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Scraps and Jracts. n p ? Representative Cary of Wisconsin, " a Republican, today introduced a bill *1 providing: for government ownership of telegrraph lines, a project recently " urged by Postmaster General Hitch- _ cock. It was referred to the postofflce * committee. The bill would place the * telegraph systems under the supervi- ? sion of the postofflce, in charge of a commissioner of telegraph, to be appointed in the same manner as assistant postmasters general. The bill provides that the interstate commerce commission appraise at their bona fide value all the telegraph properties engaged in interstate commerce, the attorney j general then to begin condemnation proceedings against the companies. The measure would stipulate that ; wages should be increased more than 15 per cent over those paid the year preceding government acquisition and would bar any immediate decrease of telegraph tolls. ? Houston, Texas, January' 21: Be- i cause the honor of the prison system j was aspersed when two convicts escap- j ed after the governor of the state had ' proposed putting all convicts on their honor not to escape if allowed to work on the roads, convicts at the state penitentiary have subscribed a sum of $291 as a reward for the apprehension of the escaped men. Recently, Governor Colquitt proposed a plan whereby convicts would be placed upon their honor not to escape and put to work building roads. No guards would be provided, and the prisoners virtually would be free, with the exception that _ they would be compelled to work ? where directed by the state and dur- k Ing their sentence. The plan was ac-le cented bv the convicts, all eager to | pledge their honor not to escape. The recent escape of two convicts has aroused Indignation among the other n convicts and thirty of them raised o $291 in amounts of from $1 to $10 and p forwarded it to the governor as a , reward for the apprehension and re- f( turn of the fugitives who violated li their own honor and aspersed that of the convict body. ? Chester special of January 20 to p Columbia State: Jim Carter, a paroled negro convict from Chester coun- ~ ty. who was arrested Thursday after- w noon during a raid in Chester, was in w police court this morning, found guilty of carrying^ concealed weapons and * paid a fine of $20. The court Imposed P the minimum fine. Carter having been a guilty of no breach of the peace, and no weapon having been found on him, when captured after a three-quarter mile chase, but one of the officers tes- cl tifying that he saw the butt of a pis- ~ tol in Carter's pocket, while running. Mr. Sanders, chief of police, immedi- a ately notified Gov. Blease of the ar- cl rest, and in response to a request for s| instructions was advised to confer with J. Lyles Glenn of Chester, whose efforts had secured the parole, and in n whose family Carter's father had been c< a slave. The negro was convicted July ei 8, 1905, of assault upon a negro girl. In passing the minimum sentence of ei life imprisonment, Judge Gage stated tl that, in view of the prisoner's youth, d: . and other circumstances of the case, j he considered the sentence unduly severe, and in the event of a good prison c' record, would endorse a petition for tl pardon. Governor Blease refused a ,j( pardon, but on May 27. 1*11. paro'ed . Carter during * good behavior, the lr judge, solicitor and jurymen signing bl the petition. The negro is at work on a farm in Chester county, and there seems no disposition on the part of the people here to take any further c< steps in the matter. tl ? Charlotte Observer, January 23: ^ After an illness which had confined T v.irv, tn *Via Phnrlnttp sanatorium since a, November, Mr. Paul Hemphill, a prominent lawyer of Cheater, S. C., died 01 yesterday afternoon at 12.45 o'clock, t< at the sanatorium. He was about 50 tl years of age. Surviving are his mother. Mrs. Rachel Hemphill of Chester, a brother, Mr. John Hemphill, for ^ years a member of congress from South h Carolina, and another brother, Rev. e; Dr. Charles R. Hemphill, who is president of the Union Theological semi- p nary at Louisville, Ky. There are also H three children surviving, the eldest it a son. living In Chester. The second tj son is a student at the South Carolina Military academy: the youngest 0 child, a little girl, is living with her if grandmother. Mr. Hemphill's wife, 0 who was formerly Miss Bessie McLure, died several years ago. His father, Mr. James Hemphill, also died a number of years ago. Mr. Paul Hemphill was a first cousin of Major J. C. Hemphill, editor of the Observer. He E was a graduate of Princeton, a latvyer b of distinguished ability and wide rep- j, utation. He was for a number of terms , one of the most Influential members of the South Carolina legislature. Mr. E Hemphill's death came as a distinct shock to his relatives, despite his ill health. His sister, Mrs. Arnold Borden, of Goldsboro, spent some time E with him last week, and it was thought h then by his physicians that his condi- n tion was improved. The remains will he taken to Chester today and the fu- a neral will occur tomorrow morning. fl ? It is unlikely, says a Pekin dis- '' patch, that the ioreign powers win permit the latest demands of the re- a publicans, which include the abdication of the throne and surrender of its sovereign powers, exclusion of the d Manchus from participation In the d provisional government, and Premier y Yuan Shi Kai's elimination from the provisional government without pro- d test. It is even possible there will be c intervention. Should the throne com- t ply with the republican ultimatum and h abdicate without delegating any authority over the northern provinces, ^ the foreign legations here fear chaos \ will ensue, and that foreign lives will .. be endangered in the interim between abdication and the extension of the u republican administration to the north n supported by a sufficient army to sup- ( press the Manchu troops and people. The Chinese soldiers who hitherto have remained loyal to the imperial govern- i* ment might change their allegiance, s but the Manchu soldiers, forming a majority of the imperial army in and near Peking, may be expected to use their arms. Indeed, it is a ques- q tion whether Yuan Shi Kai will be able to restrain them in the event of the d abdication of the throne. The foreign d legations have no desire to transgress o neutrality. They seek only to prevent c the northern provinces being left to the mercy of the lawless soldiers. The 11 republican ultimatum promises that e President Sun Yat Sen will retire from j| his position and that Yuan Shi Kai, . although he will not be permitted to have control of the provisional govern- f' ment, shall be nominated for perma- s nent president of the republic. .( ? Vienna, January 20: "The net re- o suit of the British and Russian action c in Persia renders a nation which was making progress toward peace and or- s der and was building up its finances v for the establishment of a constitu- j tional government, a land of chaos . and anarchy, without prestige among its own people, and, in addition, has t meant the sacrifice of hundreds of In- h nocent lives." This statement was s fndftv hv W. Morean Shuster, the American who was dismissed as 1 treasurer general of Persia recently, >' who has just arrived here. "The Mo- e hammedan people." continued Mr. Shus- e ter, "are further aroused against the Christian nations. Great Britain and w Russia, far from being on a more solid tl basis of friendship, are now face to tl face on opposite sides of disorganized territory. The Russian and British le- ? gat ions are the real governing forces tl in Persia. They are acting through o a directorate of seven persons, in order j? to avoid international responsibility, * but morally they are responsible for v the destruction of Persian nationality tl when it gave promise of establishing q a stable constitutional government. , The seven who are nominally governing Persia are without character or " reputation. They do not command the r< slightest respect of their countrymen. rj and would not exist a dav without the protection of the Russian and British " legations. Russian forces and influ- E ences are steadily advancing south- ti ward, and unless there is a break in the trend of present events, their re- ' alization of Russia's dream of a warm vv water port is a matter of onlv a lew w years. Great Britain will then be con- e fronted with a living Russo-Indian frontier problem. The past year's actions of the European nations in o Morocco. Tripoli and Persia do not p encourage the hope of international peace. The fact that the Mohammedans have been driven to the wall ren- o ers future retaliation inevitable. The and lost regrettable feature of Persia's y|ei, ismemberment is the fact that it might . ave been entirely prevented had Great iritain frankly objected at the begining to Russia's flagrant violation of he Anglo-Russian agreement, com- () lencing with her claim last summer f the right to veto appointments of are >ersian officials and culminating in ing he dispatch of her army into Persia l, j n the false pretext that a Persian offl- j j ial had printed a pamphlet oritiising Russia's previous action in Peria." ate . of flic ^lorlu'illr (Enquirer. Iar Entered at the Postofflce in Yorkville retl,' ers as Mail Matter of the Second Class. two " a la side thin TO RKVILLE, S. C.? 2.00 ? ahoi TUESDAY, JANUARY 23. 1912. ?,fc ' ricu own But If Mr. Blease were only a news- catt aper man, he would have no trouble here eeplng plenty of live matter In his jncj dltorlal columns. mM 1 * 1 mix* A man who Is seeking a presidential sejf omlnatlon has to pass through a lot f shot and shell before he reaches his sy,(M oal. Woodrow Wilson Is coming In lndl or his full share of the dangers and stat conveniences of the firing line. tero that We have never seen a copy of the tie (lease newspaper?the Xews-Scimltar stan -published In Greenwood, but we farn ere Informed the other day that this seek ;eek's issue would probably be Its they tst. The statement was that the pa- Can er has not been receiving very liber- T 1 support. was * the Just to the extent that cotton ex- mitt Anna r\f Vi 1 crh. Q QQ r%nA iiau^co aic uic ucuo ui i?.e?. v.ww- auu amblers they should be legislated it m own to legitimate business. The ex- the hanges cannot be abolished, and they mar hould not be abolished; but they can nunnd should be materially reformed. The riou sform needed is along the line of side ompelling absolute good faith in ev- tory ry contract, and abolishing the pres- .hot nt habit of dealing lg hundreds of he 1 lousands of bales of cotton with no wha Irect or Indirect Intention that It be prac elivered or received. The cotton ex- efTe< hange should be made a measure of Mar le supply and demand of cotton and of t eprlved of its quality as stakeholder disc i games of shrewdness, trickery, bluff, esy, lackmail, etc. victl ? of c People are wondering what has be- repc jme of Felder's book, or whether T1 le promised volume Is going to bill take its appearance. The editor of sane he Enquirer was in Columbia one alon ay last week, and asked the question Thei f some people who are In a position fron > know If anybody knows. One gen- pers eman particularly, who has been as- tion iclated more or less Intimately with thoi ir. Felder, said: "No. I have not best eard a word. I do not know a thine a eh iccept what has been said in the pa- soor ers If Mr. Felder has any more ter : ght to give us I suppose he will give A to us In connection with the legisla- will ve investigation which is now going idea n in spite of the governor's veto; but ly v there is any book: I am not aware bill, f the fact." thrc ? tirm They are still making a lot of fuss mea bout the Wilson-Harvey incident, avei rieily the facts are about like this: the [arvey had the name of Wilson stand- wit! lg at the masthead of Harper's to v Weekly as the Weekly's candidate, and iarper's Weekly is recognized as be- bori lg of Wall street proclivities. Wilson pro> /. Uacifaif r\r> Viimoolf tnlrl thin [arvey that the Weekly's support was dtis; urtlng him, and Harvey dropped the <-he ame. Now just what to think of it cipl 11 is somewhat of a puzzle. In the the rst place, however, we uo not see the tion icldent amounts to a great deal. If ord< Vilson does not care to be boosted by for paper that does not represent his shli lews he had a right to say so. If he esired to emphasize the fact that he oe oes not stand for what Harper's pro< Veekly stands for he has a right to of 1 o it. If Harper's Weekly desires to l"e ontinue to advocate the same things hat Wilson advocates there is no arm in the proposition. If Harper's 111 Veekly claims to have "discovered" R?c Vilson, and to own him by right of stat discovery," then Wilson does right to was ?t it be known that he acknowledges o such master. It has been intimated e(*it hat the whole incident grew out of rem n effort to injure Wilson: but if this T s true the people who engineered the cheme have another guess coming. in r ^ , sitit Mill E. W. Dabbs, president of the South Roc Carolina Farmers' Union, made an elo- mat uent and logical speech last Thurs- P08' ay before the agricultural committee f the senate and the ways and means per| ommittee of the house in support of aid he McQueen warehouse bill. He show- reP lr d how Joseph?Jacob's Joseph?was Ltt , he first warehouseman, and pictured Her ow if it had not been for Joseph's did oresight and wisdom, the fruits of the even years of plenty would have gone \ t. o waste while those seven years were pen n, and that when the seven lean years ian* amc everybody in Egypt would have ar? tarved. Mr. Dabbs asserted that there aid, fas no overproduction in the time of .'vai oseph and he maintained that there l'on orr as been no overproduction since that reas ime. It was a strange thing to him. rect owever, he declared, that with the waa uccessful example of Joseph before "^at hem during so many thousands of ten ears, the producing classes have nev- thai r brought themselves to demand the mal< Y or stablishment and maintenance of state t^0 arehouses to conserve the value of beei heir products. He asserted that all tor he more thoughtful cotton producers ! f the south had realized for years lat a strong system of warehouses was peiated in the interest of the farmer, rect i the only real solution of the staple c?^r alue problem, but went on to review mjn ie fact that the Southern Cotton care Uprowers' association and the Farmers' 'nion had both failed in their efforts ma(J 1 this direction for the same obvious easons, and declared that he had ar- fres ived at the conclusion that the only for^ ope lay in following the example of anv ;razil and Louisiana in the inaugura- who on of a plan like theirs. Mr. Dabbs (jow s quite sure that such an arrangement it j, ould convert all the bears into bulls, ^Ir hether they would like to be convertd or not, and he thinks also that by (jp|e uch an arrangement all the powers f the earth may be brought to yield j] eeoming obeisance to South Carolina jn v nd the other cotton producing states an(j f the south, iust as old man Jacob does his eleven sons were hrought to d obeisance to the first great wareseman. Joseph. The Warehouse Bill. n the first page of this issue we reproducing the able and interestspeech that former Senator John McLaurin ^delivered on the subject' he McQueen warehouse bill before agricultural committee of the senand the ways and means committee the house in the senate chamber Thursday afternoon, he speech, as explained, was at the nest of the South Carolina FarmUnion, and by invitation of the committees, and it was heard by .rge number of people, who got lots lew light on a subject that is both ortant and interesting:, but which ot nearly so well understood among cotton producers of the south as hould be. r. McLaurin, by the way, although times past prominently connected 1 the politics of the state, is conrably more of a farmer than anyg else nowadays. He owns some 0 acres of Marlboro lands, raises tit 1,000 bales of cotton, with plenty orn and meat to support all his agltural operations, and In addition is more than a hundred head of le, Including one of the finest dairy Is in the state. His other interests ude holdings in a cotton seed oil and in a fertilizer factory which es fertilizer, principally for himand neighbors, and although reason of the concern he is arlng in the welfare of the cotton istry there are people all over the e who are asking, "What is he af" it would seem fair to assume he might be concerned Just a liton his own account?like, for inicp, many other South Carolina tiers who, though not necessarily ;ing office, are willing to do what ' can to promote the good of South ilina and the south. he speech in the senate chamber listened to with close attention by members of the legislative com;ee, by the Farmers' Union men the other auditors generally, and lade a profound impression. Upon conclusion of Mr. McLaurin's reks, committeemen asked him a iber of questions bearing upon vas phases of the subject under con ration, and the clear and satisfacanswers he gave showed the ough. but hardly surprising grasp has of the whole question from .tever viewpoint, whether business jticabllity, economic and financial :t and constitutional admissibility, ly of his hearers, including some he committeemen, started into the ussion purely on a basis of courtand wound up in enthusiastic conIon; but there was no intimation, ourse, as to how the bill would be >rted. hat there is a lot in the McQueen almost anybody can see. Thouls of people have been thinking g that line for several years past, ae thousands include many who n considerations of conservatism or lonal interest are reluctant to sanctfhy change; but there are other isands who are convinced that the interest oi me country ueniuiius mnge along this very line, and the ler such a change is made the betfor all concerned. lthough we would be perfectly Ing to see a trial of this validation without unnecessary delay, frankre have no idea that this McQueen or anything like it, is going iugh the general assembly at this ?. It is too radical a measure and ns too much of a revolution. The age legislator does not understand proposition well enough to begin i and he would not have the nerve ote for it even if he did understand favor it. But the idea has been 1 and is growing. Brazil has /ed the practicability of the whole g in connection with the coffee inry and Louisiana has already set pace in the application of the prine to trade in raw cotton. One of first developments of this validaplan after it gets in good working ?r will be that all southern coiton abroad will necessarily have to be >ped from southern ports, and one r ... ut^u will unH n JI l rum n iuv;ii iuu v. 1.1.. no escape, will be to give to the ducer more nearly the actual value his cotton than is possible under existing cumbrous condition. Mr. Stewart's Interview. 1 its issue of last Saturday, the k Hill Herald reproduced the signed ement from Senator Stewart that published in The Enquirer of lay, together with The Enquirer's orial comment thereon, and added arks as follows: he Herald at this time does not ; to make any comment on the edial of the Yorkville Enquirer, or egard to its attitude to the propo>n to build a court house in Rock or to form a new county, with k Hill as the county town. As a ter of course, The Enquirer is opid to these propositions, and the aid does not censure its Yorkville temporary for its attitude. It is fectly natural. However, the Herdoes wish to say a few words In ird to Senator Stewart's card. 1 the first place, the Herald wishes iav thai tne article ounlisned in the aid, which started this discussion, not attribute to Senator Stewart of the opinions for which he has censureo i?y the Yorkville paper, areful reading of the article by any ion able to understand the English tuage will disclose this fact. We i to say further that Senator Stewis mistaken in saying that the Herthe next day after this article apie<i, puhlisned a partial correc" of it. The Herald published no eetion whatever, for the very good ion that there was nothing to corWhat the Herald did publish a paragraph in which it was ed that Senator Stewart informed Herald that some people had gotthe impression from the article : he (Senator Stewart) favored cing Rock Hill the county seat ol k county. Attention was called to fact that no such expression had 1 published as coming from SenaStewart, and the article was left stand alone as its own refutation ny charges which might be brought Inst it. No correction of the article made?there was nothing to cor. The Herald simply gave SenaStewart the use of its columns to ect an impression made on the ds of some people by a hasty or less reading of the article. The aid Is only responsible for the ar> and not for the impression it le on the minds of readers." view of the record, so plain and h, perhaps we could very well afI to let the foregoing go without further comment; but since the ile matter seems to resolve itself n to a question of hair-splitting, ? just as well to say that where Stewart was quoted as suggesting election of a "majority" of the gates from the eastern side, we : the statement to mean "all." hat portion of the Herald's article i-hich Senator Stewart was quoted, which article the senator says ( not represent his views, except II1U pi IUC UI UIC i WIIIIIJuun; u?-hau IW advance... .Senator Albert B. Cum- 1 mins of Iowa, on Saturday announced r that he was a receptive candidate for the Republican presidential nomlna- a tion During the past seven months F there have been fifteen mysterious and a unsolved murders of negro women In b and around Atlanta, Ga. The last vie- t( tim was found Friday night Mrs. * Elizabeth Cook, aged 20 years, and her mother, Mrs. Mary Sheaver, are in Jail l-' at Charleston, W. Va., charged with t the murder of Joseph L. Cook, the hus- b band of the younger woman With tl a terrific roar, a 200-mile ice gorge b in the Ohio river broke, Saturday. Many boats were crushed and the v property loss ran into millions... .As a result of investigations by the Chicago civil service commission, about 1,000 policemen will lose their Jobs.... Following a meeting of the South c Platte Millers' association of Nebras- tl ka, in which it was agreed to form h plans for the control of prices, it was 1 discovered that three newspaper re- q porters had attended the meeting. The state will probably prosecute the mill- tl ers on the Information of the report- b ers....W. Madison Hicks of the Inde- a pendent Labor league of Gait, Ont., b says he has indisputable proof that s the McNamaras are guaranteed a it pardon, to take place within two years, tl ....The office of the Globe Express tl company at Pueblo, Colo., was destroyed by a dynamite explosion early tl Saturday morning A scandal in a connection with the buying of beef w for the Italian army has been started n at Naples. A numbet of prominent li army officers are charged with graft- tl ing, and have been arrested... .James 1) Harahan, formerly president of the o Illinois Central; E. B. Pierce, general tl solicitor for the Rock Island road; E. E. Wright, son of Secretary of War h Wright, attorney for the Illinois Cen- w tral; and F. O. Melcher, second vice o president of the Rock Island road, v were instantly killed yesterday at Kin- o: mundy, 111., when the Panama limited, t< running at express speed, crashed into h their private car, attached to the south-bound New Orleans express. a son 01 Wisconsin, imu uccu cicticu by improper means, haB reported that the charges have not beeh proven t Prominent church women of Michigan b have launched a nation-wide campaign against the Mormon church and its polygamous beliefs Five per- r sons were killed in a head-on collision on the Louisville & Nashville railroad at Jonesboro, Ga., Thursday It is the opinion in Boston that there is very little probability that Governor Foss will exercise clemency in the a case of Rev. Clarence V. T. Richeson e and save him from the electric chair, j ....Two Manchu eunuchs, formerly confidential servants in the imperial f palace at Peking, were executed c Thursday, after confessing to an at- ^ tempt to poison the empress dowager of China A new gold field of unusual richness has been discovered in s Manitoba. On one claim a gold nug- 1 get weighing four ounces was recently d found....Ann W. Penniman, 100 years c old. died in Boston. Saturday. . .A Chi- f cago Episcopal church last week went a into the coal businesss for the benefit v of the poor. The regular coal dealers were forced to cut their prices in a half Thieves on Saturday stole a t; wagon load of butter, valued at $1,000, h in New York in broad daylight, and v did it in a street crowded with people. 0 Many thousands of pounds of butter t have been stolen from wagons since v *\nlnA f V> A Koiran A f however, and shows results of the per- " feet training accorded the children. Of special interest to the visitors was ^ little Dewey Cantrell, aged 10, detf, i< dumb and blind, who has his own a teacher. He was on exhibition, so to speak, and is row able to converse a with his tutor fluently. Cedar Springs 's looked on throughout the state as one of the educational institutions, and the appropriations are not nearly so large as for other schools. The law- n makers were delighted with the man- u ner in which Capt. Walker conducts the place, and nothing but praise was n heard. It has long been the custom a of the legislature to give Capt. Walker r everything he asked for, but he has been most modest in his requests, and it is the opinion of many that the ap- v propriations should be increased. o . v MERE-MENTION. 0 By the sinking of the British steam- v er Wistow Hall, off the coast of Sc6t- \ land, last Thursday, fifty-three lives a were lost... .Unless the British government takes steps necessary to pre- . vent it, more than 900,000 coal miners , of England, Scotland and Wales will rj go on a strike March 1st....The subcommittee that investigated the charges ? that United States Senator Stephen- ? , ttti 1- C the deaf, dumb and blind. The solons 9 arrived on a special train from Columbia. The auditorium was comfort- p ably filled, and Capt. N. F. Walker, superintendent of the school, opened the exercises with a talk, telling of the work as it is carried on. The assemblymen were astonished at the revela- v tlons made as to the methods used ' in teaching the delinquent children. A ' programme by the students followed, launch was served in the late after- v noon, after which there were severaJ t talks. Among those who spoke were: Lieutenant Governor Smith, Senator . Johnston, chairman of the Clemson ? board; Representative Carey of Pick- v ens; Capt. Walker and Col. Thos. J. ~ Moore, chairman of the board of com- . missioners of Cedar Springs institute. These were short informal talks, but 1 were instructive, entertaining and in- t teresting. In the afternoon the grounds e and buildings were inspected and the fire drill witnessed by the legislators. Capt. Walker has a "chute-the-chute" t arrangement, by means of which the t children come from the third story of d the building. It is especially difficult to have a perfect fire drill, as It is no c possible to signal the deaf pupils of li the nohool The work is marvellous. ? in the one matter of "holding our \ courts in two places," is as follows: "It will be remembered that the grand jury at the last term of court requested the York delegation to the 1 general assembly to make provision whereby the people of the county could vote on a bond lS3ue of $60,000 to provide funds for the erection of a I court house at Yorkville, the present building, besides being entirely too > small, being in a dilapidated condition. Whether the matter will be brought up is not yet known. Senator Stew- g art when asked regarding the matter, stated that he was willing to submit the proposition to the people, provided one-half the funds voted be used In I erecting a court house at Rock Hill, at which all cases coming from the eastern half of the county could be dls- \ posed of. He favors letting Yorkville remain the county seat, the officers coming to Rock Hill when court is in J session here. In this way the people of the eastern part of the county would be able to avoid the great inconveni- l ence of going to Yorkville. More than half the cases tried come from the eastern portion of the county, It is g stated. Unless this is done, Senator Stewart says he will put forth every effort to defeat the measure if it comes up in the senate. Senator Stewart was I asked whether he thought a bill pioviding funds for the erection of a modern and up-to-date court house, I with a proviso that the people of the county vote on the prooosltlon to erect it at Rock Hill, would pass. He said that it could go through the senate, but would be killed in the house, 1 as all the York delegation in the lower branch are from the western portion of the county and, naturally, are opposed to moving the court house from I the present site. He expressed himself of the opinion, however, that If such a bill could be passed the people of the county would vote for Rock Hill by a 1 large majority. The only way to bring thin ahmit said Senator Stewart, is " to elect a majority of the York delegation from the eastern half of the county, and then there will be no trou- I ble in getting through the desired bill." I SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. 1 ? E. L. Laye, a former rural carrier of Darlington county, was sentenced by Judge Smith of the United States court last week, to three months i^ > Darlington Jail for appropriating registry funds to his own use. ? An Orangeburg farmer put up his crop of eighty-eight bales to the high- ^ est bidder on the public square of Orangeburg one day last week. There was a good deal of competition for the cotton and bidding was spirited. The lot was knocked down for 81 cents. . ? Cedar Springs, January 20: One hundred members of the state legi3- ^ lature were guests yesterday at Cedar a Springs institute, the state school tor k LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. "hos. W. Boyd, Co. .Supervisor?Publishes a report regarding the operations of the county chalngang during 1911. i*red Smith, Ttrzah?Has two farms for sale. ,'ictor Cotton Oil Co.?Withdraws its quotation of $20 per ton on cotton seed meal. Itar Theatre?Is now under the management of Mr. A. S. Fayssoux and promises inorousniy goou enieriamment in moving pictures, jouis Roth?Says he is selling the Wm. J. Oliver plow and wants you I to see him about it. IV. E. Sanders, Yorkville No. 3?Offers registered Duroc Jersey boars for sale. lackson Pros., Clover?Urge all who owe them to make immediate settlement. They mean you. fork Supply Co.?Talks about something to eat, flour, lumber, etc.. and will buy shelled corn, lam M. Grist. Special Agent?Calls at tentlon to the honorable record of the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company of Newark, N. J. dcConnell Dry Goods Co.?Wants your business. It buys and sells for cash. New goods now being shown, tobt. T. Allison?Announces that he has purchased the interest of the late W. D. Glenn in the firm of Glenn & Allison and will continue Via hnalrDtta \ W. Speck. The Jeweler?Talks to users of fountain pens, and also invites you to bring your watches, clocks, and Jewelry for repairs, i'irst National Pank. Yorkville?Insists that if you would get ahead In the world a safe and sure way is by opening a savings account with It. Torkville Hardware Co.?Suggests to farmers the benefits to be derived by ' using dynamite as a subsoiler. It will give further information on reouest. Cirkpatrlck-Pelk Co.?Reminds you of its big white goods and clean-up sale which opens tomorrow and Is to continue ten days. 'hnmson Co.?Makes a few remarks about quality merchandise and then tells you about a lot of seasonable goods at attractive prices. National Union Pank. Rock Hill?Invites you to join the growing list of its depositors and is sure you will be benefited. S. Rovster Guano Co.. Norfolk?On page four says that Royster fertilizers always hit the bulls-eye and Invites you to give It a trial. The Yorkville cotton market was uoted In The Enquirer last Friday t 9|c. This was an error. The maret was given by Mr. B. N. Moore at J, and the mistake was made by the rlnter. ABO UT PEOPLE. Miss Mattie May* Neville of Chester, isited friends In Yorkville last week. r. and Mrs. J. F. McElwee of Yorkllle, left last week for Baltimore, Md., fhere Mrs. McElwee will undergo reatment. ^Mr. and Mrs. John L. Carroll of forcross. Ga., are spending a few days i-lth Yorkvllle relatives and friends. yT>r. Miles Walker, who has been lyng at the home of his son-in-law, Mr. >isbet, at Van Wyck, for more than wo months with a broken hip, arrlvd at home last Friday evening. He tood the trip very nicely and alhough still confined to his bed, hopes o be out on crutches shortly. The octor ks looking well and Is quite heerful notwithstanding his verytryng experience and his long and tedius confinement. There hae been an lmost constant stream of visitors to lis home since his return, and there 3 certainly no mistaking the pleasure nd satisfaction that his many friends re feeling at having him home again. ^flECENT DEATHS. Mrs. E. D. Wells died at her home iear Bethany, Friday morning. Janary 19. She had been ill for several rjonths, but had gained in strength nd her friends were hopeful of her ecovery until a few days ago, when , change came for the worse. She /as about 60 years of age, a member f Enon Baptist church, and is surived by her husband, five sons and ne daughter. Her funeral services /ere conducted at her home by Rev. V. E. Lowe. She was buried at Bethny. Miss Lizzie Matthews died at her lome in Clover, Monday, January 15. ler health had been gradually failng for several months, and she relized that her end was near. She /as a faithful member of the Baptist hurch, and for a number of years /as a teacher in the Sunday school, ihe was a daughter of the late A. J. latthews. and is survived by four irothers, Messrs. W. M., R. A., D. A., nd J. L. Matthews. The funeral serices were conducted at her home by lev. VV. E. Lowe. PUBLIC COTTON WEIGHER. There is in circulation a petition sking the York delegation in the genral assembly to amend the law relatng to public cotton weighers, so as to irovide that there shall be but one otton weigher on the Yorkvllie mar:et. It will be remembered that last ummer. proceeding under the law as It nortoln pnftnn nPO. lucers presented the county board of ommissloners with a petition asking or the appointment of Mr. J. E. Burns s public cotton weigher for the Yorkille market. Mr. Burns was duly appointed; but fterward on the strength of addilonal petitions circulated by and on ichalf of local cotton buyers, other relghers were appointed on the votes f Messrs. Lumpkin and Aycock, of he county board of commissioners, rlth the result that the object which he original petitioners had In view? he weighing of all local cotton by one lublic weigher, was defeated. The matter, it will be remembered, lso was taken before Justice Eugene 1. Gary for a construction of the law, nd Justice Gary held that the county oard of commissioners had the right [> appoint as many weighers as they aw proper. The object of the present movement i to secure an amendment to the law hat will make It sufficiently specific ti its terms to leave no doubt that all he cotton offered on this market must - K?r o cinrrlo U'oltrhor If h G e wcigiiru uj a i to be supported entirely by the weighing fees provided In the law. MARKET FOR CORN. It gives The Enquirer pleasure to all especial attention to the adverIsement of the York Supply company 1 another column offering to buy ,000 bushels of shelled corn, In any uantity from one bushel up. While we have no positive Informalon on the subject, we are pleased to elleve that there is In York county t this time a surplus of corn. We may e mistaken as to this, but we are quite ure that there are In the county many idividuals who have more corn than dey need and who would rather have lie cash. Of course. It is not to be understood nat corn has not heretofore been salable. There has never been a time hen corn was not exchangeable for loney; but there has been no estabshed market, and this proposition of (ie York Supply company Is especlalr interesting and Important because f the tendency to help in this dlrecion. In large quantities home-raised corn as generally sold for what It was rorth. The producer of surplus corn n a large scale is generally an indiidual who not only knows the value f his commodity, but who knows how i get that value or hold on to what e has. It is the little fellow who has only few bushels who has heretofore been at a disadvantage. He has had, first, to find somebody to buy, and after he has found a purchaser he has, as a rule, been subject largely to the pleasure of that purchaser as to what the price would be. As to what the York Supply company proposes to give for corn is not stated, but the price, of course, will depend upon various considerations?the quality, no doubt, will be the first consideration, and quantity, also, will have to be taken into account. Now, since the ice has been broken, this important matter will begin to regulate Itself on a proper basis. The ordinary laws of supply and demand as governed by competition will do the balance, and whether the York Supply company actually handles any considerable quantity of domestic corn or not. it will be deserving of the thanks of the farmers for having thus opened up a market. WHAT THE RECORD THINKS. The Rock Hill Record of yesterday expresses itself on the new court house and county division proposition, and talks with good sense as to both. It says: "We do not believe there is any general desire in York county for the'erection of a $75,000 court house, mam J/v MfA that thara la a n\r nroafl. UV* Ul/ nc ICVI l**c*v iliviv 10 ??v p* Ing need for a building to cost that large sum of money. Certain it ia that > such a proposition would get mighty few votes in Rock Hill, where the bonded indebtedness is already very large?so large, Indeed, that a very necessary issue of bonds for school purposes was recently voted down, the taxpayers evidently feeling that there were enough bonds outstanding upon which interest must be paid. "The Record is opposed to any large bond issue at this time for a new court house, but would favor an issue fof. say, $25,000-'-a sum which we believe would provide a building a thousand per cent better than the ope now in use. We hardly believe it would be wise to repair or attempt to in any way remodel or renovate the present court house, except as a temporary expedient. "It is beyond dispute that the present building reflects no credit on York county: but It is just as true that the people In York county, outside of the cities, are 'gun shy* on bond propositions. If there was any disposition to vote honds in any quantity, we should say that bonds for 'good roads' are more vitally pecessary to the progress of this county than bonds for a new court house, Good roads would largely help every person in the county. The benefits to be derived from a new court house are not apparent. "So far as the question of having a court house in Rock Hill is concerned, we are likewise opposed to that proposition, even if it were possible, as it Is not. We see no great necessity for It. We are entirely satisfied that Yorkville should remain the county seat of York, and we are sure that no change will ever be made, certainly not in our generation." > WITHIN THE TOWN. ? "Faid In Full," at the opera house tonight, Is worth while. ? The muddy roads continue a serious drawback to traffic. The Associate Reformed congregation on yesterday paid the purchase price of Mrs. E. A. Crawford's lot? about 54,500. The present understanding Is that work on the new church building is to be commenced in the spring. ? The "mission" being conducted in the Church of the Good Shepherd since last Saturday by Archdeacon Webber has been well attended by the Episcopal congregation, and by many others, regardless of denomination. Those who have heard the archdeacon once have shown a decided Inclination to hear him agafn, and the attendance at the services has been growing steadily. Rev. Mr. Webber made an interesting talk to the graded school children yesterday. ??- Mr. R. D. Dorsett has secured the services of Mr. A. S. Fayssoux of Gastonia, as manager of the Star theater. Mr. Fayssoux is a professional showman of long experience, and has been connected with some of the big attractions. He knows the moving picture business in all its details, and he Is going to do his best to help Mr. Doron*ortain hia nnfrons In a manner that will be creditable all around. ? Although he has another good show, "The Man of the Hour," booked, Mr. J. Q. Wray, manager of the opera house, is apprehensive that "Paid In Full," tonight, may be the last company he will have this season. It has been an unusually hard season on the show people, and many companies have gone out of business. Quite a number of large shows have canceled dates, not only here, but at Chester, Rock Hill, Gastonla and other points. "The Man of the Hour" has canceled some important dates, and may or may not come here. "Paid in Full" is being highly spoken of all along the line as a real good show. ? The fire department was called out yesterday morning on account of a blaze that was discovered in the barn belonging to C. R Spencer, Esq., just without the corporate limits of town. When the firemen reached the scene they found a number of people already at work on the flames, which were making fierce progress from the bottom of a big pile of com. The fire was out of reach of the town water supply, but by taking the corn from underneath and pouring water on from above, the damage was held down to a minimum. Quite a quantity of corn was destroyed, and the barn was conoMorohiv HomaiTBrt The building is insured. THE DICTIONARY CONTEST. Mr. J. A. Barry of Filbert R. F. D. No. 1 is the winner of the Webster's New International dictionary offered to the school or individual who should receive the largest number of votes on coupons clipped from The Enquirer and the book was delivered to him last Saturday evening. The contest has been quite pleasant and interesting throughout to all concerned. and while from such echoes as we have heard each of the other contestants, or partisans of the other contestants, would have rather been successful themselves or had success come to those in whose behalf they were working, still there is very general satisfaction that Mr. Barry is the successful competitor. During the first ten days or two weeks it looked as If the Clover High school would be the winner. The teachers and pupils went into the contest early and systematically, and their first big bunch of about 5,000 votes seemed to put the others out of the running. But the Forest Hill and Blairsville schools also began to make fine showings, and had it not been for the Intervening of the Christmas holidays and the coming of the rough weather that disorganised the malls and made traveling so difficult, it is hard to say what might have happened. Mr. Barry started out in a modest and determined way. He first went after all the coupons he could collect personally, and next he began to interest relatives and close friends. Then he pushed his canvass into different parts of the county, and soon had more than a score of people sending and bringing in coupons In little bunches of three or four and in big bunches of a hundred or more. Many of his partisans became quite enthusiastic, and appeared as much interested as he was himself. Miss Cate M. Cowan of the Forest Hill school, sent in a lot of 2,380 votes last week and with them a note to the effect that she realized that her school had been beaten by the "persevering Mr. Earry," but still all had enjoyed the contest very much, and Mr. J. H. Spann, principal of the Clover High school, wrote last Saturday as follows: "I am enclosing 4,880 votes, which kindly credit to the Clover High school. The ohlldren have taken a great interest in the contest and have worked hard. Though I realize that we are defeated, they have made a good fight, and I am sure the interest that has been created among my pupils has done them good." Mr. Barry, of course, is very grateful for the generous assistance he has , received. "I wanted that book very ne > badly," he said, last Saturday night, tin . and I was going to have one some- if howv even If I had not gotten this one. tin i The people have been very kind to shi ; me, and I am at a loss to know how pit ' to let them know how much I apprecl- gu ' ate what they have done." all -y bri E. R. SAPOCH DEAD. Mr. Elijah Ross Sapoch, formerly a by well known citizen of York county, e<* , and for several terms a member of gjj York county's board of county com- th< I mlssioners, died at his home near | Blacksburg, In Cherokee county, last jjj] . Friday morning, aged about t>5 years. PS( s Mr. Sapoch became especially well,bo ' known throughout York county by br< t*oaartrt n t V,lu tyion Iv Kaarlna, anil nnn. I duct in connection with the efforts of dil the state and Federal authorities to esl force him to tell what he knew about , a certain raid made by a party of Ku- an J Klux on the house of Tom Black, or 8ei 1 Roundtree, in the western part of the ao : county on the 2nd of December, 1870. to i * The killing of Tom Black, alias c& . Roundtree, grew out of the negro's enr obnoxious conduct as a leader of his ve race and on account of his connection es! with the military. The Ku Klux went a" to his house in the night time and he 8" took refuge in the loft; but when the Pe 1 Ku Klux began firing he replied in an kind. After a number of shots Black, aa t or Roundtree, jumped down from the 8h , loft and attempted to run away. He dr was pierced by half a dozen or more 1 bullets while he was running. td' It was during the attack on the 8lt 1 house, which was occupied by seve- 8a , ral other negroes who were with ST ' Roundtree. that Elijah Ross Sapoch by ' wa3 shot in the thigh. A few minutes PJ1 ' afterward when Roundtree was shot dl1 down, Abraham Sapoch, & younger P? , brother of Elijah Ross, ran' to him and 8lc , cut his throat. P" These facts, of course, did not come Pu out for years afterward until all dan- cdl , ger was over; but because of the or wound received by Elijah Ross Sa- an poch, he was easily identified as one of the participants in the raid, and De was arrested by the Federal troops and committed to Jail on account of the matter. Colonel Merrill gave Mr. f'c ' Sapoch to understand that all that ia' ( was wanted of him was to tell who the other parties in the raid were. PJ' Merrill told Sapoch if he would tell ca lie would be released at once, other- ?? wise he would be kept in Jail till he ?J, did tell. Sapoch replied that he would 8? never tell, even if kept in Jail till he Pr' rotted, and he was held for four years before he was finally released. During most of the time Mr. Sapoch ? , , was held In Jail, especially after the vj , custody of the Jail was turned back to the civil authorities, Sheriff Glenn , gave him the keys and made him jailer. There was a period of several years during which no one could get in or out of the Jail except by the suf- H? ! ferance of Mr. Sapoch. Small boys of Yorkville used to de: light to go down to the Jail and spend hours with Mr. Sapoch, and he used to delight to have them come. In the early nineties Mr. Sapoch became a candidate' for county commlssloner of York county. He was elect- ? ed overwhelmingly and served two P 1 terms. His service was honest and efficient. Mr. Sapoch was a member of the Baptist church and was burled In Mt. . Paran cemetery last Saturday. CO1 GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY. 1 1 The Jury commissioners this morn- 8lc Ing drew the following petit jurors to be serve at the opening session of the wt spring term of the court of common to pleas, which convenes In Yorkvflle on February 5, with Hon. Ernest Gary presiding. 188 First Week. J. G. Smith > Bethel. tin . D. M. Hall King's Mountain. pr( F. P. Glenn Ebenezer. an | A. C. Bigger Bethel. mj J. B. Barron Ebenezer. n& T. H. Klmbrell Catawba. p|{ A. C. Eurgess Catawba. wo i J. J. Nichols Bethel, da J. S. Leech Broad River. ce< J. Q. Hall King's Mountain. 0f R. W. Cranford Catawba, ha August Freldhelm Catawba. gai W. B. Keller York. wt 1 J. P. Balles York or B. F. Marley York. a W. M. Erakefleld Broad River, dr R. E. Gwln York, trt F. H. Slmrlll Ebenezer. bi< R. C. Youngblood Catawba, Jty , J. R. Oates Catawba. j J. Bolivar Scott York, soi J. E. Pass Ebenezer. en i W. F. Lucas Catawba. Po i Woods M. Steele Catawba, it J. C. Lilly King's Mountain, wl i E. A. Horton King's Mountain, tei Chas. Stoll Catawba, ghi i W. S. Nell York. th< > .T. A. SbllUnglaw ....Bullock's Creek, flti i M. P. Massey Catawba. th< s. H. Robinson Fort Mill. re< J. N. McGlll Broad River, c. J. S. Pursley Broad River, er *. W. Sherrer York. cl? G. W. Good Pullock's Creek, els Felix Qulnn King's Mountain, bo Second Week. la' H. B. Maxwell .... King's Mountain. to( A. E. Willis Catawba. pe W. W. Dickson Broad River. "u W. M. Whltesides Broad River. ?*' G. A. Plexlco Broad River. J. A. Latta York. d11 E. P. Steele Ebenezer. 1 B. D. Kennedy Catawba. rc>1 J. M. Miller Bethel. yp R. R. McCorkle York. r?' J. E. Thomas Bethesda. R. B. Hartness Broad River. " . S. F. Roddey Catawba. "71 R. H. GUflllan Broad River. A' J. C. Steele Bullock's Creek. ag" S. U Coltharp Fort Mill. ag John M. Craig Bethel. Da J. B. Fewell Ebenezer. ? ' 1 A. L. Black York. "?t W. P. Boyd Bethel, i.61 S. W. Wllllford Catawba. Berry Wray King's Mountain. a" D. F. Jackson Bethel. p W. H. Crook Fort Mill. wl. J. F. Philips Fort Mill. J?* R. M. Dulin King's Mountain. 5*" R. M. Robinson ....King's Mountain. a W. A. Fewell Catawba. anc W. E. Stowe Catawba, J. L. Brandon Eethel. p . T. C. Brandon Catawba. C. C. Stewart York. an D. D. Branch Bethesda. I W. L. Brown York, the W. E. Klmbrell Fort Mill, the W. A. Darby Ebenezer. on , ula DRAINAGE BILL. me Following is the drainage bill re- am cently Introduced by Representative of Beamguard of York county. It was pre *K/v A*.*.* Tonnorv 1 <? onH rP- tQ1 I T7U.U IIIC III at lime uauuui/ *w, u>?y - vu. ferred to the committee on ways pla and meana. The committee on waya be and meana has returned It to the house by with a recommendation that It pass, am The bill, It will be ob8erved, is a state- sei wide measure: the Section 1. That whenever a ma- ing jority of the owners of any lands ad- pal Jacent to, and on both sides of any of creek, swamp or branch, in any of the be counties in this state desire to have be the same drained or dredged, to pro- mil mote and advance the agricultural in- ere terests of the farmers w^io mav own sht lands lying on such creek, swamp or the branch, they shall sign a petition ad- me dressed to the county commissioners du< of the county in which said creek, sht swamp or branch Is situated, setting du] forth the boundaries proposed to be ty drained or dredged, the names of all are the land owners, owning lands along ! the proposed drainage district, and ha the estimated length of the proposed an ditch. Whereupon, tne county hoard nit of commissioners of the said county cet shall appoint three disinterested free- haj holders, who shall be men of Intelli- drt gence and discretion, and who shall tal constitute a board of drainage com- av? mission for the proposed drainage dls- eflt trict. ses Sec. 2. The board of dralngage com- ins ml8sloners thus appointed shall organ- ow ize as soon as practicable, and shall pos at their first meeting elect one of their tre number chairman, and another secre- ses tary and treasurer, and before enter- fro ing upon the discharge of their du- prt ties shall be sworn to do justice be- sor tween said parties to the best of their pai ability. They shall direct the secretary me to procure the necessary books upon paj which to keep a perfect record of all anc dealings and transactions of said com-jstit mission. They shall proceed to in- onl spect and examine the lands as de- S scribed in the petition to be drained, the and shall have power to summon wit-' hei sso8, administer oaths, and take tesnony, and may employ counsel, and the hoard Is of the opinion that ? lands specified In the petition ould be drained, they shall select a ice at which the ditch shall be ben, and shall make a just estimate of lands along said creek, swamp or inch, and its tributaries within the oposed district to be drained, that 11, In their Judgment, be benefited the work proposed and contemplatto be done. Sec. 3, They shall make a list of the owners of the said lands, with ? estimated acres to be benefited by ch owner, and in making said estiite the said commissioners are ausrized to take into consideration and tlmate all lands lying along and on th sides of said creek, swamp or inch, within one mile on either side, >asuremerit to begin where said butaries enter into the proposed tch or canal, and in making said tlmate may take into consideration e special oenents to De derived Dy y one as more land owners and as38 said land owner or owners In cordance with the special benefits be derived from said drainage or nailing. Said commission is hereby lpowered to employ a competent suryor to do such surveying as is nec?ary and desired by said commission d shall fix his compensation, which all not exceed a reasonable price r day, for each day's actual service, d the boundaries as thus set forth d described by said commission all be and are hereby constituted a ainage district, a copy of which shall filed with the clerk of the court of e county in which said districts are uated, as permanent record. The Id drainage commission shall then ve at least ten days' written notice posting same at five conspicuous ices within the proposed drainage itrict, or In the county paper, apinting a day In which the commls* >n will sit as a body and hear com* lints, at which meeting they shall blish their estimates of the total st, including all incidental expenses the proposed drainage or canalling, d if they are of the opinion that the Id creek, swamp or branch should drained, they shall prepare a secd petition, a copy of which shall be id with the county board of com mis>ner8 as permanent record, praying b said drainage commission to prosd with the proposed drainage imovements as contemplated, and In ?e a majority of the land owners, rning land along or on both sides the proposed drainage district sign id petition, the said commission shall oceed to survey, locate, lay off and irk the course of the ditch to be dug, d shall decide the depth and width the ditch, which in their Judgment 11 be necessary for the proposed ainage and shall assess each landmen owning lands along or on both les of the proposed ditch, the amount money to be paid by said land own), for the purpose of defraying the cessary expenses in proportion to i amount* of land drained, or pro rata neflts received by the drainage of ch lands: Provided, That if the said mmisslon decide that the proposed ELlnage should not be done, then in it event all the necessary expenses urred by the said commission in termlnlng the estimated cost of the oposed drainage improvements shall paid by the land owners who signed s first petition to the county board commissioners, as provided for In :tlon 1 of this act. and shall be proled for by said petitioners, when the id petition is first filed with the unty board of commissioners. Sec. 4. The said drainage commisin shall have power to contract and contracted with, and generally do latever may be necessary in order make effectual the improvements contemplated in the proposed drain e district, and shall have power to ue the note or notee of the obligation the proposed drainage district, not ceedlng an amount equal to tne esnated cost of the proposed imovements contemplated, payable In amount to be fixed by said comssion at stated intervals as may be cessary, and shall have power to em>y an overseer, and hands to do said irk, and fix their compensation- and te of payment, which shall not ex?d the note or notes of obligations said drainage district, and shall also ve the authority in the discretion of Id commission to contract for the tole of said work or a part of same it may do the work by purchasing dredging machine or it may hire a edging machine, provided said conict is let to the lowest responsible Ider with good and sufficient securSec. 6. Said commission shall pernally view and examine the lands ibraced within the radius of the prosed drainage district, and classify with reference to the benefits it 11 receive from the canalling connplated, and the lands thus benefited all be separated into three classes; e lands receiving the highest benes shall be class A; that receiving i next highest class B, and the lands reiving the smallest benefits class The holdings of any one land ownneed not necessarily be all in one iss, but the number of acres in each Las shall be ascertained, though its undarles need not be marked on the id or shown on any map, but the tal number of acres owned by each rson in each class and the total mber of acres benefited, shall be termined. The total number of acres each class in the proposed drainage strict shall be estimated aa? nearly practicable and placed in tabulated -m, and the scale of assessments on the several classes of land as ind and tabulated by the said draine commission shall be in the ratio 4, 3, that is to say as often as 6 lis per acre is assessed against class 4 mills per acre shall be assesed ainst class B, and 3 mills assessed alnst class C. This shall form the sis of assessments of benefits to i lands, and after said commission s assessed the lands, they shall give i days' notice in writing, posted In e public places within the proposed linage district or in the county par, appointing a day on which they II sit as a body to hear and deterne all complaints filed with them of i assessments made against said ids and shall have the right to hear ^ y and all evidence introduced in said itter and determine and fix the jper assessments against all lands thin the radius set forth in the said tinage district. Sec. 6. After the classification of > land and the ratio of assessments of i different classes to be made therehas been made, formulated and tabited by the said commission, the said Timlssion shall prepare an assessnt roll of all the lands and the lount of the assessment against each the several tracts of land. And in sparing this assessment roll the tocost of the improvements contem.ted and all incidental expenses shall the amount which shall be borne the lands benefited. And this lount shall be assessed against the . eral tracts of land according to ? benefits received. This roll showr the amount assessed and to be Id by the various and several tracts land, by the owners thereof, shall made in duplicate; one copy shall filed with the secretary of said comssion as record, and the other delivd to the county auditor. Said roll ill show the name of the land owner, > numoer 01 acres on wnicn assessnts have been made, and the amount 2 by said landowner, and the auditor ill place this amount upon his tax plicates to be collected by the coyntreasurer as state and county taxes s collected. Sec. 7. The said commission shall ve the right and authority to levy assessment upon said lands bene>d in an amount annually not ex;ding 15 per acre, until the whole s been paid as said drainage or dging is completed. Or, if the tocost of the work is less thap an ;rage of J5 per acre on all land bened in the said district, the total assment made may be collected in one tallment: Provided, Any land ner having land assessed in the prosed drainage district may pay the asurer his full amount of his as- < sment and have his land released m any further assessments for the >posed drainage. And the term peri herein used includes Arms, comly or corporation. And all assessnts provided for ip this act for the ,'ment of the notes, as obligation 1 to pay interest on same, shall conate a lien upon said lands, secopd y to state and county taxes. ?ec. 8. The county treasurer, upon delivery to him of the assessments ein levied against each landowner.