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Scraps and Jacts. ? When asked about the Parr Shoals robbery last Friday, Governor Blease Is quoted as saying: "If the lawlessness at Parr Shcals Is as reported to me, this is only the beginning. Men need not be surprised when they receive punishment, if they have no regard for the Sabbath or the God that gave it to the laboring man for his needed rest." ? The Matteawan asylum In New York, does not propose to have another escape like that of Harry Thaw, If it can be helped. It will be remembered that Thaw stood near the gate as it was opened for the milk man, and dashed out as the milk man drove in. Now another gate is being erected on the inside of the wall, and It is proposed that hereafter as wagons come in the first gate, that gate will be locked before the second gate is opened. ? The city of Hot Springs, Arkansas, was nearly wiped out by fire last Friday. The Are started in a negro cabin near the army and navy hospital, and before it could be wiped out, destroyed something like $6,000,000 worth of property on which there was insurance to the amount of less than $2,000,000. Thousands of people were made homeless, and destitution is so widespread that it has been necMAM/1 MMrvirlai nrto #PAm O KpAQ COOOI y IV acuu |fivfioiviig aivui mv* vwv. Heavy contributions are being made from Little Rock and other cities. , ?An attempt was made at Toklo, Japan last Friday to assassinate Moritara Abe. director of the political bureau of the Japanese foreign office. He was stabbed in the abdomen and is suffering from a severe wound. The attack came while Mr. Abe was walking home from the foreign office early last Friday. He had reached a point opposite the American embassy when two young men ran out of an alley toward him. One of them seized him by the shoulders while the other plunged a short sword into his abdomen. Both of them escaped. Passersby came to the assistance of Mr. Abe, who had fallen. They bore htm to his home, where an operation was performed immediately. The doctors declared that the wound probably would not prove fatal. The motive ror tne crime is noi Known, uui there is a tendency to attribute it to the political excitement growing out of recent attacks on the Japanese foreign office and on Mr. Abe in regard to the California land ownership legislation. ? Democratic leaders In the senate decided yesterday to make no further movement toward an agreement on the administration currency bill until It has passed the house. After a conference with colleagues on the banking and cuiTency committee, Chairman Owen on yesterday secured President Wilson's tentative approval of the plan. It was predicted that consideration of the bill in committee will continue until the middle of October before it will be possible to estimate what support it can command in the senate. The senate banking and currency committee resumed hearings yesterday wPh W. H. Allen of Brooklyn, the only witness. At the end of a short session, the committee adjourn ed. Chairman Henry of the house rules committee, called at the White House, he said, to assure President Wilson that his committee was ready to Introduce a special rule if necessary to expediate the bill through the house. He predicted that the bill would be passed by the house after a week's debate. Chairman Owen arranged late yesterday for a resumption of the currency hearing Tuesday. September 16, at which the first of several financial students will be examined by the committee. ? The high.cost of living will be higher as a result of the action of the National Farmers' Union in Sallna, ' Kan., in fixing the price at which I members will sell this year's cotton , at 15 cents a pound. The present price is approximately 12 cents. The ac- 1 tlon of the convention binds every i member of the union to hold his cot- i ton until the market reaches the figures set In the past repeated ef forts have been made to have a similar resolution passed by the convention but advocates of the proposal al- , ways failed to muster the necessary votes. This year there was no opposition to the plan. Several of the leading cottoa growers wanted the minimum figured at 17 or 18 cents, pointing out that owing to tightness of the money market and unsettled < conditions In Europe and America, prices of all products would soar and cotton would bring that price if members of the union held out. Experts i employed by the union estimate this year's yield at 14.074.500 bales. Last , year it was 14,200,000 bales and the price averaged 12 cents. There are nearly 2,000,000 members of the union < who are cotton growers and, and leaders In the movement say their neigh- f bore who are not members of the organization will only be too glad to ]om in noicung me crop unui n c?u i be marketed at 15 cents a pound. The minimum price at which cotton seed Will be sold was fixed at 130 a ton and members are pledged to hold out for that figure. Last year's prices ranged around $26. approximately the present ' market figure. ? Thaw did not go back to Matteawan as even his lawyers seemed to think after the Canadian court decision I last week. When Thaw was turned out of Jail on the writ of habeas corpus; , and the immigration authorities seized him, his attorneys refused to Montreal 1 and secured a writ that calls for Thaw's i appearance before the full king's bench , in that city on September 15. The writ is a double-barreled affair, habeas cor- 1 nnnhlhlHva Offflinfit tPflnanor- 1 tatlon. The writ was obtained and i served after the immigration authori- , ties had ordered Thaw's deportation. The populace of Coaticpok was over- 1 joyed at the new turn In behalf of I Thaw. But in connection with the mat- ( ter there was a right smart joke on , Jerome. With the anxiety of the case relieved by the granting of the habeas corpus writ, Jerome engaged in a game ] of poker with some of the newspaper men. It was at the railroad station and was a penny ante affair involving 1 about $1.50 in all. A man named Mill- I ford Aldrich swore out a warrant against Jerome and had him arrested, and put under a $500 bond. The arrest delayed Thaw's deportation somewhat. rviiioh InHltT. 1 i1uw o Ittw^cio CA^icoocu iuuvh .i.viio i nation at the arrest and disclaimed all responsibility for It. Thaw regarded it as a good joke; but offered to go Je- ' rofne's bond. The man who swore out the warrant claimed to be acting , through zeal as a citizen. Had It not been for the delay caused by the ar- 1 rest. Thaw would probably have been taken at once to Vermont. There is a row In the town council of Coatlcook, j the aldermen being divided on the ; question as to whether John Boudreau, ' the officer who had arrested Thaw in < the first place, and who afterward sued out the writ of habeas corpus had any right to do so. ? Completion of dry excavation on ' the Panama canal last Saturday just ten days ahead of scheduled time, ad- 1 vanced the work on the great water , way almost to the final stages. Much . digging and cleaning out remains to bt done in Culebra cut and along the 1 route, but this will be accomplished by < mammoth dredges floating on the sur- , face of the canal. An army of men will be busy during the next four weeks re- 1 moving steam shovels and other equip- 1 ment and material, Including thirty-six j miles of railroad track from the nine , mile channel in Culebra cut between Gamboa dike and Pedro Miguel locks. ' This is preparatory to turning water i into the channel from Gatun lake, on , the Atlantic side on Oct. 5, five days in advance of the date set for dynamiting ] Gamboa dike. The water will be Intro- 1 duced through four twenty-six men j pipes extending underneath the dike, and although the five day period hardly will suffice to fill the channel to one third the canal level, enough would be I let in to act as a cushion against the { explosion when the dike is destroyed. While the cut is being cleared of rail- 1 way and equipment, drilling and blast- i ing will be going on at the bottom of i the channel, loosening up rocks and j earth for the dredges that soon will be clawing away through water. On Au- 1 gust 1, 998,000 cubic yards remained to ( be taken out of the "theoretical canal , prism." and since that time the steamshovels have reduced the amount to ap- 1 proximately 650,000 cubic yards, which l is left for the dredges. Six of the i shovels will be continued, however, in | removing material from the east and west banks near Culebra to lessen the 1 danger from slides. The destruction of Gamboa dike will leave only one such obstruction along the canal route, the dike over which the railroad crosses the Gatun locks and which can be removed at any time. The last barrier on the Pacific side, the Miraflores dike, was dynamited just a few weeks ago, turning Pacific tide water into a channel 5,000 feet long, 500 feet wide and 41 feet deep. Dredges are now navigating this channel, and on the Atlantic side a big suction dredge steamed on Gatun lake up to a point near the Gamboa dike ten days ago. Small vessels probably will be able to pass through the canal from end to end by Oct. 10, and the water way should be ready for shipping proper early in December. <5hr \|orhriUr (Enquirer. Entered at the Postofllee in TorkvUl*> as Mail Matter of the Second Class. TORKVULE, . C.t TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1913. And now It is beginning to look an If Japan is going to provoke another war with China. The Charlotte city council still has that one thousand dollars it offered as a reward for the arrest of people whose Incog Is being generally respected. Nobody wants that reward. . Suppose your name was Summers? And you were to run for the legislature? And get elected? And the newspapers should print your name as Simmons? How would you like It??Anderson Dally Mall. The Enquirer was among the offenders. Inadvertently we clipped an Anderson dispatch saying that Mr. "H. C. Simmons" had defeated Mr. Thackston. Mr. Summers will please accept our apologies. The Anderson plan of having a big hin^kboard on which to announce sale offerings is a good one; but it is a back number as compared with a little notice in The inquirer for this county, or the Dally Mail or Intelligencer for Anderson. It is not a bad idea, however, to use both methods. It may be that the tax on cotton gambling will depress prices, but we are inclined to think that if it does so, it will be the fault of the farmers. It seems to us that in the absence of the daily game of bluff on the exchanges, if the producers will now really make an honest effort to hold their cotton, the buyers will have to keep bidding until they make a price calculated to tempt the producer. When the news that the senate had agreed upon the Clark amendment to tax cotton gambling contracts at the rate of one-tenth of a cent a pound, the gamblers pitched in to selling: cotton at a rate that soon put the price down $2 a bale. At least It was claimed that the decline was because of this Clark amendment. And we would remark that If this Is really true, It would Beem rather an argument In favor of than against said amendment. Now that It seems practically certain that there Is to be a prohibitive tax on cotton gambling on the exchanges, we will see what we will see. There are those who hold that this gambling is absolutely necessary to maintain cotton prices at a proper level and there are others who hold the contrary. If the proposed law goes through, it may disorganize the market temporarily, but somehow we feel pretty sure that things will right themselves again be lore a greai wmie. auc oiveipuui c*change will continue to do business in the meantime. There is developing throughout North Carolina a strong sentiment against the election of lawyers to the legislature. The old, old argument that It was desirable to have in each delegation a man who understood law, and who could speak, is being met everywhere by the claim that good statutes are a matter of common sense, rather than of smartness in technicalities, and that lawyers who do not go to the legislature as employees of corporations, become such employes as soon as they are able to demonstrate that they are of enough force to be of value. Of course a general movement like this is said to be calculated to work injustice on some, for among the legal pro cession are men who are as straigntforward and patriotic as are the followers of other vocations; but nevertheless It would be better to have no lawyer representatives at all than all lawyer representatives. The controversy between Mr. Rembert and the Anderson Intelligencer is no quarrel of ours; but as It Involves men who are under public consideration, It is a matter of news. We did not publish the Intelligencer's original article, because we had no Inclination to Beek a controversy. The Pee Dee Dally published the original article from the Intelligencer, and very properly published Mr. Rembert's reply. The Intelligencer also published the reply, except the last letter of Mr. Rembert, with reference to which it says in a note: "There were other enclosures in Capt. Rembert's letter, but as the above Is in direct response to what we published, we saw off here." We do not see anything wrong with that, especially since the new editor having had nothing to do with the original publication, did not care to give circulation to a further personal attack to which anacK ne wouia nave ieit uuuiiu iu allow a reply. From the Intelligencer also It appears that Mr. Thackston's letter was not published In full. Mr. Rembert having added this note: "This Is not the entire letter, but only so much is refers to article." Now comes Mr. Beard back at Mr. Rembert In the Pee Dee Dally, and his letter Is also printed today. The arrest of Attorney Jerome at Sherbrooke, Canada, on the charge of gambling has come up for a good deal of newspaper comment, some of It serious. some of it humorous. As to the motives of the arrest, we know nothing. Although a great deal has been said on both sides it is impossible to Jeclde what to believe, whether the man who swore out the warrant was actuated by zeal for the law, or was merely trying to embarrass the other side. But according to our view this begs the question. We belong to the school that believes that law should be enforced for law's sake. It is possible that Jerome's offense Is common, even In Canada; but as to that we do not know; but whether or not it is common it is right and proper that he should have been arrested. He had no right to violate the law and there is just as much reason why he should have been arrested as there would have been why a negro crap shooter should have been arrested under the same conditions. The man who will violate law himself, whether he be lawyer or layman, has absolutely no regard for the rights of others and he should be brought to hnnlt whenever nossible. It is pretty self-evident that If the courts sustain the contention of Comptroller General Jones as to the taxability of non-taxable bonds when held by banks, the banks will be unable to hold the bonds. Taxes In Yorkvllle are pretty close to 2 per cent, and a bond bearing 5 per cent Interest, If taxed, would therefore net only 3 per cent. Under this situation there would be nothing for the banks to do but to get rid of the bonds by selling them to individuals, within or outside the state. It Is very generally understood that but few individuals return bonds for taxation whether they are taxable or not, and while of course South Carolina's act making a bond of this state non-taxable could have no effect in another state, that is a matter of small consequence as tax dodging is about as common In other states as this. If the contention of the comptroller general Is sustained in the proceedings now pending It will make a very consider able difference In the matter of tax receipts In the case of towns, school districts, counties and the state at large. But what is to be sought more than anything else is right and justice. Would it not be great if the people could really elect representatives and other officials who would make just and equitable laws and then honestly try to enforce the same? Theoretically every public official is working only for what is right and just, and some really do that; but all men of intelligence know there is much buncombe in this kind of thing. In conversation with the writer a year or two ago, Senator J. Arthur Banks of Calhoun county, at one time chairman of the ways and means committee of the house, said: "Although everything that Is done here is done in the name of the people, as a matter of fact the people stand no more show in these legislative halls than a yellow dog." This was not said for publication, or with any idea that it would be published. It was merely an i expression of the honest conviction of a broad minded, intelligent man, which | conviction came about as the result of years of experience. We believe what i Mr. Banks said was true, and we know < that there are thousands of other rea sonably well informed people who i know it is so. Those who know it is so t include folks who have "worked" the people through the legislature, and ( people who have sought to work for ] the people in the legislature. But where i is the remedy? It is easy for a blatant demagogue to take up a proposition like this, declare himself the champion j of right and justice, get elected and go | to the legislature and enlist under the i banner of some slick leader who main- j tains an organization for the especial j purpose of working the dear people. If ( there is any practicable remedy in sight, we do not know about it. If the i people really knew they would straight- ( en things out; but how are they to be Informed? Of course education is a remedy, and some progress is being made in that direction; but improvement is slow, dreadfully slow. Mayor Gaynor, who is just completing a term of office secured by the backing of Tammany hall, has been nominated by his friends as an independent, and has accepted the nomination; but as to whether he can be elected again remains to be seen. Tammany probably is the most remarkable polit-,. leal organization in tne unnea estates, and has a great Influence on the politics of this country. It was originally organized about one hundred and twenty-five years ago to oppose the "So- | clety of the Cincinnati," an organization that had dominated affairs for several years previous. The Society of the Cincinatl was along "aristocratic" lines, j and had made itself very obnoxious to the "common" element. Tammany was ( strictly Democratic and for a number of years it gave the city a good clean ^ government. As a matter of fact, it is . claimed to this day and with quite a , lot of Justice that New York has al- , ways been and still is the best governed American city. But while the government as a whole was good and still { is good, corruption and graft are the ] rule throughout the controllers of the 1 organization. That is, the few who manipulate the many?the people who $ pose as the power behind the throne, 1 and nominate and elect figure head of- 1 ficials who are supposed to get what , they can by means fair and foul, and divide with the big folks in the back- { ground. Of course how there could be "good government" under conditions < like this is past comprehension; but it is not to be understood that the gov- * ernment was actually good, only rather that the per centage of corruption was . smaller than in most other American cities. Also the graft has generally been collected from those engaged in dishon- 1 est vocations, and as a rule honest, unoffending citizens who did not mix up with the aforesaid dishonest people c were guaranteed all the protection to which they were entitled. The principal exceptions were when such a citl- 1 zen happened to become innocently < complicated with a crook with a Tammany pull. In that event the innocent man had to suffer. But Tammany has j had hard luck from time to time. The ' most notable explosion was in connec- ' tion with the exposure and prosecution 1 of the Tweed ring, shortly after the Civil war. Tweed was the big boss who i had robbed the city directly of millions. 3 Then there have been numerous other investigations, the latest being in connection with the murder of Rosenthal 1 by grafting Police Lieutenant Becker. 3 Of late, too, there have been certain other outward occurrences to ruffle the i smoothe course of Tammany's sailing. j Men who had hitherto been good Tammanyites, and who have been elected to positions of power and responsibility, 1 decided to serve the public rather than 3 Tammany. Whether it has been a mat- 1 ter of conscience, may be a matter of < opinion; but the fact remains that dif- i ferent men have rebelled against Tammany and given their allegiance to public weal. Many people look upon Sulzer as one of these, and many others consider Gaynor in the same light. As to what are the real facts is largely a matter of surmise. ' , t , < r>f thn Pnrr Shoals Power company's hydro-electric plant ( on Broad river, 13 miles above the confluence at Columbia of the Broad ' and the Saluda, is being rushed night and day by the contractors, the J. G. White Construction company of New ( York. The substation at Columbia < is nearing completion. Designed to impound water sufficient to form a lake 12 miles in length and 2,400 c acres area, the dam is to have a crest t length of about 2.200 feet, is to rise -5 35 feet above the mean low water stage, and will have a thickness at the base of 45 feet, battered on the < down stream face to 10 feet. I LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS Robinson & Wilson?Offer their services as well drillers. Union Mercantile Co.?On page four emphasizes the fact that its remodeling sale closes Sept. 20 and offers a variety of special bargains. Thomson Co.?Talks about new goods now arriving, and invites the ladles to see the new coat suits and coats. Men's tine clothing. Cloud Cash Store?Now has a comnlftio llnp of shnwi for men. women and children, in all styles and at all prices. Kirkpatrlck-Belk Co.?Asks the ladles to see its advance showing of coats, coat suits, skirts, etc., and notice the special prices. Miss Burke prepared to do millinery work. York Supply Co.?Says that Vulcan turn plows are best. They have disc and drag harrows and field seeds. W. H. Herndon?Has Tarbell cheese, best quality; hams at 17 1-2 cts. A uew lot of brooms. McConnell Dry Goods Co.?Is showing a new line of ready-to-wear hats for ladies, misses and children. T. W. Speck?Gives you a tip on how to get up in the morning In time to get to work or catch your train. J. M. Ferguson?Suggests that you Join the ranks of progressive farmers and sow cover crops. He has the right field seeds. Clover Mutual Building and Loan Association?Now has its eighth series open and invites you to take shares. Palmetto Monument Co.?Has superior facilities for handling monument work and wants your orders. Shieder Drug Store?Has fountain pens at |1 to 22.50 that will give entire satisfaction. Full line toilet articles, writing materials, etc. twinK 01 ^luver?auuuiia your cnecaing account and advises you to pay all bills with checks. J. M. Brian Co.?Has moved its store to the Nichols building on East Liberty street and is ready to serve you. Louis Roth?Will open his restaurant for business on September 10th. Crops are pretty good throughout the county, notwithstanding, and if cotton brings a good price, farmers will not fare so badly. According to our view of the matter the Parr Shoals robbery is first of all another illustration of how easy it is for thieves to make a big haul and get out of the country by means of an automobile. It is up to the lawmakers to try to provide some means of meeting the new problem. The Enquirer has procured and will print at an early date an authentic story of the building of the Panama canal. The Btory will be Illustrated with half tones, and it will be worth while in giving our readers full and comprehensive information about this stupendous enterprise. As to the extent to which the canning business has progressed, The Enquirer has no definite information; but of one thing there can be no dispute, and that is, that for every can j of tomatoes canned by reason of the ( GJlrls' Canning club agitation, that t would not have otherwise been can- , ned, the county is Just that much bet- j ter off, | In the circuit court this week is an- , other of the numerous cases that go to | prove the necessity and justice of the . adoption of the Torrens system. Land , was sold Under a decree of partition. After the land was purchased and be- ( fore the purchase money was paid, the , purchaser paid a lawyer to look up the title and was told that the title was , good. Then later on certain plaintiffs ( living in another state came forward, complained that they were not made . parties to the suit, and demanded of ( the purchaser their share of the Jfcr-L chase money. The purchase moneyKad already been paid out by the court to the known heirs, and as those heirs do not happen to be financially responsible, the original purchaser of the land Is called upon to answer the plaintiffs, tf the court holds that the plaintiffs have good title, the defendant will be forced to make good their share, and otherwise the defendant will still have to pay attorneys fees. Under the Torrens system none of this could have occurred. The state would have looked up and guaranteed the title, and even though the unserved plaintiffs might have brought suit for their alleged rights, the defendant purchaser would not have been required to answer or defend. The state wou'd have been responsible and would have made good, paying such verdict as might have been given out of a kind of insurance fund raised for the purpose. I ' EDUCATIONAL STATISTICS. Superintendent of Education Carroll das recently completed his annual re ('V? t IV tlic Diuic Dupv? D< . ...0 , details'as to the status of the public < schools for the year ending July 1, 1913. Statistics in this report show , gratifying progress as compared with 1 the year ending July 1, 1912, and this 1 is especially true as to financial conlitions, which are as follows: 1912 1913 Dash on hand ,...$11,671 03 $11,672 58 1 Deficits 299 54 2 5 24 Poll tax collected. 7,272 25 7,549 21 1 i mill constltut'al 24,834 51 27,203 54 Dog tax 1,904 02 2,102 86 . Special tax 22,812 70 24,803 16 ? f^or Scnool bonds s,u3b id State aid for High schools 2,500 00 2,580 00 State aid for Term extension 1,550 86 2,300 00 State aid for Libraries ... 55 00 80 00 Dther sources ... 7,544 88 7,950 92 Total revenue for schools 879,118 23 $90,615 41 Paid for Teachers' salaries....$52,756 57 $56,661 02 Paid for other purposes 15,516 69 22,281 81 The figures as to the creation of new listrict8, enrollment, average attendmce, etc., are no less gratifying. These Igures are Included in the following comparisons: 1912 1913 Mo. Districts 49 52 Special Tax districts... 34 36 Mo. white schools 88 80 Mo. negro schools 90 86 Enrollment. Whites 5,330 5,345 Megroes 6,268 6,743 Increase. White enrollment 15 Megro enrollment 475 ' Average Attendance. Whites 3,596 3,670 Megroes 3,463 4,012 Average Terms In Weeks. Whites 23.5 24.4 Megroes 13.8 15.2 Sulldlngs erected 7 :ost Bldgs. erected jZ3,uoo 00 Special tax districts for current year 45 * c r WITHIN THE TOWN ? Mrs. Mattle Jenkins is having lum- * ter placed for the erection of a cottage a >n Charlotte street. ? Up to Saturday night the Victor ^ Cotton Oil Co. had ginned eighteen * >ales of the new cotton crop. ? The J. M. Brian company has mov- s >d Into its storeroom in the new Nich- j! >ls building on East Liberty street. ? A number of boys from Chester C ame to Yorkville last Friday afternoon * o engage in a baseball game with the 8 forkvllle team. The Chester lads did iot play nearly so well as the famous c Chester Collegians, and the Yorkville J1 toys had no difficulty in winning 13 to 4. Finding: themselves outclassed, the Chester boys turned the game into a farce after the third inning, but after the eighth inning when they made one run they succeeded in getting three more runners over the ruhber, bringing their score up to 4. Qaulden of Yorkvilple was in good form although he had pitched the day before, but when it was seen that Yorkville had a walkaway he retired from the pitcher's box in favor of Logan who held the Chester boys to a few scattered hits. Bigham who started pitching for Chester, was knocked all over the diamond, and retired in favor of Johnson who shared but little better fate. This, the boys say is the last game of baseball to be played on the Yorkvllle grounds this year, since most of the college boys leave Yorkvllle this week and the Graded school boys are interested in football. The batteries In Friday's game were: Chester?Blgham, Johnson and Brice; Yorkvllle?Gaulden, Logan and Nichols. Umpire, B. F. Smith. TAXING THE BANK8. Although Judge Prince threw out the case of the Loan and Savings Bank, People's National Bank and National Union Bank against Auditor Love, the banks decided to pick their dints and try again. As soon as possible after the first restraining order was thrown out, Auditor Love was served with another, and the outlook is that the fight Is on good and hard. It involves not only the question as to whether nontaxable bonds can be taxed in the hands of banks; but Incidentally Comptroller Jones' whole scheme as to bank taxation. It is a test proposition as much as anything else. The banks want to settle the matter once for all. So far as Auditor Love is concerned, he has nothing to do with the matter except to obey the orders of his superiors, his Immediate superior being Comptroller General Jones. But he Is coming In foi a lot of annoyance and extra work. The restraining orders have hampered his business, and there is no telling when he will he able to turn his books over to Treasurer Nell for the collection of taxes. The contention of the banks seems to be that since the bonds In question are non-taxable and that under the rules for assessing banks, taxes are paid on only fifty per cent of capital, surplus and profits, these non- taxable bonds should be subtracted from the 50 per cent on which taxes are actually paid. The comptroller general admits that the bonds are non-taxable in the hands of individuals, but holds that since the statute specifies how bank capital must be taxed, when these non-taxable bonds become a part of a bank's capital they are taxable under the law providing for the taxation of bank capital. That is, they are not taxed as bonds; but as bank capital. He holds that the Brown Consol bonds are not taxable under the same rule for the reason that there is a statute which speclllcally states that they may be held as a part of the capital of a bank without being subject to taxation. This contention was urged Dy ABSiHtam Attorney uencmi ljuiihnick and was virtually sustained by the court in its ruling: last Friday. In the new proceeding it is understood that the attorneys for the banks will still contend for the non-taxable quality of the bonds in question, and will urge that the auditor be required to recognize the bonds returned as nontaxable and deduct the amount pro rata from the shares of the stockholders. In other words, the understanding Is that there will be an effort to claim for the shareholders as individuals, that which they are denied as a corporation. , in mis connection 11 is nui iu ue understood that the banks of York county are acting differently from the banks all over the state. The banks generally seem to be following the rule of cutting capital and surplus in two, subtracting the holdings of non-taxable bonds from the balance, and submitting the remainder for taxation. It is not to be understood, however, that there is any Effort at concealment. The blanks on which bank returns are made are made up so as not only to provide for an Itemized statement of all resources; but they call for a complete enumeration of all the stockholders and the number and value of shares held by ;ach. Formerly .the stockholders could nave their bank shares entered on their own returns; but under the law is it now stands, the taxes on bank shares are paid by the bank itself. In the outcome of the cases before the fork county circuit court, all the banks >f the state are equally Interested; but so far as we have information the nanks named are assuming all the exnense Involved. ABOUT PEOPLE ur. f. u. Williams or coiumDia, viated in Yorkville this week. Mr. B. W. White of Filbert, is with the York Furniture company. Misses Helen and Nancy Witherspoon if Yorkville are spending some time it Saludn, N. C. Miss Gaynelle Boone of Gastonia, is the guest of Miss Marie Pegram in Forkville. Miss Elizabeth Barron of Columbia, Is visiting friends and relatives in iforkville. Messrs. Howard White and McCain Wchols of Yorkville, left today for Ersclne college. Due West. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Starr of Yorkville, are spending several days in Thester., Mr. B. P. Barron of Yorkville. left vesterday afternoon for Clemson oolege to resume his studies. Mrs. R. F. Mllholen and children of ^esslie, visited the family of Mr. J. M. tVilliford in Yorkville this week. Misses Agnes Moore and Bessie Malon of Yorkville, are spending several lays in Rock Hill. Dr. B. G. Black has returned to Yorkville after an absence of ten days in Florida. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. A. Berry of Rock 3111, spent Sunday In Yorkvllle, with tfrs. Hattle Berry. Mr. W. L. Williams of Yorkvllle, left Saturday for a short visit to New fork. Mrs. N. J. N. Bowen of Yorkvlle, ipent several days In Rock Hill last veek. Mr. Robert Alleln has taken a posllon with Mr. E. B. Lowry, cotton buyir. Mr. D. E. Flnley, Jr., left yesterday i ifternoon for Washington, after severil weeks' visit to Yorkvllle relatives. Judge Geo. E. Prince of Anderson, vho Is presiding at this term of the 1 drcult court, spent the week end with i elatlves and friends in Clover. I Mrs. J. R. Porter and family of ' Ipartanburg, arrived in Yorkvllle, Sat- < irday night, and will make their nome it this place. Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Sowell of Van Vyck, are the guests of Mrs. Sowell's nother, Mrs. J. C. McKnlght on Yorkllle No. 4. Mr. T. P. Moore, Jr., of Charlotte, topped over In Yorkville for a few lays this week, on his way hack to Hemson college. Misses Wilmore Logan and Winnie 'rawford, of Yorkville, left yesterday or Sharon, where they will teach chool. Miss Georgia Burke of Baltimore, has rrived in Yorkville and will be In harge of the millinery department at Cirkpatrick-Belk's again this season. Messrs. J. R. Logan, Robert and La-' mar Glenn and Ganson and Karl Wll- I Hams of Yorkville, leave this afternoon 1 for Clemaon college. I Judge S. E. Stephenson and wife, of \ Covington, Tenn., are visiting the fam- 1 lly of Mrs. W. J. Stephenson, four miles ! west of Yorkville. Misses Georgia and Annie 'Wither."ioon of Yorkville, have been visit!" Miss Zula Stephenson at her home on Yorkville R. F. D. No. 6. Mr. A. Cody who has been quite sick at his home in Yorkville for several weeks with a carbuncle, is said to be much better this morning. Mrs. Edward Mitchell has been seri ously ill at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. J. Robinson at the county bridge in Bullock's Creek township. During the past few days her condition has been critical. Miss Evie Lazenby of Baltimore, who has had charge of the millinery department of the Thomson company for the past several seasons, has returned to Torkville and will be in charge of this department again this season. Rev. E. E. Gillespie and Mr. R. E. McFarland are representing the First Presbyterian church at the meeting of Bethel Presbytery, which convenes with McBee church in Chesterfield county. Miss Mary Eunice Grist returned to her home in Torkville last night after spending a week at Piedmont Springs. Mr. Percy Berry of Torkville, left yesterday for Ithaca, N. Y., where he will enter Cornell university. Mr. R. B. Lindsay of the Delphos section, sustained a severe gash in his right leg not long ago as the result of the slipping of an axe from the hands of a negro boy who was engaged in cutting a tree. He has since been confined to his bed; but is getting along as well as nnu'ri he exneeteri. Mr. H. J. Thleker, president of the Winyah Lumber company of Georgetown. with Mrs. Thicker and sons, Forrest and Anton, are in Torkvllle for a few days, enroute home by automobile, after a tour of the North Carolina mountains, having stopped in Yorkville for a short visit to Rev. Henry Stokes, a former pastor. Charlotte Observer: Friends in the city will be interested in the engage- ! ment of Miss Hamilton Henry, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Henry of Chester, S. C.. to Mr. William C. Miller of Statesville. which has just been announced. Miss Henry is one of Chester's most attractive and popular < young women, while Mr. Miller is a j prominent young business man of i Statesville. ] Mr. Paul N. Moore of Yorkville, who ; recently stood a civil service examlna- : tion for the place, has notice that he is J on the eligible list for appointment as | assistant in the cotton marketing divi- ] slon of the department of agriculture. , There are thirty men employed in the particular work referred to, and the position carries a salary of $1,800 to $2,000. LOCAL LACONIC8 Death of Moms Bryant. Moses Bryant, a well known negro, who has been renting from the Hon. D. E. Flnley, died at his home near Yorkville last Thursday, aged 62 years. Moses was born a slave of the late Sheriff Brian, and lived In the community all his life, on good terms with the white people, who generally held him In good report. To 8tudy Roadbuilding. Rock Hill Record: Mr. D. P. Lesslle, supervisor for Catawba township; Mr. John F. Williams, supervisor for Ebenezer township; Mr. W. W. Miller, county engineer, and Mr. Thos. W. Boyd, county supervisor, left last Wednesday for Terre Haute, Ind., where they go to inspect roadbuilding machinery and material. ; Died Natural Death. Coroner Louthian , was called to Rock Hill last Saturday, to investigate the death of Jim Key, a 25-year-old negro who had died suddenly. It was not considered necessary to hold an inquest over the body, however, since there was no testimony to show that the negro came to his death from other than natural causes. Circuit Court. The second week's sitting of the court of common pleas convened yesterday morning. The following Jurors were excused: J. W. Moore, J. T. Roddey, D. M. Parrott. The first case taken up was that of Dr. John I. Barron vs. John S. Bratton, and this morning the Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $92.92. The court is now engaged in the case of J. B. Fewell vs. Catawba Power company. This action will occupy the attention of the court during the next two days and possibly longer. Funeral of Miss Wylie. The funeral of Miss Alice Wylie who died at Hickory Grove last Friday, took place on Saturday, and was an unusually solemn and impressive event. The people of the town turned out almost ? to the last Individual, and there was a i large attendance from the surrounding i country. Six upper grade school boys acted as pall bearers and six girl 9 friends and classmates followed lmme- * dlately behind the hearse. Then came a a long train of sorrowing relatives, friends and acquaintances. The services 1 were conducted by Rev. J. L. Oates, 1 assisted by Rev. H. B. Hardy. a The Chester Road. t Because of the scarcity of tax money J In Bethesda township and the fact that there are more miles of road than can be worked with the means at hand, v that part of the north and south road r in Bethesda township has been suffer- ^ Ing considerable neglect. Of late, how- j ever, Supervisor Perclval has had the t holes filled up, and is arranging to p give the road a scraping from one end of his jurisdiction to the other. Also F overseers will be provided with split v log drags, and the road will be put In as good shape as the state of the township's finances will admit. Picnic at Besrsheba. c A neighborhood crowd or tnree nun- i dred or more people attended the Beer- ^ sheba school picnic last Saturday. The y picnic was held to mark the finish of a c successful session of the Beersheba 0 school which has been under the dlrec- * tlon of Mr. W. M. Mitchell. The fol- a lowing gentlemen made short talks d mostly along school Improvement lines: I Superintendent of Education John E. '< Carroll, Prof. J. H. Witherspoon, Stan, a hope Love, J. L. Strain, J. C. Wilborn. a A bountiful basket dinner was served t< and the crowd did not leave the picnic ii grounds until rather late in the after- ii noon. ? tl Rally Day at Philadelphia. I, The third quarterly conference and a rally of the Yorkville Methodist charge e was held at Philadelphia church, four " miles south of Yorkville, last Saturday. 8 A large number of people, members of Ji the Philadelphia church and others, as- 11 Bembled at the church in the morning. * Notice had been given that Prof. J. G. o Clinkscales of Wofford college would address the gathering, but Prof. Clink scales was not present, Rev. Henry ?. Stokes having received a message from Pj him saying that he would be unable to A attend. Rev. T. C. O'Dell, presiding " elder of the Rock Hill district, made ?j the address of the day. A basket din- P.! ner was served on the grounds, and J the opinion of the majority of those in P. attendance was that the rally at Phil- dj adelphia was quite a success and of much benefit to the neighborhood. Fire at Clover. b] What was locally known as the Per- c.( 81' y Dover dwelling, a two-story frame ai juilding, at Clover, and owned by the n< Clover Cotton Manufacturing Company fa ,vus destroyed by fire yesterday, jj| he fire being discovered at about 11.30 fc >'clock, after it had gained full head- Je vay. The building was occupied by B Mr. W. H. Hagans and family. There 01 vas no one at home except Mrs. Ha- fu fans at the time and she was engaged in preparing dinner, and knew nothing of the Are, which originated in a closet In one of the front rooms, until it burned Its way through the weatherboarding and roof and was noticed by neighbors, who gave the alarm. The mill fire department responded promptly and succeeded In extinguishing the tlames before the building was entirely consumed. The building was valued at $2,000 and was Insured for $1,500. There was $500 Insurance on the furniture, and In view of the fact that most of that on the first floor was saved. It la not thought that Mr. Hagans' financial loss will amount to a great deal. While the Are Is charged to "rats and matches." that explanation Is only given b#-' cause of the lack of more definite information. FIR8T GINNING REPORT. i \ 2 * * 4 ' 1 ' Breaks All Records for Cotton Up to Date. The greatest quantity of cotton ever ginned in the period prior to September 1, was reported by the census bureau yesterday when it was announced 794,00# bales of the growth of 1913 had been put out from the ginneries throughout the south since the beginning of the ginning season. The heavy glnnlngs for this period of the season are the result of an early maturing of the crop and of an effort of the farmers to beat the boll weevil, in the opinion of census bureau officials. . All states reported an Increased ginning for the period over last year's totals for that time with the exception of Texas and North Carolina. Last year to September 1, there had been ginned 5.4 per cent of the entire crop; In 1911 the quantity was 6 per cent PAMAH #KA*M file A aWAwrfk A# 1 Q 1 9 V/UllUIl iiVIll UIO 51 \J TT Ul VI A V AW ginned prior to September 1, amounted to 794,006 bales, counting round as half-bales, the census bureau announced today In Its first ginning report of the season. This compared with 760,935 last year to September 1, 771,297 bales In 1911 and 353,011 bales in 1910. Round bales Included in this report numbered 7,584, compared with 7,434 (or last year. Sea island bales included 430, compared with 232 for last year. Ginning by states to September 1: States. 1912 1913 Alabama 44,525 12,824 Arkansas .. .... .... 2,200 81 Florida 2,966 1,832 Georgia 72,622 34,626 Louisiana 7,566 1,724 Mississippi 2,027 442 North Carolina... ... 188 674 Oklahoma 4,943 323 Bouth Carolina .. .. 7,272 4,260 Tennessee 1 9 ...... Texas 649,694 674,249 All other states .. .. 4 JEROME GET8 BY. Canadian Officials Take Cars of Now York Lawyer. William Travers Jerome waa acquitted at Coatlcook, Canada, last night, on the charg of having gambled on Thursday last, on the station property of the Orand Trunk railway there, while waiting for the immigration authorities to pass on the case of Harry K. Thaw. In discharging him the court apologised for the humiliation to which he had been subjected. A country lawyer, Joseph Beaulne, tod an 80-year-old Justice of the peace, James McKee, so mixed up the hearing In the case against Jerome that District Magistrate Henry Mul,-ena, who had come from Sherbrook by automobile, 23 miles for the purpose, refused to preside, and adjournment was taken until last night. For 15 minutes counsel wrangled and hurled suggestions of crooked work. Jerome smiled, the crowd In the court -oom alternately stamped and hissed ind Magistrate Mulvena declared that tie had been brought there under false pretenses. Jerome had come to Coatlcook Irom Montreal on an understanding :hat his case, set for hearing on rhursday, September 11. had been ad- 1 ranced and that the justice of the peace, McKee, who signed the orlgilal complaint, had agreed that Magls:rate Mulvena should preside. Accompanying Jerome was Samuel racobs, one of the most eminent lawyers of the Dominion, who had been -etained by the state of New York n the Thaw case.s When the crowd ammed Its way into the little court oom about 4.30 o'clock neither side vas able to produce any formal state nent from Justice McKee that he had LUthorlzed Magistrate Mulvena to sit, he complainant, Milford Aldrlch, :ould not be found, and John Anirews, the constable who arrested erome, was missing. Complications arose as soon as Magistrate Mulvena asked whether ; fustlce McKee had formally author- < zed the magistrate to preside. "No, not formally," said Hanson, olnt prosecutor. "Last night he said | le would sit, today he said he would i lot" Beaulne arose. i "This case cannot proceed," he said | imphatlcally. "I represent the com- ; >lalnant, Aldrlch, and he Is not here. also represent justice and the crim- ( nal code." I Attorney Jacobs urged that the trial ] hould proceed and demanded that i he missing constable and complain- j mt be held in contempt of court < "That, cannot be done," replied ? Magistrate Mulvena, "for the court Is ( lot sitting." I As Lsauine ana Hanson couia not { .gTee as to who was in charge for i he prosecution, the magistrate ad- j ourned the hearing until 7 o'clock, | irglng the lawyers to settle their dif- , erences in the meantime. The trial lasted less than an hour | rhen the magistrate, addressing Je- \ ome, said: "Sir, you are discharged." j erome thanked the court and spoke j iatteringly of his reception in Canala, and added that he had not atributed his arrest to the thinking eople of Canada. Jerome's friends cheered and the { artisans of the other side answered > - ith cat calls and hisses. i Weakness of the Juror.?A farmer ' rom the country who is sometimes { ailed on to serve as a juror, spoke a 1 arable the other day when he said he j >ad never been able to understand the ction of some Jurors. "Sensible men 1 rill give a verdict agalflst almost any * orporatlon when they would not think J f such a thing as between two citl- j ens," he said. "A Juror's duty is to [ nake a decision according to the law j nd the evidence, but this Is seldom ? one where a corporation is involved, j Viotrn hoopH irnnH men r?n A lurv AAV? ' Dh, well, the company is able to pay It ' nd the man needs It' It's sickening J nd sometimes I feel as If I never want f 0 be on a Jury again." There Is noth- 1 ig new in this, but how to remedy It % 1 the question. A member of a Jury in ' his county some time ago is authority ' or saying that one man on the panel, 5 i a case where the plaintiff was suing E corporation for $2,600, actually argu- * d that he be given $50,000 and he E leant every word of it. It was a case 8 rhere the man's prejudice was so ? trong he could not overcome It. If a 1 jror will heed what the court says in 8 :s charges and has good sense, he will 8 enerally plumb the line if he can get D Id of his prejudice.?Greensboro Rec- 5 rd. , , , o ti ? Columbia special of September tl to Greenville Piedmont: The su- U reme court today declared the act of r< 912 provided for the refunding of fi le $5,500,000 bonded debt of the tl ate, constitutional and legal and de- T ared that the sinking fund was at ti rt nanmr siti + nr Ai/luiotlQ A# ai UCi IV Vtti 1 J VUV VIIC |/l VfioiWMW V* O le act. The suit was brought by W. n r. Ray, a tax payer, to test the vail- 0 ty of the act and Governor Blease c! i his return asked the court to set fl le act aside. All of the points raised b f the governor were overruled. The b jurt said that membership in the ti nking fund did not constitute a sep- c] *ate office and declared there was n j fraud or irregularities in the re- T inding act of 1912. The effect of the C vision is to sustain the contention 1 ' Comptroller General Jones and o' irmer Attorney General Lyon and re- Ij cts the contention of Governor tl lease in the position he has assumed p l the actions of the last Binking ol ind commission. p MERE-MENTION. F. Drew Camlnett! was found guilty on the first count of the indictment against him In the famous white slave case, at ban Francisco, Friday. He Is liable to a sentence of fire years in prison and 15,000 line....... Col. Theodore Roosevelt will leave New York on October 4, for a visit to South American countries. While away he will travel through the Amazonia forests of Brazil Odessa, rslkolavor and Hostor.' Ira portant cities of southern Russia, are i seriously threatened with epidemics |ot cholera..investigations by the interstate commerce commission, following the fatal wreck of Tuesday of last week, go to show that both trains had disregarded danger signals previous to the accident Wm. Felgs, son of a Cincinnati, O., millionaire, alter having stolen his father's $6,000 automobile, was given a choice of the work house or joining the navy. The young fellow tried to enlist but Secretary Daniels rejected the appilioitfoo,' intimating that the navy could not be used as a dumping ground for undesirables. A steamship arriving in Philadelphia last Tuesday, brought twelve brides-elect from Italian ports. They were met by the twelve grooms ana ail were shortly afterward married...-....Revelations of graft of a most sensational character and leading directly to Tammany Hall and Chas. Murphy, are being brought out by a suit for an accounting between partners, n ow under way at Wyack, N. Y. The alleged graft was in the payment of money in connection with contracts on the new water supply system now under construction Nine miles of New York's four-track subway was put out of commission last F riday morning, by a three-inch rainfall the previous night, flooding m? waoie oi me auuwuy iu & uttyiu ui three feet Frank A. V&nderlip, a leading banker of New York, is authority for the statement that $8,000,000 a week for the next Ave years, could be profitably invested in the United States in the development of the electrical industry..... .Fully <5,000 men, lead by Uovernor Hays, turned out in Arkansas last Thursday and Friday for two days' work on the public roads of that state A. W. McCormlck. superintendent, and H. L. Stephenson, vice president of a cattle and land company, have been forced to pay $10,000 to a freebooter band in the state of Chlhauhua, Mexico, for their liberty Although the English government has declined to make an official exhibit at the Panama-Pacific exposition, it Is probable that an extensive exhibit will be made by the business men of the empire. Last week In an all-day efficiency test of gasoline motor pumps for fire purposes, electric motors pumped 8,000,000 gallons of water from the Hudson river. The test was witnessed by 1,200 firemen from all parts of the country and the prediction was made that gasoline motors would replace steam on fire engines. The total enrollment of the Catholic parschial schools of New York Is now 140,000 William Brldieman, aged 86 years, died at Pittsburgh, Pa., Friday, after a contlniinni fait nf flftv.nl* (inva . Under a primary election law recently enacted by the state Of Pennsylvania, there is only one qualified voter In Guntlnfdon county, and the choice of a sheriff Is entirely in his discretion.,.., .Jackson Turner, a negro, Is under arrest at. Ashevllle, N. C., charged with the theft of 9240 worth of eggs from a wholesale house The banking house of J. P. Morgan * Co., has announced its withdrawal from all financial connection with the New York, New Haven ft Hartford railroad Riley Shepard, aged 84 years, and the father of twenty-nine children, died Friday at Noblesvllle, Ind. He is survived by twenty children, 126 grandchildren, 68 great-grand children and four great-great-grand children , Thos. E_ Watson, charged with ^endlna obscene literature through the malls, is to be tried In the Federal court which convenes at Augusta, Ga., during the latter part of October...... Wm. Travers Jerome, counsel for New York state In the Thaw case, was locked in Jail at Coatlcook, Canada, Friday, charged with gambling on railroad property. He was later released on |600 ball Bank examiners on Friday reported a shortage of 9120,000 in a Fort Worth, Tex., national Danx. xne vice president. 01 the institution has disappeared A crazy school teacher at Degerlock, Germany, on Friday, killed his wife and four children, eight other persons and wounded ton, besides setting lire to the village of Muehlhausen in four places. He was arrested after exhausting his ammunition, One Philadelphia cold storage has 3,000,- ' 000 dozen eggs in cold storage and another has 1,000,000 dozen. Under a Pennsylvania law these eggs must all be marketed between November 1st and December 31st, next In the International rifle match at Camp Perry, O., Saturday, the Swiss team won first place, with France second, and America third.... . .A Mexican , ii a a l.lil. J 01 army ueuiennai ntu uuuu ai ?u Paso, Tex., Saturday, by customs officers, as the Mexican crossed the International bridge ferry at toe American custom house with a rifle rhe auditor of the senate "lobby" committee, after auditing the books of the National Association of Manufacturers, reported that during the past ten years Mulhall has been paid a total of $245,000 for influencing leglsatlon.. .... John Bills and his four-oar--old daughter, who disappeared from Boston some time ago, have Jeen found at Tokohama, Japan. A friend of Ellis' wife, recognised his IkenesB in a moving picture and is was thus traced to his retreat ? Columbia, September 5: Three nen, each armed with two revolvers, ate today held up a deputy sheriff and n/n nmnlnvoa t\f tha T CX. Whit A Construction company at Parr Shoals, wenty miles from here, and took rom them $18,000 In currency which tad been Intended to meet the payMil of the company, which is bulldng a huge power dam there. Tolight 700 employes of the company, ogether with the sheriffs and deputes of four counties, with bloodhounds Lre hunting for the robbers. J. C. Foyner, the deputy sheriff, resisted he bandits and was shot, the bullet aking effect In the thigh. His wound b not serious. The robbery occurred ust after Paymaster M&har, with Yed Bultman, assistant cashier, and deputy Joyner had taken the money rom the express office at Parr Shoals. Co reach the construction company's ifflce, where the money was to be distributed, they had to go down the railray track through a rather deep cut Is the three were passing a box car rhlch was standing on. the railway rack, a trio of men, their faces lacked to disguise them, stepped out ,nd covered the money bearing pary. Deputy Joyner reached for bis un and the robbers opened Are. Joynr fell, shot through the thigh, and he others, realising the futility of reistance with their assailants In so tronsr a position, yielded. The rob ers took the sack containing the noney and made off Into the woods, he White Construction company has ffered a reward of |600 for the capure of the three bandits, but so far he officers are without a clue. SherT Miller, of Lexington county, who eturned to Columbia at 11 o'clock rom the scene of the chase, said that he bandits had not been captured, he bloodhounds, he said, lost the rail in a small creek near the contraction camp. The fund stolen was lade up of $3,040 in gold, about $13.00 in currency and $500 in small hange. Columbia police were notled tonight to watch for an automoUe stolen this morning at Spartanurg. There was a rumor tonight lat the robbers had escaped by mahine and there may be some conection between the two instances, he package containing $16,000 left olumbla at 1 o'clock on train No. 3, arriving at Parr station about 2 clock. The robbery occurred hardr twenty feet from the station. "The ring was pulled oft like it had been lanned for 99 years," said one of the fflclals of the company over the telehone tonight.