frraps anil facts.
? Kansas City Journal: The first
steam plough In Saline county has Just
been sold to Will Johnson, who lives
four miles west of Saline. The
plough has twelve disks, which can be
set so as to cut twelve furrows. When
running two and one-half miles an
hour It will plough thirty acres In ten
hours. It was started In a hundredacre
field at 3 o'clock on Wednesday
afternoon and Mr. Johnson finished
the field on Friday evening. He had
two crews on and kept the plough
running: all night. Mr. Johnson saia
he would never bother with a common
plough again. The plough turns the
ground as well as a walking or sulky
plough.
? Chicago, Sept. 10: The Standard
Oil company of Indiana today applied
to the Federal circuit court for a writ
to prevent the United States from
proceeding to collect the fine of twenty-nine
million two hundred and forty
thousand dollars, recently entered
against the company by Judge Landis.
Judge Grosscup, who heard the application,
declined to take action until he
had heard the arguments of the attorneys
for both sides. The government
attorney Insisted that If the writ be
granted, that a bond be required for an
amount equal to the fine. The attorneys
for the defendant argued for a
bond of only one million dollars. Judge
Grosscup, while not designating the
amount of the bond declared that It
should be equal at least to the total
value of the Standard Oil company of
Indiana.
? Atlanta. Ga., Sept. 11: The state of
Georgia will attack the validity of the
Fourteenth amendment to the constitution
of the United States In the
pending railroad rate litigation that
has been instituted In both the state
and Federal courts. The state will
also make the point that the defendants
in the suits have nothing, to do
with the enforcement of the reduced
passenger rates. The two Issues will
be raised through demurrers now being
prepared. The Central of Georgia
. railroad's suit to prevent the enforce
ment of the new rates is set for hearing
Sept. 16. before Judge Newman or
some other United States Judge, and
that of the Atlanta and West Point has
been set for the same date In the Fulton
county superior court. Although
questioned by many the validity of the
Fourteenth amendment has never been
attacked in court. In the pending rate
litigation the railroads seek protection
of the Federal government under the
Fourteenth amendment, alleging that
the order of the Georgia railroad commission
is confiscatory because it denies
them equal rights under the law.
? Charlotte Observer: A writer in
Appleton's Magazine points out that
the problem of railroad rates, both
freight and passenger, has been practically
solved in Indiana by the competition
of trolley roads. He shows,
among other specific instances, that
the fare between Indianapolis and
Anderson, thirty-nine miles, has been
reduced from $1.10 to 60 cents within
eight years. Nine railroad trains and
twenty trolley trains run daily between
these places. The IndianapollsWabash
fare has been reduced from
$2.70 to $1.40: the Indianapolis-Richmond
fare from $2.05 to $1.05. It is
also shown that the transportation of
freight by trolley is reaching important
proportions. Rates are nearly always
lower and delivery more expeditious
than by steam road. This showing
gives ua hope that the trolley
roads certain to follow the impressive
hydro-electric developments nowcoming
about in this section will do
much to solve the vexed rate problems
of the Carolinas and the south. A
Charlotte-Charleston electric line may
become a reality at no very distant
day. After all, competition?real com
petition, and not that absurd makebelieve
which the railroads are keeping
up among themselves long after
the reality has departed?Is the one
invincible weapon.
? Washington, Sept. 9: Antl-Orlental
outbreaks on British territory have
excited considerable interest among
army and navy men here, chiefly because
of the raid on the Japanese
quarter at Vancouver. The Chinese
seem to have been the chief sufferers
this time, but the feeling in British
Columbia seems to be against the
cheap Oriental labor without regard to
whether it comes from China or Japan.
The effect on the questions
which have been Irritating Japan and
the United States will be rather curiously
looked for. This case presents
a parallel to the case in California.
American officers and diplomats are
looking with interest to see whether
Japan manifests the same feeling
when her citizens are mobbed by Britons
as when they are attacked by
Americans. Officially, the attitude of
Japan doubtless will be similar, but
the Callfornlans In town, as well as
many officers, doubt that anything like
the feeling displayed against America
will be manifested in the Japanese
parliament or among the Japanese
people against Great Britain. This is
due to a strong belief that Japan's
real grievance against America is our
possession of the Philippines, and but
for that the assaults on Japanese restaurants
in San Francisco hardly
would have created a ripple on the
other side of the Pacific. Hence it is
believed that a very instructive contrast
will be presented in Japan's attitude
toward Great Britain.
? Washington special of Sept. 11. to
Charlotte Observer: The Southern
railway having completed its testimony
before Standing Muster Montgom
ery In the rate hearing, tne next move
is the examination of the company's
books by counsel for the state. This
will begin next Wednesday at the
Southern's office in Washington. This
examination promises to be the most
interesting of the hearing and it is expected
that some very hard battles
will be fought over what things the
lawyers for the state are going to be
permitted to see. Judge Montgomery
says that only those things which are
pertinent to the case can be examined.
Mr. Justice, of state's counsel, wants
to know who Is to decide what is pertinent
and he asked Judge Montgomery,
but as Mr. Justice now puts it,
he has not yet received a satisfactory
answer. It can be reasonably assumed,
however, that the standing master
will be the one who will determine this
Important question. The state's coun
* -1 ?xo^?%iooi,,? ,? tolro thfi
St-1 UMvru iui [iri ini.iKKiii iu tanv >?v
Southern's books and with an expert
accountant look over them, but the
standing master refused to permit this
and orders that the complainant produce
before him at the office of the
comptroller of the road all books, papers,
documents, etc., pertinent to and
bearing upon the Issue raised in this
proceeding, to be opened and inspected
under the supervision of the standing
master. The state's counsel ex
pect to find on these books several i
things which have been the object of <
great curiosity, among them being the 1
money expended to Influence legisla- >.
tion. If any, including the fees of at- <
torneys, both real ones and quasi ones.
The state's counsel claim that there |
have been a number of lawyers In the i
state who have been drawing large i
salaries, but whose duties have been i
performed only during the sessions of i
the legislature. i
$hc ^(orluillr (Buquircr.
YORKVILLE, S. C.i
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1907.
Prof. Cllnkscales was away from
Spartanburg when the Herald announced
his senatorial boom. Since
his return he has been interviewed and
he states that he has not considered
the idea of being a candidate for
United States senate and is unable to
say now what he may do about the
matter.
Thb representatives of the state of
North Carolina made a centre shot
when they secured a ruling that permits
the examination of the Southern
railroad's books. There is the place to
get conclusive evidence as to whether
the company is making or losing money
and as to whether its profits are In
reason. That the attorneys of the
company should resist this investigation
into the books was to be expect
ed, ana u is 10 oe expeciea ai*o mtn
there will be still more trouble before
the state of North Carolina gets all
the Information it wants; but still
there can be no reasonable objection
to the examination of those books.
The state authorities have a right to
know exactly what a corporation of
the state's creation Is doing, and if
there has been any misrepresentation
of any kind the railroad company deserves
to be exposed. The public is
entitled to the bare, naked truth.
The ocean record has been smashed
again. At least that is what was expected
on the arrival of the Lusitanla
which, according to calculations, was
due in New York at about 1.30 o'clock
this morning. The Lusitanla is the
latest of the big ocean greyhounds,
Just completed for the Cunard line,
and which started on her maiden trip
from Queenstown last Monday. If she
came in on time as indicated by the
wireless messages received from her
yesterday, while only a few hundred
miles out, she reduced the time between
Queenstown and Sandy Hook to
four days and eighteen hours, reducing
the previous record by eighteen
hours. The best previous Atlantic
record has been held for a number of
years by the Germans, it having been
made by the Hamburg-American
steamer Deutchland. The Lusitanla is
o, DxlHuVt uhln nnnutrnotod snmpwhftt
along new lines and embodies the first
attempt to use turbine engines in a
ship anything like so large. To these .
turbine engines are credited the in- i
creased speed. Since the breaking of 1
the record by the Deutchland, the
Germans have held supremacy in the
passenger carrying traffic across the i
Atlantic, and the special mission of
the Lusitania was to wrest this supremacy
from them and give it back i
to the English. The report is that the
Germans have already commenced arrangements
for the construction of a
new leviathan of the deep that will
be able to reduce the time made by
the Lusitania.
The recent riot at Bellingham,
Wash., in which subjects of England
were attacked by Americans and the
riots at Vancouver, B. C., in which
Japanese and Chinese were attacked by
British subjects, has brought about a
rather peculiar situation and administration
officials at Washington are
rather pleased than otherwise. It will
be remembered that some months ago
attacks were made on Japanese subjects
at San Francisco by Americans
and this has been followed by a great
deal of diplomatic correspondence between
Japan and the United States.
But now that Japanese have been attacked
on British soli it is a question
as to whether Japan will make indemnity
demands from England in view
of the fact that the British government
is Japan's only ally. If Japan
doesn't demand reparation from England
for damage done to her subjects
at Vancouver, it will put the Sunflower
empire in rather an awkward position
If she continues to make demands
of the United States for any indignities,
real or imaginary, put on her
subjects In California. Again, if England
sees fit to demand reparation
from the United States for Injuries
sustained by her Hindu children at
Bellingham, Wash., it will be conceding
in advance any demand Japan may
make for the Vancouver outrages, for
the two cases are precisely similar?
both being a protest against the cheap
labor of the far east. It is believed
in Washington that the two affairs will
make it all the easier for this government
and Japan to agree on a very
stringent exclusion treaty between the
two nations.
Farm Improvement.
Unconcerned about the increasing
value of farm lands and wisely indifferent
as to whether they can sell
their own farms at half or three times
| their value a few years ago, numerous
farmers in this county are prose
[cuting intelligent plans for the improvement
of their respective properties.
And after all there is nothing that
the farmers of this country can do at
the present juncture that will stand
them in better stead than judicious
improvement. This, most of them
know. Every man who has acquired
his experience digging his living out
of the ground has been brought face
to face with a realization of the fact
that no matter how much improvement
may have been made by his
father before him or himself, there is
still as much to be done as there ever
was, and that the doing of it is calculated
to prove just as profitable.
In spite of the bankrupting conditions
under which the agricultural Interests
of the country had to labor for
so long up to a few years ago when
prices began to grow better, hundreds
of farmers did all they could in the
way of Improvement. But few of them
could do what they wanted to do, or
anything like it. They did not have
[he means with which to afford the investment.
But now that means are
becoming available, thoroughly considered
plans are being revived, work?d
up and put Into execution.
The Increasing price of farm lands
generally is a subject of very great interest
to the landless farmer who
needs to buy; but it Is a matter of
small importance to the farmer who
already has as much land us he can
manage. The latter can find a great
deal more profit in Improving what he
has than In buying more.
Fifteen Cents Cotton.
The following very sensible editorial
to which it seems that there Is little
to be added that would make It more
comprehensive, Is from the News and
Courier of yesterday:
The buyers of cotton in the north
ind the executive committee of the
Southern Cotton association differ by
jne million bales in their estimates ol
the cotton crop now being harvested
ind the usual protest may be expected
from New England against the action
of the Southern Cotton association
and the Farmers' union in deciding
to fix 15 cents the pound as the
mlmlmum price of the staple.
We do not pretend to know what
the price of cotton should be. Ultimately
the law of supply and demand
will assert itself, but it is well enough
to emphasize again that the crop will
not bring its value unless the growers
express and act upon their own
opinion as to its value. There is precisely
the same reason for a farmer
with cotton to sell to name a price for
it as there is for the owner of a horse,
if a share of railroad stock or of an
lutomobile to name a selling price for
lis property. The southern farmers
ire in better condition this year than
ever before to hold cotton. Few of
Lhem will be forced to hurry it to
market. The chances are excellent
:hat better prices will prevail later in
the season. Cotton is not perishable,
ware-housing facilities are more numerous
than they have been and common
sense makes plain the duty and
wisdom of every cotton grower to foluw
faithfully the advices of his organization
leaders.
Admitting for the sake of the argument
that the crop will reach 13,000,)00
or more bales, it does not follow
n the least that tne Duyers snouia ue
illowed on that account to determine
what the price of the crop shall be.
The more cotton that Is held between
;he present date and the beginning: of
:he harvest in 1908 the more the market
will be steadied and, although the
'armer who holds necessarily assumes
jome speculative hazard, the chances
: loss to him are so small as to make
:he argument In favor of loyalty to the
issociatlon and the union overwhelmng.
The southern cotton farmer is
n the saddle and he would be no better
than a fool to listen to the pleadngs
and outcries of cotton buyers that
they release their product for whatever
the buyers choose to suggest.
Presupposing that there will be durng
the season no substantial slump
from the prices now prevailing, the
present condition brings out clearly the
strong position of the southern cotton
mills, the mills in the field. A considerable
part of the crop must this year,
is in every year, be promptly marketed.
Many farmers are in debt. They
jwe the merchants and the banks for
advances and money used in their
farming operations. This cotton will
aecome immediately available to the
southern mills, who may buy It at their
floors and who can afford to pay the
price of transportation in excess of
the New York quotations. In time the
New England arid foreign spinners
may find it advisable to send competitive
buyers into the mill districts
sarly in the season and take advantage
pf the quick offerings of cotton, but,
of course, they would be compelled to
meet the prices offered by the mills,
with the result that the growers in the
mill districts would save freight and
sell all their cotton at a figure equal
to or above New York prices. Heretofore
the policv of outside buyers has
been to withdraw from the southern
mill districts until the southern spinners
had secured their stocks for the
year. This policy has been of material
advantage to our spinners, but if the
outsiders should abandon It they
would still retain some advantage and
a greater profit would inure to the
farmers. At any rate southern farmers
who produce cotton in the neighborhood
of the mills have had brought
sharnlv before them the very greal
benefit that thev enjov through the
establishment of the spinning industry.
WEALTH FOR" THE SOUTH.
Richard P. Edmonds Reviews Some
Interesting Figures.
Commenting on an Interview published
in New York with E. H. Harriman,
in which he refers to the prosperity
of the south und southwest or
account of the cotton crop, Richard P
Edmonds, editor of the Manufacturers'
Record, on yesterday gave out ar
interview in which he said:
"Mr. Harriman's optimism in regard
to the effect of the wonderful expansion
of the agricultural interests ol
the south is justified, but he is fai
short of the reality in his statements
as to the value of the cotton crop. He
credits Texas with a production of cotton
of 4.000.000 bales, worth, he says
at present prices, $180,000,000, oi
about $45 a bale, whereas cotton if
selling at over $60 a bale, and, if tc
this be added the value of the cottor
seed, we would have a total of at leasl
$70 a bale, or just $100,000,000 more
for the cotton crop of Texas than If
estimated by Mr. Harriman. Mr. Harriman
also says:
" 'Think what that crop alone meanf
to the country. A $600,000,000 cottor
crop means prosperity for the south.
*'T* $? n ttfnn ftfirt fiiin Vint morf
nearly a $900,000,000 crop, which th(
south is now getting ready to pick
Last year's cotton crop brought to the
south about $800,000,000 or more, b>
far the largest amount which that section
ever received in one year for cotton
and cotton seed.
"But with cotton now bringing twc
eents or three cents a pound more
than at the same time last year, it is
safe to estimate that the crop, which
is now beginning to move, will bring
to the south from $850,000,000 to $900,000.000.
It is difficult to exaggerate
the tremendous importance of such ar
inflow of money. Europe will pay tc
this section during the next twelve
months between $500,000,000 and $C00,000.000
for cotton, or not far from $2,000.00
for every working day of the
vear."
Big Electric Development.?The
Southern Power company is now sup
plying current from its Catawbf
Falls development to Rock Hill, Fori
Mill, Yorkville, Charlotte. Gastonia
L.lnCOiniOn, uoncoru, UIlll inner Iinnun
The transmission from the Falls t(
Concord is more than sixty miles
When it reaches Statesville, NT. C., t?
which place the company is going t(
extend the line, the distance of trans
mission will be more than eight)
miles. The same company expects tc
run a line Into Spartanburg befori
very long, to furnish electric powei
to any and everybody who may deslrt
it. They also intend to enter Oreem
ville sometime within the next yeai
or two. according to a statement mad<
by Dr. Oill Wylie, the president, f
short while ago. It is a big companj
and in order to make the investment
profitable it will be necessary to sup>
ply current to a wide territory.?
Clreenvllle News.
? Washington special of Sept. 11. t<
News and Courier: South Carolina's
Industrial prosperity is reflected in s
report made to the comptroller of tin
currency from the banks In the stat<
doing a national banking business
They show that the aggregate amount
of their loan and discount business
was $ 15.481.250.27: that their capita
stock paid in amounts to $3.485.000
and that the individual deposits
amount to $11,082,875.29. This last
item in itself is significant and shows
that the people of the state have
. !? .?.? 11... I
I))one\ I<> put 111 m<- uuiinn unu I.....
they are using their home institutions
It is expected that the report of the
Charleston banks will be received tomorrow
showing business done by
them up to the present time. From
ill parts of the country these report.?
indicate a most healthy condition ol
the money market and that the people
are enjoying general prosperity.
LOCAL AFFAIR8
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Mrs. W. D. Grist, Pres.?Invites thi
public to sale of bread and cakes to
i morrow?Saturday?at Mr. W. M
Kennedy's store.
W. P. Harrison, Columbia?Offers hi
J residence on King's Mountain stree
for rent.
i Jno. R. Hart, Mayor?Publishes an or
dlnance relatives to fixing tax levle
for the current year, 1907, for or
dinary municipal purposes.
H. D. Marley?Offers his service as i
Jeweler and optician. All worl
I guaranteed. He Is located at stor
of York Supply company.
W. Daniel Alexander, Admr.?Calls 01
I parties Indebted to estate of J. Ed
, gar Alexander to make payment an<
, requests those having claims to pre
sent them within the time prescrlb
ed by law.
Hugh G. Brown, S. Y. C.?Gives nottci
! of sale of certain real estate belong
i Ing to Magnolia Mines company lo
cated In Broad River township at thi
; suit of H. J. Forsdlck and others.
L. M. Grist's Sons?Solicit your or
ders for all kind of commercla
printing and promise prompt ser
vice and good work.
J. C. Wilborn?Offers 371 acres thre
i miles west of Yorkvllle, and also i
lot on Lincoln street
D. E. Boney?Says that the man wh<
holds a policy In either of the Insur
ance companies he represents, 1
satisfied without having to pay a bl(
price.
M. W. White?Recites a conversafcloi
between a dollar and a red cent am
applies the moral to the business o
a commission broker.
York Drug Store?Has fresh lines o
Lowney's, Nunnally's and Sparrow'
candles. It wants to furnish yoi
with school supplies,
i Thomson Co.?Is showing khaki, th<
new fabric for ladles suits. Als<
; calls attention to ladles skirts, em
I broidery designs and embroider;
silk and cotton. Men's vests.
W. G. Reld & Son. Rock Hill?Wan
you to see them for furniture of an;
grade desired. Railroad fare paid t
customers buying $50 worth of good
and upwards.
First National Bank?Points out tha
the spending of nickels and dime
keeps one poor. Save the small coin
and deposit dollars with It.
Yorkvllle B. & M. Co.?Requests hold
ers of duplicate sale slips entltlini
i them to rebates to call for the re
bates due.
, Monday, October 7 Is reglstratloi
day.
i The firet chapter of Northern Light
1 appear today. It is a story of unusua
Interest, and well worth reading.
| Mr. Harry Wylie's bird article I
well worth reading. There Is goo<
1 sound sense in it, and It Is calculate!
to give a lot of valuable Information.
It it a matter of very little troubl
to get subscribers to The Yorkvlll
Enquirer In York county. There ar
t lots and lots of people who are onl;
i waiting to be asked. Try It and see.
! Thote people who may hereafte
have trouble because of neglect on th
part of those charged with responst
blllty to revise the registration bookt
' will have no occasion to blame Th
[ Enquirer. We have called attention t
I the matter several times,
i A Yorkville cotton buyer stated li
' the presence of this writer a few day
; ago, that during the summer Yorl
t county # producers sold no less thai
i 5,000 bales of cotton to different buy
erg in the county at prices ranglni
[ from 10 to 12} cents. "This," the buy
er commented, "seems very well cal
i culated to defeat the efforts of th
cotton association to fix prices."
The lady who will make a round o
I her neighborhood by way of testlni
her possible chances of winning one o
1 the prizes offered by The Enquire
will be so encouraged by the resul
> that she need no longer hesitate abou
* ? A1? a# poo oi*qrv
1 entering uie iw.x. *_/i vuuioc, v..
J body cannot win one of the thre
I leading premiums; but there is some
t thing in It for those who work evei
though they are not so fortunate as t
I come out first, second or third best.
; Speaking of the enforcement of th
( game laws yesterday, Mr. Harry Wy
lie said he comes in contact with i
great many people who think the;
have a right to kill any kind of gam
on their own land at any time, regard
* less of the law; but this is a mistake
The land belongs to the Indlvldua
who holds the title; but theoretlcall;
all game thereon belongs to the state
and the state has a right to protect II
i The individual who domesticates gam
* of any kind would probably have i
| right to do as he pleases with it
probably, but so long as such game 1
1 In its wild state, no matter where, 1
| can be protected by law.
THE VOTING CONTEST.
' The voting contest in competitioi
for the prizes offered in the advertise
* ment published elsewhere in this ls.su
' now stands as follows:
| Miss Edith Castles 65
t Miss Lindsay Clark 190
j Miss Wilmoth Jackson 40
,
IT IS COMING.
5 About a month ago, it will be re
i membered by many of our readers
The Enquirer called up Mr. C. C
; Hughes over the telephone and askei
| him about how his Williamson Plai
i corn was getting along. The reply wa
r to the effect that the corn was not do
ing as well as had been expected of i
for want of sufficient rain.
> Mr. Hughes was in town yesterda;
and a representative of The Enquire
^ took occasion to ask him about th
; corn again.
"It is fine," he said. "Doing splen
dldly."
) "You got that rain in time, then?
? "No, the rain did not come until i
' was too late to be of full benefit; bu
j it did a great deal of good, and I an
very much encouraged at the outlook.
Mr. Hughes went on to say that th
^ corn, although not large, contains ai
i average of a good ear for every stalh
t and considering the number of stalk.'
he has no reason to complain at th
nil .... ? * I n. I , 1
^ piUSpctUVC Jiciu.
Mr. R. M. Anderson, another farme
1 of the same neighborhood, also trie<
] the Williamson Plan this year and h
r has a splendid corn crop. The pros
> pects for a large yield are much bette
i than they would have been under th
? old plan.
r WITHIN THE TOWN.
t ? There are cases of scarlatina at th
r homes of Mr. T. K. McMackin, Mr. F
1 Happerfleld and Mrs. M. E. Buggeln.
; ?A little child of Mr. Meek E. Plex
ico developed a case of diptherla thl
morning. Anti-toxin was admlnis
> tered.
' ? There could be less tigering evei
, in Yorkville. There is not a grea
} deal here; but there is more thai
there ought to be.
? Sheriff Brown said yesterday tha
I he understood that Mr. R. F. Carrol
, has recovered the horse that was stol
' en from him recently. The anima
| was found at Dallas. X. C. The sher
, Iff, however, had no particulars as t<
. whether or not the thief who stole th<
horse has been run to earth.
? There was an error in the adver
r tisement published in Tuesday's issui
i of The Enquirer by the Ladies' Ai<
| society of the Associate Reforme(
church, as tlie result of which thei;
bread and cake sale was announcec
for Wednesday morning when it ar
should have been for Saturday morn- m
w
ing. By the advertisement in another tll
column it will be seen that the sale vvi
. will be held tomorrow morning as to
. originally Intended.
? The Yorkvllle Graded school open- jt
? ed this morning according to an- hi
nouncement published last Tuesday. ^
- All the teachers were on hand and also jjj
8 a mi m her of natrons and the at- n.
tendance was good. The religious exi
erclses were conducted by Rev. H. J. re
, T
* Cauthen. Dr. Brlmm, the superln- 8i
8 tendent, took occasion to make a few cc
i remarks In which he expressed regret pi
- that his plans as to a new curriculum jj;
3 had been thwarted. He said that the ^
" present curriculum Is out of date, and g|
Inadequate to the requirements of the tl
e day. He said that It would be lmposslble
to have a first-class school under
e existing conditions: but promised to do to
the best he could under the clrcum- dl
" stances. The school will get down to ^
regular work on Monday. m
cl
e ABOUT PEOPLE. tY
a r?
Mrs. James P. Blair of Sharon No. m
j 1, is 111 with typhoid fever. P<
Mr. W. H. Stewart of Rock Hill, is jj*
? quite sick with appendicitis.
Rev. Dr. J. H. Thornwell of Fort ei
a Mill, was in Yorkvllle yesterday.
3 Miss Vera Randleman of King's j*
- Mountain, is visiting the family of Mr. m
t Brooks Inman. tl
s Prof. L. W. Jenkins left this after- P'
2 noon to take a position in the Spartane
burg Graded schools. K
a Miss Amelia Kennedy left Tuesday w
- for Laurens to resume her work in the v'
V Graded school at that place.
t Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Brown of Gaff- c
y ney, are visiting the family of their w
0 son, Mr. G. W. Brown, In Yorkvllle. ^
q St
Mrs. Wm. B. McCaw and children, n(
t returned to Yorkvllle on Tuesday af- is
s ter a stay of several weeks In Vlr- w
s Sflnla. ^
Mrs. Paul T. Gordon and children, tl
? left yesterday for their home at Eagle pi
- Lake, Tex., after spending a month in n1
vnrkville with her mother. Mrs. L. A.
Johnson. ai
n Prof. W. L. Weber, recently elected ai
president of Centenary college at te
8 Shreveport. La.. Is In Yorkvllle on a w
1 visit to his father. Rev. Dr. S. A. ol
Weber. M
8 Rev. J. M. Rodgers arrived In Yorka
vllle Thursday to take charge of York3
vllle circuit, vice Rev. E. K. Hardin,
who has given up his work In order to T
e take a post graduate course at Princee
ton. tl
e Mr. W. H. Herndon has been In Vir- M
y glnla for the past four weeks on ac- **
count of the serious Illness of his sis- ?'
r ter, Mrs. M. E. Camp at Baskervllle. \1
e At last accounts, Mrs. Camp was In a tl
precarious condition.
' Dr. J H. Saye is in quite a serious a,
e condition at his home at Sharon by w
0 reason of a spider bite Inflicted HI
some days ago. The bite was followed 8j
11 by considerable swelling and later
8 blood poison developed. The doctor u:
^ has been confined to his bed since ^
11 Wednesday night. ^
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Thomasson of
s Mecklenburg county, N. C., are on a ol
visit to relatives and friends In Clover. ^
Mr. Thomasson spent yesterday In
e Yorkvllle, the guest of Mr. Thomas W.
Clawson. It was his first visit to
' Yorkvllle In thirty years and he noted
s quite a number of changes. U
f Rock Hill Herald: Mr. S. S. Earls of j
r tbe India. Hook section, and his little
1 grandson were painfully bruised In a t}.
1 runaway scrape In this city Saturday. Jr]
Mr. Fai ls was driving two mules to a
c wagon coming up West Black street
and his team took fright at Mr. C. B. ^
a McFadden's automobile near the elec0
trie light plant and ran away. Mr.
Faris lost control of the mules and he
e and his grandson were both thrown
" from the wagon, sustaining as stdted
a above, some very painful bruises. The
V team was stopped at Neely & Moore's r(
e stable without any damage being done ^
" to the wagon.
!> Charlotte News, yesterday: Mr. John ^
1 M. Harry left this morning for BlacksV
burg, S. C., to attend the funeral this 01
!* afternoon of Mrs. L. R. Black, his **
wife's sister, whose death occurred r<
e yesterday afternoon at 6 o'clock at her b1
home at Wilklnsville. Mrs. Harry had w
been summoned to her bedside earlier ^
8 In the week and was with her when n'
* death occurred. Before her marriage bl
Mrs. Black was Miss Pattle Olive, 'a
daughter of Mrs. L. M. Olive of Apex. 01
She was well known in Charlotte, hav- ol
o Ing been a student at the Presbyterian M
- college for four years. Besides the
e husband. Dr. L. R. Black, and mother, "1
Mrs. Olive, three brothers and one sis- cl
ter survive. ta
^ a
YORK BAPTIST ASSOCIATION. p<
The thirty-ninth annual session of
the York Baptist association convened ^
( with Oak Grove church, about seven tc
miles northwest of Fort Mill, on lust a'
j Tuesday. Oak Grove is in Steel Creek pl
township in Mecklenburg county, N. 31
s C., and about one-half mile from the **
dividing line between North and South
t Carolina, and while a large majority of P
the members live 'in Mecklenburg
y county, most of them were dismissed ei
from Flint Hill church, In York county ai
- - i_i M
e in 1903 ror tne purpose or organuuiB ?
Oak Grove. rt
The introductory sermon was p<
preached by Rev. I. G. Murray, pastor tf
of the Yorkville Baptist church, the
" preacher basing his remarks on the
t latter clause of Zachariah lv, 6, "Not ?'
. by might, nor by power, but by my tf
Spirit salth the Lord of Hosts." The js
n sermon received the close and undi"
vided attention of the audience, and
e was a strong presentation of the sub- P'
ject treated. hi
n At the conclusion of the sermon, tf
Rev. W. E. Hurt read a proposed pro- n|
j, gramme covering the order of business
e for the entire session, which was 'e
adopted without change. The body D
then adjourned for one hour for dlnr
ner.
d The dinner was bountiful and ap- n<
e petizing and was done full Justice by w
everybody present. .
The body resumed its work shortly
r after 1 o'clock. The first business to a(
e be attended to was that of enrolling si
delegates from the various churches |r
forming the association, and when this
had been completed the result showed
that every church save two was rep- lo
resented and that a larger number. ai
, were present than on the opening day j)<
in several years. Later in the session
delegates from one of these churcnes ?
. were enrolled, as also were addltionals ei
from several that were partially rep- Sj
resented at the opening.
The next business In order was the
election of officers to serve during the d'
? session and resulted as follows: Rev. d<
t Edward S. Reaves, moderator: Sam ct
M. Grist, clerk: Win. P. Boyd, treasr?
urer. Bi
Then it was that the moderator. In
t behalf of the association, extended a .
. cordial welcome, and the privileges of
the floor, to the following visitors: c'
* Rev. Dr. W. T. Derleux, assistant cor- pi
1 responding secretary of the state mis- ja
sion board: Rev. A. T. Jamleson, superintendent
of the Connie Maxwell
' orphanage, Greenwood; Mr. W. W. M
e Keys, of the Baptist Courier; Rev. L. ce
R. Pruett. pastor of the Ninth Avenue W(
Baptist church, Charlotte. .
The report on the orphanage was al
e read by the chairman of the commit- J.
1 tee, Col. J. J. Waters of Rock Hill, ot
1 after which the claims of that Institu- j
tlon were presented by Dr. Jamleson.
r Addresses on the same subject were ki
J made by Dr. J. P. Kinard, W. W. Keys J.
id Col. Waters. At this point, oi
otlon of Rev. W. E. Hurt, Mr. Keyi
as invited to present the claims o
e Baptist Courier. The Ihvttatioi
as uccepted and the association wai
Id of the work the paper had dom
id was now doing and expected to d<
the interest of the denomination
was informed that the paper nov
id a circulation of about 9,000, am
tat notwithstanding this fact, tha
vnlng to the increased cost of pro
icing the paper, the publishers wen
>t growing wealthy.
The report on temperance was nex
ad by Mr. D. E. Boney, chairman
he report was a strong, comprehen
ve presentation of the subject, am
mgratulated the denomination on th
irt it has taken in the state in over
irowlng the rum traffic and predictei
lat before many years, South Caro
na would follow the example of Geor
a with reference to state prohlbi
on. The report was discussed b;
r. Boney, and Revs. Pruett, Hurl
erleux and Murray.
After the matter of assigning home
i the delegates and visitors had beei
sposed of, the body adjourned untl
Wednesday morning.
The body reconvened on Wednesda;
ornlng, and after devotional exer
ses the minutes of the proceedings o
le previous day were read, when th
sports on state, home and forelgi
ilsslons were read. The several re
orts were spoken to by Dr. Derleuj
evs. Pruett. Murray, Reaves am
trlngfleld, each speaker handling i
liferent phase of the subject an
tch speech being a strong presenta
on of the subject treated. Afte
lese papers had been discussed am
le report adopted, several routln
latters were disposed of, after whlcl
le body receded from business t
irtake of dinner.
At the afternoon session, the repor
i education was read by Dr. J. t
Inard. The author of the pape
alved his right to speak to it In fa
or of Rev. O. L. Strlngfleld, flnancla
rent of Greenville Female college
[r. Strlngfleld Is a native of Nortl
arollna and for a number of year
as financial agent for the Baptls
emale university at Raleigh, an In
Itutlon that Is the pride of the de
omlnation in North Carolina, and I
stated that Mr. Strlngfleld Is almos
holly responsible for Its existence
e comes to South Carolina for th
urpose of doing a similar work to
?e Greenville Female college. He im
resses one as being a man with i
ilsslon and as having sufficient fait
id ability to accomplish that mis
on. He spoke for more than an hou
id by reason of his ready wit, patho
id eloquence moved his audience t
iars or laughter at will.
The report on aged ministers' relle
as read by Sam M. Grist, chalrma:
' the committee, and spoken to b
fr. Grist, Revs. L G. Murray an
dward S. Reaves.
The body then adjourned untl
hursday morning at 10 o'clock.
The association re-assembled o:
hursday morning and devoted some
me to hearing reports of varlou
)mmittees, the most Important belm
lat on woman's work, prepared b
flss Emma Dowell, ladv missionary c
le state mission board at Rock Hll
id also that on Sunday schools pre
ired by Mr. Robert Lee of For
fill. Mr. Lee addressed the assocla
on on the subject, and although hi
leme was one that is not usual!;
msidered of special Interest by th
yerage layman, he presented it In i
ay that seemed to greatly impres
Is hearers, and proved that th
leaker Is a young man of marker
tilllty.
At 12.30, after the presentation an<
nanlmous adoption of a resolutloi
ttendlng a vote of thanks to the Oal
rove congregation for Its hnspltallt;
i entertaining the association, th
idv adjourned to meet with Unloi
lurch on Tuesday after the firs
unday In September, 1908.
LOCAL LACONICS,
fe Will Send The Enquirer
From this date until January 1st
108 for 60 cents,
he Farmers' Union.
A number of local organizations o
le Farmers' union are being effectei
i different parts of the county,
he Best School House.
Some of the patrons of school dls
let No. 36 are boasting with a goo<
;al of pride that they are to have th
?st school house in the county. Th
jlldlng is now under construction
is to be 32x48 feet, and is to con
tin two school rooms, two cloa!
)oms and a vestibule. It will cos
hen completed, except painting, abou
[.200.
he Roads Must Be Fixed.
The postofflce department has sen
Lit a peremptory notice to the effec
lat unless the roads over which thi
jute runs are put in good conditio)
Y October 7, Yorkville route No. i
ill be discontinued. Yorkville rout
o. 6 runs direct Into the Bethe
eighborhood, and Is probably th<
inner route of the state, handling i
irger number of pieces of mail eacl
lonth that has been reported by an;
her route.
Ian Who Does Things.
Rock Hill Record: Mr. J. M. Cherry
he man who does things," has pur
lased all the land between his plan
.tlon and the river, and has surveyei
road from his elegant farm to tha
jlnt, and will macadamize the same
iving a straight and elegant road t
lat place, which will add very mucl
i the convenience of parties llvlni
ong this road and also give the peo
e who live in Fort Mill and on tha
de of the river direct route to Rocl
ill. This road strikes the river a
mes* ferry.
ond Not to Be Let Out.
There has been a rumor afloat to thi
feet that the Catawba Power peopli
*e going to let the water out of the!
eely's ferry dam next month. Thi
ason given is that the bed of th<
>nd is fliiln? up with mud, and it ii
tought that the letting off of the wa
r will wash a considerable quanttt;
' the mud away. Inquiry of the au
loritles, however, develops that then
no foundation for the rumor. Thli
iformation is calculated to spoil somi
easant anticipations, as many peopli
ive been under the impression tha
le letting off of this water would fur
Isli some great fishing, at least forj
w days.
ied From Effects of KleK,
Chester Reporter: Little David Er
est, the 3-year-old son of Mr. an<
Irs. J. D. Glass, died at his parents
ome at Edgmoor Tuesday morning
t 2 o'clock as the result of Injurie
istatned several weeks ago from be
ig kicked by a horse. For severa
ays after the accident the little fel
w's life hung In the balance, but b;
id by the tide seemed to turn and hi
igan to Improve. Although he seem
1 to improve in some respects, how
,-er, It was noticed that his powers o
>eech were gone. Then came relapse
id after a long und anxious perloi
urlng which everything possible wa
ine for the little fellow's relief deatl
ime as an end to the suspense,
sthel Presbytery.
There was a called meeting of Beth'
Presbytery in the First Presbyteriar
lurch of Yorkville yesterday for th<
lrpose of dissolving the pastoral re>
Hons between Rev. S. H. Hay anc
e churches of Beersheba and Clover
r Hav's resignation having been ac
pted by the two churches about twc
eeks ago. The meeting was inodered
by Rev. E. E. Gillespie and Rev
K. Hall acted as secretary. Tht
her ministers present were Rev. Dr
H. Thornwell and Revs. A. H. Atns
and J. A. McMurray. Elders J
Smith and G. H. O'Leary were alst
i present. Mr. Hay had been pastor of
? the two churches about seventeen
^ years. He has accepted a call to a (y
s group of churches In Sumter county. w
e Death of N. M. Grant. ga
^ Chester special of September 12 to be
if Charlotte Observer: Mr. Xeely M. m
3 Grant, one of the county's best known m
1 and most substantial citizens, died at It
a his home between Armenia and New fu
Hope Tuesday evening at 9 o'clock, te
t He was about 80 years old. Mr. Giant or
' had been in failing health for several Ei
^ years, but his condition was not re- fa
e garded as serious until a few weeks nc
" ago. The funeral services were held Ti
^ at Armenia yesterday afternoon at 4 T1
. o'clock by Rev. M. L. Banks, in the W
. presence of a large concourse who had tu
y respected Mr. Grant for his character
and courage and came out to pay the w
' last tribute to his memory. The de- 1(
s ceased was twice married. His first at
wire was miss uaroune rressiey. ui
II this union Ave children survive as follows:
Messrs. Ainsley, Edward and m
y Pierce Grant, and Mesdames Alex in
. Grant and Emily Roberts. His second ^
f wife was a Miss Mary Williams. She
? with two children survives her hus- e?
n band. r?
re
AFTER THE EXCHANGES. t
d sj
a t.
d Exchange Gamblers Said to Be Great- r
est Enemies of Cotton Producers. o1
I In an Interview in Atlanta Wednes- T
" day, President Charles S. Barrett of a
? the National Farmers' union, outlined di
" the fight the union is going to make a.
against the enemies of the toilers in .
. the fields. President Barrett says ,a
? that the members of the Farmers' un- ci
' ion know that it is now simply a case ai
of self-preservation with them and h)
j that their worst enemy is the Wall
, street gamblers. ei
? "On the standard of the Farmers' E
" union," says President Barrett, "there 01
a has been nailed the Inscription: 'Fif- g.
teen cent cotton' and by that motto
they will win. What boots if the 1)1
T gambler, playing with the product of L
|5 the honest toiling farmer, as if it were in
I a stack of poker chips, names a flctl- ^
' tlous value to cotton, when the man
who makes It and who holds It in his
warehouse tells the world that his Ji
* goods will not be sold except for a Sj
P certain minimum price? We will win h
n?Kt aoair onnncrh I# f Via formnru
m? ?5"> ?"/ CIH/UBII II ...v."
hold together, and I believe they will fll
? and the New York Cotton Exchange al
? will soon be out of business." In
The Farmers' Union has appointed a gj
. committee of three to go to Washing^
ton and represent the farmers' Inter- a<
U est In national legislation. As Presl- J?11
? dent Barrett expressed It:
"Our committee Is going to ascertain
? what the farmers need and then get "
It for them. If we don't get what we ~
ought Justly to have, then maybe there V
will be some of those who are una- .
" ware to the farmers' needs will be left
* at home next year when election time
* comes around." w
yf "Of course," continued Mr. Barrett. c
I "we are looking after the boll weevil, m
' the boll worm and the cotton worm a]
7 along with the other evils that beset
the cotton crop, but we feel that the b<
" New York Cotton Exchange, as at w
* present conducted, Is the worst of all e(.
y other evils mentioned." 5,
a Ir
s SOUTH CAROLINA NEW8.
? Comptroller General Jones has re- p
a ported to Attorney General Lyon pj
twenty-four corporations as having g
" failed to pay their license fees. The a)
n total fines and penalties claimed as tc
k accumulating for six months aggre- d(
v gate 1396,000. Four Augusta com- ol
* panles are charged with 316,600 each; sc
n the law providing J100 a day penal y cc
t l _ .JJUt.. * ~ tk? r. A A nsnoltu lint .
Ill aUUlllUII iw uic f uvu pouaii/ *.yi ituv ^
paying on time. Several of the com- r8
panles named have gone out of busi- a,
ness, but most of them are operating. pj
? William S. Green who killed Moae N
Tucker, a negro hackman in Columbia sii
t( about five months ago under circum- tti
stances that looked very much like vi
murder, was tried yesterday and ac- T1
quitted. One eye witness to the kill- cc
f ing, who gave damaging testimony at sc
. the coroner's inquest got out of the dt
town shortly after the Inquest and his te
presence could not be had. Another al
witness who gave the coroner a dam- pi
aging affidavit proved a witness for
" the defense at the trial. w
? Columbia State: Gov. Ansel has p'
0 received a letter from the war depart- 10
e ment stating that a warrant for IfO,,
531 has been filed In payment of the m
claims due the soldiers from South *
Carolina who enlisted In the SpanishIt
American war. The attorneys intert
ested have also been notified and it Is '
t said that a protest will be filed be- jr
cause a large number of the claims J
have been turned down. The total J
amount claimed by the soldiers ent
listing from this state is over 175,000 i.
and the attorneys believe that this
1 will be allowed after a hearing has ,u
e been granted.
i ?Columbia, September 10: The w
5 conference between Mr. H. R. Jackson d?
and Commissioner of Immigration th
Watson was concluded this morning w
1 and Mr. Jackson will return to at
e Charleston with full details of the n
plans of the immigration bureau fully or
worked out and to be carried forward b<
^ by the freight bureau. The immlgra- Fi
y tion offices will be opened in Charles- m
ton on November 1 for business. This bj
office will send notices to neighboring bj
states telling them of the arrange- te
>( ments South Carolina has made for ,ri(
the importation of immigrants and 0f
will ask to supply the needs of these af!
" states. Full data and circulars of Infor- h
3 matlon will be sent out by the bureau i0,
t to farmers and others desiring tmml- bt
grant labor, so that employment may T1
!* be had for all the worklngmen, farm- p?
" -.nnlionlnn f hflf tlfl k.
J era auu uickiiauivo ... .. ?
ti brought over by the new line. To- |n
day's work at the conference consists w;
5 mostly In outlining forms, slips and ej
* record books, and In mapping out the w
t details for the running of the office g,
t and bureau. The immigrants will first
be inspected by the government of- fe
1 ficlals upon their arrival, and will er
then 'be turned over to the bureau. h<
? Columbia State, Sept 13: The del- jj*
e egates from South Carolina to the Internatlonal
Cotton congress were Vi
' named yesterday by Gov. Ansel and
r Commissioner Watson. The meeting
e will be held In Atlanta, Oct. 7, 8 and
e 9. The visiting delegates from a dlstance
will arrive In Columbia on a
special train on the 6th and will spend Pt
- the day here. In this party will be j?c
y 125 visitors from England and from
. New England. The meeting at Atlan- re
ta Is a conference between manufac- ''
e turers and planters. The following,
s named yesterday by Gov. Ansel, are Er
e nearly all planters: R. Mays Cleve- T!
e land. Marietta; Hon. O. P. Goodwin, ".
I^urens; W. J. Moore, Greenwood; t
1 A. J. Tlndal, Manning: R. M Pegues, ?
- Kollock: Gen. W. E. James. Darlingi
ton; E. E. Aycock, Wedgefleld; Col. L. jt
W. Youmans, Fairfax: Hon. D. F. p
- 1 T ?? T A Datorl/ln Pftft
tMiru, ufxiimiuii. a. ^v. * >.?. ...... . ?. uMotte:
J. E. Wannamaker, St. Matthews;
Col. T. J. Moore. Moores; Col. ov
~ Richard Singleton, Singleton: Hon. O.
1 C. Scarborough. Summerton: W. G. e(j
i" Hlnson. James Island: Hon. J. G. ag
Richards. Kershaw; R. T. Morrison. fn
a McClellanvllle: Robert R. Hamer, Ha- Cf
mer: T. J. Cunningham. Chester; W. c$
" R. Walker. Union: John Dunbar. Ai1
ken; R. H. Walker. Barnwell: Robert m
. M. Cooper. Wvsnekv: D. F. Moore, . ,
Rrunson: J. C. Wllborn, Yorkvllle. pr
? Gaffney special of September 10 to ed
e Columbia State: Chief of Police Dun- da
- can of Blacksburg, caine over to GalT- ha
. ney this morning and arrested a young co
f man who Is charged with attempting Tv
ommlt a criminal assault upon the of
. person of Mrs. E. A. Thompson at ra
1 Lancaster, yesterday. The young fel- ..
s low was a book agent, and went to p?
the house of Mrs. Thompson for the els
1 purpose of selling books, and while ce
there made the attempt. This Infor- la'
matlon was given to Chief Duncan by ur
the husband of the lady upon whom to)
the attempt was made. The young fel- In
i low left town on the first train, and re
> when Mr. Thompson, who was In pa
" Charlotte, came home and learned of in
" the attempt he immediately proceed- Tl
I ed to Rock Hill, where he learned co
that the book agent had gone, with a a
view, as he says, of killing him; he ne
discovered his man on the train Just wa
> as It was pulling out and in attempt- liv
. ing to pull him from the train, Mr. de
Thompson fell and was painfully In- st(
' lured. This, however, did not prevent Rc
! him from coming on to Blacksburg Fc
. last night In search of his man. Mrs. toi
. Thompson Is the daughter of the ry
chief of police of Lancaster and Is a hli
niece of Sheriff John P. Hunter of ab
? Lancaster county. Inj
MERE-MENTION.
Eight men lost their lives and thlrothers
were fatally burned In a flre
hlrh destroyed a mill at Raal, Huniry,
on Tuesday The Central Lair
union of Washington, D. C., la
aking a determined tight for the reoval
of Public Printer Stllllngs, and
is likely that they will be succeas1
In their efforts A successful
st of the new British war balloon
1 airship was made at Parnsborough,
ngland on Tuesday The chair
rtf MIaKaIaq Jfr Qf Ann of Ho
ViUI/ Ui. 41IV.JIUIOO ?? V****4
>r, Miss., was destroyed by fire last
uesday, with a loss of $100,000
wo men were drowned at Kenosha,
rls., Tuesday when a barge turned
irtle and sank in thlrty-slx feet of
ater........Following a massacre of
)0 Jews at Odessa, Russia, dellber:e
plans are being made for another
assacre of Hebrews at KlshlnefT,
ore terrible than the first butchery
i that city several years ago
s yet there Is nothing to Indicate an
irly setlement of the telegraph opeLtors'
strike A cable dispatch
scelved at New York says that Waltr
Wellman, the newspaper corre>ondent,
will not attempt to reach
le north pole this year on account
C unfavorable weather conditions....
wenty persons who took refuge in
house near Reposolr, Switzerland,
uring a violent storm a few days
jo, lost their lives when an ava.nche
swept down the mountain and
*u8hed the building as though It were
n egg shell O. L. Burton is
eld in Atlanta, Ga., on the charge of
nbezzllng $4,100 from the Southern
xpress company One man and
tie woman lost their lives as the relit
of automobile accidents in Pitts
urg, Pa.t Tuesday Mrs. Mary
awless Roroschach was shot to death
i her home at Portsmouth, Va., by a
jrglar early Tuesday morning
ae Oans, the negro pugilist, whipped
imes Britt, white, in a prize fight at
in Francisco Monday night The
ittlng odds were against Britt
Iss Adelaide Korlzek is under arrest
: Racine, Wis., on a charge of sendig
poisoned candy through the mails,
be lost her mind as the result of the
Bath of an aunt and said she would
lake "more funerals in Racine." She
died in her first attempt Present
Roosevelt Secretary Taft and
fm. J. Bryan are to take part in the
layoralty fight now in progress 1n
leveland, Ohio By the will of
nnle Snow, a Scotch woman, Perkins*
lsiitute for the Blind, Boston, is to
sceive $16,000, saved by Miss Snow
id a sister during forty-five years of
ork in Fall River, Mass., mills
hina and Japan are having a diploiatic
quarrel over the Korean bound*y
The national encampment of
le Grand Army of the Republic is
ling held at Saratoga, N. Y., this
eek Frank A. Thompson, wantI
in Philadelphia on a charge of emblement
from the PhiladelDhia Life
tsurance company, haa been" arrested
i Dallas, Texas Two more deaths,
iaklng a total of ten, occurred at San
rancisco on Monday, from bubonic
ague Florencio Morales and
ernardo Mora were shot to death
I Bellm prison, Mexico City, Monday,
ir having assassinated former Preslint
Barillas of Guatemala in thai city
i April 7, last The state of Mls>uri
has been enjoined by the Federal
>urt from annulling the charter of
le Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
tilroad company Eight nurses
id a woman clerk are victims of tyliold
fever in Gouverneur hospital,
ew York city The state of Missslppi
has filed ouster suits against
le Gulf Compress company, charging
olation of the state's anti-trust laws,
he company owns practically every
impress in the state ..The city
hools of Philadelphia opened Monly
with about 176,000 pupils in atndance
Korean insurgents have
landoned open warfare against Jain
and have adopted the methods of
lerrilla warfare, murdering Japanese
henever opportunity offers The
hinese throne has appointed three
iperial commissioners to examine
id report on the constitutions of Gerany,
Great Britain and Japan with
view to adopting a suitable constlitlon
for China. Two hundred
id fifty delegates are attending the
xteenth International peace conferice
now in session at Munich, Bavaa....
A special committee of phycians
that investigated the condition
' the 600,000 pupils attending the
ibllc schools of New York city, reirts
that 466,000 are physically dectlve
Congressman Longworth,
ist before sailing from Honolulu on
onday, said President Roosevelt
ould run again if the entire country
imands it "Tim" Oakes, one of
te most notorious confidence men
ho ever operated in New York, died
: the Ward Island insane hospital,
ew York, a few days ago. Oakes
ice cleaned up $600,000 by selling
)gus Standard Oil stock The
rench government has decided that
orocco must pay all damages caused
r the bombardment of Casablanca
r French cruisers Chas. E. Letn,
chief clerk of Capt. John Fltzpatck,
tax collector of the first district
Louisiana, disappeared a few days
ro. leaving a shortage of $100,000.
e has been arrested Three men
Bt their lives in a coal mine at Scotiven.
Pa., Wednesday morning
le plant of the Cudahy Packing cominy
at Philadelphia, was destroyed
r fire caused by a spark from a passg
locomotive Wednesday morning,
1th a loss of $200,000 T. Mltch
IT....... Atlanta fla la (IllnS hill
I nuinci era. nuaiua, >?
Ife's parents, Dr. and Mrs. Isaac E.
merson of Baltimore, for 1100,000
images for alienating his wife's afctlons..
Dr. P. L. Murphy, supintendent
of the Morganton, N. C.,
)spltal for the insane, died Wednesly
morning Five negro gamers
were killed near Newburgh, W.
a.. Wednesday, while sitting on the
altimore and Ohio railroad track
tooting craps. They were so absorbI
in the game that they didn't hear
e approaching train Two men
ere electrocuted near Oreensburg,
i., Wednesday, while attempting to
> through a wire fence, which had
come highly charged by an electric
ed wire having been blown across it.
....Six trolley car operators were
riously hurt in a riot at San Francist,
Wednesday Judge Alton B.
arker wants congress to investigate
8 charges made in 1904 to the effect
at the big corporations were confuting
largely to Roosevelt's camign
fund Seattle, Wash., Is
iffering from a coal famine now and
is charged that the producers are
sponsible in an effort to l'orce prices
jwards New York city's 140,>n
nnn nt i> nop p?nt bonds were
er-subscribed five times Wednesty
when the sealed bids were openI
A New Orleans employment
rent Is recruiting 500 skilled workers
r the Isthmian canal About 100
the leading mercantile houses of
inton, China, were destroyed by flre
lesday The second International'
Ilk congress is in session at Brussels.
..The Great Northern Oriental exess
train was held up by two maskmen
near Rexford, Mont., yester,y
morning. A reward of $25,000<
is been offered for the arrest and
nvlction of the train robbers ..
velve persons were hurt In the wreck
a passenger train on the Southern
llway near Tryon, N. C., yesterday.
....Common pleas court, No. 4, of
mnsylvanla, has handed down a de*
*? ?*_ i _ v. 4* Wrvlrlu V* a fr t Viu pa.
Hon in wmcu n uuiuo . v
ntly enacted 2-cent passenger rate
w of that state Is "unconstitutional,
ireasonable. unfair and conflscary.".
Postmaster General Myers
his report to the next congress will
commend the establishment of the
reels post and also declares himself
favor of postal savings banks
le wreck of the Dean Richmond,
pper laden, was found in Lake Erie
few days ago by a fisherman whose
ts caught on the wreck. The ship
is lost In October, 1893 and nineteen
es were lost Mark Twain has
cllned an Invitation to pilot the
amer which will carry President
>osevelt down the Mississippi
?ur men are under bail at Washlngn,
Pa., for having hazed Henry Per.
an iron mill worker, by swinging
m over a furnace. Perry will probly
die from the burns received duri
the hazing.