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?mp.s and Jacts. ? Secretary Bryan is planning to make the lormal announcement of ratification of the seventeenth amendment to the constitution, providing foi1 the direct election of United States senators, a memorable event, marking, as it does, the culmination of a movement first Instituted in congress 87 years ago. The date for the signing of the proclamation will be agreed upon with Representative Rucker of Missouri, who was chairman of the house committee which reported the resolution submitted to state legislatures for ratification during the last congress. Although thel Hsot roonlntlnn fnr tho nnnillflr pIap. I , tlon of senators was introduced in the , house in 1826, such a measure did i not reach the senate until 1850. Then j the proposition met with sensational disfavor during the next 62 years. ' The amendment will be the second one promulgated this year, the first being that providing for the income tax, which was announced by Secretary ; Knox. Until then the constitution had not been amended since the famous fifteenth amendment was added ' at the conclusion of the Civil war. ? Spartanburg, May 2fr: Rev. Jas. B. Chick swore out a warrant today before Magistrate Robert J. Gantt for the arrest of Rev. Stephen A. Nettles of Greenville, editor of the Southern Christian Advocate, 'on a charge of assault and battery. This is the aftermath of their quarrel yesterday over a financial transaction in the course of which Mr. Nettles sent Mr. Chick staggering with a blow in the face, which has left Mr. Chick's left cheek badly discolored. Mr. Gantt said he did not deem it advisable to send a constable to Greenville to arrest Mr. Nettles, as he felt confident the editor would come to Spartanburg and give bond for a hearing as soon as he was notified of the ( Issuance of the warrant. Mr. Chick has retained Attorney Charles P. s Sims to prosecute Mr. Nettles. Mr. t Chick said today that his principal j purpose in Instituting the legal proceedings was to vindicate his own conduct, in anticipation of an airing of the matter at the next meeting of the j South Carolina conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, of which both he and Mr. Nettles are ' members. After he had been sent < reeling by Mr. Nettles' blow,- Mr. f Chick, it is said, recovered himself and picked up his glasses and then ' advanced towards Mr. Nettles with t these words: "Is this hand which ( dealt me that cruel, savage blow the same hand which administered the bread and wine of the communion? tv* v<*ii ojill this the ministry?" Mr. ? Nettles, it is reported, made no reply, , but strode away. ? The entire country has been inter- 1 ested during the past ten days in the i tragic case of B. Sanders Walker, a I young banker of Macon, Ga., who on t Wednesday night of last week took a tablet of bl-chlorlde of mercury in 1 mistake for asperin. Mr. Walker was t troubled with headache in the night j and with the intention of taking a headache tablet took the bi-chlorlde. Bi-chloride of mercury is one of the most commonly used antiseptics, and < is a powerful germ killer. It is not i only certain destruction to most of the one-cell microbe organisms, but it will * kill human cells as well. It goes into ( the system after the life sustaining , corpuscles of the blood, and quickly . attacks the kidneys, in which it finds the kind of food that suits it best. If 1 taken in time after the poison is swal- i lowed, it can be removed by the stomach pump or by emetics; but after fifteen or twenty minutes in the stomach ' bi-chloride of mercury begins to go i through the system, and there is no t known remedy or neutralizer. It was several hours before Mr. Walker dis- ( covered his terrible mistake and his I physicians told him at once that his case. was hopeless. They explained that he might live three dayB, a week J?- i? n ? ovtrpmelv 1 or even ten uup, uuv > .. ? improbable that he could hold out < longer than the last named period, r The unfortunate man accepted the situation philosophically. He dressed 1 himself in his best, arranged his ex- i tensive business as well as he could, < tried to soothe and console the members of his family and when friends ' and sympathizers began to crowd in 1 entertained them in a calm, pleasant I and easy manner. The physicians did ] everything in their power, exhausting every known expedient that seemed to ( promise reasonable hope of relief; but i the disease continued to progress j steadily and surely and the patient grew weaker and weaker. His splendid presence and philosophy did not < forsake him. Even after he began to < relapse into intermittent periods of ( unconsciousness, he continued to talk 4 in the same collected, rational man ner. On Wednesday night he told his i physicians that if he were really dying | then the state of dying was not so terrible as he had always had reason to believe; that as a matter of fact he ! was in no pain and was entirely com- i fortable. Mr. Walker died yesterday , morning at 1.30 o'clock, without a tremor. ' ? Washington, May 21: Reassuring < advices reached the state department \ from Japan late today, indicating that the American reply to the protest against the California land law was ! received in good spirit by the Tokio < government and that the situation had ] taken on a much more favorable appearance than at any time since negotiations began. Officials here admitted their satisfaction over the turn 1 of events. The dispatches related al- < so that the Japanese government re- , alized fully the difficulties under which the Washington administration had 1 labored in handling this situation. ' understanding the dual system of government in the United States and the - ViolH hv Pali- ' powers or icgismuvn uv>? fornla. Today's advices were of a preliminary character and made no prediction of ensuing steps but in general, they reflected a favorable view in Tokio of the American note replying to Japan's protests. President Wilson, who had no small part in the writing of the note, is said to have described in the most complimentary terms what he believed to be the real feeling of the majority of the American people toward Japan. The communication, It is said, pointed to California and only a part of California, too, as having given evidence of a discriminatory disposition and insisted that the United States as a whole admired the progress that Japan had made in the last half century, respected the achievements of the Japanese people and was sincerely anxious to show that it regarded Japan on a basis of equality with all other powers and nations. The note was about 1,000 words long and dealt chiefly with the spirit of the American people toward Japan, making little reference, it is understood, to the technicalities of the new law, or the treaty, but discussed Japan's conten4 'I ntrif atinn \xra u lion mat me wmui mu uauanvM , in reality an act of unfriendliness and discrimination toward the Japanese. Officials here were not in the least opposed to publication of the document, but decision on this point was left with the Tokio government, i While the situation tonight was re- ( garded as satisfactory in official circles, the Japanese answer was awaited with keen interest. Officials are 1 inclined to hope that the acute stage | in the negotiations has passed. The j president, realizing that speeches in congress at this time might embarrass ' the situation, requested Representa- < tlve Sisson, of Mississippi, who had an- , nounced his intention of speaking on Friday on the alien land question, to handle as delicately as possible, diplomatic phases of the case. i ? The mineral production of the < United States, as shown by the annual reports of the geological survey, has increased in 30 years from 1451,901,159 in 1882, to $1,918,326,- ' 251, in 1911: and the average per i capita production has grown from ( $7.27 in 1880 to $21.65 in 1910. Of the total 1911 output, metals constituted a little more than one-third, and nonmetals?including $626,366,876 of i coal?a little less than two-thirds. To the total. 48 states and the districts of Alaska and Columbia contributed: but five eastern states?Pennsylvania, i West Virginia. Ohio, Illinois and | Michigan?supplied nearly one-half, or $784,459,592, and the production 1 of the states west of the Mississippi 1 was only 35 per cent, although their 1 area is 71.2 per cent of that of the ( United States (exclusive of Alaska). Pennsylvania far outranked any other state. Its output In value was 24.7 per cent of the total, and it was tl eadlng mineral producer in cemei :oal. coke, pig-iron, lime, miner paints, sand and gravel and buildii stone. Other states that stood hi n some production were: West VI ftnia. in natural gas; Ohio, clay pr iuets, grindstones, and pulp stone Illinois, tlourspar; California, petr ium, asphalt, borax, precious ston< magnesite, platinum and quicksilve Michigan, sand-lime brick and br mine; Minnesota, iron ore: Coloraei fold, tungsten ore, vanadium ml ?rals; Missouri, lead, zinc, barytes, I rusorlal earth: New York, salt, ei ?ry. abrasive garnet, graphite, gy sum, millstones; talc; Arizona, coppe Nevada, silver; Virginia, magane are. pyrlte; Wisconsin, mineral watei Louisiana, sulphur; Florida, phospha rock, fuller's earth; Vermont, asbe tos; Arkansas, bauxite, oilstone Maine. feldspar: North Carollr riiK'u, munazne; ^cuitujRa, pumuc. Jhf \lotfevitlf (inquirer Entered at the Postofflc? in Torkvi! aa Mail Matter of the Second Claaa YORKVILLE, P. O.t FRIDAY, MAY !>3, 1913 Dispatches from London bring 1 'ormatlon that the Greeks and Sen ins have Joined in an alliance again he Bulgarians and that bloody flgh ng is in progress. President Wilson has requested coi rressmen not to Indulge in any unne ?ssary jingo talk in their speeches < he subject of the anti-alien bill. H lesire is to treat the whole question < i broad, high plane, without giving o tense to the sensitive Japanese. Th :hls Is the sensible method goes wit] >ut saying. Georgia has a fool law under whii ?ach military company can sell a ce ;aln number of jury exemptions alse money for military purposes. T1 riotous principles Involved in the la iave become about well enough knov o begin the raising of a rlghteo ow. and the matter will come up he next session of the general asser )iy. It seems to be about settled that jurrency bill is to be presented at th session of congress. Mr. Underwo< ind other leaders have been urgii ;hat currency legislation be deferri jntil after the convening of the reg ar session of congress in Decembe >ut President Wilson has been lnsis ng that justice to the country d nands the institution of currency r 'orm along with tariff reform, and 1 8 to send congress a message on tl subject soon. The probability is thai :urrency bill will be presented with :he next week or two. Referring to the action of the s areme court in holding that the Sou Carolina Prohibition law is no good irevent the bringing of liquor into tl itate, notwithstanding the Webb la which sought to make the South Ca >lina Prohibition law good for the pu lose intended, it is not out of place tote the fact that there is as mui aw against the sale of liquor as the las ever been. The action of Govern >r Blease in removing the constabl leed not necessarily afreet the slti ition. The holding of the supren ourt does not change the status th existed previously. It is just as mui igainst the law to sell liquor in a di rounty as it has ever been and it lust as much the duty of all citlze: ind duly constituted officers to enfor :hat law. Of course magistrates ai magistrates' constables are not e: pected to act on their own initiative: regular whisky constables have bc< icting; but nevertheless every magi :rate will continue to issue warran in information and belief and su< warrants will be served as heretofoi rhe people who object to the illeg lale of liquor have as much opportur ty to secure redress as they have ev lad, and it is up to them. There was quite a spirited contr versy in the senate yesterday betwe< Senator Smoot of Utah and Senat rhomas of Colorado, over a stateme made some days previous by Senat rhomas to the effect that the panic 1893, was precipitated by the Amei ran Bankers' association for the pu pose of forcing the repeal of the sllv purchase provision of the Shermi law, Senator Thomas had resurrect: in unsigned circular purporting lave come from the American Ban! ?rs' association, advising bankers retire half the silver certificates th ire in circulation and call in half th? cans. Senator Smoot read from tl minutes of the Bankers' association prove that the circular had be< promptly repudiated by the executi committee of the association at tl time, and declared to be fraudulei When Senator Thomas reiterated ti t>ellef that the banking interests we responsible for the panic of 1893, Se; ltor Smoot said: "I will ask the se itor if he believes the circular was i sued by any responsible authoritj 'Yes," replied Senator Thomas, think If the money power in this cou try makes up its mind to accomplish purpose it will resort to almost an thing." Currency Reform. Although we do not pretend to ible to say what is necessary to brii 'hnuf ImnrAVAmonlo fhot OTO prpriPffl1 conceded to be necessary In the cu rency system of this country, we a Inclined to agTee that there is wisdc In the declaration attributed to Pre! lent Wilson that by all means curre :y reform should be started throu) and pushed along simultaneously wi tariff reform. While of course there are thousan of conservative people of the let-we enough alone persuasion, who vi? with uneasiness all suggestion of tar pering with the currency system, st It is a fact that all of the leadii statesmen of both sides of the politic fence have for years been claimii that our present currency system worn out, inadequate and antiquate and that it needs to be thoroughly r vised. As we have said more than once, are unable to see how the tremendo Inflation inseparable from the values all tariff protected commodities can taken out without causing consider ble disturbance. We may be wroi about It; but that Is the way It a pears to us. And although we cann tell certainly what Is going to happ he on the removal of 40 per cent of th protection of some widely used com modltles, we can seeor we think we ca st 8ee that this removal does not necessa lr- rlly mean a proportionate reduction 1 price to the consumer. There may b 0I of course, an apparent reduction; bu sa, if It shall turn out that the same strok !r: which takes 40 per cent inflation out c l?~ the value of a given commodity, ais n- makes a dollar 40 per cent harder t n- get hold of, then the apparent reduc n" tlon does not count for a great dea In fact It will merely be a stand-of -? hon dnmoa the neppoiiltv for CUF ?e | ? , "J rency'reform. It is very well remembered by mo? ?g; business people In this country the >a, under the conditions which brougk about the free silver agitation twenty ~~ five years ago, the purchasing powe of a dollar was very nearly three time as great as it Is at this time. Wit He few exceptions the rule will apply t t every commodity in common use to ? day, and if tariff reform is to bring return to those old conditions it is no desirable to the people at large. Th l only people, as we see It,'who woul * be benefitted would be those who ar k free from debt and who have money a B interest. ^, V The main purpose of currency re form, provided it Is to.be a healthy re ' form as we see It, is to provide a easier and less expensive means o making available the assets of th couptry in the form of currency, hav ' lng due regard, of course, to the lde _ of increasing the difficulty of corner ? lng the money supply to the hurt c n- the people who though short of actus rj_ cash are still possessed of unencum bered assets of definite and unques l8t tloned actual value. Of course tner it- are those who do not want this an< who will put every obstacle In the wa: of its realization, assuming that sucl realization Is without the range c possibility; but anyhow it sterns tha c- the purpose here Indicated Is just an Jn right. .. What President Wilson has up hi 18 sleeve In this whole matter, we do no >n fully understand; but at the sam f. time it Is not difficult to believe tha t he knows as much about the currenc; question as he knows about the tarll question; and we are willing to follo> him on both questions until it be clear ly demonstrated, against all contrar . opposition, If need be, that he know 20 nothing about either question, rt0 DANIELS IN THE AIR. tie j w Secretary of Navy Takes a Trip In Flying Boat us t Secretary of the Navy Josephu Daniels this afternoon traveled eigh n" miles through the air In a flying boai says an Annapolis dispatch of Wed nesday. "It was delightful; I enjoyed th a sensation thoroughly," was the sec 'is retary's reply to an inquiry Just afte od he alighted. . . . ) The secretary went up with Lieu tenant John H. Towers, senior office B<* of the navy aviation corps, whos 11- carnp is across the river from th r. naVal academy. The flight was mad ' in the flying boat C-l. The air trl; c~ was begun at four minutes to e- o'clock. Eight minutes later the trl; e- wad over and the secretary, afte h traveling about eight miles at i height of 500 feet, was lelling of hi M experience. :a Mr. Daniels came to Annapolis thi In morning and inspected the building and grounds at the academy. Afte dining with Superintendent J. H. Gib bons, he boarded a navy launch whic] u_ carried him to the aviation ' cami .. As he passed the battleship Illinoi in the stream, a 'salute of 19 guns wa to flred in his honor. Lieutenant Tower tie antf the other officers of the cam] lW showed the secretary the long line o hangers in which Ave flying machine were stabled. When the last wa r- reached, the flying boat was quick to ly launched while Mr. Daniels donnei . an bvercoat and stufTed cotton wast u into his ears to drown the noise o re the engine during the flight Thei ri. after signing his name {o the officia e8 register where all passengers plac their signatures and weights befor J" beginning a trip, he took his sea ne beside Lieutenant Towers. at Starting from shore, Lieutenan Towers kept his craft on the wate *" for about an eigntn or a mne am ry then sailed gradually upward and to is ward the mouth of the Severn rive and Chesapeake Bay. After abou two miles of steady climbing In thi ce direction a turn was made and th id Hying boat passed over the camp a K_ a height of about 500 feet. As h sailed over, Mr. Daniels waved hi as hand to the crowd below. A straigh en flight up the river of about four mile s- was made and then Lieutenant Tow t ers turned for the trip back and down ward, landing Just in front of th ch point from which the start wa e. made. A four-starred pennant of blu silk, made by the sailors at the cam] and which flew from one of th er standards of the air craft was pre sented to Mr. Daniels as a souvenir. When he had landed, the secretar; talked of his sensations and men o- tloned the fact that by flying toda; en after having taken a dive in a sub 0_ marine boat at Norfolk recently, h had gone down and up with the navy. nt "I always thought I was a goot or fellow, but never before knew I ha( Df such good wings," said he. Asked i .. the noise of the engines- was ver; loud, he said it was not but that i r- was difficult to talk. "A congressmai er recently told me that was the case ant in I then said It would be a good thlni to get an aeroplane for every mem ed hpr nf pnneress if it would make talk to ing difficult to them," he remarke* with a laugh. Mrs. Daniels did no cross the river with her husband bu witnessed the flight from the nava at academy. When he was asked wha sir his wife thought of his taking sucl ^ risks, the secretary said, "Oh, she di< not object. She's a better sailor thai to I anyway." en As he turned to enter the boat tha ve wks to take him back to the academy . the secretary said: "Remember, b e good here, if you want to fly here it. after." lit, . Lieutenant Commander J. L. Pal mer, the secretary's aide, made i flight with Lieut. E. L. Smith, In oni n" of the converted biplanes, n- r , , ?Charleston, May 22: Privates Bax r<" ter, Christian and Dalton were killed "I Capt. Hanna was probably fatal!; n_ wounded, Privates Swaggerty am Steinspringer were seriously woundei a and several others less seriously Injur y- ed as the result of the explosion of i 4.7 inch gun at Battery Lord, For Moultrie, at 9.20 o'clock last night while the coast artillerymen, were a target practice. Baxter and Christiai be were killed outright and Dalton dlei at 12.30 o'clock, according to report from the army post hospital. Captaii lly Hanna of the Sixteenth company, wh r_ was in charge, was 'struck in the lntes tines by a fragment from the breed e block, which was blown into a thou ?m sand pieces. He was standing betweei ii- Capt. Clark of the One Hundred am n> Forty-fourth company, and Lieul * Perry or the sixteentn, neuner o 5" whom was hurt. The gun was direct th ly opposite the army post hospital, b which the victims immediately wer taken. A message was sent to Charles ton, asking that all the doctors be sen 11- to Fort Moultrie. They began to as }W sist at the hospital immediately 01 their arrival and helped the army sur geons. The men killed were member 111 of the Sixteenth company, which wa ng firing the guns of this battery. Th ,aj semi-annual spring practice was be gun yesterday morning, starting witl the firing of the mortars at Batter; Is Capron. Under the new army regula ((j tlons the practice is to be engaged ii ' at night as well as day. The facts o e" the accident were hard to get tonighl An officer who was asked for a state ve ment. would not discuss it except in i general way, since the accident will b a matter of official investigation by i court of inquiry. be a- ?Clemson college authorities declar ng that the bug, the discovery of whlcl D_ gave so much alarm in Marlboro coun ty last week, is not the Mexican bol ot weevil: but only a pest that Is par en ticularly destructive to pea vines. e LOCAL AFFAIRS n NEW ADVERTISEMENTS - Cloud Cash Store?Cuts prices on a n straw hats for boys and men, ar makes a big discount on all caps. Thomson Co.?Want you to wear Bui ter Brown hosiery, a large shlpmei e of which are now on display. Sp< cials for three days. Yorkviile Hardware Co.?Suggests* ? number of articles that will add m o your summer's comfort, lncludir > freezers, refrigerators, hammocks. , First National Bank?Asks if you ke? an expense account, and says thi you ought to. Deposit your mom with it and pay with checks. Standard Oil Co.?Tells you more i the good qualities of Perfection bh 11 flame oil stoves. See fourth page, it York Supply Co.?Tells farmers whe-i it to find grain cradles, oil for binde and mowers, and also talks aboi cultivators. >r McConnell Dry Goods Co.?Offers is big line of ladies' black parasols i h 69 cents each. Palmetto Monument t'o.?carries ? big line of monuments and desigi In all grades, and also sells Stewa a iron fence. t Old George, the Butcher?Can supp you "with cabbage and potatoes, E e offers best country butter at 20 ,ct d a pound. Fresh beef and veal. e Klrkpatrick-Belk Co.?'Talks about big line of oxfords and sandals f< 'men* women and children. A sp< eial In soaps for Saturday. Who Is Who?Prints a series of pu: zle advertisements and offers prizi for best guesses. n Idle Hour Theatre?Programme f< if tonight includes "The Redemptior e and "After the Welsh Rarebit." a Mr. J. C* Burge, of Yorkvllle, No.. a few days ago plowed under thj splendid patch of Crimson clover thi has several times been mentioned ! . The Enquirer. He gathered the mt tured seeds first, however, e Mr. John R. Blair, county demor d stration agent, warns against thesho y sighted practice of spending $25 in tl h preparation of an acre for alfalfa an if then neglecting to spend the $2 add t tional. necessary to secure thoroug d inoculation. He says that by negleci ing this 12 some experimenters ha\ s practically lost the proceeds of the $1 it previously expended. e It hat not boon, so many years ag t since the Idea of suspending businei y at U o'clock was quite an Innovation 1 ff Yorkvllle. During so many years bac v that the oldest Inhabitants were n< * a ole to remember to the contrai* y merchants had bsen keeping the 8 stores open until 9, 10 and 11 o'cloc at night, waiting on occasional custt mere and entertaining people of oth< trades who had knocked off their dall activities at reasunauie nours an were enjoying their recreation. Whe the early closing idea first came alon there were those who did not like itmerchants because they did not kno s what e'se to do of evenings; peop t who had formed the loafing habit, an t, people who had gotten into the hab - of doing most of their trading an shopping at night. But steadily gn e surely the idea has grown and peop! - have come not only to like it, but 1 r wonder why the new practice was t long coming. There are still a fe< - who keep their stores open at nigh r because they prefer to, and as the e have a right to do. These continue 1 e do some business dmong regular cui ? tomers and late shoppers, and there P of course no reasonable objection anj 4 where; but generally speaking, tt P early closing idea has a firm foothol< r and may be regarded as permanent] a established. s _ s WITHIN THE TOWN ? ?The closing exercises of the Jeffer son graded school, colored, of York I ville, begins tonight, and ends Wed , nesday evening, May 28th. s ?Now that the Yorkville Grade s school has closed, there will be vet s little baseball in Yorkville until th p college students come home, f ? In one of the best and fastei s games played during the past schoi 8 year, the Yorkville Graded school base - ball team lost the last game of the sef d spn, to Clover on the Yorkville ground e Wednesday afternoon. It was the la. * half of the tenth inning that the Clc n ver boys made the winning run, tli 1 score being 4 to 3. Gaulden, the Yort ? ville pitcher, out-pitched Lawrence e he striking out ten men and yieldin t six hits, while Lawrence was hit safe ly eight times and struck out five mei * The Clover infield put up a Rood gam J all round and their superior playini coupled with Torkville's errors rpsull ed in their victory. The features < r the game were the fielding of Rltol 1 the Clover shortstop and a sensation) 8 one-hand catch by Plexlco of Yorl e vllle. Batteries: Yorkville, Oaulde 1 and Qulnn; Clover, Lawrence an e Ford, s t " ? ABOUT PEOPLE Mrs. Avery Lowry of Columbia, e visiting Mr. J. E. Lowry's family i s Yorkville. * Miss Margaret McCarter of Llnwoo e college, has returned to her home o P Clover No. 1. ? Mrs. L. George Grist of Yorkviiie, ] visiting her daughter, Mrs. A. B. Hair y mond, in Columbia. Major T. Sumter Bratton, Medici y Corps. U. S. A., has been relieved froi . duty in the Philippines, e Miss Mary Land of Yorkville No. : returned to her home this week froi i Chicora college, Greenville. * Mrs. J. V. Brown of Inman, S. C., I 1 visiting the family of Mr. B. O. Per P nlngton, on Yorkville, R. F. D. 3. jj Mrs. J. P. Hollis and son, Mast? } Jack, visited Dr. M. J. Walker an g other relatives in Yorkville this weel Misses Anna and Roberta Kunz c - Huntington, Pa., are visiting the fam 3 ilv of Mr. Geo. W. Kunz in Yorkvilli t Misses Helen Thomasson and Bar 1 nett Miller of Llnwood college, hav 1 returned to their homes on Yorkvilli t R. F. D. 6. ] Hon. D. E. Finley and Mrs. Finlej are at their home In Yorkvilie, havln arrived from Washington on last Wed t nesday morning. <t Miss Helen Darby of Chicora col e lege, Greenville, passed through York . vllle, Wednesday, on her way to h< home in Lowryville. Messrs. I. W. Johnson and Quin i Wallace returned to Yorkvilie, Tues e day, after a two weeks' visit to Dallai Texas, on account of the Shriners' cor vention. I WEATHER AND THE CROPS. ? The crop outlook in York county I ' unusually good just now, according t Mr. John R. Blair, county demonstra ' tion agent, who is pretty familiar wit j conditions in all sections. Mr. Blal was In Yorkvilie yesterday and whe questioned about the situation, gav _ information that was quite interestini ? "There have been good rains in ev * ery section of the county," he said, "ex ? cept immediately around Hickor Grove, and over in the Hoodtow neighborhood. There have been show . ers in tnese neignoornooas aiso, du hardly enough since cotton and cor were planted, to Interfere with satis 'J factory plowing. All the territory be tween Yorkvllle and Rock Hill, an thence on to Catawba river has ha fine rains and the same Is true of th " country to the south toward Chester. ? "Bethel and King's Mountain town ships have more and better wheat tha I all the balance of the county togethei The straw is not quite so large In thes " townships as it was last year; bu there is more grain. " "Oats are looking much better tha * a month ago. and taking the county a p a whole they are fine. Among the bes crops I have seen are those of J. I Z Pursley, near Clover, and Lathar Bros., of Bullock's Creek. Mr. Pursle \ has a field of between 20 and 25 acre " that looks like it ought to yield up f wards of 35 bushels to the acre, an Latham Bros., have about the sam " acreage that looks as if it should b ~ good for between 40 and 50 busheli The land was prepared well and sowe ![ early in both cases. Spring oats d not appear to be doing as well as us ual. AiinouKn some corn nus Deen worK e ed over once, I have seen no cotto h that has been chopped out; but I kno - of quite a lot of cotton and corn tha 1 Is still to be planted. More cotto - came to a stand on Tuesday, Wednes day and Thursday than during an I other three days this year, and It is for < * still coming. The "The Corn club boys are doing very of ti well; but many of them are rather Low .11 late getting their prize acres planted." zen id titlo GRADED 8CHOOL CLOSING The first night's entertainment of 8pea e- the Yorkville Graded school com- Baid mencement was given In the opera railr a house last evening in the presence of beer to a large audience of friends and pa- patr iS trons of the school from Yorkville and yorl the country around. The programme aid ?p was short but highly interesting, and ed it the faculty and students of the school fre|g ?v have come In for quite a lot of praise cour ' on account of the conduct of the en- they aH tertainment. J300 There were four young ladles of the Cour school contesting for the declalmers' ates re medal, viz: beln ra Miss Nellie Hart?"Mrs. Puffers'sll- the ut yer weauing. I8e8 Miss Louise Barron?"A Double Ro- mer< a mance." thou at : - Miss Margaret Marshall?"Billy Brad ed I and the Big Lie." oper a Miss Mary Fant Herndon?"The |ng is Musts.rd Plaster." argt rt The declamations were all well de- m)X( llvered by the young ladles contesting: satlc ly and each contestant received the gen- 0the [e erous applause of the large audience. per8 8t It was after a great deal of ielibera- that tlon that the Judges, Rev. Jas. H. Ma- wou a chen, Rev. Henry Stokes and Mr. J. H. age Jr Foster decided that Miss Louise Bar- not e. ron was entitled to first place. Con\ A short play entitled, "A Case of ter 8i. Suspension," was presented by the crea e8 students of the ninth and tenth grades. jng This number kept the audience In a |ncri Jr roar of laughter and Miss Anna Du- new ,? pre, as Miss "Ophelia Judkins" and jn a Mr. Bamford Garrison as "Professor fejt Edgerton" were especially good char- 8Uflj aclcrs, carrying the parts of boarding jj S. school teachers well, and displaying chei it much talent and training. imp< at ThnmoA too a nlnoln? ?a o In number of last night's entertainment, that i- and like the rest of the programme Low this dance in which twenty girls took the i> part, was very interesting and enjoy- ery rt able. sam ie This afternoon at 6 p. m. the Prize anC( id Drill will take place on the school poin |- grounds. All the boys in the graded thro rh school military company will take part and t- in this drill and the medal will be de- aa t re livered to the boy who shows most 0he, >5 skill and knowledge of military tactics. crea The final closing exercises of the pr0f r school will be presented in the opera tron L house tonight Twenty young people Qt l_ will receive certificates and diplomas ^fr. ,j. from the school, and in addition to the gjV'e Jt awarding of diplomas, an address to to C ? the graduating class by Prof. I>. W. roa<j Daniel of Clemson college and class prof ,i. day exercises will be among the num- m bers on the programme tonight. Wjg}, ?r ? 1 ? Com ly UNDERWRITERS AT ROCK HILL r<>ad ld The fifteenth annual convention of unJ^' !n the South Carolina Underwriters' as- f . >g sociatlon, composed of writers of fire, , 8 ~ fidelity, casualty and liability insurJ* ance, convened in Rock Hill on Wed- a '? nesday morning in the rooms of the ,t Rock Hill chamber of commerce. Three business sessions were held on that. v M day, in the morning, in the afternoon and at night, and each was of special d88 le interest to underwriters. After roll :o call and an address jf welcome by Mr. . !0 Jas. C. Hardin, former manager of the :n w a * ttmraf lu s1 uiBuraiitc ucpai uuoiii ui w*?v> Trusf and Savings Bank, but who ? [ since the last meeting has flown the fr , :o Insurance coop to take charge of the q" ?" sales department of "the little higher In 18 price, but?" people, and a response jl r" by Mr. J. A. Barry of Orangeburg, f? , [? the president, Mr. James H. Fraser ? ? of Georgetown, submitted his annaul t iy report and was followed by Mr. W. J. , Roddey, who for the past 25 years has f, y . been general manager for the Equlta- ? ble Life Assurance society and at one time was actively engaged In fire un - derwritlng, who made a practical talk jr.: on successful underwriting and gave ,r~ 1- those present many valuable hints , that If followed will aid them materi- JJ ^ l(j ally In the work of serving the people ? j y as well as themselves. A paper on the b"t ie "Advantages of Rating Bureaus to the ~r, , Public, the Agents and the Compa. nies," prepared by John B. Reeves of jL '? *: Charleston, by reason of the unavold- .7?1 able absence of the author, was read by . ? f the secretary. vv " In the afternoon a paper on "Insur[f ance conditions In South Carolina" ? " 1 was read by Insurance Commissioner r,fyj McMaster, at the conclusion of which jj~" ,f sometime was devoted to the transac 7 tlon of routine business. At 4.30 a re- .. . , cess was taken in order that the asso- "unl f elation as a body might avail itself of Tl*8 ?" a cordial invitation to become the *ae guests of President D. B. Johnson, and Pay 'e the Senior class of Wlnthrop college, :j*e ? and while lack of space forbids de- , I tails, it goes without saying that no y, ?r feature of the occasion of two day's rate* j stay in Rock Hill was more thorough- we" ly enjoyed or appreciated by the un- *1 aa c" derwrlters, and will be long remem- ao.(?r " bered by all who were so fortunate as raur ld to be there. law 1 At the night session the time was .new devoted principally to "shop talk" and the reading of papers related thereto, we.rt after a short session the visitors were no1^ |g taken out to the plant of the Southern Part n Power Co., in automobiles furnished by y*e the owners, and as a rule driven by Slas* , them, and among the drivers were HlcK a many of the most prominent citizens "?an ^ and who have long been engaged in ihe work of making "Rock Hill a Good aV"e< ls Town," and in which work they have l- been eminently successful. The plant !aan was gone over at leisure and explain- |n,nl il ed by those in charge as accurately as ^ee n their knowledge of such mystery war- ,? 1 ranted. lle j After leaving the Power plant the party, which included a large number cnes of Rock Hillians?professional and cen'; business men?returned to India Hook f0Bl 18 school house, one of the neatest and :F l" best eauiDDed country school build ings in York county, and located about sr a half mile from the Power plant. The cou'< d association held its final session In the pef'' school building for the purpose of Mi ,f electing officers, selecting committees and !_ to serve during the ensuing year, se- two 8t lecting a place for the next annual mer meeting and transacting other busi- appr " ness. The following officers were elect- *n?y e ed: Jas. H. Praser, Georgetown, presi- "ad dent; Alester G. Furman, Greenville, c?un vice president; Sam M. Grist, York- ?In. f, ville, secretary-treasurer. Sumter ex- ' g tended a cordial invitation to the asso- S"0U I- elation to meet there next year, the J710"' third Wednesday in May, and it was trair |. unanimously accepted. a ,os ? The next feature was a fish-fry and ^aa ,r barbecue prepared under the direction 200 < of the Rock Hill agents and their friends, which seemed to include all 'er ' Rock Hilllans who had especial tal- Pe?P ents in matters cullinary, but the prin- tensi ' clpals seemed to be R. T. Fewell, Jr., mo.nl B. W. Creed, Brown McFadden, Bun and? Fewell and John F. Williams, and all N.-w who partook, especially those who had terri never before been present at a similar function in charge of this especial readls bunch, were agreed that they had nev- and ? er before had a similar experience. valu< All the visitors and guests could do Mi h was to enter heartily Into the pleasures York Ir of the occasion, enjoy It to the limit ?"??' n and pass resolutions of thanks and STeai e these things were done with all the that ? enthusiasm that could well be imag- Coul ' ined. mak? , done ? TRAINS NOS. 7 AND 8. step! The South Carolina railroad com- Mr it mission held a hearing in the court that n house at Yorkville yesterday morning 60 ai i- on the question of extending C- & and i- N.-W. passenger trains Nos. 7 and 8 er i d from Gastonia to Chester. the i d Two members of the commission more e Messrs. John G. Richards and G. Mc- route Duffle Hampton were present, the ery i i- third member of the body, B. L. Caugh- Mr n man, being unavoidably kept away. the 1 r. In addition to the committee ap- tativ e pointed at the recent meeting of the town it Board of Trade, there were quite a Mr large number of representative citi- mlssl n zens of Yorkvllle and the surrounding why s community in attendance. not I it The following representatives of possl i\ other towns along the C. & N.-W. n were also present at the hearing: y Chester?J. B. Westbrooks, presla dent Commercial club; J. H. Glenn. D i- secretary, R. R. Hafner, R. R. MolYatt, P08t< d J. G. White, G. C. Latimer. Wi e McConnell8ville?J. T. Crawford, J. the I e O. Moore. Davli s. Clover?J. E. Beamguard, John S. bills, d Stacy. Fede o Bowling Green?W. B. Riddle, T. J. boro - Patrick. $100,1 General Manager L* T. Nichols and fourt - Messrs. E. F. Reld and W. K. Kearsley, ment n of Chester, represented the C. & N.-W Cher v railroad. cost it Upon Commissioner Richards' call- servi n ing the meeting to order, petitions those i- were read from Chester, Lowryville famo y and Yorkvllle Boards of Trade, asking tiona ixtenslon of the trains In question. Chester petition was signed by 57 he business houses of that town; ryville by practically every citlof the place and the Yorkville pert likewise being suscribed to by a e number of citizens, ayor John R. Hart, of Yorkville, .king on behalf of the extension, that the relations between the oad and its patrons had always i cordial and friendly, and that the ons?at least those in and around tville did everything they could to the road. The C. & N.-W. recelvmore than half of the Yorkville ;ht business. York and Chester ltles had built most of the road, having subscribed approximately ,000, while all the North Carolina lues mrougn wnicn me roaa operhad subscribed only $70,000. There g some doubt about the power of railroad commission in the prembecause of the inter-state com:e element Involved, Mr. Hart ight this difficulty could be obvlatty an order that would require the atlon of the trains between BowlGreen and Chester. Mayor Hart led that the service offered by ;d trains Nos. 60 and 61 was unifactory for various reasons, among rs that It threw white and colored ons together. He was confident the proposed extended service id have the patronage of an averof five passengers to the mile If more to begin with, and as the renlence of the service became betunderstood. the traffic would Inse. According to his understandof the cost of operating trains the eased cost Involved In the desired service would be only $79 a month dditlon to the fixed charges and he sure that the receipts would be clent to give profit, r. J. H. Glenn, secretary of the 3ter Commercial club, spoke of the sssibllity of people from the north "heater going to and returnlng'from city in one day. People from ryville and other points north of town can be seen in Chester evday. In order to return home the e day they use private convey>b. Chester is the natural trading ,t of a good portion of territory ugh which the C. & N.-W. runs, if the extra trains were put on so 0 insure a return the same day, iter's business would be greatly insed and he believed it would be a Itable enterprise for both the paa and the road. >mmissloner Richards inquired of Glenn the reasons the C. & N.-W. for not extending trains 7 and 8 "heater. Mr. Glenn replied that the 1 claimed the trains would be unI table. r. Hampton, of the commission led to know what the Chester imerclal club would do If the railshowed that the trains were 'ofitable after a years' trial, r. Glenn said that if the additional rht which would be given the road the event of extending the trains, not make up the deficit, he felt that the Chester people would be e willing for the railroad to susI the two trains. ayor John R, Hart of Yorkville, rested that were the trains extend:o Chester, people at Bowling in, Clover, Yorkville and the other ts along the line would be enabled et their mails several hours earlier .ccount of the connection which he would be made with Southern 1 No. 37 at Gastonia. nator Beamguard spoke of the y advantages to be derived from proposed new trains. It was quite i necessary for people from Clover the surrounding country, he said, >me to Yorkville for the purpose of ng taxes, shopping, etc. The Clopeople would largely patronize the trains. reply to a question of Mr. Rich, Senator Beamguard said he ght that the demand for the serin South Carolina was as great as forth Carolina. Many Clover peo*o to Gastonia to do shopping, etc., account of the convenient schedule most of these people he thought, Id prefer doing business in Yorkand Chester and if a return train available the same day he beid they would come into this terrir. L. T. Nichols, general manager le Carolina & North-Western railsaid that the railroad had no rel with the York and Chester ile who were working for the exIon of Nos. 7 and 8, and did not k there would be any quarrel. It purely a business proposition and railroad did not believe it would them to make the extension. If road had been able to see where trains would be profitable, the serwould already have been inaugu1 Thn P A M _W rnllu/nv hnnlffl s always open to patrons of the . Nothing was done behind closed s and reports were filed with the oad commissioners according to md it would be easy to see that the train could be run only at a dead No8. 7 and 8, Mr. Nichols said, s run the year round between Leand Gastonla because the greater of the manufacturing plants along line were between those two points, onia, Dallas, Llncolnton, Newton, ;ory and Lenoir were all large ufacturlng towns, and even then trains, Nos. 7 and 8 paid only ln:tly. While Yorkviile, Chester and er had cotton mills and other ufactories, the railroad did not k that there was enough traffic ben Chester and Gastonla to justify extension. It would cost 52 cents a in addition to fixed charges to Nos. 7 and 8 from Gastonla on to iter and five passengers at three s a mile would not nearly pay the of operating the trains. Were the is given a year's trial It would cost railroad something like 87,000 and Nichols did not think the road i afford to make such a costly exnent. \ Nichols said that trains Nos. 7 8 were extended to Edgemont for and one-half months in the sumThls was a loss to the road of oximately Jbou per montn dui suffered this loss because they faith in the future of the mountain try. answer to a question of Mr. Thos. McDow, as to why the railroad Id keep up the extension to Edget at a loss and not extend the is to Chester as an experiment at is, Mr. Nichols said that there was i a difference between losing $1,ur $1,500 for two and one-half ths and losing $7,000 on the Chesextension when they (the railroad le) were quite sure that they exIon would not pay. The Edget mountain country was new and veloped, he said, but the C. & 7. railway had about 65 miles of tory in which to draw from in section. Great progress was aly being made in the hill country the section would be of untold i in the near future. \ Nichols admitted that Chester, ville and other South Carolina is along the line had been of t help to the road and he hoped this support would continue, d they see their way clear to i the extension it would be , but at present the road could ?ee any opening to warrant such a -. Nichols did not himself think the service on mixed trains Nos. id 61 was as good as it should be, he would be willing to add anoth>assenger car to the train, revise jchedule so as to give passengers ! time in the towns along: the s and make improvements in evlossible way. Nichols' statement concluded learing and the various represenes returned to their respective 8 yesterday afternoon. '. John G. Richards of the comlon thought there was no reason a decision in the matter should ie reached within two weeks and bly earlier. LOCAL LACONICS. >ffice Bills Introduced. ishington special of Tuesday to 'lews and Courier: Representative d E. Flnley today Introduced four three of which are to authorize ral buildings at Cheraw, Wlnnsand Yorkvllle, S. C., at a cost of ?00 each, Including site, and the h of which is to provide a monuat the Cowpens battlefield In okee county, South Carolina, at a of (30,000, to commemorate the ces of Gen. Daniel Morgan and i who participated with him In the us engagement of the Revolury war. Death of Mr*. Meek Burnt. wai Following her husband to the grave j!1" exactly six days after his demise. Mrs. J. Meek Burns passed away at her r!' home on the Bratton farm near Yorkvllle, Wednesday night at 9.56 o'clock. , , Like Mr. Burns. Mrs. Burns' death was 44' the result of measles which affected the heart. She had been sick for several weeks, but her condition was not J regarded as serious until a few hours 5 hefnre her death. Mrs. Burns, who was before her marriage, Miss Margaret *M8 Quinn was the daughter of FSllx and Jl ? Elizabeth Quinn, and was born at the Quinn home in King's Mountain town- {*, ship, Jan 1, 1877. She was married to _ Mr. J. Meek Bums, Jan. 24, 1894. Two children, Miss Lucy and Master Quinn ? survive. Mr*. Burns was well known p ' throughout this community and was . regarded as a loyal church member ?. and a faithful Christian woman. The funeral services were conducted at the . home Thursday morning and the body . ' was interred at Beersheba in the prea- . ence of a large number of friends and acquaintances, funeral services being ^ conducted by Rev. E. E. Gillespie asslated by Rev. J. L. Oates. In addition to her children, Mrs. Bums is survived by her father, Mr. Felix Quinn and the following eight brothers: Messrs. _ A. J.. D. T.. J. W? R. E., W. C.. A. V., 001 D. D., F. E. Quinn; one sister, Mrs. John Hall. * a Charged With McAdenville Robbery. I Gastonia Gazette: When he returns to Gastonia, from New York, probably ?fc within the next day or so. Jailer G. R. ??r Rhyne may bring with him William Dunn, alias "Irish Jimmy," wanted In , connection with the robbery of the 1 aacAaenvine miu Haiti un marui t, ivvi, and he may not Dunn la fighting ex- J*? tradition and it la altogether probable ~~ that hla attorneya will exhauat the r? category of technlcalltiea In order to thwart the efforts of Solicitor Wllaon "fj and the North C&rollna authorities to bring to Justice this man, believed by ^ all the officials, Including the secret service men of the United Statea postoffice department, to be one of the moat dangerous and experienced yeggmen In the United Statea. In fact It v"1' was through the untiring and unremltting efforts of secret service men work- Jjj Ing for the postoffice department that Dunn was located after an eight-year ? chase. He Is now in Jail In New York , city, having been arrested at his home _ : In Brooklyn, Friday. Mr. M. A. Car- , penter, who accompanied Mr. Rhyne . to New York returned yesterday. He JL, says that Dunn resisted arrest and J knocked out one of the policemen who made the arrest. His wife fainted. . Dunn Is operating a laundry in Brooklyn and was apparently living a Mr straight life. It Is believed that his , wife knew nothing of his double life. . It was ascertained that Dunn has been , making trips away from home fre- , quently, on business he told his wife, nj.. and the officers believe that he is still * in the safe-cracking business. wei ?i . we: MERE MENTION of, King Peter of Servia, who came to fr^ the throne after the assassination of j King Alexandra and Queen Draga, in ^o 1903, haa announced his Intention to j abdicate aa soon aa peace la aaaured waj In the Balkan statea Longshore- j men at Philadelphia are on a strike, for and a sympathetic strike la threaten- ine ed all along the Atlantic coast, unless j the demands of the Philadelphia longshoremen la acceded to The U. 8. -] torpedo boat Vesuvius waa disabled off pia the coast of Rhode Island, Monday, by fea being struck below the water line by j a Whitehead torpedo fired from the Ch? Vesuvius. The machinery of the tor- an( pedo went awry, and whirled the mis- <] slle against the boat's side, knocking tlm a good sized hole in her plates. The for vessel was beached The trial of ]y : Wm. M. Wood, president of the Amer- ain lean Woolen company and others of p|a more or less prominence, on charges of ces having "planted" dynamite during the to big mill strike at Lawrence last year, it 1 in oraer to discredit tne sinners, was ne begun at Boston, Mass., Monday yee The French chamber of deputies by a tro vote of 454 to 55, has adopted a reso- 8ta lutlon prohibiting all gambling casinos pro within sixty miles of Paris or In uni- g0c versity towns Senator Clapp of me Minnesota, has introduced a bill in the do senate prohibiting senators and repre- gro sentatives from serving on political to1 committees or in political organlza- tloi tlons or collecting money for any political campaign The state of Kansas is to have a motor cycle patrol, including 1,750 motor cyclists. They are to be organised along the lines of pe the old anti-horse thief associations. A large leather company at Menomee, Wis., has reduced the working i;on time, of its employes from ten to eight c hours a day In anticipation of the ef- ce feet of a reduced tariff. Between 500 co_ and 600 laborers are affected Wes- R . ley Tabor, 73 years old, and the father ^ of twenty-eight children, or Mt. vernon, 111., was acquitted In the Federal T_ court at East St. Louis, Monday, of a K charge of "boot-legging." Henry _ M. Flagler, the East Coast Florida m railroad magnate, died on Tuesday.... The president had several conferences , on Monday on the subject of currency d reform The Southern Presbyte- th^ rlan general assembly has selected Kansas City, Mo., as the next annual ^ meeting place. 1 " hoi SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. fr,< cor ? Wllliston, May 21: Mr. Mott Clark, j who lives near White Pond, was re- vlll cently brought to the unwelcome reall- at zatlon that his wife and eight children in has been exposed to Infection from j hydrophobia. In the family was a pet is dog, which ten days ago had bitten |]y one of the children. Nothing was j thought of it until recently, when the at dog began to act queerly, and then it tim was discovered that each member of j the family had been bitten by the uni same dog, even to the 2-year-old baby. iun The dog was killed and the head for- iey. warded to the state pathologist at Co- 1 lumbla, who Informed them that the nar dog undoubtedly had a case of rabies, ant and sent treatment for the entire fam- r0< ily to the family physician, Dr. W. C. 1 Smith. , Is j ? Columbia special of May 18, to a. News and Courier: That certain cttl- h zens of Chester have asked the attor- as : ney general to bring proceedings to re- vis! cover for the state some (28,000 from & Jos. B. Wylie of Chester, which the Saj latter admitted on the stand in the to i graft trials that he obtained as rebates \ from the purchase of liquor while a Ro< member of the dispensary board of cen control In the days of the "G. M. I.," ft | is the reprt that was heard here this vial afternoon. Attorney General Peeples ft admitted that he had gotten a letter Mia containing such a request from Ches- Gro ter and was looking into the matter. ft Jos. B. Wylie was a member of the froi state dispensary board of control along Gro with John Black and J. M. Rawlston. B When indictments were returned al- Mrs leging "graft" against these and others, Wylie turned state's evidence and his testimony on the stand in the trial of J. S. Farnum caused a great sensation. In return for his testimony he was granted Immunity from prosecutlon by the then attorney general, J. l Fraser Lyon. It was during his test!- 13 1 1, 4 "T-U - - J ?kid . . mony UlUl njriie HUIUUICU mm. iiw a. U share of the rebates amounted to mei some (28,000, and it is for the purpose pre' of bringing suit to recover this nvoney a that citizens %f Chester have asked troi the attorney general to start pro- tair ceedings. Whether anything can be er I done in this matter remains for the the result of the Investigations of the at- the torney general. It is said that the helc letter from Chester pointed out the T authorities in the law under which mer proceedings could be brought The S' whole matter is of much interest to m the people of the state and the attor- erci ney general's decision will be awaited m with interest T ? Aiken special of May 20 to the else News and Courier: At a preliminary LI hearing, which began this morning of and lasted practically all day, before coui Magistrate Smoak, Capt, J. Maxwell by Richardson, a well known citizen of as 1 this place, who was arrested last Frl- girli day on a charge of arson and lodged a gc behind the bars of the county jail, a la was discharged and the charges Fi against him dismissed, bearing out A. 1 his statement Friday, to the News and day Courier's correspondent, that it would ates be only a matter of a few days before Mit< he would be absolutely vindicated of Yorl the charge, which he characterized as In a "frame-up" and political persecu- twel tion. Capt. Richardson was charged ed s literally with destroying his own prop- M erty in order that he might collect the Jess small sum of J600 for which it was Hill insured. The warrant had been issued Smj at the Instigation of Insurance Com- Mill missioner McMaster's deputy, A. B. Jacl Wharton. Solicitor Robert L Gunter ory b present in behalf of the state ing the preliminary, while the dedant had as counsel Col. Claude ?awyer and Messrs. Croit & Croll. i hearing was a tedious one. After of the testimony was in, it became te clear that there was nothing itsoever to substantiate the ratner ious charge preferred against a n of Capt. Richardson's promise. As a matter of fact, no part the entire testimony tended in the niest degree to connect in anye Capt Richardson with the alleged endiarlsm. Capt Richardson is tr receiving the congratulations of friends and acquaintances. B. F. McLeod of Charleston, a minent member of the chamber of nmerce, is being considered by tsident Wilson for appointment as rernor of Porto Rico, according: to dees received here. Mr. McLeod's ne has been handed to the preeiit with the recommendation of Senrs Tillman and Smith, and all of representatives frpm the state, In liUon to a number of private easements. HICKORY GROVE NOTE8 edition of Mr. J. T. Wilksrson? Jrop Outlook Rathor Gloomy?Psronal Mention. Ilckory Grove, May 22.?Mr. J. T. lkerson, one of western York's most iminent and successful farmers, is iously ill with paralysis, and has sn for the last week. Dr. Hood, his ending: physician, reports that he some better now. Dr. Hood seems sustain the opinion that he will soon over. This is the first serious atk that Mr. Wilkerson has had, but a previous occasion he felt sympns of paralysis, and that was one ir last fall while in the field looking er his farm work, but he soon rerered. On this occasion he was lcken while In bed and was discovH hv if ra W< 11r orann q hnnt 9 a m e family physician was summoned, 1 the trouble was diagnosed as paysis. Mr. Wilkerson's condition was isldered serious, and Mr. Morgan lkerson and Miss Maude Smith of s place, who were visiting in Texas, re summoned and they have since ched home. drs. Laura Allison is suffering from evere attack of rheumatism, drs. Elizabeth Mitchell, who recentunderwent an operation, is recovng. dr. Chas. Klrby of Wllklnsvllle. s in town on business yesterday, drs. Boyce Whisonant of Wilklnse, la visiting her parents. Mr. and s. R. L. A. Smith, at this place, lira. H. B. Hardy left yesterday afnoon for Savannah. Qa., for a short y with her parents. An. Nancy Leech is visiting Mrs. zabeth Mitchell. Phe Children's Day exercises, which re to have been held May 18th, re postponed Indefinitely on account Mr. J. T. Wilkerson's illness, dr. J. B. Kirby spent Sunday with ;nds in the Salem section, dr. N. M. McDill went to Charlotte, nday, on business, dr. C. M. Whisonant of Rock Hill, i in town yesterday on business, dr. G. C. Leech, who has been sick sometime, is able to attend to busBS. dr. Hunter Adams of Charleston, is Iting relatives at this place. Die Hickory Grove baseball team yed Sharon on last Wednesday, aettng them 16 to 4. dr. J. M. McGlll has recently purised the old school building and lot, 1 will convert it into a residence, ["he farmers in this section are getit pretty blue over the prospects a crop. There has been practicalno rain in some sections near here ce the ground was prepared for nting. I was talking to a very sucsful farmer this afternoon in regard his crop and he Informed me that vas the poorest he ever had?that never saw its equal for the time of ir. but he is still very hoDeful. The uble, it seems, Is that they have no nds, especially on red lands, and no ispects until there ccmes a real id rain. The large majority of far* rs are entirely out of something to until It rains. They say that the und is so hard that it is Impossible work it with any degree or satlsfact or success. SHARON 8IFTING8 vival 8?rvics at A. R. P. ChurchNotes About People. vapondanea Tha Yorkvtlla Knqutrar lharon, May 23, 1913.?Interest is itered in the revival services being iducted in the Sharon Associate formed Presbyterian church. Rev. B. Hunter, the pastor of the church assisted by Rev. Meek White, of >utman, N. C., and Rev. Walter nneay, 01 ruyeuevuie, renn. two vices are held each day, in the rning and in the evening and both 1 well attended. Copious showers during the past few rs have been especially welcome. Altugh there was a very good stand of D, it was needing rain, and cotton 1 not yet come to a stand, drs. L. A. Graves is quite ill at her Tie on Academy street. Her many mds and acquaintances are much icerned. dr. and Mrs. Joseph Minus, of Paxle, have decided to make their home Sharon, and Mr. Minus will engage business here. dr. James Ross, of Russellville, Ark. visiting here, the guest of the famof Mr. H. G. Caldwell, dr. Sam A. Hogue, who has been ill his home on Shelby street for some ie, is much better. drs. J. A. Byers was called to Muli, N. C., this week on account of the ess of her daughter, Mrs. J. B. Val.ittle Misses Ruth and Mary Whlsolt have returned home after a pleasvisit to Mrs. J. A. Whiteside in :K hui. Irs. William Whiteside, of Smyrna, the guest of her daughter, Mrs. D. Whlsonant. lessrs. W. T. Sims and C. L. Thomhave returned home after a pelasant It to Chester. Ilsses Susie Hartness and Re' ecca re have return from a pleasant visit Greenville. Irs. U. M. Pursley and children of :k Hill, spent several days hereretly with friends and relatives, [r. Sam Gilflllan of Gastonla Is ting In Sharon with relatives. Ilss Blanche Cain Is the guest of is Minnie Whitesldes of Hickory ve. Irs. G. W. Wllkerson has returned n a pleasant visit to Hickory ve. urruss, the Infant son of Mr. and i. D. L. Good, is quite sick. CL08ING OF LINWOOD. icpondtnea Th? TorkvllU Eaqulrtr Inwood College, May 23.?The 1912jesslon of Linwood college came to lose Tuesday mcrning, the comlcement exercises beginning the vlous Sunday, goodly number of friends and pa~ * 4k? aai1a/?a tti? nj. is ul tuts uuuegts iiuiii xviug a muuui, Gastonia, Clover, Bethel and othtowns and communities attended commencement, which was one of largest and most elaborate ever I. he following was the commenceit calendar: unday?Baccalaureate sermon, [onday?Art exhibit, class day exes. onday night?Annual concert, uesday morning?Graduating exers. Inwood college, situated at the foot Crowder's mountain, in Gaston nty, N. C., has long been patronized York county people and this year, usual, a number of York county 9 are enrolled. The college offers tod preparatory course of study and rge and able faculty is In charge. Ifteen young ladle* received the 3. degree of this institution Tuesmornlng. Three of these gradureside In York county: Misses Eva :hell, Sharon; Helen Thomasson, kville; Margaret McCarter, Clover, i addition to the above there were Ive other York county girls enrollis students, as follows: arle Glasscock, Virginia Ratterree, le Broom, Bertha Broom, Rock ; Edith Castles, Alice Caldwell, rrna; Susie Whitesldes, Barnette er, Yorkville; Ada Davis, Mary cson, Clover; Edith McGill, HickGrove; Bertha Massey, Fort Mill.