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Scraps and facts. ? Washington, July 19: In announcing the designation of fluy additional second class postofflces in twenty-six separate states as postal savings depositories. Postmaster General Hitchcock today declared the system was growing in favor with the public. This, he said, was especially true in the western states. He cited a record made in Cripple Creek. Col., where in four weeks forty-two deposits were made for the limit, >100, and Gainsville, Ga? where more than >5,000 was deposited in the first month, although the population of the town is only about 5,000. ? The engineers in charge of the work of raising the battleship Maine from Havana harbor are confronted with new difficulties, says a dispatch. The water in the coffe *dam around the ship was lowered eighteen feet last Saturday; but it was found that as the ship was robbed of the support of the water around, it sank deeper into the ? ..J -"-l U to o nnoatinn flfl to inuu, anu iivn u ?u ? Huvw?.w.. ? ? how deep the mud Is. That the bottom of the ship is 34 feet below the water level in the cofferdam is certain; but how much deeper it may be is a matter of conjecture. The situation is recognized as a very serious one and there seems to be no certainty that the engineers will be able to solve the new problem. ? Democratic leaders in the house, according to a dispatch, are closely watching developments in the senate as the time approaches for action on legislation initiated in the lower branch. Their expressed position is that Senator La Follette's wool bill is now likely to be tacked to the farmers' free list as a rider and that the senate Democrats will keep the bills separated. The house leaders say they feel that after the La Follette bill has been voted down in the senate the Republican insurgent senators may be induced to vote with the Democrats on the Underwood woolen schedule bill. The Democratic leaders contend that the La Follette bill is not really a revenue measure in the same sense as the Underwood bill. House Democrats have taken the view that they would rather have the Underwood bill defeated than to accept the La Follette bill. In that event the Democrats claim they would be in a good position to go before the country on the defeated measure. ? Annoyed by repeated rumors, fomented especially in Cuba, that the visit 10 ine lsianu oi aeureuny wi ???j Stimson was preliminary to American intervention. Secretary of State Knox on Wednesday addressed a note to the Cuban government through United States Minister Jackson, declaring that Mr. Stimson'8 visit is partly to inspect the work on the wreck of the battleship Maine In Havana harbor and primarily to pay a friendly visit to the republic of Cuba. Secretary Knox says: "The government of the United States has thought it not worth while to deny the false stories of possible intervention which have been circulated in cer tain sections 01 tne press, tne iact oeing that no such question has been the subject of consideration by that government, whose sole concern in relation to Cuban affairs in recent years has been that in the rapid development of the splendid resources of Cuba, which will be viewed in the United States with so much pleasure, the process of exploitation should be ever safeguarded by that wise and deliberate economic policy so essential to financial and political stability." ? Chicago, July 19: That there exists a gigantic, country-wide arson trust with headquarters in Kansas City and representatives in nearly all the larger cities, the members of which make a business of setting fire to buildings to enable the owners to collect large sums of insurance was the charge made today by C. J. Doyle, state fire marshal, in an address before the Chicago Association of Commerce. "The country is facing one of the most gigantic, organized arson conspiracies the world has ever known," said Mr. Doyle. "The state fire marshal department of Illinois has combined with the state fire marshals of Kentucky, Tennessee and Ohio to wipe out the band of fifteen men at the head of this conspiracy. The head of the fire bug trust is in Kansas City, from which city the operations of the entire gang is directed. The tentacles of this octopus have extended, as the daring of these behind the plot has grown, into a dozen or more cities. They have been found at work at Bloomington, Springfield, 111.; Piti.iburg, Cleveland, New York, Buffalo, St. Louis, Chicago and elsewhere. Two of the gang have been convicted and are now imprisoned in a southern city. The others will be behind the bars before long if we are successful in following the clues we now are working on. The fire bug problem is one of the most important which confronts the country. Even without the cases of arson, the fire losses of the country are appalling, amounting to about $500 a minute. In Chicago the loss is $5,000,000 a year while in Berlin the annual loss does not exceed $200,000. We should adopt the fire protection plans prevalent in European cities." ? Unless the public demand becomes overwhelming and political exigencies become pressing, says a Washington dispatch, the present congress will not authorize the establishment of a general parcels post. The Democratic leaders in the house of representatives who have followed the hearings concluded Wednesday by the Lloyd's subcommittee are inclined to oppose the comprehensive system urged by the advocates of the proposition. They admit the weakness of the opposition at these hearings, but contend that congress should go no farther than an experiment at this time. These leaders suggest that as a beginning congress reduce the mail rate on merchandise from sixteen cents to twelve cents a pound and increase the limit for weight from four to eleven pounds. That would extend to the United States and its possessions the terms on which packages now are transported in the foreign parcels post. The postoffice department admits that it is making a profit of four cents a pound on all merchandise carried at the present rate. This adjustment, it is contended would give an experimental parcels post operated at its cost to the government and one which would not tax its postal facilities at the outset. The Democratic leaders argue that to establish a parcels post carrying packages of eleven pounds for twenty-five cents as some advocate or for sixteen as some of the pending bills provide, would swamp the department. This is the attitude of the house leaders following the parcels post hearings, but it is sufficient that none of them is willing to go on record to that effect at this time. They do not deny that thev mflv phanep their minds bv the time the house comes to a vote on the question. They are making allowances for the possibilities of the demand for a comprehensive parcels post at low rates becoming too insistent to ignore. They profess to be in favor of smashing the express monopoly and compelling the reduction of express rates and their regulation by the interstate commerce commission which now has that power over them. They contend that a postal regulation of eleven pounds at twelve cents a pound will offer cheap transportation for long hauls and that the express companies should be required to give cheap rates for their short hauls. Under such an arrangement the Democratic leaders would favor allowing the express companies to continue to carry mall matter in competition with the government. The proposal of a five cent a pound rate within fifty mile zones also is condemned by the Democratic leaders, who believe that this arrangement, would injure country stores. They argue that the law now permits rural free delivery carriers to transport packages privately from country stores to the farmers at whatever charge the carrier elects to make. It Is said that the farmers seem to take little advantage of this provision of the law. On the other hand, the charge is made that rural carriers habitually execute commissions for farmers and their wives upon the understanding that the farmers will vote for the candidates recommended by the carriers in the local and general elections. ?hf ilorlaillc (fnquitxr. Entered at the Postoffice In Yorkville as Mall Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE, S. C.t FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1911. They are telling all kinds of things in the Lorimer investigation, including the truth; but how the truth is going to be identified is a puzzle. Down in Colleton as in some other parts of the country, the ruffians do not think that the public has a right to know what they are doing. The popularity of Woodrow Wilson in connection with the next Democratic nomination grows apace. Woodrow Wilson is a great man, an able man and a patriotic man. ins country has seen few like htm. Whatever else is to be said about It, the mayor of Union exhibited considerable gall in the issuance of license for the sale of so-called near beer, and it seems to us that he should be held to account. The ice trust doubled prices in New York recently on the ground of alleged scarcity of the supply, and an investigation made by Mayor Gaynor with the use of detectives has developed that the supply of ice is ample. The (advance in prices was made merely for the purpose of squeezing more money out of the poor. The News and Courier prints an interview with Secretary of State McCown, in which Mr. McCown denounces the Washington story to the effect that he had held out Mr. Swearingen as the successor of Mr. Tillman in the senate as a fake out of the whole cloth. Mr. McCown says there was absolutely no foundation for the allegations in the interview and that the Interview never took place at all. They are talking ten cents cotton in New York. They may see it; but we have known predictions of that kind to fall. If the bears really have the bulls on the run, it may be but a short time until the duiis get tneir secona wind and show the bears a thing or two. There would be nothing in this game of speculation, unless there were more or less violent fluctuations, and both sides understand that fact thoroughly. The United States senate has dropped the name of Senator Terrell from its rolls, and it is now up to. Hoke Smith to qualify or leave the place vacant. Mr. Smith wants to make a long list of appointments and wants to do a number of other things before he gives up his place as governor. The opposition naturally wants Mr. Smith to get out of the way and do it quick, so as to avoid new and unnecessary complications. Gifford Pinchot and Dr. Wiley have demonstrated that the people appreciate men who do things. The people have backed both of these men. The people will always stand for the right when they know it. Sometimes the 1 people unjustly condemn a good man; but that is because the good man so condemned has not been fortunate enough to have his case properly presented. A bad man lasts before the people a long time sometimes; but that is because the people do not have opportunity to find him out. A Columbia dispatch says that the state is going to manufacture anti-ty- ' phoid serum for the use of the people. That is a grand and great idea. The i efficacy of the anti-typhoid serum in the prevention of typhoid fever has been proved beyond a doubt. The United States government has done this with the soldiers in the army. The use of the serum does not entail anything like the inconvenience i that vaccination does, and there is absolutely no danger. With the serum available for the use of private citi- i zens typhoid should be stamped out. Don't anybody image because we recently said Governor Blease was as good a statesman as Senator Tillman i that we are endorsing the governor. We don't endorse the official acts of either. We have no confidence in the official acts of any man who ever had i anything to do with the old state dis- i pensary. It was conceived in sin and born in iniquity and every man connected with it came off with the slime 1 of suspicion sticking to him. And B. R. Tillman was the daddy of it. If we can't beat Governor Blease next year with a clean, pure man who is tooth ] and toe-nail against the whisky ring we might as well go down in defeat. Blease is as go6d as any of them, and if we are to be governed by that ele- 1 ment, we had just as soori it be Blease as anybody.?Gaffney Ledger. When we reproduced with approval what the Ledger said originally, we did not consider that an explanation was necessary but here it is straight from the shoulder, and clear enough to be within the comprehension of the must obtuse. MERE-MENTION. A dispatch of Sunday from Little Kock. Arkansas, reports much damage from the army worm in the immediate vicinity of the city A thief took up a position on the roof of a Chicago and Northwestern Pullman recently and succeeded in robbing the occupant of an upper berth of a Panama hat and diamond pin. in jumping from the train near Belle Plaine, Iowa, the thief broke his leg and was arrested. Mr. and Mrs. C. Lovesett of Jacksonville. Fla., who cruised from Jacksonville in a steam launch around Florida, through the Gulf of Mexico, up the Mississippi river and through the drainage canal to Chicago, had a narrow escape from death in Lincoln lake. Chicago. Tuesday, by the burning of the superstructure of their launch United States health authorities are wrestling with the prob- ; lem of keeping Asiatic cholera out of the country. There are eight genuine cases of cholera at Swinburne island, the New York quarantine station, and there have been six deaths. All ships arriving from cholera infected Mediterranean ports will be detained ten days at the island. Minister P'urness at Port Au Prince. Hayti, has requested the sending of a United States war vessel to Ha.vtien waters on account of the revolution on that island. The revolutionists have captured three villages Civil war again threatens Mexico, as the result of a' break between President De La * Barra and Francisco I. Madero, following a proclamation issued by Ma- j dero charging De La Barra with responsibility for the fighting in Puebla. Gen. Keyes is reported to have an ] army of 14,000 men ready to support De La Barra Governor Dix of New York, is urging the passage of a ' direct nominations law for that state and wants it to conform strictly with the party campaign promises,.. .The National association of Heal Estate 1 Exchanges is in annual convention at Denver, Col The Wauregan cotton mills at Wauregan, Conn., employing 400 hands is shut down on. account of low water. Other mills, em- ] ploying 2,000 hands, will be forced to close for the same reason. .. .Charles Hickman, a wife murderer, sentenced to be hanged at Beaver, Pa,, Tuesday, was found dead in his cell early Tues- J day morning, having succeeded in commuting suiciue aner inree attempts Four counties of Alaba- . ma on Tuesday voted in favor of open saloons in incorporated towns. Montgomery county went wet by a vote of nearly five to one. . ...There are twen- " ty-four separate investigations under way by special and standing committees of congress, in Washington at this time. The investigations cover ' almost everything, including favoritism in the army, graft, postal service, sugar frauds, irregularities in the customs service and the Lorlmer 1 election scandal Guisseppe Serimarco, an Italian murderer was electrocuted at Sing Sing prison, New York, Monday. He was dead in one minute and four seconds after the 1 current was turned on Three men were killed and twenty injured by a powder mill explosion at Louvier, Col., Monday E. N. Nauld, an American automobile driver, was J killed near Paris, France, Monday. He was practicing for a race and was running at seventy miles an hour, when his car left the track, turned ( turtle and crushed him to death.-... Karl Von Metz Meyer, an ex-Norwegian army officer, was arrested in Brooklyn, N. Y., last week, on charges of larceny. He was much in society 1 and robbed his hosts. In police court Monday he was released on condition that he leave the country and never return. Otherwise he is to serve five years in prison Twenty persons J were killed and many injured in a wreck on a German railroad near Mullheim, Germany, Monday Mrs. i Sarah E. Gabbett, originator and designer of the Confederate cross of hon- I or for Confederate veterans, died at Savannah, Ga., Sunday morning, aged 78 years A London dispatch says that the records show 650,690 deaths from plague in India during the first six months of the year up to June 30... Physicians in Honolulu believe they are close on the track of a serum that will kill leprosy germs A Valdez dispatch says that a hot wave has 4 struck Alaska, and is melting the gla- s ciers rapidly with the result that streams are high So-called Mexl- t can Liberals are threatening Ameri- i ca.i ranchers in lower California and 1 if the Mexican government cannot take care of the Americans the Amerl- v ner, aged 19, member of Co. D. Fifth r regiment, Georgia militia was drown- r ed in the surf at St. Simon's beach on ( the Georgia coast Monday night, while i bathing with comrades The Cuy- c: ama ranch, including 60,000 acres, is s to be purchased and occupied by a g colony of 1,000 Mormon families from Utah The Boston board of health is making a fight on the street ice ? cream peddlers, experiments proving r that the goods sold by these dealers is jj full of disease germs A general ? strike of the building trades has been , declared In Montreal, Quebec. Several thousand workmen will be afTected. J P. M. Selby, an Augusta, Ga., : grocer, died Tuesday night from hydrophobia The Georgia Editorial association, sixty-one strong, is making a trip to New York by way of the Clyde line from Brunswick...... Mrs. Louise Owens Beattie was shot to * death by a lunatic near Richmond. J Va., Tuesday night. Mrs. Owens and 1 her husband were returning to the city from the country when they t were fired on by a strange man with a t shot gun v . m t FLURRY IN COTTON. i ( Looks Like the Bears Have the Bulls < on the Go. mere was a neavy oreaa m me speculative cotton market on last Tuesday, and the decline continued Wednesday. A new York dispatch of Wednesday night described developments up to that time as follows: A renewal of the heavy selling movement in the cotton market today seemed calculated to remove whatever doubt may have existed following the big decline of Tuesday, that at last leading bull interests, including Eugene Scales, Col. Thompson, the New Orleans.operators, and others who have figured so prominently in the market reports of the last two years as having taken fortunes out of cotton, had largely thrown over their holdings. Various estimates were ventured during the day as to the probable losses of the bulls and their friends, all of which ran up Into the millions. The impression appears to be that the bulls, emboldened by the successes of the last two years, have maintained their position on the market owing to the strong statistical position of the old crop and an expectation that drought in the southwest or the boll weevil in the central belt would cause another partial failure of the crop. With trade reports unfavorable, the drought in Texas relieved, new crop cotton already beginning to move and promising an unusually heavy addition to old crop supplies during the summer. it is supposed the bulls found themselves practically the only support of the market at a time when southern offerings against prospective yields were likely to increase steadily and that the heavy selling of the last few days has reflected the practical abandonment of their holdings. In spite of a feeling that rallies were to be expected after such drastic , liquidation as that of several days , past, local sentiment still seemed of a , very bearish average after the close of business here tonight and there was 1 talk in some quarters of 11 and even Ift.noni nnttnn nu'lntr tft th<a PYnPPtfl . tion of a very favorable August con- ? dition report and the demoralization . of the bull party. Trade interests, however, had been heavy buyers of both old and new *: crop deliveries during the day and many traders who had sold before the a big decline started appeared to be J" taking profits on their short cotton, l possiblj to wait for further reports from the crop, which, however bril- ' liantly it may promise, is admittedly : not yet assured, and for a better idea of the attitude of the southern planter with reference to marketing his yield at the lower prices. After the early sensational break, a a lull in the liquidating movement to- I wards midday permitted a rally of 6 to j; 7 points, but the market soon weak- J; ened again under selling that was every bit as active and as urgent as any ^ noted since the beginning of the bear i movement, and for the first time in nearly two years January contracts : broke below the 12-cent level. August was relatively weak on this decline, selling at 12.89 or $2.25 per bale under a the closing figures of yesterday, while new crop positions showed a net loss of about 20 to 22 points. Trade inter- a ests were again heavy buyers and in t1 connection with covering by shorts cheeked the break, I?ut some of the old bull brokers continued to sell and J" rallies were limited. The final tone was very steady, how- ? ever, at the net decline of 12 to 42 points, with August closing at 12.92 and January at 12.OG after that month hud sold at 11.99. ? Union. July 20: Sheriff J. G. Long. ? acting under instructions from the governor, today went to the office of the city clerk and obtained the J names of the nine parties to whom ^ near-beer iieenses had been issued by the city of Union. Seven of the nine f alleged violators of the law have been J arrested and are out on bond. The other two are ill. but will be placed j under arrest us soon as practicable. a The sheriff states that lie is going to (. follow the law and continue to raid the places of business of the violators of th.' dispensary law until the illegal ^ traffic in liquor is broken up. Mayor ^ T Duncan is out of the city today * and could not be seen in regard to the near-beer situation here. ( LOCAL AFFAIRS, NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. >am M. Grist?Can Insure your horses and mules at $6 per $100 value, r. H. Witherspoon, Manager?Invites the public to a ball game Thursday evening, the Fats against the Leans, ti. G. Brown, S. Y. C.?Advertises the sale on salesday in August of various properties under tax executions, rhos. YV. Boyd, Supervisor?Gives notice to land owners to clean out streams during the month of Au gust. Li. R. Williams, Probate Judge?Gives notice that Mrs. Margaret E. Ramsey has applied for letters of administration on the estate of John T. Ramsey, deceased. Bank of Hickory Grove?Points out the fact that small amounts grow Into large ones very quickly and suggests that you try depositing small sums at frequent Intervals. T. C. Wilborn?Offers the John Hartness farm for sale, and wants a buyer quick. 1. L. Williams & Co.?Have special offerings in Oxfords, ginghams, lawns, shirts, underskirts, laces, parasols, men's pants, etc. fork Drug Store?Can supply you with a variety of the best turnip seed and suggests that you sow your patch now. Thomson Co.?Ends its big summer clearing sale tomorrow and wants you to take advantage of the low prices while you can. fork Furniture Co.?Invites you to come and look over its furniture stock and see If there are not some pieces you need for comfort and appearances, lioan and Savings Bank?Suggests that you apply the lesson of the bees and save a part of your earnings. It wants you to make it your bank. r. C. Wilborn?Has come small farms within the incorporate limits of Yorkville, one near the overhead bridge. Carroll Furniture Co.?Says it Is easy to buy furniture from its stock, as it has the qualities, styles and prices. Special values in suites, odd beds and dressers. <Mrst National Bank, Yorkville?Insists that you protect yourself against being a slave In your old age by saving a part of your earnings. It will pay you to save. r. M. Stroup?Has received shipments of new fall and winter clothing and calls especial attention to the tailor-made clothes of the Royal Tailors. Cirkpatrlck-Belk Co.?Offers especial values In remnants of lawns, calicoes, percales, etc. Discounts on low shoes, summer clothing, waists, straw hats, millinery, etc. Crops have been growing beautlfuly within the past three weeks. The population of York county is 17,718. This is according to the cenius of 1910. The crop situation in the nelgh>orhod of King's Creek and Smyrna s very good, and most of the people n that vicinity are in fine spirits. Why yea, let the Chester people fix ip their part of the north and south oad that now runs from Yorkville alnost to the Chester line. People from Chester can do better buying goods in forkville than people from York can lo buying goods in Chester. After ill, what is wanted is a good road itraight from Chester to Gastonia. The probate judge only gets 25 ents of the dollar charged for a marlage license. The balance goes to the ichool fund. It seems to us that the ichool fund does not need this money; hat it should go to the probate judge. ^ dollar is barely enough to pay the irobate judge for the work he has to lo in connection with the issuance of a narriage license. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? Chief Love is doing some good vork on the streets with a road ma hine hitched to the town's big traclon engine. ? The filter Is now in daily operaion and the town is drinking water hat Is pretty nearly pure; but still the vater question has not been satisfacorily solved either as to quality g>r luantity. The town should own tne vatershed from which the supply is )btalned and should take steps to In rease the supply. TO CLEAN OUT I ME S I KtMIVia. In another column, Mr. Thos. W. Joyd, the county supervisor, calls atention to the law that requires property owners of York county during the nonth of August, to clear streams unning through their lands, of trash, afts, timber, etc. This law has been on the statute looks for about fifteen years, was put here originally through the efforts of he late R. M. Carroll, when that genleman was a member of the general issembly. Recognizing the fact that most of he streams of the county had been rradually filling up for years and that housands of acres of heretofore good ottom lands had been destroyed, the itatute was enacted on the theory that f streams were cleared of such obtructions as operated to check the ree flow of water in its proper chanlels, the water would do the rest and ut channels deep enough to afford roper drainage. It has been the custom of the county toard of commissioners to call attenion to this law each year, and a great nany people in different parts of the ounty have been doing their best to Ive up to the law's requirements, i-hile others have paid no attention to t. The law known as the present road aw, which created the office of townhip supervisor, makes it the duty of hese township supervisors to see that he provisions of the drainage law are roperly complied with. TAX EXECUTIONS. The list of items advertised by the heriff for sale on salesday in August 3 unusually long this year; but the lnreased length of the list does not inlicate any more distress than is comnon. As a matter of fact it is doubtful s to whether there is a case of actual listress behind a single one of the long 1st of sales advertised for the first ilonday in August. While in some cases, the land oflferd is al'.owed to go to sale because of he carelessness of the owner, or inbillty to pay taxes, penalties and ost, in other cases, the sale is allowed o take place in order to clear up some lefect In title, and in other cases the tominal owner is not concerned for he reason that the property has pracically passed out of his hands anyiav. For instance, in this list there are wo or three pieces of property that ire mortgaged for their full value, rhe nominal owner understands that ie will receive nothing after foreclos lie UV.CCUi lie Humeri ui uie nortgage understands that to forelose in the usual way will cost anyvhere from $60 to $100 in attorney's ees, referee fees, clerk's fees, adverising, etc., and by mutuai agreement letween the holder of the mortgage md the holder of the title, the land is illowed to go to sale at the hands of he sheriff with the understanding that he holder of the mortgage buy it in on l basis of taxes, penalties and costs, md get his title practically for nothng. In some cases the holder of the title ealizing that his interest Is practicaly wiped up, has abandoned the proprty to be disposed of any old way; ie does not care how. ABOUT PEOPLE. Mr. Oscar Plexico of Yorkville, is (pending a few days at Edgemont, N. Mr. Hudson C. Miller of Stone dountain, Ga., in visiting friends in 'orkville. Mr. and Mrs. J. Ben Coiner of La .range, Ga., are visiting Mr. and Mrs. . C. Coiner in Yorkvllle. Mrs. J. Donnoni Witherspoon of Cross till, is in Yorkvllle on a visit to Dr. nd Mrs. J. H. Witherspoon and other ela lives. Mr. W. II. Johnson of Pickens, and Jr. H. X. Johnson of Cheraw, are in 'orkville on a visit to their brother, Ir. J. K. Johnson. Mrs. S. M. McXeel, Mrs. Marie C. rlenit and Miss Marie Inman of York ville, are spending sometime at Waynesvllle, N. C. Rev. W. A. M. Plaxco of Due West, is traveling in York county in the interest of the well known Woman's College of Due West. Mrs. H. H. Crosland and sons. Masters Herbert and Eugene, and Mr. S. Earle Grist of Bennettsville, ure visiting relatives in Yorkville, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Sam M. Grist. Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Dover, formerly of Grover, N. C., who went to Florida last November, are on a visit to relatives and friends in their old neighborhood. Mr. Dover was in Yorkville yesterday on business. Mr. J. la. Williams of Yorkville, is critically ill with Bright's disease. He suffered an acute attack last Saturday and since then family and friends have been very much concerned as to the immediate outcome. Charlotte Chronicle, Thursday: The condition of Mr. L?. C. Harrison was very critical this afternoon, when the Chronicle went to press, but hope for his recovery has not been abandoned. Mr. Harrison has been desperately ill with typhoid fever for a week or more and the crisis of the disease is near at hand. His physicians believe that he will be able to withstand the ravages of the disease, if he survives for a few days more. Today he has rested comfortably and as stated, there Is hope of his ultimate recovery. Mr. S. C. Wood, the popular manager of the Thomson company, was taken seriously ill In his room in the Shandon hotel at about 2 o'clock yesterday morning as the result of a hemorrhage from the throat Physicians were summoned as soon as possible and after some faithful work the hemorrhage was finally stopped. The trouble came on suddenly without premonition of any kind, and Mr. Wood's many friends were very much concerned until assured that his condition was not so serious as they had begun to fear. He took the rather trying ordeal with philosophical calmness that is characteristic of him and has not been alarmed. Although somewhat weakened by the experience. he hopes to be out and at his work again within the next few days. THE CREAMERY. News of the closing of the creamery at Gaffney, because of inability to secure the necessary milk supply, will be received with a good deal of interest and not a little regret throughout this section where so many people have been giving their attention to matters connected with dairying. Of course we have no right to go behind the published statement to the effect that the trouble with the Gaffney creamery is inability to get milk, and shall not try to; but if the whole truth were known it is probable that it would be found that the lack of milk is not due so much to the fact that the country does not yield a sufficient supply as to the fact that the necessary steps have not been taken to get the milk together. It is not to be understood that the [closing of the Gaffney creamery means | the complete failure of that Institution. The Enquirer has it from private sources that there is in Gaffney an | individual who stands ready to pay 50 cents on the dollar for the entire capital stock outstanding, and is anxious to buy the property at that price. The gentleman named is a good business man, amply able to make good on his joffer, and his proposition means that he believes that although the creamery has not been a success up to this time, the trouble is entirely one of management. If he did not think he could make it go, he would not want to buy at the price mentioned. The Yorkvllle creamery' has been getting a good many hard knocks of late; but it continues in successful operation all the same. It is making and selling not less than 1,000 pounds of butter a week; but is not quite so prosperous as it was a few months back, for the reason that the market price of creamery butter is ranging lower now than for several years. Because of this there has been a slight reduction in the price of butterfat; but notwithstanding these drawbacks, and the additional disadvantage of the lone drought, which has weighed so heavily on pasturage and made milk production more expensive, the patrons have been standing faithfully to the proposition and the business is holding its own with a firmness which under the circumstances, is little short of remarkable. There are among the stockholders quite a number who think that up to this time the creamery has done all that could be expected and more. They believe that the possibilities or the enterprise have been established beyond question, and that it only remains to continue loyal, subscribe the capital necessary for such Improvements as are clearly desirable, and that success will surely come In the long run, and that with but a small chance of loss or failure. From the beginning many intelligent observers have looked upon the creamery as a bold experiment; but one along very promising lines, and most of these are able to see more promise ahead now than they could see when they had less information. Of course, some are discouraged, and disappointed. But still the sound business view is that which was expressed by some of the progressive, energetic stockholders when they first embarked on the enterprise; "As to whether that creamery is a success or failure depends upon us. It is going to be Just what we make it?no more and no less." LOCAL LACONICS. Death of W. S. Johnson. Mr. W. S. Johnson, brother of Mr. J. E. Johnson of Yorkville, died at the home of his sister, Mrs. Neal at Newport, Tuesday at noon, after an illness of several months from a complication of diseases, and was buried at Ebenezer, Wednesday. Mr. Johnson was in the 28th year of his age, was a native of Lancaster county, and for two or three years was assistant superintendent of the Neely mill. Death of Mrs. Dorcas A. Johnston. Mrs. Dorcas A. Johnston, of Rock Hill, died last Wednesday morning about 7 o'clock, after having been sick for some time. Mrs. Johnston before marriage was Miss Dorcas A. Luckey of Mecklenburg county, North Carolina, having been born near Charlotte on August 12, 1831, and would have been 80 years of age had she lived until August 21 next. She graduated from Salem academy in 1850 and in May, 1852, was married to Dr. Thos. Lt. Johnston. In 1870 Dr. Johnston and family moved to Rock Hill, and h> 'led there in 1878. Mrs. Johnston leaves three children, all of whom are residents of Rock Hill, namely: T. L. Johnston, president of the People's National bank, and Mesdames David and W. C. Hutchison. Mrs. Johnston was a consistent member of the First Presbyterian church, and was held in the highest esteem by the people among whom she spent her long and useful life. Drowned In the Catawba. Rock Hill Record: Before the eyes of nearly half a hundred Sunday school picnickers and within an arm's length of friends who vainly sought to save him, Mr. Earle Rock, 18-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Rock, sank for the third time in the waters of the river Wednesday afternoon at 2.15 o'clock and was drowned. The accident occurred about 200 yards above the Rozzelle Ferry bridge fourteen miles from Charlotte. After unceasing efforts had been made for a period of two hours the body was recovered at 4.20 o'clock from an invisible hole 20 feet in depth. There was practically no hope of effecting a resuscitation then after the lapse of so long a time. Nevertheless under the direction of Dr. B. C. Boyette, a dozen men labored by turns in an effort to estuhlish artificial respiration. This was continued until 5 o'clock, or for about 40 minutes. Yesterday morning his parents urged him not to go into the river, but it is probable that before leaving home he won their consent, provided he entered nothing but shallow water. It is said that young Rock could not swim. Rock Hill to Chester. Chester special of July 19: Rock Hill and Chester will unite in a picnic somewhere near Lewis on August 3 in an effort to bring the advantages of building a high vuy between the two cities home to the people of the two counties. This matter was decided on at a conference between committees from the Rock Hill Chamber of Commerce and the Chester Commer cial club at a Joint meeting Tuesday K afternoon at Lewis. Rock Hill was g represented by Secretary Creighton, J. b Edgar Poag, Reid and R. M. London, tl while Secretary M. L. Marion, Mayor s J. M. Wise, Alderman J. B. Westbrook 1 and Robert Gage represented Chester, it A. H. Wherry and Claud Ratterree tl were present, representing the people e of the neighborhood. At the confer- n once it was decided to hold a good E roads picnic and rally on August 3, the s picnic to be held on the line between E Chester and York counties, and a lo- ii cal committee, consisting of A. H. n Wherry and Claud Ratterree, was ap- tl pointed to make arrangements for the d dinner. Secretary Creighton of the E Rock Hill Chamber of Commerce was h instructed to secure some good roads ?. advocate, and it is understood that he a will Invite Dr. Clarence Owens, South- a ern Commercial congress at Washing- g ton. Secretary M. L. Marion of the h Chester Commercial club was likewise si instructed to secure some good roads t< speakers, and he will invite Dr. Hyde Pratt of North Carolina, and Prof, a Holmes of the South Carolina unlver- II sity. The object of the good roads a rally is to work up the people to the ti necessity of building a modern high- ii way between Rock Hill and Chester si and to talk good roads in general. The Ii plan is to secure the co- iperation of ii not only the people of the two cities, ci but every landowner and resident v along the road, and It is believed that ti by getting all united the road can be w built. ti b RUINOUS CROP ESTIMATE8. P Seems as If Their Only Purpose Is to v n 11 Depress Prices. c Senator E. D. Smith of South Caro- Z Una on yesterday, says the Washington Z correspondent of the Columbia State, tl discovered by chance that Secretary E Wilson is apparently no more cogniz- P ant of what is going on in the depart- E ment of agriculture than the man in o the moon. c When Senator Smith called at the t! department to ask about the prelim- h inary cotton report, issued July 3, the tl most astonished man in Washington h was Mr. Wilson. S He did not know that such a report p had been issued. h But the story Is best told In the d words of Senator Smith, who said to- w day: t< "July 3, a statement of the condition ti of the cotton crop was Issued from e the department of agriculture putting si tho nnnHIHrtn at 8ft 9. npr pAiit nf rinr- 7 mal as compared with a ten year aver- si age of 80 per cent. Also that the 1< acreage of cotton was about 35.000,- e 000 acres. To quote the exact langu- a age of the alleged report In this respect, A it says: 'The report shows condition v of the crop to be higher than on any h corresponding date in the last ten c years. A month ago the general con- 7 ditlon was 8.5 per cent above the ten- f year average. Today It Is 10.3 per tl cent above the ten-year average. The n acreage of cotton this year Is about G 35,000,000; allowing for the average S amount of abandonment, about 1,000,- b 000 acres, the indications are that ap- b proximately 34,000,000 acres of cotton v will be harvested. The condition indl- p cates a probable yield of 202.8 pounds w per acre, which on 34,000,000 acres, t would mean 6,895,000,000 pounds, or p about 14,425,000 balea' "This being the first estimate of the | kind, and realizing Its immense value tl to the speculator and gambler. I be- |j lieved that there was some mistake c somewhere, for It makes no difference e as to the fact that this Is a mere guess. e Coming as It is alleged to have done, c from the agricultural department, it p carried with it official sanction, official w weight, and therefore was calculated c tcr have vastly, more effect upon the g market tnan any private guess couia 0 have. I therefore this morning Inter- p viewed Secretary Wilson In person. He s Informed me that this estimate was fj without his knowledge or sanction, f without the sanction of law and that a on account of the many influences that ti are likely to occur affecting the final k yield of the crop, It was foolishness c for any one to attempt to forecast the h yield at this date; that if this did come b from any of his divisions, that It was b the first time and the last time It n would o cur. p "Of course, the damge to a large ex- o tent has been done. That Is, Its effect h on the price of cotton has already ci been felt, but It Is due to the public, b the cotton growers and the legitimate tl cotton dealers to know that the agri- J cultural department does not lend Its tl sanction to the alleged estimate. p "As an Illustration of the absurdity ci of an attempt to make a guess now, 11 in 1908 we had 32,344,000 acres and e made 13.432,000 bales. In 1910 we b had 32,403,000 acres and made 11,- tl 565,000 bales. In 1906 we had 31.374,- h 000 acres and made 13,305,000 bales. r< In 1907 we had 31,311,000 acres and S made 11,325,000 bales. it "Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Ar- ti kansas, Mississippi and Alabama are w Infested with the weevil. This pest Is begins Its ravages about the 15th of b July. The extent of Its ravages Is o largely dependent upon the condition f< of the weather. If there Is an excess tl of rain, the damage by the weevil Is a greatly increased. If there Is not an tl excess of rain, the damage is lessened, d Already complaints are coming from tl these sections of too much rain. This b factor, together with many others that fi the cotton trade Is familiar with, rr makes It Impossible to foretell what e: the ultimate yield may be. And I am tl extremely gratified to know from the \ secretary in person to me. that this p dangerous and absurd preliminary es- tl tlmate will not be made again." 8< - d b SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. tl ? Orangeburg, July 17: The Rowesville Oil mill was sold this morning, u according to notice of sale, by George V. Zelgler, one of the directors, at e the eniirt hmisp The entire nlant and n equipment was sold and the property n brought $25,000, that amount having been bid by Raysor & Summers, at- s: torneys. d ? Columbia State: "I am thorough- ? ly in sympathy with the proposal of ? W. B. Oliver, the assistant secretary c of war, to enlist the aid of the gov- " ernors of the several states in developing the military training of the pupils * of the high schools of the country," " said VV. W. Moore, adjutant general, ? yesterday. Attention was called by the adjutant general to a dispatch from f: Washington announcing that the assistant secretary of war had addressed a circular letter to the governors of the various states of the United * States inviting their attention to the enactment by the California legisla- j* ture of a law providing for the organ- . ization of companies and battalions of :j high school boys who are to be armed * with Krag rifles and trained by com- . petent instructors detailed from the " regular army. In his letter Secretary , Oliver made a strong plea for such . state legislation. The passage of such a law, in the opinion of the adjutant general, would create a strong second ( military reserve, and would ultimately Increase the efficiency of the na- n tional guard. w( ? Columbia State, July 21: "The a] evidence does not produce a clear con- b viction of moral fraud, and the court jr will not Inflict the penalty of suspen- tl sion or disbarment. Some less penal- r< ty must be imposed. The mere ex- \ pression of the opinion of this court tl that a member of the bar in even a y, single instance has fallen below the ^ ethical standards of the profession is in itself a serious penalty, and we w think none greater should be inflicted g] in this instance." This is the decision ti of the supreme court of South Carolina e) in the case of Philip H. Gadsden, the ei Charleston attorney who asked the w court to review his conduct with ref- ti nrprif?p in thp T aiitpiipp patafp ra.qp u. The estate was valued at about $300,- tl 000. The opinion is by Associate ti Justice Woods and the case is review- hi ed in full. The matter to be decided n by the court was whether Philip H. st Gadsden was guilty of such false rep- ei resentations or other misconduct in hi procuring from Miss Mary Lawrence tf an assignment of her interest in the r; estate of Joseph S. Lawrence to Mrs. j| R. Charlotte Lawrence as would war- v| rant the court to strike him from the roll of attorneys or to inflict any other |n penalty. 1 ( ? A man named Samuel N. Hyde, m killed his wife, her father, M. V. Beas- to ley, and seriously wounded her sister of Willie, in Anderson last Tuesday morn- ci ing. After the killing, Hyde surren- of dered to the sheriff and told all about th it. He said that because of the in- dc fluenoe of her father, his wife would h? not live with him. He loved his wife, to he said and determined to kill her, ti< [e went to his father-in-law's house, ained admittance, found his wife in ed, and commenced firing. He fired hree shots into her heart and two hots then went wild, wounding his 5-year-old sister-in-law. Mr. Beasjy came into the room to see what he shooting was about and Hyde turnd his weapon on him, killing him al- 1 mst instantly. After the shooting lyde hid in a corn field until the heriff arrived, when he surrendered, ie confessed that his reason for hid- 1 lg was fear of a lynching bee. Hyde larried after serving an enlistment in 1 he United States army. He would get runk from time to time and Mr. leasley would bring his daughter ome. After one of these drunks, iyde joined the army again; but manned to get a discharge after serving year, and shortly after his return ot drunk again, with the result that 1 Is wife went back to her father's. He ' ays that he is now perfectly satisfied } die. ? The Walterboro Press and Stand rd prints the following story of a vely time in Walterboro on Monday t a trial in which L. H. Zelgler, capiln of the county chaingang, was beig tried for breaking up a religious srvlce several weeks ago by attemptig to horsewhip the minister. "Endig in a free-for-all fight, the Zelgler ase was again continued Monday, at rhich time an attempt was made to ry it before Judge Chaplin. There 'as a skirmish between the lawyers as o whether or not jurisdiction had een transferred by Magistrate Bryan o Magistrate Chaplin, and about the Ime the arguments were in on this olnt, L. H. Zelgler, applied a very lie epithet to S. N. Hlott one of he officers of the church and a proseutlng witness. Mr. Hiott went for elgler. It seems that Hiott knocked ieigler down and grot on him. Soon here was a general mix-up in which irrett Hiott. a brother of S. N... A. I. Herndon, Willie Zelgler, 'Uncle )uffle* Hlers. Paul Herndon and some there engaged. The result of this enounter was a few bruised faces and he continuance of the case. Not satjfled with the accomplishments of his place, Zelgler went up town to unt the editor of the Press and tandard, who had incurred his disleasure by publishing the fact that he ad broken up a religious service. He id not have far to go, as the editor :as at Glover's corner. Zelgler began a abuse the editor and state that ceraln facts published were not true. The ditor explained to Zeigler that the tory was obtained from himself. This ielgler characterized as a lie, and was truck by the editor. A fisticuff follwed, in which the editor landed sevral blows. Zeigler jumped back and ttempted to draw his pistol. Jos. M. loorer and Capt. H. D. Padgett, who ,'ere standing near, took It away from im and, friends intervening, the ombatants were separated. Later, leigler, reinforced by some of his rlends, was making his way toward lie Press and Standard office and had eached the Wltsell store. Claude A. (raves, foreman of the Press and standard, came up, and having een told that the editor had een 'ganged' did not stop to reason /hy, but waded right Ih. The first erson to get In his way was Zelgler. ho was knocked backward against he brick wall of the store, having a retty bad gash cut In his head." ? Spartanburg, Journal, Wednesday: Tr. Turner, in charge of the local stalon of the bureau of entomology of lie United States department of agriulture, Wednesday afternoon lnspectd a number of trees which were elthr dead or dying. These trees are loated on the farm of J. F. and Brian loyd, near Drayton mills. The trees re re found to be dead or in a dying ondltlon and the government experts tate that the cause of the condition f this timber Is the invasion of the ine tree beetle the insect that this tation was located here in order to ght. The beetles as found on the loyd farm were very bad and have lready caused the death of numerous rees. It was in what the experts nown is the second generation. Speimens of the bark of the trees showig the work of the beetle were rought to the headquarters of the ureau, which are located in the Kenedy block. These government exerts are desirous to have all owners iff thees on their farms report such ases to them, and efforts to light the eetle successfully and to give scien[flc advice will be made. As the ournal has stated before, to fight the breatened outbreak of the southern ine beetle, a bark boring insect, which aused enormous damage to healthy, vlng timber in the Virginias in the arly '90's,'and which has recently een reported in different sections of be south, a forest insect field station as been established here by the bueau of entomology of the United tates department of agriculture. It i feared that unless measures are iken for the control of this insect it 1 rill cause the loss of millions of dolira worth of pine, and the station has een established here for the purpose f securing first hand information and jr giving direct free instruction to Imber owners on the most economical nd effectual methods of controlling be beetle. The bureau's experts have iscovered methods by which the bee!e can be controlled in some cases y the profitable utilization of the in?cted timber and in all cases at a loderate direct expense. Timber ownrs should communicate either with be station here or the bureau at Vashington. Recognizing the imortance of concerted action and that be danger Is common to the whole outh, the Southern railway is eneavoring to call the attention of timer owners throughout the south to be activity of the bureau In this matsr, in the belief that its interest is lentical with theirs. ? The State, Thursday: The hosiry mill at the state penitentiary will ot be abolished. The executive comllttee of the state board of health in ession yesterday came to the conclulon that the board has no right to orer the board of directors of the pris n to abolish the mill, but that the oard could act only in an advisory ! apacity. This announcement was : lade following a conference with At arney General Lyon. The attorney eneral discussed with the board the 'gal questions involved and gave the pinion that the board of health is the ale adviser on all questions involving ublic health. A written opinion will iter be sent to the board by the atarney general. The board of dlrecars of the prison several days ago reused to abolish the mill after considring a letter from Gov. Blease detanding this action. The chief exec- ! tive had already addressed a letter ' a Dr. Robert Wilson, Jr., of Charlesan, the chairman of the state board f health, in which he asked for a tatement as to the right of the board a take this step. The meeting yesteray was for the purpose of considerlg the letter from the governor. Sev-al weeks ago the board of health lade report on the sanitary condition f the penitentiary. In this report it < as recommended that the hosiery ' llll be abolished, that a new building , e erected for the women prisoners j nd that a new sanitary arrangement . e provided for the main prison build- s ig. Little was said concerning any of , le recommendations except that with j jference to the hosiery mill. Dr. J. ( . Hayne, the state health officer, and i le secretary of the board of health, esterday said that in his opinion too ( luch stress had been laid on the hos- . ry mill recommendation while there x ere other recommendations of a3 ? real importance. In the report of j le directors of the prison it was stat- j 1 that all recommendations with ref rence to improvements at the prison ould be carried out as soon as prac- , cable. A second letter was addressed y the governor to Solicitor Cobb of , lis circuit asking that he bring ac- j on to abate the hosiery mill, which . e termed as a public or "common ( uisance." Solicitor Cobb had no < atement to make yesterday with ref- J ence to the letter. He said that he f ad not investigated the matter. At ( ie conference yesterday Attorney ( eneral Lyon called attention to sec- r on 1085 of the statute, which pro- . des that the state board of health ? tall be sole adviser on all questions ?lia miKII/t ViaaltK Uantlnn )18 provides that the board shall ake Inspection as often as necessary C determine the sanitary conditions s all institutions provided as state r larities or supported at the expense p ' the state. It was pointed out by t e attorney general that the statute t ?es not give power to the board of 1 ?alth to require the board of dlrec- v rs to adopt the advice or sugges- p ins. li PRIZES FOR FARMER8. Railroad Encouragamant of Fall Exposition. Several thousand dollars In prlzea will be offered by the railways of the south for the best farm products to be shown at the American Land and Irrigation exposition to be held in Madison Square Garden, New York, from November 3 to 12. The prizes will be offered to the farmers of the south and all others interested in southern agricultural development. The following announcement as to prizes offered has been made by the ^?? Southern railway: Cotton: One thousand dollar cup for the best short staple cotton giving the largest yield per acre. The sample shoiild consist of three pounds of short Btaple' cotton properly wrapped in compact form, with accompanying smaller quantity of loose cotton protected by cloth wrapper. The yield per acre (officially surveyed) must be sworn 10 Dy me grower auu aneaiea by two reputable witnesses. Character and strength as well as length of staple and ginning are to be taken into consideration by the Judges making this award. Apples: Prize of (600 in gold for the best 25 boxes of apples?any variety or varieties, a single variety to the box ?competition open to the world. Corn: One thousand dollar cup for the best corn grown In the United States. Thirty ears to be exhibited (any Indian corn), productiveness, bread type, chemical composition for food values and general appearance are the main points. Alfalfa: One thousand dollar cup for the best alfalfa exhibit, rules to be announced by the exposition management later. Potatoes: One thousand dollar cup for the best exhibit of late commercial potatoes?a half bushel is all that is necessary of each variety?grown in the United States in 1911. Only the better varieties of table potatoes will be considered. Productivity, edibility and appearance will be the principal points. Potatoes must be smooth and of a uniform size. Yield per acre sworn and attested by official surveyor and reputable witness. Wheat: One thousand dollar prize silver cup for the best 100 pounds of wheat grown In the United States In 1911. Any grower in the United States can compete for this cup. The conditions are: The facts asked must be sworn to and attested by two witnesses. Wheat must be exhibited by actual grower. Xiciu |/ci act c, ?cuciai ?nw ??<u weight, trueness to variety, and type, method of preparation of land, what crops grew on the lands for three years previous, date of sowing and method, amount of seed sown, date of harvest nig arc vuiiuniuiio umi itim ^WTVI u> Wheat: One thousand dollars In gold for the best 100 pounds of hard red, snrlng or winter wheat, raised by any farmer in North or South America. Oats: One thousand dollar prize cup for the best 100 pounds of white oats raised in the United States. Quality, weight, yield per acre, purity, freedom from smut, weed seed and mixture will be considered. GOV. BLEA8E 18 0PP08E0. Doesn't Believe In Eduoating Boys In 8?ience of War. Governor Blease, says the Columbia Record of yesterday, does not by any means agree with Adjutant General Moore, in the letter's opinion that it would be a good thing for this state to adopt the California plan of organizing high school students into military companies of forty men each and drilling them with Krag-Jorgensen rifles. Adjutant General Moore told reporters the other day that he "heartily approved" the suggestlQn of Mr. Robert Shaw Oliver, acting assistant secretary of war, that other states adopt the California system. In transmitting Mr. Oliver's letter. Adjutant General Moore wrote to Gov. Blease In part as follows: "I heartily concur in the suggestions offered and also aoDrove of most of the sections Incorporated in this (California) act, but I feel satisfied that in order to have a similar act passed by the legislature of this state It will be necessary for the war department to provide at least the arms and equipment necessary without cost to thin state, together with the assignment of an officer from the regular army or from the retired list for instruction and supervision of such schools as may come under the provisions of this act." Governor Blease addressed to Mr. . Oliver Thursday a letter In which toe presents In plain' terms his views, which differ radically from those of Adjutant General Moore. The governor's letter follows: Hon. Robert Shaw Oliver, Acting Secretary of War and President of Board for Promotion of Rifle Practice, Washington, D. C. Sir:?Your letter of July 13th, transmitted to me July 19th, by AdjGen. W. W. Moore, received. In reply I beg leave to say that I cannot concur with the adjutant general of my state In approving your Dill. In the first place I do not believe this country is in danger of any serious war, now or hereafter, as I think arbitration is more 'humane than war and that by peace conferences differences between countries will be settled without bloodshed. I do not believe In educating every boy that he has to shoot somebody. They have enough of that in them already. Furthermore, our state has not the money to make the appropri atlon necessary to carry out this bill. However, my most serious objection to your bill is that I am unalterably opposed to arming negro school children with rifles and ammunition. Our state has trouble enough with Federal bayonets in the hands of negroes and their allies. It was only a few years ago that our adjutant general disbanded all the negro companies of the state militia, for which he had my most hearty approval. The white schools of our state, under the provisions of your bill, requiring forty or more students fourteen years of age or over, would be at a disadvantage, because in the white schools there are sometimes not as many as forty students and they generally cease to go about the age of nineteen, while In the negro schools there are nearly always forty and they range In age from five to thirty. Consequently, in my opinion, the bill you propose would be disadvantageous to the people of my state. Therefore I ?annot recommend the passage of *uch a bill, and if passed would be compelled to veto It. Very respectfully, COLE L. BLEASE. Governor. Columbia, July 20. ? Columbia State, Thursday: Two packages of currency, containing over (500, shipped to Boykin station, which is ten miles below Camden on the Southern railway, were stolen TuesJay from the office of the Southern Express company at that place. The noney was sent to pay off the guards it the state farm. D. J. Griffith, the superintendent of the state penitentia*y. yesterday confirmed the rumor. Detectives of the Southern Express company spent yesterday at Boykin jut no arrests have been made yet. \ccording to a dispatch from Camlen, E. F. Ballard, the depot and Excess agent, received the money on the lorthbound train shortly after noon on ruesday. He said that several farm aborers were the only persons to see lim get the package. At 2 o'clock Mr. Ballard went to dinner at the home >f Henry Boykins, about one-half mile 'rom the station. He left the money n his coat, as he had no safe to nut t in. Upon his return to the station le missed the money and immediately elegraphed the express officials in Charlotte and Columbia. Detective 3myrl went to Boy kin from Camden, Messrs. Coley, York, Sadler and oth>r officials of the Southern Express ;ompany have been sent to Boykin, nvestigating the robbery. No infornation as to the robbery could be obained from local Southern Express ompany officials. ? Gaffney, July 18: The drought in Cherokee county, which has lasted ince April 12, was broken on Sunday ilght when a good rain, which is relorted to be general, fell. The rain tegan Just after dark and lasted hrough the better part of the night. ?he conditions here have been somewhat alarming and even now the crop trospect for Cherokee in most parts s exceedingly poor.