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Scraps and .facts. ? In South Africa the American mule is considered far superior to the animals imported from Argentina, according to consular reports. The Missouri or Kentucky mule is the best suited for South Africa. One hundred mules were recently imported from the United States and they have proved so satisfactory that a contract for 200 more has just been closed. The mules must be 14 1-2 hands, deep girth, good bone and short legged and must be between tour and seven years old. The price paid for an American mule in South j Africa is slightly less than $250, but before they enter the country they are passed upon by a veterinary surgeon. Frequently American mules of five, and ten years service in South Africa have been sold as high as $140 each. ] ? Editor James A. Cromartie of ?-? Ha ii'Virv /I ioo nnaQ TPll mVS opat la, ua., >? v? ? teriously from a hotel at Hamlet, X. f C.. November 9, was found last Friday wandering in the woods near Ellenboro. Rutherford county, X. C., more tha.i a hundred miles from the scene of the disappearance, by a farmer, who is detaining him until relatives can be communicated with. Cromartie. who is over sixty years old, is said to be deranged and does not know his own name, but identification wtis established by pictures and stories irinted in state newspapers. He arrived at Hamlet the night of November 9. at which place it was necessary for him to change cars for Clarkton, N. C.. where he purposed visiting relatives. During the night he disappeared, leaving his baggage at the hotel. Two sons of the aged man took up the search for him promptly, expending much money for advertising and detectives, and only relinquished the quest two weeks ago. when all clues proved futile. . ? "Nothing has happened up to the present time to indicate that the boll weevil will not eventually reach the northernmost and easternmost portions i of the cotton belt," says \V. D. Hunter, in charge of southern field crop insect investigations, in a bulletin Issued last Saturday by the department 1 of agriculture. The boll weevil last , year infested nearly 30 per cent of the cotton acreage of the United States. It was found in 100 per cent in Louisiana, in 80 In Texas. 30 in Arkansas, 30 in Mississippi and 35 ' In Oklahoma." The progress of the 1 insect to the east will be more rapid j than to the north because of climatic , conditions; but the experience thus far acquired seems to indicate, according to the agricultural department experts, that the boll weevil will eventually overcome any climatic barriers. The only exception to this ' is the high, open plains of western ( Texas. Important progress has been , made in the use of arsenate of lead . as a poison. ? The African hunting trip, as organized and carried out by the Smithsonian Institute, via Roosevelt, "is , the subject of the latest proposed congressional investigation. The sug- ' gestion was received a few days ago, 1 by Representative Rainey of Illinois, , from a citizen of a Georgia town, . who referred to such an inquiry as a 'public service' and to the 'Smith- < sonian' as a 'trash heap institution.'" Mr. Rainey is the Democrat who recently introduced a resolution to inquire into the manner in which Mr. < Roosevelt obtained his transportation j and supplies on his trips about the country while he was president. Mr. 3 Rainey proposes at the earliest op- i nnrtimltv ?n nrcce this resolution. though it was referred to the rules committee and promptly pigeonholed. The Georgian declared that ? an extension of such an inquiry to in- c elude the way in which the African hunt expedition expense was borne by the Smithsonian Institute "would show waste, extravagance and squan- j dering of public money." The Smith- . sonian has never reported the cost of the expedition to congress, but did ' submit a statement showing that 6,- t 663 skins and 2,500 shoots or plants , were obtained. . ? John B. Molsant and Arch Hoxsey, j aviators extraordinary, were killed last Saturday. Both fell out of the ' treacherous air currents with their machines?neither from a vast height ?Moisant's remaining minutes of life were so few as to count as naught. ' Hoxsey was killed instantly. Moisant t met his death at 9.55 a. m. attempt- ] Ing to alight in a field a few miles from New Orleans, La. Hoxsey who 1 went into the air early in the after- < noon at Los Angeles, lay, at 2.12 p. i m. a crushed, lifeless mass in view j of the thousands who were watching the aviation tournament. Thus the ! last day of 1910. in bringing the total < number of deaths of aviators to 35, | capped the list with two of the most , illustrious of those airmen who have been writing the history of aviation i in the sky of two continents. With Hoxsey and Moisant thirty aviators and their passengers were killed during the year 1910 in falls from heavier i than air machines, against five in the two years previous. And those three years comprise the working history of the sport, for it was in 1908 that Lieut. Thos. Self ridge, U. S. A., fell with Orville Wright in the first public trial of an aeroplane at Fort Alyer. He was the first passenger and the first man killed in self sustained machine. The other Americans dead, all killed during last year, are Johnstone. Hoxsey and Moisant. ? The coming of a new year finds the finances of the United States treasury far improved over the condition in which the business of 1910 was begun, having spent some $26,000.000 more than it had taken in. That sum took no account of the extraordinary expenditures for the Panama canal. The beginning of 1911 finds that deficit reduced to $6,000,000 and the total deficit, including Panama expenditures, reduced almost $26,000,000 on all accounts?practically half of what it was a year ago. The year closes with about $S6.000.000 in the general fund and a working balance of $34,000.000 in the treasury offices both considerably lower than a year ago. This is considered by treasury officials a remarkable showing in the face of the fact that more than $130,000,000 has been advanced out of or- ' dinary funds for the canal construe- '< tion. The showing seems to sus- < tain Secretary MacVeagh's declaration < that the treasury would be able to f keep an even keel until congress pass- < ed legislation to allow an issue of se- ' curities upon the plans which Mr. 1 MacVeagh has laid down. Such a ' plan as Mr MacVeagh and Senator I Aldrich have so far worked out. con- < templates the issue of $50,000,000 or $100,000,000 of Panama bonds, not 1 to be available for national bank circulation. and at a rate of interest high , enough to make them attractive to in- " vestors. Such a plan promises to de- '' velop into legislation when congress 1 settles down to work. < ? Abraham Gonzales, leader of the in- j surgent forces operating near Ojinaga j and provisional governor of Chihuahua, gave an interview to the Associated Press correspondent at Mulato last ' Friday. This is the first statement I by any of the insurgent leaders in the s field. Gonzales talked frankly, tell- * ing of the policy of the insurgents and their plans. "The independents ' now control the greater part of Chi- ; ii tici11 ud, lit- niiu. f uuuiu capture any of the outlying garrisoned towns at any time, but in turn we would have to establish garrisons in these cities, thus taking many fighting men from the field. We did not expect to defeat the Diaz army in a day, or a month. We have accomplished all we stt out to do up to date. The independents control a section of the railroad, are holding the garrisons at Juarez. Ojinaga. Pedernales and I.a Guna helpless in their barracks. We have checked every effort to send reinforcements north and control several hundred miles of the border. This gives us an opportunity to recruit our armies and train our eager recruits. Every day increases our strength. When we are ready to strike, we will strike, and Diaz will be shaken from his throne. The independents will protect the property and lives of Americans and other foreigners. We come as liberators. not as invaders. The independents are not fighting Mexico, they are fighting the Diaz government." Gonzales talked slowly in halting English, turning now and then to a young officer for aid in translating his words. 'Of our immediate plans, I cannot of s nurse, speak. We have opened the 0 loor to our countrymen who wish . o light and we are arming and drillng them as fast as they come. We v vant simple justice. We want the a ight to vote as we believe. The fl ourts, the great instrument of Diaz's . yrann.v next to the army, must be 11 nade courts of law, not tools of op- o iression. The men who have or- t tanized this uprising will fight until j, ill are dead. They are confident of rictory." About 200 armed insur- ? rents were counted in Mulato Friday, v )ut it was said that other detach- a nents han ujina^a surruuuucu. Djinasa has a population of about 1.iOO, with a garrison of 300 federal C roops strongly intrenched. ?hc \|orhrillc (Enquirer. , Entered at the Postofflce in Yorkville as Mail Matter of the Second Class. c YORKVILLE. S. C.j TUESDAY, JANUARY 3,1911. t i i January 3, 1911. e | t e The general assembly convenes next s Tuesday. x t It's an off-year in politics and that t is comforting. r _ t t Nineteen hundred and ten was great; I but nineteen hundred and eleven should be greater. ^ It is estimated that if all the cotton J (JI'OUUirillK UUU?IIIC? Ul UIC OUUIII onvmu Q ;ome up to the remarkably high stand- ( ird of Marlboro, the annual yield 11 would be close to 80,000,000 bales. ? Y Notwithstanding the dreadful toll a that is being exacted in the form of f human lives, there seems to be no s dearth of aspirants to the honor, fame e ind emoluments that are being offered j by the aviators. c t This year should be a record breaker j. in the corn fields. The farmers know t better what can be done and they know better how to do it. Not only ? that, but there is a more general and t intelligent appreciation of what a good s corn crop means. a Now then, you ministers in charge of e congregations, you physicians, you [ awyers, you farmers, you merchants, v ,'ou cnnaren ai scnooi, an you peopie n every walk, every one to your duty 0 yourselves and your fellows, and let's nake 1911 the best year we have ever >een. We can do it, and nobody but mrseives can keep us from it. May a man whip his wife? asks the Vnderson Daily Mail, and the Colum)ia Record amends by asking. Can a nan whip his wife? which amendment he Mail accepts. Just what was the natter with Carpenter when he asked lis question, we do not know, but it s evident that something happened to aise Hoyt's doubts. The uniform success of York count's banks would seem to suggest that he operation of an institution of this ;i <ind is not a difficult undertaking; but :hat is a mistake. To make a success if banking the officers have to be the ight kind of men who know their bus- $ iness thoroughly, and not one man in 1 hundred who would succeed in oth?r businesses would succeed so well in banking. The fact is that all of the j fork county banks have exactly the "ight kind of men in charge of them. The Taylor - Trotwood Magazine, s published at Nashville, Tenn., is about c :he best southern magazine that reach- . ?s The Enquirer office. Its subject -natter relates more exclusively to ^ hings that are southern, and from | mver to cover it furnishes delightful reading. The December number con- t :ains a Christmas story by Opie Reid 1 [hat is characteristic of that popular j. writer; a delightful prize story by T. 5. Stribling, and several political and c historical contributions. One of the j, nost interesting and important of the latter is the reproduction by the cdi- s tor of an old interview in which An- 8 3rew Jackson is quoted as maintaining t that had it not been for his success at e the battle of New Orleans the coun- F try west of the Mississippi would have been lost to the United States, the pre- J cious signing of the treaty of Ghent to t the contrary notwithstanding. The 1 price of the Taylor-Trotwood Magazine is 15 cents a copy and those in- t terested will not go amiss in getting a samples. s For the first time in history a passenger can get on a train in this town f and stay on it until he gets to Cincinnati. There is a through route from ;l Charleston to the Ohio river. Charles- a ton is now one of the Ohio river's most ;1 convenient seaports. We are in touch with the trade that made New York a t great city, and Philadelphia and Bos- i ton. and Baltimore, and all the other s ports north of Cape Hatteras. It's been t a long time coming, but it is here. Watch Charleston grow!?News and j: Courier. t There is a full appreciation of many ?1 sad regrets in the foregoing paragraph, as well as a proper and well founded s hope for the future. If the dream of a P o rn lino ulntounion Van J* judgment and fixed policy of these n statesmen in the early part of the last , icntury ? had been realized, and Charleston had been connected with :he Ohio river as far back as sixty or t seventy years ago, the present condi- a :ions in these United States would j tave been far different from what they e ire. The history of the country would A save been different. Charleston would ^ , e i*ery likely have been in size and im- p lortance what New York is now, and 1 South Carolina would have already f irnounted to far more than New Engand can ever amount to. Rut really f here is no occasion for vain regrets. C fhe thing has come at last. The j" Southern and the C. C. & O. have at K ast opened the way. The northeast s las already been wonderfully devel- v jped and the southeast has been held >ack. Hut the southeast has not been p it a standstill. It is a hundredfold li letter equipped politically, industrial- w y, commercially and socially to prop- ^ rly shape the development that is still .\ lue than if it had started in the be tinning of the last century. This eounry has suffered nothing except the deay necessary to go through a process fi >f better preparation than New Kng- Jj and has had or lias. Our development p >f the future is almost if not quite as e ure as the New England development X f the present. The working of the potential forces necessary has become isible to those best qualified to see, T nd in a very few years they will be lain to everybody. This section orignally intended to be the garden spot F. f the world, cannot escape its desiny. And Charleston must necessarily j e the great metropolis of this section. Cothing seems more sure, and it is vith feelings of the most pleasurable nticipation that we accept the News .nd Courier's invitation to "Watch Lc Charleston grow." GOVERNOR-ELECT BLEASE. Ni Reassuring Interview Witi the New Chief Executive to Be. T1 In a few days it will be Governor Cole L. Blease. The new governor s preparing for his move to Columbia. V few days agu, while in Newberry, crites August Kohn to the News and 'ourier, I saw Governor-elect Blease. le is not in the least nervous or exited about the change, but is taking J. t as a matter of fact. He does not rant any applauding or hurrahing, ? >ut wants to "slip into" the office of governor without much ado. What rill come later on is not known, but lis tone now is that of seriousness and houghtfulness. Governor-elect Blease leaves behind lim in Newberry a well-developed aw business. He apparently likes the ,, irofession and the fascination of tryng causes. He said that he expected to move his law library in toto to he governor's mansion, and remark- ^ id that he expected to leave the manion a better lawyer than when he rent there. There has been a report in Colum- R da that governor and Mrs. Blease inended stopping at a hotel and would lot occupy the mansion. Being only he two in the family, some thought his might be correct. Governor-elect Jlease told me that he never expectid to reside anywhere else than at he mansion and that he expected to pr lo considerable entertaining. m Governor-elect Blease said that he ge iad completed his inaugural address. . t will be a brief paper to be delivered p m his inauguration. He said that 's jovernor Ansel would review the fi- he tancial, educational, industrial and renfiral conditions of the state, and hat it would be mere repetition for bi lim to incorporate such matters in his m id dress. th Governor-elect Blease will incorlorate some suggestions in his mes- If age and some will be rather advanc- gr d. He will reiterate his position on ao he liquor question and what he will nake perfectly plain will likely p larify the situation with reference o liquor legislation. Governor-elect Blease does not think lis address will consume more than b wenty minutes in all. Al Governor-elect Blease is very much imused over the stories that he is a ich man. He wishes very much that ed his were true, but he will have the lis atisfaction of leaving Newberry with su ,n entirely clean balance sheet, and . his he thinks is very well. It is the intention of Governor- Pt lect Blease to have an all-male office eli orce. He does this so that he may ? lave a young man at the mansion rho can work with him in the evenngs if he should so desire. f0 He has had a great mass of cor- . espondence and requests since his tn 'lection and has given them such at- tn ention as was possible while winding gu ip the affairs of the office of mayor and ^ losing up his law affairs and office reparatory to coming to Columbia ra Some folks thought that Governor- tr lect Blease went into voluntary retirenent after his election, and that he mrposely avoided accepting invita- n ions to make speeches. The fact is sp hat he has been quite sick?really, ar ery sick. Dr. Houseal, his physician, foe of ntiA timn wnrriorl nhmit lis condition, but is now satisfied with lis patient. The illness was several reeks ago and was not organic, but aused to a large extent by nervous- te less. Governor-elect Blease now feels veil and strong, and if given en- In ouragement, wants to do real ser- of ice to South Carolina and to avoid qj my "grand stand" situations. WOULD REVISE SCHOOL LAWS. tr . et Superintendent Swearingen Outlines M His Recommendations. ac In addition to recommending that b> he state summer school be re-estab- fo ished, State Superintendent of Edu- ar ation Swearingen asks the legislature o adopt the report of the educational vs ommission appointed at the last ses- tn lion of the general assembly. The ^ ommission has worked arduously to evise the school laws and the re- of >ort will soon be given to the public. G< In a statement issued last Friday itr Su-eiirineen sums un his reeom nendations under ten heads, as folows: tv 1. That the report of the educa- to ional commission to revise the school or aw be adopted. ? 2. That the term extension and >uilding appropriations be renewed. 3. That the apportionment of the ta onstitutional tax of three mills be th >ased on average of attendance initead of on ten days' enrollment. 4. That the report of the commis- fr Ion on agricultural education be id opted. 5. That proper support be given he work of the state supervisor of lementary rural schools, recently ap>ointed by this department. 6. That the restriction of state t0 tided liigh schools to towns of less re han 2.500 population be removed, and T1 hat the maximum amount allowed ja he high schools of any one county >e raised. sa 7. That the right of independent se ext book adoption be withdrawn from ev 11 special school districts. S. That a uniform scholarship aw be enacted for Winthrop, Clemon. the University and the Citadel. Cc 9. That the state summer school m or teachers be re-established. 10. That this department be given no , suitable and permamnent office, an w< idequate printing fund and a school ho uditor. al. The commission on agricultural edication recommends that agriculture "a ?e taught in the schools and not that th eparate agricultural schools be es- ^a ablished. . The work done by Prof. \V. K. Tate s appreciated by the state superinendent. as shown by the recommen- all lation that proper support be given. pr The high school act is important . nd the recommendation thereto wl hows that so many schools have been ye tided that the good of the work is ecognized and ought to be continued . nd improved 10 A school auditor is a new rc? om- 1111 nendation. nc ce ? Nineteen days tin the trail of the ov nan who. lie alleges, stole his wife ?u ltd children, and carrying a Winhester ritle in his buggy and swearing hat he will go to the ends of the arth to lind the object of his search. Yilliam Boatwright, a white man, Irove into Colquitt, Ga., last Saturday veiling and out again Sunday. He lad driven that far from his home in Florida, he says, and the indications is re that he is gaining on the alleged ugitives. Boatwright. believing he _ I'ould soon overtake the man he was ' allowing, swore out a warrant at 'olquitt, charging blank McGowan vis rith kidnapping. Boatwright wants o get his children, and says lit* will et them by peaceable means if pos- ,,u ihle. That is why he secured the da warrant. If he should fail he says ie will still have the rifle to fall back yj} n. He was accompanied from here y Deputy Sheriff P. B. Adams, who ,a} las the warrant and is aiding Boatbright in his efforts to overtake the y, llcged fugitives. Boatwright says he . allowed McGowan from Florida to .lahama and from there hack to < icorgia. sp to ? The Bamberg Herald records the act that the town was turned over to no iwlessness during the Christmas holi- s<|] ays. There was more drunkenness in he town last week than the town has ver known liefore. ' ,QCAL AFFAIRS, A h NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Y W. Wood & Sons, Richmond?Will p send seed catalogue free on request. See fourth page. S. Royster Guano Co., Norfolk, Va.? t! On page four tell about the origin of Royter's fertilizers. , W. Dobson?Wants to sell a tract of land. Wants a partner in livery busi- v ness and wants boarders. ^ >tton Belt Ginning Co.?Has suspended shingle sawing for the present. Second-hand saw mill wanted. v )an and Savings Bank?Publishes a 1 condensed statement of condition at t the clos? of business on December 31. Resources total $372,576.93. a.t!onal Union Bank, Rock Hill? ii Calls attention to its unceasing ef- o forts to give its patrons absolutely v reliable and satisfactory service. It wants your patronage, lomson Co.?Offers one-third off the prices on ladies' coat suits, cloaks 1 and skirts. It also talks about do- 1 mestics, shoes and clothing. e-Fix-It Shop?Will shoe horses all 11 around for 75 cents, if the money ? comes with the horse. * iddle Auto Co.?Can supply you with all kinds of automobile supplies, in- s eluding gasoline, oils, tools, etc. f M. Brian Co.?Thanks its customers F for past favors and solicits a con- ^ tinuance of your patronage, irk Supply Co.?Wants you to see it t for shingles, iron roofing, flooring, i framing, etc. Peas wanted. It also v wants your business during 1911. 0 ar Drug Store?Has a complete line 0 of ledgers, day books, journals, etc., of right qualities and at the right ^ prices. t irk Furniture Co.?Gives you a resolution which it asks you to adopt t and stick to during the year 1911. It says it will pay you. im M. Grist?Suggests that you look , before you leap when you contem- . plate taking out life insurance, ana says the Mutual Benefit is the best. J. Herndon?Explains that the good qualities of a piano depend on its action. Pianos and organs tuned. A ? piano for rent. ? s V The weather bureau has out some a edietions for more cold weather. The ' a ercury has been registering- points r veral degrees below zero at many t aces in the west and northwest. It a expected that the dip will he felt j ire by tonight or tomorrow. t Skim milk is a great food for pigs; j it there will have to be a good deal s ore skim milk than there is before e pigs get a show at it. However, the Yorkville creamery continues to ow as it has been growing there will on be plenty of skim milk for both ^ ople and pigs. s Today's paper goes out to all subribers, whether their names have c (en returned for another year or not. ^ rter today's issue is mailed, all names at have expired and not been return- j I, will be stricken from the mailing it. The thing for subscribers whose ibscriptions have expired to do, is to ther give their names to clubmakers iblished in the list which appears {. sewhere, or send the subscription ^ ice to The Enquirer office. I Wonder if it would be practicable j r the Federal government to get at j e inside of the iron and steel bridge I ust, and give that Institution a round ^ ich as has been handed out to the j Lthtub and other trusts? The gene- I 1 understanding is that the bridge ust has the country divided up so at certain concerns get all the busies in their respective territories in ite of what looks like quite an abundice of competitive bidding. AUCTION SALES. The auction sales by the clerk yesrday resulted as follows: One hundred and thirty-eight acres Fort Mill township, sold at the suit Z. T. Bailes, administrator, vs. J. C. lover. Bought by W. W. Boyce for ,320. At the suit of S. C. Pursley, adminisator, etc., against Emma H. Pursley, c., a tract of 275 acres in King's ountain township, and a tract of 60 res in Bethel township. Both bought Thos. F. McDow, attorney, the first r $13 an acre, and the second for $26 i acre. In the case of John D. Whitesldes i. Nellie Whitesldes and others, two acts of land in Bullock's Creek townlip, one of 219 acres and the second 200 acres. Both bought by W. B. sod for $10 an acre. In the case of Thos Jamerson, plainY, vs. Elmina Jamerson, defendant, v ;o tracts of land in Bullock's Creek Timohln ann a f kA qapao on/1 tVio ntVi _ i of 49 acres. Both bought by C. E. iencer, attorney, for $100 each. * s The 604 acre tract in King's Moun- s in township, advertised to be sold at e suit of I. E. Crlmm, plaintiff, vs. t B. Martin, defendant, was withdrawn h om sale. . f ANNUAL MEETING. 1 o Through an oversight, no doubt, the unty board of commissioners failed t give notice of the annual meeting quired by law to be held on the first 0 lursday after the first Monday in c inuary; but Supervisor-elect Boyd 3 id yesterday that it is his purpose to ^ e that this annual meeting is held, ^ en though it cannot now be held on e date specified in the statutes. v The law requires, section 804 of the v )de, that the board of county com- a issioners of each county shall, after 0 dice, published once a week for four s ?eks in any newspaper of a county, t! dd its annual meeting at the date iove stated, and that all claims that ^ tve arisen against the county during a e year previous be presented on that v te, in order that they may be exam- * ed and ordered paid. v Section 808 of the Code, provides that 1 I claims asrainst the eountv must be 3 esented within the year during ^ lich they were contracted, or the ? ar following, or be barred. It has been the custom of the county v ard for many years to hold its an- 8 lal meeting, after four weeks public itice, during the latter part of De- n mber; but last year as stated, by p ersight very probably, no notice of * f I e annual meeting was given. II tl ABOUT PEOPLE. f( Mr. Wm. H. Barron of Chester, spent g tturday in Yorkville. \i Miss Anna S. MeCaw of Columbia, c visiting relatives in Yorkville. Miss Nannie Smith of Hickoiy v ove, is visiting in Rock Hill. tl Miss Rosa Steele of Yorkville, is e siting relatives in Mayesville, S. C. ji Mr. R. Sidney MeConnell of The En- e lirer office, is in Chester for a few 2 ys. v Miss Rebecca Hafner of Chester, i p died Miss Mary Starr in Ynrkvllle h ?t week. C Mr. (). T. Varnadore and family of h rkville li. F. I). 3, have moved to s tck Hill. li Congressman Finley, who has been ti ending the holidays at home, expects a return to Washington tomorrow. tl Mr. Glenn Smith and family of ir rthern Mississippi, are spending me time with relatives in York it unty. s1 Mr. Sam Moore of Gantt's Quarry. V la., spent several days last week with is mother, Mrs. S. R. Moore, in 'orkville. Mrs. D. W. Hicks and son, Master Yed Sims, of Gaffney, are spending a ew days in Yorkville, the guests of he Messrs. Grist. Mr. and Mrs. Lesslie Retts of Rock 1111, spent several days last week rith Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Betts on forkville R. F. D. 3. Mr. T. C. Dunlap, formerly of Yorkille, now cashier of the Bank of Darington, has been appointed assistant o the state bank examiner. Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Raines, formery of Columbia, are in Asheville, N. C\. in account of the health of Mr. Raines, rho is suffering from tuberculosis. Mrs. Annie Keller Sanders, who has ieen spending the past year with relaives in Tennessee and Texas, has reurned tocher home in York county. Mr. C. E. Dobson nas reiurnea ioms lome in Pensacola, Fla., after a visit if several weeks to the family of his ather, Mr. J. W. Dobson, in Yorkville. Miss Mattie Adams of Shelby, N. C., pent Saturday and Sunday with riends in Yorkville. She was accomtanled home by Miss Katie Lewis of Torkville. In mentioning the names of the rothers and sisters of Mr. A. Young )ickson, who died recently in Yorkille, the name of Mr. John C. Dickson if Yorkville No. 1, was inadvertently mitted. Representative O. L. Sanders of ilcConnellsville, was in Yorkville yeserday to see as many of his constltlents as possible, with a view to geting such suggestions as they may see roper to make as to how they would ie represented in Columbia, Mr. Sanlers represented conditions in his secion of the county as being fine, and verybody as more or less satisfied vith the results of last year's work. Chester Reporter: Mr. T. M. Whisnant, who went to Baltimore Thurslay evening, December 22nd, to consult pecialists at Johns Hopkins hospital vith regard to his health, underwent .n operation for gallstones, and is dong nicely. Mr. C. M. Whlsonant, who .ccompanied his brother to Baltimore, eturned to Chester Friday, tne operaIon having been thoroughly successful .nd the patient's condition being perectly satisfactory. The surgeons at 'ohns Hopkins believe that the operaion will entirely free Mr. Whisonant rom gallstones, which have been givng him a great deal of trouble for ome years past. A GOOD RECORD THIS. Solicitor Henry's annual report to attorney General Lyon, which was ompleted and filed several days ago, ihows good work on the part of the ible and aggressive solicitor of the Sixth circuit, and the usual big perentage of convictions. The record of counties in brief form s as follows: Chester. Not Guilty. Guilty. ' rs ? 1 assault and battery 5 ? Issault, intent to ravish 1 ? Conspiracy 1 2 Iousebreaking and larceny.. 4 1 ^arceny ? 1 .lalicious mischief ? 1 .lurder 6 2 Jsing stock ? 1 violation dispensary law ... 3 3 Lancaster. tssault and battery 9 4 Issault, intent to ravish .... ? 1 Bastardy 1 ? Burglary and larceny ? 1 Breach of trust ? 2 Concealed weapon 1 1 forgery 1 ? Iousebreaking and larceny.. 3 6 lurder 4 2 teceived stolen goods ? 1 tape ? 2 Violating dispensary law .... 14 7 Fairfield. issault and battery 10 ? Burglary and larceny 1 ? "orgery 1 ? Iousebreaking and larceny .. 5 ? ^arceny 5 1 lurder 1 1 \upt; - Violating dispensary law ... 3 2 York. tssault and battery 14 10 trson ? 1 Concealed weapons 1 ? Burglary ? 1 Breach of trust 1 ? >estruction of crop 1 ? forgery 2 ? lousebreaking and larceny.. 4 ? lighway robbery 1 ? jarceny 7 ? durder 3 5 'ractlcing medicine without license 2 ? tape ? 3 Violating dispensary law .... 3 9 WITHIN THE TOWN. ? The school children get back to vork tomorrow. ? The town has let a contract for the nstallation of a filter system. ? Some OI tne uuamcaa uuuaca luvm tock last week and some will take tock this week. ? But there is room for a lot more luilding and that will help wonderfuly to make the town grow. ? The price of eggs, which got up to orty cents during the holidays, has aken an appreciable tumble down to 5 cents and in some cases 20 cents. ? The Loan and Savings bank and the i'irst National bank of Yorkville, sent iut their usual semi-annual dividend hecks to stockholders on December 1, each bank paying 3 per cent. Both ianks have had a remarkably good ear. ? The milk receipts at the creamery rent up to 3,000 pounds one day last reek, more than three times as much s was received on the opening day nly two months ago. And there are till some more milk routes to be esablished. ? Yorkville passed through the holiays with less disorder than during ,ny previous holiday week since the rar. Even the annual ringing out of he old and ringing in of the new year ras not accompanied by the disorder hat has been common on such occa- J ions. A few gates were carried away; ut there was not enough of this kind f thing to attract general attention. ? People who do not see that Yorkille is growing steadily, surely and ubstantially, are very dull of compreension. The thing that the town eeds more than anything else is more eople, and we do not believe that here is a town in the south that afords a better opportunity to self-reant, energetic business men of a litle experience. There is opportunity or such not only to make money and et along in a material way; but the ray is open for social, political and ivic preferment and leadership. ? Josh Smith, the colored night atchman at the Lockmore mill, was he victim of a ruffianly attack at an arly hour Sunday morning. He had List completed his round of the proprty and punched his tape clock at .15, when the assault was made. He as knocked down with a pi'ice of iron ipe and beaten to insensibility before is assailants were content to let up. >n recovering somewhat he called for elp, and people who went to his asistance found him in a pool of blood, le was able to give but little informaon as to the probable identity of his ssailants or the motive, except tnat lere is evidence that they ran away nmediately after the assault. ? J. Q. Wray has about finished movlg and J. M. Stroup is opening up a tock in the room vacated by Mi. >'ray. The Western Union Telegraph office is going into the room occupied sa: by Miller's barbershop. Mr. Miller is wl going across to the room now occu- ba pied by Mr. Baber and Mr. Baber Is id< going into the room to be vacated by pa the Loan and Savings bank, which has eo not yet been able to move to its new of quarters in the McNeei building be- m< cause of delay in the completion of xs some of the finishing up trimmings. The Yorkville Hardware company is re: now snug in its new quarters and Mr. mj W. I. Witherspoon is to occupy the th room vacated by the hardware store. Su ? The Baptist, Associate Reformed af and Presbyterian congregations united s. with the Methodist congregation last no Sunday night, on the occasion of the th first service conducted here by Rev. J. mi F. Anderson, the new pastor. There lis was a fair representation of the an churches out, but the united congrega- be tion was nothing like as large as it by should have been, considering the pow- Gi erful gospel sermon that Rev. Mr. An- W derson preached. Mr. Anderson is to Gi conduct services in Yorkville every ca Sunday, in the morning two Sundays, sa and in the evening two Sundays. wi t se in LOCAL LACONICS. I)a Taking Tax Returns. fe: Auditor Hunter went up to Clover pa this morning to beg-in his round of th taking tax returns. He will be at Clo- a ver today and tomorrow. From Clover he goes to Ford, Barnett & Co.'s store Thursday, to Perry Ferguson's on Friday, and to Harper's on Saturday. Released On Bail. mi Herman Adkins, the 11-year-old ea boy who killed his playmate, Nolly x, Hancock, on Monday, December 26, st, and who was committed to jail, has to been released by order of Judge Gage as on a $500 bond. Walter M. Dunlap, Esq., of Rock Hill, is looking after the m, case of young Adkins. lei Destroyed By Fire. ch A barn belonging to Mr. William ini Brandon of the Hebron neighborhood aK about five miles southwest of Yorkvllle, was destroyed by ffre last Thurs- w< day afternoon. The fire is supposed to G* have been caused by a cigarette and the building and contents, including 100 bushels of corn, were entirely de- ra stroyed. T* ur New County Officials. wj Superintendent of Education-elect pa Quinn and Supervisor-elect Boyd have filed their bonds, and are expecting to WJ receive their commissions today or to- $1 morrow, when they will take charge of their respective offices. Mr. B. M. Love, who was recommended for ap- jnj pointment as auditor, will take charge or as soon as possible after he receives his appointment and commission. cj, Tax Collections. N< Treasurer Neil has been up to his eyes with business, especially during the efl past few days when belated taxpayers th have been crowding in to get their re- ^ ceipts before the January penalty at- se taches. A good many thousands of fn dollars have been received within the to past week; but as a large proportion ^ of the belated payments have come by bu mail the books are not yet in shape T1 for a definite and satisfactory state- C? ment. g^( The National Union. mi There are banks and banks; but J?a bu when It comes to amount of capital ju stock, surplus, volume of business, ac- su commodation to people who are enti- to tied to accommodation, etc., the big ^ National Union of Rock Hill, does not ji have to step aside for the best of them Sa ?certainly not for the best in South Carolina. This bank has had a pros- ye perous year to add to the many pros- toi perous years that have gone before, and continues to grow in ability and ^ capacity to do and in usefulness to gj] Rock Hill, York county and this whole su section. w Death of Mrs. Gaddess. sa Mrs. Agnes Caldwell Gaddess died of in St. Agnes's hospital, in Baltimore, ^ Md., on December 27, 1910. She was m, in the 39th year of her age. She was th a daughter of the late J. M. Caldwell ^ of York county. The deceased leaves jj, her husband, four sisters and one Dj brother as follows: Mrs. William th Caldwell of King's Creek; Mrs. I. A. j*a Campbell of Gastonia, N. C.; Mr. W. jn, G. Caldwell of Bessemer City, N. C.; tn Mrs. J. N. O'Farrell of Yorkville, and or ke Mrs. Retta Florence Higgins of Balti- wj more, Md., at whose home the funeral da service was conducted. The deceased br was a member of the United Presbyte- a rian church of Baltimore, where she jn had made her home during the past Th fifteen years. th br Getting Things In Shape. Co Mr. J. T. Crawford of McConnells- tie ville, president of the Yorkville Creamery association, was in Yorkville yes- gg terday on business. He expressed him- th self as well pleased with the manner in which the farmers have taken hold of the creamery proposition, and he is ve confident that the enterprise is going tir to have all the success that he has been hoping for and more. He himself, however, has heen delayed in be- Bs coming a patron for the reason that he cl< has been unable to get up the necessary buildings; but expects to be in shape within the next few weeks and .. 10 sena 10 me creamery me miiK irom "v twenty-five or more cows. Mr. J. pa Frank Ashe, another leader in the ur creamery movement, has been sending jui milk for several weeks. ? llu Two Institutions That Count. Ch The Bank of Clover and the Bank of Fli Hickory Grove, both splendid institutions, have had a fine year, and besides ati paying dividends have added hand- his some surpluses to their respective capital stocks. People up in the Hickory ^ Grove neighborhood, who a few years ba ago had no way of transmitting money vk except by means of registered letter Qg or postofflce order, or by buying checks th< from the few who had accounts in mi neighboring banks, and mighty poor ^afacilities for borrowing to tide over ^j? times of stress, say that the Hickory br< Grove bank is the greatest thing that ^u has struck their section since the coming of the railroad. The people of an Clover and the country surrounding tol art* unable to see how they were ever able to get along without their splen- at< did bank, and everybody about is al- cit most as proud of it as are the officers, bis directors and stockholders. ''' pm Doing Nicely. sp< Dr. J. H. Saye, president of the First ^ National Bank of Sharon, was in York- gi? ville yesterday, on private business, the and when asked about things out at fl*? nic Sharon gave a pleasant report of the situation generally. He was especial- the ly pleased with the record that has Mi been made by the bank, which, though of only sixteen months old, wound up the year with deposits aggregating $107,- Th 000. "We had been pulling," said the doctor, "for $100,000 by January 1, and ma the fact that we went a little beyond, siti of course made us feel better." Al- ocr though very proud indeed, of the bank's record, Dr. Saye was not inclin- me ed to take much credit for himself. He beg Id that Mr. Haddon is the man tc 10m most of the credit Is due. The nk paid Its second semi-annual divsnd of 3 per cent on January 1, n<3 ssed over $2,000 to the surplus acunt, quite a record for an instltutior only $25,000 In a town of hardly are than 300 people, iken Home for Interment. Charlotte Observer, Monday: The mains of W. Jack Guess, the young an who died Saturday afternoon a: e result of carbolic acid drunk with icidal Intent and effect Thursdaj ternoon, were taken to Fort Mill C., for Interment yesterday after ion. The party left on the 4.35 train e remains having reposed In th< eantime at the undertaking estab hment of J. M. Harry & Co., when i autopsy was performed by a num r of physicians, this being attendee a number of student nurses jess was 27 years old, the son ol H. Guess and Mary Hancocl jess of Fort Mill. His sister, wh< me here shortly after his death Id he had led a roving life. H< auld return home after long ab nces, saying that he had been work' g on the railroad, but In what ca^ .city she did not know. He had sufred from rheumatism, this apirently furnishing the motive foi e suicide. He had left home onlj day or two before his death. MERE-MENTION. Two persons were killed, one fatallj d two seriously Injured, In a teneent house fire at Paterson, N. J. rly Saturday morning The >w York state superintendent of in ruction has ordered a test of papei wels made in the public schools a sanitary measure Mrs igusta E. Stetson of New York, li aking a desperate effort to gain th< adership of the Christian Science urch in the United States, succeedg the late Mrs. Eddy. Mrs. Stetsor serts the Immortality of Mrs. Edd] d professes to believe that she wll ise from her grave J. C. Gris ill committed suicide at Augusta i., Saturday because his wife hac ft him An Insane negro at mpted to hold up the passengers or e Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic ilroad, near Douglass, Ga., Friday le negro's actions create^ a panic itil the harmlessness of his weapor is discovered A Chicago com my will ask the city council for t anchise to build passenger ant eight subways, docks, harbors ant irehouses, and proposes to use 00,000,000 in developing these en rprises Rival gangs of the iw York "East Side" had a clasl a dance hall early Saturday morn g and fourteen persons were more less injured More than 1, 0 men have been indicted by the and jury of Adams county, O., or arges of selling their votes in the avember elections. The men incted are pleading guilty and the dge is sentencing them to pay fine! uallinf the amounts received foi eir votes and serve six months ir e workhouse, suspending the work use part of the sentence. The ntence of the court acts as a disanchisement for five years. In one wnship there is not a voter left.... sneak thief stole a brooch valuec $20,000 from Mrs. David T. Haniry at Valejo, Cal., Saturday le United Properties company oi ilifornla, has been chartered undei e laws of Delaware with a capita )ck of $200,000,000. It proposes tc erge all public utilities A ck of bloodhounds tore a suspectec irglar to pieces near Mt. Vernon ., Friday. The dogs pushed the spect so close that he was unable reach a nlace of safety before theii eper could reach the scene Is estimated that not less thai ,000,000 were spent in New Yorl .turday night, for liquors, by th< obs who were celebrating the pass g of the old and advent of the nev ar John A. Dlx, Democrat ok the oath of office as governor o! sw York, Saturday night. Th< >rk of the first Democratic legisla re in nearly twenty years, will ben Wednesday night. A Democrats .ccessor to United States Senatoi epew will be elected Sherlf illiams at Gulfport, Miss., Friday ved a negro from a mob by reasor his physical strength. A mot rprised the sheriff and took the neo and he in turn broke from th< en holding him and rushing througt e mob rescued the negro and carid him Into the Jail. Poking a rlflt rough the bars he told the mob tc sperse and it did it quick in Coughlin, a famous member ol e American exile colony in Hondus, died a few days ago. Coughlir 't Chicago several years ago followg a jury scandal The compiler of the currency has Issued ar der requiring all national banks tc ep a special set of books whict 11 show their actual condition eact y By the quick action of t akeman in pulling on the airbrakes C., N. O. and T. P. train was saved om falling from a 300-foot trestle to the Kentucky river Thursday le train struck a split switch ant e cars jumped the track. The akeman pulled the emergency airrd when he felt the cars on the 's, stopping the train. Several pasngers were slightly injured le fishermen of Maine caught 19,6,542 lobsters during 1910, for whicl ey received $2,145,294 Mesla, Italy, was visited by a fire lasl lursday, one day after the second niversary of the earthquake of twe ars ago. The property loss is esnated at $1,000,000, and 3,500 peoi are homeless, more than 90 buildgs being destroyed Jos. G >bin, president of the Northerr ink of New York city, which was ised last week, was indicted Fridaj d plead not guilty to the charge stealing $80,000 of the bank's nds. Robin later attempted suicide, ....Andrew Weatherly, aged 60, a lalthy citizen of Greensboro, N. C., us killed by being run over by a ssenger train near that city Satday morning. He either fell ot mped in front of the train hile searching for the body of Coraes Corbett, who was drowned in the lattahoochee river at Fort Myers, a., last Friday, a party of neighbors jnd the body of an infant that had en thrown in the river with weights tached William C. Stridder shot i wife and step-daughter in Balti>re the other day as the result of o iriily row, and then committed sulle Attorneys for members of the thtub trust, under prosecution for dation of the Sherman anti-trust v, have been trying to get Attorney neral Wickersham to agree to allow ?ir clients to plead guilty and subt to fine; but the attorney general i's that if convicted these men will ve to take a prison sentence lurice Taputcan, a rrencn aviaiui, 3ke the continuous flight record at c, France, last Friday, by flying 363 les in 7 hours and 45 minutes i old man named Robert Hill, shot d killed an 8-year-old boy at Bris, Tenn., one day last week, because i boy was teasing him Clarence xow, formerly chairman of the sen> committee that investigated the y government of New York, died at i home at Nyack, N. Y., last Friday. .. .Citizens of New Orleans are prering to erect a monument on the )t where John B. Moisant lost his i the other day, on the idea that flsant was a martyr to science i persons were killed in a wreck on i Miller Creek railway a few miles m Paintsville, Ky., last Sunday ;ht The senatorial situation in nnessee is very much complicated, > candidates being former Gov. Mcllan. Senator Frazier, and possibly neral Luke Wright, the ex-secretary war All of north Texas is in > grip of a bitter cold wave e city authorities of Tampa, Fla,, persed a meeting of cigar makers t Sunday night by force. The cigarkers were considering the strike nation The West Virginia Demats are after the seat of Nathan B. >tt, the Republican United States lator The next big aviation et is to be held at San Francisco, finning at the end of this week. , POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS. . The New System Goee Into Effect I From After Today. Through the practical Institution ' of the postal savings bank system tor day, January 3, says a Washington dispatch, the United States government will afford to the American peos pie faclltles for the saving of a part ; of their earnings. The establishment m-? i of postal savings banks Is regarded as i the most important and far reaching r financial step taken by the government since the authorization of na' tional banks and their operation will be watched with keen interest by fl, nanciers throughout the world. ; The new system is to be inaugurated on a comparatively small scale. ' One postofflce in each state and teri ritory has been selected as a de. pository. In those forty-eight offices . a thorough test of the new system will be made. It was decided to make the beginning thus small, not only f because no adequate appropriation ( was available to put it into general operation, but also because the plan i of operation adopted differs entirely , from that of any postal savings sys; tern in the world. No pass book will be furnished the depositor, but all deposits will be evi* denced by engraved postal savings - certificates, issued in fixed denomina, tlons of one, two, five, ten, twenty and fifty dollars, each bearing the name or tne depositor and the date r on which interest begins to accrue. r The certificates are non-transferable and non-negotiable. Interest will be payable annually at the rate of two per cent per annum. By the terms of the law no account for less than one dollar may be r opened and no person may deposit - more than one hundred dollars in any calendar month or have to his credit [ at any one time more than five hun5 dred dollars, exclusive of accumulated * interest. Accounts may be opened r by any person over ten years of age, in his or her name, and by mar' ried women in their own names. The * accounts of wives cannot be lnteri fered with or controlled by the hus? bands. * For the present, deposits will be 9 limited to patrons of the postofflces at which the system is established, i The service is entirely free, no fee r being required in connection with the 1 opening of an account or the with. drawal of money deposited. No person connected with the postofflce dej partment will be permitted to dis. close either the name of a depositor i or the amount of his deposit, unless ; directed to do so by the postmaster " general. Deposits may be withdrawn , at Hnv tlmo U/ltVi a i ? J ?( ?? v*? l*VVi UVU JllkWAV^Ol UI i the interest alone be withdrawn. While deposits of less than one doli iar will not be received, small 1 amounts may be saved for deposit by 1 the purchase of postal savings cards at ten cents and of ten cent postal savings stamp, which have been specially prepared for the purpose and will be on sale at all depository offices. Each postal savings card contains blank spaces to which ten cent savings stamps may be affixed as purchased. The postmaster will accept a postal savings card with nine ten cent savings stamps affixed as a deposit of one dollar, either in opening an account or in adding to an existing account. An interesting and valuable feature of the system is the privilege accorded to a depositor of converting his savings into United States bonds to be issued in denominations of twenty, forty, sixty, eighty and one hundred dollars, and multiplies of one hundred dollars up to and including, five hundred dollars. The bonds will be issued in both registered and coupon form and will bear interest at the rate of two and one-half per cent, payable semi-annually. The bonds are redeemable at the pleasure of the United States one year from the date i of issue, both principal and interest , being payable twenty years from date i of issue in gold coin# Among the post; offices designated as postal savings r depositories is Newberry, S. C. If the system adopted should prove i successful, it is planned to extend the i service as rapidly as practicable. In 3 time, probably, every money order . postofflce in the country, will be a t postal depository. i Mortality Among the Aviators.? Following is a list of the airmen who - have met death during the year 1910: : Delagrange, Leon, at Bordeaux, r France, January 4. f LeBlon, Hubert, at San Sebastian, , Spain, April 2. l Michelin, Hauvette, at Lyons, > France, May 13. De Zozely, Aindan, at Budapesi, i Hungary, June 2. i Robl, Thaddeus, at Stettin, Ger many, June 18. ^ : Wachter, Charles, at Rhelms, > France, July 3. A Rolls, Hon. Charles Stewart, at ( r Bournemouth, England, July 12. Kinet, Daniel, at Khent, Belgium, i July 10. ^ Kinet, Nicholas, at Brussels, Bel glum, August 3. l Vlvalrtl Mnrnnis Hantannnt of Italian army, near Rome, August 20. Van Maasdyk, A., near Arnheim, Netherlands, August 7. Poilett, Edmund, Chartres, France, September 25. Chaves, George, at Dompdosolla, Italy, September 20. c 1 Plochman, at Mulhausen, Germany, " September 28. A Hans, Helnrich, at Wallen, Ger- A many, September 28. Maziewlch, Captain, at St. Peters- 4 burg, Russia, October 7. Madlot, Captain, at Douali, France, October 23. Mente, Lieutenant, at Madgeburg, Germany, October 25. t Blanchard, Fernando, at Issy les I Mollneaux, France, October 27. y Sagliente, Lieutenant.-at- Centosello, , Italy, October 27. y Johnstone, Ralph, at Denver, Cot, November 17. Grace, Cecil S? lost In English channel, December 22. v Laffordt, Alexander, Paris, France, December 28. Paulla, Marquis, Paris, France, December 28. De Caumont, Lieutenant, at St. Cyr, ' France, December 30. Cammarota, army engineer, and a private, at Centosello, Italy, December 5. * Senor Piccolo, Sab Paulo, Brazil, December 26. Hoxsey, Arch, Los Angeles, December 31. % Moisant, John B., New Orleans, December 31. I m , ; ?New Orleans, January 1: The ' cotton market this week will at first l probably be rather an uncertain , proposition. The drastic liquidation . on both sides that was promoted by . the protracted holiday period leaves a large element among operators open ^ to conviction but old arguments will, in a large measure, give way to new. Thus there will be much less disposi; tlon to talk about the size of the crop, but a more pronounced disposition to consider the probable consumption. Interest In ginning will be revived to some extent by the fact that the period to be considered in the next report by the census bureau AMy) Arl *? I ?It /vl/1 Tho ototla. Cliucu wiui nic uiu jcai. x ov ^vuu? tics will be issued January 10. The statement of Ellison, the English authority on consumption that English mills are taking cotton at a record breaking pace will cause more interest than ever to be attached to the news from English mill districts. From this time on the market will be more susceptible than it has been to this sort of news. Students of the market will eagerly look for news from the continent where spinners are generally supposed to be in rather a bad position because they have thus far held oflf from the American spot markets and also because of the big shortage claimed in the east Indian crop. Bulls say that the continent must, before long, be a large buyer of raw cotton in order to cover the commitmpots it has made In yarns and cotnin goods. There is one thing especially that the market is ? waiting for more light on and that ^ is the probable actions of the traders composing the famous bull clique of last season. It has all along been understood that an organized movement was to be seen again this season. Some traders are hoping for developments in this connection with i this week. J