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Scraps and farts, s 84 : p ? In his testimony in the libel suit at ? Marquette, Michigan, a few days ago. Col Roosevelt referred to a mint bed " In the garden at the White House, J* from which he said he got mint for an " occasional Jullp. Since the publication ai of the testimony, the mint bed has be- g come an object of Interest to Wash- 111 ington visitors, and the correspondents ? have described It and printed its history. The bed is 4 feet wide by 15 { feet long, and is situated alongside a lattice work that is used to dry clothes E on. It is said that the bed was established by President McKinley. that It was used only occasionally by Presi- dent Taft and that President Wilson uses It sometimes to garnish spring lamb. ? Washington, May 28: Manufaced goods exported from the United j States during the first ten months of f the fiscal year 1918 exceeded by $500,- S 000 worth a day the exports In the cor- I responding period last year. Secre- 1 tary Redfield today expressed great " sausiacuon over utis snuwing in a report from the bureau of domestic and foreign commerce. The exports in the ~ first ten months this year have been greater by $154,000,000 than last year, the totals being $1,253,000,000 against $1,99,000,000. These include manufactures finished ready for use, manu- 1 facturea for further use In manufacturing, and foodstuffs partly or wholly manufactured. The greatest in- C( crease was in finished manufactures, a $96,00,000. The increase In goods for ^ further use in manufacturing was .. $62,000,000. The balance of trade in 11 favor of the country during the first three months this year has been $560,000,000, the exports having amounted f to $2,108,000,000, while the imports totalled only $1,548,000,000. ? ? If an innocent-looking and apparently harmless little ailment, says an si Atlanta dispatch, comes tapping at a your door this spring, and says: "I am German Measles," don't you take any- " body's word for it except that of your f( physician, says the Georgia state board n< of health. "German Measles" whose t. other name is "Rubella," Is a mildmannered fellow himself, who will s< likely not do you any harm, but there are a couple of grand rascals masquerading in his guise, and if one of them gets Into your house there may c< be trouble. One of them is named lo true measles and the other is scarlet jc fever. Both are exceedingly danger- , ous guests, according to the Georgia ' state board of health, and have often cl accomplished their most dire results tl when carelessly mistaken for rubella. a] In cases wnere me epiaemic uretn? out In a community, the usual precau- p tlons should be taken by the families tc In which the disease appears, and by tc the local health authorities. Isolation, and the sterilisation by burning, boiling or fumigation of everything that comes in contact with the patient are the principal precautions. p) ? The damage suit of Theodore cl Roosevelt against George A. Newett, a newspaper owner of Ishpemlng, Mlchi- tr gan, now being tried at Marquette, c< Michigan, is attracting widespread interest throughout the country, especially on account of the prominence of the plaintiff. During the recent campalgn the newspaper described Col. w Roosevelt as a common drunkard, and cj Colonel Roosevelt is seeking vindication of his character. The colonel was n( on the stand on Tuesday, and told his story which was to the effect that although he sometimes Indulged in intoxicants to a very moderate extent, he was never drunk in his life, that n< while he took a little champagne, and m other white wines occasionally, and d) occasionally also a mint julip, he detested whisky and beer, and most qf U1 the brandy he drank was a teaspoon- tl ful at a time in a glass of milk. That was at the Insistent advice of his fam- . Hy physician. He testified and the testimony was corroborated that during r< his hunting trip in Africa, he drank tl only seven ounces of brandy, and that was taken with other medicine in the treatment of a fever with which he had been seized. He named various p< times and places at which he had t( drunk champagne; but stated that at no time did he drink more than two 8( glasses. Numerous of the colonel's tl friends and associates have testified in ts full corroboration of the colonel's tes- . timony, and at this stage it looks as if the newspaper that made the charge ?' of drunkenness is in pretty bad. The si newspaper's defense is that it had evi- a, dence that it considered reliable that Col. Roosevelt was a drunkard, and c< that It felt fully Justified In giving the ol information to the public for the rea- w son that no drunkard is fit to occupy the high position of president of the United States. ? A general reorganization of the railway mall service, which will in- ai elude the removal of General Superin- a( tendent Theodore Ingalls of Kentucky and the demotion of transfer of six or T seven division superintendents as v< planned by the postoffice department, in says a Washington dispatch, will be tl. put in operation just as soon as its details have been worked out and per- ? fected. George W. Pepper of the fourth st division, which includes Georgia, Ten- m nessee, Alabama and Florida, will, it is believed, be among the number of ,y division superintendents to lose out in o\ the general shakeup. His chief clerk, fc Charles Ragar, will go also it is be- _ lieved. Pepper's headquarters are in Atlanta. Both he and Ragar are com- T. paratlvely strangers to the southern h< division. They were transferred there tc two or three years ago by former Postmaster-General Hitchcock and their 01 service has been unsatisractory, it is said. The complaints against the rail- p< way mail service have become general . and the alleged inefficiency has been a source of trouble, annoyance and In- 8* convenience to the entire postal sys- d< tern in the south. It is believed that aj one of the inevitable results of the . shake-up especially with reference to 01 the southern division, will be the even- fc tual elimination of the negro from the ai service. It Is understood that there tt. will be Inaugurated with the re-organIzation a well considered plan to se- r< gregate the races. While the purpose tl is not to drive out the negro, it Is belleved that this will be its ultimate effect. It Is contended with good rea- ,r son that if the negroes are forced to 111 work In crews to themselves, a vast p, majority of them will be forced out of the service through inefficiency. It Is claimed that most of them lack this knowledge and Initiative to meet the r< rigid requirements of the department, as directed by the demands of the service and echoed by the civil service o1 regulations. That the negroes have g< been able to hold on in the railway tl mall service is attributed to the fact . that under the Hitchcock regime they were sandwiched in Between compe- ? tent and efficient white clerks in the fi< mail cars, and their delinquencies thus fe escaped detection. ? Democrats of the house will cau- e* cus next Monday to consider a resolu- P' tion to limit legislation during the ex- tc tra session to tariff, currency and pos- st sible emergency appropriations and to pass upon committee assignments. Democratic Deader Underwood, who w will present the committee selections of ta all three parties, also is expected to b( introduce the resolution outlining the house programme for the session. L speechmaking on the committee as- h< signments is expected particularly |s concerning the good roads commit- tee, the creation of which is opposed by some economy advocates. The b< ways and means committee majority's tli unfavorable attitude toward the pro- 8t posal for a committee on public health probably will be discussed too. A call n< has been issued for a Republican cau- w cus tomorrow. The purpose is to con- cc sider the Republican assignments to tf] committees as framed by Mr. Mann, although the leader has full authority M to determine them without caucus ap- lo proval if he chooses. The house Pro- a gressives with ten of their total of nineteen present, met in open caucus imonlmniifllv onnrnvinc TT CUIJCOUOJ, uiiailliuvusi^ v....0 the committee assignments framed by their leader, Representative Murdock, and adopting a resolution asking progressive men and women of all parties ?' to Join the Progressive party. It was th the first time in the history of con- m gress that a party conference had made its committee assignments at re an open session. Representative th Chandler of New York created some- p< thing of a stir by declaring that the f Progressives must not be overconfident, that amalgamation with the pro- ln gressive element in the Republican sh party was not a possibility of the future if the Republicans dropped "their Penroses and their Barnes" and adopt- 01 ed progressive principles. He was the I ei nly one to urge tWs view, however, representative Murdock pledged him?lf not to ally with the Republican arty and charted that the Republican atherings recently held indicated ielr party "was capable only of post lortems." The Progressives were al>wed representation on all of the ouse committees except the rivers nd harbors and agriculture, being iven a total of twenty-eight asslgnlents. IJVVWVIW v ? Intered at the Postofflce In Torkvllle aa Mall Matter of the Second Class. ? t , YORXVILLE, 8. C.i FRIDAY, MAY 30, 1913 There ought to be good stands of Dtton and corn In all parts of the ' junty now, and from such reports as 1 ave been received, this is generally ie case. Under conditions when people In- 1 tead of prosecuting thieves who steal 1 loney are so ready to compound the jlony by a compromise that will re- 1 tore all or a part of their money, how in anybody have any more respect >r the compounder of the felony than >r the original thief? There is sad eed for an awakening on this line If ' le init)Kni> ui llic lano la iu uc j/icjrved. . , i We rather like President Wilson's ' impalgn against the lobbyists. If the bbylsts can be cleaned out, those ibbylsts who are working for special iterests, then legislation will be leaner. But it must be remembered lat the lobbyists have been with us Iways, and there have been but few 1 residents who have had the courage 1 t make against them a fight that con- 1 lined the elements of real embarrasslent. President Wilson some days ago disused of twenty-eight appeals for emency by restoring civil rights in ilrteen cases, pardoning two outright, >mmutlng the sentences of seven and scllnlng to interfere with six. Gov- 1 nor Blease has given out a short inn-view In which he wants to know hy the people who have been crltl- ( sing his pardon record so severely do 1 at jump on Wilson. 1 m . I we uite 10 see a iiiu.ii use ma uwu tlnk box in politics as tlsewhere, and 9t take too deeply to hero worship, lost supposed heroes are only of orInary clay, and generally use innocent nsuspecting admirers for the promoon of their own selfish ambitions. The >ajorlty of men seek In politics only lat which is right, and they should >quire of men who ask for their votes lat they be right. It will have to be admitted that the Dint raised by Senator 3mlth looking > the investigation of the bears who )ld the cotton to Hayne and others of j le bull cotton pool of 1910, is well iken. If Hayne and his crowd were i a conspiracy to put cotton up, the ' :her crowd was evidently In a conjiracy to put it down, and there you re. There was certainly as much msplracy in the one c-.se as In the 1 :her, and the prosecution of the bulls 1 as in the nature of discrimination rainst the producers of cotton. 1 me executive cumminee ui me men nd Religion Forward movement is I stively engaged in the fight between ' . B. Felder and Chief of Police Beajrs. In a two column advertisement t the Atlanta papers, the secret of its fight is explained ]!ke this: As te result of the abolition of the reiricted district in Atlanta eight lonths ago, which abolition was largethe work of Chief of Police Beavers, vners of the houses that were rented ir purposes of prostitution, are losing oney at the rate of $'.00,000 a year, he only hope that the owners of these suses have of stopping their loss is i get rid of Chief Beavers, and he can ily be removed on proof of incompeincy, inefficiency or corruption. The slice board would be glad to get rid ' the chief of police if It could be asired of reasonable Justification in so sing. Thos. B. Felder is represented i being in the employ of the owners the now worthless houses that were irmerly used for immoral purposes, id he is trying to down Beavers so te houses may again yield their old venue. The executive committee of le "Men and Religion Forward Moveient," insists that Chief Beavers is (corruptible, and Is doing his duty ke a man, and it calls upon all good annle to elve him their suDDort. We are reproducing from the cur;nt Issue of the Manning Times, a loughtful editorial on the eligibility f the Hon. John L. McLaurln for the Dvernorshlp, in the firm conviction lat every line of this editorial is true, s to whether Mr. McLaurln has any >al, earnest hankering after the of?e of governor, we are doubtful. So ir as the matter of honor Is concern1, he has gone very high. Most peole consider the United States sena rship which Mr. McLaurln held, as a ;ep higher than the orUce of governr. Being provided as well as he is 1th this world's goods, the salary at iched to the governor's office would b of small consequence to Mr. Mcaurln. Thoroughly trained as he Is, jwever, In statecraft, and a man who always willing to make any sacrl?e for South Carolina, It Is hardly to i denied that If he should be put Into le governor's office he would give his ate valuable service. As to whether > would be a candidate, we think ould depend very much on the same >nsiderationB that determined him in ie matter of going to the senate from arlboro?that is the desire of his fel- I w citizens. That If he should become candidate, he would be a strong one, e do not in the least doubt. Charges of Drunkenness. Just what Is going to be the outcome ' Col. Roosevelt's libel suit against ie Ishpeming, Michigan newspaper an will not be known until the Joinders its verdict; but it is a tact lat if the jury shall find that the Ish?mlng paper knowingly made an ununded charge of drunkenness with tent to gain political advantage, It lould pay the full penalty. In this connection we are reminded a certain slip of The Enquirer some ght or nine years ago In which this r paper made In good f<h a similar charge against Hon. Cole ll Blease, then a candidate for governor, which charge we have since had reason to believe was untrue, and which on that account, has been a source of much regret to us. , , Upon the arrival of the campaign party in Yorkville that year, and while the party was here, there was circulated a circumstantial story to the effect that Mr. Blease had gotten beastly drunk at the previous campaign meeting and was so drunk on his arrival in Yorkville that he had to be helped from the train and carried to his hotel. In the following issue of The Enquirer, and without a suspicion of anything- but the truth, we described how Mr. BleaBe was in the habit of describing himself to his audiences as a man who took a drink when he felt like it; but never used liquor to excess and immediately afterward was as liable as not to be as full as a goat The article, which Included our honest impressions of all the candidates then running, some complimentary and some otherwise, was copied in several of the papers, and there was a good deal of talk about it; but there was no suggestion of grounds for libel so far as we ever heard, and we never thought of such a thing until one day Beveral years afterward, Mr. Robert Lathan, then news editor of the News and Courier, recalled the article in a general conversation with the writer, thereof, and suggested that it came dangerously near being libelous. At the time of the conversation referred to, the editor of The Enquirer still had no other idea than that the article was warranted by the facts, and was resolved to stand by it to the limit. Although during subsequent camKnnulrer continued to support Mr. Blease's opponents?Governor Ansel twice and later Mr. Featherstone. Mr. Blease never said anything about the matter either from the stump or In the form of a legal action, and we were warranted In concluding that the res son lay In one of two things?either the drunkenness allegation was true, or it was not the policy of Mr. Blease to take up his time in legal rows with the newspapers. During the campaign of last year The Enquirer having decided for reasons that it considered satisfactory and Justifiable that It had nothing to gain for its readers or state either In mixing up in a factional light where It was unable to give either side Its full approval, contented Itself with giving both sides as fair treatment as it knew how, and without showing any preferqm/io ?r> either This attitude gave con siderable concern to many extreme &ntl-Blea8e politicians, who believing it would be impossible for us to hold Buch a position, devoted themselves with as much energy as possible to the task of driving us from it, in the belief that to whichever side of the road The Enquirer should veer, they could use the circumstance to their personal advantage. After the campaign meeting at Torkville last summer, in company with certain people interested in the relief of the Clover storm sufferers, the editor of The Enquirer called on Governor Blease at the Shandon hotel. The governor had not taken a room of his own, but was the guest of Attorney General Peeples. The room had been full of callers; but most of them had gone and the governor was trying to get a chance to wash his face and hands preparatory to going to dinner. He left ofT, however, and gave his attention to the Clover storm relief delegation. In connection with what lis to follow, it is proper to say here that he was perfectly sober, and although the editor of The Enquirer remained in the room for half an hour, the only whiskv that he saw was less than a r grill in a half pint bottle that was produced by some one present at the auggestion of a gentleman In the room. As to what became of this liquor is probably nobody's business. The governor continued to talk to his visitors until a negro boy come up to summon him to dinner. He gave the boy a coin, and one of the governor's friends told the boy to go to the dining room and turn down four chairs. The boy replied that that would not ' be allowed; that everyone must go into the dining room and take his turn, whereupon Governor Blease remarked that he did not care much whether he got anything to eat or not. Governor Blease's friend invited the editor of ( The Enquirer to dinner, and the governor seconded the invitation; but the invitation was not accepted for the e reason that the editor had a long re- c port to write of the meeting, and need-* J ed to get at it. The next day there was a story on c the streets to the effect that Governor r Blease got so drunk immediately af- t for tho ononklne that he could not KO f 3own to dinner- that he was drunk on * the streets later, and that when the ? hotel people went to clear up his room later, they found a hundred or r more beer and whisky bottles. Sever- * al of the governor's friends were told ^ about these things the night before \ and invited to investigate for them- r selves. The matter was thoroughly In- r vestlgated, and it developed that immediately after the governor left, cer- " tain persons who can be named if necessary, had collected all the empty e bottles they could find and placed ( them in the room he had occupied. Friends of the governor came to The ? Enquirer office at once with a request that the whole thing be exposed; but e the editor of The Enquirer advised ' that it would be just as well not to go ^ Into print; that while the editor of t The Enquirer knew personally that the stories of the governor's drunken- jj ness at the hotel were false, and that c the bottle collection scheme was a s frame up, there was no use to go in * .. .. o print with it for the reason that the j partisan enemies of the governor r would contrive to insist that it was all c true and that The Enquirer was mere- ? ly trying to whitewash the same, while a the governor's friends would not be- C lleve the story anyway. And the thing j was allowed to go at that. r About this time the Columbia State * in pursuance of the policy of trying to ? 3rive The Enquirer from the middle of 6 the road, undertook to embarrass us t t>y calling attention to the fact that we had said some pretty hard things ibout Governor Blease in the past, and juoted some of them. With the circumstances of the incident described ibove, right there before our eyes, and i 'ealizing how we may have been de- 1 celved in the past, as other people as J, careful as we try to be, were being de- I ceived by statements and clrcum- 11 itances that we personally knew to be J 'alse, we saw no other honorable course ? han to take it all back and this we li promptly did. ^ This statement of facts Is being f, nade solely because we feel that we n jwe It to truth and not for any political or personal consideration. The Roqaevelt libel suit has merely been made to serve as a text. Had the facts seen thrown into the heated partisan itmosphere of last summer they would nerely have been taken as that much nore partisanship. There are still :hose who will not believe the statement even now; but as to that we lave no concern. Here Is the truth ind with Its publication our responsl>lllty ceases. 8HOOTING OF AU8TIN Details of Capture of Negro Murderer Near Savannah. Savannah. Ga., May 28.?Lying on a ude stretcher of three planks nailed ogether, with his abdomen torn open >y nine buckshot wounds and Ms left irm broken nearly off by a rifle bullet, tlchard Henry Austin, the alleged nurderer of Dr. S. C. Moore, Magisrate Edenfleld and Mr. Victor Bowers n Hampton county, South Carolina, >n the 30th of April, was brought to 3avannah this afternoon at 12.20 >'clock by the men who shot and capured him at Newington last night The month-old man-hunt for Austin mded last night when Sheriff J. B. tforrls, of Barnwell county, South Carolina fired both barrels of his ihotgun and brought Austin to earth n the vegetable garden of Mr. Marlon rarrel, a farmer living near Newing;on, after Austin had come up to the jack door of Jarrel's home and asked Vfrs. Jarrel for food, declaring that be vas wet and perishing. Sheriff Morris, together with five >ther men delegated to watch the Jar-el home from among the posse in learch of Austin, had reached the louse shortly before the negro arrived tnd asked for food. Three of the men lad Just left in a buggy to take up ;heir posts at some distance from the louse, and Austin, as he afterwards laid, came up to the back entrance lpon the departure of these three, beieving the place to be free from his jursuers. Mrs. Jarrel, knowing that the sheriff vas in the front part of the lot, called jut "There's the negro! There's Aus:in!" Sharif/ Morris, despite the two rushid through the hallway of the house nto the kitchen, and opening the back loor there saw the hunted man standng In the garden. Austin, thinking :hat the sheriff was Mr. Jarrel, a former employer of his, called out to Mr. Morris to come to him, saying that he vas perishing. Sheriff Morris, despite the two shotruns that the negro held, one In each land, walked through the back door ind toward the man. Then, when he vas about twenty-six paces from him, the sheriff fired twice, the two loads of buckshot both taking effect in Austin's ibdomen. The negro fell to the ground among :he vegetables of the garden, his two runs falling some distance from him. Immediately the wounded man crawl?d toward the guns, Sheriff Morris advanced upon him, and when within flfeen paces the negro had reached one >f the shotguns and was raising it to ire. But, unseen by the desperado, Mr. L,ute Stivenger had come from his post iround the back corner of the garden ind when the negro raised his gun to ire at Mr. Morris, Stivenger, a crack ihot, fired the rifle bullet that shatered Austin's left arm. The man fell back to earth, begging lis captors not to shoot again. Imnedtately he was picked up and carded to an outhouse in Mr. Jarrel's yard ind then the other members of the josse were summoned. When seen in the express car of the rain, where he was lying on the floor :ov< red with a rough piece of sacking, vith his head propped upon a card>oard cracker box and flies buzzing iround his wounds, the negro declared that he was Innocent of shooting lis alleged victims near Luray, S. C., >n the 30th of April. "I didn't do it," said the man, his voice barely audible above the rattle if the moving train. "I didn't shoot hem white men. They was firing froiM| joth sides at me in the bay, from a!! iround, and they shot each other. I lid not shoot them, boss, honest to 5od." "I Just runned and runned until I vas tired, so tired that I could run no nore," said the negro. "I slept in the iwamps; slept in the mud most all the ;ime. The dogs didn't, worry me none, ixcept when they saw me. Then they an after me. But they couldn't get ifter me from trailing. They didn't vorry me at all. "I didn't shoot at none of the white nen that were after me. When I shot >n Monday in the swamp the gun went iff by accident. I came into Mr. Jar el'8 house because I was perishing." ' Austin was put on a boat at Savanlah in the hopes of getting him to ?outh Carolina soil alive at Bluflfton; )Ut he died on the way. Prom Bluffon the body was taken to Hampton n an automobile, which arrived about ! o'clock. A big crowd which had been :ollecting since the day before, met thei lutomobile, took the body away from he officers, cut off the head, fingers ind toes and otherwise mutilated it rhe body was then singed and hanged rom a tree in front of the Court louse. It is stated that if Austin had eached Hampton alive, his body was o have been burned. RESENTS FEDERAL CONTROL aovemor Blease Will Not Take Instructions from Gen. Mills. Governor Blease in a letter addressid to W. W. Moore, adjutant general >f South Carolina, Tuesday afternoon, ssues a defl to the Federal war delartment when he says that the "soon?r he (General Mills) withdraws the :ontrol of the United States govern nent from over the volunteer militia >f South Carolina, the better It will be or South Carolina and all the people if the southern states." He also reuses, as commander-in-chief of the itate militia, to muster out of service lertain military organlzations. Some time ago the adjutant general equested the mustering out of service of a large number of the compares of the national guard, which the povernor refuses to do. The matter vas taken up with the Federal governnent, and General Mills Issued recomnendations to the adjutant general. Governor Blease's letter follows: "May 27, 1913. Hon. W. W. Moore, the Adjutant General, Columbia, S. C. "Sir: Your letter of May 27 recelv(d, with enclosure from Brigadier Jeneral A. L. Mills. "You ask me to Inform you of my lecision at an early date. I take pleasire in doing so immediately. "In the first place, I have recently ixpressed my opinion of the 'Dick aw,' and repeat that I think that It vas a great mistake on the part of our >eople to go into it. That covers secion three of his letter. "As to section four, In which he itates, 'It is not the policy of the war lepartment to foster the maintenance ?f organizations,' etc., you can simply ay to Mr. Mills that, In my opinion, he sooner he withdraws the control if the United States government over he volunteer militia of South Carol! la the fetter it win De ior soum uar>llna and all the people of the southm Btates, and that this would meet vith my hearty approval as governor nd commander-in-chief of the South Carolina volunteer mllltla. "As to section five, In which he says t would appear that the only way to emedy existing conditions would be o muster the organizations out of lervice.' As governor and commandir-ln-chlef, I do not propose to do any iuch thing. His letter was a waste of Ime and material. "Very respectfully, "Cole L. Blease, 'Governor and Commander-in-Chief." MERE MENTION Postmaster General Burleson has ssued an order discontinuing the rinting of registry stamps. After the ?resent supply of stamps is exhausted, ordinary stamps will be used U Durham, N. C., last Wednesday, FeIx Conklin wounded his wife and ;illed Policeman Glell P. Gates who vas trying to arrest him. Deputy Sheriff Morgan shot and killed ConkIn There was another death from iehloride of mercury Wednesday, drs. Louis Zimmerman, 25 years old, isivlng taken the poison tablets In mistake for a headache remedy LOCAL AFFAlRfl NEW ADVERTI8EMENT8 KIrkpatrick-Belk Co.?Slaughter gt of ladles' coat suits and dresses < Saturday, Monday and Tuesday. Yorkville Hardware Company?Cal especial attention to a complete lit of implements needed in the cult vation of the crops. Loan and Savings Bank?Suggests tl ease with which the banking bus ness can be transacted by mail, ar offers to give more particular infoi mation. The Thomson Co.?Gives a list of sp< clal bargains in summer clothin shoes, etc. Rock Hill Fertilizer Co.?Reminds th farmers of the value of top dresi ing and tells them how it is to t procured. Who is Who?Originators of the a< vertlslng guessing contest, gii complete list of the advertisers wl were under consideration. The Idle Hour Theatre?The pr< gramme for tonight consists of three-reel feature?The Little Mir ister. York Furniture Co.?Have Hammoci in great variety of styles and at dli ferent prices. W. R. Carroll, Chairman?Gives noti< of meeting to hear report of trustee of Yorkville Graded school district John A. McGill?Has Whippoorwl peas at 12 a bushel. D. E. Boney, Agent?Says Farmer Mutual Fire Insurance Co. has pa! seven losses during the past tv months. McConnell's?Desire attention for minute to (2 Gun Metal Oxfords r< duced to 98 cents. Harrison Randolph, President?Ai nounces the beginning of the 1281 year of the College of Charleston. York Supply Company?Offers diflfe ent varieties of Cane Seed, Cla Peas, Grain Cradles and othi things. Carroll Bros.?Talk about agricu tural implements, Buggies, Flou Corn and Oates. f. W. Johnson?Wants people to ti packages of White Hearts of Whea Following an idea that originated Iowa recently, Rock Hill is to have "split-log drag day," as soon as d tails can be arrauiged. The idea is nHaoo tn fha formnra whn W bring: draffs to town on a certain da and to have a general good roads ra ly, at which speeches will be made 1 experts. Since the publication of Govern Blease's Interview In connection wl the Felder dictagraph Incident, which the governor suggested that 1 supposed "Chairman Carlisle would 1 too busy moseying to leave the sta just now," there has gained circuit tlon a rumor of what the govern probably meant. The rumor was pre ty generally talked on the streets Yorkvllle last Tuesday afternoon, ai from such Information as could 1 gathered, It did not originate wl what are known as Blease people. T1 Enquirer does not know the real fac In the case and does not of cours care to state the nature of the rumc The news published In a part last Tuesday's edition of The Enquir with reference to the shooting death of the desperado Richard Hem Austin, turns out to have been premi ture; but our correspondent Is not blame, as he got his Informatk through the Associated Press, whl< though the most reliable news gathe Ing agency In existence, sometlm makes mistakes. The Associate Pre sent the news to all Its patrol throughout the country, and afterwai made correction. The negro was n actually shot until Is :er in the afte nnstn Th? full dotfllifl of the CODtU! are to be found elsewhere. THE GUE88ING CONTEST After a careful canvass of seven guesses submitted In the Who's W1 advertising contest instituted in T1 Enquirer last Friday, Messrs. W. Williams, O. E. Wilkins and W. 1 McConnell, the judges thlB mornli reported six winners as follows: Miss S. A. Bludworth, Miss Thelrr pnman, Mrs. J. F. Toungblood, Mil Beulah Ferguson, Mr. R. C. Faulkne and "No Name." The "No Name" sent in a correct li of guesses by number and name as r< quired; but failed to sign the pap? and this oversight of course loses tl share of the division of the prize moi ey that would have otherwise gone f< the guess. The guesses came from a wide scattered territory and altogeth showed remarkable familiarity wi the characteristics and specialties i the different advertisers as set for in the chart printed last Friday. On two out of the seventy guesses mai as many as fifteen misses out of tl twenty-four advertisers; but mo than half of all the guessers can within five points of winning. The Judges rant over each and e ery list with painstaking care, con paring the same with the official 11 previously placed in their hands, at their finding Ib absolutely correct. Checks will be mailed out to tl winners without delay. ABOUT PEOPLE Rev. Elzie Myers and family of Cli ton, are visiting relatives in Torkvlll Mrs. J. C. Galloway and Miss Will McKamy of Gastonla, visited Mrs. W. Klrkpatrlck In Yorkvuie tnis wee Mrs. W. H. Herndon and children < Yorkville, are visiting relatives Charlotte. Sergeant J. W. Hobbs, of the 51 Inf. United States army, is In Yorl ville for the instruction of Co. L. Miss Alethia Bland of Charlotte, visiting her aunt, Mrs. T. F. McDm in Yorkville. Mrs. S. C. McKeown of Sumter, visiting Mrs. W. B. Steele, In Yorl vllle. Mrs. M. E. Deal, of Blacksburg, lu been spending several days in Yorl ville, the guest of Mrs. J. E. Sadler. Mr. Howard White of Ersklne co lege, arrived in Yorkville last nlgl for the summer. Miss Lucia Reld Ewart of Yorkvlll Is attending the commencement at Di West Female college this week. Mrs. J. Harvey Witherspoon ar children of Yorkville, are spendir some time with relatives in Lowrj vllle. Miss Mary Harshaw, who has bee teaching in Taft, S. C., has returni to her home in McConnellsvllle for tl summer. Misses Fannie and Maud Stroup < the Presbyterian college, Charlott have returned to their home in Yorl* vllle for the summer. Miss Mary Henley Willis of S Mary's, Raleigh, N. C., arrived Wet nesday night, to spend the summer i her home, In Yorkvllle. Mr. Sam M. Grist, Mr. and Mrs. j M. Grist, and Mesdames W. D. and ( E. Grist went to Gaffney yesterds morning on account of news of th death of Mr. D. W. Hicks. A. T. Neely and J. T. Hutchison < Ebenezer, are eraduates from th State Medical college at Charlestc this year. Their diplomas are to I delivered next Monday night. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Gulgnard ar two children, of Fort Mead, Fla., pass ed through Yorkvllle, Tuesday In the touring car on their way to Bannt Elk, N. C. While here they were tt guests of Miss Kate Cody. WITHIN THE TOWN ? As noted in the advertisement I the last Issue of The Enquirer, aft< tonight, Yorkvllle Is to have two mo\ lng picture shows, the Idle Hour ar the Alrdome. ? Protracted services being conducl ed In Trinity church by Rev. D. I Coman are attracting very consldei able interest, and are being well al tended. Mr. Coman Is a strong preach er and grows on his congregation s each service. ? With a small repeating rifle, M R. E. Montgomery killed twenty-seve pigeons off the new A. R. P. churc building, and the adjoining resident of Mr. J. B. Pegram, Wednesday al ternoon. The pigeons had become nuisance, and hence the necessity fc the extermination of the birds. ? Dr. W. B. Dupre has given up hi position as superintendent of the Wa ter, Light and Power department t take a position with the Hardwa Contracting company at ihe Whltene development on the Tadkln river In North Carolina. He leaves about the middle of next month. In the meanle time Mr.. J. Q. Wray, of the public >n works commission has charge. ? The board of trustees of the YorkiB vllle Graded school was re-organlzed |e last Wednesday by the election of W. R. Carroll, as chairman, Geo. W. S. Hart as vice chairman and R. C. Al}e leln as secretary and treasurer. The other members of the board are as ld follows: R. E. Heath, J. W. Klrkpar" trick, B. N. Moore, J. D. McDowell and J. M. Stroup. g, ?Prof. A. G. Smith, the alfalfa expert of the department of agriculture ie has notified the Yorkvllle Board of g- Trade that he will be in Yorkvllle next )e Wednesday, and it is desired that all the farmers who are interested in the 1- alfalfa proposition meet in the court re house at 2 o'clock p. m. for the pur10 pose of getting expert instruction as to alfalfa, and also for the purpose of >- taking part in the organization of the a proposed aJfalfa club. Prompt atteni dance is especially desired. ? The current Issue of the Baptist ca Courier contains the following from Rev. J. H. Machen: "Our work at Yorkville is moving along nicely. I believe we are ever on the upward go. 38 April 27 was a good day with us. We raised the remainder of our apportlon111 ment for Home and Foreign Missions. , And at the evening service we admin* istered the ordinance of baptism to ld three converts. We have some others ro awaiting baptism. While our Sunday school is not so large as some that a have been reported in other churches 8- ?as in Anderson or Piedmont?yet we make up in quality what we lack In 8- quantity. Our school is growing every Sunday. This is all due largely to our new. wide-awake superintendent, Bro. r- A. M. Grist, and a corps of No. 1 A. iy teachers. Our W. M. U. and Sunbeam Br bands are doing a good work now. But best of all is the marked increase at our prayer services on Wednesday evir? enlngs, and the seeming interest taken at these services. I believe verily that T the prayer meeting is "the thormomeLk ter of the church." The church ha? just recently adopted the individual . communion set in this service. And ,n it seems to be liked by every one a Brethren, this is the best way. We are ?" constantly having additions to out force either on a profession of faith, by letter or restoration. The Lord hac ?' been graclbus to us, whereof we arc ,y rejoicing. or TAXING THE BANK8 ? ** * ?? MAnalvufl frnrr th Auauor u. m. i^uvc uao .. ? ,n the comptroller general an InterestJ? lng letter Betting forth in detail the te comptroller's Idea of the reference tc a- the taxation of bank shares. The let?r ter Is as follows: 0< "I am In receipt of your letter ol ld the 19th Inst., Inclosing me your correspondence with T. L. Johnson th chairman of the county board ol j,e equalization. 1 also have a statet ment of the proposed assessments or le the banks, under the resolution of th< county board of equalization, adopted ' on the 22d day of April, 1913, as con01 tained In your letter of May 6. Th< ?r resolution of the county board ol to equalization directs what exemption! 17 should be allowed in the assessment! J" of the banks for taxation which wai t0 clearly beyond their power and illegal JP The county board of equalization ii 2 authorized by law to equalize value! j"" for the purposes of assessment ol ?8 taxes, but not to pass upon what prop83 erty Is, or Is not, exempt from taxa"8 tion. You will therefore ignore theli 'r directions to exempt the amount ol the banks' investments In school anc f" other municipal bonds. Proceed tc re tax the bank shares In each bank, bj taking the aggregate amount of cap tal, surplus and undivided proms and deduct therefrom the amount ol y the banks' investments In South CaroUna 4 1-2 per cent brown redemptlor le bonds, issued under the act of 1892 and then taking 50 per cent of th< vl balance as the taxable value of th< shares in the bank, less the assessed value of the real estate as it appear; m upon your tax duplicate. The banl 8S is to be charged and taxed with th< ,r value of the real estate, as already ' assessed on your duplicate, and each at is to be charged and taxed with th< 0. value of his shares arrived at, as abov< ,r directed. This is taxing the share' ^ holders In the bank really upon only j_ 50 per cent of the actual value ol or their shares. The 50 per cent is t< be taken by you, because that is th< ly basis of assessment adopted by th< er county board for the purpose ol th equalization. Charge on your dupll0f cate against each shareholder th( value of his shares, made up and arIv rived at In this way, as directed by ie lawle "The county board by their actlor re on April 22, did not undertake to reie duce the valuation placed upon the shares, but to exempt from taxatloz v_ the amount of the bank's investment; *-?- mui. , in certain non-iaxaoie Becunuu. auu wa8 something with which the counts 1(j board of equalization had nothing tt do, and such action on its part should le be Ignored by you. Your duty in assessing these bank shares Is prescribed by section 345 of the code ol laws, 1912, as follows: " 'How taxed, assessed and apporf. tloned among shareholders: The aue. dltor of the county In which any such ie bank or banking association may b< j located, upon receiving the returr jj' provided for in the preceding section ' shall deduct from the actual total or value of the shares In any such bank ln or banking association the appralsec value of the real estate owned by th such bank or banking association, ai c- the same stands assessed on the duplicate, and the remainder of the Is total value of such shares shall b? Vi entered on the duplicate of the county in the names of the owners there. of in amounts proportioned to th number of shares owned by each, at returned on said sworn statement and be charged with taxes at the 18 same rate as charged upon the value of other personal property at the place where such bank or banking as1 sociatlon is located.' tit "The duties of the county board ol equalization are deilned in section e 427, as follows: je " 'Duties of county board ol equalization, rules governing: The . county auditor shall thereupon lay before them the returns of property ? made to him and all property listed *" by him and by the board to township assessors and special boards of assn sessors. Each member, having taken id an oath before some officer duly qualiie fled to administer same, fairly and Impartially to equalize the value of af real and personal property of their e, county according to the provisions of [- law, the board shall immediately proceed to equalize the valuations flxt ed by the board of township assessors jJ and special board of assessors, so that each piece of property shall be entered on the tax list at its true value. They shall hear all grievances and appeals from the valuations and assessments fixed by the township y board of assessors and special boards le of assessors and act upon the same. For the purpose of performing their )f duties, said board shall observe the ie following rules: >n " 'First. They shall raise the valua>e tion of such tracts and lots or articles of personal property, as ln their id opinion have been returned or asj. sessed below their true value to such ir price or sum as mey may ueueve iu ?r be the true value thereof, and due ie notice shall be given to the owner or agent of such property. " Second. They shall reduce the valuation of such tracts and lots of real property and articles of personal n property, as In their opinion have ;r been returned or assessed above their value, as compared with the average l(j valuation of the property of such county, having due regard to the rela. tlve station, quality of the lmL" provemonts and natural and artificial * advantages possessed by each tract or lot of real property. " 'Third. They shall not reduce the j aggregate value of real and personal " properly Deiow ine UKKregaie vaiue thereof as returned by the county aur dltor. The auditor shall keep an acn curate journal or record of the proh ceedltigs and orders of said board. "'Any person whose property has - been or may be assessed above Its a true value who cannot secure relief ,r from said board shall have the right to appeal to the comptroller general is to whom shall be forwarded all testlmony relative to each alleged grievo ance, and who shall act thereupon.' y "The question of the exemption or y taxation of United States bonds or other non-taxable bonds Invested In I i by national or state banks is not one for the county board of equal iza- pPj( i tlon but one of law. Their duty is clearly prescribed by law?to hear and pass upon appeals of taxpayers * from township and special boards of ,ta assessors and to equalize the returns a v of property. 8U^; _ will LOCAL LACONICS. con Death of Mrs. J. L. Miskelly. Died at her home near Delphos, May sen 20th 1918, Mrs. Fannie Clinton Mis- wh< kelly, aged 63 years, 8 months and 22 days. She connected herself with the i Presbyterian church at Bethesda when Lai a girl and lived a consistent member of that church for thirty-flve years. nea For six years she has been an Intense the sufferer, but she bore It with much ant Christian fortitude, never a complaint or murmur. She is survived by her ten husband and six children as follows: peo Frank D., J. Clinton; William* Sallle, *" * Mrs. Dora Wallace and Mrs. Janle McOuIrt the "Yorkvllle on a 8how Day." ^ The following from the Associate and Reformed Presbyterian, presumably it i from one of the missionaries to Mexi- tho co, Is Interesting: "Sabbath Is the onp I market day in Tancanhults! The In- seh dians begin to arrive before I am up, wa; and by nine o'clock, the plaza Is worse to I than "Yorkvllle on a show day." Be- to cause of the timidity of the Indians, leci and their habit of letting other people the strictly alone, the stores have to ar- wit range their goods In tents and stands of on the plasa to get the Indians' trade." Lai Haii Tuesday Afternoon. ^ There was rain Tuesday afternoon, his ' accompanied by hall in Yorkvllle, and it i the circumstance gave reason for ap- sta prehension that there may have been Pol damage to crops; but inquiry of dlf- Kee ; ferent localities by telephone did not atai . disclose much loss. Corn and cotton abc I were hurt a little In the vicinity of ^rb I McConnellsvllle; but hardly enough to the count. Hickory Grove reported hail by ; but no damage and the report from . Tlrzah was the same. There was no the hall at Sharon. There was hail in the ide I vicinity 01 tungi uuunuuu wnapvi, cai , but none at Clover or Bethany. ma Train Nos. 7 and 8. *<>< The railroad commission has flied an order requiring the extension of C. i A N.-W. railroad trains 7 and 8 from Bowling: Green to Chester. These ' trains now run between Gastonia and i Edgemont, and the effect of the order z. i filed will be to make them continue on jrJL to and from Chester. This Is in accordance with the movement recently Instituted by the Yorkville Board of t Trade, and seconded by the Chester Chamber of Commerce, and represen, tatlves of the various other South Cart olina towns along: the line. The effect rj" of the order will be to give a double i daily passenger service all along the > line of the C. A N.-W. The official or- }~ I der, a copy of which was received by Mr. G. H. O'Leary, chairman of the i Yorkville Board of Trade this morn- J"*8 f ing, is dated May 29 and reads as fol- , i lows: "After due consideration of J i what has been shown and facts prei sented in evidence taken at hearing in ert . Yorkville, S. C.f May 22, 1918, it is the i order of the railroad commission of j South Carolina that the Carolina and I North-Western Railway company op erate a double daily first-class passen. ger service from Bowling Green, S. C.t "J to Chester, S. C., and return, effective f thirty days from the date of this or- ?? I der." J Death of Mr. D. W. Hicks. cai News was received in Yorkville yes- cal terday of the sudden death of Mr. D. 'n f W. Hicks, formerly a citizen of York- a*11 . ville, but for some years past making at , his home in Gaffney. Mr. Hicks re- to tired the night before in apparently \ his usual good health, and when his , wire sougnt to awaxe mm at o.au yea- /?> [ terday morning found him dead. He tw< , had expired some time during the hit r night. The funeral took place in Gaff- W1 5 ney this morning at 11 o'clock, the wil r services being conducted by Rev. J. L. cer , Dill. Mr. Hicks was a native of ouf , Rutherford county and was in the 63d see , year of his age. He came to Torkville su< . about 1890 to buy cotton, and on May on< r 14, 1893, was married to Miss Jessie, La > the youngest daughter ot the late Ide , Capt. L. M. Grist. He later engaged ing , in the mercantile business and after- su< . ward moved to Gaffney. He leaves a nei widow and three sons, Duke W., Oliver wh Z. and Fred Sims. He is also survived boi I by Ave brothers and one sister, Dr. Poi Romeo, Messrs. June, R. L., Zeno, B. T? pol \ and Miss Nora Hicks. The Gaffney of Ledger of this morning has this to wit . say of Mr. Hicks: "Mr. Hicks was a era consistent member of the First Bap- Ma I tist church of this city, being an offl- pr< : cer. He was a most lovable gentle- see man. Quiet, unassuming and unob- be truslve he made and retained friends kn< r and it is safe to say that few men in cot , Gaffney were held In higher esteem, the 1 ? - - ? ?as? mw . By reason or ms occupation, cuuuu *?? buyer, he came in contact with a great to many people throughout the county tak and by these was generally esteemed, it In an acquaintance covering more than wo half a score years we have yet to hear eff< the first man say aught against him wh as a man or citizen. The kindly feel- int : ing he bore toward others was reel- hin procated." lini i m i ' ?f i EXECUTIVE AMENITIES jjj i of 1 Mayor Qibbes and Governor Blease ing Pay Their Mutual Respects. pro | Columbia. May 27. ?"Probably ed | Franklin J. Moses, in all his career as me ; mlsgovernor of South Carolina, never ing descended to so petty a plane of official a i action as this," said Mayor Wade it I ' Hampton Gibbes, of Columbia, this he morning in a caustic denunciation of the the action of Governor Blease in era ' adding three more constables to the pro Columbia force, as retaliation because to ? the city fined his negro chauffeur three ant ' times for speeding. "I would say that froi there are some things too unspeakably rec , little to be expressed in words," con- nes tinued the mayor, flaying the governor "S of South Carolina for his action. La' , Mayor Gibbes dictated the following nor ; statement: he Mayor Gibbe's Statement. *ec* "If the statement of fact in the an(j Record of May 27th and News and > Courier of May 28th is correct (and I aor hereby request that it be verified by por reporter's affidavit,) I would say that jje there are some things too unspeakably mel little and contemptible to be expressed for ' in words, and this is one of them. 0f "The spectacle of the viper gnawing , the file would be only amusing, except j^ja that the file ought to be put to constructive uses, i "Probably Franklin J. Moses, in all T his career as mlsgovernor of South na Carolina, never descended to so petty a plane of official action as this. son i "If you desire my official com- ena ments on this matter and the county tim dispensary situation, you will find see them in the annual, now in the hands Noi nf tho nHnter On vesterdav the dis- pro pensarles were closed because of death cun In the family of a member of the ?bti county board of control. Is this a mai public business or a private affair? to ' "Has not the time come for a con change?" But ren! Sou Columbia, May 28.?"Let the galled 8i8t Jade wince," quoth Governor Blease trai this morning when asked if he had an(j anything to say In reply to Mayor vor, Glbbes' dictated interview appearing nQw in the Record yesterday, in which the Sy3i latter took occasion to flay the chief iter executive for appointing constables each time Governor Blease's negro chauffeur, Harrison Neeley, was fined , for alleged violation of the speed laws fVio rtUv orgi The chief executive dictated the following short and sarcastic interview: r;/ "I told you you'd hear 'em squeal; so 'Let the galled Jade wince.' "He who laughs last laughs best.' .P^ When asked this morning if he had any further return to make to the gov- jTr; ernor's reference to him. Mayor W. H. iVrr Glbbes replied: "I consider a compliment from 5)?" Blease an insult and an insult a compllment." JJ", 1 ? ' at ? Governor Blease recently appoint- grat ed three additional dispensary consta- few bles for Columbia, one for each time he \ his chauffeur, Harrison Neely has been a C fined for alleged speeding and lsquot- Neg ed as saying that every time Neely Is wltt arrested for speeding he will appoint raid another constable. was McLAURIN FOR GOVERNOR andly Appreciation of Fitness of 8enator from Marlboro. n Monday's News and Courier from Columbia correspondent, appears ery Interesting news letter, which miBes that Hon. John L. McLaurin I be a candidate for governor next r. Nothing on the subject has le from Mr. McLaurin, but it is amed that W. p. Beard has been yellng about the state feeling the tlment of the people to ascertain s they would want to succeed Govor BI ease, and has found Motrin sentiment. 'here is no question that Mr. Mcn in would make a splendid govor. He is a statesman of high er, a man of affairs in the busls world, he Is in close touch with farming interests, is well known; 1 that he has been a close student their needs is also well known, but order of the day seems to be in* se factionalism. As a restilt the >ple lose sight of qualification. We ard a condition like the present nstiinofn honauan urhon foptlonnU i runs rampant over the country, interests of the people are not tsldered?one side looks upon the er as enemies not to be trusted, I It matters not what is proposed 8 rejected without Its merits being ught of. low are the people to rid themes of such a condition? The best V is for the men of both factions be honest with each other and see it that conservative men are seted. This was done years ago by Forty Movement that resulted In >lng out factionalism after a siege bitterness. Hon. John L. Motrin was the inspiration of the rty Movement. It was he who iposed it, and it was he who used then powerful Influence to make a success, and, because of this ad, many of the old-timers whose ltical lease of life depended upon iping the people apart, and in a te of frenzy, conspired to bring >ut his political destruction and ye him from the arena by raising false cry of commercialism, thereimpressing tha unthinking with the a that McLaurin had gone over to Republicans because he advocated -- ?Ll-* - n.t nnlltl. U WOll'n ware nui uviu v? ?>? ? expediency, but of sound state* nshlp. The very theories then ad:ated by him, and for which he s anathematised by every small lticlan throughout the state, are lay the strong planks in the platm of the leaders of the Democratparty In congress. Leader Underod believes just as McLaurln anted?the only way to give to the kerican people, especially the coti growers of the south, a just >wing for the transportation of their >ducts, is for the government to enirage the building of American ps to take to the high seas and ry American products in competlq with foreign vessels. McLaurln a student, foresaw this country's squat opportunities, that the southd was a great sufferer from translation facilities, because of being LCtlcally a one crop country with moving facilities monopolised, ie endeavored to arouse congress come to the rescue of this southi Industry, and have the governnt to subsidise American ships the ne as did Germany and England, ose ocean carriers by this advanie, had driven the Stars and Stripes m competition, thereby placing s product of the south in the grasp the transcontinental railroads, and i subsidized foreign ships. It was 8 kind of statesmanship which >ught upon him the prejudice that ued him to retire from the polltifleld. He knew his enemies were the saddle, they had the machinery, 1 It would have been folly to have that time, gone, before the people defend his course In congress, roday, however, while there Is a recent kind of factional diversion, . the state Is divided up between t> opposing factions, as intensely terasthe divisions created In 1890. lether the coming contest next year (1 have a man who both sides can itre upon with a purpose to wipe t factional division remains to be in. For the task of undertaking ;h a desired result we know of no a h After Qualified than John L. Mc urin of Marlboro. He was not ntlfled with either of the contend: factions last year that aroused :h Intense feeling, and so far, it has ter been Bald who he voted for, ether Jones or Blease, but his perlal vote was about all of the suprt he gave. He was not in active itlcs then, but exercised his right citizenship?to vote as he saw fit, :hout questioning the rights of oth. The death of the senator from rlboro, a splendid man, caused the igressive people of the country to k for a representative who would a honor to such a county?a county >wn the world over as the champion ton grower, and which stands at i top in the educational column, ey called upon John L. McLaurtn come out from his retirement to :e the place. When he consented, was with the understanding he uld after his own ideas make an jrt to construct' such legislation ich will be of help to the farming erests, and the first move made by i was an effort to get South Caroi to commit herself to the policy giving sanction to & warenouse n by which certificates could be d to bring about a cheaper rate interest, and by a means of hold, and managing the market of the iduct, the farmers would be profitagainst frenzied speculation. The asure he Introduced is still pendOpposltlon to it developed from source that might have defeated In the past session, and therefore preferred to let it go over until coming session to give the gen1 assembly full time to study its visions, so as to be in a position combat the vagaries of political agonism which is sure to arise m men whose caliber does find a eptacle for statesmanship or busis principles. Ve have no idea whether Mr. Motrin will consent to stand for the nination. If he does, we are sure will not wish to be designated as Pactional candidate, we think this ause of the broadness of the man, 1 his ideas of statesmanship. >uld he consent to stand for the nination he will have as his supters, men of all vocations in life, will especially appeal to that elent of our citizenship that is looking some one to be placed at the head the government who will endeavor do things for the public welfare.? nning Times. h# Torrent System.?North Carollh?? oHnnfod tho Tnrrpns svstem of i registration and there is now le hope that South Carolina may ct a similar law in the course of e. Wnen the people of this state h3w well the system works in th. Carolina and how great an imvement it Is over the antiquated, ibersome and costly method that ains in South Carolina they will de- . nd a change in tones loud enough reach the ears of the lawyers who trol the legislature of this state, we may rest assured that the Tors system will never be adopted in ith Carolina until there is an inant demand for it. It renders the isfer of land titles too simple, easy cheap to recommend it to the faible consideration of those who r reap a profit from the antiquated tern we now suffer under.?Sumter n. Eagle Pass, Texas, May 28: Forcharges that Huerta adherents are intzlng a force of '150 or 200 ri* in Eagle Pass to invade Mexico >r near Piedras Negras, was made ly at the headquarters of the Carnal government at Piedras, Negras. oslte here. It was announced that Carranza confidential agent at shlngton had been instructed to fy government authorities there of alleged Huerta force. Constltualist officials said this agent furmore had been instructed today to fy the state department that UnitStates Consul Luther T. Ellsworth, Piedras Negras, is persona non a to the Carranza government. A days ago Governor Carranza said vould take this step. Occupants of hinese gambling house in Piedras ras exchanged about fifty shots i Constitutionalist soldiers who ed the place last night. No one wounded.