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Scraps and ?acts. ? Uskup, European Turkey. August 10: Details of the massacre of Bulgarians by Mussulmans on August 2 at Katscano show that the butchery lasted three hours and that more than 140 Bulgarians were killed. The trouble began with the explosion of a bomb on the crowded market square. Five Bulgarians ""and six other persons were killedl Five minutes later a second bomb exploded in the same place, causing added fatalities. Soon afterward bands of Mussulmans appeared. They were armed with guns, revolvers, knives and clubs, with which they carried out a wholesale butchery of Bulgarians, Turkish officials looking on. Later on Turkish troops arrived, but instead of arresting the Mussulmans they made a house-to-house search for Bulgarians, many* of whom they drove to prison. ? Atlanta, Ga., August 11: In Lawton Brown, confessed murderer, the police believe they have a negro "blue beard," who is responsible for at least twelve of the fifteen murders of negro women in Atlanta during the last year. According to the police. Brown yesterday made a complete confession of the killing of Eva Florence, a mulatto, last November and today detectives gathered evidence indicating that the prisoner is "Jackthe-Ripper" for whom they have been searching. Since his arrept two women have claimed Brown as husband, and it is the theory of the police that the murderer lived with each of his alleged victims as wife before making away with them. The prisoner displays a remarkable knowledge of each of the crimes led to the door of the "Jack-theRipper," and in two instances he is said to have declared he was a witness to the killing. ? An amendment to the constitution, introduced by Senator Francis G. Newlands, of Nevada, that will keep the vote from the negro yet to be born and preserve this as a white man's government 1$ causing considerable discussion in congressional circles here. In introducing the amendment, Senator Newlands said: "The blacks had a right to be made free men; but did they have the right to be made sovereigns? And was not their sudden transformation from slaves to sovereigns the greatest cruelty that could be inflicted upon them as well as upon the whites? Freedom was a right; suffrage was a privilege The former was beneficial; the latter prejudicial. While securing and strengthening the former, why not withdraw the latter, eliminating any appearance of injustice by applying it only to thqse hereafter born? "And then how humanely and beneficially we could bring the nation into co-operation with the states in plans for the real?not sham?betterment of this unfortunate race?" ? This year's grain crops in the United States will be far in excess of last year's yield, it was estimated Friday by the department of agriculture. It will be better than the average crop for the last ten years, and, in the case of a number of products, will make a new record, if present estimates are not overthrown by conditions at present unforeseen. The country's corn crop, estimated at 2,811,000,000 bushels, will be the largest in the nation's history, with the exception of the years 1906 and 1910, the former being the banner year, with 2,92^000,000 bushels. As for the wheat crop, estimated at 680,000,000 bushels, that will rank fifth in size in the last twenty years. The oats crop will be the largest the country has gathered, surpassing by 21,000,000 bushels that of 1910, the previous record. In barley, too, this year will establish a new record, the estimated yield of 202,000,000 bushels being 24,000,000 bushels greater, than that of 1906, the previous best year. The yield of rye, 35,000,000 bushels, will equal that of 1910, the former record year. Of potatoes, which will amount this year to 371,000,000 bushels, only 1909, with its 389,000,000 bushels, produced a larger yield. ? Mexico City, August 12: Thirty-six soldiers and more than twenty passengers were slaughtered by Zapatistas in a canyon, 1 kilometer north of Ticuman, 110 miles southeast of Mexico City, yesterday when a pasenger train southbound from this city was attacked from ambush. Only meager details have reached this city tonight. So far as known only a part of the train crew escaped. The first news of the assault was sent to Mexico City by Conductor Marin and Collector Dominguez, who although wounded, had managed to make their way to Yautepec, twelve miles away. They were forced to steal through the Zapatista lines and did not arrive at the telegraph station until this afternoon. After a murderous rifle fire had ceased the rebels swarmed down the hillislde and set fire to the three cars composing the train. A few of the wounded had crawled out on the right of way, thus escaping the fate of those unable to leave the cars who were burned. According to reports, thelead' er of the rebels made absolutely no effort to restrain his men from acts of brutality. The wounded, pleading for their lives, were struck down without pity and even looting was held in abeyance until the slaughter was complete. Not satisfied with robbing their victims in an ordinary manner, the fingers of men and women were chopped off with machets that rings they wore might be more quickly obtained. Ornaments were torn from ears of x/omen and their bodies were otherwise mutilated. Among the passengers were two newspaper men and they were among those killed. They were on their way to interview Emiliano Zapata, the chief of the rebels. One of these, H. L. Strauss, who was a native of Uruguay and consular agent of his country in this city, was employed at one time on the New York Herald. He was making this trip to see Zapata as a representative of El Imparcial. The other correspondent was Ignacio Herraras of El Pais. ? Washington, August 9: The Panama canay administration bill providing free passage to American ships, prohibiting railroad-owned vessels from using the waterway and authorizing the establishment of a one-man government when the canal is completed, was passed by the senate tonight by a vote of 47 to 15. The provision for free tolls, which was fought out in the senate Wednesday, was en dorsed again just before the passage of the measure. Attached to the bill as it passed the senate were two important amendments directed at trust or railroad control of steamship lines. The first by Senator Reed, would prohibit ships owned by an illegal industrial combination, from using the canal; and the second, by Senator Bourne, would force railroads to give up water lines that might otherwise be their competitors, if it were proved that they were stifling competition. Opponents of the free-toll provision for American ships, against which Great Britain made formal protest, carried their fight up to the last of the bill's consideration. Just before its passage. Senator Root moved to strike out the section giving free tolls to American coastwise vessels; and Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia moved to strike out the provision for free tolls to American ships in the foreign trade. Both of these motions were defeated by overwhelming votes. As the bill passed, it would permit American coastwise vessels to pass through the canal free, without conditions; while American foreign-trade ships might pass through free if their owners agreed to sell the vessels to the United States at a fair price in time of war or emergency. The great fight of the day centered about the provisions to prohibit railroad-owned ships from using the canal. The broad terms of the original house bill, which would have required every railroad in the country to dispose at once of any steamship lines with which it might be otherwise compete, were not accepted by the senate. This was modified so that railroads would be prohibited only from owning steamship lines that may operate through the Panama canal. The Bourne amendment, however, adopted later by a vote of 36 to 25, restored much of the vigor of the antirailroad provisions of the house bill. It provided that if the interstate commerce commission should find that any railroad had an interest in a competive line of steamers, and that such interest was injurious to the welfare of the public, the commission might compel the railroad to dispose of its steamer connections. Senator Brandegee, chairman of the interoceanic canals committee of the senate, made an ineffective fight on the rigid provisions against the railroad ships. After the amendments had been adopted to the house bill, he moved that the whole paragraph relating to railroad control be stricken out. This motion was defeated 45 to 18. A subsequent proposal by Mr. Brandegee, to permit any ships to use the canal, giving to the Interstate commerce commission power of control over them, also was defeated. The Reed amendment, against trust-owned ships, was called up for a second vote before the bill passed and was adopted on final passage by a vote of 36 to 23. The completed canal bill finally was passed with Senators Burton, Crane, Gallinger, Lodge, Root and other opponents of the free-toll and anti-railroad features of it, voting against it. In the form in which it returns to the house the bill adds to the general scheme for operating and governing the Panama canal, provisions for the admission to American registry of any foreign-built ships owned by Americans, provided they are operated wholly in the foreign trade. $hc dorhriUc (Inquirer. Entered at the Postofflce In Yorkville as Mall Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE, I. C.? \ TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1912 If it is true that Tom Felder has gone to Europe, why, let It be hoped that he will stay.?Greenville News. Is it not a pity that he did not go to Europe four or five years ago? It Is very doubtful as to whether there wa9 any real use for all those extra policemen In Spartanburg. The order would have been Just as good without them. Tom Peeples Is making a more favorable Impression than any other candidate for attorney general, and he is doing it without saying anything mean about anybody. His conduct seems to inspire general confidence. We are a little puzzled at the change that has come over Attorney General Lyon so quickly. He said publicly to two thousand people In Yorkville last Wednesday that Barney Evans could not possibly insult him: yet in Spartanburg he promised to sue this same Barney for slander on account of the very statements that were not deemed objectionable in Yorkville. The Spartanburg Journal puts the Spartanburg crowd at 6,000 and estimates that two-thirds were for Blease, and the Spartanburg correspondent of the Charlotte Observer says the crowd numbered 5,000, with two-thirds of them wearing Blease badges. Other papers give lower estimates. "Cuss" the newspapers and then run to them every day for favors. That Is the theory of the politician in South Carolina. And the newspapers grant the favors and give them all a square deal. But don't think the newspapers are not in the meantime taking your number.?Spartanburg Herald. We can understand that paragraph in part: but we cannot understand what good is to come from taking a politician's number. Just give him the square deal, nothing mofe, and ask no odds of him. That is the way to do it. At the recent state convention of the South Carolina Farmers' Union, President E. W. Dabbs and Hon. John MrT-aurin were aDDointed a com mittee to draft a new state warehouse bill that would be In accord with the recent decision of the supreme court. Messrs. Dabbs and McLaurin, both thoroughly familiar with the whole subject, went Immediately to work, and the completed bill, together with an address to the people explaining the whole question, will be found on the first page of today's issue of The Enquirer. A few days ago a great victory was gained for temperance in the United States senate. The Judiciary committee favorably reported the KenyonSheppard bill. It is the bill to prevent the shipment of whisky into dry territory. The bill has yet to be enacted into law; but this is the first time that the temperance forces have even been able to get such a bill before one of the houses of congress. Heretofore all the bills framed on this question have been declared to be contrary to the constitution, and for this reason could not command the support of many staunch temperance members of congress. It is believed that this bill will pass muster.?Baptist Courier. But don't let us get too enthusiastic over it. The favorable report on this bill may very probably be taken as recognition of the Prohibition sentiment; but not much more than that. The matter has been delayed until the last minute and at the next session of congress it will probably be buried, leaving the Prohibitionists nothing to do but continue the fight. A society note in the Atlanta Journal of last Thursday, announced that Thomas B. Felder, who had sailed from Savannah for New York the previous week, sailed from New York on Thursday on the Kronprinzessin Cecelie, for Germany, where he will join Mrs. Felder and their young son, who have been abroad for several months. This piece of news will be received with surprise by some people; but others will not be at all surprised. It was quite reasonable to suppose that Mr. Felder had all the powder he could possibly scrape up in the big blank cartridge that he fired off at Augusta, and but few people of rea sonably sound judgment took any stock in his promises as to what he would do after that. Mr. Felder has kerflummuxed completely, and all of his conspiring intrigue and trickery have come to naught in so far as their power to do further harm is concerned. Tillman Flounders. Maybe we are mistaken about it, and it is all so big and broad and great as to be beyond our comprehension; but even recognizing such a possibility, we have the temerity to remark that the position of Senator Tillman, as outlined in his open letter, would be amusing if it were not more or less pitiable. While Senator Tillman has said and done things in this present campaign, especially back before the canvass opened, that seemed to involve him in a partisan manner, if all that should be wiped out, he could not avoid being mixed up with it in a way that would swing votes to Blease or Jones even though he were dead. So far as the two candidates are concerned, their status is about like this: Judge Jones is a former Tillmanite with an anti-Tillmanite following, and Governor Blease Is a former anti-Tillmanlte with a Tlllmanite following. This may not be strictly true as to Governor Blease; but our recollection is that during his early political days he was not especially enthusiastic for Tillman. But nevertheless. It is a fact beyond dispute that original Tillmanism is now the strongest element behind Governor Blease, Just as original anti-Tillmanism is the element upon which the strength of Judge Jones is based. There are exceptions In both cases; but the exceptions are only sufficiently numerous to prove the rule. So far as the primary campaign of today being any nastier than was the campaigns of the early nineties is concerned. that is all buncombe. Those who are unable to remember have only to look back Into the newspapers of the day for corroboration of the statement. Neither Judge Jones nor Governor Blease have indulged In any hotter language than was used by Senator Tillman In the old days, and both have talked as much high plane talk as he ever talked. We do not want to be understood as justifying th? exhibition now going on. We are merely stating the truth. And also it is a fact that in the old days Tillman made as many unfounded and unwarranted charges against the crowd he was fighting, as are now being made by either Judge Jones or Governor Blease. In those days Senator Tillman's motto was. "I make the charges and it is up to you to disprove them." He made charges against the other side that it was never able to disprove, and they made charges against him that remain disproved until this day. The fact remains, also, that Governor Blease has done mf?re disproving than Senator Tillman ever did. The senator tells us that he disapproves the idea of a United States senator interfering in state politics. It will be remembered that that was the pretext on which Wade Hampton was defeated; yet it was common talk at the time that Tillman helped John Gary Evans all he could in that gentleman's first .race for the United States senate and In subsequent races. Alleged Tillman letters in behalf of Hon. John G. Richards figured In the gubernatorial primary of two years ago, and now the senator tells us frankly that if he could have had his way John G. Richards would have been governor now. Yet he does not try to interfere, he says. It is a fact that his attempted interference did not amount to much then; but if the senator really thinks he is going to get off lightly this time, he is badly mistaken. The Jones crowd, the senator's former enemies, want him to come out for Jones. Their real reason, of course, is political; but they are putting it on "personal" grounds only. They don't see how the senator can remain neutral as between such a fine man is Judge Jones and such a "Buccaneer" as Governor Blease, and they insist that this is reason enough for anybody. As a matter of fact we are inclined to think that for various reasons. mainly-through envy of Governor Blease for out-Tillmanlng Tillman, the senator would like to see Jones elected, and if it was an off-year with him he would be for Jones; but as it is, he is going to keep close to the shore. He still has sense enough to know that with such a strong probability of the election being settled in the first primary, he cannot feel any security that the Jones people will vote for him anyway, and knows full well that if he undertakes to stick his knife into Governor Blease. the Bleaseites will certainly scratch him to the tune of 35,000 or 40,000 votes. In the general assertion of the senator that there are "hundreds of Tlllmanites in the state who are better exponents of Tillmanism than either Jones, Blease or Duncan, we agree most heartily; but that seems to be begging the question a little. There are no doubt better exponents of Tillmanism in the state than even Tillman is. or Tillman ever was; but they are not in this race and are not to be considered in connection with the present controversy. The question now is mainly between Blease and Jones and the respective parties behind them. No, we do not believe that Judge Jones believes in social equality, nor do we believe that the issue involves the personality of either Blease or Jones, nor do we believe that the state will be lost or ruined whichever way this thing goes. All we see in it is a struggle for power, the event of which struggle is to be the domination of Tillmanism or anti-Tillmanlsm, whichever side may win, and with which terms Bleaseism and Jonesism have now become identical. Reason of the Silence.?The Lancaster News says "The silence on the part of our esteemed contemporaries at Camden as to the race for governor, is becoming painful." For our part we are sorry if we have caused our brother any pain, but if the News is as busy as we are in our shop they will have all they can attend to without butting into other paper's affairs. We have troubles of our own.?Camden Chronicle. Gold Supply and High Prices.?In m^- opinion the chief original offender is the increased supply of gold which has been so marked during the past fifteen years. Suppose 3100,000,000 of new gold is mined in this country during a given year, writes Professor Davis R. Dewey in the Delineator. After being coined it will be spent by the owners in exchange for commodities, or deposited in banks, by which, in turn, it will be loaned. Neither miner nor bank wishes to keep the gold a day longer than neces sary. a wneat-grower may witnnoia his grain from the market in the hope of getting a higher price, but the miner and bank never think of the price of gold?whether more could be purchased a year hence by withholding It from the market; their action is instantaneous and immediately creates a demand for commodities. The only condition on which the bank might retain the gold would be to employ it as a reserve on which credit currency of a far larger amount might be created. ? Columbia, August 11: John J. Jones, the Branchville attorney, must serve ten years and thirty days in the state penitentiary on the charge of killing Abe Pearlstine more than a year ago. The supreme court Saturday for the second time denied a new trial to Jones. He has been confined at the state penitentiary for several months. The judgment of the Orangeburg court was affirmed on the first appeal. Later the attorneys appealed to the supreme court on the ground of after-discovered evidence and that the jury box was irregularly made up. The circuit judge refused the motion and the attorneys for the defendant appealed to the supreme court on the ground that the failure of the jury commissioners to pass enjointly on each name placed in the box was a violation of the law fatal to the validity of the presentment of a grand jury and the conviction of a petit jury as drawn. Local affairs. NEW ADVERTI8EMENT8. Hoke Realty, Loan & Trust Co., Raeford, N. C.?Has about 8,000 acres of improved and unimproved lands for sale to home-seekers and Investors. Investigation invited. National Union Bank, Rock Hill? Gives good advice to young men who want to be the business men of tomorrow. Star Theatre?Gives its programme for tonight, and on Thursday night will have a special Thanhouser picture, entitled "Called Back." Kirkpatrick-Belk Co.?Is showing a new shipment of ladies' fall coat suits in latest styles, $10 to $15. Thomson Co.?Calls special attention to its remnant sale, which is now in progress, and continues until Saturday night. Cole L. Blease, Governor?Publishes a proclamation calling for contributions for the relief of sufferers from the storm of August,3 In the northern part of York county. J. Q. Wray?Wants you to see his 10 cents counter and also ladles' oxfords at reduced prices. Loan and Savings Bank?Asks what is your ambition and lays out a plan by which you can acquire a working capital. L W T.niithln,n?Announces himself ns a candidate for re-election to the of* flee of coroner of York county. Shleder Drug Store?Makes a special offering on soap and offers 250 votes In the piano contest with each purchase of soap and cream. John A. Ratteree?Invites the public to a picnic at Bethany on August 20, In connection with county campaign. Jno. C. and Jas. P. Crawford, Exrs.? Request all debtors and creditors of the estate of L. J. Crawford, deceased, to make settlement with them. Herndon & Gordon?Have meal sacks, fruit jars, pickles, coffees, groceries, tobaccos, grindstones, skillets, salt bricks, etc. Cloud Cash Store?Offers special reductions on underwear, and low shoes. Hamilton hickory at 11c. J. M. Ferguson?Suggests that you buy seed rye now, before a further advance In price. He wants to supply you with mill feed, horse feed and stone ware jars. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? There was but a small turnout on account of the election held on August 6 on the question of voting $4,500 worth of bonds for filter, water and sewerage purposes. Many people were too engrossed in state and county politics to think about It, and many others simply did not care. Only twenty-four votes were cast and all were for the issuance of the bonds. ? At a congregational meeting after the morning service last Sunday, the Associate Reformed congregation raised very nearly $500 to be used in repairing and remodeling the Crawford residence that is to be converted into a parsonage. The present plans for improving the building contemplate the expenditure of about $750, all of which j sum has been raised, a part of it with I fho holn of frlonrin of the oonarroiration who are not members. GENTLEMEN t>F ZHE JURY. The Jury commissioners this morn-| ing drew the following venire of petit jurors to serve during the approaching term of the circuit court, which convenes on Tuesday, September 3, skipping over from Monday, because Monday will be a legal holiday?Labor Day: F. V. Brock Ebenezer. Haskell Carroll Bullock's Creek. F ShiUinglaw Catawba. I R. H. Cornwell Catawba R. E. Wingate Ebenezer. J. Lb Howe Catawba R. E. Griffin Bethesda. L. B. Brown Bethel. H. A. Quinn Bethel. David Hutchison, Jr Catawba. I. D. Hudspeth Ebenezer. J. R. Davidson King's Mountain. J. T. Devinney Catawba E. M. Bankhead .... Bullock's Creek. S. N. Stacy King's Mountain. L. F. Hudspeth Ebenzer. J. J. Adkins Ebenezer. J. C. McCarley Bullock's Creek. J. R. Howe Broad River. R. M. Lindsay Bethesda. W. J. Kimbrell Fort Mill. H. A. Falls King's Mountain. J. C. Gourley Bullock's Creek. W. T. Hollls Bethesda A. W. Rodgers York. Robert Witherspoon Bethesda. J. E. Whitesldes ....King's Mountain. W. E. Ferguson York. J. W. Wallace King's Mountain. R. E. Steele York. C. H. Laughridge York. R. H. Gwinn Bullock's Creek. W. A. Latham Bullock's Creek. W. A. Latham .... Bullock's Creek. JW. H. Whteonant Broad River. IB. S. Broom Fort Mill. R. L. Bennett Fort Mill. THE COUNTY CAMPAIGN. The county campaigners held two meetings last week, one at Tirzah on Friday and the other at Rock Hill on Saturday: but there developed but little of Interest out of the ordinary. It was commonly reported in advance of the Tirzah meeting that all of the legislative candidates would be asked at Tirzah to declare themselves as between Governor Blease and Judge Jones: but nothing of the kind developed, either there or at Rock Hill, | where there was a pretty good sized audience In attendance. The only issue so far openly developed among the legislative candidates is on the warehouse question, especially as between Messrs. Beamguard and McDow: Mr. Beamguard having voted for the warehouse bill passed by the last legislature and Mr. McDow having voted against it, as also did Messrs. Saye and Sanders. Although the Blease and Jones Issue has not yet developed from the stump, it is generally conceded to be cutting more or less figure on the quiet, both Blease and Jones men being anxious to know how the candidates stand with reference to their respective candidates. The public cotton weigher question is cutting more or less figure in the race for supervisor and members of the county board of commissioners, and the question will very probably determine the complexion of some votes in the election; but inasmuch as it is being discussed only in a private manner rather than from the stump, there is no way of gauging the extent of the sentiment on the subject. Yesterday was an off day. There is a big picnic going on at Oak Ridge today. and tomorrow is another off day. The next regulaf campaign meeting will be at Clover on Thursday and from there the campaigners will go to Forest Hill on Friday. Saturday's meeting will be at Fort Mill. IN OPERATION AGAIN. Approximately 10,000 of the 20,000 spindles of the Clover Manufacturing company, put out of business by the cyclone of August 3, are in operation again. About 9,000 of the spindles were started yesterday and the balance were put in operation today. As fully explained in The Enquirer's account of the storm last Tuesday, the old mill, No. 1, was put out of business entirely. Mill No. 2 was badly wrecked and Mill No. 3 was left practically intact. During the week the management has been working a large force of hands with great energy and Intelligent precision, and that accounts for the cutting down of the time in which it was expected to get things in shape to one-half. The first estimate of Secretary and Treasurer Smith was that it would take about two weeks, and he has accomplished the work for which he had allowed two weeks in one week. Mill No. 1 has to be rebuilt entirely and its rehabilitation will require several months; but Mill No. 2, containing the balance of the mill's spindleage, will be in shape in a few weeks. But of course the mill cannot be restored to Its former efficiency until the rebuilding of Mill No. 1 Is completed. But now that half the mill Is already In operation, the most serious problem of the management, that of providing for the operatives, is practically solved. This Is accomplished by running night and day, thus taking rare of practically all of the operatives. There Is no good reason for changing the estimate of the damage to the mill as given last week. The payroll of the past week amounted to about $1,000, and this expense will continue for some time to come. There was $25,000 worth of stock In process when the disaster came along and although this was not lost, it was seriously damaged. It has not yet been definitely learned how much or exactly what machinery will have to be replaced. TO RELIEVE DI8TRES3. During his visit to Yorkvllle last week, the special attention of Governor Blease was called to the destitution left In the wake of the terrific wind and hall storm that swept the northern part of the county from west to east over the town of Clover, and In his speech he expressed a desire to give any assistance to the distressed people that lay in his power. He suggested the idea of Issuing a proclamation, calling upon the peopje of the state for aid, and of asking the legislature at J.ts next session to relieve the people of the stricken territory for taxes. Because of campaign appointments, the governor was unable to give the matter attention until his return to Columbia, but, having secured additional detailed information in the meantime, on yesterday he Issued a formal proclamation appealing to the individual generosity of the people. That the need is very great there is no question, for in the stricken territory there are many people who have lost their all, which Included crops that had been pledged for their making. and many of these people are dependent upon the generosity of neighbors even for food. That this generosity has been forthcoming, goes without saying; but the nature and extent of the disaster is such as to make the entire burden of relief too great for the people of the immediate neighborhood and hence the desirability of outside aid. In another column Governor Blease publishes a formal proclamation calling upon all who are able and willing to contribute to the aid of the people who have suffered, and appoints the following named citizens as a commission to undertake the proper and Judicious distribution ' of such contributions as may be made; W. D. Grist of Yorkville; Jas..A. Page, Geo. W. Knox, T 1?. PI Intnn T "R Pnhinann Tnh n Bank Jackson and A. J. Qulnn of Clover. In accordance with the foregoing, and for the purposes outlined The Yorkville Enquirer hereby takes pleasure in subscribing the sum of twentyfive dollars, and in saying that it will receive, acknowledge and turn over to the commission any sum or sums that may be sent to it for the purpose indicated. ABOUT PEOPLE. Mrs. M. W. White of Yorkville, Is visiting her mother at Riverside Miss Jennie Swann of Fayettevllle. Ga,, is visiting friends and relatives in York county. Missee Lora McMackln and Lila Howell, of'the Bethany neighborhood are visiting in Heath Springs. Mrs. W. B. Wylte and daughter, Miss Rachel, have returned to Yorkville, after a visit to Ashevllle, N. C. Miss- Frances Grist of Yorkville, Is visiting her sister, Mrs. A. B. Hammond in Columbia. Miss Fredrica Lindsay has returned to her home In Yorkville after a visit to Darlington, S. C. Misses Barnett Miller and Eunice Youngblood of Yorkville, R. F. D. 6, are guests of Miss Esther Ford in Clover. Miss Lottie Belle Simril of Yorkville, is visiting Miss Sudie Neely at Old Point Miss Mary Peques of Darlington is the guest of Miss Fredrica Lindsay in Yorkville. Mrs. H. J. Conder of Darlington is visiting the family of Mr. H. T. Williams, in Yorkville. Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Hammond and little son of Columbia, visited Mrs. Margaret Grist In Yorkville, last week. Miss Marlon Meek of Warren, Ark., is the guest of Miss Rachel Wylie in Yorkville. Miss Mary Brown, who has been spending sometime with Mrs. J. C. Wilborn in Yorkville, left today for Catawba Springs, N. C. Mrs. D. A. Brooks and daughter, Elizabeth of DeQueen, Arkansas, are visiting Mrs. Brook's sister, Mrs. A. J. Barry, of Sharon. Mrs. M. H. Curry of Gastonla, and Mrs. O. M. Norwood of Charlotte are the guests of Miss Rosa Lindsay in Yorkville. Mr. J. A. Barry of Filbert, No. 1, left yesterday for the Boiling Springs high school in Cleveland county,. C., where he will be a student during the current session. Rev. W. A, M. Plaxco, during the past year principal of the Bethany High school has accepted the pastorate of the Associate Reformed church at Brighton, Tenn. ' Captain John Barxtell of the Marion and Kingville division of the Southern railway passed through Yorkville this morning en route to the Pacific coast on his annual vacation trip. During his absence he will visit San Francisco, Cal., Portland, Ore,, Seattle, Wash., and points in British Columbia. A specially pleasant feature of the trip will be that Capt. Barxtell is to meet one of his brothers in San Francisco that he has not seen since 1882. Asked as to how he will identify his brother. Capt Barxtell said, "Oh, I'll know him by his size; he weighs over 300 pounds." Mr. S. E. Boney, news editor of the News and Courier, was In Yorkville yesterday on a visit to the family of his father, Mr. D. E. Boney, and left last night for Chester. Mr. Boney is off duty, having been compelled to quit work because of a severe physical breakdown, occasioned primarily by the hard work he has been doing in the present campaign. In conversation with the editor of The Enquirer raotonlflv hp pxnrpssed a fear that he may have to quit newspaper work for some occupation better calculated to develop more flesh and muscle; but he does not contemplate the Idea with much satisfaction, for the reason that he Is very much attached to his profession. Mr. Boney's many friends sincerely hope that his breakdown Is only temporary and that he will be able to resume his old place within the next few weeks. A VERY CLOSE CALL. Grady McClure, a young lineman In the employ of the Yorkville Water, Light and Power department, came near going to his death yesterday, as the result of a 2.200 volt shock, and except for the prompt and intelligent action of Theodore Spencer, a lineman In the employ of the Piedmont Telephone company he would very probably have been killed.. The accident occurred on Charlotte street, near the residence of Mr. Jas. M. Starr, at about noon. The first report was that Mr. McClure was dead, and as It turned out afterward there was no one to be blamed for unnecessary exaggeration, for during about five minutes, those best In a position to see and know had every reason to believe they were true. Mr. McClure had been working on a line on King's Mountain street, and on his way home he saw a fallen wire, which he thought should be removed. It afterward developed that he thought the wire was a secondary one, carrying only 120 volts; but when he picked it up It developed that the wire was a primary one carrying 2,200 volts, and he went to the ground as though he had been struck with an axe. There was nobody with Mr. McClure at the time except a negro helper, who could think of nothing else to do but holler for help; but a lucky chance brought assistance in another form. Young Spencer, who was also working on King's Mountain street, come along riding to dinner on his bicycle and saw McClure as he went down. He rode Instantly to the spot, and seeing and taking In the situation at a glance, the man unconscious and smoke rising from the place where the wire was in contact with his burning wrist, he shouted a warning "not to touch him," and hurried on to the transformer house at the Neely mill, about 200 yards distant, and knocked out the switch. The whole thing did not require more than fifteen to thirty seconds, and when Spencer got back he found the doctors and others doing what they could to secure resuscitation. McClure was unconscious for something like five minutes in all, and come to quite gradually. His first question was as to the meaning of the- big crowd around him, and it was not until he was told to look at his burned hand that he began to realize what all the trouble w6s about Within fifteen or twenty minutes he had recovered sufficiently to admit of his safe removal, and within a few hours he was all right again. Young McClure, who has been holding his position with the Water, Light and Power department under Superintendent DuPre for several months, has made many friends In Yorkville, and during the time It was thought that he had been killed, everybody who heard the news was profoundly shocked. The news that he had recovered proved a most gratifying relief. Young Spencer, whose prompt and Intelligent action did so much to avert what would otherwise have been a fatal tragedy has come In for a good deal of well-deserved praise on account of the highly creditable manner In which he conducted himself. After It was all over It developed that the deadly wire had been down but a few minutes, at most It had been broken by the limb of a tree that had Just been felled in Mr. J. M. Starr's yard. Dr. R. A. Bratton had passed by that way Just as McClure came up, and had driven out of the way of the wire. That was how he happened to be on hand so quickly after the current had been shut off and why he was able to be of valuable assistance In the work of resuscitation. Mr. McClure had fixed the power wire substantially the day before and when he approached the broken wire he thought it was the one that fed the arc lights. He told Supt. DuPre that as soon as he touched the wire, he realized that the "Juice" had him, and he tried to call but it was too late. He knew nothing more until after he had been restored to consciousness. , THE STATE CAMPAIGN. The second division of the state campaign crowd, including the candidates for solicitor, congress and the United States senate, were due to come to Yorkville this morning, and they came?some of them did; but there was a very slim audience in attendance, not more than fifty lp all. The meeting was called to order shortly after 11 o'clock by Col. W. W. Lewis, county chairman, with only the following candidates present: J. K. Henry, Q. W. Ragsdale, Col. W. J. Talbert and N. B. Dial. Solicitor Henry was the first candidate introduced; but his remarks were very brief. He commented humorously on the small crowd In attendance, but gave those present to understand that he appreciated their coming out all the same. However, since he was so well known to those present by reason of his long service, and because of the absence of his opponent against whom he had nothing to say anyway, he hardy! considered it good taste to take up the time of the meeting with extended remarks anyway. He was quite sure that nothing fie could say in his own behalf would have the slightest effect on a single voter present. Mr. G. W. Ragsdale was the next speaker. He referred to the absence of both his opponents, but explained that he would not say anything in their absence that he had not already said In their presence. He criticised Mr. Flnley's vote on what is known as the Bristow amendment, as an error of judgment. The Bristow amendment, he explained, was a provision that had been tacked on the congressional resolution submitting to the states the question of adopting a constitutional amendment providing for the election of United States senators by the people. He explained that everybody was in favor of the election of United States senators by the people; but it is a grave mistake to put the elections under Federal supervision. Here, he claimed, was where Mr. Finley had made a grave mistake. He went on to refer to Mr. Flnley's long term of service, and claimed that It was time to make a Change and give somebody else a show. He claimed that Mr. Finley was not entitled to exclusive credit for the establishment or maintenance of the rural free delivery service, which system, he said, would go on after the retirement of Mr. Finley. He said also that others had a part in the erection of public buildings at Rock Hill, Chester, Gaflfney, etc. He frankly conceded that York county held the key to the situation by reason of her strong vote; but he thought it was time that York county should be willing to give some of the other counties of the district a show. Surely, he declared, York county would not claim that Mr. Finley is the abelst man for the place in the district. Mr. Ragsdale reviewed his own legislative experience and claimed to be eminently qualified to fill the position now held by Mr. Finley. Chairman Lewis read a letter from Mr. Finley expressing his regret that he could not be present because the postoffice and other appropriation bills required his presence in Washington. The last speakers were Col. N. B. Dial of Laurens and Col. W. J. Talbert of Edgefield, candidates for the United States senate. Col. Dial urged his claims for the nomination on a basis of his record as a business man and promised that if sent to the United States senate he would devote himself to the development of the business and industrial needs of the state. Col. Talbert urged as the basis of his claims, his life-long alliance to the principles of true reform and his record as a member of congress. He insisted that he was a reformer nt the heclnnlnc of the Reform movement and that he is a Reformer now, holding to his original Democratic principles of equal rights to all and special privileges to none. The candidates had not concluded when it was necessary for The Enquirer to go to press: but the understanding was that all of them would probably secure conveyance and go to the picnic at Oak ridge where they expected to find a larger crowd of people to listen to their respective callms. LOCAL LAC0NIC8. Attacked by Holdups. Rock Hill Herald: J. J. Wallace, an Insurence agent of Yorkville, reported Saturday night that he had been held up and robbed by three unknown men at a point between the Manchester mill and the city. Something over $30 was secured. Mr. Wallace did not notify an officer before leaving for his heme in Yorkville, being anxious to catch the last train. He told Mr. Sealey, with whom he boarded while in the city, of his loss and described as nearly as he could the affair. He stated that he had been collecting in the village and was returning to the city about 8 o'clock. At a dark place, near a clump of bushes three men sprang from the roadside and demanded that he turn over what money he had. Upon his refusal two of the men caught him by the arms, while the third choked him and rifled his pockets. He was then turned loose. The victim of the holdup stated that each of the men wore a mask and it was impossible to i tell whether they were white men or neerroes. It is evident that the men knew Mr. Wallace had" been collecting premiums and that they waylaid him as he was coming to the city. Upon reporting the matter to Mr. Sealey, Mr. Wallace went on the street to look for an officer. As none of the police were seen by him It is supposed that he could not find one before time for his train to leave. York County 3. 8. Convention. The York county Sunday-school convention held its annual meeting in McConnellsville last Thursday and Friday with the Sunday school fairly well represented. The delegates were handsomely entertained by the McConnellsville people, and the proceedings which included the reading of a number of interesting and instructive papers as well as several addresses were generally enjoyed. Officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows: President, J. H. Milling of Rock Hill; vice president, Sam M. Grist of Yorkville; secretary and treasurer, J. T. Fain of Rock Hill; superintendent of plemontnrv wnrlf Minn iHn SanHora nf McConnellsvllle; superintendent of the home department, W. W. Boyce, of Rock Hill; superintendent of teacher training; department, Rev. F. W. Gregg;, of Rock Hill; superintendent of adult class department, J. A. Barrett of Clover; superintendent of missions department, Rev. E. K. Hardin of Rock Hill; superintendent of temperance work, J. G. Anderson of Rock Hill; superintendent of house to house visitation, T. V. Roach of Ebenezer. The executive committee of the association, consisting of one member from each township in the county, was elected as follows: Chairman, J. L. Black of Catawba; Bethesda, Miss Ada Sanders; Bethel, H. G. Stanton; Broad River, W. S. Wllkerson; Bullock's Creek, C. B. Ratchford; Ebenezer, T. V, Roach; Fort Mill, Mr. Epps; King's Mountain, J. A. Barrett; York, J. Steele Brlce. The time and place of the next meeting were left for the determination of the executive committee, McConnellsville wants the convention again. The Rock Hill Meeting. Rock Hill Record, August 12: The York county candidates spoke here Saturday at the Airdome, the meeting being presided over by Mr. W. B. Wilson, Jr., who introduced the speakers. The candidates for solicitor were present and they spoke first At the beginning of the meeting there was a fairly good crowd, but when it came to the candidates for school commissioner it had dwindled to a mere handful. Both Messrs. Henry and Foster made good speeches and In the best of humor. Good order prevailed and practically no questions whatever were asked any of the candidates. The candidates for the senate spoke after the candidates for solicitor. Mr. Beamguard spoke first and was followed by Mr. McDow. Mr. Beamguard said he was proud of his record In the legislature and thanked the people of Rock Hill for the vote they had given him. He said he was not In favor of the $75,000 bond Issue for the new court house. He said he had always been a friend to Wlnthrop college and went into some details In regard to the cotton warehouse bill which he bad supported in the last legislature and which was declared to be unconstitutional by the supreme court. Mr. McDow followed Mr. Bea/nguard and made a most able speech, as all those who know him know that he is competent of doing (and as his opponent said In advance that he was a mighty fine speaker.) Mr. McDow said that he was extremely friendly toward Rock Hill and this community, as he had first lived here before moving to Yorkville to reside, and said that as Rock Hill had always been so very kind to him, having in the last election given him 150 more votes than they did his opponent (Mr. Beamguard), that he could not help but feel a great interest in Rock Hill. He said, In fact, that the western part of the county said that the only thing they had against him was that he was so friendly to Rock Hill and that community. He said, as for Wlnthrop college, that its honored president and board of trustees could tell more about that than any one else; that It was through his efforts that rthe appropriation for the south dormitory was gotten through, and that It was on the occasion of his getting the appropriation for the Infirmary that his opponent, Mr. Beamguard, had said to him: "Tom, old man that speech of yours was a gem." He said that he had opposed the warehouse bill and told Mr. Beamguard and others at the time that it was unconstitutional; that he was opposed to passing anything of this kind to take $250,000 out of the state treasury without submitting it to the people first and let them say whether they want it or not He said that some were trying to knock him about the $75,000 bond Issue for the new courthouse at Yorkville. He said he had introduced this bill so as to let the people say whether they wanted to vote such bonds or not upon the recommendation of the grand Jury, with some of the county's best men on it That he was not in favor of having anything of this kind made a law unless the people voted on It and said they wanted It He said he was in favor of better country schools and would lend his best offorts, if elected, or at any time, to help the schools and build good roads. Next came the candidates for the legislature, Mr. S. N. Johnson of Yorkville being the first one introduced, followed by Mr. W. B. Riddle. O. L. Sanders, Dr. J. H. Saye, C. W. Wallace. J. R. Halle and winding up with Mr. A. Eugene Hutchison of this city. Next came the candidates for school commissioner, Messrs. Carroll and Wilborn. * Representative Catlin Unseated.? Representative Theron E. Catlin, of Missouri, Republican, was unseated tonight as a member of the house of representatives and his Democratic opponent, who contested the election, Patrick F. Gill, was seated amid wild enthusiasm from the Democratic side. The vote to unseat Catlin, who was charged with violation of the Missouri law governing campaign expenses, was 121 to 71. Gill was seated by a vote of 104 to 79. with 23 voting present. Mr. Catlin just before the first roll call, left the seat he had occupied in the center of the Republican side of the house and went to his desk, far in the rear. He lifted the desk lid, using an adjoining chair as a repository, removed all of his books and papers. He left the chamber with lagging step, stopping only to grasp the outstretched hands of sympathetic friends. Threequarters of an hour later his successful rival stood before the speaker's desk and took the solemn oath of office. The case, throughout the seven hours of debate was bitterly fought on both sides. The charge against Mr. Catlin was that he and his family had spent $10,200 to elect him to congress when the Missouri law prohibited an expenditure by candidates of more than $862. Other charges of fraud were made, of all of which Mr. Catlin denied knowledge. He also denied he knew at the time of any expenditures made by his father and brother.?Washington dispatch August 12, ?Washington, August 9: For the second time within the year. President Taft today vetoed a bill to revise the wool tariff schedule K, of the PayneAldrich law. With his disapproval, the president returned to congress the bill evolved as a compromise between the house and senate, holding that Its low rates would bring disaster to home industries. He appealed to congress nofr to adjourn until it had enacted a measure to substantially reduce the unnecessary existing duties without destroying the protection of the wool industry in the United States. Disapproval of the wool bill is to be followed with similar vetoes of the steel and cotton bills. The sugar bill is likely to be vetoed, as is the excise tax bill, the latter probably on the ground that the president believes it unconstitutional. "I shall stand by my pledges to maintain the degree of protection necessary to offset the differences of the cost of production here and abroad and will heartily approve any bill reducing duties to this level," wrote the presl- 1 dent. While the bill vetoed today and the one disapproved last year are identical in terms, the president's reasons differed. He vetoed the former bill because it was framed before the tariff board's report and the latter because he said it was framed with disregard of the board's findings. It is predicted i the house will override the veto, but i its fate in the senate is doubtful. 1 TILLMAN &TILL FLOUNDERS Perturbed Senator Would Like to b? Let Alone. Senator Tillman gave out the following signed statement from Washington last Saturday night: "Many telegrams and letters have come to my office since the publics- , tion of my letter to Mr. Sims and I deem it both necessary and proper for me /to make a statement to the press. In that way alone can I prevent mistakes from being made and having words and ideas put Into my * mouth which are not warranted. "I have not written any letter which was intended or could be used as Jones campaign literature. I have desired to maintain the attitude % df neutrality in the governor's race which I announced at the beginning. I have never believed a United States senator ought to take an active part in the nomination for state offices. What letters I have written were ^ penned in the hope of moderating the fury with which charges and counter charges were being hurled back and forth. But Instead of producing that effect, it has seemed to increase the bitterness, and I am re- ? solved that I will not permit myself to be drawn into this fight further. I am in Washington discharging the duties of my office as senator from South Carolina as well as my health and limited strength will permit. While my health is steadily improving I have no hope of becoming sufficiently restored for me to do any speaking in the campaign. Ood knows I wish I could, for if there ever was a time when the people needed clearness of vision and sound advice, it is now. I could speak what I cannot write and do it with more force and effectiveness. "Among the public services which ^ I have rendered South Carolina, I consider none of them more valuable than the aid I gave in the establishment of the primary system for state offices with the county to county campaign. When rightly used, this lktter is a great educational force in instructing the public upon many publie questions and bringing them face ^ IB' to face with the men who are seeking J th?ir votes. I have been sincerely anxious that nothing should be done to impair the usefulness of this educational agency. Instead of our candidates discussing great public questions and teaching the people, the meetings have been little else than vulgar quarreling matches in which blackguardism, vulgarity, obscenity and abuse almost without limit and all manner of filthy speeches have been allowed to predominate. The state's good name has been dragged in the mire to the disgust and shame of all right thinking Carolinians. Patriotic citizens must take counsel . together, how to lift these meetings back to a high plane and make them the great educators they are Intended to be. "Judge Jones ought to have been content with what I said and stopped ? there. He had no right to incite Oov. Blease's friends to bombard me with telegrams and letters,, by offering $100 reward to any one who would get me to declare Blease or Duncan were eminently qualified for the governor's office. I do not see that It is my business to dictate to the people of South Carolina as to whom they should elect governor. & "If I could have done that, John^O. ; ... Richards, Jr., would be governor now. I am naturally frank and blunt and somewhat impulsive, therefore, in writing to friends in South Carolina I have not been on the watch lest some phrase in my letter would lay ^ me under suspicion of being a Blease- * Ite, Joneslte, or Duncanite. For instance, some days ago, in writing to a friend in Marlboro, I said: 'Sensible men will never weigh Senator Tillman and Gov. Blease in the same scales. If the fools do, it is not any fault of mine.' I said this In the same spirit in which I said: 'No sensible man In the state believes that Judge w Jones is in favor of social equality.' Just as no one but a fool will consider Judge Jones as being in favor of social equality, so no one but a fool will regard Blease as the only representative of Tillmanlsm or Its best exponent. There are hundreds of m Tillmanites in the state who are better exponents of both than either Jones or Blease or Duncan. I do not see what that has to do with it any way. The issue is. or ought to be, integrity of purpose, patriotism and ability, cleanness of character, high Ideals, capacity to lead the people and show them the best way to go, courage to execute the laws unflinchingly and without fear or favor. "I have been made ashamed, as every South Carolinian must be, at the vulgarity, Indecency and cowardice that has been shown on the stump. ^ when my brother senators read about tne passing or me ue ueing cycii meeting in South Carolina, they with a veiled sneer allude to It in surprise. . I have no word to say because I can not I resented the lie with a blow on the floor of the senate and that has been regarded as an illustration of the state's spirit. The people of the state ought to compel those who seek their votps for high official positions to behave and speak like gentlemen. The people can do it. One can speak boldly, _ aggressively and truthfully, and not \ flinch from stating the facts, and do it in parliamentary language, and public opinion should demand this, and the people should enforce It as a rule. Else, for the state's good name, we had better cease having these state campaigns at all; and they are V too valuable to give up because of the manner in which they are being prostituted. It is a disgrace to have them conducted in the way they have been this year. It would be little short of a calamity to cease altogether. "One word in conclusion, and the most important word of all. There are men in the state who believe if Judge Jones is not elected that the t state will go to the dogs. There are others, equally honest and patriotic who believe that if Blease is not elected the reform movement and principles it stood for will be destroyed. Both are wrong. The fabric of our ^ government is not built on such a * flimsy foundation, but it is of vital Importance?and I say this with all solemnity of which I am capable? that the legislature to be elected this year is of more importance than is filling the governor's office. If we have brave, true men. who are honest and not to be browbeaten or bribed or seduced into betraying their constituents, no bad governor can do us any irreparable injury, and without them no good governor can do much good. So I implore my fellow cltizens to see to it that the very best wi on In nnnniv OI*A oanf fhn (lieu ill vuvil vvuiifc/ UI c ocm w n?v house of representatives and the senate. Then, whether Blease or Jones Is elected, we will be safe. (Signed) "B. R. Tillman." , , V SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The state canvass winds up at Greenville next Thursday week, and the primary election takes place two weeks from today. ? Anderson, August 10: Jesse Murray a white man about 35 years of age, has been lodged In the Jail here for the murder of D. Hutto, the aged Confederate veteran who was foully murdered by having his skull crushed to^pulp in his little store on tjkr^xtension of Greenville street lay Christmas eve. ? The case has been sHrouded In mystery and the arrest is the result of some clever detectl\y work on the part of Deputy Sheriff Van Martin, and if Murray proves tabe the guilty man Deputy Martin will receive & large reward offered by |he governor of the . 3tate and relatives of the murdered w man. Robbery vfes evidently the motive of the mur<w-. / / /