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Scraps and Jr'acto. ? Dalton, Ga., April 6: Judge A. W. Fite caused consternation in society circles here, when he charged the Whitfield county grand Jury to indict all persons who play bridge and euchre for prizes or money. The judge was very caustic In his remarks in regard to what he called "society gambling," and practically ordered the grand jury to return Indictments. "Negroes are constantly being indicted," said Judge Fite, "for shooting crap, but ladles and gentlemen who play for high stakes at social functions escape. I want exact justice for all." Under Judge Fite's charge some of the leading people of Dalton will be indicted. It is supposed that stories of recent heavy losses at card parties here are responsible for the Judge's charge. '?Atlanta, Ga., April 9: Lewis Per8ell, a military prisoner at Fort McPherson, was shot and killed today while making his third attempt within four months to escape. He was driving an army team and lashed his mules into a run in the endeavor to escape. Guard Lawrence Ludham. who had Persell in charge, called him to stop and fired when the third command was not obeyed. Persell, whose home was at Washington, Tenn., enlisted with the Thirteenth cavalry at Knoxvllle last September as a private. He deserted at Fort Riley last December. He surrendered at Birmingham, Ala., and while being brought to Fort McPherson to await trial he made a second successrui attempt at escape, jumping from a train near Tallapoosa. He was recaptured at Newnan, Ga., and was brought to Port McPherson. ? News and Courier: The supreme court of the state of Oregon has just rendered a decision in which it is held that a telephone lineman cannot recover damages from injuries sustained by him while in the performance of his duties, holding that he assumes the risks of this employment, and if he is careless or negligent, or if the other workmen are careless or negligent, the telephone company is not responsible, and it is not a matter for It to regulate by rules. The position of telephone lineman is one which involves great hazards, and the bystander who observes the lineman at his work must frequently be horror-struck at the perilous situations In which he places himself. But one who engages in this employment does so voluntarily, with his eyes open to the risks that he will be called upon to run. and the decision of the Oregon court would seem to be founded on reason and common sense. ? Washington, April 9: The opinion is generally conceded that the great debate now in progress in the United States senate on the railroad rate question has seldom, If ever, been equalled In brilliancy and ability in any parliamentary body in the world. This being so it is interesting to note that the speeches scheduled for the present week will probably mark the culmination of the debate and make the next six days the most noteworthy in the history of recent congresses. Tomorrow is especially looked forward to as a great day. Senator Bailey.'the Democratic leader, conceded to be one of the best constitutional lawyers in public life, as well as one of the most able orators, will speak. More than unusual interest is manifested In this event, because he has announced his purpose to reply specifically to the arguments advanced by Senators Knox and Spooner, who are recognized as the leading lawyers on the Republican side in their opposition to Mr. Bailey's proposition that the courts may be prohibited from issuing temporary injunctions, suspending orders of the inter-state commerce commission. ? The postofflce appropriation bill was taken up last Wednesday and Mr. Overstreet of Indiana, chairman of the committee on postofflce and postroads, undertook to explain its pro? Will onnrn Visions. lilt? Ulll lai i ICU ait a^pivpriation of $191,373,848. He explained that the deficit in the postal service for the fiscal year 1905 was upwards of fourteen millions. The total receipts for the fiscal year 1905, $152,826,585, exceeded the total expenditures of the fiscal year 1904 by $(64,468. The department estimates that the receipts for the fiscal year 1907 will be $181,573,264, based upon an estimate of nine per cent increase over the estimated receipts for the fiscal year 1906. Mr. Overstreet was compelled to answer a rapid lire of questions when the franking privilege came up in the course of his general outline of the bill. The new legislation which Jhe bill provides, makes It unlawful for any person entitled under the law to the use of a frank to lend his frank or permit its use by any committee, organization, or association, or permit its use by any person for the benefit or use of any committee or organization or association. ? Manila. April 7: There is renewed fear among the Filipinos that the islands are to be sold to Japan, and the fear is widespread. Secretary Taft's denial Of any such intention on the part of the United States has not proved effective. The native press is attacking Americans and i*s especially bitter against President Roosevelt for abandoning McKinley's policy. The Manila dailies publish numerous individual protests. Ap 41 ?...l.w.Iol nunurtl ffttltif*! parenuy uic j?i<>vmv,,11,.,. pate immediate sale and assert that ex-Governor Wright, the new American ambassador at Tokio, is going to Japan to really arrange the terms of sale. The presence of numerous Japanese in the character of peddlers, who are said to be exploring various towns and making maps of the country, enrage the people of the provinces. Filipino officers have visited United States ships here daily questioning Hear Admiral Train and his officers on the situation. Cable dispatches from Liondon are published here, which represent British opinion as in favor of the neutralization of the islands under the protection of Japan, Great Britain and the United States. ? Herbert F. Morgan, hotel proprietor of Clinton, Mass., has discovered that he has a United States bond which, worth $J0 when issued, is now likely to bring him $12,0X6. says the Springfield Republican. it is dated 1780, and is apparently one of the governmets first bond Issue. Mr. Morgan learns at the United State treasury department, through Boston counsel, that the certificate will probably be honored for its face value, plus compound interest since 17so. whieh will brine the total amount up to J 12.0X6. The bond bears no stated . time of redemption. Mr. Morgan got the bond from a wealthy Maine man named Gray. When going through a collection of antiques las fall, Mr. Gray took out the bond am handed it to the Clinton man, remark ing: "Keep this. It may be wortl something to you some time." j newspaper Item about it went th rounds at the time, and Mr. Morga was offered $100 for the bond by Boston business man. Until then h had valued It only as a relic, but in quiry among bankers brought out th fact that the yellow scrap of pape is probably worth a small fortun* It is now in Washington under inves ligation by treasury officials. ?Ik -yorlu'Ult enquirer YORftVILLE, S. C.t TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1906. It would be a source of great satis faction to us if Senator Tillman woul completely vindicate himself from th suspicion of having secured for himsel rebates on whisky he bought for th dispensary. The books of the Mi Creek Distilling company would n doubt show where the rebates had bee returned?If returned they ever were. When Senator Tillman sought to ca the attention of the public to the whis ky advertisements in the newspaper of counties that have voted out dlspen saries (inder the Brlce law, he was onl firine at random, and with a blan cartridge. There may be some case where papers that stood for the aboli tion of dispensaries are printing whls ky advertisements; but outside of th dailies, we don't know of them. Thes same papers have been printing whls ky advertisements all along, some c retail dealers out side the state an some of whiskies sold In the dispensa rles. The Enqvirhh however. Is no one of them. This paper, in the las fifteen years, has turned down score and scores of whisky advertisement! We don't want them under any clr cumstanees. dispensary or no dispen sary. W.e are not conscious of any feel Ing of partizanshlp in the row be tween Messrs. Tillman and Lyon; bu it did look to us like Mr. Tillman ha reflected on the committee in his ad dress, and while we are not going t contend that Mr. Lyon had any righ to hit back, he certainly had a righ to feel that he was the object of a insinuation. This may be due to th unfortunate habit Senator Tlllma has. of saying things that are suscepti hie of more than one constructioi Of course, Mr. Tillman cannot be hel to be guilty in the absence of prool and it is fair also to say that th same Is true of Messrs. Evans, Boy kin and Towill. Mr. Evans is re norted to have declared that anybod who asserts that he was ever guilt of any wrongdoing in connection wit the dispensary, is all kinds of a liai But in the meantime let the work c Investigation go on7 ?n?T Tf it b found that the general assembly ha hampered the committee * by failur to provide sufficient funds, it may b possible to supply the lack by prl vate subscription. It would never d to let such a good work languish o account of the expense. There is great commotion among th hosts of Zion because of the revol against John Alexander Dowie. th founder and until recently the undls puted head of this rather reinarkabl sect. Dowie is a Scotchman by blrtl He started out in life as an orthodo minister of the gospel, and was fo some time located in Australia. Fror there he came to Chicago, 111., and es tablished near there a lace-making in dustry, which soon developed to pro portions that created a city whlc Dowie named Zion. During the devel opment of the city, Dowie announce that he was the third re-incarnation o the Prophet Elijah, and his followers whether they believed him or not, wer willing to accept whatever migh please him, and submitted to the arti c!cs of a new religion which he block ed out for them. The goods of Zio were held in common until at lengt *' u'uoith i?f the Zionist lilt- assirftan - - begun to mount up into the million! and Dowle was filled with a desire t spread his religion, and through it hi power, all over the world. Thousand of converts were won in differen ways, principally by the offer of mean for a comfortable living, and not onl; was the population of Zion City tre mendousiy increased; but new settle merits were effected in other quarters principally in the southwest. In 190! Dowie, with a large number of his foi lowers, made a descent on New Yorl ity. with tiie avowed intention of run ning the devil from his stronghold there, but the devil proved rathe stronger than the hosts of Zion, am t lie expense of the expedition was s great as to involve Zion City in seri us financial difficulties. It is proba b.'e that Dowie hud already waste* much of the common means of his peo rde in other ways; but tills ihcideii pivcipitati d a crisis, and for a time i ooked as if Zion would liave to fal Moneyed men, however, came to th relief of the city, and Us business wa restored to something like former pros perity. Then Dowie went to Austruli and other lauds, seeking new convert and new means for the gratification u his love of power and authority. Sum time ago he conceived the idea of es (ahlishing a new settlement down ii Mexico, using for the purposes the re . ources of Zion. Within the past fe\ months it has come to the ears of Zioi that tlie prophet was practicing poly gamy in Mexico, and this was mad tiie occasion of trouble. General Over seer (He.in Vollva, who was brough from Australia to hold things down ii SCion during the absence of the prophet raised the standard of revolt am (Hedged the people to repudiate the! former IClijuh. Mrs. Dowie denounce! her husband and declared that sin would have nothing more to do will him. This was Sunday before last Itiaring while down In Mexico of al these things, Dowie decided to conn l ack to Zion and put up a tight. H< stopped off at San Antonio Texas, las Sunday to advise with the Zionites o that place. There was a big meetini which remained in session for severa hours and during the meeting a Mrs Kintna Rapp, who was present with he husband, got up and testified that sin had lived in Howie's house and knev it Mrs, Dowie to be one of the most ind sanely jealous women who had ever - lived. Dowie had treated her with reh marknble kindness; but there was ab\ solutely no getting along with her. The e San Antonio Dowieites assured Dowie n of their unanimous support and bade a him go on and fight it out. While this e m eting was in progress, Voliva was i- arranging the Zionitts of Zion City, e and made them promise to remal.i in r their homes on the arrival of Dowie i. and leave him to be dealt with by peoi pie who were able to withstand the powerful influence of his seductive - pleadings. The situation is quite Interesting, at least as Interesting as < ?niitnnmu of a ?1nc fiirht :init the daily papers will no doubt advise us of the developments of note after the arrival of Dowie on the scene of his forincr successes. VESUVIUS IN ERUPTION. ! ? j Lava Pours From Crater and Works ^ Widespread Destruction. <?rim old Vesuvius, the historic volcanic mountain on the bay of Naples, southern Italy, is again before the footlights, promising to outdo all his previous efforts with an eruption that will be worth while. The first recorded eruption of Vesuvius was In the 63rd year before the Christian era; * but the most memorable was in the ^ year 79 after Christ. This was the e year of the destruction of the cities Hercula ilum and Pompeii. There was e another terrific eruption in the year " 4 72. when the ashes were wafted to 0 Constantinople, and again in 512 n ashes fell ay far away as Tripoli. Other eruptions of less note occurred In 1036 and 1500. In 1631, a heavy II forest growth with which the moun tain had become covered in the mean's time, was swept away by another . eruption. This has been followed from time to time by various other y disturbance's, the most notable being k in 1855, 1861 and 1862. The country s around Vesuvius is thickly settled, and ordinarily the people pay but little attention to the mountain's rumblings; but the preliminary warnings e of the past few weeks have been e growing in seriousness until during the past few days people have decidotonH frnm nndpr. A cable gram of Sunday describes the sltuad tion as follows: The hope that Mount Vesuvius was becoming calm was dissipated today when the volcano became more active than ever. s The panic has spread to Naples, j Two strong earthquake shocks which shattered windows and cracked the walls of buildings were experienced - today. The entire population rushed to the streets in terror, many persons crying: "The Madonna has forsaken us; the end of the world has come." I" No tract remains of Boscatrecase, ! a commune 011 the southern declivity Lt of the mountain, where up to fortyeight hours ago 10,000 persons lived, " and Torre Annunziata, on the shores - of the gulf of Naples, one mile to the o southward, is almost surrounded by t the invading lava and has been evacuated by its 30,000 i lhabitants. The l* people were brought to Naples by n trains, street cars, military carts and e steamships. Similar means of transportation are being employed to bring away the people from Torre del Gre* co. The police and carbineers are 1. guarding the abandoned houses, and j several members of the government are there. A telegram received from the maye or of San Sebastiano, a village near . the observatory on the northwest declivity of Vesuvius, says the lava Is approaching rapidly and that the y people are terror-stricken. They have y been for nighty without sleep, he says, h are destitute and beg that assistance be given them. r- The work of succor is hampered >f owing to delays to the railway sere"VTce. which is interrupted by red-hot stones, thrown to a height of 3,000 feet, falling on the tracks. e As yet it is impossible to count the e craters that have opened and from j_ which streams of lava have flooded the beautiful, prosperous and happy 0 land lying 011 the southeast shores of 11 the gulf of Naples." The atmosphere is heavily charged with electricity and now and then the flashes of lightning are blinding, while the detonae tions from the volcano resemble those It of terrible explosions. The churches of the city were open all Saturday night and were crowded " with panic-stricken people. Nume bers of the clergy are doing their ut 4 4- Vw*i?. fuoru Hnt thp nf I inosi iu taim men ? - ? fects of their arguments go almost x for naught when renewed earthquake r shocks are experienced, n With the danger and the horror of the situation aside, Vesuvius presents one of the most splendid sights imaginable. " The mountain of fire, whose speech is - by detonation and whose acts are deft struction, seems like an e.iraged giant determined to make the pigmies of earth feel the might of his wrath. J Here and there on the mountain side, if stand the blasted trunks of pine trees } their bare branches outstretched as ' though in protest against the devase tation the volcano has wrought, it The Duchess of Aosta, who always . is to be found where misery exists, Is not sparing herself in her efforts to alleviate distress. The people call her n "an angel of mercy." Today she took ft several children from their weary s mothers and in her carriage conveyed them to the royal palace, where they ' will remain until conditions are o brighter. s The observatory has bee.i destroyed and Signor Matteucci, the director, and s the employes had narrow escapes, t They passed last night in the darkness, s save for the frequent Hashes of lightning, as the gas works and electric y lighting plant also were destroyed. " The restaurant of the Funicular rall road, too, has been obliterated. j Prisoners in jails on ttie mountain' side went mad with terror and mu' tinted and were only partially quieted - by being brought here. Rut their fears k have been communicated to the* prisoners here, who may rebel at any moment. The situation is critical. s Breathing is momentarily becoming r more difficult because of the poisonous j fumes and smoke, while the hot ashes which are still falling tend to make life u a burden. Contrary to expectations, the sea has . not yet shown signs of being affected , by the phenomena, but fears are entertained that tidal waves may yet * come and many craft have put to sea. t Visitors to Naples are avoiding the j hotels on the sea front ami the people living there are beginning to leave for ' higher altitudes. e Though there is much misery up to a the present time there Imve been no fatalities except at Portici, where an old woman died, supposedly from 11 fright. --Columbia State. Tuesday: Mr. M. e A. Malone, from whom Senator TiII_ man said in his interview published in the State yesterday, that he purchased the piano alluded to in Mr. Lyon's letter, was seen yesterday by v a representative of this paper and n asked if he could recall the sale of the instrument, the amount paid, the " person who bought it and the time of e the sale. Mr. Malone had read the . article and unhesitatingly stated that he sold the piano to Senator Tillman for $:t2f? and that the sale, was made 11 in 1901, previous to the establisnhment of the dispensary. Mr. Malone said . Unit he recalled the sale because it was soon after Senator Tillman, then r governor, went Into olliee am! he had 1 not Ions moved to this city *to oeeuL, |>y the executive mansion. Furthermore the amount paid for the piano 1 was a special concession made be eause, as Mr. Malone stated, he I thought the sale would enable him to dispose of other pianos. Yes, sir," said Mr. Malone, "it was a fair and L* square deal and there was no quest tiou of Kraft. Immediately after f movitiK into the mansion Gov. Tillman. with Mrs. Tillman, came to my h store and looked at the piano, for the 1 purpose of keeping it until they had I. tried it. This instrument they de,. eided to buy and it was the one for which he paid the amount stated. ** lie never bought any other piano v from me." LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. i York Drug Store?Has Just received a | fresh line of Lowney's and Wiley's j chocolates and bonbons for the Eas- , ter trade. . ( J. Q. Wray, The Leader?Tells about | the good qualities that go to make j up his line of Superb clothing. . Thomson Co.?Invites you to see it and get your supply of clothing. hats, etc., before Easter Sunday?it ( is "just around the corner." , Foushee Cash Store?Is making low ( prices on ladies' underskirts and j night gowns. Girdles and corsets, < 25c and upward. Piedmont Tel. and Tel. Co.?Wants to | put phones in the homes of 200 ] York and Cherokee farmers. J. C. Wilborn?Wants you to remem- ( ber the Jones' auction sale. A 10- | room house for sale. Enquirer Office?Wants to recover a | gold cross, lost on streets of York- ' ville last Saturday. R. W., care Enquirer?Has a store ( room close to cotton mill for rent. First National Bank?Tells you what good bank customer has to say of banking. J. J. Keller & Co.?Say It Is not fair to compare other paints with Devoe because there are none in its class. Glenn & Allison?Have full stock of buggies and want you to see them. Also full line of farm tools. J. E. Lowry, Mayor?Gives notice that a municipal election will be held in Yorkvllle on April 8th, 1906. Sam M. Grist, Special Agent?Quotes a saying of Andrew Carnegie and applies its moral to life insurance. L. R. Williams, Probate Judge?Gives notice that S. W. McKnlght has applied to him for letters of administration on estate of W. T. McKnlght. deceased. M. W. White?Gives a list of stocks he has for sale and wants to buy. First National Bank?Publishes its statement of condition at close of business April 6th, 1906. Star Drug Store?Advises you to purify your butter by feeding your cow its milk and butter purifier. Its guaranteed to do the wor-k. Carroll Bros.?Say they are headquarters for buggy and wagon rims and spokes and a great many other articles in heavy hardware. Withers Adickes Co.?Quotes prices on various kinds of garden and field seeds. Wants eggs, butter and peas. G. H. O'Leary?Has new line of mattings and invites you to see them. Also has nice line of rugs. J. A. Tate. C. C. C. Pis.?Calls on all persons having claims against estate of F. D. Horn, deceased, to pre 1. it?? ^- hafnra Anrll 2 1 St. SCIll lilt-Ill Ull Ui w.?.v York Supply Co.?Has sweet potatoes for bedding, al-so has seed Irish potatoes. Landreth's garden seeds, etc. G. W. Knox. Clover?Wants orders for eggs for hatching. $1.00 per setting of 15 eggs. Louis Roth?Has seed sweet potatoes, including Georgia Buck and Pumpkin yam at $1.10 bushel. Mr. J .C. Blair of Blalrsvllle, informs us that there Is still plenty of fruit, that the recent frost did not hurt things much. All that is necessary to explode the Ire of the average property owner Just now is to ask. "How much did they raise you?" During last week Auditor Hunter sent out some seven or eight hundred notices to taxpayers advising them of raises that had been made in their returns by the various township boards of assessors. There is lots of kicking everywhere, and the various boards along with the auditor are coming la for no end of abuse. It comes pretty hard on some individuals to be asked to pay taxes on their property to sixty per cent of its value, when they have been getting along for so long with almost nothing. They have not been concerned by the fact that they have been getting the benefit of what their neighbors have been paying. But really, there ought to be some equalization about the matter. KING'S MOUNTAIN MONUMENT. At last there is substantial ground to hope that some measure of justice is to be done to the memory of the long neglected battlefield of King's Mountain. Congress is close to the point of placing a proper monument there. The Washington correspondent of the Columhta fitota vi-Hfun tliaf nnnpr under date of Saturday as follows: The house committee on libraries today reported favorably the Joint bill of Mr. Flnley and Mr. Webb of North Carolina providing for the erection of a monument on King's Mountain In York county. The bill appropriates $30,000. Mr. Webb was Interested In it because many of the soldiers killed there were from North Carolina. This committee had one hundred bills for monuments referred to It, but they decided to report only four. It Is recalled that a few years ago Speaker Cannon, then on the floor, said In a speech that he was opposed to looting the treasury for any such purposes as the erection of monuments solely to decorate little measly aspiring places where the people were too stingy to spend their own money for them, j "But," he added "there is one place, though, where I want to see a monument erected. That Is at King's Moun- j tain, to commemorate the valiant deeds of the heroes who died there." In view of this and the committee's unanimous report, there seems little doubt that the bill will be passed and the monument erected. ABOUT PEOPLE. Mr. Sam P. Pierce went over to 1 Charlotte yesterday on business. Mrs. N. B. Bratton of Guthrlesvllle, is the guest of Mrs. G. W. S. Hart. Miss Virginia Miller of Rock Hill, visited Mr. L. R. Williams' family this i week. i Miss Margaret Glenn of Gastonia, I - ~ . - i spent sunaa.v wiin ine lamuy 01 mr, H. J. Caldwell. i Mr. K. K. McElwee of Columbia, spent Sunday with friends and relatives In Yorkville. Miss Mary Williams of Wlnthrop, spent Sunday and yesterday with Mr. L. R. Williams' family. Mrs. S. M. Jones of Chester, spent several days last week in Yorkville, , with Mr. J. C. Wilborn's family. A great majority of the patrons of i Yorkville Graded school will be de- ' lighted to know that at a meeting of I the trustees last Friday night, Prof, i J. C. Allen was re-elected superintendent for the ensuing year. Mr. Allen has given very general satis- 1 faction in his capacity as superin- 1 tendent and there is no question of I the fact that he is doing good work. ! The teachers for the various grades i will be elected later. 1 Captain James B. Allison, of the ' Seventh Infantry, United States army, ' is in Yorkville, on a visit to the family i of his father. I)r. James It. Allison. He ' arrived last Sunday from Fort Mis- ' soula, Montana, and will probably re- ' main here during several weeks. ' i apt. Allison's last visit to Yorkville ' was in tin- fall of 11102. He was then ' a second lieutenant, and had been sta- 1 tinned for quite a long while in Alaska, ' helping to keep order among the gold ' miners up that way. Since then lie i has seen service in the Philippines and has spent two months traveling in ' China and Japan. He was at Manila 1 when the two Russian warships took < refuge there just after the buttle of ' the Sea of Japan, and witnessed the < eagi rin ss of the Japs to get the Kus- I sians out and the anxiety of the Kus- t sin .is to remain where they were. On I his return to the United States, Capt. i Allison was first stationed at San < Francisco for a short time. Then he : was sent to Fort Missoula where he t has been for several months. Fort Missoula is an old post that was originally established on account of the Indians; but since then a rich mining ^ town has grown up within a few miles and kept the same name. The town ' has about 10,000 Inhabitants, and is full J of wealthy people who are able to have I anything they want. The garrison has r no special duty to perform except that r it is kept hard at work with various ji exercises and practice marches. Capt. t Allison?It has only been within the tsu past few days that he has received of- let licial notice of his promotion?notes ad wonderful changes is YorkviUe since rit his return. He says he would have Cc hardly known the old town except from still familiar landmarks, and he is very . much gratliled to see so much 1m- J.,' provement. He is still loyal to his pro- f pie and his town: "I tell you what's i fai t." he said in a brief conversation . with The Enquirer man yesterday, "since 1 left here I have been over a su considerable portion of the world, among many different kinds of people, v? and have seen life in numerous phases Jv1 among high and low; but In all sincerity, I have no hesitation In saying that thfse same people of York county and Yorkville are the best and hap- J pkst I have ever seen." The proba- ^ blllty Is that Capt. Allison will be reassigned to the Seventh Infantry, and he has reason to hope that he will go laonlr oa nnnt niti tn tht? anttia pnmnflnv he has been serving as first lieutenant, He thinks a lot of his company, both . the rank and file and they think a lot of him. th EQUALIZATION OF TAXES. bJ The York county board of equali- In zation consisting of one representa- os tlve from each of the various town- D ships and one member each from the towns of Rock Hill and Yorkvllle, met In the court house this morning es for the purpose of hearing individual Jr complaints as to alleged excessive as- Ai sessments, and of equalizing assessed real estate valuations as between the 'n various towns and townships of the county. o" The board I9 constituted as follows: fe J. Frank Ashe. Bethesda: J. W. Jack- m son. Bethel; W. M. Carothers, Ebene- w zer; W. S. Leslie, Catawba; J. C. Ka Blair, Bullock's Creek; J. E. Leech, Broad River; John M. Thomasson, King's Mountain; C. P. Blankenship, f1" Fort Mill: R. R. McCorkle. York: T. In L. Johnson. Catawba; W. B. Moore *( Yorkvllle. Organization was effected " by the election of Mr. J. F. Ashe as b? fhairman. Several individual complaints. In- bl eluding one from the Catawba Power company, were heard this morning; V? but the understanding was that jv< no decision would be arrived at until 1,1 'ater. Although there had been a ar large number of Individual raises, the "f Indications are that there will be *9 but a few specific complaints. From w such Information as can be gathered. JJ''' the main work of the board, after "J disposing of the individual com- nl ?*11 fmr tn orrlvo fit Uf yiaintx, win ur w some reasonable basly of equalization ^ as between the assessed values of w town and country property especially ^ with reference to the towns of Rock T1 Hill and Yorkvllle on the one hand *r and the country surrounding on the p' other. It seems to be generally con- vt ceded that the assessment of these w towns Is much higher In proportion v' than Is country property anywhere and the contention Is that the town assessments should be lowered or the country assessments should be raised The situation is generally conceded Bi to Involve serious problems, and how the whole matter Is to be satisfactorily settled remains to be yeen. The hoard may get through with Its work ? today or it may have to remain In * session several days. tr WITHIN THE TOWN. Ci ? Work has been commenced on the residence of Rev. W. C. Ewart on Wright avenue. ? Mr. A. Rose has purchased the jt. Capt. E. A. Crawford residence on the (jf corner of Congress and Madison Sts. cc ? At a congregational meeting held Ji last Sunday morning, the Yorkvllle Paptlst church voted to call Rev. W. ht E. Wilklns of Columbia, to the pas- bj to rate. ' rc ? Mr. O. E. Wilklns has purchased Pr from Mr. B. N. Moore the handsome j" lot on the corner of Madison street and Wright avenue, and will erect a res- w; Idence thereon. , JJj ? The fine new Instruments recently ,1 ordered by the Yorkvllle Cornet band 0{ have been received and distributed among the members. Everybody is m delighted with their quality and ap- ^ pcarunce, and Prof. Herndon thinks they are as fine as he has ever seen for <j? 1 *? ?' Kv thp WHV. IHf lliotiisjr. me jmwho.JUI, ? , m is enthusiastic over the prospect. He thinks he has the material for a first- jj class band, and that is what he intends |0 to have, or know the reason why. The gj boys have arranged to commence prac- w ticlng at once. They expect to have (je Professor Herndon with them for at jjj least one week now, or more probably aj two weeks, and then for as much time f0 afterward as possible. Sheriff Brown nt Is well able to hold instruction work ^i lip to a high standard between times, Wi and it will not be a great while before Yorkvilie can have first-class band Qf music whenever occasion requires. ? There was quite a large congrega- Ps tlon out at the First Presbyterian *v church last Sunday morning to hear the dt annual sermon to the militia by Rev. t" Dr. J. L. Stokes, chaplain of the Jasper vt Light Infantry. There was a full turn out of the Jasper Light Infantry under command of Capt. John R. Hart, *-1 and the South Carolina National Guard to was further represented by Col. W. W. Lewis, and Major W. B. Moore, of the J8 First regiment and several members of b* Col. Lewis's staff, including Major M. sb J. Walker, and Lieutenant W. L. WllMams, of the medical corps. Lieutenant P? J. J. Keller and Sergeant Major R. H. Dobson. Dr. Stokes based his sermon on three appropriate texts and discuss- t0 ed "the soldier," the 'citizen soldier," m and the "Christian soldier," applying the lessons adduced to the relations of every day life. It was an able sermon, jp and was very much enjoyed by all who ^ heard it. ? The sales of the "All Through the ^ Y?ar Cook Book." hold up in a manner tj( that is very gratifying to the ladies jtr having charge of the enterprise. No W) special effort Is being made to encour- ,.i age the demand: but all the same It th continues steady. Mrs. McNeel is in constant receipt of orders from the ^ surrounding country and from distant points. Miss Kate Cody at the York- tn ville Banking and Mercantile compa- ur iy's store, had sold forty-one copies up to yesterday morning and several other ladies have done nearly as well. t,p r\.. I a .. .. r\f #***/!/.ea hnuo Kottn pa_ . , l^llll>- il I I ? > c ?. . .. . ln Reived at Thr Enuiterkr office from tl, people at a distance. The available te supply is now reduced to only a few |n hundred copies, and if, when the pres- tj, ent edition Is exhausted, the ladies do |(t not see proper to have it duplicated, co there are lots of people who will have occasion to regret that they djd not buy When they had the opportunity. aj{ ? In tearing away the old brick sit kitchen on the property that Mr. G. an H. O'Leary recently purchased from El Dr. A. Y. Cartwrlght for the purposes rtf the Shandon hotel, the workmen Fr found a tombstone that seems to sug- oh gest the recall of some early history, ini The memorial is a soapstone slab, mi bearing the Inscription, so far as it fan be deciphered. "Eliza Alue Hill. ' Fori), October 1 .S14. aged 2 years and pe 10 months." Just what it means no- Ini body knows. It Is generally known bu that in old times soapstone, taken tin from a quarry at some point on Alii- hii ion creek, was used for headstones TI throughout this section; but as to tin whether this one ever marked a grave re] iml was afterward displaced by mar- ne tile cannot be told. Neither is there shi my certainty as to who the child no might have been. There resided in A1 the town about this time, however, tin the family of Randolph Hill, a son en f Pol. William Hill. Col. William sei Hill was the owner of the iron works of >n Allison creek, famous in revolu- thi tlonary times. Randolph Hill was a thi awyer and a brother of D. H. Hill, Ht he Confederate general. He. like W _ ?l ..r I.U hi. Ill inner lliriliunn 1M 11 in iMwirnoiuu 111. ii his day. figured prominently in Tli Politics. He was a follower of Oal- he fioun in nullification times, and tra- spi litlon has it that he and the late Col. Til iV. ('. Heatty came near lighting a sm luel, as the result of differences grow- sle ng out of that excitement. The mat- wi er was settled by good offices of mu- lip ual friends. Hut. a*.? stated, as to wi vhether this old headstone has any pa: lirect relation to or connection with lie my of those things cannot now be nu old. be< . saj LOCAL LACONICS. [JJ A/i 11 Probably Be Resold. The probability is that the Henry W. ? Thomson land, which was bid off by tin f. B. Gwin and others, of Spartanburg, ni? ast salesday. will be resold on sales- pit lay for May. The purchasers have $5C jot complied. Clerk Tate wrote them tht i few days ago to know their lnten- offl ions, and on getting a rather uusatis- spt ctory answer advised them that un- 5 >s they complied forthwith, he would vertlse the land for resale at their * ik. luntry Phone Service. That is an interesting proposition i at Mr. Babingtun, of the Piedmont I lepho.ie company is making to the t rmers of York and Cherokee coun- t 'S, and It seems worth an immediate I vestigation. Mr. Babington made < ch an offer to the farmers of Gaston i unty not long since, aa?d within a i ry short time scores and scores of < lones were added. As we understand e offer, where neighbors work tother and bring a line to the corpore limits of Vorkville or Blacksburg e Piedmont company will sell them lones and give them service at 50 nts a month, against the present rate two dollars a month, and where the etalic connection is desired it may be eluded for $1 a month. Mr. Bablngn says that he desires to cover both ese counties with a network of Ires, and the rates he is offering seem ry well calculated to accomplish at end. Mr. N. Craig McCorkle of J jrkvllle, or Mr. A. M. Bridges of j acksburg, can give full and detailed formation as to the advertised propitlon. sath of Mr. R. C, Adams. Mr. Robert Campbell Adams, eld- J t son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Adams, .. died in a hospital at Tucson, 1 rizona, on last Saturday, April 7, I le immediate cause of his death be- ' g pleurisy. The deceased was 1 renty-flve years of age on the 16th I last December. He had been suf- j ring from pulmonary affection for J ore than a year and left Qastonia, 1 here he had been successfully en- J iged In the drug business for several ' :ars, on the 3rd of February. 1906, ' r Arizona, In the hope that the ' lange to that climate would result ' his restoration to health. Mr. 1 lams was well-known In Yorkville 1 here he spent several months of his ] yhood as a clerk in the drug store 1 Mr. J. M. Starr, and by reason of 1 s bright mind and genial, aocommoiting disposition was a general fa- 1 rite. After leaving Yorkville he J ?nt to Gastonia where he continued the drug business, first as a clerk ' id later as proprietor of the busl- ; >sr. He was married on August 16. 05, to Miss Ada Evans, who was ' Ith him at the end. The father as summoned to the bed-side of ' s dying son on last Friday ght, and left for Arizona on Sat- 1 day morning, but on reaching ITew j rleans was notified of his death, and [ ent no farther. It is expected that ie remains will reach Clover on hursday morning on the southbound | aln, and that the funeral will take ' ace during me uuy, me nuu. ,,w. ?t being fixed. Besides his father, other and widow. Mr. Adams la surved by one brother and five 'sisters. ROCK HILL AND VICINITY. room Factory to be Established? Gamblers Arrested?Death of Mr. Leon Moore?Injury to Mr. Moulton Starr. jrreapDiidence of the Yorkrtlle Enquirer. Rook Hiix, April 9.?A new indusy, which Is expected to be ready for ork by June 1st, Is a broom factory, ipt. A. E. Smith, who Is at the head the enterprise, has let the contract ir the building of the plant, which ill be on the confer of his White reet property Just across from the e factory. He has also placed his or>r for the necessary machinery, and infidently expects to be running by ine. Monroe Miller, a citizen of color, who is several times had hla home raided r the dispensary constables, Is again iunded up and this time he gets it etty heavy. He was charged In aglstrate Beckham's court of obtaing goods under false pretence, and as convicted by the evidence of wlt?ss whom he claimed would clear m. His offence was obtaining from ie express otflce at Rock Hill a jug whisky consigned to one Rufus reeks. Miller told the clerk that his line was Rufus Weeks, and the packre was consequently delivered to him. jventy-flve dollars fine or thirty iys with the chaingang was the ultlatum. Some of the farmers of the Leslie and armony section brought in a wagon ad of negroes whom they had caught imbling Sunday afternoon of last eek, in a piece of woods on Mrs. An- * srson's farm. They caught six of the inch at the time, and the seventh was terwards brought in by the farmer r whom he was working. The case >t coming under a magistrate's jurlsctlon, a conference with the solicitor as held and he directed Magistrate eckham to dispose of the case. Two the negroes were fined *10 each, and e others $5 each. The fines were ild by their employers, some of whom ere among the captors, all of whom serve great credit for thus putting e law before their own personal con nlence. Mr. Moulton Starr, who was hurt by lling from the rear of a train In tiester Thursday, was brought here the home of his sister, Mrs. Lillian | lams. He Is quite badly hurt, but it supposed that the injuries will not 1 > serious and that he will be up in a iort time. The fall was gotten by e turning of a weak ankle, and some irt of his clothing having caught. j r. Starr was dragged some distance r the train. Dr. J. E. Massey went ' Chester and brought the injured an here. 1 T onn Mnnro thu vmincest SOn of r. J. Leon Moore of Bethesda, died the family home In Ashevllle Suniy morning .the 8th, at 12.30 o'clock, e was about twenty-two years old, id was possessed of an extraordlna- ( ly bright mind and lovable disposi- ( >n, making him a favorite wherever' , town. At the time his health gave j ay last year, he was a student at Dadson college. Upon his return home, i e family realizing the seriousness of j s trouble, moved to Ashevllle, N. C., at they might be with him while un- ( rgotng treatment for pulmonary Duble. He continued to grow worse J itII the end. With the exception of j 'o brothers, all the family were with , m nt the last. The remains reached | re Monday morning, accompanied by | e fumlly, and were taken to Mr. Walr H. Moore's on E. Main street. Da- | r on the funeral was held and the | terment made at Bethesda church, by j e ,Rev. J. K. Hall, the pastor. A large , imber of friends and relatives ac- | mpanled the family from this city. ( sides the parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. ( 'on Moore, the following brothers and | iters survive: Messrs. Walter H. Jes? M. and George Moore of Rock Hill , d York county, and Misses Mary, j mice and Eva Moore of Ashevllle. ( Rev. W. L. Llngle of the First j vsbyterian church was called to his t 1 home In Rowan county, N. C., leav- ( g early Monday morning, to see his j Jther, who Is very ill. j Tili.man as a Punciunu Bac.?It apars that Republican senators are us- c if Senator Tillman as a punching | g. No one supposes for a moment | at they are In earnest about making t in the leader In the railroad rate bill, c ley are playing with that matter as t e cat plays with the mouse. The j publican boss of all trust legislation | ver makes any speeches, but he i apes up all bills that are offered, and thing passes without his sanction, t though he may not speak a word in a b senate he will have greater in flu- j ce than Tillman and the Democratic r nators. We refer to Senator Aldrleh s Rhode Island. He manipulated the t ree latest tariff bills until their ausr and friends did not know them, n brought Gorman to his side in the ilson tariff bill, and Gorman is with s n today when trusts are in danger. a ih Republicans, knowing vanity to p Tillman's weakness, lead him on to t-aking on any and all questions, p ley laugh at Ills sarcasm, ridicule and c lart things. They also "laugh In their j eve" at hlni, for they know that he p II do the trust no harm. The lead- t j Republicans knowing the rate hill p II he in favor of the trusts when t ssed, are willing for Tillman to be- v ve that he Is responsible for the o asure and pushing it through. If it t| ironies a law President Roosevelt can p > of It: "The voice is Tillman's voice, p t the hands are the hands of Aldh."?Carolina Spartan. *) o A big cocking main was pulled off p ee miles from Union last Friday c rht. There were sixty cocks in the and 300 spectators. The sum of ii 10 was wagered on the main and b re were numerous smaller bets. The Iciuls made no effort to stop the b >rt. a STRAIGHT FROM THE SHOULDER. I. Fraser Lyon Answers Some of the Insinuations of Senator Tillman. The Hub-committee of the dispensary uvestigatlng committee, consisting of Missis. J. Fraser Lyon and N. Chrisensen, Jr., which has been most active ind effective In its work, does not like he insinuation made In the "Address" )f Senator Tillman on the dispensary situation. The members of this comnlttee have worked as no others have ?ver done in connection with this dispensary mess. They have been fearless ind painstaking in their efforts, and ?ven a mild insinuation Is undeserved. Mr. Lyon, of the sub-committee, bas ivrltten a letter to one the attorneys, tvho is at work on a claim against the j ilspensary in which he has some very tharp things to say, which make some J it the liveliest literature in connection [ ivith the dispensary. The letter reads is follows: Abbeville, S. C., April 3, 1906. Your two letters of recent date were received by me upon my return home yesterday, after an absence of about two weeks. You will, therefore, understand why you have not had an earlier reply. While It Is true that I do not think there Is any good reason for withholding payment of the claim of the Cook & Bernheimer Company, of New York, still, as I have said heretofore, I will not give my consent to the payment of this or any other dispensary claim now held up until the matter of such payment is discussed at a public session of our committee. I feel sure that you will appreciate my position In thlf matter, especially since the publication of Senator Tillman's "AdIress to the People of South Carolina," In which he says: "Is there not plenty Df opportunity for more graft and secret transaction In regard to the settlement of these accounts? Will not the legislative committee be suspected Df corruption If it does not get in the middle of the road, and stay there; that ls< stand by the law, obey It itself and require others to do so? Why so much delay?" You see this additional reason for my position. It is unfortunate for your clients to have had dealings with an Institution which no one can even investigate without having It suggested or insinuated that he may be a grafter, or at least has a good opportunity to steal. While I regard this reference to our committee as only a shrewd attempt to shake public confidence in us, and intended to obstruct and Interfere with our work, which is evidently becoming distasteful to many of those who are Irrevocably wedded to the dispensary, still when I see this prone ness to criticise us. I wish to be especially careful not to put myself in a position that could, with even a color of Justice, be criticised. In your letter of March 26, you practically asked the question and sincerely, "Why so much delay?" I know no fact that I have learned In the dispensary investigation that I shall Intentionally withhold from the public. Sometimes I do not think it best for the success of the investigation to reveal facts and suspicions as soon as they come to me, or to dl8c!ose our plans for the future; so in this case I will answer your question only so far as I thi ik the present status of the Investigation Justifies. We are trying to get the facts In regard to several suspicious matters, which we think should be investigated. Among them Is the statement, as I recall it, of Senator Tillman that he returned certain rebates to a distillery. We wish to And the creditB on the books of the distillery, showing the amount of rebates which Senator Tillman suid he returned as a gift for the gratitude he felt to the liquor concern crediting the state of South Carolina. Besides this there has come to my ears a rumor the source of which I do not now recall, but which I think should be looked into, that Senator Tillman, when governor, was presented with a piano by a liquor concern. It may be that receipt* may be shown for the rebates which may have been returned, and for payment of this piano which may have been received, as was rumored to be the satisfactory explanation in the case of the Towlil horse matter. Still, we do not know the facts in reyard to these things and think the legislature Intended for us to investigate such transactions as these, as well as other vague aid uncertain matters to which common rumor gives currency. We must do our duty in looking into these things and you may judge by the above samples that we must have much time in doing it. Furthermore it is not rxpedient, and I would not approve of the committee holding a public session every time Senator Christensen and I have done all we can in examining each claim. I recognize the fact that we may be chasing a wlll-o-the-wisp in all of these matters, and that your clients may suffer in the meantime, but whether our efforts be such a chase or not it seems certain that in all events our committee must walk through the mire. The opinion is so prevalent that the dispensary has been a breeder of so much corruption that no one can touch it without the suspicion of someone being aroused. Unfortunately, In the case of our committee, the insinuation of this suspicion is cast upon us in the public prints by one who, above all others may know of the innermost affairs of the dispensary as transacted by its officers since its inception. I trust, however, that we will finally emerge from our distasteful task meriting the confidence and approval of all honest citizens. Believing that this will satisfactorily explain our delay, I am yours very truly, J. Frasbr Lton. Tillman Indignant. Senator Tillman came down from Washington Saturday, to attend a meeting of the board of trustees of Clemson college and between Charlotte and Greenville, he was interviewed by a correspondent of the Columbia State. After reading the Lyon letter, Senator Tillman was indignant and grew more so as he talked. "I am surprised," he said, "that a gentleman, such as I thought Mr. Lyon to be would go In the papers in such a sneaking way as this. Even the name of a lawyer to whom he wrote is not given, but whether he authorized its publicity or not, I assume it to be authentic. ' I have not attacked the investigat Ing committee; I only warned It in a friendly spirit. And why? Either the (700,000 worth of claims against the Hate board are valid and binding or !hey are not. I say they are not, because the whisky was bought contrary :o the law and the state is not legally 3ound for payment. "The committee knows this now as .veil as it will ever know it. Messrs. Lyon and Christensen have blacklisted ;ertain firms; the presumption is they lave discovered evidences of fraud. If hose firms have acted dishonestly the >!d board cannot be clean; but leaving Messrs. Lyon and Christensen to hunt 'or proofs, to which I do not object, igain I ask: 'Why the delay?' "Whether fraud is proven or not, no lecent lawyer will contend that these arge purchases of whisky are legal: <"irst, because there was not competiive bidding, as the law requires; sec?nd because the law expressly limits he amount that may be on hand to 1400,000 and instead of dickering with uwyers employed to collect the money, t Is the investigating committee's plain luty to repudiate the whole transacion, forbid the new board to pay for my liquor and thus have an end to it. rt<ssrs. Lyon and Christensen will be esponsible to the taxpayers of the tate if they O. K. a single purchase hat was illegally bought." "What about the piano," Senator "iilman was asked. "Well," he replied, "I have heard It aid if you throw a rock in the dark nd a dog howls you may swear he is it. "I have not sought to discredit the investigating committee," the senator ontlnued, "but to warn it and when Ir. Lyon, without provocation, makes lubllc Its dirty and cowardly inslnuaions that a whisky firm gave me a lano, it is pretty clear to my mind hat he howls because he is hit. It ras easy enough for him to have found ut all about the piano. Mr. Malone, he music dealer In Columbia, knows D wnom ne soia 11 uiiu wnu paiu ior t, and he knows when it was bought. "I note also Mr. Lyon's pretext for elay Is that he may look into the recrds of the Mill Creek Distilling coma.iy to ste whether there are any redits." Senator Tillman's reference to "cred:s" applied to that part of Mr. Lyon's tter which reads as follows: "We wish to find the credits on the ooks of the distillery showing the mount of rebates which Senator Till man said he returned as a grift for the gratitude he felt to the liquor concern crediting the state of South Carolina. Besides this there had come to my ears a rumor?the sources of which I do not now recall, but u rumor which I think should be looked Into?that Senator Tillman when governor was presented with a piano by a liquor concern. "It may be that receipts may be shown for the rebates which may have been returned and also for payment of tills piano which may have been received as was rumored to be the satisfactory explanation In the case of the Towili horse matter." "Mr. Lyon heard my testimony in Columbia and he knows I said nothing about returning any money, for I never received any," said Senator Tillma t. "If the books do not show that any money was ever paid they certainly will not show that any was ever returned. In th most positive way my belief that the investigating committee, charged with such a great responsibility, should do its duty by deciding at once what is lawful to be done about these whisky claims; the more lawyers they write letters to or see about this matter, the greater is the danger that there will be a mean scandal. "While I am on the dispensary," said the senator "I want to give the new board a friendly warning, too. It cannot purchase liquor under the law unless the bidding is clearly competitive, and the lowest priced. Without defining the article to be bought by something other than 'X,' is not competitive bidding. "Then I notice that while fourteen county dispensaries have been closed, there is no reduction in the force of salariid inspectors and other employes. "I am earnestly desirous, both for their own sake and the dispensary, that the new board's actions shall be approved by the: people, but there can be no excuse tpr continuing to pay for men who are not needed. Either the old force was overworked or onethird of it ought to be dispensed with. "In my efforts to keep the dlspen sary from being assassinated, I shall spare no man, be he :-lend or foe, whose actions do not square with the law and Indicate a desire to carry it out loyally." MERE-MENTION. Two hundred carpenters went on a strike at Tampa, Fla., last Saturday out of sympathy with striking painters The forty-fourth anniversary of the battle of Shlloh was observed last Sunday, at Corinth, Miss., with appropriate exercises There Is a case of yellow fever at Kenner, La Mayor Weaver of Philadelphia. has commenced proceedings against the contractors who built the filter system of that city, and who are alleged to have gotten some five millions of dollars more than they were entitled to It la charged that John Alexander Dowle, former foreman of Zlon City, lost mord than a million dollars of the city's money In Wall street speculation The upper story of .the Portland, Oregon, Chamber of Commerce building was destroyed by fire last Friday. Several people were Injured, and Homer H. Hallock was killed. SOUTH CAROLINA NEW8. ? The state press association will meet at the Isle of Palms, in June. ? Charleston, April 7: The appraisement of the Union cotton mills, Union, S. C., adjudged bankrupt on Feb. 14, was filed today with E. W. Hughes, referee, by L. W. Parker of Greenville, W. J. Britton of Spartanburg and J. E. Sirrlne of Greenville, appraisers. The total value of the plant, real estate, accounts due, stock of good's, etc., is appraised at $1,727,489.69. In the schedule of assets and liabilities died some weeks ago, the liabilities were stated to. be $3,244,871.72. The appraisements summed up. are as follows: Plant, of the Union -otton mill, Including real estate, $1,250,000; accounts due $464,339.68; bilks receivable $500; stock of goods $10,000; live stock and vehicles $650. Total $1,727,489.68. The next step will be setting of a date of sale by the United States court an<J the..fix-..,>? ing -of amipset price* ? Columbia, Ajirll 5: At the regular meeting of the State Democratic executive committee here tonight, res- > olutions were adopted calling for the May State Convention, to be held on the 16th of that month, and directing the county chairmen throughout the state to call club meetings on the 28th of April, for the purpose of electing delegates to the county conventions, which will meet on May 7, to elect delegates to the state convention, each county being entitled to double the representation it haa in the general assembly. A resolution by D. H. McGlll of Greenwood, caused some comment. It denounced as untrue the statement In Tom Watson's Magaxlne for March, that it make no difference whether the south's representation in congress and the electoral college Is reduced, as proposed in the bill or Congressman tveiter 01 uniu, and went on to "denounce the author and those that go hand In hand with him along such lines, as enemies of the south and the southern people, such declarations being unbecoming a southern white man." Mr. McGUl defended his resolution with warmth and earnestness, but the other members of the committee took the view that as Tom Wason was not a Democrat any way, to adopt the resolution would be undignified and would give him undue prominence and his magazine undeserved advertising. A motion was made to table the resolution, but Senator Cole L. Blease of Newberry, wanted to save the committee voting on the subject and moved to adjourn. This inspired Mr. McGill to withdraw the resolution. Tom Watson got one vote when he ran for president In the last national convention. This vote came from Spartanburg, but the voter never made himself known. AT THE CHURCHES. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN. REV. E. B. OILLBSPIB, PASTOR. Prayer meeting tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock. TRINITY METHODIST EPISCOPAL. REV. J. U STOKES, D. D., PASTOR. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. \SSOCIATE REFORMED PRE8BY TEKIAIN. rev. w. c. ewaat, pastor. Prayer meeting tomorrow afternoon at 4.30 o'clock. CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD. Services this afternoon at 4 p. m., Wednesday evening at 7.30 p. m., and Thursday and Friday at 4 p. m. ?p?ial Jotinw. Card of Thanks. In behalf of myself and the surviving numbers of the family, I desire to make acknowledgment of the many obligations under which our neighbors and friends have placed us by their many kindnesses In connection with the Illness and death of my father, Mr. W. T. McKntght. Respectfully, It S. W. McKriqht. Low Rates to New Orleans And Return account United Confederate Veterans' reunion. April 25-27th, 1906. The Southern Railway will sell tickets to New Orleans and return at extremely low rates from points In this vicinity at follows: Chester, $14.70; Rock Hill, $15.15; Yorkville, $14.55; Columbia. $14.70; Camden. $15.35. and equally low rates from other points. Tickets will be on sale April 22d, 23rd and 24th, limited, good to return April 30th. By depositing tickets ..rl*W UnAAlol A .Ttmt In Vnilf ?iiii o|icv.iai nftciu 111 aicrw vi icaiia, and upon payment of the sum of fifty cents, an extension of limit to May 21 will be granted. For the accommodation of the delegates from South Carolina, the Southern Railway will operate through cars from Columbia, S. C., leaving April 23rd at 7 a. m., and arrive at New Orleans next morning at 7.15. For full Information apply to any Southern ticket agent, or W. E. McGee, Trav. Pass. Agt., Augusta, Ga.; R. W. Hunt, Div. Pass. Agt., Charleston, or Brooks Morgan, Asst. Gen. Pass. Agt., Atlanta, Ga. td