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Jrcaps and Jart$. ? On the last day of the governor's conference at Colorado Springs, Colorado, laat Friday, Governor Colquitt, of Texas sprang a sensation by referring to the Mexican situation. "I would send every United Stages soldier into Mexico to protect American women if necessary. I know I am treading on dangerous ground; but the United States should not stand idly by while Americans are being murdered and outraged in the rebellious republic." Governor Colquitt's utterance was in marked contrast to the statements of Secretary of the Interior Franklin K. Lane, praising President Wilson and his cabinet for their work. ? Home influence, and not legislation, is needed to curb the "tango" and the "tt|rkey trot" ana siu sain wearing, in the opinion of Vice President Marshall. Mr. Marshall was the principal speaker last Sunday at the camp meeting of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, at Great Falls, Va. He lamented the fact that the church of today was losing its hold upon the people. "There is an intimate relation between good government and religion," said he. "and in this day the people have no strong religious opinions?merely prejudices. It is high time that people were waking up." ? Federal funds are not to be used after January 1, next for the organized militia of the state unless the citizen soldiery complies with the law which declares their organizations "shall be the same as that which is now or may hereafter be prescribed, regular army of the United States." This order was issued by the war department last Thursday. The law was passed several years ago. and Secre*" ?" r5?*****?on cmrpusps the belief that "a sufficient time has now elapsed to enable the states to more definitely conform in organization to the regular army. If at any time the number of companies in a complete regiment falls below twelve, exclusive of machine gun company." says the order, "the deficiency must be replaced within six months or the regiment organization be considered as permanently abandoned." This principle of placing missing companies within six months applies alike to Infantry, cavalry and artillery. ? Washington special to News and Courier: Matters are believed to be rapidly approaching a crisis with regard to the Federal district attorneyship of South Carolina, for which Messrs. J. W. Thurmond, of Edgefield, and Frank H. Weston, of Columbia. have been avowed candidates for some time, the former with the endorsement of Senator Tiltman and the latter with the endorsement of Senator E. D. Smith. Senator Smith has put forward no 'candidate for marshal against Mr. Jas. L. Sims of Orangeburg:, senator Tinman s cnoice for the post, but the Junior senator refuses to give in as to the district attorneyship. The disagreement of the two senators as to this impoitant piece of patronage is embarrassing to the administration, which does not desire to offend either of them. If they continue at loggerheads it is possible that the president may consider himself Justified in making a selection on his own initiative. Definite developments are expected soon after the president's return from his brief outing in New Hampshire. ? President Wilson's recommendation that American residents of Mexico leave the country is "resented" by the American colony in Mexico City; few Americans Intend to leave, if they do leave, their welfare and financial interests "would be seriously prejudiced," the president's action was "unwarranted," and due to simple ignorance of what Is actually transpiring in Mexico"?this summarizes the contents of various telegrams of protest received in New York on Friday and Saturday from Mexico City, according to an associated press dispatch. Senor Sphastlan famacho. Dresident of the Mexican senate and one of Mexico's elder statesmen, telegraphed to James A. Scrymser. president of the Mexican Telegraph company, saying that the American colony is "satisfied and tranquil," and requesting him to call President Wilson's attention "to the tremendous damages which would result from his determination, for which, in all loyalty, I state that there is no reason." The Methodist Episcopal board of foreign missions received advices from Dr. John W. Butler, superintendent of its missions in Mexico City, saying that the "Washington instructions for an American exodus" were "much resented" by the American colony; that the reasons given for it "appear inadequate," and that the missionaries there objected to leaving. In view of this protest, the Metnodist board, the Presbyterian boaro and those of other denominations, have declined to advise their missionaries to leave the country, recommending only "that the women and children be recalled to places of safety." The I Mexican leiegrapn company receiveu a telegram from the superintendent in Mexico City, Charles E. Cummings, saying that there was "a strong reaction from the first scare caused by President Wilson's command to leave Mexico," and that in his opinion a "very small proportion of the American colony here will go." ? The last remaining barrier at the Pacific end of the Panama canal was blown out by dynamite last Sunday morning. It was an intensely interesting spectacle. At exactly 9.30 o'clock an electric switch was turned on and the 1,500 spectators, including the visiting Shriners from the United States and officers of the British cruiser New Zealand, were rewarded by a wonderful sight. Hundreds of tons of mud and stones were thrown high in the air and the thunderous roar of the explosion re-echoed in the nearby hills. About twenty long tons, equivalent to 44,800 pounds, of 45 per cent dynamite constituted the blast, which was one of the largest ever set off in the canal. The charge, which was planted In 541 holes at an average depth of 30 feet, tore a big gap in the barrier, but not to a sufficient depth to permit water to flow through, as the sea level channel was at low tide. Eaually interesting as the explosion was the actual breaking of the barrier in the afternoon, the tide creeping steadily up until at 1.35 o'clock It was level with the top of the gap. A workman seized a shovel and made a small trench through which a rill of water trickled. Gradually it widened, until an hour later a >ng torrent, with a 35-foot fal' poured through an opening 400 feet wide Into that part of the canal between Gamboa dike and the Miraflores locks, which previously had been excavated by the steam shovels. This cut, which Is 5,000 feet long, 500 feet wide and 41 feet deep below mean sea level, was entirely filled by 3 o'clock, when the waters of the Pacific laved for the first time the solid masonry of the Miraflores locks. Dredges passed through the opening Sunday night, and in a few days the last vestiges of the barrier will be removed, giving a practically completed channel at the Pacific end. The dredges will begin today to remove the last barrier of the Atlantic channel. When this work is accomplished ships may navigate to the lock ends. ? Metropolitan Magazine: Land hntrtinca ?rp concentrated to a great er degree in Mexico today than theyl were in France in 1789. Seven thou-' sand families hold practically all the arable land. If the distribution were proportionally the same as it is in the United States, 1,000,000 Mexican families would be in possession of titles to land property. In the state of Morelos, the centre of the Zapatlst revolt, 21 proprietors own nine-tenths of the farming property in Chihuahua, the centre of the agrarian revolution in the north, the Terrazas family holds nearly 2,000,000 acres, which comprise nearly all the tillable soil of that state. The greater portion of the state of Yucatan is held by thirty men, kings of sisal hemp. The territory of Quintana Roo, which is double the size of Massachusetts, is divided among eight companies. When I visited Madero on January 27, he unrolled a map of Lower California showing the land gifts of General Diaz. That territory, equal in area to Alabama, has been sold in five vast tracts for about three-fifths of a cent an acre. In the United States the farmer Is an humble person; in Mexico he is a king of millionaires. The typical farm in Mexico is not of 100 ] acres, nor yet ol' 1,600, but of 1,000,- < 000. The Madero holdings in Coahuila run into the millions of acres. 1 Nowhere in the world, not in India, 1 nor Egypt, nor any country, can be found the vast cotton plantations that t are discovered in the state of Durango. In a news dispatch regarding the 1 operations of the rebels, which re- 1 cently appeared in the Mexican pa- 1 pers, it was casually mentioned that ( on one farm in the state of Puebla, the Atenclngo, the rebels had burned < 2,000.000 pesos' worth of sugar cane. < if the eroo standing in the fields was ( worth 2.000,000 pesos, how much might the farm itself be worth? In- 1 stead of showing a tendency to break 1 up, this system has been steadily ( growing stronger. Always, since the ( rule of Spain was fastened upon Mexico. land has been held in huge tracts, ! and there have been feudal lords and 1 serfs. But in Spanish times and , later, after the independence, a con- : siderable proportion of the common people had farms of their own, which J insused them a fair measure of freedom. ||orkviUf (Enquirer. ; Entered at the Postofflce in Torkvllle < as Mall Matter of the Second Class. 1 ^ ^ m i _ YORKVILLE, 8. O.i TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1913. In the last issue of the Anderson Intelligencer, Mr. V. B. Cheshire, who has been the owner of the paper for the past seven years, announces the sale of his property to the agent of a syndicate, the personnel of which he has no knowledge- He does not grive the purchase price or any other specific information, except that hie good will Is Included in the sale, and he has bound himself not to go into the newspaper business in Anderson again for a period of five years. A dispatch from Anderson to the dally papers, says that Wm. Banks, editor of the Daily Mail, is to become editor of the Intelligencer; , but who Is to succeed Mr. Banks as editor of the Mail is not stated. There < has been a statement to the effect that ( the Intelligencer will be conducted along independent lines as heretofore; but beyond this nothing has so far developed that gives any Intimation of future policy. Columbia newspaper correspondents 1 will keep nagging at John L. McL&urin < until presently he will develop into a , martyr and then a real factor in politics in this state.?Anderson Dally Mail. 1 We do not see it exactly that way. Not only the Columbia newspaper correspondents; but all the newspaper editors see In John L. McLaurln a force that must be reckoned with. Some hate and despise him. some admire and repect him; but all that have ordinary perception feel that whether they let him alone or whether they keep him to the front there is in him that which counts. Not only is Mr. McLaurln worrying: the newspapers; but he also has the politicians guessing:, especially those who stand for nothing but their own prestige, honor and pap. Many fear him because they know his elevation will mean their decline, and others are worried because they are unable to figure out to their full satisfaction whether they can make their own positions more secure by pushing or pulling. In the meantime Mr. McLaurln seems to be doing nothing but attending to his own business, and driving home the benefits he believes cotton producers may derive from the establishment of state-owned and oper ttiru naicuvuoco. The Thaw case has taken "another turn." When Thaw's attorneys saw that the successful outturn of the writ for which they had applied, meant playing into the hands of the New York attorneys, they withdrew it. They did not care to have Thaw released from the jurisdiction of the court only to be taken in charge by the immigration authorities. As the next move, the New York attorneys applied for a writ of habeas corpus themselves. They got the constable who had arrested Thaw to make the affidavit, his excuse being that Thaw had threatened to sue him for false arrest. Thaw's counsel claim that there can be no application for a writ of habeas corpus except in the interest of the person in behalf of whom it issues. But there is to be a hearing today anyway. It presents a funny proposition, in some respects, especially in that it makes the opposing attorneys change sides. Thaw has made an affidavit in which he denies any intention of prosecuting the officer who originally arrested him. It has been suggested that in the event of Thaw's release on the writ, there will be an appeal, but the New York attor neys have pointed out how there will I be difficulty in having Thaw picked i up by the immigration authorities as soon as he is turned out of jail. The i understanding yesterday was that the hearing would be held today. i t j i i The Manning Times, edited and pub- I lished by Louis Appelt, is to have opposition at the hands of certain Manning folks who would undertake the office of telling the people of Clarendon county how they should act and what they should think. The trouble, it appears, is a com- i mon one. The Times tries to be fair and considerate to everybody; but is not disposed to take orders from the few as to the kind of news, views and sentiment it should serve to the many. There are people in Manning who have their own ideas as to how and what kind of teaching they would like to have the people of the county to have, and as the Times insists on having a mlnJ r\f ita nurn the trtefl of the Other people Is to have a paper of their own. The new paper people are disclaiming any intention of fighting the Times; but rather argue that there is room for two papers, and that they are going into th^ enterprise simply as a busi- ; ness proposition. They want to boom the town, they say, and also they are I looking for dividends on their stock, i From reports, it appears that there Is ; plenty of money behind the new undertaking; but as yet there has been no actual organization. The movement i has been on foot for some seven or eight months; but the first public men- , tion of it appeared in the Manning correspondence of the current issue of the 1 Charleston Sunday News. < The Rock Hill Herald has been I showing indications of late of a desire i to encourage attempts at tobacco rais- 1 ing in this county. While we are in- i terested in anything and everything 1 that seems to promise more profit for < the farmers, we have not been im- < pressed with the tobacco proposition. The Herald will please not understand us as knocking or attempting to knock. If tobacco culture can be developed on a paying basis, we say go ahead. There is no doubt of the fact that as good tobacco can be raised in this section as can be raised anywhere. There may be some certain varieties which will not do so well here; but they are not many, and in the case of each Df them, we believe in the power of this section to do as well or better with something similar. In the old days before the development of factories, York county raised practically all the tobac- | oho iiwri and while we have no | patch in mind Just at the present time we venture that we can locate this year's tobacco patches within the bounds of the county right now. But before pushing the matter too far, the Herald will do well to interview Mr. W. 8. Boyd, of LesSlle, Mr. R M. Bratton, of Guthrlesville, or any one of a dozen other York county farmers who made a serious try at tobacco raising about fifteen or twenty years ago. They erected barns, employed experts and went into the business on a considerable scale. They raised tobacco all right, and they raised good tobacco. They not only raised good tobacco; but they succeeded In curing It and preparing it for market in accordance with the most approved style. But when it came to marketing they struck a snag. It developed that North Carolina and Virginia dealers lent themselves to the task of discouraging tobacco raising in this state. When It became known where the tobacco originated, the dealers refused to offer much more than they would have paid for oak leaves. EfTorts were made to slip Into the markets at Florence. Darlington and Tlmmon8vllle with but little success, and Mr. Bratton made an effort at Lynchburg, Va_, with no better result. There Is no question of the fact that the experimenters referred to made an honest, earnest, intelligent and very expensive effort; but still we would not hold all this, or any part of it up as evidence that profitable tobaccc raising Is Impossible. On the contrary we still think that the trick can be turned; but we are of opinion that if the attempt is made again It should be done through some suitable organization more able to tackle the problem and bear preliminary losses than individual farmers would be. As to Moving the Crops. Discussing the policy of Secretary McAdoo as to Federal funds deposited In southern banks, at Walterboro the other day, Mr. E. W. Dabbs, president of the South Carolina Farmers' Union, Btated, "that unless the farming classes of people were recognized by the secretary of the treasury, a committee from the southern states would appear before the secretary and show that the fund was of no benefit to the farmers of the south, but in fact worked a great hardship upon them. Mr. Dabbs said the present plan was to loan only to the cotton buyers and people dealing In cotton and that the farmers of the south would be forced to throw their cotton upon the market at the most disadvantageous time. He stated that the money was not needed to move the cotton crop, but it should be adapted to x plan of marketing which would not ?ause the farmers to throw their product upon the market at one time." AOOUl me ueei umi we uaic uccn able to think of the McAdoo p!an is that It gives the use of government deposits direct to southern banks, without requiring them to pay Interest to northern banks as heretofore. Under the old arrangement, government deposits went to northern banks without interest and the northern banks lent the money that cost them nothing, to jouthern banks for 3J, 4, 5 and 6 per :ent, while the southern banks re-lent it to their customers at various rates >f interest. Now the southern banks ire paying the government 2 per cent n'Karo fnrmorlv tho nnrthpm oanks paid nothing, and of course they ire using the deposits, or trying to use :hem to make as much profit as possible. So far as moving crops is concerned, under this arrangement we do not see a great deal to it. If there has jver been a time in the history of this oountry except during the war, and luring the time of panic brought about Tor the special purpose of tying up business, that there was not enough money to move crops, we do not remember it. There are banks all over South Carolina right now that are boasting of their ability'to move crops without outside help, and there Is little question of the fact that the banks of York county are now able to move all the crops of the county as fast as they are liable to move, with their own resources. What the farmers want is not so much the money with which to move crops; but the money with which to hold them. If agricultural paper is made the basis of note issue, and properly guaranteed warehouse certificates are put on the same basis with steel bonds. It will become practicable for the producer of cotton to get money sufficient for his needs until he can sell at real supply and demand values. But of course, respecting those gov ernment deposits we would rather see them come to southern banks even at 2 per cent interest, than go to northern banks for nothing. Give the Merchant a Chance. None but the least discerning are willing to deny the great power and influence of present day advertising. Every individual who can read and even individuals who cannot read, have so many evidences of this power that they would be foolish to try to deny it. The story in the newspaper or magazine, the name on a calendar, fan or blotter, the pictures, descriptions and prices in the illustrated catalogues, all have their effect upon the mind of the reader, and produce results more or less in accord with the intelligence and energy put forth. The most persistent and energetic advertisers of the country are the big mail order houses, and there is no aues tion of the fact that they secure tremendous results. That they often offer and deliver first-class goods at remarkably low prices Is not to be denied; but all business men who know goods and prices, as well as many intelligent consumers, very well understand that such offerings do not nearly always come up to representations. Many a time an article that is represented by a mail order house as superior and cheap, turns out to be inferior and dear, and the purchaser is generally left to profit by his experience as best he may. Even the most reliable mall order houses that sell some of the best bargains are not able to hold up to their best standard all along the line, and they do not try to. On the sontrary their habit, too often, is the ?ommon old "leader" dodge?the push ing of leaders, at a loss so as to give the idea of general cheapness, with the purpose of making up on the profits of many articles the losses on'a few. Now, while on general principles it is poor economy for our local people to send their money abroad to people who do not help work our roads, support our schools and churches, maintain our government and look after our sick and poor, 8till there is not much use in trying to persuade people to hold back from what they may consider will be to their advantage. When a man thinks he has a chance to get J5 values for thirty cents, as a rule he is going to have them whether he Is In need of the specific articles offered or not, and even whether he has the money to buy with. If he has" not the money, he will borrow, and as for not needing the article described, he will figure that he is so much the richer anyway?In imagination If not otherwise. But In this connection we want to offer some advice that we think is sensible and practicable. Don't be carried away with the glowing offers of mail order houses. Read what the mail order catalogues have to say. That Is right, for there is nothing like keeping up with what is going on; but after getting all possible Information, be deliberate. If the offer is a good one. It will keep. Then to find out whether the offer is a good one, go to the local merchant. tell him what has been put up to you and get his opinion. Of course your local merchant does not want you to patronize the mall order house; but do not distrust him on account of that. He knows you are no fool, as well as you know he is no fool. He is out for business just the same as you are, and If he cannot beat the mall order proposition, he is not going to try to persuade you to drop It. But In nine cases out of ten you will find that the local merchant can and will give you the same article or even a better one, at the same or a lower price. Millions of dollars worth of miscellaneous goods are being distributed by mail order houses, and the common spiel with them is that "We buy In such large quantities, and sell over such a wide territory, etc., that we are able to sell cheaper." But that is buncombe. The local merchant usually buys as cheaply as the mail order house, and also he sells as cheaply. As a matter of fact local competition. If nothing else, makes them sell cheaper. At any rate give the local merchant a trial in every instance and see how you come out. THE CONVICT PROBLEM. Governor Blease Writes Significant Letter to Penitentiary Board. Governor Blease has written the following letter to the board of penitentlary directors, concerning the disposition of convicts: "Messrs. A. K. Sanders, John G. Mobley, W. H. Glenn, J. D. Deas and Jasper M. Smith, members of the Board of Directors of the State Penitentiary?Gentlemen: I did not attend the meeting of your board on Wednesday, at the penitentiary, but through your chairman and your Mr. Mobley. I invited you to call at the executive office. If you had called there I would have given you my reasons for not attending your board meeting at the penitentiary building, which reasons I am sure any of you would have said were absolutely suf ncieni, anu you wouia nave enaorsea me in not going. However, I do not care to make a personal matter public through the telephone system, which in recent years has come to be a publicity bureau instead of a source of private communication. I have received no official communication as to your action, but I am basing this letter to you upon the reports of your meeting as contained in the newspapers. "I want to implore you, to beg yotf and to advise you not to make any contract leasing one or any number of the convicts under your control, to any individual, private firm or corporation, for any purpose whatsoever, whether it be to engage in wood work, leather work, brick work, silk work, or any other kind of work. "The people of South Carolina have been appealed to In no uncertain terms in reference to this system of leasing convicts, and after a most bitter and stubborn fight a large majority of the white people of this state have re-elected a governor who fought this system, and they elected a legislature which abolished this system. Joining with the people, the legislature disapproved of this class of work by abolishing your present hosiery mill system, which means that they disapprove of the leasing system, and if you now make a contract leasing one or any number of these convicts to any individual, private Arm or corporation, for any purpose, you will do so directly contrary to the expressed will of the white people of South Carolina and of your legislature. "Why, gentlemen, what is the difference? If you are going to march these poor, unfortunate human beings out of their cells in the early morning, and right on into another building, there to be confined all day, and deprived of fresh air, and deprived of sunshine, what makes the difference wnemer mey are woraing in a nosiery mill or a harness factory, or where? It is not so much the class of work, but it is the character of the imprisonment, and the necessary fresh air and pure sunshine to give them the health and strength which God intended they should have, and which you, because of your temporary power, have no right to rob them of. "I hope that there has been no agreement reached between your board and Mr. Graham, to the effect that if he would surrender his contract for the hosiery mill your board would give him a new lease on these prisoners to run some other class of business, because I assure you that such contract will not be allowed to stand, and that by Mr. Graham's submission he has shown no favor to the people of this state, for the courts will uphold the abolition of this nuisance, whether your board or Mr. Graham should see fit to carry on a controversy in regard thereto, or to retire gracefully. "I am in favor of letting each county keep its own convicts and working them upon its own highways, and I hope the judges of this state will adopt that system in passing sentence. "Those prisoners who must come to the penitentiary because of the heinousness of their crimes should be worked in a reasonable way, at some business within the walls of the penitentiary. absolutely under your control and direction, and most positively not under the control or direction of any individual, private firm or corpo ration; and you should provide such proper restrictions and regulations as to give these people that rest which the human body requires and that fresh air and sunshine which God intended that they should have. Beca lse they are prisoners does not take from them their humanity, nor does it ceprive them of the soul that is in the body of each of them, and when you oppress one of them you violate one of the greatest commandments ever given by God to man. "Now, gentlemen, I will not be in the state when you meet on the 10th of September, under my present arrangements. and, therefore. I will not be present, but once again I warn you not to lease these people to any private parties. I am not going to make any threat, but I advise you to read the constitution of this state as to your powers and duties, and particularly to read Section 8. of Article 12. and take Into consideration, along with this, my well-known position In reference to inhuman treatment of these people. And, last, but by no means least, carefully consider that I have the power to relieve them from any cruel or unjust punishment which you or anybody else may try to put on them. "I hope, gentlemen, that I have made myself plain, and I hope that nothing unpleasant will take place, but a word to the wise?to use an old saying?should surely be sufficient in this case. Very respectfully, "Cole L. Blease. Governor." LOCAL. AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS Kirkpatrick-Belk Co.?Now has buyers in the northern markets for fall goods and new goods are arriving for the fall trade. Sam Kassler, Manager?Tells you that the big remodeling sale will continue to September 20. New bargains every few days. Cloud Cash Store?Is showing new fall goods and wants the ladies to come and see the new offerings. York Furniture Co.?Has new lines of ?osxiafoo and llnnlfilims And I Invites housekeepers to come' and see the new display of floor coverings. J. O. Patterson, Jr., Barnwell?Offers farm lands, 100 acres and up, at prices ranging from $10 an acre up. Jackson Bros., Clover?Are closing out certain lines and offering special Inducements to quick buying. Right prices on groceries, buggies, etc. Miller's Barbershop?Has bought out the Sanitary Pressing club, and solicits cleaning and pressing for ladies and gentlemen. John R. Blair, Demonstration Agent? Will give you government prices of seeds for fall sowing. York Drug Store?Thanks Its school supplies patrons and will appreciate further patronage. A word to Its out-of-town friends. Carroll Bros.?Talk to prospective buggy buyers and to farmers who need farm tools. Palmetto Monument Co.?Emphasizes the good quality of its work and fair dealing with customers. J. C. Wllborn?Adds several additional offerings to his real estate list Thomson Co.?Talks about quality and price, and also tells about new goods that are now on display. Taken all together York county crops are not so bad. Mist Belle Ramsey of Sharon, has sent The Enquirer some bell peppers that measure nine Inches In circumference. If the Bethel Improvement people keep up the pace they have started in the quality of their papt-s, they will put people to thinking before a grep* while. REGISTRATION WORK The county board of supervisors of registration had another busy day yesterday, being occupied from the opening to the closing hour, writing renewals, making transfers and issuing new certificates. The total registration of the county by precincts, at the close of business yesterday was as follows: Piedmont 62 Sharon 106 Rock Hill 1.215 Clover 316 Rullock's Creek 108 Smyrna 114 Coate's Tavern 86 Eort Mill 36? Ebenezer 117 Forest Hill 86 Blalrsville Ill Ogden . 88 Tlrzah 60 Hickory Grove 218 Bethel '169 Yorkville 656 McConnellsville 136 Newport 80 Total 4.247 WITHIN THE TOWN ? Mr. J. Q. Wray, in charge of the Water, Light and Power department, is making good progress in the relaying of the water line on East Liberty street. A trench about 2,000 feet long has thus far been opened. Mr. Wray had a force of nineteen laborers on the work last Saturday. ? Now since school has begun and the baseball season Is drawing to a close, .the Yorkville Graded school boys are becoming interested in football, onH within the next two weeks Drac tice will be begun. Dr. R. H. McFhdden Is to coach the team again this season, and the prospectus toward having a good eleven is quite bright. There are several new students in the school this year who look strong and husky and who have signified their intention of trying for a place on the team. Yorkvllle had one of the best football teams In this part of the state last year, and the boys say their team will be up to the standard of last year. ? The twenty-sixth Bession of the Yorkvllle Graded schools. began work yesterday morning with one of the largest enrollments in its history, a total of 307 names of pupils in the ten grades. A goodly number of patrons of the school assembled in the auditorium for the opening exercises. Mr. Geo. W. S. Hart presided, and introduced Revs. E. E. Gillespie, J. H. Ma chen, Henry Stokes, COl. W. W. Lewis, Deaconess Gadsden and Coi. Anbury Coward who made .short appropriate talks. Two songs by the school children and a benediction by Rev. Mr. Stokes concluded the exercises. The pupils were then sent to their respective grades and lessons were assigned preparatory to the regular work commencing this morning. The personnel of the faculty In charge of the school Is the same as last year with the excep tlon of Miss Mary Cartwright who has the fifth gTade, vice Miss Bertha Anderson, resigned. ? One of the transformers owned Jointly by the Water, Light and Power department and the Neely mill company, was burned out last Friday afternoon and the town was in darkness during the night, while efforts were made to remedy the trouble. The loss was something over >500. There are now only two transformers to do the work of stepping current down from the high voltage of the main power line for use by the Neely mill and the town, and the capacity of these is Insufficient for both consumers. As a matter of fact, there Is but little more than enough for either the town or the mill running at full capacity, and the town will be unable to pump at night with the full night load on. For various reasons the partnership transformer arrangement with the Neely mill has all along been unsatisfactory to some of the town officials, and there has been talk of the town's providing an independent .transformer plant; but as yet no definite steps have been taken. Connections are today being made with the transformers of the Victor Oil Mill to help out the weakened current. FARMING IN THE WEST Mr. Louis Roth and family, of Yorkville, returned home last Sunday night, after an absence of two weeks, most of which time they spent In Texas and Oklahoma, having gone mainly on a V1S11 (U muuvw, uui ui muioc lanute much interest In the country through which they passed both going and coming. They went out by way of Ashevllle, Knoxvllle and Memphis to Dallas, Texas, and from there to Fort Worth and Johnson county, where they visited Mr. W. M. Finiey, an uncle of Mrs. Roth and formerly a citizen of this county, and Mr. J. F. Love, another former York county man, who is Mr. Finley's son-in-law. Speaking of his trip yesterday, Mr. Roth who has been through parts of Texas and Oklahoma before, said that what he was most struck with out that way was the extent of individual farm ing operations. Most of the farmers i own large tracts of land, four hundred J acres being rather under than over the average, and using improved machln- , ery rather than hand labor In the cul- < tivation. "You don't see anybody walk- lng behind a mule down a cotton row out there," he said, "because the common rule Is to ride, and let the mule do . most of the work. ( "The farmers In the portions of Tex- j as I visited," Mr. Roth went on, "are ( pretty blue. They are talking starva- j tlon; but of course conditions are not as serious as that. Their crops are poor though. Farmers told me that they have not had such poor crops in twenty years, and of course they know what they are talking about. But the trou ble is on account of drouth rather than the boll weevil. They have been terribly dry all along: during the seasons when rain was mfost needed, and the boll weevil has really had nothing to do with the poor prospect. In fact I did not hear much complaint about the boll weevil anyway. "I have not seen much of the South Carolina crops as a whole; but from what I have seen In York county, and from what I have gathered as to conditions in the state, I am sure that we are in much better condition than th$y are in Texas. The Texas and Oklahoma people may make enough corn to feed their stock; but they are not going to make much more than that?certainly not In the sections through which we passed. Speaking of the price of western larin iuiiud, mr. auui bhiu niai uic range was from $40 .to $60 per acre; but there is not much going on in the way of sales. Most of the land is in large holdings, and it Is not unusual to travel ten miles or more without seeing more than two or three houses. There are very few negroes in that country either, practically all of the farm work being d -.e with white labor. On being asked about alfalfa, Mr. Roth said he saw quite a lot of it, especially in Oklahoma, and he had a notion of buying some for his use and to sell; but when, he found that the price was $12 a ton wholesale, which is considered rather high out that way,1 he decided to let it alone. He was a little surprised, however, to find Johnson grass hay selling at much higher figures, the ruling prices being from 119 to 124 a ton. "I was In Mr. Flnley's home town of Godley last week, Mr. Roth went on. when the first bale of new cotton was sold. The price was only 11.45; but the farmers generally seem to have the Idea .that prices have got to do better than that. In fact most of the people I talked to were strong believers In an early advance." Mr. Roth said that Mr. Finley Is no longer farming actively; but is renting most of his lands to tenants. Both he and Mr. Love who live within about three and one-half miles of each other have very good crops on their lands, and no cause to complain. In fact, crops seem to be better in Johnson county than In any other part of Texas that Mr. Roth passed through. ABOUT PEOPLE Mr. Oscar Robinson has taken a position with Mr. Louis Roth in Torkvllle. Mr. Tracy Proctor of Rock Hill spent Sunday with friends In Torkville. Dr. A. M. Barnett of Torkvllle, spent Sunday with relatives in Gaatonla. Mr. John L Hunter is critically HI at his nome in rornviue. Miss Willie Williams who has been spending: several weeks In Ashevllle, has returned to Yorkvilie. Dr. J. B. Bowen and Mr. Tom Moore of Charlotte, spent Sunday In Yorkvilie. Mr. and Mrs. George R. Grist of Yorkvilie, spent Sunday with relatives In Bowling Green. Miss Margarlte Bradford of Clover, Is the guest of Mr. W. L. Baber's family In Yorkvilie. Mrs. Carl Foster of Tlmmonsville, visited Mrs. J. H. Foster In Yorkvilie, last week. Miss Mary Roddey of Rock Hill, visited Miss Elizabeth Flnley in Yorkvilie, this week. Mr. A. V. Snell of Charleston, Is visiting the family of Mr. G. W. S. Hart In Yorkvilie. Messrs. John and George Ross of Qhornn vlaltori Mrs A. R. EwaTt In Yorkvllle this week. Miss Elizabeth Wilborn, who haa been visiting relatives in Chester, haa returned to her home in Yorkvllle. Mr. Barron Kennedy of Rock Hill spent Sunday and Monday with relatives In Yorkvllle. Mr. Thomas Cartwright of Rock Hill spent Sunday and yesterday with Yorkvllle relatives. Mr. J. R. Kelly of Estill. 8. C.. spent Saturday and Sunday with relatives in Yorkvllle. Mr. C. G. Parish of Atlanta, visited relatives and friends in Yorkvllle this week. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Sadler of Yorkvllle. spent Saturday and Sunday with relatives in Rock Hill. Mr. Herbert Woods of Chester, visited relatives in Yorkvllle, Saturday and Sunday. Drs. M. J. Walker and John I. Barron of Yorkvllle, are attending the pellagra conference in Spartanburg today and tomorrow. Miss Mabel and Mr. Perry Ashe, who have been spending the summer in Brevard, returned .to their home in Yorkvllle last night. Mrs. J. D. McDowell and children, who have been spending several weeks In Montreal, returned to their home in Yorkvllle, Saturday. Mr. Tom Quinn of Yorkvllle, left Sunday afternoon for Greenville, where he will take a position with the Seaboard Air Line railway at that place. Mrs. J. P. White and daughter, Miss Miriam, have returned to their home In Yorkvllle, after a visit, to relatives in Wllkinsvllle. Miss Annie J. Ashe who has been spending the summer in Canada and 1 New York, returned to her home in Yorkvllle, Saturday. Dr. O. L. Johnson of Athens, Ga., j spent the past week in Yorkvllle with his mother, Mrs. M. J. Johnson, and other relatives. ( Messrs. William and Malcom Marion i and Miss Margaret Marlon, of Chester, visited Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Marlon In Yorkville, this week. Mr. Q. C. McCelvey of Orangeburg, : and Misses Nora Williamson of Guthriesvllle and Maude Eberhardt of Ches- 1 ter, have returned to Yorkville, to re- j sume their work In the Graded school, j ; Bamford Garrison of the South Car- ( ollna rifle team, returned to his home . j near Yorkville yesterday, after attend- i ing the national rifle shoot at Camp Perry, Ohio. ' 4Mrs. R. M. Dulln, who has been vis- i Itlng relatives In Rock Hill, returned to | her home at Bowling Green this morn- \ lng. She was accompanied by her | nephew, Mr. Walter Jenkins of Rock t Hill. . < Misses Annie May and Kate Dowdle 1 returned to their home at Bullock's ? Creek last Friday after a visit to 1 Misses Evelyn and Nora Gettys on 1 Yorkville No. 3. < Mr. W. I. Barber of the Cloud Cash j Store in Yorkville, has been trans- j ferred to Chester, where he will take a j position with the Cloud store at that J place. Mr. jonn u. jacason, wnose mm waa < amputated at the Fennel Infirmary In , Rock Hill last Thursday is getting , along very nicely and will be removed j to his home In Yorkvllle within a few days. Messrs. Parks Curry of Quthrles- " vllle, John Smith of Clover, and Jno. W. Miller of Yorkvllle, left Sunday afternoon , to attend the state meeting of the R. F. D. Carriers' association, to be held at Orangeburg, this week. Mr. Robert Lindsay, formerly in the employ of Latta Bros., in Yorkvllle, has taken a position with the Ancona mill. Mr. Otman Rose has i ken the position vacated by Mr. Lindsay. Information from Mr. W. C. Qulnn, who was so badly hurt by coming In contact with another player In an endeavor to catch a fly ball, Is that he Is getting along very well. Mr. Qulnp's Injuries were not as serious as was thought at first, and he will probably be out In a few days. - LOCAL LACONIC8 Rock Hill's Pips Lins. The pipe line that is to convey water from Catawba river to Rock Hill, has been completed; but there is delay in installing the two pumps that are required at either end of the line. Mors 8pecial Levies. There were two special school tax elections in York county last week. On FYiday, Broad ftlver district No: IS,"1 voted a 2-mill levy. Only seven votes were cast, and all were in favor of the levy. On Saturday Beersheba district No. 19 voted a 2-mlll levy, 16 to 3. Picnic at Ogden. Friday was picnic day at Ogden, and between two and three hundred people of the neighborhood were In attendance. Superintendent of Education John E. Carroll was the speaker of the day. Mr. Carroll, in his talk, advocated the building of a new school house at Ogden, and before the day was over a committee was at work soliciting the necessary sub-' scrlptlons. The understanding is that the money will be forthcoming as soon as it is needed. Y Barn and Mules Burned. Mr. J. M. Stroup of Yorkville. had the misfortune to lose a barn and three mules by Are, on a farm tenanted by a negro named Bill McConnell, about seven miles northeast of Yorkvllle, last Sunday night. The Are occurred about 11 o'clock, and before It was discovered had made such headway that the flames could not be checked. The building, which was worth about $160, was Insured for $50 In the Farmers' Mutual. The mules, two good ones and a plug, were worth $500 and were not Insured. There is no satisfactory evidence as to the probable origin of the Are. Warehouse for 8haron. "Uncle Bob" Sherer, mayor of Sharon, was In Yorkvllle yesterday on business, and Incidentally to shake hands with his many friends from all quarters. He said that the corn crop only, promises fairly well; but that cotton looks pretty good. Business, which has been rather dull of late; shows signs of picking up some, and his people generally, are looking forWrrd with conAdence to good business. "We are considering the Idea of erecting a cotton warehouse,' said Uncle Bob; "and the undertaking Is pretty well under way. You know the farmers of our comer, are some, of the most conArmed holders of cotton In the county. They always have from 300 to 500 bales after the crop has been sold from all other sections. Now what we want Is a warehouse that will hold not less .than 1,000 bales, and to cost something like $2,000. We are raising the money on a cooperative basis of about $50 a share, so as to get as many people interested as possible." Rev. Henry Stokes at Sharon. | Rev. Henry Stokes of Yorkvllle. preached In Sharon A. R. P. church last Sunday morning. It was his first visit to Sharon, and referring to his impressions this morning, put It about like this: .."I was invited out because of a few scattering members in that vicinity; but what surprised me was the unusually large congregation. I thought maybe it might be because of the special occasion, and that the previously announced address of Miss Alexander, .the returned missionary from India might have something to do with it; but upon inquiry I found that while the attendance may have been a little above the average, the Sharon people attend church with much regularity." Mr. Stokes told a joke on himself, the fine humor of which cannot be fully preserved In print. It was to the effect that he asked one of the Sharon folks, "You reckon all these people came out to hear me?" The reply was: "Oh, .they would come out to hear anybody." Mr. Stokes was very much pleased with the address of Miss Alexander and delighted with his experience at Sharon generally. Dr. E. F. Glenn Dead. Oastonia special of September 1, to the Charlotte Observer: Dr. Enos Franklin Olenn, one of the most proml"?"t HanHafa nf fhl? HAAtirm of the state, and one of the beat-known citizens of this city, died at his home here shortly after 8 o'clock this morning, following an illness of about six weeks of paralysis. Doctor Glenn was 61 years of age, and had lived the greater part of his life in this county. He practiced dentistry one year in Rock Hill, S. C., about 20 years ago, coming from there here, where until about five years since, when ill health caused him to retire from active labors, he practiced his profession, building up a good practice and gaining the respect of the entire community. For several years he had been in declining health, but about six weeks ago was stricken by paralysis affecting his entire left side. A second stroke affected the right side last Thursday, and he was unconscious for the larger part of the time until his death. Doctor Glenn Is survived by his wife, who was Miss Ada Walker, and three daughters, Mrs. J. Leake Carraway of Charlotte and Mrs. W. R. Henderson and Mrs. W. I. Fayssoux of Gastonia. Two brothers, Messrs. J. C. and W. B. Glenn, live In Charlotte. Alumni of the K. M. M. 3.?During rair week the alumni of the famous FClne's Mountain Military academy, tvhlch was located at Torkvllle, will meet In Columbia, according to the State of Sunday. The following public letter was dictated yesterday to the alumni of that institution: 'To the ex-Cadets of King's Mountain Military Schotrt: "Comrades: At a recent meeting >f some of the alumni it was determined that we should have a reunion it Columbia during the coming state 'air. The object of this reunion is to :ender to our reverend preceptor, Ool. Vsbury Coward, a testimonial of our >steem and affection and to renew the 'riendships formed at our alma mater. Hoi. Coward Is much gratified at the dea and will be with us on the hapjy occasion. It being Impossible to :ommunicate personally with each one )f you, it is earnestly requested that hose of you, who shall see this noice, will co-operate with your comnlttee by extending this notice and lrge each one to attend. Tou are alio requested to send the name and adiress of any of the cadets in your dcinlty. In anticipation of a Joyous -eunlon on the 29th of October, next, beg to remain, "Yours most truly, "J. Q. Davis, Chairman, 1868." 'Attest: "Pringle T. Youmans, 1879, "Secretary." MERE-MENTION. Miss Jessie Wilson, daughter of the president, was slightly Injured while horse-back riding near Cornish, N. Hi, Thursday According to a report of Chief Engineer Ooeth&ls of the Panama canal, there are 232,353,000 cubic yards of earth yet to be removed before the canal is completed. The total construction cost to August 15, has been 8185.510,006 Premier Aaqulth of England, was roughly handled by two etaiwart suffragettes, while he was playing golf near Elgir, Scotland, Thursday,..... .A ' Toklo, Japan, cable of August 28, brings the information that during a typhoon that had prevailed for several days previous, not less than sixty lives were lost, hundreds of houses destroyed and In Tokio alone, 15.000 houses had been inundated.... A meteor fell into the Seaconnett river, near Twerton, R. I., Thursday. Great volumes of steam rose from the river and the explosion was ' like that of a 12-inch gun......A Ufe^ saver of the Flushing Bay station, last week swam from the Battery in New York, to Sandy Hook, a distance of twenty-two miles. The swimmer was in the water 13 hours and 22 minutes.... A New Yorker who died August 1?, disposed of his fortune of a little less than $2,000,000 in a will of less than fifty Words....Two companies of state militia took charge of a race track at Mineral Springs, Ind., Thursday, because of violations of the state law prohibiting gambling The steam- h ship Imperator, the largest, newest and finest ship of the Hamburg-American line, had a narrow escape from destruction by fire at its pier at Hoboken. N. J., Thursday morning. The fire started in the steerage, where 1,181 passengers were asleep. All were gotten out and the compartment flooded with millions of gallons of water. The second officer lost his life. The damage was 350,000 Porter Chariton, the wife murdrer, has reached Italy, and his trial will begin within the next few days Philadelphia Is to elect nine additional judges for its municipal court There are 142 candidates for the nine positions The Mexican war of 1845.-47 lasted a few days less than two uoors AUnoothnr 1A A AAA imarlaaMs j v?? ? <*.1 ivbvviio* AVVfVW /unci iv?ua were engaged. The southern states furnished 43,213 volunteers and the northern states 22,136. Twenty thousand Americans lost their lives and hot less than 20,000 Mexicans during the two years. The direct and Indirect expense to the United States was not less $200,000,000. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. : ? The war department has allotted to the ml'ltia organizations of South Carolina, the sum of $57,000, being this state's share of a $4,000,000 appropriation apportioned out according to the militia strength of each state. ? Governor Blease has announced that in the counties that have Just voted for dispensaries, he will not appoint as members of boards of control anybody except those who voted for the dispensary, and who are free from the liquor habit. He Insists that the new county dispensaries must be managed by their friends. ? Columbia special of August 30, to Greenville Piedmont: Gov. Blease addressed a warning today to the penitentiary board not to lease any convicts to private parties or corporations to take the.place of the hosiery mllL He warned them of his right to remove inem ana mumaiea mat ne would do so If they leased any of the prisoners to anybody for any class of work. The board has called for bids for such tease on September 10; ? Lancaster special of September 1, to Charlotte Observer: Under proceed- ' Ings held in Spartanburg county In the case of the Carolina Mutual Fire Insurance company against various parties In Lancaster county, several tracts of land were offered for sale today by the master of Spartanburg county. Notice was given by H. Hlnes, D. R. Williams, T. Y. Williams and E. D. Blakeney, attorneys, 1 that the sales were Irregular and that any one buying any oner of these tracts would be involved In llti-, gatlon. There were, consequently, no bidders, except the receiver of the defunct company, who bid in each tract 4 for the amount of the alleged pay-* ments. Suit will be instituted at once to set aside the entire proceedings. | ? Governor Blease was in Charlesion last Wednesday and when Interviewed by the Post, commented briefly on President Wilson's message to congress in regard to the Mexican situation, reiterated the statement that he would be the next United States senator from South Carolina, and spoke at some length of what he . thinks Is the decadence of newspaper Influence upon the masses and gave his reasons for this belief. "That pan or rreeiaeni nuwoi aw?? where he advises Americana to leave Mexico, I do not understand at all," said the governor. "A great many of those people have spent their lives, have Invested their money there and for them to be told to run away and leave It, the governor thinks, is all wrong. He says what President Wilson should do is to tell the Americans to stay where they are and if one life is taken, where the government is responsible, he will come down and get Mr. Huerta. "As a matter of fact," said the governor, "I believe Wilson is afraid of Mexico; I think he realises the United 8tates is not in a position to go to war with Mexico or anybody else. It looks that way to me." Governor Blease further remarked that if Roosevelt had been in office, Huerta would have been out of office and the trouble settled long ago. "Of course," said he, "war is an awful thing and I am as much for peace as any man, but I don't approve of the president of the United States telling Americans to run from anybody. Secretary of State Brvan came in for a rather severe flaying at the hands of the governor, who referred to him as a "broken down politician" who has gone to preaching religion and prohibition. He said that is one unfailing characteristic of a broken down politician, and that he had seen Instances of it in this state. ? Columbia State, September 1: The financial board of South Carolina yesterday announced that the bid of the Palmetto National bank for a loan of SS00.000 for current expenses of the government had been accepted. Five notes, one for $100,000 and four for $50,000, have been signed by the gov- . ernor, the state treasurer and the ... comptroller general, members of the , financial board, and have been turned over to the bank. The money, it was said yesterday, will be aval'able this morning to meet the demands of the state government For the past fifteen days the state treasury has been depleted and all bills for -warrants, presented at the comptroller general's office, have been turned down. Four banks?National Union of Rock Hill, the People's bank of Columbia, the People's National bank of Rock Hill, and the Palmetto National bank of Columbia?submitted bids for the loan. "It would appear on the face of the bids that the People's bank of Columbia offered the lowest rate, which was 4.45 per cent, but as a matter of fact, the Palmetto National banks bid amounted to $501.88 less Interest than the People's bank, and was $225.28 less than the People's National bank rate. The calculations were made by myself and Comptroller General Jones and two disinterested expert bankers and they found that the Interest charged by the various banks would be as follows: National Union bank of Rock Hill, be- . tween $5,500 and $8,000 (the condition stipulated by this bank was such that it had to be estimated); People's bank of Columbia, $4,969.17; People's National ban kof RockTIill, $4,690.67, and the Palmetto National bank, $4,465.29.'' This statement was made by S. T. Carter, state treasurer and secretary of the financial board, when asked yesterday as to the loan. ? J. B. Harter, chief of police of Allendale, was shot and killed at the frail road station of Lena, Hampton county, last Saturday afternoon by Joe Walker, a section master of the railroad. Rev. W. J. Lanston, formerly pastor of the Baptist church in Torkville, was the only eye witness. At the inquest he gave the following account of the shooting: 'T was sitting talking to Mr. Harter at Lena and this man walked up swiftly, very