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Scraps and iacts. ? A Seaboard Air Line train ran into an open switch, twenty-five miles south of Columbia yesterday morning at 1 o'cock, killing Engineer W. Edward Pritchard of Augusta, and injuring his fireman. Prince Davis, colored; H. G. Freeman, express messenger, and T. W. Moore, mail clerk on the train, also were slightly injured. The engine turned over, pinning the engineer beneath it. The switch lock was found some distance from the switch, and this and other circumstances suggesting a suspicion that the wreck was the result of deliberate malice, bloodhounds were secured and they ran down a negro, named Lawrence Robinson. Robinson confessed to having served three years on the chaingang for tampering with a switch on this same line once before; but dervinA oil Lnnnrla/1 nf t hp nrPSPTlt of fense. ? Accurate forecasts of the water supply available for agricultural and commercial purposes during the spring and summer months as a result of the pre\1ous winter snows will be made within two years from this time. This was the prediction made Saturday by Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, in speaking of experiments which the weather bureau has been making for some time. "The weather bureau has been making systematic measurements of the amount of snowfall in the mountain regions of the west." said the secretary, "for the purpose of determining as accurately as possible the amount of water available for agricultural and commercial purposes during the ensuing spring and summer months. In connection with the study of snowfall and its consequent run-off, a systematic snow survey was begun in the watershed of Maple creek, near Springville, Utah. While the work was experimental, it is thought that within two years sufficient observation will have been obtained to permit of accurate forecasts of water supply from the winter snowfall. The system also can be extended to other and larger projects and *he work will be limited only by the amount of funds available for the work. The preliminary campaign in the Maple creek watershed has received hearty commendation from farmers and engineers." ? New York, November 4: The Hon. Oscar Straus, former ambassador to Turkey, and a staunch adherent to the cause of universal peace, said last nignx ax a dinner ui mc uaimoi cial union that the United States had lost an opportunity in the TurcoItalian war to show the world that under all circumstances it is ready to testify by its acts to the advancement of international good will among nations. "I regret to see that a great opportunity has been lost," said Mr. Straus. "Our president has been going through the country arguing for arbitration treaties. According to my way of thinking, the cause of'inter national peace would have been immeasurably njore advanced had our government taken this opportunity and offered its good offices to bringing the dispute before the international tribunal at The Hague before war really broke out. This offer would not, according to The Hague treaty, be regarded as an unfriendly act. Some of the nations are against Turkey because her religion is Mohammedan, and because Italy is a Christian country," Mr. Strauss pointed out. "But here is an opportunity to show Turkey what Christianity means. How much better it would be to accept this as an opportunity to impress the doctrines of Christianity upon a supposedly benighted country instead of lauding Italy in its work of slaughter and pillage." ? Waynesboro, Ga., November 4: , Old Bill Miner, a notorious train robber, who escaped from the Milledgeville Jail recently, was captured, and Tom Moore, his companion in the escape, was shot and killed by a posse ; at St. Clair, near here, last night, i Miner and Moore were in a box car < when they were discovered. A posse i was quickly assembled and the car j was surrounded. The posse called on Miner to come out and give up. This he did. Moore, however, showed fight. He fired one shot, and was then shot 1 in the face by one of the posse, the wound proving fatal. Miner was | brought to the Waynesboro jail early this morning. Miner was in the best of spirits, and talked as ii notmng naa happened. He says he will escape again if the opportunity presents itself. When questioned as to where they have been spending the time since their escape from Milledgeville, i he says several days, most of the time, was spent in Augusta. Tom Moore, who was with Miner and was killed while resisting arrest, was sentenced to life in the penitentiary for . killing his brother. Moore was a young man, about 20 years old, and his chances for commutation were good, and he had been a trusty for the past two years. Miner is about 60 years old, a native Kentuckian. He went to California. He is about five feet nine inches high, weighs about 135 pounds, and has gray hair and brown eyes. He will be kept in jail here until the state authorities come after him. ? Consuming more beer in the aggregate than any other country In the world, the United States leads all na- , tions In the total consumption of malt liquors, wines, and distilled spirits with the enormous total of 2,045,300,000 gallons, the department of commerce and labor announced last Sunday. The per capita consumption of beer in the United States was only 20.09 gallons in 1910, while In Belgium It is 55.2 gallons, in the United Kingdom 31.44 gallons, and in Germany, 26.4 7 gallons. Germany was second In total consumption of beer and the United States third. In the consumption of wines. France leads with 39.36 gallons per capita, followed by Italy with 31.17 gallons, and Portugal with 27.39 gallons. Tho per capita cqnsumption ih the United States is only about two-thirds of a gallon. In distillled spirits Denmark leads with the consumption of 2.97 gallons per capita. Hungary second with 2.11 gallons, and the Netherlands third with 1.84 gallons. The United States per capita consumption Is 1.45. ? Steamer passengers arriving at \lnltn from Trinoli doserihe tho situa tion there as a reign of terror. Strong military patrols are continually conducting rigorous house to house searches, and on the smallest pretense summary punishment is meted out. Many victims have been shot in their , own houses. In the absence of any attempt to discriminate between friend i and foe. many foreigners have taken j refuge in their respective consulates. ( An order forbidding any one to be out before 6 o'clock in the morning or af- ' ter .6 o'clock in the evening, has been I strictly enforced. The Italian soldiers j appear to have unlimited power, and, , the passengers say. were shooting down man, woman or child who disobeyed the order. The passengers also confirm the stories of the brutal- Ity displayed by the Italians in their treatment of the Arabs. I ? The aeitation against alleged atro- ( cities by Italians in Tripoli which has , sprung up In the British press and is supported by a few members of the ' house of commons since uncensored < reports arrived here from English ( newspaper correspondents concerning recent occurrences in Tripoli, received 1 fresh impetus, says a London dispatch i of Friday, through a message to a news agency from Herbert Montagu. ] a second lieutenant of the Fifth fusiliers. Lieutenant Montagu telegraph- 1 ed from Soukeyohma by way of Dehi- 1 bat, on the frontier of Tunis, as fol- , lows: "I feel it my duty to send to you the following telegram and I beg you in the name of Christianity to 1 publish It throughout England. I am | an jsngusn omeer, now voluntarily serving in the Turkish army here. As you know already about the ferocious resistance which the Turks and Arabs are offering: the Italians, I will only express my admiration for the bravery and fortitude, which would warm the heart of any Englishman or of any true soldier in the world. Imagine my feelings when, on entering and driving the Italians out of Arab houses, which they had fortified and I were holding, we discovered the bodies of some 120 women and children with their hands and feet bound, mutilated, pierced and torn. Later on at (the ! name of the town was lost in transmission) we found a mosque filled with bodies of women and children, mutilated almost beyond recognition. I could not count them, but there must have been 300 or 400. In this Europear war are such crimes to be committed' Cannot England do something to stoi such horrors? In our civilization anc times you can hardly believe it, but it is true, nevertheless. I myself hav< seen it, so I know. Even now we ar< getting news of further massacres ol women and children who were discovered on different farms lately occupied by Italians. The idea of th< Italians when they slaughtered the innocents obviously was one of revenge for their heavy losses in battle. W< are at this moment under a heavj shrapnel fire, so you must excuse m( if these sentences are somewhat dis jointed. There is also an aeropiam circling over our position and directing the enemy's gun fire on us." Lieutenant Montagu's message is datet November 2. <?hr ^torluillr (Enquirer. Entered at the Postofflce in Yorkvilh as Mall Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE. S. C.? TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1911. Charleston mosquitoes cannot liv< in Yorkville at this season. Say, Major, was Andrew Jacksor born in South Carolina or North Carolina? It is generally assumed that they art having pretty lively times in Charles ton toaay. Turkey has requested the Washington government to intervene in tht war now going on between Turkey and Italy. The fact tfiat Turkey did not give Tripoli up according to expectations seems to have furnished considerable embarrassment. There has been no renewal of the old proposition of middle nineties concerning the burning of cotton; but the disposition to hold and hold is growing stronger and stronger. Last Saturday's issue of the Anderson Daily Mail came with one-half ol the eighth page missing. The new editor will please understand that the Dally Mail continues as necessary tc us as it has ever been and we will not stand for torn pages. But really, Charleston is no worse than many other smaller towns. Utter ignorance of the constitution and laws, or the rights of individuals are common almost everywhere. The man who thinks that his election to public office gives him the right to do as he pleases, is quite common. Memory carries us back to a happy youth in Yorkville, that dear old Charleston of the Piedmont, the town of lovely people and charming homes, unchanged, except to become sweeter as the years roll by.?Anderson Daily Mail. Nicely said. William, and quite truthful, but: "O wad some power the giftie gle us To see oursel's as Ithers see us." But speaking of the proposed presidential primary, we don't think it is going to be permitted in this state without a fight. Even the smallest local politician has ideas of the possibilities that may come to him by controlling his delegates to a convention in behalf of some particular candidate and he is not going to give up that real or imaginary power, if he can help it. However, the voters are far more competent to choose a presidential nominee than are the politicians. There has been still another move in the now "you see it?now you don't" election situation in Maine. On September 11, the stated voted on the question of retaining the constitutional amendment prohibiting the sale of liquor. First returns indicated that the state had receded from constitutional prohibition. Later, however, there were claims of errors and reports were reversed. Then there were other changes, and now at last comes the statement that the governor and council have accepted the finally corrected tabulation, which retains Maine in the prohibition col umn. Elections are being held In several states today, but the result in Massachusetts will probably be awaited with the most general interest, as the campaign there has the most clearly defined issue. The Bay State Republicans have made the tariff an issue in an attempt to defeat the re-election of Governor Eugene N. Foss. State tickets are also being elected in Maryland, Kentucky and New Mexico, but in none of these states has a prominent national issue been brought out. New Mexico is choosing it first governor. A multitude of candidates are giving the electors of the new state an unusual variety to choose from. California women are having a chance to vote, except in San Francisco, where they were unable to register in time For the election after the passage of the equal suffrage amendment. Bankers and cotton men of New fork are said to be skeptical as to the practicability of the validation plan that was presented at the conference )f governors at New Orleans last tveek. The plan provides for the holding off the market of 2,000,000 bales of otton to be financed by an unnamed foreign syndicate, backed by the state governments. As to just how the state backing is to be secured has not yet been made exactly clear; but it is assumed that provision will be made for that later. As the New York bankers see it or profess to see it, the cotton states have very poor credit in Europe because of the repudiation of bonds in years gone by and their backing will be a source of weakness rather than strength. We have all confidence in the financial knowledge of Wall Street, but we do not feel sure that the fellows up there always say exactly what they think. It is our own belief that the cotton states are well able to hold their cotton indefinitely if they only make up their minds to do it. The quarterly reports of the county supervisor are not being published in York county, the reason being that York county is exempt from the provisions of the general law requiring such publication. There is very little i reason to doubt that the county board ' of commissioners has full power and [ authority to publish quarterly an t itemized statement of disbursements, if they see proper. The publication ^ of these reports, provided they are gotten up comprehensively and accurately handled by the publishers, is an important safeguard of the public funds; but unless the reports are comprehensively gotten up and the work of the publisher accurate they are not worth while. Even in this county we have seen them published with so many flagrant errors as to make them worthless. People who o'b<ont <-> aur-h nuhlication usuallv do so Jvvv ?v I ? , on the ground that since all records are public, open to the inspection of anybody who desires to see them, publication is a useless expense. From a , somewhat narrow viewpoint, this is theoretically correct; but that is only one side of the question. While it is - true every individual has a right to inspect the records, every individual does nothing of the kind, and even if an Individual should find something bad wrong, he could not help himself without laying it before the public in the newspapers. An official publication disseminates the information with more power and effect than the wordof-mouth testimony of an individual. Valorization of Cotton. While there is no question of the fact that it is easily practicable to : make cotton bring a reasonable price ? under proper conditions, those people who think it is possible to arbitrarily fix a high price in the face of an al( most unlimited stock on hand with more constantly in the course of production, are badly mistaken. If the requirements of the world say, k are in the neighborhood of 13,000,000 | bales of American cotton, and the crop io krmwn to he onlv 12.000.000 bales, then prices are liable to range anywhere up to the neighborhood of 15 or 20 cents a pound; but if on the other | hand, it is known that if the crop reaches 13,500,000 bales, that extra 500,000 bales may easily depress the price down to 9, 8 or even 6 cents a pound. Our people have observed the operation of this law long enough to be convinced of its full bearing. The statistics of all the years in the his: tory of cotton production has been that small crops have invariably ' brought more money than large crops, and every time a crop His exceeded the requirement of the year, the price has gone below the cost of production. | We do not think there is any doubt of the fact that if in the case of a 15,000,000 crop against 13,000,000 require! ments, the holding back of 3,000,000 ' bales would keep prices up to maxi' mum figures, provided only that there was reasonable assurance that there would not be another 15,000,000 bale ! crop the next j^ar. To guarantee security in such a matter, it would be necessary to bring about a reduction of acreage the next year. There is much difference of opinion as to how much cotton it is possible for the south to produce. Tnere were those who held a few years back that it was impossible to produce 15,000,000 bales. The argument was that the lands, mules, machinery and labor were not available. It was not difficult to present the whole case in quite a convincing light; but the arguments presented will not stand the real test, no matter how plausible. That has been proven, and so far as our judgment goes, we would not be skeptical over an assertion that the south could, if necessary, raise 40,000,000 bales of cotton. As an illustration of what we mean, let us explain that it has been demonstrated time and again that the size of a cotton crop depends more upon the financial ability of the farmers than upon the weather or any other consideration. For instance, let us take the record back a few years. For | the year ending 1899, there was a crop of 11,199,994 bales. This crop had followed a big crop, and the average price which had been 6.22 the year before, was reduced to 6 cents. Because , cotton was so low that year, the farmers were unable to get the necessary credit and the next year the crop was reduced to 9,436,416 bales. The average price that year went up to 8.69, and because of the better price, the farmers were able to do still more the next year. They raised 10,383,422 bales and got an average of 8.96 for it. The next year they went still stronger, producing iv,oov,oou utiles aiiu icvciving an average price of 8.75. It began to develop about now that the production was far short of consumption, and the next year's crop of 10,727,559 bales brought an average of 10.27. The crop of the year ending 1905 was only 10,011,374 bales, and the average price went up to 12.42. This handsome price stimulated still larger production and furnished the means to bring it about, so that the next year the crop aggregated 13,665,988 bales, and the price dropped to an average of 9.11. Here was another damper. The next year the farmers raised all the cotton they could on a 9.11 basis; but the crop dropped to 11,345,988 bales, and the average price went up to 11.29. And so it has been going. This year's crop was planted on a 13 cents basis, and that is why we have a crop of near 15,000,000 bales and the price down to 8.75. According to this rule, it seems safe to predict that next years crop will not be a large one. It will certainly not be large unless there is considerable improvement in the price soon, if for no other reason because the farmers will not be able to piant and work the cotton. If the price does improve, then of course next year's crop will be apt to equal the figures of this year. But while all we have stated is fact, and we do not think there is anything wrong with the conclusions indicated, we do not think that such a condition is creditable to the people of the south. On the contrary, it is really discreditable, and especially so since the remedy is so simple and so plain. As matters now stand, there are many other crops that can be raised with more profit than cotton, and every acre devoted to such other crops adds to, rather than detracts from the price of cotton. It is sincerely to lie hoped that the governors will not stop with the resolutions adopted and we hope also that they will not encourage any proposition which seems to involve the idea that it is possible to raise an unlimited amount of cotton and maintain the price at a profitable figure. No plan that seeks to increase the price without limiting the amount of cotton available, can possibly attain more than temporary success. Whereas, any plan that will reduce production will advance prices in corresponding proportion. Turks Claim Victory.?It was reported in London and Paris yesterday that Constantinople has information to the effect that the Turks have recaptured Derna. in Tripoli, after a fierce battle in which 50ft Italians were killed and the remaining defenders of the town were taken prisoners. The Turks also captured eighteen guns from the Italians. Their loss was only 80 killed and 80 injured. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. D. T. Woods?Wants oak, ash and hickory lumber?fast counting stock. See him for specifications. W. B. Flanagan?Gives notice of a i change in the business of the firm of W. B. Flanagan & Co. I. W. Johnson, H. P.?Prints notice of special convocation of Mackey Chapter, R. A. M., this evening. R. B. Riddle, Exer.?Gives notice of sale of personal property of estate of A. K. Wilson, p. c., deceased, on Saturday, November 25. Opera House?Announces the production of "The Girl and the Tramp" on next Saturday evening. Popular prices. R. M. Bratton and Williamson Bros. ?Beginning next week will only gin cotton the last four days of each week. Thomson Co.?Talks about wool coat sweaters for ladles, children and men, Columbia wool, and shawls and fascinators for ladies. Herndon & Gordon?Have a few bushels of seed wheat and suggest that , you sow some of it. York Supply Co.?Has rice flour and says it is an excellent feed for hogs. Also has pure Appier seed oats. Sam M. Grist, Special Agent?Publishes an extract from a letter relative to the Mutual Benefit's square deal policy. | Yorkvllle Hardware Co.?Can supply sportsmen with guns, rifles, shells, powder, shot, wads, loading tools. Coe-Mortlmer Co.?Suggests that you 1 see what your land needs and then buy what it needs. See page four for particulars. Horse trading was rather dull yes- , terday. The land sales at auction yesterday i included 1,436 acres, and the price i realized was $23,805. The salesday crowd was fully up to expectations yesterday, and it was a 1 well behaved crowd. There were all kinds of people here from all parts of 1 the county, and although the sloppy wet, slightly cold weather seemed Just right for liquor drinking, there was but little of it in evidence. uiisruiM -rur AUfHI yv I I nili I n c. iunn. ? There is to be a game of football 1 on the school grounds next Friday afternoon between Yorkville and Gastonia. ? The "Lady and the Tramp" is to be produced at the opera house next Saturday night. The performance will not commence until 9:15 o'clock, so as to give the merchants and sales people an opportunity to see It all. ? There are seven people in the "Girl and the Tramp," which is to be produced In the opera house next Saturday night, and Manager Wray says from such information as he has been able to gather, it is an unusually good play. The report is that the company has been playing to good houses all along the line and has been leaving a good farewell wherever it has been. One complaint against the previous shows has been that the price of admission has been too high. This was especially true of "The Thief," which did not seem to be entitled to charge as much as Graustark, for instance, which came along afterward with more people, more "property" and more expenses generally. But the "Girl and the Tramp" offers "popular prices," 35 cents and 50 cents, within the reach of everybody, and as there is a generous mixture of laughable comedy in the play, it will no doubt afford lots of fup. SECOND WEEK JURORS. The following venire of petit jurors , was drawn this morning to serve during the second week of the approaching term of the circuit court: W. J. Blair Bullock's Creek. ( S. P. Wilson Fort Mill. | J. F. Ford King's Mountain. | W. H. Alexander York. < F. R. Riddle King's Mountain.. , J. D. Smith King's Mountain. , N. A. Howell King's Mountain. | W. A. Thomasson ..King's Mountain. , W. R. Bell, Jr Bullock's Creek, j Kelly Inman Bullock's Creek. ( A. S. Barron York. ( J. T. Quinn York. J. J. J. Robinson Broad River. , J. M. Cherry Catawba. ( B. I. Walker Bethel. , A. J. Sturgis Bethel. J. M. Costner Catawba, j James N. Bolin Broad River. A. S. Thompson Bethel. T. H. Riddle Bethel, j O. W. Hartness Ebenezer. F. A. Dunlap Catawba, j W. A. Brandon, Jr Bethel. J. 1^ Moss York. H. G. Stanton Bettiel. J. M. Stroup York, j J. H. Hunter Catawba. R. E. Melton Catawba. John B. Sloan Catawba. R. F. Milhollen Catawba. G. C. Martin Bethel. ( J. T. Burris Bullock's Creek, j H. R. Merritt York. ; J. M. Ferguson York. C. V. Bradford Fort Mill. \ R. G. Ratchford York. i COUNTY HOME PROPERTY. It seems a little strange that the county home property which was of- < fered before the court house door yes- i terday did not attract bids of over $26 < and $12.50, when there is no land to be ] bought in the country immediately ] surrounding for less^ than $35 or $40 < an acre. i It has been suggested for one thing, < however, that the asserted right of ] the county commissioners to reject i any and all bids, had a dampening ef- 1 feet on the bidding. Whether or not i this be true, cannot be asserted ex- < cept on mere opinion; but it stands to reason that a really earnest bidder | would not like to show his hand on any such conditions as have been proposed. Where there was no certainty that a bid of even $50 an acre would ] be accepted, a bidder wanting it sc badly as that would hardly have been ( willing to say so. ] There is no doubt about the fact that there are quite a number of people \ n.Hrv u'ftnlrl hp p-lnU hnvp this nrnn- i erty. People who-have given more or 1 less attention to the matter during the ] past month the land has been under advertisement, have had no difficulty in satisfying themselves of this. And one of the best evidences of the desire for the property has been the constant . knocking it has been receiving. Each acre of this property should ' bring not less than $30, and the board of commissioners is right in rejecting 3 a bid of $25 for a part of it; but to 1 settle the question as to whether anybody really wants this land badly, per- j haps it will be the right thing to of- , fer it again and fix an upset price. This is, of course, assuming that a sale is really desired. Otherwise the t matter may as well stand where it is. ?. THE "COURT HOUSE DOOR." < "I think there should be some provision for the comfort of people who ( are compelled to stand around this c place on sales days," remarked a gentleman in attendance at the legal 1 sales yesterday. . f (juite a large quantity of land was 1 being offered and many people were in attendance, some as idle spectators; ] but most of them more or less di- c rectly interested in the outcome of t the sales. The day was damp to start with, and shortly after the sales commenced there began a gentle sprinkle, > which after a time developed into v quite a shower. The complaint was not altogether unfounded. It is quite unpleasant to ^ be forced to stand out in front of the 8 door while the sales are going on in * bad weather, and in the case of old v people, women and children, who are sometimes compelled to be there. \ there is danger of serious conse- a <iuences. "I remember on one occasion," said r a gentleman standing near, "when I i was a small boy. my old father brought I me here in connection with the sale c of some land that was advertised in ' the winter, and with the snow on the I" ground almost twelve inches deep, t I stood around here until I was near- I ly frozen to death. I am sure it was f the most uncomfortable time in my life, and 1 thought then that if T t should ever become able I would put i a shed over tne place on my own ac- i count for the comfort of people who t might be similarly circumstanced." "Well, you are able now." remarked 3 one of the men in whose presence the 3 observation was offered. "Why don't you do It?" "Several reasons," was the laughing reply. "In the first place, I now see that It is not exactly up to me to look after matters of this kind. The things that a child decides it will do when it grows up, ihe grown-up man thinks differently. There are various reasons for this. As a half frozen boy, it was natural that I should have a lot of sympathy with others while sympathizing with myself; but now, comfortable In good warm clothes, including rubbers, overcoat and umbrella, it does not occur to me that anybody else could be feeing as I felt years ago." There is something In the sugges tion tnai inere snouiu De improvement in the primitive, old-style way of handling: the legal sales. As a matter of fact, the sales have more than once taken place inside the court house instead of before the door; but there was more or less question among the lawyers as to whether that was strictly legal. Some of the lawyers say it does not matter, but others claim that as the decree says before the "court house door," before the court house door it should be. CREAMERY BUSINESS BETTER. The patrons of the Yorkvlle creamery are to receive pay for butter fat furnished during October at the rate of 25 cents Instead of at the rate of 22 cents paid for butter fat delivered during September. This is by instruction of the directors, pursuant to a resolution adopted at the last regular monthly meeting. After the shaking up of last summer, it was decided to reduce the price of butter fat from the higher figures that were being paid then to 20 cents a pound, and that price held for a time, after which, as the situation began to look more promising there was an advance of an additional two cents. It is the desire of the directors to pay all that the business will safely stand and after a thorough looking into the operat.tms of last month it was deemed perfectly safe to authorize the advance. The output of butter for October was about 3,000 pounds, a falling off of 1,000 pounds from the high water mark of the early summer. This falling off has been partly due to the failure of the cows and partly to the lack of confidence occasioned by what Is now clearly demonstrated to have been Inefficient management. As to what will be paid for butter fat during November the directors are not prepared to say, except they are quite sure that if the receipts continue as heavy as during October and business continues good, there will be no trouble about paying 25 cents. If the butter fat receipts Increase considerably, say 1,000 pounds, and the market, which promises well, holds up even as good as now, the price of butter fat will be advanced to 26, 27 or 28 cents. That Is the programme. The demand for the product of the creamery is far greater than can be supplied, and butter is now being sold wholesale at the highest price that has yet been obtained, 32 cents a pound. All the product is now going to about half a dozen customers, and every customer is clamoring for more. One big retail concern that has been using about 300 pounds a week, has within the past few days been making overtures to the management looking to the taking of the entire output at the prevailing market price. The local demand is comparatively small, amounting to only fifteen or twenty puuuuo a. wccn, uui it id &i\jywIng steadily as people learn by experience that after all the scientifically produced creamery butter Is not higher at 35 cents a pound than is most homemade butter at two-thirds of that figure. WITH THE FIDDLERS. There were twenty-five or more delegates to the York County Fiddlers' :onvention held in the opera house last Friday night, and about 2CUL spectators to watch the proceedings, in- , eluding fiddling, dancing, banjo and \ ?ultar picking. The programme was , rendered without a jar, and everybody, the audience, the performers and the Hickory Grove and Yorkville bands, under the auspices of which the convention was held, had a good time. Mr. J. C. Wilborn acted as announc- , ar, Mr. J. Q. Wray managed the stage, ; and Messrs. J. M. Brian, Brice Dick- j son and Dr. J. D. McDowell served as Judges. Contestants for the various prizes were as follows: Fiddlers?J. J. J. Robinson, W. M. Lucas, E. M. Shillinglaw, E. G. Pursley, John Gardner, Frank Wallace, W. D. Clinton, Burt Clinton, Luther Branch, Robert Wallace, R. F. Meek, Hi B. McDanlel. ( Banjoists ? Peter Dover, J. A. , Wright, H. S. Michael, Miss Ila Wallace, F. A. Meek. , Guitarists?J. G. Johnson, E. V. ( Templeton. i Dancers?Hugh J. Love, George D. Wallace, William Wallace, Nanlel Scott Westmoreland, G. M. Horton, , EI V. Templeton, .E. G. Pursley, R. M. j Meek. Fiddle and Banjo?'William and Luther Branch. Fiddle and Guitar?H. B. McDanlel j ind Miss Olive McDanlel, E. M. Shll- , linglaw and J. G. Johnson, J. J. J. Rob- , Inson and E. M. Shillinglaw. The music generally was good, and was enjoyed on its merits, while char- , icteristlc poses on the part of some jf the performers made great fun. . Robert Wallace, with his fiddle against , bis hip and sawing away at country * dance tunes, made a typical figure, ind John Gardner and FYank Wallace J were hardly less interesting. G. M. Horton provoked lots of merriment as i dancer, and little Naniel Scott Westmoreland, aged 6 years, won J much applause by work that was ex- ' ;eptlonaliy fine for one so young. First prize for fiddlers?E. M. Shil- ' inglaw; second, J. J. J. Robinson. Banjo?H. S. Michael. Guitar?J. G. Johnson. Dancing?E. V. Templeton first, R. ' M. Meek second. Best fiddle and guitar or banjo ac- ' jompaniment?William and Luther 1 Branch. 1 Although in a class by himself and * 'or which no provision had been made, 1 :he committee gave special recognition lUflo TXToaf moral a nrl hv nivflrdin? I ilm a prize of one dollar. ABOUT PEOPLE Mrs. J. M. Brian and daughter, Miss Mary, of Yorkville. spent last week in Columbia. Miss Susie Brian of Yorkville, left yesterday to take charge of her school iear Belmont. Miss Nannie Craig of Belmont, spent yesterday with Miss Susie Brian in Forkville. Miss Clara B. Alexander of Yorkville R. F. D. No. 4, left last week to each school at Edmund, S. C. Mr. John M. Craig of Yorkville No. (, is attending the Federal court in Columbia this week as a juror. Mr. and Mrs. S. M. McFie and chilIren of Brevard, N. C., are the guests >f Mrs. Sarah C. Ashe in Yorkville. Misses Eudle Jordon of Union, and Mell Baker of Greenville, are the tuests of Miss Carrie Cartwright in forkville. Miss Kate Ratchford of Yorkville L F. D. No. 3, left last week to take harge of a school near King's Mounain, N. C. Mrs. W. F. Marshall, who has t :en indergoing treatment at the MujvJaene hospital, Chester, has returned to ler home in Yorkville. Mr. H. C. Strauss was over from Jpartanburg yesterday on a little perlonal business, and shaking hands vlth hundreds of friends who are alvays glad to see him. Rock Hill. November 6: The public vorks commission of Rock Hill, has ? ~ : T..V, .. r)?w?.i.oll O ov I ippuiuicu ij'miii nui iihcii, an v , electrician, at present in charge of the l nunicipal plant at Yorkville, as superntendent of the Rock Hill Municipal f Aght and Water plant. He will take j harge the first of January, succeedng J. B. Bailey of Greenwood, who j las been here since the city bought p he plant from private owners. Mr. Jailey will go to Honea Path, as su>erintendent of the plant there. t The state convention of the Daugh- k ers of the American Revolution is be- h ng held in Chester this week, hav- j ii ng convened today. Following are j1 he York county delegates: Fort Mill.n -Mrs. J. B. Elliott, Mrs. J. H. Mc- f ,Iurray. Rock Hill?Mrs. J. F. Reid, ;n ,Ir8. T. A. Crawford. Yorkville?Miss u Maggie Gist, Miss Lesslle Wltherspoon, Miss Rose M. Lindsay, Mrs. G. H. O'Leary. Mrs. Mary Osborne Shannon of No. 4, Yorkville, Is attending as a member of the press committee. Rev. J. L. Oates and family left this morning for Troy, Tenn., witJi the double errand of attending the annual meeting of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian synod, and spending anmp tlmn with \f r? Datpa'a n^nrilA Mrs. Oates formerly lived In the vicinity of Troy, Tenn., and was married there. The Yorkville congregation gave Mr. Oates a month's vacation last summer and he having elected to take It at this time, the arrangement being perfectly agreeable all round, the family will not return home for about three weeks. AUCTION SALES. There was a big crowd of people before the court house door yesterday on account of the auction sales of land advertised by the clerk of the court, by R. A. Miller, executor, and by the county board of commissioners, and while there was much Interest, the bidding generally was not especially spirited, partly because of the scarcity of money and partly because It was recognized that some of the properties put up mainly for partition, would not be allowed to fall Into the hands of disinterested outside buyers except at somewhat exorbitant figures. The sales by the clerk were as follows: In the case of W. J. Stanton, plaintiff, against M. E. Stanton and others, defendants, two tracts of land In Bethel township. Tract No. 1, containing 28J acres, was bought by W. W. Stanton for $500. Tract No. 2, uuiiiaiiuuK ttticD, wan UUUKUI uy John R. Hart, attorney, for $1,350. In the case of W. B. Hamilton and others, plaintiffs, V3. W. B. Good, individually and as administrator of John D. Hamilton, three tracts and one lot of land. Tract No. 1, containing: 344 acres, was bought by J. S. Brice and C. E. Spencer, attorneys, for $5 an acre. Tract No. 2, containing 77J acres, was bought by A. L. Pursley for $16.50 an acre. A lot in Sharon was bought by W. W. Lewis, attorney, for $310. Tract No. 4, containing 4 acres, was bought by J. S. Brice, attorney, for $12.50 an acre. In the case of R. N. Whitesides et al., plaintiffs, vs. J. E. Whitesides et al., defendants. Tract No. 1, containing 136 2-5 acres, bought by Mrs. M. E. Whitesides for $35 an acre. Tract No. 2, containing 130 3-5 acres, bought by J. S. Brice, attorney, for $35 an acre. A tract of 3 acres, including what is known as the T. P. Whitesides "Upper Quarry," was bought by R. N. Whitesides for $200, and ten acres, including the T. P. Whitesides "Lower Quarry," was bought by R. N. Whitesides for $100. In the case of Wm. M. Patrick, plaintiff, vs. T. G. Patrick et al., defendants, six tracts near Sharon, as follows: Tract No. 1, including 589 acres. Bought by John R. Hart, attorney, for $31.50 per acre. Tract No. 2, including 55 8-10 acres. Bought by S. M. Sherrer for $33 an acre. Tract No. 3, including 42 4-10 acres. Bought by R. H. Sherrer for $22.50 an acre. Tract No. 4, containing 87 4-10 acres. Bought by J. S. Brice, attorney, for $20 an acre. Tract No. 5, containing 100 and 4-10 acres. Bought by W. W. Lewis, attorney, for $20.25 an acre. Tract No. 6, containing 45J acres. Bought by S. A. Mitchell for $20 an acre. As executor of the estate of Mary J. Campbell, deceased, Rev. R. A. Miller sold a tract of 239 acres in Bethel township, bounded by land? of Campbell Bros., A. Currence, J. W. Jackson, the Moss lands and lands of S. J. Clinton. Bought by John M. Miller for $30 an acre. The county home lands were offered, but as the bids offered, $25 an acre for the 143 acre tract, and $12.50 an acre for the 89 acre tract, were not satisfactory, they were rejected. LOCAL LACONICS. Dobcon-Sign. Mr. M. Keene Dobson, formerly of Yorkvllle, was married In Atlanta, Ga,. November 2, to Miss Julia May Sign, the ceremony being performed by Rev. J. B. Robins. STATE VALIDATION. McLaurin Explains the New Orleans Resolution. Former Senator John L. McLaurin and Chas. Crosland returned Wednesday night from New Orleans, where they have been attending the conference of governors called by Governor (Jolquitt. They were the only representatives of South Carolina. Governor Blease was not there. Senator McLaurin was one of the most prominent speakers at the conference, and presented some original and valuable Ideas. When seen by the editor of the Advocato yesterday, Senator McLaurin said the "Louisiana plan" received the most favorable consideration at the conference, and he has named It the "state validation plan." When asked to explain it, Senator McLaur- j in said: "It Is already being put into prac- j tical operation in Louisiana, Missis- , slppl and all the territory contiguous j to New Orleans. In brief, it is like j this in Louisiana; (it will have to be ( varied to meet the different condi- , tions in the several states.) , "The city of New Orleans owns and ( operates the docks and warehouses of ( the cily under what is known as the j lock commission. The state puts her , ?reat seal, under proper safeguards, , upon the certificates issued by the tvarehouse. I saw one of the forms t jsed. It is really a receipt from the . date of Louisiana for so many bales )f cotton. This validation by a sov;reign state takes away the local fla- j vor and gives the warehouse receipt ibout the same potency as the old date bank currency used before the , >var. , "The credit of a sovereign state is 1 3ehind the warehoused cotton, and , hey tell me money is obtainable in inv amounts at 4 to 4A ner cent. The t date of Mississippi has called an ex- I ;ra session of the legislature and ' Jovernor Noel said he would take , tdvantage of this to present the plan, J jut, that being so near New Orleans, * It was hardly necessary as they were low using the warehouse facilities of that city, and the Louisiana plan vas for cotton from any state. The 1 people are holding cotton out there, ( tnd it is up to the eastern part of ho belt to do her duty. < "My opinion is that the crop is * iverestimated. Practically all of the { :rop is gathered from here to New < Drleans. A holding movement and a J perpendicular drop in receipts will t ipeedily drive tho bears to cover and f mt cotton up, and If we allow the I ipot cotton to pass out of our hands ? ve will see the middleman get the J profits this year. ? "If South Carolina wants to do any- < hlng, she should bo up and doing. > It occurs to me that what the state I if South Carolina needs is not an In- I erlor warehouse system but the freat central warehouse plan, located ? it Charleston or some other deep ' vater point. I "If when tho currency commission < eports a plan to congress for amend- ^ ng the present national banking c aws. It would recommend that con- r tress make these state warehouse s ertificates the basis for a currency ssue. the problems of elasticity and 1 in emergency currency, which would r etlri! itself automatically, would be t lolved for all time. I think the state a iad better build some cotton ware- a louses in Charleston, Instead of spend- c ng that million dolars on the state t louse." ( "Senator, it was reported that you s avored valorization 011 the Brazil I "No, I said state validation, and be- I rig a word of my own coinage, I sup- t >oso the reporter got It a little mixed." s "What about the constitutionality?" "Well. Louisiana found a eonstitu- I lonal amendment necessary. I don't r mow about South Carolina. Having 1< ieen engaged in the liquor business, p t looks to me as if she might go into p he cotton business, and as there are v 10 rebates to corrupt the public of- ti Icials in this, perhaps she could find e len honest enough to handle the sit- e ation."?Pee Dee Advocate. a HOLD AND CURTAIL. t 1 Watson's Plan to Increase the Price * V of Cotton. To hold all cotton possible for a price of 13 cents per pound, and to pledge the reduction of the acreage for the 1912 crop to not exceeding 60 j per cent of the arable land under cultivation, is the object of the movement begun for a concerted and Immediate holding from the market of * all possible cotton throughout the en- f tire cotton belt. The action follows r the meeting of the farmers held in Columbia Thursday night. Telegrams f explaining the situation in full, and < requesting the immediate co-opera- < tion of all parties interested in all the cotton states, went forward last Fri- r day from the office of E. J. Watson, 1 commissioner of agriculture, com- r merce and industries and president of the Southern Cotton congress. f The telegrams, each some 250 words t In length, were dispatched to all the c commissioners of agriculture in the t cotton states and to the president of t every state farmers' union. I Books are to be opened in every county seat throughout the length and f breadth of the cotton belt, according f to the plan now being inaugurated, ^ and every farmer who produces cot- I ton will be asked to sign his name, I pledging himself to hold a stated number of bales of cotton until Sept. 1 1, 1912, unless the price previously t reaches 13 cents per pound. Another a set of pledges is to be recorded, the v farmers agreeing not to plant more o than 60 per cent of their arable lands In cotton in 1912. An assessment of a 2 cents per bale will be asked of cot- t ton growers to pay the expenses of e the campaign. a The object of the campaign is to im- a mediately retire from the market a r sufficient quantity of cotton to enable the farmers to control, to some de- 1 gree, at least, the cotton. The pledges e will be published dally. The telegram which was forwarded t to the commissioners of agriculture r and Farmers' Union president is as r follows: f "Following action of mass meeting, t South Carolina farmers would urge t upon you to take Immediate steps to push with all vigor you possess, in 1 every township and county, your 1 state, the holding movement on fol- o lowing lines, similar request being I made of state farmers' union presl- t dent, your state: Open books at each J county seat for signatures of farmers c to pledge to hold stated number of t bales until September 1, 1912, or until the price has reached 13 cents, h prosecute a vigorous campaign In each a fnnrnahln fnr hnlHInc pnttnn anH crat - t ting pledges; get also pledges to reduce cotton acreage for 1912 to not exceeding 60 per cent of arable land held; get reports each day as to pledges filed and publish names of signers with number of bales pledged. Call for not less than 2 cents per bale from growers holding cotton, to be sent immediately to secretary-treasurer state union to defray expenses quick campaign for nledges, publishing receipts dally. This plan already under way in South Carolina and quick and effective retirement of cotton seems assured. It is absolutely necessary to bring the individual producer into line right now if millions of dollars are to be saved to the cotton belt. Plans for the future can be agreed upon later, but a feasible. ^ quick campaign of this kind, pushed t simultaneously In all our states can ^ and will effectively stem the present I disastrous tide in this critical mo- t ment. I most earnestly appeal to ( your patriotism in the name of the t masses of southern people to act up- 0 on this matter, and act quickly. Am q arranging for whirlwind campaign a through belt in holding cause for r Senator Smith, President Barrett and j, other members of national committee v created at Montgomery. Kindly wire r me Immediately if in behalf of every p material Interest in the south you g may be relied upon to take the speedy t action invoked. v "E. J. Watson, j. "President Southern Cotton Con- ^ gress. * "Approved: "E. W. Dabbs, g "President State Farmers' Union. -r "J. Whitner Reid, t "Secretary-Treasurer Farmers' Union Sun." * The form of agreement suggested d is as follows: "1. We, the undersigned owners of d cotton of the 1910-11 crop hereby pledge P ourselves to withhold from the mar- = ket the number of bales entered op- ' posite our respective names until Sep- e tember 1, 1912, or until the price of J! cotton has reached 13 cents, and we d do severally solemnly declare that we ? will regard this pledge as sacred. * "2. We further agree not to plant id for the crop of 1912, more than 60 per|d cent of our arable lands in cotton. "3. We hereby agree to forward to c J. Whltner Reid, secretary-treasurer, e the State Farmers' union, Columbia, 8 S. C., by postal money order, two h cents per bale for the cotton held, e to defray the expenses of the holding c campaign." 'i , m / WORLD'S COTTON CONSUMPTION ? o Washington Furnishes Figures At Re- J quest of Governor Colquitt. Washington, Nov. 6.?Estimates of o American consular officers abroad of n the amount of cotton required by the b principal foreign countries for manu- ti facturing purposes during the cotton M pear ending September 1, 1912, place n the amount at 12,518,112 bales of 500 ti pounds each. The estimates were e called for by the department of state ei upon request of the governor of Tex- 1 is, who wanted the Information for t< the conference of governors at New d Orleans. The summary, however, is v incomplete, as a number of countries tl tvere not Included for the reason tnat II estimates were not received. n The department's information show r< :he total foreign demands as follows: n Country. 500-pound 'r b&l6S ^ \ustria 830,000 c' Belgium 74,800 h Canada 135,000 :hina 2,300,000 'England 2,854.512 France 1,410,000 Germany 1,756,800 h 'Italy 525,000 b Japan 1.100,000 n Mexico 160,000 ci Netherlands 110,000 ' Russia 825,000 d Spain 392,000 t( Switzerland 45,000 C b Total 12,518,112 h --Estimates for England and Italy efer to demands for American cotton >n,y- ? Including the normal demands of t 3reece, Portugal, Sweden, Denmark, t Norway, British India and all other ^ :ountries, the amount would be in:reased by almost 2,000,000 bales. j!j England and Italy require about 750,- ^ 100 bales more than estimated above ^ 'or their total consumption. With p hese additions the amount would be i_ ipproxlmately 15,268,112 bales. If the Vmerican consumption were the same " is that In 1910, the total amount of J :otton needed during this cotton year vould be about 20,000,000 bales, com- f.' >ared with 18,321,000 bales consumed ? )y mills throughout the world in 1910. It is pointed out, however, that the Q itate department's estimate of the , leeds of China (2,300,000 bales), " jrobably includes a large quantity of n( :otton consumed by hand looms and vhich Is not taken Into account in the :ensus bureau's reports of the world's ?p nill consumption, which shows a con- a( lumptlon of only 315,000 bales. The consul general at Shanghai re- io jorts that there is a temporary de- ^ nand for American cotton, due to w he fact that many domestic producers a| ire holding back their product, and a] ibout 50,000 bales have been pur- C( hased from the United States. He ^ hinks the present disturbance In m ^hina and the consequent money tress may curtail the consumption, f the present unrest in China contln- 8f les the American consul general at 0I -ondon says Lancashire's chief mar- g, cet for cotton piece goods will be bi eriously affected. tr An element of uncertainty exists in t taly, the consul general at Genoa s< enorts. owing to the war with Tur- gc ;ey, as that country is a large i:n- rs mrter of Italian cotton textiles, and w irolongatton of the war naturally th i-ould result in closing that market al i? Italian mills. It Is believed, how- pt ver, he adds, that the large Ameri- er an cotton crop this year will mattrl- pt lly reduce the price of the raw ma- el erla*l ar.d bring about an increased lome demand in Italy which will be ufflclent to offset the loss of trade rith Turkey. ACROSS THE CONTINENT. Wiator Completes Air Journey from Atlantic to Pacific. Pasadena, Cal., Nov. 5.?C. P. Rodrers completed his transcontinental light today, landing here at 4.10 p. n. He left New York September 17. Official figures of Rodgers' flight, jiven by his manager, show: Total llstance, 4,231 miles; flying time, 1,924 minutes. Rodgers landed at 4:10 o'clock. Tonorrow he expects to fly out over the Pacific and thus make the epochnaking feature of aviation. Rodgers appeared in the sky shortly ifter 3 o'clock. He was sighted by elescopes from the solar observatory >n Mount Wilson and word flashed iown the mountain by telephone >rought 2,000 persons to Tournament >ark. Flying at a height of about 5,000 eet, Rodgers hovered over the city or a few minutes, then circled in a vide spiral and volplaned down. His anding was a signal for a rush, and lodgers literally was mobbed. Rodgers started on the last dash of lis flight from Banning, Cal., a lltle town out In the desert, where his irrival had interrupted the only diversion of the year?the funeral dance if the Mojava Indians. Taking the air at noon, Rodgers tscended gracefully in the face of a wenty-mlle wind, until he had reachd an altitude of 400 feet. Then he et his course directly west -and iparked his motor up to a thlrtynile gait. The flyer arrived over Colton at :37 p. m. while his altitude Increasd to 1,000 feet, and he kept this lelght until he neared Pomona, tweny-one miles from Pasadena. He renalned there until after 3 o'clock relewing his supply of gasoline and rellllng the tank of the leaking radiator hat brought him near disaster yeserday. After leaving Pomona Rodgers kept lis biplane pointing upward until he lad climbed over the highest peaks if the Sierra Madre mountains. As le sped on the finish at Tournament >ark, he was on a level with the ifount Wilson observatory and flying lose to the ragged sides of the mounain. His machine, a Baby Wright that las only eighteen foot spread of wings, eemed to hesitate for an Instant as he aviator carried It into the perilous hough spectacular spiral glide. At his time he was directly over the >ark, but as he came down his flyer lescrlbed ever-widening curves until te was within a few hundred feet of he ground. Then Rodgers performed ine of the dips Arch Hoxsey was takng when he was killed at Dominguez, vlthin sight of Mount Wilson, last December. Rodgers declared that his own light, begun September 17 and Unshed today, forty-nine days later, vould not be duplicated for a year or nore. MERE-MENTION. Three persons were killed in the vreck of the Southern railway's rain No. 14, Cincinnati to Jackson uc, near v^uuiuuiouune, KjtL., inuralay night. A broken rail threw the rain from the track Norman J. Coleman, first secretary of agriculure, died early Friday morning while >n a train en route to St. Louis "he trial of Mrs. Zee Runge McRea, .t Opelousas, La., on the charge of nurdering Allan Garland, resulted n a mistrial. The '.'unwritten law" k-as the main defense.......Two wonen and two children were killed 'riday near Paris, Ky., by being truck by a Louisville and Nashville rain on a grade crossing... .On Noember 1st there were $739,165,313 n national bank notes in circulation n the United States, an increase of 14.291,005 over the same date of Eist year Mr. and Mrs. Julius hapiro were killed in Brooklyn, N. r., Friday morning, by jumping from he third floor of the building in /hich they lived in an effort to esape being burned to death Genral Manuel Bonllla, a former revlutlonary leader, has been elected 'resident of Honduras Fire detroyed . property to the value of 750,000 and threw 500 people out of mployment at London, Ont., Friday norning Fate Taylor, a conemned murderer, who made his esape with four other prisoners from he Glynn county, Ga.. Jail last Thurs!ay, was killed the next day by two f the sons of the sheriff -The Chicago police department has delared war on private poker games, specially such as are played by the ociety women in the so-called best lomes.... Rev. Clarence V. T. Richson, pastor of Immanuel Baptist hurch at Cambridge, Mass., now held n Eoston on a charge of murdering vis Llnneil, tendered his resignation s pastor last Friday, and maintains is innocence of the' crime. The trial f Richeson will probably be held in anuary Two footpads attemptd to hold up a roadhouse near Rochster, N. Y., but were driven off and ne of the bandits was found dead ext morning One of the Seaoard Air Line's Florida passenger rains was wrecked near Merry Oaks, r. C.. Thursday night. There were 0 fatalities A mail pouch conlining $20,000. en route from Ral1 rrVi XT r? ts* XT^?r Vnrb diaannnor. rl at Lynchburg, Va., recently 'he United States scout cruiser Ches?r. stationed at Malta, has been orered to Tripoli. It Is supposed to inestigate the charges of barbarism fiat the Turks have made against the talians, although the state departlent declines to make known the real eason Henry A. Ulrlch, the white lan, who beat up Booker T. Washlgton In New York on March 19, last, as tried in New York yesterday, on a harge of assault preferred against lm by Washington, and acquitted. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Columbia, November 5: Followlg the coroner's Inquest held over the ody of Mrs. W. S. Hamlter this lorning, Hosea Jones, the negro hauffeur who was driving the auto rhich struck Mrs. Hamlter, yesteray, about noon, has been committed j Jail on the charge of murder by oroner R. D. Walker. The case is a liable, it is stated, though no steps ave yet been takn to secure the nero's liberty. Mrs. Hamlter was truck by the auto of Mr. J. Caldwell fobertson and sustained injuries from -hich she died about three hours la?r. She was the wife of a Presby;rian minister of Blackstock. After earing considerable testimony, the lry returned a verdict to the effect lat the woman came to her death by elng struck by an automobile driven y Hosea Jones. It is understood that ,ev. and Mrs. Hamlter formerly lived 1 Iva, Anderson county. ? Columbia, November 4: The state lir in South Carolina has come and ?ne and the political situation has een apparently unchanged so far as le outsider can see. There were confences and conferences and the sitation was discussed and rediscussed. f course the main subject was that f the race for governor. The chances f both, candidates?the present goveror and Ira B. Jones were carefully ane over by the interested ones. The inclusions have not been announced, he governor of the state was very itive among the visitors. Chief Jusce Jones remained quietly at the Conla . hotel and visited the fair, [any of his friends called during the eek. He will have nothing to say long political lines until after Janury 9, when he leaves the supreme >urt. After that date he will be very luch in the campaign. Senator TIUan came over for two days and met iany of his friends. He went out to le fair grounds one morning with >me friends. They tried to bring him it on the question of the race for the jvernorshlp, but he refused to "be ought out." He still remains neual. What will Tom Felder tell? his question is being asked by many >uth Carolinians, and is evidently >ing to be an important factor in the ice for governor. The entire matter ill very likely be threshed out before e general assembly. Tom Felder has ready promised Senator Tillman oof of the "crookedness" of the gov nor of South Carolina. Should this oof be presented?then there Is a lance for Impeachment proceedings.