Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Scraps and facts. " ? The generations of pioneers who 11 left the east to settle the great west are steadily passing. There recently 1 died in Minneapolis the Rev. Joseph a W. Hancock, aged 92 years, who was * the earliest pioneer of Goodhue coun1" on^ U'Qa thp first ' I Y I 111 1U IllliCOUVU, UIIU ?< Mu white man In Redwing: in 1849, grolngr v as a Presbyterian missionary among % the Indians. He continued in that ser- s vice until 1882, having organized the ^ first Presbyterian church of Redwing, u served as Its first postmaster and as 1 register of deeds and superintendent 0 of schools of Goodhue county. He also wrote the history of that county. p The Rev. Mr. Hancock was born in a New Hampshire in 1815, and two of 1 his brothers still live in Redwing, one s of them 95 years old. ? / bout the only surprise in the ^ elections of last Tuesday was that 11 Kentucky went Republican, electing " Augustus E. Wilson of Louisville, governor by a large majority, something like 10,000. In New York Tammany candidates led the Independence League candidates by large majorities, and W. R. Hearst has announced that he is out of politics. Hlggins, Demo- j crat, was elected governor of Rhode i Island. The Democrats carried Mary- I land. Tom Johnson was elected may- I or of Cleveland, Ohio, over Congressman Burton, who was backed by President Roosevelt. Johnson telegraphed I the president that he should get behind a better man next time. Sixteen Illinois counties went for prohibition in various forms. New Jersey went Republican. Except in Kentucky, where the result is regarded as a repu - - ? U??l^ dtrrilfi- tl <Hat!on or Bryan, vciy muv ?.0 , cance is attached to the elections. a ?The isthmian canal commission has ti made a careful investigation of the d criticisms of conditions on the isthmus contained in a recent report to the National Civic Federation. Written replies from each member of the com- n mission and the head of the commls- ^ sary department of the Panama Rail- ^ road company show the following con- '' ditions: Every sanitary necessity is E covered by the shower bath as supplied. It would cost J 1,000.000 extra to quarter 1,000 families in separate buildings instead of the present four- " family type of building. The bachelor " quarters will be adequate when build- ^ Ings under construction are completed. n Vermin are being combated by extensive fumigation of mattresses and cleanly methods. Chinese servants " cannot be had because Panama laws e prohibit their immigration. The de- & partment of agriculture has arranged ? to inspect all food for the isthmus be- " fore It Is shipped from the United v States. ? Omaha. Neb., November 6: Colonel Frank West and eight troops of the c Second United States cavalry from a Fort Des Moines, were today ferried r across the Missouri river at Forest r City, opposite the Cheyenne agency in South Dakota, after reaching Gettys- is 1 "* marvhlnc eighteen ^ UU1 g last 1115111 auu - -o miles across the country* The com- i! mand will continue the march tomor- 0 row for Thunder Butte, eighty miles ^ further west. It now appears to the army men that the campaign against the Ute Indians may keep the soldiers busy all winter. Two companies of P the Sixteenth infantry from Fort Crook t( reached Gettysburg tonight. These 1 companies will relieve the small de- n tachment of the Second cavalry, hav- 1 lng charge of the base of supplies at Gettysburg. Detachments of the In- d fantry companies will then be assigned to duty from Cheyenne river agen- u cy, White Horse and other points be- " tween Thunder Butte creek and the 1' Missouri river. ? Charlotte Observer: "The use of ^ cocaine among negroes Is on the In- p crease," declared a well known physi- r clan to an Observer man yesterday. t! "My practice carries me Into all sec- ^ Hons of the city and I have watched tl with deep concern the spread of the "> habit. So common has Its use become * that there are few negroes left who are not slaves of the insidious drug. 0 Not only do the grown men and women use It, but the boys and girls as a well. As with all such alkaloids, the c c first effect Is pleasant, producing that semi-conscious, dreamy state which Is " so delightful to the African mind. The b habit is a progressive one, the doses b becoming more frequent and larger as a It continues. Few darkies ever break b away from the drug for it undermines their will power. I speak advisedly ^ when I say tnat tne uope evn is one ui the greatest dangers which confronts 1 the negro race today. I am sure that the two darkies who fell dead the other day were victims of the habit." 'I ? Washington. November 7: President Roosevelt indicated to members s of the committee on paper, of the American Newspaper Publishers' as- ^ sociation. that he will recommend to congress the abolition .of the tariff on press paper, wood-pulp and wood that c goes into the manufacture of paper. n He also stated that he will make a s recommendation to the department of tj Justice that it take immediate steps to (j ascertain whether anti-trust laws are being observed by the manufacturers of paper. The promise of these recommendatlons by the president was ob- ^ tained after he had listened to repre- t| sentative members of the committee and to a petition from the national organizations of printers, stereotypers, j( pressmen and etchers, all of which set forth evidence of a combination on the part of the manufacturers of pa- j. per for the purpose of controlling the output, regulating and increasing the price, and otherwise making hindersome the regulations governing the j, source of supply and delivery* of paper. n ? Charlotte Observer, November 7: p One of the most important meetings a ever held in the city will be that of c the Hard Yarn Spinners' association tl today at noon in the assembly rooms n or tne soumtrn manuiauiureiti iiuu. < The meeting has been called for the i.? purpose of gathering the hard yarn a spinners together in order that they n might arrive at some definite under- a standing as to what they should do in view of the present deplorable con- fj dition of the yarn market. It is ex- f1 tremely probable that all the mills will j' close down either wholly or in part un- c til better times arrive in financial as g well as in yarn circles. The meeting ? today will be attended by the leading yarn spinners of the south. The yarn c market for the past three months has ? li been on the decline. The condition of ^ affairs was such that the officers of n the Hard Yarn Spinners' association g deemed it expedient to call a meeting ? si in Charlotte. September 25th, to consider matters. Nothing of material in- ( terest was done then and the market ? since has continued to decline. The ? mill men at the former meeting e. thought that better times were coming ir nd believed that they were able to leather the storm. That was six reeks ago and the condition of things low is much worse than it was then. *he stringency in financial circles durng the past few weeks has accentuted matters to such an extent that he situation is now critical. Wouldie purchasers of yarns have not the noney with which to buy even if they ranted to. The affairs in the banking rorld are such that even with the best ecurities no ready money can be had. It the meeting today it is likely that decision will be reached to shut down he mills spinning hard yarns for a ertain period of time as determined >y a committee appointed for that puriosc. It is the opinion of well-posted nd conservative manuftcturers that his is the only thing to be done, the trlngency in financial circles having hut off the last avenue of escape, 'he session today promises to be a lost interesting one. <?hf \|orkviUc (Bnquirrr. YORKVILLE; S. C.i FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1907. Will. The Yorkville Enquirer please ry to find out what has become of he railroad merger suit, which the ttorney general's office was supposed t> be pushing at last accounts??Anerson Daily Mall. Semlphored. Thk election of Tom Johnson as iayor of Cleveland, Ohio, over Theoore Burton, is considered as a victory r?r Koraker over Taft, Roosevelt havig thrown his influence in favor of turton as against Johnson. Most of the cotton that is being umed loose now is going for export, hiie the American mills generally are ving from hand to mouth. But few .merican mills have yet bought as luch as three months' supply. Ik the dispensary board adheres to ts purpose of making the liquor dealrs who have claims against the state, ring their books into the jurisdiction f this state for the purpose of estabshing said claims, it will likely deelop some interesting information. Thetrk is a good deal of matter of ourse talk in the market reviews bout the movement of cotton being etarded because of a scarcity of curency. There is plenty of currency in his section to move all the cotton that i willing to move at current prices; ut according to our view the trouble t not due so much to the scarcity of urrency as it is to the absence of fteen cents. Thr Cherokee News likens the coton producer who is frightened at the resent financial situation to the huner who trembles at the report of his wn gun. There is nothing the matter luch except that Wall street had gone n doing business in the full assurance hat the farmers would sell and they idn't. However. It Is altogether likei that if the farmers can stand pat ntil the smoke clears away, they will kely see that their bullet took effect ast behind the foreshoulder. According to press dispatches, the resident of the Georgia Farmers' Un>n has addressed a letter to the secetary of the treasury asking for auhority to issue certificates to the mount of $100,000,000 to be guaranteed y $200,000,000 worth of cotton, to aid fcrmoiN nf thp south in carrying ut their holding movement.?New ork Sun. Yes, and why not? Cotton Is the ommodity with which America setles her trade balances abroad. It is bsolutely the only thing that Ameria has that Europe has not and which lurope Is bound to have. The better tie price that America can get for er cotton the bigger will the trade alance be in her favor. By the issunce of those certificates, cotton can e held until it brings 15 cents. But tie certificates will not be issued. iThy? Simply because in this case, imeiica will be the south instead of he north. Tut-: question of establishing a ConPderate home is still being agitated, "he argument is that there are a numer of Confederate veterans in this tate who are no longer able to make living and that it is a shame to send hem to the poor house. It is noted Iso that all those who talk Confedrate home are bent on its location in Columbia. As to whether there is any pal necessity for the establishment of uch a home we are doubtful. We hink that indigent veterans would ke it much better to be taken care f at their own homes, of if they have o homes, among the surroundings here the greater portion of their lives as been spent. But if it is decided hat the home be established, why hould it follow that it must go to Cojmbia? Wouldn't it be bettr to give : to the county that furnished most oldiers to the Confederacy. Really, we ee no need why everything of this ind should go to Columbia. Holding Movement vs. Protection. As we have remarked before, we ave been watching the great northern ewspapers with unusual care for the urpose of trying to ferret out the exct northern view as to the southern otton holding movement: but up to his time we have not run across a lore frank or comprehensive statelent than is to be found In the current ssue of the Saturday Evening Post. representative northern weekly of ational reputation. The statement is s follows: It seems to be a kind of treason this all for planters to withhold their coti?n from market in the hope of forcig higher prices. Not only is money li?ht- tint of this writing foreign ex hange is rising. involving a threat of n]r] exports. We must depend prinipally upon rotton. which Europe will uy in great quantities, and which uns into money very fast, to overome this menace and turn the tide ur way. That, in view of such a pubc need, planters should hold cotton >r merely personal gain is truly repehenslble. We read tiiat tlie banks enerally will keep them in the path f duty by refusing to extend loans on tored cotton. A similar situation arises every fall, 'otton makes nearly one-quarter of ur total exports. Much more than i nything else it is what keeps our ade with the world going. We must, sch year, hurry out the great staple 1 order to meet our balances in Eu rope. The function of the cotton in- JJ dustry in financing our foreign trade is so important, indeed, that one might almost expect to see a bill in congress ? introduced by a gentleman from yy Pennsylvania and backed by the standpat league?forbidding planters to withhold a single bale that was ready for export. We have marvelous resources in ore and fuel for the steel industry- But we cannot trade with the world very much on them. Artificial prices, made by the tariff, prevent that. Exports j), of iron and steel In all forms amount to only one-sixth the exports of stuff produced on the farm. It is the unprotected producer upon whom we must j depend to settle for the articles we buy abroad. Unprotected cotton and foodstuffs. comprising about sixty per cent of our total exports, enable Us to do y( business with the world. There it is; the plain, blunt truth, without the siigmest enori ai cumanment, and Is it not considerate? "That in view of such a public need, planters should hold cotton merely for personal gain is truly reprehensible." g That is good. Whose need? Whose cotton? Whose gain? It is the planter's cotton, isn't it? The Post does not W seem to be aware of the fact; but fact it Is all the same. And what need is it that the Post speaks of? The only M need the planter has mentioned is 15 cents. Surely the Post should agree that it would be more becoming to pay L< such a small price than to complain under the circumstances. As to whether the Post is really in jj earnest, we are more or less doubtful; but if it does not intend to be ironical, there is in its remarks the founda- y( tion for a most capital joke. The highly protected manufactured products of the great and mighty j north?iron, steel, cloth, etc., are all dependent for their existence upon the unprotected cotton crop of the south, and unless the south can be forced to loosen up by legislation or otherwise, everything north must go to the demnition bow-wows! Now is that not good?real good? Yes, it is a fact that this whole country has grown rich on the cotton croV> of the south. It is a fact also that it has grown rich in a large measure at the' expense of the cotton producer. There is plenty of admission of this in what the Post has to say, even if it could not be seen otherwise. Great is protection! Ah, everybody will say "amen" to that. We all know s)( it is a fact. But if the farmers of the tfc south will only "stand pat" In this m, holding movement, thev will beat propa * ? ?.?* i?i tection in ine creation 01 nnmuai prices," two in the game. to " m CERTIFICATES THE REMEDY. nf bl South Carolina Bankers Consider the Situation. cr The banking troubles have had their effect on southern banks. They have Jn taken no money away from southern ^ banks and the south is more prosper- . ous than ever, but it takes a great deal of money to move the cotton crop and w' it is the hard money that is hard to de ?et. Banks have balances in New York, Baltimore and Philadelphia banks but they cannot get the currency. The New York clearing house nc simply said that it would ship no cur- on rency and thus stopped currency from en coming south as it usually does in the 'all of the year. Atlanta a few days ago authorized ca through its clearing house, clearing WJ house certificates to the amount of $2,000,000. These certificates are endorsed to by all the banks of the city and are fo further secured by one and a half times m the amount in high class bonds. Ma- wj con has adopted clearing house certificates. so has Augusta. Other cities ?r are fast doing the same to get the he ready currency, as the certificates are, gr of course, accepted by the banks in . payment of debts or exchange is 1b iued for the clearing house certificates, su The trouble is to get actual currency de in ample quantities. All banks are u. holding as much currency as possible. The Savannah banks recently passed tn a resolution limiting the amount. The vc South Carolina banks want to help th move the cotton crop and today, responsive to a call of Col. D. D. McColl, chairman of the executive committee w< of the State Bankers' association, ra there was a general meeting held here. jn There were present at this meeting representatives of leading banks in Charleston. Snartanburg. Anderson, T| Sumter, Rock Hill, Camden, Darlington, Greenville and other leading bank'ng centres. All the Columbia banks were represented. The consensus of as opinion on the part of the leading hankers present was that the banks of 0s this state are stronger today than they pe have ever been. Yet they appreciate ou the difficulties of getting currency on th account of the action of the clearing houses of New York, Baltimore and other centres in declining to ship cur- as lency to the south. The conference of the bankers lasted for three or four S|( hours and it was finally decided to call \\ upon the clearing houses of Charleston cu and Columbia to come to the relief of t.r the currency situation by Issuing fully tit orotected clearing house certificates. so Such certificates would enable the j1a banks to handle the cotton crop and aij particularly to assist those farmers pe who wish to hold their cotton, and it Pa was the general desire of all to co- W( operate with the farmers in the effort to hold cotton and not have it as forced on the market in case the far- (]a bers elect to hold the cotton. j10 The following resolutions drawn up (0 by Mr. R. Goodwyn Rhett of Charleston. after the discussion, were unanl- as mously adopted as representing the m, views of all present: ur "Your committee would recommend that this meeting, composed of thirty bankers, from various parts of the "ar, state, adopt the fallowing resolutions: je, "Whereas, the financial disturbance or" in New York has resulted in a scarcity co >f actual currency so much needed at Qi this time to move the cotton crop of ntl 'he south, while our banking institu- Y/.\ tions are in the best condition they vj have ever been, and, "Whereas, this scarcity of actual currency is also depressing tne prices fn r<f our products and causing them to ne be sacrificed, and ne "Whereas, some measures for substituting a circulating medium in place of this currency is of extreme importance for this protection of the value of our products. Now, therefore, we, the said committee of bankers of South Carolina, do hereby "Resolve, first. That the Clearing nil House associations of Charleston and mi Columbia be requested to issue clear- ^ ing house certificates for the general relief of such conditions in this state as are above described; second, that all banks in this state be requested to urge tbe use of such certificates in fo lieu of currencv until conditions again it become normal." Ei It is too earlv vet to say what the eo Charleston or Columbia clearing house Su associations will do. They will con- m. sider the resolutions fully and, no n), doubt, do what is within reason and ar in accordance with sound business mi principles. ? Columbia correspondent) no Charlotte Observer. so wl TEXAS COTTON CROP. be President of the Farmers' Union Says -|t It Is 50 Per Cent Off. "a The following interesting item is t(l clipped from the Progressive Farmer so of November 7: r,u Fort Worth. Tex., Nov. 7. 1907. Pn Clarence H. Poe, Editor Progressive ty Farmer, Raleigh, N. C. ba Dear Sir and Bro.: The cotton crop of Texas will be between 45 and 50 per cent of the usual yield. This estimate xv' i.j based upon reports from 4,800 h>eal unions of the state, and is not a car- On window guess. Farmers' Union mem- loi hers are holding at least 70 per cent Ns of their cotton. We should be glad co that you would favor us with a copy ea of your paper containing the estimate ph that you are seeking. at Yours fraternally, as D. J. NEIL.U cim State Pres. Texas Farmers' Union, foi .OCAL AFFAIRS. . rr NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. fl E. Ferguson?Sells groceries of a ^ quality that you can rely on. carries ^ a good variety, and says you can be lr sure of receiving prompt and courte- c' ous attention. ' o1 '. B. Arrowood, Pastor?Makes announcement as to date for the Missionary picnics at Bethel and Chapel. Nov. 13 and 14. r. Earl S. Sloan, Boston?Asks you la to write him for a copy of "Sloan's Treatise on the Horse." It's free See fourth page. Ij. Williams & Co.?Invite your attention to raincoats for ladies and it men, men's suits, and white un- r bleached cloth at 5c the yard, ork Drug Store?Prescribes Vlnol, a scientific preparation of cod liver oil, for that tired, run-down feeling ft and for lung troubles. $1 a bottle. '. G. Reid & Son. Rock Hill?Publish an invitation to you to visit their 01 store and witness a demonstration w of Favorite ranges. Luncheon will be served. ar Drug Store?Don't want you to fore-et German cold and jrrlDoe tab- v let and white pine and tar cough syrup for coughs and colds. w H. Brown & Bro.?Say that Pocahontas perfume, for sale by the Star Drug Store, Is a fascinating odor. Iss Rosa J. Lindsay?Announces an D art exhibit at her studio on Februa- 8] ry 1st. She will be back at Christ- v mas. Y mis Roth?Is ready to please you with new crop New Orleans molas- ? ses. All kinds of coffees, at 10c to , 25c a pound. . W. White?Wants you to give him ? an opportunity to serve you either in ir buying or selling stocks, bonds and real estate. >rk Supply Co.?Says it is in positlon to make attractive prices on lr Hour. Loaded shells for hunters at di 40c box. Tomatoes at 10c can. T W. Johnson?Tells you that If it is out-of-the-ordlnary groceries that c< you want, he has them and gives a E list of seasonable goods. V( erndon & Gordon?Advise you to buy dried fruit quick, and also onion sets, if you want them. They have v: new crop dates, cream cheese, choice country butter, etc. rauss-Smith Co.?Talk about overcoats at $5 and * up, and genuine Priestly Cravenette raincoats for fc men and women at $10 and upward. nrkvllle B. & M. Co.?Is showing full . lines of men's c'othing. overcoats, 81 shoes, millinery, etc. Cadet hosiery sj have linen heels, toes and knees, andard Oil Co.?Point out the adantages of using a Perfection oil heater. See fourth page. a: The south is not needing any expan- ti m of currency. All It wants is flf- d pn cents for its cotton. That will if ake currency cheap enough In this irt of the country. C One of the most serious drawbacks ti the holding movement is the cotton d ade by the negro farmers. That the ol gro farmers make a very considers- v a nnrflnn of thp oron. is verv Well Un- S< w |/w. rstood. Just what proportion of the ol op they make we do not know; but sj is enough to warrant its being taken ti to all calculations. It is gratifying si know that there are a large number ->1 negroes throughout this country rto are able to hold, and who are w eply imbued with the same spirit S at prevails among the white neigh- n irs; but still there are many who are w it able to hold. They owe too much T i their cotton and they do not know 'a lough about business usages to be II ile to manage. Many of them too, el re nothing about holding. They c( int their money, whatever is coming ff them, and they want it principally o: r the purpose of blowing it in. In H ost cases, the white landlords are M llling to buy the cotton of these ne- l oes at prevailing market prices ana ol ild it; but for some reason the neoes are not willing to sell to other a an regular buyers. The reasons of bi ch an attitude would be difficult to tt fine; but they are based principally ti >on Ignorance. It would be well If r>i e more intelligent negroes would de- ei ite themselves to the overcoming of a] is ignorance, as it would be better ol r all concerned if these negroes 0| auld sell to their white landlords ^ ther than allow their cotton to get 01 to the regular market. al * ti HANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION, ti Governor Ansel on yesterday issued ei s Thanksgiving proclamation. It is T follows: In conformity to a beautiful custom ol tablished by our forefathers and pertuated by the religious sentiment of ir people, I, M. F. Ansel, governor of e state of South Carolina, do hereby C( signate and appoint. Thursday, the si enty-eighth day of November, 1907, C) a day of general thanksgiving. The state of South Carolina has been rnally blessed during the past year, fr e have enjoyed the liberty and se- w rity guaranteed by a peaceful gov- R nment; we have advanced in educa>n and morality; our material re- C urces have developed; our fields w ive yielded their harvests in great lundance; we have been spared from stilence and famine and no public L lamlty has befallen the common- R uillh Let all the people, therefore, put . ide their usual vocations, upon the y herein appointed, assemble in their 'a uses of worship and In their homes J. return thanks to Almighty God for sj s wonderful love and mercy to us a people and as a state, and for the w anirdd blessings he has bestowed tc >on us. p| Let us also, in this day of thanks- | ving and praise* remember the poor id needy, the widow and the fatherss, the sick and distressed and the phanages in our state with words of mfort and cheer and with our gifts. . jt of our abundance let us enrich id make glad the unfortunate, real- al ing that the greatest of Christian qi rtues is charity. 0I And let us ever invoke the Great ver of every good and perfect gift r a continuance of His infinite kind- p< ss that peace, prosperity and happi- ft ss may abide in the land forever. P' NOW ALTOGETHER! G Mr. O. P. Goodwin of Laurens, present of the Farmers' Union of South v" irolina, has Joined Mr. C. S. Barrett, tional president In the call for a petlng of the farmers tomorrow for 11 e purpose of making arrangements hold for fifteen cents. r' President Barrett's call is as follows: w "Now is the time for a strong pull, r a pull altogether. Do not let an- tt her bale of cotton go on the market, f, ery county and parish union in the . tton belt Is hereby called to meet on r iturday, November 9, at 10 o'clock a. Where it is thought best, invite n-union farmers and all others that t)| e interested in obtaining the minium t.i iuppi with vou in the after on. The dumpers have about all b< Id and a firm stand at this time will w n the victory. The New York ex- K. ange has sold cotton to our customs. the spinners for delivery Novemr, December. January and February w a price far below our minimum and u. List deliver the poods or put up the sh The only thing: for the farmers m do to put them out of business ablutely is to hold every bale of cotton se t of their hands. There has not been ough cotton delivered in the last slxda.vs to run the mills by 400,000 st les." gi Here is tlie call of President Good- tl< n: P< "To the membership of the South rolina division of the Farmers' Un- h< i. In accordance with the call of ,, itional President C. S. Barrett, every unty union in the state is hereby lied to meet at their respective of ices of meeting on Saturday, Nov. 9, 10 a. m., to make such arrangements are necessary, financially and oth- 1 vise, for the holding of our cotton re the minimum price of 15 cents. 19 '.'Don't fall to attend your county i leetlng on above date as there is on . le most determined and best organized ' nancinl fight that cotton producers of 1 le south have ever been confronted 1th. We cordially Invite all who are iterested In holding: cotton for 15 mts, to meet with us on the afternoon f above date. ABOUT PEOPLE. Mrs. J. B. Allison, is visiting In Atnta. Miss Ella Love of McConnellsvllle, ' i the guest of Miss Geraldlne Lowry. Miss Emma Ford of Bethel, Is visiting in Yorkvllle, the guest of Miss ,ose Hunter. Master Leroy Williams of Ebenezer, i spending the week with his grandither, Mr. L. R. Williams. Mrs. David M. Gaines and children < f Gaffney, are spending a few days Ith Mr. A. B. Gaines' family. Misses Georgia and Annie Wither[>oon are at home, after an extended Islt to Columbia and Rock Hill. Dr. M. W. White was in Clover this eek on a professional call, and In the iterest of his brokerage business. Mr. Ernest Stroup came home from avidson college this morning, to pend Sunday with his parents near orkville. Mr. J. W. Betts and family of Lesslie ime to Yorkvllle to attend the funeral t Mr. W. H. Snider. They are the , uests of the family of Mr. W. C. Lat tier. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Flnly McKes>n of Morganton, N. C., have Issued ivltations to the marriage of their aughter, Miss Elizabeth, to Mr. Paul , hompson McNeel of Yorkvllle. The ?remony Is to take place In Grace plscopal church, Morganton, on Noember 20. Mrs. Henry Massey of Rock Hill, is (siting her sister, Mrs. J. C. Wilborn. Fort Mill Times: Miss Jonsle Kell, trained nurse from Atlantic City, N. ,, who has been visiting relatives here >r some days, left Monday morning >r Yorkvllle, where she will make a Port visit before going to Florida to pend the winter. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? Messrs. W. S. Nell, B. N. Moore nd W. R. Carroll, wli > were named as ustees of the Yorkvllle Graded school (strict in the recent election, quailed last night. ? The qualification of Mr. W. R. arroll as a member of the board of Ufttees of the Yorkvllle Graded school istrlct, makes a vacancy on the board r commissioners of public works. In lew of the proposed election on the ?werage question and the probability r an expenditure of twenty-five thou- < md dollars of the town's money, if i le election carries, the commissionerlip of public works becomes a matter f some importance. i ?The body of Mr. W. H. Snider, hose death at Texarkana, Texas, unday. was mentioned Tuesday, i ?ached Yorkvllle this morning, and as Interred In the Yorkvllle cemetery, he body was met at the train by a i Lree concourse of friends of the fam y, and taken Immediately to the cemtery, where the funeral services were inducted by Rev. E. E. Gillespie. The 1 oral tributes were numerous and i retty. The pall bearers were Sheriff [. G. Brown, Messrs. W. E. Ferguson, [. B. Jennings, W. H. Herndon, J. E. | owry, A. M. Grist. Mr. Snider died f heart failure. 1 ? The handsorhe King's Mountain ilendar recently referred to as having een gotten out by the King's Mouniln Chapter D. A. R. was put on sale lis morning. Included In the design r this calendar there Is a fine photongraving of the battleground as It 1 ppeared forty years ago, the Insignia i f the D. A. R's. and the first stanza ] r Mrs. Clara Dargan Maclean's King's [ountain lyric. The printing Is blue ti white, the 1908 calendar pad, is blue, II on a substantial and expensive naonal blue mount board. Altogether le design is very pretty and the cal- , idar makes a most desirable souvenir. | he price is 25 cents. ? Twelve wagons, one following anther all In a row, each drawn by a ranking pair of big, fine mules and ich loaded with five heavy bales of )tton was an Interesting sight on the reets of Yorkvllle, Wednesday. The )tton belonged to Mr. S. M. Jones of | hester, and was being transferred om his Tlrzah plantation to the a rehouses of Messrs. Latta Bros, i ut a more interesting part of the sto- i v Is that the sixty bales referred to < as only a part of the crop. One of : ie wagon trains was stopped at the 1 Iberty street crossing, until Miss ( osa Lindsay could make a photo- ( raph. Mr. Jones has four hundred ] ales of cotton In all, and all of It i tr, ho stored for better prices. Mr. i C. Wilhorn is authority for the i atement that 150 bales of the cotton i ere made by five mules?thirty bales ? the plow, and that on the entire lantation. the corn average to the I low was 250 bushels. < THE COUNTY HOME. , About the only item of business out i f the ordinary before the county board i I Its meeting Wednesday was the I uestlon of selecting' a superintendent 1 f the county home for next year. The matter came up in the form of etitions on behalf of and applications i om a number of candidates for the i asitlon. I The incumbent is Mr. W. Brown aulden. who has held the position i nee the death of his father several i pars ago. It Is not understood that ' ie board had given out an intimation 1 r a desire to make a change. The petlons and applications seem to have i ?en made rather in pursuance of the ght of every individual to ask for I hat he wants. ( There were six applications before | le board Wednesday. They came i urn Messrs. B. F. Marley, J. B. Ste- \ Benson, O. J. Gwin, W. Brown Gaul- < ?n. W. P. Wylle and J. A. Mills. I There wifs some little outside wire- I tilling' among the political bosses and I ime discussion of the question In the lard: but for some reason the board I as not ready to vote, and the dispo- i tlon of the question as to whether 1 lere should be a change and If so, I ho would be selected was postponed I ntil tomorrow. The salary is $2;"> a 1 lonth. t We do not remember to have ever en an itemized statement of the cost ' the county home, or any kind of a atement that would show the aggre- ' ite cost of maintaining the instituon or the average cost per pauper J >r annum. This, of course, is because 1 lere is no effort to keep the County 1 one account separate from the gen- I al expense account of the county. In order, however, to get some Idea I what the county pays for its poor c liing the course of a year, we have r ade an examination of the quarterly I ports of the supervisor for the year r 06. This does not necessarily give p the expense of the Institution for a K year, and It may not be fair to take It as showing a fair average. It is fi possible for instance, that some of the si 1905 bills may have been puid previous d to January 1, 1906, and some of the a 1906 bills may have not been paid un- ti til 1907. But taking all the items re- lr corded during 1906, as having been h paid on account of the county home, r< we find the aggregate to be $3,245.44. rr This includes $277.37 for medical at- |y tentlon. The average number of paupers dur- p Ing 1906, was close to thirty. p In addition to the cost of the county C( home, quite a sum is spent each year n for outside poor. Under the law noth- f, Ing is allowable to be paid on this ac- p count except to Confederate veterans. a The total amount charged as having q nol/1 on on/miint nf mitnlrie nnor .. during 1906, was $1,693.91. n The county home farm consists of ^ something over three hundred acres of very good land, and at the last April term of the court, the county board reported the farm as being stocked with four mules, four cows, four hogs and ^ eight pigs. The crop of the previous year was reported as consisting of 800 bushels com, 8,700 bundles of fodder, ^ ten loads of hay and peavlnes, twenty { bushels potatoes, ten bushels of onions v and ten bales of cotton. t THE FINANCIAL SITUATION. J One of the most Interesting subjects for discussion before the people Just now is the financial situation, local and general; but It Is a notable fact that c the discussion Is not marked by the a slightest excitement, or even a consldorable amount of concern. As a matter of fact the country has v never before been confronted by Just ^ another similar state of affairs, and taking Into consideration all the clrcumstances that belong to the sltuatlon, there Is very little more substantial behind the existing concern even ^ than a kind of curiosity. Whether there was any real need 0 for that New York panic, we do not know. We are very doubtful about it. Our own Idea is that the financial a L doctors brought about the stringency 11 for the purpose of checkmating the n holding movement in the south. We r have already given our views along * this line at length. What we have said, of course, has 8 been based altogether on deduction. a We have stated nothing as fact be- ^ cause we are not sure that we are h right. We would not assume to put ourselves in the ridiculous position of P knowing more about American flnan- I, rial manipulation than anybody else tl does. c But whether the New York flurry Is p tho unavoidable outcome of natural t< causes, or the result of carefully plan- tl ned conspiracy, one thing seems to be b quite certain and that Is that this P section has not been hard hit. tl However it may be elsewhere, here ' the farmers have big crops of cotton h and com, against which they owe very tl little and the banks are literally bulg- L ing with cash. It Is safe to say that k there never has been a time when the F banks of York county had more money an hand at this particular date. tl Not only this, there Is lots of cur- a rency In the hands of the people, more t< perhaps than In many former recent u vears after the entire cotton crop had d been sold. v The New York banks having served Ji notice that they are not shipping cur- b rency at present, the southern banks ri have met this situation by holding on c to their own currency, and are dealing t< with New York only by exchange, ti They are managing their affairs so as h to keep our own money right here at h home, which, except for the remarka- a bly good condition of the country, v would be Impossible. b It is a fact that New York is now Ii offering a large premium to get tl money out of the south; but the south- C ern banks generally, and the banks of tl this section especially, are absolutely c Indifferent to this premium. In the tl first place, they can lend to their own people at better rates and on as good security, and in the second place they understand better than ordinary In- C dividuals that they must not give New York any advantage in such an emergency. w We hear a good deal of talk about tl people not being able to borrow money ii from the banks. There is something s to this but not much. The local banks Ci are pursuing their business on the " same conservative lines as heretofore, g martncrapo mnv ha nn a little high- If er tension and may have their eyes g ppen a little wider. None of them are i< hunting: loans. That Is they are not 11 running after anybody to lend them e money: but they are taking care of 0 their business Just as they have been IS doing, and there Is every reason to believe that they will continue to do so. t( That there are people who are entitled to borrow and who are unable to do o to. there Is no doubt. This Is always ? the case, under any kind of a condl- a tlon. But there has been no distress if r>n account of the attitude of the banks h and we do not believe there Is going jj to be any. If there is we don't believe j; It Is going to be the fault of the banks, tl There have been some cases where j* people who did not need It have been v running around trying to borrow mon- a ey to see if they could, and who have S failed, and there have been a number ^ of cases who have failed to borrow ^ money for the purpose of sending It a out of the country; but up to this time we have not heard of a single Instance where a York county bank has de- 0 parted from the lines of broad and lib- d eral banking. p The sensible thing for the people of 0 this country to do is to pursue the tl >ven tenor of their way. Let them 'f fi| pay their debts as they are able, lend money to each other as they would a under any other circumstances, not In- b :ur unnecessary obligations, and contlnue to enter their deposits, when they u have anything to deposit just as they p nave been doing. a Had It not been for the York county ^ hanks, the Wall street squeeze would t| now have us gaspi.ig for financial r< areath. If however, depositors con- v! inue, as they have been doing, to pour Hoii. an mint, pnrrnncv Into the local hi lanks, they will be absolutely fortified d igainst any possible danger. d. LOCAL LACONICS. J[ Committed For Assault. ^ W. M. Talbert was committed to 'c all by Magistrate T. B. Glenn of Ebe- OI lezer, last Monday on the charge of w issault and battery with Intent to kill. 3ridge Over Bullock's Creek. ai The county commissioners on last Ci Wednesday ordered the building of a >ne span bridge over Bullock's Creek, tu lear the residence of Mr. R. N. Mc- u] CI wee, provided the people of the leighborhood would construct the apiroaches without cost to the county. M : i I led by the C. & N.-W. The Carolina and North-Western eight train ran over and killed Law:>n Phillips at Treland, last Wednesay. Phillips was driving a calf with p, long rope which got caught on the w -ack. While trying to get the calf ose he allowed the train to run on ? , a Im. His head was mashed beyond p ?cognltlon. He was a hard working ^ lan, about 50 years old, of good habits. Ir. Joseph Love Dead. w Rock Hill Record: Mr. Joseph T. tr Ave, a prominent farmer living In the a, tullook's Creek section of Chester c( ounty, died very suddenly Monday lorning at 11 o'clock. He had been In illlng health for about a year, but g^ Is death came nevertheless as a shock ^ nd a surprise to his friends and famy. He attended the state fair last reek, and had also attended the recent leetlng of presbytery. 'he King's Mountain Monument. n, Capt. E. R. Stuart, corps of engleers, U. S. A., representing the govern- ej lent In the matter, has received the le cceptance of Messrs. McKein, Meade a, i White, who were some time ago tj "L/^.,1 o d/iul(rn tha m/\mimont f ho fivru iu ucoigu vuv iiivuuiuvmi, ?wv j.j overnment proposes co erect on j, [Ing's Mountain. A representative of p he firm of McKeln, Meade & White e] rill meet Capt. Stuart at the site of j, he proposed monument soon for the tj urpose of looking over the situation. w lore Telephone Coneolidation. t< Charlotte Observer: The Southern k Jell Telephone company has sub-11- it ensed the private telephone exchanges f< t Fort Mill and Lancaster In South larollna, and at Mooresvllle, this state. j{ 'he toll lines running out of Charlotte p rill now connect with these exchanges a irect. so that Charlotte subscribers b lay talk with friends at either place w rlthout delay. The Mooresvllle, Fort dill and Lancaster exchanges have j. etween 100 and 150 subscribers each, j automobile Hits Wagon. tl Charlotte Observer: The automobile f Mrs. Simmons B. Jones, driven by a >r. Baxter S. Moore and occupied by tl )r. and Mrs. Moore and Misses Stuart ? nd Sarah Jones, Lucy Robertson and t| [ate Seddon, ran Into a wagon seven ^ niles from the city on the Plnevllle tl oad Monday night.- They were home- f( rard bound from Fort Mill, S. C. Miss tj leddon was thrown from the front Sj eat, but no one was hurt, though e, bout J100 damage to the car was w one. , n lot a Pauper. w Supervisor Boyd stated to the re- . orter Wednesday that the negro, Will c ^ewls who was arrested recently on tt he county home property on the f, harge of selling whisky was not a y auper, as stated. Mr. Boyd went on n a say that Lewis was a pauper at one D, Ime, but was discharged some time p ack. It is correct that he was occuylng a cabin on the property at the g Ime of his arrest, but the understand- ^ ig Is that his wife had paid the rent, p oeing cotton. Mr. Boyd also stated ei hat he himself had previously caused Q] ,ewls to be reported for selling whls- b y- Ji ort Mill Notes. ir Fort Mill special of November 6, to t< tie Charlotte Observer: While passing n crossing two miles below town yes- ti rrday a wagon loaded with lumber h -as struclc by a fast freight train and C emollshed. Mr. N. L. Pettus, the drl- ff er, and his mules barely escaped in- r< ury. The negro Perry, who was shot C y two policemen while resisting ar- R est about ten days ago, Is in a critical d< ondition. His arm was taken off yes- c erday. He is under the care of the aj awn, his people having refused to ave anything to do with him, and he a] as proven a very stubborn patient, p) fact which has very much aggra- t ated his condition. Much interest is elng manifested here in the approach- n. 1 g marriage of Miss Mary Ardrey of w his place, and Mr. Jesse M. Oldham of b< lharlotte. A reception will be held at |r he Ardrey home Immediately after the C( eremony. Several hundred invita- cj Ions have been issued. I0 lu CHEATING THE GUVEKNMEN I. ?J tl ommissioner Capers Says Virginia ^ Distillers Are Not Toting Fair. Cl "For every gallon of whisky upon al 'hich the government collects revenue u tie distillers in some places are mak- r( ig from two or three gallons" is the si tatement of Captain John C. Capers, d! ommissioner of internal revenue. si There Is no way Jjy which fraud can ^ o on at any of the government distil- Ji ;ries except by direct collusion of the ,c auger and storekeeper with the distiljr. And this collusion has been go- m ig on in nearly every state to some xtent, though most notably in Vir- " inia. There, on account of a number p f stills having been moved there from 'J rorth Carolina, run out by the Watts " iw, there are more distilleries than s* tie agents have been able to look af- * ^r. tl "In most of the cases where makers 84 f whisky have been cheating the gov- 01 rnment out of the revenue tax. It has rt een done by running a small block- 31 de still, but this situation in Virginia w a Deculiar one. There the distiller 'n as gdt the gauger in with him and is a inking anywhere from four to five cl undred gallons a day, upon which he C? i paying no tax. The way they do h* his is so simple that it is exceedingly ifficult to detect them, because the ^ ispector has to be on the spot at the hi ery moment the distiller substitutes <*< private barrel for the one which the ^ auger is required to use. The gauger T ? required by law to stand at the pout through which every drop of dls- & [lied spirits must come, and as soon s one barrel is filled he must roll that arrel away into his warehouse, which ^ i so built as to prevent anything be- 's lg taken out without the knowledge ni f the gauger. Then he must put un- t0 er the spout another barrel. Every ound of grain the distiller purchases ^ lust be accounted for in the quantity *1 f spirits distilled and gauged, but ?/ tiere is a margin of 20 per cent: that i, the distilled snlrits gauged must be rj I) per cent of the maximum amount tl< hlch that kind of grain can produce, fu fter this 80 per cent has been gauged Tl y the gauger, the custom has grown re p in some localities for the gauger ar len to look another way or take a "r alk. during which time the distiller in uts under the spout another barrel fir nd after filling it rolls It down the b> ill. it: This is the most common way for re le government to be defrauded of the G< ?venue, although there are other de- th Ices, all of which, however, must be wi ith the collusion of the government m auger. This official may not always th e a willing party to the fraud. The se Istiller making a large amount of In loney by it Is able to nay a fair tl< mount to the one who allows him to er 0 it, but he generally is able to do efl by intimidating the fellow, and gr ireatening to shut down his still and wi jrow him out of a job if he does not an ok the other way or take that walk." m; A vigorous campaign has been going co 1 in Virginia during the past several by eeks. and Commissioner Capers has of dered a thorough investigation of the pe tuatlon. He has sent four revenue ry rents there, taking them from North Pi arolinn and Tennessee, and he has mi it in fifteen additional revenue inspec- an rs. From these reports have been re lined in to him giving information lai ->on which a number of raids have Hi 'en made. Some of the largest dis- ot Hers and the most influential in Vir- is nia are about to be raided.?Zach coi cOhee's Washington letter. se< SOUTH CAROLINA NEW8. ? Dr. D. W. Hair, a business man ' Barnwell, wan instantly killed Monty afternoon by falling against the y wheel of an engine at a saw mill hlch he owned. -Rock Hill Record: George Aldrlch, negro, was killed at the Southern awer company's works at Rocky reek last Thursday afternoon by the .11 of a cement bucket Aldrlch's life ad crushed out almost instantly. The agedy occurred In Fairfield county, id the inquest was held by the offihIh of that county. ? Greenville special of November 6, i the News and Courier: Deputy herllT Noe returned here today with eorge H. Mulkey, former agent of the outhern Railway company at Greer's, , C., who was arrested there this loralng on a warrant Issued at the In- 1 ance of the American Surety compay. of New York, which concern Is on Is bond. Mulkey waived preliminary taminatlon before Magistrate 8 trady, who released him on |1,000 ball to wait the action of the grand jury at le next term of the court of general ^ssions. which will be held here in anuary next. It Is alleged by the rosecutlon that A. T. Hanson, a travllng auditor, discovered a deficit of 505 In Mulkey's accounts, and that ^ le accused suppressed a quantity of ay bills in the hope of escaping de ?ction, while, on th? other hand, Muley contends that he Is innocent and i the victim of a combination of un>rtunate circumstances. ? Asheville, N. C., special to Char>tte News, 6th: Lying In a grove of ine trees on the Blltmore estate, bout two miles from the Blltmore ridge, the dead body of a mail, wno an later identified by Pattle Chandler r Lockhart, S. C., as his brother, Will I. Chandler, was found Monday raornlg. Prom the appearance of the body, ie man had evidently been dead since ist Friday, and the cause of death is s yet unknown, but marks on the iroat would seem to indicate that the lah had been foully dealt with. Pate Chandler stated that his brother ad left Lockhart with 140, stating j tat he intended coming to Asheville >r a day's stay, to visit friends and -ansact some business and had not Ince been heard from. When discovred and the body searched, ho money hatever was found. Chandler origi ally belonged to Alexander, N. C., here his parents still reside. ? Chester special of November 7, to harlotte Observer: While attempting > beat his way to Charlotte on a 'eight train this morning, Robbie /hlte of Rock Hill, S. C, fell from the >ds of the freight where he had erched and was literally ground to leces. White was accompanied by vo other boys, Sam Hammond and dward Sphinx, the former from Rock [ill and the latter residing at this lace. The body of White was sevred about the waist line, one leg and ne arm also being torn from the ody. Coroner Leckie empaneled a lry which rendered a verdict declarig that the said Robert White came > his death, due to his own carelessess, by being run over by a freight ain on the southern road. White's dme Is In Rock Hill at the Bellevue otton mill village and his mother and , Lther are operatives In that mill. The >mains were taken In charge by hllds and Barron and shipped to ock Hill for burial. White met his Bath at about the same spot where laude Moore was killed some time ?0?Washington correspondence News nd Courier, Nov. 6: When the su? reme court of the United States yestrday made a decision In the case of i'e Seaboard Air Une Railway oompay vs. Seegers et al., it is believed It ittled the smallest claim ever coming sfore the court The case originated i a magistrate's court In Chesterfield )unty, and involved a dispute over a aim for $1.75. The railroad company st a bunch of bananas between Coimbia and McBee, worth $1.75, In 1903. lalm was made on the company by le Seegers. The company refused ayment, and when complaint was lade in a magistrate's court that offlal gave judgment for the bill and Iso awarded a penalty of $50 for fallre to pay within forty days, as allow1 under a South Carolina law. The illroad company took the case to the ate circuit court and there the verIct was reversed on the grounds that le statute was unconstitutional. The ate supreme court in turn reversed ^ le circuit court and upheld the law. ustlce Brewer handed down the opln>n of the United States supreme jurt, and that opinion affirmed the ate supreme court and the county lagistrate. ? Columbia special of Wednesday to harlotte Observer: There is probably i a week or so to be filed In one of le principal up-country cities of this ate a suit for slander, which when ie complaint is made public giving le names of the persons concerned nd the nature, the case will create a lost profound sensation in social and dlgious circles not only In every city id town in this state, but the Incident ill attract attention In every hamlet i the south. The prosecutor will be genueman resicung in a ww-tuuimj ty and holding an exalted eccleslastiU position -in a denomination which as exerted a tremendous Influence irough many centuries In all parts of le world. The defendant will be a romlnent married woman, who is inducting a charitable institution in le city where the suit is to be filed, he beginning of the trouble dates ick several months, to when the outh Carolina newspapers recorded le fact that a white infant had been iund on the doorstep of a negro in le up-country town referred to. It alleged by the friends of the clergyan In question that the defendant>-be "got busy" on her slander camilgn from that time, and in spite of ireats and talk has never let up nee, that she has dared the friends ' the ecclesiastic to bring suit . -Columbia, November 6: The su eme court has declared unconstltuinal what Is known as the firemen's nd act, passed at the session of 1906. he act sought to create a fund for the lief of disabled and veteran firemen id their dependents by levying: a tax i the Insurance companies doing: busess in this state. It was urged by the emen's association and was fought r the fire insurance companies during: i passage through the general asmbly. The act was not signed by wernor Heyward for some time after e general assembly adjourned, as he as requested to give a hearing on the atter and did so, the companies and e firemen's association being reprented. When the act was signed the surance companies joined In an ac>n to restrain the comptroller genal from putting its provisions into Tect and a temporary Injunction was anted on their petition. The case as argued before the supreme court id the decision announced today akes the injunction permanent and mpletely nullifies the law. It is held Chief Justice Pope, who writes the dnion, that the act seeks to provide ^ nsions for firemen, which is contrato the clause in the constitution of uth Carolina which forbids the payent of pensions except for military id naval service. The chief Justice views the case at length and quotes rgely from the act in his opinion. * e considers all the points in the casa some length also, but the decision finally based on the ground of unnstitutlonallty In violation of the ition referred to.