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Scraps and |acts. ? Edna, Texas. Oct. 4: Rangers have now taken the field In the effort to catch Monk Gibson, slayer of the Condltt family. Many of the possemen have come In and abandoned the search. While there Is no likelihood of any attack upon the soldiers, some of the people here are doing considerable talking about the soldiers and are apparently trying to cause friction. A request was made that Sheriff Egg permit certain citizens and newspaper men to make a search of the Jail to see if the negro was not really there. His answer was that this would not be permitted; that the negro was not there. The negro has apparently gotten away. ? New York, October 2: The 110.000.000 gift of John D. Rockefeller to the general education board, which was announced last June, was paid to the board by Mr. Rockefeller * * - - *- *- 1?4*? loot In cash toaay. in m? leuw m ? . June Mr. Rockefeller announced that this gift would be forthcoming on the first of October, In cash or securities, aJ. his option, and the cash was turned over to the board today. The ten million dollars were delivered to the executive committee of the board while In session, by F. T. Gates, a representative of Mr. Rockefeller, and also a member of the committee. The payment was made in a series of checks made payable to George Foster Peabody, treasurer of the board. Six of the checks were for one million and two for two millions each. , ? The Frankfort Zeltung sounds a warning to the entire civilised world that another massacre of Armenians throughout entire Turkey is Imminent. The contemplated slaughter, it declares, will surpass that which occurred In 1896. According to Information received by the newspaper the Turkish ministers of war and of the Interior summoned Armenian patriots to the ylldtz vioska, or palace of the sultan at Constantinople and told them that the sultan had resolved to give orders for a general massacre of Armenians unless the Armenian revolutionary agitation is stopped at once. Foreign ambassadors at Constantinople are showing far less sympathy with the Armenians than they did in 1896 and according to the Zeitung the Armenians are doomed unless public opinion is so vigorously expressed that it will intimidate the sultan from carrying out his plans for the massacre. ?Butte, Montana, October 3: Identification of Pat Crowe, arrested here last night on the charge of kidnapping a son of the millionaire packer, Edward Cudahy, has been made complete through a photograph sent to the authorities by Omaiia officers. Crowe has acknowledged that he was the fugitive, becoming alarmed when he feared the authorities were going to shoot him. Capt. of Police McGrath and Detective Mclnery made the arrest, placing the muzzles of their revolvers against his stomach as he emerged from a saloon In the tenderloin esctlon. Crowe declared that he would return to Omaha without requisition papers. He cursed bitterly at the arrest, exprssing chagrin at his capture in a town the size of Butte, when he had traveled the world over and evaded capture in all the large cities. A friend of Crowe's informed the local police of his presence In the city. ? Denver, Colorado, October 3: The spectacle of a member of the Judiciary being dragged about by a mob and forced to rescind an official order ended a day of turmoil at Brighton, Col., the county seat of Adams county, adjoining the city limits of Denver. A. H. Guthiel, county judge, summoned the mayor, marshal and mepibers of the town board before him and lectured them for failure to enforce ordinances against gambling and Sunday liquor selling. Following this he ordered the sheriff and marshal to gather the slot machines in the town of-Brighton, and when they reported later that they could only find one, Judge Guthiel deputized two men to arrest them for contempt. In the meantime both the sheriff and the marshal dlsap . peared. The report of the judge's action concerning the two peace officers spread through the town and caused much excitement. Citizens began to gather on the streets, and, fearing for his personal safety. Judge Guthiel boarded a Union Pacific freight engine as it was pulling a train slowly through the town. A mob gathered around the engine and Judge Guthiel was dragged from the cab. He was told that he must rescind his order of arrest against the sheriff and marshal and upon being Assured that he had already done so, the judge was released by the mob. ? Washington, September 3: For the month of September, the total receipts of the government were $50,251,158 and the total expenditures $41,359,000, showing a surplus for the month of $9,892,158. For the same month of the last fiscal year the total receipts were $46,344,683. and the expenditures $40,448,000, a surplus of $5,896,683. The expenditures this month were considerably In excess of the same month last year, but the receipts have been, as seen, much heavier. There has been a formidable increase in receipts from customs ever since the beginning of Ihe present fiscal year. The total receipts for this month from that source were $27,244,146, against $23,230,360 last year, an Increase in round numbers, of $4,000,000. The cnatoms receipts in the month just closed were the largest for that month In tbe history of the government. The Internal revenue receipts this month were $19,797,680 as compared with $19,941,123 a year ago. From miscellaneous sources the total was $2,209,332, compared with $3,673,199. Should the country con'innu trt hnv h?avilv of dutiable Broods from abroad the opinion is that the deficit for this fiscal year will not be as large as the last in expenditures over the last year. The total receipts so far this fiscal year have been $147,140,734, as compared with $138,034,462 for the same month last year. The expenditures have been $150,638,290, as compared with $155.888,719. ? That an astounding total of more than $2,600,000 has been paid as commissions by the Mutual Life Insurance company to two members of the family of Richard McCurdy, president of the company, and the promise of District Attorney Jerome that the insurance scandals will certainly be submitted later to an extraordinary grand jury were the sensational developments in the insurance situation today. It was brought out In the testimony before the legislative Insurance committee that Rob ert H. McCurdy. son of Richard A.. McCurdy, received as commissions on, foreign business $1,163,829. and on domestic business $541,852, and that Louis A. Thebaud, a son-in-law of Richard A. McCurdy. received an aggregate of $920,113 in commissions from the company. It was also brought out that R bert McCurdy expects his income t is year to be about $110,000. Mr Jerome announced in court thi the scandals will be submitted to he grand Jury and said that the inquiry by the legislative committee had shown "greater moral obliquity and moral obtuseness by persons important in the business world than did the shocking revelations regarding the Equitable Insurance society." Another incident today was the publication of a letter from Charles Hughes, counsel I for the legislative commmre, mai | James H. Hyde, former controlling I stockholder of the Equitable will be shown no discrimination before the committee. <?hr ^orkvittr inquirer. york villi:, s. c.i FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1905. And poor Florence is still In the hands of the grafters. Lancaster voted out the dispensary last Tuesday. 939 to 117. It looks as If the upheaval against the state liquor business is simply Irresistible. The people have been slow to wrath In this matter; but once aroused It Is, stand from under. There Is sore necessity for a campaign throughout South Carolina having for Its object the promotion of a healthier sentiment In support of law and order. It Is a fact that In this state there Is a too common dlsposl-' tlon on the part of the Individual to be a law unto himself. In whole communities It is frequently the case that the whims and desires of the more Influential element Is law. There Is a report of the proceedings of the stockholders of the Union Cotton mill in another column. A later report Is to the effect that the directors met again on Wednesday, and re-elected Mr. Duncan as president and treasurer. Mr. Duncan promptly resigned, no doubt In compliance with a previous agreement and Mr. E. W. Robinson of Columbia, was elected In his st.ead. Mr. Duncan has been chosen as chairman of the board of directors and will have general management of the mill. There was a big dispensary rally In Florence last Monday night led by some of the most prominent business men of the town, including two bankers. It was expected that the meeting would be all one way; but after a bank president, a lawyer and two or three "common" citizens spoke for the dispensary, two ministers. Revs. Melton Clark and John G. Beckwlth delivered a broadside In opposition. The dispensaryltes fully expected to carry the town of Florence; but lost it by a majority of fifty votes. The citizens of Clinton held a Jolll flcatlon meeting: last Tuesday night, on account of the "retention of the college there" and during the course of a speech, Rev. J. B. Parrott used the following words, which, according to a report were heartily cheered: "It may be night in Chester, Bennettsvllle, Sumter and Yorkvllle, but It Is bright sunshine everywhere around Clinton." We beg leave to assure our Clinton frUnds that although there were a few clouds about Yorkvllle when the people first realized that they had been taken on what the News and Courier calls a "snipe hunt," those clouds have all passed away, and now that our good friends seem to be In too good a humor to realize any Inequality in the length of their legs, the qualms some of us have experienced in having been the innocent cause are so much the lighter. Policy holders in the Farmers' Mutual Hall Insurance company of South Carolina are demanding a statement of the operations of that company. The company issued policies with the understanding that the premiums were to be paid after the crops were out of danger: but that In no event would said premiums amount to more than 4 per cent of the face of the policies. It was understood that the policy holders were expected to pay only losses and expenses. The company took notes conditioned upon such obligations. About a month ago xhe officers of the company made an assessment that amounted to about 3i per cent of the total amount of insurance in force. As a matter of fact there have been but few hail losses In the state, during the past season and policy holders have been puzzled to know why the assessment should be so heavy. Policy holders In Marlboro county have been seeking an explanation. They had President A. B. Webb of the company on the stand at Bennettsville last Tuesday, and got a statement from him. It was to the effect that the losses amounted to 33,470.85, and the expenses to 322,321.44, a total of 325,791.29. The 3J per cent assessment on all the Insurance In force amounts to 329.750. This would leave a balance of 33.957.71, which the manacement desires to credit to the reserve fund. The policy holders, however, do not, as a rule, see any need for this reserve fund. It is understood that the Bennettsvllle policy holders reached an understanding with President Webb that was satisfactory; but the nature of that understanding was not given to the public. Weekly CVjtton Report.?The weekly crop report of the department of agriculture, Issued last Tuesday, refers to cotton as follows: The reports indicate no decided change in the condition of cotton, as compared with the previous week, a slight improvement being shown in | northern Alabama and In portions of Texas, while in other sections of the latter state there has been a slight deterioration. The crop has suffered from the ravages of insects in Louisiana. Arkansas and Texas, boll weevils being numerous In the last named state. Rains caused slight damage it) Georgia, Alabama, southwestern Mississippi and Louisiana and seriously Injured the crop in Florida. With the exception of heavy rains in Louisiana, southern Mississippi and Florida, and showers In portions of Alabama and Georgia, the weather conditions have been favorable for picking. In the Carollnas, Georgia, Florida and Alabama It is estimated that from 60 to 75 per cent of the crop has been gathjered; In Texas, from 55 to 60 per cent; In Mississippi Louisiana and Oklahoma and Indian Territories from 25 to 50 per cent and in Arkansas and Tennessfe from 15 to 33 per cent. ROCK HILL AND VICINITY. Woman'* Foreign Missionary Union? Southern Railroad Crossing?Dr. Bigger to Move to Rock Hill?W. O. W. Monument?Prohibition and the G. M. I?About People. Uorrantonclrnc-e ot the Yorkrille Enquirer. Rock Hill, October 6.?The Woman's Foreign Missionary Union of Bethel presbytery met in Its annual session In the Presbyterian church at 10 o'clock Wednesday. A large number of delegates attended. The devotional exercises were conducted by the Rev. W. L. Llngle, pastor of the church here. The address of welcome was made by Mrs. W. L. Llngle and was * " * *' TT? ?TVntrl/la/vn responded 10 oy airs, mute > >?>?.. of Chester. The morning meeting was taken up by routine matters. In the evening the Rev. R. L. Wharton of the Cuban mission, made a very interesting address before the Union. Thursday morning at the Memorial services for recently deceased missionaries a sketch of the life of Rev. J. G. Hall, who went from this presbytery and this county, and who was one of the most faithful and most effective workers was read. In the afternoon children's exercises were the order and in the evening a very interesting sermon was preached by the Rev. E. E. Gillespie of the Yorkville church. The monthly meeting of the city council so far as results were concerned was rather barren. The Southern railroad seems to do Just about as it pleases in Rock Hill and instead of yielding to the spirit of the law, which in dealing with its shortcomings has certainly been reasonable, takes advantage of technicalities to evade doing what is Just and proper. The street crossings of its lines here are a constant and very real menace to the safety of our citizens and there is hardly a day passes that there is not a complaint. In this specific case the railroad was on trial for violation of ordinance in that the flagman for the Main street crossing was absent from his post longer than 20 minutes on a specific date. It developed that a "substitute" was on duty then, and the plea .was made that the road had not been, as a corporation, legally summoned. The city attorney not being present another monlbmust elapse before anything can be done. A new ordinance in regard to the crossing of trains or engines, both in shifting and otherwise, has been drawn. Whether it will be a relief or not remains to be seen. Mayor Roddey made it perfectly plain that he was opposed to the watchman plan and that, in his opinion, nothing short of gates would protect the crossings properly. Dr. Isaac Bigger, who is known as one of the most successful physicians in the county and who is president of the York County Medical association will move in the near future to Rock Hill, where he will continue to practice his profession. He will build in Oakland. Mrs. W. A. Schrock, wife of Editor Schrock of the Clamden "People," died at the residence of her sister. Mrs. E. B. Cook, on East Black street Saturday night. She had come here with the intention of going on to Charlotte for treatment but did not rally sufficiently to do so. The remains were taken to Camden for burial. Quite a number from Rock Hill attended the exercises conducted at Adnah church yard Sunday afternoon by Walnut Camp W. O. W. of this city when they unveiled the monument over the grave of the late John Clonts a departed sovereign of the order. Mr. M. G. Bryant was master of ceremonies. Mr. D. D. Branch, who lives near the city, was r?cently injured in the foot while hauling cotton to the city. The load was overturned while he was riding on it. In the mayor's court Saturday, Tom Phifer. colored, bo'h of whose legs are off at or above the knees, was fined $ 100 or 30 days on the gang for selling whisky. Some people who are opposed to prohibition because they favor (he G. M. I. oro nnintfne- at Rock Hill as a prohlbi tion town where whisky Is sold by tigers. Our authorities propose to do everything In their power to keep It down. Although the magistrates and other officers of this city have never entirely succeeded In preventing fighting. theft and other misdemeanors and crimes which have not been licensed by the vote of our citizens, still they do not intend to allow that to discourage them in their efforts to have all the laws obeyed as far as possible. Angels could do no more. The annual meeting of the agents of the Equitable Assurance Society In South Carolina has just come to a close here. The meeting was held In the Masonic hall. Mayor Roddey making the address of welcome, followed by Secretary Wood of the Commercial club, who invited the agents to make use of the club during their session. During the session a permanent organization to be known as the "Equitable Agency of the Carollnas" was formed. There were about forty agents present which represented practically all the agencies in the state. The first attraction of the Wlnthrop Star Course will appear there next Monday night, the 9th. The entertainment will be Scotch and Irish songs and story recitals by Miss Cena Douthle, soprano, assisted by Miss Margaret Daniels as pianist. Mr. Paul G. McCorkle of Chester, who was so badly injured by a horse last summer, was on the streets of Rock Hill Wednesday. He held regular receptions as he made his way down Main street. He is very popular here as he Is everywhere he Is known. EDITORIAL BULL'S EYES. Spartanburg Herald: The Insurance business Is about as demoralizing as the dispensary. There was a 'hall Insurance" organized last spring with A. B. Webb of Columbia, as president. Some Union county farmers went Into It and already they are kicking against the high assessments. The concern will not report the extent of the losses, if there were any, but they say they wish to create a surplus fund against future storms. News and Courier: Not again for a long time will enterprising towns In South Carolina take seriously the proposal of a college board of trustees to move the college plant and this we say without the slightest reflection upon the sincerity of purpose of the board of the Presbyterian College of South Carolina. upon whose utterances the towns of Chester, Yorkville, Sumter and Bennettsville found sufficient to justify the outlay of considerable time, thought, labor and sacrifice. Whereabouts of Cansl.br.?Our Interesting contemporary, the Johnston Monitor, raises this question: "York went over five to one against the dispensary, but old Tirzah, three to one, to hold on to It. Where was Bro. Cansler, of Tirzah?" Yes, where was "Cansler, of Tirzah?" Until he be accounted for the returns are hopelessly Incomplete. Was Cansler of Tirzah, one of the 15 or 20 per cent of the Prohibition minority of five? Unless we are mistaken In him, he was represented by the remaining 80 per cent. We I helieve him to be an arch-enemy of whisky.?News and Courier. ? Green Steerman, about 17 years old, died at the Grady hospital in Atlanta last Tuesday as the result of a mysterious shooting on September 20. The boy declared that he accidentally shot himself, but his cousin. Thomas Steerman, who was with him alone at the time of the shooting, declared that the wound was inflicted by himself carelessly and unintentionally. The strong at- i tachment between the cousins and their conduct since tlje shooting has given a general impression that the . dead boy took upon ijimself jtIff! blame of the accident tp sfyjeld Ijls i cousin. j LOCAL, AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Dobson Bros.' Cash Store?Invites all the ladles to visit it. and see the pretty hats and get posted on the latest styles. Carroll Bros.?Offer cabbage at 21c a pound, Irish potatoes at |1 per bushel, and sweet potatoes at 75c. P. W. Love?Wants 500 bushels peas right away. Star Drug Store?Has new supply of stationery, including Royal crystal bond and French cheviot in pound packages. Also has full assortment of school supplies. L. M. Grist's Sons?Has a pair of spectacles found on Howell's Ferry road. Owner can have same by identifying property and paying for the advertisement. Walter L. Jackson. No. 3.?Has three head of cattle taken up on his plantation. Owner may have same by paying expenses. W. O. Rawls, Plumber?Advises you to paint your metal roofs now. He wants to do the work for you. Carolina Mutual Life Ins. Asso.? Publishes a list of its York county agents. Walter Rose?Will have oysters, fish . pork and sausage tomorrow. He wants to Duy green mues. J. Q. Wray, The Leader?Says he will save buyers of clothing from a third to a hhlf on new style, upto-date and good fitting clothes. Louis Roth?Will have Norfolk select oysters tomorrow, Saturday. J. M. Heath & Co.?Invite you to do your shopping where you can do it all under one roof. Special bargains In hats, suspenders, shirts. Foushee Cash Store?Will have a special sale Monday of corsets and girdles. Also offers torchon lace at bargain prices as long as it lasts. Here it where the warehouses come in useful. The Yorkville dispensary has about disposed of its cheaper grades of whisky; but people continue to buy so long as they can raise the price. The result of the voting in Florence gives rise to a suspicion that probably the whole movement must have been In the hands of the dispensary people from the beginning. It is well to be on the lookout for footpads, safe blowers and burglars. There seems to be no doubt of the fact that this section has been Invaded by large numbers of criminals of this class from the north. Attention is called to certain changes that Treasurer Neely has found it necessary to make in the dates of some of his appointments. The changes have become necessary by reason of the intervention of court. 8everal people who brought cotton to market last Wednesday morning expecting to sell it at 10 cents or 10| cents, on finding that they could get only 9J decided not to sell. Some stored their cotton in the warehouses and others carried it back home. York county policy holders in the State Mutual Hail Insurance company are getting together to demand an accounting from the head officers before paying their notes. There Is a general feeling that the assessment that has been levied is larger than Is warranted by the losses that have been incurred. THE COTTON ASSOCIATION. The executive committee of the York County Southern Cotton association met in the office of the, president, C. E. Spencer, Esq., today and adopted the following: 1. Resolved, That It Is the sense of the executive committee of the York County Southern Cotton association that an assessment of five cents per bale of cotton grown ar\d to be grown by each member Is necessary. to defray the expenses of' the association generally, In the work that It has undertaken to do for the benefit of the cotton growers. 2. Resolved, That the president of each township association do at once appoint a collector whose duty it shall be to call on each cotton grower in the township, and take his estimate of the number of bales he expects to make, and collect the assessment accordingly, and turn same over to the township association; that each collector be allowed 10 per cent of his collections for his services; that four-fifths of the net collections, be forwarded by the township association to the county association; and that three-fourths of its receipts be forwarded by the county association to the state association. 3. Resolved, That the president do ascertain from the owner of every standard warehouse In the county the amount of cotton storage it can furnish, and the best rate per bale it can ofTer; and that the information so obtained be published at once for the information of th^ CQttpp growers of the county. CONDEMNATION ENJOINED. Messrs. Flnley & Jennings and W. 5. McCaw are preparing to test the constitutionality of a power eornppny to condemn a right of way. The fact that Judge Oage had filed an order providing for condemnation proceedings In certain right of way cases was printed last Tuesday. Clerk of the Court Tate today began making arrangements to draw the necessary Juries; but about the time he was ready to begin. Messrs. FJnley ft Jennings and Mr, McCaw served on him an order from Associate Justice Jones commanding him to hold up. Messrs. Flnley and Jennings and McCaw hold that the act of the general assembly which gives power companies the right to condemn rights of way fs unconstitutional, and this Is a question that will have to be settled before the clerk will appoint Juries In the cases of the clients they represent. The matter will be argued before Associate Justice Jones at Lancaster In a few days. Besides the cases represented by Messrs. Flnley & Jennings and McCaw, there is at least one other case represented by W. M. Dunlap, Esq. Mr. Dunlap did not Join in the injunction proceedings, and the lawyers were In conference this morning over the question as to whether or not they would go on with this case on its merits, ABOUT PEOPLE. flir. n. u. aiexwiiucr murncu iiuiiic this moraing from Columbia. Miss Jessalyn Gantt of Burlington, N. C., is visiting Miss Bessie Moore. Miss Cora Kuykendal of Rock Hill is the guest of Mrs. W. B. Moore. Mrs. T. L. Hubble of Morganton, N. C.. is the guest of Mrs. T. P. Moore. Mr. H. Wilson Tate of Fairfield, Fla., spent several days this week in Yorkville. Mrs. O. P. Heath of Charlotte is In Yorkvllle on a visit to Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Heath. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. W. Smith have moved into their cottage on King's Mountain street. Mr. and Mrs F. G. Spann and family of New Orleans are visiting Mrs. S. C. Ashe. Mrs. R. E. Montgomery and Miss Janle Robinson spent Wednesday and yesterday in Charlotte. Mrs. G. W. Kunz and little daughter are visiting relatives in Columbia and Leesvllle. Mrs. H. C. Strauss left this morning on a visit to friends in Spartanburg and Laurens. Mr. Arthur Wilkerson of Hickory Grove, is with ^he Stpayss-Snrjlth Co., as saiesnjaii. Mr. R. B. Garner of Union, spent last Friday and Saturday in Yorkville, the guest of Mr. Brooks Inman's family. Mrs. W. M. Kennedy went to Hickory Grove this morning on account of the serious Illness of her sister, Miss Lizzie McGill. Mrs. S. H. Buchanan of Jonesboro, N. C., and Mrs. J. LaFayette Reid of Rock Hill, are visiting the family of Mr. L. B. Foushee. Mrs. W. H. Hand of Chester and Mrs. Walton Hand of Newport News, Va., spent Wednesday with* Misses Willie and Lee Williams. Miss Mamie McConnell of Philadelphia, Is expected to arrive In Yorkville this afternoon on a visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W .H. McConnell. HEALTH AND PROPERTY. The suits mentioned last Tuesday as having been brought against the Catawba Power company are for both actual and punitive damages, the plaintiffs claiming that not only have they ? ' In sunerea loss in m? uei?iuiaiiun .u? value of their lands; but they have been seriously injured In the matter of health. The complaints also raise a constitutional question that promises to prove interesting;. The act incorporating; the Catawba river declares that for certain purposes it is a navigable stream, and if this is true the state had a right to give away the title to the river bed. The plaintiffs, however, claim that the Catawba is .not a navigable stream above the Great Falls and that the boundaries of their lands extend to the centre of the river. Among other things the complaint sets forth that the defendant power company is unlawfully making use of the bottom lands of the plaintiffs, to grow weeds, rushes, shrubbery, etc., which serve to keep the mud, sand and driftwood out of the river. The complaint as to health is as follows: "Said bottom lands have been made uni..habitable - by reason of the great lake or pond Jn the river, caused by the defendant's said dam, and by reason of the said waters of the said river being made stagnant and by reason of the frequent overflows which said lands have been subject to, thereby causing s agnant water and ponds upon the same, breeding mosquitoes in countless numbers, which attack and Injure plalntlfTs family, creating malaria and emitting nauseous gases, and polluting the air and water in and over the said plantation, rendering ft unhealthy and dangerous to life to dwell upon, causing sickness, pain and suffering to plaintiff, his family, tenants aid servants living upon said plantation." In connection with the claim that they own to the middle of the river, plaintiffs charge that defendants built the dam without securing their consent running roughshod over their rights, etc. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. The county board of commissioners held Its regular monthly meeting in the office of the supervisor last Wednesday and was in session pretty nearly all day. Accounts were audited and approved to the amount of something over $1,300; but the greater part of the day was devoted to hearing testimony and argument for the re-opening of the Taylor's Creek bridge case. People living east of Taylor's creek want a bridge that will facilitate crossing in bad weather, and they have been after the county board with regard to the matter for quite a while. The building of a bridge at the point where the present road crosses the creek is impracticable except at great er expense tnan seems warrameu, auu there is under consideration a proposition to change the road so as to cross the creek at another place. The proposed change will shorten the distance to Rock Hill by about a quarter of a mile, and also avoid two bad hills. The board some time ago decided to make the proposed change and provided for condemnation proceedings, which were duly commenced; but now Messrs. E. E. and W. T. Poag are asking for a hold-up on the ground that the proposed change will operate to their very considerable hurt. The road now goes through the lands of Messrs. Poag, a tract of some BOO acres, and If It Is changed as proposed, they will be able to reach It only by opening up a new road at considerable expense. In the hearing Wednesday witnesses for the Messrs. Poag testified that their plgntatfor) $voqld be damaged anywhere from $1,200 to $2,600, and even witnesses for the county testified that In their judgment the damage to the Messrs. Poag would hardly be less than $150. The commissioners are anxious to do the best thing for all concerned and they decided that they would go to the place in a body and again look over the situation with a view to arriving at some satjsfactqpy solution of the perplexing problpm. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? There was qufte a crowd of ladfes at J. M. Heath & Co's. during the greater part pf yesterday or) appopnt of the m|llinery qpenfng. apef fhe general ve;d|ct seerps tq have beer) that the display was i)i)i)si)a||y credjtabje. I Some of the ladfes who make ft a p)le to keep up with guch matters, apd whq have seen millipery ppepfngg fn other towns thfs season, spy thai yqrkvllle is making as good a showing as any of them. Whfle the ladies were out, many of them also made the rounds of the Strauss-Smith Co., Dobson Bros., Foushee Cash Store, Tpomsop Com-1 pany and J. Q. Wray's, all of whorp i except Mr. Wray are handling mfllfnery this season, M|ss group's pattern) hats came In for h|gb prajse, and ft fs generally admitted that the djspjay qf dress goods, etc., is much more varfed and extensive than for several years. ? Pursuant to the calf qf Dr. W- Q: White. Messrs. R. T. Allison and others of the committee of Clinton college subscribers, 4 number of citizens fathered in the court hopse last Wednesday night to discuss the question of converting the King's Mountain Military school property Into a high school for boys and girls. Mayor Lowry was called to the chair and the subject was discussed In ft general way from the floor. Different speakers advocated the Idea of asking the subscribers to the college removal fund to agree to give half the amounts subscribed, purchase the school property and give It to the county r>r high school purposes. It was suggested that there might be legal difficulties in the way, and also some of those present thought that the idea of a township high school would be more practicable. It developed that there was no particular plan of procedure, and the matter was turned over to a committee consisting of John E. Carroll, chairman, W. W. Lewis, T. F. McDow, L. W. Jenkins, C. E. Spencer, W. B. Moore, W. G. White, J. A. Tate. H. A. D. Neely. Members of this committee met in the office of Mr. Carroll yesterday afternoon, and drew up a subscription paper pledging the subscribers to pay the amounts opposite their names for the purpose of pur chasing the K. M. M. 8. property and turning it over to the county If the county would SLgree to maintain the school. If a satisfactory arrangement cannot be made with the county, then an offer will be made to the township. A committee was also appointed to attend to the matter of securing an option on the property In question. The proposed school plans have not been fully developed, and It Is understood that they cannot be developed until after certain legislation can be had. TROUBLE FOR MR. NEWBOLD. There was quite a sensation in Kershaw last Tuesday as the result of a visit of W. H. Newbold Esq., and a Mr. McCasland, administrator of the estate of John T. Morrison deceased, In connection with the suit that has been brought by Messrs. Newbold and Wilborn against Lancaster county for J50.UU0 damages in connection wun uie lynching of Mqrrison. The first information of the affair reached Torkville Tuesday afternoon, having been brought by people who had passed through Yorkville on the northbound Southern train and it was to the effect that the Kershaw people having advance notice of the coming of Messrs. Newbold and McCasland, arranged to meet them at the depot. McCasland was notified that it would be better for him to remain on the train and he did so. Newbold got off the train and was Immediately surrounded by a crowd of citizens who began to abuse him. They claimed to have heard of a threat to the effect that Newbojd intended to shoot out the lights, Newbold appealed to a policeman for protection; but the officer declined to take part Jn the matter. Members of the crowd advised thf attorney to get out Of town, telling him that if he remained they would give him a thrashing, With the assistance of a negro boy to carry his grip, Newbold finally made his way to the residence of Mayor Welsh, who took him In his buggy and carried him to Westville, a station several miles below Kershaw, The report of passengers was to the effect that it was the Intention of Mr. Newbold to take the train at Westvllje, but the train being late, failed to stop and he was left there. The Columbia State of yesterday has quite a Jong story of the affair gathered from various sources; but hardly more satisfactory than the foregoing. Its story is |n part as follows; Capt, Jno. F, Hunter, sheriff of Lancaster county, who was in the city yesterday on personal business, confirmed the report Drought to the city by traveling men to the effect that W, HNewbold had been forced to leave the town of Kershaw. It is not known what was intended by the people of Kershaw, probably a horsewhipping, but it is sure that some violence woqid have been offered or the reports which have reached Columbia have been very much exaggeratedCapt. Albergottl. conductor on the Charleston division of the Southern railway and Jn charge of the train passing through Kershaw, was here yesterday and he too confirmed the report. He heard it at Camden .and Hunter Vionrri it on the train' between Lancaster and Rook HUI, *o there Is every ground for believing It a conservative account of the Affair, Newboid, who was conspicuous |n the days of the dispensary's origin, when he was a special detective on duty under Gov, Evans, has been practicing law In Chester, He has always been reputed to be a man who oduld not be scared easily, and in leaving Kershaw Tuesday he might merely have been exercising prudence rather than showing fear. But while he Is a very determined man. It is probable that he recognized that he was faced by men of equal determination in Kershaw. The casus belli is the fact that Newbold was associated .with H. B. Howie in working up evidence with which to have arrested and convicted the parties who lynched John T. Morrison at Kershaw on the night of Oct. 1st of last year. It will be recalled what bitter feeling was engendered on account of the arrest of some very prominent men?and the manner of the arrest had as much to do with the feeling as the prominence of the parties arrested. At a preliminary hearing in Lancaster the prosecution did not show sufficient evidence to cause the men to be held and they were released. Since that time Newboid, as attorney for the estate of Jno. T. Morrison, has brought suit against the county of Lancaster for $50,000 damages on behalf of the executor of the estate, said to be a man named McCasland, who was with Newboid at Kershaw Tuesday. There is a law in this state which permits the estate of a party whose life has been taken by a mob to bring suit against the county for damages, and it was under this statute that Newboid was proceeding against the county of Lancaster in the Morrison case. However, Newboid was in Kershaw Tuesday and it is said that his presence there was due to the fact that he was trying to get evidence in his suit for damages. The treatment accorded him on the streets appears to have been other than courteous, indeed it must have been quite to the contrary, for. according to the reports which have reached Columbia Newboid is said to have gone to the office of the mayor, Mr. Welsh, and to have asked for protection. The mayor is reported to have made a motion to shake hands with Newboid when the latter entered the office, but yoqng Steve Welsh is said to have Interposed and tp have offered Newbojd lnsultfng tq.ijnt?. Steve Welsh's name was mentioned prominently in the affidavits secured toy Newboid and Howfe. Newboid is said to have lost no time in leaving Kershaw then. The temper of the people did not appear to be wholesome. Newboid walked toward the water tank south of Kershaw? where Morrison had lived?and there boarded a train for Camden. It must have been thought In Kershaw that he was preparing to double back through the town on his return to Chester, and when the northbound train rolled into Kershaw a search was made for Newbold but he was not there. It Is said that the parties were not after Newbold's life, but wanted to offer him indignity Jn the way of a whipping. It is probable thoqgh th^t hq4 Newboid resisted there would bave beeq a homic|dp. The other party lyhp }vas with Newboid on this trip and whose name cannot be learned definitely was on this train and is said to have begge<| the crowd not to molest him. He WW not bptheped. \ LOCAL LACONICS. Big Fire Threatened. There was considerable excitement In Rock Hill between 11 $nd 18 o'clock this morning because of a fire at the plant of the Rocjc Hill Buggy company. A message received about 12.80 was to the effect that the fire did not occasion considerable damage. W?nt? a Pardon. Columbia State; Gov. Heyward has received a petition for the pardon of S . J. Smith, who was convicted In Greenwood county of conducting an Immigration agent business without a license and was sentenced to pay a fine of $500 or be Imprisoned for three months. Solicitor Cooper thinks that ' the law has been vindicated in the con- < victlon of the man and recommends : the granting of the pardon. It is said j that Smith has a large family In York . county depending upon him for sup- } port. The law was passed to protect j cotton mills from having their hands > taken away. < New Trial in Moore Case. Judge Purdy has granted a new trial t In the case of John B. Moore vs. the Catawba Power company. The order was signed on September 30, and filed ( on Wednesday. It says: "This case | was fully presented to me at the trial. , The nature of the case was such that ( It would be difficult to overlook or forget the testimony within a reasonable , time, and from the very nature of the case I have given it grave consideration. ( Under the facts developed, I deem It my } duty to grant a new trial, and It Is so ordered." Moore while in the employ , of the Catawba Power company as quarryman, was frightfully injured by the delayed explosion of a blast. He sued for damages and the case has been i before two Juries, both of which returned verdicts in his favor. The last verdict wai for $10,700. Q. W. S. Hart and D. W. Robinson for plaintiff; W. B. Wilson, A. O. Brlce and C. W. Tlllet for defendant. They Stand For Ten Cents. Cotton farmers around Rock Hill are signing an agreement not to sen their cotton for less than 10 cents before January 1, next. The Record of yesterday prints the following list of signers: W. W. Miller. P. H. Barber. W. W. Boyce, T. C. Rawllnson. J. O. Neely, J. A. Johnson. N. 3. Williams, J. L. Johnson, W. B. Byers, J. A. Cranford, J. E. Roddey, S. E. Byers, Jno. A. Black, J. F. Reid, J. S. Stultz, O. S. Poe, H. O. Mobley. Joe W. Rawllnson. C. E. Cobb, A. B. Fewell, D. Hutchison, J. R. Williams, S. B. True. W. J. Rawllnson, H. Massey, W. B. Wilson, Zeb H. Steele, W. F. Adams, J. R. Oates, J. S. Glasscock. W. B. Wilson, Jr., J. H. McFadden, O. B. Wilson, A. F. Ruff, F. B. Thomas son. W. H. Williamson, J. R. Miller. J. N. McElwee, T. F. Lesslie, S. J. Kimball, D. G. Rawls, B. G. Merrltt, R. Y. Roach, J. T. Ferguson, H- C. Sljnpson, J. R. Gettys, D. P. Lesslie, Wm. Newsom, Samuel Frledhelm, R. H. Cowan, F. W. Gryder, H. J. Zinker, J. W- Simpson, J. M. Cherry, (not under 11 cents); Jesse M. Moore, S. A. Fewell, W. N. Ashe. J, A, McFadden, H. Jf White, W. R. Neely, W. G. Duncan, J. M. Tborn, S. J. Cornwall, I* A. Pope, R. M. Londqn, agent; W. R. Hill. E. B. Blggers, J. B. Rawls, R. Hope Cornwell, J. Ffiedhelfn, H. A. Caldwell, J. A. Faris, J. J. Hoke, R. F. Milholen, S. W- Ferguson, W. M. Carothers, T. M- Oates, John Funk, E. D. Steele, S. W. Barron, E. L. Williams, R. E. Barrqn, J, N. Steele, T. A. Barron, B. F. Rawllnsqn, J. F. Shillinglgw, S. R- Wljllfqrd, P. WDye, J. S. H- Farls, J. M. Nesblt, 0. R. Kenbrye, A. R- Smith, R. B. McGuirt, B. M- Fewe|l, V. B. McFqdden, Edgar Jonea, W. S. Boyd, Vf. T. Nfll, R. E. Sadler, T. W- Boyd. THROUGH THB QOUNTY. r>i -< lntMH* in Bwtlltrt vjie?niri jjb ?fi r-r?ir- ? ? Along th# Rural Rpytaf. Ygfkvjl|o Ng. 1, Mrs. J. F. A- Smith has bean quite 111 for some time P?*t. YgrkvHI# Nf. fl. The Fodder sphpo| opened lust Mgrn day with gn enrollment of 17 pupi|g Miss Ida ferniaon Is In phgfge, Miss Ethel MpCurter spent SgtnMuy night and Sundgy with her Uhcle Mr. W. S. HoffUe. Mr. Alex Bigger |s attending school at Clover, Mrs. J. M. Hughps gnd Mrs, John Gordon spent Wetjnesdgy with the fgm* lly of J. W. Smith, MgRK'MENTION. The American Can company's factory at Davenport, Iowa, was destroyed by Are, Tuesday, With a property loss of $160,000, and throwing 300 men out of employment ,. Madison Barker, justice of the supreme court of Massachusetts, dropped dead of heart disease In the Union club, Boston, Tuesday. He was aged sixtysix years The loss in the hemp growing districts of Manila, Philippine Islands, from the typhoon last Saturday, Is estimated at $6,000,000. On Tycao island the beach Is strewn with dead bodies, among them some Americans Two women and four children were burned to death In their cabin home near Edglngton, W. Va., Monday night. It is not known how the Are originated Joseph Ramsey, Jr., president of the Wabash railroad, on Tuesday Aled a suit for injunct'on in the St. Louis, Mo., court, to prevent George Gould, Walter 8. Wilson and S. M. Walker of the Wabash and Iron Mountain railway companies and the Mercantile Trust company, respectively, from .meeting at Toledo, O.. to elect a board of directors and a president for the Wabash railroad $110,000 worth of property was destroyed by Are in Portland, Oregon, Tuesday night..... .An explosion in the office of the county clerk of Hamilton county, Ohio, In Cincinnati, Wednesday, killed two assistant clerks One man was burned to death and two were fatally Injured In a livery stable Are at Warren, Ohio, Wednesday Sutherland M. Prevost. third vice president of the Pennsylvania railroad, died at his home In Philadelphia Wednesday, aged sixty years Ex-Congressman Jerry Simpson is critically ill in Wichita, Kansas Six negro desperadoes entered a boarding house at Rayland, Ohio, Tuesday morning and held up and robbed thirty boarders, killing one man, who resisted. The negroes made their escape William R. Hearst has been nominated for mayor of New York City by the Democrats of that city Three children were burned to death, Ave other persons were fatally burned, and two Aremen were injured in an incendiary Are in a Brooklyn, N. Y., tenement house, yesterday.... August Belmont, the New York banker and millionaire, is critically ill with appendicitis in that city.... Burglars dynamited the vault of a bank at SpringAeld, S. D? yesterday and made their escape with $5,200 in cash....Jose Marie de Hernia tho Onhnn noet. died In Paris. yesterday, aged 63 years. His Spanish-American war poems made him famous, and he was made a member of the French academy The trial of W. B. Caldwell, conductor on the Southern railway, charged with criminal negligence in causing the wreck at Newmarket, Tenn., in August, 1904, was begun in the Knoxville, Tenn., courts yesterday... .The bjrthday of the late Frances E. Willard, was celebrated by the Woman's Christian Temperance "unions all over the United States, Thupsdqy. T t t Average Condition of Cotton.?As reported Tuesday shortly %fter the Information was given put 4* washln^ton, the average condition of pottpn Pp September 26, as g|ven out by the prop estimating bureau pf the department of agriculture was 71.2. The figures for August 25 were 72.1. September 25. 1904 was 75-8, and September 26, j 1903, 66-1. The ten years average far ] September |s 664. ' The following table showg the opndi- 1 tion of the cotton crop by states on ( September 25, with the ten-year aver-' ages: , Sept. 26. Ten-Year I 1906. Average, < Texas . 69 61 | deorgia ,,..76 70 1 Alabama 70 67 1 Mississippi 68 67 I South Carolina 74 69 1 Arkansas * 72 66 < Louisiana 59 68 < North Carolina 77 70 f Indian Territory 78 "0 ] Tennessee 79 71 1 Oklahoma 80 71 e Florida 76 72 Missouri 81 76 1 Virginia 77 74 i SOUTH CAROLINA NEW8. ? The figures in the dispensary elec- ji tlons held last Tuesday were as fol- ^ lows. Florence?for dispensary 706; against dispensary 622. Horry?for dispensary 286; against dispensary 723. Lancaster?for dispensary 126; against dispensary 976. . ? Comptroller General Jones has discovered that J. T. Patterson, treasurer of Edgefield county, is short in . his accounts something over 14,000, si and the governor has removed Mr. Patterson pending further investigation. It Is not thought* that there Is anything criminal in Mr. Patterson's shortage; but that It is rather a matter of Incompetency. ? Suspended from a wire in midair was the unusual predicament in which Chief -Kldd, a brakeman on t the Union and Glenn Springs railway, found himself late Monday afternoon. Kldd was on the train as It passed under the trolley wire near the coal chute at Buffalo, and finding that he was about to be pulled fmm tha mnvlnff cars, he cauffht hold with his hands and let the train pull from beneath him. He hung . suspended until his strength was exhausted, when he fell a distance of about 20 feet, and marvelous A to say, was only slightly bruised. cf ? Gaffney special of October 4 to Charlotte Observer: It Is expected that the work of developing Gaston shoals, a property on Broad river, about five miles from Gaffney, will be started at once. This property and other water privileges were acquired by the Gaffney Manufacturing company some time ago, but were sold recently to a company that Mr, J. B. Cleveland, of Spartanburg) is said to be at the head of. This company had a corps of surveyors at I work at the property last week, and " It is thought that the work Of developing will be begun In the near future. This property Is considered very valuable, and If properly developed It Is thought that these falls will furnish ^ water power sufficient for the manufacturing plants a|' Gaffney, Spartanburg. Cherokee Falls, and Blacksburg, In South Caroling, and Shelby and other pojnfs in North Carolina. . ? Lancaster special of Optober 4, to Columbia State: Dr. J. H- Wltherspoon. t one of the oldest and most highly esteemed residents of this place. d(ed at his residence this evening at 7 o'clock, having surviving h|m his wife and three sons, the eldest qf whom ig Mr. j. Ha? zel Wltherspoon, vice president and manager of the Lancaster Mercantile company, and one sister. Mrs. John D. Wylle. His eldest brother. Capt. B- J. Wltherspoon. died about s|x weeks ago, ? Dr. Wltherspoon was |n the servlcoof 1 he Confederate army during thp en? tire war, going out with |he f^anpaster Greys, which was a POTt Of the Ninth rigimept, South Carolina volunteersAt the reorganisation or the regiment in Virginia h|s company became apart of the Fifth regiment, Spqth Carolina. f volunteers. He was a qqlet. unassum- f Ing man, but true a* stee). He has been an e)der in the Prefbyteflan 1 church for a quarter qt a century. ? An unusual case was disposed of In the common plea* court in Spartanburg last Tuesday, ft was th? case pf Mrs. William Gaines, of Valley Falls, v"- C. B Sloan alleging as? sault and battery and a*kihg for damages In th? sum qr $5,uqp. iqe defendant did not OBR?ar In courtMrs. Galnps testified that last May C. B. Sloan bqaydpd at h?r hoW?5 that he ran a store at the mill; that her husband worked In the mill- On the morning of May 2ft there wqs nq one in the house bqt herself, MrSloan and her baby. She was nursing the baby. After serving Slqan with breakfast, he arose from the table and approached her, laving his hands on her and frightening heft she ran out of the house and notified her husband,' sioan left the house Immediately. When she and her hU*band went tq h'8 store subsequently the door was locked. The plaintiff was represented - by Mr, J. Wright Nash, -who asked for a verdict. Judge Kloirh explained .the lavr to the Jury and instructed them to fix the amount of damages ?s they saw proper. After a deliberation the Jury returned a verdict of 11,(00 against the defendant, a ? Columbia special of October ft, to Spartanburg Herald: The report of the special committee created by the last legislature consisting of Messrs. Davis, Kamlnsr and Robinson, to look into the affairs of Richland county, was handsd to Governor Heyward today. It abowi that there la a shortage In the accounts of Former Supervisor Owens of over $60,000. For mer Supervisor Owens served as supervisor for two terms, four years In all and the shortage was made during that time. Mr. Owens Is now In Alabama, building roads. He has assets in this county and has said that he Is willing to come back here. The report in conclusion says that while the roads and bridges of the county are In excellent shape, yet much of the county's money has been fraudulently and Improperly spent. It also Includes In its censure C. M. Douglass who was a clerk . for the former supervisor, and J. B. Harmon who was during the Owens administration a member of the county board of commissioners. It states that / It was the practice of Supervisor Owens t to sign claims against the county In blank and the commissioner would All them out as pleasing to him. These Improper approval of claims against the county will cost Richland county dearly. C. M. Douglass Is still living in Columbia, but Harmon, who turned state's evidence, has left the state. It also charges Owens with misconduct and negligence in office. It recommends that two contractors W. V. Cooper and J. W. Thornton be brought > before the grand Jury and the solicitor * take notice of their misdeeds. The solicitor will be tjere In a few days and It is supposed that Immediate action will be taken.' 'The present supervisor of Richland county, Capt. W. D. Starling was the man who was instrumental in having the law passed which created the investigating committee. ? Columbia correspondence of the News and Courier: Assistant. Attorney General Toumans has rendered ( an opinion that where sheriffs, magistrates or other officials make seixures in prohibition counties, they are entitled to half of the spoils for the seizures they have made. The question arose because of the doubt whether the repeal of the dispensary law was involved where a county voted out the dispensary and whether by such a vote the entire dispensary law was voted out, or whether the provision as to a premium for seizures still held good. Gen. Youmans thinks that such provisions of the dispensary law are not repealed in counties voting out the dispensary, neither does he think that the criminal parts of the dispensary law are Involved when a county votes out the dispensary. Information was received here today from Newberry that Cl^lef Justice Pope is getting along nicely ana that his recovery Is most satisfactory. It is expected that the chief Justice will be able to attend the regular November session of?'?the supreme poqrt, but hardly earlier. There is general Interest in the decision qf tO? supreme court in tlje Farnum and Pickens county cases involving force and effect of thp fesqlu^qn under which the investigation Is Rrqgresslng and the Brjce apt. Tfte im^arotonHiri? was that these two vital questions would be definitely determined by the supreme court ? October. The work of the Inyestigrating committee is at a standstill waiting on the declsiqn In the F$fnum case, and there are quite a nqmber of counties waiting on the decjsr Ion of the coqrt before ordering special elections on the dispensary question, under the Rrice act, ? The c|ty of Camden is greatly stirred up over a bloody and mysterious tragedy that occurred there laat Tyes? Jay night- Mr. R. A. McDowell a prominent merchant, failed to reach home at the hour at whjch he was eg-, pected and Mrs. McDowell sent their ittle n|ne-year-old son to look for ? him. After proceeding but a short listance from home the boy stumbled >n the body of his father lying on the rround and In the agony of death, Mr, VfcDowell had started from his store vlth his books, Intending to post them it home. He had been struck In the back of the head with a blunt inatrunent pf some kind. Investigation ihowed that his pockets had been rifled