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Scraps and ^acts. ? New York, April 20: Against the advice of Superintendent Hotchkiss of the state department of insurance and of its trustees, the Equitable Life Assurance society by vote of its board of directors today elected William A. Day, J. Pierpont Morgan's candidate, to succeed the late Paul Morton as president of the society, at a salary of $50,000 a year, against the $80,000 a year paid to Mr. Morton. The board also went on record in favor of mutuallzation, continued the present committee on mutualizatlon and instructed it to co-operate with the state department of insurance, the trustees and Mr. Morgan. The vote stood 26 for Mr. Day and three against, and later was made unanimous. Thomas Spratt, chairman of the committee on reorganization, said that there had been no opposition to Mr. Day on personal grounds, Dut that the trustees and Superintendent Hotehklss believed the election should have been postponed until a definite mutualization plan had been effected. ? Washington, April 19: Members of the supreme court of the United States today put their heads together to determine whether a pretty woman, particularly a pretty New York woman, may prevent the use of her photograph for advertising or trade purposes. Photographers, newspapers and moving picture men are said to be vitally concerned. The court was considering the case of Mrs. Ada T. Rhodes of Brooklyn, N. Y. One day, arrayed in her wedding gown, she had her photograph taken for a birthday present for her husband. Not long afterward. her sister-in-law remarked: "I saw your picture today In the window of a trading stamp store." Mrs. Rhodes obtained from the company ?-UlkUU? nVtAtAtrranh a 11 0A0 C.XIU Ulliup, Itvi ? ? T*|VW Judgment. Now the supreme court of the United States is asked to annul as unconstitutional the New York statute of 1903, making it a misdemeanor to use a name or photograph for advertising or trade purposes without the consent of the subject. ? Washington, April 19: Former Speaker Cannon, Representatives Gudger of North Carolina, Hubbard of Iowa, Hanna of North Dakota, Nelson of Wisconsin and Sloan of Nebraska, attacked the Canadian reciprocity agreement in the debate on the reciprocity bill in the house today. Mr. Cannon, fortified by a large map of the United States and Canada, played the role of school master to a crowded floor and filled galleries. He attacked the proposed agreement as dangerous to American trade, inimical to the best interests of American farmers and certain to result in depreciation of American farm lands. Representative Gudger characterized the bill as a Republican measure. He attacked his colleague. Representative Claude Kitchin for his speech of Saturday, declaring Mr. Kitchin was marching side by side with the Republican "stand pat" leaders and that he had impugned the motives of at least three members of the North Carolina Democratic delegation who proposed to vote against the measure. Mr. Sloan referred to the house supporters of the reciprocity bill as a "Tammany and Dixie combination against the welfare of the country." ? Lexington, Ky., April 17: Lawlessness was triumphant in Jackson, Ky., the seat of Breathitt county, on Saturday night, according to persons arriving here by train late today, who brought the first news of the disturbance. Friends of Jason Deaton, who was killed in a feud fight with the family of Anse White a week ago, "shot up" the town in western border style, according to reports, riding through the streets and firing pistols into houses indiscriminately. No one was hurt, according to the information brought here, but as a consequence of the raid the guard about the jail, in which members of the White family are held, has been increased. Reports continue current that the Deaton faction is planning to raid the jail in an effort to wreak summary vengeance on the Whites. The persons who gave the information of the situation asked that their identity be kept secret as they feared the effect upon them on their return to Jackson. They also said that none of the newspaper correspondents in Jackson dared send out reports of the occurrence by wire, as all had been warned not to telegraph any such items to outside points. ? Chicago, April 19: Two men met today at the inquest over Michael H. Ahem, 83 years old, a former real estate dealer of Creston, Iowa, and learned that Ahern for fifty years had been the father of two large families, neither of which knew the existence of the other. At the inquest each of the two men stepped forward and identified the body as that of his father. A conversation between the two convinced both, however, that each was right. Ahern died suddenly at a Chicago hotel on Tuesday. The sons who met today for the first time are William Ahern, 60 years old, who lives in | Chicago, and Matthew Ahern of Creston, Iowa, 40 years old. William Ahern declared that his father had left a wife with four small children in Ireland fifty years ago, and had come to America. The younger man, taking up the story, said his father had married in Galesburg, 111., in 1865 and seven children had been born, all but one of whom still are living in Illinois and Iowa. His mother, he said, had been dead {or nine years. The elder man then told of coming to America with his mother, who still is living, after the four children had become of age, and finding the father in Chicago. Ahern divided his time between the two families, keeping each in ignorance of the other. ? Washington, April 20: Congress is in no temper to meddle in the internal affairs of Mexico and in the senate a majority on both sides of the chamber will endeavor to prevent open discussion of the travail through which the Mexican republic is passing. This was made clear today following a speech on the Mexican situation by Senator Stone of Missouri, who advocated the empowering of the president to use the army and navy in any way he might see fit to protect American lives and property on the border and coasts. The Stone resolution was referred to the foreign relations committee, where, judging from today's events it will not soon be acted upon. Senators Cullom. Bacon, Root and Lodge, all members of this committee, im mediately joined in deploring the publie discussion of a sister republic's troubles. Several other senators took the Missourian sharply to task for the tenor of his remarks. "I want it understood." said Senator Bacon, "that the views of the senator from Missouri are not universally shared here. For one, I cannot go to the extent that the senator does in regard to the power to be vested in the president. To give him power to use the army as he may see ttt is in itself a declaration of war. and the time when such an extreme course should be resorted to has not arrived." Mr. Root was even more emphatic in his disavowal. "Granting that injuries had been done to the lives and property of American citizens that ought to be redressed." said he, "it does not follow that we should begin the process of securing redress by threatening force on the part of a larger force against a smaller or weaker one. To do that is to reverse the policy of the I'nited States and take a step packward in our civilization. The passage of a resolution giving the president such discretion as is suggested is equivalent to a declaration of war. To adopt such a resolution would be to preface our demand for reparation with a threat if the demand should not be complied with. Sympathy with the people of Mexico in their distress, a just sense of the duties we owe to that friendly people and the duties we owe to the peace of the world, mu forbid our assenting to or yielding any such course." Senator Lodge n only disapproved the attitude of M Stone, but deprecated any present di cusslon of the Mexican situation. * declared that "we should exercise tl greatest consideration for Mexico ai refrain from all threats." <Thr \lorkiillr (Enquirer Entered at the Postofflce in Yorkvil as Mall Matter of the Second Class YORKVILLE, S. C.i FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1911. Educate, educate, educate! The gentleman from Georgia, ii Felder! Mr. Felder's time limit expired ye terday and he did not specify. The Charlotte Observer reports th a local concern has sold a number harem skirts and that the demai seems to be increasing. The schools of York county a showing tremendous improvemei comparatively speaking; but the gre work has only been fairly commence If Felder does not come across i he so bravely said he would, the infe ence will be that he either knew notl ing and was bluffing, or that the ba ance of the fat pickings he was e: pecting to set out of trie winaing-i Job has been supplied from oth sources. The appointment of Bradford Knaj to succeed his late lamented father the head of the Co-operative Demoi stratlon work, is to he taken as a surance that this work will contini along the remarkably beneficial lln> originally laid down for it. The North Carolina delegation Congress is hopelessly divided ov reciprocity. Representative Kitch opened the debate in favor of reclpr< city the other day and Congressmt Webb on yesterday made a warm r ply. The situation Is going to mal some warm politics in the Democrat party In North Carolina. In view of the fact that wars seldo fall to bolster up the political fortune of administrations in which they orlg nate, and in view of the further fa that wars are sometimes originated f< the purpose of bolstering up the polit cal fortunes of administrations, it not likely that congress, especially tl house, will be very keen about allov Ing war to break out with Mexico. The Greenwood Journal is now ge ting out a dally edition, which maki quite a creditable showing. The po] ulation of Greenwood is 6,614, hard enough to give comfortable support a daily, unless the people are of ? unusually progressive class. But th; the Messrs. Gardner are nne newspi per men. there is no question, ar whether their new venture is a su< cess or not, the community will 1 very much benefited by It. Sometimes law is justice; but m always. An honest, conscientious jui is more reliable in the dispensatic of justice than is the law. This do< not necessarily discredit the law any particular. It arises out of tl fact that Justice being; the creation i Almighty God is perfect in Itself. Tl law being devised by man is necessi rily imperfect. Do not let it be undei stood that the law ever really conten plates injustice, because this is m true. The intent of the law is i perfect as justice itself; but that it tent is often foiled and subverted 1 men whose business it is to stand 1 its complete vindication. The idea of establishing a ne morning daily in Columbia is not dea yet. so we heard yesterday. There in serious contemplation a syndica with a bunch of money considering tl starting of a morning newspaper i the capital in the near future. 1 make a successful investment we b< lieve the project will diminish tl bunch's bank roll the first two year and if they cannot stand being hai pinched for at least two years our a< vice would be, if asked, to stay awa Columbia's morning field is well co^ ered. True, there are many who dil agree with the policy of the paper j times, but it must be conceded 1 management has done a lot of hai and effective work for that city i well as the state at large, therefoi we say to go in to crowd out such newspaper is a huge undertakir which will take pluck, perseveranc and the cash.?Manning Times. And, referring to the last suggestio we will add, "some brains." But tl field is open. It does not belong 1 anybody. It should belong to no on And if anybody wants to start anothi newspaper in Columbia, there can 1 no reasonable objection. BATTLE IMMINENT AT JAUREZ Fighting Today Unless Diaz Resigi Says Madero. El Paso, April 20.?Unless the fedei als make an attack on the rebel arir [that has threatened to assault Jaure Francisco I. Madero. Jr., says thei [will be no assault on Jaurez until a ter 3 o'clock Friday afternoon. If t that time he has not received assu ances from Porfirio Diaz that he wl retirefroni the presidency, Madero dt retire from the presidency, Madero d< take place. "All that the federals want is tin: to bring up reinforcements." he sal | today, when asked if he would cor sider an armistice. "I will give Dit twenty-four hours to resign, he sal jto a delegation of El Paso and Mex can citizens that called on him in h camp in the hills near Jaurez and asl ed him to consider peace terms. Th assertion was also a reply to Gonzalt Garza, secretary general of the revt lutionarv junta, who carried a me! sage from I)r. Gomez in Washingtoi asking for a delay In the attack. "Diaz must surrender the presider ey." This, he said, was his final rep] to all attempts to bring about peat or a truce of arms. An Associated Press eorrespondei was in the camp when Madero no the peace commissioners. After tti conference Madero dictated the fo lowing: "The commission came unotflciall and asked under what terms I woul make peace. "I said I would agree that, in th interest of peace, I would resign i provisional president of Mexico, bt only if I considered that the will < the people has been satisfied, othei wise the revolution will continue, no st withstanding any peace negotiations, to I know all the people want the rettreot ment of General Diaz and no re-elec[r. tion. For that purpose I will accepl 8- as provisional president any one of the le members of the present cabinet who tie will call a new election, id "In case this condition is agreed upon. we want Jaurez to be delivered to _ us and then an armistice will be signed. "I will wait until tomorrow even' ing to hear the result of the peace ne gotiations which are being directed bj ,, Dr. Vasquez Gomez. If tomorrow night no answer comes. I will comi. mence hostilities." After the volunteer peace commls sioners had returned to El Paso. Felix Martinez, one of their number, issued the following statement: k " 'I do not want the presidency, * Madero said frequently during the ^ conference. 'If I am willing to sacriB flee everything. wealth, position, famfct Hy name, and even my life for the |V cause of Mexico, Diaz ought not tc ^ hesitate to sacrifice the position he has , held for thirty years for the cause ol his country.' " While the peace conference was Ir progress Americans crowded along the river northwest of El Paso and conversed with the insurrectos. Many Insurrectos, especially Americans, stepped over the line to El Paso for baths and food. ? Although General Juan J. Navarro commanding Jaurez, persists that he has received no demand for the sur. render of the town, the town is closed 1 tonight and civilians are kept off the streets. Rurales police the outskirts and soldiers are held in readiness tc respond to the slightest alarm. s* Madero's army almost surrounde Jaurez. The main command is in the mountains towards Ranchero de Flores. almost due west of Juarez. at Garibaldi's command of 200 men is of northwest of Juarez. 1(1 There the insurr ,.o artillery is mounted and there the insurrectc chieftain and his lieutenant meet dur ing ine uuy. oauunt; is utxupicu uy troops that arrived from the south last night. u* In the event of an attack on Juares at the only danger to El Paso from bul(j. lets will be from the men at Bauche, if they attack from the southwest. The insurrecto cannon would Are as parallel with the Rio Grande past El r- Paso into Juarez. Unless he receives orders from Mex, ico City to the contrary, General Juar J. Navarro has no intention of surrent dering Juarez to the insurrectos. This jp was made plain tonight in his reply to er the demand of Francisco I. Madero, The reply was forwarded by T. D. Edwards. American consul, to Gonzales Garza, secretary general of the insurjp tos in El Paso. Garza sent the note to nt Madero tonight by special messenger The letter follows: "In reply to your note dated yesters day, in which you ask me In the name of the citizen, Francisco T. Madero, for the evacuation of this city, I have es the honor to Inform you that it is impossible for me to grant your demand? because I have not the authority to , do so. "I extend to you my consideration er In the name of liberty and the conin stitution." 0- ? ?? m DISPENSARY GRAFT FACTS. e The Atlanta Lawyers Make Final Reic port to Winding-Up Commission. The reply of Anderson, Felder, Roundtree & Wilson, to the letter of m the dispensary winding-up commission es as recently reconstituted, abrogating 1- their contract and asking for a final ct report, was published in the Columbia or State of yesterday. In this report, the i- Atlanta lawyers review their case from is the beginning, state that they recogle nized the right of the commission to v- terminate the agreement; but claim that it* a number of suits named that are pending are to be compromised, the t- Atlanta lawyers are entitled to pay for es a good deal of work that has already ;)- Deen aone. ly A particularly interesting portion oi to the Tetter tells for the first time how the Richland Distilling company came m into existence, who held the stock and at how It conducted operations. The lawyers say they have three credible d witnesses by whom they can establish the following alleged facts: c* The Richland Distilling company of se the state of South Carolina was built and put in operation for the purpose of supplying the South Carolina dispensary with whisky. It was completed ot in the year 1901 and began deliveries -y to the dispensary on October 10, 1901. Said company was owned and operated by a corporation chartered under the S8 laws of South Carolina, the stockin holders being N. M. Block, A. Block and I. Block of the city of Macon, Ga., I. W. Bernheim of Louisville, Ky., S. J. of Lanahan of Baltimore, Md., and Jas. te S. Farnum of Charleston. N. M. Block was the president and I. W. Bernheim, the secretary and treasurer of said institution. The first shipment of 11i quors from said distilling company to ot the dispensary of South Carolina was 1S made on October 10, 1901, and consisted of 59 barrels of X corn whisky. Shipments continued down to practi)y cally the abolition of the dispensary jy system. During said period the stockholders and directors met at intervals in the state of South Carolina for the transaction of the business of said w corporation. The board of directors of id the Richland Distilling company -nis tered into an agreement, by the tt. ms te of which they were to furnish supplies ie for the dispensary and to pay to the at state's agents the following scale of 7o commissions: $1 a barrel on whiskies g. sold to said dispensary; $1.50 a case !e on whiskies sold, and $5 per drum, s. This scale continued for about a year -d and a half or two years, when the j- state's agents demanded an increase y. thereof, which was authorized by the /- stockholders, when the scale was as 3. follows: $3 a barrel, $2 a case and $5 at a drum. It was clearly understood ts and agreed between the state's agents -d and the officers and directors of said is Richland Distilling company that the re scale of commissions agreed upon and a which were paid should be added to ]g the cost price of all liquors supplied to e, tne state. We can establish by incontrovertn ible evidence that the commissions ' thus paid to the members of the board ie of directors of the state by the officers to and agents of this corporation, and e> which were added to the cost of sup* plies so furnished, amounted in the aggregate to some $50,000 per annum. In the language of one of the witnesses, which we quote: "An accurate calculation may show a considerably greater amount." We can establish that these commissions were paid to the state's agents between the 1st and 10th of 18 each month, the method pursued in transferring the sums from the treasr_ ury of the Richland Distilling company to the pockets of the state's agents iy being as follows: z. The manager of the company in Core lumbia, who was an employe and not . a stockholder, acting under the direction of the officers and directors of the >y same, would draw a draft on I. W. r- Bernheim, secretary and treasurer of ii said distilling company, and would deposit the same in the Palmetto Bank and Trust company of Columbia, S. ?- C.. which bank would cash the same and place the amount to the credit of the local manager. The local manager would thereupon draw from said Pall(* metto Bank and Trust company the x~ proceeds of said draft and personally pay the same to the dispensary , commissioners of South Carolina, or J" their authorized agents. We can also s establish that these commissions were c" carried upon the books of the Richland is Distilling company under the head of is "slave accounts." you will observe that the state has 5" a demand against the Acme Brewing cumiianv of Macon. You will observe from the records of file in your office > that some of the directors and officers ly of the Richland Distilling company >e are also directors and officers of the Acme Brewing company. We can esit tahlish the validity of the claim of it the state against the Acme Brewing if* company by witnesses who are ready I- to testify against them, unless settlements are made; that during the time ly of the transactions above described of Id the Richland Distilling company with the state, that the manager of the a* Richland Distilling company conductis ed the business for the Anne Brewing it company and paid commissions, >f amounting in the aggregate to the p- amount of our claim to the dispensary t- commissioners. LOCAL AFFAIRS, NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. ! D. A. Lee, Fort Mill?Will sell White 1 Leghorn eggs for hatching at 51 per setting, or 56 per hundred. " L. R. Williams, Probate Judge?Gives 1 notice that L. B. Brown has applied for letters of administration on the estates of Mrs. Margaret E. Thompson and G. C. Thompson, deceased. Riddle Auto Co.?Points out additional ' good points about Hudson "20" automobiles. See page four for particulars. J. L. Williams & Co.?Are making an offering of a sample line of low shoes at specially low prices. York Drug Store?With each box of Bel-bon toilet cr?>am will give free three toilet articles; The dlstrlbu tion oegins loaay. York Furniture Co.?Invites special attention to its fine furniture. A few Rood pieces make a good show if selected properly. First National Bank, Sharon?Gives its customers the best of service and accommodation in return for their business. Herndon & Gordon?Have received a new shipment of musical instruments, and have a line of the best of everything in groceries. J. M. Stroup?Wants you to try Karo syrup, elegant for table use and for cooking and candy making. It sells at 60 cents a gallon. York Supply Co.?Tells you about the merits of Sunshine feeds for chickens and for stock. See them for plantation supplies. Star Drug Store?Talks about brushes of various kinds in the best of qualities to meet the requirements of individual taste. C. F. Sherer?Will pay 5J cents a pound for the prize winner in the beef class at the cow show, and 4 l-2c a pound for second prize winner. Sam M. Grist?Is prepared to write insurance on automobiles in the Liverpool, London & Globe company. National Union Bank, Rock Hill?Will aid meritorious local industries and is looking for opportunities to be helpful. See it. Kirkpatrick-Belk Co.?Offers cotton , piece goods at special prices. The store is full of new spring goods. ! Millinery department busy. I Thomson Co.?Talks about men's work shirts and overalls, and about boys' and girls' oxfords of the Jack and i Jill brand. First National Bank, Yorkville?Diss cusses what a dollar is and what it > will do if you take care of the dollars you earn. Take care of the dollar and it will take care of you. i Carroll Furniture Co.?Wants you to see it before you buy a cooking stove i or range. It sells the famous Grand Oak line of stoves. The state of South Carolina has arranged to borrow 1500,000 through the Palmetto National bank of Columbia at 3 per cent. The National Union Bank of Rock Hill, offered to lend i $200,000 of the sum required at a little less than 33 per cent. The York County Live Stock association has gotten out a pamphlet announcement giving full information -I * AA... nk/vn. /* Ko knl/1 In ttlHIUl lilt? uiw onww iw uc Iinu an Yorkville on May 10 and 11, and is also flooding the country with handbills and placards, giving Information of the time and place. Prof. Lueco Guntor of Columbia, has been elected superintendent of the 1 Rock Hill schools, vice J. C. Cork, who ' did not stand for re-election. Prof, i Gunter is a graduate of the South Car, olina university and has for some time ' past been acting as first assistant of I the state superintendent of education, i Although generally looked upon as > stronger on the civil than on the crim( inal side of the court, Mr. G. W. S. Hart won a good deal of applause this week for the admirable manner In i In which he conducted cases on the i criminal side. The reference is not to the merit of the cases; but rather to the manner in which they were hand! led. He proved exactly what he want ed to prove, kept out such testimony as could not be lawfully introduced and presented his side with such clearness as to leave the jury no room for hesitation or doubt. It was what.admirers of learning and skill call nice ! work. The reputation that has preceded J Judge Aldrich to Yorkville, has caused ' his honor to be watched with unusu1 al interest, and people generally have , been trying to "size him up." There is no denying the fact that there is a ; tendency to look on him with a feeling somewhat akin to awe; but at the same time it Is fair to say that people have about succeeded in getting him ' correctly placed about like this: "He ; is a good lawyer, absolutely fair and ; impartial, a believer in decorum and 1 order, and possessed of the nerve and , courage to say and do just exactly what he thinks should be said and done. He is not harsh, he has not ruled anybody for contempt; he has ; not reproved anybody unjustly, and there is absolutely no reason why anybody who is trying to conduct himself properly should be afraid of him. If there were only as many as seven 1 or eight others like him on the bench 1 the entire work of the courts of the state would be done in half the time and it would be done better than it is now. | POPULATION OF YORK. [ The Enquirer is in receipt of a press ' proof from the census bureau giving complete statistics of the population | of South Carolina by Minor Civil Dii visions. The population of York county, ac| cording to the census of 1910 is 47,718, against 38,831 in 1890 and 41,684 in 1900. The population of the county by townships in 1900 and 1910 is as fob i lows: Townships. 1910. 1900. Bethel 3,222 3,316 i Bethesda 5,136 5.01S Broad River 3,199 2,677 1 Bullock's Creek 3,279 3,123 Catawba 12,583 10,065 Ebenezer 4,593 3,143 1 Fort Mill 3,968 3,850 King's Mountain 4,914 4,098 York 6,825 6.400 The population of the various incorporated towns in the county is as follows: McConnellsville 279 Hickory Grove 285 Sharon 374 Smyrna 109 Rock Hill 7,216 Ebenezer 190 Fort Mill 1,616 (Clover 1,207 Tirzah 128 Yftrkvllle 2,326 The total population of the incorporated towns of the county is 13,730, leaving in the country a total of 33,988. ABOUT PEOPLE. Miss Louise Guy of Lowryville visited relatives in Yorkville this week. Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Sherer of Sharon R. F. D. No. 1, have been visiting relatives at Bethany. Mrs. S. C. Ashe of Yorkville, was called to Camden this week on account of the illness of her mother. Miss Maggie Moore of Yorkville, is visiting her sister, Mrs. W. P. Harrison, at Gantt's Quarry, Ala. Mr. Ira B. Duulup of Rock Hill, has been elected a memt?er of the executive council of the Bankers' association. Mr. William Elam of Baskerville, Va., is in Yorkville on a visit to Messrs. W. H. and R. J. Herndon and other relatives. Mr. H. T. Williams has moved into his new home <?n College street. J. Frank McElwee, who purchased the house vacated by Mr. Williams, expects to move the llrst of next week. I>r. W. O. White and son, Howard, of Yorkville, left yesterday for Hot Springs, Ark., where the latter will take a course of haths for the relief of sciatic rheumatism. Dr. White will return in about ten days. Mr. C. K. Schwarnr, editor of the Rock Hill Record, was in Yorkville for several hours yesterday afternoon for the first time since he has been a citizen of Rock Hill. He saw a fine old town that surprised him somewhat and it was quite evident that he was appreciative of the fact, but being In a kidding mood, he would admit noth ing. There is nothing the matter with Editor Schwarar though. The following York county bankers have been in attendance on the eleventh annual meeting of the South Carolina Bankers' association in Summerville this week: R. C. Alleln, 'cashier First National Bank of Yorkville; J. P. McMurray, cashier Loan and Savings Bank of Yorkville; C. L. Cohb. cashier People's National Bank of Rock Hill; T. C. Dunlap, assistant state bank examiner, Yorkville; W. J. Roddey, president National Union Bank of Rock Hill. Dr. T. N. Dulln of Bethel, was in Yorkville yesterday for the first time since his recent severe illness, looking hale and hearty, and showing no sign of the trying time he has been through, exrfpi iiiui ue 10 weaiiiifs a. jiuit mi the hand that had to he slashed by the surgeons in the hospital. The doctor's many friends were glad to see him; but to those who told him of the concern they felt while he was in the hospital at Gastonia, he said that he never entertained the slightest notion that his case of blood poisoning was going to prove fatal. THE GRAND JURY. Before being dismissed last Tuesday, thegrandjury submitted the following, signed M. L. Carroll foreman, as its flnai report: To the Court of General Sessions. His Honor Roht. Aldrich, presiding: We, the grand Jury, having passed on all bills handed us and having returned the same to the court with our findings thereon, beg leave to submit the following: 1. It has been reported that one Lou Talbott of Catawba township has committed infanticide, and Dr. Lyle of Rock Hill is a material witness. 2. We hai'e divided our body into various committees, as follows: County home?J. W. Betts, M. L. Carroll and T. M. Ferguson. Chalngang?J. A. Harshaw. J. M. Campbell, W. I. Brlson. Roads and bridges?J. N. Hogue. M. L. Dickson, J. A. Harshaw, A. O. Jones. W. H. Hill, B. F. Bennett. County offices?M. L. Carroll, N. S. Black. T. M. Ferguson. Jail and court house?W. P. Boyd, S. J. Sturgis, W. H. Ford. J. F. Jackson, M. L. Carroll. We have examined the annual reoort of the county supervisor and return It attached hereto. Thanking your honor and the solicitor for the courtesies extended, and If there he no further business, we heg to he discharged. CIRCUIT COURT. In the case of Belle Ountharpe and Son Crawford, being tried for assault Kotfnw n?UV? intont tn Lr ill nrhpn the last issue of The Enquirer went to press, the jury found a verdict of not guilty as to Son Crawford and guilty as to Belle Ountharpe, who was sentenced to the penitentiary for two years. Henry McMackin, who was charged with shooting Into a dwelling house, was convicted of his guilt and sentenced to four years on the chalngang. Joe Sumter, the negro who burglarized the office of Mr. J. L. Sowell recently and who wounded Mr. Sowell. while receiving a wound himself, plead guilty and was sentenced to three years on the chaingang. The jury took the papers in the case of Grover Porter, charged with forgery, on Tuesday evening and returned a verdict of not guilty. Will Hammond, white, of Fort Mill township, plead guilty to the charge of burglary and larceny, and was sentenced to pay a fine of J100 or go to the chalngang for six months. He paid the fine. The next case taken up was that of the State vs. C. J. Miller, charged with assault and battery with intent to kill. The defendant Is a policeman in the city of Rock Hill and the prosecuting witness is Bub McFadden of Rock Hill. They undertook to set up that the policeman attacked the defendant without legal justification, beat him with a "billy" and threatened his life with a pistol. The defendant plead self-defense, claiming that he went to the prosecuting witnesses' place of business for the purpose of serving a summons, and that after the summons had been served, prosecuting witness followed him out of the door and used abusive language, whereupon plaintiff undertook to arrest prosecuting witness for disorderly conduct. Prosecuting witness made toward his desk where defendant had reason to believe he kept a pistol, and defendant witness followed him, beating him wjth his billy to prevent prosecuting witness from getting pistol. There was a good deal of conflict in the testimony, the prosecuting witnesses testifying that McFadden had done nothing whatever to provoke an assault. The case was taken up on Wednesday morning and consumed all of Wednesday, the papers not going to the jury until about 10.30 o'clock yesterday morning. The jury remained out several hours and yesterday afternoon retnrnpd with a verdlot of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature. Sentence was suspended pending a motion for a new trial, which will l>e argued tomorrow. During the morning hour yesterday, Bob Allison, charged with the murder of another negro In a dance row near King's Mountain battleground recently, was allowed to plead guilty of manslaughter and was sentenced to three years on the chaingang. Robert Miller, charged with the burning of Mr. R. H. Peacock's barn, near Catawba Junction, plead guilty of arson and was sentenced to ten years on the chaingang. Claude Ratteree was tried on the charge of selling intoxicating liquor (cider) in violation of the dispensary law. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty. Charley Turney, tried on the charge of obtaining goods under false pretenses with intent to defraud, and in accordance with the instructions of the court, the jury returned a verdict of not guilty. R. K. Dowry was tried on the charge of disposing of crops under lien, and the jury returned a verdict of not guilty. The court this morning took up the case of George Webb and Sam Fewell, charged with the murder of Will Barrett at a negro dance at Tirzah, in the house of Wade Whitlook near Tirzah. on the 10th of February last. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? But there is a lot of mighty fine material in the population of Yorkvllle. ? The population of Yorkville in 1890 was 1,553: in 1900, 2,012: and 2.326 in 1910. ? Of course there are those who will kick, because the census figures did not give the town 4.500 population; but there is no use in kicking. The thing is to go to work and build up the population, keeping in mind quality as well as quantity. ? The fire department was called out last Wednesday evening at about 6.30 o'clock, because of an alarm from the residence of Thos. F. McDow, Esq. The trouble originated with an oil stove; but the flames were extinguished before material damage was done and before the fire department arrived. ? Why. certainly Prof. Wltherspoon is entitled to the especial thanks of the community for what he accomplished at Rock Hill last Saturday. The boys and girls who won are entitled to credit; but thoughtful people generally understand how much the community owes Prof. Wlthersooon for helping to develop those boys and girls as winners. ? "Clean-up day" in Yorkville last Monday was not as thoroughly successful as the board of health and the town council desired; but it was the most successful that the town has ever known. Citizens generally took the board of health at its word, and in spite of the bad weather that prevailed all of last week up to and including Saturday, raked up great piles of trash for the scavenger wagon that has been running practically ever since. It is estimated that several tons of tin cans and other useless vessels that are tit for nothing but to collect and contain stagnant water, were gathered up and carted out of the town and much lime was used for disinfecting purposes. The board of health has not yet had opportunity for a thorough inspection of the town; but will attend to the matter and see that the good work so satisfactorily commenced will be completed in a like manner. ? A wedding around which unusual C Interest was centered, took place In the Church of the Good Shepherd, on v Wednesday evening, when Miss Marie v Moore became the bride of Mr. Joseph ij E. Hart. The church was beautifully a decorated with hundreds of Easter n lilies and evergreen. The chancel was r a mass of Piaster lilies and the win- 0 dows were full of them. The floor of d the church was covered with white c cloth. Beautiful music was rendered d just before the ceremony by Miss Sa- e rah Adickes, assisted by Messrs. C. W. v Adickes and Bedford Moore. Miss u Charlotte Boykin of Camden played p the wedding march, and the brides- h maids and groomsmen entered In the ^ following order: Mr. M. C. Willis and p Dr. J. I. Barron, Misses Frankie Claw- n son and Julia Smith: Messrs. Clarke p Adickes and D. Wyatt Neville, Misses Gerald Lowry and Margaret Moore; * Messrs. George Cartwrlght and Geo. Hart, Misses Margaret Vance and v Catherine Salley; Messrs. Frank Rid- 1; die and Robert Lindsay, Misses Josie tl Carroll and Virginia Neville. The \ bridesmaids all carried Easter lilies, a They were followed by the first brides- A maid, Miss Martha McAlpine with the c first groomsman, Mr. Bedford Moore, e Then came the maid of honor, Miss f Fredriea Lindsay, who entered alone, n The bride entered on the arm of her r father, Mr. W. B. Moore. The groom a with his brother, Mr. Arthur Hart, en- c tered from the vestry room. The cere- t mony was performed by Rev. T. T. v Walsh. Immediately after the cere- f mony, the guests drove to the home of k Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Moore, where the t reception lasted for several hours, n The bride and groom left on the South- J ern train without leaving information t: as to their plans. Among the out of \ town guests here for the wedding a were: Dr. O. Frank Hart and children, v and Miss Margaret Miller, Columbia; h Messrs. E. Peyton Moore and Robert Love. Chester: Mrs. Joseph Kirkland. Messrs. Lawrence and Glenn Kirkland. and Misses Charlotte and Bettle Boykin. Camden; Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Thorn- c asson. Lancaster; Mr. W. F. Robertson, 1 Charlotte; Mrs. C. M. Kuykendal, Mrs. n Sam Barron, Mrs. J. C. Kuvkendal, f Misses Sadie Jenkins and Sophia By- a num. Rock Hill: Mr. and Mrs. A. V. e Onell. Rochester. N. V.; Mrs. R. M. J Bratton, Mrs. Mason Bratton, Guth- o rleavHle: Miss Catherine Salley, Or- i] angeburg: Miss Martha McAlplne, Al- a abama; Mr. D. W. and Miss Virginia c Neville. Clinton: Miss Margaret Vance, c Nashville. Tenn.; Mr. Arthur Hart, Du- B luth. Minn.; Mr. George Hart, Green- h ville; Mr. George Cartwrlght; Gaff- B ney; Miss Frankle Clawson, New York, t 9 M I FIELD DAY EXERCISES. r The Rook Hill Herald of Wednesday * gives a comolete list of the schools represented In the Field Day exer- f clses at Wlnthrop last Saturday and t the result of all the contests as offl- ^ clally declared. The following: schools were represented: Ebenezer, Newport. Eastover, Fod- t der. Tirzah, Miller, Filbert, Bethany, . Hickory Grove, Bethel, Bullock's { Creek. Blalrsvllle. McC'onnellsvllle, Guthriesvllle, Ogden, Harmony. Roddey. Neely's Creek, McElwee, Lesslle, , Catawba Junction. Friendship, Oak * Ridge. Bethesda graded school, Fort f Mill. Yorkvllle, Rock Hill, Wlnthrop 1 college training school. Experimental ,, Rural school and the Point school. The official record as published by the Herald, is as follows: .( Declamation. (a) Elementary contest?1. Frances f Allein, Yorkvllle, $1. [ Belle Feem8ter. Bullock's Creek, 50 cents. ^ (b) High School?1. John McCsnts, u McConnellsville, SI. t 2. Monroe White, Fort Mill. Charlie 1 Wlndle, Gold Hill?tie 50 cents each. * The tie was so close that two prizes 0 were awarded. t Spelling. d (a) Elementary?1. Lillle Percival, Rock Hill, SI. ' 2. Four children tied for second v prize of 50 cents, but as some of these , children had gone before the prizes g were given out a disinterested person t, drew for the prize and Louis Simrll of 0 Ebenezer, was the lucky one. (b) High School?1. Ruth Ferguson, Yorkvllle, SI. 2. Flossie Latham, McConnellsville, T 50 cents. Arithmetic. ? (a) Elementary?1. Robert Ma- i, rlon Frew, Rock Hill, SI. 7 2. Clay Evatt, Bethany, 50 cents. ' (b) High School?1. Carroll Grist, * Yorkvllle, SI. ? 9 AlovanHnr Voolv Pnplf Will SO cents. ? Exhibits. . (a) Rural Schnols?1. McElwee 1' school, taught by Miss Minnie Garri- "J son, 510. ? 2. Friendship school, taught hy Miss Corinne Farls, 55. n (b) City Schools?1. Fort Mill? *, Picture. 2. Yorkville?Picture. H Athletics. 100 yard dash?boys under 12?1. * Yorkville?Jack Faulkner?prize to be ? selected, value 51. 2. Fort Mill?prize to be selected, I value 50 cents. 100 yard dash?girls?1. Yorkville? a Mary Henley Willis. 51. 2. Ebenezer?Louise Nichols. 50 cents. Walking race?girls?1. Rock Hill? ,J Katherlne McElwee, 51. 2. Yorkville?Margaret Marshall, 50 cents. 100 yard dash?hoys over 12?1. fi Yorkville?Plexlco. Prize to be select- 8 ed. value 51. 2. Hickory Grove?Whisonant. Prize to he selected, value 50 cents. ., Girls' Relay Race?1. Yorkville? Mary Henley Willis, 51. 2. Rock Hill?Mary Crelghton, 50 n 440 yard dash?1. Yorkville?White. 8 Prize to be selected, value 51. a 2. Rock Hill?Kerr. Prize to be se- tl lected, value 50 cents. Potato Race?1. Training School?L. Curry, 51. 2. Yorkville?M. White, 50 cents. P High Jumps?1. Yorkville?Betts. o Prize to-be selected, value 51. a 2. Hickory Grove?McGill. Prize to d be selected, value 50 cents. n Tug of War--1st heat won by Hick- E ory Grove. n 2nd heat won hy Yorkville. tl Final heat won by Yorkville. Prize c to be selected, value 51. ii Relay Race?boys over 12?1. York- t1 vllle?Plexico. Prize to be selected, e value 51. o 2. Hickory Grove?Slaughter. Prize selected, value 50 cents. b Broad Jump?1. Hickory Grove? si Whlsonant. Prize to l>e selected, val- t< ue |1. n 2. Yorkvllle?Will Betts. Prizt to be f, to be selected, value 50 cents. p Ball Throw?boys?1. Hickory Grove ii ?Slaughter. Prize to be selected, n value $1. a 2. Rock Hill?Kerr. Prize to be se- n lected. value 50 cents. Ball Throw?girls?1. Port Mill?L. ai Halle. $1. tl 2. Bethany?B. McCarter, 50 cents, u . ai VI LOCAL LACONICS. iz High School Fund. yi The high school appropriation made w by the state boaid of education for yi the year 1910-11 is 11,062.50. v< Charged With Infanticide. ?! Coroner Louthian was called to the Point section of York county Wednes- c, day to hold an inquest over the body di of a new born negro child, found in p, the woods near the residence of Mr. S. rt S. Glenn. The investigation developed tl that the mother of the child was one st Mattie Wright, and the expert testi- m money of Dr. T. X. Dulin, convinced the bi jury that the child was living when tii born, and that it was probably killed tl by a blow on the head. The mother ti claimed that the child was born dead. rf The Jury found a verdict, that led to Sf the arrest of Mattie Wright and her ti commission to jail on the charge of ti infanticide. . m Speakers at the Cow Show. Air. Felix Williams, ine weii-Kiiuwu m dairyman of Villa Rica, Oa., i9 to be pa the principal speaker at the cow show to be held in Yorkville on May 10 and pr 11. Mr. Williams is a thoroughly it practical man, who by experience m knows the dairy business from its pa humble beginnings through all its a trials and tribulations to its high- of est development, and what he will say to to those who come to hear him will be pa of value to them in all their future operations. Prof. Ira W. Williams of ev Columbia, the first man who ever made ev a serious, carefully prepared public th speech especially intended to develop th dairying in York county, is also to be ha one of the speakers. fn laton Still In Jail. Charlotte Observer: Ed Caton, the rhlte man of Sharon township, who 1 ,as ordered to he re-arrested for vlo- ( itlons of law while he was enjoying i conditional pardon from the goveror from a sentence on the chalngang, emains in jail awaiting the decision f the chief executive upon the evlence submitted to him through Speial Commissioner W. M. Smith a few i ags ago. It was expected that Gov- i rnor Kitchin would have rendered a erdict by this time, the delay being , nexplalned by local officers. Charges referred against Caton by his nelghors In Sharon were to the effect that e had operated a cock main on the .ord's Day and was living in Illegitimate relations with a woman, named "*11? ilia DI rw ci. Vilkerson-Merritt. Rook Hill, April 20: A very pretty redding took place at the home of the ride's parents, four miles west of his citv, Wednesday evening, when liss Elina, the only daughter of Mr. nd Mrs. B. F. Merrltt, was married to Ir. John S. Wilkerson of Hickory Srove. Rev. T. C. O'Dell, presiding ' lder of the Rock Hill district, perormed the ceremony. After the cerelony a short reception was held and efreshments served in courses. Mr. nd Mrs. Wilkerson then drove to this ity, where they boarded the 9 o'clock rain lor a trip north, after which they /ill return to Hickory Grove, where hey will make their home. Mr. Wilerson being president of the bank at hat place and also engaged In the nercantile business. The bride as Miss lerritt was a most pleasant and atractlve young lady, a graduate of Vinthrop college, and has many friends nd schoolmates throughout the state. t?ho will learn with great interest of ier marriage. MERE-MENTION. Birmingham, Ala., went under a ommission form of government April 0, and during the first week the comnission Inaugurated changes and reorms making a net saving of $80,000 i year Robert Francis Wood was lectrocuted at Sing Sing prison. New fork Mnndiiv mornlne- for the murder if his niece. Wood Is said to have teen the coolest man ever electrocuted t the prison... .More than ninety corn lubs have been organized throughout Jeorgia, Including 4,000 boys and 1,000 rlrls Dr. John E. Pearce of Calloun county, Alabama, was found rullty of first degree murder and senenced to life Imprisonment by a Jury it Annlston early Sunday morning. ?earce murdered Shelt Kennedy, a farner. January \* From January 15 o April 15, t.iere were 148 new banks >rganized in ten southern states, with in aggregate capital of 810,040,000.... Jrant Rlckert. a plumber of Youngsown, O., killed his wife and two chilIren. wounded three other children, ind committed suicide Tuesday. Desinndency over debt was the cause.... tepresentative Sheppard of Texas, has ntroduced a bill In congress providing or the minting of two and one-half ent pieces The Toccoa Cotton nllls of Toccoa. Oa., capitalized at 100,000. has failed. The high nrlce if cotton Is elven as the cause of the allure Wm. F. Luke, an amateur lugillst. died at Waterbury, Conn., 'uesday, following a boxing contest the venlng before The Mississippi Iver was 86 feet above Its ordinary evel at Memnhls, Tenn., Tuesday, and t is expected to reach a height of 46 eet by tomorrow Edward F. broker, chief of the New York Are delartment since 1899, has reolgned and vlll go into private business. He had leen a member of the department wenty-seven years and will draw a enslon of $6,000 a year It Is esImated that there are more than 60.00 boys In the various corn clubs of he south....A portion of the CatheIral of St. John the Divine waa dedicated In New York Wednesday. When i ompleted as planned, the structure rill have cost $16,000,000 Jeff R. illan, assistant postmaster at Blackhear, Ga.. is in jail in Chatham counv charged with misappropriating $2,00 of nostal funds Mrs. Mattle 'ox and her blind husband were burnd to death at Ashevllle, N. C.. Wedesday Two lumber companies of acksonvllle, Fla., lost $175,000 by Are Vednesday A Mrs. Mandoline of i forth Bergen, N. J., was severely bit- i en In the face Tuesday night by her -yedr-old daughter, who was bitten by rabid dog six weeks ago. The child i led of hydrophobia a few minutes afer having bitten her mother A few York grand Jury has Indicted >aniel J. O'Reily. a lawyer of that city, or the theft of $87,000 of securities rom Aaron Bancroft J. S. Berer, an aviator is under bond at Saannah, Ga., charged with using the ; tails for purposes of fraud. The Unitd States commissioner will have to ecide whether Berger has the right to se the term, "World's Greatest Avians" In his advertisements circulated hrough the mails The latest fad f Chicago society women is wearing old anklets John Claude O'Heron, a wealthy young contractor of 'ittsburg. Pa., committed suicide on Pennsylvania railroad train Tuesday ight Thirty-eight furniture facuries of Grand Raptds, Mich., are losed on account of a strike of emloyes numbering 20.000. POLITICS AND BANKERS. cretary McVeagh Says There Should Be Two Parties In South Carolina. Secretary MacVeagh speaking before he South Carolina Bankers' associalon at Summervllle last Wednesday ight made a plea to the southern tates to break from one party rule nd become bi-partisan in their poliIcs for their own good. "I do not speak as a Republican," I aid he. "I am a member of the Re- : ublican party: and I am a member f it necause I believe in It. I was member of the Democratic party < uring Cleveland's time; and I was a i lember of it because I believed in It. ] tut my interest In bl-party politics is i ot the interest of a party man but is i he interest of a citizen?of an Ameri- ] an. I want you to believe that my i iterest In seeing the south under a < sro party system is wholly lndepend- I nt .of the question wnetner one party ij r the other shall prevail. I "If the south were alone concerned, I i-partv government everywhere would < till be a matter of sincere aspiration i o me. It is in the interest of the 1 orth and the south alike that I look 1 >r\vard to a time very near when the < arty unanimity of the south shall be i tvaded as it has been invaded in the c orth by the converting Influx of an ? rtive and powerful hi-party senti- 1 lent. 1 "I know how long it has taken to r meliorate the situation thrust upon t ie south by the errors of certain feat- 1 res of the reconstruction measures 1 rlopted by the north. I realize as t ast numbers of northern people real- 1 ;e, the problem upon you and with s hich you have wrestled for many I ears. I do not say that in dealing ? ith these extraordinary conditions * ou have in every instance found the I ery best way. Self preservation is s :ern responsibility. It does not alays admit the nicest discriminations. "I am a particular friend of the i ilored race.. And I have always won- ii ered that we of the north should s ave believed that it was good for that h ice to suddenly load them down in i leir unprepared condition with a full I lare of the responsibility of govern- c ent. And I have always realized the v ippiness of the north in its exemp- t on from the tremendous problems of a ie people of the south. But happily me has mainly worked the needed parations and as I conceive it the t mth has arrived, at any rate, at a c me when it Is practicable to have f lat great necessity of party govern- a ent?two equal parties. And I know n ? greater deprivation that has come e the south out of reconstruction than t e necessity of trying to live under h iriy government wnn oniy one party. "The independent vote means the li >1 itemancipation of society. And v does not mean at all hurtful detach- t ent from party, nor loss of essentia! h irty fealty. It does include, however, h higher fealty as well as the fealty o ideas, to policies, to principles, and II country, the only final support of s irty government. h "With the same parties established v erywhere?north and south?and c 'erywhere marshaling and dividing a e people on the same lines of " ought and action, the last stone will b ive been added to the immovable p undatinn of our perfect union." J 'SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The Dillon Aviation company, has been incorporated with an authorized capital of $25,000, and will erect the first aeroplane factory in the south at Dillon. ? The Columbia State reports that the physicians of the Johns Hopkins hospital, Baltimore, found that It would not be necessary to operate on Governor Blease for stomach trouble, as the governor was expecting. ? Following is the new board of councilors elected by the South Carolina Medical association: J. T. Taylor. W. P. Timmerman, G. A. NeulTer, J. F. Williams, M. J. Walker, J. A. Falson, F. M. Dwight and T. G. Croft. The newly elected president, Dr. Jervey, Is a metnuer wnmi'io ui wie uoara. i ne next meeting of the association is to be held in Columbia. ? Columbia State, Thursday: Bradford Knapp will have charge of the United States farm demonstration work in the south, to succeed his father, the late Dr. Seaman A. Knapp. This announcement was made yesterday at the state department of agriculture. The farm demonstration work was inaugurated by Dr. Knapp. Bradford Knapp was his father's assistant, and during the past year had entire control of the work. The work in South Carolina is under the direction of Ira W. Williams. The general assembly appropriated $10,000 for the work in this state and $25,000 is given by the national farm demonstration office. The demonstration work this year will be extended into every county in South Carolina. ? Charleston, April 10: Preceding the scientific session of the South Carolina Medical association yesterday, an adjourned meeting of the house of delegates was held for the purpose of electing the state board of medical examiners. The action of the house of delegates, while held in executive session. was to re-elect all the members of the board whose term of office had expired. From the First district Dr. Joseph Maybank of Charleston was re-elected; Dr. P. G. Ellesor of Newberry, from the Third: Dr. R. Andral Bratton of Yorkvllle, from the Fifth: and Dr. J. J. Watson from the Seventh. Consequently the state board of examiners is composed of the above-named and the following. Dr. Harry H. Wyman of Aiken; Dr. H. L. Shaw of Fountain Inn; Dr. J. L. Napier of Blenheim and Dr. Earle Boozer of Columbia, member at large. ' ? Chester, April 19: J. Taylor Marion, one of the county's most highly respected citizens and farmers, died this morning at his home near Richburg, following a short illness. The remains will be interred in the cemetery at Union A. R. P. church tomorrow morning, after funeral services by the pastor, the Rev. R. A. Lummus. A wife, an only son, J. Hardih Marlon of this city, and two brothers, W. F. Marion of this city, and Dr. A. Boyce Marion of Brooklyn, N. Y.t survive. Mr. Marlon's wife Is a sister of W. H. I'ardin of this city, and of State Senator P. L. Hardin of this county. Mr. Marlon was born and reared in this city, and was an exemplary citizen. He was a devoted member of the Union A. R. P. church, being a ruling elder there at the time of his death. He served In the Confederate army, making a gallant soldier. After the war he settled on his farm In the eastern section of the county, where he resided to the time of his death. ? Greenville, April 20: Quite an unusual and nearly fatal accident occurred at the funeral of Steven Brown, a well known negro of this city, who was burled yesterday. A large concourse of mourners and friends were gathered around the open grave attentive upon the last rites being said by the minister, when suddenly a daughter of the dead man swooned and reeled, falling with a thud on top of the casket that had been lowered Into the grave. The woman fell headforemost, and to all appearances was dead. Consternation prevailed at once among the bystanders and many of them left in haste without inquiring into the fate of the . unfortunate woman who had fallen Into the grave. Members of the family, however, possessing more presence of mind, came bravely to the rescue, and with the assistance of the undertaker succeeded with some difficulty in hoisting the luckless woman from the hole. A physician was summoned, and when the woman recovered it was found that she was none the worse for her experience, with the exception of a few bruises on her face and side. ? The supreme court was asked yesterday to define the act of 1909 with reference to storing whisky. The request was made in the case of the State against A. F. Fant from Anderson county. Fant was convicted in Anderson county on the charge of storing whisky, and the court, after refusing a motion for a new trial, Imposed a fine of $500 or six months at hard labor on the county chaingang. When the case was called for trial, attorneys representing the defendant moved to quash the indictment because it alleged no offense, "it not being alleged that the liquors stored and kept by the defendant were for an unlawful purpose." It was also alleged by the attorneys that the act of 1909, upon which the indictment was based, was unconstitutional, "being in violation of section 17 of article 3 of the constitution of South Carolina." It wdr further alleceri that the not nt 1909 is in contravention of the interstate commerce clause of the constitution of the United States. A motion for a new trial was made upon the grounds that the circuit judge erred In charging the Jury that it was unlawful "for the defendant to give liquors to others for drinking purposes in his restaurant." The supreme court recently ruled that it is not against the provisions of the act of 1909 to keep whisky for personal use. The decision will probably affect several clubs. ? Charleston, April 19: Overcome by gas upon entering a sewerage manhole, Joseph Freer, a negro lad, was killed, and H. G. Brown and D. R. Blakely of Greenville, white men, who went to his assistance, were also overcome. Mr. Brown was so seriously affected that he will die, but Mr. Blakely is recovering, and will be himBelf in a day or two. The negro was tort into the manhole to clean it out. in some way the gases had collected, and before he could give a signal of Ustress, he collapsed and was drowned In the cell. Just as he fell over, Mr. Brown Jumped into the place to his relief. He was one of the section hands In charge of the work. Hardly had he ?ntered the place before the alarm was jiven that he, too, had collapsed. Mr. Blakely, a junior at the medical college, undismayed by the experience )f the two men, also jumped into the ilace, carrying a rope with him. He juicKiy maae it last to nimseir, Brown md Freer, and Immediately willing lands raised the three to the surface. 'Veer was already dead, and Brown learly so, with Blakely himself in bad ihape for a time. The two men who lad been overcome were taken to the Boper hospital for treatment. The loctors announced almost at once that Brown could not recover. It was a iplendid show of heroism in both Brown and Blakely going to the assistince of the negro, and Blakely was fiven much of an ovation as he was irought to the top and found to be itill alive. The Governor's Health.?It is easly believable that Gov. Blease, who s now in the north consulting eminent mrgeons about the state of his health, las not been fully at himself since his inauguration, and that on account of lis ailment, whatever it is, he has onducted himself in a manner somechat different from what would have ?een expected of him, had he been in . normal state of health. It is hoped by the people of the state -all of them?that the governor may ?e fully restored to health, relieved if the nervousness, which has mani?sted itself in extreme irritability tnd intemperate remarks and statements, to lie equipped to give the full ffect of whatever ability he possesses o the administration of his great and mnorable office. The governorship of South Carolina s no place for a sick man nor for one irho is consumed with the hallucina Ion that his "enemies" are chasing im and that he must occasionally turn aok and deal them a slashing swipe f some sort. It Is charitable to beieve that the governor's disposition Ince he has been in office has been irgely due to his ailment and that ,'ith the remedying of that he will beome not only a better governor, but better friend to himself and to his friends," of whom he talks so much, ut upon whose loyalty he frequently ^ laces a heavy tax.?Spartanburg ournal.