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Scraps and |acts.
? William J. Bryan, who is visiting
Jerusalem in the course of his
tour of the world, on Saturday addressed
a special meeting held in the
tabernacle by the Christian Missionary
Alliance. He spoke for 70 minutes
on the life of Christ and His teachings
and expressed astonishment at the
small proportion of Christians in
America and Europe visiting the Bible
land.
? Tlie Louisville auu nuuvmc ? ?road
has entered into a contract with
the government to haul 20,000 cars
of cement from Louisville, Ky., to
New Orleans. The cement is to be
delivered within a period of ninety
days and the railroad people are
making arrangements under which
they calculate that they will be able
to put a train load of cement in New
Orleans every forty-five minutes.
? In conversation last Friday
Speaker Cannon let drop a few sentences
of philosophy on presidential
booms and bees which make interesting
reading. The discussion was
anything but an official statement,
but the speaker afterwards consented
to have quotations marks enclose what
he said. "The presidency is not to be
had for the asking," he began. "It
would be ridiculous for any man to
. bob up md decline what had not
been offered to him, especially an
office which no man ever has, and
possibly never will, decline if offered
by the authority of one of the great
political parties of the country- So far
as I am concerned, I would rather do
my duty here as speaker of the house
and help work out policies to bring
the greatest good to the greatest
number of our people than to be
president."
? The trial of Mrs. E. M. Standlfer
for the murder of her sister, Miss
Chapell Whlsenant, March 9, last. In
Atlanta, Qa.. was concluded last Friday
evening with a verdict of acquittal.
after ten minutes' deliberat
tlon of the Jury. Mrs. Standlfer entered
the plea of not guilty and while
admitting the killing, her counsel declared
that emotional insanity impelled
her to do the deed. Mrs. Stan-J
dlfer shot and killed her sister nearly
two months ago. on account of the
marked attention of her husband to
the dead woman. Her suspicions had
been confirmed by the discovery of
letters that had passed between the
two. Asking her sister to discontinue
encouraging Mr. Standlfer and being
refused any promise of reform, she
fired a bullet which brought about
almost instant death. Standlfer was
arrested subsequently on the charge
of disorderly conduct and when his
trial was called, he failed to appear
and his bond was forfeited. His
whereabouts is unknown.
? A city Is a difficult thing to destroy
says the New York Evening
Post. Fire will not do It. nor the
earthquake shock, so long as the
trade routes are undisturbed. The
French Terrorists thought they had
destroyed Lyons when, after ail the
disasters that civil war had visited
upon the city, they levelled its buildings
with battering rams, and decreed
that it3 site should bear a new name.
But In less than ten years Lyons had
revived as Lyons, and was on the
' way to be the great city It has since
become. Marseilles was almost as
badly treated, only to come up again.
The situation of Lyons and Marseilles
decreed they should become great
cities. Most of the cities which were
Important in the middle ages and
have since declined owe their decline
to the change in trade routes. Venice
is a familiar example. English
Boston, which once pressed London
hard, is another. Liverpool and
Glasgow on the other hand, owe their
greatness to the development of new
trade routes. Neither was important
two centuries ago in comparison with
Bristol and Leith. San Francisco is
one of the greatest trade routes In the
world, whose greatness will be increased
by the completion of the
Panama canal.
? Prof. Pierre Curie, the discoverer
of radium, was run over and killed by
a wagon recently in the place Dau
phine, Paris. He was a son of a
Par|3 physician, and was born In
Paris In 1859. He was educated at
the Sorbonne and began scientific research
on his own account while
working as an assistant In the school
of chemistry of Paris. He became a
professor in 1895, and at about that
time he married Marie Slodow Slowdowska,
a Pole, who assisted him In
his research work. She had studied
physics and chemistry both In Warsaw
and Paris and therefore shared
her husband's labor and honor
of his most difficult experiments.
She became a professor of physics
In the Sevres high school, and
as a result of a thesis on radium
she received a degree of doctor of
sciences. She and her husband spent
several years In the laboratory of the
schools of physics and chemistry
studying uranium and thoranlum. and
finally, In 1898, they announced to the
academy of sciences that they had
found a new and stongly radioactive
substance In pitchblende. They
discovered radium in 1903 while experimenting
on salts of uranium. Two
years before the French academy of
sciences had recognized the work of
the Curies by awarding M. Curie the
La Caze prize of 10,000 francs and commending
his wife for her part in the
discoveries. In December. 1903, the
couple received the Nobel prize for
chemistry, and a few days later they
received 60,000 francs as part of the
Osiris prize of France?all in recognition
of their radium discoveries.
? Wherever the fame of the New
York skyscrapers has spread some
vague Idea of the enormous capacity
of these colossal structures must have
been formed, but It Is not improbable
that few persons living right In
the metropolis have ever made a
careful study of the activities of these
commercial centers. Perhaps there
are those who would laugh to scorn
the statement that a single building
In New York is entered daily by 50,000
persons, or as many as the entire
population of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania,
or other similar cities of the
United States, like Houston. Texas,
Akron, Ohio, Lincoln, Nebraska, and
more than there are persons in cities
of the size of Montgomery, Alabama.
Whenever such a statement may be
discredited, It is necessary only to
point otit the fact that an accurate
count fhade one day by F. T. H. Bacon,
superintendent of the Park How
Syndicate building, one of the most
conspicuous of the New York skyscrapers,
of every person who entered
the elevators of that edifice. It
was a simple matter to station guards
at every entrance to the building and
give each person entering a ticket,
which ticket was taken up by the ele
vator drivers. At the close of the r
day these tickets were counted and It f
was found that something more than I
50,000 persons had ridden on the el- t
evators that day. This is said to ex- '
ceed the number of fares collected
by the entire street car system of I
Nashville, Tennessee, In a single day, ]
this information coming from a \
former superintendent of the trolley I
service of that city who was subse- t
quently employed as one of the 1
agents of the Park Row skyscraper.
<?hr ^Jorhvillf (Enquirer. ,
YORKVILLE, S. C.!
TUESDAY, MAY 1, 1906.
The annual reunion of Confederate
veterans In New Orleans last week
was, as usual an interesting and impressive
occasion. The convention met
Wednesday and the exercises continued
through Friday. One of the principal
features of *he reunion was an address
by General Lee, the commander
in chief. The captured banners recently
restored by act of congress were
carried in the great parade on Friday.
Richmond. Va? was selected as the
next place of meeting. Richmond has
always been one of the most popular
of the reunion cities, and inasmuch as
a feature of next year's meeting will
be the unveiling of a monument to
Jefferson Davis, it goes without saying
that the occasion will be most notable.
Harvie Jordan and Mr. Cheatham,
or the Southern Cotton association,
seem very much in earnest about starting
a newspaper in Atlanta. They say
It is to be conducted as an independent e
enterprise, wun nu cumirvnuu niia>civ> i
with the association In which they c
hold office. But it will be a difficult
matter to separate the two. The South- t
ern Cotton association certainly does i
not need an official organ to further j
its ends, as the press of the south has j
been very liberal with Its space and c
has always gladly handled whatever r
matter the association desired to have
published. Messrs. Jordan and Cheat- s
ham have become famous through the i
association, and now they intend to t
make capital of the opportunity which j
they have had to get before the people t
of the country. It does appear that {
their latest move may threaten the ^
usefulness of the Southern Cotton as- f
sociation.?Greenville News. t
We are not disposed to disagree with
the News in Its observation, but then ^
we would advise our contemporary not ^
to worry. When Messrs. Jordan and c
Cheatham attempt to produce them- c
selves what they have been getting so ^
liberally free of charge they will the ^
better appreciate the work that has c
been done by the newspapers general- r
ly. We wish them success in the mat- 1
ter; but we are not promising anything i
of the kind. a
\
There is a new dispute 011 hand l
between Turkey and Great Britain 1
that promises developments that will f
prove important if not serious. Turkey r
has raised the question as to the sov
erelgnty of Egypt. Theoretically the ?
khedive is a vassal of the sultan, while t
actually Egypt has for years been a
British colony. Within the past few *
weeks there nas Deen a connici ue- j
tween British und Turkish authorities
on the Isthmus of Suez. Great Britain
promptly gave Turkey to understand
that she claimed sovereignty over the
Isthmus and for that matter over all
Egypt. Turkey declined to recognize
the claim and the matter is In such
shape that it can only be settled by a
back down on the part of Turkey or
war. It is understood, of course, that
Turkey cannot fight Great Britain,
certainly not at a time when Great
Britain has no other engagements on
her hands. Some of the diplomats
have suggested the suspicion that Germany
is at the bottom of this trouble
as she was at the bottom of the recent
Moroccan dispute and Is looking for
an opportunity to try conclusions with
Great Britain. But there is no satisfactory
evidence of anything of the
kind. It is suggested also that Turkey r
has under contemplation the Idea of
beginning a holy war in which all Mohammedanism
will be arrayed against
all Christendom.
Wb desire to commend Judge Hydrick
for the stand he took with the
Richland lawyers the other day. We
are quite sure that the Richland lawyers
are no worse offenders than are
the members of any other bar in the
state. It is a fact all of the lawyers s
waste too much time. Some seem to c
take a special delight In this kind of J
thing. They act as though they do
not consider that they feel any respon- t
sibillty to anybody except themselves, r
and the fact that they fritter away the ^
time of jurors, and witnesses and the f
money of the taxpayers is of but little o
consequence to them. Nobody perhaps
realizes this better than the judges;
but It Is not the disposition of many of *
the judges to Interfere. They are usu- [
ally over indulgent. We have known t
different judges to start out as Judge r
Hydrick has started out, to try to re- *
form the abuses under consideration, z
and we have seen them later on be- t
conie indifferent. Their zeal for re- a
form proved weaker than the over t
bearing imposition of some of the pro- g
crastinating attorneys. As to how it ?
is going to be with Judge Hydrick we 1
pr< fer to await developments. In our |,
opinion tie is a man of great firmness, f
and we do not believe he can be unduly 11
infimnced by anybody. Being con- "
vinced of the right, we believe lie has i
the manhood to do it. But then we I
recognize that he has cut out some big
work in this matter and if lie falls by v
the wayside he will have plenty of c
company. We sincerely hope, however, *
that lie will continue faithful to the t
end.
MERE-MENTION.
Thirteen people were killed and a *
large amount of property was destroyed
by a tornado at Bellevue, Texas,
last Friday Edwin H. |
Holmes, former assistant statistician i
of the department of agriculture, I
who was indicted last summer on the ,
charge of conspiracy in connection f
with giving out premature Informa- -k
Hon from his department was ar- 1
raigned in New York last Friday and |
plead not guilty The burned i
district of San Francisco is a frac- '
tion less than four square miles i
It Is now estimated that there were |*
not more than three hundred deaths \
in San Francisco during the earth- !
quake and fire The negroes of t
South Africa have inaugurated a great i
-ebellion against the British colonial
government A California company
has secured a concession for
he laying of a pipe line across the
sthmus of Panama The dry
lock Dewey entered the Suez canal
ast Saturday. It is said that in
daces the canal is only two feet
vlder than the dry dock and it
a estimated that barring accidents
he trip through the canal will hardly
>e made under seven days.
STRICKEN SAN FRANCISCO.
Afork of Relief and Rebuilding Goes
Bravely On?Sightseers a Nuisance.
The work of bringing order out of
ihaos in San Francisco, providing for
he relief of the destitute and makng
plans for the rebuilding of the
:tty has continued steadily on and
iplendid progress has been made by
hose in charge of the most stupend>us
undertaking.
It is now estimated that the fire
oss alone amounts to in the nelghjorhood
of $200,000,000, and of this
:onsiderably more than half is covered
by insurance; but there is not
learly enough money in the city to
msure the pushing of building operitions
as rapidly as is necessary.
Ex-Mayor James Phelan, chairman
if the finance committee, announced
ast Saturday that he had been ad,'lsed
by Secretary Metcalf that of
he $2,500,000 appropriated by the
federal goverment, only $300,000 is
ivailable at the present time and the
:ommittee has available to its orders
it the mint only $518,000. Mr. Phean
makes this announcement at
his time In order that the country
it large may not get the impression
hat the San Francisco people have
nfllions with which to take care of
he destitute.
Relief work has been very much
rystematlzed during the past few
lays. It has been turned over prin:lpally
to the military and the un>urned
part of the city has been divided
Into seven districts. Citizens
lave been employed to do the clercal
work, and a ticket system has
>een inaugurated to prevent imposiion.
Luxuries are kept for invalids
ind children, and able bodied men
ire denied food unless they can show
hat they are engaged lu some kind
>f useful work.
As the result of the experiences of
he past two weeks the whole popilation
is agreed that the regular
irmy Is the best dependence for law
ind order, and the mayor will reluest
that the troops be permitted to
emaln In the city for the present.
Mr. Phelan has evolved a plan to
lecure adequate relief through the
lelp of the government. He proposes
o issue city bonds to the amount of
1200,000,000 to run fifty years and
o draw two per cent Interest. His
)lan provides that these bonds be
fuaranteed by the government in orler
that they may bring full value on
he market.
City officers were highly elated tolay
to find the contents of the munlcpal
treasury Intact. The vaults
vere a part of the city hall that escaped
the fire. An expert opened the
loors this morning and found gold,
illver and securities scattered over
he floor safe and unharmed. The
*ault contained $5,800,000 in currency;
$300,000 In securities of the Gernan
Savings bank and $12,000,000 of
insold city bonds.
Absolute order still prevails In San
Yancisco. The great city which but
l brief time since was known the
vorld over as the "Second Paris." so
vide was Its reputation for gayety and
ileasure seeking, hus settled into the
tuietest of communities, In which the
>opulation Is not seen abroad after the
irst hours of darkness. While the
nost rigid patrol system in maintained
everywhere, the people are free to come
ind go as they please. But as there
ire no places of recreation to attract
hem, few venture abroad at night.
The influx of sightseers is adding to
he work of the authorities and to the
liscomfort of those still living In San
'Yancisco.
Thousands of these people crowd the
erry boats, block the few open streets
vlth all sorts of useless vehicles, and
lerlously interfere with those engaged
n relief work. Today they added to
he terrific jam at the main ferry and
choked the narrow passages cleared In
i few streets for vehicles. They overan
ruins of buildings wherever safety
vould permit, and were ruthless In
heir frantic efforts to seize on some
irtlcle or nisioric or inimisii; vaiuc
ind cart it away.
Throughout Chinatown and along
Cearney street, where bazaars filled
vith Oriental wares once stood, the
larvest of relics has been particularly
Ich. Men. women and children, fearng
neither the presence of military nor
he danger of crumbling walls, swarm
ibout the ruins with great profit to
hemselves. In many of the Chinese
ind Japanese stores, when the fire apiroached,
the proprietors burled a large
>art of their stock In the basements,
ntending to return after the fire had
tassed and recover what they could.
They never came back. The terrors of
he rocking earth and the sweep of
lame were too much for their Oriental
nlnds, but the relic hunters came, and
verythlng that was of any use or value
las been carried away.
The work of the looters has not been
onfined alone to the ruins of stores,
tiany residences have been worked
iver, and articles of gold silver and
hina carried away. At the ruins of
he Hopkins Art Institute and the
Stanford residence guards are malnalned,
and yesterday two women, who
lad been gathering relics at other
louses along Pine and California
itreets, complained against the refusal
?f the guards to permit them to enter
he ruins where the Stanford and the
Crocker homes once stood.
Among the ruins of many family)
lotels and in the ashes of pawn shops
elic hunters gathered trinkets and unlet
jewels. There is no limit to the enlurance
of the looters, nor to the eforts
they will make to find something
if value.
Assassination of Gapon.?The St.
'etersburg Nore Vremya of Sunday,
>rints a circumstantial story which
ends to confirm the reports that Fathr
Gapon lias been assassinated by a
evolutionist. Father Gapon is repreented
as having entered into relations
vith a group of the "Fighting Organiation"
of the terrorists, and in order
0 test ids loyalty one of the leaders,
in engineer named Rutenberg. under
he alias of Martini, offered to betray
he secrets of the organisation to the
government. Gapon, according to thel
itory, took the bait. He offered to |
onduct tlie negotiations. Some hagfling
about the price to be paid folowed,
Rutenberg demanding $f?0,000.
finally, however, on his agreeing to
iccept $12,500, Gapon went to Odarkl,
1 small place beyond the Finnish fronier,
to meet Rutenberg for a consuinnation
of the agreement. He has not
?een seen since.
A Jewess named Hoist, in, a member
>f a group of revolutionaries with
vhich his friends knew he was in close
'onsultation at that time, mysteriously
lisappeared the day afterward.
The plain inference is, the paper says,
hat the revolutionaries, finding Gapon
o be a traitor, executed him, and
hat Gapon's papers, which reached his
awyer. Margolin, from Berlin a few
lays ago, were forwarded by the Holitein
woman.
The Faithffi, Slaves.?The United
Confederate Veterans at New Or
eaus, adopted a resolution recomnending
to the different states the
tensioning of ex-slaves who followed
heir masters to war. There is nnthng
new in this sentiment. The
aithful slaves have always been reipected
and esteemed In the south
tnd this demonstration of the old
,'eterans Is a natural affection that
las always been in their hearts. The
dea of pensioning ex-slaves recalls a
ittle incident that occurred in coti-j
tress a few years ago when the late
dark Hanna, thinking he would
nuke a deep cut for the south, advocated
the pensioning of ex-slaves
>y the government. Hut he wasn't
ong finding out that the south was
ilmost a unit in endorsing the movenent.
LOCAL AFFAIRS, t
d
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
J. C. Wllborn?Offers the Enloe place,
5J miles west of Yorkville, for sale. P
R. T. Clastles, Smyrna?Wants thfc r
owner to come for a red horse mule t
which he took upon his premises.
Foushee Cash Store?Says it can sell
you millinery at moderate and mon- rJ
ey saving prices. Next special will t
be India Unon and pearl buttons. ,
First National Bank?Again reralnds
you that It invites yohr business and d
promises prompt and accurate atten- a
tion. v
J. Q. Wray, The Leader?Reminds you
that hid uvpk of dnpnlnl hnrcrnlns he
gan today and wants you to get your i
share. 1
W. Brown Wylle. Executor?Will on a
May 12th, at Sharon, sell the home
place or plantation of the !ate R. A. 1
Gilflllen to the highest bidder for t
cash. -v
Adlckes' Emporium?Wants all orders .
for sweet potato slips to be In not
later than Friday, May 4th. 0
Thomson Co.?Gives a plain every day t
talk to customers about domestic t
cotton goods and quotes prices.
J. J. Keller & Co.?Tells you that the c
advance guard of the fly crop ifi here
and recommends their fly screens.
York Drug Store?Has choice selection
of pure grown watermelon and cantaloupe
seed.
Yorkville Hardware Co.?Invites you to
see It for hoes, plow molds and s
stocks, harrow teeth, twisters, sweeps j
and anything else In hardware.
Much neaded rains fell yesterday af- *
ternoon and last night, and far as Information
has been obtainable they (
have been quite general.
We don't think there Is any doubt
about the fact that to the late James g
Leslie McGlll, more than to any other
one citizen, belongs the credit for the s
establishment of the Presbyterlal High
school at Bethany. Mr. McGlll con- ^
celved the Idea years ago and worked {
on It persistently until he saw the undertaking
well under way. But he
would have never been successful ex- ^
cept for the generous broad minded
assistance of others In the community,
and the fact that there were those who
were willing to work shoulder to
shoulder with him In this matter, Is to
g
be taken as evidence that this Institution
will not be allowed to languish.
The Bethany people owe It to them- 1
selves and to Mr. McGlll to see that the
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school is maintained, ana mere iu no
reason to fear that they will fall to ^
measure up to their responsibility.
K is very necessary that there should *
be some legislation that will facilitate
the congested calendars of the court 8
of common pleas for York county. As e
matters now stand, although York has
about as much business as all the other
counties of the circuit together, the
court has no more time here than In
any one of the other counties. It has 1
been demonstrated several times that '
the special term expedient Is a com- 1
plete failure so far as accomplishing 1
the purpose Intended is concerned, a u '
there Is no need to look for relief from
that source. The calendars) are grow- '
ing at a much more rapid rate than 6
they can be relieved. This is especial- '
ly the case with Calendar 1, and unless (
something Is done In the pieantime It 1
will soon be a matter of years after a case
has been put on the calendar be- '
fore It can be reached. It has been *
suggested that It will be a very good (
Idea to amend the law regulating the (
holding of courts In this circuit so as
to provide for two weeks at York at *
the beginning of the circuit and two <
weeks at the end of .the circuit. {
Even an arrangement like this will not (
relieve the calendars for quite a while. (
CIRCUIT COURT ?
After one. week devoted to (he business
of the sessions and one week de- '
voted to the common pleas, all but one
day of last week being consumed with
business on Calendar 1, the circuit
adjourned sine die on last Saturday,
leaving the sessions business in fairly t
good,shape and the common pleas bus- s
Iness well nigh untouched. J:
When last Friday's issue of The En- t
quireer went to press the court was p
engaged on the case of W. F, Jackson, *
plaintiff vs. the Southern railroad, defendant,
Involving the question of r
damages due the plaintiff on account t
of injuries sustained while fighting a J
Are that threatened the property of the t
defendant at Tlrzah. The case was not t
concluded until shortly before dark c
Friday afternoon. The jury remained
out someining less man an nuur uuu
Anally returned with a verdict for the
plaintiff in the ?um of $6,000. Mr. W. c
B. McCaw for the plaintiff, and Mr. J. 1
E. McDonald for the defendant. 1
A part of Saturday morning was de- 1
voted to the hearing of motions for f
new trials in the cases of Quick vs. the r
Millfort Manufacturing company; Hull, c
Adm'r. vs. the Seaboard Air Line; ?
Jackson vs. the Southern. All three r
motions were promptly overruled. The *
remainder of the day was devoted to "
the granting of orders in various equity r
cases; but only a few orders were r
taken.
Judge Klugh left for his home in r
Abbeville Saturday evening, going by
way of the C. & N.-W. to Chester and
thence by way of the Seaboard Air t
Line. t
WITHIN THE TOWN. j
? The Yorkvllle Cornet band is practicing
faithfully. Two pieces have
been pretty well learned and a third 8
has been taken uji. j
? The early closing agreement went j
into effect yesterday. Under this
agreement, the signers close their
stores at six o'clock, p. m. b
? The postofflce department has de- 1
cided that children going to and from t
school shall not be allowed to get their A
parent's mail, so do not blame the r
postmaster If your children are refus- ^
ed the mail. The postofflce habit \
among children has become a nuisance
both to the public and the postmaster.
and the department has done wisely In s
. . .... e
maxing hum (ifi-iMuii.
? The board of health has quaran- j
tlned two houses In the Neely Mill vil- I
lage on account of smallpox, and or- ^
ders have been Issued for the vaccination
of all the operatives of the village,
who had not already been recently Jj
vaccinated. The mill operatives do _
not seem to be especially concerned J
over the situation. Many of them
claim to have been familiar with the
disease for years, and they hold that 11
0
if it is smallpox then smallpox Is not ,
a very serious matter after all. The j
doctors, however, hold that there is no t
question of the fact that the discuse is
smallpox a very mild form perhaps,
but smallpox nevertheless, and the *
health board sees nothing else but to j
institute the quarantine, as the physicians
recommend.
? The fire department was called I
out by an alarm from the Tavora Cot- 11
ton mill last Friday afternoon at about ?
4.30 o'clock because of a blaze In the
transformer house. The lire was extinguished
in short order after damage ^
had been indicted to the amount of ^
perhaps a hundred dollars. Investlga- 8
tlon us to the origin of the Are develops ^
that in all probability It was due to
lightning, which probably struck the
transmission wire somewhere between V
he mill and the power house at the t
lam. Speaking of the incident, a 1
gentleman, who is in a position to 1
;now, said: "And unless preventative
irecauttons are taken, this is not a j
narker to what you people are going j
o get later on when the summer 1
hunder storms become more frequent. '
?here is no lightning wire on the J
ransmlsslon line yet. The lightning 1
tire is a fourth wire running the entire i
llstance along with the other wires (
tnd with frequent direct connections i
vith the ground. It takes care of \
nost ordinary discharges of electric- J
ty; but of course, not all of them.
This line was put up In a great hurry ]
ind it has not yet been practicable to <
>ut up the lightning wire. It can only
te put up when the wires are dead and
vill have to be done during a shut ]
town of all the plants taking power 1
?ver this line or on Sundays. But If j
here is no lightning wire before the ]
hunder storms come on, you may look ]
>ut for trouble." j
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Mr. Geo. W. Kunz spent Sunday j
ind Monday In Charlotte.
Miss Jessie Baber has a position as
lafeslady with the Foushee Cash
Store.
Mr. John F. Oates of Chester, atended
the funeral of Mr. J. L. Mc- '
3111 at Bethany Sunday.
Miss Alice Qattis of Gastonla, spent
lunday with her sister. Miss Georgia '
3attis, returning home today.
Rev. W. A. Rogers of Rock Hill, asilsted
Rev. J. S. Grier with the com- 1
nunlon services at Sharon church
Sunday. '
Mrs. Elizabeth Lowry of Lowryvllle,
eturned to her home this morning af- '
er a visit of several days to Yorkvllle
fiends.
Mr. W. A. Maloney is representing
he session of Sharon A. R. P. church '
* *1 .1 ~s .1 T7U * I
it me meeung ui me nisi
it Statesvllle.
Rev. W. C. Ewart and Mr. W. Brown
Pfylle have gone to Statesvllle, N. C., to
ittend the spring meeting of the First
Vssociate Reformed presbytery at that
dace.
Mr. Walter A. Kennedy, a student
it the theological seminary at Due
Vest, spent Sunday with relatives at 1
Sharon, enroute to the meeting of
>resbytery at Statesvllle.
Thos. F. McDow, Esq., has accepted 1
in Invitation from the Drayton Ruthrford
chapter United Daughters of the
Confederacy to deliver the Memorial
Day address at Newberry.
Dr. R. L. Anderson formerly of
fork county, graduated from the
Charleston medical college with M.
). in 1900, has just graduated from
he Southern Dental college In Atanta
with the degree of D. D. S.
;Ie will locate at Hampton, Fla.
Mr. J. E. McDonald of Wlnnsboro,
s now district counsel for the South>rn
railroad, and has charge of lltiga:ion
arising in Fairfield, York and
Chester counties. There are quite a
lumber of cases pending against the
Southern in this county, and Mr. McDonald
will have business here at
ach succeeding term of the court
>f common pleas for some time to
:ome.
The Rev. Oliver Johnson, pastor of
*Jeely's Creek Associate Reformed
:hurch in this county, has been select d
to preach the sermon at the next
:ommenceipent at historic Tusculum,
>ne of the classic seats of ISast Tenlessee.
Tusculum Academy, the foretinner
of Tusculum college, was
'ounded by the great teacher and
ireacher, Samuel Doak, a Scotch-Irish
Presbyterian, who went into Tennessee
n 1783, and whose fame as an educaor
is part of the history of Tennessee,
lamuel Doak died in 1829. and was
mcceeded in his work at Tusculum by
lis son, Samuel W. Doak, who prelided
over the institution until his
leath in 1864. In 1868 Greeneville and
Tusculum colleges, both shattered by 1
he war, were consolidated, and the relultant
institution, known as Greene- ;
rille and Tusculum college, was loca- j
ed at Tusculum in the plant of Tus:ulum
college. In 1884 the McCor
nick's of Chicago, made a donation i
oward a new building, which In their (
lonor was called McCormick hall. The
n8tltution is under Presbyterian con- 1
rol, the synod of Tennessee having i
he selection of the board of trustees |
if the dollege. ,
DEMOCRATIC CLUB MEETINGS.
Meetings of the various Democratic ,
:lubs of York county were held at (
heir respective precincts Saturday at- .
ernoon pursuant to the recent call of |
he county executive committee for the ,
>urpose of re-organization and for the
turpose of electing delegates to the |
:ounty convention to be held Monday. ,
?o far as heard from, there have been (
io contests at any of the meetings, and {
>ut little If any change In the person- |
lei of those having the executive
nanagement of the various clubs. The
esults of the reorganizations as far as (
t has been practicable to gather infornation
are as follows:
Bethel.
G. L. Riddle, president: J. B. Ford, .
rlce president; F. H. Jackson, treasirer;
R. M. Barnett, executive commit- <
eeman. Delegates?J. B. Ford, J. A. ,
tattaree. S. N. Johnson. J. W. Jackson. .
Uternates? A. E. SlfTord, E. N. Miller, 1
i I. Cnmnhell. S. J. Clinton.
Blairsville,
J. P. Blair, president; W. W. Blair,
ecretary and treasurer; J. N. Russell,
xecutlve committeeman. Delegates?
L L. Rainey, D. B. Mitchell, S. A.
illtchell, H. J. Sherrer.
Catawba.
Club No. 1 failed to hold a meeting,
iut will do so next Saturday. Club
tfo. 2 elected H. M. Dunlap president
,nd W. H. Stewart secretary and
reasurer. Delegates?J. G. Anderson,
V. M. Dunlap, W. B. Wilson, Jr., Hlani
White, J. A. Barber. W. H. Hall,
L M. Dunlap, A. E. Smith, E. E. Poag,
V. H. Stewart. R. H. Cowan, J. H.
Vltherspoon, W. A. Fewell.
Clover.
W. B. Smith, president; E. C. Jackon,
secretary; J. E. Beamguard, excutive
committeeman. Delegates?C.
\ Thomas, E. C. Jackson W. B. Smith,
5. M. Nelll, J. E. Jackson, Dr. E. W.
Tessly. J. B. Robinson, J. M. Ford,
V. I. Brlson.
Forest Hill.
John M. Craig, executive committeenan.
Delegates?Perry Ferguson, J.io.
A. Craig and J. B. Bigger. Alternates
-J. D. B. Currence, J. B. Bigger, T.
A. Martin.
Hickory Grove.
J. E. Leech, executive committeenan;
J. S. Wllkerson, secretary. Delgates?J.
E. Leech, J. J. J. Robinson,
. M. Whitesldes, R. L. A. Smith J.
J. McDIIl. W. S. Wllkerson. J. W. Casles,
J. N. McGlll, W. T. Slaughter.
McConnellsville.
P. M. Burris, precinct chairman and
xecutlve committeeman. Delegates
-P. M. Burris, O. L. Sanders, J. F.
tshe, G. W. Foster
Sharon.
J. H. Saye, executive committeeman.
)elegutes?H. W. Shannon C. I* Kenicdy,
J. D. Hamilton. Alternates?A.
\ Plexico, R. H. O. Caldwell, R. M.
Smyrna. *
E. P. Castles, president; R. W.
Vhltesides, vice president; J. Arthur 1
Vhltesides, secretary; R. W. White- J
ides, executive committeeman. Del- t
gates?J. W. Quinn, E. P. Castles, R.
V. WhResides.
Tirzah.
A. M. Black, president; J. B. Barron, v
Ice president; S. M. Carothers, secre- c
ary and treasurer; R. R. Allison, exec- b
ltlve committeeman. Delegates?R. ^
=t. Allison, S. M. Carothers.
Yorkville No. 1. *
Thos. P. McDow, president; John R.
Hart, vice president; W. Thompson, n
Fackson, secretary; F. P. McCain, w
reasurer; J. S. Brice executive com- g
nitteeman. Delegates?W. Thompson
rackson. Harry McCaw, Jos. W. Smith,
H. Sandifer, Thos. F. McDow, Frank c
P. McCain, Dr. J. D. McDowell, John 1
r. Latnan, C. E. Spencer, J. E. Burns, r
W. J. Nell. J. S. Brlce, S. M. Grist. W.
3. White, John R. Hart, J. D. Land. a
\lternates?M. L. Carroll, R. J. Cald- H
veil, D. C. Clark, W. E. Ferguson, J. a
3. Wllborn John F. Smith, J. W. Y. F
Dickson, J. P. McKnlght, Withers *;
\dlckes, John S. Sandifer, M. C. Willis, C
Harry Neil, A. Y. Cartwrlght. W. D. Is
3rlst. J. W. Dobson. J. D. Clark.
YorKviiie no. c.
W. W. Lowis, president; R. E. McParland,
secretary and treasurer; M. fi
3. Jennings, executive committeeman.
Delegates?Walter B. Moore, J. L.
Moss, T. Nelson Thomasson, W. W. ?
Lewis, J. C. Comer, J. W. McFarland
M. B. Jennings, J. P. White, D. M. Ben- r
field, W. R. Carroll. Alternates?J. L. J
Williams, J. A. Shillinglaw, W. S. Pe- a
terR, T. N. Wood, C. A. Carroll, S. M. t,
McNeel, T. L. Carroll, R. E. McFar- <j
land, Ernest Heath, W. M. Kennedy. 4
. t
DEATH OF J. L. McGILL.
Mr. James L. McGlll, one of the best c
known and most prominent citizens ?
of the county, passed away at his j
home In the Bethany neighborhood c
last Saturday morning at 8i30 o'clock, r
after a brief Illness with pneumonia,
and was buried In the Bethany ceme- t
tery on Sunday with the religious 1
ceremonies of the Associate Reform- j
ed church of which he was a member,
and with Masonic honors. 1
Mr. McGlll was born at the McGlll 1
old homestead net.r Bethany on May .
11, 1853, and lived in the same neigh- t
borhood practically all of his life. 1
His father was William McGlll, a son 1
of one of the pioneer settlers of the .
county. He was educated In the com- (
mon schools of the neighborhood in
which he lived and was raised to (
wholesome hard work on his father's
farm. He was married on February 1
19, 1880, to Miss Mattie I. Lowry, and
since that time has been giving his at- '
tention to merchandising and farm- ,
Ing, In which pursuits he has been t
pminently successful.
For a period of some twenty years ,
Mr. McGill was seldom heard of outside
of his Immediate neighborhood t
i
mmmim
JAMBS LK3L.IK il'OUJ*
except in a business way. Hia whole 1
time and attentipn were devoted, tq |
his family and his business. He was t
not regarded in any sense a public ]
man. Under conditions as they then 1
existed there seemed to be very little ,
call for his services except in his ,
church. He always stood ready to i
lend a helping hand to deserving '
neighbors, It is true; but his benefaciions
were on the limited scale that t
are to be classed with the average. (
As his business prospered, however, *
he sought to extend his operations in
behalf of the community generally.
He had always been interested in his
church. This interest he had inherit- j
ed from his parents. From them also
no doubt he got the Inspiration to be
as much use as possible in the uplift- .
Ing of his fellow man. At any rate .
there Is no disputing the fact that he
was the father of the Bethany High
school. He began work in that dlrec- .
tlon years ago and kept persistently .
at it until success had at last begun .
to crown his efforts. He subscribed .
liberally himself, and inspired others
to help. But this was only a part of .
what he was trying to do. He was
liberal with his assistance to those 6
who gave promise of being useful clt- \
Izens and exerted a great influence t
for good throughout his entire neighborhood.
The funeral was largely attended. 1
It was a communion occasion at the I
church and that fact may have had t
something to do with the presence of |
so many people; but thst was not all. t
Hundreds went long dktances, from J
Vorkville, Clover, King's Mountain, t
Sastonia and other points for no other
purpose than to pay their respect *
to the memory or a man iney mi r
It a privilege to honor. j
The religious services were con- s
ducted by Kev. R. M. Stevenson, as- 1
listed by Rev. W. Y. Love. Mr. Stev- g
en-son paid a high tribute to the life (
ind character of the deceased. He a
had been closely associated with Mr. ?
McGlll during a period of something y
like twenty years and knew him. He (
told how the deceased had connected
himself with the church in early v
manhood, how he was elected a dea- v
ion in 1886, how faithfully he per- f
formed the duties of the office and J1
tow, since 1899, he had been a ruling f
?lder and clerk of the session. The n
leceased was always Interested in the
v
spiritual welfare of the congregation g
ind never -shirked a duty in connec- t
lion with the high position he held. *
Vfr. Stevenson also testified to the
iroad unselfish interest Mr. McGlll ^
tad all along shown In the cause of (
education and how liberally he had
jlven of his time, efforts atid means
n Hie establishment of the Bethany ||
High school and the fond hope he tl
md In the future benefit this instl- ?
utlon would be to the community.
VI r. Stevenson also took occasion to ti
efer to the close personal relations P
letween himself and Mr. McGIII and ^
Ikened those relations to the friend- p
(hip between David and Jonathan. L
The speaker was visibly affected by g
lis deep grief, and his deep emotion g|
ound full sympathy throughout the tl
arge congregation. tl
After the religious services the Maionic
fraternity took charge. There y
vere about forty-five Masons present, 0
nost of them from Alpine lodge of ^
Clover, and Philanthropic lodge of
iforkvllle. The deceased was a mem- rr
>er of Alpine lodge, ami Mr. W. T. u
teamguard, worshipful master of *
hat lodge, conducted the ceremonies, p
-le was assisted by Dr. J. B. Allison b
ind Mr. M. C. Willis, of the York- |J
llle lodge. The interment was ac- )t
lompanled by the usual Masonic bi
urlal service. The pall bearers were
leusrs. M. L. Smith, J. M. Smith,
esse D. Ford, Fred Howell, M. C. fi
Vlllis, J. R. Hart. After the interlent,
the ceremonies were concluded
,ith a benediction by Rev. R. M. c
tevenson. J"
Mr. McGill leaves a widow and five r
hildren, four sons and one daughter, v
'he names of the sons are W. B. Mc- 1
Mil, J. L. McGill, Jr., A. M. McGill "
nd Frank McQlll. The name of the p
Ittle daughter Is Ruth. There are *
lso two brothers, Mr. L. A. McGill of J
Jethany, and Mr. J. M. McGiH of
'orsicana, Texas, both substantial cltsens
of affairs.
ROCK HILL AND VICINITY.
Itate Federation of Women's Clubs
Convenes In Annual Meeting Today.
;orreux>iMleace ot the Yorkville Knqulrvi
Rook Hill, April 30.?All arrangenents
have been completed for the
!iitertalnment of the State Federition
of Women's Clubs, which will
'onvene In the city hall next Tueslay
evening, the 1st of May. The
lelegates are expected to arrive here
donday evening or Tuesday morning.
The convention will actually befin
work Tuesday afternoon at 4:30
t'clock, when the sessions of the executive
committee will be held. At
I o'clock Tuesday evening the State
federation of Women's Clubs will be
ealled to order and the Invocation
nade by the Rev. Watson B. Dun>an
of the St. John's M. B. church.
A quartette made up of Mrs. Oibbes
ind Misses Reed, Haskell and Izard,
vtll sing "My True Love Hath My
Seart," Cruikshank, and "Ah, 'Tls a
Dream," Hawley.
The addresses of welcome will be
nade by Mayor John T. Roddey and
drs. Paul Workman, president of
?lty Union of Women's Clubs. The
esponse will be made by Mrs. W. M.
Joleman, now of Atlanta, Qa., fornerly
of South Carolina, and first
^resident of the State Federation.
Ey the quartette. "Behind the LatIce,"
Chadwick; "Peggy," Neldlfnfer.
Lecture, "The History of South
Carolina," Mr. A. S. Salley, Jr., Colimbia,
S. C.
Quartette, "Sweet and Low," Lyles-Barnby.
Wednesday, 9:30 a. m., after the
onventlon is called to order, Miss
Jllian Ryder of Wlnthrop college,
vill sing a solo. Afterwards the usuil
business proceedings will be held
ind the "Department of Education"
vill report through Its chairman,
diss Annadora Baer.
Mrs. A. F. McKlsHick, chairman or
he "Industrial 8chool Committee."
rill make the report.
The rest of the morning session
vlll be taken up with a memorial
lervlce in honor of the late Mrs. Marha
Orr Patterson. Luncheon will be
terved at 1 o'clock at McEhvee's resaurant,
by the "Ann White" chaper,
U. D. C.
A* the afternoon session the re<>,
Li of the "Department of Art." i
Mrs. A. G. Price, chairman; "Department
of Music." Mrs. R. W. i
llbbes, chairman; "Department of i
forestry and Civics," Mrs. Rufus
.''ant, chairman; various club reports, i
ncluding that of civic leagues and 1
miscellaneous business, will occupy
ittehtion.
In the evening at 8:30 o'clock will J
>e held the reception by the Comnerclal
Club In the club room.
Thursday, at morning session. Mrs.
?ora S. Llgon will sing a solo and
he order of exercises will include:
"Literary Department," Mrs. M. P.
tridley, Chairman; "Reciprocity,"
Miss Mary Poppenheim, chairman; 1
'Arts and Crafts," Mrs. R. H. Jenilngs.
chairman; "Domestic Science,"
Vfrs. J. T. Calvert, chairman. Lun:heon
will be served at McElwee's
estaurant by the King's Daughters
ind City Union of Clubs.
In the afternoon the "Klndergar- I
en Department," Miss M. E. Clinck.
:halrman; reports of civil service re- 1
orm committee. Miss Adele Vander *
lor.st. chairman, will be - heard, af- '
er which business matters and elec- 1
Ion of officers will be entered into. '
[n the evening a reception will be 1
teld at Wlnthrop college.
Thursday morning the convention 1
vlll open with music by Miss Marion
rohnson, planlste. Mrs. J. T. Alder- .
nan, president of the North Carolina
federation of Women's Clubs, will !
td dress the convention.
An "Open Discussion of Club In- 1
erests," will be led by Mrs. M. G.
JlltTord. after which there will be
tome commltte reports and the con- !
rentlon will adjourn.
TARIFF REVI8I0N THE I88UE.
lohn Sharpe Williams Issues a Defy to ,
the Republican Party.
There is little reason to doubt that
arlff revision Is still the great political
S8ue in this country. The railroad
ate question is one of very great lm)ortance
to the people as a whole; but
t hardly approaches the tariff issue.
The Republicans realise this fact fully;
>ut they are inclined to dodge it as ,
ar as possible. They know that as
loon as the tariff question is let loose
heir party already weakened by Its
rery numerical strength, will be dlvid- i
d into factions that will compel its
drtual reorganisation. But the Dem- i
?crats have been all along watching
or an opportunity to introduce the ap>le
of discord, and Leader Williams
ias probably succeeded. During last
Thursday two or three prominent Rembllcans
made statements and introluced
evidence to disprove statements
hat numerous large manufacturing <
nterests would be unable to maintain
he trust arrangements by which they
told prices out of reason except for
he tariff. Mr. Williams among other <
hings said:
I have an impression that if we could 1
lave fought this last campaign upon
he line of common sense, and sensible
eduction and revision of the tariff to i
>revent the exploitation of home con- I
umers by concerns which exploited
hem under the shelter of a tariff, I
vhile they sell cheaper to the foreign- I
rs, we would have won the election. I
Democratic applause). And I have 1
mother Idea, and I will give it to the I
gentleman now, tnat tne personality or
rour candidate had more to do with
our success than the strength of your
arty.
And I have another idea, that is more
, wonderment than an idea. I am
wondering and sometimes dreaming of
I'hat will happen to the gentleman
rom Iowa (Mr. Hepburn), the gentlenan
from Pennsylvania (Mr. Dalzell),
he gentleman from New York (Mr.
>ayne) and the gentleman from Indlaa
(Mr. Landls), and all the other
waders of the cohorts of standpatism,
fhen toward the tall end of this conrtss,
or during the next session of
his congress, the man In the White
louse (who carried your party to vlcory
rather than the party carrying
1m) shall send a message to this
louse to revise and reduce the tariff.
Applause on the Democratic side.)
It is In the air that he wanted to do
t before this. It was asserted In the
ewspapers, I do not know whether
t was true or not, I hope not, that
here was some sort of an agreement
etween him and the speaker whereby
e must hold back this box, with all
hese serpents of discord from being
iirned loose among the Republican
arty, providing the speaker would
elp him get through certain things
hat he considered of primary and r
aramount importance at this moment, c
,et me tell you something. You have s
ot to revise this tariff. If you don't <
'e will. [Applause on the Democratic t
Ide.] Because our common masters,
tie people of America have made up 1
neir minds that it shall be revised. t
I will tell you another thing. I am 1
olng to tell you a whole lot of things, t
ou have got to pass a bill to admit t
Oklahoma and the Indian Territory as
state In this Union, and leave Arl- t
>na and New Mexico out. For If you a
on't we will, because the people, your \
rnsters and our masters, have made 1
P their minds upon that point. I t
ill tell you another. Your Republim
senate has got to pass a reasona- e
le and right and Just railroad rate f
111, and If you don't that Is another f
ling that we wUl do. As surely as c
lere is a sun in Heaven, unless you do a
the people will commission some- d
ody else to do it.
A BLOOD STAINED STATE.
Serious Indictments Against 8outh
Carolina.
Some time ago, says the Columbia. A
orrespondent of the News and Courer,
when Bishop Capers took occasion
o comment on the fearful number of
nurdtrs committed In this state there
fere some who protested on the ground
hat while this may be so, there was no
peclal use to talk about It.
It Is very well to remember that
nibllclty Is about the only thing that
fill arouse public sentiment In this
espect. Conditions are no better now e*
han they were some time ago, when
he last published statement was made
n the News and Courier. *
A comparative statement, - as gathered
from the records, has been pre>ared
by an observant student of such
natters and this comparison has been
riven the press for such effect as it
nay have.
The study of the records is as fol- ^
ows;
The report from authenticated offl lal
sources shows that in the city of
Chicago there were 143 murders during
he last year. (1905.) This statement ias
received wide circulation and ellcteU
the gravest comment of the press
is showing that in that great city vloence
is dominant add human life is
:hcaper than in any other like centre
>f population on the earth.
Comparison is made between Chica- ,
po, with its-143 murders and New
Fork, with Us 72; Philadelphia. 13;
London, 24, and Paris 15 murders for
:he same period, and it would seem to
lustlfy the conclusion that Chicago
lolds the unenviable world's record
'or murders.
But what must be said of the horrifying
fact that during the same period,
according to the report of the attorney
general, made to the leglslatureof
3outh Carolina. 259 homicide cas^s
were disposed-of in the criminal courts
nf the several counties, not coun'ing
the cases of murder and lynchings
svhich have not found their way to the
records of the courts.
The people of the state have become
to some extent aroused to the exist- ?nce
of a spirit of crime which is ramrant,
but very few have given more
than a passing thought to its real extent.
and the local public sentiment has
hern satisfied by giving expression to
the Indignation temporarily excited by
the occurrence of some revolting murder
committed in their midst
Is it not high time to face the stem
realities disclosed by the record and
give grave consideration to the causes
of this appalling condition and the
remedies for its correction?
Now as to these facts: Chicago, with
a population of 1.698,575, had one mur- ,?
rler to each 11,961 of population, while
in South Carolina with 1,500,000, there
was one to each 6,769 of population, or
mni* than twir* the nrormrttonale
number of Chicago.
The record as to other centre? of
population stand? a? follows:
New York population. 3,487,202, 72
murder?, one to each 47.788.
Philadelphia, population 1,298,697, IS ^
murder?, one to each 99,616. : :
London, population 6,680 616, 24
murders, one to each 274,192.
Paris, population 2.714,068, 16 mur- ' \V-j
ders. one to each 180,938.
Taking the record of several of the
counties of this state, the showing I?
still more appalling:
Allien county, with 21 murder?,
show? one murder to each 1,869 of population.
Greenville county, .with 22 murders,
Bhow? one murder to each 2 481 of ^
population.
Charleston county, with 18 murders,
shows one murder to each 4,888 of
population.
Lauren? county, with 13 murders,
shows one murder to each 2,721 of
population.
Orangeburg county, with 13 murder?,
shows one murder to each 4,386 of
population.
Chesterfield county, with 7 murders,
shows one murder to each 2,914 of
population.
Anderson county, with "7 murders,
shows one murder to each 2,961 of
population.
It will be noted that in each of the
counties of Aiken, Greenville and
Charleston the murders exceed those
>f Philadelphia and Paris, while Philidrlnhia's
population Is 22 times greater
than Aiken 33 times greater than
Greenvi lie's' and 16 times greater than
Charleston, and the population of Paris
doubles these proportions for each of
these counties.
The murders In Orangeburg and
Laurens each equalled those of Philadelphia,
and nearly equalled those of
Paris, with about the same population
as the other counties.
It is to be noted that all cases which
go to trial In the court house are
classed as homicides. The total of 269
Includes all cases of homicide for a
year, whether justifiable homicide, ac
cldental homicides or vqraicis or acquittal.
The number represents the
cases actually brought to trial, where
there has been a loss of life and an indlctment
for mvrdor has. been given
out. It does not, of course. Include the .'
number of cases In which no arrests
were made and in which no trial ensued.
THE DAMAGE 8UIT PROBLEM.
Editor of The Torlcvllle Enquirer:
If you will kindly allow me a short
space in your paper in which to call
attention to what I conceive to be a
growing abuse, and to suggest a remedy,
I will thank you at least for having ^
helped to give me a certain amount of
relief.
I am concerned about what Is generally
comprehended in the description,
"damage suit industry."
We never had a great deal of this
kind of business until the past few
years; but since it has been started
we are about to get enough to do ua
It strikes me that connected with it
there are things that are not calculated
to help the moral health of our peo- 4
pie.
For instance, there is no' doubt of
the fact in my mind that the Southern
railroad deserved to be severely
punished on account of the Fishing
Creek trestle wreck, and neither is
there any doubt of the fact that the
people who were hurt there were deserving
of reasonable compensation in
the way of damages.
But take the Brlckman verdict. It
Is commonly admitted that a part of
It was intended as actual, damages to *
the plaintiff, a part of it as compensation
for mental anguish, and a part of
It as punishment for the railroad company
on account of their manifest
criminal negligence.
That is all right; but I am concerned
to know why that portion of the
verdict that was assessed on account
}f punishment, should have gone to the
plaintiff. The plaintiff is supposed to
have gotten all that could be reasonably
claimed on the actual damage and
Uf III a I atiguiou acvvuuio,
Take the recent twenty-five thoujand
dollar verdict against the Seaboard
also. That was all right. Negligence
was shown. It was not quite
io criminal as in the .case of the
Southern. In fact It was almost excusable;
but nevertheless those rotten
timbers were an evidence of negligence
and so was the conduct of that
engine crew that followed so close belind
the passenger train. The attorleys
argued criminal negligence, and it
s probable that this consideration (1?- d
jred In the verdict: but .why should
he sum assessed on this account have
?one to the plaintiff.
We've got to make the railroads and
)ther corporations exercise all possible
care In the preservation of the lives
md limbs of their servants and pa:rons;
but the greed of gain is hardly
jreater on the part of corporations
:han on the part of individuals, and it
nust not be forgotten that under stress
>f great temptation individuals will
lometlmes do as questionable things to
varry their points as corporations will j
lo.
Railroad and other corporations have
aw agents and other detectives to look
ip testimony on their side and so have
ndivlduals. One is scarcely worse than
he other in this respect, or in efTorts .
o tamper with Juries, etc.
Now it seems to me that there might
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iltuatlon complained of, if our people
vould demand some common sense <
egislation alone: this line, and I want
o make this suggestion.
Let the general assembly by statue
stabllsh a schedule of compensation
or accidents of various kinds, so much
or a death, so much for the breaking
if a leg, so much for the loss of an
rm, an eye, etc.. Just like the accilent
insurance companies.
In some states, I believe, the Unit of