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* ___ Straps anil ^att$. ? It Is estimated that the fertile lands of the globe amount to 28.OO0.000 square miles, the steppes to 14.000.000 and the deserts to 1.000.000. Fixing 20? persons to the square mile for fertile lands, ten for steppes and one for deserts as the greatest population that the earth could possibly nourish, scien-' lists have arrived at the conclusion that when the number of inhabitants reaches six billions the earth will be peopled to its full capacity. At present it contains somewhat more than onequarter of that number. If the rate of increase shown by the latest census statistics should be uniformly maintained the globe would be fully peopled about the year 2,072. * ? ? Birmingham, Ala., January 1: At midnight, 250 saloons in Jefferson county closed their doors to open no more. Thoqf. who looJied for scenes of disorder Were greatly disappointed. While manya circuit of the saloons in thiaJj^V for farewell drinks, everybody w^Bin a good humpr and the police ha^notMng to do. The saloon propnietbecame# resigned and there has been no ettffc in Birmingham to test or evade ^Re law. Most : of the stock has been sold, and that left on h*nd?. will be *2 t*r~ a Mtory wufch^is still wOTMSflfcgwthe lawn of yesterday morn 1 n sorne fixtures In many r had be?m torn loose fro|gHB*|RgfflS^ i citings' and crated for shi^R^H^Hj^P, ly a'I of the ??5 bulidw^i?K|MC^g j ( saloons lr ZtU( 11 of time of JlS.OSi.Sff, or an annua) , trade of J30.075.20. Combining these | amount? paid to tbs doctors and the , drug stores, it will show that J45.112.80 ] is spent annuailv for whisky in the } drug stores alone. These figures will show that it pays to be a drug store , and a doctor in Charlotte. ? The dead body of a nude woman ( was found in the water and slime of a , lonely pond outside the town of Harrison, N. J., on Christmas Day. There was every evidence that the crime of f murder had been committed and since , that time the police of the entire sur- , rounding country have been trying to , solve the mystery. Different people , have identified the body as that of an j acquaintance, some giving one identity and others another; but in each case it . had been found that the identifications , were incorrect. Acting Mayor Dally of , Harrison, weunesaay announceu uiai the city council would offer a reward of $1,000 for the arrest and conviction of the slayer. With the hope of finding a new clue in the way of clothing or effects, the pond in which the body was found Is to be drained. The famous Belgian police hounds, which Police Commissioner Bingham imported recently will be used in the attempt to track the murderer. ?'? Judge Pritchard, judge of the United States circuit court, entered a decree yesterday naming S. Da vies Warfield of Baltimore, and R. Lancaster Wilson of Richmond, as receivers to take immediate possession of the property of the Seaboard Air Line railroad. The bond of each was fixed at $50,000. By the decree the receivers are empowered to borrow money if needful to pay such rental as may become due, purchase cars, etc., and pay for labor and supplies, but not for any other purpose without an order of the court having primary jurisdiction. They are order- , ed to pay forthwith all installments and interests that was due and payable January 1, 1908, notes or trust equipment certificates and all coupons and interest maturing January 1, 1908, on the first mortgage bonds of the Seaboard Air Line and embraced roads such as the Raleigh and Gaston, Raleigh and Augusta Air Line, the Georgia Carolina and the consolidated mortgage bonds of the Carolina Central. ? Boston Globe: In a little more than 100 years, according to government figures, the population of the world has grown from 640,000,000 to 1,600,000,000, an Increase of 150 per cent. At the end of so many hundreds of centuries, In other words, there were in the world in 1800 only 640000,000 of persons, and in 106 years, from 1800 to 1906, to this number had been added 960,000,000. The total commerce of the world in 1800 was about one and a half billions of dollars; in 1900 it was more than twenty billions of dollars. Other figures show that in wealth and the growth of various industrial agencies the increase r has been far swifter than that of population. The overpopulation of the world is not a present menace to the thinkers of today, but the thinkers of a period when there were less than half as many people in the world as there are now seriously debated the imminence of the catastrophe that the overcrowding of the earth would produce. ? Teheran, Persia, is the scene of a civil war. Reactionaries have taken possession of and are holding the Gem Square and open places in the vicln - - -' ? ""ITho nrmsHf ntinn 1 ly l?l IIIC ^aiaw. A..V alists to the number of 10,000 have erected barricades extending for miles around the parliament building. Up to the present time the negotiations between the Shah and the Persian parliament have been without result. The parliament, on behalf of the nation, has issued a manifesto to the world, explaining the present constitutional crisis and appealing for assistance. The claim is made that the sovereign is violating his covenant with the people in siding with the reactionaries, who have persuaded the young ruler that the constitution is the cause of the trouble in that country. On the same day that the manifesto was issued the British and Russian governments took action towards arranging a settlement of the dispute, and it is expected that the troubles will cease in a short time. ? Probably the largest temperance movement any one business concern has ever known culminated on the Northwestern railroad last Wednesday night when a temperance pledge, signed by 1J5.000 employes became effective. An effort was made to have every employe of the road sign the pledge. The movement originated among the railroad employes themselves and not among the officers. Three months a?o when the Northwestern begun cutting its force to a retained In that tn :i! ar:nou/.. road ha*. inau;rumt*fl * p retaining the hon-drtnkkj^^^>^V: mained with th?> road ImvelBMSil to quit, and during ihe last monfiw edges have circulated all over the 7,000 miles of the system. The monster pledge will be sent jdi <#ie president of the road, as soo0 as.ijfrll the parts are assembled. $hr ^lorlinllf tfnquirrr. mssmma* YORKVIIXE, S. C.i FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 1908. The road question? Yes, the roads ire a question, T.vckrI) in no road working system 10v. AH the road making system we iver had Is gone. The trouble with ;his country Is that the people have >eoii trying to work th? raids without qtpenstLj. TJaf Is sono'i* rig that canThe Lien < pleasant to say a thins and to takfc it baok. most inEnre unwilling ,to do anything M "even%^hejr^onvinced of era ue?^.srip< r to have ^ do ytn^l Vrat i f1'1 especially unBprt.sant; but T>Hr?n(iu,rer be*B leave |*vlth<ira* an ',(>ph>i?n {* expressed ferUr.tly as to tve l,en law'J hat opinion ,v?s to lhe effect that the li.jl law h?<* outlive^ its usefulness, ind that it hould be repealed. The ^plnitd was ased on the fact that the law seems to contribute to idleness and Improvident* among g large class of neeroes. and it seems that repeal would remedy this situation. In this one view of the matter, we have nothing to retract; but more careful study of the whole situation leaves us in doubt as to whether this reason should be sufficient to govern action on such an important question. In another column today, we print a thoughtful and interesting talk from a York county farmer on the subject Since having the talk with this farmer we have taken occasion to refer to the files of The Enquirer and review the previous agitation of the subject from 1882 to 1886. As the outcome of the investigations we have arrived at the conclusion that the whole matter is of much graver import than this generation generally seems to appreciate. As a general principle The Enquirer believes in the cash basis. We have always tried to practice this principle In our own business, and we have been satisfied with the result. It has occurred to us that it would be best for all concerned if the country generally could set on the same platform, and we had arrived at the conclusion that now is a very good time to try the final step. We still believe in the cash basis. We think that the cash system should prevail as far as possible in all transacHnns ?jid we hoDe to see the day when every individual who makes pretensions to business importance will stand ready to cash his obligations whenever called upon. But the points raised by our friend Mr. Wood make it clear that the time for the inauguration of an iron-clad cash system has not yet arrived. One of the "arguments" used in this county in favor of repeal back in the early eighties was that with the lien law out of the way, the small farmer "could trade all over town." "Let us repeal the law so we can trade where we please," was the campaign cry that was put in the mouths of thoughtless small farmers. This was met by the more thoughtful ones with: "Repeal the lien law and you won't be able to trade on credit anywhere. All the trading you will do will be with the wages paid to you by the man to whom you are hired." And with many the situation is still the same today. Notwithstanding the old time high prices that were charged for credit under the lien law, it will have to be admitted that thousands of good white men have won material independence by the help of the system, and there are thousands of others who are beginning to see daylight over the same route. It is true that other thousands have fallen by the wayside; but in view of conditions as they exist it is hardly fair to charge their failure to the law. These failures do not include farmers only. It has broken as many merchants in proportion as it has broken farmers. After all there are two sides to this repeal question, and we are not willing to recommend too much precipitation in regard to the matter. We believe that repeal will work a revolution in conditions as they exist, and we are unable to figure out how that revolution will be to tne oeneiu 01 mai gicai class of small farmers who constitute the backbone of this country. BUSINESS IS SOLID. Dun & Co., Publish an Interesting Review of the Situation. The withdrawal of $125,000,000 from a few large trust companies, precipitating a season of hoarding and sending currency to a premium at a time when it was most needed throughout the country is credited in R. G. Dun & Co.'s annual review of trade, published January 1, with having been one of the great factors in turning the year 1907 from its promise of new records in prosperity to a closing period of financial disturbance that caused many plans for future extensions of business to be either abandoned or postponed. The restoration of normal conditions, the review declares, depends upon easier money and a revival of confidence, both of which seem nearer today than at any time since October, when the stringency began. While failures were frequent during the last quarter of the year, the review points out that if the comparison is carried back to previous periods of distress, there is much cause for congratulation in the insolvency returns. The review says in part: "Although in many cases the size of crops In 1907 fell below some preceding years, high prices made the return to the farmers much larger than ever before. To some extent short crops in other countries accounted for the high prices, notably in the case of wheat, for which foreigners were willing to pay more than a dollar per bushel during the closing months. "Adding the value of cotton, meats, dally products, poultry, eggs and all other items raised by the agriculturalist, this year's total attains the phenomenal value of $7,400,000,000. "Cotton has ruled at a high position H^^uantJty, vtTOM^^HMHp^gre ?X prht of l^^HHHCTnund t ii year raiWB iheji^Wr^>iue $70.000,<>0 auove the previous hlgn water marl established two years earlier, when th average price was about 2 cents pe pound lower. "Conflicting influences united to pro duce a year in the dry goods marke which has been without precedent to the volume of business done, but whicl Vio u olon Ua?ni?nAwKo/l U'itVl flls appointments that "reduced the aver age of what might otherwise be re garded as a most successful twelv months. "Although hides broke to lower flg ures than had been reached before li about a decade, leather kept fairl; steady throughout most of the yeai The comparative steadiness of leathe value has been due almost entirely t the curtailment of production. "The year has been characterized a a period of retrenchment In the sho trade, and prices have undergone a re adjustment from the top rates tha prevailed late In 1906. "Changes in the iron and steel Indus try during 1907 were more strikini than elsewhere, particularly in respec to the volume of production. Durini the early part of the year there wa a gradual increase in output, the week ly active capacity of blast furnace constantly establishing new record until the high point was reached 01 July 1, with a total of 528,170 tons o pig iron per week. From this point i moderate decrease occurred until to ward the end of the year it was est! mated that not more than about 33 pe cent of the entire iron and steel ca pa city was In operation. As to price? moderate reductions occurred durini the closing months, but no genera change was made in list prices o standard shapes of steel." clovpr GU L LINGS. Address by Dr. Snyder?Annual Sup per of the Woodmen?Rev. Mr. Hur Resigns Pastorship. Correspondence of the Yorkrille Enquirer. Clover, January 3.?Dr. H. N. Snydei president of Wofford college and rec ognized all over South Carolina as i man eminent in learning and ability is t deliver a lecture here this afternoon 01 the subject of education, in the oper house. The lecture is to be free an< the outlook is that there will be a ful house. The school under the managemen of Prof. Taylor is experiencing the mos satisfactory and prosperous era in it entire history. There has been littl or no friction, and for the very slmpl reason that there has not been s much as a remote cause for any. The annual supper given by the lo cal Woodmen camp was partaken c last night by a full turnout of th members and a few invited guests fror other nearby camps. The spread con sisted of stewed oysters, prepared un der the supervision of Mr. John M Smith, and therefore were just riglr wasp nest, pickles, cake, chicken, cof fee. It goes without saying that th occasion was thoroughly enjoyed by al About the usual amount of busines was done by the local merchants dur ing the holidays. Miss Frankie Faires, after spendin the holidays with the family of he father, Mr. S. M. Faires. returned t Winthrop last night. Rev. W. E. Hurt, who has been pas tor of the Clover Baptist church sine the spring of 1802 recently tendere his resignation, which was accepted a a church conference held subsequent!] It is the understanding that the Clove and Union churches will continue t co-operate and that they will as soo as practicable unite in trying to secur a pastor, and with the understandin that his home will be here arid tnat n will divide his time between the tw churches. Mr. and Mrs. Jos. E. McArthur ( West Point. Miss., have been spendin several days here with their daugh ter. Mrs. W. P. Smith. They left o Wednesday for Oaffney where the will spend a short time with relative before returning to their home In Mis sissippi. Mr. Joe Thomas left on Monday fc Louisville, where he goes to prepai himself for the practice of medicine. Messrs. Robert Miller of Bethel, wh is taking a course at the Marylan Medical college, Baltimore, and 6. I Clinton, Ed Brison and Clarence Thorn as of Charleston Medical college ar spending the holidays here and expec to remain until Monday. MERE-MENTION. The Atlanta whisky people tried ( enjoin the Georgia prohibition law i the United States court; but Judg Newman refused to stand for it The Federal government has announc ed a doubling of the rate for the use < water at Hot Springs, Ark Presl dent Roosevelt shook hands with thou sands or peopie ai me mine nuuoc ceptlon last Wednesday... .The South ern railroad has decided to take off II Palm Limited and Florida Speck trains One hundred and slxty-seve members of the first Russian doum have been sentenced to three month Imprisonment on account of havln signed the Vlborg manifesto Nlr persons were killed In a coal mine es plosion at Carthage, N. M., Tuesda: Two bodies were thrown from the mlr through the air a distance of 500 yard The New York legislature cor vened Wednesday... .Giuseppe Capus zo was on Tuesday sentenced to twer ty years In Sing Sing prison on cor vlction of having strangled Sopp! Kehrer to death in New York seven months ago An explosion of gc wrecked the roof of the stock exchang in the famous Temple of Neptune t Rome on Tuesday. Twenty persor were injured Bishop Edward ( [Andrews of the Methodist church, die at his home In Brooklyn on Tuesda at the age of S2 Stock and cas dividends of Fall River, Mass., cotto mills during 1S07, averaged about 18.J per cent. On the total capitalizatlc of $25,475,000, cash dividends of $2,701 875 were paid. Governor Johnson on the Tarif ?John A. Johnson, governor of Mir nesota, is quoted in the New Yor World as follows: "The commercial and industrial d< velopment of this country has reache a point where the proper adjustmei of right has become the question < the hour. The present unrest of 01 people is evidence of the determinatic shared by all that the fundament! principles of this government shall t maintained. These include the dignit of labor, equality before the law, ti equal enforcement of the laws and er tire absence of special privileges. "Great corporations, especially thos exercising at least some of the powei of government, must come to the rea ization that they are as amenable I the law as is the individual citizen. "The trust problem is still to t solved; but. while searching for tl complete remedy, we can at least with draw from their grasp the special prh lieges they have enjoyed under a hlg protective tariff. "It must be apparent that our pres ent tariff, while mainly responsible fc the existence of the trusts, is, in add: tion, a tax upon the masses for ti benefit of the few. "The farming of taxes in France, b( fore the Revolution, was no more in; qultous than is our present tariff sys tern. Nineteen hundred and eight wi be a memorable year for the strugg! of equal rights and American ideals: th year will see tariff reform accomplish ed or well under way: for if the pres ent congress does not at the preset session make substantial reductions til people in November will elect thos pledged so to do." ? Four negroes are in Laurens ja on the charge of stealing a bale of col ton. MffniT AFFJ R8. ^SETKIEW ADVERTISEMENTS. )s^l. Ferguson and E. N. Stephenson ?Offer a deLoach saw mill and a t log wagon for sale, s Stewart Bros.?Want to sell seventyfive good, heavy mules at the right s prices. See them at Barron Bros.' 0 stable, Yorkville, and J. E. Mark shall's at Rock Hill, e L. R. Williams, Probate Judge?Gives r notice that M. L. Thomasson has applied for letters of administration on the estate of W. Jasper Thomasson, <t deceased. r T. E. McMackin, Supt. of Education? h Publishes notice of special teachers' examination to be held Friday, January 17th at the court house. - Dobson Bros.' Cash Store?Is offering e special bargains In trimmed and untrimmed hats, velvets, etc. - M. W. White?Argues In poetry that it n Is to your interest to let him handle y your stocks, bonds and real estate. \ J. W. Dobson?Makes a special price r of 19c per set on a lot of tumblers 0 which he has just received. W. E. Ferguson?Has just received a s lot of fresh table delicacies and tells e you about them. - T. W. Speck?Wants your watch, clock t and jewelry repair work. See him for jewelry, watches, sterling silver, cut glass, etc. ? York Drug Store?Is showing a comt plete line of blank books and other ? office supplies. January magazines s are now In. - Louis Roth?Says Christmas is over 8 and It is time to work, and advises s you to begin by sowing oats. He 1 has the seed. f J. C. Wllborn?Makes additional ofi ferings of real estate that may Inter a. est you. - J. Q. Wray?Continues his panic sale r prices until further notice. He asks you to see him about groceries. >, Strauss-Bmlth Co.?Extends Its earthg quake sale prices and advises you to l1 take advantage of them, f First National Bank?Remarks that the past few months have demon stmted the importance of keeping a good bank account. Yorkvllle B. & M. Co.?Offers big dls counts on all kinds of dry goods and extends the limit to February 1st. See fourth page. * F. S. Royster Guano Co., Norfolk, Va. ?Says that their fish bone guano Insures large crops. See fourth page. r, A. Y. Cartwright?Has changed his ' office to the rooms over Johnson's a store. o G. H. O'Leary?Offers offices for rent n In the Hotel Shandon building, a d 11 The letter from the Isthmus of Panama referred to last Tuesday, will appear in the next Issue of The Enquirer, a All exDired subscriotions not return e ed by the publication of the next issue e of The Enquirer will be stricken from ? the list. Now is the time .to go after those f buggies that we are offering to the ? largest clubmaker in each township. . There are hundreds of new subscribers - to be had if they are only convassed. [ According to Mr. J. B. Wood, the lien J merchant is not such a bad man after e ail, and Mr. Wood is more than half 1. right. It reminds us of a witty remark 3 we heard on the street not long ago as to the holding movement. It was g to the effect that "the farmer can hold r all right; but it is hard to say about ? the merchant." There Is no use to try . to deny the fact that lien merchants e have been holding or rather allowing d their customers to hold hundreds and l, thousands of bales of cotton that could j r have been forced on the market long o ago. It is a fact also that in many n cases of this kind the merchants have '6 g been carrying these accounts at very e considerable inconvenience. . I >f PAYING BILLS. 1 g When the young man who collects l~ the bills for one of the largest looti y concerns came around on the first with is a lot of accounts, the reporter asked i- him: "How's collections?" >r .e "Poor, poor," the young man replied with a disgusted look. 0 "Worse than usual?" 1 "Oh, no I reckon not," he replied, i- "they are generally poor," e "Then I guess you would like to turn the 1ob over to some of the others, wouldn't you?" "Not a bit of It?not a bit of It," replied the young man with humorous o twinkle, lighting his face. "I wouldn't n give up this Job for anything?" ;e "Why not?" was the next question. "Well you see it is just like this. I s- might go broke some of these times >f and have to buy things on tick. If l| I- ever do and succeed In piling up a lot i- of bills, I am certainly getting the i- experience that will help me stand i- them off. During this very day, I have ts heard explanations for not paying that il will meet every possible contingency, n and if a man would tackle me with a a bill, I'll just bet you a mule, I could s' send him along the very first time g without trying. And not only that, my ie stock of excuses is big enough to hold > out until he gets tired coming." V ie WHERE PRICES ARE MADE, s. An Associated Press dispatch of last i- night gives yesterday's developments in the speculative cotton market as i- follows: i- The cotton market was moderately le active and weaK toaay wun tne ciose , steady In tone, but at a net decline of 22 to 26 points. SaleB 220,000 bales. LS The opening was easy at a net dere cline of 6 to 16 points and within the lt first 15 minutes active months showed a net loss of 15 to 20 points under ao18 tlve selling for both accounts. One 3. broker was credited with selling be d tween 35,000 and 40,000 bales of March during the first few minutes, supposed to be for long account, and while there was no bearish news of sufficient 1 rain portance to explain the decline selling 10 became general as soon as It was seen that long cotton was coming out In volume. During the middle session prices rallied a few points on covering but weakened again later and reached the low point during the last hour when January- sold to 10.46 and March to 10.65. The close was a little up from the lowest on the active months. Va* rlous theories were advanced to account for the decline. Some were inJ" clined to the opinion that the difflcul:(* ties reported In certain railroad circles had affected people who were long of cotton, while others believe that the ir selling was due to bearish indications as to the showing of the glnners' report and unfavorable trade conditions.' )e The heavy selling here came as a sur;y prise to most local traders who had ie expected a narrow market In the absenee of Liverpool and New Orleans. The last two markets will reopen to*e morrow morning. rs Receipts at the ports today 33,464 against 34,400 last week and 46,193 last 'O " - it-- 1. ..nnlntt year. cur me oiu, n6aui.-i 354,341 last week and 314,492 last year. >e Today's receipts at Houston 9.248 ie against 10.303 last year. r h WITHIN THE TOWN. s- ?There should be a large crowd In >r town next Monday, salesday for Janie uary? The Loan and Savings Bank and -- the First National Bank, paid their regular semi-annual dividends of 3 per| 11 cent on January 1. le ?It will be a good idea to begin the ,e New Year by securing a registration certificate. The county board of suit pervlsors meets next Monday. ie ? There were quite a number of neie groes In Yorkville on Wednesday on account of Emancipation Day; but U there was no programme for general _ participation. The day passed off quietly, without disorder. ? In accordance with a custom that has been established for the 31st of December for so many years past that the < memory of the oldest Inhabitant run- 1 neth not to the contrary, the young men of the town rang out the old and ] rang In the new last Tuesday night. .< They made a gay lark of It too, and ( as usual took undue liberties with the private property of citizens. < ? An Importnant change in the ] schedule of passenger trains Nos. 9 i and 10 on the Carolina & Northwest t-? _ >1 *? kft/mma nffontluo I ern nanway m iu w..~?. ~. next Monday. Under the present ! schedule No. 9 going north reaches ' here from Chester at 9:48 a. m. and No. 10 going: south at 6:30 p.m. Under ] the new schedule Xo. 9 will be due 1 here at 8:18 a. m., and No. 10 at ] 5:45 p. m. At present No. 9 makes connection at Chester with No. 30, 1 the morning train from Jacksonville, 1 nd No. 27 from Charlotte. Unless j there Is to be a radical change In the schedule of No. 30 that connection i will be broken, and If there Is no ] change In No. 27, that connection will 1 continue, as ttje latter Is due at Chester at 7.06 and No. 9 leaves at 7.30. ] ? The Yorkvllle German club gave a 1 delightful New Year hop In the opera i house Wednesday night, the music being furnish by the Asbury band of Charlotte, N. C. Young ladles present: < Misses Elizabeth Barron of Columbia, i Minnie Wilson, Rock Hill, Julia With- I erspoon, Guthrlesvllle, Annie Thurston, < Pittsburg, Pa., Marie Moore, Julia Smith, Leon White, Mary Ashe, Bessie i Barron. Agallce McCaw, Josle Carroll, i Helen Lowry, Fredrlca Lindsay, Mary i Cartwrlght, Ellse Latimer. Carrie 1 Cartwrlght, Rose Lindsay, Mattie I Caldwell, Francis Falconer, Francis 1 Flnley, Maggie Glenn, Bessie Sandlfer, i Maggie McFadden, Mesdames John Barnwell, P. T. McNeel, J. R. Hart. Gentlemen present: S. L. Miller, Sr., < Columbia, Bratton Davis, WInnsboro, 1 Grler Love, Holland Morrow, Marsh 1 Morrow, Edward Pegram, Arlington. Gastonla, Bedford Moore, Joseph Hart. Roe Willis, George Cartwrlght, i Clark Adlckes, Wheeler Willis, W. C. Erwln, Arthur Hart, Edward Finley, Ben Johnson, H. P. Stowe, S. C. Wood, Aubrey Willis, J. E. P. Sherard, Rob- < ert Lindsay, J. E. Lowry, Jr., Job Carroll, Frank Riddle, W. M. Wallace, Craig McCorkle, S. L. Steele, Glenn Allison, Philip Hunter, Sam Moore, R. 1 E. Heath, E. M. Stanton, Dr. J. B. Bowen, Dr. R. A. Bratton. Chaperones: Mesdames G. W. S. Hart, W. B. Moore, i T. W. Speck, W. E. Falconer, M. C. Willis, J. R. Lindsay. 1 FUNERAL OF DR. THORNWELL. The funeral of Dr. James H. Thornwell took place at Fort Mill on last Wednesday. The statement that Dr. Thomwell had expressed a desire to be buried at Ebenezer was a mistake. The following account of the funeral exercises is from the Columbia State of yesterday: For the first time In the history of historic Fort Mill an old year was passed into eternity and a new year 1 was ushered into existence without ringing of bells and the shouts of New Year greetings. The first day of January, 1908, will long be remembered by the people of Fort Mill as the day on J which they laid to rest their "first citizen." Even the gmall boy forgot his fire cracker. The day was noticeable for Its stillness. Dr. Thomwell is dead. Is that not enough to cause every heart in Fort Mill to pause and mourn? Hie was everybody's friend, from the grayhaired old veteran who hobbles on a wooden limb to the young child, which coos on Its mother's knee. The body of the beloved pastor was oArHed to his Fort Mill church at 12 o'clock today, where It lay In state until after the funeral service, at 3 p. ra. The funeral service was in charge of Rev. Alexander Sprunt, D. D., of Charleston, assisted by the following ministers, Reverends Chalmers Frazier of l^ancaster; E. S. Reaves, pastor of the local Baptist church; W. C. Owens of the local Methodist church; R. A. Miller of North Carolina; J. K. Colt, Rock Hill; J. M. Holladay of Winnsboro; J. B. Mack, Atlanta, Ga,; W. S. Bean of Clinton; W. M. McPheetere of Columbia. The funeral procession formed at the public square and marched to the church in the following order, Active pallbearers: W. B. Arirey, Dr. J. B. Elliott, K. Shannon of Fort Mill; B. D. Springs cf Charlotte, N, G,. and ?. Knox and R. F. Fewell of Rock Hill. Honorary: The elders and deacons of Fort Mill and Ebenezer churches, camp of United Confederate veterans, of which Dr. Thornwell was chaplain; Catawba Masonio lodge, Electra lodge, Knights of Pythias, White Oak camp W. O. W.; representatives of various orders throughout South Carolina. A large representation of Knights Templars of the Chester lodge was present. The uniformed knights, with bared heads and presented swords, formed on the aisle through which the family passed. In round numbers the procession consisted of 1,000 people, each of whom knew and loved Dr. Thornwell. From the church the procession marched to the cemetery, where the last sad rites were held over the body. The grave was completely covered ' * t J witn me most nunuhume ui?pia.jr n?ral tributes ever seen here. Especially beautiful were those of Tahara temple, D. O. K. K? home and foreign missionary societies, W. O. W? grand lodge, K. of P., Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing company, Myrtle lodge, Columbia, and those of the faculty of the Presbyterian College of South Carolina, and K. of P. lodges of Charleston. Among the out-of-town people present at the funeral were: Capt, W. G. Jordan, Wlnnsboro; Rev. J. M. Holladay, Wlnnsboro; A. E. Spencer, W. S. Bean and daughters, and Misses Liza and Katherine and Mrs. W. G. Neville and son, D. Wyatt of Clinton: Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Springs, Mrs. J. R. Irwin and daughter, Miss Mary, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Watson of Charlotte, N. C.; Mr. Davidson Pharr and sister, Miss Daisy, and Miss Julia Stlrewalt of Mooresville, N. C.; Mr. Thornwell Anderson, Mrs. Jennie Anderson and Mrs. Pattie Hogue, sisters of Dr. Thornwell, of Morganton. N. C.; Rev. Chalmers Frazler of Lancaster; Rev. Alexander Sprurit of Charleston: Miss Hattle Sloan and W. M. Lyles of Columbia: Rev. F. H. Ward law of Greenwood, and the following representatives of various lodges in North and South Carolina: Davidson, K. T. Mason, A. N. Sample, W. O. Knox, J. C. Robinson, S. D. Scarborough. W. E. Sledge, J, C. Walk er, L. D. Chi Ids, W. F. Strieker, W. O. Guy. J. P. King and J. C. Husband of Chester: the following officers of grand lodge Past Grand Chancellor J. A. Summersett and Grand Vice Chancellor L. S. Mattlson. Columbia; Grand Prelate Prof. J. G. Rembert, Spartanburg: C. D. Brown, chairman ways and means committee; Col. E. H. Aull, editor Carolina Pythian, Newberry; Myrtle lodge. Columbia?J. F. Williams. Robert Steele, Charles Fetner; Chester i lodge?W. E. Welbom and R. L. Cunningham; Blackstock lodge?Jas. McKeown and Dr. Durham; Kershaw lodge?J. W. Hamer; about fifty members of Oakland lodge of Rock Hill; i Rathbone lodge, Charlotte, N. C.?B. D. ' Springs and W. A. Watson; Tahara I temple, D. O. K. K., Columbia?Royal * Vizier A. M. Deal and Geo. Fishburne. I Practically the entire Ebenezer congregation and 300 people from Rock i mil were nresent. I When the services commenced the I church, which seats 700 people, was packed, including aisles and gallery. < Fully 300 people were unable to enter l the church. Two special car9 were i attached to No. 26. which accommo- . dated the delegations from Chester and ] (Rock Hill. 1 ABOUT PEOPLE. si Miss Crossmore of the Thomson d' p 'ompany left for her home in Baltimore ast Wednesday. a: Prof. C. B. Grler of Plnevllle, N. C., P las resumed work in the Forest Hill j jchool, after a vacation for the holl- s\ Jays. tl Mr. Robert C. and Master Ix>uis P. ^ 'lood of Bullock's Creek township. s, have been visiting friends in Greenville. ai Mrs. H. H. Crosland of Bennettsvllle, s visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam M. Grist and other relatives in si i'orkville. 1 Mr. W. A. Bamette and sister, Miss j! Edith, of Ebenezer township, spent the 9] holidays with relatives in the Forest U Hill neighborhood. %v Mr. D. A. Poplin of Charleston, re- ? turned home this morning after spending the holidays in Yorkville with relitives and friends. jj Miss Janie Barnette, trained nurse h it the Presbyterian hospital, Charlotte, ci N. C., is spending the holidays with ?J tier parents in Bethel township. Mrs. O. K. Hammett and Mrs. E. H. b Bates left this morning for Spartanburg, after spending several days with 'j their brother, Mr. Jas. F. Thomson in tl Vorkville. Miss Mamie Shafer, who has had a :hargc of the millinery department of ? the Yorkvllle Banking and Mercan- y tile company, left for her home at Mid- h ileton, Md., last week. Rock Hill Herald: Mr. W. H. Stew- " art, who was removed from the hospl- g tal a few days before Christmas, con- h tinues to improve, but slowly. He hopes to be out by the 15th of January, 9 but may not be able to go to Colum- b bia to read for the senate until about * the 20th. J Master Thomas, eldest son of Mr. and s Mrs. T. P. Moore, was operated on in v Charlotte Tuesday for appendicitis. ^ The operation was performed by Dr. Gill Wylle of New York. Mr. Moore s returned from Charlotte yesterday and ^ reported that when he left his son was getting along very nicely. b Miss Pearl Wallace who has been 1? with The Enquirer during several Jj months past, has gone back to the au- p ditor's office and will assist Mr. Hun- a ter during the taking of returns and c making up of the books. During the ? time Miss Wallace was with The En- b quirer, she was of very material assistance in the editorial work on the pa- a per and also in the business office. As ? a book-keeper she has few equals in {< this section, and while under the clrcumstances It could not very well be ? helped, The Enquirer was loathe to D give her up. s In renewing his subscription for The fa Enouirer for 1908. Mr. A. W. Gladden, P formerly of the Lowryvllle neighbor- ? hood, now of Idabel, Okla., takes occa- n slon to say that he is getting along a nicely In the land of his adoption. He h mentions the circumstance that Kev. t W. T. Matthews, who was his pastor at v Lowryvllle has organized a Presbyte- J rlan church at Idabel, and the pros- ^ pects are fine for prosperous growth, g Mr. Gladden writes enthusiastically of li Oklahoma, which he bellevee will soon jj be the greatest state in the Union. He c Is proud of the faot that it was the g first state to come Into the Union with J a constitution prohibiting the sale of j( liquor. t Dr. J. B. Bowen, the able and popu- t lar proprietor of the York Drug Store, J has purchased an interest in the wholesale drug firm of the Crutchfleld- v Tolleson Co., Spartanburg, and has 0 made arrangements which will hereaf- ^ ter require his residence In that city c principally. His many friends In York- t vllle, however, will be glad to know that he has not disposed of his busl- e ness here. That is to be conducted as g heretofore and after January 15, it will ? be in charge of Dr. Chas. M. Small of v Washington, D. C., assisted by Mr. W. <3 L. Williams. Dr. Small Is a former 1 classmate of Dr. Bowen's, and will move f to Yorkvllle, of course. Aocordlnff to t hisjdans as they now stand, Dr. Bow- r en Intends to spend at least one day r of each week in Yorkvllle. Mrs. Bowen * will continue to reside here for the t present. "5 a REPEAL OF THE LIEN LAW. ? At the last regular meeting of the n York County Farmers' Union there ? came up for consideration a resolution Q advocating the repeal of the agrioul- c tural lien law; but as the matter was one that seemed to involve conse- s 8 quences too serious for immediate dis- q position, it was deoided to refer it baok b to the local unions with the under- s standing that they would give expres- F sion to their views at the meeting to v be held next Monday. Since the question has been brought ? up, many of the farmers have been t studying it quite earnestly, and al- t though numbers of them are hea'rtily P In favor of repeal, it is not fair to say [ that this sentiment is anything like a unanimous. On the contrary, there are c good, substantial men in every section J1 of the country, who seem to think that c the proposition Involves consequences h more serious than have ever confronted 1 the people of this state since the very ? same matter was fought to a finish s during the years of 1882, 1883, 1884, v 1885 and 1886. g Quite an able exponent of the latter p view is Mr. James B. Wood, a well-to- t * ~ *- ? rttra mllno * do rarmer wno uvea auuui n?o t north of Yorkvllle, and who, by the t way, Is an enthusiastic member of the h Farmers' Union. Mr. Wood belongs to n that large class of hardy, self reliant, a self-made small farmers which has |j developed in this county since the civil a war. He commenced his struggle for n material independence single handed, g without means, without education and h without credit other than was guaran- q teed by his character. He has always s paid his honest debts, paid for a plantation by digging the money out of the t ground, given his three sons as good e educational advantages as were to be k had in his neighborhood while they d were growing up, and now owns a f comfortable little farm against which t! no man has ever had a claim since the c payment of the original purohase mon- h ey years ago. Mr. Wood is recognised a among his neighbors and those who v know him, as a thoughtful, conservative h citizen who takes a deep interest in the I public welfare, and who is generally s level-headed on all the questions as to r which he cares to express an opinion, ti His credit is good at any store or bank > in this section, and nobody would think a of asking him for a lien on his crop. a In a conversation with the reporter w a few days ago, Mr. Wood discussed tl the lien law most interestingly and al- o though his views do not seem to be in tl very close harmony with the now prei.1 ? ? * ? ? nnklrtrtf M dominant senumeni ua mc ouuj^i, u they are nevertheless Interesting and tl well worth reproduction. b "If I could express myself In writing, o like some of you newspaper men," he w said, "I would make the atmosphere k sizzle with this movement that foas s; been growing up in this state with ref- w erence to the repeal of the lien law. In h my opinion It Is all a fearful mistake." k The reporter suggested that as he tl saw it, the lien law was a good thing It In Its day; but It has outlived its use- w fulness, a "Ah, that is where you are mlstak- d ?n," came the reply, as quick as a flash, "and," Mr. Wood added, with jt much earnestness, "the lien law has c< just begun to prove its usefulness, n Have you ever before known such Is prosperity as we have now in this rr late? No, you haven't. There are no o oubt some who will claim that this u rosperlty has been in spite of the lien c iw. As I have seen it for yeans and t s I see It now, I claim that this 1 rosperlty is because of the lien law. I "What do you want to repeal this a lw for and what are you going to sub- f tltute for it as a basis of credit for e ie poor man? I have studied this 1 uestlon and studied it and for the life 1 f me I can't find a satisfactory an- t n-er. Ii "If you will look back to the original v citation of the question of repeal, t long in 1882, you will tlnd that the f latter was brought up in the legisla- \ jre in the form of a petition from the a tate Grange. It was represented that a he people,' wanted it changed and the j ght was made along that line for four a \T - ~ (nut fsi'H, ?uv> we are up uganiRt mr ime thing originating in the Farmers' rnion somewhere, goodness knows here, and again we are told that 'the I eople, want the law repealed. What eople? Who? I would like to know- t "Surely it cannot be the small farmr who is making this demand. Why, le small farmer Is a creature of the en law. The lien law made him, and e made the present prosperity of the ountry. He's the man who is responIble for the increased value of farm inds. He Is the man who Is making tils old county blossom. He is the ackbone of the whole business. And I you kill the lien law you will kill le small farmer. Where he is estabshed he may be able to stay; but here will be po chance for his increase. "Here man^you are not as old as I m; but surely you can remember the onditions that existed in this country ?r fifteen or twenty years after the *ar. There were lots of people who ad big tracts of land but no money > work them. If the land owners had ad plenty of money then, instead of That we have now, there would have rown up a wage system that would ave had the whole country working ar a few big land owners. There rould not be anybody here much outlde of the towns except white and lack laborers and overseers. All the rhltes who had an ambition to be omething other than somebody's hired lan would have gone to the west, as o majiy of them used to do before the far. But because the big land owners id not have this money, it was necesary to adopt this lien system, and as he result of this lien system, thouands of ambitious young men have een able to become Independent, small armers. That is why York county is oday making as much cotton and corn o the acre as any .county in this Un>n. That is why there is a school ouse and a church in every n'eighborood. That is why we have so many irosperous stores, panics, newspapers, nd everything. That is where the otton mills came from. The lien law lade the small farmer and the small armer is the backbone of the whole usiness. "The only reason I have ever heard nybody give as to why the lien law hould be repealed was that it would acilitate the control of labor. Now Jt us consider that a little. How will t control labor and whose labor will it ontrol? I do not want to be personal; ut I will take for an illustration my wn case, which is like that of thouands of others. Two of my sons and riyself are still running the olfl home lace. Each of us makes a hand. Then iso on the place we have a negro croper who works for a share of what he lakes. Now, we do not have to give ny lien. As to the cropper, it is all he same whether we run him or turn iim over to the merchant. That is not he question. We are all getting what re consider very good pay for our laor. Suppose you repeal the lien law. t will cheapen labor. Yes, there is no oubt of that. Hundreds of people, neroes and whites, who are now operattig on a comparatively independent asis on Jiens, will have to become laborers. Unless these people leave the buntry the labor market will become lutted, and the price will be reduced o something like the old standard of 8 or 810 a month. Maybe that will sok good to some, but who will get , hat cheap labor? Did it ever occur j o you wnat a large percentage or rne ands of this county is owned by peoile who live in the towns of Rock Hill, ' forkville, Clover and Fort Mill, and ithose principal income is from sources ther than farmiqg? These are the leople who will get most of that cheap abor, and the principal effect of the hange on the small white farmer will ie to reduce the value of his own la>01 to an $8 or $10 a month basis. "Under the lien law the small farmr can go into the labor market and ;et help on a perfect equality with the nan of larger means. Suppose you lave nothing but fairly good credit and rant to buy a hundred acre farm. Unler conditions as they now stand, it s an easy matter to get some good armer, white or black, to agree to pay ou 1,000 pounds of lint for a part of he place. You have no risk in the natter. The merchant to whom your enter gives his lien takes the risk. If ou had to take it you would go pretty low. If the renter pays it is all right; >ut if he fails to pay you are hurt. Tou might not be able to carry him iver, and he will leave you. The merhant frequently carries him over, and ontinues to run him even after he has noved to another p ace. But without he lien law, you could not get any such lelp as thi3. You would have to dig it tit yourself, and you would be very autlous about making the effort. "If you do away with the lien law, I ee no basis of credit other than peronal security, and that is out of the [uestlon. Everybody knows that everyiody else is reluctant about this peronal security business, and no man Ikes to ask another to go his security. i"hct is this is Impracticable. It just yon't do. "Then again, I hear people argue, hat the lien law ought to be repealed iecause it is so generally abused by he merchants. Now let us examine his a little. The observation and exierience of a good many years have aught me that the mercnant ciass 01 i his country is about as high a class 1 ,8 we have. It is a fact that mer- ' hants sometimes abuse their opportu- ' ilties; but this is an exception rather ? han the rule. Would the farmers as a lass be any more generous, liberal or lonest? I am not prepared to say that hey would. But after all, why should n occasional abuse of a good law be ! riade a pretext for its repeal? I do not ' ee the sense of that. The law puts the fhole matter between the maij who ' ets the goods and the man who ex- 1 ects to get the profit, and I can't see hat anybody else has reason to be ( oncerned. There is plenty of compe- c Ition. If a man finds one year that he \ s not being treated fairly there is t lothing to prevent him from going omewhere else the next year. There ( s no law to make a man give a lien, , nd none to make a merchant take a ( len. Of course, the lien law pulls the < mall farmer pretty heavy; but as to ( ow he is to get credit without it, is a uestion that has not yet been anwered. . "And again, people have argued that , he repeal of the lien law is necessitat- , d by Judge Brawley's recent decision nocking out the contract labor law. It oes not seem to me that this should , allow at all. About all there was to . he contract labor law was that you ould put a negro in jail for violating | is contract. As a matter of fact, and * s every farmer knows, nine cases of * iolation of contract out of ten were * istigated by some other white man. \ * 1 - r.AA?vi r\ ma tkof f ho i?q * I UUtfM III# L .^coiii iu iii^ niuv vuv?v hould be any difficulty In finding a emedy. The law allows a man to ener into a contract as to his labor, low let the law provide penalties gainst the man who hires or harbors nother man who Is under contract dth somebody else. This will have tie effect of running contract dodgers ut of the country and that is all that he old law would do. "As I have already said, and I do ot believe anybody can disprove the heory, land values in this section have een built up through and as the result f the lien law. The small farmer is 'hat he Is as the result of the lien iw. Take the lien law away and the mall farmer goes Into decline. There ill certainly be nothing to encourage is increase. Where he is in debt, his a tnds will eventually go to sale, and ( --- n Kniio>ht nr\ tho Iq T icy ?in uc uwugiiv u|j ktj viiv ind owners. Prices will decline. And I hen the small farmer begins to dis- S ppear this country will start on the I own grade. a ' I grant you that the lien law i.?j ob- a ictionable to many because It seems to r jntribute to the independence of the c egro. Where he is a good worker he t i able to give a lien and be his own J laster, except as between the land r I I I / wner and the merchant. But I am inable to see why anybody In this ountry should ever be concerned about he negro, especially the negro farmer. The white man has every advantage of dm Intellectually, socially, politically .nd otherwise. We have no reason to ear his competition, now or hereafter, xcept In the field of common labor." There Is Bible authority for that, and t is confirmed by the experience of housands of years. But if the Hen aw is repealed It will not be the negro i'ho will be the principal sufferer, but he poor white man. And when you >ut obstacles in the way of the advance of the poor white man, you are ounding the death knell of the energy . nd ambition that have been so trium- } >hantiy conmouting to tne pruurrns ind prosperity, of th!? country." LOCAL LACONIC8. Death of Mr. J. T. Bigham. Mr. J. Theodore Bigham, a highly eseemed citizen of Sharon, died In that dace at the home of his son, Mr. J. H. Bigham, last Tuesday night. The debased had been In bad health for some ime as the result of a kidney disorder hat waH very much aggravated on account of his age. He was in his 73rd rear. He leaves two children, Mrs. j Sllza Jane Estes of Cherokee county, tnd Mr. J. H. Bigham of Sharon. The t 'uneral took place on Wednesday, the lervlces being conducted by Rev. J. 8. 3rler pastor of the Associate Reform sd church of which the deceased was l member.' slew Unions Organized. During the holidays, Mr. M. S. Car oll has organized three new local farmers' Union in this county as folows: "Belleview," In the Point, Mr. R. r. Davis is president, Mr. 8. 8. Glenn, rice president, Mr. J. M. Craig, secreary and treasurer, Mr. 8. N. Craig, :haplin; Mr. Ty J. Glenn, door keeper; dr. B. J. Cuxvehce conductor. "Con:ord," in the Indian Hook nelghborlood, Mr. J. B. Bigger, president; Dr.L L. Campbell, vice president; Mr. G. A'. Martin, secretary and treasurer;.. dr. T. M. Martin, chaplain; Mr. D. T. rackson, door keeper; Mr. B. H. Hawclns, conductor. "Hero," in the Bethmy neighborhood, Mr. J. C. Crawford. 3resident; Mr.' W. M. McCarter, vice 3resident, Mr. D. B. McGill, secretary md treasurer;-Mr. L. A. McGill, chapaln; Mr. J. T. 8towe, door keeper; Mr. F. M. Pursley, conductor. mprovement of the Roads. Yorkville correspondent of Charlotte Observer: Dr. Joseph H. Saye, one of fork's representatives in the legislature, vag in town today and stated that It vas his purpose to make a faithful ef'ort at the coming session to secure the jassage of a bill providing that a property tax of not less than two mills shall be levied in the county to be used exclusively for improving the cubllc roads, and also to provide that he work shall be done by contract. :t is his purpose to try to do away with :he chaingang as a county Institution, }ut as to hj.'. this is to be accomDllshed he h* . n >t yet figured out It s generall* concv that work done >y the gs ig costs irom two to three :imes as n u"h as It would w$re it done py contract The gang rarely ever lumbers over twenty-five and as a resuit the necessary expense for guards ind other items render it very expensive, as two or three times the foroe :ould be handled at practically the same expense. Another feature In conlection with the gang Is the fact that t has been the policy of the.commissioners for several years to use it as a ?'ote-catcher instead of road-Improver, [t is moved about from township to ' lowcrMp, and owing to the short time t rei.iains in one locality Is unable to do permanent work, and Invariably eaves the roads in a shape that they soon become worse than before. At :he last session of the legislature a law svas enacted providing that the gang should not be employed in York county sxcept in building permanent roads. W rhe law has been ignored by the commissioners, no permanent roads, so far is is known, having been built this pear. Spartanburg Party at King's Mountain. Spartanburg Herald of yesterday: 'The best outing we have ever enjoyed." That was the unantmoug opinion )f the party whloh returned on No. 41 it 7.20 last evening, after enjoying the ill-day walking trip to King's Mountain under the auspices of the Y. M, C. A. rhere were twenty gentlemen and aev* ?n ladies in the party, which was ohapsroned by Secretary Walter B. Abbott of the Y. M. C. A and his wife. The day was ideal and the roads were in splendid condition for the ankle excursion of six miles from Grover to the mountain. No one was fatigued, but ill were exhilarated and their every fiber mftde to tingle with new Ufa The party for King's Mountain left Spartanburg on No. 36 at 7.26 yesterday morning. They reached Grover at 10 u m., and immediately set out on their six-mile tramp to the mountain, which they reached at high noon. They assembled around the monument, where they were delightfully entertained by lectures by Dr. D. D. Wallace and Prof. R. A. DuPre of Wofford college. Dr. Wallace dwelt on the historical and Prof. DuPre on the geographical. Every one carried lunch, and at the conclusion of Prof, DuPre's address the party sat down around the monument end ate picnic fashion. After dinner the party dispersed over the battleground and studied it in detail, looking tor relics or souvenirs to carry home, \t 2.30 they left King's Mountain on :he return tramp to Grover, whieh they -eached at sunset, in ample time to catch No. 41, which landed them safely n Spartanburg at 7.26 p. m. Followng are those who made up the party: Misses Sarah Amos, Luclie Alsbrook. Cathlene Alsbrook, Mary Gentry, Irene gentry, Anna Black, and Mrs. Walter 3. Abbott, Messrs. M. A. Lane, Julius Larson, Robert Carson, Herbert Huolu, Bishop Alsbrook, Dr. D. D. Wallace, Prof. D. A. DuPre, Prof. W. G. Blake, Srnest Blake, Andrew Vogel, Matthew Heldman, E. B. Hallman, Secretary Walter B. Abbott, W. P. Wall, GJaude lentry, Master Perry Crow, W. EJ. An trews, louis Tanner, w, is, Maaqux md J. W. Dye. SOUTH CAROLINA NSW8. ? A. R. Jeffcoat, the Orangeburg farner, who was shot from the roadside ecently, died on Monday night ? B. F. Henderson, a Spartanburg nerchant was murdered in his store ast Tuesday night by a negro burglar. ? Judge Pritchard has issued another injunction against the paying out of iispensary money. The injunction was ssued on a bill filed by the Wilson Dflsllling company of Baltimore. ? Union special of December 31, to Columbia State: Mr. Sam S. Farvar, i well known planter and a member if one of the most prominent families n Union county, was waylaid and shot in Friday evening about dusk in the eastern part of this county as he was eturning from Lockhart. particulars if the affair having just become cnow-n. The men who waylaid Mr. Farrar were DeWitt Jeter, & young legro who had been reared :rom :hildhood on Mr. Farrar's place, and Dan Gist, who had also lived, as had lis father, for years on the Farrar ilantatlon. The evident attempt to kill VIr. Farrar was unsuccessful, the one shot which was fired from a pistol jrazins his nose, but Inflicting no se lous injury. It Is not known that Mr. Farrar had had any difficulty with hose negroes and the presumption Is hat they must have thought that Mr. Farrar had sold cotton at Lockhart ind was returning home with the noney. Dewltt Jeter was arrested at lis home that night and was commited to Jail here yesterday. Dan Gist ;scaped and is still at large. ? Columbia special of Tuesday to Charlotte Observer: An Important inference Is to be held here Friday n the Governor's office between Oov;rnor Ansel, President W. W. Finley, )f the Southern Railway, and the nembers of the South Carolina rall oad commission. The conference was irranged at the request of President FfnlPV. U'hn mAt flnvornnr Ananl nnlto deasantly in Washington recently, md who also spent several days in Columbia last month on account of the nerger trial in the Richland court. 31vison Counsel B. M. Abney, of the Southern, arranged the conference for dr. Finley, but did not go into details is to who Mr. Finley wanted to talk ibout. It is intimated, however, from ailroad sources that it is the desire if President Finley to open the way o the governor to have this state enoy the benefits of the recent ftfreenent reached between the authorities