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?The Herald atnounces that prom|||vjV inent New York financiers, Impressed yj ' hy the need for an institution where w money may be obtained at any hour, have organized a night and day bank and safe deposit company. Names ? prominent in the business and social world appear in the organization and capital stock of two hundred and fifty * W thousand has already been subscribed, and the concern is also to have a working surplus of same amount. ? General Kuropatkin telegraphs St. Petersburg, under date of December 8, ' reporting upon recent skirmishes. He states that Russian scouts found at one point on the left flank seventeen Japanese corpses entirely stripped of clothing, probably by local inhabitants. Gen. Kuropatkin also relates the discovery of two wounded Russians who had been overlooked and left in the trenches since October 16. One of them, who had been less se vereiy wounaea man nu wuwn, y.v cured food by searching the bodies of the slain, and upon this they had subsisted for 45 days. ? The annual report of Commissioner John W. Yerkea. of the Internal Revenue Bureau shows that for (he fiscal year ended June SO, the receipts of the bureau are $232,904,004, an increase of $2,163,079 over the collections for the year preceding. The leading states in the payment of internal revenue taxes for the past year are Illinois, $52,464, 271; New York, $26,975,125; Indiana, $24,102,371; Kentucky, $21,757,733; Ohio, $21,091,416; Pennsylvania, $17,874,540. In 1903 the total production of distilled spirits was 148,206,875 gallons; In 1904, 139,. 505,214 gallons. In 1904 the liquor sold amounted to 117,000,000 gallons, against 114,000,000 gallons in 1903. The amount of tobacco manufactured fell off and snuff increased. ? Washington, Dec. 4: Little in the way of legislative business is expected the first week of the session of congress. The first day will be devoted to organising. Tuesday the preslv dent's message will be read, but it is not expected that any other business will be transacted. There are a number of minor matters of legislation which may be considered on Wednesday and on Thursday. Friday is pension day and there will be more than a thousand private pension bills ready for the house to consider. An intimation has been given that objection may be interposed against administering the oath of office to J. T. Heflln, who has been elected to nil the vacancy caused by the death of Representative Thompson, from the fifth Alabama district, on account of certain language Hefiin is alleged to have used regarding the president of the United States. In case objection should be made there no doubt would be a spirited party debate. ? General J. Warren Keifer, former speaker of the national house of representatives, who has been elected to congress from the seventh Ohio district, has issued a statement in which he announces that his mission is to secure legislation to prevent the disfranchisement of vottrs in the south. He says: "All I contend for Is equal voting power in all tlw states in electing members in the Ijpuse of representatives and eletthnysf p nut dent of the United States. This equality of right should be conceded, and no principle of generosity to the south requires any surrender of a fundamental principle of our form of government. With election laws in substantial accord in all states, and with the natural tendency to prevent restriction of the elective franchise, population, without regard to race, is a fair rule for de statistics, department or agriculture, show a total production of cotton in the United States in the year 19041905 of 12.162.000 balea Round bales have been Included in this estimate and reduced to their equivalent in square bales. The estimate does not include linters- In the preparation and ls8uanc?^<Jf the cottwv^fport Secretary..?^ilson gave a demonstration of ^.tlie precautions taken to avoid advance information leaking out. Representative Burgess of Texas, and representative Ransdell of Louisiana, were invited by the secretary to witness the preparation of the estimate. The party was locked In the private office of the statistician and the reports from all the cotton districts were taken into the room. The doors were locked from the outside and the secretary then gave orders for the opening of the report. The estimate of the crop for the year 1904-1905 was then prepared and sent out, before any person in the room was permitted to leave or communicate with any person from the outside. "In this manner the cotton estimates are invariably made," said Secretary Wilson, "and all human ingenuity Is used to prevent leakage of information." diary of which is publish ?? *'.i the Japanese papers, describes the terrible losses involved In the storming of the Russian position from dawn of November 28 till 11 o'clock in the forenoon of that day. A Russian counter attack began at dawn on November 29, and was so furiously pushed that the Ja panese were compelled to retire from both sides of the hill Into the valley. The attack was renewed on the morning of November 30, "when all the Japanese reserves cai je up" from the southwestern corner but these assailants only advanced thirty meters by 5 o'clock, so stubborn was the resistance, and the Japanese suffered severe losses. Then, being reinforced, the Japanese maintained the struggle with terrible earnestness. Furious charges were repeatedly mode and the Russians were compelled gradually to retire. The southwestern summit of the hill was not occupied until 7 o'clock In the evening and the northwestern summit not until 3 o'clock. During the night six Russian counter attacks were repulsed. One, which was launched at 4 o'clock in the morning, was characterized by several bayonet " ?1*" woo nflrolotoH In lint!! tlLlCl^lVO CVil 14 fiaO |/V? mmm ? ? noon of December 1, when the hopelessness of the attempts becoming evident, the Russians retired. She ||orbi*i!lt (Enquirer. TOBXVILLE, 8. O.i TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1904. Unless ex-Governor Evans has been misrepresented by the Aiken correspondent of the Augusta Chronicle, that gentleman is decidedly of the [opinion that there is something rotten in the management 6( the state dispensary in Columbia. His language though guarded, c'loes not seem to admit of any other construction, and the people who are looking for specific charges are respectfully referred to the ex-governor. They are fully warranted in attempting to make him put up or shut up. Hon. John Sharp Williams, it appears from his Spartanburg speech, reproduced elsewhere in this issue, foresees the danger of a Republican onslaught against, white representation from the south, and suggests a line of action for the expected emergency. We have long been doubtful as to whether the Republicans were really in earnest in this question. Their attitude has impressed us more as a bluff than otherwise; but when men like Mr. Williams become alarmed, it is time to grow serious, and take the sound sensible advice that is being ? termlning equal representation. A just rule of representation should be found, and great care should be taken to avoid the possibility & doing injustice to any state, and whatever rule is adopted must be applied north as well as south." ? The papers throughout the country are devoting lots of space to Mrs. Cassle L. Chadwlck, the woman who succeeded In borrowing $500,000 from the Ohio banks without adequate security. There is a good deal of mystery about the matter. Bank officials hava haen nlaced under arrest, and Mrs. Chadwick is said to be sick In her room in New York. Nobody seems to know how Mrs. Cltadwlck succeeded in inducing the bankers to part with their cash and nobody seems to know what she did with the money. She is not disposed to do much talking; but insists that all her debts will be paid within a week, and It is said that some of her creditors believe her. One of the notes which she showed as a credential: but wh^ch she did not put up as a collateral was for <500,000, and purported to carry the signature of Andrew Carnegie. Mr. Carnegie says he never heard of the woman before the development*-;* the past few weeks. Some of the newspapers claim that Mrs. Chadwick is an ex-convict, and that she had several husbands before she married Dr. Leroy S. Chadwick, who Is now in Europe and who claims that all the derogatory stories about his wife are false The case is full of mystery. ? Washington, Dec. 3^ Preliminary returns to the chief of the bureau of subject. As was to have been expected, the announcement of the government estimate knocked the bottom out of prices. December contracts stood at 8.47 when the report came In, and within a few minutes they dropped to 7.91, a decline of 56 points. The bear speculators are In great glee over the situation. They are predicting seven cents cotton again, and are even talking of lower prices; but I some of the bulls continue to hold a stiff upper lip and insist that cotton is worth 9 or 10 cents even, admitting the government estimate to be correct. Mr. W. P. Brown, the well-known cotton speculator of New Orleans, has given out a statement in which he announces that In his opinion the government estlmute Is too large. His [ offered. The Hay arbitration treaties now pending between the United States on the one hand and Great Britain and other European countries on the other hand are leaded with more trouble for the south in that they contemplate the eventual validation of reconstruction and other bonds that were repudiated by this section nearly forty years ago. Most of these bonds are now held by foreign bankers and including the interest they now represent a face value of something over 1200,000,000. They have been knocked out by our own courts, but there have | been various incidents lately that indicate a purpose on the part of the rvnwara that to eventually force kv,,v,m "*" -- ? their payment. Thjj Columbia State has at last been driven to a defense of the Richland distillery and In doing so puts Itself on record as a logical supporter of the dispensary system. It argues that since the state is engaged In the liquor business, and must go abroad for stock unless that stock is furnished at home, why should South Carolinians not furnish and make the whisky themselves rather than allow the profits to go elsewhere? This brings up the whole moral question Involved on Its merits. The State has an hundred times denounced the dispensary as immoral. It Is hardly worth while to explain what Its immorality consists of; but it does not take long to say that we need go no further than the degrading character and results of the business. If the dispensary is degrading then the distillery is no less so, and if the distillery is degrading those who own stock in it have a very questionable Investment. How a man can condemn the dispensary as a distributor of debauchery and death and not condemn the distillery in which this debauchery and death has its origin is a proposition we cannot understand. If the Columbia. State would defend the men who make the whisky, then it must also defend the people who sell it. Any other attitude is inconsistent, and the inconsistency is explainable only on the theory of greater personal Interest in and benefit from the makers of the whisky than from the sellers of it. If the State has personal or pecuniary interest in the makers of the whisky sufficient to influence it in apologizing for them In any manner, then there can be no force In its opposition to the sellers of whisky, and its alleged efforts against the dispensary are no better than mouthy frothings. We submit that the Richland distillery has become the foundation stone of the whole rotten dispensary system In South Carolina, and we preI diet that if there is any serious efTort to make the dispensary more decent, the most stubborn resistance will be found in these very stockholders of the Richland distillery. The Drop In Cotton. The government estimate of the cotton crop for 1904-05, issued from the bureau of statistics of the agricultural department last Saturday threw the cotton trade In a panic. Everybody was looking for. large figures; but the 12.162,000 bales was a little above the concensus cf existing opinion on the J own estimate, based on reports of experts In various parts of the south, places the crop at 11,690,000 bales, and Mr. Brown claims that in the final clean up the actual production will be found to have been rather under than above these figures. Mr. Brown goes on to say that the actual consumption of American cotton this year will reach 11,600,000 bales. He is sure that the consumption will be larger all along the line than it was last year, and believes that If they can get it at present prices the mills will be glad to lay up a surplus of from 500,000 to 1,000,000 bales. While admitting that the present crop is the largest that has ever been raised, Mr. Brown claims that it has also been one of the most expensive. Labor, mules and supplies have all been higher, and had it not been for the unusually favorable weather the crop could have easily been 2,000,000 bales less. He feels sure that the cotton mills fully appreciate the suggestion Indicated by these facts, and they are not going to take any risks on the next crop being anything like as large as the one now going on the market. It is Mr. Brown's opinion that If those who have cotton become panicky and sell now, they will be badly hurt; but if they will act wisely and continue to market only as they are compelled to or as the market requires, they will realize more satisfactorily on their holdings. AS 8EEN BY WILLIAM8. Oemocratio Leader Accounts For Defeat and Offers Substantial Encouragement. Hon. John Sharp Williams of Mississippi, leader of the Democratic minority in the house and undoubtedly one of the brainiest Democrats in America, delivered a lecture before the Wofford College Lyceum, at Spartan-1 burg last Friday night. The Spartanburg Herald of Saturday morning contains quite a comprehensive report of his speech and quotes him as having said in pari. "We have Just undergone an overwhelming defeat. I am a rock-ribbed Democrat, and would be anywhere, in Vermont or New Hampshire, but this is not true of all Democrats, for some of them are such on account of the race issue. The Republican party created that issue, and since they have they accuse us of race prejudice. What they call the race issfce, is race knowledge. We are h*ck in the Union and there should never have been a race issue. All of the southern states would be Democratic now if there were no race question. It is the tariff which is the issue; this is no local question and would make us an jjemocrats. "After every gTeat defeat there are many people, weak hearted, who want to seek cover and do not care to take stock to And out the mistakes made. This is not the first defeat of the great historical party of the country. Until our present form of government is changed, there will always be a Democratic party. As I see It there are three causes to be assigned for the defeat of the party. What I believe to be the chief cause was the association of the Democratic party in the public mind with panic and depression. Second, is the recrudence of sectionalism, as reluctant as I am to admit it. They wish to cut down southern representation and this is not only in the minds of the Republicans. but also some of the northern Democrats. The Statesboro affair cost us half a million votes. We could not stop the discussion of it; we cited Instances of northern cruelty to the negro and showed that lynching is not confined to any state. But these were not arguments; you can not condone a wrong by citing another wrong. We must enforce the law. We must acknowledge that this is not a logical, but it is a just argument against cutting off our representation. We must respect the law. I decline to say that we are not capable, but lynch law is not confined to one crime and we must at all hazards uphold the law of the land. We are called upon to meet the greatest question which has ever confronted a people and we are the only people on earth that are able to meet it. We seek no sympathy nor ask favor of any man but we want to assert our rights and above all the God-given right of the survival of the fittest. But we should not forget that we are not entitled to that title until we prove ourselves the survival of the fittest. We have been so bitterly and constantly criticised by others that we hesitate to criticise oursel^s. "The third cause of our defeat is the personal popularity of the president. "I was asked the other day as to what we are going to do about it. I replied, 'what are the Republicans going to do about it? They have the most men on the board, but we are not going to stop on this account. They are responsible for their moves.' "It is hinted that the Republicans will revise the tariff, that they intend reciprocity with Canada, and that the nrlll Violrt fhp Bfnith. If thiS COlUCitk " til I.v*|/ _ be true, he will receive hearty support from the Democrats In the house. All we want Is to be treated as children and not step-children of the American republic. "It has been declared that we have abridged the constitution. When the courts have decided that, the house will act upon the Judicial opinion. We are not to force the Issue of the reduction of southern representation upon the Republicans. We are not seeking a row. It has been suggested to make the representation according to the vote taken. Taken when? This will not do. Again, It has been suggested to make representation according to white population. But that won't do. Many negroes who can now vote would be shut out. But If the Republicans consent to repeal the fifteenth amendment and return to the fourteenth the south will embrace it. "We must face one of two things, the Republicans will either do nothing or reduce the southern representation. In the first we can do nothing: in the second, it may be forced upon us, but we will not consent to it. There is no legislation to redistrlct a state. Let the states continue to do nothing. When congress, meets there are five congressmen from South Carolina instead of seven, but send the seven men to congress, where some will be turned away. But it is so arranged that they can draw one month's pay. When this is refused by the sergeant at arms, then the court will take hold of it and thus we can transfer it to a higher court, Just where we want it. But this is not yet done. Be of good cheer; our destiny is in our own hands." Congressman Williams was presented with a beautiful bouquet of white carnations by the young ladles of Converse college who live in Mississippi. ? The annual report of the secretary of war shows the army of the United "> inno Ko.,0 AnnoletAd Ciaies, UVZ\J. I, UUP, iu ua*c vvuoiowv* I of 3,681 officers and 55,500 enlisted men, a total of 59,181. In addition there were in the service 2,807 men of the hospital corps, twenty-six officers, and 520 men of the Porto Rico regiment, and ninety-nine officers and 4,805 enlisted Philippine scouts. Oct. 15, J last, the actual strength of the regular army was 3,744 officers and 56,439 enlisted men, distributed as follows: United States, officers and men, 46,462: Philippine Islands, 12,317; Porto Rico, 10; Hawaiian Islands, 216: China, 1,136; Alaska, 1,042; a total of 60,183 officers and enlisted men. Of this force 894 officers and 3,214 enlisted [ men were general officers and on staff *vr*mnlznt1ons: 747 officers and 12,099 men were with cavalry: f.31 officers land 14.949 men in the artillery branch, and 1,472 officers and 24,074 men in the infantry, with 2,013 recruits. During the year 461 native Filipinos enlisted as scouts. Notwithstanding the fact that a mean strength of 25,379 troops were on foreign service during the year, only 629 deaths occurred from all causes in the entire army?American and native troops. ROCK HILL AND VICINITY. 8udden Deaths?Mr. John Roach Has His Hand Badly Mashed?Improvements at ths Aroade Mill?Death of Mrs. Ixard?Birthday Party?Marriage at Smith's Turnout?Wheat 8owing?Other Notes. Correspondence ot the Yorkrille Enquirer. Rock Hill, Dec. 6.?Mra. Laura Featherstone, about 42 years of age, and wife of R. W. Featherstone of this city, died at her home In Oakland, Saturday morning of hemorrhage, after being ill only about twenty-four hours. Her death is a peculiarly sad one as she leaves beside a husband, a family of eight children, the youngest of whom is not yet two years old. She was very much devoted to her family and labored hard and uncomplainingly for their comfort ar.d welfare. The deceased was, before her marriage, Miss Laura Culp, daughter of Col. and Mrs. John R. Culp, now residing in Chester. She is also survived by three sisters and three broth ere. They are: Mrs. Williamson, wire of the Rev. Mr. Williamson, pastor of the Presbyterian church of Newberry; Mrs. Nicholson Peay of Fairfield county; Mrs. Ford, wife of Representative Ford of Fairfield county; Jno. R. Culp, Jr., of Virginia; Capt. F. W. Culp, who was Rock Hill's very efficient chief of police several years ago, and who Is now running as Pullman conductor on the Southern railroad, and Howard Culp, who left this county some time ago on account of 111 health, and located near the Atlantic coast, in one of the New England states. All of.these, except the latter were present at the funeral services, which were conducted yesterday morning at 11 o'clock by Rev. W. E. Thayer, from the Baptist church. Kathaleen, the one-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Poag, died Thursday night of convulsions. Friday afternoon, funeral services were conducted from the home by the Rev. W. T. Duncan and the remains were Interred In Baurelwood cemetery. The little one was ill only twelve or fifteen hours. Mr. John Roach, an employe of the Rock Hill Buggy company, while running a piece of timber through the "sand rollers" Friday afternoon got his right hand caught In the machine and before it could be stopped his hand was badly crushed and lacerated. Several bones In the hand were broken and it will be some time before Mr. Roach can use the wounded member again. The work of building a large addition to the Arcade cotton mill is about completed and some of the new machinery has already arrived. The authorities expect to have all the machinery installed and ready for use early In the new year. The delay in the commencement of work on the government building and the Carnegie library is quite a disappointment to a number of brlckmasons and carpen Vtlo nltv u/hft WArA Axnectlnjr ici o v& una vivj, ? Hw .. m to get good Jobs on that work during this fall and winter. Mr. A. C. Izard, soliciting agent for the Southern Railway, of this city, received a telegram Sunday evening announcing the death of his mother, Mrs. Julia D. Izard, who died at her home In Columbia Sunday afternoon. She had been In 111 health for several months. Mr. Izard left Sunday night, accompanied by Mrs. Izard, to be present at the funeral and interment which took place yesterday at the old home place In Walterboro. Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Fewell gave quite a pleasant surprise party last night at their elegant home In Oakland, In honor of the nineteenth anniversary of the birth Of their son, Robert Fewell. The proprietors and the employes of the Smlth-Fewell Co'b. store, in which young Mr. Fewell Is employed as assistant book-keeper, were Invited, also a number of others. A sumptuous supper was served, all the guests being seated at one large table, and one and all spent a most delightful evening In this hospitable home. All who participated in the pleasure or ine evening: were loud in their praise of the generous hospitality of their host and hostess. Mr. Wistar Carter and Miss Kate Strait were married last Wednesday evening at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Strait, near Smith's Turnout. Mr. Carter will have charge of Mr. T. L. Johnson's large plantation in the Smith's Turnout section next year. If the weather permits there will be considerable wheat sown during this month. A large farmer of this section remarked to the writer yesterday, that he would like to see some fair weather as he wanted to sow twentyfive bushels between now and Christmas. There is still some scattering cotton to pick in the country, but a majority of the farmers of this section have finished picking cotton and gathering other crops, and are now hauling wood and making other preparations for Christmas and cold weather. Some of the local cotton buyers claim that only about three-fourths of the crop has been marketed, but we hardly think that one-fourth of the crop is still in the hands of the producers in this section as quite a number of farmers have sold their entire crop and others only have one or two bales to the plow on hand. There has been a considerable run on this market during the past ten days. Some who storer their cotton for better prices when it was bringing 91 cents sold last week after the market dropped down to 8 and 8} cents and are now vowing, as they have often done before, that they will never as long as they live, hold cotton again. Mr. J. C. Fudge and family, who have been residing in the Santuc section have moved to this city. Mr. Fudge has accepted a position as foreman for Contractor J. S. Starr. MERE-MENTION. Peter Kapnlst, Russian ambassador at Vienna, died In that city Friday, from an apoplectic stroke Benl M'Suar tribesmen attacked the residence of Walter B. Harris, the English author, at Tangier, Morocco, Thursday night for the purpose of kidnapping and holding the author for ransom. They were driven off by the servants, one of whom was stabbed A timber and mineral land company has been organized to operate In Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia, and capitalized at 1100,000..-.. .The entire cabinet of Servla resigned Friday, because of a disagreement over the building of new railroads In the country A passenger train on the Pennsylvania railroad ran into a construction train, two miles north of Columbus, Ind., Friday, Instantly killing three trainmen, and Injuring twenty passengers... .The safe of a bank at Liberty, Randolph county, North Carolina, was blown open and robbed of 13,000 Saturday morning. The burglars made their escape.... Lieutenant General Adna Chaffee, Untied States army, has been appointed chief marshal of the Inaugural parade, March 4 Mrs. George Henry Gilbert, the oldest actress on the American stage, died at the Sherman hotel, Chicago, Friday, from a paralytic stroke. She was 83 years old Chauncy F. Black, formerly lieutenant governor ot Pennsylvania, and leader of the Democratic party In that state, died at his home at York, Friday Prince Frederick of Hohenxollern, brother of King Charles of Roumanla, died at Munich, Friday, aged 61 years Eleven miners were Injured, one fatally, by an explosion of powder in the Acme mines, near Charleston, W. Va., Friday President Roosevelt on Friday declined to interfere In the strike of the union employes of the Carnegie Steel company of Youngstown and Girard, Ohio As the re suit of a duel between the negro fireman and brakeman on the cab of a freight on the Seaboard Air Line railroad between KeKalb, Ga? and Atlanta, Friday, the fireman Is fatally, and the brakeman seriously injured. A fireman lost his life, and five nurses were seriously Injured In jumping from the windows of a burning hospital In St Louis, Saturday.... $80,000 worth of property, mostly In paintings was destroyed In a fire on the "Pike" at the World's Fair In St. Louis Friday. A suspected incendiary has been arrested The annual report of the director of the mints shows the output of the coinage mints at Philadelphia, San Francisco and New Orleans for the fiscal year, to be the largest on record.......The trial of Sasoneff, the assassinator of Russian minister of the Interior, Von Plehve, and of his accomplice, Slkovifsky, will be begun In St. Petersburg, Dec. 3, and held behind closed doors As a result of a conference between southern railroad officials held In New Tork city last Friday and Saturday, it Is said that there will be a revision of the freight rate tariff favorable to Atlanta and other southern cities, which have complained of unjust discrimination The armored cruiser, Tern-1 nessee, was lauhched' In the Delaware river at Philadelphia, Saturday Three persons were burned to death, and thirty-five Injured by jumping from second story windows in an apartment house fire In Denlson, Texas, Sunday The International Cotton Seed Oil company's plant at Selma, Ala., was damaged to the extent of $100,000, by fire Sunday A woman and two x children were burned to death by a gasolene explosion in Pittsburg, Sunday The World's Fair buildings which were erected at a cost of $15,000,000 were sold to a Chicago wrecking company | Saturday for $286,000. 1 80UTH CAROLINA NEW8. ? The attorney general has filed an ?i.i.. in whixh Vi& hnirin that the! UpllllUII 111 niiivt* *.V ? board of control of Cherokee county wag abolished along with the dispensary. t ? Fred McKeller, a flfteen-year-old boy of Sumter county, was killed last Saturday by the accidental discharge of a gun which he was carrying on a bicycle. ? Engineer George Jones was killed at Georgetown last Saturday as the result of the derailment of his engine. The coroner's Jury said he came toliis death as the result of unavoidable accident. ? Says an Aiken special of Dec. 2, to the Augusta Chronicle: Ex-Governor John Gary Evans was in the city yesterday and last night, the guest of Mr. H. M. Dibble. In talking to friends of the future of the dispensary law in this state, Mr. Evans is said to have expressed regret that the system is not panning out as it should, and tlu.1 the permanence of the system as an Institution will require radical reforms in the management Mr. Evans said, In effect, that the management of the state's monopoly throughout the counties seems to be generally free from corruption, but that It seems impossible to secure an honest board of control In Columbia. He believes that the people generally are satisfied with the dispensary, and the abuses of the system by those In authority are alone responsible for the severe criticism which has been brought down upon It ? J. Madison James, a mad-man, murdered his wife and her brother, R. Syd Kelly at Kelleyville, Darlington county last Friday night. James was a well-to-do farmer and lived In a large farm house with his wife, mother-in-law and several children. His mind went wrong a few years back and until about a year ago he was confined In the asylum. He began quarreling Friday night with his mother-in-law, aged about seventy and abused her violently. He threatened to kill her; but Mrs. James managed to get her mother out of the way while he was gone after his gun. When he returned he shot Mrs. Jameo dead. Mr. Syd Kelly, who lived near by, and who had been apprised of the tragedy went to the house to see what could be done. He found his sister lying in the piazza dead and her husband In bed asleep. He covered the corpse with a sheet and returned next morning. James saw him coming and killed him with a load of shot. Later the sherlfT reached the scene with a posse. James commenced firing at the officers and a battle ensued. James was killed after several members of the posse had been wounded. Called Him a Colored Ma,v.? Among the cases to be argued In the state supreme court this week will be that of Augustus M. Flood against the News and Courier of Charleston and against the Evening Post of the same city. This action was commenced In October. 1903, and Flood lost his case In the lower court. He is suing for damages because It was stated In the local columns of each of these papers that "Augustus M. Flood, colored," was bringing suit for 31,000 damages for alleged Injuries received by being hit by a street car. The plaintiff demanded 110,000 damages from each of the newspapers for the following reason: "That the defendant by such publication falsely called this plaintiff 'negro' and 'colored' and so falsely published him and meant so to publish him as and declared him to be a negro which was false and defamatory and tends to exclude him from society, and by reason of said false and defamatory publication this plaintiff has been injured In his reputation and hurt in his feelings to his damage $10,000. The attorneys for the papers In their reply niea a aemurrer numug iua.k the use of the words "colored" and "negro" are not defamatory or libellous when applied to a white man. Judge Dantzler sustained the demurrer and dismissed the complaint. Appeal from Judge Dantzler's decission is made on the following grounds: "That the law in this state, before the adoption of the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments to the constitution uf (lie United States being that the term 'negro' or its equivalent 'coloured' when applied to a white person was libellous per se, in that it tended to exclude him from society, his honor erred In holding that this has been changed and that the negro's social status has been changed by the said amendments, whereas it is submitted that only the negro's legal and political status has been effected thereby."?Columbia State, Monday. LOCAX. AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTI8EMENT8. Loan and Savings Bank?Says that if you will deposit your money with it your deposits will be absolutely protected. It has every facility for the safe-keeping of deposits and valuable papers. S. W. Inman?Tells you about the good qualities of the Planet Jr. No. 4 hoe, and also publishes a testimonial regarding these tools from R. J. Redding of the Georgia experiment station. Strauss-Smith Co.?Tell you that it is more than likely that there will be lots of rough weather during the next few weeks and enumerate a lot of goods which they have that will help to make you comfortable. Jas. M. Starr & Co.?Tell you that they are not mad, but invite all who owe them on account or otherwise to pay up without further delay as they desire to get their books all straightened up before January 1st. t;I need the money. J. Q. Wray?Gives you some points in regard to the buying and selling of shoes for men. women and children. He also telle you about the good qualities of Superb clothing for men and boys. He will have a big lot of toys for the holiday trade. T. W. Speck, The Jeweler?Makes a few remarks on holiday buying, and Invites you to see his goods and get his prices before you send off orders to foreign houses. He says he will make you as close prices and sell as good qualities as anybody else. W. Thompson Jackson?Has a limited quantity of brick for sale at the Mcr Claln old brickyard. R. J. Hemdon?Guarantees every In- ] strument he sells. There Is nothing cheap about his goods except the price. First National Bank?Tells you not to wait until you are old before beginning to build up a bank account. It offers Its services as a repository for your savings. Dobson Bros.?Say that orders for Christmas hats will be promptly filled. Last lot of new goods In for the holidays. Felt hats at reduced prices. New ribbons, new veils, etc. Foushee Cash Store?Has a lot of nice lamps in various sizes at low prices. Will soon make the biggest showing of Christmas goods it has ever made in Yorkvllle. W. M. Kennedy?Calls your attention to his always complete stock. of the choicest fruits of the season. Has a full supply of the best qualities of Christmas goodies. Has Just received a shipment of fancy glass and chinaware. Miss Daisy Williams?Tells her customers that all Xmas orders must be In by Dec. 15, to Insure holiday delivery. Special rates extended to January 1st; R. D. Alexander?Is prepared to make repairs on all kinds of guns and revolvers from the cheapest to the best Has a Barker gun for sale. AUCTION 8ALES. Because of the soaking rain that continued during the greater part of yesterday, there was nflt nearly so large a crowd in town as might otherwise have been expected, and the attendance on the auction sales was small. The land offered by the clerk In the case of W. Brown Wylle, administrator of the estate of R. K. Seahorn, deceased, vs. J. N. McDlll and Rufus Nichols, was withdrawn from sale. A tract of two hundred and four acres, offered by the clerk In the case of Nettle M. Black et al. vs. Sumter L. Black, et al., was bought by Fred R. Black for $15 an acre. At the suit of Jos. M. Sims, plaintiff, vs. J. B. Ross and Allen Crosby, the sheriff sold an interest in an acre lot and the buildings thereon in the town of Sharon, levied on as the property of J. B. Ross. This interest was bought by Mr. Jos. M. Sims for >175. ABOUT PEOPLE. Congressman Flnley left for Washington yesterday afternoon. Mr. Paul R. Bratton of Charleston, was in Torkville yesterday. Miss Janle Massey of Rock Hill, is visiting Miss Rose Lindsay. Miss Marian Logan is visiting Miss Cornelia Elliott in Lancaster. Mr. T. B. McClain of Camden, was in Torkville on business several days this week. Mrs. Ceorge W. Kunz has been on a visit to relatives at Monde's Corner and Charleston. Miss Ella Love of McConnelUrvllle, spent several days with Miss Helen Lowry last week. Mrs. W. H. Fowler returned home last week after a month's visit to relatives In Greenville county. Rt. Revd. Ellison Gapers, Bishop of the Diocese of South Carolina, will visit the Church of the Good Shepherd on Sunday next, and will be the guest of Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Radcllffe. Mr. and Mrs. Francis Tlddy arrived in Yorkvllle last week from Rock Hill, and will make their future home In Yorkvllle. Mr. Tlddy will resume his old place at the Yorkvllle Buggy Co. Mr. J. C. Ferguson and family of R. F. D. No. 1, Yorkvllle, have moved to Gastonia. Mr. Ferguson has been living about six miles north of Yorkvllle for the past fifteen years. He Is a good citizen, and there is regret on the part of his numerous friends at his decision to leave the county. Mr. B. Frank White of King's Creek, has purchased the John M. Rawllnson residence on East Liberty street and the understanding is that he and Mrs. White will move to Yorkvllle along about the first of February. These estimable people are well known In Yorkvllle, and they will be welcome accessions to the citizenship of the town. Miss Maggie Moore left last night for Washington, where she expects to spend a couple of weeks. She has been quite 111 during the past month, probably as the result of too close confinement at her work In the postoffice, and it Is only during the past few days that she has been able to be up. She hopes to regain her strength somewhat as the result of her trip. THE CIRCUIT COURT. The business of the circuit court fell through with a sudden Jolt last Friday afternoon after the conclusion of the case of Mrs. Dorothy H. Brlckman vs. the Southern railroad. One or two cases that would have been tried If there had been more time, were continued and the remaining cases that had the right of way were compromised. In the case of Fred C. Poag, who went down with the train that fell fhrniiff'h Pishlnir r>rM>lc trpstle: but who was not seriously Injured, the defendant agreed to pay $1,000, which the plaintiff accepted and a consent verdict was awarded accordingly. Mr. J. L. Poag, who was suing for damages sustained on account of being deprived of the services of his son, during the time the latter was recovering from his Injuries, compromised for $500. ? In the case of Anthony Partlow vs. the Catawba Power company there was a consent verdict for $400, and'In the case of John Partlow, colored against the same corporation, there was a verdict for $300. Anthony Partlow sued for damages on account of the drowning of his son while engaged In rafting a log In the summer of 1902. John Partlow sued for dam ages bn account of a mashed foot, the injury having been sustained while he was engaged in pushing a dump car over a trestle work. The last case disposed of wa? that of the Loan and Savings Bank v:<. Ella C. Clinton, deceased. The verdict, which was by consent, gave the plaintiff title to a piece of land sued for. Judge Watts heard arguments during Saturday on motions for new trials in various cases, and overruled them all. He stated in a general way that he had done the very best he could to avoid errors of law, and he was not disposed to put the people to the trouble and expense of new trials except where there was no reasonable doubt that new trials should be granted. 8UICIDE AT RAMAH. Mr. O. C. G. McCarter, a highly estoomoH citizen of Kind's Mountain township, was found hanging by the neck in his barn, near Ramah church yesterday morning at about 6.30 o'clock. He was dead; but the natural warmth had not yet left his body. There is no question of the fact that the tragedy involved a case of suicide. Mr. McCarter's mind had been unbalanced for some months past on account of an unfortunate trouble that worried him, and his wife and children were expecting him to do violence to himself. They kept close watch over him, and their only surprise when they found him dead was at his success in evading their vigilance. Rising as usual yesterday morning Mr. McCarter announced his intention of going over to the house of his son a short distance away. Mrs. McCarter suggested that he wait until after breakfast and he passively acted on her suggestion. After breakfart he took his lantern which had beer previously lighted and left the house. Within a short time after his departure members of the fatally looked along the path he should have followed to see what progress he was making, and unable to make out th? lantern, decided that something was certainly wrong. A search was commenced immediately, and it came to an end with the discovery of the unfortunate man hanging from overhead timbers in his barn by a rope fastened about his neck. The bod/ was cut down as soon as practicable; but too late to admit of resuscitation. Death had evidently taken place only a few momer ts before. Subsequent Investigations developed that upon leaving the house, after breakfast, Mr. McCarter had hid his lantern nearby and hurried to the Kin deonarota uat u iu wuutiii. uiv uvu|/v***?%. ?? , ?? tore he could be Interfered with. When found hie hands were hanging loose at his side and his feet were touching a pile of fodder underneath. He died of strangulation. Coroner Louthlan held an inquest yesterday and the verdict of the Jury was to the effect that the deceased came to his death by violence at his own hand. Mr. McCarter was about S) years of age, was a quiet straightforward respected citizen, and was a deacon in Ramah church. He leaves a widow and seVen or eight children, several of them fully grown. CONGRESSMAN LEGAI E. Hon. George R. Legare, w 10 had charge of the plaintiff's side of the Brlckman case last week, represents the First district in congress, and is a young man of very great promise. He is not yet thirty-five years of age. Although this was his first visit to Yorkvllle, he made quite a favorable impression on the people with whom he came In contact, not only In the court room, but In their places of business and at their homes. The manner In which he managed the now famous case, compelled admiration on all sides, his thorough grasp of the situation, his quiet dignified methods easily marking him as a man of more than ordinary force. "You must not doubt George's sincerity, though," said Mr. Hoi man, Mr. Legare's partner,' to a gentleman who had referred to the astute young lawyer as a "smooth article." "No, sir," Mr. j Holman continued, "he's as honest as' steel and as tender as a wdman. I'll tell you of a little Incident, that I recall, which not only contains a food joke; but which will Illustrate what I mean. "It was before he and I began to practice together. He had an office of his own, and had with him in another room, as a student, a young Mr. Baker, who has since become a practitioner on his own account. One day there came into the office a negro woman, carrying two infants, one on each arm. George was very busy at his desk, and as he looked up, the woman commenced: " 'Please, masser, dese chillun was bawn two days ago and I ain't had a bite to eat sence. Dat's cause dey's got my husband in jail, an' cause I'm goin' to starve if dey keep him dere, I wants you to please git him out.' "George immediately went down Into his pocket and Ashing up two silver dollars, all the money he had about him at the time, gave them to the woman. Then he made some in-, qulries as to the circumstances under which the woman's husband had been Jailed, and calling Mr. Baker instructed him to go with the woman and secure the man's release. "SatisAed that the matter would be attended to promptly, George went on with his work and thought nothing more about it until two or three days later, the incident recurred to him, and he decided to make inquiries. " 'Oh, Mr. Baker,' he called. "Mr. Baker came out from the other room and George continued: " 'Did you get that woman's husband out of Jail all right the other dayT "'Yes, sir;' replied Baker. 'I got him out without much trouble; but I want to remark that it was a sorry client that you sent me. I told her that Ave dollars was my fee; but she gave me only two dollars, declaring that It was every cent sl*e had.'" "The two dollars that the woman had given Mr. Baker," concluded Mr. Holman, "was the Identical money that George had given her with which to buy something to eat." | 9 THE BRICKMAN VERDICT. To say that the news of the *55,000 verdict renaereu m mc duwuuui last Friday afternoon produced a sensation would put"tTie matter mildly. Some people accepted It as a matter of course; but lawyers and others reasonably well Informed as to how such things usually go, were astounded. It was one of the largest verdicts that has ever been rendered for personal damages In the United States. Messers. Spencer and Hart on Saturday morning: made a motion for a new trial, nisi. Under the clrcum stances that was all that was left for them. Because of the unfortunate slip up as the result of which they had been compelled to go before the Jury with an admission of responsibility for actual damages, they were estopped ? from making such a fight as they might otherwise have made. Even the chance of an error of law that might have furnished & reasonable ground of appeal was eliminated. The meaning of nisi Is unless, and the significance of the motion wag to require the- plaintiff to consent to& smaller verdict or submit to a new trial. It Is within the discretion of the judge to make such an order If he gees proper to do so. He may suggest any smaller sum and require the plaintiff to accopt It or go before another jury. Mesurs. Spencer and Hart claimed that the verdict was excessive and upheld their contention with an appeal to the record which, they held, failed to show a parallel. They, of course, did not deny that they were responsible Ion heavy damages; but they thought the amount fixed by the Jury was unrea- ^ sonab/e. Messrs Legare and McC&w argued that 'as the deliberate opinion of go.)d and true men, who had carefully sifted all the evidence In connection with the circumstances, the verdict must be right. They admitted that the amount of the verdict was unusual; but they pointed out also that it was an unusual case. After listening to all that was to be said on both sides, Judge Watts stated that he would be glad to announce his conclusion while the testimony was still fresh In mind; but In view of the fact that this was a most unusual case and the verdict was the largest that has been given south of the Potomac river since the war, the Issue was of / such importance as to demand the most careful consideration, and therefore he would prefer to take his time and file an order later. The opinion of the local lawyers and locaUlalty as to the verdict is divided. Some of the' lawyers think that under the circumstances 165,000 Is not too much, while others consider that such a verdict is against public policy. They think It a bad precedent, calculated to encourage other juries to mulct the railroad corporations without reason. The more reckless among the laity are giving expreseion to the rather ill-considered sentiment, "that's all right, stick it to them." More conservative people are calculated to consider the verdict with greater seriousness. They admit that the plaintiff was entitled to hea vy damages and they think also - that the verdict waa very property punitive; but as to Just what aum they would be willing to endorse, aa the right thins they find it difficult to arrive at a conclusion. t NOTE AND COMMENT. y rhe break in the price of cotton la timely in that it is not yet too lata to sow wheat All told, the Fishing creek wreck ha i coat the Southern railway in the neighborhood of 1116,000, and in view of the fact that the company may not be able to hold the old Three Cs which baa caused so much trouble, it , will have to be admitted that the Southern has been pretty severely punished. > ? When the defense introduced a miniature model of the ill-fated structure over Fishing creek last Thursday, Judge Watts remarked, with dry hu- , mor: "They brought a billy goat into my court the last time it was hera and now it is a railroad trestle." Everybody remembered the famous gold and a suppressed titter spread over the court room at the remark. The drop in cotton last Saturday has had quite a disturbing effsct on the holders of the staple throughout this auction. It is a fact well appreciated * by all cotton buyers that when prloes begin to decline there is always a rjsh to sell, while on the other hand but few people are disposed to self on a rising market. There waa a noticeable exception to the rule thia fail. As long as the' price was above 10 cents people were in a rush to get -< their cotton on the market They seemed bent on 10 cento or anything over. When the price dropped to 9.90 uid 9.86, cotton ceased moving. Nol?ody was willing to sell and for a week or two time hung heavily on the /lands of the buyers. Later as holders of cotton began to grow acc us totaled to ihe situation and it became apparent that the tendency was toward 9 rather than 10 receipts began to pick up .igain. But the drop of laat Saturday >, seemed to produce something of a nanlc. A number at neonl* unloaded at bottom ngures, and the probability Is that if yesterday had not been so wet as to virtually prohibit the wagon business there would have been considerable cotton on the market But it Is fair to say that the same disposition that is here attributed to sellers of cotton also applies to buyers * except in an opposite manner. The average buyer is much more anxious to buy on a rising market than on a falling market "The outlook is that farm labor will be rather more plentiful next spring than it has been this'year," remarked a thoughtful business man in the hearing of the writer a few days ago. "I mean wage labor," he continued. ? "Under the rosy prospects of last spring, the supply men were warranted in taking long risks, and as a rule they came out ahead of the game. But now the situation, seems to be changing. It does not seen reasonable that cotton will promise as high next fall as it promised this fail. The supply people will be more careful who they run and will go slower ks to the amounts furnished. Many people who got supplies all right this year--will * have more trouble next year, and soma Iwill be unable to make any arrangements at all. These will have to go back to wages, with the result I have suggested. As a matter of fact money has never before been so plentiful in this section as has been the case this , year. Lots of people who probably have never before had as much as ten at nnt Mmo In their lives have had more money this fall than they knew what to do with, and many of them have been scattering It for all kinds of foolishness. That Is one reason why it has been so difficult to get anything done. It accounts in & large r measure for the. inability of the farmers to furnish wood for fuel. People who used to be glad to cut firewood at 1 25 cents a cord, have been unwilling to cut it at any price. But when all the ' ft surplus money these people have baa u A been wasted, and that won't be long, . conditions will change. The work that B should have been done in the fall will M H be done in the winter, and by next. kfr ^EflKS spring le*-"" s ? down to normal conditions." I ? ? /M 91 ? Mr. J. B. Pegram had charge jf IjlKW the treasurer's office yesterday, mt. mKmm Neely being in Rock Hill. He colleged nearly $400 dur ng the day, but ffOO .sSwShr was in a lump. ? Yesterday was actually too wet and disagreeable even for the borae jjlsMMH Jockeys. There were a few here all right and they had some trading stock WJ&lBin along with them, but there was very H little business. .jkm . , y