Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, January 31, 1908, Image 2
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.