Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, December 10, 1907, Image 2
jfrrapis and partis. ;
? The treasury department has ac- '
cepted bids on Panama canal bonds to ^
the amount of S25.000.000 and has made .
public the awards to national banks. .
The average price paid for the bonds ,
was a small fraction over 103. The J
highest price paid for any considerable .
amount was 108.875 for 160,000 of bonds
by the Farmers and Merchants National
Bank of Oniey. Va. The lowest
price realized by the government for
the bonds allotted, was 102.125 and a
considerable amount of the issue was
allotted at that price. The allotments
were made in sums of $10,000 and up- .
ward, hundreds of banks agreeing to
take bonds up to several million dollars j
at their respective bids. The Palmetto i
National bank of Columbia was allotted *
$200,000 at $102.50. [
? There is trouble at Goldfleld, Ne- {
vada, on account of a general strike .
among the union miners. The Federal
government sent troops to the scene to
preserve order. The sheriff of the
county, who is in sympathy with the strikers,
insists that there was no need
for the sending of the troops, mat ne
was well able to preserve order. The
owners claim that they cannot start j
up the mines with non-union labor, j
without Interference from the strikers. I
The Bheriff insists that there will be no j
disorder. The commander of the troops
says he haB nothing to do but to preserve
order. Sheriff Ingalls, is the
owner of the largest saloon and gambling
place in Goldfleld, and his bias in
favor of the miners Is easily appre- ]
elated. President McKlnnon of the local
miners' union, and manager of the strike,
is a brother-in-law of Haywood
of the recent sensational murder trial, t
? Washington, December 7: Chicago *
was today. selected as the place and '
June 16th, 1908, the time for the meet- *
ing of the next Republican national 1
convention. ^Thls decision by the Re- i
publican national committee followed *
a long and hard-fought contest be- c
tween the advocates of Chicago and 8
those of Kansas City, Denver, Colo., *
coming in at the end with a formal, '
but not Important effort to secure the c
convention. The ballot showed thirty- c
one votes for Chicago, eighteen for c
Kansas City and four for Denver, the *
vote being made unanimous after the j
result was announced. All the south- 1
em delegations except that of Alabama 1
supported Chicago, the latter voting for v
Kansas City. Every one accepted the
decision of the committee good naturedly
and the 60 or 70 Kansas City and t
Denver boomers declared that they s
would "come back after it again in 1
1912 and would be sure to get it at t
that time." The selection of the time c
for the convention was a compromise fi
between the first of June and the last s
of June and all are satisfied on that t
point also. (
? What is undoubtedly the greatest <
disaster in American mining, occurred t
in the mines of the Consolidated Coal 1
company near Monogah, W. Va., Fri- i
day. It is known that there are nearly 1
550 men in the mines, and only four <
are now known to be alive. The dls- I
aster was due to an explosion of fire 1
damp. At least, that is as good an ex- <
planation as anybody has been able *
to give. This explosion occurred at <
about 10 o'clock Saturday morning, and 5
it shook the country around as does an *
earthquake. People on the surface who I
went to investigate found four half dead 1
men crawling from one of the exits. '
These men could tell nothing except 1
that they had struggled with others 1
to get to air and that they had left '
other struggling men behind them. 1
Three dead men were found a little '
further on; but it was hours before 1
any more could be reached. During 1
Saturday about twenty-five black and !
mutilated corpses were taken from the 1
mine, and many more were gotten out 1
during Sunday and yesterday. The 1
rescue work is most difficult because 1
of the presence of fire damp in vast
quantities. The description of the sit- 1
nation around the mines is heart rend- '
ing, because of the distress of the '
widows and children of the dead miners.
About half of the victims of the
disaster are Americans and the other 1
half are foreigners. The mines belong <
to a powerful corporation, with head- '
quarters at Baltimore and capitalized '
at about twenty million dollars. '
? A band of five hundred "night ri- I
ders," an organization of Kentucky to- '
bacco growers, marched into Hopkins- 1
ville, Ky.. at an early hour last Satur- '
day morning and destroyed property to 1
the value of $200,000. The first thing 1
the mob did after entering the town 1
was to take charge of the telephone office
and make the girl operators leave
the switchboard. Then they surround- (
ed the police and fire departments, and '
after that set fire to the W. H. Sandy (
independent warehouse, the B. M. 1
Woolridge association warehouse, and 1
the Sandy and Farleigh warehouse.
They fired into and wrecked the office
of the Hopkinsville Kentuckian, a i
newspaper belonging to the mayor of i
the city, and which has been especially 1
severe in its condemnation of the raids i
of the "night riders." They also riddled I
with bullets the fronts of the Commer- I
cial Banking and Savings Company,
the First National Bank, the Planters' J
Trust company and the Bank of Hop- j
kinsville. Many private residences ;
were also fired into; dui irom remain
ably good fortune no one was killed.
The fire department was allowed to do
what It could to save buildings adjacent
to those that had been set on fire;
but with the understanding that they
would not interfere with those the
"night riders" had Intended to destroy.
Shortly after daylight the mob retired
from the city and a detachment of fifteen
or twenty militiamen, hurriedly
mobilized, started in pursuit. The militiamen
got near enough to fire on the
mob and the mob fired a few shots
back; but nobody was hurt. The property
of the Imperial Tobacco company
and of the American Snuff company,
containing more tobacco than either of
the other warehouses, was not interfered
with. The reason for this immunity
has not been explained in the
dispatches.
? Atlanta, Ga., December 7: That
English cotton spinners are now buying
and have been buying all the cotton
they can lay their hands on, and that
southern spinners, to meet the competition,
are thus causing a steady rise in
the price of the staple, was announced
Friday by Joel Hurt, once head of the
street railway system here, and a financier
of wide operations. Mr. Hurt attributes
this activity on the part of the
English spinners to the enormous profits
they made the past year when their
net earnings amounted to 38 7-8 per
cent according to advices received in
Atlanta Friday. The southern spinners,
according to Mr. Hurt, to assure
themselves of enough cotton, are storing
it for farmers free of charge, offering
to buy it from them at any time
at the then prevailing price. This will
result, Mr. Hurt thinks, in a steady j
L
1se in the price of cotton. Already he
says, stocks are advancing and he contiders
that almost any stock is a good
nvestment just now. The whole south
vlll profit, according to Mr. Hurt, but
Georgia particularly. "The profits of
English cotton mill men," said Mr.
-lurt, "according to a report, have been
13 7-8 per cent and as a result they are
n the market for raw cotton. They
rnve been buying steadily for the past
.hirty days, or since the season start>d.
The condition has brought southfrn
mills into competition, and, as a
esult, the latter are now storing coton
free of charge for farmers so they
nay have It in hand. The farmers
efusing to sell, the mills offer to hold
t until they are ready to sell offering
he then market price. This condition
s bound to make the price rise steadly.
It will mean $100,000,000 or more
'or the south, and In six months from
jow there will be more money In the
louth than you can tote, to use the
zimmnn exnression."
$lic igorHvillr (Snquirrr.
YORKVILLE, S. C.?
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1907.
The Hen law may have been a good
hing In its day. There la ground on
vhlch to dispute the question. But
vhether the Hen law was ever good, It
las outlived Its usefulness and should
>e repealed. Right now this country
3 full of hungry negroes, who will not
vork. Most of them have worked crops
?n Hens. Poor and improvident manigers,
and not especially Industrious
vhen left to their own Inclinations, they
lave not made enough to pay out and
arry them through the winter. Their
:otton went to satisfy liens and their
:orn went for a pittance In cash. They
lave nothing, and have been spoiled as
aborers because of a delusive experence
as their "own bosses." This conlition
of affairs alone Is sufficient to
varrant the repeal of the Hen law.
Wb sincerely hope that congress
vlll be able to do something to develop
i merchant marine. As to whether It
s done by the subsidy plan or othervise,
we do not care, Just so the mer:hant
marine Is developed. We are
iware that the Democratic party, as
luch Is opposed. We are aware also
hat the Republicans are not solid on
:he question. But we believe this
country should give much attention to
;he merchant marine question. No,
ve are not looking forward to the development
of a big navy, in order that
ve may whip anybody in sight. Ol
course, if wars are to come we hope
:his country will be prepared; but that
s not the thing. We understand that
is the result of a liberal subsidy sys;em,
millions will go into the pockets
>f northern shipbuilders and northern
shipowners; but that gives us no cause
for concern. Raw cotton is the principal
agricultural product of the south
Cotton yarns and cloths are our principal
articles of manufacture. Everycody
knows that Great Britain, Germany
and France are able to come
>ver here and buy our cotton, manufacture
It and make more profit than
cur own mills can make. Right now
foreign spinners are taking the bulk ol
ill the American cotton that is being
sold. American spinners say they cannot
pay present prices for raw material
and live. They say that they cannot
get a price for yarns that will Justify
their paying the price for cotton
rhen why is It that the European spin
lers can pay the price? Evidently because
they have the markets In which
to dispose of the products at profit
They have the markets of the world
These markets have been developed bj
means of their merchant marine. Bemuse
we have no merchant marine
sve are at a tremendous disadvantage
is to markets. We can do nothing ir
South America or elsewhere. If the
government of the United States would
3o something to develop a merchant
marine in competition with those ol
ither countries, and the merchant marine
of other countries is developed and
maintained by government help. It
ivould not be a great while until we
ivould be on a par with any of them
There would be a better demand foi
)ur manufactured products, and there
ivould never be any reason why foriign
buyers could pay more for oui
aw cotton than American buyers are
.ble to pay.
?
President Roosevelt is not willing
:o dismiss from his mind the fact that
i large part of the more important
lusiness interests of this country are
jnder influences that do not engage
lis sanction. He sizes up the situation
in a general way as follows:
"No nation has greater resources
than ours and I think it can be truth'ully
said that the citizens of no natior
possess greater energy and industrial
ibility. In no nation are the funda
mental business conditions sounaei
than In ours at this very moment; and
it is foolish, when such is the case
'or people to hoard money instead ol
keeping it in sound banks; for it Is
mch hoarding that is the immediate
occasion of money stringency. Moreover,
as a rule, the business of oui
people is conducted with honesty anc
probity, and this applies alike tc
farms and factories, to railroads anc
oanks, to all our legitimate commercial
enterprises. In any large body of men
however, there are certain to be some
who are dishonest, and if the conditions
ore such that these men prosper 01
rommit their misdeeds with impunity
their example is a very evil thing foi
the community. Where these men are
business men of great sagacity and ol
temperament both unscrupulous anc
reckless, and where the conditions are
mch that they act without supervisior
ir control and at first without effective
:heck from public opinion, they delude
many innocent people Into making investments
or embarking in kinds ol
lusiness that are really unsound. Wher
the misdeeds of these successfullj
jlshonest men are discovered, suffering
jomes not only upon them, but upor
the innocent men whom they have
misled. It is a painful awakening
whenever it occurs; and, naturally
when it does occur those who suffei
ire apt to forget that the longer it was
ileferred the more painful it would
be. In the effort to punish the guiltj,
It is both wise and proper to endeavoi
so far as possible to minimize the distress
of those who have been misled
by the guilty. Yet it is not possible
to refrain because of such distress
from striving to put an end to the misSeeds
that are the ultimate causes ol
the suffering, and. as a means to this
?nd, where possible to punish those
responsible for them. There may be
lonest differences of opinion as tc
many governmental policies; but surely
there can be no such differences as
:o the need of unflinching perseverince
in the war against successful dislonesty.
There is a good deal in what the
^resident says; but summed up
briefly, it is fair to say that there Is J
nothing: new in it. He is merely worrying
about the same conditions that
have been like flies in the ointment j
since the dawn of civilization.
PASSING OF THE PANIC. j
Review of the Situation Indicates Return
to Normal Conditions. j
The events of the past week in the
financial world, according to review
just sent out from the New York office ^
of the Associated Press, have been
such as usually mark the gradual return
of confidence and the restoration
, of normal conditions in the banks. The
decision of the secretary of the treasury *
to issue only about MO,000,000 of the
' 1150,000,000 in new securities which
he expressed a willingness to issue if
conditions required, the disclosure of
i unusually strong reserves by country
banks reporting to the comptroller of *
i the currency, the decline in the currency
premium and the improvement in
the New York bank statement have all
been features of the week which have t
tended towards stability and reassurance.
The action of the secretary of
the treasury, in limiting the issues of
securities, was a part of the original 1
plan recommended to him to meet the
situation by a resolute and adequate
measure, but to carry the execution of
the measure no farther than circum- ?
stances required.
The results of limiting the issue of
the Panama 2 per cent bonds to $25.- '
000,000, and the one-year treasury certificates
to $15,000,000 will be to considerably
simplify the problem of treasury ?
management and money market conditions
during the spring. It is anticipated
by far-sighted bankers here
that there will be a plethora of money J
soon, instead of a dearth, and that it
will be necessary to reduce in some
way the large volume of currency
which has been brought into use dur- ing
the crisis. The increase in money
in circulation outside the treasury, as
shown by the monthly statement of the
treasury department for November, was
$131,872,887. Of this amount the increase
in gold in the country is com
puted at $7Z,UUV,VUV, lnciUULHg uuiugs- tic
production as well as Importation
from abroad. The fther principal form
of Increase Is in bank circulation, In
which an increase of 17,633,521 was ob- "5
tained by the disbursement of bank
notes held in the treasury, cash, and
$46,237,730 was obtained by actual increase
in the notes issued by the comp- 1
troller and outstanding.
There have been fears in some quarters
that if anything approximating
$100,000,000 in new bank notes were issued
upon the security of the one-year C
certificates the spring inflation would
export in large amounts after the credits
established by the crop movement
were exhausted. This danger will be
reduced to a minimum by the relatively
small issue made by the treasury, and
if small amounts in gold should be 1
exported it is felt that they could be o
spared, in view of the large gold re- t
sources In the country, to which President
Roosevelt called attention in announcing
the new loans. The total gold o
; in the country reported by the last e
treasury statement, is $1,561,714,719, %
which Is equal to more than 50 per
cent of the total money in circulation. r
i Some further increase in bank clrcula- c
i tion is expected here upon the Panama t
} bonds and the treasury certificates, but
it is believed that the bonds will be 1
1 deposited in many cases as security for
i the public money, which has left for 0
i the banks and wili not be employed as .
a basis for circulation until the one'
year certificates are cancelled in the F
spring, when money withdrawn from \
: banks by the treasury for the redemp- v
I tion of the certificates will release the
' bonds and the latter can then be sub- '
1 stltuted for the certificates as security a
: for circulation. If this proves to be the -]
: case, the increase in bank circulation
will not be very great during the next
few months, and may even turn down- *
i ward as soon as it becomes apparent v
i that the banks have a large accumula,
tion of cash for which there is little '
demand. 8
The reports of the condition of the r
. national banks of December 3, which j
, are being published in various localities
and are gradually reaching the comptroller
of the currency, aro verifying t
the anticipations of leading bankers set t
) forth by the Associated Press a week t
ago that large reserves would be disclosed
in the interior banks, that the 1
' disclosures would tend to restore confl- I
' dence, and that the banks would be j.
? willing to release such excess reserves
, after making their statements. A 1
' rough calculation of the reports of the \
' Chicago banks, including some state \
banks, indicates reserves of nearly 35 e
. per cent. About the same proportion
- - ?? S
Is reported irom sew uncaiu, ?*???
still higher reserves at smaller places, s
where the law only requires 15 per cent, c
including deposits in reserve cities.
, The fact that the two failures of national
banks of Importance have oc- 1
curred during the week without appar- c
. ently causing any shock to confidence, c
. even in their own localities, and still
, less in the financial centres, is regard- 8
ed here as another favorable indication r
' of the state of the financial markets. >]
, The increase of $4,471,000 In actual
? cash in the New York clearinghouse
banks is regarded here as one of the *
symptoms that the currency crisis as r
' such is practically over. The reduction .
I of loans by about $11,600,000 is also
. considered a favorable Indication of di- c
J minished pressure. The increase in the t
' required reserve by $6,779,000 reduces j.
the deficit In New York reserves to
I $46,210,000, and part of this will be
. covered by gold yet to arrive. 1
Not much is expected among New j
) York bankers In the way of currency
. legislation by congress at the present
session. The fact that the presidential c
, election is approaching, and that there
' is wide diversity of view as to the
' proper form of new legislation, leads
to the belief that the subject will be
, only considered, without final action, j
during the present session. The necessity
of some important measure of reform
is quite generally recognized, but J
, the growth of sentiment for a strong
; central bank is checking in some de
gree the movement for giving wider
t powers of note issue to the existing '
, national banks.
, a
REPORT OF THE GINNERS. C
, Census Bureau Report Far Short of t
Last Year. 1
t
I The census bureau on yesterday is.
sued a bulletin showing that the total t
cotton crop of this year's growth gin- c
I ned up to December 1st was 8,338,854 j
, bales, a.s compared with 10,027,868 bales *
f for the same period last year, and 8,- 1
> 689,663 in 1905. Ginneries in operation
> numbered 26.876. In this bulletin round 1
. bales are counted as half bales.
The statistics of cotton ginned to c
I December 1st include 154,341 round ?
bales for 1907: 227,145 for 1906, and c
I 239,770 for 1905. The number of Sea i
i Island bales, Included is 55,141 for 1907,
, 41,250 for 1906, 81,695 for 1905.
i The distribution of the Sea Island
s cotton for 1907 by states is: Florida
19,696; Georgia, 27,738; South Caro,
lina, 7,707.
There were ginned 7,300,665 bales r
> to November 14th last. The percentage c
f of crop ginned to December 1st in 1906 s
I was 77.2 and 1905, 82.8.
i The final 1906. crop Is given as 12,- ,
i 982,201 and the 1905 as 10,495,105. t
) The total of 8,328,854 ginned to De!
cember 1st of this year, is distributed .
by states as follows: ,
f Alabama 852,882 bales, 3,397 ginner- "
i ies; Arkansas 485,427 bales, 2,062 ginr
neries; Florida 40,570 bales, 241 gin,r
neries; Georgia 1,518,252 bales, 4,463 ,
t ginneries: Kentucky 1,005 bales, 2 gin?
neries: Louisiana 423,143 bales, 1,798 .
, ginneries: Mississippi 955,539 bales, 3, i
, 459 ginneries: Missouri 20,298 bales, .J
71 ginneries; New Mexico 46 bales, two !
i ginneries; North Carolina 468,732 *
I bales, 2,645 ginneries: Oklahoma 599,781 ,
r bales. 937 ginneries; South Carolina
943,891 bales, 3,142 ginneries; Tennes- T
see 177,172 bales, 664 ginneries; Tex- 1
I as 1,846,992 bales, 3,926 ginneries; Vir- J
i ginla 5,195 bales, 87 ginneries. J
*""" * s
t ?Spartanburg, December 3: The e
\ postofflce at Pelzer was entered by c
, burglars early today and the safe t
[ blown open by dynamite and robbed of b
, $1,000 in cash and stamps. This is the t
third safe robbed in this section dur- a
, ing the past three weeks. A special t
from Williamston says that burglars f
entered the postofflce at that place last v
night, blew open the safe and secured p
$700 in cash. The safe was wrecked c
1 by the explosion. Williamston is two 9
? miles from Pelzer. s
LOCAX. AFFAIRS
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
eft D. Whltesldes?Says the Hlcko:
Grove ginnery will be operated on
on Fridays and Saturdays of ea<
week.
. M. Barnett?On December 16 at
a. m., will offer at public auction
lot of personal property at his re
ldence In Bethel township.
I. E. Ferguson and C. F. ShererW1
* buy all the turkeys, hens ar
cahes offered them up to noon ne
Monday.
jm R. Williams. Probate JudgeGives
notice that C. Scott Wilst
has applied to him for letters of ai
ministration on estate of D. Rain*
Wilson, deceased.
Jrs. J. C. McKenzle, President?Ai
nounces a sale of fancy article
candy, etc., by the Ladles' Aid soc
ety of the Baptist church, at tl
Yorkville Hardware Co.'s store ne:
Friday morning.
t. M. Bratton and Williamson Bro
Guthrlesvllle?Will operate the
ginneries on Fridays only after tb
date.
Hover Drug Co.. Clover?Is showli
an elaborate line of handsome he
lday goods and invites you to si
the line without delay.
joan and Savings Bank?Opens
savings account on a deposit of $
It wants you to have one of Its sa
lngs banks. Start now.
d. W. White?Advises you to let hi
advertise your real estate, stool
and bonds. Real estate offerings.
Valter Rose?Is prepared to grit
cancojo fnr nnhllft at 1
pound. Good beef, oysters, etc.
itrauss-Smith Co.?Are offering r
ductlons of 25 to 33 per cent <
men's, youths' and boys' clothin
overcoats and pants.
Q. Wray, The Leader?Reminds yc
of his panic sale which began la
Saturday and continues for t<
days. Additional Prices.
National Union Bank, Rock HillSays
that its 3,000 customers we
satisfied with the treatment accor
ed them during the recent imag
nary hard times, and asks if j'<
don't want to be a customer. S
fourth page,
i^rst National Bank?Asks you
start a savings account and bring
your spare change today, tomo
row or any other time. It's safe,
fork Drug Store?Extends you a:
other Invitation to see its holidi
goods. It is a fine show and is goli
on all the time.
\ W. Speck, The Jeweler?Issues j
invitation to you to visit his toy e;
position, which is one of the be
ever made in Yorkville. Other hoi
day goods of all kinds.
J. W. Sherer, The Butcher?Will ha
choice beef, pork and sausage, fli
and oysters during the Christmas he
idays.Mr.
W. E. Good of Bullock's Cre<
ownship made this year 105 bushe
f corn on two acres of land witho
he use of fertilizers.
There has been a change of schedu
n the Rock Hill division of the Soutl
rn railway, whereby the trains fro
larion, which have heretofore be<
unnlng only to Klngville, now run in
Columbia. The schedule as it affec
he stations on the line in this ten
ory remains unchanged.
The ofosing down of the operatio:
if the Southern Power company
Jinety-Nine Island has had quite a d
iressing effect on business over in tl
western side of the county. While tl
vorks of the power company were
ull blast Hickory Grove, King's Crei
,nd even Smyrna felt the good effeci
?he closing down was principally <
a# tlohtnooa a# tho mn*v
CtUUIIl Ui 1Mb WBMWiVBR V4 ?MV ?..
narket north, and it li hoped that
rill only be temporary. 'The pow
>eople say they hope to get to wo
.gain by the first of February. Thi
nay be able to arrange matters befo
hen.
Mary Ellen Smarr and Jack Goc
wo negroes plead guilty last Saturdi
0 the charge of perjury. These a
he witnesses upon whom the state r
led gome time ago to prove that W
Iryant burned Mr, Luther "Whltesldei
tarn. At the preliminary examlnatli
he two negroes gave testimony th
rould have been sufficient to have co:
'icted the accused. At the trial, hov
iver, they claimed that their origin
statements were made under dure
ind that they were not true, Becau
>f this there was no evidence again
he defendant and he was acquitte
The witnesses were prosecuted on tl
:harge of perjury and convicted. Tl
ourt, however, granted a new trial <
1 trivial technicality. This time tl
legroes gave It up and plead gulll
The circumstance suggests somethii
>ut of joint In connection with tl
vhole matter. If It Is true that the
legroes are guilty of perjury, then do
t not follow that Will Bryant Is gull
>f that burning? Under the constlti
Ion he cannot be tried again. An:
low, he Is gone. He left immediate
tfter hlB acquittal, and that was we
Vhere the Inefficiency of the law
iroved so clearly as In this case, tl
>eople at Interest are liable to provli
ther remedies.
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Miss Mamie Lyles of Chester, is vl
ting Miss Mamie Moore.
J. C. Wilborn. Esq., went to Columb
esieruay iu luieuu me supicmo wui
Rev. R. E. Sharpe of Van Wye
;pent Sunday with Dr. M. J. Walkei
amlly.
Mr. John R. Logan, left yesterday
ittend a meeting of the Mason
Jrand Lodge at Charleston.
W. W. Lewis, E3q., left for Charle
on yesterday to attend a meeting
he board of the Citadel academy.
Mrs. J. C. Burge was called to Ga
onla this morning on account of tl
leath of her brother, Mr. The
Smythe, who died at his home In Ga
onla last night of pneumonia.
Mr. J. McFadden Spann, has Issui
nvltations to the marriage of h
laughter, Miss Anna Barron to M
Samuel Christopher McKeown, tl
:eremony to take place In the Fir
3resbyterian church of Sumter on D
:ember 19.
THE SPECULATIVE MARKET.
An Associated Press dispatch of la
light reviewed the development of tl
lay on the New York Cotton Exchani
ls follows:
The cotton market was nervous ai
rregular during today's session wl
rading a little less active than tl
dose steady at a net decline of 5
6 points. Sales were estimated
150.000 bales.
The market opened steady at an ai
ance of 5 to 9 points on the censi
eport which was fully as bullish i
ooked for showing 8,338.000 bales gii
led to December 1st against 10.027,0
ast year, and 8,689,000 two years ag
This showing was believed by many
ndicate a very bullish government e
imate of the yield tomorrow, but
ras evidently appreciated that the b
lulls would utilize any buying movi
nent on this expectation for reducir
ring lines. Cables were disappointin
t was rumored that New Englar
nills would curtail production 25 p
ent for the next three months ar
hortly after the opening, the mark
ased off under realizing and some h
al bear pressure. Fluctuations durir
he middle session were quite irregula
iut rallies were comparatively slight
he absence of aggressive bull suppo
nd the market closed at practical
he lowest figures for the day. Advici
rom the south as to spot conditio!
. ere generally bullish and official r<
iorts made the southern markets ui
hanged to l-16c higher. A canvass i
0 members of the local exchange r<
ulted in an average guess as to tl
showing of tomorrow's report of 11,- ce
645,000 bales, the lowest guess being be
10,800,000 and the highest 12,300,000. pr
Receipts at the ports today 47,067 re
ry bales against 41,572 last week and 64,- ke
ly 793 last year. For the week 365,000 se
:h bales against 372,452 last week and B414,161
last year. Today's receipts at
10 New Orleans 13,759 bales against 21,a
115 last year, and at Houston 8,547 bales th
s- against 14,306 bales last year. re
a CO
? WITHIN THE TOWN. JJ
L ?Last Saturday "was a corking day bj
for business. The local merchants sold m
? several thousands dollars' worth of ?1
E *?ods- ?
2y ?Prof. R. J. Herndon is considering jg
the Idea of using his handsome store of
building on North Congress street as a ^
' warehouse, for musical Instruments.
'I* H j
ie He may eventually establish a regular
xt store. ^
? The annual bazaar of the Ladies' y<
t|P Aid society of Trinity church, which W
Is was In progress, when the last Issue of
The Enquirer went to press was sue- ot
cessful up to the high promise lndicat- ed
ee ed at the time. The stream of visitors ri
which was heavy during the morning, g?
a grew larger and larger during the af- pr
temoon and evening and at times the to
rooms were crowded almost beyond ar
m comfort. Besides the members of the
Ics ac
church, the patrons included the court ry
.a officials, jurors and witnesses and a ki
a number of special visitors from Clover,
Guthriesville, and other points. From
the appearance of the booths in the
g, morning, it seemed as if it would take ^
several days to dispose of all the good U{
things that were being offered; but by of
;n 9 o'clock practically everything had
been converted into money, and the to?
tal net proceeds amounted to $252.72. ar
d All of the different committees made to
Tc
d- all out of their respective booths that g?
>u were in them, but the blue ribbon went ^
ee to the "ready, made" booth, in charge oc
to of Mrs. R. E. Heath, Mrs. Loui* Roth a
In and Mrs. R. E. Montgomery. This gj
r" booth netted $77.10. The refreshment m
fl_ booth, including the dining room de- V
iy partment, came next with $53.25. It ^
seems that preparations for the work, jt
which were under the general direc- hi
r_ tion of Mrs. E. B. Beard, were com
d<
st menced some weeks ago, and the de- 0j
tails were carried out by various com- M
ve mlttees, each committee having charge A
Bh of a special department. The general ^
1- fancy work booth cleared $50.75; the fa
small fancy work and doll booth cleared ai
$30.10; the remembrance booth $8; the
candy booth, $11.37, and the handker- p<
1,8 chief booth $23.15. This last was in j0'
ut charge of Mrs. J. L. Williams, Mrs. T. n<
M. Dobson and Mrs. J. P. White. The ey
'1? reception committee, not previously
h- mentioned, but which contributed a a
m full share to the success of the occa- M
9n sion, consisted of Mesdames W. B. Wil- "
t0 Hams and W. H. McCorkle. The York18
ville string band furnished the music bt
'I- for the occasion.
, A
ns CIRCUIT COURT. *f
at When the last issue of The Enquirer ce
e- went to press the court was engaged CI
he on the case of the State Vs. C. C.
he Hughes, charged with obstructing a 30
in road. The prosecutor was Mr. James T
ek Cansler. The prosecution fell through w
ts. on a question of law. It was developed ^
an by the testimony that the road In ques- t0
ey tion, formerly a public road, had been Fi
it discontinued as such by the county
er board of commissioners. It ran through ot
rk the lands of the defendant, and defend- ai
ey ant's counsel held that when the road F,
re was discontinued as a public road, the ft}
V' title reverted to the original owner. re
id, In obstructing the road, therefore, Mr. Ci
iy Hughes was only doing what he had a
re perfect right to do with his own prop- q
e- erty. Judge Wilson sustained this view th
111 of the matter and directed the Jury to al
i's return a verdict of "not guilty." ^
Dn Eli Hardin, convicted of burglary g,
at and larceny, was senfented to the peni- N
n- tentiary or the chaingang for a period
v- of five years. ^
al Walter Thomas, charged with assault th
ss with intent to ravish, was acquitted. it
se Henry Ledbetter was convicted of
st violation of the dispensary law and 0f
id. sentenced to $100 or three months. fu
he The case of R. J. Hill convicted be- K
he fore Magistrate Faries of Clover, on ^
an the charge of running an automobile q,
he wilfully and recklessly was heard on or
;y. appeal and the appeal was sustained.
ig Alexander Stewart, convicted of ashe
sault and battery of a high and aggra- m
se vated nature, was sentenced to one P'
es year or $160. .n
ty Jack Good and Mary Ellen Smarr th
u- plead guilty of perjury and were each or
y- sentenced to two years or $100. The
ly sentences were suspended on condition g(
11. that the defendants leave the state. m
Is After the solicitor had taken the sa
he usual orders, the court of general ses3e
slons was adjourned sine die at 3 oi
o'clock Saturday afternoon. ta
The third week jurors answered this ar
morning as follows: J. W. Betts, Geo.
St. Julian Lorey, P. B. Good, R. B. b<
8 Hartness, W. L. Sweat, W. M. Stowe, H
, T. F. Jackson, T. C. Barnett, W. J.
18.
Morrow, Sam'l McColl, J. E. Brandon, pj
Claude Inman, D. T. Wood, A. A. Brad- br
.7* ford, T. N. Balfour, H. P. Jackson, J. se
3 H. Bingham, J. M. Craig, B. N. Moore, m
C. H. Williams, D. A. Matthews, A. E. 01
. Gettys, James Tlddy, Jr., J. D. Lesslle, L<
? W. A. Aycock, S. L. Davidson, W. W. ^
Miller, J. B. Ford, J. M. Ivy, J. B. Few- jj'
, ell, W. E. Adams, E. H. Garrison, H. 01
0 W. Adklns, W. E. Holmes, J. W.
Gwinn, D. L. Evans. ^
Messrs. B. N. Moore, D. A. Mat- tr
? thews and J. D. Lesslle were excused ar
>s. ..
from further attendance.
sThe
only case taken up yesterday _
^ was that of J. R. Key, plaintiff against ga
l3 the Western Union Telegraph compa- P?
jr ny. This was a mental anguish case hg
arising out of the alleged negligence of fo
g? the defendant in delivering a telegram. )n
e_ The case was first tried at the De- ^
cember, 1905 term of the court of com- g(
mon pleas for this county. The Jury pe
found for the plaintiff In the sum of
P
gt $500. The defendant appealed and the
^ supreme court reversed the court be- be
?e low. The testimony was about the Y<
same as In the previous trial. The Jury
1(j remained out on the case until about 11 ba
th o'clock last night; but failed to agree at
tie upon a verdict. A mistrial was orderto
ed
at us
There were no cases ready for trial Ai
3- this morning and the Jurors were dls- 0lJ
us charged until tomorrow morning.
as ?.
no LOCAL LACONICS. to
o. Death of Mr. Tho?. Garrison. qq
Mr. Thomas Garrison, a well known sp
It citizen of Ebenezer township, died at w<
lg his home near Rock Hill last Sunday e('
e~ morning at about 6 o'clock of paralysis.
He was 84 years of age. His sur- _
id vlvlng children are Messrs. J. L., J. T. up
er and W. A. Garrison, and Mrs. Cynthia co
^ Relnhardt, the latter of Forest City, N.
C. The interment took place In Laulg
relwood cemetery. co
.r, ca
In Mr. Price's Prediction. an
rt Mr. C. T. Crook of Fort Mill town- ,n'
ship, who was In Yorkville last week 1'
58 no
1S on jury duty, said that along about the be
2- first of September his section was TI
Hooded with cards from Theodore H.
Price asserting that cotton would sell wj
le at 8 cents a pound by the first of De- su
mber, and requesting that the cards
! held to that date as evidence of the
edlctlon. "It has been suggested,"
marked Mr. Crook, "that all of us who
ipt the cards should get them up and
nd them back to Mr. Price."
lis by Mr. Finley.
Congressman Finley has Introduced
e following bills In congress: Bill tc
gulate and fix fees of United States
mmlssloners. Bill relating to the reovaJ
of civil cases from the state
urts to the United States courts
111 providing for the erection of a
onument at Cowpens battleground
lerokee county, commemorative ol
sn. Daniel Morgan and those whc
irticipated in the battle of Cowpens
inuary 17, 1781. Bill for the erectlor
a public building at Chester. Bill
r the erection of a public building at
affney.
5 Foot Race Christmas.
Charlotte Observer, Saturday: Mr
r. A. McKlnney, whose postofflce is
orkvllle, S. C., and who has charge ol
right's ferry across the Catawba rlv,
called at the Observer office yester
ty to ask that announcement be mad?
the big foot race which is to be pullI
off In York county, Just across th<
ver from his ferry, on Christmas
ty, between Levi Boyd and Jacl
:ltt, two old ante-bellum darkles, th<
ize being a Jug of the finest spirits
be had on the river. Boyd and Stiti
e both nearing the hundred-yeai
ark and are said to be remarkablj
:tive for their age. Boyd is the ferman
at Wright's ferry and is wel
lown in Mecklenburg county. Ths
stance will be one-quarter of a mile
MERE-MENTION.
The Liverpool cotton exchange is t<
s closed December 25 and 26 and Janiry
1 and 2 Congressmen James
' Kentucky, and Sheeper of Texas
ive introduced bills providing for ths
storation of the motto "In God W<
st," on all coins The Japaness
. jassador, Aoeki, has been re-callec
make a personal explanation of ths
ipanese immigration question
jnator C. A. Culberson of Texas, has
sen chosen as the leader of the Dem
sratlc minority In the senate A
caucus held Tuesday, the Democrats
' the house decided to force the con
deration, of the tariff question as
ffth as possible John Harn ans
r: F. Hunt of Savannah, and Georgs
ooney and A. Jellot of Atlanta, wers
owned in the Altamaha river nea:
issup, Ga., last Tuesday while on i
jnting exposition The ,ron an<
tiling mills of Bristol, Tenn., have shu
>wn, temporarily throwing hundreds
' people out of employment Mrs
ary J. Cutliffe died at her home a
lbany, Ga., last Saturday in the elgh
eth year of her age. She was <
sal daughter of the Revolution, he:
ther having served in Washington's
my The Georgia Federation o
abor has gone on record as being op
)sed to a reduction In railroad rates
..T. S. Ernest, a mineralogist, claims
i have discovered a diamond flel<
;ar Long Mountain, Texas, that is ai
:act counterpart of the South Africai
amond fields... .Swarthmore collegs
' Pennsylvania, has decided to rejec
bequest of several millions, made bj
iss Anna I. Jeanes, a Quakeress, oi
snditton that the college give up ath
tic contests... .The Kansas corn croj
r this year amounts to 146,000,001
jshels, with a home value of $63,000,'
i0.... Patrolman J. A. Manier, of ths
tlanta, Ga,, police force was shot t<
;atn Dy a urunKen negro in mai cuj
riday afternoon. The murderer wai
iptured by another negro Mra
lara Bloodgood, a noted actress, com
itted suicide in a Baltimore hotel las
hursday night, while temporarily in
ine E. W. Swenson of Smithville
exas., on Thursday, shot his formei
lfe and her husband to death and thei
immltted suicide... .V. B. Trethaway
' Norfolk, Neb., shot his divorced wifi
death and then committed suicid<
riday The International Harvestei
>mpany has been convicted in th<
ate court at Topeka, Kan., on chargei
' restricting competition on 40 counts
id Is liable to a fine of <40,000
, L. Seely has succeeded John Terne
Graves as editor of the Atlanta
eorgian The Oklahoma house ol
presentatlves has passed a "Jin
row" car law The body of Dad
R. Rankin, cashier of the Merlants
and Farmers' bank of Lawton
kla., was found in Cache creek, neai
at place on Thursday. Rankin disipeared
when it was found that his
>oks were crooked Henry O
avemeyer, president of the Americar
iigar Refining company, died at
orthport, L. I., Wednesday The
ational Bank of Commerce of Kansas
Ity, Mo . suspended business Thursly
as a result of a run continuing foi
le past six weeks, during which time
paid out to depositors $19,000,000....
he United States supreme court deded
last week that the sale and use
unused railroad tickets is a wrongil
act under the new rate law
ing Oscar of Sweden died last SunLy
Yeggmen cracked the safe it
ie store of D. H. Pope at Hapeville
a., early Saturday morning and got
lly about $50... .Governor Pattersor
Tennessee, was married for the third
me, at Union City, Tenn., Saturday
ternoon Seven entries have beer
ade for the proposed New York tc
iris automobile race Vere St
sger Goold has been sentenced to life
lprisonment and his wife to death by
ie guillotine by a Paris, France court
i conviction of murdering Emma Len,
for her jewelry A six-day
cycle race was begin at Madlsoc
luare Garden, New York, yesterday
ornlng at 1 o'clock Wash Mus,y,
a crazy negro, shot seven white
lople at Augusta, Ark., Thursday,
(fore he was finally shot to death
nly one of Mussays victims was fally
shot One man was killed and
lother seriously wounded by a mani!
in the ante-room of the office ol
svernor Guild of Massachusetts at
jston, last Thursday Louis W.
arris, 18 years old, is under arrest In
ew York, on a charge of stealing $10,0
worth of diamonds from his em
oyers Nlcouna .Beooie anu uei
other, Leonardo, were on Saturday
ntenced to death by hanging, al
ahnville, La., as accessories to the
urder of Walter Lamana, an 8-yeard
boy several months ago Mrs,
juisa M. Taft, mother of Secretary
ift, died at Mlllbury, Mass., Saturiy,
after an illness of several weeks
arry S. New has been elected to fill
it the unexpired term of Secretary
)rtelyou as chairman of the Republi.n
national committee Wm. J.
ryan and family are to take another
Ip abroad. It Is stated that Mr. Bryi
wants to leave the Democratic parfree
to do as it likes.
- The New York Tribune' last week
ive the following summary of the
inlc up to date: Panic began on Oc'
in Man/ York
Der 10. 1 en uaiiiva ** v * ? ? ?
ive suffered runs, some of which
reed suspension. Thirty-five banks
other cities suffered runs. Eighteen
aths have resulted, either suicides or
rough sickness brought on by worry,
sventeen banks In New York ausnded
payment wholly or in part,
fty-four banks in other cities susmded.
Fifteen of this whole number
ive resumed. About $126,000,000 has
en withdrawn from banks in New
ark, much of it, however, to be reiposited
in other banks; $536,000,000,
timated, has been withdrawn from
inks elsewhere. Gold engaged from
iroad, $81,225,000. Money sent from
ew York for relief of interior, $100,0,000.
Cities over 100,000 population
ilng clearinghouse certificates, 23,
nount of clearinghouse certificates
itstanding in New York, $75,000,000.
ills and factories closed or partly
Bpended, 125. Number of employes
it of work, 135,000. Number of faeries
and mills assigning, 14. Amount
money involved in failures, $28,805.0.
Facts of previous panics; 1857,
ecle payments suspended eight
ireks; 1873, specie payments suspendslx
weeks; 1893, specie payments
spended five weeks.
- The celebrated merger case came
? before Judge Klugh in the court of
mmon pleas for Richland county yesrday,
and Attorney General Lyon
ade a motion for a discontinuance,
ring as a reason that he did not
nsider that the papers on which the
se Is being brought were satisfactory
d he desired to start over on plead?s
drawn by himself. He said that
he he should go into the case as it
w stands, he would feel that he was
Ing used as a whitewashing machine,
le argument was not completed dur?
yesterday, and it was understood
at Judge Klugh would decide today
lether or not he would grant a nonit.
folio 160. under date of November 30th,
1905, this class of entries aggregate
330,982.57, demonstrating fully an utter
lack of control over the books and accounts,
with absolutely no desire to
complete the records of the Institution."
The company limited its investigations
to "live accounts" and accepted
the "supposition that all stipulations
provided for by the state board of directors
under the terms of the dispensary
law were-fully complied with in
the taking of goods into stock. A
comparison of the ledger accounts with
the claims died against the dispensary
necessitated our calling upon creditors
to furnish abstracts of transactions '
with the institution under review. The
abstracts thus obtained revealed a multitude
of differences, the pursuit of
which has been laborious In the extreme,
beside working hardships on the credl- i
tors, without whose assistance the reconciliation
and adjustment of accounts
would have been impossible. The
report reveals that an item of $475 paid
twice by draft to a Kentucky concern
finally turned up to the personal account
to collect this amount from Mr. i
Crum's estate."
nu T ? TO IJ?M.
, TILLMAN MAKES TROUBLE.
Resolution to Investigate the Financial
Situation.
Senator Tillman on yesterday Introduced
a resolution directing the committee
on finance to investigate the recent
proceedings of the secretary of the
treasury, in connection with the financial
crisis and also to making Inquiries
concerning the clearinghouse certificates.
The resolution was presented In
two series, the first dealing with the
operations of the treasury department,
and the second with the clearinghouse
certificates, both being divided Into
three sub-divisions.
The first resolution directs the committee
on finance to Investigate and
report whether the issues of certificates
of indebtedness were for the purpose
of borrowing money, as provided
by an act of June 15, 1889, and If not
whether there Is any warrant of law
for the issue; whetrer the issue of $50,3
000,000 of Panama bonds were required
f to defray the expenditures of the canal,
and whether any legislation is neces
sary to protect the people and business
5 Interests from the issue of unlawful
money, if clearinghouse certificates are
such, and to increase the public debt In
3 time of peace.
c The second series directs the finance
- committee to investigate and report
3 whether the issuing of such certificates
t by an association of banks and for the
r use of same as money is lawful;
' whether they are subject to 10 per
cent tax, and whether It would be per1
misslble under the law as It is, for the
i association of banks, warehouses and
elevators to issue certificates based on
cotton, wheat and tobacco, store It In
such warehouses and elevators and
fully insured to be used as money In
' marketing said crops in the same way
" as clearinghouse certificates are now
1 used.
! SOUTH CAROLINA NEW8.
j ? The Aiken dispensary board has
1 decided to put a dispensary in the town
s of North Augusta on the South Caroll.
na side of the river for the purpose of
s catching the whisky business of Au.
gusta after the Georgia prohibition law
t goes into effect. North Augusta is one
s of the principal realdence portions of
the city, and the pepple there have all
s along been ' fighting the location of a
1 dispensary there.
8 ?Chester special of December 8, to
8 News and Courier: The Methodist
r parsonage, a handsome and commodious
i brick structure, situated Just at the
i rear of Bethel Methodist Episcopal
t church, was almost totally destroyed by
8 fire this afternoon. The flames orlgi'
nated In a pile of straw under the front
1 porch and quickly spread despite the
efforts of citizens and the local fire de1
partment. The major part of the furr
niture and other contents were de8
stroyed although most of the valuable
f library of the pastor, the Rev. B. L.
* Banks, who leaves Tuesday for Dar
lington, was saved. Insurance on the
8 building amounted to 83,000. The fur*
niture was also partly Insured.
} ?At a cotton rally held last week at
* Orangeburg, Mr. Moore, the principal
? speaker, suggested some plans, one of
which is his plan to finance the cotton
crop and obtain a fair price for it. The
ideas introduced were very valuable
and his plan briefly is given below:
Mr. Moore advocated the organization
of local companies in each cotton producing
county with a capital of 85 per
bale for every bale produced in the
county. Thus a county with a production
of 50,000 bales would have 8250,-,
000 capital for the company. A board
of directors, as in the case of a bank
or other corporation, should be chosen
to direct the business of the local company;
employ an expert cotton gardner;
instruct him to watch the local
market and when the foreign buyer will
not offer the minimum price as named
by the southern planters, the cotton
company's buyer should bid 7-8 of a
cent above the foreign bid and should
do this until the minimum price is offered.
Then the protective buyer to take
all the cotton. If however, speculation
or other causes lower the .price below
the minimum then the protective buyoKamM
ocraln ta lrft In oil that i Q ftf
j fered iTelow the minimum price.
) ?The Baptist State convention con.
vened In its eighty-seventh annual ses.
slon In the First Baptist church of Orangeburg
on last Friday night at 8
r o'clock and organized by electing Chas.
. A. Smith of Timmonaville, president;
j Rev. E. M. Llghtfoot of Orangeburg,
and Rev. T. M. Bailey of Greenville,
J vice presidents; Rev. C. P. Ew)n of
t Landum, secretary. The attendance of
, preachers and laymen aggregated
\ about 300. The session of Friday night
. was taken up with the reading of the
r reports of various boards and they
> showed that the year had been the
' most prosperous from every view point
! in the history of the convention. The
5 contributions to the various benevolent
. objects fostered by the denomination
aggregated about $120,000. The report
\ on temperance on Saturday created
, something of a sensation. It denounced
the Carey-Cothran law and de'
manded the passage of state prohibl\
tlon at the next session of the leglslaI
ture, recommending that a committee
r be appointed to go before that body
, asking for the passage of such a law,
, and It also recommended that congress
be memorialized and petitioned to
i amend the Inter-state commerce law
r so as to prohibit shipping liquor into
dry territory and to put a stop to the
! Issuance of United States license to
f persons living In dry territory. The
! report also prayed for the passage by
r congress of the Dolllver-Llttlefleld bill
. now pending before congress. The re,
port was unanimously adopted. The
Baptists are 120,000 strong In the state,
' their numerical strength being about
equal to that of all other Protestant de[
nominations conbined and should they
Insist on the passage of a state prohl
bltion law there can be little doubt of
J the result.
? Spartanburg Herala, Saturday:
i The cotton market openec! at 11.40 and
closed at 11.40 yesterday. Though the
mill buyers paid a few points higher In
general for the staple, the majority of
the cotton was bought by Messrs. Dun:
bar, who handled over a hundred bales,
i At an early hour quite a string of
wagons was lined up in front of the
. Dunbar place on East Main street.
They were not paying Just then quite
as much as the other buyers. For a
. while it seemed as if the wagons were
1 going to move on and take the cotton
' to the other buyers. The farmers
drove down into the square, Just like
a circus parade, turned and came back
* ? iV- ? rtitmKnn on/4 OAM f Q lr _
IU lilt; iucaoi a. jL/uuuar anu autu, tun
ing a few points less. This was only a
master move on the part of the growers
to show to all their spirit, and that they
were backing the independent buyers.
; During the day President E. L. Archer,
i of the County Cotton Growers' association,
called on the Messrs. Dunbar
: and expressed his appreciation of
i what they had done for the market,
i He talked with them to some length on
the subject, and said that he had no
1 doubt they would get the proper backing
from the farmers. He appeared
enthusiastic over the fact that the
Spartanburg market was now higher
than the markets of the surrounding
' towns. The merchants of the city have
seized the spirit as well as the farmers,
and they, too, will back the Dunbar
Bros., to the last. One of the very
largest merchants In the city advised
his farmer customers yesterday to sell
to the Messrs. Dunbar If they had to
take less than the mill buyers paid. He
told them that If they would do this he
would pay them out of his own pocket |
the difference In the prices to make up
what they lost. Though the Messrs.
Dunbar could not come to the price 1
that the mill buyers set, they bought
three-quarters of the cotton sold here
ycaici uaj .
? Columbia special of December 5, to
the Charlotte Observer: The American
Audit company employed by the dispensary
commission to check up the
books of the state dispensary has at 1
last made Its report, eight months behind
the time members of the company
lead the commission to believe It
would make a report, bringing in a
bill for some $8,000. The work was
under the direction of Mr. E. A. Richmond
of the New York office, and Mr.
Charles Franklin of the Atlanta office.
The report charges the dispensary system
of book-keeping with all sorts of 1
sins, some of these willfully committed,
bringing an extra wad of violent i
charges against the system as It was I
operated In the year 1905, when the 1
minute book of the board of directors <
was spirited out of view never to be '
found again. "A conservative estimate J
of the arbitrary entries coming under 1
our observation," the report says, "and !
investigated by us would amount approximately
to $100,000. In Journal H, 1
? vucBici LAyiciu, r nuii/.
day and today the city has belonged to
the Daughters of the Confederacy, that
band of noble and devoted women, who
by word and deed and act, are seeking
to perpetuate the memories of their
sires' illustrious achievements. Committees
of reception, and in many
cases the hostesses themselves with
whom the different delegates and visi- V
tors were to be quartered, met the incoming
trains Tuesday evening and
yesterday morning and welcomed the
guests. Tuesday evening the palatial
home of Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Jones on .
Wylle street was the scene of a lovely
reception in honor of the visitors. Most ^
of these had by this time arrived, and
with their hosts and hostesses enjoyed
the bounteous hospitality of Mr. and
Mrs. Jones for the evening. On yesterday
morning shortly after 10 o'clock
the convention of the South Carolina
division of the U. D. C. was called to
crder by the president. Miss Mary B.
Poppenheim of Charleston. The address
of welcome on behalf of the city
was delivered by Mayor R. B. Caldwell,
who in felicitous style, bade the visitors
welcome to the homes of the city.
Mrs. A. W. Kluttz delivered a few words
of welcome in -behalf of Chester
chapter. Mrs. Klutts. referred to
the noble character of the deeds that
the U. D. C.'s are endeavoring to keep
olive onH nf hnw Phaafor inii
chapter are deeply interested In this i
sweetest of all tasks. Mrs. M. J. Perry
of Lancaster, in a few words, full of
?race and meaning, accepted the proffered
hospitality of Chester and her
people. The remainder of the morning
session was devoted to the reading of .
reports. These were all of an extremely
encouraging character, and showed
that the order is making progress along
all lines. At 1 o'clock adjournment was
taken for lunch, which was served in
the armory. The delegates and visitors
spoke in the highest terms of this
feature of the entertainment In the
afternoon the convention listened to
the reading of further reports. The
reports showed that forty-two chapters
out of a total of sixty in the stats are
represented in the convention and that
four new chapters have been organised
since the Greenville, meeting a year
ago. All of the state officers are present,
with one exception, and the reports
from the different sections of *
the state were gratifying In the extreme.
In the evening the regular an- A
nual historical meeting of the convention
was held, under the direction of
Mrs. R. D. Wright of Newberry, chairman
of the historical committee. The
I evening was devoted largely to a study
of school histories, with the purpose of
ascertaining what works are accurate
and trustworthy, so far as precision of
narrative is concerned. A list of ob
jectlonable text books was also given
out. The report showed that the U. D.
C.'s now have in the archives of the
Confederate museum at Richmond 117
collections of war manuscripts, fortytwo
of which have been made up this
year. The report showed that a list of
785 rolls of honor have been made up
to date, there having been forty-seven
additions to this list this year. These j
are In bound volumes In the Oonfeder- V
ate museum at Richmond. An interesting
and enJ6j%ble feature of last
night's entertainment was the reading
f two poems, written by Miss Kate
Cornish of Dixie Camp of Anderson.
The poems were entitled, "A Camp Fire
Dream" and "Memorial Day," and were
read by Mrs. Sharpe of Anderson. "A
Soldier's Revery," by Miss Cora Hardin
of this city, and read by Mrs. Julia
Campbell, was much enjoyed. "Incidents
of the Battle of Sharpaburg." by
Mrs. Taylor of Lancaster, was also
greatly enjoyed: as was "A Leaf from
the Life of a Soldier from 1861-1MS,"
read by Mrs. C. C. Featherstone of
Laurens. .
AT THE CHURCHES.
BAPTI8T. , i
Prayer meeting Wednesday evening
at 7 o'clock.
CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD.
Services .on Friday afternoon at 4.10
O'CIOCK.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN.
Prayer meeting on Wednesday evening
at 7 o'clock.
TRINITY METHODIST EPISCOPAL
Prayer meeting on Wednesday evening
at 7 o'clock.
ASSOCIATE REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN.
Prayer meeting on Wednesday afternoon
at 4.30 o'clock.
Special gofires.
Preaching at Hebron.
Preaching at Hebron next Sabbath
afternoon at 3.30 o'clock, by Rev. J. S. A
Orier. F*
Last Week Here. I
The Glass Blowers in the Herndon ^
building will give exhibitions here all
this week and close here Saturday
night. They make Birds, Baskets,
Fruits, Ships, Flowers, etc., from common
crystal glass, which are given
away free to their patrons. Admission
10 cents.
(Jotton JRarhel.
Yorkville, S. C., December 10.?Cotton
lit
New York, Dec. 9.?Spot cotton closed
quiet, middling uplands 12.15; middling
gulf 12.40; sales none. Futures
opened steady and closed steady as fol- f
lows: Dec. 11.64; Jan. 11.15; Feb. 11.20;
March 11.26; April 11.31; May 11.33;
June 11.28; July 11.25; Aug. 11.01.
FRIDAYS ONLY.
Hereafter our gins win be oper- 4
ated on fridays only.
R. M. BRATTON,
WILLIAMSON BROS.
98 t.f 2t
ruitntiia, ncfls ajiu ualvab
WE want all we can get delivered
at Sherer"s market during Monday,
December 16 up to 12 o'clock. We
will pay 12J cents a pound for Turkeys, 4
30 cents each for Hens and 2 cents a
pound for Veal Calves.
H. E. FERGUSON.
C. F. SHERER.
98 Lf 2t
SAUSAGE GRINDING. N
AS our Market is now equipped <
with a First-Class Electric Sausage
Grinder we are prepared to do
Sausage Grinding for the public at
1 Cent a Pound. We can give you
prompt service and entire satisfaction
In grinding.
See us for Best Fresh Meats, Oysters,
Fish, etc.
WALTEK KUSti.
SALE OF FANCY WORK, ETC.
THE public Is cordially Invited to ^
attend a sale to be held under the
luspices of the Ladles' Aid Society of
the Baptist church at the Yorkvllle
Hardware store, commencing next Friday
morning, December 13, at 10 a. ra.
The articles to be offered will Include A
in Interesting assortment of
Fancy Work, Candy, Talcum Poiraft
Soap, etc. Everybody will be welcome.
Mrs. j. c. Mckenzie,
It President