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Scraps and |arts. ; 1 ? Macon. Ga.. August 28: Attorney v General Bonaparte has signed an order permitting the removal of John P. f Gaynor from the Bibb county Jail to Indian Springs, Ga., a health resort, In the hope that Gaynor*s life may be saved. Gaynor suffers from asthma, { and was lately stricken with locomotor ataxia. United States Marshal Riley will accompany the prisoner. Benjamin Greene, who was convicted with Gaynor of complicity In the Savannah harbor frauds, will remain in jail here. The case of Gaynor and Greene has Keen annealed to the United States su preme court. ? Galveston. Texas, August 27: A ( desperate gang of gypsies, numbering j about fifty men, women and children, j was driven out of the state into Alex- j lco by the citizens of Starr county. The gypsies had toured the state, and for their thieving and swindling practices had been arrested and heavily fined in many counties. Reaching west Texas the gypsies were caught stealing twenty head of cattle. A committee captured twenty of the band and horse- ; whipped the men. For five head of the cattle, which had been cruelly treated, j. the gypsies had to pay (100 a head. 8 The entire band was then escorted to p the border and threatened with death n If they returned to the state. The Alex- t ican officials levied a head tax of (5 <j which they refused to pay and were v taken to jail. n ? Wall Street Journal: In the fiscal c year ended June 30, 1907, the United States Imported nearly (20,000,000 worth of raw cotton. This fact shows how ^ Intimate the commercial relations or p this country have become with Egypt, p whence nearly all of this Import of p 105,000,000 pounds was derived. It a shows too that we are paying over 19 t< cents a pound for the fibre, while that v of our growth is exported at an aver- f< age of 10.7 cents. The reason lies in ti the fact that our uplands have practl- tl cally ceased to grow the longer staple p variety for which spinners are willing ti to pay the better price and which r now goes partly to Egypt and to the t lowlands of the Mississippi river plan- n tations. Sooner or later the spinner a will begin to have more to say about s the cotton staple. Just as the beet sug- n ar manufacturer now dictates the t< standard of sugar-bearing beet that he o will accept from the farmer. When that h time comes it will do away with much r that now passes by suffrance under the name of farming. ? One of the greatest ocean steam- t ship races ever sailed is scheduled to jJ begin at Queenstown on September 7, to determine whether the new "Lusi- d tania," biggest ship in the world, or v the "Lucanla," holder of the west to * east record, is Queen of the Atlantic. r The "Lucania" has made the fastest I trip ever recorded between Queenstown " and New York?5 days. 7 hours and 23 ^ minutes?in 1894. The "Lusltania" on c her trial trip over a 1,000-mile course v maintained an average hourly speed of '' 25J knots. Under command of Captain ( James C. Barr, the "Lucania" will " leave the Mersey at 4.30 p. m., Sep- s tember 7. At 7 p. m., the "Lusltanla" will set forth under the command of jj Captain J. B. Watt. The two ships will call at Queenstown and then set out for the 2,800 mile race across the ocean. The "Lusitania" Is driven by four screws. The "Lucania" has only two screws. The "Lusitania" is 785 " feet long, is 88 feet wide and draws 37.6 feet when loaded. ? Pittsburg, Pa., August 27: Torn, s bruised and suffering from shock, Mrs. Anna A. Hucken, 55 years old, of this city, lies at her home tonight in a precarious condition as the result of an attack by a lion at Luna Park, a summer resort today. The park was crowded with women and children when, without warning, the lion appeared from behind one of the buildings, and with a roar, sprang upon Mrs. Hucken. The woman screamed and soon screams of the hundreds stampeding for the exits were added to Mrs. Hucken's cries. W. A. Down- J ing, chief of the park police, emptied the chambers of his revolver into the beast. Others secured rifles from the shooting galleries and from the concessionaries and soon a score were pumping lead at the lion, which still stood over the prostrate woman gnashing his teeth and lashing his tall. Finally the beast turned and rushed toward the show known as the "Mystic River" and here he succumbed, w turning over on his back and dying with a few kicks. His skin was completely riddled with the small calibre bullets. Mrs. Hucken was borne to the park emergency hospital, where her injuries were dressed. ? Pittsburg. Pa.. August 27: It came 51 out today that another very sensation- f al chapter has been added to the book ( of Nan Patterson, or Mrs. Leon Mar- 1 tin. who has just left Pittsburg at the 8 request of friends of a very wealthy r steel man. who had become infatu- 1 ated with her. Miss Patterson is al- * leged by friends of the wealthy "an- 8 gel" to have threatened his life one v night when she was drinking, and it 8 was made plain to her that she must " go. and so she was sent to Washing- 1 ton, D. C., where she is now supposed 1 to be. In the meantime, the wealthy ,v steel man, who has offices in the Frick J building here, is very ill, as the re- * suit of the excitement. The incident, 8 which has just leaked out, occurred in J a house a few miles from McKeesport, ' where the steel man had installed Miss 1 Patterson in style, with her own auto- | mobile and everything else needful. w Friends of the Pittsburg man employ- J ed detectives to break up the affair | when they found Miss Patterson was drinking heavily and talking wildly in J her cups. One night she quarreled (J with the steel man, and in hearing of * many threatened to drive her hatpin through his heart. This so alarmed those who knew the steel man that they took steps to have Nan Patterson hurried away. It is understood that she has promised not to return to the vi- t cinlty of Pittsburg. 41 ? Washington, August 28: The pres- ( ident has approved Colonel Goethal's s request to continue expenditures for a the isthmian canal in excess of the t pro rata monthly allowance for the fix- s cal year ending June 30. 1908. According to the canal commission this is on account of present necessities and unforeseen developments since the estimates were submitted, and with the understanding that congress will be requested to make an additional appropriation at the next session to cover this deficiency. Recently Colonel Ooethals, chairman of the commission, submitted to the secretary of war a report showing that such progress was being made In the canal work that $8,000,000. in addition to the appropriation for the current year, could be expended between now and the first of next July. He explained that this does not mean that the work will cost more h than the estimates, but that $8,000,000 t nore work can be done than was ex- he iected at the time the estimates for b> his year's appropriations were made, sa ^here was at first some question as to ht ihether a deficiency could be incurred, or ^he question was submitted to Mr. pr togers, the attorney for the commis- th ion, who decided that the deficiency m ouid be incurred. The president has eJi pproved his decision, and accordingly at he work on the isthmus will not b in lampered by a lack of sufficient funds, ac ?hf \lorkvilir (guqmrct. ? ^ tii YORKVILLE, S. C.j u| ar FRIDAY, AUGUST 30.1907. to th Tub Southern Express company is >eginning to develop quite a novel cheme to increase business. The new m iractice is to cabbage freight ship- re nents en route and bring them on to gr he consignees on express charges. uj "his is "enterprising" all right; but jjj ?-e are inclined to think that it will m* ot prove very popular with a large bl lass of shippers. '** " ar O.v his visit to Charleston last Tues- tl! ay. Baron Von Pills told the Charles- be on people that so far as lay in his |Q ower to accomplish that end. the peole of the city might feel assured tha? (jt steamship line would be established m i) Charleston in the near future. From rhat the baron saw in Charleston he t elt pretty well assured that the ven- C(j ure would be a success and about all b( hat he exacted of the Charleston peo- st( le was that they should agree to esabllsh in the city an Intelligence bueau, the business of which would be t> give complete and impartial inforlation as to the advantages offered by ^ 11 ?miihurn atatoc Thp barOn (le 1, l..o -?? tu Ires that If the line Is established Im- p, ligrants shall have every opportunity t|. o secure every advantage that may be f| pen to them. The Charleston people ai. ave given assurance that such a bu- ^ eau will be established. ]|s T.HBKB is no use trying to get any- a, hing except what it wants to believe, nto the hard head of the Charleston Jews and Courier, but for the correct to nformation as to the birthplace of An- pr rew Jackson, The Yorkville Enquirer, to fhich is amenable to reason, is repectfully referred to the Century Die- ,u lonary; Lanman's Biographical An- to ials of the Civil Government of the st Jnited States; Harper's Encyclopedia t}, f United States History; Ellis's The Jistory of Our Country, and the latest 1,1 iography of Jackson, by Hon. A. S. ?ollyar, of Nashville, Tenn. All say he fas born In North Carolina.?CharDtte Observer. utj As we have said before, we are not ce n this row between the Charlotte Oberver and the Charleston News and N Courier. The Observer says The News j|j ,nd Courier is thick headed and we lave no doubt of that. The News and ^ Courier also believes The Observer is f<j hick headed atid we have no doubt of M hat. We are afraid The Enquirer is ^ .lso getting thick headed. Anyhow, we ~ onfess that there is growing on us a >elief that Andrew Jackson was born 'f, n South Carolinn. It takes nerve to se ay that In the face of all the authorlies that The Observer cites; but some- " low we have never been a convert to C( he theory of the infallibility of the bi irennnilcrnnpf of the testimony. As "1 ve have stated before, Parton was fair nough to admit that there was dispute n his day as to whether Jackson was q, >orn in North or South Carolina. He Si indertook to settle that dispute, and "< >ased his final conclusion on the fact hat the deeds to the McKemle land ^ vere recorded in Mecklenburg, N. C. ti t is easy to understand how all these G t(i >ther authorities, may have gotten heir information from Parton. The rnbit involved in such a procedure Is pj jot yet extinct. But we have some d< jew evidence. John T. Green, Esq., of tv he Lancaster bai\ made an interesting b) listorical address at Old Waxhaw if rhurch in Lancaster county, last Wed- t' lesday, and in the course of that ad- ^ lress he cited the important fact that c, he deeds to the lands on which the is hurch has always stood are recorded n Anson county, N. C. The county to C he north of Lancaster is now Union. Cf re iVe believe that both Anson and Union ^ vere once a part of Mecklenburg; but ai is to that we do not speak with au- & hority. However, we do know that by i survey of 1772, a considerable strip >f territory that was previously claim- it >d by both states 'ell to South Caro- T ina. While it Is quite possible, from c>( ill the evidence obtainable, that Parton nay have been correct in deciding that " he title deed at Mecklenburg court jr louse confirmed the old women's tales, tl is The News and Couiler calls them. ve are inclined to the opinion that the a) ictual fact of Jackson's bii'thplace is itill a matter of some doubt, with that si loubt as against North Carolina. It is rue. as the Charlotte Observer, has ^ ;aid, that Jackson was rather too T oung at the time of his birth, to know ei xactly what he was doing; but it Is ilso reasonable to assume that in after fl( ears he took some pains to try to find tt ?ut the actual facts, and In view of all he testimony, we are inclined to the pinion that he must have known what w ie was talking about when he said that South Carolina is the state that gave lim birth. We feel very much compli- pi nented that The Observer should state ^ hat we are amenable to reason, and j lope that we have not sacrificed Its s| pxal opinion. We are a long way from F >eing convinced that Andrew Jackson ('! m vas not born in what is now Canvas- (lj er county. South Carolina. . ir S! Brighter and Brighter. st While it cannot reasonably be claim- Jjj d that Commissioner Watson has done w iny more than make a good start in te he way of attracting immigration to South Carolina, those who have all j^( ilong been keeping in touch with his |? fforts, now have reason to hope that tt luccess is now in sight. h; There has been much work to do, j' nany ditticulties to overcome. For genrations now the stream of immigra- in ion has been principally to northern lorts, and thoroughly organized inforIiation bureaus have been diverting ?.?? ..4* I* tliii lit- lll"M ur^lliiuir |M>| UWII III II |U mr (j. vest and northwest. Such immigrants en is may have come to northern ports w vitii tiie idea of moving toward tin* fjJ outh were persuaded or deceived into ;II hanging their purpose, ami this sec- \N ion lias come in for but the smallest js hare of the benefits that have gone J J' o the northwest. w It is true that the two loads of im- hi nigrants brought by the Wlttekind j|J lave not turned out in such manner as r? give great encouragement to the S| >pes of those who set so much store r the experiment; but that has been tisfactorily explained. These people id been led to expect too much, for le thing, and the country was not operly prepared to take care of em, for another thing. But still it ust not be Inferred that the initial ;periment was a complete failure, for ter all, it furnished a great deal of formation that can be turned to good count in the future. The establishment of a regular eamship line from Trieste to Charlesn will mean the diversion of a connous stream In this direction. The eamship company will do most of the liciting on the other side. It will not ive to make any specific promises to lybody. It will merely undertake to sure those foreigners who desire to tter their condition that the whole uthern part of the United States is habited by a prosperous and huppy vilized people, who are glad to welme them for what they are worth, id give them an opportunity to build > homes, educate their children and quire wealth. They will be told that e company will land them at Charlesn, and after they reach Charleston ey will be at liberty to go where they ill. With a good healthy stream of imigration started to Charleston, it is asonable to assume that those immlants who are best suited for particar occupations will surely and steadr drift into the places where they are ost needed. Here there will be a inch of mill operatives, there a bunch farm laborers, and here and there i independent land owner, skilled ar<an, etc. Of course there will have to s some provision to take care of rge colonies that can be best satis>d together, and this we have no ubt will be done in various ways? ainly by the organization of colonition companies, especially equipped satisfy and take care of the newimers, and at the same time to return ?th direct and indirect profits to the ockholders. There are those in the country who ar the coming of immigrants; but we ? not think there is any reasonable ound for such fears. The people of jrmany and Austria, from which untries most of the immigrants will obably come, are generally as indusious and law-abiding as our own. Iiere are in these countries of course, i there are here, all kinds of people; it our own people are so well estabihed as to be able to thoroughly comand the situation and undesirables e not likely to tarry. It is rather early, perhaps, to bank o certainly on the realization of the omise of a regular immigration line Charleston; but if that line is estabihed as there now seems every reason believe it will be; the people of this ate may look forward to becoming e- first and greatest beneficiaries of e enterprise. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. -Florence County Southern Cotton isociation has agreed upon the 13 nts minimum for cotton. - It is announced from Oyster Bay, . Y., that George B. Huggins has en appointed postmaster at Colutria, vice Dr. Ensor, deceased. -Sixty-one revenue licenses have ;en surrendered by Charleston tigers, illowing the vigorous campaign of ayor Rhett to stamp them out of ie city. ? Mr. G. A. Myers of Bowman, has scovered an Insect in his cotton ;)ds which he says is the "genuine L*xas boll weevil," and that the in ots have destroyed four or five bales cotton for him. ? Two mules were killed and three ere badly injured in Spartanburg iunty Tuesday by the collapse of a idge over Fair Forest creek. The ules were hauling a stationary engine id were the property of Clerk of the nurt Trimmier. ? Laurens Advertiser: Dispensary unstable Owens and Deputy Sheriff ullivan seized a barrel and a half of Crescent ale" Saturday afternoon at le store conducted by Benj. Sanders i the vicinity of the Laurens mills, he sale of this beverage is in violaon of the Care.v-Cothran law and overnor Ansel has instructed officers ? capture all the stuff where on sale id bring charges against the violators. ? Union special of Wednesday to the ews and Courier: Sheriff J. W. Sanurs this morning poured into the gutr twelve gallons of corn whisky and vo dozen bottles of beer, which had ?en seized as contraband. The sherf has also taken possession of a quanty of so-called "Crescent ale," le latter having been recently analyz1 by the state chemist and found to mtain a large per cent of alcohol. It said to be beer under a false name. ? Columbia special to News and ourier: The first bale of the 1907-08 itton crop to be sold in Columbia was ceived this morning from Orangeiirg. consigned to Mr. L. V. Dibble, id was sold by him to D. Crawford Sons, buyers and exporters. The rice paid was 113 cents per pound, he preparation of the bale was not le best, the cotton being too green. was classed as strict low middling, he cotton around Columbia Is In exdlent condition this year, and the rospect is most encouraging. ? News and Courier: The police iuad, under Sergeant Healy, is makig the blind tigers more careful, and ley are having a hard time getting leir supplies into the city now. The gers have been landing their goods love the city, and then bringing it iwn through the small creeks, or lipping it over the line in small pack?es. but the police are up to most of le clever tricks, and oiten me tigers ad that their plans were anticipated, he latest seizure was made Tuesday . ening on Kast Bay street. Officers reedlove and Bird saw a suspicious oking wagon coming along with two itur barrels. The wagon did not have le firm's name displayed, and the connts were investigated. On turning rer the barrels they were found to be vering ten gallon kegs of whisky, hich was promptly confiscated. ? Lancaster special of Wednesday to le News and Courier: The annual icnic of Cedar Camp. Woodmen of the forld, was held yesterday at Old 'axhaw church. Between 800 and 000 persons were present. Several >eeches were made. Congressman inley of Yorkville, delivered an ad;-ess on the principles of the Wooden organization. Mr. John T. Green ' the 1 Lancaster bar. read an Intensely iteresting sketch of the Waxhaw and hiloh churches and the Old Waxhaw tllenient?their origin and developient. Mr. Green's paper is a valuale contribution to local history and ill be published In full in the I^mcasr News. Mr. Spears of Charlotte, ade a practical talk on the subject of >od roads, lie told his hearers that the people of this county would folw tin* advice being given them by le Lancaster News they would soon ive giMid roads. Mr. James Cansler Tirzah. was present, and being call1 on for a speech, responded. Mr. J. . Voder of Van W.vck. presided and trod need the speakers. A bounteous nner was served. rPt??> i \it t -i Pev* ?Tlit? iirmiitinPA <?f . .... ..... . ..... . ... ? | ie young people is amazing. A few iys ago, a good looking young man line into this office when tlie editor as making music with a quill pen. a miine stub. He looked at It in iiazemeiit, and said: "I never saw lv one write with a feather before." 'riting with a feather, indeed! That enough to make the shades of Washgton. Jefferson and all the signers of ie Declaration of Independence blush itli shame because a young man. well 'ought up. should here, in the beginng of the twentieth century, call the storie pen, made from the good gray lose quill, "a feather."?Carolina ?artan. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Joseph W. Smith?Offers 6 horse power engine, Winship gin and a hand press, for sale. M. B. Jennings?Wants to rent the 6room cottage recently occupied by hltn, located on Wright avenue. L. R. Williams, Probate Judge?Gives notice that E. Vernon Teinpleton has applied for letters of administration on the estate of J. M. Teinpleton, deceased. J. P. White?Has lost a chestnut sorrel mare and will appreciate any Information leading to recovery. Victor Cotton Oil Co.?Wants two good men?one for ginnery and one for office work. Robt. McDowell?Will be in Yorkville An Tnnsrfav Spntpmlwr 3rd. and will buy mules between the ages of four and seven years. J. L. Williams & Co.?To make room for new fall goods now arriving, offer all large trunks at greatly reduced prices for quick sales. J. C. Wilborn?Makes additional offerings of York county farms for sale. Various sized farms at various figures. I. W. Johnson?Has a ful line of cereal products of all kinds, including Quaker wheat berries and oats, shredded wheat, cream of wheat, postum, etc. M. W. White?Says "logic is logic," and tells a pithy story to illustrate the point. Real estate offerings for investment. Carroll Bros.?Have bought a carload of Oliver plows and fixtures and will be pleased to talk turn plows to all interested. Buggies, wagons, harrows, bagging, ties, etc. D. E. Boney, Agent?Inquires if you have attended to that insurance, and says he can sell you the cheapest insurance for stock, buildings or your life. Yorkvllle Hardware Co.?Invites you to call and see the Lynchburg turn plow and says the "Lynchburg lasts longest." Thomson Co.?Is showing its fall line of boys' clothing at various prices, and Invites parents to come and see its line of clothing for the little men. York Supply Co.?Sells the Sanders two-horse disc plow and guarantees it to do the work. Appier. Ninetysix and R. R .P. seed oats. First National Bank?Has opened up a savings department, and will be pleased to explain its workings to all who are Interested. W. G. Reid & Son, Rock Hill?Extends a cordial Invitation to everybody to visit their mammoth furniture store. Used pianos are offered at bargain prices, ranging from $150 to $250. Farmers' Live-Stock Life Ins. Co.? Says that the expense of insuring: your live-stock is small when compared with the benefit you receive in case of death among your animals. York Drug Store?Advises you to take Vinol for throat and lung troubles. Osgood's India cholagogue for chills and fever. September begins next Sunday. The crops continue to sing that there is a good time a coming. Do you know where to put your hand on your registration certificate? Have you ever tried that certificate at the polls? A few more licks such as were struck by the revenue officers in the King's Creek section last Monday, and the moonshine business will be a thing of the past. The understanding Is that the revenuers do not propose to stop with the destruction of contraband property. It is their purpose to put somebody in jail. The congregation of King's Mountain -Chapel has arranged to hang on the walls of the building a life size portrait of the late Rev. Louis A. John[ son and also a memorial tablet. The church was originally established largely at the instance of Mr. Johnson assisted by Joseph A. Smith, Jasper N. Roberts and several others. We beg leave to advise our esteemed . .... .1,,. Mill O^nrrl I (jon icriiipt'i ai y% iiic Akwn ?? ?t that the rumor about which it appeared so much worried as to feel constrained to give the advice, "Don't" Is busted. The parties who bought the printing outfit last week investigated it. They were anxious to find the enterprising projectors of the laudable purpose to establish an up-to-date newspaper for Yorkville. The reason of the anxiety was obvious. They want somebody to put up the cold cash for the material they have on hand. But the alert porrespondent who threw out the original clue was unable to help the situation any further. He said that he really did not know any such parties, and had written his highly interesting paragraph only as a joke. So for the present it looks as if Yorkville will have to poke along with Its one old-fashioned common-place newspaper. At the request of the reporter, Deputy Collector Hammett explained his method of assessing beerlne venders. Under the law, he said, It was his duty to arrest and prosecute all such venders for retailing malt liquors without having paid the government tax. But under the assumption that beerlne Is sold innocently, Collector Jenkins has authorized a different basis. The fermented liquor tax Is $20 a year from 1 U.. rr.xt frnm fhnnlfs nf thp concern that is making beerine the names of all Its customers, and he has been assessing them from the time of their first purchase up to July 1 at the rate of $20 a year, plus a penalty of 50 per cent. For Instance, a man who sold beerine only in June, is assessed for one month's tax with 50 per cent penalty added. If he sold in July he is in for $20 plus $10, and has the right to continue to sell during the balance of the year, provided he does not run afoul of the dispensary law. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? Some of Yorkvllle's surplus energy might very properly be expended in the erection of a suitable hospital. ? Internal revenue officers have been doing some business in Yorkville this week, collecting revenue tax from certain dealers who have been selling "Beerine," a so-called temperance drink; but which has been found to contain enough alcohol to bring it under the ban of the dispensary law. One dealer paid $5, another $12.50 and a third $15. As to whether or not there are to be any prosecutions has not developed. CONDITION OF COTTON. The New York Journal of Commerce today publishes its monthly cotton re port. based on replies rroin nearly 1.500 correspondents of average date August 23d. It makes the condition 73.!< as against 77.5 last month, a decline of 3.6 points. On the corresponding date in 1906 the condition was 77.6, in 1905 it was 72.4 and 1904 it was 77.4. The decline of 3.6 points is due almost entirely to Texas, which fell off 10.4 points owing to drought and boll weevil. The only other state of any magnitude which showed declines were Louisiana with a 2.6-point fall and Arkansas with Ti 0.3-point loss. Notable advances were: North Carolina with 4.6 points. South Carolina 2.2 points, Georgia 2 points, Alabama 2.1 points and Oklahoma 5.5 points. Texas and parts of Arkansas and Louisiana have suffered severely from the drought, which, together with boll weevils and boll worms In Texas, caused serious damage in other states. The crop has generally made good progress, weather conditions as a rule being favorable, though some sections have received too much rain while others have had too little. The plant is generally small, but is strong, healthy, well-fruited, usually free from Insects and in a good state of cultivation, Shedding is complained of, but in a lesser degree than usual for this season of the year. The most serious feature of the crop is its backwardness, being two to four weeks late, which makes a good yield dependent on the date of frost. Picking has commenced in a few localities but it will not be general until September 1st to 15th. Scarcity of labor is not complained of to any appreciable extent. NO HOPE FOR PETERS. A dispatch from Richmond, Va,, to the Roanoke Times, has the following to say about George A. Peters, a native of York county, who has been sentenced to death in Carroll county, < | Virginia. "George A. Peters, of Carroll coun- * ty, Is to hang for the murder of Rev. Joseph Easter, a Dunkard preacher, , who was killed In the county several months ago. This conclusion was reached by Governor Swanson this I morning after going over the application for commutation. . "The governor says he has not found a solitary thing upon which he could base any Interference with the sen- J tence of the Jury which tried the pris- t oner. The papers have been In the hands of the governor for some time and he has examined Into the merits I of the case with unusual care. j "Peters, according to the records In the case, went to the home of the minister one night In May. after the mln- 1 Ister had retired, called him to the t door and shot him down In cold blood in the presence of the man's wife and , children. There was absolutely no provocation for the crime, and the at- ' tempt of the defence to show that Peters was drunk at the time fell flat, the j contrary being proven. Peters will be hanged on September 20." The foregoing was published last Monday. Mr. W. S. Peters, accom- 1 panled by Thos. F. McDow, Esq., left for Virginia on Wednesday In the hope that they might be able to do some- ' thing to secure a commutation of the 1 sentence to life Imprisonment. THE FIRST ENTRY. * We are glad to welcome today the first entry in the subscription voting . contest for the most popular lady, recently Inaugurated by The Enquirer. By this time most of our readers fully understand the plan of this contest, the matter being fully explained in the advertisement that has been ap- J pearing In the last several Issues. It is a matter of sending In paid subscriptions for 3 months, 6 months ' or 12 months, and voting 5. 10 or 25 ' times as the case may be for some lady. The lady who gets the largest ( number of votes by November 1 gets J J50 cash; the lady who gets the sec- 1 ond largest number of votes gets $30 cash, and the lady who gets the third 1 largest number of votes gets $20 cash. 1 The first entry referred to is Miss I Edith Castles of Smyrna. By this morning's mall three subscriptions, I egch for three months, accompanied by < a check for $1.50 to pay for them all, < and a note Instructing that the fifteen votes?five votes for each subscriber? ' be credited to Miss Edith Castles. i The contest Is open to any lady who 1 desires to enter, either on her own account, or at the Instance of friends or ? relatives; but even If there are only < three contestants and the number of I votes received by them should be only fifteen, ten and five respectively, the < prizes will be awarded just as cheer- I fully as If the votes had numbered 500 1 300 and 200. I TURNING OUT CATTLE. Judging from the number of people *bo have been In to speak to the edi-1 tor about It, the matter of turning out cattle after the crops have been gath- ( ered is one of the llvest subjects that has been touched upon In The Enquirer In quite a while. "No good farmer wants cattle running on his land at any time," said one farmer to the reporter. "The place for cattle." he continued, "is In the pas- 1 ture, and if you have no pasture you 1 should not try to keep cattle." 1 Another farmer came along with this 1 proposition: "If there Is no law making It a mis- 1 demeanor for a farmer to turn his > stock out, mere ougni iu uc, The farmer made the statement with ' such a positiveness of conviction as to arouse the reporter to argument, and ' he said: j "Inasmuch as the law allows you to < take up stock that trespasses on your land, and make the owner pay the expenses, I don't see why you want any I law to make it a misdemeanor for him < to turn his stock out. You don't care so long as the stock does not come on ' your land, and when It does come on your land, you have a remedy." "But what If the stock Is on my ' neighbor's land, and no fence between, < have I got t# sit down and guard my < place until they come on It, losing a whole lot of time before I can do anything?" . I "No, If you will go about your busl- I ness, and If the cattle damage you In 1 the meantime you will collect the dam- < age off the owner." i "But I've got to take the cattle up < before I can collect damage, haven't < I?" asked the farmer, "and If the stock I do the damage and go away before I I get back, what then? Again, suppose < It is hogs. It Is no trouble to take up I cattle and pen them; but how are you i going to catch hogs? You are not al- I lowed to dog them." < The reporter could not answer me i last question. * "I like to be a good neighbor," said | another farmer. "I am willing to lend I my tools, my wagons and my stock | under certain circumstances, and 1 am 1 always glad to do anything I can in i case of sickness; but when it comes to < allowing my neighbor's cattle to run I on the fields I cultivate I draw the I line. "Yes, I know what all this Involves," he continued. "I have paid the penalty more than once. I have Incurred | hard feelings and got the reputation of < being mean: but I can't help it. I try | to respect everybody's rights and I ( want people to respect my rights at j least in some things. My experience is that to allow cattle to run on your ] land, especially in winter, is ruinous i to It. There was a time when I did < not know any better; but after a while I paid to learn that whenever an anl- | mat's foot goes down In wet soil there , is going to be a clod, and thousands of i tracks make thousands of clods, and j thousands of clods reduce production to | almost nothing. t "Years ago when I first began farm- | ing. I conceived the idea of using my t cotton and corn land for winter pas- t ture. I figured that the manure would | add to Its productiveness. The next ] crop was smaller than that of the year i before. I did not know what the trou- ( ble was. The next year's crop was so much smaller as to suggest that the t land was not worth another trial, t From what others told me as tallying ( with my own experience, I concluded j at last that pasturage was the trouble, I and so I just fenced the whote busi- i ness as a pasture and quit allowing i stock on cultivated lands. After two i years I plowed the pasture up and t found it better than ever. But no more r cattle on my cultivated lands, if you please. I have taken up my neigh- \ Kir's cattle time and again, but I have 1 lever yet charged anybody for damage. ' 3ut I tell you honestly, rather than al- I o\v cattle to run on my land even In I vinter after the crops are ofT?and I I nean my neighbors' cattle, for I never < illow my own to do anything of the I clnd?I would take them up and feed i hem at my own expense all winter, i rhis, of course, Is provided there are lot enough to break me up." I ABOUT PEOPLE. Miss Janie, eldest daughter of Mr. J. 1 J. Wray, has fever. 1 Captain W. B. Smith of Clover, spent 1 1 part of yesterday in Yorkvllle. Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Mackorell are .'islting the Jamestown exposition. J Miss Alice McConnell of Flock Hill, s the guest of Mrs. W. C. Latimer. Miuu Touula Rq hor <if Vnrlf vIIIp eaves today on a visit to Charleston. Mr. Frank E. Smith Is visiting the ramestown exposition and northern :ltles. Mr. Willie R. Lowry left Thursday 'or Mayesvllle, S. C., where he has a josltion. Rev. Jameg Boyce of Due West feliale college, has been canvassing In his county. Mrs. J. C. Wllborn and daughter, Vilss Elizabeth, are at White Diamond Llthla springs. Mr. Jas. F. Thomson, accompanied jy Mrs. Thomson, left Tuesday for the lorthern markets. Miss Irene Laughrldge and Miss Bessie Lindsay of Gastonia, are visiting Miss Mamie Turner. Dr. E. W. Pressly of Clover, who Is juite unwell, Is spending a few days it Cleveland Springs. Mr. W. C. Ewart returned last Wedlesday from a round In the mountains jf western North Carolina. Miss Leslie Barron of Charlotte, has oeen visiting relatives and friends In Forkvllle for several days. Mr. and Mrs. H. N. Moss and children of King's Mountain, are visiting relatives in Yorkvllle and Tirzah. Mrs. George W. Sherrer and son, Master Andral. are vlsltlner Mr. and Mrs. Tillman Huskey at GafTney. Dr. William R. Barron of Marion, \la., Is visiting his nephew, Dr. John [. Barron and other Yorkvllle relatives. Mrs. Joseph W. Alexander and chllJren, Fair and Clarence, of Oastonla, ire spending a few days with Yorkvllle friends. Miss Jessie Hicks and Master Raymond Hicks of Lancaster, are in Yorkvllle, the guests of Mr. J. S. Mackorell's 'amily. Mrs. W. Brown Wylie and daughter, Miss Rachel, left last evening for the Jamestown exposition by way of Chester. Mrs. H. H. Crosland returned to her lome In Bennettsvllle today. She was iccompanied by her sister, Miss Mary Bunlce Grist. Little James McFarland, son of Mr. J. W. McFarland, who lives two miles sast of Yorkvllle, got his arm broken ast Wednesday. Miss Lee illiams returned yesteriay morning from Charleston and Columbia, accompanied by Mrs. W. H. Hand and children. Dr. and Mrs. C. M. Kuykendal and children of Rock Hill, are spending some time with the family of Mr. J. Bolivar Scott at Delphos. Mrs. Andrew Floyd and Mr. Brian Floyd o' Spartanbur, spent several Jays with Mr. D. M. Hall's family, of Yorkville R. F. D. No. 1, this week. Mr. D. M. Euart of Hot Springs, Ark., and Mr. W. H. Euart of Huntersrille, N. C., visited their sister, Mrs. D. T. Woods, In Yorkville, this week. Misses Myrtle McKnlght and Minnie Stephenson of Yorkville, left Saturday to resume their work as trained nurses In the state hospital In Columbia. Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Woods and children are visiting relatives and friends it Gastonla, Mrs. Woods and the children will extend their visit to Huntersvllle, N. C. Mrs. William Epps of Klngstree, S. C.; Mrs. F. J. Tldbury of Wilmington, N. C.. and Miss Isabella Davis of Lan caster, are guests of Mrs. M. S. A. Bludworth. Miss Nora Davis of Troy, Is stopping a few days with Miss Mary Scott of Delphos, on her way to Bethany High school, where she has a posjtlon is teacher. Rev. Dr. J. S. Moffatt, president of Erskine college, was In Yorkvllle last Tuesday. He said that he was encouraged to look for quite a number of boys from this county. News and Courier: Mr. William H. McCaw, of Columbia, Is In Charleston for a few days. Mr. McCaw is one of the best known young newspaper men In the state, having worked, in various capacities, at different times for almost all of the dally newspapers In South Carolina. At present Mr. McCaw conducts a news bureau at Columbia and supplies a number of the leading dallies of North Carolina and Georgia with their South Carolina news. In addition to acting as special representative of some of the larger metropolitan journals. He Is In Charleston for the purpose of seeing for himself what is going on In this city, so that he may chronicle to that part of the reading public reached by the newspapers he represents the progress and prospects of the city. Mr. McCaw did some valuable work In connection with the exposition magazine luring the Charleston exposition, and Ih known to many of the citizens of this city. AFTER THE 'SHINERS. Internal revenue officers maJe a raid n the King's Creek neighborhood last Sunday night and made a p.*efty good Killing In the destruction of at? eighty gallon still, about 1,500 gallons of beer ind some six or eight bushels of meal. The raiders were Deputy Collector Hammett of South Carolina and Depjty Marshal Poole of North Carolina. Sheriff Brown was with them. Officers Hammett and Poole have jeen at the Hotel Shandon during sevjral days of this week getting Information as to the illicit liquor situation iround this vicinity and also looking for sveh irregularities as may exist in he observance of the internal revenue aws as to tobacco, cigars and other things generally. On being asked as o the particulars or his raid in tne King's Creek neighborhood, Officer Plaminett kindly went into full details ind the story he told was quite interest I ng. "Now, of course, you are not going o ask me where we got the informaion that sent us into that section, because if you do I am not going to tell rou. For a revenue officer to tell where te gets his information is against the eligious traditions and life of his busness. We consider it our bounden luty to protect the Informer, no mat- j er who he is or what might be his i notlve. 1 "Well, we had information that there , vas a still doing business about three i miles from King's Creek, and not being rery well acquainted with the neighborhood called upon Sheriff Brown to jo with us to it. The sheriff made no hesitation in complying with our request. and I want to tell you that we round him to be about as thoroughly up to his business as any officer I have run across in quite a while. "Following the instructions we had beforehand, we arrived at the place we were seeking shortly before daylight nionuay morning. iucic ?vus mc nun, and ten big fermenters containing about 1,500 gallons of mash, all ready for distilling, but nobody in sight. "It was pretty clear that we were on to something warm, and that all we had to do was wait. Accordingly we posted ourselves at different points In the woods and put ourselves on the lookout. "Along about 7 o'clock a white man showed up at the still. It developed that his name was Martin. We asked him if he knew who the still belonged to, but he was very ignorant. He knew absolutely nothing. We decided that we would take no risk of his disturbing anybody, and Mr. Poole and Mr. Brown left me to guard him, while they followed some paths to fln ! out where the same might lead to. "After Mr. Poole and the sheriff had been gone a little while, a negro came by where Martin and I were. I had a shotgun loaded with birdshot and a revolver. Pointing the revolver at the negro, I told him to come up to where we were, and he came. I asked Martin If he knew the negro. He said no. 'You don't know anybody or anything, do you?' I asked. He claimed that he knew somethings. I told the negro to sit down by Martin and as there was no use trying to get anything out of them, I just kept still. Presently I heard footsteps approaching and looking out, saw another negro coming down the path toward the still. He had in his arms a load of wood. To me it looked as if he was going to make a fire and I wanted to let him do it; but whether from some noise made by Martin or the negro, or other cause, he looked over our way. I saw it was all up, and with my pistol leveled at him I commanded "halt!" But he did not halt worth a cent. Instead, he dropped his armful of wood and ran. I hlQ7or1 quqv at t npci'n thrpp times, i knew 1 had no right to shoot; hut somehow 1 just could not help it. However, I reaiiy did not try to hit aim. At the third shot he went down m the branch, and I felt sure that 1 had killed a negro. Hearing the report of my pistol, sheriff Brown and Mr. Poole came down to- where I was, and after we had arranged for the safety of the prisoners already in hand, I went to look for the negro. I was very much relieved to learn that he had not been killed. I can't say for certain; but 1 don't think I hit him. "Well, it was all up now, and there was no further chance to capture anybody. In following the paths along which they had started, Sheriff Brown and Mr. Poole had come on a house in which there were eight or ten bushels of meal, and they also found a lot of vessels that had recently held whisky. We cut up the still, smashed the fermenters and poured the meal out on the ground, after which we made some further examination up the branch and found where some three or four other stills had been located in times past." In conclusion Mr. Hammett took occasion to say that his department stands ready to give all the assistance in its power to break up illicit stills anywhere In South Carolina, and that if anybody anywhere knows of such a still that they would like to see destroyed, all they have to do is to send a confidential communication to "U. B. Hammett, Deputy Collector, Sumter, S. C." LOCAL LACONICS. We Will Send The Enquirer From this date until January 1st, 1908 for 66 cents. Real Stuff?Humbug Name. Sheriff Brown has received from Governor Ansel a circular letter calling his attention to the fact that beer Is being sold by various merchants under fictitious labels, and instructing him to seize such stuff whenever he finds it. UlllmA m R;n R.ttLr King's Mountain Herald: On his return from an official trip to Clover last Saturday, J. P. Allison killed a large rattle snake near the forks of the roads at Sparrow's springs. The fellow carried eleven rattles and a button and measured 4 feet and 3 Inches long. The reptile crawled into the road In front of him and did not move after Mr. Allison came up till a 38-calibre ball demolished its head. King'* Mountain Herald Sold. Charlotte Observer: Mr. Claude A. Eury, who has been a member of the staff of the Gastonia Gazette, has purchased from Rev. J. M. Forbls, pastor of the King's Mountain Presbyterian church, The Herald, of that town. Mr. Eury will take charge and edit it, beginning the first of September. Mr. H. P. Allison, who has been the editor, will engage in other work. Mr. Eury was for a time assistant proofreader on The Observer. He is a young man of energy and capacity and has a good field. The Beerine Venders. Fort Mill Times: There was considerable discomfort Saturday among the cold drink dealers of the town who have been selling a bottled drink called "beerine," which In taste is said to be very much the same as lager beer. Some weeks ago the state chemist found by analysis that beerine contained too high a percentage of alcohol to be sold without tax and the revenue officers throughout the state have been busy for several days collecting this tax, the amount charged each dealer depending entirely upon the quantity of the drink he has sold. The local dealers were assessed amounts ranging from $2.50 to $15. Out a Good Horse. Up to this time, Mr. Robert F. Carroll of Yorkville, is the only man who was the loser by the theft of the horse stolen from Mr. Hardee of Chester, a few days ago. There was a brief statement in The Enquirer of Tuesday, reproduced from the Chester Reporter of the day before. Mr. Hardee came to Yorkville, explained that a horse for which Mr. Carroll had swapped had been stolen from him, and Mr. Carroll at once gave the animal up. On seeing the statement that the thief had taken his horse to Spartanburg and made another swap there. Mr. Carroll sought Mr. Hardee for some definite particulars: but Mr. Hardee was una ble to tell Mm anytmng. Mr. i.arrou is now out a horse and has very little information on which to recover the animal that was taken away from him. Sheriff Brown has written to Sheriff Nichols of Spartanburg:, in an effort to get information that may lead to the recovery of Mr. Oar-roll's horse. White Diamond Full Up. Gaffney Ledger: "Billy" Johnson, the manager of the White Diamond Springs hotel, came over Monday and stayed until Tuesday. When The Ledger man asked about the hotel and the springs Mr. Johnson said that the house was being most liberally patronized; in fact they have just about all they can do to take care of the patronage. The ledger has a kindly feeling for the White Diamond Lithia springs, as It was there that he was put on the road to health and happiness last month. It is a delightful place to spend a vacation, and there can be ho question about the medicinal properties of the waters. We know that "Billy" makes it pleasant for his guests for his is that genial disposition which makes friends of everybody and there is nothing that he can do to contrib ' * 4 hlo U It? U) lilt? fiiiiiui i <1 j 111 pica.i ui c u? in.) guests that he will not do. We hope that the patronage next year will be so great as to force the company to add to the. hotel. The hotel will remain open during the month of September. I ROCK HILL AND VICINITY. "Bugs" In the Box?Personal Mention ?Street Improvement. Jorrespondriie* of the Vorkrille Enquirer. Kock Hill, August 29.?The fans of this community are to have the privilege of seeing Raymond, the great and only "Bugs," twirl the sphere on the local diamond. Next Friday and Saturday, Charleston and Rock Hill will give exhibitions of up-to-date baseball here. The leaguers will go up against a good team, as Rock Hill will be strengthened by some of the best talent to be obtained. Rev. W. E. Thayer, the former pastor of the Baptist church and Rev. W. Ij. Llngle, D. D., formerly of the First Presbyterian church, were on the streets of Rock Hill on Wednesday, greeting their many friends. Dr. Llngle, who was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. James White while here, was on his way to Montreat and only stayed a , ._ .L. II- Tkouar will lew nours in ijie eny. m?. "... be here over Sunday and will preach to his former congregation then. Dr. W. GUI Wylie. president of the Southern Power company, stopped In Rock Hill a short time on his way to the Great Falls station. He was accompanied by a friend and they were In an automobile, which created quite a lot of Interest here?an Immense white touring car, much larger than anything seen on these streets before. Mrs. Nettle Roddey Miller and family of Mlcanopy, Fla., are In the city, the guests of Capt. W. L. Roddey. They will hereafter make Rock Hill their home and will occupy a residence on Saluda street recently completed. Miss Annie Roddey Miller Is a recent graduate of Winthrop college and will teach In the sbhool near Mr. John H. Steele's home In Bethesda township. Messrs. R. L. Sturgls, Pride Ratteree and Sidney Frledhelm of this city, were Dassengers on No. 34, which was wrecked near Charlottesville, Va.. Monday. Mr. Sturgls was painfully bruised about the body and arms, but the other two were not Injured at all. The citv street force Is engaged In grading down the hill on Railroad avenue, between Main and Johnston streets. This will be a great improvement. Mr. Chas. Cobb has so far recovered from his illness as to be able to leave Thursday morning for Waynesvllle, where he will spend a week or ten davs recuperating. He was accompanied by Mrs. Cobb. MERE-MENTION. Engineer Carter was Instantly killed and Fireman Thompson was fatally injured In a head-on collision on the Queen and Crescent road at Chattanooga, Tenn., Wednesday morning It Is rumored In London that Sultan Abdul Aziz has been assassinated in his palace at Fez, Morocco Governor Hughes of New York, has apoclnted his former law partner, M. C. h'leming, 10 maxe an invcsugaumi m the Insurance department of that state. Jas. P. Fan-ell, Irish Nationalist member of the English parliament for North Langford, Ireland, and forty others have been arrested and are hold for trial on the charge of talcing part in "an unlawful assembly likely to cause riot." Albert Stemelon, a Detroit, Mich., bookkeeper, walked Into police headquarters in that city Tuesday and announced that he had thrown his 2-year-old daughter Into the river as a sacrificial atonement for his sins. The British parliament closed on Wednesday after one of the longest sessions on record Ex-Sheriff T. S. F. Dorsett of Lexington, N. C., Is alleged to be about $28,000 short in his accounts The Western Union telegraph office at Arkansas City, Kan., was burned Tuesday night by what Is believed to have been an Incendiary fire Ex-President Cleveland is In such bad health that he will not goto his summer home in New Hampshire as he usually does each year James Oliver, the plow manufacturer, Is critically ill at his home at South Bend, Ind Sixteen battleships, six torpedo boats and thirteen other craft will comprise the fleet to be sent to the Pacific In December. The fleet will require 125,000 tons of coal for the trip. Delaware peaches are selling In the northern markets at the highest prices un rrcuiu ?c atlantlc passenger lines entering NewYork are engaged In a passenger rate war....Col. Ivanhoff, governor of the Russian political prison at Wlborg was assassinated in St. Petersburg, Monday Speaker Jos. Q. Cannon says that he is not a candidate for the Republican nomination for the presidency The American Tobacco company has permanently closed its plant at Cincinnati, Ohio, on account of the scarcity of labor Jas. G. Penn, a wealthy capitalist and tobacconist of Danville. Va., died Tuesday at the age of 61 years Thirty alleged members of the Black Hand society are in Jail at New Castle, Pa., awaiting trial. They are being guarded by state constabulary A package addressed to George B. Cortelyou exploded when struck with a cancelling stamp at the Nicetown sub-station of the Philadelphia postofflce, Tuesday. No one was injured Secretary of War Taft was on a St. Louis and San Francisco train which was wrecked near Spring Hill, Kan., Tuesday afternoon. There were no casualties Stanley Bellou, confidential man of the Banning Cooper company of Pittsburg, Pa., Is held on a charge of embezzling $16,000 of the firm's money A fast passenger train on the St. Paul railroad crashed Into a street car at La Crosse, Wis., Tuesday. Several passengers were injured, one seriously Four persons were burned to death in a boarding house at Oklahoma, Okla.,on Tuesday ..The Washington, D. C.t police have commenced a very active Lomnalirn amln.ol thp hucket shODS Of that city Four persons were killed in an automobile wreck at Rochester, N. Y., last Wednesday. The automobile collided with a trolley car Boston, Mass., negroes on Wednesday celebrated the one hundredth anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade. They adopted a resolution calling upon negroes everywhere to oppose any candidate who should have the endorsement of President Roosevelt for president The West End Business Men's association of St. Louis, is trying to bring about the calling of a national constitutional convention, with a view to settling a number of perplexing questions, not the least Important among them being the limitation of authority as between the state and Federal governments Striking telegraphers are charged with having interfered with the telegraph wires connecting Oamp Perry with the outside world and three miles of telegraph line between Camp Perry and La Crane are now under guat"3 of soldiers A dispatch from Mt. Airy, N. C., says that an unusually good apple crop will be harvested this year George Gould, aged 65 years, described as one of the wealthiest men of New Rochelle, N. Y., died Monday in a New Rochelle hospital, from starvation New York city will on September 10 open bids for J40.000.000 of 4J per cent city bonds A Manchester, England, dist.atch savs that 170 delegates repre sentlng Lancashire spinning and manufacturing plants, have been selected to attend the conference of cotton growers and manufacturers in Atlanta, Ga.f on October 7-9 It Is understood that the leaders of the Telegraphers' union are to appeal to President Roosevelt to make an effort to settle the telegraphers' strike. ? The Union county Baptist association has declared in favor of absolute prohibition as the proper policy of the state as to the liquor question.