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Scraps anil .facts. ? Comptroller of the Currency Murray has issued an order to all national hank examiners and directors of national hanks, provldlnr fhat In the future bank directors w... be held personally liable for losses sustained on loans made In excess of *he limit prescribed by law. Hereafter when a bank sustains a loss on excessive loans j the national bank examiners have been Instructed to present the matter to the board of directors and ask that a resolution be adopted showing the names of the directors responsible, and that the loss will be met by the directors who authorised and approved It. ? The money loss occasioned by the strike at Lawrence, Mass., Is now estimated to have reached $1,000,000, of which fully three-quarters has fallen on the operatives in loss of wages. The extent to which local retail business In Lawrence has suffered is impossible to make in "figures; trade is practically paralysed. Yet, in the midst of all this business depression, remark? a eorrwpuiiuom, a^cuw...., in surprise, the moving picture shows ^ are doing a roaring business. A most natural and Inevitable consequence of enforced idleness. And If some of the men, as well as the younger people, spend 5 cents in a moving picture show Instead of 25 cents in a saloon, the "economic waste" would be commensurately decreased. ? The Kentucky house of representatives unanimously adopted resolutions setting forth that the last presidents of the United States elected from the south were James K. Polk, In 1844, and Zachary Taylor, in 1848, declaring that every thought of sectionalism has passed away, and resolving "that it is the sense of this house that in the future In the selection of a candidate for president of the United States the qualifications of any prospective candidate should not be prejudiced or ignored because he is a citizen of a southern state of the Union." Copies of the resolution will be sent to congress and the governor of each state In th? Union with the request that he place it before his house of representatives. ? Recalling the days of Roy Bean, famous Justice of the peace, who a number of years ago was known as "all the law west of the Pecos," Judge J. H. Knowles of the commissioners* court, at Midland, Tex., last Tuesday, laid aside his official dignity long enough to engage in a fistic battle. During the session Judge Knowles presiding, made an assertion regarding a previous ruling of the court. Inasmuch as the commissioners' court is a county tribunal of considerable importance in the county, comments on Its rulings are not to be lightly made, even by the presiding justice. So thought Commissioner Jule Driver, who was present. No sooner had the offending remark been made when he rose and exclaimed: "You are a liar, Judge!" The court did not hesitate. "This court will stand adjourned." announced Judge Knowles, "until I whip the man who Just now called me a liar." Then It happened. Those who witnessed the fight say the judge scored the greatest number of pugilistic pointa A few minutes later the judge reconvened court, fined himself for fighting, and paid the fine. The court then went back to work, and its dignity was not further ruffled. ? Correspondence intended to prove that the Panama revolution had been planned in New York and Washington, was produced last Tuesday before the house committee on foreign affairs, by Henry N. Hall of the New York World. The committee Is investigating incidents connected with the acquisition of the Panama canal zone by the United States. Mr. Hall put in evidence letters and cablegrams alleged to have passed between Dr. Amador and Mr. Arangc, Panama officials prior to the revolution. These, he contended, sustained his assertion that the war was inspired in the United States. He also quoted from correspondence sa! d to have been procured from the confidential files of the navy department, but which was withheld from congress under President Roosevelt's orders, which he said threw light on the navy's activity in the warlike preparations. The witness created a mild sensation by declaring that copies of the state department's secret code could be bought easily In Paris. This declaration was answered later by Huntington Wilson, assistant secretary of state, who said that the old cipher codes undoubtedly could be bought there, but that since the time of which Hall was treating the code had been -twice changed. ? Peking, February 14: Indifference of the Chinese masses to the form of government is very evident In the capital. They accept the news of the republic without demonstration, either favorable or uniavorable. There is not the slightest difference apparent on the streets. The police did not instruct the people to hang out flags In celebration of the new regime, and therefore no bunting was displayed. Owing to preparations for the Chinese New Year, on February 18, the people have no time to take the abdication of the throne' Into consideration, except In regard to the prospect of the soldiers marring the festivities of the only holiday in the year. More than 30,000 troops are in Peking or stationed around the city walls. The city's discipline has always been lax and it is now less stringent than ever, and this fact makes looting possible. Nevertheless, Yuan Shi Kai, It is believed, will stop this Chinese officeholders are confident Yuan Shi Kai controls the political situation and believe the south will accept what he offers. The south, however, has not yet signified its acceptance of the proposed coalition. Yuan Shi Kai officially informed the foreign legations here today that the throne has instructed him to form a republican government which will for the time being continue to be carried on with his former cabinet. ? The United States government on last Tuesday arrested almost all of the fifty-four men indicted in the dynamite conspiracy case. It took into custody within a few hours practically the entire official staff of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers, including the chief officers, members of the executive board and about twenty business agents and former business agents. These included Frank M. Ryan, president; John T. Butler of Buffalo, N. Y., first vice-president, and Herbert S. Hockin. second vice-president and successor to J. J. McNamara as secretary-treasurer. Each of these men was required to give $10,000 bond for his appearance for arraignment at Indianapolis with all other defendants on March 12. More than 40 of the men, chiefly labor union officials, who are charged with conspiring to destroy by dynamite or nitroglycerine the prop erty of employers of non-union labor, were under arrest by tonight, and it was declared that the apprehension I of all the others would follow within [forty-eight hours. By its action the government revealed the identity of the men whom it charges with being the accomplices of the McNamaras and Ortle McManigal in the dynamite plots, embracing almost 100 explosions which begun in Massachusetts in 1905, occurred in various places over the country for six years, and which resulted in the wrecking of the Los Angeles Times building and an attempt to blow up President Taft's special train at Santa Barbara, Cal., last October. ?hr ^orluillc (Snquirrr. Entered at the Postofflce in Yorkville as Mail Matter of the Second Class. YORKVUXE, 8. 0.i r\J FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1912. The house yesterday adopted the conference report on the state warehouse bill by a vote of 63 to 28. Teddy ought to tell Willie that he "will" or he "won't", and end the suspense. They are talking of erecting a grain elevator in Columbia, and that is a good idea. Yesterday was the fourteenth anniversary of the blowing up of the Maine In Havana harbor. Jupiter ?luvtu8 and the weather man are working overtime to reduce the 1912 cotton acreage. Has Colonel Grace really dissolved with Governor Blease, or Is the alleged defection merely a blind? Woodrow Wilson is still ahead of the game in the Watterson-Harvey matter. Who would have thought that as big a man as Mr. Watterson is generally supposed to be would Indulge In such small politics? The Greenville Piedmont admits that It has nothing against the York delegation, and we are glad because we really did not think that it was exactly right to Intimate that the York delegation Is guilty of Introducing a great many freak bills. It looks very much as if LaFollette has overworked himself to an extent that puts him out of the running for : the Republican presidential nomination. President Taft's manager claims that the president is certain of renomtnation. Mr. Roosevelt is still making things hum. In the hope of making people take a deeper interest In the franchise, Massachusetts is considering the idea of levying a poll tax of $8 on each voter and giving the voter credit for $2 each time he votes in a primary. There are enough primaries to reduce the tax down to about 32, provided the voter turns out to each one of them. Notwithstanding all this row about the state house, the plain truth is that if the matter had come up two years ago during Governor Ansel's administration, there would have been no ' such opposition. The $13,600 would have been paid for the plans and from $1,000,000 to $3,000,000 would have been spent on the building. No one has any recollection of Columbia hav Ing ever before objected to the expenditure of the state's money where Columbia was to be the principal beneficiary. The dispute about that $500,000 loan has grown quite interesting. The latest development is a letter from Governor Blease's stenographer, Mr. Blackburn, to Mr. J, P, Matthews, cashier of the Palmetto National | bank, putting clearly up to Mr. Matthews an allegation of double dealing. While there does not seem to be any, , question of the good faith of Treasurer Jennings throughout the whole j matter, it is clear that some more explanations should be forthcoming from Mr. Matthews. One of the things we cannot under- ( stand is why the Lancaster News should think that it is the bounden < duty of The Yorkville Enquirer to become the political organ of one or the , other of the candidates for governor, i The reason we cannot understand this is because we have always considered the first duty of The Enquirer to be to its subscribers, not to the ] politicians. We will try to treat all 1 the politicians as fairly as we can; but we hope we will never reach the place where we are afraid to express an honest view because of the danger of costing somebody a vote. , The forty day period for which the j general assembly can draw pay expires tomorrow; but as to whether there will be a sine die adjournment or a recess has not been made clear, < There has been some sentiment to the 1 efTeet that instead of adjourning it would be a good idea to take a re cess UUlll lilt? idiiy pan ui nitty, a,nu act upon the code after the recess. The 1 real purpose of this arrangement would , be to afford an opportunity to pass on i such vetoes as the governor might see 1 proper to exercise. But what will be done will not be known until tomorrow i night. Now comes the Rock Hill Record i and says: We are curious to see if The Enquirer will come out openly and say . it stands for Blease as opposed to ( Jones. Certainly, The Enquirer has the privilege of its convictions, politi- ( cal or otherwise; but we believe it , is due the people of York county that it should state its position in this , campaign more unequivocally. The Rock Hill Record stands for , Jones, and we are proud of it. If The Enqulreh was not pretty open i in what it said, then The Enquirer has a poor way of expressing itself. We appreciate the Record's advice that it believes it the duty of The i Enquirer to state its position in this campaign more unequivocally, but we , really do not feel called upon to fol- j low the Record's advice. ' For one thing, the lists arc not clos- ' ed yet. and even after they have been ( closed, we do not consider that <t will ! be up to ub to pull off our hats and hurrah for anybody. We have not been accustomed to doing any .-uch thing heretofore. Possibly we are mistaken, but Just now we do not remember that The Enquirer has ever asked the people of York county to vote for anybody but once, and that was when we urged and begged them to vote for Finley when he was first elected. If the Record desire* to stand for Jones we have not the slightest objection. If it thinks it should stand for Jones, that is what it should do. If, on the other hand, it should think It should stand for Blease, we would not quarrel with it. Furthermore, we would not quarrel with it even if it should declare that It does not belong to anybody. When we printed the paragraph recently referring to the fact that there were "more hogs In York" than In any other county In the state, we foresaw that some dunderhead of a newspaper man, hard put for a worn-out throwofT, would try to ring In something about two-legged hogs; but we had no idea that it would be the Gaffney Ledger.?Yorkvllle Enquirer. Editor Dave Grist of The Yorkvllle Enquirer takes himself entirely too seriously. He wouldn't recognize a Joke if he saw it through a magnifying glass.?Gaffney Ledger. We have always heard that, as a rule, people who like to joke other people seldom relish the idea of having their jokes turned back on them. Now, come, brother, cheer up, Investigate and make an honest decision as to who is in need of a magnifying glass. If it will help you any, we will say that we have never seen a two-legged hog in York or anywhere else. Now come, look pleasant. Smile! A DAY IN COLUMBIA. Impressions of a Short Stay Among tha Lawmakers and Politicians. Having occasion to go down to Columbia Tuesday night on account of some business that required only a short time for its transaction, and being unable to get away until 3.20 Wednesday afternoon, I put in the time looking about and talking to various people with whom I came in contact and learning what I could about things generally. The weather was miserable. A cold rain began to fall about 12 o'clock Tuesday night, later it began to freeze a little, and afterward moderated somewhat. Next day there was rain, sleet and a little snow. There was no Btatisfaction in trying to go about, and naturally I confined myself to the places where I would likely run upon the most people I knew?the Hotel Jerome, the Skyscraper and the state house. While I would not have anybody think I have any personal interest in politics, as I certainly have not, everybody who knows is prepared to be11-.? ~ T an?F fKnf If 4a Imnno. Bible "^circulate Tmongthe Columbia I people without being brought to a realization of the fact that the very atmosphere is charged with polltica feeling. You can see it, you can feel it, you can hear it, you can smell it, I you can almost taste It, and. i80 far a? I am concerned, most of the kind 11 saw, heard, smelled and felt was dlsa-1 greAmong the friends I saw was a man whost^name I Bhall not mention, h i cause he is not in politics, hut who in my opinion, knows more about state politics than any other man in South Carolina, and he gave me some lnterf*1 lng views. I would be glad to hi* name in order to add weight to my estimate; but I am sure he would not like it, and I do not feel upon to go out of my way to offe a friend that I regard so highly as this friend. He told me but the most striking information Im- 1 parted was like this: a?r- 1 "There has been more politics du lng this session of the general assem-1 bly than during any session ofmy *" nerlence. There has been politics In almost every thing that has been done, I JoTitlcs in the attitude of the governor and politics In the leaders of the h?^? and senate. The governor has been nlavlng for advantage and the house and senate leaders ha to checkmate him. Good ^?J5|5Sl have been killed because of Politics and bad measures have been allowed to go through for the same reason. -E the outcome of 1. all the* and senate are now arrayed gainst the governor, and while I would not I pretend to say what is going to happen next summer, I do give it as my opinion that if an election were held any time within the next five weeks Blease would be defeated by 2?-000 aJ?r'tJA But, mind you. I recognize that many things can come up to cJ)anff. a'. ^ ' I am not trying to make allowances for complications." While not venturing to put m> limited knowledge of the situation against the broader knowledge and cooler judgment of my friend. I was constrained to offer this observation. "But surely you do not i"e?n t0 . a> that because a majority of the members of the house and senate have beei SS in antagonizing Governor Rlease in matters both good ana naa, i and with very little discrimination as between good and bad, the people of South Carolina are going to uphold the general assembly in such a polIC"No, I do not say that," repliedI my friend. "I will have to admit that in several particulars the house has overridden the governor Ju?t l?ecai?ie it could. I will say. also, that I have a lot of respect for the voters of the state It is my deliberate Judgment that Mr. Blease recciv^ many thousands of votes in which there was neither sympathy nor confidence, that were merely votes of protest. I do not believe the people of .?aroUna have had an opportunity to express their real sentiments for > and I do not believe the present situation furnishes such an ?PPort" L^'l1 Put remember this, will y?u- ' the guidance of shrewd, insinuating leaders, a majority of the members of I the house have been swept off their r feet and unified in opposition to Blease and when they go before the people! next summer It will bewlth the political lives In their hands. They have to fight, and they will have to fight desperately or be buried, and l believe the strength of these antl- , Blease legislators will be sufficient . I wipe Blease off the map. Now this, of i course, if there are no further complications. Of course. If there should come into the field a new e ementsome man who comes nearei filling the specifications for which a majority of the people are looking, it may I 11 Later'f"went up to the state house.l rr the* senate! chamber. I was not looking for anybody especially, but I met a number of people I know. Including Representa?ive Don McQueen, father of the ware- I house bill. Senator Alan Johnstone, Senator Chrlstensen, Representatives Beamguard and Sanders, Dr. Strait and quite a number of others. * , As well as I could judge, the house is pretty well under the domination of Representative Stevenson. He is smart, shrewd, and all things to all men, except Mr. Blease, whom he hates as the devil hates holy water. I was impressed with the confidence and veneration with which members looked up to this Mr. Stevenson. I gathered that when a man had a pet bill that he wanted to get through he applied to Stevenson, and if Stevenson promised him help It was all right. I gathered, also, that Stevenson was pretty liberal with his promises, and I gathered a suspicion that he was not particular about what he promised, so the beneficiary , would understand that he must return the favor by helping to fight back at Blease. I am not so sure about this Mr. Stevenson. He had my sympathy all along until information developed about that J20.000 fee as the attorney for the winding-up commission. But after that my opinion began to , change. Of course, I recognize that i Mr. Stevenson is an "attorney," and as such is entitled to pay for what he does; but he could not, In my opinion, be entitled to pull down ^20,000 in a case like this, under such circumstances. All of us know what a smooth citizen Felder is?how he got a rake-off that would excite the envy of the original dispensary grafters. Well, as 1 see it, or rather as I believe It, Stevenson must have put It up to Felder In such a way as to make Felder agree to let him have part of the pickings also. That is reasonable, It seems to me, especially since Stevenson was the only man in the way whom Felder had occasion to fear. After Stevenson had gotten a taste of "blood" in the pickings, when Blease came in and shut him oif, he has been outraged at Blease, and is making a I fool out of the general assembly mainly out of a desire to "get even." The friend that I quoted above, said to me: "I don't see what makes you newspaper people line yourselves up tor ana against one candidate or another. Don't you know that with all these politicians politics is a business ?their business? They are in it for what they can make out of It, and there is aosoluteiy nothing in it tor you. Then what do you want to mix up with them for?" I told my friend tnat he was correct; that I did not feel that 1 was inierested in the fortunes of the politicians; but still I feel that as a newspaper man it was my duty to give my subscribers the benefit of any facts that 1 can get, also of any views that I may have of men or things that may prove of value. He agreed that I was right. I was very much interested in the deliberations of the free conference committee that was appointed to adjust the differences between the house and senate on the siate warehouse bill. This bill had been considerably amended in the house and although some of the amendments had been offered by people who had voted for the bill, all of the amendments were not friendly. Some of them, in fact, were Intended to cripple the whole thing and make the plan abortive. Mr. McQueen did not approve these amendments, but he was unable to choke them off. In the shape that the bill finally got through he was disgusted with it. At his request Senator McLaurin came over, from Benneltsvllle to give the committee on free conference as much as-^ sisiance as he could. The attitude of some of the members of the committee was not altogether to the liking of Mr. McQueen and at one point he delivered himself something like this: "Now, gentlemen, we have been working lorg and hard on this bill and we have a better bill than the Louisiana bill. These house amendments have ruined it and rather than see the bill passed in this way I would rather see it killed. I make this proposition: I am willing that the house recede from all of its amendments if you will only agree to report the bill as it passed the senate." The majority of the committee was not willing to kill the bill. Senator Allan Johnstone came over to Mr. McQueen, and the committee finally agreed to practically everything that Mr. McQueen wanted. When the committee adjourned I asked Senator McLaulrin what he thought of the situation. "Why, on a basis of the committee's' agreement I am perfectly satisfied. The bill will be all right, provided there are no further changes," he said. "But," I went on, "suppose the action of this committee as it now appears is confirmed, and the governor vetoes the bill, what then?" "Well, it is just like this," he replied, "I have no desire to get into active politics again; but if the committee reports that bill as it now stands and the governor vetoes It, I'll enter the race for governor and stump every county in the state for the bill even if I do not get a vote." This committee hearing was Tuesday night. During Wednesday I took occasion to make a call on my friend T. B. Stackhouse, manager of the Standard Warehouse company and one or tne auiesi nnanciers or rne siaie. Mr. Stackhouse's company has warehouse property to the value of about $350,000. I told him that I had ^11 along been very much Interested in this state warehouse plan, and asked him for his opinion as to its practicability. "It will all depend upon the management" he said. "It is a business proposition and must be managed In a business way. or it will fall." "Do you think ycu could manage It successfully?" "Well, I would not undertake It for the $2,100, the salary proposed, for I am making more than twice that now; but do not see why I could not manage it. I took charge of our company at a time when it was not doing so well, and last year we made 12 per cent profit." Referring to the self-evident <^?ct that if the state warehouse should prove a success the Standard and either smaller companies would have- to submit to absorption or go out of bisiness, I asked Mr. Stackhouse what;he thought of the bill from that standpoint. "That is just like this. You wopld not expect a man to look with unconcern on a proposition that might' threaten to ruin his business; but still I think I am liberal enough and broad enough to say that if it shall be made to appear that state ownership is b?st for the cotton producers generally, then my private Interests cannot staid in the way. I think the state will be willing to take over our holdings at a fair valuation, and as for myself I , will find sorrie other way to employ ' such talents and abilities as I may have." During my stay with Mr. Stackhouse he gave a lot of Interesting ce- , tailed information about the wate- , house business generally, and told h?w j he had been able to perfect arrangements whereby he could lend his cts- j tomers all the money they wanted at 7 per cent and still make a nice pr*f- j it for his company. But that, let it be j understood, was business manage- , ment?business management of the j kind needed to make a success of the ( state warehouse scheme W. D. Grist. ] ? J. P. Matthews, financial agent of \ the state, on February 9 addressed a ] letter to the governor of South Caiolina in which he charged that a pie- j vious letter, sent to the general ?ssembly in a special message on tie Btate loan incident had been twisted and its meaning perverted. The Utter of Mr. Matthews seems to clear ip the controversy between the goverror and Robert H. Jennings, the stite treasurer. Mr. Matthews states in lis letter that he called at the office of the governor and dictated a letter on the state loan. The letter was laier presented to Mr. Matthews with tie statement that it was necessary to cut out part because of repetition, lie consented, according to his letter, lut Beveral phrases were added. He st&es that he did not read the letter upon the statement of the stenographer tlat only the repetitions had been cut. Tor instance, Mr. Matthews claims tlat the following line was inserted in lis letter: "The transaction was not caicluded; neither were the notes sigred until after we reached New Yort." nn.. moMl* V> Af Olt/lVl (1 llo (llH lucre air iiiau.v umvi ouv.n auc^u changes in the letter, which woild make it read as substantiating the jdsition of the governor. The goverror in a special message to the gene'al assembly said: "Whatever difTerenies may have taken place between ICr. Matthews, as agent of the state, and the state treasurer, as to the amouits drawing Interest, is no concern of mine; and if the amounts did lot draw interest as was agreed with ne they should do, Mr. Matthews' leter clearly shows the reason. I could oily make the agreement that it shoild draw Interest; it was the duty of tie state treasurer to see that the agreement was complied with." In reily to a question from R. H. Jennings, tie state treasurer, as to the loan drawhg interest as claimed by the govenpr, Mr. Matthews made the followhg statement in a letter. "In reply to your third question, which is as follows: 'What was the agreement letween yourself and Governor Bletse as to the borrowed money on depslt in your bank drawing interest?' I leg to state that there was no agreemert." I # I I ? The house on Tuesday passed tie senate bill providing that the terns of office of county superintendents of education shall hereafter date fr?m July 1. York county Is Included in tie Beveral counties to which the new piovision will apply. LOCAL AFFAIRS, NEW ADVERTI8EMENT8. J. O. Moore and others, Trustees? Give notice of special tax election for school purposes at McConnellsville on February 26th. Smoak-Brown Co.?Has received an* other carload of choice mules and wants you to see them. It will have a bunch of stock at Sharon, Feb. 21. J. Q. Wray?Makes attractive reductions on all fall and winter goods and wants you to come and see his goods and get his prices. J. C. Wllborn?Has lumber for sale. D. E. Boney, Agent?Asks If you have provided for your wife and family In case of your death. See him about insurance. National Union Bank, Rock Hill?In Bank Talk No. 7, tells what bank service means and what It has to give its customers. Thomson Co.?Announces 20 per cent reductions on winter goods, such as clothing, sweaters, underwear, ladles' cloaks, coat suits, skirts, etc. Carroll Furniture Co.?Has a lot of cotton and wool blankets and offers them at low prices for cash. An Uiiver typewriter ior Baie. Klrkpatrlck-Belk Co.?Offers a variety of cold weather specials. Including gloves, sweaters, rain coats, etc. Sam M. Grist?Asks you about your I Income in the event of an accident or sickness overtaking you. He sells health and accident insurance. Herndon & Gordon?Discuss the subject of the weather and then make suggestions as to where to buy groceries, hardware, etc. Rsmember, boys, it Is unlawful to kill robbins. ABOUT PEOPLE. / OMiss Maggie Gist of Yorkville, Is spending some time with Mrs. D. E. Flnley, In Washington. Mrs. N. G. Gonzales of Columbia, and Mrs. Frank Barron of Charleston, are the guests of Miss Bessie Barron in Yorkville. Dr. M. J. Walker of Yorkville, was taken to Charlotte on Wednesday for an x-ray examination of his broken thigh. The fractured bone has not been knitting as it should, and It had become evident that one leg would be shorter than the other. After careful consideration of the whole situation, it was thought best for the sufferer to go over to Charlotte for the x-ray examination and from there he went on to Baltimore. There Is a probability that the leg may be broken over again, so as to ensure a proper setting and bring about a mending that will leave both legs the same length. WITHIN THE TOWN. .-fin J. EI Stroup has moved Into the .house on Wright avenue until recently occupied by Mr. D. E. Boney, and Mr. D. E. Boney has removed into the house recently vacated by Mrs. Crawford. Mrs. Crawford Is living In Miss Willie Williams' home, on East Jefferson street. Mr. R. L. deLoach has moved to Cleveland avenue, and Mr. Geo. G. ISavee will move to the house on King's Mountain street vacated by Mr. deLoach. ? The water, light and power department had a busy time of It yesterday. The rain which had been falling during Wednesday night began to freeze and at about 3 o'clock yesterday morning the electric light and telephone wires became so overloaded that they could bear the strain no longer and broke in a number of places. ?>npt. - DuPre was out In a driving rain all day doing his best to get things in shape for last night. ? A street show company made application to the town council Wednesday for permission to do business In Yorkville a week. The show man tried the different members of the council Individually and collectively; but nothing doing. He finally came down to a suspicion that maybe it was ? a# mAnav Knf nn fhla nnlnt a. iiiaiici vi niviicj , vuv w?* v...w rv.... he was given to understand that the show would not be allowed to come to Yorkvllle at any price. Through observation and experience the council Is convinced that these shows all have a generally bad effect and they will have no more of them. DEATH OF W. J. CAVENY. air. William J. Caveny, a wellknown and highly esteemed citizen of Rock Hill, died suddenly at his home in that citly last Tuesday morning, shortly after 4 o'clock. Mr. Caveny was on the streets of Rock Hill Monday, in his usual good health, and with no thought of being in a serious physical condition. After supper he complained of a headache, and went to bed in the expectation { that he would get relief In sleep. At about 4 o'clock Mrs. Caveny heard him moving about in his room, but thought nothing of it; but later when she went In to call her hifsband to breakfast she found him cold In death. It is thought that death was due to 1 heart disease. Mr. Caveny was born about six j miles northeast of Yorkvllle 47 years 1 ago and has been a resident of Rock ' Hill for more than twenty-five years. J He married Miss Mimosa Cunningham ?f Providence, N. C. who with three , daughters, Misses Lillian, Cornelia and Mary Caveny, survives him. He 1 Is also survived by his aged mother and one brother, Mr. R. Campbell 1 Caveny, who lives in the Ogden neigh- ' borhood. During his long residence in Rock 1 Hill Mr. Caveny has won the respect ' and esteem of all the best people to j an unusual extent. He was straight- 1 forward in all his business dealings, 1 and kind, generous and sympathetic to j all with whom he came in contact. ' Although largely self taught in busi- ' less matters, he was Just, safe and j lonservatlve in all his dealings, and ill who knew him recognized that his 1 vord was as good as his bond. The funeral was held on Wednesday and the Interment was In Laurelwood ' emetery. . WEIGHING THE MAILS. { Yesterday the postofflce department aegan the weighing of the malls carded by the various railroad lines in vhat is known as the second contract llstrict, or fourth division, which 1 :omprises the states south of the Ohio ind east of the Mississippi rivers. J The mail is weighed every four i S *L? r\t ?? rcan lur me put puoc ui g <ip, j )asls on which to make contracts with t he railroads for the transportation of t he malls during the next four years. \ The weighing period will extend ^ >ver 105 days, and as every newspa- i >er, magazine, package, letter and r }ostal card Is to be weighed by the 5 ipecial weighers on the trains, the aggregate' weight of the mall carried by r he railroads during the 105 days will j nount high up into the thousands of g ons. c During the past year or more there ? tas been lots of discussion of the rate r >f pay the railroads receive for the j reimportation of the mails. Some of a he mall authorities are Inclined to f laim that the railroads are paid too s ligh a rate for the transportation of a he mails and for the use of the mall ars. On the other hand the railroad a ftlcials are claiming that on account _ ?f the exactions of the mall service. 1 he increased cost of labor, etc., the > ailroads are not paid a rate that Is v air to them and consequently are us- v ng eveiy effort to secure more pay. v During the past few months the a lostofflce department has been trying b >ut the plan of shipping magazines v rom the larger publishing centres by 1 ast freight trains to central points s ind there redistributing this class of ti nails, instead of making long hauls I n the regular service mall cars. This ii iractlce is reported to be reasonably c satisfactory to both the publishers and the subscribers of the magazines, and to the postofflce department is doubtless proving a decided saving, because of the low freight rates as compared with the transportation cost In the usual manner. THE WAREHOUSE BILL. The free conference committee report on the state warehouse bill was made Wednesday night. According to the News and Courier, the report is harmonious and an agreement has been effected. The report left nothing undone except the printing of the bill, with the practical assurance of its adoption by both houses, after which it would go to the governor for his approval. The conferees were Messrs. Johnstone, Clifton and Montgomery, and Belser, McQueen and Arnold. The points of difference as agreed upon in the essential features are: That Section 2 be amended so as to read as follows:* Section 2. The chairman of the board thus created shall be designated by the general assembly at the time of the election, provided for In section 1 of this Act, whose duty It shall be to preside at all meetings of the commission, and have general supervision of the management of the business or the commission, subject, however, to the approval of the majority of the members of said commission, and It shall be his further duty to enforce and carry out all such rules and regulations as may be adopted by said commission for the control and management of the business provided for in this act. That section 3 be amended so as to read as follows: Section 3. It shall be the duty of the state warehouse commission to provide, by purchase, lease or otherwise, a system of warehouses at the most eligible sites in this state capable of storing not less than 260,000 bales of cotton, and the commission Is hereby given power and authority to employ clerks, architects and such other agents and employees as in their judgement they deem necessary, and adopt rules and regulations not contrary to the provisions herein set forth which, In their judgment, are necessary to carry out the intent and purposes of this act, and the said commission shall have the power to enter Into contracts with relation to the matters contained herein, and may sue and be sued in any of the courts of this state: provided, that only the property held by the said warehouse commission for the purpose herein mentioned shall be answerable in any suit or action against them. Section 4. The manager of the state warehouse shall be appointed, and his duties prescribed, by the board of commissioners, who shall fix the compensation of such manager, and the said manager shall be subject to removal by the board of commissioners, whenever in their Judgment, the public interest demands it Section 6. The state warehouse commission is empowered to acquire such property as they may deem necessary to carry out the purpose of this act, such property to be acquired by lease or purchase, and said commission is empowered to establish a compress in connection with said warehouse system at the point or points in this state where, in the judgment of said commission, it is necessary or practicable to carry out the purposes of this act. Section 7 refers to what shall be stored. Section 8. The state warehouse commission is hereby and herein authorized and empowered to issue coupon bonds. In amount not to exceed $260,000, in denominations not less than $600 each, and running for a term of thirty years from the date of issue, bearing interest at the rate not to exceed 6 per cent per annum, the interest on said bonds to be payable semi-annually, ,and to execute as security for said bonds a mortgage or deed of trust on any real estate said commission may then own, with the right to said commission to retire, by purchase, any or all of said bonds at the end of twenty years from the date of issue, the proceeds'Of said bonds to be used only for carrying out the ob- i jects and purpose of this act. In the meantime, and until said i commission shall find itself able to ssue and negotiate the sale of said bonds as herein provided, it shall have ] power and authority to borrow money i upon the notes of said commission, ! not exceeding the sum of 1260,000, i said notes to run for not exceeding ] nve veers and to bear interest at a rate not exceeding 6 p^r cent per an- i num. said notes being subject to renewal from time to time in the discretion of said commission, and the proceeds of said notes to be used in .arrying out the objects and purposes of this act, and that as security for the money so borrowed on said notes, said commission shall have the right to pledge, by way of mortgage or deed of trust, property, real, personal or mixed, which it may then own: Provided, that notes shall be taken up and retired when the bonds herein provided for have been issued, negotiated and sold. Provided further, that the bonds and the notes herein provided to be issued are not to be a debt or obligation of the state of South Carolina. Provided, further, that nothing contained in this section is intended to prohibit said commission from borrowing, temporarily, from time to time, on its notes such amounts of money not exceeding $20,000 as it may find necessary for the proper conduct of the business of said commission. That Section 14 be amended so as to read as follows: Section 14. The compensation of the chairman shall be $2,100 per annum, and the compensation of the other members of the board shall be $6 per day for each day's attendance, and two and one-half cents per mile for each mile actually traveled, and other necessary expenses actually incurred in the discharge of their duties hereunder. Section 16. The sum of $5,000 is . hereby appropriated for the contingent expenses of said board, and . $250,000, divided into two equal in- . bailments of $125,000, in 1912, and . $125,000 In 1913, to carry out the pur- g poses of this act is hereby appropri- ? ated, provided that the attorney gen- ? ?ral of the state immediately after the approval of this act shall institute in . the supreme court a proceeding T against the said commission for the * purpose of determining the constitu- ^ :lonallty of this act, and that no part ? \f fha mniiova horpln and herehv aD- . proprlated shall become available un- ^ til the termination of said proceed- J ngs. The premiums on all bonds re- ^ luired of officers and employes under he terms of this act shall be paid out * if the funds of the commission. XII. Add Section 17 to read as fol- ? ows: a Section 17. This act shall go into ? ?ffect Immediately upon Its approval . iy the governor. J" LOCAL LACONICS. J The Creamery Coming. S The Yorkvllle creamery turned out j4 1.100 pounds of butter during the !' nonth of January, an average of 100 11 lounds a day. The January checks to * he milk customers were sent out yeserday. They aggregated not quite ? 1800. The largest check for January * vas $75. It went to Mr. C. H. Smith. JL The price paid for butter fat for the 11 nonth was 28 cents. ^ ihipping to the Paper M People around Kings Creek, Smyr- _ la and other stations along the Mar- jE on and Klngsville division of the E Southern railway are shipping large _ luantitles of beetle-killed pine timber _ o the paper mills. The paper mills equire that the timber be stripped of C( ts bark and stacked in a certain way ind they are paying $3 a cord for it ^ . o. b. nearest railroad station. Thouands of cords of this timber are tf tanding all over the country, and the >aper mills are anxious to get every tick of it. {J, 'ho Biggest Snow. s? Mr. W. A. Love of King's Creek, h< ras In Yorkville last Tuesday and te chile here talked of the biggest snow C i-ithln his recollection. It was In 1856 ol nd 1857, he said. There were three to leavy snows during three successive T reeks and each fell on a Saturday, at 'he snow came down In the form of ill leet mostly and covered the ground F< o a depth of twelve or fifteen Inches. T1 n places It was eighteen or twenty pi riches deep. The weather was bitter se old that winter and the snow remain- ar ed on the ground till March. It was most noticeable, of course, on the north sides of the hills. There was a good deal of distress among the people and they had to haul their wood on sleds. There were more partridges in those days than now, and they died by the thousands, and along with them also died thousands of other birds, rabbits and other wild animals. Mr. Love remembers a number of winters that were more severe than this present winter; but the snow of 1856-67 is the heaviest within his recollection. Y. M. C. A. for Rock Hill. Rock Hill special to News and Courier: For many years Dr. D. B. Johnson of Winthrop college, has been advocating a Y. M. C. A. for Rock Hill, and on a number of public occasions he has pointed out the need of such an organization here. Recently, at the banquet of the Chamber of Commerce and at the meeting for aiding the Men and Religion Forward Movement Dr. Johnson has spoken even more earnestly than usual upon this crying need, laying emphasis upon the fact that it Is an almost absolutely necessary factor In the work of the boy problem committee. Of course, there are many others here who have desired such an institution and have favored starting It, and they are now more than ever interested In the mat ter. It Is very probable that the organization will be made very soon. Mayor John T. Roddey, who during his three or four terms of office has shown himself not only public spirited but personally sacrificing, has at once solved the first Important question and made matters easier all along the line by coming forward with the generous offer of leasing, rent free, to a Y. M. C. A., the entire second floor and roof garden of his building on Railroad avenue, the only proviso being that they show him they mean business. The building is a new and commodious one on the car line and near the Southern station. It is in a grove, centrally located, and can be made admirably suited for the purposes of the organization with little outlay. This very generous offer will In all probability be taken advantage of as soon as possible. THE GENERAL A88EMBLY. A Numbsr of Important Measures Disposed of Yesterday. Columbia, February 15: The Llde senate bill providing for an election on the question of re-establishing the dispensary in certain "dry" counties, passed the house tonight in an amended form. Elections can be held "Tuesday after the first Monday In January, 1818." The bill will not prevent certain counties, which voted out the dispensary under the Carey-Cothran law, from holding another election this year on the question of "dispensary or no dispensary" upon petition of the required number of voters. Amendments were adopted providing that, to secure an election, a petition must be presented signed by one-third of the qualified voters. An amendment was adopted allowing those counties voting on the whisky question in 1909 to vote again in 1913, if the required number of citizens so desire. The house has adopted the free conference report on the state warehouse bill, in which the two bodies could not agree on amendments necessitating a reference to free conference. The bill will now become a law.. It provides for a commission and an appropriation of 3250,000 to establish a chain of state warehouses for the storing of cotton. An unusual feature of the bill Is that the attorneygeneral. is directed to Institute proceedings in the supreme court against the commission for the purpose of determining the constitutionality of the act. No part of the appropriation can become available until the termination or tne proceedings. After more than an hour's debate, the house today rejected Senator Crosson's bill to establish the office of state highway commissioner, to define his duties, to fix his salary and to appropriate money to carry out the provisions of the act. The vote on the question was 62 to 36, and the action of the house was apparently a reversal of Its attitude on the question last night, when a decisive majority steadily refused to kill the bill The proposed establishing of a state highway commissioner has aroused state interest throughout the year. The bill was Introduced in the senate last session by Dr. Crosson, senator from Lexington, and was passed by the upper body and sent to the house of representatives at this session. The bill carried a provision for a tax on automobiles, and on this ground the fight was directed. The Spartanburg delegation was especially vehement and threatened to institute a filibuster against the proposed legislation. After much debating and symptoms of filibustering cropping out, the bill was tabled. The senate tonight passed the bill empowering the Columbia Railway, Gtas A Electric Co. to erect a dam across the Columbia canal, and the Broad and Saluda rivers at their confluence with the Congaree river. This Is a large developmental scheme and will entail the expenditure of nearly 12,000,000. The bill was^ Introduced by Senator Weston of Columbia, who has fathered It through the session. The bill has received strenuous opposition from Senator Crosson, who objected to Columbia being "bottled up." He said n the senate tonight that, in his opinon, the Southern Power company is >ehind the bill. The bill was so amended that it will require the promoters >f the scheme to extend the present :anal for fully two miles, which was >rovided for in the original act when he state turned it over to the city of Columbia. The time limit is set for lve years. MERE-MENTION. The Cudahy Packing company has >een indicted by a Federal grand Jury ; n Atlanta, Qa., on the charge of > naking false entries as to the distritution of oleomargarine in that city. I f convicted, the packing company will i ie liable to a maximum fine of $132,- 1 00 John Clark, Jr., was arrested at < lunnydale, Wash., Monday, on a 1 harge of murdering his father, a i wealthy ranchman. He confessed to ] ;illing his mother and sister... .Colonel I ?eonldas F. Livingston, for twenty ] ears congressman from the Fifth i listrict of Georgia, died In Washing- I on, Saturday, aged 80 years. He was i turled at King's, Ga, Wednesday.... ] . Pierpont' Morgan, at the age of 75 < ears, has announced his permanent re- < irement from active business. His ] realth is estimated at $300,000,000.... I Tank J. Llnehan, a former state sen- < tor and a member of the board of i Jdermen of Boston, Masa, has been i onvicted and sentenced to two years J a prison for fraud in connection with 1 ? #/V? ?kA AU.' / Li III UTTI UCUIO IVTI mv ciijr . . . .?A1*t(UU % Imith, 28 years old, was convicted in < Brooklyn court, Tuesday, on a charge < f highway robbery and assault, and ( /as sentenced to forty years in Sing e Ling prison... .Seven persons were f tiled and twenty or more seriously i ijured in a wreck of a passenger j rain on the Great Northern railroad c t Doyon, N. D., Tuesday. All of the f en passenger cars rolled down an i mbankment Secretaries Knox and t tsher of President Taft's cabinet, left r Washington this week for a visit to r Lie Panama canal. Mr. Knox will also a Isit several of the Central and South t jnerican countries George W. P. t tunt was inaugurated as the first s overnor of Arizona on Wednesday.... c nless the coal mine operators of r England accept the principle of mini- s mm wage for those employed under 1 round, 800,000 coal miners will go on n strike February 29....The strike of h otton mill operatives at Lawrence, r [ass., is gradually wearing itself out. 1< he state militia is still doing guard tl iity around the mills....Two regis- c red packages, containing $30,000 have Ji isappeared from the Havana, Cuba, n -wtofRce. Two clerks are also miss- s ig... .Governor Foss of Massachu- o ;tts, on Tuesday, made It plain that o ? would not interfere with the sen- n snce of the court in the case of Rev. q larence V. T. Richeson. the murderer b< ' Avis Linnell. Richeson is sentenced r die during the week of May 19.... tl he Japanese steamers Ryona Maru a id Moria Maru were sunk in a col- tl sion off Nagasaki, Japan, Tuesday, a i>rty-six sailors lost their lives p he home of Jack Johnson, the negro ti ize fighter, was raided by secret t< twice agents in Chicago, Tuesday, oi id a $5,000 diamond necklace was tt seized. Johnson Is charged with smug* gllng the necklace thbugh the custom ^ house In New York. Advices from Nanking, the new capital of the Chinese republic, are to the effect that Dr. Sun Yat Sen, provisional president, will, or has resigned, in favor of Yuan Shi Kai Clara C. Newnhan was awarded a verdict of $10,000 against J. L. O'Dowd at Augusta, Oa.. Wednesday, in a suit for $20,000 damages because of the killing of her husband by an automobile owned by O'Dowd. ....S. H. Speyer of Lexington, Ky., was arrested in New York on Tuesday, as he was at>out to board a steamer for Europe. He is charged with embezzling $40,000 from Speyer ^tj & Sons, hide dealers, of Lexington.... J John Brown, an aged negro, who has been on the senate payroll continuously for fifty-seven years, died in Washington on Tuesday.... Major General Fred C. Ainsworth, adjutant general of the United States army, has w been suspended fromofflce by order of President Taft. The removal 4s said to be the outcome of long strife between the line and staff of the army. SOUTH CAROLINA NEW8. ? The state flag that has been flying ^ from the staff over the dome of the , Capitol is pretty well tattered and torn. ? Gaffney special to Charlotte Observer: Notwithstanding the fact that a bill has passed the general assembly A of South Carolina providing for rural y police for Cherokee county, there Is considerable doubt in this city and county as to whether or not these officers will ever do duty in Cherokee county. Those who are acquainted with the conditions state that the bill provides for these officers to be paid by the county; they are to be appointed by the sheriff of the county upon the recommendation of the county commissioner*. These commissioners held a meeting, on the first Monday in February, at which time the act had become a law, but no appropriation of funds was made by this body for the . A payment of salaries of rural police " \ nor did they make any recommendations to the sheriff. It is therefore generally presumed that the county commissioners see no necessity for rural police in Cherokee county. It is thought that they will never make any recom- A mendatlon as to men for this position and if they do not no steps wUl be taken. ? Columbia special to Charleston Post: Under the authority of a con- ? current resolution, the state treasurer. Capt. Jennings sent to both houses a few days ago, a reply to the governor's remarks in his annual message about the loan made to the state last spring jr through Mr. J. P. Matthews, cashier of the Palmetto National bank of Columbia. Along with the statement of the state treasurer was a letter from Mr. Matthews, substantiating the statement of the treasurer. In a day or two the governor sent up another ^ special message, replying to the state treasurer, and he also submitted a letter from Mr. Matthews, substantiating the governor. For some reason, this second message of the governor, together with the letter from Mr. Matthews, has not been published In the newspapers. It was rumored around that Mr. Matthews said the governor had changed his letter, and that the letter which the governor transmitted was not the letter he wrote the governor, but it was soon discovered that there could be no truth in this report, since the letter transmitted .by the governor as that of Mr. Matthews had been initialed by Mr. Matthews him- -* \ self. Boiled down, the controversy be- ~ tween the state treasurer and the governor amounts to just this: Did the money borrowed by the state and left on deposit with the Palmetto National bank draw interest? If it did, who BaMMl got the Interest? The books of the . state treasurer show that no Interest was received. ? Columbia, February II: The power of appointing the commissioner of agriculture, commerce and industries was taken out of the hand* of the gov- ^ ernor, and the office placed at tire dis- ? posal of the voters in the general elec- * tion, under the terms of a blM paSdbd JM to third reading In the house this wgB mAsntniv TKa Kill wHIaH nra Intnn. IIIi/l iliu?? AUV i/iii| IVUIVII n am V ^ duced by Mr. Browning, originally provided for the election of the commlistener for a term of four years by the general assembly, but under an amend- ' . ment offered by Mr. Wells, which the . fh house adoDted, the office was placed in the general election. Mr. Searson's two amendments providing that the term of office of the commissioner should begin January 1, 1913, and that the present commissioner should remain in office until then, was adopted by the house. Mr. K. P. Smith amended the bill to provide that the commissioner of agriculture, commerce / and industries should hold office for two years instead of four provided In Mr. Browning's bill. . In its original form the bill met with determined opposition, and Mr. Sawyer and Mr. Rembert led a filibuster against it ^ The bill was taken up out of its order w on the motln of Mr. Browning soon after the house convened yesterday morning. The opposition to the bill dwindled and almost died out when it was seen that the house was disposed to accept the amendment putting the office at the bestowal of the voters Instead of providing for making it elective by the general assembly. Mr. Searson's amendment providing for the present commissioner to hold office until January 1, 1918, was adopted by a vote * of 58 to 38. The bill as amended Was passed to third reading. ? Columbia Record, Wednesday: Protesting that his committee had been unjustly overridden last night in the matter of a claim for over $1,100 put in by CoL J. R. Lindsay, former disbursing officer under Gen. J. C. Boyd, and indignantly declaring, that he would no longer serve on the claim committee with "such a set as is In this house," Mr. Johua W.- Ashley, member of the house of representatives from Anderson county, tendered this morning his resignation as chairman of the committee on claims. Mr. Asb- J|| ley rose to a point of personal privlIowa onnn oftor tho hnnao nrdivonpH today, and after criticising the house Jaj^B for the favorable action taken on this ^HR claim, asked that the house excuse him from further service on the committee. After several other personal privilege remarks on this subject, the house, by a vote of 47 to 49, excused Mr. Ashley. Mr. Ashley's action came unexpectedly. It will be remembered that the house last night passed and sent to the senate a claim by Col. Lindsay for over $1,100. Mr. Ashley's committee had made a majority unfavorable and a minority favorable re- ^ sort on the claim. The house tabled the unfavorable report and adopted the favorable one. Mr. Ashley stated that he believed in the state's saying its honest debts, but he oblected to the "attorneys" in the ^ house "picking up and paying this J* :lalm, which it was unjust to pay." ?ol. Lindsay, declared Mr. Ashley, had tome back to South Carolina to try to ret this money back, after the government had "pushed him on his bond 'or it," and he did not believe there vas any justice in paying it. Mr. Vahley said he had always tried to lo his duty, but he would not stand or it when the house came along vlth a "parcel of attorneys" and paid he claim. He therefore tendered his eslgnation as a member of the comnittee. Mr. W. P. Stevenson, who had irgued for the claim last night, said le objected to the uncalled for impuations of the gentleman from Anderon as to the motives of the members >f the house who voted for the paynent of the claim. Somewhat the same . euuuicm vvuo cajii wjiot uy ui. Yyche, Mr. Searson and Mr. Bowers, IS nembers of the claim committee, who V ad voted to pay the claim, and who ^ esented the statements of Mr. Ashay. Mr. Sawyer sympathized with he position taken by Mr. Ashley. He ontended that the claim was an unust one and should not be paid. He loved to recall the claim from the enate, but this motion was ruled out f order on the ground that the action f the house had been "clinched." The oil call vote was then taken on the uestion of relieving Mr. Ashley from ervice on the committee. The vote esulted 47 for and 46 against and by > his vote Mr. Ashley's resignation was ccepted. Mr. McDow came in after He action of the house had been taken nd later rose to a point of personal rivilege. Mr. McDow stated briefly mt any imputation in this matter as ? him, as to being a paid attorney or therwlse in this claim, was wholly un*ue.