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Straps anil .facts. ? The constitutionality of the act of . congress of June. 1906. prohibiting railroad companies engaged in interstate commerce from discriminating against members of labor organizations in the matter of employment, was called into question by the case of William Adair vs. United States which was decided by supreme court of United States last Tuesday favorable to Adair. The opinion was by Justice Harlan, who held the law to be repugnant to the constitution. ? New York, January 28: Charles O'Neil, only 19 years old. convicted of highway robbery, today was sentenced by Judge Dike, in the Brooklyn county court, to Sing Sing for not less than 19 years nor more than 19 years and six months. O'Neil though but a boy, has a long police record. Within a year he has been arrested for burglary, grand larceny and disorderly conduct, but managed each time to loan* with a lieht sentence in jail or go free through a technicality or a disagreement of the Jury. In sentencing O'Xell Judge Dike said: "O'Xeil, your race as a thug and highwayman in this community is run. Let your kind learn from your sentence that no foolish sentiment will move me in cases of this kind. I will do my part to discourage such attacks in our borough. and will give sentences that your kind would do well to consider." ? Because of the disturbed conditions in Haytl, and as a guarantee for the protection of American interests, it has been decided to dispatch the cruiser "Des Moines" to that Island, with her headquarters in the vicinity of the troubled section. The gunboat, "Eagle," commanded by Captain Marveil, now at St. Marc, will look after the protection of these interests until the arrival of the cruiser. The immediate reason for the increase of the naval force in Haytlen waters was the receipt of a dispatch on January 21, from Capt. Marvell, which, in addition to reporting the fact that St. Marc had been retaken by the government forces, added that a number of buildings had been burned and that the proper ty of an American had suffered. On January 22. a well laid plot, involving many prominent men of Hayti, and seeking for the overthrow of the Haytien government, was discovered. An ' immense amount of stores to be used in the plot were found and seized by the secret service officers. ? New York, January 28: Employes of the United States Steel corporation who hold stock subscribed for under the profit-sharing plan of 1903 have been notified that they will receive an extra dividend of 65.4 per cent., according to the Wall street Journal tonight. Including the regular dividend at the rate of 7 per cent a year, and the regular bonus 5 per cent a year on all stock held by employes for five years, the payment of 65.4 per cent gives the subscriber total dividends of 125.4 per cent more than the original cost of the stock, which was 182.50 a share. Under the profitsharing plan of 1903 nearly 50,000 shares of United States Steel preferred were subscribed for. Had all the employes held their stock the 65.4 per cent dividend would represent a dis bursement of $3,270,000. But a large amount of the stock has been sold. It is estimated that 10,000 employes will participate in the disbursement. Since the profit-sharing plan became operative the employes have received in dividends, bonuses and extra dividends a total of about $10,000,000. ? New York, January 29: William Jennings Bryan left Washington firmly convinced that he was the man of the hour, and that every Democratic member of the house, and. with the exception of two or three, the Democratic membership in the senate, were unanimous for him as the standard bearer in the presidential campaign of 1908, And, too, Mr. Bryan has sought to Impress upon every man with whom he has talked the conviction that this year is the appointed time for Democratic victory with himself as the candidate, and that, no matter whom the Republicans may select as their candidate, he is bound to win at the polls. Probably the most conclusive evidence that has yet been offered to show that Mr. Bryan is far from unpopular with a large proportion of the Democratic members of the house was offered in the publication of a poll of such memK ~' T., tKit, rtoll un ? luivtrii y coici uajr. ah uuo |/vnt which was taken by four men, who went at the work without prejudice, Mr. Bryan is shown to have the support of 107 members of the house, while his nearest competitor for the honor of the nomination, Governor Johnson, of Minnesota, has but sixteen. ? Washington. January 29: Upwards of five hundred delegates interested in the conservation of the forests are in attendance upon the annual meeting here of the American Forestry association. The primary object of the convention is the preservation of the Appaiachian-White mountain national forests, a bill for the creation of which is before congress. The scheme has in view the establishment of forests in the White mountains in New Hampshire and Maine and on the principal water shed* in the southern Appalachians from Pennsylvania to Alabama and Georgia and it is estimated that $5,000,000 will be required to put it into effect. From the south are twenty representatives from each of the nine states affected and delegations from various commercial bodies. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson president of the organization, presided at tVw. nnonlnir session and made his an nual address. Amonp the speakers at the afternoon session will be Governor Hoke Smith of Georgia. At the evening session there will be a discussion of important phases of the proposed national forest with E. J. Watson of South Carolina. Prof. L. C. Glenn of Tennessee, and \V. S. Lee of North Carolina as the principal speakers. ? District Attorney Jerome of New York completed his summing up in the Thaw trial yesterday. He argued that Harry Thaw was sane and is sane. In conclusion lie devoted considerable attention to Mrs. Evelyn Thaw. "Whether she was drugged or not is not material." he said. "For my part I do not believe it. But I am convinced from the letters Thaw wrote in Paris that she told hiih the story she says she did. Drugged or not, that she was wronged ?grossly wronged?is wholly true. That the places in Twenty-second and Twenty-fourth streets she has described to you existed is as true as that you are sitting here. That they were maintained by a miserable lot of degenerates?some of whom still live in this city and whose names have been mentioned here?is the absolute truth. That they were maintained for gross orgies is true. But the issue here is not whether Stanford White deserved death. We can't go into that, we have no right to consider it. As to the Abe Hummel testimony." the * prosecutor continued. "I know Hummel as well or better than anybody else, and 1 say to ; you frankly that 1 don't believe the i contents of the affidavit ho made are true. I put it in merely to show you that after her experience with Thaw in Paris. Evelyn Xesblt was again In Stanford White's hands and the motive i for his death had been formed." Mr. Jerome fiercely assailed the insanity experts of the defense, declaring it was a crying shame that experts can be purchased to testify to anything. Concluding his argument Mr. Jerome denounced the killing of Stanford White as a cowardly murder. He concluded at 1.20 n. m.. at which hour adjournment was taken until today. $hf \|orknllc tfnquiw. Entered at the Postottice in Yorkville as Mall Matter of the Second Class. 1 YORKVILLE, S. C.J FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 1908. The house has passed a bill allowing circuit judges $500 each for traveling expenses. "Let justice be done though the heavens fall," said one of the old Roman emperors; but the South Carolina senate seems to fear that the heavens mio-ht fall nn ita friends. Thr senate has passed a bill extending the term of office of the county supervisor to four years. The principal argument In behalf of this proposition is that under a two year term the supervisor has to put in practically his whole time playing politics with the chaingang and other means under his control to secure re-election, whereas If the term were four years instead of two there would be time in which to carry out some definite policy for the improvement of the roads and public institutions. Speaker Cannon is said to have announced that he will offer no further obstruction to the Appalachian park bill. Tills bill, as our readers generally understand, seeks to make government preserves of certain sections of the Blue Ridge mountains with a view to protecting the water sheds. Unless the experience of ages and the laws of science are badly at fault, the bill means much for this country in regulating the flow of the rivers, and lessening future damage from freshets, etc. it will give a great impetus to forest preservation generally. It is very evident that there is to be a terrible fight to prevent the airing of the dispensary affairs, and there is good reason to believe that many prominent citizens of South Carolina are on the side that would keep things covered up. It is practically certain that a onmnipto exnosition of the rascality and graft in connection with the dispensary will put many a fraud where he ought to be. But those who are guilty should be exposed. Their friends and acquaintances need not be impli- ! cated unless these friends and acquaintances become particeps criminis ; by trying to shield them from the consequences of their dishonor. It looks like it is about the same old crowd in the senate that fought so hard to prevent the death of the state dis- I pensarv that is still standing up in its refusal to back the governor and attorney general in their efforts to throw on the light. Almost half of the senators continued to stand for the dispensary 1 under the leadership of Mr. Blease after there was no doubt that it was seeth- < ing with corruption, and they continue to stand in the way of throwing on the , light. The reason for the attitude of ? these senators seems unfathomable ; through any process of reasoning that ' would be creditable to them. Why should there be objection to throwing on the light ? Surely such objection is > to be charged to the sovereign people 1 of South Carolina whose representatives these senators claim to be. Lv its reply to the complaint of Fleischmann & Co., the dispensary < winding up commission admitted that some of the members of the cornmis- ' sion are stockholders and directors in the banks that are carrying the dispensary deposits; but went on to declare that each of these banks had deposited collateral security and agreed i to pay 4 per cent interest on the ' amounts deposited with them. It also J went on to say that two Columbia , banks were offered $100,000 each on condition that they give collateral ! security and agree to pay 4 per cent; ' hut the Columbia banks refused to ( furnish the security. Upon this show ing, we oeg 10 suggest mm mere re nothing against the members of the commission, even in the way of ap- | pearances by reason of their having < deposited the winding up money in banks in which they are interested. | I i Rkpkeskntative Brice of Chester, , lias introduced a bill to prevent fire in- 1 sura nee companies, associations or 1 partnerships doing business in this state or the agents of said companies or partnerships from entering into combinations to make or control rates for tire insurance on property in this state and providing punishment for violation of this act. We have not seen this bill; but assume that its object is to drive the South Eastern Tariff assoelation from the state again. The South Eastern Tariff association was driven out once and tire Insurance rates were very much reduced. The association promised that if it were allowed to return the rates would not be raised again. A bill was passed permitting its return, and the state was at once rerated on a much higher average basis. The association should be driven from the state. Sknatok Hi ease lias introduced a resolution calling for all the correspondence in connection with the liquor transaction between Clark Hrothers and the dispensary winding up commission. 1 Just what Mr. ltlease is driving at. \\e ' do not know: but we are quite sure , that his motive is fully understood in | Columbia. There is no reason to sup- l pose that the dispensary winding up commission has any objection on its , own account to publishing any corres- < pondence it has with anybody. In fact, Chairman Murray has all along said that it was the intention of the commission to make a full report to the j governor later on. If the correspondence will give information to people ( who are to be prosecuted, however, it is very well not to let it come out yet. , There is plenty of time, and we have no idea that the commission has done , anything that It will be ashamed to make public. I This from the New York Sun of last Tuesday, when January contracts were selling at 10.1*9. although rather late as ( market news, contains information that is interesting: "In the meantime, however, the sta- | tistical position becomes more and more bullish: the demand shows no evidence of slackening and the holders 1 i-f the actual cotton appear just as strong as they have been all along. And in this connection it must be ob- 1 served that the movement of spot prices becomes daily more independent of tlie fluctuations of contract quotations. Neither upturns nor breaks in ] the speculative markets are given much attention by the buyers or sellers of the actual stuff. The farmer has a certain ; amount of cotton to sell around 12Jc to 12Jc. and if wire advices and reports published in southern newspapers are reliable he is getting those figures right ] along. As to the amount held in reserve there is no uneasiness apparent. Statements to the effect that merchants and bankers are complaining at being held up for the money due them no longer flood the market. On the oth- 1 er hand, out in Texas, where the crop was the shortest and where the holding movement is supposed to be the strongest. the farmer has managed to secure j sufficient advances to put his land in shape for the new crop. In the meantime the talent in the local market is complacently selling options for future ] delivery at 100 to 150 points below the price the owners of the staple are getting merely for the asking." 1 Referring again to the merger suit, so-called, what is the good of it anyr.-r.r.O ITVanlfK' If# iirinhle to see. It Is true that there Is a constitutional prohibition against railroad corporations acquiring competing lines; but it seems to us that this controversy Is purely academic. There Is hardly any doubt about the fact that the Southern 1 railroad owns the old Three C's. It does not own the old Three Cs outright. maybe, but it owns the bonds that control it and that amounts to the same thing. Suppose the state wins the suit. It cannot confiscate the Southern's property. Confiscation of property is also unconstitutional, as it should be. 1 The winning of the case by the state therefore cannot amount to much more ' than to force the operation of the old : Three C's as an independent line, and that will mean a disadvantage rather ' than an advantage to all concerned, ' especially to all the patrons of the road. ' If it had not been for this suit, the 1 Southern would have had no excuse for ' not putting this property in first-class ( shape. As long as the suit is pending 1 it is unreasonable to expect the railroad people to put any more money in- < to it. It is certainly to be hoped that t the matter will soon be settled one way i or the other. s IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. I Old Dispensary Party Continues to f Stand Together In the Senate. Oorresiiondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. . Columbia, January 30.?While it is t a fact that the people naturally supposed that the killing of the state dis- ( pensary at the last session of the leg- t islature would in a great measure ? eliminate It from politics such does not . seem to be the case, judging from discussions of propositions even remotely ( referring to it especially In the senate, j The lines are as closely drawn as last . ...intai, a?<l arxma nf tho SPndtnrS. TlOt v. , withstanding the cumulative evidence 1 of rottenness and corruption unearthed by the winding up commission and Attorney General Lyon during the past year still proclaim their loyalty In as emphatic terms as ever and seek in every way to shield the crowd that public opinion is agreed should wear stripes. No stronger evidence of this fact can be cited, or need be, than the zeal with which Johnson of Fairfield, Raysor of Orangeburg, Blease of Newberry, opposed the resolution endorsing the winding up commission offered by Senator Otts of Cherokee. The resolution was tabled by a vote of 19 to 18. It is generally conceded by all unprejudiced citizens who are personally Acquainted with the various gentlemen composing the winding up commission, regardless of their views on the whisky question, that there are not five more r honorable or capable men in the state than they, but notwithstanding this fact several insidious insinuations were 8 thrown out by one or more of the opponents of the resolution offered by i Senator Otts reflecting on their integri- a tv, thus once more emphasizing the v Dft repeated assertion that it is practically impossible for a citizen be he \ ever so clean before, to come in direct J contact with liquor business and es- c cape criticism. v The bill introduced in the senate by f Mr. Brice providing that the Yorkville r school district be restored to its old t limits and the taxes paid by those on J property in the new territory, as defin- r ed by the act passed last winter enlarg- c ing the district, has passed the senate r and been sent to the house. Dr. Saye 1 had a similar bill in the house, but it f is likely that in view of the fact that f the senate bill is ahead of it, that it t will be withdrawn and Mr. Brlce's bill t pushed through. 1 Mr. Briee has introduced a bill sim- v liar to that of Mr. Epps, prohibiting c cock fighting. A limited inquiry as to a prospect of passage of these bills leads r to the conclusion that they will not. r Comment unnecessary. r Dr. Saye hopes to get his road bill r started through the mill during the s next few days. I am advised that it e will be almost sure to pass as it has !< the unanimous support of the York del- t ?gation. b After being discussed extensively and s thoroughly yesterday and today the Nash prohibition bill was killed in the a house by a vote of 65 to 53. This prob- v ably eliminates the question for the n present session. li Messrs. Carey and Cothran have pre- li nared a labor contract bill that it is v believed will stand the test of the 4 courts. It applies to all labor contracts and cannot, it is said, be turned down >n the ground that it is class legislation. ? The mania of American million- 1 aire girls for acquiring foreign titles. r was the occasion for a sharp and bitU-r denunciation in tbe house last Tuesday by Representative MefJavin, s of Chicago. He said: "In thinking of these numerous weddings I've won- 8 tiered what the early pioneers who battled with Indians, challenged the forest and braved the winter's winds and snows to establish a government 1 where manhood might be recognized for its true value, instead of for the '' iceldent of birth, would say if from 0 their graves they could look hack s and see so many of the women of 1 this country sacrificing their souls c and honor upon the altar of snobbery 1 and vice. I don't refer to any particular girl, nor have I a prejudice against t all these titled men. for some of them ire worthy to grace any home. I have c reference only to those who wear y 1 monocle in their eye and an idiotic a look upon their face. There was a . time when wealthy Americans traveling in Europe were contented with v buying costly fabrics and paintings; li but now they want something more y ostlv, but less valuable. So, when some wealthy girl is traveling with v her parents and sees a remnant of t royalty she enthusiastically exclaims: t Oh. mamma buy me that!' The bargain is made, the money produced find the girl is gone, tc return soon a madder but u wiser one." \ LOCAL AFFAIRS. < NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. ft. E. Montgomery?Offers reward for 1 return of a lost pocketbook. ! flover Oil and Paint Co., Cleveland, j O.?Wants a salesman in York eoun- , ty to sell its goods. Take Moore?Has lost a cow and will ' appreciate Information leading to her I recovery. , T. W. Boyd, Supervisor?Will let contract for bridge at R. N. McElwee's ' on February 6 th. i Herndon & Gordon?Ask you to see 1 them for groceries, hardware, dried fruit, bagging and ties, acid phosphate. fllenn & Allison?Tell you that Mr. Allison has gone to market for a third , car of mules and will be here salesday. ' ?Mrst National Bank?Says that pay- < ing bills with checks is convenient , and that its safe, fork Drug Store?Is showing a com- ! plete line of all kinds of blank books, Including ledgers, journals, etc. i forkville B. & M. Co.?Announces a ten day picnic of bargain prices beginning tomorrow and continuing for ( ten days for cash only. 1 loyal Baking Powder Co.?Has more to say about the purity of Royal baking powder. See fourth page, r. L. Williams & Co.?Say they have ' picked up lots of values and are passing them on to their customers , who act quick. i' W Whl?o?Snvu tho? n nmn mnHp $500 the other day in a small real es- < tate transaction. Money furnished i on easy terms. T. W. Dobson?Sells Quaker oats, fresh goods, at 10 cents a package, fork Supply Co.?Has Landreth's seed Irish potatoes in several varieties, and wants you to remember it when you are ready to buy fertilizers. L. R. Williams, Probate Judge?Gives I notice that W. G. Duncan has applied i for letters of administration on the estate of Henry Duncan, deceased. L#oan and Savings Bank?Reminds you * that it is not necessary to have a * lnrge sum to open a bank account , with it. Small accounts are wanted. D. E. Boney, Sec.-Treas.?Says the Mutual Live-Stock association Is do- 1 ing a nice business in spite of com- , petition. ] Down to work. .That is the way to ?et there. Of the sixty-three cases on Calendar I. between forty and fifty are against 1 corporations. The congressional seed distribution 1 las commenced, and those who happen I to be overlooked during the next few weeks should write to Congressman ^nley. 1 The Williamson plan worked out aeautifully last year. Those who car- < rled it out correctly will use it again. 1 rhose who failed, failed because they lid not follow directions and they 1 should try again. 1 Eight seventy-dollar quarter leather I top Rock Hill buggies and one $95 1 luarter leather top Rock Hill buggy 1 10 the nine clubmakers making the < argest clubs from each of the nine I townships in York county. No South 1 Carolina newspaner has ever before < nade such a liberal offer. 1 We have talked to a number of mer- 1 ;hants about the repeal of the lien law md while the concensus of opinion imong them seems to be that the law 1 should stand as It Is, still they are dlsjosed to show very little concern about :he matter. Most of them are satisfied ( >f their ability to look after themselves ibout as well one way as another. I Postmasters in the larger cities of , :he country are sending out warnings :o merchants and others to be careful , >f the money orders they acoept, owing , :o the fact that many people have been swindled out of various sums of money }y their use. Thousands of postal j ;ards have been sent out warning the ( public against stolen money orders, In he hope that thplr presentation may | ead to arrests. We have not the slightest suspicion j hat the dispensary winding up com- nission Is guilty of anything dishonest i >r dishonorable in connection with its i ,vork. But If anybody can make a iharge that will show a reasonable probibility of any such shortcoming, the ] natter should be probed to the bottom. ; however, until there is something spe- | :lfic along this line, there should be no \ ildetmeklng of the real Issue?the corruption of the old dispensary officials. I THE SPECULATIVE MARKET. The speculative market yesterday Is 1 eviewed In an Associated Press dls )atch of last night from New* York ( is follows: The cotton market was nervous and msettled today with the close steady \ it a net decline of 2 to 13 points. Sales ( vere estimated at 250,000 bales. The market opened steady at an ad- ' *ance of 5 to 16 points on a renewal of i 'esterday's covering movement and i >ver-nlght buying orders but cables vere disappointing and as soon as the f irst rush of commission houses denand had subsided, the market seemed < o be without any important support, ^fter selling off to a net loss of 4 to 6 ' >oints on the active months under !o- < al bear pressure and liquidation, the , narket rallied to a little over the closng figures of yesterday on reports of ' inn spot markets and a better demand < rom New England spinners but again l roke and reached the lowest point in , he late trading when March sold at : 1.09, or 11 points net lower. The close 1 vas 4 to 5 points up from the lowest on s overing with active months showing ? l net loss of about 2 to 6 points, xne j novement was a little heavier but extorts for the day exceeded arrivals at \ torts by 24,000 bates, and advices were ecelved from both eastern and western ections of the belt that interior hold- 1 rs were asking very high prices. The 1 ncal bank troubles were among the ( tearish influences and were mentioned f ty private cables in explaining the poor bowing of the English market. ( Receipts at the ports today 47,600 t gainst 43,090 last week and 49,996 last t ear. For the week 225,000 bales , gainst 263,019 last week and 308,023 ast year. Today's receipts at New Or- ( pans 6.756 hales against 19,042 last c ear, and at Houston 12,035 against 16,- t 82 last year. ABOUT PEOPLE. I Mr. L. R. Williams is in Columbia ^ oday on business. He will return to- 8 norrow. v Miss Kitty Stewart of Rock Hill, and 8 Jr. J. R. Stewart of Columbia, are 1 :uests of Mrs. H. IF Beard. * Mr. James Walker of Oaffney, spent v everal days in Yorkville this week c rith relatives and friends. ' Misses Flora Hambright and Jennie c Mckson of Clrover, N. C.. are visiting ' lie family of Mr. Wade Ferguson. 5 Mr. E. C. Elmore of Spartanburg, was 6 n Yorkville Wednesday in the interest 1 f his candidacy for the office of state uperintendent of education. Mr. Elnore has been superintendent of edu- s atlon In Spartanburg: county during: r he past seven years. Mr. Ft. J. Stewart, who was raised In r he Bethany neighborhood of York f ounty and who went to the west In s 871. is back on a visit to his old home t nd is spending: some time with his o rot hers, Messrs. J. L. Stewart of CIo- 11 er. and F. M. Stewart of the Beershe a neighborhood. Ills home is in De c oto county. Miss. Mr. Stewart sees a a ronderful improvement in York coun- t y, as compared with conditions as v hey existed here when he left for the rest. b Associate Reformed Presbyterian: o Ve dropped into the South Carolina In state senate one day last week. General Hemphill, the veteran clerk ol the senate, had on the reflation blacP grown and looked quite dignified. W< heard two Of the South Caroli'nft senators, Hon. J. Steele Brlce of Yorkfille, and Hon. Wm. Graydon of Abbeville, spoken of as two of the most influential members of the senate. Wt also heard the regret expressed thai Mr. Brice would probably not rur again for this position. Mr. Brica tvonld be a distinct loss to the state. "NOTHING DOING." .Mr. R. M. Wallace of the Pledmoni neighborhood, was in Yorkville yesterday, and when he came Into The Enquirer office to attend to a small mattei >f business, the reporter made a prettj strong pull at him for some news. thine <1ninir in OUT COUntrV.' *aid Mr. Wallace, "not a thing." "You mean to say that the whoh country is just sitting around dolnj nothing?' "That is what I said. Since the golc mines ar d the power company hav< been shut down, there Is nothing doing "Not a gold mine In operation In th( whole country?" "Not fc single one that I know of Dne man around there prospecting. an< taking options, but that is all." "No moonshiners?" "Not that I know of." "Just nothing doing, then?" "Just nothing doing." "Well how in the world do you people out there expect to bridge over until spring?" "Oh, they've got the bridge all right Cribs all full-of corn, smoke house! full of meat, some of them have plentj 3f cash and almost everybody has cotton. Nobody hurting so far as I know and as soon as the weather breaks al of them will get busy. No, there li nothing doing and there is nobodj tiurting." WITHIN THE TOWN. ? Business is up to the average of be tween season conditions. ? The York County Southern Cottoi association meets in the court hous< tomorrow. ? The York County farmers Unioi will hold its regular monthly meetinf next Monday. ? Court convenes next Monday t< continue in session two weeks. Judg< R. C. Watts will preside. ? The Rock Hill and Yorkvine airec torv, published by the Piedmont Directory company of Ashevllle, N. C.. ha! been delivered. It gives Yorkville i population of 3,500 and Rock Hill t population of 10,395. Like most o such works it was gotten up.principally for the purpose of selling advertising space. It contains numerous typographical errors; but from the standpoint of "profit" the sole object of It! publication, it is no doubt a success. ? Mr. James Beckham of Yorkvllh had his left leg broken just above th( ankle last Wednesday afternoon In i runaway accident. He and Mr. Dav< Kimball were together in a buggj driving a spirited horse down East Liberty street. Master Dare Whit< came along riding a pony and Just ai he met them started to turn around The pony backed up against the bugg^ and knocked the rim off one of th< wheels. The horse that Messrs. Beckham and Kimball were driving started to run. Both men realized that ii wtruld not do to try to remain in th( broken buggy under the circumstances. Mr. Kimball jumped out safely Mr. Beckham either caught his fool In the broken wheel or fell on it. H( was unable to get up. The horse rar i few hundred yards and smashec what was left of the buggy against ? tree. Then the frightened animal returned over the same route, and it was with much difficulty that Mr Kimball was able to pull Mr. Beckham out of the way. Both bones ol Mr.i Beckham's leg were broken anc the unfortunate young man will likely be laid up for many weeks. LOCAL LACONICS. Levied on Locomotive. Under authority of executions Issued jy the clerk of the court, Constable Sanders, representing the sheriff, wept )ver to Rock Hill Wednesday and evied on a locomotive belonging to the Southern railroad. The executions vere Issued to satisfy judgments In the :ases of Springs vs. the Southern rail oad and Carnes vs. the Southern rall oad. The two judgments amount to ihout $1,100. tfr. J. L. Friend Misting. Fort Mill special of January 29, to Columbia State: J. L. Friend, who las been railroad agent here for sev;ral months, left here on No. 29 Satirday night, presumably for Savaniah, Ga. He was to return Monday evening, but so far nothing has been earned of his whereabouts. A tele ?ram was received here from Spocane, Washington, Monday night, itatlng that his father was dying. Strenuous efforts have been made to ocate him, but to no avail. ViII Go to Rock Hill. Charlotte Observer, Thursday: The eslgnation of Rev. Alexander Martin, >astor of Westminister Presbyterian :hurch, was tendered to the session >f the church last night at the close >f the mid-week prayer meeting. This icrion was in response to a call voted o him by the Presbyterian church of *ock Hill, S. C., last Sunday and since :onveyed to him. The resignation is >f course an acceptance by Mr. Marin of the call. The former will be considered by his church next Sunday md action taken on it. The news that dr. Martin will leave will be read vith much regret by many friends md parishioners of the minister as veil as by friends of the family. He is it present in his third year of the pasorate here, but already his efforts lave proved far from fruitless. There vas nothing short of harmony in :hurch and congregation. Mr. Martin s a graduate of Davidson college and f Columbia seminary. He has lived n South Carolina in an aooui ten ears, having taught in Columbia sevral years, besides being a student in he seminary there. Protkction FV>u 'Coons and Tosi*ms.?This bill was passed to a third eading in the house Tuesday: "Section 1. That from and after the lassage of this act it shall be unlawful to take, kill or worry any oposum, raccoon, otter and mink between he 15th day of April and the 15th day f September, in any year, by any leans whatsoever. "Sec. 2. That it shall be unlawful to atcli, take, kill or worry any of the nimals mentioned in this act at any iine, by any means whatsoever, except nth dogs or guns. "Sec. 3. The violation of this act shall e a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine f not exceeding $100 or imprisonment ot exceeding 30 days." TO HEAD OFF THE GRAFTERS. r ?? : House Acts Promptly; But Senate ! Manages to Defeat the Proposition. When the liquor houses having . claims against the state began to realize how much the dispensary winding up commission knew of their crooked t dealings and that they would not be ; able to collect any money until after t they had shown by their books that It was really owing, over and above 1 overcharges and rebates, they ran ofT i to Asheville to put the matter in the United States court under receivership proceedings. As the best way of blocking this game, Governor Ansel and Mr. Lyon decided that it would be the t right thing to have the general assembly pass a concunent resolution reasserting the status of the commission ' as an agent of the state, and affirmr ing that the state had not thus given r permission to anybody to sue it. The matter was placed before the a general assembly in a special message from Governor Ansel, and the following was on last Tuesday simultaneous4 ly introduced in the house and senate. "Whereas an act was heretofore ^ > passed by the general assembly, abolishing and discontinuing the state dlsI pensary. a department of the government of the state of South Carolina ( 1 and whereas an act was passed pro vlding for winding up the affairs of ? said department and providing for the ( appointment of a commission to take c into its custody for the state, the as- s sets of the state dispensary, to pass { 1 upon and adjudiciate all claims that ? might be presented, and to pay all lia bllltles that might be adjudged by said j commission to be just, and whereas J the said commission is proceeding \ with fidelity, expedition and diligence in carrying out the will of the leglsla- t ture in collecting the assets of the dis- \ ' pensary, and in passing upon and ad- l - judicating all claims against the state, ^ and "whereas there is now litigation pending as to the funds, belonging to the state and now in the hands of said * commissioners; therefore be it ^ f "Resolved by the senate, the house 8 of representatives concurring: 8 Section 1. That In creating said T . commission it was not the purpose of r 1 the legislature to consent that the 1 j state might be sued by persons or corporations holding claims against the 7 state for goods furnished the dispensary, and if said act is capable of be- 8 ing construed as giving its consent to * suits against the state, such consent Is ? hereby expressly withdrawn, and the f - attorney general Is hereby directed to 1 claim this immunity in any litigation now pending or hereafter brought against the state, or against the state ? dispensary commission, which is the officer and agent of the state. J j "Section 2. That in creating said ( commission it was the purpose of the ' legislature to appoint the commission- , ers, officers and agents of the state. , for the purpose of performing the ( functions of the legislature to investi? gate the claims against the state and to pay such claims as they find to be c . just and correct, and the said commis- r sion are responsible only to the general assembly of the state of South Car5 olina for the faithful performance of l their duty. . t "Be it further resolved, That it was ' . not the intention of the legislature to * c create a trust fund of the assets of the dispensary for the benefit of any per- ' . son or persons or corporation or cor- 9 poratlons nor to Impose any lien of 3 any kind thereon. 1 "Be it further resolved, That the c 3 general assembly hereby expresses its J approbation of the progress made by 1 said commission in the discharge of r its duty under the act creating the ri said commission, and approves of the t policy of the commission to require all s 4 parties with claims to produce their J ' books, papers, documents and correT spondence in regard to all their trans- < t actions heretofore had with the dls? pensary, as a condition precedent to 1 the consideration of such claims by r 5 the commission." The resolution passed the house ' j unamimously; but in the senate it met T > with violent opposition at the hands ' of Mr. Blease the law partner of Mr. r H. H. Evans, former member of the ' board of dispensary directors. Mr. ' I Blease seemed to side with the whls- ' ky house claimants, and suggested s ! that there should be an investigation ( of the winding up commission. The * resolution would have probably pass- t ' ed. Mr. Blease however availed himself of the privilege of objecting to t immediate consideration, and it had < i to go over twenty-four hours. In the 1 i meantime some strenuous work * was done pulling the senators who had 3 1 stood for the old state dispensary in < line, and on getting the floor Wednes- s I day morning, Mr. Blease announced t his intention to talk the resolution to r ' death. That meant that he would talk 1 until it was too late for the resolution t r to have any effect at Ashevllle. After I Mr. Blease had talked some hours the 1 resolution came to a vote and was J r killed 19 to 18. I e t RECEIVERSHIP PENIED. t Judge Pritchard Thinks Dispensary f 1 Funds Safe In Hands of $tate. s Chairman Murray, of the winding up 1 : commission, was before Judge Pritch- 9 I ard at Asheville last Wednesday to an- f swer the complaint and petition of v ' Fleischmann & Co., the New York * i whisky people, In the effort to secure 1 . the appointment of a receiver for the c funds of the South Carolina dispensary ? amounting to something like $800,000. The return of the commission was 1 i lengthy, and quite explicit in rrjore or r less sensational detail. It denied the ? Jurisdiction of the court; but neverthe- 1 less went on to make quite a strong a , showing. . ? The sum and substance of the return ' is that Fleischmann & Co., had entered ^ into a conspiracy with another firm to defraud the state out of large sums of * money and that the commission stands F ready to pay Fleischmann and all other creditors all it owes them as soon , as they make satisfactory showings. The answer denies as false and mall- ? clous the charge that the commissioners were wrongfully withholding the . amounts due the plaintiff for the in- t terest of the commissioners and also . that the attorney general is conspiring g with the commissioners to withhold these funds. On this last point the re- t turn demands proof as It does on other charges made in the complaint. Mr. Lyon took occasion to call at- 1 tention to the resolution adopted by the house of representatives on Tuesday, and he said that the state of South Carolina was not trying to run away with the funds. E Before Judge Pritchard announced hiu Mr T.estei\ one of the at- " torneys for the whisky people, said that t: Mr. Lyon had 50 or 60 warrants against o whisky people, and they were afraid to n go to Columbia to collect their claims v because of danger of arrest. He cited w the case of Goodman, Ullman's man as ^ being In point. n Mr. Lyon said that a cry like this was quite natural from people who had b defrauded the state; but went on to tl say that he had no warrant against the ir Fleischmann people and was willing to a guarantee them immunity from arrest notwithstanding that he had infonna- c< tion of certain crookedness of which tl they were guilty. e: Judge Pritehard said that he had de- ti cided that the funds of the commission a were very well protected and would not it appoint a receiver: but if he had juris- tl diction he would appoint a master to w take testimony and sift the matter to ci the bottom in the interest of simple bj iustice He directed counsel therefore t< to argue the question of jurisdiction, o: Argument was continued through Wed- rr nesday afternoon and not concluded ol until yesterday morning. rr The hearing was resumed yesterday c< and became even warmer and more tl sensational In words, personal crlmina- o< tions and recriminations. pi Ill llie course 01 ins remains mi. 11 Mordecai deferred to the defeat in the senate Wednesday of the resolution de- h daring the commissioners to be the ir agents of the state. Mr. Lyon had said te that the resolutions had passed the U house and would pass the senate. Mr. tt Mordecai said the resolutions had been m defeated by the senate. Judge Pritch- tt aid was very much interested and ask- n< ed Mr. Morcedai if he had heard cor- pi rectly. P< Mr. W. F. Stevenson said that there hi were in the senate of South Carolina fe a larger number of senators who were jt attorneys for the whisky houses and th for the indicted grafters than was the majority against ttie resolution, and pi that these were the persons who were k< forcibly lighting the resolution. Mr. Barnard of counsel of FleischImann & Co., asked as to whether Mr. Stevenson was impugning the motives if the senators. Mr. Stevenson replied hat he was not: that he was merely tating the truth. Mr. Stevenson went on to suy that he bill had been answered In so far as he dispensary commission was eonerned: hut the bill contains an unounded and disreputable charg? as to limself and the dispensary commission in information and belief. The sources if the information were not revealed, fe wanted to say that in so far as they elated to himself the charges were alse and as unworthy of belief as the lourees from which they emanated. He leld himself personally responsible. Mr. Lester said that he would prove he charges; that he had the proof in lis possession. The hearing was* not concluded yeserday. The court adjourned last night vltli the intention of resuming this norning. It was believed that Judge 'r It chard would assume Jurisdiction inn appoint u inaM^r iu taite- icoumwuj. THE YARN SITUATION. commission Men Seek to Tempt the Spinners. charlotte special to New York Commercial. The offer from Paulson, Llnkroum & cO.. of New York to advance 75 percent >n yarn consigned to them by southern spinners was received here as an efort to thwart the plan of curtailment, ind has been made the subject of a earning letter sent out by T. W. Crews, lecretary of the Southern Hard Yarn Spinners' association. Mr. Crews v rites: Gentlemen: I beg to call your attenlon to the following advertisement vhlch is being published in the Charotte Observer. Its first publication vas on Tuesday of this week. Cotton Yarns. We are prepared to make cash advances, three-quarters value to any imount, on standard quality of desirible numbers of warps and skeins, veaving yarns; also knitting yarns all lumbers. Telegrams and letters will >e answered promptly. Paulson, Llnkroum & Co. Nos. 87-89 Leonard St., New York. "This advertisement also appears in he American Textile Manufacturer, his concern using for this particular idvertisement twice the space it has 'ormerly used for advertising purposes n mai journal. An Effort to Discount Curtailment. "This advertisement, following so dosely the action taken by t{ie hard urn spinners In this city, is nothing nore nor less than an effort to discount >ur plan to better the yarn market by :urtailing production and discountinung shipping yarns on consignment. "My object in calling your attention 0 this particular advertisement Is to irge you not to ship yarns on conslgnnent under any circumstances, as It Is 1 well known fact that in doing so lies he greatest menace to higher prices. "Reports are being circulated broad:ast regarding the large stocks of rams in Philadelphia. New York and 3oston, but information is beginning to lecome known that much of these huge itocks are unmerchantable, low-grade, nferior goods that have been on hand i long time and very likely will be for l longer time and are used to swell flgires of stocks, as is often done in the :as'e of very low undesirable cotton arrled as stock by the New York Coton Exchange is used to depress prices >f cotton. It is well known how this dan is so successfully worked. "That the action of the hard yam ipinners last Saturday has already had tome effect is Indicated by the followng which appeared in the New York Commercial early this week: "A stronger feeling as to prices on coton yarns is already in evidence in this narket as a result of the curtailment mlicy adopted by spinners at the meetng in Charlotte on Saturday last. Dealers are showln" less of a desire to 'Ispose of their holdings regardless of irices, and the market all along the ine is steadier. In several instances arge sellers in this market sent out noices to their customers yesterday adising them to place their orders for uture requirements at an early date, if hey wish to get yams at present >rices. "In addition to the agreement be:ween spinners of hard yarns to close lown their plants during the whole nonth of February, or half of Februiry, and half of March, and the soft rarn spinners to curtail 33 1-3 per :ent during February and March, lome spinners state that they expect o close down their plants and will lot open again until they can do busness at a profit. With the spinners aking this attitude, and sticking to t, it should not be long before the narket goes to a much firmer basis. Dealers will not find it difficult to dlsiose of the yarns they now own, and it tho same time they will not be able o replace these until they are willing o meet spinner's price Ideas. "Weavers and knitters, who are tnown to be short of yarns, are exacted to come Into this market at my early date. For some time past hey have been holding out on the itatement that spring business has not leveloped far enough to tell just vhat raw material supplies would be ranted. and that the yarn market was n too irregular a condition to permit >f purchases being made with any decree of safety. "Dealers are now refusing to meet he low offers that some buyers are naklng, as the yarns cannot be sold except from stock. In addition to this, t Is gradually developing that stocks ire not as large as many had supposd. After the stocks now held have teen disposed of, the dealers will have o pay higher prices for fresh supplies, is they paid high prices for the 'arns they now hold, some have deided to hold what they have until tetter values can be secured. "With spinners curtailing their proluctfon throughout February, suptiles of yarn will not be large by any neans. Some conservative members f the trade believe that weavers and :nitters who delay their purchasing 00 long will find this market rather are of supplies, and higher in price, ome buyers representing weaving i nills, have been in this market since he week opened, but up to the pres- , nt time no orders of any size are reiorted as having been put through." FOXES AND THE BIRDS. 1 ,'ditor of The Yorkvjlle Enquirer. The party known to us as a i Friend of the Birds," seems to think I hat the foxes will destroy birds. If I ur friend will but consider that in < lost of the counties of the state ? here foxes are very numerous you ill find five coveys of birds to one in I 'ork, I think he will decide that he is 1 ilstaken. < Old people tell us that they remem- i er when birds were so plentiful that hey could be caught in traps and nets t 1 large numbers and they tell us that < t that time foxes were also plentiful. We cannot be certain about it. of s lurse, but we are of opinion that 1 here are not as many as a dozen fox- f s to be found in York county at this 1 me, and we doubt if there has been 1 time within the last ten years when i would have been possible to find \ lat many. On the other hand we c ould say there are about as many t oveys of birds as there has ever been, s wring such as have not been frozen c ) death, or caught in traps and nets, 1 r starved. If our friend will try to re- a lumber back a piece, provided he is \ Id enough to have a long time to re- c lember, I think he will agree that 1 jveys of birds are still to be found on r onma fono-ntt tHnt Ho Maori tr* Qhnnf 1 rer when a boy. This, of course, is rovided there has been left any covey a i the entire neighborhood. t Also, he will concede too, that If > Is fear is correct as to foxes destroy- r ig birds, since birds have been pro- s icted by law for so many years, and 1 lere have been no foxes to disturb e lem, birds should be very plentiful r uw. Of course foxes will eat birds If f ley can catch them; but they will ever catch enough to make an ap- c reclable difference. It is the vagabond 1; it hunter who does the birds more g arm than foxes, and he is also the s fllow who will blaze away at a fox a ist for the sake of destroying some- \ ling. r We think that all game should be J rotected against pot hunters and t ept for legitimate sport. t Respectfully, Pro York Club, Tirzah, S. C. LIEN LAW AGAIN. Bill to Prohibit Mortgaging of Unplanted Crop. Columbia. January 28: The lien law was up again for discussion In the house today and the bill by Mr. Hydrlck to require the existence of crops to make mortgages valid was passed. Mr. Richards, after the passage of the Hydrlck bill, introduced his bill of similar purport. In the course of the debate Mr. Carey declared the passage of this bill would cause greater confusion In regard to farm labor than the nullification of the labor contract law by the courts had done. Under special orders Mr. Hydrlck called up his bill requiring the existence of crops to make mortgage valid. This bill Is intended to supplement the reneal of the lien law. It DroDOses to amend, section 3005 of article 1, volume 1, code of 1902. Mr. Richards also had a bill declaring mortgages and liens on certain crops null and void, and the two were placed on the calendar as special orders. Mr. Hydrlck made an extended argument for- his bill and it was also supported by Mr. Tatum, who proposed an amendment. Mr. Carey explained his objections to the bill on constitutional grounds. He declared that the general assembly could not take away a man's right, under the common law, to mortgage his property. A mortgage, he explained, is a sale. A man has the right to mortage an unborn calf or unmanufactured goods: he can also mortgage an unplanted crop. He declared that It would be impossible to tell when a crop was up. The seasons are different In different sections of the state, and cotton in Richland is three weeks ahead of Pickens. He opposed the whole proposition on legal and practical grounds. Mr. Richards declared that the passage of this bill was necessary to make effective the repeal of the lien law. He had been disposed to let this bill rest, but had been , advised that his bill to repeal the lfen law would not be effective without it. Mr. Yeldell moved the previous question, which was ordered. The amendment proposed by Mr. nrkloK TT?OQ Ivi fflrtt & dllKotl. laiuui, v? uit.a nao| 444 m s>wwv. tute bill, was rejected. The motion of Mr. McMasler to kill the bill was then voted down by an aye and nay vote of 57 to 45. The bill was then passed to a third reading. The bill is as follows: Be it enacted by the general assembly of the state of South Carolina: Section 1. That section 3,005 of article 1, volume 1, code of laws of South Carolina, 1902, be amended by adding at the end of said section the words "and unless the crop or crops herein referred to shall be growing at the time of the execution of the mortgage," so that when section 3,005, when so amended, shall read as follows: Section 3,005. No mortgage of any crop or crops shall be good and effective to convey to the mortgagee any interest in any crop or crops other than the crop or crops to be raised during the year In which said mortgage is given, and unless the land whereon said crop or crops are to be raised shall be described or mentioned In said mortgage, and unless the crop or crops herein referred to shall be up and growing at the- time of tbe execution of the mortgage. Section 2. That said amendment shall not take effect until the first day of January, 1909.?News and Courier. ; ROTTEN, ROTTEN, ROTTEN. Colonel Felder Says the People of the 8tate Don't Know the Half. Col. T. B. Felder of the firm of Anderson, Felder, Rountree & Wilson arrived in the city last night and is in fine spirits. "We have the case well in hand," he said. "I understand that since I was here last there have been a number of people very much interested in painting me in lurid colors! "' Some time the public will understand the motive for all this. I ask fqr no consideration. If I am properly informed those who have said the mpst unkind things of me have been ti^e ones most assiduous in trying to show me social attentions." He continued that "there have been manv arross misreDresentations with reference to my connection with this case. It shows to what desperate straits these grafters and their lawyers have been driven. There is bpt one matter for consideration?are these people guilty of plundering the state of South Carolina? The answer has been given in the Goodman case, it will be given in other cases. There is no use to muddy the water. Tpls great central fact will come opt. I am not engaged to prosecute, but merely to establish' the fact that there was fraudulent conduct "You people here ip Sputh Carqlina have been blinded to the redl state qt affairs. But I wish you could have heard some of the talk I have heard in other states. The people there spepi to have a more intimate knowledge of the details of South Carolina's graft shame and crime than the people here. This is considered by some the biggest plunder game ever wprked in this country, and if I am successful, as I am sure I will be, the people of South Carolina will know this very soon. I have been at work qn this since last May. I have had many mop employed and they have done flpe service." The investigations by the commission will be resumed tqday at 1Q o'clock, whep the case of tpe AnheuserBusch company will be called. J. S. Farnum is the South Carolina representative of this company. At present Farnum is npt in arrest. There is some talk that he has left the state and has taken his family, but this is only a conjecture, tor he is charged with conspiracy and a conspiracy war rani win reacn a iugiuve in almost any clime. His attorney, T. Moultrie Mordecai, said recently that Farnum would appear on the scene.?Columbia State. LIEN LAW, CHAINQANQ, SCHOOLS, Some Observations by a Man Who Has Hoed Hif Own Row. Editor oif the Torkville Enquirer. Well, Mr. Editor, I do not know nuch about the lien law, although my father died the last year of the war, leaving mother with six children, one jlder than I and the others younger, ind I only thirteen. We had very little else in the way of property except a farm, of our own, but ve scuffled along the best we could for :wo or three years, after which I gradually got along about the front row. We never gave a lien that I can nind, and the only thing I had to lean in was the hoe and plow handles. \bout that time I went to Fort Mill to see if I could not get some guano. Mr. kV. B. Ardrey, then a dealer l.i guano md a stranger to me, said he w>uld not et me have it/ Mr. T. D. Faulkner leard the conversation and told Mr. Vrdrey to let me have all the guano ! van ted. and Mr. Ardrey told me to :ome on and get it. From that day to his I have never had any trouble in jetting all 1 was willing to buy on iredit. I am now 56 years of age. I lave bought 30 or 35 bushels of com, md that was during two or three years vhen the river destroyed part of the rop. I have sold more corn than I lave bought. I do not see why more leople cannot get along without the len law. Now, concerning the colored boy. I tm getting tired paying tax to school Lyv J?..t Tin 1- ?- - * " uc uiti Ky. ? neu ne geis an eaucanon, 'ou can't do anything with him. Why lot let so much of his taxes go to his chooling, and if he gets any more let ilm pay for It? You will notice homager he is to go to school. It is a bad ule to put white boys In the cotton ield and let the darky go to school. Some of our people are giving the haingang down the country, saying it s no good. Don't blame the chaln;ang, altogether. What we need is a upervisor and commissioners to look fter the roads and keep them up. Vhen the chaingang tlxes up a piece of oad all concerned, say "good-bye * ohn," and how can you expect a road o become anything else but bad when here is nobody to look after it. Put the blame where it belongs. S. S. Faris. Rock Hill R. F. D. No. 6.