. The statement is that this is because of a law that will put the Jacksonville and Tampa race tracks out of business after January 1, next. Coupled with the story is a statement that the promoters of the Charleston enterprise have assurance from Governor-elect Blease that he will not permit any in terference with their plans. .Mr. Blease, however, is quoted as saying that while he is fond of horse-racing, he has not seen any of it since he was a boy, and ndbody has ever approached him with regard to the proposed race track in Charleston. From Charleston comes information that the race track idea is really under very serious consideration, Johnson Hagood's Memoirs of the "War of Secession," edited by U. R. Brooks, has just been issued from the press of the State Publishing company. It is a book of 496 pages, and consists of an interesting story of the campaigns of Hagood as colonel and brigadier from Fort Sumter to Appomattox. It was Hagood's brigade, it will be remembered, which went into battle at Petersburg, Va., on August 21, 1864, with 740 men and returned with only 273. It Is a thrilling story that the book contains of this famous engagement; but this is only an incident in the career of the matchless brigade that Gen. Hagood commanded. Included in the memoirs, there is a complete roster of all the officers and privates who served in the brigade, and taken all together, the book is one of the most valuable contributions to the part that South Carolina played in the War of Secession that has yet been published. The Abbeville Press and Banner takes the position that if Black was guilty of conspiracy, his partner was the state of South Carolina and that it is wrong for the state of South Carolina to punish its partner in crime. According to the Press and Banner "it (the state) took its share of the profits and then charged customers at the dispensary an increased, price for liquor, which increased price not only made the state whole, but which actually gave it a great profit over and above the actings and doings of its own officers." This sounds like funny talk to us. Who is the state of South Carolina, if is not those people who were pillaged? Surely, if the Press and Banner were running a store and o nlorlr Ai'/iPpVlQfP'Ine' PUS tomers for goods by sanding the sugar and watering the vinegar and putting the profits thus acquired in his pocket, it would make a fuss. If it did not make a fuss the customers would as soon as they found it out and they would hold the proprietor responsible. But are we going to cease punishing anybody because others who should have been punished, escaped? Then there will be no more punishment, and no more security to life and property. Every man will have to look for protection to his own right arm. But we have always been puzzled at the attitude of the Press and Banner, on this question anyway. It used to be one of the staunchest defenders of the dispensary even in the days when pillage was in its greatest prosperity. Surely the attitude that it takes now is not to be interpreted as explaining its position then. We cannot get rid of the idea that if there has been any pillaging it was the people who were pillaged, and the whole object of our laws, is to punish and prevent such pillaging. CORNBELT MOVING SOUTH. Cotton States Now Beginning to Live at Home. The following nine states as offlcially reported by the United States department of agriculture show an inISO *> Q .4 nnn Kueholu /-?f nnpn ivhieh is 45 per cent of the total increase for the year, for the entire ['nited States: c >i yc sf O 6 1 j CP ^ 3 i'Jl ? " 3 g m 3"*1 ;. W P 2.3 an ST ~ o I ?!;' =5"| % ^ % * * 2. o ? O : : : : : P'* ? % 3 ~ 5? C 3 5" -I - to - M ^ M ? 14 .J < "fi ? *5 Cixu4>uua9>u e ^ ^ 2 j ?bnD-iooro*,D_p P 0 ? 3 ? c ' ^ P ? sc o 3 ? ? kmmmhmmmm ?3 s . ofcusw^xxui 2 x O 3 o ii ?pi to ? oc ? ? 3" "3 ? 3 (9 _ CC 3 ?? ? J* *2 <t x ^ * P <c : i ? * it a . --------lo > ? g . ^ Jj m -I ^?IM B " J t _ n_ * ; ! 3 . O tO ? ? 4- ? ? 00 *- ? . I? WO-OW--IM-I , ? ij'*. - -is-, - o aw ? V 3* SI OlSCifc J'AJ'KK (C ? 3 * ? OOKCTCIO-Ol* O p K ! ? ? ? ? ? ? ?"?"??. ~~ _ . ? ????????? r 5 . ?????????? t ? pi ? ? ~ ~ c ???00? pi ??? ? ?pi O * tco - *?o:?o3 ? ? -j? _ w 3 to ? -i ?to ao to ? oo-i-i? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? w pi w ? w pi to ? 3 3 ? 4- 0CM???li00W ? ? ?? ? '??"??"? ? ??"?"?'?? I c C ????????????! ? ? I ???I?????????, / I Yesterday's Bureau Report.?Cotton of the growth of 1910 ginned to November 14. according to the census bureau's report, issued at 10 o'clock yesterday morning, amounts to 8,764,153 bales, counting round as half bales. Last year to November 14 there was ginned 8,112,199 bales, or 80.t> per cent ol the total crop <>t 10.072.731 bales, and in 1 ! 08 the ginning was 9.595.809 bales, or 75.3 per cent of the total crop of 13.086,005. By states the number of bales ginned to November 14 is: Alabama, 891.631; Arkansas, 4 74,422: Florida. 46,765; Georgia. 1.434,606; Louisiana. 184,058; Mississippi, 755.145; North Carolina, 494,723; Oklahoma. 727.237; South Carolina. 888,309; Tennessee. 192.213; Texas. 2.636.944; all other states. 38.370. Round bales included this year are 91.393, as compared with 123,757 in 1909 and 173,908 in 1908. Sea Island cotton included is 52,585, compared with 68.495 in 1909 and 56.701 in 1908. The distribution of sea island cotton f?>r 1910. by states, is: Florida. 19.669; Georgia. 28,032. and South Carolina. 4.885. ? Piedmont has organized an Anticigarette League. The number of charter members was twenty-five. Phis membership has grown until more than seventy names have been enrolled. Some of the most pronounced smokers have signed the pledge and at a recent meeting expressed themselves as having gained a-veral pounds of flesh and improved fifty per cent in feeling. It is believed hat the largest league in the state is it Piedmont. The result of the organization of the league here has had i marked effect on the sale of cigar ttes, in some instances the sales beng reduced one-half. j LOGAI. AFFAIRS, NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Star Drug Store?Recommends a good remedy for pains in the back and offers J1 bottles at 75c while they last. J. H. Witherspoon, Manager?Announces a football game Thursday afternoon between the Rock Hill and Yorkville high school teams. Geo. T. Schorb, Treasurer?Publishes annual statement showing receipts and disbursements to July 1st. 1910 Piedmont Tel. and Tel. Co.?Tells you how to transmit your telegrams by telephone instead of waiting for a messenger. P. W. Love?Has peavine and sorghum hay and oats straw for sale in bales. J. Lindsay Templeton, Admr.?Gives notice of sale on December 6th, of personal property belonging to esstate of Mrs. C. E. Templeton, deceased. Quinn Wallace?Offers two houses and lots on King's Mountain street, for sale. Kirkpatrick-Belk Co.?Make a special Thanksgiving offering of table linens and damask. Herndon & Gordon?Have "Eagle and Thistle" soda and want you to call for a package. Thomson Co.?Invites special attention to Schloss Bros.' clothing for men, table linens and domestics. National Union Bank, Rock Hill? Says that idle money like idle men, is useless. Let your money work for you. It pays liberal interest on savings deposits. R. J. Herndon?Emphasizes the points that make Mathushek & Son pianos superior to others. W. M. Kennedy. Agent?Has a variety of seasonable goods that he offers at reduced prices. Riddle Auto Co.?Ts showing a good line of oils and greases for automobiles. and gloves for drivers. Coe-Mortimer Co., Charleston?Advises you to see what.your land needs, and buy the kind of fertilizer best suited to it. It will help you to make the right selection. See page 6. Standard Oil Co.?Suggests the use of a Perfection oil heater for drying clothes on a wet day. See page 6. The local cotton market jumped from 20 to 25 points as the result ot yesterday's census bureau report as to the amount of cotton ginned up to November 14. "About all the 'croppers' are out of debt; but many of the 'renters' are still behind," is the way a Yorkville supply man sized up the situation to the reporter a few days ago. The court house should be heated by steam and there should be spacious fire-proof vaults in which to store the records of the clerk of the court and the county treasurer, the offices of which are the only ones that are not virtually fireproof. That arrangement recently perfected by the Piedmont Telephone company, whereby telephone subscribers will be enabled to send and receive telegraph messages from their respective phones will be of very great convenience to all concerned. There is complaint that York county milk cows have advanced $10 a head. We have not undertaken to verify the exactness of these figures; but we are sure that the advance has been substantial. And why? The Yorkville creamery is responsible. Put there should be no objection. The price of cows Is not going beyond what cows are worth. If they are worth more than an advance of $10 a head, nobody has cause to complain. If they are not worth that much, they will not bring it. People never get too old to learn? not so long as they retain their faculties. The old proverb which runs. "You can't teach an old dog new tricks," does not apply to the York county farmer. The York county far mers arc learning new iticks. nunu evidence of the fact has just come ti the attention of The Enquirer. Wa know a certain farmer who lives but r short distance from Yorkville, and whA has long been considered one of th8 best farmers in the township. He 1*8 never been classed as a fancy farmer; but for the past forty years has been known as a most excellent manager, and a hard worker. He began at the ground shortly after the war with no capital beyond his own energy and intelligence, and a splendid wife. He was soon on a cash basis and has been there ever since. He has always made plenty of corn to run his place and good crops of cotton; but has never shown much disposition to see how great an improvement he could make one year over another. I^ast year, however, he became impressed with the progress that is being made in corn culture, and quietly determined to see what he could do along that line. He told nobody about his plans; but got information as to how the new wrinkles are being worked, and applied the methods as they had been unfolded to him. As the result, this year he has made about ISO bushels of corn on three acres of upland against an average of about twenty bushels to the acre that he has heretofore been making in the bottoms. He candidly admits that he has learned a good deal about corn farming during the past year and says that if he lives to make another crop he believes that he will be able to do still better. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? Tne o'possqm and oyster supper given by the Ladies' Aid society of the A. R. P. church at the Rose hotel building last Friday night was. as was generally anticipated, a big success. People of all denominations patronized the spread liberally and everybody was delighted with the superior style in which the choice eatables were prepared and spread. The ladies were quite liberal with the portions they gave for the money and did not realize as much profit as is common in the case of the traditional church festival; niH were very mum pieasen won me outcome nevertheless, the aggregate receipts amounting only to a little less than {50. ABOUT PEOPLE. Miss Roola Quinn of Yorkville, is the guest of Miss Minnie Whiteside in Hickory Grove. Mrs. J. 13. Scott of Yorkville R. F. D. No. 3, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. L. H. Ferguson in Taylors. Mr. J. Sutton Ferguson, formerly of York county, hut for some time past, a resident of Oklahoma, is visiting the family of Mr. Wm. Ferguson, near Yorkville. Among the Yorkville people who attended the funeral of Mr. Robert J. Craig at Gastonia on Sunday, were Messrs. J. J. Hunter, J. M. Brian and Dr. A. M. Barnett. Mr. S. A. Ferguson, who has been telegraph operator at the Southern railroad agency at Yorkville during the past three years, has taken the railroad agency at Rosoville, near Charleston. Mrs. R. J. Herndon, accompanied by her daughter. Miss Mary Fant of Yorkville, left Friday afternoon for Charleston, where Miss Mary Fant is to undergo treatment for her nose and throat. QUALITY BEFORE QUANTITY. The Columbia State of Sunday prints the following, which will be information to those who are interested in the coming corn exposition in Columbia: Quality and not quantity will be considered by the judges in awarding the prizes at the South Atlantic States Corn exposition, which is to be held in Columbia from December 5 to 8. Every farmer in the state of North Carolina. South Carolina and Georgia is urged to send in exhibits. The farmer that produces only fiO bushels of corn on one acre stands just as good a chance at winning a prize as *j? i i ihi'wir, iiiv r i?m vuri- nuy, who produced over 228 bushels. Approximately $10,000 will be Riven In prizes. The following announcement was made yesterday by President Hudson of the exposition, which explains that the quality alone of the corn will be considered: "The South Atlantic Corn exposition, to be held in Columbia, December 5-8, 1910, which is the first undertaking of its kind ever attempted in the south, gives every promise of being a great success. "The state corn contest and the Boys' corn clubs have developed and are still developing the public interest in the matter of yields of corn. . Now, that so much has been accomplished in that direction, this corn ex\ position is to be held with a view of setting the machinery in motion to improve the quality of the corn raised | in this and our sister states, to stimulate breeding work and make corn 1 bring more per bushel. "No one should fail to compete and 5 send exhibits to the exposition he1 cause he has read of one man or boy making a phenomenal yield, and be[ cause he fears to enter into eompeti' tion with such. At the exposition all 1 exhibits will be judged as to quality, whether they are from lots of corn from the large producing acres or not. 1 They will be scientifically judged and scored and the corn from a low yield [ field stands an equal chance with any other. "I would, therefore, urge all corn growers, men or boys, who have what they consider good corn, either prolific or single ear, white or yellow, to apply at once to M. J. Miller, superintendent of entries, department of agriculture, Columbia, S. C., for pre1 mium lists, entry blanks and shipping instructions, ana enter me voinpcu[ tion. The prizes are numerous and handsome, and at the present stage of development of corn growing one man stands as good a chance at these prizes as another." At a meeting of the officials of the corn exposition at the state house yesterday the services of an expert decorator were secured. The expert will decorate Craven hall and also arrange the exhibits. Request has been made on the United States war department for 250 United States flags, which will be used in the decorations. THE DENNIS FAMILY. Mr. H. L. Williams, special examiner i for the pension department, whose presence in Yorkville for the purpose of establishing the relationship between Thomas and Summeral Dennis, was mentioned in the last issue of The Enquirer, got quite a lot of interesting information; but not enough to establish the particular point on which he is working, i The case arises out of the application of the widow of one, Summeral Dennis, who lives in Dadeville, Ala., lor a pension that she claims to be due her on account of the alleged service of her husband in the War of 1812. The war department records show 4hat Thomas Dennis and Summeral Dennis were both in the War of 1812; that Summeral was a substitute for Thomas, and that he died in the service February 21, 1815; but there is an act of congress "correcting" the record to show that Summeral was discharged from the service on the date named. There is no question of the fact that the husband of the Dadeville widow was Summeral Dennis, or that he died in Dadeville in 1886, at the age of 102 years; but because of various circumstances of which it had knowledge, the department had doubts as to whether this particular Summeral had ever been in the war as he claimed to be, nnri #,? determine the truth as to this is the object of the investigations of Examiner Williams. Two things that throw especial doubt on the claims of the widow are first, the record of the death of Summeral Dennis in 1815 and second, the fact that in 1850, the Summeral Dennis of Dadeville, made a claim for bounty lands, and when asked certain questions by the war department, dropped the claims like a hot potato and had nothing more to say. Reasoning that the failure of the claimant to push the claims away back there when proof would have been easy to obtain, suggested something crooked, the pension office is now making especial effort to establish the facts before deciding upon the case of the widow. In his investigations here, Mr. Williams found a record of Capt. John Dennis, who was born in Virginia in 1706 who served through the Revolu| tionary war with Gen. Sumter, settled in Yorkville shortly after that war, and was buried in the old Yorkville cemetery in 1850. This Capt. John Dennis married a daughter of Commodore Dale and left five sons and four daughters. A remarkable point in connection with the children was that two of the sons were named Summeral and two of the daughters were named Mary. One of the Marys, after her marriage had two daughters and named both of them Mary. The investigation disclosed also that when Capt. John Summeral Dennis died, he left all of his property to his son John, excluding the other eight children. The will was contested, and the testimony of the witness who will wa? tn thp fftW-t that he tried to get the old captain to remember the other children also. His reply was: "I did not send for you to make your will but to make my will. I have nothing against the other children; but I want John to have all of my property." The contest failed and John got the property, valued at about $20,000. By comparison of signatures and such bits of evidence as can be obtained, taken in connection with the war department records. Examiner Williams is inclined to think that the soldier Summeral was a son of Capt. John Dennis; that he died as the war department says and that the Dadeville Summeral on account of whom the pension is being claimed was a son of Capt. John Dennis's brother Summeral. He does not think that the Dadeville Dennis was in the War of 1812 at all. Thomas Dennis, who was in the War of 1812, was a son of Capt. John Dennis. He married Mary Hartness, sold out his land holdings in York county in 1821 and moved to Mississippi, where he died in 186G, leaving ten children. As yet there has been no official inquiry among these children to see whether or not they can give information as to who the Summeral Dennis, who substituted for their father in the War of 1812, really was. Mr. Williams got his first information about the remarkable instance of two children in the same family from Mrs. Louisa Jackson of Yorkville. He had never run across such a thing before in all his long experience as a pension examiner and hardly knew what to make of it. He was later very much gratified to find this and a lot of other information that Mrs. Jackson gave him, corroborated in the official records. Mrs. Jackson was a Miss Evans, and is a granddaughter of Reuben ripnnia \vhi? urnq n frrnrwltsrm uf Pant. John Dennis, the Revolutionary soldier. FERTILIZER SAMPLES. Article XXVI of Clemson extension work deals with the inspection and analysis of commercial fertilizers by Clemson college, a subject that is of especial and particular interest to many York county farmers. Here is what Prof. H. M. Stackhouse, secretary of the board of fertilizer control has to say on the subject: In reply to criticisms that we sometimes hear, that Clemson college will not analyze samples of fertilizers unless we lirst know who manufactured them and what they claim to contain. I wish to make the following explanation of just how these samples are drawn and passed through the of lice to the chemists who analyze them, which will show that criticisms are unjust and without any foundation in fact. The laws on this subject recognize and provide for only two classes of these samples. 1st. Ollicial samples drawn by inspectors, sent out for that purpose, and 2nd, farmers" or purchasers' samples, sent t?? the college by the farmer or purchaser when drawn in accordance with laws governing this subject. Section 1530 of Statutes of this state requires the trustees of Clemson college to send their official inspectors to get samples of all commercial fertilizers they find sold, or offered for sale, and send these samples to the col lege for analysis. For tliis purpose tho state is divided into twelve divisions. regard being had to railroad facilities and volume of fertilizer trade. To each of these districts an inspector is sent, instructed to go often to every depot and crossroads ; where commercial fertilizers are sold or delivered, and draw samples from each bra*"d. The sample must he taken from at least one-tenth of the lot?for instance, if 100 sacks in lot. he must draw from at least ten: if 1 fifty sacks, thv?n from live; if less than i ten. from all. These several portions as drawn are placed on a paper or clean boards, and after being carefully mixed, a sample bottle of two ounces is tilled. This bottle is sealed by placing melted wax on the cork, upon which while still warm, is impressed a metallic seal which would show any tampering with the sample. On this bottle is glued a label giving the number, the inspector's name, and the date of the drawing. The inspector now writes on a sheet of paper the same number as that on the label and an exact copy or description of every brand or mark found on the sack or package, which must contain the manufacturer's name and address, the weight and the guaranteed analysis. All this has been done in the presence of a witness who unites with the inspector in an affidavit that this was a fair and representative sample of the lot, and that it was drawn, sealed and numbered before the signing. This paper containing the description is then wrapped about the sample bottle and expressed to this office. The descriptive paper is here carefully pasted in a large invoice book kept for the purpose, and the sample is sent by number only to the chemist. Suppose the number of the sample was 450. We send sample N'o. 4 50 to the chemist with the instruction to hurt for the three ingredients. and with positively no other marks to indicate who made it or what it contained. After its analysis is made, copy of the same is sent me by the chemist. This Is pasted carefully by the side of the inspector's description, and both are published in a bulletin. L'ntil then, positively, the chemists no more know who made the fertilizer, or what it contained, than a government mule. I alone have the information, which I am obliged to have, or I could not later publish it for the benefit of the farmers who buy fertilizers. Can any better method be devised for insuring both to buyer and seller absolute fairness and accuracy, both in the drawing and analyzing of these official samples? THE CIRCUIT COURT. The fall term of the circuit court for York county was convened in Yorkville yesterday for a probable term of three weeks or more, with Hon. Ernest Moore of Lancaster, presiding as special judge. Solicitor J. K. Henry, having recovered sufficiently from his recent illness, was on hand to represent the state, and work was commenced on the business of the general sessions by the calling of the grand and petit jurors drawn for service during the week. Grand jurors answered to their names as follows: D. A. Whisonant, foreman, S. H. Epps, E. M. Stephenson, J. W. Feemster, T. W. Speck, E. B. Price, A. A. Burris, W. I. Brison, R. E. Barron, S. J. Sturgis, N. S. Black, S. W. Merritt, M. D. Anderson, J. W. Betts, W. P. Boyd, C. L. Westmoreland, C. O. Jones. Mr. T. W. Speck was excused. Petit jurors drawn to serve the first week, answered as follows: S. J. Clinton, J. A. J. Campbell, B. L. Jenkins, Jas. Wright, J. E. Burns, J. B. Atkins, J. C. Hudson, A. F. Parish, A. B. Shepard, R. R. Smarr, G. M. Sneed, J. G. A. Turner, J. L. Hemphill, S. P. Pierce, C. J. Youngblood. John N. O'Farrell, W. R. Ratteree, C. T. Douglass, S. H. Epps, A. E. Sifford, F, Shillinglaw, W. L. Roach, T. W. Moore, N. C. McCorkle, S. C. Carroll, W. Mc. Culp, E. N. Miller, J. W. Branch, A. N. Morgan, R. O. Clinton, W. W. Boyce, E. F, Adkins, R. R. Bailey. W, B. Fewell was reported not found, and the following were excused for various reasons: S. F. Hay, J. C. Hudson, S. P. Pierce, John N. O'Farrell, W. Mc. Culp, W, W. Boyce, R. R. Bailey. The depleted venire was replenished with the following names from the seven-mile box: James A. Carroll, J. G. Dickson. R. R. McCorkle, H. T. Williams, R. E. Montgomery, A. E. Burns, J. M. Brian. After quite a full and comprehensive charge by his honor to the grand jury, covering the duties and responsibilities of that body and explaining the nature of the charges in the various indictments presented by the solicitor, the court devoted the balance of the morning hours to disposing of pleas of guilty. Ruff Duff plead guilty to housebreaking and larceny in two cases and was sentenced to one year on the chaingang or in the penitentiary In each case. John Hall plead guilty of larceny and was sentenced to six months. Ed Byers plead guilty of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature and was sentenced to pay a fine of $50 or go to the chaingang for three months. Price Dunlap plead guilty of larceny and was sentenced to pay a fine of $50 and spend one year on the chaingang. Samuel Dickey plead guilty of assault and battery with intent to kill and was sentenced to pay a fine of $50 or spend three months on the chaingang. Rufe Chambers plead guilty to the the charge of selling liquor and was sentenced to pay a fine of $100 or spend three months on the chaingang. The first case taken up with a jury was that of the State against W. A. Carroll, charged with breach of trust with fraudulent intent in his failure to send in the dues of Filbert Jr. O. U. A. M. lodge to the head lodge. The amount of dues alleged to have been kept back amounted to something over $100 apd the camp was suspended for a period of nine months, because of the defendant's failure to send in this money. The defendant admitted holding back the money and appropriating a part of it to his own use; but claimed that he had not taken the money with fraudulent intent, holding that he had all the while intended to l-~ U J * ? ? V* /\ IllilKtr 1L ^UUU. rt. liiaiici mi Hill, i?c did make it pood after the warrant had been issued for his arrest. He had offered to make it good before he was arrested; but had made no actual tender after his arrest. The following jurors sat on the case: J. M. Brian, foreman; J. F. Parish, J. A. J. Campbell, E. F. Adkins, James Wright, J. W. Branch, A. B. Shepard, J. G. Dickson, N. C. McCorkle, J. G. A. Turner, A. N. Morgan, C. T. Douglass. After hearing argument by counsel and the charge of the court, the jury took the papers, retired and within a few minutes returned with a verdict of not guilty. In the case of John Partlow, charged with murder, the court instructed a verdict of not guilty. Green McAbee plead guilty to practicing medicine without a license and was sentenced to pay a fine of $50 or go to the chaingang for thirty days. Robert McCrubm, charged with assault and battery with intent to kill, was convicted of simple assault end battery. The grand jury has returned quite a number of true bills, including two against Mack Hood and others, for assault and battery with intent to kill, and one against Luther Ashe, charged with forgery. Court will take a recess tomorrow afternoon over Thanksgiving and reconvene on Friday morning. LOCAL LACONICS. Farmer's Barn Burned. The barn of Mr. William Martin of the Neely's Creek neighborhood was destroyed by fire last Sunday night, KiKClutri Willi ?v nuiac, uiuiir miu ? iui of roughness. The fire occurred during the midnight hours and is supposed to have been incendiary; but this is not certain. Yorkville Beats Chester. Chester Reporter; The football game on the local grounds Friday afternoon, resulted in a victory for Yorkville, the score being 6 to 5, a close contest as is indicated by the result. Only two periods, or quarters, were played, the contest having to be called off on account of darkness. The McConnellsville Line. The McConnellsville Telephone company and the Piedmont company have come to a 10-year agreement under which the McConnellsville company Is to build to Yorkville with certain assistance from the Piedmont company, and the subscribers to each exchange are to have all the connections afforded by the other. Death of Robert Craig. Mr. Robert J. Craig, a well known and highly esteemed citizen of Oastonia. died in that town last Saturday, aged about 78 years, and was buried on Sunday. The funeral was largely attended by friends and resatives from the surrounding country, including quite a number from the York side of the line. Mr. Craig leaves a widow and seven children?six sons and one daughter. Dedication of Mount Vernon. The Methodist of Hickory Grove and surrounding country are looking forward with pleasant anticipation to the dedication of their handsome new church?Mount Vernon next Sunday. A general invitation has been extended to the public of all denominations and special invitations have been sent to many individuals, who In different ways have shown interest in the efforts of the members of Mt. Vernon to secure a building more in keeping with their growth and development than was the old building. The dedication is to be a great and interesting occasion and that there will be a tremendous congregation to participate in the exercises is a matter that may be predicted with every assurance of complete safety. Formerly of York. The St. Augustine, Fla., Evening Record of November 6, contained a notice of the death of Dr. Lawrence Alexander, which occurred in St. Augustine on the date mentioned. Dr. Alexander was a native of Virginia; but settled in Yorkville shortly after the war. and married Miss Mary Adickes, a daughter of the late H. F. Adickes, of this place. He left Yorkville for St. Augustine about thirty years ago and soon became the leading physician of the old Florida city, holding the position up to the time of his death. He is survived by Mrs. Alexander and several daughters as follows: Mrs. Thos. Kirkland of Camden; Mrs. J. N. Bradshaw of Amarillo, Texas; Mrs. Manning Simons of Charleston; Mrs. H. Savage of Camden; Mrs. Arthur Burnett of Atlanta, Ga., Miss Blanche Alexander and Mrs. A. Goldy of St. Augustine, Fla. Wants to Get Back Home. The Charlotte Observer of Saturday had a dispatch from Winston-Salem, to the effect that a white man, giving his name as Dack Lanier, had applied to the authorities with a statement that he had killed a man in York county eight years ago, and although he had been tried and acquitted, he wanted to get back home and make reparation as far as possible. The Winston-Salem authorities were in something of a quandary as to how to proceed, and the understanding was that they would make an investigation into Lanier's sanity. It is a fact that Dock Lanier killed John Bolin, a young man In York county about eight years ago and that he was tried and acquitted. As to whether or not Lanier is mentally unsound cannot be stated with authority; but people here who know the man seem to be of the opinion that he is trying to work the North Carolina folks for passage home. The Peach Tree Borer. "A great many of the peach trees of this section," says Prof. L. A. Niven, of Winthrop, "are being badly damaged, or even killed, by the peach tree borer. The borer Is a white grub, looking very much like the grub that bores into dead timber. Look carefully at the base of the trunk of the peach trees, and if you see a gummy ? ?^M?I,,,1IM^ suosiunce you tire atue m uuiinuuuig that the borer or borers are in that particular tree. The only successful method of combating: this insect is to dig him out and kill him. If the bodies of the tree trunks are painted with lime-sulphur wash in June or July, it will have a tendency to prevent the insect's laying on the tree the egg which causes the borer. Put is too late to try to prevent for this season. Go to the tree, rake away a few inches of the dirt from around the tree, and find the hole which the insect has made. They tunnel under the bark. Trace this hole until the grub is found. A small piece of wire is an excellent instrument to run into this hole and kill the grub. Remember that this borer is found only at the base of the tree. Thousands of peach trees are being killed by them. Get busy and don't let yours be among the number." BLOODSHED IN MEXICO. Revolutionists Precipitate Trouble and and a Large Number Killed. There has been serious trouble in Mexico during the past few days as the result of disturbances caused by would-be revolutionists who are dissatisfied with the alleged high-handed manner in which they claim that Diaz continues to re-elect himself president. The revolutionists had been threatening trouble for some time, and had fixed last Sunday as the day for the outbreak. During Friday while a number of the leaders were holding a conference in the house of Aquiles Gerdan at Puebla, the police appeared for the purpose of dispersing them. A woman shot the chief of police dead and there ensued a terrific battle as the result of which a number of people were killed on both sides. By Sunday the police had the situation in pretty full control and there was no further out break; but tnere is no reason to believe that the trouble is over. An Associated Press dispatch of Saturday describes the results of Friday's disturbance as follows: Estimates of the number who were killed In the fight between soldiers and police on one side and revolutionists on the other at Puebla continued today to be placed at from 100 to 170. Dispatches from that city stated that it was certain over 100 had been slain in the conflict. Aquiles Gerdan, whose house was the scene of the fight, was killed by soldiers while resisting arrest in a tunnel where he had taken refuge. Gerdan fought to the iast,. firing at the officers as soon as they found his hiding place. According to the late advices from Puebla there was no fear of further trouble as the troops were in control of the situation. The fighting was confined to the vicinity of the Gerdan house, where a large number of revolutionists had gathered to discuss plans for an uprising scheduled for tomorrow, and where a large number of guns had been concealed. "Secret service men heard of the meeting and the authorities ordered a squad of police to break it up. When the officers approached the house they met with resistance from the occupants, who began to fire from the windows and balconies. Calls for reinforcements were sent to headquarters and later soldiers joined the police. It was during the early stages I of the fight that the daughter of Gerdan shot down the chief of police. "The fray lasted three hours and during that time a constant fire from besieged and besiegers was kept up. Many of the soldiers went to the tops of the adjoining buildings, some to church towers, and from those points of vantage poured a steady stream of bullets into the home of Gerdan. From within the dwelling the revolutionists returned the shots. Those who fell under the fire of the besieged lay in the street until the fray ended, which was only after the rebels had exhausted their ammunition. Upon a slackening of the fire from within the house the troops rushed in the place and captured the survivors to a number said to exceed forty. "Notwithstanding the rumors, which are still prevalent of a proposed uprising against the government tomorrow, the authorities appear to feel no uneasiness over the prospect. Various regiments are under arms tonight and will be ready for service at a moment's notice throughout Sunday. As a precautionary measure the customary Sunday bull fights have been postponed. Speaking tonight of the situation here Rev. De Landa Y. Escandon of the Federal district said: > "There will be no uprising of the Maderistas tomorrow. The government is fui.y prepared to meet any demonstration whatever and to crush it in its incipiency." ? Spartanburg has arranged to have the first aeroplane flight in the state next Thursday. ? Minus Hightower, the negro who committed a criminal assault in Columbia on October 1:-, was tried at a special term of the Richland court yesterday, Hon. T. Y. Williams, presiding, convicted and sentenced to be hanged on December 23. MERE-MENTION. Governor Brown of Georgia has appointed former Governor J. M. Terrell to the United States senate to succeed A. S. Clay, deceased Mrs. Max Mintz with her baby in her arms, fell down a flight of stairs at her residence in Yonkers, N. Y., a few days ago and although she broke one of her legs in two places and was otherwise badly bruised, the baby escaped without injury The Cunard Steamship company has invited bids for the construction or wnat win oe tne largest steamship in the world, a liner that will be 895 feet long by 95 feet broad with a displacement of 50,000 tons A parent obtained a verdict of $5,000 damages against the Standard Investment company on account of the death of a child who was killed as the result of an accident for which the company was held to be responsible, and the supreme court decided to grant a new trial unless the plaintiff would agree to accept $1,500 A two-yearold boy fell into a molasses kettle near Thomasville, Ga., last Wednesday and was boiled to death Augusta, Ga., is very much stirred up over the census department's figures showing a population of less than 38,000. The common claim is over 50,000 and the business people of the city are going to take a new census of their own.... Harry Thaw's mother is now trying to get her son removed from Mattewan to some other insane asylum In Atlanta last Friday, Maxcy Sanders, aged 5-years, set himself on fire and was burned to death while trying to light a pipe full of rabbit tobacco Canadian farmers are bringing pressure to bear on their government to lower the duty on American agricultural implements... .Japan is arranging to build a Dreadnought of 28,000 tons at a cost of $12,250,000 Chicago public schools are being equipped with moving picture machines New York city's taxable values are now assessed at 58,000,000,000, an increase of $600,000,000 during the past year. The Cincinnati Enquirer publishes a story to the effect that the administration has abandoned the idea of establishing a great naval base in the Philippines; but instead will make a Gibraltar at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. The United States government comes next to England In the amount of her naval expenditures during the past ten years. England has spent $1,695,000,000 and the United States has spent $1,110,000,000 There was an ugly row between white and black sailors of the American warships at Cherbourg, France, last Friday, as the result of which one negro was killed and several others were hurt Juan Burcil, a Mexican, died at San Diego California last Friday, aged 122 years. Myron H. Crlppen, father of Dr. Hawley Hl Crippen, under sentence of death in England for the murder of his wife, died In London last Saturday, aged 80 years Four persons were drowned by the capsizing of a row boat near Sault Sainte Marie, Mich., on Sunday The body of John R. Lockhart. an American mining man, was found near the village of Palmorito 1n the state of Durango, Mexico, last Sunday. He is supposed to have been assassinated by a Mexican Typhoid fever is epidemic in the naval academy at Annapolis, Md Corbin M. Mercler, a widely known druggist, died in church last Sunday, while attending services Burglars got $500 from the postofflce at Natchitoches, La., last Saturday night, by dynamiting the safe There is a case of cholera at Montreal, Canada... .Richard Croker, the former Tammany leader, Is on his annual visit to New T-Ta artxra O AAOOrol f AAflf thfi Pp. publican party many votes In the recent election. SOUTH CAROLINA NEW8. ? The Chester Jury failed to agree in the case of Mrs. J. W. Reid, suing for $10,000 damages for alleged injuries received as the result of a delayed train, and a mistrial was ordered. ? J. H. Caldwell, the dynamite farmer of Spartanburg, made only 85 bushels on his contest acre of com. Every ear of the corn was gathered, rhucked and weighed in the presence of the committee. ? Sam R. Kirkland, who was tried in Camden last week for the murder of his wife was acquitted. The trial turned on the cross-examination of Miss Mary Kirkland, the 22-year-old daughter of the accused. She admitted on the stand that a few days before the tragedy she had confessed to her mother that she was about to become a mother. This information worried both parents to dlstractior. The inference was that Mrs/ Kirkland committed suicide on account of her daughter's shame. ? At Camden last Saturday Judge Shlpp signed an order appointing A. M. Lumpkin of Columbia, receiver for the state dispensary, and the papers were filed in Columbia the same day. The Richland Distilling company is charged in the complaint with having defrauded the state of South Carolina out of $500,000. A collusion between the officers of the company and the members of the state board of dispensary directors is alleged. That the company rebated the directorate and overcharged the state of South Carolina for whiskies sold are allegations in the complaint. The order issued by Judge Shipp was on exparte showing of Attorney W. F. Stevenson of Cheraw for the state. The order In nart Is: "It aDDearing that the property of the defendant herein is abandoned and that there is no officer or agent charged with the control of the said property of said corporation or attorney to act for the said corporation, it is ordered that A. M. Lumpkin be appointed receiver of the property and is directed immediately to take charge of all and singular the assets of the said company." The assets of the company consist of real estate to the amount of eight acres and buildings, on the (aggregate valued at $70,000. according to the complaint, and at 150,000, according to Judge Shipp's order. The order also restrains the agents and employes of the Richland Distilling company from interfering with the control of the property. The reason for the unusal action in this case is found In the decision handed down a few days ago by the supreme court in the Carolina Glass company case. It was in that case pointed out by the court that the dispensary commission has no lien on the property of the company. It had been the intention of the commission to take up the Richland distillery case but the supreme court's decision seemed to make recourse direct to the courts necessary. The Blocks, who were principal owners of the distillery, were indicted at Chester, charged with defrauding the state in connection with dealings with the old state dispensary. In a word the proceeding in Camden today is to get immediate possession of the distillery property in this state and to convert the same into cash. Then the state, which was the big creditor, as alleged in the complaint, will go to court to prove its claim of $500,000. Thus at least the value of the nroner ty will be secured by today's proceedings. AT THE CHURCHES. ASSOCIATE REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN. There will be prayer meeting on Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock. PRESBYTERIAN. There will be prayer meeting on Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock. Ihe (Fotton JRarhft. Yorkvile. Nov. 22.?Cotton 13J to 14J. New York, November 21.?Spot cotton closed quiet, 25 points higher, middling uplands 14.80; middling gulf 15.05; no sal.es. Futures opened firm and closed firm as follows: Nov. 14.63: Dec. 14.60; Jan. 14.59; Feb. 14,66; March 14.77: April 14.83; May 14.92; June 14.88; July 14.88; Aug 14.60.