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Scraps and ?atts. ? Atlantic City. N. J., November 1: Governor Woodrow Wilson in a speech here tonight flayed the "bosses" of Atlantic City, saying that he would see to it that "nothing must be omitted which will clear our politics of those who debauch them." Among other things the governor said: "Atlantic City is famous all over the United States and for a greater part of the world for its charms and its shame. The whole continent looks with pity oh Atlantic City because you have submitted to bossism. You have stood cowed and submissive and let it exist." , oforro/i tn thf> men resnonsible I for the "bossism" of the city and state as 'lawless plunderers." In conclusion he said: "You have men of unimpeachable life, of honor, established reputation, big and honorable business men of pure private and public life crowding the streets of Atlantic City and county, and all of them walking like driven sheep under the grip of the management of a little group of men from whose domination they could escape with but the slightest assertion of independence. A handful of men against a population; a body of crooks against a great, self-respecting population. The thing is incredible. The truth is a terrible whip. Only draw the whip from under your coat and see the dogs slink." ? "Almost every public library in New York," says an exchange, "has at least one story hour a week. Last year there we/I over a thousand of these hours and 30.000 children flocked to them. At least half a dozen settlement houses have weekly story hours. Parish houses have started them. And there are not enough story tellers to supply the constantly increasing demand. On the library staff there is an assistant who has charge Of the story telling in the thirty-flvd Branches where it is carried on. This assistant travels from one end to the other of Greater New York listening to the stories told at the branch libraries by the assistants in charge, sometimes telling stories herself,planning story programmes and organizing story clubs. There arc nineteen of these clubs for older boys and sixteen for older girls. For the younger children there is a weekly story hour all their own. The dividing age limit is at about 10 or 11 years. Tb? rea' reason for this end of the library work is not to give the children simply the immediate pleasure of being entertained and amused. It isn't even for the greater gain of stimulating their imagination. It is with the farreaching idea of rousing their interest in reading, of opening to them the wonderland of books. Story telling has been found to be the most potent means yet discovered to this end. ? New York. November 1: Ninetynine fighting ships, greomed for the first formal event of the greatest mobilization in the United States' naval history, swung at anchor in the Hudson river this morning in a gray line seven miles long. Only the torpedo . Darney Tlmney and the Craven were missing from the list of 102 vessels ordered to the mobilization. The fleet included every battleship now in commission in the United States navy, 75 in all, every one in fighting trim. Early risers who stood on the western edge of Manhattan along* Riverside drive, and those across the river in New Jersey, who gazed from the precipitous cliffs of the lower palisades, saw ship after ship take form as the mist lifted. Then, at 8 o'clock, the signal flashed on the Connecticut and every craft in the line burst into rainbow colors from stem to stern. It was the first order of the day, preparatory to the inspection of the afternoon, one day ahead of President Taft, who will review the fleet as it passes out to sea tomorrow afternoon before dispersing. Secretary Meyer had the first honor of seeing the greatest array of warships ever assembled in American waters. The presidential yacht, Mayflower, selected to carry Secretary Meyer and his guests, including members of the senate and house naval committees, was anchored off West Twenty-third street . Luncheon was served aboard, followed by a brief reception to Rear Admiral Osterhauz. commander-ln chief, accompanied by the division commanders of the fleet. Return visits were made by Secretary Meyer to the flagships of the first, second, third, fourth, fifth and possibly the sixth divisions. Late in the afternoon an inspection was made of the Entire line. Orders on the Connecticut called for a salute* of nineteen guns when the secretary first unhurled his flag on the Mayflower. Then each flagship saluted after he made his call. ? At last Tuesday's session of the governors' cotton conference here. Gov. Colquitt submitted statistics relating to the world's demand for American cotton of the present crop. The figures on the demands of the mills in this country are based on last year's consumption. The totals compiled show that the spindles of the world will require a grand total of 13,739,916 bales of cotton of the present American crop, or approximately the same number of bales as shown by the government's estimate of this season's crop. Governor Colquitt directed attention to the fact that this is the first time in the history of the country , that figures showing the demand for cotton have ever been compiled and presented for the benefit of the producer. Accepting the government's estimate of a 13,800,000 bale crop this season. Governor Colquitt declared that the demonstration of a world demand for 13,739,000 bales proves conclusively that cotton today is worth 13 cents per pound or more. The average price for last year's crop was 14.60 cents per pound. With these figures before him," said Governor Colquitt, "the farmer should not hesitate to hold every remaining bale of llic picociu UU|; uiiui 0Ki??i?v. | comes across with what he considers a remunerative price. The figures were | compiled by foreign representatives of the United States government from authentic sources and are reliable. The fact should give confidence to the banker and business men of the south and cause them to lend every encouragement to the farmer who shows a disposition to hold. The number of bales of American cotton needed by the mills of various countries is given as follows: United States, 4,696,316 Great Britain. 3,000,000: Germany, 1,893,000; France, 1,130.000; Russia. 700,000; Austria-Hungary, 600,000; Italy, 525,000: Japan. 325,000; Spain, 320,000; Belgium, 194.800; Canada, 135,000; Netherlands, 110,000; China, 50,000: Switzerland, 45,000; Mexico, 15,000. Total. 13,739,916. ? Rome, November 1: The reports which have spread in foreign countries that the Italian troops at Tripoli have practiced extreme cruelty in the war against the Turks and Arabs, killing women and children, the aged and infirm and non-combatants have caused intense indignation throughout Italy. These reports have already been officially denied but Premier Giolitti took occasion again tonight to emphasize the denial and to make a statement in behalf of the government and nation. "If any reproach is admissible," he said, "it can only be on account of excess of humanitarianism. We 'have, perhaps, through exaggerated scruples, spared the lives and property of the enemy, and in so doing have exposed ourselves to grave risks. This, however, we have been pleased to do, to prove that we are civilized and human. Perhaps what is the bounty of the strong may be judged as weakness. Our soldiers, trained in the school of loyalty and accustomed to the uprightness of the Ab.vssinians. who are open enemies or steadfast friends, did not expect the Arabs, after they had sworn fealty and received grain and flour and other concessions, would treacherously break their oaths and traitorously turn their arms upon the wounded. Among those heroic dead many were barbarously killed by the enemy after they had fallen gravely wounded. He who asserts that the Italian soldier would offend woman or child shows ignorance of our country and our race. The acts of treachery were due partly to the efforts of the Bedouins, about 15,000 of whom migrate at tnis season 01 ine year from the interior to the coast for the date crop. They formed a kind of a conspiracy with the Turks and succeeded in persuading the Arabs, who had already declared themselves our 1 friends, to rebel. But indeed, the Arabs were ready to take up arms against those they considered weak at any moment. This is shown by the fact that many of the habitations, when set on fire, exploded like powder magazines, so great were the quanti ties of arms and ammunition hidden in them. After the betrayal when the Arabs hidden by the trees, walls and houses in the oasis shot in the back the troops courageously fighting the Tur^, our soldiers defended themselves. They attacked the oasis and routed the traitors, killing those caught in the act of firing and taking the others prisoners. For safety we transported the prisoners to Tremiti and Ustica islands where on their own admission, outside of the curtailment of their liberty, they are better treated than in their own country. ?hr ^Jorhiillt (Enquirer. Rntnred at the Postofflce in YorkvlUe as Mail Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE. S. C.t FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 3. 1911, The weather man put out the word last Monday that there would be a cold wave down this way Thursday. Score one for the weather man. It Is reported that the Yorkvllle mosquito is yielding stubbornly but surely to the advance of cold weather. ?Charleston Post. Mistake. They have put on overcoats. With Information as to exactly how much cotton the world consumes, is It not business suicide to raise any more? Is It not plain to the densest individual that the value of that portion of th*? rrnn which in needed is influenced by that portion which is not needed? While we hope the cotton growers of the south will not await the time when the states will see proper to take up the matter of protecting values, we feel quite convinced that the states ought to give this matter very careful consideration. __ Mr. J. Otis Hull having sold out his interest in the Rock Hill Herald to the Herald Publishing company, is to become editor and publisher of the Chester Lantern. He announces in the Lantern that the Herald is to become an afternoon daily, but will continue to issue a semi-weekly edition. The only thing about it is that those jokers over near Waxhaw should put up a sign of their own marking the spot on which Jackson was born, and not use the false sign that the North Carolina folks put up. Of course Jackson was born In South Carolina, and even Editor Hemphill cannot change that fact. Our .good friend, the Lancaster News, advises us that the people are aroused on the school book question, and that they will attend to the matter in the campaign next summer. We hope the News is right; but really we do not see just what is to be done in next summer's campaign, especial Kn t hn rnnont. Ij III View Ul IIIC IC&Vl iiiat IIIV ivvvm, ly executed contract has to stand for five years. Old Horace Greeley once said something like this: "The darkest hour In any young man's life is when that young man begins to brood over the idea of trying to get rich without giving value received in honest, creative work." And there are as many thousands of young men passing through dark hours today as when old man Greeley gave utterance to this pearl of wisdom. Here's a resolution of thanks to those brethren of the press who have said kind things of the outgoing and incoming editors of the Daily Mall.? Anderson Daily Mail. Well, boys, although neither of you have received any more than your deserts, even at the hands of your brother editors, you have a right to feel pretty well over the estimate in which you are held. This five year arrangement is a good scheme to preserve the existing practice of changing text books. Before the five years are up the people will have forgotten about the recent change, and the probability is that nobody will think to stir up sentiment in time to prevent another change. There should be enacted now a statute that will at least call for more legislation before the next change is made. There is still pretty good promise that the Turko-Italian war which, at first looked as if it would amount to very little, will develop Into something serious. The general assumption seems to have been that because the Turks had no navw. they would amount to nothing; but the Turks are making it appear that their resources are very much greater than was calculated upon, and before it is all over, possibly the situation may take a very different shape. The grand Jury of Fulton county, Ga., complains to the court that unless it is to have power to enforce its recommendations it should not be charged with the duty and responsibility of making the investigations on which such recommendations are based, There is something in the complaint, certainly; but it is being pointed out that if the grand Jury be vested with the power suggested, the result will be a revolution in the present system of government. The United States Steel corporation's* present capital consists of $508,000,000 of common stock, $360,000,000 preferred stock and $596,000,000 first and second mortgage bonds, including those of subsidiary companies, making a total of $1,464,000,000. It has paid 7 per cent dividends on its preferred stock since organization and 5 per cent on its common stock since March of last year. It is estimated that its stocks are held by about 120,000 shareholders. The gross earnings of the corporation last year was more than $700,000,000. and the net earnings in excess of $141,000,000. It produced in that year about 25,00.000 tons of iron ore. nearly 12,000,000 tons of pig iron and more than 10.700,000 tons of finished steel. No, we would not advise any one ,who is without knowledge of the business to invest a lot of money in cows, barns, etc., with an expectation of making money from the start. The biggest asset in the milk business is knowledge and the second biggest asset is willingness to work. But even with knowledge and a willingness to t work, a large investment would be t risky. The most successful dairymen r of the country, and they include as t large a per cent of successes as are 1 to be found in any other business, are t men who have started at the ground t and worked up. The business is one t of natural increase and slow growth. 1 There is no other absolutely safe way s to make it go. But with knowledge, t experience and energy, the dairy road t to independence, wealth and happiness c is as short and as sure as any other ? road that can be pointed out. t It might be a very good idea to abolish the state board of education and leave the matter of changing text books to the general assembly. In view of the fact that one text book is about as good as another, there would be little or no risk in allowing members to make such changes as may be necessary. That they will make no changes without good reason may be taken as a matter of course.?Yorkville Enquirer. We believe the people of the state would welcome such a law. The wholesale change in the text books of the state every five years is an expensive nuisance.?Associate Reform- v ed Presbyterian. * t All that Is necessary to secure the reformation of the abuse complained of is to get a clear understanding of a It to the people. They are tolerating d these changes only because they \ trustingly believe that their represen- 1 tatlves are trying to do what is for I the best. * t It Is said that the women In Los r Angeles voted for the Socialist tick t. wnat ao iuauor waiiace 01 me Newberry Observer, and Editor Grist of The Yorkville Enquirer, staunch 8 women suffragists, think of that?? s Greenville Piedmont. t Well, speaking only for The Enqul- jrer, It is respectfully suggested that f the main idea of the ballot is to guar- , antee to people the right to vote as j they please. The socialistic theory of f government is impractical in many s important particulars, but it remains c a fact that Socialists have secured r thousands of votes * and sometimes , elected their candidates because large f and respectable minorities of the op- t posing parties considered the Social- t 1st candidates better than their own r candidates. But so far as this is con- t cerned in the recent second primary ^ for governor, thousands of male vot- c ers cast their ballots for the candidate t who was not the best man and who <; did not stand for the best things. v What does Editor Koester think of <3 that? 1, *" "* t So far as we are able to see, the only 1 objection that anybody can urge \ against Woodrow Wilson is that he c stands strictly and fearlessly for con- s stitutional government. .We do not a mean to reflect especially upon any- t body, Democrats or Republicans; but v we desire to observe as a fact, estab- " lished throughout all the time that r has elapsed since the beginning of the s records, that governing parties and t individuals grow more careless of I their duties the longer they continue d in power and are at length overthrown f as the result of their own neglect of h duty. Political parties which go to a the people as supplicants, eventually v assume the attitude of bosses. People r who begin by begging the privilege of h exercising authority without compen- t sation, after a while become dlssatls- ti fled even with pay that Is far In ex- t cess of the value of their services, y Woodrow Wilson seems to be a man 1 who fully recognizes the rights of the people, and who fully understands the duplicity, greed and general criminality of the politicians who look upon *! a public office as a private snap. 0 c Now If the people of the south will f only back up the conclusions reached j; by the governors at that New Orleans i conference last Monday and Tuesday, they will go forward to far more pros- 11 perous and profitable results than ? came from similar conferences some- t thing over fifty years ago. It would L be possible to show a very striking h analogy between those old time con- v ferences and the conference of this s week; but that is not our purpose s here. In brief the situation is this: ^ a We of the south have a practical mon- t opoly of the most valuable and nec- a essary commodity grown in the world ?the wherewith to clothe the people. * The commercial interest of the world? t the other fellow?has been able to get t that commodity from us without giv- ? ing value received. We, the produc- a ers, are getting less profit out of our e crop than the consumers. We are let- 1' ting the other fellow get the best of ' it. It has made him rich and powerful. If we should get our share of the 1 product of our own labor we would c be rich and powerful. The south has v had a delightful taste of this truth ' within the past few years. Now the c question is will we do it? When in ^ the old time the governors got togeth- ' er and t )ld us to go to war about is- a sues not half so important on their v face, we did it. There is no war in- c volved in the present advice of the 1 governors. The advice is based on a facts that leave no escape from the ' conclusion that has been reached. We r must hold our cotton, and we must v quit raising so much. We must raise e In llHlo looo than thp wnrlfl nPf?fl? mth- t er than a little more. We must raise a our supplies at home, so we will he r independent. If we would circumvent ^ the other fellow we must use at least <! a little of the good judgment that he ' Is using. If we will only get behind ' the conclusion that has been reached 1 by the governors at New Orleans, we f will, within a few years, realize that c we have won a great deal more than I would have come to us even had we v been successful in carrying out the 1 conclusions arrive'd at in the confer- 1 enoes of over fifty years ago. 1 : a It was eloquently worthy pf his r distinguished kinsman, that declara- | tion of Frank Hayne in New Orleans tl that he would gladly go to jail if he had in any way aided the enhance- 1 ment of the value of the sooth's great r staple crop. Rut the fact of the business is that when Mr. Hayne went into the bull pool he was not thinking of the south and her prosperity so r much as his own profits, and every- s body knows it. Of course he was glad j if his own countrymen profited by his a venture, but that patriotism and not commercialism was the primary mo- r tive in the venture is not going to be j believed by sensible men.?Columbia ^ Record. a On general principles that is cor- r: red; but somehow we arc inclined to give Mr. Hayne some credit for pa- * trlotlsm. So far as we recollect, and a we have been keeping up with Hayne ti nrettv close, we do not remember to ^ have ever heard of him ;ih having heen f connected with the hear side of the t market. As a matter of fact most e cotton gamblers take whichever side y that seems to them at the time to "n promise the best hick. Mr. Ha.vne, o however, we believe has heen a con- 1 sistent bull. We have always believed and we believe now that Hayne, more than any other one man, far t more than Sully, was responsible for c he remarkable boom In prices during he famous Sully year. It will be renembered that during that year mills ried to break the market by unloadng their stocks. Hayne bought all he cotton they unloaded and made hem beg to get it back again. It will te remembered that he let them have t only after they bound themselves to ipfn it and not try to interfere with he market any more. It is a fact not o be disputed, that the Hayne rowd is the only combination that iver succeeded in cornering the coton market and getting away with it. )ther men before him have tried this ( hing, but every one went down, frankly, we do not understand the ituation with sufficient thoroughness o be able to say positively that Mr. layne is more than a common gam>ler; but somehow we believe that he s as much of a patriot, and as true due, as his famous ancestor. When le told the governors how gladly he vould become a martyr if need be, we lelieve he yas sincere. We do not lelieve he is the kind of a man who vould try to get personal advantage >y taking a false position. It would not be fair or safe to judge tny man's character by a single lncllent of his life; but the way Stonevall Jackson met the situation when t was learned that there were many >arrels of whisky among the supplies le captured at Manassas Junction, hrows a pretty accurate light on the nanner of the man. There are hunIreds of men living who have a per lonal recollection of the circumstance, ind thousands who have read the tory, the correctness of which Is not o be disputed. Officers of high rank lurried to the liquor warehouse the Irst thing and began to lay In sup>lies. Jackson, however, lost no time n detailing one of his most trusted ofIcers to go to the warehouse with a itrong guard and knock the heads out if the barrels. Among the officers aleady engaged in helping themselves y;ere some of higher rank than the ofIcer who had been ordered to destroy he whisky and they attempted even o assert their rank over their infeior to the end of quenching their hirst. This, however, did not go. The detailed record Is a thrilling story if how the general's representative hreatened death to any and all who lisobeyed and proceeded with the vork of carrying out orders. The oriers were carried out, and there was a ot of grumbling. The writer remem ers to have heard some of this grumbing as late as fifteen years ago. It ras half serious and half earnest of ourse. Thfere are people today, thouands of them, of a certain stripe who .re unable to appreciate anything from he viewpoint of a man like old Stoneyell Jackson, who would hold: Why it was Just simply dog mean lot to allow those poor, tired, footore soldiers have some of that liquor hat was theirs merely for the taking." Jut if Jackson had not acted as he IIA thn CPattlA nf ?nfltRflfl ought within a day or two, would ave come down to us in history as i Yankee victory. And in view of vhat actually occurred, it is not too ouch to say that if certain officers of ilgh rank serving under Jackson at he time and place mentioned, had ieen in command Instead of Jackson, he "poor, tired , foot-sore" soldiers yould have been allowed to take -all he whisky they wanted. "Truth Away From Homo." We have never seen the truth beter stated about the movements of he county chain-gang in the interest f Yorkville and that section of this ounty than in the following taken rom an article in the Gaffney Ledger oncerning the meeting of the good oads committee held at Sharon. The .ledger said: "After the adjournment of this neeting, Supervisor Lipscomb, of 'herokee county, accompanied Mayor iart, of Yorkville, on an inspectlpn our of the York county roads. Mr. ilpscomb states that the York people lave excellent roads and he spoke nost highly of their condition. He . as enthusiastic in his praise of their and and clay roads. Mr. Lipscomb tated that one of the reasons for ,rork county having as good roads s they have is due to the fact that heir chain-gang and road force give 11 of their time to the four main lighways coming into Yorkville and hat they put no time at all on the ross country roads. Thus in the inerlor of the county, removed from he county seat, their roads cannot ompare favorably with those of Cherokee. The roads of Cherokee are 11 worked and the time is not merely xpended upon the main highways eading into the city."?Rock Hill tecord. jum wny mr. uipsuuiwu auuuiu alk that way, and Just why the Recird should publish It so approvingly re do not know, for we do not beieve it is true. Of course, Mr. Llpsomb got his suggestion somewhere, tut where is left to inference. It s a fact thn' the chaingang has done l good deal of work around York- 1 ille. It has done more or less work in every main road leading into the own, but we do not think it has done my more work on the roads lea'ding nto Yorkville than it has on the oads leading into Rock Hill. It ' rould take some time to get up the xact data, but we are quite sure that he facts would bear us out. And in iddition to the work done on the oads leading into Rock Hill and forkville, the chain-gang has done luite a lot of work in every township i) the county. Bethel and King's dountain townships have gotten less, rhe writer hereof is not personally > amiliar with the roads over in Cherikee county, but from the testimony he 1 las received at the hands of others eho are familiar, he believes that 1 he roads of York?the roads far out oward the county lines as well as hose entering the towns?will average up much better than the roads if Cherokee. But any effort to make t appear that Yorkville has han an indue proportion of the benefits of lie chaingang is unfair and unwar anieu Dy iacis. Potash Find In America.?A dipcoviry liy the scientists of the departnont of agriculture that is expected I oon to bring about an annual saving o the country of about $12,000,000 is innounced by Secretary Wilson. The secretary .states that several i ich potash sources have been located ] n this country, and that he expected hat they will be yielding enough potish soon to supply the needs of the , lation. Heretofore, Secretary Wilson said, ] he country has been buying its pot- | ish from Germany, spending fpr it ibout $12,500,000 annually. Receptl.v , tn appropriation was asked for tq be ised in the work of searching for pottsh deposits in this country. Only a ( ew thousands dollars was secured for | he work, but the money was used to xcellent advantage. Secretary Wilson said that he Is not j et ready to go into details as to the [lines He said, however, that most , f the deposits have been located in ( he west.?Washington Post. . ? The trustees of Clemson college ! lave adopted a resolution looking to < he establishment of a one year agrl- 1 ultural course. 1 LOCAI. AFFAIRS, NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Kennedy Bros., Sharon?Have bought the Hill-Kennedy stock and are offering big bargains in all kinds of goods. They want you to see what they have to offer. A. W. McFarland?Is agent for the Progressive Farmer and the Youth's Companion, and will be pleased fb receive your subscriptions. McGill Bros.?Give notice that after this date their ginning days will be Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of each week. Southern Realty & Auction Co.?An ber 16, of the Steel property, lying on the outskirts of Yorkville. National Union Bank, Rock Hill?Desires to do more business with our prosperous farmers and ofTers every inducement to secure their business. York Furniture Co.?Makes a suggestion that you look carefully to the furnishings of your "spare room"? the room used only occasionally. Kirkpatrick-Belk Co.?Emphasizes the size and the good qualities of its lines of shoes for men, women and children. First National Bank. Yorkville?Invites your attention to the power of compound interest in building up a fortune. It will help you start on the right road. Thomson Co.?Talks about dress goods and silks, and trunks, suit cases and handbags. They want a visit from you at any time. Royal Baking Powder Co., New York ?On page four gives reasons why you should use royal baking powder. Standard Oil Co.?Calls especial attention to the many uses of Perfection^ blue flame oil heaters, and also to Rayo lamps. See page four ror full particulars. I. W. Johnson, H. P.?Gives no4,.ce of monthly convocation of Mackey Chapter No. 15, R. A. M., this, Friday evening. D. E. Boney?Suggests that a fire at this time, with the low price of cotton, would hit you hard. Insure. Clover Drug Co., Clover?Talks about a sure and speedy cure for colds. It advises you to take Laxacold?25 cents a box. Carroll Furniture Co.?Tells you not to put off buying a phonograph, but to come and make your selection now. Full line of records. W. R. Carroll?Thanks his customers who have settled their accounts. He also has something to say about farm tools and fencing. Rock Hill will solicit the privilege of entertaining the 1912 meeting of the South Carolina conference. Winthrop college Is the recipient of $90,000 from the Peabody Board, without any conditions whatever. Be sure to read the opening chapters of The Prodigal Judge. It Is no milk and water story, but the real thing from cover to cover. WITHIN THE TOWk. ? With very little fuss about It, Yorkville is growing steadily. ? Mr. W. H. Hemdon's new home on West Madison street is beginning to show up nicely. ? Mr. D. to Boney has purchased a lot on Wright avenue and is preparing to build a home. ? The Fiddlers are to be in the opera house tonlcht. and a ureal enter tainment it will be to the se who attend. ? The creamery is bringing the farmers around Yorkville pretty nearly fifteen thousand dollars a year, and if that is not something worth while, we would like to know. ? Announcement is made today of the proposed sale of the lands included in the estate of the late W. B. Steele on November 16. These lands front on East Liberty street, Just within the corporate limits, in a most desirable residential section. Mr. J. L. Stacy, the well known surveyor, is now engaged in cutting them up into lots, under the supervision of Mr. Barnes of the Southern Realty and Auction company. ? CIRCUS DAY. Jc was a rather small affair, comparatively speaking, was the Cole & Rice show, which gave two performances In Yorkville yesterday, but there was a tremendous crowd of people in town on account of this show, and enough of them went inside to fill most of the available seats. As is usual the most striking feature of the large crowd was the tremendous number of negroes. They began to arrive in town in the early morning and they lined the sidewalks for hours, until shortly before the time for the doors to open, when they went to the show grounds; but comparatively few of them went inside. But while most of the visitors were negroes, it is not to be understood that there were not a great many whites. They also came in large numbers from various quarters and made a considerable showing on the streets as well as under the canvas. The show, although small, was quite satisfactory. It Included mainly acrobatic feats, hofrseback riding, trained animal performances and various vaudeville acts, in accordance with regulation standards. The management of the show had some little trhuble here with some of its laborer employes touching the matter of back pay, etc., and because of this trouble there was no parade; but the two performances advertised were given in accordance with the programme and taken altogether, the day passed off very nicely. ABOUT PEOPLE Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Foster of Greenwood, are in Yorkville visiting Mrs. Foster's mother, Mrs. W. B. Steele. Mr. D. E.' Eoney of Yorkville, left for Sumter last night to attend the runeral of Rev. F. M. Satterwhlte. Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Riddle, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Fowler and Misses Mary Williams and Carrie Cartwright of Yorkville, spent Tuesday in Charlotte. Miss Zula Horton of Bullock's Creek, who has been with the Fennell hospital at Rock Hill for some time, left this week to take a position In Charleston. Mr. Arthur Hart, formerly of Yorkville, but for some time past in the banking business in Duluth. Minnesota, has taken a position with the First National bank of Yorkville. Dr. and Mrs. Marshall Nell of Clover, have issued Invitations to the marriage of their sister, Miss Emma Louise, to Mr. Samuel Ross Clinton. The ceremony is to take place in the First Presbyterian church of Clover, on November 15. Among the out of town people who attended the chrysanthemum show in Yorkville Wednesday, were Mesdames J. F. Thomson, T. W. Wilson, Leon Adams and Henry Glenn of Gastonia: Mesdames H. L. Wright, J. W. Campbell and J. Meek Smith of Clover, and Misses Rebecca Flanagan and Webb Stanton of Bethel; and Mrs. Clarence Kuykendal of Rock Hill. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Carroll, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Wilborn and daughter, Miss Elizabeth, Mr. and Mrs. Brooks Inman and daughter, Alice, Mr. J. R. Logan, Rudolph Logan, Mr. J. S. Sandiffer. Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Inman, Dr. M. J. Walker, and Misses Wilmore Logan, Bessie and Maggie Sandifer were among the Yorkvllle people who attended the fair in Columbia this week. Oastonia, November 1: Rev. Henry Grady Hardin of Rock Hill, S. C., who is spending some time here with his brother, Mr. L. L. Hardin, will fill the pulpit of Main Street Methodist church next Sunday morning. Mr. Hardin is a graduate of WofTord college, Spartanburg, S. C., having finished the course there last June. He will join the South Carolina Methodist conference at its annual meeting In Bennettsville, S. C., about the 1st of December. Mr. Hardin Is a young man of ability and promise and Gastonia people will be fortunate in having an opportunity to hear him next Sunday. Mr. Hardin will be here probably for two or three weeks. Greensboro, N. C., special to Charlotte Observer: Mr. James N. Benton, formerly city editor of the Greensboro relegram, left today for Rock Hill, S. C., where he will be associated with Mr. J. T. Pain, who has acquired a controlling Interest in the Rock Hill Herald. Mr. Fain is also winding up lis affairs here preparatory to going to Rock Hill. The Herald is now a semi-weekly paper, but will be changed to a daily, and Mr. Fain will be editor. Mr. Fain was the owner and editor of the Greeasboro Telegram, which merged with the Daily News a month or so ago. Both Mr. Fain and Mr. Benton are capable newspaper men and they will be missed in the Gate City. Mr. E. Manning Stanton, who has for a number of years past been the efficient assistant cashier of the First National bank of Yorkvillc, left Wednesday for Charlotte, where he is to take a responsible position with the Watts company, wholesale dealers In dry goods and notions. While the change is in the nature of a distinct promotion, especially from the standpoint of salary, Mr. Stanton's many friends very much regret to see him leave Yorkville. He came here first about eight years ago as a clerk in the store of the Strauss-Smith company. He went to the First National bank shortly after the organization of that institution and has been with it continuously ever since. Mr. Stanton is an unusually popular young man, and is held in the highest esteem by all his numerous acquaintances. POLITICS IN CHARLESTON. A Yorkville man who has business that takes him on more or less frequent visits to Charleston, returned from that city a few days ago, and the stories he has to tell are Interest iner indeed. "The city election takes nlace next Tuesday." the party referred to. said, "and If thl"<rs are not boiling all over town I don't know. Tt Is common talk that votes are worth $50 each, and from the looks of the situation now, prices will be still higher bv Tuesdav. "As to how the election Is going no man can tell now. From all I could eather what Is generally considered the "better" element o fthe city Is practically unanimous for Hvde, and al other elements are Just as unanimous for Grace. "It Is commonly understood that If Grace Is elected, It will hereafter be a wide-open town; that liquor selllne, rambling. etc., will have a free hand. The peonle who openly favor and practice these things are in a frenzy of lovous anticipation of the victory on which thev are confidently counting, and the other class Is seriously alarmed at what mav happen. "One nieht T heard a free discussion In a crowd of men who work on salaries or wages in regular Jobs. The majority of them were railroad workers. All kinds of opinions were expressed, as to the outcome; but when one of the men expressed himself like this. I think he voiced the sentiment of all: 'I am not very particular whether I vote at all. I am sure T am not going to vote If I have to lose any time to do so. The time I take In voting has got to be at expense other than mine. But If anybody offers me money I am going to take It. I'll take money from either or both sides and then I'll vote as I d?n plase.'" THE FLOWER SHOW. The annual flower show under the auspices of the Floral Society of the First Presbyterian church of Yorkvllle, was held In the vacant store room of the McNeel building on Wednesday, and although the exhibits were not quite so numerous as last year because of the unusual severity of the season on the flowers, there were many specimens that came up to the highest standards and the show was a most satisfactory success. The most striking feature of this year's show probably, as compared with the shows of previous years, was the more advantageous and artistic arrangement of the exhibits. This was made practicable by reason of the fact that there was more room than was available in the limited space behind the rail of the York county court house, where previous shows have been held. In the big store room the ladies had all the space they wanted and there was nothing to prevent their having things Just as they desired. The exhibits were as follows: Chrysanthemums?Mrs. W. H. Herndon, Mrs. B. N. Moore, Miss Susie Brian, Mrs. W. G. White, Mrs. J. S. Mackorell, Mrs. D. B. Boney. Potted Plants?Mrs. J. E. Sadler, Mrs. I. D. Witherspoon, Miss Lesslle Witherspoon. Miss Lottie Belle Simril, Mrs. B. N. Moore, Mrs. R. B. Lowry, Miss Nannie Brian, Mrs. W. G. White. Roses?Mrs. S. M. McNeel, Mrs. R. A. Bratton, Miss Mamie Rose, Mrs. I. D. Witherspoon, Mrs. B. N. Moore. Mrs. W. H. Herndon was awarded the prize for the best collection of chrysanthemums, and Mrs. W. G. White was awarded the prize for the second best collection of chrysanthemums. Five best white chrysanthemums? Mrs. W. G. White. Five best pink chrysanthemums? Mrs. B. N. Moore. Five best bronze chrysanthemums? Miss Susie Brian Five best yellow chrysanthemums? Mrs. W. G. White. Five best cream chrysanthemums? Mrs. D. E. Boney. Five best red chrysanthemumsMrs. J. S. Mackorell. Best collection of roses?Mrs. S. M. McNeel. Best single rose?Mrs. R. A. Bratton. Best collection potted plants?Mrs. J. E. Sadler. Best single potted plant?Mrs. I. D. Witherspoon. Best maiden hair fern?Miss Lesslie D. Witherspoon. Best fern other than maiden hair? Miss Lottie Belle Slmril. As an additional attraction with the flowers the management conducted hooths at which dolls, home-made candy, and other articles were sold, and also dinners and suppers were served. The receipts were quite satisfactory. REV. F. M. SATTERWHITE DEAD. This community was profoundly shocked on yesterday morning when Information was received from Sumter over the long distance telephone to the effect that Rev. F. M. Satterwhite, who had tendered his resignation as pastor of the Yorkville Baptist church on last Sunday morning, was dead. Mr. Satterwhlte left here on Tuesday morning for Sumter for the purpose of perfecting arrangements to move there after closing his work here. Soon after Mr. Satterwhlte arrived here, about the 1st of last January. it was discovered that he was seriously ill with a malady which had been developing slowly, but surely, for several years, and in spite of the constant efTorts of skilled physicians here and elsewhere, the disease could not be checked, and as a result he was unfitted to prosecute his work with that zeal and consecration that had characterized his ministry during the twenty-five or thirty years previous. The immediate cause of. death was apoplexy. Mr. Satterwhlte was a native of Virginia, was about 57 years of age, and, after graduating at Richmond colege, he attended the Southern Baptist Theological seminary at Louisville, Ky., and after graduating from the latter, accepted work in the eastern part of this state, the churches he first served being located in Marlboro and Darlington counties. About elev en years ago he accepted a call from Washington Street church, which was then being organized in Sumter, and during the succeeding ten years served as its pastor, and at the time of his resignation, in the latter part of 1910, the church had grown to be a strong, self-sustaining organization, and Mr. Satterwhite had, by reason of his exalted Christian character, gentle manners and zealous effort in behalf of Christian religion so endeared him- ; self not only to his own congregation, but to the entire community, that his departure was sincerely regretted by all. I Mr. Satterwhite was twice married. He is survived by a widow, who, be- i fore marriage, during the summer of 1910, was Miss Gertrude Brumfield of Greenville, and an Infant son about 2 months of age: also three grown daughters by his first wife. Since coming to Yorkville, by reason of his infirmity Mr. Satterwhite had been unable to enter actively into the life of the community, and for this reason < there were comparatively few outside i of his own congregation who were I privileged to meet and know him, but I all who did, at once realized that I they had come in contact with an I humble, consecrated. Christian gen- I tleman, and they, especially, are ] grieved at his death. i Mrs. Satterwhlte left here on the f 10 o'clock train yesterday morning for Sumter. The funeral is expected to take place there today, and will be attended by Mr. D. E. Boney as a representative of the Yorkville Baptist church. LOCAL LACONICS. Enticing Labor. Rock Hill Recojd: Monday night Constable Frank Allen of this city, assisted by other parties, went to Catawba Junction, where he arrested a negro named. Wylie Stewart of Ragland, Ala., under the charge of enticing labor to other states. Stewart was operating under an alias, and had enticed three hands from Mr. Gib wreene a larim, juai ttciusa uie v-ti* tawba river in Lancaster county, and had them with another negro along with him. When searched a pass for himself and ten others from the Seaboard Air Line w is found on his person. He was before Magistrate Wingate Tuesday and given a preliminary hearing and bound over to the circuit court. Not being able to give the bond required ({1,000), he was placed in the county jail at Yorkville to await trial. Mr. Greene gave bond for his laborers for their appearance as witnesses and sent them back to his farm the next day. THE DEACON AT THE HELM. Major Hemphill's Salutatory As Editor of The Observer. Following is the editorial in which Major Hemphill on yesterday introduced himself to the readers of the Observer: "More than a hundred years ago a minister settled in Chester county, South Carolina. He was a native of county Derry, Ireland, and belonged to the school of the Covenanters. He sang David's psalms, taught theology, ministered to several congregations, preaohed, as was the habit of the times, very long but very instructive sermons, only one of which has been preserved in print?a discourse on 'Tithing' that fills 136 pages?and did much good work in his day and generation. One of his grandsons has come to Charlotte as editor of the Observer and to do what he can to help in the building up of this splendid city and to work with his own people in every good cause which has for its object the welfare of this com munuy ana tne great state or wnicn It is a part. He does not hope to fill the place of his friend, now waiting for his well-earned rest, but he does hope to follow In his footsteps, to emulate his virtues, to cherish his friends and win their approval, so that when his time shall come he will be able to say to the glorious fellow who Is passing on that he did nothing unworthy of the trust committed to him. "It is th? purpose of those who have now been adopted into the Observer family to make this newspaper not only a great newspaper for Charlotte, but a great newspaper as well for North Carolina, the south and the whole country; to build for the future as well as for the present; to print all the news that Is fit to print; to be conservative In its treatment of all honest business enterprises and radical In its treatment of those that do not deserve the public confidence or Justify the protection of the law; to keep the Observer always brave, honest and fair; to reward no- friends and punish no enemies, saving only the enemies of the peace and good order of the state, and to so conduct Its affairs that no one from the least to the greatest can truthfully charge unfairness or injustice against the paper or any one engaged in Its service. "The readers of the Observer and the Observer Itself are under many obligations to Mr. Theo. P. Kluttz, Jr.. the chief editorial writer, to Mr. R? W. Vincent, the managing editor, and to the other talented young men who have conducted its course since the master was stricken in the height ofhis usefulness, and they will stay with it and stay by it In the years that are to come and for many years. It Is hoped, to continue their excellent worK in wnicn iney nave proved | themselves good workmen. "J. C. Hemphill, "Editor the Observer." MERE-MENTION. The Italians have announced that unless the Turks bring the war on account of Tripoli to a quick close, they will seize some of the Turkish Islands Edgar H. Farrar, Jr., son of the former president of the Amer lean Bar association, was shot to death in New Orleans last Wednesday night by burglars, whom he had Just driven away from his home An unknown man galloped into Shelbyville, Term., last Wednesday night, killed two policemen and galloped away. The man was followed by a posse that was organized for the purpose as quickly as possible after the murder was committed, but at last accounts, he had not been captured. There was still much doubt as to his probable identity * Andrew Carnegie, J. Pierpont Morgan, John D. Rockefeller and other trust magnates have quietly and readily submitted to the service of subpoenas on account of the steel trust case. It was thought possible that some of the magnates might attempt to evade service Six masked robbers held up a Rock Island passenger train near Memphis, Tenn., on Wednesday, but were frightened away in the midst of their pillage by a switch engine that came out in search of the overdue train Conrad Steelman and John Yost lost their lives near Mary's Landing, N. Y., last Wednesday as the result of a mistake by a deer hunter, Charles Norcross. Norcross was standing behind a bush and fired at what, in the early morning fog, he thought was a deer coming up the road...' Altogether 207 veniremen have been drawn in the McNamara murder case and only ten have been conditionally agreed upon. An indictment including five counts has been returned against Rev. V. T. Richeson at Boston, charged with the murder of Miss Avis Linnell. The prosecution is confident that it has evidence that will send the preacher to the electric chair J. O. Ross, a negro, president of a negro savings bank of Atlanta,'was fined $50 by the police court Wednesday, for handling whisky bills of lading for fictitious clubs through his bank Mrs. Louise Vlrmilya is undergoing investigation by the Chicago police on the suspicion that she is responsible for the death of at least nine persons by poisoning. ? In the target practice of the Atlantic fleet off the Chesapeake capes, it is announced, the minimum range will be 9.000 yards?over Ave miles and the maximum, 16,000 yards, or more than nine miles. According to the tables given, Krupp hard-faced armor twelve inches thick Is pierced at a range of from 14,180 yards to 15,596 yards by twelve-inch ordnance. That is to say, the projectiles sent hurtling through space will pierce armor plate a. foot thick very nearly nine miles away. The United States navy is easily keeping abreast of the improvement in the navies of other nations, though a few English war vessels have guns that are a little larger than the largest of American guns. The "Delaware" carries ten 12inch breech-loading rifles of this impressive potency for destruction. The "North Dakota" has the same number. The "Florida" and the "Utah" are likewise to have ten, and the "Arkansas" will have twelve, together with twenty-one 5-inch rapid fire guns. The two new battleships contemplated by our naval programme of 1911-12, of approximately 30,000 tons displacement, will have twelve 14-inch guns, mounted in threes in barbettes on the middle line, the plans for a 16-inch gun having been rejected, probably on the ground that even a 30,000 battleship could hardly withstand the pow- 1 erful recoil of such enormous ord- J nance. The newest Japanese Dread- 1 nought has twelve 12-inch guns, and J nine other vessls of the navy of Nip pon carry four guns of the same calibre. Two of the older vessels of the 1 British navy carry 13-ineh guns, but ' twelve Inches has been merely consld- ' ered the practicable limit for naval ' ordnance until the "Orion" of the Brit- t ish navy, and four other lattleshins of 1 tier class were built. The "Orion" was J launched August 20, 1910. She carries i ten thirteen and one-half inch guns, < these throwing a projectile weighing i 1,250 pounds, as compared with the t 150-pound projectile of the 12-jpch i fun. ? HAYNE NOT AFRAID. On the Contrary It Proud of Hit Work In Behalf of Cotton Producer. At the banquet tendered In New Orleans last Monday night to the delegates to the cotton conference, Frank B. Hayne, the well-known "cotton bull," speculator and member of the so-called "bull pool" of 1909, now under Indictment in the Federal courts of New York for alleeed violation of the anti-trust laws, was roundly applauded when he declared that he would gladly go to Jail If he had In any wayaided the enhancement of the value of the great staple crop of the south. "Along with William P. Brown of New Orleans, Eugene Scales of Texas, and James A. Patten of Chicago," said Mr. Hayne, "I was Indicted by a Federal grand Jury in New .York on the grave charge of having unduly added $200,000,000 to the value of cotton in the south. It Is some compensation to note that before an audience of this kind the crime with which I am charged does not bring upon me any disgrace. "I shall be proud to go to Jail If I have In anv wav aided 1n the enhancement of the value of the smith's product. But if what we did In New York Is decided to be a violation of the law. then T sav. Cod helD the southern farmer! It would mean that the man who sells and sells what he has not got Is to be praised and that the man who buvs to heln the people among whom he has lived Is to be condemned. "The south this vear." said Mr. Havne, "probablv will receive 1*50.000.000 less for Its crop of cotton than It received for the cron of the year nrevlous. These figures are astounding. yet the press comment of the country regarding them is meagre. The press and the public stand aghast h.i me Hnnouncemeni or a reoucuon or $20 a share In steel stock, representing a paper loss of $100,000,000. yet that loss mav be onlv temnorary. and with a subseouent rise In the price of steel will be fully recovered. On the other hand, every bale of cotton which has b??en marketed to date this vear at the ridiculously low prices obtaining, represents a loss to the farmer and to the south which cannot be retrieved." Throueh the earnest cooperation of the varied Interests of the south. Mr. Havne said that the efTort to restore a normal price for cotton would be realized. 80UTH CAROLINA NEW8. ? On the recommendation of the Barnwell bar, Mr. W. B. deLoach of Camden, has been appointed by the chief justice to hold the special term of court, which convenes In Barnwell on November 6. ? The Farmers' Union Association of County Business Agents, In session In Columbia this week, adopted resolutions declaring that the price of fertilizers is too high and that It must be reduced. ? Mr. Robert W. Sartor, a prominent young business man of Union, died In that city last Tuesday afternoon of typhoid fever, after an illness of two weeks. He was 38 years of age and Is survived by a widow and one small son. ? The following is a spe' W from Waxhaw, N. C.: "Very much excitement, as well as amusement, was manifested here on the streets of Waxhaw this evening, when. It became known that the large sign painted and put up by the people of Waxhaw to designate the birthplace of Andrew Jackson, had been taken down and moved down the road for a mile and put up on South Carolina soil, pointing directly to the place and spot the South Carolina friends claim the much honored president was born. On his return from across the line this afternoon, Dr. ISzell, a prominent physician of this city, broke the news here on ui? streets mat me sign was actually standing on South Carolina aoll at the aforeaald place. No clue whatever as to the guilty parties. Dr. Ezzell. being a very presumptuous man, entertains an idea that it possibly lies between two or three agencies, but he will not give any definite expression as to who he thinks would likely be implicated. It Is a known fact that John Robinson's big shows are at Monroe, and possibly some fakir, who Is following the show, seized upon it to make a tent; also it is a known fact that this sign was on the road from Columbia to Charlotte and the fact that Editors Hemphill and Oonzales were to appear in Charlotte on or about the first of November, possibly having to come this route in order to get to Charlotte, might have been Implicated in havine the state line changed or the sign shifted In order to start out right on November 1. But, anyway, the sign is on South Carolina soil and the people of Waxhaw and community will not stand for it." ? Chester special of November 1 to the Columbia State: Solicitor Henry read in court this afternoon a letter from Governor Blease advising him to drop the prosecution of the Working Man's club cases In the circuit court, as to prosecute these cases, the governor contended, would only entail a useless expense on Chester county. The governor's letter said he had been reliably Informed that when the Work in? Man's club cases were settled with the city of Chester, by payment of |600, it was with the understanding that all further prosecution would be dropped unless the club should be guilty of further violations of the dispensary law. The governor said he believes in prosecution, but not persecution. The acflon of Solicitor Henry in giving out the letter of the governor was the result of a card in a local paper yesterday, signed by W. H. Newbold, attorney for the Working Man's club, which took the solicitor to task for not giving out bills of indictment in a certain other case and in the club cases referred to. Mr. Henry explained the former case by stating that in his opinion the case of the state is very weak. The accused is out on bond, and the state's main witness is not able to attend court at this time. He then took up the Working Man's club case. This, Mr. Henry stated, was filed In the clerk's office only yesterday, and only one witness has been bound over. Necessarily he was not in position to give out a bill of indictment or to proceed with the trial of the case. Mr. Henry stated further that he has been told by Mayor Wise that there was no agreement made by the city when settlement was made with the Working Man's club to drop further prosecution, and that prosecution in the circuit court is entirely in order. Judge Watts, at the conclusion of Solicitor Henry's remarks, addressed the grand Jury briefly. He complimented Mr. Henry as a o /~\ 11nUnr arts) aaisi the saI l/>Unr haa en. tire direction of the trial of cases in the criminal court and is at liberty to hand out a bill or not hand it out. Just as in his opinion the cause of Justice would be furthered or hindered thereby. ^ Weighing the Mails.?The fact that the government is preparing to employ 500 men in Georgia and other southern states, 'says an Atlanta dispatch, to weigh the mails hauled by . the railroads, has centered public attention to the tight the roads have been making for better pay for carrying Uncle Sam's post. The contention has been a lively one. The railroads declare that although the volume of mail has doubled during the past twenty-five years, the railroads are not getting any more money, and that the amount now paid them for hauling the mails Is not nearly just or adequate. The process of weighing the mails takes place every four rears. The government spends 1100,)00 in the work. For the first three months the mails will be weighed regularly on trains in Georgia, and 'rom the statistics thus obtained the government will decide how much to oay the railroads for the next four rears. The railroads have been kickng strenuously over this method, intending that they get nothing at ill for the increase which comes in he four year interim, and that the nails ought to be weighed at least >very two years.