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Scraps and farts. ? New York. February 1: A real national weekly to be published at the government's expense and to be circulated to every voter in the United States, is advocated by Rudolph Spreckles. the California millionaire. Spreck'es, who organized the Republican-Progressive Wilson clubs during the recent campaign insists in his letter that the people are not taken enough into the confidence of the government. They fail to understand what Is going on. he says, because the attitude of officials is misrepresented. So he would have a weekly newspaper published at government expense and sent to all voters, giving the actual news of every department of government. ? Aiken, February 3: Frederick O. Beach, prominent New Yorker, will be placed on trial here tomorrow, charged with "assault and battery with intent to kill" his wife, Camilla Morse Have meyer Beach, upon whom the assault was made, is expected to be the star witness for the defense; she has steadfastly maintained that she was not attacked by her husband. Prospects were tonight that the trial would consume not more than two days. The Jury will be selected -from a venire of twentysix men. most of whom are farmers. In spite of the publicity given the case in the newspapers, little trouble is anticipated in securing a Jury. Prosecutor R L. Gunter declared tonight that he had a prima facie case againBt Beach but the large array of legal talent which the latter has mustered in his defense, expressed confidence in their ability to establish Beach's Innocence. ? Columbia Record, Friday: The South Carolina Farmers' Union warehouse bill to establish warehouses for storing cotton was endorsed by the National Farmers' Union in session last night at Le Conte college a* the University of South Carolina. ^ request was made that copies of the bill be furnished for a campaign of education on the subject to be waged in all the cotton states. Charles S. Barrett, national president, was instructed to telegraph to the proper committees of congress a request for immediate favorable action on the Farmers' Union bills, ^striding immigration and providng for a division of markets. The conference heard interesting reports from Mr. Barrett and representatives from several states, and listened with a great deal of pleasure to an address by Mr. Dornblazer of Texas, a member of the national board of directors. ? Washington, February 3: Direct taxes on the incomes of citizens of the United States, whether derived from idle capital or from the conduct of business, were made possible today by the ratification of the 16th amendment to the Federal Constitution, Delaware. Wyoming and New Mexico indorsed an income tax amendment through their respective 'legislatures, completing a list of thirty-eight states that have approved it, two more than the threefourths necessary for its final adoption. Following is the list of states which ratified the income tax amendment: Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California. Colorado, Georgia, Idaho. Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine. Maryland Micnigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina. South Dakota. Tennessee. Texas, Washington, Wisconsin, Louisiana, Ohio, West Virginia Wyoming. The following rejected it: Connecticut, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Utah. ? Columbia special of February 2 to the News and Courier: Nothing has yet been done on the matter of the compulsory education. There are several bills pending, particularly that of Senator Hall, which provides a general scheme, and those which are known as local option compulsory education. The LawMcCravy bill has the endorsement of Superintendent Swearlngen. Along this same line Mr. Mitchum, an enthusiastic educator, has a bill to provide for the education of destitute children that has considerable merit in it, and which is regarded with favor by the committee. Mr. Ashley has a bill, which while it does not bear directly upon the subject, he thinks is in the right line on this issue, and it is by offering encouragement that he hopes to secure the results. According to his bill, if a child over 10 years of age can show a certificate that he or she has attended school fnr t?n mnnthn then thp child la to be permitted to work In a cotton mill during the vacation. None of these bills has yet had more than committee consideration, and the temper of the law making bodies not yet has been tested. ? Washington, February 1: The organization of the Inaugural parade was announced here today by Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, the grand marshal in a preliminary report. There will be eight grand divisions, each In charge of an army officer and division commander. The first division wll be made up of the regular military and naval forces commanded by Maj. Gen. W. W. Wortherspoon. In this division will be cadets from West Point and the Annapolis midshipmen. The division, In which will be Included the various schools. A batallion from Culver Military academy of Indiana will form the personal escort of Vice President Thomas R. Marshall. The various civic organizations will be in the fourth division which also will contain most of the Democratic organizations, of which many will be present. The make up of the remainder of the divisions has not vet been determined but one of them will contain a large number of Princeton students who will escort the president from his home to the ca 'tal March 3. In the same division pr >a?>ly also will be men who were members of Gov. Wilson's class at Princeton and who are to be in Washington the evening of March 3 for the Princeton smoker. It is said nearly 150 graduates of the class of '79?Gov. Wilson's class? will be present. ? wasningion, reoruary a: cne constitutional amendment which would restrict the president of the United States to a single term, and would bar Woodrow Wilson, Theodore Roosevelt and William H. Taft from again seeking election was approved by the senate today by the narrow margin of one vote. After a three-day fight, in which the Progressives joined with many Republicans in opposing the restricted presidential term the senate adopted the original Works resolution by a vote of 47 to 23. The language which it is proposed to insert in the Constitution in place of the first paragraph of ar'tlcle 2 is as follows: "The executive power shall be vested in a president of the United States of America. The term of president shall be six years, and no person who has held the office by eiection, or discharged its duties or acted as president under the Constitution and laws made in pursuance thereof, shall be eligible to hold again the office by election. The president, together with a vice president chosen for the same term, shall be elected as follows," etc. The resolution proposing the constitutional amendment goes to the house for its approval. If ratified by a two-thirds vote it will be submitted to the legislatures of the states and will become effective when three-fourths of the various states of the Union have officially approved it. The adoption of the resolution came at the close of a threedays" fight, in which repeated attempts were made so to change it that it would not affect past presidents or the president in the office when it may finally be ratified by the state. All these efforts failed. ? Washington. February 2: Postmaster General Hitchcock in his annual report made public today, says in part: "In 1911, for the first time since 1883, postal receipts exceeded postal expenditures, leaving a surplus instead of a deficit. A heavy loss of revenue in 1912, due to the extraordinary amount of franked matter mailed in the political campaign, created a temporary deficit, but since the close of the fiscal year the income of the department has again outstripped expenses. The year preceeding the present administration was marked by the largest postal deficit on record, amounting to $17,500,000. During the next two years the deficit was greatly reduced and later eliminated. When compared with the financial showing of four years ago, the reports of Income and expense for subsequent years indicate an aggregate saving of about $45,000,000. Since the opening of the present administration 4 765 new postoffices have been established. delivery by carrier has been provided in 280 additional cities, and ! 3.043 new rural routes aggregating | 73,191 miles, have been authorized. Tr insure a prompt and accurate handling of the mails throughout the extended service, the force of postal employes has been Increased by more than 12,000. Liberal compensation has been provided for these employes and a higher standard of efficiency thus encouraged. The amount expended for salaries last year was approximately $23,000,000 greater than four years ago The average annual compensation has been Increased in this period from $97S to $1,093 for postoffice clerks, from $1,021 to $1 092 for city letter carriers from $1,168 to $1,262 for railway postal clerks and from $869 to $1,062 for rural carriers. ?hf ^latkiiUr (fnquirrt. Entered at the Postofflce In Yorkvliu as Mall Matter of the Second Class. TORKVUXE. S. C.i TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 4. 1913 Although there are a large number of people who will not be Impressed with Secretary Wilson's advice to the south to go in for the raising of live stock, the secretary is right The raising of live stock beats lending money at Interest, if the business is only intelligently handled. There is still time for the girls who desire to do so, to Join the York County Girls' Canning club, and they should not delay about sending in their names to Miss Garrison, care of Winthrop " - mu'- nluK Moo QQ CUliegtf. 1I1I5 waNlUllS VIUI/ iuv?*. many people have come to realize, is no fad: but something really practical and worth while. Under the primary system when a self-constituted candidate in whom the individual voter has no confidence, puts himself forward, the individual voter has the privilege of saying no thank you. Under the convention system many such candidates would be able by pulling wires first one way and then the other, to secure endorsement as the party nominee and the individual voter would have no way to help himself without going to the general election. And it would not be a great while before there would certainly be two parti* s in South Carolina. The state warehouse bill is a specia' order in the senate for tonight and the probability is that there will be some strong speeches on the subject. As passed last year the bill sought to pledge the credit of the state for the Af KniMlntr onH nnnuirlne JJUi J/UOC VTA WUUV*???0 warehouses, and this feature of It was declared to be unconstitutional. The promoters of the undertaking have sought to get around this trouble by levying an inspection tax of 25 cents a bale on all ordinary cotton and 50 cents a bale on all long staple cotton, calculating by this means to raise at least $250,000 a year until the system is thoroughly well established. It is likely that the main tight over the bill will hinge on this proposition, for of course if the revenue feature fails, the whole undertaking will hav? to fail with it. Where a school district is willing to put up half the price of a new school house to cost $400, $600 or $800, the state and county will put up the other half, each contributing one-fourth. The county's half comes out of the general school fund, of which no more than 6 per cent may be expended for the purpose in any one year. The state's part comes from a special appropriation. Many school houses have been built throughout the state on this basis during the past few years, and when a school district comes to think over the matter, it is not difficult to see what an easy proposition it is. The lot and lumber are generally sufficient to make up the district's half or very near it, and the county and state pay the cost of building. Where a school district votes a special levy of two mills, and is unable with the money raised to run a school five months, the state contributes one hundred dollars to make upthe deficiency. In practice this law has been a great boon to weak districts. Now that the senate, by a two-thirds majority has passed the bill seeking to amend the Federal Constitution so as to limit the presidential term to bIx years, It will be interesting to see what the house will do. It is all very nice to talk about what the other fellow should and should not do, when the other fellow is on the other side; but when the matter directly concerns our own interests we are inclined to look upon it differently. Of course the Republicans in the house will vote for a resolution that will make impossible a second term for Wilson; but many of them have hopes that Roosevelt may have another show and that will make a difference. However, we will see what we will see, what the house will do and then what the various state legislatures will do. As we see it the proposition is all right; but we have an idea that It is going to have a long, rough road before it becomes a part of the Constitution. In the death of Hon. George R. Legare, not only Charleston and the first congressional district, but the state of South Carolina has sustained a severe loss. Mr. Legare was in many respects one of the most remarkable men in the state. Although of one of the best families in South Carolina, he had quite a hard struggle with the world during his earlier years, and learned through bitter experience the trials and tribulations of the poor. Whether because of this or the Inherent nobility of his nature, the principal characteristic of after years was generous, practical sympathy for the down and out, and if he ever turned a deaf ear to a worthy call, nobody ever heard of it. He was a man of broad compre hension, splendid ability and great earnestness of purpose and made friends with an ease and certainty that was truly remarkable. In congress he commanded the confidence and esteem of Democrats and Republicans alike, and was able to get for Charleston his district, or the state, anything he went after that was in reason. He had a wide acquaintance with prominent and influential men in ail parts of South Carolina, and had his health permitted and had his ambitions run in that direction, there is very little doubt that he would have one day been a United States senator. _ While we are without sufficient information to discuss that row In the sinking fund commission on its merits, if there are any merits to it, we feel quite sure that it will be best for the state and for all concerned if the mat i ter can be adjusted, and the mo ' quickly adjusted the better. From wh i we have seen, It 1b our opinion that tl . row had Its or'gin In politics more tht i anything else. A majority of the con 1 mission, or rather practically all of 1 being bitterly hostile to the governc ' sought to ignore him and he has n been willing to be ignored. If In tl [ recent campaign there had been a fi , ticket of candidates on the governoi , piuuui hi uicic id guuu iraouu iu u ' lieve that the people would have mai a clean sweep. The election of the a torney general, the only other cand date running on that platform Is ve good foundation for such a belief, the circumstances therefore, it wou ! seem that if the general assembly d sireB to voice the will of the people, will take a hand and see that the go' ernor's ideas with reference to refuni ing the state debt, receive proper coi sideration. Such action will insure tl speedy refunding of the debt, and otl erwise there is promise of long, ui necessary litigation that does not ii volve any principle more importai than the question as to whether tl men who constituted the sinking fur commission last year or the governc should have their way in the matter. J we see it the people have decided wl the governor in the matter, and tl general assembly will show good sens and save a lot of trouble if it will < likewise. FEED CORN TO STOCK. Secretary Wilson Gives Good Advi< to Farmers. Hon. James Wilson, secretary of at rlculture for the past sixteen year exposition last Saturday. The burdt of his speech was that farmers shou not sell corn by the bushel but the should feed It to stock. The followlr summary of his speech is as publish* In the Columbia State: Secretary Wilson was given a tr< mendous ovation when he was intr duced In glowing tribute from M Montgomery as "the grandest old af rlculturist of us all." Mr. Wilson said that of the 3,100 000,000 bushels of corn grown in tl United States last year the fourtet cotton states nroduced 1,080,000 bus! els. The next thing, he said, whk the department of agriculture intern to turn its attention to, Is to sho southern farmers what to do with th corn. After the department had receive reports last year of the enormous crc of southern corn Mr. Wilson said 1 called Bradford Knapp, head of tl Farmers' Demonstration work, and toi him it would not do for the southei people to sell their corn. He said 1 told Dr. Knapp to write a bulletin at vising the farmers of the south to rail hogs and if there was need he woul have a million copies printed. "In making the enormous corn croi which have astonished the world," sal Secretary Wilson, "these boys hai used expensive fertilizers. Now win are you going to do with your corr OCil ; X Iiupe "Ui. ib a puui uuomci to sell corn by the bushel. In sellir your corn you're selling much of tl fertility of your soil. And you can r? duce your soil so that it can not pr( duce enough to pay expenses. "But I want to tell you how to kee your soil fertile without fertilizer, have seen fifty-seven crops grown I Iowa without fertilizer, and the lai crop was the best of all. In Iowa tt farmers grow grasses and legume which fill the soil with organic matte known as humus. And In drouth th: humus retains the moisture. Mr. Wilson then proceeded to urg southern farmers to raise stock instea of buying their meat In the wes "Work up to the position of feedln yourself," he said. And an additioni reason for raising live stock," he stai ed, "was the fact that the very best < fertilizers on the face of the earth found in the barnyard, and should t put back on the land." He declared there was a meat shor age in the United States and mentior ed that in Chicago, steers wfcre bring ing from 9 to 17 cents a pound. "I think you in the south can rali steers cheaper than we in Iowa," I continued, "because you have a mild< winter. But you will have to gro grasses for the steers to eat. We haii had this in mind and have been secret ing the world for grasses for you pet pie to grow and your steers to eat. W have gone to the Libyan desert in Al rica and found gTasses there which w think are just what you want" Mr. Wilson touched on a variety < agricultural subjects in his addresscommercial fertilizers, the preventlc of losses through drouth, dairying an the work of the Corn and Tomato clut ?but he reverted agrain and again 1 the desirability of stock raising in tt 80UU1. "Don't believe that prosperity wl come from arrowing grain and sellln it," he said in conclusion. "I don't war you to sell a buBhel of that corn. Fee it every bit and sell higher products.' After he had resumed his seat a aged man in the audience asked M Wilson how farmers could get rid < hog cholera. Mr. Wilson told of th discovery of a serum by a young south ern scientist, Mr. Dorsey of Tennesse which, he said, "won't cure a sick hoi but will prevent a well hog from get ting sick." "And the next thing to do he said, "is to get the people to use it BANKERS AT THE CORN SHOW Public is Invited to an Interestin Conference to be Held Next Thuri day. Greenville. February 1.?The chaii man of the Agricultural Developmer and Education committee of the Sout Carolina Bankers' association, ar nounces that this committee will hoi an Agricultural conference in Columbi Thursday, February 6th. The meeting will be convened at 9.3 o'clock and will last until 1 p. m. Dui ing that time short addresses will b made by several prominent men of thl and other states. Their subjects wi pertain to the betterment of rural lil conditions. With one exception, the ad dresses will be limited to 30 minutes. The programme of the conferenci as announced by Chairman Woodsldi is as follows: (1) Mr. E. W. Dabbs president Stat Farmers' Union: "Methods Whereb Bankers Can Render Assistance t Farmers in Marketing Crops." (2) Hon. E. J. Watson, state com missloner of agriculture: "The Farme and His Relation to the Economic De velopment of the State." (3) Prof. W. M. Rlggs, president c Clemson college: "The Lever Bill an its Probable Effects Upon the Demon stration Work." (4.) Hon. Richard I. Manning, presl dent of Bank of Sumter: "Relationshi Between the Banker and the Farmer." (5) Mr. Bradford Knapp. speck agent Farmers' Co-operative Demon stration Work, U. S. Dept. of agricul ture: "How May We Help in the So lution of Our Agricultural Problems?" Farmers and business and profes slonal men and any others interested I the betterment of conditions of rur? life are cordially invited to attend th conference. The meeting will be hel in the main auditorium of the Nations Corn Exposition hall. Music will b furnished by the exposition band. Tne Agricultural ueveiopmeni an Education Committee is a new featur of the South Carolina Bankers' assocl ation, and was perfected at the annuu meeting: of the association held las summer at the Isle of Palms. The bankers composing: the commit tee on Agricultural Development an Education of the South Carolina Bank ers' association are as follows: 1st district: E. H. Pringle, Jr., vie president and assistant cashier, Ban of Charleston, N. B. A., Charleston. 2d district: A. E. Padgett presiden Farmers' Bank, Edgefield. 3d district: J. C. Self, cashier Ban of Greenwood. 4th district: Robt. I. Woodsidi chairman, president of Farmers' an Merchants bank, Greenville. 5th district: C. J. Shannon, Jr president First National Bank, Cam den. 6th district: Julian C. Rodgen cashier First National Bank, Florence. 7th district: J. S. Wannamakei president St. Matthews Savings Banl< St. Matthews. re LOCAL AFFAIRS, ? NEW ADVERTISEMENTS >n J. O. Moore and others, Trustees?Glvi notice of meeting of resident voteri It. and taxpayers of school district No >r, 15, to be held February 17. ot Sam M. Grist?Offers six or eight acrei of "new ground" for rent. Bert Smith?Has fine, Juicy, easteri ill yams for sale at his fancy grocer; r>8 store. M. L. Carroll and others, CommitteeOfTcr the Presbyterian manse on Eas Liberty street, Yorkville, for sale, t- Flnley & Marlon, PlaintlfTs attorneysii. Publish summons In the case of E N. Moore, Receiver, etc., Plff., vs. El ^ lison Johnston, Deft. In Cloud Cash Store?Continues Its whit Id goods and clearance sale until Sat ..?/)???> Cna/tlol oolao fnr Y\rnj? ilnna _ uiuay. o^/cV/iai oaico tu* wacv via J a. Yorkville Hardware Co.?Talks abou 11 aluminum cooking ware and says 1 v- is the Ideal ware for kitchen us? Garden seeds and tools. Thomson Co.?Announces special salei a~ for Friday and Saturday and men tie tlons a number of special prices, h- J. C. Wilborn?Offers a tract of 82j , acres, near Delphos station. Has i nice 4-room cottage, tenant house. a" Kirkpatrick-Belk Co.?Continues iti nt big sale all this week and Invites at ** tention to many new specials. Spe cials for the next four days. r> Bank of Clover?Pays 5 per cent oi ^ money deposited with It on certlfl th cates of deposit for 3, 6 or 12 months 16 Wants your checking account 'e? McConnell Dry Goods Co.?Say that I 10 has the Eclipse, the best $1 shirt of fered on this market It has 25 doz en in neat patterns. Palmetto Monument Co.?Will furnlsl you with full Information as to de> signs, cost, etc., of monuments, free. Royal Pressing Club?Announces tha it has purchased the business of Mr j- D. M. Hawkins and promises the bes s, of service. *n City Electric Plant?Will sell you i ?n guaranteed "Lektrlk" smoothing lroi Id for $2.25. iy National Union Bank. Rock Hill?Sayi ig that If you save now, you will guart id yourself against further embarrass ment. It will be pleased to help yoi 8- save. ) _r" Mr. Ira B. Dunlap, for many yeari cashier of the National Union Bank 01 Rock Hill, has been promoted to th< " position of vice president of that lnstitutlon. He "retains the position o: ' cashier, however, as is very proper, foi to attempt to provide a substitute would saddle on the National Union t " task that it would not care to under, take unless compelled by force of necessity. id >P THE FIRST MONDAY. ie There were as many mules anc J? horses In Yorkvllle yesterday as on the first Monday in January, but not se: "n many people, and it was not a good Je day for business on account of the J" weather. *? The rain which had commenced d with a drizzle Sunday night, broke Into a downpour early Monday, anc the day was wet, sloppy and disagreeld able throughout. During much of th< '? time the visitors had to keep indoors , but still many found opportunity tc 1 get into the back lots and the horses JS and mules that were being offered BelG> cured a good deal of attention. [e There was quite a lot of swapping "" and a number of sales; but most ol the business of the day consisted ol the development of prospects for future trades or sales. In " st ABOUT PEOPLE ,e Mr. Shields Dickson of Yorkville, No J* 1 is spending this week in Columbia. [ Miss Rose Lindsay has returned tc Yorkvllle after spending several days rg with friends in Charlotte, 'd Mr. Boyce Whisonant of Wllkinsvl'.le it. is spending this week in Florida, ig Miss Mollie Bludworth has returned al to her home in Yorkille, after spending i- several days with friends in Greenville, r1* Miss Annie Ashe of Yorkvllle, spenl 18 Saturday in Charlotte. >e Miss Julia Witherspoon of Yorkvllle, t_ is spending sometime in Wisacky, S. C i- Mrs. A. R. Barrett of Rock -Hill, is f. the guest of Mrs. D. E. Boney InYorkville. Mrs. J. C. Mackorell of Winnsboro, is the guest of Mrs. J. S. Mackorell in * Yorkvllle. * Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Cummings ol Columbia, spent a few days last weeh with the family of Mr. Jno. C. Dickson, on Yorkvllle No. 1. f. Congressman Finley is in Yorkvllle rP today, having stopped over on his way back to Washington, after attending jf the funeral of the late Congressman _ George S. Legare in Charleston, m Mr. John H. Robinson and wife, ol id Cordova Ala., is visiting his sister >s Mrs. R. J. Love at Clover and the famto ily of Mr. W. A. Burns, and other relale tives and friends in York county. Mr, Robinson is a native of York; but left 11 the county for Alabama in 1867 and ig this is his first visit back. Mr. Robinit son notes so many changes since he d left the county that he feels like & com' plete stranger. About the only old n landmark that he was able to recogr. nize was Beersheba church. )f I! WITHIN THE TOWN e, ? The week-end business last satg, urday was better than for several weeks. All of the stores put out lots of goods. " ?At a meeting of the board of directors of the Yorkvllle Creamery association yesterday. Manager Norris was instructed to pay 30 cents a pound for butter fat delivered during January, g The policy of the board of directors is i- to pay as much for butter fat as it can without losing money. ._ ?The county board of registration held its regular monthly meeting yesterday and issued fifteen or twenty registration certificates. Mr. L. G. ^ Xunn was present for the first time and put in the greater part of the day studying the registration laws. The 10 Interest in registration yesterday was ._ mainly on account of the special tax elections. Is ?Tigers sold one hundred pints of 11 cheap liquor yesterday at 75 cents a o pint. That was the Information of the 1- police and constables In the afternoon. They got on to the fact that liquor was e> being sold some time before 12 o'clock. The principal evidence was the appearance of numerous bottles, all alike, e with a cut of a cow over the cork and y corkscrews with which to open. After o considerable work the base of operations was traced to Turner's livery . stable, and late in the afternoon a r white man, R. C. Hall, of Charlotte, - was arrested and committed to Jail on the charge of being one of the operaif tors. He denied his guilt, however, d According to the police, there were four . or five men, all from Charlotte, Interested in the enterprise. The whiskey is . said to have been of very low proof p worth fifteen or twenty cents a pint, and the estimate is that if a hundred pints were sold, the profit must have _ been in the neighborhood of $76 or $80. - ?The principal effect of the amend ment to Yorkville school district act, introduced by Senator Beamguard last - week, will be to do away with the ann nual special tax election and provide il that when the tax of 5 mills is voted e again, the said tax will continue to be d voted annually until the people vote it il off. The amendment is to section 4 of e the present law and section 4 as it is to be amended will read as follows: Sec(1 tinn 4 The hoard of trustees erooted e under and pursuant to the third section I- of this act shall, between the first day il of April and the 20th day of July in it each year, call together an annual school meeting, by notice for ten dayB - in a newspaper published at Yorkville d the voters resident in said district to - assemble at the place appointed at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, at which meete ing the trustees shall submit a full rek port of their transactions for the current or previous year, with their rect ommendatlon as to a local tax; and on the fourteenth day thereafter, notice of k the election to be published in the same newspaper for ten days, three man\ agers, appointed by said trustees, shall d open a poll at the court house inYorkville, in said district, not later than 12 ., o'clock m., and to be kept open until - 5 o'clock p. m? at which election the qualified electors of said district shall vote for or against the assessment and levy of such local tax upon all the tax\ able property within said school district, as the trustees may have recommended for the school year commenc | lng the first day of July of that year, which shall not exceed the sum of five mills on the dollar In any one year; and it shall be the duty of the chairman and secretary of the board of trustees jj to certify the amount so recommended 8 and voted to the county auditor of York county, who shall forwith assess the same for collection at the time other 8 taxes are collected, and subject to the usual penalties prescribed by law 1 against taxpayers making default In P payment of taxes: Provided That the levy and assessment authorized at the " first election after the 31st day of 1 March, 1913, shall stand for each subsequent year unless a majority of the ~ voters present at the annual meeting ' shall request that an election be held, * in which event the election shall be held on the fourteenth day thereafe ter, proceeding in the same manner as if " this proviso had not been adopted; and if a majority of those present at the ' annual meeting do not request that an 1 election be held, the chairman and sec' retary of the board of trustees shall certify to the auditor of York county 8 that the levy and assessment remain " the same as that first voted after the 31st day of March, 1913, and he shall ' make the assessment accordingly; and 1 KnorH nf niifoeq aha 11 so nrnrppd from year to year hereafter, a LOCAL LACONIC8 Court of Common Pleat. The spring term of the court of com, mon pleaa convened yesterday. Honorable Frank B. Gary presiding. In act cordance with previous announcement, t the court devoted itself to equity busi. ness mainly, and will probably be occupied with such tomorrow and Thurs, day. Jury cases will be taken up next . week. Auction 8al? of Bank 8tock. 1 Five shares of the capital stock of * the First National Bank of Sharon, belonging to the estate of Miss Mary Gilfllien, deceased, were sold before the court house door at public auction yesterday by R. R. Love, executor. The stock appeared to be in very good demand, there being several bidders. It was bought by Mr. John L. Rainey, 3 shares at $110 and two shares at $111. After Rev. J. L. Oates. Charlotte News, Friday: The congregation of the First A. R. P. church, ' ?Ll-U ?>iH a naaf nrVion m WI1ICU Will UC WllllUUl a V*.IOVUI TT U?<? [ Rev. Q. W. Hanna leaves the first of " February to take up the pastorate of the Second United Presbyterian church of Pittsburg. The First church has al[ ready begun steps toward securing Mr. : Hanna's successor, a committee of the session having been designated to take the matter up at once. Among a number of ministers which the committee has been considering is Rev. J. L. Oates of Yorkville, S. C., one of the ablest young ministers of the church. While I no overtures have been made to any , minister yet, the committee Is strongly \ inclined to Mr. Oates and it is likely I they will communicate with him at , once. Mr. Oates is a forceful and impressive pulpit orator and in addition I to that is an Indefatigable student and , possesses an unusually wide and varied ( knowledge of subjects that constitute . the scholar. ? R?v. W. E. Thayer to Chester. ! Chester Reporter: The Rev. W. E. > Thayer, of Laurens, who was called to > the pastorate of the First Baptist church of this city at a meeting of the congregation yesterday morning and was not\ ifled of the church's action yesterday f afternoon by the pulpit committee, has f accepted the call and will arrive In Chester in time to enter upon his new duties on the first Sunday in March. The Rev. Wm. E. Thayer, the new pastor of the First Baptist church of Chester, is a native of Charleston, and a graduate of Richmond college and the Southern Baptist Theological seminary. > For several years he was pastor of the i First Baptist church of Rock Hill, and - A"? nltir <a rairarHoil on one of the strongest and most popular men who ever held the pastorate of a i church in that community. He is an [ eloquent and graceful speaker, a ripe ' scholar, and a most charming man r > cially, and will do a great work In Chester. He has been In Laurens since 1907, and has done most effective work . in that community, as the result of . which the Laurens Baptist church to, day is regarded as one of the best in , the state. The Catawba* at the Corn Show. > Columbia State, Sunday: Swimming i Buck, one of the young Indians of the Catawba tribe, was taken sick Friday night and returned to the nation, near ; Rock Hill, Saturday afternoon. Red , Cloud, a former chief, arrived yesterday at the exposition grounds to take , his place. Red Cloud was chief in his , time, but he failed in the champion, ship game, the present chief becoming | the leader. Ex-Chief Red Cloud will 1 form an added attraction at the Indian , booth, as he is an adept at making pottery, and in the old-fashioned Indian 1 games. ' He is planning to arrange for 1 a real Catawba war dance, provided ' the exposition management has no ob- | ; Jection. As but few people have ever seen a real Indian war dance, and as 1 none have ever seen a Catawba Indian 1 dance, a large crowd will doubtless be 1 1 on hand to witness the performance. ' Another attraction that the Indians, under the direction of Standing Bull, 1 are planning, is a fox-chase dance. As j considerable ground is required for this dance, it has not been decided whether to pull this off in the building j or on the field outside. The pottery moVInc hog H ra \vr\ Inrro prnwris dflllv. , but few persons ever having before ' had the opportunity to see real Indian pottery, let alone witnessing the process of making. A ready sale has been found for all the pottery that 1 can be made; also all the members had on hand when they arrived. i Winthrop at the Corn 8how. Columbia State, Tuesday: The Winthrop girls were a decidedly decorative feature of the exposition yesterday. There were 600 of them. They came down from Rock Hill yesterday morning In a special train of ten coaches which was parked on the track In the rear of the exposition building. Many , relatives and friends of the Winthrop { girls seized the opportunity of seeing them and the exposition both at one time. As a result the attendance at the exposition yesterday was good, when the weather was taken Into consideration. All exhibitors know, too. that Monday is never a big day at any show. The Winthrop girls hovered in bevies around the various exhibits, paying special attention to the excellent ones gotten up by their alma mater which have attracted so much favorable comment at the Corn show. Shortly after noon many of the girls went down to their special train and got a "hand-out." There were many fortunate ones whose relatives and friends came armed with baskets and boxes of tempting lunch, making the trip to the commissary department on the train unnecessary. It was to all appearances a pleasant day for the Winthrop girls and the exposition was undoubtedly fortunate to have been graced by their presence. The Winthrop contingent went back to Rock Hill last night, leaving on their special train about 7 o'clock. 1 1 Sticks to His Position.?Following 1 the passage of resolutions by the sen- t ate and house requesting the governor i to give his consent as commander-in- I chief for any military company that 1 expresses to him a desire to attend the I inaugural, Governor Blease has ad- c dressed a letter to Gen. A. L. Mills, e chief marshal of the second grand di- v vision of the parade, in which he t says: t "Communications from you under date of January 28 to the adjutant i general of South Carolina, subject, t 'Participation in the inaugural pa- F rade,' has this day been referred to 1 me with the following endorsement: 1 'Respectfully referred to the com- v mander-ln-chief of the troops of South \ Carolina.' o "In reply to your communication I li would ask you please to give me in de- r tail what position the South Carolina v troops will be assigned to in the inau- c gural parade and whether or not they II will have to march behind negro reg- e ulars or volunteers: if they are to be t\ assigned to such positions they will not attend. If you cannot give me as- p surance that they will not be so placed tl you need not make any preparations t( for the South Carolina troops to at- tl tend, as they will not attend unless tl they do so individually. If you give us si such assurance we will be glad to take a part and do anything we can to assist b in making the Inaugural ceremonies a w grand success." nr SUNNY8IDE HIGH SCHOOL me ktc How Progressiva Citizens Solved the Problem of Preparatory Education dls For The Yorkville Enquirer. It is not probable that there has ever ajr been a time in the history of the south prj and especially that comparatively small portion of it known as South Carolina, when there was such a universal appreciation of the inestimable value 1 of education than at present, or when the thinking men and women so thor- W< oughly realized that it is the height of . absurdity to expect the masses, and es- 1 peclally that portion living in the coun- Ed try, to acquire even a common school ] education unless properly equipped 8rr] schools are provided. While It is true th< that there are many rural communities a i throughout the state as well as some (tl towns, that because of lack of apprecl- Sei ation of the value of education or be- ni| cause they Imagine they are not flnan- ha clally able, have made little progress, mc and are still engaged In their time ho honored cus om of "waiting for some- ne: thing to turn up." ' It is probably a fact that there has cit been as great, if not greater Improve- frc ments in the public schools of York for county during the past decade than Df during the previous 35 years following " the surrender of Qen. Lee at Appomat- ter tox, due almost entirely to the fact that th< previous to ten years ago the people Mr did not have and could not secure the i8 necesary funds with which to build ev< school houses, properly equip them and far to pay the kind of teachers needed much more than half the monthly com- th? pensation they are paying today for rne seven, eight and nine months In the Lo year, for longer terms than from three Do to five months. \ While, as stated. York county Is cal making progress, there are other coun- ] ties that are, to say the least, keeping ne1 step with her, and it is probable that In OOC some instances making longer steps, a 1 and It is to tell about one especial In- po< stance of longer steps in another coun- ] ty that furnished the inspiration for the what has already been said and what to is to follo w. bul On January 24th I had occasion to ] make a business and pleasure trip com- aci blned to the home of one of the best trl and most progressive farmers and citi- \ zens of Cherokee county, who lives In boi Gowdeysvllle township,.and in order to Mi make the trip with the least inconve- j nience went out to Hickory Orove on the early morning train and was met bil at the train by a horse and buggy. It y0 was raining and foggy and with the er knowledge that there was a ten mile f0i drive ahead and that I had never been ha' over the road, my spirits In start- bei ing off were anything else than bouy- ] ant. I was to cross Broad River on ^|S the steel bridge, five miles from Hick- ] ory Grove, and after passing the Wil- nui kerson school house I did not even ett know the road to the bridge, but after wb getting directions from various persons ^ along the route I reached and nassed over the bridge Into Cherokee county da1 and followed what I afterward learned waa the old Howell's Ferry road. All cr the way there were evidences of the fact 0n that the road had recently been work- the ed, and about one-and-a-half miles pn from the bridge I came on the chain- the gang working away in the drizzling est rain. I left home with the idea that gtr my route would take me by Wilkins- me ville and naturally I asked a white try man, apparently the superintendent, a]a for directions and after he had given ( them, I mentioned the name of the til citizen whom I expected to visit, and me I was told that in that case I should ]8]f go in exactly the opposite direction 0f from Wilkinsville, if I cared to save about seven miles of travel through mud, and up and down hill, and naturally I did. I was directed how to go and drove on, but being one of those unfortunates who, when in a strange 1 country is almost sure to take the uni wrong road instead of the right, on this cht ocasion I took the right, or kept , straight ahead when I should have taken the left at Mr. Kirby's. It waa fro still raining and still foggy. After driv- res ing about a half or three-fourths of a ecj mile beyond where I should have f turned off, all of a sudden I noticed just ahead a very large, new frame ass building with a well-proportioned tow- doi or to it. The building did not have the jQj appearance of a church, and at first I was not sure that my eyes were not ror deceiving me when all at once I re- Wa called that a few days before a friend thr had told me bow the leading citizens gin of that section had persuaded the peo- fln< pie to consolidate several schools into gat one, with the idea of having a school of pri which all might well be proud, and then in we knew that the two-story metal roof, Tri frame building with a tower rising Loi thirty or forty feet above, a one-story ma "L" extending to the rear and piazzas cla on each side of the main entrance, was anc the Sunnyside High School building by about which I had heard, and I viewed Vil It with amazement. wai Later I made inquiry as to the in- Fri ception and history of the enterprise Ha and found it so unusual that I con- mo eluded that its publication might prove far an inspiration to other communities. ... The community in which the school is tlc< located is rather sparsely settled, but N. as subsequent statements will prove, bai contains a number of as wide awake far and progressive citizens as can be On found anywhere. The building is lo- 51,C cated about 17 miles from Gaffney, the of 1 county seat, and 7j miles from Hickory Chi Grove, the nearest rai.road station, and slai B miles from Wilkinsville. Owing to tha lack of satisfactory school facilities not we< less than two and possibly more of the mil most progressive and prosperous citi- coil zens of the community decided more soo than a year ago that thedr obligations Wa to their children and to society de- a manded that they should leave their and farms and move to a town where there den was a good school to "educate the chil- to i dren," and it is said that they finally ing decided on Hickory Grove as being the hat town that offered what they wanted, ed ind actualy purchased lots on which to Art srect homes. About this time the neigh- Thi bors learned of their Intentions and a day meeting was held for the purpose of nau working out a plan to keep these most wh< lesirable citizens in the community, Rot md at the same time to render it un- tor necessary in future for any others to to i :ontemplate leaving because of the lack and 3f educational facilities, and they cer- day lainly succeeded, and it is probable Mrt :hat they have a school today that is citi: the equal of any preparatory school in acq :he state, whether in town or country. Coc md one whose Influence during the Bar next ten or fifteen years, if continued she ilong the line it has started on, will Mr. evolutionize conditions in that section, pre: Now for a description of the build- of i ng: It has three large, well lighted er, :lass rooms, two full sized, fully equip- to 1 jed cloakrooms on the first floor. The lati luditorium occupies the full length of The :he second story, and has a rostrum of ven imple size and stage rooms. The "L" Ten oom in the rear is fully equipped with tern itove and all necessary paraphernalia rule lor the Girls' Cooking club. dea There are four acres of land, divided for jp in farm demonstration plats for gan joys and garden plats for girls. In the The . arious plats every field and garden evei leed and berry that is adapted to this met lection is planted. The grounds are be- last ng enclosed with a 48 inch woven wire Pat lence. pri\ There are three teachers, Prof. L*. B. afte Saynes, the principal, has devoted his ard ife to school work and is one of the a sf eading educators of the state. He went stoc o this school from the city schools of war Spartanburg. He is assisted by Miss j ern< 3onnle McClunney of Wilkinaville, who rati las charge of the primary classes, and caui diss Sue F. Covington of Virginia in the iharge of the 5th 6th and 7th grades Mr. ind the music department, both of govi vhom are experienced and successful eachers. Prof. Haynes has charge of he 8th, 9th and 10th grades. otht The building and grounds?the build- or(j ng has not yet been painted, but will any ?e?cost (3,000 and was paid for by Ld irlvate subscriptions made by not over mon 6 or 17 citizens of the community. one 'wo of the most liberal contributors g|g yere Messrs. Jas. L. and Win. R. e(j f Valker, neither of whom are patrons ^ati f the school, but both of whom are yor| arge land owners and successful stock y] aisers and planters in that section and <3,^ fho fully appreciate the fact that they whj, an make no investment that is more an(j ikely to pay as large dividends from yj very standpoint as this school bids iint air to do. j19g There are comparatively few school or j rinciples who receive larger salaries y] han does Prof. Haynes and the lady the ?achers also receive more liberal pay Adv han do many of the lady teachers in tie majority of the large towns. The chool commenced work last October ?I nd will run eight months. The com- I last ined salaries of the three teachers j hous ill amount to (2,000, and is largely 1 cerU lade up of subscriptions by the same of re n who paid for the building and >unds. The trustees are Messrs. Jas. _ Walker, Clough F. Inman and F. A. w forth. It is said that the entire s< hool jj, trict is working in perfect harmony b. th the trustees. At present about 70 pils are enrolled. The school has w eady won $75.00 in state and county a, zes for rural school improvement. te Sam M. Grist. 1 * d? KORK IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY fr hi jrk is Progressing Nicely and Some _eaiilation is Practically Throuoh. a. - _ ? ? 81 itor Yorkville Enquirer: B Sverythlng Is running along pretty tl loothly with the York delegation In pi 5 legislature. The past week has been 6' itrenuous one. The house of lords (?) re le senate) and the house of repre- ei itatlves each have been holding fc fht sessions and a great deal of work G a been done. After flllibusterlng for C ire than an hour Friday night the n use foolishly adjourned to meet on a: xt Tuesday night. It rhe big Corn show Is on, and the ir y is in gala attire. Visitors are here b< un practically every state In the Un- si i and the attendance from all parts w the state Is fairly good. tl four scribe had a short but very in- ol eating chat with Hon. B. Harris of si 5 Farmers' Union a few days ago. bi '. Harris thinks that the Corn show a one of the biggest things that has tl ?r come this way, and advises every* I* *mer to see It. tl Among the visitors from our county. t\ s past week we had the pleasure of nc eting D. M. Hall, T. W. Boyd. J. E. . wry, Hon. C. E. Spencer. T. F. Mc- al w and John E. Carroll. tl rhe following local bills have practl- 0| ly passed both houses: tc 3y York delegation?A bill as to the a( w court house, a bill for Issuing $76.- tl I in bonds for a new court house and g\ bill relating to sale of the county w yr farm. g\ 3y Mr. Hutchinson?A bill to allow t s voters of Rock Hill school district m issue 175,000 in bonds for new school iE lldlngs. m 3y Mr. Halle?A bill to repeal an 0i 1 to establish the Tirzah school dls- tl ct. at 3y Mr. Halle?A bill to provide for a jr ird of assessors for the town of Fort w 11. tc dr. Beamguard has introduced .in the tl late and Mr. Halle in the house, a fl, I to declare the boundary between ^ rk and Cherokee counties with ref- hi snce 10 ine rown 01 Smyrna, xne fj lowing bills of statewide interest tl ve been introduced by York mem- p rs: ai 3y Mr. Sanders?A bill relating to t? orderly houses. G 3y Mr. Haile?A bill placing an an- st al license tax on the sale of cigar- i8 es, $10 on retail dealers and $25 on C( olesa'.e dealers, the revenue from a, ne to go to the common school fund. OI CVhHe the work the past week or ten ti ye haa been heavy, the members of b< s delegation have found time for re- <j| tatlon and pleasure. The latest Joke ai Col. Riddle, the Lord Chesterfield of a ! delegation, is that he bowed most ti >foundly to a female wax figure in bi ) window of a fashionable millinery . kblishment while strutting up Main q eet a few evenings ago. And the e: mber from Port Mill is charged with ni ing to mail his letters in a fire ai ,rm box. tt Dn account of the adjournment un- hi next Tuesday night, most of the fe mbers have gone home and the leg- a] itlve department has the appearance h a "banquet hall deserted." la Catawba. di MERE MENTION J! 'ollceman Thos. J. Zebley Is held b< 3er bail at Wilmington, Del., on the ? irge of second degree murder, bav- p ; killed a negro who broke away pi m him after being placed under ar- bi t Victor Clement Fisher, wentat Los Angeles Cal., on the charge h< embezzling $12,000 from a creamery p< ociation, has been arrested in Lon- ^ i... .Statues of Andrew Johnson and ^ m Sevier, are Tennessee's selections n< the Statuary Hall in the capitoi ai ln ishlngton Automobile builders jP oughout the United States are be- Jv ning to give serious attention to the IT ling of a satisfactory substitute for P loline, owing to the continued high I" ce of the fuel now commonly used ** automobile engines The Brltlsn ides' Union congress, ln session at ridon, has passed a resolution de- J nding an eight-hour day for all sees of men and women workers, 1 propose to enforce their demands P* strikes The American schooner P* ting, from Baltimore, coal laden, j? a sunk off the coast of Guadeloupe, r" day. The crew was saved... .Mfjor L rris, his wife, two children and his mer, were ournea 10 aeaui in uieir m home near Richland la., Friday. . .Dr. Frank Garrison, a former Jus- p< i of the peace, Is In Jail at Camden, w J., on the charge of embezzling $300 " 1 money David H. Wilson, a P4 mer 60 years old, died recently at ?} igon, 111., leaving an estate of over J" >00,000. None of his neighbors knew "j his great wealth The women, of Icago are preparing to make an onlight on the high price of apples in " t city and do for apples what a few ?ks ago they did for eggs The it at Philadelphia Is ready to begin De ning the new flve-cent pieces as " n as orders are received from aa shington. The new coin la to have facsimile of an Indian on one side I a buffalo on the other Presit-elect Wilson says he will conform djw jrecedent at the inaugural in Washton on March 4, by wearing a rilk BI while viewing the parade....Unit- an States Senator John N. Heiskell of vj| ;ansas, bid farewell to the senate w< irsday, after serving twenty-two s, to be succeeded by W. M. Kava- 8D igh, who will serve until March 4th, vj, ;n he will be succeeded by Joseph T. >inson. In a farewell speech SenaHelskell said there was glory enough Be ;o around if it was kept moving, 8ii that he would spend the rest of his ]a, s writing his reminiscences i. Myrtle Barnes, wife of a wealthy , zen of Putnam county, Tenn., was re, uitted of a charge of murder at ikevllle, Tenn., Thursday. Mrs. th; nes had killed a Mrs. Judd, whom accused of undue intimacy with tlc Barnes The United States tu- rel me court has dismissed the appeal rack Jonnson, tne negro prize ngm- yc and he will be Immediately brought trial In Chicago on charges of vlo- 8_ ng the Mann "white slave act" dg ! Southern Baptist Laymen's con- , tlon is in session at Chattanooga, in. About 3,000 delegates are in at- Qc Jance... .King Menelik, the famous ? ;r of Abyssinia, is reported to be q d. Menelik was famed principally the powerful army that he had orlzed and his warlike proclivities.... re i Balkan war was resumed last nine at 7 o'clock with the bombardit of Adrianople, after an armistice ing about two months Joseph t rick Tumulty of New York, is to be ate secretary to President Wilson r his inauguration The Stand- _ j Oil company has recently declared . lecial dividend of $40 a share on the k of the original company Ed- ' d F. Dunne was inaugurated gov- *. jr of Illinois yesterday, his inaugu- j. on being held up for a month be- 0?! se of a legislative deadlock over election of a speaker of the house. ? Dunne is the first Democrat to be srnor of Illinois since 1897. A ' nother Record for Marlboro.?Anir Marlboro farmer has made a recwhlch probably cannot be equalled ] where. n0, ist year Ell Gibson, of the Hariy section, planted a plot containing and flve-elghths acres in Mexican Boll cotton. The seed were obtain- I rom York county, upon recommen- at on of Editor W. D. Grist, of The kville Enquirer. le one and flve-elghts acres pro- t ;d 4300 pounds of seed cotton, at :h turned out 1575 pounds of lint, 90 bushels of seed, le seed were sold for $90, and the can be sold at 12J cents a pound, or 1 .90. This makes the total $286.90, at 176.55 per acre. ie Advocate wants to hear from ( man who can beat this.?Pee Dee ocate, January 30. J ? . ?i . o'cl Jy a vote of 22 to 13 the senate on Friday passed and sent to the se Senator Clifton's bill allowing iln counties to vote on the question ? -establishing dispensaries. 1 SOUTH CAROLINA NEW8. ? MaJ. W. L. Olaze of Orangeburg; ho was recently elected judge of the rst circuit to fill the vacancy caused ; the resignation of Judge Copes, has i >nt in his resignation. Major Glaze as not a candidate for the position id was elected over his emphatic prost. In connection with his resignaon, however, he states that he had icided to serve on the insistance of lends; but his physician had advised Im not to undertake the work. - Columbia special of January 31: At meeting of the sinking fund coramison late this afternoon Governor lease offered a resolution to rescind te action of the former commission, roviding for the refunding of the $5,- J 52,000 bonds of the state debt The \ lotion was lost, 4 10 z, Attorney uen*al Peeples voting with the governor >r the resolution and Comptroller eneral Jones State Treasurer Carter, halrman Hardin cf the finance comilttee and Chairman Dick of the ways nd means committee, voting against . The governor was reported as statig to the commission that there would e no bonds sold before the next seslon of the genera! assembly, for he as going to carry the case against ie Refunding act to the supreme court f the United States. The governor mt the rejected resolution to both ranches of the legislature tonight with message arking that it be referred to ie judiciary committee of each house, i his message he said that it was for ie best Interest of the state for the vo factions of the sinking fund com* ilsslon to get together. ? An exhibit of especial Interest to II southern farmers at the fifth naonal Corn exposition is that showing I the official grades of cotton, certified ) by the United Slates department of rriculture, and displayed as a part of tat extensive exhibit. An act of conress has provided for official grades of hite American cotton, and all these rades are shown at the exposition, hey are middling fair, strict good ilddling, good middling, strict middlig. middling, strict low middling, low ilddling, strict good ordinary and good rdinary. It is Interesting to note that tese grades are standards for cleanlless and color only. They have no bearig whatever upon length of staple hich is, of course, an important fac>r in the determination of the price of An Inan^/tf(A*I rtf lhaao 1C UUUVt. Alt ?U*|/\.V?IWU V4 VMVBV V? cial grades ahowa that there ia a I radual decrease In color from the 1 Igheat to the lowest. The middling ilr la of a bright creamy color, while ie good ordinary ia of a bluish or rayiah tint In addition to this, the mount of leaf, trash and foreign mat>r increases as the grade ia lowered, enerally speaking, the longer the laple of cotton, the more valuable it I. A premium is paid by buyers for >tton over an inch in staple length, nd a penalty correspondingly imposed i cotton which la shorter, the quotaona, so far as length are concerned, sing based on inch cotton usually. The Ifferences in the price of cotton so tar ithe grade Is concerned, are shown in table which is a part of this lnstrucve exhibit, middling cotton being the uls. ? Union special of February 1 to the olumbia State: Robert Coleman, an ccellent citizen of this county living ear Jonesvllle 65 years of age, without n enemy, was foully murdered beveen 7 and 8 o'clock last evening, aving been shot in the left side of his ice and neck as he sat by his fireside lone, reading a newspaper. His son, larry Coleman, about 26 years of age, In loll oho vera A wlfh holnff thft VTIIIP ;rer, the motive ascribed being the ?sire to come into his Inheritance at ice. The dead man was quite well-to ), and except for a son who has not ?en heard of for a number of years, arry is his only child or heir. There as a rain yesterday and when Sheriff ant early this morning examined the remises he found that the assassin id stood behind some evergreens close i the house and fired a big charge of ugs and bullets into the old man's ?d. The trail led to and from this >lnt to a blacksmith's shop. Robert oleman's gun had been in this shop, urlng the night Harry Coleman got lis gun and took it to t**" house of a ilghbor. When examined this morng one barrel was wet and showed 'ery sign of having been recently *ed. The tracks in the soft mud fitted te shoes of Harry Coleman, it is said, ogs were sent to the scene from Combla this morning. They took up the ail and went over it Harry Coleman as seen to climb a tree some distance vay. The dogs put on his trail prompttreed him. He was then taken into istody. It appears, further, that Robt Coleman's housekeeper was at the >use of a neighbor last evening. They >ard a shot fired. About half an hour ter Harry came to the house, he and ie housekeeper went to the Coleman >use some time later. There they und the old man lying unconscious ? the floor. He died this morning Ithout speaking. The State's corresrndent visited the accused in the Jail here the accused, stated that he knew - * 1+ HI1II1K U1 lue Killing, wnu imu uuno IV >r why. He was not disposed to talk, it stated that there was nothing for m to say other than that. There was uch Indignation and excitement here id at Jonesville over the outrage. Had iBpiclon fallen on almost any one else, ere is little doubt that there would ive been a lynching. As It was, the ncers brought their prisoner to Jail fore the inquest, in order to avoid a owd that was becoming increasingly ngeroua 8HAR0N PER80NAL8. T?Kpond*ne? Th? TorkvllU Enquirer 8haron, February 3.?Messrs. Jno. R. air, A. M. Erwin, Ralph Cain, Marcus ^ id Robert Klrkpatrlck, of Sharon, sited the corn show in Columbia last ;ek. Rev. Jno. A. McMurray, of Bethesda. ent several days in Sharon last week, siting his sisters, Mesdames W. L. Ill and A. M. Erwin. Mr. I* H. Good and niece, Mary tile Good, spent several days with her iter. Mrs. W. S. Watson, at Kershaw, st week. Mrs. W. R. McKeller and son, Rowid of Boardman, N. G, are visiting latives at this place. Miss Marion Turn*"- of Columbia, is e guest of her aunt, Mrs. S. B. Pratt. Mr. E. G. Byers, who has had a posl n in Sumter for some time past, has turned to Sharon. Mrs R. H. Cain was & visitor to rkville on Saturday. Mrs. W. T. Smarr of Bullock's Creek, ent several days last week with her ughter, Mrs. H. W. Shannon, at this ice. Mesdames Jemima Plexlco and L, H. >od and Mr. R. L. Plexico, visited Mr. d Mrs. R. H. Jenkins at Grover, N. iasi ween. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Robinson of Blrngham, Ala., spent several days with iatives here last week. Mr. Sam Hope is convalesing after a vere attack of grip. Mr. Morgan Wllkerson spent Sunday Hickory Grove. Dr. C. L. Thomas ent Sunday with relatives at Clover. Miss Wilmore Logan of the graded ..4 tool, spent today in Columbia, visit- 1 ? the corn show. ' \ young son of Mr. S. C. Chil.ders is thrown from the back of a ghtened mule Sunday afternoon and die considerably Jarred was not seriBly hurt. AT THE CHURCHES. SSOCIATE REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN. Prayer meeting Wednesday afteron at 4 o'clock. baptist. ?rayer meeting Wednesday evening 7.30 o'clock. first presbyterian 3rayer meeting Wednesday evening 7.30 o'clock. trinity methodist 'rayer meeting Wednesday evening 7.30 o'clock. :hurch of the good shepherd. doming service Wednesday at 11 lock. ?he (Eotton Jflarhet. rorkville, February 4?Cotton 12|c. /