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Scraps and iacts.
? A monarch by the name of Yborshi
is advertising a kingdom for sale in
several Continental newspapers. He
offers his throne, crow n, sceptre, dominions
and subjects for sale, with
thirty wives thrown in, for the modest
sum of 1200,000. His realm is that of
Aysbonia, a strip of land in Africa 250
miles long and ninety miles wide.
The power of life and death is the
king's prerogative, and goes with the
crown, as does the granting of all con- J
cessions. A special attraction of the
offer is the royal crown, which is a
neat diadem made of human skulls.
The throne Is made of skulls and thigh
bones. Thus far his dusky majesty
appears to have had no offer.
? Washington, November 8: The
census bureau today issued its bulletin
showing the total cotton crop of this
year's growth ginned to Novemoer 10
be 6,167,600 bales, as compared with J
6,906,395 bales for 1906. The figures
are the result of the investigation of
the special agents of the bureau, which,
in addition to the figures given, show
that there were 26,135 ginneries in
operation as compared with 27,370 for)
1906. In the computation round bales
are counted as half bales. The result
by states for the present year is as
follows: Alabama 608,922 bales, Ar-1
kansas 293,541, Florida 28,687, Georgia
1,195,895, Indian Territory 191,750,
Kentucky 494, Louisiana 277,536, Mississippi
629,485, Missouri 11,589, North
Carolina 326,437, Oklahoma 179,149,
South Carolina 733,045, Tennessee 109,222,
Texas 1,579,496, Virginia 2,349.
? Douglas, Arizona, November 8:
Jesus Garcia, a locomotive engineer,
yesterday saved Nacozari, Ariz., from
destruction by running a burning powder
train through the town at top
speed, but lost his own life and caused
the death of a dozen or more Mexican
section hands. Two cars of powder
exploded just as the flaming train was
passing a section house. The train
caught fire when near Nacozari. In it I
were two open cars heavily loaded with
explosives. Realizing tnat tne concentrator
and a good part of the town of
Nacozari would be destroyed if the
powder exploded there, Gracia called
to the rest of the crew to Jump and
started to run the train away from the
town. He had taken it a half mi'e
when the explosion occurred, as tie
cars were passing a section house full
of Mexicans. It blew the house, the
train, the men and the engineer to
atoms. A boy, not seeing the Are in
the train, sought to steal a ride on the
rear car, and was killed.
? Portland, Oregon, November 9:
J. T. Ross, president; George H.
Hill, vice president, and T. T. Berkhardt,
treasurer of the Title Guarantee
and Trust company, which went into
the hands of a receiver Wednesday
last, were arrested today and a warrant
is out for John E. Atchison, secretary
of the defunct institution.
Atchison is now in New York city.
The arrested men were released after
furnishing $2,500 bail. The charge
against them is accepting money on
deposit while knowing the bank was
insolvent Under the laws of Oregon
this is a felony punishable by a maximum
fine of $1,000 or imprisonment in
the penitentiary for two years, or by
fine and imprisonment. The arrests
were made on complaint of C. E. E.
Ehman, who alleges that on Oct. 28,
the day before the present day today
holiday period began, he deposited $550.
Ehman alleges that the officials of the
bank knew on that day and had for
some time previous known that the
bank was insolvent.
? New xork, Noveinoer s: inia.ni
paralysis, of which the greatest epidemic
known in the history of the
world has Just passed over New York
city, was a subject of discussion last
night at the New York Academy of
Medicine. Concerning its origin and
even its treatment, ' there is much
mystery and so far it has proved a
disease which has almost baffled medical
science. Dr. Virgil P. Gibney, assistant
surgeon at the Hospital for
Ruptured and Crippled Children, spoke
of the great increase in the number of
cases in the institution with which he
is connected. In the months of June
to November 1, 1906, only thirty-nine
cases had come under his observation,
while for the corresponding period this
year there had been 387, a tenfold increase.
Dr. Gibney strongly advocated
that heavy braces be used to prevent
deformities. He urged that a conference
of neurologists be called to pass
upon a treatment by electricity. He
thought also that various counter-ir
ritants might be employed with advantage.
Dr. Lemmet Holt detailed the
history of the infant paralysis both
here and in Norway and Sweden and
traced the epidemic to the warm
months.
? New York, November 9: Twentyfour
tons of gold, rushed to New York
on the record breaking Lusitania to
ease the money stringency, was unloaded
from the hold of the fastest
liner today while thousands looked on
in curiosity. Packed in 334 small steel
bound boxes, the $12,361,150 was carried
by longshoremen down the gangplank
from the specie room in the after
hold as if it were so much Junk.
But there the simile ends, for police,
Cunard officers, plain clothes men,
United States detectives and a fence
Interposed between the treasure and
the covetous. The transfer of the
hnvun ac on. in ac fho c f D'j tri i n
tied up in the morning. On the shoulders
of the brawny dockmen the small
but heavy boxes were rushed to the
dock and placed aboard five double
trucks and two single ones. Vernon
H. Brown, general agent of the Cunard
line, watched every box, and James
Lancaster, who was palpably nervous,
checked off each one as it emerged
from the hold. As soon as a truck was
comfortably filled with gold it was
sent uptown to its destination?the
United States subtreasury or the government
assay office. The Lusitania's
consignment swells the total of gold
received from Europe on the present
movement to $21,311,150. This is a little
more than half of the amount engaged.
? New Orleans, November 8: Secretary
Hesters weekly cotton statement
issued today shows for the eight days
of November a decrease under last
year of 148,000 bales, and a decrease
under the same period year before last
of 67,000. For the sixty-nine days of
the season that have elapsed the
aggregate is behind the sixty-nine
days of last year 793,000 bales, and
behind the same days year before last
685,000. The amount brought into
sight during the past week has been
467,345 bales, against 573,423 for the
same seven days of last year and 497,556
year before last. The movement
since September 1 shows receipts at
all United States ports 2.275.144 bales,
against 2,992,720. last year; overland
across the Mississippi, Ohio and Potomac
rivers to northern mills and Canada
91,572 bales, against 149,917 last
year; interior stocks in excess of those
held at the close of the commercial
year 310.1.13 bales, against 324.265 last
year; southern mills' taking 535,000,
against 538,429 last year. These make
the total movement since September
1st 3.211,869 bales, against 4.005.341
last year. Foreign exports for the
week have been 178,672 bales, against
235.079 last year, making the total thus
far for the season 1,051,700, against 1,S66.910
last year. The total takings
of American mills, north, south and
Canada, thus far for the season have
been 883.106 bales, against 657,627 last
year. Stocks at the seaboard and the
twenty-nine leading southern interior
centres have increased during the week
156,403 bales, against an increase during
the corresponding period last season
of 189,949. Including stock left
over at ports and interior towns from
the last crop and the number of bales
brought into sight thus far from the
new crop, the supply to date is 3,559,875
bales, against 4,303.101 for the
same period last year.
Ilu ^orkvillc tgnquircr.
YORKVILLE, S. C.t
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1907.
OLEAJtiNdHorsE certificates Issued
by Charleston and Columbia are being
accepted at par by all the banks In the
state.
If the monetary stringency was not
brought about for the purpose of depressing
the price of cotton, and this,
though, probable, is hardly susceptible
of proof, there is absolutely no doubt
about the fact, that advantage is being
taken of the conditions as they
now exist, to make cotton sell as
cheaply as possible. We are at a loss
to say certainly whether the scheme
had Its origin In New York or London:
but wherever it originated, it
seems to be spreading steadily and
surolv. and the Question that will
decide the issue is whether the south
can hold on to their cotton longer than
the world can do without it.
The Blacksburg Chronicle has suspended
for lack of support. The publishers
announce that they have been
running at a loss all the while in hopes
of better times after a while; but have
at last been reluctantly forced to the
conclusion that it is no use. We regret
to record such a development; but we
are not surprised. There is a large
portion of the public which always
feels the necessity of an absent newspaper;
but which too often fails to
recognize the importance of supporting
the paper that tries to meet that
necessity. The public is not to be
blamed. It does not know. That is
all. The would-be publisher should
know better; but he doesn't, and ultimate
failure is a natural consequence.
Our own observation and experience
is, of all tne public utilities in the
whole category, the business end of not
a single one is so absolutely vital as
in the case of the newspaper, and as a
rule the business end of the newspaper
is more commonly and generally neglected
than is the business end of any
other public utility. The fault, of
course, is with the publisher, and he
may as well recognize and admit the
fact, for if he is not able to manage
and provide for the business end, the
public cannot, nor can it be reasonably
expected to do so.
We have said it before and we have
seen absolutely nothing to change our
opinion, that there is little else behind
the present currency stringency than a
determination on the part of the financial
kings to make the southern farm'
* ..I*? Txr~
ers taite less ior uicir couun. we uo
not deny that there may be a double
purpose Involved. There is much reason
behind the claim that one purpose
of the flurry is to force congress to
change the currency laws so as to give
the eastern money centres still more
absolute control of the situation; but
we think that is only a secondary purpose.
The idea of buying the southern
cotton crop for from $200,000,000 to
$300,000,000 less than It is worth is
mote practical. Financial independence
of the south means something very
much like loss of prestige and power, to
say the least of it, for the east. That,
without going into further details, is
the principal reason why we believe
the fight is there. It is a splendid
stand the south is making right now.
Up to this time it is the best fight
that has ever been made yet. There
are elements of weakness in the south,
it is true. They are known to the opposition,
so there is no harm in admitting
the fact. But the position of the
other side is not impregnable. Just as
the holding of cotton may cause some
distress in the south, Europe is little
otner prepared 10 siunu a iuii^ airgc.
If the foreign mills have to be closed,
hundreds of thousands of people will
be thrown out of employment and the
aggiegate cost one way and another
will be many times the price of a cotton
crop. But there is no need for
anything like this. The world needs
the cotton goods and it is willing to
I ay for them. The dollar will decide
the issue at the last, and it Is not probable
that the kings of finance will go
further than to make a pretty stiff test
of the strength of the south.
New York Market Situation.
The leaders in the New York Cotton
Exchange gambling at this time are
the firm of E. M. Weld on the bull side
and Theodore H. Price on the bear
side.
At the present time the battle is
being waged around the month of December
and on last Saturday, December
was two dollars a bale higher than
January, while under normal conditions
January should be higher than
December.
According to the most intelligent
statement of the situation that we can
gather, during October a pool headed
by Weld, rounded up practically all
the spot cotton then in New York,
some 124.000 bales, worth about 57,000.000.
After the completion of the
rounding up and a satisfactory financing
of its holding, the pool began to
pound on December.
Both sides are appealing to the
bankers. Price and his crowd to make
Weld and his crowd sell, and Weld and
his crowd for support to hold out to
the end.
Price and his crowd are arguing that
If Weld and his crowd would ship 1
their cotton to Europe, it would bring
over $7,000,000 gold which would relieve
the situation to that extent. In *
reply. Weld and his crowd say that
having sold large quantities of cotton
to their foreign customers, and finding j
it impossible to get the same in the
south, they were forced to buy everything
to be had in New York and In j
addition to go long on December. They
declare that It is their purpose not
only to hold on to the cotton they have,
but to force the people who sold short j
to bring the actual cotton to New York.
They declare that if they succeed In
the carrying out of their plans, they
will take every bale offered them and i
all of it will be exported at once, with
the result that they will get in return
a much greater volume of gold than (
if they should sell now.
There was a report on Wall street
Friday to the efTect that cotton is Deing
brought back to this country from '
Liverpool, the same as some few years
ago. The object of such a movement
would be to break the market In the "!
interest of lower prices, and while the
argument appears to be reasonable i
from one point of view, it is not
thought that British spinners who
have once gotten hold of cotton under ,
existing conditions will run the risk of
letting it out of their hands again on
such a slim chance of victory.
There seems to be absolutely no
question about the fact, that all things
considered, the cotton situation, so far
as the speculators are concerned, is
the most stubborn that has ever been '
known. In other years, cotton would
have broken all to pieces under existing
conditions in a short time, and' ?
would have sold at whatever prices the
bears chose to pay. The remarkable
strength of the market now is due in
the first place to the unshakable fixed- 1
ness of the holding movement and in
the second place to the fact that the
American crop really does not appear
to be over 11,000,000 bales, while the
crop of the balance of the world is
something like two million bales short, i
MERE-MENTION. <
Fire destroyed a Great Northern i
railway grain elevator at Duluth, ,
Minn., Saturday witn a loss 01 *z.zt>u,- <
000 Emperor William of Germany
is visiting his uncle. King Edward of
England Tom Johnson says that
he :.s not seeking the Democratic presidential
nomination, and that his only
political ambition is to be eledted mayor
of Cleveland for the fifth time
A Drench banker is authority for the
statement that the United States will
get $200,000,000 in gold before Christmas
from foreign countries For
the first time in fifty-one years a portion
of the state of Delaware, including
two counties, prohibition is in
force Russian officials are expecting
another season of terror and
blood upon the convening of the new
douma, which is soon to take place..,.
The British empire celebrated the 69th
anniversary- of King Edward's birthday
last Saturday... .The gold received in
New York and engaged on account of
the stringency amounts to more than
fifty million dollars John H. Estill.
editor and proprietor of the Savannah
News, died at his home In Savannah
last Saturday in the 67th year
of his age The fourth trial of
Caleb Powers for the assassination of
Governor-Elect Goebel of Kentucky,
was commenced at Lexington yesterday
J. N. Seale, manager of the
North Eastern divisions of the Southern
railway is paralyzed at Washington
Secretary of War Taft left
Manila last Saturday on his homeward
journey Some of the German financiers
are charging the situation in
America to President Roosevelt
Six inches of snow fell at Marguette,
Mich., last Sunday Frank Foley
and William Hopkins fought a duel at
Fernald. Ky? last Sunday, to settle a
quarrel over an election bet. Hopkins
was instantly killed and Foley was fatally
wounded Authentic information
from the town of Kavatagh, Siberia,
which was recently destroyed by
an earthquake, put the number of
killed at 5,000... .During the year ending
June 30th. 5,000 persons were killed
and 76,286 were injured by rail- '
roads in the United States The I
Jamestown exposition company has |
liabilities of $2,400,000 and assets of
only $1,100,000... Dr. Estrada Palma,
former president of Cuba, has deciar- J
ed himself as favoring the annexation !
of Cuba by the United States A ?
seat on the New York Exchange sold |
for $60,000 last week. This Is $35,000 ?
below the high water mark for an ex
change seat The Arnold Print j
works of North Adams, Mass.. one of
the largest textile plants of the New
England states, was placed in the '
hands of a receiver last week. Llabil- ?
ities amount to $9,500,000 Pig_ iron <
prices dropped a dollar a ton in eausburg,
Pa., last week President ?
Roosevelt will go to Hampton Roads <
to review the battleship fleet before it ?
sails to the Pacific on December 12th. ;
Nine prisoners made their escape ?
from the Madison county, Ala., jail, ]
early Friday morning by sawing the
window bars The Alabama house ?
of representatives has passed a local }
option prohibition bill....The Nation
al W. C. T. U? convention is in session <
at Nashville, Tenn More than 1
20.000 people of Pittsburg, Pa., are *
suffering from severe pulmonary dis- 1
eases.
PICNIC AT ST. PAUL. )
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Correspondence of the Yorkville fcnaulrer.
The Missionary picnic at St. Paul, ,
on last Thursday, was a decided sue- '
cess. The attendance was very good. v
and the occasion was a pleasant one
for all.
The object of this gathering was to
bring together the cotton which the
children had grown for missions; and
to recognize this service and interest (
on their nart by giving them a picnic (
and a day of enjoyment. The wagons eame
in bringing the cotton, and in
some instances bringing happy girls
and boys, too. By twelve o'clock, a
goodly number of the families had assembled.
Short religious exercises j
were held, during which the pastor ]
gave a brief talk on missionary work.
Following this service, a bountiful 1
dinner was spread by the good ladies.
All present were in the right mood, to ,
do justice to this part of the programme.
but still there was an abundance
of good things remaining after
the feast. '<
Next in order came the weighing of <
the cotton. When this had been done
it was found that we had 1,025 pounds. I
It was taken directly to the gin. and :
soon afterwards our missionary bale
of cotton was sold, netting us $44.02. 1
This amount, together with the eontri- I
butions in cash, will pay in full St. 1
Paul's assessment for missions and
other benevolences. <
Those who have taken an interest in
this noble work have our high com- 1
mendation. And our sincere thanks t
are hereby given to all who in any way
showed us favor or gave us assist- 1
a nee. J. M. R.
? Columbia, November 11: The to- (
tal number of people killed in South j
Carolina by railroads for the year end- j
ing June 30. according to reports from (
twenty-seven lines, is as follows: .
Trainmen, killed 37. wounded 360; oth- j
er employees killed. 3. wounded 34:
passengers killed 2. wounded 140: trespassers
killed 4 7. wounded 53; not
trespassers killed 3. wounded 39. There t
were thus ninety-two persons killed ^
and six hundred and forty injured. f
? Cleinson college lost a game of t
football to Davidson college last SatI
urday. c
LOCAL AFFAIRS. ;
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
A'illlamson Bros., Guthrlesvllle?Will .
run their ginnery on Mondays, Tuesdays
and Wednesdays after this
date.
5. M. McNeel and O. E. Wilkins, Presidents?Make
a statement In relation
to the issuing of bank certificates by
the local banks.
National-Union Bank, Rock Hill?Says
its best advertisement ?"a satisfied *
customer"?is never printed. Four
per cent paJd on savings accounts.
Hrst National Bank?Remarks that
there comes a time in every one's s
. liXe when he needs a pointer?a helping-hand.
It wants to help you to ^
save. ,
r. Q. Wray?Tells his customers and 1
friends that they can buy merchan- 1
uise diiu acuic uuuuuuio nun uainv
certificates. They are as good as
gold with him.
Sam. M. Grist?Will write fire insurance
on cotton on farms at 18c per
bale per month at J45 a bale, and at
24c per bale per month at >60 a bale.
31enn & Allison?Say that their lines
of buggies and harness are complete
and that the sales they are making
convince them that their qualities
and prices are right,
r. W. Speck?Wants you to see his
dazzling line of cut glass, which is
always appropriate for gifts for
weddings, birthdays, holidays, etc.
Fork Supply Co.?Has red rust proof
seed oats; fertilizers for oats and
Cole's grain drills to sow oats,
forkville Hardware Co.?Insists that
Lynchburg turn plows do their work
with the least expenditure of horsepower
and last longer.
Forkvllle B. & M. Co.?Reminds you
that it pays to dress well and that
"Kantbebeat" clothes are the kind
for you to wear. Special attention
called to overcoats. See fourth page.
Torkville Buggy Co.?Calls attention
to its lines of buggies, wagons and
harness. It carries a.full line of
farm implements and sells Blue Bird
steel plow points. ,
fork Drug Store?Is showing a big ,
line of all kinds of post cards and
wants you to come and look them
over. ?
Thomson Co.?Will accept bank cer- i
tiflcates in payment for all kinds of '
merchandise and accounts. Calls
special attention to men's clothing, i
ladles' shoes, dress goods, etc. 1
forkville B. & M. Co.?Has Just re- 1
celved large shipments of fancy and ?
heavy groceries. Call and see the ?
Avery two-horse reversible disc i
plow. t
The Chester grand Jury has recom- ]
nended the erection of a new Jail.
It was six instead of ten bales of 1
:otton that the county home made last J
rear. It was six in the report from (
...liaL ...a /iuAtA/1 ?m/l tho orrnr wna i
>urs.
Mr. John P. Burris of Bullock's
Sreek township has gathered seventyfive
bushels of corn from one and onebalf
acres. He used 400 pounds of
lommercial fertilizers, and cultivated
iccording to the Williamson plan.
Mr. James L. Moss of No. 3, Yorkrllle,
has been having plenty of stratoperries
of his own raising since last
March until recently. The strawber-ies
have been bearing steadily and
there have frequently been as many as
five berries in a cluster.
In the Farmers' Union convention
ast Saturday after the transaction of
the business for which the convention
was especially called, Mr. D. M. Hall .
jflfered the following: Resolved, That
it is the desire of this union, that the ,
members go back to their locals and by (
precept and example use all the Influ- (
?nce at their command to induce every
rarmer to sow not less than five bush- (
?ls of grain, such as wheat, oats, rye,
barley, etc., to the plow. There was <
i good deal of intelligent discussion <
it the resolution, after which it was
idopted. The drift of the discussion (
was to the effect that if the farmer desires
real Independence, he must be in 1
\ position to hold his cotton. He can
bold his cotton comfortably best when 1
It actually belongs to him. That is {
when he makes it without going into '
3ebt for it. If he can raise his own
supplies, he will make himself inde- j
pendent all the more quickly. Quite a <
lumber of speakers favored the reso- '
lution In both letter and spirit, and
there was not a word against It. The i
Lfnilift inai lui. nan uau ou uvr
sxact keynote to the situation seemed j
to be general. <
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GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY. 1
The following petit jurors were }
3rawn this morning to serve during |
ihe second week of the approaching *
term of the circuit court. They are to j
report for duty on December 2:
H. D. Robinson King's Mountain. (
5. G. Westbrook Catawba. 1
J. W. Boyd Catawba. ?
D. M. Parrott King's Mountain. (
J. E. Warmoth Bullock's Creek, j
I. L. Wood Bethel, c
Ft. E. Fewell Catawba, i
1. R. Gettys .'..Catawba. ]
W. B. Keller York, i
W. M. McCarter... .King's Mountain, t
1. C. McElhaney Fort Mill. <
3eo. S. Williams York. 1
W. L. Latham Bullock's Creek, t
Fno. H. Steele Catawba t
2. T. Crook Fort Mill. <
I. Friedhelm Catawba.
I. F. Pursley Broad River.
1. N. Huey Bethesda.
VI. A. McFarland York.
J. J. Youngblood ....York. |
I. O. Robbins Bullock's Creek. .
Louis Roth York.
I. W. Good Bullock's Creek.
ieo. K. i<ora ivinps Mountain.
R. H. Brison Bethel.
T. R. Robblns Catawba.
D. A. Whisonant Broad River.
IV. J. Williams Catawba.
W. R. Carothers Fort Mill.
1. M. Williford Catawba.
D. Hutchinson Catawba.
VI. D. Anderson Bethesda.
IV. M. Jackson King's Mountain.
SV. J. Rawlinson Catawba.
Samuel Kennedy Broad River.
I. E. Bankhead Bullock's Creek.
GREENVILLE CONVOCATION.
Following is the programme of the
3reenville convocation, which convened
in the Church of the Good Shepherd,
i'orkville this morning, and which is
;o continue in session through Friday:
Tuesday, November 12th.
11 a. m.?Morning prayer, sermon
ind celebration of the holy communion, i
Preacher, Rev. C. H. Jordan.
4 p. m.?Organizing convocation and
msiness session. 1
8 p. m.?Evening prayer and ser- r
win. Preacher, Rev. K. G. Finlay. t
Wednesday, November 13th. {
10.30 a. m.?Litany. Immediately (
ifter service there will be a discussion .
if the subject, viz: "Wherein was the
lewlsh Expectation of a Messiah *
Palse?" Speakers, Rev. O. T. Porcher r
ind Rev. R. M. Marshall. I
(2) Subject:' "How Should Society
Punish Moral Offenses?" Speakers, c
lev. A. R. Mitchell and Mr. G. W. S. i
Hart of Yorkville.
4. p. m.?Business session. Reports
>f missionaries. These reports will be
itrictly limited to ten minutes each. 1
Cver.v member is expected to give a j
lareful report. c
S p. m.?Evening prayer and sermon. .
jy Rev. R. C. Jeter.
Thursday, November 14th.
10.30 a. m.?Morning prayer. Imme- '
liately after morning prayer there will o
>e a discussion of the subject: "The t
lible and Study of the Bible." Open- f
d by Rev. W. Edward Callender, folowed
by Rev. J. M. Magruder and Mr.
J. T. Hayne. 1
12.15 p. m.?Report of missionaries a
continued. Ten minute limit. v
4.30 p. m. ? Children's service.
Speakers. Rev. K. G. Finlay and Rev. s
r. T. Walsh. A special invitation is t
xtended to the children of all the ^
Sunday schools in Yorkville to attend
his service.
X p. m.?Diocesan missions. Speak- '>
r. Rev. A. R. Mitchell, archdeacon, h
leneral missions. Speaker, Rev. T.
r. Walsh.
Friday, November 15th.
10.30 a. m.?Litany and sermon.
Treacher, Rev. S. E. Prentiss.
11.30 a. m.?Business session.
8. p. m.?Evening prayer and sernon
Preacher. Rev. T. T. Walsh.
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Mrs. R. C. Wright of Columbia, is
isltlng Mrs. J. E. Sadler.
Mr. W. Hi Barnwell of Atlanta. Is
-Isiting his brother, Mr. John G. Barnvell
In Yorkvllle.
Misses Llla Russell and Mary Lumptin
of Charlotte, have been visiting
Hiss Laura Lee Lumpkin at Dr. W. G.
iVhite's.
Mrs. M. E. Deal 'and Mrs. Maud C. \
Ileal of Blacksburg, and Miss Lottie t
^ashman of New Oxford, Pa., spent '
donday with Mrs. J. Ed Sadler.
Miss Rosa Lindsay left yesterday for
Washington to take a special course In
roole's Photographic Studio. She ex- t
jects to be away until Christmas. <
Rev. W. C. Ewart left yesterday to J
epresent the Yorkvllle Associate Re- (
ormed church at the Associate Re- 1
'ormed Presbyterian synod, which t
:onvenes at Elk Valley, Tenn., to- i
norrow. He does not expect to return
mtil next Monday. Rev. Oliver Johnion,
pastor of Neely's Creek church,
mssed through Yorkvllle this morning
>n the same errand. He will go by
\sheville to make a call on Mr. and
Mrs. T. F. Lesslle, of his congregation,
,vho are in Ashevllle on account of
Mrs. Lesslle's health.
AMONG THE SPECULATORS.
The Associated Press report of yeserday's
developments on the New
ifork Cotton Exchange is as follows:
The cotton market was moderately
ictive today, sales being estimated at
150,000 bales, and prices ruled higher
>vlth the close net 6 to 8 points higher.
The market.opened firm at a net advance
of 1 to 11 points, and during
;he forenoon sold up to a net gain of
15 to 17 points on covering by shorts .
ind bull support, which was encouriged
by firmer cables, large English
ipot sales, reports of killing frost in
he northwestern and northern por:ions-of
the belt, and claims of a more
ictive demand for spot cotton from
Europe In the interior of the south,
rhe advance was checked around 10.62
lor December and 10.24 fcr January by
reports that three big New York state
mitting mills had closed down owing
,o a lack of forward orders, and durng
the afternoon the market was rath?r
irregular and at one time was back
:o about the opening figures. The big
nterest in December seemed to be dong
very little and it was thought that
jeing as heavily committed to that
josition as they desired to be they
,vere' waiting developments. It was ru- <
nored that $2,000,000 worth of cotton (
s being brought here from the south ,
Tor delivery on December contracts.
\ rather more cheerful view appeared '
to be taken of the financial situation t
ind the big exports for the last two ]
lays attracted considerable comment.
Receipts at the ports today 61,923 '
jales, against 56,632 last week, and 72,- I
roi last year. For the week 360,000 ?
sales, against 363,976 last week and (
113.341 last year. Today's receipts at
STew Orleans 6,788 against 18,044 last
fear'. . I
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POLITICAL SITUATION. <
With the idea of ascertaining the i
flews of the different congressmen as <
to the political situation In this state,
the News and Courier some time ago '
requested answers to the following 1
luestlons:
1. "Who is your first choice for Dem- i
icratlc nominee for president, and why j
lo yoo favor him? ,
2. What will be thp Issues in 1908?
3. Do you believe in government '
jwnerfehlp of railroads? i
4. Can the Democratic party win
text year?
A symposium of replies was printed J
n the News and Courier of last Friday.
Congressman Finley is quoted as
.'ollow8: .
The next few months, says Con- (
pressman FInley, may bring changes !
ivhich will lend an entirely altered '
complexion to the political situation.
However, he did not think that Mr. ,
Bryan would become an announced
candidate for the Democratic nomination.
The most sensible thing for the 1
Democrats to do in case the Republl- 1
cans nominate a radical would be, he j
aid, to nominate Culberson, of Texas.
Should the Republican nominee be a 1
conservative of the Fairbanks type, the
Democrats should nominate Governor 1
Johnson of Minnesota, who would, he
thinks, be likely to prove a winner 1
provided he had a sensible platform to <
dand on. Mr. Finley thinks that John- <
son is a man who would gain and keep (
the confidence of the people because
le is a man of the people and has 1
come up from the ranks by reason of
lis good common sense, his aggres- j
dveness and progressiveness, and because
of what he has already accomillshed
It is safe to predict that he 1
could carry his own state as well as a 1
lumber of others of the middle west. ,
[n the opinion or Mr. jfiniey me issue
lext year should be a demand for 1
ariff revision, especially as to trust I
:ontrolled goods. He says there is a .
arge element in the Republican party ,
:hat desires tariff revision, but that
:he element in control are unalterably t
opposed to any reduction. i
WITHIN THE TOWN.
? The time for the payment of town ]
[axes without penalty has been ex- (
tended to December 1st. * i
? The script issue of the Yorkville |
Danks is just as good as currency. t
\ny merchant or business man will |
:ake it at its face value and give as <
nuch for it as for currency. <
? There was a net gain of about six
thousand dollars in the deposits in
he Yorkville banks yesterday over
he amount paid out. That shows that |
he situation is anything but discour- <
iging. ?
? The certificates of the Bankers' ]
\ssoclatlon of Yorkville, are certified (
jy C. E. Spencer, W. B. Moore and (
SV.* W. Lewis as trustees, and the pay- ,
nent is guaranteed by the signatures
>f S. M. McNeel, president of the ,
L,oan and Savings Bank and O. E. (
iVilklns, president of the First Nation- ?
il Bank. t
? The average man does not need to
)e told that comparatively speaking, r
>ut little cotton has been shipped from f
forkville this year. The total ship- j
nents from September 1, 1906, to Sep- (
ember 1. 1907, were 8,301 bales. The f
ihinments from September 1, 1907 to j
October 15, 1907, aggregated 1,611.
Yom October 15 to October 24, the i
ihipments were 723 bales, and the ship- t
nents from October 24, to and includ- c
ng yesterday, November 11, were only i
128 bales, making the aggregate ship- 1
nents up to date 2,963 bales. t
? Marbles are In vogue among the \
imall boys, uames or maroies secmcu t
o be out of fashion for a number of y
ears, and just how they happened to t
:ome In again now is difficult to trace,
n years gone by there were several t
;ames with marbles, the most popular t
if which were "knucks," "five corner," t
ind "ebbs." Knucks is played with f
hree holes in a row, each about five r
eet from the other. The players get i
heir marbles into the first, second and v
hlrd holes going down, coming back s
,nd going down again. The player o
cho gets into the third hole first the
econd time wins the game. It used r
o be that the loser was required to t
mid a marble between his knuckles, c
nd the winner would take a "plump- a
ng" crack at it. If the winner should r
It the loser's knuckles instead of the s
narble the loser would have revenge
n another shot at the winner, and so i
t went. In "five corner" a marble was
)laced at each corner of a square and I
i marble In the middle. The players i
vculd "plump" from taw at the mid- *
lie man. The^ player who knocked out 1
he middle man from taw won the
fame, and knocking out another man i
rave him another shot. The largest
lumber of men knocked out gave the I
rame. "Ebbs" was the game for keeps. '
jlach player staked one or more marlies
and each player was entitled to
hose he knocked out. The shooting
vas with a quoit or a bomb generally,
t seems that with the coming of mar?les
recently, there was a new game
vhlch the boys called "four holes;"
iut this has rapidly given away to
'knucks" and games "for keeps."
MOONSHINERS CAPTURED.
Raiding Deputy U. B. Hammett of
he United States revenue service, ac:ompanled
by State Constable J. L.
Sanders, Deputy Sheriff F. E. Qulnn,
Constables Andy Qulnn and Meek Parsh
of Clover, went after King's Moun;aln
township moonshiners Sunday
light, and returned yesterday afteriocn
with two prisoners and a report
>f a generally successful expedition.
The names of the prisoners are Will
Stewart and Lum Caveny, both veterin
blockaders. Stewart Is the man
vho was filled with buckshot by Offl;er
Duncan of Blacksburg some years
igo, and who has served at least one
sentence for distilling. Caveny has
jeen working as a.blockader for some
Ifteen or twenty years, but has never
jefore been In trouble.
Following some remarkably accurate
lolnters that they had gotten some
lays previous, the officers on Sunday
light went up to the vicinity of the
Calloway old mill, and shortly before
layllght, about a half a mile from
:here they ran upon the moonshine
'actorj' for which they were looking.
mere were nve niasn iuds, uu iuu ui
nash that would soon be ready to make
Rto beer, some wheat bran and a
quantity of malt; but the still had
jeen removed from the furnace and
ivas nowhere to be seen.
After a little council of war the party
divided. Deputy Hammett, Deputy
3uinn and Constable Parish going on
ine errand and Constables Sanders
ind Quinn remaining hid to look after
the contraband stuff about the still
tiouse and to see what they could sec
n other directions.
Beating about across a ridge some
distance from the still house, Officers
Quinn and Sanders ran upon a still
ind worm, which they pulled out of
their hiding places and threw them In
the open to await the return of the
mlance of the party. Being now pretty
well worn out, having made this
find and having disposed of It as described,
the officers sat down In a place
>f nearby concealment to rest.
Within a few minutes afterward,
two men were heard approaching.
They were looking guardedly In every
direction; but had no.suspicion of the
oresence of the officers. Presently one
if the men said:
"You told me you hid that still and
worm last night. That's a h?11 of a
way to hide things, ain't It?"
The man pointed to the exposed still
and worm as he spoke and the man
addressed as Caveny, rushed toward
the objects in a startled way and seized
them as though he seemed to think
they were Just about to run i ft.
Officers Sanders and Quinn were
some yards from each other; but .vertboth
quite close to the two men. They
tame out of the brush at the same
time, and In an instant Officer Sanders
bad hold of Caveny. The other man
seeing this turned to run and went
right Into the arms of Officer Quinn,
*??!/ K > ?v. In oV\o rorn ll'lth n A /llffl.
n iiu iuua iiiiii in viiaigb mtu ttu %
iulty.
Both officers recognized the second
man as Will Stewart; but neither was
icqualnted with Ciaveny. They asked
Stewart the name of his companion;
but Stewart declared he did not know.
"What?" asked Officer Sanders, "you
worked with that man yesterday,
probably slept with him last night, the
:lothes of both of you smeared with
still slop, you have just been drinking
together, and you do not know his
name?"
The other fellow was so frightened
it the time of his capture and his
teeth were chattering so that he could
not talk. After a while, however, he
recovered sufficiently to say that his
iame was Caveny, and then Stewart
loosened up a little and admitted that
they were fellow-workers at the same
still. This, however, was not until after
the officers had reminded him of
the remark they had overheard him
make at the discovery of the exposed
iHIl
Further search of the vicinity
brought to light a ten gallon keg, hidien
in the laurel bushes, and half fillid
with whisky. The entire party having
come together again In the meantime,
the contraband about the still
bouse was destroyed, and the two prisoners
were brought to Yorkville and
iommitted to Jail.
BANKS TO THE RESCUE.
Acting together under the name of
:he Bankers' Association of Yorkville,
3. C., an organization perfected last
Saturday night, the Loan and Savings
Bank and the First National Bank
lave arranged to issue clearinghouse
iertificates to help out the local currency
situation.
The Issuance of these certificates
vas commenced today. They are of
ine five and ten dollar denominations,
ind the total amount of the Issue Is to
ie {25,000, if so much be necessary.
This step has been taken not so ,
nuch as a matter of necessity as a
irecautionary measure. The banks
lave plenty of money. More than
>nough to meet any probable demand
rom depositors; but they are not In a
wsltion to make loans of currency.
The general situation has already
)een pretty thoroughly explained In
hese columns. Whatever the cause 1
>f the financial fiurry In New York, It '
s a fact that the bankers of that city 1
lave for weeks past been drawing all 1
he currency they could from every- J
vhere and refusing to let any go out
inywhere. The result has been a
stringency of currency in all parts of '
he country. 1
Bankers all over the south who have
>een In the habit every year of get- 1
ing money from New York with which I
o move the crops are now being re- !
used loans of whatever amount. The
eason given by New York, of course, 1
s that she has not got the money; but I
whatever the reason, the effect is the s
amp, a currency stringency through- <
iut the entire country. I
Just as New York has set the examtie
of issuing clearinghouse certificates 1
o enable the banks to hold on to the 1
urrency, using those certificates only |
s between the banks, banks In other .?
arts of the country are meeting the '
ituation by Issuing clearinghouse cer- ]
tlflcates, or script for circulation j
imong the people.
Clearinghouse certificates have been
Issued by Atlanta. Savannah. Augusts.,
Columbia. Charleston, Greenwood, and
dozens of smaller towns in North and
South Carolina and throughout the
west. In every case the object is the
same, to facilitate the transaction of
local business and at the same time
guard against the depletion, in the
different localities of the actual cash.
The clearinghouse certificates Issued
by the banks of Yorkville are secured
by uctual cash. That Is the banks
have placed $25,000 of actual cash in
the hands of trustees. This cash is
securely stored away and Is not to be
used for any purpose whatever. The
certificates issued against it go out
among the people and perform all the
functions of gold or other lawful money
In the payment of debts and the
purchase of all commodities, especially
In the business territory of these
banks. The cash is at hand to redeem
the certificates on March 1 next, or as
soon as New York begins to let loose
her currency again.
To those who are more or less familiar
with the functions of money as
a medium of exchange, the advantage
of this arrangement is quite plain, and
no explanation is necessary. They can
readily understand that in the absence
of such a precaution under existing
conditions, there are people wno win
hold on to all the actual cash they get
and that which is not hoarded and held
here will find Its way to New York, to
be tied up there. These certificates,
however, though as good as gold, get
seareder and scareder the further they
travel from the place of issuance, and
always hurry back. Not only that,
they are more active than ordinary
money in paying debts, making purchases
and performing other legitimate
functions.
Because there is so little cotton selling,
and because the banks have seen
proper to very much restrict their
loans on warehouse certificates, the
business people generally foresaw
stagnation and depression that might
soon become depressing, and united In
a request to the local banks that led
to the action just taken.
Now, there will not be so much hesitation
on the part of the banks in
making local loans. Men who could
have gotten loans on cotton before the
stringency will be able to get them
now. It will be the same in the case of
other responsible people, who desire
similar accommodations. The fact that
all of the business people of the town
and community are glad to take these
certificates at their face value In the
discharge of every obligation of whatevery
nature, and the fact that the
banks will be glad to get them back In
settlement of obligations, the banks
themselves hold against their customers
make them as good for local use
as the real thing In the form of Uncle
Sam's currency.
LOCAL LACONICS.
Local Farmer*' Union.
A local lodge of the Farmers' Union
has been organized In Yorkvllle
with the following officers: John B.
Plaxlco, president: J. Bollver Scott,
vice president; J. E. Lowry, secretary
and treasurer: L. R. Williams, chaplain;
Press S. Thomasson, doorkeeper;
R. G. Ratchford, conductor. The lodge
starts out with sixteen' members and
a number of new applications pending.
Dr Lionel Black Daad.
Dr.. Lionel Black, died rather suddenly
at Wilklnsville, in Cherokee
county last Thursday afternoon, at
6 o'clock. The deceased was a son of
Dr. John G. Black of Blacksburg, and
was about 31 years of age. He had
been practicing in the Wilklnsville
neighborhood about five years. He
was a graduate of the Baltimore Medical
college, and was a physician of
unusual promise. The remains were
Interred at Blacksburg.
Death of Mr*. Meek Barnett.
Mrs. Lila May Barnett, wife of Mr.
J. Meek Barnett, died at her home In
the Bethel neighborhood yesterday
morning after an illness of about two
months. She was a daughter of Mr.
J. M. Miller of the Clay Hill section,
and was in the 22d year of her age.
Besides her husband, she leaves two
small children. The funeral took place
at the residence yesterday afternoon,
and the Interment was in Bethel cemetery.
Th* Meeting at Woodlawn.
An interesting protracted meeting
has just come to a close at Woodlawn
Presbyterian church, Sharon. It was
conducted by Rev. R. G. McLees, the
blind evangelist, and his preaching is
dtscribed as most effective and powerful.
There were three sermons last
Sunday, and the church was packed
to overflowing: at each service. There
were twelve accessions to the church, j
A great crowd gathered around the
preacher Sunday night to tell him
good-bye. It is probable that an effort
will be made to secure the return
of Mr. McLees to Woodlawn at
an early day.
Cost of the Chaingang.
The cost of maintaining the county
chaingang is somewhere between 55,000
and 56,000 a year. It is not practicable
to give the exact figures. The
accounts are not kept in a way to show
all the items included in this expense.
With a view to arriving at a reasonable
approximation, however, The Enquirer
has gone through the quarterly
reports of the supervisor for the twelve
months preceding September 30 last.
All the items charged against or
on account of the chaingang were added
up. and they aggregated 55.021.80.
Included In this amount there is an aggregate
of 51,170.46 for superintendent
and guards and 5152.50 for medical attendance.
Flint Hill Corner Stone.
The corner stone of the new church
at Flint Hill was laid last Thursday
with appropriate ceremonies. There
was a large crowd in attendance. Flint
Hill congregation is the oldest and
strongest in York county. It was one
among the first one thousand Baptist
churches organized in the United
States. This congregation was organized
on October 29, 1793, with John
Rooker as the first minister and John
Din kins. Sr., and John Smith as deacons.
The first church building was a
rude log structure, erected the same
year. This was afterward followed by
i frame building which, though an Improvement
on Its predecessor, as to
3ize was not much Improvement as to
comfort. The present church building
was erected in 1856, and Is still In very
<ood repair. The new church will be
i handsome brick structure that will
cost something over $6,000.
bounty Home Superintendent.
As previously announced, the county
ward of commissioners held a meeting
ast Saturday afternoon for the purcose
of considering applications for
superintendent of the county home,
rhere were six applicants as follows:
Messrs. j. B. Stephenson, W. B. Gaul
; 1
den, J, A. Mills, B. F. Marley, O. J.
Gwlnn and W. P. Wylie. Several of
these applicants had numerously signed
petitions. The board considered the
matter at some length, and there was
a kind of a deadlock for a time. Supervisor
Boyd acting as chairman proposed
a vote by ballot; but that did
not meet the approval of Commissioners
Lumpkin and Kirkpatrick. Finally
Commissioner Kirkpatrick stated
that he was in a somewhat embarrassing
position, because of the candidacy
of Mr. Stephenson, his brotherin-law,
and a capable man, and the
candidacy of Mr. O. J. Gwinn, a close
neighbor and friend, and also capable.
[He proposed,- therefore that if either
of the others would make a nomination,
he would second it. Mr. Boyd
suggested that the nomination would 1
be more proper as coming from Mr.
Lumpkin, instead of the chair. Mr.
Lumpkin, however, declined to nominate,
and after a pause, Mr. Boyd proposed
that the incumbent, Mr. W.
Brown Gauldln be retained, and Mr.
Kirkpatrick seconded the nomination. I
Mr. Lumpkin did not vote.
uumui i iuiio ubCHninu.
Review of the Situation as Seen In
New York.
New York, November 10?The most
eventful week In the financial history
of the present generation came to a
close on Saturday with conditions
much clearer than a week before, but
with some clouds still hanging over
the financial horizon. The previous .
week had closed with the disquieting
announcement that the New York
bank reserves had lost $30,000,000 in w
cash in spite of deposits by the government
during the week of a nearly
equal sum representing a net cash loss
of $60,000,000.
The bank statement of yesterday
changes this situation. While It shows
a nominal decrease ? in required reserves
of $13,085,800 more than twothirds
.of this decrease is due to the
reserve requirements caused by increase
in deposits because of the taking
over of loans from the trust companies
by the banks. Moreover, the
actual cash loss of $4,313,000 is due
to the system of averaging accounts
for the entire week. Including several
days before- the arrival of the new
goid. Unless demands from the country
are very heavy next week the ar-.
rival of additional goid will more than
ofTset the loss of cash last week and
make a creditable showing for reserves
on Saturday next.
Many Sessions Held.
The week began on Monday with a
feeling of grave doubt as to the future
of the two trust companies which
had been subjected to severe runs. The <
possibility that they might go down
and drag with them much of the financial
structure which still stood erect
kept Mr. Morgan, the trust company
presidents, and other financial leaders
in almost continuous session until late
Sunday morning and again on Wednesday
until 3 o'clock in the morning.
When it was finally announced early on
Wednesday forenoon by President
King, of the Union Trust company,
acting as chairman or tne commiuee 01
trust company presidents, that the
management of the Trust Company of
America and the Lincoln Trust company
were to receive all the assistance
they required In return for depositing
the majority of their' stock In the
hands of the committee the situation
cleared, a large degree of confidence
returned and the stock market advanced
generally from two to three
points. It was felt that the danger of
a general crash In New York was over
and that the surging waves of the
storm would gradually subside.
Gold at Critical Moment.
The restoration of comparative security
in New York was obtained on
demands upon money markets of Eu- .
rope which created a tension not before
experienced since the Boer war.
Indeed the Bank of England in order
to protect resources raised the discount
on Thursday to 7 per cent, a
rate which had not before been fixed
since 1873. The Bank of France raised
its rate for dUMfcunts to 4 per cent,
the Bank of Belgium to 6 per cent, and
the Bank of Germany, at a special
meeting called on Friday fixed the unusual
rate of 7| per cent. It is not
surprising that these precautions were
taken to protect European bank reserves
in view of the fact that nearly
150,000,000 in gold was engaged by
American banking institutions within
less than two weeks. The first arrival
of the yellow metal came at the critical
moment when the Trust company
situation was uncertain on Tuesday.
Then came smaller consignments on
Wednesday and on Friday the delivery
of 310,361,000 by the Lusltania.
The demand for gold from Europe
came at a favorable time In some res
pects because of the outward movement
of American products of which
the leading ones are cotton and wheat
The fact that European bankers declined
during the summer to accept
American finance bills because they aJready
scented the storm, made the demand
upon them more sudden than
would have been the case if American
bankers had found it necessary at the
present time to buy cotton and grain
bills to cover previous borrowings.
Under the actual conditions Europe
must pay substantially in gold for the
balance of exported products which is
being created in favor of this country
by every bale of cotton and carload of
wheat placed on shipboard for export.
The cotton movement has been a good
deal congested by the absence of small
bills in the southern banks but every- ^
thing possible is being done by the
secretary of the treasury and New
York bankers to aid the southern
banks in meeting the situation. The
same is true in regard to the movement
of grain which has thus far been
more easily nanuieu ai jl/uiuim auu
other northwestern points with the aid
of western banks than has the cotton
movement.
New Yorkers are sending forward to '
the west and south all the currency m
they can spare, especially to those
points where in their judgment It Is V j
most needed. The premium on cur- X
rency which rose as high as 3 per cent
during the week, though it closed
somewhat lower, has had a curious effect
upon exchange and the price of
United States bonds. It has disturbed
the calculations based upon gold parities
of exchange and has made it possible
to pay a higher price to get gold
and to acquire bonds as a basis for
circulation than If no such premium
prevailed.
One of the favorable features of the
situation thus far Is the relatively
small number of failures of national
banks as compared with the record of
1893. At that time 78 national banks
suspended In the single month of July
and 63 additional In June and August,
while during the first eight months of
1893 the number of suspensions of
state and private banks was four hundred
and fifteen. In the present crisis
the number of national bank suspensions
reported does not exceed a dozen
and some of these will re-open.
The new week opens with the banking
situation In New York cleared up
so far as any danger of further fall- 1
ures or suspensions is concerned with
the banking reserves comparatively intact,
and with more than 125,000,000 on
the ocean to strengthen them during
the coming week.
? State Superintendent of Education
Martin has announced his candidacy
for the United States senate next summer
to succeed Senator A. C. Latimer.
In making the announcement Mr. Martin
goes for Mr. Latimer with gloves
off and ridicules the senator's recent
speeches and interviews, opposing Immigration
Into this state, and also refers
to the senator's alleged deals in
copper stock. Mr. Martin also refers
sarcastically to the senator's good
roads and drainage plants. He says
he does not like to make campaign
promises, but he believes "It would not
be necessary for the people In neighboring
states to ask who Is the senator
from South Carolina." Concluding his
announcement Mr. Martin takes a shot
at Governor Ansel by saying, "of
course I am aware that the present
governor has manifested symptoms of
senatorial aspirations. I do not know
whether he will run or not, but if so,
then I shall have a better opportunity
to present cogent reasoning, face to
face, that I had when he was considering
the appointments vital to the department
of education. Having Injected
politics Into the educational de- *
partment, he ought not to be surprls- . ?;
ed to meet the head of that department
in politics. If he decides to enter
the race for United States senator
I shall meet him at Phlllppl."