Scraps and ?arts.
? The trial of Wm. D. Hay wood at
Boise. Idaho, for the murder of exGovernor
Steunenberg, drags slowly
on. Harry Orchard was on the stand
the greater part of last week and underwent
some fearful grilling*, by the
nU/omAV'O tho fi n<1 tt'hllP
Orchard broke down under the fierce
fire of the attorneys for Haywood, the
defense was unable to gain any distinct
advantages from the cross-examination
of Orchard. The prosecution is
. slowly building up testimony that the
defense is finding it hard to combat.
? The second international peace
conference, the call for which was issued
by President Roosevelt in October.
1904, convened at The Hague last
Saturday, with representatives from
forty-six nations present to consider
the possibility of minimizing the dangers
of war incident to the rapid
growth of naval and military armaments.
The Initial session was given
over entirely to the exchange of greetings
and the work of preliminary organization.
M. Nelldoff, Russian ambassador
to France called the conference
to order and made an address in
which he extended the czar's greetings
to the delegates. President Roosevelt's
name was warmly applauded. The
conference will be in session about six
weeks.
? Arthur E. Appleyard, a Philadelphia
broker, tried to imitate "Bob
Brownley." the hero of Lawson's "Fri
day, the 13th," on the floor of the Philadelphia
Stock Exchange last Friday,
and came to grief. Appleyard couldn't
make the scheme work out. He started
in to hammer down the price of
United Gas Improvement stock, but the
stock was so well supported that he
was unable to beat the price down
very perceptibly. He kept on selling,
however, in the hope that he would be
able to accomplish his purpose and he
far outsold his ability to deliver the
stock. The president of the exchange
called on Appleyard to put up margins
to guarantee the delivery of the stock
he was selling. This Appleyard was
unable to do, promising delivery the
following day. He failed to show up
at the opening on Thursday and his
seat on the exchange, valued at $12,000
was declared forfeited and will be
sold, the proceeds being divided among
the stock brokers buying the stock
which Appleyard failed to deliver.
? The funeral of Senator John T.
Morgan was held at Selma, Ala, at
noon last Saturday, in the presence of
an immense concourse of relatives,
friends and admirers. Tne iunerai
train arrived from Washington at 9
o'clock, and the casket containing the
remains of the distinguished senator
was placed in the Church Street Methodist
church, of which Mr. Morgan had
been a member for many years, where
the remains were viewed by hundreds
of people from Alabama and throughout
the south. Many floral tributes
sent by people from all over the world
covered the casket, among the floral
offerings being one from President and
Mrs. Roosevelt, and scores of others
from United Confederate Veterans'
camps, Daughters of the Confederacy
chapters, commercial organizations and
private citizens. Among the distinguished
people attending the funeral
were Senator Pettus, Vice President
Fairbanks and members of the national
senate and house of representatives.
The body was laid to rest in Live Oak
cemetery, the funeral services being
conducted by Rev. Dr. Dickinson, the
senator's pastor.
? Will Johnson, a negro, was hanged
in the Fulton county jail at Atlanta,
Ga., last Friday, having been sentenced
to death upon conviction of criminally
assaulting a white woman in an Atlanta
suburb. He made a confession
while on the scaffold, and laid bare a
number of crimes that have mystified
the Atlanta police for a year or more.
Johnson admitted on the scaffold that
he shot Amos Moody, a white farmer,
who was murdered on his way home,
August 16, last year; that he attempt
ed an assault on miss i^awrence, near
Atlanta, August %20. by which she was
left unconscious, with one eye gourged
out, for which crime another negro
was sentenced to forty years' imprisonment;
that he emptied a shotgun
through an open window of the residence
of J. W. Bryant, a farmer living
several miles north of the city, on the
night of November 12 last,' seriously
wounding Mr. Bryant and his sister;
he confessed to attempted assault on
two white women in the suburbs of
Atlanta last fall, and he concluded his
admissions by telling of the murder of
a man whom he called Jackson, in
Texas, several years ago.
? Mayor Schmitz of San Francisco,
was on last Friday afternoon convicted
on a charge of accepting graft. Only a
short time was consumed by the jury
in arriving at a verdict, the evidence
of Abrahum Ruef. the political boss,
evidently admitting of little debate
among the jurors as to the innocence
or guilt of the accused mayor, who,
according to Ruef's testimony, had
shared in the graft which he had
wrung from the proprietors of five
restaurants to save their licenses. Ruef
testified that he had given Schmitz
half of the money he had secured, and
that the mayor had accepted the money
with a full knowledge of where it
came from and for what purpose.
v? nen nit? jury iriumcu me irium 01
guilty, the mayor received the announcement
without any show of emotion.
His attorneys at once made a
motion for a new trial and a stay of
proceedings until they could prepare
the grounds on which a new trial is
asked. Sentence will not be passed
until the motion is heard by the court.
The conviction of Schmitz is the first
In the campaign against graft in San
Francisco, which has been in progress
for months, many high municipal officers
and corporation men being under
indictment. The court having refused
to grant him bail. Schmidt now
occupies a cell in the San Francisco
jail.
? The second Russian douma was
brought to a sudden end early Sunday
morning by an imperial ukase bearing
the signature of Emperor Nicholas
ordering the dissolution of that body
and calling an election for members to
a new douma. which is to convene
November 14th under a new election
law, which provides against the "submergence
of the educated classes by
the uneducated masses." The action
of the czar is in direct conflict of the
fundamental laws of the realm solemnly
proclaimed by the czar on the
eve of the convocation of the first
douma. The dissolution of the douma
arose directly out of the refusal of
that body to comply with the demand
of Premier Stolypin that it permit the
arrest of a number of its members on
charges of conspiracy against the
crown. It has been repeatedly predicted
since the douma convened on
March 5th that its dissolution was only
a matter of time, and although these
predictions were repeatedly officially
denied the denials were not taken seriously.
The Inst <louma passed much
more legislation than did the first,
there was conparativelj little of it
that was of any importance, from the
beginning the sessions were characterized
by bitterness, recrimination and
discontent, and there were countless
instances of hostility between the law
making body and the administrative
officials. Military authorities are expecting
an outbreak of unprecedented
lawlessness and are prepared for it.
<Thr \|ork?iUr (Bnquirrv.
YORKVIIXE, S. C.s
TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1907.
Oh a R1.KSTO n people are still claiming
that there is a whale swimming about
outside the jetties. Mr. J. C. Hemphill,
editor of the News and Courier, claims
| to- have have seen the big fish spouting
last Friday, and says that there
were two other gentlemen with him at
the time. Everybody saw a big school
of porpoise going along by the Isle of
Palms, but very few saw the whale.
Since Mr. Hemphill, however, has actually
seen the whale, there need be
no further doubt as to its presence.
Feel.1 no convinced that certain unpleasant
statements it has made
against The York*ville Enquirer from
time to time have been based upon incorrect
information, the Rock Hill Rec- 1
ord has seen proper to say so. Al- 1
though we cannot say that we appreciated
the unpleasant statements re- '
ferred to, still we had an idea that
the Record was laboring under misapprehension,
and while not at all surprised
to see that it has been moved
to make the "amende honorable," we
are no less gratified at the fact.
Friday, June 28, will be South Carolina
day at the Jamestown exposition.
cv... *v? rtn?rtli??rt Arkmrnlocinri r*i\r\ _
I ut* cujuiii v^ai umia vviiiiiiiooivut w..
sisting of W. E. Gonzales, chairman,
E. Marion Rucker, T. R. Waring, J. B.
Black, Frank Evans, J. G. Richards,
Jr., and J. E. Norment, are arranging
that the day will be suitably celebrated.
They have caused invitations
to be sent out to large numbers of
prominent people in different parts of
the state and to the newspapers, and
will have appropriate exercises in the
auditorium during the day and a reception
to Governor Ansel at night.
In acceptance of a most cordial invitation
from Editor E. H. DeCamp,
backed by the Gaffney Chamber of
Commerce, the next session of the i
I South Carolina State Press association
will be held at Gaffney. The Charles- i
ton people were kind enough to ex- <
tend another invitation; but Mr. DeCamp
started after the meeting in
time, and put it up to the editors in
a way that they could not resist. The
propability is, that the meeting
next year will be very interesting.
Editor Christensen has started after
the 1909 meeting. He wants 11 ai
Beaufort.
What about J. S. Brice for the
United States senate? If a good,
clean man is what the people want,
they might go a great deal further
and fare worse.?Yorkville Enquirer.
Brice, Brice, where have we seen
that name before??Sumter Herald.
We suggest a search in the files of
the Herald and of other papers that
stood for the perpetuation of the state
dispensary system as against the principle
of local self-government. They
will find that the gentleman referred
to, is the man who did so much to put
an end to the rottenness that then existed.
But it is hardly surprising that
the Herald has forgotten the name.
The work that Mr. Brice did-was not
for his political benefit; but only for
South Carolina. He stood only for
principle. He is not now a candidate
for any office and there is no reasonable
probability that he will be. But
as previously remarked if it is a good,
clean man that is wanted for this
place, the people might go'a good deal
further and fare worse.
Whiuc down in Charleston the other
Jay, the editor of The Enquirer was
the guest of the editor of the News and
Courier at the baseball game between
Charleston and Savannah. Before the
game progressed beyond the 2d inning
the editor of The Enquirer received
from the editor of the News and Courier
a note reading like this:
"Watch the game, prepared to write
a story about it as seen by one who
is not a 'fan.' "
Being called away to catch the next
boat to the island, and this before the
conclusion of the game, the editor of
The Enquirer was unable to carry out
the assignment. The next morning,
however. The News and Courier had
the following editorial note, which
comes very near to meeting the ideas
of The Enquirer on the subject:
"Have you ever noticed how like the
grass gang the Charleston baseball
players look in their white clothes?
The difference between the two games
is that the grass gang is really a useful
brotherhood, who do more in the
course of the day for the benefit of
the community at $1 per than the
baseball players accomplish in a whole
season; for we must contend that the
men who keep one blade of grass from
growing where it ought not to grow
are worth more than the men who induce
a thousand minks of high and
low degree to kill time on the bleachers
and in the box seats, not to speak
of the wasted energy represented in
the grand stand. Even the ladies who
flock to the park might be crocheting
to better purpose than bv sitting down
looking at the field hands on tile diamond."
Hut after all, perhaps, none of us are
entirely free from a disposition to
take recreation of some kind or another.
Whether recreation is really
necessary or not it cannot he resisted
at all times. And no doubt some of
the baseball "fans" are useful at other
times, no matter how useless they
look while watching' the progress of
"balls." strikes," "runs," etc. Again,
there are worse things than baseball,
and maybe baseball keeps many of
these people out of other mischief.
Then, also, it is a fact, inexplainable;
but a fact nevertheless?that the usefull
"grass gang," includes among its
members some who give up a portion
of their $1 per to the support of the
supposedly useless white clothes brethren
of the diamond. That the News
and Courier has our sympathy in its
vexation of spirit over this matter, we
shall not deny: but then we were not
able, either to see any relief for the i
useless work of the waves as they con- J
tinue to ?eak over the sands of the
beaches.
Clemson College.
The Greenville News In a recent edi- p
torial speaking of the splendid future
for Clemson college, along: with many
other good things, said that the college
was one of the best in the state. p
The Yorkville Enquirer takes him to
tiisk and cites as one of the best evidences
that the college is not all that
is claimed for it by the Greenville
News, the fact that it has practically
no students from outside the state.
We are surprised at our Yorkville
brother Does he not know that some
thing like two hundred South Carolina
boys are turned away from Clemson p
annually, for the simple reason that
they can not be accommodated. It Is
not the policy of the college to admit
students from other states, and It .j
would not be very consistent to do so,
when hundreds of South Carolina boys
are knocking at her doors In vain.? p
Abbeville Press and Banner.
We are quite well aware that a good
many South Carolina boys have been
turned away for lack of accommoda- ^
tions. We are quite well aware also,
that the advantages of Clemson are in
very large demand because of the comparatively
small cost. There is no
doubt of the fact that because of this,
hundreds of boys who would not otherwise
be able to get to college are ^
enabled to go through this institution
to their incalculable advantage. But
if Clemson were up to the standard of
other colleges that could be mentioned, ^
WofTord, Erskine, Furman, those who
are annually turned away for lacK or
accommodations at such small cost ^
would include many students from
other states.
The Immigration Question.
One of the most Interesting features
of the annual meeting of the South
Carolina State Press association on the
Isle of Palms last week, was a short
address from Mr. Philip H. Gadsden,
president of the Consolidated company.
and one of the brightest, broadest, 11
and most progressive young men of the
state. *Mr.
Gadsden's address was delivered v
at the express request of the association's
committee on programme and '
the subject of it was "the immigration
movement, what has been accomplished,
and what remains to be done
in order that the state might derive the J
greatest benefit from further efforts in n
this direction." tl
It will be remembered that some tl
months ago, Mr. Gadsden made a trip
abroad, especially to Bremen and oth- e
er cities, carrying the largest streams tl
of European emigration to the United is
States. He only remained a short b
while, but during his stay, by means u
of carefully directed investigation of si
the entire situation, through interviews v;
with people who understand the sub- a
ject In all its details, procured a lot of tl
information that should prove of great
value. b
At the beginning of his remarks, Mr. ci
Gadsden took occasion to say that an tl
article he grave out to the press short- p
ly after his,return was taken by some ci
of the newspapers to be intended to
discourage further efforts in the direc- o:
tion of immigration and this impres- r;
slon he desired to correct. As a mat- tl
ter of fact he was very much encour- P
aged at the prospects: but had become d
convinced that while all the effort and
money so far expended was to good
purposes, there had been a wrong
start?that the start had been at the |f
wrong end, the bottom instead of the
top.;. " - y
"There is no use wasting time trying
to bring the laboring classes here," p
he said, in effect. "Of course, we want 0
laborers; but this class of people from
abroad cannot be satisfactorily man- c
aged by us. They become dissatisfied p
and we do not know how to manage
them to the best advantage. What we n
want to do is to direct our efforts to f,
bringing over a class of agricultural tl
families that will buy land and set out
to make an independent living and p
good citizens. This is the class of c
people with whom the great west hao t<
been built up, and if we desire to make
this a white man's country, it is the h
class of people upon whom we must s
depend. a
"There are thousands of acres of
cheap lands in South Carolina, lands fl
that can be bought for $8, $10 and $12 p
an acre. We must put the proposition p
on a plain business basis, organize
land and immigration companies, buy ^
suitable lands and improve them to a p
point that Will maKe mem aesirauie, ?
and then advertise for immigrants to
whom we will sell the lands at a fair c
profit. There will be profit for the peo- n
pie who take the risk, do the work and ()
at the same time, the state will derive n
benefits that can be derived in no other
way. A
"The competition of the northwest A
has practically been eliminated by the J
very success there of this plan of pro- "
cedure. Lands that formerly sold at
a few dollars an acre have been 1m- ^
proved and made more valuable by k
these immigrants until now they are jj
worth from $50 to $75 and $125, and ^
consequently out of the reach of the tl
class of immigrants that we want.
We can give these immigrants Just a
what they are hunting for, and by ?
proper efforts, our lands will soon be- p
come as valuable as those of the C
northwest. I'
"There is no cause for concern on the ?
part of those whose interest seems to
especially demand a greater supply of
labor. A certain percentage of the
members of these agricultural families c
will drift t<? the towns and work in the P
mills and elsewhere." t(
"In this connection there is another c
important matter to which I want to a
call your attention. You are all aware c
that the labor laws of this state have 0
been especially directed to control of
negro labor. This must be changed e
and the laws so revised as to make n
them applicable to white men. White v
men will not live under such laws.
Bring these men here and so soon as
they find that there is more liberty K
and freedom in other slates, they will ^
leave you." "
Mr. (>adsdcn tliinks that the imml- ^
grot ion movement can In* built up to ^
satisfactory proportions by means of
judicious advertising. and it is satis- ^
lied that here is tlie only and complete ^
solution of the question as to whether ^
this is to be a white man's country ^
or a negro country. ^
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? The city authorities of Charleston s<
for several months past have been 81
makinpr a determined fight <>n moneylending
establishments in that city,
which do business with ignorant white
people and negroes at usurious inter- 11
pst rates. The city council passed an (
ordinance making the license of such "
T
places $1.00i? per annum. The moneylenders
refused to pay the license and
undertook to fight the matter in the w
courts. The city sheriff last Friday
closed up nine of the establishments, s<
which will be held for the payment of ^
the $1,000 license fees and $200 penal- ^
ties on each. Some of the places ex- ^
torted as much as f>0 per cent interest E
per month on small loans. S
uOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
oan and Savings Bank?Publishes its
statement of condition at the close
of business on June 14, 1907.
rancls P. Venable, Pres.?Tells you
about the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill, what it is and
what it has.
Inquirer Office?Will give information
about a 5-year-okl Kentucky mare
that is for sale. First-class in every
respect.
. C. Byrd. President?Sets forth the
claims of Chieora college for young
women for your patronage. The
college is owned and controlled by
the Presbyterian presbyteries of the
synod of South Carolina.
1 DnnL- SXnll**
*><111 turn OUVIII69 1X111 n. V-sCWio JKJ ui
attention to its strong condition as
shown by statement to state bahk
examiner in these columns.
'homson Co.?Long black and white
gloves in silk and cotton, ranging in
price from 75c to $1-50 a pair,
irst National Bank?Advises you
not to wait if you are thinking of
depositing money or changing your
banking place and solicits your business.
[. W. White?Gives you some advice
against closing your eyes to the good
things about you. He wants to do
your brokerage business.
. L. Williams & Co.?Offer a 20 per
cent reduction on low shoes, men's
and boys' clothing, men's and boys'
pants and felt hats for ten days.
V. M. Kennedy, Agent?Is ready to
supply your wants in cutting blades,
cow chains, tinware, enamel ware,
shoe dressing, groceries, etc. Lamm
& Co.'s tailor-made clothes.
National Union Bank, Rock Hill?Offers
you the services of its savings
department and pays 4 per cent interest
compounded quarterly,
orkville Hardware Co.?Asks you
"How about a Majestic range," and
says it is the best and most economical
and the most perfect baker
made.
'ork Drug Store?Reminds you that
it Is to your interest to look well to
the sanitary conditions about your
premises and advises the use of
chloro-naptholeum.
CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS.
The following corrections and addlions
have been received in connection
ith the list published May 10, of the
'onfederate soldiers buried in the
arious cemeteries of York county.
Omitted from Hopewell: James A.
mlth, S. Pressley, P. Darwin.
WOODMEN RALLY.
The plan for making the Fourth of
uly the occasion of a big Woodmen
illy in Yorkvllle Is taking shape, and
lose in charge have begun to work at
le details.
As yet nothing seems to be definite,
xcept that there will be a rally of
tie Woodmen to which other organ:ations
and the people generally will
e invited, and the entertainment featrce
of iho ilav will consist of n mon
ter procession with floats representing
arious businesses, different fraternal
nd civic organizations, and such of
te schools as desire to participate.
The visitors will be Invited to bring
askets and make a great picnic ocasion
of it, the local committees and
le citizens generally seeing to it that
rovision is made for all necessary
;>mfort and conveniences.
The committee proposes to call upn
the people of Yorkvllle for necessay
financial assistance and it will be
lie special business of all the home
eople to see that the visitors have a
ay of thorough enjoyment.
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Miss Cora Kuykendal of Rock Hill,
> the guest of Mr. W. B. Moore.
Mr. James B. Kennedy arrived ?in
orkvllle Saturday from Baltimore.
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Glenn went to
ilacksburg this afternoon on account
f the death of Dr. Tom Whltesldes.
Mrs. J. N. O'Farrell and Miss Mary
'Farrell of Yorkville, have been vising
friends and relatives in Gastonia.
Mr. Mason Latham of the Hoodtown
eighborhood, who is attending Wof
>rd college, has returned home for
tie summer vacation.
Mrs. J. T. Allison of King's Mouniin,
came to Yorkville Friday on aco*
of the critical Illness of hersiser,
Mrs. John F. Gordon.
Mrs. Marion B. Jennings returned to
er home in Yorkville last week after
pending several weeks with friends
nd relatives in Columbia.
Mr. G. T. Radcllffe has been conned
to his bed during several days
ast with a serious attack of indigesion,
but is now on the mend.
Mrs. J. F. Carson and children of
.ndalusia, Ala., are visiting the famies
of Messrs. J. W. Clinton and J. Ed
"arson in the Delphos neighborhood.
The commencement exercises of the
ollege of Charleston are to be held toIght.
\V. B. Moore, Jr., class of 1908,
f Yorkville, is a member of the comlencement
committee.
Mr. W. E. Dendy, accompanied by
liases Ethel and Elise Latimer and
,nna McCaw, left yesterday for the
amestown exposition. Mr. Dendy
ill extend his trip to New York and
ther northern cities.
Charlotte Observer: Rev. Walter A.
Kennedy of Sharon, S. C., who is well
nown to many Charlotte people, will
ike up work soon at Taylorsvllle, and
fie Southside Mission. Statesville.
Ir. Kennedy recently graduated from
fie Due West Theological seminary.
The Laurens Advertiser prints an
nnouncement of the forthcoming mariage
of Dr. James William Powell,
irmerly of the King's Mountain Miliary
academy, to Miss Tallulah
"aine of Laurens, the marriage to take
lace in the First Presbyterian church
f Laurens tomorrow afternoon.
THESE GET CERTIFICATES.
The county board of education has
ompleted the work of grading the
apers submitted by the applicants to
each in the public schools of the
ounty at the recent examination,
nd has sent out certificates in the
ase of all white teachers except five
r six. These are delayed because of
he failure of the superintendent of
ducation to send enough blanks. The
ames of the white candidates who
ere awarded certificates are as foljws:
Alberta Harnett. Lena Howell, Magic
Faulkner, Martha Faulkner, Rose
andifer, Leila Oates, Mattie Llneerger,
T. C. Castles, Kula Whisonant.
famle Peacock, Arabella Creighton.
tab May Miller, Johnsie Miller, Ina J.
,she, Annie K. Scott, Minnie White,
lamie Devinney, Julia B. Kendrick.
nima Plexico. Mary McGill, Carrie
.ove, Ava Allen, Fannie Allen, Annie
mith, Janie McFadden, Ora Love,
lara Mitchell. Eva Castles, Myrtle
herrer, Hugh K. Pursley, Arlie Grayon,
Annie W. Whitesides, W. H. Johnton,
Mrs. S. A. Mitchell, Mary Wilamson,
Ethel Carroll, It. J. Smith,
Imrna D. Goldsmith, Margaret J. Bai y,
Faril Quinn, Estelle Caldwell, Saah
A. Featherston, Louise Cromer,
arrie Kilgore, Maggie c. Kemps, .\eie
Simpson, Agnes L. McCleave, Sallie
. Rod (ley.
The names of the negro applicants
ho get certificates are as follows:
William Wallace, Mary Hunt Gihm,
Allie A. Vincent, Mattie Thomas,
iary S. Anderson, Ethel Clinton,
ouise Cassell. Marion Sanders, Rosa
icwis, Janie ' Parks, Cora M. Roach,
?aisy J. Knox, J. L. Daniel, Emma
impson, Alex E. Pendergrass, Esther
C. Simpson, George L. McCree, W. B.
Basklns, Lela Lowry, Theodosla Henderson,
Mary M. Haynes, Elva Lowry,
M. M. Nunnery, P. W Bowen, Atmore
Hill, Cammle A. Robertson. Llllie V.
MoClure, Sadie E. Roddey, Emma E.
McNeil, Susan A. Hall, C. H. Boulware,
Francis C. Lowry, Mary McCaw, Phoebe
Edwards, Ida Heath, Maggie E.
Wilson, Maggie G. Murray, Mary D.
Nelson, Emma C. Cornwell, Arthur
Jeter, D. J. Epps, Emma Boseman,
Lessle White, Franklin A. Hoke, Janle
Clark, Mary E. Moore.
? ?
WITHIN THE TOWN.
? The election on the question of exempting
new manufacturing enterprises
from taxation Is to be held tomorrow
week, June 26. There has
been very little talk about the matter
and as yet there are no Indications
that there will be a great deal
of interest. So long, however, as the
town continues to hold Its tax assessment
down to about the same figures,
no matter how extensive the property
additions may be, it does not seem
that there is very much use for the
people to put themselves in a position
where they would be unable to regulate
matters even if they should become
a mind to.
? The people of Yorkville were very
much shocked yesterday afternoon to
learn of the sudden death of Mrs.
Mary C. Gordon, wife of Mr. John F.
Gordon. Mrs. Gordon was stricken
with fever on June 10. She had been
feeling badly for some days previous;
but took her bed on that day, and
showed very little signs of improvement
until Sunday, when she appeared
tn hp verv much better. A change for
the worse, however, came on suddenly
yesterday and the end came within
a few hours. Mrs. Gordon was a
daughter of Mr. Frank H. Youngblood,
and was married to her husband on
January 12, 1888. At the time of her
death, she was aged thirty-seven years
and seven months. She is survived
by a sorrowing father, a heart-broken
husband and the following brothers
and sisters: W. T. Youngblood, John
F. Youngblood, R. L. Youngblood,
Ches J. Youngblood, Mrs. J. F. Allison
of King's Mountain, Miss Nannie
Youngblood of Atlanta, and three halfsisters,
Misses Maude, Ella and Agnes.
The deceased had hosts of friends, who
admired her most for her loveable
character, the most striking features
of which were her strong convictions
of Christian duty, and her practical
applications of those convictions. Her
home was one of the most delightful
hospitality, and her many friends never
failed to find a welcome. Her charity?practical
charity?also seemed
unbounded. The funeral services are
to take place In the Presbyterian
church this afternoon at 4 o'clock, and
will be conducted by Rev. E. E. Gillespie,
assisted by Rev. W. C. Ewart.
The interment will take place in the
Yorkville cemetery.
STATE PRESS ASSOCIATION.
The annual convention of the South
Carolina State Press association, at
the Hotel Seashore on the Isle of
Palms, Charleston last week, was an
occasion ot unusual interest anu pieuoure
to all the members who were so
fortunate as to be there, and the attendance
was fully up to the best of
previous years.
The meeting: was called to order by
President E. H. Aull of the Newberry
Herald and News on Thursday morning.
and after prayer by Rev. W. P.
Jacobs, the chaplain, listened to welcome
addresses by Mayor R. G. Rhett
and Editor W. W. Ball of the News
and Courier, and responses through
President Aull and Mr. L>ouis Appelt
of the Manning Times. All of the addresses
were unusually happy and appropriate,
and because, it makes extra
good reading, that of Mayor Rhett Is
reproduced elsewhere in this issue.
Because of the previously arranged
plans of the entertainment committee,
which had provided for a continuous
round of pleasure, there was not a
great deal of opportunity for business;
but still President Aull managed to
get the convention together for all the
appointed sessions and secured the
satisfactory transaction of all pending
business, Including the reading of such
papers as had been prepared In accordance
with the appointments by the
programme committee.
On Thursday afternoon there was a
series of automobile races along the
beach, a half a dozen or more cars
participating and some of the machines
making remarkably fast time. The
greater part of Friday was taken up
with a fishing frolic. The party was
taken out to a point near the jetties
in two boats. The E. H. Jackson, a
vacht with accommodations for a
hundred or more people and a large
steam launch, the "Ethel," carrying
about twenty-five. The ladies and
children were on board the yacht, and
as many of them began to get seasick
before the vessel reached the banks,
fishing was rather poor. As a matter
of fact the total catch consisted of one
small catfish hauled up by Editor Osteen
of the Sumter Item. The luck
on the Ethel was better, the party
catching some fifty fish of different
kinds, including a small shark, twelve
or fourteen inches long. The E. H.
Jackson turned back to Charleston on
account of the sick aboard; but the
Ethel remained out for an hour or
two longer.
The feature of Saturday morning's
proceedings was an address by A. B.
Williams of the Richmond NewsLeader
on the subject of the South
Carolina Newspapers during the Revolution
of 1876. It was an able address
dealing with events in which Mr.
Williams was a very active and effective
participant and he told things
that will add to the history of those
stirring times. The address was
printed in full in the Sunday News
ami 11 if ?'ui |'ui|iu.t c|>ii/UUVE ...
in an early issue of The Enquirer.
During Saturday afternoon, ail the editors
who so desired went to the baseball,
the badges with which they had
been provided admittting them through
turn-styles and to the best seats on
the grandstand free of charge. There
are quite a number of baseball cranks
among the editors, and a large number
of them availed themselves of the
opportunity to see the game between
Charleston and Savannah.
The last feature of the occasion and
one of the most enjoyable, was a reception
in the big dining room of the
hotel Saturday night, beginning at 9
o'clock. Quite a large number of
Charleston people, Including many of
the most prominent men of the city
with their wives and daughters, were
among tluxie present, and all made
most delightful company. Sandwiches,
olives, ice cream and cake were served
and also light wines. The reception
was turned into a dance after a while
and with the music furnished by the
excellent artillery band, things went
lively for an hour or more.
rr,t '*" * "O ,,n 11-hlnVi ho/1 hoon hol/1
I lilt" lam *.ain, w*-v? MVi?
back, especially for those who desired T
to get away that night, left the hotel
at 11 o'clock, and most of the party, s<
Including some 200 people went on si
through to Mount Pleasant and took 01
the ferry boat for the city, arriving 01
there about midnight. a
The editors and the ladles with ^
them left with a hearty vote of thanks
to all the Charleston people with whom Cl
they came In contact; but were espe- p
daily appreciative of the splendid ef- ^
forts of Mr. J. C. Hemphill, Mr. Thos. f
R. Waring, P. H. Gadsden, Col. James t|
Cosgrove, Col. R. W. Hunt, Mr. W. W. n
Ball, Mr. Daniel L. Slnkler, Mr. Wilson a
G. Harvey, Mr. B. F. McLeod, Mayor w
R. G. Rhett, and Messrs. Rlddock and c,
Byrnes, and a number of others. All (]
of these people made the visitors feel j,
as If the island, the hotel and the city n
belonged to them, and for the time be- w
ing this was a fact. n
. T
WINTHROP EXAMINATIONS.
Superintendent of Education Mc- 1<
Mackln has received from President D. y
B. Johnson of Wlnthrop, a circular T
letter giving full Information as to e;
admission to Wlnthrop under the tl
competitive examination to be held on fi
July 5. The letter, which is printed for "
the benefit of those interested Is as
follows: n
The competitive- examination for the h
Wlnthrop college scholarships will be d
held Friday, July 5th, at 9 a. m., at the "
court house of each county. There
Is no one more Interested than your- e
self In seeing that your county Is prop- d
erly represented In this institution and 7
reaps its proportionate benefits from it.
We are glad, therefore, to place the a
examination for your county in the r
hands of yourself and your county j,
board of education. Advertisements of t]
the examination have been Inserted in q
the county papers already, but it n
might be well to have the papers give n
some further notice of it if it can be n
done without additional cost to the $
college. I will send you, by registered c
package, to your county court house, ^
the questions to be used, by July 5th, ^
and also full directions for conducting c
the examination. You will be relieved ^
of the task of examining the papers. t(
Send them to me the day after the q
examination and they will be examined n
by the faculty of this institution. a
The examination will be open to all t
girls of your county who are at least c
fifteen years of age, of sound physical
health, and who intend to teach. No ^
one will be debarred because of attendance
upon this college during the ^
past session unless she has forfeited ?
her scholarship or her membership in
the college under Its rules. The examination
will be held upon arithmetic,
grammar, geography, U. S. history, 8
algebra, through simultaneous simple 0
equations, writing, spelling and com- a
position. A scholarship is worth free w
tuition and one hundred dollars In
money for one session, and may be
continued from year to year for four a
years, or until giaduation, upon the
otaa/I Kahn vlnt* on/? 00 rnout rn in union _
tious application of the student to her
school duties. t
These scholarships will In no case p
be continued to students whose rank v
and standing is low, whose general
demeanor is objectionable, who do not 8
give promise of usefulness as teach- \
ers, or who are prevented by health or s
other reasons from attendance upon or t
performance of college duties.
Under the recent act increasing the n
value of the scholarship, an applicant E
must make proof to the board of trus- 3
tebs of the college, upon certificate of t
auditor and treasurer of the county,
of her financial inability to attend col- e
lege wtthout scholarship and, and this o
certificate must be formally passed H
upon by the board of trustees before
she can be.awarded a scholarship. 1
The certificate blanks adopted by
the board of trustees will be sent to ?
you In order that you may give them
to those desiring them, either before t
or at the time of the examination. You l
may allow all who present themselves n
to stand the examination; but explain
to all that no one will be awarded a 3
scholarship, no matter how good an 1<
examination she may stand, unless her t
certificate of financial Inability to at- ^
tend college without scholarship aid
is approved by the board. All must 1
understand that they stand the exam- c
ination subject to the action of the t
Wlnthrop board of trustees.
All certificates of financial inability v
to attend college should be forwarded E
to me by applicants promptly as soon f
as they are made out. Please see that
this new provision of the Scholarship
act is clearly understood as above ex- b
plained. v
Bach county is entitled to as many g
scholarships as it has representatives
In the lower house of the general assembly.
I will let you know later how f
many vacant scholarships are to be ^
awarded in your county this summer.
Rut this examination is to be held
even if there are to be no vacancies 3
filled. a
This examination will also serve as t
an entrance examination for those
students who desire to enter the col- c
lege without competing for a scholar- t
ship. By this arrangement the appll- t
cant may be saved the loss of time and .
money and the disappointment of
coming to the college without the re- s
quisite preparation to profitably take b
up college work. Candidates for a
classes above Freshman are advised to
stand this examination for prelim!- v
nary admission, but examination for t
classes other than the Freshman class t
will be given only at the college.
Precedence in admission and accommodation
of new students will be giv- h
en to scholarship students and those b
who have passed the local examina- e
tion for admission and are best equipped,
in health, maturity and scholar- 6
ship, to do the work of the institu- n
tion. n
Where scholarships are vacated after
July 5th, they will be awarded to
those making the highest scholarship t
average at this examination, provided t
all conditions governing the award of j
scholarships are compiled with.
All who expect to attend college s
should make application to me c
promptly. I enclose blanks for use of t
applicants. h
Free tuition will be given upon a
written statement by the parent or 1
guardian of inability to pay. certified q
to as correct by the county auditor. s
There are printed forms for this cer
tificate, which will he rurnisnea oy
the president upon application. The tl
average cost to a free tuition student r
last session, including books, medical Q
fee and uniforms, was less than J120
for the full nine months. I will send 1
you a supply of new catalogues for 1<
distribution as soon as they are printed.
.
The annual session opens on Wednesday,
September 18th. Students w
must be present on the opening day. n
Those absent without good cause will 9l
forfeit their scholarships and dormitory
certificates. Cl
The state offers great opportunities p
in this institution for the education b
and training of her daughters, and we
trust that all who are admitted will
come determined to take advantage of c
them to the utmost of their ability, o
There is no place at the college for the n
idle or the frivolous.
Tt is our purpose to admit the most a
earnest and deserving, and we shall tl
trust to you for material help in car- ei
rying out this purpose in your county.
I am sure that you are an earnest
friend of this noble educational enterprlse.
and that you will do all In a
your power to advance its interests (j
for the sake of the common schools as
well as the young women of the state
Please acknowledge receipt of this T
communication by postal card. P
n
I OCAI I ACONirS g
We Will Send The Enquirer
From this date until January 1st,
1908, for $1.06.
ai
Dr. Tom Whitesides Dead. vi
Dr. Tom Whitesides died at his S
home at Blacksbursr last nlffht of heart jj
disease. He had been ill for quite 0,
awhile, but his death was unexpected.ini
he Clemson Car.
The Clemson College ear, showing
>me of the work of the college, will I
:art on its annual tour of the state
n July 2nd. It will be at Rock Hill
n July 26; at Yorkville, July 29th and *
t Sharon on July 30th. I
t Ninety-Nine Islands. C
The work of the Southern Power *
impany at Ninety-Nine Islands Is e
rogressing quite satisfactorily, and Is t
elng pushed with all possible ?i>eed. '
he laying of the railroad track from .
tie line of the Southern to the dam hag s
eached to a point within a mile and 1
half of the power house, and the
ork of track laying is expected to be j
? K., T)i,ira,luv o.. tTrlHuv of f
UllipiriCU UJ t IIUIOUM/ v?| a. ?
tils week. All of the necessary grad- J
ig and excavation work for the tail s
ace is expected to be completed
Ithln the next six weeks or two
lonths.
ragedy at Grover.
Grover, N. C., correspondence Char)tte
Observer, June 14: The eightear-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. H. A.
'urney shot and kill his baby sister
arly this morning. The parents of
lie children whose home is over a mile
rom Grover, were In town doing some
hopping and left the lad and an older
ister to take care of the baby, seven
lonths old. The boy managed to get
old of a gun from its rack over a
oor and in playing with the weapon
: was discharged, the entire load enering
the baby's side and nearly sevrlng
its arm from the body. The child
ied in ten minutes after the accident.
'he Assessment of the York Mills.
The state board of equalization has )
nnounced its assessment of the va- 1
lous cotton mills and cotton oil mills '
i South Carolina. The assessment of
he cotton mills is as follows: Aragon
lotton mills, $37,310; Arcade Cotton
tills, $134,000; Belleview Mills compa- I
y, $100,000; Bowling Green Knitting
tills, $14,700; Clover Cotton mills, 1
241,360; Fort Mill Manufacturing
ompany, $125,000; Highland Park !
lanufacturing company, $200,000; j
lillfort Mill company, $""4,600; Man- s
hester Cotton mills, $238,500; Neely 1
lanufacturing company, $60,000; Vic- ,
oria Cotton mills, $97,000; Tavora |
Jotton mills, $30,875; York Cotton '
nlll, $175,000. The oil mill figures are 1
s follows; Highland Park Manufac- |
urlng company, $30,000; Victor Cotton
)il company, $25,000.
Ilockads Still Destroyed.
Charlotte Observer, Saturday: Mr.
udd D. Albright, deputy United States ,
ollector of this station, went down to <
ting's Mountain yesterday and, as- '
Isted by Policemen Eliot and Hoard '
f that historic town, captured and de- ,
troyed a still, almost on the very top I
f the mountain. One Julius Felmet, (
blockader, was arrested. The still ,
?-as located about eight miles from the i
own. When the officers were within
mile and a half of their destination, j
hev met a white man and a negro, who
iroke and ran In opposite directions up
he mountain. Mr. Albright and the
iollce followed in hot pursuit. Half i
i'ay up the flying fugitives fired their 1
uns, as if to give a note of warning, j
Vhen the officers got where they could ,
ee the base of operations about flf- 1
een negroes and a number of white
nen were seen dishing out liquor. '
Iverybody was busy claiming the good j
tuff, except the distillers and twov or (
hree darkies who were picking chick- j
ns for a feast A man by the name '
f Collins waa^taken with Felmet. The (
till was destroyed.
"he Blacksburg Connection.
Yorkville correspondence of The j
Jews and Courier: For several weeks ,
he matter of the failure of train No. <
35, due to pass this place at 7.15 a. '
n. to connect at Blacksburg with No. j
6, the east-bound mall train for Char- ,
otte and points beyond, Including Bal- <
imore, Washington and New York,
las been occupying the attention of ;
hose of our business men who, appre- (
late the value and Importance of cer- <
ain, quick and convenient connection '
rith the outside world, but as yet there '
las been no relief, notwithstanding the (
act that both the railroad manage- I
nent and the railroad commission has J
teen appealed to. Your correspondent J
ras advised this afternoon by the
gentleman who is responsible for tak- i
ng up the matter, that the railroad of- j
leer who has charge of such matters
lad written "that it appears from the |
tublished schedules of No. 135 and No. 1
6 that we are making this schedule, '
.s the former is due at Blacksburg |
hree minutes before the latter." The i
itizen, in discussing the matter, stated
* ?UA n'AAto 1
nai me omciai tmew wucn no 4^
he statement that as a matter of fact j
he schedule of No. 135 from Smyrna I
tation, nine miles south of Blacks- '
>urg, could not be made by that train ,
nd that he also knew that No. 135 1
ras forced to kill twenty minutes be- J
ween Yorkville and Smyrna, a disance
of about eighteen miles because i
>f the fact that the schedule maker '
ad allowed that much too much time j
etween the points named and not (
nough between Smyrna and Blacks- i
iurg. As stated, the distance Is nine !
niles. The nctual time for running it, ,
raking a stay of from one to three i
ainutes at King's Creek, the next sta- <
ion, and after reaching Blacksburg, j
ransferring from the track of the
larion and Kingville division to the i
taticn on the main line (which your 1
orrespondent has known to consume ?
wenty minutes by reason of an extra .<
eavy grade, a poor engine and a wet
rack), is fifteen minutes, and conae- J
uently a physical impossibility. It is (
aid that it often happens that No. 135,
hen it has extra good luck after getIng
away from Smyrna, actually ar- (
Ives as near as one-fourth of a mile r
f the Blacksburg station and meets c
Jo. 36 with that much start for Char- q
itte and very often No. 135 has from |
wo to a half dozen passengers who \
ad hoped to go north on No. 36. It r
ould appear from the foregoing state- c
lent of facts that if the maker of the 9
chedules actually desired that the j
r>nnection be made and the traveling
ublic saved the annoyance and troule
of waiting from two to three hours
t Blacksburg for the next train he
ould do so by changing the schedule
f No. 13f? so as to leave Smyrna ten
linutes earlier than under the present
rrangement and allow it to arrive at
lie station at Blacksburg five minutes
arlier than it is now advertised to
rrive. The change in the arriving
me is suggested as a safeguard
gainst occasions when there may be
elays, for reasons enumerated above,
1 switching the train to the main line,
here is no necessity for leaving Rock
[ill a minute earlier than at present
' the management cannot thoroughly
rasp the situation from the foregoing
nd really desires to remove all cause
>r dissatisfaction so far as this mat>r
is concerned, let the matter of reiTanging
the time of arrival at the
arious stations between Yorkville and
inyrna be placed in the hands of Mas?r
of Trains Graham or any one of
le four or five passenger conductors
a the road. After that there will be
o grounds for further complaint. r
THE ATHENS DISPENSARY. V
ts Former Sponeor It at Last Disappointed.
We suppose it will be recalled that
Senator B. R. Tillman got his original
lispensary notions from the Hon. T.
^arry Gantt, a stray member of the
Seorgia nobility, who came to South
Carolina when he was sadly needed in
891. Col. Gantt having lived at Athens,
Ga., where the first dispensary in
he United States started out on its
)olsonour career.
Col. Gantt has gone back to old
Georgy" and Is running under whip
md spur a newspaper in that same
own of Athens where the original dls
ensary Is still engaged In doing: damige
and business to the community.
3erhaps It may be of Interest to Lau ens
people to know what Col. Gantt
jow thinks of the dispensary and the
'ollowing is clipped from his dazzling
md frantic newspaper:
"Take our Athens dispensary for eximple.
There is sold at that instituion
vile medicated decoctions, publlcy
advertised to Incite the very crimes +
hat lead to lynch law, and the sale of
vhlch stuff is boosted by the dlstrl>utlon
of the most suggestive and obscene
pictures, distributed among nejro
patrons of the tank. We are overvhelmingly
in favor of the bill proposed
by Congressman Hardwlck. and
vould like to see the next legislature
?nact ii into a law. It is exactly on
he right line. Make it a penitentiary
pfTense to supply a negro with whisty,
and if such sale is made through
i dispensary punish the employees
landing out the stuff. Take whisky
'rom the darkey, and the so-called race
ssue is at that moment solved, and
>ur farmers will have the best class of
abor the world ever knew. You can
nake something of a sober negro, but %
night as well try und manufacture a
iilk purse out of a sow's ear as to
nould anything but a vagabond and a
ilackhearted criminal from one of
hose drunken, whisky-soaked niggers.
Phere is no crime in the decalogue
that he will not commit."?Laurens
Advertiser.
LINKS FROM LOCKHART.
Dr. Lee Hart Indisposed?Rev. J. L.
Harley Lectures?Personals.
L'orresiionderice ot the Yorkville Enquirer.
Lockhart, June 15.?Dr. Lee Hart
left one day this week for his home in
Yorkville on account of being indisposed.
He has not been right well for *
sometime past and it was thought that
i few days spent at his old home
would be beneficial. Dr. Hart has
made many friends, social and professional,
since he located in this village,
and all of these wish him a speedy
recovery and an early return.
Mrs. W. D. Hope is up again after
being ill for sometime.
Rev. J. L. Harley delivered a good
lecture to a small audience in the
Presbyterian church Thursday night
The lecture was greatly enjoyed by
those who heard it as it was full of
wit and hard, common sense. The attendance
was lighter than it would
otherwise have been, on account of a
lodge meeting and a show the same
jvening. ?
Mr. T. O. Barber returned last
avening from Union, where he has
been attending court as a juror.
Dr. W. D. Hope reports that there
Is very little slckuess here now, which
speaks well for the health of the community.
Sfc
Mrs. V. C. Crawford is visiting at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. A. C.
Kitchens of Sharon.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? Lucy Lupsey, the negro woman
who several weeks ago entered the office
of Dr. W. L. Under at Union and
shot him in the back, was convicted in
the circuit court in that city last week,
md sentenced to two years in the penitentiary.
^
? The ninth annual meeting of the
soutn Carolina rire insurance ak?uui
Association of South Carolina, Is to be
held in Columbia this evening. The
principal feature of the meeting will be
in address by Hon. James R. Young,
nsurance commissioner of North Car- *
>lina. There will be a number of papers
by different members on subjects
it interest to Insurance men.
? W. R. Moody, a marine attached to
the navy yard at Charleston, was last
Thursday acquitted in the circuit court
yt that county on the charge of murdering
Lillian Reeves last October. As
he had committed no crime against
the naval regulations. Moody returned
to the navy yard upon his acquittal,
donned his uniform and resumed his
duties as a sergeant ^
? Edward Duggan, alias Los Angeles
Star, and William McKinley, alias
Dayton Scotty, were tried and convictid
in the Aiken circuit court last Friday
on charges of safe cracking and
sentenced to ten years servitude in the
South Carolina penitentiary. Duggan
ind McKinley, during the latter part #
af 1902, broke into the store of J. F.
Shuler at Montmorenci, Aiken county,
blew open the safe and got away with
11.000. During the trial the yeggmen
conducted their own defense.
? Mrs. Sallie A. Gibson, a rich and
eccentric woman of Columbia, was
robbed of $61,000 at San Antonio,
Texas, last Friday, by Rufus Williams,
ilso of Columbia. Williams was arrested
by the San Antonio police and ^
has made a confession in which he r
admits having knocked Mrs. Gibson
en the head with a club and robbed
her of her money. Mrs. Gibson was
traveling in Texas in company with
Williams. They went driving together
and while sitting on the banks of a ?
small stream, where Mrs. Gibson had
suggested they take a bath, and displayed
a large sum of money in $1,000
bills and gold. In the course of conversation
Williams suggested that he
should leave her and go back to his
wife and children. The Gibson woman
threatened to kill him If he did. "Then
there were several words passed," says
Williams in his confession, "and I got
up and picked up a stick and just as
she was about to get up I struck her ^
>n the head with the stick once and
knocked her down. She fell in the
jdge of the water. I then took all her
money and put it in the buggy and
started to drive off and Just as I startid
she hollered and said: 'Don't leave
me, you have nearly killed me.' I did .
not reply, but drove back to town, put
:he horse and buggy in the livery staale,
where the manager of the stable
looked up another horse and buggy
ind we drove around town a while.
Ml this time I kept the grip and the
money in the buggy with me. After
iriving a while with the manager I
isked him to let me out at a barber
shop to get a shave. I got my shave
ind walked to the depot and bought a
licket to Atlanta, Ga. I got into the
irain, but was arrested before it start*1."
? James J. Hill, late president of the *
3reat Northern Railroad company and
>ne of the leading financiers of the
:ountry, startled Wall street last
Thursday by declaring that "tho
Jnited States government ultimately
vill be forced to lend its credit to fllance
the needs of the railroads of the
rountry. This may yet lead to the
rovernment ownership of railroads."
irlr. Hill is a plain, blunt, practical
msiness man and never says anything
intil he has something to say and
then he says anything he gives the
mpresslon that he knows what he is
alking about. Not long ago he made
he unqualified statement that the
allroads of this country would find it
lecessary to spend the enormous sum
>f $1,100,000,000 a year for the next ^
ive years to put themselves in postIon
to do the business of the coun?t?
f ? ?i 111',vii/Iu Ha a htiAn
ulned during the past few months.
nd that they are in a hole that they
an't get out of. The railroads cannot
landle the business offered them and
f the business cannot be handled,
hen production will have to stop and
rhen production la stopped there will ^
>e howling from the public. "The
mblic will demand the laying of more
ails," says Mr. Hill, "and add more
ars and to this the railroads will re>ly
that they cannot comply because
if lack of funds and this will lead to
he necessity of the government step- 9
ting in and lending its credit to the
ailroads to supply the deficiency, and
hat situation might lead to governnent
ownership.