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Scraps and |arts. * ? Washington, April 26: The pur- P1 pose ot the income tax Is to reach for ol taxation those who have escaped tax- tli es and are most able to bear them, was the answer of Representative a* Hull, of lennessee, author of the tax, E to the suggestion that it is class legls- P lation. His analysis of the tax, featur- h. ed. the general tariif debate today and n< he declared the masses cf the people A were paying most of the three hun- D dred and twelve million dollars tariff A taxes. The tax Is fair, productive, re- a| sponslve to changes in rates, and N cneap of collection, he said. Against E the assertion that the tax was upon 0< tariff, he replied that the tariff was a b< tax upon consumption. Mr. Hull said that mutual insurance companies who , have addressed circular letters to j policy holders concerning the tax, ' well knew there is no purpose to tax _ the proceeds of the policies nor the ** return of any amount of the principal invested in insurance, but only the ? gains and protlts. The tax would not increase premiums under any theory of fair dealings. ? New York, April 27: Churches In this city and throughout the country A joined today the Christian churches 3 of China in praying for that nation, as requested by the present Chinese I authorities. The response here was I in connection with a world-wide move- " ment to heed the appeal from the new " republic, said to be the first that ever came to Christian forces from a non- ? Christian land. Points specified by China as being subjects for petitions were the Chinese people, the president to be chosen, the constitution and its making and clean men wisely selected ? for members of congress. To this, in this country, petitions were added that Christians of American birth now in P? China may act wisely toward that pe country and that Christians in Ameri- bl ca may be liberal with money and tolerent and in spirit. Episcopal, T1 Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian and co other mission boards appealed to their respective churches to observe today in such petitions. Bishop Greer prepared a prayer which was used in all 01 Episcopal churches in New York, and e\ Presbyterians prepared another which th was said in concert at a union service held this afternoon at the Brick P{ church on Fifth avenue. The address ce was given by the pastor, Rev. Dr. W. P. Merrill. ? Men and women composing the American commission on agricultural st operations sailed from New York ia city for Naples, Italy, on last fllJ Saturday to spend three months in th fourteen countries of Europe studying systems of rural credits. From the de- th tailed knowledge which they will thus in attain, they hope to submit to the ta United States government upon their return a comprehensive plan for easing the difficulties experienced by Ameri? " formai-a In nhtalnlnc Innir flmp loans upon their lands. One of the methods advocated by Myron T. Her- Ai rick, ambassador to France, who prob- t!< ably will accompany the commission a during a portion of its journey abroad, is the issuance of twenty to fifty-year bonds, backed by a ctydn of so-called is farmers' state banks and secured by b farm realty. These bonds, It has been suggested, could be listed on stock exchanges of the world. The French and German system of rural credits will be closely studied by the commission whose members represent financially -the United States government and nine ln state governments. Senator Fletcher, cu of Florida, chairman of the body, and t0 Senator Gore, of Oklahoma, were among those sailing last Saturday. The to commission's report will be placed be- m fore congress and the next governor's j> conference to be held in August at Col- t orado Springs. ? A long threatened break in the j" main line Mississippi river levees tu along the west bank in upper Loulsl- ti< ana came at an early hour last Saturday morning, when the Lake St. John levee, 12 miles north of Ferriaay, La., went out, turning the flood bi waters loose upon the tine farming se lands and villages of lower Tensas and Concordia parishes. Approximately n( 2U,uoo persons will be driven from pi their homes as a result of this crev- <ji asse, which will flood a territory embracing about 900 square miles. The property damage will total several to hundred thousand dollars. The break be in the levee at Lake St. John develop- eJ ed at 3.20 oclock in the morning. Peopie living in the immediate vi- in cinity of the crevasse and in nearby m towns were advised to flee fully two bi hours betore the crash came. It is l8 not believed any loss of life has resulted from the break. Most of the ON live stock in the section which is be- ti< lng flooded had been moved to the jji hills on the Mississippi side of the t river, and the loss to the planters from this source will not be as heavy as that experienced during the floods of last year In tnat section. &ix Tiver steamers and a score of motor boats te were dispatched to the scene of the to crevasse from Natchez and Vlcksburg n< lor use in rescuing people from the . flooded district. The flood waters from the break will cover the lower A end of the Tensas parish, practically at all of Concordia and a part of Cata- 0, houla and Franklin parishes. The water will turn back to the Mississippi ai through the Black and Red rivers. tti ? Nearly three weeks have elapsed H since President Wilson signified his in- T tention of recognizing the new repub- th lie of China, but so far American . Charge Williams at Peking has been 8 unable to carry out his instructions M for the formal act of recognition. The Q delay has been caused by the failure a] of the Chinese assembly to organize by the election of officers and commit- " tees, and to provide for the choosing rt of a permanent president and execu- tr tive officers. Later the advices received from Peking disclose the ex- l istence of an unusual parliamentary a! situation, the controlling minds in the rc assembly being divided in the ordi- lr nary manner into conservative and liberal parties, which in turn are split D into smaller groups, each bent upon n< engrafting particular ideas into the organic law of the new government. One . of the most important divisions exists D< in the radical party, with advocates of British system of parliamentary government, opposing a wing favoring the , American form. Altogether there are four parties in the field at the present, 81 the survivors of nearly a dozen that B sprang into existence immediately up- 0j on the downfall of the Manchu dy- r nasty. Though the radical party, u headed by Liang Hln Yen, and strong- tr est in the south of China, probably is te most numerous in the assembly, it can secure control only by enlisting the support of one or more of the smaller ni groups. Negotiations are in progress al between the various elements to insure j,, the collection of the majority to organize the legislature and as soon as ?! this Is done, Charge Williams will car- fc rv out his instructions to extend for- w mal recognition. ^ ? London, April 28: This is consid- ia ered the fateful day in the history of the Balkan's problem in which new and difficult complications have arisen. f The ambassadorial conference has to E decide whether the European concert ^ shall coerce Montenegro or whether _ Austria shall be left to act alone in compelling the evacuation of Scutari. c< The ambassadors of the powers pre- ei sented a note at Cettinje yesterday, Sl formally demanding the evacuation of the city, but the Montenegrin minis- tr ters excused themselves from consid- w eration of the note until after the e( Easter festivities. It is understood . . .t- 1? U ?1.. ...111 Ka an It1 inai me repiy wneu given m>i uc an emphatic negative. In the meantime in King Nichols has issued a proclama- io tion at Scutari formally taking possession of the town. The report that an Austrian expedition left Trieste has 111 not yet been officially confirmed but si there is great war-like activity in Austria and Archduke Franz, heir to . the throne, who is regarded as the 1 leader of the military party, has re- ir turned unexpectedly to Vienna from a tr holiday. He had a long conference h, yesterday with Emperor Francis Joseph. Essad Pasha, the hero of c< Scutari, who has had a picturesque fr adventurous career, made a dramatic C( move in proclaiming himself king of , Albina and is said to be marching into the interior of Albina with 40,000 si men. He was received with en- t< thusiasm at Aleisco and is proceeding p to Tirana to be proclaimed and to take possession. Essad Pasha is an 11 Albanian chieftain of the type which tc earned for the Albanians a reputa- aj tion for barbaric simplicity, approaching savagery. He was also opposed to the Young Turks' repressive measures in Albina. In Vienna and Paris ir is surrender of Scutari is not regard1 as having: been an arranged matter ith King Nicholas, who approved his an to proclaim himself independent rince of Albina. The whole scheme ' the alleged storming- of Scutari and le marching out of Essad Psha's my with their arms 5s now regarded i coup d'theatre to conserve Europe, ssad is said to have joined Djavld asha's army of 9,000 men and if he xs the support of Servia and Monteigro, it would be a severe blow for ustrla. A Belgrade dispatch to the ally Mall, asserts that Essad Pasha's lbinian standing assures his success id that he has an alliance with King icholas. The dispatch adds that ssad is approaching Tirana, with 26, JO troops ana tnat ujavia rasim ??? scome his minister of war. lb; \|orbi'iUr (inquirer. ntered at the Postofllce in Yorkville aa Mail Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE, 8. O.t TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 1918 German socialists claim that Euro;an war scares are gotten up princlilly for the purpose of stimulating islness in army and navy contracts, tie practice is not unknown in this untry. Governor Blease has given out an ilnion to the effect that in the 'ent of the resignation of a justice of ie supreme court, the governor has no >wer or authority to appoint a sucssor to such a Justice. But even if the tariff bill passes as it ands, there need follow no demoralation unless the protected interests ilk as they have sulked before when ilngs did not go to suit them. If ail e business Interests of the country go from the beginning to make the new riff a success it cannot be otherwise. The Spartanburg bar has endorsed idge Sease as a worthy successor to ssociate Justice Wood, and in addijn to Judge Memminger, Judge Gage id Ex-Governor John C. Sheppard ive also been mentioned. The outlook now that there will be a large numtr of candidates for the position to be ade vacant. The Democratic tariff makers have >t submitted to a great many heargs on the tariff bill. It has been the istom of the Protection Republicans allow everybody who had anything protect, to come to the ways and eans committee and tell about It. The emocratic ways and means commlte has assumed that It is the country i a whole instead of a few manufacirers that is most entitled to protecan. Hon. William Jennings Bryan has oken the time sanctioned custom of rving alcoholic drinks at state dinsrs. He entertained the foreign diomats last week and grave them to -ink grape and other fruit juices that tnt&ined no alcohol. Mr. Bryan la a tal abstainer himself and does not slieve in giving wine to others. He [plained to his guests his attitude in ie matter, and they being good dlploats, approved what he had to say; it what they said to each other alone not recorded. Temperance societies rer the country are passing resolusns commending and endorsing Mr. ryan for the precedent he has sought establish. Whatever shall be the fate of Monnegro, whether she shall be allowed ' hold Scutari or not, there seems to be > doubt that popular sympathy is on jr side throughout the world. It is ustria alone that is most concerned >out the question of Montenegrin vnership of Scutari, and Germany id Italy are bound by the terms of ie triple alliance to stand by Austria erein lies the tragedy of the thing, he Montenegrins and Italians are of ie same race. Queen Helena of Italy, the daughter of King Nicholas, of :ontenegro. The Italians dearly love ueen Helena, and their sympathies har (.nuntrvmon Sn fa_r as ley are concerned, they would far ither help Montenegrro against Ausia than to help Austria against Monmegro. There is reason to believe iso that the sympathies of most Euipean countries are against Austria i this matter, and if Austria or the riebund attempts to coerce Monteegro, the strength of the ties that Ind the triple alliance is going to ? subjected to a very severe strain. As we understand it, about the only igical reason why the United States iou!d have made a treaty with Great ritain in connection with the digging f the Panama canal, was a belief that reat Britain might undertake to make ouble in case the treaty was not enired into. If there was involved any rinciple of international law or interational justice, we have never been t)le to understand it that way. We ive never seen anything in the propjition other than the elements of rce. To be perfectly plain, our idea as that the United States consulted ngland because she recognized Eng-J *-? ? woll/ " fVio fnro. I ,nu <125 UUUIV Ul UlC nam, v?*w 4w?v lost power of the world, who would >el offended if she was not consulted, ven if this be the reason, or whether be the reason or not, the United tates is morally bound to live up to her mtracts. We do not understand, howrer, that there has been any serious iggestion of going back on the conact. There is nothing in the treaties ith England that calls upon the Unit1 States to yield anything in connecon with her coastwise trade?nothig that calls upon this country to alw England domestic privileges in lis matter, and as we see it the Panaia canal involves a coastwise propotion. We do not understand that lere is anything else in dispute than lat American vessels shall continue i complete monopoly of the coastwise ade, and that the present difference as grown out or tne raci mat me >astwise trade has been extended om and to the Atlantic and Pacific jasts. We can see no reason why uner the circumstances, this country aould be expected to rpply a rule as ) trade between Galveston and San fancisco that it would not apply to ade between New York and Galves>n. If British vessels are discriminated gainst with right and justice in the ;cond case, the same discrimination ould be no less right and no less just i the first case. But then there is an other thing. No matter what may have been the reason for the original treaty, it Is not to be denied that either party to a treaty has the right to abrogate the same at pleasure, and as we see this proposition, if there can be no agreement otherwise as to what is the right thing to do, let the treaty be abrogated. Just what will happen in the event of the arrest of Portland Ned by the United States authorities, we do not know; but we are Inclined to think that legally at least, he is still within i -tiirlariloMnn of Oovernor Blease. If I the prisoner had been the recipient of an unconditional pardon, it would have been different. He would have gone into the world with a clean slate so far as South Carolina is concerned, and there would have been no question of Uncle Sam's right to arrest him on a proper warrant. But the present status of the man is very little different from what it was when he was in the penitentiary. He is supposed to be at liberty only on the pleasure of the governor and during good behavior, and so long as the governor is pleased to have him at liberty without a pardon, it seems to us that the United States has no more right to take him than it would have had to go into the penitentiary after him. The man's relation to the law is very much the same as that of a trusty convict who might be allowed to leave the stockade without a guard. We are inclined to think that if this prisoner should be re-arrested, these questions will come up. As short-lived and as peaceful as it was, the Belgium strike is said to have cost the country many millions of dollars; but the Socialist leaders insist that if the object of the strike, manhood suffrage, is i.nally attained the price will be cheap. Suffrage in Belgium is limited to men over twenty-five years of age. Those with property valued at <400, or deriving <20 annually from national bonds, vote twice. Graduates of the higher secondary school, office holders, and professional men vote three times. The workingmen demand manhood suffrage?that Is, one man one vote. Although avowed Socialists are comparatively few in number in America, most fair minded people will have to admit the justice of the cause of the Belgian worklngman. The old time idea so common among the classes, of Europe, that the masses are only fit to contribute to the power, prestige and pleasure of the classes, Is about playing out, as it should. The man who works and produces is entitled to the utmost consideration, and as through the operation of education he becomes imbibed with proper appreciation of divine justice, he will demand and receive the consideration to which he is entitled. There has been so much jingoism between the United States and Japan in connection with the alien ownership question, Japanese immigration, etc., for the evident purpose of influencing appropriations for the army and navy, that It is difficult to arrive at a satisfactory conclusion as to the real seriousness of the present situation. Somehow we are unable to see any good grounds for a quarrel between this country and Japan; but still it is not difficult to understand how various influential interests that have been affected by the progress of sentiment in this country, should begin to look in the direction of war as the only hope of bringing about a shake-up that will take the public mind from its present bent. Many of the newspapers are discussing the possibilities of war with all seriousness, and some even go so far as to Insist that Japan is anxious to bring about a conflict before the completion of the Panama canal, for the very obvious reason that after the completion of the canal she will be at a greater disadvantage than now. But somehow, we really cannot believe that Japan wants to fight us unless it be because she feels that war, even if it results in a good licking, is about the only thing that can bring her own people back to a proper state of mind. HAD JOB IN SPARTANBURG Portland Ned Wis to Have Been Employed by Liveryman. James Johnson, alias Portland Ned, would probably have been a resident of Spartanburg today had it not been for the new development in his case which occasioned his get-away. It is reported that B. G. Landrum, liveryman, felt kindly toward the much persecuted man and had offered him a livelihood in doing chores at his livery stable on Broad street. These arrangements were mutual, it is said, and Johnson had intended to come to Spartanburg at once to take up his duties and to live "a new life and strive to forget the past and look to the future." In his pleadings for liberty and a new chance, it will be recalled that Johnson used the columns of the Journal. The two letters, one a montn, were giaaiy pudlished, with the result that a strong sentiment was created for the yeggman. Many letters were sent to the governor in behalf of the prisoner, and it is probably due to the good people of this city that this attention was turned toward Johnson and his desire to live in this city. That Johnson was unaware that another warrant was in readiness to be served upon him the minute he was released from prison, is attested by one familiar with all the transactions leading up to the parole. The first intimation of immediate arrest was when he was in the governor's office, and then the timely escape. It is said that when the penitentiary guards heard that Johnson would be re-arrested a sum of money was made up among them and Attorney Wyche had been retained to assist the yeggman to his liberty. Attorneys C. C. Wyche and Gwynn, of the local bar, and Boyce R. Pollard nf this enuntv. were in the srovernor's office when Johnson was brought in t receive his parole and had withdrawn but a few minutes when it was heralded over the capital city that Johnson had escaped. There was no frame up in the escape on the part of any one, said a gentleman who knew, this morning, and the success of the get-away was due to the yeggman's cunning. ? There is a baby girl dying of tuberculosis in southwest Washington. She is seven years old. She does not know that she is dying, neither does her mother, the only parent left. The father died more than two years ago. He left a mother and daughter strong and vigorous. But there was no insurance. And the mother and the baby girl lived as best tney couia on the earnings of the mother. They got along well for a time. Three months ago, however, the baby took sick. The doctors said she had rheumatism. But the applications suggested gave no relief. Then one day recently Dr. Cary Grayson, naval surgeon on the Mayflower and personal physician of President Wilson, was called into consultation. He diagnosed the malady as tuberculosis. The original physicians said no. They knew better. But the case progressed and when Dr. Friedmann came to Washington the other day with his "cure," Dr. Grayson asked that the baby be treated. The German savant said no. He stated that he did not guarantee a "cure for death." Then Dr. Grayson appealed to Mrs. Wilson, the wife of the president of the United States. He told her the story. He asked her whether she would go and see the chile. She did. She has been there several times since. On last Sunday, with the president on a brief vacation, Mrs. Wilson took the great White House automobile and went over to the house where the baby is ill. She took with her a big bunch of red roses. LOCAL AFFAIRS. c NEW ADVERTISEMENTS F Shannon-Smarr Co., Sharon?Sella the r famous Buster Brown hosiery at c tour pairs for $1, guaranteed for four months. 11 Jno. E. Carroll, Supt. Education?Pub- _ lishes notice of special Interest to school teachers. T. M. Oates and others, Trustees? Give notice of special tax election _ to be held in Tirzah school district a on May 15th. Geo. W. Williams?Offers the Thos. " P. McDow residence and the Mrs. F. A. Rose property in Yorkville, for ? sale. J. M. Ferguson?Wants to supply you r with all kinds of feed stuffs and the best flour. " York Supply Co.?Is ready to furnish farmers with soda, guano, acid, pot- & ash, kainit, etc. Bank of Clover?Makes you a suggestion about the benefits to be derived from saving money. It wants I your deposits. McConnell Dry Goods Co.?Quotes I prices on a few specials that are of Interest at this season of the year. "V J. C. Wtlborn?Wants a buyer for 100 acres, near Yorkville, fronting on ? the King's Mountain road, $60 acre. Klrkpatrlck-Belk Co.?Offers special "V prices on ladles' coat suits. Just received boys' suits. \ Thomson Co.?Invites you to trade with It, and talks about underwear & and hosiery. Yorkville Hardware Co.?Has a big ( line of hammocks, II to 15, and also has other hot weather necessities. 1 A. W. MeFarland, Yorkville No. 3?Has an organ for sale and also wants F magazine subscriptions. J During the past few months some j thirty thousand head of cattle have been shipped from Florida to Oklaho- j ma, where they are to be fattened and afterward re-sold in the east, for three ? or four times the original price. This would seem to suggest the practica- g bility of raising first class beef cattle in this section and not selling them un- L til they are worth full market value. The oat crop of the county which a c few weeks ago, was looked upon as giving promise of record yields, Is now a \ subject of general concern. That is the situation in the immediate vicinity of F Yorkville, and so far as Information has been obtainable the local condi- g tlons are general. The oats show signs of rust and appear to be dying out c About the only plausible explanation we have had as to the trouble, is that n there was too much rain earlier in the spring. ti WITHIN THE TOWN J ? The court house matter continues ^ at a standstill and nothing will be done until the sale of the bonds. ^ ? Because of the failure of the American Seating company to get a man to a Yorkville last week, the work of installing the seats in the new Associate a Reformed church was not accomplished. t AtJUU I KtUKUt Misses Lena and LUa Howell of j Bethany, visited friends In Yorkvllle last week. j Mrs. J. M. Riddle of Lancaster, Is visiting her daughter, Mrs. R. J. Mack- F orell in Yorkvllle. Miss Emily Wright of Clover, la C spending this week with friends in Charleston. E Mrs. H. W. Cummlngs of Columbia, spent several days last week with the E family of Mr. and Mrs. Jno. C. Dickson, on Yorkvllle No. 1. B Mr. Oscar Plexlco of the Presbyterl- ^ an college, Clinton, spent Saturday and Sunday with his parents In Yorkvllle. q Mr. and Mrs. John Cable and children, after spending two weeks with I friends in Yorkvllle, left FYiday for their home In Chewsville, Md. \ Mr. Andral Ferguson of St. Matthews, spent Sunday In Yorkvllle with ( his brothers, Messrs. T. M. and H. E. Ferguson. Miss Mamie McConnell of Yorkvllle. left yesterday morning for Charleston, F to attend the annual session of the state association of trained nurses, in ses- F slon today and tomorrow. I YORK AT THE TRACK MEET The three York county high schools ?Hickory Grove, Clover and Yorkvllle. who contested in the state high school athletic contest which was held on Davis Field at the University of South Carolina last FYiday, scored a total of c 20 points. Clover made 8 points; Yorkvllle 6, and Hickory Grove 8. F Lawrence of the Clover High school was declared the champion high school , discus thrower of the state. He threw the discus 131 ft which was the best throw ever made by a high school boy In South Carolina. George Henry or c the Clover team scored three points for his school by finishing second In the one mile race. Robert Finley of the Yorkvllle team c won second place In both the 220 and 440-yard dashes. Finley was the only j boy on the Yorkvllle team who scored a point. ' c Barron Whlsonant of tire Hickory Grove team score d 6 points. He won . second place In the 120-yard hurdles event and the running broad jump. , To the Clio High school of Clio, S. C. fell the honor of being the champion . track team In this, the fourth annual high school track meet held In this T state. This team scored a total of 13 points. Furman Fitting school of Greenville, was declared to be the second 8 best team. They scored a total of 11 points, while Greenville and Westmln- n UlffVi onViaaIo Has? fnr V?Ir*s? n'opn IOlCI 11*B" OV,,V/V4B "vu 4V* % * each team scoring 10 points. * The 91 boys who entered this athletic meet were guests of the South G Carolina University during their stay in Columbia, and all expressed their hearty appreciation of the hospitality and courtesy shown them during their 1 visit. F MARRIAGE LICENSE RECORD \ There have been 161 marriage liC'inses issued by the Probate court of G York county since the last Installment of the list was published on January ? 1. The total number of licenses issued up to date is 852, and the names of the s parties to whom licenses have been irsued since January 1 are as follows: n Jan. 2.?Mireven Walker and Mary Vance, (colored.) L Jan. 3.?Amzi Crosby and Addle Hart, (colored.) ri Jan. 3.?Fred Sadler and Bertha t. Smith, (colored.) Jan. 3.?Sumter Thomas and Mary King, (colored.) ^ Jan. 4?Willie Mills and Ada Wright, (colored.) * January 4?Leonard Davis and Julia Kownes, (colored.) 11 Jan. 4?Manuel Jenkins and Annie Erwin, (colored.) ^ Jan. 4?Wash Barber and Minnie Steele, (colored.) E Jan. 4?John Bolin and Lillie May Betchler. E Jan. 4?Malt Moses and Lillian Shepherd. E Jan. 4?Elliott Smith and Leha Thompson, (colored.) E Jan. 4?Charley Samuels and Harriet Pagans, (colored.) C Jan. 6?Joe Anderson and Curhud Given, (colored.) E Jan. 6?Edgar Roberts and Josie Browns, (colored.) E Jan. 6?Stoakes Perry and Bertha McKenney. V Jan. 6?Will Montgomery and Martha Starnes, (colored.) E Jan. 6?Walter Wm. Miller and Lena Re id Stultz. C Jan. 7?Lee Woodard and Elizabeth n a. \ T ountiici, \uuiuicu./ ? Jan. 8?John C. Helms and Marie T. Onley. C Jan. 9?Thomas Mitchell and Maggie King, (colored.) e Jan. 10?Wm. Partlow and Jessie Floyd, (colored.) T Jan. 11?John Williams and Rosa Starnes, (colored.) ( Jan. 11?Wm. M. Jackson and Emma Glenn, (colored.) S Jan. 11?Henry Jeffries and Mamie Currence, (colored.) A Jan. 11?Wm. H. Hudson and Ella Cook. S Jan. 11?Robt. Starnes and Ll'.ler Robinson, (colored.) E Jan. 11?Whit Ivery and Martha Patterson, (colored.) V Jan. 13?James Crawford and Lllie Robinson, (colored.) N Jan. 16?Earl Campbell Bigger and Annie Esther Craig. N Jan. 17?Thos. R. Gettys and Missouri Martin. J Jan. 17?Charlie Graham and Annie >. Chestel. Jan. 18?Hiram McBee and Emily C. harr. Jan. 18?May Durham and Lizzie hjreton, (colored.) Jan. 20?Harvey Matthews and Jaile Clstarr. Jan. 22?Marshall Burton and Annie 'arls. Jan. 23?Fred E. Mulllnax and Janle Vllson. Jan. 25?Clyde Reynolds and Lelar Itarnes. Jan. 28?Robt. F. Meek and Effle L fcGinnls. Jan. 28?Alonzo Canady and Lula E. f a than'o Jan. 28?John Phillips and Cora Baron, (colored.) Jan. 28?James Garvin and Cora Willams, (colored.) Jan. 28?Andrew J. Stover and Besle McKnlght Jan. 29?Avery Price and Virginia Ic Carter. Jan. 29?James Black and Clarissa Lnox, (colored.) Jan. 30?Daniel Nicholson and Laura Aney. Jan. 31?Frank Roach and Janie Workman. Feb. 1?Harley Dickson and Ollle Itowe. Feb. 1?Charlie Miller and Minnie pernon, (colored.) Feb. 1?Samuel Wylie and Bertha 7ard, (colored.) Feb. 3?Lathrop Dowdle and Mabel imarr. Feb. 4?Odell Parker and Ever Kee, colored.) Feb. 4?Taney Neal and Lillian "hrailkill. Feb. 5?William Mackin and Fannie :ing, (colored.) Feb. 6?Samuel King and Francis eter, (colored.) Feb. 6?Major Patten and Sefronia oseph, (colored.) Feb. 7?John R. Jackson and Mattie telle Love. Feb. 8?Hamp Peggen and Tecia loseborough, (colored.) Feb. 8?John A. Williams and Virlnia Canada. Feb. 10?C. Sargent Kimbell and <ula Belk. Feb. 10?Gilbert McGee and Mary Crawford, (colored.) Feb. 10?-Joseph C. Smith and Ella Wallace. Feb. 12?George Moore and Winnie atterson, (colored.) Feb. 14?Nathan Smith and Katie Imlth, (colored.) Feb. 14?Worth J. Francis and Lillle lamp. Feb. 15?Jim Snips and Azelee Benett. Feb. 15?Jeff Moore and Carrie Patereon, (colored.) Feb. 16?J. Alex Bigger and Marjori* ackson. Feb. 15?Clarence A. Harvey and Adie McDale. Feb. 17?Lee GUI and Ethel Walker, colored.) reu. 11?m.. cj. wyne ana aiiiiic loore, (colored.) Feb. 18?Cleveland Crosby and Ellzbeth Hardin, (colored.) Feb. 18?Dan E. Woodle and Loretta Vright. Feb. 18?Jerry Baxtrom and Ida flierry, (colored.) Feb. 18?Willie A. Thomas and Lula lahn. Feb. 19?Willie Bishop and Jessie >hlllpp. Feb. 19?Wm. H. Odey and Wilma "air. Feb. 20?Jas. W. Phillips and Fanie *anedy. Feb. 21?Eddie Robinson and Jencil Jiggers, (colored.) Feb. 21?Wm. M. Cason and Bessie tennett. Feb. 22?Samuel Douglas and Donie IcManus. Feb. 22?John Hough and Mable Varner. Feb. 22?Charlie Sadler and Janie rilmore, (colored.) Feb. 22?Frank Bechtler and Lila luddleston. Feb. 22?R. W. Cranford and Annie Wlie Roddey. Feb. 24?Mose Hill and Mary Mason, colored.) Feb. 24?Be l Little and Elva Moore. Feb. 28?Robt. Currence and Cornea McCarter, (colored.) Feb. 25?Homer Appling and Leo [11 ton. Feb. 25?Will Thomasson and Daisy Jlackwelder, (colored.) Feb. 25?Sam Taylor and Janie Nana, (colored.) Feb. 26?Nimrod Parker and Carrie AUghridge. Feb. 27?John H. Plttman and Carle May Nichols. Feb. 28?John A. Fincher and Conlie Neal. Feb. 28?Chas. B. Osborne and irace M. Atkins. Feb. 28?Avery Barber and Willie Leyes (colored.) March 1?John Merrill and Mazzie lills, (colored.) March 1?Hope Gillmore and Cyn iiir MiruuieiD, \i;uiuicu./ March 1?Alex Wilson and Alice libuon, (colored.) March 1?Lang Wilkes and Dora Vilson, (colored.) March 1?Robert Hill and Alice lorner, (colored.) March 4?Wm. Wilson and Mary Linnon, (colored). March 5?John Herbert and Bessie Iherry, (colored.) March 6?Dudley Hall and Olla Roind, (colored.) March 8?Lawyer Saunders and lary Lee, (colored.) March 11?Ivory Tate and Darthuir Pittanpat, (colored.) March 11?Wm. Burns and Laura lUmpkin, (colored.) March 12?Neil O. Brandon and Iona . Currence. March 14?James Wright and Minie Roseborough, (colored.) March 14?John Miller and Urey lardin, (colored.) March 15?Geo. P. Whitesldes and Irace Dickson. March 17?Boyd Brakefleld and <ucy Hastin. March 17?Wm. Sheehan and Ell 'aylor. March 18?Mills Williamson and luthie Sharp, (colored.) March 18?John Hall and Nannie Vhite, (colored.) March 20?Daniel Neely and Lizzie .'urrence, (colored.) March 20?George jacason ana iiiua ackson, (colored.) March 21?Sam Mobley and Lizzie ibley. (colored.) March 22?Josh Hemphill and Emla Crawford, (colored.) March 22?Wm. C. Jackson and <esslie S. Martin. March 24?J. M. Johnston and Laua Gibson. March 27?Lonzie Dunlap and Hatle Slegle, (colored.) March 27?Ellie Robinson and Janle Vitherspoon, (colored.) March 29?J elf M. Moore and Bessie loss, (colored.) March 29?Wm. Morgan and Leila tamsey. March 29?Robt. Bailey and Daisy Vare, (colored.) March 29?Walter Mills and Azelie 1111s, (colored.) March 29?Jim Steele and Louise >unn, (colored.) March 31?Jeff Slmms and Cora tobinson, (colored.) April 1?Willie Johnson and Bessie tobinson. (colored.) April 2?Jas. H. Witherspoon and ora Steele. April 2?Jno. A. Raven and Sunnle >111. April 2?Hugh Wallace and Ethel larris. April 3?Jas. G. McKee and Alma fright. April 4?J. Patrick Brackett and lelle Pursley. April 5?Allen Nichols and Eliza ousar, (colored.) April 5?Johnny Burris and Lola >avis, (colored.) April 6?Eugene S. Mills and Lula 'ralg. April 7?-S. Dewitt Morgan and Eth1 Caston. April 7?Robert Ward and Sophie homas, (colored.) April 9?Mose Hope and Lucy Nash, pnlnrnil 1 April 9?Robt. P. Gordon and Sadie teadman. April 9?Wm, Guy Davis and Sarah twood Harper. April 10?Turner Brown and Lessle hoemaker. April 12?Samuel T. Shilllnglaw and issle Whltesldes. April 12?Frank Comer and Grace footen. April 12?Lewis E. Johnson and [argaret J. Chllders. April 14?Mack Harrison Spry and ramie Gwlnn. April 14?John F. Lindsay and Sue . McCleave. April 14?Jno. W. Johnson and Minnie N. Neely. April 14?Henry D. Cannady and t Mamie Godfrey. t April 14?Charles O. Burruss, M. D., 0 and Margaret A. Byers. t April 14?Jim Blair and Eva Davis, i (colored.) v April 14?Osco Proctor and Maude <; L. Whitfield. a April 17?Lewis M. Clark and Ella g Long. j, April 18?Edward Saunders and Hat- f tie Watson, (colored.) t April 19?Joseph B. Brazzel and 0 Sallle M. Snead. j, April 21?J. W. Saunders and Mol- n lie Whitley. l: April 23?Shelley R. Faile and Ma- v mie Merrltt. j April 23?Julius McNutt Ramsay r tin 44U T anu name ?. nuuici. April 23?Nick Ryan and Minnie Gibson. April 26?Harry Brackett and Fannie Perry. April 26?Lester Parish and Bryte Grayson. LOCAL LAC0NIC8 Court of Common Pleas. The case of Fewell vs. the Catawba Power company which was being tried when the last Issue of The Enquirer went to press, resulted In a verdict for the plaintiff In the sum of 62,000. Hill-Kennedy Case Ended. The long drawn out litigation In connection with the Hill-Kennedy case, extending over a period of about six years, was brought to a close last week by the signing of an order discharging the receiver. The final settlement was materially hastened as the result of an agreement between the parties to the case, after which Mr. J. A. Marlon rushed things through without unnecessary delay. Baseball in Rock Hill. A large crowd of college boys from the different colleges In the state were In Rock Hill Friday and Saturday on account of the Oratorical contest. In the two games of baseball between the Citadel and Newberry College on Friday, both games were won by the Newberry team, the first 4 to 1 and the second 5 to 1. The baseball game on Saturday afternoon between the University of South Carolina and Davidson college of North Carolina resulted in a draw. At the end of the sixth inning the score stood 0?0, and the game was called In order to let the Davidson team catch a train for their if/vm4 a# /i/\11a<va K/vtra i*o. < Binuui, iVIUOl ui IUC U\jy a ACturned to their respective schools Saturday afternoon. Ths Canning Clubs. Miss Minnie Garrison, who has the sviperintendency of the York county canning: clubs, made a trip througrh the western part of the county last Thursday and Friday to visit club members in that locality. She saw some of*the club members at their schools and others at their homes, and was very much encouraged at the progress that is being made. She found a number of girls who had gone earnestly to work at their gardens, and who were preparing for big crops of tomatoes. As yet only a few of the new members have procured canning outfits; but the understanding is that a number of such outfits will be gotten later. Attempt to Wrsok Train. Chester Reporter; An attempt was made to wreck the C. & N.-W. Rwy's. north-bound passenger train Thursday morning at a point three miles north of Lincolnton, but the obstruction that had been piled upon the track, apparently with the deliberate purpose in view of wrecking the train, was discovered and removed by an official of the railway, who chanced to espy two boys piling the stuff on the track and hurried to the spot in time to remove the debris before the arrival of the train. He then reported the matter to the authorities at Lincolnton, and the boys were captured and placed in Jail. Mr. W. W. Isaacs was running as conductor the morning of the attempted wreck, and Mr. R. E. Lynn was the engineer. A goodly number of passengers were on board. Stats Oratorical Contest. Marion A. Wright, who represented the University of South Carolina, speaking on the subject of "America and Peace," won the annual South Carolina inter-collegiate oratorical contest which was held in the Winthrop college auditorium at Rock Hill, last Friday night. Julian C. Hyer of Wofford college won second place in the state oratorical, his speech being on the subject, "To Each Child its Own Best Chance;" and W. L. Feaster of Furman university, who spoke of "A Greater Political Peace Inevitable," won third place. The Judges were: John Gary Evans, Spartanburg; J. M. Douglas of Davidson college, N. C.; P. A. Bonham of Greenville; J. M. Spears of Darlington; A. L. Gaston of Chester, The Revolver In Rock Hill. Says a Rock Hill special of last Friday to the dally papers: "On May 1, Rock Hill will be without a chief of police and the city council will have to elect a new chief, with the possibility of an entirely new force of patrolmen also. U. C. Partlow, who has served as chief of police for thirteen years has tendered his resignation to Mayor Spencer. In handing in his resignation Mr. Partlow gave no reason for his action and those who are not familiar with the existing conditions in Rock Hill would not understand why it is possible that the entire force may within the next few days follow Chief Partlow's example. Soon after the present council took charge, the matter of drawing up new police regulations e was taxen up ana a ponce committee e appointed. About a month ago, on the recommendation of this committee, a set of rules and regulations for the police department were adopted by the council. One of the rules was that no policeman should carry a revolver during the day; another was that rio two policemen could go together except in making a raid on certain places. The policemen were given about a month in which to consider the matter, and unless they agreed to sign a statement to the effect that they would abide by the new regulations, they could consider their services as officers at an end. j Upon the chief falls the duty of en- <] forcing these regulations. As yet not r a single officer has stated his inten- p tions, although a number have been e asked several times what they wero ^ going to do in regard to the matter. It j is generally believed, however, that the a policemen will refuse to serve unless j they are allowed to carry pistols. A j, number of citizens are opposed to this a regulation, declaring that it would be ], foolish to expect an officer to go unarmed as a large number of lawbreakers would not hesitate to give an offl- s -1 t_ 1 -t- IJ V- -A ll cer a soiar piexus mow hiiuuiu iib ai tempt single handed and unarmed to a quell a disturbance. Several have been J heard to remark that they would have e no fear of a policeman, but for the b knowledge that he carries a pistol and tl can use it in case of emergency. It c lacks but a few days before the police officers will have to sign up or quit, tl and in case they should resign rather u than submit to the new regulations, tj there is a question as to whether city t' council can find men under the terms 0 set forth in the new regulations. There tl is an undercurrent rumor to the effect 0 that as soon as the council gets the re- tl slgnatlon of the objectionable officers, s' they will then cut out the objectionable a features in the new regulations and ? police matters will run along smoothly o with new men at the head." a d tl ? Columbia Record, Saturday: After o being incarcerated in the state peni- It tentiary for eighteen years, E. D. Green n and John L. Pace were paroled this af- b ternoon Dy Ljovernor rsiease uuring xi good behavior and on condition that p they do not drink any more intoxicat- f< Ing liquors except on the prescription e of a reputable physician. They were h convicted in Spartanburg of murder- e ing Van Carson under the most revolt- si ing circumstances. Carson's wife. Fan- ii nie Carson, was convicted of compile!- ii ty in the murder, and was sentenced to n the penitentiary. She was pardoned by si Governor Ansel several years ago. A t< mammoth petition was presented to n Governor Blease requesting the pardon d of Green and Pace. It was signed by ri 1,215 of the citizens of Spartanburg fl county, 234 of which were women. Bor ti the reason that it was signed by many cl of the jurors, practically all of the si county officials and men of the highest tl walk of life, the chief executive decid- tl ed to extend clemency. t< 80UTH CAROLINA NEW8. ? Gaffney, according to a dispatch o the Charlotte Observer, will enteraln a legislative committee composed if Senator John I* McLaurin, Marltoro; Senator W. S. Hall, Cherokee; lepresentatlve R. A. Means, Greenllle, and Representative Donald McQueen, Marlboro. The committee was ppointed at the last session of the general assembly of South Carolina, to nvestlgate the phosphate and lime delosits In South Carolina, with a view o purchasing them for the state, in irder to manufacture cheaper fertil er and sell to the farmers at cost. ?he local lime deposits are the largest n the state and the GafTney lime rorks Is the foremost Industry of the clnd In the st^te, If terms can be cached, the local holdings will be sold n accordance with the wishes of the ronarnl oiumhlv fnr th? niirCOSG ipeclfled. ? Columbia Record, Monday: At the esumption of the hearing before the lupreme court of the case of the state tgainst Barnard B. Evans, a Columbia attorney, accused of professional conluct unbecoming a lawyer, C. J. Ramige, George C. Wheeler, W. J. Padgett md Thomas C. Bush all testified that hey did not tell Evans that Able and Crouch Of Saluda were incendiaries. Svans testified last Monday that Ramige had s&id Able set fire to the law Ibraties in Saluda and that Bush told llm that Able set Are to his (Abie's) louse. Evans told of a conversation n which George C. Williams told of Crouch attempting to set flre to ffheeler's stables. On motion of B. 3. Evans' counsel, the supreme court idjourned the hearing until next Frilay morning at 10 o'clock in order to Jlow him to secure material witnesses :o rebut the testimony of the state oday. ? Columbia special of April 28 to Spartanburg Journal: Attorney Generil Peeples will not run for governor In L914, but Instead will stand for reflection to his present office. This anlouncement was authorized by Mr. Weepies today. He gave as one reason 'or withdrawing from the race for governor, the number of suits which ire now pending and which he feels t his duty to push to completion. Mr. Peeples authorized the announcemont >f his candidacy for governor during he session of the legislature, being he first of a half dozen to do so. The -etirement of General Peeples from :he gubernatorial race may strengthen he chance of Representative George El. Rembert to obtain the Blease votes, lay leaders. Mr. Rembert, who has terved Richland county in the lower louse for several terms and is known is the leader of the Blease forces, is in avowed candidate to succeed the jovernor. He was present when At orney General Peeples announced his withdrawal from the race, and while Hr. Rembert has not commented, it Is :ertaln that he views the withdrawal >f the attorney general as strengthen* ng his chances for success. The othsr announced candidates for governor n the next campaign are Lieut Gov. 2. A. Smith of Tlmmonsville; Speaker )f the House M. L. Smith of Camden; Railroad Commissioner John G. Rich* irds of Liberty Hill; former Senator Richard I. Manning of Columbia; Soicltor R. A. Cooper of Laurens, and Prof. John G. Cllnkscales of Wofford college. All of these are said to be itrong men and will make the race lext summer an interesting one. An ntereatlng political announcement Is he candidacy of Assistant Attorney Jeneral Fred H. Domlnlck for congressman from the Third district next rear. Mr. Domlnlck was campaign nanager for Governor Blease last mmmer and is at present assistant atorney general. He will run against Wyatt Aiken, the present congressnan. ? Governor Blease on last Friday pa-oled James Johnson, alias "Portland Med," the man who figured In the eforts of the Burns detective agency last lummer to prove that the governor vas selling pardons to whoever would >uy. The story of that incident Is fresh n the public mind and does not need o be retold. After having made up his nlnd that Portland Ned should be pa* -oled, Governor Blease notified U. 8. District Judge Smith, District Attor luy una u. o. mux snui Auauiv >f his intention, asking each of them f there were any further charges igalnst the convict, and whether they leslred him detailed. Judge Smith said here were no charges on the calendar n this state, so did District Attorney Cochran; but Cochran went on to say hat the man might be wanted in lome other district, and he would try :o find out Marshal Adams said he lad nothing against Portland Ned, and bought the man had been punished snough and should be released. The >arole was based on an extensively ilgned petition from Spartanburg and itatements setting forth that Portland fed had already served Beven years in Vtlanta for the same offense for which le had afterward been sentenced to en years in the South Carolina peni;ent!ary?robbing the office and store >f the Bnnoree Manufacturing com>any. After the parole had been lslued on Friday, Governor Blease sent 'or Portland Ned to come to his office >n Saturday morning, and the paroled nan showed up in citizen's clothes.* A ittle later, according to the published itories, Robert S. Hipp, rural pollcenan for Richland county, showed up it the governor's office with a Federal varrant for the arrest of Portland Ned >n the charge of having robbed the >ostoffice at Plymouth, N. C. Govern>r Blease asked Hipp if it would not >e better for him to attend to his own )usiness, rather than to be attending o the business of the Federal governnent, or something to that effect, and 3ipp, deciding that maybe it would, eft the office. There was in the govsrnor's inner office at this time, Governor Blease, Portland Ned and a lady, iipp had turned his warrant over to J. S. Deputy Marshal Charles S. Senn, vho was waiting in the outer office. >re8ently Governor Blease came to the >uter office and seeing Senn, asked dm what he would have. Senn exilalned his business and the governor vent back with him to the inner office, >ut there was no one there but the ady. She said that as soon as the govmor had passed to the outer office, he other man whose identity she did lot know, had unlatched the door leadng into the corridor and stepped out. darshal Senn looked about in every llfection; but his man was gone. The narshal exDlalned that he knew of the resence of Portland Ned In the govraor's private office, but did not think le had a right to go In. Governor ilease advised Marshal Senn that with , United States warrant, he had a right o go anywhere. Senn notified the Ooumbia police and sounded a general larm; but Portland Ned was not to be seated anywhere. ? Chester Lantern, Thursday: A hocking murder was committed withn the boundaries of Chester county bout eleven o'clock last night when ohn Lewis, a prosperous and respectd farmer, was shot down in cold ilood in his own home, a farm house hree miles west of CornwelL The rime being first discovered this mornng when James Dove, a tenant on he Lewis place, went to the house, as sual, to awaken Mr. Lewis and start he day's work. Dove, after feeding he stock In the barn, got an armful f wood for the house. On reaching he house he found the end door pen, and four or five paces inside lay he lifeless body of the murdered man, tretched out face upward, the body nd floor literally drenched with gore rom two frightful shot gun wounds, ne In the back and one in the breast nd both ranging downward, and eviently received at a distance of only tiree or four feet from the muzzle f the weapon, the shot entered In a imp, but the clothing of the dead inn not showing any sign of powder urn, from which fact it is thought hat the distance was about three or ossibly four feet. The body lay with set toward the door, both arms raisd to the height of the shoulders and ands clenched as If in agony. It is vident that the victim received every hot in both deadly loads, as a close ispection of the walls of the room 1 which the frightful deed was comlltted, falls to locate any marks of hot. For this reason it is impossible J know positively the position of the murdered man at the time he met his eath, or to state beyond doubt the disction from which the shots were red. When found, the body was atred in shirt, trousers and underiothing. The dead man had on his i hoes, but no socks, this together with 1 le bed having been used, showing lat he had retired before being called > the door. The fatal shots were ! heard about eleven o'clock last night by Mr. J. B. Lee, a neighbor of the dead man, whose home Is probably a hundred and twenty yards from the Lscene of the tragedy. Mr. Lee states that the two shots were fired as close together as they could have been fired, unless the murderer had pulled both triggers at once. As soon as Dove, about 5 o'clock In the morning, saw the lifeless body lying on the floor inside the open door, he, without entering, ran to Mr. Lee's house, who with a young son, immediately hurried to the scene. Finding that life had evidently been extinct for some time, Dover was sent to notify Magistrate Castles and W. P. Lewis, a brother of the dead man. The magistrate, as well ? as the sheriff and coroner, got to the v house in the early part of the forenoon, and a coroner's jury was im* pannelled, with Mr. S. B. Clowney as foreman. After viewing the body, and making a careful search and survey or the premises, the inquest was adjourn- ? ed to a later date, at which time the finding will be announced. Although the soil about the house was so hard and dry as to practically preclude a yuooiuic tiuc ii vui luuiyi illvOf mo laci* that the watch and revolver always carried by Mr. Lewis, together with a sum of money estimated at several hundred dollars, are missing, indicates robbery as the only main motive, and this, considered with what la known of the life and habits of the dead man, casts a strong suspicion of guilt upon one or both of two parties known to the authorities. The deceased. who was born apd raised In Chester county, was the son of William B. and Catherine Lewis, and was 78 years old, and leaves a wife, six sons and two daughters. He had been living for about five years In the house where he met his death, living by himself on account of some estrangement with the others of his family. MERE MENTION Mrs. Callle Scott Applebaum, charged with the murder of her husband, was acquitted by a Fulton county jury at Atlanta, Ga., Friday. The defense claimed that it was a case of suicide. According to figures given out by the United States bureau of mines, the death toll of the coal mines of the ^ country last year was 2,360 men. These v figures represent a death rate of 8.16 in every thousand mine workers, and is the smallest death rate since 1889. A woman suffrage parade with 30,000 participants is scheduled to take ^ place in New York next Saturday w Ambassador Bryce, for six years the British representative at Washington, has left that city for his home. He will go by way of Japan In a clash between striking cotton mill operatives, and the police at Hopedale, Mass., Friday, one striker was killed... .The efforts to collect the 823,000 unaccounted for by General Daniel E. Sickles, as chairman of the state monuments commission, are to be dropped by the New York state authorities In order to meet the proposed additions to the national armaments In 1914, It will be 9 necessary for the government of France to borrow $200,000,000 The national strike of the Socialist-Labor party in Belgium has been called off... Tne legislature or Pennsylvania, has . passed a bill raising the salaries of its members from $1,600 to $2,000 per b year Or tie McManigal, famous as the main witness against the McNamara brothers, now in jail at Los Angeles, Cal., la to be given an unconditional release within the next thirty days The "bill of exceptions" filed In the Federal court at Indianapolis, Ind., for the defendants in the dynamite conspiracy case, contains 8,080 typewritten pages ..James J. Hill, the head of the Northwestern railway, has placed contracts for the building of four steamships at a cost of $16,000,- * 000 for Panama canal service A New Jersey sand company is to ship 6,000 tons of sand to Panama for use In government Iron founderles After being re-elected president of the National Association of Cotton Manufacturers at Boston, Thursday, Edw. F. W Greene pleaded with the members to "stand together in the troublous times which now beset the industry."... .The Bethlehem Steel company of Pennsylvania, has purchased the plant of the Fore River 8hip Building company, at Quincy, Mass., and will enter the shipbuilding field of the world.... Five officials of Cape May county, N. J., have been gathered in a bribery net set by Burns detectives. The evidence was worked up at the Instance of Rev. Wm.1 D. Fisher, D. D., editor of a weekly ^ newspaper airs. Annie u. nosers of Leadviile, Col., Is to be appointed receiver of the land office at Leadviile, on recommendation of Secretary Lane of the interior department. The position pays $3,000 a year Secretary of War Garrison has given orders for * the closing of the thirty-five saloons doing business in the Canal sone, to be closed during the coming fiscal year. Cables from Peking are to the effect that the Chinese government has secured the much talked of loan of $126,000,000 from banking firms of England, France, Germany, Russia and Japan Forty thousand school children of Pittsburg, Pa., are on a strike because of the retention of S. L. Heeter, superintendent of the schools, after being declared innocent of serious charges The gold reserve of the German Imperial bank at Berlin last Friday reached $250,000,000 Out of 219 candidates who took the recent mental examination for entrance to the m naval academy at Annapolis, Md., 173 failed A youth of 18 and a girl of 19 climbed to the top of the clock tower of Notre Dame cathedral, Antwerp, Belgium, Friday, and committed suicide by jumping to the ground. It was a love affair Anthony Wagner, an ex-lleutenant of police of Philadelphia, committed suicide In that city, Friday, just two hours before he was to go to court to stand trial on a charge of defrauding the city by padding his payrolls A bill to appropriate $24,000,000 for co-operative road work in all the states of the Union, was introduced in congress Saturday The public health board of Manilla has employed SO extra rat-catchers in an effort to stamp out the bubonic plague which has reappeared in that city Edwin Swift Balch, a learned scientist *9 and writer of Philadelphia, who is favorably known in the scientific world, has just issued a book in which he credits Dr. Frederick A. Cook as being the first man to reach the North Pole. A gas well, 700 feet deep, opened at Mexla, Texas., last week, is said by % experts to be the greatest gas producer in the world. The gas flow is estimated at 30,000,000 cubic feet every twenty-four hours and the pressure at 350 pounds to the square inch....Economists figure that the recent Socialist-Labor strike at Belgium cost that country $20,000,000... .An alleged firebug made a confession to a Are department official in Cleveland, O., Thursday, in which he claimed there were ten men in that city who were engaged in the business of causing fires to get the insurance... .Wm. Chitney Borden, ^ a young missionary, died at Cairo, Egypt, April 9, leaving an estate of over a million dollars, most of which he left to foreign missions The strike of coal miners In West Virginia, which has been In progress for two years, has at last been amicably settled Two women and three children were burned f to death in a fire that destroyed two army barracks at the Presido, San Francisco, Saturday night Sir Cecil Arthur Spring-Rice, K. C., M. G., is to suceed Mr. Bryce, as the British ambassador at Washington. From Lancaster to Spartanburg.? Spartanburg Is being considered In the broadened activities of Col. Leroy Springs, president of the Lancaster & Chester Railway company. Recently the secretary of state authorized the railway company to Increase its capital stock from $60,000 to $600,000. The company now operates between the points named in the title and is if said to be a money-making proposition. Mr. Springs states that the greater amount of this increased capital will be used In extending the line of the company either to Spartanburg or Gaffney. It has been suggested that the line would be profitable to connect with this city via points at present not ^ touched by the S. U. & C. division and the Charlotte and Atlanta division of the Southern railway. It is certain that Spartanburg will make a bid for the consideration of the promoter and the chamber of commerce will quickly establish her claims through the efforts of John Wood.? * Spartanburg Journal.