Scraps and Jatts.
? A special to the Charlotte Obsenver
from Newbern, N. C.. says
that the army worm appeared In
Craven county. North Carolina, ten
days ago. and the pest has already
destroyed $25,000 worth of cotton in
the fields, many fields being completely
stripped. The pest is spreading
and numbers of farmers will
lose almost their entire crops. Spraying
has been resorted to.
? At a conference last Saturday night
between President Rooeevelt and the
Russian peace envoys, M. Witte, by
direction of the emperor of Russia,
presented to the president the following
communication: "Some years ago,
In consequence of misunderstanding in
the Interpretation of the most favored
nation clause, there were established
in Russia on several articles of American
production customs duties on a
higher scale than those levied on the
same articles when imported from other
countries. His Majesty, the Emperor
of Russia, has commanded me to
inform the President of the United
States that he has been pleased to or
der the discontinuance of the levying
of such higher duties on American products
in order that henceforth American
manufacturers should pay the
same duties as importers from other
countries."
? The Russian army at Ounshu Pass,
Manchuria, is very well pleased with
the peace terms, the officers regarding
them as remarkably fair. Because of
the wide stretch of territory covered
by armies and detachments operating in
the interest of the respective belligenents,
the peace news has not yet been
thoroughly disseminated and it will
take some time before order is completely
restored. It is said that many
of the troops at the front are very
much concerned about the disorders at
home and prefer to remain in Manchuria
rather than return to Russia.
President Roosevelt Is said to be very
popular throughout the Russian army,
and he is cheered everywhere on all
occasions. Qen. Oyama on Saturday
sent Qen. Linevltch a letter congratulating
him on the restoration of peace,
and requesting the appointment of
plenipotentiaries for the arrangement
of peace terms.
? During last Friday's session of
the Southern Cotton Association, the
report of the financial committee was
heard and adopted. The committee
recommended that a general field
agent and organiser for the national
*? as well as for the state organisations
be appointed, whose chief duty it
shall be to collect funds for the carrying
out of the association's aims
and objects. It is intended to raise
1100,000 for the national association
and $100,000 each for the state and
county associations. To secure these
funds a tax of three cents on each
bale of cotton raised by members
of the association will be levied. The
report named E. D. Smith of Columbia,
S. C., as the field agent. It was
not adopted, however, without some
vigorous discussion. It was advocated
by Clark of Mississippi; Brown
of North Carolina; riyan ui ouum
Carolina and Moody of Alabama, and
opposed by Brooks of Alabama. ,
? A special term of the Federal court
held at Greensboro, N. C? last Saturday
to Investigate charges of fraud on
the part of revenue officers and distillers,
returned twenty-eight indictments
against the following: R. H. Hardin.
Starkey Hare. A. S. Patterson, G. W.
Samuels, A. C. Bryan, J. W. Hasty, Z.
C. Davis. W. S. Swithey, W. W. Ferguson.
Charles and Mack Brawley, Frank
and George Goforth. John Goforth, Cal
Eller, F. A. Smith, Garfield Foster, A.
M. Foster, T. V. Bell, Mart Myers. J.
H. Smith, J. M. Combs, L. E. Davis, G.
H. Walker. James Eller. James Ellis,
Morphls and Jesse Grady, Will Scott
and WaUer Prltchett. The charges lnclude
jllfibery, forgery, perjury, false
repijffa of captured stills and false expense
vouchers. Several of the collectors
indicted are prominent in the Republican
political circles. Against Collector
R. H. Hardin, there are 49
counts, embracing violations of nearly
all the revenue regulations.
? New York, September 9: A mystery
of unusual proportions was today
developed In the circumstances
surrounding the death of Jacob H.
Thompson, for the last forty years
an editor on the New York Times,
by positive evidence that he was
murdered on the night of September
7 by a brutal clubbing in a prominent
hotel situated In one of the
busiest residence and business sections
of New York city. This fact
was disclosed today by the coroner's
autopsy. This examination showed
that Mr. Thompson had been struck
over the head at least a dozen times
with a blunt instrument and had been
strangled as well. No one has
been found who admits having the
slightest knowledge of what transpired
in the editor's room In St.
James' hotel at 109 West Forty-five
street from the time he entered It
Thursday evening until he was found
by a chambermaid, who told the
coroner that she saw him half sitting
and making convulsive movements
with his hands. He was then fully
dressed and was wearing riding boots.
An unfinished letter was lying on his
desk as If the writer had Just laid
down his pen.
? A typical western stage coach
rnhherv hv n Inno hlirhwavmnn took
place between Myersville and Rengis,
Wyoming, on the Rocky Mountain
Stage company's run, Wednesday
evening. The highwayman took all
the valuables from the express box.
robbed the mall sacks and took the
cash from the three passengers and
the driver, after which he started
the coach down the trail with Instructions
to keep going without
looking back on pain of being shot.
The stage, with Its three passengers,
was bowling along at a good rate
when suddenly the command to halt
rang out and a masked man rose
from behind a boulder, two guns In
his hands covering the driver. With
a curt remark that "the lirst man
who attempts to resist will be shot,"
the highwayman forced the passengers
and driver to alight and range
themselves with their backs to him
and their hands above their heads.
"If any man looks around I'll kill
him." said the robber. After busying
himself a few minutes with the
mall and express, the robber forced
each man to step back of the lined
_ up people and took their pocketbooks,
one at a time. He refused watches,
but took all the pistols in sight. All
were then ordered In the stage and
went on their way.
? A few days ago, says the Charlotte
Observer, Mayor Claude Lyon,
of Creedmoor, Granville county, X. C.,
was arrested and fined $25 and cost
for tearing down legal notices In
which a mortgage sale was advertised.
The case was most unusual
and the story was told here last
night by a gentleman who came in
from that section o? Granville county.
The facts are these: The mayor of
Creedmoor Is named Claude Lyon, a
highly respected young man. There
Is a negro In that town by the same
name. Recently a business firm In
Creedmoor advertised for sale a buggy
belonging to the negro, the negro
having given a mortgage on the vehicle.
When the notices were posted
telling of this some of the young
men began to guy the mayor, telling
him that his buggy was advertised.
After tearing down the notices the
mayor went to the firm advertising
the buggy and asked them to place
the word "colored"' after the name.
They were replaced and again torn
down. He was notified to let them
remain and this did no good. Finally
he was arrested and there was
a Jury trial before a magistrate. The
Jury found him guilty and the magistrate
fined him J25 and cost, which |
wuji naid. The unusual occurrence J
has created considerable feeling In
the Creedmoor section and Is being
talaed a great deal. It Is said that
since his arrest and trial more notices
have been torn down.
<Thr \|orkriUr (Enquirer.
YORKVluLE, S. C.t
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12. 1905.
Richuand distillery stock Is getting
sicker and sicker.
As to whether Governor Heyward has
a right to kick out the state board of
dispensary directors we don't know.
Senator Tillman says he has under
the constitution; but that will probably
be a question. However, we agree
In the opinion that If the governor
has such right, enough has developed
to warrant him In exercising it, and
we would like to see him move. It is
possible that such action might stir up
a muss that would assist In establishing
exactly what It Is that is dead
up Mill Creek.
It came out In the dispensary Investigation
at Sumter the other day
that during the gubernatorial campaign
of three years ago, L. J. Williams, then
chairman of the board of dispensary
directors, wrote letters to county dispensers
requesting them to support
Talbert for governor. It is nothing
more than hundreds of people suspected;
but It Is gratifying to have the absolute
proof In the shape of original
copies of the letters. And as for poor
old humbug Talbert he has since been
considering the Idea of running as an
anti-dispensary candidate!
It has been suggested that Senator
Tillman's motive In proposing to remove
the state board of dispensary directors
Is to distract attention lrom the
rottenness of tie dispensarv. We do
not doubt some such underlying Idea:
but we do not believe the thing would
work even if the members of the board
were kicked out. Senator Brice struck
the keynote when he said that these
people did not corrupt the dispensary;
that the dispensary corrupted them.
We believe that the people realize this
fact fully; but of course this is no
reason why these men should not be
kicked out and punished. The experience
of twelve or thirteen years has
shown that the whole thing should be
abolished.
Pursuant to the request of Senator
Tillman, we reproduce today his symposium
of Scriptural references to
wine and although It represents several
hours of tedious labor on the part
of the secretary who gleaned a concordance
for these texts, we are unable
to see that it has any bearing on the
question at issue. It reminds us of the
incident of the Irish lawyer who when
confronted with the information that
the prosecution would bring two witnesses
to testify that they saw his client
commit the crime alleged, boasted
of his ability to produce a dozen witnesses
who knew nothing about the
matter. These texts prove that wine
was familiar in the olden times; but
that is about all. However, it is not
wine that is raising all this trouble. It
Is whisky and chemicals, and in view
of the experience we have had during
the past twelve or thirteen years, it is
not necessary to refer to the Bible to
evidence the moral and physical debauchery
and corruption of which they
are capable In either public or private
life.
Preacriptic 1 Prohibition.
With a view probably to discrediting
the intelligence of Yorkville people who
insist on trying to minimize the liquor
evil as far as possible, Senator Tillman
read an editorial of the Abbeville
Medium containing an extract from a
sermon preached by Rev. Dr. T. R.
English some sixteen years ago and
published in The Enquirer of October.
1889. He was very anxious to have
this extract republished in The Enquirer
and the editor made no hesitation
In promising compliance with his desire.
It is as follows;
"I was shown on one occasion, a
transcript for the prescription for whisky.
etc.. on file in the different drug
stores of our town. There was given
the name of the physician, the name
of the patient, the quantity prescribed,
and the date of the prescription. I tell
you It was a study and I have said
again and again, that I would like to
see it published and posted In public
places, that all might see what was going
on under the form of law!
I saw there many familiar names.
Names of men notoriously given to
strong drink: names of some of our
young men whose fatal weakness is
mourned over by anxious friends and
heartbroken parents. There they stand
near and with whisky prescribed for
them by the quart.
One name in particular arrested my
attention. Again and again it appeared
on that mournful record, and then suddenly
ceased. Ah! I understand the
reason of It, all too well, for looking at
the date of the last prescription given
him, I remembered that within less
than a week of that time he filled a
drunkard's grave."
Rev. Dr. English Is correctly described
by Gen. Hemphill as a man of the
highest character and ability. We venture
that when it comes to the doctor's
at.ention that Gen. Hemphill and
Senator Tillman have undertaken to
use his sermon to uphold the liquor
business he will be willing to concede
their ability but he will be extremely
cautious about giving them a certificate
of character.
Dr. English delivered his sermon
about nine years after Yorkville first
made the experiment of prohibiting' the
legal sale of liquor. The old fight by
which saloons had been voted out of
.he town was not yet over. The army
of liquor drinkers had at first gone to
the drug stores which undertook to sell
at discretion, and which virtually succeeded
to the barroom business without
even being subjected to the Inconvenience
of license. Then came a law
prohibiting the sale of liquor except on
physicians* prescriptions and this law
eventually made certain physicians
mere middle men In the business. The
next reform was In the direction of
prohibiting the sale of liquor on prescription,
and Dr. English's sermon was
delivered In furtherance of that movement.
"Oh, my countrymen," said Senator
Tillman at Tlrzah, "liquor Is Indeed a
very devil. Whoever tackles whisky to
control It, has on his hands the greatest
problem that has ever confronted
any people in any country." There are
many of us in this county who appreciate
the truth of this fact as vividly as
does Senator Tillman, If not better.
The Enquirer has never fought to
control whisky; but for fifty years It
has fought to destroy, and one of the
Incidents of its fight was the loss of a
J15.000 plant by fire, the very next year
after the delivery of the sermon referred
to above. This paper has made
for Itself more bitter enemies on account
of Its fight against liquor than
from all other causes In all its long
career.
Senator Tillman said the other day
that had it not been for the opposition
to the dispensary law, South Carolina
would now be In the prohibition column.
Senator Brlce said that had the
law not been opposed the very school
children would now be wine bibbers.
Every man who has a taste for liquor
appreciates the will power necessary
to restrain that taste within the limits
of moderation. He also understands
how flimsy are the safeguards that
would protect him from fatal excess.
The respectability that Senator Tillman
has given the liquor business has
already worked untold harm.
There Is no doubt of the fact that
previous to the enactment of the dispensary
law Yorkvllle was making
rapid strides toward prohibition; but
when this law sought to make whisky
drinking respectable, the prohibition
sentiment was more or less paralyzed.
How could any man claim as a crime
In an individual that which the state
government boasted as a virtue?
Senator Tillman may eventually succeed
In enthroning the conduct of the
liquor business for profit as the highest
function of government; but when that J
time does come may God have pity on
the poor besotted creatures who will
constitute such a large proportion of
our citizenship.
Tillman and the Scriptures.
There are those no doubt who will
take Senator Tillman's Scriptural quotations
to mean that the Bible looks
upon wine and wine drinking as a matter
of course, and will, on occasion,
appeal to these quotations for justification
In the gratifying of their own)
debauching appetites; but there are
not many of these In this part of the
country.
The Bible is quite a familiar book In
York county. It has been studied
here for generations; but more with
the purpose of learning how to live I
than with the purpose of Justifying
wrong doing. If It were not for the
teachings of the Bible, the opposition
to the whisky business In York county
would amount to nothing. In the case
of people who knew no better, the senator's
quotations might have been of
some comfort; but not so with a majority
of that crowd that was gathered
at Tlrzah.
We would not have it understood that
Senator Tillman tried to claim that the
Bible indisputably endorses the use of
whisky as a beverage. His proposition
was that for every text condemning the
use of wine he could find two in which
wine was referred to without condemnation.
This is probably true. His socalled
symposium shows it; but what
has that to do with the issue? Surely
Senator Tillman must have had in
mind some more practical idea than he
claimed, and if his object was to show
that the Bible in any way sanctioned
the liquor business, whether conducted
by the individual or by the state, nobody
knows better than the people of
this section that he has "perverted the
words of the living God." (Jeremiah
xxiii, 36.
We shall not attempt to marshal all
the texts of the Bible that teach of the
dangers of wine and condemn the
abomination of drunkenness. Most of
our readers understand fully the attitude
of the Bible to this subject; but
somehow we feel that if Senator Tillman
had hunted out those texts himself
from the Bible Itself instead of
leaving his secretary to collate them
from a concordance, the information
he would have gained would have been
calculated to change his original purpose
to the extent of compelling a reverent
apology to his Maker, and "the
little ones he has sought to offend."
Because of Senator Tillman's request
made during his speech in a spirit of
levity, and afterward in earnest, we
have beer, at pains to verify his references
and have corrected such
as were found to be incorrect.
During this la or, also we found that
in most cases the contexts of the texts
he used to prove his point were full of
warning and condemnation against
wine. It would take pages to amplify
the subject fully; but one case ought
to suffice. For instance the senator
quotes:
Daniel 1, 5: And the king appointed
them a daily provision of the king's
meat, and of the wine he drank; so
nourishing them three years, that at the
end thereof they might stand before
the king.
The context of this text tells how
certain of the most promising of the
children of Israel, Including Daniel, had
been selected to be orougnt up ariu
educated under the supervision of
Nebuchadnezzar in order that they
might eventually become councillors
and rulers in the nation. To ensure
their best mental and physical development,
they were to have meat and
wine from the king's table. Daniel and
certain others requested that they be
not required to eat the king's meat and
drink his wine; but that Instead they
be fed on pulse and water. The
prince of the eunuchs objected to this,
arguing if these young men should not
improve like the others and the reason
was found out, he would lose his head.
Danied then proposed that they be given
a trial of ten days and at the end
of that time the prince of the eunuchs
would be at liberty to do as he chose.
The result, which Senator Tillman
omitted from ills symposium, was as
follows:
14 So he consented to them In this
matter and proved them ten days.
15 And at the end of ten days their
countenances appeared fairer and fatter
in flesh than all the children which
did eat the portion of the king's meat.
16 Thus Melzar took away the portion
of their meat, and the wine that
they Hhould drink; and gave them
pulse.
Like Daniel of old the Prohibitionists
want a trial. They asked for a trial
in 1892, and it was refused. Instead
they were deluged with a drenching
flood of liquid poison the like of which
they had never known. Now they are
asking for another trial, and Senator
Tillman seeks to put them off again.
He insists that the king's meat and
wine are better than pulse and water.
Having been so terribly deceived once
the question Is whether or not the people
will again submit to the persuasion
of Senator Tillman, or follow the
guidance of the Great Teacher whom
the Senator would so lightly discredit.
EDITORIAL BULL'8 EYES.
News and" Courier: With the esteemed
Abbeville Press and Banner
accusing the equally esteemed B. R.
Tillman of drumming In the Interest
of whisky drinking the times are all
out of joint.
Columbia State: "You know," said
Senator Tillman to the GafTney Ledger,
"It took thirteen years to discover the
corruption in the dispensary system."
The senator should refresh his memory
by reference to the newspaper flies.
It did not take a year to discover the
corruption, but it took upwards of a
dozen years to force him and other
bigoted advocates of the system to admit
the condition. Until within the
last week he has not admitted the corruption:
instead he has for years defended
the dispensary, defended the
men who conducted its affairs and disregarded
all charges filed by the oppo|
sitlon. His attitude has been such as
to encourage those having opportunity
to steal to take advantage of the sheltering
arms of the system's defenders.
Columbia State: President Brock is
reported to have told someone recently
that the Richland Distilling company
has made no money. That is a question
beyond the knowledge of the outsider,
but it Is a fact that this distillery
has enjoyed a great big patronage
from the dispensary. Certainly a
greater patronage could not have been
expected. The question naturally
arises: "If the distillery has made no
money when favored by the dispensary
to the very limit, what would it have
lost had the dispensary favored concerns
outside the state? And would
the distillery have been established
here, with practically no other market
than the dispensary, If the patronage
of that institution depended on the
precarious possibilities of competition
In the open market?" These are the
questions that have not been answered.
The enormous orders given the
Richland concern Inevitably suggest
favoritism. Why that favoritism?
Could another distHlery be established
here, produce the same class of
liquor, offer it at the same prices and
divide equaHfc?Ihe business now given
to the one that has enjoyed something
much akin to a monopoly?
COTTON CROP OF 1904-05.
Secretary Hetter Puts the Number of|
Bales at 13,565,885.
Secretary Hester's annual report
was Issued In full last Friday. He
puts the cotton crop ior i?iM-va m
13,565,885 bales, an Increase of
3,554,511 over that of 1903-04.
He says that compared with last
year, In round figures. Texas, includ-|
Ing Indian Territory, has Increased
708,000 bales. The group known as
other Gulf states, consisting of Louisiana,
Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee,
Missouri, Oklahoma, Utah and
Kansas has Increased 1,106,000, and
the group of Atlantic states. Alabama,
Georgia, Florida, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Kentucky and Vir-|
ginla, has gained 1,741,000.
He puts the average commercial'
value of this crop at 346.31 per bale,
against 361.68 last year and the total
value of the crop at 3628,195,359,
against 3617,501,548 last year and
3480,770,282 the year before.
Referring to values he gives details
of prices, showing that taking
the cotton belt as a whole, the
highest figure for middling was
11 3-16 cents per pound at the opening
of the season in September and
the lowest 6} cents on the 29th of
December, but says that the crop
as a whole averaged strict middling,
and that the average value per pound
was 8 98-100 cents compared with
12 15-100 last year.
In reference to weight he puts the
average per bale at 515 58-100
pounds, showing a gain over last
year of 7 89-100. This crop, he says,
Is the heaviest in weight per bale of
any recorded, the best previous
weight having been 513.96 In 189899,
the year of the largest previously
reported crop.
Mr. Hester remarks that while each
and every crop has had its distinctive
features, the story of none is
fraught with circumstances more peculiar
and interesting than the one
just marketed. It is not to be wondered
that when in last December
the agricultural department put forth
an estimate pointing to more than
twelve and a quarter million bales,
a feeling akin to panic was felt in
every section of the cotton growing
states.
Mr. Hester recites the manner in
which this monster crop has been
handled; but it has practically all
been marketed, avoiding a crash
\vhlch seemed at first Inevitable, and
will remain a lasting monument to
the conservatism and cooperative
power of the southern people. In
this great economic struggle all elements
joined in the victory.
Mr. Hester makes the actual
(growth for the season 13,800,000, and
says that the recent report of the
census bureau of cotton ginned does
not cover the entire growth; that all
of the year's growth has not been
ginned, or if ginned, full returns
therefor have not been made. Mr.
Hester pays a high tribute to the census
bureau methods, saying that it
affords a mass of invaluable Information
to the cotton world superior
to any that has ever been put forth,
and that he is quite certain from his
own private investigation and consultation
with Director North that in
another season the bureau will be
able to give almost an exact showing
of the actual growth.
He puts the spindles In the south
at 9,205,949 against 8,615,369 last
year. The net gain In the number
of southern mills over last year has
been 15, making the total now 777.
Of these 709 have been in operation
during the year, 38 are idle and 30
I" "nirau nf ornftlnn IS nlrl anrl
out of date concerns, which ceased
business, having been crossed off the
list.
In reference to the general cotton
manufacturing Industry in the United
States, Mr. Hester says that American
mills, north and south, have had
the most active season on record,
but while the totals show an excess
in the number of bales of American
cotton consumed by domestic factories
of 495.000 over last season,
bringing the aggregate to an amount
never before reached, it Is at least
350,000 bales less than it would have
been with favorable labor conditions.
In the south the growth of spindles
continues on a large scale, those In
active mills having Increased 823,193
and there are new mills in course of
construction and additions being
made to old conditions embracing
520,000 spindles.
Mr. Hester makes the consumption
of American cotton by northern
mills, (In round figures) 2,200,000
bales, which together with 2,164,000
bales by southern mills makes an aggregate
for the United' States of
4,364,000, against 1,950,000 for the
north last year and 1,919,000 for the
south, a total of 3,869,000, showing
an increase for this year of 495,000.
Mr. Hester puts the world's consumption
of American cotton at
11,883,000 bales, against 10,193.000
last year and 10,876,000 the year before,
an increase over last year of
1,690,000, and over the year before
of 1,007,000. He makes the total
visible and invisible supply of American
cotton In the world at the close
of August 2,750.000 bales against
1,031,000 last year, an increase of
1,726,000 over last year.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
James Thomson and Others?Give notice
of the opening of the books of
subscription of the Thomson Company
on September 14th, 1905.
Walter Rose?Is ready to serve his
customers with choice fresh beef
and other meats. Prompt attention
given all orders.
J. Edgar Poag, Broker?Offers the
Garrison farm near Ebenezer for
sale or exchange. Also offers good
farms for rent.
J. M. Heath & Co.?Say that the fall
trade is now on. They are receiving
new goods on every train. Dry
goods, clothing, shoes, millinery, groceries.
They want to buy your cotton
when you have any to sell.
J. W. Johnson?Has Octagon, Santa
Claus, Polo, Ark, Ivory, Fairy and
other soaps, as well as lye or potash.
Foushee Cash Store?Has Just received
new line of ribbons. Next MonI
day's special will be handkerchiefs,
embroidered table scarfs and ladles'
neckwear.
' VT?4?^.?nl Dnmlr Pn 11a VAIIP fit.
f 'lTSl l\auuiiai oaun vai.? j
tention to the goodness and cheapness
of bank orders. It sells them.
Star Drug Store?Tells you that It has
a specific remedy for malaria, in
Osgood's India Cholagogue, which
sells for $1.40 a bottle.
Dobson Bros'. Cash Store?Is receiving
great quantities of beautiful
fall and.winter millinery and advises
you to place your order early.
Now it a good time to begin the work
of hunting up registration certificates.
There are lots of people who have certificates
but who do not know where to
put their hands on them. Certificates
will be needed on September 26.
Tho Southern Cotton association has
fixed 11 cents a pound as the minimum
price at which cotton should be sold
locally. This price was agreed upon
at Ashevllle last Thursday, after a
good deal of debate on the subject.
On leaving Tirzah last Thursday
Senator Tillman said to a correspondent
of the Charlotte Observer that he
would give a year's salary as senator
to be governor for three months. He
wants to regulate the state board of
control. It is presumed.
We are frequently asked why we do
not publish certain railroad schedules
and In order to correct misconceptions
with regard to the matter, we desire
to state that the publication of schedules
Is a matter for the railroads not
for the newspapers. Where the railroads
desire to advertise their schedules
and pay for them, we are glad
to have the business. Where the railroads
do not see proper to come to business
terms, we have only to say that
this Is their right, and we not only entertain
no 111 feeling but we feel no
responsibility.
YORK COUNTY 8CHOOL8.
Superintendent of Education Carroll
has Just completed his annual report
to State Superintendent of Education
Martin as to the progress of school
work In York county during the year
ending June 30, 1906.
The report covers detailed Information
as to the number of schools that
have been taught In the county, both
white and colored, the number, color,
sex and experience of teachers employed,
the enrollment and average attendance,
the number of school houses
built and the total receipts and expenditures.
According to this report there have
been 87 white schools and 80 negro
schools, a total of 167. These give employment
to 124 white teachers and 84
negroes, in all 208.
*4 The total enrollment for the white
schools was 4.532, and of the colored)
schools 6,093. The average attendance
of the whites was 3 571 and of the colored
3,858. The white schools had an
average of 25 weeks during the year
and the colored an average of 17 weeks.
The white male teachers received an
average salary of 1300 for the school
period and the white female teachers
an average of $203. The negro male
teachers received an average salary
of $110 and the negro female teachers
an average salary of $66.
Only one district, Hickory Grove
voted an extra tax during the year.
The special levies, however, were repeated
in all the districts In which they
had been previously voted.
The total receipts from all sources
during the year amounted to $63,184.75,
and the total expenditures to $39,625.33,
leaving a balance on hand of $13,559.42
to begin the new school year.
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Wardlaw are In
Charlotte,
Miss Mattle Caldwell of Clover Is
the guest of Miss Rose Lindsay.
Miss Ola Caldwell left this morning
to reenter the Due West Female college.
Mr..Ernest Stroup of R. F. D. No.
1, left this morning for Ersklne college.
Mr. Charles Jennings of Columbia,
visited Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Jennings
this week.
Miss Agalice Le Sassier of New Orleans,
Is the guest of her sister, Mrs.
W. B. McCaw.
Dr. John B. Bowen returned home
Sunday after a two weeks' business
trip to New York.
Misses Florence Cody and Kate
Hobbs went to Camden last week
with Mrs. Walter Hobbs.
Miss Julia Allen arrived from Florence
Saturday to take charge of her
classes In the Graded school.
Messrs. Brlce McCaw and Robert
Jenkins have gone to Ersklne college
for the session of 1905-06.
Mr. Ernest Dowdle of Bullock's
Creek, left Saturday for Newton, N.
C., where he will enter college.
Miss Alma Walker left yesterday
for Denmark, where she will teach
In the graded schools of that place.
Miss Annette Dobsori has returned
to Kershaw to resume her position
In the graded school at that place.
Dr. J. D. McDowell and Rev. E. E.
Gillespie left this morning for Heath
Springs to attend the fall meeting of
Bethel presbytery.
Miss Lydla TUldy returned to her
home at Shelby, Monday, after spending
several days here with her
brother, Mr. Frank Tlddy,
Mr. James Allen of Florence spent
I l? V^m|,..|||a |nu? u.AAl/
several uuj Ill luintiuc la.n n ccn
with his daughter, Miss Julia Allen,
returning home yesterday.
Mrs. D. T. Woocfs and sons, Masters
Tom and Joe returned home last
Saturday after a visit of several weeks
to relatives at Huntersvllle, X. C.
Assistant Paymaster B. M. Dobson
spent Sunday In Yorkvllle with his
father, Mr. T. M. Dobson on his way
from Key West, Fla, to Boston, Mass.
CALL TO COTTON GROWERS.
Mr. E. D. Smith, president of the
South Carolina Southern Cotton Growers'
association on yesterday gave out
the following, which is of particular interest
to members everywhere:
"In order to get thoroughly Informed
as to the spirit of the people of South
Carolina in reference to the actual
Southern Cotton association, I call
upon every county association to meet
on Monday next, the 18th, for the pur
pose of getting an expression of opinion
from the members of every association
in their county.
"First. As to the ratification of the '
action of the convention as to the minimum
price.
"Second. To devise means of mutual
assistance in carrying out the aim and
purpose of the Southern Cotton association.
"The one prime fact now is that the
Southern Cotton association has fixed
its minimum price at Ashevllie, N. C.
With the undoubted small crop and
the financial condition of the south,
above all the possibility of the southern
cotton grower being able to dictate
his own price is a prize worth striving
for, because it means personal independence,
manhood and wealth;
therefore, at this crisis I beg every
county and association to meet, as
above Indicated, and see that a report
both as to the spirit attending these
meetings the opinion of those attending
as to the price of cotton, as to the
outlook of yield and what means, if
any, nave Deen oruugui iu ucu w
withhold the cotton from the market
until our minimum of 11 cents is obtained
be made, these reports to be
forwarded to the central office.
It matters not now whether it was
wise or unwise to set the minimum indicated.
There is but one thing left
to do and we can do it. and that is to
stand by the convention at Ashevllle.
and demand 11 cents. Various things
will be brought to bear more than are
being brought to bear now and the
fight for the next thirty days perhaps
longer, will be the bitterest ever
waged In the south. If. however, the
bankers, merchants, in fact, all parties
Interested in southern welfare, which
means in the southern cotton crop,
will stand together, we will see that
the weak are assisted by the strong;
we will win this fight as we won the
other, and be rewarded by a much
higher price than 11 cents for our
work. This letter Is dictated hurriedly
on my way through Columbia
to meet the cotton growers
at Bennettsville. When I have leisure,
which I hope to have in a few days, I
shall give to the public the work that
was done and pipposed to be done at
Ashevllle.
"Let all the counties meet, as I have
asked above, and send to this office a
report of the spirit of the people as to
the prospects of their holding their
cotton and the means they propose to
put Into operation to reach the end desired.
-Already telegrams and letters
from the west Indicate that they are
hauling their cotton back home and
storing it away and waiting for 11.
cents."
WITHIN THE TOWN.
? The Thomson company has been
capitalized at $15 000.
? Cotton came In at quite a lively
rate last Saturday, something like a
hundred bales being received during the
day.
? Quite a number of people were out
to the meeting last Friday night in the
Interest of the proposed location of the
Presbyterian college of South Carolina,
and subscriptions were promised to the
amount of about $16,000.
? The Catawba Power company contemplates
the completion of Its pole
line by next Saturday. The Neely
Manufacturing company has already
received a considerable portion of its
aicKtriraii machinery and the balance
Is on the road.
? The plat of the proposed eastern
suburb of Torkvllle out next to the
Neely and York Cotton mills, has been
completed. There are about sixty lots
in the plat. The suburb Is to be known
as Whlsonant. It 13 to be Intersected
by several streets, known as Rose
street, Poag street, Black street, Railroad
avenue, etc. The average size of
the lots Is 100x180 feet. There are a
few larger and some smaller.
? It will probably be two months
or more before the town will be able
to utilize the electric current of the
Catawba Power company for lighting
and pumping water. This IS largely
because of the tardiness of the commissioners
of public works in giving
an order for the necessary machinery.
It Is only within the past few days
that the board decided what It would
buy and It is generally understood
that the manufacturers of electrical
supplies are several months behind
with their orders. It Is also understood
that but very little of the Tavora
plant will be fit for use. Even
the transformers will have to be renewed
or overhauled at an expense
but little less than that Involved In
a renewal.
? The Graded school exercises were
opened yesterday morning with the
reading of the Scripture and prayer by
Rev. E. E. Gillespie. Rev. Dr. Stokes,
Rev. Gillespie and Mr. Thos. F. McDow
made short addresses to the children
and parents present, and Supt. Allen
made a few remarks and announcements
after which the enrollment was
commenced. The enrollment showed
an attendance of 180 pupils. The number
attending from outside of the school
district is the largest in the history
of the school. A meeting of the board
of tru tees was held after the opening
exercises in ttte superintendent's office
and Dr. J. D. Mcuoweu was eiecieu
chairman for the ensuing year, succeeding
Mr. W. D. Glenn. Mr. J. C. Allen
was elected assistant secretary and
treasurer of the board.
LOCAL LACONIC8.
We Will Send The Enquirer
From now until January 1, 1906, for
68 cents.
Barn Burned.
A barn belonging to Freeman
Workman, colored, at Guthriesvllle,
was destroyed bj fire last Saturday
night. The fire Is supposed to have
originated from a cigarette.
Communion at Bethesda.
The usual large congregation was In
attendance on the annual fall communion
at Bethesda last Sunday. Rev.
J. K. Hall, the pastor, was assisted
by Rev. W. A. Hafner. The congregation
included the people of the
vicinity and many from different
parts of the county.
Died of Typhoid Favor.
Mr. R. H. Cain died at his home
at Sharon last night at 11.30 o'clock,
or rypnoia iever, aiier an lining ui
about three weeks. Mr. Cain was about
forty years of age and was highly esteemed
in his community. He leaves
a widow and seven children. The
funeral takes place at Sharon this
afternoon at 4 o'clock.
? Columbia special of September 9
to Charlotte Observer: There have
been several conferences here recently
between former United States
Senator John Lowndes McLaurin and
men prominent In the prohibition
movement, which is causing a deal
of talk as to the possibility of Mr.
McLaurin becoming a candidate for
some Important campaign on a platform
advocating the elimination of
whisky from state control. He has
the politicians guessing, however, as
to whether he will become a candidate
for governor or for Senator
Tillman's place, though It is regarded
as a foregone conclusion that he will
be In the race for something. He
was shy about the matter when the
Observer's correspondent approached i
him on the subj/ect. He would not
like to go so far as to say that he
was out of politics "for keeps," but
he would not wish to announce for
anything so early in the game. He
made the .significant prediction, however,
that the prohibitionists would i
put out a state ticket in the coming
campaign next summer. He said he
so interpreteed the appointment of
an executive committee. Mr. McLaurin
Is actively Interesting himself
In the work of the cotton associa- '
tlon, and has made several speeches j
against the dispensary. I
ROCK HILL AND VICINITY. *
Round Among tho Tigsrs?Don of
Gamblers Discovered, But the Officers
Decline to Prosoeute For Fear
They May bo Made Defendants?Mr.
J. W. Betta 8eriously Gored by a
Bull?Work on the New Buildings?
Personal and Other Notes.
iJoiTWDoodeoc* of ttie York rill* Kaqulrer
Rock Hilj* September 12.?Constable
J. H. B. Jenkins, assisted by State
Constable William Hoy, has raided a
number of blind tljrer quarters during
the past week and some of these Illicit
dealers in whisky are crouching in
their dens almost afraid to stir.
The home of Monroe Miller, colored,
In the vicinity of Ebeneser, was visited
just before daylight Sunday morning
by Messrs Jenkins and Hoy. They
found Miller in a bed which was difwn
up to a window, and underneath the
quilts were a number of empty bottles
and a funnel. A two gallon jug also
stood In easy reach of Miller, who
could serve his customers at the window
without getting out of bed. The
jug contained about a gallon of whisky.
This was seized by the constables.
Miller Is an old and experienced hand
ai me Dusiness miu me umwia nu/c ?
work up a good case against him.
After the constables had left Miller's
house and were returning to the city,
they heard the report of two pistol
shots and In an Instant later the bullets
whizzed by clipping twigs from the
bushes near them. They left their buggy
by the road side and started In the
direction from which the shots came
and after proceeding a short distance
low mumbling voices were heard In the
thicket ahead of them. On going a
little farther the officers came In sight
of a bunch of some twelve or thirteen '
negro gamblers. The negroes were taken
by surprise and seven of them were
captured. They were all Rock Hill negroes
and were recognized by Mr. Jen- ,
kins. He also recognized some of those ,
who escaped. A deck of cards and $1.30
In sliver was also found by Mr. Jen- j
kins. There were a number of empty
bottles scattered over the camping ,
ground and other evidence that there j
had been some blind tigers mixed up .
in the crowd during the night. Mr.
Jenkins was told by the wife of one of
the negroes that her husband had been
in the woods all night with the gamb- (
lers. The negroes were In a piece of
woods near the residence of Mr. Sam
Fewell and repeated complaints have
come to Mr. Jenkins and Constable ,
Wlngate of late from the people of that
neighborhood that crowds of negroes
gather in the woods and gamble and ,
drink whisky every Saturday night and
Sunday. After taking the names of the
seven negroes captured, In view of the
manner In which a similar case was ;
disposed of In the circuit court at
Yorkvllle this summer when presented
by Constable Wlngate and himself, Mr.
Jenkins decided to let the negroes go
and not bother with the case. It will 1
be remembered that Mr. Jenkins was
accused of "tampering" with the fore- j
man of the Jury in the case referred to
and the negroes were granted a new )
trial after being convicted and were
released without bond. The negroes
were caught in Ebenezer township and j
Mr. Jenkins said he would give their
names and all the evidence he has '
against them to Magistrate Qlenn of
that township In order that that officer
may take up the matter and prose- (
cute the negroes.
On this same trip the officers searched
the house of another well known tiger,
but he had sold out and there was
nothing doing at his place of business.
On last Friday night Messrs. Jenkins
and Hoy accompanied by Police Officers
Miller and Eubanks visited the
home of Bob Edwards, another tiger
of many years experience, and found
there three gallons of blackberry wine
? - * ?A trial
ana one quan ui wumivjr. m u>v v._
before Mayor Roddey Monday evening,
Bob proved by two witnesses that the
whisky was left at his house in his absence
and that it did not belong to him,
and the wine was made by a woman
who lived with him and was for personal
use. In the hearing of the case
it developed that Edwards was living
in open adultery with the woman referred
to, and in dismissing him Mayor
Roddey took occasion to warn Edwards
against this open violation of
the law and gave him' to understand'
that it would not be tolerated under
any circumstances. Edwards was fined
S10 last Thursday for transporting contraband
whisky by Mayor Roddey and
was warned at the time that if he was
ever found guilty of deeding in whisky
again he would be given the limit of
the law?1100 or 30 days.
Mr. J. W. Betts of Lesslle, was attacked
and painfully, if not seriously
Injured by his fine Jersey bull last Saturday.
Mr. Betts was leading the bull
from the pasture by a rope attached to
a ring in his nose when the animal
suddenly became vicious and attacked
him. He was dashed to the ground
and gored repeatedly by the maddened
beast before help arrived. He had several
ribs broken, a painful wound in the
stomach and has other bruises and
wounds from being trampled upon and
gored by the Infuriated beast The
physicians are not able to say as yet
what the result of the wounds will be,
but I understand that none of them are
thought to be necessarily fatal.
Work on the new municipal building
Is still progressing rapidly. Contractor
Starr says with favorable weather
he expects to finish the brick work
within two more weeks.
Work has been resumed on the government
building since the arrival of
brick and other material that was delayed
on the road. The work of laying
the cement foundation was begun
Monday.
Mr. Dolph Neely of Newport, had a
fine and valuable horse to die Sunday
night of colic.
Capt. J. D. Cozby has resigned his
position as one of the Instructors at
the Catawba Male academy. The vacancy
thus created in the faculty will
be filled by Prof. Sawyer, a graduate
of the Citadel in Charleston. Captain
Cozby, I understand, has not fully decided
where he will locate. Rock Hill
will be sorry to lose him and his val- ,
uable services at the C. M. A.
Manager W. J. Roddey left last Saturday,
accompanied by Mrs. Roddey to ,
attend the annual Equitable convention
to be held this week at Manhattan
Beach.
Mr. J. P. C. Boyd, of route No 5, Is
critically ill with typhoid fever. He
has been sick ten days or two weeks
and is in a precarious condition. ,
Mr. T. A. Matthews of Old Point, has (
accepted the general agency of the
Carolina Mutual Life Insurance assotlon
in district No. 1, embracing the ,
counties of York, Lancaster and Ches- j
ter. ,
Mr. Buford Matthews and sister, |
Miss Jessie, of Smyrna, are visiting Mr.
T. A. Matthews and his sister, Miss
Mattle Matthews of Old Point.
Dr. A. S. Lynn is still confined in the (
Rock Hill hospital. He does not improve
very fast.,
Miss Janie McFadden and Messrs. ,
Ralph Oates and William Bagley of ,
Old Point are attending Bethany High
school this session.
The new mayor, John T. Roddey, has .
already shown a disposition to take a
firm stand against lawlessness in the
city, Including the sale of whisky in j
violation of the dispensary law, and for .
' * ? 1 * Ul??W1.. AAmmonHoH hv '
THIS ne l? Bring Ilium; iuiiinn,M?v? - J
all law abiding citizens.
MERE-MENTION.
A passenger train on the Pennsyl- J
vanla railroad ran into a party of !
workmen near Homewood, Pa.,
Thursday, killing three and Injuring
three others, one fatally, The
town of Keysvllle, Georgia, was almost
entirely destroyed by fire Frl- 1
day An earthquake felt all over J
Italy, Friday, caused the death of ;
more than 400 persons and wrecked
buildings in eighteen towns In the 1
province of Calabria $100,000 .
worth of property was destroyed by 1
Are In the tobacco warehouse portion '
of Danville, Virginia, Friday :
Nineteen persons were killed and *
nine or more Injured by an explosion f
of powder which entirely destroyed
the Rand Powder mills, at Fair- *
chance, near Unlontown, Pennsyl- r
vanla, Saturday A grain elevator
containing 845,000 bushels of grain *
was destroyed by Are in Chicago, *
Saturday, with a property loss of ,
$725.000 Five persons were kill- '
ed and seventy-Ave were Injured In
a collision between a passenger train
and an electric car near York,
Pennsylvania, Saturday Captain
Richmond Pearson Hobson Is again r
a candidate for congressman from r
the Sixth district of Alabama t
Three trainmen were killed and two a
fatally injured in a collision between t
two freight trains on the Philadel- ii
? ' V * *" f*
>hia and Reading and Central ralload
at Tabor Junction, Pennsylanla,
Saturday Saturday was
celebrated by patriotic exercises all
iver the state of California as the
Ifty-fourth anniversary of the ad- ^
nlsslon of the state into the Union. '
..... Prof. F. De Maarten, the legal
idvlser of the Russian peace comnission,
sailed from New York Satirday
to carry a copy of the treaty
o the czar , Four persons were
tilled and nine injured by a tornado
rhlch passed through the northastern
part of Oklahoma Saturday.
The Norwegian steamer. Velezia,
was wrecked off the (filthiest
coast of Jutland, Sunday, drowning *
he captain, his wife > and ten of the
:rew.% Kulikovsky, the assassin
>f Count Shuvaioff, prefect of police
>f Moscow, Russia, has been senenced
to Imprisonment for life
Sleven persons were killed and thirty
qjitred by Jhd derailment .of an elected
train In-MeW Ybrk dlty yesterlay.
.'. M. Takahira. the Japanese
nlnlster to the United States, will be
ippoiniea Japanese iiunisicr iu uuo- ^
la Juries of inquest in Norfolk
ind Norfolk .county, Virginia, have
eturned verdicts holding the Atlantic
?oast Line railroad responsible for
he wreck of the negro excursion
tain from Klnston, N. C? on August
.7. In that the railroad company
>laced an engineer In charge of the
rain who was not familiar with the
Itvision ..Fifteen new cholera
ases and six deaths are reported
rom Berlin yesterday, making a total
>f 170 cases and fifty-eight deaths
o date.
ON THE WING.
i
3rof. Herndon Writes of His Swing
Through the West
' iirrtitwddidi* at um yorkruw ka?tumf.
Salt Lakjb Citt, Utah. September
I.?I landed in the city of the Latter
Day Saints this morning at 11 o'clock,
ifter a long, pleasant, kaleidoscopic ride
from Denver Colo.
I spent last Saturday afternoon and
light In Kansas City, the guest of Mr.
Reg M. Grist, formerly of Torkvllle
ind his wife. They entertained me '
most delightfully, and showed me
tome interesting sights of Kansas City.
The most beautiful place In Karsas
Dlty, probably is the electric park. The
place Is as bright as day, and all sorts
>f amusements seem to be going on at
the same time. To give an Idea of the
brilliancy of the place, I mention the
circumstance that Mrs. Grist picked
up a dime at her feet while we were 4
watching a performance.
| At the electric park I had the pleasure
of witnessing "the Resurrection,"
performed on an immense stage. This
production Is after the style of the
famous "Passion Play," rendered annually
by the peasants of Oberammersau
in the Tyrol. The music for this
play was furnished by the Banda Rosea
(Reel Band) pf Italy, an organisation
second to none In America, and It is
needless to confess that I drank It in
greedily. Blood la thicker than water,
Kpu know.
I left Kansas City over the Union Pacific,
up the Kaw Valley, which Is 4
undoubtedly the richest farming land
I have ever seen. Not acres; but miles
xnd miles of rich black loam. The surface
of the ground la as level as a
door, and com. corn com, nothing but
com. It looks as if there Is enough to
supply the world. Ordinarily the pries
Is from 20 to SO cents a bushel; but at
the present time I understand that the j
rarmers are geiunf mix tTiiw, a<iu ^
that means about the same as 12 or 16
cents cotton.
I passed through Topeka, the capital
of Kansas: but with the exception of
It Lawence and Saliva; there are no
towns of any consequence between
Kansas City and Denver, a distance of
660 miles. Along the route are to be
seen numerous cattle ranches and
thousands and thousands of sheep,
more than I have ever seen before In
all my life. There are cattle chutes
along the railroad at Intervals of every
f*w miles to facilitate the loading of
cars.
<AIong this stretch also Is another ^
curious sight that Interested me just
as ft would the little children at home.
I refer to what seems to be millions of
Uttle prairie dogs.. They occupy great;*
villages,.and as we draw near to them
we can see them running about and
sitting on the sides of their boles. As
the train gets real close those nearest
will dive down out of sight, while those
quite a long distance away will continue
to sit and watch with curious In- ^
terest. An old gentleman who has long
bran- familiar with this country says
that forty years ago he remembers to
have seen these same plains literally
packed with buffalo.
We got into Denver several hours ,
late. It waa because of the tremendous
crush on account of the Grand Army
of the Republic encampment, and ws
found the city literally crowded. It is ?
estimated that there must have been
76,000 or 86,000 visitors in the city.
EJvery hotel was jammed.
I And the Union Pacific road over <
which I came to Denver a great road;
but really it is no better than the
Southern. In fact I have traveled over
many big railroad systems and I con- *
sider the Southern equal to the best
of them. It Is young yet; but it la
certainly keeping pace with its older
brothers.
At Glenwood Springs, Colorado, I
stopped to enjoy the beauties of the
Rocky Mountain gorge and the famous
warm springs. Here there is a. pretty
pool 60 feet wide by 210 feet long and
about 6 feet deep. The bottom which
2s clearly visible has been paved with K
vitrified brick. The natural water as
It comes from the mountain is from
126 to 127 degrees Fahrenheit and I
could hold my hand In It but a second.
As It flows into the pool I have referred
to it Is tempered to 90 or 96 degrees
for bathing. The water contains a lot
of sulphur and has a salty taste.
Glenwood Springs Is the place to
which the president's party came on a '
bear hunt In the spring. I am told
that they killed seven bears. Tester- ^
day morning we crossed the Continental
divide, 10,800 feet above sea level.
Here at a point back of the depot you
can see where the Arkansas river rises
In a spring on one side and the Grand
river in another spring on the other
side. I never saw such grand mountain
scenery and I don't believe I ever
will anywhere else on earth. I have
seen the Hudson Hills, the White
Mountains of New Hampshire, the
Green Mountains of Vermont; but as
compared with the Rockies all are
tame, disappointingly tame.
Salt Lake City has beautiful wide
^ -* - all nomonta/1
nreeis, wiue iMtniicnw,
from house to curb, and mountain
water running through the gutters continually.
The water keeps the
streets almost clean and the white wings
which are numerous do the balince
with brooms. I went out to the.
3reat Salt Lake this afternoon. It is
ibout 18 miles by rail, and I am told
that it Is about 110 miles long by 60 or ^
70 broad. The. water contains about
20 per cent sajt I saw a great salt
making plant, where they run the
water into a shallow cistern and leave
It to evaporate.
All the concessions at the Salt Lake
r>avllion are held by Mormons. While
r was standing* talking to two workngmen,
getting Information from them,
i fine looking, portly man came up and
isked a few questions about some
broken window lights. When he went *
?way one of the workmen told me that *
the man's name was John Henry
Smith, one of the twelve apostles of
the Mormon church.
The population of Salt Lake City, I
jnderstand is about 60,000 ,or 70,000,
rnlf Mormons and half Gentiles. There
s no way by which a Mormon Is to be
llstingulshed from anybody else; but
there is no doubt of the fact that they
ire wonderfully progressive and enterprising
people.
After I registered at the hotel today,
[ noted the names Immediately under
nine were Mr. Tlllett of Charlotte, N.
Mr. Thompson and a Miss Smith of
Charlotte and Congressman Patterson
>f Maxton, N. C. We were not slow
n getting acquainted, and I am sure
ve were all pleased with the meeting.
Travel is very heavy out this way.
The train on which I leave here conlists
of 15 cars, including four sleep>rs.
drawn by two engines. We are
ill bound for California and the Portand
exposition. I shall probably write
igain from San Francisco.
R. J. Hbrndon. ?
? The state board of dispensary dlectors
held their regular monthly
neeting today, and It was understood
hl.'i morning that they would prob,bly
have something to say in reply
o Senator Tillman's suggestion lookng
to their removal.