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^.ftM^^^^mRHRMnHr to buy I c^^SSRi *^"1 the ?tri^H0H^^^Pts which er cottot^^H^^^^^^^KutostantUl I gjao 'or ^**1 mo?t ven en- 1 tith com- I lifted W^HBK1 9B&BB|^W jnbuebed I pany of I Samar i and about affair. The I but ? * to 2.000 TO?**er* ^^^^H^ftentood that o,))aftpee. to see 1 tbe war ^ Xplete. to It that to Un- 1 __W. J- BiV ln coicoin. ? " ot Thorn-1 orodo. H. H. H. u W. Law*?" ?0 to carry I Royerf had^^MjBjy m 180M doubtful ^^fS^aSPthat much) While he inrn r - money *M uem auburn ner.au or me Republican tlu%^tafing that campaign he bad no <fflc knowledge of ( __ where It came fh hi. fjThe only further ' comment he car I CTfuMUfce wae that he wae glad the f.\ 'rWje coming out. ? The Jury in Nan Patterson. the sbo^gJ^H^ped with the murder of f*??*ar^Ki5^the bookmaker. on Wat Frld^reported its inability to ifree. SI An embers of the Jury were in favor ojHcquiltal and six stood out for eonvicBn. The Jurors who stood for a \Moll of murder in the flrgt dtgwe Wrc willing to compromise on tn#Wasghter; but the other Jurors woufl listen to nothing of the kind. It hag not been definitely decided whether there will be another trial. In New Yjrk it la the custom of the prosecution to drop cases In which there has been mistrials, especially if there Is no good reason to expect a conviction, as the result of a second trial. ? From last Wednesday, which waa the date set for its assembling at Hampton Roada the ships of the North Atlantic squadron are to have a busy time of it until the middle of May. The five months will be spent In the usual winter manoeuvres in the Carlbben and In target practice. Next wet k the fleet will be Inspected at Hampton Roafe by Secretary Moody and Admiral Dewey. One week later the North Atlantic fleet will proceed to Culebra and will be met there by the European and South Atlantic squadrons. The search problem and other exercises will begin about Feb. 7 and continue for two weeks, when the fleet will start for Guantanamo. From the end of March until about the middle of May the fleet wfl engage In target practice off the Flortla coast. ? Attorney General Moody has begun proceedings in behalf of the United States under the antl-tmst law against what Is known as the General Paper Company of Wlsconsl*. This company was organised for tie purpose of acting as "agent~"*or a large number of Independent companies. General Moody's petition chaapes that the constituent companies wjll make sales of paper only thrr*kh the general company. The gen*?ai company makes prices as It se-s proper and divtdss the proceed- among the constituent companies in'proper"on to^ the bfrgtf Ge^ eral Moody pas asked t|e coujI to enJoin the general paper compaiv from I acting as agent of the cohstltutgit comH panles and the constituent companies I making their sales though tie general company. I ?The strike of Fall River. Mass., cotton mill operatives' is nov in its twenty-third week with apparently no better prospect of adjustment than at Its beginning. The operatives want better wages, and the mill owners claim that they cannot' pay better wages so long as the operatives of uuiueru mnis wum Miger nours fv ^ lew pay. Up to this tlhie, the strikers have spent $950,000 Inlthelr fight. Of ' this amount, $100,000 came from the ^ treasury of the union and the balance came from the American Federation of Labor. The only hope the strikers seem to have In view is a favorable turn In the cloth market. The city of Fall River has suffered tremendously as the resultof the strike the bank clearlap^MaW"Week being: only $720,087 Asjalnst $1,117,983 In the corresponding week of last year. ? A New York correspondent of the Chicago Record-Herald claims to know what he Is talking about when he says that Thos. W Lawson has In his possession documents that Incriminate John D. Rockefeller, H. H. Rogers and others of the Standard Oil crowd. He says these documents came Into the possession of the Boston specluator during the period that Lawson was Intimate with the merabere of the system. He goes on to say that as to whether Lawson's mdtfves are patriotism or revenge, It Is really difficult to determine, and this will probably never be known. If Lawson really has the thumb screws on his enemies, they will be able to get out of bis clutches only by acceding to such terms as he may see fit to Impose. If an agreement Is reached whereby Rockefeller, Rogers & C?., give up a large sum of money for the Incriminating documents, that will be the end of the affair in so far as the public will be able to get to the bottom of It. If, howev^-, Rockefeller and] others fail to come to terms, Lawson will probably cany his exposures to the bitter end. ?United States %nator J. W. Bailey Is urging the farmers of the south to diversify their crops and bring about higher prices for tkeir cotton. In a letter to Joe Quitter, a prominent planter and stockman of Texas, Senator Bailey advises against holding the staple In large quantities. He says, in part: If the farmers in the south hold the cotton now In their hands for a higher price, they can force a higher price for a part of their present holdings, but they cannot possibly force all they have on the market at the higher prices; and the result of an effort to do so will be slmplj that an unusually large surplus will be carried over to the next crop. That large surplus would not be a serious menace to a fair price for the next crop unless that next crop Is a Urge one. If, however, that next crop should be a large one, and itould meet an unusually large' surplus carried over from th?s last crop, sot cnly would the- price of nexfr crop fall probably m low SBSlBSfflHBBPI^^^^^orfour years, ark would thus cost the farmers of the south much more than they could >o?slbly hope to make by holding the present crop, unless they take systematic steps to make it certain that the next crop will not be near so large as the present one. Of course, it might happen that, even with an acreage as large as that of last planting, unfavor- i ab e seasons could reduce the i next crop to a point that would Insure good prices; but I do not think It wise foi us to employ our land and labor In the expectation that Lad seasons i wl 1 render the .use of bc>i;h a partial loss. A curtailment in the acreage of 20 per cent would undoubtedly insure a price of not less than 8, and probably as much as 10 cents for the next crop; and) 20 per cent of cotton lard devoted to corn, oats and forage crops would not provide any more of tluse commodities than the south itself can easily consume at fair prices. IKltr ^mrkrillr (Enquirer. TOSKVUIE, g. 0.i FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30,1904. Trwe general assembly convenes on January 10 and what the dispensary will do for It, we fear will be a plen ty. The inning' of the people does not come until a year from next summer. Thb Christmas casualty list throughout the state seems to have been shorter this year than usual. Columbia has , two murders on her record, and there , have been a few othsr killings < throughout the state, but taken alto- ; get her the situation has been compar- , atlvely quiet. . I ? 1 he census office report on- cotton ginning Issued Wednesday, shows that i seven hundred and thirty-seven coun- 1 ties report 11,848,113 bales grinned to | December 13th, this year, counting round bales as half bales, compared ' with 8,427,259 in the same counties last 1 year. Eleven million nine hundred and , eighty-six thousand six hundred and fourteen running bales were ginned to 1 December 13th. this year, compared , with 8,749.669 bales last year. Prior to November 14th, the remaining unreported counties ginned 39,261 bales, , counting the round as half bales. ? ? ' ' 1 1 i The Eloree dispensary case has gotten into the courts. The ntate board ( of dispensary directors decided by a < vote of two to one to abolish this dis- 1 pensary because a majority of the 1 people of the town and country immediately surrounding wanted to get rid i of It. Dispenser Weeks appealed the | case and Chief Justice Pope has granted an injunction restraining the board from closing the dispensary until after it has made a showing to the court. We assume that it will develop that while the board has a right to close dispensaries, that are found not 1 to pay, it has no jurisdiction in cases where it is relief for a debauched community. That the cotton crop is sufficiently large to make the staple a drug on the market is now perfectly clear. In a single year the cotton producers Jtave changed a large deficit to a larger surplus. nnmcver itic iiuuiuvi of million bales that have been raised, the crop is evidently large enough to reduce the staple to a diug on the market. There Is not ori]y enough cotton for this year; but enough to run the mills well on Into next year. Another medium crop on top of this one would make the price of cotton less than 3 cents a pound. To attempt to ralBe another big crop therefore Is worse than silly, and there Is only one wa> out of the dilemma. That Is for the farmers of the south to hold on to all the cotton they have as long as they can, and in the meantime arrange to reduce next year* * acreage at least half. All the farmers In the south must get together on a proposition like this. Otherwise, nil the progress of the past two years will be lost within a year or two more, and the south will go bankrupt. If, however, the cotton raisers can get together on an agreement to materially reduce the acreage?an agreement founded on justice and equity, and fortified by binding force?the stream of gold that began to flow southward about two years ago, and which has been checked within the past few weeks, will resume its flow and continue until this section reapB its full inheritance. In Behalf of Cottcn. The cotton situation is the ail absorbing topic of interest throughout rue" south Just now, for upon the fortunes of this staple depends the welfare of this whole section. Lured by the prices that prevailed last spring our people have unwittingly overdone cotton production until the staple has become a drug on the market. There is still as much intrinsic value in cotton, of course, as there evea was: but as the growers have produced more than the world can consume before the coming of another crop, the price is being fl:ied by the useless surplus. All the best minds of the south have beer, focused on this subject for weeks and months, and everybody iB beginning to reailze that the one Infallible rem?dy Is a thorough organization that will ensure Intelligent anc" effective disposition of the surplus. The one essential condition precedent to a thorough and efficient organization. is the complete arousing of the people at interest. Let them once awaken from the dull slumber which binds them and the thing is The people of York county are as but a drop in the bucket; but they amount to as much as the people of any other cotton growing county of the south, and if they will earnestly identify themselves with this organization movement, they will be equal contributors to the success that is bound to follow. But it is necessary that the proposed organization be more than talk ?more than mere bluff. Every cotton grower?every southerner?must be in deadly earnest and see to It that he does his full duty, regardless of what may be done by his neighbor. Tt e m jP^^re^Uzard^cf the year swept over Missouri, Illinois and Iowa Tuesday night and "Wednesday. With- 1 in a few hours the mercury fell from ! freezing to zero and below Max Silverman, an Atlanta salesman for a New York house, was dangerously ; wounded in Atlanta on Wednesday by the wadding of a blank cartridge fired i at him by a friend In play. The wadding penetrated his overcoat and lodged in his lung Thomas E. Watson, late PopullBt candidate for the presidency, has organized a stock company with 1126,000 capital for the purpose of publishing a literary magazine to be known at Tom Watson's Magazine. John Butler and Quy Reed, two negroes, were hanged at Thomaston. Ga_. last Wednesday, for. the murder of R. G. Story at that place twenty-one days before A Fort Gaines, Ga., dispatch of Wednesday, says that the people of that place burned a few bales of cotton in the hope of starting an epidemic; but so far as has been reported the contagion has not been very general On the publication of the gtnner*s report --* ahntvlnir n nrohahlA yield of 13,000,000 bales and causing a further slump In the cotton market, J. B. Harrison, a prominent cotton dealer of Barnesvllle, Ga., committed suicide. He had lost $26,000 by the decline and was unable to bear further shame A slump of between 47 and 56 points followed the reading of the glnners' report on the New York Cotton Exchange last Wednesday. January cotton went to 6.40, which is a decline of four cents during the past three months General fitoessel, in command at Port Arthur, Ik said to haye been seriously hurt a few days ago as the result of a fall from his horse. ? > COTTON GROWERS. Plans Adopted for a National Organ izatiom At a meeting of the executive committee of the National Cotton association at Fort Worth, Tex., on Wednesday of last week, plans were adopted for the organisation of the National Cotton association under the resolutions adopted by the convention at Shreveport on Dec. 16th. Oswald Wilson of Fort Worth, Tex., was unanimous^ elected secretary of the executive committee; J. W. Spencer, president of the Farmers' and Mechanics' National bank of Fort Worth national treasurer, and Geo. N. Alii ridge, Dallas, was added to the executive committee. The work of the association was divided among Ave different committees as follows: For national legislation. E. H. Peters, Calvert, Tex., chairman.. "Press and ra.lroads, Stanly H. Watson of Houston, Tex., chairman. Co-operation. O. H. Pyle of Mlneola, Tex., chairman. Organisation, Oswald Wilson, Fort Worth. Tex., chairman. State legislation, J. H. Connell, for Texas, Dallas; P. M. Potts for Louisiana, Natchitoches,. La. Each chairman is to name his committee at the earliest moment. The secretary was Instructed to Bend tO/ the state chairmen the plan of organisation of the executive committee, so each state may be organized on the same lines. The objects of this organisation are: To urge upon every farmer In the on.itham atntM thp ahuolute necessity of diversification, rotation and the cultural system of growing cotton. To secure legislation In all of the "tates for the protection of Insectivorous birds, and to destroy systematically the cotton stalks as soon as the cotton is picked. To secure these results steps will be taken to systematically organize the entire cotton country. The following members were In attendance: E. H. Peters. CSalvert, Tex.; P. M. Potts, Natchitoches. La,: Stanley H. Watson, Houston, Tex.: O. P. Pyle, Mlneola, Tex.; N. C. Murray, Greenville. Tex.: Oswald Wilson, Fost Worth, Tex. i m> .... ? ? A special to the Macon Telegraph from Montlcello, Ga., says that President Harvle. Jordan of the Southern Cotton Growers' Protective association today issued a call for an interstate convention to be held at New Orleans, Jan. 24-26, 1906. Among the matters for consideration to be acted upon are the following, according to the call: "Financing the entire spot cotton business of the south: creating a bureau of statistics for benefit of the producers: establishment of a cotton exchange In each state through which cotton can be sold direct to the manufacturers; organization quickly of all the cotton producers in each cotton growing county: reduction of cotton acreage and use of commercial fertilizers for 1905, of not less than 25 per cent.; adoption of a local warehouse system to meet the practical demand I of both farmers and bankers through- | out the south: to make New Orleans the leading cotton exchange in the United States: the formation of a close alliance between all the southern agricultural organizations now In existence for mutual co-operation and protection. These are among the leading matters for consideration. They are momentous and some of them Involve tremendous propositions. But none are Incapable of quick solution and practical realization. The south possesses the brains, the manhood and the money to solve any great question which threatens her future prosperity." No Bond Validation.?The senate committee on foreign relations has not yet taken up the several arbitration treaties negotiated last fall and sent to the senate before the holiday recess. It Is expected that a meeting of the committee will be held next week and these treaties will be considered and favorably reported. Several southern senators who have been examining them have raised the question as to whether under them the bonds of southern states, issued during the Reconstruction period, could be arbitrated and declared valid. They have given notice that if the treaties provide for the adjudication of such bonds they will oppose them unless an amendment is Inserted which In express terms will declare that bonds of a state shall not be arbitrated. There are many million dollars of these bonds which, 1t is claimed, were fraudulently issued and for which the states received no benefit and their payment was refused. Other senators who have looked Into the question say that they believe the arbitration treaties cannot be construed to cover these state bonds. Quiet Adono the Front.?Everything continues quiet along the front of the hostile Manchurlan armies. There Is little expectation of a decisive movement until spring, when It will be possible fof- both armies to throw in strong reinforcements and recommence the campaign in earnest. In the meantime the chief Japanese uneasiness seems to be with regard to their communications eastward. They have an unusually full equipment of narrow gauge field railways, one of which connects General Kurokl's base f> * OVin VtA/Inl tultK I^on oriiron Q n Ct a v. uiiaiicuAi niwii * t? mhq with a branch to Slamatsza. A supplemental, line is being constructed, connecting Tlfioydmr with Hatchensr. There' Is wflT-lhipdrtant' .line ofwarfhouses along the Yalu fiver..- and many bridges have recently been constructed with a care unusual In field operations. This elaborate system has been seriously threatened by General RennenkampfTs raids southeastward. There are many evidences that the Japanese are strengthening and fortifying their line of communication toward Korea, which necessarily will ibsorb a considerable force. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Dobson Bros.?Extend the compliments of the season to customers and friends. They will move Jan. 1st to the Camp store room. Opera House?Announcement is made of the appearance of Frank O. Davidson's company presenting the new Old Farmer Hopkins on Thursday, January 5th. Withers Adlckes Co.?Tells you of the good business it has enjoyed, and quotes some very interesting prices on a lot of seasonable goods. Foushee Cash Store?Gives notice that it will have a double special sale on Monday next, beginning at 9 a. m. Victor Oil Mill?Will until further notice run its ginnery on Wednesdays and Fridays only. Frank Tiddy?Wants information in regard to a black pig that recently strayed from his premises. O. E. Wilkins and Others?Give notice that the books of subscription to the capital stock of the Neely Tarn Mills will be opened Jan. 2, at the Commercial club rooms. Sarah E. Wallace, Petitioner?Gives notice that she will apply to his honor, George W. Gage, on the 7th day of January, 1906, for the appointment of a guardian for the children of Robert I* Wallace, deed. R. J. Herndon?Has two splendid walnut cased organs at very reasonable figures. Any reasonable time given. Miss Rosa Lindsay?Tells you to have the pictures of the children made and mounted on calendars. First National Bank?Again calls the attention of business people to the low rates and convenience of bank money orders. Sam M. Grist?Extends the season's greetings and thanks his customers for past favors. Jas. M. Starr A Co.?Return thanks to their friends for the favors of the past year and wish everybody a prosperous New Year. J. Edgar Poag, Broken?Gives some timely pointers to people who wish to buy, sell or exchange real estate. He wants your business. J. Q. Wray, The Leader?Returns his thanks to his patrons for their liberal patronage during the year now closing. He wishes all a prosperous year during 1905. T. W. Speck, The Jeweler?Thanks his customers for their Christmas business and says he will soon be in his new store room across the way. Strauss-Smith Co.?Make their last announcement for the year and extend the compliments of the season , to all mankind. 4 W. G. White and Others, Committee? . Will sell bedsteads, chairs, etc., at - the K. M. M. A. building at auction next Monday. J. L. Whltesides. Hickory Grove?Is desirous 6t securing information as to the whereabouts of an estray black mare mule. NOTE AND COMMENT. Cotton is now lower than for three years. Tomorrow is the last day on which taxes may be paid without penalty. Treasurer Neely is still waiting on those who have not yet been to see him. MOBBING THE MORMONS. The house of Frank Westmoreland of the King's Creek neighborhood, was visited by a mob some weeks ago and there was quite a lively half hour; but no bloodshed. It seems that Westmoreland has been inclined toward Mormonism. Mormon elders made his house their headquarters, and the people of the neighborhood, unwilling to stand for anything of the kind, tried to force him to change his ways. Some few years ago an effort was made to bring pressure to bear on Westmoreland by means of the boycott. People agreed not to buy anything from him or to sell him anything. After a while, however, as the result of counsels of more conservative people the boycott was raised and it was understood that Wegtmoreland would give no more cause tor offense. Of late, it has been noticed that Mormon elders have resumed their activities in the neighborhood, and It was understood that they were making their headquarters at the house of Westmoreland. Some three weeks ago word went abroad through the neighborhood that two elders were lo cated at Westmoreiana's nouse, ana a mob of forty or fifty persons went around that night to Investigate the situation As the mob approached Westmoreland's house, there came some shots from within. The mob retired to a safe distance and returned the fire which was kept up more or less briskly for something like an hour. The house, so the reporter is Informed, was riddled with bullets; but there was no more serious damage, and the situation has'since been quiet. CHRI8TMA8. The Christmas season now drawing to a close has been an unusually quiet one, but judging from the indications usually manifested on the surface of such occasions, it has been none the less pleasant and happy. There was quite a lot of toys on sale at various stores, and also unusually large stocks of pretty things intended principally as Christmas gifts. Most of the toys and Christmas trinkets were sold. A few were left over; but dealers generally were satisfied with the trade they had. This situation is to be taken as an evidence that the majority of people had plenty for their needs and to spare. A certain amount of drunkenness has always been a feature of the Christmas holidays. It has been so everywhere, and this locality has not been an exception. There has been more 01 less drunkenness in Yorkville during the past week; but it is fair to 8ay that it has been less than has been noted during a similar period for quite a while. The closing of the dispensary Just on the eve of the holidays has had its effect. Just how far reaching that effect may have been it would be difficult to eay; but there Is no doubt of the fact that the circumstance has made whisky more difficult to get than it would have been otherwise. The il I1CK aeaiers aia meir ucbi >iu uuuui, but to supply the place of the dispensary was too large an undertaking for such small capacity. The small boy'f part In the Christmas fun was up to the usual standard. He was In evidence with firecrackers and every other kind of noise. He was hindered slightly by the rainy weather; but that he really noticed the Interference Is hardly probable. FATAL ELEVATOR ACCIDENT. Simon Patterson, colored, was killed, and Tom Brown, also colored, had | his leg broken as the result of an elevator accident at the Tavora Cotton mill this morning at about 9.30 o'clock. The reporter arrived on the scene about half an hour after the accident Patterson's body was lying on < * Pl^forxn at ?nmilTw"to ?i* covered with some bagging material, and Bfown was receiving such surglt cal attention as was necessary. It w^s rather difficult to get accurate Information ,as to how the accident occurred. One of the mill employes, an eye witness, however, told the reporter that he saw the men when they fell. They had Just gone to the third floor with the empty elevator. Within a few momenta there followed a craab and the men came tumbling down. "I aaw it myaelf," the man Bald. "Patteraon came down in a heap. I think he got two Ilcka, one at the second floor and the other at the ground floor. He waa killed almost Instantly. Hs waa bleeding about the head and I think his skull waa crushed. The accident, I understand, waa caused by the breaking of the worm-gear of the elevator." Patterson was about nineteen years of age and had been working at the T&vora mill about two months. Brown, who ia known by the nickname of "Lteney," had been employed at the mill only a short time. Prom such information as the reporter haa been able to gather, the elevator machinery is comparatively new, having been purchased leas than a year ago with strong guarantees as to its durability and efficiency. The strident. therefore, was aulte a sur prise to the management of the mill. A similar accident occurred at t' same elevaor shaft some years ago, about the time the Rock Hill Buggy company purchased the Carolina Buggy company. At least two men were quite seriously Injured; but nobody wai killed. All the machinery of the elerator has been twice renewed since then, however."" Coroner Loutblan has had the circumstances of the accident under Investigation during this morning, but up to the hour at which it was necessary for Thjd Enquirer to go to press, | the reporter has been unable to learn the result. WITHIN THE TOWN. ?The boys will ring out the old and ring In the new tomorrow night They always do. ? The Commercial club has arranged to give a reception In its parlors on Tuesday evening, January S. Refreshmeats will be served. ? Next Monday is salesday for January and there is a good deed of business In sight, a number of auction sales and many arrangements for next year. ? Torkvllle Lodge No. 39 A. P. M., installed officers last Tuesday night as follows: J. R. Logan, W. M.; W. I. Witherspoon, 8. W.: W. W. Lewis, J. W.; M. C. Willis, treas.; W. Adickes. secretary; P. N. Porter, S. D.; J. J. Carroll, J. D.; M. J. Walker and 8. M. Porter, stewards; A. Cody, tiler. This Is Mr. Cody's thirty-ninth year in the office of tiler. ? The Are department both the white and colored divisions were en tertalned at oyster suppers last Wednesday night, by the town council In accordance with an annual custom. The white firemen were served at Louis Roth's and the colored firemen were served at the colored Odd Fellow's hall. There was a pretty full attendance of the members of the department at their respective places of entertainment and the occasion was a most enjoyable one. ? Ed McLeave, colored, was severely injured last Monday as the result of being thrown from a mule. Heattempted to pass a point on Main street where a congregation of small boys was popping fire crackers. His approach was the signal for the particular attention of the small boys, and they forthwith reproduced the condittordfc that have grown so familiar about Port Arthur. The mule almost j -Ifrfttened out of its senses, threw McLeave against a pile of building material, bruising him In a very critical condition. McLeave has since been confined to his bed. ? The carrying away of gates, the transposition of signs, the overturning of movable objects on the sidewalks and the vicious destruction of such property as may offer temptation to the peculiar taste of the mob participating at least once a year, is a custom that has probably been Inherited from the lawless period following the war. This mob was out last Monday as ususual, and it has cost or will cost the property owners of Torkvllle considerable money to set things to rights again. As to whether such a custom exists elsewhere, we do not know. We do know that other towns sometimes suffer fi-om such destruction at the hands of wanton mobs; but we do not know that it is' a regular institution as in Torkvllle. This town can very well dispense with the custom and it is about time that steps were taken to put a stop to it. ? The advance agent of the Old Farmer Hopkins company is in Torkvllle making arrangements for the coming of that play on next Thursday night. nf tha rnmmnv and of Mr. Davidson the ; star commedlan, be says: "Since last seen here the author has been hard at work on that always excellent play, "Old Farmer Hopkins," and the result has been wonderful. Those who saw the drama when last presented here will scarcely recognize It so great has been the change. The best of the old has been retained, yet the many new scenes, Incidents, situations, etc., that have been added, virtually makes a new play out of the famous old drama. Mr. Davidson has engaged the strongest company obtainable and carries all scenery, mountings and mechanical effects for a perfect production. The musical part of the performance Is a feature, as a full orchestra of solo artists is carried. A worthy entertainment such as this will be well patronized." ABOUT PEOPLE. Miss Lizzie Lowry Is visiting friends at Harmony. Congressman Flnley is spending the holidays at home. Mr. C. P. Lowrance of Camden, was In Yorkville Wednesday. Ifr. and Mrs. J. M. Ferguson visited friends in Bethel this week. Miss Jennie Llnd Moffatt visited friends In Chester this week. Mr. Geo. W. Kunz left last week for a short visit to Monck's Corner. ||r. W. F. Marshall spent the holiday! with his family In Yorkville. Mr. Brooks Inman of Columbia, vis Ited his family in Torkvllle this week. Miss Addie E. Moore of Morganton, N. ^C.. is the guest of Mrs. B. N. Moore. Mr. Bedford Moore of the College of Charleston, is at home for the holidays. Cadet Roe Willis of Clemson college, has been at home for the holidays Mrs. A. M. Aiken of Chester, visited Rev. W. Q. Neville's family this w*?ek. Miss Nannie Grist of the Clover Hph school, has been at home this wtjek. Miss Annie Bludworth of Lancaster, vi?ted her mother in Torlcville this Miss Bessie 'Gilbert of the Columbia Pmale college, spent the holidays in TKffcsK? WiTSSfflSSsffTaf la* Friday ai^ernoon for her home In jliss Josie Fewell of Rock Hili. splnt Christmas with t Miss Bessie Mrs. "John S. Jones and children, visited relatives at McConnellsvllle this week. Misses Ethel and Elise Latimer and Mif. W. E. Dendy are visiting friends In,Rock Hill. I I Mr. and Mrs. W. Mason McConnell, spent Sunday and Monday at Avon, Fairfield county. Miss Maggie McFadden spent Sun- ' day and Monday with relatives at Smith's Turnout. Mr. and Mrs. Reuben C. Quy of Lowryville, visited Mr. Jf A. Watsdn's family this week. Mr. M. C. Willis left Wednesday on a business visit to Barnwell and Lexington counties. I Dr. J. D. McDowell and Mr. Walton I Nell went to Georgetown on Monday 1 on a hunting trip. Miss Annie Caldwell of Sharon, Is ] visiting Misses Sophie and Marlila Ewart in Yorkvllle. Mr. Harry C. Smith of Charlotte, 1 spent Sunday and Monday in York- t ville with relatives. , Mr. BenJ. Massey Lee of Arisona, , spent last Friday with the family of Mr. J. W. Alexander. Mr. James L. Walker of Cherokee, i visited his slstec Mrs. M. J. Walker, several days this week. Mr. John A. Neely and family of 1 Rock Hill, visited Mr. H. A. D. Neely's family this week. i Marion B. Jennings, Esq., returned to Yorkvllle Wednesday after a visit to relatives in Columbia. ? , Mr. Glover C. Baker of the Charleston Medical college visited friends in Yorkvllle on Tuesday. Rev. Dr. J. I* Stokes writes that he Is glad to know that he is to spend another year in Yorkvllle. Misses Geraldlne Lowry and Marie Moore of Wlnthrop, spent the holidays with their parents in Yorkvllle. Cadet John R. Blair of Clemson college is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Blair, near Blalrsvllle. Mr. J. Harry Spann of 8umter, visited his grandparents, MT. and Mrs. W. B. Steele in Yorkvllle this week. Mr. C. C. Hughes has moved his family from Gastonla to his farm about three miles south of Yorkvllle. Miss Virginia Watson of Richmond, Va., arrived last week on a visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Watson. Mr. and Mrs. John B. Bratton and Miss Ella Love of McConqellsvllle, visited friends in Yorkvllle Tuesday. Mr. W. F. Caldwell of Wlldwood, Fla., is spending the holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Caldwell. Mrs. Chas. W. Smith and son, Master Strauss, are visiting the family of Mr. William Caldwell at King's Creek. Mr. John A. Jenkins and Miss Grace Whisonant of the Lancaster Graded school, visited friends in Yorkvllle this week. Prof. J. D. Hoggins of the Bethany Presbyterlal school, spent a part of this week with his parents in Sumter county. Miss Anna McCaw, of the Presbyterian College for Women, Columbia, ! visiting her mother, Mrs. Fannie B. McCaw. Mr. and Mrs. John B. Williams of Hickory Grove, visited Mr. Geo. W. Williams' family in Yorkvllle yesterday and today. Mr. John Dobson who has been taking a commercial course in an-Atlanta business college, returned home last week. Dr. A. Y. Cartwright, Messrs. J. R. Lindsay, J. Q. Wray and W. B. Williams have been shooting birds in the "blackjacks." Mr. Paul H. Moore of the Columbia seminary, has been visiting relatives in the Delphos neighborhood during the holidays. Rev. and Mrs. J. L. Stokes who have been visiting in Marlboro for the past two weeks will return to Yorkvllle to day or tomorrow. E. E. Thorn well, Esq., spent Christmas with Dr. Thornwell's family In Fort Mill. Mr. Thornwell is hoarding at Mr. Brooks Inman's. Mr. J, Mack Schorb of Bennettsville, and Miss Nell "Schorb of Hickory drove, visited their parents, Mr. -and Mrs. Geo. T. Schorb, this week. Mr. O. W. 8. Hart spent the Christmas holidays on Wadmaiaw Island,' the guest of his mother's family, returning to Yorkvllle on Wednesday -evening. Messrs. George, Carl and Joe Hart of Columbia and Mr. Lee Hart of Baltimore, spent the holidays with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. 8. Hart. Cadets Frank Riddle, RobL Herndon and Raymond Sanchez Aybor of the C. M. A.. Rock Hill, have been In Yorkvllle this week with relatives and friends. .. Mr. William H. Snider of Wyck. Ark., arrived in Yorkvllle last week and' has since been confined to bed at the home of his sisters, Misses Rosa and Minnie Snider. Superintendent of Education Carroll has been In Columbia this week in attendance on the annual meeting of the county superintendent's association, of which he Is secretary. Miss Alma Walker who is teaching school at Cameron, Orangeburg county, and Miss Mary Walker of Winthrop college, visited their parents, Dr. and Mrs. M. J. Walker during the holidays. Miss Agallce McCaw, who has been quite sick with pneumonia at Randolph-Macon college, Lynchburg, Va., will return home next week accompanied by her mother, Mrs. W. B. McCaw. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Dendy of Pickens; Mr. and Mrs. Carl lAtlmer of Chester, and Miss Ethel Latimer of Fairfield county, have been the guests /v* an* Mrs W. C* Latimer this week. Mr. J. Mart Brian of Lancaster, has been spending the week with his fam- . lly in Torkvllle. Miss Susie Brian, who is teaching In' Cherokee county, j spent Saturday and Sunday in York- , vllle. \ Miss Talulah Neville of the Presby- , terlan College for Women, Columbia; , Miss Virginia Neville of Wlnthrop col- , lege and Mr. D. Wyatt Neville of Clin- , ton were In Torkvllle to spend the j holidays with their parents, Dr. and Mrs. W. 0. Neville. Misses Emma Kennedy of Hardee- ' vllle, 8. C., Miss Amelia Kennedy of J Morganton, N. C., Dr. W. M. Kennedy of Chester, Dr. Moffatt Kennedy ol , Newberry, and Mr. Barron Kennedy ( of Rome, S. C., spent the holidays wltl] . their parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. i Kennedy In Torkvllle. * 1 LOCAL LACONICS. i Heavier Bridges. j ' Charlotte Observer: The Southern ( Railway Is having the large brldg) i over the Catawba river betweei ' Charlotte and Rock Hill rebuilt anl j strengthened. The bridge over Sted Creek at the B. D. Springs farm, tw> ] miles north of Fort Mill, Is also being ] renewed. The work Is being done ty ( the Phoenix Bridge company. Thb ? rebuilding has been made necessary h I order to sustain the huge locomotive j that the railroad Is putting on lto ] tracks in the south, and also, it Is sail, t to guard against their possible falllig < through and digging a hole In tie , plantation of Mr. B. D. Springs. ] Death of D. J. Glenn, Jr. Mr. D. J. Glenn, Jr., died at his hone ; In Bethel township last Monday niglt, i and was burled at Bethel on Tuesd^r. 1 He had been In Indifferent health ftr j some time past, but his death, whlth , was caused by rheumatism of the i aiiHrion Thp IICUl l| woo laviici duvi%*v>? ? f. _ ? ceased was in the sixty-eighth yearof his age. He leaves one son, Mr. S. 8. Glenn, and two daughters, Mrs. T. J. Glenn and Miss Janle Glenn. His wife died some seventeen years ago. fcr. Glenn served through the war in toe company of his brother, the late Capt R. H. Glenn, and made a creditable record as a soldier. He was known throughout Bethel and a large part of the county as a good citizen, a generous whole-souled companion tnd had hosts of friends. Mr. S. A. GUnn of Bethel is his only surviving brother. i SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Rev. R. W. Richardson, D. D? (Editor of the Southern Christian Awocate for some years past, has reslfrad between himself And members oMBflH publishing board, recently appointed by jl the South CaroT tia conference/ ? Sheriff Owen? of Colleton couttty, announces that hf will make no claim for the reward of <1,000 outstanding for E. A. Adams, recently arrested by himself and a posse. The sheriff said that he made the arrest in the line of his I duty, and therefore does not consider I himself entitled to the reward. ROCK HILL AND VICINITY. \ Ik Quirt Orderly Christmas?Death of Mrs. W. H. Williams?Chrietmae M err iagee?Sudden Death?Changing Peetore Serious Toy Pistol Accident?The Mystie Shinere. UoiTMeondeec* of um Yorkrillt kaqou*. Rock Hox, Dec. 30.?The Chrietmaa holidays, so far, have paased off very iiuletly In Rock Hill. Christmas was celebrated in many different ways; but there was very little disorder In the city Christmas eve or any time since, and everybody seemed to enjoy the occasion. The police report that about the only trouble they had waa with the people from the feduntry, who were drinking. Seven arredts were made up to Wednesday morning, two white and - Ave colored. The stores miu uuBiiicw unices wnicn were cioseu during Mond&y and Tuesday, were all opened again Wednesday morning, and everybody is down to business again. The merchants are quite busy taking stock and arranging their plans for the New Year. Mrs. Catharine Williams, wife of Mr. W. Harris Williams, died Friday afternoon of cancer at her home in the Nasty's Creek neighborhood after a three month's illness. Funeral services were conducted from the home Saturday morning at 10 o'clock by her pastor, *ev. Oliver Johnson. The interment was in Neely's Creek cemetery. Tpe deceased was a Miss Anderson, 'daughter of the late C. D. Anderson. She was 48 years of age, and is survived by per husband and six children, the youngest of whom is 18 years old. Mrs. Williams has lived in the Neely's Creek neighborhood all her life and was born and married In the same house in ' which she died. She was held in the highest esteem by, all who knew her. In her death the community loses a good woman. Mr. R. A. Jackson, of Newport, and Miss Theodocla Auten, daughter of Mr. qnd Mrs. W. A. Auten, of the Concord neighborhood, were married last Sunday afternoon at 8 o'clock. The narelage ceremony was solemnized in Concord church, the bride's pastor, Rev. W. H. Ariail, officiating. In the ireience of & large concourse of friends and relatives of the bride and groon. The wedding ring was used in the ctremony, and the uniting of these two'kearts was pronounced one of the most beautiful church weddings that has ever occurred in Concord neighborhood. It vas quite a surprise to the numerals friends of Miss Claby Hogy, when they learned yesterday morning that she was married Wednesday night ito Mr. Horace O. Williams of Maccn, Ga. The ceremony was performed'at the home of the bride's sister, Mrs. Etta Kerr on Hampton stre?t at 6.S0 p. m., by Rev W. P. Meadows In the presence of a few Intlnate friends and relatives of the bride. Miss Hogy had confided her secret to but very few and her marriage waLi quite a surprise to most of our people. She has been employed the past few months as bookkeeper for W. G. fteid A Son, and they were very mush surprised when they received an Invitation at 5 o'clock, Wednesday evening to attend, her marriage at 8.8(1 Mr. Williaiha is bookkeeper for a larpe wholesale establishment in Macon and he left with his bride for that cltj yesterday morning. According to previous an noun cemeit, Mn. Lottie Hudson Wherry and Mr Charley Deal of Colombia, were married Monday afternoon at S. 10 o'cock at the home of the bride's parerts, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Wherry In thh city. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Mr. Deal of China Grove, N. C.. cousin of the groom.. Mr. and Ma Deal will make their home in Columbia. Mr. W. Carl Cornwall and Mis* Doris Neely, were married Wednesday evening at 6 o'clock by Rev. E. A. Wilkes, at the home of the bride's fa:her, Mr. Frank Neely In the Friendship neighborhood. Mr. Mason A. Bell and Miss Ethel Irty, daughter of Mr. W. N. Irby of tHs city, were married Wednesday evening by Rev. W. L. Llngte In the Cmtral Telephone office. Miss Irby was assistant night operator at the Cfntral office. They sent a message skortly after the ceremony was performed to inform the bride's father of her marriage, and left on the t o'clock train yesterday morning for their futire home In Guthiiesvllle. The dead body of Marshall Lasenby, on of J. M. Lasenby of this city, was tound near the Highland Park mill frlday afternoon. There was no sign of foul play and no inquest was held. The dead man was probably 15 years if age and had no family. The funeral ind Interment took place Saturday. Dr. A. S. Lynn examined the body and claimed that death was due to expo ?? r>a naoH hv an Sure euiu ucat i u? u vu>u?w over dose of alcohol or some other stimulant. Rev. W. T. Duacan and family left Tuesday for their new home In Bam* berg. Mr. Duncan has served two years as pastor of St. John's Methodist church. He Is an able preacher and a rood pastor and during his two years pastorate In Rock Hill he won the love and esteem of his members and Rock Hill people generally who regret his removal from the city and that of his family. Rev. Watson B. Duncan, the new pastor of St. John's church, arrived In the city Wednesday with his family and moved at once into the parsonage vacated by the retiring pastor. He was busy yesterday meeting those of his members whom he could see on the streets, and forming new acquaintances with the people generally. He will hold his first service at St. John's 8unday morning. Rev. W. H. Ariall, who has been serving the past four years as pastor of the North Rock Hill circuit, will move his family to their new home tn Hickory Grove today. Rev. W. C. Winn, who succeeds Mr. Ariall, arrived here with his family Wednesday afternoon and will fill his appointments at Antloch and Adnah Sunday. Mr. Ariill has won a warm place in the hearts pf our people and was loved and admired by all who knew him and there ire many expressions of regret that Rock Hill Is to lose this excellent family. Paul, the 10-year-old son of Mr. and Mr*. R. D. Sealy, met with quite a painful accident a few days ago In svhlch his right hand was badly burned and torn by the explosion of a >uantlty of toy pistol caps. He emptied the contents of three dosen of the tmall cap boxes into a tobacco sack ind put the sack In his pocket. A little later when he Inserted his hand to get a cap the entire bag full exploded at once from some cause setting the child's clothes on Are. His hand *-ns badly burned and torn by the explosion. The ends of three fingers **ere almost blown off and the right tide of his face was also burned. Dr. 1. E. Massey, Sr., was summoned Immediately and did all he could to reieve the sufferings of the child, and ilthough he Is getting along very well, le still suffers much pain and is kept jnder the Influence of anodynes almost continually. Several members of Rock Hill lodge K. F. M., attended the annual meeting rnd banquet of Oasis Temple Mystic Shriners of the Carollnas, In Charlotte Wednesday night, and all report havng enjoyed the occasion very much, ''our hundred Shriners were seated at >ne time and the banquet .was Indeed i royal feast. GOLD WATCH FREE. ? o I fi I ? :> 5 * i? si z -8 I 1 s2 CQ ^ S "O ^ >1 t & |8 ^ = g J, j ' S| 5 <3 s ^ s. g jj? Lfc_^ ? Belle Morris, a respectable naffro woman, waa assaulted on a Columbia street last Monday by an unknown negro boy. The boy shot the woman down with a pistol, killing ber Instantly and ran away. Several people saw him but were, junable tc Identify him. The police have since been trying to And the assassin. i .. 1 AT THB CHtHCHKI. CHURCH OF THB GOOD SHEPHERD. 3unda* Sbkvjces?Sunday school at 4 o'clock In the afternoon. No other services. ' > " 11 \ ASSOCIATE REFORMED PRE8BY. tBUAN. axv. w. C. BWART, PASTOR. OUffUAX DIRVlfWi. DttUUttlU UMk 1WI at JO a. m. Morning service at II o'clock. Even thg service at 7 o'clock. * FIRST PRESBYTERIAN. rev. w. o. iisvi1xs, D. d., pastor. Sunday Sktf.vices?Morning services at 11 o'clock. Sunday School at 3.10 p. m. No evening eervlce.' TRINITY METHODIST EPISCOPAL. rhtv. j. l. iitokxs, d. d., pastor. Sunday Ssiivicks?Communion servlces In the morning at 11 o'clock. Sunday school at 3.30 p. m. Evening services at 7 o'clock. BAPTIST. ' REV. W. B. HURT, PASTOR. Sunday Services?Sunday school In the morning 10 o'clock. Services each first an;); third Sunday at 11 o'clock In the morning and at 7.00 in. ?h? evening, litltead of the second and fourth Sundays as heretofore. ?pt lal jjatltH. Enon and Hickory Qrove. * There will *>e preaching at Boon church next Sunday. Jan. 1st, at 11 o'clock a. m., and at Hickory Qrove Baptist church at 7 p. m, These will be the pastor's farewell services with these churcheiu All are cordially Invlted. W. R. Lambert, Pastor. Daughters of the Confederacy. There will fee a meeting of the Winnie Davie chapter, U. D. C, at the residence of Miss Beesle Barron tomorrow (Saturday) afternoon, at 3.10 o'clock. All p:iembera are requested to be present Mrs. Jar F. Hart, President A Card. We wish In this public way to express our appreciation of the generous manner in wfc Ich the pastor of the A. R. p. church, and his family, wars remembered during the holidays by the -v members of the congregation and friends. We dp most sincerely appreciate the kin dress of all, and pray that God may bleae them abundantly. W. O. Ewart and fhmfly. i i i i i i in II- , A Attention, Cotton Farmers. Whereas, <n account of the tremendous crop' we have raised this year, far In excess of the requirsqasnts of the splnnens, with the result that' prices have declined to a point below the cost . of production, threatening Wl Utc CUUTV IVUUif UIU Whereas, thitre seems to be no posBible hop* of <uscape from the disaster that has fallen upon us except tl?"oogh united action. Therefore, we, the undersigned, call upon our fellow oitlaene of York county generally and cotton growsrs especially, to ^uisemble In nun meeting in the cotirt house at YorinrUle next Monday, January t, IMC, at It o'clock, noon, for the purpose of L Consider ing and discussing the situation generally. 2 " To offer our co-operation with the cotton farmers of the south as to holding cotton off the market, cutting iown next year's acreage, curtailing the use of fertilisers, diversifying our crops or adopting such other expedients ss may 'teem best calculated to <* relieve the alarming situation. H. Simpson Love, Thos. J. Nichols. . P. B. McAfee, BL Gfloley, Jesse M. Moore, \ J. C. McKnight, R. K. Lowry, J. H. Qulnn, ' R. A. Bratton, J. H. OoOd. R. N. Whitesldei, B. B. Whltesldes, Arthur L. Black, Jas. )L Starr, -- r . .Inn TJtttm. C. E. Spencer, '? J. M. Stroup, Broadua Love, W. O. White, L. R William*. Tho*. P. McDow,' K. In nan, John :L Rainey, Jno. 11 Plexico, W. R Burgess, E. M. Bankhead, S. W. Inman, W. B, Good, C. M. Inman, Ella* Inman, W. H, Herndon. Jhf gorkotjllt flfotton JRarltt. " 1 i' ? Corrected 8s#ni-Weskly by Meeere. Lett* Bros. Torkvujjb. Dec. 20, IS m.?The local market atanda a* follow*: Middling ?i , Strict Middling <i Strict Good Middling ?| Latta Bao*. ' OBITUARY. Died?Sunday evening, Dec. 18th, 1904, at 8 o'clock of heart trouble. Mr*. ARRENA CLARK, wife of Mr. J. M. Clark, at her home three mile* south- ' west of Yorkvllle, aged sixty-eight year*. H YMEIN EAL. Married?At the residence of the bride'* parent*, Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Palmer by Rev. J. B. Swann, Dec. SI, 1904, at 3 p. m., Mr. E. R MALONEY of Sharon and Mis* M. GERTRUDE PALMER of Bullock's Creek. On Thursday Dec. 2S, 1904, by Rev. I C. M. Peeler at the home of the bride'* mtoher, Mrs. M. J. Wood*. Mr. - -w'l WILL STEEL \0 Miss ES8IE WOODS, All of York county. In Bellvllle, Mo., on Dec. It, 1S04, ^ by Justice Cannady, Mis* CLARA C. CRAVEN, formerly of Yorkvllle,. 8. C., and Mr. LEX PIPPIN of SheObina, Mo. p . * 1 1 *. W^4/X1XiOA/aftV ^ UNTIL further notice our Ginnery will be in operation on WEDNESDAYS and FRIDAYS only. VICTOR I COTTON OIL CO. Dec. 3ft.t.4t 1 BLACK PIG. WEIGHING about 150 pounds. \ strayed from my premises on Dec. 24. In ton nation will be appreciated and trouble paid tor. FRANK TIDDY, Yorkvlile Buggy Co. It A BLACK MAKE MULE STRAYED from my premises last Wednesday evening. Weighs about 1,100 lbs,, has white nose and a <: long switch on tall. Will appreciate Information and pay for trouble. J. L. WHITE8IDES, Phone 28-4, Hickory Grove, S. C. It ^ PIANOS AND ORGANS. TWO splendid Walnut cased Organs yet ori hands at a very rea- . 1 sonable figure. Any reasonable time aft given In the payment of either a Piano or Organ. i . R J, HERNDON. .jTA t- ^Bsl -*sW0kMl%**( . ' . _18agj A T K. M. M. A. Suildlsm MOND A Y, xA JAN. 2ND, we wllljseU Bedsteads, ^KhmSbm jaliL'Tables. Crocheifr, SHrrao and