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Scraps and |acts. ^-Judges Baker and Seamans, of the Wilted States circuit court of appeals have signed an order that permits 32 of the 33 labor leaders who were sentenced to Fort Leavenworth last week to give bond in the sum of 110,000 for each year of sentence until the court has heard and decided upon the question of appeal. The bond of President Frank M. Ryan, will be $70,000 because of the fact that his sentence is 7 years. All of the convicted men are now in the Federal prison at Fort Leavenworth and as to whether or not they will be released will depend upon whether or not they will be able to raise the ball bonds. ? The appointment of R. M. Johnson, president and editor-in-chief of the Houston Post, as successor to Joseph W. Bailey in the United States senate for the term expiring March 4, next, was announced last Saturday by Qov. rVvl/M?ilf4 Tnhnofnn ho Q hnpn ft supporter of Senator Bailey throughout the bitter political fights in Texas which for several years have centered about Senator Bailey. Col. Johnston was for 12 years Democratic national committeeman for Texas, his service ending last summer when the Texas primaries turned in a landslide vote for Woodrow Wilson, as preferential presidential nominee. He had supported Judson Harmon and did not stand for re-election as national committeeman. Mr. Johnston is expected to hold office only until the expiration of Senator Bailey's term, as Congressman Morris Sheppard of Texarkana, was named in July last t at the Texas Democratic primaries as preferential choice for United States senator to succeed Senator Bailey. The Texas legislature which selects Senator Bailey's successor will convene January 12 for a three months' session. Its members generally have announced that they will heed the primary's choice and elect Mr. Sheppard senator for the regular term. ? There are now over 100,000 colonizing Jews in Palestine and according to a writer in the Oemanlscher Lloyd they are rapidly redeeming the country. Of these 50,000 or 60,000 are in Jerusalem alone and despite the "red passport" with which foreign Jews must provide themselves, and which limits their stay in Palestine to three months, their establishment of stores in the city and their purchase of farms in the surrounding country goes on. In other words, these foreign Jews furnish the capital and the executive ability in making the native Jews of Palestine self-supporting, in many cases wealthy, while insuring to themselves the basis of comfortable fortunes. What this influx of Jewish capital and brains has meant to Palestine may be gathered from the figures presented by the Osmanischer Lloyd. The colonists now own 40 villages and about 40,000 hectares (100,000 acres) of land, 75 per cent of which is under cultivation, viz., 8,600 hectares (21,000 acres) in Judea, (15 colonies); 6,000 (15,000 acres) in Samaria, (eight colonies); 16,200 (40, ooo acres; in uauiee, u? eoiomesj; ttuu 200 (500 acres) in the Trans-Jordan country, (one colony). The most important of these settlements, which were founded between 1878 and 1902 are Pethach-Tikweh (1,500 colonists). Rishon le Zion (1,000 colonists) in Judea, Zikhron-Jacob (1,000 coolnists) in , Samaria and Rosh-Pinah (800 colonists) in Galilee. ? Nazlm Pasha, the Turkish minister of war, who was asked recently by the Paris Temps for a statement of his views on the war, has sent an interesting declaration, after taking time for full reflection. The generalissimo of the Turkish army writes: "The outbreak of the war found the Turkish army in an unfavorable situation; it was in the midst of reorganization. Nevertheless, strenuous efforts were made to place it on a war footing. There were only 18,000 men in Thrace when hostilities began, but Turkey rapidly concentrated an imposing force there. It would be a great mistake to judge of the real value of the Turkish army by its lack of success in the first battle. The Bulgarians understood this before Tchatalja. We consider the affair of Kirk Klllisseh as an unhappy accident. The Ottoman army can not be said to have been beaten at Kirk Klllisseh. We have succeeded in mending all that at Tchatalja and in showing the real worth of the army. Today along the Tchatalja lines is a newly formed and more determined line and an army which has been tested by the terrible ordeal at Kirk Kllllsseh, and from which the rotten embers have lopped oft. We expect great things from this army and this time we shall not be deceived. Ardor, stimulated by the misfortunes which have smitten us, stirs the blood in the veins of our soldiers, and the die being cast, the army at Tchatalja will be found equal to the supreme demands made on it." ? Problems of currency reform have been taken up in congress this week by the banking and currency committee of the house. The hearing of the "money trust" sub-committee was resumed yesterday with the intention of going further into present day financial operations. Another sub-committee headed by Representative Carter Glass, of Virginia today began hearings looking into a general revision of the money system. Legislation upon currency is to be an important feature of the next congress. Although no new laws are looked for from the present congress, the hearings that open Tuesday will bring out opinions of public men and financiers as to the changes needed in the near future to make the nation currency system more elastic and less subject to times of money stringency. The conclusibn of the impeachment trial of Judge Robert W. Archbald in the senate may be reached before the end of the week. Judge Archbald will take the stand tomorrow and concluding arguments in the case probably will be started Wednesday. Until the impeach ment trial is concluded, little general legislation can be accomplished in the senate. Investigation of the socalled "Shipping trust" will be resumed tomorrow before the house committee on merchant marine, with the question of witnesses identified with Brazilian shipping interests. Caucuses of the Democrats of both houses are to be held during the week to determine the party action regarding President Taft's appointments awaiting confirmation by the senate and consider committee appointments in the house. ? New York, January 6: The supreme court today laid down the far-reaching principle that "corners" of interstate commodities such as articles of clothing and food are in violation of the Sherman anti-trust law and held that, as far as the Sherman law was concerned, the indictment in the Federal court of James Patten, Eugene G. Scales, Frank H. Hayne and William P. Brown for "conspiring to run an alleged cotton corner" was valid. The case against them was sent back for trial or other proceedings. Justice Vandevanter announced the opinion of the court. Justice Lurton delivered a dissenting opinion in which Chief Justice White and Justice Holmes concurred. The majority of the court held that the circuit court for southern New York had decided that the indictment charged a "withholding" of the cotton from the market, a necessary element of a corner < as admitted by the government. The ( minority neia mat tne circuit court that found the indictment did not so 1 charge and for that reason the indict- i ment was faulty. According to all the ( justices the correctness of the holding of the circuit court to the indictment charging a "withholding* and as to the sufficiency of the indictment on other technical points has to be accepted at this time without question by the supreme court. The points thus left undecided today may be made the basis for bringing the case to the court again, if the defendants are convicted. Solicitor-General Bullitt, who presented the government's side of the case, issued a statement after the decision in which he said at least a way had been found to stop the running up of prices by men who sought to corner the market, not only of cotton but wheat, corn, lard and other commodities. Judge Vandevanter replied to the argument that running a corner stimulates instead of restraining trade, by saying that this might be true for a time, but that the corner was forbidden by the act because it thwarted the usual operation of laws of supply and demand, withdrew the commodity from the normal current of trade; enhanced prices and produced practically the same evils as the supression of competition. He said the statute did not apply to corners of purely intrastate trade, nor where the effect upon Interstate trade was indirect, and added, that in the present case the trade was not intrastate and the effect was not indirect. "It was a conspiracy to run a corner in the market," said he. "The commodity to be cornered was cotton, a product of the southern states, largely used and consumed in the northern states. It was a subject of interstate trade. The corner was to be conducted on the cotton exchange in New York city, but by means which would enable the conspirators to obtain control of the available supply and to enhance the price to all buyers in every market of the country. Bearing in mind that such was the nature or object of the scope of the conspiracy he regarded it altogether plain that by its necessary operation it would directly and materially impede and burden tbe due course or traae ana commerce among the states and therefore inflict upon the public the Injuries which the anti-trust act is designed to prevent. The court said it made no difference that there was no allegation of a specific intent to restrain interstate trade. The conspirators must be held to have intended the necessary and direct consequences of their acts and cannot be heard to say to the contrary," Justice Vanievanter continued. She ^Jorlmlte (Enquirer. Entered at the Postofflca in Yorkville as Mail Matter of the Second Class. YORKVIIXE. 1. O.t TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1913 Why not plant a pecan grove for the children? It will not cotft much to plant a half dozen trees for each child. The trees will come into bearing in from ten to nrteen years, ana even ir the place be sold In the meantime. It will not be worth any less on account of the trees. The term of Postmaster Hester, of Gaffney expires within a few days and there are a number of Democratic candidates for the vacancy. President Taft may re-appolnt Mr. Hester, if he sees proper, or some other Republican; but as to whether or not the senate would confirm, is very doubtful. Governor Sulzer of New York, makes no hesitation In cle iming that by virtue of the official position to which he has been duly elected he is and of right should be the leader of the Democratic party in his state. He announces his willingness to listen to advice; but declares that he will not take orders from anybody. President Taft has had in mind for some time past the purpose of issuing an executive order for the establishment of civil government in the Canal Zone, and of appointing Col. Goethals, the engineer in charge of the work, to the governorship; but it is now underctnnrt that this nnrnnse has been aban doned. The reason for the abandonment of the purpose is a fear that the Democrats of the senate will refuse to confirm Col. Goethals. The president's fears are well founded. The Democrats consider that since they have won the control of the government, it is up to them to take charge of the same. President Taft made a speech in New York last Saturday night at what he styles his own political "wake" and among other things undertook to explain the cause of his demise. The principal reason he gave was that his enemies had represented him as an aristocrat and an enemy of the common people, which charge, he proceeded to deny at length. While we are not disposed to charge the president with deliberate misrepresentation, we think he is entirely mistaken in the diagnosis of the case. The Republican platform of four years ago, pledged the party to a "revision" of the tariff. Republicans and Democrats alike understood this to mean a general reduction of tariff schedules all along the line. It had not occurred to the rank and file of voters that "revision" merely meant to overhaul or change. and under the circumstances it had never occurred to anybody to give the word such a meaning. Nobody ever thought that Mr. Taft himself had thought of such a thing. But when Aldrich and others went to work and revised the tariff upward, and Mr. Taft submitted to the arrangement, the whole country began to feel that it had been betrayed?buncoed, and it resolved to hit back. Mr. Taft need not worry himself in the least about being considered an aristocrat. That does not worry anybody. The "common people" are not much concerned along that line. What the common people want is practical results, and although the "common people" may be betrayed as they were in this case, they cannot be fooled. If Mr. Taft had vetoed that Payne-Aldrich tariff bill, or even denounced it as a humbug and a fraud, Mr. Roosevelt could not have divided his party against him, and the country would never have seen the necessity of electing Mr. Wilson to do what it had previously elected Mr. Taft to do. Partisan Politics. Although presumably there is but one political party in South Carolina, there has never been a time in the his tory or tne state wnen partisan pontics ran stronger, especially among the newspapers. While, we are glad to 3ay, there are a number of weekly and semi-weekly newspapers that seem to have the idea that it is their duty to serve their readers fairly and impartially without regard to factionalism, most of the dailies seem to be conducted on a theory that regards independent non-partisanship as disloyalty to the profession. We have noted individual writers who seem to consider it their sacred duty to disregard all knowledge of right and wrong and to stand by the partisans to which they may be attached with unquestioning blindness as to whether the said partisans are seeking the public welfare or on1}' their own peculiar ends. The founder of The Yorkvihe Enjuirer had the idea that his duty was to the public on a basis of eternal right, and at no time did he ever allow the paper to become the organ of the private fortunes of any individual further than he considered those private fortunes bound up with the public welfare. And even in cases where he felt t his duty to support the fortunes of in individual in the furtherance of the jublic welfare, he reserved the right to lalt and about step the instant he had eason to believe that that individual , vas begioning to feel that his own : personal Interests were more important J than the public cause for which it stood. Although the principles of The Enquirer may not be maintained today 1 with the firmness and power that characterized the management of the j founder of the paper, that Is solely through lack of the natural ability on ^ the part of the present management to measure up to the unusually high ( standard that has been set as a pattern. But, nevertheless, the present management continues loyal to original prlnci- -j pies, and has not failed to live up to the traditions referred to, to the best of its ability. ^ In the sense that a part of the people ~ * ? /vwa an/1 tirhllo CUC Ctiwa^o OU1VU15 kU VIIC cuu nuuv another part is always striving to an- { other end, and, still other parts are striving to other ends, any many wouldr be leaders are always seeking first their own supremacy, all politics are more or , less partisan; but even with all this, and more especially with all this, It is the duty of the newspaper to guard as c zealously as possible the eternal principles of right and truth upon which the true welfare of the people can alone find firm foundation. 1 KEEPING HIS OWN COUNSEL "] President-Elect Wilson Has Not Given Out Any Cabinet Information. Princeton, N. J., Jan. 5.?Presidentelect Wilson tonight made it clear that nobody in the United States knew, as J yet who was going to be in his cabinet, or what would be the programme he would suggest for the next congress. J He declared that he had not offered a single cabinet portfolio to any one thus far and had as yet reached no conclusions as to plans for the extra session. < Mr. Wilson stated that while he had canvassed a variety of subjects and had talked over many names with Democratic leaders, he had not given a de- 1 finite intimation in any direction either as to what his selections or his course with respect to legislation would be. He ' indicated, however, that he expected the extra session would not be devoted exclusively to tariff making and said he 1 would, in a SDecial message, specify some of the subjects upon which he would like to see legislation enacted. The president-elect admitted that he was finding the task of cabinet-making 1 very difficult. He said he would dela> any announcement until he names his entire cabinet J "I don't like to make scattered announcements," he said, "and it may be that 1 will not announce the cabinet until the last minute. Sometimes I J hear something about a man whom I had not considered that makes me prick up my ears and want to know more 1 about him. The field of choice is constantly widening." It was suggested to Mr. Wilson that if he delayed his announcement until the last minute some of the men chos- 3 en might find themselves embarrassed o for time in winding up their business r affairs. I "Oh, I probably shall choose men \ who are footloose," said the governor, a "and then if they should need time to t wind up their affairs they could be 4 sworn in on March 4 and spend a little h time on it after that" c He indicated that he Intends to oc- o cupy as much of his time as possible c between now and March 4 in canvass- "5 ing the field from which he will pick a I cabinet. He said his mind was still open v and that as soon as he reached deci- t sions as to all the men he wished, he p probably would make known the officers simultaneously. The presidentelect was asked if he Intended to deliver his inaugural address extemporaneously. rj "I think I'll prepare the inaugural ad- t dress," he said, "as those addresses are t more like documents than speeches." p The only speech the governor has r r\rnnorn/1 In nnn ainr>Q hia nnmlnfl- ?. wu iU<^n,MUVV M"'vv ? 1| tion at Baltimore was his speech of ac- 0 ceptance, as he does not like to read speeches. t With respect to appointments in for- j eign service, Mr. Wilson let it be known t that he had not yet given them definite t consideration. He had been shown a ^ newspaper dispatch concerning the appointment of a new ambassador to 0 Mexico. "I have not any more idea who is go- j ing to be ambassador to Mexico than I g have as to who will be the first man I'll j greet when I reach Washington," he a said. 1 o BETTER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM j a Secretary Wilson Would Make the Farmer His Own Middle Man. If the recommendations of James Wilson, secretary of agriculture, are t carried out, congress will speedily make a provision for the establishment of a division of markets in that department, n wnicn win inciuae runas ior me main- r tenance of a force of field agents to assist farmers in organizing for "associative marketing" of their products. v The report of Secretary Wilson to 0 congress, covers 391 pages and dls- 0 cusses the various systems of marketing crops now in vogue, as well as the ? utter lack of system of the average c farmer. While there is a popular no- 8 tien that the American farmer, as a class, is rolling in wealth, the report j shows that the average farmer is still s plodding along, not receiving anything ^ like a fair return for his outlay in t: money, brain and brawn. p The intricacies of various systems of ^ marketing are gone into at length, and j. Secretary Wilson concludes with his i recommendation that a field force of e market experts be maintained for the ji farmers* benefit. n In addition the secretary proposes t that a large corps of local agents find t correspondents to be established to aid s in the work of organization, to examine tl and remove local difficulties in the way 0 of associative marketings, to help pro- f ducers find markets, to report the current descriptive condition of crops, in addition to the work already done by b the department's crop-reporting ser- * vice, to estimate the probable produc- c tion of crops a short time before har- S vest, to report the beginning and end- v ing of the shipping season, and to report e the crop movement from producing 1 points through "gateways" to principal a markets. n The secretary does not recommend a a general market news service, which, if d derived from telegraphic reports would c entail an enormous expense. The re- b port has the following to say about the tl participation of consumers in the solu- d tion of marketing problems: P "A cheapening of the farmers' cost of A marketing will naturally result in a d gain to the producer rather than to the consumer. If the consumer is to gain by changes in the cost of distribution it seems probable that he must do so y through cheapening or eliminating costs at his end of the chain of distribution. ? The consumers can cheapen the costs n of farm products by co-operative buy- a Kif MA/litAlnflr tKrt avnanooa nf ro_ ^ life al,U uy ICUUCU15 IIIC tAj/CUWV. O VI t v _ tail and other local distribution. The a consumers' aspect of the problems of the distribution of farm products is a Sl conspicuous one at the present time, and problems in distribution that are * concerning the consumer rather than n the producer may well be included p within the service of a division of mar- f kets." 11 Instances are given in the report where from one to five middlemen in- " tervene betweert producer and ultimate p consumer, each receiving some com- ei pensation for his part of the work. The a simplest distribution is the direct one 0 by producer to consumer, and next af- n ter this is the delivery by asosciations of farmers to individual consumers or " associations of consumers. Even in p these direct forms of distribution, how- el ever, some intermediate services are w performed either by producers or by ? consumers, or by both. ' , t< n ? Chester, Janury 3: A number of lc Chester people were in Columbia the qi past couple of days and it is being r< quietly rumored there, so It is said ft here tonight, that both Senators, Till- n< man and Smith have already sewed up w the United States district attorneyship h] and handed it over to J. W. Thur- gl mond, ex-solicitor of Edgefield; that ol he will get it and no one else. The is whole thing has been mapped out, b< according to reports brought here te from Columbia. bi LOCAL AFFAIRS, e: , w NEW ADVERTI8EMENT8 ' ci tobt Ashley, 4 Yorkville?Will ap- g predate Information, as to where-' abouts of an estray pig. r r. M. Stroup?OfTers the T. P. Moore a] residence for sale or for rent. _ '. M. Stroup?Requests those who a] owe him on account or otherwise to g] make immediate settlement b, Columbia Fertilizer Co.?Gives you pointers in regard to fertilizers. v, Carroll Bros, sell Columbia brands aj in Yorkvllle. See page four, forkville Creamery Association?Will o1 pay 30 cents for butter fat during January, If receipts are larger than y December receipts. Phos. W. Boyd, Co. Sup'r.?Gives no tice that on January 15 he will let a contract for a bridge over Allison creek, Rock Hill-Clover road. h i^nley & Marlon, Plaintiffs' Attorneys a ?Publish summons In the case of James and John Smith, plaintiffs, e. against David and Sallie Smith, de- a fendants. Complaint filed, fork Supply Co.?Wants you to keep It in mind when you want things to p eat. It has everything for man Ir and beast. Three cars of brick, lam M. Grist?Has added the buying la and selling of stocks and bonds to V his insurance business, and offers his services to those desiring same, tl d. A. McFarland, No. 4?Is ready to ie furnish you with everything in dry goods, shoes, groceries and farm j. supplies at right prices. h rhomson Co.?Cuts the price of all ladies' coat suits now In stock to half price. C F. M. Ferguson?Says he makes a 8 specialty of feed stuffs and wants ^ to supply you with what you need, r. Q. Wray?Talks about shoes and s] invites you to see him for best qual- ft itles, styles and prices. e< r. J. Keller & Co.?Want the man who expects to build to see them ^ for lumber and for builders' hard- v ware. r, 3eo. W. Williams?Insists that you see him about King's Mountain . Heights lot. The P. B. Parish farm for sale. H forkville Hardware Co.?Keeps qual mes up ana prices aown. oee 11 for everything In hardware. J' National Union Bank, Rock Hill? w Emphasizes the point that now is the time to start a savings account. R iCirkpatrick-Belk Co.?Makes a business statement to Its customers in n regard to its cash business. Also b< offers special reductions on coat ir suits. is Palmetto Monument Co.?With first- tl class equipment to turn out the best work, solicits your orders. ^ r. M. Stroup?With a complete stock t( of everything, asks for a part of your patronage, and promises satis- j, factory service. ~ r. C. Wilborn?Offers several tracts of farm lands for homes or investment Cirkpatrick-Belk Co.?Offers 7 J cts. f ginghams at 3& cts. a yard. Is B Two lightning telegraph operators, jj rfessrs. A. W. Brown and L. H. Pugh, j* >f the Atlanta office, broke all records ecently in fast sending of Associated 1 'ress matter between Atlanta and N Washington. An average of 1,800 words tc .n hour is considered good work, and tl hese two men made an average of 2,- M 20 words nn hour for five and a h*!f la lours. There were sixteen operators s< opying the report along the line, and Y f these only a few were able to get It omplete. Mr. W. S. Smith, a former gi fork county "boy," now Associated gi >re88 operator at Newport News, Va., w v&a one of the few men who were able qi o stand the test and take off the re- gi ort without a break. tl tl AUCTION 8ALES " There was quite a large crowd of people before the courthouse door yeserday on account of the official auclon sales for January, but most of the >eople were present mainly out of cuioslty rather than because of Interest n the sales, which were not numerous r extensive. The sheriff had been advertising t\Ctf ,' racts of land under execution but the * udgment debtors having settled with 5y heir creditors in the meantime, both'of " he advertised properties were withIrawn. " The clerk of the court sold two pieces f property as advertised as follows: In the case of M. B. Spencer, etc., vs. ? A. J. Spencer and others, a tract of r: 3 acres In Broad River township. Sought by W. W. Castles for $10 an |V ere. r ~ In the case of Minerva M. Smith and 01 ithers against Oscar P. Smith, a tract if sixty acres in Bethel township. M hv .T S nttnmpv fnr t1fl ? - * ' o| .n acre. f1 tc * th WITHIN THE TOWN v< ? The Yorkville Banking and Mercanile company has completed the remov- , .1 of its stock into the McNeel building. ? The Kirkpatrick-Belk company iow occupies both of the big storeooms in the Nichols building. tr ? Mr. B. G. Lilly, of Filbert, had his et k'rist broken in Yorkville last Sunday w .fternoon as the result of a kick from et . horse he was driving. The animal in iecame frightened and started to run. ai Jr. Lilly was able to check it; but it bt ommenced kicking with the result p< tated. m ? It was a record breaking crowd fl( hat gathered in Yorkville yesterday, alesday for January. The people were lere from all parts of the county, at- <n racted by business of various kinds, h, ileasure, and a desire to see what was ioing in the horse and mule trade. It j 9 estimated that there were more than . hree hundred mules on sale altogethr, most of them shipped here especial- , y for the regular trade. Although the j:, aule lots were crowded all day. and , here was a fair amount of trading, ij here were were only a few actual ales. Prospective buyers contented hemselves with a careful examination * f the various offerings and getting in- ^ ormation as to prices. w ? Having advertised last Friday that dt etween 1 and 2 o'clock yesterday he to fould give away a limited number of gj alendars, at the appointed hour Mr. or lam M. Grist found his office besieged ai k'ith applicants. He withheld the cal- d( ndars until 1 o'clock and then gave dc hem come first, first served as long Je s they lasted. Within twenty-five bi tiinutes he had disposed of his avail- w ble supply, a few less than two hun- br red, and if had only had them, he d? ould have given away as many more oi efore the end of the hour. He said ar hat he adopted the idea with a view to 01 etermine the extent to which peo- to le were reading his advertisements, lej imong the people who called for calen- ed ars, thirty or forty were colored. % se BUTTER FAT VS. BUTTER "I sold $133 worth of butter fat to the sti orkville Creamery between February ed f last year and December 1, and I do ur ot hesitate to say that If it had been fn n .ter of selling butter instead. 1 it :ould not have gotten off $25 worth do urlng the whole year." he The speaker was Mr. James F. Car- ha on, a substantial and well-to-do farm- of r who lives about five miles south of orkvllle, and the occasion of the relarks was some questions that the reorter asked Mr. Carson yesterday in onnectlon with his experience In pa- ar onizing the creamery. of "A part of the time," Mr. Carson sti rent on "I had only one cow and a ad art of the time I had four; but the av- in rage for the whole time included from th bout the first of February to the first M f December was as near as I can esti- on late, 2J cows." th Mr. Carson explained that not hav- les lg the fortune to be on a milk route, Fr e had carried his milk to the cream- in ry himself, and taken altogether he se as very well pleased with his experi- So ace. Among the reasons he gave for al linking that he had done so much bet;r selling butter fat than he would ave done selling butter, was that the to ical butter market is subject to such Ja uiek and violent fluctuations as the ar; ?sult of a few days' overstocking or a nil w days' under supply, that one can thi ever tell until after he reaches town So hether he is to get a good price for Is butter, or whether he will have to pri Ive it away. Another reason in favor fet ' selling butter fat instead of butter in1 : that there is very little trouble, la- Ja sr or responsibility in putting the but- Fe r fat on sale, while in connection with jtter making there is a whole lot of lai (acting work for both himself and his ife. Speaking of the cost of keeping the )ws Mr. Carson said it amounted to ractically nothing. He did not give le animals anything except what was roduced on the farm, only some meal nd hulls, for which he exchanged seed. nd he did not pay out any money. He ave hit cows plenty of green stuff long with a fairly regular ration of lucks, and taken altogether he would s perfectly satisfied to put the value of ie manure from the cows against the alue of all the hay. roughness, meal nd hulls they had eaten. Mr. Carson said that a careful record f the products of his cows showed lat during one month a single cow lelded him the sum of 112.15. ABOUT PEOPLE Mrs. R. J. Herndon, has returned to er home in Yorkville after a visit to [rs. James Levi, in Charlotte. Miss Clara B. Alexander has return1 to Edmund, after spending the holiays at her home on Yorkville, No. 4. Mr. Knox Quinn, of Rocky Mount, N. ., is spending a few days at his home i Yorkville. Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Willis, Jr., of Atmta, Ga., visited Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Hills, in Yorkville, this week. Mr. Earle S. Watson, of Smyrna, left its morning for the Presbyterian col>ge at Clinton, S. C. Miss Maggie B. Bolin, of Yorkville. as been spending the holidays with er grandparents near Smyrna. Misses Eleanor and Nancy Hart, of olumbla, spent yesterday with their randparents, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. S. [art, in Yorkville. Miss Sophia Ewart, who has been pending several days with her mother, [rs. A. R. Ewart, in Yorkville, returnd to Columbia last week. Mr. Henry James and family of Yadinvllle, N. C., have moved to Yorkllle and are making their home in the ?sidence of Mrs. M. E. Nichols. Mr. R. W. Whitesides, of Smyrna, as been spending two weekk in Sparinburg visiting his daughter, Mrs. J. !. Castles. Mrs. J. W. McCaslan and Miss Nina ester left for their homes in Green ood yesterday morning after spending ;n days in Yorkville, as the guests of :ev. and Mrs. Jas. H. Machen. Mr. L. A. McGill, whose serious illess at his home in the Bethany nelghorhood, with pneumonia, has been lentloned, was able to sit up a while . 4 Qofnr<1flv on/1 la nnnr rntrarrloil hv le family as being out of danger. Mr. Wm. Faulkner, of King's Creek, ad his ankle knocked out of place yesirday as the result of a runaway accient while he was driving from his ome to the station. He received surical attention promptly and hopes to e all right within a few days. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Hedrick of Pine luff, N. C., have been visiting the tmily of Mr. W. N. Wallace on Filbert To. 1. Mr. Hedrick is a native of the eersheba neighborhood but has been ving in North Carolina during the ast twenty years, this being his first isit during that time to his old home. Rock Hill Herald, Monday: Mr. and [rs. A. E. Willis and family went over > Torkvllle this afternoon to Join In ie welcome to be accorded Mr. and [rs. Monroe Willis who were married st week in Atlanta. Mr. Willis is the >n of Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Willis, of orkville. Dr. O. Frank Hart of Columbia, rand secretary of the South Carolina rand lodge of Ancient Free Masons, as in Yorkville last night and by reaest conferred the Master Mason's deree upon two candidates ih Philanlropic lodge. Dr. Hart has the disnctlon of being the youngest grand scretary in the world, and his visit to ie locaJ lodge was much enjoyed by >e craft. REMARKABLE RUNAWAY Dragging: after It a light top buggy to hich it had been left hitched In the reet, a frantic horse plunged full speed irough the big storeroom of the Yorkille Hardware store yesterday evenig, going in at the front door and >mlng out the back, and knocking tings right and left but doing remarkt>ly small damage, considering the exaordinary circumstances of the wild ish. The Incident occurred between 5 and o'clock, just after the lights had been irned on. The turnout belonged to tr. T. B. Hambright, of Smyrna, who id left it standing before the store of le York Furniture company in charge ' a friend, while he was attending to >me business with the Smoak-Brown :ule company in their office adjoining. The hardware people were busy sout their business attending to cusimers and oblivious of anything out of le ordinary, when suddenly there desloped at the front door a big commoon; the nature of which they wereun3le to define, for almost at the same istant the lights disappeared and ev ythlng was In darkness. Then their llowed a terrible clatter that seemed > combine the noise of stampeding ains, runaway automobiles and stall1 freight trains. Nobody knew what as happening except that what seem1 an eternity of apprehension passed less than fifteen seconds and came to i end with a tremendous crash at the ick door, followed by a rattling of >ts, pans, tools and various articles of erchandise as they rolled along the >or. There Is more than a hundred feet of lunters on either side of the big store torn while running from front to back the centre there is a row of heavy irdware, including stoves, ranges rges, cream separates, laundry mallnery, grindstones and numerous her articles. On either side of this >w of heavy hardware, are narrow sles or passage ways, averaging only >out three or four feet in width. Atr the commotion had subsided, sufflently to admit of an investigation, it iveloped that the horse had been able ' bring the buggy into the front door lthout much obstruction; but in some ay the light switch had been turned, 1th the result of throwing the room in irkness. Then as the horse continued i rush forward, the wheels of the bugr mounted the heavy hardware on le side and a counter on the other, id passed along without doing a great >al of damage beyond the dragging )wn of an occasional projecting obct on either side. The contents of a g revolving case of assorted bolts ere scattered, some toy wagons were oken and a few other articles were imaged. The back door was only half >en, one of the twin doors being ajar id the other closed. The horse went it of the open door and the buggy re the closed door from its hinges, avlng the protecting iron bars twistI and hurt. No one was hurt in the store. The veral customers escaped without inry as did also the clerks. The horse hich was easily caught in the lot outJe was unhurt, and the buggy showI no sign of being the worst for the lusual experience, except that the amework of the top was bent where had come in contact with the back ior. Mr. Hambright was able to go imp in the outfit last nlsrht without lying1 to suffer any delay on account repairs. TEACHERS SHOULD ATTEND Calling attention to the exposition, id especially to these two feature days the 1rst week. J. E. Swearlngen, ate superintendent of education, has Idressed a letter to the county supertendents and rural school supervisors roughout the state. In this letter r. Swearlngen recommends a holiday Friday, January 31, on condition at the teachers and trustees bring at ist six pupils to the exposition on iday and Saturday. A copy of Supertendent Swearingen's letter is being nt to about 4,000 white teachers In iuth Carolina, along with other specillterature relative to the exposition. This letter is In full, as follows: "The fifth National Com exposition be held in Columbia the last week in nuary and the first week in Februy, offers a rare educational opportuty not only to the farmers but also to e teachers, patrons and pupils of uth Carolina. "The comprehensive and attractive ogramme includes many Interesting itures, but your special attention is Ldted to educational day, Friday, nuary 31, and to boy's day, Saturday, bruary 1. "Despite the great progress of the it two decades, diversified, scientific agriculture Is still the chief problem and pressing need of oar people. Industrial education Is too often restricted to the class room and the work shop, although our rich soil, our fertile fields, our abundant harvests, our neglected farm homes point the way for a much needed broadening of the school curriculum already too long overlooked or postponed. "The education that counts must not only make men happier, more useful and more intelligent, but must supply them with the means of satisfying their material, intellectual and aesthetic wants. rne success or Doys corn ciuos ana girls' tomato clubs proves that this type of education is already winning recognition from teachers, trustees and county superintendents. While the national corn exposition emphasizes the agricultural triumphs and possibilities of the whole country, one of its most significant features will be the educational exhibits from every section of the Union. Every farm boy and girl will be given an opportunity to study the finest collection of corn products that can be brought together. "It is highly desirable that the people of every county, of every school district and of every community should profit by this practical demonstration of the worth, methods and accomplishments of industrial education. The teachers, trustees, patrons and pupils of every school in your county should be invited to take part In the exercises of educational day. "While the two prize winners of your boys* corn club will be given a free trip to Columbia to be present on boys' day, I hope that every county superintendent will not only send these representatives but will also bring in person the entire membership of the boys' corn club and the girls' tomato club organized during 1912. ? "The programme for these two days will furnish you a message to take home. I recommend that every school in your county be given a holiday Friday, January 31, on condition that the teacher and trustees bring at least six pupils to the exposition on educational day and boys' day. "Hoping that this suggestion meets your approval, and that you are planning to urge a fine exhibit of the products, people and pupils of your county." LOCAL LACONICS Santiago School. The Santiago school, in the Bethany neighborhood, began work yesterday morning in charge of Mr. Roy Grayson as teacher, with an enrollment of between forty and fifty. The Santiago school building was recently completed at a cost of about $800 and Is one of the best In the county outside of an Incorporated town. For Supervisor of Registration. Governor Blease has appointed Mr. "Lijah G. Nunn, of Rock Hill, a member of the board of supervisors of registration, vice Mr. A. M. Black, who resigned some time ago to enter the Soldier's Home in Columbia. Mr. Nunn is a native of.York county, about 28 years of age, and is a boss in the Victoria cotton mill, at Rock Hill. He la the first mill worker to be appointed to a position on the York county board of supervisors of registration. South Carolina Automobiles, Commissioner Watson has issued a statement which shows that there are 9,122 automobiles in South Carolina and that of this number York county has 295. Greenville Is the largest automobile owner, heading the list of the counties of the state with 657 machines but Charleston comes a close second with 656. Cherokee county has 123 machines, Chester 175 and Lancaster 64. No machines are reported In the new county of Jasper and Berkeley county has only six. Rock Hill's Municipal Election. There has been considerable Interest over In Rock Hill during the past several weeks over the approaching municipal election which Is to be held next Thursday, January 9. Mayor J. T. Roddey having announced it as his purpose not to stand for re-election, Dr. W. G. Stevens and Mr. W. B. Buyers were announced as candidates. . Mr. C. W. F. Spencer had been urged to run: but had hesitated for a time because of doubt as to whether the place would conflict with his office as referee in bankruptcy. The understanding was that a majority of the labor element was behind Mr. Buyers, and Mr. Buyers was for Mr. Spencer if he should become a candidate. On being advised by Judge Smith that his position as referee in bankruptcy would not conflict with the position of mayor, Mr. Spencer announced himself, whereupon Mr. Byers withdrew and his withdrawal was followed by the withdrawal of Dr. Stevens, both expressing themselves as satisfied that Mr. Spencer would fill the office to the satisfaction of all concerned. The leaders atpong the labor element are npt exactly pleased. As The Enquirer understands it, they had no particular objection to Mayor Roddey; but there is a more or less welldefined opposition to Recorder Craig and Chief of Police Partlow, because of past official acts and conduct and there was a desire to register a protest. The withdrawal of Mr. Buyers left the labor element without a candidate, unless one shall be found between now and Thursday. jonn U. BISKS UNO. Mr. Joi.n C. Blake died in Columbia laat Saturday, as the result of pistol shot wounds inflicted by a Mr. J. A. Parker in the Seaboard Air Line railway station at Columbia on December 23 last. From the testimony at the coroner's inquest, it appears that Blake and a young man named John R. Motley had gone to the station to take a train for Norfolk. Blake inquired of the agent about a train that he was expecting and when informed that there was no such train, went to Motley and informed him that there was "not a d?n thing doing." Parker spoke up with the reminder that there were ladies in the room, and Motley told him he was sorry for what had been said. Later Blake and Parker came together. Blake slapped or slapped at Parker and Parker shot him five times; one bullet taking fatal effect in the abdomen. Parker was arrested. He was acting as a spe- i cial officer of the Southern express i company, duly deputized by the chief of police of Columbia. Blake was a son < of the late Vaughn Blake and was born near Guthrlesvllle. He moved from , Guthrlesville to Rock Hill and began an apprenticeship In the printing business. Later he became a linotype op- i orator and for some time past had been ( I employed in the composing room of the Columbia State. He is survived by his ( mother who is now Mrs. M. L. DuBose, t of St. Charles; two sisters, Mrs. W. T. ( [Flowers, of Blshopville and Miss Mar- | 'garet Blake, of Columbia, and three brothers Alex and Tom Blake of Rock > Hill and Robert Blake, of Nashville, j Tenn. I ' I Meningitis in Charlotte.?Mitchell Steele, the colored man who is now in i the Good Samaritan hospital, suffering I with epidemic cerebro spinal meningi- ] tis, came to Charlotte January 1, arriv- ] ing at 11 o'clock at night from Talullah I Falls, Ga. Dr. Charles A. Misenhel- t mer was called to see him early next I morning and after diagnosing the case s at once placed the negro under quaran- ' Mno at the Onnd Samaritan hosoital. 1 Microscopical examination of the cerebrospinal fluid verified the diagnosis. Anti-meningitis serum was administered at once and has been repeated at intervals of 24 hours since. Yesterday the negro showed decided improvement and it is very probable that he will recover. This disease appears in epidemic form from time to time and now prevails in several sections of the south, notably in several places In Georgia and Tennessee. It is to be regretted that a case has appeared in this city but it is a source of gratification that it was detected immediately and that prompt and effective quarantine measures were carried out. But scant opportunity could have been afforded for the dissemination of the infection during the short period in which Steele was at Liberty. Dr. F. O. Hawley reports that there are no other oases in the City. This disease Is one of the most fatal known to medical science, about onehalf of those infected dying. ? Mr. S. M. Jones, of Chester, has r made a proposition to the congregation ii of Purity Presbyteriui church under a which he agrees to contribute $10,000 6 on condition of the erection of a new a building to cost $40,000. 1 MERE MENTION Eight men were killed and fifteen injured by the collapse of a railroad bridge on the Cheapeake and Ohio railroad near Huntingdon, W. Va,, Wednesday, which precipitated & train into the Ouyandotte river. The bridge was under-going repairs and the false work used was Insufficient to sustain the weight of a freight train.. .The council of the empire of Russia last Wednesday adopted a law abolishing the last vestiges of serfdom in Russia. The process of freedom for the Russian serfs has been underway for more than a half century A union army veteran died at Pottsville, Pa., last week and left an estate of several hundred thousand dollars, which he bequeathed for the establishment of a home for indigent women. In the cellar of a theatre which he owned, was found an iron box containing $20,000 in gold coin and bills. He drew a pension from the government The mayor of St Paul, Minn., has appointed two women to the police force of that city. TVinl. I n.<11 Ka Innk x iicu uuij TViti uv iv iwn axw^i dance halls frequented by working girls During the year 1912 there were 237 homicides in Chicago, of which coroners' juries pronounced 168 as being murders. The 1910 statistics from London, the last available, show that In that city there were 33 murders....On New Year's day, near Utica, N. Y., seven boys were drowned by breaking through thin ice. Four of the boys belonged to one family Eight miners were rescued from a coal mine at Tamaqua, Pa., late Wednesday night, after having been imprisoned since early the previous day by an explosion of fire damp. One life was lost....The mines of Alaska last year produced minerals to the value of $21,850,000, of which $16,650,000 was gold. Since 1880*Alaska mines have produced $229,000,000 According to the report of Brigadier General Mills, chief of the division of military affairs, the strength of the or ganized militia of the United States at the time of the last Inspection was 9,142 officers and 112,710 enlisted men. William Sulzer was inaugurated governor of New York on January 1st, and broke all precedents by walking to the capitol and did away with the usu&1 military features of such occasions. The new governor pledged "an honest, efficient, economic and business-like administration." According to figures compiled by the Insurance Press, the fire loss in the United States during 1912 totaled $207,643,900. The biggest single loss was at Houston, Tex.. February 21, when the total was $4,600,000. The next biggest loss was the Equitable building in New York on January 9, when the loss was $3,000,000 The death toll among Gloucester, Mass., fishermen during 1912, was 45. The series of fishing disasters left thirteen widows and seventeen orphans, Two carloads of prunes, done up in packages within the weight limit, were shipped through the San Jose. Cal., postofflce on January 1st, by parcels post Almost $19,000,000 was spent in the anti-tuberculosis crusade throughout the United States during 1912. New York lead In the amount of money spent with $6,362,316... .A truck gardener near Syracuse, N. Y., reports that from eighteen acres last year he harvested an average of 417 "bushels of potatoes per acre According to a preliminary estimate Issued by the director of the Philadelphia mint on January 1, the gold production of the world during 1912 will total $466,000,000, of which the United States alone produc ed ??i,6B&,n>8. (jaiuornia proaucea !?,988,486 More than 8,000 taxlcab drivers went on a strike in London last week. The business is not profitable in the English capital Gaetan Valencin, disappointed in love, committed suicide at Epernay, France, on New Year's day by stabbing himself and then exploding a dynamite cartridge in his mouth Sen or Balzera, of the Spanish Telegraph department, has perfected a telegraphing machine capable of sending and receiving 1,880 words a minute The British government has placed an order with a Mexican oil company for 61,000,000 barrels of oil, to be used as fuel for war vessels. To transport the oil a fleet of twenty-nine tank steamers is to be put in service In Joint session on Thursday, the New Hampshire legislature elected Samuel D. Felker, Democrat, as governor. The election was secured by a combination of Democrats and Progressive Republicans At Wlnsted, Conn., on December 21, a miserly woman died, leaving .a statement that her estate would total 2105,000. Last week a package was found hidden away that contained 25,000. The money was wrapped in old newspapers and escaped the searchers for several days. All of the money has been found except seven cents At Buffalo, N. Y., Thursday, a man put his arm on a trolly car track and had the arm severed. He said that he had been command ed by God to do it, and did it of his own free will... .Carsamus Paige, a "newsboy," 106 years old, died at Jollet, 111., January 2...Henry C. Edey, a wealthy Wall street broker, retired, shot his wife to death and committed suicide at their home at Great South Bay, N. Y., January 2 The weather is so mild in the vicinity of Montreal, Canada, that the trees are budding, and the St. Lawrence river is absolutely free of ice, for the first time on record at this date The people of Sweden are raising 2100,000 by popular subscription for the purpose of buying a fleet of aeroplanes for army use Senator Jeff Davis, of Arkansas, died suddenly! in Little Rock last Thursday... .James R. Keene, prominent for many years in financial and racing circles died in New York last Thursday Stenographers all over the world on last Friday celebrated the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Isaac Pitman, the inventor of the general system on which all modern short hand writing is based... The Italian government has placed orders in the United States for 200,000 tons of coal. SOUTH CAROLINA NEW8. ? The First Baptist church of Ches ter has extended a call to Kev. a. M. Mercer, of Rocky Mount, N. C. ? It Is understood that a member of the Charleston delegation will introduce In the next general assembly a bill providing for the sale of liquor under a high license system, although an amendment to the constitution will be necessary before the bill can become effective. ? Chester, January 4: The case of cerebro spinal meningitis that Dr. Hayne, the state health officer, came here to see a few nights ago and to whom he administered serum, is responding to the treatment and H. E. McConnell, who has charge of the case, tonight thinks that he will probably pull through satisfactorily. The city has placed a most rigid quarantine at the place and it is using every precaution to keep it from spreading. The physicians do not see any need for any alarm among the people In this vicinity of the state. The situation is well In hand. ? Clinton, January 4: On Friday a man named D. L. Boozer, Infuriated, It is said, because Col. L. W. C. Blalock had taken some negroes off his place, came up to Goldvllle with the Intention of killing the colonel. Sevsral shots, It is alleged, were fired into the Blalock home by Boozer and jome negroes who were with him. rhen Boozer proceeded to the Blaock's store where, it is said, he shot ind kicked out all of the glasses In the store. Most of the citizens of Gold mie It?ll IUWI1 as auun M ciic auau i started. Boozer was taken to the Laurens jail at 2.30 p. m. ? Gaffney. January 4: A mortgage nvolvlng a million dollars was today lied in the office of the clerk of court )f Cherokee county. The mortgage vas given by the South Carolina Light, Power & Railway company ind is on the property which has seen owned by the electric power and nanufacturing company in Cherokee md Spartanburg counties, and Cleveand county, N. C. The first named :ompany has purchased all the powsr holdings. The mortgage covers iO pages of printed form and conains over 16,000 words of descripion. ? Columbia, January 6: The suireme court today set January 13 as he day for hearing the case against he sinking fund commission comsosed of Governor Blease. Comptroller Jeneral Jones, Attorney General Lyon, treasurer Jennings and L. J. Brownng, filed by W. W. Ray, of Columbia, to .djudge their action in ordering a 34,>00,000 bond issue as illegal and the ict authorizing it as constitutional ["he main points of the petitioners \ contenton 1b that when the resolution was passed authorizing the bond issue there was not a Quorum ol the sinking tuna commission. Qovernor Blease was ubsent, W. L. Mauldin, another member was dead and JL. J. Browning was disQualihed on account of not being re-elected to the house. ? coiumoia, January 6: 'ine South caronna supreme court issued a nnai oiuer ueaiguaung tne time which the two daughters ot B. R. Tillman, Jr., anu nis lormer wile, Mrs. cucy Dug as, soaii spenu with tneir parents, tinder tne court's ruling, the glris will spend uie monms 01 July ana August each year wun their lather and the remainder of the time with their mother. livery other Saturday while they are tu tne custody 01 one parent they are to visit the other.' Acuon by the supreme court resulted from habeas corpus proceedings instituted by Mr. Unman to recover custody oz his phildren who had previously been placed in the care ol Mrs. Dugas by a court order. ? Columbia, January 4: The population oi the state penitentiary at the ena of the year was 161, according to the annual report of Capt D. J. urliiith, the superintendent. On December 31, 1S11, there were 80S prisoners at the penitentiary. The following statistics tor the year are given: Kec^ved under sentence, 183; """n" * rocnmmlttert 1 In prison during the year, 1,004, from wlllch deduct by pardon, 5; discharged by parole, <7; discharged by expiration of sentence, 123; died, 23; escaped, 16; leaving In prison on December 31. 1312, 761. In his rsport superintendent Griffith suggests that the old cell buildings be converted into a structure for tne women prisoners. ? Columbia special of January 4 to News and Courier: The commissions of forty-eight -notaries public in Columbia were revoked today. Altogether ilfty-nlne citizens of Richland have now bad their commissions as notaries public revoked. Among those dismissed today were: W. D. Melton, John T. Melton, Washington Clark, R. E. Carwile, John Hughes Cooper, Alfred Wallace, Jr., T. T. Talley, Carlton W. Sawyer, chief clerk In the office of the comptroller general;' A. Fletcher Splegner, R. Beverly Sloan, United States commissioner; C. P. Seabrook, Albert R. Heyward, F. G. Tompkins, Jesse T. Reese, Bruce W. Ravenel, I* 8. Mattlson, Douglas McKay, Robert Moorman, Christie Bennet, secretary of state Democratic committee; W. P. Tllllnghast, Henry T. Thompson, John B. Withers, Wm. H..Globes, Jr, Hunter A. Gibbes, J. Nelson Frierson, J. W. Dunn, E. O. rwdaaa v t, prfllir Phnrlp* H Bar ron, W. O. Bateman, J. Edwin Belserj^ W. Gordon Belser, G. M. Berry, W. T. Ay cock, R. M. Jones, J. H. Hammond, J. Wattes Thomas, James Macdonald, A. H. Kohn, R. Beverly Herbert, G. W. Maltlwanger, C. T. Graydon, William Elliott, W. R. Fishburne, D. G. Ellison, A. C. DePass and Howard Caldwell. ? coiumoia, January 6: Attorney vienerai ay on today began disbarment proceedings in the state supreme court against tourney a. Evans, an attorney 01 coiumDla who was an opponent of ayon In the recent primary. The petition alleges that Evans as an attorney In Saluda collected monies for certain clients which he failed to turn over id them. Geo. K. Rembart of Colombia is named among the witnesses to tnis charge. It further alleges that Evans collected certain money for the Murray drug company of tnis city which he failed to turn over to the nrm. a part of the petition retefs to the charge made by Evans during the campaign last summer that B. F. Samples, sneriff of Saluda county, stole a certain receipt from Evans' office In Saluda and It also contains . a statement signed by citizens of Saluda denounplng Evans and denying . his charge. The petition of disbarment further charges that Evans at the campaign meeting in Spartanburg last summer made the statement thnt 4m if the Aetna and Hartford Fire Jnsur^1 ance companies did their duty, B. W. Curoch and E. W. Able, attorneys of Saluda would be behind prison bars, that one of these persons was caught as an incendiary, and that he destroyed all the lawyer's libraries In Saluda. Evans further referred to these men, it is alleged, as blind tigers, thieves and Incendiaries. The complaint further alleges that Evans is of bad reputation. It also charges him with forging certain names to notes which he had discounted at a Columbia bank, and that he collected funds for a Baltimore trust company which he failed to turn over to It Lyon closes his complaint with the statement that his opposition to Evans as a candidate has prevented his bringing the case sooner. ? Columbia special of January S- to the Atlanta Journal: Noticing the revolting 01 commissions 01 su many notaries public, Governor Blease was asked this morning why it was being done or what it meant and in reply made the following statement: "You remember when I first came into office I revoked the commissions of all notaries public, my reason for so doing being explained at the time, also on the stump during the recent campaign, at which time one of my opponents would yell every day he cut off the heads of all the notaries public. His protests had no effect upon the people for they realized that I was right in the step I had taken. I said then, and repeat it now, that under the constitution the commission of every appointive officer should be made to expire with the term of the governor who makes the appointment I still believe that, and carrying out that policy I have called in the commissions of all detectives and constables working under me January 1, 1913, and am revoking the commissions of many notaries public along the same lines I would have issued a general order but two years ago this was very much objected to and I was asked not to enforce the order because it would interfere with the banking institutions and others in handlina their business affairs. There are some commissions throughout the state that I shall not revoke and I am satisfied that there are some who will be glad that their commissions are revoked because I have heard of them saying hat they did not want to have any commissions signed by Blease, that they were ashamei of them, but that they had to have them on account of their business affairs. Therefore as far as I can, I am trying to relieve them of their shame. Furthermore, I do not think any man should hold a commission under the state government who openly violated the laws of the state by betting on the result of the primary election. I know of no better way to stop such gambling than to carry out the law and deprive those of their commissions who were guilty of that offense as provided for under our constitution and statute laws. Therefore, when I have the positive proof, I shall revoke commissions for this cause. This in short, is what it means, and this is all it means. I furthermore stated that no man need apply to me for a position unless he be a Blease man. I mean that I was censured for It Yet now some of the same newspapers who con demned me so severely for my position are hollaring, 'To the victor belongs the spoils.' When it comes to the appointments to be made by the president-elect of the United States, Woodrow Wilson, if the spoils belong to Wilson and his crowd, why should not the Blease men reap the rewards or the spoils from their victory? Yet they praise Wilson for sticking to his friends and condemn Blease for sticking to his. Truly it can be said, 'Oh, consistency, thou art a Jewel,' and I beg to add, 'a clear cut diamond.' Of course, where appointive offices were submitted to the primary and elections were held by the people, the will of the people should and must be carried out unless some good cause is shown why it should not be, but when it comes to appointments in my discretion I shall stick > to the men who stuck to me, standing by the old motto: 'Of what shall a man be proud if he is not proud of his friends?' " Two of those whose commissions were revoked today were A. G. Bethea, private secretary to former Governor Ansel, and Clerk Means, of the sinking fund commission, both bitter enemies of the governor. ? Columbia special of January 4 to the News and Courier: While in dlcations at this time are that har- V mony, or truce, will prevail between * the political factions when the legislature convenes for its annual session