Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Scraps ami .facts. ? The south of France Is In a turmoil on account of an uprising of the| wine growers and It has become necessary for the French government to place troops in the affected districts to quell the gathering storm. A large portion of the southern part of France is devoted to the gnnving of grapes for wine making, and hundreds of thousands of peasants are dependent upon the Industry for a livelihood. For a number of years past there has been a rapid growth in the Industry of wine making with chemicals and ingredients entirely foreign to grape growing. The production of this "wine" has grown to such proportions as to greatly reduce the demand for grape wines and this has brought about a corresponding reduction in the profits from the pure article. The present dissatisfaction is an outgrowth of a demand the government put prohibitive reon the part of the wine growers that strictions on the chemically made wines. The army officials are confidently expecting determined resistance from the wine growers as they are arming and preparing for stubborn resistance. ? New York city on Wednesday began work on one of the greatest engineering undertakings in the history of the world?the building of the big aqueduct that is to supply the city with water rrom me tmsKi XI IUUUII- | tain region. The aqueduct and necessary reservoirs will cost $161,000,000, or $20,000,000 more than the estimated cost of the Panama canal. It will be more than 100 miles long, and when completed will have a capacity to deliver more than 500,000,000 gallons of water to the city every twenty-four hours. The aqueduct will drain a territory of several hundred square miles, and in order to secure the necessary land for the reservoirs many towns and villages will have to be entirely removed." At one point it will be necessary to sink the level of the viaduct to a depth of 500 feet below the earth's surface, and throughout its whole length the great water pipe will be roofed over with stone and concrete arches and earth. One of the reservoirs is to be twelve miles in length and one and a half miles in width, with a capacity of 170,000,000 gallons, which is double the present water supply of the city. It is estimated that fifteen to twenty years will be required to complete the work. ? The trial of Edwin S. Holmes, Jr., statistician of the department of agriculture, has been in progress at Washington during the past ten days or more. Holmes is being tried on charges of conspiracy to defraud the government by giving out advance information of the agricultural department's cotton crop statistics to New York brokers. It was testified Tuesday by Louis C. Van Riper of New York, that John Hyde, another depart* ' * tn Kiinine meni siausuciuti, ?a* ?.u through manipulations of Holmes, in order to give the latter a better opportunity to work his scheme to secure the advance figures on the cotton crop for the benefit of himself and his New York partners. Van Riper also testi- [ fled that Holmes claimed to have demonstrated to President Roosevelt that the system of getting out the crop reports was so perfect that it was a ? matter of utter Impossibility for a leak to occur, and that the president had congratulated Holmes on the perfection of his scheme. Van Riper also testified that Holmes was selling his advance information to Theodore H. Price, the New York cotton speculator, the deals being made through Moses Hass, who was working for Price, and that Price had made an offer of a stated amount provided Holmes would manipulate the figure to Price's advantage. The trial of Holmes will not be concluded for some days yet and it is probable that his partners in the conspiracy in New York, will also be put on trial on the same charges. ? Boise, Idaho, June 20: The state today in the Haywood trial established additional connection between Geo. Pettibone's store in Denver, and Orchard when he was working on the Bradley crime in San Prancisco, when the original records of the Postal Telegraph company were produced showing money had been sent twice from Pettibone's store, they also showed Haywood in 1899 at Silver City, Idaho, where Haywood declared Steunenberg a tyrant and a monster who should be exterminated. Judge Wood admitted many articles from the miners magazine denouncing Steunenberg and Senator Porah, occupied most of the balance of the day as chief reader. The state expects to close its case at noon tomorrow. The defense then expects to move the court for instruction directing a verdict of acquittal. If the ruling is adverse, Clarence will make the oj>ening statement in behalf of Haywood Saturday. With the opening of court the state continued the introduction of evidence, supporting the story told by Harry Orchard. There remains some few points to be corroborated, but up to the present the chain has been woven with skill and nearly every major and minor statement made by Orchard lias been corroborated. Judge Wood admitted the articles in the miner's magazine as showing the animus of the Western Federation of Miners' during the period of the commission of the series of crimes confessed by Orchard, but excluded all appearing afterward. ?The alleged confession of Franc H. Jones, the- self-convicted embezzler of the Charlotte National bank, is not accepted by all the Charlotte people sis being absolutely true. Jones' story was the effect that his first stealing was in order to provide for the family of his father, which was placed In dire straits by his father's illness. It was necessary for his father to have a great deul of medical attention and to go to various hospitals. Jones did not have, the money and after hesitating quite a while, he- began abstracting funds from the bank, finally the total amount of his abstiacfion had grown to figures that he Could have no reasonable hope of being able to make good and he began to speculate In cotton. He was successful at first and caught up with his debts. Later he began to lose and eventually he formed a partnership with Percy CJ. Konvllle and C. Hoyce Bell, financing their bucket shop business with the funds of the bank. All the while he kept things straight at the bank by means of false entries; but finally there came a slump in the market that involved many thousands oi iiouars. aim lie ufcuieu imuu ana;. He claimed that he only took about $7,000 of the bank's funds at the last, leaving some $-'f?,00i) in the vaults. When he came back to Charlotte he restored $5,000 of the amount stolen. His total stealings amouuted to $70,000 or $80,000. Many Charlotte |?eo|.le believe that Joneft carried away more than $7,000 at the last and that his restoration of $f?,000 was only by way of a blind to put up the appearance of repentance with a view to getting a lighter sentence. The limit the judge could have Imposed was ten years in the Atlanta penitentiary. The sentence was made only six years and by good behavior Jones can reduced this to four and a half years. iThr ^lorluuUr (fnquivtr. YORKVILLE, S. C.i FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1907. T.hj-: Columbia State of Thursday of last week, made a somewhat unusual departure in newspaper enterprise in this state by issuing an export edition devoted especially to Charleston. The edition consisted of fortyeight pages, filled with interesting information about the numerous advantages and industries of Charleston, and a large amount of special advertising matter that made the paper all the more valuable to Its readers as well as to the Charleston people. We have been unable to discover in the edition a great deal that has not from time to time been covered by the News and Courier and the Post, but the novelty mioh a mosentation as the State makes, adds particular value to the very comprehensive showing. That this enterprise will prove of benefit both to Charleston and The State, we have no doubt. WB reproduced today the able and excellent address that Mr. A. B. Williams, formerly so well known in South Carolina, but now of the Richmond, Va., News-Leader, delivered at the annual meeting of the South Carolina State Press association last week. The subject of the address was the press of South Carolina in the Revolution of 1876, and in it we think there is much that will be of interest to the present generation and of historians of that memorable period. Mr. Williams had his manuscript with him; but he did not use it. He evidently had it memorized, however, for those who heard the delivery of the speech and who have since read it from print, are unable to detect any changes. Almost everybody present enjoyed the speech immensely, and we are quite sure that it will prove a rare treat to those who participated in the stirring events with which it deals. That is a wonderfully plausible scheme that Mr. E. D. Smith is promulgating with reference to the establishment of "cotton banks;" but people who go into it will do so on their own responsibility. We are not offering any advice along that line. There is no doubt about the fact that cotton ought to be a good basis 01 currency. It Is a most admirable asset. But It is just as well not to forget that cotton still is and will long continue to be a subject of wild fluctuations. The warefcjuse idea is all right as we see it. The establishment of enough warehouses throughout the country to take care of the cotton crop will go a long way toward establishing the stability of cotton prices; but it will be well to wait until they have gotten in their good work before the cotton growers try the banking scheme with cotton as currency. To us it looks very much like a John Law scheme, a Mississippi bubble, and those who would escape injury from it, should keep as far away as possible, The present banking system is doing all light. Let cotton growers do what they can to make as much cotton as possible, and get the best possible price for it, and they will find that the safe, conservative banking system now so thoroughly established, will be very well suited to take care of their cash Those are kind words that the Laurens Advertiser has to say of The Enquirer, and we appreciate them all the more because the Advertiser is itself one of the best weekly newspapers in the state. We would be very much embarrassed if we were called upon tc name a better South Carolina weekly But there is one thing that we would like to put straight, and that is, while the publishers of The Enquirer try tc run their business as nearly as possible on business principles, we do not think that there is another paper in the state that gives more value for the money? certainly not one that goes to more expense or gives more labor. While the price of The Enquirer is $2.00 a year and many of the other papers are only a dollar, The Enquirer gives more especially prepared matter in one ol its semi-weekly issues than any of the weeklies give, and as much in one issue also as many of the semi-weeklies give in two issues. This fact of itsell ought to be evidence that The Enquirer is cheaper than any of the dollai papers. Then, again, while it is true that The Enquirer receives more foi al lad vert isjng, except legal and officia notices, than does any other county paper in the state, we feel quite confldenl that this is also on a strict basis ol value received. Such complaints as we have along this line are from people who have not previously tried out columns. It is rarely the case thai there is a complaint afterward. Or the contrary, most of our customers are kiinl enough, after they have mailt a trial, to say that they have never hat better advertising values for theii money. It would have been just as well perhaps, not to have made thest comments in connection with the very Mattering notice our generous contemporary has seen proper to give us; bul somehow we feel that it will not bt offended, and we see no reason why any one else should be. Value of Our Banks. One of the greatest factors in building up and conserving the prosperity of any community is tlrst-class banks anil in this particular York county is peculiarly favored, especially during the past half dozen years. The function of the properly conducted bank is to receive and tak< care of the surplus funds of those whci are favored with surplus funds, and to lend money to those who though having ample security in the way ol property, or responsible friends so situated, but who are without ready cash. Every business man, and in fact I every man or arrairs Knows what it i> t.? have at times all the ready ninncj he needs for present purposes, and at other times to be confronted with opportunities for profit, and have no cash with which to take advantage of those opportunities. Here is the fundamental principle of modern banking in a nutshell. The man who expects to ask the assistance of the banks in the shape of future loans should prepare the way by opening a deposit account and allowing the bank to take care of his surplus. In this way he establishes the necessary business acquaintance. Then later on, when he has used his cash and needs more, It takes very little talk or negotiation to prepare the way for a loan from the bank. Thp hanks of this locality are as a rule, very liberal. They will take deposits in very small amounts, keep your accounts straight and hold themselves in readiness to let you know where you stand. Where you have money that you do not expect to need for three or four months, the banks will pay you a fair rate of interest on it. The fact that so many people of this county are now depositing so much of their surplus cash in the banks where it is available for the use of those who, though possessed of collateral are without the all important cash. In this way the resources of whole communities are always at the disposal of the people who are qualified to use them to the best advantage of themselves and the communities generally, and the danger of disaster is actually less than if each individual should pursue the policy of holding on to his own hoarding. There is no estimating the value of first-class banks to any community, and York county is peculiarly blessed in that its banks are second to those of no other county in the south. THE "COUNTY PAPER" BUSINESS. A Kind Contemporary Says Pleasant Things of The Enquirer. "l-~ ,.r Mr w. D. Grist read lie papvi v* ... ? at he meeting of the Press association at 'he Isle of Palms last week and prin.ed in the News and Courier, we wish might be read by business men everywhere in the state. It would give them some Idea of the failure of some of the newspapers to be as good as they should be. Mr. Grist and two of his brothers, own and conduct The Yorkville Enquirer and it was owned by their father, and we believe, their grandfather, before them. We suppose that county newspapers elsewhere are just as good, but we have never seen them. The Enquirer Is known in newspaper circles as a model not only in South Carolina and in the south, but throughout the country. It is published twice a week; though we fancy a mistake was made when it was changed from a weekly some years ago. We do not believe in semi-weekly county newspapers. It is better to spend the additional money in improving the weekly. The reason that The Yorkville Enquirer is so good a newspaper is that it has been run on business principles for half a century. No subscriber gets it who does not pay cash in advance for it, and it demands and'receives for advertising what advertising space is worth. We do not know its rates exactly, but we fancy it receives about twice those that the Advertiser receives. The Enquirer is not sold for a dollar a year. We have often said that the Advertiser is not the best paper in the world, but it is a remarkably good paper for the price?which we still maintain. But not until the newspaper buying population of this section in; creases immensely will it be possible to produce such a newspaper as the people ought to have for that price. Long experience has taught us that only about one half the white people of Laurens county are willing to subscribe and pay for a newspaper at any price and at present more than half of that number are taking the Advertiser, i but the production of such a paper as The Enquirer at our rates for sub1 scription and space would soon put this paper in bankruptcy. York coun, ty is much the same sort of county , that Laurens is, its white population being somewhat greater. It is strange that a large number of ( serious minded, earnest young business men do not go into the publication of county newspapers. Managed as it should be, a county newspaper is a ! good property and will yield a better , Income than will the practice of law or medicine in the same town. Prae) ticing law or medicine, however, is a ' much easier business, neither calling for so many kinds of intelligence. No i man's hardships are greater than those ( of the conscientious physicians, the newspaper man's life does not call for > such sacrifices as does his, but success > Is harder to achieve in that kind of , journalism where the editor should know how to write fairly well and at the same time should be a firm and accurate business man and must be diligent, both as a writer and newsgatherer and as a business getter and business director. ' Gr\ J1 nnrl mnnv i Many inn tmv. ......... worthless newspapers exist and the explanation is that the business of publishing them and of running a printing 1 and stationery business in connection ? with them does not attract as efficient men as does the banking business. ' While we huve never heard wnat their ' incomes are. we would risk the guess t that each of the Grist brothers in , Yorkville earns more than does each of the bank presidents or than the average doctor or lawyer in the same ^ town earns.?Laurens Advertiser. NOTES FROM LESSLIE. f Cottage Burned By Lightning?Spot to l Which Electricity Seems Partial? * Personal Mention. ; Correspondence of the Yorkrille Enauirer. f Lesslik, June 20.?Late yesterday , afternoon, a five room cottage about one mile east of this place, on the plan's'tion of Mr. D. P. Lesslie and oci cup i by Mr. J. J. Carder, was struck I by lightning and destroyed by fire, during one of the heaviest rains that has fallen here in years. Mr. Carder and family 'were not in the house at > the time, being in a storm pit a few . yards from it. They were slightly . shocked by the lightning. Mr. Carder ' came out at once, but saw his home was doomed, he broke down a door and I managed to save a few articles of bed. clothing. The loss will fall heavily on L* ulw.uuoh,,!,! tr.vt/lu u-pra nnlv I1III1 ?l?> III^ iiuunciawiu >t vtv ^..v s partially covered by insurance. The . house was insured for only a part of Its value as two rooms had been recently added to It. t Lightning struck the barn at this i same place about this time last year, . killing a cow and stunning a mule. It has struck in the fields around the house time after time. 1 Miss Sallie Roddey, who has been visiting relatives here, returned to her home In Rock Hill Tuesday. Mr. Lueian Ix-sslle of Rock Hill, is ' very sick with measles at the home of his father near here. Mrs. ('. J. I.esslie visited relatives ( in Rock Hill this week. ? Ignazlo de Leonardo and Pietro Pampinellia, two Italians were on trial in a New York city court last Tuesday, on charges of kidnapping and attempted extortion. De Leonardo had already been convicted and at once offered to turn state's evidence in the hope "f saving himself. The moment he took the witness stand, however, he became deathly pale. Then he managed to say: "I am sick. I cannot testify." "Why?" demanded the judge, to which with an effort the witness replied: I "I'ampinelita lias jusi given me uie ^ sign of deatli. It is the Mack Hand. I , cannot testify." The witness was removed from tlie court room to recover himself. On being brought back he " collapsed again when his eyes met those of Pnmpinellin. Both were convicted on the testimony of a seven' vear-old boy, Salvator Siatta, who ' was stolen from his home last winter r and held for a ransom of $10,000. LOCAL, AFFAIRS, t ^ NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. h F. E. Clinton, for Com.?Invites the *= public to a Fourth of July picnic 1 under the auspices of Clover I^eaf v council Jr. O. U. A. M., at Clover. D. M. Benfleld. No. 3?Wants the a owner to call for an estray heifer e he has taken up. Jno. F. Gordon?Offers his cottage on ^ Cartwrlght avenue for rent. Posonouirtn trltfnn of nnhO nrnniun b**vu uv ??w. J. S. MofTatt, Pres.?Gives Informa- li tion In regard to Ersklne college and ^ asks that you write for a catalogue. Bank of Hickory Grove?Publishes official statement of condition at the s close of business, June 14. 1907. As- g sets are $29,828.58. Thomson Co.?Has complete line of tan hosiery for ladies and children at 15 cents to 50 cents the pair. Bank of Clover?In compliance with a law publishes its statement of condition at close of business, June 14, a 1907. Resources are $104,196.25. 8 W. B. McCaw, Chairman?Gives no- g tlce of annual meeting of Yorkville j, school district, and special tax election to be held July 5. D. E. Boney?Advises you to do it t now. What? Insure your life, your g buildings and your live stock in the Farmers' Mutual companies. MoHnnoi Ponli?Offpro von hank ? money orders with less cost and less t trouble, that are payable anywhere, t M. W. White?Says Lincoln darned his socks years ago, but people don't ' have to put up with such Inconven- t lences today as in Lincoln's time. c Loan and Savings Bank?Appreciates the business of every customer no matter how small the customers' * business may be. T. W. Speck, Jeweler?Invites you to , see his line of community silver and says it will wear as well, stand harder use and costs less than sterl- c ing silver. I York Drug Store?Tells you to get . busy and paint your house, and asks you to see it about Sherwin-Williams r and Wilhelm paints before buying. r J. J. Keller & Co.?Solicit your orders ^ for wire screens for your windows and doors, and say their screens are 1 well made and good fitting. i Mr. John S. Jones, carrier of R. F. c I). No. 5, reports that Mr. W. T. Mc Claln has killed fifteen hawks this \ week. - t All the public schools are now closed t except two in district No. 5, Catawba c township, and they will be closed v within a few days. ( The county board of commissioners I has finally refused the long pending t petition for the reopening of a road i from Delphos to Tirzoh. The Enquirer is in receipt of an Invitation to attend the commencement exercises of the South Carolina Military academy for the commencement year 1906-07, at the Jamestown exposition. June 23 to June 27. The Jr. O. U. A. M. of Clover is mak'ng arrangements for a big time of it on July 4. They have given picnics before and they have always been successful. The Information is tliat the picnic this year is to outstrip all previous attempts. The booming of the giant powder that Is being used to blast out the rocks at the big powder dam at Ninety-Nine Islands, can be heard as far away as Hickory Grove and Sharon, and when atmospheric conditions are Just Hght, even in Yorkville. There are some very promising cotton crops in the western side of the county; but as a general thing stajids are rather poor. The crop is small, especially along the Southern railroad, and the most hopeful feature of the situation is the fact that there is still time for much outcome. ABOUT. PEOPLE. ^ * Mrs. Paul R. Bratton and son, Master Paul of Charleston, are in Yorkville for the summer, the guests of Miss Ida deLoach. Miss Mamie Hurt 01 unariotte ana Miss Huellu Bedford of Memphis, Tenn., spent this week In Yorkvllle, the guests of Miss Agallce McCaw. CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS. Mr. J. W. Srnarr of Hickory Grove, writes that the name of J. A. Brandon, a York county Confederate soldier, has been omitted from the list of those buried in Salem cemetery. Mr. E. L. Pressley of Chester writes that the names of James Brown and J. C. Sanders have been omitted from the list of Confederate soldiers burled in New Bethel cemetery. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? Ice sales are largely on the increase. ? Considerable hail accompanied a heavy downpour in Yorkvllle last Wednesday afternoon. ? The Piedmont Springs company has under consideration the idea of establishing a bottling plant in Yorkvllle. ? Messrs. J. Q. Wray, J. C. Wllborn and John W. Miller, committee of the Woodmen are bestirring themselves to perfect arangements for the Fourth of July celebration. ? The programme of the Woodmen rally to be held in Yorkvllle on July 4, has been distributed over the county in hiindhill form. It nrovides for the formation of a procession on the K. M. M. A. grounds at 10.30 o'clock In the following order: 1st. Mounted marshals, three from each camp; 2d. Band. 3rd. Speakers in carriages; 4 th. Woodmen camps with floats; 5th. Other organizations, with floats; 6th. Floats of business houses; 7th. School children with floats. The speaking is to take place at noon. In the afternoon there is to be a tournament, followed by the crowning of the queen of love and beauty and three maids of honor by the four successful knights, and baseball in the afternoon at 4.30 o'clock. There Is to be dancing in the opera house at night. The railroads have granted reduced rates. THE BLACKSBURG CONNECTION. The Blacksburg connection?or rather the failure of No. 135 to make connection with No. 36 at Blacksburg is to be remedied without unnecessary delay. Col. It. W. Hunt, division passenger agent of the Southern was in Yorkville Wednesday to look after this and other matters and in conversation with a representative of The Enquirer, said that the people up this way need give themselves no further concern on the subject?that the matter of adjustment will be taken up at once. "I am really glad our attention has been called to this," said Col. Hunt. "The trouble is evidently the result of an error on the part of the schedule makers. They give too much time to Smyrna and not enough time from Smyrna to Blacksburg. We can easily adjust that schedule so as to make No. t 13.ri connect with No. 36 at Blacksburg, ' and without disarranging the present leaving time from Rock Hill. < "My instructions," Col. Hunt con- ( tinued, "are to give the people of my division everything they want that Is t in reason. This comes from Mr. Tay- t loe and also from Mr. Finley, and this 1 trouble, being only the result of an \ error of our own making, should have i been corrected long ago." 1 Upon the adjustment of this connec- t lion at Blacksburg, there will be no a rouble about making a trip from forkvllle to Charlotte within a few lours, and without unnecessary delay, itlll better It Is practicable to leave rorkville In the morning, spend the rhole of the business day In Charlotte nd come back by Gastonia the same venlng. Since the writing of the foregoing, 'he Enquirer has received a note rom Col. Hunt, which reads as folows: "Have Just seen Mr. Hearn, suirrintendent. and he will arrange to nake the connection that Yorkvllle deires at Blacksburg. The change will ;o into effect, Sunday, June 23." "WHITE DIAMOND LITHIA." "The Piedmont Springs, now known .a the White Diamond Lithia Springs, ,re going, to have the patronage their ;enerally conceded merits deserve this eason, or the management is going to ;now the reason why." That is the substance of a statement hat Mr. P. V. Gaffney, general manager of the Piedmont Mineral Springs ompany made to a representative of rhe Enquirer on one of the cool ireeze-swept verandas of the "White >iamond Lithia Springs" hotel last Wednesday afternoon and from what he newspaper man saw during a stay if fourteen or fifteen hours, he is prety well satisfied that Mr, Gaffney and lis associates will not be disappointed. The hotel is being operated this year inder the direct supervision of the iwners, the Piedmont Mineral Springs company. Mr. S. L. Hopper, who has lad many years' experience in the conluct of hotels at watering places and nountain resorts has the executive nnnafirement of thp nlncp and his laughter. Miss Lillian Hopper, also horoughly qualified for the position, s his able assistant. Wednesday night was the occasion >f the opening ball of the season. The vent had been well advertised, and vas largely attended, notwithstanding he fact that a heavy rain which fell in he afternoon prevented the setting >ut of many who would have othervise gone from Yorkville, Blacksburg, Saffney, Hickory Grove and other mints. In spite of the rain, however, here were more than a hundred peo>le present and the dance went on ust the same, and was very much enoyed by all the participants. The nuslc, which was very good, was furllshed by a string band from Rock Hill. Among those present were quite a lumber of both ladies and gentlemen vho did not register; but the hotel egister for the day made a handsome ihowing, the names entered after 12 >'clock Wednesday up to 9 o'clock Wednesday night, being as follows: Hyde Davenport, Mr. and Mrs. P. V. Saffney and two children, Mr. and Mrs. Shell Sparks, Vlek Lipscomb, Harry >Vheat, Ralph Sarratt, Will Lipscomb, L L. Curry, C. H. Austell, Chas. L. iValker, S. S. Fort, Mr. and Mrs. Will tVilklns and two children, Gaffney; r. S. Wilkerson, J. C. Slaughter, J. D. lood N MrDill T A Wilkerson -Uckory Grove; j. R. Osborne, Louisville. Ky.; H. H. Hughes, Chapel Hill, C'.; J. M. Hughes Yorkvllle; J. D. Jamllton, Sharon; Miss Kate Hamllon, Gaffney; Miss Lill Hamilton, Holy Springs, Miss.; S. H. McDaniel, D. ]!. Anderson, E. T. Millen, Gaston Shoals; R. C. Mulllnax, Miss Julia Mulllnax. Miss Gladdys Purnell, Miss Carrie Purnell, Grover, N. C.; J. M. 3atterson, J. O. Plonk, Joe Robblns, king's Mountain, N. C.; C. D. Pearson, Charlotte. Abner Nash, A. L Alexanler, B. W. Wilkes, W. U. Borders, E. 3. Campbell. S. B. Wilkes, R. R. Legrett, Ninety-Nine Islands; G. B. Maor, Washington, D. C',; J. L. Barber, Shelby, N. C.; J. M. Pollock. J. C. rhomson. Miss Lucy Blake, Miss Mary Vnderson. Mrs. D. G. Black, Blacks>urg; Miss Agnes Harris, Atlanta; Misses Freeman and Lula Garrett, resale Lipscomb, Lucy Carpenter, ethylene Wilkins, Winnie Davenport, laffney. The dancing took place in the large lining room of the hotel and continued at intervals until 12 o'clock, when he participants began to drop out. It vas sometime afterwards, however, jefore the piazzas and promenades ,vere Anally deserted. Everybody ieemed to enjoy the occasion imnensely. It was a capital supper that Mr. Elopper furnished his guests Wedneslay night. Everything was of the jest, abundant, well prepared and licely served. Some Afty or sixty people took supper that night. There ;vere not so many next morning but :hey fared as well as the night before. Mr. J. S. Wilkerson had quite an indertaking on his hands to get the jig crowd of people to and from the ;rains; but he had half a dozen or nore teams at his disposal and he tept them going backward and for ivard over the two miles between King's Creek station and the hotel unII everybody had been transferred. Inquiry of Mr. Hopper developed :hat the springs are as popular as iver among the people of the surrounding country, especially on SunJays, they coming miles to drink the vaters and spend a pleasant afterloon. On being asked why the company tad seen proper to change the name jf the springs to "White Diamond," Mr. GafTney explained that the change lad been made with much reluctance; mt that it was necessary for business easons. It seems that there are several springs, including one in North Carolina and another in Virginia, claiming the name of "Piedmont," ind as the reputation of the witter of he York county springs has become spread far and wide, owners of the >ther springs had begun to trade on he name and sell their water by way substitute. "We did not like the dea of making the change," said Mr. Saflfney, "but because of our unfunded faith In the virtue of our wa:er, we have no fear of bad results." The hotel has been open since the Jrst of June and while there have seen no large crowds previous to last Wednesday, there have been numer r>f Innnlrv nnd the OUtlOOk JUS iciwo ??? j is that the hotel Is to be quite a lively place this summer. LOCAL LACONICS. We Will Send The Enquirer From this date until January 1st, J 1908, for $1.04. Pistmaster at Bowling Green. Mrs. Mary L. Riddle has taken harge of the postofflce at Bowling Ireen, as successor to Mr. W. B. Flanigan, resigned. \n Old Land Paper. Mr. W. Meek Faulkner has one of he oldest land deeds in York county. It was made by one of his McElwee incestors in the transfer of 112 acres n the Bethany neighborhood for $6. rhe same land cannot now be bought 'or $20 an acre. Eldest In the County. Mr. G. W. Knox of Clover, writes hat from the best Information he has, he oldest individual in York county s Mrs. Rexie Jackson of Clover. She vas born on December 11, 1813, and Is io\v in her 94th year. Her general lealth continues good and she is able o do the cooking for a family of five ilong with other work. Funeral of Dr. Whiteeidea. The funeral of Dr. T. B. Whlte9ldea, whose death occurred at Blacksburg last Monday night took place at Salem cemetery In Cherokee county on Wednesday morning. There was a large concourse of tlatlves and friends In attendance. Salem was chosen as the place of burial because of two children already burled there. Yorkville, 2, Clover, 0. Rain stopped an Interesting game of baseball at Clover Wednesday after noon Detween ieams representing Clover and Yorkville, In the sixth Inning:, when the score stood 2 to 0 In favor of the Yorkville team. The players were as follows: Yorkville?Gaines, Dobson, Berry, Smith, Willis, Lowry, Barr, Howe, Herndon, Clover?Neill Stevenson, Smith, Stevenson, Wylle? Dale, Falres, Riddle, Hardin. Hail Near Olive. Mr. Wm. McG. Bailey of the Olive neighborhood, was In Yorkville Wednesday, and gave The Enquirer information of a destructive hailstorm that swept the crops of himself and neighbors on Monday of last week. Among the sufferers were Wm. McG. Bailey, Walter Bell, John Burrls, J. B. Mlckle, O. J. Gwln Anderson Hetherlngton, Hamp Estes and several others. In some cases the cotton was beaten Into the ground until the fields were perfectly bare. In other cases the loss was less severe: but there is no question of the fact that the whole neighborhood is hard hit. The King of Moonshiners. Charlotte News, June 18: Accompanying United States Deputy Marshal John A. Sims to Atlanta, Ga., this morning was, besides Franc H. Jones, the "King of Moonshiners." This Interesting person Is Alfred Stewart, forty-eight years old, of the King's Mountain blockading district, who was convicted at the present term of Federal court and sentenced by Judge Boyd to serve fifteen months In the penitentiary. But this sentence will not reform the "King" for he has openly declared that as soon as he Is liberated at the expiration of his term he will continue his evil doings. He claims to have relatives living In the vicinity of Atlanta and Instead of operating at King's Mountain, he will start a business of illicit distilling in the "Cracker" state where he hopes to prosper and evade the law, as successfully as he has done In this state for a great part of his Hfe. Stewart talks Interestingly of his past life, and since his apprehension by Mr. Sims some months ago, he has supplied the officers, and others who have asked him, with an abundance of Information concerning himself and his mode of distilling. His capture was unique. Mr. Sims, representing himself as an Insurance agent, though he had not less than half a dozen warrants for blockaders in his coat pocket, met Stewart one evening riding a horse. He did not know him, but being seized with a premonition that this man was one of the six he was after, hailed him as Mr. Stewart. Instead of stopping Stewart gouged his horse In the flanks with his feet, and when Mr. Sims commanded him to halt the second time the rider galloped off up the road. A pistol shot fired Into the air brought him to the ground, but not faltering he made for the woods nearby, where he was caught a few minutes later by Mr. Sims' fleet-footed SHvop who was denutlzed to follow him. Stewart afterwards explained that he jumped from his horse because "the horse was as much of a fool about a pistol as I was. That horse would have carried me into the woods and killed me before you could have done it with that pistol." He told Mr. Sims that at one time there were no less than thirty-eight Indictments for blockading in one form or another against him, "but I out-run them all." MERE-MENTION. Seven men were killed and two seriously Injured by gas explosions in the Johnson No. 1 mine at Priceburg, Pa., Tuesday James M. Barr has been elected director general of the Jamestown Exposition company, vice W. E. Cottrell, resigned Prof. Alexander Stewart Herschel, a noted astronomer, died in London, Tuesday Fourteen merchants of Roanoke and Salem, Va., have been convicted and fined $25 each by the Federal circuit court sitting at Roanoke, on charges of selling obscene post cards Ten persons were lniured in a collision between a street car and a locomotive on a Birmingham, ,A|a., street crossing, Tuesday evening William K. Vanderbilt has contributed >100,000 to the Vanderbilt university at Nashville, Tenn. Five men were killed by a gelatine explosion at a powder mill at Slnnemahoning, Pa., Tuesday Sir Hugh Bell, an English scientist, says that the time is coming when ships will cross the Atlantic with wireless electricity as a motive force....A fast passenger train on the Big Four road was wrecked by an open switch at Columbus, Ohio, Tuesday, while runring fifty miles an hour. Only the fireman was fatally injured The United States Steel corporation has placed an order for 5,800 freight cars. Buffalo, N. Y., has erected an obelisk to the memory of President McKinley. The shaft is of white marble, 86 feet high, exclusive of the base. It will be dedicated in September Andrew Carnegie is considering the idea of presenting the city of Berlin, Germany, $1,000,000 with which to build a library Mrs. John Ebberling of St. Louis, a bride, lost the sight of one eye in Washington, D. C., a few days ago, by being struck with a grain of rice from a handful thrown by one of the bridal party There are an unusually large number of icebergs being encountered by transatlantic steamers between New York and British ports Crops in China In the famine districts are said to be good. The postofflce department has issued a fraud order against J. Whitney Beals & Co., of Boston, Mass., stock brokers and promoters Colonel Guessekuosky, the commandant of the harbor of Sebastopol, Russia, was assassinated Monday The new cus toms house being erected in New York and to be completed July 1st, will have a floor space of 300,000 square feet. It will be one of the finest customs buildings in the world, costing with grounds, near $8.000,000... .The Balnsdall Oil company of Pittsburg, Pa., has been organized under the laws of Delaware, with $10,000,000 capital. It is the purpose of the new company to fight the Standard Oil company A swarm of bees settled on an awning on Lexington street, Baltimore, Md., and kept passers-by busy and moving. Governor Stokes has vetoed a bill which provided for an eight-hour day in New Jersey penal institutions. An automobile plunged over a high embankment near Sanbornvllle, N. H? Monday and three persons were (fatally Injured Three men were killed by a Baltimore and Ohio passenger train at Newark, N. J., Monday. They were sitting on the main track S when struck Dr. Samuel S. Ouy of Far Rockaway, N. Y., is on trial at Flushing, Long Island, on the charge o of murdering his wife The British c steamship Carlbbee sailed from New n York Tuesday with a cargo of brick, o This was the first shipment of brick v on a steamer from New York on rec- r ord Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, the v British statesman, is critically ill at a his London home. His death is ex- a pected at any time Efforts are (] being made In Paris to bring about a a remarriage of Count Boni de Castellane a and his divorced wife, Anna Gould. J Of the 737 bills passed by the f recent session or tne fennsyivania leg- j islature. Governor Stuart of that state has approved 673 and vetoed 64 Many of the great railroads of the north and west have begun a crusade against the prevalence of tramps on their trains and lines Miss Edith McGory was married to Mr. Edward H. Schwab, a brother of Charles M. Schwab, the multi-millionaire, at Cleveland. Ohio, Tuesday. The bride is alleged to have declined a present of $2,000,000 offered by the bridegroom's brother, because It "would Interfere with their simple life" In suppressing a mutiny of Sappers at Kler, Russia, June 17, seventy men were either killed or wounded Julius T. Rosenheimer, a wealthy New York needle manufacturer, was murdered at his country estate at Pelham Tuesday night, presumably by burglars... .Hoke Smith will be inaugurated gqvernorof Georgia on June 29th Governor Hughes of New York, has vetoed a bill permitting Sunday baseball games In the city of New York The recent advance in the price of spool cotton has brought a storm of protests from all over the country and the American Thread eomoanv. the alleaed thread trust, will probably be Investigated by the United States department of Justice. . .After shooting Miss Bessie Lamberts, his sweetheart, who had rejected him, Lodle Davis, committed suicide at Poeomoke City, Md? Tuesday Four women were drowned In Lake Sammamlsh, Washington, Tuesday, In trying to rescue a thirteen-year-old boy A statue of the late Thomas F. Bayard will be unveiled at Wilmington, Del., tomorrow. Ex-Presldent Cleveland will make the address. President Roosevelt will ask the next congress to consent to the cancellation of more than half of the Boxer Indemnity, so as to relieve China of all payments In excess of the actual expenditures Incurred by the United States during the Boxer troubles Darwin P. Kingsley has been elected president of the New York Life Insurance company to succeed Alexander R Orr By the explosion of a locomotive boiler at Boyce Station, Tenn., Wednesday, the fireman was killed and the engineer escaped Injury As the result of the overflowing of the Llth- < aide river, the town of Trlkhala, Thes- i saly, was partly destroyed Tuesday, ' and 200 people perished In the flood. ( ....The bodies of the eleven victims i of the Hampton Roads launch tragedy 1 nil Kon xrArori Frank Urtvc au i/vu i ( Tallchlef shot and killed Mary Snow, i near Buffalo, N. Y.t Tuesday night and then committed suicide by hanging. Both were full blooded Seneca Indians of the Cataraugus reservation I A "Mollycoddle ball" was given at ' Cleveland, Ohio, Tuesday night. Pres- J Ident Roosevelt was invited but did not acknowledge the invitation. The at- 1 tendance was large, however.., 1 A squad of twenty-seven revenue offl- , cers raided the Smithtown settlement i In Stokes county, N. C., Wednesday, and besides capturing ten blockaders, ( they destroyed seventeen moonshine plants A passenger train of the j Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern railroad was wrecked in a tunnel near j Mitchell, Ind., yesterday, by a heavy rock falling and smashing a passenger car. Seventeen people were more or less injured The prosecution In the case against Wm. D. Haywood at Boise, Idaho, is engaged this week In procuring evidence to corroborate the testimony of Harry Orchard The United States navy department on Wednesday let contracts for two 20,000 ton battleships, which when completed will cost approximately <10,000,000 each The threatened strike of Western Union telegraph operators has been called off, as a satisfactory adjustment between the operators and the company has Deen reacnea An inposing bronze statue to the memory of Colonel Goren and members of the Forty-eighth regiment, was unveiled at Petersburg, Va., yesterday. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Two boys aged about ten years, went swimming In the reservoir of the Gluck mills at Anderson, Tuesday afnoon and both were drowned. ? At the annual meeting of the supreme lodge Knights of Honor, held at Atlantic City. N. J., Tuesday, John C. Sheppard of Edgefield, was elected , past supreme dictator. ?R. B. Buckingham of Eilenton, has sent the first cotton bloom of the sea- I son to the Augusta Cotton Exchange. It is nine days later than the latest record for the Eilenton section. ? The annual meeting of the South | Carolina Fire Insurance association, which was held in Columbia this week | adjourned on Wednesday. It was the i largest and most successful meeting yet held, there being as many as eighty j delegates present. The following of- < fleers were re-elected: P. T. Hayne of < Greenville, president; James Cofleld of i Spartanburg, vice president; S. M. | Grist of Yorkvilie, secretary and treas- | urer. The executive committee, in ad- , dition to the officers named, consist of | John B. Reeves of Charleston, C. B. ( Simmons of Columbia, O. Frank Jonnson of Anderson, C. L. Schofleld of Marion, G. E. Haynesworth of Sumter, and J. W. Ashurst of Aiken. This distribution gives one from each congressional district. ? Columbia special of June 20, to Spartanburg Journal: The apprehension that Adjutant General Boyd feels, that unless the greatest care Is taken by all concerned, the South Carolina militia will fall to meet the requirements of the Dick law and after next year fail to get Federal aid, is reflected in the following important circular letter which he sent out today to the colonels commanding the three Infantry regiments, making up the South Carolina brigade: "This year is one of the most critical periods in the history of the South Carolina militia and especially under the Dick law, and it is necessary that we make the best possible showing at the nationai encampment this year. You will, therefore, Inform the different company commanders, of your regiment that the company falling below 75 per cent of their enlisted strength will be muster ed nut and tnat no omcer, neia or sian, will be excused for attendance upon these encampments, except for such cause as would be received by the war department as a plausible excuse." Reports have been reaching Columbia the past several days that the First regiment would likely not go to Jamestown,. but General Boyd thinks the command will make the trip. He sent Colonel Lewis warrants for $100 a company for the trip. The Second regiment will leave here next Wednesday in two sections, one over the Seaboard and the other over the Coast Line for Jamestown. e TO ORGANIZE COTTON BANKS. ^ iouthern Cotton Association Plans Interesting New Scheme. It has been announced that the state fficlals of the Southern Cotton assolath n will, during the month of July, nake a campaign of the state from ne end to the other to advance the zork of the association. The average eader who has not kept up closely /Ith the plans of the association Is pt to Infer that President E. D. Smith nd his associates are again preparing o urge the farmers to hold cotton for ilgher prices or to decrease the acrege. But Mr. Smith and his associates .re not men of one Idea and they have in In ton t Inn nf xincinir the Slime sonir A his year that has already resounded rom the mountains to the seashore, fhe campaign of 1907 has for Its puriose a plan, which, If carried into effect, will benefit the farmers in subicquent years, as well as this year, md which will not hurt any of them ^ wen if all do not get into it. The proposition to be placed before he farmers and business men of the vhole south is the organization of what nay be called "Cotton Banks." In ,ther words, it is proposed to do a ranking business with cotton as captal. In the language of E. D. Smith, :otton is the south's currency and there s no reason why it should not be itllized as a basis for banking as well is silver and gold. In any community where the farmers and local business men can secure 150,000 or 1100,000 as capital it is planled that they shall organize a company uid erect a warehouse, which must be Quilt according to regulation plans, rhen they will be ready for business ind will propose that any farmer or tuy number of farmers deposit with hem their cotton,.Just as they might leposlt their money with a bank. Supposing that 400 bales of cotton are iepo8ited in this way and placed in .lie >Yillcnuuac, nun uiouiaucc guai inteed by the company and no storage charged. the company would proceed to utilize this cotton just as the bank utilizes the money deposited by Its customers. Taking the warehouse receipts for 400 bales of cotton, the company would go to a bank, or any other concern or persons having money to fend, and borrow money upon these receipts at the current rate and the current price of cotton. With this noney so borrowed the company would jo Into the local market and purchase 4 rther cotton, say 300 bales, which would be placed In the warehouse, l'hen upon these 300 bales the company would again go to the bank and borrow money and with this money igain go into the local market and purchase other cotton, say .200 bales. ^ These 200 bales would then be placed ' In the warehouse and upon them the company would borrow money with which again to enter the market and purchase other cotton, say 100 bales. This operation could be kept up until the borrowing capacity of the cotton was exhausted, but this would hardly be necessary at any time, and it would be possible to return the original 400 bales whenever the owner made denand. * It Is easy to see that In the small market, such as we have In this state, the operations of such a company would have a considerable effect upon the' amount of cotton offered for sale it any time, and If the company should have the support of the farmers and ^ they should deposit their cotton the ^ company would be In control of the situation. But even if only about 25 per cent of the local production were available as deposits, this together with the cotton purchased, would be sufficient to keep out of the market what is known as the weak cotton; that is to say, the cotton which, because of liens and mortgages, is forced upon the market at the opening of the season. The plan would be to have these companies at each important g cotton market in every state and, while the scheme does not contemplate an organization embracing all these comranies, it is understood that through the Southern Cotton association they would work in harmony and, if a sufficient number were organized, could ^ ?aslly control the marketing of the crop ^ throughout the south. It is estimated that the deposits and purchases of cotton by these concerns would reach it least 33 1-3 per cent of the entire crop and perhaps 50 per cent. It would not be necessary to control the entire crop in order to affect the price and the demand. But if there were no general organization or understanding among these companies it is argued that the formation of them would have a beneficial efTect even if that effect was merely a ? local one. The opportunity to deposit or store cotton in a fireproof warehouse without any storage charges or Insurance charges on the owner would be very attractive. Much of the cotton, especially If it is held for any time, is now left out in the weather, placed under gin houses or under # trees, because the farmer does not wish to pay the charges for storage and insurance even if a warehouse is near. The /">nmr>n nv would store and insure this cotton without any charge upon the owner If deposited in the warehouse. It is conceivable that there may be times when it is not desired to hold cotton for any lengrth of time, but this situation would not injuriously affect such a concern. ^ Another benefit which may possibly arise from this system would be the elimination of the middle man. There are frequently occasions when the mills and exporting houses desire to purchase large amounts of cotton on short notice and these warehouses with just a small degree of co-opera tlon would be able to supply such a want. The organization of these companies is considered to be entirely practical, especially if the business men and banks of the towns lend any assistance. The fact is well known that many farmers throughout South Carolina as well as other states are now large depositors in the banks in the fall season and the money to supply ? the capital is certainly available. w There is no reason therefore why the companies cannot be organized with ample capital and If the farmers now can deposit money in the banks there Is no reason why they cannot deposit cotton instead of first transforming It into money. The effort will be made < by this month's campaign to arouse the most prosperous farmers and business men of the towns to enter into this plan primarily in order to keep off of the market the weak cotton which Is raised by the negroes and other small farmers, and it remains to be seen what success will be attained in this movement. There is some misunderstanding abroad as to the present plan of the Southern Cotton association as to the organization of these companies. It was originally proposed to form a gigantic holding corporation with a capital of several million dollars, but the ;xecutive committee considered this impractical and the scheme of local jompanies on comparatively small capital has instead been adopted. It s reported to Mr. Smith, and his own investigations confirmed the report, [hat the states of the southwest are * 'ully alive to the advantages of this nlan and that there will be no difficulty In organizing such companies in hese states. Mr. Smith is going Into he campaign In South Carolina with lis usual enthusiasm, which means nuch for the success of the cause. He ecently spoke at a T. P. A. smoker in Columbia and a board of trade banjuet in Florence where his plans met ^ vlth much encouragement and supiort. The success of the fight to hold cotton in 1904 and to reduce acreage he following year demonstrated the cower of the Southern Cotton association. These were temporary expelients and the association does not iropose to be crying "hold cotton" for >ver. The officials declare that they ire now putting forth a proposition hat Is of permanent, practical value to he farmers of the south and through hem of value to all the Interest of his section.?Columbia special to the <ews and Courier of Monday. ? Starks Garner, a well known and nausiriuus luniicr in u mull I.UUUIJ, :ommitted suicide Tuesday by shooting: + llmself over the heart with a shot fun. CJarner, who had a largre family, vas just recovering from an attack of ever, several of his family were down vith fever at the time, and his act Is _ tupposed to have been due to desponlency. He was a physical giant and iad the reputation of being the strong>st man in Union county.