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Scraps and iarts. 5 - * 2 ? Washington, May 24: The race ^ question has been put squarely up to _ Postmaster General Burleson, in a a petition signed by more than 8.000 t) railway mall clerks, urging the seg- a regation of white and negro employes 0 in the service. It was presented by s. Robert A. Prather of Little Rock, Ark. b The petitioner asked that the post- a master .general Issue an order putting t] the segregation into effect at once. n ? Experiments conducted by Dr. ? Edward T. Reichert, physiologist of N the University of Pennsylvania, show- g ed that the blood of a negro can be N clearly distinguished from that of a ? white man, according to a report of F the recent research work made public p here this week. It is further reported e tie is connaeni inai coounueu kku- u title revelations will result in scientists _ being able to distinguish the blood of an American from that of a China- < man, the blood of an Indian from *hat of an Englishman and the blood > a German from that of a Frenchman E and so on. ? Charlotte, May 25: Following a dispute which it is claimed was brought on by a demand for cigarettes to be sold on Sunday, which Is a violation of the Charlotte Sunday laws, W. B. Stevens, commissary clerk of the Nor- i folk Southern railroad, shot and per- fl haps fatally wounded G. S. Smith, ? chief of the construction force engag- I ed in building the railroad into this I city. The shooting took place in the \ commissary car of the company stand- ing on a siding in this city. Smith's intestines were perforated by two _ shots, and attending physicians hold ~ out no hope for his recovery. Stevens surrendered and was placed in jail. He claims self-defense. ? Washington, May 26: The secre- I tary of commerce will do some investigating at an early date to determine who sold cotton to a "pool" in 1910 and h gather other important facts in regard w to the matter. Senator Smith of South Carolina today introduced a resolution authorizing such an Investigation to be made, after a consultation with h both Secretary Redfleld and Attorney g General McReynolds on the subject. When this information is secured, Senator Smith said, it will be laid be- A fore the attorney general and proba- s? bly used as a basis of a suit against C| whoever the proper parties may be. This resolution is as follows: "That the secretary of commerce be, and he is hereby, directed to inquire fully as w to the names of the party or parties or A * J AAffnn o]. y corporations umi sum u<? w?Vu ? leged to have been bought in the year n 1910 by & pool of purchasers who are d now under indictment by the depart- Q ment of justice and at what prices these parties sold this cotton to the a alleged pool and whether or not the tl parties selling this cotton owned the p cotton at the time of the sale thereof . and the price of cotton in the mar- 18 kets of this country on the date of the making of these contracts for this cotton, and to report the same to the F senate at the earliest possible moment." 11 ? The strict censorship, which the C Italian government has imposed on A all news relating to the state of g] affairs in Tripoli and particularly with regard to the defeat of the Italian 11 forces at Sidigarba on May 16, has C made it difficult to obtain exact in- Si formation on the recent reverses in b that territory. It has been learned, however, that the disaster at Sidi- P garb was due to a well-laid plan of c< the Arabs. An Italian workman named Machlavelli who had been taken prisoner by the Arabs, was allowed to escape after being carefully a: primed with false information which ej he carried to General Ganbretti. In- . stead of waiting to carry out a scheme of co-operation with General Tassoni, P who was on his way from Benghazi, sj with a strong force, Goneral Ganbretti, a on the strength of Machiavelle's re- . port that the number of the enemy was small, decided to attack alone, h Accordingly he divided his 3,000 men t! in three columns which were support- b ed by four guns and a battery of howitzers. After the first fiush of victory b the Italian soldiers were resting when T suddenly each column was set upon p from front and rear and cut off from . the others. At the same time they were subjected to a heavy shell fire. The n Italians showed admirable courage t< and endurance. Some of the companies lost all of its officers. One advance detachment lost 36 out of 40 men and it was soon apparent that C1 retreat alone would save the forces from annihilation. Colonel Magda- 1 lena was shot and as he lay dying. t< wrote a report praising his men and recommending for promotion, his major, who. although twice wounded, took command. Italian losses are S( estimated at 1,500. g ? Atlanta, May 24: "Hoist by his P own petard" has taken on a new ci meaning in Atlanta since yesterday, when Col. Thomas B. Felder was caught by dictograph. The city detectives put a dictograph in the Wll- > liams house, and obtained records of 8< an alleged bribe, which they swear Pel- . der offered for the purloining of certain affidavits bearing on the Frank case in the hands of the police. The tl humor of the situation?which is in it- b self grave enough from every standpoint?lies in the fact that Tom Fel- 81 der was the man who introduced the o dictograph in the south. Felder is the 8 original guy who put the graft in "dictographed" over In South Carolina in connection with the abolition of a the state dispensary system. When c Felder had his big row with Cole L. 8i IJI?000 >"> nut th*? Rums men and the dictograph on the trail of his South 11 Carolina enemies, with results which b will be vividly recalled by the reading b public. Later Mr. Felder had one of ^ the dictographs here with him in At- ' lanta, and at the Transportation club b exhibited its workings to a group of b admiring friends. "You can't get b away from the dictograph," he told . them, and today his words are recalled in connection with the declaration of 0 the detectives that they have trapped w Felder himself. Atlantans do not yet g( understand exactly what is behind the . charges made against Felder. or what 11 the conversations which were dicto- f< graphed mean. So far as can be seen, tl the reporters who handled the sizzling news story, and the headline writers who put the box car headline M on, don't understand either what it all t means?or if they did, they purposely u refrained from telling it. Who and what interests was Felder trying to serve in his alleged efforts to bribe? si Is there back of the accusation a b deeper charge that while employed b to prosecute the Phagan murderers he is trying to muddy the waters and save Frank? Or is there a suspicion that he wanted to get affidavits out of C the hands of the police in order to D get Chief Beaver's goat? What is the real milk in the cocoanut? The pub- v lie hasn't been told in plain words, S and as the public always thinks slow- n ly, hasn't yet been able to figure it tj out. it wants to De torn. v ? Another great Atlantic-Pacific 3 waterway, making a ship route be- j, tween the eastern and western coasts of the United States, 2,000 miles " shorter than the Panama canal, will p be built soon by the United States, in ti the opinion of Dr. Salvador Castrillo, retiring Nicaraguan minister. Dr. Castrillo, who leaves this week for ti Europe on an Important mission for I his government, declared in a state- ? ment last Sunday that he believed a canal treaty would be negotiated be- 11 tween the United States and Nica- tl ragua and that a canal would be con- p ?* J ?#????? V?lo nnurilrv Tho SirUUlfU tttfUM mo vuu.iv;. a ..v i. Nicaraguan diplomat has been a frequent caller at the state department e since Secretary Bryan came into office s and the later, after an extensive study ? of the problems involved in the proposed treaty negotiations, has said a that his mind is open. The canal d treaty, an inheritance from the Taft 0 administration, was negotiated by ,j Minister Weitzel last winter and has received the approval of the Nica- v raguan government. By its terms p Nicaragua, for J3,000,000, would 0 grant the United States the exclusive right to construct a canal across Nicaragua by way of the San Juan river and t Lake Nicaragua. This government al- f so would have a right to acquire a t coaling station in the Bay of Fonseca on the Pacific side of the coast. "I am v greatly encouraged by Mr. Bryan's s assurance that he has a broad view of _ the subject," said Dr. Castrlllo. He believes the Nicaraguan canal is a commercial necessity. "After all," he said, "the Panama canal is of mil- ii ary and strategic importance but rhen It Is realized that the Nicarauan canal would shorten the route > the Pacific coast by an additional ,000 miles, I am convinced that It 111 be built. When the first of the reat Pacific railroads was built cross the United States, It was nought that It would be sufficient for II commercial needs. It, however, nly served to emphasize the demand ir other lines which were speedily uilt." Dr. Castrlllo has not been ble to reach an understanding with lie state department in the Nlcaiguan loan negotiations. Secretary iryan has favored the deal with the few York bankers, but he has not lven assurances that will satisfy the few York financiers. The doctor's .'uropean mission will take him to 'ranee, Spain, Belgium, Italy and robably other countries. His sucessor in the Washington ministry, leneral Chamorro, Is already here. ?h? (Enquirer. Intered at the Postofflce In Yorkville aa Mall Matter of the Second Class. YORKVTLIrE, S. O.i TUESDAY, MAY 27, 1913 If Col. Thos. B. Felder Just keeps on, e will be pretty well sized up after a bile. Now If Governor Blease had gotten old of Col. Felder and put him in the outh Carolina penitentiary, he would ot have gotten Into that trouble over .tlanta way, and there would still be )me to doubt what kind of a man the olonel really is. As to whether the "sliver question" rill flcure in eurrenev reform, has not et been made clear; but If bo, no one eed be surprised. It is still a fact toay as it has always been, that an unce of silver will buy as much of ny article of human use or consump-. on as It would in the days when the rice of silver was more than one dolir an ounce. The News and Courier appeared tiday in a 92-page edlMon devoted to taking absolutely plain the fact that harleston is the port of ports on the tlantic for Panama canal traffic. This peclal edition is highly creditable to te management of the News and ourler, the city of Charleston, the tate of South Carolina, and everyody who will give themselves the leasure of getting familiar with Its ontents. The editor of The Enquirer is not n applicant for any official position ither state or Federal, either now or ereafter, and will not accept any such o8ition by request or otherwise. The ame is true of all three of the owners nd publishers of The Enquirer, and lose friends and acquaintances who ave confidence in Integrity of the moves of the persons referred to, may ank on this statement as having een made In the best of good faith, 'he only ambition of the editor and ubllshers of The Enquirer is the prouctlon of a wholesome and honest ewspaper that will be of real benefit > its readers. Although the text of the proposed urrency reform bill has not been greed upon, it is understood that it is ) include many of the features of 'hat is known as the Aldrlch plan, xcept that Instead of the central reerve bank of issue, there will be reInnol rooorvo honlfa nf laana that will revent the centralization of the flnanlal power of the country In one point nd do away with that 1500,000,000 Hat is held at the pleasure of the Tew York speculators in playing the lock and produce markets. It is unerstood that Mr. Bryan is strongly in ivor of a provision in the new law Hat will require the guarantee of ank deposits; but President Wilson is aid not to have come to an agreement n this question, and is unwilling that uch a provision should be lncorported in the bill that is to be presented t the present session of congress. Acording to the president's ideas, it is aid that the new bill should contain he following provisions. A general oard of central control with ultimate anking powers and complete authoriy of oversight. A number of reserve anks subordinate to the general oard, their number to be determined y an organization committee. Mem ershlp in reserve banks 's to consist f banks in the several districts, who 111 be the only depositors with the reerve Institutions. They are to perorm the work of rediscount, provide or an economy of reserves and handle he detailed work of public fiscal oprations. The treasury will deposit dth the reserve banks. Outstanding wo-per-cent bonds will be retired pon a fair basis, and future note lsues will be In the hands of the reerve banks. Reserves will be shifted y a gradual process to the reserve anks. Norman Hapgood, former editor of lolller's, who recently purchased Harer's Weekly, from Col. George Harey says of politics: "Politics no loner may be rightfully regarded as a lere conflict of organizations or parIzan points of view. Political endeaor is being transformed into a highly pirltual endeavor to discover and put ito operation the means of really serv rig humanity, of giving to the mass of eople the best things in life. It is rue that the objects of the progreslve politics of today are in many deails identical with the objects which orm the basis of the Christian reli1on." This may be taken as a very itelllgent analysis of existing condilons. There are thousands of good eople in all parts of this great counry of ours who have all along regardd politics as mainly a struggle for the upremacy of right, while the political standard bearers" have been taking dvantage of the confidence and creullty of these people to get things nly for themselves and those of their ieutenants who had to be paid for serices with spoils. Of course the people who really believe in the principle f the greatest good to the greatest umber will make a serious mistake if hey accept on faith the proposition hat everything is changed. There are housands and thousands of bushwhacking adventurers who continue to erve the devil in the livery of heaven -who arouse people of heart and eoncience in behalf of right, and who afer a successful battle, take what is lyng around loose for their own benefit' and with which to pay their adherents, and leave the people who are really In earnest still hoping that something will be done. We still have politicians of this class with us; and people are still being deceived by them. But nevertheless, Mr. Hapgood has It right when he says that political endeavor Is looking to a higher plane and Is seeking to divide among the many, the good things that are now enjoyed only by the few. Mr. Bryan was among those who accomplished most in that direction, who by his faithful consistency compelled the final allegiance of the great mass of right thinking people, and finally open ed the way for Woodrow Wilson, a man of the same Intelligence and Irreproachable Christian character. With It all, however, It must still be remembered that honest, earnest patriotic people must not go to sleep. Still yet as It has always been, "eternal vigilance is the price of liberty." New A. R. P. Church. The opening of the new Associate Reformed Presbyterian church In Yorkville last Sabbath, marks a proud event In the life of a faithful, steadfast little congregation, and It Is hoped also that this event will mark greatly Increased usefulness In the work of spreading the glory of the kingdom of Christ The Associate Reformed Presbyterian congregation of Yorkvllle was organized in 1853, sixty years ago, with fourteen members and, while it has tenaciously held its own during all those years, It was not until It had been In existence a full half century that It began to show visible evidences of material growth. The first home of the congregation was the building that had been erected by the Independent Presbyterians on East Liberty street opposite the cemetery; but this home was only a temporary one, used until the completion in 1857 of the building now being abandoned on account of the new edifice that was formally opened last Sabbath. Rev. S. C. Millen, D. D., was the first pastor. He served the Yorkville church in connection with the church at Tirzah until 1857, and was followed In 1859 by Rev. Robert Latham, who continued in charge until 1884, when he resigned to take a chair in Erskinc Theological seminary. Rev. Dr. J. C. Galloway, now of Gastonla, was the next pastor from 1885 to 1893 and he was followed by Kev. ts. ?1. urier wno remained from 1894 to 1901, when he resigned to accept a call to the church at Ora, In Laurens county. Following the departure of Rev. Mr. Grler, the pulpit remained vacant for nearly three years; but the congregation continued to hold together with occasional supplies, and at length resolved upon a step to which it had never before felt equal, the calling of a pastor for fu'.l time. During the latter part of the year 1903 a call was extended to Rev. W. C. Bwart and accepted by him. The total membership of the church was less than sixty; but under the new arrangement the little congregation began to redouble its zeal and activities, and during the four years following the membership was increased to 120. Mr. Ewart died In the summer of 1908, and was succeeded in the fall of 1909 by Rev. J. L. Oates, the present pastor. The rapid growth experienced during the pastorate of Rev. W. C. Ewart has continued during the pastorate of Rev. J. L. Oates, and the membership of the church at the present time numbers 183. The sub.'ect of a new church uunuing uau Deen ituaeu uo tut utiun as the pastorate of Rev. Dr. J. C. Galloway; but it did not become a real live question until after Rev. W. C. Ewart took charge, when the congregation began to consider ways and means for the raising of the necessary money, etc. Mr. Ewart had the promise of quite a considerable nucleus and had secured the preparation of plans, and would have no doubt carried the work to completion except for his untimely death. Dosing no time in familiarizing himself with the conditions as they had been shaped up during the pastorate of Rev. Mr. Ewart, Rev. Mr. Oates continued along the lines as they had been laid down and. gave especial attention to the new church building proposition with the result that but little if any time has been lost. It is probably not out of place to remark that when the church building sentiment first began to crystalize but few members of the congregation contemplated an aggregate expenditure exceeding $10,000; but as matters stood at the wind-up, the new property acquired, including building and equipment, lot, parsonage, etc., represents an outlay of considerably more than twice that sum. The new church building is easily one of the handsomest In the AssoclotA Dafnrmn/1 Droohutarlon Honnm ino. tlon, and if the wonderful liberality displayed by the little Yorkvllle congregation in this matter is to be taken as an indication of the activity and zeal it proposes to show in its further efforts, it is not unsafe to predict that the near future will find this denomination occupying a still larger place in the Christian development of the town and county than heretofore. GOT HIM AT LAST. By Telegraph to The Enquirer. Columbia, May 27.?Henry Austin, the negro desperado, was run out of a swamp near Sylvania, Ga., today, and was shot to death by a posse. J. L. Ratteree. THE MANSION AND GROUNDS Premises Prettier and Mouse in nrsi Class Condition. Columbia. May 26.?A couple of weeks ago, when a party of northern tourists was taken by the governor's mansion, a memDer or tne party, wno has known Columbia and the mansion for many years, remarked that the grounds were prettier and better kept than at any time in the history of the mansion. I have known the mansion for some twenty years, and this is a fact. The credit is due to Mrs. Blease, and this praise, which is most well deserved, will be of interest to the people of the entire state. The mansion grounds present an especially lovely appearance at this season of the year. They are well kept?in fact, kept better than at any previous time since the grounds have been used as private grounds by the governors of South Carolina. The mansion itself has been improved and is a model home, Mrs. Blease having taken a great personal interest in the improvement of the state's residence for its governors. Mrs. Blease is a model housekeeper, and she has given the same attention?in fact, if the truth were known, I suppose, she has given extraordinary attention?to the keeping of the mansion and the grounds. The keeping of these grounds, and the caring for the grass, flowers and trees is no small undertaking. It has required care and attention of the closest kind, and executive ability of the same kind which Governor Blease has displayed in official matters, to have these grounds kept up as Mrs. Blease has had them kept up. The appearance of the grounds? which is really one of the prettiest sites for any kind of home in the state, and one of the best located?Is a credit to the city of Columbia and to the state. J. K. A. LOCAL AFFAIRS, NEW ADVERTISEMENTS Mutt & Jeff Amusement Co.?Invites the public to the opening of the Alrdome on Friday night, 30th, at 8 o'clock. Licensed films, new machine, comfortable seats, three reels. Union Mercantile Co.?Announces the i sale, beginning Friday, of the bank-] rupt stock of J. Q. Wray, at 60 cents on the dollar. S. A. Robinson and W. H. Jenkins, Clover?Give notice of dissolution of firm of Robinson & Co. Thos. W. Boyd, Co. Supervisor?Gives notice of election of a physician for the county home and jail on June 4. L. R. Williams, Probate Judge?Gives notice that F. E. Qulnn has applied for letters of administration on estates of J, Meek and Margaret S. Burns, deceased. Samuel M. McNeel, Executor?Will on June 25 apply to the probate court for dlscharge as executor of estate of Harriet J. Bratton, deceased. Idle Hour Theatre?Programme tonight Includes The Engraver, The Mountain Witch and Teaching Hlckville to Sing. McConnell Dry Goods Co.?Invites attention to a variety of new goods and values it is getting in. R. & G. corsets. Sam M. Grist, Special Agent?Has a few remarks on the matter of buying life insurance. Carroll Bros.?Remind you that you can always secure the best in flour from them. Kirkpatrlck-Belk Co.,?Puts on a sale of silks for this week. Boys' play suits and .ancy baskets just arrived. New cotton goods arriving daily. Standard Oil Co.?On page three gives additional information in regard to Perfection blue flame oil stoves. Cloud Cash Store?Offers a large variety of oxfords for men, women and children at reduced prices. Yorkville Hardware Co.?Has a full line of repairs for all kinds of mowing machines; binder twine and machine oils and wants your business. Thomson Co.?Thursday. Friday and Saturday offers special prices on a variety of seasonable goods. Specials in suit cases and bags. Rules have been promulgated concerning the visit of veterans to Gettysburg, Pa., on the 50th anniversary of the great battle there July 1, 2, 3 and 4. These rules provide that all veterans will be entertained free of cost after getting to Gettysburg, by the state of Pennsylvania; but they must have the proof with them that they are veterans. All veterans who participated in the great battle will not only be entertained there free of cost, but they will have their railroad transportation paid for them going and returning; but they must have the proof beforehand that they were in the battle. A veteran must be vouched for by another veteran and by oath of the voucher before the clerk of the court of his county. These preliminaries will take time; so those who expect to go had better attend to the matter at once. It would take more than a stenographic verbatim report of last Sunday's services in the new Associate Reformed church to give the reader a onrront onH raollv nnmni?nK/?nolvA a/\w_ ceptlon of Just what occurred. It would be possible to give substantially all that was said and the manner of the saying but the "atmosphere" of the occasion could not be transferred to the printed page. Practically every comment we have heard either directly or Indirectly has been in the naturo of approval. People are agreed that all the services were interesting and enjoyable from start to finish. The congregation in the morning was made up principally of friends and admirers of Dr. J. C. Galloway, and although the doctor never talks anything from his pulpit but good wholesome Christian truth, the audience was a friendly, sympathetic one that would come pre .ty nearly taking anything he would say because he said it. That is they would not stop to question his declarations. They have such faith in his orthodoxy that they would not consider questions much worth while. A ser mon line mat unaer sucn circumstances is necessarily enjoyable. The afternoon service was in the nature of a Seceder love feast. Practically the entire congregation seemed to.be pervaded with the idea of membership th a big peculiar family, each member 6f which both understood and took for granted the bond of union, and the ox in the ditch incident, the propriety of Dr. Galloway's application and the fine humor of Rev. Mr. Oates's comment went home to everybody in a way that was most delightful. The evening service conducted by pastors of sister churches was unique. There had never been anything Just like it in the town before. Each of the speakers delivered a good wholesome lesson, and in what they said there appeared to be that which seemed directed at the host congregation?nothing objectionable^-; nothing in way of reproach?nothing in the way of criticism but that which seemed to call for reply, not only in behalf of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian congregation; but in behalf of all the congregations other than the one to whom the speaker belonged. Matters had Just so sh&p^ed themselves. Rev. Mr. Walsh had emphasized the necessity of real ethical preaching of the kind that had characterized the preaching of the prophets the Savior and different consecrated .. en tiince. He made himself perfectly clear by saying that we should be hearing from the denominational pulpits the kind of sermons that Billy Sunday, Gypsey Smith and the Salvation Army leaders are doing irom tents, ana irom me sireeis. xnoi so much as the result of formulated design?certainly not with previous knowledge of what Mr. Walsh was going to say. Mr. Machen followed with some truths of local application specifying exactly along the line on which Mr. Walsh had generalized. Rev. E. E. Gillespie set forth clearly and comprehensively the great fundamentals in which all Christian denominations strive together and then came dangerously near saying that the A. R. P.'s should take down their signs, tear up their stationery, rent out their headquarters and go over to the Southern Presbyterians. It was all in the best of good taste, of course; but in it there seemed to be that which carried a challenge that raised the neck feathers of most of the Seceders. To say that anybody was looking for a reply fr* t-. 4- V? /-V ?uuiu 111/1 uc iau , uui ai uic same time many felt that something should be said and Rev. J. L. Oates rose to the occasion. Members of his own congregation and others say that he was at his best. He had Just a few well chosen observations for each of the speakers and every shot went straight to the spot. Th% congregation or most of It seemed to be In a humor where It wanted to applaud; but It did not. It went out. however, full of keen appreciation of the whole delightful occasion and talking, and it Is still talking. WITHIN THE TOWN ? Nineteen students of the Yorkvllle Graded school received diplomas last Friday night, they having satisfactorily completed the course of study in the ten grades of the school. One certificate was also presented. The names of the graduates are as follows: Misses Frances Adickes, Lucy Bums, Jennie Caves, Anna DuPre, Ellen Feemster, Iola Garrison, Evelyn Gettys, Martha Gettys (certificate), Nellie Hart, Mary Fant Herndon, Martha Marshall, Julia McKnlght, Marie Moore, Marie Pegram, Miriam White, Mary Williams. Essie Wray, Bamford Garrison, carl Gauiaen, Lunasay Devinney. Following the opening prayer by Rev. T. T. Walsh, Miss Miriam White in a pleasing address, welcomed the audience to the graduating exercises. The class exercises were presented by several member* of the graduating class and this was followed by the address to the graduating class. Prof. D. W. Daniel of Clemson college, being the speaker of the occasion. Mr. Robert Finley was the winner of the Prize Drill medal, he being adjudged the best soldier in the military company of the school. Miss Anna DuPre was the winner of the medal offered by the Winnie Davis chapter U. D. C. to be given ihe tenth grade student preparing the best essay on the subject. "The Confederate States' Navy." Miss Jennie Caves' essay was adjudged to be second best and Miss Mary Fant Herndon third. Miss Lucy Burns received the medal offered by the Kings Mountain chapter D. A. R. for the best essay on "The Causes of the Revolution." Miss Frances Adlckes received second place and Miss Mary Fant Herndon third. The scholarship medal of the school was won by Miss Marie PegTam, her average of 93 7-9 being the best. Miss Anna DuPre held the second highest place with an average of 90 8-9 while Misses Marie Moore and Miriam White tied for the third highest scholarship, their averages being 87 8-9. The same faculty with one exception will again be in charge of the graded school next year, Miss Mary Cartwrlght having been selected to teach the fifth grade, succeeding Miss Bertha Anderson who recently resigned her position. ABOUT PEOPLE Miss Fannie Price of Clove", visited Miss Hattie Lilly in Filbert last week. Mrs. S. N. Wilson of Columbia, is visiting relatives In Yorkville. Misses Mary and Carrie Cartwrlght of Yorkville, are visiting in Gaffney. Mr. and Mrs. R. Wm. Lowry, of Yorkville, are .visiting relatives at nuiiic, uii. Mrs. O. A. Jeffcoat of Newberry, is visiting her mother, Mrs. M. B. Crosby in Yorkvllle. Mr. Frank E. Smith of Yorkvllle, Is attending the U. C. V. reunion at Chattanooga, Tenn., this week. Miss Rose Sandifer, who has been teaching in Florence county, has returned to her home in Yorkvllle. Mrs. J. D. Clark of Yorkvllle, No. 1, is visiting relatives and friends In Rock Hill. Miss Annie Stevens of the Presbyterian college, of Charlotte, has returned to her home In Yorkvllle for the summer. Mrs. Jas. A. Sherer of Yorkvllle, who has been critically ill with measles for the past ten days, Is reported better this morning. Miss Lucy Burns, whose severe sickness with measles was recently mentioned in The Enquirer, is rapidly recovering. Rev. J. L. Oates left this morning for Mooresville, N. C., to assist Rev. R. C. Davidson In a series of meetings beginning tonight and lasting through Sunday. Mrs. M. A. Simril of Yorkvllle, Mrs. J. B. Neely, 'Miss Mattle Matthews and Mr. J. H. Matthews of Old Point, left yesterday to visit their brother, Mr. T. A. Matthews in Pottsvllle, Ark. Mr. J. Frank McElwee, of Yorkvillo, has been confined to his home during the past three weeks as the result of a painful injury to his knee, while TIa is nKU piny ui? Willi suiuc iiiiiuicii. xic is auic to hobble about the house a little; but will hardly be able to attend to business for some time yet Mr. Joseph Grler, son of Rev. B. H. Grler, now located in Alabama, was In Yorkvllle In connection with the opening exercises In the new Associate Reformed Presbyterian church. Mr. Grler was the guest of Mr. W. M. Kennedy's family. Invitations reading as follows were received In Yorkvllle this morning: "Mr. William Henry Mitchell would be pleased to have you present at the marriage of his daughter Jerushla to Mr. Samuel Johnson, Jr., on Wednesday evening, the elevtnth of June at seven forty-five o'clock. Associate Reformed Presbyterian church, Rock Hill South Carolina." At home after June 20th, Washington, D. C. Invitations reading as follows have been received in Yorkvllle: Mr. and Mrs. John Perry White request the honor of your presence at the marriage of their daughter Leon Louise to Mr. Wheeler Steadman Willis on the evening of Tuesday, June the tenth, nlntppn hurirtrpH and thlrtfipn At hAlf after eight o'clock Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, Yorkville, South Carolina. NEW A. R. P. CHURCH Last Sunday was a great day for the Associate Reformed Presbyterian congregation of Yorkville, for the Associate Reformed Presbyterians of the county and for church people of the town and community generally. It was the occasion of the formal opening of the recently completed Associate Reformed Presbyterian church for the worship of God, and the exercises of the day which Included three separate services, were very much enjoyed, not only by the members of the local congregation but by all the hundreds of people who filled the spacious building in the morning, in the afternoon and at night. The feature of the morning service was a sermon by Rev. Dr. J. C. Galloway, a former pastor of the church, but now of Gastonia, N. C. In the afternoon at 3.30 there was a service conducted by the Associate Reformed pastors of York county, participated in by representatives of all the ten Associate Reformed congregations of the county, and at night there was a union service conducted by the pastors of the local sister churches and participated in by all the local congregations and church going people generally, with less than a dozen exceptions, every family in the town being represented and there being also many people present from the surrounding country. During construction, many people deceived by the compact arrangement of the main auditorium, naturally formed the idea that the seating capacity of the new building would prove too limited for extraordinary requirements. But the actual test demonstrated the error of the assumption. The big congregation that assembled for the morning service was easily accommodated without crowding, the larger congregation In the afternoon was comfortably seated without difficulty, and when more than six hundred people came for the night service the ushers easily had room for all of them and could have found chairs for at least a hundred more. There was no special ceremony in connection with the morning service, except that after the opening exercises Rev. J. L. Oates, the pastor in his capacity as chairman of the building committee explained briefly how the congregation had fifteen months ago appointed Hon. D. E. Finley, J. S. Brlce, Esq., Messrs. J. M. Stroup and W. D. Grist along with himself to take charge of the erection of the new church; how the committee had discharged its commission to the best of its ability, how the congregation had subscribed $13,500 and paid about $8,000 of it up to the present time, and he announced that the work was now complete. With this explaantion he turned the keys over to Mr. James L. Moss, acting chairman of the board of deacons with the admonition that the building be at all times devoted exclusively to the service of the Lord. Rev. Dr. Galloway took his text from I Corinthians VI, 11?"And such were some of you: but ye were washed, but ye were sanctified: but ye were Justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and in the Spirit of our God." Dr. Galloway's sermon was a clear, forcible exposition of the gospel, bearing solely on the proposition that no matter how wicked and abandoned the sinner may have been, that Jesus Christ is able and willing to the uttermost to save, If only trust is put in his love, mercy and forgiveness. The programme of the afternoon service went somewhat awry because of previous undiscovered engagements of Rev. E. B. Hunter of Sharon and Tirzah, Rev. A. S. Rodgers, of Rock Hill and Rev. W. H. Stevenson, of Neely's Creek. They were unable to be present. All of the ten Associate Reformed congregations in the county, however, were represented as follows: Bethany, Crowder's Creek, Clover, Smyrna, Hickory Grove, Sharon, Yorkville, Tirzah, Neely's Creek. Rev. W. P. Orler, pastor of Bethany, Clover and Crowder's Creek, gave an inter esting talk on "wnat we Hope ror, and Rev. Dr. Galloway talked on "What We Stand For," both the speakers made good to the satisfaction of the large audience. By way of excuse for his presumed unpreparedness, the doctor took occasion to explain that the matter had only been suggested to him the night previous, and that he had submitted to conscription only on the principle of helping the "ox out of the ditch." Later in the course of some very appropriate comments on the service, when Rev. Mr. Oates said that he had been called a good many things, some of them complimentary and others uncomplimentary; but this was the first time he had ever been called an ox in a ditch, the big congregation was unable to repress the merriment suggested by the remark. "But," Mr. Oates went on in a tone that Indicated complete satisfaction, "the has ox is out of the ditch." And notwith- per standing the absence of the three able a p ministers who had been generally ex- slv< pected, the congregation was Inclined day to agree that what Mr. Oates said was you a fact. ver The people began to arrive for the r . evening service by 7.80 and from thence u on until 8 they came In a steady T stream that kept the ushers In a con- the tinuous promenade to provide them an with seats. All the main auditorium gra was filled to its capacity, and more ual than a hundred were taken to the gal- dre: lery; but after all had arrived there sesi was still room for more in the galleries ed and along the aisles. dur Rev. Henry Stokes, pastor of Trinity Bel Methodist church, was on the pro- y^. gramme for a discourse on "Church Extension;" but had been called away T on account of the death of a kinswo- t?n man. However, Rev. T. C. O'Dell, pre- clo< siding elder of Rock Hill district, was a l- Ul- 1/t. rVTVft.11 affnr Vlll prtOCIll ill ilia place, iXLa. j^vn mm,* extending congratulations to the pastor and congregation for the church WH building and for the energy and liber- the ality shown in its erection, spoke of Jud the great activity among all denomlna- cas tions along the same line. A Christian ?tri people, he said, seem to be realizing tim that good houses of worship lo- tim cated with regard to the needs of the communities are a very necessary fac- yet tor in carrying on Christian work. He Pu* stated as an illustration of this that Th< the M. E. church, South, is erecting on and an average a church a day, some of am them costing as much as 160,000. Rev. T. Tracy Walsh, rector of the A Church of the Good Shepherd, spoke ^OI on "Preaching, Ancient and Modern." ?,el He began by saying that Christianity ten was the great preaching religion of the t?r world. He then stated that the greatest preachers the world had ever jo? known are found as Bible characters? ?aj ElHah, the Tishbite, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Yoi Jo n the Baptist and Peter. He de- wh clared that over even them the Savior ne8 stood the greatest preacher of all. He Then he spoke of Origen, Chrysostrom 8*a the golden tongued, Wycliffe, Calvin; foe and the men of modern times, Spurgeon and Philips Brooks. The speak- "Pe er then went on to say that what we |t. need in our present times to combat h,s sin and to lead man to righteousness, car is preaching of this same stamp; not con merely men who preach a morality, abc or who declaim against some one par- jyjp tlcular vice; but men who preach the ' Word, who declare the whole oracles J* of God; men who base their lives and c 1 their sermons on the eternal truths of vl?, mil the Bible, and who themselves dolieving It with all their hearts, do not ^ei shun to declare the whole counsel of 8m God. Through this kind of preaching 8on men are convicted of sin and the Way 8?n of Life made plain. 91 Rev. J. H. Machen, pastor of the Baptist church of Yorkvllle, was the at 1 next speaker. His subject was the J"0 "Mission of the Church." Mr. Machen *ar said that fine church bulldingB were tn? all right, and that it was Incumbent a on a people to offer to the service of c,tl God as good a church as they were 9X able to offer, that the best work could ^a not be done without a respectable house of worship; but that the house must be regarded as only the center from a"f which radiated the various works of ^lr the congregations. He emphasized the ^ statement that the great mission of the Wa church is to seek and to save the lost, lea and that If this Is neglected the work J?" "" a ? *" ?a A a (a nr\f hnina """ UUU CAyCUlD UO iv WW w W| done, and the organization whether W1 having many members or few, wheth- c?r er possessing a fine building or a poor 9!11 one, is a failure. Our only perfect ex- ?la amples as to the mission of the church Thi is found in Jesus Christ, Its Divine j Founder; and from the day he sat at gt the well of Samaria until Magdalene t knelt at his feet, his life was spent In reaching down to lift up the fallen. . We must lay aside our pride and our tl exclusiveness; there must be no rich, _ no poor; no wise and no ignorant In our eyes, but we must all Join hands to save the world so that at last we B may sing, "Bringing in the sheaves." th Rev. E. E. Gillespie, pastor of the L First Presbyterian church of Yorkville, K" was the last speaker on the pro- _ : gramme. Mr. Gillespie's subject was H "Christian Unity." He spoke pleas- te_ antly of the close relations that al- s J ready existed between his church and v the A. R. P.'s, suggesting that the va- M rious Presbyterian bodies formed a group of sisters, and that these two g were In reality twin sisters. Our doc- >e trlnes are so largely the same, our |jrd methods so much alike, we ourselves ber are so nearly one that may we not of hope some day to be even more than 8tr sisters He then spoke of the neces- wa slty for a close relationship, and a bet- beI ter understanding among all the wa churches that the forces of Christian- tlo] ity, both men and money, might be vlg conserved In both home and foreign 8tr( fields, and that instead of competing be with each other we might do more In bac advancing the Redeemer's kingdom. jn He then gave his reasons for this statement by saying that we all face Bel a common enemy?sin. This attacks j all people, it will, lr unaeierrea, rum ion all, and all must stand together as cor they oppose It. We all have a com- urd mon Leader. We recognize no other, ful, for to Christians of all denominations, Waj Jesus Is the Captain of Salvation. We wit all have a common destiny. By our Mil professions, we all claim to believe In eco him, and in our hopes, we all expect coll to spend our lives in doing his work ing and our eternity in singling his prals- hel es. Because of these things, we should Mil love one another and stand together ed for all things good. dtv Rev. J. L. Oates, pastor of the A. R. old P. church, responded to these address- thr es, saying that for himself and for his bit* people he wished to express thorough wai appreciation of the presence of his anr neighboring pastors and their congre- on gatlons, and of the sentiments Just at expressed. To you who represent the soo Methodist church, we say that we Frs heartily agree with you that the times the demand good church buildings for the ple< work of God, and we by our acts have bee tr ed to show that God once complain- plai ed that his people dwelt in celled wh houses while his ark rested In a tent, chll To you of the Episcopal church we say that we we are also believers In the powers of the preached word, that we pat believe in declaring the whole counsel i8 | of God, and that our Battle cry ror ieg| ages In all assaults and In all disputes due has been "To the law and to the tea- the tlmony." To you of the Baptist church, bef we say that we also remember that for( Jesus received sinners and ate with pre them, and we pledge ourselves to stand 8tai for that method of Christian work tha which goes out even to the highways tra< and hedges and compels them to come, the And to you of the Presbyterian church COg who speak of sisterly affection?of tarl more?we say that we reciprocate your aee: feeling. When you speak to us of even in8| more than sisterly relations, we con- are fess to being just a little coy; but to mei you and all In Christ who reach out to mei us the hand of love, we reach out our the hands In love that Is most sincere and 8eil say with unfeigned trust, "We love you m0i and love you well." And may the day 8us hasten when, bound even more closely pea together, we shall all present a solid 0pli front arrayed against our common foe. the The exercises of the evening were i8 , concluded with the singing of a Psalm tha and the congregation was dismissed no with prayer by Rev. J. H. Machen. mai mei ion LOCAL LACONICS. the is t Gov. Bleaae Appoints Dr. Pressly. peo Rock Hill Record: Governor Blease edg on Friday appointed Dr. E. W. Press- ion ly, of Clover, as a member of the state ern board of medical examiners for the be fifth district, to succeed Dr. W. W. den Fennell, whose term has exoired. the tll?L' Hickory Grove Gets Rain. berj Mr. B. F. Scoggins of Hickory Grove joic was in Yorkville last Saturday on bus- ed iness, and upon being asked about the matter, reported that the Hickory Grove country got a first class rain E Friday night. The situation had be- cal gun to look serious in that vicinity. arni Burglary at Smith's Turnout. dec! The store of Strait Bros, at Smith's J'8?' Turnout, was robbed last Thursday night by housebreakers who crawled "I underneath, bored augur holes and pe." cut an opening In the floor with a key hole saw. They removed a large quantl- rM?e tv r>f trood.q and crot awav with them. side _ .. ? ... Dor Connection for Charlotte. day By a change of schedule effective Yor last Sunday, Southern train No. 136, by eastbound, Is due to leave Yorkville at to t 8.22 p. m., instead of 8.48 as hereto- The fore. This change gives connection fiho1 with the night train for Charlotte and w?u northern points at Rock Hill. wer Clover Graded School. pa f The Clover Graded school, which poll the past year been under the su- Ma vision of Prof. B. C. Riddle, closed a d rosperous year last Friday. Exten- fra 5 closing exercises were held Thurs- Ra! and Friday nights. Thirteen but ng people graduated from the Clo- cos school this year. ma ton Belt 8chool. he Cotton Belt school closed for ma summer last Friday afternoon with kill entertainment by the primary 8ur des and an exhibition of the man- des training work that the school chil- the n have been engaged in the past Re] lion. The patrons are highly pleas- ri8 with the work that has been done dot ing the session by Misses Lottie citj le Simrll and Klttie Blair. ow: ? Who's Who Contest. ... An 'here have been a number or let- y0< i to the Who's Who Contest, which ten res Thursday at noon. Some an- 0f ?rs have been addressed to York- an< e Enquirer Instead of to "Who's bee 10 Contest Manager." Of course, all the 1 be turned over to the judges at ^il] proper time and it will be up to the fre ges to say what shall be done in pj-j es where the rules have not been ?ur ictly compiled with. There Is still ror e for guessing and possibly still Qf e for winning one of the prizes. wh iple Interested, but who have not ^ guessed should at once read the pe1 :zle section of the third page of hai ) Enquirer as printed last Friday, jje I make a guess. mlj in Alexander Dead. te* Jlen Alexander, colored, a native of 'kville, and for many years a postal rk on the Carolina and North-wesn railroad, died at his home In Ches- ? last Saturday after a long period Ble bad health, and was buried in the 8h 11 colored burying ground on Sunr. Alexander spent his boyhood in ,la rkvllle, and was well known by the per Ites with whom he grew up as a pei to of unusually fine intelligence, sen seemed to have a thorough under- wo nding of the real relations between arc white and negro races, and so con- prl :ted himself that he was able to re- the et the white race, be respected by cor and have respect for himself. In gui work as a postal clerk he was Th eful and painstaking and had the suf ifldence of all his superiors. He was cor >ut 57 years of age. ihc , J. Thomas Wilkerson. ?bi Ir. J. Thomas Wilkerson, whose tlei tlcal Illness with paralysis has pre- in usly been mentioned In The Eh- prl rer, died at his home In the north- mu stern part of Bullock's Creek town- ap] p yesterday. Mr. Wilkerson was a cui i of Thomas and Luciendy Wllker- per i, and was born about a mile west Bl< Hickory Grove on January 1, 1848. say went Into the Confederate service sen an early age and served about five sen nths near Charleston. He was a mil mer by occupation, a member of pia Methodist church, a hardworker jail I a straight forward, substantial zen, who enjoyed the respect of ~~ rybody. His wife was Mrs. Milton au* itson, nee Miss Mary Leech, and to m were born the following children: Ma ssrs. T. A., G. W., Morgan, Walter r?8 I Claude, and Misses Eula and ta. He Is also survived by three Ju p-children, Mrs. J. Frank and J. M. ^,ul itson and Mrs. Mary uagnaii. Me ves one brother, Mr, W. S. Wilkeri, and three sisters, Mrs. J. Buice, 8. R. L. A. 8mith and Miss Sarah ^ lkerson. The funeral service was ?* iducted at Mt. Vernon Methodist r?r irch this morning by Rev. H. B. 8ta rdy, the pastor. wr Alfalfa Club. Oa *rot. A. G. Smith of the United Wt .tea department of agriculture, came wb Yorkvllie from Columbia, Saturday sta rning In order to look over the sit- thi ion in and around Yorkvllie rela- Ro a to organizing an alfalfa club in ong the farmers near Yorkvllie. In aft npany with several members of the Set Ufa club committee of the local for ?rd of Trade he was driven out to Set farms of Messrs. C. M. Inman, A. bal and N. S. Black, B. N. Moore, W. B. ? ller, R. R. McCorkle. F. C. Riddle lnv 1 other farmers in the community, tlo: also met several other farmers in- be ested in alfalfa growing. During mc :urday afternoon he was driven on >r the farms of Messrs. J. M. Brice, tat A. McFarland, J. B. and J. R. Scott fro 1 others south of Yorkvllie. Prof, ma ,1th expressed himself as being lto: aged with the prospects. Late Sat- an< lay evening Prof. Smith metanum- of of members of the Yorkvllie Board Bl< Trade and gave them valuable In- th< uctions as to how to proceed to- sez rd organization. He expressed the pu lef that the land around Yorkvllle es.' s as well suited to alfalfa cultiva(i as any other territory he had . Ited and he saw no reason why a ~?r ang and enthusiastic club could not organized. He promised to come ;k to Yorkvllle on June 4 to assist ? organization work. ter Baby Contest. to Lock Hill special of May 26 to Char- an< :e Observer: The "Better Baby" kn itest held at the Aragon Mill Sat- 1' lay afternoon was not only success- w? but highly enjoyed. This work no1 s inaugurated in South Carolina ev< h a similar contest at Sumter by th? is Mary E. Frayser, head of home nis nomics extension work at Wlnthrop dai lege, and the idea Is rapidly spread- ab< The contest of Saturday was the d in the warehouse of the Aragon 'sh 1, which had been suitably prepar- nej for the occasion. The babies were ord lded Into two classes?one year sor and younger, and from one year to a"< ee years. For the best baby exhl- An sd in each class a $2.50 gold piece l?n a offered. It was not possible to an< lounce the winners at the meeting me Saturday, but It Is hoped to do so ed another meeting to be held very Utt n. At the next meeting, it is Miss Pa> tyser's plan to tell the mothers how leti y can "better' tbe babies. it is a o* ce of constructive work which has of n undertaken. Dietaries will be ov? ced in the hands of each mother wll Ich will cover fully the feeding: of on Idren from birth to the third year, apj . boi President Wilson has become lmlent with the gang of lobbyists that trying: to influence tariff and other ~n< Islatlon, and bills have been Intro- De ed to require that lobbyists have ?^. mselves registered and pay license ore they be allowed to appear bo- *?8 i a committee in any Interests. The D"J sldent has Issued the following wU tement against lobbyists: "I think ? t the public ought to know the ex- Blc ordinary exertion being made by Gel lobby In Washington to gain re- ent nltlon for certain alterations of the des Iff bill. Washington has seldom he n so numerous, so industrious or so so Idious a lobby. The newspapers 8es being filled with paid advertise- anc its calculated to mislead the judge- fee nt not only of public men, but also tha public opinion of the country It- Cai '. There Is every evidence that tloi ney without limit Is being spent to the tain this lobby and to create an ap- Ble ranee of a pressure of public to nion antagonistic to some of Th< chief Items of the tariff bill. "It tha 3f serious Interest to the country tap t the people at large should have 8ta lobby and be voiceless In these a r tters. while great bodies of astute nf n seek to create an artificial opin- hat and to overcome the Interests of aec public for their private profit. It arr [horoughly worth the while of the ter pie of this country to take knowl- cer e of this matter. Only public opin- ma can check and destroy It. The gov- the ment in all its branches ought to cju relieved from this intolerable bur- spe and this constant interruption to aft( calm progress of debate. I know wo, t in this I am speaking for the mem- g^i 3 of the two houses who would re- doe e as much as I would to be releas- Q[ | *' om this unbearable situation." will MERE MENTION Ble >r. Seviers S. Warren, of the medl- E. relief corps of the United States *'Y< iy, stationed at San Angels, Texas. Th( lares that common carbolated con jline will relieve many cases of the srculosls. either by use hypodermi- of y or by inoculation Five the jons were killed and six fatally had ired by the explosion of a subma- of I > mine which exploded against the tern of the steamer Sergal in the har- I ti of Lmyna, Turkey, last Wednes- ans James Wintress, a New att? k bank messenger, was attacked vlei rour tnugs last friaay in an euuu no iteal a satchel containing J9.000. sole clerk was knocked down and casl t but he returned the flre and war inded two of his assailants, who veti e captured Christian C. he iflfman Is under arrest at Columbia, he for having written flre Insurance vet* cles on the policy blanks of the will nhattan Fire Insurance company, efunct concern, and delivering the udulent policies to clients. llroads entering Chicago are to id a union passenger station at a t of 150,000,000... ..Senator Shern of Illinois, has Introduced a bill the senate providing for natio'nle presidential preferential priry elections Two men were ed by the explosion of a high prese cylinder on the torpedo boat troyer Stewart on Its trial trip off cost of California, Friday latlons of Supreme Court Justice choff, who was killed by falling yn an elevator shaft in New York r several weeks ago, are suing the -m *i>. t 1 K A AAA ncru ujl luc uuiiumg &ui f aw,vw the loss of his life John hut. the lawyer convicted in New rk last week on a charge of atlptlng to bribe the superintendent the Manhattan insane asylum to >w Harry K. Thaw to escape, has in sentenced to a term of not less in two years Two men were led and four seriously wounded in a e-for-all fight at Merrygold, Miss., day .A score of girls were ined, some of them seriously, at Aki, O., Friday night by the collapse a platform in a school building ere they were practicing for a cana The nam .3 of Henry Barclay rry, 5 years old, of Seattle, Wash., i been changed by a court decree to nry W. Shoemaker, In order that he ght Inherit $2,000,000 from the ese of his grandfather. 80UTH CAROLINA NEWS. Columbia, May 23: Governor iase today addressed letters to the irilfa of the various counties of the te who have prisoners in the state litentiary for safe keeping that the litentiary authorities would either id the prisoners to them or they uld have to send for them. There i now twelve prisoners in the state son who should be incarcerated in i county Jails. They are either ivlcted of or are alleged to be lty of murder or criminal assault, e governor takes the position that ficient time has elapsed since the nmisslon of the alleged crimes for i minds of the people to have calmi* ia * reflection on the law dine citizens of the various couni to have the prisoners still lodged the state penitentiary. All of the soners who have been convicted of irder and of criminal assault have sealed from Judgments of the clrt courts, which automatically susids the death sentence. Governor sase, in his letter to the sheriffs, a that the prisoners will have to be it to their respective counties to be itenced or re-sentenced and they grht as well be sent to their proper ces of imprisonment?the county -Columbia Record, Saturday: The >reme court today in an opinion sided that W. J. Massee, the noted con, Ga., capitalist, who was arted in Spartanburg county by the jrilT on order of Governor Blease, y 25, 1912, in accordance with a resltlon from Governor Hooper of anessee, will have to appear before cult Judge Sease in person on a :e to be designated by him, and it he be remanded to the custody the sheriff of Tennessee to be aurtdered to the proper officer of the ite of Tennessee. The opinion was iten by Associate Justice Woods and s concurred in by Chief Justice ry and Associate Justices Hydrick, itts and Fraser. The crime for . lch Massee was accused by the te of Tennessee was for making eats and using duress to force bert Williams to dismiss an action the United States court. Massee, er Ills arrest, appealed to Judge ise for a writ of habeas corpus. Be? ?n'nn? hearing Judge e iliC liauvcw ? ? ise released Maaaee on a $10,000 1 to appear before blm on July 27. -Governor Blease has accepted an Itatlon from the Nation Conservaa exposition to attend a banquet to tendered the southern newspaper tn in Knoxvllle. Tenn., at 8 o'clock the evening of May 31. The invlion was In the form of a letter m J. B. Criswell, an advertising .n, Knoxvllle; J. I* Baker, city edr, Knoxvllle Journal and Tribune, 1 W. L. Morgan, managing editor the Knoxvile Sentinel. Governor Mae replied that he would attend i banquet and speak on on "Convation of the Principles of the Rebllc as well as of Material Resourc ? -Columbia, May 24: When asked ' a comment upon the Folder dlctoiph story coming from Atlanta iterday, Governor Blease this morn; dictated the following: "I do not i that It Is necessary for me to give L any Interview or to have anything say. It is not inside of my state 1 I do not suppose anybody that ows Tom Felder would be surprised he Is guilty or If that Is a scheme ?> ? K.. Kim in trot a little cheap rikcu u|/ uj u?m? ? ? toriety and advertisement How>r, I presume that the members of > Atlanta bar will Immediately furh certificates of character for their rllng Tommy and show that he is )ve suspicion and a gentleman of i highest character with an unblemed reputation as a man and attory and if a court of Georgia should ler his arrest, that General Anderi will forthwith call out the militia 1 have him released, as General derson, his former partner and lifeg friend, knows of his character i reputation and will not for a mont allow his Tommy to be interferwith. And I am satisfied that poor le misled Joe Brown has had his don clerk already fixing up a rese for his innocent darling in case any conviction. And as a matter course the gutter snipes who went :r to Augusta from South Carolina 1 hurry to offer their services to go sweet Tommy's bond and also to aear in the courts along with Seaird Bill and his friend, J. Frazer an, who have heretofore been his 10m friends in his defense, all save airman Carlisle, who I suppose will . as I?la too busy "moseying iu ica? C uia n state just now. Consequently all 1 be well. Birds of a feather flock ether, and of course if the lead szard rings his bell the congregation 1 assemble." Columbia Record, May 24: Gov. ;ase had planned to attend the ttysburg reunion and to take his Ire staff, or as many of those who fred to accompany him. However, stated this morning he has received many Invitations to deliver adressin this state during the summer 1 particularly on July 4, that he Is his first duty is to his state, and t he should not be out of South 'olina on the natal day of the nal. There is another, and probably paramount, reason for Governor ase's change of attitude in regard attending the Gettysburg reunion, e chief executive is of the opinion ,t there is entirely too much red e connected with the affair. He tes that he thought it was to be egular reunion of the aged wearers the Blue and the Gray. He has 1 some correspondence with the retary in charge of the reunion angements, and he received a letthis morning from him asking for tain credentials, etc. From the bs of correspondeence exchanged, governor has arrived at the consion that only those with certain cifled credentials will be looked er; and, while this in no way aid affect the governor and his If, the chief executive says that he s not care to attend an occasion this kind in which special privileges 1 be extended to any one, even to governor of a state. Governor ase, this morning, wrote Col. Lewis Beitler, the secretary, as follows: >ur letter of May ?0 received, ire seems to be so much red tape nected with securing quarters for Gettysburg reunion that, in view this fact, and in further view of correspondence I have heretofore I with you, and your seeming lack Interest, I have decided not to atd with my staff, as I had planned, ust that a good number of veterfrom this state will be able to nd." The governor said that, in jv of all the circumstances, he beed the best place for the old Hers of South Carolina on this oclon will be at home, but that he ited to leave to each individual jran the matter of whether or not will attend; that the only interest now had. is the hope that each ;ran who might decide to attend [ have the time of his life.