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^ctaps and |arts. S ? Thomas E. Watson. Indicted on *' three counts on the chargre of sending: Y indecent printed matter through the A mails, will be called to trial probably a* at the opening of the second week of ^ the April term of the United States b distiict court to convene at Augusta ? next Monday, Judge Emory Speer, , presiding, said Mr. C. J. Skinner, Jr., | deputy clerk of the court yesterday. Attorneys representing Watson will ? be Charles Lee Sikes of Asheville, N. C., H. L. Burnside of Thomson, Ga., D. S. Henderson of Aiken, and an At- ? lanta attorney, whose name has not been divulged. Cases of lesser importance will engage the attention of the court the first week and this important trial will be taken up at a time J when the docket will have been prac- | tically cleared. ? Columbus Ohio, April 1: All hu- I man effort could accomplish today 1 failed to penetrate the part of the de- ' bris piled in the west side where it is believed many of the bodies of persons missing since the flood of March ? e Anolli, mill Ko monvftrsH An mat ters stood tonight, however, eight more bodies had passed through the morgues, running the total of dead in that section up to 71. In addition to this number was the body of James M. Kearney, a merchant, who was drowned several months ago and which, cast c< up by the flood, was found lodged in a 4, tree when the waters had receded. That many other bodies will be re- ? covered, after the army of men employed in the work has attacked the great pile of debris made at several t( points by wrecked homes, is generally conceded. Just how many have been c< drowned will not be known for some c< daya The property damage in Co- 0j lurabus, like the death toll, is confined mainly to the west side, the business 61 and manufacturing districts have gone si almost unscathed. ? Washington, April 2: Car and depot thieves will find their operations in the future more difficult than in the past and will have to face prose- tl cution in the Federal courts as well as ei before state tribunals, as the result of w the bill Introduced by Representative C. C. Carlin, of Alexandria, Va., l> passed by both houses of congress, lo una approved by the president This act imposes a maximum fine of $5,000 or imprisonment for not more than ten years for any person convicted hj of unlawfully breaking into any rail- m way car containing interstate or foreign shipments of freight or express, lr or of stealing or obtaining by iraud si or deception from any car, depot, tr platform, vessel, or wharf, any express, freight or baggage which constitutes or is a part of any interstate ei or toreign shipment. While the Carlin R act in no way Infringes upon the r( jurisdiction of the state courts, it puts the whole power of the B'ederal do partment of justice behind tne aetec- ? tlon and prosecution of persons gull- b; ty of stealing from the cars or depots, tc' since it will be practically impossible for thieves to distinguish between intrastate and interstate shipments. ? Progressive party measures that dl appeared in the national platform rt are to be introduced in both houses . in the sixty-third congress, probably by Representative Murdoch, of Kansas, and Senator Poindexter, of Wash- ly lngton. The formidable program in- a| eludes bills for the creation of a nonpartisan scientific tariff commission; bl the initiative, referendum and recall; w a national inheritance and income tl tax; improvement of the Mississippi river; merit system of postmasters; marshals and internal revenue collec- ? tors; presidential preferential prima- al ries; registration of all lobbyists, and a] industrial commission to supervise interstate corporations; agricultural S( credits and agricultural college ex- b: tension, and some easier method of is changing the constitution, and numerous other measures, including prohibition of child labor and a definite minimum wage for women. Besides the house Progressives say they will p seek legislation on currency, conserv- . atlon of national resources, good roads, exclusive homestead disposi- h tion of Alaska lands, free use of the n Panama canal by coastwise traffic, d repeal of the Canadian reciprocity act and reform of appropriation meth- b; -1 oas. . v. ? The United States government has jc decided to recognize the new Chinese republic. Secretary Bryan conferred with President Wilson nearly an hour last Tuesday at the White House, 01 completing the details and a note is t( being prepared at the state department to be addressed to China through n the Chinese minister. Whether it U will be presenter, before the meeting g of the constituent assembly next h Tuesday or is intended to reach the Chinese government on that date has 11 not been disclosed but the mere pre- di sentation of the note to the Chinese n minister and resumption of formal International relations with the Chin- ? ese minister are regarded in diplo- w matic circles as tantamount to re- tl cognition. The United States government is anxious to show its friendliness toward China and while there lr have been rumors that other nations w might anticipate the action of this n country and recognize China before the United States does, in Washing- w ton official circles, it is believed that the United States would be found first to show its faith in the new republic. No formal announcement is p expected from the administration t] here until the Chinese government is ai in receipt of the American govern- ^ ment's note. 6' ? Columbia special of April 3: Acting on request of Sheriff White, Gov- n ernor Blease tonight ordered the mill- a tary company at Beaufort to get un- w der arms and report to the sheriff lmmediately. Information came to the governor that an angry mob was gath- n ered in front of the Beaufort jail, n and was demanding that the sheriff l turn over the negro suspects who had been locked up charged with the assass.nation of Magistrate Cooler on a St Helena Island. However, while the jj officers parleyed with the crowd, the . sheriff sDirted the two negroes out a back way, placed them in a boat and n with officers in charge they were hur- f< riedly rowed to an obscure place be- a yond reach of the mob. Captain Townsend, In command of the military ri company at Beaufort, at once reported ii to the sheriff and the troops were ^ thrown around the jail. State Detective E. F. Hammond was on the scene and asked the crowd to disband and f< go home, which was done after some \ argument. The above information was Q reported to the governor by long distance telephone from Beaufort and n the governor told Mr. Hammond to ex- s tend his thanks to Captain Townsend n and his men for their prompt obedi- n ence to orders. It was reported to the w governor over long distance 'phone at n 10.30 o'clock tonight that everything w was quiet at Beaufort, that the mob a had dispersed and that the military ? company was on guard. The prompt- 0 ness of Governor Blease in ordering c, out the militia, the adroit manner in which Sheriff White spirited the two suspects away and the coolness of Detective Hammond probably averted t< Ul Ti I- t J 4 a lyncning. 11 ia sum mai mc migm ? part of the crowd was from Ridgeland. ? Just as Montenegro has scored her s' first real success by getting a foothold n at Tarabosch, the key to Scutari, the b warships of the powers are gathering Sl along the coast to compel her to give up the most precious fruits of five months' fighting. After a series of des- ti perate engagements, the Montene- e grins, assisted by the Servians, are ? practically in command of Tarabosch. * Simultaneously with the arrival of this l< news came the further information tl that Austrian warships are anchored w off Antlvari, and that British and Italian warships are on their way to Join them for the purpose of making a s demonstration which Is approved by si all the powers, not excepting Russia. g Should the demonstration prove inef- * fective it is understood that the Mon- 11 tenegrin ports of Antivari and Dur- w clgno will be occupied. When the g Montenegrin trouble is out of the way, it is likely that the powers will have to deal with Servia. She has informed n the British minister that it was im- 11 possible to withdraw her troops from p Scutari, as Servia was bound to Montenegro until peace has been signed 11 and that any drawing back at the t< present time would be the death knell p of the Balkan alliance. Servia, too, is .. reported to be preparing for the permanent occupancy of Durazzo. This S action would be directly against the c decision of the powers. Elsewhere r matters are moving smoothly. An agreement has practically been reach- 11 ed with regard to the boundary be- tl reen Turkey and Bulgaria, although tl ulgaria Is guarding against any slip a1 i the peace negotiations and moving Irtually the whole of her Adrianople p rmy to Tchatalja. The captured town a' ill be left in possession of gendarmes, tl partial agreement also is reported gJ s having been arranged between Buiiria and Roumania, the latter getting a ilistria. n ?. . _ P (She ^lotluillf (frnauiw. S ^ tl Intered at the Postofflce in Torkville ? as Mall Matter of the Second Claae. J - tl . 1 _ _ . t< YORKVILLE, S. C.s rr FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1913 n tl But what Is the use lu eternally nr :>mplalnlng about thing*? People on't like to hear It and It does no ^ nod anyway. That bill that has passed congress > put the protection of Interstate S nmmerce more Intimately under the >ntro- A the Federal government is f far-reaching Importance, and may tl /entually be construed to reach nail accounts for merchandise, etc. * ? c< It is reported from Mexico that Hu- ai *ta is to give up the presidency In le interest of peace; but an towheth- j, * his successor is to be a man who c< ill stand for a perpetuation of the ** rranny that has prevailed for so >ng does not appear. B , , Pi la A lady subscriber in Rock Hill who w as been taking The Enquirer for h( iany years, sends the following note ^ i connection with the renewal of her ibscription. "Our new president is fr ying to reform things. I am so glad P' ... U?? T ... Ii HQ UltHlfllUl 11/1 mill. iA!l uo ooj v? ything we can to encourage htm." r ight is this good lady, and if Wood- tt >w Wilson knew her as we do, he ould consider her remar ic almost as 8, benediction on the high aspirations pi y which all good people believe him L > be actuated. jj. > ' * n There are a good many people pre- a! [cting business demoralization as the Ti >sult of prospective revision of the iriff and currency laws; but our folk 01 eed not worry. Of course it is hardto be expected that there can be ^ ny appreciable change in existing c] jslness and financial conditions lthout more or less disturbance. But ^ ten our people need not worry. They w re not heavy borrowers. Most they tl ;?t ernws out of the around. and its hi Sundance depends upon intelligence id energy as well as upon the sea- p >ns. We cannot be hurt much either ai V tariff or currency changes, and it just as well to go on and stop orrying about such things. * ? ?? S( Although The Enquirer has not w rinted a liquor ad for more than venty years, during which time it p as refused offers of this kind of busir ti ess amounting to many hundreds of ollars, it has never seen proper to ^ rag about its own attitude or to criti- s< Ise the attitude of other papers that oked at the matter differently. There re a number of things in which we tl isagree with the Columbia State, and it ne of them is that paper's attitude as > sale of liquor, we believing that n scoenition of the liauor business as t< gitimate is Inimical to the public a ood; but we want to say now and ere that believing as it does on the tl quor question, the Columbia State is n eserving of very great credit in deying itself the revenue that it might s, therwise derive from the printing of cl 'hisky ads. In giving this credit to e le State we do not seek to take any e redit for our own attitude, for believ- tl lg as we do on the llqucr question it ould be criminal for us to accept b loney to help further the sale of a hisky. ri < . a Dr. M. Allen Starr, one of J. Pier- ^ ont Morgan'* physicians, said that q ae great financier came to his death h s the result of emotion occasioned by is examination before the Pujo mon- a y trust commission. Of course we do tl ot know anything about it; but we c' re inclined to think that Dr. Starr ^ as talking only with his mouth. A d lan of the nerve that Mr. Morgan tl ecessarily had to make the career he ?j lade, would not have been in the f, ;ast flustrated by the inquiries of a h iw congressmen. If he knew he was 11 right, he had nothing to fear, and 8 ' he did not know he was all right, re consequences do not matter. Most ten pay the debt of nature long beare they attain Mr. Morgan's age, C nd so far as he is concerned, he had eason to congratulate himself on havtg deferred the payment as long as e did. We would not be understood p s speaking flippantly or disrespect- n ally. If there is anything shady in p Ir. Morgan's record we are not aware r, f the fact. He was merely the fore- p lost business man of the world, and S o far as there is any reason to be- f1 n eve. as upright as other business w ten. There Is very likely something a rrong with conditions that will per- w lit a man to accumulate so much a realth as Mr. Morgan accumulated. w nd as we understand the Pujo comlission, its principal business is to find a ut whether or not such is really the r ase. d , m n Governor Blease has signed the note " 3 borrow $30,000 authorized by the 0 eneral assembly for the common E chools; but not until after it was s: lade clear that the money could not ? e gotten otherwise. The general as- d embly provided for the borrowing of c tie money by the governor, the comp- w roller general and the state treasur- 0 r. Before the bill was passed the a nvpvnnr nskpd the general assembly ? 5 arrange the matter otherwise on ? tie ground that the two other officers 0 rere his personal and political ene- S lies and he did not desire to be as- jj ociated with them. The general as- t] embly, however, went en and put the p overnor on the commission anyway. r t was generally understood that it ? as politics. On the one hand, if the tl eneral assembly should comply with Ii he wishes of the governor, it could be s lade to appear that the governor had eked it. On the other hand It upeared that if the governor should re- j use to serve the schools would have S 9 go without the money, and the d eople losing sight of the political 0 strategy" Involved would hold the ' overnor responsible. When the time tl a me to make the note the governor d efused to sign. The comptroller and J v reasurer signed and the governor told ?j he bank that he had no objection to t le loan, and tbat it, the bank, was t liberty to lend the money if it saw roper. The bank, however, got legal Jvlce, which was to the effect that le note was no good except with the (mature of the governor. On this overnor Blease decided to sign the ote, on the ground that in the first lace he did not want the schools to uffer and in the second place he had emonstrated beyond question that le money could not have been gotten lthout his signature, and that the thers were not In a position to say !iey had forced him to sign, or that tiey could have gotten the money without his help. If the general asembly had been broad and generous 1 the matter, It would have either left le governor off the commission or /tAmmloolAn r\f a nnponn. JIIipVOCU UIC VUIIUUIOOIV1I VTA. A* |/V? MWI. el that would have been agreeable to im. As a matter of fact Governor tiease has never had any Idea of aiming the schools to suffer lack of tie money. What he wanted most was > show the state treasurer and the omptroller general could not get the loney without his signature on the ote, and as for himself, he had armged personally to borrow the enre $30,000 on his own account and (t the schools have the use of It. There tay be a good deal of child's play in ie whole business; but in our view it i not fair to charge it all against the overnor. KNOCKOUT FOR LOTTERIES upreme Court Says Common Prize Drawings are Unlawful. "His claim has for Its sole foundaon a title alleged to have been acuired by reason of the fact that he eld, in violation of the laws of the late, the winning card in a lottery >ntest, and that the range was drawn 9 the prize in violation of the laws f the state," said the supreme court esterday in a decision of Associate ustice Woods reversing the Union >unty court in the case of T. J. oundtree against Ardella Ingle and T. P. Ingle from Union county. According to the supreme court, the ai'ey Furniture and Lumber comany of Union issued a printed circutr announcing that a $65 range ould be given free to the customer olding a certain numbered card. This [rcular is alleged to have been issued i 1911. "The card numbered 1616 was drawn 'om the box and upon that card being resented by the defendant, Ardella lgle, the range was delivered to her/' The decision sets out that T. J. oundtree, the plaintiff, then brought lis action in a magistrate's court to ;cover the range from Ardella Ingle, t the trial he offered testimony in lbstance as follows: "Plaintiff made urchase from Bailey Furniture and umber company and received cards umbered from 1604 to 1639; in conaeuence of hearing that 1660 was the umber of the card drawn, he dropped II of his cards in the yard; when he >und out that the card drawing the inge was 1616 which he had held, he led to find it among those thrown ut but failed." Ardella Ingle gave testimohy to the Tect that the card number 1616 had een secured by her following a purliase. The magistrate held as matters of ict "that the plaintiff originally held le card; that It was among those hich he dropped in his yard, and lat some one had found it there and ad given it to the defendant, Ardella ig!e, and he adjudged the range to be ie property of the plaintiff (T. J. oundtree.)" The case was appealed nd the circuit court affirmed the verIct of the magistrate. The supreme court in its decision iversed the case. "There can be no doubt that the iheme under which the winning card as drawn was a lottery," says the jpreme court. "Our statute makes not only the remoter of a lottery, but the ad venires In It liable to Indictment. The urchase being a criminal act, the urchaser can base no legal claim lereon for the money paid to the slier or to the prize allotted to his cket. Indeed his whole transaction Is dthout the pale of the law, and he a.n not Invoke the aid of the courts In le enforcement of any claim dependlg upon it. The purchaser of a lot?ry ticket in this state is therefore in different plight from one who loses ioney in gambling or dealing In cotjn futures, who may recover the mount paid out. Civil code of 1912, sctions 3417 to 3423. The plaintiff in le present case having acquired his cket in violation of the statute which lade the acquisition of it criminal it Mlows that his claim does not fall nder cases like Martin vs. Richardon, Ky., X19 L. R. A., 692 (xxx) deIded on the ground that the purchasr was not guilty of any criminal act, ie statute against lotteries being nacted for his protection against iose which conduct them." The supreme court concluded: There was no independent contract etween the plaintiff and the defendnt, that the plaintiff should have the ange or that the defendant would ccept it or hold It for him as his gent. His claim has for its sole founation a title alleged to have been acuired by reason of the fact that he eld in violation of the laws of the tate the winning card in a lottery ontest and that the range was drawn s the prize in violation of the laws of lie state. There is no independent or nltoiorol rnntrnot of anv kind UDOn rhich the plaintiff can depend. Using n extreme illustration: If, after the rawing and before the delivery to tie plaintiff by the merchant, the ange had been stolen from the store, tie plaintiff could not have recovered rom the thief because he would have ad no basis of a claim except a lot?ry card and a lottery drawing both enounced by the statute law of the tate."?Columbia State, Thursday. NO MORE WHISKY ADS Columbia State Has Yielded to Proper Notion of Fitness. From this date no new advertiselents of whiskey will be accepted by lie State company, and after the exiratlon of a few existing contracts o whiskey advertisements will apear in this newspaper. Perhaps a brief statement of the easons influencing this change of ollcy would be appropriate. The tate has never regarded the legal ale of whisky as immoral traffic; or do we regard the consumption of hisky?the use without intempernce?as a moral wrong. Therefore re ao noi cunsiuei mc yuunwuvu ?? newspaper of advertisements of rhisky as improper or illegitimate. But there is another consideration. l person normally orthodox and with egard for convictions, having a few ays for recreation during the year light convince himself of the morally of hunting or fishing in the wilds n Sunday, should one of those days f recreation fall on the Sabbath, iut if he were a person having conIderation for the religious sentiments f others he would not obtrude the act of his hunting or fishing on Sunay upon the attention of a church ongregation or upon any one who rould be offended by such action. The State has not been petitioned r otherwise requested to discontinue dvertisements of whisky, but many f the warm friends of this newspaper re earnest believers in prohibition, nd we conceive that the appearance f advertisements of whisky in the tate is distasteful, if not offensive to hem. We recognize ihat their feel igs in regara 10 suin auverusuig is tie logical sentiment of those who are rohlbltlonists on principle. Having eached that conclusion we have deermlned to surrender the few thousnd dollars annually derived from hat source in preference to publlshig advertising that Is jarring to the enslbillties of some of the State's eaders.?-Columbia State. ? The committee in charge of the 200,000 hospital that the Baptists of louth Carolina propose to raise have eclded upon Columbia as the place f location. ? The first primary for the Demoratic nomination for congressman in he first district took place last Tuesay, and resulted as follows: Hugi-es, ,822; Padgett, 1,681: Peurifoy, .. .0; ron Kolnitz, 1,398; Whaley, 3,077. 'he second race will be between lughes and Whaley. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS Yorkvllle Board of Health?Gives notice of "clean-up" day, April 10th. Have yoor cans ready for hauling. F. E. Hull, Rock Hill?Is now delivering sweet potato sprouts of several varieties at low prices. J. A. Tate, C. C. C. Pis.?Gives notice of sale of real estate In the case of R. N. Moore. Receiver, etc.. vs. Elli son Johnson, on April 22d. Tho?. W. Boyd, Co. Supervisor?Publishes report of chalngang for the month of January. J. J. Keller & Co.?Say for you to do it now, and watch next ad. Louis Roth?Has Rice meal at $1.25 a sack. Roe shad today at 75 cents J. C. Wllborn?Offers ten choice lots of the Hope property?easy payments of $5.00 a month. Loan and Savings Bank, Yorkvllle? Points out the advantages of an Intimate knowledge of banking methods. Close attention to accounts. Cloud Cash Store?Invites special attention to offerings for the month of April. Dress goods, dresses, shoes. First National Bank, Yorkvllle?Suggests that you put money to work for you so that it will take care of you later on. It will help you. Thomson Co.?rlnvltes attention to a line of special offerings for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Palmetto Monument Co.?Explains skill and taste are necessary to produce satisfactory monuments. Klrkpatrlck-Belk Co.?Is showing a new line of shirt waists, and wants you to see its dresses, gloves, etc. W. H. Herndon?Suggests that you plant Irish potatoes?he has the seed. Also sells Welch grape juice. Carroll Bros.?Tells farmers of the advantages to be-derived by using one of their corn and cotton plant* ers. Other farm tools. Idle Hour Theatre?Will present a series of Dayton, O., flood slides on Tuesday afternoon and evening. Yorkvllle B. & M. Co.?Wants you to see It for fancy groceries, farm tools and Dunlop's flour. Fertilizers have been going out to the country In a steady stream of late. In the cat> of those who have not already commenced, now Is the time to begin work to win prizes for the flower show next fall. \AJ ? L... ff o Iiupc twrnu xuiiv luuiuj uuj will make 150 or 200 bushels of corn on an acre this year. It can be done in York county as well as elsewhere. HIGH SCHOOL ATHL.ETIC8 The Yorkvllle High school baseball team defeated the Rock Hill High school on the letter's grounds Tuet>day afternoon by a score of 12 to 4. The feature of the game was the heavy hitting of the Yorkville boys. The Rock Hill team started out strong but weakened in the early innings and the locals had little difficulty in obtaining their long lead, while the Rock Hill boys could not hit Gaulden, the local pitcher to advantage. Quite a number of the Graded school students will go to Clover tomorrow with the track team which meets the Clover High school on the grounds of the latter. The same boys who represented the Yorkville school at the recent meet with Clover in Yorkville, will constitute the personnel of the team. WITHIN THE TOWN ? The preparations for the county fair entertainment are occupying the attention of most of the young people and of many of the old ones. At first it seemed that the task of organizing the big aggregation of amateur talent that enters into the production, was almost hopeless; but Miss Paul has succeeded in demonstrating the fact that she undertsands her business thoroughly, and now there is a general conviction that the affair will be a successful go. ? The board of health wants another clean up day, and it is hoped that the people will give heed. If any one thin^, has been established in correct, sanK t&tian it is that towns and cities mudt be kcfpt clean. Havana, Santiago, New Orleans, Memphis, the Panama canal strip and other pest holes have been made habitable by thorough cleanups.. The board of health in Yorkville has been more or less a joke?not the per-1 sonnel, but its efforts to do anything. The joke is largely through ignorant and vicious disregard of the common good. There are people who allow filth to accumulate around them and spit like toads when anybody complains. They take complaints as a personal matter Instigated by personal spite. They get mad too, because they realize that a Just complaint Is a reflection on their own shortcomings. Now the broad, manly thing is for everybody in the town to recognize that their premises, however clean they might be, are not as clean as they should be, and that the more earnest intelligent, conscienclous cleaning up that is done, the less liability there will be to deaths on account of filth. THE CATTLE QUARANTINE The Enquirer has received the following from Mr. Ray Powers, state veterinarian, and is publishing the same for the benefit of those interested: Clemson, March 29, 1913. Dear Sir: As a result of co-operative tick' eradication work conducted by the Veterinary division of Clemson college and the IJ. S. department of agriculture, York county has practically been freed from ticks and will be released from quarantine April 1, 1913. New quarantine regulations for the, control of spenetic fever in cattle will become effective on that date. This change in regulations will release York county from both Federal and state quarantine, thus allowing shipment of cattle from this county without restrictions which have previously been imposed. That portion of York county north of the KIngville & Marion orancn 01 me csoumem railway wan released from quarantine July 15, 1912, and the new quarantine regulations, effective April 1, 1913, release the remainder of the county from Federal and state quarantine. With the exception of a few premises which remain under local quarantine, York county has been freed from ticks and' these premises will probably be in condition for release by July 1, 1913. Tick eradication work, which has been conducted in York county, willprevent heavy losses of cattle, from which the county has previously suffered, and will open all the markets of the country to York county cattle. This should prove of great help to the live stock industry of the county. Trusting that you will publish this letter for the information of your readers, I remain Very truly yours, M. Ray Powers. PATENT MEDICINE ADS For years readers of The Enquirer have noticed the scarcity of patent medicine ads in the columns of the paper and wondered at the reason therefor. As a rule people like it rather than otherwise?like the absence of too many medicine ads. and the matter never comes up as the subject of a complaint. But it will be of more or less interest to explain why The Enquirer is comparatively free from advertising of this kind, and here goes. Generally speaking it Is partly because of The Enquirer and partly because of the advertisers. If the business office took every medicine advertisement offered, at the price offered, the paper would be literally filled with medicine advertising. But the fact is that only a smail ^ f *V?a r?n nn t moHInlno nnn _ ptr UVIll U1 IIIC |/aiC"v iiivuivuiv w.i cerns are financially responsible, and there Is a rule In the business office that a man or concern who will not live up to his financial obligations is pretty much of a humbug anyway. Of course The Enquirer does not pretend to pass upon the merits of medicines offered through Its columns. It cannot do so. It is pretty safe to assume, however, that the proprietors of medicines offered through the columns of this paper have confidence In their goods, else the advertising would not appear. There are numerous patent medicine concerns who are kept out of The Enquirer mainly because they are not willing to pay the same price for the same service that everybody else payc They generally want to get In the lo cal or general news column at les than is charged for space in the ad vertising columns. There " are medicine advertisement that fcre ruled out notwithstanding th willingness of the people interested t pay the price. The Enquirer is no willing to assume sponsorship fo them. ABOUT PEOPLE lfl.n QK/IIA Tnmnn n* T*f (ttrln a..111A I ill 100 UUUIC AlllilCftll Ul TT IIIVIIIOV1I1C, I visiting in Gaffney. Miss Amelia Beckham of Rock Hil visited Mrs. Robert Witherapoon i Yorkville this week. Mrs. Boyce Whisonant has returne to her home in Wilkinsville after visit to relatives in GafTney. Miss Estelle Mclver of Gulf, N. C is visiting her sister, Mrs. R R Gllles pie, in Yorkville. Miss Zula Stevenson of Yorkville, I F. D. 4, visited Mrs. W. S. Nell i Rock Hill, this week. Miss Essie Pennington of Yorkvill* R. F. D 3, visited Misses Llllls an lone Ashe in McConnellsvllle, thi week. Mesdame8-J. W. McCaslan and J. I Burnett of Greenwood, spent seven days in Yorkville this week, the guesl Of Rev. and Mrs. J. H. Machen. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph G. Sassl hav moved into their new cottage nei door to the Palmetto Monument com papy's plant Congressman Finley, whose Ulnes was mentioned last Tuesday, is im proving very steadily. Mr. Flnle hopes to be able to go back to Wash lngton in a day or two. _ Rev. and Mrs. T. P. Burgess an children, of Yorkville, attended th jrraduating recital of Miss France Burgess, who graduated in music a Chicora college, Greenville, this weel Mr. Howard Smith of the Presby terian college at Clinton, Is at hom for a few days with his parents o Yorkvllle No. 1. He will probably leav for Charlotte In a few days where h has signed to play professional ba during the summer. Dr. George Walker, formerly c Yorkvllle, now of Baltimore, has bee appointed by Governor Goldsborougl chairman of the Maryland Vice com mission, composed of fifteen member; which is to investigate vice condition In that state. r GOOD FARMING J There has not been a great deal c fate In The Enquirer about the York ville Creamery association, or th work of the creamery; but for th benefit of those Interested It is prope to say that the business is still mov ing along nicely, and that patron generally continue to find there ready market at good prices for all th butter fat they can produce, with th creamery management constantly cry ing for more. While most of the creamery patron are still operating on a small scab milking only two, three or four cowi there are others who are broadenin out and becoming enthused over th prospects of still larger and mor profitable operations if the patron (VAnorolUr nrlll nnltr null s\ cm tlinr In 5cucioii j mil uiiij |/uu ivgciuci in way that will make every man do hi best. There have been two or thre aspirants for first place leadership i butter fat production; and at times I is nip and tuck between them; bu just now it appears that this plac father belongs to Mr. C. H. Smith, wh is not only making a record in butte fat production; but is probably irak ing the most advantageous use of bi products. Mr. Smith has at the present tim fifteen milch cows and fifteen calvei and is making every edge cut in a wa that promises further increase. HI checks for butter fat during the pat fourteen months have run like this December 1911, $62.87; January, 191! $76.60; February $78.62; Marcl $98.86; April, $95.25; May, $75.58 June, $67.85; July, $71.67; Augus $49.90; September, $41.86; Octobe $37.09;. November, $311.66; Decembe: $67.44; January, 1913, $84.57. "The quantity of butter fat has bee off a little for some time past, and th test has been lower," said Mr. Smit the other day; "but it is getting bette now. Last month, in order to be sur there was no mistake, I sent a sampl of cream to Prof. Burgess at Clemso cuuege?a. suiupie mm. wilh uruwii u the same time with the sample draw at the creamery?and the result wa Identical with the teat made by th creamery, 27 per cent. I gather froi this little incident that when we ar unable to give the cows what the should have, It will tell me In the but ter fat test" ^^sked as to whether he thought h was malting a fair profit on his cowi Mr. Smith replied without hesitatlo that he was sure of it. I am making profit on butter fat alone wlthou counting skim milk, manure, and re fuse that helps raise the hogs. I hav not yet got my check from the cream ery for February, but it Is going t amount to close to $90. My meal bl for the month was $45 and my hull bi $20, or $65 all told, and I feed flftee cows and fifteen calves, to say noth ing of wlat went to the pigs, an leaving our. the manure. I'll not try t give you exact estimates; but you ca see from that about what I have bee getting. Mr. Smith said that last year h raised 23 hogs that averaged 20 pounds each, and all the money cot was 76 bushels of corn and 332 wort of rice bran, a little over 3100. He gc 4,600 pounds of pork which at 11 cent foots up 3506. The manure from th cows during the year amounted t something over 7,000 bushels, and a this was used In making better cropi (Including cotton, corn, Japan clove and other things, It is difficult to es tlmate its actual value. THE CORN CLUB BOYS The number of Corn club boys 1 the county will be as great as It wa last year. Names have been droppln in since last fall and the list ha swell to over 80. It Is possible tha some of the names have been over looked or omitted; but if so the mat ter can be corrected by calling it t the attention of Superintendent c Education Carroll, or Mr. John F Biuir, uie co-operauve ueiiiunniiauu agent. The list is as follows: Greer Barnett, Yorkvllle, R F. I No. 7. Joe Oates, Yorkvllle, R. F. D. No. ' Sam Campbell, Tlrzah. - Alex Campbell, Tlrzah. Worth Bagley, Rock Hill, R. F. I No. 4. Newman Bagley, Rock Hill, R F. I No. 4. Walker Latham, Yorkvllle, R. F. I No. 2. Willie Stephenson, Sharon, R. F. I No. 1. 1 Roy Smarr, Bullock Creek, R. F. I No. 1. Fred Smarr, Bullock Creek, R F. I No. }.. Marcus Kirkpatrlck, Sharon, R I D. No. 2. John Latham, Sharon, R. F. D. N< 1. Bratton Land, Yorkvllle, R. F. I No. 1. Wm. Moore, Yorkvllle, R F. D. N< 3. Ernest Byrum, Hickory Grove, R I D. No. 1. Dewey Childers, Sharon. Howard Jones, Hickory Grove, R. I D. No. 1. Walter Kerr, Rock Hdll, R. F. D. N< 1. Marvin Faires, Rock Hill, R F. I No. 1. Clifford Wylie, Rock Hill, R. F. I No. 1. Henry Shugart, Rock Hill, R F. I No. 1. Roder Cornwell, Rock Hill, R F. I No. 1. Davis Cornwell, Rock Hill, R F. I No. 1. Lester Zinker, Rock Hill, R. F. I No. 1. Wm. Carroll, Yorkvllle, R F. D. N< 7. JenninB Martin, Yorkvllle, R. F. I No. 2. Vernon Robinson, Yorkvllle, R. F. I No. 6. Clemson Paris, Fort Mill, R. F. E No. 4. ' Frank Clinton, Yorkvllle, R. F. E No. 7. John H. Duncan, Rock Hill, R. F. E No. 6. Carl Hovis, Smith's Turn Out, R. F D. No. 1. Loy B. Biggers, King's Creek, R. F D. No. 2. ana con in sucn a manner, snowing c >. much work in preparation and were tl so evenly matched that the Judges G ). found it rather difficult to render a b decision. The Judges, Rev. E. B. Hun- A ). ter of Sharon, John E. Carroll and t< John R. Hart of Yorkville, however, a ). decided for the affirmative. Mr. Hart M in announcing the decision of the h ). Judges said in effect: "It has been d difficult to reach a decision on this b ). question. There is a preacher and a b school teacher on each side of the si ). question, and a preacher and a school ri teacher were two of the Judges. Each >. of these wanted to decide with his si profession, so the real decision was a ). up to me." Following the debate, Mr. ic W. T. Slaughter, Sr., presented a 01 ). "prophecy," which created considera- 01 ble amusement for the audience. Prof, ai >. J. G. Clinkscales of Wofford college J. made an address along educational N >. lines, but owing to the lateness of the 51 hour, his remarks were much abbre- m >. viated. One gentleman present, re- ai marked that the entertainment was Y \ one that would have been highly 5! creditable to a school of much larger e: '. proportions than the school at Hickory si Grove. M i. Harry D. Biggers, Torkvllle, R. F. - D. No. 1. s Howard R. Biggers, King's Creek, R. P - F. D. No. 1. John E. Groves, YorkviUe, R. F. D. s No. 1. v e Jas. Sherer, Sharon, R. F. D. No. 2. * o Mason Brown, Sharon, R. F. D. No. lJ t 2. > v r Howard Chambers, Rock Hill, R. F. D. No. 4. a Syrah Chambers, Rock Hill, R. F. D. 4 No. 4. '' Eugene Steele, Rock Hill, R. F. D. c s No. 4. 4 Willie Garrison, Rock Hill, R. F. D. 1 . No. 4. 1 ' McDuffle Garrison, Rock Hill, R. F. E n D. No. 4. a Johnnie Whltesides, Sharon. 1 ^ wini-? rw.Ui ? n ri T\ 1 " wiiwuni rrutii, outturn, n. r. u. a No. 1. Herbert Feamster, Sharon, R. F. D. I, No. 1. i- Qrler Sherer, Sharon, R. F. D. No. 1. Wm. Bankhead, Sharon, R. F. D. , No. 1. ? Ross Roach, Rock Hill, R. F. D. No. 6. , . . Chalmers Tennant, Rock Hill, R. F. D. No. 6. d Lonnie Tennant, Rock Hill, R. F. D. 8 No. 6. * Walter Williams, Rock Hill, R. F. D. i. No. 6. il Walter Blanks, Rock Hill, R. F. D. :a No. 4. Arthur Blanks, Rock Hill, R. F. D. e No. 4. :t Jas. Pursley, Clover, R. F. D. No. 3. Edgar Faris, Clover, R. F. D. No. 2. Jas. Ashe, McConnellsville, R. F. D. ? No. 1. 8 Clyde Childers, Sharon, R. F. D. No. v * i Marion Curry, Guthrlesville, R. F. " D. No. 1. Horace Foster, Hickory Grove, R. F. d D. No. 1. c e Eugene Kesler, Sharon, R. F. D. No. i a 1. - c it Joe A. Miller, Rock Hill, c. Edward McFadden, Rock Hill, R. F. . r- D. No. 6. e Lee Mlckle, Sharon, R. F. D. No. 1. i n Walter Shlllinglaw, YM-kville, R F. . e D. No. 7. f e Marion Sandlfer, Yorkville, R. F. D. v 11 No. 3. Lindsay Thomas, Yorkville, R. F. D. . ,t No. 1. ; n DeLoach Whltesides, Filbert, R. F. ' " D. No. 1. ' Jas. Shlllinglaw, Sharon. ^ , Frank Clark, Yorkville, R. F. D. t s No- L ? T rtti'la -Caa-oll Rn^lr W.ill R P Tl ' No. 4. Conrad Kill, Rock Hill, R. P. D. No. S. John Collins, Rock Hill, R. P. D. No. 3. > Otis Crawford, Sharon, R. P. D. e No. 1. e Jas. McParland, Yorkvllle, R. P. D. >r No. 3. Howard Currence, Yorkvllle, R. F. ? D. No. 8. a Geo. Wallace, Yorkvllle, R. F. D. e No. 2. c Lee Jenkins, Sharon, R. F. D. No. 1. Tom Bankhead, Sharon, R. F. D. s No. 1. t 18 _ \ I, * I ? LOCAL LACONIC8 * g I e Handsome Pamphlet. j e The Carolina and North-Weatern 1 8 railroad has just gotten out quite a l a handsome pamphlet advertising the 1 8 summer resorts at the northern end t e of the line. 'Although the fact has not 1 n become generally known for lack of I >t sufficient advertising, It is a fact nevlt ertheless, that the scenic beauties of i c the country penetrated by the Caro- 1 o Una and North-Western are equal in i ir grandeur and extent to the most not- s > ed mountain localities of any portion < - of the southeast. 1 e Mr. Frank Oates Dead. s, Mr. Frank Oates, son of Mr. and l y Mrs. T. M. Oates of Tlrzah, died in ( s the Fennell Infirmary in Rock Hill this it morning at about 6.20 o'clock of ap- i i: pendlcitis. He had been ill about two t t. wppkii' but orot ud veaterdav m or nine f i, feeling much better. Later in the day a ; he began complaining of the old trou- i t, ble again, and at about noon he was j r, taken to the Infirmary. Examination c r, developed that he was too weak for the necessary operation and he grew n rapidly worse until the end came this t e morning. Mr. Oates was about twen- e h ty years of age. I >r c ;e School Consolidation. le There was a largely attended school ? n meeting in Mt Holly district, No. 50, j it southwest of Rock Hill, last Tuesday 8 n afternoon, to consider a proposition s looking to a consolidation of the three t e white schools in the district Miss Lei- f n la Russell, has spent several days in f '* the district making a house to house ( y canvass in favor of the proposition and < on Tuesday called for a meeting of r the patrons of the district to discuss g e the matter. Prof. W. K. Tate, state j s, superintendent of rural schools, was a n on hand, as was also Miss Russell and r a Superintendent of Education Carroll, i it There was a representative turnout of r ? the patrons of the schools. Mr. Car- ( e roll presided and stated the object of j i- the meeting, and called on Prof. Tate x o for remarks. Mr. Tate is a good talk- t 11 er and kept his audience in fine hu- t P mor. He began by saying that he was T n a school doctor and was there to prei scribe for the schools in district No. d 50, and advocated consolidation and o pointed out its advantages, among n others being longer terms. Miss Rus- t n sell also made a few remarks along j. the same line. Mr. Carroll told the 2 e patrons that while Mr. Tate was a 0 school doctor, who could prescribe to- " it day and be gone tomorrow, he was a . h "nurse" and had to stay on the Job, c >t watch the "temperature" to see that It . :s didn't get too high, and suggested that t e it was a question for the patrons. A _ o hand primary showed that of the 59 a s patrons present who voted, there were ? 9, 28 in favor and 31 against consolida- , >r tion. In view of this almost equal dl- j i- vision on the question, Mr. Carroll j said that he did not th;nk the patrons were quite ready for consolidation, t but almost, and suggested that the next best thing was to circulate peti- _ n tions calling for a special tax election 8 and thus get more monjy to increase t K the length of the schoo. terms. This v ? suggestion seemed to meet with some tt favor. [ Entertainment at Hickory Grove. d o The entertainment given at the t ,f Hickory Grove school building last F t. night, under the auspices of the Lit- c n erary society, was a big success In F every way. The attendance was very C ). large, the programme was varied and J rendered in a thoroughly satisfactory b j. manner. The meeting was presided t over by Mr. John S. Wilkerson, who I gracefully welcomed the audience in n ) a short address and made the an- n nouncements of the evening. The c ), programme included music by a strong I band under the leadership of Mr. J. J. li >. J. Robinson, a vocal solo by Mrs. May E Cade, a recitation, entitled, "Higher ii ). Culture In Dixie," by Mrs. R. H. Hoi- e liday, a cornet solo by Mr. Mason Wll- . ). kerson, a song by the High school t quartette, composed of Messrs. Wade II ). Bulce, Sam Wilkerson, Jesse Klrby t and Roland Bridges, all of which was s i\ rendered in a way most pleasing to k the audience, which showed Its appre- n elation by liberal applause. The fea- o ture of the evening was a debate on 1 ). the question, "Resolved, That For- fi elgn Immigration is More Harmful to 3 j. our Country than the Trust Monopo- s ly." The affirmative side of the propo- w i\ sition was defended by Prof. Holliday A and the negative was championed by s< Rev. H. B. Hardy. Both of these sren- C i\ tlemen advanced their arguments pro E THE GREAT TARIFF PROBLEM 'resident is Now Considering Work cf Ways and Means Committee. Washington, April 2.?President VUson was tonight lace to face witn tie most serious phase of tariff relsion. With the work of the house ways ,nd means committee before him and he extra session of congress only a ew days olf the president had proeeded deep enough Into his study of he tariff bill to realize that before he Democratic caucus met there were nany points upon which he himself oust take a definite stand. It was admitted at the White House that he vould do so "in a day or two." It was declared also that the presllent hud not flna llv made UD his mind ib to whether the tariff should be evlsed schedule by schedule, or in i single bill, whether sugar should be >ut on the free list or given a reasonable amount of protection, and rhether the income tax should be by l&t rate or graduated. These and kinIred questions the president nas not et decided absolutely, but from what le told his callers today there was i well-defined impression of his Inillnatlons. The president leans toward revision by a single bill. He hlnks the income tax question can mly be decided after an agreement ias been made upon tariff rates. He relieves that sugar should go on the fee list, but is open to conviction on hat point The president has been tearing arguments that people in >>uisiana could readjust their busltesa to meet the new conditions lm>osed by the removal of the tariff m sugar. Would 8tand 8ome Reduction. But Col. Robert Ewlng, national lommitteeman from Louisiana, has >een presenting the other side of the (uestion, and when he left the White louse yesieraay no naa iaia me case n full before Mr. Wilson. Following lpon his conference last night with ilr. Underwood, the first thing the resident did today was to send for Jol. Bwing. He canvassed the posslilllty of getting a common agreement >n the sugar question. The Louisana national committeeman told the >resident that the business of the mgar growers of his state with millons of dollars invested, would be testroyed if sugar entered free, but hat they were willing to stand a ZG >er cent cut Mr. Wilson agreed to. itudy the question further. Tonight the president talked over he tariff situation with Senator Wlliam Hughes, of New Jersey, a mem>er of the new finance committee. Senator Simmons, chairman of the cmmlttee, sought an appointment vith the president for tomorrow and. vill bring with him Senators Stone md Hoke Smith, also of the finance lommlttee, for a discussion of the arlff bill. Free Wool Assured. The concession to President Wilson ind the free wool advocates takes he place of the 16 per cent duty vhlch the committee had agreed ipon. This, In turn, was a reduction 'rom the 20 per cent duty of the Democratic woolen revision bill which >assed the house last summer, but ailed to become a law. The free vool agreement, It was claimed, by Democrats tonight, Is expected to >ring Secretary of State Bryan into ull acco.'d with the tariff revision irogramme. The free wool Democrats have )ressed their fight before President Wilson in conference in which Repesentatlve Harrison, of New York, ind Rainey, of Illinois, both members >f the ways and means committee, lave been the leading flguren Reprelentatlve Harrison, backed by Mr. Bryan, made an ardent fight In the ast congress to secure endorsement >f the free wool policy. The understanding arrived at today s that the ways and means comnlttee will present its bill with the tee wool provision Incorporated ind with an unanimous report from ts Democratic members, and that the >resident will make known his thor>ugh accord with It. Means $20,000,000 to Loss. The reception that may be given he free wool plan by the senate leaders is still a matter of conjecture. Resident Wilson is to meet Senator llmmons, chairman of the finance lommittee, and Senators Hoke Smith ind Stone tomorrow night; and it s expected that the attitude of the lenate will then be made clear. Under the existing law wool carles a duty of approximately 11 cents >er pound, or about 60 per cent, when lgured on the ad valorem basla It s estimated that the abolition of the luty will cause a loss of approxlnately 120,000,000 to the present rovernment revenues; but Democratc tariff leaders claim it will bring ibout a substantial reduction in the >rlce of woolen manufactured goods. Nils reduction in revenue and the possible loss of approximately 153,100,000 of revenues should sugar be >laced on the free list, would be made ip, the Democrats say, by the Income ax, the details of which probably will >e settled tomorrow by the ways and neans committee. MERE MENTION Col. Pascual Orozco, Sr., father of he revolutionist of that name, has >een executed by order of Emillano Sapata, a southern Mexico revolutionst. Orozco was acting as a peace iiuoaai jr 11 viii UIC uuuta ftU*Ci Il~ nent W. T. LaFollette, brother if the Wisconsin senator, has been ippolnted register of deeds of the Disrict of Columbia, by President Wilon Wm. D. Haywood, the labor igitator, has been sentenced to serve lx months in prison for connection vith a strike at Patterson, N. J Six-President Taft has gone to New laven, Conn., after spending a month it Augusta, Ga An emissary of he rebels of Sonora, Mexico, is on his vay to Washington with proposals elative to the annexation of the state if Sonora to the United States t is reported from Washington that ludolph Spreckles, the San Francisco nultl-millionaire, has been offered he ambassadorship to Berlin, but will tecllne Lord Northcliffe, proprieor of the London Mall, has offered a irize of $50,000 to the first person* rossing the Atlantic in a "water1 ilane" in 72 consecutive hours )maha business men are asking the Nebraska legislature to authorize a iond issue of $1,000,000 to repair the ornado damage to that city Resident Wilson has selected Corilsh, N. H., as his summer home. Immediately after the extra session of ongress adjourns, he will visit the 'anama canal The strike of the idles' tailors and dress makers of loston, has been settled after contlnunir several weeks. The strikers gain d practically all they contended for. Kansas City, Mo., is considering he building of a municipal electric Ighting and power plant and figures hat the cost of current to the conumer will not be over two cents per ilowatt hour The state of Minesota holds $6,109,000 worth of bonds f other states in its treasury 'wo German aviators on Monday flew rom Juterbog to Lubek a distance of 72 miles, in 345 minutes without a top Federal officers arrested four rhite men at Atlantic City, N. J., londay night on the charge of illicit elling of cocaine Wm. F. Mc'ombs, chairman of the National lemocratic committee, has reconsldred his declination and will accept tie ambassadorship to France terman and English warships have een ordered to blockade the port of .ntivar, Montenegro A final auipsy on the body of Plerpont Morgan j t Rome, disclosed the fact that Mr. iorgan did not die of nervous exaustlon as at first stated, but from a isease, the nature of which has not ' een divulged The United States! attleship Ohio collided jvith the j teamship Frederick, in the Delaware i Iver Monday night. One of the Ohio's j inch guns ripped the plates from the j | tarboard side of the Frederick for f1 bout twenty feet....The first Amerlan-produced radium, l-600th of an : unce, was exhibited in Philadelphia n Monday. The specimen is valued ( i ?o,ooo ine estate ui me mie Plerpont Morgan Is estimated by 1 ew York financiers to be worth from 1 15,000,000 to >150,000,000 An inter- 1 ational flower show will be opened 1 t the Grand Central Palace, New ] ork, next Saturday night at which 1 1,000,000 worth of flowers will be on 11 chibition Lieut. Perlooskl, a Rus-;] an aviator, committed suicide at j. Warsaw, Sunday, by deliberately cut- i ting off his motor and allowing his machine to drop 600 feet The local bank of Gustav Puppe, at Kuestrin Germany, suspended payment Monday with liabilities of over S6.250.000. Puppe and his son have disappeared. FREEDOM OF THE PRE88 Verdict Against Columbia Stata Blow at Liberty. in the ttlchland court of common picas last wsek a verdict was rendered against the State newspaper in the sum of $20,000 for publishing articles relating to the conduct of the Black brothers In the municipal contest in the city of Columbia. We remember the articles referred to, but how a jury ever reached the conclusion that they were libelous we cannot see. If that verdict stands it will have the effect ol' rendering newspapers useless so far as being public servants are concerned. They will not dare to warn the public of any danger that may be lurking in their midst. Corruption may bo rampant in official life and the newspapers are helpless. They dare not expose or sound the signal of alarm. When the day comes that newspapers are forbidden to criticise public acts it will be a sad day for the general welfare. It is the fear of publicity that holds a check rein over public affairs, and when this Is reir >ved the public must suffer. The 8tate at times is very severe in its criticisms of public officers, and men it opposes for office, this should not prejudice the public mind to the extent of penalizing it, any more so than Individuals should be penalized for their criticisms. If this verdict stands the test of the higher courts It will be a heavy blow to the freedom of the press, which Is the boast of our American Institutions, and make of the press an Impotent Institution. We therefore hope that the court of last resort will reverse this verdict; by doing so It will teach future Juries to be less reckless in reaching a conclusion and It will frown down the influence brought on by political prejudice when rights are being adjudicated. We have not the slightest doubt t:iat the j'iry which rendered this verdict was largely influenced by prejudice, and this was fanned into flame by the appeals of the lawyers employed to secure a verdict We view this matter more seriously than the consideration of the personnel of the State. It Is the newspapers' future that we are concerned about If they are to be limited In the fear of judgments then as we have before said, It has a very demoralizing effect upon them and the damage done will be to the public. There Is an element who do not want publicity. They would rather their acts be hidden from the public view, but we take It that the masses are entitled to know what their public servants are doing and the only way to get this Information is through the press.?Manning Times. 80UTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Chas. O. Hearon, editor of the Spartanburg Herald, has bought a ton trolling Interest in the Spartan burg Journal and hereafter both papers will be published In the office of the Herald. It Is stated, however, that each paper will continue to pursue Its own policy. ? At a meeting of the board of trustees of the South Carolina university in the office of the governor a few days ago, Governor Blease offered a resolution calling uporr Dr. Mitchell lo resign the office of^presldent The governor voted for tne resolution and .-ill the other members of the board voted against it ? Washington special of April 1 to News and Courier: Former Governor John Gary Evans, of South Carolina, spent today in Washington and was seen at both the legislative and executive ends of Pennsylvania avenue. He said that his visit was chiefly :tn the Interest of Justice C. A. Woods, of the South Carolina supreme court whose friends are very hopeful that he will be chosen to succeed Judge Goff on the Federal circuit bench. The supporters of Congressman John W. Davis, of West Virginia, are making a formidable fight for their candidate, and will not acknowledge that Judge Woods is ahead. Some talk Is heard of the possibility that District Judge H. A. M. Smith, of Charleston, may be promoted to the district vacancy and that Judge Woods may be appointed district Judge to succeed Judge Smith. ? Columbia State, Wednesday: The state of South Carolina yesterday purchased 1,007 acres of land in Lexington county for $12,500 for a rifle range. The deal was closed by O. W. Babb, assistant adjutant and inspector general, following a report by the attorney general on the titlea The tract Is located seven miles from Columbia, near Styx, and Is bounded by the Southern and Seaboard Air Line railways. The money for the land was appropriated by the last general assembly. W. W. Moore, the adjutant and Inspector general, several months ago secured an option on the tract The site will be known as "Camp William W. Moore," and will be used as a state rifle range and manoeuvre ground. It will also be used for the encampment of the regiments of the National guard. The old rifle range is located at Charleston and the purchase of the Lexington tract was made necessary by the expiration of the lease in the city by the sea. Hilt r\f ftia Oft Ka nrola a# oIWa) beer that were confiscated by the Greenville police last fall, 83 were found missing. on Tuesday morning when an investigation was made of the warehouse in which the beer was stored. The beer has been stored in a warehouse on Plnkney street since the time of the seizure and was the property of W. J. Goodlet, who entered suit for the possession of the stuff immediately after the confiscation, putting up bond of 31,600 for it, but Sheriff Poole who was then in office, put up another bond to retain possession of the stuff until the suit should be decided. It is understood that the latter bond was signed by seven or more prominent Greenville citizens, including some members of the police commission. The suit of Goodlet is now pending and it has been stated that it will come up for trial on the 10th of this month. It has been suspicioned by the police for some time that some of the beer was missing and Tuesday morning Chief Halcombe and Deputy W. B. Kellar made an inspection and found that all but thirteen of the barrels had been taken from the warehouse. Deputy Kellar stated yesterday that he was of the opinion that the staple had been drawn and the place entered in that manner, the lock having been found unbroken. ? Augusta. April 1: Charged with robbing the mails, Edward M. Levy, a negro mail clerk running between Augusta and Columbia, was arrested Sunday at noon, given a preliminary hearing before Commissioner C. J. OM.nA. . KAiinH AVOf* fn tho OlVUlIiCr, Jl., ttiiu I/UUI1U v?v* vv v?*v United States district court of South Carolina yesterday under 12,500 bond. United States Deputy Marshal Murphy made the arrest Sunday as Levy left the train after completing his run to Augusta. That this man has been robbing the malls for the past seventeen years Is the belief of the United States postofflce inspectors, who have made many attempts to secure tangible evidence but have failed until he was caught red-handed Sunday. A decoy letter was mailed to a fictitious person at Johnston, S. C., which con tained five marKea 91 Dins, a deputy had been sent to Johnston to await the arrival of the letter and reported that It failed to arrive. Mr. J. W. Adamson and other secret service men here were wired to arrest the man when he came to Augusta. The money was found on him. He was sent to jail Sunday and spent that night there. The negro is about 47 years of age and above the average intelligence. At his preliminary hearing yesterday he was represented by Judson W. Lyons, colored collector of internal revenue. The government was represented by Inspector John W. Adamson. Some years ago Levy purchased a fine home In the best white residence district of Columbia, and has been at differences with them since his removal there. It Is said that the white residents on that street have made every effort to force him to move. He Is considered wealthy and owns some valuable property In Columbia besides his home. His brother, J. R. Levy, a negro physician of Florence and Dr. A. N. Gordon, Augusta, went on his bond. T. K. Levy Is reputed to be worth ibout $40,000.