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Scraps and iracts. ? The fortifications in the cities of New York and other important centers of population on the seaboard are considered invincible by Major General Leonard Wood, chief of staff of the United States army. He believes the great guns of the fortifications could destroy any fleets sent against them. His views have been submitted to the house committee on expenditures. The necessity for corporation of mobile forces with the great forts is emphasized by the general. Large bodies of troops would be needed to prevent ah enemy land ing near the points tne torus ueicnu. In the event of an invasion General Wood believes the vicinity of the largest cities would be the scenes of fighting. No remote coast district would be selected by an enemy to land, but rather the neighborhood of 1 some vital point at which a quick blow might be struck. ? Washington. July 2: With downtown thermometers registering 107 degrees, the weather record for the season was equaled here today. The official temperature was 98, and the suffering was increased by the humid- < ity. No Immediate relief, it was said. ! is in sight. The weather bureau j promises that the coming week will I be one of moderate temperature in 1 the South Atlantic and Gulf States and generally over the region west of the Mississippi. High temperatures " will prevail the first part of the week in the northern and middle states east of the Mississippi, followed by a change to lower temperature in these districts about Wednesday. A barometric depression that now covers the ' Rocky mountain region, according to the bureau, will drift slowly eastward . preceded and attended by local showers and thunder-storms and will cross t the Mississippi valley Tuesday or ? Wednesday and the Atlantic states t Thursday or Friday. It will be followed by cooler weather over the plains states, the Mississippi valley ?nd the region east thereof. s ? Charlotte Observer: Mr. Abner , Nash, son of Capt and Mrs. Fred Nash, who Is working for the gov- 1 ernment on the wreck of the Ill-fated battleship Maine, In Havana harbor. writes home about the Maine un- . der date of June 23 as follows: "We now have 15 feet pumped out and are 1 keeping the water at this point to let 1 the cofferdam take the strain gradu- f ally. You can see a great deal of the two decks of the Maine and there has been taken out of the mud in the of- ' fleers' quarters several swords, Springfield rifles. pistols. Captain Slgsbee's walking cane, a pair of field glasses and a flute. Several bones ' have also been found, and today the t bones of a man's leg were found t amldship of the vessel. I expect we . will start pumping again In a few days, that is about July 1. and then 1 we can see more of the wreck. You t should see the crowds that come out t to see the wreck, generally about 2,000 people a day, and last Sunday there were 6,000. They start coming r at 6 a. m. and keep it up until dark. Ninety-eight degrees in Charlotte? Why, the hottest It has been here yet Is 95 degrees. Generally the ther- 1 mometer here Is 92 In the day time P and about 78 or 80 at night, except In ^ some of the streets In Havana Out here In the harbor we have a fine breeze all the time.'' v ? When the national government's 8 fiscal year of 1911 closed last Friday, o the Federal treasury held a cash sur- t plus of at least 333,000,000 and showed an excess of all receipts over all dis- a bursements for the first time since v 1907. While the revised returns showing the government's exact financial condition will not be available for several days, from such figures as are at F hand and such estimates as treasury g officials consider reliable, it is appar- p ent that the government during the last twelve months received from ail 1 sources not less than (689,000,000, about p (10,000,000 more than was expected, 0 and spent (656,000,000, about (6,000,000 . less than was planned. For the first time Income from Internal revenue and 8 customs was nearly equal. While cub- j toms receipts for the year fell (20,000,- a 000 and will stand at about (312,000,000, the internal revenue promises to total (315,000,000, the greatest sum ever collected from that source, which t will surpass the record-breaking figures of 1866. Four causes have contributed to the great increase in the in- I ternal revenue. The corporation tax c is responsible for (28,000,000, whisky and other spirits (155,000,000, tobacco (62,000,000 and beer (61,000,000. It r was estimated that when collectors of c internal revenue throughout the coun- r try closed their offices today, the gov- . ernment would have at least (10,000,000 of the corporation tax money in ( hand. The balance is not expected t until July 10, the last day of grace. r The Federal treasury enters the fiscal ' year 1912, with more than (1,800,000,- ( 000 in cash stacked away in the steel t ribbed vaults, the largest sum ever s held there. ? The senatorial election lnvestlga- . Hon question was placed before the senate committee on elections today when the full certified records of the legislative investigation of the elec- t tion of United States Senator Stephenson of Wisconsin were received 1 by the vice president, laid before the I senate and referred to the committee. t The investigation first was made by a joint committee of the Wisconsin leg- f islature which found no direct viola- t tion of law and subsequently by a spe- t cial committee of the Wisconsin senate which in its report made a variety of charges in connection with Senator f Stephenson's election. The docu- I ments received today direct from the , Wisconsin legislature request a congressional investigation of the charges % against Senator Stephenson. The t senate members of the joint commit- i tee of the two houses of the Wiscon- * sin legislature did not Join with the house members in the report which 1 made no specific finding against the c senator. The report of the state sen ate's special committee aeciarea air. Stephenson's election to be the result of corruption and alleged that $107,000 had been spent in his behalf. No senator was willing to say today what the senate here may do until the committee on privileges and elections finds opportunity to go over the papers but it generally was conceded that the Lorimer inquiry supplied a precedent for an investigation. Senator Stephenson and his friends have contended that the expenditures in the campaign were legitimate. Books showing the payment of $98,000, it is said, were exhibited before the Wisconsin committee. ? Two earthquake shocks, the heaviest since the big shake of 1906, and separated by only a few seconds, jarred the central portion of California and western Nevada last Saturday. The first sharp shock experienced at 2.01 o'clock was followed within a few seconds by one of similar intensity, each lasting about five seconds. Only trivial damage has been reported from any section, but in San Francisco and other cities in the affected area panic seized upon crowds in stores and restaurants, and there was a pell-mell exodus from the large buildings. One peculiar feature of the earthquake was that it did not appear to follow the old "fault" in the earth's crust which has been the playground of tremblers in ihe past, but extended from the seacoast eastward to the Sierras, including hitherto exempt mountain areas. It was felt to the northward of Sacra memo ill ine csacramemo >unt-j, southward as far as Fresno, and to the east to Carson and Reno, Nevada, the latter place experiencing the heaviest shock in its history. Some slight damage was done to buildings in San Francisco. Within a few seconds after the first shock many downtown buildings were depopulated in a rush to the streets. Telephone and telegraph service was suspended by the operators deserting their posts. Herbert Hadley, a lodging house inmate, fell dead of fright and some cases of i hysteria, or of cuts or bruises suffered in the semi-panic, were treated at the s hospitals. Santa Rosa, which suffered * greater disaster in proportion to its t size than did San Francisco in the ca- , tastrophe of 1906, scarcely felt today's shock. San Jose, another heavy suf- ' ferer in 1906, reported that the shock ?. today was the severest experienced t since that time, but it did no serious damage. Stockton and Fresno people * were frightened by the jarring, but * there, as in Sacramento, where the state offices were deserted in a trice as a result of the tremble, the damage to buildings was trifling. In Reno, Nev., , the shock was scarcely felt, but 'n 1 Larson it was severe. The Federal lourt was in session in the Nevada capital and judge, jury and attorneys rushed to the street. At the Santa Clara college observatory both reels svere thrown off the seismographs. They were immediately replaced, but the record of the disturbance will be Incomplete. The mean time clock at the observatory of the University of California was stopped for the first time since the great quake of five years igo. The peed booming reverberation which usually marks disturbances if a widespread character accompanied the first tremor. In San Francisco the groaning and creaking of the steel structures played a larger part in frightening the people than did the tremors. ?hr ^lotktillr (fruquircr. ? Entered at the Postofflce in Yorkvllle as Mail Matter of the Second Class. YORK VILLE, S. C.i TUESDAY. JULY 4,1911. It surely cannot be so hot in Washngton as elsewhere, else those sena:or8 would have hardly remained in tession till now, even on account of eclprocity or the wool schedule. There were no marriage licenses islued in Charleston the first day of the jew law. Will the News and Courier ilease tell us what is the matter? Washington dispatches are now suggesting that congress will probably get hrough with its work about August Some of the congressional leaders, lowever, are very doubtful as to vhether an adjournment can be had >y that date. <V>a ^nntilirron OV tTTAtl'Q trt W HCli llie ict liiiiici iaA Qt vii w kv 11,000,000 annually, we presume that he general assembly will continue to urn_lt over to Clemson college trusees to be expended at their discretion, t seems to us, however, that it Is high lme to either reduce or abolish the ax or divert It to the state treasury md support Clemson by means of diect appropriations. An Iowa weather prophet predicts hat the people who have been comilaining of the unprecedented heat that ias characterized the month of June, re going to And that June was spring reather compared with what July Is wing to be. If this prophecy turns ut to be correct, the prophet 3hould be iut in jail on a bread and water diet, nd should not be allowed even a fan vith which to cool himself. Governor Blease was quoted last Yiday as saying that later he would :ive his reasons for pardoning G. Wash lunter, sentenced to eight years for he killing of Eldred F. Copeland. To leople familiar with the circumstances f the case, the speedy pardon of Huner has been looked upon as a fore:one conclusion since the election of Jr. Blease as governor, and "reasons" ire unnecessary. The Camden Chronicle has discarded he patent outside it has been running o long, added a Junior Linotype to its ?lant and has all at once become a first lass county paper. We desire to conrratulate Editor McDowell on the renarkable improvement the Chronile is showing editorially as well as nechanically and to offer him the benfit of our belief that the people of Camden and Kershaw county will cerainly measure up to every requirenent of the new situation. The Chronicle now deserves more support han any Camden paper has ever deerved within the recollection of this vriter and it will get what is coming o it. Dispatches from Berlin, Paris and ..ondon indicate more trouble between he powers on account of Morocco, stance and Spain have sent forces into he country, ostensibly to keep the >eace, and to protect the interest of heir respective citizens. Both declare hat they do not contemplate permalent occupation. Now Germany comes orward and sends over the gunboat 'anther with the same ostensible pur>ose. France although thinking it no iolation of the Algeciras agreement o send troops in her case, does not ike the action of Germany. Reports rom high officials are to the effect that he matter will be settled diplomatially. There is a proposition before eontress for the acquirement of the ex>ress companies by the government ind the conduct of their business in onneetion with the postofflce departnent. It is held that express rates in he United States are many times ligher than in any other civilized 'ountry. The estimate here is that he proportion between freight and fxpress is about 16 to 1, while in Argentina it is only about 3 to 1. Eurojean countries show up a ratio of tbout 5 or 6 to 1. The proposition is o acquire the express companies at a air valuation in order that the government might be able to give the people express accommodations at Igures that will admit of their generil use. Believing in arbitration, the State is ntirely consistent in urging arbitraion of the radical differences between VIr. Felder of Atlanta and the goverlor of South Carolina. There is but me possible legal arbitrator?the United States court.?Columbia State. From what we have been hearing rom time to time, the situation is otherwise than stated. Before he secured tis job with the winding-up comnission, we understand Mr. Felder vas an attorney for a number of whisty concerns. It was in that capacity nainl.v that he got the information by vhich he was enabled to make the vhisky houses come across, and it vas in that capacity he got the infornatioti he claims to have about the illeged connection of the governor of South Carolina with the whisky houses. There has been talk up and down the itate to the effect that the whisky louses have for some time been trying o adjust the noisy quarrel between he governor of South Carolina and Mr. 'elder, and if this be true, we think tur Columbia contemporary will find hat the whole trouble will be smoothed over before it gets to the United >tates court. This from the Christian Herald is vorth passing along: "It is mighty >ad," said an unfortunate working man some time ago to the writer, "to save up a thousand dollars by laying aside a dollar a week and then take It out of the savings bank and lose it to a get-rieh-quick swindler, as I have just done." This poor fellow could work and save, but he had not even a kindergarten education in finance, else his story would have been different. He had never given a thought to interest, and so was absolutely ignorant of growth through compound interest, and of course, had never heard of that wonderful process of accumulation known as "progressive compound in . terest." One dollar deposited In a savings bank that pays 4 per cent interest will amount to $2.19 in twenty years. This is simple compound interest. Now if you deposit $1 every year for twenty years or $20 In all, the sum to your credit will have grown to $30.97. Any wage earner can put away $1 a week. That money deposited in a savings bank for twenty years will have increased to $1,612. A deposit of $5 a week will have grown to $8,000, and this at 4 per cent will be $320 a year. There is no secret, no myBtery about this. It is clear as the cloudless sun and the method is just as clean and honest. "An Absurd Decision Upset," is the heading that the Columbia Record puts over an editorial in defense of the supreme court's repeal of the provision of the Carey-Cothran law prohibiting citizens of dry counties from having liquor in their possession. Now, we do not want It understood that we favor such a law. We would like to see prohlbtlon, and we would like to see the law as the general assembly maae 11 emorcea 10 me leuer; out we do not believe It possible. While we do not know it to be a fact, we have all along had an idea that this provision of the Carey-Cothran law that has been causing so much trouble was inserted by opponents of prohibition. Our theory is that the idea was not to secure prohibition, for the people behind the trick knew that the Prohibitionists themselves would not stand for such drastic legislation. They knew also that if Prohibitionists in the legislature should make objection to it they would be at a disadvantage. They would lay themselves open to something like this: "You say you want prohibition, and now that we want to give it to you, you squeal." We imagine that is why no point was raised against the objectionable clause while the bill was on its passage. The editor of the Record, we believe is a Prohibitionist. As to whether he is a tee-totaler or not we do not know; but that Is not the question. If he would openly stand for a provision of law which would have the effect of binding the other fellow while he himself is left in a position to evade its provisions, we would like to reach the process of reasoning by which he would defend himself. If Judge Memminger as a legislator had olTered this provision as an amendment to the Carey-Cothran law, we would have said that he was a very shrewd anti-prohibitionist who understood the art of putting his opponents In a hole. But if Judge Memminger as an official, sworn to declare the law as it stands, had attempted to say that this provision, the meaning of which is so obvious that no sane man can escape it, does nnt mwn what it savs. We WOUld not think Judge Memminger the able, conscientious, high toned gentleman that everybody knows him to be. We regret exceedingly that such a provision ever got into the law, not so much because its observance would not be of benefit to the people of South Carolina, as because we believe its enforcement would be next to impossible, at least until sentiment reaches a higher plane than it has reached; but we have no feeling against Judge Memminger for saying that "white is white." Had he done otherwise he would have stultified himself. Memminger's Prohibition Decision. When the supreme court of South Carolina makes a decision, that decision is law in this state; but that does not always mean that the decision is necessarily sound, reasonable or just. The decision of Judge Memminger in the Sumter case in which ho held that the right to keep liquor for private use, does not, under the statutes, hold good in prohibition counties, may have been unfortunate from a political standpoint; but although the supreme court has just handed down a decision to the contrary, we believe it was correct. Of course Judge Memminger had no idea of politics in his decision. He had no thought of expediency. He sought only to declare the law as it was, and as it was his duty to l?>, leaving the consequences to take care of themselves. It is a violent supposition maybe; but that is what all judges are supposed to do. This decision of Judge Memminger's came in the midst of a hot political campaign, involving the insatiable appetite for strong drink that has dominated South Carolina's public affairs for so many years. And of course, politicians did not fail to util ize tht opportunity afforded to make as much capital out of the incident as possible. There are a good many people in South Carolina, some quite intelligent and honest, who are fond of asserting that the prohibition sentiment dominates about two-thirds of the state. They believe what they say of course; but that is because of their inclination to take things as they would like to have them, rather than as they are. This is a very natural and common tendency of human nature; but at the same time it is more or less dangerous. It often leads people into erroneous impressions of things. The fact is that while the prohibition sentiment has made wonderful headway during the past twenty years, and, an inestimable improvement in the moral, physical and financial condition of the people, it has never become dominant. To be sure there is a large and eminently respectable element that is honestly and sincerely prohibition; that maintains that it would be glad if no liquor was sold or even made, and which means what it says. There is another large element that is more or less 011 the fence on this question, which wants to side with the Prohibitionists, but which is not yet ready to deny itself absolutely all chance of indulgence. These two elements got along fairly well together up to the time of Judge Siinonton's famous inter-state commerce decision, and that deliverance removed such friction as still remained. The harmony came about through the establishment of a condition under which would-be Prohibitionists who were not willing to burn all bridges behind them, could take a stand against open saloons and tigers, and still be able to get their own supplies by the gallon under the' inter-state commerce laws. The prac- | tical Prohibitionists, of course, were willing to overlook this little weakness for the sake of harmony and strength, j in which, of course, they showed sense. It is a fact that the culmination of the liquor war that was waged from I 1890 up to a few years ago did not hinge so much around the prohibition question, as around the rottenness and corruption which reeked around the J state dispensary. The state dispensary was finally overthrown, not so J much in the interest of sobriety and temperance, as because of the unli- , censed thievery that had been developed around it. It would be pleasant to believe that the dispensaries were voted out of the j various counties solely because of the growth of a healthy, slmon pure prohibition sentiment, but this is not true. When Judge Memminger therefore ( interpreted the statute law in accordance with its clearly stated meaning and said that having whisky in possession was a violation of that law, he 1 raised a storm among the people, who, though, prefering to the dispensaries or bar-rooms, a system that allowed 1 them to buy liquor abroad and keep it at home, could not reconcile themselves to the idea of not being able to get intoxicating liquor at all. ( There was a revolt of sentiment against the law itself rather than of an honest interpretation of the law. That revolt was strong enough to show 1 that such a law is impossible so far as the majority of the people of South Carolina are concerned?certainly impossible at this time. So far as the correctness of Judge Memmlnger's interpretation of the law Is concerned, we have not a shadow of doubt. We think the law really means exactly what It says and that meaning Is as comprehended In Judge Memmlnger's holding In the Sumter case. Of course, there are those who hold that Judge Memmlnger's decision is In conflict with the inter-state commerce decision of the United States supreme court, but according to our understanding there Is a very Important difference that the United States court would uphold. For instance, the right of a state to prohibit the sale of liquor as a police measure has been upheld. The state of South Carolina has a right to say that its people shall not own, store or drink intoxicating liquors within her borders. The United States government would not try to interfere with such a decree. The state of South Carolina has a right to leave it to the counties to decide by a majority vote whether or not they shall permit the keeping of liquor c within their respective limits, and ? where under authority of the state, a ' county sees proper by a majority to say that no liquor shall be kept in v the possession of its citizens, the will s of that majority should be upheld. We believe the supreme court of the United ? States would uphold It. Under the peculiar status of the j thing no matter what may have been 1 the intent of the individual or Individuals who put that silly provision In the law, or of the general assembly, there is no question of the fact that V the law is now as the supreme court jsays it is. e As a matter of fact, any law is not what the general assembly tries to say; a but what the supreme court does say. ? According to our view of the mattac?: ], Judge Merqminger's holding was cor- a rect, and we look upon the holding of ^ the supreme court as a holding of ill- j advised expediency. v We do not think the law as it reads is wise. We do not think the law ? should undertake to say as it does f say, as plainly as the idea can be ex- a pressed in English words, that it is a d misdemeanor for one to have alcoholic v liquor in his possession. We say this e for the reason that we know that such 1 a law would not be obeyed. But this p is neither here nor there. To our mind the proper thing for the supreme court * to have done was to have upheld the c law just as It. is, and if the general as- g sembly has made a mistake leave it i to the general assembly to correct that Q mistake. ? r SWEARINGEN FOR GOVERNOR. J 1 Blind Man Whose Principles Are as a v Beacon Light. ^ "Swearingen," observes the York- v vllle Enquirer, "could get a good vote 1 for governor if he would run, and if J! elected he would make a good gov- a ernor, too." a Right on both counts. The Enquir- r er knows less about meteorology, if that be possible, than a certain distinguished gentleman at Washington who gets offended when we mention d his name, but is as a rule remark- a a ably keen in sizing up a political sit- ^ uation. t It is at least not unlikely that con- t ditlons may be such when the next c gubernatorial campaign opens that e the present state superintendent of v education may be the strongest man o arouna wnom tne aecem people or the state could rally. It would be c possible to make a very strong argu- b ment in favor of his availability as a t candidate in certain circumstances. a The thought so tersely expressed s by The Enquirer has occurred, prob- r ably, to many others. It is the habit a of the American electorate as soon as s a man shows ability In one public po- s sition to consider transferring him to s another. li We wish to suggest, therefore, that p in the office which he now occupies Mr. Swearingen has an opportunity p for useful service to his state as large n as any which could come to him were p he the state's chief executive. We n are glad to believe that Mr. Swearin- c gen realizes this. He has a man's t size task before him right where he s is, and If he doesn't accomplish it we c shall be surprised as well as disap- c pointed. a He has courage, ability and con- d science. He is not a demagogue and u he does not play to the galleries. The v people of South Carolina already have ii reason to be grateful that he fills his u present position. Signs are mislead- n ing if this obligation is not to be en- o larged. Mr. Swearingen at present is not h running for office. He has more im- t portant matters to think about.?The t News and Courier. e b s Condition of Cotton.? 1 he condition v of the cotton crop on June 25, was 88.2 a per cent of normal, compared with t 87.8 per cent on May 25, 1911; 80.7 on tl June 25. 1910; 74.6 per cent in 1909, p and 80.6, the condition June 10 av- ii erase for the last ten years, according n to the department of agriculture's announcement given out yesterday at j< noon. tl Comparison of condition by states p follows: e State. June Ten Year 25 Average J1 Virginia 98 82 k North Carolina .. ..89 80 e. South Carolina ... 84 80 11 Georgia 94 80 e Florida 96 85 P Alabama 9.1 79 n Mississippi 87 79 ^ Louisiana 89 78 ? Texas 85 80 > Arkansas 89 91 ^ Tennessee 87 84 v Missouri 90 84 rl Oklahoma 87 81 h California 100 95 si LOCAL AFFAIRS NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. r. S. Moffatt, Pres., Due West?Want you to write for an illustrated cat alogue, giving full information as t< what Erskine College, Due West, ha to offer as an educational lnstitutior R. Williams, Probate Judge?Give notice that John Dowry has appllei for letters of administration on th estate of Miss Jane Templeton, de ceased. 1. W. Pepper & Son, PhiladelphiaWill send you a band Instrumen catalogue on request. See page 6. r. L. Williams & Co.?Have bargain in boys' blouse suits, men's pant and silk ties. ;?an and Savings Bank?Advises yoi against wasting your income. You'l need it some day. Jt will help you t take care of it. Safety boxes fo rent. National Union Bank, Rock Hill?Tell ,VUU ino.1 Ik 10 UI1UC1 inc Iiiaiiogcmcii of experienced bankers and govern ment supervision and will give yoi positive protection. J. W. Wallace, District Agent?Pub lishes a letter commendatory to th Southeastern Life Insurance compa ny, from Edwin G. Seibels of Co lumbla. Thomson Co.?Offers reduced prices oi ladies' shirt waists, linen suits, skirts auto coats, millinery, colored mus Una and men's straw hats. Jank of Hickory Grove?Says tha only fools rail at fate, wise men tak advantage of opportunity. System atic saving is one opportunity tha It will help you to get the benefits ol Tlover Drug Store?Emphasizes th importance of your physician's pre scriptions and the prompt and care ful attention it gives them. It want to fill your prescriptions. Cirkpatrick-Belk Co.?On page 3, give full details of a big mid-summer sal which it opens Thursday morning Big price reductions are made in ev ery department. The city council ol' Rock Hill ha irranged to provide a great "Whit iV'ay" along Main street. ABOUT PEOPLE. Miss Janle Wray of Yorkville 1 islting In Shelby, N. C. Mr. Joe Thomasson of Yorkvill L F. D. 6, is quite sick from fever. Miss Mary Riser of Yorkville, lef his morning to visit relatives in New >erry. Miss Louise Guy of Lowrvville, I islting relatives and friends in York rule. Miss Mamie Turner of Yorkville 8 visiting relatives and friends a Jrover, N. C. Cadet Walter Barron of the Citadel las returned to his home in Yorkvlll or the summer. Miss Mamie Rose of Yorkville, ii isiting her sister, Mrs. T. A. Coving on at Iulncolnton, N. C. Mrs. R. A. Burris and chil* en, o Charleston, are visiting Mrs. j irris' larents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Baber. Mrs. T. B. Kell and little daughte 311a of Fort Lawn, are visiting thi amlly of Mr. George T. Schorb ii rorkville. Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Seabrook an< :hildren of Edlsto Island are thi ruests of Dr. and Mrs. J. D. McDowel n Yorkville. Miss Iola Garrison of Yorkville ind Miss Alice Clinton of McConnells llle, leave this afternoon for Coving on, Ga., to visit relatives and friends Mesdames E. E. Poag, W. R. Simp on, J. B. Sykes, Jim Barber, Heywari rfoore and J. B. Heath and Misse 'annie, Amelia and Julia Beckham o lock Hill spent last Friday with Mrs t. Andral Bratton in Yorkville. SATURDAY'S RAIN. There was a good rain over York ille and vicinity last Saturday short Y after noon, the best that this im neaiate locamy nas naa auriiig ncv ral months. The clouds gathered quietly wlthou . great deal of wind or thunder, an< ,fter throwing out a light preliminary prlnkle for five or ten minutes, le r>ose a heavy downpour that lasted foi ,n. hour or more with the thunder an< Ightning accompaniment. The gutter! Jong the streets were filled to over lowing, and the surrounding countr: k-as drenched. Yorkville and the country immedi ,tely surrounding has been sorelj larched during all the growing seasoi or want of rain and such vegetable! s were still living in the many gar lens, were famishing for water. Thi ain of Saturday helped the sltuatioi vonderfully; but there was hardl: nough to wet the ground thoroughly 'here was almost half an inch; but i ull Inch would be required to serve th< lurpose of a satisfactory season. The McConnellsville section, whicl ras one of the driest sections of thi ounty got not a heavy rain; bu luite a satisfactory shower Saturday .fternoon, while from Guthrlesville 01 ip to Yorkville the downpour wai [uite as heavy as at this place. Th< eneral result has been very beneficial There was rain over as far as Sha on and two or three miles beyond, bu lone at Blairsvllle or In Bullock'! Treek township, and very little beyon< 'irzah, the county around abou rhich is very dry. Mr. D. J. Forbes, who lives a shor listance to the northwest of Clover ras in Yorkville yesterday, and sal< hat his country had been quite dr: intll last week when there was a fair y good shower. Crops although no Jtogether hopeless are not in nearlj s good shape as if rains had com* nore as needed. IN AND AROUND SHARON. Just now In the midst of a lonj Irouth when merchants and farmeri re so anxious about crop prospects J Kiiolnooo o lnnrr m not 1 Inoo 1 a nron, , 11VJ L/uouitoo aiung iiiuoi uuva uv, ically at a standstill is not the tim< 0 see most towns of this section a heir best; but a representative of Th< Inquirer who spent several hours ii iharon last Saturday afternoon ant vening saw nothing at that place foi rhich there seems to be need of apolgry Sharon even more than Hickorj }rove is one of the towns that wai rought into being by the construeion of the Charleston, Cincinnat nd Chlcagq railroad, There was on< tore at Hickory Grove when the raiload was built during the latter 80's nd several residences. There wert everal residences about the present ite of Sharon at this time; but nc tores. According to the census o: ist year, Hickory Grove had 285 peoile and Sharon had 374. It had been quite a while since this articular representative had speni nore than a few minutes in Sharor ireviously, and he was natually verj luch interested in the changed anc hanging conditions. There arose menal pictures of the town's origina tart in business, in shacks hastil} (instructed of rough boards, a slow hange to weather-boarded buildings nd now a steady and pronounced tenancy toward substantial brick strucres for business purposes. And along ,'ith the brick buildings completed anc 1 course of erection, there are going ip in different parts of the town a umber of cottages in various stages f completion. The first brick building, the present ome of the First National Bank anc he postofflce, was erected less thar hree years ago. This block has beer xtended and another block of brick uildings is spreading along the oppoite side of the street. Where there >-as originally more or less hesitatlor nd doubt about the business justificaion of rough wooden shacks, now here is a growing confidence in the roposition that there can be no bettei tl.,... Ui ?V,.. Iu.a? 111* t < t Ir nnel [IN fnum iii man in mc ucoi uiiNn aim lortar. It is not only in business that Sharon 3 making progress. Community seniment is also coming right along. The eople are showing more enthusiastic onfidence in the future possibilities oi heir town and are contemplating iunicipal improvements of various inds. The ice has already been brokn in a most creditable manner by he voting of $5,000 of bonds for the rection of a new school building. The roposition was launched quietly and let with but little opposition. Everyody seemed to be of opinion that the ne thing most needful was Just such a uilding. An election was held and hen the votes were counted, It deeloped that the proposition had carled 26 to 3. Before the bond matter ad been fairly settled, two public pirited citizens, Messrs. John L. t Rainey and W. L. Hill had come for k ward with an offer to the trustees of a r free choice among a number of de- v sirahle lots, all of them sufficiently r s large for school and play grounds, t - The matter of making a selection is i 0 now under consideration. In the mean- I s time steps are being taken to sell the a i. bonds that have been issued, and the t a work of erecting the new building will r 1 be pushed without delay. t e Among the business concerns in t - Sharon are the First National Bank, a J. M. Plexico, C. Lt Thomas, drug- f - gists; Hayes & Green and A. F. Plax- \ t Ico, furniture; Kennedy Bros., Shan- 1 non & Hone, Hill Banking and Mer- y 9 cantile Co.. G. VV. Whitesides. S. B. i 3 Pratt, Good Bros., S. A. Hope, R. H. G. Caldwell, J. A. Brown, W. R. Burgess, u merchandise; S. B. Pratt, blacksmithII ing; W. P. Youngblood and Walter 0 Sherer, livery. r There were still a few people on the streets when the writer reached town 3 about 6 o'clock last Saturday; but 1 most of the business of the day had " already been transacted and the peo11 pie had gone home. However, there was still some business going on at most of the stores, and taken altogethe er there were as many signs of life and activity as were to be expected under the circumstances. It Is pretty commonly conceded and " appreciated that the best step that ' Sharon had taken up to that time was the organization of the First National . Bank. From the beginning this institution began to concentrate and conserve the resources of the town and of I the country surrounding, and has r greatly stimulated business and agrlg cultural activity along all lines. The . showing on July 1, is another hand_ some addition to the surplus after the B payment of the usual semi-annual dividend of 3 per cent, g Although It is not intended to give a e detailed write up of the town at this . time, in view of the things that have 1' been stated, to leave out mention of the hotels would be a serious omission. Of these, there are two, both conduct ed by private families, that of Mr. J. A. i s Byers and that of Mr. J. D. Gwinn, both i 8 along most excellent lines. The ac- < commodations and tables are first- 1 class, the hospitality most delightful < and the charges reasonable. It may t be quite a while before the town is I s large enough to require a strictly com- i mercial hotel operated along strictly 1 e commercial lines; but there is no \ draw back on that score. The two i t places named are giving the public I every accommodation it can require, < and no guest leaves either of them with < an indifferent impression of Sharon. 9 Everybody the writer saw last Sat" urday was in a good humor on account of the rain. It had been very dry for >, several weeks and there had developed j t much anxiety; but there was a good, , heavy downpour at about noon, and the ( I situation was much relieved. The only , e drawback was that the extent of the j rain was not thought to have been . more than two and a half or three _ miles in any direction. j f WITHIN THE TOWN. J 8 ? Now that It has rained, look out , for mosquitoes. If the mosquitoes r don't materialize give the board of ( s health's recent cleaning up day a , i share of the credit. There have been (' but a few mosquitoes so far. i ?Mr. E. W. Long, agent of the C. &. i e N.-W. railway at Yorkville, left this ( 1 morning for Lenioir, N. C., where he will have charge of the C. & N.-W.'s i agency for a month or more. Mr. 1 Henry Summit is in charge of the local , . agency. i. ?Prof. Long of Ersklne college, is . In Yorkvllle, In the Interest of that 3 well known institution, and will make g a canvass of the county to see the j boys who are Interested in trying to t get a first-class literary education at a moderate cost. ? Mr. Pat Palmer, who has been running the steam roller during the past three weeks, became sick last . Saturday and had to leave for his . home in Charlotte. Work has been . suspended on King's Mountain street . until the street committee can find some one else to operate the roller, t ?The filter plant is practically com1 pleted and everything Is In readiness v for turning in the water except there t is still lacking a car load of crushed r rock which has been shipped; but i which has been lost somewhere en b route. As soon as the car is deliver ed the crushed rock will be placed in / the filter and the water will be turned in. The water has been quite muddy - since the rain of last Saturday, and f many people have balked from drinki ing it as far as possible, though most s of them have had to come to it at - last. 8 ? There was a considerable flurry of 1 excitement last night as the result of f a fire alarm following a thunder* storm. The big fuse at the transfor1 mer house at the Neely Mill was burn8 ed out as the result of a flash of lightning and within a few minutes word * went out that the Neely mill was on 8 fire. Because of the dangerous con* dition of the telephone wires, occa' sioned by so much electricity in the air J it was some minutes before information could be transmitted over the town; but the fire department soon * arrived at the mill ready for business. : It developed that the service of the ' department was not needed. Later it ! was learned that the same bolt which ? put the transformer out of business also crippled the pumps at the watert works and if there had been any real , necessity for water the supply could I not have been available until the * steam pump could have gotten to _ work. [ LOCAL LACONIC8. The First Marriage License. The first York county marriage license was issued by Judge Williams last Saturday, authorizing the mari rlage of Mr. L. B. McFadden and 3 Miss Mollle Albright. l'm Sharon and Lockhart. * There was an interesting game of t baseball at Sharon yesterday between * the Sharon and Lockhart teams, re- , i suiting in a victory for Sharon. Jus- ^ 1 tus knocked a home run for Sharon in . r the first inning, and this event did } . much to keep up the enthusiasm . throughout. The score was 14 to 1. ^ r Fire Near Blairsville. a 3 A cotton house on the premises of 8 j Mr. Haffner Stephenson, at Blairsville, y 5 was destroyed by fire last Sunday 1 night. The fire occurred at about 9 J. o'clock and is supposed to have been " j caused by rats. The loss included c [ the building, a small quantity of oats, 0 , and some cotton seed, in all worth 8 p about $100. a 1 r ' Dull Salesday. a There were very few people in York- c , ville yesterday on uccount of salesday v : for July. Mr. R. W. Whitesides of F r Smyrna, who has not missed being in v . Yorkvllle on more than three or four o salesday since the war, says that he v j believes yesterday was about the dull- y r est salesday he has ever seen. h r Cotton Blooms. r The lirst cotton bloom of the season e " was acknowledged in The Enquirer r " two weeks ago. Since then there has i j been received quite a number of which g ' no mention has been made, because it i > is a newspaper assumption that t L although some news value attaches to tl ' the first bloom, after that the subject 7 becomes too common to warrant par- ^ ' ticular notice. This explanation is for p 1 the benefit of friends who have sent in r 1 l... .... - | uiuuiua liilli nave iiui uccn iuciuiuii?u. i The Farmers' Union. ^ The regular monthly meeting of the J York county Farmers' Union was held J1 i In the court house yesterday. Mr. J. F. 11 Ashe, the president, presiding and Mr. " ' A. L. Black, the secretary, keeping the ~ i records. A half dozen local Unions' 1 were represented and after the discus- *1 sion of various matters affecting the good of the order, the matter of elect- c i ing a delegate to the State Union to be c held in Columbia the latter part of this u ! month was taken up. Mr. J. F. Ashe ^ ! was chosen as the County Union's del- w ' egate. During the meeting the secre- tl 1 tary received and receipted for dues k i from some of the locals; but no busi- ? ness of general interest other than r ' that stated was transacted. J' | Rock Hill to McConnellsville. I Rock Hill Record: The Good Roads b committee of the Chamber of Com- e > merce met Thursday afternoon, June u l 2!i. in the office of Mr. C. K. Chreitz- 11 | iierg. chairman. Mr. D. P. Lesslie, a township supervisor for Catawba, and tl Mr. J. Frank Ashe, township super- si visor for Bethesda, were present, in n addition to the members of the Good tl Roads committee. Mr. Ashe has very it ;indly agreed to furnish hands and all lecessary tools to accomplish the vork within thirty (30) days beginling August 1. He is also to put on his road all the road tax except that ivhlch may be necessary to fix up the >ad places on other roads in his townihip. The Good Roads committee is o undertake the furnishing of all lecessary mules. Mr. J. F. Reld is :halrman of the committee to work >ut this 4} miles in Bethesda townihip. In addition to Mr. Reid the uiiiiwillK Kriiiiriiicu aic uppwiiuru iu vork with him on the proposition: Messrs. T. L. Johnston and J. C. iVitherspoon of the Chamber of Corntierce; Messrs. Frank Strait, Frel dobley and Claude Ratterree, of Be:hesda township. Rock Hill's Trolley Franchise. Rock Hill special of July 3 to the 'harlotte Observer: Mr. J. M. Chery, representing the Carolina Traction :ompany, a subsidiary enterprise of he Southern Power company, appeared before the executive commit;ee of the Rock Hill Chamber of Comnerce this morning, and after a vigorous discussion of the amendment :o the proposed trolley franchise, as aid down at a meeting of that comnlttee last week, accepted the amendnents on behalf of his associates, and i committee consisting of President Uex Long and Messrs. Ira B. Dunlap ind T. O. Flowers was appointed to ippear before city council tonight and recommend that council call a special lection by the people on the fran:hise as amended. The section relatng to the power to be used now eads: "That steam shall not be used in any part of the line, unless special permission be obtained from city rouncil, which permission may be revoked at any time; provided further :hat animal power shall at no time be used." The provision as to freight rare reads: "That the city council of Rock Hill is to regulate the handling pf freight within the incorporate imits of Rock Hill." Mr. Cherry -aised no objection to the amendment equirlng the building and operation >f 21 miles of road, within the city of Rock Hill within two years from date >f franchise and that a dally specified ichedule be maintained. The term of fifty years was accepted instead of sixty. The fact that the franchise was n no sense to be considered exclusive vas also accepted. It was also agreed :o insert in the franchise that no pass :racks or turnouts shall be constructed without the consent of city council. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Columbia, July 1: More money has been collected to July 1, 1911, under the fertilizer tag tax than was collected during the whole of the calendar ^ear for 1910. The total collected through Friday as shown by the figures at the state treasurer's office is (241,419.08. The total amount for the year 1910 through June 80 of ihat year was (216,145.30. The total amount for the calendar year 1910 was 8240,098.96. Based upon the amount collected last year from July 1 to January 1, 1911, this year's calendar receipts will at least amount to (270,000. The fiscal year at Clemson ends July 1 and for this reason the figures were obtained Friday to make the comparisons. The figures obtained represent also Friday's receipts. ? Columbia, July 3: McRay Kirkland, aged 65, was shot and killed tolay by Willie Kirkland, his son, aged 15. The killing occured at the house >f a farmer in Kershaw county, twen:y miles from here. The younger Kirkand, it is said, killed his father to 3ave his mother. The elder Kirkland, it is said, drove his wife from home last night. She took refuge at the bouse of a neighbor. This morning Kirkland drove to the neighbor's bouse and seized his wife and threw ler into his buggy, menacing the bystanders with a knife. Willie Kirkon/4 /I a m o n H o/l that Vila fothnr Ph. ease the woman. The elder man paid no attention to his son and the latter hen fired once, the bullet taking ef-, 'ect in the father's head. ? Greenville, June 29: In accordance vlth resolutions adopted at a meeting >f the Cotton Manufacturers' assoclaion of South Carolina, held in Sparanburg last January, looking to a curailment of the output of cotton tnilla >f this state for a period of Ave weeks )etween April and September, practi:ally all of the cotton mills of Green.'ille will close Friday night and Satjrday noon to remain so for a solid { veek. The Poe Manufacturing com>any will close its big plant Friday light and open again Monday mornng, July 10. The Monagahan mill, iVoodslde mill, American Spinning :ompany's mill and probably others vlll follow suit. The Mills Manufacturng company will close Saturday at ] ioon to remain closed until July 10. . Brandon and Carolina mills will close i Saturday noon and open up again on { ruly 6. ( ? Washington, July 1: Many South Carolina corporations failed to make i heir reports to the commissioner of nternal revenue on the first day of i vlarch, and also failed to apply on < >r before that date for the extension >f thirty days, which is allowed unier the law, if formal application Is lied with the government. Corpora- i ions which made their reports on 1 he 2d or 4th of March are equally < ulpable, technically, with those vhich did not report until March 30. 1 rhe fine provided by the statute for | luch delinquency is from $1,000 to 1 >5,000 for each offense, but the secre- j ary of the treasury has decided that 1 he law gives him authority to re- 1 luce the penalty and he announces ' hat he will impose a fine of $26 upon j iach of the corporations appearing to lave violated the statute uninten- ' tonally. As mere are aoout s.uuu corporations in the whole country vho come within this class for dellnluents, the assessment of a fine of $25 igainst the whole lot will put an exra $200,000 in Uncle Sam's pocket. ? Columbia State, Saturday: Q. rVash Hunter of Laurens county has >een pardoned by the governor. He vas convicted four years ago and entenced to eight years in the penienilary for killing Eldred Copeland. -lis case was affirmed by the South Carolina supreme court The United States supreme court refused to conider the case and Hunter has never erved his sentence in the penitentiary. J. Wash Hunter was indicted by the ^aurens county grand Jury in Sepember, 1910, for the murder of ElIred F. Copeland near Clinton in that ounty. Four trials were held, one if which resulted in a verdict of manlaughter, but the verdict was set .side and the other three resulted in nistrlals. On September 27, 1907, an rder was passed transferring the ase from Laurens county to Greenwood county for trial. Hunter aptealed from this order but his appeal was dismissed. At the February term if court in Greenwood he was conicted and sentenced to serve eight ears in the state penitentiary at hard ibor. The supreme court affirmed he verdict. The case was next carted to the United States supreme ourt on a writ of error. The court efused to consider the case. Later lunter made an appeal on the rounds of after discovered evidence, 'he governor paroled him to July 1 o give time to perfect the appeal to he supreme court. There were over 00 names signed to the petition, imong the attorneys representing lunter was the firm of Blease and )ominiek. ? Columbia special of July 1 to The .'ews and Courier: Reversing the ireuit court the supreme court renered an Important decision Saturday u the liquor question as to the storing f whisky. Lloyd Green was tried in umter county at the summer term, 910, before Judge Alemmlnger of harleston. the indictment alleging hat he "did unlawfully accept, reelve, store and keep in possession" alohollc drinks, the indictment being nder the prohibition statute of 1909. g una Henderson was also tried. Green e as found guilty. The appeal was c hen taken. Green claimed that he li ept the whisky for personal use. The c pinion Saturday reads, in part: "He equested the court to charge the fl ury that the term "storing and keep- v lg In possession' used in the statute 1 tvolves the idea of continuity or ha- t< it. The court charged that that was o Direct under the old dispensary law c hen the state engaged in the sale of n quors and that it would be correct as t< pplied to the law in any county in tl ie state In which there Is a dispen- p lry but that in a county which has tl o dispensary (such as Sumter where b le indictment is laid) the mere hav- q ig in possession of liquor, no matter n for what purpose, nor how small a quantity It may be is illegal. "We think his honor erred in holding that the words 'store and keep in possession' have a different meaning and construction in counties where the sale of liquor is prohibited from that which they have in counties where liquors are lawfully sold through dispensaries. We find no warrant in reason or authority for such variable construction. Tn Easley vs. Pegg, 63 S. C. 102, it was held that the 'offense of storing and keeping in possession contraband liquor Involves the Idea of continuity or habit.' The same construction and meaning must be giveiP the same words, used in the act of 1909, as was given them in the act of 1897. The court also erred in charging that It was unlawful for one to have liquor in his possession in a prohibition county, no matter what quantity or for what purpose. State vs. Rookard, 87 S. C. 442. Reversed." This opinion by Justice Hydrick. MERE-MENTION. S. Rosendorf, 60 years old, and said to be worth $100,000, was arrested in Atlanta, Ga., for the theft of an empty milk bottle and a nickel from a front porch Six masked bandits held up a passenger train on the Erie railroad near Erie, Pa., Friday night. The train crew gave the bandits a battle, but it is believed that they got away with some vaiuaDie express packages President Taft and family are now at Beverly, Mass., for the summer Rtverview park, a pleasure resort near Chicago, was partly destroyed by Are Saturday morning....A general strike of railroad workers throughout Italy, was inaugurated Saturday. The railroad men are demanding more pay.... Defective electric wiring caused a 1100,000 Are in a grain elevator at Battle Creek, Mich., Saturday A negro, John Collins, shot Policeman Lynch to death in New York Saturday. It required a squad of twenty policemen to protect the negro from a mob that wanted to lynch him James Geer, an escaped convict, shot four members of a sheriffs posse that were after him near Louisville, 111., Friday. He also tried to kill a young woman who rejected his attentions The strike of the shlpworkers engaged in the coasting trade of England has been practically settled Governor Smith of Georgia, in his Inaugural address, Saturday, urged the passage of a law giving the governor authority to order a change of venue in assault cases, and thinks that such a law would prevent many lynchlngs. Six workmen were killed ^nd twenty-Ave more or less injured, by the collapse of a waterworks pumping station building at Buffola, N. Y., Friday.... Fire broke out in the Chiefton coal mine near Clarksburg, W. Va. Thursday evening and the sixty or more miners were trapped in one of the shafts. They were rescued Friday, egress being by a second opening. The Are is believed to have been of incendiary origin One man was killed and two seriously injured in an automobile wreck in Pittsburg, Pa., Friday Frank H. Hen wood was convicted of second decree murder at Denver, Col., Friday, he having killed George Copeland, while shooting at 8. Louis Von Puhl, who was also killed. Henwood will yet be tried for the murder of Von Puhl A score of passengers were injured in Chicago Friday, when a trolley car ran away and crashed Into another car. The motorman of the runaway car was knocked from his platform by striking an elevated railway post. The Wisconsin legislature has made a formal demand on the United State* senate that that body investigate ttaelection of United States Senator Stephenson. .. .Jos. B. Relchman, a New York financier, was convicted Friday on the charge of falsifying reports of the Carnegie Trust company.... Frank Benedict, 18 years old, was killed at Starkvllle, Miss., Friday by an explosion of gasoline while working in an automobile garage..... .Eighty-three members of the alleged "wire trust" were indicted in the Federal court in New York, Thursday, for violation of the Sherman anti- trust act In the event of conviction it Is the intention of the Federal prosecuting attorneys to demand prison sentences... .A bill has been introduced in the Qeorgia legislature, providing for a re-, ferendum amendment to the constitution of the state Hoke Smith was lnougu rated governor of Georgia last Saturday, and the impression is that the present legislature Is going to elect him to the senate.... Clement A. Evans, former governor of Georgia, and at one time commander In chief of the United Confederate veterans, died In Atlanta, Ga., last Sunday, aged 79 years..,.Tom Smith, a Gadsden, Ala., farmer, is dead as the result of his putting poison in the water bucket for the purpose of killing his family and himself. His svlfe and two children are dangerously sick from the poison There were fifty deaths from heat throughout the country yesterday. New York leads the list with a total of eighteen dead. Scores were prostrated throughout the country Rodney J. Diegel, sersreant-at-arms of the Ohio senate, was convicted at Columbus yesterday, on the charge of soliciting legislative bribes In a feud fight at Paint Creek church, Kentucky, Sunday, two men were fatally and one was seriously wounded Harold F. McCormick, John D. Rockefeller's son-in-law, has Invented an aeroplane. Its first flying tests were successful During the fiscal year ending June 30, the United States mints coined $118,926,612.60 in gold pieces; $3,195,726.40 in silver 14 AiO OAO AO In nlnlrala on/4 [jictca, auu 4 111 tuwacio auu pennies Three men, one of them a double murderer, escaped from the Jail it Unlontown, Pa., Monday morning. They made their escape by unlocking doors with a key made from a spoon. BOOK CLUB IN BETHEL. Correspondence of the Torkrllle Enquirer. , Bethel, June 30.?Beauty and pleasLire were rampant about the beautiful pountry residence of Dr. T. N. Dulln of Bethel on Thursday evening. The oc:aslon marked the Initial organization >f a young people's book club, bearing perhaps a pecuniary relation. The spacious home and wide lawn were iblaze with light and beauty. Beneath i network of Japanese lanterns about the centre of the lawn, tables had been placed for the accommodation of those who cared for refreshments. The ^oung folks from miles about were present, and gayety and laughter rang 'ar. The Wash Hunter Case.?The Wash Hunter case was a very sordid tragedy. The killing for which Hunter vas convicted occurred in July, 1906, >ver a game of cards. In a small itorehouse five miles from Clinton, flunter and Copeland, the man he ilew, and two .other well-to-do young 'armers of Laurens county had been rambling all the afternoon and all light. In the early morning a dispute arose between Hunter and Copeand and the latter, a cripple struck lunter with his crutch, and, we beleve, threatened to kill him with his tnlfe. Hunter thereupon shot Copeand five times, killing him. The case was chiefly Interesting be ause of the determination with vhich it tfas fought. After three misrials and one conviction In Laurens :ounty, a change of venue to Greenvood county was had, and there a :onvlction resulted, Hunter being senenced to eight years In the state pententiary. Appeal was had both to he state supreme court and to the Jnlted States supreme court, the verllct being sustained. Governor Blease now advances as lis reason for pardoning Hunter the Llleged reversal by the supreme court >f the decision it rendered in the Huner case. We have not read that deision, or the decision In the Lazurus ase upon which Governor Blease reies. The point of chief importance, lowever, Is that the man now parloned was the former client of the ;overnor himself and was representd by Mr. Blease In the trial of this ase. and. we believe, until after the atter had been elected to the governirship. This being true, it should be a dlfIcult matter for the governor to conince the people that in pardoning lunter he has acted in the public In erest. No judge Is permitted to pass n any case with which he had any onnection as a practicing attorney. No lore should the governor be allowed o do this. The present chief execuIve of this state has afforded the eople a long and riotous spectacle of he abuse of the pardoning power, ut no previous exhibition has been ulte so flagrant as that which he has ow given.?News and Courier.