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Straps and .facts. ? A trick that was taught a pet collie by the children, says an Oxford, Pa., dispatch, saved the family of Willis Beattle, a prosperous fanner, from ftre. The dog found the house in flames at midnight, and not being able to awaken the household by barking, grasped the rope to the dinner bell as he had been taught to do when summoning the hands from the fields, and in an instant the wild pealing of the immense gong was arousing the entire neighborhood. The warning came in the nick of time for the members of the family barely escaped with their lives. As it was, the father had to ~ * * * * ? ? ? WtU MAaniitntr hl.Q flgnt tne names wiuic icovuuB two children who had been partially overcome with the smoke. It was Impossible to save any of the furniture, and Mr. Beattle was almost overcome by the dense smoke as.he groped his way to the third floor to save his boys, who were stupefied by the flames and smoke. ? New York, May 29: News of the theft by souvenir hunters or others of ten valuable medals and decorations belonging to Lieutenant Mori, of the Japanese cruiser Chltose, while that vessel was at anchor here recently, became known through correspondence between American naval officers, who have undertaken to find the missing decorations. If possible. One day during the cruiser's stay In this port, Lieutenant Mori's service blouse, on which were pinned the medals, hung behind a door leading to the officers' quarters on the Chltose. While It was there some one cut away the cloth on either side of the front of the blouse and carried off the medals. Among the decorations were the Order of the Rising Sun, given to Lieutenant Mori by the emperor for exceptional courage during the attack on Fort Arthur; medals for participation in the YellowSea fight against the Russians and In the battle of the Yalu against the Chinese, and one of gold, presented to him for jumping overboard during a stonn and saving a shipmate. ? Chicago. May 28: William Smith Mason, who got $6,000,000 out of Jas. Henry Smith's estate, has received more than a thousand letters from persons who announce that they would be pleased to help h'm spend all or a part of his Inheritance. Many of those who address him are willing to do more for him than he can do for them. They promise to make him an Andrew Carnegie, a Peter Cooper, another 1 Alexander the Great or a St. Francis de As8issl, the last named being the gentlemen of an older time who gave his clothes away. Mr. Mason's pri- 1 vate secretary Is spending most of his time sifting out the grain or two of 1 merit from the pile of chaff. Some of the things Mr. Mason's correspondents have asked him to invest in are autos, gas fixtures, sewing machines, chairs, self-rising real estate, Insurance, belt lines and canals, city blocks, village farms, account books, irrigation bonds, hunting equipment and about everything else that Is for sale for money. An Ohio minister who otherwise will have to forsake the profession to which he was called asks for a modest loan. He hates to th'lnk of leaving the pulpit, but really believes it will be necessary unless Mr. Mason can send several hundred by return mall. ? Father Kaspar Vartanian, an Armenian priest was murdered in New York last week, robbed of money and a valuable jewel, and his body placed in a trunk, where it was found last Monday by the police of that city. The priest had come to the United Slates some months ago to collect funds for his people In Armenia. He had no regular parish in this country, but traveled about from one city to another where there were colonies of 1 Armenians. In New York he had his headquarters at an Armenian restaurant where he went for his meals and to talk with his countrymen. He was last see.i alive on Wednesday of last 1 week, when he visited the room of two Armenian lodgers. Leaving there he is supposed to have gone to the lodging of Sarkls Ermoylan, a fellowcountryman, who It Is supposed gave the old man "knock-out drops," and then packed his unconscious body in a trunk, which he sent to another part of the city, where It was later discovered to contain the priest's remains, and reported to the police. Hard luck which followed Ermoylan and the knowledge that Father Vartanian carried the prized jewel are alleged as the motive of the crime. The jewel which Is represented as being of great value. Is set In a cross or crescent, and has passed along from generation to generation among the Armenian priests. ? The Chicago Journal of Finance, a few days ago convassed the leading bankers of the cotton growing states by telegraph in regard to the condition of the cotton crop. The replies that it has received Indicate that the cold, v 1 nouoo/1 tho nnt. UUUKnitiU .-idling, I lao V? kIav v?. look for cotton to be worse now than for the corresponding time any year within the remembrance of the present generation of planters. In the western part of the cotton belt the crop now promises little more than half of the yield of last year, while In the eastern part the outlook Is at least 15 per cent less favorable than last year. The south last year raised 10,765,000 bales of cotton. The crop this year, unless It Is a very decided improvement from now on. will probably not be more than C.000,000 bales. Conditions are probably worse than In 1895, when 7.157,000 bales were raised, than In 1892. when the production was 6.717,000 bales, or than in 1886 when only 6,513.000 bales were raised. It is to be remembered, however, that few plants show better recuperative powers than the cotton plant under Improving conditions. If the clouds which now overhang the southern skies will give way to good warm sunshine from now on, great improvement would be possible in the condition of cotton. The big damage so far has been due almost entirely to the cold, damp weather which has made the plant look grassy and choked it with weeds. In Texas and Louisiana boll weevils are present in enormous numbers and will do much damage to the crop of those two states as soon as the plant has developed sufficiently to afford good diet for the Insect. ? The interstate . commerce commission report on its long and sensational investigation of the Harriman railroad /.i.mhinnt i. ?n hn? heen comDleted. The document of twenty-five printed pages, is far the most sensational ever put out by the commission. It finds: That the railroad competition hits been absolutely ended in an area equal to one-third of the United States, wher^ Harriman is absolute master. That Harriman's contracts with the Rock Island, the Southern Pacific, the Santa Fe. the Illinois Central and the San Pedro roads are in violation of the anti-trust act, and recommends that the attorney general proceed against them. That tne purchase of the shares of one railroad by another is a bad practice that ought to be stopped by law. That there should be new and effective laws to prevent inflation of securities like that In the Alton reorganization, which is described in most effective language. That the profits of the great railroads of the far west are being used to buy stocks and control systems in the east instead of in building more roads for the development of the west, as ought to be. The report concludes that Harriman now has absolute control of the Illinois Central, and that he is so powerful in the Santa Fe that he has been able to stop all competition between it and his roads. It is declared that the combination of the Union and South?v<a?pms haii been so pow erful as not oniy to suppress all competition, but to prevent the building of the San Pedro road, from Salt Lake to Los Angeles, as an independent line. The independent railroad In the great empire dominated by Harriman is found to be impossible. It is felt by the commission that the record is a very complete and satisfactory one for use in any legal proceedings that may be instituted. $he ^forbvilU (Enquirer. YORKVILLE, S. C.: FRIDAY, MAY 31, 1907. Gt:.VBR.AL Lee, commander of the United Confederate veterans, has issued an appeal to all southerners to stop business and the moving of wheels during a few moments, on June 3. beginning at 2 o'clock p. m., because of the unveiling of the monument to Jefferson Davis at Richmond. Thbrh is no doubt about the fact that the outlook for the growing cotton crop is pretty blue. It is bad enough in the eastern part of the cotton belt: but in the western part it is a good deal worse. While there is a possibility of wonderful outcome, of course, still there is little reason to expect that the yield will not be very greatly reduced, especially as compared "-ith last year. The twelfth annual general reunion oi tne unuea Lymtueiaic ?cmouo, commenced in Richmond yesterday, and it is estimated that fully 10,000 old soldiers were present, the largest number gathered on any previous occasion since the war. The meetings ire being held in the horse show building. The people of Richmond of course, are showing the veterans every hospitality and attention. Manufacturing Opportunities. If there Is any disposition of human nature more common than that which manifests itself in a constant longing for the possession of profitable employment in useful business, we would be at a loss to specify what it is. With so many idle or comparatively idle people all around us, most of them ostensibly hunting something to do. and with so much idle.capital that is apparently but little better off, this looks like a rather strange proposition; but nevertheless it is absolutely true. There are some people who are idle from desire and who would not work at anything useful if they can help It; but they are the exception rather than the rule. The average man, whether he be employed or not, is seldom free from a desire to occupy a position of usefulness among his fellows. The principal reason why there are so many idle people is because they do not know how to do anything useful, and the principal reason why there is so much idle capital is because the people who hold it are unable to put it to work with reasonable assurance of safety and profit. No one in this country would have the hardihood to ciaim mat mere i? anybody idle for the reason that they can find nothing to do, or that capital is idle for the rea.ion that there are no opportunities for investment. We would not be understood as trying to direct the energy or attention of either class of people we have mentioned. The *e have always been such people and sach people will always be. We do not think that we could say anything that would be likely to influence then a great deal, and besides we do not consider them as calculated to be of much use to the situation we have in mind. What we started out to say is that come what may, hard times or good times, there is not a section of this whole union that has more promise in store for it than this section of which York county is the centre, and the developments of the next five, ten or twenty years are likely to be something beyond any reasonable dream of the present. We do not desire to be understood as indulging in empty flights of imagination; but if we had positive information that this whole county were underlaid with as plentiful a supply of gold as is to be found in the Klondike, or with diamonds as numerous as they are In the Kimberly district, we would not have more conprehen slve data by which to read the prosperity of the future than is now in existence. It is nothing new that we are trying to give. We merely have in mind the completed work of the Catawba and Southern Power companies, without taking Into consideration further developments now in progress or those under consideration. What man of i-easonable intelligence and information lias ever contemplated the water powers of Broad oi Catawba river without picturing in bis mind's eye the tremendous industries that would one day be occasioned by either? We refer now even to the old days before the discovery of the possibility of transmitting power by means of electricity, and, of course, the picture not only had to be limited to the immediate vicinity of the falls under consideration, but the period of probable realization had to be placed sufficiently remote in the future to leave opportunity for such development as would have to take place in the meantime. But see what we now have?more of this power than we are ready to use already available and a guarantee of having it doubled and quadrupled before we have fairly commenced to take up the supply. In the past, waterfalls of considerable volume have always become of great value as soon as they were approached by transportation facilities. Why? Because it was known that their power was a certain basis of Industry. The discovery of coal fields has always been taken to mark the scene of future industrial activity, tlie remoteness of the I day being governed only by the approach of transportation facilities. Why? Power. The discovery of oil meant the same for the same reason. Is there anybody so dull as to be unable to see that in the electric power now available at our doors we have all the advantages of water falls, coal mines, oil wells and more? And is there anything unreasonable in assuming that one day this electric power will be made available? Now, while it Is hardly worth while to call these things to the attention tUo. mon ?*hik ivants to Work, but ^ who does not know how, or the capitalist who has money and who does not know what to do with It, other people will do well to give the situation earnest consideration. We have in no wise exaggerated the quantity of power that is already available or that will soon become available; but It will not do to forget that the possible market for this power Is also very great, and that after the supply has once been taken up, there will be no hope of Increase. Although there Is now at our doors the wealth of the Klondike gold and the Kimberly diamonds, this wealth is not likely to go begging for long. If we do not take it while we have the opportunity, there are others who will, and within a few years, what can now be had at an almost ncminal price will likely be at a tremendous premium. That the development of this country will be something tremendous, there is no reason to doubt; but the people who expect to share In the benefits of that development without putting forth some effort on their own part will as usual, be sadly disappointed. ROCK HILL AND VICINITY. Commencement Exercises of the Graded School?Personal and Other Notes. Corre8i>ondeDce of the Yorkville Enquirer. Rock Hill, May 30.?The com-' mencement exercises of the Rock Hill city schools took place in the academy hall Wednesday evening and were much enjoyed by a large audience. Rev. Dr. Alexander Sprunt of Charleston was present to open the exercises with prayer. An interesting programme consisting of solo and combination piano playing, recitations and declamation followed by a lively debate on the resolution that "Intercollegiate Qames Should be Prohibl leu. It is to be regretted that the question was not finally settled at this time, but it was thought best to defer the decision for the present. Misses Lillian Gibson and Rosa Baskins Strait were salutatorian and valedictorian, respectively. Mr. J. B. Johnson presented the certificates to the graduating class after which Superintendent Cork made a brief closing address. He complimented the city upon its material growth and. said that it would be a great error if there were not a corresponding growth in educational progress. He was happy to say that the board, realizing this fact, had recently made a great stride by purchasing the high school property now known as the C. M. A., and that there in the future the boys of this city and surrounding country would enjoy equal advantages now open to the girls. The entire corps of teachers were recently re-elected for the coming year and are as follows: Superintendent, J. C. Cork; principal, E. W. Hall; Misses Blankenship and Jackson, Margaret Anderson and Lillie Earle Sadler, Maud Chaplin, Roberta Wardlaw, Claude Godfrey, Bessie Bronson, Edna I.ove, Mary Roach, Emma Roach and Isabel Roddey, grade teachers. Miss Ella McDanlel, music department. W. L. Merritt, who seriously, but not fatally, cut Joe Hart's throat Sunday, pleaded guilty to the charge preferred against him in the mayor's court and was given the limit, $25.00, which he paid. The position of superintendent of the Arcade mills, left open by the resignation of Mr. G. R. Buchanan, who goes to Darlington, has been filled by the selection of Mr. James Adams, who for some years has filled a responsible position with the Manchester mills. Mr. S. W. Dandridge, who holds a position in the National Union bank, slipped quietly away a day or two ago, journeying .to Huntersvllle, N. C., where on Wednesday evening he and Miss Lilly Alexander were married. They arrived here today and are boarding at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Moore. Mrs. Alice R. Smith was married Thursday afternoon at 5 o'clock to Dr. W. H. Dial of Laurens. The marriage, which was performed by the Rev. W. B. Duncan at the bride's home in Hampton street, was very quiet, only the minister and his wife and a few of the immediate neighbors being present. The newly wedded pair left on the northbound Southern for a wedding journey. The store building belonging to Messrs. Roddey & Crawford has been completed and Messrs. W. G. Reid & Son are moving their stock of furniture into it. It is one of the most spacious and handsome in the state and makes a splendid show. Mr. W. W. Gill, the grocer, will move into the room vacated by Reid & Son. Mrs. D. D. Perry of Lando, who for several days has been the guest of Miss Scotia Reid, was called home by the news of an accident to her mother, who sustained a very painful fall. She is not thought to be seriously injured, but is in bed from the accident. Mr. Ben Barnes, cashier of the Bank of Rock Hill, has gone to Atlanta to officiate as best man at the marriage of a friend there. The news from Dr. J. M. Hunter, who is in Johns' Hopkins hospital is that he is a good deal better. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The Gaffney Ledger building had another experience with fire last Friday night and the Ledger sustained a loss of several hundred dollars. The lire is supposed to have been caused as the result of the depredations of some negroes who were after cocaine that was known to be in the office of a doctor in the same building. ? Spartanburg special of May 27, to News and Courier: The engineering corps of the South Carolina Public Service Corporation has discontinued all field work and will disband here during the week. It will probably be August 1 before field operations are resumed again. It is learned that the cause of calling the engineers from the field is that several cities through which tlie proposed line is to pass are showing a disposition to delay in granting franchises to the company. Capt. A. E. Logare, who is in charge ill lilt" eon lili-ri I1IH till (in, IIIIA.. pitted the survey from Greenville to this point and was three miles out of town surveying towards Glenn Springs and Union when orders were received discontinuing the work. Fiela work has been going forward seven months and exhaustive surveys have been made. ? Columbia special of Wednesday to News and Courier: Governor Ansel today sent by express to Richmond a mammoth palmetto tree to be placed at the foot of the Jefferson Davis monument in Richmond, which is to be unveiled Monday. June 3. The tree weighs over 200 pounds and Is a work of much beauty. On the day of unveiling the South Carolina sponsors will unfold the tlags and place them on the tree. The Daughters of the Confederacy requested the governor of each Confederate state to send a tloral tribute of some kind to the unveiling and this design was selected as unique and appropriate for South Carolina. Governor Ansel today wrote to the chairman of the committee, Mrs. Archer Anderson, telling her that the tree had been shipped and giving directions as to placing it on the monument. In closing his letter, he said: "It gives me great pleasure to place this tribute of respect tit the foot of the monument of President Davis on the day of the unveiling of the monument erected to him by the United Daughters of the Confederacy." LOCAL AFFAIRS. * NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. u The Enquirer?Has a watch that was 11 found on the streets of Yorkvllle. V Owner can have same by proving f< property and paying for ad. p W. Wright?Wants you to let him . decorate your walls with the best grades of wall paper at small cost, y Drop him a card at Yorkvllle. 1; First National Rank?Invites you to inane me uuiik a vibu uii juiic i in. and make yourself at home on that 11 occasion. Victor Cotton Oil Co.?Will deliver ^ Ice at your home twice dally except Sundays. Will be In coal business ' next season. '< M. W. White?Tells you to be ready 1< to open the door to Fortune when y she knocks on your door. Stock quotations. r Jno. R. Hart, Mayor?Publishes ordi- n nance relating to an election on the question of exempting certain manufacturing plants from taxation. Dobson Bros.' Cash Store?Requests you to place your order for hats at v once if you want them on or before t the 7th of June. . York Drug Store?Has limited quan- J tity of early amber and orange cane II seed and suggests that you buy at j once, as the price is advancing. J. L. Williams & Co.?Make special reduced prices on hats for men and ' boys in blacks, browns and pearls. 1( $3 hats reduce3 to $2. j Carroll Bros.?Invite you to see them ( about buggies, which they will sell you on easy terms. They sell the 1 Rock Hill, Columbus, Watertown, j Courtland, Hickory and others. Thomson Co.?Has limited supply of bunting and cheese cloth for deco- 1 rating purposes. Ribbons, gloves, > belt buckles, belts, fans, etc. J. Q. Wray?Offers men's stylish and snappy clothing at prices reduced from a fourth to a third. Special prices on shirts. Make his store \ headquarters on June 7th. York Furniture Co.?Extends a cordial invitation to everybody to visit r its store on June 7th, and make I yourself comfortable. T. W. Speck?Reminds you that he Is showing a fine line of community silver and invites you to drop In ^ and see it at your convenience. Miss Rosa Lindsay?Offers photo graphs and post cards of the Confederate monument and will be ' pleased to have your orders for same. D. E. Boney, Manager?Reminds you a of the desirability of carrying live- . stock, fire and life insurance with the Farmers' Mutual companies. Standard Oil Co.?Sets forth the mer- i Its of mica axle grease. It saves wear and helps the horses. If there ever was need for an effective road law, there Is need for it now. There is nothing to prevent the en- { actment of stringent laws against the enticement of laborers under contract, and there is nothing to prevent the enforcement of such laws. \ The Farmers' Mutual Live Stock Insurance company of York county, seems to be proving up all right. There is certainly no question as to the efficiency and economy of its management, it is equal In every respect to e the management of the life and fire companies. York county could very easily have an annual horse show if somebody would only take hold of the matter. c There are plenty of good horses and mules throughout the county, and ( their owners include enough people who would be Interested to make a ? success of the undertaking. Up to this time more than sixty names have been added to the list of Confederate dead In the cemeteries of York county as publlshd In The Enquirer of May 10. There Is no probability that the list is anything like complete; but still there can be no doubt of the fact that as the result of the work that has already been done, many names have been saved from oblivion. The city of Rock Hill Is plenty large enough to be able to support a recorder without serious burden on the tax payers, and It Is no doubt very well that the mayor shall be relieved of his police court duties. He has enough to do without that. It is sincerely hoped, .however, that there will be no radical departure from the precedent set by the mayor, especially in the matter of punishing offenders sufficiently tq make them remember. During the meeting of the rural carriers yesterday there developed Information of a case in which the postoffice department -interfered to good effect In a bad road proposition. The carrier had reached a point .where he could stand the situation no longer. His Job was one that was not worth while at even twice the money he was receiving. He complained; but the people paid no attention, except when they traveled the same road and then they only went so far as to hope the government would do something for their .relief. The carrier finally complained to the postmaster. The postmaster sent the complaint to the department and there came a notice that unless the road was put In proper condition within the next two weeks, the route would be discontinued. The news had hot gotten well over the route until the people began to take notice and before the end of a week the road was. in pretty good shape. There are some routes probably on which the response would not be quite so prompt; but there are none on which the people would not finally come to terms. If there are such *.,.111as ihov arp not verv badlv In need of mail. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? There was quite a rush of people to take advantage of the Thomson Co.'s offer to sell 500 pounds of fine candy at 10 cents. The offer was made for yesterday and today and the sales of yesterday aggregated 440 pounds. ? Manager Fowler of the Victor Cotton Oil company, is giving the people of Yorkvllle a convenience that they have not enjoyed for quite a while In the shape of dally ice deliveries. On several days so far Mr. Fowler has retailed more than a ton and a half a , day, and he calculates that when the | weather gets right warm the daily de- i mand will run up to several tons, ' probably live ,or six. The Ice handled ( by Mr. Fowler is manufactured by the Victor Cotton oil compay at Gaffney. ' THE CONTRACT LABOR LAW. ' So far as the reporter has been ' able to learn, Judge Brawley's recent , finding as to the constitutionality of ( the contract labor law is giving but < little concern In this locality. But few ' farmers seem to think that the law . really amounts to anything. Discuss- j ing the situation with the reporter a few days ago, a successful farmer of business experience and ability said: "Yes, 1 have made contracts with laborers: but 1 have never considered that they amounted to a great deal beyond the mere matter of bluff. It has been my experience that if a man becomes dissatisfied with his position, whether he be a laborer on a farm or a clerk in a store or employed otherwise. you might as well let him go. There is not much good in a dissatisfied employee. "Hut it is not necessary that you have a contract with your employee further than that both are to understand what he is to do and what you I re to pay. Let him do his part and \ uu do yours. You are not expected * ) pay until the work Is done, .and if | lie work is not up to requirements j ou have your remedy in not paying i jr more than you have received. It 1 < as easy to control an agricultural , iborer as it is any other kind. All t ou have to do is to treat him proper- * /. It he cannot be controlled by j roper treatment he is not worth hav:ig. < "The only thing to Judge Brawley's 1 lecision as I understand it, is that , ou cannot put. a man In Jail for vio- i itlon of a contract. If you let a man 1 save you owing you money, that is ! our own fault. It is either a case of , nisplaced confidence, Jack of Judg- i nent or business ability on your part. ' i CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS. \ Mr. J. H. Coltharp of Fort Mill, 1 /rites that the names of W. M. Sut- 1 on, J. T. Nevins, A. L. Thomas and ( ohn W. Felts are omitted from the | 1st of Confederate dead burled in < lint Hill cemetery. Mr. Thomas W. Boyd sends the fol- ] owing additions: Catawba?J. Z. Al en, J. O. Sparks, Tom Richardson, i lopewell?O. O. Stewart. Neely's ' Treek?J. B. Oates, C. D. Anderson, , Thomas Sweat, Dr. T. J. Orr, ?. ?. i dcCants. Mrs. W. S. Love calls attention to , he omission of the name of Robert L. idams .from the Bethel list. ABOUT PEOPLE. Mr. F. E. Smith is attending the J. C. V. reunion in Richmond. Miss Kate Ratchford is visiting elatives and friends at Rock Hill and jesslie. Mrs. Fanny Morrow of Gastonia, is he guest of Mr. and Mrs. D. T. , Voods. Cadet Frank C. Riddle Is at home rom Bingham Military academy at tshevllle, N. C. Messrs. J. J. Smith, J. B. Robinson ind W. D. Moore of Clover, left last Vednesday for Richmond. Mrs John F. Blodgett of Atlanta, is n Yorkville on a visit to relatives ind friends, the guest of her parents, >r. and Mrs. J. B. Allison. Misses Wilma Logan, Mary Starr, Smma Neil and Leon White returned o their homes yesterday afternoon rom Chicora college, Greenville. Mrs T.lstzlo TnrreneA nf Crowder's ?reek and her niece, Miss Lizzie Yates if Columbia, spent several days this veek with Mrs. M. S. A. Bludsworth. Mrs. W. S. Lesslle of Lesslle, who 1 las been In the hospital at Rock Hill 1 or several weeks, returned to her ' lome Wednesday, very much lmprov- 1 d. Mr. J. M. Tennant of Corn well, S. was among- the people who came to forkvllle yesterday to hear Congress- \ nan Flnley's speech to the R. F. D. ; arrlers. Dr. W. G. White accompanied by lis sons, Masters W. G. and Howard, s In Washington, D. C., attending a , neetlng of the Railway Surgeons' as- | relation. Mr. Jos. F. Wallace and grandson, klaster Wallace Marshall, and Mr. L. I. Williams are In Richmond attendng the U. C. V. reunion. They will irobably visit the Jamestown expoSlion. Mr. John Wilson McConnell of Mc- ! ?onnellsvllle, graduated from the medcal department of the University of Maryland this week, being one of the wo students to graduate in a class of wenty-seven. Mr. McConnell has >een appointed resident physician of he Presbyterian Eye and Ear hospital >f Baltimore, where he will prepare for ipecial work. Rodman special to Chester Reporer: Rev. E. K. Hardin of York cir- i :ult closed a very successful meeting it Pleasant Grove M. E. church last Sunday night. He Is an able preacher md preached some fine sermons. Rev. Mr. Stackhouse of Rock Hill, the preildlng elder In charge of the d trict, vas with us Saturday and Sunday and lid the preaching Saturday. Gaffney Ledger: Col. W. D. Camp l lad the misfortune to be painfully lurt Monday morning. While In the ict of going from the breakfast table nto his room one of his crutches illpped on the floor, which had been nade wet by reason of the overflow >f the Ice chest, and he fell to the loor, his head striking a corner of lome of the furniture, inflicting a mlnful wound. Col. Camp Is elghty>ne years of age. He served In the Confederate army, 1861-5, and was vounded In one leg so severely that le had to have It amputated some rears after. He Is at present county luditor. His many friends will wish 'or him a speedy recovery. A post card received by a Yorkville 'riend from Mr. H. C. Strauss at Newport, Ark., represents Mr. Strauss .vearing the fez of a Mystic Shrlner ind sitting on the back of a donkey. Fie holds In his hand a big stick with vhich to make the donkey go. On he back of the card Mr. Strauss vrites: "People over here are very flue. The water Is receding. There s no hope of more than a third of a ;rop. There was a fearful storm here ast Saturday and while no lives were ost there were lots of scared people, t Is too cold for comfort without a Ire. Fishing is poor. I would like ;o be home for the unveiling on the ith, but can hardly mike it. I expect, jowever, to be bacA Dy the 15th If my lonkey holds out." PATRONIZE YOUR R. F. D. The following article from a recent ssire of the Portsmouth's Advocate s worth careful consideration hroughout this county: The decision of Fourth Assistant Postmaster General DeGraw concern ?ll ffl 1 moil routes where they are not supported ly those living along these routes Is i matter of the utmost importance ;o every R. F. D. route. i Investigation shows that these i routes are not being patronized in ;he south anything like as liberally is north of the Ohio river. In order to ascertain the cause i it the trouble and see Just to what i jxtent R. F. D. routes generally are atronlzed the postofllce department i luring the past few months institut- i ;d a careful inquiry throughout the country. Special inspectors have teen instructed to make investigation, ind these reports recently submitted i lccount for the department orders i llscontinuing a number of rural i routes?more in the south than any- i ivhere else. i Fou'-th Assistant Postmaster Gen- < iral DeGraw has rendered a decis- i on Insisting upon adherence to the i egulations requiring that boxes on 1 -ural mall routes be erected by the i -oadside so that carriers can get easy < iccess to them without dismounting i 'rom their vehicle. Not only are box- i >s to be erected by those who expect o patronize these routes but where It ] s ascertained that residents living i ilong a route are not patronizing the i nail service to an extent that will i rustlfy the continuance of the route i jrders will be issued abolishing the < oute, leaving the people to get their 1 nail the best way they can by send- 1 n?r to the nearest post office. < The policy of the department will < ,e that where the country people |< vant a daily mall service they will >e given it, but it will not be forced ipon communities that do not want t. Where a daily mail service is >atronized it will be continued, but f the people do not manifest an inerest in such a service it will be :hanged to a tri-weekly or even to a veekly service, and if not patronized he delivery service will be dropped iltogether forcing recourse to the learest postofflce, to which patrons vlll have to send for their mall. It is inconceivable how so many country people in the south should manifest such little interest in a 3ally R. F. D. service, which, by universal consent among the farmers of the east and west, is considered to be the most advanced step ever taken Tor the betterment of country life. These routes have Increased to an ixtent throughout the New England, nlddle and western states that scarcely a farm house in any of these states is now without the advantage if a dally mall service. The proposil to discontinue any of these routes would be resented more bitterly than anything that could be suggested. In the south It Is found that while Invariably the most up to date, progressive farmers are deeply Interested in their R. F. D. service a large percentage of the patrons living along the different routes pay but little attention to It, and seem to care very little whether or not the service Is discontinued. It Is such Indifference as this that may result In the discontinuance of a great many southern routes, the liberal and progressive element paying the penalty for the lethargy of the Indifferent and unprogressive citizens living along the route. In some cases It has been found that where a route has been established upon the showing that there were as many as 125 homes to be served, not more than 50 of these homes would patronize the service after It was established?the other 75 not even manifesting enough Interest to put up mail boxes. In all cases of this kind routes will be discontinued. It seems hard to realize that in this day and generation any family should be so far behind the times as not to manifest an Interest in a dally mall service when they can get it for nothing. And yet throughout the south this remarkable lack of Interest among many people may result In the discontinuance of many mall routes. In this event people living along these routes will have nobody to blame but themselves, for the nostofflce department Is not only willing but anxious to see the R. F. D. service grow. It will not, however, continue routes In comrriunltles that do not patronize the service. m R. F. D. CARRIER8 ORGANIZE. The R. F. D. carriers of York county met In the court house yesterday, mmiiiorf to the Dubllshed call and af ter listening to an interesting talk by Hon. D. E. Finley, organized a branch of the National Letter Carrier's association, with E. M. Comer, president; T. G. Matthews, vice president, and B. R. T. Bowen, secretary and treasurer. The following carriers were in attendance: J. R. Stephenson ....Catawba No. 1. R. A. Corn well Catawba No. 2. R. T. Castles Smyrna No. 1. E. B. Patton Roddeys No. 1. W. P. Youngblood Sharon No. 2. W. T. Sims Sharon No. 1. J. A. McAUiley. .Bullock's Creek No. 1. J. M. Smith Clover No. 2. T. G. Matthews Clover No. 1. W. M. Matthews Clover No. 3. W. H. Pursley Clover No. 4. D. M. Ford....Bowling Green No. 1. J. M. Simpson Lesslle No. 1. E. W. Comer Rock Hill No. 4. G. B. Sandlfer Rock Hill No. 4. M. E. Farls Rock Hill No. 3. Fred Sturgis Rock Hill No. 6. E B. Mendenhall.. McConnellsvllle 1. J. E. Scoggins Smyrna No. 2. D. C. Clark Yorkville No. 1. J. O. Allison Yorkville No. 2. S. E. Lowry Yorkville No. 3. C. H. Smith Yorkville No. 4. J. S. Jones Yorkville No. 6. J. W. Miller Yorkville No. 6. B. R. T. Bowen Yorkville No. 7. All of the carriers named with the exception of Messrs. Sandlfer and Mendenhall Joined the association. After the completion of the organization, delegates and alternates were elected as follows to represent the county at the annual meeting of the association to be held in Greenville on July 4: Delegates?D. C. Clark, J. R. Stephenson, John M. Smith. Altar-nates?J. O. Allison, E. B. Patton, T. G. Matthews. Although more in the nature of an informal talk than a set speech, Congressman Flnley's remarks to the carriers were both interesting and instructive. Beginning his talk with a description of the primitive facilities of the old days, Mr. Finley reviewed the various stages of development up to the present time and showed by comparison that the postal system of this government is now not only the most perfect in the world, but by far the most extensive. In this connection also he pointed out how essential it is that each individual who constitutes a part of the big machine do his full duty?how the complete effectiveness of the system depends upon the Intelligence and loyalty of, every employee from the highest down to the lowest. He spoke of the rural delivery system as having been originally Inaugurated hierely as an experiment, stating that when he first went to congress eight years ago, there were only 350 carriers in the entire service and the appropriation for their support was only J 150,000. Since then the number of carriers has grown to an army of 40,000 and the last appropriation was 134,000,000. He was quite sure, however, that the government has never made a better Investment, and thinks that the rural delivery system has added not less than two billions to the country's aggregate of two hundred and ten billions of wealth. Discussing this phase of the subject in detail, he claimed that much of the increased value of property so apparent within the past six or seven years is traceable directly to rural delivery, and that the value of every farm in' this county and in this district bears more or less relation to its proximity to a rural delivery route. Taking up the educational feature of the situation, Mr. Finley described the rural delivery system as constituting the greatest national university the world has ever seen. He referred to the old days of .star routes and isolated postofflces. when because of the difficulty of getting it, so many people did without fresh reading matter. Then he described the change that followed the introduction of rural delivery and uointed to the increased circulation of all kinds of newspapers and periodicals. He thought that there is no estimating the influence the system has had in increasing the general intelligence of the country. Referring to the slow, but steady increase In the pay of the carriers from $500 to $600, then to $750 and the next raise on July 1, to $900, Mr. Finley said It had all come about through no other cause than the recognition on the part of congress that the service (he carriers were rendering should receive proper compensation. He had [June what he could along the line of securing fair pay for the carriers; but he could not fairly claim any more credit than other members of congress who had given the matter is earnest consideration as he had given it. Along the line of pull and influence, Mr. Finley said lie had absolutely nothing to do with the appointment of rural carriers. Appointments were made purely and strictly on a basis of merit as determined by competitive examinations, and the congressman <new nothing of them officially. But ne went on to say, "I want you to unlerstand that no Inspector nor anyone else has any authority over you except In the matters of neglect of duty or violation of the rules, and you may at ail times depend upon me to do my best to see that you get fair treatment." And in this connection, Mr. Finley went on to say that he stood first for the patron of the rural delivery route to see that the patron got intelligent, faithful and courteous service. All these things the patron is entitled to and he must have them. "And I'll tell you also that you must keep on good terms with your patrons. A rural carrier who Is on bad terms with a majority of his patrons or any considerable number of them must either get right or resign, for that Is something ...111 kA fuvlz-MO ?' I Uiai will UUl uc luinaicu. Taking: up the toad question. Mr. Finley struck a home shot with the1 statement that our so-called system has "petered out." The carriers applauded vigorously. Continuing. Mr. Finley said that it is imperative that members of the legislature, supervisors and state officers undertake to do something to Improve the situation. It must be done, he insisted. The department has tolerated bad roads up to now; but It will not continue to do so. "And in this matter I am with you. Where your roods are too bad to be traveled with reasonable comfcrt, and the people along your route will not remedy the situation, complain to the postmaster. If you are afraid of incurring the ill v 'll of anybody. complain to me, and I will see to it that your complaint goes forward on my own responsibility, and that your road will be fixed or your route will be discontinued. I want you to understand that In this matter of improving the roads, you will find me on your side everv time." In conclusion, Mr. Finley spoke of the proposed organization as being along the line of bettering the condition of the rural carriers without working injustice upon anybody else and said that he hoped that the proposed county organization would be effected. After Mr. Finley's speech the organization was effected as stated above, and the association adjourned to hold Its next meeting at Rock Hill on the first Monday In September?Labor Day. LOCAL LACONICS. We Will Send The Enquirer From this date until January 1st, 1908, for 11.16. The Blacksburg Line. The Piedmont Telephone people are now at work rebuilding their line to Blacksburg. Cotton Crop Outlook. There are very few encouraging reports from the cotton crop. Bad stands are general and the plants are not growing as they should. Shooting In Pineville. Fort Mill Times: Perry Blake, colored, who lived on the Boyce place in upper Fort Mill township, was shot and probablv fatally wounded at Pineville Saturday night by Mr. Charles Daniel, the town marshal. Blake was arrested by Mr. Daniel for selling whisky and refused to be locked up, and attacked the officer with a knife which he Jerked from the hand of a white man who was called in to assist in taking the negro to the lock up. It was then that Mr. Daniel drew his pistol and fired. The ball, a No. S8, passed through the right lung and lodged under the shoulder blade. Daniel was at one time assistant police here and is well known In Port Mill. Death of Postmaster Healan. Blacksburg special of May 28, to News and Courier: After a lingering illness of months Mr. J. R. Healan, one of the most porminent men of this town, died last week and was buried Saturday afternoon. For the past seven years he has been postmaster and has served in many other official positions, leaving a record of faithfulness, honesty and loyalty; a citizen respected by all, a devoted husband and father and one who endeared himself to all who knew him. He was burled from the Methodist church, of which he was a devout member and for seven years superintendent of the Sunday school. A beautiful and touching sermon was preached by the Rev. C. C. Derrick, after which the Masonic fraternity took charge, the Blue Lodge of thlB place and Spartanburg Commandarv of Knights Templar, who conducted the body to the new cemetery. where the interment was made. A large Masonic representation was present. The floral offerings were numerous and beautiful. The deceased leaves a widow, two daughters. Mrs. W. A. King . of Greenville, and Miss Edna Healan and William Healan; two brothers and two sisters. Locusts Are Coming. A Lexington, N. C., special to the Charlotte Observer, heralds the appearance of the locusts, of which previous warning was recently issued by the agricultural department at Washington. The special is dated Thursday and is as follows: The 13-year locust is abroad in Davidson county. Your correspondent this week made a trip to Denton, and while passing throueh what is known as the flat swamp region In eastern Davidson county, he found the forest to be literally full, of these flies. They make a noise like steam escaping' from an engine at high tension, and unless a person knows the cause of the peculiar sound, It is weird. Millions and millions of these locusts Infest the tree-tops with buzzing wings, making a long, unceasing, and not unmusical note. The Inhabitants of the flat swamp regions and at Denton say that the locusts have been out several days, and will continue for about a month. The people there believe that the multitude of these flies portends bad crops and disaster. They say that on their wings Is to be* seen the letter "P" and that the song they sing Is "Pharaoh, Pharaoh, Pharaoh," with due appology, no doubt, to the plague visited Egypt of old. Gold In the Catawba. Gastonla special to Charlotte Observer: That there are treasures in the deep no one doubts, but the fact that the Catawba river is being dredged by a corporation of the state of New Jersey for gold makes . us feel that the treasures are nearer home. The firm of Brown & Nobles, which is Incorporated under the laws of the state of New Jersey, have their river and harbor boat "Klondike" on the Catawba river, plying between Sloan's ferry and Bock Island, a distance of three miles, dredging for gold. The "Klondike" Is fitted with a steam dredge which gouges out great quantities of sand from the bottom of the river and deposits it in a sluice boat where the ore Is separated from the sand and then shipped for refinement. Several years ago the river was dredged by another company whose boat, the "Old Klondike." was washed away by the freshet of five years ago. Since that time until about two weeks ago gold operations on the river were at a standstill. The new "Klondike" Is 30x80 feet and has a 100-horse-power boiler for Its motive power. The sluice boat is eight feet long and Is what is known as a self-dumper. The ore, it Is said. Is worth $20 per ton and the present experiment promises a good paying investment. Wood Is now being used as fuel In the boats but as soon as the new macadam road is finished, coal will be substituted. Commencement at Linwood. Gastonia special of May 28, to the Charlotte Observer: The graduating exercises were held this morning at 10 o'clock, at which time the diplomas were delivered and the annual address made by Mr. J. H. Separk of Gastonla. The four essays were read by members of the class as follows: "Sesame of the King's Treasures," Miss Lottie Jefcoat: "I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes Unto the Hills," Miss Eva Gardner: "Noblisse Oblige," Miss Jes sle Latham; "i^iaine ana uuinerere, Miss Clara Hall. Diplomas were delivered to Misses Laura Bowen, Eva and Lela Gardner, Florence Grler, Clara Holt, Bettle Henry, Lottie Jefcoat, Elma Kerr. Jessie Latham and Maggie Link. At the graduating exercises this morning medals were awarded as follows: First honor, Miss Bertha Love; oratory. Miss Ila Mae Bryant: Instrumental music. Miss Katie Morris; vocal music, Miss Eunice Plaxlco; art medal, Miss Rachel McGlll. This has been a pleasant year at Llnwood and teachers and students alike can review their year's work with a full sense of having done their duty. Many advancements have been made over last year's work and a steady growth has manifested Itself as re-1 m sards the Institution. The school year has been a successful one and all are looking forward with pleasant anticipations to the coming year and can be assured that this year's work will only enable them to do a greater work in the future. MERE-MENTION. The grand Jury of Nelson county, Va., has returned an Indictment against Judge W. G. Loving for the murder of Theodore Estes Business has been paralyzed at Santiago, Cuba by striking longshoremen. About 1,000 United States marines are on guard Chinese rebels are giving trouble at Lien Chan and Pakhol, China. Rioters are destroying schools and churches. Foreign war vessels have been dispatched to the scene of A trouble Mr. and Mrs. Anderson of Wlllington, Ala., were reunited last week after an absence of more than fifty years. Anderson was sent to a northern prison during the war and atiri >vaiuo dciuciiucu w/ lvi vj /cato imprisonment for killing a guard v William McKie, a Kalamazoo, Mich., druggist, went to the home of his mother at Bright, Ontario, last week, and after chloroforming her committed suicide Eugene Mergenthaler, son of the late Ottman Mergenthaler, Inventor of the linotype, of Baltimore, Md., is under* a bond of $25,000 In Germany, on a charge of injuring a student in an automobile accident.... Miss Philander Swinnen shot her mother to death, tried to kill her fath- * er, and burned herself to death In Chicago, Tuesday The International Cotton Spinners' association Is in session at Vienna Austria President Harvle Jordan of the Southern Cotton Growers' association Is attending the convention According to Chicago estimates, 100,000 railroad men throughout the United States will lose their jobs before the end of next week '.Harvey Yohe of Ritchie county,- W. Va, was murdered last Sunday by his wife and son. The mother and son are In jail at Harrlsville and say they killed Yohe because they could not stand his cruel treatment any longer The Burlington railroad has Increased the pay of all Its employees ten per cent Quarantine has been established against Havana, Cuba, by the United States Marine hospital service at Mobile, Ala William W. Skinner, aged seventy, who served In Stonewall Jackson's brigade, committed suicide In Washington, Wednesday Dr. D. D. Daddlrlan, a prominent Armenian a physician of New York, on Wednesday, received an Infernal machine from the Black Hand .society, with a note reading as follows: "We hope this will kill you. If It does not we will get you yet" The United States scout cruiser Birmingham, was launched at the Fore River shipyards, T Quincy, Mass.,. Wednesday. This Is the first vessel of its kind built for the American navy Charlotte, N. C'., will try to secure the next annual encampment of the United Confederate veterans The funeral of Dr. Wnt"nn ^Ton MoplnronV who died at Mount Pleasant, la., on May 6, took place at Liverpool, Monday The long continued drought in the southern wheat districts of Russia,, came to an end Monday, when copious rains fell. , + ....The national convention of United Spanish-American war veterans will be hold at Sandusky, Ohio, on September 9, 10 and 11 Owing to the shortage of the American crop, apples are now being imported at New York from Australia Buck High, a % negro, was hanged at McDonough, Ga,, Wednesday, having been convicted of criminal assault Rev. Wm. F. Ferguson, editor of the Defender, of New York, has Just returned from a tour of Inspection to Panama, and has raised a fuss by charging that the canal zone is a moral sink hole of the worst type. He charges that the government of Colon is a mass of graft and fraud. President Roosevelt will be presented with a solid gold plate, made of Georgia gold, on \ the occasion erf Georgia day at the Jamestown exposition, June 10th Joseph Stark, eighty years old, committed suicide at East Port, N. Y., Tuesday. He left a note reading as follows: "The Lord wouldn't kill me, so I kill myself." A Michigan lum- A ber company with $1,200,000 capital, has purchased 50,000 acres of timber land in Mississippi, which Is estimated to contain 400,000,00V feet of logs. New York will spend $7,750,000 in widening and deepening the Erie canal The senate of New York has passed a bill limiting the hours of railway employees to not more than sixteen John Inglls, a Chicago crop expert, figures that the production of wheat in the United States will this year be 160,000,000 less than last year's yield The New York % Commercial estimates the cotton acreage for the year 1907 to be four per cent less than that of 1906 Corporation Counsel Ellison of New York city, has begun an action in the supreme court of that state to annul the franchises of all gas companies doing j business in that city Howard Gould has authorized a statement declaring that his wife has offered to settle her suit for divorce out of court for $4,000,000, but that he would fight the case to the end Thievee carded off 56 pictures from a London art gallery Monday night, although the pictures were supposed to be guarded by detectives Articles of incorporation of the United States I Ji?O minltnl nf 1K00 000.- ? 9.V UUlUaiC, n^vu a. w. T...v. 000 were filed at Phoenix. Ariz., Tuez- " day. The syndicate proposes to link North and South America by a railway Owing to the high prices of leaf tobacco many of Pennsylvania's small cigar factories will be forced to quit business Orovannla Dlleoof a Naples, Italy, claims to have Invented a compressed air motor that solyes the problem of perpetual motion The Southern Railway company has placed a contract for 30,000 tons of steel rails with the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company Carlos F, Morales, former president of Santo Domingo, was deported to New York on May 24th The Sunset Express of the Southern Pacific railway was ditched at Salinas, Cal., - Wednesday, tfl killing the engineer and one passenger. This was the third passenger train wreck on the road In three weeks... .Flour has advanced in Chicago from $4.50 to 36 a barrel In thirty days. AT THE CHURCHES. BAPTIST. rhv. i. o. murrat, pastor. Sunday Services?Sunday school 10 a. m. Morning service at 11 o'clock. Evening service at 8 o'clock. Subject of morning sermon: "Young Men Going Astray," and evening, "Young Men Returning." CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD. rev. j. o. babin hector. ^ Sunday Services?Sunday school at 10 a. m. Morning service at 11 o'clock. Afternoon service at 5 o'clock. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN. rev. e. e. gillespie, pastor Sunday Services?Sunday school at ^ 10 a. m. Morning services at 11 o'clock. No evening service. TRINITY METHODIST KHSLUfAU rev. h. j. cauthbn. pastor. Sunday Services?Morning: service at 11 o'clock. Sunday school at 4 p. m. Evening service at 8 o'clock. ASSOCIATE REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN. rbv. w. c. swart, pastor. Sunday Service*.?Sabbath school at 10 a. m. Morning service at 11 o'clock. Evening service at 8.15. , ? Special Notices. Preaching at Hebron. Rev. W. C. Ewart will preach at Hebron on next Sabbath afternoon at 3.30 o'clock. J. E. Gettys. Enon and Hickory Grove. I will be unable to fill my regular . appointments at Enon and Hickory Grove Baptist churches on next Sunday, June 2. W. E. Hurt. Pastor. The U. D. C.'t There will be a called meeting of the Winnie Davis Chapter. U. D. C., at * the residence of Miss B'ssle Barron on Monday at 5 p. m. Miss Beesle Barron, Pres.