Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, January 14, 1908, Image 2
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? Tokio, January 12: Incoming cablegrams,
Indicating an overwhelming
sentiment in America in favor of an
exclusion bill, are causing much uneasiness
among leaders of all shades ol
politics, who have repeatedly expressed
the conviction that the Americans did
not desire to discriminate against Japanese
and would accept the attitude
of the Japanese government as evidence
of its sincere desire not to embarrass
the American government and at the
same time save the amour propre ol
the Japanese. Uneasiness has been intensified
by the delay of a reply from
Washington to the Japanese note ol
December 31st.
? From the best source ol informa
tion now available, it is estimated that
the gold product of the world for the
calendar year 1907 will be from $403,000,000
to $405,000,000 as against $400,342,000
for the year 1906. Of this the
United States will probably contribute
from $88,000,000 to $89,000,000. South
African was the only country showing
a material increase during 1907, and
this increase in South Africa will offset
the falling off in production in
other countries, so that the product oi
the world will equal or exceed that ol
1906. Of the total production of 1906,
the United States is credited with having
produced $34,375,100: Australasia,
$82,391,400; South Africa, $136,500,000,
the total of the three countries equivalent
to three-quarters of the total product.
While Great Britain proper produced
less than $30,000 in gold in 1906,
the gold output of her colonies and dependencies
was over $245,000,000.
? Washington, January 11: General
N. J. Bacheldor of New Hawpshire,
master of the National Grange, and
members of the legislature and executive
committees of the grange, today
had a conference with Postmaster General
Meyer concerning his plans to extend
the parcels post General Bacheldor
said that the National Grange was
heartily in accord with Mr. Meyer's
proposition. He pointed to the fact
that there are in operation 38,250 rural
mail routes, the carriers of which have
approximately 15,000,000 people. The
wagons of the rural carriers do not carry
mail to much, if any, more than 20
per cent of the capacity, and General
Bacheldor is of the opinion that an extension
of the parcels post system could
be made to great advantage to millions
of the people of the country by utilizing
the rural carriers' vehicles to a
greater extent than they now are utilized.
It is the purpose of the grange
to support before the committees of
congress the proposition of Postmaster
General Meyer.
? Tangier, Morocco, January 11: Mullai
was a few days ago proclaimed sultan
at Fez, one of the capitals of Morocco,
and a holy war has been declared.
Unverified reports to this effect
have been in circulation for some days,
but today official confirmation was received.
Abdel Aziz, the sultan of record
was formally deposed from the sultanate.
The proclamations were issued
at the principal mosque and all the
Moorish formalities attending such ceremonies
were scrupulously observed.
The Ulemas or body of Moslem doctors,
who Interpret the Koran, of the Choffas
tribes, f.nd the city officials, are principal
leaders in the movement. The followers
of Mullal Hafid made use of the
decision of Abde'l Aziz to co-operate
with France and Spain in the execution
of the terms of the Algeclras act and
the installation of an international police
force in the coast towns of Morocco
to arouse the fanaticism of the southern
Moors. Abdel Aziz was represented
as having sold himself to the Christians,
as having connived at the invasion
of the sacred soil of Morocco by
the Christians and as being ready tc
turn the country over to the foreigners,
? New York, January 11: Emigrants
returning from the United States tc
Europe within the year took with them
{110,000,000, or almost enough to build
the Panama canal. This computation
is made by the North German Lloyd
Steamship company, based on their figures
showing the number of returning
emigrants to have been 550,045, and the
average amount of money carried home
by each emigrant to have been {200. As
offsets to the {110.000,000 taken out ol
the country must be figured {15,000,000
spent here for 'railway and steamship
transportation, and the {27,293,760
brought into the country by the 1,364,688
emigrants who arrived last year
"The annual pilgrimage is a benefit,"
said Gustav H. Schwab, representative
of the line, in discussing the matter,
in that it rplpasps anii nuts in ciroula
tion a large sum of money which has
been saved and which the traveler is
obliged to pay out in railroad and
steamship fares. During the year 1901
I estimate that not less than $106,000,000
was paid by all classes for steamship
fares. Of this amount $25,000,000
was contributed by first cabin travelers
$17,000,000 by second cabin and $64,000,000
by the third, or steerage passengers."
? Rio Janeiro, January 12: The American
fleet of sixteen battleships entered
the port of Rio Janeiro at 3 o'clocl
this afternoon, after a passage fronr
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, more than 3,000
miles, unir.arred by serious accident.
replete with interesting incidents
and ending with a royal welcome froir
the thousands that had gathered ti
greet the visitors. The fleet weighed
anchor at 4 o'clock on the afternoon oi
December 24th at Port-of-Spain anc
exactly at 4 o'clock today the vessels
were swinging at their anchors in this
beautiful harbor. All of the battleships
are here, but the supply ships, Culgosi
and Glacier, are still at sea, not having
been able to keep along with tht
others. The fleet has now covered
about 4,600 miles, about one-third tht
distance of the voyage to San Francisco.
Early in the morning the crowds
began to gather in the streets of Rir
Janeiro, and Jong- before the signal flags
were hoisted announcing the approach
of the American ships of war
thousands of curious spectators hac
taken up the points of vantage on public
buildings and the elevated quays
When the fleet steamed into the harbor,
under the splendid mountains thai
frame the bay, beautiful in the tropical
sun, it was a spectacle incomparable
to the eye.
? New York, January 11: A Bedouin
chief in command of a great ocean liner
is unusual in marine circles, but
Captain Sheikh Ashiri, who arrived
here today in command of the steamship
Moskwa, of the Russian volunteer
line, is a pure Bedouin, hereditary chiel
of a desert tribe that numbers nearly
100,000 souls. The forefathers of Captain
Ashiri used to pilot "ships of the
desert," and the evolution of the son ol
a sand wanderer to the berth of master
mariner of a ship that traverses the
greatest Sahara of all?the broad waters?gave
the dock men and loungers
a lot to talk about. The commander
. f the Moskwa, who is 51 years old
was born in the ancient city of Damascus.
within a stone's throw of the
"straight street" where "St. Paul was
struck by a great light." and where, as
a boy, he watched the gathering of the
pilgrims on their way to Mecca and the
holy shrine. When 12 years old he
went to sea, and soon entered the service
of the Russian government, and for
23 years navigated government vessels
between Odessa and Vladivostok. He
was in charge of the Saratov when
Port Arthur was ceded to Russia and
he was the first representative of his
country to enter the port. In the Russian-Japanese
war he won distinction
as commander of the Russian transport
Saratov, and won the fuvor of the tsar.
He has many medals and decorations
for gallant conduct, and by special permission
of the tsar was enabled to marry
a daughter of the Russian Admiral
i Peveleshine, a hero of the Crimean war.
Captain Sheikh Ashiri is worth more
thati $250,000 in his own right, owns
I olive and palm groves near Jerusalem,
and Is held in affectionate reverence
by the desert tribe of which he is chief.
; $hc \|orkt'illr inquirer.
Entered at the Postofflce in Yorkvllle
as Mail Matter of the Second Class.
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YORKVILLE, S. C.i
TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1908.
In the weekly statement of the clear?
lnghouse banks of New York issued
last Saturday, it appeared that the sur'
plus of reserves was 111,509,550 in ex>
cess of legal requirements. The reserves
had been below the legal requirements
since last October. It is
understood that deposits are now com.
ing in rapidly and the banks have more
money than they know how to use to
advantage.
I ? ,
The chairman of the Georgia railL
road commission is trying to Induce the
railroads that do business in the
' south to deposit their earnings in the
banks of the territory from which they
get their business. The railroad people
may have good reasons for sending ail
1 their earnings to the banks of New
1 York; but we do not believe that rea;
sons can be made to square with justice
to the public.
i
i Thk Enquirer has pleasure in
acknowledging the receipt of a copy of
1 "A Catalogue of the Mineral Localities
: of South Carolina." just submitted to
Governor Ansel by Prof. Earle E. Sloan,
i state geologist. This catalogue ini
eludes 505 pages of mineral information
most intelligently and satisfactorily
condensed, and also quite a number
of photographic illustrations and charts,
i Practically all of the mining and quar!
rying properties in the state are noted,
and the gold mines of this county come
for particularly close attention. The
work is calculated to prove of much
benefit to the mineral interests of the
state, and Prof. Sloan is entitled to
much commendation for the thoroughness
and comprehensiveness of his
work.
A San Francisco dispatch announces
that the district court of appeals has
handed down a decision that is favori
able to Schmitz and Reuff, the ring
leaders of the San Francisco boodlers.
It was admitted that both had been
collecting graft. Reuff plead guilty to
i the charge of having extorted money
from French restaurant proprietors under
promise of immunity from police
, interference, and stated that he had
, divided with Schmitz. There was reall
ly no question of the fact. But the disI
trict court of appeals has reversed the
court below on the ground that "there
, is no law covering the alleged offense."
The decision may be all right. It is not
I difficult to comprehend the point.
^ ??S ? nmrf Vtinop
UUUl'ls are auie iu ueeiue an; uime,
anyway; but this is a case where many
. will be led to conclude that the pull of
( Schmitz and ReufT was more far-reaching
than was at first supposed.
| MERE-MENTION.
The United States house of reprej
sentatives is considering a bill to mod[
ify the penal laws Atlanta, SavanI
nah and other cities are calling in tneir
clearinghouse certificates Congress
, has adopted a resolution calling for all
| the papers in the case of Admiral
, Brownson A Washington dispatch
! credits President Roosevelt with pre.
dieting that the Republican national
( convention will nominate Taft on the
t first ballot The Alabama supreme
( court has upheld the constitutionality
of the state law requiring liquor saloons
to close at 9 o'clock The gov.
ernment of Japan has about completed
an agreement with the United States,
whereby it is to restrict the emigration
: of Japanese laborers to Hawaii
? The temperature at Saranac Lake, N.
Y., Friday, was 20 degres below zero.
; Win. F. Walker, defaulting cashier
of the New Britain, Conn., Savings
! bank, who was arrested last month in
1 Mexico, will fight extradition A
' New York rumor to the effect that the
Southern railway is to be placed in the
hands of a receiver, is positively denied
by J. P. Morgan & Co It Is now
I estimated that the cost of digging the
Panama canal will be about $210,000,000,
instead of the original estimate of
" $140.000,000 A deficit of $740,000
has been discovered in the bank of Yucatan
at Merida. Three of the banks'
officers are charged with the theft
1 The cruiser North Carolina built at
t Newport News, Va., failed to make the
i contract speed in its official trials last
week Four firemen lost their lives
and a number of others were seriously
* hurt by being caught under falling
i floors of a fire-gutted New York office
' building Friday night Twenty per1
sons were killed and forty injured in a
f railroad wreck near Machachi, Ecua'
dor. Friday Five passengers were
killed in a head-on-collision on the
Alabama and Mississippi railroad near
Vinegar Bend, Ala., Friday It is
estimated that $20,000,000 have been
deposited in New York Savings banks
since January 1st Dazed by grief
at the loss of his wife, Edwin Collier
of Ravena. O., took his blind son to her
grave, killed him and attempted to
commit suicide New York saloon*
keepers charge that the Anti-Saloon
? league is supported by multi-million
aires and used by them for political
purposes .Two negroes were lynched
I near Chester, Ga., last Friday as the
result of a murderous assault on a
white farmer and his wife Three
' persons were killed and a number se
riously injured in a wreck on the
Southern Pacific railway at Aurora,
Cal? Friday The torpedo boat flotilla
arrived at Pernambuco, Brazil,
i Friday, two days behind schedule time.
K. B. Gibson, a whisky agent,
; was fined $1,000 at Athens, Ga.. last
I week, for violation of the prohibition
laws The next annual session of
the International Cotton Federation
will convenet in Paris on June 1st
Four persons are dead as the result of
the wreck of a Southern railway Flor!
ida tourist train at Hiram, Ga., last
' Tuesday Between 1.200 and 1,500
cigar makers are on a strike at Ha>
vana The American Printing com
pany on last Thursday cut the price of
( print cloths from 6 to 7 cents a yard.
Paul Bowers, aged 14 years, shot
. a negro burglar to death at Alberton,
Pa., early Friday morning, after the
burglar had knocked him down A
> large alligator was found under the
i floor occupied by an Atlanta, Ga., bar'
room, last Friday \ Berlin inven
tor says he will construct an airship,
s capable of carrying 100 passengers....
The Philadelphia board of education is
up against the proposition of providing
i separate schools for white and negro
' children It is alleged that Repubi
lican senators are divided on the AldI
rich currency bill. The western sena-1
tors claim that the bill is entirely too
favorable to Wall street Sixteen
persons, mostly children, are dead as
the result of a panic at Harvey institute
at Barnesley. England, on Saturday.
The panic was caused by a cry
of fire Wiley T. Smith and J. W.
Harper are under arrest at Vancouver,
B. C? charged with stealing J50.0Q0
from the First National bank of Hattlesburg.
Miss., some months ago
Six hundred bills calling for appropriations
amounting to $80,000,000, have
been introduced in the Sixtieth congress
Two young women fought
a duel, using a knife and pistol, at
North Braddock. Ph., Saturday. A 22year-old
suitor was the stake. Both
the women may die.
GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE.
Pv?riitiu? Ansel Makes Imnor
tant Recommendations to General
Assembly.
Special to Yorkvllle Enquirer:
Columbia, January 14.?Governor Ansel's
annual message to the general
assembly was read to the house and
senate immediately upon the convening
of those bodies today at noon. It
is rather shorter than the average of
such messages; but it is quite an interesting
document, especially so in
hat it goes directly to the point of several
vital questions in which the people
of the whole state are deeply interested.
The general assembly is reminded
that it is not obeying the constitution
in the matter of levying an annual tax
sufficient to defray the state government.
and that the state is now about
one year behind in its revenues. His
excellency recommends the levy of two
extra mills in order that the state may
be able to get on a cash basis. This
would increase the levy to 6J mills.
His excellency also calls attention to
the fact that the constitution is not
being obeyed in the matter of the assessment
of property for taxation, in
that the present regulations on the
subject are not calculated to secure a
just and equitable assessment. He recommends
the adoption of a strict inquisatorial
plan under which the auditor
will require the taxpayer to take an
oath publicly and correctly answer
questions intended to bring out Information
as to all the personal property
he owns and the value of the same. He
suggests that in this way it will be
practicable to get on the tax books not
only all visible property; but stocks
bonds, notes and other forms of credit
that now largely escape the assessor.
There is a recommendation for tl?e
passage of an act requiring that labor
contracts be put in writing and recorded
with the register of mesne conveyance
and that provision be made for
the punishment of landlord or laborer,
whichever shall violate the same. He
thinks that such an act, with the act
now of force against the enticement of
laiinp mipstlon will be
lauiuci^, uiv iuu'.? ?,v.vw?. ?
nearer solution.
The repeal of the lien law Is recommended.
His excellency says he thinks
this law has served its purpose, and as
a reason for repeal says that too often
the lien is taken up before the crop Is
planted, and often but little work is
done after the lien is taken up.
The governor recommends that there
shall be only one dispensary in each of
those counties that permit the sale of
liquor, and that when in the case of
election on the question of voting out
a dispensary if, on the face of the returns,
it appears that the dispensary
has lost it must be closed immediately
and be kept closed until the matter Is
finally decided otherwise by the election
canvassers or the courts.
A complete revision of the registration
books is recommended, and it is
suggested that provision be made for
new books upon which shall appear the
names of all voters who are alive and
entitled to vote.
Both Winthrop and Clemson are commended
for their splendid work and a
new dormitory is recommended for
Winthrop.
A liberal appropriation is recommended
for needy Confederate veterans.
The governor states that his expenditures
in maintaining an establishment
in reasonable keeping with the dignity
of his position are more than one thou
sand dollars over and above his salary
and suggests that the salary of the
governor and judges at least, might be
restored to what they once were.
The balance of the message is devoted
mainly to calling attention to the
reports on various state institutions.
THE PRIVILEGE TAX MONEY.
Fair Play Thinks That Winthrop Should
Share Alike With Clemson.
Editor Yorkville Enquirer.
In your issue of Friday 10th, you
draw attention to the usefulness of
Winthrop college in supplying teachers
and express the hope that the legislature
will assist it and not have two
hundred girls debarred on account of
want of room. Why will not some live,
wide awake statesman, arise and draw
attention to the fact of Clemson college
securing all of the $160,000 inspection
tax from fertilizer companies last
year. In the opinion of many, a law
could easily be passed allowing Winthrop
to receive a portion, at least 33
per cent, of this large sum. I am not
a lawyer; but know that such a law
can be passed so as to overcome the
plea that Clemson college must receive
all (the inspection tax), because of its
inspection and analysis of fertilizers.
See Clemson's published report, (I
quote from memory), only $17,000 was
used for that purpose. Let the girl's
college have at least 50 per cent, or 33
per cent of the same that now goes
to Clemson each year. I think fully as
many farmer's girls attend Winthrop
as farmers boys attend Clemson in
proportion to the capacity of each col1
t nf nnr "Vnrk rnnntv
U. ,
representatives take this matter up and
push hard and strong, a bill to allow
Winthrop a part of the $160,000 of Inspection
tax on fertilizers, that now
goes to Clemson,
Fair Play.
Yorkville, S. C., January 13.
A Progressive People.?The York
County Farmers' Union seems to be
composed of wide-awake and progressive
people. At its last meeting the
following resolutions were adopted:
1. That the public roads of this country
are not worthy of a free, progressive
people who lay claim to the possession
of public spirit.
2. That, however submissively we
may have appeared to acquiesce in our
so-called road working system, we have
always recognized it as a sham and a
fraud and we so recognize it now.
3. That we fully appreciate that first
class serviceable roads are not to be
obtained in this country except at very
considerable expense, and that the only
way of meeting that expense is bv going
down into our own pockets.
4. That provided the money is judiciously
expended, and none is misappropriated
or wasted, good roads are
worth to the individual and to the public.
all they cost.
5. That the most practicable and
equitable method of constructing public
roads is by means of property taxation.
6 That we are willing and anxious
to submit to such taxation.
7. That we believe York county can
well afford to issue bonds to the amount
of $500,000 or even $1,000,000 and use
the entire proceeds in constructing
good, permanent roads.
isn I lllis nn* musi iruiuinauic
you ever heard of?farmers wanting to
be taxed to build good roads?
We wonder what would happen if
such a resolution should be offered in
the Anderson County Farmers' Union.
?Anderson Daily Mall.
Tui: Tu.vw Jpry.?The empaneling
of the Thaw jury was completed last
Friday afternoon. The complete jury
is as follows:
1?Charles F. Cremmelis, ship broker,
foreman.
2?Arthur it. ."seaming. empioym*
linker.
3?George W. Caiy. dry goods.
4?George ('. Rupprecht, salesman.
i>?John H. Holbert. mineral waters.
?;?David Iv Arrowsmith, manager.
7?William F. Doolittle. auditor's
clerk.
s?William H. McHugh, clerk.
9?Frank J. Howell, manufacturer.
10?William Burck, assistant secretary
Y. M. C. A.
11?Francis Dovale, real estate.
12?James A. Hooper, meats and
provisions.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Fred F. Pooser, Orangeburg?Has field
peas for sale at $1.23 per bushel.
R. W. Bailes, No. 1?Wants the owner
to call for a hog which he has taken
up.
H. A. Elliott, No. 5?Will appreciate
the return of a lost pocketbook containing
$35 in bills.
J. A. Tate, C. C. C. Pis?Gives notice
of sale of real estate in the case of
M. A. Moore against W. T. Moore,
Adtnr., and others.
J. Ij. Williams & Co.?Are offering
blankets at 25 per cent discount.
J. W. Dobson?Gives you an idea for
the use of canned goods.
Star Drug Store?Offers a suggestion
in the way of resolutions that may
prove beneficial.
Yorkvllle Hardware Co.?Advises farmers
to have an equipment of blacksmith
tools on the farm.
York Furniture Co.?Suggests that If
you want the best you should buy a
Will C. FVee sewing machine.
York Drug Store?Says an ounce of
prevention Is worth a pound of cure.
W. E. Ferguson?Tells you about the
things he has for your table.
York Supply Co.?Will be In the fertilizer
business this season and wants ,
your business.
Strauss-Smith Co.?Begins a January
clearance sale tomorrow, with inter
esung prices.
Thomson Co.?Reminds you of its sensational
cut piice sale, which is now ;
on.
Herndon & Gordon?Have acid phos- 1
phate for making compost, and a full 1
line of groceries, etc. 1
Glenn & Allison?Announces the return
of Mr. Allison from market with a
carload of mules and horses.
National Union Bank?Invites you to J
open an account with it and promises
satisfactory service. ;
First National Bank?Says that $1 will
start an account with it and wants 1
you for a depositor. i
T. W. Wood & Son, Richmond?Talk
about seeds and ask you to send for
a catalogue. See fourth page.
M. W. White?Prints some maxims 1
and applies the morals to his brok- (
erage business.
*
The county chaingang costs more '
than it comes to.
There is lots available electric power
that is unutilized. 1
Lien law or no lien law. hog and .
hominy will still be a winner.
If the county campaign should take ,
place at this season of the year instead
of later in the summer, the roads would ,
come in for more consideration than Is ,
otherwise the case. j
It gives The Enquirer especial pleas- i
ure to call attention to the business of
Messrs. T. W. Wood & Sons, the well- i
known seedsmen of Richmond, Va.
Hundreds of people throughout this i
section have had business relations i
with Messrs. Wood & Sons, and so far i
as we have any knowledge, those relations
have been satisfactory in every
instance. This concern is thoroughly
reliable. It puts up and carries seeds, i
especially adapted to the south in almost
endless variety, and on application
it always tells its customers exactly
what they want to know about what to
plant, how to plant, how to cultivate, i
and how to take care of the harvested i
products. Generally the seeds of i
Messrs. Wood & Sons are to be found i
with local dealers; but when they are
not to be had from local dealers, it Is <
an easy matter to obtain them by mail, I
express or freight. I
We are convinced that the York
county chalngang is an expensive and
Inefficient institution. We are not intending
to criticise the management.
We have no facts upon which to base 1
such criticism. We have no reason to i
assume that it is not being managed !
as well as it has ever been managed, or
as well as it is likely to be managed. <
The fact remains however, that the
class of convicts who go to make tip i
the chaingang does not constitute very !
desirable labor. Healthy, able-bodied '
convicts are the exception rather than ]
the rule. The average value of the la- 1
bor therefore is very low. The expense 1
of maintaining a force of laborer^ ?f '
this class is greater than if the force
was of a higher class. We are inclined
to the view that work of the chaingang <
has cost much more than free labor 1
would have cost. We think that the i
county is paying from SI.00 to $1.50 to i
get 50 cents' worth of work. We be- <
lieve that if the chaingang were abol- i
ished and the convicts were sent to the l
penitentiary, it would be better for i
the roads, better for the convicts and i
better for the county. <
FIRST WEEK JURORS.
The following venire of petit jurors i
was drawn this morning to serve dur- 1
ing the first week of the approaching '
term of the court of common pleas, <
which convenes on Monday, February
3. and lasts two weeks, Judge R. C. '
Watts to preside: 1
L. Holler Catawba. J
J. L. McGarity Bethesda.
W. M. Adklns Fort Mill. '
C. W. Brown Catawba,
R. C. Patrick Bethel.
A. C. Bailey Rullock's Creek.
J. T. Devinney Catawba.
D. E. Fincher Catawba.
R. A. Carroll York.
Lindsay McFadden Catawba.
H. D. Cranford Bullock's Creek.
R. M. Barnett Bethel.
T. A. Brown King's Mountain.
J. G. Anderson Catawba.
A. C. Drennon ..Bethel.
D. J. Bigger King's Mountain.
J. J. Scoggins Broad River.
F. E. Clinton King's Mountain.
W. B. Ardrey Fort Mill.
W. B. Sealy Catawba.
R. W. Burris Bethesda.
W. J. Mullinax King's Mountain.
W. H. Dickson King's Mountain.
Jno. Neely King's Mountain.
A. A. Nunn Catawba.
G. C. Blankenship Fort Mill.
J. B. Craig Catawba.
R. M. Bratton Broad River.
D. E. Mahaffev Catawba.
W. H. Ferguson ....King's Mountain.
S. W. Dandridge Catawba.
T. F. Meek Bullock's Creek.
J. W. Jones Broad River.
W. H. Williamson Catawba,
D. P. Latimore Broad River.
J. K. Roach Catawba.
ABOUT PEOPL.E.
Senator Brice left for Columbia yesterday,
accompanied by his family.
On Monday, January the 6th. the
children, grandchildren, relatives and
friends of Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Kendrick,
met at their home, in the lower Steele
Creek community, to celebrate the 84t)i
birthday of Mr. Kendrick. For several
years they have observed this eustom
and the gathering this year came quite
up to the standard of former years.
Mr. Kendrick, though advanced in
years, is hale and hardy, for one of his
age, and takes a lively interest in the
movements of the world around him.
Here at his present home, he has lived
" - hoe/1 ii-Afl. o
nil" IUclIiy >(TilI SI, cluu ?/> uaiu ?? w? auu
good management he has prospered. 1
He is known by all as a man of sterling
worth, business integrity, and
Christian character. He has reared a
large family of sons and daughters, all
of whom are doing well and occupying
honorable places In the world. Two of
the sons are ministers and occupy
places of responsibility in the state of
Louisiana. He has been twice married.
His present wife was Miss Mary
Mendenhall. Of this marriage there
has been no issue. She is much loved
by all the children and family connection.
On this day, according to the
usual custom, the members of the family
came, bringing baskets filled with <
good things. A Dounuiui ami wcu-prepared
dinner was served and the day
was spent in pleasant social intercourse.
After a most enjoyable day. as the
hours began to wear toward evening,
the pleasant company broke up, each
one hoping that Mr. Kendriek and his
amiable companion may each live to
celebrate many more returns of the
happy day.
WITHIN THE TOWN.
? At the annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Loan and Savings Bank.
Yorkville, on last Wednesday, the incumbent
directors were re-elected as
follows: J. F. Wallace. J. S. Brice. W.
B. Wylie. W. W. Lewis, W. S. Wilkerson.
B. N. Moore, S. M. McNeel. Mr. S.
M. McNeel was re-elected president,
Mr. J. S. Brice, vice president and Mr.
T. O. Dunlap. cashier. The stockholders
of the First National Bank held
their annual meeting this morning. The
ncumbent directors were re-elected as
follows: W. I. Wltherspoon, W. B.
Moore. W. G. White. J. M. Stroup, J. L.
Rainey. W. M. Love, O. E. Wilklns, R.
2. Allein, and W. R. Carroll. Mr. O. E.
Wilklns was re-elected president, Mr.
W. I. Witherspoon, vice president, and
Mr. R. C. Allein. cashier.
? Mrs. Emma Bertha Plaxco, wife of
Mr. John B. Plaxco, died at her home
in the southwestern outskirts of Yorkcille
this morning at 6 o'clock, of gastritis.
after a tedious and painful illness
extending over several weeks,
rite deceased was a Miss Cousar of
Lancaster county. She was born on
October 13, 1870, and was married to
. . 1 1 T??,01 1 QQi <C2l,o
IKT II U^UiLIlll <M1 uaiiuaij ox, auvh ohv
was a graduate of the Winthrop Train- |
Ing school, Columbia, and was a useful
member of the Associate Reformed
church. Because of exceptionally admi
-able qualities Of heart and mind,
rihe was held In high esteem by all who
knew her. She leaves six living children
as follows: Leon, Carrie, Willie
Bart, Virginia, Eula May, Margaret;
also a brother and two sisters, Mr.
Bartow Cousar of Lancaster, Mrs. R.
N. Plaxco of Bethany, and Mrs. Clark
Robinson of Lancaster. The funeral
takes place this afternoon at 2 o'clock
from the residence and the Interment
will be In the Yorkville cemetery at 3
Vclock.
SAFE CRACKERS AT SHARON.
Safe crackers blew open the safe of
Kennedy Bros., at Sharon last Saturday
morning at about 2 o'clock, secured
about $300, including two small checks,
and went on their way without leaving
any clue as to who they were, where
they came from, or whither they went.
When Messrs. Kennedy Bros., opened
the store Saturday morning, they
found the interior badly demolished.
The safe door had been blown from its
fastenings and thrown some distance.
The tioor was covered with merchandise
that had been Jarred by the explosion
and the cash that was known to
have been in the safe the night before
was gone.
When the people began to gather and
compare notes, it developed that several
of them had heard an explosion at
at out 2 o'clock. Dr. Saye was certain
sf the hour for he had gotten up only a
few minutes before to gargle his throat.
The Messrs. Kennedy remembered having
seen a stranger In the store the day
" ovIaho Mo Vin.l mode a qmflll Dlir
chase and when he asked for a drink of
water he was directed to the bucket in
th? back part of the store near the safe;
but they did not give him close enough
attention to be able to describe him.
Deputy Sheriff Quinn and State Constable
Sanders went out to Sharon Saturday
in response to a request over the
telephone; but there was little that they
could do. Some negroes told of two
men who had a fire the night before at
a point about three quarters of a mile
west of the village and just a short
distance north of the railroad. Some
of the negroes said two men and others
3ald three. The officers made a careful
inspection of the vicinity. They
found where the fire had been and In
the embers they found a cigarette stub
and a wad of charred paper; but nothing
to suggest a clue as to who the
parties may have been.
The safe cracking was a very good
job, carried out In the usual way. The
operators had first stopped all the
cracks around the door with soap and
after pouring nitro-glycerine into an
opening left for the purpose, had caused
the explosion in the usual manner. Because
of the rain that night and during
the morning, there were no tracks
by which they could follow.
THE SELECTION OF OFFICIALS.
This is a campaign year, a year in
which the voters are called upon to fill
all political offices, from United States
senator down to county coroner, and
while all the politicians including most
af the office holders and all the office
iuc ivcciiij ttnvc tu uic oiluation,
that part of the country's citizenship
.which is most deeply interested,
the people who, by their labor and toil
produce the means which hold things
together and keep them moving is, as
usual, giving the matter but little
thought.
As the situation now appears, there
will be very little local concern in state
ar national politics. This state does not
figure in national politics except as to
the matter of nominating Democratic
and Republican presidential candiiates.
After the candidates have been
nominated, South Carolina voters are
mere lookers on. The people here have
a vote for United States senator and
also for congressman from the Fifth
Congressional district. The understanding
is that there will be a number
;>f candidates to choose between in the
filling of both of these positions; but
It would hardly be fair to say that
there are involved any issues other
than the mere question of personal
choice.
In addition to the offices of United
States senator and congressman from
the Fifth district, and the various state
affices, the people of York county are
to make selections of representatives in
the state legislature including the house
md senate, and are also to fill the offices
of clerk of the court, sheriff, superintendent
of education, county supervisor,
county commissioners and
coroner. The offices of auditor and
treasurer are filled by appointment but,
by custom, on the recommendation of
the voters, who consequently have as
much responsibility here as elsewhere.
It is quite a common claim that every
voter has as much say-so in the
matter of choosing officers as every
ether voter. But this is a fallacy. Of
course there are hundreds of people
who believe that under the existing
conditions each and every man who desires
to run for a public office simply
innounces that desire or has his friends
to do it for him and goes before the
people on his merits, leaving the result
to the unhampered choice of the people.
There have been numerous instances
where inexperienced men have
aunched themselves into politics on
this very theory; but to men who have
Pad years of experience in these matters
such innocence is simply amusing,
rhey kjiow that getting there is generally
a case of wire pulling front the
fump and that the idea of the free and
jnhampered choice of the people is a
thing so rare that but few of them
would claim to have ever known a case,
in a like manner the individual who
thinks lie has done his full duty when
le has cast his vote is as innocent as
the candidate who thinks he has nothng
to do but be voted for.
With the politicians, the game of pol
tics is going on ail tnp wnue. jraaes
ind alliances arc in process of formation.
There are efforts to get certain
men out from certain neighborhoods for
certain offices. Often one man uses
mother for his own benefit while the
man who is being used is being flattered
Into believing that he is a principal
instead of a mere agent. There is lots
ntrigue and chicanery among the politicians.
. They know how to use various
influences one way or the other.
If a man is not available as a positive
factor then it is not uncommon to
make use of him as a negative factor.
I'pon the whole the game is one that
most people would gladly avoid: but
from the nature of the case it is clearly
the duty of every man to participate,
[f he will think to steer clear of the
ivhole distasteful business, ne win nna
whenever he realizes what has been
lone, that he has been *an unwitting
' arty to the consummation of things
hat are directly against his principles.
The local political game has already
commenced. There are several aspirints
to the seat of Senator Price in the
date senate, and there are a number
t' people who have their eyes upon various
of the county offices. As yet
things have not shaped up much. Two
rears ago there was an attempted alignment
for and against the state dispensary.
There was really very little
to it. As a matter of fact it was difficult
to say just where the line was.
hummed up and boiled down, more
than anything else, it was a fight between
ins and nuts with but little claim
?n tlie part of the outs except a desire
o get in and not a great deal of claim
m the part of the ins except that there
vas no reason why they should be put
nit. There was really no well-defined
ssue, and except for scheming and
vire pulling there would have hardly
>een a campaign.
From the present outlook, the first
scrimmage in the present campaign is
0 be over organization of the next
ounty convention and the election of
lie chairman of the Democratic execuive
committee. Ordinarily it would be
1 matter of but small importance as to ;
vho is chairman of the county execu- :
ive committee; but as things stand
there is some political advantage in the
position. Under conditions like those
existing where the average voter pays
but little attention to politics, the more
active executive committeeman has
greater influence than otherwise, and
the chairman of the executive committee
in touch with a political leader
at each precinct, is generally in a position
to exercise a strong influence
in behalf of himself and others.
He gets more or less consideration at
the hands of every candidate and he is
in a position to command a certain
amount of support from all. The people
who understand this best are now
set ling their wires toward the chairmanship
of the executive committee,
with the idea of either getting it for
themselves or some political friend who
will use his influence in their behalf.
It is .a very common thing nowadays
for men to complain of the character
and capacity of the men who fill some
of the public offices. Such complaints,
however, come in very poor taste, especially
from men of business affairs
and influence. When such people undertake
to criticise the character or capacity
of public officials they are only
condemning themselves. It is true that
everybody cannot have his personal
choice as to who shall fill any or all the
public offices; but the time has never
been when the intelligence and character
of this county could not control its
affairs. That time is not now. If It Is
n f.i f f Vin f n ntf noiir* nfflonna
a inti liitil aii^ ui me i^uuhij ui ijvcio
fail to measure up to a standard in
keeping with the average intelligence
of the county, then it is only because
the people generally have not done
their full duty in the primary elections.
LOCAL LACONICS.
Installation at Beersheba.
Notwithstanding the Inclement
weather last Sunday, there was quite
a representative congregation out on
account of the installation of Rev. H.
J. Mills as pastor of Beersheba. Rev.
E. E. Gillespie preached the sermon
of the occasion and charged the pastor.
Elder G. H. O'Leary charged the people.
The service was very interesting
and instructive to all present.
Not Doing Much.
In a talk with the Charlotte Observer
about the road situation in the
counties surrounding Mecklenburg, Mr.
Osmond Barringer says: "York and
Lancaster counties In South Carolina
are not doing much. Gaston county
went at It on a better plan than has
been followed by any other county.
Over there they laid out the roads, had
the grading done by contract and had
convict labor crush the stone and put
it down. The idea was to get the roads
quick and yet use the convicts to their
full wcrkin" capacity."
The Trains Are Needed.
Rock Hill Record: There is a rumor
afloat to the effect that the Southern
railway Is considering the matter of
discontinuing Xos. 35 and 36 that make
a round trip daily between Rock Hill
and Marlon, N. C. In view of the fact
that these trains afford convenient and
quick connections with the main lines
at Blacksburg, Rock Hill and Marion
and seem to be doing equally as much
business as either of the other trains
now being operated, it is to be hoped
that the management is either not considering
their discontinuance or if it
Is it will decide to allow them to re
main.
The Chaingang Question.
Rock Hill Record: Dr. Joseph H.
Saye, one of the representatives from
this county In the legislature, Is reported
as saying that he was trying to
devise a plan whereby the chaining
can be eliminated as a county institution,
and that he will propose at the
coming legislative session that an additional
tax of two mills be levied in this
county to be used exclusively for road
Improvement. To carry these ideas Into
effect would, of course, require new legislation.
Rut what the Record would
like to know Is, why the laws already
In effect are not obeyed by the county
commissioners of York? At the last
session of the legislature a law was
passed providing that the chaingang
should not be used In York county except
In building permanent roads. It Is
to be presumed that the county commissioners
know of this law?or ought
to know of it; and yet it is known of all
men that the chaingang In York county
Is about the most useless and extravagant
institution with which our people
have ever been burdened. We do not
know If it Is a fact, but It Is said that
the chaingang has cost the county, on
an average, about $15,000 a year for the
last ten years. And what has York
county to show for it? Comparatively
speaking, nothing. Let the county
commissioners see that the law Is
obeyed.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? The Newberry County Farmers'
Union adopted resolutions calling for
a reduction of 30 per cent in the cotton
acreage.
? There was a large fire at NinetySix
Friday morning, starting about 2
o'clock. The loss amounts to $14,800,
distributed as follows; J. C. Hutchinson,
store and stock, $8,000, Insurance,
$5,000: Rev. A. J. Cauthen, brick store,
$3,000, Insurance, $2,000; Dr. W. H.
Holland, store, telephone exchange and
office, $3,800, insurance, $2,800. Nothing
of any consequence was saved from
the burned buildings.
? The Huguenot Cotton Mills of
Grenville, was placed in the hands of a
receiver last Saturday, by order of the
United States District Judge Brawley.
It is stated that the mill had been under
financial embarrassment for more
than a year, more than $50,000 having
been lost by unfortunate contracts. The
capitalization of the mill is $140,000,
and the debts amount to $150,000.
? Columbia, January 11: The commission
appointed by an act of the
last legislature to wind up the affairs
of the former state dispensary today
made its report to Governor Ansel. It
is sflown tnai trie iuiai hu?t v*?
hand, including realty, amount to
$888,048.16. with liabilities of $612.968.66.
The total amount charged
against the counties is $6,533.10. The
report condemns the purchase of supplies
in that bonds were not required
and gross overcharges are admitted
by representatives of the various whisky
houses dealing with the dispensary.
The commission also turns over
to the attorney general the names of
parties said to be guilty of misdeeds
in their connection with the dispensary.
An account of the Richland Distilling
company of $1,500 said to have
been owing was afterward charged up
$5,700. The report also shows that the
accounts of the state dispensary are
ir. a chaotic condition, some entries
being transferred to make balances.
The commission expresses itself as being
anxious to run to earth the peo
-1 """X t VlQ
pie who have oeen steuuus uum me.
state through the dispensary and says
it is willing to serve six months without
pay in order to accomplish this
service.
? Anderson special of January 11:
President T. T. Wakefield, of the Anderson
County Farmers' Union, returned
to Anderson today from Memphis,
where he attended the big mass
meeting of the tlonal Union. South
Carolina was represented by W. C.
Moore, state business agent; J. B.
Harris, president of the Oconee County
Union; Mr. Manus, the Lancaster
Union, and Mr. Wakefield. Each of
these gentlemen figured conspicuously
at the Memphis meeting, being appointed
on various important committees.
Mr. Wakefield said today
that the Union has decided to stand
firm for 15 cents cotton. He thinks
that about 60 per cent of the crop has
been marketed, 25 per cent of which
was marketed by members of the?
Union. He says, judging from talks
with various delegates, the condition
that exists in South Carolina exists
all over the cotton belt. An important
action taken at the Memphis meeting
was looking toward the establishment
of the two bagging factories to manufacture
bagging out of rough cotton.
One of these factories will be located
east of the Mississippi and the other
west of that river. J. B. Harris of this
state, is a member of the committee
to choose a location. Mr. Wakefield
....nv memhors of the Union
II Mil .......J
are going to send their cotton to England
to be stored in English warehouses
so that they can realize 8 cents
per pound at 6 per cent Interest from
the Hank of England. This is in accordance
with the agreement Mr. YV.
0. Moore made for the Union while
in England recently. Several resolutions
were adopted at the Memphis
meeting directed to congress for relief
from the present financial flurry. These
resolutions have been published in The
Enquirer.
STANDS BY HIS GUNS.
Mr. James B. Wood Replies to the Comments
of the Columbia State.
Editor of The Yorkville Enquirer.
From your issue of January 7, I note
that the views 1 recently expressed to
your paper on the lien law have attracted
the attention of the Columbia
State, and that this great newspaper
has seen proper to propound to me
questions which It evidently considers
sufficient to demolish all of my arguments.
Some of my friends have been after
me to "come back at the State;" but as
to this I confess reluctance. There was
a big war going on in this country during
the period that I should have been
going to school, while I was from 11 to
to 15 years of age, and after the close
of that war I had to go to farming. 1
have had no opportunity to become a
polished writer. However, I ljave tried
to do a good deal of observing and
thinking, with the result that I have
not only gotton a pretty gooa grasp ui
agricultural conditions; but I think I
have learned enough to know that It
would be very foolish for me to undertake
a controversy on this or any other
subject with a man who makes writing
a profession. But if I am permitted to
have a little assistance in putting my
ideas in proper form. I will undertake
to write for The Enquirer what would
be my reply to the matters emphasized
by the State.
But before I begin, let me remark
that I am told that The State did not
reproduce my interview with The Enquirer.
Had it done so. I would not feel
that I am called upon to say anything
further, for I have already said about
all that it seems necessary to say. I
can hardly hope to convince anybody
who is already dead set in their views
on this question; but still, I believe I
am right, and I also believe that If the
lien law Is repealed there are many
who are now talking that way, who
will live to regret their present attitude.
From the State's remarks, I gather
that It would put me in the position of
holding that It is the poor devil of a
negro who is Just starting under the
lien system, who has raised Fork county's
average production of cotton and
corn per acre to the equal of that of
any other county in the Union. It
seems to me that a paper of the standing
and unquestioned ability of the
State should have arrived at a more
accurate comprehension of what I said.
Of course. I know that the average negro
lienor is a very poor farmer. I
know that the land he works deteriorates
rather than improves under
his tillage. That is the situation in
York as well elsewhere; but as I see it.
this is but an insignificant feature of
mis great question. we nave muic
land than we can work even under this
system, and if we would abolish this
system, we would have more idle land
thrown out to waste than we have now.
But do not let us deceive ourselves Into
thinking that there is nothing in
this question other than the condition
of the negro.
When I said that our splendid progress
in farming is attributable to the
lien law, I had in mind a class of small
farmers, including thousands and of
which I am one. I never gave a lien in
my life; but still I consider that I am
a product of the lien law, and I am not
ashamed to acknowledge the fact. Had I
it not been for the lien law, I would
have probably been in the west long
ago, and most of my nearest neighbors
would still be the friends and acquaintances
cf my young manhood, also from]
old York county. Here Is the reason.
When we started, we had neither land
nor money. There was plenty of land
for sale; but no cash with which to
buy It. Those of us who had most ambition
and energy gathered up those
who had less ability to get there on
their own account and used the lien
law as capital with which to get credit
from the merchant. Some of us
came out on top while others fell by J
the wayside, and as I see it those of
us who succeeded must give the credit
to the lien law. And as the same con- |
ditions still exist today, I cannot see
why we want to break down the bridge
that carried us across safely so that no
more can get along over the same
route. The small farmer of this section
cannot be Justly accused of race suicide,
and the Columbia State may rest
assured that there is no lack of young
men and women now growing up who
will pretty soon need homes. Even at
this writine-. hundreds and hundreds
are working their way up by means of
the lien law.
Now, we will tell our good friend, the
State, how the lien law has contributed
and is contributing to good farming. I
have already said that the class of farmers
to which I belong numbers thousands.
I refer to men who have used
their efforts in the management of labor
for which the merchant furnished
part of the capital. Some forty years
ago, the late Robert Robinson used to
say of this Filbert country that if a
man could live here twelve months
without stealing the Lord would exempt
him after that. It was because the
country was so notoriously poor. Now
I will say that there are as many independent,
progressive, home owning farmers
to the square mile in this neighborhood
as are to be found in any oth.
t ? 1 J? + U
er neignDornooa 01 equai urea m ouuui
Carolina. Among them is one of the
best farmers I know of anywhere. He,
with his boys and a wage hand run
three plows. He has twp big corn cribs
and he has not seen the back end of
both of them at the same time since
they were built ten or twelve years
ago. I do not think he has yet commenced
on his 1906 corn. Right now he
has twenty-five or thirty bales of unincumbered
cotton that he is holding for
fifteen cents, and enough cash in the
bank to raise his next crop without
selling the cotton. While giving his
undivided attention to his own crop,
[this farmer is enabled also to pick up
4,000 pounds of good middling cotton
as rent from the balance of his farm.
He has nothing to do with the renters
except to collect the rent. They get
their supplies on liens from the merchant
who takes all the risk. I cite
this as illustration of how the lien law
helps the small farmer who puts York
county's cotton and corn production at
such a high average, and if the editor
of the State doubts the accuracy of my
statement, I invite him to come up to
Filbert, where I promise to take good
care of him while he is ascertaining
the facts. Also in behalf of the Filbert I
covmors' TTnlnn. I nromise him that he I
will not have a dull time.
With reference to borrowing money
on land at 7 or 8 per cent. I am at a
loss to decide whether the State's suggestion
is intended as information or
advice. Of course, we can borrow money
on land, those of us who have land;
but with the lien law out of the way
what Is the man who has no land to
borrow on? That is a question that is
worrying me. When it got to that place
the State quit. I am still hunting for
somebody to let me know what they are
going to for credit after the lien law
is out of the way. I mean a basis of
credit for those who need credit. Those
who don't need credit are able to take
care of themselves.
Although not in reply to anything,
the State has said, I want to make
clear an idea that was not fully expressed
in my recent interview. As set
forth in the article from Mr. Hoyt published
in The Enquirer last Friday,
from the Progressive Farmer, and as
no one need try to deny, the real and
only reason for the desire to repeal this
law is to "control labor." Now the
question is, will it do it? In my interview,
I assumed that if the negroes
should stay here, and labor should become
cheaper, that the value of the labor
of all us white farmers who try to
do the work of hands would be cheapened
in the same proportion. That I
hoiiovp ia true. But will the negroes
stay here? I believe that the best of
them, those who are making an independent
living as farmers will not. And
what will we have left? A pretty trifling
class. There will be considerable
competition for them, but with no law
to hold them to their contracts, how
are we going to control them? Won't
we go to fighting among ourselves by
offering them higher prices and all
kinds of inducements to get them for
ourselves? Older people remember how
we used to have to coquette with the
negro for his vote. Won't we have to
coquette with him the same way for
his labor? It is true that we can have
a law making it a misdemeanor to hire
or harbor a laborer already under
contract: but even under that there
will be annual strife for the best laborers.
And as to the whites, they will
certainly go to the mills rather than
work for such wages as can be paid for
farm labor.
I have already said that when we repeal
the lien law there will be a slump
In land values and if anybody believes
to the contrary I would like to have
their reasons. James B. Wood.
Filbert. January 14. 1908.
HrrnNa at the Sotth.?Kickers
are already at work, says a Washington
special to the News and Courier,
trying to reduce the representation of
the southern states in congress for the n
alleged reason that the negroes in the
south are disfranchised and not given
the right to vote. Heretofore efforts
along this line have been fostered by
Gen. Kelfer of Ohio, but this year a
new hill has been introduced by Representative
Bennett of New York: J
If this bill passes It will affect the ^
southern states us follows:
Alabama from nine representatives
to five.
Arkansas from seven representatives
to five.
Florida from three representatives
to two.
Georgia from eleven representatives
to six.
Louisiana from seven representatives
to four.
Mississippi from eight representatives
to three.
North Carolina from ten representa
tives to seven.
South Carolina from seven representatives
to three.
Tennessee from ten representatives
to eight. v
Texas from sixteen representatives to v
thirteen.
Virginia from ten representatives to
seven.
? Laurens, January 11: The Jury
in the case of the state against John
C. Jerry, the young German farmer,
who was placed on trial here yesterday,
charged with the murder of his
brother, to-day returned a verdict ot
not guilty as to murder and guilty of
carrying concealed weapons. After
taking an oath in open court that he,
John C. Jerry, would never again carry
on his person a concealed weapon
for any purpose, a fine of $1 was imposed
and Jerry was released. The A
incident has been freely commented
upon as a very unusual proceeding.
Jerry's plea cn the murder charge
was self-defense, the claim being
made that Frank Jerry, the deceased,
was making at the defendant with a
hoe when the fatal blow was struck.
? Washington, January 11: Commissioner
Capers, of the international ^
revenue bureau, today rendered a decision
to the effect that the government
must return to the state of South
Carolina $4,525.01 collected by the
government from the retail dispensers
for the sale of fermented malt liquor ,
sold in wholesale quantities. He says ^
the evidence obtained on the part of
the Federal government would not be
sufficient to sustain the government's
contention In court and therefore the
amount paid by the state under protest
should be refunded. The claim
Is based upon two grounds, first that
the tax, If due should have been from
the individual dispensers and not from
the state. Second, that there is a
failure of proof on the part of the
government to sustain the tax. The ^
commissioner bases his decision on 4
the second ground of the complaint,
and distinctly holds the state through 1
Its dispensers liable for tax as wholesale
malt liquor dealers, where they
sell in wholesale quantities. Had the
decision been against the state It would
then have been necessary for the state to
pay between $26,000 and $30,000, the
$4,625.01 representing one Installment
only.
? A gang of five suspicious characters,
supposed to be safecrackers was
arrested near Van Wyck, Lancaster
county, on last Monday and taken to
Lancaster JaJl. The men excited sus- 1
piclon while passing through the country
and several citizens surrounded
them in a- patch of woods, where they (r
had built a fire and commenced playing
cards. The strangers had reason to
believe that the surrounding party was
cf overpowering strength and made no
resistance. An examination of their effects
showed that their grips contained if
nitro-glycerlne, laundry soap, burglar's
tools and everythi- necessary for the
purposes of cracksmen. In the party
was a man who had showed up at Van
Wyck about ten days before and passed
off as a preacher until It became
clear that he was a trifling vagabond,
and it is supposed that this fellow was
the spotter for Jhe party. He had found
a safe to operate on and there would
have been some safe blowing that night 0
except for the capture of the men. The
supposed cracksmen were held on sus
picion until communication could be
had with a postofflce Inspector, and on
Saturday they were charged with having
broken into the postofflces at Pelzer
and Seneca. Federal Commissioner
Moore fixed their bonds at $10,000
each, and as none of them were able
to put up such a sum, all of them were
remanded back to Lancaster jail. An
effort was made to photograph the suspects
in the court room, but the effort
was only partially successful.
AT THE CHURCHE8.
BAPTIST.
Prayer meeting on Wednesday afternoon
at 3.30 o'clock. jp
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.
ft (W if _
2>pectai ^oures.
Comrrunion at Bethal. A
Next Sunday morning, January 19th.
Rev. J. K. Hall of Bethesda, will preach
for us Friday morning and night and
Saturday morning.
2t W. B. Arrowood, Pastor.
Notice to Steward*.
The Stewards of the Methodist
churches on York circuit are requested
to meet at the office of Dr. M. J. Walker
In Yorkvllle on Saturday afternoon.
January 18. at 3 o'clyock. Brethren
please every man be present, as Important
business is to come up.
2t H. B. Hardy. Pastor.
?he (Jotton SRarhet.
Yorkvllle, January 14.?Cotton 11|.
New York. January 13.?Spot cotton
11.55. Futures closed steady as fol- m*
lows: Jan. 10.74; Feb. 10.80; Mar. 10.89;
April 10.91; May 10.93; June 10.85;
July 10.80; Aug. 10.68; Oct. 10.20.
FIELD PEAS
AT $1.23 per bushel as long as they ; }
last. FRED F. POOSER.
Orangeburg. S. C.
4 tf 3t
BLACK STOCK HOG.
WEIGHING about 100 lbs. with
white spot on forehead, taken up
at my place, R. F. D. No. 1, Yorkville,
about three weeks ago. Owner can
have it by paying expenses, including
cost of this advertisement.
It* R. \V. BAILES. ^
GLENN & ALLISON.
NEW CAR 4
JUST ARRIVED
Our Mr. R. T. ALLISON is Just
back from the Market with a full car
%
of line MULES and HORSES, the car
having arrived this morning.
GLENN & ALLISON.