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Straps and ?|artis. ? John D. Rockefeller Is spending a month in Augusta. Ga., and last Sunday morning he attended the Tabernacle negro Baptist church. He was ushered to a seat up near the pulpit and after the sermon he sent for the preacher, Rev. C. T. Walker, whom he- had previously met In New York, and they exchanged effusive ereetlnas. It Is stated that Vhen the contribution box came around Mr. I Rockefeller deposited $20 therein. ? The Ohio river Is on a serious rampage almost along its entire course. Many people are homeless In various cities, the total number. Including Cincinnati, footing up something like 20,000. The people have been driven from their homes on account of high water. A big iron foundry located on the river front at Cincinnati caught Are last Sunday, . and the approaches being cut off by the surrounding water, the firemen were unable to get near enough to fight the flames. The loss amounted to several hundred thousand dollars. ? Seventy-two passengers on an accommodation passenger train on the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis rallfoad, were killed at Terre Haute, Indiana last Sunday, in a rather unusual manner and thirty or more were injured. The disaster was caued by the explosion of a car load of powder on an adjoining side track. Just how the explosion oc curred Is not known. Some of the railroad people say it was the result of concussion; but that is not certain. The entire Mocal passenger train, including the locomotive, was thrown from the track and hurled a distance of fifty feet or more. Many of the passengers were blown to pieces. Fire broke out in the debris immediately afterward and a number of bodies were burned. Wreckage was strewn about the place for several hundred yards. The explosions Jarred the vicinity like an earthquake. ? The United States last Friday begun two suits In San Francisco to enforce the provisions of the treaty with Japan, giving to the Japanese equal school advantages. One suit is brought In the California supreme court in the name of a Japanese child for the purpose of obtaining a writ of mandamus to compel his admission to one of the city's public schools. The second suit is a comprehensive bill in equity filed by the United States in the Federal circuit court, In which the members of the board of education, the superintendent of schools and all the principals of primary* and grammar schools are made defendants. In both proceedings the government alleges the execution of the ^treaty with Japan in 1895, which provided that "In whatever relates to the rights of residence and travel" the subjects of each party to the treaty shall enjoy in the territories of the other "the same privileges, liberties and rights as citizens or subjects of the most favored nation." The bill alleges that th? JaDanese are not in any sense "Mongolians." but form a separate and distinct race. ? Quite a curious state of affairs has developed in connection with American offers of relief to the Jamaican earthquake sufferers. Shortly after the destruction of Kingston by the earthquake, the United States battleships Missouri and Indiana and the gunboat Yankton, sailed into the harbor. and offered their service to the Jamaicans. Marines were landed to help patrol the* streets and guard property and they were also used in clearing away debris. A hospital was also established and the naval surgeons gave free attendance to all comers. It seems, however, that the Americans failed to notify Governor Sweltenham before they commenced operations. After they had gotten busy. Admiral Davis wrote to Governor Sweltenham, advising him of what had been done, and assuring the governor of the willingness of the Americans to do anything further that might lie in their power. Governor Sweltenham replied in an ironical note of studied courtesy, thanking the American for what he had been pleased to do; but assuring him that everything would have been done by the Jamaicans. Admirals Davis and Evans both paid visits of courtesy to Governor Sweltenham; but the matter passed off very coolly. The Americans were given to understand that the Jamaicans could handle the situation all right and that the governor did not appreciate any "butting in." In the meantime several shiploads of provisions which had already left the United States were held up by wireless and otherwise. The trouble seems to have arisen out of the action of the Americans in seeking to do relief work on their own responsibility, without having first advised the Jamaicans. It is said that Kingston reeks in stench from dead bodies still under the destroyed buildings and that all kinds of lawlessness prevails throughout the city. ??Washington, Jan. 19: With elab orate exercises ana in me presence 01 a distinguished audience, the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of fJeneral Robert E. Lee. the soldierpatriot of the Confederacy, was commemorated here tonight under the auspices of the United Confederacy and Southern societies of the District of Columbia. The immense ball room of the New Wlllard hotel, where the meeting was held, was filled to overflowing. The United States marine hand stirred the audience with "Dixie" and other southern melodies. Almost every mention of the name of Lee was greeted with applause. Although unable to attend. President Roosevelt sent a letter in which he extolled the virtues of the Confederacy's great general in war as well as in peace. His suggestion that the centennial anniversary be celebrated by the establishment of a permanent I?ee memorial at some great representative educational institution of the south met with instant favor. The exercises were presided over Dy ne Hon. Hilary A. Herbert, former secretary of the navy, and were opened with prayer by the Rev. Roland Cotton Smith, D. D.. rector of St. John's Episcopal church, who was lollowed by the Rev. Wm. T. Thompson. D. D.. with the reading*of selections from the Rible, after which the surpliced choir of the Epiphany rendered "The Souls of the Righteous." Chairman Herbert then delivered a brief address, after which he read an extract from the "Life of Thomas H. Benton." written by Theodore Roosevelt, in which he referred to the Confederate leader as the "very greatest of all the captains that English-speaking peoples have brought forth, and that the world has never seen better soldiers than those who followed him." The reading of the president's letter was assigned to .Mrs. Ralph Walsh, president of the District of Columbia division, United Daughters of th< Confederacy. Following brief remarks by Senator Perry of Arkansas and Justice David Hrewer of tht United States supreme court. Representative John Sharp Williams of Mississippi spoke. The annual ceremonj of presenting crosses of honor to Confederate veterans of distinguished military record then occurred, the exercises being brought to a close with a benediction by the Right Rev. Hen ry Y. Satterlee, Bishop of Washington. <Thr ^(orkvillc (Snquirrr. YORKVILLE, 8. C.i TUESDAY, JANUARY 22.1907. Senator Latimer has placed himself on record as endorsing the action of the president In the Brownsville matter, saying that In no other way could the respect of the country for the army have been preserved. DoiMnnpi'T Rrwwpvpit was unable to be present at the celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of Robert E. Lee in Washington last Saturday; but he wrote a letter to the committee of arrangements, Hon. Hillary' A. Herbert and others In which he paid his best tribute to the life and character of the great American soldier and citizen. The Southern Cotton association at its annual meeting in Birmingham, passed a resolution endorsing the action of the president in dismissing the negro troops at Brownsville. As we have said time and again before, the president was right in his action as to this matter; but at the same time we cannot see what the cotton association, as such had to do with it. % , m % It Is all right maybe to give the chief justice $6,000 a year and the associate justices $5,500 each; but we do not think the people of South Carolina will be wise to pay their Judges more than they pay their governor. The salary of the governor should be fixed at a higher figure than the salary of any other officer under the state government, not excepting representatives In the United States congress. ? -* - 1. - 1U?l<v 11 \r?i it >s oeginnmg 10 iuuk tt uius ??n.* the general assembly may pass a marriage license bill at this session. We would like to see such a bill passed; but we are not building up much hopet In that direction as yet. The traditions and prejudices of this state are too strongly against placing any restrictions around the marriage contract. But It is due to the welfare of the present generation and tc posterity that marriages should be made a matter of legal record. Of the many tributes to Genera Lee that of the eloquent Hon. Benjamin H. Hill deserves to rank with the best: "When the future historian comej to survey the character of Lee he wll find it rising like a huge mountalr above the undulating plain of humanity. and he will have to lift his eye< toward heaven to catch its summit He possessed every virtue of the greal commanders, without their vices. H? was a foe without hate, a friend without reproach, a Christian without hypocrisy, a man without guilt. He was a Caesar without his ambition, a Frederick without his tyranny, a Napoleor without his selfishness, a Washingtor without his reward. He was obedient to authority as a servant, and loyal in authority as a true king. H< was gentle as a woman In life, modesl and pure as a virgin in thought watchful as a Roman vestal In duty submissive to law as Socrates, anc grand in battle as Achilles." VUvr-w hnnsps of rnneress have foi some time past been very' much interested in the proposition to increase th? salaries of senators and representatives, and while the idea has beer popular among all. as individuals they have been slow to a?t. It was very well understood that the proposition was loaded. Most people loo! upon $5k000 a year as big money ever for a congressman, and the average voter Is not Inclined to endorse any Increase over that amount. The senate was anxious for the house to start the ball in motion and the house was anxious for the senate to take the Initiative. Finally a bright scheme was hit upon to have the bill originate with the committee on appropriations and last Friday the house passed It by a viva voce vote. That the senate will also pass the proposition favorably goes without saying. But seriously, there is nothing wrong in this increase of salary. Five thousand dollars a year is not much for a congressman who has to live in Washington the greater part of the year It is hardly sufficient for living exoenses. and he certainly cannot maintain a very large family at the national capitol on such a sum. The extra $2,500 proposed is a matter ol very little consequence to the nationa revenues, and the congressmen art committing no fault In voting for 8 raise. But many of them will catcl It pretty lively all the same at th< hands of opponents, .many of whorr would not be worth r.O cents a da> to their constituents. Mk. J. E. McDonald's report to the state dispensary board was made public for the first time last Friday it having been given out to the Columbia Record, which gave It to the News and Courier. It will be remembered that shortly after taking charge of the dispensary, the new board ol directors found the institution badl\ overstocked. All of the county dispensaries were full and the supply or hand In Columbia was sufficient fot months ahead. There was no need foi any immediate buying on the part ol the new board, and the board employed Mr. McDonald of Winnsboro, tc investigate the situation and report whether or not the state was bound to take all of the liquor that had beer purchased. Mr. McDonald went lntc a thorough examination of the entire matter. In many Instances he was [ unable to find in the office of the commissioner orders showing authority for shipments that had been received and on writing to the people who had shipped the liquor they were unable to make a clear showing. Accordingly Mr. McDonald advised the new board that where the whisky houses were unable to show orders, there was no question of the right of i the board to make the shippers take ? the liquor back. Upon the strength . of this report, liquor to the amount of . nbout $110,000 was returned. A num> ber of large dealers claimed that the . liquor they had shipped had been pur. chased regularly and they declined to ' lake it back. Their liquor was paid for. Mr. McDonald advised the new I board that many of the acts of the old hoard were In clear violation of the i law. This report was made last No vember. At the present time, however, the dispensary is as badly overstocked as It was when the old board . went out. The new board has evidently been doing the same thing It complained of in the old board. The new board 4s now being Investigated. True Manhood. The best test of true manhood or womanhood is loyalty to duty. It is hard, very hard sometimes for one to do his duty, and there are many shirkers: but duty is an Inexorable master, and invariably metes out adequate punishment to all shirkers. The man or woman who has a proper conception of duty in. all things is the exception rather than the rule. There are many who care nothing of this duty. The man or woman who always does nis or ner auiy us ue ui she sees it is also the exception. But the man or woman whether he or she understands his or her duty or not, tries to shirk the same must inevitably pay the penalty. Of all human beings, probably, parents have to submit to the most searching tests that are ever applied 1 to manhood or womanhood, a familiar example of which test Is furnished In the raising of children. There are few parents, especially in an enlightened country like this, who are ignorant of the needs of their children. They at least know of many of the things that are not good for their children. It is a fact that children are continuously clammoring for that which is not good for them, and that which cannot be given them except to their positive injury'. But how many loving parents are there who have the mnnhood or womanhood to deny to their children all those things they know should be denied? t It Is a notorious fact that parents constantly prove unequal to their duty In the management of their children and it is equally notorious that instead of blaming themselves for their weakness in this respect they are rather disposed to try to magnify that weakness into a virtue. Acts which ' contribute to the Injury of the child's character, and future manhood and womanhood are excused on the ground | that they had their inception in "paternal love." And so it Is in governmental af falra. AH of us have our friends. There are some people of whom we think more than we do of others. We all have our conceptions of right and; wrong and these conceptions, In the abstract, are generally right. Where an acquaintance in whom we have no ' special personal interest goes estray, we apply our standards of right and wrong and convict and condemn. If however, a friend goes estray, and we apply those same standards, we are too often disposed to condone, not* withstanding the fact that we know that in so doing we wrong the friend, the community and ourselves. We must do right for right's sake. There is corruption in high up governmental affairs, of course; but not ' nearly so much as in the smaller governmental affalra Petty officers J often condone wrong doing because of ! considerations of friendship, personal consequences, etc. In high up affairs, 5 however, big, broad minds recognize [ that they cannot condone wrong wlth? out having to pay a personal penalty, and for that reason wrong doers, no | matter how great or powerful, gener. ally find their finish at last. Weak, ? corrupt men do not last long in high 1 places. Chartty is the greatest of virtues; ? but the man or woman who esteems t eharitv to mean the condoning of ' wrong of any kind Is far from a proper | conception of the word. No man or woman can condone positive wrong in others without becoming In a sense a r party to that wrong. Manhood means the acting of the s part of a man at all times and under all circumstances, being right, not i from motives of policy, or expediency; . but being right for right's sake. ) m THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. ! Summary of More Important Developt ments In House and Senate. r President of the Senate McLeod on , Thursday announced the appointment \ of Senators Chrlstensen and Grayden , as members of the dispensary inves. tigating committee, created under the j Chrlstensen resolution. The house . committee consists of Messrs, Rlch! ards. Rucker and Carey. Messrs. I Grayden and Richards are dispensary . men. Among the bills which passed the house on Friday was the following relating to the sale of cocaine: "Sec tlon 1. That any person, Arm or com. pany who shall sell cocaine, except on the written prescription of a practicing physician to be used under the ' personal supervision of such physi. clan, shall be deemed guilty of a mls. demeanor, and upon conviction thereof shull be punished for the first offence by a fine not exceeding $100, or by imprisonment not exceeding thirty . days; and upon the second conviction f shall be fined not exceeding $500, or imprisonment not exceeding six ' months with or without hard labor, or i both In the discretion of the court: i Provided, that nothing herein contaln, ed shall prevent the sale of cocaine by wholesale druggists to retail or * ii'Vi. tlnuoli. flrncr{ri(j(c nnr thp lisa of n llUivooic u.wB0..n?, ? ? 1 the same by any regular licensed denr tal practitioner in his own practice." The house and senate adjourned last Saturday on account of the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of ? Robert E. Lee. BULLOCK'S CREEK NOTES. > Recent Deaths?Mrs. S. D. Good and a Little Son Pass Away. ? rnrmimndetice oi the Yorkville Knqulrer. f Bi'i.i.ook's Ckkk-k. January 21.? f Mrs. Mattie Good, wife of Mr. S. D. Good died Tuesday morning. January lf>th. at seven o'clock, after several i month's illness with consumption. , Mrs. Good was Miss Mattie Plexico before marriage and was abotit thirty-three years old. Funeral services f were conducted at Bullock's Creek . church by her pastor, Rev. J. B. ?3*\iliiii nil imiiicmiujr auu nnciicu Bullock's Creek cemetery in the pres' ence of u large number of friends and 1 relatives. , This community was again saddened on Saturday morning by the death ' of Milton Good, son of Mr. S. D. f Good with appendicitis. Drs. Mci Dowell of Yorkville. Hood of Hickory Grove, and MeMurray. of this place performed an operation on Thursday but it was too late and the little fellow died Saturday morning at five , o'clock. Milton was eleven years old. The funeral took place at Bullock's Creek church on Saturday afternoon by Rev. J. B. Swann. Mr. Good is . left with three small children, two , boys and one girl. Mr. James MeMurray. of Rock Hill, has been visiting his brother, ' Dr. W. S. McMurry. LOCAL AFFAIRS. . NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. W. R. Carroll?Will have carload of Tennessee mules on Thursday and wants you to see them. Opera House?Announces "The King of Tramps" as the bill for next Saturday night. Seats now on sale at York Furniture Co.'b office. Dr. J. M. Hunter, Rock Hill?Allround specialist. Special attention given to treatment of cancers, ulcers, rheumatism, scrofula, etc. Thomson Cr?Tells you to watch Its next ad., as It may be Interesting to you. First National Bank?Offers you Its services and protection during the year 1907. Your deposits solicited. M. W. White?Says there is no difference between a dead miner and a live one and applies the pun to stock buying and selling. , York Supply Co.?Has Landreth's garden seed, P. D. F. plow moles, fertilizers of various kinds in stock. Strauss-Smith Co.?Continues its stock clearance sale prices on various winter goods until further notice. V<\t*l/iri1ln Pnorcrtr Pn Will oimnlv VAI1 xuinviuc w. f* in ou^F'J ^ | with oak and pine wood, cut to lengths, for cash. W. M. Kennedy, Agent?Has various grades New Orleans molasses, and a choice line of groceries. J. Q. Wray, The Leader?Explains why it is to your advantage to buy clothing, dress goods, etc., now. Yorkville Hardware Co.?Carries a full line of poultry wire in various widths and in two qualities. York Drug Store?Sells Dr. Hess' stock fopd under a guarantee to do all that is claimed for it. 25c to 22 paekages. J. J. Keller & Co.?Solicit your orders for all kinds of odd carpentering jobs and will give prompt attention to same. Loan and Savings bank?By its method of conducting business is calculated to insure you satisfactory service. Mr. John R. Hart has been engaged for some days past making an abstract of titles to lands acquired by the Southern Power company in connection with its proposed power plant at Ninety-Nine Islands, including the rights of way of the railroad from King's Creek to the river. Most of the titles go back to McGill and Manning early settlers, and many of the lands have since passed through many hands. The task of abstraction is a very tedious one. The action of Governor Sweltenham of Jamaica, in declining < the assistance of Admiral Davis and Evans in relieving distress and preserving law and order at Kingston seems to be overshadowing the interest in the earthquake calamity and its results. It appears that the offense of the American admirals consisted in commencing their relief operations before they paid their respects to the governor, and this offended the dignity of the Britisher. That is practically all there is to the Incident and the question seems to be whether the .dignity and prestige of the goverh6r of Jamaica is of more consequence than tne suffering ano uenvery or me people he governs. THE YORK MEMBERS. The following relating, to the doings of the York members in the general assembly is culled from the dally papers:Dr. Saye's bill to create a commission to attend to the erection of a statue to Calhoun in the national capitol, and to appropriate $10,000 therefor, passed Its third reading in the house on Friday and was sent to the senate. Mr. Slaughter on Friday Introduced a bill to amend section 120$,.-of'the general statutes to fix the time for holding elections for school bonds. Senator Brlce on Friday Introduced a bill to amend section 2 of dn act entitled: "An act to provide the age and time in which road duty shall be performed in this state, and to provide for and fix the amount of commutation tax In lieu thereof," approved 22d of February. by increasing the commutation tax to three dollars, requiring the use of the chain gang on permanent road work and the employment of an engineer work by contractors, and combining the road districts of York county. THE SPECIAL SALES. The nast two weeks have contri buted to make this the livest January In commercial circles that Yorkvllle has known for years, and while it is not practicable to give anything llVe exact figures. It is probably not far from the mark to say that the dry goods sales have been close to 120,000 in that time. Ordinarily January is a dull month and because of the warm weather prevailing during most of the fall and practically during the first two weeks after the first of the month, it was inclined to be rather duller than usual. The unfortunate failure of Mr. L. B. Foushee and the knowledge that his bankrupt stock would be thrown on the rparket regardless of values seemed to further demoralize the situation; but the local, business men have met the matter in a satisfactory manner and have really done much better than they expected. The Y. B. & M. company already had on a special sale, the StraussSmith company opened with a stock taking sale, J. Q. Wray Joined In the procession, the Thomson company came along with a big cut price sale, and the sale of the Foushee stock, while It brought Its part of the crowds did not seem to interfere particularly with the arrangements of the other merchants. Of course. It counted for something: but a show down of the figures would probably develop that while some of the dry goods people sold more goods than last January all sold fully as many. Notwithstanding the flurry, business <>r>ntinii*<j to hold un Drettv nicelv. and with the seasonable weather that has now come on at last promises to continue in keeping with the time of yea r. ABOUT PEOPLE. Mr. Robert D. Alexander of Rock Hill, spent Saturday in Yorkville. Misses Janle Massey of Rock Hill, and Mary Ardrey of Fort Mill, are guests of Miss Rose Lindsay. Miss Stella Cartwright of Burkesville. Ky? is in Yorkville 011 a visit to the family of Dr. A. Y. Cartwright. Mr. J. Harry Spann came up from Sumter on Sunday on a short visit to his grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Steele. * Mrs. YV. W. Miller nnd children. Miss Virginia and Master Walter W., of Rock Hill, are guests of Mr. L. R. Williams' family. A note from Mr. Julius A. Hope, brings the information that he is pleasantly located in his new home in Chester county. Mr. James I,atta Davidson has Issued invitations to the marriage celebration of his sister, Annie Lee. and Mr. Josephus Boudlnot Johnston on the evening of Tuesday, January the 29th, at 8.30 o'clock, Purity Presbyterian church, Chester, South Carolina. Mr. J. C. Allen, who resigned the superlntendency of the graded school last Friday has not yet decided what i he will do; but having recently completed a handsome little home here will continue to make Yorkville his headquarters at least for the present. Mr. Gentry and Miss Squler are still In Yorkville and will probably remain here until they make other arrangements. Mr. Joseph F. Wallace met with quite a painful accident last Saturday as the result of which he has since 1 been confined to his bed. He went up to visit his old friend, Dr. Thomas W. Campbell, who Is still quite sick at his home In the Energy neighbor hood, and while coming aown me steps, he accidentally slipped and fell. Besides several slight bruises he sustained a cut on the scalp which had to be sewed up. He is now getting along very nicely, however. A number of Yorkville friends of Rev. Dr. S. A. Weber remembered him quite handsomely last Saturday by presenting him with a beautiful and expensive pen as a birthday present. The doctor's birthday occurs on the same day of the month as that of General Dee, and the occasion of the celebration of General Lee's birthday was made the occasion of the presentation. Col. W. W. Lewis made the presentation speech, and as he had everv advantage of the doctor in the preparation he did it so appropriately and so thoroughly that the good doctor was unable to make reply. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? The "King of the Tramps," is to be at the opera house next Saturday night. This attraction is described as a Yankee Doodle comedy, in four big laughing acts, containing' wit and harmless mischief that keeps the audience In a roar. ? The dead body of a negro child was found burled in the garden of Mr. Robert Herndon last Friday afternoon. Investigation by the coroner gave grounds for the supposition that the child may have been killed soon after birth. Responsibility points to a negro woman named YVitherspoon. who lived on the premises of Mr. Herndon and who left for Salisbury, N. C.. recently. Deputy Sheriff Qulnn went after the woman yesterday and is expected to bring- her to Yorkville tonight. ? At a recent meeting of the Yorkville camp of Woodmen of the World, the following officers were installed: J. Q. Wraw, consul commander; Francis Tlddy, adviser lieutenant; D. T. Woods, banker; J. E. Carroll, clerk; W. T. Jackson, escort; J. D. Mlskelly, watchman; B. F. Marley. sentry; T. C. Dunlap, manager. Messrs. John E. Carroll and D. T. Woods were elected delegates to the 1 ? -1 ...UIaV. ?-?-?Im n,.ln mRio IlfttU UUIIip V> IIILII HICCIB in V/UlUiiiUiu. on March 12, und Messrs. W. T. Jackson and Francis Tlddy were elected alternates. r?The board of trustees of the YorkvHie Graded school held a meeting In the office 'of W. B. McCaw, Esq., the chalrmun last Friday night and after accepting the resignations of Messrs. J. C. Allen >and A. C. Gentry us superintendent und piinclpul, und Miss Mamie Bquler, teacher, proceeded to the election of Rev. Dr. D. J, Brlmm of Rock Hill as superintendent to succeed Mr. Allen and Mr. John R. Dickson of Yorkvllle to succeed Mr. Gentry. There was no election of a successor to Miss Squler, the board belng'under the Impression that It will be atifc to get along for the present without the help of another teacher, The resignation of Mr. O. E. Grist as trustee, was accepted, and a successor will have to be chosen by a majority of the qualified voters of the school district at an election to be held for the purpose. Dr. Brlmm and Mr. Dickson accepted the respective places to which they were elected at once and presented themselves for work on Saturday morning. The school resumed work yesterday morning. Dr. Brlmm was formerly an Instructor In the Presbyterian Theological seminary at Columbia and for some time until Its recent suspension was principal of the Catawba Military academy. " Mr. Dickson Is a recent honor graduate of the South Carolina Military academy. ? Exercises commemorative of the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Robert E. Lee were held In the Graded school building last Saturday between 12 and 1 o'clock. There was a very satisfactory attendance made up principally of citizens of the town and including many ladles, principally the U. D. Cs.. who had general charge and who had tastefully decorated the stage for the occasion with Confederate flags and red and white streamers. There were also some handsome flowers. At the request of the chairman, Rev. W. C. Ewart Invoked divine blessings, and a select choir, consisting of Misses Lllla Hemdon, Daisy Hart. Mrs. H. C. Glenn. Messrs. S. C. Wood, John Barnwell and J. G. Prldmore, rendered in a very impressive manner the well-known hymn, "How Firm a Foundation." Mrs. W. F. Marshall recited Father Ryan's "Sword of Lee," after which ThOs. F. McDow, Esq., delivered an address eulogistic of the life and character of the great American soldier and statesman. W. W. Lewis. Esq., read Gen. Lee's farewell address to his soldiers, and Miss Lilla Herndon sang the "Conquered Banner." The choir also sang the "Bonnie Blue Flag." The exercises were singularly appropriate and Impressive throughout. They were closed with prayer by Rev. Dr. S. A. Weber. SOUTHERN COTTON ASSOCIATION Mr. H arvie Jordan Has Been ReElected as President. There were about fifteen hundred delegates at the annual session of the Southern Cotton association which met in Birmingham, Ala., last Thursday. and the meeting is generally considered to have been entirely satisfactory. Before the meeting Mr. Harvie Jordan had given out a statement to the effect that he would not stand for reelection as president; but he was persuaded to reconsider his determination and was re-elected, practically without opposition. The elections were as follows: Harvie Jordan. Georgia, president: J. C. Hickey, Henderson. Texas, vice president: Dr. Will H. Ward, Mississippi, secretary; F. H, Hyatt, South Carolina, ' treasurer; E. D. Smith, South Carolina, general organizer; B. H. Burnett. Chickahalu, Ark., financial agent. m The prevailing sentiments of the convention were of hostility against the New York Cotton Exchange and the necessity for thorough organization of the farmers of the south. E. D. Smith made a speech in which he asked for $10,000 for the expense fund, and the subscriptions in response to the speech aggregated $20,000 which was accepted. Governor Heyward of South Carolina made a speech affirming the idea of seeking to control the cotton situation and Governor Smith of Georgia made a strong speech along the same line, especially scoring the New York Cotton Exchange. ROCK HILL AND VICINITY. o ?? o Celebration of Lee Birthday?Social n Affair at Ebenezer?Mr. Lingle to tl Go to Atlanta?Other Note*. a Jorrenpondftice of the Yorkrille Enquirer. y Rock Hila* January 21st.?Ann y White Chapter U. D. C. gave their an- x nual dinner to the Confederate soldiers <>f Catuwba camp, and others n who. live nearby, on Saturday, the |< 100th birthday of the peerless Lee. ^ The dinner and the attending exercises proved a glowing success In every way. A splendid, substantial, toothsome a dinner was spread in McElwee's res- ^ taurunt and It did ones heart good to see the old vets enjoy It and the at- M tentlon which the Daughters showered P upon them In every way. The cafe v was decorated In Confederate colors . and the Sprlngsteln "Cornet band was present and furnished splendid music. a When the band played "Dixie," the b spirits of some of the old fellows could ^ not be controlled and they broke Into that rip-roaring yell?that famous 1 "rebel yell" which thrills the hearer to ,r the bone, but which cannot be reproduced by pen or musical Instrument or by any throat save that of a Confederate Soldier when the excitement of conflict or memory of it is on him. Rev. Dr. Llngle opened the din ner with prayer. After the feast. Commander Iredejl Jones . introduced Col. Asbury Coward, who was guest of honor and he made a splendid short talk to his old friends and comrades. The souvenirs of the occasion were cards with Gen. Lee's picture on them. In the afternoon at 4.30 Col. Coward was the orator at the Winthrop college chapter celebration. Col. Coward is an eloquent speaker and on this occasion he was at his best and held the closest attention of his audience, while he spoke of the Confederacy's great leader. The Confederate veter-. ans were also guests of Winthrop chapter and attended fn a body. The hospitable home of Mr. Thos. A. Barron, in Ebenezer, was tne scene Saturduy evening of a most enjoyable ' gathering, when a number of friends t und neighbors sat down to an elegant , six course dinner, such as Ebenezer hostesses are wont to spread. Those ' present were: Mr. and Mrs. J. HJ.1 Miller, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Fewell, , Mr. and Mrs. Hope Adams, Mr. and . Mrs.- S. A. Fewell, Mr. and Mrs. Nlch- 1 ols, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Barron, Mr. and Mrs. Barnette. t Sunday morning at service Rev. Dr. , W. L. Llngle, the beloved pastor of the First Presbyterian church of this ' city, announced to his congregation his determination to accept the recent call tendered to him by the First Presbyterian church of Atlanta, Ga. Although this decision had been pret- t ty generally known the day before < and consequently did not come as a shock to the waiting congregation there was a great deal of emotion * shown and when the formal an- < nouncement was made there were t many eyes wet with the tears which . could not be kept back. Dr. Lingle did not preach a sermon. i The talk which he made was one i which strongly demonstrated those { characteristics of the speaker which a i >>l-? *i\ Vila mornhprs. ' nave ruucai cu m ? %v his congregation and the citizens In t general, viz: Absolute honesty of ( purpose and fr kness combined with ( that highest cl .ss of Intellect known as common sense united with deepest 1 piety. Dr. Lingle is one of the most I popular men who have ever lived In | Hock Hill and It is safe to say that all good citizens here Irrespective of 1 church or creed regret his decision < to leave the work which has so great- | ly prospered in his hands. Dr. Lingle , will not leave hlg pulpit until the first of March. 1 Mr. W. L. Plexlco, who has recent- i ly moved to Rock Hill from the wes- f tern part of the county has become associated with the real estate de partment of the People's Bank and ' Trust company and will represent i them In the county listing properties ] for them. Manager McEhvee has secured the 1 Osman Stock company for a three ! night's engagement at Friedhlem's i hall, beginning the evening of the 24th and continuing through the 26th. . The cbmpany is well spoken ' of. i The city Club Union, the ladles or- | ganization, has secured after much trouble an engagement with the managers of the famous Turner collection 1 of pictures and will exhibit them in < the city hall In the afternoons and evenings of the 24th and 25th instant. This is a rare chance to see some very 1 fine works of art. I THE BROWNSVILLE AFFAIR. ' i Looks Now as if the President Wins < Out. There was a stirring about among the senators on account of the Brownsville affair yesterday, and it looks now as if the president has won out. Senator Blackburn of Kentucky, seems to be the man who saved the day. He did it by the introduction of a short resolution to the effect that the proposed Investigation did not , question the authority of the president to act as he did in the Browns- ; ville matter, or the justice of his ac- < tlon. This put the president's opponents in a hole. They say that to vote against the resolution would be 1 to put themselves on record as impeaching a Republican president and I that would be to smash the party to smithereens. They decided to accept I the amendment and to incorporate it 1 | with their proposition to investigate < the facts of the whole case. The Republicans had tried to checkmate Blackburn by threatening to introduce a resolution to investigate the whole race question, including whether or not there is any violation of the . fourteenth and fifteenth amendments to the constitution; but Senator Blackburn laughed at them. One of the incidents of yesterday ( whs Senator Tillman's reply to Senator Spooner's recent criticisms of himself. I As a prelude to this he paid his compliments to the senators who had ( spoken on the Brownsville incident. He said the press had denominated him the "burnt cork artist of the sen- i ate." and he added that if he were "entitled to this appellation or that of "Pitchfork Ben" at one end of the min-. strei line, certainly "Fire Alarm Joe" (Senator Foraker) ought not to be ignored at the other. "We both do the Orlando and Furioso act admirably," ' he said. Senator Culberson was designated i as performing a solo on the "bones" \ In praise or tne president; aenuior Daniel was called the "brilliant and courtly senator from Virginia," whose specialty Is oratory and who works his rhetoric overtime. "Next," said Mr. Tillman, "we have the dying swan. Smiling Tom of Colorado. the state recently bought at auction by one Guggenheim, and the swan song Is a dirge for the dying Democracy of the north, stabbed In its vitals by Ben's pitchfork. His act is very pathetic indeed, and always brings tears into the eyes of the audience. "Next, we have the redoubted Tennesseean. who was once a knight, a very hotspur in the lists, whose spear has rung true and clear on the visor of the usuroer at the White House and who has made the sparks fly In manv an onset: but his spearhead is broken off: he has been unhorsed, but before retiring from the lists he seizes a garland of flowers and placing it on his headless weapon (now, alas, no longer of anj use), he lays It at the feet of Bie victorious Roosevelt as a peace ottering ana joins me minsireis > to sing a last song to the victor of I Brownsville, who whistles Democrats I to crme to the White House and lick 1 the hand which has so often smote < them. His specialty Is a song, 'Re- ? nominate our Idea or give us back our t platform.' ' "Next, is the negro preacher and c telephone artist In the show who, on t oca slops, gets in communication with r the White House over the wire. f MERE-MENTION. g' John R. Walsh, former president of d the Chicago National hank, has been ? Indicted on 182 counts, charged with ( misapplying funds. The maximum j, penalty on conviction Is 1,020 years In li prison There was a wild break u In Wall street stocks last Friday, caus- ( ed by rumors of the coming Investlga- '[ Hon of the Harrhnan railroad system c by the inter-state commerce commls- ? slon Judge McEwen, a Chicago a Judge, trying divorce cases at the rate o f 100 a month, says 110 divorces out f 200 were glinted to couples having o children By a vote of 65 to 65 he Texas legislature last Friday dopted a. resolution to Investigate enator Bailey's connection with the Eaters-Pierce Oil company falter* Wellman expects to reach the orth pole In thirty-six hours after ?avlng Spitsbergen In an air ship, 'be trial will be made the coming prlng Chicago electrical ehglneers re much interested in an unidentified ug which has appeared In that city ,-hlch makes a specialty of eating lead lplng and Insulation on electric ,ires The United States senate a? nHonted a resolution calling for n Investigation of the lumber trust y the bureau of corporations. Lurfier is the fourth largest Industry In he country... .The state of Arkansas las begun suits against Armour & ,'o., the Hammond Packing Co., the Vaters-Plerce Oil Co., Cudahy Packng Co., and Morris & Co., packers, or violations of the anti-trust laws, "he total amounts of damages sued or is $1,833.000 Business failures n the United States for the week endng January 17th, numbered 234 I solid car load of blasting powder at Janford, Ind.. on the Big Four ralload exploded Saturday, wrecking a tassenger train and destroying the relght train of which It was a part. ...The trial of Harry K. Thaw for he murder of Stanford White, will Vmdn in Vflu- Ynrk tomor 11 uuauij ... ..... ow The condition of President Castro has taken a decided change for he worse and the country Is In a fernent The steamer Admiral Far agut on Sunday landed the first Janalcan refugees fit Philadelphia. , ...The University of Pennsylvania vlll soon send an expedition Into the jolar regions under direction of Dr leorge B. Gordon James Money Tr.. a nephew of United States Senaor Money and a cousin of Governot Hardeman, is on trial at Greenwood Hiss., this week for murder. 80UTH CAROLINA NEW8. ? The one hundredth anniversary of he birth of Robert E. Lee was gen>ftdly observed throughout the state ? St. George special of Sunday ta he Columbia State: The much talked >t William J. Harley of Harleyvlllc, his county, was killed by C. C. Pa. er last night at Harleyvllle. Harley vent to Parler's house and was going nto the front door threatening to kill tnd drag Parler out or tne nouw Parler saw and heard him coming, ind asked Harley several times not to come into the house, But Harley walkid up the steps toward the front dooi with a double-barrel shot gun In hit hand, und when he had reached th? top of the steps and was crossing the porch In the direction of the front Joor Parler saw that there was nothing else to be done for his safety and for the protection of his home. fired at Harley, hitting hfm In tht right side, and Harley turned sllghtl) and fell down the steps and died Instantly. This Is the same W. J. Harley who has been terrorizing this community and especially the vicinity of Harleyvllle. for the past several years He was tried about a year ago at the sessions court of this county for stabbing Klchard Weeks, a young wh!t< man, on the court house grounds her< while court was In session. He wai arrested for this, but escaped and tried in his absence and found guilt) and at the time of his death a sealed sentence awaited him In the clerk of court's office here. ? The State, Monday: The first meeting of the new dispensary investigating committee will be held tonight at 8 o'clock and several of the wltnessei summoned will be examined. Thf sessions will take place behind closed doors and no attorneys will be admit ted, the object being to conclude th< session as soon as possible and mak< a report to the general assembly within the ten days required by the resolution. There will be no delay in giving the testimony in printed form tc the members of the general assembij as it has been decided to send th< typewritten copy taken to the printei at the end of each day and have th< entire pamphlet ready when the timi is up. Senator Chrlstensen is th< chairman of the committee and Sena' tor Graydon is the examining attor ney. The house members are Messrs Rucker, Carey and Richards. The inquiry will be along the line of th< charges made by Senator Chrlstenser in his resolution and the letter writ' ten by Commissioner Tatum that thi board had exceeded their legal rlghti In overstocking the dispensary wit! unsalable whlskys. The members ol the old investigating committee me1 last week to prepare a financial state ment to the general assembly. \11 ol the members were present except Senator Hay, deceased. This com mlttee will probably make no repor other than its financial statement. ? The city of Beaufort was swept bj a disastrous fire last Saturday. Th? fire broke out at about 11 d'clock it the morning and fanned by a flerct wind could not be controlled. The losj is estimated at between $700,000 anc $800,000. The Chrlstensens, Crofutsanc Talblrds are among the heaviest los era. The Columbia State of Sunday ha< this statement: Senator Nells Christensen, Jr., who heard of the Are lasi night, estimated the loss of his firm al about $20,000. There was no insurance on the paint store because th? rate on that class of goods in a town the size of Beaufort is almost prohibitive. Senator Christensen was more concerned about the loss of his neighbors' homes than he was about his own loss. The following dispatch ol Sunday relates to troubles that succeeded the Are: "Murmuring of negroes today caused apprehension ol in uprising, and the authorities at rmce sought to secure military protection for the city. The intendant telegraphed Col. R. W. Patterson, in command at Fort Screven, 6a., asking Tor a company of regular troops to be lispatched here for the preservation if order. In response, at 8.35 o'clock tonight. forty-Ave, fully armed and equipped for service, arrived under command of Captain Jos. Wheeler, rhe detachment came on the tug Gibions. and immediately guards were fstablished and patrols formed. The liscontent among the negroes, which t was feared might be fanned into a 'ury, was caused by the killing of Wllam Bennett, colored, by a guard at 1 J41IOCK III IS IIIUIIIIIIK. llic i IC?IU !.?? Uncovered hanging about the ruins of he People's Bank, one of the bulldngs destroyed by the disastrous Are >f yesterday. To the challenge of the ruard on duty there, no satisfactory esponse was made, It seems, and the ruard fired. An Inquest was held this nomlng over the body of the negro. There was doubt as to which of the ruards had shot the man. The verIlot rendered was that he had come to lis death at the hands of parties un;nown to the Jury. The arrival of the 'nlted States troops relieved the appreivnsion of the citizens. The negroes, inpressed by the presence of the reglars. have ceased their hostile demnstrations. and the military apparntly have the situation well In hand, 'heir arrival was welcomed by the Itlzens. who had been standing guard ver valuables saved from the dames, nd who had been prepared to resist h they might have been able any utbreak on the part of the negroes." TILLMAN AND CARMACK. The Senator From Tennessee and the Senator From South Carolina. Zach McOhee In Columbia State: Washington, January 18.?When Carmack of Tennessee has spoken on the Brownsville matter the greatest of all the senate orators on the Democratic side has spoken. Foraker. several times, has spoken in opposition, Tillman has spoken and been spoken to; Spooner has spoken; Bailey is not here; so the great debate is neaping the end, Foraker, the "Fire Alarm," is described by Carmack as a "bifurcated, peripatetic, bob-tailed volcano in perpetual eruption, belching forth fire and smoke and molten lava from - " his agonized and tumultuous bowels." Ana [QUI CAJJICBUlun 10 a iuu of Carmack. Car muck la to be succeeded In the ^ senate by Boy Taylor and his fiddle. Tennessee never made a greater mistake. There Is not such another man in the United States as Carmack. Bailey has a bigger voice, a bigger manner, a more Imposing look. Spooner has u bigger reputation. Poraker Is older In years and hae more grace of manner, though none of. them have | more grace of speech. No senator ever yet has had more grace of speech, and few, if any, more power of speech than this Carmack of Tennessee. Red-headed, rugged in feature, with a wad of tobacco in his mouth half the { tima und n. rureless manner, he walks about the senate as if he was taking , little Interest In what is going on. Not often does be speak and he speaks with an enunciation which makes it difficult at first to understand him, but his diction is pure, his sentences flow us easy as a running brook, and he makes phrases which Burke himself ' never surpassed. Wednesday waa one of those great duys in the senate. I should like to have described it for the readers of the State, but as it could not have been done for the issue ' of the day after the occurrence and the reports published will tell the |/rlnctpcl happenings, I will simply go ' over some of the most striking of the things which were said. a Mrst, I will say that if any one r likes good literature, if any school , boy. or any lover of great oratory^? which reads almost as well as It a sounds, he can find It in this speech of I . Carinack's when It comes out in a few , days in the Congressional Record. Here is the passage in the speech 1 about Senator Foraker, taken from the . official stenographers notes. If any , one has read it once in the newspat per account already printed it will easily bear reading again. I have read r, it several times myself: "Th? Hftnntnr tells us that Malor 'Blockoom can not be trusted to make ' a fair and honest investigation and tell the truth because his father, for? ty years ago. was a Democrat in , Ohio. It is a divine law that the sins of the fathers shall be visited upon the children but I question the right of > the senator to pronounce the Judg> inent. He may be the Ood Almighty , of the Republican party of Ohio but he does not yet sustain that relation to the universe. My personal lnter. course with the senator has shown I him to be genial, generous and obliging. but I remember when I had a - very different impression of him. I s remember with what frantic energy r he used to wave the 'bloody shirt, a shirt stained blood-red with the crimson current of his own rhetoric. I can remember when he used to go raging . over the land, a bifurcated, peripatetic, f bob-tailed volcano in perpetual eruption, belching forth Are and smoke and * molten lava from his agonised and y ; tumultuous bowels. I remember when . he used to bespatter the south with the gall of his bitterness until I some times thought that he wlsned all of >. the white people there, men, women, i children and babes at the breast had I but u single head so that he might ^ smash It with one blow. He la the r very last man to sit in Judgment upon I any case of murder where a negro was I the murderer and a southern white man the victim. But I will not do the senator the gross injustice of Judging him by the words of his own . mouth. When I am asked by my . friends in the south If he is really as fierce and rapid as he sometimes 1 seems to be, I tell them, 'No,' that his > ferocity Is purely oratorical, that It is I but the lingering force of the tyranny <>f hnhlt. which continues to have some ' power long after it has been expelled > from the heart. We can remember t when It was nothing short of treason for a Democratic senator to question the accuracy of any statement proceeding from the executive department with . respect to the conduct of American * . soldiers. But no charge has ever been made by any Democrat in the fiercest r partisan debate equal In. gravity and i severity to the charge which the sen* r ator from Ohio has made." Again he said: "Whence comes this - new found zeal for law and the con* i stitutlon? This particular act of the ? president's is simply the occasion, it Is not the cause." Then he went on to show that the time has come when the Republican party leaders felt that . they must cut loose from Roosevelt and get back to their old party moorings, and he declared that the Repub5 lican party must either nominate 1 Roosevelt for president or "give us . back our platform." It was when he came to Tillman, though, that it was especially Interest' ing to a South Ca roll nan. He took up i the action of Tillman when governor of South Carolina In dismissing the companies of the state militia. He said t that Tillman's dismissal order was a - perfect precedent for the president's t action In this case. "There is no analogy at all," inter1 Jected Tillman. "No doubt the governor of South t Carolina was entirely justified," said (| Carmack. "He tells me those men were dudes, and I agree-with him that r lynching is a proper reward for > dudes." t "If you will persist in not seeing , that there .is no analogy?~ cui in ' Tillman. "That action now has the suppprt I and endorsement of the president," I -went on Carmack, calmly Ignoring the sputtering South Carolinian. "The sen' -j tor should be proud that the president i is following in his illustrious foot. steps." . "I tell you those men sent me word that they wouldn't obey," cried Tillt man, red with rage. "Their captain ' wrote me a note about It." > "Oh." exclaimed Carmack, "and on 1 the strength of what that one man said you discharged the whole com1 pany. Without trial, without examination, without investigation, without * J a man of them all having his day In court, promptly. immediately you ? branded them all with dishonor. I ; agree with you that the case is hardly analogous to this. It was worse." V "But the president has discharged 167 when at most only 20 were guilty," ^ put In the despairing Tillman. "Yes. after long patient Investigation. He has at least done a great deal more than the governor of South Carolina did when on the statement of one man he discharged a whole comnany." "If ymi get any consolation out of that?" began Tillman. "I don't." retorted Carmack, "it grieyes me." ? . ' The galleries roared. The vice president sternlyv" called ' for order, and Tillman gave it up and sat down. It was one of the few times anybody has succeeded In shutting Tillman up. ? News from Spartanburg Is to the effect that Bishop Duncan's condition Is now very serious. At one time It was thought that the bishop might recover: but there Is no longer any hope. ? Secretary Taft and a party of Red Cross officials have been down to Charleston attending a meeting of the Red Cross workers In that city. . The business of the meeting was transacted during Saturday and Sunday. I The secretary was the recipient of " many attentions and courtesies while in the city, ohe of the most notable being a reception given In his honor by Col. Greenough, commandant at Fort Moultrie.