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s> % Scraps and Jncts. ? "The notorious San Juan Hill" district in New York was the scene last Tuesday night of a riot between whites and negroes. Fully 1,000 men were engaged In the rioting, and 250 policemen were required to restore order. During the affray several persons were seriously injured. ? The weekly weather bureau published last Tuesday, described the cotton situation as follows: While too rapid growth of cotton and light fruiting are very generally reported throughout the cotton belt, an improvement is Indicated in many districts. The crop continues to suffer f^om lack of cultivation, especially in the central and western portions of the belt, however, the weather of the past week has been favorable for cleaning the fields, a work which has been pursued vigorously. In Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas,, reports of abandoned fields continue. Dam age by boll weevn in iexas. Beueia.ii?, is not great, though considerable in localities. ? An apparently well organized movement started by the cotton manufacturers of Great Britain, to encourage the growth of cotton in the British possessions and countries other than the United States, Is reported to the department of commerce and labor, by Consul Halstead at Birmingham. England. This movement Is being directed by the British Cotton Growing association. The demand for cotton steadily increases, but so far, the consul says, there has been no corresponding development of the sources of supply. The International Cotton congress, in session at Manchester, a few weeks ago, assumed that In ten years 38,000,000 acres under cotton would be necessary to suppdy the world's demand, and the United States will be only able to provide 35,000,000 and that limit will be reached within seven years. ? Washington. July 20: United States District Attorney Morgan H. Beach, who has been on the eastern trip in furtherance of his investigation of the cotton crop report matter in the agricultural department, today conferred with Solicitor General Hoyt, who is the acting attorney general of the United States. What transpired at this conference was not divulged but it undoubtedly related to the cotton investigation. While on the trip mentioned Mr. Beach is said to have visited and conferred with Attorney General Moody In Boston. Mr. Beach, however, 1 declined to answer any questions In connection with his work. He was busy on his inquiry untU a late hour tonight and during the day interviewed a number of people who were summoned to his office to give information. Secretary Cheatham of the Southern Cotton Growers' association is still in Washington. his object in remaining being to give all assistance possible In the procuring of evidence. ? Floating mines from Port Arthur continue a menace to navigation, says the Pekln, China. Times. The Hsinch, from Tien-Tsln, reports sighting one of these drifting dangers. The engines were stopped and for upward of an hour the captain and officers endeavored to explode it by means of rifle shot. The firing proving effectual, a boat was lowered In charge of Mr. Miller, the chief officer, who placed the mine in tow, but after towing for two hours It exploded with a terrific report. Captain Pratt of the steamer Yushun, reports a floating mine which was exploded at 100 yards range. This Is thought a safe distance. The only thing to be careful about Is to have sufficient overhead covering as a protection against falling fragments. The steamer Kungplng reports sighting a large spiked mine twenty-three miles from Howskl Island. Rifle shots were fired at it and the mine exploded, several fragments of It falling upon the deck of the vessel. ? John Hyde has tendered his resignation as chief of the bureau of statistics of the department of agricul ture. The resignation was tendered to I Secretary Wilson last Tuesday and was | promptly accepted. Hyde gave as a reason that he was tired being dogged by his critics; that his Job was not worth the annoyance. He says that the fight on him was commenced when he first took charge of the office eight years ago and it has been kept up ever since. He recalls the fact that In 1903 he was awarded $2,500 damages In a libel suit against a firm of brokers which had made charges against him. He is satisfied that the Southern Cotton association is gunning for his scalp, and although he believes he can win out, the game is not worth the fight, for according to his doctors his life has already been shortened several years by the worry he has gone through. In accepting the resignation Secretary Wilson thanked Mr. Hyde for his able and efficient services and expressed his complete confidence in the statistician's integrity. ? Daniel Maloney, who had made numerous successful ascensions with Prof. Montgomery's aeroplane, fell 3,000 feet to his death at Santa Clara. Cal., last Tuesday. Maloney made an ascension from the grounds of the Santa Clara college. About 2,000 persons watched with interest the machine as it shot upward from the college grounds attached to a huge balloon. At a height of 4.000 feet Maloney cut loose from the balloon and began manoeuverlng the aeroplane. He sailed gracefully about, then essayed a deep dip. Suddenly the machine swerved, hesitated and then turned over. It righted itself, sank down a considerable distance and turned over again. Maioney was clinging desperately to his seat and evidently endeavoring to regain control of the aeroplane but all his efforts were In vain. Again the aeroplane turned In the a i. the wings came together and the man and the machine plunged straight downward, while the horrified spectators gazed helplessly. A number of cadets carried him to the college hospital. His skull was fractured and blood was flowing from his ears and mouth. He died within a short time. The aeroplane was demolished. ? Baron Hayoshi. the Japanese minister at London said to the Assolated Press last Tuesday that Russia had appointed good men as peace plenipotentiaries. Nevertheless. M. Wltte and Baron Rosen had not inspired Japan with confidence as to a favorable outcome of the negotiations. "I do not know what powers have been delegated to them." he said, "and after the events of the last eighteen months Japan puts confidence only in accomplished facts. We will discover at the conference what these powers are." The correspondent suggested that the general opinion was that the Japanese terms should be moderate. "I do not see where people get such an Idea," he replied. "The public evidently mistakes the Japanese for angels." Baron H&yosht Intimated that Japan was ready to continue war unless she secured suitable terms. He called attention to the fact that the last two loans were unexpended and said that the capture of the Island of Sakhilan was not precipitated by the approach of the conference, but was the natural .sequence of the Japanese campaign plans which had not been altered since Russia acceded to the conference. An earlier attack on the Island was p-evented by a severe winter. <?hc \torkrillr (Enquirer. YORKVILI.E. S. C.t FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1905. What Is the state board raising so much sand about the few bottles of whisky that are going to the local dispensers for? It is possible that the big grafters fear that If the little grafters get more the big grafters will get less. As we see It the people of the state are not worried a great deal about the few extra bottles of whisky that may have been going to local dispensers. The great matter of concern is the graft that is generally believed to have been going one way and another to the central machine. It is probable that President Roosevelt will send Gen. Wood to take charge of the health situation In the canal zone. General Wood has the credit of having run the yellow fever out of Cuba and there is good reason to believe that with authority, men and money, he can do the same for Panama. Unless the dispensary is voted out by counties we are at a loss to see how it will ever be voted out at all. The whole state voted for prohibition once, and the answer of the legislature was to give the people more whisky. In view of their past experiences, therefore, the committees will do well to attend to the matter themselves. If the people of York county are really in earnest at-out removing the dispensary, and we believe they are, they will give evidence of the fact by their attendance on the public meeting to be held in the court house on the first Monday in August. The larger the attendance on and the deeper the enthusiasm fct that meeting, the more certain will be the result of the voting when the election is held. If the Blease committee should exhonorate the management of the central machine, would the central machine be exhonorated? There are thousands of people In South Carolina who believe that the sole purpose of Blease in introducing that investigation res olution was to secure the cnairrnansmp of a committee that everybody knew was to be appointed. And as we understand Mr. Blease and what he stands for, if his cl ject in desiring the chairmanship was not to be in a position to take care of his friends, we are willing to forego further speculation. Mr. Blease's smoothness is equaled only by his transparency. Cleaison college has just Issued an Interesting bulletin, (No. 109), giving some valuable information about apples. Upon the establishment of the experiment station twelve years ago a large number of varieties of apples were planted In the horticultural grounds. Most o* these have been bearing twelve years and Prof. C. C. Newman has recorded the history and characteristics of each. Many of the apples were found to be worthless; but from the numerous good ones the bulletin says it Is practicable to have apples from June 15 to April 1. This Is, of course, provided the trees are selected as they should b* and given proper attention. The attempt on the part of Mr. E. D. Smith to rebuke. Mr. McLaurin for talking dispensary at Dillon the other day does not seem to be In accord with the eterna' fitness of things. Tillman talked dispensary at Greenville. It is true that he was "provoked" with questions; but didn't McLaurin have a written request from the very committee through which he had received his invitation to be present? Perhaps Tillman had arranged to have himself questioned, and It Is possible that McLaurin may have Inspired that written request for light on the dispensary question. We do not doubt either proposition. But then why was McLaurin alone called down? Maybe it Is only McLaurln's politic' that Mr. Smith objects to. Prksjuknt Archer of the Spartanburg Farmers' association Is being congratulated on all sides for refusing to permit McLaurin and Tillman to make political speeches to the cotton growers of that county. Of course he Is right. Only such positive stands taken in every county will prevent the Cotton Growers' association from degenerating into a political machine, worse than useless to the farmers and useful only to selfish office seekers. The onlv safe method of keepnlg the association out of politics Is to keep politicians away from the association. ?Columbia State. Will the Columbia State kindly suggest an effective means whereby the politicians may be kept out of the association? At the sarrte time will It kindly favor us with its opinion as to what the association will look like af ter the politicians have been eliminated? The Saving Habit. These observations, originating we do not know where; but which are going the rounds of the papers without credit, are reproduced with our full endorsement: Have you a bank account? If not, why not? Your wages are small? Demands are large? Saving Is impossible? Pardon us, saving is not impossible. The saving may not be large. It may be pitifully small at the first trial; but the saving will be a beginning, and will grow. There are several reasons why you should have a bank account, however modest it may be. First of all. some day you will need some ready money. Sickness, loss of work, a slight turn in the wheel of fortune?what will you do? Another reason may be found in con tent and peace of mind. He who has some savings feels more secure than does the spendthrift. Disoontent and worries dog the footsteps of the I man who lives up all his Income. But the big reason is this: The saving .habit is reflex in its action. It is an index of character. It is easy to I sptnd money. It requires effort to save It. The flabby-minded man lets go his money recklessly. The strong man resists the temptation to spend more than he can afford and In resisting this I temptation, grows stronger. Nor need one grow stingy and hardhearted. There are many inducements for a young man, especially, to let go of his money. He Is urged in a hundred ways to squander his hard-earned dollars foolishly. He who resists is I laying the foundation for a strong business character. There are thousands, especially in the cities, who, drawing good salaries, gauge the outgo by the income. They do not save a cent. And it is usually these who envy the successful and point to the latter as lucky ones, whereas it is true that the foundation of every fortune has been laid In the habit of small savings. Go to the bank and start an account, however small It may be. It is the habit of saving that is more imporutni i than the saving itself. Get the habit. I About the only reasonable excuse that we have ever heard a man with money urge against depositing it in a bank Is the fact that banks sometimes fall: but If the losses occasioned by bank failures were compared with I those resulting in failure to make use I of the banks, the bank failure losses would appear so small In comparison I as to make the excuse appear rldlc- I ulous. DENUNCIATION OF DISPENSARY. Ex-Senator McLaurin Stirs Things Up at Dillon. Five hundred farmers gathered at I Dillon. Marion county, last Tuesday, on the call of a committee of the Southern I Cotton association to listen to a num- I ber of speakers, who had been invited I *o address them. Among the Invited speakers were Congressman J. E. Ellerbee, R. P. Ha-1 mer, Jr.. Hon. E. D. Smith, Hon. R. 1.1 Manning. Col. F. H. Weston, Hon. F. H. Hyatt, Ex-Senator John L. McLaurin, I Col. Knox Livingston. According to the report of the News I and Courier; the first speakers were I Messrs. Hamer and Manning, followed by Mr. McLaurin, about whom the re- I port has the following: Mr. McLaurin had been speaking but a few minutes and had paused after an I eloquent and touching description of I the horrors of the reconstruction per- I iod, when a young man walked rapidly across the front of the stage and hand- I ed him the following note: "Senator: At our committee meeting yesterday we decided we were all of I one accord on the cotton question, hav- I Ing read much on the subject and hav- I ing many able speakers who will fol- I low you here today. For that reason I we decided that we would remind you I that the burning question of the hourl with us is, and will be for the immedi-1 ate future, dispensary or no dispensary, I and if you have no serious objections I would like to hear your views on thel subject. What do you think of the dispensary law as it is written on the I statute books of this state, as it has I been. Is, and probably will be, as long as it is a law executed by those in I authority?" "W. T. Bethea, "Wade Stackhouse, "Wm. M. Hamer. "E. L. Moore, "E. R. Hamer." As Mr. McLaurin rend the note a half amused smile played over his features. Then turning to the audi-1 ence, with a dramatic wave of his hand, he said that his record In the sen- I ate was evidence sufficient that he had never been afraid to express his views I on any question, and although he had come here prepared to talk about cot- I ton he would at the request of the com- I mlttee state his views on the most cor-1 rupt institution that ever cursed a I state. This announcement was greeted with shouts of applause. Instantly the doorways and windows became crowded and men leaned for- I ward in their seats to catch every word I that fell from his lips. Although a de- I llghtful breeze was sweeping the vast auditorium the ex-senator divested! himself of his collar and tie, which he quietly laid on the table beside him. Twice the chairman called time on him but the last time he was told that his time was up Messrs. Weston and Hyatt sprang to their feet simultaneously and generously offered him five minutes each of their time. His arraignment of Tillman and the dispensary was severe and occasionally some stanch supporter of the Institution would arise and quietly walk out of the hall. Mr. McLaurln argued strongly that the people could not hope to escape from the dispensary through legislative action and that therefore the policy should be to vote It out by counties. The protest of the election In Pickens county, he declared, was merely a ruse of politicians to prevent the effect that the prohibition victory there would otherwise have In counties where elections are pending. The ex-senator was unsparing In his arraignment of Senator Tillman's course and at times he showed considerable feeling In his references to the chief dispensary champion. The speech has been the talk of the day In Dillon. While Mr. McLaurln In his speech made no statement of his personal political plans and did not commit himself In any way, there are many here who believe that he expects to be active and aggressive in the fight against the dispensary and In favor of prohibition by counties. They say that this will Inevitably place Mr. McLaurln In the forefront, as representing the sharpest antagonism to the Tillman dispensary idea and that he will naturally make his fight by becoming a candidate for the United States senate In 1906. At the conclusion of his speech Mr. McLaurln was loudly cheered and several gentlemen sprang upon the rostrum and grasped his hand. It was clear that he had the audience with him. although there was a large sprinkling of strong dispensary advocates In the crowd. Mr. McLaurln was followed by Messrs. F. H. Weston. F. H. Hyatt and Congressman J. E. Ellerbe. President E. D. Smith, of the South Carolina Southern Cotton association followed Mr. Ellerbe. Mr. Smith is a magnetic talker, continued the correspondent, and always has something to tell and knows how to tell It. He was proud of what had been done and looked for greater things in the future. He regretted that politics should be injected into the affairs of the association. He did not think that the question of ridding the state of its damnable liquor traffic should have precedence over any of the affairs of the Cotton Growers' association. Notwithstanding the claims of the croakers, he was satisfied that organization among the farmers had forced the price of cotton up and the stronger they got in number the better able they would be to control the price of the staple. President Smith concluded his remarks amid great applause. ? Ernest Benson and Kay Robinson were convicted of manslaughter in Greenville on Tuesday in killing Waverly Burns last January. LOCAL. AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. First National Bank?Says It Is unsafe to your person to hoard money about your home. Better to put It In a bank for safe keeping1. It solicits your banking business. F. C. Black, Agent?Says that the Security Life and Annuity company Is ( the name of the company for which i he sells life Insurance. York Drug Store?Wants you to try a bottle of Grove's chill tonic?a positive and permanent cure for chills. I. W. Johnson?Has Llpton's teas, HeNo tea Dragon Chop and other teas, coffee from 15c to 35c a pound. A fresh shipment of mackerel. Dobson Bros.' Cash Store?Has duck and white and black chiffon hats, and sells chiflTon, ribbons, hat frames and notions. Foushee Cash Store?Will have a collar sale for ladies and men on next Monday. Rubber collars at 19 cents, regular price 25c each. Yorkvllle Hardware Co.?Enumerates some of the goods it has in stock. You are invited to call on it for anything needed In Its line. J. 0. Wray, The Leader?Makes especially low prices on summer coats and vests for men. He desires to close out his clothing stock. Strauss-Smith Co.?Has cut Its prices on all summer clothing for men and boys, and wants to make a quick exchange of clothing for cash. The road question Is still open. Several of the R. F. D. carriers, have noted the effect of the heat of the past few days on their horses and mules. The heat seems to be more distressing than for a year or more. The Filbert picnic has become an established Institution, the popularity of which Increases each year. Unless the weather should Interfere, there will be quite a large crowd at Filbert tomorrow. The petition asking for an election on the dispensary question now aggregates more than 1,200 names. Just how many names are required to call the election cannot be definitely stated; but there la no question of the fact that 1,000 are easily sufficient. In connection with these granolithic sidewalks It Is Just as well to remember that the property owners who are In no instance contributing less than half the cost and In some instances fully three-fourths of the cost, are entitled to credit for more or less public spirit. No citizen can vote In the dispensary, election unless he has a registration certificate. Voters who are without registration certificates, but who are ( qualified to receive them, khould lose no time In going before the board of supervisors of registration. This board meets In the sheriffs office on the first Monday In each month. A voter must have been registered at least thirty days before he is entitled to cast a ballot in any general or special election. The receipts of the Yorkvllle postoffice for the year ending June 30. 1903, amounted to $3,276, and for the year ending June 30. 1905, to $4,490. This Is an Increase of not quite 27J per cent In two years, and It Is about the most indisputable evidence that could be cited as to the steady growth of the town. In this connection It might be stated as a fact that the receipts of the Yorkvllle office suffer to the extent of several nunarea aonars a year on account of stamps sent to various county offices for fees, etc. When the receipts of the office amount to $8,000 a year the town will be entitled to free delivery service. THE COTTON MILLS. The Chicora mill property In" Rock Hill is to be sold at public auction on July 25. Work on the plant of the Neely Manufacturing company, Yorkvllle, continues to progress steadily. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Tavora Cotton mill was held on last Monday. The secretary and treasurer made an excellent showing, one In fact that surprised some of the stockholders. The old board of directors were re-elected, and the directors re-elected the same officers. Although the Tavora has never paid a dividend, the reporter is Informed that some of Its stock changed hands a few days ago at $105. The stockholders of the York Cotton mills held their annual meeting on Tuesday. The president and treasurer made a showing which, considering all the disadvantages the mill has had to contend with lately, was most satisfactory. YORK COUNTY DOGS, j Auditor Hunter is about ready to send In his first abstract of real and personal property to the attorney general. It was ready yesterday, all but the final footings, and will probably go in today or Monday. As a matter of special Interest to the people, the reporter made Inquiry of the number of dogs that have been returned for taxation under the new law, providing that each canine pay 50 cents to the schools. By townships the figures are as follows: Bethel 313. Bethesda 355. Bullock's Creek 299. Broad River 226. Chtawba .*421 Ebenezer 239. Fort Mill 230. King's Mountain 351. York 547. Total 2.H81. The total number of dogs returned for taxation last year was 2,247. The Increase is in some measure due to the activity of school trustees who, particularly In York and Catawba townships, made it the4r business to secure the return of as many dogs as possible. ABOUT PEOPLE. Miss Laura Eve Parish is at home from Huntersville. N. C. Miss Mary Ashe is visiting Miss Cornelia Elliott at Lancaster. Miss Bessie Howe of Hickory Grove, Is visiting at Mr. J. R. Logan's. Sheriff Brown has been unwell for several days; but is able to be up. Mrs. S. W. Guy of Lowryvllle, is visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. W. P. Hope. i Miss Johnnie T. Moore of Rock Hill, Is the guest of Miss Winnie Crawford. Miss Kate Cody is spending a month In the mountains at Banner Elk, N. C. Miss Martha McDowell of Camden, is the guest of Misses Annie and Mabel Ashe. Master Edward McDowell of Camden, is visiting Masters Perry and Geo. Ashe. i Miss Anna Cherry Schorb is visiting i her sister, Mrs. T. B. Kell in Chester < county. Mrs. M. W. White and daughter, i are visiting relatives and friends In i Lancaster county. Mr. A. F. McConnell and Miss Dol- 1 ly Miller are visiting Mr. S. L. Miller's I family in Columbia. I Misses Mary Lewis, Mary Adams and Emily Wright, visited Misses Mary and Carrie Cartwright this week. Rev. Dr. W. G. Neville returned to Clinton yesterday evening after having ! spent several days in Yorkville very t pleasantly. Prof. Jos. McLean and Miss Lorena Crenshaw of Decatur, Ga., arrived In Yorkvllle thlB week on a visit to the Misses Gist. Drs. Wm. Kennedy of Cheater and Moffatt Kennedy of Newberry, are in Yorkvllle on a visit to Mr. W. M. Kennedy's family. Miss Ellie Hudson of Wardlaw, N. C., and Miss Sumter White of Chester. are guests of Dr. W. G. White's family. Mr. R. H. Dobson is assisting Auditor Hunter and his daughter, Miss Elizabeth, In making up * the abstract of personally ana reaiiy. auuiiui numer has his books in very nice shape and is grett" ig along splendidly. Miss Elizabeth Hunter is doing the bulk of the clerical work of the office, and those who know concede that she is doing It well. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? There should be a good cement sidewalk down East Liberty street to the Southern depot. ? The value of the electric power goon to be Introduced in Yorkville will be in proportion to the extent that it is used. ? Cotton receipts although not so heavy as a week or ten days ago, are still rather lively considering the season of the year. ? Although the local carpenters and brick masons have been busy ail spring the outlook is that they will continue busy for some time yet. ? The special election on the 13th instant on the question of voting a 3-mlll levy for school purposes, resulted unanimously in favor of the tax. ? The freight receipts of the Southern railroad for the month of June 1905 amounted to $4,250.54, against only $2,708.15 for the same month last year. January receipts were $4,165.47, against $3,572.58 in January of last year. ? The town council thinks it has about reached the limit in regard to sidewalk improvement at the present time. The work completed and contracted for will take about all the money that is available and a little more. In the opinion of the council, It is Just as well not to try to go any further until next year. THE DEATH ROLL. The death angel has been unusually active In the country immediately sur-^ rounding Yorkville within the past few days. No leas than four deaths have been recorded since last Wednesday. Mr. Newton Ashe, died at his home near McConnellsvllle yesterday morning. His death was quite sudden. He had announced his purpose to visit the home of one of his children, and died while a buggy was being gotten ready. Mr. Ashe was about 82 years of age. He leaves a widow and Ave children as follows: J. Frank Ashe, W. Banks Ashe, Mrs. Boyce Falls, Mrs. W. A. Avcock. Miss Lou Ashe. Mr. Pat Stroup, son of Section Master L. C. Stroup of the C. & N.-W. railroad, died suddenly at Clover yesterday morning. He had been 111 for some time with typhoid fever, but his death came very unexpectedly. He was a barber. Dr. E. K. Hardin, died at his home In Clover this morning at 9 o'clock, as the result of a stroke of paralysis that was sustained yesterday. Dr. Hardin was bom and reared In Chester county. He had been living In Clover since February. He leaves a widow, four sons and one daughter. The children are Messrs. L. L. Hardin of Rooky Mount, N. C.: Edward K. Hardin of Mt, Pleasant, S. C.: James Hardin, Grady Hardin and Mrs. M. L. Smith of Clover. The funeral will take place at Clover tomorrow. Mr. William Bell died at his home near Guthrlesvllle on Wednesday, aged about 60 years. The funeral took place at Bethesda on Thursday, the services K., T V Wall ueiflK L'VIIUUUICU u; IK. . w. ... THE BELL A8 A COMPETITOR. Some of the statements made by Mr. Maupln of the Southern Bel! Telephone company to the mass meeting of Yorkvllle citizens recently were taken with considerable allowance at the time, and since then there have developed numerous other facts that have confirmed many people In the belief that possibly Mr. Maupln was not thoroughly familiar with the methods of his company. Mr. Walter Hobbs, formerly of Yorkvllle: but now of Tampa, Fla., is visiting friends and relatives here. He read the report of Mr. Maupin's talk as published In The Enquirer, and was very much amused at some of the statements that the Bell man made. His amusement grew out of his personal knowledge of a very different state of affairs down in Tampa. "Why, I have a Bell phone in my home at Tampa and they are not charging me a cent for it," said Mr. Hobbs. They used to charge me $2 a month, but when another company nme along they gave me to understand that there would be no further charge. "It was like this in Tampa," continued Mr. Hobbs. "The Bell people were there first and they thought they had a monopoly. They charged $4 for business phones and $2 for residence phones and gave very poor service even at that. "After standing It as long as they could, the people of Tampa applied to the legislature for relief, and an act was passed opening up competition to the Peninsula Telephone company. "The Bell wires were overhead. The Peninsula company put their wires underground along Main street and other places that are congested with business. "As soon as it got Its exchange in working order the Peninsula company fixed its prices a little under the Bell prices, and the Bell promptly cut its rates on business phones to $3 and on residence phones to nothing, especially where the patron has phones in both home and office. "The Peninsula people have not reduced the price of residence phones below $1.25.. "The fight is still on; but according to the best information I have, the Pe ilnsula people have the Desi 01 it. The people remember the manner In which they have been treated by the Bell, and they know what to expect If the Peninsula should be knocked out. "The service of the Peninsula Is far superior to that of the Bell. A storm or a fire Invariably knocks the Bell out of commission. It sometimes happens that the Bell Is unable to give satisfactory service during several days; but the Peninsula people are to be relied upon at all times. Because of their underground wires they have no trouble on account of either storms or j fires." LOCAL LACONICS. We Will Send The Enquirer From now until January 1, 1906, for ( )2 cents. Annual Settlement. j Comptroller General Jones Is In town | today, having come to make hla annual settlement with the county supervisor, treasurer -and superintendent of education in the presence of the foreman of the grand Jury, Mr. V. B. McFadden. Barn Burned. Rock Hill correspondence News and Courier: A big barn used by Pursley & Logan at their saw mill, near the Indian reservation, a few miles below here, was destroyed by Are Sunday night. It contained a large quantity of feed stuff, gear, etc., belonging to Mr. Clem F. Gordon, who is doing the hauling. It is supposed that the Are was of incendiary origin. Militia Examination. The militia law of the state pre scribes that no newly elected or appointed officer shall receive his commission until he passes a satisfactory examination covering his general knowledge and fitness for the service. This examination, It Is prescribed, shall be held by a competent board. Pursuant to these requirements a military board consisting of Major W. B. Moore, Capt. M. C. Willis and Capt. Jno. R. Hart on last Thursday, the 20th Instant, examined the following officers; all of whom are of the First regiment: Capt John M. Beaty, Co. F, Cheraw; 1st Lieut. E. L. Jones, CO. B, Liberty Hill; Captain and Commissary J. R. Lindsay, Torkvllle; 1st Lieut, and Adjt. E. B. C. Watts, Cheraw; 2nd Lieut. Quartermaster and Commissary J. N. Richardson. Cheraw; 2nd Lieut. Quartermaster and Commissary J. J. Keller, Yorkvllle. The examination was held In the parlors of the Commercial club, and while not too rigid, yet the questions asked covered fully the duties of an officer of the militia. The board has made Its report to Col. W. W. Lewis recommending that all of the applicants be issued commissions. ROCK HILL AND VICINITY. Farmers' Institute?The Railroad Crossings?Rector Marshall Has Arrived ?Baseball ?Burt Alexander Dead. Correspondence of the Yerkrllle Enquirer. Rock Hill, July 21.?The Farmers' Institute was held Thursday according to announcement, and while the attendance was not as large as It should have been, there was a good sized body of representative farmers from this vicinity and different sections of the county present. The meeting was held in Frledhelm's hall and was called to order at 11 o'clock a. m., by John Wood, secretary of the Commercial club, who explained the object of the gathering and presided over the meeting. The speakers were Mr. M. B. Hardin, who delivered an address on fertilizers; Prof. Harper, of the department of agriculture, who gave some very Interesting and Instructive hints on soil innoculatlon and the growth of different plants, and Mr. W. S. Morrison, who spoke on industrial education. The addresses of these three gentlemen were all very interesting and Instructive and were appreciated very much by all thr~e who heard them. From Rock Hill the speakers went to Fort Mill where a meeting was scheduled for today. The dangerous condition of the railroad crossings at Black. Wilson and Laurel streets, which has been giving the city council 90 much concern of late, was Anally settled ' at a called meeting of the council Wednesday morning at which meeting Superintendent Williams of the Savannah division of the Southern was present by Invitation of council. After some little discussion of the matter, It was explained to Mr. Williams what the council wanted. They asked for an extra flagman for duty at Black street. Main and White streets already have a flagman. And safety bells or automatic alarms were asked for at Wilson and Laurel streets. Mr. Williams readily agr*ed to this arrangement and promised to put on the flagman at Black street at once and to install the alarms at the other two crossings as soon as the appliances can be gotten here. These alarms, which can be heard at quite a distance, will be so arranged that on the approach of a train to within 800 feet of the crossing at which they are located, the gong will begin to ring and will not cease until the engine of the approaching train, or the rear car in case the train is backing over the crossing, passes over the crossing. At White and Main street crossings, where there is so much passing at all hours of the day, the shifting engine will be required to slow up and have a flagman precede every train that passes over the crossings. The flagman at Black, Main and White crossings will be under the surveillance of the police and control of the city council, and that body will have the the Carolina hotel until a suitable home of duty. The new minister of the Episcopal church. Rev. R. M. Marshall of Charleston, arrived in the city this week accompanied by his wife. They are at the Carolina hotel until a suitable home can be secured for them. Mr. Marshall will preach his initial sermon at the Church of Our Saviour Sunday and take formal charge of the parish. Burt Alexander, who was so seriously cut by Lewis Hutchison on Mr. W. C. Blgger's plantation, on the 8th day of July, died Monday night from the effects of his wounds. It will be remembered that Hutchison surrendered to the officers In this city shortly after the fracus and is now in Jail. The Rock Hill baseball team played the last of a series of three games with a team from Statesville, N. C., Thursday afternoon on the home grounds. The visitors lost In every game. The first game was played Tuesday afternoon and resulted In a score of 13 to 0 In favor of the home team. They won again Wednesday afternoon by a score of 10 to 7. The last game was by far the most Interesting of the three. Both teams played good ball and at the end of the sixth Inning the score stood 3 and 3. but In the last three Innings the visitors were shut out and the home team scored two more runs making them the winners by a score of 5 to 3. Many of the large farmers who have been holding cotton turned It loose this week at prices ranging from 10J to 10J. In portions of the Santuc section, and In the Lesslle, Roddey and Catawba neighborhoods, the farmers report that crops are needing rain. ^ MERE-MENTION. Ellhu Root was on Wednesday sworn Into office as secretary of state Thomas F. Ryan has signed a contract whereby he agrees to sell his majority of stock In the Equitable to the company at any time within two years for 32,500.000 The first question to to be considered by the peace plenipotentiaries after they organize at Portsmouth. N. H.. will be the matter of an armistice Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte has ruled that naval vessels have no authority of law to sell suppiles to missionaries In Guam A blast that has been In process of preparation for the past three years Is to be set off at the Portsmouth, N. H.. navy yard tomorrow. Dynamite will ' '4 ?1,1 OA AAA u/APth be usea ana h win uuvc ..? There were twenty-three deaths from heat In New York last Tuesday. The record for the week will probably exceed one hundred Hoke Smith and Clark Howell are making: things lively in their race for the governorship of Georgia The American Cotton Manufacturers' association has protested against the revision of the acreage report The mercury has been as high as 104 degrees In New York this week The Georgia legislature is considering the passage of an anti-free pass bill China has notified the powers that Manchuria Is not to be disposed of by Russia and Japan without her full consent The New fork legislature has passed an act j providing for a thorough investigation >f all the life insurance companies doing business In the state. McKELWAY VS. CALDWELL. Editor of tho Standard Wants $50,000 of ths Editor of tho Observer. Rev. Dr. A. J. McKelway. editor of the Presbyterian Standard, has commenced his suit against Editor J. P. Caldwell, of the Charlotte Observer. The complaint was filed with the clerk of the superior court of Mecklenburg on Wednesday. The suit, of courae, is on account of Editor Caldwell's card of June 20, and is directed nrainHt both the Observer and the Chronicle. Editor Caldwell being represented as the owner of both papers. In his complaint Dr. McKelwaysets forth that he Is a minister of the gospel In good standing, that he Is editor of the Presbyterian Standard, and also southern secretary of the National Child Labor committee. He Includes Editor Caldwell's card in full and goes on to set forth: And again on said date, in the afternoon thereof, the defendant did print and cause to be printed and publish said article or editorial of and concerning the plalntlfT, In Its said newspaper, "The Evening Chronicle," both said article and editorials being signed by J. P. Caldwell. (5). That In the afternoon of said 20th day of June, 1905, the defendant did print and cause to be printed and published of and concerning the plaintiff on the front or first page of Its said newspaper, "-The Evening Chronicle," of Issue of that date, a cartoon or pictorial caricature and having printed below It the words "Another Tagless Dog"?the whole representing by Inuendo and pictorial reference and meaning, and Intending to convey and In fact conveying to the public the idea and impression that this plaintiff was a dog running and being shot at by the police of the said city of Charlotte. (6). That the defendant, well knowing the facts, alleged In paragraphs one and two of this complaint, but wickedly and maliciously intending to injure plaintiff, and to bring him into public scandal and disgrace, on said 20th of June, 1905, in said city of Charlotte, county and state aforesaid, wickedly and maliciously did compose, print and publish and caused to be composed, printed and published, of and concerning the plaintiff in said two newspapers, whereof the defendant was then and there the owner, controller and proprietor. and said J. P. Caldwell Its chief officer and editor-ln-chlef of said "The Charlotte Observer," and In charge as such officer of both said newspapers, said false, scandalous, malicious, defamatory and libellous matters and article or editorial and cartoon set forth In paragraph 4 and & of this complaint. (7). That said articles or editorials and cartoon so composed, printed and published by defendant as set out In paragraphs 4, 5 and 6 of this complaint, of and concerning thts plaintiff, and the matters therein contained are and were false and defamatory, and the same were printed, published and circulated by defendant of and concerning the plaintiff as aforesaid, willfully, wantonly, recklessly and maliciously and with Intent to injure him in his good name and character and reputation, as a citizen of the state and a man, and In his professional character, reputation and standing as aforesaid. /a* That nlnlntlff in oomnliance with the provisions of chapter 567, of the public laws of North Carolina, session 1901, at lefest Ave days before instituting this action, did serve and cause to be served due notice in writing on the defendant, specifying said articles and editorials hereinbefore referred to, and the statements therein which he alleged and alleges is false and defamatory, including all the libellous statements therein contained, to wit: the whole article and each statement in detail; and In said notice plaintiff asked defendant to make proper correction, apology and retraction, as in said act prescribed, which has not been made. (9). That by reason of said false and defamatory publication and by means of the committing of said several grievances, the plaintiff has been and is greatly injured in his good name, credit and reputation, personally and in his said callings and profession, and has been caused to suffer mental pain and anguish; and been brought into public scandal and disgrace and into suspicion, contempt and ridicule; and this plaintiff is otherwise injured to his damage, fifty thousand dollars. Wherefore plaintiff demands judgment against the defendant for the sum of $60,000 damages, and for costs of action. SOUTH CAROLINA NEW8. ? Having expended the $3,000 appropriated by the legislature for Its use, the dispensary investigating committee has borrowed $5,000 additional. ? The twelve-year-old daughter of Mrs. Llna Cockfleld of Lake City, Williamsburg county, was bitten by a maddoa on Saturday and has been car rled to Baltimore for the Pasteur treatment. ? The big dam at Neall Shoals on Broad river, will be completed In three weeks. It will furnish 8,000 horsepower, a portion of which will go to the Union and Buffalo mills, and the rest will be sold. ? Just as he had finished a talk in the Green Street Methodist church In Spartanburg on Sunday night and asked some one to lead in prayer, D. P. Ballentine was stricken with pa ralysis and died Immediately. ? Chas. Pool, a young white man was shot from the roadside in Greenville county on Saturday afternoon. He accuses Bob Kelly of shooting him. The shooter used both barrels of a shot gun, but only a few shots hit. ? H. P. Coker, a young school teacher of Spartanburg, who taught In Union county last session, has been arrested on the charge of forging the name of W. H. Jeter of Carlisle to a check for $75 on a Union bank. ? Jesse Nelson, colored, was arrested in Sumter county last week for attempted criminal assault. His intended victim was a young white woman. Judge Purdy called an extra session of the court. The negro was tried yesterday, convicted and sentenced to the penitentiary for thirty years. ? Columbia State, Monday: Mr. R. L. Freeman, editor of the Pee Dee Advocate, and formerly a member of the legislature from Marlboro county. , has been appointed to make t) - survey of the state line between the states of North and South Carolina. This was provided for by an act of the last legislature. The state of North Carolina also has acquiesced in , the plan and will have a man in | the field to co-operate with Mr. j Freeman. When asked what the quest means, Mr. Freeman stated , Saturday when he was passing , through the city from White Stone, that he does not think elthe- state | will gain any territory. The reason , for making the survey is merely to , establish where the line really is, as | there may be trouble In years to ( come unless this should be done, al- | though there may not be any ap<parent hurry for it now. ( ? Columbia State, Wednesday: At I the meeting of the railroad commission i yesterday, Maj. John H. Earle lntroduc- 1 ed a resolution inviting the representa- : tlves of all independent telephone ] lines in the state, as well as the rep- I resentatives of the Bell company, to I appear before the commission on the 1 1st day of August to give their views i on certain matters. The principal rea- i son for Issuing this summons Is to get i the telephone people to eliminate the i charge of $2.50 per annum per 'phone i whenever they make connection with I the Bell company's long distance line, i Major Earle declares that this Is but I a tax on the people and Is wrong. The I commission urges that the representa- 1 tlves of all independent lines come be- c fore it on the day named. The legis- i , lature last year delegated ?o the rail- ? road commission the auti rlty to enforce equable rates for telephone service, but this Is the first time that an effort has been made to do so. ? Anderson Daily Mall: An Incident that occurred at the Brog- i> don mills, late Friday afternoon V was being talked of on the streets today, and was told and re-told with a great deal of relish and approval. It Is A said that Friday afternoon one of the " women worki.ig in the weave room went to a male employee and told him she wished to speak to him outside the mill building. The man followed her very readily, and when they got outside the woman turned and said, "I understand that you have been circulating e some raise reports t-uiivci nuig mc, The man denied the accusation, but the 1 woman wouldn't accept the denial. The woman had a picker stick concealed beneath her apron, and she drew It and wore the man completely out with it before he could get away. A picker stick Is a part of the loom machinery, aid Is about two feet long and made of seasoned hickory. It Is a formidable weapon when rightly used, and the ^ woman used it most effectively. The woman's action was very generally en- 4 dorsed by those familiar with the clr- A rumstances. The man Is not working A for the mill any more. ? Columbia special of July 18 to News and Courier: The supreme a court today decided an interesting qmction relative to a man's being drunk. It Is only another tendency of the times against the drinking man. B. C. Sharpton was hurt by a trolley v 1 car near Nilom's crossing, in Aiken county. Sharpton claimed that he J was waiting on a street car, and was walking up and down the track 1 waiting on the car. when he was hit *4 by the car he expected to board as fl a passenger. At the trial of the case V he was asked: "Were you under the influence of liquor at the time you were hit by the car?" Another question asked was: Did you not say to Dr. Shaw at the time In that conversation that you were drunk?" Both of these questions were held to be Incompetent by the circuit court and were not answered, and It was upon this very largely that the appeal was taken. The court also refused to al- B low witnesses to be examined as to whether plaintiff was drunk at the time of the accident or not. It was not demonstrated whether the plaintiff was drunk or not, but the supreme court. In a unanimous opinion, holds that the questions were entirely competent "In support of the plea that the accident was due entirely to his own negligence, and also as tending * to prove lack of accuracy in the statement of the plaintiff as to the clrcum- ^ stances under which he was Injured."* Sharpton obtained a verdict for 8600 In the lower court and the state supreme court directs that there be a i new trial of the cause, and that the lower court be reversed. About the only Important reason for the reversal j appears to be that the two questions cited were ruled to be Incompetent by the lower court, and because no testimony was allowed as to the condition nt Sharntnn at the time Of the aCCi cident. The opinion of the court was written by Associate Justice Oary, with a brief concurring opinion by a. Associate Justice Woods. ? Says a Charleston special of July 18 to the Augusta Chronicle: A story Is In circulation here, and it cornea from up the state, to the effect that former President Robert Keith Dargan, of the Independent Cotton Mill company of Darlington, did not commit suicide, and In fact ft not dead. The rumor states that the gi body has never been viewed by the jury, and the only time that It was seen by the coroner was when the county official was called to the law I office and found the former officer M seated In a chair at a desk, with the ^ whisky and carbolic acid on the desk. According to the story, Mr. Dargan was carried to his home in a closed carriage. It is said that the stricken home was closed to callers, and nobody saw Mr. Dargan In the casket, which was later Interred, after services performed by two ministers of A Darlington. The story questions whether the casket contained Mr. ? fl Dargan's body, and it Is said that the insurance company, the state agent S of which Is located at Columbia, Is investigating the matter, with a view : of ascertaining whether Mr. Dargan really died and was buried. It Is argued that whisky Is an antidote for carbolic acid poison, with which Mr. Dargan Is said to have killed himself, and that as long as whisky is drunk the acid can be safely taken into the system. The presence of the whisky -/ on ine aesx, near me euieiue, is nwu - to show a possible knowledge of this fact, and to sustain the theory that the man never killed himself. Additional color is given to the theory from the part that Pegram D&rgan had A In the affair. It struck many people 'i + as a most astounding proposition that / a man could Idly and calmly sit In the room and allow his brother to j take poison, and after his death then f , give the alarm. The theory that no suicide was committed offers an ex- * Kb planatlon of this feature of the case, and the failure of Mr. Pegram Dar- S I gan to make any statement at the inquest, when put on the stand, simply i, I saying that the statement of his brother spoke for Itself, Is construed to mean that he did not wish to involve himself by asserting that his brother was dead, when he had not killed himself, according to the story. The story Is a most remarkable one and is thought to be a fake, but It is being very per- _ kd sistently circulated here and Is pub- f? r llshed for what It Is worth. ? At a big meeting of farmers at Dillon last Tuesday ex-Senator Mc- L Laurln delivered a warm speech m against the dispensary system. He opposed the system because it is a monopoly; because of the demoralising effect of the whisky business; X ? because of the Inherent corruption; f because of the dangerous political machine the system follows. On the corruption question he said: "Fourth. I am opposed to the system because of the corruption in it. Corruption Is Inherent In any system like the dlspensary, it is necessarily an incident to Its administration. The only way that it can be prevented is to destroy the system. It can never be eliminated by any legislature, or the most honest and rigid investigators. If a man associates with whisky every day, and lives in the atmosphere of it. he will naturally and inevitably be corrupted. This has been the experience of the ages. I heard of an Instance a few years ago of a Presby- 0M terian elder who was appointed a dis- 1 penser in one of the towns of the A state. In about nine months after the appointment the assistant attor- ? ney general was sent down to Investigate him. He found him short In his accounts about $1,200 and drunk. The party confessed to the officer that he was a Christian when he was appointed a dispenser, but by drinking, selling at night, and to minors J and other small violations of the law, V he had gradually fallen to the lowest depths, never to rise. Of course, this Is an extreme case, but the corruption In every case will surely work Its way, and in the end destroy. Think ,3 of the opportunities to make money in the business by the agents of the state. If a dispenser is dishonest or has been debauched how much money can he make by adding a little water to the whiskey. I believe however. that the most corruption has JB been at the fountain head of this institution. Ever since the system has been adopted there have been ^9 whisperings and inuendoes that there was corruption there. Who has not heard of rebates in connection with the state board of controll? Here is A an article from a Charlotte paper which speaks for itself. If county dispensers are thus bribed, what may be done by whiskey sellers at the foun- A tain head, and who can tell what has been done there? When you think of the scrambling before the legislature for commissioner and members of state board of control which pays but little, what other conclusion can you reach than that their positions have alluring perquisites? I believe there was more corruption in the ifl first years than now; It was only the favored few then, now it is In jmaller slices so the watermelon will go all iround. Rebates are at least ac:ounted for now and go Into the state treasury. Only God and he who received them know where they went n 1893 and 1894. It Is the system, lot the men, the present management ^ s about as good as any they have lad. and It is not fair to attempt to ;hrow all the blame on them with the :oward cry of "stop thief!" The ruse s too old to work." t ^ J