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Scraps and iracts. ? The body of Walter I^amana. an eight-year-old Italian boy of NewOrleans, who was kidnapped and held for $6,000 ransom two weeks ago, was found In a swamp twenty miles from that city early Sunday morning, and seven Italians, including two women, are held . by the New Orleans police charged .with responsibility for and a knowledge of the crime. The headless body of the boy was found first and then a few feet away the head was found. A suspected Italian was put through a sweating process and as a result a confession was forced in which the prisoners were implicated as participants in the crime. The reason given for the murder of the boy which was by strangulation, was because of his cries and pleadings to be taken home. Excitement was intense in New Orleans Sunday and the city had not been so stirred by threats of violence since the Mafia lynchings of sixteen years ago. The authorities are making every el'ort to prevent an outbreak and the prisons in which the criminals are lodged are being heavily guarded by large numbers of police. ? Washington. June 24: President Roosevelt, through the inter-state commerce commission, today awarded railroad life-saving medals to Charles Arms of Clarksville, Tenn., and Edgar E. George of Parsons, Pa. Mr. Arms's heroic exploit was saving the lives of mail Clerks J. G. Martin and Thomas A. Frazier, and Baggageman Robert L. Morris, whose train on the Louisville & Nashville railroad ploughed tnrougn the drawbridge over Cumberland river at Clarksvllle, fifty feet down the stream, which was at flood stage. The three victims mentioned clung to the top of the partially submerged cars, which were being swept down the river. At first none dared to to their aid but Arms, who was confined to his bed with malarial fever, learned of the accident and partially clad ran to the river bank and appealed to bystanders to go with him in a boat to rescue the men. He finally pushed off alone, took off the imperiled trio and safely landed them. George saved the life of a Polish lad, whose foot had become fastened In a railroad frog at Parsons. Unable otherwise to extricate the boy's foot, he seized the boy's body, bent it down outside the rail, forced the imprisoned leg under the engine cylinder oil boxes and steps on cars, which scraped their bodies, but they escaped uninjured except for the boy's badly strained foot and leg and slight bruises sustained by George. ?The United State congressional immigration commission has been in Italy during the past week and a Rome dispatch says of the commission: The commissioners are enthusiastic about the assistance given them by the government and the reception accorded by the authorities wherever they went. The contingent to Sicily and Calabria had a most exciting time, as, beside their legitimate work, they were, in one sense, pioneers in opening up the country. They went about in automobiles accompanied by the Italian emi- j gration commissioner, Adolfo Rossi, | who is an expert on emigration on both sides of the Atlantic. Up hill i olnnbo/1 un/1 unnpt. I UilU Ui?? 11 uaic mcj viunncu ?nu ?. , ed, now on the edge of a precipice, now in. so narrow a street that even the dogs were obliged to save their tails by taking to the doorways, followed and escorted by all the children and many grown-ups of the district, and creating a sensation and often times fear, as in the mountains of Calabria many peasant have never seen or heard of automobiles. The most thrilling experience was one dark night when they descended a mountain with a precipice on each hand and only one headlight and through atrocious roads. Their method of arriving at a village was to call loudly for the mayor, the local of the carabineers or any other local authority. The first usually arrived in his shirt sleeves; but, none the less had the manner of an emperor and made them welcome, putting himself and the town at their disposal. So they had a veritable triumphal progress. ? Shipping interests throughout the country are much interested in charges made by Frank L. Niell, Philadelphia agent of the Cosmopolitan Steamship company, to the effect that the Hamburg-American Packet company and other companies known as the Baltic pool are maintaining in the United States a monopoly In restraint or trade and are bent on ruining American shipping. Niell has made his charges to the interstate commerce commission and claims that he can produce the names of scores of prominent railroad men, big shippers and steamship agents who will swear and show that the Baltic pool has operated in this country in a most dictatorial manner under orders from abroad and that shippers, railroads and municipalities have been compelled to carry out the slightest desire of the shipping combination. Mr. Niell further claims that he has documentary proofs showing the form of the trust's contracts in which it not only dictated to shippers the line of steamships that must be used, but also specified the line of railroad that must be favored, and will show how contracts were forced which had for their object the ruination of some of the American steamship lines and also how freight is diverted from one port to another at the will of the shipping trust, much to the detriment of the post not in the favor of the shipping combine. Mr. Niell also claims that every time an effort has been made to establish an American trans-Atlantic line this Baltic pool by cutting rales and other illegal methods, has been successful in killing the project, and claims that if the interstate commerce commission cannot stop the methods now in use by the Baltic pool American capital will at once es tablish trans-Atlantic lines sufficient to carry a big portion of American goods shipped to foreign ports. ? Kxciting times have been experienced throughout France during the past few days, the excitement being especially great In the south of France where the wine growers are in revolt against the government. The situation was further complicated Thursday night when 1100 soldiers of the 17th regiment, which had been sent to the district to quell the riots, mutinied and marched out of the barracks and joined the wine growers. Afterwards the deserting soldiers desired to return to their barracks and offered to do so on condition that no disciplinary steps should be taken against them. The offer was promptly refused by the Paris officials. "We left the colors," declared the deserters, "because we were unwilling to run the risk of being ordered to fire upon kith and kin." On Sunday Premier Clemenceau received a visit from Marcelin Albert, the leader of the disturbing element of the south of France. Albert came unannounced and appeared at the premier's quarters without warning, after having been vainly sought by police and soldiers for two weeks. He wore the simple garb of the peasant and had a fifteen minute talk with the premier, who charged hltn with responsibility for all the lawlessness and bloodshed in the wine growing distrlnlo Hnrinp1 the na?t two U'M>ks A1 - bert is represented as having been overcome with contrition ami asked the official how he could make atonement. "Give yourself up to the law," said the premier, "and use your influence with your countrymen to return to lawful ways." Albert lef* Paris for the south saying that he would "do his duty." Conditions are growing better in the district. ?hf florUtrillc fnquiw. YORKVILLE, S. C.j ? TUESDAY, JUNE 20,1907. The first bale of new crop cotton was marketed in Hidalgo county, Texas last week. This is rather early, even for Texas, and comes about in the effort to get cotton matured before the boll weevils get in their work. DiscVssjng a paper that was read before the State Press association the other day on the subject of the editor in politics. Editor Hemphill Insisted that no editor had a right to be a candidate for' office unless his aspirations were in the direction of the United States senate. Mayor Rhett of Charleston, is really trying to do something to check the tiger business within his jurisdiction, and he has the support of many of the most prominent and influential business men in the city; but it is an uphill work. There are thousands in Charleston who believe liquor selling to be an inherent right, and they are not going to quit unless they are made to. Thkrk is enough plausibility in the idea of cotton banks to make it peculiarly fascinating and we are quite confident that if there is a serious effort to make it go, it will create something of a ripple, but we predict in advance that the stockholders will be among the worse sunerers in me tnu, nunuci they be cotton producers or capitalists. At the same time, however, we realize that it is a waste of time and space to offer any advice along this line. When people become stricken with the kind of fever here involved, there is nothing to be done but to allow the malady to run its course. T.HKKF is something of more than ordinary interest in the case of John G. Capers. Formerly a Democrat, Capers turned Republican and was put in control of the Federal patronage of this state. The negro Republicans did not like the situation and made quite a tight: but were unsuccessful. Then Capers began to encounter the opposition of certain Democratic politicians. They wanted things and he stood in their way. Certain of the Democrats finally succeeded in fixing up some kind of a job on Capers that resulted in his removal from the office of district attorney. Devoting himself to the matter of vindication, Capers finally succeeded in placing himself right ' * ' ' ? * wun ine prtfsiueiii u^am anu acvuicu the appointment of commissioner of internal revenue. So far as has ever been made public, it has not appeared that Capers is any worse than his opponents or that his motive has been any different. Both are after political power and prestige, and both are looking to the same source for favors. It is a fact that Capers is now on top; but if there is anything else underlying the controversy we are unable to distinguish it. While out for a lark over in Bennettsville the other night, a young man defaced the newly erected Confederate monument with a pistol shot. The town authorities indicted a nominal fine, and the young man hoped that was the end of it. He probably would not have committed the offense at all had he not been in liquor, and he cared but little for the fine. But a newspaper correspondent recited the facts to his paper. This was punishment more dreaded than the fine and called for redress. The demand was made on the correspondent for a "correction." That, of course, was only for the purpose of making a personal matter of the affair and that purpose did not fail. A fight ensued. There was no serious harm as the result of the fight; but there is a lesson in the incident. Because of the fine, alternative to all punishment and a limit to the fines that can be imposed, municipal laws command very little respect with a certain class of offenders. As demonstrated in the present instance, tlie only protection the public has against such is publicity. In printing what he did about tlie monument incident. the correspondent was performing a public service, and tlie disagreeable consequence that came afterward was therefore a public sacrifice. Hut what is the remedy. If the municipal authorities, selected by the people, for the purpose and sanctioned with the so-called majesty of the law. are unable or unwilling to make themselves feared by outlaws, why should the public expect newspaper correspondents to voluntarily assume such disagreeable responsibility. The outrage against the Confederate monument was one deserving of severe punishment: but it was a light offense compared with the personal attack on the correspondent. who told nothing but the truth about it. If the public is content to let such incidents go unnoticed, that is the public's own lookout; but at the same time if the oublic is not going to back up those individuals who volunteer for its protection, it will find that such volunteers will steadily grow fewer and fewer, and the outlaws will at last rule supreme. Communications. Among the readers of The Enquirer are many individuals who do their own thinking on events of current interest and whose thoughts would be of value to the public at large if they were only published, but who, for one reason or another are deterred from writing what 1 they think. 1 We desire It to be understood that ( the columns of The Enquirer are al- ( ways open to communications from its 1 readers on topics of current interest, j and that it is a great pleasure to us to | receive and publish such communlca- j tiuns. | of course, it is understood that we ( in nut undertake to assume responsi- ] bility for such views as may be ex- I pressed in such communications and : equally, of course, it is understood, that we do not allow the use of our col- i utnns for tlie promotion of private in- 1 terests or for abuse of or reflections on | individuals. The private interest de- ( partment is In the advertising columns, and the department for per- ' sonal abuse and reflections has not yet been established in connection with i The Enquirer. But there are no unfair restrictions , upon the statement that the columns of The Enquirer are open to all man- 1 ner of proper communications that are of more importance to the publishers i than to the writers thereof. No matter whether we endorse such commu- 1 mentions or not, we are perfectly will- j ing to allow as much range as the | editor of The Enquirer would he will- 1 ing to take in the columns of this pa per. I tka font that tho onmmunieations referred to may be in opposition to or ' criticism of anything that may appear , in our editorial columns will have no influence in their suppression. Any- ' body who objects to anything he or | she sees in our editorial columns, is | especially invited to write that objection and send it in. It Is understiKul, however, that all ! communications must be signed and < the names published with the comrnu- 1 nieations. We do not care to assume ] the responsibility for publishing views | or comments of any kind with which I the originator is unwilling to asso- j ciate his own identity. ( SENATOR LATIMER ABROAD. ' I Interesting Letter Describing the . Azores and the Fortess of Gibraltar. < Oorrewendesce of the Yorkville Enquirer. On board Steamer Canopic, in the ( Mediterranean Sea, May 22.?Mr. , Kditor?On Friday, May 24th, our party landed at the Azores, spending about five hours at Ponta Del Gada, the capital of the islands and seat of < the civil government. The place has a population of 18,000 and after Lisbon and Oporto is the most important city of Portugal. Ponta Del Gada is a remarkably clean city. Its houses are well lighted, painted and whitewashed. ' The streets though presenting a good appearance, are not very wide, but are lighted with gas and electricity. Plenty of good water is piped through the houses. 1 Situated in the middle of the Atlantic ocean, the Azores offer a most agreeable and convenient stopping , place between the old and new worlds, j The Azores were discovered by Portugese navigators some 50 or 75 years before Columbus discovered America, The fact that large hawk-like birds were seen to fly westward from the coast of Portugal and not return led to the discovery of the islands, and the name Azores means hawk in the Portugese language. The islands are all volcanic, though it is said that St. Maris gives some evidence of regular geological formation. The mineral spring on St. Michael is regarded as possessing wonderful medical properties, and many interesting stories are related by tourists of the healing power of the water. The traveler's visit to these islands, emerging as they do abruptly from the ocean with their sharp volcanic peaks, lava cut valleys, luxuriant vegetations, charming landscapes and delightful climute Is rendered doubly pleasant by the hospitality and kindness of the inhabitants. The climate is temperate and mild, due to the high altitude and influence of the sr The vigor, abundance and variety of the products, and the careful tillage of the land, make the lields look like gardens. Large farms are not seen; the land is let in small lots and at short terms, and each tenant is striving to make the largest yield possible. Tile principal field crops are corn, wheat, rye, barley and potatoes. Oranges grapes and pineapples have brought large revenues to the islands, but for recent years disease has attacked the orchards and vineyards and has destroyed much of the profit from this source. Pineapples are growing under cover. The most important local industry at i.. .1? a jUfM'in irs nit- iiiaiiuiuv iui r from potatoes. There are three factories; they are large and all equipped. producing annually about two million gallons. There are three tobacco factories, the total annual product being forty-five million pounds. The local manufacture of clothes is limited to homespun with the exception of two small factories in Ponta Del Gada where towels, shawls, etc, are made. The commerce of the islands is carried on chiefly with Portugal, England. the United States, Ki-azil, Germany and Erunee. The principal exports are alcohol, pineapples, oranges, tobacco, beans, whale oil, vegetables, hides, butter, potatoes, fine clay, etc. Within the past few years experiments have been made in growing tea, and there is a good promise of success. The chief imports besides the general manufactured goods are sugar, coffee, rice, petroleum, tobacco, salt, leather, glass, lumber, etc. Our visit to the Azores was interesting in many ways and very enjoyable all the way through. On Monday, the 27. at noon we swung into the bay of Gibraltar, under the gun-pierced frowning front of the world renowned fortress of Gibraltar. This formidable rock rises to a height of l,29f> feet, and though we know it bristles with the formidable guns, yet so cunningly are the defenses planned that only two guns are visible, those on the highest points of the rock. A fussy little terrier took the first class passengers from the steamer to what is known as the Old Mole, built in the fourteenth century, and after we had a few yards in tile hot Gibral tar sun we decided that a carriage was a necessity and spent lite remainder ?>f tlie afternoon in the comfortable little coaches with which the town swarms, and which were hired at reasonable rates. Gibraltar though under the British llug. is peopled by Spaniards. Hebrews. Moors, and men of all nationalities. We drove curiously through the narrow streets past the shops, to the guard of the garrison, where after satisfying the officer on duty that we had no cameras, we were taken by a guard through what are known as the northern galleries, which are long tunnels cut in the solid rock behind the north face. These galleries, curiously enough, are connected with American history, for at the time we were keeping Knglaiul busy with our revolution, the French besieged Gibraltar for four years, and an Knglish sergeant devised this system of rock galleries, which turned a useless rock into the most formidable fortification in the world. For possibly over a mile these galleries run back and forth behind the face of the rock, loop-holed at short intervals for great guns. Hooking through one of these embrasures one sees before him 011 the left the Hay of Gibraltar, on the right the Mediterranean, and in front the narrow isthmus which forms the only communication from the rock to the main- : land. It would be no more than child's ' plav for ">00 men to keep at bay an en- : tire tinny. The only way Gibraltar could be tiiken would be by starving out tin- defenders, and even this might j fail for we were told that there is at < till times kept on hand stores and provisions to last the soldiers for fourteen f years. Only British subjects are til- i lowed to visit the top of the rock and i here are portions of the rock which lot even they are allowed In. Leaving the garrison, we drove down :he narrow streets to the Alamela Gartens, where beautiful flowers grow in wild yet ordered profusion and the gardeners offered you your choice as to tind and amount for any small coin. I'rom the gardens we went to the ?reat dock yards, which the government maintains for its fleet, and where under the grim guns of the fortress they can assemble, maintain and repair as many of their ships as they please. The dry dock in this navy yard is said to be one of the largest in the world. Coming from the dry dock toward the town, I was interested to observe in the little cemetery the name Latl ? ? Iw.n,1 oljina nt tha orpnifo r.f I Illfl (Ml lilt* I ICCl VI ovwiiv. c**. Hi*- Qiutu v?? the cliild of an English lieutenant. We 3rove back into what might be called the shopping district, for the purpose of permitting the ladies of the party to see what the stocks and stores were like, but though we went into many we bought little, as the prices were not enough better than those in the United States to be especially tempting. Gibraltar is the great fortress, and each nation which has held it has left truces of its occupancy. The Moorish castle still stands, though possibly a thousand years old and the old Moorish wall divides the rock from the base to summit right by the modern signal station of the Britsh. The old Spanish wall still stands, and by the south port, along side the old gateway surmounted by the arms, of Spain stands i new gateway with the arms of Great Britain. We enjoyed our trip through town nndpr tho Rritish flaer. but with citizens of all nationalities and came away impressed as all must bv with the strength of this natural fortress over which the British flag has waved now for inore than two centuries. The commercial importance of Gibraltar is comparatively small now, but at one time it was quite large. In 1822-24 the value of the imports of cotton and woolen goods alone amounted to $1,250,000, but from that year the trade declined. The amount of shipping has increased, but this is due to the extension of mercantile transactions all through the Mediterranean. Formerly in the days of sailing vessels Gibraltar was a great entry port for goods which were intended for distribution not only along the neighboring coast but to the .remotest corners of the Mediterranean and Black seas. Now steam and ships of larger tonnage carry cargoes direct to the ports of destination without transshipment. Gibraltar, therefore as a station of commercial importance, has declined, but as a coaling station and a port for the protection and convenience of the mercantile marine of the Mediterranean, Spain, and Morocco, it is of great importance. We are due at Naples at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning. The trip continues pleasant and uneventful. All of the party are well, but rather tired of life on board ship. We shall be glad to put foot on land again. A. C. Latimer. ROCK HILL AND VICINITY. Accident at Crossing?Interment of Mrs. J. J. Hagins?Personal Mention. Correspondenoe of the Yorkville Enquirer. Rx>ck June 24.?An accident, which while serious enough, might have been very much worse so occurred on Chatham avenue opposite the residence of Dr. J. E. Massey, Saturday afternoon. Mrs. W. J. Roddey and little daughter, Mrs. Joe Miller and baby. Mrs. Herbert Dunlap and little daughter and Mrs. W. W. EenneiJ were in a suriy to which was attached a very gentle horse. They happened to pass under the overhead bridge of the Three C's road while a train was passing and the unusual hissing and popping of ' the steam directly over the horse set him off and he bolted. In front of Dr. Massey's was a buggy driven by one of Mr. J. C. Lindsay's little boys, and Into this the horse ran. upsetting both vehicles. All were more or less bruised, but Mrs. Miller more so than the others. She was holding her baby in her arms and fell heavily striking her shoulder and head on the ground, rendering her unconscious for some time. Miss Annie Roddey Miller, a graduate of Winthrop at the recent commencement, who has been . spending some time at the home of Capt. and Mrs. W. L. Roddey before returning to her home in Micanopy, Fla., received a telegram this morning saying that her father was desperately ill and to come at once. Later today a second message came announcing his death. Miss Miller leaves tonight?Monday. Complimentary to Miss Ella Neely of Yorkville and Miss Rose Kee, Mrs. John A. Neely entertained a number of friends Thursday evening. Rev. J. B. Meacham. a fonner Rock Hillian, now pastor of the Presbyterian church at Mt. Sterling. Ky., filled the pulpit of the First Presbyterian church iifir rttiuuuiii 111 ?i auu ociiiufi. The remains of the late Mrs. J. J. Hag-ins were brought here Sunday morning from Marion, N. C., and interred in Laurel wood cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Hagins were life long residents of Rock Hill until about a year ago, when they moved to Marlon thinking to improve Mrs. Hagins' health. The services were conducted by the Rev. R. M. Marshall of the Episcopal church of which the deceased was a member. Miss Aline Steele of Old Point, who is recovering from fever, has gone to Hiddenite, N. C., to recuperate. Mr. Gill Hoi lis has resigned as bookkeeper at the Victoria mill and will go to the general offices of the Birmingham and Atlanta railroad In Atlanta. Mr. Fred Bell takes Mr. Hollls' place at the Victoria. Miss Carrie Taylor has gone to Raleigh. N. C.. to visit relatives, and from there will visit Jamestown. Messrs. W. J. Roddey, R. T. Fewell, C. L Cobb and Ira B Dunlap are away to attend tln> State Bankers' association at the Isle of Palms. Mrs. Richard Lauchlan and children of Anderson are visiting Mrs. Gilbert Greene. Mrs. Lauchlan is pleasantly remembered here as Miss Mecca Avery of Ebenezer. Mr. W. Lyle Black of Florence, is visiting in the city. Mr. W. B. Wilson. Jr., left Monday for Sewanee, Tenn., to attend his class reunion. Miss Elizabeth Pressly, is visiting relatives in Charlotte. Mrs. Chns. L. Van Noppen and children. who have been visiting here, have returned to their home in Greensboro, N. C. Capt. W. A. Graham is at the Jamestown exposition. ? Chester Reporter: Mr. George C. Sherman of Appleton, Wis., a professional colonizer, was in the city on Thursday evening and Friday morning at the invitation of the Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Sherman is a Swede by birth, but has been in this country thirty-five years and speaks the English language tluently. He has done a great deal of colonization work in Minnesota and Wisconsin and now turns his attention to the south as the natural lield for his labors. He has been in conference with Commissioner E. J. Watson and has the confidence of that official. Mr. Sherman's visit to Chester was for tlie purpose of ascertaining whether a tract of 5,000 acres could be secured on easy terms. He was shown lands in a certain section of the county and expressed himself as highly pleased. Mr. Sherman asked for a six months option on this tract, and this, it is thought, can be arranged. It is necessary to secure an option for this length of time, as persons desiring to leave Sweden and Norway must give three months' notice of their intentions ;n the public prints in order that their creditors, if there be any, may have fair warning. Permission must also be granted by the king. Mr. Sherman was very much impressed with the city and County, and thinks thai this section of the south has a great future. As to what will come of this colonization scheme depends largely on ourselves. The Chamber of Commerce has taken the initiative, and what else is done must be done by the entire public after matters have taken more definite shape. The colonization scheme has certainly succeeded in the great northwest as the population and thrift of that section will attest, and there is reason to believe that it will succeed equally as well here. LOCAL AFFAIRS, i NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. I W. E. Adams, Executor?Gives notice 1 that on July 25 he will apply to the probate court of York county for fl- , nal discharge as executor of the estate of Dr. A. P. Campbell, dec'd. j. Q. Wray?Quotes reduced prices on 1 seasonable dress goods, and cuts the prices on men's spring clothing. He invites you to see him before buying. Lesslie Smith, Clerk?Calls special and Important meeting of Filbert camp, VV. O. W., for next Friday night. A full attendance is desired. York Drug Store?Has fruit jars in pint, quart and half gallons sizes at right prices. Use chloro-naptholeum for disinfecting. National Union Bank, Rock Hill?Ex plains how to succeed and be a success. Save a part of your income and deposit it with the bank. Four per cent interest, compounded quarterly on savings deposits. Yorkville B. & M. Co.?Invites you to see the line of trunks, suit cases and grips it is showing. Clothing in latest styles at right prices. Millinery Is offered at 25 per cent discount. C. H. Smith?Invites the public to a basket picnic at Smith's pond on July 4th. First National Bank?Says that business men everywhere find it safest and best to keep their money in the bank. It wants your business. M. W. White?Says that all things come to him who stops waiting and goes after them. Yorkville real estate for sale. J. L. Williams & Co.?Offer 500 yards A. F. C. ginghams at 8j cents a yard?10 yards to customer. Special prices on clothing and low shoes end Saturday. Thomson Co.?Tell why Ladies' Home Journal patterns are popular. They sell at 10c and 15c each?none higher. Summer style book on sale. It is - getting along about time for the first cotton bloom. The earliest on record Is the 18th of June. None have yet been reported for this year. Col. R. W. Hunt of the Southern, is not a bad fellow by half. He fixed that Blacksburg connection so soon as It was properly called to his attention, and he will do the same thing in all similar cases. Col. Bob is pretty nearly all right. Dr. J. I. Barron has given to Mr. R S. McConnell an ancient musket of British make that is reported to have seen service in the battle of King's Mountain. Dr. Barron does not know a great deal about the history of the musket, except that it was picked up snmewhere bv his uncle, the late Dr. Robert Dathan, and Dr. Lathan's information was that it was among the guns captured from Ferguson's troops. The difference in advertising by means of circulars and through The Enquirer is about this. Something like one out of six circulars reaches a reader, and each Enquirer reaches about six readers. The proportion of effectiveness is therefore about 1 to 12 in favor of the newspaper, to say nothing whatever of the prestige of the newspaper advertisement, over the circular advertisement. The circular is not only worth less, but It costs more. People living within two and onehalf miles of the court house will do well to take notice as to how they will be affected by the act that places them within the Yorkville graded school district. It Is only within the past few days that the act has been brought to the attention of The Enquirer, and we would be recreant to our plain duty should we fail to call attention to the rather remarkable situation It entails. If the act holds good, all real and personal property within two and one-half miles of Yorkville will be taxed for the benefit of the * Yorkville graded school, and this whether the owners of this property care to avail themselves of the school facilities here or not. That this is a rather strange piece of legislation, there seems to be very little question, and as to whether the people living within the big belt without the corporate limits of the town are willing to stand for it remains for them to decide. If they are entirely agreeable to the arrangement, no harm has been done. Since the aooearance of the last is- I sue of The Enquirer, the "official" statement of the quarterly disbursement of the county board of commissioners for the quarter ending March 31, has made its appearance, and the same is reproduced elsewhere. It seems that the type for this statement was set up In Charlotte. This we judge from the fact that it is linotype work, and also from a number of obvious errors that would hardly have been made by a York county printer. Because of the "official" nature of the publication, however, we have not seen proper to correct any of the supposed errors; but have endeavored to confine ourselves to a faithful reproduction throughout, not even taking the liberty of comparing the figures with the original. We desire it understood, however, that this publication on the part of The Enquirer is purely voluntary; that we are prompted solely by a desire to give our readers the news, and that our direct compensation Is even less than that of the non-tax paying foreign concern that made such a miserable job of the type setting. But we do not want to be understood as complaining. We are not. There was no way in which we could have been compelled to do this work. But really we hope that the type setting on the next report will be such as to make it more trustworthy. The obvious purpose of the act extending the limits of the Yorkvllle school district to two and one-half miles each way from the court house was to counteract the effect of a previous act that provided for the transfer of the children from one school district to another, general or special. Under the act referred to, people living without the district and not subject to the special tax in this district were allowed to come in and enjoy the benefits of this district without having to pay tuition. By some kind of a compromise, it was arranged that pupils transferred from another district brought with them their per capita of the constitutional tax and other free school moneys and paid the difference between that amount and the graded school tuition fees out of their pockets. But this arrangement was not altogether satisfactory in that it was very doubtful as to whether it had the full warrant of law, and the act published elsewhere was evidently intended as a remedy. But if this new act accomplishes its object, and whether it does or not. seems to be an open question, it is attended by other complications. In the first place the area the act seeks to bring into the Yorkvllle school district is about five times as great as that originally incorporated. This will he shown by a mathematical calculation. Upon the former district, there is a bonded debt of twelve thousand five hundred dollars. This debt was incurred by the qualified voters of the school district. It seems rather hard that this should be saddled upon the people of the territory to be added without their consent, but such seems unquestionably to be the effect of the recent act. The people outside, for a distance of two and one-half miles from the court house, will have to pay their pro rata part the same as the people within the old district. But, of course, the people outside, or rather within the mile and a half belt recently incorporated, will have a right to vote on the question as to whether the special 3-mlll tax shall be levied upon them, and they also have a right to a sayso on the question of electing trustees; but it is a question under the act as it now stands as to whether trustees may be selected from any portion of the new district, or only from the corporate limits of the town of Yorkville. The constitutionality of this new act was upheld by the su preme court in the recent proceedings instituted by Messrs. W. B. McChw and C. E. Spencer, but as a matter of fact this was a kind of a moot court proceeding in that the vital questions were really not argued on their merits and it is a question in the minds of many good lawyers as to whether the act under consideration would withstand a really serious attack. YORKVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT. At the last session of the general assembly was passed the following act, entitled "An Act to Enlarge the Area of the School District of Yorkvilie to Two and One-half Miles:" "Section 1. Be It enacted by the general assembly of the state of South Carolina, That after the approval of this act, the territory embraced in the area extending two and one-half miles from the Intersection of Congress and Liberty streets, in the town of Yorkvilie, in said state, be declared a separate school district, and to be known as the school district of Yorkvilie and that it be invested with such corporate powers as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of its organization, as now declared by law heretofore creating the same and acts supplementary or amendatory thereto. Approved February 15, 1907.' Under this amendment, the people living within the territory thus brought into the special school district of Yorkvilie will, of course, not only have the right to vote in the selection of trustees: but will also have a right to say whether or not they are willing for the special 3 mill tax for the support of the Yorkvilie graded school. GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY. The following petit jurors were drawn this morning: to serve during the approaching term of the circuit court for York county, which convenes on July 8, his honor, Judge James Aldrich presiding. C. L. Westmoreland Broad River. J. E. Jackson King's Mountain. B. F. Massey Fort Mill. W. T. Bradford York. R. J. Huey Bethesda John H. Steele ....Bethesda. W. B. Black King's Mountain. A. B. Fewell Ebenezer. C. "T\ Brandon Bethel. Joe wL Matthews... .King's Mountain. E. F. \yood York. R. H. Gordon Catawba. H. A. Falls King's Mountain. T. A. Mcfarland King's Mountain. S. P. Sutton, Jr Fort Mill. John L. Osborne Fort Mill. J. H. Moss Fort Mill. J. P. Ramsey Broad River. J. H. Adams King's Mountain. John M. McFadden Catawba. J. T. McKnight King's Mountain. J. M. Hughes York. J. G. Wylie Broad River. J. M. McElwee Catawba. J. T. Wilkerson Bullock's Creek. T. B. Reed Catawba. G. C. Holler Catawba. J. J. Faris York. J. C. McKnight Bullock's Creek. J. W. C. Forney Catawba F. Shillinglaw Catawba D. F. Quinn King's Mountain. E. L. Williams Catawba J." M. Adams King's Mountain. E. A. McCarter Bethel. C. S. Link Fort Mill. ABOUT PEOPLE. Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Beard spent Sunday in Rock Hill. Miss Bessie Sandifer is on a visit to relatives at Greers, S. C. Mr. Harry C. Smith of Charlotte, spent Sunday In Yorkville. Mrs. J. J. Keller of Rock Hill, is visiting: Mrs. J. M. Ferguson. Miss E. May Harmon of Baltimore, is the guest of Miss Elise Latimer. Mr. Wm. P. Harrison of Columbia, spent Sunday with his family In Yorkvllle. Mrs. VV. K. Douglass of Due West, Is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. F. Thomson. Miss Gussie 6eatty Is spending a few days with relatives at King's Mountain. Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Wolff of Perryville, Va., are guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Lowry. Mr. W. Bedford Moore is at home from the College of Charleston for the summer vacation. Mr. and Mrs. J. Harvey Wltherspoon are visiting Dr. and Mrs. J. H. Witherspoon on South Main street. Miss Jessie Epps of Due West, spent several days in Yorkville last week, the guest of Miss Nellie Schorb. Miss Lucy Smarr has returned to Yorkville after spending several days with relatives near Hickory Grove. Mrs. W. H. Mills and children of Clemson college, are visiting the family of Rev. H. J. Cauthen in Yorkville. Miss Lill Hamilton of Holly Springs, Miss., and Miss Kate Hamilton of GafTney, are guests of Mrs. J. B. Mackorell. Mrs. Sallie Haiubright of Grover, R. F. D. No. 1, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Wade W. Ferguson on South Main street. Mr? Vmmitt r<l and children of Yorkvllle, left yesterday morning for a visit of a week to relatives and friends in Columbia. Mrs. Thos. W. Wilson of Gastonla, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. R. R. McCorkle. Mr. Wilson came down Saturday and spent Sunday returning to Gastonia yesterday. The New York World of Sunday, contains a photograph of Miss Mary C. Ashe of Yorkville, who sailed on the Kronprlnz Wllhelm, Tuesday for a tour of Europe. Among the out of town visitors attending the Grist-Crosland wedding were Mrs. Sarah W. Crosland, Misses Sarah and Lyl Crosland and Messrs. James Beckham and Carlisle Breeden of Bennettsville. Mr. R. C. Stephenson of Landsford, has been spending some days with his nephews and nieces in the Beersheba neighborhood on account of the illness and death of his sister, Mrs. A. E. Stephenson. Miss Wilma O'Farrell returned to Yorkville from Gastonia Saturday afternoon and left last night for Gainesville. Fla., where she has taken a po sition with tlie Tylar Lumber company as stenographer. Mr. E. G. Pursley, who has been engaged in railroad work during the past two years between Catawba Junction and Fort Lawn and between King's Creek and Ninety-Nine Islands, is now at his home on Yorkvllle No. 1. Messrs. J. T. Brown and W. J. YVilkins of Gaffney, were in Yorkville yesterday on a short visit. Mr. Brown has been here before. This was the first trip of Mr. Wilklns. He was much pleased with the appearance of the town. Mr. R. A. Dobson, superintendent of the Laurens graded schools, who has been visiting his father's family near Yorkvllle, left yesterday morning to attend the annual meeting of the State Teachers' association at Chick Springs, where he will deliver an address. Mr. J. C. Allen, former superintendent of the Yorkvllle Graded school, has been spending a few days in Yorkvllle. He came last Saturday evening and remained over to Monday afternoon. Mr. Allen was accompanied by Dr. R. T. Shumate and Mr. A. H. Malaney. The party is just pack rrom Mexico, where Mr. Allen has been during seven weeks past to investigate some mining property In which all three are Interested. The three gentlemen left Monday night for Chester, where Mr. Malaney was to take a train for Atlanta on his way back to Mexico. Mr. Allen and Dr. Shumate will be In this vicinity for several days. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? The Civic League continues to work steadily and Is making a very, satisfactory showing. ? The electric current has a very inconvenient way of suspending business on Saturday afternoons, about the time the cotton mills shut down. ? Mr. T. P. Moore and others are soliciting subscriptions for a big yarn mill. They have assurances that the necessary capital will be raised with but little difficulty. ? There is a case of typhoid fever at Mr. R. J. Caldwell's, one of his children having been stricken with the malady, and he has decided to suspend his dairy business for the present. ? The territory already In Yorkvllle school district before the passage of the recent act consisted of 3.1416 square miles. The territory now cmbraced consists of 19.635 square miles. ? Tomorrow Is the day of election on the question of exempting from municipal taxation for a period of five years, new manufacturing enterprises having pay rolls aggregating $50 a week. ? The question of levying a 3-mlll tax for the support of the Yorkvllle graded schools for next year is to be passed upon by the qualified voters on Friday afternoon, July 5, the polls being open from 12 noon to 5 p. m. ? Peaches are not very plentiful this year; but there are some. Mr. W. H. McConnell has sent The Enquirer a handsome specimen of the Triumph variety, matured along with a dozen others on a tree on his premises. The tree was protected from the frost by the house, and although all the peaches are somewhat faulty, are much better than no fruit. ? Misses L>oula and Prances Alieln entertained quite a party of their young friends on Thursday of last I week, between the hours of 5.30 and 7.80. The lawn of their home presented a very gay scene. After Indulging in games for an hour on the lawn, the party was ushered Into the dining room to the strains of a spirited march, played by Miss Mary Pant Herndon. The table was charmingly decorated In a color scheme of green and pink,, and place cards designated each guest's position. Very pretty and appropriate favors were found at each place, and a merry hour was spent over delicious refreshments of ices and cake, the color scheme of green and pink being carried out here also. A large number of guests attended, and each was agreed in the opinion that It was a most delightful affair. ? As the result of oversight, some complications have arisen with reference to the constitution of the board of trustees of the Yorkville Graded school. Under the law, two trustees are to be elected each year for terms of four years. The election one year is to be at the time of the regular municipal election and the next year on the last Tuesday In May. Vacancies caused by resignation, or otherwise, more than four months before the time of a regular election, are to be filled by special elections. All elections for trustees are to be called and held under the auspices of municipal authorities, after the necessity for them has been certified by the board of trustees. Dr. J. D. McDowell, whO| was cnosen ai mc iaai icguiai declined to qualify, and his place has been vacant ever since. Mr. O. E. Grist resigned in January last, and his place was not filled. The regular terms of Mr. Grist and Mr. W. D. Glenn expired on the last Tuesday in May, and no election having been held for their successors at that time, it Is a question as to whether there is now any legal way of filling their places. As to whether there is any legal cure for the situation seems to be a matter of very grave doubt. ? The home of Mr. and Mrs. Sam M. Grist was the scene of a beautiful home wedding this morning, when their daughter, Miss Nannie became the bride of Mr. Henry Crosland of Bennettsville. Promptly at 9 o'clock to the strains of Mendelssohn's wedding march, skillfully rendered by Miss Mabel Gaines, the maid of honor, Miss Eunice Grist, entered with the best man, Mr. Carlisle Breeden of Bennettsville. The bride and groom entered together and took their places before Rev. I. G. Murray of the Baptist church, who performed the ceremony in an impressive manner. The bride was dressed in a handsome suit of blue voile and carried a large bouquet of bride's roses. The maid of honor wore white point d'esprlt over taffeta and also carried white roses. Immediately after the ceremony, Mr. and Mrs. Crosland left for a trip to the mountains of western North Carolina. They will make their home In Bennettsville, ?1 **? m J In n ?-?-*ntoliar /\f wnert* mr, ^rumunu in a. miviuuvl vr? the McOall-Weatherly firm. He is a young man of sterling: worth and splendid business ability. Mrs. Crosland is the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam M. Grist of Yorkville. She is a blight young woman of charming personality and she leaves a host of friends in Yorkville who regret to give her up. LOCAL LACONICS. We Will Send The Enquirer From this date until January 1st, 1908, for $1.02. Mrs. W. L. Jackson, who lives on the southern outskirts of Yorkville, has an unusually fine garden this year. On yesterday she took from it a cabbage which with all the leaves on weighed 18 pounds, and stripped to the white head, weighed 13 pounds. Trouble at the Ninety-Nines. GafTney special of June 24, to the Charlotte Observer: At the Junction of the Southern Power company's railroad track and the Southern, near King's Creek. Friday afternoon, Smith Johnson, was shot and beaten over the head with a pick and a shovel by John Jones. Johnson was shot by the negro while he was engaged in making dough for supper, and had no warning whatever of the fellow's murderous Intentions. There had been bad blood for some time between these two negroes, hence the shooting. Johnson died about 10 o'clock last night. The coroner has gone to hold the inquest. Jones was arrested immediately after the shooting by parties at King's Creek, although he resisted. Free Scholarship. Mary B. Poppenhelm, president of | the South CUrollna Division U. D. C., i>oo './m An* thu fr%llnu/inu" V/iiaucniuu, iiai) JJUIII "ufc kviivMiitQ. "The South Carolina Division, United ^ Daughters of the Confederacy, will this year award a scholarship in full, good for three years, at Winthrop college to a girl of Confederate descent. Applicants for this scholarship must ^ be able to enter the sophomore class at Winthrop, have the endorsement of the president of the local chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy, must be at least sixteen years of age and must pledge themselves to complete the three years' course offered by the division. They must present a certificate stating that their family * cannot afford to pay for their education, they must be the daughter or lineal descendant of a Confederate soldier of honorable record, and In cases of equal attainment offered, preference will be given to the daughters of widow8 of Confederate soldiers. All applications must be filed with the state division president by July 1, 1907." Death of Mrs. A. E. Stephenson. Mrs. A. E. Stephenson an estimable unu nigniy fsietmcu muj ui mc dccisheba neighborhood, died at the home of her son-in-law, Mr. Joseph W. Smith, about five miles northwest of Yofkville last Saturday afternoon. The deceased was twice married, and at the time of her death was in her seventy-fifth year. Her first husband was the late John D. Clark, who died In the Confederate service In Virginia during ^ the war. Her second husband was Daniel E. Stephenson. She leaves five living children, four by the first marriage and one by the second as follows: Messrs. D. C. and J. D. Clark, Mrs. M. L. Wood, Mrs. J. P. A. Smith, * Mrs. Joseph W. Smith. The deceased was a most estimable woman, highly esteemed by all who knew her. The funeral took place at Beersheba on Sunday morning, the services being Conducted by Rev. S. H. Hay. Six grand sens, as follows, acted as pall bearers: Lawson and Mason Clark, Robert J. Smith, Clarence Smith, Roland Wood, Hunter Clark. The flowers were placed on the grave by grand-daughters. There was quite a large concourse of people, including relatives and friends for miles around at the funeral. ? To Reproduce King's Mountain. The following special of June 21, to the Charlotte, N. C., Observer, will be of Interest to the readers of The Enquirer. A unique and striking feature of the celebration of the 4lh of July in Bristol will be the reproduction of the battle of King's Mountain, which Is being undertaken at a cost of more 4 than $2,000. Elaborate preparations for this feature have been in progress Tor several weeks. The artificial mountain being constructed requires nearly 50,000 feet of lumber, It being built much after the shape of the original battle ground. It rises to more than 50 feet in height, and, being covered with scenic effects In the way of trees, rocks, logs and brush presents a very realistic scene. The nine colonels who participated In the first battle, togethat* n*<tVi thalr ataffa on/I mon flfpnmnu nying. Of this number, Tennessee furnished two, North Carolina thfee. South Carolina two, Georgia one, and Virginia one. It is worthy of special note that the descendants of these old pioneers will take part in the battle here on the 4th of July that is to revive all the scenes and memories of that decisive battle of the American . Revolution. It will be fought on the same ground where Shelby mustered the first men, who were called "over the mountain men," "backwoodsmen," etc., and who marched across the Alleghanies to meet Ferguson and his men and fight what is conceded to be the most picturesque battle of American warfare. Preliminary to this event, many scenes and thrilling Incidents like the attack of Patrick Henry, will be introduced. Noted border characters, like Dan'l Boone, will be seen throughout the performance. General Ferguson will be seen on horseback on the summit of the mountain. The % reproduction of this battle on a scale so pretentious means that hundreds of people will come here from far and near for the occasion. The management has the aid of the war department In arranging some of the details of this production. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Mr. Jesse H. Hardin, a highly es- 4 teemed citizen of Chester county, was seriously injured a few days ago by being thrown from his buggy*. He is recovering nicely, ? BishoD Ellison CaDers was stricken with paralysis at his summer home at Cedar Mountain last Saturday. 4 The paralysis first attacked the left side and has since been spreading: slowly. It Is feared that the bishop cannot survive the attack. ? George Mabus, a prominent young white man was assassinated as he was passing through a piece of woods on his return from his mill to his home near Butesburg, last Saturday night. Three loads of buckshots were fired into his body. Lee and Cliff Fallow are suspected of the crime. It is thought that the killing grew out of Jealous rivalry for the hand of a young lady in the neighborhood. The Fallow boys were seen going toward the spot about dusk, with the taken down parts of a shot gun concealed about their persons. ? Kershaw county, of which Camden Is the county seat, on last Friday voted < ut the county dispensary and prohibited the manufacture of liquor * within the county limits. The majority against the dispensary was about 100. It is understood that one of the principal causes of the action of the people in this matter was the fact that after the legislative delegation had fought from first to last against the Carey-Cothran law, when It became apparent that the measure was going through, they secured an amendment % that gave them the right to appoint members of the board of control instead of leaving the selection of these members to the qualified voters. ? Washington, June 24: A special train over the Southern railway left * g tonight for Ashevllle bearing the party of officers and attorneys of the Southern, who will on the 26th and 27th appear before Judge J. C. Pritchard on a motion to restrain the state from putting In effect the two-cent passenger rate established by the last legislature. At the same time a similar motion will be made asking for a restraint of the Virginia law. The Southern contends that the two-cent rate is confiscatory and therefore, unconstitutional, being in effect the tak ing of property without due process of law, as it is not practicable to operate passenger trains at the rate of two cents a mile per passenger. In the party which left tonight for Ashevllle are President Finley, Mr. Alfred m Thorn, general council; Walter D. Hines, special counsel; C. B. Northrop, attorney; L. Green, traffic manager; A. H. Plant, comptroller, and S. H. Hardwick, general passenger agent.