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Straps ami facts. ? Washington, January 23: A subcommittee of the postal committee today decided to Increase the salaries of rural free delivery carriers from 1720 to $840 per annum. They further decided to classify clerks In first and second class postofflces. paying them salaries ranging from six to eleven hundred a year depending on the number of years of service and the slxe of the city In which the office Is located. ? The senate on Wednesday morning accepted the proposition of the the house of representatives to Increase the salaries of senators," members and territorial delegates to $7,artft annuallv. and those of the vice president, the speaker of the house and members of the president's cabinet to $12,000. This action was taken by a vote of S3 to 21 and followed a discussion of nearly three hours. An amendment confining the Increase to cabinet officers and the presiding officers of the senate and house, was voted down, as was also a. proposition to postpone the increase until 1913. The result of the vote was as follows: Yeas?Aldrich, Allee, Ankeny, Benson, Beverldge, Brandegee, Bulkeley. Burnham, Burrows, Carter, Clarke, (Mont,.) Clark, (Wyo.,) * Clark. (Ark.,) Crane, Cullom, Daniel, Dick. Dillingham. Dubois, Dupont. Flint. Poraker. Foster, Frye, Fulton. Oallinger, Hale, Heyburn, Hopkins, Kittredge, Knox. Lattlmer. Lodge, Long. McCumber, McEnery. Millard. Money. Newlands. | Nixon, Overman. Penrose, Pettus, | Piles. Scott, Simmons. Smoot. Spoon- , er, Sutherland, Teller, Tillman, Warner and Warren?53. Nays?Bacon. Berry, Blackburn, Burkell, Carmack, | Clapp, Clay, Culberson. Frailer, Hans- ( brough, Hemenway, LaFollette, Mc- , Creary, Majory. iveison. raueiwu, , Perkins, Rayner. Stone, Taliaferro and ] Whyte?21. I ? Washington special of Monday to , the Charlotte Observer: Senator , Tillman, in replying to some things said about him by Senator Spooner, ( took occasion to take a fall out of , Senators Carmack. Patterson. Daniels ( and other minority senators who had taken issue with him. The scene was a rather striking one when Mr. Carmack. following Mr. Spooner. arose to reply to the strictures of the South Carolinian. Packed galleries and the crowded senate chamber listened with deathlike stillness, when Carmack-declared that the senator from South Carolina didn't have to take his belly , from the dust in order to rise to the ] level of a certain retort. There were . some who suspected there might be . another Tlllman-McLaurin affair. While Mr. Carmack was still on his feet trying to say more. Mr. Teller, who had obviously arisen for another purpose, moved that the doors be closed and the galleries cleared for an executive session. There came from . the Republicans a quick second to this | motion and it was then that the spell was broken. Later when the gallery doors were thrown open, Mr. Tillman apologized to everybody and this helped some, but a bad taste was left In the mouth and Democrats were not pleased with the day's doings, although the resolution as finally agreed upon was rather distasteful to certain Republicans. ? Atlanta, Ga.. January 22: Between 500 and 600 members of the National Farmers' union gathered here today for their fifth annual meeting. ' Most of the southern states and sev- ( eral northern and western states were represented. The organization num- 1 bers a million members throughout the ' country, gathered in fram various state organizations. The first session, which was held behind closed doors, was 1 presided over by President Charles S. 1 Barrett of Atwater, Ga. The annual ' address of President Barrett discussed at length the aims of the organization and the accomplishments from Its formation five years ago. The appointment of a large number of com- ' mittees occupied most of the day. A the afternoon session resolutions were adopted to co-operate with the National Wool Growers' association, now In session at Salt Lake City, in erecting one or more woolen mills to which the wool growers will sell their product, one such mill now being in operation at Alberquque, N. M., endorsing the bill introduced In congress by Representative Macon of Arkansas, absolutely suppressing all speculation in farm products, stocks and bonds, etc., and that each local memorialize senators and representatives of its state to vote in support of the bill; that each loe^l study and discuss immigration, which will b.* considered by the next national convention. A large public meeting was held tonight, to which the public was invited, which _ J J J 1 T?U???? C U'otonn ? H!< nuuniwru u.v i nuiuaa c<. ?? amuu, Introduced by John Temple Graves. These and other speakers discussed the objects of the farmers' union and what it has done In the five years of its existence. ? New York. January 22: American refugees from Kingston. Jamaica, arriving here today on board the steamer Prlnz Eltel Friederich. which sailed from the stricken city on Thursday afternoon last, the third day after the earthquake, were unanimous in condemning what they term the "Inactivity and utter inefficiency of, the English authorities on the island during the first days following the disaster." For three days, or up to the day the prinz Eitel sailed, they said, there was no semblance of order and nothing definite done in the matter of relieving the sufferings of many of the wounded. It was asserted that men and women who sought shelter on board the British steamship Port Kingston, which was chartered for Sir Alfred Jones's party from England, were put ashore and that the plea of the American refugees that the women of their party be allowed at least the privilege of sleeping on the open decks of the Port Kingston, was refused "with great Incivility." The wounded who had been taken on board the same steamer for an asylum were put ashore the day following the earthquake. Tuesday, and were left on the railway wharf until cared for by the American naval authorities on Thursday. The Prinz Eitel's passengers t??ld of the great relief the arrival of the American squadron brought to the terror-stricken peoplt, and were amazed to hear of the tupture which has occurred between Governor Swettenhain and Admiral Davis. The protest of the American refugees against the conduct and behavior of certain officials on the island was voiced at a mass meeting held on board the Prinz Kitel Friederich Monday, when resolutions were adopted and addressed "to the general public and the International press." The resolution set forth in detail the rough experiences of the refugees and speak in emphatic condemnation of the conduct and behavior of certain olfi- ! clals of rank, specifically Capt. Parsons. commander of the British steam-, ship Port Kingston, lying In the harbor of Kingston, and aboard which was Sir Alfred Jones, his superior, and other officials. The Americans had to wait for the arrival of the Prlnz Eltel at Kingston, and during that time all of them slept on the Hamburg-American dock. "We lay down on the planks and sacks, piles of which reached almost to the ceiling," said A. D. Hallman of Norristown. Pa., who was one of the . 112 passengers on the Prinz Eitel. The men were glad enough to get any shelter, but with the Port Kingston lying nearby, her decks clean and empty, we thought the captain might take the women- on board. He refused, however, as the resolutions state." $hf ^orlnuUc (fuquircr. YORKVILLE, S. C.t FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1907. Hon. John S. Wilson, who has Just been elected Judge of the Third circuit to succeed Judge Purdy, Is esteemed throughout the state as an able lawyer and as a man-of sterling worth. He has been solicitor of his circuit for many years and has the complete confidence of all of his people. He was once a student at old "Langum," near Yorkville, under the late Dr. t-nthnn and la still favorably remem bered by many of his old school mates, who thought much of him then, but who have not seen him since. From what we think we know of the situation. we believe that the general assembly has made a most excellent ?hoice. Own Real Eetate. To the young man of small means with an ambition to get along In the world, we can think of no better adrice than to commence the effort to fet ahead in the world by buying a piece of real estate. The first move on the part of any young man in the direction of acquiring property should be to own a lome. If farming is his business, then tie should begin with the determination to own a farm. It is generally cheaper to buy either i home or a farm than it is to rent. It is a better investment. This, of bourse, is provided the original purchase is made on a reasonable basis. If the young purchaser of a home has the right kind of stuff in him, he will be able to ascertain what the right price is before he enters into a contract, and he will win out in the paying. There is no trouble about that. If he falls to pay that is, barring bad luck, pretty good evidence that he lacked the stuff and will not tie hurt much anyway. He wculd have lost out just the same If he had pursued any other course. There are hundreds and thousands of young men who expect to be rich sometime; but who have an indefinite Idea about how it is to come about They are usually consoled with a hazy notion that their riches will come all at once and in some unthinkable way that will develop at the time. But this thing of getting rich is no fairy business. People do strike gold sometimes, or draw the grand prize in a lottery, or hit the right side of the market; but they are the exception. There is only one in ten thousand, and of the ten thousand very few ever hold on to their good fortune. The only sure road is by hard, steady and persistent work. We cannot think of a better way tp start to independence than by saving up enough money to make a fair, first payment on a home or a farm and then keep down to steady saving and work until the title is clear. Many a young man who has followed this idea has made success for himself. In fact there have always been and probably always will be more successes than failures along this line. It is the young men who are always waiting for a streak of luck to maJce then rich, who come to grief. THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. More Important Proceedings of the House and Senate. The house on Tuesday passed an important bill to fix the time when county officers shall enter upon the discharge of their duties after election. Heretofore there has been no definite tfme; but this bill fixes the first Tuesday in January after election. Exception is made in the case of officers appointed by the governor and officers elected to fill unexpired terms. Two bills to amend the constitution were passed on Tuesday. One provides for two more justices of the supreme court, and the other provides that a majority vote will be necessary for decision. Senator Appelt's bill requiring that labor contracts be in writing was kill ed on Tuesday. Mr. Walker's bill providing for the payment of jurors in magistrate's courts in criminal cases, passed the house on Wednesday and was sent to the senate. The bill allows jurors in criminal cases before magistrates 50 cents. The fate of the bill in the stjnate is uncertain. In joint assembly last Wednesday. Solicitor John S. Wilson was elected Judge of the third circuit court over Representative J. B. Frazer by a vote of 84 to 76. Capt. D. J. Griffith "was re-elected superintendent of the penitentiary without opposition. For three penitentiary directors. Messrs. Mobley. Kirby and Saunders were nominated for re-election and E. H. Cain of Richland and Jasper W. Smith of Colleton in opposition. The first ballot resulted. Saunders 105, Mobley 142, Smith 107, Kirby 72. Cain 66. Messrs. Saunders, Mobley and Smith were elected on the first ballot. The house then went into the election of a trustee for the Orangeburg colored college. after which it adjourned for, the day. MERE-MENTION. "Josiah Flyntt" Willlard. noted author and sociologist, died in Ohicago Monday of pneumonia. As a tramp Josiah Flyntt traveled in eviery civilized country of the globe Suit has been entered against United States Senator Elkins of West Virjfin ia for J500.000 commissions m a x?uroad deal.... Ex-Governor Frank: W. Higgins Is critically ill at his home at Olean, New York Karl Haan a Washington D. lawyer, under* arrest at Baden Baden, Germany, charged with murdering his mother-in-law. was not identified vvhen faced by witnesses claiming to have seen the murderer *\;hinese boys and girls are Sold in. "the San Francisco market every day like horses and mules," is the charge of Representative McKlnlay of California before the house committee on foreign affairs, while considering the Perkins bill to modify the Chinese exclusion act George M. Bors was killed by u Philadelphia and Reading pussenger train in Philadelphia Monday while-on a grade crossing aftergetting a signal that the way was clear.... Eighty-seven new cases of typhoid fever were reported to the Philadelphia board of health on Tuesday for the forty-eight hours rnw? 4 1 TrvVin preceoing i uc mm ?? Shea, president of the International Teamsters' association, in Chicago on a charge of conspiracy, occupied 135 days and costing over $10,000, came to an end last Monday with a mistrial The Delaware legislature has several bills before it looking to the abolition of "bucket shops" in that state The congressional committee on appropriations has reported a bill carrying $138,138,500 for pensions for the fiscal year ending June 1308. This is a decrease of slightly over $2,000,000 for 1907 The Standard Oil company of Indiana has been indicted under 1,903 counts in the United States court In Chicago One hundred cases of scarlet fever and forty-five cases of diptherla, were reported in Chicago Monday as the record for twenty-four hours The annual Ormand-Daytona, Fla., automobile races are in progress this week........The Southern railway has arranged to issue $15,000,000 . of 5 per cent, three year notes through J. P. Morgan & Co The Southeastern Passenger association has adopted an Interchangeable passenger rate of 22 cents a mile to be good on all roads south of the Potomac and east of the Mississippi Berteln reports two degrees below zero, the coldest U , .. 1 O u 0 Tha Torn u ? raiuci oiiitx x o o u a. uv a vamm general assembly on last Tuesday reelected Senator Bailey, giving, on joint ballot, 180 votes for him, and .45 against him... .Thomas W. Lawson, erstwhile enemy of "The System" Is now working with it in an effort to boost the stock of Amalgamated copper The health board of Scranton, Pa., has put a ban on kissing, claiming that typhoid fever is spread by osculation Shelby M. Cullom of Illinois, has been re-elected for the fifth time United States Senators Morgan and Pettus have been reelected without opposition The New York grand Jury is investigating the alleged theatrical trust The Hamburg-American Steamship company has placed a contract for a steamship capable of carrying 4,256 passengers in addition to a crew of 500 The flood of the Ohio river Is falling rapidly There are five breaks in the Mississippi river levees below New Orleans Eiffel tower, Paris, Is to be used as a permanent wireless telegraph station. SAD* STORY OF FUNNY SPEECH. How the Proud Senate Disciplined Mr. Tillman. Washington, Jan. 21.?This was a historic day in the senate?the day of the "Trimming of Tillman." The senate, which has trimmed so many unconventional statesmen, has sat for years impotently watching Tillman's pitchfork charges. Today It devoted itself to the task of proving that not even Tillman can rise superior to Its power of corraling and branding wild steers. At the close, for the first time in his life, Tillman arose and apologized. He not only apologized, but he agreed to suppress a speech he had made and keep it out of the Record. It has taken the senate a long time to get around to the trimming of Tillman, but once it applied Itself to the job it was as thorough and workmanlike as ever was done in the senate. Tillman had delivered a speech in which he outdid himself. He compared several senators by name to minstrel performers, cataloguing their qualifications and assigning each to his place in line. Then, in reply to the excoriation given him by Spooner the other day for his action and language regarding lynchings and mob violence, he went even further than he has gone before, and boasted that as governor of South Carolina he would have headed a mob. Hitherto these speeches have been listened to in scandalized silence. This was the last straw. During the latter part of the speech the venerable Teller arose on the Democratic side and began to circulate around, first on his own side and then crossing over to the Republican side. He was arranging for the Trimming of Tillman. The scheme was for a secret session, at which Tillman should receive everybody's candid opinion of him in a way that would bore its way through the hide of a rhinoceros. This was carried out, and in secret session senator after senator arose and fell upon Tillman, hip and thigh. The discussion was over whether Tillman's speech should be stricken from the records or net. The men whom he had ridiculed opposed this, because each of them wanted to get up in open session and publicly flay Tillman, under pretext of replying to it. They made no bones about it, but proclaimed their intention. After an hour and a half of this the doors were opened and Tillman made his record-breaking apology. He was not altogether tamed yet, for though his apology was humble and abject about two-thirds of the way, he closed with an old-time Tillmanesque fling to the effect that those who didn't like his ways could lump them.?New York Times. A New Texas Star.?A new light has arisen In the lower house of congress. Last week Mr. Sheppard from Texas, 32 years old, made a speech that caused much applause. He proposes to teach the president a lesson in reformed spelling and in 1908 they will spell president thus "B-r-y-a-n." Tremenduous applause greeted a number of his remarks, such as "Stand pat is but another name for dry rot." "Let us dig more ditches in the west and fewer graves in the Philippines." "If Senators Beveridge and Lodge are really in earnest about relieving the country of the curse of child labor. let them Join the Democrats in trying to remove the conditions under which women and children are compelled to work. "Seventy-five per cent of the people of this country are without homes. The average wage for workmen in factories is $4 70 a year, and for workmen on farms $3 70 a vear. on which to support their families, ami there Is no Ked Cross society on [the battlefields of economic warfare." Carolina Spartan. The Thaw Trial.?The long delayed trial of Harry K. Thaw for the murder of Stanford White was commenced in New York last Wednesday. There was a pretty large crowd of people present at the opening of the trial, many of them spectators brought along by curiosity. Two hundred talesmen had been summoned. Of these nineteen were examined during the first day. but only two jurors were secured. Many of the talesmen had already formed opinion in the case as the result of the newspaper stories: but some of them were in doubt because of conflicting statements and were unable to swear that their opinions were of such a nature that they could not be changed by the evidence. The understanding is that Thaw is going to plead the unwritten law?that Stanford White ruined his wife and although the defendant was insane at the time of the killing he is sane now. Thaw's wife, mother and sisters appeared in the court room yesterday and the understanding is that they are to remain with him through the trial which will probably last quite a while. LOCAL AFFAIRS. ? NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. f, J. L. Williams & Co.?Announce a ten days special sale of the Foushee u bankrupt stock, beginning tomorrow. J. A. Mills. Manager Bratton's Farm ?Has a number of cows for sale; 1( also short horn beef cattle. n Glenn & Allison?Will today receive a car of mules selected especially for this market by Mr. AlliRon. They r< want you to see them. ? W. S. Neil?Asks all parties Interested ^ In the game laws to meet In the court house on salesday for February, at 11 a. m. ?? Star Drug Store?Issues a warning in relation to colds, grippe, coughs, u pneumonia, etc., and tells how to ward them off. c L. R. Williams, Probate Judge?Gives rl notice that W. S. Wilkerson has ap- r( plied to him for letters of adminis- .. tration on the estate of T. B. Brakeheld, deceased. Plret Votlnnol Rnnlf finvs Ihom l? nn It such thing as "luck." Success t] comes to those who grasp opportunities. M. W. White?Gives reason in rhyme. & Wants to buy and wants to sell lots r near graded school building. Carroll Bros.?Publish a letter from Muncie Wheel Co. to the Rock Hill <i Buggy Co. Wagons at cost. tl Dobson Bros.' Cash Store?Has a few t, trimmed and untrlmmed hats left at low prices. Laundry basket always leaves Tuesday afternoon. York Drug Store?Now has many of the February magazines. Many artides of especial interest. Dr. Hess' " guaranteed stock food, 25c to $2. 11 Thomson Co.?Offers special bargains in men's negligee shirts, ladies' cloaks, and staple goods. W. R. Carroll?Has received a car of 'f mules and they can now be seen at his barn. Choice Tennesseeans. ,1 J. C. Wilborn, Real Estate?Offers additional real estate for your consid- ^ eratlon. See fourth page. h Mr. C. C. Hughes found the owner s< of the hogs he advertised a few days o ago. The only thing that now stands in ci the way of $7,500 salary for senators o and congressmen Is the possibility of i' the president's veto; but that the bill " will be vetoed Is not probable. The underatanding is that the Brit- 0 Ish government will not stand for & the treatment that Governor Swetten- S1 ham of Jamaica, accorded to Rear T Admiral Davis, commander of the b American relief squadron. Governor a Swettenham has apologized; but the understanding: Is that Governor Swet- n tenham will be asked to resign never- d theleas. n In today's issue we give the full v text of the Cary bill providing for w the abolltlen of the state dispensary J and the establishment of county dis- ^ pensaries where the same are desired. ? The one thing we approve In connection with the bill Is the abolition of the state dispensary. We believe It is ,f best to get the state out of the liquor business. We have no desire how- v ever, to see any county take advan- p tage of the right to sell liquor under h this law. _ .8 During a conversation a few days ? ago in which some local merchants w were discussing different markets. " one of them remarked: "Well, I tell ''' you what's the fact, 'Old Wagener' down in Charleston is about as cheap n on most things as any of them and ^ on some things he beats them all. . I wanted to buy nails not long ago and 81 ... _ . . n I wrote to every nail house. I had ever dealt with from Atlanta, Char- j"1 leston and Richmond to New York 1 and Chicago, and 'Old Wagener's' prices, beat 'em all." It will be un- u derstood of course, thai the reference is to the well known wholesale eslablishment of F. W. Wagener & Co. c n ABOUT PEOPLE. Mr. W. H. Hand of the South Caro- ? s Una university, is spending today in Yorkville. c Miss Maggie Glenn has taken a position with the Thomson company as ^ a saleslady. Mrs. H. H. Hayes and daughter. Miss ^ Ruth of Concord, N. C.. are guests of o Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Johnson. a Dr. Miles Walker returned last Wednesday from Tampa, Fla., where he ( went on account of the illness of Miss . Mozelle Thomasson. Miss Thomasson was much better when he left. , b THE YORK MEMBERS. * The work of York members of the general assembly since Tuesday Is noted In the daily papers as follows: Senator Brlce's bill to compel York county land owners to remove trash, 1 etc.. from the streams passing through h their lands passed a second reading in p the senate on Tuesday. _( Senator Brice's bill to amend the act negotiating the holding of terms of e the court of common pleas, so as to n provide for a term in York county in 8 February of each year passed a second reading on Tuesday. This also by Senator Brice passed b a second reading: a A bill to amend section 2 of an act entitled "An act to provide the age and time in which road duty shall be 11 performed in certain counties in this b state, and to provide for and fix the ^ amount of commutation tax In lieu thereof," approved 22nd of February, 1905, by increasing the commutation -s tax to $3. requiring the use of chain- p gang on permanent road work and the p employment of an engineer, work by contracts and combining of road dis- ll trlcts in York county. ti Senator Brice's bill to create a p commission and appropriate $10,000 . for the erection of a statue of Calhoun a in the capitol at Washington passed a c third readine: in the senate on Tues- u day- n PORK RAI8ERS IN LUCK. The cold snap of the past few days s has been a grateful development to p those who still had fat hogs to kill, b and of these there were quite a num- tl ber scattered all over the country. a Almost everybody who had hogs, a slaughtered a part of the stock on p hand during the cold weather preced- s ing Christmas, holding the balance g along so as to have fresh sausage, \ llvermush, spare ribs and back bone p later on; but with the warm weather p that followed Christmas, people dare p not do any more slaughtering for fear p of losing their meat. s There has been not a little com- e plaint during the past few weeks, p Some of the people have been pinch- p ing, if not exactly on account of the scarcity of corn, then because of a g feeling that corn was being fed on no pmtit except to prevent loss. With the change of the weather on r last Sunday, people began to look forward on Monday and Tuesday to recommencing the slaughter, and thousands of hogs have been sending up their last squeal during the past few days. c THE CLOVER R. F. D'S. v Following the change of schedule of the mixed train on the Carolina e and North-Western railroad, the postoffice department has ordered the dls- ^ continuance of the locked pouch service that has 1 >retofore been in opere ation between Yorkville and Clover. c The principal value of this locked pouch service has been to give to the r patrons of the rural routes leading out ] of Clover the Yorkville papers the a next day* after publication, and the * discontinuance of the arrangement in tj the absence of some other remedy v J"" -'. 1 i . . Ill mean that papers published on 'uesday cannot be delivered until the ' filowlng Thursday and papers pubshed on Friday cannot be delivered i ntil the following1 Monday. The carriers on the routes out of llbert and Bowling Green do not >ave until after the arrival of the orthbound passenger train, No. 10, 1 nd as matters now appear the only emedy for the situation is that the chedules of the carriers out of Clover e changed to so as to fix the leaving Ime of the carriers after the arrival f this same train. The question of changing the schedle is a matter for (he patrons, the 'lover postmaster and the rural carlers. If a majority of the patrons ?quest such change the probability Is lat It will be made at once. Application has been made for a >cked pouch service on the freight rain as it is now running; but the robabillty is that the application will e declined by the department for the eason that the train is seldom on Ime, and malls sent by it will freuentiy not reach Clover until after he arrival of the regular passenger rain. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? labor is not so scarce as it has een at times; but then there Is very ttie demand. ? The "King of Tramps" Is to be at he opera house tomorrow night. It t worth seeing. ? Mr. I. W. Johnson is to move into he building recently occupied by the 'oushee Cash store. ? Miss Maude Sandifer of Yorkvllle, as taken the position in the Graded chool made vacant by the resignation f Miss Squler. ? Messrs. J. L. Williams & Co., be ame the purchasers of the remnant f the Foushee bankrupt stock, lncludig goods to the value of something ke one thousand dollars. ? The handsome residence that Mr. i. E. Wilkins Is erecting on West ladison street, in cement with brown tone effect is nearlng completion, 'he roof is going on this week. The uilding will present a very handsome ppea ranee. ? The walls of the old Parish hotel, ow being replaced by Mr. R. J, Hernon for a large store-room were origlally built In 1853. Mr. A. Frank foods of Yorkville. worked on the rood work as a carpenter. The latosh Walker, who kept a. tavern In 'orkvllle at the time, was the builder f the hoUse. ? The coroner's Jury in the case of lie dead infant referred to in the last isue of The Enquirer concluded its ivestigations on Wednesday with a erdlct to the effect that the child robably came to its death at the ands of its mother, Jennie Wltherpoon, alias Jennie Byers. The wornn. who had gone to Salisbury, N. C? as brought back by Deputy Sheriff ulnn on Wednesday morning and ommitted to jail, ? The News and Courier of Wedesday prints the following thought ill and judicial editorial on the recent evelopments in the Yorkville Graded chool: "The controversy about the ubllc school In Yorkville, which has nenltori In reqlcrnntlnne nf the BllDer itendent, several teacher* and a trus?e, is perhaps to be attributed to the bsence of a clear understanding: of he relationship between school trusses and the teaching' force. Such lnidents are not uncommon and the efclency of the public schools in the mailer towns is frequently impaired n account of them. We say "the mailer towns" for the obvious reason hat in the cities the chance of such lashes Is small. In a village every rustee Is personally acquainted with very family. Consequently, the vote f Trustee Jones is likely to be afpcted by his relations to the father f Master Brown or Missle Jones. In city, Trustee Jones probably has ever heard of the {>arents of the lltle darling, whose doings and mlsdoigs become an Issue of great heat and mport. As a general rule It is the usiness of the trustees to support the uperintendent In all matters of school liscipline. The teacher, if he Is ;orth his salt, knows more in a minte than the trustee can learn In a fe-tlme about school management, 'he trustee who permits himself to iterfere in cases arising between eacher and pupil, or teacher and paent of pupil, becomes instantly a ontributor to the difficulties of school lanagement. The test to apply to uperintendents Is the result of their ,-ork at the end of the school term, ut if during the term it appears from ny incident or series of incidents that he superintendent is Incompetent, and hat his usefulness Is at an end, the oard of trustees should have the canor and courage to demand his resigatlon. When an Issue arises in the chools and the board of trustees temorlzes, when the board "straddles," lowing hot and cold In the endeavor a sustain Its employee, the superlnendent, but without offending some rominent citizen or this or that sect, . * - - ^ olmoot IJia.Hier HI lue ntinun Uiliuny auuvow ertainly, and the superintendent who ? not too poor and who properly resects himself, usually resigns In dlsust. We have no direct Interest hatever in the Yorkville affair. It eems pretty clear, however, that Suerintendent Allen either deserved to e sustained or to be dismissed, and Ills we say because similar situations re likely to develop in other towns at ny time. It is just as well to call atention to the obvious truth that the afest way to deal with school entanlements is the near and frank way. Vhen the school superintendent fails o satisfy the school board the school oard should discharge him and emJoy another, but when the superinendent is faithful in his duties and utisfies his board, it is unfair and lnxcusable for the latter to embarrass 1m In order that It may please a small oy's doting parent." OUTHERN COTTON ASSOCIATION Mr. C. E. Spencer of Yorkville. and Jr. F. H. Barber of Rock Hill, rep esented York county on the South Carolina delegation to the annual neeting of the Southern Cotton assoiution at Birmingham, Ala., last yeek. There were ahout forty delegates from this state and from all the otton growing states about 1,500. loth of the York county delegates .ere well pleased with the convention nd its work, and especially delight (1 with the hospitable entertainment iccorded by the people of Birminglum. Upon being asked for an outIne of the practical work accomplishd and the general outlook. Mr. Spener kindly furnished the following: "The delegates were most cordially eceived by the city of Birmingham. Howdy' was placarded everywhere, nd the programme arranged by the xecutive committee was so entertainingly and continuously enacted, that he end of the three days' session came ,-ithout much real work having been done. Up to~the afternoon of the third day not a single committee had made Its report, before the ooming In of .. which no business was attempted. But every one of the many able addresses made stressed one or more of the following evils which depress the ' market price of cotton below Its real value, and which need correction?to bring about any one of which requires 1 a more perfect organization than now exists: "1. The custom ruling In the New o York Cotton Exchange of allowing future contracts to be deemed performed by the delivery of "dog-tail" cot- ^ ton: Instead of requiring a fixed grade to be made the basis of such con- ^ tracts, and a delivery accordingly, If so noticed, which would give real tone to the market. On this point Georgia's Governor-elect Hoke Smith's addmau u'au VOPV flnA "2. The rapid marketing of cotton, instead of so storing It as to be able to best use it as collateral, to be occompllshed by a systematic erection and maintenance of standard warehouses. , "3. The Inability of the "weak" cotton grower to hold his cotton even when he so desires, showing the necessity for devising some special means to help the "weak" to hold. The address of our own state president, E. D. Smith along this line stirred up the convention most of all. "The grievances were made -plain enough, and the convention then and there easily raised 310,000, the amount asked for to push the work of relief for 1907. York County association having subscribed 3100 asked for, and Mr. P. H. Barber of Rock Hill. Individually subscribed the same sum. But It was impossible for the convention to devise definite plans. Such work must of necessity fall upon the executive committee: and with the grievances so plainly pointed out, and the funds in sight with which to make the fight, the outlook for a happy issue out of some or all of them is quite encouraging. "The executive committee is now working on some amendments to the big general corporation plan of holding and marketing cotton that will raise sufficient money to furnish relief fmm the second and third grievance mentioned above, and at the same time leave the assets and liabilities of every county sub-division free from lhose of every other county sub-dlvls?inn I submitted an Independent plan along this latter line which I believe t will receive due consideration at the ( hands of tha? committee. My inten- j tlon is to take my full share of stock, whatever plan the committee may fl- | nally recommend, and I sincerely hope ] every cotton grower In York county , will do the same." The following is the plan referred to ( by Mr. Spencer: 1. Resolved, That every county sub-division of the Southern Cotton j association be requested at once to | take proper steps to secure a charter for an agency of said sub-division , whose principal business will be to , erect and operate standard ware- | houses for the storing of cotton grown , In the county; to buy cotton offered t on the market at less than the price fixed by the Southern Cotton associa- | tion; and to lend money on warehouse | cotton when offered as security, pro- , vided that such pledged cotton Is to become the absolute property of said ] agency, at its option, as soon as the , loan reaches the market value of the ( pledged cotton. i 2. Resolved. That the capital j stock of every sub-agency should be j a sum equal to five dollars per bale | of every bale of cotton grown In the county during the year 1906, payable one-fifth cash, and the remainder in four equal annual installments; provided that all subscribers to the capi- | tal stock, whether actual cotton growers or not, are to be deemed members of the sub-division of the Southern Cotton association In his county if I otherwise eligible to membership; and < provided further that every actual ' cotton grower in the county is to have ? a reasonable opportunity offered to i him to take his full proportion of stock before finally selling to non-cot- i ton growers. i 3. Resolved, That the legislatures l of all of the cotton growing states are hereby requested to amend their < charter laws so as to exempt such ' agencies from paying any commission I on the caDital stock as a part of the charter fees, whenever such amendment is necessary to exempt them from paying such commission. 4. Resolved. That every such agency, and every holder of such warehouse cotton, Is requested to advise with its or his own sub-division of the Southern Cotton association, after the latter has advised with its state division of the Southern Cotton association, and after the latter has advised with the (general) Southern Cotton association as to the best method of marketing Its or his own cotton so warehoused, with a view to make an advantageous combination sale, before any individual selling of said cotton, or before selling any of said cotton In parcels. LOCAL LACONICS. Quit After the Trial. Mr. John R. Hart tells a story to the effect that he recently asked a negro witness, "were you not tried for selling liquor and acquitted?" "Yes, sir," replied the witness, "I was tried for selling liquor and I quit selling It." County Board of Education. Mr. E. P. Castles of Smyrna, has been appointed a member of the county board of education to fill out the unexpired term of Mr. T. E. McMackin. now superintendent. The unexpired term ends about May 1. The county board of education now consists of T. E. McMackln, ex-offlclo chairman, J. W. Thomson and E. P. Castles. Death of Capt. R. C. G. Love. Oastonia, N. C., January 23: A telegram to relatives here today conveyed the unexpected and distressing news of the sudden death of Capt. R. C. O. Love, of this county, this morning at the home of bis daughter, Mrs. C. S. Talt, at Brunswick, Ga, Death was due to heart failure. Capt. and | Mrs. Love left Oastonia for Bruns- < ivlck last Friday to spend the winter < with their daughter. He had been in perfect health and the news of his t death comes as a great shock to this i city. The remains will probably be j brought here Friday when the Inter- ] ment will be made. Capt. Love was i one of the leading and most influential ' citizens of Gaston county. He was the ' pioneer cotton mill man of this city, ( having established its first mill, the I Gaston Manufacturing company. He ' was a stockholder In this mill and the Avon mill at the time of his death. ' He retired from active business duties '. seveml years ago. He was sixty-four | years old. Surviving are his widow, J seven sons and two daughters, the fol- ( lowing named: Messrs. Edgar Love of , Lincoln ton: J. Lee Love of Harvard f university: J. K. I^ve, R. A. Love of < Gastonia. and A. J. Love of Wills Point, Texas; and Mrs. C. S. Talt of j Brunswick, Ga? and Mrs. W. W. Glenn <>f Gastonia. J ? More than 13,000,000 men in the J United States are available for mill tary service, according to the report J of the secretary of* the army concerning the militia, which has just been J made public. Of that number 112,- J ;iH" men uie urgiinizru in moic iiiiiiv.c4> ready for immediate military duty. New York leads the list in the num- t ber of men available for duty, having t 1,394,000 such citizens. Ohio is sec- < ond with 1,084.559 and Pennsylvania t third with 1,017,200. In the aggre- j gute strength of its organized militia > New York leads with 14,711, and i Pennsylvania is next with 9,836, Illi- ( nois is third with 6,613. The total i strength of officers and enlisted men t of the organized militia of the Dis- r trict, according to the inspection last < spring, was 1,278, exclusive of the na- i val battalion of about 200 men, a de- ? crease of 234 since the last previous t inspection. The total number of r males in the District available for < military duly, but unorganized, is c stated at 52,000, including 14 officers c and 197 enlisted men of the naval i battalion. . 1 DISPENSARY IS TREMBLING. po*t Vote In Senate 19 to 17 Against State Machine. ly Telegraph to Yorkvllle Enquirer: ooijcmbia, January 25.?By vote of 9 to 17. the senate tod&y adopted the eaolutlon offered by Senator Smith f Hampton, providing for abolishment if the state dispensary. Senate bill trovlding for repeal of lien law was tilled by vote of 19 to 16. Sam M. ORIST. ROCK HILL AND VICINITY. 4egro Man Shoota Himself Accidentally?Personal Mention. v>rreti|>ondence of the Yorkvllle Knqulrer. Rook Hill, January 24.?Lee Mcley an Industrious colored man, llvng several miles south of Rock Hill, iccidentally shot himself Tuesday light and from it will probably die. A legro boy named Gatther came to dcRey's house while drinking and vhlle in the house fired a gun, which le had with him shooting through the :elllng. McRey took the gun after a ew moments and going into the yard ittempted to smash It over the wooddie. Holding the gun by the bar els he struck the butt against the vood and fired the load into his body hereby. His thigh is so badly lacerited and he lofet so much blood that lis recovery is not expected. There are many in this part of the itate who know Mr. John S. Wilson, he newly elected Judge of the Third :lrcuit and rejoice at the selection of :his pure, upright and able man for hat high position. Dr. I. Simpson, a prominent denist of this city, who has been sufferng from blood poisoning in one of hig lands has gone north for treatment. Miss Lou Ann Marshall, the second laughter of Mr. W. F. Marshall, the linger, was married Wednesday to Vir. P. O. Shiver, an engineer on the Hock Hill division of the Southern railway. The marriage occurred at be home of the bride in Elm avenue, md was solemnized by the Rev. W. B. Duncan of St. John's M. E. church. Rev. J. W. Simpson, after recuperI'tlng at the home of his parents, Dr. ind Mrs. I. Simpson, has returned, to lis charge at Concord. N. C. W. H. Dunlap, who expected to leave lis farm at Ogden to move to Rock Bill to take the position of night iratohman and soeclal Doliceman at Wlnthrop college, has decided not to io ho having failed to make satisfactory arrangements as to his farm. R \. Minter, also of the Ogdeh nelghl>orhood has taken the post at the college. While Mr. and Mrs. Will Means were away from home Thursday afternoon, a sneak thief entered the house and stole $15 in cash, leaving untouched a revolver and a valuable Sold watch. An examination for clerk carrier in the Rock Hill postofflce will he held here the 13th of next month. This is in excellent Job and is sought after Five young white boys who came fiere recently from Concord, N. C., ind who have since then been living un the streets without employment, were arrested and tried before the mayor Monday morning. They were ?iven a sentence of fifteen days on the county chaingang. CARY DISPENSARY BILL Proposed New Law Made Special Order For Tuesday. The Carey dispensary bill, the full :ext of which, with the exception ol pertain amendments, is published Ir oday's paper, has been made a special urder for next Tuesday. The amendments referred to are as follows: "Section 4 2. The ofllce of dispensary auditor is hereby created. The govlor shall Immediately upon the approval of this act appoint a compe:ent person as dispensary auditor to >xamine into the affairs of all dispensaries and liquor manufacturing esabllshments conducted In this state. "Sec. 43. It shall be the duty ol tuch dispensary auditor to make a :horough examination into all the uooks, papers and affairs of the said Dispensaries and liquor manufacture ng establishments and in making tuch examinations he shall have auhority to administer oaths and summon and examine all persons connected with the said dispensaries and IIjuor manufacturing establishments. He shall make a full and detailed report of his findings and file the same with the state treasurer and with the ;reasurer of the county in which Jhe Dispensary or liquor establishment may be located. Said examination ind report of each dispensary and es:abllshment shall be made at least >t?ce every three months. "Sec. 44. The term of ofllce of the <ald dispensary auditor shall be four fears and he shall receive as compeniatlon $2,000 per annum and all actual expenses incurred by-him in the iischarge of his duties. A C ? T1 V* auM /llunortaopv Q n<4 I _ :or Is hereby authorized to prescribe a system of bookkeeping and accounte 'or the several county dispensary tjoards and to enforce observance of the same. "Sec. 46. All accounts for salary ind expenses of the dispensary auditor shall be submitted to and approvsd by the comptroller general and he thai I apportion the same to and assess :he same upon the several dispensaries In the state according to their jross sales and the same shall be paid t>y the several county dispensary Doards to the state treasurer to be paid by him upon the warrants of the comptroller general. "Sec. 47. Any person who may obdruct or Interfere with said dispensary auditor in the performance of lis duties shall be deemed guilty of i misdemeanor, and upon conviction tha.ll be punished by imprisonment lot. exceeding one year, or by fine not ixceeding $1,000, or by both, in the liscretlon of the court." SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Clinton, January 22: Mr. W. J. Dendy, of the Clinton Gazette, has experienced a very close escape from leath. The attempt on Mr. Dendy'f ife occurred last evening about seven 'clock while tlie editor was at his residence. He was engaged in readng near a window when he was freatly startled to hear the report of i gun and to find that a bullet had lattened itself against the wall, only i few Inches below the window where ie had been sitting. Mr. Dendy says le thinks the murderous attack was iue to editorials he has writen recently In his publication, denouncing the secret, meetings being Indulged n by the negroes of this community. ? Washington, Jaunary 21: The case >f O. VV. Buchanan against the state >f South Carolina, involving a ques:iun as to the amount of the salary of Buchanan as a state circuit judge In South (Airolina from 1895 to 1899. was lismissed today by the supreme court >f the United States for want of Jurisdiction. The dispute was due to the 'act that there was doubt as to which >f two South Carolina statutes conTolled the matter. One of these, a reneral law, was approved Dec. 22. 1903. and fixed the salaries of circuit ludges at $3,000 per year, while the ther, a regular appropriation bill, vhich became a law the next day. provided for them at the old rate of $3,>00. The suit was brought for the difference, amounting to $500 a year. Phe extra sum was denied by the suireme court of South Carolina and oday's derision has the effect of af'.rming that ruling. ? Columbia, January 24: South Cbr>linu has won the American Agricul;urist prize for the largest yield of sorn on one acre in the United States, \. J. Tindal of Clarendon county, beng the winner, with 182 bushels. This itate has held the world's corn record 'or fifteen years, the winner being Capt. Z. T. Drake, who raised 225 jushels on one acre in Marlboro couny. President Myrlck, of the board of nanagers of the contest, today wired Commissioner Watson: "The largest n yield of corn. 182 bushels net, one icre in American Agriculturist conest. raised in your state. Sweepstakes livided equally among one crop each South Carolina. Ohio. Iowa, Connectl ut. Graduated report your contestints follows. Congratulations." Mr. I'lndal was the winner of the contest jetween the counties under the $500 the State offered In prizes last fall. There were entiles from about twenty-live counties. ? Spartanburg Journal: Tom Harris, charged with killing Mrs. Hortense Morgan at her home near Gaffney. several months ago, and who Is being held in the Spartanburg county jail, will be tried at the court of sessions of Cherokee county next month. The court will convene the last Monday in February. So far as is known, Harris hus not engaged counsel to represent him at the trial and in .the event he does not employ-en attorney before court convenes, the presiding Judge will appoint a member of the bar at Gaffney to defend Harris. The story of the killing of Mrs. Morgan, an old lady who lived near Gaffney, is still fresh in the minds of the public. f< I at the time of her murder the Journal published the details of the finding of her dead body with her throat cut from ear to ear and the arrest of Harris. The feeling against the prisoner was so strong that he was spirited * away from Gaffney during the night and was brought to this city and s lodged in jail. He is still being held here and will not be returned to GafTney until the case is called for trial next month. Harris spends his time In Jail very quietly. + ? Tii.lma.v and the Caucus.?It will be remembered when Hon. John L. McLaurin declined to go into caucus under the leadership of J. K. Jones, he was stigmatized by Senator Till- . < man as a traitor to the Democracy, The matter then pending was of little importance to the south, but it did Involve the question whether the nation's integrity should be sustained. Now there is a question in the United States senate which is of importance to the south as it affects our racial conditions which the south is vitally Interested In, and according to the press reports, we find Senator Tillman refusing to go into a Democratic caucus because of his antipathy to the president who has exercised his right as commander-in-chief of the armies, to discharge from the service negro soldiers who murdered white citizens in Texas. If McLaurln's refusal to go Into u Democratic caucus on a matter that the Democratic party was divided upon, was wrong, and for which he should have been repudiated by his party, how does Tillman stand? Is he not to be held to account for his conduct? We think his attitude to , ward* his party is not oniy wrong aim deserving of repudiation by the Dem era tic party, but It Is more, it Is j proof conclusive that to gratify his personal spleen, .and to promote his personal aggrandisement, he would i cust aside all consideration of the . people he represents, and Join with " any force to keep himself advertised as a lecturer. Tillman refused to go into the Democratic caucus, and we shall wait to see what his admirers i will advance to justify his oourse. [ Woi'ld Not Vona For Tiulacax,? When the hour of noon arrived on last Tuesday the house went into the ballot for United States senator. Mr, j Dixon placed in nomination B. R. Tillman and nominations were closed, The vote was: Tillman 114. Mr. Mann who is a Methodist minister, asked that his reasons for not ; voting be spread in the Journal and this right was granted, but later on. by motion of Mr. Richard's, the rea| sons were expunged from the record. ' Mr. Mann's reasons were as follows; "1 wish to state my reasons for not voting for the Hon. Benjamin R. Tillman to succeed himself in the United States senate: He made a wanton and malicious attack upon the ministry of South Carolina, charging them with being In league with the ex-barkeepers of the state, with Col. James I A. Hoyt as their standard bearer, to ' defeat and destroy the dispensary , luw In South Carolina. This he knew I to be false and an outrage on com. mon decency. "Second: Before I could vote for him I should have to know how much money he returned to Mr. Hubbell as rebates allowed the state of South Carolina. I contend that as governor he was handling the money of the state and he had no right to return ^ the money to the liquor house any more than the present board of directors has the right to appropriate to their own use or to such other purposes as they might see fit, rebates belonging to the state. CENSUS Oottoin Rbpowt.?The census rej?ort issued last Tuesday shows i:? 187 873 bales of cotton, counting ' round as half bales, ginned from the growth 1906, to January 16, 1907. The number of active ginneries this year is 28,525. 1 By states, the amount of cotton > ginned of the growth of 1906 is the ' following in bales: Alabama, 1,215,673; Florida, 60,> 428; Georgia, 1,602,713; Louisiana, 837,737; North Carolina, 588,315; South Carolina, 88,192; Tennessee, 252,501; Virginia. 13,631. Sea Island i cotton ginned to January 16, 1907, ' distributed by states: Florida, 88,666 bales; Georgia, 24,775; South Carolina, 7.161. i , , Got This Instead.?A man recently k wrote to an official of the Southern \ railway for a pass. This was the re. ply he received: i > Everybody works but father; He rides around all day, 4 The Mogul on a railroad, He don't have to pay. Little Johnny's walking Also brother Bill; , So's the whole Dam family Since Hepburn passed his bill. ?Greenville News. ... . AT THE CHURCHE8. BAPTIST. rhv. i. a. murray, pastor. Sunday Services?Sunday school > at 10 a. m. Morning service at 11 1 o'clock and evening service at 7.30 by | Rev. Edward S. Reeves. Ordination of deacons at morning service. CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD. rev. j. o. babin. rector. Sunday Services?Morning service at 11 o'clock. Sunday school at 3 p. , m. No afternoon service. I FIRST PRESBYTERIAN. REV. E. K. OII.le3p1e, pastor 1 Sunday Servicbb?Sunday school at 10 a. m. Morning service at 11 a. m. I Evening service at 7 o'clock. i ' TRINITY METHODIST EPISCOPAL. i rev. h. j. cauthbn. pastor. Sunday Services?Morning service i at 11 o'clock. Sunday school at 3.30 p. m. Evening service at 7 o'clock. .j ASSOCIATE REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN. rkv. w. c, ewart, pastor. Sunday Services.?Sabbath school o' 10 a. m. Morning service at 11 o'clock. Evening service at 7 o'clock. j Special York Circuit. Next Sunday, January 27th, Prof. Jno. G. Clinkscale8 of WofTord college will deliver an address at St. Paul at 11 a. in., and at Clover at 7 p. m. All cordially invited to attend. Stewards please bear in mind the fact that the First Quarterly conference convenes at Philadelphia, February 2nd. E. k. Hardin. Card From Rev. J. L. Oates. Editor Enquirer: Please allow me space for an acknowledgment of the kindness of Hickory Grove and Smyrna congregations. From time to time they have shown love and sympathy In many ways, and these reached a climax a few days ago when represenloHvau from almost avarv famllv in the two congregations came and spent the day at the parsonage, brought their dinners with them, left considerable groceries in the pantry and presented us with a purse of about $60. g Though the way be a way of labor, A there remain places of rest; and though there still be deserts, there remain green pastures and still waters. ^ Unto the Giver of every good let there be thanksgiving, and unto those who have done this in His name let the remembrance come that those who do this unto the least, have done this unto Him. J. L. Oatbs. Hickory, S. C.? January 24, 07.