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2$crap5 and |acts. ? Pursuant to orders from President Taft, the transport Prairie left Philadelphia today with 750 marines bound for San Domingo to open the custom houses recently closed by rebels. It is not believed that any actual fighting will be necessary to carry out the orders of the president; but if fighting should be necessary the marines will be prepared to attend to the matter. ? William W. Bell, a nineteen year old bank clerk of Pensacola, Fla., has . confessed to the theft of a package containing $55,000 which the bank was preparing to shJp to Flomaton, Ala. The package went to the express company all right and was receipted for; but when it was opened, It was found to contain the pages of a magazine. The detectives got busy at once; but found no trace of the money. On Monday the assistant-cashier of the bank received a telephone message from an unidentified party that the money would be found on the door steps at the bank. The assistant cashier paid no attention to the message thinking it was a hoax; but later, sure enough the janitor found the package. Young Bell explained that he had stolen the money Just after it had been counted in the bank and substituted paper for it. He said that he was afraid that his brother would be suspbcted, and for that reason decided to return the money and confess. ? Robert O. Bailey, assistant secre tary of the treasury, has completed a list of former presidents and other prominent men whose names are to be used on a new series of paper money that is about to be issued. The face of George Washington will .appear on the $1 bills; Thomas Jefferson on the $2 bills; Abraham LJncoln on the (5 bills; Grover Cleveland on the $10 bills; Alexander Hamilton, $20; Andrew Jackson, $50; Benjamin Franklin, $100; John Marshall, $500: Henry Clay, $1,000; and U. S. Grant $10,000 It is Mr. Bailey's plan to have all three branches of the government, executive, legislative and Judicial, represented on the paper money. All of the bills of the same denomination under the new plan, will bear the faces of the same ?won nfflpiala at the treasury depart ment admit that the most dangerous form of counterfeiting is bill raising. By having bills of the same denomination bear the same portraits it would be impossible for any one to add nother cipher to a $10 and pass it as a $100 bill. Another plan of the treasury department to check counterfeiting is to have the backs of the bills alike. ? If Jim Woodward is elected mayor of Atlanta, says a dispatch from that city, it wHl be by beating his enemies at their own game. Most folks have forgotten it but the city law providing that a mayoralty candidate must get a full majority of all votes cast instead of a plurality, was originally framed * to beat Jim Woodward. The law didn't beat him when it was framed, but is still operative, and if he wants to win he will have to beat it again. It is an interesting fact that numbers of city laws were framed for no other purpose than to get the upper hand of Jim Woodward personally. Among them was the law that the mayor could not remit a fine of less than $50 or pardon ? !????? ?"*? a^.v\tav\r*?^/\ tn IpflS a. louucr " >" ? than thirty days. At one time the recorder used to send 'em up regular with a 149 and 29 day sentence so that the mayor could have no option in the matter. ? New York, September 25: Bessie Kaplan, an athletic 18-year-old girl of the Bronx, arrested a young man in a Brooklyn "L" today and personally haled him to the New Jersey avenue court, several blocks away. There she charged him with having brought public humiliation to her because he had made comments on the tightness of her skirt that were heard by the other passengers of the car. He gave the name of Max Chasowitz, and was held under $500 ball. "Look at her," Chasowitz is alleged to have said in the car. "I'll bet she walks like a chicken." The young man continued to make like remarks. The other passengers giggled at Bessie's mortification. When the Sutter avenue station was reached the young girl seized her annpyer by the collar and pulled him off the train. "What are you going to do with me?" asked Chasowitz, astonished. "I'm going to lock you up," replied Bessie. "It's a pretty 'how-de-do' when a girl can't travel in me cuy wnuuui uanue a loafer like you comment on her clothes." Chasowitz attempted to break away when the pair got to the street. A crowd sr -n gathered, however. Several men 1 ,ped the young girl keep her hold and escorted her with her prisoner to t*? police court. ? Washington, bepteinber 26: The feature of the census bureau's report issued yesterday on the supply and ulstribuiion of cotton tpr the cotton year 1912, which ended August 31, was the indication of the soutn's growth in tne cotton spinning industry. The amount of cotton used there was for the first time in the history of the inuustry greater than that used in all otner states in any one year and the number of active spindles operated increased almost half a million over the number operated last year. The cotton growing states used 2,712,622 bales against 2,655,049 bales in all others. r\f Q/^tiuo sninfllps were 11,585,839, compared with 11,034,623 in 1911. The total supply of cotton for the cotton year 1912 amounted to the unprecedented total of 17,673,294 bales, of which 1,37 5,031 bales had been held over from the previous year and 229,276 bales imported. This total supply exceeded last year's by 3,399,371 bales. Of the total supply 5,637,671 bales were used in this country, a quantity greater than ever before, and 10.631,7 63 balesp or more than 2,000,000 in excess of previous records were sent abroad. The number of spindles operated in other than cotton growing states increased almcst 300,000 to 18,726,891. The supply and distribution ot cotton in the United States, in running bales, for the cotton year of 1912, which ended August 31, 1912, with comparisons for previous years, as announced in the annual report of the census bureau, was: The total supply of cotton for the cotton year of 1912 was 17,6 . 3,294 running oaies, compared with 13,373,423 bales in 1911 and 12,188,921 bales in 1910. Ofthisquantity the ginnings during the year amounted to 16,068,987 bales, compared with 12,384,248 bales in 1911, and 10,350,978 bales in 1910; the stocks held at the beginning of the year were 1,375,031 bales, compared with 1,040,040 bales in 1911, and 1,483,585 bales in 1910. The net imports amounted to 229,276 bales, compared with 231,191 bales in 1911 and.151,395 bales in 1910. The total distribution of the above supply was as follows: The amount of cotton consumed in the United States during the year was 5,367,671 bales, compared with 4,704,978 bales in 1911 and 4,798,953 bales in 1910. Of this amount the quantity consumed in cotton growing states was 2.712,622 bales, compared with 2,328,487 bales in 1911 and 2,292.333 bales in 1910, and the quantity consumed in all other states was 2,655,049 bales, compared with 2,376,491 bales in 1911 and 2,506,620 bales in 1910. The exports of cotton during the year amounted to 10,281,758 bales, compared with 7,781,414 bales in 1911 and 6.339,028 bales in 1910. Stocks on hand on August 31 amounted to 1.623,865 bales, compared with 1.375.031 bales in 1911, and 1,040,040 in 1910. Of the stocks on hand manufacturers in cotton growing states held 241,704 bales, compared with 101,114 bales in 1911 and 121,349 bales in 1910, and manuiaciurers in an oiner suites nem 629.089 bales, compared with 441,077 bales in 1911 and 41 1,883 bales in 1910. Independent warehouses in cotton growing states on August 31 held 445.555 bales, compared with 349,072 bales in 1911 and 155,871 bales in 1910, and independent warehouses in all other states held 108.925 bales, compared with 83.768 bales in 1911 and 150.937 bales in 1910. Cotton held on August 31 at other places is estimated at 198,092 bales, compared with 400.000 bales in 1911 and 200,000 bales in 1910. The number of active cotton spindles in the United States was 30,132,730, compared with 29.522,597 spindles in 1911. and 28.266.062 spindles in 1910. Of this number those operated in cotton growing states during the year was 11,585,839 spindles, compared with 11.084,623 spindles operated in those states in 1911, and 10.494.1 12 spindles in 1910; and those operated in all other states were 18.726.819 spindles, compared with 18,437,974 spindles operated in those states in 1911 and 17,772,750 spindles in 1910. These statistics are In running bales, including llnters, except for foreign cotton which has been reduced to equivalent 500-pound bales. The statistics of cotton consumed, spindles and stocks held at mills and in warehouses shown in this report, were collected by canvassers of the mills and of the warehouses, but the stocks in 1912 shown under the classification "Elsewhere" were arrived at by deduction, this quantity being the difference between the total supply and the sum of the quantities exported, consumed and that held by manufacturers and warehousemen. ?he IJorlu'illc inquirer. Entered at the Postofflce In Torkvtlle as Mall Matter of the Second Class. YORKVIIXE. S. C.t FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27,1912. Chairman Evans of the state Democratic executive committee has called the full committee to meet in Columbia next Tuesday to hear the report of the sub-committee on the investigation of alleged fraud. Pursuant to an act of the general assembly passed at its last session, in the general election of November 5, the voters of South Carolina will pass on the question of authorizing the issue of $1,000,000 worth of state bonds for the erection of the new state hospital for the insane. There is an aggravted street car strike on in Augusta, Ga., and the militia has been called out by the governor of Georgia. The company that owns the Augusta car system also owns a line extending over into Aiken, and the South Carolina part of the line is also involved. The Anderson Intelligencer prints a circumstantial story to the effect that the activities of Mayor Grace of Charleston in the recent primary were the result of a deal between Grace and W. F. Stevenson under which deal Stevenson was to prevent Charleston from hftincr nut linger the nnmmiaainn form of government if Grace did good campaign work. In case Grace failed to make good to th? best of his ability, he was to be legislated out of office, according to the styjry. Governor Wilson won his fight against the nomination of James Smith Jr., by the Democrats for United States senator from New Jersey. In the primary election of last Tuesday, an overwhelming majority of Hughes delegates were elected, the majority ranging up to 15,000 or 20,000. While it has been generally admitted that the triumph of Governor Wilson in New Jersey would help him throughout the country, it has been feared that the fight would have a bad effect in Now Jersey; but the overwhelming victory has put the fears of the governor's friends at rest. The question as to who inaugurated the primary election in this state is again in controversy. The Enquirer has not a great deal to contribute to the subject except that the flies of this paper show that the first primary in York county, was held on. September 16, 1880. Only county officers were voted for and the plurality plan obtained. That is there was but one primary and the nomination went to the candidate receiving the largest number of votes. The last nominating convention was held in 1878. Without taking the trouble to look it up we will state that the primary system was not established generally over the state until 1890, and it was not until four years after that the people began to vote for state officers direct. Senator Tillman's first election to the United.States senate was by the legislature. There was a primary for solicitor of the Sixth circuit on August 21, 1888, and the candidates were J. E. McDonald, W. A. Sanders and Ira B. Jones. The vote result ed, McDonald. 2,809; Sanders, 2,428 and Jones 2,079. McDonald was declared the nominee, In accofdance with the then existing rules and there was no second primary. The fall term of the circuit court for Fairfield convened last Monday, Hon. Thos. S. Sease presiding, and from what his honor said to the grand jury, it would appear that if he should get to York county before the general election, which he will not, he might say something that would help out the court house bond proposition. He is quoted by the Winnsboro News and ncmiu us luiiuvvo. "Judge Sease in his remarks in dismissing the grand jury recommended that the matter of building a new court house be agitated and pushed until a building, modern in every respect and of sufficient size to -accommodate all of the county officials. He also recommended that a new jail be built. The present court house was built about 1835, about seventy-seven years ago. If Fairfield county could afford to build such a building seventy-seven years ago and cannot afford a sixty-five to seventy-five thousand dollar building today, then Fairfield had better change her name to Poorfield. Why not sell the jail building and take the proceeds, buy a cheaper lot and build a Jail? It is high time to remove the jail from the most public corner of the town. We pity those who are so unfortunate as to have to be imprisoned, but do not think they deserve the privilege of seeing and conversing with the public seven days in the week. Understand we are not criticising the jail officials for the publicity of prison life in Fairfield. They cannot help matters; they use the house that Fairfield built a little less than 100 years since. Sell the Jail property and rebuild somewhere near the town limits. We are satisfied the citizenship of the county would be very much pleased. Of the eighteen or twenty court house towns we have visited in South Carolina not one has the jail building on main street, along with the hotels, banks, etc., except Winnsboro." Abuse of the Press. From this heading it may appear to the reader that It is our purpose to launch into a defense of the newspapers; but we have no such idea. We merely propose to offer what strikes us as some fair and impartial observations which may or may not contribute to a better understanding of the subject under discussion. Owing to the peculiar relations between the press and the public, the press has been subject to abuse since the appearance of the first newspaper, and this abuse will continue up to and including the last extra editions announcing the near approach of the end of time. It could not be otherwise. When we refer to "abuse of the press," too, we would have It understood, that we are considering the subject from both sides?not only the press as abused by a portion of the public; but the press as abused by those who make it. There is as much harm done on the one hand as on the other, and perhaps there is as much aggravation on the one hand as on the other; but if there is any Justification on either side, most of it is probably on the side of the public. T*r\ /ullv nns? ovnntlv Hoflnp thf* province of the press is impossible for there is no limit as to length, breadth, heighth nor depth; but as briefly as possible the first duty of the newspaper press is to keep its readers informed as quickly, fully and as accurately as possible as to such facts as it should know, and the duty of those whose business it is to edit the same is to supplement the facts with such observations and comments as seem proper to promote a fuller and more correct understanding. The most serious abuse of the press by the makers thereof arises out of the deliberate suppression of facts that should be known, the distortion of other facts, so as to give them a different bearing, and the use of editorial articles to manufacture an artificial sentiment that will conform to ends that dishonest manipulators seek to subserve for their own selfish benefit Inasmuch as it is so patent that no human being is infallible, it is easy to ooa Via nt\ n/llt a?? *\a m o tt k/ttit k an oic iiiai aif cuivui| uu iliakici nun iiuiiest, earnest or sincere he may be, may fail .to give important facts through inability to get them. Ke may, through an honest mistake of judgment fail to give facts that really ought to be given. He may, through lack of sufficient wisdom, make unwholesome comments that might do harm. But this is only mentioned as a possibility. Most newspaper editors know what they are doing or think they do, and while any of them are liable to miss, overlook, or fail to get important facts, or to make grievous mistakes otherwise, as a general thing if their conduct is not chargeable to actual design It must be charged to incapacity. It is not the purpose of this article to make a specific attack on the conduct of any editor; but we say that we know editors who carefully refrain from ever giving utterance to what may be construed as an opinion on anything. Some of these editors con fine themselves solely to the printing of such of the news as Is floating around loose, as they choose to print, or are able to print, without a particular Idea of trying to accomplish anything. Others print news of a certain character with the idea of accomplishing a certain purpose, and others omit to publish news of a certain other character to the same end. Some do this with a wholesome and righteous purpose In view and others do it with purely selfish motives, but as to which is which and why, is often difficult to establish for the reason that there is no infallible way of establishing motive. The old, old expedient of stealing the livery of heaven to serve the devil is just as convenient to the editor as it is to other individuals, and It will have to be admitted that there are editors who do not hesitate to take advantage of it. This constitutes the most flagrant source of abuse of the press by the makers thereof. But while it is not to be denied that the press is abused by rn^ny bad men among those who control if? it is equally true that the press is often abused by people who find In It a serious obstacle to questionable plans. If we cared to be specific we would be able to cite numerous examples from our own experience. We have more than once tried to direct sentiment In a given direction that we conceived to be right and for the best Interest of our readers. Sometimes we have had opposition and sometimes we have had none, and we have succeeded and failed both with and without opposition. But that is not exactly the point we are seeking to illustrate. Those who have made even a casual study of human nature very well understand how easy it is to arouse hostile agression In the average disinterested individual by representing to that Individual that some other person or influence Is trying to make use of him withmif hlo nnnoonf Thoro \a nothing that is simpler, and nothing more common perhaps than the old, old but still effective cry of "stop thief," so often used by the fleeing rogue to give the impression that his pursuers are really after an imaginary man further ahead, and that he himself is one of the pursuing crowd. Many and many a time the first information that we would have of some projected municipal move of questionable righteousness would be the rumor that it was desired to do so and so, and The Enquirer was opposing; but the people would do it anyway as they did not intend to allow The Enquirer to run the town. Every newspaper of any reputation anywnere, nas naa similar experiences, and such experiences will continue, for no newspaper editor has yet found an effective means of exposing such a fraud. A sufficient reason is that the originator of the scheme begins in the dark, works in the dark, and declares that he never heard or thought of such a thing. In the same way it is common for candidates for office to represent that they are being opposed by newspapers for some unworthy reason. Of course where the candidate attacks the newspaper openly through its columns, the newspaper cannot complain. That is fair. But few newspapers there are that have not had the experience of having candidates run around making straw men of them secretly among ignorant people who do not read; but who will not stand for the unfair disadvantages that is being implied In the manufactured charge. As to whether this kind of thing really hurts the newspapers. Is quite doubtful. We do not think it does. It is not pleasant; but then newspapers have to put up with things that are unpleasant just as do other people and institutions. But with it all, we have not held the newspapers to be blameless. As we iicivt? aiifciuj suKgrairu me m'wapit|)ci must necessarily be guided by humans, and one of the characteristics of the human, is to make errors. The error of an individual human who happens to be editing a newspaper is calculated to be more harmful than the error of any other individual because it affects so many more people, and in proportion to the harm it naturally follows that the responsibility must be as great. And although there are editors and editors, some pretty good and some not so good, some sqiall and narrow, and some big and broad, we think that taken as a whole they will measure up very well with the best of men in other avocations and while some may abuse their positions, as a rule they do about as well as othe r people in most things, and if as a whole they sinned as much as they are sinned against, the tribe would soon have to become extinct. LOCAL AFFAIRS, NEW ADVERTI8EMENT8. D. A. Matthews, Ex'r.?Gives notice of sale of house and lot of Miss Lizzie Matthews, deceased, at auction. Tirzah Ginnery?Has installed a new grinning outfit, and gins cotton at $1 per bale. Buys seed in any quantity and sells hulls and meal at competitive prices. Jas. A. Barrett,* Rec. Sec.?Invites the public to hear the state chaplain of the Jr. 0. U. A. M., at Clover on beptember 28th and 29th. J. W. Dobson?Wants a renter for his store room for next year and his livery stable now. Harris Studio?Says that it is a pleasant experience to have a photograph made now as compared with seventy-two years ago. McConnell Dry Goods Co.?Tells you not to be mislead into buying fall goods before seeing what it has to offer in all lines. J. M. Stroup?Offers the Lord Baltimore line of clothing for boys and says it is one of the best lines on the market. Prices $3 to (8.50 a suit. York Supply Co.?Advises farmers to sow oats, rye, vetch, clover, etc., as soon as the ground is ready for the seed. It sells bagging, ties and cotton sheets. Building supplies. Sam M. Grist, Special Agent?-Says that there Is no time like now for applying for that insurance that you are going to want later on. Carroll Furniture Co.?Talks about trunks, house furnishings, stoves, picture frames, tires for go-carts. National Union Bank, Rock Hill?Addresses itself especially to boys In its advertisement of todav. It advises them to save. Cloud Cash Store?With a complete stock in all lines, Invites shoppers to come and see what It has to offer them. Kirkpatrick-Belk Co.?Continues the fall opening through Saturday and invites everybody to make It a visit and see the new goods. Thomson Co.?Thanks the ladies for attending its opening, and talks about its lines of coat suits, coats, clothing, shoes, etc. York Drug Store.?Calls attention to the line of Rexall remedies. The Sharon High School was suspended Wednesday morning on account of the development of several cases of scarlet fever In the community. The rain of last Sunday and Monday was worth something .to York county as it was; but if it had come three weeks or a month before it would have been difficult indeed to have estimated its value in dollars and cents. Of course this is merely stated as a fact that has crossed the mind of many a fanner, not in the way of complaint, or of crying over spilt milk. * WITHIN THE TOWN ? Mr. Broadus M. Love has purchased the S. R. Moore residence on East Jefferson street. ? Messrs. Courtney and Singletary, who are arranging to open and operate a large garage In Yorkvllle, have rented the Smoak-Brown livery stable for store room purposes until the completion of their building mentioned in the last issue of The Enquirer. Mr. Courtney, the senior member of the firm, has been in the automobile business for a number of years. He is a practical machinist, and understands the automobile thoroughly. The firm will not only sell and hire automobiles, but will keep them in repair, and while they do not expect or hope to develop a big business all at once, they feel confident that Yorkvllle, the place they have selected after looking over the prospects of about seventy towns, is the very place they have been hunting for all the while. ABOUT PEOPLE Mr. Beatty Smith, of Yorkville, No. i, leu. yesieraay ror Atlanta, to enter the Atlanta Medical colege. Miss Anna Lewis of Yorkville, left this week to resume her studies at Winthrop. Misses Eunice Grist and Hattie Thomasson, of Yorkville, spent yesterday in Rock Hill. Miss Maud Good, of Hickory Grove, visited her sister, Miss Eva Good, in Yorkville this week. Miss Alma Feemster of Yorkville, R. F. D. 4, is visiting the family of Mr. Joseph Kirkpatrick, in Chester. Mr. Martin Smith, of Yorkville, R. F. D. 1, was taken to Rock Hill this week to be operated on for appendicitis. Misses Winnie Crawford and Wllma Losan, who are teaching In Sharon, have returned to Yorville, on account of scarlet fever In their school. Misses Nancy Witherspoon and Elizabeth Flnley of Yorkville, returned to the College for Women, Columbia, yesterday. Mrs. Mary C. Fain and two children of Dandrige, Tenn., and Mrs. T. W. Wilson, of Gastonla, are visiting Mrs. Susan Wallace, in Yorkville. THE DEATH OF MR. McFADDEN. The Rock Hill Record of yesterday has the following about the death and burial of Mr. V. G. McFadden, who died as the result of injuries sustained in Charlotte: Funeral services over the remains of Mr. V. Gordon McFadden, whose sad death was announced in last Monday's issue of the Record, having occurred from an accident sustained while he was in discharge of his duty with the Charlotte Power Co., were held at the home of hia father, Mr. V. B. McFadden, Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock, conducted by Revs. Alex Martin and F. W. Gregg, pastors of the First Presbyterian church of this city, after which the remains were laid to rest in Laurelwood cemetery, the following parties acting as pall-bearers: Messrs. V. B. Parson, Lon Alexander and J. M. Porter of Charlotte; Pride Ratterree, J. W. O'Neal, Dolph Friedheim, Jay Adams, and A. Remharf Dorroff r\ f iVlla nUir ^ *->aL iCU Ul WHO vitjr. True Particulars of Tragedy. As there have been several conflicting stories published by the Charlotte papers as to how Mr. McFadden was injured, a representative of the Record on Tuesday afternoon called on Mr. Lon Alexander of Charlotte, the manager for the Charlotte Power Co., who was here attending Mr. McFadden's funeral, and asked him for a correct statement of how the accident occurred. Mr. Alexander stated that he and a crew of his men were out Sunday morning making some necessary repairs; that they had taken time about climbing poles, and when they came to the pole on which Mr. McFadden was injured that Mr. McFadden climbed the pole, adjusted his safety belt around the pole and reached up with his left hand to pull an oil switch, and just as he caught hold and gave the switch-handle a pull the flames gushed out in Mr. McFadden's face, and that he swung around the pole underneath the blaze as best he could. Mr. Alexander said he sent another man up the pole to help Mr. McFadden release- hts safety belt and help him down; that this man reached him almost immediately and helped him to release the belt; that as soon as he did so Mr. McFadden climbed down the pole, beating the other man to the ground. He said that Mr. McFadden's shirt was in a blaze and that he (Alexander) ripped it off and caught it around him, taking him to a nearby residence, where he wrapped him in a blanket. In the meantime a physician had been summoned, who instructed that the injured man be carried to a nearby hospital. Mr. Alexander said that he helped him up, put his arm around him, and that they walked from there to the hospital, which was nearby. and up the steps to the second story. He stated that he had no idea what made the oil switch arc or shortcircuit, and that while Mr. McFadden was badly burned about the head, face, hands and shoulders, he did not think that would have caused his death; that he must have inhaled the flames when they gushed out in his face. Mr. McFadden is survived by his wife and two children, his father, Mr. V. B. McFadden, and three brothers, Messrs. C. B. and D. B. of this city and Dr. R. H. McFadden of Yorkville. THE FALL OPENINGS. The fall and winter openings of millinery are generally successful in Yorkville, both from the standpoint of display and the number of people in attendance from the town and surround ing country: but it has been a long time since there has been greater interest than was shown in the openings of the Thomson company and the ' Kirkpatrick-Belk company this week. The Thomson company's opening commenced Wednesday morning and ; the Kirkpatrick Belk company's com- ; menced in the evening. The ladles i turned out in large numbers both during the day and during the evening, and interest was still on during yesterday. The visitors included not only . large majority of the ladies of Yorkville, but many from other towns. They came because of the promises held out to thern, and it is simple Jus- , tlce to 8ay that they were well pleas- i ed with what they saw, not only at the < stores making especial displays; but at the other stores as well, for all the local dry goods people were keenly alive to the occasion. After a careful examination of the displays in the two millinery parlors it does not take a great deal of calculation to arrive at the conclusion that about four out of five women are going to be wearing white or black hats this fall and winter, and that the fifth maid or matron will wear navy blue, taupe or ruby, for that is about the proportion of colors and from all reports the fashions are strictly orthodox, right on a parajlel with Baltimore, New York and Philadelphia. And another thing that is equally noticeable is that most of the hats are usually plain and conventional. There is nothing freakish to excite comment, nothing bizarre to attract unusual attention and nothing out of the ordinary to invite the bombs of wit that usually emanate from the over critical. In the great majority of cases the trimming is as flat as a pan- i cake and all of the "stick-up" feathers, as they are known to the milliners, i have fallen by the wayside in favor of Kit) oucK-uui nuiu. Dress hats are large?as large or i larger than the spring hats; but there Is a difference in that the fall hats i are larger on the sides and shorter in i the front and back. Street hats are small, and there is the whole thing? everything either very large or very small, and comparatively little trimming on anything. Among the prettiest hats shown was a big white mushroom moire picture hat. It was faced with light blue velvet, and carried along the rim a narrow band of crepe chiffon, edged with marabout. It was trimmed with white French plumes. The baret hat is a feature of the season. It derives its name from the hat known in ecclesiastic circles. It is usually developed in velvet, the bandeau being of the same material, and the only trimming consisting of a feather fancy catching up one side of the puffy crown. A popular hat shown is the "Sundown," a type of chapeau that Marie Antoinette and her highborn companions wore when taking tea in the royal gardens at the Trianon. A charming model is a large soft hat of black velvet, with modified Tam o'Shanter crown of the same material and an underbrim facing of white chiffon. A bunch of white ostrich feathers is caught at one side of the crown, falling over the edge of the brim in graceful effect. A similar model has a single black silk rose at one side, and still another model of this type has a touch of color introduced in a cluster of Prince of Wales tips in cerise shading from palest pink. Many of the most expensive models are extremely plain and smart large flat hats are of hatters' plush, many of them being of that material alone, while others have an underbrim facing of black velvet Many of these models > are trimmed with a single feather fan- , cy, a goura feather, osprey aigrette, or paradise plume being laid flat on the ] brim at the side, extending over the back brim for several inches at a very j daring and striking angle. A charming little bowl-shaped walk- , ing hat is of white plush with an un- , derbrim of black plush, a single little ; black mercury wing perches on the edge of the underbrim. A large and drooping brim sailor of ( black hatters' velvet is trimmed with a flat narrow band of ostrich feathers *%!? aa J A? A<I?VA /v# t U A nnnAS Ki?4m pmtxu un nit; cu^c ui mc uu> im In such a way that the tiny feathers , curled over the edge, give the effect , of a feather binding. ? i LOCAL LAC0NIC8 Pastor Accepts Call. Rev. James H. Machen of McCor-r mick, S. C., has accepted a call to the pastorship of the Baptist churches of Yorkville and Hickory Grove. Mr. 1 Machen preached to the Baptist congregation in Yorkville during the summer, and those who heard him were ' very much pleased. He is to take 1 charge of the work about November 1, 1 and with his family will occupy the Baptist parsonage in Yorkville. Under the arrangement Mr. Machen is to give ' one-fourth of his time to Hickory Grove and three-fourths to Yorkville. The pulpits of the two churches have been vacant for nearly a year. Borders-Miller. A large number of the friends and relatives of the contracting parties, gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Borders, of King's Creek, No. 1, Thursday afternoon to witness the marriage of their daughter, Miss Lula to Mr. John W. Miller, of Yorkville. The parlor of the home was beautiful- 1 ly decorated with ferna and flowers. Miss Kate Faulkner rendered the wedding1 march. The only attendants were the bride's brother, Mr. William Borders, and her cousin, Mrs. Castles. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. W. E. Lowe, of Clover. The bride wore a gray coat suit with hat to match, and Immediately after the wedding the bride and groom were driven to Blacksburg where they took the train for a week or ten day's visit to Washington, Baltimore and other northern cities. Upon their return, Mr. and Mrs. Miller will be at home to their many friends and acquaintances at the home of Mr. J. W. Quinn, In Yorkville. The Matter of Market. Rock Hill Record: A responsible farmer informs us that he on yester- 1 day carried twelve bales of cotton to I Yorkville and sold them for eleven and : flve-eighths cents per pound when he J was only offered eleven and a half here. He states also that he and his I party spent at least (25 there and his < place of trading is Rock Hill. Suppose i fifty farmers from this section do the < same thing! You see what the results i will be, don't you? Gentlemen, the I Record has no cotton to sell, neither i lias u any (jersuiiai uiieicai in u num any standpoint, but we are working for the best Interests of Rock Hill and the business people at large here who support us with their printing and advertising and for the best Interest of the general public at large; and we do want to see this matter straightened out, for it will hurt us from every standpoint. We stand ready to publish anything from the buyers here or from any one else who can give us some light on the subject that will help to adjust the matter and put Rock Hill to the front. ? Winnsboro, September 25: That they suffer death by electrocution at the state penitentiary on November 1 next, was the sentence of the court in the case against Dan Byrd and Jake Moore, two young negroes, who killed Arthur McCorkle, another negro, on the plantation of Mr. M. W. Doty, eight miles southwest of here, Friday night. The defendant, Dan Byrd confessed to having met the deceased in a foot path and after having a few angry words he t struck him with a stick over the head, i He implicated his co-defendant Jake 1 Moore, who strongly denies his guilt < by declaring that Moore struck Mc- 1 Corkle several blows with the stfck af- ' ter he had thrown his away, and also ( aided him in carrying the body off to a J swamp, and that he covered it with i sand in an effort to conceal the deed. 1 Byrd's statement, corroborated by cir- t cumstantlal evidence, lead the Jury to ( the conclusion that the killing was 1 planned and .preconcerted by the two, ? and that they either laid in wait for ? their victim or one decoyed him to the I spot and together they killed him. After ? considering the case for a few hours i Inrv returned a verdict of guilty as \ to both the defendants, they being re- c turned to jail. Friday morning Byrd r seemed to realize death for him was in- ^ evitable and declared that Moore was f not present at the time he killed Mc- a Corkle, but when told later by the J sheriff that there must have been two t present, as the tracks Indicated that ? two carried the body, he again declared t that Moore was privy to the murder s and that he exonerated him because e the negro prisoners in jail had threat- v ened to do him bodily harm. ? PROBING THE PRIMARY. Bub-Committee Operate* in Spartan* burg, Greenville and Anderson. The sub-committee appointed by State Chairman Bvans of the state Democratic executive committee held meetings In Spartanburg Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning, went to Greenville Wednesday afternoon and to Anderson yesterday morning. The committee met In the court house at Spartanburg and was called to order by Chairman Stevenson with nil tha members nrpnont There ares also in attendance an audience of about 600 people, mostly supporters of Governor Blease. Governor Blease was in the city but did not appear at the meeting. He was represented by counsel including F. H. Dominlck, of Newberry, John M. Cannon of Laurens, and S. J. Nicholls, of Spartanburg. Judge Jones was not present in the city but was represented by R. W. Shand, and W. H. Townsend of Columbia. Counsel for Governor Blease secured a ruling from the chair to the effect that they might participate in the proceedings without prejudice to any other rights they might have in the matter. Counsel for Judge Jones had nothing to say during the deliberations except In response to a question from the chair they stated that they had no charges to prefer and no evidence to offer, leaving themselves in the apparent position of relying upon such evidence as might be developed by the committee. There had been published a statement to the effect that Detective Reed of dictagraph fame, had been employed to investigate alleged frauds, and there Beems to be no doubt that he has been operating in Greenville county; but Chairman Stevenson took occasion to Bay that the committee knew nothina about the activities of the detective and was in nowise responsible for the Bame, Detective Reed did not appear In Spartanburg, or if he did, he did not make himself known. A stormy scene was precipitated at the opening of the meeting by a vigorous attack that Mr. J. M. Greer, of Union made on the majority of the committee for holding a meeting In Charlotte without even advising the minority that such a meeting was to be held, and by calling off the meeting that had been previously appointed for Columbia. Although, according to reports, there was no" Ing especially stirring in what Mr. Greer said, his agitated manner and his gesticulations had an exciting effect on a majority of the audience and quite a demonstration ensued. There were shouts of "Give it to them Greer," "Go back to Charlotte," "you can't bring a crowd of cutthroats here and tell us what to do in South Carolina." Chairman Stevenson rapped for order and said that unless the same was restored he would adjourn the meeting and go into a secret session of the committee. Mr. Greer pounded the chairman's desk with his flst and dared the chairman to attempt an adjournment. The audience grew wilder and wilder and it looked as if something was going to happen. Mr. Park took occasion to say that he was merely there for the purpose of doing his duty in accordance with the orders of the state executive committee; and while he was in favor of onan npnntnna unless order was restored he would move to go Into executive session. This had no effect and the uproar continued until S. J. Nicholls said: "Gentlemen, you all know where my heart Is, you know what my politics are. We are here to investigate fraud charges. I don't believe they've got it; but for my sake, the sake of Spartanburg county and for the sake of Cole L. Blease, keep quiet." Mr. Nicholls was applauded and quiet was restored. There was a call of the roll of the counties in the western division" under the direction of Mr. Park, and a number of allegations were made, the most specific being from Aiken in that they were accompanied by sworn affidavits. A special committee appointed to investigate Spartanburg reported many irregularities Including a large number of names that appeared twice on various poll lists indicating repeating; but the committee was not fn a-position to Bay that there had actually been any repeating. It was also alleged that minors had voted and it was Insinuated that when the partly finished work of comparing the poll llats with the club rolls was completed there would be as many as 600 questionable votes to be accounted for. There were charges of fraud In a report from a Greenville committee headed by Avery Patton, and although no specific proof was offered the report said that such proof would be forth-J coming on the demand of the commit-1 tan T 11/ a a allaarn^ t)iot fl/ifl+l ah a nomco I and the names of dead men were used. After the committee got down to work it proceeded with its further deliberations without any more interruption, and Wednesday morning's session was quiet and orderly. During Wednesday morning John T. Duncan submitted an affidavit in which he alleged that during the last week of the .campaign $108,000 was spent in the interest of Judge Jones. He said that as much as $300 was paid at one precinct and that the price of votes ranged from $10 to $16. He charged also that seventeen Georgians employed by the Greenville, Spartanburg and Anderson railway voted for Judge Jones at Greenville, and when asked if he could furnish the proof, offered to do so later. # The meeting at Greenville was not productive of specific results. Avery Patton was the principal witness but his testimony was of a general character. The main evidence on which the Liiat gco ui uauu tit vjiccuriuc itcic based was the finding on one of the city polling lists 128 names that were unknown to the managers of the election. There were 340 duplications on the city club lists, some of the names ; appearing as many as five times; but as that condition is so common everywhere, no significance attaches. An Anderson dispatch to the Columbia State of this morning summarizes the developments in Anderson yesterday as follows: The sub-committee of the executive committee of the Democratic party of South Carolina finished its labors as a committee of the whole today until the members assemble In Columbia Monday to consider all testimony in hand and prepare a report for the state executive committee. The day spent in Anderson did not prove exciting. Late in the afternoon the committee went into execu tive session and decided that the committee will meet in the state library of . the state house at Columbia Monday at 12 o'clock to review the work done and prepare its report. The work done by the sub-committee from the Anderson jommittee has been painstaking and , thorough, and when the committee , arrived here It found matter for its ;onsideration in excellent shape for action. After a day in which considerable time was lost In one way and an- ( sther. plans for the continuance and , conclusion of the work of the commit- ' tee were adopted late in the afternoon. J. D. Blvens and R M. Jeffries will , proceed to Orangeburg to conduct an , investigation there of the disappear- , ince of the rolls and any other Irregu- ( arities noted. T. B. Butler is authorized by the committee to collect all affl- . lavlts at Spartanburg and other evi- , lence at hand and convey it to the j committee for the meeting Monday. ? New York, September 24: Led by I i woman, automobile bandits, rivaling ] n boldness the taxicab robbers of 1 Paris, and the perpetrators of similar 1 crimes on the lower East Side of New 1 ifork, secured $15,000 worth of loot in > jroad daylight from the Jewelry store 1 )f George Richman, 111 Second avenue, rust across the street, services were go- 1 ng on in the Reformed Episcopal < Dutch church, and scores of people ] vere passing up and down the thor- < >ughfares, yet so rapidly was the rob>ery committed that no one noticed i mything unusual. Richman was in his < ihop, stocking his window with a dis- < day of Jewelry. The safe was open, < * - 1 /IU^An/1 i 111(1 IL uuuiut'i Ul ua^o ui uiaiuunu < ing.s and Jewelry left for repairs | vere lying on a shelf just back of the 1 ounter. An automobile bearing two 1 nen In the back seat, and a woman, < vho seemed to be directing the chaufeur, with the driver on the front seat, i itopped a door below Richman's store. ( V well dressed man entered and grave | he jeweler a watch chain to be clean- t >d. Richman went to a brush wheel in ( he back of the store to clean it. The itranger followed him.and, as the Jew- 1 ler bent over the wheel, a revolver < vas jabbed into his ribs and he was t irdered to "shut up and be quick about i it" A towel was bound across his mouth, his hands and feet were tied with pieces of wire, and with his own belt. Then he was laid, helpless, behind the counter, while another man entered, and the pair took $825 in cash in the safe and more than $4,000 worth of diamond rings and pendants, a number of which had been left for repair by their owners. During the robbery the woman occupant of the machine did not leave it but kept up an animated conversation with the chauffeur. Mrs. Tobias, a Jewish actress, and Miss Tetta Simon entered the store, just as the robbers were leaving, but 1 * until ?hAf IHUU&I1L IIUUUII5 \JL ISJVSXS UUVII MIV/ found Richman bound and gagged. The engine of the auto had been kept running at full speed, and the robbers escaped, but Richman was able to give a good description of them. NEXT GENERAL AS8EMBLY. Names of Thosa Who Will Constitute House and 8enate. Columbia State. Jas A. Hoyt, clerk of the house, has prepared a list of the members-elect of the South Carolina general assembly for 1913-1914. The list Is given by counties and the hold over senators are marked by an asterisk. The new county, Jasper, has representation ihis year. Attentloq is called to the fact that in Newberry county the second primary has been postponed until the state executive committee decides to take action on the primary. This primary is between C. C. Wyche and H. H. .Evans: Th? Senators. The following are the members of the senate, the hold-overs being marked by an ( ) asterisk: Abbeville?Moore Mars. Aiken?John F .Williams. Anderson?G. W. Sullivan. Bamberg?-J. B. Black. Barnwell?A. B. Patterson. Beaufort?Nells Christensen. Berkeley?EX J. Dennis. Calhoun?J. A. Banks. Charleston?Huger Sinkler. Cherokee?W. S. Hall, Jr. Chester?P. L. Hardin. Chesterfield?G. K. Laney. Clarendon?Louis AppelL Colleton?J. D. Ackerman. Darlington?L. M. Lawson. Dillon?J. H. Manning. Dorchester?H. H. Gross. Edgefield?B. E. Nicholson. Fairfield?T. H. Ketchln. Florence?J. W. McCown. Georgetown?LeGrand G. Walker. Greenville?W. H. Earle. Greenwood?D. B. Johnson. Hampton?E. R. Ginn. Horry?H. L. Buck. Jasper?J. C. Richardson. Kershaw?W. R. Hough. Lancaster?T. J. Strait. Laurens?O. P. Goodwin. Lee?G. M. Stuckey. Lexington?W. H. Sharpe. Marlboro?J. B. Green. Marion?Henry Mulllns. Newberry?Alan Johnstone. Oconee?EX EX Verner. Orangeburg?Robert Lide. Pickens?T. J. Mauldin. Richland?F. H. Weston. Saluda?B. W. Crouch. Sumter?J. H. Clifton. Spartanburg?H. B. Carlisle. Union?McBeth Toung. Williamsburg?E. C. Epps. York?J. E. Beamguard. Members of House. The following are the members of the house of representatives: Abbeville?J. H. Moore. M. J. Ashley, M. C. Robinson. Aiken?C. T. Holley, Hugh Long. Third primary between R. J. Wade and J. C. Busbee. Anderson?O. D. Gray, J. W. Ashley, Rev. T. P. Nelson, J. Mac. King, J. A. Hall, W. W. Scott Bamberg?B. W. Mlley, J. A. Hunter. Barnwell?R. M. Mlxson, C. S. Warner, N. G. Creech. Beaufort?E. M. Fripp, A. M. Hiott Berkeley?W. K. Cross, J. A. Harvey. Calhoun?Dr. D. R. Sturkle. Charleston?Sam Rittenberg, N. B. Barnwell, H. G. Senseney, L. F. Melfl, R. S. Whaley, A. Vander Horst, Clifford Thompson, John C. D. Schroeder. Cherokee?N. W. Hardin, C. B. Daniel. Chester?A. G. Brlce. R. O. Atkin son. Chesterfield?W. F. Stevenson, W. P. Odom. Clarendon?H. W. Mltchum, R. D. White, E. M. Kennedy. Colleton?H. K. Strickland, J? L. Robertson. Darlington?W. T. Harper, C. D. Lee, W. E. James. Dillon?P. L, Bethea, L. M. Rogers. Dorchester?Jos. Murray. Edgefield?J. P. Delaughter, J. H. Courtney. Fairfield?T. L. Johnson, Sam Clowney. Florence?R. K. Charles, W. H. Whitehead, Jr., C. J. Qasque. Georgetown?M. W. Pratt, O. M. Mitchell. Greenville?C. F. Haynsworth, C. O. Goodwin, J. G. Greer, R. A. Means, H. B. Tindal, W. M. Scott. Greenwood?W. H. Nicholson, J. W. Bowers, Dr. W. T. Jones. Jasper?L. A. Hutson. Horry?M. M. Stanley, E. J. Sherwood and W. D. Lawrimore in third primary. Lancaster?J. C. Massey, C. N. Sapp. Laurens?W. C. Irby, Jr., H. S. Blackwell, G. A. Browning. Lexington?Rev. E. L. Lybrand, J. B. Addy, J. M. Malpass. Lee?J. C. Baskin, W. A. James. Marion?a. u. yuinn, u. n. mcmulan. Marlboro?F. P. E. Pegues, D. McQueen, J. J. Evans. Newberry?George S. Mower, Arthur Klbler. Second primary postponed?between C. C. Wyche and H. H. Evans. Oconee?M. R. McDonald, F. H. Shirley. Orangeburg?T. M. Dantzler, E. B. Friday, T. W. Zelgler, J. T. Llles, W. C. Martin. Pickens?E. P. McCravey, Fred Williams. Richland?A. M. Lumpkin, Geo. R. Rembert, R. H. Welch, P. T. Youmans, J. T. Miller. Saluda?J. C. Riley, E. L. Ready. Spartanburg?C. C. wyche, J. W. Boyd, M. A. Moseley, J. B. Klrby, H. F. Harrellson, W. S. Rogers, Jr., C. D. Fortner. Sumter?George W. Dick, R. D. Epps, R. B. Belser. Union?B. G. Wllburn, J. Frost Walker, Jr. Williamsburg?R. J. Kirk, W. J. Smiley, R. H. Callahan. York?O. h. Sanders, J. R. Halle, A. E. Hutchison, W. B. Riddle. What Congress Did,?The Youth's Companion summarizes the work of congress as follows: Little is expected of congress In a presidential year, especially when neither party is In control. In the current presidential year, however, and a divided congress, more was done than any one expected. The partlzan bills, of course, failed, either because one house or the other refused to agree, or because when the two houses did agree, the president disapproved. Perhaps the most Important legislation enacted is the law that extends the work of the agricultural colleges from the colleges themselves to the farm, so that the man at home can learn how to raise better cattle and 1 how to make his fields and his orchard produce bigger crops. The success of this plan will bring about greater pros- ' perity for the farmer and cheaper food ! for the town-dweller. It Is a practical ] ind an Intelligent way of reducing the high cost of living. Another step forward is the establishment of a bureau In the department if commerce and labor to study the < problem of child labor, and help to save i mnaren irom overworn. The parcel-post law, with its provision for low rates on all packages mailed at and delivered from the same post)ffice, with gradually increasing rates jn parcels that are sent greater distances, Is also an attempt to benefit the >eople without bringing the merchant n the small town into ruinous competition with the merchant in the large -ity. The requirement that all ships carrying fifty passengers or more shall be jquipped with wireless telegraph aplaratus and have an operator constantly on duty is a humane law for the protection of life at sea. The abrogation of the Russian treaty 1 because Russia refused to recognize < jertain American passports is a pro- I est against the inhumanity and tyran- i ly of a nation that has not yet wholly 1 emerged from the barbarism of the middle ages. The act governing the tolls and regulating the shipping through the Panama canal, although not partizan, may In time divide the parties on the issue of the enforcement of the treaty under which the canal was built A resolution was passed submitting to the states a Constitutional amendment to provide for the popular election of senators. The action was not partizan, for it was accomplished by the votes both of Republicans and of Democrats. SOUTH CAROLINA NEW8. ? Camden experienced the heaviest rainfall Monday and Monday night that has been seen there in many years, and as a result thousands of dollars worth of damage has been sustained by the Pine Creek cotton mills, farmers, railroads and the country roads. The dam of an old factory pond broke at 6 a. m. Tuesday and washed away the grist mill and cotton gin of the Pine Creek cotton mill. One hundred and fifty feet of tlie dam was torn away by the rushing waters. This will necessitate the closing, down of the cotton mill for a week or ten days, until a temporary dam can be constructed. It is one of the Parker mills. ? Columbia, September .25: Comptroller General A. W. Jones has refused to approve for payment a bill sent by the Record Publishing company to the governor for advertising in the columns of the Columbia Record, the comptroller general stating that the advertising was "purely personal" and not authorized at the public expense, whereas the governor wanted it paid out of his contingent fund in the treasury "for recorde^and other purposes." During the recent campaign and -in defense of his administration the governor put an advertisement in the Record in which he gave a discussion r\t hit vAtn r%t thn onnmnrlotl/Mi t\f a deficit for the purchase of anti-toxin for free distribution. The bill for the advertisement was sent -to the governor and was approved by him for payment, but the comptroller general refuses to issue a warrant, stating that the bill appears to be "a personal charge against Hon. Cole L. Blease." ? Spartanburg Journal, Tuesday: Governor Blease, soon after his arrival in Spartanburg yesterday afternoon on the Carolina Special, stated: "Vaughn was turned out of the Greenville jail once, and I don't propose to let him be turned out again. For that reason I will have htm taken to the state penitentiary at Columbia for safe keeping until court is held at Greenville. While I am opposed to special termS of court as a rule there are so many people interested in this case, the charge is so serious, and, inasmuch as a term of court was only recently held in Greenville it being so long before another regular term will be held that I consider this one case for which Solicitor Bonham ought to call for a special term of court at once. If Vaughn is guilty he ought to be electrocuted within twenty-four hours after he is convicted. ? Cheater special of September 24 to the Columbia State: The arrest by the city police this morning of seventeen citizens of Chester, including two negroes, came like a thunderbolt out of a clear sky, and revealed the startling fact that for the past two months a detective agency of Charlotte has, at the Instance of Mayor J. M. Wise, had a number of men working in Chester to detect such violations of law as liquor selling, gambling and the Sunday sale of soft drinks. Many have been caught in the net At police court this morning fourteen or fifteen men well known in Chester were arraigned in the presence of five detectives and a large crowd of spectators. Excitement has been intense all day and late this afternoon ?1 A. Lowden, a detective, was arrested on four warrants charging liquor selling, but was released by Judge McLure on his own recognizance. The defendants, several charged with three or four different offenses, are all held v, a _ toe A t?AA U11UCI UUUUB 1IU1B1UB 1IUU1 f?UV w fOVV for their appearance October 9. The action of Mayor Wise in bringing the detectives to Chester was kept secret even from the council and the city police until thfs morning, when the mine was sprung. There was a good deal of excitement over the matter. The affair will greatly Intensify the feeling in the coming mayoralty race, which will be one of the warmest In the history of the city. ?Spartanburg, September 25: That Detective E. S. Reed, aided by six of his men, hat been investigating the alleged election fraud In Greenville county there seems to be no doubt, as the detective himself gave out a statement to a reporter, which appeared in the Greenville News. The interview says: ' When seen last night by a reporter for the News, Mr. Reed stated that the premature meeting of the committee broke up the scheme which had been set on foot As regards his work in Greenville county he gave out no particulars, but spoke of It in general terms. The purpose for which he Is working is dual. One of the' objects Is to bring to light the loopholes for fraud in our primary system and thus show th? necessity for revising the primary rulea Another U At A ?.lK AAMMUtAA yui yuoc is IU aiu cue OUU*WUIUUIIIICQ of the state executive committee in gathering evidence of fraud in the recent primary. Mr. Reed did not state whether or not he would attend the meeting of the sub-committee in Spartanburg today. He has not made investigations in all the counties of the state. Greenville county, according to the detective, is the only county which he has knowledge of that has taken up the matter of exposing fraud in a systematic way.. Contrary to the general belief, Mr. Reed is not associated with Detective William J. Burns, He has en agency of his own, but in some cases works in conjunction with Mr. Burns. This was the case when he was working on Attorney Nichols. He has been working independently for seven years except in such instances as the one quoted above where he has aided other agencies. Mr. Reed spoke of several of his past experiences as a detective, his latest being in Atlantic City, where municipal scandals have been uncovered. From Atlantic City he came to South Carolina and began the investigation of the primary." Reed, it Is known. Is the same detective who dlctagraphed Samuel J. Nicholls, of this city, once at the hotel Finch and again at the New Willard hotel. Washington. There Is great interest In Spartanburg over his appearance in this city. ? Columbia, September 26: "Sheriff J. Perry Poole, of Greenville, and his prisoner, T. U. Vaughn, the erstwhile superintendent of the Odd Fellows' Orphanage in Greenville', who Is wanted on serious charges of immoral conduct while in charge of the orphanage, arrived at this city this morning at 9 o'clock from Baltimore. They went Immediately to the penitentiary, where Vaughn was locked in a cell. The sheriff will likely remain here several days. Sheriff Poole stated that Vaughn made a good prisoner on the way south and gave no trouble. He wanted to talk always of his case, but the sheriff said he avoided conversation on the subject with his prisoner. He said V&usrhn bitterly denied the suilt of the charges against him. Officials of the penitentiary would not let newspaper men see Vaughn, it being stated that "he was somewhat nervous after the trln " A Baltimore dispatch of Wednesday has the following: "I am guilty of the charges against me. I must have been tempted by the devil. If ever a man has repented for his sins that man is me. Every night since I resigned as superintendent of the orphan asylum I have prayed to my Maker to forgive me. My wife and child are living near Greenville and it is breaking my heart to think what my child will have to face when she grows older." Such was the confession of Thurston U. Vaughn, former superintendent of the Odd Fellows' Orphan Home, near Greenville, S. C., made Just before departing for South Carolina with Sheriff Poole. Pathos marked every faltering utterance of the broken man. Tears coursed down his cheeks and his frame shook with emotion. Supported by the strong arm of the kind officer the prisoner talked to .a group of newspaper men for some time before leaving the cliy prison. "I regret It all, regret It all," repeated Vaughn In depths of despair. 'If It could only be undone," he walled. Vaughn seemed to think more of the sorrow that has come to his wife and laughter than of his own awful plight. He broke down completely yesterday forenoon and has been in a high state if nervousness since. Yesterday afternoon he voluntarily confessed his fuilt and appeared more composed tvhen he had unburdened his soul.