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? 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
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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
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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
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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.
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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~.
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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
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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