Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, January 01, 1907, Image 2
Scraps and |iuts. ?
? Washington, December 28: It was 1
said at the state department today a
that the United States government 11
through its ambassador in London had 8
pledged to Qreat Britain its support 1
in any steps taken by the British gov- ll
ernment toward ameliorating the con- T
dition of affairs in the Congo. This is 1
the first time that any ofllclal an- ?
nouncement has been made and sets n
at rest all question as to the stand the 11
United States would take In case it |
became necessary for one or more p
powers signatory to the Berlin treaty a
to Intervene. It is well known that ?
the agitation In England for some ac- ?
tion by that government under Its fl
treaty obligations looking to reforms h
in the Congo has been as great, if not a
greater, than In the United States, but a
England apparently has been loath to ~
act, while there was any prospect that
Belgium would annex the Congo territory.
? The whole of England and a large
portion of Northern Europe Is In the
throes of a violent snow storm. There
has been considerable loss of life in
England by people freezing to death, f
The snow storm Is described as the |
worst during the past thirty years. ]
From all parts of England trains are I
reported as being snowed in, one of "
the worst cases being that of a passenger
train bound from Dundee to
Edinburgh, which ran Into a snowdrift
at 6 o'clock, Thursday afternoon near
SL Andrews, which was not released
up to Saturday afternoon. A rescue _
train sent out to relieve the passenger
train also got stuck In a drift and it
was not until Saturday morning that
provisions were finally gotten to the
starving passengers. Fifty women h
narrowly escaped death In a Covent ^
Garden warehouse by reason of the
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collapse of the snow laden roof. They ^
were rescued, but more or less injur- e
ed. The Japanese liner Awa Maru ran n
on the rocks off Redcar during the
snow storm and other vessels are reported
as having foundered on the
English coast during the prevalence a
of the storm.
? Alexander J. Cassatt, president of
the Pennsylvania railroad, died suddenly
in Philadelphia last Friday. He "h
had been in bad health for a year; n
but his death was not expected. He h
died of heart disease. He was a little
more than sixty-seven years of age. Q
Mr. C&ssett was born In Pittsburg in t]
1839, was educated in Germany and at e
the Troy Polytechnic Institute. He t)
entered the service of the Pennsylva- t]
nla in 1861 as a rodman. In 1867 he
became superintendent of motive power
and machinery, and in 1878 be- b
come general superintendent for the t)
Pennsylvania system. From this t]
time on his rise was rapid and in 1880 w
he had become first vice president In
1882 he resigned and did not again u
hold an official position in the com- s
pany until he was elected to the pres- S(
idency of the company In 1889. Mr. f(
Cassett began his railroad career in j(
the engineering department and never v
lost his interest in that branch, and j?
the planning and starting of the great a
New York City tunnel system for the 0
company was due to him. Mr. Cassett a
had resided in Philadelphia for many
years and his family had been very t|
prominent socially in that city. h
? That white men protected inno- p
cent negroes and that every effort is a
made by the whites to punish those
white men who were responsible for o
the Christmas riots in Kemper county, c
Miss., was the information in detailed is
accounts arriving here, says a New 1
Orleans dispatch. Evidence has been w
produced that will establish the iden- tl
tity of five white men of good families
who took part in the attacks on the b
negroes. District Attorney Currle has tl
said that the trouble was caused by a d
lot of outlaws who openly violated all 1
laws of God and man and decency, a
and that they will be captured if it is a
in the power of the state to.do so. p
The total death list is probably twelve, s
The mob element among the whites
has mostly tied toward the Alabama p
state line, while the negroes have u
gathered at Scooba and Mahalak to t
place themselves under the protection i!
of troops or of citizens. The killing of t!
a negro named Calvin Nicholson is reported
as most brutal. Nicholson was ti
a negro of the best clas's. While a a
posse was searching for a negro who
had killed a deputy, they entered Nicholson's
house and several persons began
shooting at him. Deputy Sheriff t
Alexander and two others rushed to b
the negro, shielding him with their n
bodies. They protected him until (j
overpowered. District Attorney Currie v
says he has fixed the blame for this
murder upon three men. P
? The committee appointed by a I
mass meeting of citizens* of Atlanta at s
the time of the September riots in a
that city, to investigate the facts con- b
nected with the troubles at the time F
made its report last Friday. The report
shows that twelve persons were i
killed and seventy wounded. Of the s
dead, two were whites and ten color- h
ed, two were females and ten were
males. Of the wounded, ten were b
whites and sixty negroes. Five thou- t
sand, three hundred and sixty-three h
dollars were expended by the committee
for relief of the wounded and f
for the fumilies of the dead, of which j.
the city contributed $1,000. The re- \
port says: "The crimes of the mob t
included robbery as well as murder, a
In a number of cases the property of L
the innocent and unoffending people c
was taken, furniture was destroyed, a
small shops were looted, windows were a
smashed, money was taken from small t
hoards. In the commission of crime c
men and women alike were treate<
with unspeakable brutality." As a c
result of the riots, the report contln- i
ues, good citizens have been driven I
away. Concluding the report says: \
"As twelve persons were killed and t
seventy murderously assaulted, and as a
by all accounts, a number took part In i
each assault, It is clear that several t
murderers or would-be murderers are i
at large in the community." f
? Charlotte Observer, Saturday: A *
Chicago dispatch of yesterday pointed
to "the possibility of serious trouble 1
between forty-one western railroads a
and their employees who have de- 1
manH oH a IS npr Oft it incrpasf in I
wages. Information which, it is be- 1
lieved, is from an authentic source, I
comes to the Observer that the case 1
is much worse than this. This infor- c
mation is that the Brotherhood of '
Locomotive Engineers of the United 8
States is united in a purpose to make 1
a concerted move the first of January r
or early in the month, upon the management
of every railroad system in
the country for an advance in wages.
The country has been divided by them r
into four parts and this is what is i
called the southern division, embrac- A
ing every system south of the Ohio v
river. There can be no cont|^-t with t
any single line operating ur North ?
Carolina, for instance?this is by way p
f illustration only, the same principle
pplying everywhere?with the Seaboard
Air Line or the Atlantic Coast
dne, but'the contracts must embrace
11. It is the purpose of the engineers,
t their demands are not granted, to
trike and tie up traffic. It is said
hat the Orders of Railway Conducors
and of Railway Firemen will
ollow the lead of the engineers and
hat all men engaged in the operation
f trains will be involved, yhe argunent
of the engineers is that while
he cost of living has increased in the
1st ten ten years 33 per cent to 50
er cent their pay has' not increased
t all. If the strike, the possibility i
f which is above suggested, should
ocur. it would be the greatest and i
artherest reaching that the country
as ever known. The information i
bove is as the Observer has been
ble to gather it. <
She ^torkvillr inquirer.
_ ? 1
YORKVILLE, S. C.i
TUESDAY, JANUARY I, 1907.
Th? general assembly for 1907 will
onvene in Columbia on next Tuesday. (
Mr. Bryan is quoted as saying that 1
e will not decline another nomina- ,
ion. Nobody Has tnougnt mai no i
rould do anything of the kind. It is '
ossible that the party will be wise 1
nough not to give him the opporTulty.
The Year 1907.
A happy and prosperous new year to
11 our readers everywhere and to all
rankind! <
Here we go all together into the
ear 1907, and no matter how well they
ave been doing all those who have
o desire to do better, might as well
ave been left in 1906. I
By "doing better," we have no speial
reference to the financial side of
hings, the accumulation of wealth,
tc., but we have reference to a desire
? be more useful to their fellow men,
heir families and themselves. ,
Many are they who are asking for
he secret of greater happiness here
elow, and the great multitude conInue
to insist that the secret lies in
he accumulation and possession of
ealth; but that is not true.
Wealth is a source of happiness
nly to those who make proper dispoition
of It. The individual who, posessed
of wealth, seeks to use it only
[>r his own selfish pleasure and enjyment,
Is the most miserable indlidual
on earth except the one who
Lcking in wealth, torments his mind
nd spirit in covetous envy of the
ther fellow. If the man who has it
annot enjov it through failure to put
L to proper use, how much greater
hen is the misery of him who wastes
is life in vain longing for that, the
ossession of which would prove only
curse!
The watchword of happiness throughut
all time has been properly dlsharged
duty to God and man, and it
? the watchword of happiness now.
'hose who knew and practiced this
ecret best were happiest in 1906, and
hey will be the happiest in 1907.
The most priceless treasure that can
e possessed by any man is a reputalon
among his fellow men for inustry,
honesty, integrity and charity,
'his reputation is within the reach of
11 \tfho will strive for it earnestly,
nd those who pursue it will find that
ursuit more profitable than the puruit
of wealth.
So those of us who would be hapier
in 1907 than in 1906, must make
p our minds to do our duty more
horoughly than heretofore. If there
s an honest effort in this direction,
he result is assured.
A happy and prosperous New Year
[> all our readers everywhere and to
11 mankind!
Roosevelt and Foraker.
That is an interesting side light
hat Zack McGhee throws on the row
etween Roosevelt and Foraker and
t will cause many people to watch
he outcome more closely than they
rould have done otherwise.
While it is quite possible that Mr.
toosevelt may have done wrong in the
Irownsville affair, we are unable to
ee how he could have done otherwise
nd been right. On the issue that has
een made therefore, we side with Mr.
toosevelt as against Mr. Foraker.
But in connection with this matter
t is just as well not to allow our
ympathies too much latitude. Even
f Mr. Roosevelt happens to be right
n this thing, it does not follow that
le is right in everything, nor is it to be
aken as a matter of course, even that
ie is right for right's sake.
As we see it, Mr. Roosevelt was
>robably to a greater or less extent
lersonally responsible for the Browns ille
outbreak. His attitude toward
he negro from the beginning of his
idministration was such as was calcuated
to encourasre lust such a devel
ipment. He sought to prefer negroes
ibove whites, especially in the south,
md the Brownsville soldiers were
nerely trying to carry out in a practical
way their conception of his ideas.
The crime of the Brownsville solliers
was one <>-f the most grievous
mown to military discipline and to
lave allowed it to go unpunished
vould have been an invitation to the
>alance of the private soldiery of the
iriny to become anarchists. If there
s no way by which all the guilty solliers
can be tried, convicted and punshed
for murder, then their dismissal
rom the army was the only thing to
>e done.
But still Mr. Roosevelt is not entitled
o any special sympathy or support
it the hands of the southern people In
he matter. So far as the southern
jeople are concerned, their cue is
nerely to endorse the action of the
iresident in dismissing these troops as
he best thing that could have been
lone under the circumstances, and
eave the fight between Mr. Roosevelt
ind Mr. Foraker to go on in the hope
hat each will punish the other as
nuch as possible.
The Williamson Plan.
On the first page of today's issue we
eproduce from the Columbia State an
nteresting scientific discussion of the
Villiamson discovery in connection
vlth the proper cultivation of corn,
he discussion being by Prof. J. S.
v'ewinan of Clemson college, who is
robably one of the leading author!
ties In the United States on agrlcul- ]
tural matters.
Although we are quite well aware
that this article will prove such dry ^
reading to many of our subscribers
that they will pass it over for some- J
thing more interesting and entertaining.
still we consider it of such great ^
Importance to the few who will give
It their attention, that we would feel J
recreant to our duty if we should fall
to reproduced It, notwithstanding Its j
length and Its lack of Interest to so
many.
As we have taken occasion to say J
before, we do not pretend to have
any knowledge of corn culture, and for p
that matter we do not know enough
about the culture of any other crop
to be worth the telling; but common j
sense tells us in the first place that a
man of Mr. Williamson's Intelligence
and standing would have never given ^
out his plan until after he was satis
fled of its success, and in the second
place, a man of Prof. Newman's ex- L
perience. reputation and position would
certainly not recommend such an in- ^
novation to the farmers of South Carolina
until after he had secured such
practical information as would enable g
him to speak with absolute assurance
that he was making no mistake.
Prof. Newman endorses the Wil- <,
liamson plan in all its essential features;
but it will be noted that he does
not undertake to advise any farmer to
risk his entire crop along that line the ^
first year. He suggests' that they experiment
more or less cautiously; but
thoroughly and honestly, and'his sug- J
gestion is evidently made in the belief
that if it is followed out, the eventual
result will be an almost universal
change to the Williamson plan to the
very great benefit of the farmers individually,
and to the state as a whole.
All of our readers who are at all in- .
terested in this subject are advised to
read Prof. Newman's article carefully '
and to lay the paper aside for future
reference. . g
CONDITIONS IN CHINA.
a
Large Section of the Empire Distress
ed by Appalling Disaster.
The Enquirer has been requested to
publish the following statement of
conditions and appeal in regard to the E
suffering in China: il
To the People of South Carolina: g
The tragic recital of the appalling
famine in China, so graphically pictured
to the people of the United e
States by President Roosevelt, in his p
recent proclamation, calling upon all
our citizens to contribute funds for
the relief of these famine sufferers, has ll
been hastily presented to you in a ! '
previous appeal. 0
In his proclamation the president
says: "Throughout a district covering
over 40,000 square miles, and supporting
a population of 15,000,000, the
crops have been destroyed by floods, a
and millions of people are on the verge '
of starvation, thousands of dwellings *
have been destroyed, and their former n
inmates are without homes. An urgent
appeal has been made for the j
assistance of the United States." p
The vast area in square miles devas- p
tated and the millions of human beings
crying out with pinching hunger,
in the very agony of despair, for relief,
can best be demonstrated by com- '
parison. The gross area of South
Carolina, in square miles, is statistically
given at 30,750 square miles, n
and her population at 1,500,000. This E
desolated territory, therefore, covers a
10,000 more square miles than is embraced
in our whole state and the pop- n
ulation, now in extremities, numbers iten
times as many souls as inhabit our
entire state. Think of it! Shocking n
nAntnmtilotn Tho mOWt ? W
lliucru tu xnv vm. ?... rj
ful, heart-rending calamity of modern
times.
What will we do about it? Shall a
we, like the priest and Levite, pass
by on the other side; or following the P
example of the good Samaritan, come
to the rescue of these dejected sufferers,
these creatures of God, dying
from the horrors of starvation, and
writings in misery in its most hideous e
form.
Read the pathetic story of prevailing
conditions and the stirring appeal s
for help coming from Major Gen.
George W. Davis, U, S. A., retired, t
chairman central committee, National
Red Cross: 8
"To us, amidst our prosperity and y
abundance, comes the cry of starving
millions In a far country. In a populous
province of China the disastrous
floods have ruined the crops and c
dire Is the distress of the people. Mr.
Rodgers, the United States consul at u
Shanghai, cables to the state department
that the famine conditions are
daily growing worse, and that immense u
numbers are unquestionably starving;
and that the sickly, afflicted and old ,
are left in the famine district, while
refugees are concentrating in the ad- r
jacent cities, where they are poorly l
provided for. t
"An appeal has come to President
Roosevelt from a relief committee of 1
foreign consuls, and other prominent o
men of Shanghai, for flour and food t
supplies, and the American National
Red Cross willingly takes up the duty ,
of collecting fuiyls, for the purpose of ?'
such food supplies to be forwarded, i<
with the consent of congress, on gov- r
ernment transports to these suffering
people. a
"The Chinese minister received from o
China and from his countrymen in the
United States $222,000 for the relief of
the Chinese in San Francisco. Fifty
tnousana aouars 01 mis amount, now- ever,
was given to the general relief n
fund of Oakland for the assistance of j,
all refugees.
"Better and richer will be our happiness
at this holiday season if from v
our plenty we, each of us, according to j
our ability, help to relieve the suffer- .
ings of these starving men, women
and children along the valley of the t
Yangsti river." t
Permit me. therefore, in all earnestness,
to appeal to my fellow citizens
of the good old state of South CaroUna,
without distinction of rank or t
condition, and to the churches irres- 0
pective of creed, to forward their con- _
tributions without delay for the vie- 1
tims of tills unparalleled horror. f
"Be merciful after thy power. If f
thou hast much give plenteously; if
thou hast little do thy diligence gladly
to give of that little; for so gatherest *
thou for thyself a good reward in the 1
day of necessity." v
To the Chinese residents of South
Carolina, who may desire and deter- 1
mine to contribute, I venture to make r
the suggestion that the Red Cross is c
the surest, speediest and most economical
method of forwarding their donations.
The money is handled through a
the United States treasury, and hurried
forward by cable, without cost.
President Roosevelt has designated
the Red Cross as the medium for the
receipt and distribution of all such
funds. , fl
I would take occasion here to ask \
the editors of our state press to publish
this appeal for aid in their papers.
There cannot be a shadow of doubt as I
to the appalling necessities, inasmuch j
as the foreign consuls and prominent j
men of Shanghai have formed themselves
into a committee of relief, and
through this committee to make these c
known to the world. si
Contributions to this cause may be .
handed in or sent to Mr. John B.
Reeves, treasurer of the fund, at the
State Savings Bank. Charleston, to v
the president of the branch, or to The ,
Yorkvllle Enquirer. ,
In the sincere hope that this appeal 1
may meet with that liberal response ^
so characteristic of the generous people
of South Carolina, and that our r
churches will make common cause in
the matter. A. C. Kaufman,
President South Carolina Branch, f
American National Red Cross. ].
Charleston. December 28, 1906.
Wreck Near Washington.?There r
was a terrible wreck on the Baltimore e
and Ohio railroad last Sunday night, .
caused by an extra train of empty
freight cars running into a passenger 11
train that was standing at Terra Cotta
station taking on passengers. Fifty j
passengers were killed, including many
that wore trying to get on the train "
and about eighty were injured, many ^
so severely that they will die. The g
blame has not been definitely fixed but
the engineer and crew of the extra
have been arrested on the charge of 1
responsibility for the disaster. 1
LOCAL. AFFAIRS
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Vm. Dobson?Has a good young mule
for sale.
. A. Shannon, No. 4?Wants a purchaser
for a nice young milch cow
lank of Hickory Grove?Publishes s
statement of Its condition at the
close of business on Dec. 20th.
. H. Saye, Trustee?Gives notice ol
sale of stock of merchandise of W
R. Burgess & Son, bankrupts.
. C. Pursley, No. 1?Has a cow foi
which he wants to And an owner
Taken up Dec. 19th.
. Lesslle McGIll, Sec.?Calls a meeting
of King's Mountain Cotton association
for next Saturday.
'irst National Bank?Says that the
money deposited with it is always
nt tfAiir arts? Vi o t "Tt'<
safe."
. L. Williams & Co.?Want you tc
know that their low prices havt
nothing to do with the character ol
goods they sell,
liss Rosa Lindsay?Gives notice thai
her studio will be closed until Saturday,
Jan. 5th.
,oan & Savings Bank?Says its policj
is to confine its business to this immediate
vicinity.
I. W. White?Applies the moral ol
a colored preacher's efforts to tlu
buying and seling of bonds, stock!
and real estate.
tar Drug Store?Receives a fresh lol
of Nunnally's candles every week
and say that in this candy you gel
the best.
trauss-Smlth Co.?Announce a special
ten days' clearance sale, ani
quote reduced prices on a large variety
of seasonable goods.
rork Drug Store?Calls your attention
to the desirability of using th<
best correspondence stationery 101
letter writing.
. Q. Wray, The Leader?Is takins
an Inventory of stock and will have
something of Interest to say later on
rork Supply Co.?Extends the compliments
of the season to friend!
and customers. Iron roofing.
Mr. G. W. Wilkerson, rural routt
ispector Is In this county with bloo<]
i his eye for bad roads.
Mr. John L. Rainey gave the chainang
a sumptuous Christmas dinner
icluding turkey, chickens, cakes, pies
nd all known good things in greal
bundance.
The Gaffney. papers tie for flrsl
lace In the News and Courier's couny
press gossip column yesterday
Jach paper has four paragraphs tc
ts credit. There were only two pararaphs
from The Enquirer.
There is a persistent rumor to the
ffect that the Seaboard Air Llne-peole
have acquired the old Three C's
ortlon of the Southern from Camder
a Marlon; but up to this time there
e very little that seems to be conrmatory
of the rumor.
NEW SCHEDULES.
The following cnanges 01 auneuuit
re to go into effect on the Marion anc
[Ingville division of the Southerr
ext Sunday:
Train No. 113, leave Klngvllle ai
0.45 a. m., formerly at 11 a. m., arrivfig
at Camden 12 noon, Rock Hill 2.41
. m., and Marion 8.25 p. m.
Train No. 113 will wait at Kingllle
for No. 29, only when they have
assengers for them, starting wesi
f Blackville.
No. 114 will leave Marlon at 5.30 a
i., formerly at 4.30 a. m,. leave Rod
lill at 11.15 a. m., arrive at Klngvllle
t 4 p. m.
Train No. 117 leave Klngvllle 4.50 p
i., arrive at Camden 6.20 p. m., Rod
1111 9.20 p. m.
Train No. 118 leave Rock Hill 6.20 a
i., Caanden 9 a. m., Klngvllle at 10.2(
. m., as formerly.
Train No. 135 leave Rock Hill 6.5<
. m? arrive at Marlon at 12.05 pf m.
Train No. 136 leave Marion at 4.2(
1. m? arrive at Rock Hill at 9.35 p. m
WITHIN THE TOWN.
? Mr. George H. Sherrer has returnd
to Yorkville from Gastonla and purhased
an interest in Baber"s barberhop.
? The Loan and Savings Bank anc
he First National bank each paid oui
emi-annual dividends of 3 per cen
esterday. ,
? The town is pretty well filled wltl
olored people today. They came prlnipally
because of Emancipation Day.
? It is the prettiest first day of Janlary
that this section has known foi
en years. Dr. Miles Walker says Jan
lary i, iosi was auuui nn.c
? The young men and boys rang oui
he old and rang In the new lasi
light. Beginning at shortly befon
2 the bells began to toil, and then as
he midnight hour came all the belli
ang furiously. Along with the ringing
f the bells the boys made a round 01
he streets, singing, yelling, shooting
[re works, ringing door bells and havng
a great time generally. So far ai
s reported there was no malicious
nischief like the tearing up of bridges
nd carrying away of gates such as
ccurred on Christmas night.
? The Coney Island Amusemen
ompany arrived yesterday afternooi
nd after working practically al
light and all day today, every thinj
3 ready for exhibition. The compan;
s in charge of Mr. A. T. Wright, whs
sas the principal manager of thi
larkoot Carnival company that wai
iere last January, and he assures ui
hat he has a better lot of shows nov
han he has ever had before. The:
nclude the Katzenjammer Castle, s
aystifylng and amusing attraction
hat has heretofore been exhibites
inly in the larger towns. Moss Bros.
Electrical Kxtravaganze, the "Ols
Mantation," Wild Rose, Roberta']
Electrical show, consisting of high
lass Moving Pictures, Penny Pictun
trcade, an Oriental Show, featuring
^abel Ffllreda, one af the Turkisi
vomen who was brought to Americi
o dance at the World's Fair, an<
lumerous smaller attractions such a
ane racks, knife racks, ball games
ite. There is a first class brass ban(
ilong. The shows are in the F. E
Smith lot on South Congress street.
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Mr. Dun M. Moore of the Delphoi
tection, returned to Erskine college
Due West, yesterday.
Misses Myrtle and Robbie Riddle o
fowling Green, are the guests of Mr
d. H. Jackson's family, on Yorkvllli
I. F. D. No. 6.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Witherspoon ant
hildren are over from Fort Mill 01
l visit to Mr. Witherspoon's parents
Dr. and Mrs. J. H. Witherspoon.
Miss Nannie Grist returned to lie
fork in the Rennettsville graded schoo
his morning, after spending the holi
lays with relatives and friends ir
forkville.
Rev. H. J. Cauthen was formerly t
lewspaper worker. Before entering
he ministry he did reportorial worl
or the Columbia Register and the At
inta Constitution,
Dr. and Mrs. J. H. Witherspoon havi
noved to Yorkvllle. Mr. H. W. With
rspoon remains at the old home plac<
hree miles northeast of Yorkvllle t<
nanage the farm.
Mr. E. P. Moore of Chester, accom>anied
by his sons. Dr. Baxter Moon
f Charlotte and Dr. Wylle Moore o:
Cew York and their wives, spent las
Saturday in York vole.
Miss Maggie Moore, postmaster, retimed
last Sunday afternoon fron
'hiladelphia, where she has been un
( der treatment In a hospital since f
early In November. Her many friends a
will be glad to know that she Is very f
much Improved In health. c
The following young ladles will re- ?
turn to Wlnthrop college this evening y
and tomorrow after spending the holl- v
^ days with Yorkvllle relatives and t
friends: Miss Gerald Lowry, Eunice t
f Grist. Kate Hunter. Marie Moore, Fred- *
rica Lindsay. Jennie Russell, OUle ?
. Dobson. Mary Dobson, Winnie Craw- 1
ford and Bessie Pegram. F
In renewing his subscription to The
' Enoulrer for 1907, M"r. A. W. Gladden, (J
formerly of the McConnellsville neigh- t
> borhood. but during several years a J
? resident of Hope, Ark., instructs that ^
1 his address be changed to Idabel, In- c
, dlan Territory. Idabel, he says, is a ^
s town of the Choctaw nation and has j(
thirty-six business houses. It is in the s
^ centre of a great cotton country and 1
only four years old, and it has 800 in- ?
habitants. One gin there ginned 1,300 t
r bales up to Christmas. The town is t
located near historic Fort Townsend, ?
T about forty miles west of the Arkansas ^
! line. The Indians have pretty well left ii
* the country, which still abounds in t
t game, especially deer, wild turkey
. and squirrels. Mr. Gladden says he is r
getting along nicely. c
g
1 PROCEEDINGS IN BANKRUPTCY.
A large majority of the claims
. against the bankrupt estate of Mr. L.
! B. Foushee was represented at a meet- j
ing of creditors held in the office of
f Referee C. W. F. Spencer in Rock Hill
s last Saturday.
The report or tne commission ay- s
j pointed to inquire into the assets of (j
the bankrupt estate, baded on invoices
on file, showed that since the (
> 15th of last August, Mr. Foushee had t
I purchased goods to the amount, in ?
round numbers of $16,000, and paid t
bills amounting to about $550. The r
, stock on hand as inventoried by Mr. 1
i J. L. Williams and Mr. J. Q. Wray, j
t amounted to a few dollars over $6,000, (
and the cash In bank aggregated $2,- r
t 200. - 1
The figures as reported leave an ap- g
. parent discrepancy of about $7,000, $
> and Mr. Foushee was put through a 8
. pretty searching examination at the ^
hands of the creditors with a view to u
? bringing out some light on the situa- c
. tion. c
a
i Mr. Foushee's testimony was to the |
i effect that he kept no books or records d
? except his Invoice file, and he protest- 1
f
ed his inability to account for his big j
discrepancy. He thought his stock c
""" thiin If ni'Avail mil frfi hp 8
M {ta 1UI 5C1 I null II pi \/ T VV< vw? kw PW
and believed that a considerable por?
tion of the shortage would be account1
ed for in the fact that s9 soon as he
1 became convinced of his impending
failure, he turned back many goods
t that were en route and there were
; goods in the depots. As to this, how'
ever, he was not certain. Mr. Foushee
offered no testimony beyond his re?
piles to questions, of his creditors. The
1 creditors were not at all satisfied with
the result of the examination, and
there was talk of taking Mr. Foushee
? before Judge Brawley on supplementary
proceedings. As to whether or
. not this will be done remains for fu1
ture developments.
W. W. Lewis, Esq., who had been
j appointed temporary receiver for the
bankrupt estate, was chosen by the
) creditors as trustee of the estate, and
Thos. F. McDow, Esq., was chosen as
' attorney for the creditors. Messrs. J.
L. Williams, J. Q. Wray and C. W.
Smith were elected appraisers.
In the absence of J. S. Brice, Esq.,
attorney for Mr. Foushee, Mr. Foushee
was represented at the hearing before
the referee by John R. Hart, Esq.
1 LOCAL LACONICS.
t It was a Wooden Still.
The correspondent who sent us the
j information about the recent seizure
of a still In Cherokee county, says it
was a wooden instead of a copper affair
as stated.
r From King's Creek to the River.
It was understood that work on the
spur track from King's Creek to the
t power dam on Broad river was to have
t been commenced yesterday. The work
? had been delayed because of right of
3 way complications, all of which, we
3 are informed have been satisfactorily
j adjusted.
f The County Commissioners.
f The county board of commissioners
held their annual meeting on last Sa't3
urday; but transacted no business bes
yond the auditing and paying of ac
' counts. This business was the object
i of the meeting. The regular monthly
meeting of the board will be held
t next Wednesday.
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8 will receive until the renewal of your
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8 yet returned their names and who dek
sire to do so. should see the nearest
^ clubmaker or send the price of sub1
scription to this office at once.
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8 The uuthor is Mr. B. M. Lee, formerly
* of Fort Mill, now of Wellton, Arizona.
e It is tho record of a love correspond5
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throp girl, and the letters are as sweet
3 and as chaste as anybody could hope
3 to read. The press of California has
s reviewed the book in a manner that
' should prove very gratifying to the
^ author as well as to the young lady
' of Rock Hill, to whom it is dedicated,
Copies of the book may be had from
the Broadway Publishing company.
Price. $1.00,
3
, Medical Society Banquet.
The York County Medical society
f enjoyed a banquet' at the Shandon
hotel lust Friday night. There were
j plates for twenty; but several were
absent. The local ministers were in^
vited; hut Rev. H J. Cauthen was the
1 only one who was able to uttend, Kev. 1
i E. E. Gillespie being out of town and *
Revs. J. O. Babin and W. C. Ewart \
r being kept away by ministerial en- 1
j gagements. Dr. E. W. Pressly, presl- 1
. dent of the society presided, and ap- t
, propriate short talks were made by Dr. i
Pressly, Dr. Roddey Miller and Rev. J
t Mr. C'authen. The banquet was r
, splendidly gotten up in every way, c
{ and was highly creditable to Proprie- 1
tor Sadler, of the hotel, as well as the j
| doctors. i
j Miss Leila Brice. J
Chester Reporter: Miss Leila M. |
j Brice. sister of Mr. A. O. Brice and v
) Mi's. J. M. Caldwell of this city, died i
at her home in Due West Thursday 0
. morning after a brief illness. The re- s
? mains were brought to this city Frl- t
f day evening and taken to Hopewell A. ?
t R. P. church Saturday morning for j
interment. Miss Brice was the daugh- t
ter of Rev. and Mrs. R. W. Brice. Her '
i father was pastor at Hopewell for j
many years, but after his death the t
amlly moved to Due West to take
dvantage of the better educational
acUities. Miss Brlce was an acompllshed
and lovable woman.
5he taught music for a number of
ears In the graded school at Huntersllle,
N. C. She leaves the following
irothers and sisters in addition to
hose already mentioned: Hon. J. S.
irice of Yorkvilie, and Mesdames Fande
B. McCaw of Yorkvilie; J. W.
Jalrd of Covington, Tenn., and J. P.
Cnox of Columbia.
:reight Wreck Near Blacksburg.
There was a disastrous freight wreck
n the main line of the Southern beween
Blacksburg and Gaffney last
"rlday night. It occurred at the point
vhere a spur track leads off to the
ilant of the Dravo Manufacturing
ompany. A long, heavy train came
umbering by, and suddenly broke in
wo in the middle. Fourteen cars
aaded with all kinds of merchandise
cattered about every which way.
'he track was torn up for a distance
if several hundred yards and the enIre
line was blocked for from twelve
o eighteen hours. Some of the lighter
rains made tne inp Deiween isiacaa>urg
and Gaffney over "Swamp Rablit"
line by way of Cherokee Falls,
>ut the authorities would not risk the
leavier trains that way on account of
he condition of the road bed and the,
ight rails. Nobody was hurt. The
irecked train was loaded with proniscuous
merchandise, consisting of
oal, candy, furniture, flour, meat, dry
;oods, hardware, etc. The cause of the
rreck has not been made public.
FORAKER AND ROOSEVELT.
nteresting Side Light on Expected
Forthcoming Tilt.
Zach McGhee, the Washington corespondent
of the Columbia State
ends his paper the following under
late of December 27:
"Senator Foraker is going to raise
Jain when congress reconvenes about
his Brownsville business. And let no
me think that the Ohio senator is not
ible to do It. No matter what Jusice,
what facts, or what public sentlnent
the president may have With him
n the fight, Fotaker, "Fire-alarm
"oraker." is eminently adapted for
ust such a performance as raising
Jain on the other side. He has been
aislng Cain, in one way or another,
>retty much all these twenty-three
'ears since he was first candidate ror
rovernor of Ohio. He raised Cain as
rovernor and he has raised Cain in the
enate. And withal, strange as it may
eem to those who do not know him
ind have never neard him, he is one
if the mildest mannered," most unexitable,
and altogether perhaps the
ulmest man In the senate. He Is the
iblest man in the senate. The Ingenous
"special pleader" Spooner, the ponlerous
Bailey and the fiery Carmack,
o say nothing of the picturesque Tillnan,
are at times Interesting. (And
n a parenthesis I am reminded of dear
id Paul Youmans, who once resented
lorne one's calling him "interesting."
Why, a monkey's Interesting," he exilaimed.)
Well, these others are ineresting,
and I would not deny them
ibillty, but when it comes to good abound
horse sense, combined with an
ixcellent cultivation of mind and manler,
a magnificent gift of speech, estecially
as to clearness and directness,
tnd perhaps above all, a delicate balince?"sense
of humor" some call this;
t is in fact rather a sense of proporion?why,
these others are easily outdated
by this very same Mr. "Firebarm"
Foraker, who Is creating such
t stir all over the country, or rather
rho is manipulating the spoon.
"One can't help getting in a way a
ittle enthusiastic about Foraker, howiver
much one may differ with him.
3e 1s so absorbingly fascinating. The
Inst time I met him was early last
ipring. With a newspaper friend I was
itroliing one Sunday afternoon around
}u Pont Circle?that's the high hat
leighborhood. We met Senator Foriker
about half way around the circle,
ind as my friend knew him well, I got
he honor pf an introduction to the man
vho had been, to me, the most fasdnating
man In the senate, and to
vhom I had listened intently on every
't-1- no fa r* a a
JOSHlDie UL'tuaiun, aiuiuufiii, U.O uu ^
l newspaper correspondent can take
tides or Is supposed to, nearly everyhing
he said was directly opposed to
ny view of things.
"Senator Foraker turned and walked
)ack with us, and after a most deightful
walk we escorted him to his
lome?which is also In the high hat
leighborhood. I told him that he had
)een delightful to me and that I enoyed
him particularly because he had
tuch a magnificent and fascinating way
)f saying what Isn't so. At this he
aughed and I thought it was all very
ine. Since that time I have felt It a
ligh honor to have a speaking acluaintance
with him. And yet I know
hat his very name is probably obnox*
ous to many of my friends in South
Carolina, because he is "taking up for
he nigger." That's because they don't
enow him.
"Senator Foraker is very pleasant to
lewspaper men. He is altogether an
,'xceedlngly pleasant man. But he will
lot talk to us about this Brownsville
natter now. Yesterday when some of
he boys went to see him he said that
le would do his talking in the senate
vhen that meets again. The president
laid to four newspaper men he invited
;o visit him the other day that he
vould veto any measure that congress
night pass restoring the negro troops
vho were dismissed for "shooting up"
3rownsville. He furthermore made the
rery remarkable statement to the ef'ect
that if congress should pass a
>ill over his veto he would refuse to
oceeute it. and that if congress should
hen want to Impeach him he would
fladly welcome the impeachment pro,'eedings.
This Is pretty big talk even
or a president. All that Senator Foriker
will say about this is the followng:
"I think that the story about what
he president intends to do is too silly
o talk about, and you must excuse me
rom discussing it."
"There are several little supplemenary
circumstances which make this
in exceedingly Interesting fight beween
the president and Senator Fortker.
In the first place Foraker has
lot liked Roosevelt in a long time,
dighty few people who know Mr.
Roosevelt well, in these parts at least,
lo like him; or if they do like him tolay
they don't tomorrow. The principal
reason for this?and there are a
lumber of reasons?Is that the presilent
has a way of promising one thing
md doing another, and another little
vay of saying one thing and when he
s criticised for saying it issuing a
statement of denial, always elaborating
his statement so as to include the
nore or less emphatic declaration that
he man, who says he did say so is a
iar. But that isn't the reason Foriker
has it in for him just at present.
Vt least that isn't all of the reason,
foraker wants to be president, as everybody
else does, or most of us anyvay.
But Mr. Roosevelt doesn't want
dr. Foraker to be president. It is
laid, and some people are easily
enough duped to believe it, that Roose elt
wants Taft to be president. Those
vho are on the game have a pretty
itrong conviction that the astute manpulator
and calculator ia the White
iouse already knows that there Is not
i ghost of a chance for Taft, for the
eason that he cannot carry Ohio, his
>wn state. Taft is a big man, but he
s bigger abroad than he is in his own
itate. Foraker is the big man in Ohio,
is was clearly shown last summer,
vhen ^ome of his enemies tried to get
he state convention to snub him because
he dared to oppose the preslient
on the rate bill. Foraker got a
remendous endorsement, and the
(resident's adherents were made to
iM k like 30 cents. But the president
s for Taft?nominally. He wants the
lomination himself, and when it is
dearly shown at the last minute that
Taft is impossible because he can't
:arry his own state, then there is noindy
else to turn to but Roosevelt. He
nay decline it and go down in history
is another Caesar who pushed aside
he crown. He's a pretty shrewd felow,
is- this man in the White House,
vho sits up there today eating turkey
ii?l cranberry sauce between lectures
in the Ten Commandments.
"Foruker knows it. Foraker has a
iort of an idea that Mr. T. R. is somehing
of a hypocrite. And he isn't
ifraid to say so. Put that down.
V-raker isn't afraid to say anything,
de's wrong about this thing, of course,
>ut he isn't hedging, and he isn't gong
to hedge. And he is going to make
he Brownsville affair an exceedingly
mportant little incident before he gets
hrough with it."
ROCK HILL AND VICINITY.
Observance of Children's Day?Trouble
About Water?Mr. Ba>*ber to Return
to England?Other Notes.
Corre?i>ondence of the Yorkville Knqulrer.
Rock Hru., December 31.?Children's
Christmas exercises were held in the
First Presbyterian church Friday
evening and much enjoyed by a large
audience. The different classes of the
Sunday school formed in column of
two in the annex and led by a banner
containing ac scriptual motto, and carrying
some useful article they marched
into the body of the church to the
tune of "Hark the Joyful Chiming"
sung by the whole congregation. Proceeding
to the rostrum they deposited
their gifts and took their seats in the
front of the church which had been
reserved. These gifts consisted of
8rap, stockings, flour, brooms, canned
goods, etc. Along the rail of the choir
was stretched a broad white ribbon
about fifteen feet long. Those older
people who had money to give, gave
it in one dollar bills, crisp and new,
and these were pinned on the ribbon.
At first it looked like the ribbon would
not be filled and the money was placed
long ways, afterwards the bills began
to come in pretty lively and it was
necessary to reverse the order and pin
them the narrow way. Dr. Llngle re
maraing as iney were cnaugeu mm
' whoever put up the ribbon did not
have enough faith. Several beautiful
hymns were sung by the choir and after
the responsive readings the pastor
made a brief address. It was the
unanimous opinion that this was more
of an occasion of Joy than a selfish
Christmas tree and the resolve was
made that next year there will be a
repetition on a larger scale. These
gifts go to the Thornwell orphanage.
The city council met in special session
to take steps to relieve a condition
which is < regarded as a great
menace to the welfare of the city
property. It is that of the low water
supply. There Is at present very little
pressure in the mains and at times it
has been so low that up stairs faucets
. would not run. The situation was discussed
by the aldermen and a resolution
was adopted which In substance
states that the six months notice given
the Water. Light and Power company'
has elapsed and calling upon that corporation
to appear before the council
the evening of January 7th and show
cause why the franchise gianted to It
by the city in May 1897 should not
become forfeited and its plant sold as
provided for under the terms. The
company claims that It is now ready
to put full pressure on In case of fire,
this having been made possible by a
connection completed Saturday with
the plant of the Ice company.
Mrs. Paul Workman of this city has
been invited, to take part In the educational
conference to be held this week
in Columbia. Mrs. Workman although
not directly connected with
such matters is well known as deeply
Interested in them. She is a sister of
Dr. D. B. Johnson of Wlnthrop college
and is prominently connected with
the city's club life having served several
terms as president of the "City
Union of Women's Clubs." The invitation
sent Mrs. Workman was from
the "Association Tor improvement or
Rural Schools."
Mr. B. J. Barber, who has for years
conducted a bakery In this city, and
who formerly was the baker at Wlnthrop
college, and as such was well
known over the state, has been forced
to take a rest, his health having given
away Just recently? He left here
Sunday morning for Hendersonvllle.
where he will visit his family and
from there will go to Ashevllle to
consult,a specialist. Mrs. Barber and
the two youngest children are now In
England, having gone there several
weeks since, and Mr. Barber expects
to go there also early In the spring to
visit his old home In Greenwich.
Miss Rebecca Jenkins, of the Roddey
Mercantile Co.. received a telegra.n today
stating that Miss Mitchell, the
popular young milliner for the above
firm during the past season, had been
married at Staunton, Va., Sunday, to
Mr. James Leggett.
Mr. and Mrs. Alex B. Fewell of
Ebenezer, who never do things by
halvesj gave a number of their friends
a fine "possum" supper at their hospitable
home Friday evening last
Invitations have been Issued by Mr.
and Mrs. Arnold Friedhelm for the
wedding reception of their daughter,
Miss Minnie, who on the evening of
the 8th will be married to Mr. Marion
Herman Heyman of Camden.
At the meeting of Catawba Chapter
, D. A. R. at the home of Mrs. C. K.
Schwrar, Mrs. R. Moultrie Bratton of
Outhriesville, the state regent, was the
guest of honor.
It has been rumored here, and the
: rumor has been apparently confirm ed
by dispatches appearing in some of
the Sunday papers that the Seaboard
Air Line has bought the old Three Cs
road from Marion, N. C., to Camden,
S. C. 'TIs a consummation devoutly to
be wished as the present state of affairs
is almost unbearable at this
, point.
At the regular meeting of Oakland
Lodge K. of P. Thursday evening, the
( following officers were elected. C. C.,
S. George Moore; V. C., W. M. Dunlap;
prelate. W. A. Douglass; M. A., W. T.
; Roddey: M. of F. and K. R. S., U. C. |
\ Partlow; M. H, George Beach; M. of
W? C. C. Oates; D. D., J. E. Parker; J
' trustee, G. VV. Stevens.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEW8.
? J. S. McTeer, a colored school
teacher, was shot by his brother-inlaw,
Malcolm Durant, near Branchville,
Friday. Durant escaped.
? E. S. Tlllery was shot and killed
, by W. S. B. Tate at Ferguson, Saturday.
They quarreled about a gun.
? R. A. Adams, under sentence of
death for the murder of Henry Jacques
of Colleton county four years
ago, has. through his attorneys filed
petitions with the state pardon board.
? Clemson college will not be re
opened until January 9 on account or
shortage of the coal Supply.
? Mr. William I. Laval, chief clerk in
the state treasurer's office retired today
after being connected with the
office forty-seven yeara.
? Patrick, Chesterfield county, Dec.
28: Frank Perdue, a white man about
twenty-four years old, was shot to
death Monday night by Duncan Wilkes,
another white man about twenty-eight
years old. Wilkes escaped. The weapon
used was a 32-callbre pistol. Both
were drinking. Magistrate Ousley
held an inquest and a verdict that
Perdue came to his death by a gunshot
wound from a gun in the hands
of Duncan Wilkes was returned.
? Patrick, Chesterfield county, Dec.
28: M. D. Smith, a young white man
who lives about five miles north of
Patrick, was burned to death Monday
night at his home. Smith had been
to Cheraw and was thought to have
imbibed too much Christmas whisky.
He was found dead in the yard. His
clothes were burned off. Smith belonged
to a good family and for several
years taught school in this county.
The house and contents and an out
house were burned. Mr. D. A. Smith,
a brother of the deceased, was also In
the house hut escapea wun itw injuries.
No clue can be gotten as to the
origin of the Are.
? Greenville special of December 31,
to Charlotte Observer: Col. John C.
Boyd, adjutant and Inspector generalelect,
was stricken with paralysis this
afternoon between 4 and 5 o'clock
while he was visiting his daughter on
College street. He was Quickly removed
to his apartments at the Normandie
hotel, where he i3 resting
Quietly this evening. Col. Boyd came
to Greenville from Columbia several
days ago to spend Christmas. He has
been on the streets every day and was
out on the streets at 4 o'clock this afternoon
looking well. The stroke was
very sudden. In speaking of his condition
tonight the attending physician
said that he considered Col. Boyd seriously
ill and he doubts very much if,
ho win hp able to take the oath of of
fice on January 15. The attack was
on the right side and that side is utterly
helpless this evening. The colonel
has been conscious at all times
since the stroke and said tonight that
he had been feeling unwell only today.
? Laurens special of December 28,
to Spartanburg Herald: A big cocking
main was milled off yesterday in Laurens
county between some sports of
North Carolina and South Carolina.
The main was held on Saluda river
twenty miles south of this city on the
premises of a prominent planter. It
is difficult to learn much of the event,
but some local sports and visitors from
Spartanburg and Gaffney who attended
the main and who returned to
the city last night state that the purse
of $1,500 placed on the main was won
by South Carolina. There were seventeen
matches, the South Carolinians
winning nine of the fight.*. There
were a large number of birds on the
scene and after the main was concluded
a number of "hack" matches were
arranged. The fighting commenced at
10 o'clock a. m., and continued all day.
The crowd numbered about a hundred,
there being In Attendance visitors from
Greenwood, Laurens and other local
towns in this state and Charlotte, Salisbury
and other North Carolina
towns. Of course, there was a large
amount of money to change hands "on
the side." This is the first big main
that has been pulled oft in Laurens in
a long time.
MERE-MENTION.
The Georgia bucket shops have to
clcee business today on account of
the operation of a new law now going
into effect Former Senator Caflfrey
~f Louisiana is dying at his home in
New Orleans The United States
war department is planning to abolish
the four negro regiments of the army
and will urge congress to repeal the
law which requires the secretary- to
maintain them In a railway collision
near Arbroath, Scotland, last
JJ -?-* 1.IIU*a
while the other went through the
sleeper. The Pullman conductor while
attempting to arrest the man robbing
his passengers, was shot by the robber
through the arm. The man then
pulled the emergency brake cord, stopper
the train, and with his confederate
escaped to the woods. F. K. Bull, 5 j
a millionaire of Baclne, Wis., was *
among the passengers who were robbed.
The two men who held up the train
are known to the Richmond authorities.
They had been shadowed in the
city for four days, but grave the police
the slip. A Petersburg special says
they were heavily armed and had the
passengers at their mercy. The Pullman
conductor, C. A. Eberhart of Jersey
City, N. J., who was shot by one
of the robbers, was not dangerously
hurt.
Watson Disqualified.?Mr. Harvey
Jordan, president of the Southern
Cotton association, has given notice
that he will resign that position in
January, but this does not prevent Mr.
Tom Watson from making an attack
on him and demanding his resignation.
It seems that on account of some
newspaper criticisms to the effect that
Watson's connection with the SouthernCotton
association was an embarrassment
to it, he sent his resignation as
a member to Mr. Jordan, expecting
that it would be declined, but Jordan
promptly accepted it. This may or
may not explain Mr. Watson's enmity
toward Mr. Jordan, but his criticism
sf the president of the association
eliminates him as a candidate for that
post. Watson's name had been mentioned
as Jordan's successor, but there
was an immediate protest on account
it Watson's politics. This protest is
not needed. Mr. Watson has disqual- i
rfled himself by his demand for Jordan's
resignation.?Charlotte Chroni-*
fm
Cost of Lavino.?The New York
World of last Friday published statls
tics from its correspondents in various
states showing that during the past
few years the cost of living has increased
more than wages have advanced.
Twenty states reported, but only Indiana.
Rhode Island and Wisconsin
showed greater Increases In wages
than In cost of living,
Georgia, Maryland and Virginia are
the southern states reported. Virgin- ^
la estimates show that wages have
increased on an average 2 per cent,
while living expenses have increased
15 per cent. Georgia estimates that
wages have increased 20 per cent in
five years, while living expenses have
Increased in a greater ratio, and the
startling point is made that the poor
are poorer now than five years ago.
In Maryland living expenses have
Increased 15 per cent, while only
skilled mechnlcs are getting wages
averaging 10 per cent higher.
? Chief Sanitary Officer Gorgas in a
report to the isthmian canal commission
on the health conditions in the
canal zone during the month of November
notes a steady decline in the
death rate, both among the employees
and the population outside of the employees.
In July among the employees
there were 151 deaths; in Novem- 4
ber 66. Among the 6,000 white American
employees three deaths occurred,
with no deaths from any cause in the
families of employees. The number of
employees constantly sick has fallen
from 1,107 In July to 799 In November,
a rate of thirty per thousand constantly
sick. Taking the population as a
whole, there were 422 deaths In July,
against 241 In November.
r nutty, sixteen persons were mucu
and more than thirty injured
George W. Perkins of the firm of J.
P. Morgan & Co., and Chas. S. Fairchild,
secretary of the treasury under
Cleveland, have been Indicted by the m
New York city grand Jury on six separate
charges of forgery as a result of
the New York Life Insurance company
investigation The Philadelphia
marriage license bureau issued 14,000
Icenses during 1906 Congressman
John Wesley Gaines of Tennessee, has
dug up an old law which cuts off the
l ay of congressmen, who are absent
from house sessions except in case of
sickness The Farmers' and Drovers'
bank of Waynesboro, Pa., was
closed by a bank examiner a few days
ago, and among other "assets" the examiner
has found $160,000 worth of
forged ripe*" The trial of Harry
Thaw for the murder of Stanford
White is expected to be one of the
shortest on record In New York. The
-r? secutlon will have only a half dozen
witnesses., ... .Yaqul Indians are on
the warpath in Sonora, Mexico, and a
lumber of Americans and Mexicans
have been butchered Philadelphia
had a $400,000 Incendiary Are last
Thursday night Jas. Bryce, British
secretary for Ireland, will succeed
clr Mortimer Durand. as ambassador
at Washington General Ltivlnoft,
rovernor of the province of AkmoMnsk,
Asiatic Russia, was assassinated
Friday President Roosevelt
will give a state dinner complimentary .
to Speaker Cannon on Friday evening. *
Tan. 4th Wllbert T. George, a
negro. Is the only eligible for a position
In the Hattlesburg, Miss., postof"ce.
now vacant. He will not take the
l??b because of his having been threatened
with mob violence Jas. J.
Tefferles, the heavy-weight champion,
will try conclusions with Bill Squires,
-?n Australian pugullst, sometime In
tnril. The purse will be $30,006
The railroad commission of Texas has
assed an order reducing funman
fares In that state 20 per cent The
Pullman company will resist the order. '
......Jacob H. Schlff, the New York
banker. Is backing a scheme to colonise
Russian Jews near Galveston.
Texas....The value of the Maine fish
catch during 1906 amounted to $4,048,923
James McCrea, first vice president
of Pittsburg, will probably succeed
A. J. Cassett as president of the
Pennsylvania railroad system.
Dirij FY?r Duty.?The Seaboard Air
Line's fast mall No. 32 northbound from
Atlanta to Richmond crashed into a
string of loaded freight cars at Peach'and
a flag station, nineteen miles east
of Monroe, last Saturday night, partially
wrecking the passenger train
and killing Engineer S. E. Maxwell of
Raleigh. I
Running fifty miles an hour, Engineer
Maxwell sighted the freight train g
as he rounded the curve near Peachland,
and, with concern only for the
oassengers whose lives were In his
- are, he anpiied the emergency brakes
n an effort to moderate the impending
crash. The speed waq reduced to ten
miles an hour when the train struck,
an*' the fireman jumped without being
hurt.
Maxwell stuck to his post, was
caught between the engine and tender,
and slowly roasted to death in view of
the rescuers, who strained every nerve
to reach him. Helplessly pinned in an
upright position, with both feet in the
fire box, the brave man lived four
hours, fully conscious, talking cheer- fully
to the rescuers, his last words
being a message to his wife and child
at Raleigh. |\
No one else was hurt
+ ?
Hot.d Up on tkk Seaboard.?Near J
La Croes, Va,, on the Seaboard Air Uk
Line ' at 2.30 yesterday morning the : %
passengers in the sleeper of train 81 W
out of Richmond, were held up and
robbed of about $800, besides jewelry.
The robbers, two In number, got on at
Acca, north of Richmond, as passenirnro
onH nno rftmulnoH In a Hov P/iflAh