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Scraps and iacts. ] i ? Muskogee. Okla., May 21: Clarence Henderson, bookkeeper in a bank ' in Beggs, Okla., is dead and Edward 1 Bright, son of a real estate man of the same place, will die as the result of mistaking a quart of nitro-glycerine for muddy water. The young men were hunting today when they discovered the can of explosive under a boulder. They placed it on top of the rock and one of them fired into it from a small caliber rifle. Henderson was so badly mangled by the resulting explosion that he died within an hour. Bright's body was cut in more than a hundred places by particles of the can and of the rock on which it stood. He crawled to a farm house a mile and a half away and told of the accident. There is no hope for his re covery. xne acciaern. occurreu m mc oil fields and the nitroglycerine had been hidden by well shooters when they quit work last night. ? Ida M. Tarbell, the original foe of the Standard Oil, will become a multimillionaire as a result of the decision against the trust rendered by the United States supreme court, declared a Chicago banker a few days ago. Miss Tarbell'8 father was the sole owner of the Pennsylvania Oil company, one of the original companies which the Standard took over and made part of the combination. As sole heir of her father, she is a constituent part of the trust, according to the decision. The great coup of Rockefeller, declared the banker, would be for him to make Miss Tarbell a director in every company in which the oil company is interested. "He could do it, too. now that she is a stockholder, without the shadow of her consent. She is a Standard Oil millionaire now and I don't see how she is to get out of it," he said. Miss Tarbell wrote a series of inflammatory articles against the trust in a leading magazine several years ago. ? Although President Taft does not expect to get away from Washington before July 1, MaJ. A. W. Butts, his npraonal aide, is now at Beverly, Mass., inspecting the president's summer home, the Pe&body cottage, which he is to occupy this year for the first time. Mrs. Taft will remain in Washington for a month at least on the advice of her physicians in order to secure a complete rest, but will go to Beverly before the president. The proposition to establish a summer white house on Lake Mlnnetonke, Minn., near Minneapolis was received with favor today by FTesident Taft. Representative Nye of Minnesota told Mr. Taft he would introduce in congress a bill appropriating money for a summer home there. The president said that while this summer's plans had been made, he would be glad to occupy a Minnesota summer white house next year if congress and the people of that state would provide such a place. ? "I am here today begging Republicans and Democrats alike to let Arizona into the Union, and to do it now," said Ralph Cameron, delegate from Arizona, in last Saturday's debate in the house on the statehood resolution. Mr. Cameron said he had warned the people of Arizona against the incorporation in their constitution of features that would meet the disapproval of the president, such as the recall of judges. He recommended the plan proposed by the Republican members of the committee on territories, which provides for the immediate approval of New Mexico's constitution and the submission to the people of Arizona of the question of striking out the recall feature. Representative Olmstead of Pennsylvania, Republican, who took a similar position, today gave new impetus to the Clark presidential boom. Mr. Olmstead referred to a newspaper report that threefourths of the Democratic members of the house favored Gov. Woodrow Wilson for the presidency. "I do not agree with that," said Mr. Olmstead. "I believe that four-fifths of you on that side favor the nomination of the speaker of this house. Champ Clark. But I believe that if we are to have a Democratic "resident next time, * * * ~ * * wnicn UOQ loruiu, Ivur-Iiuug Ui 1.U-C members on this side of the house would rather see Champ Clark occupy that high position." ? - ? Unless the senate agrees to vote on the farmers' free list bill, already passed by the house, or the bill to cut the woolen duties in half, which will soon be reported and passed, writes the Washington correspondent of the Columbia State, congress will be in session all summer. This is the view of Senator Burton of Ohio as expressed today. As the senate does not at this time seem at all disposed even to consider much less vote on the farmers' free list bill, it is conceded that the chances for an early get-a- 1 way are not bright. "The managers i of the majority party in the house de- 1 mand that we do something with their political bills as a price for the recess," was the explanation made today by Senator Burton, who has been active in endeavoring to bring about a recess ( agreement. "They are determined, in other words, that we shall do something over at this end of the capitol which will give them subject matter for political medicine making when they go home for the recess. If they can't have something to talk about when they go home for the recess they , won't want to go home at all, but will insist on staying here right through the summer. I have been hoping for a recess to run from July 1 to October 1, as has been talked of, and I thought up to the last day or two, that this might be agreed upon. But, of course, if the house refuses to enter into any agreement there will be no recess." ? Paris, May 21: France paid a terrible toll today for her magnificent endeavor to attain supremacy of the air. when a monoplane, the driver of which had lost control, plunged into a group of members of the cabinet who gath ered 10 wuness ine siari ui mc mv.c from Paris to Madrid, killing the minister of war and injuring the prime minister, his son and a well known sportsman. The dead: Henri Maurice Berteaux, minister of war. The Injured: Antoine Emmanuel Ernest Monis, premier and minister of the interior: Antoine Monis. son of the pre- : mler; Henri Deutsch de La Mourtne. the aged patron of aeronautics, automobillng and other sports. A large number of other persons of note had narrow escapes from injury. The accident occurred on the aviation field at Issy Molineaux where 200,000 persons had gathered to see the start of i the race. M. Train was piloting the monoplane that wrought such havoc. With him in the car was M. Bounier a passenger. Neither of these men was injured. Minister of War Berteaux was horribly mangled. The swiftly re- i volvlng propeller cut off cleanly his I left arm. which was found ten feet i away from the spot where he was i struck, the back of his head was i crushed in. his throat gashed and the I Wnoie OI nis IVIl Slur cui auu lavnanu. Premier Monis was buried beneath the wreckage of the monoplane. He was taken out as quickly as possible and examined by military surgeons, who 1 found that he had sustained compound 1 fractures of two bones in the right leg. ( that his nose was broken, his face badly contused and that there were 1 bruises on the breast and abdomen. ' \1. Deutsch and M. Monis were not seriously hurt. , ? Laredo, Texas, May 21: At the | end of a rope which had been tied | around his neck, Dr. J. W. Lim, a Chines banker, was drawn around 1 the plaza at Torreon, Mexico, until I his body was a mass of broken bones and then shot, according to reports reaching here today. He died within a few minutes. Prom the same source ' of information details of a three days' l battle at Torreon between revolution- ' ists and federals, were received. The battle is said to have occurred May i 13, 14 and 15, resulting in a rebel vie- I tory. Dr. Lim was one of the wealth- s iest Chinamen in Northern Mexico and I was at the head of a banking institu- < tion controlled by Chinese capitalists. 1 An unconfirmed report said that one < of the Sternau brothers, hotel proprie- t tors at Torreon, was hanged by rebels ' after a number of Spaniards had fired 1 at revolutionists from doors and win- < dows in the hotel. The reports of the i Torreon incidents were brought from I the town by an American locomotive ( engineer and conductor who escaped, f Friends of the railroad men arrived in 1 I*audo today and they heard the re- i ports from two sources and that they i tallied in every detail. Wire and railroad communication with Torreon has i been cut off for over two weeks. The I railroad men leaving Torreon declared f that at least 200 federal soldiers were killed during the battle, but they did not attempt to estimate the rebel losses. It is stated that seventeen Chinese were killed. It appears that the wrath i?f the revolutionists was kindled against the Chinese because the latter fired upon them when the rebels approached large truck gardens where the Chinese were at work. Statements that the Chinese hotel, the railroad station and other buildings were burned, were made. She ^Jothvillc (gnquirrr. Entered at the Postofflce In Yorkvllle -v# ?Vio Ononn/1 PlaQQ as man manci ui mc o?wuu YOBKVILLE. S. C.i TUESDAY MAY 23, 1911. And the work of pardoning convicts goes merrily on. The Greenville Piedmont remarks that now all the newspapers have passed on the Standard Oil decision. It will be duly entered upon the records. From the number of lynchlngs reported from the state, Florida seems to be entitled to the distinction of being the most lawless state In the UnInn We have had no reports from the Corn Club boys of late:, but we have faith in the proposition that most of them are working in spite of the sizzling weather. There will be about 125 people In the Press association party on the New York trip, and that will easily be the largest bunch of innecents the South Carolina Press association has yet sent abroad. Wonder just to what extent the hot weather Influences some of the editors to say unpleasant things about each other. It does seem that the editorial columns of some of the papers get more peppery as the weather gets hotter. That is an interesting story about Miss Tarbell becoming a multl-mllllonaire as the result of the Standard Oil decision; but somehow we have very little faith in it. Standard Oil may Intend to obey the law in the future; but it Is not going to give back anything it received in the days when it was playing for keeps. There is a growing impression that the senate will give Mr. Lorimer a second coat of whitewash. It realizes that the country la not altogether satisfied with the first coat, and It deems a second coat necessary as a kind of additional vindication of itself. But as to whether a second coat will make the Job more complete, is doubtful. The Greenville Piedmont remarks that Yorkville has become as noted for her cows as is Milwaukee for her beer. Very good, except Yorkville has some advantage- in the kind of people to which her fame extends, and if people Just go on In the good work they will see the day when the country around will be known as the land of milk and honey. A Chester attorney recently objected to a jury empaneled to try a case of violation of ihe liquor law on the ground that some were Prohibitionists and others were church members. This to say the least, is refreshing; but if the precedent is upheld, after a while there will be more open objections of the same nature to jurors in cases of larceny, on the ground tha property owners and law abiding citizens are not eligible. It is too bad that the Richland distillery case is to go by the board; but after all if there is nothing to be gained by the further prosecution than the recovery of some $700,000 of stolen money with one half to go to the lawyers who found out how the graft was worked, we don't think it matters much. If the final end to be attained were penitentiary sentences for the thieves who did the stealing, and there was any assurance that these thieves would have to serve out those sentences, we would be glad to see the case pushed to a conclusion, even though the state would have to pay out $700,000 additional for such a splendid vindication of the majesty of the law. Few blessings come absolutely unattended by ills. The excellent cow show recently held at Yorkville has given rise to a most deplorable fratricidal strife between the esteemed Enquirer and its neighbor, the Oaffnews News. Considering the fact that this bickering breaks out just at a time when the Spartanburg situation has again become acute, we humbly suggest that a committee on arbitration be appointed before the Palmetto editors leave Columbia for New York. It is sad to see our glorious efforts which resulted in a Damon and Pvthias feeling around the Rock HillChester Lancaster triangle rendered of none effect by hostilities in other cjuarters. Unless calm be promptly restored, we are apprehensive that our chances for the Nobel peace prize will be seriously jeopardized.?Charlotte Observer. Had we known how badly all this would look to our peace loving contemporary, the Observer, we would have quietly accepted all the reproach that our friend, the News wanted to put on us and said not a word. But since explanations seem to be in order, we will advise our neighbor, the Observer, that the News really did not mean any harm and The Enquirer is In such a thoroughly good humor that it feels no resentment toward anybody. rPV??-? 011 I Hfl I ao root nor. son occupying a high office to newspaper reporters and newspapers is a uibject of suggestive interest. On the one hand may lie imagined i mild-mannered, obsequious, pussyfooting reporter, avaricious far news Tories and willing to pay a price for them?having the approval and encouragement of his managing editor. Re gets all the news?and jirints part >f it. In other words, the things that he Great Man si* ? ami does are played up" and tie foolish and offensive things that in the strong light ?f cold print show him to be an ass ire tactfully suppressed. The reporter jecomes a valuable member of the Ireat Man's train of flunkeys and is lung many a sop, while the newspaper lecomes, in respect to its news coljmns. such an organ as the Great Man leeds in his business. The reporter directed by his newslaper to report all the news of the Exalted Personage and who, in the aithful discharge of the day's work. reports utterances and performances b of the Personage by which the latter a photographs himself as a Caliban be- f fore the public, has a hard road to travel. t During the administration of Presi- t dent Roosevelt, a number of reporters and correspondents who were so unwary as to allow unpleasant narrations about that Personage to appear J in what they wrote called down his ( excommunicating wrath against themselves and their newspapers.?The ' State. < That looks very much like a shot at the News and Courier, because the t representative of that paper continues to hold his standing in the executive > office. But we are reproducing it solely as a matter of news. It is not 1 deemed necessary to express any opin- 1 ion Just now, the more especially since the situation promises to continue < without becoming less aggravated. ' m i The Automobile. i Thara r? thooo U7hn hnlfl t hn t t h P Increasing traffic In automobiles will eventually precipitate a national panic. They reason from the fact that automobile purchasers include so many people who are really not able to invest in an unproductive luxury, but who on the contrary owe the price for goods or services received from others. That there is something In the idea cannot be successfully disputed. It is no doubt a fact that many Individuals have met with financial embarrassment because of ill advised purchase of automobiles. There is no doubt of the fact either, that the automobile business of the country is now something enormous, the annual outlay for this kind of property, probably being greater than for any other single commodity that could be mentioned. But whether or not the tremendous outlay the country is making for auto- 1 mobiles will eventually bring on a ' crash, there is no use trying to avert | the crisis by croaking. The call of the automobile to the man who wants it. and who is able to get it, is about as strong a thing as can be imagined, | and the man who wants an automobile and has the price is going to get what he wants regardless of warn- 1 Ings, gloomy or otherwise. The automobile, however, is not to | be regarded solely in the light of a i luxury. In the case of many it is a < luxury and nothing else; but not the j case with all. 1 If It is of value to annihilate time I in going from place to place, then the ' automobile is valuable, and the man ' who needs to travel over the country 1 quickly and has no automobile is at 1 a serious disadvantage in competition J with the man who has one of these { machines. i Large farmers with plenty of excel lent horses that could be used for ( transportation purposes are finding that < the automobile is more serviceable, be- ' [cause it is quicker and really requires j less attention. It is a noticeable fact that the item ? [of expense which holds back many in- ' tending purchasers on the first pros- { pective deal, has but little weight af- ] ter the ice is once broken. The use of the automobile is in- , creasing steadily and surely. ] As to whether or not there is going J to be a panic, we are unable to say. * ? ... ? - lt-1 sucn a tning IS possime, umiuugu i somehow we are not personally im- 1 pressed with any considerable fear of it. j But panic or no panic, luxury or t utility, the automobile is here, and it f will continue to grow In popularity, ' until its office is superseded by some j other invention or development that ( will make it a back number. I Abuse of the Right of Appeal. Probably our civilization, as perfect as it appears to many now will never < reach a point where it will not still be subject to very material Improvement along every conceivable line. j There is certainly room for im- f provement now, and the places in f which this improvement is needed are ' so numerous that it would Vie absurd J to try to mention them all. r Still the most important feature of i our civilization, outside of the res- J ponsibility of every individual to the ^ rules of right, is the general public t responsibility of all individuals for the 1 proper administration of the laws. . There are those engaged in hun- j dreds of different orderly pursuits, c who say they have nothing to do with * law, and they actually believe this t to be the case, because they are totally oblivious to the fact that except < for such law as is recognized and en- ^ forced, they would be deprived of the t greatest boon they are now enjoying, v the right to pursue happiness. J While it is no doubt true that by ^ far the greatest guarantee we now r have in this country for the main- J tenance of law and order Is in the a Qod fearing character of private cit- g izens, it is also a fact that except for s our written laws and a reasonably J; earnest effort to enforce those laws. a those who contrived to live at all would i soon find themselves in a condition of e social chaos with their hands against c every man and every man's hand f against them. But while law and the enforcement 1 of law are essential to the well-being | and happiness of society, do not let it P be forgotten that the laws in them- ^ selves or the man whose business it ( is to enforce them stand for all in all. t or ure more than half sufficient. Throw around our laws and their .. enforcement all the safeguards we a may in the shape of bonds, penalties, t oaths, etc., still the fact remains that e efficiency depends more on the per- j sonal equation?on the honesty and in- t tegrity?the inspiring motives of the 1 men who enforce the laws than upon c any and all other considerations. ti The constitution of South Carolina ? as does the constitution of any and a s every other state in this glorious land tl of liberty, guarantees to every man ti convicted in the lower courts of crime, ? the right of appeal to higher courts. . This guarantee is a wise and proper i one, especially since its sole object is b to guard against error and wrong in the court below. t As to what may constitute error in $ most cases involves questions of the greatest nicety, and often they cannot be decided except by an able tribunal n p far removed from the least possible In- a terest or prejudice. At the same time, J it does not infrequently happen that S for purposes of anneal there are set ^.( up as pretexts alleged errors so ah- j? surd on their fare that even a ten- f< year-old hoy can comprehend with ^ clearness their dishonesty. r( No written rule has ever been es- C tablished whereby meritorious grounds f< of appeal can he distinguished from jJ grounds that are not meritorious. No a such written rule will likely ever he tl established because on its face it is a' manifestly impossible. What would p he very just in one case might he very is unjust in another. But since the object of the courts is ^ to establish truth, after truth has a een established to the satisfaction of ] ,ny rational man, there should be a Inallty. To continue the matter fur- p her under such conditions is merely o trifle with the very heart strings of ^ locial safety and well-being. Now we refer especially to that ? rones case in Union. Jones was fairly onvicted, notwithstanding the efforts >f a strong array of shrewd and able y L-riminal lawyers and all the money a nan could want to fight his case to the last ditch. * ^ The case went up to the supreme court fairly on its merits and was reviewed in every legitimate particular it j, had a right to be reviewed in, and the lower court was sustained. Then there have followed other appeals that are obviously based upon the most frivolous grounds imaginable?too absurd to command serious consideration anywhere. J It is now clear to everybody, that it Is not a fight for the vindication of the law; but principally a matter of hook ^ Etnd crook to defeat the ends of Jus tlce. If this man should escape now It f would be In effect a message to society like this: "Yes, you mutts, I murdered my wife because I was tired of J ber and wanted another woman. You thought you were going to punish me; but I had the money sufficient to C buy the aid of accessories after the fact, and I have beaten you." As we see It, the supreme court dls- j barred John Duncan for less than the attorneys have been doing In the Jones ?ase. Yet the operations of the attorneys in the Jones case have not even been held to be offensive. It seems to us that there should be 8 an end to this kind of thing. It is a r glorious and exalted virtue to assume honesty and sincerity of purpose to all men, so long as there is the slightest ? pxcuse for such assumption; but * when that assumption is continued to J absurdity it becomes ridiculous. 9 , v MUST INCREASE PRuDUCTOIN. {] Southern Cotton Growers 8houid Get e More Per Acre. ? President Pinley of the Southern j, Railway company has pointed out that, If the south is to preserve the great a pconomic advantage which It enjoys n In having a substantial monopoly In the production of the cotton supply if the world, southern cotton growers must Increase their production so as to keep pace with the constantly growing demand. He is strongly of S the opinion that this can be done most t profitably by increasing the average production to the acre. Figures Just made public by the United States agricultural depart- t ment, giving the average yield to the tcre for the crop of 1910, indicate that h :he cotton growers of the southeastern uaies are m&King suDsianuai progress n the direction of obtaining: Increased ? fields. These figures show a larger iverage yield to the acre than in 1909 t( 'or each southeastern state except c Georgia and Florida, the yield in Florda having been the same as in 1909 r md that in Georgia having shown a 1( 'ailing off of nine pounds an acre. The progress of southern cotton t( growers can best be shown by the fol- e owing table, comparing the average production for the ten years from 1901 n :o 1910, inclusive, with the average j1876 to 1885, inclusive: _ 1885 1910 " Lbs. Lbs. ? Virginia 169 200 T ^orth Carolina 175 211 ^ South Carolina 152 199 ti Georgia 147 180 ? Florida 107 121 Alabama 141 163 b Mississippi 175 206 ti rennessee 188 196 6 Gratifying as these increases are, g Mr. Finley believes that results ob- o ained by individual planters demoi? li itrate that, with proper attention lb i< puilding up soil fertility, it will be possible for the cotton-growers of the loutheastern states to make substan- > ial further Increases in their average production to the acre. o . # h ANOTHER TARIFF "JOKER." J tl Clever Scheme of Cotton Bagging Trust Revealed. Jokers in protective tariff bills, says {, he Washington correspondent of the " Jews and Courier, are nothing new, w put custom does not stale their in- b lr\(tn irnrlntir THn Intoof floi Inn m nnt -i n the joker line as produced by the w ^ayne-Aldrich tariff is worth describ- h ng, because of the sidelight it throws u >n the methods of the trusts in squeez- u ng the public and the impudent for- ? >ign competitor. It also operates to p he heavy loss of a number of firms 0 vhich have innocently purchased cot- p on bagging in other counties for im>ortation into the United States, not n mowing that the American Cotton tl Bagging Trust had secured an insid- a ous alteration in the law. In some tl ases individual firms made contracts 0 mtailing a loss of as much as $30,000 0 >efore they discovered the change in he situation. y About three months ago the treasury a lepartment of the United States was f< rreatly surprised to learn that a New t' fork firm and a Boston firm had pro- d ested for a higher rate of duty than n vas assessed by the inspectors on cerain importations of cotton bagging n vhich had previously been paying a b luty of 5 cents a bale. The departnent referred the peculiar protests to he board of general appraisers, beore whom the two importing firms ippeared with analysis of the bag- p ring, and proved that it did not con- Q| list of jute to the extent of the 50 n >er cent required by the new regula- g ions. They pointed to the law putting 8( in ad valorem duty of 45 per cent v ipon bagging made up chiefly of oth- r| r fibres than jute?such as aloe and eg. There was nothing for the board p, if appraisers to do, but declare the C| acts to be as stated by the protesting a, irms, and the result is an increase of ^ ust about 17 cents a bale. w The circumstances of the case made p t pretty plain that the bagging trust 8< ilanned a "coup d'etat" and that the Irms which called for a higher duty on h heir importations were the mediums (C hrough which the trust acted. It is jp he belief of congressmen who have pl ooked into the case, at the request of iri nnocent importers who have been aJ stung," that this joker, if left to oper- p, te, will practically destroy competl- tjion in the cotton bagging trade and stablish a complete monopoly. Things like this work to strengthen a. lit- nt-lllllllf III III Ittvui ut jnuuiifi tUl" on bagging and tie9 on the free list. v| "he northern farmer has for years a njoyed free binding twine, but the pj otton farmers of the south have had fa o pay a tax of about $325,000 a year w n ties for a 12,000,000 bale crop, and bout $630,000 for bagging on the er ame basis. Under the operation of M he Payne-Aldrloh joker, the bagging tll ax would be raised from $630,000 to bout $2,500,000 on a crop of 12,000,- ai 00 bales. Of course, this would not ^ e collected by Uncle Sam In revenue, g 'he revenue under the new ruling will ^ e much less than under the old, but he trust will be able to put the screws A n the southern farmer to the extent of he difference between $630,000 and at 2.500,000. That Is all. - ? > ro ? Columbia State: A decision of luch importance to commercial travlers whose duties include that of ign tacking was recently rendered by udge Robert Aldrieh in the court of eneral sessions at Chester. The de- jn Ision is couched In these words: On hearing the exceptions of appel- . . int upon the within appeal of the de- ,{ mdant, Norton R. Crump, from the v ne imposed upon him by the town of flackstock, and It appearing to the H rmrt that the defendant Norton R. of rump, was employed as a salesman ir Church & Dwight Co. and posted sp ills solely as an incident to the sell- tu lg for which he had been employed nd only for the purpose of advertising js te wares of his principal, it is hereby ' djudged that said Norton R. Crump as not engaged in the business of a ill poster, the appeal herein therefore ne 1 sustained, and it is hereby ordered m' rnt the judgment of the mayor of le town of Blackstock be reversed and tei ie fine imposed be remitted."?Robert to Idrich. presiding judge. m< LOCAL AFFAIRS, NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. erguson Bros.?Want veal calves and poultry this week. 7. D. Morrison?Will pay reward for return of a blue serge coat lost last Tuesday. -I. W. Johnson?Offers a variety of goods specially suitable for warm weather use. He sells Chase & Sanborn coffees. 'ork Furniture Co.?Is showing new shipments of furniture and wants your business on a basis of full value for your money. 'homson Co.?Has something to say about parasols, ladles' skirts, summer millinery, men's underwear and low shoes for everybody. National Union Bank, Rock Hill? Again directs attention to the value, safety and convenience of a checking account In doing business. Grkpatrlck-Belk Co.?Offers seasonable merchandise at exceptionally low prices. Special sale on special goods almost every day In the week. r. M. Stroup?Wants you to get right prices from him on tobacco by the box. Also see him for dry goods notions, groceries, etc. lam M. Grist, Special Agent?Prints figures showing the comparative growth of Mutual Benefit business In this state and says there Is a reason, t. J. Herndon?Offers a mahogany piano at J135 and a Carpenter organ at a very low price?Doin 01 mem bargains. . L. Williams & Co.?Have a variety of good things for their customers, including goods for ladies and men. Specials in shoes. Carroll Furniture Co.?Has an especially good furniture polish and wants you to try it. It will polish anything. '. Q. Wray?Has a fine line of shirts for men and boys, and straw hats for men and boys, and wants you to see his goods before making any purchases. He'll save you money. The one great common want' is good easons. The whole country Is needing ain and the situation is distressing. Hon. W. J. Bryan has been engaged iy Joseph B. Wylie, manager, to lecure in the Chester opera house on une 21. 1911. The hot weather of the past two peeks demonstrates the law of comlensation. It was rather too cool durng the few weeks previous. Our attention haa been called to an rror in our report of the pr.. awards t the dairy products exhibit. Mr. R. I. Ratchford was awarded <5 for the iest five-gallon can of whole milk and n addition will receive six months ubserlptlon to the Progressive Fartier. "THE HALIFAX COUNTRY." "I have read the 'Halifax' story reiublished in The Enquirer of Friday ?efore," remarked a Yorkville citizen o the reporter, yesterday; but I was lot so much Impressed with It then as his time. "I am pretty familiar with the counry described," he continued, "espeially since the civil war; but since I lave known it until the last few ears, it has shown, but little promise, irobably because it has so largely been urned over to negroes. "But after all is said, it will have o be admitted that this is one of the hoicest sections of York county?this ection lying to the south of the lower oad to Rock Hill. I do not know of a Dcality that shows up a larger number f big level-lying fields that are betpr suited to all the conditions of modrn agricultural methods. "While I know nothing of the old nnn Word fnrthpr than is related in Xr. Moore's reminiscences, still it is a latter of common knowledge that revlous to the civil war when the eople had slaves to do their work, here was much wealth, refinement nd luxury throughout this whole secIon, and signs of this were still noIceable up to the early seventies. "Quite a number of fine houses were urned down In this section during he reign of incendiarism that followd the war; but there are yet to be een some old landmarks that were nee plantation seats of considerable nportance, now more or less dilaplated." O ENTERTAIN THE VETERANS. The Winnie Davis Chapter U. D. C. f Yorkville; will entertain the survlvig Confederate veterans of York ounty on June 3, and The Enquirer is equested to extend a cordial invltalon to all to be present. This dinner is an annual affair that as been established for several years, nd which has each year been growig more pleasant and interesting. At a recent meeting of the chapter, It ras decided that while it has all along een understood by the chapter that he wives of Confederate veterans, rho should come along with their usbands would be welcome, this featre of the invitation was not so well nderstood by the veterans, and The Inquirer is desired to especially emhasize the fact that wives and widws of veterans are also Invited to be resent on the coming occasion. The attitude of the chapter In this latter is that to them the giving of he dinner is an honor and a privilege, nd that instead of receiving favor at he hands of the chapter by coming ut, the veterans, their wives and wld ws are conferring a favor. The dinner given in the court house ard last year was a most delightful ffair. There were present from dlf;rent parts of the county about eighf veterans, and they spent a pleasant ay of it, aside from the bountiful diner which was indeed delightful. According to present plans, the diner of June 3, next Saturday week, will e served in the court house yard. DR. J. B. ALLISON DEAD. Dr. James B. Allison, whose critical lness was mentioned in the last issue f The Enquirer, died Friday afteroon at 4.30 o'clock, and was buried aturday afternoon at 5.30 with Mamie ceremonies after religious serIces conducted in the First Presbytean church by Rev. J. L. Oates. Dr. Allison was one of the oldest, ?st known and most highly esteemed Itizens of Yorkvllle. He was born t the old familly homestead about nine liles west of the town on June 6, 1834, as prepared for the junior class at avidson college in the old field hools of the time, was graduated af>r two years, studied medicine under is father, the late Dr. R. T. Allison, >ok a diploma from the Charleston [edical college in 1855, practiced his rofession for the next two vears, and i October 1857, located in Yorkvllle rid conducted a drug business, which e continued until several years after le close of the civil war. In the late )'s he was elected a member of the i leu nou.ru oi cduniy eomrniaaiouci a id continued In office for eight years. During all of his young life In Yorklie. Dr. Allison's record was that of 1 clean, honorable, upright citizen, e took a keen interest in public afilrs and was ever ready to discharge ith energy and determination such ity as fell to his lot, public or oth wise. He was an enthusiastic ason, faithful and true, a kind and mughtful neighbor and loyal friend. Dr. Allison is survived by two sons, id three daughters, as follows: Mr. . T. Allison of Yorkville, Cant. James Allison of the United States army, rs. John F. Biodgett of Atlanta, Ga., rs. J. F. McElwee, and Miss Sudle lllson of Yorkville. The services both at the church and the grave, were largely attended by ople of Yorkville and from the surmndlng country. ABOUT PEOPLE. Miss Sumter White of Chester, is e guest of Dr. and Mrs. W. 0. White Yorkville. Mr. Will Moore of Laurens, visited s mother, Mrs. S. R. Moore in YorkHe, this week. Miss Lula Johnson Fewell of Rock ill, is visiting in Yorkville, the guest Miss Mary Henley Willis. Mrs. J. F. McElwee, who has been ending some time in Atlanta, rerned to her home in Yorkville. Mrs. Eliza Moore of Asheville. N. C., visiting relatives in Yorkville. the lest of Mrs. Eugenia Drakeford Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Ashe of McConllsville, are attending coinmenceent at Chicora college this week. Miss Amelia Kennedy, who has been aching in Greenwood, has returned s her home in Yorkville, for the sum- n ?r. <" Miss Annie Thurston, who has been spending some time in Yorkvllle, left for her home in Pittsburg, Pa., yester- ( day. ! Mr. A. L. Delveaux and family of Baltimore, are spending sometime with , the family of Mr. G. W. Sherer, in , Yorkvllle. < Mr. R. Glenn Allison, arrived in ] Yorkvllle Saturday from Baltimore, to attend the funeral of his grandfather, | Dr. J. B. Allison. Rock Hill Record: Rev. E. K. Har- , din delivered an address last Wednesday evening at the closing exercises of the Fort Mill graded school. Mr. Hardin will preach the baccalaureate sermon at Erskine college on Sunday. \ June 4. Mr. T. J. Nichols returned from Little Rock, Ark., yesterday. He says that the indications along the railroad, especially from Ashevllle on, are that the crops are suffering as much for rain there as In this country. People from Texas told him that they have cotton half a leg high. Messrs. L. D. Childs, T. M. Whisonant, H. S. Ross, J. C. Walker, Sam M. Porter, Auburn Woods, W. M. Kennedy of Chester: Messrs. W. A. Fewell, J. f". Reid and L D. Pitts of Rock Hill; Messrs. W. T. Beamguard, Thos. T. B. Williams, Hope SifTord and J. L. Stacey of Clover, were among the visiting Masons and Knight Templars who attended the funeral of Dr. J. B. Allison, Saturday afternoon. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? What about the Fourth of July? ? Any professional ball this summer? It is time that arrangements were being made. ? The subscriptions to the building fund of the proposed new Associate Reformed church, now amounts to $12,875. ? The graded schools will have their closing exercises in the opera house tonight, the admission fee being 15 and 25 cents. ? The Yorkvllle Coca-Cola Bottline company, Mr. C. L. Mauldin, proprietor, has been established about two months, and is working: up a nice trade in the town and in the country surrounding. ? Ell Latta, colored, died last Sunday, aged about 70 years. He made himself useful during many years as a wood sawyer, well digger and tree trimmer, and was generally held In fine esteem by the whites of the community. as an honejt, reliable laborer. ? Opening with the Episcopal council, followed by the cow show, and this by the revival meeting In the Associate Reformed church, and the closI ing exercises of the graded school now on, the minds of the people of Yorkvllle have been pleasantly and profitably occupied during the month of May. ? There is a difference of opinion as to whether baseball?good baseball ?pays as a business Investment. By paying as a business investment, is meant whether the visitors on account of baseball do enough trading to warrant the outlay necessary to keep the game going. That it pays some businesses better than others, there Is hardly any room for dispute. That the main support for baseball must come from business people is an establish- i ed fact. i ? The series of meetings that has been in progress In the Associate Reformed church since the 14th Instant, came to a close last night. Rev. John A. Smith, the synodical evangelist, 1 who has been doing the preaching, 1 made a very marked Impression upon ! the people who went out to hear him. Rev. Mr. Smith is an able, earnest ] and forceful preacher. There is nothing sensational in his methods, unless 1 the clear presentation of burning splr- ! ltual truths be considered sensational. His message was that the all import- 1 ant duty of the present life is to make 1 preparation for the far more import- j ant life to come, and that such prep- ' aratlon is to be made only through J faith In Jesus Christ. The size of the congregations varies from good in the j afternoons to large at nights, and ? ?? Onn/)air oano/i la 1 l\r ' uvrruruwuiug uit ouuuaj, ?o|/w?aiv Sunday night, when the church waa filled to the entrance door, and some were unable to get seats. Most of tne attendants on the meetings were already church members, and the number of accessions was not so large as might have been expected otherwise. Six names were added to the church rolls on Sunday morning. LOCAL LACONICS. Special Levy Carries. The election in Bowling Green school district last Saturday on the question of levying a special 3-mill tax for school purposes resulted in favor of the levy by a vote of 10 to 4. The vote could have been heavier; but it would have been in about the same proportion. Skimming Stations. There will be a skimming station for the Yorkville Creamery at Clover. Manager Bfrydges went up there last week and in a few hours secured subscriptions to the amount of $500. It is intended also to establish stations at Hickory Grove, Sharon, Tirzah and other points provided the people show the right kind of interest. Death of Mrs. C. Rush Gray. Mrs. C. Rush Gray of Hickory, N. C., died at the home of her father, Mr. Robert B. Riddle at Zeno, yesterday morning, after a period of bad neaun exienaing over several uiuihus. The deceased was in the 24th year of her age, and especial sadness attaches to her death from the fact that she had been married only three years and leaves two infants, Margaret the eldest, aged two years, and Robert, the youngest, aged three months. The funeral took place at Bethel cemetery today. Before her marriage, Mrs. Gray was a frequent visitor to Yorkville and had many friends here as she did in Gastonla, and her home and wherever she was known. Besides her husband and children, she is survived by her father, four brothers and one sister. The brothers are Messrs. T. H., J. S., R. S. and J. A. Riddle, and the sister is Miss Martha Riddle. Proposed C. & N.-W. Extension. Johnson City Staff: R. L. Dyer, an expert civil engineer, will leave for Spruce Pine, N. C., Sunday, to look over a proposed railway location from a point near Spruce Pine up Toe river and across the Blue Ridge to Edgemont, N. C., in Caldwell county, with the view of a connection with the Carolina and North-Westery railway at Edgemont. An eastern syndicate is at the head of this movement. It is possible that this means an eastern connection with the Black Mountain railway now being built In Yancey county. This county recently voted $75,000 for a the Black Mountain railway. The o new proposed route will traverse a d small portion of Mitchell county and ri all of Avery county and a portion of o Caldwell county. Should this route ft prove a practicable route, Mitchell t county and Avery county will be t; asked to vote bonds for this new en- p terprise. v ? t: ? Columbia, May 22: The governor n of the state will appear In the capacity a of attorney Tuesday In a civil suit at 3 Greenwood. Governor Blease will at- r' tend a reference before former United 3 States Senator Frank B. Gary, who is 11 ilso a former speaker of the house of P representatives and at present a mem- E1 ber of the house from Abbeville coun- jty. The case in which Governor Blease ? is to appear is that of the Virginia- 11 Carolina Chemical company against ? Sarah Ella Evans, George Washington d Hunter and Cole L. Blease. The Vlr- ^ rinla-Carolina Chemical company is j* luing George Washington Hunter on " m account alleged to be due of be- ? :ween $3,500 and $4,000. The other de- ^ 'endants, including the governor, are c' rought into the case because of the cj 'ollowing situation: The plaintiffs are 31 endeavoring to set aside certain morttages given by Wash Hunter for ser- Jr rices as attorney in the case of the 11 State against Wash Hunter, who was ndicted for murder. Wash Hunter aj vho is being sued on an account for ruano, alleged to have been furnished 01 ci him by the Virginia-Carolina Chemcal company, was indicted for the tilling of Elbert Copeland. He was J11 lentenced to eight years for man- L ilaughter. An appeal was carried J" hrough the United States supreme 18 ourt. The highest court in the land al ecently sustained the decision. Hun- er is now under parole until July. The a ?arole was given, as stated in the af- in Idavlt, at the time, to give counsel si or the defendant an opportunity to bi et up evidence on which to ask for a ai lew trial on the ground of after-dis- la overed evidence. pi SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Constables seized 28 gallons of 'ontraband whisky In Greenville last Saturday. ? Lancaster, May 22: Following a Jispute over feeding mules today al noon on the plantation of Gilbert H 3reene in the Waxhaws, this county Emmett Lima shot and seriously wounded Joe Fawn. Lima tried tc make his escape but was captured al 4 o'clock by Sheriff Hunter and landed in jail. Both are negroes. ? Florence, May 21: The distrlc meeting of the Daughters of the Confederacy was held here yesterday it the auditorium of the Times building The meeting was fairly well attended Mrs. August ivonn 01 uoiumuia, tin state president, presided. In he talk to the members of the order shi railed attention to the growing tenden ey to make Memorial day a holiday rather than hold it as a solemn Me mortal day, and said that if the ten dency were not checked the orde would ask the legislature the re peal of the act making the 10th o May a holiday. ? George Hasty, the Gaffney mar who killed Bennett and Davidson ii Gaffney on December 15, 1905, and whi was sentenced to imprisonment fo life has been pardoned by Go\ Blease. Judge Memminger, who trie< the case said that the verdict was i proper one and declined to recommeni a pardon on the ground that in hi opinion the prisoner had not been suf flciently punished. Solicitor Sease, th< prosecuting attorney, declined to mak< any recommendation. Mr. E. H. D Camp and several other Gaffney clti zens said that in their opinion Hast: had been sufficiently punished. Ther were affidavits setting forth tha Verne Sheridan, the woman in th< case had stolen a number of violin in Savannah. Hasty was releasei from the penitentiary yesterday. ? Spartanburg, May 20: That Johi H. Qulnn, when nine years old, de liberately stuck his finger into th machinery of a spinning frame oi which he was employed in the Pacole mills and permitted the finger to b cut off so that he might obtain a holl dav was the unusual defense of th Pacoiet Manufacturing company to i suit for $2,000 damages for the los of the finger, which was tried in com mon pleas court before Judge R. C Watts today. The Jury refused t award damages. Qulnn, who says h was 21 years old in September, 190S brought the suit In October, 1910. H alleged that on September 18, 1898 while he was working in Pacoiet mills half of the middle finger of his lef hand was cut off by the head gear o the spinning frame. The defendan company produced witnesses who sail the machine was in perfect condition and that his injury was caused by hli lifting up the gear case and stickini his finger Into the gearing. He want ed to be hurt, the witnesses said, s< as to get out of working in the mill A boy who was working with him tes titled that Qulnn told him that morn ing that he had asked to get off tha day and had been refused permission and that he intended to get off if hi had to nnke his flnsrer into the eear ing and" get hurt. ? Newberry, May 22: A shootlni scrape took place yesterday afternooi at 5 o'clock at Rocky Zlon church 01 the line of Newberry and Laurem counties, on the Newberry side, flf teen miles from the city, among thi negro worshipers. Some kind o church society wa? in session in th< church when Henry Baxter walked li with his hat on. Jim Williams told him to take it off, which made hin mad. A little later a quarrel aros< between the two just outside th< church, which led to a fight In whicl a large number took a hand. Epl Williams got Jim's pistol from hin and shot Baxter in the head Jtisi above the right eye, causing instani death. Pistols were plentiful, ant there was a regular fusillade. Whei the smoke cleared away it was fount that one man was dead, anothei named Robertson, had a bullet In hii head; another, Jim Workman, had i bullet hole through his right arm and a woman had a bullet in hei thigh. Sheriff Buford was informed if the trouble by telephone and went Lip at once, bringing back with hin last night Jim Workman and Epl Williams and later his deputy brought In Jim Williams, The dead negro wai about 30 years old and was in th? smploy of Reeder Workman, on th< Laurens county side. ? Qaffney, May 20: The most destructive fire that has ever visited 3affney occurred tonight about f ti>Kan sViq aM ntrol VintA J tiuv. rv, VT11CI1 HIV UIU vviui mi i?vvv, luildlng, one of the largest In th? jlty, constructed entirely of wood caught on fire. Great damage wai lone, but the flames were Anally ex:inguished by the heroic work of the Ire department, which acquitted itsell letter than ever before. The building s owned by Dr. J. N. Nesblt of thli :ity, Isaac Turner of Spartanburg and Horace Brown of Cowpens. It wai /alued at $10,000, with no insurance, The hotel part of the building wai lot occupied but the Arm of Vlnesetl Brothers, grocers, was a heavy loser vlth some Insurance. Sarratt's barker shop's loss was $800, with no injurance, Green's cafe is an entire loss ivith no insurance. The Cherokee Commission company, Postal Telegraph and Western Union Telegraph ompanies sustained small losses Ml of the occupants of the buildng removed their goods and actordingly what damage was done vas through water and handling. The oss of the owners of the building will >e quite large as the damage was such hat it will never be of great value igain. This same building has caught i number of times before and has >een condemned by the insurance comnission. The origin of the Are tonight s a mystery, as the Are started in a iloset in the vacant part. ? Columbia, May 20: A serious sitlation is said to have arisen with egard to any further consideration if the case against the Richland Dlsilllng company of this city, against vhlch concern the old dispensary ommission claimed a Judgment of 1625,000 and In regard to which a ommunlcation was recently sent by he new commission to Attorney Genral Lyon, requesting him to proceed vith the case. Attorney General Lyon tated Saturday morning that he had ecelved no communication from the lew dispensary commission about the esolutions passed a few days ago and lublished in the press of the state, dr. Lyon has no statement to make at his time about the case. It is learnd that ihe contract for the pressing f the Richland Distillery case and he other pending litigation was with he Atlanta Arm of attorneys, Messrs. inderson, Felder, Rountree & Wilson, nd this work was largely in the hands f Col, T. B. Felder. On the Richland Istlllery litigation Messrs. B. L. Ab icjr *'! una un,y awu yy. r oicv^uovu f Cheraw were employed with or by Ir. Felder. The understanding is, herefore, that when Mr. Felder's conract was cancelled by the new disensary commission, both Messrs. Steenson and Abney were dismissed at he same time. While no official anouncement has been made, it would ppear on the surface that the dismisal of Attorney Felder presents a new eature and revives again the discusion of the Atlanta attorney in conneclon with the Richland Distilling comany case. The question that is now eing asked is: "Can Attorney General .yon effectively press the Richland istillery case, in view of the fact that tiis litigation was in the hands of ther counsel?" It is known that the etails of the Richland Distillery case re re best known to Col. Felder and to iessrs. Abney and Stevenson and that Ir. Lyon was not especially concerned rith the pressing of this litigation, [e is now asked by the dispensary nmmission to go ahead with the ase. Mr. Lyon makes no official tatement and will probably not make lie until a communication is received om the dispensary commission, but I can be safely stated that his reply ill be along the line pointed out hove. It is not yet known exactly hat can be done in the light of these rcumstanres as to the local distillery ise. The commission meets again [ay 29 and at that time Col. Felder as been asked to appear. Messrs. yon, Stevenson and Abney will also ? asked to appear at that time. It understood that there is grave doubt lout Mr. Felder's appearing here. ? News and Courier, Monday: With knife imbedded an inch and a half to his head, its point an inflnitesmal fraction of an inch from his ain, August Hamilton, a negro lad lout 15 years of age, was carried ughing and chatting to the city hostal, where the united efforts of two doctors and an improvised lever were ' necessary to extract it. The boy is : now resting easy at the public ward at the hospital, and unless an internal , hemorrhage was formed by the knifet thrust, he will be all right in a day or so. According to the boy's statement he was attacked at about 9.30 o'clock 'r last night on the corner of King and , Wentworth streets by another negro t boy named John Gray. It is said that . there had been a few words when the bystanders were horrified to see Gray raise a knife and plunge It, with a 1 vicious swing, deep Into the head of ? ' Hamilton. The lad staggered, but did ' not fall; looking solemnly after the '* fleeing figure of his assailant. He fell to the ground, and then slowly regaina ed his feet with the knife standing r In his skull In a vertical position. He e didn't utter a cry, and not a drop of blood was visible. A doctor, who hap pened to be there, rushed the boy In" to Freyschmldt's drug store, at which " place the boy is employed as a porter, r and tried to pull the knife out, but " was startled to see that his best ef1 forts met with no success, as the sharp instrument could not be moved. In i, the meanwhile a call had been sent n in for the automobile police ambulance, 0 and that reached the scene in a few r minutes. Accompanied by the young '. doctor, the negro jumped, unassisted, 1 into the auto and they sped to the & nospuai. i nere a second pnysician i helped the drat to pull out the knife, s but they found that they were unable - to move it until they used a lever, e which they braced against the boy's e forehead. Not until the knife had e been taken out did any blood flow, and - not until then did the lad feel any pain. V The wound was cauterized and the e boy was carried to the ward, where he t dropped to sleep within a few mine utes. The doctors fear an internal s hemorrhage, but if this injury has not i been sustained the negro will recover shortly. .Detective Levy of the local n police force, has been assigned to the - case and is hot on the trail of the ase sassin, and it is expected that he will 11 shortly be apprehended. This inclt dent recalls to mind the somewhat e similar happening of about a week ago, when a white man shot at a negro, e the bullet, which was fired from a a 38-callbre "Special" at a distance of s about fifteen yards, flattening out . against the negro's skull without In;. fllcting any Injury, or even knocking o the negro down. e , m J; MERE-MENTION. Thomas O'Conner, chief of the New i. Orleans Are department for the past ? forty years, committed suicide last t week by shooting himself In the head. 4 TVio nAnteoirorair ntror allnwlnv ftlA J . , , 1 lie VUIUIUVCI OJ aui/n nig iliv ' portrait of Brlgham Young, the Mor? mon leader, to go on the silver service . to be presented by the state of Utah r? to the battleship of her name, has ' been appealed to congress Wil1 11am R. Hearst has come back into t the Democratic party The fourth > National Good Roads congress con? vened In Birmingham, Ala., today, with 4,000 delegates In attendance The Borden cotton mills at Fall River, t Mass., have reduced their output 50 i per cent The senate of Illinois B passed a resolution "Friday, declaring I that the seat of United States Senator f Lorlmer was obtained by bribery and 9 corruption and recommending that the | United States senate push the lnves, tlgation with all haste... .John Burns ? Clifton, known as "Kid Burns," was 8 convicted In Atlanta, Ga., Friday and j sentenced to serve five years on a 1 uuaigc ui aiicuipicu u uuiiiai anoauu. 1 Mayor Knotta of Gary. Ind., waa I arrested Thursday on a charge of emi bezzling $2,000, collected by him while 1 serving as a judge of the city court. J Dr. John W. Sherman was cont vlcted at Chattanooga, Tenn., Friday, , of the murder of his brother-in-law, J on February 6, and waa sentenced to [ ten years In prison Atlanta, Ga., ! has established a police court for Jui venile offenders Daniel Ober, a . t New York electrician, shot his wife " 1 i Thursday and attempted suicide bes cause she didn't have supper ready as > soon as he thought it ought to be.... There were sixteen deaths from heat In Chicago, Friday. The heat wave is [ general all over the cuntry, the . thermometer passing the 100 de, gree mark in many places The , fourteen-year locust has appeared in portions of Georgia James JeflferJ son, white, has been sentenced to be hanged at Columbus, Ga., June 23. ' for the murder of a policeman ; Because of the Intense heat, the judge , of the circuit court at Harrodsburg, I Ky.. on Friday held the court sessions . in the court house vard. I 1 CLOVER CULLING8. i "-orrenpondanr* The York*III# Rnqulrer Clover. May 22.?On Friday after noon, May 19, the Twentieth Century , club and a number of friends were ! pleasantly entertained by Mrs. J. W. ' Campbell at her attractive home on i King's Mountain street. The porch . was prettily decorated for the occasion and the guests enjoyed a merry hour. On arrival each one was provided with ) a thimble and & dainty piece of lin> gerie, but it was not until later that I the object of their labors became api parent. A delightful salad course was > served and each guest received a < ! pretty little card on which was ani nounced the engagement of Miss Mattie Caldwell and Mr. Herbert L. Wright, the marriage to take place . June 21. This announcement was received with pleasure, as both these young people are deservedly populai in Clover. After the business session was over, the club adjourned to meet on June 2, with Mrs. H. J. Mills. Those who enjoyed Mrs. Campbell's : delightful hospitality were: Mesdames W. P. Smith, Jno. M. Smith, M. L. Smith, J. Meek Smith, Jas. A. Page, ' Wade Pursley, R. M. Stevenson. E. W. Pressly, S. J. Clinton, Thos. T. B. Williams, H. J. Hills, J. D. DufT, R. L. Wylle, Misses Mary Adams. Mell Nlell, Jessie Niell, Annie Jackson, Llllie B. Neely and Eunice Grist. Miss Annie Williams is visiting friends in Greenwood. Miss Emily Wright returned last Tuesday from Washington, where she has been attending school. Miss Fannie Allen has returned from Belton, where she has been teaching. Miss Carrie Adams is at home from Greenville, where she has completed a business course. ? New Orleans, May 19: Today for the first time in this calendar year, and for the first time since the movement of the last crop became heavy, the visible supply of American cotton went below last year's low record, the figures being 2,045,991, against 2,054,641 a vear ago. This shrinkage of the visible supply of American cotton to below the semi-famine levels of the supply a year ago has been predicted ' many times in the last few months by bull leaders like Frank B. Hayne aJid W. P. Brown, but was not thought possible by leaders on the short side of the cotton market, who were impressed with the general curtailment movement among the mills of the country. Leading bulls today explained the statistical position by stating that great as the curtailment may have been in this country, It has not been great enough to meet the small supplies of cotton left and that, to no small extent, the curtailment In this country has been ofTset by the record-breaking consumption of cotton in England, where, according to private cables from Liverpool and Manchester, mills are running full time and have orders ahead that will keep them on that time, if supplies of cotton permit, un til next December, Today s weea-ena statistics caused more than the usual amount of gossip in the local market. It was pointed out that while the season started off with a smaller visible supnly than last season, the larger crop raised this last season, compared with two seasons ago, soon piled up a comparatively large visible and after a while made it materially larger than the visible comparisons of a year ago. Then it was that the bear side, claimed there would be enough cotton to go around. The bulls claimed, however, that long before the first of September this year, the visible would be below the visible of a year ago and today their prediction came true. They now claim that the visible supply on the first of next September will be one I of the smallest since the war.