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Straps and jhuts. ? Boston, March 30: Cotton mill owners In New England employing 100,000 operatives have decided to advance wages ter per cent during the latter part of V . *h or early in April. It was at first iinonded to grant an increase of five per cent only but the action of Fall River and New Bedford owners in conceding a ten per cent raise induced manufacturers at other southern New England mill centers and In western Massachusetts to fall into line. From Maine to Connecticut mills making the same class of goods have decided to pay the same level of wages. This readjustment, it is said, will cost New England cotton mills alone (10,000,000 annually. ? Senator Gore, cf Oklahoma, narrowly escaped death at Waukesha, Mich., last Saturday afternoon, when a crazed Pole, Charles Schomulk, at*?'?1 u 1 ?~ ?'itK a ninh whilo the sen Ittt'lVCU IIIIU TTIUI ? vawv, .. ator was speaking. The Pole was sitting near the stage and in the midst of the senator's speech suddenly leaped to the platform, drawing a club from under his overcoat as he jumped, and swung instantly at the senator's head. One of the men on the stage, | Judge C. Hamlin, was quicker than the maniac, however, and knocked Schomulk off the stage before his blow landed. The senator, who could not see his danger, was unaware of the incident until later. He spoke at Madison, Wis., in the afternoon but did not refer to the incident. ? Washington, April 1: The Democratic wool bill today passed the house, 189 to 92, with 20 Republicans voting for It. Representative Rucker, of Colorado, who opposed it in debate and answered "present" on the roll call, and Representative Francis, of Ohio, who voted against it, were the only Democrats who did not line up with the majority. Representative Payne moved to recommit the bill with instructions to the committee to report the Republican substitute, but that was lost, 169 to 108. Supporters of the bill declared it would not cut the government's revenue but would save more than $50,000,000 a year to consumers because of the readjustment of rates. All attempts of Republicans to amend the bill to increase the rates were lost. The tariff board came in for criticism during the speech making. Representative KitchIn charged that Senators Smoot and Warren had deliberately imposed on the tariff board to maintain the high duty on wool. ? Capt. Robt. F. Scott's vessel, Terra Nova, which carried the British expedition to the Antarctic has arrived at Akaroa, a harbor in Banks Peninsula, New Zealand, says a cablegram, but has not brought back Capt. Scott or the members of the expedition. The commander of the Terra Nova brought instead the following brief message from Scott: "I am remaining in the Antarctic for another winter in order to continue and complete my work." The latest news sent back by Captain Scott to his base at McMurdo Sound showed that on January 3rd. he had reached a point 150 miles from the South Pole and was still advancing. It was clear that had the explorer delayed sending back notification of his progress until he actually reached the Pole, word from him could not have been received by the Terra Nova before she was compelled to leave, owing to the setting in of winter and the freezing of the Ross Sea All on board the Terra Nova are well, ureal disappointment was felt when It became known that the Scott party had been left behind. The Terra Nova Is expected to reach Lytellton Wednesday. ? Sldna Allen and Wesley Edwards are the only two of the eight outlaws who shot up the Hillsville court house who are still at large. The others are in jail at Roanoke. It was believed after Friel Allen gave himself up that the capture of the others was easy, and reports have been coming every day to the effect that a few hours would witness the end. On yesterday the posse resorted to bloodhounds. The detectives found that Allen and Edwards were getting supplies from the home of Wilborn Easter, a mountaineer. There was a trail from Easter's house to a lair in the mountains. The outlaws however, could not be found. It was deemed a good idea to try what bloodhounds could do and the dogs used to disprove H. C. Beattle's bearded highwayman story, were put on the trail yesterday morning. It had rained during the night, however, and the information last night was that the dogs had been unable to do any good. The detectives seem to be absolutely certain that the outlaws are still in the mountains and that they are not far off. But the final capture is still in the future. ? Physical valuation of the railroads of the United States is authorized in a bill reported unanimously to the house last Friday by the interstate and foreign commerce commission. The measure enlarges the power of the interstate commerce commission and empowers it to make the valuation for the purpose of fixing and adjusting freight rates. The legislation has been pressed upon congress for several years, but up to the present time always had failed of favorable action. Republicans and Democrats alike voted for the measure. It would provide for a comparative investigation into the actual value of the property of every common carrier and would authorize the commission to inquire into the stocks and bonds of all the roads, the connection of banking corporations and capitalists or combinations of capitalists and financial institutions with the various roads as well as their connection with the re-organization of any common carrier In recent years. The power of a court would be given to the commis sion in the matter of compelling the production of papers and records. ? Anderson. March 29: Little Lilly Mae Wright, the eight-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Wright, was run down and killed by an automobile driven by Henry Williams. colored, at 7 o^clock this evening. The child was in the act of stepping into Mrs. Jno. Tate's automobile, on West Whitner street, when the car, driven by the negro struck her. She was picked up from under the rear wheels and carried to a drug store, where medical attention was quickly had. An hour later she was taken to her home on Market street, and died at 8.30 o'clock. Besides being fearfully gashed on her head, the child suffered a broken shoulder and her lungs were crushed. Williams was arrested and is in the city guard house. He claims that the child ran from behind Mrs. Tate's machine and that he did not see her until she was struck. He claims also that he sounded an alarm as he approached the automobile. but this is denied by other persons who witnessed the tragedy. The little girl was an unusually bright and lovable child and the terrible accident has cast a gloom over Anderson. Mr. Wright is chief electrician for the Anderson Cotton mills. The machine driven by Williams is owned by Jno. E. Peoples and was occupied by Mrs. Peoples. ? St. Louis. March 31: Thousands ^ Cnntlov uffornnnn tltwul viiiPptatm'R witnessed the thrilling rescue of a family of seven from a sinking houseboat in the Mississippi river here today. The houseboat in which a man. his wife and five small children lived, was torn from its moorings by the heavy driftwood that was carried from flood points above here. Soon after being swept into the current the frail craft ('ragged over sunken snags, sprang a leak and started to sink. Two motor boats, after fighting off the heavy drift, reached the side of the boat just as the water was sweeping over the deck. It sank within five minutes after the last occupant had stepped to safety. The river reached 29.9 feet here tonight, a rise of 4.10 feet in the last twenty-four hours. This mark is nine-tenths foot below flood stage and the water has inundated the railroad tracks along the levee. Half a dozen expensive power plants have been lost but unless an unlooked for rise occurs, no great damage is expected at St. Louis except to small shipping property. Coni ditions in the flooded districts at Cairo are serious and the situation is ; growing graver. Tonight the gauge at Cairo marks 52.5 feet which is three< tenths of a foot higher than the river has ever risen at that point before. Both the Mississippi and the Ohio are rising at Cairo and although the city proper can stand several feet more. anxiety is felt for the levees above and below the mouth of the Ohio. The drink water levee on the Mississippi side broke today, despite the efforts of more than a thousand men and tonight the water is sweeping over a three mile stretch of levee and Hooding almost the entire southeastern section of Missouri. When it became apparent that the levee could not be saved the laborers turned their attention to warning residents in the district, thereby saving many lives. Farmers and their families Hed to safety, leaving livestock to its fate and hundreds of head of cattle and hogs are floating towards the gulf. Boats carried people out of the drink water district all day. Two Iron Mountain trains were caught between the Birds Point and Charleston floods today and the passengers had to be taken off in boats. All traffic between Cairo and Charleston, Ky., has been annulled. Water covers the entire Dog's Tooth bend territory of Illinois and residents of this section have suffered a great loss to livestock. <?hc ^Jotlu'illc (Enquirer. Entered at the Postofflce In Yorkville as Mall Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE. S. C.i . T' TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 1912 Colonel Roosevelt said he would not run, and as a matter of fact he has not been running very much. We regret very much to see the howling down process revived. It would be much better for all concerned If every speaker could have a fair and full hearing. "Enlightening a Contemporary." By some process of reasoning, the i genesis and circumflexions of which we can only guess at, The Yorkville En[quirer arrives at a conclusion not entirely consistent with an exact statement of the facts. Says our contemporary : "It is of noteworthy Interest that the News and Courier is again having first i chance at the official news from the i governor's office." We do not know why The Enquirer i should have been moved to make this comment, or-why it should have made use of the word "again." The News and Courier's attitude toward Governor Blease has never altered at any time in any respect since his election to that office, and as much, we think, may safely be said of the governor's attitude toward the News and Courier. Neither has any love for the other. If upon various occasions he has seen fit to give to this newspaper news stories of general interest in advance of their appearance In other publications It has not been that he disliked us less, but that he hated them more. He has known also, regardless of what he may [have said, that this newspaper has never published any communication with regard to him that it would not [have published regarding any other man who might have occupied his of[flce, and that he has never experienced the least difficulty in securing .space in the News and Courier for any state ment whatsoever coming from him which was fit for publication. ' We have made this statement in view of the fact that our Yorkville contemporary seems to consider the matter "of noteworthy interest." We suspect that its comment was inspired by the exclusive publication in the News and Courier last week of a story with regard to the Lexington Savings bank, a story of considerable interest and as to which further and important developments are promised. If that be the case, we may say for our contemporary's benefit that the essential facts of that story as published had been obtained by the News and Courier's Columbia correspondent by an investigation conducted in Columbia and in Lexington county before it was able to secure from Governor Blease the official documents which . it printed.?News and Courier. The remark of The Enquirer which I seems to have called forth all the foregoing. was not printed with any idea of "starting something," and neither are we able to see the necessity of all the big words that are employed to make it appear that there is any mixtificatlon about its source. Tl?e Enquirer was moved to comment as it did solely because the comment carried a fact, which according to what we consider a pure newspaper point of view is interesting. That is about all. We have no desire to poke fun at the News and^Courier, and we have no desire to embarrass it. As to whether there is any love lost between the News and Courier and the governor is none of our business or concern, and if the News and Courier will permit us. we will say that we do not believe the public cares anything about this either. What the public?the great, honest, earnest, matter-of-fact public? wants, is not feeling or sentiment, but facts. As to whether the facts are agreeable or disagreeable makes no difference so long as they are important. This same public likes opinion, to be sure; but it does not necessarily allow itseit to De lea by anynoay s opinion. It would rather have facts upon which to form opinions of its own. Now, if the News and Courier is not aware of the fact, we will inform it that during many months after the present governor went into office, especially after various correspondents were given the bounce at the executive chamber. while the News and Courier continued to have access to official news, there was a lot of talk over the state, mainly from partisan quarters, that was, to say the least, very critical of the News and Courier. For instance, we heard it rumored that the News and Courier had sold out to Blease for 110,000. The News and Courier went on printing facts and there was a lot of other stuff of the same kind. There was plenty of talk to the effect that even if the matter the News and Courier was printing in its Columbia correspondence was true, such matter ought not to be printed because it was helping Gov. Blease. As to whether we liked to see the news matter referred to is of no consequence; but certain it is that we grew to feel that for the truth about things pertaining to the governor's oltice we must look to the News and Courier. The News and Courier will remember that there were some very warm articles about that time that it declined to publish. It had good and sufficient reasons. The articles were libelous in their nature and subsequent developments have disclosed a fact that was not then generally appreciated?that there was no moral responsibility behind them. The News and Courier was criticised for its course in this, and although we printed the stuff that it had refused to print, we were able to appreciate its reasons. We know that its motives were right. Later on there came the tin colonelcy incident as the result of which the News and Courier's efficient Columbia correspondent was 'forced to resign. After that it became very difficult to get any direct news from the governor's office, that could be relied upon. There was no place to look but to the Newberry Herald and News and the dispatches from Newberry. And we will say that direct news from the governor's office Is Important. Whether an individual Is friendly to the administration or hostUe to it. he wants to know exactly what that administration Is thinking and doing. If he is bitterly partisan and unfair with it he may be willing for other people to have colored and doctored news; but as for himself, he wants the straight goods. As a' newspaper has to give all its readers the same thing, there is no other way than to give it straight. Now from time to time of late, we have noted in the Columbia correspondence of the News and Courier certain statements of fact that the correspondent could not have gotten from anybody other than the governor himself. When we say statements of fact, we mean expressions and utterances of the governor. We are not passing on the statements from other than a newspaper standpoint?that they come from the governor and to that extent satisfied the desire of the reader to know what the governor was doing This is about all we have to say, and If we are in any way reflecting upon the News and Courier we are doing it unconsciously. SURRENDER OF FRIEL ALLEN. Youngest of the Outlaws Brought In By His Father. Friel Allen, a 17-year-old boy and the youngest of the gang of outlaws who participated in the shooting up of the court house at Hillsvllle, Virginia, where five men were killed and two others were wounded nearly three weeks ago, was captured in the carriage shed of his father, Jack Allen, eight miles from Hillsville, last Friday. There was no resistance on the part of young Allen. In fact the understanding is that his surrender was purely voluntary. His father, Jack Allen, having come to the conclusion that he would rather have his boy surrender to the law than killed in resistance, managed to communicate with him and induced him to come in. Jack Allen, a brother of the others, was not mixed up in the court house affair, and was therefore at liberty to go and come as he saw proper. Just how he managed to find his son, has not been explained; but that is not of first importance. The officers found the young fellow as stated, and an Associated Press dispatch of Friday night, tells the story as follows: Hillsville had hardly digested the excitement incident to Claude Allen's bloodless capture yesterday, when Friel Allen galloped into town late today, the prisoner of Detective Thos. L. Felts, leader of the mountain campaign against the outlaws, and Detective C. Payne, who together made the arrest. The young mountaineer, of slender build and boyish face, was unhandcuffed and cantered into town with smiles and nods to those who recognized him. He showed, however, the ill effects of two weeks with little food or shelter. The young prisoner talked glibly of his conversation with Sidna Allen and Wesley Edwards. The former, he said admitted killing Judge Thornton L. Massie, while the latter acknowledged shooting Commonwealth Attorney W. M. Foster. His own part in the tragedy he discreetly evaded discussing. He brought, however, first hand information of the desperate straits of Sidna Allen, leader of the band, and his consciousness of guilt. In the dialect of the mountains he told his story, heeding interruptions and answering all queries. "Uncle Sidna told me," related the boy with unrestrained frankness, "that he never expected to see his family ? ? -v-- .1 ,?ni eluded a two weeks' tour of the county by the candidate for governor and was the only occasion when he spoke in the city. When Judge Jones, raising his voice to make it heard above the din, expressing his gratitude to those who were giving him respectful attention and said that it was not the noisy persons but the great mass of silent voters who controlled the affairs of the state, and that they would elect him governor, he was applauded with clapping hands, amid which he stepped down. Many pressed forward to shake hands with hint and express their indignation at the unfair treatment which he had received. Judge Jones made his way to the outskirts of the crowd, where the disturbers were loitering, and surprised them by shaking hands with them. He asked for the ringleader and told him he would like to have him cheering for Jones instead of Hlease. The man said: "I'm for Cole L. Blease." "That's all right," said Judge Jones. "You vote for him if you think he is the best man." The man patted Judge Jones on the back and told him he was a good fellow. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTI8EMENT8. W. B. DuPre, Supt.?Wants to talk to you about electricity for domestic uses In your home. M. Bratton & Co.?Can furnish you with Simpklns' Prolific cotton seed, and say this variety is best. Bert Smith, Fancy Grocer?Has choice eastern yams, for seed and for eating purposes. M. Kay Powers, State Veterinarian? Gives Information relative to the quarantine of cattle in South Carolina. x . C. F. Sherrer?Wants veal calves and chickens this wek. Mrs. A. M. Grist?Offers Rhode Island red eggs during April at <1 and $1.50 per setting of 15. Cloud Cash Store?Announces a sale to continue throughout the month of April. Many attractive prices. York Drug Store?Friday morning will again, ne nopes me ucictmra ?.??? get discouraged so that he can get away, but if they keep after him I think he will be shot killing them. He will never surrender. He did not like it when I left him. He told me I was making a mistake, but I was tired and hungry. "Uncle Sidna said he shot his pistol empty three times. He always was angry with Judge Massie. He said that he shot Judge Massie and that Wesley shot Mr. Foster. Uncle Sidna said he intended to get as many of the court officers as he could. When he was shooting in the street he really did not know he was firing .t any of the jury. He said he saw men running and thought they needed shooting at. "The day after the shooting Uncle Sidna and Cousin Wesley and I went to the mountains. Wesley had two pistols and Uncle Sidna had a revolver and a shotgun. We all had plenty of shells. We got plenty of rations for a while. We were hidden under a ledge by leaves. From there we moved to another rock and saw the officers raid my Aunt Alberta's house. "Some of the detectives came within fifteen or twenty yards of us. I wanted to leave, but Uncle Sidna said if the detectives came closer he would fire. "Uncle Sidna was shot in the arm at the court house and the same bullet went into his side and back. It is still there. His hurts was fixed by one of the family. No doctor saw him so far as I know. At daylight Monday Uncle Sidna got some food in a sack. We had plenty of crackers and butter and sugar and stayed in the ivy and laurel bushes for ten days, but with nothing else to eat except those crackers. The day before yesterday I decided to leave and we separated. I was just starved out. I left them on the mountain top, about three miles from Piper's Gap road. "Near where we were in the laurel there was a log we had planned to use as a breastwork in case of attack." Friel disclaimed knowledge of the part Claude Allen took in the shooting, and denied knowledge of the attivities of Sidna Edwards, Victor Allen and Bud Marion, now in jail at Roanoke. Roth Friel and his cousin, Claude, probably will leave here during the night or at daybreak for Galax, taking the noon train tomorrow there, for Roanoke, where the two prisoners will join their kinsfolk already in jail. The detectives thus far have won $1,600 of the $3,100 reward offered by Governor Mann for the outlaws' capture. ? Spartanburg Herald. Sunday: Shouting incessantly for Blease, increasing the uproar when remonstrated with and greeting with taunts and jeers an impassioned appeal for fair play, friends of the governor howled down Judge Ira B. Jones when he addressed an open air meeting of cotton mill workers at Spartan mills in this city last night and caused him abruptly to terminate his speech. The disorderly persons were greatly in the minority, but their effort was concerted. It had been rumored during the day that an attempt would be made to break up the meeting, which con put on saie a 101 01 uupiex saieiy razors at 35 cents each. Thomson Co.?Says you have the rest of this week to place your order for Easter millinery, and for shopping. Harris Studios?Is prepared to make enlargements from your photographic films. J. M. Brian Co.?Is showing a nice line of Easter novelties in lilies, boxes, candies, etc. Carroll Bros.?Ask you to see them for stalk cutters, harrows, turn plows, and also for flour. McConnell Dry Goods Co.?Makes a special offering of ladies' silk hose for Saturday. Herndon & Gordon?Talk about skillets and lids, groceries, potatoes, hardware, etc. J. M. Ferguson?OfTers his customers a high grade of kerosene oil, which he says will make better light and more light than the oil you now use. Kirkpatrlck-Belk Co.?Is now making a complete showing of spring's newest merchandise in all departments. National Union Bank, Rock Hill? Suggests that you take an inventory of your money afTairs and then begin to see what you can do during the next twelve months. York Furniture Co.?Asks you to see its furniture line, and especially in regard to odd pieces. Next Sunday is Easter. The work of stretching the wire for the line of the McConnellsvllle Telephone company to Yorkville, has been delayed by the bad weather. The work however, is well underway. Many of the poles have been set, and most of the others have been laid along the route. The line from McConnellsville to Yorkville will soon be available for use. Mr. J. Bolivar Scott of the Delphos neighborhood, has what is probably the most extensive grove of pecans In York county. In all probably he has a hundred trees, and they yield many bushels of nuts each season. The bulk of the trees are seedlings, planted twenty-five years ago, but doing nicely. [But these trees are not what they should be. The original nuts came to Mr. Scott from relatives in Texas, as a friendly offering and they were planted on that basis rather than with regard to quality, etc. They are not of the variety that would have been selected with the best future results In view. Several years afterward, however, Mr. Scott, being already Interested In the subject, got some up-to-date Information, and set out sorrie trees of a more desirable variety. These are also bearing and doing well. AH the trees, the older ones as well as the younger ones, are a source of much satisfaction to Mr. Scott, as well as of considerable interest to his friends. THE DICTIONARY CONTEST. The voting In the dictionary contest [stood this morning as follows: [Sutton's Spring 1270 Bethany High School 3860 Dixie 2460 Cotton Belt 8030 Conrad 1630 Center 2620 Hickory Grove 6180 Forest Hill 7220 Hopewell 1450 Smyrna 8460 Allison Creek 610 McElwee 1600 Miller 3190 Guthriesvllle 1680 Tirzah 5050 Clover 10060 Free Silver 70 Yorkville Graded 13390 McConnellsville 4530 Newport 660 . ABOUT PEOPLE. Miss Elolse Foster of Lancaster, spent Sunday with her brother, Mr. Harry Foster in Yorkville. Miss Carrie E. Nicholson of Moncure, N. C., is visiting Miss Clara Alexander on Yorkville R. F. D. 4. Miss Edna J. Ferguson of Filbert R. F. D. No. 1, is visiting her sister, Mrs. H. G. Brown, in Yorkville. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Dixon and three children, of Winnsboro, spent several days this week with Mrs. Annie W. Marshall in Yorkville. Mr. J. E. Mendenhall, the deaf mute shoe maker, and wife, who have been living in Yorkville for a number of years, have moved to Greers. Miss Eva Good of Yorkville, visited her parents In Hickory Grove on Sunday. She was accompanied by Miss Frances Grist of Yorkville. Mrs. Bessie Young Garner and Miss Margaret Young of Union, Miss Mamie Hughes of Blacksburg and Miss Theo Young of Winthrop college, visited Mrs. S. M. McNeel in Yorkville, this week. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? Now that he has reason to hope that he has the winter freezes and spring floods off his hands, Supt. DuPre of the water, light and power department, proposes to devote especial effort to showing the people of Yorkville how they can get convenience and satisfaction from the use of electricity for cooking and for domestic power purposes. Mr. DuPre is well up In all the matters connected with electricity and he is very practical also. ? At a meeting of the congregation of the Associate Reformed church, after the morning service last Sunday, the action of the building committee in letting the contract for the new church at a cost of $13,308, was unanimously ratified and approved. It was the general idea of the congregation to limit the proposed expenditure to $12,000; but the building committee being unable to secure the carrying out of the plans at that price, and being reluctant to cut the plans to the hurt of the building, went to the other figures. A resolution was adopted authorizing and directing the deacons to mortgage the church property for the sum named. Arrangements have been perfected to secure the money needed by loan, and the further prosecution of the work is now up to the contractors. . y AN OCTOGENARIAN. Mr. Zimri Carroll, a well known and highly esteemed citizen of Clover, died at the home of Mr. Alexander M. Wallace, two miles northwest of that place last Fridav afternoon and was buried at Bethany on Saturday, the funeral services being conducted by Rev. Dr. R. M. Stevenson, who came over from Due West for that purpose. Mr. Carroll was a native of York county, having beeft born on Allison creek, where his ancestors had lived for at least two preceding generations, on January 3, 1831. His father's name was Henry and his grandfather, Joseph. was a brother of Thomas Carroll, the Whig partisan, who has received general credit for having killed Colonel Huck, the commander of the Rritisl} and Tory force at the battle of Williamson's (Brattonville). Mr. Carroll was born a farmer and continued in that occupation until 1871 with the exception of three years spent in the Confederate service. He joined Company A, Sixth South Carolina, in July, 1862, and saw quite a lot of active service, during which he sustained two slight wounds that he never considered of any consequence. He was not at the surrender. This happened because he had been home on a furlough and was at Danville, Va., on his way back to his command, then the Hampton Legion, when the surrender occurred. Mr. Carroll was married on March 14, 1854, to Miss Sarah Elizabeth Boyd, and the two lived happily together un til March 1885, when Mrs. Carroll died, leaving three children, Mrs. Nancy Elizabeth Matthews of Ebenezer; Mrs. Mary Emma Taylor of Dysartville, N. C., and Mrs. Ella Dysart of Marion, N. C. Mrs. Matthews has since died. In 1871 Mr. Carroll abandoned the farm and began merchandizing. He continued in business on Allison creek until 1876, when he removed to Clover, and went into business there. He continued in business at Clover until 1895, when on account of advancing age he retired with a competency sufficient for his comfortable maintenance. Having been a member of the Associate Reformed church for many years previous, Mr. Carroll was ordained an elder at Bethany in 1887, and when Clover Associate Reformed church was organized in 1893, he moved his membership there and was chosen as a ruling elder, which office he continued to hold until the day of his death. Mr. Carroll was a quiet, law-abiding citizen, with strict ideas of right and wrong and lived up to his convictions. He was held in high esteem by all who knew him. HOG CHOLERA. Here is belated news of an epidemic of hog cholera which occurred in this county recently, and although the Incident is of small importance as news, it contains a lesson that is worth while. Cholera broke out among the hogs on Mr. J. T. Crawford's place at McConnellsvllle, about two months ago, and began killing the animals right and left. Mr. Crawford had forty-eight L<vmi Kl<v ??A 1(^#1a itiVt An Vi a /llaaoao uig any 11liio) vvjicii uic uiavoov came along1, and when the scourge had run Its course thirty-seven were dead. Only eleven were left. Asked as to the probable origin of the disease among a lot of hogs kept on a high, dry hillside among ideal surroundings, Mr. Q. H. Sherrer made a statement that indicated no doubt as to the real cause and it was to this effect: "From time to time a calf has been butchered around here and the offal has been thrown over into the hog lot. The offal would bring the buzzards and as there had been other deaths among the hogs in the neighborhood from cholera, and the victims of the disease had not been buried, we think that the buzzards brought the cholera to us. "Anyhow, as soon as we saw the cholera, we decided that it was the buzzards that were responsible and we buried every pig that died so the buzzards could not get to the carcass." SECOND WEEK JURORS. The Jury commissioners this morning drew the following venire of petit Jurors to serve during the second week of the approaching term of the court of common pleas: B. R. Carroll York A. J. Boheler King's Mountain C. P. Blankenship Fort Mill L. H. Castles King's Mountain W. T. Williams Catawba R. D. Hope Broad River W. J. Fewell York E. C. Jackson King's Mountain W. C. Pearson Bethesda D. F. Lesslie Catawba W. M. Steele Catawba T. B. Hambright Broad River T. W. McElwee King's Mountain G. B. Sweat Catawba Julian B. Johnson, Jr Catawba Fred R. Black Ebenezer D. E. Durant Bethesda W. R, Ratteree Catawba D. M. Culp Fort Mill J. A. Robbins Catawba W. M. Lynn York W. C. Armstrong Fort Mill R. A. Jackson King's Mountain N. F. Robinson York I. H. Campbell Bethel J. M. Williford Catawba J. D. Land York J. G. Walker Catawba W. O. Kimbrell Catawba W. H. Parks Fort Mill R. Hv Neely Ebenezer J. S. Sadler Ebenezer W. W. Miller Ebenezer W. M. McCarter King's Mountain T. C. Barnett Bethel R. J. Brown York CASE OF JOHN F. BLODGETT. The case of Mr. John F. Blodgett, a former chief clerk of the railway mail service, with headquarters in Atlanta, and well and favorably known in Yorkville, where he got his wife, was tried in the United States district court last week and the trial resulted as Mr. Blodgett's many friends hoped and believed it would, in a complete vindication. There were thirty-one counts in the indictments against Mr. Blodgett, all of them based on the alleged collection of money on false expense vouchers aiiu involving cuoo uuugra ui iuia?;< On their face, the Indictments looked very formidable; but the actual trial developed little else than a deliberate effort to blast the defendant's reputation so as to justify politicians In giving his Job to a new favorite. It seems that Mr. Blodgett's duties required him to do quite a lot of traveling, and the regulations of the department under which he was working, allowed him $3 a day for expenses, prpvided that much be necessary. Secret service men went over Mr. Blodgett's route long after he had made his trips, and collected alleged evidence showing an alleged discrepancy of about $50 in his accounts. This apparent shortage was based almost entirely upon more or less irregular vouchers, the vouchers being irregular in that where it was Inconvenient to get a voucher from a hotel man, say, he would make one himself and have his clerk or some one else to sign the hotel man's name. It was on these irregular vouchers that the government based its charges of peculation and forgery, and technically the case looked pretty bad; but Mr. Blodgett was able to show that during all the time he was out on government business, with a right to spend as much as $3 a day, his aggregate expense account was only little more than half what it could have been legitimately, thus showing clearly that far from trying to take more than was coming to him, he was actually saving the postal department money. He made no effort to deny the Irregularity of his vouchers; but showed how, since the government will not pay except upon vouchers, and he was frequently in a position where vouchers could not be obtained, if he had not made vouchers himself in accordance with a generally followed custom, he would have suffered personal loss. The government had quite a number of witnesses on the stand to testify to its complaint in various particulars, and Mr. Blodgett was the only witness In his own behalf. The court charged that since the forgery depends altogether on the question of intent, if the jury believed Mr. Blodgett's statement it should find for the defendant. The jury remained out long enough to write its finding and showed that it believed the defendant by reporting a verdict of not guilty. Mr. Blodgett is well and favorably known in Atlanta, having lived there for many years, and there was much interest in his case. The complete failure of the government to establish the charges, especially in view of their cruelly damaging nature, aroused considerable indignation against the people who brought the case. YORK COUNTY BAPTISTS. At the last annual meeting of the York Baptist association, held with Enon church on September 6th and 7th, 1911, a resolution was adopted providing that a union meeting of all the churches composing the association should be held every fifth Suiftlay and the Saturday before, for the purpose of discussing objects fostered by the association. The resolution provided that the executive committee should prepare the programme for the first meeting and also arrange for place of meeting. In accordance with the provisions of the resolution the programme was prepared and published several weeks ago. It fixed the place for the meeting with the First Baptist church of Rock Hill and designated the time as last Saturday and Sunday. Each church had been urged to elect and send three delegates. On the completion of the enrollment on Saturday it developed that thirteen of the fifteen churches composing the association were represented by from one to three delegates. The union organized for work by electing Jackson Hamilton of Hint Hill church, moderator, and L. Gunter of Rock Hill, clerk. Notwithstanding the fact that each person provided for in the programme was not present, others were substituted and the work was carried out as originally planned so far as Saturday was concerned, and was changed by unanimous consent with reference to Sunday morning so as to give Rev. W. E. Wllklns of Greenville, who is at present engaged in assisting in conducting a campaign throughout the state In the interest of home and foreign missions, and who had unexpectedly arrived on Saturday afternoon, an opportunity to address the union on Sunday morning. On Sunday morning the church was full to overflowing and after being presented by Fastor Nelson, Mr. Wllklns proceeded to speak on the ever pressing needs of the great work that has devolved on the hands of the home and foreign mission boards. He called attention to the fact that during the year ending May 1, 1912, the South Carolina Baptists, 135,000 strong, had been asked to contribute $82,000?$52,000 for foreign missions and $30,000 for home?and that, although eleven months of the year had elapsed, not one-half of the desired amount had been raised, and that If the sum was paid on time the work that should have been spread out over twelve months must now be done in one. He called attention to the fact that so far several of the churches of the York association had done nothing for either board, while others had done very little, and also called attention to the fact that two.or three, had paid all they were asked for ana one had paid several tlmes over the amount. The speaker held the unai vided attention of his audience fo about thirty-five minutes, or untll the hour for the regular morning service had arrived. <a n.1 The missionary sermon. wh>ch la ,a feature of gatherings of this klna. I w" preaohfd by tfte regular apnnintpa Rev. S. P. Hair, pastor oil Fort Mill and Flint Hill churches, and was a strong, (orcetui presentation of thp subject under consideration. I Thla the first meetlns of the anion of the York association, was a gratl 1 fy 111 g success from every view point and those who started the work a encouraged to expect that the inlterest In It will grow apace as the fifth ?u I days roll around. (#r. The visiting delegates were enter talned In the homes of the imAugh of the First church wlth,?|}at I ful hospitality characteristic of th congregation. The next meeting was appointed for Union ^"^Qoturday fifth Sunday in June, and the Saturday before. DOWN THE CHE8TER ROAD. Upon the Invitation of Mr. I. H. Norrls the capable and efficient manager of the Yorkvllle^ Creamery association, who furnished the conveyance along with his own agreeable company, the I editor of The Bnqulrer made a trip over the Chester road to McConnells- I ville last Saturday afternoon. The I main object of the trip was to see Mr. I J. T. Crawford's modern dairy barn. I v/lth Its appointments and the herd ofl milkers from which he is supplying the Yorkvllle creamery with such a large quantity of cream; but in addition to these things the trip furnished several other subjects of Interest, some of which are entitled to more consideration than they are likely to get at this t!lFor one thing, the north and south road between Yorkvllle and McCon-1 nellsville, is worthy of especial note. There were some pretty discouraging I reports from this road during the winter; reports even to theefTect that the road was as bad as it used to be. These stories, however, could have hard y been correct. That the road has had a most trying winter there is no question; but It was not as bad as It used to be. Under conditions that prevailed at times during the past winter, the road, at other times it would have been abandoned. It has not been that bad for a year or more. The condition of the road last Saturday may properly be described as very good. There are some ugly washouts cutting into the heavy fills that the roadmakers put at two or three places; but the wind an {he had buey with the roadway and generally It is very was not hard on the horse to trot anywhere along the entire except at two or three places for a few yards. But by this it is not understood that the whole road is as good as the first two or three n?8hg"e of Yorkvllle. There are places where ?heJeI.Si much 'and and Pirn*. where there is too much clay. Tn<? road lacks a good deal of being perfect, o? ev?f satisfactory. Probably as good m can be said is that it is a great big Improvement over what it used to be Mr Crawford's dairy barn is tocatcdl just within the eastern n<grP^? limits of the village. Mr. G. H^ Sher rer, the dairyman, was on duty, ana hp showed us quite a good dealI tlna wasworth while. The barn I. certainlv an object lesson for those who are seeking knowledge aJ1ongfl^,rytlJft m" nnd visitors will also find that Mr. Sherrer is almost as uiorougmy up with his business as any man in this section. He has been living in more or less close association with live stock, principally cattle, during the greater part of his life, and for the past year has been reading all the best literature available on the subject of dairying. Applying with his own good judgment the best ideas of other men of experience, and possessed of an enthusiasm that makes him look upon his cows and calves as particular pets and friends, he is meeting with splendid success in his very interesting work. The dairy barn is sensibly located on a hillside, with the drainage away from the nearby well and milk house. It is of L-shaped construction, the milking stalls being in the stem of the L and the feed room and shelter being in the extension. While Mr. Sherrer was not asked for any figures, a guess that would make the stem portion, containing the milking stalls 25x50 feet would not be far wrong and the shed portion of the building Is something like 30x40 feet. The feed room is about 15x20 feet. The section that Includes the milking and feeding stalls has a concrete floor and feed troughs, one trough on either side, and there is accommodation for twentyfive cows. In the centre of the cowshed is a concrete reservoir with walls about two feet high, and holding several hundred gallons of water. The roof of the entire building is tin. Mr. Sherrer had no Idea of the cost or ine Duuaing, out. saia mm me lumber had been cut on the place, and that practically all the work had been done with such labor as was available on Mr. Crawford's farm, including his own, with special labor picked up around McConnellsville, and Mr. Norrls, who has good Ideas of such things, gave it as his opinion that outside of the concrete work and the roof, the cost of the barn did not exceed $100. What the concrete work and the roof cost, he had no idea, but he was very much pleased with the building, which is well lighted, well ventilated and all that could be needed for this climate, although it would hardly do for the far north. The milk house is directly In front of the barn. It Is a neat little building, about 10x12 feet, with tin roof and concrete floor, and behind it Is the power and light room. Power for pumping and running a dynamo is fur- i nished by a small gasoline engine. The pump furnishes water for the milk house and also for the cowshed, and the dynamo furnishes light for the barn. Lights are necessary for the 1 reason that the morning milking is i done before day, especially in winter, ' and electric light is used because of the i minimum danger from flre. Water for I sterilizing the milk vessels and clean- 1 ing up the milk room is heated in a i boiler near the power room, and al- . though not yet complete the entire plant is building along sensible, practicable and economic lines and it is I wonderfully convenient. A large pasture extends back from ' the rear of the barn, and although 1 there is very little in this pasture for 1 the cows to eat at this season, it is I not difficult to Imagine the cool shade 1 that the trees will furnish through the i heat of summer, and the large fields of I clover, rye and oats, and another field i of clover and alfalfa near by, Indicate that there is to be no scarcity of green stuff. There is no manure to be seen about the barn; but this is very easily accounted for by the big manure spreader which stands conveniently by and the appearance of the surrounding fields. Everything about the place suggests system and care. Mr. Crawford's dairy herd is not what it ought to be. He is not at all pleased with it; but that is not surprising. When he started into this business, it was without a great deal of investigation. He did not consider it much else than an experiment, and had not given enough thought to dairying to know that there was a great deal of difference between dairy and beef cattle. He had been feeding beef cattle every winter for years, and is still at it. He had an idea that he could put in a lot of beef cattle and develop them Into milkers. He calculated that if the cattle failed to pay as milkers they would do for beef. But he laughs at himself now for having ever entertained such an Idea. He saw some time ago that it was a mistake, and by reading and observation he has learned a whole lot. Still he has not come out so badly. There were nineteen cows in the bam during Febru ary. They yielded 1,200 pounds or cream and the check was $80. During March there was a yield of 1,500 pounds of cream and the check will run over $100. Four cows went to the butcher last week, and Mr. Sherrer says that even without any more additions to the herd, he will make his fifteen cows give him an average of 100 pounds of cream each this month. The herd has been improving wonderfully. There is no doubt about that, but Mr. Crawford has learned enough to see that he must discard his beef breeds and recruit up from recognized dairy types. By the way, the dry cows that were sold to the butcher last week, brought 4| cents a pound for beef. But while the herd as at present constituted includes very few animals of a dairy type, it is not to be understood that they are all scrubs?at least not the commonest kind of scrubs. They are all sleek, gentle, well fed animals and very good milkers. They have been brought up wonderfully by good care and attention. They are not only well fed but they get lots Of currying, and they are so gentle and kind that Mr. Sherrer does not hesitate to allow his little 3-year-old boy to run in among them alone. When Mr. Sherrer, himself, goes into the cow-shed or pasture, the cows crowd around him to be petted and caressed like favorite bird dogs or house cats. Mr. Sherrer was not able to give a great deal of information as to the financial end of the operations. He is very careful about that end; but Mr. Crawford is the man who pays bills; but at the same time Mr. Sherrer did not hesitate to say that the butter fat last month would at least pay all fixed charges, including the feed bill, and leave the manure as clear profit He thinks also that from now on the monthly balance will be on the credit side of the ledger Instead of on the debit side, where it has been for quite a while, Mr. Crawford's alfalfa patch of about two acres, is doing fairly well. It was seeded only last fall and looks green from a distance; but careful examination shows that the green comes from Clover and grass as well as alfalfa. But the alfalfa will be along after a while. There seems to be no doubt of that, because since the ground has been properly prepared and well manured there seems to be no other way for it. On the way back to Yorkvllle there was quite a pleasant and interesting turn in at Mr. J. Bolivar Scott's, about a mile east of Delphos. Mr. Scott has one of the prettiest and most comfortable and convenient country homes in the county, and is as full of new ideas and plans as if he had only started. One of the things that induced us to stop at Mr. Scott's was to see his alfalfa. We had passed a very pretty patch of about three acres belonging to Mr. Durant at Guthrlesville, and knowing Mr. Scott to be experimenting in this line also, we wanted to see what his alfalfa looked like. We found that he had about four acres?something like two acres on each side of the road leading to his home. One patch is two .years or more old and the other is of more recent sowing. The older patch was cut several times last summer and the yield was very good considering; but not as satisfactory as Mr. Scott would like. The alfalfa in the older patch is now two or three inches high and promises a good yield this spring and summer; but Mr. Scott is not satisfied with it. He says he thinks he will plow it up this fail and re-seed it, his idee being that because of the inoculation already secured he will be able to get a much better stand and consequently heavier yields. The newer patch is coming along nicely; but Mr. Scott is not calculating on anything else than to plow this up next fall and re-seed it also. Mr. Scott's home, a neatly painted two-story frame building, with wide verandas below and above, la located In a pretty grove about 300 yards back from the main road it feces. Light Is furnished from a calcium carbide gas plant, and water is supplied by means of a pump driven by a gasoline engine. A big water tank on a high tower, affords fire protection and supplies the stock in the barn yard. Altogether it is one of the prettiest and most conveniently arranged country homes to be found in the county. There was not much time for a round of all the interesting things that are to be seen at Mr. Scott's: but evidences of his intelligent progresslveness are sufficiently numerous to indicate that with a few hours in which to collect the material, the story that could be written would be both interesting and instructive. LOCAL LACONICS. For a Good School Building. A movement is on foot to bond Tirzah school district for the purpose of erecting a first-class school building. April Salosday. Under a decree of foreclosure in the case of W. R. Carroll, plaintiff, vs. Martha Erwin, the clerk on yesterday sold at public auction a tract of seventeen acres on Fishing creek. The land was bought by W. R. Carroll for 3200. Will Stand for the Senate. /. Hon. J. E. Beamguard of Clover, was in Yorkville yesterday, and upon being asked by a number of people whether it was true that he had in mind the idea of running for the senate, told each and every inquirer that such is his intention. He said that from all he knows now, he will certainly be in the race this summer. Fir? Department Fund. The Insurance commissioner has turned over to the state treasurer for distribution the 1 per cent fire department fund, collected from the Insurance companies doing business In the various towns. The total amount of this fund in the state is $11,782.57. Yorkvllle gets $106.69, and Rock Hill gets $367.72. Experimenting With Alfalfa. V The Enquirer would be glad to compile a list of the York county farmers who are experimenting with alfalfa. Among those we know of who have an acre or more are: Messrs. J. B. Scott, A. L. Black, J. T. Crawford, P. W. Love and D. E. Durant. If friends will send in the names of others on postal cards or otherwise, their kindness will be appreciated. Some Load?. Mr. W. B. Keller hauled twelve tons of fertilizers from the Victor Oil mill, Yorkvllle, to his home, on the King's Mountain rood, just beyond the two mile post, last Saturday in half a day with two teams. On one wagon he hauled two and a half tons at a load and on the other on? and a half tons. The difference was because he was afraid of the weaker wagon. "The heaviest pull I had," said Mr. Keller, "was coming up the hill at the railroad crossing on East Madison street." The Blackeburg Lynching, The Enquirer has made as thorough an investigation of the Blacksburg lynching as it has deemed proper; but has nothing further to report. The Charlotte Chronicle, though a hightoned paper that could not be induced to speak a word in favor of lynching under any circumstances, says it is speechless in this case, and others who know the facts feel very much the some way. The following dispatch of Friday night, which though approximately comprehensive, will have to do g for the record: "The two negroes of 9 this place, Frank Whlsonant and Joe Brinson, who, it is charged, assaulted a white man, James Childers, here Wednesday night, and who were arrested yesterday morning and locked up, were found hanging in a blacksmith shop this morning. A party, the size of which is unknown, came into town some time after midnight and broke open the town lock-up and took the negroes out and hung them. A very hard rain was falling most of the night, and the night was rather dark. No one in town heard any disturbance or noise. One negro woman says she a heard some one groaning just after ^ midnight The lynching party got the rope from the public well, and hung the negroes within a few feet of each other. The alleged crime for which they forfeited their lives was that of drug- ^ ging Childers, robbing and otherwise mistreating him. Both of the negroes were worthless loafers. Feeling was very intense all day yesterday, but no one thought for a moment that there would be any violence done, and it was a shock to this quiet little town this morning when It became known that the lynching had occurred. Large 4 crowds came from all the surrounding towns to see the victims. Coroner ' Vinerrtt came over and empanelled a jury ai.d viewed the remains and had them taken down and buried, and then adjourned his court until a later date." SOUTH CAROLINA NEW8. ? Attorney General Lyon gave out the following statement from Beaufort last Thursday night and It was published in the News and Courier of Friday morning: "Both Mr. Wilson and Mr. Rhame consulted with me as to the condition of the Lexington Savings bank, and I know from these consultations that both of them were diligent and careful in discharging their full duty in their offices," said Mr. Lyon. ? Bank Examiner Rhame has replied gflfcr at length to Governor Blease's recent letter demanding that he show cause why he should not tender his resignation. Mr. Rhame shows that he has done everything in the Lexington bank matter that he would be required to do under the law and refuses to resign. From his letter it appears that it was because of proceedings instituted by him through the attorney general, that W. P. Roof was forced into involuntary bankruptcy. AT THE CHURCHE8. CHURCH OF THE GOOD * SHEPHERD. Service on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday evenings at 8 o'clock. BAPTIST. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening ^ at 8 o'clock. TRINITY METHODIST. Prayer meeting Thursday evening at 8 o'clock. special Dotices. ? i Programme Of the Seml-Annual Meeting of the Woman's Missionary Union of the York Baptist Association, to Be Held . with the Fbrt Mill Church, April 10, JM 1912. 10.00 a. m.?Devotional?Mrs. Moille M each am. Greetings?Mrs. S. A. Epps. Enrollment of delegates. Reports from Societies. Standard of Excellence?Mis? Emma * Do well Tithing?Thank Offering?Mrs. S. P. Hair. Discussion. Dinner. 1.30 p. m.?Devotional?Mrs. L. G. Grist. Plans for having each Society visited by Superintendent, Officers, or others convenient to the church? 8 Mrs. J. T. Garrison. ' * 7 '2 Should there be a fixed amount of dues each month, or should we have voluntary offerings??Mrs. Sam Bailee. Discussions: The Importance of a local service ^ committee in each Society?Miss Lula Smith. Mrs. S. S. Frew, SupL $he Cotton JRarhet. Yorkvllle, April 2.?Good middling cotton. 103 cents. / New York, April 1.?Cotton futures closed steady, the active months selling from 7 to 10 points higher, as follows: Jan. 10.85; Feb. 10.S4; April 10.64; May 10.64; June 10.69 ; July 10.75; Aug. 10.74; Sept. 10.75; Oct ? 10.82; Nov. 10.84; Dec. 10.88. ^ VEAL CALVES AND CHICKENS WANTED at the City Market during this week VEAL CALVES and CHICKENS. Highest Cash prices. It C. F. SHERRER, Prop. RHODE ISLAND RED EGOS AT $1.00 and 81.50 per setting of 15 Eggs during AprlL None after ? May 1st. Good stock. * . Mrs. A. M. GRIST, Yorkville. SEED SWEET POTATOES FINE, Juicy, Eastern YAMS. Also fine for eating purposes. See me at once. BERT SMITH, It The Fancy Grocer. NOTICE TO CATTLE OWNERS Quarantine Regulations to Prevent the Spread of Splenetic or Texas Fever In Cattle. OWING to the release from Federal Quarantine of the Counties of i<gjSI Oconee, Pickens, Greenville, Anderson, Hg Spartanburg, Cherokee, Union, Laurens, Greenwood, that part of Abbe- ~ ville county north of the Seaboard + Air Line Railway, that part of Ches- A ter County west of the Southern Railway and the Carolina & North-Western Railway, and that part of York County north of the Klngville and Marion branch of the Southern Rail way, the Board of Trustees of Clemson College, under authority conferred by the General Assembly, adopted a quarantine regulation?effective . April 1st, 1912, prohibiting the move- ? ment of cattle from other parts of this State or from any quarantined area of any other State, Into the above mentioned area of South Carolina. This regulation also prohibits movements of cattle from other parts of ^ this State or from the quarantined area of any other State into Oconee, Pickens, Greenville, Anderson, Spartanburg, Cherokee. Uhlon, Laurens, Greenwood, Abbeville, Chester and York counties. The object of this regulation is to protect the above mentioned areas from cattle ticks, which cause Splenetic or Texas Fever In cattle. . Copies of the law and regulations can be obtained from M. RAY POWERS, State Veterinarian, Clemson College, S. C. Odd Pieces Just now as the Spring cleaning ^ season is on, and you are rearranging the furnishings of your home, you are doubtless finding a place here and a place there where you could use a single piece of Furniture to good advantage?Maybe it is a Chair, a Table, a " Wardrobe, Chiffonier, Sideboard, Bookcase, or perhaps a Rug or an Art Square?Whatever it may be you will ? And It HERB and it will be of the ? RIGHT QUALITY and at the RIGHT PRICE. Just suppose you drop In and see what you can see in this store. We * will be pleased to show you. m YORK FURNITURE CO.