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Scraps and iarts.jj J 5 ? Charles H. Moyer, who Is a code- * fendant with Wm. D. Haywood, now u being tried at Boise, Idaho, for compllcity In the Steunenberg murder, was called on Wednesday as a witness for the defense. There has been a strong ^ effort to Induce Haywood to turn state's evidence. It is stated that he has been promised immunity if he wffnld do sr> nnrt the stnrv la that his wife has been begging him to accept! the offer. Moyer, however, has stead-1 lly refused to listen to anything of the kind. His testimony Wednesday was In sharp contradiction to all that Orchard had testified to concerning ^ Orchard's relations with Moyer. "I ! never met Orchard until January 2, j 1904," said Moyer. "and I nev.er talk- j ed with him about any crime. I never at any time paid Orchard any money," he further declared. ? The campaign of the Federal government against the land grabbers of Colorado, Washington, Idaho and other western states, is growing in interest and importance with each sue- i ceedlng week. The game of the land grabbers has been to file claims for q public lands under fictitious names, tl and after perfecting titles in accord- t! ance with the government require- t< ments, with the help of conniving or- |j ficials, transfer the same to one or tl another of their number. Upon the ji initiation of the government prosecu- n tions, the conspirators were not very Cl much concerned about the matter. They found it a very easy matter to take the prosecuting officials into partnership. But about a year ago Fran- ^ /"?!o T Uonlv o o nmoonntIncr ottnmPV. v.- ^ and his assistant, a detective named u Burns proved to be of the kind of stuff 0 that could neither be bribed or bull- n dozed, and several of the conspirators li c< were easily convicted. This was in g Washington and Oregon. Messrs. Hen- V ly and Burns have transferred their H activities to Colorado, and the land thieves of that state are now in a big ^ stampede. a ? The London Dally Mail, comment- a Ing on the Japanese-American situa- ei tion, says editorially: "Around the im- ^ mense area of the Pacific ocean the tl embattled nations of the world are n gathering, as the nations gathered around the Mediterranean 2000 years a, ago. Careful observers universally di will agree that the great events of c< the 20th century probably will be oc- ^ cupied with the rim of this vast sau- j; cer. War between Japan and Amer- T ica Is almost unthinkable. We believe tr the Intentions of the statesmen of both countries to be profoundly pacific and ja that the incidents at San Francisco R are not responsible for the movement * of the American fleet. Japan com- w menced the war with Russia, without w previous declaration, by destroying It half the Russian fleet. Such a move ^ was very effective the first time it p was performed, and henceforth no na- ., tion will wait for a formal declaration C g of war, but will be ready to strike v] while there are yet no signs of a dip- ia lomatic rupture. The cautious and S wise statesmen directing American ?c policy are not violating prudence in ^ deciding to concentrate their forces hi in the region where the eye can detect b: the menace on the obscure horizon." ? The interstate commerce com- p mission has decided that the Jim Crow r< car law is not discriminatory where s' equal facilities are furnished to both ^ parties, says a Washington dispatch. G( The case before the interstate com- S merce commission that resulted in the o1 decision upholding: the Jim Crow car jt law was brought by Georgia Edwards, e< a negro woman, against the Ashevllle, w Chattanooga & St. Louis railway. ? al The negro woman attacked the provisions of the rate bill immediately af- ol ter its passage by congress, and it was generally understood that she was acting for many prominent negroes in the sj south and north. Her first move was tl to purchase a ticket entitling her to ? first-class passage from Chattanooga, tj Tenn., to Dalton, Ga. She entered T the car assigned to the use of white passengers and was promptly removed therefrom to the car assigned to the t< negroes. Through her attorney she cj filed a complaint alleging dlscrimlna- 01 tion in the facilities furnished to her a as against those provided for white E passengers. The commission held a Pi hearing in the case, appointed a day for argument and then, after careful Sj consideration, decided In favor of the a: defendant railroad. n' ? Raleigh, N. C.. July 9: Judge B. F. Long, of the state court, has Instruct- ti ed the grand jury to Indict every vio- cj lator of the new law fixing the maximum charge of transporting passen- C( gers on railroads in North Carolina la exceeding 60 miles In length at 2J T cents per mile, providing a penalty of $600 for every violation and making it f, an indictable misdemeanor for any d agent of the railroad to demand or n charge a greater rate. Judge Long q expressed the opinion that no court d< has jurisdiction In inJlctments except s< the superior courts of North Carolina, ^ and that If the state superior and su- C( preme courts should both hold the act ti not repugnant to the Federal constl- n tutlon, the Federal supreme court could p * re-examine the decision upon writ of error, at instance of convictions under ol the act. This decision following close ^ on Federal Judge Pritchard's decision ^ enjoining the state officers from put- c< ting the law Into effect, presents new s< and interesting phases of the rate lit- ^ igatlon. The Southern railway and t, the Atlantic Coast Line are selling n tickets at the old rates and giving re- n bate slips to passengers, to be good if the law is held to be valid. C ? In an interview at Berlin, Tuesday, c. Senator A. C. Latimer of South Caro- ^ Una, who with Representative Burnett jj of Alabama, is to cover Germany in c the emigration commission's report to ti congress, said in part: "We did not j* come to Europe either to encourage or o1 discourage emigration to the United a States, but to examine closely into the conditions of the possible emigrant classes in order to see how they live, y work and feed and how they are paid, ni so as to be better able to know what ? to do with them when they arrive in j America. At the same time we do not tl intend to prevent the acquisition by America of good and useful citizens. ^ although my own opinion, which, how- jr ever, is not shared by some of my col- fi leagues, is that America does not want ? ?... A ? A immigrants, because l Deneve inai v more immigrants mean less wages and t? less comfort for the home population, fi Our main object is to benefit humanity by uplifting the condition of the 'e{ immigrant when we get him and by e< being able to place him in a suitable ^ situation in America. As far as I see js in passing through Germany, the pos- ci slble emigrant class Is fitted for Iowa, k Illinois and similar states, but not for p the warm climate of the cotton growing states, while the Italians, on the cj other hand, are more fit for the south- ? em than the middle or northern states. We hope, if possible, to get all Euro- w ean countries to execute treaties wit! tie United States regulating: the en Ire subject. We were partlcularl; srtunate in Italy, where the king me s and took the greatest personal in srest in our mission, especially admir ig the practical nature of our inqui ies in the fields and the homes of peo le. After Inspecting conditions in th rontier and coast towns we may rui ? St. Petersburg for a week." (The \|orlnillc inquirer. YORKVILLE, S. C.t FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1907. The News and Courier says tha 'harleston ice cream is the best ii fie world. We have great respect fo tie opinion of our Charleston con smporary in everything; but in thi nportant matter we are convince! lat it does not know what it is talk lg about. It is evident that it ha: ot tasted ice cream made in this lo ality. MERE-MENTION. E. G. Lewis, president, and Franl r Pntno m trauanror nf thA Lewi: ubilshing company, St. Louis, an nder indictment in the Federal courts n charges of fraudulent use of th< lails Two of the largest mercan lie buildings of Indianapolis. Ind ollapsed last Monday, following i re, entailing a loss of $225,000 ice President Fairbanks saved tin fe of a hotel waitress, who had fal sn Into a lake in Yellowstone Nation 1 Park last Sunday Three hun red machinists at Fitchburg, Mass, re on a strike for nine hours worl nd more pay The Western Fed ration of miners has ordered a gen ral strike in the Cobalt, Ont., district he mine owners refuse to recognizi te Federation in any shape Th< lilroads of the country last year use< )3.000,000 ties, equal to 3,000,000,00i oard feet of lumber The Texaj ntl-pass law went into effect yester ay and is the most drastic in tin juntry. Railroad officials who giv< asses to anyone not entitled to i nder the law, are liable to a tine o >,000 and two years' imprisonment., here was one death and many pros ations from excessive heat in Phil ielphia on Monday James Bruit r New Brighton, Pa., aged 81 years i soon to take his fifth bride Ichmond Pearson Hobson says tha ar between the United States an< apan is Inevitable. He wants mon arships built at once King Ed ard VII of England, is on a visit t< eland, his second time since as ?ndlng the British throne Jessi ook, an ex-slave, died at New Castle a.. Monday, at the age of 104 years ...Judge Landis of the Federal court Ul?? "'"I o Ann nn t hi luim 51;, nm iui|n/oc a> imv v/? ?*.< tandard Oil company, convicted o lolation of the Sherman antl-trus lws, on August 3rd The Unite< tates department of justice will asi >r a receiver for the American Toacco company, with a view to dis itegrating the monopoly Order! ave been issued to rush work on th< attleships Oregon and Wisconsin hich are undergoing repairs at Seat e, Wash It is announced fron aris that Major Alfred Dreyfus wil ;tire from the French army on a pen on because of ill-health Jessi Grant, son of President Grant, i: possible candidate for the next Dem :ratic presidential nomination heriff Brewster and several deputie; f St. Tammany parish. La., dlsperse< mob Monday, which had gathered t< nched a negro. The sheriff announc1 that he would protect the negn 1th his life and the mob gave up th< >b E. H. Harriman is to be inIcted by the Oregon Federal granc iry on charges of fraud growing ou f the acquisition of government lands ...The south of France is again th< :ene of a serious revolt among th< ine growers, the peasants not beint itlsrfled with a new law relating t< le making of fraudulent wine ttorney General Jackson of New Yorl as begun an investigation of charge.1 mt the Western Union and Posta elegraph companies have combinec > maintain telegraph rates Thi overnor of the province of Nganhwe as murdered Sunday by a sub-direc >r of police. The murderer was de ipltated at once The legislaturi f Alabama will place a bronze statui f the late Senator Morgan in statu ry hall at the Capitol, Washington.. Ingineer Dease of a Mobile and Ohi< assenger train, was struck by a mal rane Tuesday and knocked back int< is cab unconscious. The train rai x miles further without an engineei nd colliding with a switching engint ear Mobile, Ala., seriously injure< ?veral persons More than 15,001 mights Templars are attending tn< iennial conclave of the grand en impment at Saratoga, N. Y., this eek Two men were killed am iree seriously injured by a head-oi allision of freight trains on the At' intic Coast Line at Blue Springs. Ga. uesday One negro killed, on< fflcer wounded, twenty-five gallons o hisky, two barrels of beer, two gripi all of Colts' revolvers, several hum red dollars in money, and twenty-five egro prisoners, resulted from a rai< n a negro gambling den at Nicholls a.. Sunday night Geo. W. Van erbllt's Biltmore, N. C? estate is as issed at $2,321,427 The Bridge lan building. Philadelphia, four sto ies high, in course of construction Mlapsed Wednesday, burying som< venty-flve or thirty workmen in thi jins The grand jury has return 3 true bills against Dr. David L lowland and his wife, Lillian Row ind. at Raleigh. N. C., on the charge f murdering Mrs. Rowland's firs usband, C. R. Strange King Ed ard of England has grunted a par on to Col. Arthur Lynch, who wai anvicted of high treason in 1902, an< mtenced to death, for having fough ith the Boers against England here were two deaths and ten pros ations from heat in St. Louis, Wed esday Six out of seven younj len were drowned by the capsizing o til boat in Penobscot Bay, Me., Tues ay afternoon The Internationa hristian Endeavor convention \va: nvened in annual session at Seattle Washington, Wednesday Senatoi . O. Bacon has been re-elected to th< nlted States senate from Georgia... hester B. Runyan. defaulting teller o le NVindson Trust company of Nev ark, will be defended on a plea o isanity Ex-Mayor Eugene Schmit: f San Francisco, within live minute fter he had been sentenced to serv ve years in prison, declared that In ould again be a candidate for mayo; f the city at the fall elections aqui Indians raided a mining cami ear Querobabi, Senora. Mexioo, las unday, and stole everything that the; >uld carry off Russia will spent 15.500,000 during each of the nex tree years in building up a new navy ...C. R. Edwards, manager of Swif : Go's branch house at Raleigh, N. C. i under arrest on a charge of misus lg funds of the company Afte ttally wounding Joseph Nicholson a lastman. Ga.. Monday, Dr. S. P. Smitl ttended his victim for two days in i ain effort to save his life Seven 'en cars of peaches have been shippec rom the vicinity of Macon, Ga., tt astern markets this week. Franl 'orton. a telephone lineman, was kill 1 in Atlanta, Tuesday night by cross d electric light wires A grea ght for state prohibition is beim lade in the Georgia legislature. I ! probable that the prohibition advo ites will win out Mme. From ina, who in March last attempted t( ssasslnate Gen. Rheinbot at Moscow ussia. has been sentenced to death Immanuel Baptist church. Chi igo, now employs a brass band in it; unday services Harry Kirkstein telegraph operator, has been arrestee i New York, on a charge of actiiq ith Mrs. I-aura Carter, in receivinj h money given the woman by Runya . the defaulting teller of the Windsi Trust company. Kirkstein says thi ' Mrs. Carter told him that she "hi t something easy." The price i - copper has fallen from 25c to 22c _ pound and still further reductions a predicted During the fiscal yes ending March 31, the public debt > - Japan was increased by $164,293,26 e The Pennsylvania railroad est mates that its projected tunnels, te mi rials, etc., in connection with Its ei trance into New York city will co - $90,000,000 ROCK HILL AND VICINITY. The Contest Between Rock Hill ar Chester?Personal and Other Notes (!orre8i>ondence ot the Vorkville Enquirer. Rook Hill, July 11.?Rock Hill h; recently gone ball mad, but has awal i ened?It is hoped. We have right i i home one of the best amateur, bor I fide, local teams that can be gott( together in this section?the best 01 1 town has had in many years?ar there are many citizens who love go< ball, but who do not in the least a] - prove of professional ball, who a willing to give a local team their ei thusiastic support. The addition 1 hired players gave any opponents tl same privilege and the consequen' was that Chester secured better talei - and succeeded in coming out best t the contest. The series with that tow just ended here, resulted in an ev< split with the advantage decidedly t r Chester's side. Monday's game was - fast one with the score 2 to 0 in Chei s ter's favor. Sparks, an Augusta ma t pitching for them and Evans an e: a leaguer for the locals. In the secor - game Tribble of the Sumter team wj s in the box for Rock Hill and shut oi the visitors in the score of 5 to 0, oi boys batting Sheff Moore of Columbi hard. Wednesday afternoon, realizir that they were up against a wort! foe. Chester had Foster of the Cha leston team in the box after the se< 1 ond Inning and his work was super s Fullenwider of Monroe pitched f< s Rock Hill and for the first three it nings did fine work. The game wi ' called on account of rain before tl e end of the 1st half of the 5th innln with score of 3 to 0 in favor of Chti ^ ter. News has come here that Che! ter fans are very sore over that callir * off of the game before the half ha e been finished, but anything else wou 1 ft nninlno \1 im\t- umi UNJU31 auu uic ui?)/?v, 4>. Baird, held on longer than was expec ed In the face of the rain. While a ' chances were certainly In Chester's ti vor no one knows what Is going i happen, and had Foster's fine work li up in the least the score could east " have been entirely different. The opt ? gambling was commented on freely i ? disgraceful and there Is small doul ? that the recent games have debauche the youth of our town more than an] \ thing bccurring here recently. " Lieut. R Ross Tompkins, of the 111 I cavalry U. S. A., has been In the cil r for a week visiting his parents, Cap ? and Mrs. R. R Tompkins. He le for Charlotte Friday morning and wi ' from there go to Des Moines, low, " where on the 25th instant he will wt " Mrs. Marie Mills Goode of that clt Lieut. Tompkins was graduated froi ' the S. C. M. A in 1894?the encami : ment that year being in Yorkville?an J since shortly after that time has bee * in the army. He was first a volunte< _ in the Second South Carolina, wil ' rank of lieutenant, and immediate! after the disbanding of the volunteei ' entered the regular army. His brie ? to be is a beautiful young widow, wl ' is a society favorite in Des Molne " where her family is prominent. I According to the officials of tl 1 Rock Hill division of the Southei . railway, there is no foundation for tl : recent rumor that this division wt : to be abolished. Mr. Goodall, who recently toe [ charge as manager of the Rock HI " Buggy company, will occupy the Buct a anan residence in Oakland. His fan " ily arrived here today from Cinclnnal _' Mrs. Carlisle Ragan, who was Mi! " Lutle Fewell of Ebenezer, is visltir j her parents. a GREAT WORK FOR MISSIONS. 3 Young People's Movement Is Accon 3 plishing Much Good. 1 Sharon. July 10.?The Young Pee J pie's Missionary Movement was 01 ganlzed at Silver Bay, on Lake Georg J N. Y.. In July, 1902. 2 It is inter-denominational. It c< operates with the home and foreig 1 mission boards of the Protestai t churches of the United States ar ! Canada. Its aim is to deepen spiritui - life and increase missionary activit 2 Its methods are largely educations f Furnishing a vast amount of literatui > on recent missionary movements ar arranging for the study of this liters t ture in a systematic way in classes a 3 over the country. Thus placing intei est in missions on a less emotion; 1 and more intelligent basis. 2 This year there will be somethir 1 like 150,000,000 Christians In oi - country studying in a systematic wa - the problem of the evangelization * 2 China, and also many will be studyir 2 the problem of saving our cities I - America. The summer conference is one < > the dynamoes of the movement actit 1 ities and a means of training leadei > for local churches. Instead of or i conference at Silver Bay, there ai r now four of these summer annual cor - ferences, one at Lake Geneva, Wis 3 one at Whitby, Canada, one at Sllv< ) Bay, and one at Asheville in Kent e worth Inn. The programme at Asheville th 3 year was a real strong one. Three < 1 the general secretaries of New Yot 1 were with us, each a specialist in h own line of missionary activity. W . had seven or eight foreign missions 2 ries present and helping. Most of oi f southern denominations were repr< s sented by secretaries of foreign ml: - sion board, general secretaries < 2 Young People's works and of Sabbat 1 school work. In addition to thes !. there were present a number of me - of ability and power, among whoi - was Bishop Chandler of the M. 1 - Church South. There were present i - the conference about 240 delegate D?mcKt'tor!o lotlrllnir lull e 101 delegates; Methodist next with 7' e the Associate Reformed Presbyteriar - had 25 delegates; the Baptist had ' i. delegates; the Lutherans had sever - the Congregational. Christian Episcc p pal and United Brethren churches, a t represented by one delegate each. Divided by states the representatk - was as follows: Alabama 10: Florid s 8; Georgia 48; Kentucky 7; Louisiar 1 fi; Mississippi 3; Maryland 2: Ne t York 4: North Carolina 45: South Cai olina 41; Tennessee 35: Virginia 20 There were six of us from Yoi - county: Miss Nina Gettys and Mi: ? Mary Lesslie of Lesslie; Miss Mam f Steele and Miss Wardlaw from Roc - Hill; Miss Lesslie Witherspoon froi 1 Yorkville, and myself from Sharon. s As already intimated, the whole cor ference idea revolved largely aroun r home and foreign missions. p The result was a spiritual uplift i us who were present and a new sens f of obligation to world-wide mission v We had at this conference twentj f five new volunteers for foreign mi: ? sions. beside fifteen or twenty who ha ? volunteered before. The location f< p the conference was ideal and froi p every standpoint my trip was inuc r enjoyed. J. S. Grier. t ?The Navy: "The result of the rt >' cent target practice shows a notab 4 increase in the general efficiency < t American naval gunners. The scon which have just been announced ind t cate that this year there are te . star ships, (those whose final merit - at least 85 per cent of that of the tr< ' pny winner 01 meir class, j wnerei t last year there were only three. Lai i year the average final merit of a t ships was 64 per cent of the highei - final merit, while this year it is ' 1 per cent. Another remarkable fact I ? connection with the result is that tl < efficiency of the Pacific squadroi - which was the smallest in final mer last year, is this year the highest ? t all the squadrons. The ships whic ' compose the second squadron of tl t Pacific fleet, and were last year tl - Pacific squadron, under command < - Rear Admiral Swinburne, won all tht i they could win?that is, the cruise . gunboat and torpedo boat trophie i. The battleship trophy, of course, wet - to the Atlantic fleet, as there is r * battle ship in the second squadron < i. the Pacific fleet. The final merit < 1 Admiral Swinburne's squadron is ' i ner cent higher than that of the net ?| highest squadron. n. LOCAL AFFAIRS. or , JJ NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. ot Piedmont Mineral Springs Co.?Tells a you that the White Diamond Lithia re hotel is now open and rapidly fllllI* lng up. Hotel service unsurpassed and results are guaranteed. '?* Strauss-Smith Co.?Invite you to " visit their store before buying dry r" goods, clothing, shoes, notions, stanlnu hota ota onH nrnmIqp tn uqvp st you money. W. H. Herndon?Wants hides and skins and will pay the market price for same in cash. C. H. Smith?Has 75 bushels of seed Irish potatoes suitable for second 1C> crop planting. $1.00 per bushel, t. D. E. Boney, Agent?Will sell you life, fire and live stock insurance at a lower price than it oan be bought elsewhere. First National Bank?Explains why it wants your banking business. Its policy is as liberal as Is consistent with security. ld J. L. Williams & Co.?Offer 200 pairs )d of ladies' vlci kid, patent leather and calf skin shoes at $1 a pair. Fancy p" vests $1 to $2.50. Miss Rosa Lindsay?Says her studio t)j has been closed this week on account of the intense heat. Will be open tomorrow from 9 to 12, noon. ^ Star Drug Store?Has Harris llthia, Glenn Springs and Piedmont mlnr_ eral spring water. Piedmont water >n received fresh once or twice each ;n week. t ? Dobson Bros.' Cash Store?Has Just s _ received new lot of millinery goods. c " Mrs. Dobson is still busy making t hats. Order your light-weight hat 8 id now- 1 1S M. W. White?Describes the one kind ( of man who is of no value In the ^ jr world. Local stocks wanted, a York Drug Store?Has complete line f 1(f of talcum powders and tells the ben- | jy efits to be derived from its free use. g r. Yorkville Hardware Co.?Asks you to e see its charcoal clay furnaces, for ^ b preserving, boiling and ironing. They e 01 sell at 75c to $1.50 each. W. N. Bigger?Lost a buggy wheel r iS last Tuesday on his way home from g Yorkville. and will be glad to hear t g from the finder so "he may recover it. r s- i a? V* axa Vsaro TVio fl rot nnoo VUIIC UUVjO die 11CIC. A lit ?t? VKVM ^ Ld arrived several days ago. r Id Some of the best cotton in the coun- d ty Is to be seen along the road from c jl Hickory Grove to Howell's Ferry. i- Theie has been confusion for a * to great many years as to the origin of a "Ninety-Nine Islands," as applied to * !n the group of islands at the site of the is Southern power company's operations. s ^ A great many people have the Idea 1 that the name crime from the fact that f a there are "exactly ninety-nine Islands" th in the group. We confess that we f 'y have never been clear about the mat?t. r ft ter. Our Impression, gathered more n 111 or less unconsciously during a great a- many years was that the "ninety-nine" r ly explanation was the correct one. This, 6 m however, is not the case. As a matter t )- of fact, while there are several pretty good sized bodies of land in the river j, ir at this point and numerous exposed f :h rocks it would take quite a stretch of ly imagination to claim exactly nlnetyf8 nine islands. Mr. Cornell, resident en1? . . . t lo gineer on the power company s works, s, says that A. F. Hambright, a wellknown old citizen of the vicinity who c has been living in the neighborhood 0 ie all his life and famillur with condiis tions before the war, says the same e v ^ comes from the fact that the point of iU the largest island is just ninety-nine i- miles from Columbia and the old river l* boatmen who used to ply between the tl ^ capital of the state and the Cherokee t ,g Iron works, grew to call the place a "Ninety-Nine Islands." The information published elsewhere c as to the proceedings of the meeting li of the Yorkville cemetery association t l- last Wednesday. From the report, It J will be noticed that some people have F )- spoken for lots and not paid for them, b r- Some people have paid a part and not a e' all. The association has determined to )_ prevent further interments in lots C m that have not been paid for and Is hes- a itating over the proposition of treat- a Ing such unpaid for portions of lots r y. on a potter's field basis. While there ? tl. Is reason to believe that the assoclai- k j*? tlon Is very reluctant to take any pos- B t_ itlve action In such a delicate mat- v J1 ter. It Is to be hoped that It will not p only adhere to Its expressed resolve; but will carry out the other sugges- b tlon as well. There Is no Idea of profit c lr In the management of the cemetery, t L>' of course; but the care and keep of a yf lg the grounds are expensive and call t In for money. The members of the asso- b elation are trustees of both the living r , and the dead. They cannot allow peo- I rs pie to own lots unless the lot is paid p ie for. To do so is an Injustice to all c r? those who are required to pay. There q J" Is no excuse for discrimination under p any circumstances, and no one has a c 1- right to either accept or receive fa- n ^ vor on any pretense. It Is to be hoped p that the proposed rules will be en- s k forced to the absolute letter. Is . 2 re CIRCUIT COURT. d i- u lr The circuit court adjourned sine die f i~ on Tuesday afternoon and Judge Al- v drich and Solicitor Henry left for 1 their homes the same evening. ii e, The statement In our report of last t 'n Tuesday that Paul Cornwell, charged a g with breaking in the depot at Guth- il it riesville, "plead guilty," was a mis- t s- take. Cornwell was represented by t $ Mr. W. H. Newbold, assisted by Mr. ii js J. C. Wilborn, and was regularly con- li 13 vlcted. " i: Judge Aldrich granted a new trial In t j'l the case of Mary Ellen Smarr and e JacK uoou, convicted or perjury. His v ?n action was based on a presumed error of his own making in his charge to w the Jury. P- . v ,k FARMERS' INSTITUTE WORK. A 38 Farme s* Institutes are to be held ? le ? in York county at Rock Hill on July 1 m 2C, Yorkville on July 29 and Sharon * on July 30. The opening hour at each v >" place is 11 o'clock a. m. The following 8 1 letter from J. M. Harper, director, ex- 8 to plains the purpose of the institute and P ?e the manner of its conduct: s- We have made all arrangements for c r~ our Farmers' Institute work during o *" this summer. The Southern railroad \ L" will again let us have the use of two >r cars for our exhibits and this railway system, the Seaboard Air L<ine, the 8 Charleston and Western Carolina and h the Blue Ridge have agreed to trans- n port our exhibit cars to all the places free of charge. We will have a num- 1 ?* ber of tilings in our cars of interest tp 1 'e the farmers. These exhibits will be y representative of many useful lines of . work in agriculture, horticulture, veterinary science and dairying, and >n there will he exhibits from other de- o 's partments of the college illustrating ti the work done by the students in the 18 textile, mechanical and other depart- ' st ments. We are going to have with us ^ " a number of good speakers on sub- tl jects pertaining to agriculture, hortl- c culture and dairying. In a n, REGISTRATION REVISION. if Governor Ansel has written t<? Mr. y I, J. It. Morris, supervisor of registra- L >e tion for Barnwell county. It is of ,e Interest and importance In York coun- h >f , . lt ty also: ,, r, "Dear Sir: Your telegram of this j: s. date in reference to the revision of it registration books and asking me to ? 10 advise you if the present board of ?f commissioners may employ some one 0 >f to revise same, is at hand, and in re>0 ply I will say that Section 187 of the ct Code of Laws of 1902, Volume 1, 8 reads as follows: v " 'The board of registration shall frc evlse the list of registered electors at W8 east ten days preceding each election, ind shall erase therefrom the names >f all registered electors who may pe lave become disqualified, or who, up- bu >n satisfactory evidence, may appear st[ o have died or removed from their espectlve counties, or who may have W >een Illegally or fraudulently restored: op 'rovlded, that any one who may deem re( llmself Injured by such an act may lave the right of appeal to the court nu >f common pleas or any judge thereof, fai is heretofore provided for persons re! vho have been denied registration.' ti "You will see from this that it retires the board of registration to do ed Vita ti'Arlf nnrl It dofw nnt nrnvlflp fnr 1 inybody to do it for them. My opln- fn on, therefore, Is that the work must >e done by the board themselves, be- Ml :au?e in the registration of voters da hey are made quasi judges as to c. vhether a registration ticket shall be ' ssued, and I do not think that any >ne can revise the list as provided in ot Sec. 187 except the board of registra- Di ion. The law is so plain that it does qc lot seem to me there can be any quesion about it. In this state the board Te if registration is a very important Lt ine and all the work, therefore, is equired to be done by them and must ,, >e done by them personally, and not >y somebody else for them." or Ml CEMETERY ASSOCIATION. Ml Under its charter of re-incorpora- w< ion, Issued to It by the secretary of tate, the Yorkville Cemetery asso- ^ py lation was organized on the 10th in- ** tant. The charter members were dessrs. Jos. F. Wallace, C. E. Spencer, 'n }eo. H. O'Leary and Geo. W. S. Hart. ce rhey adopted this by-law: 1. That there shall be six directors or the perpetuation of the corporate Ife of the association, all of whom hall be residents of Yorkville, S. C., frl ind two of whom shall be ladles and he remainder gentlemen: and whenver a vacancy In the directorate shall ?e caused by death, resignation or "" emoval from Yorkvllle, the vacancy hall be filled by an election held by m he other members; and whenever a M nember shall remove his or her resdence from Yorkvllle and fall to file lis or her resignation with the secre- Mi ary within thirty days after such re- w noval, the remaining members shall leclare the vacancy to exist and proeed to fill It. dr The charter members elected Miss fri tosa Lindsay and Miss Bessie Barron jb the two lady members of the dlrec- ini orate. A. At a subsequent meeting held on the ame day, at which all of the directors jj, vere present, Mr. Hart was elected ,re! (resident and Mr. Wallace secretary Vi< .nd treasurer. Mr. Wallace was also lected managing director, and Mr. te] )'Leary and Misses Lindsay and Bar- gr on were elected the executive comnlttee of the association. Very full towers were conferred upon the ex- bu cutlve committee. Or The association adopted this resolu- at Ion: That hereafter no lot purchaser who bu s In arrear shall be permitted to make urther Interments In the lot purchas- Hl d by him or her until the arrearage vis ie paid. The association discussed the mat- er er of treating as a part of the potters' ield the unoccupied part of a lot pur- ur based, but not paid for. but action pa n that matter was deferred. It is not :now who are In arrears, but It is qj. vldent that those persons would do te] veil to secure titles to their lots. ^ ol| WITHIN THE TOWN. ? Mrs. S. M. McNeel gave an at home ro o a number of lady friends yesterday fternoon. ch ? Rev. I. G. Murray of the Baptist Jo hurch began a series of five sermons Ot.nArtif ?vtA?n>lvi9 onK^ont of Gi lOl OUIUIU J IliWI tlllig, HIV OUMJVVV he first being "The Second coming." vi! Jext Sunday his subject will be, "The ch tesurrectlon," and following this wilt In! >e sermons on "The Judgment," "Hell," nd "Heaven." he ? The organization of the Lockmore on Jotton Mill company has been effected Ca ,s follows: T. P. Moore, president to nd treasurer: Joseph F. Wallace, secetary. Directors?Joseph F. Wallace, in !. M. McNeel, J. M. Stroup, O. E. WH- Is: ;lns, T. P. Moore, B. N. Moore, W. B. su Joore. It is expected that the mill mi rill be in operation by next spring, th iossibly earlier. wj ? Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Herndon celerated their "tin wedding" on the oc- ca aslon of the tenth anniversary of a heir marriage yesterday evening with ed , reception to their friends. More Yc han a hundred invited guests called ho ietween 9 and 11 o'clock to pay their sp espects and extend congratulations, frl ce cream served In dainty little cooky ians to be eaten with tin spoons, and Gr ake came in tin plates on tin waiters. fr< 'he "punch bowl" was a large tin dish Un ian and the goblets were pint tin Ne ups. The presents, all In tin, were tw lumerous enough to stock a store, in Everybody present enjoyed the occa- sit ion Immensely. roi ? The game between the "Yorkville 1 3's" and "Johnson's Specials" yester- ha ay afternoon, resulted in a sklddoo Yr or the "Specials." Howe and Gaines pp ,ere the batteries for the "Twenty- ari 'hree's," and Barnwell and Willis were w n the box for the "Soecials." During th, he first three Innings the "Specials" inj cqultted themselves very nicely and ex t looked as If they were to win. But (]|< he progress of the game developed su hat the "Specials" had been laid up wc n the shade for too long. They crs icked the staying qualities. The tal Twenty-Three's" walked away from sui hem, leaving them completely flutter- sti d out. The score was 14 to 4 in fa- cu or of the "Twenty-Three's." erl atl DEATH OF DR. J. M. LOWRY. of Information was received here last f?' Vednesday of the death of Dr. James on f. Dowry, which occurred at the home se' f his son-in-law, Rev. W. T. Mat- rei hews at Durant, Okla., on Tuesday. sh' 'he dispatch that brought the news mf ,-as addressed to Mr. J. E. Lowry, a ?f on of the deceased, and went on to an ay that the remains were to be ex- Pe( ected in Yorkvllle today. d?1 Dr. Lowry was a native of York ounty, and was for many years one f the most prominent citizens of ] 'orkville. He was born on the plan- So ation on Fishing creek, eight miles Ni outh of Yorkvllle that was owned by an is father before him, and which Is pi ow owned by his son, Mr. J. E. Low- sei y. The date of his birth was Nov, Vls 7, 1817, and had he lived until No- an ember 17 of this year, he would have inf een ninety years of age. plj Dr. Lowry spent his early manhood gir n the plantation, but some years af- t]ei er he was grown, decided to be a phy- ] ician and went to the Charleston Sin ledical college taking a diploma from jsjii rial inslllUlUMi 111 1011. ujiiJii ioa>u^ !! (] ollege he went to Lancaster county ahi nil commenced the practice of medi- by ine. He remained in Lancaster only Sw bout a year, however. Returning to sh< 'orkville in 1842, he married Miss jty .ouisa Avery, and after his marriage 0f egan to give his attention more par- rfer icularly to farming, finally abandon- sta ig his medical practice altogether, ha< lis medical career covered a period of sin nly about twelve years. 1 When Dr. Lowry began farming, he dei wned eleven negroes. He was a foi plendld manager and his plantation cot lowly and steadily developed Into a we erltable little principality, the profits elg >m wl.'ch at the beginning of the ir were each year amounting to t! methlng like a comfortable com- d tence. He not only farmed well; F t on a large scale, and there are p II living not a few individuals who b re more or less familiar with his F eratlons and who are still fond of F railing the big crops that were an- tl ally made on the Fishing creek a rin. At the close of the war, as the c rolt of the emancipation proclama- a in issued previously, the doctor turn- h loose 101 negroes. t There were eleven children born n >m the marriage of Dr. Lowry and c Iss Avery, seven sons and four u ughters. One of the sons, Samuel Lowry, was killed in the war. The o rvlvlng children are Mr. J. E. Lowry t Yorkvllle; Mrs. W. T. Matthews of J irant, Okla.; Mr. John E. Lowry of f ilumbia; Dr. Sumter B. Lowry of t impa, Fla.; Mr. Sidney A. Lowry of e ixora, Ark. a Dr. Lowry continued to live In York- r lie until 1900, when he went to Hick- f y, N. C., to live with his daughter, r rs. Matthews, and when Rev. and t rs. Matthews went to Oklahoma, he p ?nt with them. v The funeral took place this morning, a e services being conducted in the lurch of the Good Shepherd by Rev. e O. Babin, and the Interment being t the family plot In the Yorkvllle f metery. c a ABOUT PEOPLE. r Mloo Momla T.Po flrlqt Is vlsltlncr 1 ends in Rock Hill. Mrs. M. C. Willis and daughter, Miss ary Henley, are at the White Dla3nd Lithla Springs. Mrs. James F. Hyndman and son, aster Tom, of Atlanta, are visiting rs. R. T. Jackson at Newport. Mrs. S. R. Moore and daughter, Miss amie, are spending some time at the hite Diamond Lithia Springs. Mrs. W. Mason McConnell and chilen, left yesterday on a visit to ends at Avon, Fairfield county. Mrs. J. B. Bell of Gaffney, is visitor the family of her father, Mr. D. A. Watson in the Clay Hill section. Mr. W. J. Devlnney of St. Louis, 3., spent several days this week with latives and friends in Yorkville and ilnlty. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Spann of Sumr are in Yorkville on a visit to Mr. tann's grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. . B. Steele. Hon. John Gary Bvans of Spartanirg, and Hon. J. A. McCullough of eenvllle, have been invited to speak the annual picnic at Filbert Mrs* Amanda Peoples of Mecklenrg, N. C., and Miss Agnes Wylie of ickory Grove, are in Yorkville on a sit to Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Wylie. Mrs. Robt. Clonlnger and son, Robt, have returned to their home at lnston, N. C., after spending some ne in Yorkville, with Mrs. Janie irish. Mr. Geo. W. Brown went over to larlotte Wednesday morning, to atid the annual convention of the Re>1 Hardware association of the Carnas. Thos. F. McDow, Esq., left for CarII county, Va., last Monday to look ter the defense of George Peters, arged with the assassination of Rev. seph Easter, recently. Messrs. M. L. Thomasson, J. L. Melt and R. N. Plaxico were in Yorklie hauling out cotton ginning mainery that they are arranging to stall this summer. a Mrs. Janle Parish, accompanied by f r son JelTreys, left last Wednesday a a visit to her daughter, Mrs. ' LUthen at Piedmont. She expects v be away about two weeks. J Mr. A. L. Cornell, resident engineer 3 charge of the work at Ninety-Nine 8 land, put a thermometer out in the d n at his office last Tuesday and the f ercury went up to 130 degrees. At e same time the shade temperature 1 is 102 degrees. e Mr. A. G. Moore, formerly of Lan- 8 ster, but for the past fifteen years 1 resident of Texas and at present v itor of the Rockdale Reporter, is in <1 irkville today on his way to his old a me in Lancaster, where he will s end some time with relatives and 1 ends. ' Masters James D. and Lewis M. e 1st returned yesterday afternoon 8 >m a visit to the family of their c cle, Mr. C. H. Tall at Newport r sws, Va. They have been gone for 8 0 weeks and during that time took * the sights of the Jamestown expo- * ion and cities immediately sur- P undlng. a The Lakeland, Fla., News of July 5. f s the following about a former 1 trkville lady: "The editor had the ^ ?asure of inspecting the work of the 1 class taught by Miss Daisy B. ' illiams, which was on exhibition at e e class rooms in the Bryant build- s f, last Saturday and Monday. The u hibit was a revelation to many who u ! not know that an art school of r ch pretensions existed here. The a >rk of the pupils in charcoal, pencil, 1 lyon sepia and oil, was very crediale to teacher and pupils alike. The r bjects embraced landscapes, animals, 1 idles in still life, etc., and the exe- a tion was remarkably good, consid- 1 ng that the school has been in oper- e on for only about a year, and many ^ the pupils had no instruction be- n e entering It. Miss Williams is not * ly a very accomplished artist her- P If, but has the gift developed in a s narkable det _e of imparting what e knows to others. The progress s ide by her pupils is ample evidence ^ the truth of both these statements, E d we are gratified that our young 1 aple have such an opportunity to 11 velop their capacity for art." P , s AT NINETY-NINE ISLANDS. A Because the operations of the d uthern Power company at Ninetyne Island are a subject of present d future Interest to most of the peo> throughout this section, a repre- (j itatlve of The Enquirer made a t( ilt to that locality last Wednesday j{ d put in the greater part of the day ^ ipectlng what has been done and ring Mr. Cornell, the resident en- j, leer with questions as to future ^ relopments. b t has only been about four months ice the first dirt was broken on the b nety-Nine Islands job, and there Is p< im twelve to eighteen months' work ^ ead before the ponderous machinery fs which the tremendous power of the w ift rushing waters at these famous >a!s is to be converted Into electric; but already a tremendous amount pi work has been done and there still IT nains enough ahead to stagger and mpede any but the big fellows who p, ve successfully handled so many w illar problems. al rhe site of the Ninety-Nine Islands ^ . eloptnent Is in Cherokee county, w ir miles below the Cherokee Falls w ton factory, five and a half miles st of King's Creek station and about rt ht miles south of Blacksburg. lii The flr3t big task in connection with he work was the construction of a . ummy line from the river to the louthern railroad. This was com- . leted a few weeks ago, the Junction elng effected at a point Just across ' ting's creek, about half a mile from ting's creek station. The purpose of his, of course, is to carry supplies of II kinds, more especially heavy ma- 1 hinery from the railroad to the work 1 t the river. The line Is five and a ' alf miles long, and running as it does ' hrough a very rough country, across ' mmerous Driages ana small waierourses, its construction was no small 1 ndertaking. : It was over this dummy line that ; ur representative made the trip from he railroad to the river Wednesday, t part of the distance he went on i oot and the balance of it, he went on i he "dinkey," as they call the little nglne that plies between the river .nd the Junction. The track being lewly constructed, and not yet suraced, except for a short distance, the idlng is pretty rough at present; but here is a big squad of hands at work tutting the roadbed in good shape and vlthln a week or two more it will be ill that could be desired. The first scene of extensive activity ^countered on the way from the Juncion is at a big quarry, about a mile rom the river. This quarry is located tn what was formerly a section of the louth bank of King's creek. The creek an through a deep gorge. The chanlel, however, has been changed, and low a hundred or more workmen are tlasting out rock from what was once he bed and bank of the creek about l hundred yards above the Border's >ld mill. Already hundreds of tons >f rock have been blasted out, but the vork has only fairly begun. This ock is to be used in the construction >f the dam and power house and will >e conveyed to the river on a dummy ine that is to be constructed down the >ed of the creek. Taking the railroad again at the luarry, and proceeding on toward the 1ver, about a mile further on, one rets pretty nearly at a glance a comjrehensive idea of what has been gong on during the past four months. There Is the point of Ninety-Nine Isand in front. Formerly It split the Iver in very nearly two equal halves, ^ow, the east side Is dry, all the waer Is running around the west side, he diversion having been accomplishsd by means of a coffer dam about a luarter of a mile up the stream. Just tpposlte the point of the island, on the >ast bank of the river, there is a trenendous steel derrick, with a mast 15 feet high, and a boom of 100 feet, t is being used to lift cars of earth >ut of the excavation that is being nade for the foundation of the dam. I dinkey engine with several cars atached, is hauling the excavated dirt ip the side of the river to strength;n the coffer dam. Clearings on high >romontorles on either side of the rivir show the points from which the lam Is to stretch over a distance of ibout an eighth of a mile, and on some ilgh .trestllng near by stands a sirucure completed. In readiness for the nixing of sand, stone and cement Into concrete. There are a number of lolsting engines scattered about over he work, and steam drills are pecking nto the rocks at various points. There s a big machine shop on the river tank Just below the site of the dam, n which fifteen or twenty workmen .re employed and scattered about are lumerous pieces of heavy machinery nd implements that are to be brought nto service at different stages of the vork as needed. Altogether 01. the ob, including the quarries, there are 25 people at work, and the undertandlng is that within the next thirty lays the number will be increased to rom 500 to 600. The commissary Is in a big stone tulldlng down on the bank of the rivr, a short distance from the machine hop. About fifty yards up the hill o the east is a two story building, in I'hich is located the executive headluarters of Resident Engineer Cornell md staff. Further up the hill a handome three story hotel building, conaining twenty sleeping rooms is nearng completion and still higher up on eminences overlooking the entire grounds and commanding a magnificent view for a mile or more down the iver, are two handsome cottages that .re to serve for the present as the lomes of Chief Engineer Cornell and >r. W. A. Broomfleld, the resident mysiciu.il. AL picscui uicov 5?nv*vi.?v.. .nd their families are occupying tem orary quarters within a short dlsance of the cottages into which they lope to move within the next few days. The "Job," as the engineers call it, 3 in charge of Mr. A. L. Cornell, an ngineer of many years experience and plendld reputation. He is a modest, inassuming gentleman, who thoroughly inderstands his business, and is as ouch at ease in the complete grasp of .11 the varied details of the vast underaklng as if he were only engaged in seating a preliminary line for bluff ailroad. His orders are given in a [uiet, easy-going matter of fact way s though they were of no more auhority than volunteer advice; but very man on the work seems to unerstand that the suggestions are either to be ignored or misconstrued, lis staff consists of E. W. Hobbs, suerintendent; J. J. McGady, assistant , uperintendent; J. J. McNeel, superinendent of quarries; J. G. Kalgler, as- ( istant engineer; S. G. Wylie, rodman; i t. R. Liggett, office assistant; W. L. < )avls, cashier and accountant. From j lie remarks made about these gentle- , len at different times during the art of the day our representative J pent in his company, it is evident that ( lr. Cornell thinks that he has the | lost ideal staff with which any reslent engineer similarly situated, has ver been surrounded. The plans of the big dam contemlate a structure eighty-five feet hick at the base and tapering down j about fifteen feet at the top, which i to be seventy-five feet above the ed of the stream. The watei will back p four miles to the foot of Cherokee 'alls, and of what Is now known as Hnety-Nlne Islands everything will e submerged. There will be but one iland in the big pond, and that will e what is now a high bluff on the ast side of the river and about one undred yards above the dam. There ill be more than an acre of Its surice exposed, and a part of the time it { ill be a peninsula. The average ( idth of the big pond will be about a t alf mile. At places it will only be a i ;w hundred yards wide; but at one f olnt the width will be more than a . tile. Although the activities on the Job re right now sufficient to satisfy most eople, they are nothing to what they ill be within a few weeks, from now nd on to the end of the chapter, housands of dollars have been spent, c p to the present time, and before the r ork is completed the expenditures I ill aggregate hundreds of thousands s f dollars. It Is quite probable, in ict, that the completed plant will rep- ( 'sent very nearly, if not quite a mil- J on. I LOCAL LACONIC8. We Will Send The Enquirer From this date until January 1st, 1908, for 92 cents. Negro Ball Game at Blackaburg. A baseball team, composed of Yorkrllle negroes, went to Blacksburg ruesday and played a good game of oall with the team of that town. The tame was won by the Yorkvllle team by a score of 5 to 4, and eleven Innings ivere necessary to decide It Tragedy at Gaaton Shoala. Gaffney Ledger: The works of the Dravo Contracting company at Gaston Shoals was the scene of a most deplorable accident on Friday morning. Mr. Fort Bonner, a young white man, nineteen years old, while engaged at work on one of the dummy engines ac me worns, ieu on ana was crusnea \ beneath the wheels. The young man is a son of Mr. Andy Bonner, one of the most highly respected citizens of the county. Fell Over Precipice. A team of mules belonging to Messrs. Stewart & Jones, contractors, fell over a precipice at the King's Creek quarry, Ninety-Nine Island last Tuesday. The mules were being used to scrape the earth off the rock at the top of the quarry, when somehow they were backed over the edge and went to the ' bottom a 'distance of about sixty feet. One of the mules was killed by the fall and the other was more or less seriously Injured. Death of Mr*. Davidson. Mrs. T. T. Davidson, died at her home In the Delphos neighborhood yesterday afternoon after having been confined to her bed about three weeks. She had been in falling health for several months. Her husband died about three years ago. She was fiftyfour years of age In January last, and leaves two children, Mr. James Davidson and Mrs. J. M. Benfield. The Interment takes place at Philadelphia church this afternoon. Change of Schedule. A new schedule goes Into effect on the Carolina and North-Western railroad next Sunday. It provides for the restoration of trains Nos. 7 and 8 from Gastonla up, and for the running of the mixed freichf tratna hetween Gas tonla and Chester In such a way as to give a somewhat Improved service between those points. There Is much disappointment in this vicinity that the management of the road has not been able to see its way to operate Nos. 7 and 8 all the way through. Petition Dismissed. The Columbia State of this morning says that the supreme court on yesterday dismissed the petition for an injunction brought against the school board of Yorkville by Mr. C. E. Spencer -eto prevent an election. "The point raised," according to the State, "was that the election was a violation of the constitution, and that local laws were enacted when the special act was passed. This is the "friendly suit" recently referred to. The opinion of the y court is being awaited with interest by opponents of the recent legislation who desire to see how the various constitutional points Involved have been covered. Chester and Rock Hill. The following Rock Hill special of July 10, to the Charlotte Observer of Thursday tells of the baseball game between Rock Hill and Chester, Wednesday: The game between Rock Hill and Chester was called in the fifth Inning today on account of rain. Chester started the game with Derby In the box and the locals batted him hard. The expected happened in the third Inning when an automobile brought Foster, Charleston's crack pitcher, to the diamond for the visitors. The ^ Chester crowd by scheming had the manager of the local team delay the game 20 minutes, but they had to start it without Foster. Fullenwider of Monroe, fanned five men In the two first innings, but fell down In the third and Chester made four runs. High stakes were up on tne game ana Chester was playing a winning hand until Providence interfered. Over 1,500 people attended the contest. Poster came up on the Seaboard and was met at Edgmoor by two Chester auto- _ mobiles and rushed to the game. The M Chester crowd was sore and excitement ran high after the game was called. JORDAN AND 8MITH. # Cotton Association Leaders Arrange Campaign of Eduoation. CorreepondeDce of the Torkrllle Kncolret. Atlanta, Ga., July 12.?President Harvie Jordan of the Southern Cotton association, announced today that, beginning the latter part of July, he would address mass meetings in every state of the cotton belt. President Jordan will discuss his investigations in Europe in regard to the baling, ^ handling and marketing of American cotton. He will urge on the farmers the necessity of as slow a movement of cotton as possible in order to maintain a high level of prices. In this connection, Mr. Jordan declared that the ^ price of cotton next fall, he believed, would be the highest in twenty years. The first of the mass meetings will be held in North and South Carolina. On July 19, he will speak at Garner, Wake county. N. C., and at Raleigh on July 20. Meetings will be held at Spartanburg, S. C., on July 30, Union on July 29. and Gaffney on July 31. Leaving these two states, Mr. Jordan will go to Texas, and in that state he will speak at ten of the largest V cotton concentrating points in the state. Leaving Texas he will go to Arkansas, thence to Louisiana tr an to Mississippi and Alabama and will finish his campaign in Georgia in the latter part of August. Mr. Jordan will be accompanied on A Mo tmir hv funeral Orsranizer E. D. Smith of South Carolina, commonly known as the "Cyclone Orator" of the Southern Cotton association. Mr. Jordan and Mr. Smith have the co-operatlon of all the state presidents and the members of the executive committee of the association. Asked what he thought of the prospect for cotton next season, President Jordan said: "It Is fine. I believe we shall realize prices higher than we have received for twenty years. Every Indication noints to that fact, and I shall espedaily urge on the farmers In my speeches the necessity of a slow movement so as to maintain as high a level of prices as possible." President Jordan said that he expected good attendances at the meetings. He asks the general co-operatlon of the press In this great farmers' 1 movement. President Jordan's observations on tils European trip will be of more than sual Interest to cotton growers. While abroad he took particular pains :o studv cotton conditions there as hev affected the buying and manu'acture of the staple. He saw and compared the foreign mtton with American, and compare ^ :hefr methods of baling. He talked vlth manufacturers, and learned their leeds. He also noted Interesting hings about European business meth>ds as compared with American. These observations he will embody n the series of speeches he proposes :o make through the cotton belt He vlll also observe crop conditions In the )elt. a? ? The city council of Greenville has fronted the Public Service Corporation >f South Carolina a franchise to lay :racks through the streets of GreenMile. The company Is required to five bond in the sum of 110,000. ?hf Cotton IRarhet. * Yorkville, July 12.?Cotton 11 to IS. New York, July 11.?Spot cotton dosed quiet; middling uplands 13.20; niddling gulf 13.45; sales 600 bales. ^ futures opened steady and closed iteady as follows: July 11.80; Aug. 11.64; Sept. 11.60; Jet. 11.79; Nov. 11.73; Dec. 11.80; fan. 11.85; Feb. 11.88; March 11.96; day 12.07.