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Straps anil |art$. ? The text of the marriage treaty between King Alfonso and Princess Ena, whose wedding took place at Madrid yesterday, and which was signed at London, May 5th, was issued Wednesday morning. The second article of the treaty provides that Alfonso shall give Princess Ena an annual grant of 450,000 pesetas. Should she become a widow she will receive oca aaa naaatao nnnuallv. in the third AUV,VW pvwv ^ . article of the treaty it is provided that j she shall renounce all rights of succession to the British throne. ? Denver, Col,. May 30: A dispatch from Cripple Creek says that Frank Palmer, said to be the originul "Deadwood Dick," of dime novel fame, died in the county hospital there yesterday of pneumonia. According to the dispatch, Palmer was born at Jackson, III., a nephew of former Senator John M. Palmer, and claimed relationship to the late Potter Palmer of Chicago. When seventeen years old Palmer left home and drifted west. He went to Deadwood, S. D., in the early days of that camp and became a successful rambler. He was known as a square gambler, and the sports of the mining camp dubbed him "Deadwood Dick, the Plunger." At the age of twentyone Palmer returned to Illinois and one year later went to Chicago where he married the sister of a prominent Episcopal minister of that city. One child was born, but family differences arose and the husband and wife separated, Palmer drifting into Cripple Creek. Reverses in fortune came and for ' eight years he sold chewing gum and candy which he carried around in a shoe box. ? Talulah, La., May 29: Robert T. Rogers, a white man awaiting his third trial on the charge of murdering Jesse Brown, a merchant at Girard, Richmond parish, was lynched by a mob at midnight, which came from the west on a special train over the Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific railroad. The mob appeared at 10 o'clock and came fully prepared with locksmiths, who had no trouble breaking into the Jail. The jail was unguarded and the sheriff who lived some distance away, was not aware of what was going on until he saw the mob leading the man off. Rogers Was Strung up IU a. leiegra^u |HJIC and as soon as they felt assured he was dead, the mob quietly dispersed. The fear that Rogers would escape punishment for his awful crime because of legal technicalities prompted the lynching. According to the evidence adduced at the first trial in March, 1904, Rogers and two other white men named Anderson and Womack, together with two negroes, entered the store of Jesse N. Brown, a merchant at Glrard, in this parish, and after shooting him a number of times and striking him over the head with their pistols, set fire to the body. ? The appearance of William R. Hearst in the room of the house committee on labor at the right moment last Tuesday brought about a Democratic victory in a favorable report on the famous eight hour bill now before that committee. Before Mr. Hearst came there were six members of the ? npmnpmts CUIIIIIIUICC ! vv ? and three Republicans, giving: a hearing on the bill which provides that the eight-hour .law shall apply to all government work done by private contractors. As soon as Mr. Hearst appeared, Mr. Hunt, a Democrat from Missouri, moved to Immediately suspend the hearings, and to interrupt the gentleman who was then addressing the committee. This motion was carried, and Mr. Hunt followed it with a motion that the eight-hour bill be favorably reported to the house. This also was carried, the four Democrats leaving the three Republicans in the air. This action cannot be reconsidered, because as the committee has only thirteen members, the seven who were present constituted a quorum. In this way the effort of the American Federation of Labor that its bill be enacted was made good by the fortu nate appearance of Mr. Hearst, and the quick action of Mr. Hunt. ? Des Moines, Iowa, May 26: Tobacco has been placed under the ban by the Presbyterian general assembly and henceforth the minister or elder who uses the weed in any way, shape or form will do so knowing that he is violating the rules of his church. The matter was presented this morning by the way of a supplemental report by the committee on temperance. There has been a sharp fight in the committee, but contrary to expectation, the report condemning the practice was adopted today. Ministers and commissioners smoking cigars have been conspicious in the hotel lobbies during the past week, and amusing incidents have occurred where ministers had been mistaken for commercial travelers by their manifest enjoyment of a cigar. De teetive Bracket of the Des Moines force, made the interesting announcement that scores of ministers and delegates have pawned jewelry, such as watches and rings during the past few days because of having run short of funds and remittances having failed to arrive. The surprising feature to the police officers is that in every case minister or eider gives his full name instead of an alias. Some were shocked when the pawn shop story came out. One said: "Pawn brokers are notorious for exhorbitant usury charges. The Bible forbids the exaction of usury, and I am afraid the brethren are particeps criminis in this violation of the law of God." ? A money mystery of absorbing interest to the secret service officers while it lasted has been cleared up at Detroit. For a long time the officials of the United States sub-treasury in Chicago and of the treasury department in Washington were puzzled to explain why all the currency * - v. - l~1 |,,r. TlOieS Ul IOC Idlgr . . oeived from the office of the collector of customs at Detroit bore the names of certain business firms of that city written in ink. The statutes prohibit the mutilation of money, even by writing or stamping across the back or face of bills. The case was turned over to the secret service bureau for investigation. At first it was assumed that the names were written by the firms themselves for advertising purposes. When interviewed, however, the firms which had business with the customs offices declared that they knew nothing about the matter. It was observed that all the names were written in the same hand. The collector of customs at Detroit said he did not know the handwriting, and all he knew about the matter, was that the bills, which were always of the denomination of $50 or over, were marked when they came into his hands. At last a clerk in one of the importing firms remembered that when he had paid money to the cash ier of the customs offices on account of duties, he had noticed that the cashier wrote a memorandum on a $100 bill. The cashier was interviewed. He had not heard of the investigation. and was much surprised. He explained innocently enough that he had marked the bills with the names of the paying firms in order that he might identify the payer in case the bill should prove to be counterfeit. The cashier was warned not to repeat the offense. - VI . ..'It (?inr-yuruvmt YORKVILLE, S. C.t FRIDAY, JUNE I, I90(i. Axd now they would have it appear that Mr. Evans was gunning for Mr. Walker's vote. We do not consider the dispensary as a political proposition at all. In our opinion there is nothing political about it. We are unable to see in it anything but graft. The senate committee on interoceanic canals has decided that in its opinion the Panama canal should be of the sea level type and without locks; but the understanding is that the president is determined that the lock type snau be adopted and the president generally has its way. We are almost inclined to agree with Senator Tillman in the statement that the dispensary investigation is useless. The Investigation has shown no end of rottenness It Is true; but It Is rottenness that everybody has had knowledge of all the while and there is no indication that anybody is to be prosecuted on account of it. \Lr. J. E. Norment, who has been very favorably spoken of as a candidate for secretary of state and who was generally believed to be in the race with a reasonable certainty of winning, has changed his mind about the matter. He has decided that he cannot afford the trouble and expense of the campaign for the small compensation tl}at is allowed to the Incumbent of the office in question. It is an unfortunate fact that the salaries allowed to the various state officers is inadequate, and the time has come when the most desirable men are unable to hold these positions unless they have private means with which to piece out their salaries. So far five candidates have filed their pledges for the office of governor in the approaching campaign? Cole L. Bkase of Newberry; Richard I. Manning of Sumter; John T. Sloan of Richland; Joel E. Rrunson of Sumter, and Martin F. Ansel of Greenville. They line up somewhat like this on the issue of the state dispensary system: Mr. Blease for the dispensary. right or wrong. Mr. Manning for the dispensary as a state system, reformed and reconstructed according to the scheme set forth in his bill before the general assembly at the last session. Mr. Sloan for the dispensary, with details of his platform yet to be announced. Mr. Brunson for unqualified prohibition. Mr. Ansel against the state dispensary and for county option between local dispensaries and absolute prohibition. If Mr. Featherstone comes out the understanding is that his platform will be against the state dispensary machine. Although we were not aware of the matter before, since the recent BlackLyon difficulty it has developed that before his election to a place on the state board of dispensary directors. Major Black was the representative of a liquor house that sold its stuff to the dispensary. This reminds us of one of the good promises that was made in connection with the original establishment of the dispensary system. No individual who had ever conducted an old time bar-room was even to be allowed to be eligible to the position of dispenser. It was not a great while before half the dispensers of the state were ex-bar-keepers. Former Director Boykin was promoted from whisky drummer to member of the board if we are not mistaken and it would be interesting to know how many others belong to the same class. It would also be Interesting to know how many ex-members of the board are now representatives of liquor houses. Governor Glenn of North Carolina, has been to Wadesboro to see what could be done in punishing the so-called lynchers who murdered a murderer named John V. Johnson at that place a few days ago. There was no trouble in getting the names of twenty-five or thirty of the murderers and the governor had warrants issued for their arrest. The understanding was that they were to have a preliminary examination yesterday; but how the whole thing is coming out, whether as a facce, as in South Carolina, or as something really serious remains tube seen. If these men could be tried and punished in accordance with the ver,ll~. ,.t {? ? ?* lllfV could be induced to find a verdict even upon evidence, the result would be of great value to the cause of law and order not only in North Carolina, but in South Carolina. The tendency of the present time to allow murderers and thieves free license to do as they will with life and property seems to make all government a farce, and we are reaching the point where regular and proper government really seems to need some vindication. Senator Latimer's proposition providing that patrons of rural routes be allowed to furnish such boxes as they see proper is just and right. We have never been able to figure out any good reason for tlie original regulation to the effect that only boxes of certain approved kinds could be used. The only justification we could conceive of for this idea was that the department wanted to keep control for various reasons. \Ve know, bowever, that the regulation was instituted about tlie time certain scandals developed ill the pnstolllce department in connection with the furnishing of different kinds of supplies. There was reason to suspect that the requirement as to boxes had some kind of connection with graft. But there is no necessity for expensive boxes. The government ca-n protect a paper box from meddlers as well as well as it can protect a steel box, so there is nothing in that phase of the situation. The government assumes no responsibility for loss or damage either on account of thieves or the weather, and it therefore has no good reason for concern at whatever kind of mail box the Individual might see proper to prefer. But the J * I? ~ irot TKu aiiieiiuiiirni m nui uuuu{,ii jn. >?v house will have to agree to I., and | it may be that the influences more directly interested In the mail box manufacturers are stronger there. The worst thing that has happened to President Roosevelt since he has occupied the White House is public knowledge of the fact that he is guilty of a falsehood. It may be that the majority of men are liars. The Scriptures have it so and it Is no doubt true, but still men* sometimes establish reputations for absolute truth and they command universal respect among his fellows. They are not popular, for there is that in the heart of the average man which fears the truth from whatever source. However, there is little reason to doubt that President Roosevelt's popularity arose in large measure from an established belief that he scorned to lie to any man. As the public had begun to see it, it was the president's chief delight to pick up some fellow who was trying to accomplish a given purpose in an underhanded manner and expose him thoroughly. It had gotten so that men feared to whisper to the president because they could depend upon it that he would instantly repeat what they said aloud in order that anybody might hear. Because of his high position this won for him universal admiration. Men began to say that whatever else might be said of the president there is no question of his rugged honesty. And this gave a feeling of comfort and relief. When Mr. Roosevelt first denied that he had made a disrespectful allusion to Messrs. Aldrich and others, people were inclined to believe he had been misrepresented. But now there is a general conviction that former Senator Chandler told the whole truth. And as the result the president does not occupy as high a place in the estimation of the country as he formerly occupied. There is a feeling that If he was afraid to say publicly what he had said privately about Messrs. Spooner, Aldrich and others, he considers himself inferior to these men and this feeling seems to be well founded. It would have been much better for the president if he had stuck to the truth. When he allowed himself to be convicted of falsehood his power for usefulness was very much impaired and the principles for which he claimed to stand will have to look to other champions. THE STORY OF A GUN. Mr. Walker's Vote For Dispensary Director Was In High Demand. Greenville News: Columbia. May 30.?Said Chairman H. H. Evans, chairman of the state board of control, to Mr. J. Monroe Walker, a member of the house of representatives from Colleton county, "I'd like to give you a good gun if you will take it." Said Legislature J. Monroe Walker to Chairman Evans, candidate for reelection, "Thanks. I'd like to have it." Two weeks later. Chairman H. H. Evans wrote to Legislator Walker that he knew nothing about guns, but to draw on him for $75 and to buy the gun for this money. Legislator Walker drew for the seventy-five dollars, clearly indicating his willingness iVit mAnov Hut lha ilrnft was returned, with the note that Mr. Evans was out of town. Now It is to be remembered that Mr. Evans was then chairman of the board and candidate for re-election and that Mr. Evans subsequently received the vote of Mr. Walker. Neither Mr. Walker nor Mr. Evans might have meant any harm, but this is simply a gratuity that has come to light in connection with the election to a $400 position. Mr. Walker does not even now appear to appreciate any wrong in his willingness to have accepted the $75 from an officer in whose re-election or defeat he was actively to participate. He told a frank story and whether it was pure, downright innocence on his part, or a disregard for what was improper, does not matter. Mr. Walker says the fair week promise of the gun and the subsequent offer of the $75 in lieu of the gun were not made good, and that he has never gotten either. Then there was a suit of clothes. Cashier W. W. Smoak, who handled the draft of Legislator Walker on Chairman Evans, said that Walker told him that Major John Black, now a member of the state board, had given him a $40 suit of clothes. Mr. Walker says that Cashier Smoak lies when he says he told him that Major Black had given him a forty-dollar suit, and that Mr. Smoak says that Mr. Walker lies if he denies telling him that Major Black gave him a $40 suit. There is also a conflict between Mr. Smoak and Mr. Walker in their testimony about the gun. Mr. Smoak is under the impression that Legislator Walker told him that the gun was being given him by both Chairman Evans and Major Black, both candidates for the board at the time, Mr. Smoak insisted that he cautioned Legislator Walker not to make the draft as it would be misunderstood and would be certain tp leak out, but Legislator Walker denies this, and says when the draft was returned unpaid, he expressed his joy to Cashier Smoak. but promptly returned the $75 advanced on the draft on Chairman Evans. Mr. Walker said the whole thing was a matter of fnUvi/loLin U'lth nn filhpr POtmldpni tion. Legislator Walker says that Cashier Smoak is mad with him about some forgery case he won against the Farmers' and Merchants' bank and because Mr. Smoak was defeated for captain of a military company by a Mr. Black, not Major Black, and that he is sore. It was on this line of inquiry that Mr. Fraser Lyon made his now famous pilgrimage to Waterboro. about which Major Black tackled him on the report that he was going into his personal affairs too far. The evidence seems perfectly clear that Mr. Evans offered a gun and later the $75 substitute to Legislator Walker and that Mr. Walker accepted it. expected it, drew a draft for it. but the draft was returned. Walker says that he got nothing out of this offer. Mr. W. W. Smoak was an unwilling witness, but lie gave the impression that even though he felt that lie had to speak he spoke exactly what he believed to be true in every way. Some of these days the people will wonder how all this mess was ever tolerated in this great old state. Endorsk Corruption ani? Ann.?The Columbia State quotes Senator Tillman as saying about the dispensary inves i.r... ?An,l .iv fur its .lernllllllisll Ink any Rood, tills invest IruI ion was nut desiRind tn accomplish any Rood and is not In hit? conducted in a 111:11111 r to result in Rood." Why this expression and others similar in Ills interview should have caused surprise auiniiR some of the senator's friends is remarkable. It is thornuRlily characteristic of tlie senator and wholly consistent with ail his past conduct in relation to tlie whisky I rattle in South Carolina. For the senator to have iicrleeted to place himself in the sharpest possible antagonism to the endeavors of Senator Christeiiseii and Itoprcsciitnt ive Lyon would have been base treachery to most iif his dispensary frie ids and a repudiation of Tilluiaiiisui itself. The senator is not without the effrontery of his convictions.?News and Courier. LOCAL AFFAIRS NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. J. C. Wllborn?Offers valuable farni near Tirzah for sale. "F." care Enquirer?Wants experienced salesman for large general merchandising house in York county. L. M. Grist's Sons?Announce "The Rivals," by Jeremiah Clemens, as the next serial to be published in The Enquirer. See fourth page. Yorkvjlle B. & M. Co.?Has received new* shipment ladies' Oxfords, felt, straw and Panama hats and Heinz pickles, Dunlup flour, etc. Star Drug Store?Says you know and It wants you to tell your frienc.s i where to get all kinds of toilet ar tides. Thomson Co.?Tells you about the popular price clothing line it carries, including Schloss Bros., Kerchbaum and Hart Schaffner & Marx clothing. Bank of Clover?Solicits accounts from people who wish to open savings accounts. York Drug Store?Has a fresh line of Lowney's chocolates and bon-bons. Lowney's Is the standard of excellence in quality. Hirst National Bank?Safe," wide-awake progressive, conservative, courteous, solicits your business. Foushee Cash Store?Will sell sp it baskets at lc to customers buying 25c worth of goods Saturday and Monday. I. Wr. Johnson?Gives a partial list of the things he sells, including tie choicest of edibles. Some sections of the county have had good seasons and other sections are still very dry. And still there is very little doing in politics. The farmers are too busy to taVo notice and the office seekers if many there be, know enough not to trouble them at this time. Last Wednesday was the Fedei*al |decoratlon day and consequently a egal holiday throughout the country. The day was not observed as a holiday in the south except by the postoff.ce department. The rural free delivery carriers did not go out with their mails. The dry spring up to this time has contributed greatly to the convenience and profit of the cotton farmers, especially those who have to employ mostly wage labor. At one time when cotton was just ready to be chopped out. labor got to a premium and hoe hands did very much as they pleased. Everybody wanted them at once i. id 'they had lots of choice. Within the past week however, the rush has b?en pretty well gotten over with and row the hoe hands are hunting for work. That is the situation In the immediate vicinity of Yorkvllle. The negro man who was convicted the other day of selling liquor was under contract to work for Mr. C. M. Inman, and when he got Into trouble he sent for Mr. Inman to help him out. Mr Inman refused. He told the negro something like this: "You have been running around here all this time selling liquor to my hands and keeping them so demoralized that several were unable to do their work. I have warned you several times; but it has had no effect. Nbw that you are caught, I am glad of it, and if your fine was only 10 cents I wouldn't advance the money. Not only that you are under contract to work for me, and if anybody else pays you out I'll claim your work or put you in jail." When people generally begin to assume this attitude, there will be less trouble with the tigers. SURRENDERED TO THE LAW. Frank Wilson, the little negro boy who has been giving the authorities so much trouble during the past few weeks, and who put up a race for the officers who attempted to capture him last Monday afternoon, Is in Jail. His father, George Wilson, brought him in Tuesday afternoon and turned him over to the sheriff. It turned out as already suggested that Wilson was not seriously hurt as the result of the charges of bird shot that were fired at him by one of the s**ekine his arrest. He was considerably peppered about in spots, but owing to the distance and the small size of the pellets, he suffered but little injury. He was a little feverish Tuesday; but that passed away Tuesday night and now he is all l ight. Questioned as to why he ran from the officers, Frank asserted tlu.t he thought they wanted to kill him. He was not very talkative on Tuesday; but later, as he began to realize that he was not to be harmed, he showed a little more confidence and talked some about the race. He appeared to have been lost at one time during the race; but afterward showed up again, and he said this was because Deputy Sheriff Quinn was approaching so close as to make him fear that he was in danger of discovery. He ran about three miles altogether; but at the end of the race he had doubled back on his pursuers and was only about one mile from the starting point. The boy's father George Wilson, is a law-abiding negro; but he has had no control over Frank for some time. The boy has been running wild under the influence of some negroes of the neighborhood who live by selling liquor, gambling, and other forms of lawlessness. It is quite probable that other arrests will be made in connec tion with the matter. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? Next Monday is salesday for June. ? Bill collectors are doing business today. ? The local cotton mills are all getting along nicely. ? The Victor Cotton Oil company has decided to put a fence around Its property. ? The police are giving more strict attention to the enforcement of Sunday laws than heretofore. ? The little boys have been using the cement sidewalks for roller skate practice, but the police are inclined to put a stop to their fun. ? Gardens are needing rain. There was some rain a few days ago; but it \v:is nanny suniejem iur wnai is railed a good season. If the people of Yorkvllle want to have a Fourth of July celebration there is just one month in which to make the necessary arrangements. Quite a number of the young people arc interested in Prof. A ltitun's contemplated dancing school. The profi ssor has been giving instructions in dancing for thirty years and is no dnuht pretty well up ill his business. It might In- practicable to use some of that extra power the town has in tin- construe!hut of a trolley line to take in Fast Liberty, Congress and King's Mountain streets. There is hardly enough traffic in sight however Io pay operating expenses. The difficulty of getting witnesses (o tell what they know has long been the most serious drawback to the enforcement of the liiptor law everywhere. There is very little trouble in spotting the I|iioi- sellers. everybody knows them; hut (lie trouble is to prove it. As a class the people who buy illicit liquor, cannot be relied up oil. Before going on the stand they will frequently tell a straight story that will leave the prosecution no doubt of a conviction; but placed on the stand under oath, they generally seek to evade as far as possible until pushed to the wall and then they get down to down-right lying. Because of this almost invariable tendency it is necessary for an officer who would secure a conviction not only to spot the liquor seller; but to get a witness and know what the witness would swear if he should tell the truth. This Is the v.ay things have been managed of late. In a recent case Mayor Hart advised the witness to tell the truth, assuring him that not only did the court already know the truth; but It knew pretty well what the witness could tell if he wanted to. This along with a suggestion as to how the matter might get Into the higher court, and also as to what might be done with perjured witnesses had the desired effect and the testimony was entirely satisfactory. The local tigers have been very much Interested in the attitude the new mayor would assume toward the liquor question, and two recent convictions have served to irtake them very careful. There is still some liquor selling, of course; but the tigers are generally more particular than they used to be. ABOUT PEOPLE. Miss Anna McCaw is visiting In Due West. Mr. G. H. O'Leary who has been quite ill for about ten days, is able to be up again. Mr. Clarke W. Adickes returned last from Davidson onllearcL and was accompanied by his friend, Mr. H. C. Miller. Mrs. W. E. Faulconer and son. Master Jack of Alexandria, Va., are in Yorkville, the guests of Mrs. Geo. VV. S. Hart. Ex-Treasurer Walker of Greenville, was in Yorkville Wednesday pursuing his candidacy for the office of comptroller general. Mr. J. Leander Parish Is quite ill at his home on the northern outskirts of Yorkville. He has been In bad health for some months past. Miss Lula Jenkins, book-keeper at the Loan and Savings bank, has been quite ill for some ten days; but is now somewhat better. Mr. J. L. Comer of High Point, "N. C., is visiting the family of Mr. J. R. Comer on R. F. D. No. 2, Sharon. Miss Anna Lake of Greenwood, S. C., Is the guest of Mrs. J. M. Pollock. Mrs. M. J. Ingold left for Danville, Va.', yesterday, having been summoned there on account of the death of her grandson, a son of Mrs. C. C. Randleman, from appendicitis, on Wednesday. Mrs. Ingold was accompanied by Miss Mozelle Inman'. Rev. Dr. and Mrs. T. R. English of mcnmoiiu, V tt., uu?c aciu uui tions to the marriage of their daughter, Miss Zaida Dumond, to Mr. William Edwin Hill. The ceremony is to take place in Watt's chaoel. Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Va., on Thursday June 14, at 8 p. m. The bride to be was born In Yorkville, and lived here until her parents moved to Virginia in 189.1. She has visited here several times since and has numerous friends in Yorkville and vicinity. Rev. A. Frank McKenzie of El Dorado. Arkansas, preached in Bethel church last Sunday. Rev. Mr. McKenzie is a son of the late David McKenzie, who left the Bethel section for the west about I860.' He Is about thirtyfive years of age; but this was his first visit to his father's old home. He came to South Carolina as a delegate to the Presbyterian general assembly at Greenville and took advantage of the opportunity thus afforded to visit relatives. The Bethel people were much pleased with him both as a man and as a nreacher. The Enquirer had a pleasant call yesterday from Mr. W. M. Jones, now of Montell, Uvalda county, Texas, formerly of this county. Mr. Jones came back to his old state as a delegate to the Presbyterian general assembly, recently in session at Greenville, and from thence came to Gaffney, where lie spent some days with his brother, Mr. Dudley Jones, and he is here from Gaffney, the guest of his nephew, Ck.pt. John R. Hurt. Mr. Jones left South Carolina for the west in 1874 and has been living in Uvalda county for about thirty years. His principal business is raising sheep and Angora goats, the sheep for their wool and the goats for their mohair, which is worth from 35 to 40 cents a pound. He is about thlr ty miles from the nearest ranroaa station, but the country in which he lives is well populated. He says that when he settled in Uvalda county he bought lands for $2 an acre, but prices have advanced wonderfully since then, and more especially within the past few years. The people are engaged principally in stock-raising and are prospering in a satisfactory manner. Mr. Jones was raised in the Beth-Shiloh section of this county, and while he was still a young man his father moved to the Hickory Orove neighborhood. His wife, who has been dead for some years, was Miss Mattie Lynn, a graduate of the Yorkville Female college. Mr. Jones was in the Confederate service as a member of the Lafayette artillery. During his stay in South Carolina he has renewed his acquaintance with numerous boyhood companions and former friends. MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP. Although wrestling for some years past with the problems incident to municipal ownership, it cannot be claimed with a great deal of truth that the town of Yorkvllle has made any considerable progress up to tlds time, even in first principles; but at the same time the subject is one that is of very serious public concern and it behooves all the people, to an extent greater than most of them realize, to study the matter in all its details, more particularly in its relation to the question of taxation. When the water plant was first instituted it was with the sole idea of securing protection against fire. Had it occurred to those in charge of the initial operations that (lie water supply they were then seeking to provide would ever lie drawn upon for drinking and domestic purposes, they would have exercised a great ileal more care with regard to its present and future purity. They certainly would not have considi red for a moment the proposition of taking drinking water from a stream so nearly approaching the character of a public drain. Witli (lie use ()| UK' Water 111 cniiieill|iiaiiuu iur uic purposes its present character was of as lilllo consequence as were the possihilitics of contamination in the future. II will be ivineniberod that the flrst effort lt? sell the water to private consumers was under an arrangement that practically gave each patron all the water In* could consume at a llxed quarterly rental. There was an at-' tempt to graduate the scale in such a manner as would make those supposed to be using a larger quantity, pay a larger rental and those supposed to be using a smaller quantity pay a smaller rental; but it did not work satisfactorily for in many Instances the presumably small consumers wasted more water than was used by a half dozen or more larger consumers all lumped together. Experience soon showed that the monthly rental idea was impracticable, and then the meter system was adopted. The schedule of rates was at first patterned after the schedule followed by private water corporations and it ...no fnunfl lhaf thov U'prn "Ollt of sight." The rates were too high for private consumers for domestic purposes, and steam plants could not begin to touch them. As the next move, there was an entire re-adjustment resulting in a general lowering of the rates, but not yet succeeding in establishing anything like an equitable basis along lines of scientific municipal ownership. The same trouble is now being encountered In the effort that Is being made to reach an equitable schedule for the sale of the electricity the town has agreed to take from the Catawba Power company, and although It may take some time to g.n the matter regulated as It should be, the problem will not continue to give a great deal of trouble after the people begin to understand it in all its bearings. The situation of the town with regard to the expense of putting itself in a condition to use the current of the Catawba Power company was explained last Tuesday. It was stated that Vina an investment of ahOUt ten thousand dollars in wires, appliances, pumps, etc. The money for this Investment was raised by the sale of bonds which are to be paid, interest ani principal, by the taxpayer. The expense of maintaining the plant was placed at about $2,400 a year, and from this expense there is no reasonable escape. The town has agreed to take 30,000 kilowatt hours of electricity per month at a cost of approximately $300, and from that there is no escape. Whether it is used or not the taxpayers have to pay for it all the same. They not only have to pay for It whether they us? it or not: but they have to pay the expense of keeping themselves In a condition to use it, and the total charge for which they are liable Is something over $500 a mon'h. We would not have it understood that there Is anything wrong In all this. We are inclined to think that the contract the town has made with the Catawba Power company is a wise one, and we do not think there is any reasonable fault to be found with any of the other expenses suggested. But In our opinion, the schedule which has been arranged for the sale of. power to the people Is out of Joint, and needs to be revised. And we would not have this opinion to be taken as a reflection upon the judgment or purposes of the n-.in mndo this schedule. It must be remembered that not only is the town of Yorkvllle still very new to municipal ownership problems; but it is very difficult for the layman to readily pick up a clear understanding of all the elements that enter into a matter of this peculiar nature. However, a careful examination of the situation will develop the existence of certain well-known principles that cannot readily be disputed and among these are the following: 1. It is not right to ask people who do not use and who do not expect to use electric power or light to provide these commodities for other people. 2. It Is right and proper for all the people to pay for electricity used for l.ghting the streets and for all municipal purposes. 3. It Is right and proper for people who have contributed In an equitable proportion for the creation of a certain commodity, to have the use of that commodity on an equitable basis at a price not exceeding actual cost. 4. 'mere is no question 01 uie mui that If the commodity referred to should be sold at a price In excess of the cost, a revenue could be raised; but to apply that revenue to any other purpose than to the benefit of the particular people from whom It came and In exact proportion to the amount paid by each would be unjust. 5. The only manner In which surplus revenue from an enterprise of this kind can be legally expended Is for betterments and salaries, and to keep up with such revenue with salaries alone might very easily require that salaries be raised out of reason, even to the realm of graft, and on this account If on no other account, It Is well to hold revenues down to actual cost. So taken all in all, In this particular matter of the schedule of charges for the electric current It Is highly Important that the whole thing be readjusted on a proper basis of municipal ownership at once. That this can be done there is no question. It Is easy enough to ascertain how much electricity the municipality Is using. We already know how much it Is paying for. Then calculate the cost of that which It Is using as equal to the amount It Is paying for, make the price of the whole equal to the cost of that which Is being used, let the individual pay Just the same per kilowatt as the munlcl "1- J *Viln(y a Oil IlKtPll paiuy, auu me tvnuic uung ic If the expense of operation Increases later on, the Increased expense can be met by the advance of a fraction of a cent per kilowatt in the cast to the individual consumer and to the town, and the thing is adjusted. If the expense is lessened then a decrease in the cost to the consumer will be Just as easy. But let the town and the Individual consumer pay exactly the same cost per kilowatt, and see that both together pay only the exact cost of production and the whole matter will be settled as it should be, exactly right. LOCAL LACONICS. We Will Send The Enquirer From this date until January 1st, 1907, for $1.22. The Presbyterian College. We have an invitation to the closingexercises of the Presbyterian college of South Carolina to be held at Clinton from June 3 to June 6, inclusive. The ? II lo ooniluKPlI Of Class I UII llll.-i ,) triii io vu..., ? Miss Marlon McCrury, Clinton; Miss Elizabeth Horton, Clinton; Mr. Richard T. I<>\vell, Rock Hill; Mr. James 1>. Fulp. Fort Mill; Mr. J. Ed Wallace. Tennessee; Mr. E. W. Sunterel, Clin- , ton; L. St. C. Hayes, Clinton. Due West Female College. The commencement exercises of the Due West Female college takes place during the week beginning Sunday. Following Is tin- cliiss roll: I.lly Luella Alexander, Huntersvllle, N. C.: Emmie 1 Blanche Bowers. Newnan, (?a.; Rosa | Adra Chisolm, Selma, Ala.; Willie i Naomi Falls, Gastonla, N. C.; Clara Bertha Hamilton, Fayettevllle, Term.; ^ Mary Emily Lnnham, Edgefield, S. C.; | Macye Elizabeth La than I Lancaster, I S. C\; Margaret ICIiza M?-Kee. Donalds, 1 S. C.; Emily Elizabeth Mills, Louis- J ville, Ga.; Sara Irene Patrick, White < Oak. S. C.. Martha Jennie Plaxco, Bartow, Fla.; Elizabeth Esther Strong Corn well, S. C\; Constance Maxwel Wardlaw, Due West, S. C.: Ida Jeanette Watts, Rodman S. C.; Edna Gertrude Weldon. Newnan, Ga.; JessU Hill Williams, Bartow, Fla.: Jessie Elizabeth Young. Newnan, Ga. Home-Made Mail Boxes. The postoffiee appropriation bill which passed the senate last Tuesdaj afternoon, contains a provision offeree by Senator Latimer that persons living along rural free delivery routes maj furnish their own boxes instead of being compelled to purchase those furnished by the government. This amendment was offered by Representative Sims of Tennessee In the house but was rejected, so that Senator Latimer decided to introduce it in the senate. Mr. Latimer had already seei Mr. Penrose and other senators abou It, so that when he offered it in the Af\tn uanotn Q mu fla a hHftf PYnl:l. nation of the reason, it was readilj accepted by the chairman and put ii the bill. If it l? not thrown out bj the conferees It will relieve the coun try people from the necessity of pay' ing $1.50 for a 15 cents box. Death of Mr. George Hughes. Gaffney Ledger of this morning: 4 peculiarly sad death occurred In thii county Sunday when Mr. Georgi Hughes passed away at his home neai Antloch. Mr. Hughes was a younf man only about twenty-flve years o age and leaves a wife and one child The death Is made sadder by the fac that the union was of only flfteet months. He was a young and pros perous farmer, and the community it general Is shocked by his death. Hi was a brother of Mr. C. J. Hughes who was shot recently. The funera services were preached at Antlocl church on Monday by Rev. J. D Ealley of Cowpens, former pasfor o the church of which the young mat was a member. The devoted pastoi paid loving tribute to the memory o his deceased member. [The decease< - * ? - ?-* - A T TT..?U ?r was a son or rne iaie a. j. nueun who died on February 6. last. Hi was also a brother of Mr. C. C Hughes of No. 7, Yorkvllle and of Mi J. M. Hughes of No. 2, Yorkvllle.] SOUTH CAROLINA NEW8. ? Due West, May 29: Dr. W. L Pressly president of the Erskine Theo logical seminary, who suffered a strok< of apoplexy about two weeks ago, an< who has been in a serious condltloi ever since, was reported as belni slightly improved today. He is con sctous at times, though his mini wanders occasionally. Dr. Pressly i widely known over the state and hji serious illness is deeply regretted |i tills village. He is about seventy year of age and his life has been a usefu and busy one. ? Charleston, May 30: An Inter estlng damage suit, In fact two suits for there is a counter action, have beei filed In the state court and toda; transferred to the United States ctr cult court, resulting over the playinj the pia/no and vocal practice lessons ii an apartment house on East Battery Mr. K. W. Muncaster has entered sui against the tenant of the third flooi Mr. Patillo Farrow, because the latte is alleged to have slammed doors am beaten a tin pan when his daughte was playing the piano; while Mr. Far row is suing for $10,000, just doubl Muncaster's suit, alleging that tlv Muncaster family Is a nuisance oi 4 - m *1.. mu account ui i lie iau/ a pia/ms. i allegations are very amusing and th case Is of particular Interest becaus the people are all prominent socially Inability of the parties to break thei leases and vacate the premises re suited in the matter getting into th courts. ? Columbia special to the Charlott Observer: C. C. Featherstone of Lau rens, prohibition candidate for gov ernor when Ellerbe was elected 01 the dispensary platform, is here, am his friends are saying that he wil likely enter the rape for governo again this year. It is known tha many of the anti-dispensary leader throughout the state have been writ ing co him and personally urging hin to make the race, even after the an nouncement of Joel E. Brunson a>n< the letter's formal entry Into the race Mr. Featherstone himself has not ye made up his mind. The physical ani financial drain of the campaign am the loss of time it involves are th drawbacks and may cause him not t enter. He made a splendid cam paign the last time he ran, howevei and the prohibition leaders are tryln to get him to run again.* It is sat now that Mr. B. A. Morgan of Green vllle, decided at Sumter not to mak the race, and Mr. Featherstone' friends say that he has so intimatei to them. If Mr. Morgan announces Mr. Featherstone will not enter th race. ? Greenville News, May 31: Senato Tillman will open his campaign fo the dispensary In Greenville count] He has accepted an invitation, ten dered through Register of Mesn Conveyance H. B. Ingram of this citj to speak at a big barbecue and polit ical rally July 7. at Sandy Flat. N specific subject was assigned Senato Tillman by the committee invjtlni him, and according to a Washingtoi dispatch to the Greenville News las night, he does not yet know what h will speak on. This will be, howevei his first campaign meeting of th present year and it is assumed tha the subject of discussion will be th dispensary. So far no other meeting for Senator Tillman have been arrang ed, but It is thought that others wll be planned after the Sandy Fla speech. Sandy Flat's barbecues ar locally famous, and even without th additional attraction of Senator Till man's presence, the barbecue of July would draw a tremendous crowd. I will be a verw significant day, sine presumably Senator Tillman will the fire some of his heaviest guns, as a impressive opening of his campalgT Congressman Joseph E. Johnson ha been invited to speak on the same oc casion and will accept. ? Columbia special to the Char lotte Observer: Arrangements hav about been completed to have al three of the South Carolina regiment encamp at Chickamauga for one weel each, beginning July 28, under a re c^nt annronriation Item carryini $700,000 for an interstate encamp ment. Chicamauga being the locatioi of an army post. In response to i letter from Assistant Secretary Olive to Governor Heyward, Adjutant Fros sent carefully prepared estimates o travel pay, travel rations, pay for mei and subsistence, and urged that th< government allow all three regiment to go. Mr. Oliver answered, grantini this, saying that the governmen would stand for the expenses and ai much of the pay as a final revision o the estimates of the several statei would allow, the state bearing th< balance for its allotment under sec tlon 1661, which provides for equip ment of the state militia. Mr. Ollvei suggested that one regiment be sen on so as to arrive in camp July 28 but that the other two come togethei the week following. General Frost however, has answered this, urging that the three regiments be allowec to encamp separately. UCKITIDM m c n t mi. 11 i vii. The proceedings of the Tennessee Democratic convention, which met it: Nashville last Wednesday were serb ously hampered by a number of flsl tights which took place during th< etTorts to secure temporary organization Speaker Cannon on Tues< day night ordered the arrest of a number of Democratic members ol the house who absented themselves for the purpose of breaking a quorum Ohio negroes are trying tc get up a big protest against the jim crow provision of the rate bill John D. Rockefeller has decided tc contribute $1,000,000 for the establishment of juvenile courts throughout the country, north and south....The state presidents of the Southern Cotton association met in Jackson, Miss., yesterday to compile estimates as to the acreage of the growing cotton crop J. W. Turner of Richmond county, Ga., ik . ITi.lt...) St'itna notmilitt Wit?* uriuir 111 ? doner at Augusta on yesterday, charged with shooting at rural free delivery mail boxes and was bound over for trial in the United States district court. His bond was tixed at SHOO The Spanish police unearthed a plot to kill King Alfonso on the occasion of ids wedding. The plot was concocted l>y anarchists One of the big wheat elevators of the Armour's in Chicago was destroyed by tire Wednesday. The loss amounts to $1,000,)00. ROCK HILL AND VICINITY. 1 Mr. W. H. Stewart Loses Hit House by Fire?Big Real Estate Sale?Per' sonal and Other Matters. 5 CorrvuiuiMJv'ice ul li<e YorkVIlie fcuuuirer Rock Hiu., May 31.?Mr. W. H. f Stewart had the misfortune to lose his handsome home In Oakland near r the C. M. A., Wednesday afternoon: j Klre broke out about six o'clock In r the kitchen and In a few moments j the house was wrapped In flames. . Everything seemed to conspire to pre. vt.nt an effective salvage. There was , trouble hi communicating the alarm to . the station. When It Anally did reach the station the Are departemnt was ' out on a practice drill and had been . for an hour and the horses were j badly fagged making good time imt possible. Consequently when the Are ; was reached very little could be done. . An upright piano, Mr. Stewart's desk r and papers and a few pieces of light , furniture were saved. A square pl- ^ f ano ana everytning eise in me nouae, . the wardrobes of all the occupants, . was destroyed entirely. Mr. Stewart was at his farm when the fire broke out but reached the scene shortly afterward. He had $3,000 Insurance ^ on the building and about $400 on the contents. The value would reach near $7,500 making his net loss large. Cards have been Issued by Mr. and Mrs. Ira Dunlap for the marriage of Mrs. Dunlap's sister, Miss Janie Black to Mr.. J. Wilson Moore, Tuesday evening, June the 12th at eight f o'clock. In the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church, the Rev. Arthur rf. Rogers officiating. Cards have also been issued by Capt. and Mrs. Roddey, uncle and aunt of the prospective bride, for a reception at their beautiful home immediately after the ceremony. The bridesmaids are: Mlssea Janie Massey, Beulah and Bessie Barron, Orrie Steele, Nina Gettys and Josie Fewell of this city, and Miss - * /V# TTmIam Mioo ifnrv [ Udiaj JCICI U1 UlUVl i, iUloa iu??z j Moore of McConnellsville. Mrs. John i, Wood of Greenville will be Dame of e honor. Mr. Heyward Moore best !. man, Messrs. J. B. Sykes, Lyle Black. ?. Herbert Coleman and Fred Bell, ushers. The real estate market of this city has been on a boom today. Two auctions have been held, that of the Woodlawn park property In the '' morning and of the Iredell park In * the afternoon. In both cases lots j sold quickly and at good figures. The Iredell park property has been on ' the market for some time and was laid off several years ago. It is near \ the Highland park mill. Woodland park which has Just been opened up V, by Mr. James S. White, Is a part of . the \N hlte estate and lies on the southB eastern edge of town on both sides , of what is known as the Saluda road. It Is naturally a beautiful property and lies well. It is covered with fine * trt es of wateroak and blackjack. ' In opening up Woodland park Mr. 1 . White went to work to make It atY tractive and did so. Several corner - lots were laid off for floral gardens. 5 On one of them a fountain was built * n and granolithic pavement laid on the sidewalk surrounding the entire lot t On another a nice band stand was ' built. The Steele Creek, N. C., cornet r band occupied this today and dis1 coursed sweet music to the crowd in r attendance. It is generally conceded that the e closing exercises of the Graded e schools Tuesday evening were about n the most pleasant all around ever held e here. There was absolutely good or* - - - * U I e der and tne young participants cumu e be distinctly heard in their efforts. A ' class of twenty-one was graduated, r Bratton Chapter Royal Arch Masons " had a great time Tuesday evening. e Mr. J. b. Michje of Darlington was present and took part in the work of e the floyal Arch degree. Nine candl dates received the degree, among them - being Hon. Thos. P. McDow and Clerk ri of Court J. A. Tate of Yorkvllle, d Mr. Ward Albertson, who since the >1 organization of the Bank of Rock HiH. r has been its cashier, will in a short t time leave for his old home at Way- * s cross, Ga. where he will occupy a - similar position with the Exchange i bank of that city. Mr. Albertson was - eo.ineeted with the First National Bank 1 of Waycross from its organisation un;. til 1902, when he left the institution to t become a bank examiner. Prom that i position he came here to take charge d of the Bank of Rock H|U, two years e ago. His administration of its flnanoes o has been exceptionally successful. Mr. - and Mrs. Albertson are popular in Rock * \ Hill and have made many friends here g who will regret exceedingly to part d with them. A small fire occurred Thursday In e the waste room at the Highland Park a mill which was extinguished with lltd tie damage being done. Jt The Iredell Park Real Estate come pany held a further sale on their property Thursday afternoon and gave r away a number of beautiful presents r in addition to selling a number of lots r, at good prices. The stone paving in front and at the e side of the National Union Bank buildft ing, is being torn up preparatory to . laying cement pavements. 0 President and Mrs. D. B. Johnson enr tertained the senior class of Wlng throp on the campus Thursday evenn ing. A- large number of young men it were invited and the evening was an e exceedingly pleasant one. r. t WHAT THE CONFERENCE DID. e 8 Methodist Episcopal Church, South, a l"j Progressive Body. t The St. Louis Globe Democrat says e the Birmingham conference will be 6 remembered in the annals of the pe1 riod. It certainly will be, for it dealt t with great subjects, and at all points ho Phnrrh Smith has been found to ? be progressive and free from an iron a dogmatism. , This was shown In the resolutions H adopted looking to a closer union be. tween the Church South and the northern church. The conference refused to take any steps looking to organic union, but it did not hesitate to endorse ? ail propositions that would eliminate uncalled-for antagonisms and that " would carry out the federation already agreed upon. The Church South also goes on recK ord as favoring a revision of the doctrinal faith of world-wide Methodism; or, at least, taking up the question of 11 revision. The conference that has Just r adjourned started a movement that : may y*t go on until it is felt In every part of the civilized world. It may 1 result, in other words. In a new statet ment of the common faith that would affect and control Methodism In all jf countries. Scarely less Important was the work done in relation to Vanderbllt unlver1 sity. Heretofore that great school has s asserted Independent control, and It e had taken steps to secure a new charter on independent lines. The general conference asserted its rights and J" hereafter, the bishops will have full charge of the institution and the policy and doctrines of the Church South will r be dominant within its walls. The battle was fought in the committee of educaj tion, and not on the floor of the conference, but It was a battle?an Important battle?nevertheless. Hereafter Vanderbllt university will be a church Institution, owned and controll, ed by the southern church. Action on these three matters fully 1 justify the St. i/ouis Globe-Democrat " in declaring the Birmingham confert ?nee one of the most notable that has i been held since the split occurred In " Methodism in 1844.?Birmingham Age" Herald. i i THE RACE FOR GOVERNOR. | Senator CHristensen's Paper Comments on the situation. The gubernatorial contest begins to look complicated In that three dispeni sary candidates have already announc( ed themselves. These three men? Manning, Sloan and Blease, appear to represent three different dispensary > propositions, but each stands staunchly by the state institution. It is suggested that the dispensary forces are so well drilled and so determined to sustain the present system at all hazards, that they will be able to with' draw all but one of their candidates as the campaign closes. It Is pointed i out that these three men will attack the anti-dispensary forces from different points, and appeal to different classes, and that after they have aroused their followings to the support of the O. M. I. the weaker can, and will, step down and out. This looks well on paper, but is not likely to work out In practice. The