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Scraps and ^acts. ? Springfield, Ohio, March 4: The last scene of the race riot the past week will be enacted tomorrow morning, when the nine companies of militia on duty here will return home. The four companies of the Fourth regiment will return to Columbus and the Xenia and Urbana companies will leave early in the morning on the traction lines. The estimated cost to the county of the militia alone will be $10,000. The city has been quiet today and tonight. The body of the dead brakeman, M. M. Davis, was taken to the home of his parents in ' U Columbus toaay. n was sum wu.6ui that evidence had been secured against about 300 persons, including many mere boys, one but thirteen years old. The investigation shows that the mobs were made up almost wholly of young men from sixteen* to twenty-one years of age. The grand Jury that is to be called Tuesday is expected to. make a thorough investigation and to make such an example of offenders that there will be no more mobs in this city for a. long time to come. ? "Things are beginning to look se-' rious in the east," said Gen. Funston in an interview Tuesday, "and the action of the war department in reinforcing the troops already in the Philippines will, in my opinion, be justified before the end of the present uprisings. Though the dispatches thus far received seem to indicate that the outrages have been confined to English residents in China, it is unreasonable to suppose that the uncontrollable mobs which have hitherto wrought such havoc among foreigners will make any distinction of nationality if they ever start a massacre." Speaking of who would likely be in command In case it was necessary to land troops in China, the general said that Major General Leonard Wood was the logical commander of an expedition of the kind, but he has a number of generals unrier him In th? denartment of the Philippines any one of whom would be fit for the service. "It seems probable," he said, "that most of the forces for a Chinese expedition must come from the United States, for there are no more men in the Philippines at the present than are necessary for the preservation of law and order in the islands." ? The crowing pessimist, says a Washington dispatch, is apparent in well informed circles here over the European political situation. Certain prominent diplomats, representing the governments most seriously interested in the peace of the continent, wear a manner of habitual gravity when discussing the question. If straws show which way the wind is blowing the recent address of the German emperor to the regiment in a military gymnasium in Berlin, when he told the soldiers who had performed bayonet exercises that they might be called to use their dexterity in actual conflict next summer, is construed here as demonstrating the kaiser's frame of mind. A high official here is quoted as saying that if war comes it will be on account of no Unsurmountable differences between, France and Germany but because Germany wants war. The same authority expressed opinion that the bellicose proclivity was just now temperamental with Germany and he gave this mental condition as cause for Germany's petulant attitude leading up to the Algerciras conference. Both nations are in a wonderful state of preparedness and been so for at least two years. Most elaborate plans have been arranged by military leaders of each country for invasion of each other's ter ritory should declaration of war come. The opposing armies would be under way in brief time and like the conflict of 1870 it would probably be of short duration. ? The city of Meridian, Miss., was struck by a cyclone last Friday evening at about 6 o'clock, with the result that twenty or twenty-five people were killed outright and property to the value of more than one million dollars was destroyed. The storm came from the southwest. There was a heavy downpour of rain. This was followed shortly by intense humidity of the atmosphere, and then appeared the familiar funnel shaped cloud which, with a roar that could be heard for miles, descended on the city, striking first i.i the business portion and then bouncing to the cotton mill district in what is known as East End. It was all over in a few moments as far as the destruction went Scores of big houses were demolished, the electric light and telephone wires were thrown in a tangle, and the panic stricken people were left to struggle as best they could and look after their killed and wounded in the darkness. Quite a number of people were injured but the number was hardly in the usual proportion to the killed. The citizens met in mass meeting Saturday and subscribed $8,000 for the relief of the destitute and injured and this sum was further augmented by a subscription of $5,000 from tne Mississippi legislature, ?iiru is in session. Governor Vardaman immediately sent a large force of co.ivicts to render all possible assistance in cleaning up the debris, and aiding in the rescue work. The Meridian people had long had an idea that they were safe from cyclone by reason of the protection by the nearby mountains and but few, if any of the business houses carried insurance against damage by wind. ? The United States senate will devote most, if not all, the week to the consideration of the statehood bill with a view to reaching a vote on it next Friday in accordance with the agreement arrived at last week. There is a possibility that Senator Culberson may speak today on the railroad rate question, but if he does this will be the only Interruption of the consideration of the bill for the creation of two new states. If the Texas senator does not speak, either Senator Nelson or Senator Long will take the floor in support of the statehood bill. If they do not get an opportunity to speak today they will find that opportunity Tuesday, and from that time forward it is expected that the subject will be pressed until the time set for voting to begin, which is 4 p. m., Friday. Senator Patterson probably will close the debate for the opposition, and Senator Bevt ridge for the bill. These will not be set speeches in the usual meaning of that word, but are sure to provoke so much discussion as to cause the controversy to take on the character of a general debate. Practically all the interest in the bill centres in the Foraker amendment, and every possible effort on both sides is being made for and against that provision. Even the friends of the union of Arizona and New Mexico admit that the vote will be close, but the opponents of that policy appear more confident of success. Both sides profess to have as surances from the house friends of the c joint bill that with the Foraker amend- c mont incorporated in the measure it will be allowed to die, and its opponents insisting that with the addition made the house will be so eager to accept It that they will not even allow the bill to go to conference. ?!>f \(or!;t'illf tfiicju.rcv. F YORKVILLE, S. C.: TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 190(1. It would be worth a great deal to t South Carolina if some business industrial and educational question could be seriously injected into the politics of the state. There can certainly be left but little for the people to learn as to the liquor question. H Columbia has an ordinance against selling goods on Sunday and people undertook to evade the ordinance by , means of slot machines. The matter went up to Judge Hydrick and he de- j cided that slot machines do not violate 0 the ordinance as it stands; but at the ^ same time there is nothing to prevent r the city council from passing an ordl- t nance that will prohibit the exposing of v goods for sale in slot macnines. d * o With reference to that Gaffney mur- t der we want to say this: It was en- t tirely unnecessary and uncalled for, s and Davidson and Bennett were as t much to blame as was Hasty, "and t Hasty was as much to blame as was a Davidson and Bennett. We say this, \ even though It be granted that every j thing testified to on both sides be ^ true, or every thing testified to be false, 0 or whether what either side claimed be ( true and the other false. Either side li could have prevented the tragedy I without the loss of any self-respect they might have had, and one side was c about as reprehensible as the other, r Davidson and Bennett suffered for the jj terrible mistakes they made with re- -| gard to the matter, and Hasty should s suffer the same penalty for his part. 1 The self-defense claim is an absurdity ? as set up by either side. The amount of cotton brought into J sight during the seven days ending last j Friday was 157,529 as compared with b 225,281 during the same period of last ? year. The fact that so much more v cotton came out last year at 7 cents h than is coming out this year at 10 cents is to be taken either as an evi- '' c dence that the crop is a great deal shorter than it was last year, or that s the people who still have cotton are d much more able -o hold it. It was not until July of last year that spots be- t gan to go upward, and we shall not at- P tempt to say just when the rise is ^ coming this year; but we have not the v slightest doubt that it will come. The e demand for cotton goods of all kinds is e much better now than it was at this 11 time last year, and the spinners will a still have a handsome profit at much c .. J better prices man now prevail. ' ^ ' s CREED AND LIFE. t< o Rev Dr. J. L. Stokes Takes Issue p With Rev. R. P. Johnson. n Those people who are always talk- n ing about how would Christ do, com- ? ments the Charlotte Chronicle, should ? take heed to the words of Rev. R. P. ? Johnston pastor of the Fifth Avenue d Baptist church in New York, in a re- n cent sermon preached In Chicago. "If t all Christians tried to copy Christ's a life exactly, all science, commerce, ag- s riculture and other business would cease," he said, "and an unprecedent- ' ed era of disintegration would ensue. P It would be the greatest possible ca- JJ lamity that could happen. Instead of * copying Christ's life to the letter, live in the spirit of it." Concluding, he laid down the proposition that "not many c years ago a man would have been call- v ed a heretic who said a person was a 1 Christian and did not belong to any ? church. Now it is not the question of ' creed or institution, but of living. The man with a good life and a bad ^ creed is better than a man with a good * creed and a bad life." That is an ? epigram that deserves to live. J The above clipping, Mr. Editor, is * from a recent issue of your paper. I . beg the privilege of a brief reply, dissenting most emphatically, though in all charity and courtesy, from the posl- , tion of the reverend gentleman quoted. \ I ask this privilege of you all the more freely because I recognize your excellent paper as one of the forces for j. righteousness in our midst; and be- * cause I have had personal experiences r of your considerate treatment. v I confess that I am a little mystified by the first part of the quotation above. : If it means that a commonsense interpretation of our Master's teachings g should obtain, I have nothing to say to ? that. We use our commonsense in all ' other interpretations, and I see no rea- ? son why we should leave it behind j when we seek to know the real mean- 1 ing of the Divine law. But if the preacher meant to say that the run- ^ ning of Sunday trains (for one in- 3 stance) is a necessary part of our civilization and social well-being, why in 1 that case I demur. But it is with the second part of the a quotation, that touching creed and J life, and the epigram that you commend?it is with this that my answer 1 has really to do. You will allow me to v "have my say" as follows: 1. I do not know anybody who be- ' lieves that one is lost simply because a he has never had the opportunity of joining the church. We do not hold a salvation by church in that sense. But it is surely quite another thing when a man wilfully neglects God's best plan for saving sinners. Granted that 7 the church, a Divine institution, is God's best plan for saving men, and it r follows that eve.i on a calculation of v probabilities?the very lowest ground? t it cannot be a matter of indifference s whether a man is in the church or not. Possibly, very probably. Rev. Mr. a Johnson did not mean so much. We f will hope so. But his careless state- \ ment may be, and by many will be, ( thus construed. f 2. As to the epigram. As all api- r grams, it is bright and taking?but not t true. It rests upon a fa'se assumption, n We challenge the assumption that fre- t quently a good life go<.s along with a 1 bad creed and vice versa. The trouble here is that we associate a man's creed t with a hypocritical, or at most a mere- r ly formal, profession of it. Certainly s such a creed has little of help or of r harm in it. But the real creed is what t a man so truly accepts that it becomes r part of his very being. He is willing s to live it; he is ready to die for it. \ I Such a creed cannot but be a deter- f mining factor in a man's life. If it be s an unworthy creed it must lower his r ideals and hamper the noblest exer- s cises of his soul. If it be a worthy s creed, it must become the inspiration ( of all that is true and beautiful and \ good. s It is often said that "it makes no r difference what a man believes, so his r life is right." But there is the dif- 1 Acuity in that proviso. A man's life r will not be a!! right if he believes that v "success" (for Instance), like charity, c "covers a multitude of sins:" if he be- s lleves that "money answereth all f things:" if. in a word, he commits o himself to the soulless brigandage of C "high finance." In that honest hour g >f death, one of these financiers delared, "I have never consciously wrongd man, woman or child," and the New fork World said, in effect, that "the ragedy of It all was that the dying nan had no conception of how griev>usly he had wronged his fellows." rhe creed went wrong; conscience vent wrong; the life went wrong! Mr. Editor, This is too serious a juestion for controversy. I feel sure hat you and I and all who are trying o live Christian lives agree Is reality n this matter. We only get the wrong vord sometimes, and the world Is only oo glad to make capital out of our lupposed ' admissions." There is a world of wisdom in that ;crlpture "as a man thinketh in his leart so is he." Ah! indeed, it is the hought. the conviction, the purpose of ieart that must be before all victory >ver temptation, and before all noble ndeavor. 3. Just one word more. We say ife is better than creed. So it is. 3ut it is as the flower or the luscious ruit is better than the thorny stem. Ye narrow the alternatives here as we lave no warrant for doing. We say letter a good man with a bad creed han a bad man with a good creed. iVe ought to say?even if we insist on mtting it so, best the good man with he good creed. Begging pardon for writing more hat I intended, I am, Yours sincerely, J. Lkmacks Stokes. Yorkville, March 3. 1906. ROCK HILL AND VICINITY. Meetings For Men Only?The Catawba Light Infantry?Riverview Farm Incorporated?Personal and Other Notes. 'orrmiHmtlenre of (he Yorkvitle Knautrer. Rook Hux, March 5.?Beginning rlonday the 12th, the Ministerial Union >f this city will hold a series of midlay services for men only. These nceti.igs will be held in the hall of he Commercial club and the services rill not consume over 25 minutes each lay. This action was determined upn at a recent meeting of the minisers after earnest consideration and hey hope thereby to inaugurate a piritual revival among the men of he city. The meetings will continue * ?- 1 1 * If nrougn me wees uegiiiiiui? muuuajr .:id ending Saturday. The speakers rill be the Revs. W. L. Lingle, R. M. Marshall, J. W. Willis, W. B. Duncan, V. H. Arial and A. S. Rogers in the irder in which they are named. Because of the removal of Captain 'osby and Lieutenant Lyle Black, It ooked for a time as if the Catawba -ight infantry would be disbanded; tut at a recent meeting the whole natter was discussed, and it was deided that the organization should be naintained. W. M. Dunlap, Esq., was lectcd captain, Herbert S. Delhi first leutenant, Thomas Roddey, second leutenant and George P. Jenkins first ergeant. There will be another meetng next Friday, for the purpose of hoosing the other non-commissioned ifflcers and distributing uniforms. Mr. R. H. Hope who has for some ears lived in the Witherspoon home n White St., has made arrangements o farm in Sumter county near Mrs. lope's fathers home. Mr. Hope has ieen a Rock Hillian alj, his life, being , son of the late lamented Dr. Robt. lope, and he has thousands of friends iho sincerely regret the departure of limself and family. Mrs. Kittle Sadler Fewell has moved nto the Witherspoon home and will onduct a boarding house there. Mrs. Elizabeth Love, Mrs, Fewell's ister, will live in Mrs. Fewell's resllence in Oakland. Mr. Lester McCoy, who lives some nllrs below here in the Catawba Juncion section had one of his eyes very ia!nfully and dangerously injured 'uesday last. He was breaking down otton stalks aid struck an old boll ? ? J ?a 1. l-1 1M i-riicn new up anu siruc* mm in wo ye. Dr. Miller, who examined the ye, stated that the sight was almost f not entirely destroyed. At the congregational meeting held fter service at the First Presbyterian hurch Sunday morning, Mr. Thos. L. ohnson was elected deacon. The Rock Hill Ice company will bein the manufacture and delivery of t's product between the 1st and 15th f March. The plant which has been 11 course ' of construction under the iersonal supervision of the owner and lanag-.r, Mr. S. C. Campbell, for some nonths past, is now built and the mahinery is being installed. Assisting lr. Campbe!l in this work are Messrs. fcDonald of Pittsburg, Pa., and Goron McFadden of this city. The equlpnent will be of the latest approved attern. and will consist of a 15-ton bsorption machine and all necessary ide apparatus. Whitner's "Riverview Farm" has or some years been one of the show laces of this section and some excel?nt object lessons have been furnished or those who cared to see. The Vhitners have done something unusual n another line. They have obtained a harter for "River View Farms" and rill tomorrow open books of subscrlpion to the capital stock of same. The apltal stock will be $30,000 divided n shares of $100 each. "Old Glory" was flung to the rceze today for the first time on he Federal building at this place. Vork on the building is progressing rhat to some appears -slowly, but Jncle Sam builds for time and when ompleted, the city will have a bulldng which will be an enduring moniment. Rock Hill lodge No. 168 Fraternal Jnion of America will at an early late give a public social meeting kith music, speaking and refreshnents. Although the object of the neeting will be for Increasing the nembership. ladies will also be in ited. Mr. Julian Starr, who for the past wo years has been engaged in conracting. has decided to quit It and :o to farming. At present he is enfoopo/1 *-* tV?A ?-?ou' Voolv P roolr A I. P. church, but so soon as this is ompleted he will remove with his amily to his plantation on the Caawba near Springdell. Miss Marie Cross of Chester, spent everal days this week with her aunt, drs. Julian Avery. Misses Pryor of Chester, visited rtrs. J. E. Pryor this week. Miss Flora Johnson of Charlotte, is i visitor at the home of her uncle, dr. E. H. Johnson. Mr. John Reid has returned to Davidson college after a visit of a reek at home. Miss Mae K. O'Pryan has returned rom a delightful visit to her brother it Georgetown. Mr. and Mrs. W. Blackburn Wilson ire at home after an extended south rn trip. Waxts Another March Oonven ion.?Senator Tiliman was here last light and this morning in conference rith the new members of the state loard of dispensary directors. The enator was the guest of Gen. Wilie fonts, where he saw a number of his rlends. He was here on his way lome to Trinton from a trustee trip to riemson. It is thought that the conerince with the new dispensary ditctorate was in every way satisfacory. The new board, as indicated in in expression from one of them in he Chronicle today, is disposed to folow the suggestion of reform which senator Tillman outlined in his "t? simony" before the investigating comnittee. "What do you think of the suggestion outlined in the Chronicle ecently," the senator was asked, "of he dispensary people organizing to met the organization of the other ide?" "I think another 'March con'ention' a good idea," said the 'pitchork' statesman, chuckling. Then the enator volunteered a piice of infornation to the party of newspapermen itanding about him at the Union tation. "You know I've got John C. Calhoun's old committee room at Vashington. now," he said winking l.vly, perhaps, at the shock he surnised this would cause in certain diglifled quarters, "so you see I am at fast breathing the aroma of statesnanshlp." This caused a laughter ehich the senator seemed to appreiate, until one of the newspaper men aid something sarcastic to the efect that "it must have been a devil if a smell to have lasted so long."? Columbia special of March 2 to Augusta Chronicle. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. C. W. Carroll?Wants to find an es- ; tray black mulley cow. J. H. Blgham?Asks subscribers on I his club to The Enquirer to pay up. , J. B. Scott, No. 3, Yorkville?Has seed corn grown In '04 and '05, also has ( baled hay and fodder. < Mrs. W. D. Grist?Wants respectable | white woman to assist in general housework. 1. is. uienn, rre?.?uives nonce 01 a. meeting of Ebenezer Cotton association next Saturday. Joe M. Whitesides?Request subscribers to The Enquirer on his club to settle at earliest convenience. |' G. L. Riddle, Pres.?Requests full attendance of Bethel township Cotton , association next Saturday at 2 p. m. L. M. Grist's Sons?Offer to furnish 1 parties desiring them, engraved calling cards at very much reduced j prices for ten days. See 4th page. , Jno. E. Carroll, Councillor?Gives notice that an old fashioned chicken supper will be served by the Jr. O. 1 U. A. M., on next Saturday evening, ] at lodge room, York Cotton mills. . John T. Davidson, Sub-Trustee Stockholder?Wants parties interested in distribution of Bethany sub-Alli- t ance funds to meet him at McGill's , store Saturday afternoon, 2 o'clock. Star Drug Store?Sells the Edison ' electric lamp made by the General , Electric company, and only sells the "A" grade lamp, at present. Thomson Co.?Tells its lady customers and the public generally that its < spring silks have arrived, and then j tells all about them and the prices. , T. W. Speck, The Jeweler?Points out advantages that are gained by writers when a fountain pen is used. > He has pens, J 1.50 to $7 each. j Strauss-Smith Co.?Announce the departure of its buyer for the eastern markets, and say he will outdo all ' previous efforts to please Its cus- I tomers and friends. ] J. J. Keller & Co.?Are ready to do your building, or if you prefer to ' make other arrangements, they Invite you to see them about the nec- < essary building hardware. J. Q. Wray?Says the latest styles in dress goods are at his store, and al- ' r.W|/,Aa a*. ?'AA1 HFVIRA I BU ljUUiCB pi it'co uu nvui auu win< dress good's of newest patterns. j York Drug Store?Again calls attention to Its large stock of Landreth's 1 garden and field seeds. Early am- t ber and Early Orange cane seed. j Foushee Cash Store?Gives you notice ] that It can save you money on millinery. Next Monday's special will 1 be ladies' skirts at 88 cents each. G. H. O'Leary?Has a complete line of mattings and rugs, and everything in furniture at reasonable prices. 1 First National Bank?Tells you what money will and will not do for you. ( It also points out the road to independence. 1 Sam M. Grist, Special Agent?Gives l you a pointer on what you owe your i wife, children, dependents and also ( your creditors. ? i Rev. Dr. J. Lemacks Stokes has our , thanks for an'able and interesting contribution on the subject of "Creed and | Life," as presented by Rev. R. P. ( Johnson, a .Baptist minister of New t York, In Chicago recently, and repro- ( duced in The Enquirer from the Charlotte Chronicle, together with what , we considered the very appropriate . comments of that paper. We did not ( see proper to make any comments our- ] selves because, as we saw it the Chronicle had already covered the ground very nicely, and it did not seem as if there was left a great deal to be said. ] As we see it Dr. Stokes can hardly be ( said to have taken serious issue with ^ Rev. Johnson; but has only developed ( the subject a little more and along lines that seem to be fully warranted j by the text. We would be reluctant to admit that we have no decided views , on the subject under discussion, for such an admission would not be tigie; , but at the same time we must respectfully beg leave to ask to be excused from undertaking a controvefrsy along this line with such an able theologian as is Rev. Dr. Stokes. We not ' only feel that we would be most pit- , iably worsted In the argument, out we < agree with the doctor that this is too 1 serious a question for controversy, and 1 nnsslhlv after all. such a di8CUSSion i would do harm rather than good, i Again, we thank Dr. Stokes for his contribution. What he says, is said well, and It is calculated to carry much more weight tlTan if we had been able to and had said exactly the same thihg ourselves. MUNICIPAL REGISTRATION. Following is a list of the citizens of Yorkville who had qualified themselves to vote in the approaching municipal | election up to yesterday morning: > G. H. O'Leary, R. B. Lowry, B. N. Moore, M. C. Willis. W. B. Moore, G. T. Schorb, A. Y. Cartwright, E. M. Stanton, W. H. Herndon, W. E. Hurt, 1 W. F. Marshall, J. P. White, ( Quinn Wallace, W. L. Williams, J. R. Lindsay, C. H. Sandifer, I. W. Johnson, H. C. Glenn. I W. W. Jenkins, L. W. Louthian, H. I. McCaw, S. M. McNeel, ( J. B. Pegram, J. R. Hart, Hugh G. Brown, W. P. Harrison, J. E. Lowry, W.T. Jackson, J. A. Sherer, F. E. Quinn, 1 S. M. Grist, D. T. Wood. * E. A. Crawford, G. W. S. Hart, I F. E. Smith, J. C. Wilborn, I A. F. Wood, W. B. Williams < M. B. Jennings, Jos. F. Wallace, < H. C. Strauss, W. H. Hudson, i Chas. W. Smith, W. S. Neil, ( M. W. White, F. C. Black. < W. T. McKnight, p. c. J . < WITHIN THE TOWN. ? Several hundred people gathered at 1 the Graded school auditorium last Fri- < day night to enjoy a very pleasant en- J tertainment that had been prepared * for them by the Lanier Literary society. of that Institution. The audience consisted principally of the patrons of the school, and was about as representative and creditable as Yorkvllle Is able to furnish on any occasion. The entertainment which is a kind of an annual affair, had been arranged In practically all of its details by the members of the society themselves, with but little assistance from the teachers, other than such as was rendered by special request. At the request of Superintendent Allen, the exercises were opened with prayer by Rev. W. C. Ewart, and under direction of Master Earle Grist, president of the society, the programme was carried out as follows: "The Old Time School," original essay by Miss Anna Cherry Schorb. "The Permanency of Empire," didamation by Master Oliver Hart. "A Story of the Life of Sidney Lanier," original essay by Miss Mozelle Inman. "Eulogy on the Life of Robert E. Lee," recitation by Master Howard White. "Columbus," humorous reoitntinn hv Master Jeffervs Parish "The Love of Country," declamation by t Master Samuel Latimer. "School Life; * Its Joys and Sorrows," original essay | by Miss Annie Ashe. "Petah " dialect f monologue by Miss Emma Neil. De- t bate?"Resolved, That the Allied Pow- 1 ers would be Justifiable in Dismember- j ing China." Misses Frances Finley f and Louise Dobson for the affirmative 1 and Misses Ethel Carroll and Helen j Witherspoon for the negative; negative t securtd decision. "What the Little I Girl Said." recitation by Miss Rita J Beard. "The Present Age," dtclama- t tlon by Master Robert Lindsay. "Those I Children," recitation by Miss Mary 1 Cartwrlght. The musical programme j was under the direction of Miss Julia f Allen, assisted by Misses Pansy Tray- 1 wick, Winnie Crawford, Mary Fant Herndon, Anna McCaw, Ola Allison, , Mabel Gaines, and Mary Starr and | Master Brlce Dixon, the latter per- I forming on the cornet. The audience J was liberal with its applause through- j >ut the entire entertainment, and the i Dccaslon was most thoroughly enjoyed ; by everybody. ( ABOUT PEOPLE. < Messrs. Poag and Whlsonant were In Yorkvllle yesterday on business. -iii. n.n- oi-w?xi Tirin*LMAn I MISS LOlllf Dt-iie oniirii ui ttuiuiiu>i, ?pent Saturday and Sunday at home. Mr. I. H. Norris has put out several hundred fruit trees on his Sherer farm. Mr. John A. Jenkins of Lancaster, 3pent Saturday and Sunday In Yorkville. Mr. John Frank Jackson was down from Gastonla yesterday. He only had two mules along; but he sold them both and could have sold mere. Miss Marlon Logan, who is teaching school in Lancaster county, spent Saturday and Sunday In Yc-kvllle, at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. " J. R. Logan. Mr. J. D. Good of the Hoodtown neighborhood, who sustained a stroke >f paralysis some weeks ago is improving somewhat. He is able to sit jp but cannot walk about. < Mr. R. E. Steele, who lives three 1 miles southeast of Yorkville, sustained i painful hurt last Thursday after- i noon as the result of the slipping of a 1 tnlfe with which he was cutting pine tops. The blade went Into his left i nand and five stitches were required 1 to close the wound. Miss Hattle Lowry of Yorkville, re- < ;elved a dispatch last Saturday- from ' ner brothers, Dr. M. J. and Mr. Eugene U>wry of Meridian, Miss., saying they ivere safe. The dispatch came within i short time after the arrival of the 1 morning papers containing a meagre iccount of the destruction at Meridl- i m hv the cvclone and was quite a re- | ief to home relatives and friends of :he two gentlemen mentioned. CLOSED SEASON ON. It Is now against the law to shoot partridges, or other game birds. This has been the case since the first lay of March; but The Enquirer had no Information of thiy fact until yesterday, when It was so informed by 1 Dr. J. H. Saye. The penalty for the , violation of the game laws is a fine ; >f not exceeding one hundred dollars, jr imprisonment not exceeding thirty lays. i Dr. Saye was In town yesterday on 1 justness, and the reporter knowing 1 that he had been giving especial atten- , tion to game legislation, asked him < ibout the status of the law. i "Yes, the game bill got through all right during the closing hours of the jession," the doctor said, "and the ilose season was fixed from Novem- , ber 15 to March 1." "What about the selling of game?" ! "The law puts a stop to that also. 1 ^ou can't sell, or offer for sale, game , killed In South Carolina, and if you jffer game for sale, the burden of 1 proof will be on you to show that It lame from without the state." "Was there anything done about hunters from other states?" "Hunters from without the state \ will have to pay a license fee of $25, 1 unless they own land in this state, or | have an interest in game preserves, jr come as visitors to some land own;r. As I understand the law, If a 1 man should come here from another < Uate and put up at a hotel to hunt birds, he would have to pay the 11- ' :ense; but if he comes as a guest of some citizen he will have the right to ' hunt without being required to pay j a, license." "The people up this way, won't like the idea of having the season cut short at the last end; they would J rather have had the month looped off in the fall, and had the season ; jpen December 15," the reporter sug-' , gested. "You are right about that," Dr. J 3aye said, "and I tried to get It that J way; but the low country people . would have nothing of the kind, and ' we had to take the best we could get. , 3ome of the counties were exempted ( ?ven as It was." "The licensed," the doctor explained. "will go to the game wardens to , be used In the enforcement of the , laws, and the fines go to the public j school fund." ( JORDAN TO SPOT HOLDERS. Under date of March 1, President j flarvle Jordan, of the Southern Cot- i :on association, has sent out what he j ;alls his March letter to spot holders. J [t deals with the cotton situation as Jordan sees it, and shows the holders i jf spots to be in a position of unusual 1 strength. It is as follows: We are just entering the month i which one year ago showed the largest receipts of any similar month in i :he history of cotton marketing. Dur- I Ing the month of March, 1905, there i Mine into sight one million, one hun- I Ired and seventy-eight thousand bales i ind for the month of April, eight hun- i Ired and sixty-six thousands bales. In 1 jther words if the receipts this year i ire as large as they were one year ago < luring those two months It would i practically absorb every bale of cotton 1 n the south, as all of the crop has i low come into sight and been counted i ixcept two million bales. During the i jast few weeks receipts have been un- < jsually heavy due to heavy sales by ' nerchants and the rushing of cotton to ] he southwestern ports by large buyers < vho had accumulated considerable cot- s ;on in the interior of Texas. j The large sales of cotton last week I it New Orleans, showed conclusively i he tight position the exporters are in i is they could not get what they want- < ?d in the Interior of the states east of i he Mississippi river. If you and your leighbors who are holding will tighten jp your grip for the next 30 days and hereby decrease the receipts, cotton is iure to advance in price. The buyers . ire in the hole now. They have about ;xhausted their supplies, while they ire due the spinners heavy shipments >f contract cotton which has not yet , jeen bought. To some it may be iresome to continue to wait for an advance and many have grown nervous , ind some sold in the face of recent iepressions. But all great victories ire won only after a hard struggle. . Remember last year when cotton sold . it 7 cents in March, those who held . n the face of a 14,000,000 bale crop . eceived 10J cents early in July. This , fear the crop Is 3,500,000 bales less , ind where we had unsold one year ago ! i.000.000 tales we have now only 2,100.00 bales: and of this amount not i >ver 1,250 000 Is in the ha ids of the ipot holders, or just about the amount , if cotton sold durirg the month of last Vlarch. The legitimate cotton situation is ' he strongest the world has ever 1 mown. Many mills have sold their ' mtire output on heavy goods as far t ihead as next December and light c foods to February, 1907. Spinners are \ fencrally opposed to any depression in f he cotton market, such as has been i lone by speculation during the past ? 'ew weeks, as the prices of all cotton 1 foods are abnormally high and trade t inprecedented. The mils are now r lemanding their contract cotton un- r ler the "calling" system established g luring the past year or two. The ex- 1 lorters cannot live up to their con- i racts to furnish this cotton if spot 1 lolders continue firm, consequently i hey are moving heaven and earth to t ireak the future markets, hoping by a his means to demoralize the cotton t rade and stop spinners from "call- p ng" their cotton until spot holders i lave become panic stricken and given r the middlemen the means wherewith to live up to their agreements. In other words, the big exporters are crowded so close to the wall that they are willing to ruin the business of their customers In the hope that cancellation of yarn and cloth contracts will make It unnecessary for the middlemen to furnish raw material on schedule time, something that Is impossible with the farmers holding their cotton so stubbornly. The mills want the cotton, must have it and will pay fifteen cents per pound to secure the small remnant of the unsold balance of the present crop. The man who is on the hot griddle is the exporter who has agreed to deliver it. There are two highly Important matters that must be hand Lt*U I'Iglll 111 U1C IICAl tnu IllVilVllo, wuv . Is to hold the spots tight and force 'ight receipts and a stronger market? the other Is to hold down the cotton acreage under last year at least ten per cent and increase the food supply crops. If these two things are done the day of fifteen cents cotton Is near at hand. Fifteen cents for the remnant of the crop remaining unsold will not In any way Interfere with consumption and If the staple Is held tightly as Is now being done In the old states that price will be paid. The association decided not to accept the proposition for 13 cents but to insist upon all spot holders standing firm for 15 cents. So do not get discouraged. All will yet be well for those who wait. LOCAL LACONICS. Supervisors of Registration. The supervisors of registration held their regular monthly meeting In the office of the sheriff yesterday, and issued quite a number of certificates, most of them to citizens of Yorkvillle set king to qualify themselves for town registration certificates. Tax Collections. The tax collections this year amounted to about $108,000 the largest sum ever collected In York county In one year and only about $3,600 less than the regular book calls for. There are fewer delinquents this year than usual. Treasurer Neely Is busy getting things In shape for Sheriff Brown. The Salesday Crowd. There was quite a large crowd of people In Yorkville yesterday, salesday for March. They came from all parts of the country, the northern, southern and western section being especially well represented and they came on all kinds of business. The live stock dealers were probably busier than anybody else; but almost everybody In all lines had about as much as they could look after. The Wlrovo mndp it ns livplv RS USUal In the back lots; but taken a!! in ail the day passed off .without any disorderly conduct. Property Returns. Auditor Hunter estimates that there are not less than one thousand people who have failed to make returns. The estimate, of course, is in the nature of a guess, and it is not to be understood that this is an unusual condition unless It be because the delinquents are so few Instead of eo man*'. There are always a number of delinquents to put on the books with penalties, and it is quite probable that in the whole county there are as many as live hundred or a thousand people liable to more or less taxes who escape altogether. Clerk's Sale Postponed. The clerk's sale advertised to take place yesterday in the case of Samuel M. McNeel vs. Henry W. Thomson was postponed at the instance of parties at interest. The defendant Henry W. Thomson, especially desired postponement, Mr. McNeel, the Judgment creditor, had no objection and although an attorney representing one of the defendants, desired the sale to take place as advertised, Clerk Tate considered that the situation was such is to warrant postponement without prejudice to the rights of anybody interested and so decided. The land may be re advertised for sale next saleslay; but that will depend upon future developments. There were quite a number of prospective bidders on hand yesterday and the general impression among them was that if the sale had taken plaice, the property wou'd have easily brought gill .it is worth, more than enough to satisfy all the outstanding claims against It. Country Tigers. While it is a fact that there is more or less blind tigering going on in Yorkville, it is also a fact that the tigers are exceedingly wary, and they are not making any very great nuisance of themselves. Chief Sanders watches them up too closely. But the country tigers are as bad as ever, no worse probably than before the abolition of the dispensary; but still bad enough. Mayor Lowry told in the presence of the reporter a few days ago, of a well known negro living within three miles of Yorkvllle to the northeast who undoubtedly handles large quantities of tiger liquor. This negro gets most of his supplies from the Chester dispensary; but is not particular about buying from the state Institution, if he can do better elsewhere. He sells his liquor at his home and peddles it around the vicinity of Yorkvllle. rhere are several tigers who make a practice of having their liquor shipped to different places so as to keep the cfflcers off their trail. Fire at Pineville. Charlotte Observer, Sunday: A fire A ?-? 10 OA /\'nlnr>lr loaf nlcht LUcLL Oltt-i ICU ai ifa.uu V VIWI% .u?/v ...a destroyed nearly half of the business section of Pinevllle, causing: a loss of between $10,000 and $15,000. The stores burned were: The Carolina Drug Store, Miss Tolly Funk's millinery establishment and dry goods store, and the store of Manson & Company, general merchants. The fire started In the Carolina Drug Store. Its Drigln is not known. The blaze was well under way before it was discovered, and the flames spread rapidly, being fanned by a lively breeze. The fire fighting facilities of the town of Pineville are limited and it was early seen that the frame stores of Miss Funk md Manson & Company were doomed. The next store on that side of the street was that of J. J. Morrow & Company, a two-story brick structure, md here the fight was made to check the fire. Almost the entire male population of the village turned out and made every effort to check the progress of the flames. At 12.45 o'clock phief of the Charlotte Fire Department W. S. Orr received a telegram from Pineville, asking that he send a steam?r down. Chief Orr ordered out the iteamer and, having secured an engine md car from the Southern, had loaded the steamer and 500 yards of hose preparatory to leaving, when he received mother message stating that the Are was under control and that his services would not be needed. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Columbia Record: The fact that .he old state board of dispensary directors have not made their annual report, which was due to come to the legislature, is causing some surprise md comment. There are no members pf the old board In the city to throw my light on the subject and Chief ? ? - - * EJookkeeper unaries js aisu um ui mc :ity. A representative of Dun's agen;y, who has been directed to make an nvestigation of the matter, was told at :he state dispensary that the report lad been filed with the state printer, jut the state printer says this is a mlsake. The Incident is attracting more attention than otherwise by reason of he fact that the old board has shown jeneral apathy since its term expired, hough it is still in charge of the busness inasmuch as the new members lave not secured their commissions. ? Greenville, March 2: Andrew Thompson was hanged in the Jail yard lere today shortly after 11 o'clock. The negro was convicted at the last erm of the general session court of criminally assaulting Mrs. James, the vife of a farmer living near Taylors itatlon, this county. A lynching was larrowly avoided at the time, but the execution today was regular and the aw vi idicated. When taken to the rallows Thompson made a brief state * v,? ?.?,.?o,l oil nf his IK III, III v? IIIWII lie IIUIHVU .... ace to keep away from mean whisky ind tad company, two things to which le attributed his unhappy end. Sherff Gilreath sprung the trap at 11.36, the >ody dangled in the air for 16 minites when he was pronounced dead >y physicians. It was then cut down ind turned over to the widow for lnerment. The hanging was as nearly irlvate as the law permits. There was 10 demonstration. Mrs. James hjas tot yet recovered from the shock. v-v HASTY GUILTY OF MURDER. The Jury, However Recommends the Convicted Man to Mercy. Gaffnet, S. S. March 6.?J. B. Be.l, Esq., for the prosecution, opened the argument In the Hasty case last Satn#*Anny\An Inor h I man] f uiuaj anci iiuuu, ucvuvme ^ principally to the law as applicable to i the facts and circumstances developed. ( He forcefully reminded the Jury that 1 although there had been a number of j murders In Cherokee, there had never ' been a hanging, and suggested that if there is to be any assurance of the j safety of human life in the county, it j in time to establish a good precident. j In reply to the intimations that the testimony of Miss Sheridan was mere- { ly good acting, Mr. Bell referred to the < manner In which she had fallen on her knees by the body of her murdered lover and offered up prayer to Al- i mighty God. "If there were more such j actressis in the world," he declared im- 1 pressively, "there would be fewer George Hastys." Mr. Henry K. Osborne followed Mr. Bell. He also dis- ( cussed at length the law In the case, and took pains to argue the extent to which Hasty had undoubtedly, in his ' opinion, suffered from a prejudiced public sentiment. He claimed that it was unreasonable to think that George Hasty would have come Into the presence of Miss Sheridan at the breakfast table next morning If he had been guilty of the things he Is accused of having done the night before. Mr. J. C. Jeffries spoke for the , prosecution yesterday morning, the 1 principal feature of his speech being ? ??nlAtllMA A# tho AAn. I 11 very gitijjiuu picvuic vi m?v v?.. duct of Miss Sheridan on the occasion of the tragedy. Senator T. B. Butler followed Mr. Jeffries with an able speech for the defense, and Mr. Otts for the prosecution denounced the manner in which Col. Johnstone had tried to attack Miss Sheridan as cowardly and dastardly. Col. Johnstone took care of himself in his reply. and Solicitor Sease closed the argument with a most able speech. After giving close attention to clear and able instructions from Judge Memminger, the Jury took the papers at about seven o'clock last night, and this morning brought in a verdict of murder with a recommendation of the mercy of the court The defendant's counsel asked for an arrest of judgment and gave notice of a motion for a new trial. The report of the trial in the first edition of the last issue of The E.h- . QtrtRER brought the proceedings up to Thursday night and the dispatch of Mr. J. Brian Bell, received at three o'clock, Friday afternoon summarised developments up to a few minutes before that hour. Counsel for the defense made a determined and persistent effort to show that the moral character of the two women witnesses was not what it ought to be and tried to make It appear that if Masty was giving what ^eetp^. to ha close alien *tion to the room of one of the women, it was for the purpose of getting < information that would warrant him 1 in ejecting her from the hotel. Thfe idea was a rather bold one, and peo- j pie acquainted with the atmosphere ! surrounding the place thought It somewhat absurd. In fact they were ( astonished at the audacity of the counsel. While a great deal of this < kind of stuff was brought out, much of it after the Jury had been sent out < of the room, and It had more or less effect along the line desired, Judge 1 Memminger gave It to be understood , that the character of the women had < nothing to do with the case. ! The following report of Saturday's ( proceedings was made by John ] Charles McNiell for The Greenville News: The defendant resumed his case In , State vs. Hasty with Smith Williams, t present proprietor of the hotel where 1 the killing occurred. He testified, < contradicting Miss Sheridan, that the 8 dining room doors, though made to 1 swing, had a stop. But, on cross-examination, he said the door would J bound back some fifteen inches when 8 let slam shut. Hhs measurements of 1 the transom showed twelve and one- 1 half inches in height, as against an- 1 other defendant's witness eleven and 1 three-fourths inches. 8 Mr. C. C. Gibson saw Davidson running from the hotel, crying for a doctor and carrying an open knife in his left hand. J. D. De Stafflno, a barber, saw a I scuffle in the hall. He ran downstairs, scared, and pretty soon saw . Davidson running out crying for a doctor. Raines asked witness, "Did that fellow get bad hurt?" meaning i George Hasty. j Miles Bullington, who boarded at , the Piedmont hotel, said that the spring door opened inwards to the 1 dining -.oorn. He slept with George s Hasty tnat night. Wouldn't swear t when George went to bed, but he got up about six. He heard no cry of distress or fear in the night. Will Hasty, recalled, said there was no sign of disturbance of the dust on the transom sill, which he examined a day or two after the tragedy. t George Hasty took the stand at 10:30. His direct examination was j by Mr. Osborne. He is twenty-two years old, and a native of Union [ county, N. C. He is an orphan. Has a been in Gaffney about a year. "On December 15 I took Mr. Estes t up to breakfast. When I came into E the dining room Mr. Bennett told me that I was the man who insulted the j ladles and tried to break into the c transom. I told him I was not, but a he said that I was and that he t wouldn't take my word for anything. c I said I didn't want any more words r unless they would come into the hall, j, He went into the hall. Mr. David- j, son said, "You're the fellow," and F struck me. a He and his lawyer made a most t dramatic production of the scene, on f( the floor before the Jury. p "Oh, for a kodak!" cried one of 0 the reporters. He represented David- c son as pushing him backwards on t one knee and Bennett as clawing him a in the face, when he shot. "I had b no previous acquaintance with those men, and would not have shot them i except to save my life. I would not p have shot them otherwise. d "I am not sure but think I shot y Mr. Bennett first, when he straight- v ened up and fell. I would not have g shot either of them had they not h jumped on me." a He denied that the show girls saw j the shooting, that he had fooled about n Miss Sheridan's room, and the other y material points of the state's evidence, e The pistol he had borrowed from I Walter Eaker some days before. The c pistol is a beauty?heavy, plated with r gold and handled with mother of y pearl. a Under cross-examination he was tl pale to the lips, but staunchly denied A whatever collateral matters which tl would tend to discredit or degrade tl him before the Jury. A There were several lively encoun- 5 ters of counsel. Col Johnstone deliv- c ering a most eloquent arraignment of d oh Innr ti-il/1 o n/^ /nrmol on/1 I UIC IIIUU lu n | i?U uuu *VI liiu* **??? VI inder cover of the courts. The judge, lowever, had his nerve in his hand, ind cooled all fervor by ready and :learly defined rulings. At one uncture he announced that, this man >eing on iriai for his life, he should >e ailow eu tne limits or the rules of 4 evidence. ihe knife which the sheriff found inder his drawers, he sale, he had provided for protection. His coal vas put in evidence to show a cut in t, Walter taker testified that the pis:ol was his. He did not know how tfasty came by it. He was in the t-ledmont hotel the night before the killing, but there was nothing new n his evidence. ^ liere the defendant rented. Miss May Bishop was called again to tne stand, and the tirst question isked her, designed to contradict tiasty about conversation between him and witness, set a discussion in motion. "I can't see, gentlemen," the court ruled, "the materiality of the de- ^ lendant's association with these laiies." This he had ruled before, the counsel have kept getting back to it She testified to the fatal wound In the body of Davidson, which was intended to show his inability to put Hasty in self-defense; and that she took his kmfe from his pocket after he was dead, and it was Bhut and there was soap on it Miss Sheridan was also called in reply. She denied that any profane language had been used by either of the show girls at the tragedy, but said she might have prayed, that she took Bennett's knife from an inside pocket where he lay, and it was shut she said some other things "in reply." she Is the same witness who gave Col. Johnstone such a tilt Thursday and there was a good deal of suppressed laughter and winking, when me colonel, being a burnt child, as >oon as the witness was "turned over" to him, beckoned and said, with a 3mlle, "Come down, mum." Mr. S. P. Parrottt, connected with the taffney N[ews, said he was in his r>ftlce that morning; heard screaming, then a fall and more screaming, then saw Davidson come from the Piedmont, holding his sides with both hands; saw him open his right hand, and there was no knife in it L. M. Cook, who made the arrest, said that one of the young ladies cried to him, "You let that man get away! He has lirst missed vnn!" referrinsr to 3eorge Hasty. Arthur Hasty's wife was In bed; . J Gibson and Raines were not there. Neither of the ladies used any cuss words. Mr. Davidson passed him on the street, and had no knife in his hand. Both Col. Johnstone and Mr. Butler cross-examined, but he took care of himself easily. Policeman L. M. Austell, who had Hasty in charge, saw Davidson pass and he had no knife. The rest of his evidence was corroboration. Joe Mooney said, without cross-examination, that he opened the Commercial hotel-for Davidson, saw him unbutton his vest, and that he had no knife in his hand. Dr. Charles A. Jeffries testified to range of the bail that killed Davidson. He was shot ip the abdomen four and a half or five Inches from the navel, and the bullet was "very peculiarly ranged." Indeed it was from hhs testimony, and the reporter Is at a loss to know whether it went up, down, slantwise or zigzag. James Swaitord swore that Arthur - \ Hasty, his brother-in-law told him the day after the killing that he was down stairs when the shooting happened and that he did not know how the row started nor what about. Here, court adjourned until 2:80 at which hour, on account Of rain, the press about the doors and in the corridors was greatly diminished. John Spencer, after some debate, was allowed to testify that on the morning of the homicide George Hasty had given him a drink and told him that he had been up all night m trying to do some unprintable thing? and that he meant to go and try again. B. D. Hallman testified that he asked Arthur the day after how oeorge had gotten into this trouble and that Arthur said that he didn't know: that he wasn't there. Dr. Nesbit was recalled to show wounds of Davidson, especially the one across the chest, which, iif his opinion, was made by a shot. Junius Parrott of the Gaffney News, was in his office, and heard screaming, a fall, and more screaming when he went to his door, he saw Arthur come round the corner and ask a bystander if he had seen George come down the back way. "Your office is under the Piedmont dining room?" asked Col. Johnstone. "Yes." "Often you heard disturbances up there, did you not?" "I did then, but not now," the witrpnllpfl There was & laugh at this for the rumor In the town is that the Hasty's lomestic relations were not wholly sweet. "Oh," said Col. Johnstone, "Come lown, sir. I depended on you to get n a shot if you could." The solicitor' informed the court :hat this was all. It was a telling noment for the reporters, for It neant a finish today or a prolongaJon into next week. The latter after i conference of counsel, was the decision. All the lawyers desired to ipeak, and Mr. J. B. Bell led off for :he state. Before the argument began, the ludge exhorted the attorneys that ilnce the case Is important and complicated. counsel should of their own notion keep within the record and strive honestly to distinguish what witness said in the presence or ablence of the Jury. HOLD ON TO THE LA8T. Earnest Plea to the Town Counoli Not to 8ell Its Real Estate. editor of The Enquirer: I notice that the town council Is askng for bids from any individuals who nay desire to purchase the lot on Cast Liberty street, now owned by the own, and that the reason assigned for leeking to make the sale Is because of he fact that the town is in debt, etc., ind in this connection I desire to most espectfully call the attention of the lonorable council to some facts In onnection with the purchase of this nost desirable piece of property. For a number of years?possibly wenty-flve?the town has been paying ?ut annually from three to five hundred lollars for committing and dieting irisoners, rent for council chamber, for oss of tools purchased to be used on treet work and carried away, stolen, itemise there was no place to keep htm, and rent for quarters for fire apparatus. LVm n l/viff fltMA S/MMA Al?(aana r ui a iu.15 mac ouiuc vuiacius uavc elt that the town should own a munlipal building with a council chamber, .n office for the chief of police, quarers for the fire department, a sufflhnt number of prison cells to accom* nodate all prisoners arrested for vioation of the town laws, and a public tall, or opera house, of sufficient cataclty to seat from 400 to 500 people, nd there can be no doubt of the fact hat such a building has been needed or years, that the need grows more apiarent daily and that it would be econmy, at least from a standpoint of omfort, convenience and satisfaction o have it, and that it can be had at .n annual cost no greater than is now eing paid for not having it. For several years, or at least from 900 to the time the lot In question was urchased the matter of securing a ultable location for such a building fas discussed by the town council. All /ere agreed that It was especially deirable that the location of the buildng should be near the centre of town, nd repeated efforts were made by Mr. , f. C. Willis, then mayor, and other lembers of the council to buy a lot rithin 100 yards of the court house, ither on Congress or East or West liberty streets. All who owned vaant lots in the section indicated, flatly efused to sell to the town. Finally It .as agreed by the council that a desirble location should be acquired hrough condemnation proceedings, ibout this time the fact was brought to he attention of council that possibly ho lnf In nnofltlnn oniilH hp onnro/l ,fter a short time the lot was offered? 0 by 200 feet?at a price that the ouncll considered reasonable and the eal was closed, and each member felt hen, and I suppose feels yet, that he